WHOLESALE

IF   YOU  WANT

Medium  Clover,

Mammoth Clover,

Timothy,
Alsike,

Alfalfa,

Hungarian,
Millet,

Red  Top,

Orchard Grans,
Blue Grass.

Field  Peas,

Spring "Rye,

Spring  Barley.

OR ANY KIND OF SEEDS SEND TO

W.  T.  L M M flU X ,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

71  Canal  Street,

AND  OYSTERS.

Packing  and W arehouse,

37 NorthD ivision Street. 
Office, 317 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

SEND  FOR PRICE  LIST.

I. D. YALE 4 CO.

MANUFACTURERS O F

La Belle

-A N D -

All  Kinds  of  Extracts 

and  Flavorings.

JOBBERS  OF

Teas,  Toilet  Soaps,  Cigars 

and  CroGers’  Sifndries.

SOLE  MANUFACTURERS OF

RB80LUTE  SPIGE8,
Ahsolnto B t t  P olir.

-AND-

£3Pr"Tiiis  soap  may be  used  in  ANY WAY 
and  for  ANY  PURPOSE  that  any  other  is 
used, and will  be found to  excel all in cleans­
ing: qualities, but if you will

FOLLOW  DIRECTIONS.

which  are  plain  and  simple  much  rubbing', 
and  consequently  much  labor  and  wear  of 
clothes, will be saved.
The peculiar property possessed by our soap 
is that  of  loosening  and  separating  the  dirt 
without injuring the fabric, instead of eating 
up the dirt and thereby rotting the cloth.

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

isfactory.Central City Soap Co.,

JACKSON,  MICH.

Send Stamp for sample of the

TRADESMAN
CREDIT

GOUPOfi,

the  best  and  newest  system  on  the  market. 
Furnished  in  Denominations  of $5,  $10  and 
$30.

E. JL STOffE & BRO,
Grani  Rapids, 
-  Mick
S O A P S !
BEST  FAMILY,

They-Please  Everybody.

HEADLIGHT  id  

LITTLE DAISY

SOAPS are  conceded  by all to  be the best 

soaps ever sold in Michigan.

Commendations are coming in daily, 

for price list

Send

R E U B E N   H A T C H

Booths 23 & 24 Widdicomb Bid. Monroe Sh,

. ' Attorney  $t- Law,
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A lim ited am o u n t o f  m oney to  loaq  on real  ««tate sé-. 
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JOBBERS OF

Teas,  Coffees 1  Grocers1  Sundries,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

ESTABLISHED  1866.

B arnett
152  80. Water  Street Chicago.

We do a General  Commission Business 
and offer as  inducements  twenty years’  ex­
perience and clear record.  The best equip­
ped and  largest salesroom  in  the business 
in this city.  Ample storage facilities—-full 
20,000 feet  of  floor space in  the center of# 
the best mik&ttin the W est  Ample capi-
i
tal  and first-class  references  on file  with
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information^  whether to  buy  Of  sett
will cost .ydn noi

S A F E S !

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

O. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement  oi Wid­

dicomb Blk.  \

EDMUND B,

T H E   GREAT

44G R M L ST ., 

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Grand Rapids,  ■  }M, 
Voigt, HerpolsMur & Co.,
DRY  GOODS

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

OUR OWN MAKE.

Prices Guaranteed.

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

A  Complète  Line  of

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Overalls, Pants, Etc.,

Fancy CrocierysFancyW oodonware

BELKNAP
GHAS. A. COTE

VapaiftSMiCo.
W A G O N S !

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility for making  first-class  Wagons 
of all kinds.
@F~Special  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Stops on Front St.. Grand Rapids, Mioh,

Logging Carts and  Trucks 

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumber  and  Farm

Lumbermen's and 

River Tools.

MANUFACTURERS OF

MANUFACTURER  OF 

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Horse and W agon Covers, 

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

W ide Ducks, etc.

Telephone  106.

73 Ca n a l  s t ., 

-  g r a n d  r a p id s .

JULIUS HOUSEMAN. Pres., 

.

A. li. WATSON.'Trea«..

CASH CAPITAL, » 2 0 0 .0 0 0 .

-  8. F. ASPINWALL. Secy. 
STEAM  LAUNDRY,
STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

43 and 45  K ent Street,

W E DO ONLY FIRST CLASS W ORK AND 

* 

'  USB NO  CHEMICALS.  =

Orders by mail and express promptly attended to.
BAGS, RUBBERS, BONES & METALS
1  " , - f   I   1 

BOUGHT  Vf

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  M A Y   16,  1888.

W A N T E D .

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

Earl Bros.,  Commission Merchants,

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F i r s t   N a t io n a l   B a n k ,  Chicago. 
M i c h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids.

JOBBER OF

and Egg Crates.

PROPRIETOR OF

nam ed th a t are unsurpassed.

SALESROOM, 

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

Oranges,  Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs 

-  No. 9  Ionia  St,  Grand  Rapids.

I  aim   to   handle  th e  best  th a t  can  be  obtained. 
Mail orders filled prom ptly  a t low est  m ark et price.  A 
liberal discount on E gg Crates and fillers in  large  lots.

No. 1 egg  crates,  37c.  No. 2  egg crates, 
30c.  No.  1  fillers,  13c.  No.  2  fillers,  10c,
I  have  facilities  fo r  handling  each  line  above 

POTATOES, "
Chicago.H. M. GOEBEL

W e give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
the sale of POTATOES, APPLES,BE ANS 
and ONIONS in car lots.  W e  offer  Ijest 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign­
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal cash 
advances on Car Lots when desired.

166 South Water S t, CHICAGO. 
Reference

u  
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

F e l s e n t h a l .  G r o s s   &  M i l l e r , Bankers, 

u u .,

Is the largest jobber of

W all Paper

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  Varnishes. 
Brushes  and  artists  materials.  Orders 
filled  promptly.  Correspond  with  me,
19 Canal St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

ASK  FOR

BROUWER

BEST Df THE WOULD.
P R O D U C E !

W e  should  be  pleased  to open corres 
pondence with  anyone  having  APPLES. 
POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, DRIED 
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of­
fer.  CAR  LOTS A SPECIALTY.  Con­
signments will receive our  best attention.
W e are willing at ail  times to make lib­
eral advances when drafts  are draw11 with 
bill lading attached.  Goods sold on arriv­
al or held as per request of shipper.
s .

  T .   F I S K   t b   O o - ,
189  So.  W ater  S t.,  Chicago, 111.

Commission Merchants,

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

Grocer here.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  B o w n e, President.

G e o .  C.  P i e r c e ,  Vice President.

H. P. B a k e r, Cashier.
-  -  -  $300,000.

CAPITAL, 

Transacts a general hanking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Acco.unts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Men’s  Furnishing  Goods

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular” 

•  Brand P uits, Shirts and Overalls.

S tato  agents  fo r  O duloid  Collars  and  Ooffft.

180 and l» a  Jefferson, Ave.,

I 
DETROIT, 

.  MICHIGAN.
. O P   F .  OW BN,  Q m d  Rapids;  ■
&A&Ç*.t ä m f ä j m a m ¿ Ill

MAX.

W r it t e n  f o r  

T r a d e s m a n .

In a small Village located near one of  our 
large  cities,  two  brothers  kept  a  general 
store.  Their place of  business  was  only a 
type of  its class—counters on  each side,  di­
vided in the center  to' allow  readier  access 
to the goods  piled  neatly upon  the shelves 
behind, the usual array of  canned goods and 
highly-colored charts and  portraits of more 
or less lovely female faces by way of  adver­
tising  that  “A.  S.  Birk  &  Co.’s  Famous 
Soaps  contain  no”—etc.,  etc.—and  was 
more than usually tasty and  attractive.

Its  proprietors  were,  at  first  glance,  ex­
tremely  alike  in  appearance.  Both  were 
young, well dressed and stylish.  Both wore 
the same  pleasant,  genial  smile in their in­
tercourse with their friends and customers— 
of  which  latter  they  had  not a few,  both 
prompt and  profitable.  But, notwithstand­
ing the great similarity of  their appearance, 
a closer  acquaintance  would, to  the  sharp 
observer,  at  once  acquaint  him  with  the 
reason  for  the  greater  popularity of  Max, 
the elder of the brothers Tarsney.  Although 
the  younger of  the  two, Albert, was  much 
j|pte  handsomer,  physically,  there  was  a 
gleam in his  dark  eyes  which  spoke  only 
too  plainly  of  the  revengeful,  yindictive 
spirit  within.  Albert  Tarsney  was a man 
with whom,  should  he set his heart upon it, 
no  ties  of  any kind  would  be  allowed to 
stand in the  way of  accomplishing  the ob­
ject aimed at.

While  he  had  numerous  warm friends, 
there was a greater proportion of the towns­
people who made  it a matter of  some study 
to  make  their  purchases  at  a time  when 
Max  would be at hand to wait  upon  them.!
Max was  open-hearted as the  daylight and 
would much sooner  lose a dollar by inform­
ing  a  customer of  the  true  nature  of  the 
article to be purchased  than to make ten by 
falsely representing it.

A  few  months  previous  to  the time of 
which  I  write,  a  gentleman  had  removed 
his family to  the  little  town, purchasing  a 
fine residence and making it a summer home 
when the heat and  dust of  the  city were at 
their  height.  Convenient  to  his  place  of 
business, the village of  Lardon being only a j 
few miles away,  Mr.  Sands could easily run 
down  Saturday evening  and  pass  Sunday 
with  his  family, returning  to  his business 
on Monday morning.

Mr.  Sands’  “family” consisted  solely  of 
his  wife and their daughter, Ethel, a lovely 
girl of  17, just  budding  into the perfection 
of  womanhood.  No such face had ever be- 1 
fore  been  seen  in  Lardon,  and  the  young 
men  of  the  town  having  any  pretense to 
society and  its  customs  were  all  agog  at 
once, and  all  became  possessed  of  a wild 
desire  to  be  the  first  in a hotly-contested 
race  for  first  place  in  Miss  Sands’  good 
graces.

Ethel Sands,  contrary to the  general rule 
with  rich  men’s  only daughters, had  been 
brought up with the utmost simplicity.  Her 
charms of  manner and speech were  hot the 
false gilding of affected, ball-room etiquette, 
but bore  the  impress of  nature in the  most 
charming way.

Both of  the  brothers Tarsney, being suf­
ficiently well  off  to  do  so  without  laying 
themselves  liable  to  the  title  of  fortune- 
hunters,  lhid  siege  to  the  fortress  which 
contained Ethel Sands’ affection.  Max was 
successful, and in the course of  a few weeks 
won  from  Ethel  a  shy consent to his suit.
To  say that  Max  was a happy man when, 
upon calling upon  Mr.  Sands  and  making 
his request for his daughter  that gentleman 
at ohce consented and said that it made him 
only too happy to  think  that  he  could  en­
trust his daughter’s happiness  and  welfare 
to such a worthy man’s keeping, would be to 
put it very mildly.  He was simply delirious 
with  joy and  rushed off  immediately to his 
brother with the good news.

Albert  received it somewhat  coldly.  A 
frown wrinkled his  forehead, and he bit his 
brown  mustache  viciously, a peculiar trick 
of  his when particularly agitated.

“I am glad you have been successful.”
Albert said the words coldly,  and his lips 
seemed to be forced to open and  give  them 
utterance.  Max was quick to notice it, and 
he, in  the  fullness  of  his  happiness,  felt 
truly sorry for hie brother’s failure, although 
his success would mean his own failure and 
misery.

“Al,” said  Max,  tenderly,  and  his  voice 
was  very  gentle  and  sympathetic,  as  he 
made use of the niekname he loved so well,
“Al, I am Almost sorry, for  your sake, that 
I  have  succeeded. 
I didn’t  realize,  in my 
own blind selfishness,  that  yon would be so 
cut  up  about  it, old  fellow.  Forgive me, 
won’t  you, A l?”

Theloving accent and the genuine affection 
in Max’s face seemed to strike an answering 
chord in Albert’s  heart.  Beaching  out his 
hand  he  said,  with'  apparent  candor  and 
truth: 

“Max,  my dear fellow, don’t look so woe­
begone.  Hove  Ethel,  it  is  true,  but ydu 
are not to blame for that, and it is all right.
Fit get over it in time. ^ I  haven’t  the  least 
hard feeling toward  you in the  matter, rest 
assured of that.” S  ■?,

-  ■  ■  '

. 

Max  and  Ethel were married one beauti­
ful  day early in  the  fall, when  the  forest 
trees were beginning to  ebange  their  tints 
of green for the gala  robes of  autumn, and 
the atmosphere  seemed  blended  into their 
radiant'  hues.  All  nature  seemed  propi­
tious, and the  young conpie commenced the 
journgy  of  life  under  the  most  favorable 
auspices.

Max built a little cottage near his place of 
business  and, after a short  bridal  trip, the 
newly-wedded  pair  took up their residence 
therein.  Their home  was a picture in real­
ity  of  contentment  and  love. 
It  seemed 
that  the  ruthless hand of  sorrow would be 
daunted  and  kept  at bay forever by Max’s 
unselfish devotion and love.

Six months passed  and  Albert seemed to 
have entirely outlived  his passion for Ethel 
and merged it into a brotherly regard for his 
brother’s wife.  He was often to be seen in 
the  cosy  sitting  room of  Max’s home,  and 
there was a freedom and ease  in  his  man­
ner that completely  set  at  rest  any doubts 
that might still linger in Max’s mind.

One evening,  soon after closing the store, 

Max remarked:

“All,  I ’m  going  to  Detroit  to-morrow. 
We need some  goods and I have a dozen er­
rands  for  Ethel.  Take  good  care  of  her 
while  I’m  gone. 
I’ll  be  back  to-morrow 
night  or  early Monday  morning.”

Bidding his brother good-night, Max went 
home and prepared for his  journey. 
In the 
morning, Max  said a loving good-bye to his 
wife and boarded the train.  Not a thought 
that  any harm  could  come  to his  jewel in 
his absence entered Max’s mind.  He would 
return in two  days at the  latest,  and surely 
nothing could happen in that time.

He  hastened  his business with all possi­
ble speed,  but he missed the Saturday night 
train and was compelled to wait until  Mon­
day  ere  returning  home. 
Impatiently  he 
walked  the.  streets,  stared  into  the  shop 
windows, trying  to pass  away the  tedious 
hours,  and gladly did he  hail  the approach 
of  Monday morning.

As Max approached his home, the strange 
appearance thereof  filled  him  with a vague 
alarm.  The blinds,  although it was nearly 
9 o’clock in the morning, were closed tightly, 
and  no  appearance  of  life  was  visible. 
Max opened the door with his night-key and 
entered.  No one met him at  the  door,  al­
though he surely expected to  find  his  wife 
waiting to welcome him.  Hastily he looked 
through the  rooms  and  finally hastened to 
his wife’s bed-room.  There a sight met his 
gaze  that  paralyzed  him,  dazing  all  his 
senses and  transforming  him,  for the time 
being,  into a veritable  lunatic.  His  wife, 
the lovely girl he had left but  two  days be­
fore  radiant  with  health and  beauty,  lay 
stretched upon the carpet, her  long  golden 
tresses  mingling  with  the  life-blood  that 
still  oozed  horribly through a small  orifice 
in her temple.  Closely grasped in her hand 
was a small  revolver—a present  from him­
self  to  “ keep  burglars  away,” as  he  had 
laughingly expressed it at  the time—telling 
the  ghastly  fate  of  how  she  died.  Max 
staggered  forward  and  knelt  beside  the 
corpse of  the  one  he  loved  above all else. 
His  dazed  eyes  could  barely see her form, 
but  he  managed  to  grasp  her  hand,  and 
knelt  there,  softly  caressing  the  dimpled 
fingers  and  imploring  her  to  “wake  up, 
Ethel,  darling. 
I’ve come Home.”,  Clearly, 
the sight had driven his  senses  from  him, 
but he still retained the sense of  touch,  and 
a piece of  crumpled  paper  closely  grasped 
in  the  hand  which  he so lovingly held at­
tracted  his  attention.  Mechanically  he 
opened it and  glanced  over the,  at first,  to 
him, unmeaning  lines.  They were  as  fol­
lows:'

Your  husband  is  a  villain—one  of  the 
blackest.  He  married  you,  knowing  that 
I  have  said 
he  had  a  living  legal  wife. 
nothing, knowing that  you loved him.  But 
I can  stand  it  no  longer. 
I  love  you  so 
madly  that  I  cannot  live  without  you. 
Meet me to-night at the South Depot, and I 
will take  you away from  the  vile  monster 
who  illegally  calls  you  wife  to  a  place 
where  your sad story  will never be known, 
and  we  will  both  be  happy. 
I pray you, 
for the sake of  your own  honor,  do not fail 
to come. 
I shall expect  you.

A l b e r t   T a r s n e y .

At length, the full  meaning of  the words 
dawned  upon  Max’s  benumbed  mind. 
Arising, he went to the drawer of  a dresser 
aqd  took .therefrom a revolver of  large cal­
iber.  With a white,  set  look of  determina­
tion on his face, Max  examined the weapon 
carefully  and  placed  it  in  his  overcoat 
pocket.  Then  he  looked  once more upon 
the  face  of  his  dead  wife  and  left  the 
house,  carefully  locking  the  door  behind 
him.  Once upon the street, his  strange ac­
tions  were not so noticeable,  and  the  tor­
tured man seemed to delight  in keeping his 
emotions  hidden.  Two or  three  acquaint­
ances passed him,  and to them  he  spoke in 
his usual pleasant manner.  Presently Max 
reached the store.  His  brother  stood  near 
the  scales  waiting  upon  a  customer,  and 
Max; spoke to him with a calm, steady voice, 
making some casual remarks about business, 
although he did  not  know  the  meaning of 
his own words.

The, customer  left  the  store,  and  Max 
asked  Albert  to  step^’from  behind 'the 
counter a moment.  Then  he  showed  him 
Albert read It, and his face paled

4 to the whltenessvof snow as he did so.
I l l ' 

i& S S   g I

“Albert,  I will burn  this,  and  then  you 
and  I  will  never  mention  such  a  trivial 
matters  again.”

As he spoke, he  held  the  note  o^er  the 
flame of  a match until it crumbled to ashes. 
Then he turned,  as if  to leave the store, but 
by a quick motion,  the revolver  was  drawn 
from  his  pocket  and  his  brother  was 
stretched  upon the floor,  a’ corpse. 
In  an­
other instant, one of  the leaden  messengers 
of  death  entered  his  own  brain,  and  the 
tragedy was complete.

The towns-people  had  many theories  to 
advance  as  to  the  probable  cause  of the 
double murder and suicide—Max having the 
revolver in his  hand  making  it supposabie 
that he had  done  the deed—but  they were 
sadly  deficient  in  clearing  it  up,  and  the 
mystery Max took to the grave with him by 
burning the note. 

R e l l u f .

W hat I. KnoW  about Dead-Beats.
/

W ritten fo r T h e  T r a d e sm a n . 

C H A P T E R   II.

We were selling goods in a general  store, 
from 1853 to 1863,  beyond  the  Mississippi 
river,  in the then new and thriving  State of 
Iowa.  About  1857,  there  came  into  our 
store a case  of  men’s  boots  which sold at 
S3.50 per pair.  One  pair  was  sold  which 
proved to be too small,  and,  being  soiled, 
was bought back for  $2.25.  One  morning 
we pointed out to Mr. Lewis the soiled boots 
and instructed  him 
to  sell  them  if an op­
portunity offered  at  #2,25.  That  day  we 
had a large trade and were both  very  busy. 
During  the  day  a  young  man  wished to 
look at boots.  1 showed  him  the  boots at 
$2.50 per pair and the soiled boots at $2.25, 
and then  returned  to  serve  other  waiting 
customers.  After examining the boots,  the 
young man  threw  a  pair  of boots over his 
shoulder,  and,  advancing  to  Mr.  Lewis, 
said,  “I will take the  soiled  boots,”  hand-; 
ing him $2.25.

As  evening  came  on,  our  customers 
thinned out and  we  began tidying up mat­
ters in the store.  Mr.  Lewis  had  told  me 
that the soiled boots were sold. 
In putting 
the boots in order,  I  found  the said hoots 
and called Mr. Lewis’ attention to it.  Says 
he, ““I would charge  him  the -25 cents and 
make  him  pay  it.”  “Let  us try another 
plan,” says I,  “and  if  we  do  not realize 
full value for the boots, I will treat.”

About that  time  two  cheap  violins,  full 
rigged  and  ready  for  business,  came into 
the stock,  the  exact  cost  of  each being 84 
cents and the selling price $1.50.  Not many 
many days passed until  our  young second- 
boot  dead-beat  entered the store.  Glances 
were  exchanged  and  the  boys took down 
violin No.  1 and  began  to  saw  “Old Hun­
dred” and  “Coronation.”  Our  youBg  d-b 
was fond of music,  particularly  that of the 
violin, and immediately enquired:

“Is that violin for sale?”
“Not unless you want  it  more  than  we  1 

do,” was the reply.

fellow?”

er like yourself.”

“Wouldn’t  you  sell  it  to  accomodate a 

“Certainly, in the case  of a good custom­

“What is the price?”
“Five  dollars.”
“I’ll give you a gold sovereign-($4.90) for 

it.”

“That is rather low,  but, seeing it is you, 

we’ll call it a' go.”

The gold coin  was dropped  into our till, 
and the young dead-beat  departed in happi­
ness over his purchase.  He also left in the 
store a couple  of  happy  ipen,  but  Lewis 
was the happier of the two.

Conundrum: 

If -the  young  fellow  was- 
the dead-beat in the boot deal,  who waft the 
dead-beat in the  fiddle  trade—the b.uyer or 
the seller? 
P. H.  i

Changing to a Cash Basis.

, 

It  will  leave 

The Doggett, Bassett & Hills  Co., one of 
the  oldest  shoe  manufacturing  houses in  1 
Chicago, is shortly to inaugurate  a  change * 
in its style of doing  business.  The  house,  , 
it  is  given  out,  will begin on the basis of 
cash  sales. 
its  present 
quarters,  reduce  expenses  in  a variety of 
ways and adhere strictly to  a  cash  polie^ 
The house is a conservative one, whose rep­
utation  for  honorable  dealing  is  known 
wherever it has ever sold  a  bill  of  goods. 
Its credit  to-day  is  excellent, and it is re­
ported that a new partner will shortly coma > 
in with $50,000 in cash.  Notwithstanding, 
the firm will have  nothing  merè to do with  - 
the long credit system.  The  company  has 
not lost any  particularly  large  amount of , 
money as the result of a large line of credit, 
but it has had an experience  which has sat­
isfied it that the cash  system  is better, and- 
cash it will be, or no goods.

F. N. Cornell, -general  dealer,  Griswold:  **! 

would  not  do  without  The  T r a d e s m a n   a t   1 
twice the price.” 
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_  WBPyegDAY, MAY 16. 188«.

Building  and  Loan  Associations 

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Several  Kalamazoo  business  men  are 
agitating the organization of an  association 

títiiere,
■  ;;  The Detroit  Building  and Loan Associa- 
;  Mon has elected the following officers:  Thos.
Calvert,  President;  H. A. Holms and Wm.
’  A . Jackson,  First  and  Second  .Vice-Presi­
dents;  Frank E. Snow,  Treasurer;  Wm.  C 
Maybury, Attorney, and  Clarence E.  Leon­
ard, Secretary.

Clarence  E.  Leonard,  Secretary  of  the 
' '  Detroit Building and  Loan  Association, is 
studying  the  plan  of  some of  the  Buffalo 
associations, which combine  life  insurance
*  with  the  loaning of  money,  so  that  if  the 
.  borrower dies  tbe  widow is presented with

a paid-up deed of the  property,

Sooner  or  later  the  associations  of  the 
State  will  be  compelled  to  form  a State 
league  for  mutual  protection  and  the ex­
change of  information.  -It is none too early 
now to take steps to  secure  the  exemption 
¿ of  building and loan  associations  from the 
exactions of  the present  mortgage tax law, 
at the hands of the next Legislature.

The North End Building and Loan Asso­
ciation has  been  organized at Detroit, with 
a   capital  of  $2,000,000,  $50,000  of  which 
has already been subscribed.  The directors 
¿TO as follows:  D. D. Thorp, M. J. Murphy, 
W.  W .  Collier,  John  W.  Leggett, R. H.
*  Hall, El wood T. Hance,  Clarence H. Leon­
ard, L. W. Thomm,  E. J.  Reulbaeh, George 
W. Loonier,' J. C. Hough and T. R. Burten- 
shaw.
’  Owosso Tim es:  “How does the loan asso­
ciation prosper ?’’ inquired a Times reporter 
of D.  M.  Estey  one  day  this  week.  “I 
have personally received over $30,000 in the 
seventh  series  of  stock in  three  evenings’ 
work, making the total  in  that  series  over 
$40 ,000. 
subscriptions 
amounting  to $5,600 in the D.  M.  Christian 
dry goods store. 
It  is  easy  to  get  liberal 
subscriptions  where  you  can  find  enter­
prise,” was the reply we received.

I  received 

six 

Purely Personal.

W. F. Bulkley is home again.  His health 

is much improved.
>  H.  F.  Whipple,  the  Kingsley  general 
dealer, was in town last Friday.

it.  D.  McNaughton, 

the  Coopersville 

general dealer, was in town last week.

D. C. Stewart,  theYemon  grain  dealer, 

was in town a couple of  days last week.
,  Wm.  Broadwell, 
lumber 
dealer, was  hi  towna.couple  of  days  last 
week.

the  Bangor 

Jas.  E. Granger  is  expected  back  from 
’  Pasadena about. June 1,  in case the walking 
Keeps good.

jCapt.  H.  N.  Moore,  President  of  the 
Grand  Rapids. Packing and  Provision Co.,
’ left Monday for  a  week’s  trip to Washing­
ton.

Dan.  C. Steketee  and  R.  Doornink  are 
arranging for an extended trip to New York, 
Boston  and  other  Eastern  cities  daring 
June.  ~
W. T. Lamoreaux left  Sunday night  for 
New York and Boston, where he will spend 
a  week or ten  days  looking over  the  wool 
situation.

H.  C. Button, of  the  firm  of  Button A 
McCullough,  loggers,  lumber  Handlers  and 
timber  land  dealers at Alba,  is in town for 
a  couple of days.

Citas. Shafer, the  Ononta Poo  Bah, was 
yin town last week.  Unless some  one  calls 
a  halt  before long,  Shafer  will soon own a 
good share of  the Upper, Peninsula.

Hon.  Chas. E. Belknap  spent a couple of 
> days at Flint  last  week in connection with 
tils  duties  as  a  member  of  the  Board .of 
Trustees of  the Deaf  and  Dumb  Institute.
Tbeo. A.  Rowley,  formerly  designer  for 
y the  Berkey & Gay Furniture  Co., but now 
pursuing the same  vocation  independently 
tjfit Chicago,  was  in  town  for  several days 
.'last week.

•  Fred. Beard, the  Motley  merchant,  was 
:  in  town last  Thursday and  made a contract 
with the  Grand Rapids & Indiana  Railroad 
to furnish 30,000 oak  tie s' within  the  next 
wipe months.

Sunday  Subjects.

p( V- 
-  Hay continues to grow firmer and scarcer, 
with  every  prospect of the  price reaching 
/$35 per ton  before the new crop comes into 
market.

T im  wool situation is without change. 
There  is no change  in  the hemlock bark 

market, as set forth last week. ; ;

The variations of  the  wooden ware  mar- 
Mfc ,. |  ket form an interesting  study.  Four years 
ago No. i  tubs  commanded  $8  per dozen.
the  abandonment of the  combination, 
th e ^ z ^  gindually dropped until it  touched 
P;pisrtoef^ringinfluam m  
the  revived  cdmbinatiop, the  price has 

ascendeduntil itnow  registers $7

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|n|jrdpd Çhetee should gt- 
SniíáiASooy, proprietors 
CheepM ectoryí  WaylaadL 
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The Valle# City-Buttdingand Loan Asso* 
elation will begin  payments  on  its  second 
series off stodkon June 4. 

