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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 27,  1888.

WEAK  IN  TH E   UPPER  STORY.
Mr. James  Martin  had been a prosperous 
New York dry goods merchant  in  his  day, 
but at the age of  fifty-five he encountered a 
succession of  misfortunes  which ultimately 
landed  him  in  a  state  of  bankruptcy. 
When  that  crisis  was past  he went to live 
in a small house in Brooklyn with his wife, 
his  younger  son,  Silas,  and  one  servant. 
Not  long  after  his wife died, and this last 
blow  reduced  the  old  man  to  a complete 
wreck.  He became  childish  and  lost  his 
memory so completely that he had no recol­
lection of  ordinary events  from day to day, 
which  was,  perhaps,  a merciful  dispensa­
tion of  Providence after all.

Silas Martin  was  now the  master of  the 
house, although the house itself belonged to 
the  father,  having  been  purchased  with 
some  money  belonging  to  Mrs.  Martin. 
Silas was a stock  broket in a small  way of 
business, which  might  have  been larger if 
Silas himself  had been fpnder of  work, and 
had  combined a little  niore  greediness  for 
the commissions of  clients with a little less 
faith in grand speculative coups on his own 
account.  He was  addicted to grumbling at 
the hardships of  his  lot,  and  more  partic­
ularly  at  the  burden  of  keeping “the old 
mac,” as he called  his  father.  This, how­
ever,  was as unreasonable as it  was  undu- 
tiful, for not only was Silas living rent free 
in his father’s house,  but  old  Mr. Martin’s 
maintenance  was  fully  provided for by the 
elder son, Alfred.  Alfred,  in  his  father’s 
palmy days,  had been put into the ministry. 
He was now pastor of  a small parish in the 
western  part  of  New  York  State  on the 
princely  stipend  of  $800  a  year,  out  of 
which  he  contributed  $200  yearly  to his 
father’s  support—quite  enough  to  leave a 
margin  of  profit  for  Silas. 
If  any  one, 
therefore, had reason to grumble at the pro­
longation of  the father’s life, it was Alfred. 
It must  be  mentioned,  however,  that there 
was one small expectation for both the sons 
upon  the  father’s  death.  James Martin’s 
life  had  been  insured  in  better  days for 
$10,000, and the  premiums  upon the policy 
had been kept up by the  joint contributions 
of  the  two  young  men.  But  Mr.  Martin 
showed no immediate likelihood of enabling 
his sons to  realize on this investment.  Since 
the breakdown of  his mind his bodily health 
had  much  improved,  as  not  infrequently 
happens in such cases, and  his  mental  in­
capacity was not of  a kind tocause anxiety. 
There  had  been at one time a question be­
tween  the  brothers  about  providing  him 
with an attendant,  but Silas was opposed to 
unnecessary expense,  and  pointed  out that 
the old gentleman never left  the  house un­
less by invitation,  and  that,  while  within 
doors, he was perfectly under the control of 
those  about  him,  including  even  the  one 
maidservant of  the  establishment—a  trust­
worthy  young woman  who had  been  with 
the family for some  years.  The  truth  was 
that the old gentleman  was  so  submissive 
that, if  so ordered,  he  would remain in one 
room for  hours  together,  and  under  these 
circumstances  it  really  seemed  that  Silas 
and the maid were quite capable of  looking 
after him.  This  idea,  however,  turned  out 
to be erroneous.

The  Rev.  Alfred  Martin  did  not  often 
visit  Brooklyn,  but  when  he  did  so  he 
always  endeavored to spend a day with his 
father.  On  such  occasions  he would gen­
erally take the  old  gentleman out with him 
for the day, professing to think that he was 
too much  confined to the  house.  One day, 
about  the  middle of  October,  Silas  Martin 
informed  the maid-servant that his brother 
was  coming  to  town,  and  added  that, if 
Alfred  should  take  his  father  out,  as  he 
sometimes did,  she had  better  take a day’s 
holiday.

In due time, the  Rev. Alfred arrived and, 
after spending a night at the house,  he said 
that he would take his father  out for an ex­
cursion  down  the  bay  for  the  day.  The 
maid  was  accordingly  informed  that  she 
could  have  her  promised  holiday.  Then, 
however, a difficulty arose.  The girl wished 
to go some  distance  and  could not be back 
before 8 o’clock in the evening.  Alfred, on 
the  other  hand, had no intention of  keep­
ing his father out until that hour and, besides 
this, he had to return  home  that  night, for 
which  purpose  he  must  leave  at  about ? 
o’clock.  Who, then, was to take  charge of 
old Mr. Martin in the interval ?

“1 dare say 1 can  get  home,” said  Silas. 

“What time will  you return?”

“That depends on father.  Not later than 
5 o’clock  in  any ease.  As I  have  to  be at 
the  depot  by 7, 1  shall  leave  here  before 
5:30.”

“I  think I can manage to be back by that 
time,” said  Silas,  “and  there is no harm in 
leaving  the  governor  for  half  an hour by 
himself. 
If l  am  not  here  when  you  re­
turn put him  into that arm-chair, give him 
h is. pipe, and.  tell  him  in  your  most  im? 
pressive voice that he is  not  to stir on any 
account until I  come in.”

“Are  you sure that he will be .all right 2”
“Perfectly.  He  would  not  move if 3m 

houm w fm on fije*”

.With this understanding* the' parties sep­

arated. 

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JStes«?

the Central Police Station and asked for as­
sistance.  He  made,  at  the  same  time,  a 
statement  from  which,  in  addition to the 
above facts, it appeared that inconsequence 
of  business unexpectedly detaining  him  in 
town,  he had not reached home  until  close 
upon 7 o’clock.  He  then  found no trace of 
his father or of  his brother,  and, after wait­
ing for the return of  the servant  and  mak­
ing  inquiries  about  the  neighborhood,  he 
had  come to the conclusion  that,  on  being 
left alone,  his father had, for the  first  time 
on  record, taken  it  into  his head to go out 
by himself, and had either  lost  himself  or 
met with some worse mischance.

Subsequent  events  confirmed  the  latter 
theory.  The Rev.  Alfred  Martin, on being 
communicated with  by telegraph next  day, 
replied that he had  left  his  father at home 
in his chair at 5:15 on the previous evening. 
On  the  same  day  Mr.  Martin’s  hat  was 
found  near  one  of  the  ferries.  A  day  or

tance.  The  conclusion  seemed  inevitable 
that he had strayed  out for some purpose— 
perhaps for no other  reason  than  that  his 
day’s outing  had  unduly excited him—and 
had somehow  fallen  into the river. 
It was 
a  considerable  time,  however,  before  the 
discovery of  the body put the old man’s fate 
beyond question.  During the interval, Silas 
Martin was  more  than  once  summoned to 
different points up and down  the  river  for 
the purpose of inspecting the ghastly human 
floatsam and  jetsam of  the river, but  with­
out result.
Four weeks  had nearly elapsed 
when he received  information that the body 
of  an elderly man had been found, the linen 
on  which  appeared  to  have  been  marked 
with an “M.”  ' The  features  were  all  but 
unrecognizable, but, after such inspection as 
was possible,  Silas  without  hesitation  pro­
nounced  the  remains  to  be  those  of  his 
father.

The inquest  which  followed,  and  which 
was,  of  course,  held  in  New  York  City, 
added  only one  additional  fact  to  those 
above stated.  The medical evidence showed 
that  there  was a severe  contusion  on  the 
head, which  had  probably been  caused be­
fore death, and the  doctor  was  strongly of 
the  opinion  that  the  deceased  had  been 
stunned by this blow  and  then thrown into 
the river.  There was  nothing,  however,  to 
point  to  a  definite  conclusion,  and  after 
hearing  the  evidence  of  the  Rev. Alfred 
Martin  and  his  brother  as  to  the mental 
condition  of  the  deceased,  the  jury  re­
turned a verdict of  “Found  Drowned.”  A 
certificate  of  this  verdict,  together  with 
other documents  relating  to the death, was 
subsequently  lodged  by  the  Rev.  Alfred 
Martin,  as  administrator  of  the  deceased, 
with the  insurance company in whose office 
the  insurance on James  Martin’s  life  had 
been effected.

About a week  after  this  was  done, Mr. 
Morrow, 
the  manager  of  the  insurance 
company,  was shown  into the  office of  Mr. 
George Robbins, the company’s solicitor.

“Well,” he said,  “any result from the in­

quiries in Martin’s case ?”

“Yes,  a little,” replied Mr. Robbins;  “but 
I  am afraid  nothing  that is of  much use to 
us at "present.”

“Is it not a case of  suicide ?”
“Judge  for  yourself.  You  remember 
that at the inquest the  Rev. Alfred  Martin 
stated  that  he  returned  with  his  father 
‘about 5,’ and left a quarter of  an hour later 
in order to catch the 5:35 train west?”

“Id o .”
“Very  well.  Now,  I  have  ascertained 
that  Alfred  and  the  deceased  took a car­
riage not long before 4 p. m., but were only 
driven as far as the Broadway ferry, where, 
at their own request, they were  put  down. 
I have  found  the  hackman, who says that 
he set them down about 4:30, and saw them 
walk  away  eastward.  We  have  also  got 
hold of  an old woman who saw  them  near 
Houston street ferry, but  whether below or 
above  she  cannot  state, walking  up First 
street.  She says it was  within a few  min­
utes  of  5  o’clock,  and  just  getting  dusk. 
On that  day, October 18, the  sun, you will 
find, set at 4:57.  Now, it is not impossible, 
of  course,  that  Alfred  Martin  may  have 
been up First street about 5 o’clock, and yet 
have afterward caught the 5:35 train; but to 
my mind this evidence throws  grave  doubt 
on  his  story.  Remember,  we  have  only 
Alfred  Martin’s  word  for  it  that  the de­
ceased ever went home at all.  On the other 
hand,  there  is  a strong  presumption  that 
some  time  after  5  o’clock  that  night he 
found his way into the  river, having  been, 
according to the medical testimony, knocked 
on tiie  head  first,, presumably by some one 
who  had a motive; fo r. doing  so,  which a 
sfranger to him would^ot have.”  i  
I   “You think he yraa murdered ?” .

“I  form no theory at present;  btft 4 think

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me  company s  wmle  to  spend  money on 
further  inquiries.  On  the  other  hand,  if 
there be any fraud in the case, the truth will 
very Soon come out when one  or  the  other 
of  these  gentlemen  is arrested on a charge 
of  murder, which I expect we  shall see. be­
fore another week is over.”

In this last  conjecture  Mr.  Robbins  was 
not mistaken—he  very  seldom  was  about 
such  matters.  Within  four  or  five  days 
from  the  time  when  he  forwarded his in­
formation  to  Chief  Byrne, the Rev. Alfred 
Martin was in custody, charged  with 
mur­
dering his father.

When he appeared before  the magistrate, 
the  facts  detailed  by  Mr.  Robbins  were 
supplemented by a piece of  evidence of  the 
most  damning  character.  A tramp named 
Higgs was called,  and he deposed to having 
seen the deceased,  whom he  knew  well by 
sight,  in  company  with  another  man,  on 
First  street, between  Houston  and  Green 
Point Ferry, some time  after dark;  to  hav­
ing overheard something like an altercation, 
the  old  man  apparently refusing to  go on 
and  the  young  one  threatening  to  chuck 
him into the  river if  he  were  troublesome, 
and,  finally,  to having heard loud cries after 
he had passed.  Higgs  did  not  attempt to 
identify the  prisoner, but  he was sure that 
the man  with  the  deceased was in a black 
coat  and  closely resembled the  prisoner in 
height and figure.  With regard to the time 
he was uncertain;  but it was clear  from his 
statements that it  must  have  been  within 
five minutes on either side of a quarter to 6. 
This left time,  as  the  prosecution  showed, 
for the prisoner to catch the 7:10 down train 
from  New  York  west.  On this evidence 
the magistrate,  without hesitation,  commit­
ted  the prisoner for trial.

Only one other  piece of  evidence was ad­
duced  when  the  trial  came  off, but it had 
an important  bearing  on the  issue. 
It ap­
peared that when he had left college four or 
five  years  previous, the  prisoner  was very 
mueh  in  debt;  that  he  had  lately  been 
threatened  with  summary  proceedings  by 
some of  his creditors,  and  that on  the  day 
of  his arrival in town he had been to an ad­
vertising  money lender to endeavor to raise 
money on his small  expectations  from  his 
father. 
In this he had  been  unsuccessful. 
Here, then, as counsel  for  the  People  did 
not fail to point out at  the  trial, was a suf­
ficient  explanation  of  the  motive  for  the 
diabolical  act.  For  the  defense,  every at-

Mr.  and Mrs. Jones  were  much  pleased 
with their lodger, Mr. Little, although they 
felt rather sorry for the old  gentleman, too. 
It  was very sad to  see  him  sitting  in  his 
room  all  day  looking  at  the  pictures  or 
gazing out of the window with  that  blank 
expression on his face.  But, on  the  other 
hand, young Mr. Little paid Mrs. Jones  an 
extra stipend  per  week for  keeping an eye 
on the  old  gentleman  and  had  also  paid 
several weeks’ board in advance.  Moreover, 
so far from  requiring  extra  attention, Mr. 
Little  gave  no  trouble at all but did what­
ever he was  told  to  do, and  would  never 
even  have  asked  for his meals if  they had 
not been forthcoming.  That  was why Mr. 
and Mrs. Jones were so pleased  with  their 
boarder.

It, therefore, gave Mrs. Jones, as she sub­
sequently  stated,  “quite a turn” when Mr. 
Little came down stairs  one  morning  with 
his hat  and overcoat  on  and  evinced  the 
strongest intention of  going ont fora Walk. 
Young Mr. Little had given  strict  instruc­
tions toathiafather was  on  no  account  to 
leave* the house,  as, besides  being unable to 
find his way back, he  was  liable to become

young Mr. Little had always repeated these 
instructions. 
It was,  in fact, his intentiois 
to take  his father away to aquiet residence’  ' 5 
in the country as soon  as he  had concluded’  m 
certain business which he had on hand.

Mrs.  Jones  accordingly  placed  beraèlï/Ç' 
before the door and  explained to Mr. Little  * i 
that  he  could  not  leave  the  preinises  at-V,’:- 
present.

As 

she 

read 

“Please—please,’’stammeredthe old gen- ' 
tleman, in what was for  him  rather  an ex-  ■ 
cited  tone,  “can’t  wait—my  son  Alfred^- 
look!”  He  drew  a  newspaper  frpm, -his 
pocket and  pointed to something in it. *, On  :  ■ 
the  pretense  of  looking  at  it,  Mrs. Jones  °r'- 
drew him into  the  parlor,  where  she  saw 
that it was a morning  paper  which he had 
somehow  got  hold  of,  and  that  he  was  •. 
pointing to the report of  the  first day’s pro- *  * 
ceedings  in  the  trial  of  the  Rev. Alfred 
Martin. 
the  /   passage  ■ 
over to humor him, the old man kept on  rer *  r j 
peating,
no, no—not Alfred.

“My  son  Alfred—murder  me?— 
Mustn’t hang Alfred.” 
Now,  in the dining  room  with  the  door 
open between him and the parlor, sat  Mrs. 
Jones’ husband taking his breakfast, fQr he 
was  a  compositor  in  the  office of  a daily 
paper and a late  riser.  Mr. Little’s  utter­
ances made a deep impression on Mr. Jones. 
He was a man of  considerable, intelligence, 
and,  moreover, knew  all  the  facts  In  the 
Martin case by heart, having  been  engaged 
on the previous day in  setting  up  in type a 
report of  the trial.

“He’s got some delusion in his head about 

this trial,” said Mrs. Jones.

“Not  so  sure  about  that,”  replied  her 
husband.  “He never had one before.  Ask_ 
him what he wants to do.”

Mrs.  Jones  did  so.  Mr.  Little  smiled 
feebly  and  said,  “Going  to  see  Alfred— 
mustn’t hang my son Alfred.” 

v .  .* 

“What  is  your  name,  sir?”  asked~Mr. 

Jones,  in a loud tone.

“James  Martin,”  was  the  prompt  re­

sponse.

“Precious queer delusion,”  observed  Mr. 
Jones.  “Look  here,  Mr. Martin, how  did 
you come here ?”

The old man passed his  hand  across  his 
forehead and  looked helplessly around him. 
“My son Alfred,” he said;  then  he  paused 
and shook his head.  Presently he went bn 
in  a  rambling  fashion:  “Went  out  with 
Alfred—Silas changed my clothes—close Tt>y 
the  river—Silas  pushed  me  into a tra in - 
no, n o !  Mustn’t  hang Alfred!”

“There’s  something  in  this,”  said ’Mr. 
Jones,  decisively.  “He couldn’t  have  got 
all  this  out of  a newspaper.  How* do we 
know that this old boy isn’t James  Martin,,; 
as he says?  He  was  brought  here on the 
very  night  Martin  disappeared.  He.  had 
nothing  about him to show  his  name, you 
remember.  Young Little  bought  him new 
linen  and  told  you  to  mark  it.  James 
Martin was weak in his head;  so is he.  The 
name of James Martin’s second son is Silas; 
and don’t he call  young Little,  ‘Silas ?*  Put 
on  your  things,  Sally,  and  come  arqnad 
with me  to  the  police.  They will  have a 
description  of  old  Martin  and  Will  very 
soon tell us what to do.  Look sharp!  They 
may be sentencing  that  poor devil to death 
this minute.” 

-  *

It  was  a  more  than  usually  painful 
moment when the  jury gave  their  verdicfc 
Close under the dock sat the presiding elder 
of Alfred Martin’s district,  who  had,  stood 
by  him  with  touching  faith  and  whose 
daughter was  reported to be engaged to the 
prisoner.  He rose as the verdict was given 
as though to comfort  the  unhappy man .in 
the box.  Just beside him was Silas Martjinv 
who had been one of the principal witnesses 
against his brother.
His  position  ’and  the  jg 
emotion  he  displayed while giving his evi­
dence  excited  much  commiseration.  He  j 
had  grown  deadly pale  when  the jury re­
turned, and when the  verdict  was  given he * jg 
buried his face in his  hands.
The  judge, in the usual  form,  asked ‘ttrajal 
prisoner  whether he  had  anything to say^M 
At that moment  there  was  some  stir  and 
confusion in the center of  the courf/two Or •,* 
three  persons,  escorted  by a  policeman, -4 
pushing  their  way toward  the solicitor toy  |
 
the defense.  The  prisoner  saw them  and*; 
a great change came over his face.
“Only this, your  Honor,” he  said, point- 
ing to where Mr. Little  stood  between Mr. ~ J  
and Mrs. Jones,  “that  there  stands  James  ; 1 
Martin,  my father,  whom I ton  accused, of  g 
murdering.”

At the  next  session  of  the  same,  court, 
another member of the Martin family Stbod 
It was Silas this time, ainbhe, 
in the dock. 
was indicted for perjury and for attempting* 
to obtain  money from  the  insurance  com­
pany  by  false  pretenses.  He  was* found 
guilty on both indictments and sentenced to^ 
seven  years at  hard  labor  for  thp firsl| of­
fense and five for the  second, the, judge ob­
serving that if  he  had  the  power to pass a 
heavier  sentence  he  should  have  been 
pleased to  exercise it. 
In thismost people 
thought that his Honor was riglR. 

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£   W ritten to r The  Tradesm an.

yiew of  toe fact that  whateyer affects 
^ |labor and money affects trade, it will uot be 
ISpjisideredout of place at the  present time 
h to  ask  why toe  business of  our country is 
fffrrvariably depressed  during  toe  years of  a 
presidential  campaign.  Such,  X  believe, 
x-! isan  admitted  fact 
If  it  causes a  loss of 
^Iconfidence in various stocks  and  securities, 
y  that may, in part, account for the stringency 
of the money market; and whenever money 
|   is  high, or  not  easily'obtained, the  entire 
|>|j«arkets of  toe  country are- injuriously af-
.  fected,  agriculture  receives a cheek,  and  a 
spawn  of  inactivity in all departments  of 
>  labor  and  commerce  prevails.  And  after 
I  the President-elect has taken  his seat then 
comes another  year of  anxiety,  while thou- 
f  |  sands  of  partisan  removals  and  appoint­

ments are being made.

H?.  Thus,  out of every  four  years, we  have 
. v  only two in  which  the  wheels of business 
;  move  smoothly and  regularly in  their nor­
mal  conditions. 
It  is  believed  by  many 
•that toe best interests of toe country would 
be better served by an eight or,  still  better, 
z  a  twelve  years’ term of  toe  office of  Pres- 
ident;  and  evils  arising—if  any—by  such 
f  change could be more easily borne and com-l 
batted  than  under  the present law.  Still 
just, how  or  by what  means  such  change 
:  .  could  be  made,  with  the numerous aspir 
I  ants for that high  and  honorable  position 
■ always  in  Congress, is a leading  question 
•  The  lottery of  opportunities  would be ma 
terially lessened, and few indeed now living 
could expect under such a regime to preside 
as the  Chief of  this  nation.  But with our 
present  form  of  government,  and  laying 
gairifl  all  individual aspirations, I  press the 
question—would  it  not  be  for the highest 
interests of the  people that the  presidential 
term of  office be at least twelve  years ?

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Now  and  then  the  question  is  asked 
*“Why are fanning  lands  held  at from one 
to two hundred and fifty dollars  an  acre in 
some of toe older states;  for example, New 
ft  York and Pennsylvania, while in  Michigan 
they are so  comparatively low  in price ? 
cannot answer.  A few persons plead richer 
lands  and  better  markets  in  toe  states 
named.  They  cannot  plead  a  better TS? 
S  more  healthful  climate,  better  society  or 
■  privileges.  The lands in toe  States named 
• are kept  under a high  state of  cultivation 
i; 
only at great,  expense  in  order  that  they 
l  may be  made t o  pay interest  and,  if  possi 
ble,  a profit  on toe  investment.  Ours are 
mot wdfn-out lands, although for many pur 
poses they were never originally as produc 
H  tore,  but by a  proper  system of  fertilizing 
may be vastly  improved.  The  commercial 
value of  agricultural  land does not depend 
upon  its ability to produce a crop of  every 
.thing  planted  upon  it, but, like  a  master 
jfc |  workman, toe  ability to produce  one  thing 
|v   well!;  If  a portion of  our Michigan  lands 
will  not  grow  com  or  wheat,  they  are 
. 
adapted  to  other  crops,  and  more  money 
.  ^  will  be made  from  such  cultivation.  The 
|   % State of Michigan possesses greater resources 
f ;  for  money  making—particularly  for  the 
Iff  poor  tthmi—than  many  other  states  in  the 
i.  TJniQn*  We have more harvests and  better 
fe ^markets for our products than three-fourths 
T*  of  all toe other states.  The great metropo- 
fJ; 
f  market  any  city on  this  continent.  We 
f   2  have  our  harvests  of  wool,  wheat,  small 
autumn  fruits,  from  the  finest 
^   peaches  produced  to  apples  which  few 
T'^foiihtries in the  world can  equal;  harvests 
 firewood,  lumber,  salt,  oil,  and 
of which distribute more money 
.aa»ong our. people than does any. owe of  our 
'states ■ among  toe same  number  of 
k%bdtittg ¿lasses  The very name of Michi 
40UX,  as  a  prefix  to  its  flour,  peaches 
fruits  in  general,  its fish  and 
^yih&toeai is  a gfiarantee of  their  superiority 
eiwiyWhere  ahd  piieeS a value  upon them 
flboveiother similar products. 
If, then, toe 
r- - -folds.  of  New York and. Pennsylvania are 
S^isSinsieally  moAh  toe  prices  they bring, 
f- ? t|re lands of  Michigan are sold at less  than
land
F: fruit raising inthe  Staije ahdJiot  more 

Its of Chicago in many respects equals  as 

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none hourt-s. rideby rail from toe

flwhat is ssked foriti, even asan Investment 
rfiitoppOseAtiiiklahd  is >saidte be  ^‘barren 
.and  w iU ^^ produce a;btíshél of wheat;

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SBiSD RAPIDS  GOSSIP. *'  ,  , 

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C. W. Higbee  succeeds  Hanes & Higbee 
the agricultural implement  business.
Dan McCoy  has  put in a supply store  At 
Kaguel.  The  Stock  was purchased  at  this 
market.

I. M. Clark  &  Son  have  shipped a com­
plete grocery stock to toe Town Line Lum­
ber Co., of  Lakeview.

Walter H. McConnell  has  opened a new 
grocery  store  at  Cedar  Springs.  L  M. 
Clark & Son furnished toe stock.

