©RAND  RAPID S,  W EDNESDAY,  MARCH 28,  1888.

FEBMENTUM !

The  Only*  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast, 
Handled  by a  Majority  6f  the  Grocers 
and Bakers of M ic h ig a n   Send for sam­
ples and  prices.  L-  W lNTERNITZ, 
S tate Agent, Grand Rapids.

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43 and 45 K ent Street,

STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

WWt DO ONLY FIRST CLASS WORK AND 

USE NO  CHEMICALS.

O vdM iby m a il a n d  express prom ptly atten d ed  to.

G R A F * .

H E X T E R   &  FRIEDMAN,

WHOLESALE  AND  BETAIL

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

E. A. H AMILTON, Agt.,

Telephone 909—1R.

COAL!

Present  Prices:

BALED  HAY,

MILL  FEED, 

and PRODUCE.

Steve  No.  4  and Nut '  - 
Egg and Grate 

-  $8.00  per ton
- 
per ton
We  are agents for  Brazil  Block  Coal.  The 
Best and cheapest steam coal in the market.  ,

- 

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RAGS, RUBBERS, BONES & METALS 
: ' 

b o u g h t  b y

Wm. Brummeler,

TINWAKE, GLASSWARE  and NOTIONS. 

JOBBER IN

TELEPHONE  640.

79 Spring St., 

.

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

J •  E.  FELDNER  &  CO.,

CUSTOM  SH IRT  MAKERS,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.
P rom pt A ttention to  H ail Orders.  Telephone 891.

-  GRAND  RAPIDS 

. AND D EA LERS IN

NO. 2 PEARL  ST., 

Bought and Sold by

FRANK  J. DETTENTHALER,

117 Monroe St., ©randRapids.

Oysters the  Tear Around  se*

MAGIO COFFEE  ROASTER

T he  m o st practical, 
h an d   R oaster  in   th e 
w orld.  Thousands in 
use—«dying  satisfac­
tion.  They are sim ple 
durable an d  econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  R oasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to vper 
fection.
Send fo r  circulars.

No 

HOLLAND

Sole agents for Chicago Brass Rule Work: 

¿or Stjto of Michigan.

150 Long St., 
Cleveland, Ohio.

.  Manufactures of

Lilmbermen’s Supplies a Specialty.

W k CARRY A FÜLL LINE OF 

ALASKA SOCKS AND 

MITTENS.

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

¿ETROIT, 

-  MICH.

MANUFACTURER  OF

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

Awnings and Tents,
Flags and Banners,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

Wide Ducks, etc.

Telephone  106.

73 CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS,

importers and Jobbers of

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber  and  Farm

DRV  GOODS
W A G O N S ! Overalls, Pants, Etc.,
Fancy CrocierysFancy Vooienvare

Logging Carts and Trucks 

NO]! and Dump Carts, 

A  Complete Line of

Staple  and  Fancy.

Lumbermens and 

River Tools.

OUR OWN MAKE.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility for making flrst-class  Wagons 
SC all kinds.
^"S p ecial  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
ninflnir and Lettering*

Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

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

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

It will be sold on its merits.  Sample or­

ders filled on 60  days approval.

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

Jobbers and

Retailers of

20  and 22  dooros St.,  Grand Bapids,  Mich,

CLIMB-A  X E
TOBACCO.

Combines the Advantages of a

Pass BooKand  the Coupon

39 Coupon Pass  Books.

A#  This soap  maybe  used  in  ANY WAY 
and for  ANY  PURPOSE  that  any  other  is 
used, and will be found to  excel all in cieans- 
tQg qualities, but if you will

which  are  plain  and  simple  much rubbing, 
and  consequently  much  labor  and  wear  of 
Clothes, wilibe saved.
¡¡§¡1 peculiar property possessed by our soap 
is that o f loosening ana  separating the  dirt 
without injuringthe fabric, instead of eating 
uptbetUrtand thereby rotting the cloth.
Afdr your wholesale grooer about our SPEC- 
1 at: o f f e r .  I t makes retail profit very s&t- 
* k iiB É P W P 1
jMmtosy* 

<*-y *1 ^ . 

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  tile  business 
in this city.  Ample storage facilities—full 
20,000 feet  of  floor space in  the center of 
the best market in  thb W est  * Ample capi­
tal  and first-class  references  on  file  with 
Th e  T radesman.  Write us  if yon wish 
Information,, whether 
buy  or  selL  ■ It 
will cost you nothing. 
g£  C - ^ J -  BARlBSTTr BROS.';, i

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W e  should  be  pleased  to open cones 
pondence with  anyone  having  APPLES, 
POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, DRIED 
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of­
fer.  CAR  LOTS A SPECIALTY.  Con­
signments will receive our  best attention.
W e are willing at all  times to make lib­
eral advances when drafts  are drawn with 
bill lading attached.  Goods sold on arriv­
al or held as per request of shipper.
S .   T .   F I S H   d 3   O o . ,
189 So. Water St., Chicago, I1L

Commission Merchants,

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

G rocer here.

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

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir st  Na tio n a l  Ba n k,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n T radesm an. Grand Rapide.

A FULL LINE OF

AT  JOBBING PRICES.

Drop Card for Price List.

76 So. Division Street.

Telephone 807,

They Please  Everybody.

SOAPS  are  coneeded  by all to  be the best 

soaps ever sold in Michigan.

Commendations are coming in daily.  Send 

for price list.

Field and gardén seeds of every variety.
MAMMOTH  CLOVER, 
MEDIUM  CLOVER, 

TIMOTHY, 
ÀLSIKE,

ALFALFA.

We carry a complete stock of  garden  seeds

pers delivered to you for $4.

A box of garden seeds containing 200 5c. pa­
Send for price list of garden seeds.

J.  BROWN,

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GRAND RAPIDS, Miçh.

SOLILOQUY  OF  OUR  EX-P.  M.
,

W ritten Especially  fo r TBs  Tbaobsman. 
Funny the game of out and in,
Hp smiles on me; I frown on him,
For I am out and he is in.  *
Funfly the game of out and in,
His belly is round and mine'ip thin,
/,

'■)  For I am out and be is in. 

Funny the game of out and in,
T-hat I  should lose and he should win, 
That I must frown while he may grin.
Funny, the game o! out and in.
That I must on his needle spin,
Just like a fly and he the pin.
Funny the game of out and in ,.
Now he looks out while I look in,
Just the reverse to what it’s been. 
Funny’s the game of out and in.

M. J. Wrisi-ey.

BOB,  MY  MASCOT.

W ritten fo r Th e  Tradesman.

A  cold,  blustering  gust  and  flurry  of 
March wind and snow,  with  its  usual  ac­
companiment of cheerlessness  and  discom­
fort, came in at the store  door  one  after­
noon, together with what, on close examina­
tion,  proved to be a boy—a diminutive, rag­
ged,  dirty,  shivering,  freckle-faced,  lad, 
Whose blue, pinched  features  gave  ample 
proof of the severity of the weather.

He was a nondescript in both actions and 
appearance.  Upon his head  was  a hat—I 
suppose it  is  just  as well to dignify it by 
that name,  but it would  have  been fully as 
useful for a sieve had the holes been a little 
smaller and more regular in shape.  His at­
tire,  from  the  head  down,  was a general 
assortment of old  raiment  such  as  would 
have driven an  antiquarian  in that line of 
collection wild with envy of their possessor.
His clothes were not  the  most  singular 
portion  of  the  boy.  His  face,  the skin 
drawn so tightly over the  bones as to make 
the freckles nearly  transparent,  expressed 
an almost unlimited variety  of  emotions— 
cunning,  fear,  privatioq,  want—all  were 
there,  and in force.

He slouched along toward  the  stove,  all 
the while eying me and keeping on the most 
distant side of the store  attainable  in order 
to run,  as it seemed,  at the slightest indica­
tion of hostility  on  my  part.  The  stove 
was reached in safety and,  as  the shivering 
lad spread his bony,  skinny  bands  out be­
fore the fire, and the  genial  warmth began 
to permeate his chilled and benumbedframe, 
such a look of  satisfaction  spread over his 
features  that  they  seemed to expand and 
glow, losing^to a great extent,  the  look of 
suffering  and  distrust  they  had  hitherto 
worn.

When I had  served  the  customer  upon 
whom I was waiting wlien he entered,  I ap­
proached the boy and began  to  interrogate 
him.

“Well, my boy,” said I, as  pleasantly as 
possible,  “you  seem  to  be  enjoying your-

“Huh?”
“I say that you seem to like the fire.”
“Yeup.”
“Do you live here?”
“Nop.”
“ Where is your home?”
“What’s  that?”
“Why,  home—where your folks live,’’ex­

plained I, trying to make it clear to him.

“My folks don’t live nowhere.  Ain’t got 
none,  ’cept  old  Jack,  an’  I  don’t  know 
where he lives now—he’s dead.”
“Where did he live?” I asked.
“Over’n  Chicager.  When  he  died, I lit 
o u t,’n I  ain’t  goin’  back  there,  nuther. 
Say,  Mister, ain’t ye got no  kind o^ work a 
feller could do ’round yer  store—jest  ’nuff 
to keep a feller from starvin’ an’ so he could 
have a place to keep warm  o’  nights?  I’m 
a little feller,  I know;  but  I don’t eat much 
—not more’n you give yer  dog  there—an’ I 
kin do a heap o’ work, if I  do  look  kinder 
I’ll work jest  es tight ’si kin,-’f
slimpsey. 

nothing bn  misery’s  blessings,  and  work 
his-way in the country.  Part  of  the  way 
from Chicago, he had been enabled, through 
the kindness of a brakeman, to  stow"  him­
self away between some  merchandise  in a 
box car; but the position became too cold for 
his scarce and tattered garments, and he was 
compelled to  abandon  the car and walk, to 
avoid  freezing  to  death.  He  had walked 
more than twenty miles  since  leaving  the 
car;  and when he saw  the  fire,  crackling 
and sparkling through the cracks in the old 
box stove in  the  store,  he  determined to 
come in  and warm himself,  at least!

The boy sat silently by the  fire  üntil the 
store was closed for the night, and  then he 
got  up,  falteripgiy  and  reluctantly,  and 
started for the door.

“Well,  Mister,  I’m  much obliged to ye 
fer lettin’  me git warm an’,  seein’ ye  ain’t 
got no work for a feller, I  guess  I’ll  mog 
along.”

“ Wait a minuté, my boy,” saidl;  “Ican’t 
let you start out such a night as  this,  with 
no place to sleep.  You’ll  freeze  to death!”
“Oh, I guess not,” he answered  sleepily; 

“I’ve slept out lots worse nights ’n this.”

Well,  to make a long story  short, I made 
him stay,  gave  him  some  blankets and a 
lunch and locked him in  the  store  for the 
night.

I told my wife of the forlorn  little fellow 
I had left in possession of the store, and her 
sympathy  was  at  once  aroused in his be­
half.

“Let him stay, John,” she urged. 

“You 
and I have enough to  feed the  poor  little 
waif, and who knows what  good may come 
of it.  Besides,  you  can use him to run er­
rands and help around the store, so he won’t 
consider  it  charity.  Do  let  him stay, to 
please me.”

Now, when my  wife begins to beg in this 
manner, 
it  is  just  as  well for me to give 
right in at the start,  for she is sure to have 
her way in the end.  So I said,  as  her  lips 
opened  to  make  a  more  urgent  appeal, 
“ Well,  my dear,  I’ll keep him.  But, if  he 
steals  me  blind  and makes beggars of us, 
you must take the blame,  and  let  me  say, 
T told you so.’ ”

When I opened the store the  next  morn­
ing,  I was a little surprised.  My clerk had 
left me the week previous, and, business be­
ing somewhat slack,  I was doing  the small 
amount of work needed in a  country  store 
alone, for the time being;  and,  therefore,  it 
devolved upon me to  clean  up  and  sweep 
out in the morning.  My surprise, upon this 
particular morning was to find  my  boarder 
with a broom in his head  and a goodly col­
lection of dirt before  him,  standing by the 
door.

“I was jest waitin’ fer ye to  come,  fer I 
didn’t know where ye put  the  dirt.”  And 
the boy looked  at  me  inquiringly, as if it 
were the  most natural thing  in  the  world 
for him to sweep out  before  I  came,  and 
have the store in good condition.

“I tried to slick up  the  paper  an’  stuff, 
’round on the counters,” he remarked, as he 
carefully put the dirt in the stove, in which 
he already had a rousing  fire,  “but  I ain’t 
much used to store work, au’  I  guess it’s  a 
little awkward.”

I glanced around as he spoke. 

I had left 
things iu a terrible mess  the  night  before, 
but now the counters were as  clean and or­
derly as though eared for by  an experienced 
; clerk,  while the wrapping  paper  was piled 
neatly on each counter,  the  different  sizes 
by themselves.

Bob stayed.  And, as  his  roughness be­
gan to wear off and the  brighter side of his 
character appeared through  tbe rust of evil 
associations, we began  to  appreciate  him. 
Early and late,  Bob was  busy,  and it seem­
ed as though he  had  determined  to  wear 
the store out with his industry in keeping it 
He seemed to be uneasy when  idle,
clean.
and often I have  seen  him  polishing  and 
rubbing a showcase,  when I  knew  that he 
had previously put in two hours thereon.

And his cheerfulness was  not  the  least 
noteworthy part of  his  make-up. 
I never 
called upon him to  perform  any  task—no 
matter how  disagreeable  the doty, or how 
late the hour—but that Bob  went at it with 
a smiling face and  his  lips  puckered  into 
whistling shape with  “ Way  Down  Upon 
the Swanee River,” or some similar melody, 
issuing therefrom.
-  A year passed away.  Bob  still  slept in 
the store, on a cot bed, and  by  his  help I 
was enabled to dispense with  tbe  services 
of a clerk entirely.  One morning,  as l  went 
to thfe store rather  late, I was astonished to 
find the blinds still down, tbe  door  locked 
and no appearance of life. 
I hastily  open­
ed the door and entered.  The  place was in 
exactly  the  same  shape as when I left it, 
the pight before.  The clock  ticked  away, 
while the cat aroused herself from her slum­
bers at my approach and, lazily  arched her 
back as she plaintively “ me-o-wed” her dis­
approval of such late business  hours.  But 
where was Bob?  As 1 hastily went toward 
the safe, with a vague  apprehension  as  to 
the safety of $500 in  currency  which I had 
collected to pay some very pressing  bills,  I 
nearly fell over some object  lying  on  the 
floor under the' desk.  “It”  was - Bob,  and 
had it not beenforthe familiar  suit  which 
he wore, I should not have recognized in  the 
d i s f i ^ ^ vS(»rfed and bloody visage before'

curses,  braises, cuffs  and  kicks,  adminis­
tered by ah old man who  called himself the 
boy’s guardian, interspersed  with  now and 
then, a gleam of snnshine caused by stealing 
a ride  on  some  excursion  and  getting a 
glimpse of, to the poor  gamin,  paradise in 
the form of green  fields  and  the  summer 
landscape of the country.

Selling  the  various  daily  papers of the 
efty, blacking boots,  running  errands and, 
too often for his ideas of  morality, stealing 
were his only visible means of support;  and 
sometimes these were very dim  and  vague 
to the naked eye.

After  awhile,  Jack,  his  guardian  and

had “snakes,” as the  lad  termed  it,  and 
died, leaving him at }iberty  to  choose  his 
carder.  The boy  determined  to leave 
the city, Where he had been the recipient of

me the langhing, happy-go-lucky boy of the 
day before.

At first, I thought he dead;  but  a  faint

as soon as he was able to speak. 
It seemed 
that two strangers had been loafing  around 
the store that afternoon, and had overheard 
me when I remarked to  Bob that I  had col­
lected $500 too late to bank by  express that 
night.

“I was asleep when they got in, hut when 
they went to the safe they fell over the cat, 
an’ that woke me up.  1 was out o’ sight,  an’ 
crawled behind the counter an’ got that iron 
bar we use to get the heads out o’ pork bar­
rels, an’,  when one o’ them  leaned  over to 
bore the hole in the safe,  I waited  ’til  he’d 
got pretty near done, an’ then I lammed ’im 
on the  head  while  the  other  feller  was 
watchin’  the  front  door.  Then the other 
feller  run  up  ’an’  begun  to maul me, an’ 
while he was doin’ that the feller I  hit with 
the bar got up an| gi’ me  this  hole  in  my 
side with his revolver.  They’d ’a’  got  the 
money,  I guess, if the feller hadn’t shot me, 
for that made such a racket it scairt ’em an’ 
they run. 
I don’t remember  nnthin’  else, 
an’ I guess I must  have  fainted.  But, by 
jiminy, I’m glad they didn’t get the money!”
This was all Bob was able to tell, but his 
appearance spoke volumes.  For  weeks, he 
lay at the point of death, but  we  gave him 
the best care possible and he pulled through.
Bob saved me,  that  night,  from  bank­
ruptcy.  The loss of $500, just at that time, 
would have compelled me to assign.

That  was  five  years  ago,  and my—or, 
rather, our—sign now  reads,  W. G.  Burton 
& Co. 

Re l l u f.

Sauerkraut as an Explosive.

Another  dangerous  explosive  has  been 
discovered. 
It is  sauerkraut.  A Philadel­
phia  man  made  the  discovery.  He  put a 
lot of fresh sauerkraut in a  barrel and seal­
ed it  up  tight.  Some  days  later he  wan­
dered down cellar to see how  the kraut was 
prospering.  Suddenly the family was start­
led  by a  terrific  racket, and  tbe  next mo­
ment  tbe man  came  out of  the cellar  in a 
great burry.  At least  it  was  presumed he 
was in a  great  hurry,  because  he  did  not 
wait  to  come  up the  stairway,  but  came 
right up  through  the  hardwood  floor  and 
never stopped  until  he bad driven his head 
half  way  through  the  ceiling.  When  he 
finally dropped to  the  floor  it  was  noticed 
that there was  an  irregular  row  of  barrel 
staves sticking  out  of  his  side.  His  per­
sonal appearance was  somewhat  discourag­
ing to his best  friends.  There  was  sauer­
kraut in his  eyes  and  ears  and  whiskers. 
In fact, there appeared  to  be more  or  less 
sauerkraut banging out of every pore of his 
skin, and he  seemed  visibly agitated.  The 
principal reason  for  believing  that he was 
agitated was because  he  yelled so lond that 
the neighbors dropped everything and came 
rushing  out  of  their  houses  in  a  terrible 
fright.  After tbe excitement  had subsided 
sufficiently to make an investigation, it was 
found that there was  a  six-inch  plastering 
of sauerkraut over the walls and everything 
else in the cellar.  The barrel of sauerkraut 
had' exploded.  Since  this  little  incident 
took place,  a German scientist, who keeps a 
stand on the market  and cuts up nearly 500 
cabbages a day, has explained  to a venture­
some reporter that when  a cask of  kraut is 
sealed  when  very  fresh there is  sure to be 
more or less trouble.  As the stuff ferments 
it swells,  and if it is in a tightly corked bar­
rel, a cask  of  gunpowder  is  hardly  more 
dangerous.  New discoveries are constantly 
revolutionizing  old  methods, and  we  may 
yet live to see  the  warlike  nations  oF  the 
earth firing saurkraut at each other.

F. D, Caulkins, drug clerk, Clarkaton ; “Long 

live T h e T radesman.”

DOES NOVREQUIRK B O W tl  WR^GHT^ 
W ill S oo n -S av e Its   C o st o n   any- C o u n te r,  •

( QEO. C. WETRERBEE A  (XX, D etroit 
For Sole by j  HAWKINS A  PERRY, Grand Rapids.
t  
4nd b? Wbotasalo Grocers  generally.  Band to r Ulus

HcOAUStAND.* ro .,H ,8 a« t» » W  ■

Official Org»Ji <* Âlohl««D Business Men’s Association.

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E.  A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDÎiÈSÔAY, MARCH  «8. 1888.

M UTUAL  INSURANCE  AGAIN.
The readers of T he T kaweshan are well 
aware of the attitude of this  journal on the 
subject of mutual insurance—that,  while it 
condemns much that is donè in the name of 
mutual insurance, it believes in  the  theory 
of mutuality in Insurance as well  as in oth­
er avennes  of  commercial  activity.  Such 
being the case, T h e T radesman has given 
the subject much. thought  during  the past 
few months, as the result of  which 'it  pro­
poses a plan  for  the  consideration of the 
business men of  Michigan  which has been 
pronounced feasible by several men who àre 
; looked upon as authorities in  insurance cir­
cles.  No claim is made that  the  proposed 
plan  is perfect—or  anywhere near that de­
sired end—but it is earnestly  believed  that 
it contains  the  germ  of  an  organization 
which would put an end to many of  the ex­
tortions now practiced in thè name of insur­
ance rates and eventually  result  in placing 
the insurance business of the State on a bet­
ter basis.  T h e T r a d e s m a n  introduces the 
subject at this time in hopes that it will pro­
voke such discussion  and  criticism , as will 
enable the reader to  determine whether the 
matter is deserving of a hearing at the com­
ing State convention.

Briefly stated, T h e T radesman suggests 
the organization of a  combination  mutual- 
stock company at the annual  convention of 
the Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association, 
to  be  known  as  the  Michigan  Business 
Men’s   Mutual  Insurance  Co.  T»  begin 
with, the organization  could .be capitalized 
a t  $10,000,  the  stock  to  be  distributed 
among 100 of the local  Business  Men’s As­
sociations in amounts of $100  each,  the As­
sociations contributing to  this  fund  being 
.guaranteed 10 per cent, on the  investment. 
The preliminaries  to  organization  having 
been arranged, the company is then in shape 
to begin business, but instead  of  soliciting 
risks at low rates  or  waiting for a loss be­
fore levying an assessment,  Th e T rades­
man’s plan would be  to  insure risks at the 
same rates charged by the  regular  compan­
ies, returning the residue to the policy hold­
ers at the end of the year.  The business In 
each  community  could  be  attended to at 
. small  expense  by the Secretary of the local 
Association, no risk to be accepted which is 
■not recommended by a committee appointed 
for the purpose of  examining  property of­
fered for insurance, such risk to be also ap­
proved by the local Association,  With such 
•a backing, there is no reason  why the com­
pany should not write  $2,000,000 of  insur­
ance the first  year.  Figuring  the  average 
rate ut IK  percent  would  give, the  com­
pany a premium income of $30,000, so  that 
the annual receipts could be  figured  about 
as follows:
Premiums.............................................  $30,000
Interest on .premiums..........................  
1,000
Interest-on capital  stock......... ............ 
500
Total receipts.....................   131,600
3Let us now make a careful estimate of the 
«disbursements.  The reports  of  the  stock 
d osuranee companies show that the losses in 
.this State amount to a little  less  than  half 
-of  the  premiums.  Supposing  the  losses 
.amount  to  fully  one-half  and that 10 per 
-«cent of the premium receipts  be  set  aside 
.as a  permanent sinking  fund,  the disburse­
ments would be about as follows:
Losses.....................
Expenses..................
Sinking Fund............
Guaranteed Interest.

$15,000
5.000
3.000
1.000
Total disbursements...........  $24,000
I t will readily be seen that after  meeting 
avenues for disbursement with  a  lavish 
.hand, there will still be left  $7,500—25 per 
• cent of the premium receipts—which would 
•be returned to the policy holders  at the end 
•of the year in the shape of a dividend.

In  preparing  the  above  estimates, The 
T radesman  has  been careful to make the 
.premiums below the average and  figure the 
-disbursements  above  the  average,  in order 
that no oppartunity can be given  for  criti­
cism on this point  The  only exception to 
this rule is  the item of  expenses, which are 
.figured on the basis of  economical  mutual, 
instead ofexpensive stock, companies.

As will natuaaliy be  inferred,  the  com 
pany will have no  particular  use  for  tee 
$10,000  in stock subscribed by the local a» 
sociations, but that arrangement  will  serve 
two useful purposes—it will  inspire  confi­
dence in tee company and  put  those  local 
associations contributing to the  fund on tee 
basis of partners, making  them^nore inter­
ested in the  «Mftfta««  of  tee  organization, 
The pirayiskm fora permanent sinking fond 
will also meet  Mite  general  approval,
- shftt.ftwd  and  the  accumulations  will be 
equivalent to  the  original  capital  within 
throe years, and increase with  greater rap­
idity from that time on. 

Another  feature  which  ought- not to be 
«Hfr&eoked in this connection is  the reduc-

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and “factory rputu£ls” of  Heir  England to 
show Ratios of losses averaging one-half and 
expenses one-quarto* of $he joint-stock com­
panies of  New  York.  These  remarkably 
profitable  results  are  directly due to their 
mutuality, their economy  and the fact that 
Cvery  policy-holder,  is  in  reality a stock­
holder. 

T he T radesman has no  hobby  to   ride 
in. this connection, bat sets  forth the above 
suggestions from motives of public interest; 
and hopes to see the {dan of insurance above 
outlined  thoroughly  discussed  in  all  its 
phases.  The columns of the paper are open 
at all,times tothis end.