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Edward  Dempsey  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  busings at Newaygo.  Cody, Ball, 
Barnhart & Co. furnished tbe stock.

Mrs. E. Killean  has  engaged  in the gro­
cery business atthe corner of Plainfield and 
Cffif.avenues.  The  stock  was  purchased 
here.  ■  - 

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H.  Leonard  &  Sons’ new  catalogue  of 
888 pages  will be  out on  Thursday, when 
the work of mailing the  books to the trade 
will be begun.

W. F. Chapman  has  engaged  in the no­
tion and bazaar business  at  443  South Di- 
vison street  P. Steketee & Sons furnished 
the notions  mid  H.  Leonard  &  Sons the 
dTOckery and glassware. 

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The  organization  of  the  corporation  to 
engage in the  manufacture of  vinegar  will 
be completed this week.  Nearly every gro­
cery jobbing  house  in  the  city is directly 
or  indirectly interested  in the undertaking.

John L. Curtis has received replies to his 
circular offer of compromise from about one- 
quarter of  the  creditors of  the  late firm of 
Curtis & Dunton,  all  but  one of whom an­
nounce  themselves  as  ready to  accept the 
offer made.

A letter  from Armour & Co. asserts  that 
they will  not  undertake  the establishment 
of  a fresh moat station at this  place,  albeit 
such a report  has  gone out. 
It  is known, 
however,  that  Hammond,  Standish  & Co. 
have such a project under advisement.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Chesterfield—Mrs.  Cora E. Kelly, grocer, 

is dead.

closed out.

grocery store.

Prescott—Geo. Eymer, general dealer, has 

Yorkville—Oscar  Fox  has  opened  a 

Whitehall—Martin  Mickelson has opened 

a flour and feed  store.

eral stock of S. Bitely.

Lilley—A.  D. Martin has bought the gen­

New Era—A. L. Dennis is closing out his 

general stock at auction.

Cadillac—A.  L.  Smith  succeeds  Smith & 

Deitz in the drug business.

Franklin—Gordon & Beebee succeed Geo. 

W.  Gordon in general  trade.

Ferry —Matthews  &  Fox  succeed  Matt­

hews & Co. in général trade.

Hesperia—Henry  Bromley  has  moved 

his general stock to Fremont.

Hudson—John  R. Bate  has assigned  his 

hardware stock to Ira Swaney.

Coopersville—M. J. Hoppock  has  moved 

his  jewelry stock to Frankfort.
'  Prescott—Henry  Zeran  succeeds  Alex. 
McLean in the grocery business.

Reed City—L.  H. Norman succeeds Baker 

& Norman in the bazaar business.

Romeo—R.  B.  Owen  succeeds  Nicholas 

Larzeliér in the grocery business.

Albion—C. T.  Smith  succeeds  Smith  & 

Daniellson in the grocery business.
' Bangor—D.  E.  Harvey  &  Co.  succeed 
Harvey Bros, in the clothing business.

Tecumseh  —  Adamson  Bros,  succeed 

A. J. Coddington in the book  business.

Chesaning—J.  G.  Yeats  has  moved  his 

jewelry stock from Owosso to. this place.

Brockway  Center—Wm. McIntyre,  gen­

eral dealer, has assigned to E. H. Drake.

Pewamo—C. E. Yallean  has  bought  the 

harness business of  the Triphagen estate.

Saline—The  dry-goods  firm of  Burkhart 
& Aldrich has dissolved,  the  latter retiring^
Shelby—Chas.  H.  Rose  succeeds  A.  G. 
Fuller  in  the  confectionary  and  notion 
business.

Sunfield—C. M.  Colwell, the Lake Odessa 
hardware dealer,  has started a  branch Store 
at this place.

Grattan—A. A. Weeks  has  added  a line 
of boots and  shoes, purchased of  Adams & 
Ford, of  Cleveland. 

Plainweil—W. F. Schroeder  will  remove 
his general stock from Scotts to  this  place. 
He was formerly in trade at Shelbyville.

Hart—Chas. Rollins  has retired from the 
grocery  firm  of  Adam  &  Rollins.  The 
business will be continued by Chris. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—Brainard & Soule succeed 
C. A.  Soule  in  the  drug  and  grocery bus­
iness.  Mr.  Brainard  has  been  engaged in 
the grocery' business before.

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Escanaba—A  co-operative  store,  called 
the  Scandia  Supply  Co.,  has lately been 
established: 
It  has  a  capital  of  $5,000,’ 
held by seventy stockholders. 

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Jackson—S.  A. Welling has  removed bis 
wholesale notion stock  from  Detroit to tips 
place.  He will be represented on  the  road 
by A. M. Sprague and L. R.  Cesna.  *

Bridgewater—L. Z. Foerster  has sold’his, 
grocery stock to F. E. Ortenburger,  but  re-: 
tains  his  saloon  business:  He has bought 
the  grocery and  saloon  business  of  E.  F. 
Layher, the  latter  retaining  his  boot  and 
shoe and clothing business. 

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Muskegon—E. K. V anderLinde,  of the 
firm of  Vander Linde & Son,  has  sold  his 
interest in the stock to John Timmer.  The 
business will be continued bÿ K. E. Vander 
Linde and J. Timmer, under  the firm name 
of K. E. Vander Linde & € 0/

Adrian—K. S. Beals, who had been in the 
gJMeery, provision aad general  supply trade 
here  for  thirty-five years,  and J. W. Wise, 
pioneer tobacconist and cigar manufacturer* 
-who  had  bèén in business here SS consecu- 
tive jwara, have  aflld  mit, the  first to Geo> 
M .A L W . Hocluand  th e J a tie rto H . C.

JMswold-^Lou.  and  John  Griswold are 
balding a

Middleton--A 

has  finally been
: established here, to the great delight of oup 
businessmen. 

Williamston—The  Mill  A  Elevator  Co 
has been  damaged  by fire to. the  extent  of 
$10,000. 

Insured for $7,000.

 

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Montague—Coveil & Campbell have had a 
steambarge built at Manitowoc, Wis., which 
will  carry  200,00o'feet of lumber and fifty 
passengers.

Owosso—Lyman  E.  Woodard, 

lumber 
dealer  and  manufacturer of  burial  cases, 
has been  burned out.  Loss is estimated  at 
$45,000 to $50,000; partly insured.

Whitehall—Marshall S. Green has seized 
the stock of goods and  effects  of the lately 
defunct Capt. George Davis  and has posted 
notices of sale under mortgage of the same.
’ East  Saginaw—Rupp  &  Kerr  are  pur­
chasing  a  great  deal  of  pine- lands  In 
Presque  Isle  county.  The  lands  in  that 
county  are  increasing  in  value ’extraordi­
narily fast

Pentwater—Arrangements are about con­
summated  for  the  organization  of  a stock 
company with a paid-up  capital  of  $15,000 
to engage in the canning and evaporating of 
fruits and vegetables.

East  Saginaw—James  Rock,  a  logging 
contractor,  who  has  been  missing  since 
1871, has  returned  to  his family.  He has 
been living  in  California  since  his  disap­
pearance seventeen years ago.

Alba—Dayid  Ward  has a large  force of 
men at work on the  grade of  his road from 
Frederic to this place.  Workmen have now 
reached to within  two  miles  of  Alba  ail 
will  probably  reach  this  place  within  a 
couple of  weeks.

Detroit—Judge Dnrfee has ordered Helen 
H. Newberry,  as executrix of  John S. New­
berry’s estate,  to pay over $21,000 to the re­
ceiver  of  the  Reed  &  Sill  Cooperage Co. 
Mr.  Newberry  was  a  stockholder  fn  the 
company,  and  the  $21,000  represents  his 
share of  the stockholders’ liability.

Flint—G. R. Hoyt & Son  will  inventory 
their stock of dry goods this week,  when it 
will pass into the hands of Berger Bros., of 
Holly, who  will  continue , the  business at 
the old stand.  Mr.  Hoyt  and his sons will 
engage  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  dry 
goods business  at  East  Saginaw  under a 
corporate style to be hereafter decided upon, 
the Hoyts furnishing  one-half of the $100,- 
000 capital and East Saginaw capitalists the 
balance.  The new establishment  will open 
up in a building  now* nearing  completion, 
the expectation  being  that business will be 
begun by August 15.

Detroit—Judge  Hosmer  has  authorized 
Henry  T.  Thurber,  assignee  of  Metcalf 
Bros.  & Co., to sell the  stock  in  bulk, free 
from any lien, the  People’s Sayings Bank’s 
lien of  $75,000 to attach to  the  proceeds of 
the sale.  Mr. Thurber acted  on the  advice 
of  some  of  the  firm’s  heaviest  creditors. 
He found that the stock could not be sold at 
retail at a less expense than  $3,000 a week, 
and that, unless the goods  were continually 
replenished, the  residue  left  after the sale 
of  a small percentage would have to be sold 
at a sacrifice.  Moret, Poeckes  &  Boumlen 
propose  to  contest  the  People’s  Savings 
Bank’s chattel mortgage.

Carson  City—The  firm  of  F.  A.  Rock- 
afellow & Co. w^ts partly composed of Root, 
Strong & Co., of  Detroit.  . The former con­
cern  gave  Root,  Strong  &  Co.  notes  for 
merchandise  which,  of  course,  represented 
a portion of  the Detroit firm’s indebtedness. 
Most of  the notes were discounted by Root, 
Strong  &  Co.,  and  the  Carson  City  firm 
cannot  meet* them,  and, in  case of  assign­
ment,  there  will  be a deficit of  $15,000 or 
$20,000 provable against Root, Strong&Co. 
In (order to avoid the embarrassment threat­
ened,  Mr. Rockafellow has asked the Wayne 
Circuit  Court to  authorize  Root, Strong  & 
Co.’s assignee to  turn  over  to  the  Carson 
City, firm $3,000 in cask and $2,443 in notes 
and to pay $887 in book accounts in consid­
eration  of the  payment  by Rockafeilow & 
Co. of  all  the  other  obligations of  Rock­
afellow & Co.,  including notes representing 
the  capital of  Root, Strong  &  Co.  Judge 
Hosmer has granted the assignee the neces-y 
sary power in case it should  be  found  that 
the  interests of  Root, Strong  & Co.’s  cred­
itors should be best subserved thereby.

MANUFACTURING  HATTERS.

Hillsdale—Fay W. Elliott succeeds Elliott
Son in the milling business.
Benton Harbor—Hull  &  Co.  started the 

church furniture factory on the 13th.

Birmingham—H. Eisley &  Sons  succeed 

John J. Toms in the milling business.

Kingsley—Madison,  Hitzler  &  Co.  have 

discontinued the manufacture of  tables.

Glen  Arbor—Frank  KUderhouse  has 
rented his  grist mill to Richard  Dumbrill.
Cheboygan—Swift  Bros,  have  added,  a 
gang to  their  mill, considerably increasing 
its capacity.

Menominee—Isaac  Stephenson  will  op­
erate in his lately acquired  southern timber 
lands and builcUa mill.

Quincy—Attachments  have  been  placed 
on tiie; block and cart factory of J. Donovan. 
The case is set down for the 21st'

Cadillac—L. H. Town  and  H. R. Towle 
have  formed a copartnership  to engage  in 
the manufacture of mating  from  slabs and 
other waste material. 

Band  Lake—J. V ; Crandall  &  Son  will 
start their  sawmill on June 1, expecting to 
be able to cut out the mlUion stoek  im hand 
...  v  4  < ?%.
in about two months. 
Cadillac—Cobbs, Mitchell &Co, will- pat 
*»#hog” Into  their mill within a few days, 
The purpose g H “hag,” or refuse «fitted
hnd  B B R

mfcaifr $ 4  

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Intirlarge heavy shavings to be used as fuel. 
"The dust made by the band  saw'is too  fine 
to  bum well, but  When mingled  with  the 
sharings  from the refuse  cufter a good/ fire 
is easily obtained.

Muskegon—Ryerson,  Hills  &>  Co.  have? 
banked  on  the  Muskegon  33,000,^00  feet 
from. Missaukee, Clare,  Osceola,  Mecosta» 
Montcalm, and  Newaygo comities,  the  hulk 
being from  Newaygo.  The crop, which  is 
fully  .up  to  fall  estimates, is proportioned 
about  2,500,000  feet hemlock,  500,000 Nor­
way» and 30,000,000 white pine, and its qual­
ity  is  nearly  the same  as preceding years. 
This  firm  uses  300 men, thirty teams  and, 
operates a two-mile logging road in Neway­
go eountv.

Saginaw—A.  Soper  has  purchased  the 
Burnham &  Still  mill  site,  with  the  salt 
block,  boilers,  engine and all other property 
remaining there after the fire which destroy­
ed the milL in 1886, the consideration  being 
$12,000. 
.The new owner says he will have 
the salt block in operation  next  week  and 
will at onee erect  a  sawmill,  32x110  feet, 
and a planing mill, 40x100.  He  intends to 
have the planing mill  two stories high  and 
use the upper floor for  the  manufacture of 
refrigerators.  The  engine  and  boilers on 
the premises  were  not  injured  by the fire 
and will furnish  motive  power for the new 
plant. 

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Gripsack Brigade.

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A.  A.  Howard,  the  Coldwater  grip  car­

rier, was in town one day last week.

A. F. Peake, traveling representative  for 
D.  B.  Deland  &  Co,, of  Fairport,  N.  Y., 
was in town last Friday.

Chas. McCrath  has  engaged to represent 
L. F.  Swift & Co. among the butehers of this 
city.

Wm.  H.  Tuthill,  financial  agent 

for 
Atthur Meigs & Co., is out with  a new tile, 
for the first time this century.

Mrs.  C.  C.  Crawford  accompanied  her 
husband  on  his  trip  last  week  through 
Southern Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana.
R. H. Smith, Eastern and Southern Mich­
igan traveling  representative for Perkins & 
Hess,  was  in  town a couple  of  days  last i 
week.

John Preston  left yesterday for  Ransom- 
ville, N. Y., from  which place he will  pro­
ceed  to  Maine, for  a  three  months’ cam­
paign.

Geo.  Hodge,  late of  Sault Ste.  Marie,  has 
gone  on  the  road  for  Bulkley, Lemon  & 
Hoops,  taking  the  Upper Peninsula as his 
territory.

Oliver  C.  Shultz  has  engaged  to  repre­
sent the fireworks department  of L.  S.  Hill 
& Co., pending a readjustment of the affairs 
of  the late firm of  Curtiss & Dunton.

Harry Gregory  has gone  to  Mt. Clemens 
in hopes of  securing  relief  from  neuralgia 
of  the stomach.  His route is covered in the 
meantime by Jas. D. Wadsworth.
.  A.  C.  Antrim,  traveling  representative 
for  the  Anti-Kalsdmine  Co.,  has  just  re­
turned from  a  three  months’ business  trip 
through  the  South.  He  expects  to  leave 
for the East in about a week.

J.  R.  Downs,  late  of  Union  City,  has 
taken  the  management of  one  of  W.  H. 
Downs’ notion  wagons:  W.  H.  Downs is 
accompanying  him  on  his initial  trips, re­
newing his acquaintance with the trade.

Byron  Hoxie,  of  the  drug  and  grocery 
firm of Stebbins & Hoxie, of  Lawrence, has 
gone on the  road  for the  Flower City Soap 
Co.,  of  Rochester, N.  Y.  His  firm is clos­
ing  out the stock and will  retire  from bus­
iness.

Battle Creek Call:  J. E. Hall,  who  has 
been employed as book-keeper for McCamly 
& Taylor for the  past  two  years,  has been 
promoted to  traveling  salesman  for Michi­
gan.  Everett’s many friends will be pleased 
to hear of his promotion,  which is an earn­
ed one.

Bank  Notes.

A.  S. Thompson, Assistant Cashier of the 
First National  Bank of  Traverse  City,  was 
in town a couple of  days last week.

At  the  annual  meeting of  the  Oceana 
Savings  Bank, held at Hart on the 7th, the 
old  board of  directors was  re-elected.  W. 
N. Sayles  has taken  the position of  assis­
tant cashier. 
.

The  Ionia  County Savings  Bank has re­
elected  H. R. Wagar  President  and  J. E. 
Just  Cashier.  The  Bank  has  distributed 
$9,500 among the  stockholders  since  it be­
gun business, on Jan.  1,1886.

W.’H.  Churchill, of  the  banking  firm of 
Churchill,  Oakes &'Co., at Shelby,  was  in 
town  last week as a delegate  to the Repub­
lican  State convention.’  Some enthusiastic 
co-worker  exchanged  hats  with  him,  and 
Mr.  Churchill  came  out  second best in the 
trade.

The  long-established  banking  house  of 
Howell,  Uaker &  Co. has  been  succeede d 
by 
the  Commercial  Savings.  Bank  of 
Adrian,„with  a  capital of  $75,000.  W. J. 
Cocker  has  been elected  president  of  the 
new  institution  and  W.  B.  Thompson 
will  act as  cashier.  As  the  title indicates, 
both a commercial and savings business win 
be transacted.

The  organization  of  the" First  National 
Bank of St. Ignace  was  completed on May 
7 by th e election  of  the  following  officers: 
President,  O. W. Johnson;  Yice-President, 
A.  F. Temple; Cashier,  Edward L.  Durgin. 
One-half  the  capital  stock  of  $50,000  is 
held* at St. Ignace apd the balance  at  Mus­
kegon, .  The  first  installment  is  payable 
May  20. „  Business  will  be  began  aboutr 
J u n e 1. 

,

Merchants should remember that the cele­
brated  “Crescent,”  “White  Rosé”  and 
of  floar^are  msnu- 
IrotUred  « i l  |w d  onlyby-the  Votet  IfiU-
* I X •

mâ 

Buckwheat  Flour,  live  Flour,  Granulated 
Meal.  Bolted  Beal,  Coarse  Meal,  Bran, 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed. 
,
Grand  Rapids, Michigan.

Wrfte'frr Prices. 

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•*,  Jemundemood. 

'■ * ^

^A tramp called at a jiotase,;and  when  the 
servant  opened  the  door,  requested  some­
thing to eat.  -  Thè woman  replied by whis- 
tling for the dog.
“ Yon  misunderstood, me,  mum,” hastily" 
remarked the mendicant.
“How-so?” 
■  ‘Tasked  that  you  should  feed  me,  not 
the  dbg,”; was  the  reply,  as  the  tramp 
quickly dashed through the^ate.

fl|p

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dvertisem ents  will  be  inserted under th is head fo r 
one cent  a  w ord th e first insertion  and one-half eent a  
No  advertise­
w ord fo r  each  subsequent  insertion. 
m ent taken  fo r  less th a n  85 cents.  Advance paym ent.

FORft SA V Æ .

o r a t 26 P earl street, 

fo r selling: failing health.  E nquire 670 C herry St., 

OK SALE—STOCK  <7F  HARDWARE,  HOUSE  AND 
th re e lots.  Address Box 527, W hitehall, Mich.  245»

F
FOR  SALE-STOCK'  GROCERIES,  ONLY'REASON 
F OR*SALE—GOQD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES 

to  one  of th e  faste st-  grow ing cities in  M ichigan. 
Stock wiU invoice about $3,500,  Terms, one-half down; 
balance, good  paper.  Brick  store,  established  trad e 
and cheap rent.  Address  H,  Lock  Box  E, Muskegon, 
Mich. 
246*
TTiOR  RENT—PLEASANT  BRICK  STORE,  WELL 
-I. 
lighted,  a t  th e  com er  o f,F o u rth   and  Stocking 
streets.  ExceUent location fo r d rag  o r hardw are busi­
ness.  R ent  reasonable.  Apyly  to   Thos.  M aher,  a t 
Police H eadquarters. 
244*
OR SALE—ON ACCOUNT  OF THE  DWATH  OF  THB~ 
proprietor. I offer fo r sale  a   sm all  stock of drags 
and  m edicines;  glass  labeled  bottles;  black  w alnut 
fro n t  draw ers; fire  propf  safe;  jew elry; books;  soda 
fountain,.etc.  All  o r  any  p a rt  will  be  sold  a t a  big 
discount  fo r  cash.  W.  R.  Mandigo,  A dm inistrator, 
Sherwood, Mich. 
-  241-244
'OR  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK, CONSISTING OF DRY 
F c
goods,  groceries and  boots  and shoes, located in 
a  beautiful  viUage  o f  909  population,  surrounded by 
th e best farm ing  country in   th e  State.  Stock will in­
voice about $4,000.  W ould, sell  th e  whole  orone-half 
interest.  A good chance fo r th e   rig h t  m an.  Address 
No. 126 eare M ichigan Tradesm an, G rand Rapids. 
244*

Reason, w ant to  sell.  Address 122, th is office.  238-tf

“The Tradesm an”—600  pounds  of brevier and 200 
pounds of  nonpareil.  A  good  b argain  w ill  be  given 
purchaser.

E OR  SALE—THE  DRESS  OF  TYPE  NOW  USED  ON 
F o r  s a l e - g e n e r a l  s t o c k  i n  g r a n d  l o c a t io n :
F o r   s a l e   a t   a  b a r g a in ,  a  s t o c k  o f  g e n e r a l

m erchandise in an  iron furnace tow n in  th is State.
F urnace com pany pays  o u t in   cash  $8,000 p er  m onth.
Stock  w ill  Invoice  about  $6,000.  Can  be  reduced  to 
$2,500  o r  $3,000  in   60  days.  Sales  p er  m onth  $1,600.
P ay  sure.  Best  of  reasons  fo r  selling.  Those  m ean­
ing business  address No. 113 this  office. 
234*tf

F o r  s a l e —w h o l e  o r  p a r t  in t e r e s t  i n  a  f ir s t -

class m eat m ark et in a   th riv in g   tow n of  1,000  in­
h ab itan ts w ith  tw o  railroads.  A verage sales  $30  per 
day.  Good reasons fo r selling. Address H--, care Trades­
man;______________  
219-tf

dage, Muskegon, Mich. 

Choate, A gent, E ast Saginaw. 

hardw are  and  m ill  supplies. Address  W ayne

F o r   s a l e —a t   a   b a r g a in ,  a   c l e a n   s t o c k   o f
F OR SALE—THE BEST DRUG STORE IN THE  THRIV- 

in g   city of  Muskegon.  Terms  easy.  C.  L.  Brun- 
193-tf
OR SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, FIXTURES, 
etc.,  com plete, on good line  of  railw ay, about 35 
m iles  n o rth  of G rand  Rapids.  No  paints  or  oils, b u t 
could be  added to   good  advantage.  P oor  h ealth  and 
other business  m y  only  reasons  fo r  selling.  No.  116 
care Tradesm an office. 

210-tf

232-tf

 

 

/ 

OR SALE CHEAP—ONE 1,400 POUND MOSLER,  BAH- 
m an & Co fire-proof safe; one set 240  ft  Buffalo D.
B.  scales; one 8 foot nickel  show  case  and  a   quantity 
of  m iscellaneous  hardw are.  W ill  be  sold  separately 
o r all together.  Call  on or address.  H. E. H esseltine,
29 and 31 Monroe St., G rand Rapids, Mich. 
236-48
OR  SALE—FRUIT  FARM  OF 1%  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 o r exchange fo r  stock  of  any kind  of  m erT 
chandise.  Place is valued a t $3,000, will tak e $2,000 for 
it.  Address S , A. H6wey, N orth Muskegon, Mich.  236-tf

F OR.  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE-160  ACRE  FARM,  120 

acres  im proved, good  buildings  and  well,  excel­
len t  soil  and  well  w atered,  situated  six  m iles  from  
Pipestone,  M innesota.  Also  house  and  th ree  lots 
Pipestone.  F arm  is w orth  $3,000  and  o th er  property 
is cheap a t  $1,000.  W ill  trad e  fo r  stock  of  goods  < 
house and lo t in  any good  tow n in  Michigan.  Addre 
G. W. W atrous, Ada, Mich,  ____________________ 243-tf

WANTS.

ANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  GROCERYMAN  IN  THE 
m ost th riv in g   city  on  Lake  Superior—m arried 
m an  w ith  best  of  references.  Address  “D,”  care 
247*
T r a d e sm a n  office. 

WANTED-LIVE  SELESMAN  TO  CANVASS  FOR A 

line of specialties; brings good commission.  Ad­
dress The A m erican  Live Stock  Supply Co., 215-219 Sec­
243*
ond  street, Milwaukee.-Wis. 
ANTED—MANAGER,  BY  RELIABLE  BUSINESS 
firm.  W ill  control  stock  of  goods and  handle 
considerable  m oney.  Salary  $1,800.  References  and  C.  C.  B U N T IN G , 
cash deposit of $500 required.  Call  o r  address,  H.,G.
246*
Loomis, 36t W abash Ave., Chicago, 111. 
GENERAL
238-tf

wANTED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  FOR 
WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  STOCKS  AND  LOCA- 

store.  Address 129. this office.

tions.  G eneral  stock.  Reason,  w ant a  change.
Address 121 th is office. 
238-tf
TT7"ANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
VV  m acist.  Seven years’ experience.  Best of refer­
ences.  Address look box No. 37, Midland, Mich. 
233-tf 
ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 
this  paper  to   give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a 
trial.  I t will abolish yo u r pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in  m any instances save you th e 
expense of one clerk, w ill brin g   your business  down to 
a   cash basis and  save  you  all  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  you  w ill never 
re g re t it.  H aving  two kinds, both  kinds  w ill be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff,
Albany, N. Y. 
226-tf

WANTED—1,900 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 
225-tf

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe <fc Bro., G rand Rapids. 

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MISCELLANEOUS."

FOR EXCHANGE—I WILL EXCHANGE MY FARM OF 

.  166  acres, 85  acres  im proved, excellent soil, good 
orchard and buildings, fo r  a stock of goods o r a  house 
and lo t situated in a  place of no t less th a n  2,000 inhabi­
tan ts.  „The farm  w ould  be d irt  cheap  a t S65 p er  acre, 
as  it is only one-half m ile  from  railro ad  tow n and ten 
m iles from   G rand Rapids-  Address Box 22,  Ada, Mich.
240-tf

A   BARGAIN  FOR YOU—POOR  HEALTH  COMPELS 

m e to q uit business, so I will sell a sm all stock of 
general  m erchandise  very  cheap  fo r  cash  or  good 
paper.  C orner  store,  22x62,  fo r  sale  o r  re n t  cheap.
This is th e b est opportunity y et offered.  Don’t  w ait to 
w rite, b u t  come  and  see  fo r yourself.  Call  ou Byron 
E. Hess, or address P. O. Bo* 95, Clarksville, Mich.  243*
GENTS  WANTED—LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN  TO 
sell “ E lectricity in a  b o ttle.”  Send fo r price  list 
and 20-page circular.  Address  N. Van D erwerken, gen­
246*
e ral agent, M anchester, Mich. 
SURVEYOR  WHO WANTS A  VERNIER TRANSIT 
(G urley)  6  in.  needle,  12  in. telescope,  in   good'  Men’s ... 
w orking order, and a t half-price, can get i t  of me.  My 
w ork dem ands a   different  instrum ent.  Geo. E. Steele,
Traverse City, Mich. 
242-244
GENTS  WANTED  EVERYWHERE.  THREE  NEW 
articles  ju s t  out.  Big  m oney.  F.xclusive  te rri­
to ry .  Inclose  stam p  fo r  particulars.  Samples  of  all 
th ree  35  cents.  Address  Swineburne  &  Co., M anufac­
tu rers, LaCrosse, Wis. 
249*
ITY  FLOURING  MILLS  OF  FLINT,  MICH;,  FOR 
sale  a t  a   ra re   bargain.  The m ill is  in  first-class 
order, equipped  w ith th e  la test  im proved m achinery, 
and has a  first-class rep u tatio n   fo r  m aking flour,  and 
w ith  every  convenience  fo r  shipping.  Will  he  sold 
cheap fp r cash o r approved paper.  Inquire a t Citizens’
N ational B ank, F lint, Mich. 
242-245

“ 

„ 

YALLEY CITY MILLINQ CO.