C. B. Moon  has put in a  grocery stock at 
I.  M. 

Pine  Lake,  near  Cedar  Springs. 
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

The Grand Rapids  School  Furniture Co. 
will get up  steam in toe new boilers for toe 
first time on Thursday of  this week.

McAllister  &  Co.  have  engaged  in  the 
Bulkley, 

grocery  business  at  Hersey. 
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

Wm. H. Tibbs has  purchased of  Geo. D. 
Sisson seven lots on Carpenter’s  second ad­
dition for $2,200.  The  sale  was  made by 
Rust & Edwards.

E. J. Roys  has  put  in a supply store  in 
connection  with  his  shingle  mill  at Lake 
George, near Lakeview.  * I. M. Clark & Son 
famished toe stock.

A.  J. Dayton,  formerly  engaged  in  toe 
drug  business  at  Petoskey, has  opened  a 
drug  store  at  671  Wealthy avenue.  The 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

C. H. Joldersma, whose store and general 
stock at Jamestown were recently destroyed 
by  fire,  and  who  had  arranged  to  open 
another  store there, is considering  the pro­
ject of  establishing  himself  in  the  wood 
and coal business here.

Geo.  H.  Gildersleeve  has  retired  from 
toe  real  estate  firm  of  Rust,  Edwards & 
Co., and  the  firm  will  hereafter be known 
as  Rust & Edwards,  with  headquarters  at 
toe same place as before.  Mr.  Gildersleeve 
has  formed a copartnership  with  Chas.  E. 
Herrington, and  the  two ‘have  engaged in 
the same business under the style of Gilder­
sleeve & Herrington.

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The  sale of  the  Curtis & Dunton  paper 
stock to Julius Houseman  has not  yet been 
confirmed  by the  court, but  will  probably 
come up before  Judge  Montgomery to-day. 
A difference of opinion  has arisen  between 
the  purchaser and  the  assignee  as  to  the 
ownership  of  about $3,000  worth of  com­
mercial paper  lying in toe  Fourth National 
Bank, toe payment of  which is secured  by 
a mortgage on the stock.

It  is stated, on  authority deemed  indis­
putable,  that toe  D., G. H. & M.  Railway 
will construct about two miles of road from 
a  point near  Saddle Bag swamp to connect 
with the  Reed’s Lake branch of  the D..  L. 
& N. Railway and thus run its trains into toe 
Union  depot, returning to its main track at 
the D. & M.  Junction  via  toe C.  & W.  M. 
Railway. 
It is stated that such concession 
on  toe pstrt of  toe D., L. & N.  Railway is 
offset by an  arrangement which enables toe 
D., L.  & N. to  run into  the  Grand  Trunk 
depot  at Detroit.  ______

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Lowell—J. L. Hudson  has  opened a dry 

Mecosta—M.  Carman  is  closing  out  his 

goods store.

general stock.

Hesperia—D.  Hoffman & Co. have opened 

a new grocery store.

Reed  City—White  &  Co. succeed  E.  R. 

White in the drug business.

Big  Rapids—A. J.  Sehm  has  opened  a 

confectionery establishment.

Bronson—Twist & Eldred have sold their 

hardware stock te F. M. Rudd.

Pontiac—Darius H. Elliott succeeds J. W. 

Ogle, Jr., in toe furniture business.

Pontiac—G.  W.  Alexander  &  Co.  are 

closing out their hardware business.

West  Branch—John  Thrasher  succeeds 

Prien & Son in toe butchering  business.

Camden—D.  G.  Smith  succeeds  J.* C. 
Bradley & Co. in toe drug and  grocery bus­
iness.

Berlin  —  Oscar  Monroe  succeeds  his 
brother,  Stanley  Monroe,  in  the  grocery 
business.

Detroit  —  Herman  Endriss 

succeeds 
Tucker & Endriss  in  toe  wholesale  liquor 
business.

Ionia—T. B. Preston  & Co.  have  closed 
out their jobbing grocery stock  and  retired 
frop business.

Harrison—J. H. Canfield  h as. purchased 
R. D.  Curtis’ interest in  the drug  business 
of  Curtis & Co.

Big Rapids-^F. Dodge is  closing  out his 
general stock, J. El Sharpe taking possession 
of  toe  store  and  running the same in con*: 
neetion with his present business.

Big Rapids—Dr.  Bradley  has  opened a 
drug store&i the corner of Pine street and 
tttefaig# isS S *  
if   :
Sault Bte.^Marie—Mahon & Bertrand have 
opened  a  grocery  and  provision  store  on 
West Portage avenue.

Charlotte—Donovan  &  Vanderhoof  suc­
ceed  Donovan,  Maurey & Co. in toe furni­
ture and undertaking business.

Hopkins^ Station—C.  Ê.  Woolfinger  has 
purchased ' the  Reynolds  drug  stock,  at 
Lyons,- and has removed it to this place.

Remus T- Horton  Bros  have  dissolved, 
E. T. buying D.’s  interest.  The  latter has 
opened a grocery and the  former  continues 
a general  store.

Muskegon—James  Frazer  has  retired 
from  the  drug  firm  of  Fred.  Brundage & 
Co.  The business will  be continued by the 
remaining partner.

Muskegon—J. R.  Bennett,  formerly  en­
gaged ■ in  toe  drug  business  here,  but 
for the past two  years  engaged in the same 
business  at  Menominee,  will  re-engage  in 
the business here the latter part of  July.

Battle Creek—J.  M. Galloup has  formed 
a copartnership with his sou, Wm. Galloup, 
and  purchased  the  jewelry stock of  W. L. 
Hollister, at 6 East  Main  street.  The new 
firm will be known as J. M.  Galloup & Son.
Ionia—E.  D.  Welch  has  purchased  the 
grocery  stock  of  Dye  &  Welch  and  will 
continue  the  business.  Mr.  Dye has  pur- 
chased a half  interest in  John H.  Welch’s 
grocery  store and meat  market.  The new 
firm will  be known as J. H. Welch & Co.

R.  L.  Hall, the jolly traveling represent­
ative of AÎlhn B. Wrisley, of  Chicago,  was 
in totirn last Thursday and  Friday.

‘.‘Hub” Baker'has  purchased the  hand­
some  new residence at 4'Gilbert  street  and 
will take possession of same on Friday.

Thos.  A.  Hazlett  is  now  working  thé 
Upper Peninsula trade for H. H. Freedman 
& Co., the  Reed  City  cigar manufacturers.
J. L. Strelitsky is now  on  the  road  for 
the  cigar  department  of  Franklin  Mac- 
Yeagh & Co., covering toe same territory as 
formerly.

Geo. F. Owen has returned  from  Minne­
apolis, whither he went to attend toe annual 
convention of  the T» P* A.  He  reports  an 
enjoyable  time  and  says  that  substantial 
progress in the  betterment of  existing  con­
ditions was made by toe gathering.

T.  G. Selleck,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business  at  Rockford,  is  now on 
the  road  for  the  Waddell  Manufacturing 
Co.,  covering  toe  entire  country.  He 
started  out  Monday  for  a  ten  days’  run 
through  Michigan, when  he  will begin on 
an extended trip through the Eastern States.
Olney,  Shields &  Co. received a telegram 
Monday noon, asking them  to  notify J. N. 
Bradford  that his  son, Ray, had  just  acci­
dentally killed  himself  at  Ravenna.  No 
particulars  concerning  the  accident  were 
received  up to the  time of  going to  press. 
The  sympathy of  thousands will  go  out to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradford  in  their  bereave­
ment.

STRAY  FACTS.

Detroit—Geo. W. Robinson  &  Co.  have 
opened a wholesale  lumber  yard at  Huron, 
Ohio.

Hersey—C.  N.  Leach & Co.  have  traded 
their general stock with John Sweet for the 
Hersey House property.

Hesperia—Myron  Stark  has  closed  his 
meat market until fall, leaving Ames & Co. 
alone In the field in the meantime.

Charlevoix—Perry  Weed,  who  has  sold 
his drug and stationery stock, will establish 
himself  in business at Edgeley, Dak.

Detroit—The Gem Yapor Gas  Stove  Co. 
has been  organized,  with a capital stock of 
$25,000,, one-quarter of  which is paid in.

Bein' Lake—The Hopkins  Manufacturing 
Co., which  failed  about  six months ago, is 
offering a compromise  of  twenty per  cent, 
in full settlement.  The business comprises 
a general store and  sawmill.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Paper  Novelty Co. 
has  been  organized with a capital stock of 
$10,000—30 per  cent,  paid in—to erifeage in 
the manufacture of  paper  pails,  ice  cream 
holders,  berry packages, etc.

MANUFACTtTKINGt  MATTERS.

West  Harrisville—Luther & Falkartz,  of 

Alpena, will erect a  sawmill here.

Lowell—Nearly  enough  stock  has  been 
subscribed to  warrant  the  establishment of 
a canning factory.

Detroit—Flavian L.  Brooke, Aaron  Men- 
delson  and  Eugene  H.  Hill .have  incor­
porated the Globe Hosiery Mill, with a* cap­
ital stock of  $500.

Mantou—J. B. Millard, late of  Niles, has 
purchased the stave mill of Millard & Rich­
ards and will  continue  the  business  under 
toe style of J. B. Millard &. Co.

Constantine—The Empire  Furniture  Co, 
will erect a one-story  factory  building, 36x 
120 feet in dimensions, making  the  fourth 
structure of  that kind used  by the  corpora­
tion. 

West Bay City—F.  W.  Wheeler  offers  to 
invest  $200,000  in a new plant at his ship­
yard if  the city authorities  will lelieve him 
of  a certain  amount of  taxation  for  a cer­
tain  number of  years.

Owosso—A  stock  company with  a  cap­
ital stock of  $1,000,000 has  been  organized 
to manufacture the Steven  patent  car  axle 
oiler.  J. W . Begole,  of  Flint,  is President 
of  toe  corporation  and Arthur Steven Sec­
retary. 

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Drowning  of a  Butcher.  „

The  recent  drowning of  Geo. Walz,  toe 
Marshall  butcher, in  toe  Kalamazoo river, 
was  attended  -by  rather  peculiar  circum­
stances.  Walz,  together  with  another 
butcher,  was  doing some work at a slaugh­
ter house two miles out from Marshall, and, 
to add spice to their labors, had set a line of 
fish-hooks across toe river.  Finding a large 
fish  had  been  hooked,  Walz  removed his 
clothing and Swam out to capture  the prize, 
but  in  his  efforts  to dislodge it he became 
entangled hi the lines and four of toe hooks 
caught inlRis?feet, holding  him  fast.  His 
companion threw boards  into the water and 
finally diSrobed and  plunged  in  to  his as­
sistance, but  was  unable  to extricate him. 
The  unfortunate young  man  clung  to the 
boards, until  lie > was  exhausted  and  then 
went  down,  his  body. being, recovered  in 
eighteen fis|t .of water. 

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:  An  Expert  Attorney..

Client to lawyer—I   am  afraid  the  phy- 
sieian’s evidence will convict me.
Lawyer, teAssuringly—Don’t  be  alarmed 
about that. ^Pll read up a little aboutpoison 
in-toe stomach,  and in ten minutes PU have 
that doctoRdpa cold  sweat,  and  make  toe 
judge  andfuilr think he’s a hired  perjurer.

Purely Personal.

John  Giles,  the  Lowell  grocer,  was  in 

town one day last week.

Frank E.  Leonard  spent a couple of days 

at Orchard Lake last  week.

H.  H.  Freedman,  the  Reed  City  cigar 
manufacturer, was in toe city last Thursday.
O. A. Ball  and  Oscar  D. Fisher  put  in 
two or three days at the Chicago convention 
last week.

John Snitseler has purchased a lot on the 
south side of  Black  Lake and is building a 
pleasant  summer  cottage  on 
the  water 
front.

John G. Shields,  while  fishing  for  white 
bass at  Macatawa  last Friday,  pulled a fish 
into  his boat  weighing  about  ten  pounds. 
He thought  it  was  a  muskallonge—but it 
wasn’t.

Frank E. Pickett,  proprietor of  the  Cold 
Spring  cheese  factory,  at Hilliards, was in 
town last Friday.  He says he is now in re­
ceipt of  13,000 pounds of  milk  daily and is 
turning out twenty-nine cheese per day.

John  E.  Thurkow,  the  Morley  general 
dealer, is about as tall a man as ever  comes 
to  this  market,  but  it  comes 
to  The 
T radesm an  pretty  direct  that  he  has 
grown at least a foot taller since the  advent 
of  a son and heir at his house.
A  Thrifty  Parson.
From  th e N orthw estern; Lum berm an.
The  New  England  Furniture  Go.,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  has just had  an  interesting 
experience  with  a  rural  preacher.  Last 
fall  the  company  received a letter  from  a 
minister living  in  Cheboygan,  containing a 
proposition  to act  as its  agent in the  pur­
chase of  hard-wood logs,  as  he represented 
that he had  ample opportunity for selecting 
good timber.  The proposition was accepted 
and  the  dominie  was  to contract  for  the 
logs  and forward  to the  company a  state­
ment  of  toe  measurement, when  a  draft 
would be forwarded.  After  the first  lot of 
timber  had  been  purchased,  a member  of 
the  company visited  the locality and found 
everything  regular. 
Further  purchases 
were  made,  and  finally  the statements  of 
stock  contracted  for  poured  in  upon  the 
concern to an  extent that led it to believe it 
was securing a large stock.  A member was 
sent  to  investigate.  He found  a  few logs 
only,  but  the  preacher  frankly  pleaded 
guilty to the soft  impeachment  that he had 
only  purchased  one  lot, but  had  sent  in 
fictitious statements  in  order to relieve  his 
temporary embarrassment.  The  preacher, 
of  course,  admitted  that  he was  guilty  of 
embezzlement,  but  pleaded  his  case  so 
earnestly that  the  concern  let  him  off  in 
consideration  of  his turning  over  a  saw­
mill  and some  other  property to  liquidate 
the shortage.  The next thing the company 
learned  was  the  news last  week  that  the 
mill and a lot of lumber had been destroyed 
by fire.  The  preacher  may have been  suc­
cessful  in  obtaining a full  stock  of  souls, 
but  as  a  lumber  dealer  his  methods  are 
hardly commendable.

Salaries  Cut  Down.

Wm. Ziegler  gained  his point in his suit 
against  toe  Royal  Baking  Powder  Co. 
Judge Cullen  decided  that  the  salaries of 
toe  President,  Yice-President  and  Treas­
urer  must  be  cut  down as  follows:  J.  C. 
Hoagland  from  $50,000  to  $15,000;  Dr. 
Hoagland  from  $30,000  to  $10,000,  and 
Raymond Hoagland  from  $6,000 to  $4,000.
R. J. Williamson has  been  elected Cash­
ier of  the  Kalamazoo  Savings  Bank,  vice 
J. R. Monroe,  deceased.  Fred.  G. Dewey 
takes the position Of Assistant Cashier. 

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Merchants should remember that the cele­
brated  “Crescent,”  “ White  Rose”  and 
“Royal Patent” brands  of  flour  are  manu­
factured  and sold  only by the  Yoigt  Mill­
ing Co.

Written for Thr Tradesman.

“What are  yoh laughing at ?”  asked  toe 
fat man of  the tall passenger, as he reached 
over into the next seat and let down an open 
window, notwithstanding toe cutting glance 
of  the lady occupant thereof.

“Laughing  at  a  funny  snap  that  took 
I was at  Beaton  Harbor, 
place last week. 
and  behind  time, so I  worked  late. 
I got 
through  about 10 o’clock,  and  the last par­
ties I called  on  gave  me  an  order for ten 
sacks of  potatoes  to be shipped p. d. q. 
It 
is  quite a distance  from  the  hotel  to  toe 
depot,  so I telephoned  ‘to  the  operator  as 
follows :

“ ‘Rowe  & Hortoq.  Ten bags early rose 

first freight.  Balance order follows.’

“The operator repeated the message to me, 
so as  to be sure there were no mistakes, and 
I  thought  everything  was  O.  K.  Well, 
when I got in Saturday, the office people all 
laughed  at  me—had a horse  on  me,  so  to 
speak,  and said my handwriting was so bad 
no ohe could  read  it.  As proof,  they gave 
me the message sent  from  Benton  Harbor, 
and claimed the error was made through my 
hen-scratching.  1 Here is the  way the order 
came :

‘“ Roan  horses.  Bed  bugs  early risers. 

Feast fat.  Bully old fellows.’ ”

“Talking  about  operators  making  blun­
ders  puts  me  in  mind of  how a customer 
tried to get  ahead of  me  onCe,” said a man 
in a torn duster and a back  number  Cleve­
land hat. 
“I am somewhat of  an operator 
myself,  and this customer had  the Western 
Union wire in  his store. '•Lemons  Were on 
the rise,  and  my last  quotations  had  been 
$6.50  per  box.  Well,  this  chap  wanted a 
ten-box lot and  wanted  me to telegraph for 
prices. 
1 did so and hung  around  waiting 
for the answer. 
In the course of  an hour I 
heard the call for his office,  and he took the 
message.  He came to me and said:  ‘They 
say $5.50 per box,  in  any quantity.’” 

“Well,”  queried  the  bald-headed  man, 

l‘did  you sell  him the ten boxes ?”

“Not  at  $5.50.  The fact is, the answer, 
as I got it,  was $6.50,  and  he  would  have 
deliberately lied  me  out of  a dollar a box.”
“Well,” began the  man  with  specs  on, 
“to change the subject,  some  years  ago my 
house  started  in on a great  scheme.  First 
time I  caught  onto it,  I got a fqarfulshock. 
I called on an old party in Hudson dnd sold 
him  quite a bill—must  have  been  four  or 
five  hundred  dollars.” 
(The  bald-headed 
man  and  the  tall  passenger  exchanged 
knowing looks,  and the man  with  specs on 
explained that this was  quite  a  good many 
years ago, when orders were orders.)  “ Well, 
the party was good as the wheat, you know, 
and  when I came  around  again I expected 
to  sell  him  some  more  goods. 
I  didn’t. 
Why ?  Well,  here is what he got  from the 
house—this was their scheme:  He got a big 
printed circular,  with  places  left  blank  to 
fill in,  and it was headed:

P R O P E R T Y   STA TEM EN T.

-------------------188

To------ , -------& Co.: 

,

Sirs—In reply to your request for a state­
ment of  my affairs,  in order  to get a proper 
rating on  your books,  I  submit  the follow­
ing :
Firm nam e....................  How old........
Color of hair..........of  eyes............  Do  you
chew ?...,,  drink?___  Married? ....  if
so,  why..........  How much real estate have
you free from incumbrance ?........... .
Cash  in bank..........  on hand............  Any
children___sex.. . . .  ,  How  much  stock
do  you  carry?..............  Ever  fail  in  bus­
iness ? ....  if  so,  what did you settle for ?
. . . . . . . .   What is  your  religion ?.............
your politics ? . . . . . . . .   why ? .------ ------- ”
“Say,”  interrupted  the  tall  passenger, 

“did the party fill that out ?”

“You bet he  did not,” said the  man with 
specs on,  “and  the  house  never  sent  any 
more to my trade. 
I quit them—they  were 
too inquisitive for this territory.”

“I got shocked  once,” said  the  fat  man, 
“seventeen  hundred  dollars’ worth. 
I had
a customer in B-----and he was a very good
friend of  mine.  Well,  he  got  behind a lit­
tle, and the credit man of  our house told me 
he would  have to cut my customer off, if he 
did  not  pay up  more  promptly.  Well,  I 
was hot. 
I told the credit man that I would 
guarantee  the  man’s  account,  and  that he 
knew nothing about  him;  that  he  was not 
fit  to  pass  on  toe  credit of  a brindle pup, 
and for over two  years I never spoke to  toe 
credit  man.  We  speak  now.  The  party 
failed and owed'  my house  seventeen  hun­
dred dollars, and for  the  last  three  years I 
have  been  paying  it  up,  at  toe rate of  so 
much a  year  out  of  my salary.  1 told  the 
credit man,  after the failure,  that I  thought 
he  could pass  on  the  credit of  two brindle 
pups.” 

J esse  La n g e.

Boston Grocer (to customer)—“Is that all 
this morning, Mrs. Beacon?  Are  you sup­
plied With beans ?”  Mrs. Beacon  (contem­
platively)—“I  am  not  so  sure  about  our 
supply of  beans, but to  bfe  on the safe side 
you  might  send,  say,  a couple of  barrels.”

The Stofrr o fa Jeweler 

'H e  is : the most conscientious man I ever 
knew.  When  I  first  met  him  he  was a 
elerk-in his'father’s  jewelry store,  and  the 
Old man had a fond ambition of establishing 
his son in-toe business, so that the  concern 
would continue through toe second  genera­
tion, if not farther.  One day it was noticed 
that the young  man  refused  to  deal  with 
lady customers.  His conduct was so mark­
ed that his father took him  to  task  for  it. 
‘The fact is,’ said the son,  ‘that I  do not be­
lieve it is not right for women  to wear jew­
elry, and I do  not  propose  to  abet  or  aid 
them in wicked conduct. 
I  will sell watch­
es, or spectacles to  men, but  no frippery to 
women.’  The father remonstrated in vain. 
All sorts of pressure  was  brought  to  bear 
upon him to make him  see  the  unreasona­
bleness of his attitude. 
It was pointed  out 
that if it was wrong to wear what  was  not 
necessary, it was wrong  even for  a  man  to 
carry a gold  watch; that  the  works  might 
as well be inclosed in  a  tin  case. 
‘There’s 
something in that,’  admitted  the  conscien­
tious man,  and  frightened  at  this  result  ot 
arguments,  he  was  permitted  to  take  his 
own course.  Eventually  he  made  up  his 
mind  that if  he  could  not  conscientiously 
sell jewelry to women, he could not conscien­
tiously  share  in  the  profits  accruing  from 
such sales,  and, accordingly, to  his father’s 
grief, he sold out his interest and establish­
ed a store  for  the  sale  of  optical  goods. 
There he  carried  his  -ideas  to  the  greatest 
extreme.  He would sell  spectacles  but  no 
eyeglasses,  and the  rims  could  not  be  of 
gold.  And  he  further  declined  to  make 
money; he put his margin of profit at a very’ 
low  figure,  because  he  thought profit  un­
just.  The  local trade was distracted  at his 
course.  He got most of  the  business,  and 
yet made no more  than  was  sufficient  for 
his living.  And, finally, lightning struck his 
store and destroyed it. 
I  am  afraid  that 
his rivals in business look  upon  the  event 
as  an  interposition  of  Providence  to  con­
vince him of the error of his ways.

The  New  National  Cut  Nail  Schedule, 
The following is the new. schedule for cut 
nails, which went into effect with Michigan 
jobbers on the 25th. 
It will be noticed that
toe base has  been  changed  from lOd to 40d
to 12d to 40d :

1.00 1 

CASING AND BOX. 

ADVANCE ABOVE  12D  NAILS.
SLATING.
NAILS,  FENCE,  BRAD. 
50d to 60d......
,85
.25 4d and 5d.............
10d................ .
.10 3d......................... 1.25
8d and 9d...........
.25 2d......................... 1.75
6d and 7d...........
.40  COMMON BARREL.
4d and 5d...........
.60 ] Yi inch................
.60
3d...........
1.00 1%  “ 
.............
.60
2d........... 1.50 1M  “ 
................ 1.00
FINE BLUED.
i v8  “ 
................ 1.00
................ 1.50
4d........................
» 
................ 1.75
3d........................ 1.50  %  “ 
2d....................... 2.00  V.  “ 
................ 2.26
12d to 30d............
.50 V/z inch................ 1.50
................ 2.00
.60 1 
lOd......................
» 
.75'  %  “ 
8d and 9d..........
................ 2.25
6d and 7d..........
.90  %  “ 
................ 2.75
4d and 5d..........
CUT SPIKES.
1.10 
.25
3d...................... 1.50 All sizes...............
FINISHING.
TOBACCO HHD
3 inch.................
.85  lOd....... ................
.60
2% to 2%  inch__ 1.00  8d.........................
.75
2 
.... 1.15  6d and 7d.............
to 2^   “ 
.90
IX to l2£  “ 
,... 1.35 
1J4 inch............... .  1.75 1*4 and 1%  inch... 1.35
1 
1.15
... 1.00
% inch................. .2.25 3 
...
.85
...
M  “ 
.75
All  sizes...................75

............... 2.25 2  and 2 \  “
2& and2M  “ 
LIN IN G .
f  
............... 2.50 3*i  to  414  “ 

~  LIGHT BARREL.

BOAT  SPIK ES.

CLINCH.