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The so-called pur^ food  bill  now  before 
Congress  is  an  anomaly.  . It is claimed to 
be the handiwork of the retail grocer.  The 
foolishness of this claim  is  apparent when 
ft is remembered that the bill was  introduc­
ed  in  both  Houses of Congress at the in­
stance of F. B.  Thurber  several  weeks in 
advance of the convention ostensibly  called 
to.prepate just such  a  bill.  Such  an  act 
was equivalent to a slap in the face of every 
one who attended the convention.  It was a 
Virtual admission that the men who went to 
Ihe convention were puppets in  the  hands 
of Mr. Thurber,  called  there  to follow his 
bidding.  That they should rebel under such 
dictation is  not to be wondered at—in fact, 
such a result was foreseen by Th e T rades­
man a month in advance of the convention. 
That the bill adopted by the convention was 
not in  accord  with  Mr.  Thurber’s  ideas, 
there is no attempt to conceal;  but  the fun­
ny part of the  whole  proceeding  is yet to 
come.  The so-called retail grocers adopted 
bill with a great deal  of  gusto,  but  the 
measure  before  Congress  — unless  T he 
T radesman is  misinformed—is  the  orig­
inal bill of Mr. Thurber!  If such is the case, 
of what possible use  was  the  convention? 
True,  it was the voice of the  retail  grocer, 
but the hand  which  holds the reins  of the 
pure food agitation is the hand  of  Thurber 
and the Royal Baking Powder Co.

T h e T radesman  acknowledges  the re­
ceipt of the first annual, report  of  the Hen­
derson,  Ky.,  Board  of  Trade,  evidently 
through the  thoughtfulness  of Capt. C. G. 
Perkins,  who has  several  investments and 
many friends in this city.  For  a  place  of 
$10,000 inhabitants, the report is exception­
ally praiseworthy,  the  showing  presented, 
being more  favorable  than can be made by 
many towns of greater pretentions and larg­
er population.  The  basis  established  for 
the maintenance of the Board is  manifestly 
fairer than that adopted by the  Grand Rap­
ids institution,  which  exacts  the same fee 
and dues from all members,  without regard 
to the amount or class  of  business  repre­
sented.  The  Henderson  Board places the 
dues of corporations and wholesalers at $10 
per year, retailers at $5 per annum and per­
sons not engaged in trade at $2.50 per year. 
Th e  T radesman  commends  this plan to 
the local Board as more  equitable  than the 
present scale, as  thus  far in its history the 
Board has worked  directly  against the in­
terests of the retail trade,  in favor  of  job­
bing and manufacturing  interests.  On the 
principle that those who  dance  should pay 
the fiddler,  the Board should  be  supported 
by the jobbers and  manufacturers,  instead 
of having three-quarters  of  its revenue de­
rived  from  the  retail' trade* as is now the
case.

The visionary  scheme  of  a  Milwaukee 
man to join all the  wholesale grocers of the 
country in a compact  body,  referred  to at 
some length last week,  does  not appear to 
meet  with  general  favor  and  has  been 
shelved for the present.

It begins to look as though  the  days  of 
the “Bad Debt”  collection  agencies  were 
numbered.  When  Uncle  Sam gets after a 
swindler,  he makes short work of  him.

The advance in the list  of  rubber  boots 
and shoes takes  effect  April  1.  The  dis­
count for fall delivery is 40 off on firsts and 
40 and 10 off on seconds.

.  Purely Personal.

Fred Nort has engaged as clerk for W.A. 
Feazell, general dealer at  Grand  Junction.
W.  F.  Bulkley  and  wife  are  visiting 
friends at Leckport, N. Y.  Mr.  Bulkley’s 
health is perceptibly improving.

A. F. Harley, general dealer at  Defiance, 
the guest 

Ohio, was in town over  Sunday, 
of bis brother-in-law;  Wm.'Logie.

Frank F. Ward  has  moved  from  Plain- 
well to Kalamazoo, and  accepted a position 
with the dry goods firm  of  Bronson & Ran­
kin.

Dr. Chas.  S.  Hazeltine  and  wife  leave 
next week for the  East,  where  they  will 
spend  a couple of weeks  in  the  principal 
cities.  While in  Washington, they will be 
the guests of Don M. Dickinson and family.
Miss Belie Fairchild, late  of  Rochester, 
N. Y., has taken the position of stenograph­
er with tee Grand  Rapids  School Furniture 
Co.  She  will  make  her  home  with  her 
brother, H. B. Fairchild,  Secretary  of  the 
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

H. Ml Lee,  the Nashville  clothing  mer­
chant, is blessed w ithan  inventive  faculty 
which he frequently  brings  into  play.  A 
couple of years ago he devised  a  combina­
tion wheel barrow and wheel  hoe  which is 
meeting with good sale.  Recently  he  has 
invented a new power for  raising ■ water in 
tjie shape of an adaptation  of  the  weight 
and pendulum  motion,  which  is evidently 
dotinari to supersede  wind  mill powers to 
alargeeztont* 

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AMONG T H E  TRADE.

. . GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP. 

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Albert May has bought the  Heyn  bazaar 

stock a t 48 Monroe  street m

L. Smitter succeeds  John van Winsheyn 
in thè grocery business at 423 Fifth avenue.
R.  R. Buchanan  succeeds  Buchanan  & 
Davidson  in  the  stationery  business  on 
North Division street,  W

Hester & Fox have  sold  a new  sawmill 
outfit to Williams Bros., at Gresham, whose 
mill was recently burned.

Williams Bros, have  engaged in the gro­
cery  business  at  Kalamazoo.  Bulkley, 
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

H.  B.  Morehead  has  Added  a  grocery^ 
stock to his  notion  business  at  Edmore. 
Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished thè stock.

Wm. Reid,  the  Detroit glass  jobber, will 
establish a branch house at this  market, as 
soon as a desirable  location can be secured.
The senior member of the firm of Swift and 
Company, of Chicago,  will  be  here  this 
week  to  superintend  the  opening  of  the 
branch establishment on  Ottawa street.

John P. Thomson  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock at 32 East Bridge  street  and  rented 
his store building  to Christian  Simersbach, 
who  has  clerked  for  P. Kusterer for the 
past fifteen years.

Merrick -Chapman and O. E. Scofield have 
formed a copartnership  under  the style of 
Chapman & Scofield  and  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Fremont.  Arthur 
Meigs & Co. furnished the stock.

M. L.  Pray has sold his retail confection­
ery business  at 65 South  Division street to 
O. J. Mefritt.  Mr.  Pray will  continue the 
manufacture of candy at the comer of South 
Division and McDowell streets.

E. P. Morse & Co. have leased the vacant 
store in the Rood  block,  on  Pearl  street, 
and will occupy it with the notion stock now 
located at Battle  Creek.  The  new  estab­
lishment will be known as “ The Circus.”

Peter Steketee has  sold his grocery stock 
at 79 West  Leonard  street  to  C. E. Hull, 
formerly of Lowell.  He  has  also  sold his 
interest in the general stock of P.  Steketee 
& Co.,  at  Holland,  to  his  brother, B. F. 
Steketee.  Mr.  Steketee  proposes to take a 
rest.

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

Greenville—H. G. Seeley, grocer, has sold 

out.

out.

Maysville—J. T. Moore,  grocer,  has sold 

Ionia—G. Lauster &  Son  have  opened a 

grocery store.

Oakley—L. K.  Clark  succeeds  Sackrider 

& Clark in general trade.

Charlotte—R. Maxon has Opened an agri­

cultural implement store.

Alma—Bear & Hall succeed F.  C. Achard 

in the hardware business.

Lawrence—G. W. Peabody succeeds John 

Payne in the harness business.

Charlotte—Ford  &  Kirby  will  remove 

their bazaar stock to  Mason.

Petoskey—D.  R.  Shearer  succeeds  F. 

Wilmarth in the meat business.

Manton—The  Meyer  Hardware 

building an addition to its store.

Athens—W.  L.  Barker  succeeds 

Herrold in the grocery business.

Co.  is

J.  T.

Novi—W.  H.  Webster  succeeds  L.  R. 

Webster in thè harness business.

Mfc. Pleasant—Curtis & Main  succeed  J. 

J.  Wright in the grocery business.

Alma—J. W. McLeod has sold his gener­

al stock to McCullough & Button.

Paw Paw—Geo. W. Kime succeeds Orson 

F. Parker in the harness business.

Alma—L.  M.  Winters,  ,of  Potterville,  is 

opening a crockery establishment.

Tustin—W.  Deuel will move his  grocery 

stock to this place from Reed City.

Ridgeway—Coryell &  Williams  succeed 

Coryell & Gripton in general trade.

Bristol—D.  B.  Payne  contemplates  re­

moving his general stock tò Tustin.

Litchfield—G. W.  Rogers  succeeds  Rog­

ers & Harlow in the grocery business.

Marcellus—Zeigler Bros, have  sold  their 

harness business to Devlin & Sanborn.

New Madison—T.  C.  Brawley  succeeds 

H. D.  Milier in the hardware business.

Sparta—Chas. C. Darling  succeeds  Dar­

ling & Roberts in the grocery  business.

Sand Lake—Jas. Harvey Bramer succeeds 

A. L. Sheets in the hardware  business

Manistique—Geo.  Potter  has  purchased 

the Riverside bakery of Reed & O’Neill.

Greenville—Chauncey  Hoover  succeeds 

Geo. Palethorp in the restaurant business.

Dowagiac—Ingling & King succeed  Ing- 

ling & Hookstadt in the grocery business,

Ann  Arbor—John  Koch  succeeds  Rich­
mond & Treadwell in tee furniture business.
Sparta—J. R. Harrison has sold his meat 
market to Yanzant & Fairchild,  of  Muske­
gon.

PlaiRwell—D. P. Hopkins, boot and shoe 
dealer, has been closed under  chattel mort­
gage.

Columbus—S.  K.  Bradshaw,  hardware 
Insured for 

dealer, has been  burned , out. 
$8,000.
Bellevue—Frank  Madison has closed his 
boot and shoe store and  moved the stock to 
Charlotte.

Nashville—W. A. Aylesworto & Co., dry 
goods and clothing dealers,  will  remove  to 
Bigftepids.  .

Charlotte—Thos.  Donovan  has  gode to 
Quincy to accept tee  management of a fnr- 
niture store.
Chesaning—Adolph  J.  Perrot .succeeds 
Stevens & Perrot In the  dry goods and gro­
cery Jmsines^fcii s.-*be? {\ $gj| £

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mutual muticipatkm ihloases and
'  cinnot weU be 
experience of the past

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( Dollarville—J. C.  Stitt,  general  dealer, 
leaves for.California in April.

JonesvUle—Wade &  McKercher  succeed 
Pierce & McKercher in the carriage business.
Laingsburg — Theo.  Sowersby  succeeds 
Wm.  Sowersby in the .blacksmith  business.
Cadillac—J.  W.  Cummer has just patent­
ed a new heating stove,  the  formation and 
perfecting of which have engaged his atten­
tion for the past two or three years.

Detroit—Weigert & Reese,  the  Jefferson 
avenue commission  merchants,  who recent­
ly met \yith a severe,  business reverse, have 
proposed to give their notes to  creditors for 
their indebtedness beyond what the assignee 
pays in cash.  A number  of  the  creditors 
have accepted the  offer, and some will con­
tinue to give the firm credit  ad  heretofore.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Marion—Desmond  &  Co.  will'  build  a 
number  of  coal  kilns as soon as the snow 
leaves.

Ann Arbor—Reeves,  Hunter  & Co.  suc­
ceed Richard Reeves  in  the  foundry  and 
machine business.

Milford—Joseph  Wellman,  miller,  has 
been burned out.  Loss  estimated  at  $10,- 
00C, Insured for $8,500.

Stockbridge—Geo.  Arehenbron  has  pur­
chased the Wessel grist mill and moved the 
stones and machinery to Waterloo.

Union City—Negotiations are nearly con­
summated for  the  removal  of  the  Lamb 
Knitting Works from Concord tothis pjace.
Mecosta—Geo. Collin & Co., shingle man­
ufacturers,  have merged  their business into 
a stock company under the style of the Geo. 
Collin Co.

Menominee—C. B.  Lewis  &  Sons  have 
sold their  sawmill,  not  yet  completed,  to 
Peters & Morrison,  for $45,000.  E. C. Lew­
is will remain as superintendent.

Farwell—The Farwell Brick,  Tile & Clay 
Shingle Co.  (limited)  has  been  organized, 
with a capital of  $10,000,  to  manufacture 
the large bed  of  clay  recently  discovered 
near by.

Portland—T. J. Bandfield has  purchased 
the factory  formerly  occupied by the May­
nard woolen mill and will convert the same 
into a furniture  factory,  employing  about 
twenty-five men.

Nashville—B. F.  Reynolds  is  arranging 
to build a brick structure, 25 x 50 feet in di­
mensions and two stories  high,  for use as a 
finishing and storing  room  in  connection 
with his wagon factory.

Harrison—F. A. & W. H.  Wilson, of this 
place, and J. E. Austin,  of  Farwell,  have 
bought 50,000 acres of  timber  lands,  near 
Evergreen,  Ala.,  where they will  put $50,- 
000 into a saw and shingle mill, and build a 
logging  road.

Whipple—Otis Williams & Co,|tof  Shel­
by;  who purchased' titei - Whipple  mill, are 
nqw  engaged  in  placing  machinery for a 
broom handlh  factory.  'They'  have h com­
plete  outfit  on  the  ground and will be in 
running order in  about  six  weeks.  They 
expect to employ twelve hands.'

Grant Miller,  of Java,  N.  Y., has engaged 
with J. D.  Concidine,  of  Byron Center,  as 
cheese maker for the present season.

fleations — grad u ate 

-tT rANTED—TO  CORRESPOND  I\ ITH  V FIRST CLASS 
W  pharm acist,  ü  D. S trachau, M uir, kOdh. 
237* 
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in   m edicine;  College  of 
Physicians  a n d   Surgeons,  Chicago;  S tai»  Unlv^rsltiy 
M ichigan, -, and  R egistered  L icentiate  in   P harm acy, 
Michigan,.'  Address X. Y., M. D., th is office,  ¡SB  i   232*
YX 7"ANTED—FIRST-CLASS STOCKS OF MERCHANDISE 
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personal  p ro p erty , o r real  estate in  M ichigan in  
exchange f o r   choice  selected  farm s  o r farm   lands in  
W isconsin,  Iow a,  M innesota,  D akota  o r  M inneapolis 
real estate.  Address Bigelow  & Sheldon, M inneapolis, 
Minn... 
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keei >er,  who  can  give  exceptional  references. 
Address Allen, care Tradesm an.
W A N T E D —SITUATION  BY  A  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
V V  m acist.  Seven years’experience.  B e s to f refer- 
ences.  -Address lock box No. 37, M idland, Mich. 

233-tf

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90 days.  Sam ple  15 c.  For  particulars enclose stam p, 

________  

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  trill  be  inserted under this head fo r 
one cent a  w ord th e first insertion  and one-half cent a 
w ord 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  sent  in  
care of th is office  m ust  be accom panied by 25 
cents extra, to cover expense of postage.

gents.  New th in g  ju s t out.  B ig money, fo r n ex t 
and  address  G.  W .  Swinburne,  m a nufacturer.  L a 
Crosse, Wis- 
237*
TT7"ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 
VV 
th is  paper  t o ’give  th e Sutlilf coupon system  a  
tria l.  I t  w in abolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all y o u r book-keeping, in  m any instances save yen th e 
expense of one clerk, will brin g  y our business down to 
a   cash basis and ' save  yon  a u   th e   w orry and 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 th e new   system  and  yon  w in never 
reg ret it.  H aving tw o kinds, b o th   kinds  w ill be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N .Y . 
226-tt
shoes, bats, caps,:and  gents’  furnishing goods;  store 
RARE  BUSINESS  CHANCE—A  STOCK  OF  GEN- 
A
eral  m erchandise  in  fine condition fo r sale, alsp 
store building 22x50 feet w ith basem ent and fine living 
room s  above.  Nice  new  barn .  Store  hoose.  Two 
good wells.  O ut buildings, etc., a ll oom plete, in  one of 
th e best tow ns  n o rth   of  G rand  Rapids.  Reasons  fo r 
selling, poor health.  W ould ta k e  in   exchange a  house 
and lo t in  G rand  Rapids  w orth  from   $1,000  to   $1,500. 
Address 1U, th is office. 
232
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sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand Rapids. 
226-tf

«OR SALE—IN A LIVE  CITY  IN  CENTRAL  MICHI- 
■OR SALE-MY IMPLEMENT  BUSINESS:  GOOD  Lo­
a OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK  MERCHANDISE  IN 
9OR SALE  AT A BARGAIN.  A STOCK OF GENERAL 

gan,  of  13,000  inhabitants,  clean stock of boots, 
to  re n t  to   purchaser,  if  desired.  Address  lock  box 
2553, B attle Creek,  Mich. 
236*

cation, brick building, lim e  house  and  tile  yard. 
233*

F urnace com pany pays  o u t  in   cash  $8,000 per m onth. 

Also good farm .  Address  John  O. Sm ith,  E aton  Rap- 

good tow n and good trade.  Inquire of J. C.  S titt, 

D ollarville, Mich. 

ids, Mich. 

210*

m erchandise in  an  iron furnace tow n in  th is State. 
Stock  will  invoice  about  $6,000.  Can  be  reduced  to 
$2,600  o r  $3,000  in   60  days.  Sales  p er  m onth  $1,600. 
P ay  sure.  Best  of  reasons  fo r selling.  Those m ean­
ing business address No. 113 th is  office. 
23i*tf
TT'OR SALE—WHOLE OR PART INTEREST IN A FIRST- I 
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class m eat m a rk et in  a   th riv in g   tow n  of 1,000 in- i 
hab itan ts w ith   tw o  railroads.  A verage  sales  $30  per ! 
day.  Good reasons for seUing. Address H., care Trades-  i 
m an. 
219-tf  i

dage, M uskegon, Mich. 

Choate, A gent, E ast Saginaw.

F OR SALE—AT  A  BARGAIN.  A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  I 
hardw are  and  miU  supplies.  Address  W ayne j 
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F o r   s a l e —t h e  b e s t  d r u g  s t o r e  i n   t h e   t h r iv
in g   city of  Muskegon.  Term s  easy.  C.  L.  Brun- 
193-tf
F OR SALE—a  CLEAN STOCK OP DRUGS, FIXTURES, 

etc.,  com plete, on good line  of  railw ay, about 35 
m iles  n o rth  of G rand  Rapids.  No  paints  o r  oils, bu t 
could be  added to  good  advantage.  P oor  health  and 
other business  m y  only  reasons  fo r  selling.  No.  116 
232 tf
care Tradesm an office. 

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F o r   s a l e —t h e   r o l l e r   p r o c e s s g r is t  m il l  a t

Edm ore, Mich.  Doing a   good business  and an in ­
creasing trade.  The p ro p rieto r has o th er business and 
m ust sell.  Edm ore  is  a   th riv in g   village of  1,200, has 
tw o railroads, and  in  th e  m idst of  a grow ing country. 
A good chance  fo r th e rig h t  m an.  Call  on or  address 
J. H. Gibbs, Edm ore, Mich. 
238*
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1  gain.  Address' 117, th is office. 
XXfANTED—GQOD LIVE  AGENTS  FOR THE  BUFFA- 
VV 
li> M utual Life, A ccident and Sick Benefit Associ­
a tio n , of  B uffalo,N .Y .  Large  inducem ents.  Address 
Geo. A. Sanborn, Sec’y and Gen’l M anager. 
236*

by exam ination.  Address 115, th is office. 

a drug store, th re e years’ experience.  R egistered 

WANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN  OF 28. SITUATION  IN 
F OR SALE CHEAP—ONE 1,160 POUND MOSLER,  BAH- 

m an & Co fire-proof safe; one set 210  ft  Buffalo D. 
B.  scales: one 8 foot nickel show   case  and  a   q u an tity  
of m iscellaneous  hardw are.  W ill  be  sold  separately 
o r all together.  Call  on o r address.  H. E. H esseltine, 
28 and 31 M onroeSt., G rand Rapids, Mich. 
236-18
F OR  SALE—FRUIT  FARM  OF  7K ACRES,  LOCATED 
in   Spring  Lake.  Ten  m inutes  w alk  from   post- 
office.  P leasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  W ill  sell  on 
long tim e or exchange fo r  stock  of  an y  kind  of  m er­
chandise.  Place is valued a t $3,000, w ill tak e $2,000 for 
it.  Address 8. A. Howey, N orth Muskegon, Mich.  236-tf
r-1 OOD  OPENING—FOR  A  GROCERY,  BAKERY, OR 
VT  general store.  Live m anufacturing tow n of 2,500. 
Only  tw o  groceries  and  one  general  stock.  P arties 
looking fo r a  location, please  address  R obert  Ander- 
son, N orth  M uskegon. Mich._____________________ 239*

A sure fortune fo r an  energetic m an.  Small capi­
ta l required to m anufacture.  No  hum bug.  B ears  in­
vestigation.  Address  J. H.  Van  G lahn,  M anager,  106 
C herry St., Toledo, Ohio.  ^
_____________ ______1236*

FORSALE—A NEW AND VERY VALUABLE  PATENT.
■   PERSON  WITH  BUSINESS  EXPERIENCE  FIRST- 

elass  references  and  security.  Good  salesm an. 
em ploym eat.  Address X Z th is office.________________
BUSINESS  MAN  WITH  FIRST-CLASS 
A  YOUNG
Good  salesm an. 
LA.  references  and  sm all  capital.
W ould like  to  engage  in   some profitable business  or 
become p artn e r in  good store business.  Address Acme, 
th is office.

Speaks  English,  G erm an  and  H olland,  w ants steady 

N O T IC E

DISCONTINUANCE  OF  THE  LAND  OFFICES

O F  TH E

DETROIT AND  EAST  SAGINAW,  MICHIGAN  * 

TH E

TRA N SFER O F T H E IR  RECORDS AND ARCHIVES TO  T H E  R EED  

CITY HAND  O F F IC E , AND REMOVAL  O F  TH E 

SAME TO GRAYLING, MICHIGAN.

Notice is hereby given that the  President 
of  the United  States,  by  Executive  Order 
dated  February  7,  1888, has,  pursuant 'to 
law,  directed that the offices for the disposal 
of  public  lands,  now  located  at  D e t r o i t  
and  E a s t   S a g i n a w ,  in the State of  Mich­
igan, be discontinued,  and the  records  and 
archives  of  said  offices  be  transferred  to 
the R e e d   C i t y   Land Office, which, by said 
Executive  Order,  is directed  to be removed 
to G r a y l i n g ,  Michigan.
Further notice of  the  precise  time when 
the above orders  will he carried  into  effect 
will be  given by the Registers  and  Receiv­
239*
ers of  the  respective  districts  by  publica­
tion.
Given  under  my  hand  at  the  City  of 
Washington,  this  ninth  day  of  February, 
A.  D. 1888.

By the P r e s i d e n t  :

S.  M.  STOCKSLAGER, 

Acting Commissioner General Land Office.

Agreeable  to  the  requirements  of  the 

above order—

Notice is hereby  given  that  the  United 
States Land office at R e e d   C i t y , Michigan, 
will close  business at 4 o’clock p.  m. on the 
31st  day  of  March, 1888» and  will re-open 
for  business  at  G r a y l i n g ,  Mich., on the 
16th  day of  April, 1888,  at  9 o’clock  a.  m. 
of  said day.

R e e d   C i t y ,  M i c h .,  Feb’y 29th,  1888.
E .  N .  F i t c h , 
Receiver. 

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

Register.

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Miflliken-^J. O. Dildine  lias  arranged to 
remove his furniture  stock  from  Roscom­
mon to this place. 

Battle  Creek—Smith  &  Bonney  - have 
bought the meat market  of D. W. Brock at 
229 Marshall street.

Charlotte—J. M,  Daron  has  leased  the 
Bennett store and will open a boot and shoe 
stock about April l .1  ® 

Fremont—A. J. Jones has  sold  the  re­
mainder  of  the  Hopper  grocery stock to 
Chapman & Schofield.

Wayland—P. H.  & W.  H ..  Schuh  have 
added a line of  agricultural  implements to 
their harness business.

Vassar—E.  A.  Bullard  succeeds  F. S. 
Doudin- the boot and shoe  and  gents’ fur­
nishing goods business.

Manton—J. 0.  Hill, who  lately  sold his 
grocery stock to F, L. Roberts,  is  engaged 
in buying bark and paving posts.
.  Sparta—H. F.  Haynes has sold an  inter­
est in his  agricultural  implement  business 
to F. M. Dole,  and  the  new  firm  will be 
known as Dole & Haynes.

Decatur—John H. Wolfe  has  closed out 
his  harness  business,  and will remove to 
Sturgis, where he has purchased the harness 
business of W. J. Lockwood;

Vermontville—R.  C. Blair and Hugh Bar­
rett have formed a copartnership  under the 
style of Blair & Barrett and  engaged in the 
agricultural implement  business.

Wayland—Frank A.  Miles has purchased 
a half interest in  the  grocery  business of 
his father,  Austin Miles,  and  the  firm will 
hereafter be known as A.  & F. A.  Miles.

Battle Creek—M. L. Pierce,  formerly on 
the road for a  wholesale  drug  house,  but 
more recently a clerk ia C. A. Young’s drug 
store,  will open a new drug store  on  West 
Main street about April 10.

Lowell—Chas. McCarty has, sold Ms foun­
dry to L. Adrian.  McCarty  still  continues 
his grocery business,  and his produce  busi­
ness,  and his wool business,  and—„he Lord 
only knows what he doesn’t continue.

Vermontville—Loomis  &  Co.  have  re­
moved the remainder of their  general stock 
to Middleville, where it will be consolidated 
with the  contents  of  their  branch  store. 
Howard  Loomis  will  go to Chicago to as­
sume the management of th« Loomis Libra­
ry Association.