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt Edge,

Lily White,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Fi^ke, 

'Jk 

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal,

Graham.

• 

OUR SPECIALTIES:

;  S q j I   W  M O t s E S  A

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

A LL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

If yoir are in Market to Buy or Sell Glover Seed, Beaus or Pota­

toes, w ill be pleased to hear from you.

26  28,30  k  32  Ottawa  Street,

246*

H E S T E R   <Ss  F O X ,   •

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW  AND CE.ÏST mtt.t. MACHIN
Send for 
Catalogue 

Prices. ATLAS i»j

and 

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

(STEIM ENGINES &
f Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

Planers, M atchers, M oulders and all kinds of W ood-W orking M achinery, 

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

W rite for Prices. 

And  Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept on hand.  Send for Sample 

44, 46 and 48 So. D ivision St.,  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

•  Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

CURT188, DUNTOfl i ANDREWS

ROOFERS

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

G ra n d   R a p id s, 

- 

-  M ich.

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

H E T M A N   & CO.,  “¿ S y a f -

C.  L.  DAVIS.

B U N T IN G   &   D A V IS ,

Commission  Merchants.

Specialties!  Apples and Potatoes in  Gar Lots.

20 and 22 OTTAWA  ST.t  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W IGW AM  ‘ SLIPPER S.

Send Your Spring  Orders to MAYHXSW.

.................. f ............... .............  9 50 | Youth’s and Misses......................................... 6 65
with  soles.....................7 50
“ 
Boys and women’s .........................................  8 25 j Children’s ................................. .....................5 50
with soles.........................................6 50

with soles..................... .........................lOoOi 
“ 
with  soles.......................9 GO | 
W oonsocket and W ales-Goodyear Rubbers, B oston K nit and W ool Boots.

“ 
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TENNIS  SHOES  IN  FIRSTS  AND  SECONDS.

MAYIBEESW,  G -rand.  H a p id s .
G rm
P E R K I N S   Sc
H E S S
H id es, F ü rs , W o o l &  T a llo w ,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  132  and  124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CABBY A  STOCK OP  CAKE TALLOW FOB MILL  USE.

Sole agents for Chicago Brass Buie WorVfi 

for State of Michigan.
M AGIC COFFEE  ROASTEfi
The  most practical 
hand  Roaster  In the 
world:  Thousands in 
use—spring  satisfac­
tion. Theyaresimple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  bo  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to per 
fection.
. Send for cireulars.

No 

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

b o o k s ;

©  airi» w a te

 

 

 

 

 

BELLS.

These prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

4  AUGERS AND BITS.
 

promptly and buy in full packages.
..  .. 
60
dis 
Ives’,  old s ty le ./.........______ 
 
N.  H. C.Co.......... ........ 
60
dls 
 
........................ ...dig 
Douglass’. ■ •
60
Pierces’ ............................. 
60
...dis 
Snefi s ................ ............. 
60
.«as 
40
Cook’s  ..............  . .. .. ...................d i s  
Jennings, genuine....................................dis  25
Jennings’, imitation. 
...............Ainpofein
BALANCES.
Spring.... .. .. .. .. .  $   .... .u . .. .. .. ,   .. .dis 
40
BARROWS.
Railroad........ . 
. . . . . f. . . . . . . . . . . ,t ...$. 14 00
Garden.,-................................................. net 33 00
*?“ »d - 
.............   ....................  dis  $ 60&10&10
Cow................................  
70
dis 
c a ll............«up 
30&15
.............................«is 
C o n g .,........... 
25
Door, Sargent.....  ......................... dig 
60&L0
BOLTS.
Stove................................. .
0
Carriage ntew list... . \ .......
....d is 7C&10
Plow  ... ...\ I if. jSS! 
s'..
50
....d is
Sleigh Shoe,
70
.  ..dis
60
__ dis
Cast Barrel Bolts.
....dis
40
Cast Barrel, brass  knobs.......
40
.. .dis
Cast Square Spring........
.. .dis
60
Cast Chain__ « ...___.....
__ dis
40
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob
....d is
60
60
....dis
Wrought Sunk Flush...............
...dis
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Ki
îob
Flush........................................
....dis 60&10
Ives’ Door__ ___.'___..................
....dis 60&10

 

Barber............. ......... ...................
Backus.................. ........................."

BRACES.

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' a :   g iv m ;  i  y f f  -  v ’  4a * V
___ _ - 
I«m  and? Tlnne€.a.......?.....................dfis  1   55
Cppper Rivets and  Burs^....      .......d £  
,  59
.  .
“A” Wood’s patent planishceLNQS.24to27 10 2C 
B  Wood’s pat. pianidbed, Nos. 25 'to 27  9 20

PATENT FLANI8AED IRON. 

Broken packs )4c V  ib extra.
.

SHEET IRON. 

Sisal,)4iii.and  largej^
11 
?
Manilla..-.............^7.___.............. .................{jg
■ SQUARES.
Steel and Iron.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ¿dis  70&10
Try and Be vela...__ ___ __ 
dis 
60
Mitre   
...........  .:....... dis 
20
„  
Com. Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to 14....................... ..........*4 20
$3 00 
Nos. 15 to 17................................  4 20
3 00 
Nos. 18to 21. . . . . . . .. . __ ........  4 20
310 
Nos. 22 to 2 4 .....................  4 20
3 15 
3 25 
N o.27. . . I ............ „  
4 60
3 35 
AH sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 2 
inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
- 
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 B>s, $   as...............6M
In smaller quansities, ^  D).................. ”
American, all  kinds.................... . 
dis 
Steel, all kinds........................... 
dis 
Swedes, all kinds...................dis 
Gimp and Lace....................... ............ ¿is 
Cigar Box H ails............................. . ..dig  1 
Finishing N a ils ................... . 
.  dis 
Common and Patent.Brads...............dis7 
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dig  " 
Trunk and Clout Nails......................... dig 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails..........dis 
Leathered Carpet  Tacks....................dis 
No, 1,  Refined;...__ . . . . ................ 
Market  H alf-and-half......]................ 
Stiictly  Half-and-half..................... ^7

60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
36
,  22
;  24

TINNER’S SOLDER.

TACKS.

. 

. 

jiu plates*

Casters, Bed and Plate............ .disSO&lO&lO
Dampers, A m e r lq u i___   . a  . ..__
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods. ,.d 
Copper Bottoms....  ..............  .....¿ . ’ 

j

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows 
for dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, mi 11 
culls out;
Basswood, logrrun............ ..............13 00@15 00
Bireh, log-rutt................................  .15 oo@l8 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2........... ^ ............. 
@25 00
Black Ash,log-run............ ................14 00@16 50
^ erry,  logrrun.................................25 00®35 00
«terry, Nos. 1  and 2...........................45 00@50 00
gierry,  c u ll.......  ............................  
@10.00
.12 00@14 60
Maple, log-run............................... 
Maple, soft,  log-run...-........................... U  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and2.    .......... ..............  
@20 00
Maple, clear, flooring........&................ 
<g\9R oq
Maple, white, selected.......................  
@25 Oo
BedOak, logru n................................. 18 00@20 00
RedOgk, Nos. 1 a n d 2 .......................... ;24 00@25 00
Red Oak, 14 sawed, 8 in and upw’d. .40  00@45 00
Red Oak,  “  “ 
regular....................30 00@35 00
Red Oak, No.  l,step  plank............... 
@25 00
Walnut, log-run....................... . 
@55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........................  
@75 00
Walnuts,  culls.__ .•................. 
@25 00
Grey Elm. log-run.............:........................@13 00
White Ash,  log-rtm..................................14 00@16 50
Whitewpod,  log-run...........................20 00@22 00
White Oak, lo g -ru n ............................ 17 00@18 00

0RH60N  I P   WASHINGTON.

 

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,  ^ %, 

TIN—LEADED.

20x28, Chareoal.................. 

100 Plate Charcoal................ . .  , 
100 Plate Charcoal.........................               9 10

........ ...............6 00@rt 20
10x14,Charcoal......... ................ 
7 85
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal.................................. 6 85
IC, 
12x12, Charqoal...............................  g 35
IX, 
IC, 
14x26, Chaycoal........................... .  6 35
14x20,  Charcoal .............................. 
7  85
IX, 
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal.......................... ."   935
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool............. .............]]  n  ‘37
IXXXX, 14x29,  Charcoal....................Y.’W  13  15
IX, 
16  10
DC, 
710
DX, 
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal...........................  H to
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoai.......... 
13 10
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 "to  7 35
Roofing, 14x20, IC................. 
5 40
Roofing, 14x20,  IX ................................ 
7 00
Roofing, 20x28, IC...................... 
.......... 12 no
Roofing,  20x28,  ix ::::::::::::::;;;;;;;;;;  15 co
T_ 
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.. . . __ ...  6 80
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne............].  7 59
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne................12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne__  
15 00
a 
TRAPS.
Steel, Game........  
  60&10
............................... 
Oneida Gommuntity,  Newhouse’s............ dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s..60&10
eojao
Hotchkiss’ 
 
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’s...................................60&10
Mouse,  choker......................... 
ige aa do*
Mouse,  delusion.......................... . " .¿l 501  doz
„  
Bright Market......................................  dis  67)4
Annealed Market.................... 
dis  70&lu
Coppered Market........ ............... .dia  62)4
..........................................  di8  g
Extra Baffing 
Tinned  Market.............................. 
dis  62V4
Tinned  Broom.............................. 
WB>  W
Tinned Mattress..................  
§  B>  8)4
Coppered  Spring Steel.................! . '   dis 
50
Tinned Spring Steel........................................... dis 40&10
Plain Fence.................................................«  B>  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized........... 
4 00
painted.........................'.'.'.'"3 25
list net
Copper.................................................new 
Brass. . ;................................................new 
list net
Bright 
  dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes......................................-.dia  70&10&10
Hooks 
dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eves....................dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..........
COe’s Genuine.......................................¿¿a
Coe’sPteut A gricultural, wrought, dis
Coe’s  Ptent. malleable.......................dis
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Bird Cages............................^
Pumps,  C i s t e r n ......................
Screws,  new  list................................

WIRE GOODS.
 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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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 ontaqa, Oregon  and  W ashington; 
M ontana, because it now   ranks  first in  th e production 
of precious m etals;  O regon,  because  of  its  rich  val- 
leys,  and  W ashington  T erritory  by  reason  of  its 
m ild  clim ate,  tim ber,  coal,  m inerals  and w onderful 
production of  fru its  and  cereals.  The  rapid  grow th 
of Spokane Falls, w ith a  w ater  pow er  exceeding  even 
th a t of  M inneapolis;  Tacoma,  on  P uget  Sound,  the 
SL  th e  N orthern  Pacific  R ailroad,  w ith 
12,000 in h a b ita n ts;  Seattle  30  m iles  distant,  an ener- 
getic  and  th riv in g   city,  m ark  th is  section  of  th e 
rac in e  N orthw est as one  th a t  offers  peculiar induce­
m ents to  those seekingnew  homes.
_  By w ritin g  Chas. S.  Fee,  G eneral  Passenger Acrent. 
N orthern  Pacific  R ailroad,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  he  will 
send  yon  illu strated   pam phlets,  m aps  and  books 
giving you valuable  inform ation  in   reference  to th e 
country traversed  by  th is  g re a t  line  from   St. Paul. 
M inneapolis,  Duluih  and  A shland  to   P ortland,  Ore­
gon, and Tacom a  and Seattle,  W ashington Territory. 
This road, in  addition  to   being  th e  only  rail  line  to 
Spokane Falls,  Tacom a  and  Seattle,  reaches  ail  the 
principal points in   N orthern  M innesota  and  D akota, 
M ontana, Idaho, Oregon,  and  W ashington,  possesses 
unequaled  scenic  attractions,  as  well  as  superior 
tra in  equipm ent, such  as  dining  cars,  and  colonist 
sleepers fo r th e   use  of  intending  settlers,  neith er  of 
w hich  conveniences  are  to   be  found  on  any  other 
pne ticketing business to   th e   States  and  T erritories 
nam ed.

Millers, Mention

W e are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
w ill save you their cost at least 
three tim es each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue w ith testim onials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Pnrifier  Co„
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President—Prank Hamilton. Travers« City. 
Fir*t Vie&Preside&i^-PstoP.NéilfMi. ^rann».  ■;
I Becond Vice-President—S. Lamírqm, Ornato.; 
Secretor,—F  A  Stowe, Urawlllupni'- 
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Treasurer—L. Wítoraguó.'Greraviíle.  ï 
Executive Beard—President. Secretory,  Geo.  W,  Hub­
bard, Flint; W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; Irving F. Clapp, Al-
Ctommlttee on Trade Interests—Smithjtorueg.'íravcrse 
City; Chas. T. Bridgman,  Flint;  H.  B.  Fargo,  Muske-
5|   s o n .   • 
Comnnnittc on Li ged till in—Frank Welle, Lansing ;W.
E. Kelsey, Jonla; Neal McHillan, Rockford. 
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W.  Milliken,  H er- 
ePH-t'ity, Jnn. V. blunlcy, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
S East Saginaw.  0 P p iÿvj v :
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell,  E.  Y.
Hogle, Hastings ; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan. 
Committee on  Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  8. E. Barkill,  Owosso ;  Will - Em- 
'  mert, Eaton Rapids. '
O fficia l O rg a n —Th e  Mic h ig a n  Tb a d e s m a n .

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

V   ' l  No.» 1—T ra v erse C ity B . M . A . 
President, Geo. g. Steele; Secretary, !,, Roberts.

President, N. B.Blain, Secretary, TrankT. King.

N o , 2—L o w e ll  li. M . A . 

N o.  3—S tu rg is B . M. A . 

President. H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jom.
Ñ o. Î —G r a n d  R a p id s  M .  A . 

President. B.J. Hérridk; Secretary, E.A. Stowe.

N o. 0 —A lb a   K. M , A . 

President. F. W.hloat;*Secretaiy, P.’T. Baldwin.

N © .7 —D im o n d a le  it. M . A . 

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

N o. 8 —Eastrport It. M . A .

President, F. H. Thermion; Secretary, fleo. L. Thurston.

N o , « —L a w re n c e  B . M . A .  ' 

President, H. M. Marshall ; Secretary, C. A. Stebhins.

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

Président, W. J; Clark; Secretory. A. L. Thompson.
Fremdrat, H. P. Whipple; Secretory, C, H.  Camp.

N o.IX —K in g sle y  B . M . A . 

N o.  1 3 —Q u in c y  B . M . A . 
N o. 13—S h er m a n  B . M . A . 

President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
President, H. B. Sturtevant! Secretory, W.  G. Shane.
N o . 14—N o. M u sk eg o n  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey ; Secretory, G. C. Havens.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

N o. I S —B o y n e  C ity   B . M . A . 

N o . 1 6 —Sand L a k e  B . M. A . 
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco.
N o. 17—P la in  w e ll B . At. A . 
President, E. A. Owen, Secretory, J. A. Sidle.
N o.  1 8 —O w osso B . M . A . 

President, S. E. Parkill; Secretory, 8. Lamfrom.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretory, E. E. Chapel.

N o.  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A . 

N o. 20—S a u g a tu c k  B . M . A . 
N o. 21—W a y la n d  B . M . A . 

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L- A. Phelps.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

N o. » 8 —G rand  L ed g e  B . M . A . 
N o. 23—C arson C ity B . M . A . 

Persldent, A, B. Schnmacher; Sêcretory, W.  R.  Clarke.
President, F. A. Rockafellow: Secretary, C. G. Bailey.

President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o, 8-4—M o rley  B .  M . A .

N o. 8 5 —P a lo  B . M . A .

President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.

N o. 8 6 —G r e e n v ille   K. M . A . 

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

N o . 8 7 —D o r r   B, M .  A .

President, E. S. Botsfoird; Secretory, L. N. Fisher.

N o. 8 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M . A .

N o. 8 8 —C h eb o y g a n  B . M .'A  
President, J.  H. Tuttle;  Secretory, H. G. Dozer.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough,
President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. 8. Houghtoling.

N o. 3 0 —O cean a B . M . A .
N o. 3 1 —C h a rlo tte B . M . A . 

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretory, A. G. Fleury.
President, G. W. Watrous;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.

N o. 3 8 —C o o p e r sv ille  B . M . A . 

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

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

N o. 3 4 —S aran ac B . M .  A . 

N o .  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .
N o. 36—I th a c a   B .  M . A .

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretory, P. T. Williams.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary; Q. J. Noteware.
President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretory, John  M. Everden
President,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  W. F. Baxter.

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

N o . 3 8 —S c o ttv ille  B .  M . A . 
N o. 3 9  - B u r r  O ak B . M . A . 

President, H. E. Symons; Secretory, D. W. Higgins.
President, W. S. Wilier; Secretory, F. W. Sheldon.

N o. 4 0 —E a to n  K ap id s B . M . A . 
N o . 4 1 —B r e c k e n r id g e   B . M . A .

President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coller.
• President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Sendder.
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretory  C. J. Rathbun.

N o. * 8 —F r e m o n t B . M . A .
N o. 4 3 —T u stin  B . M . A .

President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes._____
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President, E. B.' Martin; Secretory, W. H. Smith.______
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretory, O. A. Halladay

N o. 4 4 —R e ed  C ity  B . M . A .
N o . 4 5 —H o y tv ille   IJ. M . A . 

President, Wm. Hntchins; Secretary, B. M. Gonld.

N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B . M. A . 

N o .  4 7 —F lin t  M .  U. 

President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H.'Graham.
■  N o. 4 8 —H u b b a rd sto n   B . M. A . 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
President, A.  Wenzell ; Secretary, Frank Smith.

N o.  4 9 —Leroy- B .  M .  A . 
N o. 5 0 —M a n iste e  B . M . A . 

President, A. 0. Wheeler; Secretory, J. P.  O’Malley.

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

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

N o. 5 8 —G rand H a v e n  B . M . A . 

President, F. D. Vos; Secretory, Wm. Mieras.

President, Frank Phelps; Secretory, John H. York.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher ; Secretory, C. B. Waller,
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .  , 
N o. 5 4 — D o u g la s B . M . A .
N o.  5 5 —P e to sk e y   B . M . A .. 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  *1.  A . -, 

N o. 5 7 —R o c k fo r d   B . M . A . 

President, N. W. Drake;  Secretory, T. M. Harvey.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
President, E. Hagadom; Secretary, E. C. Brower.

N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e B . M . A . 
N o . 5 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A . ' 

President F. S. Raymond: Secretory,P. S- Swarts.
N o. 6 0 —S o u th  B oard  m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretora s. E. Seihardt.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadiwh.

N o.  6 1 —H a r tfo r d   B . M . A . 
N o. 6 3 —E a st ."-aginaw M . A . 

N o. 6 3 —F v a rt B . M. A . 
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—M errill B. M. A- 
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretory, Wm. Horton.
N o. 6 5 —K a lk a sk a  B . M . A . 

N o. 6 6 —L a n sin g  B . M .  A . 

President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, C. S. Blom-
President, Frank Wells; Secretary, W. E. Crotty.
N o . 6 7 — W a te r v lie t  B . M . A . 
President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.
President, A. E. Calkins;  Secretory, E. T. VanOstrand.
-  N o. 6 9 —Scotts an d  C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.

N o. 6 8 —A lle g a n  B . M. A . 

N o . 7 0 —N a sh v ille  B . M . A , 
President, H. M. Lee; decretory, W. S. Powers.
No. 71—A s h le y   B .  M .  A, 
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Ciutterbuck.
N o. 7 8 —E d m o r e  B . M . A .
N o . 7 3 —B e ld in g  B . M . A . 

President, A: L. Spencer; Secretory, O. F. Webster.

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Manhfüeturera Seeking New Locations. 
Smith Middlings PuriflerCo., Jackson. 
Lovell Kefrlgerator Co., Ionia.
Clapp Shirt Go., Allegan.
David Woodward (plows) Clinton.

Special Enterprises Wanted.

Grist Mill—Hopkins Station.
Newspaper—North Muskegon.
Gristmill—Bellevue.
.W oodworking establishment—Quiney.
Hard wood factories—Fife Lake.
Tobacco factory, vinegar and pickle factory; 
cannery—Grand Rapids. 
Cannery—Wayland.
Roller ifop—Sand Lake. 
Brick and  tile  factory  and  nursery—South 
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D e a r  8i r —Ha v in g   ta k en   you r  advice,  w e 
h a v e ju s t ctafip lew c 
c o u n t M ^jLbarrM of 
m edium  p iek les/m ark ed   l , ^ ,   w h lch   w e  find 
o u -t»rafm ^ u n tC ân iÀ ^ d A M 7ffiok les,b ir,and- 
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In Favor of aninspector.

Hie, Grand  Rapids’ Mercantile  Association 
has endeavored to interest  Mayor  Weston in 
the  appointment  of an  inspector of  meats, 
vegetables and milk,  and«  judging from  the 
foUotpBg paragraph in his inaugural  address, 
it appears to have succeeded:
<  Next in importance to the water question, as 
regards publio-health, is  thé  milk  supply  of 
our eity.  . Last year the general  death  rate of 
our city was two-thirds  that  of  Chicago;  but 
during  the  same  period  our infantile death 
ratojor cholera  infantum  exceeded Chicago. 
The  disease in both cities was confined alitfost 
entirely tq those infants fed on cow’s milk. Chi 
cago supervises the milk-traffic;  we  do  not. 
Our  statutes  prohibit  the“ feeding  of  cows 
swill,  malt  and  distillery  substances,  and 
-similar foods;  but wo need an  additional ordi 
nance to protect thé  milk  consumers  of  this 
c ity /  I would recommend  that  an  ordinance 
be passed  requiring  all venders of milk to be 
licensed and providing for a systematic exam­
ination ofithe barns and the  feed  given  cows 
from those  who  furnish the  city  with  milk. 
The officers o f the Board of  Health  should be 
charged with the duty of frequent  inspection 
of the barns to seethattheyafecleanand well 
ventilated, and tbat the cows are * fed on prop 
pr, wholesome food.  There should be also f  re 
quent chemical tests as to the quality of  milk 
furnished.  The officers of  this  Board  should 
also be charged with t  he  inspection  of  meats 
and  vegetables  offered  foreale  in  the  eity, 
Proper  health  regulations  naturally  cause 
considerable inconvenience and expense to in­
dividuals, which  necessarily  develops opposi­
tion, and the Board of  Aldermen  will  find  it 
necessary to exercise a considerable degree of 
intelligent firmnesSin adopting and enforcing 
proper sanitary regulations;  but  the  general 
good of the city demands that these Important] 
matters should be settled as soon  as  possible.
Interesting Meeting of  the  Muskegon As­

sociation.

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From the Muskegon Business Gazette.
At the last regular meeting of the Muskegon 
B. M. A,-,- held on the 8th, thirteen applications 
for membership  were received and by vote of 
the Association  ail were unanimously elected 
to membership.
A report was read showing  the  receipts and 
expenditures up to May 1, and the sum of $138,- 
93 in the treasury, to which incoming quarterly 
dues will add a very considerable sum. 
Considerable informal  information was giv­
en relative to renting and  furnishing the jiew 
rooms. 
There was an interchange of  views  relative 
to the car shops and line of  boats  to  Milwau­
kee, but nothing new was  offered  except that 
the Board of Trade  had,  èo  far,  failed  to re­
spond to the invitation to  unite  efforts .to ac- 
compiisd  these  purposes;  therefore,  these 
matters may be considered in statu quo.
The  Secretary  was  formally  instructed  to 
present to the next  meeting  a  full statement 
in relation to the condition of dues.
The subject of a city  market  came  up  and 
was discussed at considerable length and some 
of the abuses of  the  present  condition  of af­
fairs in relation to the subject received a pretty 
thorough  airing.  A  resolution,  “That the in­
terests of the city  of  Muskegon  demand  the 
establishment of a market,” was passed unan­
imously and the matter  was  referred  to  the 
Committee on  Trade  Interests,  with  instruc­
tions to report at the next meeting.  The meet­
ing was then  adjourned to Tuesday  evening, 
May 22. which meeting it was  decided to  hold 
in  the  council  chamber,  city  hall,  as it was 
thought  there  would  probably  be  a large at­
tendance to bear the report and  take  part in 
discussing the market question.

Davison in Line on  Organization.

Agreeable to previous  engagement, the edi­
tor of T h e  T r a d e s m a n  met  with the business 
men of  Davison  last  Thursday  evening  and 
assisted  in  the  formation of one of the most 
promising  associations  yet  organized  in  the 
State.  Jas. K. P. Skinner  was  selected to act 
as chairman of the meeting  and  L.  Gifford as 
secretary  pro tern.  The  regulation  constitu 
tion was adopted, when.the  following  gentle­
men were  accepted  as  pharter  members:  J. 
F. Cartright, A. E. Hurd, Wm.  H. Foote, J. K. 
P. Skinner. John McBratney,  E. A. Quigley, J. 
R.  Bathrieh,  I.  T.  Hurd,  L.  Gifford,  R.  J. 
Graves,  C.  B.  Uptegraff,  John  A. Richards, 
Wm. Magee,  F.  S.  Haynes, E. H.  Moss,  E. J. 
Seelye, E. C. Haynes,  H.  Howes,  Wm.  Holli­
day, Jas. Jacobus,  C. A.  Uptegraff, L. J. Locy, 
W. J. Shepperd, John Watkins, C. W. Hurd.

The  organization  was  completed  by  the 
adoption of the Blue Letter  collection system 
and the election of the following officers:

President—J, F. Cartright.
Vice-President—Jas. Jacobus.
Secretary—L. Gifford.
Treasurer—I. T.  Hurd.
Executive Committee—President, Secretary, 

A. E. Hurd, Jas. K. P. Skinner, E. H. Moss.

A Letter with the Right Ring.

South Haven, May 9,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
D e a r  S i r —The South Haven B. M. A . held a 
very interesting meeting  meeting  last  even­
ing.  Much enthusiasm  was manifested.  We 
shall soon  knock  at  the  door of the State o  - 
ganization for  admittance.  The  members of 
this Association are well  united  and propose 
to  give  it  no  halt  way  support.  We  have 
forty-one  working  members  now,  including 
Hon.  C.  J.  Monroe,  Henry  Williams,  of the 
new  steamboat  line,  and  others of our citi­
zens,  including  nearly  all  of  our  business 
men.  A  grand picnic will be held  in the park 
on the 18th of  this  nionth  by the  Association 
and will be addressed  by  the  Hon. C.J. Mon­
roe on aims and objeets to be attained through 
the  organization.  We  expect  a  grand time. 
The good efforts are  now  being felt of organ­
ized work.  Already a  manufacturer Is in cor­
respondence  with  us,  looking  to  a  location 
here.  We want a brick and tile  factory and  a 
nurseryman to locate here.
You  are  cordially  invited  to  be present at 
our Park meeting, if convenient for you to do 
so.
We have instructed our  Improvement Com­
mittee to correspond with responsible parties, 
with a view  to  introducing  a  water  supply 
system in the near future in our village.

Yours for progress,

8 . V a n  O s t r a n d , Sec’y.

Regulating the Peddler.

From  th e P lain well Enterprise.
The B. M. A. Committee  on  Trade  Interests 
has, under instructions  from  the  main body, 
been looking up the  matter  of hedging in, by 
proper  licenses,  the  peddlers,  hawkers  and 
auctioneers who draw from legitimate dealers 
by selling, in a  public  plaee  or from  door to 
door,  inferior  (and  generally  very  inferior) 
goods at starvation prices.
They have had an  ordinance  drawn  amend­
ing Sections 1 and 2 of No. 23 of the  village by­
laws, -which places the license at $3 per day or 
$50 per year, with  an  exception  in  favor  of 
farmers  or  others  disposing  of  vegetables, 
fruits, ben-ies, milk or farm produce.  - 
Thé peddling nuisance cannot be too emphat­
ically  condemned,  and  thé  Association’s  ef­
forts to abate it should be  well supported,  A 
by-law, similar to  the  one  prepared  for  this 
place,  was . Recently  enacted  by  the e ity   of 
Coldwater  and,  on  being  carried  to  the  Su­
preme Court, was declared constitutional. The 
amended by-law  will  be  brought  before  the 
village Board at its next  meeting  and  should 
be paèsed. 

