G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  JU N E   13,  1888,

V O L .   5 .

WHOLESALE

AND  OYSTERS.

Packing and W arehouse,

37 North Division Street. 

Office, 117 Monroe St.,

BELKNAP

ta n  ana Sleip Co.
W A G O N S !

Spring,  Freight*  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

MANUFACTURERS OF

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen's and 

River Tools.

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

EDMUND B, DIKEMKN

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH. Waton Maker

TH E   GREAT

S E N D   F O R   P R I C E   L I S T

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SOLS MANUFACTURERS OF

HB80LUYE  SPICES,
is o le  B t t  Powder.

JOBBERS OF

Teal,
46 Ottawa S t, BRAND RAPIDS.
Voigt, HemoMemer & Go.,
D R V   GOODS

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

O veralls, Pants, E tc

OUR OW N M A K E .

A  Complete Line  o f

Fancy CrockerysFancyWoodenfare

OUR OW N  IM PORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

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

O  M. GOODRICH & GO.,

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement ol Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

S O A P S !

They Please Everybody.

soaps ever aoldfoi Michigan. 

SOAPS «re  conceded by alito  bethebest 
Cqmnmndationsare coming hi daily.  [ Send 
^¿lor price 
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Order these  goods  of  any  jobber  In  Grand

Alfred  J. B rown,
FOREIGN,

TBOFIOAL

ANDCALIFORNIA

FR U ITS .

Bananas,  OUr  Spenialty.
-  MICH.
GRAND  RAPIDS, 

x6 and x8 No. Division St..

s.  T.  FISH  &  CO.,

GeneraCCOMMISSION Merchant!!
FRUITS  and  PRODUCE,
189 So. W ater St.,  -  Chicago.

WHOLESALE

We  solicit  your  correspondence fand  will 
make liberal  advances  on  all  shipments for­
warded to us.  Send us your consignments and 
we  will render  prompt  and  satisfactory  re­
turns.  CAR LOTS A  SPECIALTY.

ASK  FOR

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BEST IN THE WORLD.
ORDER
Gordon’s

W A N T E D .

Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota­
toes,  Beans,  Dried  Fruit, 
Apples  and  all  kinds  of 
Produce.
. If you have  any  o f the  above  goods  to 
ship, or anything in the  Produce line let us 
hear  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 i o 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.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  BowNfe, President.

Geo.  C.  P ierce,  Vice President.

CAPITAL, 

£L P. Baker, Cashier.
-  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

O .E .

JÄerßhant Hillers.
GRAIN  a i   BAILED  HAY.

Shippers and Dealers in

F lo u rin g   M ill and Office,

Cor. Court St. and G. R. & I. R. R.

Grain  Office,

No. 9 Canal Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

J. W. CONVERSE, 

Proprietor. 

O.  E.  BROWN,

Manager.

8TÎNT0N, SAMPSON A GO.,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular” 

Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

Jewßlßr,

44  GRNBL  8Y„
Grand Rajiits,  -
Millers, attention

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  Middling  Pnrifler  Co.,

E STA B LISH ED   1866.

GRAND  RAPIDS, HIGH.
B h r h k t t 
B r o s .,
150 So. Water Street, OMeago.

FIVE

The Best
g e n t
In the Market.

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

B A R N E T T   B R O S.

PROPRIETOR O F

JOBBER OF

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs 

and Egg Crates.
No. 1 egg  crates,  37c.  No. 2  egg crates, 
30c.  No.  1  fillers,  13c.  No.  3  fillers,  10c,
I   have  faculties  fo r  handling  each  line  above 

nam ed th a t are unsurpassed.

I   aim   to  handle  th e   best  th a t  can  be  obtained. 
Mail o rders filled prom ptly a t low est m a rk et price.  A 
liberal discount on Egg C rates and fiUers In la rg e  lots.

W e give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
thesaleof POTATOES,APPLES,BEANS 
and ONIONS in car lets.  W e  offer  best 
facilities and watchful attention.  Consign» 
ments respectfully solicited.  Liberal cash 
advances on Car. Lots when desired.

"■ COMMISSION MERCHANTS,  ‘

Ä ite u ia t:w » tiw : s t ,  Ch i c a g o .

OUR LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge,

Lily W hite,

Harvest Queen,
’ Snow Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

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001(1 M edal, 
Graham.

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& OUR  SPECIALTIES:

S tate  agents  fo r  Oeluloid  Collars  an d   Cuffs. 

ISO and 133 Jefferson, Are.,

DETROIT, 

-  MICHIGAN.

GEO.  P.  OW EN,  Grand  Rapids;

Western Michigan  Salesman.

R E U B E N   H A TC H

Attorney  at  Law,

Rooms 23 & 24 Widdieomb Bid.  Monroe St.,

GRAKD  RAPIDS.

A lim ited am ount of  m oney to  loan  on  real  estate se­

curity.

J.  E.  FELDNER  &  CO.,

CUSTOM  SHIRT  MAKERS,

AND DEALERS IN

.  Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.
NO. 3 PEARL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS 

P rom pt A ttention to  Mail Orders.  Telephone 891.

BOOK-KEEPING 
WIPED  OUT!
No Pass Books!
No Charging!
No Posting!No Writing!No Disputing of feoiints! 
No Change to Make!
TRADESMAN
Credit Coupon Book.

T H E  N E W E ST  AND BEST SYSTEM  

ON  T H E   M ARKET.

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We quote prices as follow s:
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- „i*..........5.00

$ 2 Coupons, per hundred.        .............. $2.50
iw
$ 5  ’  1*'  • 
$ie 
.................... . . 4.00
920. 
Orders for 200 or over............. ........5 per cent.
¡1111 
500 
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Subject to the following discounts

SAME,

ONE  AND  TH E
W ritte n  f o r  T h e  Tradesm an. %
“By  the  way,  Mr.  Sprague,  you  don’t 
happen  to  know  where 1 can  get  a  good, 
bright  boy to work in the store,  do you?” 

The speaker  was a young  man,  seated in 
a  luxurious  easy chair in the  parlor of  the 
house wherein dwelt a young lady to whom 
the  aforesaid  young  man  was  paying 
marked attentions.  Jack Chesney had been 
endeavoring for some  time to  reach a satis­
factory opportunity of requesting the afore­
said  young  woman  to  share his  joys  and 
sorrows,  but  she,  had  most skilfully  kept 
him at bay,  at the same  time tightening the 
bands that held him to her side.

The gentleman Jack addressed was Ethel 
Sprague’s  father,  with  whom  he  was  on 
most  friendly terms,  and Ethel was  sitting 
across  the room,  demurely engaged in some 
sort of fancy work.

“Why,  no, Jack,”  replied  Mr.  Sprague, 
looking  up from  his  paper,  “I do  not  just 
at present.  What is the special need of a boy 
just now? 
I  thought you had*a good boy.” 
“I  did;  but  last week  he  was  offered 
more wages  by some  one else  and  left me 
in  the lurch  without any  notice. 
It’s  too 
bad, too,  just as  the holidays are  here  and 
so  many  small  parcels  to  deliver  in  a 
hurry.”

“Well,  Jack,  if  I hear of  anyone I  will 

send him around to you.”

After  some  further  desultory  conversa­
tion, the  young  man  took  his  leave.  As 
soon  as he was  fairly gone, Ethel  went to 
her  father’s side and  held a long  conversa­
tion  with  that  gentleman. 
It  ended  as 
follows:

“Please, papa, let  me have  my  own way 
in this. 
I  know there  will  no harm  come 
of  it and  it  would be such  fun, besides—” 
The  girl  stopped  suddenly and  a  tell-tale 
flush passed  over her face unnoticed  by her 
father.

“Besides what, Ethel?”
“I didn’t say besides,  did I,  papa?”
“I thought  you did.  Well,  my dear,  if I 
let you do this,  you must  take the blame of 
any disaster  that  may happen to you  upon 
your own  shoulders.  1 won’t  be  responsi­
ble.”

“That’s a darling  old  dad. 

would give in if I teased hard.”

I  knew  you 

The  day  following  this  conversation,  a 
boy stepped briskly into the dry goods store 
of  Jack Chesney and asked to see that gen­
tleman.  He  was  sent  to  the office  at  the 
rear, where  Mr.  Chesney sat talking with a 
customer.

“Is this Mr.  Chesney?”  inquired the  lad, 

politely lifting his hat.

“I am  that  person, my  boy.  What  can 

I do for you?”

“I  heard  from  Mr.  Sprague  that  you 
needed a boy  in  your  store,  and  I  would 
like to get the place.”

“Have you any recommendations?”
“I have none,  sir,  excepting  a  letter Mr. 
Sprague  gave me  for  you,” and  the  boy 
drew  forth a letter  from  his pocket  which 
he handed to Jack.

“Ah,  very  good.  Let’s  see—he says you 
are an honest, industrious lad, anxious for a 
chance to get on in the world.  This recom­
mend is sufficient, I am sure.”

After some further  preliminaries,  the  lad 

was  engaged.

Prompt, 

Promptly at the  opening of  the store the 
next morning,  the  boy,  Fred  Seton,  was at 
his  post.  He  won  everyone’s  heart  from 
the  first. 
cheerful,  obliging, 
always ready to do a favor for any one who 
asked  it  and  never  allowing  himself 
to 
lose an  opportunity for  gaining  the  good­
will  of  his  employer,  it was  not long  ere 
Jack  Chesney  began  to  take  an  unusual 
interest  in  the  lad’s  welfare  and  often 
called  him into the  office at night, after the 
store was closed,  to talk with him,  seeming 
to  take  great  delight  in  the  lad’s  bright, 
witty  conversation  in  describing incidents 
happening in the store during the day.

After a time, this chance sociality became 
a  regular thing,  and  the clerks  in the store 
laughingly  remarked  that  Chesney  would 
as  soon  go  without  his  supper  as-  his 
“spark” in the office with Fred.

One  evening, Jack was  unusually  confi­
dential  with  his errand  boy.  For  the past 
week  he  had  been  vainly  endeavoring  to 
|?ring  Ethel  Sprague to a final  answer, and 
his  disappointment  weighed  on  his  mind 
heavily.  He  told  Fred  all  about  it,  de­
scribing the young  lady but not mentioning 
her name.

“Oh, I  know  who you  mean. 

It’s that 
young  lady who comes in  the store  once in 
a  while and  you talk with  her a long  time 
over  the ribbon  counter, and  I   know  her 
name too. 
It’s Ethel Sprague,”  and  Fred 
laughed  merrily as  he  saw  his  guess  had 
been right.

“I’ll  tell  you  what,  Mr.  Chesney,  I’d 
make her say yes. 
If I had so much Pd bet 
you fifty dollars she’d say yes if you were to 
ask her to-morrow night.”

“I  will give you  a hundred  if  she does, 
and I’ll  ask her, too, as you  say to-morrow 
night”

And  Jack put on  his overcoat  and Went 
to  supper, wondering  a t the boy’s  strange 
a s s i t f a n ^ ^  
tim & therem lgltf^

^ g g l

“Yes,  Jack,  I   do,  but  upon  one  con­

dition.”

“Yes, darling,  a dozen if you like.”
“And it is that yon will  sacredly promise 
to  forgive all  my faults  on  our  wedding- 
day.”

“As if  you  had  any, but  of  course,  I 

promise.”

And after a little more billing, and cooing 
Jack  Chesney took  himself off  home,  feel­
ing more like a king than a merchant.

“By  George,”  he said  to himself,  as  he 
walked slowly home,  “I’ve got to give Fred 
a  hundred  dollars  to-morrow,  but  I  little 
thought  so when  I  promised  it. 
I  would 
willingly give him  the store.  How  in  the 
name of common sense did the boy guess so 
straight?”

The  next  morning  Fred  was  called 
to the office,-where  Jack wrote  out a check 
for one hundred dollars and placed it in  his 
hands.

“She said yes, did she?  Well, I knew she 
would.  And,  now,  can  you pay  me  my 
wages  up  to to-night?  My  aunt  is  dying 
and  has sent for me,  so I have got to  leave 
you.”

It was with great reluctance that Jack let 
him  go, but  the  lad  promised  to be  at the 
wedding  and  Jack  was  compelled  to  be 
satisfied.

Three  months  from 

that  time,  Jack 
Chesney and  Ethel  Sprague were  married. 
In vain  did Jack  look for  his  former  em­
ploye, Fred—he was  not  to  be  seen. 
It 
was quite  a  disappointment to  him, for he 
liked the lad most  sincerely, but the  joy of 
possessing  his  long-coveted  treasure soon 
drove all thoughts  of  Fred from  his  mind.
That  evening,  however, when  the guests 
had  departed,  and  none was  left  but  the 
family  of  Mr.  Sprague  and  one of  Jack’s 
sisters  who was  on  most  intimate  terms 
with Ethel, Jack remarked that he was dis­
appointed at not seeing Fred at the wedding.
“But  he  was  there,  Jack,”  said  Ethel, 
“and  he’s here in the  house  now.  Shall I 
bring him in?”

“Why,  yes,  of course,  I wonder why  the 

boy kept so shy?”

Ethel  left  the  room. 

In about  ten  min­
utes  the  door  opened  and  Fred  entered 
alone.

After  greeting him  cordially, Jack asked 
him how he happened to be acquainted with 
Ethel,  find  where  he had left her.

“I  brought  her  with  me, Jack.  You 
promised her to forgive all her faults on her 
wedding  day.  Here is  one of  them,  will 
you  forgive it?”  and the  boy  held  out  a 
check,  signed  by  Jack  Chesney,  for  one 
hundred dollars.

Jack  looked  at him  in  blank  bewilder­

ment and could not utter a word.

“And there’s just one more fault  Your 
wife wanted to be sure you loved her before 
you  married her.  She  gained  your  confi­
dence and found you true as gold.”

And Fred slipped off  his black wig while 
Ethel’s  golden  tresses  fell  down over  the 
shoulders  of  onr  whilom  Fred’s  coat. 
Ethel and Fred were one and the same.

R e l l u f .
W orking  the  Postal  Card  Racket.

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From  th e P ittsburgh Dispatch.
A certain collection agent  heard of  a fair 
and  fashionable  dead-beat’s performances, 
and, as he was drumming his heels in an 8x 
12 office  on  Grand  street  in  unprofitable 
idleness  at  the  time,  he  thought  he could 
afford to risk his time—he had  nothing else 
to risk—in experimenting upon her.
Accordingly he  called  upon  one  of  her 
creditors to whom  she  owed a bill of  $400. 
He asked  the  merchant to allow him to try 
and  collect  the  money.  The  merchant 
warned him that it would be labor  lost, but 
the  collector  was  willing  to  make  an at­
tempt.  He got a promise of  fifty per  cent, 
of  the entire bill if  he could collect it.
Then he set to work.  He wrote  the lady 
a polite note asking  her to call at his office. 
It was not answered.  He wrote her a little 
sharper note.  No  answer  came.  Then he 
stated  his  claim in very plain  letters  and 
figures on a postal  card.  The  lady herself 
came in great agitation to answer  the card.
She  protested  against  the  use of  postal 
cards, which the hotel clerks, the  bell  boys 
and everybody else could read.
“Pay the bill,  madam,” said the collector, 
“and I’ll wait upon you myself with the re­
ceipt.”
He got $200 on  account  at  that  session. 
The balance came the next day.
The  merchant  was  delighted,  and  paid 
the fifty per eent. commission gladly.
-  Then the collector went to  every store  of 
any prominence  in  the  city, and  wherever 
he found a bill  against  this lady he bought 
it as cheaply as he could.  Most of  them he 
bought for a mere  song.
He had some difficulty in turning all those 
bad debts into cash,  but he always fell back 
on the  postal  card  squeezer  and it always 
did its work quickly and effectually.
In all, I am  told  that  the profit on these 
transactions amounted to more  than $2,000. 
I  know  it  started  him  in  business,  and 
although  this  all  occurred  since  January, 
1880, when he was  penniless, to-day he has 
a profitable collection agency and  two brick 
houses of his own.

Coming  and  Going.

“Ya-as,” said a discouraged-looking deni­
zen of  a  small  New  Jersey  town,  “that 
Smith  family has  what I call a dead  open- 
and-shut  monopoly 
this  here  com­
munity.”

“How is that?” he wasasked.
“Well*  Ebenezer  Smith,  he’s  the  real 
estate'agent, dQwnthere where  you see the
I  sign ‘No Malaria,’and Eliphalet Smith, he’s 
1  Imi  undertaker  at  the  other  end  «f  tbe 
i  street;  and  between ’em both they manage

W hy  Men  Fail. 

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From  th e Jew elers’ C ircular.

' t  —i

An observer  has  been trying to ascertain 
the  reason  why men fail, and comes to the 
conclusion that same fail  through  timidity 
or  lack  of  nerve.  They are  unwilling  to 
take  the  risks  incident  to  life, and  fail 
through  fear  in  venturing on  ordinary du­
ties.  They lack pluck. '  r 
Others  fail  through  imprudence, lack of 
discretion,  care  or  sound  judgment.  They 
overestimate  the  future  and  build  air cas­
tles,  and  venture  beyond  their  depth, and 
fail  and  fall.  Others,  again, fail  through 
lack of application and  perseverance.  They 
begin with good resolves, but soon, get tired 
of  that  and  want a change, thinking  they 
can do much  better at something else.  Thus 
they fritter  life  away and  succeed at noth­
ing- 
Others waste time and money and fail for 
want of  economy.  Many fail through ruin­
ous habits;  tobacco,  whisky and  beer  spoil 
them for business,  drive their  best custom­
ers from them and scatter their prospects of 
success.
Some  fail  for  want of  brains, education 
and  fitness  for  their  calling;  they lack  a 
knowledge  of  human  nature  and  of  the 
motives that  actuate  men.  They have not 
qualified themselves for their  occupation by 
practical education.
There  is  another  quite  numerous  class 
who fail for the  purpose  of  making  money 
at the expense of  their  creditors, but  these- 
should be classed with criminals rather than 
with unfortunate business men.

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Rights of Seller and Buyer.

From   Dry  Goods  Chronicle.

A seller has a right to fix  whatever  price 
he pleases upon his property, and to hold it 
until he can obtain  his price.  A buyer  has 
a right to decline to  purchase a property or 
article of merchandise until  he  can  obtain 
it  at  his  price,  or  both may agree upon  a 
price  without  regard to others’ prices, says 
an old  authority upon this subject.  But in 
the event of a sale without an agreement as 
to  price the  rule obliges  the seller  not  to 
charge  more for his commodities  than  the 
market price.  Cicero once propounded  the 
question.whether a com merchant who had 
arrived at Rhodes with a cargo of grain dur­
ing a season of great scarcity,  and knowing 
that  other vessels  laden with  grain  were 
also  on the  way, was bound  in  conscience 
to  inform buyers of  that fact?  Upon  this 
question he quotes the opinion of Diogenes, 
who thought  such a concealment was justi­
fiable;  and  Antipater, with  whom  Cieero 
agrees,  who  thought  it  was  in  bad  faith. 
Later writers  dissent  from  this  doctrine, 
and  Poltheir  asks  whether  any one  ever 
thought of  accusing  Joseph of  injustice in 
taking  advantage of  the knowledge  which 
he had  of  the years of  barrenness to cause 
Pharaoh to buy the  fifth part of  the corn of 
his  subjects  without  informing  them  of 
those years of  sterility whieh were about to 
come.

Eggs  by  Weight. 

.

Isn’t it strange that  we buy and sell eggs 
by number instead of  by weight ?  Number 
does  not  show  their  value;  weight  does. 
Some eggs  weigh  twice as much as others. 
What  justice  or  business  sagacity is there 
in paying the same  price  for one as for the 
other ?  Is not the farmer who  sells a large 
egg  for  the  same  price  that  his  neighbor 
sells a small  one  cheated ?  And is net the 
buyer of  the  small  one  cheated?  Just as 
well might butter be sold by rolls, the small 
roll bringing as much as the large one.  We 
do not buy or sell  butter  by the  number of 
pieces, or cheese by number;  nor should we 
sell eggs by number.
If  eggs were bought  and  sold by weight, 
the value of  certain  breeds of  fowls  would 
be  changed.  Now  the  breed  which  fur­
nishes  the  greatest  number of  eggs is  the 
most profitable;  then  it  would be the breed 
that furnished  the  greatest weight.  Some 
breeds  are  remarkable for the smallness of 
their eggs;  such breeds would suffer in pop­
ularity,  while the  fowls that lay large eggs 
would gain.  This would work only justice, 
however,  to  the  fowls, as it would to their 
owners and consumers.  Clearly, eggs should 
be  sold  by  weight.  Then  why  does  hot 
every one insist upon it ?

He  was  Suspicious.

From  th e O maha W orld.

Business man—What’s the matter? 
You
look blue. 
;•
Partner—I  expected to have  some money 
left over this  year  to  invest  in real  estate, 
I’ll close  the 
but  it’s the  same old  story. 
year without a cent.
“What does  that  extravagant  little wife 
of yours want this time?”
“I don’t  know whether it’s a new palace, 
a barrel of  diamonds or  a castle in Europe, 
but  it’s something  mighty expensive.  She 
hasn’t said yet.”
“Eh?  Then how do you know she want! 
anything?”
“When I went  home  last night  she was 
darning my stockings.”

Better than  Chloroform.

From  the Lincoln Journal.

Surgeon—Now,  my  man,  I  am  about  to: 
amputate your foot.
“Well, go ahead.”
“I would  advise you to  submit  to  being 
placed  under  the  influence  of  an  antes» 
thetie.”
“Hang your anaesthetics!  But I teU  you.- 
what I wish you would do.”
“Well?”
“Have  somebody  bring  me the  score of 
the  ball game  by innings  while  you’re  at 
work.” 
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE  18.  1888.

COMPLETE  VICTORY. 

3g*. 
ip -We  have  met  the  enemy  and  they  are
498X8!
). ^ h e   Supreme  Court  handed  down a de­
rision last Friday, sustaining  the  constitu­
tionality of  the anti-compact insurance law, 
¿relating the Beveridge plan to be in viola- 
lation of Hie law  and' sustaining  the Insur­
ance Commissioner in his action in the case 

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'D rag C9. furnished the stock.
*  Mys.  S. F.  Dennis  has  engaged  in  the
grocery  business  at  Kingsley.  The  stock 
was purchased at th j| market.

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Jo hn Johnson,  jeweler and  notion dealer 
at Frankfort, has added a line of  groceries. 
Arthur Meigs & Go. furnished the stock.

R. L. Whitton  has  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  Perrington.  The  stock  was 
furnished by the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug
Co. 

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Merritt  &  Spoor,  late  of  Battle  Creek, 
have purchased tlie^grocery stock of Judson 
M. Peaslee, at 667 Wealthy avenue, and will 
continue the business at that location.

G. W. Morris  has  opened a grocery store 
at  the new  town  of  Evans, on the  line of 
the Toledo,  Saginaw & Muskegon Railway. 
Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished the stock.

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bridge.

!  of the Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

The Grand Rapids  School  Furniture  Co,
j has  concluded  to  erect  a  two-story  brick
The decision is  a genuine victory over the I warehouse,  80x100 feet in dimensions,  fifty 
most  unscrupulous  monopoly  which  ever  feet to the north of  its  main  factory build- 
«arsed  the  business  men of  Michigan. 
It | ing and C0Bnected  with  that  building by a
paeans  that  competition  in  fire  insurance 
iR irs h a ll be as free as  in  life  insurance, or dry 
goods, or tea or coffee. 
It  means  lessdiv- 
idends for the stockholders of fire insurance 
companies, but  fair  insurance rates for the 
people.  The fight has  been bitter, no stone 
having been left unturned by the  monopoly 
to secure the annulment of  the law.  That
Attorney General Taggart was  able to meet J management of J ohn E.  Curtiss, 
and controvert ail the  ingenious arguments I 
abound  tttbi  state.
put forth by the attorneys of  the opposition I  gbelby—L. Rathbone  has  engaged in the 
speaks  volumes  for his fidelity to the inter-1 mamjfa(;tiire of cigars, 
ests confided to his care. 

Tbe Curtiss  &  Dunton  paper  stock  was 
bid  in at auction sale  by Julius  Houseman 
for  $275 over  the  mortgage  indebtedness. 
In case the sale is ratified  by the court,  the 
business will be continued under the style of 
Jno.  E. Curtiss & Co., under  the  personal 

1  Alma—Capel & Hall succeed Bear & Hall

T be Tradesman  has  been  so fortunate | in the hardware business.

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as to secure  the  full text of  the  opinion of 
jthe  Supreme  Court  and  will  give  place] 
to same  next week.

The  desperate  illness  of  General  Sher- 
Man, which has now lasted for more than a 
fortnight,  continues  at  the writing of  this 
paragraph, with  some  present  appearance 
of a greater room for hope; 
It is a circum­
stance of  our modem life, with  its  instant 
communication,  that  whole  nations,  and 
even the whole of  the  civilized  world,  may 
Wait  by the  bedside of the  great  persons 
who  are  suffering  from  sickness  anddis- 
ease. 
In the case of  the  German  Emperor 
there may  be  truly said to be a world-wide 
sympathy, and for our gallant American the 
feeling is as wide as the Union which he so 
much helped to preserve.  His  illness  has 
been  so  serious, and the means of  medical 
relief,  not  to  say of  cure, are so defied  by 
. the peculiarities of the  ailment  that  there 
; Will be special rejoicing if he should accom­
plish a recovery.

