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TIMBER,  WHYLAND  &  CO,

NEW   YORK,

RELIABLE

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

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

Millers, Attention

W e are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
w ill save you their cost at least 
three tim es each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue w ith testim onials.
Martin’s  M in e s   Purifier  Co,

GRMD  RJtPIDS,  HIGH.
GRAND  RAPIDS

Paper  Box Factory,

W.  W.  HUELSTER, Prop.

Paper Boxes of Every  Description  Made to 

Order on  Short Notice.

We make a specialty of

Pigeon H ole  F ile  Boxes,  Sample  Trays 

Sample Cases.  Also Shelif, Shoe, Confec­
tionery, M illinery, Dress,  Suit  and 

Packing Boxes.  Druggists’ Slides 

and a ll  kinds o f  Fine  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,  Grail Rajids, M l
BOOK-KEEPING 

WIPED  0UT1

Wo  Pass Books!
No Charging!
No Posting!

No Writing!

No Disputing of loootfnts! 

No  Change to  Make!
TRADESMAN
Credit Coupon Book.

THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM 

ON THE  MARKET.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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Subject to the follow ing discounts:

W e  quote  prices as follows:
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$ 2 Coupons, per hundred.............................$2.50
3.00
$ 5  
$ie 
aoo
$20 
5.00
..............5 per cent.
Orders for 200 or over 
 
......................10 
 
.............. 20 

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Send in sample order and put your  business 
on a cash basis.
1 .1.  STOWE & BRO., Grand  Rapids.

“  500 
" 1000 

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[ t a i n t  H illers.

Shippers and Dealers in  .

GRAIN and BAILED  HAÏ.

Flouring M ill and Office,

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

Grain  Office,

No. 9  Canal Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

VOL.  5.

SAFES!

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

0. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement oi Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

EDMUND B.DIKEMHN
Watch Maker

T H E   GREAT

s Jeweler,
44  GRNÄL  SY„
|K iá
Brand Rapids,  - 

BAUM’S

AXLE

OIL
THE ACKNOWLEDGED  KING  o f AXLE 

LUBRICANTS.  Neither  Gums  nor 

Chills, never runs off the axle 

and outwears any other 
known o il or grease.
PRICES TO THE TRADE.

Ponys, per gross, $10.  Packed in 3  doz. cases. 
Pints, per doz., $3.25.  Packed in 1  doz.  cases. 
Quarts, 'per  doz.,  $4.  Packed  in 1 doz. cases. 
Gallons, each,  $1.20.  Packed  6  cans  in  case. 
Each case contains a  liberal  assortment of 

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

advertising  matter,  lithographs, 

show-cards, etc.

TH E  TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

OLHEY, SHIELDS HO., Grand Rapids, 
Th e  D erby.

Mich.

Oor. W, Fulton ft Mt. Vernon Sts,,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MICH.
0. B. JONES, Proprietor.

House, Sturgis.

Formerly landlord of the Potter House, Battle 

Creek;  more recently of the Elliott 
RATES  $1,50  and $2  PER DIY.
The Derby is a new hotel with  new furnish­
ings throughout,  Steam  Heat,  Elevator,  and 
Bath Room on second  floor,  and  is  the  same 
distance from Union Depot as other prominent 
hotels.
Traveling  men  wishing  a  quiet  place  to 
spend Sunday should try the Derby.

BEWARE !

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

law,  or 

the 

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Geo. T. Wabken & Co.,

8TÄNT0N, SAMPSON * GO,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular” 

Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

State  agents  for  Oeluloid  Collars  and  Caffs. 

120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave.,

DETROIT, 

-  MICHIGAN.

GEO.  F.  OWEN,  Grand  Rapids;

W estern  Michigan  Salesman.

ASK  FOR

ÄRDENYER

MUSTARD
BEST ffl THE WORLD.
S E E D S !

IF   YOU WANT

Medium  Clover,

Mammoth Clover,

Timothy,
Alsike,

Alfalfa,

Orchard Grass,
Blue Grass,

Hungarian,
Millet,

Red  Top,

Field  Peas,

Spring Rye,

Spring  Barley.

OR ANY KIND OF SEEDS SEND TO

W.  T.  LBMOtlEllUX.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

71  Canal  Street,

ESTABLISHED  1866.

B m e t t  

150  80. Wafer  Street Ghioago.

B r o s

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

BARNETT  BROS.

F. J. DETTENTHHLER

WHOLESALE

Salt Lake Fisl

AND  0YSTEES.

Packing  and W arehouse,

37 North Division Street. 
Office, 117 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICE.

BELKNAP
ffapn and Sleigi Co.
W A G O N S !

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

MANUFACTURERS OF

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermen's and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility for  making  first-class  Wagons 
of ail kinds.
^ "S pecial  attention  given  to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops on Front St« Grand Rapid», Mich,

Telit H ew lsleiir i Go,
D R Y   G O O D S

Importers and Jobbers of

Staple  and  Fancy.

O v e r a l l s ,   P a n t s ,  E t c . ,

OUR OWN MAKE.

A  Complete  Line  of

Fancy CrockerysFanGy Woodenvare

OUR OWN IMPORTATION.

Inspection Solicited.  Chicago and Detroit 

Prices Guaranteed.

S.  T.  FISH  &  CO,

General COMMISSION  Merchants
FRUITS  and  PRODUCE,
189 So. W ater St.,  -  Chicago.

WHOLESALE

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

curity.

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

Attorney  atf Law,

G itA iJ D   R A P ID S .

REUBEN  HATCH
Rooms 23 & 24 Widdicomb Bid. Monroe S t,

BB30LUYE 8PIGE8,

SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

-AND----

M i l  Bé e  PowJiir.

JOBBERS OF

Teas, Coffees 1  Grocers
4B Ottawa SI. GRIP RIPID8.

O R D E R

Gordon's

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The Best

In the Market.

FIVE  GENT  GIGHE
FID. D. YALE & CO.

«

Flint, Mich.

J. W. CONVERSE, 

Proprietor. 

O. B. BROWN,

. 

Manager.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SENI)  FOB PRICE LIST.

Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  11,  1888.

ONLY  A  VAG.

He was only a vag.  -
He leaned  against the railing of the dock 
as if  weary and  sick at  heart,  but  the mo­
ment  the name  of  William E.  Brown  was 
called his long,  guant  form straightened up 
as  if  attempting  to  recover  the  dignity 
which in former  days it possessed.

There was something about  Brown’s- face 
which  impressed itself  on the beholder,  in­
stilling the belief that, although he had sunk 
to the  ranks of  the debased  creatures who 
loaf  around  saloons,  sleep  in  hovels  and 
sponge  upon their  fellow-men for  the food 
they consume,  the  vagrant had  once held  a 
respectable position in society and had been 
every inch a man.

His hair was lank and ill-kept.  Furrows 
were plowed in his cheeks and his forehead, 
and  his  long,  gray  beard  was  uncombed 
and  reached  far  down  upon  his  breast. 
Clothes in tatters hanging about his shrunk­
en and emaciated frame, hands  horny with 
hard  toil and  stockingless  feet in worn-out 
boots  were  other  characteristics  of  this 
homeless and wretched outcast.

When asked what he had to say in his de­
fense he poured such a  startling  history of 
his life into the ears of Police Justice  Law­
ler that he was immediately  released on his 
promise to leave the  State.  Romance  and 
war,  wealth  and  destitution,  speculation 
and travel,  suicide and divorce, entered into 
his  experience,  and  in  choice  language, 
showing his education and mental  capacity 
to be far  above  the  average,  he  told  the 
story:

“Never  before  during 

the  sixty-eight 
years of my life,” said he,  “have I   stood in 
the  position  of  a  criminal.  Could  I   but 
have seen this end before me when I started 
out in life I should  have  welcomed  death 
gladly  in preference, but by  easy  stages I 
have sunk down, down, until  I  am  physi­
cally  and  morally  a  wreck.  You  would 
scarcely believe that once I was an officer in 
the English army,  or that I was  one of  the 
six hundred who braved the guns at  Balak- 
Iava,  and yet it is true,  and  the  remainder 
of my history has been a series  of  strange 
and almost incredible experiences.

“I first saw the light of day in Liverpool, 
England.  My father was a rich and respect­
ed hardware merchant, and,  being  an  only 
son,  1 was petted and  spoiled.  Everything 
in reason that I asked for was  granted,  un­
til my disposition  became  overbearing  and 
my  temper  ungovernable. 
I  was given a 
good sound education,  and  my  parents in­
tended that I should  study  for the bar, but 
when  I  was  nineteen  years  old  1  broke 
through  all  restraint  and  enlisted  in the 
army.  The anticipation of a  wild,  reekless 
life attracted me,  as  it  does  thousands  of 
others;  but when I  was  submitted  to  the 
iron discipline,  compelled  to  obey the ca­
prices of others, I  found  the  thongs  very 
galling;  yet still  my  pride  prevented  any 
appeal to my father, who would gladly have 
bought my release.

I 

heard 

and 
to  go 

“For  some years  I  learned the  monoto­
nous  duties  of  a  soldier,  and  at  last  the 
Crimean  War  broke  out.  Anything  was 
agreeable  to  me  compared  with  life  in 
barracks, 
that  we
into  active  service  with 
were 
only  pleasurable  emotions. 
The  deeds 
of  our company of  cavalry, the Light  Bri­
gade, have  become  historical on account of 
the  terrible  experience we  passed through. 
For weeks  the soldiers almost starved from 
famine, waiting for the  daily expected bat­
tle  between  the allied  armies and  Russia, 
and  were  constantly  falling  by  our  side 
from  fever  or exhaustion,  and  when  the 
actual battle took place I felt that we might 
as well fight to the death as be mowed down 
by  hunger, and  I  prepared  for a last  des­
perate struggle.

“When  the order  to  charge right in  the 
teeth of  the Russian  batteries and  capture 
the  guns was  heard  we  gritted  our  teeth 
and  swirled madly up the  hill.  The belch­
ing of the cannon and the constant dropping 
of dead men from their horses were horrible, 
and when a fourth of our number came  ‘out 
of  the  mouth  of  hell,’  it  seemed  to  us 
nothing short of  a miracle. 
I have wounds 
on  my arms, my side  and my head  now as 
relics of  that terrible charge,  and for weeks 
and months 1 lay oh the verge of death.  In 
the course of  time I was promoted from the 
ranks  until  I  commanded  a regiment  of 
heavy  cavalry,  but military  life  began  to 
pall  upon me, and when I was  thirty-seven 
years old I received the news of my father’s 
sudden  death. 
I  sold out  my commission 
and went home,  determined  to  lead a quiet 
life  and  cheer  the  declining  years of  my 
poor old mother. 
I found  that most of  my 
father’s wealth had dwindled away through 
unfortunate business  speculations,  but  still 
we  had  a  few  thousand  dollars  left,  and 
through  the influence of  friends I soon  be­
came superintendent of a railroad.

“About this time the  brightest  gleam of 
sunshine entered  my  life,  only  to be suc­
ceeded by darker gloom. 
I fell in love with 
a clergyman’s daughter—a beautiful, refined 
girl—and had she become my wife  I should 
not now be the  low  creature  that I  am. 
I 
centered my deepest  affection  on  her, and 
she  reciprocated  my  love« 
I  say  she did, 
for I will ntever  disbelieve  her  parity  and 
innocence, as some did later on.  One even­

ing she had been decorating  the  interior of 
a church  for  the  Christmas  service  to  be 
held on the following  day.  Next  morning 
she was found dead in  her  bed,  with  this 
letter lying beside her.”

After searching his pockets,  Brown drew 
forth  an  old  leather  pocket-book, 
from 
which  he  extracted  a  paper,  greasy  and 
tom in the folds.  On being  opened  by the 
Judge,  it read as follows:

“It will be all  over  in  a  few  moments; 
but, oh, my darling, I do not want to die.  I 
was true to you, and  I  will  choose  death 
rather  than  carry  my  disgrace  into  your 
life. 
I only ask that you,  of  all the world, 
will believe what I write.  Last night, after 
the others left the church,  I  remained, put­
ting the finishing  touches  to one of the de­
signs,  and Marsden,  my  father’s curate, as­
sisted me.  Just as I had finished, I noticed 
that he went to the  door  and  locked it. 
I 
asked him why he  did  so,  and  then I saw 
the wild passion  peering  through his eyes. 
He said he had long loved me,  and,  know­
ing that you had  won  my  affections,  his 
heart had been filled with jealousy and rage, 
but he had concealed  his feelings  uutil the 
long-looked-for  opportunity  had  come. 
I 
should be his, or he would  wreak  his  ven­
geance  on  me. 
I  shuddered  and cried;  I 
pleaded  with  him  to  let me go, and said I 
would never breathe a  word  to  any one of 
what he had uttered, hut  he  laughed at me 
and said if I did not yield he would keep me 
there until morning, and  the  world  would 
believe 1 was a lost creature.

“The  more I wept and  pleaded the more 
maddened he became, until  at last,  in spite 
of  my struggles and  cries, he hurled  me to 
the ground, and I lost consciousness. When 
I recovered  he was gloating over  his work, 
and said if  I breathed a word  to anyone  he 
would kill me.  He then unlocked the door 
and  I   staggered  out  into  the night  air,  a 
lost, degraded  creature. 
I  saw before me 
only  blackness  and a blighted  life,  and  1 
determined  never  to  look in  your  loving 
face  again.  When I am dead  you will find 
some  one else who will  love  you;  be happy 
with her. 
I  disguised  my feelings  as well 
as  I   could  when  I  arrived  home,  for  I 
wanted  my father to suspect  nothing  until 
all  was  over  with  me.  1  procured  some 
strychnine from  Dr. Oliver’s room while he 
was out,  and when you look upon me again 
I  shall  be  dead  and cold. 
I would  give 
worlds  to  feel  your  lips  press  mine  but 
once  again,  but it cannot be. 
I am blinded 
by  tears so that I  cannot  see what I  write. 
If  you ever  meet  my betrayer, avenge  my 
wrongs and mete out justice to him.  Good­
bye,  my only  love. 
I  die with your  name 
on my lips.  Forgive me  and do not grieve. 
It  is better  so.  Farewell  until  you,  too, 
shall cross the narrow river.”

“ This was  the turning  point in my life,” 
continued  Brown,  as the tears started from 
his  eyes.  “For a time  I walked  about like 
a  man  almost  insane.  The  blow  had 
crushed  me,  and  when  the  body  of  my 
loved one  was covered up and placed in the 
earth, I took to drink to drown  my sorrow. 
When  the  liquor fired  my brain  I  cursed 
Marsden and swore that when I met him he 
should die by my hand.  But  he had disap­
peared  and  many hinted  that  it was  his 
desertion that had driven the girl to suicide, 
and not any violence that he had  used upon 
her.

“About this time my fortune received an­
other  torn. 
I  had  specnlated  largely  in 
some  land  around  the  city  of Melbourne, 
Australia,  which a friend  had  written  me 
was likely to greatly rise  in  value.  Build­
ing progressed so rapidly at that  time  that 
one day, to my surprise, I   learned  that my 
property  was  worth  fully  $100,000.  The 
news, coming,  as  it  did,  when  the  drink 
fever had attacked  me,  I   immediately or­
dered the land to be sold,  and  as  soon as I 
could obtain  the  money  value of it I occu­
pied my  time  in  drinking  and  spending 
money in the effort  to  discover  Marsden’s 
whereabouts,  but without success.

“Then I was seized with  a desire to trav­
el, and for several years 1 was  a  wanderer 
in foreign countries. 
I  visited  New  Zea­
land, China, Russia and other lands, spend­
ing my wealth lavishly,  and  when I landed 
in America I was well-nigh penniless.  For 
a while I knocked around the mining camps 
in Montana, and alternately gambled, drank 
and worked in the silver mines.

“One day I was in a saloon playing poker 
when  a  man  entered  whose  face  seemed 
strangely  familiar  to  me.  But,  try  as I 
would, I  could  not  remember  where I had 
seen it.  The man was thin and  cadaverous 
in appearance, and there was  something of 
the  smooth,  hypocritical  religionist  about 
him. 
I had been drinking  hard for several 
days,  and felt inclined to  quarrel with any­
one.  Soon this, smooth-tongued fellow took 
part in the game and won  every  time.  At 
last I discovered  him  drawing  a card from 
his sleeve, and I called him a  cheat  and a 
liar before the crowd.

“As  I  did  so  the  knowledge  flashed 
through  my mind  that he was  the betrayer 
of  my  dead  girl—the villainous  wolf  in 
sheep’s clothing. 
I  yelled,  ‘You are Mars­
den, the curate!’ and  as  he  answered back, 
‘Yes,  you  devil, I  amP he  drew  his  six- 
shooter  and  fired.  The  first shot  missed, 
me and  before he could send  another bullet

NO. 251.

I  laid  him dead  upon the  floor.  Then  I 
told the boys what I have told you, and they 
said I had only done right. 
I went through 
a formal trial, but I was acquitted, and thus 
I  avenged  the wrong  done to  her I  loved. 
How  he  had  lived  in  the  interval,  and 
whether  he  recognized  me or not,  I do not 
know  any more  than he knows  how I  be­
came a drunkard and a gambler.