Muskegon—Kampenga & Lulofs, who have 
carried on general trade on  Third street for 
several years, will  dissolve  partnership on 
April 1.  Derk  Kampenga  will  continue 
the grocery  business  at  the old stand and 
Barney Lulofs will carry on the  dry  goods 
business on the opposite side  of  the street.
Greenville—It  is  evident  that  .business 
mea from other cities  consider Greenville a 
live town and a good  business  point  from 
the number who are  locating  here.  Guild 
&  Albertson,  Detroit,  dry  goods;  Grow 
Bros., Bay City, clothing,  and D.  A.'Heel-

T H E

W ith  1,000  “BOUQUET”  CIGARS  at  $35.00,

WE  "W'IX-iX-j  GIVE  FREE

TWENTY  (20)  CHAIRS

L I K E

A B O V B   O U T .

The Chairs are first class in  every respect’—“•being made of Seasoned Wood, and Oiled in the most approved manner.  The 
Chairs can be folded, as shown in  cut, and carried without any inconvenience.  It is suitable for the Parlor, Lawn or any place 
where  a good chair is needed. 

The  BOUQUET  CIGARS are packed  fifty in a boi, making one chair for  every box.  We will  guarantee  the  BOUQUET 
dGARS  to give satisfaction.  W e have only a limited quantity of chairs, and would suggest that you place  your orders a t an 
èarly date.1

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TERMS, 60 days, 2 per cent, off for cash in 10 days.,

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F lrrt V ice-President—P«ud P .M organ.M onroe. 
.Se«iM ä,Vk&Frari3e n t- £ . ^ u n tre m , Owosso, 
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Secret* ry—K, A. Stowe, G rand Rapida. ¡gg§¡ 1 g S  ¡ 
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I t a u a r i t - L   W. S pregili  lireeim lle 
Executive  B eerd—President,  Secretary,  Geo. W.  H ub­
bard , H in t, W  t   K elscj  Io n ia  li w ng 1  Clapp, Al­
legan,.  , 
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Com m ittee on Trt.de Interests—S m ith Barnes, Traverse 
C ttyj Chas, T. B ridgm an, F lin t;  H.  B. B u g o j  Muske- 
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Commini tt«  on L egislation—F ran k  w ells, Lansing; w .
ET. Kelsey, Ionia; S eal McMillan, Kockford.  I 
Com m ittee  on  T ransportation—J.  W.  M illiken,  T rav­
erse City ; Jno. P. Stanley, B attle  Creek;  Wm. Rebec,
.  E ast Saginaw. 
Com m ittee on  Insurance—N.  E.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  Y.
Hogle, H astings; O. M. Clem ent, Cheboygan. 
O oA m lttee on  Building  and  I,oan  A ssociations—F. L. 
F uller,  F ran k fo rt;  S.  E. P ark in ,  Owosso ;  W ill  Em- 
m èrt, E a to n  Rapids.

Official Orsran—The Michigan Tradesman.

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1%è following auxiliary associations are op­
erating under  charters granted by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

So» 1—-Traversé Glty B-M* A*
P resident, Geo. E. S teele; Secretary, t .  Roberts.
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P resident, S . B. B lain; S ecretary, F ran k  T. K ing.

S o .  9 —L o w e l l   B . M . A .'

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N o . 3 —S t u r g i s  B . M , A . 

P resident. H. S. C hurch; Secretary, W m . Jo m .
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N o .  4 —G r a n d   R a p i d s   H .  Á .
P resident. E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

N o .  5—M u s k e g o n  B .  M . A . 
P resident, H. B. F arg o ; Secretary, W m. Peer.

President. F. W . S toat; S ecretary, P. T. Baldwin.

N o . 6 —A l b a   U . M . A . 

P resident.T .M . Sloan; S ecretary ,S. H. W idger.

N o .  7—D i m o n d a l e  B .  M . A . 
No. 8—East}Hi?t 1Î. M. A.
N o .  9 —L a w r e n c e   B .  M . A . 

P resident, F. H. T hurston; Secretary, Geo. L. T hnrston.

P resident, H. M. M arshall ; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.

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

President, W . J. C lark; S ecretary. A. L. Thompson.

N o .1 1 —K i n g s l e y   B . M . A . 

P resident, H. P. W hipple; S ecretary, C. H-  Camp. 

N o . 1 3 —Q u in c y  B . M . A .

P resident, C. McKay; S ecretary, Thos. Lennon.______
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P resident, H. B. S tn rte v an t; Secretary, W. G. Shane.

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

: 

N o .  1 4 —N o . M u s k e g o n  B . M . A . 
President, 8. A. H ow ey: Secretary, G. C- Havens.

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

Presldent.iR. R. P erkins; S eeretaiy, F. M. Chase.

N o .  1 6 —S a n d  L a k e  B .  M .  A . 
P resident, J. V. C randall: S ecretary, W. Rasco.

N o . 1 7 —P l a i u w e l l  B . ML. A . 
P resident, E. A.  Owen, Secretary, J . A. Sidle.
N o .  1 8 —O w o s s o  B . M . A . 

President, S. E. P arkill; Secretary, S. Lam from .

N o .  1 » —A d a   B . M . A . 

President, T). F. W atson; Secretary, E- E. Chapel.

N o . 3 0 —a a u g a t u e k   B. M . A . 
N o . 3 1 —W a y  l a n d  i t .  M . A .

President, Jo h n  F. H enry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. 
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P resident, C. H. W harton; Secretary, M. V. H oyt.

N o . 3 3 —B r a n d   L e d g e  B i M . A . 

Pcreident, A. B, Schum acher; Secretary, W.  K.  Clarke.

P resident, F. A. Rockftfellow; Secretary, C. G. Bailey.

’  N o . 3 3 —C a r s o n  C ity   B . M . A .
N o . 3 4 —M o r le y   B.  M . A .
N o . 3 5 —P a l o  B .  M . A . 

President, J. E. Thnrkow ;  S ecretary, W. H. Richm ond. 
Ä 
P resident, Chas. B. Johnson; S ecretary, H. D. Pew.

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N o . 3 6 —G r e e n v i l l e   M .  A .

President. S. R. Stevens; S ecretary, Geo. B. Caldwell. 
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P resident, E. S. B otsford; S ecretary, L. K. Fisher.

N o   3 7 —D o r r   B . M .  A .

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

President, J.  H. T n ttle;  Secretary, H. G, Dozer.,

P resident, W m. M oore;  S ecretary, A. J . C heesebrongh.

N o . 3 9 —F r e e p o r t  B . M . A .

P resident, A. G. A very;  Secretary, E. S. H onghtaling.

N o .  3 0 —O c e a n a   B . M . A .

N b . 3 1 —C h a r l o t t e   B .  M . A .

P resident, Thos. J . G reen;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o . 3 3 —C o o p e r s  v i l l e  B .  M . A . 

President, G. W. W atrous;  S ecretary, !. B. W atson.

N o . 3 3 —C h a r l e v o i x   B .  ML. A . 

President,  L. D.  B artholom ew ;  Secretary, R. W . Kane.

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

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. W illiam s.

N o .  3 5 —B e l l a i r e   B . M . A . 

President, Wm. J. Nixon; S ecretary, G. J. Notew are.

N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  ML. A .

President, Q. F. Jackson;  S ecretary, Jo h n   M. Eyprden.

N o .  3 7 —B a t t l e  C r e e k  B .  ML. À . 

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

No.* 3 8 —S c o t t v i l l e   B .  M . A , 

P resident, H- E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

N o .  3 9   - B u r r  O a k  B . ML. A . 
P resident, B. O. G raves;  S ecretary,  H. M. Lee.
N o . 4 0 —B a t o n  K a p i d s  B f M . A i 

President, C. T. H artson; Secretary,-Chas. Coller.
N o . 4 1 —B r e c k e n r i d g e   B . M . A . 

P resident, W. O. W atson; Secretary, C.  E. Scndder.

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

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

N o . 4 3 —T u s t i n  B . M . A . 

P resident, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.

P resident, D. E. H allenbeek; S ecretary, O. A. H alladay.

P resident, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.

No. 41—Beed City B. M. A. 
N o . 4 5 —H o y t v i l l e   B .  M .  A .
No. 46—Leslie B , M. A. 
“ No.  47—FUnt Bf. U. 

President, Wm. H utchins; Secretary, B. H. Gould.

P resident, W. C. P ieree; S eeretaiy, W. H. G raham .

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N o . 48=—H u b b a r d  s t o n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd Redner;,Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

President,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F rank Smith.

N o .  4 9 —L e r o y   B   M .  A . 

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

N o . 5 0 —M a n is te e  B . M . A . 

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

P resident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.

N o . 5 3 —G r a n d  H a v e n  B . M . A . 

President, F. D. Vos; S ecretary, Wm. Mieras.
N o , 5 3 — B e l le v u e  B . M . A . 

President, F rank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.

President, Thomas B. D uteher; Secretary, C. B. W aller.

N o . 5 4 — O o u g la s  B . M . A .

N o .  5 5 — P e t o s k e y   B . M . A , 

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

: President, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, T. M. Harvey.

N o , 5 6 — B a n g o r   B .  M .  A .

N o . 5 7 —R o e k f o x d   B . M . A . 

P resident, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary. J. M. Spore.

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P resident, E. H agadom ; Secretary, E. C. Brower.

N o . 5 8 —F i f e  L a k e  B . M . A . 

N o . 5 9 - t F e a n v i l l e  B . M . A . 

President F. S. Raym opd: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
N o . 6 0 —S o u t h   B o a r d m a n   B . M .A . 
President, H. E. H ogan; Secretary, S. E. N eihardt.

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

N o .  6 1 —H a r t f o r d   B . M . A . 
No  63—Bast ¡»aginaw M. A. 

President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.

N o .  6 3 — L v a r t   B . M . A . 

P resident, W. M. Davis; S ecretary, C. E. Bell.
N o . 6 4 —M e r r i l l  B . M . A . 

P resident, C. W. R obertson; S ecretary, Wm. H orton.

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N o . 6 5 —K a l k a s k a   B .  M . A .

P resident, Jas. Craw ford; S ecretary, 0. S. Blom.

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N o ,6 6 —L a n s i n g  B .  ML.  A . 

P resident. F ran k  W ells; Secretary, W. E. C rotty.
No. 67—W atervliet  B. M. A.1  : 
P resident. H. P eiree; Secretary, F. H. H errifield.
President. A- E- Calking;  Secretary, E. T. YanO strand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. ME. A. 
President, L ym an Clark; Secretary, F. B. W illison.

So. 6 8 —A l l e g a n  B . M . A ,

M anufacturers Seeking  New  Locations.
Gale MrgOo.,Albion.
Smith Middlings Purifier Co., Jackson. 
Lovell Hefrigerator Co.. Ionia.
Clapp Shirt Co., Allegan.
Bifenburg Milling Co., Charlevoix.
David Woodward (plows) Clinton.

Special Enterprises "Wanted.

, Grist Mill—Hopkins Station. 
Newspaper—North Muskegon. 
Gristmill—Bellevue.
Wood working establishment—Quincy. 
Hard weod factories—Fife Lake.

Good Report from FUnt.

F l i n t , M a rc h  23,1888.

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E. A. S tow e;G rand Rapids:
Dear Sir—Enclosed find delinquent list for 
month of March. 
Everyth!im in Flint  is O.  K.  iurough  the 
efforts of the business men«  we obtained the 
oonsenc oftbe  Council to  call  a special elec­
tion of voters, which  election  resulted in the 
victory qf those in  Divor or_ bonding.the city 
fet  tiS.000  to  seomre,  th e Gale plow works. 
Our chances  are  good,  but we mar not get 
ftem.  However, Hint  has  shown  her hand. 
We haveniis^ oiu- &wq toyM jmr.^ear, and

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Grand Rap da M erctntUe Association.

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4  At the regular semi-monthly meeting df ^th'e 
"Grand Kapids  Mercantile Association, held on 
Martth 20.  F. H. Sessions applied for mem ber- 
sbip and was accepted. 
The Committee  on Trade Interests, through 
Chairman  Goossen,  presented  the  following 
report, which was accepted:
A business  man, many times, does not real­
ise what is actually for his  welfare and inter­
est..  The main object for which he does carry" 
on  his  occupation  is  money,  b r  in  other 
Words,  ‘‘the’ root of  ail  evil,”  and, in  order 
■¿hat he may be successful, he think^he  must 
scheme a  little, or, rather, corner  up.  To  be 
sure. If be  can'monopolize  a  certain  line of 
goods (I take this in a small way), he will do it, 
and, in  fact in order to  accomplish his selfish 
motives  he goes to  extremes.  For instance, 
a neighbor, perhaps, is out of a certain article, 
or be  has  a  call  for something  he  does  not 
keep but  his neighbor  does.  He  at  once  as­
sures his  customer that it shall  be furnished. 
Upon this, he calls  upon his neighbor  for the 
desired article.  Well, does he  get it?  Yes, he 
gets it.  How does he  get  it?  By paying  for 
it, of course.  Well, but was it done accommo­
datingly?  No, a stem   look  and a  glance and 
“ What is he doing here?” the competitor asks 
himself.  Next, the article is  handed him and 
retail price charged.  What a  feeling  of cour­
tesy that  is!  How friendly, no, I   mean  how 
selfish  for business  men  to  exerciee  such  a 
feeling toward each oiher I  It looks although 
t hey were trying to out each other's throats.
I  say, gentlemen  and  brother  grocermen, 
this is all wrong.  I  say that if your neighbor 
lacks anything  that you  may  have  in  your 
store, accommodate him.  Show him that you 
are not living for self alone, but to build up a 
mutual interest.  What is one’s interest is the 
other’s interest; what is the downfall of one is 
the downfall of the other. I  Let  the  goods  go 
at a fraction above  cost.  Your neighbor will 
feel pleased; he will call his competitor white; 
he will honor you when  he meets  you;  there 
will be good humor and spirit in the neighbor­
hood;  the  community  around  would  rejoice 
over the honorable business men they have in 
their vicinity, and even with a club they would 
not  be  driven  elsewhere 
to  trade.  Thus, 
brother grocermen, your interests are improv­
ed by courtesy,  friendship, loving your neigh­
bor  as yourself.  You  shall. ever prosper in a 
commmunity where good feeling exists.

Com m ittee on T rade I n terests.

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The  special Committee on  Berry Packages 
reported progress  in securing the  signatures 
of further merchants to the agreement not to 
return  berry packages.  The report  was  ac­
cepted and the  Committee instructed to con­
tinue the work.

The special  Committee on the Appointment 
of a Produce Inspector reported progress and 
was instructed to further investigate the mat­
ter and report at the next meeting.

The Secretary presented the following draft 
of a circular to be sent out to the members in 
explanation of  the  use,of the  collection de­
partment,  which  was  adopted  and  ordered 
printed: 
HOW TO  USE  THE  COLLECTION  DEPARTMENT.
Owing to the fact  that  many  of  our mem­
bers do  not  know  how  to  use  the collection 
department,  the  following  expanation  has 
been prepared:
1.  Procure from the Secretary as many Blue 
Letters as you can use  to  advantage, sending 
same out to those who are in arrears.
2.  As you send out the Blue Lfctters, make a 
note of same on the Record Blanks furnished 
you with the Blue Letter.
3. After the fifteen  days  mentioned  in the 
Blue Letter have  elapsed, promptly report to 
the Collectors all  who  have  not  paid  or  ar­
ranged to pay their accounts.  The  Collectors 
will then  send  the  delinquents  Notification 
Sheets and use every possible effort to  adjust 
the accounts.  In case they effeet settlements, 
they are entitled to 30 per cent, commission on 
all amounts  actually  collected,  whether paid 
to them or to the member direct.
4. In case the persons reported refuse to pay 
the accounts for which they are reported, they 
are  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee, 
whose duty it is to investigate such cases, and, 
in the  absence of extenuating circumstances, 
to  place  such persons on the delinquent  list.
6.  It is the  duty  of  members  to  close ac­
counts with those whose names appear on the 
delinquent list and to ref use  to  extend  them 
any  credit  until  their  names  are  removed 
from the list.
6.  Members wishing to  ascertain the  stand­
ing of any one soliciting credit, or of men who 
have  recently  moved  into  their  localities, 
should telephone the Collectors—No. 977—who 
will furnish any  information  they  may have 
on file at their office free of charge.
7.  Remember that the  backbone  of  the col­
lection system is to refuse persons  credit who- 
owe a fellow  member.  Members  should  rig­
idly enforce this rule.
8.  Members should,  in  all  cases,  give  the 
initials of delinquents.  Also street and  num­
ber.  Letters addressed  to  delinquents  with­
out initials, and streets without  numbers, are 
invariably returned.  Do  not  fail to send let­
ters to  those  wüo  are  delinquent.  Rid your 
books!  Do not think  because  an  account is 
old it cannot be collected.  Show no favorism. 
Treat all alike.  Those who are strictly honest 
will make arrangements to pay.  It costs  you 
but 3 cents to find whether a man will pay for 
what he wears  and  eats.  The  protection  af­
forded by this system to its  various members 
cannot be computed.
9.  Do not report disputed accounts.
10. Remember that promptness  in  reporting 
delinquents will materially  assist  the  collec­
tion department. 

•

Under  the  head  of  “Good of  the  Associa­
tion,” M. C. Goossen reported that he had pur- 
chased a half-barrel  of  Walker's pickels  dur­
ing  the  week, warranted to  contain  600  me­
diums. , Careful  count disclosed the presence 
of only 497, a shortage of 103.

The subjects of  shortage in flour in barrels 
and sacks and  candy in  palls and  boxes  was 
also  discussed  at  some  length,  the  opinion 
seeming to be that all articles should  be  sold 
at net measure, count and  weight,  instead of 
subject to such shrinkages as are now the ease.

The meeting then adjourned.
Fife  Lake’s  Advantages  Graphically  Set 

Forth.
Fife Lake, March 21,18?8,

-♦ 

.  .

E. A. Stawe, G rand Rapids: 
D e a r   S i r —Fife  Lake,  notwithstanding  it 
labors  under  several  disadvantages,  has en­
joyed a fairly prosperous trade  the  past win­
ter.  The camp trade  has  been large, and the 
merchants report  the  general  trade as good. 
Quite It good many of  our  citizens have been 
jobbing this winter  and  while  they have not 
made as much clear money as they ha  e some 
seasons, owing to the  great  depth  of  snow, 
few  if  any  will  come  out  behind.  Emmet 
Hagadorn has in a fine stock of hard wood logs 
for  his  mill,  which  he  will  soon  startup. 
George Green, who  has  been  manufacturing 
cedar shingles three  miles  noAh of town this 
winter, has  finished  his  cut and is busy put­
ting in a saw to manufacture inmber.  He has 
a good supply of  logs  on  hand  and will com­
mence sawing in a few days.
The Business Men’s Association  here is in a 
flourishing  condition.  The  member are now 
working to see if they  can  induce the G. R. & 
I. Railroad Oo. to locate the depot at the north 
end of town, where  all  the business  interests 
are located.  It is very inconvenient  for  the 
traveling public as it is, and expensive for the 
merchants, as every  pound Of freight  has to 
come to this side.
What Fife Lake needs  is  manufacturers to 
work up its abundance  of  hard wood.  There 
is not a point on the line of the road  which fs 
more  favorably located for  suen enterprises. 
There  is  an almost lnexhaustable supply  of 
maple, elm,  basswood,  birch,  beech,  cedar, 
cherry, ash and hemlock  timber within  easy 
reach  of  here,  which  ebuid  be  put  on the 
shore of the hike a t  Utile  expense.  Any one 
contemplating  starting  a  manufacturing 
plant will  do  veil  to  look  over our  natural 
advantages  before locating,  and; while  our 
people mty not be able  to  offer as large a bo­
nus as some of omr sister  towns,  they will do 
what they can,  aud  if  parties  will come and 
look over the ground,  we  think we can prove 
to them that  a plant  here  without  a honus 
would be  more  valuable, than  one'in  some 
places with one, ¡¡g bonus would not have to 
be usedUp the  first  year< ln  paying -freight 
upont logp.  If  some  experienced  party will 
come here, he will  flpd, those  here  that are 
ready to  Invest  With, him  in  the MwMii« 
Gommunications addressed -to the  SeeretalT 
of the Business HetfisAssUciafion #fli receive ^ 
jtifliioiL  
;jSttattKadi

''Nüica.  m

^  
I  The CBarlotte B. M. A.  has. under  con­
sideration a proposition  from  Kent, Tower 
& Co., of Grand Ledgé, to remove their ma­
chine simp to Charlotte for a small bonus.

F. S.  Willison, Secretary  of  the’.  Scotts 
and Climax B.  M.  A., in applying for char­
ter No. 69, writes:  “We  are  already  re­
ceiving- benefits  and, : are  well pleased with 
the Association.”

The Ohio Retail Merchants’  Association, 
at its recent inaugural  convention at Cleve­
land, made a complete  straddle'  of  the so- 
called  pure  food  bill. 
It  denounced  the 
measure in one resolution and endorsed it In 
another.  An Ohio man always  believes in 
being on the  safe  side.  Whichever  way 
the proposed legislation goes,  an  Ohio man 
can assert,  “I told you so.”  >

From & Muskegon paper:  The  Manufac­
turing Committee of the BusinessMen’s As­
sociation will do all it can to  induce the T., 
S.  & M. Railway  to  locate  their  btuldiqg 
and repair shops here and it is  thought that 
the superior advantages offered by the  city 
will decide the matter  in  our  favor.  The 
Association is wide awake most of the time 
and they do say that it sleeps with  one  eye 
open to business.

city  park 

Muskegon Business Gazette:  The  Busi­
ness Men’s Association is alive  to'  the  im­
portance of improving  and  beautifying the 
city and extending its  business.  A line of 
boats to Milwaukee  and  the sprouting of a 
central 
are  being  sharp­
ly considered and will,  in  all  probability, 
be inaugurated early in the season.  The ef­
forts of this Association  should  receive the 
encouragement  and  earnest  support of all 
our citizens.
,  Cadillac News:  The meeting of the Bus­
iness Men’s Association,  field  last evening, 
was well attended and the proceedings were 
of unusual interest and importance to all in­
terested in the purposes of the Association. 
Preparations for opening  negotiations with 
new  business  enterprises  were  perfected, 
the progress Of arrangements for  the estab­
lishment of  several  heretofore  mentioned 
was reported, and  the  arrangements  thus 
far made by the  committee  approved,  aud 
several new members  were  received.  We 
withhold names and details in respect to the 
expected additions to the manufacturing in­
dustries of Cadillac,  until all arrangements 
for their establishment afe concluded.
The  Insurance  Situation  from  a Jobber’s 

Standpoint.

“All honor to your Business Men’s Asso­
ciations,” said a leading Grand  Rapids job­
ber the other day,  “for the work  they have 
done in breaking up the  insurance monopo­
ly.'  An agent was around  here  to-day and 
informed us that he could now give us rates 
10 per cent, lower than he  was  allowed to 
under  the  board  system. 
I told him our 
lines were fuir at present,  when  he  stated 
that there would probably be furthei^reduc- 
tions within the next thirty days.  The only 
thing I regret in this matter is that the job­
bing trade had no part in  stabbing  the mo­
nopoly—that we stood back and allowed the 
retail merchants of the State to  fight a bat­
tle which was  as  much in our interest as it 
was to their benefit.”
Lowell  Moving  on 

Improvement 

the 
Question,  i

Lowell, March 26,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dea r Sir —AtJ:he last meeting of the Lowell 
B. M. A., the Committe on  Improvements re­
ported fair progress on the roads leading into 
town.
On recommendation of James Murphy, J. S. 
Daniels was admitted to membership.
B. C. Smith  offered the use of  his rooms for 
the  Association’s  meetings,  which  wfere  ac 
cepted  and  Mr.  Smith  tendered  a  vote  of 
thanks.
On the subject of  booming  the  town  there 
was considerable diversity of opinion as to the 
best methods to pursue, a considerable  num­
ber advocating the liberal use of printer’s ink 
and offering bonuses  and  free  sites  for  any 
manufacturing  establishments—others  con­
tending that  it would be impossible for us to 
compete  with Grand Rapids and  Ionia with a 
cash bonus, while we can hold our own m nat­
ural advantages, having one of the best water 
powers  in the Stàte and  the  finest  system  of 
water works  in this  State  or  any other,  low 
rents, cheap living and good inhabitants.
The Association pledged its hearty eo-opera- 
tion to the Building and Loan Association now 
forming here. 

Yours,

Ch a s. Qu ic k, Sec’y.
Nashville in Line on Organization.'

Agreeable to previouB arrangement, the edi- 
itor of T h e T radesm an met with the business 
men of  Nashville  last Thursday evening  and 
assisted them to organize  an auxiliary of the 
State body.  H. M. Lee was elected temporary 
chairman  and  Frank  McDerby secretary pro 
tern. The regulation constitution was adopted, 
when the  following-gentlemen were accepted 
as  charter  members:  C. L.  Glasgow,  W.  H. 
Kocher,'J. Osmun, John Bell, E.  White,  C. M. 
Putnam, Geo. A. Truman, B. F. Reynolds,  W. 
S.  Powers,  H.  M.  Smith,  Orno  Strong,  Jas. 
Fleming, Frank McDerby and H. M. Lee.
Election of officers resulted as follows:
President—H. M. Lee.
Vice President—E. R. White.
Secretary—W. S. Powers.
Treasurer-*-G. A. Truman.
Executive Committee-President, Secretary, 
C. L. Glasgow, Orno Strong and C. M. Putnam.
The Association starts out  under  favorable 
auspices and will  undoubtedly do good  work:

Organization  Leaven Working.