“ 

Each half-keg, 10 cents extra.
T e r m s —Note  or  acceptance at 60 days, with 
current rate of Exchange on New York;  or 
discount of 2  per  cent,  for  cash  if remitted 
within 10 days from date of invoice.
An  abatement of 10  cents  per  keg  will  he 
allowed upon orders of 210  kegs or over.
Sales  subject  to  strikes  and  accidents  at 
works.

Adulteration  of  Coffee.

“The adulteration of  coffee is  something 
that can scarcely be prevented,” said an ex 
grocery merchant  to  a  M ail and  Express 
reporter.  “It  is as much  adulterated, per­
haps,  as  whisky, ” continued  the ex-grocer, 
“Recently  an experiment was  made and 48 
per  cent, of  85 samples of  coffee analyzed 
were found  to be impure.  This  proportion 
does  not by any means  represent  the exact 
amount  of  adulteration  which  prevails, 
Among 41  samples of  adulterated  coffee it 
was  discovered  that  19 were  mixed  with 
chicory or other substance free from starch, 
while  22,  besides  nearly  all  containing 
chicory,  had considerable amounts of  roast 
ed  grain,  peas  or  beans  in  their  composi 
tion.
“In every case it has not been possible to 
distinguish  the origin of  the  starch,  and 
is  quite  possible  that  some  ascribed 
roasted  grain, has really been  added in the 
shape  of  roasted  peas.  One of  the chief 
adulterants of  coffee is ‘cracked’  peas,  and 
the business is so  lucrative  it is  shipped to 
Canada and other  places for the  purpo^ of 
mixing it with coffee.  There possibly m*| 
be  some excuse  for using  chicory,  but  ti 
use of  roasted  peas  is not  to  be defended 
at  all. 
It  does not  bring for  the working 
men such  a  reduction in the price as woul 
justify him  in  purchasing  a  mixed  coffee 
containing  it.  One  of  the  paradoxes, 
soon  observed  after I went  into  the Jbusi 
ness, was  that the  adulterated  is almost as 
much as the  pure stuff  itself.  Like  other 
articles  that  are  adulterated, it  is  done  so 
well  few  buyers,  unless  experienced,  can 
tell the difference.

A  Merchant  W ho  Robbed  Himself.
A  country  merchant  with  a pretty  fair 
business  had  no  safe,  and  he  was  in  the 
habit of  hiding  his  money about  in  spots 
for safe-keeping.  Not  long  ago he awoke 
one  morning  to  find  $195  gone.  He  in­
formed  bis  neighbors  that  he  had  been 
robbed,  and it was  suggested that Detective 
Jones be sent for.  The  suggestion was  no 
sooner  made  than  adopted.  Shortly after 
sending for him,  a  trampish-looking  man 
turned  up  in the  neighborhood, and  by all 
but  the  merchant  was  eyed  suspiciously. 
The tr&mpish-looking man  was  the  detect­
ive.  He made a thorough investigation and 
quietly drew his own  conclusions.  Calling 
up the merchant, he #told  him  he  had  not

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'The merchant was astounded 
been robbed. 
but toe detective was  firm.  Then the mer 
chant  said  possibly be  might have hidden 
toe  money in  bis  sleep,  and* the detective 
agreed  with  him.  After considerable talk 
between toe two, it was found that the mer­
chant,  having a number  of  hiding  places, 
had in his sleep taken  the  money from one 
of  his hiding places in the store and carried 
to an old and  discarded  hiding  place  in 
the barn,  The  money having  been  recov­
ered, the merchant  gave  toe  detective  $10 
and toe latter left him. 
In  toe  future  the 
merchant will have himself locked up in his 
bedroom so that he can  play no  more  such 
pranks in his  sleep.

Imposing  on  the  Druggist.

Mechanic—I  want  a  gallon  of  rum  for 

mechanical purposes.

Druggist—What is  your business ?
M.—I am a painter. 
I’ve a  job on hand.
D.  (perfunctorily, as he proceeds to serve 
his customer)—You  use  the  spirit in  your 
business ?
M.—Yes. 

{Aside)  You  b et;. I’ll  paint 
this town  red from one end to the other be­
fore I get through.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

FOR  SALE.

236

and wire.  Also one  Gem  City  Fence  Machine.  These 

respect.  Also one  Syrup  Evaporator.  W.  E.  W ater­

m anufacturing com bination fence,  using  pickets 
m achines w ill be sold a t  a   bargain.  Address  No.  236, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an, G rand Rapids. 

F o r   s a l e —g o o d  h o o s ie r   f e n c e   m a c h in e   f o r  
FOR S4LE—TWO  NEW  SHINGLE  MACHINES  WITH 

Saws ready to belt up and run.  P erfect  in   every 
m an, Thompson,  Michigan,  care  D elta  Lum ber  Com­
pany. 
240
F o r   s a l e  — n o .  4  r e m in g t o n   t y p e -w r i t e r .
Used  only  one  week.  Call  on  or  address  H.  B. 
238
F airchild,  G rand Rapids. 
F o r   s a l e —o f   in t e r e s t   t o   f u r n it u r e ,  a g r i-
cultural im plem ent or any Hardwood M anufacturer, 
have a  factory nicely located, in  good rep air/d ry  kiln, 
w arehouses, y ard   room  and am ple power.  There is no 
fu rn itu re factory in  th is vicinity and th e re  a re  sever­
al hardw ood saw m ills.  I will sell cheap  and  on  easy 
term s.  WiU  exchange for  o th e r  desirable  property. 
W ill tak e a  silent interest or, if  desired,  w ill  a tten d  to 
purchases  of  m aterial  and  selling  of  goods.  I  am  a 
non-resident of th e city and th e  p ro p erty   m u st be dis- 
posed of.  Address Box 44, E aton Rapids, Mich. 

location;  w ill be sold  a t  a  bargain.  H arlin  Aldrich, 

W heeler, Ludington,  Mich.  Invoice  $2,600;  good 

FOR SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK  OF  WILLIAMS & 
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

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 cNanghton, Coopersville, Mich. 

Assignee. 

233

234

239

231

po n n d so f  nonpareil 
purchaser.

of  new g rist mill, full roller process, 100-barrel ca­
pacity, in  first-class location, on  easy  term s.  Address 
W. F. Cowham, Jackson, Mich. 

husband, I offer fo r 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

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
FOR SALE—o n   a c c o u n t  o f   t h e   d e a t h   o f   m y
F OR  SALE—THE  DRESS  OF  TYPE  NOW  USED  ON 
F o r   s a l e —a t   a   b a r g a in ,  a   c l e a n   s t o c k   o f
F 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 ,

OR SALE 
hardw a 
hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayne

“The  Tradesm an”—600 pounds  of b revier and 200 
good  b argain  w ill  be  given 

etc.,  com plete, on good  line  of  railw ay, about 35 
miles  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 
other business  m y  only  reasons  fo r  selling.  No.  116 
care Tradesm an office. 
F o r   s a l e —f r u it   f a r m   o f  
a c r e s,  located
in   Spring  Lake.  Ten  m inutes  w alk  from   post- 
office.  P leasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  WiU  sell  on 
long tim e o r exchange fo r  stock  of  any kind  of  m er­
chandise.  Place is valued a t $3,000, wHl ta k e $2,000 fo r 
it.  Address S. A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich.  208

Choate, Agent, E ast Saginaw.

206

219

WANTS.

213

W ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

th is  paper'  to  give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a 
trial.  I t will abolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in  m any instauces save you th e 
expense of one clerk, will bring your business  down to  
a   cash basis and  save  you  all  th e  w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith th e pass-book plan.  S tart th e  1st 
of th e m onth w ith th e new   system  and  you  w ill never 
reg ret it.  H aving  two kinds, both  kinds  w ill be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 
YTTANTED—TO  BUY  A  SECOND HAND  NO.  218  EN- 
VV 
terprise Coffee Mill.  Must be in  good  order and 
n o t long in  use, and  price  rig h t, 
Address  G.  S.  Put- 
nam , F ru itp o rt, Mich
W ANTED—SECOND-HAND  PATENT  THREE-SAW  
W ANTED—A  GRIST  MILL  AT  CONKLIN, SITUATED 

in  one of th e  best  g rain   producing  districts in 
M ichigan.  Located on G rand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Rail­
road, both Grand  Rapids  and  Muskegon  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. 

Edger.  Address, giving price  and  full  p articu ­

lars, J. H. P arker, Alpine, Mich. 

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

WANTED—LADY  AGENTS  FOR  THE  MME.  WIL- 
W ANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand R apids. 

liam son Corset. 

235

232

237

229

214

MISCE tXANEOUS.

o n n   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUSI- 
i p x ,  
ness paying 100  per  cent.  Best  of  rea­
sons ' fo r  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace, 
Mich. 
228
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 st  out.  Big  m oney.  Exclusive  te rri­
tory.  Inclose  stam p  for  particulars.  Samples  of  all 
three  35  cents.  Address  Swineburne  &  Co., M anufac­
216
turers. LaCrosse, Wis. 

AXLE

OIL

THE  ACKNOWLEDGED  KING  o f AXLE 

LUBRICANTS.  Neither  Gums  nor 

Chills, never runs  off the axle 

and outwears any other 

known oil or grease.
PRICES  TO THE TRADE.

Ponys, per gross, ¿10.  Packed in 3  doz. cases. 
Pints, per doz.. $2.2 *.  Packed in 1  doz.  cases. 
Quarts,  per  doz.,  $i.  Packed  in 1 doz. cases. 
Gallons, each,  $1.20.  Packed  6  cans  in  case. 
Each case contains a  liberal  assortment of 

Retail at 10 ets. each.
Retail at 30 ets. each.
Retail at 50 cents each.
Retail at $1.50 each.

advertising  matter,  lithographs, 

show-cards, etc..

THE  TRADE  SDPPLIED  BY

OLNEY, SHIELDS & OO.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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GRAND RAPIDS

Paper  Box  Factory;
W,  W.  HUEL8YER, Prop.  ,

Paper Boxes of Every  Description. Made to 

Order  on  Short  Notice.

We make a specialty of

Pigeon  Hole  P ile  Boxes,  Sample  Trays 

Sample Cases.  Also Shelf, Shoe, Confec­
tionery,  M illinery, Dress,  Snit  and 

Packing Boxes.  Druggists’ Slides 

and all  kinds  o f  Pine  Work.

All work guaranteed first  class  and  at  low 
prices.  Write  or  call  for  estimates  on  any­
thing you may want in my line. Telephone 85Q

OFFICE AND  FACTORY,

11 Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids, l e t
8H0E  DRESSINGS-.

Brown’s French,
Bixby’s Royal,

Eclipse Safety Barrel, 
Spanish Gloss, • 

Raven  Gloss,
Topsey,

Gilt  Edge.
HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

JOBBERS,

118 Canal  St„ GRAND  RAPIDS.

BLACK

DIAMOND

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Wholesale Grocers

(Successors to Clark, Jewell Ë Co.)

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Executive Board—President. Secretary, Geo. | W. Hub­
bard, Flint; W. E. Kelsey, Ionia-, Irving F. Clapp, Al-
Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
fttyjO au ). I . Bridgman, Flint;  H. B.  Fargo, Muske-
n f f lm iito on Legislation—Frank W ells, Tanning; W. 
'■ ■Ifij^itfj Tnwla: Neal McMillan. Rockford. 
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W.  H illiken,  Tra* 
eraeCity; Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  '\m   Rebec, 
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Committee on  Insurance—N,  B.  Blaln,  Lowell,  E.  T.
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan. 
Committee on Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  S.  E. Parkill,  Owosso;  W ill  Em- 
mert, Eaton Rapids.
The following auxiliary associations  are op­
erating under  charters gnutteS by the Michi- 
gan Business Men’s Association:

. Official Organ—Th» Michisah TaAPKSXAK.

SagfiwWr»V: 

N o . 1—»T raverse C ity  B . M . A .

President, Geo  g , Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.______
urr' 
President, N. B. Blaln; Secretary. Frank T. King.
President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jom ._______

N o .2 —L o w e ll B . M . A .

N o . 3 —S tu r g is B . M . A .

“   N o.  4 ^ fir a n d   R a p lfis  M .  A . 

N o .  5 —M u sk egon  B .  M . A .

President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, B. A. Stowe.
.president, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.________
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Pr^jSAiit. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.______

NO. 6 —A lb a  B . M . A . 

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No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. 

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

No. 8—Eastport B. M. A.

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

■'  .  '.  No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A.

iso. 1©—Harbor ¡Springs B. M. A.

P resident, H. M. M arshall; Secreta ry . 0 . A. Stebbins. 
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P resident, W , J. C lark; Secretary. A. L. Thom pson.
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P resident, H. P. W hipple; S ecretary, C. H-  Camp. 
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P resident, 0. McKay; S ecretary, Thos. Lennon.

N o .ll—K ingsley B. M. A.
*'•  No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.

No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. 

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P resident, H. B. S tn rtev an t;  S ecretary, W.  J. Austin.

“  No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A, 

P resident, S. A. H ow ey; S ecretary, G.T3. Havens._____,

No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A. 

P resident, R. R. P erkins; S ecretary, F. M. Chase.

No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. 
Ppaoirttmt, J. V. C randall:  Secretary, W. Basco

No. 17—P l a i n w e l l  B. ML. A, 
P resident, E. A.  Owen, S ecretary, J . A. Sidle.

No. 18—Owosso B. M. A.

President, S. E. P a rk ü l; S ecretary, S. Lam from .

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No.  1 9 —Ada B. M. A.

P resident, P . F. W atson; Secretary. E. E. Chapel.

No. 30—Saugatuck B. M. A. 
No. 2 1 —Way land B. M .A .

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

No. 22—Grand  Ledge B. M. A. 

Persldent, A. B. Schum acher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

No. 23—Carson Uity B. H A . 

P resident. F. A. RockafeUow; Secretary, C. G. Bailey.
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No. 24—Morley B.  M .A . 

P resident, J. E. Thurkow ;  S ecretary, W. H. Richmond. 
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P resident, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H . P . Pew.___
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P resident. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo'. B. Caldwell. 

No. 26—Greenville B. M. A.

No. 2 5—Palo B. M. A.

No. 27—Dorr B. M.  A.

P resident. E. S. Botsford; Secretary , L. N. Fisher.

No. 28—C h e b o y g a n  B . M . A  
President, J . g . T nttle;  Secretary, H. G. P oser.

No. 29—Freeport B. M. A.

P resident, Wm. Moore;  S ecretary, A. J. Cheesebrough,
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P resident, A. G. A very;  Secretary, E . S. H onghtalm g.

No. 30—Oceana B. M. A.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.

P resident, Thos. J. Green :  S ecretary, A. G. Flenry.
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Pr^M A nt, G. W ..W atrous;  Secretary, J . B. W atson.

No. 32—Coopersville B .M .A .
No. 33—Charlevoix-B. M. A. 

P resident.  L.  P.  B artholom ew ;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

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No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.

No.  35—Bellâtre  B. M. A.

P^pt^Ant.. H. T. Johnson;  S ecretary, P. T. W illiam s.—
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P resident, Wm. J. Nixon; S ecretary, C. E. Pensm o r e ^  
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P resident, O. F. Jackson;  S ecretary, John  M. Everden. 
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P resident,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  W. F. B axter.-----

No. 37—Battle Creek B .M . A.
No» 38—Scottville B.  M .A.

No. 36—Itkaea B.  M. A.

No. 3 9 —Burr Oak B. M. A,

P resident, H . E. Symons; Secretary, P. W. H iggins.-----
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P resident, W. S. W ilier; S ecretary,  F. W. Sheldon.  ___
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P resident, C. T. H artson; S ecretary, Chas. Coller._____

No. 40—Eaton Baplds B. M. A.

-  No. 41— Breckenridge  B. M. A 

P resident. W . o   W ateon: Secretary , C.  E. Scudder.

No. 42—Fremont It. M. A. 

P resident. Jos. G erber;  Secretary   O. J. R athbnn. 

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No. 43—Tustin B. M. A.

PrApt/iAiit, P . E. H allenbeek; Secretary, O. A. H alladay.

P resident, G. A. E stes; Secretary,W . M. Holmes.___
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P resident. E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Sm ith.

No. 44—Heed City B. M. A.
No. 45—Hoytville B . M. A.
No. 4 6 —L e s l ie  B. M. A . 
No.  47—Flint M.  U.

P resident, Wm. H utchins; Secretary , B. M. Gould. 
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P resident, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. G raham .
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P resident, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

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

PrppiHAT.t,  A.  W enzel! ; Secretary, F ran k  Smith.

No. 49—Leroy  B  M.  A. 
No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. 

P resident, A. O. W heeler; S ecretary, J. P.  O Malley.
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P resident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary , W. C. Congdon.

No. 51—Cedar  SpringsB .  M.  A. 

i  No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.

P resident, F. P. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras._______

P resident, F ran k  Phelps; S ecretary, John H. York.

N o , 53— B e l l e v u e  B. M . A 
No. 54—D ouglas B. M. A.

P resident, Thom as B. P ntcher; Secretary, O. B. W aller.

No.  55—Petoskey  B. 51. A.
No. 56—Bangor  B.  M..  A.
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.
No. 58—Fife Lake .B. M. A.,

P resident, C. F. H ankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
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P resident, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, T. M. H arvey.
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P resident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham .
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P resident, B. H agadorn; Secretary. E. O. Brower.

'No. 59—Fennvllle B. M. A.

P resident F. S. B aym ond; Secretary, P . S, Swarte.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A . 
P resident, H. E. H ogan; S ecretary. S. E. Neihardt.

No.  ©1—Hartford B. ML. A.

P resident, V. E. M anley; Secretary, L  B. Barnes,

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N o . 6 2 —E a st S a g in a w  M . A .

P resident, G. W. M eyer; Secretary, Theo, K adish.
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P resident, W. M. Davis ¡ S ecretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—M errill B. M. A. 

No. 63—Evart B. M. A.

P resident, C. W. R obertson; Secretary , W m. H orton.

P resident, Jas. Craw ford; S ecretary, C- S. Blom.

No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. Â . 
No. 66—Lansing B. M.  A. 

P resident, F ran k  W ells; S ecretary, W. E. C rotty.

No. 67—W atervllet B. M. A.

P resident, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. H all.________
- ~   i • ■ ; .  No. 68—Allegan B . M. A.
P resident, A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. V anO strand. 

No, 69—S e o tts  and Climax B. M. A.
P resident. Lym an Clark; Secretary, F. 8. W llllson.
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P resident, B . M. Lee; Secretary, W, S. Powers.________
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P resident, M. H etzorg;  S ecretary,  Cteo. E. C lutterbnck. 
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P resident, A. L. Spencer; S ecretary, O. F. W ebster. 
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Preeldent, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretairy, F. Rosacrans.

,  N o . 7 9 —N a s h v i l l e  B . M . A ,
No. 71—Ashley B.  M.  A,
No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
No. 73—fielding B. M. A.
No. 74—Tecnmseb  B. M.  A. 

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N o . 75—Davison B.  M.  A.

President, J.  F. C artw right;  Secretary. L. Gilford.

Spesiti Enterprises Wanted.

/C H E B O Y G A N —WANTS  WOOD  MANUFACTOR- 
let in  every branch to  improve  the  greatest  ad- 
▼antsges in ths State.  All kinds of timber of the finest 
guality  in  unlimited  quantities.  Come  and  tire ..trill

newspaper.
ïiBw^paper.  Address See’y B. M. A. 

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d-L   ments for the location of a Roller  M ill
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Fitting  Celebration  of thé  Errant ajr,  ths 

Lansing  B.  M.

The Lansing B. M. A., which was organized a 
year ago by President Hamilton and Secretary 
Stowe, celebrated its first anniversary In a  fit­
ting  manner  last  Tuesday  evening.  The 
Tradesman  compiles  the  following  report 
of the gathering from the Republican and Jour- 
nalot that city:
Landlord Downey  was  wreathed  in  smiles, 
and well he might be;  When the Lansing Bus­
iness Men’s  Aesoclation filed into the commo- 
dious dining hall of the Lansing  House, Tues­
day night, their gaze met a  sight such  as the 
hand of à skilled  artist  might  paint.  The at­
mosphere was  fragrant  with  the perfume of 
roses, syringa and  white carnations.  The  ta­
bles were artistically arranged and beautifully 
decorated with  cut  flowers and  loaded down 
with the choicest viands  of  the  season.  The 
snow-white  linen  and  the  attractive  side­
boards lent additional charm, and the  electric 
light cast an unusual brilliancy over th e scene.
After the members, their ladies  and  guests 
were seated at the finely-laid tables. President 
Wells read his  annual address.  It wad a com­
prehensive and able  paper  and  dealt  clearly 
and explicitly with the most important present 
economic questions.  In conclusion, Mr. Wells 
said:
“The  wise  business  man  is  the one who is 
quick  to  recognize  all  the  influences  which 
may affect his business, utilizing  those which 
are favorable and  resisting  such  as  are  not. 
He will meet combination  with  combination. 
If railroads, insurance  companies,  producers 
and others join their forces, he  also should be 
prepared to show a united front  to  resist any 
un j ust demands or unreasonable methods they 
may inaugurate.  Our  Association—and  that 
of the State, of which we are an integral part 
—has  the  accomplishment  of  ends  by  these 
means in view.  They  have  already achieved 
not g few advantages, though  both are yet in 
their infancy.  They promise more important 
results in the futnre.  Shall we  merchants of 
Lansing use  this  instrument  from  whioh  so 
much may  be  expected  in  the  promotion of 
our interests and the upholding of our rights? 
Most of us have  been  quick  to  take  advan­
tage of modern methods in many  other ways ; 
shad  we pass this by?
“The large number who were  quick  to  join 
our ranks would seem to answer this  question 
in  a  very  practical  manner,  but  the  subse­
quent lack of  interest  of  a great  proportion 
throws at least a shade of doubt upon the  re­
sponse.  The  many  questions  and  subjects 
which affect  business men in commbn should 
make our meetings both interesting and pleas­
ant through their discussion  and draw out on 
such occasions a large proportion of our mem­
bership.  They have not done so to the extent 
that  they  should  in  the  year  that  has  just 
closed.  Shall we witness  an  improvement in 
this respect during  the  year  upon which we 
are now entering?  With  rooms  of  our  own, 
which we hope soon to have, with a more thor­
ough understanding of the objects  and possi­
bilities of  our Association,  with  a  better ac­
quaintance and  higher  appreciation  of  each 
other, shall not the present year show in inter­
est  and  achievements  results far surpassing 
the one in honor of which we have  assembled 
here to-night?”
At  the  conclusion  of  President  Wells’  ad­
dress, the following splendid menu was served :

MENU.

Chicken Salad, a  la  M ayonnaise.

Salm on Salad.

Cold Turkey, sliced, F ru it Jelly.

Lobster Salad. 
Sugar Cured Ham.

Beef Tongue, sliced, P arsley Dressing. 

Pressed Corned Beef.

Cold Chicken, sliced.

Sliced Tom atoes. 

Cucum ber Pickles. 

Chow Chow. 

Piccalilli.

Spanish Olives.

Pickled Peaches.
O range Cake. 

Chocolate Cake. 
English W alnut Cake. 

W hite M ountain Cake.  B anana  Cake.

Cream  Cake.
Cocoanut Cake.

Marble L ayer Cake.

S traw berry Ice Cream. 

V anilla Ice Cream.

W ine  Jelly.
Dates. 

O ranges. 

.  Figs. 
W aterm elon. 

Bananas.  Mixed Nuts.

Pine Apple.

H ot Tea. 

Iced Tea. 

Iced Milk.

Chocolate. 