General  Boulanger  has  had  his  innings 
and has been defeated.  His  motion  to dis­
solve  the  National  Assembly and  order a 
general  election,  with  a  view to a radical 
revision of  the constitution, met with small 
support  from  any section  of  the  Chamber 
of Deputies.  Even  M.  Clemenceau,  who 
demands  revision  as  loudly  as  the  Bom­
bas tes  Furioso  who  made  the motion,  re­
fused  to  help* him to force the hand of  the 
Floquet ministry.  He  has  decided to wait 
until  the  government is ready to take  that 
step.  That this will cool  the  fervor of  the 
Boulangist party is doubtful.  But the spec- 
table of  the united opposition  of  alt classés 
of  politicians  to  General  Boulanger’s  de­
mand probably will check the spread of  the 
party.  Public  opinion  counts  for more in 
the politics of  France  than  in  England  or 
America.  A Frenchman  has  no  taste  for 
standing alone in politics.

The Bell telephone monopoly has received 
sftTO«thTng of  a set-back at St. Louis.  The 
municipal  Assembly recently passed an or­
dinance  making it  a  misdemeanor  for any 
telephone company to charge more than $50 
a  year for the  use of  an instrument.  As 
the  Bell  charges  were  $100  a  year, this 
Action  precipitated an issue  at  once*  The 
company was made  a  defendant  nnderthë 
ordinance  last  week  and  fined  $300  for 
©xhorbitant  charges.  The  local  board of 
directors of  the  Bell  company  met  and 
resolved  to  make no more contracts  in  St. 
Louis  until  the constitutionality of  the or- 
dinance  could  be  settled.  The  question 
Iwhether  municipal  authorities  have  any 
right 
telephone 
charges  is an  interesting  one,  so that  the 
■"outcome of . the contest will  be  looked  for 
' with considerable interest.

to  attempt  to  regulate 

The  Czar stiH  lives, but  his  American 
«onsin*—the  board  insurance manager—has 
expire# at the  hands of the Legislature and 
the Supreme Court.  Bequiscat in pace.

Alpena—Ash  & : Cole succeed  Jos.  Ash 

in the blacksmith business.

Chelsea — Geo.  Blaich succeeds  Blaich 

Bros, in the grocery business.

Farwell—H. L.  Day has  just moved  his 

drug stock into a new building.

Port Huron—Fred Wells succeeds Martin 

Bros, in the dry goods business.

Pontiac  —  Pound  Bros,  succeed  John 

Pound m the dry goods business.

Amble—Samuel  N.  Crandall  succeeds 

Bale & Crandall ih general trade.

Scottville—J.  Welch  succeeds  Welch  & 

Lattin in the hardware business.

Midland—Benno  Tugendreich  succeeds 

Starker & Co. in the clothing business.

Breekenridge — Ed.  Hasbreok,  general 

dealer, has  assigned to  Geo. W. Tolbert.

Benton Harbor—J.  W.  Weimer  succeeds 

Dunning & Weimer in the drug business.

Detroit—Baird  &  West  succeed  P.  L 

Wright & Co. in  the brokerage business.

St. Johns—M.  F. Washburn has assigned 
his  boot and shoe  stock  to  Wm. H. Brun 
son.

Reed  City—S.  B.  Densmore  succeeds 
Densmore & Richards  in  the  grocery bust 
ness.

Marion—Andrew  Feamley  is  succeeded 
by  Fearnley  &  Vandecar  in  the  grocery 
business.

Coldwater—Schmelden  &  Byrne succeed 
O’Brien &  Schmelden  in  the  blacksmith 
business.

Manistee—Smith  &  Mayrand 

succeed 
Douville  Bros,  in the book  and  stationery 
business.

Port Huron—The dry goods store of Hay 
man  &  Son  has  been  closed  on  chattel 
mortgage.

Charlevoix—Perry  Weed  has  sold  his 
stock of  books, stationery and wallpaper to 
Geo. W. Beaman.

South Saginaw—E. P. Stone & Co. succeed 
C. W. Derby  &  Co. in  the  wholesale  and 
retail grocery business.

Charlotte—C.  H.  Manry  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the furniture business of  Dono 
van,  Maury  &  Co.  The  new firm  will  be 
known as Donovan & Vanderhoof.

STRAY  FACTS.

North  Dorr—Peter  Brautigam,  general 
dealer, will be married on  the  19th to Miss 
Susan Stein, of  this place.

Saginaw  City—The  new  Commercial 
National Bank has begun business.  Daniel 
Hardin  is  President  and  M.  O. Robinson 
Cashier.

Detroit—The Waterman & Chapman Bar 
rel  Machine Co., of  Hillsdale, has  notified 
the  County Clerk  that it intends to remove 
to Detroit.

Detroit—The  Michigan  Stove  Co.  has 
commenced  snit in the United States  coart 
against. E. Bement & Son, of  Lansing, for 
alleged infringements on their patents.

Detroit—Williams  Bros. &  Charbonneau 
have merged their  pickle  and preserve bus* 
mess into a stock company,  with a paid up 
capital of  $50,000.  Wm.  H. Williams  and 
Chas. Charbonneau each hold 666 shares and 
L. C. Charbonneau  and Geo. A. Olney. one

P   tkGeorge, dear,” she gurgled, as they met 
:. s t {9  junction of  two  avenues, where  they I share each,

« £ £  “ <*0^

ppfpTii'ight when 'he called you last evening.” J R. Bateson  and  George W. Burkhart, 

^ « e e p ld   beartire  nreaotonous  scrape of ^the I  Detroit—William  H.  Hawk  became  ~
 J stockholder in the Globe, Drag and Capsule 
timt fflthAr did not treat  Co. some time ago on solicitation of Samuel 
He
invested  $5,900.  Mr.'  Hawk  discovered 
later  that  the  business  was  not  quite 
profitable  as  he  had  supposed,  so he sued 
Bateson and Burkhart to recover the $5,000 
The  suit  resulted in a verdict, for $4,000 
Hawk’s favor.

he  did  not,” he  answered,  with 
Irving halt in his voice;  “ but never 
"  that; it is past, hnd  let it be.”  “But 
|g||Sre,  not 
you?”
■ H £ || mot  angered;  disappointed, 
that 
jlTOOTl **  “ T t
i f i n y “Yes;  I think 
agzee with 
that at that  hour
I  was  justified: in  hoping, even 
ç, that  your  father  would  be

angered,, were 

f S H I i l

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS. 

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Shepard—Butler Bros.’ new furniture fac-

is now ready for business.

Plainwell—W. B. Phillips  has  leased the 
property known asthe Novelty Wofks, and 
will  «¿gage in the  nian&ariflre of  various 
articles of  woodenware.

Kalamazoo—Thos. ; Buckley  &  Co. have 
merged  their  buisinëbS  into  a  stock com­
pany  under  the  style  of  the  Kalamazoo 
Foundry  and  Machiné  Co.  The  paid-in 
capital is $27,000.

Detroit—The  Banner  Cigar  Manufactur­
ing Co., capital stock $100,000, has been in­
corporated  by  M.  B.  Mills,  Benjamin  F. 
Haxton,  Edward  Fee,  William S. Dilling­
ham,  George H. Perry,  Thomas J. Paxton 
and Andrew Marx.

Lakeview—E. K. Wood,  J. McCrae  and 
. J. Archer  have  formed a copartnership 
under the style  of  the  Town  Line Lumber 
Co., and purchased 3,000 acres of  pine land 
near Town Line, six  iniles  from this place, 
which they will begin to cut at once.  They 
will also put in a general supply store.

Purely Personal.

Chas.  H. Leonard  spent  Sunday  at  his 

cottage on Black Lake.

L.  Winternitz spent  Sunday and  Monday 

with friends in Chicago.

W. H. Bartholomew, the Wayland grocer, 

was in town last Thursday.

L.  N.  Fisher,  Secretary  of 
, M. A., was in town last Saturday.
C. F. Beeler, of the drug  firm  of  Nagler 
Beeler,  at  Caledonia,  was  in  town  on 

the  Dorr 

Monday.

J.  H.  Thrfw  has  sold  his  merchandise 
brokerage business to H.  C.  Wickham, late 
of Port Huron.

Hon.  Chas. E. Belknap  went  to  Flint 
Monday to attend  the  closing  exercises  of 
the Deaf and Dumb Institute.

Fred  Stevens,  Cashier  of  the  banking 
house of  Page, Bates  &  Co.,  at  Ionia, was 
in town for a few hours on Monday.

Peter  Brantigam, of  the  firm  of  Brauti­
gam Bros., general  dealers  at  North Dorr, 
was in town à couple of days last week.

F. H. Manning,  of  the  extensive  Boston 
wool  house of Luce & Manning, has  made 
Grand Rapids headquarters  during the past 
week.

H.  L. Day,  the  Farwell  druggist, was in 
town last Thursday on  his way to Augusta, 
where he spent several days with old friends 
and acquaintances.

J.  A.  Pugh,  manager  of  the  Portable 
House, Co,  left Saturday for the East,  to be 
gone a week or ten  days.  Washington  is 
his objective point.

J. EL Thaw  has purchased Arthur Meigs’ 
two  lots  at  Scott’s  Landing, Black  Lake, 
and  is  building  a  commodious  cottage on 
one of  them.  He and his wife  are already 
there for the season.

E. E.  Crandall, the  Sand  Lake merchant 
and lumberman, was  in  town  a  couple of 
days  last  week,  making arrangements  for 
placing  on the  market his  newly-patented 
grinder for shingle saws.

John Spring, of  the  firm  Of  Spring  & 
Lindley,  general  dealers at  Bailey, was in 
town  a  couple  of  days  last week.  Hé  is 
strong  in  the  belief  that  fully  100,000 
bushels of  onions  will  be raisëd  within  a 
radius of five miles of Bailey this season.

Organized to Cross Bats VVithUetroit.  , 
In  answer  to  the  call  published  in  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  of last week, about fifty traveling 
men  assembled  at  the  Fountain  streetball 
grounds to organize a nine to play an exchange 
of  gftfpes  with  the  Detroit  traveling  men. 
Sides were choseD by James  N.  Bradford and 
A. B. Colb, the game resulting in a score of 48 
to 47 in favor of Bradford’s cohorts, as follows:

BRADFORD’S  SCORE.

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McDonald
P ugh
Reed  v 
MorriSoii
H augh
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Powers 
Downs, W. H.
J.  R.  -
Brad. 

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- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

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- 
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1
0
0
1 0

1 2   3  1 5 6 7 8
1 0
1 
1 2
1 
0 0
0 
1 2
1 
1 2
0 
1 0 2
0 
0 0 2
2
0
0
2

0  10
1 1
1 1
1 1
0  1
0  0  0
01
0 
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1

to ta l, 

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COLE’S  SCORE.

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Cole
U ttm an  - 
R obertson 
McBlair  -
Johnston
Miller
S hriver
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H adden 
McKelvey  -

- 

- 

- 

-

. 
- 

- 
- 

1 1

1.  2  3  4 5 6 7 8
1
0  1 1 1
-  0  1  6  1 0  00 0 1
1 1  
-  1  0 
1 0  
-  1 
1 0  
-  0 

2 1 1 1
2 1 1  00
0 0 1 1  00
1 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 1
2 1 1
1 0   1 1  10 1 0
- 

0  1

-  • 

- 

- 

- 

Total, 

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At  the  conclusion  of  the frame,  a meeting 
was called by-Chairman Robertson, when Geo. 
H. Seymour was elected  manager of  the club 
and  Hi.  Robertson  captain.  These  officers 
were empowered to select a nine of the  great­
est possible strength and  authorized to accept 
the challenge of the  Detroit  boys,  for  an ex­
change of games during July and August.

THE CHALLENGE  ANSWERED.

Grand R a pid s, June 10,1888.

C. A. H em psted, D etroit:
Dea r  Sir —Your challenge, dated June 2, to 
play two games of base ball with Grand Rapids 
traveling men, was duly received through T h e 
T radesm an.  We  have  had  the  same under 
consideration and hereby accept the challenge 
under  the  rules  laid  down  by  you,  namely, 
that no one shall play excepting bona fide trav­
eling men, now traveling  and  residing In De­
troit.  We request that both games be played 
on a Saturday.  Very respectfully.
g*  Ge o. H. Seym our, Manager.

NAMES OF THE CHAMPIONS.

Manager  Seymour  and  Captain  Robertson 
have  selected  the  following  players to meet 
the Detroit nine:

Samuel Morrison (Olney, Shields & Co.)
lie d  Sbriver (Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)
A. R. Cole (Bickford & Francis.)
Jajnes Downs iW. H.  Downs.)
Fred Powers  (Hugo Schneidetr & Co.)
J. N. Bradford  (Olney, Shields & Co.)
J. M. McKelvey  (Diamond Wall Finish Co.)
Ajusden Pugh.
McDonald.
H. W. Beecher <Baton» Lyon & Go.)  -
Claude Freeman  (Telfer Spice Co.)
The club will meet for practice again on Sat­
urday afternoon a$td every Saturday until the 
word is received, ‘‘Gome to Detroit;”

WeÚ  to  Knofr..

Mosquitoes, flies  and  gnats  may be kept 
away by sponging  the  face and  hands with 
elder flower water.

Merchants should remember that the eele*

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Business  Education.#?

p p | 
|   Chas. H, Ellis is getting ready to paralyze 
the  natives  ih  the  interest  of  C. H. Ellis 
& Co.

W.  G. Hawkins  was  made  the  father of

from his recent severe  illness and will pick 
up his grip again in about two weeks.

Joe F. O. Reed  leaves  on «July  1  for  a 
four weeks’ visit  with  friends in Iowa and 
Colorado.

F. L Kelly has so far recovered his health 
as  to  resume  his  work  on  the  road  for 
Sprjng & Company.

Perley W. Hall  has re-èngaged to  travel 
for Bulkley,  Lemon & Hoops, covering the 
same territory as in the past.

Chas.  O.  Skinner, of  the  New  England 
Furniture  Co., starts  out  this  week  for a 
month’s trip through  the  upper  portion of 
the State.

Hi. Robertson  has  gone to Cincinnati  to 
attend  the  Supreme  Lodge,  K.  of  P.,  by 
virtue  of  his  office  as  Grand  Vice-Chan- 
cellor of  the Grand Lodge.

When asked  by Prof; Grown  to  talk for 
a  few mOmeihts'tthis evening upon  business 
education, at the  request o f, the graduating 
class, it rather startled me  for two reasons: 
First, that I  should face a number of young 
men  and  women  who are  about to enter a 
field of practical, perhaps business life, who 
are  eager for  the  first  step and  ready  to 
welcome  the  first  prophet  and  follow his 
teaching;  recognizing  the  great  obligation 
and  responsibility for  the first  time  upon 
me,'  I   hesitated. 
.Beigpnd, from  my  youth 
up  somehow  I  have been  impressed  with 
the idea, owing perhaps to my education, or 
lack  of  it,  that  high  schools and  colleges
Harry  L.  Gregory  has  nearly  recovered I held only young men and women in prepar-
ation for  a  professional, literary,  scientific, 
or  an  easy,  unaccustomed-to-hard-knocks, 
kind of  life,  and that  the  boys  and  girls 
of  a less favored  condition  were found  on 
the  outskirts,  in  shops,  offices,  or  base­
ments, struggling against many an obstacle, 
but slowly developing into  business men or 
; women,  having no  teacher  but the  best of 
| all teachers, experience.  With this class of 
boys and girls I have had most to do.
Now,  too  little  learning  places a  young 
man or woman  in  an  unenviable  position.
| “Much learning  doth make thee mad,” said 
Festus.  So too much of  the  academic  and
a brand-new nine  pound girl  last Saturday  collegiate makes,  not madmen,  but machine 
night.  Will says she is as handsome as her  men,  incapable tof making  a  success  until
mother  and another  authority asserts  that  Now, when this invitation  came to me to 
she talks a blue streak like her father. 
say a few words from a business stand-point, 
Jas. McSkimin, formerly on  the  road for  I  at once  recognized,  not  only a fitting oc-
jobbing  houses  here, but  now traveling in  vasion  for  the  statement  of  a  few  plain
J 
truths, but the growing sentiment, in school
the Red River valley for the  wholesale gro-  and 0ldj for practical knowledge, for a use- 
cery  house  of  Stone  &  Ordan,  at Duluth,  ful, rather  than a  beautiful,  education;  for 
was in town a couple of  days last week. 
an educatiyn to fit men  and  women for ae
Henry Smith, tea salesman  for  Bulkley,  tion in tJ e departments of life which young 
.
  men  and  young  women  are  supposed  to
A 
Lemon  Hoops,  went to Chicago  Monday I enter;  for  an  education  for  the  man  or 
to pick up  some  early importations  for his  woman,  rather  than a man  or  woman for 
house.  M r.  Smith  is  p reparing a trea tise  tbe  education.  We  recognize  in  this 
I breaking up of  the old  lines of  educational
on  the  subject of  tea,  which  he  p opose  I theory.  We  find  that a good  education is 
not incompatible with our best  business in*
pitting on the market in book form. 
Johann  Koster,  traveling  representative  terests;  neither do we  find  that  a literary, 
for Edsoh, Moore & Co.,  and M. K.  Ebbert, I scientific,  agricultural,  mechanical  or bus
iness life suffers from a goad degree of  that 
representing  Herman  Weiss,  two  of  De­
class of  education sometimes called worldly 
troit’s  jolliest  traveling  men,  were in town 
(or better,  world-wide)  business  education 
It is  this latter that  many of  you  are  now 
last Thursday.  The  former  had  an  im­
interested  in,
portant engagement, to  keep  at  theD .,  G. 
We are all in-a measure theorists.  School 
H.  & M. junction.
or  young life, no  more  than  congressional 
A  Ludington  correspondent  of  The 
or  many  another,  is somewhat  theoretical, 
Theories  for  redueintr  the  surplus  in  the 
T radesman writes that  the  municipal au­
treasury  are  most  vehemently  advocated 
thorities  of  that  place  desire  to  convert 
that  in  the  light  of  business  sense,  and 
Geo. P.  Gifford, Jr.’s  property  into a cattle
upon experiment, would prove to the  world
pound,  but that George  proposes to circum-  that a practical business mind, a good finan 
vent  them  by turning  the  property into a  cier only, was  able  to  direct  the  affairs of 
the  nation  aright.  Our  commercial  pros
trog iarm. 
perity is  due to a wise  application of  good
A Ludington paper  thus  records  an  îm-  business rules, the result of  experience, and 
portant  visitation to  that  place :  “Geo. P.  men of  such education are the ones who are 
Gifford, Jr., of  Grand  Rapids, was  in  this | managing local or state affairs  to-day;  such
we want.
town last week, looking after  his  property 
We have come to ask  and to weigh every 
interests.  Mr.  Gifford  has  already begun 
proposed scheme calculated  for  the  better 
ment of  our condition in the  scales of  bus­
important  improvements  and,  we  believe, 
iness—is  it  wise?  is  it  practical?  is 
contemplates further investment.”
right ?  is it business ?
C. E.  Cones,  formerly on  the road in this 
A good  business  man  or  woman  to-day 
State  for  S.  W.  Yenable & Co.,  but  more 
outranks  a  theoretical  crank  on  any sub 
ject  you can name,  and a man of  keen per­
recently engaged in the real estate business 
ceptions,  intelligent, observing,  systematic, 
at  Meade  Center,  Kansas,  has  removed to
cosmopolitan in manner, energetic and ster­
Springfield,  Col.,  where  he  has  taken  the 
ling  in character,  self-made,  commands  the
position of  vice-president of  the  Bank  of I esteem of  all men,  whether in local  caucus 
Springfield.  Mr.  Cones’  many  friends | or  legislative  halls.  The  term  “business 
man"  should and  is  becoming  a  synonym 
among the  trade w ili be pleased to learn of
for square  dealing,  honor,  justice and  high 
his good fortune.
morals.  He  is  not  a  good  business  man 
who  drives  sharp  bargains,  opposes  his 
clients, captures bank notes and bonds,  and 
skips to Canada.  Good business  is  not to 
corner the  wheat market  and  compel  any 
man to  buy dear bread.  Good  business 
not  to capture and  monopolize the  product 
of our mines or soil and  enrich a few at the 
expense of  the  masses.  These  men  are 
sometimes  called smart  men, but the world 
is too far advanced in morals  to  attach any 
merit  to  that  kind of  business, 
I might j 
say  right  here  that  character is the  basis 
for all  business  men,  fot  these' are  days 
when young  men and women are subject to 
strong temptations.
A gentleman  with  whom  I. was talking 
the  other  day  regarding  a  firm  in  Grand 
Rapids,  said,  “Their business  is  as solid as 
are  men  of  principle  and
& rock.”  Th6y

There  are  good  vinegars in the  market. 
There are  also  those which  are indifferent, 
bad and very bad.  The latter are the most 
common.  The  best  and  most  wholesome 
are these made from cider and wine.  These 
retain suggestions of  the apples and  grapes 
from which they originally came. 
If  care­
fully kept  they remain  palatable  for an in­
definite  period;  if  carelessly,  they, 
like 
every good  food  substance,  are  apt  to be­
come  mouldy and  unwholesome.  From  a 
gastronomic stand-point, the best vinegar is 
that which is made  from  red wine;  next to 
it  are  those  made  from white  wine,  elder 
and perry.  The first  is  invaluable in salad 
dressing, on account of  its beautiful  color;
X IT S ia U ^ s T n S fJ in 'ffiO T e   prep“™;  I
HnnQ tnhprp  nn  pnlnr  nt all  is  desired*  tli6 I seeking ihgii and  women of  sterling wortn. 
tions where  no  color  at all  is  aesirea,  tne | ^
“ Charity cov
third  is  available for  all  general  use,  and 
ereth a multitude of  sins;”  so  trustworthi­
the  last comes  to  the front  whenever  the 
ness covers many little  incapabilities,  little 
delicious jargonelle  flavor  is  conducive to 
errors of  head and hand;  so  long as an em­
the culinary success.  Below this  first class 
ployer can say,  “I  can  trust  that  man
are  the vinegars  made from  ale, beer  and 
woman,” so long a place  is waiting  his  or 
whisky.  These  are  coarse,  heavy,  and 
her wishes.
often  offensive.  They  never, except in the 
* You of  the graduating class  are  about  to
case of  whisky, are  made  purposely,  but
I ^
E X T “ '  
X e d V ^ e S   treatment,  and  whieh
him to be, to  allow, neither  will  your  bus­
would  otherwise  prove a total  loss.  The 
iness talent  permit,  you to dwell long upon 
ale that sours in the barrels  and hogsheads, 
speculation as to what  you  shall  do in this 
the beer that begins to putrify in the vaults, 
life and how  you will do it.  You will allow 
and the wretched whisky which is so full of 
not one hour to pass  without  putting  your 
fusel oils that no dealer, not even the lowest, 
hand or brain to  some  kind of  labor.  You 
will  purchase  it at any  price,  are the  raw 
young men and  women  have  walked  thus 
materials from which  this class of  vinegars 
far  in  life  together,  each  pursuing 
the 
is  made.  They cannot  be  said  to be  in-
same object.  Each  has  won the prize—an
education.  Each  has  accumulated  a  cap
jurious, but  thejnare 
for the real article.  ^
  ital which is now awaiting investment.  The 
from mashed  malt without  distillation, but  yotmg man is 
invest  his  capital in some
by  simply allowing  t h e ; W f e n g ^ ^ r a f e s i   that it may continually grow  and 
to go to an acetic fermentation.  Below t  e 
-ejd iarger dividends.  Society demands it: 
grade of  whisky vinegar  ^re 
bis growing  wants  demand it;  his love for
made  in the  laboratory  by  c h i p o s i t i o n   and  honor  urges  him  on  to eon 
cesses,  and  ®sP ^ UyTT^  
6  stantly new and  broader fields;  continually
distillation of  wood.  Unless  skillfully re  | mingling 
business  men,  he  is  daily
fined  and  purified  they contain  creosote, 
and  hourly accumulating strength and cap­
wood  tar, and  other products  of  the same 
ital;  such  demands  are  constantly  upon 
class,  all  of  which  are  injurious,  many 
him.  The career of young women too often 
of  which 
some 
ends where the  young man  only enters his. 
of  which are  fatal to the user.  They have 
But her field is  broadening  every  day,  and 
one  advantage,  and  only  one,  they  are 
now a business  education  for  a  woman 
cheap.  They  bear  the same  relation  to
almost in equal  demand.  Some of  you jure
genuine  vinegar  that  myrbane  oil  dore  to  anticipating a business ¿t  some kind.  Too 
for  want of  a “sphere,”  retrogradé
bitter  almonds,  glucose  to  pure  sugar, | 
sweetened dilute oil of  vitriol to lemonade, 
i from  the  day of  graduating,  as  many men 
and  lard  oleomargarine to fresh  creamery 
I do,  and  many more  would  under  the same 
butter.
conditions.  There  is no  excuse  for  such. 
There  was  never  a  time  when a well-dis- 
| ciplined,  intelligent,  accomplished  woman 
was in greater demand than  to-day.  Many 
j a woman  moulds  and shapes  the  financial 
CL  C.  H errick, C ity :. 
em" J course of  men whose business would end '
ployes of  jobbing  houses,  do hereby accept  rujn) *nly for  them.  Business  men  have 
greatest respect for a  young  woman 
the challenge of  the retail  grocery clerks to I 
play a match  game of  ball at Reed’s  Lake I a  young man  who  works, and  the  person 
who  shrinks  from  it  will neither enioy
on June  18. 
make  a  success  of  life.  When  idleness
F. Aldrich. 
takes  possession of  a man or woman, fail­
A.  Wickom. 
li. Parmenter. 
lure  commences.  Qo  to  work*  that’s  bus
iness,  and  the  world  will  see  that  you
G. Wilson. 
j mean business.
J.  Wickom. 
the  question'  has
1  Practically speaking, 
O. Fqx. 
‘  come to you, no  -doubt, what you  shall do,
C.  Freeman. 
F. Fox. 
What business  will  you  enter? 
I  would
say  here,  accept  the first  opening (if  idle-
-A, lI.'Gregory^;;,^;^ 
Dr. flofpifthB. Evans has  been engaged to l 
.. yon) where  you can <ettrxi an

The Various  Kinds of  Vinegar.