South H aven, Màrch 28,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dear Sir—We have  determined to organize 
a  Business  Men’s  Association,  if  we can get 
one-half  of  our  business  men to start with.
Will it be necessary  for  you  to  come  here 
and assist us  to  organize  or  can  we  do  it 
alone?  We  would  be  pleased  to  have  you 
comb ; but, of course, we do  hot wish to incur 
any unnecessary expense.
Please  send  us  the  necessary  blanks and 
constitution  and  by-laws  and  what  else we 
need. 

8. Van OstbAnd.

Truly yours, 

The Yermonters have also  gone  into the 
trust business.  They have just organized a 
maple sugar trust.  A trust for the purpose 
of putting a little maple  sugar into “ maple 
sugar” would  undoubtedly  he popular, put 
this .doesn’t appear to be a trust of thaWdnd.
Merchants should remember that the cele­
brated  “Crescent,”  “White  Rose”  and- 
“Boyal  Patent”  brands of flour are manu­
factured and sold only 
H itt*
ing

 

.

.

, 

, 

_  

ropes.

SHEETIRON.

TIN PLATES.

$3 00
3 10
3 15
3 25
3 35

TINNER’S SOLDER. 

. parentflanisakdiron.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
TACKS*

All sheets No; 18 and lighter,  over 3  inches 

squares.
............................. dis  70&10
60
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.
3 00

, *
Sfj?;iim. iL  ifm  
• * ...dis 
iron dnd Tinned, v
65 
CopperRivOtSand  Bins.v . ' . i . ‘.dis 
“  60 
‘vA^ Wood’spatent planishe<LNo!.34 to27 10 2G 
■ B  Wood’» pat. planished, JfOS. 26  to 27  9 20 
Broken packs )4c $fi> extra.
‘ 
Sisal,Hin.and  la rg e r..,.;;............ 
11
Manilla...... ................................. ................  12
Steel and Iron, , 
Try and Bevels. __ ;.................... ..dis 
Mitre  .................................................dis 
„  
Nos. 10 to 14..................................$4 20 
Nob. 15to 17............................. v;  4 20 
Nos. 18to 2 1. . . . . .  ............................   4 26 
NQB.22to 24.  ....................  4 20 
Nos .25 to 26.............  
 
4 40 
.
No.27...  .
4 60 
.
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
sheet zinc.
6K
Incasksof 600 0)8, 
In smaller quansities, K  #>......... ..... 
6)4
American, all  kinds.....................      .dis 
60
Steel, all kinds.............................          .dis  60
Swedes, all kinds...... .................. 
.dis  60
 
Gimp and Lace.,__ ......................... diB 
60
Cigar Box  Nails................  
..dis 
50
50
Finishing Nails..................... 
:.dis 
Common and Patent B rads.......... dis 
50
50
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks .dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails...... ............ .dis 
50
Tinned Trank and Clout Nalls........ dis 
45
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.,................ dis 
35
— 
*
No. 1,  Refined ........................................... 
 
Market  Half-and-half.....................................24
Strictly Half-and-half................................ 
10x14,Charcoal___ ............6  00<&d 20
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal................... ...........   7 85
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...............................  6 85
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal............ ..............   8 35
IX, 
IC, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  6 35
14x20, Charcoal...........................     7  85
IX, 
fXX,  14x20, Charcoal..............................   9 3)
IXXX, 14x20, Charcoal......................... 
11  37
TXXXX, 14x29,  C harcot......................"   13 15
IX, 
20x28, Charcoal.......................... .  16 10
DC/  100 Plate Charcoal......................... 
7  10
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............... .......  ‘  910
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal.........................  H 10
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal.............. 
13 10
Kedipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 7 35
Roofing, 14x20, IC......................................   5 40
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ........................... ........  7 09
Roofing, 20x28, IC................................"  * *  12 00
Roofing, 20x28, IX ...................................'  15 eo
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... ;..  6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne............   7 60
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme............... 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme............  15 00
Steel,Game..........................................  
60&10
Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s........ .’dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10 
Hotchkiss’ ................................................  60&10
s, p .& w . Mfg.  co.’s......................:::::::66&ie
Mouse, choker......................  
180 »  dez
Mouse,  delusion.........................’.... $1 50 K doz
k  
Bright Market................................... .  dis  67)4 ^
Annealed Market...............................dis  76&10 j
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62)4
Extra Bailing...    .................................   dis  55!
Tinned  Market.................. 
¿is  62)4
Tinned Broom....................................... $ b>  99
Tinned Mattress......................................$  a> 8H
Coppered Spring Steel.................................. dis 50
Tinned Spring Steel........................................dis 40&1O
Plain Fence........................................................3
Barbed Fence, galvanized......................... .4 00
painted............ ................  .3 25
Copper................t ...........................new  list net
Brass............................................... new list net
Bright...........i.............................. dis  70&10&10
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...............   ...................dia 
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s  Ptent; malleable.................. dis  75&1C
MISCELLANEOUS.
BirdCages................................... 
59
Pump^  Cistern...................................dis 
75
Screws, new  list.............  
7C&5
 
Casters, Bed  and Plate.................. dis50&10&10
Dampers, American............... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d 
%
Copper Bottoms.....  ............................  
30c

’  TIN—LEADED.

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES. 

WIRE.

T R A P S ,

50
75

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dis 

BELLS.

BRACES.

BUTTS, CAST.

AUGERS AND BITS.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

ly a tk W a ï ë :
promptly and buy in full packages.
Ives’, old style...... %..........?............... dis
N. R.C. Co...........................l . . ! ! »
Douglass’. .............................................dis
BWSSÇ............I ................................ dis  60
Snells..................... 
dis
Cook’s  ............. ...................... I ! ! !.. ! ! dis
Jennings’, genuine.. . . . . . . . . . .dis
Jennings’, im itation........... .  ........... iMnai&iQ
BALANCES.
Spring............. 
40
 
BARROWS.
Railroad .................._______________$14 00
Garden.................................... 
..net 33 OO
Hand........./............... ............. dis $ 60&M&10
Cow. . ............. 
...........dis
ft
C a ll..,..;,,« ,.,...................   .,  -fip
30&15
G ong,...{.... ; 
...... ....... ...........uiE,
25
Door, Sargent 
.  . . ..........__ dis
60&10
,  BOLTS.
Stove..............................................d is .
..dis $
0
Carriage  new list............... .............. dis  7G&10
..dis 7G&1C
..dis
5(1
P lo w ...... . 
......d is
........................ .  ......
Sleigh Shoe,., _ 
..dis
7(1
Wrought Barrel  Bolts................ 
'dis
(Hl
..dis '
Cast  Barrel Bolts...... .." ............. .dis
40
. .dis
Cast Barrel, brass knobs.
46
.dis
Cast Square Spring._____
60
..dis
Cast Chain......... ....................... I ____
..dis
40
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob......... dis
60
,.dis
.'.dis
Wrought Square...... .........  
66
..dis»
dis
Wrought Sunk Flush........... 
60
..dis
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
F lu s h .......................................dis  60&10
Ives’ D o o r....,.....v ..,,............ ....dis  60&10
B arber.........................................,...d is$  
40
Backus...... .............................. 
..dis  50&10
dis 
 
Spofford............... 
50
Am. Ball............................... 
net
dis 
BUCKETS.
Well, plain................................................$  3 50
, Well, swivel..............................................  
4 00
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  Pin............................dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.............dis  60& 5
WronghtLoosePin, japanned........... dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
tipped......... .....................................dis  60& 5
Wrought Table..................................... dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind.......................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass............... '. .1.............. dis 
75
Blind, Clark’s........................ 
dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s..................................... dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s...................................dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10.................................. 
per m $65
Hick’s C. F ............... 
60
G. D..................................................... 
35
Musket...... ................. 
60
 
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list... .50
Rim Fire, United  States...................... 
diasn
Central Fire....................................  
din2R
Socket Firmer...........  
dis.  70&10
Socket Framing.................................. dis  70&10
Socket Comer:.....................................dis  70&10
Socket Slicks...................................................dis 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..............................dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............................... dis 20
Cold.................A.................................net
Curry, Lawrence’s..........................................dis 40&10
Hotchkiss  .......................................... dis
Brass, Backing’s................................  
Bibb’s ...... ............................................... 
60
B eer...................................................;...  40&10
Fenns’...... ..................................:..........  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................W ib  83
14x52,14x56,14x60................................ 7...  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.........................  29
Cold Rolled, 14x48..........................................  29
Bottoms..................... 
30
Morse’s Bit  Stock...........................dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank................ dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank...................... 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in....................doznet 
$.75
dis20&101&0
Corrugated............................. 
Adjustable....................................... dis  M&10
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large; $26  00. 
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 
60M0
Heller’s ..............................................dis 
50
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................... dis 
28
Noe. 16 to 30, 
List 
18

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

22 and  24, 25 and 26, 

PILES—New List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

 
DRILLS

CATRIDGES.

dis  - 30

CHISELS.

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

COMBS.

COCKS.

CAPS.

27 
15 

dis 

12 

60

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount,  60.

13 
GAUGES.'

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

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...................................15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2............................  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run...........................14 00@16 50
Cherry,  log-run................................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2........................ 45 Q0@50 00
Cherry,  cull......................................  
@19 99
Maple,  log-run........................... 
.12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run....................... ll 00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2............................  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring.......................  
@25 99
Maple, white, selected......... ............ 
’  @25 0o
Red Oak, log-run...............................18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.............. 
.... 24 00@25 00
Red Oak, % sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 00@45 00
Red Oak,  “ 
regular............30 00@35 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank......... *..  @25 00
Walnut, log-run................................   @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.........................  @75 90
Walnuts,  culls..................................  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run............................ 
@13 00
White Ash, log-run..........................14 (XX&16 50
Whitewood,  log-run.........................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run..........................17 00@18 00
PAWNPPQ 
JT ft  I  P ill  I  n A tto m e y  a t P a te n t Law and Solicitor 
of  A m erican  and  F oreign  patents. 
105 E. M ain St., K alam azoo, Mich., U. S. A.  B ranch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  P ractice in  U. S. Courts.  Circulare 
free.

LUCIUS C. WEST,

“ 

J U D D   c t o   O O . ,  

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

102  CANAL STREET.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOES.

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HAMMERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

 
HOUSE  FURN ISHIN G   GOODS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s...... ...........................dis 
25
Kip’s ............................. ;................... dis 
25
Yerkes  & Plumb’s............................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel...................30  e list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10
Bam Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction...................dis  60&10
40
Kidder, wood  track...........................dis 
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3........................... dis 
60
State.......................... .............. per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4%  14
and  longer..........................................  
714
70
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  ................. net 
Screw Hook and Eye %................... net 
8)4
Screw Hook and Eye  3Si....................net 
7)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %.................. net 
7)4
Strap and  T ....................................dis 
70
P o ts .............. 
60&10
K ettles...................  
60&10
Spiders  ................  
60&10
Gray  enameled__;................................ 
50
Stamped  Tin Ware....................new list  75&10
Japanned Tin  Ware............................... 
25
Granite Iron  Ware...........................  
25
Grub  1............... ............................$11 00, dis 60
Grub  2........................................... .  11 50, dis 60
Grub3 .............. ..............................  12 00,dis60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......... dis 
55
Door, porcelain, Jap, trimmings..........  
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......  
Door, porcelain, trimmings........ ......... 
55
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain.........dis 
70
Pieture, H. L. Judd& Co.’s....................   40&10
45
Hemaeite............................ 
dis 
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis ' 
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s....................dis 
•  55
Branford’s . . . . . ............'.................... dis 
55
Norwalk’s  ....................... 
dis 
55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................dis  70
MATTOCKS.
Adze Eye......... . 
60
......... .  —  .$16 00 dis 
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s......................................$18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled............... .dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s...............................dis 40
Coffee,P.S.&W.Mfg.Co.’sMalleables ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &€lark’s ............ .dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise...... ........ a................ . dis  25
MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s P a tte rn ...... .............  
dis  60&1G
Stebbin’s Genuine........  ^ ............... dis  60&20
Enterprise,  self-measuri3*............... dis 
25

KNOBS—NEW L IST .

LOCKS—DOOR.

LEVELS.

MAULS.

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Common, Brad and Fencing.

Oi l e r s « 

1  lOd  8d 
2)4 
$125  150  1 75  2 00 

lOd to  60d , w   ............ ................. . $  keg $2 05
8d an d 9 d adv.............................................  25
6dand7d  adv........; ................,>»...... 
50
4d and5d  adv...... ..................................... 
76
3d advance............................ . 
1 50
3d fine advance............................. 
2 25
Clinch nails, adv........  ..............................  1 00
Finishing 
6d  4d
Size—inches  J  8. 
2  >  1)4
Adv. #  keg 
Steel Nails-2 J5.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom ...... 
..............dis  50
Brass or  Copper......................................dis  60
Reaper...... ...........................per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ................. ........£ 
.....  50&S9
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__________   ___PLANES, 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................... .. .dis
Sciota Bench.... 
.dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy....  ...,..,d is
Beach, firatjqual&y,
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’S, wood 
!&! l  % w f  '  s 
pa» s,
Fry, A cm e...:,.,.:;,;.......  
...dis 60dd0
Commiem, polishes,  ¿ C - %........dis60&10
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Proposition-by responsible  parties for the 
taking  -from  stump  and  manufacturing 
about  100,000,000  of  lumber  and  shingle 
timber.  Shingles to be delivered in shed at 
mill,  and lumber  in  pile  in  yard.  Timber 
•is  in Wisconsin.  Ground being  sandy and 
levels is very  advantageous  to  work  upon. 
Mill wiiï  be  furnished  in  connection  with 
tract  if.  deviied.  Address  Lock  Box  1, 
Grand Rapids.

H.  M.  GOEBEL
W all Paper

Is the largest jobber of

In the  State, not excluding  Detroit.  An 
immense stock  now on  hand  in latest  pat­
terns, and we  want to  sell.  Prices lowest. 
Also  wholesale  Paints  and  Yarnishes. 
Brushes  and  artists  materials.  Orders 
22
filled  promptly.  Correspond  with  me. 
ig Canal St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,
27

M H  NATIONAL BAH

• 

Grand  R ap id s,  M ich.  ^XJS

A. J.  Bow ne, President.

Ge o .  C.  P ie r c e,  Vice President.

CAPITAL, 

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H. P. Ba k er, Cashier.
-  $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
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Transacts a general banking business.

H a k e  a   S p e c i a lt y  o f  C o lle c tio n s .  A c c o u n t s  

o f  C o u n t r y  M e r c h a n t s  S o lic ite d .

Offer N o. 173.

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

CORSETS.

Boned  w ith  F eatherbone  w hich  is  absolutely un­
breakable, and is n o t injured by  perspiration, o r faun- 
drying.  Soft and pliable, giving health and comfort*.

BIRD CAGESI

JEWETT’S  BIRD  CAGES.

A  Full  Line of

Send for Illustrated Catalogue,

Foster,  Stevens  l  Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

THIS  PAINT  is composed of NATURAL  MINERAL and HYDRAULIC  CEMENT,  and  will rout-wear~ether pigments. 

I t 
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.

Senour Manufacturing Go., 262c^cAaaJnSsi’

For Sale at Factory Prices by—Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapitls; Jam es E. Davis & Co., D etroit; West &Truax, Toledo; 

S. L.Boyce St Co., P o rt H uron; FredB ruodage & Co., M uskegon; Harvey St Heystek, Grand Rapids; G..W.aBruske, East Saginaw.

N eal’s  C arriag e  P ain ts

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 a re 
the ORIGINAL, all others are  IMITATIONS.  More of our brand sold than all the o th er brands on the m arket.

GRANITE  FLOOR  PAINTS

The G reat  Invention!  Six  Handsome  Shades.  Ready for use.  DRY/  HARD  OVER  NIGHT,  and  a re  very 

durable.  Give them  a  trial, and you will be convinced th at it does not pay to m ix th e  paint yourself.
A CM E  W HITE  LEA D   &  CO LO R  W ORKS
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Dry Color  Makers, Paint  and  Varnish  M anufacturers.' 

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wotfld fai» spore apt to gi$»%IneSd  «xpUu&r 
tjonof the phenomenon than those wbAwere 
sdber and were not toe .possessors  of  suffi­
cient brains to get drunk.

“ Wanter  know  who—hie—ailsh—hie— 
thesh  fellers  ’round  here?  'Why,  they’ve 
got a  touch of mind dure an’—hie—it’sh aw­
ful  conshaglous. 
I   wash-Abio—’fraid  Pd 
get it an’—hlc—she I got—hic--awful drunk 
to k eep f’mkeshingit.” 

I  admire his sense. 

I  think I  nearly fol­
lowed his example that night, but I am un­
certain about i t

I can write no  more  with  the  horribje 
weight that’s on my  mind—it  won’t  hold 
ink very well.  You will hear from pae when 
have once more  stepped  fully  into  the 

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light of reason. 

scious, 

Yours, dazed and stupefied,  but still con­

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F. O. B.

SHOE BRUSHES, 

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SHOE BUTTON^,

SHOE POLISH,  u

SHOELACES.
Heelers, Cork Soles, Button  Hooks, Dress­

ings, etc.  Write for Catalogue.

lege Journal.■PLACE to secure a thorough 

and usefuledhoation isat the 
G r a n d  R a p i d s  (Mich.) B u s i­
n e s s  Co l l e g e ,  write forCol- 

Addrees. C. G. SWENSBERG.

IP 33 R . K  I N S   &   H E S S

Hides, Purs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  184  LOUIS STREET. ORANO RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CABBY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOB MILL USE.

THOMPSON  &  MACLAY,

IMPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS OF

Mis,'Hun, Diiirnr, MAu H, Els,

19 South Ionia Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

No  Goods S old  a t D eta il. 

-  Telephone 679,

REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

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

STATE  RGENY8  FOR  LYCOJUIP  RUBBER  GO.,
W 1  SEA R S & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers

NO. 998.

Agents  fo r

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

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

“Now, John, jdon’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.” 

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FOR SALE BY

Hawkins & Perry

.  W holesale Agents,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

YOU  •XfiJ’J Z J & T

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HETMAN & CO..  IS K B B

JOBBERS  IN

F R E S H   M E A T S .

Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave.,

G ra n d   R apids,  *  -

C.  C.  BtJNTHÍG.BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Oar lots.

a0 and2 2 OTTAWAST.GBANl)UAPIDS,MI0H.

M a i^  25, 1888.  ■' 
i ;   E ditor Tradesman—Since I indited my 
last epistle, I have had  Hie  pleasure (?) of 
.going home,  posting up on  new  goods and 
receiving the just encomiums  upon my suc­
cessful trip lavished  on  me  by  the  firm. 
These encomiums were  somewhat peculiar, 
but  I  suppose  they  were  ail right.  Old 
Shortage  didn’t  notice  me atari.  Light­
weight just barely spoke to me and Stuffed- 
orders said  so  much  that I  wanted him to 
keep still long before  he  got  through. 
It 
seems that,  in spite of all  my efforts  to  do 
the house good and keep myself out of trou­
ble, I   haven’t  accomplished  anything, ac­
cording to their ,ideas.  1 expostulated with 
• Mr. 8.  X urged him to make allowances for 
my inexperience and give me credit  for my 
gigantic strnggles to sell goods  in  the face 
of an adverse providence.

“Make  allowances!  you  blamed  idiot, 
haven't we allowed you over  $150, with or­
ders to balance it of only  $450?  Give  you 
credit!  Why, you goggle-eyed  pretense Of 
humanity!  our  own  credit will be gone up 
in a  year, if you keep on with  these ‘gigan­
tic struggles!’ ”

Nevertheless,  they  started me out again, 
and I am determined to make their old store 
groan and creak with  the  loads  o r orders I 
will send in.

In my wanderings  around  the country, I 
have  run  across  any  quantity  of  queer 
places, queer people and “queer”  bulldogs; 
but this town and this people are  the  most 
unknowing and unknowable set of sojourn­
ers lev er came  athwart. 
I  couldn’t make 
ord what ailed them for a  long  time, but I
- finally caught on and,  I  can  assure  you, 
they have got it bad.

As I got off the train, I  asked  a  boy  if 
there was any sort of a conveyance obtaina­
ble to carry nie to the hotel.

“Naw,  Mister,”  he  innocently  replied, 
“ just imagine you’re ridin’ an’ it’ll  be  jnst 
the same.”

The advice  was  a  little  unsatisfactory, 
but I put it down to his extreme youth, and 
thought nothing further  about it until I re­
quested the clerk in the hotel to show me  a 
front room on the  second  floor.  He  took 
me up to the top floor, and  gave me a room 
facing on the scenery in  the  hallway,  with 
no outside  window. 
I  expostulated  with 
him calmly and in a superior manner.

“My dear fellow,” he replied, in ahotellic 
tone of voice,  “this is the only  empty room 
in the house and it’s just as  good  as  any. 
All you have to do is to  imagine  that  you 
are gaziag on the beautiful pine-stump-and- 
«now scenery from  the  second  floor  and, 
presto!  you have it.”

As he spoke, a remembrance  of what the 
boy at the depot had  said  flashed upon my 
Websterian mind, but I  put it aside as sim­
ply a coincidence—two small minds running 
in the same channel—and did not dissent.

You, Mr. Editor, having  experienced the 
unutterable joy of  gazing,  spell-bound, on 
my noble, Bostonian  physiognomy,  would 
not, for an instant, imagine that it would be 
possible for me to allow my  anger  to  rise 
above  the  more  harmonious  side  of  my 
childlike  nature;  but.  annoyed as I am to 
confess it, such was the case  when I enter­
ed the dining-room and found that  my sup­
per. which I had spoken for early  in  order 
to see a  customer  that  evenihg,  was  not 
ready.  To use plain,  unveneered Webster- 
age, I kicked.  Verily, I  say  unto  you, the 
kicking of an unruly cow  id  the  barnyard 
.  just as the pail is filled,  or a cat in its ninth 
death, cannot hold  an  electric  light to the 
masterful manner in which X kickulated.

“ Say. Mr.  B.,” said the landlord, as soon 
as the smoke of battle had cleared sufficient­
ly to  allow  the  human  voice to be visible, 
“ if you wiU just sit  quietly  here,  eonoen 
trate your mind on the  thought  that it is a 
; half hour earlier than it really  is  and  keep 
:  your eyes away from the clock,  your supper 
will be ready on time.  Thoughts are facts, 
and  if  your  mind  is  strong  and  steady 
enough,  the rest is easy.”

Just at that period in  the  flight  of*  old 
Father  Time  and  his  lawn  mower,  if 
thoughts had been  facts  and  tangible ob­
je c ts , as toe landlord said,  I  imagine  that 
bis next winter’s overcoat  would have been 
made ofjnrood, for I told him what I thought 
of him in language too forcible and rare for 
bvery day use.

X kept my eyes on toe clock and my mind 
on revenge until my sapper was  ready, and 
then started out to  see  toe  customer.  He 
bad just gone home, but the clerk, who was 
lockipg up, said, in  utter  ignorance of the 
awful danger which  threatened  him, for 
was pretty near crazy  by  that  time,  “Mr. 
B., if you  will  place  your  mind  on  the 
thought toafr you have met Mr.  Jones  and 
that, he has given his order to  you  instead 
of toe man from Detroit  to  whom  he  did
-  give it fifteen minutes ago, it will be as if 

were, and your  couch, 
smooth and soft as a  bed of roses.”

to-night,  will be as 

, 

This was  toe  last  drop  1A toe  camel’ 
back and I nearly murdered him. 
I expect, 
however,-.that, in toe strength  of  his mind 
and tooughta, he will be at  work  as  usual 
in three or fooivdays. 

’ 
f '. ,   This thing was  becoming, obnoxious and 
irritating. 
Imagine,  think,  b&ieve—the 
wordsrolled around In my mind likea hired 

d o ta   toe  cellar  stairs, and

|. 
. ;  faintly realized that I mast have an eXplan
'Xtaekldda -party  who  ari» -wandering

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WHOLESALE

Jobbers  In

Dates,  Figs, Gitrons, Prilnells, Etc.

PRICES  QUOTED  AND  CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED

13,  15,17 Railroad Place 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Wholesale Grocers.
, Lemons

IMPORTERS  OF

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

Send  for  Cigar  Catalogue  and 
ask for Special Inside Prices 

on  anything  in  our  line.

, RETAIL  GROCERS
W ho wish to. serve their  Customers 
w ith GOOD COFFEE would dowel! 
to  avoid  Brands  th at  require  th# 
support of Gift Schemes, 
Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

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DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

W hich Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior Merit  Alone.

Unequaled  Quality. 

Improved  Roasting  Pro on— 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

For  Sale  by all Jobbers  at Grand  Rapids,  Detroit 
PITTSBURGH,  Pool

D1LW0RTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

MANUFACTURERS !
INFORM  YOURSELVES

Contemplating a Change or Seeking a Location

Regarding the prospects, opportunities  and  advantageous 

situation of

GLADSTONE,

As a site for a manufacturing town.