Ja v a  Coffee.
When the many delicacies bad  disappeared, 
the tables were cleared and the programme of 
toasts inaugurated, with H.  B. Stitt  as Toast­
master.  With the modest air and suave  man­
ner characteristic of the  average  newspaper 
man, the gentleman  set  the  ball  rolling  in a 
few  appropriate 
remarks  and  presided 
throughout the evening with the most becom­
ing dignity.
“Lansing—Its  Business  Forces”  was  re­
sponded to by  Mayor  Crotty  in his  usual ac­
complished and agreeable way.  The business 
forces,  he  thought,  were  any 
forces  that 
would tend  to  elevate  and  develop  the city. 
Spiritual, educational  and  mechanical forces 
are necessary elements in  every community, 
and common interests will progress to the  ex­
tent In which these forces are exercised.  The
B. M. A. is a force in Lansing, and the methods 
of business introduced by it are of inestimable 
value.  Its interest  embraces  the  welfare of 
every business man  and  is  deserving  of  the 
hearty  co-operation  of  everyone  engaged in 
commercial enterprises.
Aid. Chas. Broas responded to “The  Council 
and the B. M. A.” ;  E. R. Osborn to “The Asso­
ciation—Its Present and Future”, and Supt. C.
A. Gower to  “Albuminoid  Ammonia  and  its 
Relation to  Local  Option”.  The  response  to 
“Our Silent Partners—The Ladies”  was  omit- 
ed,  on  account  of- the  absence  of Dr. R. J. 
Shank, who had  been  assigned  that  subject. 
In conclusion, Hon. O. M.  Barnes  was  called 
upon,  and,  in  response,  made  a  thoroughly 
practical  ahd  encouraging address to the As­
sociation.  Lansing,  with  all  Its  advantages, 
would only be, in the  end,  what  its  business 
men made it, and he urged the  Association to 
renewed efforts as  one  of  the  most valuable 
factors in its advancement.  Excellent  music 
was furnished during the evening by a quartet 
composed of Capt.  Pratt,  L.  A.  Baker,  J.  P. 
Lee and Glen L. Chapman.
It was long after midnight when the  festivi­
ties were brought to a close.  There have been 
few  pleasanter banquets  ever  given  In  the 
city, the large number of members present en­
tering into the spirit of the entire  programme 
with a wide-awake  zest  that  was  in striking 
contrast with the lack-of interest displayed at 
some of the past business sessions.
At a business meeting  held in the hotel par­
lors before the banquet, the  proposed amend­
ment to the constitution changing the time of 
holding the sessions to once  a  month  instead 
of.every two weeks was voted down, and  Hon. 
Q. M. Barnes and Mr. Gower were made honor­
ary  members.  The  following  officers  were 
elected for the ensuing year:

President—Frank Wells.
Vice-President—E. R. Osborn.
Secretary—B. F. Hall.
Treasurer—M. J. Buck.
Executive Committee—President,Secretary,
C. F. Seeley and A. Aber.
Committee on Trade interests - Chas. Broas,
B. F. Simons and Dr. Nottingham.

Cheboygan Tribune:  The special meeting of 
the Business Men’s Association was  remarka­
bly  well attended  on  Monday  evening.  The 
spirit of enterprise  manifested by those pres­
ent was indicative of the' constantly  growing 
determination of our citizens to push  Cheboy­
gan to the  front.  The  special  committee  to 
make collections reported  good  progress and 
turned in  a  “wad”  which,  in  contemplation, 
made the newspaper  men  present  feel tired. 
The discussion was opened upon the formation 
of joint-stoek  companies,  participated  in  by 
Messrs. McDonald, Reid, Fitzmaurioe, Moloney 
and others.  Letters  were  read  from  parties 
asking for  information  regarding  industrial 
locations here.  The special committee to wait 
upon Wm. McArthur, reported that gentleman 
to be in  thorough  harmony  with  any  move­
ment  looking  toward  the  establishment  of 
manufacturing  industries in Cheboygan.  On 
tite whole, the ineeting was  expressive o f sat­
isfaction in the work of bringing  Cheboygan 
prominentlyfbefore the country.  The coming 
meeting of tne Michigan Business Men’s Asso- 
(dation on August ?and  8  was  discussed  and ! 
the committee further Instructed in regard to 
its duties.  I t is intended tp  spare  no time or 
expense  in  making  this  coming  convention 
one of the red-letter episodes in the history of 
Cheboygan.

Another Superstition  Knocked  Out.

From the Lowell Courier.

A ealf  was bora on  tiio fa m o f  Michael
Qfhhons, Camhri3£Otti}tiy,jp3., withoqjttbe

Official Cali forttift

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ivention.
'iknûfelf J, 1888.

The ffilrd annual çonvention of the Michigan 
Business  Men’s  Association  will  be  held  at 
Cheboygan on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug.. 
7 and 8, convening at 9 o’clock a. m. on the day 
first named. 

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VOtt are  credited on  the State  membership 
book with having  members,  which  entitles 
you to .. delegates.  Ton are  requested tp se­
lect a full set of'delegates as  soon  as conven­
ient;  also, an âltèrnate  for  each  delegate, to 
represent you in the event of „the  inability of 
any regular  delegate  to  attend.  Please  fur­
nish each delegate wittt credentials, on blanks 
enclosed herewith, signed  by  your  President 
and Secretary.

Also  please  designate a delegate to make a 
three-minute report of the work accomplished 
by your organization  and  its  present status. 
In accordance  With  a  resolution  adopted  at 
the  last  convention,  this  report  must  be in 
writing, so that it may he incorporated in  the 
published proceedings of the convention.

The reports of officers aiid  committees  will 
show that substantial progress has  been made 
in several directions since the last convention 
^-notably, in the abolition  of  combination in­
surance—and the coming convention  will ena­
ble the organized  forces  of  business  men  to 
agree upon a plan of  campaign  for  the year 
to come.

In order that the  Association  may  achieve 
its fullest success,  it  is  absolutely  necessary 
that it have the hearty  co-operation  of every 
auxiliary body.  In no way can  the loyalty of 
the  local  organizations  be  more  thoroughly 
expressed than in sending  full  delegations of 
good men to the State convention.

The Cheboygan  B.  M.  A.  has  made  every 
preparation for  the  proper  entertainment of 
the delegates and the convention will  probab­
ly end with an excursion  to  Mackinac  Island 
or Sault Ste. Marie.

Reduced rates have been secured at the Che­
boygan hotels, and a one and one-third rate of 
fare has been obtained over the principal rail­
roads  of  the  State,  providing  reduced  rate 
certificates are obtained  from  the  Secretary 
previous to starting for  the  meeting,  signed 
by  the  railway  agent  at  starting  point  and 
countersigned by the Secretary at the conven­
tion.  Holders of certificates  pay.full fare go­
ing and will receive  a return  ticket  for  one- 
third fare. ■">Tickets can be  purchased  on  the 
5th,  6th  and  7th,  and  the  return  limit will 
not expire until the 13th.

As this will be the  most  important  conven­
tion ever held by the State body, it is essential 
that your organization have a full representa­
tion. 

E. A. Stowe, Sec’y,

Frank Hamilton, Pres.,  Grand Rapids.

Traverse City.

Grand Rapids Mercantile  Association.
At the regular semi-monthly  meeting of the 
Grand Rapids Mercantile Association, held on 
June 19,'the  first  order  of  business  was the 
opening of the box containing the  guesses on 
the contents of the Jumbo jar of  pickles, con­
tributed by F. & J. Heinz, of Pittsburg.  About 
a  hundred  guesses  were  registered,  Brink 
Bros. & Quint being the highest—3,000—and A. 
J. TenRae tbe lowest—480.  A letter  from thé 
contributors  stated  the  contents  to  be  618, 
which gave the  prize to  B. Zervalkink, whose 
guess was 625.

A vote of thanks was  tendered F. & J. Heinz 
for the  gift and the Secretary  was instructed 
to notify them of the result of the competition.
The Committee of Entertainment  presented 
bills aggregating 832.66,incurred in connection 
with the picnic.  Vouchers  on  the  Treasurer 
were  ordered  drawn  for  the  amount  of the 
bills, and the  Committee  was  praised for the 
amount of entertainment it  was  able  to  pre­
sent at such small expense.

The following  resolution  was  unanimously 
adopted:
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this Associa­
tion be tendered to its Entertainment Commit­
tee, and tbe various sub committees appointed 
by that Committee, for  the  effective  manner 
in which they discharged  their duties  in con­
nection with our second annual picnic;
To the Telfer Spice Co., for a liberal  supply 
of warm coffee, peanuts and cigars;
To  Ball,  Barnhart &  Putman  and  Geo.  E. 
Howes & Co., for donations of prizes;
To all others-who contributed in  any degree 
to the pleasure of the occasion.
Jas. A. Stratton reported that the dago fruit 
peddlers  made  life  a  burden  in  the  Eighth 
ward and expressed the hope that the Associa­
tion would do  something  to  curtail  the  ped­
dling  of  half  decayed  fruit  around  the resi­
dence streets.  It  was decided to send a spec­
ial committee  to  the  Mayor,  to  remonstrate 
against  the granting of  licenses  to  dagos  at 
such small figures, and  M. C. Goossen, J. Geo. 
Lehman  and  C.  L.  Lawton  wera constituted 
such committee.  The meeting then adjourned 
until July 17, as the first Tuesday in the month 
comes on the eve of the Fourth of July.

Will  Be  too Busy to Participate.

The  committee  having  in  charge  the 
Fourth  of  July  celebration  has  sent  the 
following circular letter to the Grand Rapids 
Mercantile ’Association :

Gr a n d  Ra p id s,  June 23,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids :

D e a r  Sir—The  Committee  on  Enter­
tainment  selected  by the  citizens of  Grand 
Rapids  for <the  proper  observance  of  our 
national  holiday,  respectfully  invite  your 
body to take  some  action  previous  to  that 
time,  and  report  by  mail, or  otherwise,  to 
the.secretary of the Committee at the Claren­
don Hotel, your  willingness  to  turn out  in 
parade, and  make this  celebration the most 
extensive  display the  city  has  ever  wit­
nessed.  Tours respectfully, 

* Mayor I.  M.  Weston,

.
Chairman.

The  matter  was  canvassed  by  several 
members  Monday  afternoon, when  it  was 
found  that the  wagons would he unusually 
busy at the same time the procession would 
be  moving, which  would  necessitate  the 
abandonment of  the project.

Standard Weights in this State.

S ob Tradesman is  frequently  called upon 

to settle a dispute  as  to  the  legal  weight  of 

some article Of grain or prodnoe,  and in order 
to avoid such delays in the future has  Caused 
the following table of weights to be  compiled 
from the statute:
Wheat....-...... ... 
.60 Barley...............  48
Rye..........  ........6 6  Apples..........................48
8hCUed Corn... . . __ 66 Dried Apples.............22
Corn in oob.. ........70 Dried PeaeheS...... ..28
OornMeal.:>>^>>->->60 Potatoes...................60
Oats__ ..«......„.,..39 Sweet Potatoes......56
Buckwheat.......’, .,48 Onions...... ......... ....M
Beans...... ...¿..60 Turnips ..............5 8
Clover..,..........1.^80 Peas. .
. 6 0
Timothy..........t..'.45 Cranberries..........4 0
F l a x . ..............*56 Dried P lu m s.........28
.. ... .64 Castor  Beans...........48
H e m p t
iungarfan...........6 0  C o a L .
...80

.

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.

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W m
w a trö w ä re!

 

 

 

 

 
 

.dis 

b el ls.

BUTTS. CAST.

Those  prices  are  for cosh buyers,  who  pay 

rriage  new lis t..........:.-i- 

Cast Square Spring.. 
Cast Chain............. .

promptly and buy in full packages.
AUGERS AND BITS.  *
Ives’, old Style.............................. 
60
  dis 
N.  H.C.CO..............................................dis  80
Douglass*.....:............ ..................;
dis 
60
Pierces’  .............. .................................. dis 
60
Bnell’s . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .dis  B0
Cook’s  ................ 
.. .dis 
40
Jennings’, g e n u in e .................___ dis  25
Jennings’, Imitation........ 
..........disSO&lO
balances.
Spring...... ..........  
40
barrow s.
Railroad...............................  
$ M oo
G arden...,.........................  ...........n e t33 00
H and.......................   ........ ..dis f- 60&10&10
Cow.................................................dis 
70
30&15
Call..............................................  -fip 
Gong.............. 
25
 
uaS 
60&10
Door,Sargent.....  ............ 
dis 
bo lts.
0
Stove.............................................d is f 
«mb  wi&i
__dis 7G&10
Plow  7....... ....................
50
....dia
.  ..dis
70
60
__dis
40
__dis
40
..-.dis
60
...dis
40
60
... .dis
60
....dis
...dis
60
tob
__dis 60&10
__dis 60&10
...dis $
40
Backus..................................
..dis 50&10
Spofford................................
...dis
50
Am. Ball................................
net
...dis
BUCKETS.
Well, plain............... .................... .......... $  3 50
Well, swivel..............................................  
4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................... dis  70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed..........dis  70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60& 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint..dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  Pin....««,................. dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip............ dis  60& 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............ dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped................................................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
Ely’s 1-10...............................  
per m $ 65
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
60
G.D....................................................  
35
Musket................................................ 
60
Rim Fare, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list___50
Rim  Fire, United  States......................    ,dis50
Central Fire......   ........................................dis25
CHISELS.
Socket Firmer.................. 
dis  70&10
Socket Framing..................................dis  70&10
Socket Corner...................................... dis  70&10
Socket Slicks.......................................dis  70&10
Butchers’Tanged Firmer..................dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers..................dis 
30
Cold......................................................net
Curry, Lawrence’s......... ................... dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ..........................................dis 
25
Brass, Backing’s.....................................  
60
60
Bibb’s ...................................................... 
B eer.........................................................  40&10
Fenns’...................................................... 
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size....................¡Bib  33
14x52,14x56,14 x60......................................   31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.........................  29
Cold Rolled, 14x48......... 
29
30
Bottoms................  
 
Morse’s Bit .Stock..............................dis 
40
Taper and Straight S h an k ........__ dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank.........................dis 
40
ELBOWS.
Com.4 piece, 6  in ..................d o z n e t  $.75
Corrugated...... .................... 
dis20&10i&0
Adjustable......................................... dis  J4&10
30
Clar’s, small, $18 00;  large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, 1, $18 00 ; 2, $24 00 ;  3, $30 00.  dis 
25
American File AssociationrList.. :...dis 
60
Disston’s ............................................ dis 
60
New American............................... 
  dis  60
Nicholson’s....................................... dis 
60
 
Heller’s .................................. 
 
dis 50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.........................dis 
50
Nos. 16 to 20, 
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
28
18
15 
List 

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

files—New List.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

CATRIDGES.

copper.

PRILLS

COMBS.

COCKS.

CAPS.

dis 

12 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount,  60.

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

HOES.

HINGES.

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 
60
Maydole & Co.’s................................ dis 
25
Kip’s . . . . ...........................................dis 
26 I
Verkes  &  Plumb’s ............................dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....................30 c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 I 
Barn Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.................... dis  60&10
Kidder,wood  track............................ dis 
40
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3...........................dis 
60 I
State.........................................per doz,net, 2 50 J
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4&  14
and  longer...........................................  
7V£
Screw Hook and Eye,  *4  ................. net 
70 |
Screw Hook and Eye %................... net
Screw Hook and Eye  3I£................... net 
7H
Screw Hook and Eye,  %..................net 
1%
Strap and  T ..................................... dis 
70
P o ts .......................................................   60&10 |
K ettles....................................................   60&10
Spiders  ...................................................  60&10
Gray  enameled......................................  
50 |
Stamped TinWare....................new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  Ware............................... 
25
Granite Iron  Ware..«...................  
25
 
I Grub  1........................ ................. .$11 00, dis60
Grub  2............................................   11 50, dis 60
| Grub 3........................................ ..  12 00, dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. .....dis 
55
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
65 I
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......  
Door, porcelain, trinynings................... 
55
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain......... dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s..  ..............  40&10
Hemacite............ 
45
dis 
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis 
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s....................dis 
55 |
Branford’s ........................................... dis 
Norwalk’s  ....................................... ..dis 
551
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..................dis  70 ]
Adze  Eye...... ........................... $16 00 dis 
60
00
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 dis 
Hunt’s..................................... $18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.................dis  60 j
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s........................... 
dis 40
Coffee,P.S.&W.Mfg.Co.’sMalleahles ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s ............dis 40
Coffee, Enterprise..................................dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ..............................dis  60&10 I
Stebbin’s Genuine.........................   ..dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring.......... dis 
25!

................. 
LOCKS—DOOR.

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

MOLASSES GATES.

MAULS.
MILLS.

 

NAILS—IRON.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common, Brad and Fencing.

 
 
 

 
 
 

2%  2 

6d  4d
1)4

i  lOd  8d 
$125  1 50  1 f t  2 00 

lOdtO  60d................. ....................... ft keg $2 05
8dand9d adv....... .........  
25
6dand7d  adv.............. 
50
75
4dand6d  adv..— ......... 
Sd advance...................  
158
3dflne a d v a n c e ........................ 
2 25
Clinch nails, ad v ....« « ,..,.,...:« « .........  1 00
Finishing 
Size—inches  f  3 
A dv.«keg 
Steel Nails—2 10.
Zinc or tin. Chase’s Patent.............. dis80&l0
Zino, with brass bottom............ .............dis  50
Brass or  Copper......... ............. ....dis  50
R eaper....,........| ...............p e r gross, $12 net
Olmstead’8 .............  
60&10
 
 
 
.........
Ohio Tool Co.’8, fancy.. 
........... .dis 4QQ101
SciotaBench......................... ..dis
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fan cy .« ..-l.V .d is 40@10 
Bench, flrstjquality....................dis  @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&l0

OILERS.

 
 

 

 

 

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..............

fmÀ sp

1111I  ■  j I

.  H i  §1

ig jg ^ . ^ I   I

i 

.....d is 70A10&I0

i 

“i 

RIVETS,

' 
Iron and Tinned.«.’. .. ......... „ . .  ,<Us 
$5
OOppez w&tKfiftdi 
-  ',"63
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 iff ad 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished. Nos. 25  to 27  9 20 

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

Broken packs Ho « lb extra.

ROPES:

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

sq u a r e s.

 
SHEETIRON.
 
 

Sisal, K in. and  larger...............  v.............10
Manilla.................................... 12
Steel andiron......... .......| ................dis  70&10
Try and Bevels.................................... dis 
60
Mitre  ....... 
20
...,;..diS 
Com. Smooth.  Com.

3 35
All sheetS'No, 18 and lighter,  over 2  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..................... 
$4 20 
4 20 
 
Nos. 15to 17.......... 
 
4 20 
Nos. 18to 21......... 
4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24............... 
 
Nos .25 to 26.............  
4 40 
 
No. 27...... ...................... .............  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra..
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, «   B>................ ........ 
In smaller quantities,«   a>.:__ . ...__  
American, all  kinds...........................dis 
Steel, all kinds.....................................dis 
Swedes, all kinds  .............................dis 
 
Gimp and Lace................. 
.dis 
Cigar Box  Nails.................................dis 
Finishing Nails.:......... 
 
.....d is 
Common and Patent Brads.........    .„-dis 
Hungarian Nails ahd Miners’ Tacks .dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails......................d is 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails...........dis 
Leathered Carpet Tacks................   .dis 
No.l, Refined...................  
Market  Half-and-half..........................  
Strictly Half-and-half.......................... 
IC, 
IX, 

6J4
6*4
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35
14
16
18
10x14,Charcoal....................  6 00@6 20
10x14,Charcoal..............................  7 85

TINNER’S SOLDER.

TIN PLATES.

TACKS.

 
 

 

 

 

$3 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
3 25

 

 

12x12, Charcoal.....
12x12, ChMcoal
14x30, Charcoal.
...................... 
14x20, Charcoal,...'....^:...... 

8 85 
■ I . 
8 35
IC. 
6 35
  7  86
IX, 
IXX,  14x20,Charcoal.....__ t........«...  9 35
................    H  OT
IXXX,  14x20, Charcool..
TXXXy,14x20,  Charcoal...........................13  15
20x28,Charcoal.........................16 
IX, 
10
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal_......« ......«  
7 10
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal.........;............. . 9  10
DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal......... 
l l  10
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, 20x28, IX ...................................   15 00

TIN—LEADED.

TRAPS.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Teme...............   6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Teme..............  7 50
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme............... 12 00
XX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme...........  15 00
Steel,Game.......................*.........................60&10
Oneida Communtity,  Newhouse’s.......... dis  36
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. .60&10
Hotchkiss’ ................................................60&10
S, P. & W. Mfg.  Oo.’s . ............................. 60&10
Mouse, choker..................................... 18c «  doz
Mouse,  delusion............................... $1 50 «  doz
Bright Market......................................  dis  67H
Annealed Market..............................dis  7C&10
Coppered Market........................................... dis 62>4
Extra Bailing..........................................  dis  55
Tinned  Market.............................................. dis 62V4
Tinned Broom.........................................$fl>  09
Tinned Mattress........................ 
« ft  8H
Coppered Spring Steel...................................dis 50
Tinned Spring Steel........................................dis 40&10
Plain Fence............... ............................ « ib 
3
Barbed Fence, galvanized...........................4 00
........................3 25
Copper................................................... new  list net
Brass......................................................new list net

painted 

WIRE.

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' '

WRENCHES. 

_________  

MISCELLANEOUS. 

••Bright....« .., .V.. .V«;.  ... «TTZv*. ¿ti»  «aqftAlQ
Serew H r « » : . . . ..........v-..dis  70&10&M),
Hook’s 
Gate Hooks and  Eyes.  . .....__ dis  7O£lO&I0 i
fg 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... I* *h''%
Coe’s Genuine....... ........ii...... . . . . .dis 
50
*: :;fty  
Coe’s Ptent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Ptent. malleable......... .77;. .dis 
ft&ff
' 7
Birdcages......................................  
;  -  ■  go
Pumps,  Cistern...... ................... .....d is 
7$
Screws, new lis t.........................
Casters, Bed and Plate......... .........msbO&lu&lO
Dampers,American 
.1 ............ 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods ..d*  %  m  
Copper Bottoms................................. . 
HARDWOOD LUMBER. 

,
. v> <>1 
The furniture factories here pay as follows 
for  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable. mL 
culls out;
Basswood, log-run..................... ..18 ne@ik  ,
Birch, log-run............ ....................15 00&18
%
Birch,Nos. 1 and 2......... ............. . 
Black Ash, log-run...........................14 00@16  7
Cherry,  log-run. 
................. .25 0Q@36 00
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2.....................46 00@50 00
Cherry,  cull.................................. . 
@10W
Maple, log-run.............................12 00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run.......................11 00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and2............ 
  @20 00
Maple, clear, flooring......................  
@25 Qn
Maple, white, selected.....................   @25 Oo
Red Oak, log-run......................18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos.l a n d 2 .................... 24 00@25 00
Red Oak, \  sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 00@45 00
regular............ .30 00@35 OOl
Red Oak,  “ 
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.............. 
qo
W alnut, log-run................................ 
@55 oq
W alnut,N os.land2.................  ..  @7500
Walnuts,  culls..................................  @25 00'
Grey Elm, log-run...........................   @13 00
White Ash, log-run.......................... 14 00@16 60
Whitewood,  log-run........................20 nniaaa m
White Oak, log-run.......................... 17 00@18 00

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WHOLESALE  AND  RET A TT.

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

E. A. HAMILTON, Agt.,

Telephone 909—1 r .

RAGS, RUBBERS, BONES & METALS

BOUGHT  BY

W m .   B r u m m e l e r ,

JOBBER IN

TINWARE. GLASSWARE  and  NOTIONS. 

TELEPHONE  640.

79 SpriBg St„ 

-  Grand Banids.

Send for cirr ul  r« and bock of testimonials.

FOR  SALE  BY

H .   M .   R E Y N O L D i
-  Mich.
W OONSOCKET  and

Gran *  Rapids 

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

Anyone can put it on.

READY  TO  APPLY  WHEN 

RECEIVED.

M. EHRET,  Jr.,  &  CO,
1
RUBBERS]

Chicago and Philadelphia. 

Sole  Manufacturers,

Write  for  Fall  Prices  and 

Discounts

6.8, PYflEW.
Grand Rapids,  Méh»
'• 
Boston and Lawrence 
Felt and Knit  Boots.
Neal’s  C arriage Paints

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

The Great  Invention.  Six  Handsome Shades.  Ready for use.  DRY  HARD OVER  NlGHT„ and ar<| 

GRANITE  FLOOR  PAINTS
ACME  WHITE  LEAD  A COLOR  WORKS
'  *  g p B I H i l

durable.  Give them a trial, and you will be convinced that It does not pay to mix the pajnt yourself,

D E T R O I T ,  

- V  

. 

’  Dry  Cotor  M akers, P ain t  an ti Yarnish^M anufaeturerc«  _• 

m t  THI$ A?VER?tSEM£HT OUT AND TftK£ IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT Will S0CURE YOU A ?W R ,,

, ‘h ,  m m a m

BRIEFS.