“After that  I  stopped drinking for many 
years.  By dint of  hard work and good for­
tune  I  amassed  a  small fortune and  then 
started on a  journey to India.  New scenes 
seemed  to  relieve  my life of  some of  its 
gloom,  and,finally, when I had regained my 
lost  respectability in appearance and  mode 
of  life, I met  a  lady  who  had  also  ex­
perienced great trouble, and  I  married her.
“For  two years  we lived  together  har­
moniously,  and I even began to feel  happy. 
But one day while I was away hunting with 
a  party of  friends I  became  parched  with 
thirst.-  There was not a drop of water to be 
had, and  never  dreaming  of  the  effect  it 
would’  produce  upon  me  I  drank  some 
whisky from  a  friend’s  flask. 
It  set  my 
brain  on fire  again—the  old craving  came 
with redoubled  force,  and in  three weeks I 
had lost control  over myself. 
I treated my 
wife cruelly. 
In my drunken fits I accused 
her of  every possible crime,  and threatened 
to kill  her.  This only  lasted a short  time, 
however,  for she secured a divorce and said 
she  would  have me  arrested if  I did  not 
leave the country.

“I did so, and have since sunk by degrees 
until no one would ever recognize in me the 
dashing,  noble soldier who braved  death in 
battle. 
I have tramped through most of the 
states of the Union.  At one time I  tried to 
work, and acted as agent for a patent burg­
lar alarm, but the people  seemed  to  think 
that I was more  dangerous  than the  burg­
lars, for  they  set their dogs on  me.  Then 
I  tried to sell a machine  for  cleaning  win­
dows, but the  first  time  I  tried to show a 
merchant how it worked I smashed his win­
dow and ran away.

“Since arriving here,  about  three months 
ago, I have done a little work,  but  do  not 
deny that I am a vagrant.  Judge,  I  never 
realized until last night,  when I passed the 
first  hours of my  life  behind  prison  bars, 
what a degraded being I  am. 
I  have  stil 
strength  to  work,  and  before  heaven  I 
swear that I will be a  man  again, 
if  you 
will set me free to work honestly  and with 
a chance to become respectable  once more.”
The old soldier’s voice had a sterling ring 
about  it,  and  Judge  Lawler’s  heart  was 
touched.  He looked at  the  man  for a mo­
ment and then said:  “For all I know, every 
word you have told me may  be  an  unmiti­
gated lie;  but you are an old  man,  you are 
one who has evidently  moved in a good cir­
cle of society, and I do not believe that  you 
would perjure your soul to evade  the slight 
punishment which could be inflicted on you. 
I shall, therefore, give you a  chance to ful­
fill your promise,  but  you  must  leave  the 
State immediately.”

Not Fitted for the Business.

From  th e New York Tribune.

“Johnny,” said a Seventh  avenue  grocer 
to the new boy,  “what  kind  of  butter did 
you send over to Henderson’s?”
“Some of the prints here,” said  the  new 
boy respectfully.
“Oh, great howling  Caesar,”  groaned the 
grocer,  “sent ’em some of  that  good butter 
just after I have got ’em down  to  this here 
in the barrel!  Sent’em  the  best  butter  in 
the store just as I finish a two years’  course 
of getting them down to the  barrel  butter! 
Give ’em a taste of good  butter after  I had 
got ’em so they  thought  this  barrel  butter 
was the best in  the  world!  And  still  you 
say you hope to own a  grocery  store  some 
day!  The taste of that butter you  sent ’em 
will awaken all their old slumbering desires 
for good butter, and I’ll have  to  work  an­
other two years giading  ’em  down  a  little 
poorer each time, before I’ll get  ’em  where 
there’s any profit on ’em again!  'You might 
just as well put on your  coat  an’ go first as 
last;  groceries ain’t your  line.  You  better 
go into the ministry,  or get a job on a ferry­
boat. 

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W hy He Paid Cash.

Grocer—How is it,  Mr.  Swartman,  that 
you  are  so  particular , to  pay cash now a­
days?  You uged to run a weekly bill.
Customer—I know I did,  and  you  would 
always give me a cigar when  I  squared up 
Saturday night.
Grocer—Yes.
Customer—Well,  it was  smoking that ci­

gar that impelled me to pay cash.
The  Silent  Partner.

From  th e  New  Y ork  Sun.

“What’s  that awful  racket  in  the  back 
room?”  inquired  a  customer of  one of  the 
clerks.  Somebody  trying  to  yell  the roof 
off?”
“It’s  the silent  partner, sir;  the  firm  is 
after him for more money.”
PERFECTION  SCALE

The Latest Improved and Best.

DOES NOT BEQUIBffi DOWN  WEIGHT 

W ill Soon Save Its  TOt on  any Counter.
HAWKINS & PERRY, Grand Rapids. 

iGEO. C. WETHERBEE & CO., Detroit. 

McCAUSLAND &  CO., IS. S&gin&w 
And by W holesale Grocers  generally.  Send  for Illne 

trated Catalogue.

nw ri»i < v p n  n t innhigMi BndnMui H en'i Association. 

The  JUiohioan Tradesman.
Retail Trade of the Wolilerine State.

a. m u r a r  jocbnai.  devote» to the

E. A. STOWE &  BBO., Proprietors.

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piration, 

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E. A  STOWE, Editor.

W ED N ESDAY, JULY  11.  1888.

T H E   MILK  IN  T H E   COCOANUT.
Massachusetts  has  probably  given more 
attention to the subject of food adulteration 
tiffin any other  state in the  Union, and  the 
report of  the chemist in charge of  that de­
partment of  work  is therefore  suggestive. 
During  1887, he  examined 1,676  articles of 
food,  1,178 of  which proved to be pure  and 
498 to be adulterated.  Of  the impure, only 
a very small  portion, and these  rarely used 
in  large quantities, were  found to be  adul­
terated  with 
ingredients  deleterious  to 
health.  The chief of these were molasses, of 
which  25  samples out of  85 were  found to 
contain com glucose or salts of tin, or both; 
baking  powders, of  which 21  samples  out 
of  29 were  found to  contain  alum and  ex­
tract of  almonds, 2 samples  out  of 9 being 
found  to contain  nitro-benzol.  Nearly  all 
the adulterants  were found  to  be  harmless 
ingredients  added  to cheapen the  product, 
and  the purchaser, while being  defrauded, 
was  injured only in  his pocket.  Referring 
to  the  result of  these  investigations,  the 
Chicago  News  strikes  the key-note »to  the 
situation in the following fashion:

The American people are bargain-hunters; 
they  buy things  because they appear  to be 
cheap.  To accommodate them much of the 
food  is  adulterated.  Coffee  is  cheapened 
with  burned rye  and  chicory;  ginger  con­
tains  rice and  commeal;  allspice has buck­
wheat;  houey has  glucose;  butter  has lard, 
and lard has tallow;  maple  sugar has  mus­
covado;  olive oil  has cottonseed  oil, and  so 
on to the end of the chapter.  The manifest 
remedy  for  this is for  people to  patronize 
reliable dealers and pay fair prices for their 
goods. 
If  they invite fraud  by demanding 
cheap  goods  they are more  than  likely to 
get both.

The  promptness with which  the 6. R. & 
I. Railroad  conceded the  request that 1,000 
mile tickets  be sold for $20 speaks well  for 
the  fairness of  that  corporation  and  be­
tokens the wisdom of the management.

W H Y   NOT?

W ritten for The Tradesman.

In the  calculations  of  those  engaged  in 
growing  fruit  and  vegetables  for  market, 
the  first  and  prime  consideration  is  and 
should be,  “At  what  cost  can  the crop be 
produced?”  Cost is only comparative.  The 
amount  of  cash  outgo,  representing  so 
much  labor, whether cheap or dear,  is only 
a  comparative  amount. 
It  may  cost  you 
one  dollar  to  prepare a bushel of potatoes 
for  the  market,  yet,  if  the  net  return is 
$1.25  the  enterprise is  profitable.  On the 
other  hand,  if  grown  at a cost  of  twenty 
cents and only fifteen cents  can be  realized 
the return is  unsuccessful.

Nearly every grower of  vegetables  in the 
Southern States  can  grow  cucumbers,  and 
when they are  salable at $1 per dozen  they 
are profitable, but a large amount cannot be 
grown  at  that  price.  Why not?  Simply 
because  only a very few  can  afford  to use 
them  at  high  figures.  But cucumbers-for 
pickles,  gherkins, etc., can be grown  abun­
dantly;  why  won’t  they  sell  at  a profit ? 
The  answer is, that to be suitable for  pick­
ling they must be fresh picked  and  cheap. 
Men who have an  established  brand, which 
is a guarantee of  excellence,  cannot  afford 
to use any  yellow  or  withered  stock,  and 
getting them at home they  save the freight. 
Another reason is that the  picklers  áre not 
ready to take hold,  and  they cannot  afford 
to  keep  their  establishments  open  unless 
they can be sure of a steady supply.

Again,  the  peach  grower  says,  “ Why 
should  a  shipment  of  1,000  bushels  of 
peaches  break  the  market in  July  and a 
shipment of  15,000  bushels  in  September 
bring  just  as  much, or  more?”  Michigan 
can  put her fifty to sixty thousand  baskets 
on the market and all  are absorbed steadily 
and easily,  as  a  matter of  fact occurence. 
Tennessee  and  Mississippi  will  get  little 
over freight if  one-tenth  of  the  amount is 
placed  on  sale.*  Why  is it?  The  reason 
we assign is that the  thrifty housewife will 
not  can  peaches for winter use in the  heat 
of summer and take  the chance of  the fruit 
spoiling  in the  intense  heat when  she  can 
as well  avoid the chance. 
It is poor  policy 
to  take  any chances  that  can  be  avoided. 
The same remark will apply to plums large­
ly used  for canning or preserving purposes. 
There is a great  dislike to putting  them up 
until  cool  weather  comes, so  that the  de­
mand  is  exclusively  from  street  peddlers 
and for  immediate use.  The  great bulk of 
the  demand  comes from  canners and  pre­
servers, and they prefer to take  no chances 
through toe hot weather when  they can get 
a better Supply later in the  season.  Those 
who  preserve  fruit largely for  private con­
sumption go on a vacation during the heated 
term of  July and  August, so they  are  not 
here to buy;  and it  is  a fact  that  northern 
grown  fruits reach  the market with a finer 
flavor and  a  better quality than  southern 
products.  There  is  more  time to ripen on 
toe toee and vine,and Èie riper toe product 
is the finer Èie g ra ^ th a n  if gathered in an 
immature state.  ™   ■ B a rnett Bros.

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

AMONG THE TRADE.
G BA SD   RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Mrs.  Z. Pixley has sold her confectionery 
stock at 184 West Fulton street to J. Haldi-
tlMHl-

Max  Simpikovsky  has  engaged  in  the 
bakery business in the Rake block  on Fast 
Bridge street.

Oscar Hayes  is  erecting a store  building 
at  58 Second  street, which  he.  expects  to 
occupy with a grocery stock.

F. L. Blake  succeeds F.  L. Blake &  Son 
in  the grocery and  bakery  business at 232 
and 234 South Division street

Richard  Van  Bochove 

succeeds  Van 
Bochove & Sanford in the drug  business  at 
the  comer  of  West  Fulton  and  Straight 
streets. 

_________________

A.  J.  Jones, formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business  at  Fremont, has opened  a 
grocery store  at  Marion.  Arthur  Meigs & 
Co. furnished the stock.

Smith & Linderman have  sold  their  gro­
cery stock at 670 Cherry street to  Albert P. 
Hurlburt, formerly  engaged in  the  grocery 
business on Colfax street.

J. Jacobs  has removed  his  grocery busi­
ness  from the  comer of  Sbawmut  avenue 
and Jefferson street to a more advantageous 
location on West Bridge street.

W. M. Smith & Son have engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  toe  comer  of  West 
Leonard  and  Jennette  streets. 
Olney, 
Shields & Co. furnished toe stock.

A. Himes, recently from  Oswego, N.  Y., 
has opened a wholesale and retail wood and 
coal  yard  on  Shawmut  avenue,  between 
Winter  and West Division  streets.  Office 
under City National Bank.

H.  Leppink, formerly in  the  employ  of 
S. P. Bennett, has  formed  a  copartnership 
with C. H. Joidersma, formerly  engaged-in 
general trade at Jamestown, under the style 
of Leppink  &  Joidersma.  The firm  will 
engage  in the  coal and  wood  business on 
Grandville  avenue, having  an office at  115 
Monroe street.

A. W.  Curtis and  O. Curtis  have  bought 
the grocery,  crockery and  notion  business 
of O. C. Benedict, at Owosso, and will con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style of  A. 
W. & O.  Curtis.  They  will  also  continue 
their  grocery  business  on  South  Division 
street for the present.

The  Curtiss  & Dunton  paper stock  has 
been  purchased  at  private  sale  by  Julius, 
Houseman, who has placed John 'L.  Curtiss 
in charge until  more  definite arrangements 
as  to title, firm  name,  etc., can be effected. 
The store was opened again on Monday, for 
the first time since the  assignment.  M. K. 
Walton  and  Oliver  C.  Shultz will  resume 
their old  positions  as  traveling  and  city 
salesmen,  while  Douglass  Gilmore  takes 
his former place as house salesman.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Edmore—A.  P. Curtis,  grocer,  has  sold 

out.

Jonesville—Ira R. Bentz  succeeds  W. F. 

Taylor in the grocery business.

Jenisonville—Martin  Gezon  has  moved 

his general stock to Jamestown.

Hopkins  Station—Wolfinger  &  Gilligan 

is the name of  the new drag firm.

Fife Lake—C. D. Wagner  is  selling  out 

his grocery business to E. H. Foster.

Constantine—Gladding &  George succeed 

Benj. O. Gladding in the drag business.

Fremont—O. E. Chapman succeeds Chap­

man & Scofield in the grocery business.

Lake  Linden—P.  Bissonette 

succeeds 
Friederichs & Bissonette in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Mancelona—Barnhart  & White have sold 
their  meat  business to  Dickerson & Eddy, 
of Bellaire.

Kalamazoo—Huntley  &  Baker  succeed 
Hart & Steams  in  the  agricultural  imple­
ment business.

Ironwood—P.  &  C. E. Johnson  succeed 
S.  Bjomson  &  Co.  in  the  grocery  and 
crockery business.

Detroit—J. L. Hudson has purchased the 
Geo.  A. Sheley  gas  fixture  stock  at  172 
Woodward avenue.

Muskegon—Henderson & Frazer  succeed 
Henderson & Peterson as proprietors of  the 
Muskegon City Mills.

Fruitport—C.  N.  Addison’s  store  and 
grocery  stock  were recently  destroyed  by 
fire.  The 
loss  was  about  $2,000,  half 
covered by insurance.

Garden—J. J. Rigney and  M. J.  Sullivan 
have  purchased  the  general  stock  of - F. 
Clark & Co. and  will continue  the business 
under the style of the Garden Stove Co.

Detroit—Partridge & Gamble  will open a 
carpet  and  curtain  house  at  221  and  223 
Woodward  avenue.  Mr.  Partridge  was 
formerly  vice-president  of  Metcalf  Bros. 
& Co. 

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STBAY  FACTS.

Muskegon—W.  H.  Fletcher  has  opened 
a milk  depot  and  lunch  room  at 54 West 
Western avenue.

Detroit—Charles  T. Fletcher,  Charleslc| 
Jenks,  George C. Bogue  and  James Whit­
ney, as general  partners,  and Alice H. Du- 
charme, Sarah  E. Duncan and Theodore P. 
Sheldon, as  special  partners, hare  mitered 
into a limited  copartnership and  will  carry 
on  a  wholesale  hardware business.  The 
special partners each contribute $50,000.
Saranac—The litigation  between W alter 
& Son  and  the  Gunn  Hardware  Co.,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  has  been  compromised  by 
Mr. Gunn’s  taking the  stock  In  exchange 
for his mortgage for $2,100, all suits on both 
sides having been discontinued.  The stock 
inventoried  about  $1,850,  at  which  figure 
Gunn was offered the stock before he began 
his bulldozing game.

,  MANUFACTUBING  MATTEBS.

Detroit—The  Buhl  ¡Stamping  Co.  has 
been organized with a capital stock of  $25,- 
000—10  per cent paid  in—for the  purpose 
of  engaging in the manufacture of  pressed 
tin, iron and brasswftre.

Evart—M.  Belanger  has  bought  John 
Hughes’  interest  in  the  pail  factory  of 
Hughes & Chariton.  The new firm will pnt 
in machinery for  the  manufacture  of  pea- 
vies, cant hooks and other  lumbering tools.

Gripsack Brigade.

The Owosso traveling men  are  consider­
ing, with fear  and  trembling,  the  idea  of 
challenging  the  Grand Rapids ball tossers.
John  P. Oggle,  traveling  representative 
for the Walsh-DeRoo  Milline  Co., at  Hol­
land, married Miss Lillie Bright in this city 
last Thursday.

John H. McIntyre takes a “lay off”  next 
week  to  indulge  in  a  fishing expedition. 
His  route will be covered  in  the meantime 
by Happy Hi. Robertson.
-j Gideon  Kellogg, of  the  Chicago  belting 
factory of Kellogg, Ducey & McCauley, sold 
a  20-inch  double  belt,  136  feet  long,  to 
Batchellar  &  Sons, of  East  Saginaw,  one 
day last week.

F. R. Miles, attired in a handsome  yacht­
ing suit of  the newest  style, left  Saturday 
for  Macatawa  Park and  may be  found  at 
that  popular  resort  during  the  next  two 
weeks,  dispensing his sunny smiles.

Contrary  to  expectation,  “Hub”  Baker 
has not found it necessary to resort to stoga 
boots  since  he  became a resident  of  Paris 
township.  The  nearness of  the  street  car 
line to his  home makes  such a  contingency 
unnecessary.