Grand  Ra pid s, June 1,1888

The  Challenge  Accepted. 

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■ better field—don’t be idle. 
Prof.  Sweiisberg, of  Grand  Rapids, not 
long  ago told me  that he had  daily to con­
tend  with  young  people  who were  posing 
for  a  mercantile  career who  had  no  more 
talent for it than he had  for an artist’s life. 
Mathews says,. “The only true method is to 
adapt  the  cultivation  to  the nature of  the 
soil.”  Again,  “Our wishes  are  presenti­
ments of  our capabilities.”  Both  are  good 
maxims and encouraging ones.
There are three alluring evils—stumbling 
blocks—in the selection of any work.
1st.  A  desire  for  a  so-called  “respect­
able  life” that is a sort of  a kid glove kind 
life.
2nd.  A desire for an “easy life.”
3rd,  A desire for a “lucrative life.” 
Either  one  of  these influences will often 
check and destroy what might  have  been a 
most successful career.  Success  is  depen­
dent upon  hard  work, and when  money or 
ease  are  the  motives that  actuate  one,  if 
he escape financial  ruin in  the  end,  moral 
ruin will surely follow.
When  I  was a boy  and  had  worked be­
hind  the counter for three years  with but a 
small  salary, I well  recollect  how my em­
ployer  said  in  my  hearing,  “I  like  men 
around—men  who  take an interest in their 
work.”  That  thought more than  any  other 
has been with me ever  since, and  in  deter­
mining  the worth  of  a  man  or woman in 
the  employ of  any one, I  would like to ask 
to what extent he or she takes an interest in 
his or her  work. 
It  is as  a  rule a sure in­
dex;  seldom  does it  fail,  and  no  fortune­
teller’s  aid  need  be  invoked  to  lay  your 
future  greatness  on  littleness  before you. 
Your employer can usually tell  you and  no 
special fee will he require.
A  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  one’s 
work,“!  care  not what  it is,  in the kitchen 
or  shop,  office'  or  at  the  forge,  will,  as a 
rule, command the best from  the employer; 
and  having  this,  promptness, economy  of 
time, good morals follow easily in the wake. 
Only a few days  since a young  man said to 
me that not  once in the last  twelve months 
had  he  been five  minutes  late to  his  em­
ployer’s  business. 
It was a worthy  record 
and  the position that  man holds  tells how 
he  has  earned  it.  Such  discipline,  such 
method,  is  the  making of  the young  men 
and women to-day.  Poor wages  too  often 
is a stumbling block on entering life.  Now, 
while I believe  in  good  pay,  fair wages all 
around,  every  business  man  discovers the 
motive  that prompts  a  would  be  employe 
to apply  for  work. 
If  your  mind  is  set 
upon  mastering  a  situation, you  will  not 
hesitate  to enter a service  because of  what 
in your mind is poor pay.  Enter  in  heart 
and soul and it will  not be long before pay, 
proportionate to your worth and employer’s 
ability,  will  be  granted  you.  Too  many 
work  for  pay only,  some  work  to  pass 
away time, but  successful  men and  women 
work because they have  heart and  mind in 
it.
Now,  one more  word on character.  You 
can’t  make  a  success  without  it.  Good 
habits and  a  good  moral  tone will  court 
favor. 
It  is  not  always  appreciated  by 
others  but you can’t  afford to be without it 
for your own sake.  Suffer not those whose 
characters  are  unquestionable,  but  to  all 
appearance  good  business  men,  influence 
you to depart  from those  principles  which 
are  as lasting as the hills.  By aud  by the 
harvest  will  come  and to you  and  to  us 
come  the  words of  the  wise  man,  “seest 
thou  a  man  diligent  in  business he shall 
stand before kings.”*v

The  Value  of  Cheese.

According  to  the New  York  Sun,  Dr. 
Clark speaks in the highest terms of cheese 
as  an  article of  diet and  tells  why some 
people  find it does  not  agree  with  them. 
He  states that  full cream  cheese  contains 
one and five-eighths times as much nutrim as 
ordinary beef  does,  and if  quantity of  nu­
trim were the  only thing to be considered it 
would  be  the cheapest  article of  food  ob­
tainable.  Dr.  Clark  enlarges on the anato­
my of  digestion  to  show  why  we  cannot 
live  alone  by cheese  or  beef  or  bread,  or 
any  one of  the  articles  we ordinarily  eat, 
on  the  relation of  the rennet to the  diges­
tive qualities  of  cheese  and  on  the  relish 
which  the  appetite  has  for  that  article. 
The reason why many people believe cheese 
to disagree with  them is, he says,  that they 
undertake  to eat  it, not  as  a  substantial 
part  of  their  meals,  as  they  do  beef  a»d 
bread  and vegetables generally,  but because 
they  take it on  top  of  a  full meal  in  the 
same way as a delicacy or palate  ornament.
When  one  has  eaten  enough,”  remarks 
Dr.  Clark,  “any  more of  anything  is  apt 
to  set  heavy  on the  stomach.”  Having 
established in  a  scientific  way the  value of 
cheese  as  an  article  of  food,  Dr.  Clark 
treats  of  its  economic  virtues.  He  tin 
that the  average  price of  beef  for the y  -ar 
1887  was  seven cents  a  pound  wholesale, 
which, according to the authority of a prom­
inent dealer,  is the lowest average since the 
civil  war.  For  the year  1888 the  average 
price  of  cheese  was  ten  cents  a  pound 
wholesale.  As  there is no waste to eheese 
between the  purchase and  the  eating of it, 
the  cost  of  the  two  articles  differs  only 
twenty-two twenty-fifths of a cent a pound, 
while  the  cheese  has one and five-eighths 
times the nutritive value of beef.

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How  to  Handle  Pickles  in  the  Summer.
A leading pickle house  issues the follow­

ing circular to the trade:
Every dealer  will  acknowledge  the  im­
portance of  having his  goods in a perfectly 
fresh  condition, as  his  profits  depend  di­
rectly on  their  appearance  and  condition. 
A few hints as to the proper and most prof­
itable  manner  of  handling  them  will  not 
come amiss. 
Keep your pickles in  your  cellar  or some 
equally  cool  place, if  possible.  You  will 
probably say, in reply,  “I cannot run to the 
cellar  every time a customer  wants a dozen 
of  pickles.”  We  would  suggest as a rem­
edy that  you  keep a  jar or  stone  crock of 
them on  your  counter, always  taking  care 
to keep the pickles well  covered  with  vin­
egar.
Keep  the  barrel  well covered to exclude 
insects, air, etc., and place a coarse cloth on 
the  pickles,  inside of  the barrel,  and  rinse 
it with  fresh  water  occasionally.  Always 
keep the pickles well covered with vinegar, 
never leaving  them  dry or  exposed  to  the 
air, even for  a short time.
Preserves, jellies and fruit butters should 
also toe kept in a cool place, never where the 
aim or hot air will strike them, thereby pre^ 
serving both their fresh  appearance and in­
suring the necessary moisture to retain their 
proper  consistency. 
If  - these  precautions 
are observed  you will  find  your  sales very 
largely increased, as people will  soon  learn 
of  it and give the careful  grocer the prefer­
ence, and  you will  avoid  spoilage  qnd  ibr 
crease  your  profit  at  least  twenty-five per 
rant. 

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E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids : _ 
Dea r Sir —Will you please say in this week’s 
T radesman that delegates or persons wishing 
to attend the Minneapolis convention  can get 
their tickets  here  for  Chicago via C. & W. M. 
for one fare for thè round trip (good from 16th 
to 23d), which  is  $5.45.  They  must leave here 
not later than Sunday  night,  as  the train for 
Minneapolis leaves Chicago at  8 o’clock,  Mon­
day morning, the 18tb. 
'Rie fare from Chicago 
is $7.50 for the round trip,  with  Pullman carsi 
No charge for meals e n route. 

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Yours truly,  Ge o . F . Ow en.

This  Year’s  Directory.

R.  L.  Polk & Co.  have  done  themselves 
proud in their  Grand  Rapids  Directory for 
1888.  Compared  with  the  issue of  the 
previous  year,  it  shows a gain of from 905 
to  1,040 pages exclusive of  the county  di­
rectory, which  covers 175 additional  pages. 
The volume  hears evidence of  careful com­
pilation  and  is  a credit  to the  city whose 
people it purports to represent.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted under th is head fo r 
tw o cents  a   w ord  th e  first  insertion  and  one  cent a  
No  advertise­
w ord fo r  each  subsequent  insertion. 
m ent tak en   fo r  less th a n  25 cents.  Advance paym ent.

F O B   S A L E .

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230

Fo r   s a l e —a  w e l l -s e l e c t e d   st o c k   o f   d r y

Goods  and  Groceries  in   a th riv in g   tow n  of  1,000 
inhabitants.  Two railroads, good trade, good  society, 
everything th a t is desirable.  Stock  w ill invoice $2,000 
to  $2,500.  Going o ut of business m y reason fo r selling. 
Address H., care of M ichigan  Tradesm an,  G rand  Rap­
ids. 

best locations in  th e city.
IUs.

location;  w ill be sold  a t 
A ssignee.__________

ery  occupying  a  fine  store  room   in   one  of th e 
J.  H enry  Allen,  Rockford, 

OR  SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK  OF  WILLIAMS  & 
ich.  Invoice  $2,600;  good 
' 
bargain.  H arlin  Aldrich,

brick land, boiler and engine,  tile  and  brick  m a­
chine and all equipm ent necessary  to   m ake  brick and 
tile.  Address O. F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rapids,  o r  R.  D. 
M cNaughton, Coopersville, Mich, 

F< W heeler. Ludington,  Mich.  Invoice  $2,600;  good 
Fo r   s a l e   o r   t r a d e —f i v e   a c r e s  o f   g o o d
221
F o r   s a l e —s t o c k   o f   g r o c e r ie s   a n d   c r o c k -
Fo r   r e n t   o r   s a l e —o n e- h a l f   o r   t h e   w h o l e
F o r   s a l e —g e n e r a l   s t o c k , g o o d t r a d e ,  l o n g
F OR  SALE—ON  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  DEATH  OF  MY 

o r  sh o rt  tim e.  A  barg ain   fo r some  one.  Must 
sell.  W ant to  go South.  Address  Box  12,  G randville, 
Mich. 

of new g rist mill, full roller process, 100-barrel ca-
Address 

pacity, in  first-class location, on  easy  term s. 
W. F. Cowham, Jackson. Mich.

husband, I offer for sale th e grocery  and te a  busi­
ness a t 89 Canal street.  Stock will  n o t  inventory over 
$2,500. Apply to  Mrs. E. M. W hite, a t above  address.  227 
OR  SALE—OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  LUMBER  AND 
shingles, an 18 x 21 inch  horizontal  W allen engine 
w ith fly wheel 8 feet diam eter;  bojler  6  feet diam eter 
by 12 feet long, 109 3 ineh  flues,  w ith  h eater,  h o t  and 
cold w ater  pum ps. * E verything  com plete  and  ready 
for  use.  A barg ain   fo r  som e  one.  E nquire  of  T.  C. 
B roadbent, Box 391. Ovid,  Mich. 

226

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221

OR  SALE—A  COMPLETE  SAW  MILL  PLANT  FOR 
one-quarter of w hat i t cost th ree  y ears  ago.  Ca­
pacity,  50,000  p er  day.  Will  take p a rt pay in lum ber. 
G. S. W orm er, 57 W oodbridge St.,  W est,  D etroit, Mich.

203

TT'OR  SALE—THE  DRESS  OF  TYPE  NOW  USED  ON 
“The  Tradesm an”—600  pounds  of  brevier  and 200
JP 
pounds of  nonpareil, 
A  good  bargain  w ill  be  given
purchaser.

Choate, Agent, E ast Saginaw. 

hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayne 

F OR SALE—AT A  BARGAIN,  a   CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
F o r   s a l e —a  c l e a n  s t o c k  o f  d r u g s, f i x t u r e s ,

etc.,  com plete, on good  line  of  railw ay, about 35 
m iles  n o rth  of G rand  Rapids.  No  paints  o r  oils, b u t 
could be  added to   good  advantage.  P oor  h ea lth  and 
o th er business  m y  only  reasons  fo r  selling.  No.  116 
care Tradesm an office. 

F OR  SALE—FRUIT  FARM  o f   i h   a c r e s,  l o c a t e d  

in   Spring  Lake.  Ten  m inutes  w alk  from   post- 
office.  P leasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  W ill  sell  on 
long tim e or exchange fo r  stock  of  any kind  of  m er­
chandise.  Place is valued a t $3,000, w ill ta k e $2,000 for 
it.  Address S. A. Howey, N orth Muskegon, Mich.  208

207

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W A N T S.

229

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WANTED-A  GRIST  MILL  AT  CONKLIN, SITUATED 

in one of th e  best  g rain   producing  districts in  
Michigan.  Located on G rand Rapids  &  Indiana  R ail­
road, b oth G rand  Rapids  and  M uskegon  m arkets are 
easy of access.  R ight p a rty  w ill g et  site and $1,000 bo­
nus.  Address  John  Sehler,  G rand  Rapids,  o r  H enry 
Miller, Conklin. 

swer 222, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

ion businsss to  travel on th e G. R. & I. R. R.  An­

m an  w ith  best  of  references. 
Tradesman office.

liam son Corset.  I t sells a t  once ;  good satisfac­
tion.  L iberal  term s  and  good territo ry .  W Uliamson 
Corset & Brace Co., 18 S. Sixth St., St. Louis, Mo. 

WANTED—LADY  AGENTS  FOR  THE  MME.  WIL- 
WANTED—A  MAN  FAMILIAR  WITH  THE  PROVIS- 
w ANTED-A  FIRST-CLASS  GROCERYMAN  IN  THE 
w £
WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

ANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
m acist.  Seven y ears’ experience.  Best of refer­

this  paper  to  give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a 
trial.  I t will abolish y our pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all yo u r book-keeping, in  m any instances save you th e 
expense of one clerk, will b ring  your business  down to 
a   cash basis and  save  yon  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 
reg ret it.  H aving  tw o kinds, both  kinds  w ill be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 

ences.  Address lock box No. 37, Midland, Mich. 

WANTED—1,000- MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 

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

>  Superi*
Address

D,”  care 

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M ISC E  LLA N EO U S.
Q A A   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUSI- 
ness paying 100  per  cent.  Best  of  rea­
sons ' fo r  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace, 
Mich. 

G. W. Langford,  Eylar,  111. 

land.  W hat have you?  Correspondence soUcited. 

TO  EXCHANGE — MERCHANDISE  WANTED  FOR 
A g e n t s  w a n t e d ,  e v e r y w h e r e ,  t h r e e   n e w

articles  ju s t  out.  Big  money.  Exclusive  te rri­
tory.  Inclose  stam p  fo r  p articulars.  Samples  of  aU 
th ree  35  cents.  Address  Swinebum e  &  Co., M anufac­
turers, LaCrosse, Wis. 

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P U C K W H E A Y

I have a Choice Lot of Buck­
wheat for Seeding purposes, o f 
the SILVER HULL and GRAY/ 
varieties,  that  I  offer  to  the 
Trade at $1 per bu. 

.

Bags, extra, 18c. each.
In lots of 5 bags  at  a tim e I 
w ill deliver free  to  cars.  Less 
than that amount, cartage w ill 
be charged.

W. T,  Lft JKIREMJX,

71  Canal St.,  Qrand Rapids.

STRAIGHT

W A R R A N T E D   TO  B E  T H E

FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
For the money in the U.S.  ty P u t up M in i box.  ■ Aek 
JOHN E. KENNING ft CO., Grand Rapida. 
____________  

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

Bend for prices.___________

CÄ?
Ë É lÉ i

15 CO

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ia ii 

' 
rmBOBOK
Iron and Tinned-Iv.V__ .... .dis
Popper Rivets and B u r s . . . . . . . d i s
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 84 to 37 10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 37  9 20 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

Broken packs lAc <p lb extra.
■ 

ROBBS.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

70&10
60

TIN  PLATES.

SQUARES.
 

 
SHEET IRON.

.  Com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3 10 
8 15 
3 25 
3 35 
Inches

Sisal, % in. and larger!.............................  ii
Manilla.. . . ■ . . . . . . . . 4Jg ....  .....  12
Steel and Iron................ .... ...............dis
Try and Bevels... 
.dis
Mitre  ..........  
dis
„  
rg  Com. Smooth.
. 
Nos. 10 to 14......... ........ $4 20
Nos.l5to 17............V...........  4 20
Nos. 18to 31.......................... 
4 20
Nos.22to 24................................  4 20
Nos.35to 26...... .....................  4 40
No.2 7 .......__ . . ........___....  4 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 3 
wide not less than 3-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, $   a».. .... .
6U
In smaller quansities, ^   lb...
6*6
TACKS.
American, ail  kinds...........................dis
..dis
60
Steel, all kinds.................  
dis
..dis
60
Swedes, all kinds  .............................. dis
. .dis
60
Gimp and Lace................................dis
60
. .dis
dis
Cigar Box  Nails..........  
50
..dis
Finishing Nails................  
dis
. .dis
50
Common and Patent Brads..............dis
50
..dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’-Tacks.dis
s.dis
50
Trunk and Clout Nails.. „ i :   ...........dis
..dis
50
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails..........dis
45
..dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks.................. dis
. .dis
35
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No.l,  Refined.............................
22
Market  Half-and-half................
24
Strictly -Half-and-half...............
27
10x14,C h a r c o a l . . ......6 00@6 20
•10, 
10x14,Charcoal.............................    7 85
IX, 
13x13, Charcoal...............................  6 85
IC, 
12x13, Charcoal.............................  8 35
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...............................  6 35
IC, 
14x20,  Charcoal..............................  7 85
IX, 
IXX,  14x30, Charcoal.............................  935
IXXX, 14x20, Charcool..............................   ll 37
TXXXX, 14x20,  Charcoal..........................   13 15
20x28, Charcoal.............................   16 10
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................. 7 10
100 Plate C harcoal....;................   9 10
DX, 
DXX.  100 Plate Charcoal.........................  1110
DXXX,  100 Plate Charcoal...............  
1310
Redipped  Charcoal  Tin  Plate add 1 50 to 7 35
Roofing, 14x20, IC.............. 
  5 40
Roofing, 14x20,  IX .....................................   7  00
Roofing, 20x28, IC......................................   12 00
Roofing,  20x38, IX ........................... 
 
__ 
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Tern®............... 6 60
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne......... 
.  7 60
IC, 30x28, choice Charcoal Tem e..
......... 12 00
IX, 20x38, choice Charcoal Teme...........  15 00
_ 
Steel, Game...............................  
finfein
Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s.......... dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’  ..................................................60&10
S, P. & W.  Mfg.  Co.’S.............................. I *60&10
Mouse, choker...................................  .18c »  doz
Mouse,  delusion...............................$1 50 #  doz
Bright Market..............................................   dis 67*6
Annealed Market...............................dis  “0&lu
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62*6
Extra Bailing..........................................   dig  55
Tinned  Market........................... 
dis  62*6
Tinned Broom......................................... p
  09
Tinned Mattress...... ...............................»  a> 8*6
Coppered  Spring Steel.................................. dis 50
Tinned Spring Steel........................................dis 40&10
^  b>  3
Plain Fence............... 
Barbed Fence, galvanized............... ...........4 00
3 25
Copper............................................ new  list net
Brass................................................ new list net
Bright............................................dis
70&10&10
Screw Eyes....................................dis
70&10&10
Hook’s ..........................................dis
70&10&10
GateHooks and  EveB................. dis
70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled..............
Coe’s Genuine.....................................dis 
Coe’s Ptent A griculturai, wrought, dis 
Coe’s  Ptent, malleable.,,............................ dis 75&1C
Birdcages...............................................  
50
Pumps,  Cistern..................................dis 
75
7C&5
Screws, new  list....................  
 
Casters,  Bed  and  Plate...................dis50&10&10
Dampers, American............................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods  ..d 
%
Copper  Bottoms...............  
 
30c

painted....................; 

MISCELLANEOUS.

TIN—LEADED.

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES.

TRAPS.

WIRE.

50
75 

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

00@15 00
00@18 00
00@16 50
0U@35 00
00@50 00
@10 00
00@14 00
00®13 00

The furniture factories  here  nay  as follows 
for  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, mill 
culls out;
dis 50
Basswood, log-run.............................13 
Birch, log-run.....................................15 
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2............................  @25 00
Black Ash, log-run.............................14 
Cherry,  log-run.................................25 
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2..........................45 
Cherry,  culi...................................... 
Maple, log-run...................................12 
Maple, so ft,  lo«--rim.......................... H 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2............................  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring.......................  @25 0o
Maple, white, selected.....................   @25 On
Bed Oak, log-run................................is  00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2........................ 24 
00@25 00
Red Oak, *4 sawed. 8in and upw’d..4(> 00@4o 00
regular.............. 80  00035 00
Red Oak,  ‘ 
Red Oak, No.  1, step  plank..............  @25 00
Walnut.log-run................................  
@55  ius
Walnut, Nos. 1 ami 2.........................  @75 00
Walnuts,  culls.................................. 
. @25 00
Grey  Elm. log-run  .........................  
  @13 00
White Ash,  log-run 
14 
Whitewood.  log-run.....................   30 
White Oak. ioir->-un......... 
,17 

00@!6 50
flQ@22 no
nn@is on

......... 

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■ PLACE to secure a thorough 

and useful education is at the 
G k a n o   R a p i d s  (Mich.) B u s i- 
\"ES8< ■o l l e o e .  write for ( ol-

SWENSBERG.

I Mlege J<mrnal.  Address, C. í

¿ V  

60&10

dis J6&10
30
35
60
60
60
60
50
38
15 18

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Michigan  Business  Men’«  Association.

President—Frank 1 
« r e t Vtce-Presidei 
11  Second Vioe-Preaid

.............^i^nMt.'Trtaranti CStir,
Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. 
Vice-President—8. Lamfrom, Owosso.
•—B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. 
-P^.W »a»««oaOreeiw Slla  g: 

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• Executive Beard—President. Secretary, Geo. W. Hub­
bard, Flint; W. B. Kelsey, Ionia; Irving P. Clapp, Al- 
Xegsn', 
Committee oh Trade Interest»  Smith Barnes, Traverse 
f  CMy; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; H.  B. Fargo, Muske- 
■ ■ -’'gon."
Commmitte on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing; W.
E. Kelsey, Ionia; seal McMillan, Rockford. 
Committee  on  Transportation-^.  W. Milliken,  Trav- 
p   erse City; Jno. F. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
■ Bast Saginaw.
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.- V. 
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan.
•  Committee on Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L.
Fuller,  Frankfort;  S.  E. Parkill,  Owosso;  Will  Em- 
'  mart, Eaton Rapids.
Official Organ—T h e  Mic h ig a n Tradesm an. 
__________
The following auxiliary associations are op­
erating under  charters granted hy the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

N o. 1—Traverse C ity B . M. A ,

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Nol 6 —A lb a B. M. A. 

No. 3—S tu rgis B . M. A .

N o. 3—L o w ell B. M. A .

No. 8 —B astport B. M. A .

N o , » —L aw rence B . M. A .

No. 7—D im on d ale B . M. A .

No.  4—G ra n d   B a p id s  M.  A . 

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

No. 11—K in g sle y  B . M. A .
N o. 13—Q u in cy  B . M . A .
N o. 13—S h e rm a n  B . M. A .

President, Qeo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts._____
'“''il.. ' 
' President, ». B. Blain; Seeretary, Frank T. King.
, 
President. H. S. Church ; Secretary, Wm. Jora._______
President. E. J. Herrick; Seeretary, E. A. Stowe.
No,  5 —M uskegon B .  M. A. 
President, H. B. Fargo; Seeretary, Wm. Peer.
President, F. W. Bloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin. 
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President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, G. A. Stebbins.
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
President, H. P. Whipple; Seeretary, C. H.  Camp.
,  President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.______
■ pSfP 
President, H. B. Sturtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.
N o. 14—No. M u sk eg o n  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. 0. Havens.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. 
r  
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco.______
" 
President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle._______ _
President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.______
President, D. F. Watson: Secretary. E. E. Chapel.
' 7 "  
President, John F. Henry ; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. 
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President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Penddent, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R-  Clarke.
President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. G. Bailey»
T 
7
President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o. 15—B o y n e  C ity  B . M . A . 
N o. 16—S and B a k e B . M. A .
N o. 17—P la in w e ll B . M . A .
N o. 18—O w osso B . M . A .

N o. 83—G ra n d   L ed g e B . M . A . 
No. 3 3—Carson. C ity  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 .

N o. 3 4 —M oriey B .  M. A . 

N o.  19—A d a  B . M . A .

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N o. 35—P a lo  B . M. A . 

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i. M. A,
..

N o.  47—F lin t  M.  U.

No. 46 —L eslie B . M. A . 

N o. 43 —T ustin B . M. A. 

N e. 36—Ith a ca  B .  M. A .

No. 30 —O ceana B . M. A.

No. 3 4 —Saranac B . M. A.

N o.  35—B ella ire  B . M. A .

N o. 37—D orr B . M.  A.

N o. 39—F reep ort B .M . A . 

No. 4 3 —E rem o n tB . M. A . 

N o. 4 5 —H oy tv ille  B . M. A .

N o. 3 9 —B u rr Oak B . M. A.

No. 44—R eed C ity B . M. A . 

No. 36 —G reen v ille R  M. A . 

*  N o. 3 8 —S cottviile B .  M. A .

No. 38—C heboygan B . M. A

No. 37—B a ttle  Creek B . M. A . 