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.  A Final Reminder.

T r a v e r s e  C uy, May 10,1888. 
D e a r  S i r —The  Executive  Board of our As­
sociation will meet in one week, at which time 
I should like to present  any  word  or  sugges­
tion from local officers relative to local wants. 
Can you suggest any additions  or  deductions 
in  methods  that  will  bring  better  results? 
What difficulties do you have to contend with, 
and what can yoii  especially recommend.
The associations  generally are in fine condi­
tion and we only desire  that  the  highest  de­
gree of perfection shall be reached.  We want 
eyery association represented  àt  tkeCheboy- 
,gan meeting,  as  the ‘ occasion  promises to be 
one of great Interest and pleasure.

Please let me hear from you at.onoe.

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Yours truly,

F r a n k  H a m i l t o n .

D. R. Thralls,  grocer  apA furniture  dealer,
A. Retan,  general  dealer^ St.  Johns :  "One 
dollar doesdñü'l^tjr much Bxeept wiieB invested

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Secretary of the Sherman B. M. A.
- P. S. Swarts,  Secretary  of  tt^  Fennville B. 
M. A., writes as follows:  “Our Association is 
doing good work.-*’ 

Secretaries of  local associations  are  espec­
ially  requested  to  use  the  proper r blanks 
which have been furnished them forreporting 
names for publication on the State lists.

The South Haven B. M. A. has devised a cap­
ital method of encouraging local  pride  by of­
fering a cash prize of $15  for tie   best and $10 
for the second best improvement of individual 
property.

President  Hamilton has called a meeting of 

the Executive  Board  of the M. B. M, A., to 
held at Grand Bapids.on  Friday,  for the ptitr 
pose of  deciding upon a ditto and arranging 
programme for the next State meeting.

H. B, Sturtevant, President of  the Sherman 
B. M. A., was in town  several  days last wqek 
He says he has already  collected  enough - bad 
accounts through the medium of the  Associa 
tion to pay his dues  and  compensate  him for 
the time spent for twenty years to come.

Hudson  Gazette:  At  the  Business  Men 

Association meeting, last  Friday evening, the 
report  of  the  committee  appointed to draw 
up the constitution and by-laws  was adopted. 
A motion was carried  that  the  President and 
Secretary  correspond  with  the  Lake  Shore 
officials in regard  to  the  new depot that  had 
been promised this  station,  ànd  endeavor to 
have thè same  erected  as  soon  as  possible 
Capt. Mayes,  whose  name was  presented for 
membership  and  unanimously  accepted 
said he believed  the  work  on the new depot 
would  begin  within  a  few  weeks.  Robert 
Armstrong  reported  that  the  company  was 
busily engaged in  building  and  repairing on 
the Air Line.  The  names  o f twenty-five new 
members, secured by the committee appointed 
for that purpose, wei*e  added  to  the  roll,  in­
creasing the membership to fifty.  The  Presi­
dent and Secretary  were authorized to secure 
proper  stationery  for  correspondence.  The 
Association adjourned until the nbxt meeting 
on the  first  Friday  in  June.  Meantime  the 
officers and Executive Committee wili endeav­
or to accomplish all they can in the line of the 
objects of theorganization, and any  informa­
tion or suggestions from business men will be 
thankfully received and duly considered.

How to be Successful  Merchants.

From the Mail and Express.
Take the bold step of gradually  reducing 
stock.
Seize the right time  for  modifying  your 
business with advantage.
Push your trade with  energy  and  spirit 
and by judicious advertising.
Divide your risks as the insurance  people 
do,  so that in case of failure you will not be 
much  hurt.
In stock-taking,  let nothing but real  val 
ue appear in the balance  sheet,  and  under 
rather than over value.
Let the benefit to  accrue  from  vigorous 
use of the pruning knife sustain you.  It will 
come out all right in the end.
As a rule,  you lose people and  their  cus 
tom when they get into your debt. 
If  pos 
sible,  do a strictly cash business.
The true limits of credit may be seen from 
the etymology of the word. 
It is a promise 
to pay something in the future.
Make use of  the  telegraph  when  your 
stock gets too small.  The  results  of turn­
ing stock quickly are startling.
Strike  oif  all  customers  who  will  not 
steadily pay monthly.  Keep strictly to this 
rule and you will have a healthy business.
When you have commenced a business go 
thoroughly into it.  Do  not  be ashamed of 
an honest business that  is  supporting you 
Make it honorable.
When an account is opened,  ask the par­
ties to what extent they. wish  to  go,  and 
keep  them  to  the  amount  agreed  upon 
which,  with their names, should  be entered 
in the ledger.

She Put Him to the Test.

“Yes,  darling,” he said,  in  tones of deep 
tenderness.  “I would do anything to show 
my love for you.”
‘ ‘Ah!” sighed the gentle maiden,  *‘th at’s 
what all men say when they  are striving to 
win a woman’s heart.”
“Put me to the proof!” he  exclaimed,  in 
wild,  passionate  tones;  “put  me  to  the 
proof, test me, and see  if  I  fail.  Set  me 
any task within the  bounds  of  possibility 
and it shall be performed.”
“Ah,” she murmured,  “if  I  could  only 
believe you.”
“Put me to the test.  Say to me,  do  this 
or do that, and it shall be done.”
“Then I will put you to the test.”
“Ah!”  he  exclaimed,  exultingly,  “you 
shall  behold  the  height, 
the 
length,  the breadth,  the  circumference  of 
my love!  What is the test?’?
The maiden dropped her snowy iids  until 
the silken lashes rested on the  peach bloom 
of her cheek,  a slight smile dimpled the cor­
ners of  her mouth and,  bending  over  the 
youth who knelt at her feet, she whispered:

the  depth, 

“Marry some other girl!”

The * First  Conviction  Under  the  New 

Law.

F rom  th e D etroit Journal.

August Rahl was examined  in  the police 
court this afternoon  on  the  charge of sell­
ing  watered milk. 
Inspector  ’iilden testi­
fied that the milk which Rahl sold on  April 
10  registered  in  his lactometer  a specific 
gravity  of  83,  showing  that  17 per cent, 
water had been  added..  He  also  analyzed 
the milk by evaporation,  showing  88 .94-100 
water  and  11  6-100  solids:  Mr.  Tilden 
stated that the lowest standard of pure milk 
should not exceed from 84 to 87 per cent' of 
water. *  On  April  II  be. examined  milk 
which  he  saw  taken  from  Rahl’s  cow. 
This lactometer showed  a  specific  gravity 
of 110 a difference of  33  as  compared with 
the watered  milk.  Apparently  the  differ-, 
ence between 89 and  87  per  cent, of water 
was not great, but it reduced the solid parts 
from 13 to 11, or almost one-sixth.
Mr. Rahl denied having ever  watered his 
milk, but he was found guilty  and fined ¿5 
and costs. 

*

:  “The Successful Housekeeper,”  publish­
ed by Frank S. Burton, Detroit,  will  prove 
an especial boon to “those  Housewives who 
delight in making home a  place  of 'peace, 
comfort and enjoyment,” to whom the work* 
is dedicated. 
Its aim is to assist in the gov­
ernment of a home,  especial attention being 
paid to the culinary -department.  , A valua­
ble book that should be in every  weil-regu- 
lated .household,  all the recipes  being  from 
reliable contributors.  Hot so practical, but 
proving of pleasant reading, js the  book is­
sued by the same publisher, entitled; “Green 
ileU s .and Whispering  Woods,”  being, as 
| p  titlA -page indicates,, . * ‘the. recreations p t 
ap American ‘country  gentleman,’  emiMrac- 
Ing journeys over his farm  and  excursions 
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..........$

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50&1Û
50
net
3 50
4 00

dis 

CAPS.

CHISELS.

CATRIDGES.

BUTTS, CAST.

Well, swivel.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.. , ...................dis  70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........ dis  70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60& 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  P in ..,......................... dis . 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip..............dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned.............dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped .....  . .........................................dia  60& 5
Wrought Table........................................dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind...........................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass........................................ dis 
75
Blind,Clark’s ..........................................dis  70&10
P ik e r ’s........................................ dis  70&10
Blind, Shepard s..................... 
70
.................s........................ per m $ 65
fin
Hick’s C. F .................................  
c- d ..,........................................;;; 
35
Musket................................................... 
go
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list.. ..50
Rim  Fire, United  States................................dis50
Central Fire..:..  ........................................... dia2s
Socket Firmer...... ................................. dis  70&10
Socket Framing.......................................dis 70&10
Socket Corner..........................................dis 70&10
Socket Slicks............................................dis 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.................    dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers......................idis 
20
Cold..................... 
net
Curry,  Lawrence’s ........................... 
  dis 40&10
Hotchkiss  ............................................. dis 
25
Brass, Backing’s.....................
Bibb’s ................................. ....
Beer .  ........... 
.  40&10
6o
F enns................ 
ag  s>  33
Planished, 14 oz cut to size............... 
14x52,14x56,14 x60..........! ......................   ...  31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60......................... 
29
Cold Rolled, 14x48...................................... g9
Bottoms............................... 
30
DRILLS
40
Morse’s Bit  Stock................................. dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank....................dis 
Morse’s Taper  Shank...........................dis 
40
Com.4 piece, 6  in .......................... doznet  $.75
Corrugated................................. . 
dis20&10] &G
Adjustable...............................................dls  H&10
EXPANSIVE BITS.
36
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1. $18 00 ;  2, $24 00;  3, $30 00. 
25
dis 
American File Associatidn List........ dis 
60
60
Disston’s ..................................................dis 
60
New American...................................... dis 
60
Nicholson’s............................................dis 
HelleFs 
...d is  
50
Heller s Horse Rasps...........................dis 
50
GALVANIZED iron,
38
22 and 24,  25 and 26.  27 
Nos. 16 to 20, 
14 
List 
15 
18

 
COPPER.

files—New List.

 
COMBS.

ELBOWS.

COCKS.

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12 

HINGES.

hangers.

Discount,  60.

HOLLOW  WARE.

13 
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Level Qo.’s..............dis 
50
HAMMERS.
Maydole & Co.’s ..................... 
25
dis 
25
Kip’s . . . ........................  
dis 
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s................ 
dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel...................... 30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 e 40&10 
BamDoorKidderMfg.Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction...................... dis  60&10
Kidder, wood  track................................ dls 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3....................... ’... .dig 
so
State................................... 
....p e r doz.net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4K  14
and  longer....................... ...................... 
7^
70
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ...................net 
Screw Hook and Eye %..................    net 
8)4
Screw Hook and Eye  3£.................     net 
7)4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %....................„net 
7)4
Strap and  T ...................................... dls 
70
60&10
 
P ots..................................................  
K ettles...................................... 
60&10
Spiders  ........................................... 
 
60&10
Gray  enameled........ ................ 
50
HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware......................new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  Ware.............................."... 
25
Granite Iron  Ware.......;................... 
25
Grub  1................................................ $1100, dia60
Grub  2..:  .................. ............... 
11 50, dis60
Grub 3........................................... . 
12 00,dis60
KNOBS—NEW LIST.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings............. dis 
55
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings....... 
55
Door, porcelain1, trimmings............. 
55
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain........ dis
Picture, fi. L. Judd & Co.’s......................  40&10
H em acite................'_____ ______ .dis 
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s ................   ;dis
Branford’s ................ 
 
.dis
Norwalk’s  ......................  
    /...d is
TO
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s....................dis
Adze  E y e....................................$16 00 dis 
60
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 & Clark’s ...............dis  40
Coffee,  Enterprise.....................................dis  26
Stebbin’sPattern  ..............  
dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine.............. 
dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring..............dis 
25

MOLASSES GATES.
 
 

MAULS.
MILLS.

MATTOCKS.  1

LOCKS—DOOR.

   
LEVELS.

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lOdto  60d......................................../ f  k eg $2 05
25
andOdadv................................. 
KndTd  adv...y........................................ 
50
andSd  a d V .............. 
75
 
advance___ ___ ................... .............. 
1 56
fine advance.........................:.............   2 25
1 00

i  10d 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

Clinch nails, adv........................... 
Finishing 
Size—inches  J  3 
Adv. $  keg 
Steel Nails—2 15.
,
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent...... .. .. .. .  ,dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom.. . . . . .. .. .. ., .. .  .dis  50
Brass or  Copper............................... :........dis  50
Reaper.-................ .per groa0,:$12net
Olmstead’s ............... .. 
.....  50&10
v" 
W,.r
Ohio TooLCo.’s, fan o y „ „ .-.......... .......dis 40® 10
SciotaBench.......... ........... .....................dis  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, f»noy$.. 1: > /%:iivOis.40®10
Bench, f l r s t £ q u a l i t y ............. 
.-.dis ■ I @60 -
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. .. ,dls20MO 
■i ^Ipy, A c i n e / ..
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,.diS60A10
Common, poflehed. / < .

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8H0E  DRESSINGS.

Brown’s French, 
Bixby’s Royal,

Eclipse Safety Barrel, 
Spanish Gloss, 

Raven; Gloss,
Topsey,

J O B B E R S ,

118 Canal  St., GRAND  RAPIDS.

Gilt  Edge.
H IR TH   &  K RAUSE,

SHOW OASES

D.  D.  COOK,
Valley Ciiy Show Case Factory,

PROPRIETOR  OF THE 

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Prescription  Cases,

My Prices are Lower than any of My Compet­

itors.  Send for Catalogues.

21 Scribner  Street, Grand  Rapids.

TELEPHONE  374.
Offer No.  170.

F R E E — To  M erchants  O nly:  A  
three-foot,  French  ^lass,  oval-front 
Show  Case.  Address  at once, R .  W . 
T ansill  &   Co.,  55 State  St.,  C hicago.

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

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

E. A. HAMILTON, Agt.,

Telephone 909—1 r .

E.  FELDNER  &  CO.,
CUSTOM  SHIRT  MAKERS,

Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

NO. 2  PEARL  ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS 

Prompt Attention to Mail Orders.  Telephone 891.

FERMENTUJi!

The  Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Handled  by a  Majority  of  the  Grocers 
and Bakers of Michigan.  Send for sam­
ples  and  prices.  L.  W INTERNITZ 
State Agent, Grand Rapids.

WttRRE

00R8ETS

ra e d  w ith Featherbone, w hich ia absolutely  unbreak 
able, and is n o t injured by perspiration, o r laundryinir 
J  *  .
Soft and pliable, giving health  and com fort 

W H I P

a d d r e s s

GRAHAM  ROYS,  -  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

w i n  
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Up, ^ e 

is composed ofNATURAL  MINERAL and  HYDRAULIC  CEMENT,  and  will  out-wear  other  pigments. 

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wood and make  a  hard  afld  serviceable covering.  FLOORS are necessarily wash-
of OUR
demand

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S e n o u r  M a n u fa c tu rm g •  Co., 

, 
. L. B o y ce  & Co.,  P.irt  H u r o n ; * t ed  B i u n d a se  & Co.,  M u sk e g o n ; H a r v e y  Sc H e y ste k , G rand R a p id s; G. W .oB rn sk e, E a st S a g in a w ,

.by^ Ha,Z«  tln ?,& P « ‘,« n8 D ru ? Co-G r a n d  R a p id s ;  J a m e s  E . D a v is & Co.,  D e tr o it; W e st &  T ru ax,  T o led o -

V T f°p  

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soap.

•BLflGKDIAMOND
M. EHEET, Jr,  CO.

For  all  kinds. of  buildings  re­
quiring  a  good  roof  at  less  price 
than  any other.

PREPARED

ROOFING.

R E A D Y   TO  A P P L Y   W H E N  

A n y o n e  can  p u t i t  o n .

R E C E IV E D ,

Sole  Manufacturers,

Chicago and Philadelphia.

I® “   Send  foi-circulars and book o f  testim on ials.  ’

FOB  SALE  BY

H.  M.  R E Y N O L D S ,

Ümn i Rapids, 

-  Mich.

Nea l’s  C arriage  Paints
G R A N I T E   F L O O R   P A I N T S

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

.  The Great Invention.  Six  Handsome  Shades.  Ready for use.  DRY  HARD  OVER  NIGHT,  and are very 
/durable.  Giye them a tri*l> and you wiil be convlnced that it does not pay to mix the patnt yourself.
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man wrote ah anonymous  letter  to  Lizzie 
and told her of ttl'  ' • 

iY ♦ ■  -  ;:

You can’t blame her  for  feeling  as  she 
did.  With the vivid example Of her broth­
er before her, with the  knowledge  that his 
course was the cause of hex mother’s death, 
With the ever-present picture of her father’s 
prematurely gray hairs caused by the demon 
Drink—you can’t blame her.’  Only the day 
before this anonymous letter came, at a tem­
perance revival meeting, her brother,  flank­
ed by two of the most  notorious  drunkards 
in fbwn, had created  a  terrible  scene  and 
she bad been compelled to  witness his ejec­
tion from the church.

When Harry came, the next  Sunday, she 
showed him the letter,  asked  him if it was 
true and, if so, begged Mm to sign a pledge.
In Ms pride, in the  first  moment of  his 
wrath at the writer of the letter, he refused. 
Words followed and, to-day,, some years af­
ter this, they are still apart.  Harry  is  yet 
on the road, but he looks more  seedy  than 
of yore.  They say he drinks,  and  you can 
see the moral now of JtMs  story  of his life. 
It is too deep for my philosophy, and I  can­
not say whether he might  have  ruined  her 
life by becoming what he now is,  or wheth­
er she might have helped him to fill an hon­
orable place in  society. -  The  Fates,  with 
their  spinning  wheel  and  shears,  decide 
such questions—not we»  Leo.  A,  Cabo.

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

Cigar calledSILVER SPOTS
I. T. Will & CO,

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

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.

Flint, Mich.

PLACE to secure a thorough 
'and useful education is at the 
G r a n d  R a p i d s  (Mich.) Btrsi-
------------   n essCollege.  w rite for Coi-

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leae, Journal.  Address,  C. G. SWENSBERG.

RETAIL  GROCERS
W ho w ish tò, serve their  Customers 
w ith GOOD COFFEE would do w ell
to  avoid  Brands  th at  require  the 
support of Gift Schemes, Brize Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

'------SELL— —  -

DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

W hich 'Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

< 
Unequaled  Quality. 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

Im proved  Roasting  Process. 

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  at  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit, 
PITTSBURGH,  Pena.
DILWORTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,
REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

- 

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  LYCOMING  RUBBER  GO,

2 4  P earl St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich..,

Ä P O N  SPIRI

MERCHANTS

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M Ó C H A i^ R lo

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woolson spice ca

IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION

TOLEDO-OHIQ,

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Increase  Your  SALES  AND  PROFITS  BY  HANDLING

To

Oon.siAm.ons, and is, Consequently, a Quids, and.  ^iasy SeHor.

T inn Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulkandstorekeepep 
and elsewhere who are  not  already handling  Lion  are urged to  give  it  a  trial.  W e cheerfully
S in n S   regarding nrices  etc  Convenient  shipping  depots  established  at  all  prominent  cities,  securing

all over the State o f 
a11 

oil 

Constructed  Entirely of  Steel

"Limner burn door hanger  *

STEEL  WHEEL,  STEEL  HAIL,  STEEL  FRAME,

Buns  Noiselessly,  Requires  No  Oil.  The new and valuable points of the

Are readily seen from the  above  illustration.  The  drop  straps  and  front rider bar are 
formed of one piece.  The  back rider  bar  circles at  each end  and  fastens to the front, 
making the frame perfectly rigid at every point.

Without an bn& ,/ 

vW<^iitenforTa,t>,lBU>S8,UK* 
/   i**Wh© is she, Tini?*’

“Which one?’-’

V  

M.  “ The one InJMack, with blonde hair.”

4tOh, that onel  Why, that’s  Lizzie  Car­
ney, old Fat Carney’s girl; and she’s as good 
Vaà she is pretty.”

Two men stood on the steps of the Badger 
House, the  leading  holtelry- of Almont, a 
thriving  little  city  in  the  State  of Ohio 
The elder  was a liveryman,  Timothy  Hol­
den, by name  The-younger  was a so-call- 
fed “commercial tourist”—a  traveling sales­
man—representing a large  Detroit  tobacco 
firm.  Harry Larrimer  was  about  twenty- 
five,  well  built  and  handsome.  He had 
been on the road for nearly  six  years  and, 
like many young unmarried men,  as well as 
some older ones, had  not  a  dollar  to  his 
nam e beyond Ms salary.  Good looking and 
Intellectually bright, he was just  the  kind 
of a feiloW one would expect to find a break­
er of women’s hearts,  apd  yet  he had had 
-but one affaire d'amour.
'  “Tim,” he began again,  “can’t  you intro­
duce me?”

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“Well, Harry, I’d like  to, but  I am  not 
well enough acquainted to take  the chances 
of the introduction.  Can’t  tell  how  she’d 
take jt.”

♦Well, who is shg,  anyway?”
“The daughter of old  man  Carney, 

the 
foreman of the bolt works. :  The old man is 
fairly well off, has given Lizzie a good edu­
cation and is Jas jealous of her as a  cat is of 
a  bowl of cream.”
-  “Is she the only child?”

“No;  she has a brother,  just  as  opposite
tò her as day is  to  night—a  good-for-noth­
ing,  drunken  vagabond,,  who  broke  his 
mother’s heart, and is fast  driving  the. old 
man into his grave.  He  learned  to  drink 
whisky in college, more than anything'felse,
I  reckon, and when he isn’t  drunk  it’s  be­
cause he can’t wheedle money  out of Lizzie 
or her father.”

That same  evening,  Harry  went  to the 
skating rink with the daughterof  the hotel 
man and, finding Miss  Carney  there  also, 
sought and received an introduction.

Now;  if you expect this to end with a dia­
tribe against roller rinks,  or become the  ro­
mance of a runaway match, you are mistak­
en.  Unfortunately for all  concerned,  this 
is a true tale and the end is not yet.  Harry 
Larrimer lives,  breathes and  travels to-day. 
Miss Carney,  too, still  performs  her  little 
acts of charity and lives on,  a  victim  to 
.  what shall i  say?—not folly,  but  an  unfor­

tunate idea.

Let us pass over a  few  months,  and we 
find that Harry,  in  his  travels,  has  often 
been in Almont, has  sought  the  company
and been successful in gaming the  love and
respect of Lizzie.  They  were  engaged  to
• - be married, and Harry had the  best  wishes 
.  '  of his friends and was  making  Almont his

Sunday stopping-place.

Like all young  men,  Harry  had his foi­
bles.  He  was  too  good-natured  for  one 
'4  thing,  and  found  it  difficult to walk in a 
path which is much narrower  than  that of j 
many of his fellow travelers.

Now, don’t misunderstand me.  The trav­
eling man is not the worst  creature  in  the 
world.  He is not, by any  means,  that cli­
max of everything loose and bad, which has 
been so often taught.  The day has gone by 
< when  the  drinking,  roistering,  gambling 
salesman is the one who is most successful.
- The man with a clear head is the  one  who 
carries the banner of success in the battle of
i  . competition.  But  there  are  some  of  the 
“ fcoys” who do not belong to  the  churches 
and who do like to play cards and.take their 
semi-occasional “smile.”

Harry whs one of these.  When but  sev­
enteen  years  old  he  had  been one of the 
“ merry lads” of Detroit and,  in an unfortu­
nate moment,  when his brain  was »not  en­
tirely cleared from the cobwebs  of  the pre- 
vious night’s dissipation, he  had  married a 
It was a 
cloud on his life,-but a divorce was soon ob­
tained, and a straightforward life lived ever 
after bad entitled him to the respect  of  all 
who knew Mm, and his folly was condoned 
on account of his  youth.

r .  woman  some  years  his  senior. 

"  '  This story he told to Lizzie, and  she  re- 
,spected him the more for Ms  candor.  As a 
t 
: sporting friend of his once  said:  “You see 
ibese mettlesome homes  which  trot  along, 
head up and tail ont,  with a  loose rein, but, 
as»$oon as  you  pull on them, off they go in 
’ a dead break—well,  that’s Harry Larrimer.” 
•V.  Among the many  suitors  that  follow in 
è:,  the train of every  handsome  woman is al­
ways tobe found sojhe one  who is not wor- 
, thy the title of man, 

,

/  

Lizzie Carney had such an one.  He  was 
also a traveling  man,  and  soldpig iron to 
the works in which Lizzie’s father was em­
ployed.  No doubt he loved Lizzie,  but die 
had told him  he  had  no  cause. for  hope, 
lake a man, he should  have stepped  aside 
for some one else, but be  did  hot and  the 
dog in the manger story was repeated.  Did 
Harry  love  the* girl?  My. pear friend, he 
did,  Many  a  night  did he sit up with his 
comrades—of  course,  the  most  intimate— 
and bore them;  for  a  man’s  love  affair is 
ofily a bore  to  others.  He  exhibited  her 
'portrait, hetoldhis. plans.  He  Showed, in 
:  Jhihllte hn ^  soad, that the  litQe  heathen 
god’s arrow had wounded  him  deeply, and 
v  yet he did just what he  knew  she,  of  all 
things,  despised—he  drank  whisky.  Ton 
^good-natured|o Sly “No,” afraid  h i losing 
«SdNgars  and  caUe^mi thc 
^saloon tiadc-^whStever excuse you w ljlib e

L.  WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent,

S W I F T ’S

Ghoice  Chicago  Dressed  Beef

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m u t t o n

Can  be  found at  dll  tim es  in  foil  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch houses in  all  the larger 
cities and is Retailed by all First-Class Butchers.

The trade  of  all marketmen  atid  meat  dealere is 
solicited.  Our W holesale Branch  House, L. F. Swift 
& Co., located at Grand Rapids, always  has on  hand 
a foil supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, and 
the public  may rest  assured that in  purchasing  our 
meats from dealers they w ill always receive thej?est.

Swift  and  Company,

Union  Stool  Yards, 

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CHICAGO,  ILL.

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SUPERIOR, 

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MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

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O,  Lock Box 173,  ~  - 

For quotations address

S.  A. HOWES,

AND  OTHERS, 
T T T  
W  •  VJT.  Jtl A  W  

QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY, 

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

/*N  \  T T   A  T T T T T TTNTC1 

Salesman for Western Michigan,

GEO. E. HOWES,

WABASH, 

PHCENIX, 

CZAR, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

C. N. RAPP.

JO BBERS m

Onions

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Our  new steel  rail  is  the  strongest  made,  is  easily and quickly put up,-and is  the 

PRICE  LIST.

Lawrence Rail,  10 cents per foot.  Write for discounts to

only bracket rail made that will hot  sag vertically or warp horizontally.

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Grand' Rapids, Mich.

DRY GOODS,
Foster, Stevens  ft  Bo„  *
D O N 'T   W A IT
Hosiery, Carpets, Etc.  MEN’S s BOT’S WOOL, FOB % STRAW BATS,
Chicago or Detroit Drummer!

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JOBBERS  IN

BUT  TOUR  SPRING  LINE  OF

FOR  TH E

Ä P  8. M usselman a Go.,

Wholesale  Grrocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

RIME, BERTSCH 8 CO.

MANUFACTURERS  AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

LADIES  and  MISSES  STRAWS

NEAR  HOME.

Savins  Yourself Tie,  Tronhle and  Expense.

THE  ONLY

Wholesale  Hat  House

In  WESTERN  MICHIGAN,

I. c. I

b o s t o n   R in
14 and 16 Pearl Street,

MICH

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p^n

“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

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

MANUFACTURERS!
INFORM  YOURSELVES

Contemplating a Change or Seeking a m -.uuon

Regarding  the  prospects, opportunities  and  advantageous 

situation of

GLADSTONE,  P flM fl,

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
ducements for  all  kinds  of IRON  and  WOODWORKING in­
dustries.