Detroit News:  Among the callers at J. L. 
Hudson’s this morning was a female  drum­
mer whose territory  is  the  State  of  Mich­
igan.  She was a pleasant little body,  talked 
like a house afire, handed her  card  out like 
a veteran of  the  road,  and  was  as  full of 
good hits as “Sam’l of  Posen.”

The ball game played by the Grand  Rap­
ids traveling men last Saturday was  an  im­
provement over the game of  a week before, 
the  score  standing  25  to 9 in favor of  the 
nine  selected to go  to  Detroit. 
It  is  now 
stated that the Detroit boys will be ready to 
meet their Yalley City  opponents the latter 
part of  the present month, 
i  Having  secured  two  important  conces­
sions  from  the  G.  R.  &  I.  Railroad,  the 
traveling men  should  now renew the agita­
tion in favor of  making  1,000  mile  tickets 
purchased of  either  the  D., L. & N. or the 
C.  & W. M. Railways §ood over  both  lines 
!of  road.  So long as both roads  remain un­
der one management, there is no  valid  rea­
son  why  this  concession  should  not  be 
granted.

The Iowa  Protective Travelers’  Associa­
tion  has  issued  a  circular  in  which  it  is 
stated  that the  Association was  organized 
for ¿he purpose  of  affording  protection  to 
salesmen  and  adopting  methods  which 
would  permit of  an upright and legitimate 
sale of goods.  Heretofore prices have been 
made  for rebates  given  and  unscrupulous 
methods  resorted to  that  no honest  jobber 
or  salesman  could  contend  with..  The 
Association  promises  to  eradicate 
these 
evils,  the members  pledging themselves not 
to  cut  prices  on  goods,  with  penalties 
attached,  and to use every effort to have the 
same enforced.

Purely Personal.

The condition of  Randall  Hawkins, who 
has  been  dangerously  ill  for  a  couple  of 
weeks, is improved.

Geo.  A.  Petts,  editor  of  the  Saranac 
Local,  was  in town  Monday  to  meet  bis 
daughter, who lives at Hudson.

Miss  Nellie  Harley,  stenographer  for 
Rindge, Bertsch  &  Co.,  is  spending  her 
summer  vacation  with friends at Defiance, 
Ohio.

Neal  McMillan  and  Jackson  Coon,  the 
Rockford  druggist  and  boot  and  shoe 
dealer,  sailed  from  Ludington  yesterday 
with a party of  eight other  gentlemen for a 
cruise of  the Lakes,  to be gone about  three 
weeks.

Lester J. Rindge  has  not  given his bus­
iness  any  attention  for  about  ten  days, 
during  which  time  he has been a constant 
attendant  at  the  bedside of  his  daughter, 
Annah,  who is  dangerously ill with inflam­
matory  rheumatism.  Her  symptoms  are 
better, but the danger is by no  means  past.
Capt. C. G. Perkins came  up  from  Hen­
derson, Ky., Monday,  to commune with his 
business associates in  the  Hazeltine & Per­
kins Drag Co,  He will  leave Thursday for 
Boston,  in  company  with  Dr.  C.  S. Hazel- 
tine,  Col.  Geo.  G.  Briggs  and  Dr.  J . B. 
Parker» to attend a meeting of  the directors 
of  the Peninsular Novelty Co.  They will go 
by the Thousand  Island  route,  and will be 
joined  at  Buffalo  by - Geo. E. Parker  and 
Edward O. Ely, 

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Bank  Notes.

J.  D.  Leland  succeeds , A. T.  Nichols as 
President  of  the-First  National  Bank  of 
.Corunna.  The Bank has declared  a semi­
annual dividend of 5 per cent.

John Torrent has resigned the presidency 
of  the  Merchants’ National  Bank of  Mus­
kegon, and  is  succeeded  by  M.  Wilson. 
Mr. Torrent  still  remains  on  the  board 
of directors.
i  Ninety-four  thousand  dollars  was  dis­
bursed  by the  July dividends of  the seven 
banks of this city, as follows:  Old National, 
4 per cent , $32,000;  Grand Rapids National, 
4  per cent;  $20,000;  National  City,  4  per 
cent, $20,000;  Fourth National, 4 per cent, 
$12,000;  Fifth National, 3 per cent., $3,000; 
Grand  Rapids Savings,  8 per cpnt.,  $4,500; 
Kent  County  Savings, 5 per  ¿oat, $2,500.

Detroit  Drug  Notes.

¿Messrs.  Geo.  McDonald,  O.  Eberbach, 
Stanley E. Parkill and Jacob Jesson, of the 
Board  of Pharmacy,  were  in  Detroit  last 
week on their w ay to Star Island;

Geo. Gundrum,  of  Ionia,  E. T. Webb, of 
Jackson, and Frank Inglis, of Detroit, com­
prising a majority of the Executive Commit­
tee. of  the  M. S. P. A., held a meeting  on 
the steamer Ward on the way to Star Island 
and  made  arrangements  for  the  coming 
meeting.

The  Detroit  druggists’  base  ball  team, 
consisting of  Messrs  Stevens,  Allen,  Con­
nor, Perry, Andrus,  Inglis, Poole and Len- 
hart, play the Cleveland  druggists  Friday, 
July 13, at Cleveland.  The  Detroit  drug­
gists  have  been  having plenty of  practice 
and  are  going in to win.  Messrs. Yemor 
and  Dupont  will  go  with  their  Detroit 
brethren  and  carry arnica, witch hazel and 
court plaster,, for use in case of  necessity.

Everything is progressing  favorably for a 
rousing  meeting in September.  Rooms for 
the  various  meetings  and  for the exhibits 
have been  secured.  Mr. Yemor  has  been 
doing  great  work  and  has  gone  to  Star 
Island to put in a few weeks at  fishing  and 
recreation.  He will  be  in  condition to tell 
some  unusually big  fish  stories  on his re­
turn.

Local  Secretary  Yernor,  with  all  the 
work he has had on hand, has not forgotten 
the ladies who are expected to be in Detroit 
during  the  meeting,  and  has  appointed  a 
committee of  twenty-five  Detroit  ladies  to 
see that ladies from out of  the city are well 
cared for.

Saginaw Jottings.

The Michigan Salt  Association still holds 
salt at 60 cents per barrel for Michigan con­
sumption  and  50 cents  for competing  mar­
kets in  the West.  The manufacturers out­
side  of  the  Association  sell  considerable 
quantities  at a cut of  2% cents  per  barrel 
below pool prices.

The  James  Stewart  Co.,  Limited, 

is 
building  a  fine  three  story  and  basement 
building,  60x120  feet  in  dimensions,  at the 
corner of  Washington and  Tuscola  streets. 
The  basement  floor will  be several  inches 
above high-water mark, so that Stewart and 
his  associates  will  not  be  compelled  to 
cultivate  the  swimming  habit  hereafter. 
They  expect to take  possession of  the  new 
premises abofit  November 1.

Heavenriqh , BrOs.  & Co.  have in  contem­
plation  the establishment of  a branch store 
either at Duluth or  Marquette.

Few men  can  show better  progress  dur­
ing  the  past  decade  than  G.  W.  Meyer, 
President of  the East  Saginaw  Mercantile 
Association.  *  “Starting  with  $300  and  a 
worthless  note for $50,” as he expresses  it, 
he has  buildup .a  good  business in  the  dry 
good  and  grocery line  and  is  the  happy 
possessor of, as fine a residence as  any man 
need ask for.

E. B. Woodward,  at one  time engaged in 
the hardware business  at  Kalkaska,  is now 
on the, road  for the mill machinery house of 
F. B. Wiggins & Co.

The  Match  Business  Thirty-five  Years 

Ago.

“I well  remember  when D.  M. Richard­
son  started  in  the  match  business at De­
troit,”  said  James  Stewart,  the  East Sag­
inaw grocery  jobber,  the  other  day.  “My 
father  managed a line of  lake  boats, and I 
used to be  around  the docks a good deal of 
the  time.  When  Richardson  first  began 
making  matches,  the  vessel  owners  were 
afraid to transport them,  and  their  refusal 
to take them made  Richardson nearly fran­
tic,  as  min  stared  him  in  the  face  if  he 
could not utilize water transportation.  The 
matter  was  compromised  by several of  the 
vessels putting in  magazines  which  would 
prevent a general conflagration in the event 
of the combustion of  the  matches. 
It was 
a  good  many  years  before  the  prejudice 
against matches on the  part of  vessel own 
ere was overcome.”

On the Market  Again.

Wm. H. Tibbs, Chas.  F.  Cobb, Frank H. 
Escott  and several  others have  organized a 
stock company under the style of  the Tibbs 
& Cobbs Co., to revive the manufacture and 
sale  of  “Heptonic,” which  still  enjoys a 
considerable  reputation  as  a  proprietary 
remedy. 

■.

. 
New  at  the  Business.

you roast beef?

Young  housekeeper (to  Butcher)—Have 
Butcher—Yes,  ma’am.
“Do you keep it on ice?”
“Oh,  yes,  ma’am.”
“Then you may send me some.  My hus- 
bond  told me  only this morning  that he is 
very fond of cold roast beef.”

VISITING BUYERS.

The following retail  dealers have visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
Sevey & H arrington,B erlin
R  Gannon, W hite Cloud 
A G C lark, W hite Cloud  W V ermeulen, B eaver Dam 
L A Paine,  Englishvllle 
T V anEnenaam , Zeeland
S J  Case,  Fulton 
A Purchase, S Blendon 
C arrington & N orth, T re n t  A & F  A Miles, W ay land 
O J  Mosher, H oward City 
F F airm an, Big Rapids 
R B McCulloch, B erlin 
N Bouma, F isher 
A DeKrulf, Zeeland 
W atson & Case, M ancelona
W alling Bros, Lam ont 
S L Rouse,  H obart 
G eoH  W albrink, Allendale  John D am stra, G itchell 
M H eyboer & Bro,  D renthe  J  G McElwee,  Big Rapids 
Neal McMillen, Rockford  S titt Bros, Stlttsville
J  C Drew,  Rockford 
W hite & Co, Reed C ity 
C H Deming, D utton 
R  T P arrish , G randville 
W  N H utchinson, G rant
H  D H arvey, B angor 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
E Yo ung, R avenna
John G unstra, Lam ont 
G Ten H oor.  F orest  Grove 
John P ruim , Zeeland 
L & L Jenison, Jenisonville 
E E H ew itt, Rockford 
Mrs M E Snell, W ayland 
DenH erder  & Tanis, Vries-  H am ilton & M orton,
.  Sand Lake
Alex D enton,  H ow ard City  R G Sm ith, W ayland 
T A Price, M ancelona 
Chas Judson, Cannonsburg
H VanNoord,  Jam estow n 
J  P  Cordes, Alpine 
John K am ps, Zntphen 
M M Brooks, A usterlitz
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
M otley Bros, Cedar Springs
Geo H Rem ington,  B angor  E  J  Roys. Lakeview  
Sidney S tark, A llendale 
Jay  M arlatt, Berlin 
John GUes & Co, Lowell 
R oberts Bros, B lanchard 
M unger, W atson & DeVolst  M A Side  K ent City
W m  Riley,  Ashland
W McWilliams, Conklin
E  8 Botsford, D orr 
W  H Struik,  F o rest  Grove  A F  H arrison, S parta 
A M Church. EngUshVille 
L Maier, F isher S tation 
F ran k  Sm ith, LeRoy 
M C arm an, Mecosta
O  R B unker 
M M Robson, B erlin
H ugh Johnston, Shelby

Sullivan 

land  . 

The  Credit  System.

Nearly all the abuses that are complained 
of  in  commercial  circles  result  from  the 
credit system.  ' Probably it will be impossi­
ble to ever place  all  business  transactions 
on a cash basis,  yet the man who  buys and 
sells  for  cash  is  the  only  perfectly Inde­
pendent  one, who  can  truly say that  he is 
master of  his  own  affairs.  The  secret of 
the  great  success of  the  immense bazaars, 
of which  so  much  complaint  is  made, is 
that  their  managers  pay cash  for all they 
buy, and,  consequently,  get  every  advan­
tage in price that  manufacturers  can afford 
to allow,  whereby they are  enabled  to  sell 
their goods at lower prices  than  are  those 
who buy on credit and  have ¿to pay for the 
privilege of  doing so.  Not only is the man 
who  buys  on  time  usually  charged  more 
than  the  cash  purchaser, but fie  must pay 
interest  in  addition, thus paying two addi­
tional prices*  In the present straggle of in­
dustrial competition,  the customer who will 
pay cash is eagerly sought after, and if he has 
been  wise  enough  to  thoroughly  inlorm 
himself as to goods and  prices he can make 
terms  most  favorable  to  himself,  besides 
securing  the advantages of  cash discounts. 
This matter of discounts is often thought to 
be  of  little consequence,  especially by  the 
Small  dealer, who,  feeling  himself  obliged 
to  give  credit,  feels that  the small  sum he 
would  realize in  discounts  by paying  cash 
does not equal the accommodation resulting 
from a long  credit. 
If,  however, the  ad­
vantages  to  be derived  from cash  transac­
tions  were shared  by the  retailer with  his 
customer,  the  chances  are  that  cash  tran­
sactions  would  become  more generally the 
rale.  But a large  number of  persons, who 
derive  no  particular benefit  from  paying 
cash for their  purchases, fall into the habit 
of  running up accounts  and getting  credit 
for everything they buy.  Every dealer would 
find it greatly to his  advantage if  he would 
offer  his customers  special  inducements  to 
pay  cash for  every article  purchased, thus 
enabling  him to do  the  same  thing and  to 
reap  all the advantages  to be  derived from 
cash  discounts.  Let  any  dealer  run  over 
his stock and  figure up how much more it is 
costing  him  on the  credit system  than  it 
would if  he paid  eash,  and  he will  be as­
tonished  to see how much  he is paying  out 
every  year needlessly. 
It has  been  most 
effectually  demonstrated  that those  firms 
that advertise liberally that they operate on 
a  cash  basis  exclusively,  are  not  wanting 
for  customers,  but find  them among thrifty 
portions of  the community,  for  it  is  the 
public  appreciation that a cash  basis is the 
only  correct one  for  doing  business  that 
wins  for  those  firms  public  confidence. 
Buyers can  readily appreciate the fact  that 
the  man who  pays cash  for his  goods can 
sell  for cash at lower prices  than the  man 
who  buys and  sells on credit, and does not 
have  advantages  of  the  market  that  the 
other one does.  The great bazaar managers 
realize  these  advantages,  as  do  the  great 
army of  buyers  that  swarm  in  upon them 
every  day.  No one ever  thinks of  asking 
credit  in  these  places,  for  they  prefer  to 
enjoy the low prices that cash  brings them.
During  the past few  years there has been 
a decline  in  prices,  accompanied by,  or the 
result of,  ruinous  competition,"  which  has 
resulted  in  sending  many  of.  the  weaker 
dealers to the wall,  increasing the necessity 
for  economical  management  and  the  fre­
quent turning of  capital to realize  the com­
pensating  advantages  resulting  from  low 
profits.  Many dealers fail to appreciate the 
advantages  of  having  cash  in  hand  until 
they are  confronted  with  an  overdue  ac­
count  and  are  forced to make sacrifices in 
order to meet it.  Then  the  man  who will 
advance  the  ready money,  even at a heavy 
shave,  is  regarded  as  a  benefactor.  The 
rapacity of  note  shavers  has  become  pro­
verbial, but  the  sole  advantage  they have 
over  others is that they contrive  to  have a 
supply of  cash on  hand, and  are in a posi­
tion  to  take  advantage of  the misfortunes 
or the requirements of  their neighbors. 
If 
every  man  was  in a position  to  shave his 
own  notes, his  success  in  business would 
not be a matter òf  doubt.
The  credit  system,  that  has  become  so 
interwoven  in the  fabric of  our trade  and 
commerce,  is  as much a matter of  habit as 
anything else.  Undoubtedly credit is neces­
sary for beginners in business, but it should 
be  their aim  to get out of  debt as soon  as 
possible. 
Instead  of this,  their ambition is 
usually 
towards  a  greater  show,  more 
spread, an extension of credit that they may 
put  on an appearance of  prosperity that  is 
entirely superficial.  The result is exhibited 
in  the fact  as shown  by statisticians,: that 
ninety out of  every hundred  mèri  who en­
gage  in  business  for  themselves fail  dis­
astrously.  They push  their  credit  to  the 
breaking  point, and  when  the  end  comes 
they and  their creditors are  enveloped in  a 
common  ruin. 
It is not  likely that radical 
changes can  be wrought  in our  commercial 
practices suddenly, nor would  it  be safe  to 
have  them,  but it stands  every merchant in 
hand to use every legitimate effort to hasten 
the  reformation  we  have  referred  to,  in 
order that  we may live to see and enjoy the 
coming millenium.

How to Use Glue.