N o. 31—C harlotte B . M. A. 
No. 33—C oopersviU e B . M. A. 
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No. 33—C h arlevoix B   —  

President, Chas. B. Johnson; Seeretary, H. D. Pew.
President. S. B- Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
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President, J. H, Tuttle;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
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President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough, 
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President, A. O. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Hqughtaling.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. Q. Fleury
President, G. W. Watrous ;  Secretary, A B. Watson.
President. L. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. X. Williams.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmo re.
President, a  F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M.Everden
President, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, W. F. Baxter. 
¡¿T- 
President. H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
; 
President, W. S. Wilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.
N o. 4 0 —E aton B ap id s B . M. A . 
President, C. T. Hartson; Seeretary, Chas. Colter.
N o .41—B reck en rid ge  B .M . A. 
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. B. Scudder.
Frllsident, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. HaUaday.
President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. 
: 
President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
N o. 48—H ubbardston B. M. A . 
President, Boyd Kedner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
President, A. Wenzel!; Secretary, Frank Smith._____
President. A. O. Wheeler: Secretary, J. P. O’Malley.
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
President, F. D. Vos; Seeretary, Wm. Mieras.________
President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, T. M. Harvey.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
President, E. Hagadom; Secretary, E. O. Brower.
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
N o. 6 0 —South B oardm an B . M. A. 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Radish.
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, 0 .8. Biom.
President, Frank Welle; Secretary, W. E. Crotty. 
'A"’'  ■  N o .6 7 —W atervliet B . M. A.
President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.
President. A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and C lim ax B . M. A. 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.
N o. 70—N ash ville  H. M. A. 
President, IC H. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers.
President, M. Setzorg;  Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck.

■■  -  -  No, 58—L ife L ake B . M. A . 
N o. 59—F e n n v ille  B . M. A . 

“  No. 53—Grand H aven  B . M. A .

N o. 51—Cedar  Springs  B .  M.  A. 

:  No. 57—R ockford B . M, A .

No- 63—E ast ¡saginaw M. A . 

'  No; 6 8 —A lleg a n  B . M. A .

N o.  61—B artford   B . M . A. 

No.  55 —F etosk ey  B . M. A. 

No. 5 0 —M anistee B . M. A .

No. 66 —L a n d n g  B . M.  A . 

No. 56—B angor  B .  M.  A. 

No, 53—B e lle v u e  B . M. A

No. 54 — D ouglas B . M. A.

No. 71—A sh le y   B .  M.  A,

No, 64—M errill B . M. A.

No. 4 9 —Leroy  B .  M,  A .

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N o, 73—B eid in g  B . M. A. 

• No. 74—T ecum seh  B .  M.  A . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, Osear P. Bills; Secretary, F. Bosacraus.
ig g g H S ffii F- Cartwright;  Secretary. L. Gifford.

No. 75—D avison  B .  M.  A. 

M anufacturers  Seeking;  N ew   Locations,
Smith Middlings Purifier Co., Jackson. ’ 
Lovell Refrigerator Co., Ionia.
Clapp Shirt Co., Allegan.
David Woodward (plows) Clinton.

§¡1¡¡¡§  S p ecial E nterprises W anted.
i  Grist Mill—Hopkins Station.
Newspaper—North Muskegon, 
rförtstmiü—Bellevue. 
Wood working establishment—Quincy.

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factories—Fife Lake.
j|iQu% vliBQsar and pickle factory,

in England for
fi^ to m a to e s.

A Move  in   the  Direction  of  Better  Milk 

and  Produce,

license 

Sec. 3.  No 

twenty  days 

therefor  from 

The following ordinance has been report­
ed  to  the  Common  Conncil  by the  City 
Attorney:
AN  ORDINANCE—Relating to,  and  regu­
lating the  sale  of  milk,  meats,  fish' and
other  provisions and  articles of  food  in
the city of  Grand Bapids, and  to  provide
for inspection thereof.
Section 1.  The Common Council of the 
city of  Grand  Bapids do  ordain as follows: 
On  the first  Monday of  May in each  year, 
or  within 
thereafter,  and 
whenever a vacancy shall occur,  and within 
thirty days  after the  passage and  publica' 
tion of  this  ordinance, it shall  be  the  duty 
of the board of  health of  the city of  Grand 
Bapids to nominate to the Common Council 
thereof such number of  inspectors of  milk, 
meats,  fish  and  other  provisions  used  for 
food  as  said  board  shall deem  necessary, 
not exceeding  three, which  said  inspectors 
shail{ be appointed  by and with  the advice 
and consent of a majority of the members of 
{he Common Council elect thereto, and shall 
hold office until the first Monday in May next 
following such  appointment, and  until  his 
successor is appointed  and  qualified, unless 
sooner  removed for  causes  shown  to  said 
Common  Council  by said  board of  health. 
Such  inspector  or  inspectors shall  receive 
such compensation as the  Common Council 
shall prescribe.  The  board of  health  shall 
have  power, and  it  shall  be their  duty to 
prescribe  the duties of  said  inspector or in­
spectors relative to the  inspection  of  milk, 
meats,  fish,  and  all other  provisions  used 
for  food in  the  city of  Grand  Rapids, and 
exposed or offered  for sale  therein, subject 
to the provisions of  this ordinance,  and. the 
health  laws of  the State of  Michigan;  and 
whenever said  inspector or inspectors  shall 
find  any article or substance  used for  food 
as above mentioned, and exposed  or offered 
for sale,  in  an  unfit, unsound, diseased, or 
unwholesome  condition, he  or  they  shall 
seize the  same and  make immediate  report 
thereof to the health officer of said board of 
health;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
health officer to cause the offender or offend­
ers  to  be  prosecuted  for a violation of any 
ordinance of said city in relation thereto.
Sec. 2.  No  person,  firm  or  association 
shall  peddle milk, meats, or  fish in the city 
of  Grand  Bapids, nor  shall  any  dealers, 
venders or  their  agents, or  employes,  ex­
pose for sale, or sell the same from vehicles, 
stores  or  any  other  places  in the  city  of 
Grand Bapids  wijjhout first having procured 
a 
the  Common 
Council  of  said  city; 
the  fee  for  said 
license  to  be paid  by the  persons, firm  or 
association 
pre­
shall  be 
aforesaid 
scribed  by the  Common Council, but  shall 
not exceed the sum of ten dollárs.
license  shall  be  granted 
under the provisions  of  section two of  this 
ordinance  to sell or peddle  milk in the  city 
of  Grand  Bapids  except  upon the  written 
recommendation  of  the  board of  health of 
said city.
Sec. 4.  No person shall sell  or  offer for 
sale in  the city of  Grand  Bapids  any milk 
that  is  adulterated  with  any foreign  sub­
stance or diluted  or reduced with water, or 
any  milk  known  as  “skinimed  milk,” or 
keep back  any  part of  the  milk  known as 
“strippings,” with  intent  to defraud,  with­
out  first  having  informed  the  purchaser 
thereof;  nor shall  any person  sell  or  offer 
for sale in said city milk  from cows fed  on 
malt or refuse from breweries or distilleries, 
or  any fermented  food,  or  any  substance 
that is deleterious to the milk and to health. 
Nor shall  any person  sell or offer  for  sale 
in  said  city  any milk  from a sick  or  dis­
eased  cow, or any milk  drawn  from a cow 
less  than one week  after  the  birth of  her 
last calf. 
.Nor shall any person sell or offer 
for  sale any  milk  in  said  city,  unless  the 
cow .or  cows  from  which  the  same  is 
drawn shall have been,  and  are  kept at the 
timé of drawing  the same,  in stables, yards 
or  premises  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome 
condition, nor  unless  the  pails,  cans,  and 
other articles used for storing milk or keep­
ing the same  for sale,  shall  be clean, pure, 
and wholesome,  and kept in that condition. 
And all  persons selling  or  offering for sale 
milk  in  the  city of  Grand  Bapids  shall 
comply  with 
the  rules  and  regulations 
which  the  board of  health  may  make in 
relation thereto.
Sec.  5.  All  licenses  granted  under the 
provisions of  this ordinance shall be signed 
by the  mayor and  the city  clerk upon pay­
ment to  the  clerk of  fifty cents  for each 
license,  and  the amount of  license fee fixed 
by the  Common  Council, which  shall  be 
graduated  in  each case  by the  number  of 
cows kept, andahall  not exceed  fifty cents 
for  each  cow per year;  but in no case shall 
such  license fee  be  fixed  at a greater  sum 
than  the  maximum  amount  mentioned  in 
section  two  of  this  ordinance.  Provided, 
however, that  persons  residing within  the 
limits of the city of  Grand  Bapids owning 
a single cow therein and selling milk there­
from,  shall  receive  a  license  without the 
payment  of  any fee  by conforming  to  the 
requirements of  section three  of  this  ordi­
nance.  Each  license  granted  as  aforesaid 
shall contain the  name in  full  and address 
of  the person  or  persons  to  whom  it  is 
granted;  shall  state  the  number  of  cows 
from which milk  is  to  be  sold,  and where 
kept, and  shall  be numbered,  and  a  record 
thereof  shall  be  kept  by the  city clerk  at 
his office.
Sec.  6.  The name and license number of 
each  person  to  whom a license  is  issued 
shall be painted in plain letters of sufficient 
size to be easilf  seen and read at a distance 
of  sixty feet  therefrom, and  placed  in  a 
conspicuous place on  every vehicle used  by 
such  person  or  his agent  in  distributing 
milk through said city, and  upon all houses 
or  places where  the same may  be  kept for 
sale by the holder of such license.
Sec.  7.  Any  person  who  shall  sell  or 
offer  for  sale,  or cause  to  be  sold, or shall 
bring or cause to be brought into the city of 
Grand  Bapids,  any  substance  or  article 
used for food that  is  unwholesome, or that 
has been  handled or drawn  by one laboring 
under a contagious  or infectious disease,  or 
by any person  whose clothing or person  is 
infected with  such  disease, or shall  sell  or 
offer  for sale in said  city, oar  shall bring or 
cause to be brought  into said  city  any milk 
or other  like  article used  for  food, which 
has stood in a room occupied byone affiicted 
with  such  disease, or In  a  room  adjacent 
thereto,  or  in  a  room  that  has not  been 
properly  disinfected  after being  thus occu­
pied,  or that  has  beqn  stored  in  cars  or 
other  vessels  that  have  been handled  by 
such  diseased  persons,  or that has been in 
any  way subject  to the contamination  of 
any  filthy  or  an wholesome  substance,  or 
that has  been drawh from sick or diseased 
^ ^ p l s ,  >or .that  is  adulterated  with  any 
foreign  substonce, aludí  be  liable  to  the
Wm Sl

printed the name and address of the? person 
so engaged,  also the name and license num­
ber of  his employer or principal,  and' shall 
'exhibit* such card  upon demand  to. any po­
liceman or member of  t^e board of  health, 
or  to  any person  to  ‘whom  sale  may  be 
made by such person.
Sec. 9.  All  persons  who shall  sell  or 
offer  for  sale  milk in the  city  of  Grand 
Bapids shall  sell  to any  inspector, officer, 
employe or member of  the board  of  health 
on  demand  one  quart or mora of milk  on 
tender  of 
the  market price  thereof,  for 
analysis.
Sec.  10.  The board of  health  is  hereby 
authorized  to  employ a competent  chemist 
to  analyze  any specimen  of  milk  brought 
into  said  city for  sale  therein,  whenever 
such  analysis  shall  to  said  board  seem 
necessary.
Sec.  11.  No  person, company or corpor­
ation shall bring or cause to be brought into 
the city of  Grand Bapids any diseased  ani­
mal, or any diseased or unwholesome meat,  i 
fish or fowl of any kind.
Sec.  12.  No person shall sell or offer for 
sale  in the  city of  Grand  Bapids  any calf 
alive or butchered to be used for food under 
the age of four weeks’.
Sec.  13.  Any  person  or  persons  who 
shall violate  any of  the  provisions of  this 
ordinance  on  conviction thereof, shall  be 
punished by a fine of  not less than five dol­
lars, nor  more than  fifty dollars and  costs 
of prosecution.  And in default of  the pay­
ment thereof, the offender may be sentenced 
to be imprisoned at hard labor in the jail of 
the  county of  Kent or  in  any  jail, work- 
house,  or lockup of  said city,  until the pay­
ment  of  such  fine  ond  costs,  but for  a 
period of not exceeding sixty days.

Association  Notes.

Now is the time for the local associations  to 
begin thinking about a summer holiday.  The 
picnic was a source of great  good to those as­
sociations which indulged in it last season.
Hudson Gazette:  President John Newell, of 
the Lake Shore Railroad, writes the  Secretary 
of the Business  Men’s  Association  that  "the 
proposed new station at  Hudson  will  be  con 
structed  this  season.  Plans  are  being  pre­
pared, and the work will be  begun  as  soon as 
they  are  finished  and  the  contracts  can  be 
made.”
Owosso Times: The Business  Men’s Associa­
tion, at  its  meeting  on  Thursday evening of 
last week, elected the following officers :  Pres­
ident,  H.  W.  Parker;  Vice-President,  E.  L. 
Brewer;  Secretary,  S.  Lamfrom;  Treasurer, 
Ira  G.  Curry;  Executive  Committee,  Presi 
dent.  Secretary,  D.  Burhans  and  C. E.  Shat- 
tuck.

Manistee Democrat:  The Business Men’s As­
sociation met  Friday  evening  and appointed 
Messrs. A. O. Wheeler,  C. D. Gardner  and  W. 
H. Willard a committee to get  up a Fourth of 
July  celebration.  The  Committee  has  been 
doing good work and has quite a large sum  al­
ready subscribed  for  the purpose.  An inter­
esting programme of  horse  races,  base  ball, 
foot races, fire works and  other things will be 
prepared.  A special meeting of  the  Associa­
tion will be  held  Friday night to appoint fur­
ther committees.  Let every  one  attend  and 
help on the good work.

Plainweil Independent: Plainwell  has an op­
portunity of securing a small  manufacturing 
enterprise  simply by placing a small  amount 
of money in the business. The Business Men’s 
Association will try to interest  our  people  in 
the project, and it is suggested a combination 
with the Ives factory would be feasible.  It is 
growing  apparent to nearly all of our  people 
that  manufacturing  is  a necessity to the fut­
ure growth of the  town;  in fact, employment 
must be furnished to the  people  now  here or 
else they will be forced  to  seek  it elsewhere. 
Some  of  our  progressive  business  men  ex­
press  their  willingness  to give a bonus of $1 
each per hand  employed  to any concern  that 
will  start  up  here.  If there  are  100  men in 
Plainwell  likeminded,  a  factory  employing 
twenty-five hands would get a bonus of $3,600; 
and an institution using 100 men would receive 
$10,000 bonus. 

_______

_ 

Grand  Rapids Mercantile Association.
At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the 
Grand Bapids Mercantile Association, held on 
June 5, F. L.  Blake  &  Son,  grocers  on  South 
Division  street,  and  Fred A. Rice,  grocer on 
Wealthy avenue, were  elected to membership 
in the Association.

J. Geo. Lehman, chairman of the Entertain­
ment Committee, reported in favor of holding 
the  second  annual  picnic on Thursday, June 
14.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  date named 
conflicted  with  the  pay-day  of  the  G.  R. 
& I. Railroad, B. S. Harris moved that the pic­
nic  be  held  on  Monday,  June 18, which  was 
adopted.

The Committee  outlined  the  programme it 
was  proposed  to  observe  on the occasion of 
the picnic, wbiqh was accepted and adopted.

It was resolved to close all the stores at noon 
the day of the picnic, and the Committee  was 
voted $100 to meet the necessary expenses  at­
tending the en ertainment.

_____ ______

A considerable  discussion  followed  on  the 
desirability of maintaining the agreement not 
to  return  berry packages to the growers, the 
sentiment  seeming to indicate that the agree­
ment would be rigidly lived up to unless there 
should be a package famine late in the season. 
The  Secretary was  instructed to write all the 
package manufacturers in the  fruit belt,  ask­
ing them to arrange to keep on hand  an extra 
large supply.  Alfred J. Brown  addressed the 
Association on the subject, when the meeting 
adjourned. 
Good  Report  from  the  Nashville  Asso­
ciation.
Nashville, June 5,1888.fg
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Dear Sir—I take  pleasure in reporting  the 
B. M. A. of Nashville in a fine  condition.  We 
hear  it  well  spoken of by outsiders, who are 
beginning to understand that it is an  Associa­
tion designed not only to benefit its  members 
but the community at large.
The  Williams  Frait  Evaporator Co. has  re­
cently shipped  four  car loads of evaporators 
to California and  has  prospects of good  bus­
iness in Michigan  this  season,  by reason of a 
short crop of apples in N ew York  State.  This 
corporation is composed of gentlemen of push 
and they are meeting with merited success.
W. 8. Powers.

Respectfully, 

The  Rates  on  Nails.

■  As a majority of  our readers are probably 
aware, the  nail  manufacturers  west of  the 
Alleghanies  adopted  a  new  card  rate  to 
take  effect  June  1st,  the  base  of  which 
was  20d  to  60d  instead of  lOd to 60d, the 
base  of  the  old  card.  A  communication 
was  receive^. • by the  Western  Association 
from tiie Eastern Association, requesting it 
«to postpone action for (me  month,  viz., un­
til  July l, to enable  the  twb  combines  to 
meet,  discuss  mid  prepare  a  card  which 
would  be  aeceptable  to   both, and  have'it 
adopted  as  a  national  card.  To, this  the 
Western  manijfactnters  acceded.  There­
fore, the new card will  not be in force until 
July 1,  and  probably not

 

 

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These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

AUGERS ANh BITS.

promptly and buy in full packages.
,   v: 
Ives’, old style__ l ........ ______ ‘...... m*  60
N. H. C.Co.................................;.........dis 
60
Douglass’...............................................dig 
60
Pierces’ --------- —  ..................... .....d is 
60
60
SneU’s ............................ ......................dis 
Cook s  ......... ........................................dis 
40
Jennings’, genuine........ .....................dis 
35
.dis50&10
Jennings’, imitation........................ 
BALANCES.
_ 
Spring...............................  ...dis 
40
BARROWS.
_  
Railroad.......................... .............  ........$14 00
Garden...............................  
.net 33 00
BELLS.
• 
H and!..  .....................................dis $ 60&10&10
70
..dig 
Cow,............................  
 
Call................................. 
30&15
  dip 
 
uis 
G ong...;.........   ............ 
35
Door, Sargent...............................dis 
60&10
Stove.................................................. dis $ 
0
Carriage new list...... ___________ .dis  7C&10
Flow  ...................................................dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe........................................ dis 
70
Wrought Barrel Bolts......... ............. dis
Cast  Barrel Bolts............................. dis 
40
Cast Barrel, brass knobs.................. dis 
40
Cast Square Spring...........................dis 
60
40
Cast Chain............ ............................dis 
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob__ ____dis 
60
Wrought Square...............................dis 
60
Wrought Sunk Flush........................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
,  Flush............................. ................. dis  60&10
Ives’ Door .   ........................v........... dis  60&10

BOLTS.

 
 

BRACES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COCKS*

COMBS.

COPPER.

ELBOWS.

CHISELS.

BUCKETS.

 
DRILLS

BUTTS. CAST.

......d is 
 

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

40
B arber...............................................dis$ 
Backus...................;......................  ..dis  50&10
Spofford............................ .................dis 
50
net
Am. Ball...................... 
...dis 
Well, plain........................ 
$  3 50
Well, swivel............ .................................   4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured... ................ dis  70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis  60& 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  Pin...........................dis  60M0
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip...........dis  6Q& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned...........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvei
..dis  60&5
Wrought Table....................................dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind..................    dis  60&10
Wrought Brass.................. 
75
Blind, Clark’s...................................    dis  70&10
Blind,Parker’s.............  
dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s.................................dis 
70
CAPS.
Ely’s 1-10.........
Hick’
G.D.
Musket....................................
CATRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list.. ..50
Rim Fire,United States..................... 
.dis50
Central Fire............................................... dia2f>
Socket Firmer..................................... dis  70&10
Socket Framing...................................dis  70&10
Socket Comer......................................dis  70&10
Socket Slicks.................... ..................dis  70&10
Butchers’Tanged Firmer..................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers................... dis 
30
Cold...................................................... net
Curry, Lawrence’s............ ................dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  .......................................... dis 
35
60
Brass, Backing’s...... ................. 
Bibb’s ...................................................... 
60
B eer.........................................................   40&10
Fenns’...................................................... 
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................«Mb  33
14x53,14x56,14 x60......................................   31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.........................  29
Cold Rolled, 14x48......... ..u .........................  39
Bottoms..............  
30
Morse’s Bit  Stock........ m..............dis 
40
Taper and Straight Shank.. ...........     dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  S hank..................  
40
  dis 
Com. 4 piece, 6  in............................doznet $.75
Corrugated.................; ft.............. dis20&10J&0
 
 
Adjustable............................  
Claris, small, $18 00;  large, $36 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ; 3, $34 00;  3, $30 00.  dis 
American File Association List........dis 
Disston’s ............................... ........... dis 
New American................................... dis 
Nicholson’s..................... .*..................dis 
Heller’8 ........................... 
Heller’s Horse Rasps.........................dis 
Nos. 16 to 30, 
List 

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

33 and 34,  35 and 36,  37 

biles—New List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

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

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

13 
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 
50
HAMMERS.
Maydole & Co.’s......... 
dis 35
Kip’s .................................... 
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................. dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....................30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 
Bam Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.................... dis  60&10
Kidder, wood  track............................dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, l, 3, 3................... 
dis 60
State.........................................per doz, net, 2 60
Screw Hook and Strap, to  13  in.  4H  14
7^
 
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  ..................net 
70
Screw Hook and Eye %..................... net 
8)4
7)4
Screw Hook and Eye 
.....................net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %...................net 
7H
Strap and  T .....................................dis 
70
P ots...................... ..................................   60&10
K ettles..........................................  
Spiders  ...................................................  60&10
Gray  enameled..............................  
50
Stamped Tin Ware....................new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................  
, 35
Granite Iron  Ware..................... 
25
 
Grub  1.............................................$11 00, dis 60
Grub  2.................................. ..........11 50, dis 60
Grub 3............................12 00, dis 60
KNOBS—NEW LIST.
Door, mineral, j ap. trimmings........... dis 
55
Door, porcelain, j ap. trimmings...........  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......  
55
55
Door, porcelain, trimmings.__ ____ ... 
70
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain____.dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ..  ..................   40&10
45
Hemacite ..............................  
.dis 
LOOKS—DOOR.
55
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s................ .dis 
55
Branford’s ...............................  
dis 
55
dis 55
Norwalk’s .................................  
 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................. dis  70
Adze Eye................................... $16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye................................... $15 00 dis 
Q
Hunt’s...................................... $18 50 dis 20 &. 0
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  25-
MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’sPattern  ..............................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine...................... 
Enterprise,  self-measuring..............dis 
25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

MAULS.
MILLS.

Discount, 60.

HANGERS.

HINGES.

HOES.

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nails —^IRON.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

lOdto  60d........................................$  keg $2 05
8dand9 d adv...... *..................................  
35
8dand7d  adv...... .................... ...............  
50
4dand5d  adv.........................................   *  75
3d advance.................................................  1 56
3d fine advance.......................... ...........   2 25
Clinch nails, adv....... ............*v.i.....  1 00
Finishing 
Size-inches  f  3 
Adv. V keg 
Steel Nails—2 15.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent.......... .... dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom.................. 
.dis  60
Brass or  Copper...................................... dis  50
JEleaper.................................. per grbssi $12 net
Olinstead’s .  .......... ................................. 50&10
I   .........................  PLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fanny................. .dis 40® 10

)  lOd  8d 
2*6 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

6d  4d
2 
154

OILERS.

Benoh. 

TooiCo.’s.fancy.

.dis

dis 60&10 j

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PBIZt. 

,  J

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

A nyone can  p u t ikon.

ajMHmmiimfltíj

*ST  Send for ein ul  r* <uid bo' k  of'testimoniáis.

--.F O »   SALE  BY.

WINE,  8EE|iLE88  LEGE,  FULL  SOLE.
Riisset Regular Every-Day Wigwams, Full Sale

Men’s $13.  W omen’s and Boys’,  $11.  Misses’  and  Youths’  $9.
, v

Child’s, $7.50.  2 per cent. 30 days. 

Men’s,  $10.50.  W omen’s  and  Boys’, $9.  Misses’  and 

* 

Youths’, $7.50.  Child’s, $6.50.

WITHOUT  SOLE—Men’s, $9.50.  W omen’s  and Boy’s, $8.25. 
Misses’ and Youths’, $6.65.  Child’s $5.50.  Net 30 days.

RIGH’8 FULL SOLE, CHERRY WIGWEH8.

Ladies’, $10.25. 

Boys’, $10.25.  Misses’. $9. 

Men’s, $11.75. 

W O O N SO C K ET   A N D   W A L E S -G O O D Y E A R   R U B B E R S ,  BO STO N   K N IT   A N D   W O O L 

Child’s, $8.  3 off 30 or 4 off 10 days.
BOOTS,  T E N N IS   SH O ES  IN   F IR S T S   A N D   SE C O N D S.

G. R. MAYHEW, 

Grand Rapids.
RETAIL  GROCERS
W ho  wish  to  serve their  Customers 
w ith GOOD COFFEE would do w ell 
to  avoid  Brands  that  require  title 
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

«¡e l u ­

DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

Which Holds Trade on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

U nequaled  Q uality. 

Im proved  R oastin g  Process. 

P a ten t  P reservative  P ackages.

r For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  at  Grand  Bapids,  Detroit, 

Saginaw,  East Saginaw and Bay City.

dí Liff ORTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,
T  

Lots of

PITTSBURGH,  Pern

fa i l
TÖ  USE

C e n t s

SAVES 
MONEY, 
TIME. 
LABOR, 
STRENGTH, 
CLOTHES.