FREE  SITES

W ill be given you, whether you be of large or small capac­
ity.  As  you  are  doubtless  aware, GLADSTONE  is  the "Lake 
Shipping Port  for  the  Great “Soo” Railway  and  feeders,  and 
situated as it is on the Little  Bay Du  Noquette, the finest har­
bor  of  deep water  on  Lake  Michigan,  offers unparalleled  in- 
ducementsafor  all  kinds  of IRON  and  WOODWORKING in­
dustries.

For particulars, opportunities for business, plats and maps; 

call on or addres^

f. w. McKin n e y,

Agent Sault  Ste. Marie Land and Improvement Co.,

GLADSTONE,  MICH.

Grand, Square  and Upright Pianos.

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

dict thatTie Wete Stands Unrivaled.

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

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Weber Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Estey Organs, 

A. B. Chase Organs,

Hillstrom Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,  •

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
BARl o w   B R O S.

JOBBERS IT

D RY   GOODS,

_AJNX> U  O T I O N S ,

8 8   M onroe  StM 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Baes

j  A 

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  QF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

If you are in Market to Buy or Sell CUoyer Seed, Beans pr Pota- 

toes, w ill be pleased to hear from you.

If you want  to put in a  stock of Fish» 
ng  Tackle  and  wish  first-class  goods 
tnd bottom, prices,  get our  price* before 
/ou  buy,  as  we  bave  the  largest  and 
/est stock in the Stare. 
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to?!B>NE8DAY,afABCH m  usés..

'LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

1 
Written for Tax Tradesman.

BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

If it Were not for the  constitutional  and 
* 
statutory prohibitions,  and  the  prejudice 
f   which exists against an individual acting in 
a judicial capacity in cases  in  which he is 
personally interested,  1  am  satisfied  that 
judicial offices would be much  more sought 
after by business  men. 
If,  for  instance, 
old man Jones could  have  been  delegated 
-  the authority to  sit In judgment  on  divers 
;  parties who have depleted  his  capital,  to a 
considerable extent, by  playing on his good 
nature,  sympathy  and  credulity,  I think 
that he would have qualified  for  the  office 
of justice of the peace some  time  ago, 
in­
stead of allowing the  office  to  become va­
cant;  and, if l{r. Slimmer could  have been 
permitted to fire sundry  scriptural passages 
at, and try, convict  and  condemn  some of 
Ids most exasperating delinquent debtors,  I 
am almost sure that he Would not have pos­
itively declined the same office  when it was 
pressed upon him by  the  dominant  party; 
And even the writer feels himself  impelled 
to confess that he has, on  a  few occasions, 
caught himself wishing that he was invested 
/with toe powers of an Oriental pasha.  This 
wish, in particular,  obtruded iteelt thè other 
day, when I overheard  Simkinson—who is 
indebted to me in the sum of quite  a  num­
ber of dollars for  goods  transferred to him 
daring a season of exceptional  family sick­
ness,  poverty  and  distress—remark  to  a 
companion: 

,

“So —” (mentioning my name)  “had his 
Store  burglarized  a  little  last night,  hey? 
Well, that proves to me that  there  ain’t no 
‘honor among thiéves!’ ”
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It is currently reported  that  before Sim­
kinson married his present wife, a few years 
ago,  his  prospective  father-in-law  became 
very inquisitive regarding his  financial sta­
ins, and finally asked him how much money 
he had:

“Oh,  about  twenty-five  dollars!”  said 

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Simpkinson.

“How much do you earn in a year?” 
“Well, I got about a hundred and fifty out 

Of odd jobs toe last season!”

“Great Christopher!  You don’t expect to 

support a family on  that, do you?”

“But,  hold on!  I  earned as  much  more 
by running in debt  and  with a wife to help' 
me,  I believe I  can doable it another  year.”

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Speaking of justices sitting  in  judgment 
on their personal cases  reminds  me  of  an 
occurrence which is said to have  transpired 
in toe Grand River Talley when the civiliza­
tion  of that fraction of toe earth was in its 
feeble infancy.

Somewhere in the “forties,”  there  dwelt 
in a little settlement of  the  Valley—which 
has since become  a  somewhat  pretentious 
town—an old  fellow  named  Blinker.  He 
was the only trader of the place,  toe  post­
master, supervisor and, at  the  date  of the 
circumstance narrated,  was  serving  as jus­
tice of toe peace.  Blinker,  in these modern 
days,  would have  been  labeled  a  “crank,” 
but he was too  important  and useful a per­
sonage, at that period,  to  be  regarded  and 
treated with anything but  respect  and con­
sideration.  Shortly before toe old man was 
entitled  to  add  toe  letters “J.  P.” to his 
name, a pioneer specimen of  the tramp and 
d. b. orders combined  struck  him for some 
$15 worth  of  commodities  on  credit,  and 
Shortly  afterwards  disappeared  from  the 
settlement.  One day, afterJBlinker had as­
sumed magisterial dignity,  he was informed 
that Sioper,  toe  delinquent,  had  returned, 
ahd was indulging  in  copious  libations of 
fermented liquors at the neighboring tavern. 
Blinker  thereupon  instructed  liis son  Jo­
seph  to apprehend Sioper,  and  bring  him 
before himself (B.) as a fraudulent  debtor. 
Joseph shortly returned  with  torn  clothes 
. and a badly battered  countenance,  and an­
nounced  himself  incapable  of making the 
arrest.  The old man 
then  returned  with 
Joseph to toe scene of  hostilities  and  de­
manded an  unconditional  surrender of the 
offender, and in less than a  minute  was in 
a  materially  worse condition  than  his son.
While Blinker was meditating schemes of 
vengeance,  and  hesitating  whether to call 
out a posse comUatus, or make a requisition 
for the militia,  he received word that Sioper 
had fallen into a drunken stupor,  and,  tak­
ing a rope, himself and  Joseph returned to 
the tavern and, after binding the delinquent 
hand and foot,  bore him triumphantly home 
and deposited him in the cellar.

The next morning,  Blinker  assumed an 
air of majestic  dignity,  took  toe  judicial 
chair and remarked,  slowly  and  solemnly: ;
“Bring the culprit  before  me!  Prisoner 
a t toebar,” he resumed, gazing at the  bound 
captive  with  great  severity,,  “ you  area! 
hardened and depraved  villain!  You  have1 
committed one of the most serious  offences 
known to the laws  and  constitution!  You 
bave defied toé majesty of toe law  as  cm- ' 
bodied in this court.  You  have  defrauded 
this court out of its goods and chattels!  Yon 
have assaulted an officer  of  this  court, to- 
wit, my son Jo!  You have,  moreover, laid 
violent and profane  hands on the person of 
this court and tom its coat  and  soiled  ito 
other garments,  and  you  have  caused toe 
majesty of the  law,  as  embodied  in  this 
Court, to appear in public with an unseemly 
’ H fi disreputable black  eyé.  The  sentence 
of the cerni s te is :  The  small  amount of 
money found to jfator  possession, your -gun¿ 
4«d a  few Other  article** 
; a quart
ofN ew lSagiand rtu lE àfcBaonflscatedand

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  oil  us.  We 
have light expenses, and are able to sell low­
er than  any  other house representing first- 
class  work.  Second-hand  safes  always on 
hand.

O. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With  Safety Deposit, Co., Basement oi Wid- 

dicomb Bit.

AN  EXTRAORDINARY  OFFER

TO  ALL WANTING EMPLOYMENT.

W e w an t  live, energetic  agents  in   every  county In 
tn e  u n ited  States and C anada to  sell a  p a te n t article o i 
g re a t m e rit on its merits.  An article  hav in g   a   large 
sale paying over  100  p er * cent, profit, haying  no  com- 
petition, and .on which th e   ag e n t  is  protected  in   th e 
exclusive  sale  by  a   deed  given  fo r  each  and  every 
county h e m ay secure from  us.  W ith aU  these  advan­
tag es to  o u r agents,  and th e fact th a t i t   is  an  article 
th a t can  be sold  to   every houseow ner, i t  m ig h t n o t be 
necessary  to   m ake  “an  extraordinary  offer”  to 
secure good agents a t  once, b u t we h av e  concluded to 
m ake it to show , n o t only o u r confidence  in  th e  m erits 
of o u r invention, b u t in  its salability by an y  ag e n t th a t 
will handle it  w ith energy.  Our  agents  now  a t  w ork 
a re   m aking from  $150  to  $300  a  m onth clear, and  this 
fa c t  m akes  it safe fo r us  to   m ake o u r offer to  all who 
a re o u t of  em ploym ent.  Any ag e n t th a t will give o ur 
business a  th irty  days’ tria l  and  fail  to   clear  a t  least 
$100 in  th is lim e, above  all  expenses, can  re tu rn   all 
goods  unsold to  us and we  wiU refund th e m oney paid 
fo r  them ,  No such  em ployer of agents  ever dared to 
m ake  such  offer, n o r  would  we  if  we  did  n o t  know  
th a t we  have agents  now  m aking  m ore  th a n   double 
this am ount.  OUr larg e  descriptive  ciiculars explain 
o u r offer fully, and these we  w ish to  send to   everyone 
o ut of  em ploym ent  who  will  send  us  th re e one cent 
stam ps  fo r  postage.  Send  a t  once  and  secure  th e 
agency in tim e fo r th e  boom, and  go  tc   w ork  on  th e 
term ed in  ou r ex traordinary offer.

Address a t onee,  National Novelty Co.,

514 Smithfield St., P ittsburgh, Pa.

W H I P S

ADDRESS

GRAHAM  ROYS,  -  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.

All T rains daily except Sundny.
G O IN S  NOBTH.

Traverse C ity & M ackinaw Ex
Traverse City E x........................
F rom  C incinnati.............................. .7:80 p  m
Ft. W ayne and M ackinaw E x .......... 3:40 p ra
Saginaw  Express..............................11:25 a  rn
........ , . . . . 7 . .............10:30 p m .

“  

“  

A rrives.
..9:05 a m

Leaves. 
11:89 a m  
7:00 a m
5:05 p m  
7:90 a m  
4:10 p m

Saginaw  express runs th ro u g h  solid.
7:00 a. m. tra m  h as ch a ir c a r to  T raverse City.
U :80 a. m . tra in  has ch air ca r fo r Petoskey and Hack- 
5:05 p.  m, tra in   has  sleeping  cars  fo r  P etoskey and 

m aw  City.
M ackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH,
Cincinnati  E xpress..........................  
F o rt W ayne Express........................ 10:30 a m  
C incinnati  Express.......................... 4:40 p m  
T raverse City and M ackinaw Ex. .11 ¡00 p m

7:15 a m
11:45 a m
5:00 p m
7:15 a  m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch a ir  ca r  fo r  Cincinnati.
5:00 p m  tra in  has W oodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
5:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriv in g  in  D etroit a t 10:45 p. in.

Muhkegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Leave. 
A rrive.
a  m ..................................................................... 10:10 a  m
11  00 a U1.................................................................  4:30 p m
4.40 p m .....................................................................   8:50 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stree t  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Michigan Central.

G r a n d  R a p id s  D iv is io n .

D EPART.

 

ARRIV E.

D etroit E xpress.............................................  
6-15 a m
Oay  Express.................................................................lfio  p m
♦A tlanticExpress..................  
 
.10:10 p m
Mixed  ............................................................................. 
a  m
•Pacific  Express........................................................6:00 a m
n ^ i D " ' i 7 ' S ....................................................  •  8:00pm
G rand  Rapids  Express..........................................  10:15 p m
............-.....................................................................  5:30 p  m
•Daily.  AU o th er daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r  cars ru n   on  Day  Express  and  G rand 
Rapids Express to  and  from   D etroit.  D irect  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith all through tra in s E ast over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

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

escheated to tbis court,  toieim bnrse it for 
its various losses.'  For  fhe.hs&mit on  an 
officer of teto  court,  teHrit,  my son Jo., I  
shall  send  you  to  toe county jail for one 
year and, for assaulting  and  battering this 
court and injuring its  garments,  yon  will, 
St the expiration of that timé,  be  removed 
to toe prison of toe State,  there tobe incar­
cerated during my will and pleasure.”  , 

There is no record  now  in  existence to 
show whether Blinker  succeeded in enforc­
ing toe severe sentence or not; but it is to be 
presumed that he eventually discovered that 
his judicial  powers  were  somewhat  inore 
limited than those of an Egyptian cadi.
*  -

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■ *  ■ 

It is a carious but uncomfortable fact that 
there are numerous individuals who  almost 
invariably conceive an  enmity toward  per­
sons who confer favors on them.  Any bus­
iness' man who is  skeptical  regarding  this 
can verify the fact by becoming a candidate 
for some lucrative  office  and  them  asking 
those whom he has “accommodated”  in  va­
rious unprofitable and undesirable  ways to 
“take off their coats” and work for him.

' 

I think the most unpopular  man  among, 
the dead-beats of a community  is  tye  one 
who has been  victimized  the  most by the 
dead-beat element.  I will defer my explan-1 
ation of the phenomenon, but  will  assert, 
as a  sort  of  preamble to it,  that  the  indi­
vidual who expects  to  find traces of honor 
and  evidences  of  gratitude  in  the party 
whom he knows has  deliberately  wronged 
his neighbor,  will find  his  search  about as 
successful as that of the ancients  who  em­
ployed their time in searching for the jewel 
in the toad’s head.

BOXES.

f t  
W  Shipping Cases, Egg 
# Crates, etc. 
r 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich*

4 an d  6 ERIE ST. 

P0BN1TPBB TO OHDBB.

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

W est End Pearl St. Bridge.

Wolverine Clair Factory,
S EEDS !
Garden Seeds  in  Biilk.

For the Spring of 1888 we offer  the  larg­

est and most cemnlete line  of

GARDEN  SEEDS

ever offered  before.  Comprising every var­
iety one could wish, for we have taken great 
paiBS  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.  Cali and see us and we will 
convince you 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 aud note our  discount.
To the Trade—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, Peas, 
Beans, etc.

71  CANAL  ST.

WIGWAM  SLIPPERS.

Send  Your Spring Orders to  MANHJSW.

Men’s  .......  ................................................—   9 50 I Youth’s and Misses.................... ...; .................... 6 65
•*  with  soies........___ ..7  60
Boys and women’s ........825 j Children’s ..............................................................................7 J  
5 to

with soles.  ..............................................10 60J 

“ 
withsoles..........77 7 .. 7 7 16 to

“ 
0 001  >“ 

with Soles........... 

W oonsocket and Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, Boston K nit and W ool Boots.

TENNIS  SHOES  IN  FIRSTS  AND  8ECONDS.

Cat-  R.  MAYHBW,  Grand.  R apids.

RINDGE, BERTSCH1 CO.

MANUFACTUREES AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

¿ j É f i T

Is the Time to Order a Supply of the CELEBRATED

M e   Liquid  Billing,

WHICH  WE  QUOTE

4 oz. Round 3 doz  in  case,
*  
8   ** 
2 
Pints 
4 oz. Ovals 3 
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3.00 per gross
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6  O O  
10.80  “  “
3.40  “  «
6.50  “  «

Davenport  Uaaning  qq

Davenport; la.

AT.  T H IS

MANUFACTURED  ONLY  BY  THE

Arctic  ManUfactiiring  Gompany,

38 and 40 Louis  Street,

G R A N D   R A PID S.

BURTI8S  l  DUJIYOfl,

Everything in the Paper Line.

Rockfalls,  Childs,  Sterling,  Economij,

W. & T. PURE JUTE MANILLA.

GENERAL  WOODENWBRK,

flTT  n ilT fl 
UiL uAJN o—i ?

(GOOD  ENOUGH.
! CONGRESS.

AXE  HANDLES, 

CLOTHES  BARS, 

LINES  AND  PINS, 

BASKETS, 

BRUSHES, 
MOPS, 

TUBS  AND  PAILS,- 

BOWLS,

Everything in the Woodenware Line.

D E T R O I T   S O A P   0 0 ,
Manufacturers of the following' well-known Brands

DETROIT, MIOH.,

of

S O A P S

QUEEN ANNE,
MICHIGAN,

TRUE  BLUE,

CZAR,

MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 
SUPERIOR, 

ROYAL BAR, 

MASCOTTE,

CAMEO,

PHCENIX,

WABASH,

AND  OTHERS.

For Quotations address

w . G. HAW KINS,

Lock  Box  173, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Salesman  for  W estern  Michigan.

JENNE881 MgGURDY,

Importers  and  MandMotilrers’ Ipenls.

DEALERS IN

The Standard of Excellence

K IN G SFO R D ’S

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

Luke Shore & Michigan Southern.
A rrive
Lcfiv e. 
N. Y. Mail.  N. Y.'Ex
Ex. & Mail.  N.Y. Mail. 
7:45 a m .. G rand Rapids.  9:45am   6:35pm
4:35pm  
9:02am ..A H egan.............8:28 a m   5:18 a m
5:55 p m  
4:20pm
6:55 p m   10:06 a  m .. K alam azoo ...  7:30am  
8:30 p m   11:35 a  m ..W hite Pigeon.  5:55 a  m   2.40 p m
6:05 p m ..T o led o .............11:00 p m  
2:30 a m  
9:40 p m. .Cleveland......... 6:40 p m   5:55 a m
8:80 a m  
2:50pm  
8:30 a m .. Buffalo............11:55am   U :40pm
5:40am  
7:10 p m. .C hicago....... 11:30pm  
A local freig h t leaves G rand Rapids a t 1:10 pm;  carry­
ing passengers as fa r as  K alam azoo.  Ail  tra in s  daily 
except  Sunday 
J

8:50 a m

10:00 a m

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

A rrives. 
•N ight-Express.................................   9:30 p m  
tT hrongh Mail...........t......................10 .-30 a  m  
tEveningExpress....................  3:25pm 
tD etroit E xpress................. .
tMixed, with couch...... ...........- 
GOING W EST.
tM orning E x p re ss ..........................1:05 p m  
tT hrough Mail...................................6:00 p m  
♦Grand Rapids Express..................
•N ight E xpress............................... 5:85 a  m  
fM ix e d .......................................... 

Leaves.
10:56 p m
10:30 a  m
3:50pm
11:00 am
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
5:40 a m
7:45am
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  •Daily.
Passengers tak in g  th e  6:50 a   m  Express  m ake  close 
connections a t Owosso fo r Lansing, and a t D etroit for 
New York, arriv in g  th e re  a t  10:10  a   m  th e  following 
m orning.  The N ight Express has  a   W agner  Sleeping 
car. 

J as. Campbell, City P assenger Agent.

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

. 

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Fancu  Goods  of all Description.

HOTEL AND  STEAMBOAT GOODS,

Brome  and  titrant  Lamps,  Chandeliers, Brackets,,  Ete„

73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Wholesale  Igents for M fieM 's  Canadian  Lamps.

P U K E

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O swego, HX

Gloss”

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

THE  PERFECTION  OF  QUALITY.

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME !

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X-iIOJST  COFFEE.

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W H O L E S A L E   P R IC E   C p R B E N T .
The  quotations Riven below  are  such  as  arie  ordinarily  offered  cash  buyer) 
yand buy intuii packages:

promptly and buy

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J . D . Derby 

representing  Spaulding  & 
Cbieagd, was in town last week.
IfoMand, of Indianapolis.  has taken 
HNe frirbiganwgaicv  of  Hedge’s  Tobacco 
Works, pf Hendehson,  Ky.

A  letter from In L.  Loomis,  who is. n»w 
a t Eureka Springs,  Arkansas,  conveys the 
welcome  intelligence  that he is improving 
in health.

Cheboygan  Tribune:  Commercial  drum­
mers have been thick in Cheboygan,  which 
is taken as  a  sure  indication  of  the ap- 
proach of spring.
",  M. K/Walton,  Curtiss &  Dnnton’s  hust- 
Hng salesman, will  move his family to this 
riMyfrom Detroi* as  soon as a home can be 
arranged for them.

Jas. D. Wadsworth,  having  gotten  the 
hetter of the rheumatism, started out on the 
road  again last  week, taking the C. & W. 
M.  territory  relinquished by “By.” Robert­
son.  .

“By” Robertson  has  resigned  bis  posi­
tion as traveling salesman for Arthur Meigs 
A Co. to assume  the  management  of  the 
Gray general  stock at Breedsville, which he 
has recently purchased.

A  Hastings  correspondent  writes as fol­
lows:  “R. B. Orr, one of your Grand Rap- 
ids salesmen, is a hustler, and is ever on the 
look-out for anything  nice.  After  attend­
ing to business, he  is  always  seeking for 
something fancy in the  stoek  line  and ad­
mires a good horse,  and does a little buying 
and  «¿tiing  on  his own hook.  His latest 
purchase  is  a  fine  colt,  coming yearling, 
sired by Holbom A, son of Princeps, and no 
doubt the best teed horse in our town.  Orr 
knows his business in regard to torses  and 
colts.  Our horsemen are a  little  sorry the 
best colt was token away.”

J . H. McIntyre, the  rotund  grip-camer, 
has a way of getting out of  unlucky  situa­
tions which is both  unique  and  startling. 
At Leland, the other day, John was making 
a trip with a  team.  A  blinding  storm of 
snow and sleet was  blowing  at  the  time, 
a n e i t h e r  to avoid the unpleasant weather 
or on account of being unable  to  see, John 
trim ly drove into the lake.  With some lit­
tle difficulty he extricated  himself from his 
unpleasant  predicament  and, owing to his 
obesity,  it required nearly  two  days’  time 
»mi seven cords of wood to thaw  him  out 
lit- W1U hire a boy to drive in the future,

Condemned  Saws

F rom  th e  Iro n  Age.
I t is well known that  the  manufacturers 
of circular, cross-cut and  other  long  saws 
have suffered a good deal of  inconvenience 
and injury on account of the return  to them 
of saw&f which are referred to  by  the  pur­
chaser as too hard or soft, or  otherwise de- 
- fective, when as a matter of fact  the  saws 
are all right and not open  to  the  objection 
whmIa  against  them.  The  merchant  who 
has sold the saw is usually reluctant to make 
any objection against  taking it back, espec 
ally  as the  manufacturer  will in nearly all 
« ism receive It  and  furnish  another in its 
Stead.  This is a matter  which is annoying 
to the retail merchant and the  jobber  from 
whom the-saw has been purchased, as  well 
as to the manufacturer, who has to bear the 
principal burden of the  practice.  Relating 
to this matter, we print  below  the  follow­
ing circular which  explains  itself. 
It is of 
special significance as  showing  the  large 
proportion of good  saws  which in the case 
referred to were-retumed,  and we  presume 
that nearly as large  a  proportion  will  be 
found in most lots similarly sent back to the 
'  manufacturers.  We doubt not' that  many 
dealers and manufacturers generally will ap 
predate the thoughtfulness of Foster, Stev 
ans & Go. in issuing this circular, endeavor 
teg to check the abuse  and facilitating (Us 
cuBsion of the question.

Gra nd  Ra pid s, Feb. 4.1888,

On the first of January we returned to différ­
an t manufacturers the  condemned  saws that 
We had on hand.  We print  below  an  extract 
fwtm a  letter received by us from one of them 
mm) viiinir it of enough importance to call your 
attention to it.  Wë think the practice of  tak­
ing back any and  every  saw  just  because * 
m an says it is poor all wrong, and  an  imposi- 
• ë« n on the manufacturer as well as the retail­
e r and jobber.  How  can  the  taking back of 
good saws be stopped?  That is  the  question. 
We would like to have your opinion.  Wé have 
^na customer who has traded with us for twen­
ty  years, whose  purchases  of  cross-cut saws 
average about twenty-five to fifty each winter, 
»nj during this long timé he has never return­
ed a  saw!  Why?  He  sometimes  takes a saw 
hack, but on examining it  finds  it a good one 
and sends it out again, and  nine  times out of 
ken & never  comes  back.  We  hope  you will 
assist us in correcting this great abuse.

R espectfully,  F oster, Stev en s & Co.