For glue to be properly effective it requires 
to penetrate the pores of the wood;  and the 
more  a  body of  glue penetrates  the wood, 
the  more substantial the  joint will  remain 
Glues that take  the longest to dry are to be 
preferred  to  those  that  dry  quickly,  the 
slow  drying  being  always  the  strongest, 
other things  being equal.  For general use. 
no  method gives  such good  results as  the 
following:  Break the  glue up small, put it 
into  an  iron  kettle, cover  the glue  with 
water  and  allow it  to soak  twelve  hours. 
After soaking, boil  until  done.  .Then pour 
it  into an air-tight  box, leave the cover  off 
until cold,  then cover up tight.  As glue  is 
required, cut  out a portion and  melt in  the 
usual  way.  Expose  no more of  the made 
glue  to  the  atmosphere for  any length  of 
time than is necessary, as the atmosphere is 
very  destructive to made glue.  Never heat 
made  glue  in a pot  that  is subject  to  the 
direct  heat of  the  fire  or of  a lamp.  All 
such  methods  of  heating  glue  cannot  be 
condemned  in  terms  too  severe.  Do  not 
use thick  glue for  joints or veneering. 
In 
all  cases work  it well  into the  wood, in a 
similar  manner  to  which  painters  do 
paint.  Glue  both surfaces of  your  work, 
except  in cases of  veneering.  Never  glue 
hot  wood,  as the  hot wood will  absorb all 
the water in the glue too suddenly ami leave 
only a very little residue.

Pays as She Goes.,  >

From  th e  Judge.'
Mrs. Bradleigh—What  name  did the Ab­
bots decide on for their new yacht?
Mr. Bradleigh—They call her the * ‘Come- 
In-To-morrow,” I believe.
Mrs. Bradleigh—What  an  awfully  slow 
name!
Mr. Bradleigh—Yes,  bnt  it  harmonizes 
beautifully with the  way  she’s  being  paid 
for.1  w*  „ 

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Summarized Position of the Grand Rapids 
*Th e  T radesm an  herewith  presents  its  usual  quarterly 

Banks.
summary  of  thè  reports
made by the five National and two  savings  banks of  the city, showing substantial gains 
in each institution:

Capital
.  $800,000
.  500,000
.  500,000
.  300,000
.  100,000
.  150,000
.  50.000
Totals....................... ....... .2,400,000
.2,400.000

Grand Rapids Savings. 
Kent County Savings.

Surplus
75,000
100,000
30,000
3»,000
8.000

243,000

Undivided
Profits
31,444.51
49,229.49
28,680.84
34,164.34
4,204.38
3,422.82
12,635.16
163,781.54

Deposits
1,732,460.65
902,334.29
1,010,708.26
1,015,967.50
195.719.49
476.321.54
385,446.26
5,718,947.99

Loans and 
Discounts 
3,095,743.00 
1,365,068.27 
1,185,270.04 
1,104,461.07 
233,410.81 
433,451.13 
396,174.22
6,812,568.54

John Michels.

Home-Made  Filter.

Take a pail  (if  of  wood  let  it  be a new 
one)  and bore holes with an  auger all over 
the  bottom.  Procure  some  of  the  finest 
and  cleanest  sand  obtainable,  and, having 
thoroughly washed it in many waters, place 
it in a bag made of  some  strong cotton ma­
terial;  this  bag  should  be  in  the shape of 
the  bottom of  the pail, but  slightly larger, 
and  about  two  inches  thick.  When  this 
bag' is  filled with sand  and  sewn in, it will 
be  like  a thick,  ri>und  pad,  which,  when 
placed  in  the  bottom  of  the pail, is ready 
for use.  Place the pail over  another  clean 
pail,  and  pour  water in at the top. 
If  the 
sand is fine and pure, it is remarkable what 
excellent  filtration  can  be  obtained  from 
this  simple  contrivance,  which  costs  a 
trifling  sum. 
It  is,  of  course,  necessary 
that  the  bag  should  not  be filled too full, 
but it is best when half filled and limp, as it 
it will  then  adhere  to  the sides if  pressed 
out,  preventing  the  water  from  running 
around the hag instead of through it.
The above is a simple strainer;  but better 
filtration can be done if  a second  bag  filled 
with charcoal is placed under  the sand bag.
The enamel  ware is  very appropriate for 
filters,  and if  something  more  elaborate is 
wanted, purchase an enameled pail and take 
it to a tin-worker,  and  ask  him  to  bore a 
circular  hole in the  bottom  about  an  inch 
wide,  and insert a small  tin  tube about two 
inches  long,  to  direct  the  water  running 
from the pail into one stream.
For filtering material, put  in  first  about 
two inches of very fine pebbles,  called shin­
gles;  the stones should be as small as a lead 
pencil.  Cut a circular piece of  thin felt, or 
the best substitute you have, and place it as 
a layer.  Now  place  two  inches  of  fine, 
clean sand,  then  a  layer  of  felt;  on this 
place three inches of animal  charcoal,  with 
a piece of felt to separate it from  the upper 
layer of three  inches  of  fine  sand,  which 
completes the filter.
All material should be well washed before 
use,  as also the felt, which should be white.
This makes a  good  filter,  and the one 1 
used, made in this way,  removed  the  color 
from the Croton water—a difficult feat—and 
produced water as clear  as  crystal.  Much 
of the impurities will remain on top  of  the 
upper layer of sand.  This  dirty  sand  can 
be removed every two or  three  days with a 
spoon, and,  after washing,  replaced.
As  soon  as  the  water  from  the  filter 
appears to have  odor or lose its  brightness, 
the filter must be cleaned.  Each layer must 
be carefully removed and thoroughly washed 
in a sink,  and replaced in the same order as 
before.  The  felt  may be dipped in boiling 
water  and then  well  rinsed  in  clear,  cold 
water,  but  new pieces  should  be  used  as 
often as possible.  Any carpenter can make 
a  small  wood  stand  to  support  the  filter 
sufficiently high  to enable a large  jug to  be 
placed under.
Such a  filter will  remove  all  impurities, 
and  can  be made at home  with  the  slight 
help  I  have  spoken of,  and  will  last  for 
years.  Both  fine,  pure  sand  and  animal 
charcoal can be  had at any of the wholesale 
druggists.

Repairing  W ithout  Charge.

The following placard  hangs  in the win­
dow of a boot and shoe maker on  Cortlandt 
street, New York:

Boots and Shoes  Bought Here 
Half-Soled and Heeled Free.

A reporter for the M ail and Express, the 
other day,  asked to be shown a pair of  but­
ton  gaiters,  which  the  proprietor  would 
agree to sole and heel  free  after  the  first 
sole was worn out.
“I will repair for  nothing  any  boot  or 
shoe that I sell,” said the shoemaker.
“But  where  does  the  profit  come in ?” 
asked the scribe.
“Just  as  it  comes  to  the saloon-keeper 
who furnishes his patrons with a free lunch 
—in  fact, I  got  the  idea  from  a  saloon­
keeper.  People are always  on the  lookout 
for ‘snaps.’  If you can make them  believe 
they are getting something for nothing,  you 
are all right. 
I know a Bowery tailor who, 
by guaranteeing to keep  all  clothing  nude 
by him in repair for one year, has inert-a  ed 
his sales over 1,000  per cent.  There is a Ho 
a wall  paper  dealer  in Brooklyn who sells 
wall  paper  at a price  which  includes  the 
hanging.  For  instance,  if  you  buy one or 
more double rolls of paper from him he will 
send a man to  yonr house to put  the  paper 
up.  See the  business  done by that theatri­
cal  manager who  gave  away deeds to Cali­
fornia  building  lots  with  every  reserved 
seat  ticket.  The  souvenirs  presented  by 
our city  managers are only  another scheme 
for  making  people think  they are  getting 
something  for  nothing.  By  agreeing  to 
resole all  shoes  bought of  me I merely di­
vide my profits with my customers, but any 
loss sustained  by this division is more  than 
made good by the increased volume of busi­
ness done.”
“Do you make any reduction in price if a 
customer  waives all claim to the  repairs?”
“Hardly. 
I have only one price—repairs 
or  no repairs.  Yes, that is  a  good  shoe. 
Thank you—when the heels or soles become 
worn come in  and see  me and I’ll  fix them 
up for you free.” 

______

How Grocers  are  Imposed  Upon.

Texas Siftings.

Referring  to 

the  system  of  beggary 
practised  by  churches,  asylums,  orders, 
associations  and  other  bodies,  an  interior 
grocer  was relating ip a wholesale  grocery 
the other day that  after he donated a barrel 
of crackers to a church  fair, fifty pounds of 
sugar  to an  asylum,  half  a chest of  tea to 
an old women’s "home,  100 pounds of bntter 
to a hospital  and  $10 in  cash  to  a  Bible- 
class, a  woman  came in and  asked  him to 
give a lift to a helping hand society.
“Oh,  certainly,” he  pleasantly  replied, 
“shall  I give you the entire contents of the 
store?”
“No, sir,” she  replied,  with a good  deal 
o f  dignity,  “you can  reserve the barrels of 
molasses and the boxes of  ciotbes pins. 
If 
you want to give us the balance of the stock 
and will kindly make out an inventory,  and 
pay half  the cartage, you  can rest  assured 
of our heartfelt thanks. ”

Grocers wanting good  cheese  should  or­
der from I. B. Smith & Sooy, proprietors of 
the  Wayland  Cheese  Factory,  Wayland. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed. 

867

It is well known that glass  acquires a re­
markable  toughness  by being  annealed  in 
oil,  and  that a high  degree of  hardness  is 
conferred upon  metals by a similar process» 
It is said that engravers and  watch-makers 
of  Germany  harden  their  tools  in  sealing 
wax.  The tool is  heated to whiteness  and 
plunged into the wax,  withdrawn  after  an 
instant  and  plunged  in again,  the  process 
being repeated until  the  steel is too cold to 
enter the wax.  The steel is said to become, 
after  this  process,  almost  as  hard  as the 
diamond,  and when touched with a little oil 
of  turpentine, the tools  are  unexcelled for 
engraving, and  also  for  piercing the hard­
est metal.

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

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

be  inserted under this head fo r
..A dveri l8ement^ 
a   w ord  th e  llrst  insertion  and  one  cent a 
word fo r  each  subsequent  insertion. 
No  advertise­
m ent ta k en   fo r  less th a n  25 cents.  A dvance paym ent.

253

252

______________ FOR  SALE.____________
f ,QR  SALE-STOCK  AND  FIXTURES  OF  T m T H pn- 

eery, dry goods and notion  business  a t  281 South 
division street.  Business well established,  w ith  irood
&}?. o!nUst2?“ers'„  Reason for selling, o th er  business. 
W ill sell p a rt o r aU of stock, as purchaser prefers.  Ad- 
ply on prem ises o r address A. W. Curtis & Co. 

I ’OR  SALE—AT SULLIVAN, MICH., STOCK OF DRUGS 

and notions, w orth $700.  This is a  live tow n, with 
nve sawmills, lum bering, bark, ties, etc., and only drus 
store.  No doctor there.  W ould be good place fo r doc 
to r and druggist combined.  Reason fo r  selling.  hav« 
store in  Coopersville to  attend.  J. B. W atson, Coopers 
V1II0, Mien. 

Fo r   s a l e —d r u g   s t o c k   a n d   f ix t u r e s   a t   i

bargain, if sold soon.  Good  location  in   flourish 
m g   city   in   Southern  Michigan.  J u st  th e  place 
fo 
young m an w ith sm all capital.  Good reasons fo r  sell 
m g.  Address No. 251, care M ichigan Tradesm an.  251
XT'OR  SALE—BOOT  AND  SHOE  STOCK  IN  BES
t 
W rlte  f0P  £tal  Particulars
Lock Box 39, Vassar, Mich. 
gtl

FOR  SALE—a   GOOD-PAYING  DRUG  STOCK  IN  * 

grow ing  tow n.  N earest  drug  store  is  six miles 
w ill invoice about $2,50°.  A  big  chance  fo r  a m a n o  
easy.  Best of reasons for w ishing to sell
?  ^ j   * 
Address  P ain  K iller,”  care  M ichigan  Tradesm an 
G rand Rapids. 
.24fi
OR SALE—GENERAL  STOCK.  GOOD  TB i n E  T .n p  
or sh o rt lease of store.  A bargain fo r  som e  one 
m ust sell  W ant to  go South.  Address  Box 12, Grand 
ville, Mich. 

J’ OR  SALE — NO.  4  REMINGTON  TYPE-WRITER 

only  one  week.  Call  on  o r  address  H.  B

Fairchild,, G rand Rapids. 
TTiOR  SALE-THE  DRESS  OF  TYPE  NOW  USED  03 
-L 
“The  Tradesm an”—600 pounds  of  brevier and 20 
pounds of  nonpareil.  A  good  b argain  w ill  be  givei 
purchaser. 

238

242

oar

. 

Choate, A gent, E ast Saginaw. 

EOR SALE—AT A  BARGAIN.  A  CLEAN  STOCK  O 
hardw are  and  m ill  supplies.  Address  W ayr 
207
F o r   s a l e —f r u it   f a r m   o f   7 #   a c r e s,  l o c a t e ]
in   Spring  Lake.  Ten  m inutes  w alk  from   pos1 
office.  P leasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  W ill  sell  o: 
long tim e o r exchange fo r  stock  of  any kind  of  mei 
chandise.  Place is valued a t $3,000, w ill ta k e $2,000 fo 
it.  Address S. A. Howey, North M uskegon, Mich.  208

WANTS.

ANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  NO.  1  DRUG  CLEI 
w ith a  gilt-edge  reference.  Com petent,  exp 
ienced and registered.  Address Box 254, care  Michig 
o
Tradesm an. 

ANTED—POSITION AS BOOK-KEEPER OR CLEI 
w holesale o r retail, any branch.  Nine years* < 
perience.  Best  of  references  furnished.  Address 
B.  F.,  269 F o u rth  avenue.

ANTED—LOCATION  FOR  PORTABLE  SAW  MIL! 
w here 500,000 feet oak and o th er hard  wood tir: 
her can be bought fo r cash.  Address  G,  226  Michiga 
247
St., Chicago, 111. 
ANTED—LOCAL AND GENERAL AGENTS,TO RE] 
resent  us  in   th e  introduction  and  sale  of  tt 
fastest seUing article on  th e   m arket.  T erritorv  fre 
Exclusive control given.  $50 to  $100 per week, to  goc 
live  m en.  Enclose  4  cents  postage  fo r  free  sam pl 
term s and full particulars.  Address The Nichols M’f 
Co., O nalaska,  Wis.

Y oung  m an  -preferre< 
factoring  business. 
$1,500 required.  W orth investigating.  Address  Mam 
244
facturer, care this p aper. 

WANTED—PARTNER  IN  AN  ESTABLISHED MAN!
WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

th is  paper  to  give  th e Sutliff  coupon system  a 
trial.  I t w ill abolish your pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in  m any instances save you th e 
expense of one clerk, will b ring yo n r business  down to 
a  cash basis and  save  you  ail  th e  w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith th e pass-book plan.  S tart th e 1st 
of the m onth w ith th e new  system  and. you  will never 
reg ret it.  H aving  two kinds, b oth  k in d s ^ U l be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  th is  paper)  JTH. •Slltliflf, 
Albany, N. Y.
TT7"ANTED—TO  BUY  A  SECOND HAND  NO, 1____
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terprise Coffee Mill.  Must be In  good  ordH SE d 
n o t long in  use, and  price  rig h t.  Address  G.  s7*Fut- 
nam , F ruitport,. Mich. 

WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send fo r 

samples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro.. Grand Rapids. 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

<2>-f  O A A   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BU8I- 
V-/V7  ness paying 100  p er  cent.  Best  of rea­
sons  fo r  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace, 
Mich. 

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121-2 per celt. Discount,

For cash w ith order or  Bank  Certificate of 

Deposit.

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3 90  *•

$3 50 box

A B W risley’s W hite B ath  Soap, w orth

Acme 
W hite M arseilles Soap, w orth $3 90 box

In buying out the  bankrupt  stock  of  Ely& 
Coffin,  I  got  more  of  the  following  articles 
than I want, and so  will  sell  them  as  above. 
They are all new goods  and  in  original  pack 
ages, worth the full price shown below:
10 Bxs (100 bars) Acorn Soap, w orth $3  70 box.
4  “ 
3  “ 
4  “  (60 bars) The H ecktor Soap, w orth $2 40 box 
1  “  (100 bars) Saratoga Soap, w orth $3 box
1  “ 
2  “  48-1 lb pa Muzzy’s GlosS Starch, w orth 6c
3  “  24 lbs 3 oz Yellow Jack et S m oking Tob, w orth 20c
4 pails m edium  F ast Mail C hewing Tob, w orth 60o
30c.
8 
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68c.
1 
68c
1 
60c
“  P etoskey Chief 
1  Caddy 15 lb Eclipse plug 
35c
The  above  am ounts  to  $173  41, and  w n rth   i t   on  60 
days  tim e, bu t th e  discount  of  $21 67, m akes  th is th e 
cheapest lo t of cash goods ever offered in Michigan.
W ho w ill be first!  Money returned to all la te orders. 
I   also h ave th e  follow ing store  fixtures w hich  I  w ill 
sell a t th e sam e  discount from  prices nam ed.
1 No. 11 brass scoop perfection scales w orth $9 75 
1  co unter  platform   Howe  scales,  doable  b ar,  brass 
1 No, 5 E nterprise coffes m ill w orth $6
1 c ounter  balance  brass  scoop  scale 
6 bbls rolls w orth 75c set
2 60-gal oil tan k s and pum ps cheap a t $5
3 p air ice tongs cheap a t $1
A  few w iie  shelf  bu tto n  exhibitors  cheap  a t $8  each 
A paten ted  article new and w ill p ap in  a ny stock. 

“  Bang  Up S E & E 
“  L ight  H iaw atha 
“  D ark 
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scoop, 240 lbs, $14

oz  to   6  lbs,

w orth $6

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Address

L   L  ELY,  MUIR.  MICHIGAN.