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C e n t s
a¿ h b ° asRO

5 Cen ts
IS ALL IT
COSTS.

That’s  not  much  if 
it’s bad, and is mighty 
cheap if it does what is 
claimed for it.

SOAP
JAX0N

but  room  for

becauseit beats themall 

It is

QUICK,

EASY,

CHEAP.
*  It’s  worth  trying.

H E E D E H i ,   P A L M E R   &   O O .,

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  LYCOJJIflG  RUBBER  GO,/

2-4  F s a r l   S t.,  C r a a d   R a p id s , M ic h .,

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D E T R O I T ,

boiled eggs and hakbd potatoes.  Ifia  town 
wants to rise  and  g raw .tiv o u h f pay the 
community to hire a good  landlord or land­
lady and ran a good, decent hotel.  When a 
man Who'  lives well  at  home Is penned  up 
abroad  in  a  dirty hotel  he is restless  and 
suspicious, and in no humor to trade.  But 
satisfy his  appetite  and  stuff  him  with 
generous  food, and  he is all right  and  all 
ready. 
If  you  want  to  attack a m ai  for 
charity or generosity, go for  him  just after 
he  has  finished  a  good  dinner.  Solomon 
tells  about  “bowels of  mercy, and  bowels 
of compassion.”  The  heart has  nothing to 
do with a man’s emotions.  That is an anti­
quated mistake. 
It  is  lower  down.  The 
heart  may be utterly diseased,  and the man 
not  know it, but let the organs of  appetite 
get  out of  order and  the  whole  man Is de­
moralized.

I   wish the  T. P. A.’s would  hire  me to 
travel and peruse the  hotels, and whenever 
I  didn’t find  a  decent  one,  then  1  was to 
organize a new  one, and  let all  the  drum­
mers  boycott all  the  others.  Last  fall  I 
was  down  in  lower  Georgia,  and  some 
drummers  asked  me where I was  going to 
stop, and  I   said,  “ I  don’t  know;  at  the 
hotel, I   reckon;” and  they  said:  “No, do 
you  go with us;  the  hotel is  a  fraud,  and 
we  have  set up  a  nice,  good  old  widow 
lady, and  we will all  go  there.”  So  I  fol­
lowed them, and  I  never  found  a  better 
place  outside  my own  home.  Everything 
was so clean  and nice.  The  fare was  not 
expensive, but  it was good.  She had good, 
honest  sausage and  lye  hominy,  and  eggs 
fried on both sides and  loose in the middle, 
and good bread and good coffee, and butter­
milk, and  the  plates were  all  glossy,  and 
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sloppy  victuals until he loses his  gentility, 
and will tell a lie or cheat in a trade,  or us# 
cuss  words,  or  slander  his  neighbor.  A 
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I  knew  a  very  nice  young  man  whose 
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pretty and  smart, and  dressed very nice  on 
Sundays and when company was about, bat 
she  was a slattern, nevertheless, and  wore 
dirty  stockings with  holes in the  toes, and 
dirty  underclothes  (they say she  did),  and 
that  young  man  began  to  go  down  and 
down, and  lost  his spirit and  his gentility. 
Cleanliness  is  next to  godliness,  they  say, 
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- ;v' 

the 

and 

and 

I  was 

some  with 

ing  Men.  '
Arp  in  Atlanta.  Constitution.
A  traveling man  ought  to  have  all  the 
•mforts that are possible. 
I  am not think- 
^  about myself, but about these drummers, 
.don’t like to call  them drummers, for it is 
|aut  a  vety comely name  and sounds  harsh 
Sami slangy, bulT started that way and sticks, 
and  we  mean  no  harm  by it.  A regular 
drummer  used  to be a fellow who  beat the 
t^ttledrum  to call up the boys and get them 
glnib iine at the old-fashioned musters.  One 
S a # d t h e  fife and another rattled the dram, 
■Sufi  when  they  began  their  music  the 
captains of the militia would cry out:  “ Oh, 
%esi  Oh, jres!  All  that  belong  to  Captain 
Jenkins’  command  parade  here—fall  in, 
men, fall in !”  Then the  boys would begin 
Vto  straggle into line, some with guns, some 
;rw«&i  «sticks 
com- 
lisfailfcs  or  umbrellas, 
line 
„/¿was  as  straight  as  a  crooked  fence,  and 
ffteever  got  any straighter.  Some  stood  up 
^Straight, and  some  half  bent,  mid  some 
P&Smtted  doWn;  some had  coats and  some 
r 1 bad none, and all were talking or laughing; 
jr but  tiiey  were  drummed  up  nevertheless. 
SfiPDo  you hear  the  dram,  boys?  Let’s  go 
/   and fall  into line,” they would say;  and so 
Cfijh  drummer now is  a  man who  draws  the 
^  attention and makes the boys fall  into line.
was talking to a merchant in Chattanooga, 
Sifesterday, and a courteous voimg man came 
:'"in  with some  cigars, mid  took off  his hat 
^politely and introduced himself, and showed 
^  Jns-cigars, and asked the privilege of placing
- ju s  brand in the showcase for trial.  He did 
: '  it- so nicely, and  was so pleasant, that  the 
/   merchant  could  not  refuse. 
in 
l  another store, and  a  young man came in to 
‘-  show  his  samples of  cutlery, and  he, too,
I 'if as  so polite, the  merchant  had to humor 
h  him,  although  he  did  not  wish* to  buy.
;  Civility pays, politeness  pays, good  breed­
ing  pays.  We may  admire a diamond  in 
.  the  rough, and  there  are people  with  big 
hearts ,  and  rough  manners,  but,  after
-  all, pleasant and agreeable manners are the 
best.  They are the best  among  the ladies.
I  was  speaking 
I  know from  experience. 
of  a man the other day to my wife, and she 
said,  “I  like him  very  much, he has  such 
nice  manners, he is so attractive  and kind.
p  Why, the other  day when I  left my parasol 
in the store, he brought it across the  street, 
. 
and  took off  his hat  as he  presented it  to 
:>  me.”  Well, the truth is I don’t like him so
-  .everlasting  much,  for I  thought him a little 
too dogone obsequious, and my wife oughtn’t 
to  have  forgotten  her  parasol  anyhow,
!  but politeness pays, and  women appreciate 
it mere  than the men.  My wife says  there
*  was a time away back, when, if she dropped 
|   her  handkerchief I  would  jump ten  feet to
*  get it, but that now I  sit there like a stump, 
and simply say,  “My dear, you have dropped
m  your handkerchief.”  Just  so—Anno Domi- 
’  no will  tell—nevertheless, I  don’t  like  to 
?  see'  politeness  overdone.  Bill  Jones  was 
.  mighty polite, and was very fond of  escort- 
fp to g   Mrs. Goulding  to dinner  or  supper  at 
¡P  the hotel when Captain  Goulding was away 
in his steamboat  Well, she thought it was 
nothing  but  gentlemanly  politeness,  and 
v  accepted his invitations.  The captain came 
In  unexpectedly  one  evening, and  as  Bill 
|   was prancing  along with Mrs. G. to  supper 
S '  he grabbed him  by the collar and  gave him 
,  a twist and a turn, and  kicked him about a 
rod, and remarked:  “Now, dogone you, go
v 
-  f,  and get, a wifeof your own.”  I  have known
many a good, solid young man boycotted by
V 
the girls, because he lacked manners.
r -  But  I  was ruminating  about  the  dram- 
m   mers.  One of them  got off  the  train  with 
ft*. me the other morning,  about an hour before! 
/ v;  day, and  we  looked  around for a light or a 
porter,  or some  place to  go to, and  finally 
settled  down  in  the  piazza  of  a humble 
hotel, where  three  dogs were  sleeping; but 
they  rapped  the  floor with  their  friendly 
tejis,  and so  we sat  down  and  waited for 
I   daylight. 
It was a good time to talk sense, 
[5  and  we talked it until  the roosters  crowed 
$ ’  and  continued  it until  the  sun  rose,  and
-  I then  the family got up, and to our* surprise
gave  us a cordial welcome  and a good, old- 
fashioned  breakfast  A  good breakfast  is 
a  splendid  harmonizer.  The  stomach  is 
I 
the  thing to wprk on, and these  drummers 
know  i t   They can  tell  you  the  precise 
pZ  character of  every hotel in  their  territory, 
and  they make the hotel  business a subject 
I  always go  to the  hotel  that
of  prayer. 
V 
they  patronize.  They don’t  care  half  so 
/•  much  about  tariff  reform  or civil  service 
i '   ‘ reform as they do about hotel reform.  They
are a long  way from  home and  their loved 
ones.  They have  to take  the weather as it 
comes, and get on and off trains at all times 
1“.  of night, and all kinds of  places, and  meet 
;•/1  with  disappointments and vexations,  and it 
■y -  fadrps  good vituals  and .good  beds to keep 
¡?k ',  them calm and serene.
My wife, Mrs. Arp, she knows  how it is. 
When  I   get  back  home  tired  and  weary 
with  travel, She goes to the kitehen  herself 
mil fixes tee up something ever so nice, and 
it revives me and rejuvenates me and causes 
me  to  bask in  the  sunshine of  domestic 
bliss, and  so I get out my pocket  book and 
lay it in her • lap,  and  then she is calm  and 
serene,  and  don’t  scold  the  children  nor 
complain of  the cook or the washerwoman. 
By and  by, she slacks up a little  and  puts 
me to work  and  keeps me at it  until I get 
leady to go off  again. 
I  think she  has an 
idea  that  I   have a good  time  when  la m  
gone, and  am fed on  taffy and  turkey and 
| | i   the good  things, but  I  shake  my  ven- 
erable head and  sigh  and  look solemn and 
say:  “ There  is  no place like  home;  else- 
where all is vanity and vexation of  spirit, ” 
and  my  affidavit  face  satisfies  her  for 
/a  while, I know. 
■  Sometimes I think the  hotels ought to be 
regulated  by law.  There  Ought to  be  a 
traveling  inspector.  They all  ought  to be 
published and rated in a book just like Dftn 
and Biadstreet rate the merchants.  Booms, 
beds,  sheets,  towels,  soap,  the  table,  the 
waiters, and  general  comfort,  all- ought to 
jhe elassed and nambetod. 
If the only clean 
'- place tei the  towel is a  hole, it ought to be 
i mentioned.  The traveling  public ought to 
? 
advised exactly  what they  may expect;
the fare is good enough, what there 
‘it. hrenough o f. it  such  as  it  is, or 
%Spiether the sheets  were changed  after the 
man Occupied  the bed.  Now, when  a 
wayfaring  man  says,  “ You have  a  pretty 
'town, bnt  your hotel  is  teteemble,”  It is a 
bad slam on the town.  He leaves it with a 
bad  impression; and he doesn’t want  to  go 
more.  If  he yisitsaplaee with a 
to locate or buy some property, 
him-homesick  and in a

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For a long  number of  years I  have  had a

■ sort of a  hobby  that the  study of  physiog­

nomy was  materially more important  than 
- th e   study of  phrenology.  Out of  the  nu­
merous reasons  that I  have for this belief J 
’will mention  only two or throe of  the more 
v 
-  important ones. 
I   have some little respect 
-  for the  last named  science—so-called—but,
a t  most, I am satisfied  that  the  “bumps” 
- 
<m< an individual’s cranium  are  only  an in- 
SL  dex of  hereditary  and  congenital  traita of 
Ip character, while his eountehance, by an im- 
perative  law of  nature, must  portray  the 
acquired  ones. 
I   think  that  even  Prof. 
Wells  would  have  admitted that  chronic 
conviviality  is  easier  and  more  certainly 
determined  by the  nose than  by the  top of 
the Skull, and  gross gluttony by the general 
appearance of the face than by a prominence 
in  the  region of  the ear.  To  be  sure, the 
&  more  intricate  and  less sensual  character- 
11  istics of  the human being  are not  so easily 
I*  discerned by the casual observer, but, study 
the subject  closely, and  you will  find that 
the  salient  features  of  all that is good  or 
bad about  him are advertised in his counte­
nance.

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jjà  phrenology  for  physiognomy. 

And,  again,  from  a  business  point  of 
view,  there  would  be  many  inconvenient 
and  disagreeable  features  in  substituting 
If,  for 
instance, I   should  request the  parties who 
solicit  me for  credit to take a chair  and re­
move  their  hats,  and  then  should  make a 
thorough  and  comprehensive digital  exam­
ination of  their scalps, it is very  evident to 
me  that, speculations  regarding  my sanity 
would soon  pervade the community.  And,
I* 
if I  should insist upon inspecting the cranial 
B  organs of  every  commercial  traveler  with 
whom I  contemplate having dealings;  those 
of  the attorneys I  employ  in my behalf;  of 
the  physicians  who attend,  my  family;  of 
the candidates for initiation into my society, 
and  of  the  offiee-seeker  who  solicits  my 
vote, it strikes  me that my devotion  to  the 
lb  “science” would have the  effect of  advanc 
ing me in public  estimation several  degrees 
|§ 
beyond the extreme limit of crankiness.
*

*  ' 

A. 
*; 

But,  in  riding  my  hobby,  I   sometimes 
meet  with  an  obstruction  that is somewhat 
formidable..  One time, I was  seated in the 
store of my friend Curtis, in  a  neighboring 
town, when  an  elderly gentleman  entered 
the  room and  engaged in  low and  earnest 
conversation  with  the  proprietor.  There 
was  something  so  striking and  pleasing in 
the  visitor’s  appearance  that  I  mentally 
began  to  inventory him  from the  amateur 
physiognomist’s stand-point, and  before the 
talk  ended  I   was  ready to label  him  as  a 
marvelous aggregation of the human virtues. 
When my friend  rejoined  me he  asked  my 
P   opinion  of  the caller  and I  gave  him  the 
result of  my observations.  Curtis  laughed 
-  
and said:

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“So much for ’ognomies!  If the man had 
had one-fourth of the good  traits you credit 
him  with, I wouldn’t have  just  refused  to 
go on a small bond for costs with him.  But, 
the fact is, he’s about  the worst old  villain 
in   this  section.  He  killed  his  wife and 
drove his children away  from home  by his 
brutality.  He ran  through  a  good-sized 
property in useless and  unreasonable litiga­
tion.  He probably hasn’t  a  friend  in  the 
world  and is in a constant quarrel  with his 
neighbors  and,  in  addition  to  this,  has 
developed  into the  worst  kind of  a  dead­
beat.”

Some time,  when  I  run across  this sub- 
ject  again, I  am  going to try and  ascertain 
th e reasons for my faulty diagnosis.

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'  practical affairs of life. 

On the whole,  it  is, perhaps, as  well  for 
th e  average citizen  not to place  much reli­
ance  on  the  “ologieé”  and  “ognomies.” 
Very  few of  us are constituted  by  nature 
foi?  the 
instantaneous  taking  of  mental 
photographs, and -if  we should  depend  on 
thé “ology” it would avail us little in urgent 
and pressing cases unless the subject should 
be  bald-headed  and  should  accidentally 
happen to remove  his head  covering.  But 
if  the  two “sciences” could  be  developed 
into  an  absolute  and  infallible  certainty, 
what  a  revolution  it  would  make in  the 
Instead of trusting 
-to  our  own  fallible  judgments,  we  could 
have  boards  of  experts  appointed  with 
powers to give or refuse clean bills of moral 
health.  Then  we  could  have  no  fears of 
dishonest  employes;  snap  our  fingers with 
‘  contempt  at  the  d.-b., and  know  exactly 
when and when not to append oar signatures 
-to sundry innocent  looking, but, too often, 
.jjnngftrniiB documents.  Our candidates’ cer­
tificates of character would insure us against 
^hypocrisy and  deception and  prevent those 
with only selfish and mercenary views from 
entering the  political race.  We should no 
longer be blindly led into the spider webs of 
dishonest attorneys and quack doctors would 
be  known no more.  The  Rev.  wolves  in 
sheep’s clothing would have to change their 
avocation  and the  privately bibulous  tem­
perance advocate would “bamboozle” ns no 
longer.  Even the sentimental damsel would 
no longer have an excuse for wrecking  her 
astfU&hsnit of clothes and carefully 
, and the man engaged In

’’  ‘ 

W H r a l M l r a
Grand  Rapids, .Mich.

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WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN 

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Fresh and Salt Beef,

Fresh and Salt Pork,

Pork Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Hams,  Shoulders,

Bacon, Boneless Ham,

Sausage of all Kinds,

Dried Beef for Slicing.

T   A  *T >  T \  
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Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-halt 
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.

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents  for

AMBOY  CHEESE;

37,39 & 41 K ent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
T h e  S ta n d a rd  o f E x c e lle n c e

K IN G S F O R D ’S
O liv er
Gloss”

^HUfACTURED By

O s wego, N.Y

P U R E

A N D

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN ST  ARCH for Puddings* 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

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

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

WILL  PLEASE  TOU  EVERT  TIME !
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ROOFERS

Good Work, Guaranteed for Five Years, at Fair Prices.

Grand  Rapids,

Mich.

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Stationary  anti  Portable  Engines  and  B o te ,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN  ■

S P E O U a X i T X E S i

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3  Ionia St.,  G B A 27S   R A P ID S ,  MXOH.

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

Send for  trial order.

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

Q U E E N   A N N E .
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With  Grocers.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited,

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting ancl Marine Engines.  Steam Pumps, Blowers and Bn 

haust Fans.  SAW  MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted,

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feeas the American Grocer. - 
■Who rises at the break of day,
\ And to his work goes right away, 
.fforfinds a  breathing spell tor play?

The grocer.

Who ne'er has time enough to eat, 
Thelegal prey of every beat,
And always ou the anxious seat?

The grocer.

Who knows about poor neighbors’ ills. 
Subscribes to pay their doctors* bills, 
Sneharity their stomachs fills?
H aSS 58 
Who lists to drummers’ stories stale,
.  Then gives big orders without f ail— 
gi And countermands the same by mail?

The grocer.

The grocer.

| ; .Subscribes to churches, heathens’ fairs,
?  J b r reading rooms helps buy the chairs, 

And pays his cash to make repairs?

The grocer.

-  Who would, had he the power in hand, 
Sxpel all sheriffs from the land, 
f.ODnstabtes’ warrants countermand?

The grocer.

Who, when he dies (if he gets time),
Would wish to goto some far clime,
Where “spot cash’’ business reigns sublime? 

The grocer.

J i p p p .  

£ '   MERCHANTS’  DAY.
How  It  Will Be Observed This Year.
The following circular invitation has been 

sent to air the business men of the city:
7   - 
G r a n d   R a p id s , June 11,1888.

* You are respectfully invited to close  your 
.p la ce  of  business  at  noon  on  Monday, 
June 18, Mid  report  at  Reed’s  Lake  at  2 
p. m.  with  your  family and  clerks to par­
ticipate in the  second  annual  picnic of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Mercantile  Association. 
Bring  your  lunch  with  you;  also  pitchers 
and cups  for  coffee, which  will  be  served 
free on the grounds by the Telfer Spice Co. 
; r The  programme  arranged  by the Enter- 
; tain men t Committee is as  follows:
.  2 to 4  o’clock—Base  ball  game  between 
the clerks of the wholesale and retail stores, 
for a box of cigars.  Foot  ball, tug  of war 
and  other  games  will  be  in  order  in the 
meantime.
4:10 p. m.  —  Little  girls’  race.  Prize, 
handsome doll.
4:15 p. m.—Little boys’ race.  Prize, ball 
and hat.
4:20 p.m .—Fat men’s race.  Prize, watch 
and chain.
4:25 p. m.  —  Lean  men’s  race.  Prize, 
horse and carriage.
4:30 p. m.—Sack  race.  Prize,  box  of 
cigars.
4:35 p. m.-Grange  race.  Prize,  box  of 
manges.
4:40  p.  m.—Wheelbarrow  race.  Prize, 
five  pounds of  candy.
4:45 p. m.—Longest  throw  of  base  ball. 
Prize, ball and b at
5 p. m.—Boat ride  on  the  Lake,  free  to 
all entitled to participate in the picnic.
6 p. m.—Supper.
,7 p. m.—Addresses by President  Herrick 
' 
and others.
7:15 p .m .—Presentation  of  prizes  by 
B. Frank Emery.
7:30 p. m.—Concert by Schubert Club.
8 p. m.—Dancing.
11 p. m.—Last car home.
The  Entertainment  Committee  has  ap­
pointed the following  sub-committees to as­
sist in carrying out the programme:
On  Base  Ball—Huntley  Russell,  O.  C. 
Shultz and Chas.  Rowland.
On Races—Walter  Meech, Geo. Dunaven 
and C. L. Lawton.
Oti Boat Ride—L. Wintemitz, Frank Em­
my and Jas. A. Stratton.
On Supper—B. S. Harris,  Leonard  Kipp 
and Fred Dunnebacke.
On Music—Huntley Russell, John  Sours 
and Jas. A.  Morrison.
On  Dancing—A. G. Wagner, Fred Blake 
and F. H. Sessions.
On  Printing  and  Badges—E.  A.  Stowe, 
A. J. Elliott and  Thos. Keating.
Master of Ceremonies—Edward Telfer.
While  the  picnic  is  gotten  up  under 
the  auspices  of 
the  Mercantile  Asso­
ciation, it is by no  means  intended to con­
fine it to the members of  that  organization, 
and a cordial  invitation is hereby  extended 
to  butchers,  bakers  and  business  men in 
every line to co-operate with  us  in  making 
the  second  annual picnic and holiday even 
more  of  a  success  than  the  first  proved 
lobe.

Come one, come all!

J .  G e o .  L e h m a n , 
W a l t e r   M e e c h ,
L. WlNTERNITZ, 

Committee on Entertainment.

Securing  a  Profit  on Sugar, 

I'-  ■, 
gjfj  F. W. Inbusch, the Milwaukee wholesale 
jpxteer,  who is endeavoring  to  secure some 
sort; of  an agreement  among  jobbers that 
will enable them to maintain  a  reasonable 
, 'profit  on  sugar, writes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
that  a  con vention of  those interested  will 
¡¿e held at  the  Grand  Central Hotel, New 
York, on  June  23.  The  aim of  the  con- 
' vention is thus set forth:
|   W h e r e a s ,  It  is  a  common  practice on 
the  part of  both wholesale  and retail  gro­
cers  to sell  sugar, not  only Without profit, 
’hut  below the average  cost of  doing busi- 
ness, which  loss  must necessarily be made 
.  up by higher prices on other goods, and 
W h e r e a s ,  This practice is  a  detriment 
’  alike to both dealers  and consumers, and is 
Opposed  to  all correct and  straightforward 
hiasiness principles;  therefore 
■  Resolved,  That  the wholesale  grocers of 
^  the United States, while opposed to combi- 
' nations  which exact excessive  profits from 
|;She public, will  welcome  any  plan  which 
i^qrlti  enable  both  wholesale  and 
retail 
'Gbsfers to sell sugar at a margin which will 
defray  the  cost of  doing  business, which 
|ujpoa' the  average  is  not  less  than  5 per 
; «ent. upon  the sales of wholesalers  and 10 
'. pqrffeait. upon the sales of retailers.
J'.-,  Resolved,  That we believe that  the gen­
eral  movement  to avoid the  excessive  and 
Unreasonable operation of  the  law of  com- 
petition,  (which  is  now  operative  to  a 
greater  degree  than  ever  befere,  and  is 
Biustrated by  efforts  in  almost  every busi- 
^gtoo  and  profession, 
including  farmers, 
aflL publishers) on  account of in- 
tsm sed  facilities for production  and distri- 
consequent  upon 
the -enormous 
tent of  the  forces of  steam, elec- 
^ |m d  machinery,  is  evidence .that a 
cause for  such movement  exists 
ij .wnd  that a  distinction  should'  be  drawn 
. zeasonable efforts for self-presOfva- 
and  those  monopoly  combinations 
«re 0PMilad1p »  manner - detrimen-

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The  quotsttón* given below 'gré: such 'sé  are  ordinarily offered  cash  buyers,  who pay 

promptly shdbuy in full pàekageÇj'VS* ■;■ 

|§  

CHEESE.

Michigan full cream...9  @9*4
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN. 
‘
Citron, in drum...............  22
“ 
inboxes...... ...*...24
Currants. 
.  __ _  7  @734
Lemon  Peel.....................¿14
Orange Peel..... . . . . . __   .14
'Prunes, French, 60s........
French,80s__ ..... 
f,
French. 90s........
Imperial...........634

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“ .  T u rk ey ...........  A%
Raisins, Dehesia............ . ..3 6U
Rahins, London Layers.... 3 10 
Raisins, California  “ 
....2 65 
Raisins. Loose Muscatels..2 10 
Raisins, Loose California..1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s.  9  @934
Raisins. Sultanas.........   @
Raisins,  Valencias......   @734
Raisins. Inraerials............ .3  75

FISH.

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“  10 ft k its ....,......  85

Cod* whole.t................4%@5.,
Cod, boneless.............. .634®?^
13
H a lib u t...................... 
Herring, round, 34 bbl. 
2 75 
Herring, round, 34 bbl. 
1 50 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  65@70
Herring, Scaled...........  25@28
Mack- sn'r, wo. L, ]
Mack- sh’r, No. 1,34 bbl__ 8 75
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“  W M
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“  12 ft kit..l  25
i-  .
“ 
“  10 
“  10  “  „110
“ 
No. 2, 34 bbls.......
No. 2. H bbls.........7 50
Trout,  34  bbls.....................5 L.
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.
D. C., 2 oz...... spdoz  90 
135
“  4 oz...............140 
2 50
“  6 oz...........  ...2 25 
3 75
“  No.3^Panel...l 00 
175
“  No. 4  Taper..1 60 
“  No. 8 panel...2 75 
...4 50 
“  No. 10  “ 
“  34 pint, r’nd..4 50 
“
“ 
..9 00 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Standard 
English^ oz........   7 20 
3 oz........  9 00 
4 oz........ 12 00 
6 oz........18 00 

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“ 
FARTNACEOUS  GOODS.

imported...10  @11

Farina, 100 lb. kegs............   04
Hominy, 
Macaroni, dom 12 lb. box..  60 
Pearl Barley.............   @ 334
Peas,  Green..............  @1 40
Peas, Split.................  @334
Sago, German...........  @ 6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @ 6%
Wheat,  cracked........  @ 634
Vermicelli, import...  @10
domestic..  @60
MATCHES.