For particulars, opportunities for business, plats and maps, 

call on' or address

f. w.  mckinney,

Agent Sault  Ste.  Marie Land and Improvement Co.,

GLADSTONE,  MICH.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich

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WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Fresh and Salt B eef,v 

Fresh and Salt Pork,

Pprk Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Sam s,  Shoulders,

S‘

Bacon, Boneless Ham,

Sausage of all Kinds,

Dried Beef for Slicing.

T   A  T > T Y  
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Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-half
barrels,  50  pound  cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and 10  pound
pails.

Pickled  Pigs’ Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class  goods are  very low  and all goods are warranted  first-class 

in every instance.

When in Grand Rapids give us a call  and look over our establishment.
Write us for prices.

The Standard of Excellence

KINGSFORD’S

PURE

AND

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

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

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME!

A LW A Y S  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  T H E S E   GOODS.

Grand,  Sqdare  and  Upright  Pianos.

, 

controversy as  the  Standard for  excellence

artists and musicians,  as  well as  the must* 
cal  pnblic  and  the  press, unite to the ver-

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise.

the stranger who visits  every- storetotow n 
In quest of it certain brand,of chewing wants 
only *a nickle’s  worth,  t a t   doii’t  be  sur­
prised at an order for two  pounds from the 
individual  who  enquires,  “Got  any  good 
fifty-cent fine-out here?”  Observe  that the 
fewer the  years  and  the  more limited the 
experience of the chewer,  the  stronger and 
blacker will  be  the  goods  that  he wants; 
Notice that the  young  fellow  who handles 
six or eight  five-cent  cigars  and  carefully 
tests their elasticity  before  buying one  in­
variably  coats  his  purchase  with a liberal 
quantity of saliva. 
If, after  many  impor­
tunities and  after considerable® correspond­
ence  and  trouble, yon  succeed to finding  a 
certain brand  of  smoking for a certain cus­
tomer,  don’t be disappointed if he uses only 
one-twenty-fifth part  of  the  invoice. 
If a 
young dude from  the  neighboring city, af­
ter being  informed  that  you  don’t  keep a 
certain kind of cigarette,  asks  yon, “ What 
kind of a d—d town is  this,  anyhow?”  ac­
cept  the  offensiveness  Calmly  and reflect 
that it is only-one. of the peculiarities of the 
traffic. 
If a red-shirted  “logger”  from the 
north woods demoralizes with his teeth four 
or five ten-cent cuts of  plug  and finally in­
vests in one of them, submit to the depreda­
tion with  equanimity  and  attribute  it  to 
the same  cause.  Don’t  get  disgruntled  if 
your customer tears off th e top of a package 
of “Durham” and,  after smoking a pipeful, 
informs you that he doesn’t want it—it will 
help  to  keep  your  “free-for-all”  box  ac­
ceptable  to  its  patrons.  And  if the same 
party  returns  from  another  store and dis­
gusts your lady customers with smoke from 
the vilest tobacco  that  was ever put on the 
market,  regard  the  matter  philosophically 
as only one of the almost numberless singu­
larities  and  eccentricities  of  the  grand 
army of tobacco users.
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The cigar,  of  all the manufactured prod­
ucts of “the weed,”  is  probably  the  near­
est approach  to  a  barometer of  its  user’s 
feelings, and,  as a barometer of this nature, 
it has" on  sundry  occasions  afforded  me 
much information  and  satisfaction. 
I  can 
testify  that  at  the  Battle  of 
positively 
Mission  Ridge 
the  cigar  of  General 
Grant relieved  me  of  every  doubt and ap­
prehension and that on  two  or  three simi­
lar occasions the unceasing “dry smoke”  of 
General Sherman had the same happy effect. 
In a very threatening  storm  on  the  lakes,
I had much rather trust  the  captain’s cigar 
than his word,  and when  my  railway train 
at night is running at what seems  to  me  a 
reckless and almost insane  rate of speed,  if 
gives me a feeling of great  relief to see the 
conductor enjoying his weed  with calmness 
and deliberation.
I am now thinking seriously of using  the 
barometer mentioned in business affairs.' If, 
as a commencement,  it  will  assist  me  in 
partially escaping the wiles  of the insidious 
d-b.,  it will certainly prove of practical val­
ue,  and I have very little doubt  but  that  I , 
can eventually discover the  particular man­
ner in which  the  smoking  d-b.  will *- “give j 
himself away.”

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111  O rapd R a p id s &  In d ia n » , 

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A rrives. 

so n fo  worth.

All T rains daily except Sundny.  )  . 
„  Wm*- 
Leaves.
Traverse City & Mackinaw E x...„.t:03 am  -i 11:30 a m
t  * 
Traverse City E x...   ............A ..., 
7:00am
From Cincinnati.......................... .  .7:30 p m
'  5:05 pm
Ft. Wayne and Mackinaw Ex.......3:40pm  
Saginaw Express............. . . . . . . ....ll:25am  
7:80am
...........................10:30 pm . 
4:10 pm

Saginaw express rone through solid.  -/
11:30 a. m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack­
5:05 p. m, train has  Sleeping  cars  for  Petoskey and 

.  7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City.
inaw City. 
•
Mackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati Express........ ............ .. 
F o rt W ayne E xpress.........................10:30 stan 
Cincinnati Express........................  4:40 gmh 
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m 

7:15 am
11:15 a  m
5:00 p m
7 :15 am  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5:00jj.  m. train connects  with M. C. R. R. at Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Petroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10 :45 p. m.

t 

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

Leave.- 
Arrive.
6:15am .......................................................... 
10:10 
1100 am .......... .. a . . . . . . . ............ .......................  1:30pm
4:10pm................................................................  8:50pm
Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7-minutes later.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. A gent.

 

M ic h ig a n   C en tral.

 

 

DEPART.

G r a n d  R a p i d s  D iv is io n .
Detroit Express....................................  
6:15 am
 
Day Express.........................  
1:10 pm
 
10:10 
»Atlantic Express........................................... 
6:50 am
Mixed  ........................ 
 
ARRIVE.
»Pacific  Express........................... 
6:00 a m
Mall.......................................... . .. .. ................... -.  3:00pm
Grand Rapids Express......................................... 10:15 p m
Mixed................................................................... v 5:80 p m
»Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run on  Day  Express  and Grand 
Rapids Express to and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

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

 

L a k e  S h o re &  M ic h ig a n   S o u th ern .

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

A rrive.

Leave. 
Ex. & Mail. N. V, Mail. 
N.Y.Mail.  N.Y.Ex
7 :45am..GrandRapids.  9:45am  6:35pm
1:35pm 
5:55 pm   9:08 am . .Allegan.............8:28 am   5:18 am
6:55pm   10:06 a  m ..K alam azoo ...  7:30 a  m  
4:80pm  
8:30pm   11:35am ..W h ite P ig e o n .  5:55am   2.10pm
5:05 p m. .Toledo............ 11:00 p m  10:00 a m
2:30 a m 
8:30 a m  
9:10 p m . .Cleveland..........6:10 p m   5:55 a m
2:50 p m  
8:30 a  m . .B uffalo..>.....11:55 a  m   11:10 p m
5:10 a m  
7 :lftp m ..C h icag o ............11:30 p m   8:50 a m
A local freig h t leaves G rand Rapids a t 1:10 pm ,  carry­
ing passengers as fa r as  K alam azoo.  AU  tra in s  daily 
except  Sunday

D etro it,  G rand  H a v e n   &  M ilw a u k e e .

GOING WEST.

A rrives. 
fM orning Express.............  
1:05 p m  
(T hroughM ail.....................>...........5:05 p m  
■(■Grand Rapids Express.........; .... 10:10 p m 
»Night Express.....................................5:25 a m  
(Mixed................................................  
GOING EAST.

(D etroit  Express...............................   6:15 a m  
(Through M ail..................  
,.10:20 a m  
(Evening Express................................3:25 p m  
»Limited E xpress..............................  6:25 p m  

1:10 p m

Leavesi
5:10 p m
10:15 p m
7:30 a m

5:10 a m

6:50 a m
10:30 a m
3:50 p m
6:30 p m

(Daily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  ca r  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r all points  East, arriv in g  in  New 
Y ork 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.  Lim ited  Express,  East, has 
th ro u g h   sleeper  G rand  Rapids  to   N iagara  Falls, 
connecting  a t  Milwaukee 
th rough 
sleeper to  Toronto.
T hrough tickets and  sleeping  ca r  b erths secured a t 
D., G. H. <fc M .R’y ofHces, 2» Monroe St., and a t th e depot.

Junction  w ith 

J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

We carry a full  Une oS 
Seeds  of  every  \ ariety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should
write to or see the
1 CANAL
Street.

toni Rapids Seel Store, 
P l l m

lA ttorney a t P ate n t Law  and Solicitor 
of  A m erican  and  F oreign  patents. 
105 E. Main St., K alam azoo, Mich., U. S. A.  B ranch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  P ractice in U. S. Courts.  Circulars 
free.

LU C IU S  C.  W E ST , 

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO,

MANUFACTURERS  OF THE JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

AÆ

The Most Popular 10c  cigar,  and

T U U   Y U M ,

Send fo r  trial order.

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

BIG-  RAPIDS,

n v r i O H .
¥ 1  SEARS & CO.
Graoker Manufacturers,

A g e n t s   f o r

AMBOY  C H EESE 

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

RISING  SUN 

BUGKWHEHT.
Guarantees Absolutely Pare.

ORDERS FROM RETAIL TRADE SOLICITED.

JÍEOYEO  Roller 

JVIills,

Newaygo,  -.  * •  Mich,

I

16,1888,

I ^ IS U te B Ö T J R  JOTTTINGS.

i  BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

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Vrtttea for The TVadbsmas.

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If you should want me  to  make and fer- 
’ward an ana lysis of the personal  character­
istics of Oí individual  and  the individual is 
habitually given to,the  use of the manufac­
tured products of the weed nicotina,  to their
* various forms, a few days given  me  for ob­
serving' his  ways  and  manners  connected 
with the purchase,  and  use  of  the  article 
would assist me  materially  in  making my 
report  There  are,  unquestionably,  many 
ether commodities which serve, in  their bar- 
tor, sale and u se ,a s  partial  indices of the 
human character,  but  it  would  require  a 
large aggregation of them  to  compete with 
thejsingle article of tobacco;  and I honestly 
believe that if I were  commissioned to write 
a  thousand dollar article  for  the  next edi­
tion  of  the  American  Cyclopedia  on the 
“Idiosyncrasies  of  the  Animal,  Man,”  I 
should make  arrangements  for  a  month’s 
employment  in  a  popular  retail  tobacco
store. 
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“The weed” commences  its  influencie on 
the human character  almost' as soon as the 
human  character  commences  to  develop. 
It is one of the first things  to  arouse ambi­
tion in the youthful mind, as  the youngster 
who doesn’t  determine  to  eventually  beat 
his  progenitor’s  record  regarding  the dis­
tance to which a mouthful of saliva  can  be 
projected  is  a  truly  exceptional  youth. 
Then, if early awakens envy, determination 
and  perservance—envy 
for  the  boy  for 
whom tobacco, is no  longer  an  emetic,  de­
termination  to  subdue  his  own rebellious 
stomach and perseverance to accomplishing 
his  object  And  the  singular  vegetable 
product to question has  a  marvelous effect 
in developing  the  organ  of  secretiveness. 
No  matter  how  inveterate  chewers  or 
smokers you and I  may  be,  we have, from 
the beginning,  impressed  it  upon  our off­
spring that about the most  heinous  offense 
they could  commit  would be to imitate the 
example which we are  daily putting before 
them, and until the time  arrives  when  pa­
ternal discipline has lost its  terrors,  we are 
ingeniously kept to blissful ignorance of the 
fact that our hopefuls are  experienced  and 
well-qualified connoisseurs.in more varieties
• of smoking  and  chewing  products  than a 
small battalion  of  us  smoking  or chewing 
old fogies.

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According  to 

the  veraciods  Diedrich 
Knickerbocker,  the  humor  and  almost the 
thoughts  of  the  old  Dutch  governors  of 
New  Amsterdam  could  be  determined by 
the velocity and volume  of the smoke from 
their pipes, and I don’t  think  that  the old 
chronicler  exaggerated  very  materially. 
When  old  man  Crossgrain  came  in 
this 
morning and for the fiftieth time  this week 
filled his antiquated clay  at  my  expense,  I 
could discover distinctly  from  his  manner 
of smoking that his  feelings  were  similar 
to those of the gentleman  who boasted that 
he had enjoyed religion  for  twenty years— 
and it never cost  him  a  cent.  The  short, 
jerky puffs of Slathers,  when he passed my 
door a few  moments  ago,  showed  conclu­
sively that he was bracing himself for being 
suddenly  hailed  and  urgently  dunned. 
When  Jack  Goodman  drove  by just now, 
his briar-róot furnished me evidence that he 
had been passing  some  rival  horseman on 
the road, and as I observed the  clonds from 
Dennis Dooley’s  black  dudeen,  over  yon­
der by the saloon,  I   can  actually  read his 
thoughts—he is reflecting  whether  he  can 
get  home  with  one  more  drink  in  his 
stomach.

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Don’t make the mistake of  fixing  the to­
bacco user’s  financial  status  by  the  style 
and  quality  of  his  purchases.  Young 
Toodles, whose  tailor  recently  offered me 
an account  against  him  at  a  discount  of 
seventy-five per cent.,  will  probably grum­
ble at the flavo? of  your  §80  Key  Wests, 
while Dodson, with $50,000  invested in gilt 
edge securities, is perfectly  satisfied with a 
five-center.  Fanner Shorthorn’s hired  man 
uses the best grades of fine-cuts obtainable, 
but Shorthorn  himself  munches  “shorts;” 
and,  although  Bagwell,  the  banker,  con­
tentedly  puffs  twenty-cent  smoking,  you 
have to order a special grade  for  his clerk.
An  old dealer,  in  speaking  of  the pecu­
liarities of the  tobacco  user’s  tastes,,once 
remarked to me:
V  “ One  spring,  years  ago,  .when  tobacco 
< was. sold to bulk,  we  had  a  bad  flood and 
almost before I  knew  it  my  basement was 
fall of  water.  Among  other  things  dam­
aged were a couple of  barrels  of  smdking, 
and when I got  around  to  open  them  up 
the contents were green with  mould and al­
most rotten.  Just  as  1  was getting ready 
to  dump  them 
into  the  river,  one of the 
wealthiest men to town came  in  and, after 
‘examining  the  stuff,  asked' what I would 
take for the lot. 
I named  a nominal price, 
an d  he carted the stinking  mess  home mid 
used it  for  both  smoking  and  chewing. 
And it’s a singular fact thgt that very same 
day I  sold hip  eighteen-year-old boy a coup­
le  of  pounds  of  smoking,  of  a  strongly 
greenback flavored quality,  for  exactly the 
same money that the old man  paid  me  for 
the two barrete.-*^ 
f   The peculiarities of people  in  their  pur­
chases of the  weed  would  alone  form the 
subject for an  extended newspaper  article,
‘ ta t  l  jbs 
for only »'brief  f^uston to
ifimn.  ^Pat It down as an assured  i&afcihai

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Lorillard’s  New  “Smoking  or  Chewing”

Yellow  Jacket  Long  Cut,
20 CENTS per FOUND.

Packed  in  3  oz.,  8  oz.  or  z6  oz.  Handsomely  Decorated  Papers.

.  To be had of all Jobbers at the very low price of

IT  IS  THE

Mildest, Smoothest  Smoke Ever Offered for Less than 30 Cents per Pound.

THOMPSON  &  MACLAY,

IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS  OF

Notions,  Hosiery,  Mermar,  Famsliii  Goods,  Etc.,

19 South Ionia Street

GRAND  RAPIDS.

No  Goods Sold at R etail. 

-  Telephone 679.

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.

W.  C.  DENIS OXT,

Stationary  and  Portable  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

Grand Rapids.

mg  and Maxine Engines.  Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex- 
SAW  MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted.
Estimates Given on Complete Outfits. 

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8 8 ,9 0  and 93 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

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F A Moore, F reeport

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.1F  C lark, R ig Rapid»,L 
Henr.r M itchell,  Lowell 
R obt Johnson,  C adillac, 
Ed W right, WoodrUîC- i  

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S titt & Knox, H art
H Dalm an, A llutdale.
L A Scoville,  C larksville  ,
F  p  Hopper, MiddleviUe
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-Y?'*',*>SrifiŒTING B U Y E R S p S  
:  The following rèttali deRlere have visitad 
tttonm iketduitogtoepastweekand placed 
orders with toe ynitoi^ bétfêès^ - ' 
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Wra BroadweH, Boftgor  «  Wooda'rd&Pollard^Asblsnd 
JV Crandall &  Rot,  SanU  IliirfflnH A' Uo,  Seottavllle 
I-aJce 
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»  Silas, mills, Denver 
Rnm«i >  Hi rtf in  A.  JcnL,, B IiRo,c. Sht. roían 
,  i  1 
1 W a¿Büks,Máttey 
Kalkaska  ». 
rE-Ha(?adorn,'FIfe  Lake  ;  Geo W Crouter, Charlevoix; 
Hamilton & Milliken, Trav- A J Scott, Hancock
rown & Cairns, P rairie vie 
M Carm an,  Mecosta 
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W  G Bradish, M atherton 
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J R Trask, G rattan 
J  D arling, Bliss
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W Cnapp, Chippewa S tat’n  C H Deming, D utton 
Joe Griffith, Meoosta 
!  .  ■  Silas Loew, B urnip’s  Crnrs 
J D  AdnmJi'Alpine 
'  J  Jlcgelvey, Nashville
Goo A Bush, G obleville  -  ;  B urkholder & Luce,  Berlar 
A nderson*F oster,W ,T roy  .m e a t 
Wjj
H IrtP atrick, LeRoy 
W  E  Thorpe, H a rt 
L JL aw , Cadillac 
, 
D C Stew art,W ernon 
A A W eeks;'G rattan 
Thom pson & Co, W hitehall. F E B oosinger  &  Co,  E a st 
R D McNaughton,  Coopers- 
Jo rd an  
•'  ■  Den  H erder &Tanis, Vries-
'  vilid 
la n d  
H P W hipple, K ingsley 
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E  S H oughtaling, H a rt 
JohnK rnisinga, H olland  s
L a D ut Baldwin, C o ral.
G B Nichols,  M artin 
P erkett,  Lardie  &  Co,  W G H astings, K ent City 
E  H F oster. Fife Lake
T raverse C ity 
Fred Beard, Morley 
W H Pipp, K alkaska 
.  G F  Cook, Grove
Chas  Bhafer,  O neta 
H B W agar, Cedar  Springs
H  B aker & Son, D renthe 
R B redew ay,  D renthe 
A & E Bergy, Caledonia 
B rautigan Bros, Dorr 
Sampson & D rury, Cadillac 
Geo F Cook, Grove 
M M Robson,  Berlin 
Xi Cook, B aner 
L  &  L  Jenison,  Jenison- 
8 Cooper,  Jam estow n
O F Conklin  &-Co, Conklin Geo A Sage, Rockford 
E E H ew itt, R ockford
D H D ecker, Zeeland 
H Dalmon, AUendaie 
W  G; Lake, Morley
L B  Gooding & Son, Lisbo n
A Engberts, Zeeland 
M H McCoy,  G randville
L N Fisher, D orr 
Andrew  F lanagan  M arion Gus Begm an, B auer 
Jo h n  G unstra, Lam ont 
Eli Runnel», Corning 
C H  Joldersm a, Jam estow n Cole & Chanel, Ada 
Johnson  &  S eibert  Cale- A B Foote, M illiards 
F A  Jenison, M anton
W m  K arsten,  B eaver Dam S R Crandall, H olland 
M M Elder, Spencer Creek  L N Fisher, D orr 
R W olcott, F reeport 
M F  W hite, M anton 
H B  S tur tevant,  Sherm an T A Jam ison,  S  B oardm an 
Wm Dupont, D etroit 
_  N orm an H arris, Big Sprngs 
A H W ebber, CadiUac 
G ilbert,  H opkins  &  Co, W W   W oodhàms,Plainw ell
Sherm an 
L H  W are,  Sand Lake 
A L Dennis, New E ra 
L F Davoll, Boyne Falls 
F  M Joslin, Big Rapids 
E N. T hayer. Lyons 
H ugh Johnston, Shelby 
Jas Colby, R ockford 
W  G H astings,  K ent City 
E  F isher, P aris 
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C E  Coburn,, Pierson  - 
S A W att,  Saranac 
Jno GUes & Co, Lowell
C S  Jndson,  C annonsburg Madison,  H it^ler  &  Co,
Sm ith & Bristol, Ada 
J  P  Cordes, Alpine 
W  W  Peirce, Moline 
C K H oyt, HudsonviUe 
J  M cPherson, Lowell 
A Purchase, So Blendon 
J L  Purchase, So Blendon 
B  Steketee, H olland 
A Steketee, H olland 
John Farow e,  Beaver Dam J  G Johnson, T raverse City 
W m V erm eulen,BeaverDm

Mrs M E Snell, W aylandBIIA HT

H Colby, Rockford
J  C B ranch, W ayland 
I G  Quick, AUendaie 
G TenHoor, F orest  Grove 
K L  K inney, Ensley 
Spring & L indjey,  Bailey 
J  O Jeannot,  M uskegon 
R utgiers *  Tien.G raaf schp 
Geo E H arris, A shland 
I J  L eggett & Co, P aris 
J  Blok, Zeeland 
J  D H am ilton, M artin 
WaUing Bros, Lam ont 
Dr S J  Koon, Lisbon

Encourage your trade to pay casfi instead of 
running book  accounts  by  using  Cash  Sale 
Cheeks.  For sale at 50 cents  per  100 by  E.  A. 
STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

Buy flour manufactured by  toe  Crescent 
Roller Mills.  Every sack warranted.  Voigt 
Milling Co.

J  R Odell, Frem ont 
D r John  G raves.  W ayland 
E S Botsford, D orr 
Neal McMillan,  Rockford 
M V W ilson, Sand Lake 
B arry & Co, Rodney 
R A H astings,  S parta 
Geo C arrington, T rent 
A S M cIntyre, St Louis

CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

Kingsley

K low lolíiii forti at

77  CANAL  ST., 

Grand Rapids, ZÆieh..

GENUINE E . of L.-CIGARS.
The product of Organized,  Working  Ci- 
garmakers.  Established  Sept.  1 , 1886, on 
tLe Co-operative plan by members of L.  A. 
6374,  K.  of  L.  Smokers  and  Friends o ' 
Labor, Attention!  If  you  are  opposed to 
filthy, tenement-house factories, the servile 
labor of coolies,  toe contracts  for  convict 
labor, give oar Cigars a trial.
If you are in favor of shorter hours of labor, 
the  Saturday half-holiday,'  and  last,  but not 
leaBt, toe payment of higher and living wages 
in solid cash, give our Cigars a trial and accord 
them your most  liberal  patronage.  T h eyel- 
low  K. o f £ , 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, t to., address 

W.  E.  KRUM  &  CO.,

W ernmaville, Decks Co,, Pennsylvania,

Ptoidftéô»;

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_  bring it down here and analyze i t ”

Trying to ’Give .the People Good Milk... •
» y 'J**?*c%*J  i
In  tfegir J^FeitS.. %■  prevent  tlie  sale of 
adulterated or dilated milk inthe city of De-
to 
and  Health  Officer
D  
are; gradually unearthing the tricks 
of trade against which  their  efforts  are di­
rected.''  Both are  haid  workers.and mani- 
fest áu interest  in  their  official dutieatha^ 
is somewhat rare to the  recipients of publio 
moneys for services supposedly rendered.
A case showing the depravity  to which  a
man  of  professed  honesty  will  descend 
tkeoiigh' greed of  .gain,  was’" recently  un- 
f  earthed.  A milk seller, with a very desira- 
We class of patoons,  was  complained of for 
seifyBg a mixture of  milk  and  water at the 
.... ruling price for the lacteal  fluid in its puri- 
tff-ISTlie milk inspector made a descent up­
on him while  he  was  delivering to regular 
customers.  Whether  such an act had been 
anticipated  and  arranged  for  or  not,  the 
~  contents of his  cans  was  found to be pure 
>■  milk and of  good quality.  Later, a gentle­
man came into  the  inspector’s  den  with  a 
sample of milk  which  he  claimed  to have 
purchased from the  dealer in question,  and 
it was found to be diluted with water.
But there was difficulty in  making a case 
against the offender,  under the circumstan­
ces.  The  milk  had  been  in charge of the 
purchaser for several hours,  and should the 
dealer be arrested, he might  swear through 
‘.thick and thin that  he  delivered  the  pure 
article, -leaving the inference  that the adul­
teration had been  made  after  it  left  his 
bands.
“ Just take  this  milk  back  home,”  re­
quested the  inspector,  “and  1  will be on 
haqd at your house  in  the  morning  when 
that dealer delivers the  milk.  y Then  we’ll 
He was on deck as per  arrangement, saw 
the delivery  of  the  milk  from a vantage 
point that  gave  no  hint  of  his  presence, 
*took it to the office mid found that  the man 
.  who had been forced to  deal  squarely with 
filóse who took milk from  his  wagon,  was 
selling  milk  83  per cent below par for a 
poor sick baby whose  hope of life hung up­
on the strengthening diet for which its par­
ents paid.
“ Below par,  is it?”  queried a young  doc­
tor present.  “If I was the  baby’s ‘pari Pd 
kick that milk peddler as long and as far as 
my shoes would stand the  racket”
After this break  the room was fumigated 
and Dr, Duffield declared himself:  “There’s 
the kind of fiendish  fraud  that  we’re bent 
on putting an end to.  Why, last July there 
were 559 deaths in Detroit  and 80 per cent 
Of them were  of  children.  Summer  com­
plaint was the  chief  cause  of  death,  and 
_  impure or  weakened milk was  a  principal 
It will be stopped if 
” cause of the disorder. 
vigilance and  law  can  compass the result 
You will see a great  falling  off  from  that 
death  rate  next  July.  Just  bear  that in 
mind and keep track of i t ”
Another instance worthy of  presentation 
is that of a milk dealer  who  thinks  that  a 
lie well  stock  to  is  abont  as  good as the 
truth.  Milk  taken  from  his  wagon  was 
found to be 20 per cent  short  in the requi­
n te   qualities  of  good  milk,  He  was 
«died  before 
tribunal,  and 
brazenly asseverated that  the  milk he sold 
was especially good. 
In proof, he had some 
milk right from the  cow.  Sore  enough, it 
was  a  trifle  above  par,  really of excellent 
quality.
“ But that’s not what you’re selling,” per­
sisted the inspector.
“ Yes, it is,” and the denier would have it 
soother way.
Again a test was made  of milk in transit 
for delivery, and again  the fact of its adul­
teration  established.  The  difference  be­
tween the article: as  it  came from the cows 
and as it was sold was  shown and explain­
ed,  but  the  confident  dispenser  of  the 
lacteal stood pat.  NO amount  of argument 
or demonstration could  move him,  and it is 
apparent  that  nothing  but  the good stiff 
finding of a jury will  open  his  eyes  to the 
fact that the  unerring  finding  of science is 
behind the charge of the milk inspector.
Milkmen  have  been  wrongfully accused 
through the crookedness of grocery dealers, 
who  have  bought  pure  milk  and 
then 
watered  it  to  swell  their  profits.  They 
usually 
indignant  customers  by 
denouncing  the 
and 
innocent  dealer, 
promisiag that the matter will be remedied.
Kestorant  keepers  are  found  who  tone 
inilk down until it  is  bine,  and serve it to 
patrons,  who  must  drink  a  great deal of 
,  water to get  a  small  percentage  of  milk. 
All  such  cases  are  being  recorded in the 
doomsday book, and the  day  of  reckoning 
is not far off. 

the  milk 

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calm 

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Dairy  N otes.

The Greenville  creamery  will  be closed 
'  this season because  it  is  not profitable for 
_ the management.

Q. Tappan, the  Yassar  cheese  manufac­
turer,  is building  another  cheese factory at 
' Eva, Tuscola county.

The Howard City creamery will probably 
. not be operated  this  season,  although  the 
proprietors expect to engage  in  the  manu-: 
facture of cheese.