Dissolution  Notice.

Notice  is hereby  given  that  the copartner­
ship heretofore existing between Riohard Van 
Bochove and Abram  Sanford,  under the style 
of Van Bochove & Sanford, is this day dissolv­
ed by mutual  consent.  The  business  will be 
continued by  Richard  Van  Bochove,  who as­
sumes all the liabilities of the  late firm and to 
whom all accounts  owing the late firm should 
be paid. 

Richard Van Bochove,
Abram  Sanford.

Dated at Grand Rapids^  Mich.,  June 30,1888.

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M ic h ig a n   B u sin e ss  M en’s   A sso c ia tio n .

President—Frank Hamilton. Travers« City.
t in t  Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
8eoond Vice-President—8. Lamfrom, Owosso.
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Beard—President. Secretary, Geo.  W.  Hub­
bard, Flint; W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; Irving F. Clapp, Al- 
legan.
Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City; Cams. T. Bridgman, Flint;  H. B.  Fargo, Muske­
gon.
Commmitte on Legislation—Frank W ells, Tanning; W. 
E. Kelsey, Ionia; Seal McMillan, Rockford.
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W.  Mllliken,  Trav­
erse City; Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
East8ngumw.
Committee on  Insurance—S.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  Y. 
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan.
Committee on Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  8. E. Parkill,  Owosso;  W ill  Em 
mart, Eaton Rapids.
Oflicial Organ—The Michigan Tsapkhma»._______ ___
The following auxiliary associations are op* 
era ting under  charters granted by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

N o .  1—T ra v erse C ity  B . M . A . 
President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.

President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.

N o . 8—L o w e ll B . M . A . 
N o . 3 —S tu r g is B . M . A . 

President. H. S. Church; Secretary. Wm. Jorn.
N o .  4 —G rand  R a p id s  M .  A . 
President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
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N o.  6—M u sk egon  B .  M . A .
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.

N o. 6 —A lb a  B . M . A . 

N o. 7—D im o n d a le  B . M . A . 

President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L. Thurston.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. gtebblns.

NO. 9 —L a w ren ce B . M . A . 

N o. 8—E a stp o r t B , M . A .

Mo.  1 0 —H arb or S p rin g s B . M . A . 

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

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

S  o . l l —K in g sle y  B . M . A . 
N o, 1 8 —Q p in cy  B . M . A . 
N o. 1 3 —S h erm an  B . M . A . 

President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
President, H. B. Sturtevnnt;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.

N o . 1 4 —N o. M u sk eg o n  B . M . A , 
President, S, A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.
N o. 15—B o y n e  C ity  B . M . A . 
President, R. B. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
N o . 1 6 —San d L a k e B . M . A . 
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Basco.
N o . 1 7 —P la in w e ll B . M . A . 
President, E. A.  Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
N o. 1 8 —O w osso B . M . A . 

President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.

N o .  1 8 —A d a .B . M . A . 

President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

N o. 20—-S a u g a tu ck  B . M . A . 

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.

N o. 81—W ay la n d  B . M .A  

President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o . 8 8 _G rand  L ed g e B . M . A .

N o. 8 3 —C arson  C ity  B . Mi. A . 

President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Bailey.

N o . 8 4 —M o rley  B .  S L A .

President, J. E. Thnrkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.
_

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

N o . 8 5 —P a lo  B . M . A .

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

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N o . 8 7 —D o rr B . M .  A . 
N o. 8 8 —C h eb o y g a n  B .M .A
N o. 8 9 —F r e e p o r t B .M . A . 

President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. 
' 
President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Poser.
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough,
President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. B. Honghtaling.

N o. 3 0 —O cean a B . M . A .
N o . 31—C h a rlo tte B . M . A . 

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Flenry.

N o . 3 8 —C oop ers v ille  B . M . A . 
N o. 33—C h a r le v o ix  B . M . A . 

President, G. W. Watrons; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.

N o . 3 4 —S aran ac B . SL A  
N o .  35—B e lla ir e   B . M . A . 

President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. W illiams.
President, Wm. J. Mixon; Secretary, C. E. Pensino re.
Pr»rfA«iit, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John M. Everden.
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President, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, W. F. Baxter.

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

N o . 36—I th a c a   B .  M . A .

N o . 3 8 —S c o ttv llle  B .  M . A .__

President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
President, W. S. W ilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon^

N o . 39—B u r r  O ak B . M . A . 

N o . 4 0 —E a to n  R ap id a B . M . A . 
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coller.
N o. 41—B re c k e n r id g e   B . M . A . 

President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, 0. E. Scndder.
..; ^ ‘/'''-Pi ,'N o. 48—F r e m o n t B . M . A .
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbnn. 
— 
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.

N o . 43—T u stin  B . M . A .

N o. 4 4 —R eed  C ity  B . M . A . 
N o. 45—H o y iv llle  B . M . A ,

President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. HaUaday.

N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B . M. A .
N o.  47—F lin t  M .  U .

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. 
" 
President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
N o. 4  8 —H u b b ard  sto n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary,w - 3- Tabor.
President, A. Wenzel! ; Secretary, Frank Smith.
President, A. O. W heeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.

N o. 4 9 —L eroy  B .  M .  A . 
N o. 5 0 —M a n istee B . M . A . 

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

N o . 51—C edar  S p rin g s  B .  M .  A . 
N o. 5 8 —G ran d  H a v en  B . M . A . 

President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .
President, Frank Phelps ¡ Secretary, John H. York.

N o. 5 4 —D o u g la s B . M . A .

President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, €■ B.XaUer,
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
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President, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, T. M. Harvey.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

N o.  5 5 —P e to sk e y   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r  B .  M .  A .
N o. 5 7 —R o ck fo rd   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e B . M . A . 
N o . 5 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A . 

President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, E. 0. Brower.

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P- S. Swarts.
N o . 6 0 —S o u th  B oard m an  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Nelhardt.

N o.  6 1 —H a rtfo rd   B . M . A . 

President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.

N o . 6 8 —F a st b a g in a w  M . A . 

N o. 6 3 —K vart B . M . A .
• President, W, M. Davis; Secretary.C. K. Beil.
N o , 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A . 

PraafAent, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, O- 8. Blom.

N o . 6 5 —K a lk a sk a  B . M . A . 
N o . 6 6 —L a n sin g  B . M .  A . 
President, Frank W ells; Secretary, B. F. Hall.
N o . 6 7 —W a te r v lle t  B . M . A . 
President. Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.
President, A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand,

N o. 6 8 —A lle g a n  B . M . A .

N o. 6 9 —S co tts an d  C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lym&n Clark; Secretary, F. S. W iliison.

N o . 7 0 —N a sh v ille  B . M . A , 
President. H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers.
N o. 7 1 —A sh le y   B .  M .  A .
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck,
N o.  78—E d m o re B . M . A .
N o, 73—B e ld in g  B . M . A . 
N o. 7 4 —D a v iso n   M .  U . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
President, Oscar F. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacrans.

N o, 7 5 —T ecn m seh   B .  M .  A . 
N o.  76—K a la m a zo o  B . M. A . 

President, S. S. McCamly ; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.

Speeiai Enterprises Wanted.

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n H B B O Y G A K —WANTS  WOOD  MANT7FACTOR- 
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ies in every branch to  improve  the  greatest  ad­
vantages in the State.  All kinds of timber of the finest 
quality  in  Unlimited  quantities.  Come  and  we  w ill 
help you.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 
T T O P K IN S   s t a t i o n - o ffers  BIG  INDÙ CE­
L I   mento for tbe location of a Boiler  Mill.  Adpress 
Sec’y B. M. A. 

m "VTORTH M U SK SG O N —WAKTS ALIVE LOCAL 

Jj I  newspaper.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 
"D E L L E V U E —IS  IN  THE  FIELD  FOR  A  GRIST 
-L>  m ill.  Address John York, Sec’y B. M. A. 
TL7A .Y LA N D —OFFERS  UNEXCEPTIONABLE  IN­
I'V  duoements for a oannery.  Address  Bec’y  B.  M.

■ FE LAKE—WANTS ANY KIND OF HARDWOOD 

metottoi. Address Sec’y B. M. A.

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The Lowell and  Saranac  B. M. A. Picnic 

Cubebs  from  an  English  Standpoint. 

Saranac, Ju ly  5,1888.

.From the Chemistand Druggist.

tractor,  who needed than quickly and at no 
advanced price,  had applied to him.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: 
“I cannot  bring them  in  to-day” remon­
In 1879 à craze originated in America for 
D e a r   Sir —By request I will try and teil the 
strated the vaquero  (cowherd).
asthma  cigarettes, of which  eubebs formed 
readers of T h e T r a d esm a n how we  spent the 
“1 said to-day,” the ranchero replied.
an  important  ingredient, and  which  were 
Fourth of July.
“But I have not  the hides, and the  near­
recommended for catarrhal affections.  Prior 
By .au agreement between the  business men 
of  Lowell  and  Saranac,  the  stores  in  both 
est  had, except  your own, is four  or  five 
to that period the use of  the  drug had been 
towns  were  closed  from  9  o’clock  until  5 
leagues  away.”
chiefly  confined  to 
treatment  of 
o’clock.  At 7 o’clock the steamer Favorite le tt 
“Before twelve  o’clock to-night bring me 
gonorrhea, though  cubebs  formed a princi­
Saranac for the picnic  grounds with as Jolly § 
the hides I need.  Now go.”
crowd as you ever witnessed.  We were landed 
pal ingredient income proprietary lozenges. 
safely at 8:30, after which the steamer return­
The  job was  done.  The  vaquero  was 
Asthma cigarettes  soon  became  extremely 
ed to Saranac for another load,  arrtvlngwith 
praised and paid.
fashionable  in  America, and a few  specu­
the second instalment  at  11:80.  After  that it 
But next day when  the ranchero’s Indian 
lators  bought  up  every parcel  of  cubebs 
made  regular  trips  to  Lowell  every  hour, 
bringing a large load each time.  With  a large 
went  for his master’s cows, he found many 
upon  which  they  could  lay hands  in  the 
number of teams the crowd was swelled to be­
of  them  missing.  A  chilling  suspicion 
European market, with the result of quickly 
tween  500  and  700.  The time  was enjoyabiy 
crept  upon the  owner of  the  rancho.  He 
forcing up the price of the drug 10 per cent, 
spent in  eating,  visiting, swinging, etc., etc., 
mounted a horse,  rode  forth, and after  due 
until 2 o’clock, when Feo. A.  Potts.  President 
or  thereabouts.  The  enormous  demand 
search,  found  the carcasses of  his cows  in 
of the  Day,  appeared  and  notified  us  that a 
then prevailing for cubebs  may be illustrat­
change  of  programme  was  in order,  after 
the chaparral, in the  upper aid of  a canon. 
ed  by  the  fact  that  in  February,  1880, no 
which  we  listened  to  one of those fine selec­
He  rode  slowly  back,  his  wrath  rising 
less than 737 bags of cubebs arrived at New 
tions that  the  Lowell  Glee  Club  can  so ably 
meanwhile.
render.  This was followed by prayer  by Rev. 
York in  a  single shipment.  Stimulated by 
J. A . 8, Worden, of  Saranac.  Then  Mr. M. H. 
“You  villain,  you  killed  my  cows!”  he
the  high  prices prevailing, the  production
Walker, of  Grand  Rapids,  was  introduced as 
in Java had extended  considerably, but  by  crie<*  furiously,  when  he  had  found  the 
speaker of ike day.  Mr. Walker said, on com­
.
this  time the American speculators had  ob-1 
ing forward, that hedid  not  know  until  last 
Saturday that he was expected to speak at that 
tained a tight  grip of  the article, and man- j 
‘‘CertauiIy> sir» it was  my only chance of 
time and so was not prepared as he would like 
ipuiated  at.  will, sometimes  flooding  the 
your  peremptory  order,”  was  the
to have been.  Weil, he  commenced  business 
European  market  with large  shipments  in 
from the start, and when  he  got  through ev­
order to momentarily depress  the values of 
. . T“e  ranchero  was too shrewd  not to see 
eryone said that it was the best Fourth or July 
speech they ever listened to.  If that is a spec­
the  drug and  secure at a low rate  any par-  ~ia^ he himself had set the trap in which he 
imen of what he can give us without  prepara­
cels which second-hand holders might offer,  had  been  caught.  He  had  to  be  content 
tion, hereafter we will not give him any notice 
At  the same  time all sorts of  tricks  were  W1*h  storming  and  kicking  the  wily  va- 
whatever when we want  him  to  speak.  But, 
resorted  to  in  order to keep  alive the  de-  flnero, who  was  only too  happy to  escape 
without feeding Mr. Walker any taffy, we con­
sider him the best speaker in  Western  Michi­
mand  for  the  article in America;  but  the I W1^h such mild punishment.
gan for a B. M. A. picnic.  At the  close of Mr. 
asthma  cigarette  craze  had  by  this  time 
Walker’s address. Rev.  Mr.  Powell,  pastor of 
subsided.  Notwithstanding this, the Ameri­
the Lowell Baptist church, gave us a five-min­
can speculators  have continued  their game, 
ute talk that was to the point and full of sound 
wisdom.  After  spending  the  balance of the 
and  as the  article is a comparatively  small j 
afternoon in visiting, we le ft forborne at 4:30. 
one,  they  succeed  without  much  difficulty 
all agreeing that it was the pleasantest Fourth 
in controlling the bulk of the supply;  hence! 
ever spent.  All honor to the B. M. A. that we 
were all enabled to close up our  business  and 
the continued high price  of. the drug.  The 
go and have a good time at a picnic.  I cannot 
consumption of  the  article  cannot  now be! 
close this report without saying that the small 
said  to be  on the  increase;  in fact, during 
boy  with his fire-cracker  (meaning  no  other 
the last  few years the  imports in  America 
than Bro. Potts) came also, to give  life  to the 
proceedings of the day.
have been falling off.  At present our stock 
We were disappointed in not  having  either 
has  been much  reduced, and  at  the  com­
State President Hamilton or  Secretary  Stowe 
mencement of  the month  amounted to only 
with us on this occasion, but they were  other­
41 bags in the first hand, while from £31 to j 
wise engaged and could not attend.
I want to say that, as this was the first picnic 
£23 is  quoted  for stalky  or  good,  genuine l
with which the Saranac  Association  has ever 
In  Holland,  the  imports  during)
had anything to do, it was rather bard work to
get some of them to take hold of It; hut, after 11886  amounted to about 200 bags  less, less 
the grand success of yesterday  it  will  be  no  than  half  of  which  belonged  to  the  ac- 
trouble, at the proper time, to get up another | knowledge«!  genuine  variety.  The Dutch
market  is  now  said  to  be  very bare,  the
stock  at  Amsterdam  not  exceeding  1,0501 
pounds,  600  pounds  of  which  are  gray I 
berries. 
If recent mail advices from Amer-1 
Tbe Kalamazoo B. M. A. has rangina change I 
ica  can  be trusted,  the  stock at New York 
is  also  very  low,  being  estimated  at  less
on  the  Blue  Letter  by  printing  a  list of the I
members of  the organization  on  the reverse I than  7,000  pounds,  or barely sufficient  for 
I  one month’s requirements. 
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side of the sheet. 
The official notification of the State  oonven-1 years  ago  a  consignment  of  19  bags  of | 
tion having been sent out  to  the  local  auxll-1 spurious  cubebs  was stopped  by the  New 
iaries, the members  of the  latter  should cast I York  customs’  authorities  and  destroyed. 
about for the selection of tbe most  represent-1 ^   was then  announced that all  cubebs iill­
I ported  into  the  United  ^States  would  be
ative men in each community. 
J®,  J close examination,  but if the |
f 1* ?  ar®  frequently purchased  in
purP<??e °*  exportar
tion to  America  are  in  reality shipped  to j 
that country, the vigilance of  the American 
customs’ offices  must  have  greatly relaxed I 
of late.

EATON 1 LYON,

Petoskey  Daily  Resorter:  The  Business I 
Men’s Association is an  organization  formed 
for mutual  assistance  and  the  promotion of  ^
all public interests, especially those important 
matters which are  “everybody’s business and 
nobody’s business,” and it has  already been a 
great help to the place.

B O O K S ,

20  and 22  donroe Si.,  Grand Bands,  Mich,

“United we stand, divided we fall.” 

Jobbers and

Retailers of

Association  Notes.

Importers,

__ _  berries. 

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W orth  of Perseverance.

Petoskey Independent:  At a  meeting of the 
Business Men’s Association, held  in the Coun­
cil chamber Thursday  evening, a communica­
tion was received  from  the  managers  of the 
Bay  View  Association  in  resrard to having a 
sidewalk  built  from  Bay  Yiew  to Petoskey. 
The Association discussed  the  merits  of  the 
communication and  decided  to  present  it at 
the next meeting of the Council, with a request 
that favorable action betaken thereon.