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2 75
4 50
6 50
7 50
15 00

9 60
12 00
15 00
24 00

bbl........................4 09

OIL.

G. H. No. 8,  square...........  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro.. .1 10
G. H. No. 200,  parlor......... 1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor......... 2 15
G. H. No.  7, round..................1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2...................  75
Oshkosh, No.  8...................1 50
Swedish........................ 
  76
Richardson’s No. 8  sq....... 1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq....... 150
Richardson’s No. 734, rn d ..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd.. 1 50
Woodbine. 300................... 115
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap.....................17@18
Cuba Baking 
Porto Rico....
New  Orleans, good........ 33@40
New Orleans, choice.......44@50
New  Orleans, fancy.......50@52

34 bbls. 3c extra 

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PICKLES.

OATMEAL

OATS—ROLLED

Miehigan Test.....................1034
Water  White...................... 11%
Barrels......................  
Half barrels........................3 25
Cases...... ............................2 25
Barrels....................................6 00
Half barrels............................3 25
Cases......................... 2 25@3 35
Medium....................................6 00
34 bbk........................3 50
Small,  bbl..;...........................7 00
34 bb l.....................4 00
Table........................... 5J4@534
H ead.....................................7
Java..................................... 634
Patna.................................'..5f
Rangoon...............................5
Broken. 
...........................
Japan..............................  @6!
DeLand’s pure.................... 534
Church’s  ............................ 5
Taylor’s  G. M...................... 5
Dwight’s ..............................5
Sea  Foam.............................5%
Cap Sheaf.............................5

SALERATUS.

RICE

34c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

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SOAP.

34 
SAUCES.

60 P o ck et,F F D .............. 2 15
28 Pocket.....................   ...2 05
100 3 ft pockets....................... 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee........  %
Ashton, bn. bags................  75
Ashton,4 bu.  bags..................2 75
Higgins’bu. bags..............  75
American, 34 bu. bags......     20
Rock, bushels....................   25
Warsaw, bu. bags..............  36
..............   19
London Relish, 2 doz,........ 2 50
Acme English, pts................. 2 50
Dingman, 100 bars.................. 4 00
Don’t Anti-Washboard__ 4 75
Jaxon.......................................3 75
Queen  Anne......................... .4 00
German Family...................... 2 04
Allspice..........................    8
Cassia, China in mats ....*.  734 
“  Batavia in bund. ...11
“  Saigon in rolls..... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna.............28
“  Zanzibar............... 23
Mace Batavia.................... 70
Nutmegs,  fancy...............70
No.  1................65
No. 2...................60

SPICES—WHOLE.

Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack..l834 

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white.28

“ 

” 

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“ 
“ 

shot...................... 21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice..............................1234
Cassia, Batavia................. 20
and Saigon.25
“ 
“ 
Saigon...................42
Clovfes, Amboyna............. 35
“  Zanzibar........*__30
Ginger, African................ 1234
*•  Cochin...................15
Jamaica.............  @18
“ 
Mace Batavia..................... 80
Mustard,  English............. 22
and Trie.25
Trieste...............27
Nutmegs,  No. 2................ 70
Pepper, Singapore  black..22 
white.. 30
Cayenne............. 25
Absolute Pepper,  doz...84
Cinnamon  “  .,.84 
“ ,..5o 
Allspice 
“  ...1 10 
Cloves 
Ginger 
“ ...78 
Mustard 
“  ...84 
STARCH. 

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

6ft boxes.... ,734
bulk...........  634
Pure, lf t  pkgs...................  534
Com,l ft pkgs......  .......  7
Cut  L oaf.................  @634
Cubes........................  @ 734.
Powdered......... . 
@734
Granulated^ Stand...7 Q6@ 734 
Confectionery A ,...,,
Standard A...............
No. 1, White Extra C.
No. 2, Extra 
•
No. 8 0!7. i .. 
......
m  * 0. m
iJ. 
Corn^barrels..........

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O ff.;;,.,,  @

SUGARS.

1 bbls-

-  SWEET  GOODS.

v -* t p ' V  
' 
... .734 
Ginger  Snaps. 
Sugar j&eiuns........734
Frosted Dreams*.....
Graham p ackers__
Oatmeal Crackers....

X   I 

TOBACCOS—PLUG.

 

Spear Head............ 
.„4
Plank Hoad.........    
Eclipse.............................
Holy Meses.......................
Blue Blazes.......................
Eye  Opener.....................
S tar' 
........................ 4
Clipper............. ..........
Climax......................  .  4
Cornerstone...................
Double Pedro...................
Whopper........-..................
Peach Pie.........................
Wedding Cake,  blk..........
Red Fox............................
Sweet R usset.................31
TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT. 
Sweet  Pippin......  ....  .
Five and Seven.................
Hiawatha.........................
Sweet  Cuba.....................
Petoskey Chief.................
Sweet Russet 
..,......... n
Thistle........... ............
Florida...............................
Rose Leaf.........................
Red Domino.....................
Stag....................................
Capper..............................
TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
 

 

 

Rob Roy................................28
28
Peerless..............  
Uncle Sam............................. 30
Jack  Pine............... 
36
Sensation............................... 33
Yellow Jacket....................... 20
Sweet  Conqueror...........20@25

TEAS.
Japan ordinary...
,18@20 
Japan fair to good 
.25@30 
Japan fine.........
35@45 
Japan dust...........
.12@20 
Young Hyson.*.... 
„
.20®45
Gunpowder..................... 35@50
Oolong.................33@55@60@75
Congo....................... 
25@30
v in eg a r.
40 gr. 
1134 

30 gr. 
’  934 
Above are  the  prices  fixed 
by  the  pool.  Manufacturers 
outside  the  pool  usually sell 
5 gr.  stronger  goods  at  same 
prices.  81 for barrel.
m iscellaneous.

50 gr.
13

Bath Brick imported........90
do 
American.........75
Burners, No.  0...................65
do  No. 1..........  
  76
do  No.2.................... 95
Chimneys, No. 0................... 38
“ 
“  1....................40
„  “ 
“  2................   .52
Cocoa Shells, bulk............. 4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle__ 7 60
Cream T artar................... 25
Candles. Star...................... 10
Candles. Hotel,............ .. „11
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V. C..........  75
F elix...... 115
Fire Crackers, per box .:..l 20 
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.. .35
Gum, Spruce...................... 30
Jelly,in30 ft pails..  . 5  @534
Powder,  Keg.................... 5 50
Powder, 34  Keg................2 87
gage...... .............................15
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  &  Brooxs quote as 
follows :

do 

Standard, 25 ft boxés.......834
Twist, 
..........9
6 00
Cut Loaf 
........... 10.

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

 

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Royal, 25 ft palls......   834@  9
Royal, 200 ft bbls............. 834
Extra, 25 ft pails................10
Extra, 200 ft bbls............... 9
French Cream, 25 ft palls. .1134
Cut loaf, 25 ft cases..........10
Broken, 25 ft pails.............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls.............. 9
Lemon Drops........................13
Sour Drops.......... 
14
Peppermint  Drops....'........ 14
Chocolate Drops...................14
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Gum  Drops...........................10
Licorice Drops...................... IS
A B Licorice  Drops.............12
Lozenges, plain.....................14
Lozenges,  printed................ 15
Im perials..............................14
Mottoes.................................15
Cream  Bar............................ 13
Molasses Bar......................... 13
Caramels................................18
Hand Made Creams...............18
Plain  Creams........................16
Decorated Creams................20
String Rock...........................13
Burnt Almonds...............  22
Wintenrreen  Berries........... 14

FANCY—IN BULK.

FRUITS.

Lozenges, plain in pails.. .12
Lozenges, plain in bbls__ 11
Lozenges, printed in pails. 1234 
Lozenges, printed in  Dbls.ll34 
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
Imperials, in  pails.............12
Imperials  in bbls.............. 11
Bananas.....................1 
Oranges, choice......   @
Oranges, Florida......   @
Oranges, Messina__   @6 25
Oranges, OO............   @
Oranges, Imperials..  @
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons, choice.........3 5U@3 75
Lemons, fancy...........4 25@4 50
Figs, layers, new...... 12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........  @6
Dates, frails do........  @434
Dates, % do  do........  @534
Dates,Fard 10 ft box $1 lb..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft..  634 
Dates,Persian50 ftbox ..5@534

NUTS.

“ 
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“ 

Almonds,  Tarragona  @17
Ivaca........  @16
California  13@14
Brazils......................  @834
Filberts, Sicily.........   @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble..  @13
Sicily........ 
12
French__   @11
Pecans, Texas. H. P. 
8@12
Cocoanuts, $  100......   @4 50
Prime Red, raw $   ft  @4
Choice 
do  @ 434
Fancy H.P. do 
do  @5
Choice White, Va.do  @ 434
Fancy H P„ Va do  5  @534
H .P .V a......... ....... .  @ 6
OYSTERS AND FISH.
follows:

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

PEANUTS.
do 

OYSTERS.

Fairhaven Counts.............  40
FRESH FISH.
Black bass............ f, ....1234
Rock bass.................. 
...  4
Duck-bill  pike...............  6
T ro u t.....'.__ ...............  6
Whiteflsh....... ..........  
6
smoked.............10
Froga* L egs...... ..............2S@75

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:  FR E SH   MEATS.

Beef, carcass........«...,534@7K
is. '  hind quarters....734@834
...334@5 -,i
Ü E S # < ^   @754
Boi* loin«..., ||||g . ...*   O'

.  tore  7 ** 

Acme,

lb cans, 3 doz.

 

 

** 
“ 

RU1K ........
dime size.
Arctic, 34 0> cans, 6 d 
4
2  “
2  “
1  “
Victorian, 1 fi> (tall,) 2
Diamond,  “bulk,“ , ...............
Red Star 34 3> cans 12 doz..

34  «• 
“ 
34 
1 
“ 
5 
“ 

« 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

.. 
“  1 “ 

34S. 2  “ 
Is, 1  “ 
BLUING

1/   «  «  6  “  ..  83 
“ 
4  “  ..150
Absolute,  34  9>  cans, 100
cans in case..................11 75
Absolute,  34  3>  cans,  50
cans In  case.  ............. 10 00
Absolute, 1 Bo cans, 50 cans
in case.  ............ 
.18 75
Telfer’s 34 BO, cans, 6 doz in
case..............*.......   ...... 2 70
Telfer’s 34 BO cans, 3 doz in
case................................  2 55
Telfer’s 1 BO cans,  1 doz in
case..................... 
1 50
Early Riser, 34s, 4 doz  case  45 
“  90
“  1 60
Arctic, 4 oz. r’nd  gross  3 00
8 oz.  “ 
......... ..  6 00
4oz.  oval ............  3 40
8 oz.  “ 
.........   6 50
Pints r’nd...... .  10  80
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...... ...................2 00
2 25
No. 1 Hurl...............  
 
No.2Carpet.......... .. 
....2 50
N o.lC arpet...........2  
75
Parlor Gem........................ 3 00
Common Whisk.................. 1 00
Fancy  W hisk....................125
M ill....................................3 75
Warehouse......................... 3 00
Runkle Bros’.. Vleu. Sweet  22
Premium..  33
Horn-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

CHOCOLATE.
“ 
“ 
“ 
COCOANUT
Schepps, Is......................... 27
Is and 34s............ 28
34s........................2734
Is in tin pails__ 2734
34s 
....2834
Maltby’s, Is....................... 2334
Is and 34s.......... 24
34s..................... 2434
Manhattan, pails............... 20
Peerless..............................18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18
Mocha........................... 25@28
Mandaling.....................25@26
OG  Java......................24@25
Java...... ........... 
.23@24
Maricabo.......................16@19
CostiRica.....................  @19
Mexican.......................  @19
Santos...........................15@18
Rio,  fancy....................18@19
Rio,  prime....................16@17
Rio,  common................14@15
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add 34c per ft. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

COFFEE—GREEN

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

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CORDAGE.

CRACKERS.

CANNED FISH.

COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.

* 
30 lbs 60 fts 100 ft b
Lfon......... . 
2C34
Llon.ineab... 
2134
Dilworth’s__  
20^8
Magnolia...... 
2034
Acme...........2034 
20?4  2054
German  ...... 
2034
German, bins. 
21
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
2054
1834
Avorica 
McLaughlin’s X X X X  
2054 
Honey Bee...2254  22%  2234
Nox All.........21%  21%  2134
Our Bunkum.2054  20%  2034
Arbuckle’s Avorica...........1834
Quak
aker City......... 1934
Best!
' Rio...... ......... 2034
Prime Maricabo.. .2234
60foot Ju te ......................110
72 foot J u te ................ .....1 40
4o Foot Cotton............. ,....1 50
60 foot Cotton.....................160
60 foot Cotton................ ...175
72 foot Cotton.....................2 00
KenoshaButter...................7
Seymour B utter........ ........534
B utter............ ..............534
Family Butter.................... 534
Fancy B utter...................... 5
Butter Biscuit.................... 634
Boston...............................;734
City Soda.....................  
Soda..................................... 534
So la Fancy..........................5
'.O y ste r............................. 534
Picnic..................................534
Fancy  Oyster..................... 5
Clams, 1 ft, Little Neck__ 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft.................2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 ft stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .1 70
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic........... 1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic...........2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft star...................1 95
Lobsters, 2 ft star...................2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 ft stand...........
Mackerel, 2 ft stand...........
Mackerel,3 ft In Mustard. .3 25
Mackerel. 3 ft soused........ 3 25
Salm on,lftColum bia......2 20
3 50
Salmon, 2 f t “ 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2ft 
...275
Sardines,domestic34s.  ...  7
Sardines,  domestic 34s...lO@ll 
Sardines,  Mustard 34s...  9@10 
Sardines,  imported  34s..l2@13
Sardines, spiced, 34s...... 10@12
Trout. 3 ft  brook..........
ca nn ed f r u it s.
Apples, gallons,  stand__ .2 75
Blackberries, stand...........1 20
Cherries, red standard......1 60
Cherries,  pitted........1 85@1 90
Damsons....................1 25@1 35
Egg Plums, stand.............. 1 5C
Gooseberries..  .................. 1 65
Grapes............—    ........ .  95
Green Gages...................... 1 50
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds..............2 25
Peaches, pie...............1 60@1 65
Pears......t ..........................1 30
Pineapples,................ 1 40@2 75
Quinces............... 
....1 50
Raspberries, extra.............1 50
red........*...150
Strawberries.............1 25@1 40
Whortleberries......... ........ 120
CANNED VEGETABLES.  *
Asparagus, Oyster Bay. ...2 00 
Beans, Lima, stand ........  85
Beans, Green Limas..  @1 40
Beans,  String............1 0C@1 20
Beans, Stringless, E rie.,....  90 
Beans, Lewis’ Boston B ak.l 60
Corn, Archer’s Trophy__
MornG’ry.115
** 
“ 
Early Gold.l 15
Peas, French..................... 1 60
Peas, extra marrofat. 1 20@1 40
Peas,  soaked.....................   90
June,stand..,,  @150
. 
sifted__ l....... 2 00
French, extra fine..20 00 
Mushrooms,extra fine..,.20 00 
Pumpkin, 8 ftG olden..... .100' 
|neoot^,8tandard.,.80@ l 30 
H^nash 
.....i.,. ¿'*¿.¿¿1 25
Tomatoes, Red Coat  ®  120 
. . Good Enough  1 20.

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1

.  PROVISIONS.  ■

r  PORK  IN  BARRELS.

4  '  ’ 
The Grand Rapids Packing *  Provision Coi 
quote  as follows:
Mess. v,.w. 
 OC
.
. A.
S hortcut........................ 
Ig 2g
Shortcut  Morgan......................................15 60
Extra clear pig. short eut...............................ie 50
Extra clear,heavy........... 
16 50
Clear quill, short cut............ .....................16  50
Boston dear, short cut................................... u$ 50
Clear back, short cu t........................1 6  60
Standard clear, Bhort  cut, beBt._________ .16 60
Bean,.-,..,...................., ...¿ ..............,
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OB  PLAIN.
Hams,average£6  fts...............................II
18  fts.......................... . . . . ‘.’.UH
“ 
12 to 14 lbs...................... ...1134
“  picnic  ..............................................6V4
“  best boneless..................................... 11
Shoulders.............................................. 
8
ill
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.. 
Dried Beef, extra..................................] "  "   g
_ 
Long Clears, heavy...................................... 8

ham  prices..........................!.  914

DRY  SALT  MEATS*

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“  medium.............................gu
“ 

lig h t.................................. .  8J4
su
g%

LARD.

Tiercés  ................................................. 
30 and 50 ft Tubs...................................  
* ___ . 
LARD IN TIN PAILS.
3 lb Pails, 20 in a case.................
5 lb Pails, 12 In a case..................
10 lb Pails, 6 in a case.................
20 fi> Pails, 4 pails In case...........
BEEF IN BARRELS. 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs... 
Extra Mess, ChicagoPacxing... 
“  Kansas City Packin
P late............................................
Extra Plate................................
MVUVIVDD) A U1UJ) DUttPt. . .................
“  Kan City pkd__
“  
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“  34 bbl.  5 00
 
734

“ 
Pork Sausage................  
Ham Sausage...................................... *. 2111
Tongue  Sausage...... .......................9
Frankfort  Sausage...................................... 8
Blood  Sausage......................... ...................  e
Bologna, straight....................... 
6
Bologna, thick.............................................  6
Head  Cheese.....................................!!!.!!..  6
In half barrels...........................................  3 00
In quarter barrels......................................   2 00
In 34 Bbl........................................................... 00
In % Bbl........................................................... 75
In Kits.........................................  
.  85

PIGS’ FEET. *  ......... ............

. 
H ID E S, PELTS  A N D   FURS. 

TRIPE.

' 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

G reen ....« ft 4  @434 
Part cured...  @  5
Full cured__   534® 6
Dry hides and
k ip s...........6  @ 8

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__5  @ 6
¥  piece......10  @20

Fine washed $  ft 18@20|Coarse washed.. .18@20
Medium  ............ 20@22|Unwashed........... 12@16
Sheep pelts, short shearing.............. 
5@20
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.........   20@23
Tallow.  ................................................  3  @ 3*4
Grease butter......................................  
5@ 8
Ginseng, good................................. ' @ 2  00

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.

PRO DUCE  M ARK ET.

(

rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding 82.25 per bu.

and evaporated at 9c.
14@15c.

Asparagus—35c per doz.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Beets—New, 30c per doz.
Butter—The market is well supplied.  Large 
handlers pay 12@14c for choice,  selling  again 
at 15@16c.
Butterme—Creamery,  14c  for  solid  packed 
and 15c for rolls.  Dairy,  13c for  solid  packed 
and  14c  for  rolls.
Cabbages— Illinois stock readily  commands 
81 per doz.
Cheese-New cheese is held at about 9  @9%c
Cider—10c per gal. 
Cooperage—Pork barrels, 81.25; produce bar­
Cucumbers—25c £er doz.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers hold  sun-dried at 7c 
Eggs—Jobbers now  pay 13@13%c and  sell at 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15@16c.
Hay—Baled is weak at  817  for No. 1 and $16 
Lettuce—8c per lb.
Maple Sugar —10c per lb.
Onions—Young stock, 8c  per  dozen.  Ber­
Peas—Green, 81.50  per 3 peck box.
Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pop Corn—234c <$ ft.
Potatoes—Home grown are weak,being quot­
Radishes—8c per doz.
Seeds—Clover,  84.50 for  medium  or  mam­
Spinach—25c per bu.
String Beans—81 per bu.
Strawberries—Southern, 83.50 per crate of 24 
quarts.
Tomatoes—81.25 per % bu. case.
Turnips—25 per bu..
Wax Beans—81.50 per bu. box.

able at 65@70c per bu.  New, 83.50 per bbl.

mudas are held at 82  per bu. box.

moth.  Timothy, 82.75 for prime. 

for No. 2.

,

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Clawson and Fulse.
lots and 60c in car lots.
car lots.

Wheat—City  millers pay  90c  for Lancaster, 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 65c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Rye—50c V bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@8L40 «  cwt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  85.90$ bbl in  sacks 
and  86.10  in  wood.  Straight,  84.90 $  bbl. In 
sacks and 85.10 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, 83.00 $ bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, 816 $  ton.  Bran, 816 
$  ton.  Ships,  817.00  $   ton.  Middlings,  818 
$  ton.  Corn aad Oats,

>$23  ‘

I ton.

THURBER,  WHYLARD  &  CO.,

25@3 00

NEW   YORK,

RELIABLE

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

[It is both pleasant and profitable for  merchants to 
occasionally visit New York, and all such are cordially 
invited to call, look through our establishment, comer 
West Broadway, Reade  and Hudson streets, and make 
our acquaintance, whether  they wish to buy goods or 
not.  Ask for a member of the firm.]

OREST  ® 
i/C ity G

EXTRACT!
ABSOLUTELY, 
f  W ii»;'-
TBIPIXSIMNOm

L@LDjHCAjjSÔ^

It  has come to our notice  that unscrupu­
lous manufacturers of  cigars are putting an 
inferior  brand' of  cigars  on  the  market 
under a label ' so  closely imitating our ‘‘Sil­
ver Spots” as to deceive  the general public. 
At first, we were inclined to feel flattered at 
this  recognition  of  the  superior  merits of 
our  “Silver  Spots” by a brother  manufac­
turer, knowing full well that it is only arti­
cles  Of  standard or sterling worth  that  are 
imitated, but  we  feel  that  we  should  be 
derelict in our duty to the public should we 
not  warn them  against this  infringement, 
and  also  to  dealers’in  cigars,  as  we feel 
positive 
that  no  first-class  dealer  would 
knowingly  countenance  or  deal  with  any 
manufacturer  who  had  to  depend  upon 
other manufacturers  to  furnish him brains 
to originate brands or labels for their cigars. 
A counterfeiter is  a  genius,  but  amenable 
to  the law, but a base  imitator who  keeps 
within  the 
law,  or  Just  ventures  near 
enough  to be on  debatable  ground, is  not 
worthy of  recognition  in  a  community of 
worthy or respectable  citizens.  The  “Sil­
ver  Spots” are to-day  the best  selling five
cent  cigar  in Michigan. 
If  you  don’t be­
lieve it send us a trial order.

Geo.  T.  W a rren & Co.,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

20  and 22  ifonroe St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich,

SEEDS!

Flint,  Mich.

IF   YOU WANT

PROPRIETOR  OF THE

D.  D.  COOK,
Valley City Show Case Factory,
SHOW OASES

MANUFACTURER  OF

-----AND-----

Prescription  Cases,

My Prices are Lower than any of My Compet­

itors.  Send for Catalogues.

21 Scribner  Street, Grand  Rapids.

TELEPHONE  874.

SHOE  DRESSINGS.

Brown’s French,
Bixby’s Royal,

Eclipse Safety Barrel, 
Spanish Gloss, 

Raven  Gloss, 
Topsey,

Gilt  Edge.
H I R T H   &   K R A U S E ,

JOBBERS,

118 Canal  S t„ GRA N D   R A PID S.

JULIUS  HOUSEM AN, Pres.,

A. B . WATSON. Treas.. 

1

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

CASH CAPITAL, 8 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

MASI0 COFFEE  ROASTER
The  most practical 
hand  Roaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion. They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should,  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to  per 
fectlon.
Send for circulars.

No 

Rolt. SJest,

1 5 0  L o n g  S t., 
Cleveland, Ohio.

CHAS.  A.  C0YE

MANUFACTURER  OF

Horse and W agon Covers, 

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

W ide Ducks, etc.

T elephone  106.

73 CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS.

Medium  Clover,

Mammoth Clover,

Timothy,
Alsike,

Alfalfa,

Hungarian,
Millet,

Red  Top.

Orchard Grass,
Blue Grass.

Field  Peas,

Spring Rye,

Spring  Barley

OR ANY KIND OF SEEDS SEND TO

W.  T.  UMOREJUX,

71  Canal  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MOVED

BAKER!

We have just put in a new and 
complete set  of  machinery, and 
now  have  as  fine  a  Bakery  as 
there is in the  State  and  make 
as large a variety  of goods at as 
low prices as our competitors,

JL KflTOfi l BO.,
Grid Rapids.
11 Canal Street, 

(Successors to Eaton & Christenson)

W e have just received a large 
shipment and wish to call your 
attention to our
CELEBRATED

CALIFORNIA

ORANGE

WINE.
Packed in  5  and  10  gal.  kegs.

I t  is a delicious sum m er drink.  M akes 

a delightful flavor  for  Lemonades, 

M ilk  Shakes.  Etc.,  and  when 

frozen m akes  delicious Or­

ange Sherbet.

I t  m ay he served in  alm ost  any  form, 

m ay  be  draw n  from   a  fountain or 

from th e  cask, and for table use 

is  unexcelled. 

Price,  $1 

per  gallon.

TRY I   KEG. 
IT WILL P IY  YOU.
L  E A T O N   A   CO.,

Agente for Michigan,

7 7  Canal S t ,  Grand Rapids.
F E R M E N T U M !