¡■•Eh s Tbadmmax.
apositionto  buy  and  sell  almost 
||*ipd«et « fth e farm by weight  is  not 
'A jfobject of  discussion  by  many  pro- 
^ and dealers in  our  State,  but it is a 
«a «»dinaiice  lias  been in­
troduced In the City of  New  York  to  boy 
MNllwegetables by weight, which is gen- 
iecally  favored  by  the  dealers  and,  it  is 
ftbogght, -will become a law.  Can  any  jnst 
reason be given why cucumbers and eggs of 
||*j4&size6-sbQnld be sold by the  dozen,  Hub- 
'bard, squashes by the  pound,  string  beans 
i, 
by  measure—generally  liquid 
that—and young onions, aspara- 
gas and celery by the bunch—the size of the 
depending  upon  the  abundance or

_»*/; scarcity, of  the  article?  While  there  is
Bjfejr /h ard ly 'd o u b t in the minds of  all  that the 
cqnitable method 'for  producers, pur- 
'  'chasers and consumers of all food is buying
•  and selling by weight, few offer suggestions 
for accomplishing so desirable a result.  AH
E|ba3dvatijpns  upon  established, custom  are 
l 
viewed with  some  disfavor  and,
'  Unless by universal concurrence,  are adopt­
ed Slowly.  Cannot  the  merchants  of  our 
P.'tgusiness Men’s  Associations  of  this State 
i  teaugufate the principle, at  least  by adopt­
ing a resolution as a body, to  buy or sell no 
''eggs except by weight, after a certain  date,
'vat the name  time  establishing  the  initial 
l .pnoe per pound,  in  accord  with  the  price 
i |>er .dozen at that time of the year?  Thus, a 
/precedent  would  be  established  by  those 
^inost competent to decide, which eventually 
might include all food products  and become 
7,jb. law of ih e State.  Certainly  such  a  cus-
*  tom,  if not a law,  is an  imperative  neces— I FOREIGN, 
jspi^r.

asked  to  deduct small «Sas  fr6m a chlto- 
bill, and the quest! J r  is usually supple­
mented  with  the  remark,  “ Oh,  you  can 
make that up on  something .else.”  “But,” 
I  reply,  “ what shall that something else be, 
when  each customer is daily reminding  me 
of  the same  ghostly expedient  as a substi­
tute for profit?”  Like the poor Indian with 
his  buzzard  in one  hand,  “customer  talks 
turkey ail  the time.”  Is it  strictly honest 
to  sell a staple  article—an article as  indis­
pensable  as sugar—even at cost  and  then 
place  an extra percentage upon  something 
else to equalize  the profit? 
It is  just and 
politic  for  all  to  be  generous in  business, 
but let there be equity with every customer. 
No  niggardly  policy  will  long  avail, yet 
“business  should  be  business”  and  not 
child’s play, in all transactions.  Those not 
engaged in mercantile life hardly realize the 
numerous  sources which  sap  the  business 
First, 
of  a  merchant. 
expens­
es  of  doing  business,  as 
in­
that  often 
surance,  rents,  taxes,  etc., 
increase  out  of  all  proportion  with 
the 
receipts;  the peddlers and fakirs who swarm 
before his  very door, giving  doubtful value 
for money already his due,  and, worse than 
all, the abominable practice of a few whole­
sale houses we could  name  furnishing any 
person with a single article from their stock 
at  the  lowest (?) wholesale rate  per dozen 
or  gross.  Of  course,  no  respectable  mer­
chant  deals  with  such  a house, and  it  is 
gratifying to know that such nefarious  con­
cerns are not eminently successful.

the 
interest, 

F r a n k A.  H owig.
A l f r e d   J .  B r o w n ,

TROPICAL

AKD

CALIFORNIA

F R U I T S .

•' Ten years ago,  it was a  common  law  in 
^California that ail food products of the farm 
'.  and burden should be placed upon the scales 
' wheh disposed a t  Grain and potatoes were 
«never spoken of by the bushel,  but  by  the 
pound! or ton.  Custom  had  sanctioned the 
-eieeption of three old  California  products,
'.viz.,  oranges,  lemons  and  limes.  These 
* wme bought and sold, not by  the  pound or 
-/dozen* but by  the  hundred.  Even  grapes 
were quoted by the ton, and I  may  gratify 
f e v e r s  nf  the  delicious  white  Muscatel by 
'  saying that so immense  was  the product of 
|  the vineyards there in 1876 that this variety 
of raisin grape  almost  went  begging for a 
market at $15 per ton!  It is unnecessary to 
add that  these  equitable  laws,  regulating 
’  ihe buying and selling  of  produce  in  that 
‘State, have never been changed.

I  What is to be the outcome of the  present 
excessive competition in all trades and mer­
cantile business?  Will it be to increase the 
percentage  of  failures,  or  will  others  be 
‘/w ise in time,  avoid the quicksands of trade, 
and  lessen  the  number  by.  choosing  that 
■most-honorable and  independent of all avo- 
,  cations, , the cultivation  of  the  earth?  To- 
’  day, thè net profits upon all  ordinary  com- 
, mereiai sales are whittled down to  so fine a 
'  -point that the grand truism of  Darwin—the 
survival  of  the  fittest—will  aptly  apply.
Ì  Gnly those who have been reared in the bus­
iness-—are true business men in all  respects 
,  fipd  have  ample  capital  to  keep  up their 
; ftoekr-will be the tradesmen of  the future. 
It too often seems, to the  uninitiated, to be 
the. easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  “keep 
store;” 
to  purchase  goods  without  any 
' knowledge of prices or values,  or even what 
- is required in different  localities;  to rent a 
building in which to sell them,  and  at  the 
../expiration of a year or two  possess  an am­
ple income and  an  increased  stock.  Some 
of his customers will  astonish  him  by the 
i  ■ remark that “all goods cost next to nothing 
now-a^dqys,” and that “a  merchant’s  sales 
/’ are  about  all  profit,  you  know.”  Others 
/  witi, jb’a general way, accuse all merchants 
■'Óf  extortion  and robbery.  Sometimes, ig­
norantand vicious persons  pollute  the  en- 
. f tirp obrntounity in which they  reside,  until 
v-  almost every  purchase  at  a  store  is made 
"  under a protest.  Such  communities  have, 
in'iimes past, formed joint  stock  compan­
ies  and  opened  a  general  store  of  their 
.'own, selling to  stockholders at  cost  and to 
' others at eight or ten  per cént. profit.  The 
" ' parties  placed  in  charge  of  these  stores 
fi usually  possessed  little  or  no  practical 
. /knowledge  of  the  business. 
It  was soon 
, discovered  that  old  merchants,  bom  and 
jked to the business,  could  buy and sell all 
Around  them  and,  what  with  dividends j 
¿' Which  barely paid interest,  and often inter- 
Jfieèine strife, such  stores were not prosper- 
r.óùs.  Many  will  recall  the  desire  for 
¡Kfipilmger” stores throughout  the  country a 
fp||i|i¡r yeans ago. 

.

/goM or his couch  strewn  with  flowers. 

^ ^   In truth,  the  history  of  all  community 
stores is one which  ought  to  convince the 
most skeptical that years of preparation are 
lliquisitefor every merchant who would be­
come successful,  and, even  then,  hispath- 
§/  way to a competence will not be paved with 
I  
I»1» issue of The Tradesman, 
p  A  proposition  from  a  grocer  that  jobbers 
g | ¿inas to Maintain a reasonable profit on sug- 
\  wttich, -it  is claimed,  is  generally  sold 
iAloss.  As  a  rate,  among  retailers  at 
this statement is true.  The loss com- 
I with  the shortage  and  tare, when 
)4s   rolled  into  the  store,  con- 
jwith every .torn  of  the  scale  for “a 
l or two,” and ends only when the last 
I h a l f  has dried  into one  mid is 
L attw o cents a  pound teto~-4b£pMise Jtfs 
_4 pf  the  barrel.” / Thfe  ©fflrres- 
I moving in the right direction,and 
— that a few othera£i$es *>«

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the army trader as the 
said, and  hie transportation 
es were 
always Subject to the caprices of the despot. 
During a long  time of  monotony’ and mili­
tary inactivity, when trade was a t its lowest 
ebb—from the  fact that  soldiers  in  eamp 
are  always  better  -clothed  and  better  fed I 
than when on active service—he found little 
trouble in  keeping  his shelves  loaded,  hat 
when  there  was  a  tumnltous  and  almost 
frantic  demand for everything  eatable and 
drinkable, he usually found  himself on ex­
tremely  limited  rations. 
It  was  a  truly 
affecting  spectacle to witness a sutler  with 
an empty tent on  pay day, and  especially a 
pay day that occurred  at  the conclusion  of 
a long march.

I   have said  that  the average  sutler was 
not  belligerent, but  there were  notable ex­
ceptions to the rule, and  if,  at  some future 
period, my  fellow  citizens,  with  anything 
like  a  reasonable  unanimity,  should  con­
clude  to  send  me down  to  ornament  the 
National Capitol, one of my first public acts 
will  be  to  introduce a private  pension bill 
for  ope of  these  exceptions.  As  a  rule, 
politicians are  ungrateful, but I am no poli­
tician,  and  I  appreciate  the fact  that  the 
said exception once saved me about a couple 
of hundred dollars.

During the Spring of  1864 the  trains be­
tween Chattanooga and Nashville were often 
derailed  and  plundered  by  guerrillas, and 
the practice  became so frequent  that,  later

fcrafts «ver tau betweenthe
a ñ a '1
heavy  ^E ^Q H lË j
Sometime  inpLpril, I  had 
occasion  to  express  a  package  of  green­
backs, and  the  train  that  carried it  was 
attacked  and thrown  from the track.  * The 
express company, in receipting  for  money, 
refused to take any risks of  loss in cases of 
capture  by  the  enemy, and  excepting  for 
the  presence of  an  Indiana  sutler, myself 
and hundreds of  other  soldiers would  have 
been  irretrievably  “out.
This  individual 
hurriedly  but  quietly collected  the  train 
hands  and  stragglers,  got  them  into  the 
express car,  and, after rapidly cutting loop­
holes  in its  sides, a deliberate  and  telling 
fire  was opened  on  the  assailants.  The 
bushwhackers  numbered  ten  to  one  but 
were  unable  to  dislodge  the  defenders. 
They finally decided to roast  them out  and 
set  fire to  the  rear  cars,  but  before  the 
flames  were  near  enough  for  serious  dis­
comfort a regiment  of  Federal  cavalry put 
in an appearance, and the  sutler, his  garri­
son and some $40,000 were saved.

And had  I  time  and  space I would like 
to  relate,  in  the  interest  of  the
unappre­
ciated army  trader, how one  helped to save 
a  provision  train that  eventually  saved  a 
beleaguered force from semi-starvation, and 
how another kept an important depot of sup­
plies  from falling into  the enemy’s  hands.
I  have always  regretted that  Gen.  Sher­
man and  myself  differed  so  materially on 
the subjects of  the war  correspondent  and 
the army sutler. 

»

||E I S U f ®   H O U R   JO T T IN G ® .

BY a   COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

Written for thk Tbadswax.

After reading over  hundreds of  reminis- 
cencies of  the civil  war In the various peri­
odicals  which, for the past  few years, have 
made fids  species of  literature a specialty, 
I   regret  to say that  in no instance  have I 
Been an  allusion to that  important adjunct
of  the  army known as the  sutler, 
Multi-
tudinous  writers  of  various  grades  have 
referred to multitudinous shoulder-strapped 
gentlemen of  various grades  mid, in  some 
few  instances, have  ventured to bring  un- 
shoulder-strapped  fellows before' the read­
ing  public,  but  the  sutler  appears  to  be 
generally  and  studiously ignored.  Why is 
tbis?  Have  the years  that  have  elapsed 
since  the “shebang”  was the  magnet  that 
attracted  everybody  with  cash  or  credit 
evaporated  the  admiration  and  deadened 
the  gratitude with which the man of  army 
traffic once inspired os?  Or, are the writers 
aforesaid, collectively and individually, per­
meated  with  such patrician  ideas  that  an 
aUusion to a trading individual is distasteful 
to them? 
I  pause for a reply, and,  in the 
meantime, with the  permission of  the pilot 
of  The  Tradesman, will venture  to  sup­
plement a former  article on the  sutler with 
an additional tribute to his  merits and  use­
fulness.

Grand  Rapids, Mich

WHOLESALÉ  DEALERS IN

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Pork Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Hams,  Shoulders,

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Sausage of all Kinds,

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barrels,  50  pound  cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and 10

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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.

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

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DIRECTIONS

We have cooked the com in this can 
sufficiently.  Should  be  Thoroughly 
(Farmed (not cooked) adding  piece ot 
Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of

Daveui*

W ho  w ish  to  serve their  Customers 
w ith GOOD COFFEE would do w ell 
to  avoid  Brands  that  require  the 
support o f Gift Schemes, Prize Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

Which Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

Manufacturers of the following: well-known brands of

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

Before I   proceed  with this  self-imposed 
duty  and  before  I  forget  it,  I  want  to 
speak of  a little circumstance which  shows 
that patrician  ideas  in  America  are  not 
necessarily  germinated  under  the  golden 
sun of  Mammon. 
I  will not give  the real 
names of  the  parties in  the  case, but  the 
f  acts are as narrated.

Robert  Hackett  was  the  sutler  of  a 
Western regiment which, during the  whole 
year  of  1863, was  brigaded  with  th e—st 
New York.  The latter  corps was a sort of 
a  dude  organization 'and  was  commanded 
by a descendant of one of the f. f’s of  New 
York  City.  Nothing could  be said against 
Col.  Knickerbocker’s  courage,  but  out  of 
the line of  duty he was  nothing but a reck­
less  spendthrift  and  inveterate  gambler. 
Singularly enough,  he  formed  an  intimate 
¡friendship  with  rough  Bob  Hackett,  and 
the  friendship  progressed  to  that  extent 
that  when the  brigade was  broken  up  he 
•was Hackett’s debtor to the amount of some 
thousands.

Two or three years after the war, Hackett 
found himself  temporarily residing in  New 
York,  with  a  comfortable  balance  in  his 
favor at the  bank.  H em et  Knickerbocker 
«occasionally, but that gentleman’s notorious 
impecuniosity rendered even the suggestion 
-of  an adjustment of  old  matters  perfectly 
•useless, and  he  even had  the  pleasure  o f; 
occasionally adding  a  little to the  original 
.amount.

It occurred  to  Hackett one  day  that  he 
would like  to  join a certain  club  and,  as 
Knickerbocker  was  a  member  thereof  he 
wrote  that  individual,  requesting  him  to 
.present  his  name at the next  meeting.  A 
reply to his  note was soon  received,  and it 
read somewhat as follows:

My  De a r F ellow—I’d  awfully like to 
oblige you, but I can’t, you know.  The fact 
is—you’re  not to  blame  for  it, old  boy,  it 
was  your infernal  destiny—you’ve handled 
¡and  sold  crackers and  cheese  and  herring 
¡and other vulgar articles of  that sort, and I 
wouldn’t and  wouldn’t do what you  ask for 
that  nice little  balance  at  your  banker’s. 
Awfully sorry you thought of it, you know.
P.  S.  Rig  swell  party  at  Blewblud’s 
to-morrow  Right,  and  my dress  eoat is  up 
th e   spout.  Now,  couldn't you  help me  to 
■$25 for the sake of old times, Bob?

I claim  that the sutler was  an important 
factor in the  suppression of  the  rebellion. 
To  be  sure,  he  wasn’t  belligerent,  and 
usually had an  instinctive and  unconcealed 
-dislike  for  carnage and  bloodshed, but  he 
formed  the  connecting  link  between  the 
-comforts and conveniences of home life and 
the  semi-savagery of  army existence.  The 
young' recruit, fresh  from  his comfortable 
-quarters  and  generous  fare, found  in  his 
“ shebang”  the  articles  which  reconciled 
h is stomach  to  his  change  of  avocation; 
gradually fitted his  unprepared body for its 
change  of  wearing  apparel,  and  gave him 
-some little chance to adhere to a semblance of 
toilet decency.  And I honestly believe that 
the list of  those who succumbed  to  home­
sickness,  became  practically  imbecile  or 
went on  the role of  deserters, would  have 
'been  materially enlarged  bat for the  “cent 
per cent.” trafficer. 

«

But  in  this,  his  very-far- from-unselfish 
mission, he was a necessity  only so long  as 
the  volunteer  remained  unseasoned  and 
¿regretful  for  the  duties  he  had  assumed.
. Time  and  experience  soon  made  him  a 
veteran,  aud  when  he  became  a  genuine j 
«soldier  the  presence or the  absence of  the 
sutler was of  very little  moment, except as 
i t  affected the balance in his pocket on “pay 
day.”

as 

fairly  well 

but  a 
succeeded 

succeeds 
trade, 
never 

; sometimes 
f ja .  country 
sort 

yj,  . An, easy-going, indolent  sort  of  a  man 
in
party  of
tills 
a 
sutler,  For  his  financial  interests  push, 
-energy, perseverance  and  tirelessness were 
as necessary  as  stock.  His trouble wasn’t 
.  -a want of  demand  for his  Wares.  With  a 
good stock, purchasers were  always plenty; 
p ’fbeni  was  fio  ‘‘joekying”  on  prices;  no 
SpOiued  politeness  required,  and  If  anypne 
was  thanked  it  was the  seller.  But  the

Uneqnaled  Quality. 

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Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

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W M . SE A R S & CO
Cracker  Manufacturers,

QUEEN  ANNE,

TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY,

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SUPERIOR,

PHCENIX,

AND  OTHERS,

For quotations address

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE, 
CAMEO,

Salesman for Western Michigan, 
GRAND  RA

Lock Box 173, 

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Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

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Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.

88,90 and 93 SOUTH  DIVISION ST., 

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Wholesale  Grocers,

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

68  Monroe  Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIC®.

C.  C.  BUNTING.

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m m ission  M erchante

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i f P   pointed)  entire,  bright green  and 
OTfftAwhat.  glossy  on  tertruppér  surface,]
and  of  an  aromatic taste.
3 ase  fruit which  appears  is  round or oval, 
i  Isff ^ w  kk» of a small peach, smooth, at first 
- jy fr» pwm,  hut  yellow  when  npe,  and 
Acme. *4 lb cans, 3 doz.... • • 75 
J l i y r f t  -with  a  longitudinal  furrow.  The 
«  *4 ft  «  2  «  ....1 5 0  
>?4|)iferhal  ®ovMing,  which is  at  first  thick 
1  “  ....  3 00
“ 
?%afifieahy and abounds in an austere astrin- 
«  Bulk....................  20
^ S t< $ u ic ^   afterwards  becomes  dry  and 
and  separating  into  valves  from 
|  «0
*48;...... 
I s ................... 375
iJSwSapex, discloses a scarlet, net-like  mem- 
b u lk................   ?§
BW W B W B I
teane,  commonly called  mace,  investing  a 
dime size..
.. jfhfa; hmwn  shining  shell, which  contains j Arctic. *4 ftcans, 6~doz... 
I 
S tte  kernel or nutmeg. 
i   '
g
;  The nutmeg tree is a native of the Moluc-1 
..................... 
, 
1  «  ....12 00
•bounds especially in that small cluster dis-  Victorian, 1 B> (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00 
^iW iilvril  by the  name of  Banda, whence  Diamond,  ‘‘bulk.”........  1»
f ljf  chief  supply of  nutmegs was  long de-  B f^Star^Ib cans 12 doz..  45 
„  «  7\ .. 
iiyed.  But  the plant  is  now cultivated in 
.«  4  “  ..150
Sumatra,  Java,  Singapore, Penang, Ceylon  Absolute,  *4  B>  cans, 100 
and other parts of  the East Indies, mid has 
cans in c“ ev - — "¿511 70 
teen  introduced  into the  Idee of  Fra®*,.  A« S i£ - 0« e*
JJourtxm,  Cayenne and  several of  the VV est  Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
juaairt Islands,  A  fine tree  in Jamaica has 
«ver  four thousand  nutmegs  on it  yearly.  Tetter s *4 ft, cans,6doz to g ^  
tree begins to bear when ten years old,  heifer’s *4ft cans, 3 doz in
imd goes on improving for a hundred years, j  case....... .....................  2 55
^pii. frait  is  gathered two  or  three times a  Tetter’s 1 ft cans,  1 doz in
year. 
r,nj,fi.............................
Three  sorts  of  nutmegs  are  dis-’ 
languished,  namely,  the  male  or  barren, 
the  royal and  queen, the last  of  which  is 
small and round.
The  nutmeg is  propagated  from  seeds 
(nutmeg), and these vary in size and shape, 
ju st  as  apples  and  pears  do  when raised 
from  seeds.  There  can  hardly be  a more 
mofitable  crop  than the nutmeg at present 
juices.  The annual yield of a good tree of 
sixteen years’ growth4is about  ten  pounds,
1 covering  about  500  square  feet  surface,
Which,  at  an  average  of  forty  cents  per 
sound,  gives  a  value of  produce  per  acre 
jerDannum  of  over $300, including  mace.
The fruit of the nutmeg  takes nine months 
to  mature, and  100 pounds of nutmeg pro­
CHOCOLATE.
duce  one  pound of  mace.  A good nutmeg 
“ 
should be round, large and heavy, of a drab 
“ 
or light brown  color, and  finely marbled in 
“ 
the cross section. 
Its virtues are  extracted 
COCOANUT
by alcohol  and  ether.  Eighteen ounces of 
Schepps, is .................... 27
good,  sound nutmeg will  yield four  ounces 
lsand*4s..............28
*48..........................27*4
« f oil.  The volatile oil  is  obtained by dis­
Is to tin pails— 27*4
tillation  with  water.  By  pressure  with
....28*4
*48 
heat  an  oily  matter  is  procured from the I Maltby-g, is..................‘.'.‘‘.23*4
isand*4s..........24
Jceroels,  which  becomes  solid  on  cooling, 
7; ; ; ; ; ; ; ^
end is commonly  though erroneously called 
.........18
Nutmegs have been punctured  and boiled  Bulkt pai‘]^‘¿Vbarrels. .16©18 

BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...............................2 00
No. 1 Hurl...............  
No. 2 Carpet............................2 50
No. 1 Carpet............................2 75
Parlor Gem............................3 JjO
Common Whisk......................J Ij!
i Fancy  W hisk.........................1 25
Mill..............-....... .......— 3 ”9
Warehouse............................3 60
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  22
Premium..  33
Horn-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

Early Riser, *48, 4 doz  case  45
«  90
« 1 6 0
3 00 
6 00
4oz.  oval...........  3  40
8 oz.  « 
...........  6 50
Pints r’nd............ 10 80

Arctic, 4 oz. r’nd J  gross 

*48. 2  « 
ls .l  “ 
BI.UINO

in case.  ............75

Peerless 

,  mace. 

«  8 oz.

« 
“ 
•* 

“ 
“ 
« 

2 25

“ 

« 

« 

 

“ 

19=

S oS oa.’

crackers.

...................

COFFEE—GREEN

CORDAGE.
 