In any line of business, the man who uses 
reasonable  economy and  has the  ability  to 
give fair management and  the perseverance 
to hold on, will, in a great majority of cases, 
make a success;  while, on the  other  hand, 
the  one who  rushes  into whatever he  has 
undertaken  with a spasmodic effort  to  win 
all  at  once, as  a  general  rule, wastes  his 
energies  and often  fails for  sheer want of 
Cheboygan Tribune:  At the  meeting of the 
perseverance.
Business  Men’s  Association,  Monday  night, 
The man who starts in to do a day’s work 
the papers were requested  to  urge  upon our 
and attempts  to do as  much in one  hour as 
citizens  the  importance  of  decorating  their 
ought  to be done in  two,  will usually  find 
places of business and  homes  on the occasion 
it  necessary to take a rest, and  while  he is 
of the meeting of the State Association in our
resting  will  lose valuable  time  which  he
village next month.  The committee  appoint-  evidently feels  that  he  ought to make  up, 
ed to raise money for entertaining our  guests I judging  from the  spasmodic efforts  he will 
reported that in two  hours  Monday  they had  make when he starts into work again.  But, 
secured  the  subscription  of  *250,  and  that  at night,  the  man  who works  steadily,  but 
some of the subscribers said that if more mon- J perseveringly,  w ill  be  found  to  have  ac- 
ey  was  needed 
they  would  double  their J complished  the more,  while usually he  will 
I be found in a much better condition to com­
amounts. 
mence again the next day.
So  it  is  in  business.  One  will seem  to   j 
hustle around and  make  a  considerable to- 
do over what he is doing,  and, after wasting 
his energies in accomplishing what, by tak­
ing a little  more time,  could  be done  with 
very  little effort,  and  then,  because,  as he I 
thinks,  he  fails  to  meet  the  success  he 
imagines  he  should,  becomes  discouraged 
and is ready to make a change to something 
else.  This, in  a majority of  cases, proves a 
loss, and  in  consequence  he  does not  suc­
ceed as the  energy he displays would  seem 
to  warrant.  Another  man,  while he  may 
not make a great  display of  his energies at 
the  staff, will  go to work more  systemati­
cally, and will  have better  opportunities to | 
economize,* and  in  many  cases  to

Village  workingman—Well,  sir,  w< 
ready.
Enterprising citizen—Ready for what?
_ Village  workingman—You  spoke  some 
time  ago about  building a  factory to  help 
the town along,  so we’ve been hard at work 
getting  in shape  for  it.  We’ve  formed  a 
trades federation of  all the workingmen  in 
the country, and after a great deal of trouble 
have  at last settled on how  many hours we 
will  work, what  time  we will  stop,  what 
wages  we  want,  what  hands 
you 
can 
can’t, 
you 
what foreman and superintendent you must

Capital  Learns  a  Lesson.

and  what 

employ 

FOffiTI M O I L  B iffi

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A .  J .  B o w ne, P resid en t.

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

CAPITAL, 

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

Transacts a general banking business.

M ak e a   S p e c ia lty  o f C o lle c tio n s.  A cco u n ts 

o f C ou n try M erch a n ts S o lic ite d .

CHAS. A.  COYE

MANUFACTURER OF

Horse and W agon Covers, 
Flags and Banners, 

Awnings and Tents,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,

W ide Ducks, etc

T elep h o n e   1 0 6 .

73 CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS

7 

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saw the  accounts  of  our  meetings  in  the! 
he  attempts  to  rush | "
papers, I  suppose?  Why don’t you rush up 
*ut obf erve  be v ill  . -
that factory? 
v I r®a“y  to  take  advantage of  any  favorable
t hat  raay arl9e-  B   always 
Enterprising  citizen—1  have  no  capital 1
I seems that the man who Is constantly shift
now< 
Village workingman—No capital? 
always  making a change at the
I ^ ^  abou,^ 
Enterprising citizen—No;  I tumciiltover *wr0??  time,  when  a  little  perseverance

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__  __ _ 
to  the  State'Board of  Lunacy to  hold  in I 
Imve brtmght  himlhrough “f r i g h t  1 tripple-plated  Silver S et  (6  knives, 
all lines of business there are fluctuations, j forks,  6 tea spoons,  1  sugar spoon,  j
trust for  me,  and instructed them  that if  j  I 
b u tte r knife), in satin-lined case.  Ad
ever  asked  for  the  principal they  should  ^ u st Persevere  **1? is 
nut me in  a, fitriiit-iiiplrpt 
I 
| against us that it seem8 the mogt imporfcant  dress at once,  R.  W.  Tansill & Co
put me m a strait-jacket. 
55  State St., Chicago.
_ to persevere.

FEEE—To  Merchants  Only:

i t  is wuen  tne odds seem I  i 

persevere* 

ttt  m 

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Bend for prices.
Offer No. 172.

manae ® I F I N E S ^ n d T l l f o F S T S ^ f t l r F
aB fl L A ^ I i o r  p J i v S E

Interesting Meeting  of  the  East  Saginaw ‘

Association.

"W" H I P S

Small  and  Large  Associations.

------- 

ADDRESS

LUCIUS C.  WEST,

From the Pennsylvania, Grocer.

Whips.

PATENTS;

GRAHAM  ROYS,  -  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Good Report from the Davison Association.

mure  evils  man 1 —  The  best  whips  in  the  world, made in all  grades

| Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
'of  American  and  Foreign  patent». 
105 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London, Eng.  Practice in U. S. Courts.  Circular* 
free.

Associations  which  depend  altogether ! 
upon  numerical  strength  make  a  grand 
mistake;  an  organization  may have a large 
membership  and  yet  be  totally lacking  in ; 
the qualities which tend to make a powerful 
and  successful  association. 
It  is  a  well- 
known  fact  that  some  of the smallest or­
ganizations;  have  accomplished  more  good 
work, have  benefited  their  members  more I 
and have really overcome  more  evils  than

An interesting meeting of the East Saginaw 
Mercantile  Association  was  held  last Friday 
evening, at which time two new members were 
added to the list.  Reports were made  by sev­
eral members,  conclusively  showing  the  ef­
fectiveness of the Blue Letter  collection  sys­
tem.  A  report  was  also  made  on  the  man 
Smith, who threatened to sue  the Association 
for placing  his  name  on  the  delinquent list, 
showing that he owed nearly *600  to members
of the  Association,  one  account  being  over,  »u u  u » ,«  « c o u , 
seventeen years Old.  If  the man wishes to be I the associations  which  SO  proudly  boast of I Bussy, Carriages, Cab, Team, Farm and Express.
shown up in his true light, he  can  be  accom- J their large ^ numbers.  The  smaller  associa- ] 
modated by bringing suit at  once.  The editor I tions  realize  that  they  are  weak,  and  go« 
of The Thadesman  addressed the members at | slowly  along,  cautiously feeling  their way
some length, when an adjournment was taken I until the proper  moment-for action  arrives, 
to  Thursday  evening,  when  delegates to the I yh6n  they strike  hard __and  win the fight.
Larger  associations  strike  out  boldly,  ini 
Cheboygan convention will be elected.
many cases without  counting  the cost,  and { 
when  too 
that  the  “more
haste the less «need  ”  Tt  navo  tn  ho 
uasie m e less speeo. 
tious  and to be united before  sweeping  re-1 culls out; 
forms are attempted. 

E. A. Stowe, Grand Baplds:
Dear Sir —I herewith hand you a few names 
for the State sheets and also  one  to  save  ink 
on, also *L25 for dues  on  five  new  members 
recently  admitted  to  our  Union.  Our  Blue 
Letters have  just  commenced  to  bear fruit. 
They make some of the  business men’s  faces 
broad, but—well, some  of  our  dead-beats are
wrathy to find that at last they  must  be men. | 
We have more applications for membership to 
actuponatour  next  meeting  and  think  we 
shall make our little  number  up  to  forty be­
fore winter.  I could write you more, if  I  had 
time. 

The furniture factories  here pay as follows
I -  -Ln? lurmiure lacrones  nere pay as follow! 
i t   pays  to  be  c a u -lf0r  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, ml. 
mi.
I Basswood, lo g -r u n ................... 13 oo@i5 00
Birch,log-run....  .............................15 00@18 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..........................  @25 00
I Black Ash, log-run............. .................14  00@16 6J
I Cherry,  log-run................................25  00@35 00
. . . .  
A  dishonest  man deserves to meet rogues I Cherry, Nos. l  and Z. . . . . . ...........4 5  00@50 00
nf j  Cffieiry.  eull..................................... 
— *........*..........••••I? P0@14 00
■,  I Maple, soft,  log-run........n  00@1300
The io llow in gil-J Maple, Nos. land 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . .........   @20 00
lustration of  “thief meeting thief”  is  from I Maple, clear, flooring............... 
@25 Oo
tiie California' Pastoral.  . A
rancn I Recfoak, log-run.. .. .. .; ,. .. .. .. .. ..  .lg 00@20 1
district  of Monterey,  a man i Bed Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..............   .... 24 00@25 00
who occupied a prominent position in  Cali-1 Red Oak, j4 sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 oo@45 00
regular............ 30 00@35 00
fomia “in the thirties,” : one  day  needed a IB®4 Oak, “  “ 
. few hides to complete a  contract,  and  em- 
1,B*eP piaok..,.,......  @25 00
S g 'S
n^ ± FiT lnetBx>Xaa&:  “I received asam-  ployed a man to furnish teem oiT that saSe  w ^ S r N ^ T ^ d 2 
pie «>py o f your paper the other day.  I think  day. 
| I § §
it a No. 1 paper.  Enclosed you will find fl, for I  Now,  it was well known  that this person | Grey Elm, log-run..........   .............   @1300
which please send me the paper for  one year I was never over-scrupulous in his manner of I wSSf 
and oblige a well-wisher.” 

and to  be tricked  by  them, 
couse, one man’s deceit does  not  justify an 

jrxjAxun 10 secure atnorougt 
^PLACE to secure athorouj
and useful education is at the 
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Brrsr 
n essCollege. w r ite fo r (^

% th is  r e a s o n tb e w n - lim to ^ ^ lS ™ “ ;ii^Ul."::::!;:i7 0®  W

I 
teas Journal.  Address;  G. G. SWENSBERG.

certain  ranch I Maple, white, selected. — ................. 

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

Fair  Bargain. 
. 
, 

Davison, July 8,1888.

.........14 00@16 50

L. Gifford, Sec’y.

I W «

Yours truly,

!!!!!! | ; ’ - 

aiMio^wh. 

realize 

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@1000

Ifoarbware.

These  prices  are for cash buyers,  who  pay 

 

 

 

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..dis 

BELLS.

AUGERS AND BITS.

dis  70&10
50

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

...................1 ............. 
BOLTS.

promptly and buy in full packages.
,  
Ives’,  old style 
dls
N.  H. C. Co......................................... ....d is
Douglass’.............................................  di8
dis
Pierces’ , ........ .............................¿ 
¿fig
Snell’s .......... .................................  
Cook’s  .  ......... w ,;. .„ 
. idis
Jennings’, genuine.......................  
.dls
25
Jennings’, imitation__ _____________ dis50&10
BALANCES.
__ , 
Spring................................:............... 
40
„   „  
BARROWS.
Railroad.......... . 
............... ......... .*14 00
G a r d e n .......,.,;...........   
.......net 33 00
Hand.......... ................................... dis * 60&10&10
Oow-........ ......... ..............................dis 
70
Gong 
25
uift 
Door, Sargent............................... dis 
60&10
Stove....................................................d is*
Carriage  new list....................  
.....id is 
 
Wrought Barrel  Bolts....................."dls
Cast  Barrel Bolts................................ dls
Cast Barrel, brass knobs...................dis
Cast Square Spring..............................dis
Cast (main. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  dis
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.____’..m s
Wrought Square................................... dis
Wrought Sunk Flush................... 
.dis
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob 
Flush. .. .. .. .. .. .. .  j,— . . . .. .. .. .. ..  dls
60*10
Ives  Door....................... ......................dls
60*10
^  
Barber................................................... dis* 
40
Baokus...................................................dis  50&10
Spofford................ ................................dis 
50
Am. Ball...............................................dis 
net
^  
Well, plain  ..................................................*  3 50
Well, swivel.................................................. 
4 oo
„  
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  80&10
Wrought Loose  Pin..............................dis  60*10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..............dis  60* 5
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned............. dig  60* 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
dis  60&10
Wrought Table.
Wrought Inside Blind...........................dis  60&10
Wrought Brass...................  
dis 
75
B  ud,Clark’s ......... .............................d is  70*10
.....................................dls  70*10
Sí-11«*’ ?»rkerf
Blind, Shepard’s......................................dis 
70

BUTTS. CAST.

BUCKETS.

BRACES.

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CAPS.

COMBS.

CHISELS.

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

p e r m * g
S G i a F . " "  
g. d . . .....................................................
0o
Musket...................................... 
CATRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list 
.50
Rim  Fire, United  States................................dis50
Central Fire.
.dis25
Socket Firmer.....................................    dis
70*10
Socket Framing.............................. . . . dis
70*10
Socket Corner.........................................dis
70*10
Socket Slicks................................. . . . . . dis
70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.,............ .dis
40
Barton’s Socket Firmers........  
"dis
Cold.................................................... ...net
Curry, Lawrence’s..............................  dls
40*10
Hotchkiss  .............................................’dis
25
Brass, Backing’s ..............................
60
Bibb’s ..........................................................
60
B eer.............................................................
40*10
Forms’..............................................
60
aa ih  33
Planished, 14 oz cut to size............ 
29
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........  
29
Cold Rolled, 14x48.............................  
Bottoms......................................... ;;;;;...........   30
Morse’s Bit  Stock........................ 
dlB  40
Taper and Straight Shank..................dis 
40
Morse’s Taper  Shank........................... dis 
40
_  
Com. 4 piece, 6  in.............................doznet  *.75
Corrugated...........................................dis20&101&0
Adjustable................................... 
_  
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Claris, small, *18 00;  large, *26 00.  dls 
Ives’, 1, *18 00;  2. *24 00;  3, *30 00.  dis 

14x52,14x56,14x60.................  ............

ELBOWS.

COPPER.

DRILLS

COCKS.

30 
25

 

 

f il e s—N ew  L ist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

„„ 

_  

12 

HINGES.
 

Discount,  60. 

HOLLOW  WARE.

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

13 
GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

American File Assoeiatiap L ist!__ dis
Disston’s . . . .. .. .. .. .  
...l.d is
New A m e rica n .........^ x ..  .....C .d is
Nicholson’s . . . . . . . . . . . . .............  ..  .  dis
Heller’s ........................  
."dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps...............‘ --.‘‘‘fun
„  
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27
Nos. 16 to 30, 
List 
15
'
_ 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .__ .... dis
50
Maydole* Co.’s ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .  j____dis 
26
Kip’8 .................................... 
25
dis 
Terkes  &  Plumb’s.......4 ; .. .. . ........... .dis  40*10
Mason s Solid Cast Steel.......................ao c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand..30 c 40*10 
„ 
Gate, Clark’s, l, 2, 3........ 
.dis 
80
.  —   ............p©r doz, net, 2 50
State. 
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4ft  14
714
70
Screw Hook and Eye,  H  ...................net 
8tt
Screw Hook and Eye 
................,.net 
Screw Hook and Eye  £ .............. 
7C4
net 
Screw Hook and Eye,  %...................   net 
7 2
Strap and  T ............................  
dls 
70
HANGERS.
_  
Bam Door KldderMfg. Co., Wood track
Champion,  anti-friction......................dls
Kidder, wood  track........................... ."dis

50*10
60*10
40
60*10
.......................................................................  BU&1U
........................................................   60*10
0o&lo
genera  ....... 
Gray  enam eled................................... 
50
 
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS."
Stamped  TinWare.......... .......... new list  70*10
Japanned Tin  Ware.................................  
25
Granite Iron  Ware............................................. 26
„  
1.................. ............................ *11 00, dis 60
Grab  2................................................  11 50, dis 60
Grub 3.................................................   12 00, dis 60
55
Door, mineral, j ap. trimmings........... dis 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings....... 
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
55
70
Drawer and Shutter,  porcelain......... dis 
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s..................  
40*10
Hem acite.............................. 
dis 
45
55
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s..................... dis 
55
Branford’s ......................................  
dis 
55
Norwalk’s  ............................................. dis 
55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ...............  dis  70
Adze  Eye...................................... *16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye...................................... *15 00  dis 
60
Hunt’s.........................................*18 50 dis 20 *10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled..................dls  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s...................................dls 40
Coffee, P. S. &W.Mfg. Co.’s Maileables ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s .............   dls 40
Coffee,  Enterprise......................................dig  25
MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern  ........................ 
  dis  60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine..............................d is  60*10
Enterprise,  seif-measuring.................dis 
25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

MAULS.
MILLS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

HOES.

 

 

 

NAILS—IRON.

Common. Brad and Fencing.

-  

„  

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, 

, 

m
12

ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

All sheets No. 18 and lighter.'  over» 

70*10
60
20
Com. 
*3 00 
3 00 
3 10 
3 16 
325 
3 35 
inches

PATENTFLANISAEDIRON.  -
s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27 10 20
4.S.. 
B  Wood spat, planished,Nos.25  to 27  9 20 
Broken packs %c $  9> extra.
_ . 
Sisal, & in. and  larger.................. 
Manilla..................... 
Steel and Iron....  8^UARE8‘
S r a n d  H®vels............M
H111®  .................................................... dls
Com. Smooth.
*4 20 
20
4  20
i  gX
l u t

Nos. 10 to 14..
Nos. is to u y y .y y y ................*î
Nos. 18 to 21................... y ..........
Nos. 22 to 24.................................. 
N os.25to 26...............  
.............  
N o.27. ......................... ;;;;;;........
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
T 
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 lbs, y   lb.................
In smaller quansities, y  * &  !
Tn fim flllfirn n A n citto a  M  Í* "1**...........
TINNER’S SOLDER.
XT 
N o.l,  Refined..................
.......................  
Market  Half-and-half 
Strictly  Half-and-half..'.iyyy.’y .y y  
••••••
TACKS 
American, all  kinds........ .: 
dis 
Steel, all kinds............... 
Si* 
Swedes, all kinds.......... 
...................Sis 
Cigar Box  Nails............ 
.................Sis
Finishing Nails................. ............m s  
Common and Patent Brads...............dig 
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks' dis 
Trunk and Clout Nails... 
dis 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails......... dis 
Leathered Carpet  Tacks............. y. S s  
Tn 
S .  
IC, 
IX, 
IX. 
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal.............. . .V.'.W." ‘ 
IXXX,  14x20, Charcoal.................... 
IXXXX, 14x20 Charcoai..............  
IX. 
DC, 
DX, 
UXX, 100Plate  Charcoal........ . . ’"]]** 
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal. 
RTdiPpe.d GharcoalTin Plateadd'l 50  to 
Roofing, 14x20,IC............ 
Roofing, 14x20, IX ............................. 
Roofing, 20x28, IC........  
Roofing,20x28, IX ............. 15 00
TIN—LEADED.