The business. men  of  Long  Rapids  and
-  Alpena  have  organised  a  stock  company 
under toe style of  the Long  Rapids Cream­
ery Co;,  to  engage  in  the  manufacture  of 
creamery butter at  Long Rapids.  The out-
f fit  is  being  furnished by toe Flint Cabinet 
Creamery Co.

The  Grocery  Market.

-  Sugar is without nominal change in price, 
but is a trifle firmer in New York.  Coffees 
continüe  to  advance  in  New  York  and 
Europe and  toe  manufacturers of  package 
goods  will  probably boost  up  quotations 
,  Me.  before  toe  end  of  toe  week.  Dried 
apples are flriRer and  scarcer.  Pickles  are 
:  higher,. on  account of  scarcity in  toe Chi­
cago market.  Currants and rice are firmer. 
Tne copi syrup manufacturers are still talk­
ing combination.  New cheese  is in  better 

The  Hardware  Market.

. - supply, being now quotable at ll% c.
'•V' 
>•.  I t  begins  to look  as  though the  bottom 
. ’  bad dropped out of the  pig tin  syndicate, 
us that'staple  has  declined  from  38  to  30 
: cents on the New York  market.  The glass 
r manufacturers met  again last week and de­
cided to make nochange at present.  There 
¿
tendency  in .both Steel  and 
.  wire nails; ¿Ix JwCanilla  rope is firmer.  Sisal 
H rone is w

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baa  received tw oçai loads 
and  ba#rei  pickles, i

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ti  The  quotations  given below  are such  as  are  ordinarily  offered  cash  buyers, who pay 
promptly and buy in fid i packages:

«Amaro  p o w d e r.  - 
J0Ò cans!.:

20

Acme; 34 lb cans,
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4  »“ .... 

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34s. 2  ” 
IS, 1  “ 

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Arctic, 4 oz. rind $  gross
8 oz,  “ 
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4 oz.  oval............
8 oz.  “  ___
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BROOMS.

Princess,  3hs.....................1 25
........'• ---  f  00
ls....%. .. .. .. .. .   3 75
bulk  ....
dime size........ .  85
Arctic, % lb cans, 6 doz...»  45
“ 
75
“  2 “ ....  140
“  2  “ ....  2 40
“ ....12 00
“ 
Victorian, 1 lb (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00
Diamond, “ bulk.”. ........... 
15
Red Star 34 9> cans 12 doz..  45 
/ f f   “ 
’/*  “  “  6  “  ..  85
4  ♦   .,150
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Absolute,  34  2>  cans, 100
cans in  case.....................1175
Absolute,  54  B>  cans,  50
lcans in  case..............    .10 00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
in ease................ 
18 75
Teifer’s 34 ft, cans, 6 doz in
case........ : .. .. . ................2 70
Teifer’s 34 ft cans, 3 doz In
case........ ................... 
  2  55
Teifer’s 1 ft cans,  1 doz in
case.................. .— ....  1 50
Early Riser, 34s, 4 doz  case  45 
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“  1 60
3 00 
0 00 
3  40 
6 50 
10 80
No. 2 Hurl.............................2 00
No. 1 Hurl.............................2 25
No. 2 Carpet...... . 
............2 50
No. 1 Carpet.......... .............. 2 75
Parlor Gem......................... 3 00
Common W hisk...................1 00
Fancy  W hisk...................... 1 25
M ill....................................... 3 75
Warehouse ........................ .3 00
CHOCOLATE.
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  2
Premium..  3
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Hom-Cocoa  3
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Breakfast..  4
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OOCOANUT
Schepps, Is.......................... 27
Is and 34s........... 28
34s.........................2754
Is in tin pails__ 2734
34s 
....2834
Maltby’s, Is..........................2334
Is  and 34b........... 24
34s.....................2434
Manhattan, pails.................20
Peerless................................ 18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16(^18
Mocha.............................26©28
Mandaling..................... 25@26
OG  Java...................... 24@25
Java.................................23034
Maricabo.........................16019
Costi Rica...................  
  019
Mexican................... 
  ©19
Santos.............................15018
Rio,  fancy..................... 18©19
Rio,  prim e...'...............16©17
Rio,  condnon................. 14015
To  ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add 34c per ft. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

COFFEE—GREEN

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COFFEES—PACKAGE,

 

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CORDAGE.

CRACKERS.

CANNED F IS H .

Coffees—50 lb. bags.

30 lbs 60 Tbs 100 ftb
Lion................ 
19«
Lion, in cab...
2034
19«
Dilworth’s __
Magnolia__ _
1934
A cm e............ 19«  19«
1934
German........
1934
German, bins.
3034
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
19
Avorica 
17
19«
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
Honey  B ee...21«  21«
2134
Nox A ll..........30«  20«
3034
Our Bunkum.19«  19« 
1934
.Arbuckle’s Avorica............1734
Quaker City....... 1834
Best Rio.......:.........1934
Prime Maricabo.. .2134
60 foot Jute............Sjj......... .1 10
72 foot J u te ........................140
4oFootCotton.............. ,....1  50
50 foot Cotton............................1 60
60 foot Cotton......................1  75
72 foot Cotton............................2 00
Kenosha Butter.....................7
Seymour B u tter...............534
Butter.................................... .534
Family  Butter_____ 
......534
Fancy Butter............. 
.5
 
Butter Biscuit.......»...  .......634
B oston....................... 
734
 
City Soda.................  
8
Boda.........................................534
Soda Fancy................ 
5
8.  Oystey...........................,...534
Picnic ............................... 
534
Fancy  Oyster........ .............5
dam s, 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 70
Lobsters, I  ft picnic.  .,.___1  75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic....__ 2 65
Lobsters,l'ft  star........ ...195
Lobsters. 2ft sta r............ .2  90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 ft stand__
Mackerel, 2ft stand............
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard. .3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft soused........3 25
Salmon, lft Columbia........2  10
3  50
Salmon, 2 lb 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2ft 
...275
Sardines, domestic «B.  ... 
7
Sardines,  domestic 34s...10O11 
Sardines, Mustard  34s...  9010 
Sardines,  imported  « s .. 12013 
Sardines,  spiced, 34s.... .10012
Trout. 3 ft  brook..............
CANNED FR U IT S.
Apples, gallons,  stand..... .2 75
Blackberries, stand._____ .1 30
Cherries,red standard.....1 60 
Cherries,  p itted ...,..! 8501 90
Damsons..................   .1 2501 35
Egg Plums, stand................1 60
Gooseberries........................1 65
Grapes.................. 
95
Green Gages.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .  .1 50
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds............2 2 5
Peaches, p ie ..........1 6001 65
Pears.............»«t& S••••• •! 60
Pineapples,.,  .......40©2 75
.. 1 80
aspberries, extra.... >. ...1 60
red ...,........„1 60
Strawberries ............... 
.1 60
Whortleberries............,... .120
Asparagus, Oyster B ay....2 00
Beans, Lima, stand........  85
Beans. Green lim a s..  .  ©1 40 
Beans,  S trin g ........1 0Q©1 20
Beans,Styingiess» Erie....  90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.l 60 
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.... 115
MomG’r y ! 15 
Early Gold.l 15 
Pea?,  F ien oh ..;... a .....1.60
Peas, extra marrofat.1 2001 40
Peas, soaked;.......... .........   90
"  June, stand.. © 1  50 
sifted. .,„ ..* ,,.2  00 
. 
)Prenoh. ,extrafiae..20 00 
Mushrooms, extra fine... .20 00
Pumpkin, 3 ft Golden ........100
Sucootasb.standard, ^.800130 
Squash. ióv .
j M  
Tomatoes, Red Ctoat  A  l  so 
GoodEnough  1 20 
-Ben Har  . 
M  
T 20

Euinees.. . . .. .. .. .. .  

CANNED VEGETABLES.

“  : 

, C

“ 

“ 

■ 

“

 

 

Michigan full cream..  ©1134 
d r i e d   Fr u i t s —f o r e i g n .
[C itron..,/.....';  ........ . 
22
'Currants H i  
........6« ©  7
Lemoin P e
l
Orange Peel__ ; »y. ; ;  ..14
Prune#, French, 6 0s.„,....-'

. M

e

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

French,80s.........
French, 9CNs..
Im perial./...... ¿,634
Turkey, old........   4
Turkey,  new 4«©  5

.

Raisins,Dhhesia..
,
......3 60
Raisins, London Layers.. .,3 00 
Raisins, California  “ 
.. ..2 25 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels:. 2 10 
Raisins, Loose California. .190 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. 8  ©  8«
Raisins. Sultanas__ _ 
:.,..r
Raisins,  Valencias. ... .1  ©' 
Raisins,Tmnerials.. . . . . ___3  76
Cod,  whole..................,4«©5
Cod, boneless.................6«©734
Halibut..........................
Herring, round. 34 bbl. 
3 00 
1 50 
Herring, round, «  bbl. 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs 
70 
Herring, Sealed....» . y.  ©26
Mack. sn’r, No.! , 34 bbl__8 75
“  12 ft kit..l 25
“ 
- 
“  10  “ 
“ 
“ 
..110
“ 
N o.2. 34 bbls.... ...7 50
Trout,  34 ¡bbls.................. 
 
.5 50
“  10 ft kits;-................   85
White, No. 1, 34 bbls............6 75
White, No. 1,12 ft kits.......1 20
White,  No. 1,10 ft kits.......1 05
White, Family, '34 bbls.......3 75
kits............  70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla. 
1 35
D.C.,2 oz.. . ..^! doz  90 
“  ■ 4 oz.................. 140 
2 50
3 75
“  6 oz............. ...2 25 
175
”  No. 3 Panel...I 00 
“  No. 4  Taper.. 1450 
2 75
“  No. 8 panel...2 75 
4 50
“  No. 10  “ - ...4  50 
6 50
7 50
34 pint,rind..4 50 
“ 
..9 00  15 00
“ 
“ 
1 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.
9 60
12 00
15 00
24 i'0
Farina, 100 lb. kegs...; .......  04
Hominy, ^   bbl....................4 (H
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box..  65 
Pearl Barley..............  ©  3«
©1  40
Peas,  Green.............. 
Peas, Split...................... 
© 334
Sago, German_____  
_
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl.. 
© 6«  
Wheat,  cracked......  @634
Vermicelli, import...10  @11« 

“ 
“ 
“ 
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

...  7 20
3 o z... ...  9 00 
4 o z... ...12 00
6 oz... ...18  00

Standard 
English 2 o z ...

imported... 10  ©11

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

domestic.. 
MATCHES.

G. H. No.  8,  square............  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro.. .1  10
G. H. No.  200,  parlor..........1  60
G. H. No. 300, parlor..........2 15
G. H. No.  7, round..:......... 1  40
Oshkosh, No. 2....................   75
Oshkosh, No.  8.....................1 50
Swedish...............................  75
Richardson's No. 8  sq.......,1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq........1 50
Richardson’s No. 734, rnd..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd.. 1  50
Woodbine, 300...................... 1 15
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap......................17@18
Cuba Baking.............. ,...23@25
Porto Rico...................  
24@35
New  Orleans,  good........ 33@40
New Orleans, choice.......44®50
New  Orleans, fancy.......50@52

34 bbls. 3c extra

O IL.

“ 
“ 

PICKLES.

OATMEAL

OATS—ROLLED.

Michigan Test...................... 10«
Water  White........................11«
Barrels..................................6 00
Half barrels......................... 3 25
Cases...................................... 2 25
Barrels..................................6 00
Half Darrels........   ..............3 35
C a se s..................... 2 25@3 35
Medium............................ 
34 bbl......................3 50
Small,  bbl..........................   .7 00
34 bbl....................... 4 00
Choice Carolina......... 
........6«
Prime Carolina..................... 6«
Good  Carolina...................... 5«
Good Louisiana.....................5«
Table..............................,5«@6
H ead............................ 
7«
Java.........................................634
Patna....................................... 5«
Rangoon..............................    .6
Broken. 
334
Japan.............................. 534@634
DeLand’s pure.................    .534
.Church’s  ..................^ .....5
Taylor’s  G. M........................5
right’s ................................ 5
Sea  Foam...............................6«
Cap Sheaf............................... 5

................ 
SALERATUS.

R IC E.

34c less in 5 box lots. 

SALT.

60  Pocket, P F D...................... 2 15
28 Pocket...................................2 05
1003 ft  pockets......................... 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee........   95
Ashton,bu.hags.................  75
Ashton,4bu.  hags..............2 75
Higgins’ bu.  bags........ . 
76
American, 34 bu. bags........  20
Rock, bushels..................       25
Warsaw, bu. bags...............  36
19
London Relish, 2 doz...  ...2 50 
Acme Engli8h,.pts..........   .2 60
Dingman, 100 bars......  ......4  00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard,...4 75
Jaxon.. .. .. .. ..  
..3 75
Queen  A n n e ........................4 0®
German Family.......... y..; .2 04
A llspice...............................    8
Cassia, China in mats......  734

34  “ 
 
SAUCES.

SPICES—WHOLE,.

SOAP.

 

 

 

 

- 

“ 

“ 
shot. 

Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack.J834 
.

“  Batavia in bund.. .;11
“  Saigon in, rolls.......42
Cloves,  Amboyna................28
“  Zanzibar.............. ...23
Mace Batavia..................    .70
Nutmegs,  fancy..................70
No.  1.............. ...66
“ 
No. 2 ........,...6 0
“ 
white.28
“  
.............2 1  
“ 
SPICES—GROUND—IN  BULK,
Allspice........................ 
.71234
Cassia, Batavia............ „20
and Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon__________ 42
*• 
Cloves, Amboyna............... 35
“  Zanzibar.................30
Ginger, African..................1234
“  .  C ochin.................15
‘»7  J am aica..........  @18
Mace Batavia...._____.... .80
Mustard,  English................22
andTrie.25
Trieste.......... .y. .27
Nutmegs, No.  2...........>...70
Pepper, Singapore  black. .22
Cayenne-..........; .25
Absolute Pepper,  doz... 81
Cinnamon  “  .'.84
“ ,..55
Allspice 
Cloves  -
dinger
Mustard

s “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

6 00

STARCH. 

*i 

Kingsford’s 
Silver Gloss, lftp k g s 
*•  6 ft boxet
bulk....
“ 
‘-Pure, Í  Jbfpkgs..,.....
"Capi,-i  lbpkgs... . . . .
SUGARS.
-(hit  Loaf................
C u b es......-,..;.-.,...
P ow dered..,...;.......
Granulated, Stand...
r   .  «3. -  Off..........
.Conïêctioneïy, A . ; 
iStandardA...-,.:..-... 
No. 1, White Extra C. 
No. 2, Extra C.

Corn, kegs. .    .......7*.

©40
Pure Sugar, bbl /
 
Pure Sugar, 34 bbl.. . .. .. .  35@44

»

„

SWEET'  GOODS.

Ginger  Snaps....................... 734 834
Sugar Creams.:.........734 
Frosted Creams_____ 
Graham Crac.kers___________ 834
Oatmeal: Crackers:...  __ 
ToriACCOS—PLUG.

X   X X X
834
9
'834

 

Spear Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ..45
Plank Road............................. 42
Eclipse..
..........  ..36
Holy Moses..............................33
Blue Blazes..  \ ............. 
32
Eye  O pener........................32
Star 
............................ 42@45
Clipper............. ............ j„...
Climax.'............................  43@45
Corner Stone............... 
 
39
TipTop.................  
...41
Tenderloin........................ 
30
Sweet Russet..........................     .30
Dark Magnolia............. 
...36
Hot  Shot........................... 
.36
TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

Sweet  Pippin...........................  .50
Five and Seven.....................   50
Hiawatha.................y............70
Sweet  Cuba..................  
45
Petoskey Chief.................. 
  68
Sweet Russet.........................45
Thistle............................... .  ’ .42
Florida............... 
”.65
Rose Leaf....................... ....66
Red Domino..................  
  38
Swamp Angel............... 
.40
Stag....................  
...’.33

 

 

 

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

Rob  R oy................  
28
Peerless................... .........2 8
Uncle Sam..................   .......30
Jack  Pine................ 
......36
Sensation..................... 
  H33
Yellow Jacket..................     V.20
Sweet  Conqueror............ 2C@25

TEAS.

Japan  ordinary..............18@20
Japan fair to good...........25®30
Japan fine.........................35@45
Japan dust........................12@2Q
Young Hyson...................20@45
Gunpowder................ 
35@5o
Oolong..................33@55©60©75
Congo..................... 
25@30
VINEGAR.
40 gr. 
1134  *  13

. 
Above  are  the  prices  fixed 
by  the  pool.  Manufacturers 
outside  the  pool  usually sell 
5 gr.  stronger  goods  at  same 
prices.  $ 1 per barrel.
MISCELLANEOUS.

30 gr. 
934 

50 gr.

Bath Brick imported......... 90
do 
American.........75
Burners,  No.  0.................... 65
do  NO. 1..................... 75
do  No. 2......................95
“ 
“ 

Chimneys,  No. 0..................... 38
“  1......................40
“  2......................52
Cocoa Shells, bulk...............  4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle___7 60
Cream  Tartar......................25
Candles. Star.......................   934
Candles. Hotel..................... 1034
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V.  C..........   75
Felix.......115
Fire Crackers, per box___1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps... 35
Gum, Spruce........................30
Jelly, in 30 ft pails..  .  5  ©  5«
Powder,  Eeg............................ 5 5o
Powder, 34  Keg........................2 87
Sage....................................... 15
CANDY, FRUITS and NUTS.
Putnam  &  BrooKS quote  as
follow s:

do 

Standard, 25 ft boxes..........  834
Twist, 
..........  9
Cut Loaf 
.......... 1.0

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

 

• 

x  - 

PORK   IN   BARRELS.

» 4 ,  -  -  JpT&vxsxoicjs. 

■
The Grand Rapids Packing A PxWlsiondCo. 

'V; 
quote, as follows:
.7.. „15 00
Mess............. ...y.... y..., 
Short cut.. :. .......___ ............__ __ .15 25
Shortcut  Morgan____7 ,... 
...... .15 50;
Extra clear pig, short out................   .. . .id 50
Extra dear;heavy...,  ............................16 50
Clear quill, short cut......................1.......y’i6 50
Boston clear, short cut“.....................  
Clear hàck, short cut.....................................16 50
Standard clear, short  cut. best...............   16 50
B e a u . .. .7. . . , . . . . . y.. » » ;......-.........
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN;
Hams, average 20  fts.................................,11
16  fts:.......... .....................11«
“ 
..Il«
“  picniA,................................ . 
...  8«
 
..11
s n

x  12 to 14 fts.............. .... 
best boneless.. :........................ 
Shoulders ......... ................... 7...,........7^
Breakfast Bacon, b o n ë l e s
Dried Beef, extra............................7 , ,  r? 834
ham  prices.,...............Ü10
 

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

 
“  medium.....!............. 
“ 

8«
8«
lig h t....................................'1034

DRV  SALT  MEATS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

 

  16 50

LARD.
.

8
gag
8«
834
7 00 
7  50 
7 25
7  75
8 25
9 50 
8 50 
5 00
 

Tierces  ......:........... 
30and50ft Tubs ..................:!?"!!!!! 
LARD IN  TIN  PAILS.
3ft Pails* 20 in a case. »..................... ; 
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.................* 
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case................8«
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in ease................ 7. 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts............
Extra Mess, ChicagoPacxing.
P late ......................................f..
Extra Plate....................................
Boneless, rump butts............
“ 

BEEF IN  BARRELS.

** 

“ 

“  Kansas City Packing.........  „

“ 

“  Kan City pkd........
“ 34 bbl.
“ 
 

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork Sausage.................................... 
Ham  Sausage.............................................ll
Tongue  Sausage..................................  
9
Frankfort  Sausage...................................... 8
Blood  Sausage..................  
6
 
Bologna, straight.............................. 
Bologna, thick............................. ;.  .”. 
e
Head Cheese................................... 
 
In half barrels.........................................   3 50
In quarter barrels......................% 15

PIG S’ FEET.

T R IPE .

 

 

85

In «  Bbl.... .................................  
 
In Kits.....................4 ....................'.. . . 
HIDES, PELTS  AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows :

HIDES.

© 6«©20

FURS.

WOOL.

20
20
10
60
50

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

Green —  $  ft  4  © 434 Calf skins, green
Part cured....  5  @ 534  or cured__ 5
Full cured—   534©  6« Deacon skins,
Dry hides and 
$  piece...... 10
■ 
Fine washed sp ft 18@20ICoarse washed.. ,20©22 
Medium  ............. 20@23| Unwashed............ 12@16
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4

Bears...............................15 00
Beavers.............................6 00
Badgers.................
.  75
Cat, Wild.................
50
5
“  House.............
15
5
Fox,  Red..............
.1 00
30
“  Cross.............
5 00 2 50 1 00
“  Grey.............
75
20
Fishers..............................7 00
Lynx................................. 4 00
Slink, Large  Dark........... 40
Small Pale..........  25
Martins............................i 00
SPRING  W INTER  FALL  KITS
8@4  01
Musrats.....................   18 
2 00  1  00
Otter........................... 6 00 
20 
10
Raccoon, Large........   75 
Small.......   3d 
05
10 
Skunk.........................  75 
25 
10
Wolf.......................... .3 CO 
25
50 
Deer Skins, dry, Red Coats, per lb......... 
30c
“  ..............  30c
“ Blue  “ 
“  ..............   25c
“ Short Grey, 
**  ..............   10c
Sheep pelts, short shearing................... 
5©20
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated..........  20@23
Tallow 
............................... ..................  3«@ 4«
Grease butter.......................................... 
5© 8
Ginseng, good.............................................  @2 00

“ 
" 
...................... .  Long 

11 
4 00 
50 
20 
50 
1  00 

MISCELLANEOUS.

" 
" 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Royal, 25 ft  pails.......  834©  9
Royal, 200 ft bbls.................  834
Extra, 25 ft  pails................. 10
Extra, 200 ft bbls.................  9
French Cream, 25 ft pails. .1134
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases............ 10
Broken, 25 ft pails..............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls............... 9

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

 

Lemon  Drops..........................13
Sour Drops.............................. 14
Peppermint  Drops................14
Chocolate Drops.................... 14
H M Chocolate  Drops...........18
Gum  Drops  . ............. 
10
Licorice Drops........................ lb
A B   Licorice  Drops..............12
Lozenges, plain...................... 14
Lozenges,  printed..................15
Imperials................................ 14
Mottoes ....................................15
Cream  Bar...............................13
Molasses Bar........................... 13
Caramels.................................. 18
Hand Made Creams,..............18
Plain  Creams........................16
Decorated Creams................. 20
String Rock.....................  
  13
Burnt Almonds................      22
Wintersreen  Berries......... ..14

FANCY—IN  BULK.

Lozenges, plain in pails.. .12
Lozenges, plain in bbls__ 11
Lozenges, printed in pails. 1234 
Lozenges, printed in  bbls.1134 
Chocolate Drops, in pails,. 1234
Gum  Drops  in pails............ 634
Gum Drops, in bbls..............534
Moss Drops, in pails...........10
Moss Drops, in bbls............  9
Sour Drops, in  pails...........12
IqaperialB, in  pails..............12
Imperials  in bbls............. li

FRUITS.
Bananas . 
............... 1 00@3 00
Oranges,  choice.......3 50@4 00
Oranges,  Florida.....  @
Oranges,  Messina__ i 00@4 25
Oranges, OO...............  @4 00
Oranges,  Imperials. v4 25@4 50 
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons,  choice........3 25© 3 50
Lem ons,fancy.......3  50@4 00
Figs, layers, new .. 7.12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........   @
Dates,  frails do.........  @434
Dates, «  do  do.........   © 534
Dates,Fkrd 10 ft box ^ ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box flffi,.  634 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box . .5@534

/ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Almonds,  Tarragona @17
@16
Ivaea........
13@14
California
Brazils.......................
©  »34
Filberts, Sicily..........
@11
Walnuts,  Grenoble.. @13
Sicily........
12
French__
@11
Pecans,  Texas. H. P.
8© 12
Cocoanuts, $  100....... @4 56
PEANUTS.
Prime Bed, raw 39  fi> 
do 
Choice 
do 
Fancy H.P. dò 
do 
Choice White, Va.do  ... 
Fancy H P,.  va  da  S 
H. B .V a ....... J ......

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

OYSTERS  AND  FISH.
follows:

OYSTERS.

Fairhaven C ou nts..........  40
f r e s h , f i s h .  s
Black bass:................... 
1214
Bock bass........ <.... ..............4
Perch, skinned............ A.
Duck-bill  pike.-.......— ....  8
T to u t...................... 
10
Whitehall.......!  j............1 0
Frogs*Legs  ...................J.25&75

 

PRODUCE MARKET.

rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding $2.25 per bu.

®734c and evaporated at 9@934c. 
The tendency is downward.

Apples—$5  per bbl.,  and  very scarce.
Asparagus—7i'»c per doz.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Beets—New, 50c per doz.
Butter—Good butter is easier.  Jobbers  pay 
17c for choice dairy and sell at )8@19c.  Grease 
butter is  slow  sale  at 8c.
Butterine—Creamery,  16c  for  solid  packed 
and 17c for rolls.  Dairy, 1334c for solid packed 
and  1434o  for- rolls.
Cabbages—New Southern stock readily com­
mands $3.50 per crate.
Carrots—30@35c per bu.
Cheese—New qheese is held at about 1134c.
Cider— 10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1,25; produce bar­
Cucumbers—50@75c per doz.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers  hold  sun-dried  at 7 
Eggs—Jobbers now  pay 11c  and  sell  at 12c. 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15@16c.
Hay—Baled is scarce at $20 for  No. 1 and $19 
Lettuce—10c per lb.
Maple Sugar - New crop,  10c per lb.
Onions—Young stock, 15c  per  dozen.  Ber­
mudas are held at $4. per bu. box.
Peas—Green, $2. per 3 peck box.
Pieplant—2e per lb.
Pop Corn—234c 58 ft.
Potatoes—Home grownjare weak.being nom­
Radishes—15c per doz.
Seeds—Clover,  $4.25  for  medium  or  mam­
Spinach—76c per bu.
Strawberries—Southern, 16c per qt.
String Beans—$2. per bu.
Tomatoes—$2 for 1-5 bu. box
Wax Beans—$3 for «  bu.  box.

moth.  Timothy, $2.85 for prime.

inally quotable at 90c per bu.

for Dio. 2.

'

GRAINS AND M ILLING PRODUCTS.

Clawson and False.
lots and 61@62e in carjlots.
car lots.

Wheat—City millers  pay  88c  for Lancaster, 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 67c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  41c in 
Rye—50c 39 bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 39 cwt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  $5.70 $  bbl in  sacks 
and  $5.90  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.70 & bbl. in 
sacks and $4.90 in  wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.00  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $15 39 ton.  Bran, $18 
ton.  Middlings,  $19 

39  ton.  Ships,  $18,50 
$  ton.  Corn and Oats. $23 39 ton.

Rubbers

Write for fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R .  M A Y H E W ,

'86 .Monroe Street,

K B S
ELEVEN CENTS

For  all  the  Good  Fresh  Eggs 

you w ill ship us th is week.

WILL RECEIVE  YOUR 

B U T T E R

.

And sell it for  you at full mar­

ket  price,  and  make 

prompt returns.

WE  MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF  EGG 

CRATES  AND  FILLERS TO 

THE  TRADE,

71  Cariai St.,

714

6
6

SSAffD  RAPIDS,  HIGH,
CIGAR  DEALERS
$11,550 Worth of Real Estate

Read  this  Scheme.

175

And  personal  property  to  be  actually 
given away to  purchasers  of  the celebrated
"Golden-Rod” and "Presto” Cigars
in 1888.

We  have  sold  these  goods  for  the  past 
ten  years  at  the  uniform  price of  $55 per 
M.  for “Golden-Rod”  and  $35  per  M.  for 
the “Presto”  cigars, and  shall  continue  to 
sell them at that price,  thus  charging noth­
ing extra for  the property we  shall distrib­
ute.