' 

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b rag , Ind 

,  Blakely Bros, F ife Lake 

'  R  A H astings, S parta
■■ 

BUYERS.  §  f | i |  
^l^efoU ow ing fte^ ip ád ere bave visitad 
(¡be market during the past week atad placed 
orders with Hie various houses: 
Dole & H aines, S p arta Cep-  C B^Blakeley, Gooperaville
1. _  □ H O E  ” -*2' 
4 .1. ■Power, K ent City 
A AM B»i»|C.TiKSeal 
A' <fc E B eray. C aledonia_  A JS e o tt, H ancock'
I J  Leggett & Co, F a ils.
W m De F ree, Zeeland
A R McKinnon, Shelby 
J  B W atson, Coopereyille 
E B W right, W oodrille  *••'.'  Jo h n  Crispe, Pl*,inw3H 
W ise  <fc  G arnes,  Middle-  N H arris, Big Springs 
Geo P  S tark, Cascade
J   C  Benbow, Cannonsbwrg
E Yoang, R avenna 
W G H astings, K ent  City  D r T D S m ith,C oopersville 
P  P  H opper, MiddleviUe 
J  C Scott, Lowell 
Alex D enton, H ow ard City
M M Robson. Berlin 
John Kamps, Z utphen 
H  Van Noord, Jam estow n 
A C M anning, E lk h art, Ind 
T  GSellick, Rockford 
J  A tkin. Big Rapids
A Anderson, Cadillac 
- 
E  3 Hewes, N ew aygo, 
'M  J   H oward,  Englishville 
R S Shiffert, Bridgeton 
Mrs P   B  H nnsicker, Wood- 
Geo C arrington, T rent 
■
V an D uran Bros, H olland  S S tark, Allendale 
Den H erder & Tanis,  Vries-  R  G S m ith, W ay land 
G R Bunker, Bailey 
.
C R Bunker, Bailey 
•
John D am stra, G itchell 
:  S M G eary, Maple H ill 
8 M G eary, Maple H ill  ,
M J  B utler, Sand Lake
P  DeKraker, H olland 
M J  Butler, Sand Lake 
W alter  Strnik, Forest G’ve 
S L A lberts, R avenna  • 
W alter  Strnik, Forest G’ve 
S J  M artin, Sullivan 
S J  M artin, Sullivan
J  P  Cordes, A lpine 
G N Reynolds, Belm ont 
G N Reynolds, Belm ont
C E Coburn, Pierson 
Emm e t Coon & Co, Baldwin 
P  Steketee & Co, H olland  Emm e t Coon & Co, Baldwin
F ran k  B oonstra, D renthe 
C K  H oyt, Hudsonville 
F ran k  B oonstra, D renthe
Mrs A F  H arrison, S parta 
Ja s Colby, Rockford 
.0 8 Comstock, Pierson 
L M Wolff, H udsonville 
K L Kinney,  Ensley 
Nicholas Bouma,  F isher 
R J  Side, K ent City 
L F  Davoll, Boyne Falls 
G TenHoor, F orest Grove 
J  C Drew, Rockford 
C hapm an  A  Scofield,  Fre­
C A B rott, R avenna 
G M H untley, Keno 
D S Moore, G reenville 
J  A Mitchell, Lowell 
John W isem an, N unica
Jas Sm ith, B io Rapids
Owen  & Barnes,' C harlotte
N inehuis  Bros,  New  Hoi-  Chas Copeland, Ashland 
J  D Adams, Alpine
Dr S J  Koon, Lisbon 
Chas  Sears, Rockford 
W   A Feazell, G’d  Junction 
Jos Totten, Totten
W H Hicks. Morley 
Geo C arrington, T rent 
Dr P eter Beyer, B lanchard 
R B McCuUoch, Berlin
D E W atters, F reeport 
Neal McM illa n , Rockford  W  A Engle, H artford 
A W  Fenton  &  Co.,  Bailey

land 
' 
V W ilson, Sand Lake 
Fisher, Cressey  C o m e rs J  E G oal, Sand Lake 

T P arrish, G randville 

„ , ___ _ 

m ont

land 

land 

J 

The  Insurance  Market.

If T h e T radesman were to quote insur­
ance rates as it does  the  sugar  market,  it 
would describe the present  insurance situa­
tion about as follows:  The market is badly 
demoralized,  on  account  of  the  enforced 
abandonment of the trust.  Rates have late­
ly takqn a tumble of about 10  per cent, and 
further~reductions  are  looked  for until a 
legitimate  basis  is  reached.  The leading 
dealers,  instead of acting in concert, as was 
the case under the board system, are “going 
it alone” on risks and rates.  Within a short 
time, fire insurance will be  open  competi­
tion, the same as nails, flannel or molasses.

Bank  Notes.

Grand Ledge wants another bank and  of­
fers flattering  inducements to some man of 
capital.

The First National Bank  of  Hancock is 
preparing to build a 816,000 brick block this 
season.  The bank will  occupy  the  lower 
floor.

The Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue 
has ruled  that  Canadian  money sent from 
the; interior of the State to Detroit banks for 
redemption in Canada,  is  exempt from the 
propbsedtax.

Count  Your  Pickles.

For the purpose of ascertaining  to  what 
extent  pickle  manufacturers  put up short 
count  goods,  T h e  T radesman  suggests 
that its readers in the grocery  trade  count 
the next barrel they open and report the re­
sult to T h e  T radesman  for  publication. 
Such  reports  will  be  valuable by way of 
comparison, as tending to show which man­
ufacturers come nearest to  the  representa­
tions stamped on the outside of  the  barrel

Thè "Grocery Market,

There is no change to note in any  of  the 
leading staples.  Sugar is hard to get,  which 
gives it a slightly firmer tendency.

®fOREST
J i i  Q 1Ya

EXTRACT
ABSOLUTELY 
TRIPIESTRENSTB^

PURE -

THESE GOODS ARE “PAR EX iJKLLitNOE’
Pure, Healthful and Reliable,  warranted  to give satis 
faction in every particular.  For sale by wholesale and 
retail grocers throughout th t United  State«.  Vocwie 
Bros , Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

A

Me s sr s. F o ster,  Stev en s  &  Co., G rand Rap- 
. ids:  *
Gentlemen—We have received and carefully 
examined the cross-cut saws  returned.  They 
were first examined by our  man  who  always 
-does tnjs kind of work  and  is  regarded as an 
expert, and he reports 24 defective saws out of 
i n  returned. 
We have at the present  time  with us a man 
who Was formerly in the saw business, but for 
tee hist eight or nine y ears bas been  engaged 
ta Hie timber business  and  handling of saws, 
gpd keeping them in  order,  in  the  Michigan 
pineries.  We turned the  entire  lot  over  to 
ten», «.»ter erasing  the  marks that  had  been 
p a tó n  them by our regular tester, and request- 
1  ed him to givé them a  thorough  examination 
'■  asd mark them recording to  his opinion.  He 
maitos the following report:'
Good Saws that ought not to be condemned 165 
Saws that are too  soft.. — .........................  14
4
Of the good saws, he has  made a, division as 

■  ; Saws th a t axe too hard.;........ ....t: ... 

4  - * » • » 

.................. » •, 81

follows:
Saws teat are up to the very highest stand-
: -  a id  of tem per.. 
Saws that vary from  this  one  way  or  the 
teller slightly,  but  not  sufficiently  to be 
xcteurned under warranty...... ...................84
■ ■  , :  You will see from  these  figures  that  there
Mm been considerable looseness on the part of 
testers in taking hacksaws.  We know that it 
M ^ linMihl« fnr you to control this matter en- 
tiroly, but trust that yon will  assist us in edu-S 
eating the dealers up to a more strict construc­
tion of the warranty.  I  I   I  Awaiting your 
-  * * *  
early reply, we are yours truly, 
W riting on this subjeci, a hardware house 

3b  A recent letter says:
Shis m atter has been a source of much trou- 
lia  with us.  We cannot  tell  positively  when 
, 
te a  saw is brought back to us and the party re- 
tam ing it says it is too soft or too hard wheth- 
! 
;  • te te f to t tete ffi the dtee. .If; believing tefe.par-:

Sis mistaken, we refuse  to  exchange  with 
te áte teas a customer.  ® 
W e lay this whole matter before the trade
I
I  I t  resto largely with the  retailers to correct
thw,«re g j

f ú t e t e * ? . 
■ m B m m  

t e p l  

¥&.  |

.........  careful,  in  taking

THOBBEB,  WHYLAND

NEW   YORK,

RELIABLE

FOOD PRODUCTS.

f it is b o th  p leasant and profitable  fo r  m erchants to  
occasionally visit New York, and all such a re cordially 
invited to  call, look through o u r establishm ent. Corner 
W est B roadw ay, Reade  and H udson streets, an d   m ake 
o u r acquaintance, w hether  th e y   w ish  to  buy goods o r 
not.  Ask fo r a  m em ber of th e  firm.]

8YRNT0N, 8RHP80N X GO.,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Sede  Manufacturéis  of  the  “ Peninsular* 

Brand Pants, Shirts arid Overalls.

State  agents for Celuloid  CoUairs  and  Caffs. 

120 en d  IAN Jefferson,- A v e.,

DETROIT,  .  -  MICHIGAN.

F .  OW EN,  « a n *   Rapid*

.140

•  D RIED   FRUITS—FOREIGN.
C i t r o n . ^   ........23
Currants i’..  ,  ,  — ........ T
Lemon Peel........... ......14
Orange Peel....; .iri....... .14
Prunes, French, 60s...........1414
French,80s...........12%
•* 
French, 90s__ ....11
** 
Turkey, old........ .
44 
44  t  Turkey, new ......  5

FISH .

Raisins, Dehesia— . —  ...3 60
Raisins, London Layers 
3 00
Raisins, California  “  — 2 40 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels.  2 10 
Raisins, Loose California. ,1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. 8)£© 8% 
Raisins. Sultanas...... 
....8%
Raisins,  Valencias.........  ?
R aisins,Im perials..........3 T5
Cod,  whole.............— 45S£©5
Cod, boneless.........
1254
H alibut............. 
3 00 
Herring, round. 54 bbl. 
1 50 
Herring, round, 54 bbl. 
Herring, Holland^ bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  750% 
022
Herring, Scaled.... —  
Mack, sh’r, No. 1, 54 bbl... .8 75 
“ 
“  12 ft kit-1 25
“ 
“  10  “ 
..1  10
“ 
“ 
No.2, 54 bbls.........7 50
“ 
Trout,  54  bbls................5  50
- 1 0  ft  kits.................   85
White, No. 1, 54 bbls........ 7 00
White, No. 1,12 ft kits...... 1 20
White,  No. 1,10 ft kits...... 1 05
White, Family,  54 bbls.... .3 85 
kits..........   70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla, 
D .C.,2oz..,..$ doz  90  135
“  4 oz........... ....140 
2 50
“  6 o z ..............2  25  3 75
“  No. 3 Panel. ..1  00 
1 75
**  No. 4  Taper. .1  60  2
“  No. 8 panel...2  75  4 50
-.4 50 
“  No. 10  “ 
6 50
“  54 pint, r ’nd..4 60 
7 50
..9 00  15 00
“  « 
“ 
Lemon.  Vanilla, 
per gross.

Standard 
English 2 o z......  7 20 
3 oz.........  9 00 
4 oz..........12 06 
6 oz..........18 00 

** 
“ 
PARTNACEOUS  GOODS.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“ 

1 

9 60
12 00
15 00
24 tO

“ 

Farina, 100 lb. kegs......... ..  04
Hominy, fi  bbl.................. 4 0
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box..  &
iuiported... 10  ©11
Pearl Barley................   © 3%
Peas,  Green.................   ©1 40
Peas, Split....................  
0  
Sago, German...........  © 6
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  ©  6
Wheat,  cracked........  © 654
Vermicelli, import...10  ©11)

“ 

domestic..
MATCHES.

G. H. No. 8,  square...........  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro... 1 10
G. H. No. 200,  parlor..........1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor .........2 15
G. H. No.  7, round.............1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2 
'
Oshkosh, No. 8................... 1 50
Swedish................  
75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq.......1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq.......150
Richardson’s No. 754. rnd.. 1 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd.. 1  50
Woodbine. 300......................... 1 15

 

MOLASSES.

O IL.

PICKLES.

OATMEAL

Black  Strap.....................17018
Cuba Baking...................32025
Porto Rico....................... 24035
New  Orleans, good........ 33040
New Orleans, choice.......44050
New  Orleans, fancy.......50052

54 bbls. 3c extra
Michigan Test.............  
102;
Water  White......................ill
Barrels.........................  
Half barrels...........t ........  -3 25
Cases
OATS—ROLLED
Barrels.......................
Half barrels...............
Cases.........................2
Medium.......................
54 bbl............
Small,  bbl......... .........
54 b b l..............

...6 00 
...3 50 
...7 00 
...4 00
Choice Carolina...................654
Prime Carolina.................. 6
Good  Carolina.................... 554
Good Louisiana................   .554
Table.. 
H ead...............................  
3%
Java......................................554
P atna-..................................5)4
Rangoon..............................5
Broken........*....................-OH
Japan.................. 
5540654
DeLand’s pure.................... 554
Church’s  ............................ 5
Taylor’s  G. M.....................5
Dwight’s ............................ 6
Sea  Foam........................... 5)4
Cap Sheaf........................... 5

..................... ,5)406

SALKRATUS.

44 
“ 

R IC E.

540 less in 5 box lots.

6 00

SALT.

60  Pocket, F F D............ .  2 15
28 Pocket...........................3 05
1003 ft pockets..................2 25
Saginaw or Manistee........  95
Ashton, bu. bags................
Ashton,4 bu.  bags.............
Higgins’bu. bags..............
American, 54 bu. bags.......
Rock, bushels..............
Warsaw, bu. bags..............
..............

“ 

54 
SAUCES.

.2 50

SOAP.

SPICKS—WHOLE.

London Relish, 2 doz...
Dingman, 100 bars..................4 00
Don’t Anti-Washboard— 4 75
Jaxon.......................................3 75
Queen  A nne.......*,...............4 00
German Family............— 2  04
Allspice.............................8)4
Cassia, China in mats......  854
44  Batavia in bund....12
44  Saigon in  rolls.....40
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 25
44  Zanzibar......... .......23
Mace Batavia......................80
Nutmegs,  fancy.................40
No. ........... 
66
No. 2................. 60

Pepper, Singapore,  olack-1854 

“  white.28

“ 
“ 
“ 
44 

“ 

shot. 

------- ------ 20
SPICES—GROUND—IN  BULK.
Allspice............................... 12
Cassia, Batavia............    .15
“ 
and Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................42
Cloves, Amboyna.........  35
“  Zanzibar............30
Ginger, African.................1254
44  Cochin..............---I®
Jamaica..............18022
“  
Mace Batavia......................85
Mustard,  English... 
.......20
44 
and Trie.22
Trieste................ 25
*■  A* 
Nutmegs, No. 2__ ____ - .  .65
Pepper,Singapore  black..22 
white..32
Cayenne..........2 5
doz...84 
Absolute Pepper, 
Cinnamon  44 ...84
44 ,..60
Allspice 
Cloves 
“  ...1  :
Ginger 
“ ...78
Mustard 
“  ...84
STARCH. ‘ 

“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
44 
“ 

4* 

44 

“ 
*• 

SUGARS.

  ...... ..  ,554

Kingsford’s
SDver Gloss.l ft pkgs— ..  7 
“  Oft boxes....,  7
bulk............ 6
4* 
Pure, 1 ft pkgs.. 
Corn, 1 ft pkgs. .. — .......    7
Cut  Loaf;................   @8
Cubes...... .................  
0  7
Powdered. I&!*...
Ü
Granulated, Stand. • •
O ff.,..J.
©7  06
Confectionery A.......
m654
Standard A « ....,,...,
m  6
No. 1, White Extra C.
No. 2, Extra C. ..*« Ja
m  
No. 3 C ....................._
ü
Ho,4 0 ..^..« * ...^.... % 
(lYWtii»
CorU, barrels, ijtu l 
Corn, 54 bbls

•* 

 

 

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

TOBACCOS—FIN E  CUT.

PureSugar,Mrbbl.........27039
SWEET  GOODS.Ml X.  X X X
Ginger  Snaps...... .  754 
854
854
Sugar Creams  . .... ..754 
9
Frosted Cream s...,4. 
854
Graham Crackers,... 
Oatmeal  Crackers__ 
854
TOBACCOS—PLUG.
tear H ead........... 
...44
 
hnk Road.— ..............4 2
Eclipse...................... 
.36
Holy Moses,........___      33
Blue Blazes..........................32
Eye  Opener............... ....... .32
Star 
.....  ...... ......42045
Clipper................. 
....39
Climax....;.......... . 
.  ....45
Corner Stone......................    39
TipTop.................  —  ,;.4l
Tenderloin,.................  
.33
Sweet Russet.......... .... ...... .38
Dark Magnolia................... ..40
Hot Shot...... ....................... 40
Sweet  Pippin...... ...............,50
"^ive and Seven.....................50
Hiawatha...............................70
Sweet  Cuba......................... 45
Petoskey Chief..................   .68
Sweet Russet........................45
T h istle................................42
Florida................................ .65-
Rose Leaf............................. 66
Red Domino................. 
  38
Swamp Angel.;.......— ,. — 40
Stag...;  ........................ .— 33
Rob  Roy.....................  —  ..27
Peerless................  
28
Uncle Sam...... ...................... 30
Jack  Pine..............................36
Sensation................  
33
Yellow Jacket....................... 20
Sweet  Conqueror........... 20036
Japan ordinary...............18020
Japan fair to good..........25030
Japan fine.....................   35045
Japan dust......................12020
Young Hyson................. 20045
Gunpowder......................35050
Oolong.................33055060075
Congo.............................. 25030
VINEGAR.30 gr.  50 gi
1
9 
White W ine.......  
Cider...................  
1
0 
Apple..................   10 
J
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick imported....... .90
American........ 75
do 
Burners, No.  0...................65
do  No. 1............ 
  75
3
do  No. 2.................... 96
Chimneys,  No. 0................... 38
“  1....................40
“  2..............  ...52
Cocoa Shells, bulk...............  4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle....7 60
Cream Tartar.....................25
Candles. Star......................  954
Candies. Hotel................... 1054
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35 
Extract Coffee, V.  C— .. .80
F elix...... 1 15
Fire Crackers, per box__ 1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.. .35
Gum, Spruce......... ............30
Jelly,in 30 ft pails..  . o  © 5)4
Powder,  Eeg..................... 5 60
Powder, 54  Keg..............:.2 81"
Sage...................................15
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS, 
Putnam  &  Broons quote as 
follows:

TEAS.

do 

 

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes.........   854
......... 9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
.........10
Royal, 25 ft  pails......  854© 9
Royal, 200 ft bbls................  854
Extra, 25 ft  pails................10
Extra. 200 ft bbls................  9
French Cream, 25 ft pails. .1154
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases........... 10
Broken, 25 ft pails.............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls.............. 9
Lemon  Di-ops........................18
Sour Drops............................ 14
Peppermint  Drops............. 14
Chocolate Drops...................14
H M Chocolate  Drops.......... 18
Gum  Drops  ......................... 10
Licorice Drops...................... 18
B  Licorice  Drops.............12
Lozenges, plain.....................14
Lozenges,  printed................ 15
Im perials..............................14
Mottoes.................................15
Cream  Bar............................ 13
Molasses Bar......................... 13
Caramels................................18
Hand Made Creams...............18
Plain, Creams........................16
Decorated Creams................20
ring Rock...........................13
Burnt Almonds...........—   22
Wintergreen  Berries........... 14
Lozenges, plain in pails.. .12 
Lozenges, plain in bbls.... 11 
Lozenges, printed in pails. 1254 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls. 1154 
Chocolate Drops, in pails. .1254
Gum Drops  in pails......... 654
Gum Drops, in bbls...........554
Moss-Drops, in pails..........10
Moss Drops, in bbls...........  9
Sour Drops, in  pails..........12
Imperials, in  pails.............12
Imperials  in bbls.............. 11
Bananas........................ 1 60©2 25
Oranges,  choice......   ©4 00
Oranges, Florida......  
Oranges, Messina__   ©4 25
Oranges, OO.................. 4 0004 25
Oranges, Imperials..4 2504 50 
Oranges Valencia ca. 
08 00
Lemons, choice........ 3 25i©3 50
Lemons, fancy..........3 7504 00
Figs, layers, new..... 12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........  ©
Dates,  frails do........  © 454
Dates, 54 do  do........ 
0  654
Dates, Fard 10 ft box ip ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft..  654 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ..50554 
Almonds,  Tarragonal7  ©1754

FANCY—IN  BULK.

FRUITS.

NUTS.

0

i4 
“ 

11 
14 

Ivaca........   ©16
California  13014
© 9 
Brazils......................
Filberts, Sicily.........
©11 
Walnuts,  Grenoble..
©11 
12 
Sicily.........
French....
011 
8012
Pecans, Texas, H. P. 
Cocoanuts, fl 100. . .   ©5 50
PEANUTS.
0  4 
Prime Red,  raw  $   ft 
0  454 
Choice 
do 
do 
0   5 
Fancy H.P. do 
do 
0  454 
Choice White, Va.do 
0  554 
Fancy H P,. Va  do 
©
H. P .V a ..................
OYSTERS AND  FISH,
follows:

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotas  as 

OYSTERS.
Fairhaven Counts....
Selects......................
Anchors__ ..... •....
Standards  .............. •
.  15 
Favorites............ ...
Standards per gal....
.100 
..1 40
Selects, per gal......
Counts; in bulk, per 100... .1 20 
Clams, 

“ 
‘
44  per gal....................1 25
FRESH  FISH
Black bass......... • -... - • • *12)4
Rock bass..............
Perch, Skinned..;..
Duck-bill  pike.....................§
T rout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TO
Whitefish..
. ............... .10

44  shell
“ 

.

.

f r e s h   m e a t s .

John Mohrhard quotes, selling 
, prices, as follows :
Fresh b eef..,......... $  @ J
H ogs..............;.......  _ @JT
Pork loins.. V...... . 
9  ©9)4
Bologna. 
. 9
........» 
Frankfort sausage ••>9  ©10  | 
Blood, liv, h’d saus’g  5  0  5 
,
M utton.............. 
0  ®  8)4
« I p i l ............. 
8)40 i
Fowls...........R i l M i l i
0 »
Turkeys 
Lard, kettte-render’ä  
«  $tf

Acme,

« 

*• 
“ 

“ 
» 
« 
“

i/ 
1 «  

«  % 
»  % 
1 
5 

Is....
b u lk ................  »»
dime size-------»  85
Arctic, % B> cans, 6 doz....  45
75
4  “ 
2  “ 
.,..240
2  “ 
1  “  ¿..1200
Victorian, 1 »> (tali,) 2 doz. 2 00 
Diamond,  “bulk,” — - - - •  15
Red Star % ft cans 12 doz..  45
6  «*  ..  8i
4  “  ..150
Absolute,  54  ft  cans, 100
cans in case................. .11 75
Absolute,  %  ft  cans,  50  _
cans in case................IQ 00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
in case........................... 18 75
Telfer’s 54 ft, cans, 6 doz in
case.................. —  .....  2 70
Telfer’s 54 ft cans, 3 doz in
case................................. 2 5»
Telfer’s 1 ft cans,  1 doz m
case....................... •*•••  1 50
Early Riser, 54s, 4 doz case  4o 
•* 
90
1 60
“ 
Arctic, 4 oz. r’nd  gross  3 00
......... 
  6 00
4oz. oval.........  3  40
...........  6  50

**  8 oz,  “ 
“ 
*»  8 oz.  “ 
“  Pints r’nd......,10 80

**  %8. 2  “ 

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BLUIKO

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BROOMS.

No. 2 Hurl..........................1 00
No. 1 Hurl............................... 2 25
No. 2 Carpet..............-  — ¿50
No. 1 Carpet............................2 75
Parlor Gem............................o 00
Common Whisk ............l  w
Fancy  Wliisk......................... 1 25
Mill..................................... are
Warehouse.........................“ 9°
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  22
Premium..  33
Horn-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

CHOCOLATE.
“ 
“ 
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OOCOANUT
Schepp8,  is.........................27
Is and %s— .....28
54s....................... -2754
Is in tin pails....2754 
54s 
— 2854
Maltby’s, is .........................2354
Is  and %s..........24
-2454
.54s.............  
 
Manhattan, pails......... 
.20
Peerless......................... ¿¿*18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16018
Mocha............... 
..25028
Mandaling.................... 25026
O G Java......................25026
Java..............................23024
Maricabo.................. -  • 21022
Costi Rica.....................21022
Mexican........................2J ©22
Santos...........................
Rio,  fancy..............- - -21022
Rio,  prime....................19020
Rio, common................17018
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add 54c per ft. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

COFFEE—GREEN

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195s 

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

30 lbs60fts 100 fts
1954
20
1954
1?
19
19
1924
1954
1754
1954
2154
2054
19J4

Lion......... . 
Lion, in cab... 
Dilworth’s—  
Magnolia.......  
Acme............ 19  . 
G erm an........ 
German, bins. 
Arbuckle's Ariosa 
Avorica 
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
Honey  Bee.. .2124  21% 
Nox All....... .2024 
2054 
Our Bunkum.1924  195a 
Arbuckle’s Avorica........... 17
Quaker Cy............. 18
Best Rio................ 19
Prime Maricabo.. .21

COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.

CORDAQE.

 

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CRACKERS.

60foot Ju te ....................... 110
72 foot J u te ........................ 1 40
4oFootCotton........................ 50
50 foot Cotton.....................1 60
60 foot Cotton.................... 1 75
72 foot Cotton......................2 00
KenoshaButter— ............. 7
Seymour  Butter................. 554
Butter..................................554
Family Butter....................-554
Fancy Butter...................... -5
Butter Biscuit....................654
Boston................................ £54
City Soda............................. f
Soda..................................... |54
So  a Fancy..........................5
S.  Oyster.............................554
Picnic ........................ 
554
Fancy  Oyster..................... 5
CANNED F IS H .
Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck— 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft............ 2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 ft stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .1 7u 
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic;  .. .. ..1 75 
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic.... — 2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft star..............l  95
Lobsters, 2 ft star.............. 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 ft stand...........1 45
Mackerel, 2 ft stand........... 3 CO
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard..3 25 
Mackerel, 3 ft soused ...... 8 26
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia........2  10
3 50
Salmon, 2ft 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2 ft 
...2 75
Sardines,domestic54s.  ...  7
Sardines, domestic 54s...10011 
Sardines,  Mustard 54s...  9010 
Sardines,  imported  %s.. 12013
Sardines, spiced, 54s...... 10012
Trout. 3 ft  brook.... L...  .
Apples, gallons, stand, t.. .2
Blackberries, stand...........1 20
Cherries, red standard..:. .1 60
Cherries,  pitted.......1 8501 90
Damsons.........'  ..  .125013»
Egg Plums, stand__ . . . . ..1 5G
Gooseberries............ 
.,1 65
Grapes — .............95
Green Gages.......................1 90
Peaches,  all yellow, stand.2 65 
Peaches,  seconds.......... 2 25
Peaches, pie..........1  6001 65
Pears........................ 
• -1 30
Pineapples,........... 1 4002 75
Quinces.......... .. 
i........ 1 50
Raspberries, extra......... . .1 50
red....... .....160
Strawberries ..........,... .1 60
Whortleberries__ _____  .1 20
Asparagus, Oyster Bay— 2 00 
Beans, Lima, stand........  85
Beans, Green Limas ... 
01 40
Beans,  String.......... 1 0601 20
Beans, Stringless, Erie—   90 
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.l 60
Corn,  Archer’s Trophy;;. .115 
MomG’ry.l 15 
Early GOld.115
Peas,  French............ 
1HD
Peas, extra marrofat.l 200140 
Peas, s o a k e d . . . . . . . . 80
0150
'  44 
sifted....... ...  2 00
44  French, extra fise..20 00 
Mushrooms, extra #ne.. ..20 00 
Pumpkin, g ft Golden...... 1 00
SuceotaSh>standard... .8001 60
Squash. 
..1 25
 
9 " 1 20 
Tomatoes,’Bed Goat 
Good Enough  120 
Ben Bar  . 
. .1 20
stand br.l 150 1 20
^ithtUgfu»tellemren.,,;  01254
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CANNED VEGETABLES.