30 lbsOOfts lOOfts
19K
2C*4
19%
19*4
19*4
201934
173419%

In order to extract  their  essential  oil,  and 
the orifice afterward closed  so  carefully as 
Mocha.......................
Mandaling.....................25@26
not to be discoverable unless by breaking the 
OG Java.....................24@25
kernel.  The fraud may be detected by their 
Java............................. .23024
lightness.  The Dutch  were  formerly said 
Maricabo......................
to   heat  them in a stove in order to  deprive 
CostiRica.....................   @19
Mexican.......................    @19
them  of  the  power  of  germinating,  and 
Santos...........................15@18
«ms  prevent  the  propagation  of  the  tree.
Rio,  fancy....................18@J9
The  Dutch  used  to  have  all  the  nutmeg 
Rio.  prime...................
trade,  as  they  owned  the  Banda Islands, 
Rio, common................14©Lo
To ascertain cost of roasted 
and conquered all the other traders, and de­
coffee, add *4cper ft. for roast­
stroyed the trees to keep the price up.  They 
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
«m u  burned  over  three  piles of  nutmegs,
age. COFFEES—PACKAGE,
«»eh  of which  was  as  large  as  a church.
Nature did not sympathize with such mean- 
Lion...............
mess.  The  nutmeg  pigeon,  found  in  all 
Lion, to cab...
TnHia islands, did  for  the  world  what the 
Dilworth’s ....
Magnolia......
Batch had determined should not be done— 
Acme:........... 19*4
carried these nuts, which are their food, into 
G erm an........
all the surrounding countries.  Trees grew 
German, bins..
again and the world had the benefit 
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
Avorica 
^  The practice of  liming nutmegs has  been 
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
sadly abused. 
It  is  used  principally  for 
Honey  Bee...22*4  22*6
making  sightly and  marketable those  nut­
NoxAll__ ...21*4  21*6
megs  which at one  time would  have  been 
Our Bunkum.20*4  20*6. 
COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS
altogether rejected.  The long or wild nut­
Arhuekle’s Avorica...........18*4
meg is distinguished from that described by 
«  Quaker City.......19*4
its much greater length, the absence of  the 
“  Best R io............20*4
«  Prime Maricabo... 22*4 
«lark  brown  veins,  and  its  comparatively 
tortile  odor and  disagreeable taste. 
It has
60foot Ju te .....  .......... ...1 10
been called male, wild, or long nutmeg,  the  | .........| ...................... ............
T2foot Jute ..... 
........ 140
oilier being designated as the female or cul-1 4qFoot Cotton.............,....l 50
tavated  nutmeg.  The  concrete or exposed  50 foot Cotton................... 1 60
Oil  of  nutmeg,  commonly  called  mace, is  g  
!!!!!" is 00 
obtained  by  bruising  nutmegs,  exposing | 
them in a bag to steam,  and then compress-  Kenosha Butter   ............. 7*4
tog  them  strongly  between heated  plates.  Seymour Butter 
A  liquid oil  flows out  which becomes  solid  pamUv Butter" 
.  6
when ft cools.  Nutmegs  are  said to yield1 *-  Uy-  
Fancy Butter.......................5*4
The
......6*4
Butter Biscuit......... 
from  10 to  12 per  cent, of  this oil. 
Boston..............................7*4
best  is  imported from  the East  Indies  in 
City Soda........... ...........8
«tout jars;  it  is  solid, soft, unctuous to the 
Soda.............  
....;..6
touch,  of  a  yellowish  or  orange  yellow 
800a Fancy...................      ....5*4
S.  Oyster.............................6
color,  more or less  mottled, with the  odor 
Picnic...... .......................... 6
and taste of nutmeg.  An artificial prepara- 
Fancy  Oyster......................5*4
tion  is  sometimes made  from the  genuine 
OIL 
it  is  made by mixing fatty  matters, 
Clams, 1 ft. Little Neck__ 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft............ 2 15
sneh  as suet,  palm  oil, wax,  etc., adding 
Cove Oysters, 1 ft stand.. .1 00 
«Mae  coloring substance, and  giving flavor 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .1 70
to  the mixture by the volatile oil.  Nutmeg 
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic...........1 75
Lobsters,2 ft,picnic........2 65
wnites with  the  medicinal properties of the 
Lobsters, 1 ft star.............. 1 95
Otdi  ary  aromatics  considerable  narcotic 
Lobsters. 2 ft star.............. 2 90
power. 
In  the  quantity of  two  or  three 
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25 
drachmas it  has  been  known  to  produce 
Mackerel, 1 ft stand 
Mackerel, 2ft Btand 
Stupor  and delirium,  and dangerous if  not 
Mackerel,3 ft to Mustard. .3 25
total consequences are said to have followed 
Mackerel. 3 ft soused........3 25
, 0» . use in  India. 
It  is employed  to cover 
Salmon, lib Columbia...... 2 20
the  taste or correct  the operations of  other 
Salmon, 2 ft 
3 50
Salmon. 1 ft Sacramento. ..1 90 
toedicines, but more frequently as an agree- 
Salmon, 2 ft 
...2 75
able addition to farinaceons articles of diet, 
Sardines, domestic *4s. 
waid  to  various  kinds of  drink  in  case  of 
Sardines,  domestic *4s.. .10@11 
Sardines, Mustard *4s...  9@10 
:/languid appetite and delicate stomach, 
Sardines,  imported  *4s..l2@13
p  Nutmegs  imported  to  this  country  are. 
Sardines, spiced, *4s...... 10@12
4^eneraUy  limed  and  packed  in  cases  of 
Trout. 3 ft brook. —  —  
, totals and  half  piculs (a picul  being 12.3K 
Apples, gallons, stand__ .2
pounds), and  the mace in half  picul  cases,
Blackberries, stand...... ...1
. .tod  packed very tightly;. but the finest and 
Cherries, red standard.... .1 
■' brightest  kind,  which is usually shipped  to 
Cherries,  pitted......1 85@1
Xjurope,  is not so  closely pressed  and com- 
Damsons...__ _ 
..  .1 25@1
Egg Plums,.stand-........1
toands a high  price.
Gooseberries................... 1
Grapes...... .......................
Green Gages...............     .1
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2
Peaches,  seconds............2
Peaches, p ie ..........1 6C@1
P e a r s ; . . . . . . . — .1
. Pineapples,.......... .1 40@2
Quinoes..,..................1
Raspberries, extra.............1
red...,....... 1
Strawberries......... 1 26@1
Whortleberries........... ..1
CANNED VEGETABLES, 
Asparagus, Oyster Bay... .2 
Beans,Lima, stand........
Beans, Green Limas..  @1 
Beans,  String— ....1 00@1
Beans, Stringless, Erie....
Beans, Bewis’ Boston Bak.l 
Corn, Archer’s Trophy—   , 
MomG’ry.l
_____ ___
Early Gold.1
i principle also extends to comparatively ] Peas, extra marrofat.1 20©1 
«  June* stand....  @ 1H
**  “ >  sifted................ *
«  French, extra fixe. .20 00 
Musteswais* extra, fine^* *30 00
Pum pkin,8 ft Golden......1  00
Succotash .standard... .80@1.80
Tomatoes, Red Coat 
;_@ 120 
■  GiwdEnongh  m  20

I t has become a  custom among dealers to 
. toartc their goods  at some odd prices,  such 
am to*  37*  or  98  emits.  Said  a  Broadway 
«darter the other day;  “You would  be  sur­
prised to see how much  of  an  inducement 
these markings are to  purchasers.  The re­
torn of two or three cents in  change  seems 
m an ali  matter,  but  long  observation  has 
I to w g h t me that many  a person  will buy  an
,  -article for 3@«einte, tor  example, which he 
would not buy if it were marked 25 cents.” I ¡ ¡3 || Frenoh.
' 
;angn-priced goods, which are often marked 
' 
i^M -aisrtidn  ryimber  of  dollars  and  an *odd
¿iffftÉribwr.of Ante.  The odd price  Is  almost] 
forariably so  fixed  aa  to  he  slightly  less 
ath e valnc of some cote U^omntep use, | 
Idea hrtng  to  tempt  the  purchaser  by 
T rta |^ |^ |H |s ^ ia ll a m o D iitJii^ ^ se .
■IfiHBitaiâiÉiiàlÉ

•  Address  by W. D. Bennett  before  Brooklyn  Retail 

Odd Figures as an Attraction.

ESrwKtheNewyorkSnn.  %

Peas,  soaked  ■ ■ ■

;  flUeioO^V’ Association.

CANNED FRUITS.

CANNED FISH.

« 

« 

« 

MWPPi

“ 

Michigan full cream.. .8
@8*4
.
.  DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. 
|2 *-
Citron, in drum ..... 
to boxes.. .,. .t M. yt4 
...... J  @ 7*4
Currants.  .  . 
Lemon Peel.......s.......i.14
Orange Peel........ 
14
Prunes, French, 60s...... . . .
I^ench,80s...........
« 
« 
French. 90s...........
Imperial....... .*-.,.6*4
« 
«  Turkey,...........*  434
Raisins, Dehesia.. & .4..- ...3 60 
Raisins, London Layers. 0 .3 10 
Raisins, California  « 
.¿..2 65 
Raisins, Loose Muscatels. .2 10 
Raisins,Loose California. J. 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s.  9  @9*4
L isins. Sultanas.........   @
Raisins,  Valencias......   @7*4
Raisins.Imperials............ 3 75

FISH.

« 

‘ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Standard 
English^ oz........   7 20 
,  3 oz........  9 00 
4 oz........ 12 00 
6 0Z......18 00 

Cod,  whole.................. 434@5,.
Cod, hopeless............... 6*4© ^
_  «
Halibut......................... 
Herring, round. *4 bbl. 
2 ™ 
Herring, round, *4 bbl* 
J  
Herring, Holland, bhlsl  ^10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  65@70 
Herring, Scaled........  35©28
Mack, sb’r, No. 1, *4 bbl— 8 75 
«  12 ft kit..l 25 
« 
.4 10
«  10  « 
No.2, *4bbls.......7 50
Trout,  *4 bbls.................... 5 50
«  10 ft k its ............  85
White, No. 1, *4 bbls...........6 75
White, No. 1,12 ft kits...... 1 20
White, No. 1,10 ft kits...... 1 05
White. Family,  *4 bbls...... 3 75
k its........  70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
“  C.,2 oz......J  doz  90 
135
1  4 oz.................1 40 
2 50
3 75
‘  6oz................4  25 
175
‘  No. 3 Panel...1 00 
2 75
‘  No. 4 Taper..1 60 
4 50
*  No. 8 panel...2 75 
‘  No. 10  « 
...4 50 
6 50
*4 pint, r’nd..4 50 
‘ 
7 60
• 
“ 
. .9 00  15 00
f   « 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.
9 60
12 00
15 00
24 00
Farina, 100 lb, kegs............   04
Hominy, ^  bbl...................4 0U
Macaroni, dom 12 lb. box..  60 
Pearl Barley.............   @ 3*4
Peas, Green..............  @1 40
Peas, Split.................  @3*4
Sago, German...........  @6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @6%
Wheat,  cracked........  ® 6*4
Vermicelli, import...  @10 
domestic..  @60 
MATCHES.
G. H. No. 8,  square...........  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro...1 10
G. H. No. 200,  parlor......... 1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor.........2 15
G. H. No.  7, round.............1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2...................  75
Oshkosh, No. 8...................1 50
Swedish.............................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq....... 1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq.......1 50
Richardson’s No. 7*4» rn d ..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd..l  50 
Woodbine. 300.....................1 15
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap....................17@18
Cuba Baking............. .22@25
Porto Rico..................    .24@35
New  Orleans, good— ..33@40 
New Orleans, choice.... .44@50
New  Orleans, fancy...... 50@52

‘ 
k 
‘ 
FARTNACEOUS  GOODS.

imported... 10.  @11

« 

*4 bbls. 3c extra 

OIL.

OATMEAL

Michigan Test.....................10*4
Water White...................... H96
Barrels....................................6 25
Half barrels...................... 3 25
Cases.................................. 2 35
OATS—ROLLED.
Barrels........................ 
Half barrels...................--3 25
Cases........................2 25@3 35
Medium.............................. 6 00
*4 bbL........................3 50
Small,  bbl............................... 7 00
*4 b b l........................4 00

PICKLES.

 

RICE.

Table............................ .5*4@5*4
H ead...................................-J
Jav a..... —  ;.......................6*4
Patna................................... f*4
Rangoon..............................5
Broken.. 
........................•••I I
Japan............................  @6*4
DeLand’s pure.................... 5*4
Church’s  ............................ 5
Taylor’s  G. M.....................5
Dwight’s ............................ 5
Sea  Foam........................... 5*4
Cap Sheaf............................5

SALERATUS.

*6e less to 5 box lots.

SALT.

60  Pocket, F F D.....................2 15
28P o ck et..............................2 05
100 3 ft pockets....................... 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee..
Ashton, bn. bags.........  
Ashton,4bu.  bags..................2 75
Higgins’bn. bags-----
American, *4 bu. bags
Rock, bushels............
Warsaw, bn. hags......
.....

I  .■

*4  “ 
SAUCES.

« 

SOAP.

« 
« 
•* 
“ 

SPICES—WHOLE.

Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack..l8*4 

London Relish, 2 doz..........2 50
Dtogman, 100 bars.'...,.....4  00 
Don’t  Anti-Washboard— 4
Jaxon........................ 
 
Queen  Anne...... ...............4
German Family...................... 2 49
Allspice............................... 8
Cassia, China in mats........7*4
«  Batavia to bund....11
“  Saigon to rolls...... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 28
“  Zanzibar................23
Mace Batavia...............7 0
Nutmegs,  fancy............ • -70
No.  1.......... 
  65
No. 2 .................60
white.28
shot.......... —  ï î -21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice............................... 12*4
Cassia, Batavia.................. 20
and Saigon.25
« 
“  Saigon......... .— 42
Cloves, Amboyna............. .85
“  Zanzibar............... 30
Ginger, African......... .....  .12*4
«  Cochin...........:— 15
Jamaica............  @18
“ 
Mace Batavia......................80
Mustard,  English.............. 22
andTrie.25
Trieste........... ...27
Nutmegs,  No.  2.............. ..70
Pepper, Singapore  black..22 
white..30
n r  ’ 
Cayenne.............. 25
« 
Absolute Pepper, 
doz...84
Cinnamon
« 
Allspice
« 
“ 
Cloves
Ginger
».  « 
«  Mustard
STARCH.

“ 
“  

« 

« 

Ktogsford’s
Silver Gloss,1 ft pkgs. .
*•  6 ft boxes.
«  b u lk .....
Pure,l ft pkgs............. 
Oorn*l ft pkgs.....................  7

«» 
“ 

5*4

SUGARS.

« 

Cat  Loaf.. . . . . . . . . . . .
Cubes.............................
Powdered.............
Granulated,  Stand.,..$
*  Off.......
Confectionery A.....»,
Standard A.............
No. 1, White Extra C.
No. 2, Extra C.,
Nö» $ GL... :. »;>.......'
; NO* A

....,  5%<

'

SWkBX  GOODS.
Ginger  Snaps.......... 8
Sugur Cheams........8
Frosted Ckeams........
Graham Crackers....
Oatmeal Craokors.,..

IniOVISlONB.

Se 

The Grand Rapids Packing ft Provision Co.

PORK IN BARRELS.

| quote f t follows:
\ 
Mess............................ >;!........................15 00
Short OPt.;.......... ^ , ', ., ^ ^ 4 .,«........
| Shortcut  Morgan...................— ..15 SO
Extra clear pig» short out........,....... ....16 60
Extra dear,heavy. ..a  
........... 2... .16 50
Clear quill, short Cut. 
.........................16 50
Boston clear, shod cut................. .... .10 50
Clearba<dLshortcut.............. ................16 50
Standard clear, short  cut, best........... . . .16 60
Bean

TOBACCOS—PLUG.
I B C V r . 3 .. .421 Hams, average 20  fts.     ....... ..11

Smoked meats—canvassed or plain.

_  
toeár Head.. .................43@45 |
Plank!
Eclipse.................-.........   -.361 

.....................11%

r

■••••  .............. 

Eye  Opener.........................321 
g
Cornerstone..
Double Pedro........................40
Wfiopper...............................40
Peach Pie..............................40
Wedding Cake,  blk..............40
Red Fox......... .......................45
Sweet R usset................. 30@32

,jre8t A0116!®88............................ .— ^
an | Breakfast Bacon, boneless.......... ........— 11
.'................... . V 43@45 I Dried Beef, extra.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
9*4

ham  prices......

DRV  SALT  MEATS.
Long Clears, heavy...............   ..............
medium.............................
light............ .....................

LARD.

8%
8%
8*4

 

 

b e e f in  b a r r e l s.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

Tierces  ....................... .........
30 and 50 ft T ubs...................................
Sweet  Pippin........................50
3 ft Pails, 20 to a case,............... .......
Five and Seven......................50
5 ft Pails, 12 in a ease............................
Hiawatha,............................. 68
10 ft Pails, 6 to a case................  .........
Sweet  Cuba..........................45
8*4 
20 ft Pails, 4 pails to case..................
Petoskey Chief...................    55
Sweet Russet..................40@42
7 00
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts................
Thistle....................................42
Extra Mess, Chicago Packing.................   7  5G
Florida......... 
65
Kansas City Packing............ 7  25
Rose Leaf.
P late..............................  
7  25
Red Domino— ................... .38
Extra Plate...................  
7 75
Swamp Angel........................40
Boneless, rump butts...........................      9 50
Stag.....................................33
Capper.....................  
42
“  .  «  *4 bbl.  5 00
„   .  _   „  
„o I 
g * £ 2 T ................................!   Pork Sausage............................................  ..,7*4
Jack  Pine.............  .............36  S n r t & e .................................... 
«
Sensation.............................. 33
Blood  Sausage................................................ 6
Yellow Jacket.......................20
Bologna, straight................................. 
 
Sweet  Conqueror...........20@25
Bologna, thick......... ...................................... 6
Head  Cheese.;..............................................   6
In half barrels............................................   3 00
In quarter barrels.....................................  2 00
In *4 B bl......*...... ............................... .*....3 00
In *4 B bl..................................................... 1 75
In Kits........................................... ............. 
85

Japan ordinary.............. 18@20
Japan fair to good..........25@30
Japan fine........................35@45
Japan dust.....................,12@20
Young Hyson................. 2Q@45
Gunpowder......................35@50
Oolong.................33@55@60@75
Congo...............................25@30

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Kan City pkd...8  50

PIGS’ FEET.

TEAS.

TRIPE.

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HIDES, FELTS AND FURS. 

30 gr. 
9*4 

VINEGAR.
40 gr. 
11*4 

50 gr.
13

Above are  the  prices  fixed I 
by  the  pool.  Manufacturers j 
outside  the  pool  usually sell 
gr.  stronger  goods  at  same 
prices.  SI  for barrel.

MISCELLANEOUS.

1 
2 

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

Chimneys, No. 0....................38
....40
....52
Cocoa Shells, bulk................4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle__7 60
Cream Tartar....................25
Candles. Star......................10
Candles. Hotel....................11
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35 
Extract Coffee, V.  C.........   75
Felix.......115
Fire Crackers, per box__1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lum ps.. .35
Gum, Spruce.....................30
Jelly, to 30ft pails..  . 5  @ 5*4
Powder,  Keg.................... 5 50
Powder, *4  Keg................2 87
g ag e...... — .................... 15
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  ft  Brooks quote as 
follows:

do 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green__ p  ft 4  @ 4*4
Part cured...  @  5
Fullcured__ 5*4@ 6
Dry hides and 
•
k ip s..............  6  @8

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__ 5  @  6
$  piece...... 10  @20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Fine washed J  ft 18@20jCoarse washed.. .18@20
Medium  ............ 20@22|Unwashed..........12@16
Sheep pelts, short shearing.........   .. 
5@20
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.........   20@23
Tallow........J ........................ ...............3  @3*4
Grease butter..................................  
Ginseng, good.........................................   @1 75

 

PRODUCE  MARKET. 

scarce, readily commanding $2.25 per bu. 

Asparagus—30c 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.
Butterine—Creamery,  14c  for  solid  packed 
and 15c for rolls.  Dairy,  13c for  solid  packed 
and  14c  for  rolls.
Cabbages— Illinois stock readily  commands 
75c per doz.
Cheese—Even  good  stock  is a  drug  in  the 
market,  commanding  only  8@8*4cperlb.  It 
will probably  touch  7c  before  taking  an up­
ward turn. 

rels, 26 c.

FANCY—IN  5 ft BOXES.

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

for No^2.-,jj:ai<3 tuni,  .... i,

mudas are held at $2  per bu. box.

and evaporated a t 9c.
15@16c.

Standard, 25 ft boxes......... 8*4
Twist, 
.......  9
Cut Loaf 
..........10

■  r 
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce bar­
Cucumbers—30c per doz.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers hold  sun-dried at 7c 
Eggs—Jobbers now  pay  13@14c  and sell  at 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15@16c. 
Hay-Baled is weak at  $16 for No. 1 and $15 
Lettuce—about out of market.
Onions—Young stock, 8c  per  dozen.  Ber 
Peas—Green, 60c per bu.
Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pop Corn—2*4c 
ft.
Potatoes—Home grown are weak,being quot

...........13 I able at 60c per bu.  New, $3 per bbl.
.
. 

Royal, 25 ft pails...... 8*4© 9
8 00
Royal, 300 ft bbls......   ......  8*4
Extra, 25 ft pails................10
Extra, 200 ft Jihls................. 9
French Cream, 25 ft pails. .11*4
Cut loaf, 25 ft cases........... 10
Broken, 25 ft pails.............10
Broken. 200 ft  bbls.............. 9
Lemon Drops 
Sour D rops...!....................14 I  Radishes—5c per doz. 
P6pp6nnint  Drops.....  ....14 I  SGcds—’-.BuckwliGiit* SI pfif t)u.«  Millet,  Sl*o0<
Chocolate Drops............ 
String Beans—75c per bu. 
.14 
HM Chocolate  Drops......... 18 
Strawberries—Home grown are in  fair  sup-
Gum  Drops.........................10  ply at 6@8c per qt.
Licorice Drops...... ...............18 I  Tomatoes  $1 per *4 bu. case.
AB 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 '
Wintergreen  Berries........... 14 |

Wheat—City millers pay  82c  for Lancaster, 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 55c  in  100  bu 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Rye—50c $  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 ^  ewt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  $5.90$ bbl in  sacks 
and  $6.10  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.90 $  bbl. in 
sacks and $5.10 in wood.

Clawson and Fulse.
lots and 50c in car lots.
car lots.

Wax Beans—$1 per bu.
Watermelons—Georgia, 25c apiece.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS

*“ *  Turnips—25 per bu..

FANCY—IN  BULK.

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Meal—Bolted, $3.00 $  bbl.
M ill Feed—Screenings, $16 $  ton.  Bran, $14 
W  ton.  Ships,  $14.50  $   ton.  Middlings,  $17 
“  
$  ton.  Corn and Oats.

-----11, $23 $  ton.

~ 

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE

PROPRIETOR OF

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,  ¡8  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 orders filled prom ptly  a t low est m a rk et price.  A 
liberal discount on E gg C rates and fillers in  la rg e lots.
SALESMOI, 
-  No. 9  Ionia  St,  Grand Rapids

iFOMTH NATIONAL BUI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J, Bowne, President.

Geo. C. Pierce, Vice President.

H. P. Baker, Cashier.
[CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000,

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a  Specialty o f Collections.  Accounts 

o f Country Merchants Solicited.

Lozenges, plain in pails... 12 
Lozenges, plain to bbls... .11 
Lozenges, printed in pails. 12*4 
Lozenges, printed to  obis. 11 *4 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.. 12*4
Gum Drops  in pails......... 6*4
Gum Drops, to bbls...........5*4
Moss Drops, in pails..........10
Moss Drops, to bbls.............9
Sour Drops, to  pails.......12
Imperials, to pails.............12
3
Imperials  to bbls...... . 
.  11
FRUITS
;12T 00
Bananas................
Oranges,  choice...
I
Oranges, Florida.....  @ 
Oranges,  Rodi.........  @8 00
Oranges, OO..............  @
Oranges, Imperials..  @
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons, choice........  @6 50
Lemons, fancy.........   @6 50
Figs, layers, new...... 12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........  @6
Dates, frails do........  © 4*4
Dates, *4 do  do........  @5*4
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $  ft..  d 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft ..  6 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ..5@5*4

@17 
@16 
13@14 
© 8 
@11 @13 
12 
@11 
8®  12 
@4 50

NUTS.

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Almonds,  Tarragona
Ivaca........
California
Brazils......................
Filberts, Sicily.........
Walnuts,  Grenoble.,
Sicily........
French__
Pecans, Texas. H. P.
Cocoanuts, $  100......
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw $  ft 
Choice 
do 
do 
Fancy H.P.,do 
. do 
Choice White, Va.do 
Fancy H P,. Va  do 
IL P .V a....................

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as ] 

OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follow s:

OYSTERS.

40
Fairhayen Counts......
FRESH  FISH.
Bidbk boss-....... . 
• ■ ..12*4
Rook b a ss.............. 
4
Duck-bill  p ik e .......;,.,....  6
T rout 
....................... 6
Whiteflsh........  ........  %  6
“ 
sm oked............10
Frogs’ Legs 
..25® 75

FRESH MEATS.
Beef, carcass....... É. ,4*4@7*4
hind quarters....7  @9*4
fore. 
I @7*1
I 9

Fois loimi»...........„  

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b a rra s......

Mm

m à

RUBKWHEflT

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

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.  UPREAUX,
71 Canal St.,  Grand Rapids.

IGBANIGAL

We have just put in a n$w 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 onr competitors.

06812352

__________

(Successors to Eaton & Christenson)

ÏÏ Canal Street, 

Grand Rapids

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, 

Mite:  Shakes.  Etc.,  and  when 

frozen m akes  delicious Or­

ange Sherbet.

I t  m ay be 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 PIY YOU.

L.  E A T O X T   cSe  C O .,

Agents for Michigan,

77 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

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Corest 
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EXTRACT
ABSOLUTELY.
PORE • 
TRIPLE STREf

P

»M CAHSOjjjE ii

EATON h LYON,

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers of

B O O K S ,

20  and 22  donroe St.,  Grand  Ranids,  Mich,

WALES  -  GOODYEAR

----AND----

6

BOIfKGTIGUT

Rubbers.

@5

Write for fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86 Monroe Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

W e also manufacture a  full  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKS 
MICH.

W A N T E D .

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

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Earl Bros.,  Common Merchants
POTATOES.