...................8<*®S|S
12x12, Charcoal..
I S?
12x12. Charcoal.............   .................  «35
14x20, Charcoal...............  ...............  7 ^
9 35
11 37
..........  13 15
20x28, Charcoal........ .......... ........... i« in
100 Plate Charcoal............................  710
100 Plate Charcoal..........................   o m
u  10
.................  13 to

6*
7*
jjj
an
an
an

w
50
bo
m
45
35

t in p l a t e s .

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

7 00 rates.

IC. HriiO, choice Charcoal Teme.......... 
6 60
IX’ 14x20, choice Charcoal  Teme...............  7 50
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme........   "  " 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Tem e............. "15 00

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TRAPS.

Steel. Game............. .......................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....  .  " dis  35 
S n?1^ Coinmunity’ Hawley & Norton’s  60*10
HotchMssV 
..................... y..............60*10
». P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s .......•....... 
60*10
Mouse, delusion.................................*i 50  |
 doz

Bright Market................................... 

¿is  67i4

WIRE.

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OILERS.

6d  4d
2 
14

1  lOd  8d 
2H 
*1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

JMto  60d 
........................................$  keg *2 05
25
8d and 9 d adv........................................... 
6dand7d  adv......................................................50
 
4d and 5d  adv....................................... 
 
75
  150
3d advance................................................... 
Tinned Mattress.................... 
2  m gw
3d fine advance......................................... 
  225
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NORTHERN  MICHIGAN  AS  A 

DAIRY  REGION.

In  this  active and  busy  age, sophistical 
theories find  no abiding place in the human 
mind and people have little time or inclina­
tion to trace  out the  subtle disquisitions  of 
any subject that promises no practical bene­
fit  to  themselves or others. 
In  a  former 
article, I   alluded to the feasibility of  dairy­
ing  as  a  promising  branch  of  husbandry 
in  the Northern  part of  this State.  From 
the brief  comments of  the  editor, touching 
that reference, I  inferred that  a  somewhat 
erroneous impression is held by many people 
in  the lower  counties as to our  natural ad­
vantages  in this  regard. 
In  giving  you a 
short  synopsis of  the dairy  outlook here, I  
will  religiously  endeavor  to  abstain, from 
the  picture  or  making  state­
coloring 
that  >  would 
ments 
leave 
a  false 
either  pro or  con.
impression, 
I  will  çonfine  my remarks  to  that  great 
tract of  thé  Lower  Peninsula  north  of  a 
line drawn due west from the head of  Sagi­
naw  Bay.  Most  people,  when  they  view 
this lump of  country, gaze at it through  an 
inverted  telescope  whose  lens  reflects  to 
their vision a swampy wilderness,  infested 
with  vampire mosquitoes during  the  short 
summer  and  bristling with  all  the  frozen 
terrors  of  the  ice  king  through  a  long, 
dreary winter.

tend 

to 

Now, let  us  examine  a  few of  the ad­
vantages  and  disadvantages of  our climate 
and soil  for  cattle  maintenance.  We are 
about  due  west of  an extensive  dairy sec­
tion  in  Ontario  and  Northern New York.
On all  sides but  one are  those great reser­
voirs  of  equalization  that  tone  down  and 
temper  the  intensity  of  the  winter  cold. 
Why, even  in Central New York, a  region 
that  leads  ¿he  van of  dairy production  in 
the New  World I have seen the face of the 
country buried under the accumulated snow 
of five months while the valley of  the Sagi­
naw  was  greening  under  April  showers, 
and the “beautiful” was  getting thin in the 
Northern  lumber woods.  And  such  years 
are not always  exceptions.  When it comes 
to  a question of  feeding stock  during  the 
winter  months, a farmer in the  Mohawk or 
St.  Lawrence Yalley has  no  advantage  in 
decreased foddering over his  brother on the 
Upper  Muskegon.  One  great  drawback, 
however, to  our  seasons  here  is  that  the 
summer  are  generally clipped at both  ends 
by  early and  late  frosts.  Sharp frosts  in 
May are liable to  sap the  life from the  ten­
der  timothy  and  clover,  to  the  ultimate 
detriment of the hay, and premature freezes 
S in   September  sometimes  sear  the  unripe 
cornfields. 
These  are  agricultural  em­
barrassments  which time  and a cleared  up 
country will obviate.

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ing  r nranitfl * mortytoan  extensive  cereal 
cropping.  \W e   dqanot  believe  that  the. 
North half of  this Peninsula possesses any 
more advantages for the dairyman than the 
South  half; but we do believe that the next 
generation will perceive no difference in the 
dairy  status of  the  two  sections, except  a 
month longer winter feeding in the extreme 
North. 
I  conversed recently with  a  lead­
ing  farmer and  dairyman of  Lake county, 
late  of  Drumbo,  Ontario, who  expressed 
great faith in the ultimate success of  dairy­
ing here, 
I think that when men  who have 
becomefamiliar with dairy interests-in dairy 
districts acquire  a  residence  in  pur  new 
counties  and  can speak  with confidence of 
what  the  future will  do for us  in the  way 
of  a  generous milk flow  that their  conclu­
sions are worthy of respectful consideration. 
That great acreage of  stump land  and pine 
barrens  that  is  a  bug-bear  to  many who 
actually  believe  that it covers the  bulk  of 
our territory, is not  required at all for graz 
ing  purposes,  as  enough  soil  on  which 
clover and timothy will  readily catch  exits 
without it. *By the way, clover is the potent 
agent  that  is going to work  out the  salva­
tion of  our lighter soil  and  free  the heavy 
loam of  its  sluggish  tendencies.  A  plant 
that  is  a  soil  feeder and  not  a  vegetable 
leech  is  a  rich  boon  to  the  agriculturist. 
Geographically,  Michigan  is  an  Eastern 
State and  emphatically not a Western  one. 
When  the home farm  down on the  Raisin 
or  the Thomapple  gets  so  small  that  it 
crowds  the boys off, let them  consult their 
own welfare and do justice to the State that 
gave  them birth  by  establishing their  col­
lateral roof-tree  somewhere within her bor­
ders. 
In  their laudable  strife for  agricul­
tural promotion may they always remember 
that  dairy cows,  while  they hold  in  check 
toe  impoverishment of  our  farms, produce 
an  income  more  stable  and  remunerative 
than United States bonds.

Geo.  E.  New ell..

Ashton, July 1,  1888.

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Many people imagine that  this portion  of 
our  State  possesses no natural  grass  land. 
Without any  coloring or exaggeration,  the 
writer can truthfully assert that “ successive 
crops of  rye plowed under” are not needful 
on  our virgin  clay land to  form a fertilizer 
for the  propagation of  grasses.  Probably 
such wise treatment of  light soils would be 
productive  of  good  results,  but, until  the 
heavy soil of Northern Michigan is utilized, 
dairymen  will  not  have to  enrich  a  seed 
bed  for the  sustenance of  the future  grass 
roots.  The  new counties  are  not all  pine 
barrens  and  sandy stump lands, but  good, 
old-fashioned  red clay, mulched with  dark, 
rich loam, weighs down heavily in the scales 
of division between  our varied soil  charac­
teristics.  A good  idea of  the diversity and 
mixed make up of  the land can  be obtained 
by  taking  a  glance  over the  timber  from 
some  eminence  capable  of  giving a  clear 
survey.  Alternate  belts of  pine and hard­
wood, with a natural longitudinal trend, toll 
us  that sand  underlies the  pine, and  clay 
the beech and  maple, but, of  course,  there 
are exceptions to  this rule, sometimes  even 
reversing  the case  entirely. 
If  the  polar 
end  of  the  Wolverine  State  was  always 
going to remain undeveloped, argument and 
logic would be vain expedients to plead fox 
her  natural  dairy  resources, but,  as  it  is, 
»the hand of  man is taming  the wilderness, 
?and,  at  the same  time, unearthing  unex­
pected  capabilities  in  her  equable climate 
and  tenacious  loam.  As  fine  herds  of 
blooded  dairy stock  as I ever  beheld,  par­
ticularly Jerseys  and  Holsteins,  graze  on 
some of  the  improved  farms  in  what  is 
known  as  the lumbering regions of  Michi­
gan.

The  writer  does  not  believe in  setting 
forth  the claims of  any section of  country 
in  extravagant  terms  nor  falsifying  its 
natural adjuncts.  Such a policy is not only 
detrimental  in itself  but casts  discredit on 
the  people who  resort to or  favor its  pro­
mulgation.  We  have, as well  as any other 
place  has, many  drawbacks, much  that  is 
discouraging  to the  farming interests;  but, 
for  all 
that,  agriculturalists  who  have 
pitched  their tents among us in  preference 
to  competence  from  diversified  fanning. 
Mixed  production is one  thing that  favors 
Northern Michigan for dairying.  A section 
that  piroducés all wheat, all  corn, all tobac­
co, è r  all  cotton is generally not noted  for 
its herds, its butter or its cheese.  Old Ver­
mont is a great dairy state, but I  think that 
when  Ethan  Allan  guided the  plow there 
wwinng  the  rocks  and  stumps  with  the 
forest-clad Green Mountains frowning down 
upon him,  the out-look for  future  develop­
ment in   that direction was far  less promis­
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before  his  progen/in  our  fair. Peninsula. 
I  have noticed that  the industrious Swedes 
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the most sure and stable methods of attract­
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BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

W ritten for The Tbaiumma«.

I t is, perhaps, not an easy matter for courts 
and  juries to  always  decide  equitably  be­
tween  the  plaintiffs  and  defendants  in 
slander atíd libé!  cases.  Where the alleged 
offense  is  shown conclusively to  be a  case 
wherein  malicious  or personal motives  in­
cites  the act it is, of  coarse, merely a Ques­
tion of  damages, but  tire  fact  is  that  not 
one suit M a hundred presents this  feature. 
In   the  more  common  actions-^those, for 
instance,  brought  against  newspaper  pub­
lishers—it is extremely seldom  that the  de­
fendant  isf influenced  by  any’ other  than 
worthy and, morally, excusable reasons  for 
his act.  He  regards the publication of  the 
offensive  article as a matter  of  interesting 
news which  he is warranted  in  placing be­
fore  the  public;  or,  he sees in it a duty  he 
owes  his  readers, in warning them  against 
a   fraud  or  swindle;  or, he  feels  himself 
justified in the interests of  honesty and de­
cency to pillory a hypocrite or an embezzler 
o r a moral leper before the gaze of reputable 
and  law-abiding  citizens,  and  in  any  Of 
these cases the  law that renders  him liable 
to exemplary damage is an unjust and inex­
cusable one.  But, as the law exists, and as 
courts and  juries  continue  to be  employed 
in  an  attempt  at  balancing  the  scales of 
justice  between  rogues,  swindlers,  hypo­
crites, frauds  and  moral  lepers  and  those 
who  deem it a duty to  expose  their iniqui­
ties, is it not  about time that  those who  sit 
in  such  cases  began  to  be  enlightened? 
Is  itlnot  about  time that  their  attention 
should ,be  called to  the  fact that no intelli­
gent,  honest  and  comprehending  man 
believes for a moment that  any law is bind­
ing  enough  or  any oath  sacred  enough  to 
make courts of  jnstice the  abettors and en- 
couragers of rascality?
*  

*  
I am impelled to the  above  remarks  for 
the reason that,  within  a  few  months, a 
number of Michigan papers have been mulct­
ed in various  amounts  or  subjected  to an­
noying and expensive lawsuits  for attempt­
ing  to  guard  the  business 
community 
against frauds or impostors or  for  arraign­
ing disreputable members of that communi­
ty  before the bar of  public  opinion.  With 
the objects which the editors  had  in  view; 
with no vindictiveness displayed;  with only 
truthful and  moderate  language  used, and 
with  parties for  prosecutors  who  had, by 
their own  acts,  wilfully  forfeited  the re­
spect and good-will pf honorable men, these 
cases emerged from the scope ,of individual 
litigation and became a direct  attack on the 
legitimate rights of the public.  The  public 
has  a  perfectly  unassailable  right  to  be 
warned against the prowling thugs of socie­
ty, no matter what degree of  thugism  they 
may have attained,  and he  who  gives  the 
warning should be exempt from  annoyance 
and expense.

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There is no class of people  who are bene­
fited more by timely exposures of the ama­
teur or  professional  fraud  than  those who 
traffic in merchandise—for  reasons  too ob­
vious for argument—and it  behooves  busi­
ness men to demand for themselves and the 
public more practical, sensible and equitable 
legislation on the subject of libel.  The law 
has been changed  materially  for the better 
during the last  few  years,  but It is yet too 
easy for ignorant  or  prejudiced  judges  to 
rule against honest men in favor  of dishon­
est ones,  and it still allows  thh anomaly of 
¿a man who has no character  receiving com­
pensation  for  damages  inflicted  upon  his 
character. 
If  I  hadn’t  any real  estate,  a 
suit brought against John  Smith  for  tres­
pass  on  my  fields  would  be  summarily 
thrown out of court;  but  if  I  commenced 
action against John for inflicting injuries on 
a  character which I didn’t  possess, my Suc­
cess or failure would  depend  altogether on 
the attitude of the court and the intelligence 
c r obtuseness of the jury.
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It  is interesting  to note  how  readily the 
nrifl/n without  a character,  or with  only  the 
shadow  of a character, can discover attacks 
upon  his  “reputation”  in the  newspaper 
columns'.  A  stray  paragraph,  referring, 
perhaps,  to  some  other  party,  a  harmless 
little  squib, the  reference  to  the want  of 
sobriety or  morality in  a  locality,  an  edi­
torial  condemning  some  infraction of  the 
people’s  rights, or even  an  obscure  adver­
tisement may  be  made the  cause of  a sup­
posed personal  attack.  As a little  illustra­
tion  of  this, I  call  to  mind  that  several 
years  ago,  while  1  was  assisting  in  the 
editorial work of  a certain paper, one week 
during  the  absence of  the  editor  I  found 
myself hard pushed to  find sufficient matter 
for  a  fair  showing  on  the  local page. 
I, 
consequently,  began to “pad out” with  im­
aginary  locals,  and,  among  them,  I  used 
the  old, hackneyed quotation  from  Punch 
in  something like this form:
“ ‘Full many a ghastly smile he smòlè
And many a wink he wunk;
And, oh, what must his feelings been
To think the thoughts he thunk—* 
when his wife  caught hixq.  coming out of  a 
disreputable house late laSt night.”

Now,  I hadn’t the remotest idea  that any 
such  circumstance had occurred,  but before, 
the  paper  had  been  in  the  postoffice  an 
hour  a  citizen  waited  on  me  with  the 
avowed  purpose of  mopping the  floor with 
my anatomy lo r making his family  matters 
public  property«  Luckily,  we  had  a  big 
foreman  whom  I  bribed  to  assume  the 
responsibility ofthe article;  but I  had hard­
ly  got this unpleasant matter off  my hands

W. Steele Packimg & Provision Co,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Fresh and Salt Beef,

Fresh and Salt Pork,

Pork Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Hams,  Shoulders,

«Bacon, Boneless Ham,

Sausage of all Kinds,

Dried Beef for Slicing.

T   A  T"> 
I  I  M  

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Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-half
barrels,  so  pound  cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and zo  pound 
pails.

Pickled  Pigs’ Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

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

iu every instance.

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

W .  C.  DEXTXSOXT,

Stationary  and  Portable  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting  and Marine Engines.  Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ez 

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

8 8,90 and 9 2 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,aMICH

E stim ates Given on Com plete Outfits.

ÄM08 8. MUS8ELMÄN l Co,

W holesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIGEL

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.

 

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MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

C .  

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“Y U M   Y U M ,”

The Most Popular 10c  cigar,  and

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

Send fo r trial order.

BIGI-  R A P I D S , 

-  M IC H .

DETROIT  SOAP  00.
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.  Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

DETROIT, 

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QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHCENIX, 

MICHIGAN, 

CZAR, 

WABASH, 

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

AND  OTHERS. 

For quotations address

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich

ttt 
W   .  VJT. 

t t   A  T T T T T ’T T C rC ! 
i l A  W   A l i N  O ,   Lock Box 173, 

Salesman for Western Michigan,

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

C. C.  BUNTING.

C.  L. DAVIS.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,
Commission  Merchants.

GEO.  E.  HOWES.

8,  A.  HOWES.

GEO.  E.  HOW ES 

C. N. R A PP .

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JOBBERS IN

Apples,  Potatoes  %  Onions.

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Gar Loti.

20 and 22 OTTAWA  ST ,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 X o n i* . S t - .G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M I O S .