We  have figured that  by liberal advertis­
ing we can  save  the  salaries and  expenses 
of several men on the road and that the dif­
ference will  pay for  this  property and  toe 
purchasers of  the goods  will get  the direet 
benefit. 
Just  look  at  this  carefully  and 
see a plain business proposition.  We hand 
over to you direct the amount it would cost 
us to sell these  goods in   the ordinary way.
We will  distribute  this  property  in  the 

following manner:

We will  start  an  order  book at this date 
with lines numbered  from  1  to  8,000  and 
each order will  be  entered  in  the book  m 
the order it is received at our  oftiee.

Every fifth order  received will entitle the 
party ordering  to  a  fine  gold  handled  silk 
umbrella which will be sent with the goods.
Every  24th  order  received  will  entitle 
sender to a full tea set of 56  pieces Import­
ed China Ware, which will be sent with the 
cigars.

Every 74th  order received will entitle the 
party ordering to a clear title deed of a piece 
of  real-estate.  Either  a  building  lot  and 
water  privilege,  at a  summer  resort, a city 
lot in city of  Sanlt  Ste  Marie,  a house  and 
lot in  St. Ignace,  or  a  farm  of  160  acres. 
There are 39 lots of the  real  estate and 720 
articles  of  personal  property  to  go  with 
3,000 orders, an  average  of  more  than one 
in four.

An order will consist  of  X   M.  “Golden 
Rod” cigars at $55 per M. or 1  M.  “Presto” 
cigars  at  $35  per  M.  An  order  of double 
tliis amount from one  party will be entered 
as two orders.

These cigars  are not  made  of  cheap ma­
terial, like the  ordinary  scheme  cigar,  but 
are First-Class  Goods,  made  as  we  have 
always made them, to hold trade.

The “Golden-Rod” is made from the finest 
imported Yuelta Havana, long filler, straight 
hand-made  goods,  without  flavor,  and  as 
fine as anything made in thè U. S.  Sold at 
their  market  value,  withont  regard to  the 
property  given  away.  The “Presto” cigar 
is a  very nice  imported  scrap-cigar,  gives 
universal  satisfaction  and  sells  in  many 
places at 10c.

The .summer  resort  lots are  on the beau­
tiful Lakeville Lake in  Oakland Co. on the 
P.  O. & P. A.  R. R., a handsomer lake with 
better fishing than  Orion, six miles distant. 
Lots 40 feet by 80 rods with good lake front 
privilege,  value $50 each.

The  lots  at  the  Soo  are  within  ^  of a 
mile  of  the  water  power  canal. 
In  the 
heart  of  the  city,  with  houses  all  around 
them,  40x124 feet, valued at $1,000 each.

The hofise and  lot at St.  Ignace  is in the 
third  ward  on  Main  street.  House  occu­
pied by tenant, valued at $1,000.

The farm  is  within  two  miles  of  Carp 
Lake Station, on  the G.  R.  & I. R. R.  Six 
miles from Mackinaw  City,  hardwood  and 
cedar,  good front on Carp Lake, seven acres 
under cultivation, valued at $3,à00.

Warrantee  deeds of  real  estate  will  be 
sent with the cigars, which  come in proper 
order.

When the property is all- distributed,  cir­
culars  will  be  sent  to  each  purchaser  of 
cigars,  showing  name  and  address of  par­
ties getting these presents,

Send  in  your  orders,  -somebody will get 
some good property for nothing.  You will 
get  warranted  goods,  worth  toe  price put 
on them.  The value of the presents  is not 
taken out of the goods.

Terms on  cigars,  60  days to responsible 

parties,  or 5 per cent: off for cash.

We give reference  below as to  our  busi­

ness standing.

Citizens’  National  Bank,  Romeo;  First 

National Bank, Romeo.

Any  business  man  in  Romeo,  and  any 
wholesale tobacco house in Detroit; Chicago, 
Louisville and St. Louis.

|   Yours respectfully,

H,  M F a fji l   Bro„
’j J

THUMB,  ffHYLAND  &  CO

NEW   YORK,

RELIABLE

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

[It is bo th  p leasan t and profitable  fo r  m erchants to  
occasionally visit New York, and a ll such are cordially 
invited to call, look through our establishm ent, c orner 
W est B roadw ay, Reade  and H udson streets, and  m a k e 
o n r acquaintance, w hether  th ey  wish to  buy goods o r 
not.  Ask fo r a  m em ber of th e firm.]

MEASE YOUR TRADE

BY  SELLING

Composed  of  Guatemala,  Afriean  and. 
Mexican Javas,  Santos, Maracaibo  and Rio 
selected with especial  reference  to their fine 
drinking qualities. The most popular brand 
of Blended Coffeè in the  market.  Sold  onjy 
in 59 lb. Cans and 1  Jb.  packages. 30, 60 and 100 
lb. Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.

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

BEE SPICE MILLS,

hGO,,

Alfred  J.  B row n,  ^

------JOBBER  IN-----

FOREIGN,

TROPICAL

AND

CALIFORNIA

IF Z i TT Z T  S .

Bananas,  OUr  Specialty.
-  MICH.

16 and  iS No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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ABSOLUTELY 
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THESE GOODS ARE “PAR, EXOEHiBNOB”
Pur®, H ealthful and  Reliable,  w arranted  to give satis­
faction in every p articu lar.  F or sale by w holesale and. 
retail grocers th ro u g h o u t  th t U nited  States.  Vouwik 
Bros., m anufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

Stump before a  blast. |  Fragments after a blast. 
G et o u t y o u r STU M PS a n d  B reak youi

Manb,fathS,red Hercules Powder Co.
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1 1  £ ?
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FOR  BALE  BY 

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L .  S ,  H I L L   &   C O -. A g ’t s
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M  «nd  a?  P ead  St.,  G R A N D   I&APIDS./

Fishing Tackle, Sporting Goods, 

W H O L E S A L E   P B K W  C U K K & S F T

Advanced—Alçobol, oil pennyroyal. 
Declined—Quinine, P . & W., morphia, P. & W., grunt opium.

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R E C O MME N D E D   B Y   EMI NENT  P H Y S I C I A N S

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Ruhi« Tinctcrum..., 
Saccharum Lactis pv 
_   _
g W a d n ....,............. .3 50@4 00
SanguisDraconis....  40®  50
teinfonine.................   @4 50
Sapo, W. 
... ...  12®  'U
Sapo,  M ................... 
8®
Sapo, G ....,............... 
  @
Seldlitz  M ixture...:.  @
Sinapis...........................  @
Sinapis, opt.... .. .. ..   @
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
-Voes............................  @
Snuff,  Scotch;  Do.
V o e s....._______  
 
Soda Boras, (po  11)..10  @ 
Soda et Potoss Tart..  33®
Soda Carb................  
2®
Soda,  Bi-Carb........... 
4®
Soda,  Ash-....  .......... 
3®
Soda  Sulphas..__ __  @
Spts. Ether Co........ .  50®
Spts.  K'vrciaDona...  ®i
Spts, Myrcia  Imp__
Spljs  Vini  Beet.  bbl. 
«21 ).. .. ... ... ... ...  
Less 5c. gal.  cash  ten  days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  @J  10
Sulphur, Subl 
...........23£@ 3V4
Sulphur, Roll...........2V4® 3
Tamarinds................. 
8®   10
Terebenth  Venice  ..  28®  30
Theobromae............   50®  55
Vanifia  .................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............... 
7®  8

@2 31

OILS.

Bbl
Whale, winter............  70
Lard, extra..........   ...  68
50
Lard,No.  1. .. ..........    45
50
Linseed, pure raw  ..  56
60
Linseed, boiled........   59
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...................   50
50
Spii As Turpentine...  43 
paints  Bbl
50
Red Venetian______134 
2
50
Oehre, yellow Mars..15i  2
Ochre, yellow  Ber. ..134  * 
50
Putty,commercial...234 2Vi@3 
50
Putty, strictly pure..2Vi  234@3 
Vermilion prime Am­
13®16
erican ...................... 
Vermilion, English.. 
70@76 I 
Green, Peninsular... 
16@17
Lead, red strictly pur 
Lead,  white,  strictly
pure..................    ...
6@634 
Whiting,  white Span
@70 I 
Whiting,  Gilders’__
@90 110
White,  Paris Amer’n 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1 40
cliff......................... 
Pioneer  Prepared
60
T aints....................l  20@1 40
75
Swiss Villa Prepared
P aints........ ............1 00@1 20
50
No. 1 Turp  Coach....1 10@1 20
Extra  Turp...............1,60@1  70
60
Coach B ody..............2 75@3 00
50
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1 00@110
50
Extra Turk Damafr.. 1  55@1 60 
60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
50
Turp.........................  70®  75

VARNISHES.

y¿E£*í!'j,  Stale Board ®f Pharmacy. 
< to% yre—Jscpb* Jegihn: If iwteegop,  1  f | i 
Two Yeurs—Junes Vernar. Detroit,  ¡I  |  
entree Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann, Arbor, 
' 
rone Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamusoo. 
fiv e  Y earn—Stanley i. Pariceli','Oworko.  ; 
ÄWjideafr—(J«o. McDonald 
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Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Ventor.  •  ■
Kjèkt M eeting— At D etroit Ju ly  3 and 5. 

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iD c h ig a n   sta te   JH iannaceotical Aw ’d. 

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit. %  '
First Vici  Pn -idi nt—Q  M  Hai w und, Petoskey. v ; 
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild,  Grand Rapids. 
-Wilrd Vice-President—Henry'Kephart, Berrien Springs.
Secretary—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.  ;
Executive Committee—Geo.  Oundrum,  Frank  Inglis, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peek, E. T. Webb.
LocalSecretary— James Veraor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Detroit, September 4,5,8 and7.

G rand  R a p id »   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty .

ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9,1884.

President—H. E. Loeher. 

v

■  Vice-President—J. W. Hayward. 
h  Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry  B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Sec­
retary.  5 
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Board of Trustees—The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg.  ' 
wen, Isaac Watts. Wmi E. White and Wm.  L.  white. 
Committee on Trade  Matters—Jonn Peck, F.  J, Wurz­
burg, iWv H. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation—J.  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
Kemink, W. H. Van Leu wen.
Committee  on  pharmacy—W.  L.  White,  John  Muir, 
‘ M. B. Kimm.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
,  month. 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November

,

D etroit P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society.

OBQAN1ZBD OCTOBKB, 1S8S.

President—Frank Inglis.
% 
First Vice-President—F. W, R. Perry. 
Second Vice-President—J. J.  Crowley.,
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Secretary and Treasurer—F. Rohnert, 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Lee. 
Annual Meeting—Firet Wednesday in June.
‘ Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month.
C e n tr a l  M ic h ig a n   D r u g g is ts ’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop ; -Secretary, R.  M. Mussell.
B e r r ie n   C ou n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  ¡Society. 
President, H. M. Pean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.
.  Clinton County  Druggists’  Association.
President. A. O. Hunt;  Secretary. A. 8. Wallace.______
C h a r le v o ix  C o u n ty P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty  
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

I o n ia  C o u n ty  ‘P h a r m a c e u tic a l S ociety, 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.

J a c k s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n, 
:

President, & B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote. 
i  K a la m a zo o  P h a r m a c e u tic a l A sso c ia tio n . 
President, P. O. Roberts;  Secretary, D. McDonald.

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

President. F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm; Hey sett.
M eco sta   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President, C. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H.Webber.

M on roe  COnnty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss»
M u sk e g o n   C o n n ty  D r u g g is ts ’  A sso c ia tio n , 
President, E. C. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

i  M u sk eg o n   D r u g   C lerk s’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
i N e w a y g o   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
kPresident. J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

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

President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
S a g in a w   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President, Jay Smith; Secretary,  D. E. Prall.

mood  for  talkiug.  *‘Why,.my  boy,”  said 

Effects  of  Hasheesh—The  Experience  of 

a  Drug  Clerk.

f  
• 

hasheesh.

i 
|  
*  ^bobbed  against  the  ceiling. 

«.after  dinner  and  he  had  partaken  of  his 

But a few  miles  from  the  city of  Man 
|  ^ C h e ster lives a man who  was  once as fine a 
[^ l^ ilru g   clerk  as  there  was  in Boston.  But 
P  that was some time ago, and no  doabt he is 
forgotten  by  the  fraternity  in  that  city. 
His  name is Bolphie  B.  Sanford,  and  he is 
a t . present 
residing  with  his  widowed 
mother,  who  owns a fine  residence  not far 
from  Manchester.  His  experience  With 
hasheesh  is  worth  reproducing.  A repre­
sentative  of  the  Manchester  Union  saw 
Sanford  some  time ago, and as it was  just
meal  with  unusual  relish,  he  was  in  the 
; 
he,  “drug  clerks,  of course,  have  secrets. 
Tou want me to  tell  you a little  story, eh ? i 
If  I should tell  you  some of  the  secrets of 
course they would be secrets no  longer,  but 
Til  give  you a little of  my experience with 
It’s a stuff  that no one wants to 
hashepsh. 
meddle with with impunity, aliow me to in- 
* 
form  you. 
If  I  had  not  been  careless  I 
W  would not be able to tell  you my experience 
“It  was  some  eight  or  ten  years  ago,
' when I was at work  for a prominent  drug­
gist in Boston.  For  some  little time I  had 
■ 
been suffering from dyspepsia, and  the  ail- 
-■  ment  bothered  me so that  life  became un­
bearable. 
I  at  last  mixed  up a decoction 
.  that gave me great  relief. 
| 
I  was to take it 
before  meals,  and  placed  the  bottle  on  a 
|   shelf behind the prescription counter among 
, 
i- p o th e r  bottles  which  are  usually  found  in 
v ttia t place.  One  noon I went  to  take  my 
^ medicina 
I  took  down  what I  thought to 
Y  be the right  bottle,  and, discarding the use 
• of  a  spoon,  I  placed  the  orifice  to  my 
mouth and took a large swallow.  Horrors !
:  The  taste  told  me  that I had  made a mis­
take. 
I looked at the bottle and—well,  my 
friend, I had  taken a large  dose  of  Indian 
cannabis,  or  otherwise  hasheesh. 
I  stag- 
jgered  back  to  the  rear  part of  the store,
jHow queer I felt!  How light I was grow- 
<^Ung!  Up,  up, up  I  went  until  my  head 
I  was  like a 
I glided 
cork  floating on disturbed  water. 
Along,  and  could  look  down  and  see the 
^  huge bottles, each  one  with a hideous  face 
'  laughing at me.  The stools on  the  marble 
'floor seemed to want to  keep  me  company 
anil their click, click on  the  floor  sounded 
like  thunder  in  my ears.  Suddenly I was 
plunged  into  inky  blackness.  From  the 
^  ¿lack  nothingness  flashed out bright  balls 
I reached the sofa and sank down 
iAtOf light 
4Jpupo’n i t   My tongue  seemed  to  swell  and 
I  tried in  vain  to  screen, but  no sound is­
I  seemed to  know  that  there was a 
sued. 
long,  long  hour  before  my  fellow  clerk 
IL  would be back frbm his dinner,  and then he 
I   -  might not come into tho rear  room and dis- 
*   '-cover  my  condition.  The  events  of days 
If 
and weeks  came before  my mind in  all the 
f'  -.details, and I  saw  faces—beautiful  faces1— •
-  Aangelic in  their  divinity,  which  seemed to 
>  ^peekon to me ancNihen  vanish  with a  hid- 
-eoas  laugh.  AU normal conditions and re­
- 
lations  seemed  to  be  presented.  Again I 
"  was tossed to the ceiling  and  then  thrown 
|   by  some  invisible  foree  from"  one  side 
^ of  the room .to the other. 
I felt no concns-- 
'  «ion.  Then I fell  back  into  dreamy  con­
templation,  and  years  seemed  to  pass by. 
Aj^Kitastic  pictures  were worked,  my limbs 
weighted with  lead, just  the  opposite 
fto  my experience  of  what  seemed  to  me 
I heard  somebody  say,  ‘Why,# 
■  yews  ago. 
iRoIpbie,  old  fellow,  what’S  the  matter V 
Bolphie, Rolphie!’  The words reverberated 
<  Bbe thunder.  My shbpmate had  returned.
never  hated a man  so  cordially as I   hated 
blm 
moment.  He got a doctor, aud
‘  I tell  you*  my  friends,  they  had  no  easy 
Ijy fiffia  to  bring  me to mvself.  Every  word 
m y^aln m^seemod 
Yto  jar me to jdeces.  Tliat was a peculiarity 
4ff  tee staff.  I suffered from that experience 
jfang  afterward,  and it appears evpn at this 
iy,  when I  think it over, teat I  have  teat 
in s coming on, sb powerful was the im- 
ion made on me at ttolctfaBe.”

«Again he tried to shake me to myself,  and !  

i 

Analytical 

i*roçes8  for . Detecting.  the

Presence  of Adulterants.

T y if

From the Drugman. 
-  We present below a scheme for the détec­
tion  of  baryta  and  lime- in  ready-mixed 
paints.  To  understand  this  scheme  it  is 
necessary to bearln mind  that  baryta  and 
lime  are  tee  usual adulterants in light col­
ored paints, and teat lead  end  zinc  are tee' 
basic  pigments  of  all  good  light-colored 
ready-mixed  paints.  No  baryta,  or  lime 
should- be found in white ready-mixed paint, 
and whenever their presence is detected'the ! 
paint is adulterated.  Take a can. of- outside 
white,  agitate  it until  all  the pigment is 
thoroughly mixed  With  tee oil,  fill an ordi­
nary silver  tablespoon  three-fourths  full, 
and  blow  upon  this  with a blow-pipe  the 
flame of  a spirit lamp  until  the orris com­
pletely  burned  out.  _ A white or straw-col­
ored amorphous mass  will  remain;  powder 
this, weigh it, and  introduce  it  into  a  test 
tube;  add acetic acid  one  ounce, and  boil. 
If  it all dissolves, no  sulphate of  baryta is 
present;  if  it does not  all  dissolve,  decant 
or filter  out  the  acetic acid;  set  aside  the 
filtrate-for  further  examination, as it  may 
contain  lime.  To the residue  which acetic 
acid has  failed to dissolve  add  nitric  acid 
two drams, |aad boil. 
If I t all dissolves, the 
résiduels probably lead  soap,, and is not an 
adulterant;  bat if  nitric  acid  fails  to  dis­
solve the  residue, it may be  considered  as 
settled that the  paint  contained  baryta';  it 
is settled beyond any question that the paint 
is not a pure lead  and  Zinc  paint.  To de­
termine whether  the  residue  which  acetic 
and  nitric  acids  have failed do dissolve is 
baryta or not, wash it with water  and  fuse 
with  carbonate  of  soda;  wash  the  fused 
mass  with  water  to  remove  sulphate  of 
soda formed in  thé fusion;  then boil the re­
maining residue, from  which  the  sulphate 
of  soda was  removed  by washing,  with di­
lute nitric acid,  and  filter and  mix  the  fil­
trate with an  equal quantity of  a  perfectly 
clear  solution  of  sulphate  of  lime. 
If  a 
precipitate is formed it may be considered as 
demonstrated that the insoluble residue was 
sulphate of  baryta.  We have  yet  to  look 
for lime.  This,  if  present,  will  be  found 
in the acetic  acid  solution, which  contains 
also the lead and  zinc.  These  must  be re­
moved  before  the  presence  or Absence of 
lime  can  be  determined.  To  remove  the 
lead and zinc dilute the acetic acid  solution 
with four or  five  parts  of water;  run  into 
this  for one  hour a current of  sulphuretted 
hydrogen gas, cork the  bottle  and  allow it 
to stand  twelve  or  fifteen hours, by which 
time every trace of  lead and  zinc will have 
been precipitated;  the lime, if  present, will 
remain in solution.  Filter out the lead and. 
zinc,  boil  the  filtrate  to  drive off  the sul­
phuretted hydrogen,  add to a portion of the 
filtrate  a  solution  of  oxalate  of  ammonia 
if  a white precipitate  occurs,  lime  is pres 
ent.  The percentage of  lime may be deter 
mined  with  sufficient  accuracy  by evapor­
ating  tee  fluid  from  which  the  lead and 
zinc  was  precipitated,  and  weighing  the 
residue.  The  residue  which  acetic  and 
nitric  acids  failed  to  dissolve may be sul­
phate  of  lead or sulphate of  lime,  as  both 
of these are sometimes used as adulterants.
No matter;  the insoluble residue is an adul 
terant.  There are a great  many  things  to 
be considered in work  of  this  kind  which 
we have not noticed,  as  we  wished  only to 
give the most  simple  process that we have 
been  able  to  devise  which  would  give  a 
thoroughly  reliable  result.  This  scheme 
will not answer for dark-colored paints,  but 
may be used  for  lavender,  stone-gray,  and 
all light-colored paints.  Any tinted paint- 
anything  but  white—most,  be  expected to 
show  a  very  small  residue 
insoluble  in 
acetic and nitric acids,  as nearly all coloring 
matter for paint contains some silica; there­
fore a slight residue in tinted paints  should 
not be considered an adulterant.  We  have 
purposely used the old nomenclature in this 
article for the benefit  of  the  older  pharma­
cists who have not  yet  become  acquainted 
with  the  new. 
If  it is preferred, the pig­
ments  may  be  freed  from  oil by washing 
well with ether or the lighter  petroleums in 
lieu of  burning, as suggested above, or may 
be  burned out on a charcoal  support.  We 
prefer  the  process as given in the scheme.

The Height of Snobbery.

From the New York Sun.

A young millionaire of this city,  who in­
herited a celebrated  grocery  establishment, 
the revenues of which he  yet  enjoys,  nar­
rates an experience that he recently  had  in 
high life.  The  impending  marriage  of  a 
member of the “upper  few  hundred,” who 
had once been a schoolmate of his, and with 
whom he had kept up an acquaintance,  was 
announced.  He did not get an invitation to 
the dnde’s wedding,  but was  favored  with 
a note from him:  “You will be surprised at 
not receiving an  invitation to my wedding, 
but really 1 must he frank With you. 
I have 
a high regard for you  personally,  but  you 
are a grocer, and I regret to  tell  you  that 
the appearance of a groceryman at my wed­
ding would give offense to the  society  peo­
ple who are to be present,” etc.  This awful 
slight has not entirely destroyed the succes­
sor of his father in the  grocery line.  He is 
rather pleased to tell that he has had a visit 
from a society swell who was so  happy  as 
to be favored with an invitation to the wed­
ding and who asked the privilege of borrow­
ing enough money to buy an  outfit  worthy 
of the occasion.  The grocer loaned him the 
cash and the best man at the  wedding  will 
appear in a suit that has  been  paid  for by 
the grocer to whom  the  groom  could  not 
send an invitation.

Is  Salicylic  Acid  a  Slow Poison?

Prom the Pharmaceutical Era.

Salicylic acid in frequently repeated small 
doses has been  pronounced  by commissions 
of  medical  men  injurious to the  health, al­
though the experimental  ground  for such a 
verdict  has  not been made public.  To test 
the matter Kolbe took fifteen grains daily in 
his drink for nine months without suffering 
any  inconvenience.  Dr.  Lehman  gave  to 
two laborers in Munich during three months 
about half this daily dose, without inducing 
Any apparent  derangement  of  the  system. 
It seems probable  from  these  experiments 
that the prejudice against salicylic acid as a 
preservative  agent  in articles  of  food  and 
drink.is not  w^ll  well  founded.  A t  the 
sqme ftme w© have in benzoic acid an agent 
equally  efficient,  against  which  no  such 
prejudice exists.

"/  The Drug Market.  ”

Quinine,  P.  & tf,,  declined on  the  5th, 
but  since that  date there  has  been a much 
firmer market, with  an  upward  tendency. 
Gum.  opium  is  dull  and  lower,  morphia 
has declined.  Alcohol  declUrecLto  $2.10, 
but advanced  the next  day  to  $2.14 and, 
again, on  t^e  13th  to 
io days.
Citrfo ^acid, has  advanced^pu  a cco u n ts
,4A0®*^.^Oh'pennyihyal has advanced.
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u  

Cannabis  Sativa.....  3Vi@ 4Vi
Q r d o n i u m . __   75@1 00
Chenopodium  . . . . . ¿ 
io®  12 
Diptenx Odorate..  1 76®1 85
.Foenicuium.............;  @  15
Fòenùgreek, p o...... 
6®  8
L in i.............. 
3V6®  4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  ..  3V4@  4
Lobelia._______ 
35®  40
 
Phalaris Canarian...  3v@4Vi
Rapa........................... 
5®  6
Sinapis,  AlbU.......... 
8®  9
N ig r a ......  11®  12
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D. C0..2 00@2 50 
Fruménti, D. F. R ... .1 75@2 00
Frum enti........, 1,1Q@1.50
JuniperisCo.  O .T...1 75@t  75
Juniperis Co.______.1 75@3 50
Saacharnm  N. E ......l 75@2 09
Spt, Vini Galli......... 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.......... .  1 25@2 00
Vini  A lb a ,......;,.  1 25@2 00
8PONCE8
Florida sheeDS’wool
carriage.          .........2 25®2 5«
Nassau sheeps’Wool
2 00
carriage...t.......... 
Velvet Extra sheer s’
wool carriage........  
110
Extra Yellow sheeps’
carriage........ 
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool
65
carriage........... 
75
Hard for slate  use... 
Yellow Reef. for slate 
u se ...__ ____ ...... 
40
 

SYRUPS.

60
50
60
50
 
50

 
75
1 00
 
50
 

 

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“ 

“ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Co........ 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

“  C o .............. 

o.  7 ).......................   3®
  55®
4®

Accada__ .*..................... 
Zingiber...........................  
Ipecac................................ 
Ferri Iod__ .......... 
Auranti Cortes....... 
RbeiArom........................ 
Smilax Officinalis__  
Co.. 
Senega..............................  
Scillae................................ 
Tolutan............................ 
Prunusvirg...................... 
TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
A loes.........................
and myrrh.......
A rnica.......................
Asafcetida................
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin.......................
“  Co........ .........
Sanguinaria............. .
Barosma.....................
Cantharides............
Capsicum........................  
Cardamon.........................  
Castor ......................... 
Gatechu.......................... 
Cinchona........... 
Co.......................  
Columba......................... 
Conium.............................. 
Cubeba..............................  
Digitalis............................. 
Ergot,........................
Gentian......................
co..................
G uaica.......................
ammon..........
Zlagiber....................
fayoscyajnus.............
Iodine..........................
“  Colorless........
Ferri Chi  ridum........
K in o ..........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nux Vomica  .............
Opi..............................
“  Camphorated...
“  Deodor.............  
Auranti  Cortex........
Quassia.................. .
Rhatany.............
Rhei............................
Cassia  Acutifol........
Co...
Serpentaria.............
Stromonium...............
Tolutan.................. .
Valerian......................
Veratrum Veride....
Æther, Spts Nit, 3 F..  26® 
Æther, Spts Nit, 1F..  30@
Alum en......................  2V£@ 3V4
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
Annatto  ........... 
Antimoni,  po............ 
Antimoni et Potass T  55®  60
Antipyrin..................1 35@1 40
Argenti  Nitras,  5........  @  68
Arsenicum........... 
Balm Gilead  Bud__   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N........... 2 15@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (V4s
11;  \ s ,   12)............   @  9
Cantharides Russian,
p o .......................  @2 10
Capsid  Fructus, a f..  @ 1 5
Capsici Fructus.po..  @  16 
Capsid Fructus, B po  @  14 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)  22®  25
Carmine, No. 40........   @3 75
Ce ra Alba, S. & F ....  50®  55 
Cera Flava.................  2b@  30
Cassia Fructus..........
15
Centraría...............
@ 10
Cetaceufia..................
@ 4(i
Chloroform...............
60® 65
Chloroform,  Squibbs @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst.......1 50@1 75
Chondrus  ..................
10® 12
Cinchonidine, P. & W 15® 20
Cinchonldine, Ger’an 
8® 15
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c en t.........................
40
Creasotum............. .. @ 50
Creta, (bbL 75)............ @ 2
Creta  prop.................
5® 6
8® 10
Creta, precip..............
Creta Rubra',.............
@ 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® 76
Flake  White.............
12® 15
Galla...............
@ 23
Gambier...................
7® 8
Gelatin, Coopor........
@ 90
Gelatin, French i....... 40® 60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue,  Brown__ ___  
9®  15
Glue, White...............  13®  25
Glycerina,.................  23®  26
Grana  Paradisi..__   ©  15
Humulu8  ..................   25®  40
Hydrarg Chlor.Mitt.  @  80 
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.-  @  70 
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum  @  90 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.  @1 10 
Hydrarg Unguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..........  @  75
Ichthyocolla, Am .... 1 25@1 60
Indigo.......................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........ .4 00@4 10
Iodoform ..................  
®5  15
Lupuline  ..................   fö@l 00
Lycopodium.............   55®  60
Maeis......................  
  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
drarg Tod.................  @  2|
Liquor Potass Arsini-
tis.............................  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl
1 1 4 )....,.............  
  2®  3
Mannla, S. F ..............  90@1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W!  2 70@2 »5 
Morphia,  8.  N,  Y. Q.
AC.  Co;.................2 60@2 85

60&3D, less.