Reference:  First National Bank,  Chicago, 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids

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

Vi,  E  T in a   &  Go

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater St., CHICAGO.
Reference

Felsenthal. Gross & Miller, Bankers, 

Chicago.
MAGIC COFFEE  ROASTER

The  m ost practical 
hand  Boaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
nse—giving  satisfac­
tion. They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  without 
one.  Boasts'  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to  per
faction.
Send for  circulars.

No 

B o M I e s t,
;  150 Long St., 
Cleveland, Ohio

THESE GOODS ABB "FAB EXCELLENCE”
Pure, H ealthful and Reliable,  warranted to give satis­
faction in every particular.  For sale by wholesale and 
retail grocers throughout th t United  States.  V 6uw u 
Bros., Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

'Ridmiofid  & Si
/:  «ros. o» ata zuros 
r Packing Boxes.
r s & s ss-»*

Offer No. 170*

FREE—To  Merchants  Only:  A 
three-foot,  French  glass,  oval-front 
Show Case.  Adehesa at once, R, W. 
Tan sill & Co., 55 State  St.,  Chicago.
W I T S

S O i l F S I
BEST  FAMILY,

They Please Everybody.

HEADLIGHT and 

LITTLE DAISY

SOAPS  are  conceded  by all to  be the best 
Commendations are coming in daily.  Send 

soaps ever sold in Michigan. 
for price list.

Order  these  goods  of  any  jobber  in  Grand 

Rapids.

CIGAR  DEALERS
$11,550 forth of Real Estate

Read  this  Scheme.

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

We  have  sold  these  goods  for  the  past 
ten  years  at  the  uniform  price of  $55 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.

continue 

and 

We  have figured that  by liberal advertis­
ing we can  save  the  salaries and  expenses, 
of several men on the road and that the dif­
ference will  pay for  this  property and  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 setrof 56  pieces Import­
ed China Ware, which will be sent with the 
cigars.

4!

#

Every 74th  order received will entitle the 
party ordering to a clear title deed of a piece 
of  real-estate.  Either  a  building  lot  and 
water  privilege,  at a  summer  resort, a city 
lot in city of  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  X  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- 
tliis amount from one  party will be entered 
as two orders.

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

The “Golden-Rod” is made from the finest, 
imported 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 witb 
better fishing than  Orion, six miles distant. 
Lots 40 feet by 80 rods with good lake front 
privilege,  value $50 each.

The  lots  at  the  Soo  are  within  % of a 
In  the- 
mile  of  the  water  power  canal. 
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. 
7
When the property is all  distributed,  cir­
culars  will  be  sent  to  each  purchaser  o f 
cigars,  showing  name  and  address of  par­
ties getting these presents.

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

Terms on  cigajrs,  60  days  to  responsible- 

parties, or 5 per cent, off for cash.

iress 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,

ROMEO,  MICH.

H.  W.  Bradley  \  Bro,*
D.  D.  COOK
V ieyßty Show Case Factory,
S H O W C A S E S I

PROPRIETOR OF THE

MANUFACTURER OF

Prescription  Oases,
*

My Prices are Lower than any of My Compet­

itors. 

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of  IHinoiâ  Board constituents, habitat, medical  preparations, 
10.  Specimens for  Identi Ication—Recog* 

finathe safestmaximum dose of  each.
nize the officinal drags marked 1 to 10.

RECOMMENDED  BY. SMIfiENT PHYSICIAN

 A CONE^f EXTRACT OF

^
M A L T   ^   H O P S

F O R   S A L E   B Y   A L L   D R U G G I S T S

78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888. 

Specialty Dept. P h. Best Brew ing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I   duly  received  the  case  of 
your “Best” Tonic and have since had a great 
many in this institution.  I must say that the 
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debiiitated 
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. G r a y ,  M. D. 

Medical Sup’tT

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

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

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 38,1888. 

Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
D e a r  Si r s —I have given your “Malt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion 
and General  Debility,  especially in the  aged, 
where  the  whole  system  seems  completely 
prostrated, with  very satisfactory  results.  I 
have  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.

Elias Wildman, M. D.

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 
Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —As a matter of personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
cases of impaired  nutritition.  The results in­
dicate that it is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly yours,

E. W. F l e m i n g ,  M. D.

Troy, New York, January 26,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,,
D e a r  Sirs—Your agent left me a sample of 
your liquid extract, Malt, and as  I  use  mnoh 
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare 
your product with  some from another  houre 
I had on hand; and finding  yours  superior In 
the  great essential,  the  palitahle  nutria/nt  as 
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx­
ious to  know about what  It  can be furnished 
the dispensing physician.

Yours truly,

E. J a y  F i s k , M. D,

East Genessee Street, 

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17,1883. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. B est Brewing Co., 
G e n t l e m e n —I have  used the “Best” Tonio 
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 i  poking  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 o f 
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for thafc 
e a s e - 

W m .  O. J a e g e r .

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

Ph. Best Brew ing Co., 28  College Place, N. Y., 
G e n t l e m e n —I  have  tested  the sample  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  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  tl»«t 
kind is indicated.

Respectfully.

E. H. B e l l , M, D.
New Orleans, La., April 6,1838. 

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

Very respectfully,

D. Bornio,.M  D.

For Sale By

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Grand Rapids, 

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«X  Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Two Yeara-^James Veraor, Detroit.
Thrae Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
¥«lWÿ«M, galMMazoo-  . 
give Tears—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Hext Meeting—At  Star  Island  House,  near  Detroit, 
• June M and SO." 
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V  y s b ig M i  S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n. 
President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
Türst Vice-President—Q. X  Harwood, Petoskey. 
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild,  grand Rapi 
H ü i Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Sprin,
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
®xecuthre Committee—Geo.  Gundrum,  Frank  Inglis, 
...  A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T. Webb.
Local Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit.
Heart Meeting—At Detroit, September t, 5, S and 7.

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Grand Bapids Pharm aceutical Society.

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. | President—H. E. Lecher.

ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, U8A

Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. Esoott. - 
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
retary.

' SCard of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Sec­
Board of Trustees—The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo. 
YG .Steketee.A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg.
„  wen, Isaac w atts, Wm. E. W hite and Wm.  L.  w hite. 
-Committee on Trade  Matters—Jonn Peck,F.  J. Wurz­
-Committee  on  Legislation—J .  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  W hite,  John  Muir, 
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November.

burg. W. H. Tibbs.
Kemink, W. H. Van Leuwen.
X. B, Kimm.
mouth.

C o ltr a i  M ich ig a n   D r u g g ists’ A sso c ia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Musaell.
B e r r ie n   C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S o c ie ty .
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.
C lin to n  C o u n ty   D r u g g ists’ A sso c ia tio n . 

President, A.O. Hunt; Secretary. A. B. W allace. 
C h a r le v o ix  C ou n ty P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty
President, H. W. W illard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.
Io n ia  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
J a c k so n   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 
president, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote.
Kalamazoo Pharm aceutical Association. 
M ason  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty , 

President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.
President. F.N . Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
M ecosta  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety , 
President, C. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.

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

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Jnllns W eiss. 
M u sk eg o n   C ou n ty  D r u g g ists’  A sso c ia tio n , 
President, E. C. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. I.. LeFevre.

M u sk egon   D r u g  C lerk s’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, 0 .8. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
Newaygo County Pharm aceutical  Society, 
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.
Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, F. W. Fincher;  Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  Society, 
President, Jay Smith;  Secretary, D. E. Prall.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Cubebs.
Declined—Opium, opium po., gum camphor, quinine German, saffron, linseed oil.

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3®
4®

8®   10 
80®1 00 
30 
50 

65St&

ACIDUM.
Aeeticum..............
Benzoicum, German 
Boracic..............
•Carbolicum..............
O itricum .................
.Hydroehlor..........
Nltrocum .....  ........
•Oxalicum.................  10®
Phospborioum  dii..
-S alicylicum ......................1  70®2 05
Sulphuricum............   1%@5
‘Tannicum.................1 40@1
T a rta ri c u m ..................  50® 53
AMMONIA.
A n u a , 16  d e g ...............  
18  d e g ............  
Carbonas....................   11® 13
Chloridum.................   12® 14
B la c k ..................................2 00®3 25
B ro w n ............................  80@1 00
3164......... lo is  
~
Yellow...
Cubebae (po. 1 60....1 75®1 85
Ju n ip eru s...... . 
8®  10
Xantiioxylum.........   25®  30
BALSAMUM.
Copaiba....................
P eru ..........................   @1 50
Terabin, Canada......   50®  55
Tolutan —   .............  45®  50
Abies, Canadian......  
18
U
•C assiae  ................ . . . .  
•C inchona F lav a........... 
18
30
Eaonymus  atropurp 
Mytica  Cerifera, po.
Primus Virgini........ 
12

CORTEX..

BACCAE.

ANILINE.

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Ulmus—  
........• ••• 
Ulmus Po (Ground 12) 
-Glycyrrhiza Glabra..  MS
EXTRACTUM.
Haematox, 15 lb dox..  11®
I s ..........  13®
.........  14®
M S.........   16®
FERRUM.
'Carbonate Precip....  @
Citrate and Quima...  ®8
Citrate Soluble 
~
Ferrocvanidum Sol..
■  Solut  Chioride.......
.-Sulphate, com’l........1)4® 
2
p u re .......  ® 
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T 
A rnica.......................  12®  14
A nthem is.................  45®  50
Matricaria.......... 
30®  35
FOLIA.
Barosma...................  10®  12
•Cassia  Acutif ol, Tin-

FLORA.

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GUMMI.

HERBA—In ounce packages,

U ra  Ursi...................  8®  10
Acacia, 1st picked...  ®l
...  @
“ 
2nd  “ 
3rd 
« 
...  ©
“ 
••  Sifted sorts.  ®
“ 
p o ................  76@1
Aloe, Barb,  (po, 60)..  60®
“  Cape, (po.20),..  ©
**  Socotri’, (po. 60)  ®
•Catechu,  Is,  (Ms,  14
>¿8,16).................  ©
Ammoniae  ..............  25®
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).  @
Benzolnum ............   50®
•Camphorae..............  2i®
Euphorbium, po......   35®
•Galbanum— ...........   @
’  Gamboge, po— . —   80® 
•Guaiacum, (po. 45)...  &
Kino, (po. 25).............  @
Mastic.......................  ©1
MVrrh, (po.45).... 
-.  @
•Opii.tpo.4 40i........2 85@3 00
Shellac.....................  25©  34
“  bleached......   25®  30
•^yajmcantii..............  30®  75
Absinthium 
JSujpatorium .........
•Lobelia  — ..............
Majorum  .................
Mentha Piperita......
“  V ir....... ....
B u e ............. 
........
Tanacetum,  V .......
’Thymus. V...............
MAGNESIA. 
Oalclned,  P a t........
«Carbonate,  P at........
•Carbonate,  K. & M.. 
•Carbonate,  Jennings 
Absinthium.............5 00®5 50
.Amygdalae, Dulc....  45®  75 
Amydalae, Amarae.. 7 25®7 10
A nte!...... . 
1 85®1 95
A uranti Cortex........  ®2 50
- jBetg&mii....................... 2 75®3 25
' -Cajiputi  ....... 
  90@1 00
•Caryophylli..............  ®2 00
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Oienopodii  ..............  ®1  75
Q nnam onii..............  85®  90
(%n>nella  ................  ®  75
Conium  Mac......... ..  35®  65
Copaiba...... .............90® 1 00
--Cubebae  ...........1 4  U0®14 50
.  Exechthitos..............  90@1 00
I Brigeron.............1  20®1 30
«Gaultherla.. 
..........2 25®2 35
•Geranium,|....... 
  ®  75
Cossipii, Sem, gal—   55®  75
i  Hedeoma.............. - .1 10@120
.Jxniperi__ :............  60®2 00
Lavendula....... . 
90®2 00
Limonis ............. 
1 75®2 25
. MeDtha Piper........... 2 26®3 33
Mentha Verid........... 3 00@3 25
Morrhaae,  gal.........  80@1 00
¿Mtoxcia,
■'’O flv e .^ ^ ............... I

OLEUM.

 

 

 

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SEMEN.

(po. 55)......... . 

adonium.................  75®1 00

Potass  Nitras,opt...  8®
Potass Nitras........... 
7®
Prussiate .................  25®
Sulphate po...... 15®
RADIX.
Aconitum.................  20®
A lthae......................  25®
Anchusa...................  15®
Arum,  po.................   ®
Calamus....................   20®
Gentiana,  (po. 15)....  10® 
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
.  ®
Hellebore, Alba, po.  15®
Inula, po...................  15®
Ipecac, po.................2 25®2
Iris plox(po. 20@22)..  18®
Jalapa, p r.................  25®
Maranta,  Ms............   ®
Podophyllum,  po....  15®
Ehei  .........................  75@1
“  cut....................  ®1
“  p v ....................   75®1
Spigelia....................  48®
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  ®
Serpentaria..............  30®
Senega......................  55®
Smilax, Officinalis, H  @ 
M  @
Scillae,  (po.35)__ ...  10®
Symplocarpus,  Roe-
tidus.po.................  ®
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  ® 
German..  15®
Zingiber a .................  16®
Zingiber j .................  18®
Anisum, (po. 20)........  ®
Apium  (graveleons).  10®
Bird, Is......................  4®
Carui,  (po. 18)...........  12®
Cardamom...... ........ 1 00@1 25
Coriandrum..............  10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa...... dy%@ 4M
enopodium.........   10®  12
Diptenx Odorate__ 1 75®1 85
Foeniculum..............  @  15
Foenugreek, po........ 
6®
Lini............................. 3M@
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  ..  3M®
Lobelia......................  35®  40
Phalaris Canarian...  35S£_@4M
R apa.......................
Sinapis,  Albu.........
Nigra..........  11®  13
SPIRITUSi
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50
Frumenti, D. F. R__1 75@2 0C
Frumenti ................. 1 10®1 50
JuniperisCo. O.T...1 75@1 75
Juniperis Co............ 1 75®3 50
Saacnarum  N. E ......175®2 09
Spt. Vini Galli......... 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto..............125®2 00
Vini  Alba..............  1 25®2 00
SPONGES
Florida sheens’wool
carriage................. 2 25®2 50
Nassau sheeps’wool
carriage................. 
2 00
Velvet Extra sheeps’
wool carriage........ 
110
Extra Yellow sheeps’
carriage........... .
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage.................
66
Hard for slate  use...
76
Yellow Reef, for slate
40
50
50
60
60
60
50
60
50
50
50
50
50
50
60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
50 
75 
60 
75 
75 
1 00 50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
50 
75 
75 
35 
50 
60 50 
50 
85 
50 
2  00 
50 
.  50 
50 
60 
0g 
60 
50 
60 
00 50 
50

use.....................
SYRUPS.
Accada.....................
Zingiber....................
Ipecac.......................
Ferri Iod...... ..
Auranti Cortes.........
Rbei Arom............
Smilax Officinalis__
Co,.
Senega.......................
Scillae.......................
Co..................
Tolutan......................
Prunus virg..............
TINCTURES. 
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
Aloes.........................
and myrrh......
A rnica......... .
Asafcetida................
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin...............
C o..............
Sanguinaria.............
Barosma;..................
Cantharides..
Capsicum..................
Cardamon.................
Co.............
Castor.......................
Catechu....................
Cinchona...................
Co...............
Columba ..............   .
Conium...... ..............
Cubeba......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Gentian................... .
co................
Gualca  
ammou.........
Zingiber.........
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine........................
Colorless......
Ferri Chi  ridum.......
Kino...................
Lobelia.........
M yrrh..............
Nux Vomica.......... .
Opt,____ i..............
Camphorated.,.
Deodor.
Auranti C ortex......
Quassia.....................
Rhatany..........
Bhei......................
Cassia Acutif ol------
Co...
Serpentaria.............
Stromoniu m..........
Tolutan...............
Valerian.......... ....... .
Veratrum Veride....
XmcSfcLANBOUS. 
Æther, Spts Nit, 3 F..  i
Æther. Spts Nit, 1F..  80®  32
A lom en.,................... Zyt® 3)4
Alumen, ground,  (p-
o. 7).........................  3®  4
Annetto  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   55<  i  ff)
-Antimoni,  po...........  4®  „6
Antimoni et Potass T  55®  60 
3S®1 40

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60&10. less.

Capsici Fruetus, af..  ®  15 
Capsici Fructus, po..  ®  16 
Capsici Fructus, B po  ®  14 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)  22®  25
Carmine, No. 40........  @3 75
Cera Alba, S. &  F ....  50®  55
Cera Flava...............   2fe@  30
Coccus......................  ®  40
Cassia Fructus.........   ®  15
Centraria...... ..........   ®  10
Cetaceum.................  ®  40
Chloroform..............  60@  65
Chloroform,  Squibbs  ®1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst......1 50®1
Chondrus .................   10®
Cinchonidine, P. & W  15® 
Cinchonidine, Ger’an  5® 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c e n t.......................
Creasotum................  ®
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @
Creta  prep................  5®
Creta, precip__ ..... 
8®
Creta Rubra..............  @
Crocus.................. 
  18®
Cudbear....................   ®
CupriSulph..............  6®
Dextrine...................  10®
Ether Suiph..............  68®
Emery, all numbers.  ®
Emery, po.................  ®
Ergota. (po.) 75.........   70®
Flake  w hite............   12®
Galla........
Gambier...................
Gelatin, Coopor........
Gelatin, French........ 
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue, Brown.............  9®
'Glue, White..............  13®
Glycerins.................  33®
Grana  Paradis!........  ®
H um ulus.................
25®
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite.
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum 
®  90 
Hydrarg Ammoniati.
@1  10 
Hydrarg Unguentum
45®  55 
Hydrargyrum .............  
~  65
Ichthyocolla, Am. ...1 25@1 50
Indigo.........*..........  76@1 00
Iodine, Re8Ubl__ ...4 Q0®4 10
Iodoform....................   ®5 15
Lupuline  ...................  85®1 00
Lycopodium . .............  55®
Macis.............r..........  80®
Liquor Arsen et Hy­
drarg Iod...... ...........   @ 27
Liquor Potass Arsini-
tis............................   10® 12
Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl
1M)............................  2®  _
Mannia, S. F ..............   90@1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W  2 40@2 65
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q.
&C.  Co.................. 2 30®2 55
Moschus C anton__
Myristica, No. 1........
Nux  Vomica, (po. 20)
Os. Sepia...................
Pepsin Saac,  H. & P.
D. Co......................
®2 00
Piois Liq, N. C.. M gal
doz..........................
®2 70 
PidsLiq.,  quarts__
®1 40 
Picis Liq., pints........
®  85 
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).
®  50 
Piper Nigra,  (po.22)
18 
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..
35 
Pix Burgun..............  ©
7 
Plumbi Acet............   14®  ■
15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.l 10@1 20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
&P. D.Co., doz........
®1 25 
PyTethrum, pv.........
Quassiae...................
Quinia, S, P. & W__
Quinia, S, German...
Rubia Tinctorum__
Sacctaarum Lactis pv
Salacin......... ............3 40@3 50
Sanguis Draconis__   40®  50
Santonine.................  @4 50
Sapo,  W....................
Sapo,  M....................
Sapo, G.....................
Seidlitz  Mixture......
Sinapis
Sinapis, opt............
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
Voes.......................
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do.
Voes...........................
Soda Boras, (po  11). .10 
Soda et PotossTart..  <
Soda Carb............
Soda, Bi-Carb...........
Soda, Ash.................
Soda  Sulphas...........
Spts. Ether Co.........
50®  55 
Spts.  fV'VrdaDom...
®2 00 
Spts, Myrcia  Imp__
®2 50
Spts  Vini Beet.  bbL
2.25)........................
@2 35
Less 5c. gal.  cash ten  days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl  ............2V® 8M
Sulphur,  Roll...........2M®  8
Tamarinds................  8®  10
ferebenth  Venice  ..  28®  30
Theobromae.............  50®  55
V anilla..................9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Suiph.............. 
7®  8

35®
12®
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OILS.

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W hale,winter........  71
Lard, extra......•.........  61
Lard, No.  1...... . .......  4|
Linseed, pure raw  ..  51
Linseed, boiled ........   5<
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.............. 
  g(
Sph.ts Turpentine...  4s
paints  Bbl
Bed Venetian.,........iv
Ochre, yellow Mars  .lg
Ochre, yellow  Ber... 
Putty, commercial... 
Putty, strictly pure.. 
Vermilion prime Am­
e ric a n ..............
Vermilion, English..
Green, Peninsular... 
Lead,  re d ...........
w h ite..............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, Gilders’, fg. 
White, Paris Amer’n 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng,
cliff...................ÎT.
Pioneer g Prepared
T aints.............,....-1
Swiss'Villa Prepared 
Paints.;..-,.............]
S  Jjg¡¡g  VARNISHES.
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1.  Describe t&é. I^ihagement  of  the pro­
cess  of  pereolatioHjNiM  Evaporation.  Say 
are  necessary for
what degree8 of 
the  substances 
acted up.  Name the 
class of  drugs  which  can  be exhausted by 
percolation.  What  ^ n d   of  liquids  pass 
through most rapidly, and  what care  mnsf 
be exercised  with , Wery porous  drugs, such 
as  contain  a  verj%-large  proportion of  ex­
tractive  matter, add with  others which are 
compact  and  of  close  texture, and in case 
of  excess  of  the  menstruum?  How  can 
the  proper  strength of  the  preparation be 
preserved  when  it  becomes  necessary  to 
evaporate partbf  the liquid?
2.  Name four solvents  frequently used in 
the practice of  pharmacy,  in  the  order  of 
their relative value as solvents.  Explain by 
example the drugs best adapted to each.
3. Spiritus—What is the difference between
a tincture and a spirit, U. S. P. ?  Name the 
five modes recognized by the Pharmacopoeia 
for  preparing  spirits,  naming one of  eaefi 
kind. 
4.  Tinctura—What are tinctures ?  Name 
three  processes  ordered  by  the  Pharma­
copoeia  for  preparing  them.  Name  one 
made  by each  process.  Mention a tincture 
made  by  simple  solution.  What  is  the 
formula for Tincturse HerbarumRecentium ?
5.  Fluid  Extracts,  Solid  Extracts,  Ab­
stracts—Give a general  formula for prepar­
ing them.  Describe  them as to strength of 
drug, menstruum, dose,  etc.
6.  Metrology—What is  measure?  What 
is  weight ?  Name  the  system of  weights 
used  in  the  U.  S.  P.,  based  on the grain. 
Give  the  table  for.  apothecaries’  weight 
Give the table for wine measure,  U. S.  P.
7.  Nomenclature,  U. S.  P.—How  are the 
titles of  medical substances indicated in the 
tk   S. P.?  Give an example of  each.  Why 
is  the  Latin  language  employed  for the 
officinal  names?  What  is  meant  by  the
botanical  name?”  When 
should  the 
officinal name be used ?
8.  Syrupus—Give the  process for making 
the  following  officinal  syrups :  Syrupus 
Aurantii,  Syrupus  Aurantii  Florum,  Syr­
upus Ferri  Iodidi,  Syrupus  Pruni  Virgin­
ian», Syrupus Tolutanus.
9.  Name one each of  the  following offici­
nal remedial agents, giving the  formula for 
its  preparation,  and  its  use :  Cerata, Un­
guenta,  Emplastra,  Confection, Mass».
10.  Extemporaneous  Pharmacy  —  State 
what class of  preparations  come under this 
head.  Write  a  paragraph  outlining  your 
idea  of  the  requirements  of  a  dispensing 
pharmacist.

.CHEMISTRY.