The  Only  Reliable ; Çompressed  Yeast.' 
H andledby « Majority  of  the  G rocer 
of Michhewfet  Sendfor sam*

RAGS, RUBBERS, BONES* & METALS
.
BOUGHT  BY*  k.**  Æ i ", 
;<W m . Brum m eler,
.  r j ' .  
«**  1 |1 |||

«LASSWAK¡|«§# NOTIONS.

JOBBER IN  V « \

* 

Composed  of  Guatemala,  African  and 
Mexican Javas,  Santos, Maracaibo  and R io 
selected with especial  reference  to their flqe 
drinking qualities. The most popular brand 
of Blended Coffee in the  market.  Sold  only 
in 50 lb. Cans and 1 lb.  packages, 30, 6ft and 100 
lb. Cases.  Mail Orders Solicited by the  pro­
prietors.
d,  Jl.

B E E   SPICE  M ILLS,

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

CIGAR  DEALERS
$11,550 Worth of Real Estate

Read  this  Scheme.

And  personal  property  to  be  actually 
given away to  purchasers  of  the celebrated
'Golden-Rod,'  ‘Presto’ and  ‘Empress'
Cigars in 1888.

111

and 

continue 

We  have  sold  these  goods  for  the  past 
ten  years  at  the  uniform  price of  355 per 
M.  for “Golden-Rod!”  $35  per M.  for  the 
the “Presto” and  $30  for  the  “Empress” 
shall 
cigars, 
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
es we can  save  the  salaries and  expenses 
of several men on the road and that the dif­
ference will  pay for  this  property and  the 
purchasers of  the goods  will get  the direct 
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  3,000  and 
each order will  be  entered  in  the book  in 
the order it is received at our  office.

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 74 th  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  Sault  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  %  M.  “Golden, 
Rod” cigars at $55 per M. or 1  M.  “Presto”' 
cigars  at $35  per  M.,  or  1  M.  “Empress”  
cigars at $30  per  M.  An  order  of  double 
this 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 Vuelta Havana, long filler, straight 
hand-made  goods,  without  flavor,  and  as. 
fine as anything made in the U. S.  Sold at 
their  market  value,  without  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 distent. 
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 house 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 $3,200.

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  o f 
cigars, showing  name  and  address of  parr 
ties getting these presents.

Send  in  your  orders,  somebody will get 
some good property for  nothing.  You will 
get  warranted  goods,  worth  the  price put- 
on them.  The value of the presents  is n o t 
taken out of the goods.

Terms on  cigars, 60  days  to  responsible- 

parties, or 5 per cent, off for eash.
ness standing.

We give reference  below as to  our  busi­
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, 

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BanrTeturs—G«o. Mcl>on*Jd;-ÊAUp»ft*oo. 
« ir e  Years—8taaley E. Pariceli, Owosso. 
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson. 
arowHBW  JM.ygrnor. 
¡Next Meeting— At  Star  Island  House. ; near

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I  .  w . i . i g im  sta te   P h arm aceu ti c a l  A ss’n. 

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit. «  p 
B ret Vice-President—G  M Harwood, Petoskey 
I ' Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild* Grand Rapids.
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
%  Secretary—S. E. Parkin, Owosso.  ^  ■
ri. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. 
*
K  Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrnm,  Frank  Inglis, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peek, E. T. Webb.
' 
noeai Secretarj^Js.m©8Vernor, Detroit. 
Heat Meeting—At Detroit, September 4, S, g and 7.____

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OBQANIZBD OCTOBER 9,1884.

Grand  R apid«  P liarm aceu tleal  Society.
President—H. E. tpeher.
Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H.Escott. 
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Board of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Soo-
E M rc ^  Trustees—The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Stefcetee, A.T. Haseltine and F. J. Wurzburg, 
wen; Isaae Vatts. Wm. E. White and Wm.  L.  White. 
Committee on Trade  Matters—Jonn Peck, F.  J. Wurz- 
'Q  burg. W. H. Tibbs. 
Committee  on  Legislation—J.  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  White,  John  Muir,
.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each
AnnualMeeting—First Thursday evening in November.

Kemink, W. H. Van Leuwen. 
M. B. Kimm. 

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First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Seoond Vloe-President—F.-P. Stevens.
Secretary and Treasurer—B. W. Patterson.  ^
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—G.  S. Purvis. 
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday In June.

Fiwtfi Wednesday In each month.

_ 
««I»0“ » j  President, H. M.Dean; Secretary .Henry Kephart.

Central  Michigan  Druggists’  Association. 
PpBwidftnt, j. w . Dunlop; fecre?»ry, R. M. Mussel!.
Berrien  County Pharmaoeutièal  Society.
f iHnton  fin 11« fry : Druggist»*  Association.
President, A. O. Hant; 8ecrttor. A. B. Wallace.______
rh^ H flyniz fion n ty P h arm aceu tical Society 
H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Cronter. 

i n n ia Cnniity  P tiarm aeeutlcal Society. 
President, W. R. Ontler; Secretary, Geo. Gnndram. 
Ja ck so n  C ounty  P h arm aceu tical A ss’n.
Presldentjc: B. Colwell; Secretary, O.E. Foote.______
K alam azoo P h a rm a ceu tica l A ssociation. 

M ason  County  P h arm aceu tical Society. 

President, D. 0« Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.
President, F. NT Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett. 
M ecosta  C ounty  P h arm aceu tical  Society. 
President, O. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. B. Webber., 
M onroe C ounty  P h arm aceu tical Society. 
President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss. 
M uskegon C ounty  D ru ggists’  A ssociation, 
President, E. C. Bond; Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
M uskegon  D ru g  C lerks’  A ssociation. 
President, O. S. goon;  Secretary. Geo. L. LeFevré. 
N ew aygo  C ounty  P h arm aceu tical  Society.
President. J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.____
O ceana C ounty P h arm aceu tical Society. 
President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady. 
Saginaw   C ounty  P h arm aceu tical  Society. 
President, Jay Smith;  Secretary, D. E. Prall.

W H O L E S A L E   P R IC E   C U R R E N T .

Declined—Linseed oil, sugar lead.

acidum.

Aceticum.................  8@  M
Benzoicum. German  80@1 00
Boracic............ . 
30
Carbolicum..............  45®  50
Citoricum...................  60®  65
Sßrdrotäilor..............  3®  5
Mitpocum .................   10®  12
Ox^icnm .................   10®  12
Phosphorioum  dll... 
20
fäieyU cum ...................1 70@2 05
Sulphuricum...... . 
Tannicum............ 1 40@1 60
^artaricum ..............  50®  53
Aqua, 16 deg............   3®  5
»  18 deg.............  4®  6
Carbonas..................    11®  13
Chloridum................  12®  14
.  B lack ..................................2 00@2 25

ammonia.

ANILINE.

15£®5

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Illegal Liquor  Selling  Under tU t Guise  of 

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I   R ic h l a n d , JàÉéêf/LSQS.  g
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids :
£ D e a r   S ir —Will  you  please  answer 
through  the next  issue of  yoqy paper the 
following questions  in  regard  to  the phar­
macy law? 
1.  H as  a  man  any  rig h tto  sell  drugs 
without a registered  clerk  where  he  is not 
ro s te re d ?
2.  Has  he  any  right  to  sell  alcohol or 
spirits of any kind simply by paying the $25 
special  tax,  unless  he is a  registered phar­
macist?
In   so doing  is  he  not  liable to pros­
ecution?
In  said case,  if  said  party wants  to 
sell,  handle, or  offer for  sale  any spirits of 
any  kind,  should he  not  have to pay  the 
$500 tax the same as any saloonist?

3. 
4. 

Tours truly,

S m it h .

1.  No  one who  is  not  himself  a regis­
tered pharmacist has any right to sell drugs 
unless  he has  in  Mis employ,  and  actually 
in charge of  his store,  a registered  pharma­
cist.

2.  He  is  not a druggist  and  cannot  as­
sume  to  sell  liquor as  a  druggist  without 
conforming to the Pharmacy law.
i  3.  Yes,  he  renders himself  liable  to  a 
fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment 
in the county  jail not  less than ten or more 
than  ninety days,  or both such  fine and im­
prisonment.

4.  Tes,  he  should  pay the  regular  tax 

required of a saloon keeper.

Rural  Philosophy.

Lake Odessa Correspondence Saranac Local.

the  proprietor 

Selling goods for  less than cost sooner or 
to  become 
later  causes 
familiarly acquainted with a sheriff.
A stock of  merchandise is of  more value 
on  the  shelves,  covered  with  the  dust  of 
three years, than to be in the ledger against 
party who  doesn’t  know or care  how to 
appreciate a favor conferred.
As a  general  rule  in life,  the man whom 
you  favor  and  accommodate  the  most  is 
the  one from  whom you will  receive  more 
curses  than  coppers,  When  you  ask  for 
your  own,  and  he  will  pass  you  by and 
declare he never knew you.
The  virtue of  a  chattel  mortgage closed 
the  store of  Peter  Griffin,  the  grocer,  last 
week.  Mr.  Griffin  is a pleasant,  congenial 
sort of a  man.  He came here  last summer 
and,  with a small  amount  of  meahs,  ven­
tured  into the  nierchantile  life,  believing 
everybody  to be  honest—hence,  we  are in­
formed,  he,  like  many others,  did too much 
tick business for his own  benefit. 
Is there 
one  whom he credited  that wi 11  assist him 
now?  No!  Others should  take  warning 
from his fate. 

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T hat’s  W h at’s the Matter.

A  plainly  dressed  man  who had  intro­
duced  himself as J ohn  Smith walked  into
doctor’s  office,  and  having explained  his 
symptoms,  asked  the  doetor  how  long it 
would  take to cure  him.  The  doctor,  who 
had  treated  the visitor  with  every possible 
courtesy,  replied:  “You  will  require  sev­
eral  years’ careful treatment under  my per­
sonal  supervision before you  are  perfectly 
well;  but  I   think, Mr.  Smith,  you  will  be 
able  to  resume your  labors in the  bank  in 
about two months.”  “Doctor,  you are fool­
ing yourself. 
I   am  not Smith,  the  banker, 
but Smith, the street  car  driver.”  “ Is that 
so?  Well,  my  good  fellow,  I   don’t  see 
what  you  came  to  see  me  for.  There’s 
nothing  the  matter with  you,  except  that 
you are not a banker.”
A npual  Meeting  of  the  Detroit  Society.
A t  the  annual  meeting o|,  the  Detroit 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  held  last'W ednes­
day  evening,  the  following  officers  were 
elected:

President—J.  W.  Caldwell.
First Yice-president—F.  W.  R.  Perry. 
Second Yice-president—F.  D.  Stevens. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer—B.  W.  Patter- 
Assistant Secretary and  Treasurer—G.  S. 

son.
Purvis. 

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T he Drug M arket.

________

There  are  no  changes of  importance  to 
note  this week.  Quinine  .and  opium are a 
little  firmer.  Linseed  oil  has  declined  1 
cent.  Oil peppermint is advancing.  There 
is a large demand for Paris green and helle­
bore  at  unchanged  prices.  Sugar  of  lead 
has declined« 

_______
Special  Meeting.

A special  meeting of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Pharmaceutical Society will be held at T he 
T r a d e s m a n  office on Thursday evening for 
the  purpose of  transacting  important  bus­
iness which demands  immediate  attention. 
The  attendance  of  every member  is  earn­
estly requested.

Better  than a Legacy.

Friend—Was your uncle’s will satisfactory 
to you,  Brown?
Brown—Perfectly so, I’m a lucky dog!  He 
left his entire  fortune to  an insane asylnm.
Friend—You  mean that  you are  an  un­
lucky dog.
Brown—No,  I  don’t;  the  other  relations 
are  going to contest the will,  and  I’m to be 
the attorney. 

________
V ISITIN G   BUYERS.

T  (f

Lake 

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders w ith the  various houses:
A M Church, Alpine
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Spring & Lindley,  Bailey 
WH Bartholomew,Waylnd  H Colby, Rockford- 
G S Putnam, Fruitport
H L Day, Farwell 
J  V  Crandall  <fc  Son, Sand F Narregang, Byron Center 
Brautigam Bros, No Dorr 
J F Clark, Big Rapids 
C K Hoyt, Hudsonviile

Jay Marlatt, Berlin 
A W Bailey & Co, Fenton 
S T Colson. Alaska 
Chas Judson, Cannonsburg 
Walker & Hewett.Lansing
J | 
John Farrowe, So  Blendon J B Watson, Coopersville 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
R T Parrish, Grandville
E S Botsford, Dorr 
H D Moore, McMillain 
Jas S Toland,  Ross Station J C Benbow,  Cannonsburg 
L Jt Wolf, Hudsonviile 
'
C F Walden, Manceloha  G Ten Hoor,  Forest  Grove 
Sidney Stark, Allendale.  - ■  W Vermeulen. Beaver Dam 
M Heyboer & Bro,  Drenthe Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia 
A W Blain, Dutton 
#  Barnhart & White,  Mance- 
C E Pratt, Moline  kMcm  ■  '  lw ®
J H Hill, Man ton  ’'.*>■ ■i  Gas Begman, Bauer 
N Bouma, Fisher  " 1 
G van Lopek,Grand Haven Ell Runnels, Coming 
H Baker, Drenthe  -  %,  -  Cole & Chapel, Ada
S D Thompson, Newaygo ¡1J L  Thomas,  Cannpgsburg 
J  A Liebler, Caledonia
Jno Dalton,  Hobart 
CH Joldersma, Jamestown S E Dennis, Kingsley 
L&L Jenison, Jenlsonvllle L RRogers, Irving 
J Bauer, Austerlitz 
B Volmori, Fillmore Ctr  W H Struik,  Forest  Grove

 ’  A C Perigard. Muskegon 

Richard Purdy, Fremont

f   E E Rice, Croton 

\

One cold  morning during the past winter, 
1 had occasion to draw a glass of  sod^ for a 
customer, and  to my  surprise I  was  unable 
to do so.  A  clerk  remarked  that  it  t a s  
frozen  up.  As  the fountain  was  situated 
within a few feet of  a  large steam  radiator 
and the  temperature was a f 60 degrees,  and 
had  been  all  night, it  did  not  seem  a t  all 
reasonable, but to my great surprise I  finally 
found such to be the case.
Finding a full fountain of soda charged up 
to  200 pounds,  I   looked farther and located 
the obstruction  between the coolers and the 
d ra ft  Pushing away the jce,  I  turned on a 
little hot water  and in  a  moment it was all 
right. 
I   cannot  account for  it wily on  the 
supposition  that having  been out  doors for 
several  hours the  ice had  acquired  a  very 
low  temperature.  Upon being  broken  up 
and  packed  in  the  fountain  upon ice  so 
much  warmer it had  parted with  its Tatent 
heat  so  suddenly as  to  produce  a  freezing 
mixture around the pipes.
Having  occasion  recently to visit  an old 
leech  jar in  my store  that had  been  over­
looked,  and  that  when  last  examined held 
three leeches,  a small  bunch of  “ excelsior” 
and  some  water,  I  was  surprised  to  find 
about  a  dozen  young  leeches  additional. 
I   have never  known them  to  breed in  cap­
tivity  before.  Our  trouble in this  line  is 
rather with death than birth.
□ I  have frequently noticed during the win­
ter months that in transferring, fine powder, 
particularly  licorice  and  senna,  especially 
when  it  had  been  in  transit over  night, 
marked  electric  phenomena were  evolved, 
the  powder  forming a corolla  around  the 
mouth of the bottle, etc.
One  day  during  the  winter,  being  in  a 
hurry  and  alone 
in 
the  store,  I   was 
somewhat  vexed  to  find  that  I  could  not 
weigh  some salicylic  acid on  my prescrip­
tion scales,  as soon as  it  touched the pan it 
flying off  in  every direction onto  the desk. 
A fter several  failures  I   had to use another 
pair of scales elsewhere. 
I t  was,  undoubt­
edly, due to negative electricity.  One of the 
show cases  with an  oval front  in  the store 
will,  upon  being  smartly  rubbed  with  a 
chamois  by  one  man,  but  not  so  much by 
others,  develop a large  amount of electrici­
ty,  so  much  so as  to be  plainly felt  by the 
hand  when  placed  inside.  The  store cat 
has  taken part  in  the  fun  but  has  now 
‘caught on” and avoids the top of the show 
case.  Being  insulated,  a  brisk  rubbing 
upon  the  back with  one’s   hand  evolves  a 
nice  spark  by applying  the  knuckle to  the 
cat’s  nose.  By  grasping  the  cat’s  legs in 
one  hand while insulated and  rubbing with 
the  other a smart shock  is  imparted  to the 
rubber and the rubbed,  the latter vigorously 
protesting.
Anyone  desiring  an  article  of  sale  for 
producing  a  smooth  skin  during  cold 
weather will find  it in an emtilsion of oil of 
sweet almonds,  using powdered gum traga- 
canth  as  the  emulsifier  and either  rose or 
orange flower water  to  produce the desired 
It  is  best  applied  at  night 
consistency. 
before  retiring, having  previously  washed 
the  skin  with warm  water  and  soap. 
It 
has no superior as an emollient.—J.  W.  Col- 
cord.

Illegibility  of  Prescriptions.

:

The pharmacist  is  often  puzzled  by  the 
chirography of  the  physician,  and,  though 
much  practice  makes  him  expert  in  this 
difficult  art,  it  not 
infrequently  happens 
that one or  more ingredients of  a prescrip­
tion  are  absolutely  illegible  even  to  the 
skilled  sense of  the  pharmacist.  W hat is 
the dispenser’s duty in such a case?
To  this query the Chemist and  Druggist 
replies: 
■‘He has certainly a perfect right, legally, 
to  refuse to compound a prescription which 
he cannot read,  but it is believed that in the 
case of  prescriptions which have previously 
been dispensed  he is  justified  iu  doing his 
best.  The best,  however,  may be a  serious 
matter  to the  patient  if  it  happens to be 
contrary to the intentions of  the prescriber. 
It 
is far  better for  the dispenser that  he 
should  not risk  his own  reputation  or the 
comfort  of  his  customer  by undertaking  a 
task 
respecting  which  he  is  uncertain. 
When the  prescriber’s carelessness  leads to 
an error on the  part of  the dispenser,  there 
ought  in  fairness  to  be a division  of  the 
responsibility.  We  refer more  particularly 
to errors regarding  ingredients  rather than 
doses. 
If  a  prescriber  intending  to  write 
‘tinct.  opii  camph.’  writes  only 
‘tinct. 
opii,’ and the dispenser  compounds the pre- 
seription  as  written,  both  are  evidently 
responsible,  the  prescriber  in  the  greater 
degree,  for  anything  serious  which  may 
happen. 
It is part of the duty of the chem­
ist  and  druggist  ‘to detect  unusual  doses,’ 
and  to  assure  himself of  the  safety of  the 
patient before he dispenses them.”
The carelessness of  physicians in writing 
prescriptions  has  not  infrequently  been 
attended with fatal  results.  The statement 
made  by our  contemporary that when  mis­
takes  occur  the  responsibility  should  be 
shared by prescriber and dispenser is a mis­
leading one. 
In  the case of toxic drugs the 
pharmacist is never justified in dispensing a 
dangerous  dose  unless the  prescription  is 
specially  endorsed  to  that  effect  or  the 
physician be communicated with.
the 
physician,  who should write with less haste 
and greater care.  Some excellent  rules are 
given in the article we have quoted and can 
not  be too strongly impressed upon medical 
students  in their  studies and  upon  physi­
cians.  They are as  follows:

The  real  responsibility  rests  with 

1.  Write  distinctly.
2.  Do not  abbreviate  the  words so  as to 
make  them unintelligible  to  the  dispenser 
or in any way to cause errors.
3.  Be very particular in writing the char­
acters representing the quantities of  the in­
gredients.-
4.  Revise  the prescription on every occa­
sion before parting with it.
5.  The  physician  should  always  write 
the  dose or explicit  directions,  so that  the 
pharmacist  can  judge  of  the  effect,  not 
“ use as directed” label.

An exchange say s:  “ A bustle hanging in 
a shop window is  an  uglier  looking  thing 
•than an open  barrel of  sauerkraut in a gro­
cery 'store.  Hang  it  on a woman,  cover it 
with twenty yards of  goods, and a man will 
crane  his  neck  around a lamp-post  by the 
hour to look at it.  Position  in the world is 
everything.”

Offer No.  174.

FREE—To Merchants Only:  An 
elegant Carving  Set (knife, fork  and 
Steel), in  satin-lined  case.  Address 
a t once,  R.  W.  Tansill  &  Co.,  55 
State St., Chicago.

Should  send S ito  
E.  A. Stowe  Ss Bro.
Y   GRAND BATIDS,
[tor one of their Improved

STS

DEALERS IN

Patent  Medicines, 
.  Paints,  Oils, 

Varnishes.

WE ARE  SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

WEATHERLY’S 
[II

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, 

Brandies, 

Gins,
Wines, 

Rums,

W e are Sole  Agents in Mich­
igan  for  W . D. &  Co.,  Hender­
son County, hand-made

SOUR MASH WHISKEY,

-A N D -

D n p ts’  Favorite  Rye  Whisky,

W e Sell Liquors for  Medicinal Purposes 

only.

W e  Give  Our  Personal  Attention  to 

Mqil Orders and  Guarantee Satisfaction

All Orders  are Shipped and Invoiced the 

same day we receive them.

SEND IN  A TRIAL ORDER.

Hazeltine 

& Perkins

W rite  for Sample  Cards  and Prices#  W® 

have Supplied our Trade w jth this

■  P.  P.  P.  ’ -

Brand  and  it  is  all  the  m anufacturen 
claim for it.

W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.

Haxeltine X Perkins Dnls 6i„
GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

GENERAL AGENTS,

Pioneer Prepared Paints

35c size.................................... per doz,
50c
3 .8 0
Peckham ’s Croup Remedy is  prepared es­
pecially for children and is a safe  ana certain; 
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough,  Colds  and 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  For attractive  advertising m atter 
address the proprietor, Dr. H. C. PECKHAM, 
Freeport, Mich.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists of  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit  and 
Chicago.

CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

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

STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43  and 4 5   K en t Street, 

STANLEY N . A LLEN , Proprietor. 

W E  DO ONLY FIR ST CLASS W O R K  A N D  

USE  NO  CHEMICALS.

Orders by mail and express promptly attended t«.

Y T I O ’ S

BED -BU G   K H .L B R I

POISON,

No  Color,  No  Smell  and  No  Damage  to  

Bed  Clothes  or  Furniture.

Retails  for  25 cents  for  large  package.

Trade  supplied through  all wholesale drug­

gists, or direct by the manufacturers.

RO USSIN  &  CO.,

Ludington, 

-  Michigan.

TRADE SUPPLIED  BY THE

H azG lM PertosB FiC o.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

A nd th e W h olesale  D ru ggists  o f  D etro it 

and Chicago.*

GX2TS2S2TG  HOOT.
We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

D IT IT ?   D TI HQ!  Wholesale Druggists, 
r i i O A .   D riU iO ,,  GRAND  RAPlDS.

Acme White Leai & Coler Worts,

DETROIT,

MICH.

Manufacturers of the Ce ebrated

ACME  P R E PA R E D   PA IN T S,

Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty 

and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.
F .  J.  W TraZSTTUG,

WHOLESALE  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

R E C 0M M  E N  DT D   8Y   E;M I]*! E N T   H Y S I C I A N  S

EXTRACT Of

M A L T   SL  H O P S
FOR  SALE  BY  A LL  DR U G G I S T S

.78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888. 

Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—I  duly  received  the  case  of 
your ‘.‘Best” Tonic and have since had a great 
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. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—I think the “Tonic’’ a splendid 
medicine for all forms of Dyspepsia and Indi­
gestion.  It is giving me great satisfaction.
J. M. Johnson, M. D.

Very respectfully,

Troy, New York, January 26,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„
Dear Sirs—Your agent left me a sample of 
your liquid extract, Malt, and as  I  use  much 
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 tonie stimulant properties, felt amc- 
ious to  know about what  it  can be furnished, 
the dispensing physician.

Yours truly,

E. Jay Fisk, M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—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  fh®® 
case. 

Wm. O .Jaegkb.

Yardley, Pa., March 18,1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Deab Sirs—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
ave  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.

Srostrated, with  very satisfactory  results.  1 

Elias Wildman, M. D.

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen— 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.

332 South Fifth Street, 
Philadelphia, Feb. 4,1888.
,  ,,
Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., 
Gentlemen—I  have  tested  the sample  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  Maft  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.

Jlespeetfully.

E. H. Bell, M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6,1888-. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,.
Gentlemen—Having  tried  your  “Best" 
Tonic to a great  extent amongst my practice, 
I will state in its behalf that  1  have  had th® 
best results with  nursing mothers  who  wera 
deficient in  milk, increasing Its fluids and se­
creting a more nourishing food for the infitut» 
also increasing the appetite and in every waff 
satisfactory for such cases. 
,,  «.i
D. Bornio, M  D.  .

Very respectfully,

M i n h

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10®
16®

SEMEN.

RADIX.
 

,po. 55)............ .