June, stand..., 

CANNED FR U IT S. 

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quote  as follows: 

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PORK IN BARRELS.
. 1, - .1 . - 

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LARD.

jj- .18 qg
'.v..............................,...15 25
Shortcut. 
Shortcut  M o rg a n ............................ 15 50
Extra clear pig, short cut......................... 16 GO
Extra clear,heavy.............. .......:..............16 50
Clear quill, short  cut............................. ...16 50
Boston clear, short cu t...............................16 50
Clear back, Bhort cut.... 1..........................16 50
Standard dear, short  cut, best................16 50
Bean............................: ............................ .
Hams, average %  fts..................................11

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
16  fts................ ...................11)4
“ 
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12to lifts.          ___ ____ 1154
*  picnic  .......................... ....... . 
...  8%
4  best boneless.. ....__ ................... . .11
Shoulders...... .. ... , . V....,v.. . . . . . . . . . . .   8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless....................... .11
Dried Beef, extra........................................  854
.10
 
1054
 

ham  prices....................... 
Long Clears, heavy................................  
 

DRY SALT MEATS.
medium................................. .
lig h t...................  

Tierces  .................................... 
30 and 50 lb Tubs ....................__  
3 ft, Pails, 20 in a case........................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a ease......................ft.
10ft Pails. 6 in a case..........................
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in case....................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts............ 
7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacxing....................   7 50
P la te .......................................... ..............  7 75
Extra P late................................... 
8 25
Boneless, rump butts.................................  9 50
“  Kan City pkd ..........8 50
44  54 bbl.  5 00
44 
Pork Sausage.........................................  ..  754
Ham  Sausage................................................ 11
Tongue  Sausage........................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage........................................ 8
Blood  Sausage.'................................. 
6
Bologna, straight......... ...............................   6
Bologna,  thick.............................................  6
Head  Cheese........................... tt.................   6
In half barrels............................................   3 50
In quarter barrels......................................   2 15
In 54 Bbl.........................................................3  00
In % Bbl......................................... 
175
InK its....................................................... 
85

“  Kansas City Packing._____ 7 25

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

BEEF IN BARRELS.

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

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FRESH MEATS.

HIDES.

as follows:

The W. Steele Packing & Provision Co. quotes 
Fresh  Beef............. ................................   6  © 654
Dressed  Hogs..........................................   654® 6%
9 
Pork loins.
Beef loins.............................................
© 10 
Beef ribs..............................................
010 
© 7 
Pork ribs............................................... 5
Pork  sausage......................................
0   8 
Bologna........... ....................................   6
© 7 
© 9 
Frankfort sausage..............................
©13 
Summer sausage.................................
© 6
Blood, liver and head sausage...........  5
HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. 

k ip s............6  © 8

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:.

Green__$  ft 4  0  454 Calf skins, green
Part cured...  5  © 554  or cured....  5  0 6  
Full cured....  5540 6  Deacon skins',
Dry hides and 
Apiece...... 10  020

Fine washed $ ft 1802O|Coarse washed.’. .20022

Medium  ............ 20023]Unwashed_____ 12016
4
No. 1 No. !3 No. 3 No.
15 00 7 00 4 00
50
..6 00 4 00 2 00
25
75
5
50
5
15
30
10
..1 00
..5 Oft 2 50' 1 00
50
10
75
20
0ft 4 00 2 00
1 00
50
..4 00 2 50 1 00
05
10
40
25
05
30
..1 00
10
SPRING  W INTER  FALL  KITS
01
804
...  18
2 tïO 1 00
...6 00
10
30
...  75
05
10
...  80
25
10
. ..  75
25
50
...3 00
be added to above prices.

Bears......................
Beavers................
Badgers...................
Cat, Wild.............
“  House 
Fox,  Red..
“  Cross............
44  Grey............
Fishers.___,.........
Lynx.....................
Mihk, Large Dark.
Martins
Musvats.............
O tter....  ...........
Raccoon, Large.
Skunk.........
W olf...............
Deer Skins, dry. Red Coats, per lb............

25
15
60
11
4 00
50
20
50
1 00

Small......

20
20
10
60
50

WOOL.

FURS.

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44 
44 

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“  Blue  44 
“  Short Grey, 
“
44
“  Long 
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sheep pelts, short shearing.........
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated...
Tallow............................................
Grease butter............ ...................
Ginseng, good........:......................
WOODENWARE.

5020
©23
3&© 4
50  8 
@2 00

Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:

Standard  Tubs, No. 1..........................6 0005 50
Standard  Tubs, No. 2...........•.............. 5 0005 50
Standard Tubs, No. 3.......................... 4 0.04 50
Standard Pails, two hoop.............................1 40
Standard Pails, three hoop..........................1 65
PailB, ground wood 
.............................. .4 50
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes......... .............. 2 25
Butter  Pails, ash................................... . 
.2 25
Butter Ladles...................................  
  90
 
Butter Spades................ 
75
Rolling Pins.  ..........................................  .  75
Potato Mashers............................................   50
Clothes Pounders....................................    .2 25
ClothesPins........................... 
60
Mop  Sticks.................... 
1 Q0
Washboards, single...................  
1  75
Washboards, double..........................................2 25
Washboards, Northern  Queen....................... .2 75

 
 

 

 

BASKETS.

Diamond  Market...... ...................................  40
Bushel, narrow band, No. 1.........................1 50
Bushel, narrow band, No. 2............................. 1 40
Bushel, wide band......... .............................. 1  75
Clothes, splint,  No. 3............... ........... —  .3 50
Clothes, splint,  No. 2.......— , ....................4 25
Clothes, splint,  No. 1..............................    .5 00
Clothes, willow  No. 3........................................ 6 00
Clothes, willow  No. 2..  ............ 
6 50
Clothes, willow  No. 1....................................7 50
..3 75 
Water Tight, (acme) bu..
85

balfbu

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—$4 per bbl.
Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  vory 

scarce, readily commanding $2.50 perbu.

13013)40.

Butter—Jobbers pay 20022c for choice dairy 
and sell at 22025c.  Grease  butter is  slow  saje 
at 8c.
Butterine—Creamery, 16c  for  solid  paoked 
and 17c for rolls.  Dairy. 13)4c for solid packed 
and  l4-)4c  for  rolls.  Extra  creamery 20c  for 
solid packed and 21o for rolls.
Cabbages—$1©$1.25  per  doz.,  according  to 
size.  Very scarce. '
Carrots—30035c per bu.
Celery—Out of market.
C h e e se —Jobbers are holding their  stocks  at 
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork  barrels,  $1.25;  apple  bar­
rels,  25c.
Cranberries—Wisconsin Bell  and Cherry are 
in  good  demand at $3.50 per orate or $10  per
DlDried Apples—Jobbers hold  sun-dried  at 5)4 
®ti)4c and evaporated at 8)4c.
Eggs—The  “cold  spell"  and  approach  of 
Easter has forced  prices up to 15016c per doz.
Honey—In plentiful supply at l5©16e.
is  moderately  active  at  $15 
Hay—Bated 
in 

per ton in two and  five  ton,  lots  and  $13 
oar lots.■ "■; 

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Maple Sugar ^New crop, 12)4o per lb.
Onions—Home mown, $1.25  per bu.
Pop Corn—2)4o #  ft. 
__ _on 
Potatoes—Buyers are paying 75080c per bu. 
and bolding at 850990.
Turnips—20025c per bu.
Wheat—Çfty millers pay  78o  for  Lancaster 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 57c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  42c  in  small  lots  and  38o  in
__ g
Rye—48050c Ç bu. |  
Barley—Brewers pay $L30J? owt.
Flour—No change. Patent $5.40 ft bblin Sacks 
and  $5.60  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.40 ^  bbl. in 
sacks and $4.60 in wooî. t '
Meal—Bolted, $3-60 9» bbL  ___   K.____— ,
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 9  ton.  Bren, §g§
ton. Cure and Oats. $22 V ton.

and 78c for Fulse anfi Clawson. 
lots and 53e in carlots. 
carlots. v £

S:,;tonV-j Ships,  $18J0  f   ton.  JHdffiidgBi 919 

GRAINS AND M ILLING PRODUCTS.

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TROPICAL.

CALIFORNIA

F R U I T S

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WHOLESALE

Salt Laìe Fisi

AND  OYSTERS.

$%
Packing  and Warehouse,

 

1%
37 North Division Street.

Office, 117 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

SEND  FOR PRICE FIST.

HAY!

We offer in car load lots good 
Timothy  Hay.  We  have  the 
output of four presses and  can 
offer it in any quantity.  W rite 
for prices.
Lamoreaux, k  Johnston,

71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

Bananas,  Olir  Specialty.

16 and  iS No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH. 

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INCRUSE YOUR TRADE

BY SELLING

Sájj^VVyiMV.W:Uvirj^

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 Blended Coffee in the  market.  Sold  only 
in 50 lb. Cans and 1  lb.  packages, 30, 6ft and 100 
lb. Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.

BEE SPICE MILLS,

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

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

FIB. B. YALE & CO.
iting Powders, Extracts, Blnmis,
tmUuMu
nDHHUW  oi

AND  JOBBERS OF

40 and 42  Sontli Division St., 

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BRAND RAPIDS,  -  MICH.

46  Ottawa Street Granfi  Rapids.
ABSOLUTE  SPICES,

SOLE MANUFACTURERS» OF

GENUINE K. of L.  CIGARS
The product of  Organized,  Working  Ci- 
garmakers.  Established  Sept.  1, 1886, on 
the Co-operative plan by members of L.  A 
6374, K.  of  h .  Smokers  and  Friends o 
Labor, Attention! 
If  you  are  opposed to 
filthy, tenement-house factories,  the servile 
labor of  coolies,  the  contracts  for  convict 
labor, give our Cigars a trial.
If you are in favor of shorter hours of labor, 
the  Saturday half-holiday,  and  last,  but not 
least, the payment of hierher and living wages 
in solid cash, give our Cigars a trial and accord 
them your most liberal  patronage.  The yel­
low K. of I«, label  on  every box.  One hun­
dred thousand sold within three months in the 
city of Detroit alone.  Warranted to be  strict­
ly five and ten cent goods.  For further partic­
ulars, terms, prices, references, «.tc., address 

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

W e rn e = 8v ille ,  B e r k s   C o..  P e n n s y lv a n ia .

PROPRIETOR OF

EDWINFALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE
Blitter,  Eggs,  Lemons,  Oranges,
SOLID  BRAND  OYSTERS

And Packer of

JOBBER OF

Facilities for canning and jobbing oysters 
are unsurpassed;  Mail orders filled  promptly 
at lowest  market- price.  Correspondence  so­
licited.  A  liberal  discount  to  the  jobbing 
trade.
G r r a n d .   n a p i d L s ,

217, 219 L iv in g s to n  S t.,

POTATOES.

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

1 6 6  S o u th  W a te r S t»  CHICAGO. 

R e fM fto  
Chicago, i
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Fklsbntblal. Cross & Miller, B snkers,
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Rubia Tinctorum... 
Saccharum Laetis pv
Salaoin. . ' , .............4
Sanguis Draconis__
S a n t o n i n e . ......
Sapo, W..'............... .
Sapo, :M......... ... ] ths
Sapo, G ............... 
_
Seidlitz  Mixture___  @
Sinapis..,...'........@
Sinapis, opt.............   @
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
V oes...;.................  @
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do.
V008...."................   @
Soda Boras,(po  11). . 10  @ 
Soda et Pofcdss T art..  33®
Soda Garb...........1...  2®
Soda,  Bi-Carb......  .  4®
Soda, A sh................   3®
Soda  Sulphas.........J.. 
(fh
Spts. Ether Co......
Spts.  ;• vreia Dom...
Spts, Myrcia Im p....
Spts  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2.19)........................
Less 5e. gal. lots ten days. 

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OILS.

...... 

Strychnia  Crystal...  @110
Sulphur, Subl 
3)4
Sul phur. Roll........  2)4® 3
Tam arinds..............  8®  10
ferebenth  Venice...  28®  a)
Theobromae............   50®  55
Vanilla  ............ . 9 00@16 00
7®  8
ZinCi  Sulph.............. 
Bbl  Gal
™  
Whale, winter...........  70 
75
Lard, extra.......  .. .'  68 
72
Lard, No.  1..............   45 
50
Linseed, pure raw  ..  56 
59
Linseed, boiled........  59 
62
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
"t-ained............... 
  50
60 
Spii.tsTurpentine...  45 
50 
PAINTS  Bbl
Lb 
Red Venetian...........lx
2@3 
Ochre, yellow Mars. .1^
2@3 
Ochre,yellow  B er...lJi 
2®3 
Putty, commercial...2)4 i 
2)4@3 
Putty, strictly pure..2)4 
2&@3
V ermilion prime Am­
erican ....................
13@16 
Vermilion,  English..
76@80 
Green, Peninsular...
16® 17
Lead, red strictly pur 
Lead,  white,  strictly
p u re...... ................
6@ 6)4 
Whiting,  white Span
©70 
Whiting,  Gilders’__
@90 
White, Paris Amer’n 
1  10
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.....................
1 49
Pioneer  Prepared
T aints.................. 1 20®1 40
Swiss Villa Prepared
P aints...................1 00@1 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__1 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  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp . .....................   70®  75

VARNISHES.

¿¿Jt:.i.i’.i" ¡V ÍM i jBokni  or Phannwqr, 
ÄX Years—JaeobJeseon, Muskegon.
T a o  Y ears-^Jam ôs V e n a r, D etroit. 
■i^Me.ïfeiM^T^jWi)iuir'Cl>erbachi.A^':-ArJÎ)or. 
^ m ^ e a p t-^ C to O .’^lcDojaiúdi *M4jàaaaD.*  ■« 
L infe Y e a n —Stanley 13  P arkell, Owobso 
FlWdMÏ—Geo, HçDoiüdu ' 
jglwiwÿ  iMBitlwwa.  cV 
S mrkhM m. T«nor.
NextM eeU nir—A t IHrtnrit J u lj s  an d  5,

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OKOANIZM OCTOBEH 9,1884.

X ìr ju fd   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty .
¡ti' *Li 
P resid en t—H. E. Locher.
V ice-President—J.,W . H ayw ard. 
Secretary—Frtm k H. Escott.
T reasu rer—H enry  B. Fairchild.
' H oard of  Censors—President,  Vice-President  afidi Sec­
reta ry . 
B oard of Trustees—The P resident,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A. F. H azeltine and F. J. W urzburg.
Men, Isaac W atts. Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  w hite. 
C o m n iitte e o n  T rade  M atters—Jonn Peck, F. J . W urz­
b u rg , W. H. Tibbs.
•Comm ittee  on  Legislation—J.  W.  H ayw ard,  Theo.
Keriting, W. H . V&n Leuwen.
C om m ittee, on   Phanfiacy—W.  L.  W hite,  Jo h n   M uir, 
If. B. Kimm. 
R egular  M eetings—F irst  T hursday  evening  in   each 
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A nnual Meeting—F irst  Thursday evening in  N ovember 
H e a t1 M eeting—T hursday evening, F ebruary 2,  a t  Tan 

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Tradesman office.

Detroit  Pharmaceutic»! Society.

ORGANIZED OCTOBER, 1883.

P resid en t—F rank  ingiis.
F irs t V ice-President—F. W. R. P erry.
'Second Vice-President—J. J.  Crowley.
S ecretary and T reasurer—F. R ohnert.
A ssistant Secretary and  T reasurer—A. B. Dee. 
A nnual M eeting—F irst W ednesday in June.
R eg u lar Meetings—F irst We
Central  Michigan  Druggists’  Association. 
P resid en t, J. W. D unlop;  Secretary, R.  M. MusseU.
Berrien  County  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
P resid en t, H. M. Dean;  S ecretary,H enry K ephart.
Clinton  County  Druggists’  Association. 

P resident, A. O. H unt;  S ecretary, A. S.  W allace.
Charlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society 
■President, B.  W, W illard;  S ecretary, Gèo. W. Crouter.

• in each  m onth.

V  ednesday i

I o n i a  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty , 
P resident, W. R. C u tler;  S ecretary, Geo. Gundrum.

J a c k s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n . 

P resident, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote.

Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association. 
P resident, D. O. R oberts;  Secretary, D. M cDonald.___
B a s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   ¡S o cie ty . 

P resid en t, F. N. L atim er;  S ecretary, Wm. H eysett.
Mecosta  County  Pharmaceutical  society, 
P resident, C . H.  W agener;  S ecretary. A. H. W ebber.

Monroe County. Pharmaceutical  Society. 

P resident, S. M. S ackett ;  S ecretary, Julia s Weiss.
Muskegon County  Druggists’  Association, 
P resid en t, E. C,  Bond;  Secretary .Geo. L. LeFevre.

M u s k e g o n   D r u g   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 

P resid en t, O. 8. Koon;  Secretary, Geo.  L. LeFevre.
Newaygo County  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
P resident. J . F. A.  R aider; S ecretary, A. G. Clark.

Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society. 

P resident, F. W. F incher;  S ecretary, F rank Cady.
Saginaw  County  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
P resident, J a y  S m ith;  S ecretary,  D. E. P rall.

Detroit Drug Notes.

Detroit has a druggist over  six  feet tall 
-and another one so small  that they say that 
•during a  ball  game  he  was  missed  and, 
when discovered,  he was  out  in  the  field 
¿tiding behind the base ball.

In one section of Detroit,  two miles from 
the center of the city,  there  are  five  drug 
¿stores within six squares.
*  The Detroit druggists who  have  become 
famous for always being defeated  by  their 
Cleveland brethren  are  already  preparing 
■for the season  of  ’88.  Capt.  A.  W. Allen 
will probably manage the nines. 
If  he can 
■manage to win a game,  he  may  receive a 
leather medal.

A Detroit lady drinks two pr three differ- 
-ent spring waters.  The other  day her hus­
band ordered for her a half dozen bottles of 
-¡two kinds at a well-known  drug store.  As 
•he left the store he  called  back  and  said, 
“If you have any other  old  water  send it 
■over.” .

One Detroit-druggist has already  secured 
■over forty new members for the M. S. P. A.
Uncle Sam After the “Bad Debt” Fellows.
People who have  been  annoyed  by Bad 
Debt  agencies  will  be  interested  in  an 
.amendment to a pending bill which has been 
introduced in the Senate by  Senator  Sauls- 
bury.  The amendment is to bring  the pro­
prietors ot these nuisances  within the plain 
It  makes all 
«cope  of  the  federal  law. 
“ Bad  Debt”  envelopes  with  threatening, 
ridiculing or like addresses  unmailable. 
It 
also makes the  person  using  such  matter 
.guilty of a  misdemeanor and liable to a fine 
-of from $100  to  $5,000.  The  amendment 
was ordered printed in order  that  Senators 
might understand its full  meaning. 
It will 
be  backed  by the  Post-office  Committee. 
Senator Saulsbury had  a  number  of “Bad 
D eb t” documents,  which  he  showed to his 
•colleagues as an illustration  of  the  black­
mailing tendencies of the business.
$   From the Dairymen’s  Standpoint.
F rom  th e TJ. S, D airym an.

The late pure  food  convention,  held in 
Washington,  appears to hare  been  a  bur­
lesque affair,  run by the oleomargarine pien, 
Who wa'nt to get their  product  endorsed as 
“ pure food.”  The  convention  appears to 
have been packed with the  retainers of the 
oleomargarine manufacturers.  This became 
•so evident that  the  chairman,  Dr.  W. K. 
Newton, of New Jersey, left  the chair.  A 
•resolution favoring the  continuance  of the 
.  present oleomargarine law was  voted down 
without  a  chance  for  discussion-  These 
oily fellows are on the qut vive everywhere, 
and are as persistent as devils  in  their ef­
forts to foist  their  nasty  goods  upon the 
market, and cheat the people  into  consum­
ing them.

Pushing Trade.

“ You must push natters a little, James,” 
said  the  druggist  to  the  new boy.  “By 
sailing a customer’s attention to  this article 
and that article you can often effect  sales.”
“Yes, sir,”  responded  the new boy, and 
’men he hastened  to  wait  upon • an elderly 
female.whb wanted a stamp.  ......
i   “Anythin’ else,  mum?”  inquired the am- 
mtiiOtts boy,  politely; ."“ ‘hair  dye,  cosmetic, 
meepowder,' rheumatic  drops,  belladonna, 
mole destroyer—” 
The elderly female licked  ipe stamp vic­
iously and left the  door  open  as she went 
out.
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The Drug Market.

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AnreriqfœOlive. 

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JameoE.C.Beltin Am- Joncnaloi Pharmacy.

The extent: to, which  foreign  olivè oil is 
now adulterated is a  matter that would just­
ly cause serious  apprehension  were it not 
tor the fact that we have  within  our  own 
country'the means of relief.  California has 
for several  years  past  produced a limited 
supply of pure olive. oil  of  very  superior 
quality.  The olive tree  was  introduced at 
the time of the founding of the Missions by 
the Jesuit priests during the twenty orthir-. 
ty years beginning with 1769.  Orchards of 
from a  dozen to one oF  two  hundred  trees 
were planted for the use of  the Padres, and 
many of those  trees  still  survive,  adding 
much  by  their  graceful  proportions  and 
striking foliage  to  the  picturesqueness of 
the surroundings  of  the  Missions,  which, 
with few exceptions, are in ruins.  The writ­
er hasoften rested in the shade  of some of 
these trees planted more  than  one hundred 
years ago. 
It will thus be seen that the in­
troduction of the olive tree  is  coeval  with 
the founding of the  Missions.  The  latter 
received their death blow in 1833, by reason 
of  the  confiscation  of  their lands by the 
Mexican government,  while thé former still j 
flourishes in more than  pristine  vigor. 
It 
was not until 1872, however,  that  olive or­
chards were planted with a  view  to exten­
sive oil production. 
In that  year,  Mr. Ell- 
wood Cooper, of Santa Barbara, planted the 
nucleus of what, is now one of  the finest ol­
ive Orchards in the world.  Having  demon­
strated  that  the  industry  could  be made 
profitable,  his example has been followed by 
others, so that there are now  productive or­
chards in San Diego county (Mr.  Frank A. 
Kimball of National City),  near  San  Jose 
(Mr.  Edward E. Goodrich  of  Quito  Olive 
Farm), and at several  other  places  in the 
State.  The trees are now being extensively 
planted, and the day is not far distant when 
the difficulty of getting pure  olive  oil  will 
not be as great as it is  now.  The  climate 
and soil of California are peculiarly adapted 
to olive oil culture,  the chief difficulties now 
in the way being the- high price of  land and 
labor.  These  obstacles  will  (doubtless be 
gradually overcome, and then  pure olive oil 
will be obtainable  at  a  much  lower  price 
than at present.
Virgin olive oil in full  sized  bottles now 
sells on the Pacific coast  at  two  dollars a 
bottle,  wholesale.  Mr.  Cooper  and  Mr. 
Goodrich both state  that  the  demand  for 
their respective  produets  is  much  greater 
than the supply.  The cost is a serious  bar 
to its general use at present, but not to those 
who wish pure oil.
A few trees at four years  have  produced 
over two gallons of olives, and at eight years 
thirty  gallons.  The  average  yield  is,  of 
course,  much  smaller  than this.  A tree in. 
the San Diego Mission orchard has produced 
150 gallons of berries in a year.  The'  fruit 
is generally ready for picking in November, 
but sometimes Is  not  sufficiently  matured 
before the middle of January.  The oil made 
from olives picked before fully ripe and just 
after they become purple,  is lighter in color 
and more  fragrant  than  that  from  riper 
fruit.  The picking is done by means of lad­
ders attached to wagons  which  are  driven 
from tree to tree.  This method  is  prefera­
ble to that employed in  Europe,  where the 
fruit is knocked with poles and picked from 
the ground.
After picking,  the  fruit  is  freed  from 
leaves and imperfect  berries  by passing it 
through a winnowing mill, when it is either 
dried in the sun for about two weeks, or ex­
posed to artificial  heat  at a temperature of 
110 deg.  to 130 deg., F.  When the moisture 
has been sufficiently evaporated,  the fruit is 
crushed by stone rollers, and  pressed put in 
a manner almost identical with that used in 
the old-fashioned  beam  eider,  press.  The 
cheeses are three feet square and three inch­
es thick, enveloped in  coarse  linen  cloth, 
about ten cheeses being put in at one press­
ing.  The  expressed  liquid  is  allowed to 
stand in tanks from two to  three  months, 
by which time the oil rises to the top and is 
drawn  off.  The  pomace  is  re-crushed, 
treated with hot water, and,  on pressing,  a 
second quality of oil  is  obtained.  The oil 
is clarified by being passed  through a filter 
ing column  composed  of  five  or six com­
partments with sieve bottoms on which cot 
ton batting is placed.  Heat  facilitates this 
process,  but is liable  to injure  the  oil,  and 
hence is not used in filtering  the  best  oil. 
The oil is finally bottled,  kept in  a  moder­
ately cool place,  not  exposed  to  sunlight, 
and agitated as little  as possible.
From what I have said it appears  that if 
pharmacists and  other  consumers  of olive 
oil are willing to pay  the  price  necessary 
for an absolutely pure oil,  they  can  obtain 
it of unsurpassed quality in California.  The 
price given is  unusually  high,  owing to a 
short crop last year and the excellent  repu­
tation that the oil has gained on  the  coast.
A prominent producer  of  oil  informs  me 
that the prices will probably  be  greatly re­
duced when the  new  product  now in pro­
cess of manufacture is  placed  on  sale. 
It 
is earnestly to be hoped that  this new addi­
tion to our home Industries will receive  the 
encouragement and  support  it  so well de-
serves.