1.  Definitions—What do  you  understand 
by organic and inorganic  chemistry ?  Give 
an  example  of  each.  What  is  meant  by 
chemical action 3  Describe a case in which 
chemical  action  occurs.  What is an acid ? 
What is  an alkali ?
2.  Name  five  metals  the  salts of  which 
are  frequently used  in  medicine.  Name a 
leading salt of  each,  and describe how they 
are obtained.
Potassium— Give the source and  char­
acter  of  carbonate  of  potassium.  How  is 
thè  chlorate Of  potassium  prepared?  De­
scribe  the  appearance  and  properties  of 
iodide  of  potassium.  What  is  cream  of 
tartar?  Describe the officinal article.  What 
acid does it contain ?
4.  Mercury—Name  the  principal  ore  of 
mercury.  Describe a  process by which the 
metal is extracted  from  the ore.  Describe 
the  physical  and  medicinal  properties  of 
mercury. 
In what preparation of  medicine 
do we use  metallic  mercury ?  How is cal­
omel  prepared,  and  what  care  should  be 
used in prescribing it with  other remedies ?
5.  Oil of  Vitriol—Give the officinal name, 
and tell what  you know  about it.  What is 
White  vitriol?  Blue  vitriol?  Green  vit­
riol ?  How are they  obtained ?  What per 
cent,  of  sulphuric  acid  is  contained  in 
aromatic sulphuric acid ?
6.  Acid  Tannicum—Describe  a  process 
for  the  preparation of  tannic  acid.  What 
preparation  of  tannic  acid  is  contained in 
nutgall ?  Mention other officinal substances 
whose  astringency is due to tannin.  What 
are the officinal preparations ?
7.  Magnesium^Give  the  natural  source 
of  the  various  salts of  magnesium.  Give 
the  process  for  the  pAparation of  Epsom 
salts.  Name the officinal preparations con­
taining  magnesium 
How 
would  you  prepare  the  liquor  magnesii 
citratis, U. S.?
8.  Arsenicum—In what  form does arsenic 
occur  in  nature ?  Describe  the  character 
and appearance of White arsenic.  Mention 
the officinal preparations of  White  arsenic. 
How is the liquor potassa arsenitus and the 
liquor acidi arsenibsi U. S. prepared ?  What 
would  you  give  in  case  of  poison  by  ar­
senic ?
9.  Aeeticum U. S.—What  is  it ?  Name 
an officinal preparation containing it.  What
the  source  of  citric  acid?  Name  its 
officinal  preparations.  Give  the  origin of 
tartaric acid and other tartrates.
10.  Poisons—Give the  best  and speediest 
antidote for the following poisons :  Hydrate 
of chloral, nitric  acid,  caustic  potash, and 
aqua ammonia.

carbonate. 

MATERIA  MEDICA.

1.  Foxglove—Name  it  officially.  Give 
its habitat.  What part of  the plant is used
medicine, andivvhat are the special direc­
tions for gathering it ?  Mention its uses in 
medicine.  Give  the  officinal  preparations 
and doses.
2.  Hydrastus—- Give  the  common  and 
officinal names.  What  part of  the plant is 
used ?  Mention  its  active  constituents, 
giving  the  color  of  each.  Give  medical 
properties and usev  Officinal  preparations.
3.  Animal  products—Name  five  used in 
medicine, as follows:  One a fixed oil; one a 
glutine;  one  an  acid;  one  an  escharotic 
poison;  one an emulsifying agent.
4.  What  are  resins?  What  are  gum 
resins ?  What  are  natural  oleo-resins ? 
What  are  balsams?,  Name  one  qf  each 
class.
5.  CamphQr— What  is  gum  caffiphor ?
Describe it as found 1n  rile  market.  From 
what  plants  is  the  bfficinal  camphbr  ob­
tained ?  Where do ; we  bbtain our supply ? 
Mention the official fireparatibps and med­
ijp i tf c   •  ■ V ' 
ical use. 
Castor O il-gjp^|fie  officinal  name of 
the  plant  produ%ig$k^ Give 
habitat, 
describing  the  plant.  From  what  part is 
the oil obtained,  and how ?  Give its  med­
ical properties 3Hd-Q80';•
7.  Fuiveris—State the composition of the 
following .officinRi  preparations, giving  the 
dose of  each, and m otion what special care 
directed1  for  theif ; preservation.  Give 
officinal "name  of each,  Seidlitz  jmwders, 
Dover’s powder, Tuliy’a powder? compound 
chalk powder, jamee’ powder.  .  •  "  • 
fi.Y||ame five officinal vegetable drugs ir- 
their  active 
dose and officinal

lUinoia.^ Name 

,

Minor  Drug  Notes. 

'

A Georgia farmer  made  $100 off  an acre 
planted in water melons,  and a neighboring 
doctor made $200 off  the same acre.

The  value  of  lactic acid as a remedy for 
the diarrhoeas of  children  seems to be fully 
established. 
It  is  given  in a dose  of  one 
minim of the  concentrated  acid, largely di­
luted and sweetened,  repeated  every five to 
sixty minutes,  according t© the  severity of 
the symptoms.
_ A safe and efficient  preservative for solu­
tions  disposed  to  ferment or putrefy,  or to 
develop  fungus  growths, is  chloroform,  of 
which a very small  proportion  is  required. 
Its  use  is  limited  by the  fact  that  it has 
somewhat ‘ active  physiological  and  thera­
peutic properties.

Five per  cent,  solutions  of  carbolic  acid 
in  water,  even  in  the  presence of  ten per 
cent,  of  alcohol,  deposit  a  portion  of  the 
phenol if  exposed to a low temperature.  If 
such solutions  are  used, containing no gly­
cerine,  care must be taken not to allow them 
to  become  chilled,  or  at  least  not to use 
them without making sure  that  all the car­
bolic acid is in solution.

An  i|em has been going the rounds of the 
papers  regarding a superior  insect  powder 
consisting of a mixture of one part of naph­
thaline with 100 parts of pyretheum flowers, 
which  may be ' themselves  old  and  inert. 
That  such a powder  would be efficient, we 
do not doubt, but a good many housekeepers 
would as soon have the moths as the odor of 
the  naphthaline.

The  health  officer  of  Cleveland  reports 
that there have been no less  than  six cases 
of  serious  poisoning  in  that  city recently 
with compound licorice powder,  which was 
found to have  been  supplied by several re­
tail  druggists.  The  symptoms  were  the 
same in each  case,  and  were  described  as 
“violent pains in the abdomen  and  painful 
dilatation of  the eyeballs.”  Obviously,  the 
powder came from some  common  source of 
supply,  which at latest advices had not been 
traced.  A case of  poisoning  by this  same 
preparation was reported not long ago from 
Detroit, in  which  the  article  sold as com 
pound licorice powder turned out to be sim 
ply  white  hellebore.  The  retail  druggist 
who could  dispense  such an article without 
noticing  anything  wrong  about  it  should 
brush up his pharmacognosy. ^

How  Patent  Medicines  are  Sold.

Prof.  Chandler is pretty hard on the man­
ufacturers  of  patent  medicines, if  the  fol 
lowing statements, which  are  attributed  to 
him by an exchange,  are authentic :

These  firms  of  manufacturers  of  pro 
prietary  medicines,  nine  out  of  ten,  live 
solely  by  the  newspapers  and  sometimes 
are admirably managed. 
I know  some  es­
tablishments  in  which  there  is  a  regular 
staff  employed;  1  know  something  about 
them,  because they try to -bribe  me  to  cer 
tify to the value of  their concoctions.  As 
say,  there is a regular  staff.  There  is  the 
literary man,  who  writes the letters, giving 
marvelous  accounts  of 
inarvelous  cures 
there is the  artist  who  sbpws  the  patient 
before  and  after taking twenty-two bottles 
of  the  medicine;  there • is  the  poet,  who 
composes poems upon  thé'r subject;  there is 
the liar, who swears to wfiat he knows isa’t 
true,  and  the  forger  who-produces  testi­
monials from his  own  imagination.  With­
out exaggeration T shduld'saÿ'ûïàt nine  out 
of  ten of these  proprietary  medicines  are 
frauds, pure  and  simple;  the real  business 
is advertising for dupes.;  The  medical part 
of  it is but a side issue, 
i   am  pretty sure, 
if  I  were to pound up brickbats, and  spend 
$100,000 in offering it at a dollar  an ounce, 
as a sure cure for some disease  which  can­
not  be  cured,  I  should  get  back  at  least 
$110,000,  thus  giving  me  $10,000  for my 
trouble.  Nine-tenths of  the medicines sent 
out in this fashion  have  no  more  curative 
properties than brickbat dust.

The Drug Market.

Gum camphor  has  declined.  Quinine is 
lower.  Opium is steady at last  week’s  de 
cline.  Morphia is unchanged.  Cubebs  are 
higher.  • Powdered  opium  has  declined. 
The demand for Paris green is very large at 
unchanged  prices.  Nitrate 
is 
scarce and will be higher.  Oils peppermint 
and pennyroyal are higher.  Oil wintergreen 
is advancing.  Saffron  has  declined.  Lin­
seed oil has declined.

strontia 

He alone is happy and  great  who  needs 
neither to obey nor to command  in order  to 
distinguish himself.

VISITING  BUYERS.

E arle & Esmon, Rodney
Alex D enton,  H ow ard C ity 
F R H urlburt, St Ignace
Geo F  S tark, Cascade 
R G Sm ith, W ayland 
S A Bush, Lowell

The following retail  dealers have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
J  K Flood, H art 
L F Davpll, Boyne Falls 
G- Sinclair, B angor 
H enry Strope, Morley 
A Oppenheim er, B angor 
Morley Bros, Cedar Springs Jas Broderick,  Sum m it Cy 
H Colby, Rockford 
U tter Lum ber  Co, Sullivan M artin Gezon, Jenisonville 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove K napp & Baldwin,  Chippe- 
C P  Lillie,  CoopersviUe 
T M Reed, CoopersvUle 
H enry  M itchell, Lowell 
H M Lewis, Ionia 
John Giles & Co, LoweU 
H B Fargo, Muskegon 
N ickerson & Collister, 
Jay  M arlatt, Berlin 
S H B allard,  S parta

John G unstra, Lam ont 
H erder &  Lahuis,  Zeeland 
B G ilbert & Co, Moline 
Mrs M A Side, Kent- City 
SMcNitt & Co, B yron C entr 
M H eyboer & Bro,  D renthe 
C K H oyt, H udsonville 
C V Hane, Remus 
F  Cornell, Griswold

P entw ater 

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L u cu p s c. w b s t ,

I  i l   1  Pi II  J  A Attorney at Patent Daw and Solicitor 
, 
American  and  Foreign  patenta
105 E. Haln SAi Kalamazoo, Mlcft, U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  Practice ln u . 8. Courts.  Circulant 
free. 
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I  Should  send $1 to |  
¿   A. Stowe  Sc Bro.
j 
Iterane«! their Improved

.  GRAND  BAFID8 ,

DEALERS IN

Patent Medicines, 
Paints,  Oils, 
Varnishes.

WE ARE  SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, 

Brandies, 

Gins, 
Wines,
*  Rums,

■)

-  Mich
V I C ’S

B B S -B X T G   • P C T T .T .tr .- P T

W ITH O U T  PO ISO N .

No  Color,  No * Smell  and  No  Damage to 

Bed  Clothes  or  Furniture.

Retails  for  2 5   c e n t s   fo r  large  package.

Trade  supplied through  all wholesale drug­

gists, or direct by the manufacturers.  .  •

ROUSSIN  &  CO.,

Ludington, 

- 

Michigan.

Pioneer Prepared  Paints

Write  for Sample  Cards  and Prices.  W e 

have Supplied our Trade with this

P.  P.  P.

Brand  and  it  is  all  the  manufacturecs 
claim for it.

W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.

Hazeltine X Perkins Drilg Go.,
GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

GENERAL AGENTS,

Pioneer  Prepared Paints

« . 

8 5 c  s iz e .      ........................................p e r  d o i, $a.M
50c  «  ................................................ 
SJMF
Peckham ’s Croup Remedy is  prepared es­
pecially for children and is a safe  and certain 
cure for Groups, Whooping Gough,  Golds Hnd 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  o f 
childhood.  For attractive  advertising matter" 
address the proprietor. Dr. H. C. PECKHAM, 
Freeport, Mich.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists of  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit  and 
Chicago.

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

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

SOUR MASH WHISKEY.

-AND-

D r ifts’  Favorite  Rye  Whisky,

W e Sell Liquors for  Medicinal Purposes 

only.

W e  Give  Our  Personal  Attention  to 

Mail Orders and  Guarantee Satisfaction

All Orders  are Shipped and Invoiced the 

same day we receive them.

SEND IN A TRIAL  ORDER.

TRADE supplied by the

Hazeltine & PerMis Drug Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

And the W holesale  Druggists  of  Detroit 

and Chicago.

erne White Lead  & Color Worts,
-  MICH
DETROIT, 

Manufacturers of the Ce e bra ted

ACME  PREPARED  PAINTS,

Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty

and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.

WHOLESALE 'AGENT,

Grand- Rapids, 

á

Mich.

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TIME  TABLES.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOO DS

P ¡|l|f

V'

Delinquent Lists Sustained. ? •;

B B S ' ■ ■ 
m i l 1 t k h m  th e New Jersey (Srocer.
PjwKff*- 

I  decision was  rendered by Judge Doug- 
Jersey CityT a few days since, which 
gi; ’  effectually settles the question as to whether 
jf£\'  members of a protective association have or 
W1 
have not the right to circulate  and  publish 
„  for the use of members only,  the  names of 
| ' j   delinquent debtors.  The  decision  will  be 
P. *.  nqted  with a great  deal  of  satisfaction by 
fe  .  Hie members  of  the  State  Association  of 
| | J r   ffew  Jersey, as a division  of  opinion  has 
§ | p   existed as to the legality of  the  delinquent 
lit :' ’v f|afaa, and some members  have  hesitated to 
B ' v-i6ake use of them, fearing  that by so doing 
they would violate the law, and  thus  leave 
§p% ' ; themselves open to prosecution.
I J I 5 -  The case referred to was that of  a saloon 
81?  keeper of Jersey City, who sued the Morton 
P i  I  Brewing Co. for $2,000  damages to his bus- 
fa*»«, resulting from  having  his name pub- 
lished as a delinquent debtor  in  the  delin- 
Kp 
quent lists of the Brewers’  Mutual  Protec- 
*  tive Association.  This  Association  organ­
ized  bn  a  plan  similar  to  the Retail Mer- 
's;”' 
%  ,  chants’ Association, and its by-laws contain 
ffi kV  a  clause which prevents any  member of the 
S iy   Association giving credit to anyone who has 
been reported as a  delinquent, 
the  conse- 
quence of which was that the  saloon-keeper

Arrives. 
Traverse City & Maddnaw Ex.......,9:05am  
T raversa City Ex.............................. 
F ro m  C incinnati................ ..7:30 p  m
Ft. W ayneandM ackinaw Ex.......3:40pm  
Saginaw Express............................11:86 am  
***« 
..............................10:30 pm . 

<< 

Leaves.
IX-A® am
7;00*m
5:05pm
7:80 am
4:10 pm

Saginaw express runs through solid.
7 d)0 a. m. tram has chair ear to Traverse City.
11 :S0 a. m. train has chair flhr for Petoskey and Mack-
*T:05 p/m . train has  sleeping  cars  for  Petoskey and 
Mackinaw City.
GOING SOUTH.
Cincinnati Express.........................
Fort Wayne Express........................10:80am 
Cincinnati Express.........................4:40 p m 
Traverse City and Mackinaw E x.. 11:00 p m 

ll:«Bam
5:00p m
7 15 a m train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati.
5:00 p m train has Woodrnff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5*00 p  m. train connects  with M. O. B. R. at Kaiama- 
soo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Tiaata 
* 4 5 tm ..............................................................•
1100 a ....................................................................

Arrive,

Leaving tim e at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.

C. L.-Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Michigan Central.

Grand Rapids Division.

DEPART.

D etroit Express.

6:45 a m  
. 1:10 pm 
,10:45 p m
...............................................................6:50 a  m
Mix Art 
•Pacific  Express........................................................®:J® »m
M aU..............................................................................J d f  P m
G rand Rapids  Express...........................................P J®

ARBUS K.

•Dally.  All oth e r dally except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
rikn on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to  and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r cars ru n  on  Day  Express  an d   G rand 
Racids Express to  and  from   D etroit.  D irect  conneo-
Rapids Express to  and  from   D etroit. 
------
tions 
a t  D etroit w ith all thro u g h  tra in s E ast over
M. O. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)
O. W. Ruggles, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Chas. H. Norris, Gen’i Agent.

T^ke Shore & Michigan Southern.
■

Kalam azoo Division. 

p m

.G rand Rapids.
.AJlegan...........
.K alam azoo.... 
.W hite Pigeon.
.E lkhart............

p m   p m   a m  
1:10  3:00  7:45 Dp.
3:85  4:12  9:02  “  .
F rt  5:03 10:00 Ar.
6:35 11:35  “   , 
8;00 18:30  “   . 
a m
7:50  7:10 “  . 
p m
10:25  5:05  “   .
1:35  9:40  “  ....C lev elan d .........................  7:15  5:45
PA®
6:80  3:30  “   ....B u ffa lo .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:00 llj40
Tickets fo r sale to   all  principal  points  in   tu e  UN S., 
Mexico and Canada a t U nion T icket  Office,  Gbo.  W il ­
liam son, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

.Toledo.

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

a  m  

;

Cleveland, Ohio.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
Lea
1:Î2
7?
111-4»

A rrives. 
fM orning Express.............. .............1:05 p m  
tT hroughM ail....................................5
p  m  
I n  
tA .lA n m  

GOING WEST.

j  T» 

T» 

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GOING BAST.

tD etroit  Express.............................8,111
tT hrough Mail................................. ^ o ? 8111
fEvening Express............................3:25 p m  
•Lim ited Express............................. 6:85 p m  

tD aily, Sundays excepted.  «Dally. 
D etroit  Express  has parlo r  ca r  to D etroit, m aking 
d irect connections fo r ail points  E ast, arriv in g  in  New 
Y ork 10:10 a .m . nex t day.  Lim ited  Express,  E a s t has 
th ro u g h   sleeper  G rand  Rapids  to   N iagara  Falls, 
connecting  a t   M ilwaukee 
th ro u g h  
sleeper to  Toronto. 
.
Through tickets and  sleeping  c a r  b erth s secured a t 
D.. G. H. & M .R’y  offices, 28 M onroe St., and a t th e depot.

Jun ctio n   w ith 

ja s. Ca m pbell, City P assenger A gent.

, 

3:60 p m
6:30 p m
__

We carry a full *1116 ol 
Seeds  of  every  variety, 
both for field and garden. 
Parties  in  want  should 
write to or see the

A  Drummer’s  Story.

Among half  a  dozen  commercial  drum-
mers  who occupied  seats in  a  smoker  re­
cently, relating  their accustomed  yams for I 
their  own  edification, was  one  who  had I 
made  himself  conspicuous  by his  silence. 
He sat in a thoughtful mood with his smok-1 
ing cap drawn down over his eyes and with 
a large sample  case in front of  him; he did I 
not look like a deceiver. 
_  I
The conversation  had  turned  on  their j 
hair-breadth escapes from railway accidents I 
and while each went the previous one a lit-1 
tie better, this  modest one did  not wonder I 
at  any Of  the  stories  or  essay to question J 
them.  But  his  turn  came  and he had  his I 
revenge.
‘‘Speaking of  hard  riding,” said he, as a I 
hardware  drummer  had  finished a blood- J 
curdling recital of  a  lightning  ride on  the 
Michigan  Central,  “the fastest  traveling I 
ever  did was  on a stab  road  down  in  the I 
edge of  Indiana.  We had  just  rounded a 
curve  when the  conductor entered  the  car I 
hurriedly  and  cried: 
‘Shut your eyes  and! 
hang  on to-the seats.’  We  all  did  as we I 
were bid.  A  moment  later  and we  were I 
experiencing an  awful sensation.  The  car I 
seemed  to  shudder, the windows  to  creak 
ami  then all was over.  A moment  after-1 
-ward the  conductor  entered  and  gave the 
i order:  ‘Open your eyes and let go the seats.’
“Everything  looked  natural,  but  the 
queer proceeding had aroused  my curiosity, 
and  I  was  led to ask  the  conductor  what 
had taken  place.
‘This is a single 
flack road and we just  jumped a freight.’ ”

‘“ Not  much’  said he. 

As  Viewed  at  New York.

- C ram  th e Produce Exchange Bulletin.

Grand Rapids has awakened to the iniqui­
ties of the farmers and has passed a local or­
dinance to regulate  the  sale  of  milk,  bob 
veal,  rotten  butter,  etc.  Strict  rules  are 
prescribed by which it is  intended  to  pre­
vent the usually dirty practices  of  the milk 
venders  and  producers.  The  regulations 
«gainst milk from diseased or freshly calved 
cows or from filthy receptacles or surround­
ings or that has been  contaminated through 
proximity to infectious  diseases  or  places 
are all very strict.  This is all in  line  with 
a  very necessary reform as to dairy produce, 
m il if the officials of Grand Rapids do  their 
full duty much bad milk and  butter  will be 
prevented from being a menace  to  the pub­
lic health of that  city.

W hy  the  Impostor  Succeeds.

“ It is a curious thing in  public life,” said 
Wiggins, as he  laid  his  newspaper on the 
fable,  “ that  a windy, loud-mouthed  impos­
tor  often  succeeds,  while  men  of  great 
merit are passed over.”
“Not  at  all,” replied  Bobley,  “it’s  the 
most natural thing in  the  world  to put the 
Mower before the  grate.”

Worse than Tight  Shoes.

On a street car—Griggs—What  on  earth 
Is  the  matter  with  the  lady over  there? 
Has she the St. Vitns dance?
Briggs—Oh, no;  she’s  trying to put on a 
pair of new gloves.

The United States is the  largest consurn- j 
lag country of raisins in the world, and  re- 
liable authorities estimate  the  consumption 
a t  about  2,050,000  boxes  of  twenty-two 
fjfuunds  each,  which, at  an  average  of  $2 
per box, shows an expenditure of $4,000,000 
wet  annum  for  one  article  in  dried fruit. 
The  amount  referred  to  represents,  say, 
1,000,000 boxes of  Valencia,  750,000  boxes 
Grilfomia,  200,000  boxes  Malaga  and 
100,000 boxes of  Smyrna.  The crop of  the
Wrorid for the present season is estimated in j 
round numbers at 6,350,000  boxes, about as 
follows: Valencia, 3,000,000 boxes; Malaga, 
600,000  boxes;  California,  750,000  boxes, 
and  Smyrna,  2,000,000  boxes.  The  ship- 
ments  of Valencia  raisins  to  the  United 
States to date are  500,000  boxes, 300,000 of 
which are now afloat.
-  A Cadillac butcher has just  worked off a 
Joke on the municipality.  One of  his oxen 
died a  natural death  awhile  back,  and the 
Boairi of Health, finding the body on a heap 
of garbage, warned him that he  must  bury 
it according  to  law.  He  said  he  would. 
T b c next day the august Board again  vislt- 
o d  the garbage heap  and  found the body of
aware covered with  dirt;  and., it  Was  fully 
-pyiw^y minnte8 before the  doctors  saw the 
A&sewkieh the butcher had on them.  „The
anee says that in cases jbg this kind the 
d must be buried two feet underground, 
lie butcher says he  was  careful not i»

hit  H i m I n   rim rrnun  n f   t h i s   hr*

ertflsinOWA^ostofficé for  e tá y  1,000

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OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge,

Lily W hite,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 
Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES:

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

Write for Prices.

MANUFACTURER  OF

Horse and W agon Covers, 

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

W ide Ducks, etc.

Telephone  106.

CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS.

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for Stats of Michigan.

Have  special  programmes  for  public  display.  Send 

for  price  lists  and  get  best  discounts before buy­

ing.  Carry  nothing  but  best  makes.

NO  MORE  SCHEMES.

SOLD  AT  ACTUAL  VALUE

yi ib 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,

Very  Attractive. 

Full  Weight, 

F u ll  Strength.  Order a Sam-

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8 Q uart Tin H am m ered 

P ails

Casters, Colored Bottles

Iro n  Oil Stove, 4 inch Wick

8 q t. Tin  Oval Pail

Square Dinner Pails 

H eavy Tin

Fly Traps

Splendid Summer Sellers

Safety Pins 

and A dam antine Pins

Jelly Tum blers
Table Tum blers 

and
and

Lem onade  Tum blers

The best to a ster ever show n  H otel Goblets—every style

C urry Combs and H orse Brushes

B rashes of all kinds

Baskets of our own im portation—see catalogue 
From our Illustrated Price  List,  Sent  to  Dealers  only 

“F rancis” F ire Proof E arth ern  Tea P ot
on application, Three Hundred Pages of Bargains.

Grand Rapids, 

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0,  12,  14,  16  AND  18  FOUNTAIN  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

'Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. 

Soaps and Niagara Starch.

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on  anything

Catalogue  and 
Inside Prices 
in  our  line.

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M U T T O N

Gan  be  found at  all  tim es  in  fall  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch houses hi  au  the larger 
cities and is Retailed by all First-Olass Butchers.

The trade  of   all marketmen  and meat  dealere is 
solicited.  Our W holesale Branch  House, L. F. Sw ift 
& Go., located at Grand Rapids, alw ays  has on  hand 
a fitll 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 beat.

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AT LAST

LARGE  DEMAND  FOR

I  offer a good quality  saleable 
pattern  Seersucker  Coats  and 
Vests at from $12.50  to  $13.50 
per dozen, good sellers for gener­
al stores and pay a good profit.
Send for sample half dozen.