Potass  N itras,opt...  8®
Potass Nitras........... 
7®
Prussiate...................  25®
Sulphate po................  15®
Aconitum.................  2C@
Althae  .......  
25®
Anchusa....................   15®
Arum,  po...............
Calamus....................
Gentiana, (po. 15)—  
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15).
Hydrastis  Cauadeu,
15®
Hellébore, Alba, po.
Inula, po...................  15®
Ipecac, po.................2 25@2 35
Iris plox(po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa, p r.................  25®  30
Maranta,  4 s ............   @  35
Podophyllum, po—   15®  18
Rhei  .........................  75@1 00
“  cut....................  @1 75
«  p v . . . . ..............  75@1 35
Spigelia ...................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  @ 20
Serpentaria..............  30®  35
Senega...................     55®  60
Smilax, Officinalis, H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35).........   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foe-
tidus.po.................  @  25
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  @  26 
German..  15®  20
Zingiber a .................  10®  15
Zingiber j .................  18®  22
Anisum, (po.20)........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons).  10®  12
Bird, Is......................  4®  6
Carui,  (po. 18)...........  12®  15
Cardamom...............1 00@1  25
Coriandrum..............  10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa...... 34®  44
donium.................  75@1 00
_enopodium..........  10®  12
Diptenx Odorate— 1 75@1 85
Foeniculum..............  @  15
Foenugreek, po........  6®  8
Lini............................. 34®  4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  ..  34®  4
Lobelia......................   35®  40
Phalaris Canarian...  3X@44
R apa.........................  5®  6
Sinapis,  Albu...........  8®  9
Nigra.........   11®  12
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 
Frumenti, D. F. R.... 1 75@2 0C
Frum enti.................1 10@1 5P
Juniperis Co. O. T .. .1 75®L 75
Juniperis Co............1 75@3  50
Saacnarum  N. E......1 75@2  09
Spt. Vini Galli.........1 75@6  50
Vini Oporto............. 125@2  00
Vini  Alba..............  1 25@3  00
SPONGES
Florida sheens’wool
carriage.................2 25@2  50
Nassau sheeps’wool
carriage.................
2 00 
Velvet Extra sheers’
wool carriage........
Extra Yellow sheeps’
carriage..............
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carriage......... . —
Hard for slate use...
Yellow Reef, for slate 
use............ ............
SYRUPS.
Accada................. ...
Zingiber....................
Ipecac.......................
Ferri Iòd....................
Auranti Cortes.........
Rbei Arom...............
Smilax Officinalis—
Senega............ if. —
Scillae.......................
Co...................
Tolutan......................
Prunus virg..............
TINCTURES. 
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
Aloes.........................
and myrrh......
A rnica......... -..........
Asafcetida.................
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin.....................
»  Co................
Sanguinaria.............
Barosma................. »
Cantharides............
Capsicum...............
Cardamon.................
Co.............
Castor............ ; .......-
Catechu..................
Cinchona...................
Co...............
Columba...... ...........
Couium.....................
Cubeba......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Gentian.............
co.................
Guaica......................
ammon.........
Z ¡«giber......... .
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine............... .
“  Colorless........
Ferri Chi -ridum.......
Kino..........................
Lobelia.....................
Myrrh...... ' ..............
Nux V om ica............
Opi............................
“  Camphorated...
Deodor.........
Auranti Cortex........
Quassia....................
Uhatany...................
Rhei....... ...............
Cassia  A cutifol......
Co...
Serpentaria....««....
Stromonium..........
Tolutan...... .—
V alerian...............
Veratrum Veride....

1 10

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MISCELLANEOUS.
JE ther, Spts N it, 3 F..  ! 
Æ th e r, S pts N it, 1 F..  i 
A lu m e n ..w ..... . . . . .   2
A lum en,  ground,  (p-
o. 7)...,..................
A n n atto   . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
A ntim oni,  p o ..
Antimoni et Potass T  K §  60 
jtotip yrta;;,.....,...!35@ l 40
Argenti Nìtras, 1. 
A rsenicum ........
BiÿmGUead Bud.

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@

3

55®

60&10, less.

Capsici Fructus, af 
Capsid Fructjis, po..
Capsid Fructus, B po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)
Carmine, No. 40........
Cera Alba, S. & F —
Cera Flava...............   28®  3U
Coccus......................  @  40
CassiaFructus.........   @  15
Centraria.................  @  10
Cetaceum.................  @  40
Chloroform..............  60®  65
Chloroform,  Squibbs  @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 5Q@1.75
Chondrus.................  10®  12
Cinchonidine, P. & W  15®  20
Cinchonidine, Ger’an  5®  12
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c e n t............ .......... 
40
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
Creta prep................  5®  6
Creta, precip.............  8®  10
CretaBubra..............  @  8
Crocus......................  22®  27
Cudbear....................   @  24
Cupri Sulph..............  6®  7
Dextrine..................   10®  12
Ether Suiph..............  68®  70
Emery, all numbers.  @  8
Emery, po............... 
  @  6
Ergota, (po.) 75 .........   70®  75
Flake  White.............. «12®  15
Galla.........................  @  23
Gambier................... 
7®  8
Gelatin, Coopor........  @  90
Gelatin, French........  40®  60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue, Brown.............  9®
15
25
Glue, W hite..............  13®
26 
Glycerina.................  33®
@  15
Grana  Paradis!........  @
25®  40 
Humulus  ...... 
25®
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite.  ®
@  80 
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.  @ 
@  70 
@  90 
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.
@1  10 
45®  55 
Hydrarg Unguentum
@  65
Hydrargjrrum.........
Ichthyocolla, Am__1 25@1  50
Indigo........................  75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl......... 4 00@4 10
Iodoform..................  @5 15
Lupuline  .................  85@1 00
Lyi
Lycopodium
Macis...................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
drarg Iod...............
Liquor Potass Arsini-
16®  12
tis...........................
Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl
2®  3
14)— ....................
90® 1 00
Mannia.S.F..............
Morphia,  S, P. & W  2 40@2 65 
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q.
&C.  Co..................2 30@2 55
Moschus C anton__   @  40
Myristica, No. 1........  60®  70
Nux  Vomiea, (po.20)
Os. Sepia...................
Pepsin  Saac,  H. & P.
D. Co......................
@2 00
Picis Liq, N. C.. 4  gal
@2 70 
doz........................,
@1 40 
Picis Liq.,  quarts....
@  85
Picis Liq., pints........
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)._  @  60
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22). '  @  18
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..  @  35
Pix Burgun..............  @  7
Plumbi Acet............   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecaoet opii.l  10® 1 20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
@1 25 
&P.D.Co„ doz........
60®  65 
Pyrethrum, pv.........
8® 
Quassiae...................
50@ 
Qulnia, S, P. & W__
Quinia, S, German...
37®
12®
Rubla Tinctorum__
Saceharum Lactls pv
Salacin..................... 3 40@3 50
Sanguis Draconis__   40®
Santonine....__ ....  @
Sapo,  W...... .............  12®
Sapo,  M....................  8®
Sapo, G......................  @
Seidlitz  Mixture......   @
Sinapis......................  @
Sinapis, opt..............  @
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
Voes.......................  @
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do. 
.
Voes.................   @
Soda Boras, (po 11)..10  @
Soda et PotossTart..  33®
SodaCarb...........  2®
Soda, Bi-Carb.......... 
4®
Soda, Ash...........  3®
Soda  Sulphas...........
Spts. Ether Co.........
Spts.-  * vrcia Dom...
Spts, Myrcia Imp__
Spts  Vini Rect.  bbl.
3.25)........................
@2  35
Less 5c. gal.  cash ten  days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  @1  10
Sulphur, Sub!  ___    24® 34
Sulphur,  Roll....24® 3
10
Tamarinds..........  8® 
ferebenth  Venice  ..  28®  30
Theobromae......   50® 
55
Vanilla  .................. 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph

.  7<g

27®

Whale, winter...........
Lard, extra......... ......
Lard, No.  1...............
Linseed, pure raw  ..
Linseed, boiled........
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................
Spn .ts Turpentine...

PAINTS  Bbl
Red Venetian...........13C
Ochre, yellow Mars  .IX 
Ochre,yellow  B er...l£  
Putty, commercial.. .24
Putty« strictly pure..24 2£@3 
Vermilion prime Am­
e ric a n ..............
Vermilion, English..
Green, Peninsular...
Lead, red....... . 
..
’•*'  w h ite ............
Whiting,  white Span 
Whiting, Gilders’. .
White, Paris Amer’n 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........1 ...........
Pioneer  Prepared
Taints —   ...........1
Swiss Villa Prepared 
P a in ts,.............]

54@5X

VARNISHES.
Mo,1 Turp Coach:...I 
Extra  Tnrp..v,i";£>.«l<( 
. . . . . . ß  1
No. 1 Turp P u * » , <
E x tra 7 ü n ; Damar.

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35®
10®

Yéllow.......................2 50@3 00
BACCAE.
Ciibebae (po.  1 60— 1 60@1 70
Jumperu8......... - -
Xauthoxylum........
BALSAM UM.
•Copaiba......................  65®  ¿0
TEerabin,  C a n a d a ...  50®  55
Tolutan...... ..............  45®  50
Abies, Canadian....... 
18
Cassiae  ..JL.
.
«
«Cinchona Flava........  
18
Eaonyihus  atropurp 
30
20
Myrica  Cerifera, po. 
Prunus Virgim ........
12
Ouillaia,  grd.............. 
« a ssfra s...................... 
1|
XJlinus....--........---«A 
"
rjlm us Po (Ground 12) 
10
EXT RACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza G labra..  24®  25
po..........   33®  »5
Haem atox, 15 B> dox..  11®  12
is .,.......
14®  15 
.......
16®  17
M s........
FERRUM. 
@  15 
Carbonate Preclp...
®3 50 
Citrate and Quinta..
@  80
Citrate Soluble......
Ferrocyam dum  Sol.
@
Bolut  Chloride....
 
-A®
pure..........  @
FLORA.
..............  12®
...........  45®
30®
10®   12

A rnica.....................
Anthemis................
Matricaria.,--------- -
Barosma
pjreia  Acunfol, Tin-
nivelly............ ■••••
A lx.
«* 
Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
and 4 s .........
Cra  Ursi...................
Acacia, 1st picked... 
@  90 
;  “  2nd  “ 
...
@  SO 
...
“ 
M-  @ 65 
Sifted sorts.
75@ioo 
o
p
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.20)...  @  1*
“  Socotri , (po. -60)  @  50
Catechu,  Is,  (V4S>  14
Xs. 16)...................
25®
Ammonia«
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).
@50®
Benzoinum........—
Cam phorae..............
Euphorbium, po......   ¡»@
Galbanum.................  „J®
•Gamboge, po.,....
Cuaiaeum, (po. 45)
@
Kino, (po. 25}....... 

@1 00 

  w  joj
@  «
sEeU^°*.4.  ".‘.- .- '•  S ®   3$
“  bleached......   35®  30
‘Tragacanth .............  30®  75
herb A—In ounce packages.
.Absinthium..........
«Eupatorium........
Lobelia  ....................
Majorum  .................
Mentha Piperita......
•*  V ir.« ......... .
R u e.............  .........
Tanacetum,  V .......
Thymus. V ..............
f  
magnesia.
Calcined,  Pi*-........   55®
Carbonate,  Pat------  ^ ®
•Carbonate,  K. & M..  20® 
Carbonate,  Jennings  35® 
.Absinthium.........-5  00®5 50
^Amygdalae, D ulc....  45®  75
iS R lal“ 'AlMr*e:;? ig i«

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GTJMMl.

OLEUM.

.....

@ 75 
...  35@  65 
...  90@ 1 00 
14 00@14 50 
..  90® 1 00 
..1 20@1 30

•Cedar.......... ..........
»Chenopodii  .......
•Cinnamonii .......
Citronella  ........
•Conium  Mae...... .
•Copaiba...........
•Cubebae  ..............
Exechthitos-------
Erigeron..........
•Gaultheria...  ....
•G eranium , I ....... .
'Gossipii, Sem.gal
Hedeoma..........
•Juniperi............ .
Lavendula......,.
liim onie . . . . . . . . . .
Mentha Piper----
M entha V erid..... 
Morrhuae,  g al... 
Myrcia,  5 .........
•Cavo . vii...................- m
Picis Liquida,(gal. 35)  K
R icin i........ ..1 fi
Rosmarini  
........  «
Bosae, S|Sg..............
Buccini 
............  _
«abina...........................,  *
S a n ta l............
«assafras,..  .......  .  «
Sinapis, ess, 5,.........

¡@1 00 
@6 00 
40@45 
)@I00 
m 7 00

I  «BiCarb......
Bichromate 
1  Bromide...

happy day for  me,«  aSsureyou!  IÎe ftfo r 
Chicago that same Highland headed straight 
for the place where I had bought the ticket, 
in  order to have them  send and  cash it for 
me.  Then came the  most terrible  moment 
of  m y life!  The intelligent  Compositor  of 
that  Chicago  daily had  made a  blunder—
■ T h e   right
used  one letter  for the  other, 
ticket  was  4762, and  I   was as poor  as  be­
fore. 
I   got to the express company  before 
they had delivered  my grips to the firm and 
took the first train back to my work.”

He  seemed  quite indignant  as  one  after 
the  other  got up  and  left  him,  muttering 
such words as  “Rats!” “Chestnuts!”  “Yel­
low dog!”

J e s s e   L a n g e .

Rubbers,

Write for fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW

86 Monroe Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

Sole agents for Chicago Brass Rule Work: 

for State of Michigan.

We carry a full 1ine of 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

i  U  CANAL
Street.

Tifa®

i " f | |  |   Grand Rapids & Indiana.
'  All Trains daily except Stisdny.

 

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GOING  NOBTH.Arrives. * 

reaves.
Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex.........9:05 am  11:30am
Tmver86CltyKx....^.'l.>.-V.:,.;.V 
7:00am
FromCincinnati..........¿....'.....7:30pm  ■
Ft. Wayne and Mackinaw Ex..........8:10pm  '  6:05pm
Saginaw Express........... ...........11:85 am  
7:80 am
10:30 pm.  1:10 pm

Saginaw express rims through solid.
7:00 a. in. train has chair ear to Traverse City.
11 ¡SO a. m. train has chair car for Fetoskey and Mack­
inaw City.
5:05 p.  m. train has-sleeping  cars for  Petoskey and 
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express.......... . 
Fort Wayne Express.. 
............ .10:30 a m 
Cincinnati Express......................   4:40 p m 
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m 

7:15am
• 11:45 a m
5:00 p m
7:15am  train  has  parlor  chair*ear  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5.-00 p. m. train connects  with H. C. B. B. at Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.

going  south.

M uskegon,  G rand R ap id s  ft In d ian a. 
Leave. 
Arrive.
6:45 a m.......................................................... 10:10 am
11:00 a m ...........................................................  4:30 pm
4:40 p m ............................... .........., ...............   8:60 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. L ockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Michigan Central.

Grand R apids Divisio'b.

DEPART.
D etroit Express...........................  
Day  E xpress......................................................... 
•A tlantic Express........................ 
 
Mixed  ............................................................ 
 
ARRIVE.
•Pacific  E xpress..................................................................6:00 a m
M ail..................................................... 
G rand  Bapids  Express.................................................... 10:15 p m
M ix e d ................................................................................. 5:30 p m

6:45 a m
  1:10 p m
10:45 p m
6:50 a  m

3:15 p m

 

*Daüy.  AU o th er daUy except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ra n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r  cars r a n   on  Day  Express  and G rand 
Bapids Express to   and  from   D etroit.  D irect  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith aU th rough tra in s E ast over 
M. C. B. B ., (Canada Southern Div.)

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

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

Kalamazoo Division.

 

 

p m

p m  
1:10 
3:25 
F rt 

p m  a m  
a m   p m
3:00 7:45 D p ....G ran d   R apids............. ...9 :4 5   6:10
8:28  4:55
4:12 9:02  “  __ A llegan...............  
5:03 10:00 A r__K alam azoo........................  7:10  3:52
6:35 11:35  •*  ... .W hite Pigeon.................. 
2:25
8:00  12:30  “  ....E lk h a rt.............................. 4:45  l:e0
a m  
p m   a m
7:50  7:10 “  ....C h ic a g o ........................... 11:30  8:50
p m
10:25  5:05  “  ....T o led o ................................11:25 10:00
a m
1:35  9:40  “   ....C lev elan d ............................7:15  5:45
p m
6:20  3:30  “ ___Buffalo................................1:00 11:40
Tickets fo r sale to   all  principal  points  in   th e U. S., 
Mexico and C anada a t  U nion Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil­
liamson, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

a m  

A. J. Smith, Gen’l Trav. and Pass. A gt.,

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Cleveland, Ohio.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

A rrives. 
fM orning E xpress............................1:05 p m  
tT hroughM ail................. 
5:05pm  
tG rand Rapids Express.................... 10:40 p m  
•N ight Express.....................................5:25 a m  
fMixed............................................. 7:30 a  m
tD etroit  E xpress................................. 6:45 a m  
tT hroughM ail..............  
10:20 a m  
tE veningE xpress............................  3:25 p m  
•Lim ited Express.............................   6:25 p m  

GOING EAST.

 

Leaves.
1:10 p m
5:10pm
10:45 p m

5:40 a m

6:50 a m
10:30 a m

3:50 p m
6:30 p m

tD aily, 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. nex t day.  Lim ited  Express,  E ast, has 
th ro u g h   sleeper  G rand  Rapids  to   N iagara  Falls, 
connecting  a t  M ilwaukee 
th rough 
sleeper to  Toronto.
T hrough tickets and  sleeping  car  berth s secured a t 
D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.

Junction  w ith 

J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

WHOI^ESALE  AND  RETAIL

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

E. A.  HAM ILTON,  Agt.,

Telephone 909—1R.

•AND-

M U T T O N

Gan  be  found at  all  tim es  in  full  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  and  meat  dealere is 
solicited.  Our W holesale Branch  House, L. F. Sw ift 
& Co., located at Grand Rapids, alw ays  has on  hand 
a full supply o f our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, and 
the public  may rest  assured that in  purchasing  our 
meats from dealers they w ill alw ays receive the best.

Swift;  and  Company,

Union  Stock  Yards, 

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CHICAGO,  ILL.

it; 

«EXPERIENCE  M E E T O r.*^. 

gassenger. 

“ What was  the awfulest  moment  in  my 
”■ reflectively  asked  the  bald-headed 
‘‘Well—um—my wife had been 
|||1   jddc for two years and we had spent a great 
1^ .  dtollof  money and  tried a great  many doc- 
||p  ’  Ram, but  all to   no  purpose.  The  hope of 
from  a new doctor  or  medicine was 
mi/-  1 always only too soon  dashed by disappoint- 
" *  meat.  We were living in New York at the 
ft1-’-,  fen s and, a t last, we decided to try a surgi- 
■'  s d   operation.  No  use  of  going  into  the 
’■0 p   ‘detail, of  how  long  we  talked  it  over—it 
was  the  last  resort  Death  was  sure  to 
come  soon  and  the  only  hope  lay  in  an 
' ;1  operation.  Our best friends  and  the  best 
fei*.  1 ^physicians said,  “Hospital,” and, at last, we 
HjP iiw ere  decided.  My wife went to the hospi- 
^pH ifaland  took a preparatory treatment  The 
day -came,  boys,  when  I  kissed  the  dear 
I p 11  little  woman  before she  went  up  to  the 
yimp.  -operating room—excuse my tears—I am not 
¡fjpl  ashamed of them.  When I  looked into her 
;-r;  j 
eyes,  as I  thought may be for the  last time, 
and  thought  of  the  happy  years  we  had 
4 
>  Spent together, of our struggle from poverty 
to  comparative ease-—that was  a  bad  time. 
She got into  the  elevator  and 1 was  alone. 
T he next  hour was the most terrible of  my 
I  knew  she  was  in  that  dreadful 
Wfe- 
i *  ,  zoom, with twenty or thirty  doctors  around 
p .:  her, under the influence of  chloroform, and 
th e   knife  and  saw hacking  away  at  that 
p  
dear frame I   loved so  well. 
\ 
I   walked  the 
t  
floor.  Agony!  I  have lived that hour over 
I think the 
fp  f  »gain in my sleep many times. 
happiest  moment of  my life  was when  the 
;P 5  head  doctor  came  and told  me she  would 
IP •  ’  »cover.”
f r .  

The tall passenger  moved uneasily  in his 
seat, the fat man blew his nose and the man 
with  specs  took  .off  his*  glasses,  wiped 
them, and  said something about the  smoke 
getting into his eyes.

f1  ’ 

in 

the 

disaster 

“ Well,  my  moment of  agony was a long 
one,”  said  a  slim  looking  chap  who  sells 
wall paper.  “I  expected my wife and little 
girl  to  meet me  in  Milwaukee,  and  they 
were coming  over  in the  Alpena.’  The 
A lpena went down and no  one ever  heard 
I  saw  the  account 
just how  it  happened. 
o f 
the  newspaper, 
and their'names were on the passenger list. 
That  is  how  I  came by  these  gray hairs. 
How  I  spent the  next two  days, God only 
knows—I  don’t. 
I   think  I  was  almost 
ready  to  put  a  bullet  through  my  brain, 
when, as  I  sat  alone  in  my  room  in  the 
Newhall  house,  the  bell-boy  came  up  and 
said that  some one wanted to see  me in the 
parlor.  Boys,  it  was  my  wife and  child! 
They  had  missed  the  boat  and  had  come 
around by way of Chicago by rail.”

The  bald-headed  man  sympathetically 
shook  hands with  the  slim  man and  the 
zest thought to themselves.

‘Tw o  years  ago,  I   suffered  dreadfully 
w ith  toothache,”  began  the  man  with 
specs  on.  “I  had  a  bad  lot  of  broken 
teeth and  determined to have them out and 
new ones in.  You know the strange shock 
»dentist’s or doctor’s door-knob gives one— 
you seem to forget the pain in the  dread of 
Hie operation.  Well, I  got into  the  chair, 
war family [doctor poured the chloroform on 
»napkin and I  looked at the  bright light of 
day, perhaps  for the  last  time. 
It  feels 
awful to sit down in full  health and  realize 
that  perhaps  in  ten  minutes  you will  be 
beyond  the cares of  the world, away  from 
Hie  loved  ones. 
I   remembered that,  as  I 
wane down  the street, I  had looked  at  this 
abject  and that and  thought to myself that 
perhaps it was for the last time.  Well,  the 
napkin was placed over my mouth and nose, 
m ri  the  sweet, sickening  odor  penetrated 
» » a y   down  into  my 
innermost  sense. 
“ Breathe  deep,”  said  the  doctor.  “ Yes,” 
Y  tried  to  say.  My  voice sounded  far off. 
I  seemed to be a great fly-wheel that started 
«lowly and gradually went faster and faster. 
Around and around  it spun.  Every time it 
gpssed a seeming  given  point, it  gave  a 
loud  click—click. 
It  spun-faster, faster, 
»ud the clicks came nearer together. 
I was 
«fetid it would burst.  Then came  a  blank 
zmtil I felt a terrible  pain  and  heard a dull 
woleesay, “Spit it out.”  I struggled—again a 
blank—then the voice of the dentist, saying, 
* T s  he  all  right?”  I  tried  to  answer. 
I 
Jett  put out  to  think  he would ask  such  a 
(question, but I  was  too  lazy, seemingly,  to 
move.  Then  my  head  began to  whirl. 
I 
felt  sick at the  stomach  and  opened  my 
eyes—this  was  real  life! 
I  felt, oh,  so 
f|gpod to think it was all over.  Boys, I  don’t 
rm iit any more chloroform in mine—it’s too 
ipouch  like  fooling  with  a  buzz saw—too 
»War death!

They  all  looked  at  the fat man and  he, 

»ocepting the call, began:

I  did. 

’ **Some years  ago, when I  was  giddy and 
Jpapng,  1  invested  a  whole,  big,  elegant 
I   never 
id«»n«T la  the  Crazyana  Lottery, 
had any luck, but the thought came to 
H s |  aud 
If there  were hut  a 
hundred choices  and  I   had  ninety-nine of 
the other  fellow would  win.  That’s 
l& ekuidof lottery luck I  have!  Well, Hie day 
Sadler the  drawing, on picking up a Chicago 
Hally, I  saw the list of  numbers, and  num- 
m the big prize and I  held 
J p ^ tonth of  that  number and  was $15,000 
than I  was the day betore!  H appy l 
^ l l ^ t i m  wmd  doesn’t express  it-—crazed 
right!  ■% ■ sent in  my grips  by exp 
up  a  basket of  champagne 
fs rth o b o y s   ia  the  hotel,  built  grand

h o ^

e T u r n i s h i n c ^

o o d s

2 Q uart Tin H am m ered 

P alls

Casters, Colored Bottles.

2 qt. Tin Oval P a ll

Square Dinneu Pails 

H eavy Tin

Fly Traps

Splendid Summer Seller:

Safety Pins 

and A dam antine P ins

‘Jim ’s” Toasters.f^Thc best to a sto r ever shown  H otel Goblets-—every style

Jelly Tum blers 
Table  Tum blers 

and
and

Lem onade  TumblsrS

C urry Combs and H orse Brashes

Brushes o f all kinds

Baskets of our own im p o rtatio n -see catalogue 

From our Illustrated Price  List,  Sent  to  Dealers  only 

on application, Three Hundred Pages of Bargains.

“Francis” F ire P roof E arthern Tea Pot

Grand Rapids, 

Mich.

One Block from Union Depot on Oakes Street

IMPORTERS  OF

JOBBERS OF

PROPRIETORS OF THE

AGENCY OF

Boss  Tobacco  Pail Cover.

Full  and  Complete  Line  of  FIXTURES  and  STORE  FUR­

NITURE.

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

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

N O   M O R E   SC H E M E S,

SOLD  AT  ACTUAL  VALUE

lb Cans  45 per dozen: 
% lb Cans  85 per dozen: 
1 lb Cans  1.50 per dozen: 

Sold only in  cans.

Retail  5 cents 
Retail 10 cents 
Retail 20 cents

QUALITY  GUARANTEED,

38  and  40  Louis  Street.

V ery  A ttractive. 

F u ll  W eight, 

F u ll  Strength.  Order a Sam-

p ie  i.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF

And  Heavy Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,
Dates,  Fip;  Citrons,  Prtlnells,  Etc

BANANAS,  NUTS,

PRICES  QUOTED AND  CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED

13,  15,  17 South Ionia Street, 
13,  15,  17 Railroad Place

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.