OREGON  J P   WASHINGTON,

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No section  of th e  country is   to-day  a ttra c tin g   as 
m uch atten tio n  as M ontana, Oregon  and  W ashington- 
M ontana, because it now  ran k s  first in  th e production 
or precious m etals;  O regon,  because  of  its  rich  val- 
leyB'  *“ 4  W ashington  T erritory  by  reason  of  its 
m ila  clim ate,  tim ber,  coal,  minerals-  and w onderful 
PI?,_  .  Ion „   fru its  and  cereals.  The  rapid  grow th 
Falls, w ith a  w ater  pow er  exceeding even
J* 
th a t of  M inneapolis;  Tacoma,  on  P uget  Sound, the 
N orthern  Pacific  R ailroad,  w ith 
12,G00 Inhabitants;  Seattle  30  m iles  d istan t,  a n e n er- 
getio  and  th riv in g   city,  m ark   th is  section  o f  th e 
raelflc N orthw est as one  th a t  offers  peculiar induce­
m ents to  those seeking new homes.  \
„ ® y .wr4tins> Chat- S. F ee,  G eneral  Passenger A gent, 
N orthern  Pacific  R ailroad,  St.  P anl,  Minn.,  he  will 
send  yon  illu strated   pam phlets,  m aps  and  hooks 
giving yon valuable  inform ation  in   reference  to  th e 
country traversed  by  th is  g re a t  line  from   St. Paul, 
M inneapolis,  Dnlnih  and  Ashland  to   P o rtlan d ,  bre-
hi* road, in  addition  to   being  th e  only  ra il  line  to  
Hppkaae Falis,  Tacom a  and  Seattle,  reaches  all th e  
principal points in   N orthern  M innesota  and  D akota 
M ontana, Idaho, Oregon,  and  W ashington,  possesses 
nnequaled  scenic  attractions,  as  w ell  as  superior 
tra in  equipm ent, such  as  dining  cars,  and  colonist 
»‘•BPer* fo r th e   use  of  intending  settlers,  n either  of 
whhffi  conveniences  a re  to   be  found  on  any ¡other 
line tick etin g  business to   th e  S tates  and  T erritories 
nam ed.

fon, and Tacom a  and Seattle,  W ashington T erritory.

ACIDUM,  i
Aceticum., 
Benzoicum, German
Boracic....................
Carbolicum..........
Citricum..........
Hvdrocblor 
Nitrocum ,.ïj®i|f. . ...
Oxalleum.................
Phosphorioum  dii... 
Salicylicum..........

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•raocats,

ANILINE.

BALSAMUM.

^ huricum............   1%J$5

Tartaricum ..............  50®  53
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16 deg...... . 
3®  5
18  deg......... . 
4®  6
Carbonas... 
11®  13
Chloridura ............  13®  14
Black.........................3 0Q@3 35
Brown.......................  80® 1  06
Red...... ................. 
  45®  50
Yellow..............  ,8 50@3 00
Cubebae (po.  1 60....1 75@1 85
Juniperus  .........  .  10®  12
Xanthoxylum .........   25®  30
Copaiba....................   65®  70
P eru ....................... .  @1 50
Terabin, Canada......   50®  55
Tolutan .............  
 
  45®  60
Co r t e x .
Abies, Canadian.....
Cassiae  .........
Cinchona Slava......
Edonymus  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Yirgini......
Quillaia,  grd............
Sassfras...... .............
Ulmus.......................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12) 
EXTRACTUH.
Glyc/rrhiza Glabra..  24@
po.........   33®
ELaematox, 15 % dox..  11®
Is ..........  13®
14®
 
U.B........  16®
FERRUM .

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FOLIA.

FLORA.

GUMMl.

Carbonate Precip__   @ 15
Citrate and Quinia...  @3
Citrate Soluble.........   @
Ferroeyaniduin Sol..  @
Solut  Chloride__  ..  @
Sulphate, com’l........1)4®
pure..........  @
Arnica.......................   12®
Anthemis.................  45@
Matricaria..............     30®
Barosma...................  10®
Cassia  Acutifol, Tin-
nivelly......... . „ /....  20®
“ 
Alx.  35®
Salvia  officinalis,  Us
and  Hb................    10®
Ura  Ursi............   ...  8®
Acacia, 1st picked...  @1 
2nd  “ 
...  @
“ 
3rd  “ 
...  @
“ 
Sifted sorts.  @
“ 
p o ................  75@1
“ 
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..  50®
“  Cape, (po.30)...  @
“  Socotri’, (po. 60)  @
Catechu,  Is,  (V£s,  14
548. 16)....................  ®
Aminoniae  ..............  25®  :
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).  @
Benzoinum..............  50®  i
Camphorae..............  30®  :
Eupnorbium, po......   35®
Galbanum.................  @  ;
Gamboge, po............   80@  !
Guaiaeum, (po.45)...  @  ;
Kino,  (po. 25)............   @  !
Mastic.......................   @1 (
Myrrh, (po.45)__  
..  @  ■
Opii, tpo. 5 25>...........3 50®3
Shellac.
25®
bleached......  25®  !
Tragacanth..............  30® 
'
Herba—In ounce packages
Absinthium. . . . , ...... 
:
!
Eupatorium ............. 
Lobelia  .................... 
!
Majorum  ................. 
i
Mentha Piperita......  
!
“  V ir ............ 
i
Rue  ........................... 
i
Tanacetum,  V.........  
i
Thymus. V................ 
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MAGNESIA.
Calcined,  Pat...........  55®  (
Carbonate,  P at........  26®  S
Carbonate,  K. &M..  20®  i 
Carbonate,  Jennings  35®  l
Absinthium..............5 00@5 S
Amygdalae, Dulc__   45@  rt
Amydalae, Amarae..7 25@7 10
Anisi......................... 1 85® l 90
Auranti  Cortex........  @2 50
Bergamii....................... 2 75@3 25
Cajiputi  ...................  90@1 00
Caryophylli...... .......  @2 00
Cedar........................   35®  6i
Chenopodii.................   @17
Cinnamonii..............  85®  9
Citronella  ...............   @  7]
Conium  Mac......... ..  35®  65
Copaiba....................  90®  1 00
Cubebae  ............... 15 00@li 50
Exechthitos..............  90@1  00
Erigeron........................1 20@1 30
Gaultheria.................... 2 25@2 35
Geranium, 5..........  
Gossipii, Sem, gal__   55®  75
Hedeoma...................  75®  85
Juniperi....................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Limonis.....................1 75@2 25
Mentha Piper...........2 25@3 33
Mentha Verid........... 3 00@3 25
Morrhuae,  g al........   80®1 00
Myrcia,  !......... .........  @  50
O liv e........... ........ a  00@2 75
Pieis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini........................1  18@1 26
Rosmarini................  75@1  00
Rosae,  5.......  
@6 00
 
Buccini  ...................  
 
Sabina.......................  90®l 00
Santal.......................3 50@7 00
Sassafras...................  6o@  65
Sinapis, ess, 1...........  @  65
Tiglii......................... 
Thym e......................  40®  50
o p t.........;..  @  60
Theobromas..............  15®  20
BiCarb......................  15®  18
Bichromate.............  13®  15
Bromide...................  42®  45
Carb........................    12®  15
Chlorate,(Po.30)...  .  18®  20
Cyanide__ ...........  56®  55
Io d id e ........................3 <M!@3 25
Potassa, Bitart, pure  37®  39 
Potassa,  Bitart.com  @  15 
Potass  N itras,opt...  8®  10
Potass Nitras........... 
7®  9
Prussiate.................  25®  28
Sulphate po............ 
15®  18

POTASSIUM.

OLEUM.

  @

 

  40®45

  @150

RADIX.

Aconitum.................  2C@  25
Althae ......................   25®  30
Anchusa..................   15®  20
Arum,  po.............»..  @  25
Calamus....................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)__   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv, 15).  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
,pp. 70)....................  @  65
Hellebore, Alba, po.  15®  20
Inula,  po...... . 
16®  20
Ipecac, po.................2 25®2 35
Iris plox (po. 20®22).
Jalapa, p r...... .
Maranta,  14s ...........
Podophyllum, po...
Rhei  .......................
■ 
O U t...;.........
SpigeTia  .............  48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  @ 30
Serpentaria......... 
.35
Senega..................  56@  60
Sñdlaz, Officinalis; H 
$9
M  @ 80
Scillae, (po. 35).........   10@  13
Symplocarpus,  Peer 
tidus.po............  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  @  35 
German..  16@  30 
Zingibera..,....»4,.,  10®  15
18@  33
Zingiber 
1  @  15
Anisum, (po. 20)., 
Ajdum  (graveleons).  I0j^  13
carni a 
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Cannabis  Sativa,....
Oydonium......... . 
75
Chenopodi am  . :... „   10 
Dipterix Odorate. .. ,175
Foenieuium...... . 
i
Foenugreek, po.... I :  &
Lini...........................
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  .,
Lobelia.
Phalaris Canarian...
Rapa
Sinapis,  Albu........
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SPIR IT U S.

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MISCELLANEOUS. 

o.  7)...................  

Fruménti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50
Frumenti, D. F. R__ 1 75@2 00
Frum énti..................1 10®1 50
Juniperis Co. O.T...1 75®(  75 
Juniperis C o ...,..,.;l 75@3 50
Saacnarum  N. E___.1 75®2 03
Spt. Vini Galli.........1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto..... ........125@2 (¡0
Vjui  Alba.........; ;.  1 25©* 00
SPONGES
Florida sheens’ wool
carriage...... ...........8 25@2 50
Nassau sheeps’wool
carriage.................
Velvet Extra sheeps’ 
wool carriage......
Extra Yellow sheeps’ 
carriage.........,
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage.................
Hard for slate  use...
Yellow Reef, for slate
use.........................
STRUPS.
Accada.....................
Zingiber...... .............
Ipecac.......................
Ferri Iod............
Aurauti Cortes.........
Rbei Arom...............
Smiiax Officinalis__
Co..
Senega.......
Scillae............... .......
“  Co................
Tolutan.....................
Prunus virg..............
TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
Aloes.........................
and myrrh......
A rnica.....................
Asafoetida................
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin..............
C o ............
Sanguinaria.............
Barosma..... ..............
Cantharides............
Capsicum......... ........
Cardamon.................
Co.............
Castor......................
Catechu ....................
Cinchona...................
Co...............
Columba..................
Conium..................;.
Cubeba......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Gentian.....................
co.................
Cuaica......................
ammon.........
Zingiber....................
iiyoscyamus............
Iodine.......................
**  Colorless........
Ferri Cih  ridum.......
................
Kino...... 
Lobelia....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux V om ica............
O pi............................
Camphorated... 
Deodor............
Auranti Cortex........
50
Quassia.....................
50
Rhatany....................
50
Rhei..........................
50
Cassia  Acutifol........
09
Co...
50
Serpentaria..............
50
Strómonium.............
60
Tolutan.....................
00
Valerian....................
50
Veratrum Veride....
50
*Ether, Spts Nit, 3 F..  26@  28 
ASther, Spts Nit, 1 F..  30®  32
Alumen....................  2H@ 354
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
  3®  4
Annatto......................  55® 60
Antimoni,  po...........  4®  5
Antimoni et Potass T  55@  60
Antipyrin................ 1 35@l 40
Argenti Nitras,  5__   @  68
Arsenicum...............   5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__   3S@  40
Bismuth  S.  N.......... 2 15@8 20
Caleium Chlor, Is, (%s
il;  5qs,  12)..............
@  9
Cantharides Russian,
„ Po..........................
@2  10 
Capsici Fructus, a f..
@  15 
Capsici Fructus, po..
@  16 
Capsici Fructus, B po 
@  14 
Caryophyilus, (po. 35)
30®  33 
Carmine, No. 40........
@3 75 
Cera Alba, S. & F __
50®  55 
Cera Flava...............
2b@  30 
Coccus......... ............
@  40 @
Cassia Fructus.........
Centraría.................
@
Cetaceum.................
©
.....
Chloroform.............. 
Chloroform,  Squibbs  ©1  00 
Chloral Hyd Crst......1 60@1 75
Chondrus
Cinchonidine, P. & W 
CinchODidine, Ger’an 
Corks,  list,  diß.  per
c e n t.......................
reasotum......... .
....
Creta, (bbl.75) 
Creta  prep...............
Creta, precip.............
CretaRubra..............  @  8
Crocus......................  22®  27
Cudbear...................  @  24
Cupri Sulph..............  6®  7
Dextrine...................  10@  12
Ether Suiph..............  68®  70
Emery, all numbers.  @  8
Emery, po.................  @  6
Ergota, (po.) 75.........   70®  75
Flake  White......... 
12®  15
Galla.........................  @  23
G am bier................. 
7®  8
Gelatin, Coopor____  @  15
Gelatin, French........  40®  60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box.
Glue,  Brown.........
Glue, White..............
Glycerina.................
Grana  Paradisi........
H um ulus.................
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite.
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.
@1 15 
Hydrarg Unguentum
45®  55 
Hydrargyrum .......... 
„   _
‘  80
Ichthyocolla, Am.... 1 25@1 50 
In d ig o ....................  75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl 
4 00@4  10 
Iodoform
@5  15 
Lupuliue  .............
85@1 00 
Lycopodium__ .....
55®  60 
M acis...;........
80®  85
Liquor Arson et Hy-
drarg Iod...............
@  37
Liquor Potass Arsini-
ti8............................
16®  12
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl
1)4)................
Mannia. S. F ...... .......
Morphia,  8, R  3s W  2 
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q,
&C.  Co..................2 75@3 00
MoscbusCanton  ....  @  40
Myristiea, No. 1___    60®  70
Nux Vomiéa, (po. 20)  @  16
Os. Sepia...... .........    37®  89
Pepsin Saac,  H. & p,
D. Co......... .............  @2 00
Piéis Liq.N. C.. % gal
do*., 
...... .
Pieis Liq.,  quarts....
Picis Liq., pints.. 
Pfi Hydrarg, (po.80).
Pipef N igra,(po.^).
Piper Alba. (po. 35)..
Fix  Burgun__ ......
Plumbi Acet...... A-l
Pulvislpecac et opii.l
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
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9®
13®
23®@
25®
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60&L0, less.

10®
15®

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•Opium  and  morphia 'are  steady.  Golden 
seal root continues searee and high.  Roman 
•chamomiles are tending  higher.  Oil  win- 
tergreen is advancing.  Cubebs and  pileu- 
1bebs areteoding downward.  Gum camphor 
te Very firm and.will be higher,
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1c£ hi?'m’0 Ciw*op  Remedy is prepared  es­
pecially for children  and is a safe  and certain 
cnre for  Croups, Whooping-Cough, Colds, and
tii»?u °DS® a ‘  ^
  pulm onary  com plaints  of 
cniianood. 
Druggists make no mistake in keeping Peck- 
ham s Croup Remedy in stock.
Trade supplied by
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.
Farrand, Williams & Co. ,  Detroi
James E. Davis & Co„  Detroit.
Peter Van Schaack & Sons, Chicago.

Rapids.

Grand

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PR O PR IETO R .

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Cro"P   Rem edy Is  th e  m ost  reUable 
and satisfactory  pro p rietary   medicine  I  handle.  Mv 
sales  ? re  C onstantly  increasing.’1—W.  H.  G oodyear 
D ruggist, H astings, Mich. 
’
^ ■ ‘D uring th e years 1878  and 1879, w hen we handled 
medicines, we  sold m ore  th a n   fo u r  gross 
o* a>p* Peckham  s Croap Rem edy, on a  positive cruaran- 
tee, and no t one b o ttle has  been  returned.”—Reigleb 
& Roush, M erchants, F reeport,  Minh

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Pioneer Prepared  Paints

Write  for Sample  Cards  and Prices, 
have Supplied our Trade with this

W e

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY THE

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

And the Wholesale  Druggists  of  Detroit 

and Chicago.

Acme ffliite Lead & Color Works,
-  MICH.
DETROIT, 

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claim for it.

all  the  manufacturers

W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.

flaxeltine X Perkins Drug Co.,
GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

GENERAL AGENTS,

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Valley City Show Case Factory,
SHOW CASES

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Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty 

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GX£73K£TQ  B.GOT.
We paythe highest price for it.  Address
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Milw au kee,  Wis.,  Oct  20,1887.

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

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

J. H.  T hompson,  M. D.

Chicago,  Dec. 6, 1887. 

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

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

Respectfully,
J.  H arvey Bates,  M.  D.

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

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

Dea b 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.  McDil l.

Milw aukee,  Wis.,  Oct. 21,1887. 

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

Gentlem en—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 be the 
moist palatable  and  useful of  the Malt pre­
parations I  have used.

Wm. Fox, M. D.

Milw a u k ee,  Wis,,  Oct. 26,  1887. 

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

De a r  Sirs—I  thankfully  received  tire 
two bottles of your Concentrated Liquid Ex­
tract of Malt and  Hops,  and  am  impressed 
with  the  value  of  this  good and  nutritiyo 
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  dln- 
easesi in cases of  injuries  of the  body, and 
especially when  the appetite  is diministwnt. 
It  will  be  difficult  to  find  a  better  Tonic 
than_ the “Best,”  and  I   cheerfully  testiPr 
that it is of  great  value in the treatm en ts 
all kinds ef weakness  and diseases. 
I  pre­
fer it to any imported Malt Extract.

Very Respectfully,

M.  OHLBtfANN, M. D.

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Above cut represents the shape  and  decoration of 
sorted crate of  Powell, Bishop  and  Stonier, “BBOV^N 
DEN,” on Ivory Body.  Carried in open  stock or  as  sh 
low, in  small, easy selling assortment crate lots.

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TfiHlii for Th» Tradksxak.
' “ fH»e»Pythagoras fee—”
“ When who?”

;  ^  said Pythagoras.”
««Say,  don’t  be  so  blamad  careless  in 
aDnging  sock  big  names  around  on this 
It is only a  few days  ago since they 
mad. 
«Bald off” six conductors,  and if they heard 
y^Mot use such language, there  is  no  telling 
hah they might lay  off  all  traveling  men,

"“ Well,” said the fat man,  “if you people 
ave so awful  cunning,  Just  go'  oh and  tell 
yourselves the story, ” and he settled back in 
lih  seat and  absent-mindedly  took  out  his 
book and charged up two ’bus fares
j t o p e a s e  
for Holland.

“ Oh, don’t get hot, go on and  spin  your I 
yam,” said the tall passenger,  “and  if that j 
bald-headed old  rip  over  there  breaks  in 
a^ain, wh’ll tire him.” 

J
T he fat man put  his  expense  book  back 

Into his pocket and began  again:

'“When  Pythagoras  the  Ancient,  after 
many years of study,  solved the 4?th prob­
lem  of  Euclid,  be  exclaimed 
Soroka’—that  is,  ‘1  have  found  it.’ 
toe language of Senator Platt, ‘Me, too!’ 

‘Eureka,! 
In 

“ Only it Is not an it,’ but a ‘he.’
“Every once in a while, or semi-occasion- 
ally, so tc speak, the oldest  Mason pops in-1 
to  sight

I 

“ TheD the Geo. W. Washington  nurse is 
fnxbished up and dusted  off  and exhibited, 
and then comes  the oldest  inhabitant with 
recollections  of  the  weather  and  crops, 
’way back ’steen years ago.

“ Then comes the old lady, 98 years old— 
toe never gets older, mark  you—who knits 
socks for her dear,  long-lost  boy,  without 
asing glasses, and close  behind  her follows 
toe maiden fair, twenty years  old, who has 
filled and harvested  a  forty-aere  farm  all 
alone—and yet lives.

“ Bat fee oldest traveling man!  Oh, where 
is he?”  The  bald-headed  man  here mut­
tered  something  about  “fifteen dollars in 
Ids 
inside  pocket,”  but  was  promptly

and sleeps like a top.  He likes to have the 
j 
boys call him “Pap” and can  give fee most 
of them a start of twenty  in pedro and beat 
i 
them out.  He has been on the road  thirty-1  ( 
one years and  has  always  sold  goods  by J 
sample. 
I claim for  him  the  honor of be-1 _ 
ing the oldest actual commercial  traveler in J 
this country, and bar only anyone  who  has 
peddled or solicited commissions.

“ The first year he sold groceries from New 
York.  Then he was  fourteen  years in the 
«»»ploy of an Eastern  boot  and  shoe firm, 
and for fee past sixteen  years  he  has sold I 
groceries for  Emerson  &  Co.,  of  Toledo,! 
covering the same  territory  and  Only ‘lay-1 
ing off six weeks in fee sixteen years!

“ In fee years he has been traveling, he has 
seen slavery  go  out  of  fashion;  has seen! 
thousands of miles of railroad laid; has seen J 
thousands of babies grow up, and  has  seen 
thousands of men go into and out of  trade. J 
The telephone was unknown in  his  earlier 
years and salaries were worthy the name, 
j
“ When he  started  out,  railroad facilities J 
were few and he had  to  drive over most of | 
hi« territory,  in  a  sulky  of  his own.  He I 
says there were many men who called them­
selves traveling men, but they  had no sam- J 
pies.  They  simply  called  on  the  trade! 
twice a year  and  solicited  them  to  come J 
East and buy their  stocks  of  their houses. I 
These  men  were  the  ‘good  old  timers,’ ! 
who gambled, got  drunk  and gave the rest J 
o f us the  task  of  living  down  the  hard 
j«»»« they left behind  them. 
I
“ During’ fee first six  months of fee Civil J 
War, Pap Kimball says,  nearly  every  one 
failed In business  and,  to  use  his own ex- J 
pression,  ‘H— -  was to pay.’
“He says: T have traveled all these weary J 
years, and am not a rich  man,  nor a mem- J 
h er of fee  firm.’  He has,  however, a com- J 
fur table  home,  and  an  interesting family 
- ond some  means.  He  is  well  liked  by | 
everybody, both  by his trade and  his com-j 
petitors,  although, of late years it has wor­
ried him a little to see fee young men climb 
into his trade.

“ On last  Christmas he quit  the  road for 
but  before  leaving  the office of his 
house was surrounded  by  the  members of 
to e film ahd fee employes, who, in token of j 
toeir esteem,  presented  him  with  an  ele­
gant plush easy chair.  From  fee  office be 
wasoscorted to the  Boody  House, where a 
towbanquet  was  served  up  and  ‘Pap’s,’ 
departure from the xoad duly celebrated.”

The tall  passenger  woke  up  fee  bald- 
headed man who, during  fee  hitter part of 
toetale, ,had  fallen  asleep  and  fee  party 
«unrated. 

Leo. A.  Cabo,

Good W ords Unsolicited.

O. Newton  Smith,  agricultural  implement 
stealer, Lakeview:  “I  regard  The Tradesm an 
as esSential to a business man as are pancakes, 
Itt cold weather,  to. «  laboring  man.  May  it 
.ggllgtiVe and donrisb and  eon tom e to do busi- 
waaa men good in more ways than one.”  |
k :JBg¿pter  Bros.i:  general AealerS,  Scottyflie: 
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22 doz.  Plates, (4-5 .TO) (4-6 .93) (11-71.02) (3-8
ldoz.  Plates, 7 in. deep.............................
6 doz.  Fruit Saucers 4 in  .........................
4 doz.  Ind.  Butters.....................................
24 Sets  Hard. Teas...................................... .
3 Sets  Handled Coffees..................-.........
12 only  Bakers 8 in ......................................
16  “  Assorted Platters...........................
24  “ 
Scallops, (12-71.88) (12-82.81).,.;.....
4  “   Covered Dishes 8  in .......  — .....
4  **  Casseroles,8in...............................
4  “  Sauce Boats............... .....................
4  “  Pickles.................................  .........
4  »•  *  Covered Butters and Drainers 5 in 
8  “  Teapots 84s..................... • »-■.......
6  “ 
6  f   Creamers30s...............
12  •*  Bowls 80s__ L ....................... .  —
Jugs, (4-12 3.75) (4-30 ^ 8 ) (8-361.56)  . 
14  “ 
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Sugars 24s.............................. - .......