5®

ACIDÜM..
.........  

Aceticum 
8®  -19
Benzoicum, German  80@1  00
Boracic............. . 
. 
30
45®
Carbolicum........ 
Citricum.......| ... .. ..  60®
Hydrochlor............3®
Nitrocum .......  ......  30®
1 0 ®  
Oxalicum .
.
Pho8phorioum  dii... 
Salicylicum.. 
...... 1 70®3 05
Suiphuricum............. .. 1S£® 5
Tannicum— ........ 1 40®1 60
Tartaricum ______ ...  50®  53
AMMONIA.
3®  5
Aqua, 16 óeg.............. 
.  ** 
18  deg.......... 
4®  6
Carbonas...-......  11® 
13
Chloriduna..........  
13®  14
a n i l i n e .
B lack...________ ...2 00@2 25
Brown............. 
80@1  00
Bed.......................... 
  45®  50
Yellow................... .  .2 5003 00
BACCAE.
Cubebae (po.  1 60.... 1 60@1  70 
Juniperus  .........  . 
8®  10
Xanthoxylum ..........  35®  30
BALSAMUM.
Copaiba....................   65®  70
Peru..................... - ... 
‘  @150
Terabin,  Canada.............50® 55
Tolutan..-,.  .............   45®  50
CORTEX.
Abies,  Canadian.....
Cassiae  . .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Cinebona Flava........
Eaonymus  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Yirgini......
Quillaia,  grd............
Sassfras ......................
Ulmus........................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12) ?
EXTRACT CM.
Glyc/rrhiza Glabra. ;  24®
po..  33®
Raematox, 15 fi» dox..  11®
Is...  13®
Mis 
_    11®
Us 
......  16®
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip—
Citrate and Quinla...
Citrato Soluble..........   ©
Ferrocyanidum Sol..  @
Solut  Chloride..........   @
Sulphate,  com’l ........ IMi®
®
Arnica................—   12®
'Anthemis..................   45®
Matricaria..................  30®
Barosma...................  10®
Cassia  Acutifol, Tin­
nì velly......................  20®
“ 
Alx.  35®
and .Vis....................  10®
8®

@  15 
®3 50 
@  80

“ 
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“ 
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pure..........  

FLORA.

FOLIA.

“ 

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OLEUM.

GUMMI.

Salvia  officinalis,  J4S
Ura  Ursi.................... 
Acacia, 1st picked...  @1 00
“  2nd  “ 
®  90
3rd 
“ 
...  @ 8 0
“ 
“  Sifted sorts.  @  65
» 
p o ..... .. .. ..   75@l 00
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..  50®  «0 
“  Cape, (po.20)...  @  12
“  Socotri’, (po. 60)  @  50
Catechu,  Is,  (Vis,  14
548,16)........... 
_®  13
 
Ammoniae  ...............  25®  80
Assafoetida,  (po. 80).  @ 1 5
BenzOinum ...............  50®  55
Camphorae...............  30®  33
Euphorbium, po.......  35®  M)
Galbanum..................  
®  80
Gamboge, po.............   80®  95
Guaiacum, (po.45)...  ®  35
Kino,  (po. 25).............   @  20
Mastic.........................  @1 CO
Myrrh, (po.45)—  
..  @  40
Opii, ¡po. 4 80>........ ..3 20@3 3C
Shellac.......................   25®  31
“  bleached.......  25®  30
Tragacanth...............  30®  75
Herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium........... 
251
Eupatorium............
Lobelia  ............. —
Màjorum  .................
Mentha Piperita—
“  V ir..............
R u e ...........................
Tanacetum,  V ........
Thymus. V ................
MAGNESIA.
Calcined,  Pat................55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat........   20®
Carbonate,  K. &M..  20® 
Carbonate,  Jennings  35®
Absinthium............. 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc—   45®  75 
Amydalae, Amarao.. 7 25@7 10
A nisi..........................1 76@1 85
Auranti Cortex........   @2 50
Bergamii....................2 75® 3 25
Cajiputi  ...................... 90@1 00
Caryophyfii...............  @2 00
Cedar.................. .... 
35®  65
Chenopodii...............  @1  75
Cinnamomi...............  85®  9»
Citronella  ................. 
_®  7i
Conium  Mae..............   35®  65
Copaiba...................... 90® 1  00
Cubebae........ . 
14 00®14 60
Exechthitos...............  90@1 00
Erigeron...................1 20®1 30
Gaultheria...  ..........2 25@2 35
Geranium, 1...............  @  75
Gossipii, Sem, gal__   55®  75
Hedeoma.................. .1 J0@1 20
Juniperi.....................   60@2 00
Lavendula.. .. .. .. .. ..   90®2 00
Limonis...................... 1 75®2 25,
Mentha Piper............ 2 25®3 3J
Mentha Yerid........3  00®3 25
Morrhuae,  gal..........  80®1 06
Myrcia,  ?....................  @  50
O live___ ____-,........100@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
R ìcini........ ..............    1 18@1  26
Rosmarini.................  75®1  00
Rosae,  ?.........  
  @6  00
Buccini    .................... 
40@45
Sabina.......  ...............   90® l 00
Santal..........................3 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  60®  ,65
Sinapis, ess, 5-..........  @  65
T iglii.......... .......... ....  @150
Thyme .......... 
40®  50
opt................. '  @  60
Theobromas.............   15®  20
BiCarb.......15®  18
Bichromate...............  13®  15
Bromide....................   42®  45
C arb.........................   12®  15
Chlorate, (Po. 20>...  .  18®  20
Cyanide.....................   56®  55
Io d id e ....................3 00@3 25
Potassa, Bitart, pure  37®  39 
Potassa,  Bitart, eom  @  15 
8®  10
Potass  Nitras, ppt... 
Potass Nitras..........  
8
7® 
Prussiate  _____  
  25®  28
Sulphate po...............  15®  18
Aconitum................    20®  25
A lthae.......________  25®'  30
Anchusa........ ..........   15®  20
Arum,  po!.................  @  25
Calamus . ....................   20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)__   10®  12
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15).  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
  @  75,
 
Hellebore,.Alba,  po.  15®  20
Inula, po..E........ 
15®  20
Ipecac, po.____       .2 25@2 35
Iris plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa, p r . . . ..........   25®  30
Maranta,  14s . ............  @  35
Podophyllum,  p o....  15®  18
... .. .. ..   75@1 09
Rhei  ...!,. 
“  c u t .............
“  c u t . .. .. .. .. ....... 
© l ’io
“  pv ......  .......  7$@I 35
SpigeTia  . . . . . __ ....  48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  ®  30
Serpentaria...  ......  3 >@  35
Senega......................  56®   68
Smilax, Officinalis, H  @  40
' ■  *• 
-  M  ®  ao
Scillae, (poi35).í....\  10®  43
Symplocarpus,  Eòe- ' 
tid u s,p o ............  '  ®   35
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  @  26 
■. 
: 15®   30 
JO®  .15
Zingibera., Æ,i, Î .
., t> . 
/  
'*• 
SEMEN. 
Anisum, (p'o.20)..\....  @ 1 6
i  fgraveleons).  10®  12
4@‘ 6
(p£:18).. i.i. 
i& m fflk

 
RADIX.

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O R   S A L E   B Y   A L L   D R   U  G  G  I  S T S .
78 Congress St., West,

e x t r a c t  o f

Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888,

| Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I  duly  received  the  case  of 
your “Best” Tonic and have since had a great 
1 many in this institution.  I must say that  the 
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debilitated 
patients  have been most satisfactory, espec­
ially to those in a  stage  of recovery  after  se- 
[ vere sickness.
I write this  thinking you might like to have 
my opinion  on  its  merits.  I  certainly  shall 
[ prescribe  it  in future, where the  system re­
quires building up. either from constitutional 
weakness or otherwise.

Yoars truly,

Wm. Gray, M. D. 
Medical Sup’t

, 

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24, 1888.

I Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I  think the “Tonic” a splendid 
medicine for all forms  of Dyspepsia and Indi- 
I gestion.  It is giving me great satisfaction 
J. M. J o h n s o n , M . D.

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 18.1888. 

Ph. Best-Brewing Co.,
D e a r  S i r s —I have given your “Malt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion 
and General  Debility,  especially in  the  aged,
[ where  the  whole  system  seems  completely
are  used  many  of  the  so-called  “Malt  Ex­
tracts,”  but  believe  your  preparation  to  be 
superior.  In  the  aged  where  the  digestive 
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of 
the nerve vital  force, I found its action  to  be 
rapid and permanent.

Erostrated, with  very satisfactory  results.  I 

E l i a s   W i l d m a n , M. D.

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888.

[ Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —As a matter of  personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
cases of impaired  nutritition.  The results in­
dicate that it is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless,
[ highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly yours,
E, w. Fleming, M, D,

Troy, Hew York, January 26,1888.  " 
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewiag Co„
Dear Sirs—Your agent left me a sample a t 
your liquid extract. Malt, and as  I  use  muck 
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare 
your product with  some  from another  house 
I had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  in 
the  great essential,  the  palitable  nutriant  as 
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx- 
ious to  know about what  it- can  be furnished 
the dispensing physician.

Yours truly,

E. J ay F isk, M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I  have  used  the “Best” Tonic 
with  most  gratifying  results in  my  case  of 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a bad  one, 1  had no 
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom­
ach;  looking'as  though  I  had  consumption, 
and after taking this tonic I  never felt better 
in  my life.  I  think it  will cure a bad case of 
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for  that 
case. 

vVm .  O. J a e g e r .

322 South Fifth Street, 
Philadelphia, Feb. 4,1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y.,
G e n t l e m e n —I   have  tested  the sample  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  Malt  and 
Hops” you  sent me,  and  find  in  my humble 
judgment that it is a very  pure and safe arti­
cle.  I  will  not  hesitate  to  recommend it  in 
every case of debility  where  a  Tonic of  that 
kind is indicated.

Respectfully.

E. H. B e l l , M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —Having  tried  your  “Best” 
Tonic to a great  extent amongst my practice: 
I will state in  its  behalf that  I  have  had  the 
best results with  nursing  mothers  who  were 
deficient in  milk,  increasing its fluids and se­
creting a more nourishing food for the infant, 
also increasing the appetite  and in every way 
satisfactory for such cases.

Very respectfully,

D.  B o r n i o , M  P.

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SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER.

Warsell it on a  GUARANTEE.

ftaeltine & Perkins Dnlg Go.,
GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

GENERAL AGENTS,

Pioneer  Prepared Paints

2 5 c  siz e , 
5 0 c   “

per doz. $2.00
3.50
Peckham ’s Croup  Remedy is prepared  es­
pecially for children  and is a safe  and certain 
cure for  Croups, Whooping-Cough, Colds, and 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.
Druggists make no mistake in keeping Peck- 
ham’s Croup Remedy'in stock.
Trade supplied by
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., Grand 
Farrand, Williams & Co.,  Detroit.
James E. Davis & Co„  Detroit.
Peter Van Schaack & Sons, Chicago.

Rapids.

FOB  ATTRACTIVE  ADVERTISING  MATTER ADDRESS  TH E 

PROPRIETOR.

DE. H. 0. PECKHAM,

Freeport, 

Mich.

t# -“Peckham’s Croup  Remedy is  the  most  reliable 
and satisfactory  proprietary medicine  I  handle.  My 
sales  pare  constantly  increasing.”—W.  H.  Goodyear, 
Druggist, Hastings, Mich.
E3*‘‘Dnring the years 1878 and 1879, when we handled 
proprietary  medicines, we sold more than four  gross 
of Dr. Peekham’s Croup Remedy, on a positive guaran­
tee, and not one bottle has been  returned.”—Rineutit 
& Roush, Merchants, Freeport, Mich.

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WlfHOUT  POISON.

No  Color,  No  SmSli  and  No  Damage to 

Bed  Clothe»  or  Pnm ib;rt.

Retails  for  tS lc e n t s   for  Isrge  packages

Trade < supplied through  all wholesale drug» 

gists, or direct by the manufacturers. 

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ROUSSIN  &  CO

Michigan.

Manufacturers of the Oe ebrated

«,  Which  fpr  Durability,  Elasticity, ¡ Beauty 
end Economy »

 Absolutely Unsurpassed.

BENEVOLENCE—FALSE  and  TRUE. 
Written for The Tradesman. 

j
I  was much,  interested  in  Country  Mer-1 
chant’s ideas on benevolence to  tramps in  a 
late number of T he  Tbabesman  and will 
add my testimony to.the  truth of  what  he 
wffliTiirf 
It is certain that to help those who 
can help themselves is not only no  benevo­
lence but quite the reverse—it is to rob them 
of what they could  and  would. procure if 
the help were  withheld and  necessity, the 
aa ^ er  bf  manhood,  permitted  to  doits 
« p it, that of stinging the  “unlucky” on to 
oaK-help.

I t  is safe to affirm that  tramps  and  beg­
gars are mads and educated  for  their work 
by false benevolence, which kills out all but 
the bog and hyena elements in  human  na- 
, tare and causes them to waste  five  dollars 
in  time  in  begging  one dollar’s worth of 
cold, victuals and old  clothes,  and  men of 
good heart, but of soft brains, who are pop­
ularly  termed  “benevolent,”  are to blame 
for it.  But the tramp  nuisance,  although 
disgusting and irritating, is the  very  least 
of the évils  which  spring  from  the  same 
. species of beings  in  a  different  phase  of 
begging and sponging,  not  léss real  and a 
thousand times more dangerous and damag­
ing to the live workers and useful men* of a 
community.

Again I refer to  that .class  who  throng 
the provident, rich and  poor, asking for ac- 
- commodations, who generate the bad  debts 
and  worthless accounts which rob producers 
of every community, every year,  of a thous 
and times more than do  all  other  criminal 
classes.  And  here,  again,  false  benevo­
lence,  the robber  of  robbers  (taking  their 
manhood, even all that a man  hath), comes 
in and slaughters  fools,  in  order  to  ruin 
himself,  and  then  complains  that  he  is 
“abused” when the beat  adds  insult to in 
jury and rouses up  raving  mad  when  re 
quured to pay.

Bight here,  I will condense the story of a 
certain eccentric character, a sort  of  back­
woods  philosopher,  living near here, to il 
traté this business.  One  day,  a short  time 
ago,  while waiting for mail at  the  postof 
fice, the  subject  pf  benevolence, 
tramps 
credit and  bad  luck  was  being  discussed 
among the crowd.  He listened  as  long as 
he  could  hold  in,  and  then “biled  over 
thus:

worst enemies and refuse to fiargtye him for 
dividing  his  rancher  tittle  with  them in 
their bad lnckvalthough  it  seems  wof ally 
cruel  and  unjust,  it  is the only  possible 
schooling that e&n  teach  bottom  truth and 
direct him fo true benevolence,  which gives 
secret and never lends or  trusts,  hoping 
for as much hack again, as  so  many  kind- 
hearted men do when they cannot  afford to 
give the thing loaned as an accommodation. 
The credit system and popular free-nearted- 
ness cater to that weakness in  undeveloped 
human nature which delays  payment or the 
doing of a man’s duty to “a more convenient 
season.”

Tramps are only  the  stragglers  in -  this 
army bf moral locusts that  scourge  society, 
a sir any merchant or honest laborer, and he 
will declare that what he has  lost  through 
the folly  of  accommodating  the  unlucky 
friend or crediting the  respectable  swindler 
the very heaviest tax laid upon him.  All 
this is the result of so many getting into the 
habit  of  postponing  payment  until  easy 
times or some cheaper method  than  square 
business  can  be  found  to  accommodate 
them.  And  the  simple  one  who  yields 
gives time, and gratifies  the unfortunates ih 
their  animal  laziness—mental,  moral  or 
physical—is  innocently  to  blame  for the 
worse than suicide of the laggards.  Proper 
legislation would sweep the tramp nuisance 
frofn the land, gather  them  into  organized 
bands of  productive  labor  under  military 
discipline  and  relieve  society  of  a  great 
curse.  We  can  guard  against  criminals; 
but  no  legislation,  no  practical  method 
known toman, it seems, can  guard us from 
our friends, who are  able  bodied  and  un­
lucky and who are ever  asking  more  time 
and  accommodations.  More 
time!  Poor 
wretches!  They  have  begged  everything, 
every kind of material of the provident that 
man  can  produce,  and,  at last, they beg 
time—as if man can make it for them by the 
year and supply  them  according to the de­
mand.

It is now high  time,  I  think, 

And right here is the great  mischief, the 
woe upon woe  that  slaughters  the  delin­
quent.  He looks upon time  as worthless— 
except when others  use it for him and give 
it to him without  price.  Only  his  neigh­
bors’ time is valuable to him—he cannot use 
his own;  and this began when he  found “a 
clever fellow,” able to spare  him time or its 
results to repair bad luck or a waste of time.
that  we 
It is impossible to 
learn  this  vital  truth. 
show mercy to the  unmerciful  or  benevo­
lence to  those who  rob  themselves.  True 
benevolence  is  often  apparently  cruel in 
forcing men to  help  themselves.  The best 
men in all lands in youth have  found  what 
the world terms the  opposite  of  kindness, 
and results prove that the  schooling  which 
makes  men  self-helpers,  prompt in every 
duty,  squarely on time, asking no favors, is 
the only real benevolence that  exists,  while

popular  benevolence  and lending  to help 
friends  brutalizes  into  rapacious  ingrates 
and most deadly enemies of  man  the  very 
subjects who Worship at its  shrine.  Teach 
the young What benevolenee  really is in its 
deepest^ highest significance, the spinal col­
umn of Holy Writ, the veritable light of the 
world, -and  they  are  safe;  success  in the 
highest  degree  wjll  crown  their  efforts. 
But,  for the sake of all that is  worth living 
for,  don’t allow them to  grow  up  with the 
ideas of benevolenee that  have  cursed and 
blighted the lives of so many of this  gener­
ation, making the simple ones who  possess 
souls the pack horses of the  soulless,  who, 
in turn, are transformed  into beasts of prey 
so  fiendish  and  cruel,  when  masters  of 
their benefactors, that they  are  absolutely 
without a match  in  human  animals.  The 
American able bodied tramp represents this 
evil genius in its coarsest and  most  undis­
guised form.  But his prototype,  appearing 
ih respectable guise  in  every  community, 
whom  people  trust  as  they never  do the 
tramp species,  is the  finished  embodiment 
of nineteen  centuries of Satanic  evolution, 
deceiving  the  very  elect.  He  lives  and 
thrives upon the popular  ideal  of  benevo- 
lepce and of friendly  assistance to a friend, 
asking  accommodations,  and  his  victims, 
unlike the victims of the  out and out crimi­
nal, are solely confined to the really benevo­
lent and compassionate.  He never devours 
any  but  the  most  worthy,  and  these he 
knows  (by a superior vulpine instinct) from 
those of his own kind,  who  are  never  de­
ceived into trusting  a  familiar  spirit. 
If 
people could once learn  that there is really 
no benevolence outside  of  rigid, 
iron-clad 
business rules, or the guide found in the old 
book—secret  almsgiving,  expecting no re­
turn  from  those  needing 
assistance—it 
would cut off the supply that engenders the 
direst  curse  of  modem  civilized life. 
It 
should  be  understood,  if a man really.is a 
friend indeed, to his fellow, that fellow will 
be the very last man upon  whose shoulders 
he will lay  burdens,  instead of the first,  as 
is the law of this modern graduate of Satan’s 
finished  school.  Bear  this  in  mind  as  a 
veritable  law.  The  man,  if forced to lay 
burdens upon his fellow  meD,  always goes 
to strangers and spares  his  friends,  while 
the sham man rides none but friends,  mak­
ing them his slaves through their  good  na­
ture  and  becoming  more of a burden than 
any other;  he worships and  loves them un­
til they are too weak to throw him  off, then 
tramples them under foot.  Had  they real­
ized the law  of  true  benevolence,  which 
causes a being possessing a soul to go  hun­
gry rather than load down  an overburdened 
friend and to spare the friend more than all 
others, they would have  been  saved  from 
punishment worse than civilized law can in­
flict  upon  the  vilest  of  criminals.  True 
benevolence is ever  straight  business—the 
business rule is the Golden Buie.

C. H. Barlow.

P U T N A M   &  B B O O K S ,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  ÖF

And  Heayy Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,

BANANAS,  NUTS/

Dates,  Figs,  Citrons,  Prilnells,  Etc.

PRICES QUOTED  AND  CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED

1* 

• GRAND  RAPIDS.

“N O   M ORE  SC H E M E S.”

Red  Star  Baking  Powder

SOLD  AT  ACTUAL  VALUE

lb Cans  45 per dozen; 
34 lb Cans 
85 per dozen; 
1 lb Cans  1.50 per dozen; 

Sold only in  cans,

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Retail  Scents 
-  Eetail 10 .cents 
Retail 20 cents

QUALITY  GUARANTEED,

H. Leonard Ï Sons, 1

The “QUICK MEAL”

134 to  140 Fulton St , GRAND  RAPIDS.

v 

.Gasoline  Stove.

SIMPLEST!  SAFEST!  BEST!

The “QUICK  MEAL"  is  now  the  most  popular  Stove 

made.  One-fifth of all the Gasoline Stoves sold last year in<| 
the entire United States were of this incomparable stove.

THE PEOPLE I iZKE XT

BECAUSE

BECAUSE
BECAUSE

It is  so  Simple  a  child  can  understand  it.  The  arrangement of the 
Levers for Opening the Valves can he found on no other stove, and the 
frame is so worded that no mistake can be made in opening or closing. 1
It is so absolutely safe that we have yet te  hear  of ithe  first  accident 
from its use. and it is almost the only stove  made  that ABSOLUTELY 
C L O SE S  THE  VALVES  and  TOTALLY  EXTINGUISHES  THE 
FLAMES while being filled. 
It has more than every advantage claimed by iuiy otlier stove, al 1 sim- 
liar stoves being only attempts at  imitation  of  the  “QUICK  MEAL 
which has jumped into popular favor, in  such  a  surprising  manner 
solely on account of its honest merit.

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Are as low as any, ranging from $3 for Single Burners to $20 each for ths  larger burners, sub- —- 
ject to regular trade discount. 
for Catalogue and prices.

I f  th e  “QUICK  MEAL” is not  sold  in  your  town, write to us ^  

DRY GOODS,

J O B B E R S   I N

JLISTO 3ST0 TI0 2 STS,

@8  Monro©  StM 

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

GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags 

j l   QilOfilClltU 
(  f t   yjjuuiuilj.

Wholesale  Grocers,

HANDLE  EVERYTHING  IN  THE  PROVISION  LINE.

Pork, Beef, Lard, Hams, Shoul- 
,  ders,  Bacon,  Sausage,  Pigs’ 
Feet,  Canned  Beef,  Lunch. 
Tongue, Potted  Ham, etc;  ,

“ My friends,  while you  are  speaking of 
accommodations, benevolence, good and bad 
luck, help and hindrance, I am  reminded of 
a  bit of my  own  experience,  which  I  just 
ache to tell you, and if  you’ll  let up a little 
111 tell it true and short, or I’ll burst a blood 
•vessel.  I, even I, was once a mighty benev 
oient sort of a chap, as the world goes;  was 
sorry for tramps and  everybody  who  was 
unlacky and, of course, I  got  the name of 
being a montrous clever fellow—and kept 
fur  years. 
I  ran  my  farm  for  all ’twas 
. worth,  gathered  in  plenty  of  all  a  man 
wants—enough  to  keep  twenty  families 
The ‘unlucky’—-not  tramps,  but  the  ‘very 
respectable’  and 
‘so  unfortunate’—gath 
ered in my wake,  and I  accommodated  ev 
erybody,  and  for  years was known as the 
-very prince of  good  fellows.  By  signing 
notes, lending  to  friends  and  helping the 
unfortunate, I .certainly  leaked  half of all 
my income for many years.  But I  was such 
a, ‘nice fellow’ that I never realised  it  until 
later—and they were so much  obliged  and 
so thankful I really thought it was  a  good 
investment, as I was rarely pinched by their 
^  .  bad luck,  had plenty and owed no man.  At 
last,  after nearly  twenty  years,  I—every 
body’s friend and  everybody  my  friend— 
was flnng out poorer,  yes,  , poorer,'  than a 
beggar—absolutely  penniless.  Well, then,
/  for the first time, although I  thought I was 
better educated than the crowd,  I  began to 
Ipani my  A  B  C‘s  in  the  only  possible 
school that can teach the fool of fools.  The 
hour that I  was seen flat  down,  that crowd 
Of sweet friends vanished  and  many  who 
bod passed by their,own parents,  sons  and 
brothers, to  ask  and  receive  ‘help’  from 
my  granary  full  of  wheat,  despised  me 
worse than a tramp  and  added  outrageous 
içsult to deadly  injury. 
I  surely  thought 
that the end of the world had come, at least 
for me.  How I  escaped  insanity  I  don’t 
know;  but I did,  andin  time  I  woke  up 
ami began to think for the first time in thir­
ty  years.  When I came to  see  the  actual 
«Sect  upon  ‘friends’  of  my  ‘accommoda- 
fions’ and realized  that I  had all unwitting- 
ingly been the cause of that effect, it utterly 
sobered me. 
I  never  blamed-  any but my 
fool  self  after  that,  for 1 saw that I had 
been their instructor..  Then it was revealed 
to me that 1 suffered all  that  punishment— 
the hatred and the kicks, of fools,  drunk on 
the ideal of false  benevolence,  by as just a 
retribution as was  ever  measured out to a 
transgressor, f  My teachers  had  taught me 
file most dangerous lie ever  given  to  man, 
i. «*, that it is benevolence  to  ‘help ail who 
ask and turn  none  empty  away,’  without 
qualification or sifting,, and had they taught 
me that to steal horses was a  cardinal  vir- 
t toe, itcooldnotl have  brought  me  worse 
‘  punishment.” 
,  How, I say, the ideal benevolent man—the 
«Imple one who gires or lends' to the crowd 
v  o f unlucky but sojfriendly and  respectable 
fiom  tramps down to,  (he  most  dangerous 
cut-throat who is,too cowardly and crafty to 
x -   Join a band of thieves, besting only the sin)
'  * pie ftíbfs wke^beiieve all  they  see—is  the 
Crorst si&hSt <jff the lot.  „1  don’t ask you to 
IfL  take my word.—take results  for it.M Nature

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Importers  and  lianilfaßtiirers’  Agents.

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73 and 75  Jefferson  Ave.,

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amawTHi-n¡s b .„,

38  and  40  Louis  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICHIGAN.

Very Attractive.  Full  Weight. 

Full  Strength.  Order a Sam­

ple Lot.

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GBAND BAPIDS, MICH.

11, 79,81/ and  83 South  Division  Street,

One Block from Union Depot on Oakes Street.

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