* 

* 

before another party came in and threatened 
to “pulverize” me  for the  same paragraph« 
and,  after  another  appeal  to  my  able- 
bodied assistant,  I  seemed  a  fish-pole  and 
spent  the balance of  the day in  seclusion,
.  which poltroonry prevented me from ascer­
taining  whether  any more  of  my  fellow 
citizens met with a like mishap.
* 

* 
A  year  or  two  ago, th e^let  u^  say—- 
Smithville  Banner  announced  th&f  a  no­
torious  fraud  and  dead-beat had  removed 
from  Smithville to Robinsonville, congratu­
lated its readers on the fact and warnfd the 
Bobinsonvillians against the  man as  a  pro­
fessional 
swindler.  The  Robinsonville 
Record copied the article, omitting only the 
name,  and  in  a  day  or two  the  publisher 
was called upon by a lawyer who said:,.

.■  •*• 

* 

*

“ I  am  retained  by  Goguem,  the' gentle­
man  referred  to  in  your clipping  from the 
Smithville  paper.  The  publication©!  the 
article  was  libelous  beyond  the  remotest 
doubt, and Goguem wants a suit commenced 
at once;  but I   have  persuaded  him to wait 
three  or  four  days  to  see if  the  damages 
can’t  be  adjusted without  tedious and  ex­
pensive law proceedings.”

The attorney,  in  a  subsequent  conversa­
tion,  demanded a certain sum  and a retrac­
tion of  the charge, both of  which were  re­
fused  by  the  editor,  and  the  case  was 
brought  and  finally  came  to  trial.  The 
defense proved that the plaintiff was all that 
the  newspaper  article  described  him;  that 
the  proceedings  were  commenced  with  an 
attempt at black-mail;  that no malice could 
possibly be alleged, and that the publication 
was  made in the  interests of  the  business 
community:  yet, under  the  rulings  of  the 
court, it  was decided  that the  man without 
a  character had had  his character seriously 
damaged,  and  the  verdict,  costs  and  ex­
penses of  the trial almost  rained an honest 
man  and  gave a rascal  a  liberal  premium 
for his rascality.

This  was  only, a;.very common  case,  but 
it  has been depicted many times during the 
past  few years. 
It  was a case  wherein  a 
reputable business man suffered severely for 
warning  other business  men  against a pro­
fessional  fraud.  Ought  not business  men 
to  demand  that an  outrage of  this nature 
shall  be  made  impossible  under  future 
Michigan statutes?

RAGS, RUBBERS, BONES & METALS

BOUGHT  BY

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

JOBBER  IN

TINW ARE,  GLASSWARE  and  NOTIONS. 

TELEPHONE  64Q.

79 Spring St„ 

-  Grand Ranids.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana,

All T rains daily  except Sunday.
------GOING  NORTH.

Arrives.
Traverse City & M ackinaw............ ..7:80 a m
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................9:40 a  m
T raverse City & M ackinaw ...'...........7:30 p m
F or C adillac........ ................. . ............ 3:55 p m
Saginaw  E xpress.................... ......... 11:36 a m
...............................10:80pm .

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Leaves. 
8. 00 a m 
11:30 a m  
10:30 p m  
5:00 p m 
7:30 a m  
4:10 p m

t 

- 

» . 

S aginaw  express ru n s th ro u g h  solid.
8:00 a. m . tra m  h as ch a ir c a r to  M ackinaw C ity.
11:30 a. m. tra in  h as c h a ir c a r to r  Petoskey and Mack­
.
10:30 p.  m , tra in   h as  sleeping ca rs  fo r Traverse City 

inaw  City. 
and M ackinaw City.
C incinnati  E xpress......................... 6:30 a m  
F o rt W ayne E xpress........................10:80 a  in 
C incinnati  Express................. 
4:40pm  
Traverse City and M ackinaw Ex. .11:00 p m  

7:15 a m
11:45 a  m
6:00pm
7:15 a m  tra in   h as  p arlo r  ch a ir  ca r  to r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m  tra in  has W oodruff sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
5:00 p.  m . tra in  connects  w ith  M. C. R. R .,at K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and C anadian 
points, a rriv in g  in  D étroit a t 10:45 p. m.

GOING SOUTH.

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 
Leave. 
A rrive.
7-45 a m .....................................................................10:45 a m
11:15am .....................................................................   4:30p m
4:40 p m ....................................................... .............  7:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stree t  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Michigan Central.

DEPART.
 

Grand Rapids Division.
D etroit E x p re ss...!........................................... 
6:45am
Day  E xpress................. 
1:10 p m
•A tlantic Express.....................................................,10:45 p m
Mixed  ........................................................................... 6:50 a m
•Pacific  E xpress...............................................................  6:00 a m
M ail................................................................................ *:16 P “
G rand Rapids  Express.................................................... 10:15 p m
M ixed........................................ ................-...............5:30 p m

A R B I\E ,

 

•DaUy.  All o th e r daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express tra in s to  and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r cars ru n   on  Day  Express  and G rand 
Rapids Express to  and  from   D etroit.  D irect  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith aU th ro u g h  tra in s E ast over 
M. C. R. R., (C anada S outhern Div.)

O. W . Ruggx.es. Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Chab. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 

Kalam azoo Division.

p m

3 1 

10 
p m  
1:10 
3:35
F rt

.W hite Pigeon.

A rrive.
1
2 
p m  a m  
a m   p m
3:00 7:45 D p.. . .G rand  R apids..................  9:45  6:10
4:13  9:02  “  ....A lle g a n ..............................  8:28  4:55
5:03  10:00A r....K alam azo o ......................  7:10  3:52
3:25
6:35 11:36 
.. .  .E lk h art...............................  4:45  1 :e0
8:00 12:30  1 
p m  a m
a m
....C h ic a g o ............................. 11:30  8:50
7:50  7:10 1 
p m
....T o led o .................................11:25 10:00
10:35  5:05 
a m
....C lev elan d .......................... 7:15  5:45
1:35  9:40 
p m
a  m  
u:«v  o:ou 
....B u ffalo ..................? ..........1:00 11:40
6:20  3:30
Tickets fo r sale to  all  principal  points  in  th e U. S., 
Mexico and Canada a t  Union Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil- 
t ja h s o n , Agt., Depot Office, M. B o o t z, Agt.

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

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING w e s t .

A rrives. 
fM om lng Express............................  1:05 p m  
(■Through M ail.................................. 5 -.05 p m  
(G rand Rapids Express................ 10:40 p m 
•N ight Express.................................... 5:25 a  m 
(Mixed................................................. 
GOING EAST.
(D etroit  E xpress..............................   6:45 a m 
(Through M ail................................... 10:20 a m  
(Evening Express...........................    3:25 p m  
•Lim ited E xpress...........................   8:fcS p m  

Leaves.
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
10:45 p m
5:40 a m
7:30 a m
6:50 a m
10:30 a  m
3:50 p m
6:30 p m
(Daily, Sundays ex.-epted  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  ea r  t>>  D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections for ail points  Ea.-t. arriv in g  in  New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Limited  Kxpre-s,  East, has 
through  sleeper  G rand  Rapid.- 
N iagara  Falls, 
connecting  a t  Milwaukee 
th rough 
sleeper to Toronto.
Through tickets and  sleeping  car  berths secured a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices. 2* Monroe St., and a t the depot.

Junction  w ith 

J a s. Ca m pbell, City Passenger Agent.

JT T JJD JD   cfc  C O . ,

JOBBERS ofSADDLERY  HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

102  CANA L  STREET.

■

Weä th eR

AT LAST.

LARGE  DEMAND  FOR

Y IN   GOODS

Of  all  kinds.

I offer a good quality  saleable 
pattern  Seersucker  Coats  and 
Tests 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.

I.  G. LEE

34,36,38,40 and 42  Canal  St.

I,  ]VL  Clark i  S on,

(Successors to Clark, Jewell & Co.)

Wholesale  Grocers,

G B . A 2 T D   R A P I D S ,   M I O S .

W ill  occnpy this space  next week.

RINDGE, BERTSGH & CO.,
BO O TS  A N D   SH O ES.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE

AT  THIS

RETAIL  GROCERS
"Who w ish  to  serve t heir  Customers 
w ith GOOD COFFEE would do w ell 
to  avoid  Brands  that  require  the 
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

------- SELL-------

DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

W hich Holds Trade  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

Unequaled  Quality. 

Im proved  Boasting  Process. 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

DILWOKTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City«

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  at  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit, 
PITTSBURGH,  Penn.
BARLOW  BROS.

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M I CH I G A N  
STATf Q)
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ss|.

toe 

that 

frankly  admitted 

contemplated;  and 

order prevails within its councils.  - The pre­
liminaries «looking to  a. perfection  of  toe 
organization, it  will  be  remembered,  were 
conducted, so quietly, yet at toe  stone  time 
so successfully,  that  the  desired  tod  had 
practically been  attained  before toe rest of 
tbe trade or toe general  public  were  fully 
convinced that such a vast combination was 
really 
immediately 
thereafter, though known to be wincing un­
der the  attacks of  the press, good, bad and 
indifferent,  toe  members  of  the  combine 
stoically  withstood 
fusilade  until, 
through their refusal to defend  themselves, 
they  were  no  longer  thought  worthy  of 
notice.
Meanwhile,  however, they  had  met  mid 
successfully  parried  the  efforts  of  both 
national and state investigating committees 
tb lay bare  the  vital  secrets of  the  organ­
ization and  are  credited  with  wielding  a 
powpr that has  since  prevented  legislation 
inimical  to  their  interests.  Having  thus, 
as it were, secured a footing, the  next  and 
most  natural  move of  the  combine was to 
make their position  profitable, both  for the 
present and the future.  When the Mills bill 
was  first  reported  in committee,  toe sugar 
schedule then  suggested  met  with no out­
spoken opposition from the  refining  inter­
est;  but  when  the  bill  came  before  the 
House it was found to have been so amended 
as to give the refiner  quite  as many,  if  not 
greater, advantages than under the existing 
tariff.  Members of  the  Ways  and  Means 
Committee 
the 
charges had been made at the instigation of 
some of  the larger refiners  and  in  the  ab­
sence  of  any  controverting 
testimony; 
while  it  is  understood  that  the  combine 
keeps representatives carefully watching its 
pet duty measure  iu  order to hold the rates 
according  to  the  revision  so  shrewdly se­
cured. 
In  the  meantime: toe  local  sugar 
market  has  been  treated  with  a  certain 
amount of contempt, by making  purchases 
as  much  from  parcels to arrive as circum­
stances  would  admit, 
to 
wear out the patience  of  Holders—a  policy 
that met with  fair  success  until  recently, 
when  a  hardening  of 
tone  has  arisen 
through influences from primary points, and 
not  from  any  power  the  selling  element 
possessed. 
to 
move  when  circumstances  required,  and 
with  plenty of  capital  for “expenses,” the 
trust has left  nothing. undone to fortify its 
position, and the opposition is really weaker 
than it was  last fall and  winter.  So far as 
can be learned, importers and  others  most 
interested  in  tariff  measures  of  reduction 
and reform have done practically nothing to 
show  up  toe  true  inwardness of  the duty 
schedule  as  it  now  awaits  Congressional 
action. 
In this they have been grossly der­
elict,  and  they must  expect  to  suffer the 
consequences.  Petty jealousies, hesitation, 
and at times  an  almost  abject  fear of  of­
fending the combine,  have  prevented  any 
unanimity  of Action  toward  meeting  the 
trust among the local trade;  and it does not 
require much of a prophet to  suggest  that, 
if  Congress  enacts  a  law  embodying  no 
greater  reduction  in sngar  tariff  than that 
now  before 
it,  or  adjourns  without 
changing duty at all, as  many think will be 
the case, the crushing  force of  the  monop­
oly to which  this  market  has become sub­
ject  will  be  felt with ten-fold force.  The 
controlling hand may be to a certain  extent 
clothed in velvet now; but the iron is poorly 
concealed, and it needs  only opportunity to 
reveal the vast power  possessed to mold the 
market  almost  entirely  in  the  interest  of 
the trust.

In  fact,  watchful,  quick 

thus  hoping 

The  Grocery  Market.

The  sugar  trust  is  again  showing  its 
hand, having advanced refined sugars about 
3-16c. during the past  week.  The  market 
is  still  strong  mid  excited,  with  strong 
probability that , granulated  may go  to  8c. 
before  the  upward  limit  is reached.  The 
trust holds the reins with a strong hand and 
is in complete, control of-toe  market.  The 
package coffee  manufacturers  announced a 
decline of  }£c. on Monday."  Cheese is look­
ing up again and the  price  is on an upward 
tendency.

HYDRAULIC  COMPANY

The Grand  Rapids  Hydraulic 
Company is  prepared to furnish 
pure spring water  to  customers 
on its pipe lines, under adequate 
pressure on all  levels,  on appli­
cation at the  Company’s  Office, 
76 Ottawa street,

JOHN  E.  MORE,  Secretary.

WANTED!

FRUIT,  BEANS 

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

and all kinds o f Produce.

If you have  any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in  the  Produce  lin e, let 
us hear  from  yon.  Liberal cash advances 
made  when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n   M e r c h a n t s

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO.

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

(Groceries.

Origin of the Tea Plant.  I p  '
i M intnrn Peck In Boston Transcript.  :
D, when the world was grand,  r  
se reign of the Bmoeror Whoo,
There lived a sage in the Flowery Land 
And no other mortal could understand 

Whom tradition calls Sin Foo;  '
One half of the lore he knew.

f h h  wise man was never known to guess,
Sh e reason why girls say No for Yes 
And e’en the Sees of actresses 

For he knew all things that be;
.Was as plain as A  B C,
He knew, so wise was he.

H e knew why girls all sit on  the floor 
And whv for each strawherry blonde you score 
• 
And wonderful things unknown before,

Whenever they put on a shoe;
A  white horse comes into view; 
And nothing to ldm was new.

.

But the strongest brain must tire some day. 
H e could not study, nor write, nor play,
H at his eminent head would  noa  straightway 

And this was Sin Foo’s mishap;
Nor sit with a book on his lap
And his eyelids shut with a snap.
To keep him awake he tied Ids cue 
To the top of his chair back tall;
He hired two cats to sit and mew 
A ll night on the garden wall;
He pinched himself both black and blue,
And slumbered in spite of it all!
Weary, at last, of the useless strife.
He rose with aresolute cough;
Full well he knew, if  he snored through life, 
How the people would sneer and scoff.
So he asked his wife for a carving knife,
And cut both his eyelids off!

His poor wife shrieked  as they dropped to the 

Where they fell a beautiful plant  was  found, 
And. when the. spinsters had gathered around, 

When—a marvelous sight to see !
More sweet than the jasmine tree.
They tasted and named it TEA!

Since then, when a Chinaman goes to drink 
Ere he puts his lips to the fragrant brink,
For he never-rahl never—can choose but think 

A cup of the balmy brew,
He shakes a sorrowful cue;
Of the fate of the great Sin Foo!

PURE  FOOD.

ground,

Mr. Muggins’ Ideas of a Wholesome Bak­

ing  Powder.

From  Pack.

1  suppose I made the mistake of  my life­
time  when  I  didn’t  go  into the  baking- 
I   might, 
powder  bnsiness,  years  ago. 
could, would  or should  have  done  so if  I 
had  been a baker, or the son of a baker, no 
doubt;  but then, I wasn’t.
However, it is not'too late  yet to retrieve 
the  unfortunate  error, and so I  have made 
all the necessary preparations to go into the 
business and  to attack  and uialign all  the 
other baking powders in the market, feeling 
piously assured  that the  proper and  legiti­
mate  way to build myself  up is  by pulling 
other people down.
T his is business.
And  right  here I  desire to call public at­
tention to the  poisonous  nature of toe  in­
gredients in aU other baking powders, which 
are largely,’ if not  altogether,  composed of 
such  objectionable  substances  as  bi-carb. 
soda,  cream  tartar,  chloride  sodium,  sal­
dato?, pearlash, etc., etc.,  all of  which are 
very exasperating  to a properly constructed 
and  well-regulated  stomach;  and  some  of 
toe powders contain alum, which  every ohe 
who  has  ever  eaten  it  in large quantities 
knows is a dangerous  poison. 
In  fact,  it 
is safe to say that no human being who ever 
ate bread made with any of these reprehen­
sible  and  insidious .- baking  powders  lived 
long  enough  afterward  to  read through a 
volume of  Walt Whitman’s  poems without 
being  thrown  into  dangerous  convulsions. 
Beaily, it is not safe  to  eat  any bread  that 
is not made  with my baking  powder;  and, 
as It is impossible to detect toe  presence of 
toe dangerous compounds in the bread after 
it is baked, the only way to  avoid  the  risk 
of being  poisoned, is  not to eat  any bread 
at all.
Or, if you must have  bread,  see to it that 
it  contains  my  baking  powder,  with  my 
trade-mark  stamped, cm-'each  teaspoonful; 
and,  in  case'  of doubt,  sprinkle a little  of 
thè  powder  on  each  slice, which  will  be 
sure to neutralize  everything  else that may 
have been put into the loaf.
In order that a discriminating public may 
liave ■ the utmost  confidence in -my baking- 
powder, I  give  herewith  the principal  in­
gredients  used  in  its  preparation,  all  of 
which  are  conducive  to  health,  wealth, 
longevity, and  the success of  the  Republi- 
eo-Democratic ticket 
,
It  contains, among other things, the  fol­
lowing  well-known healthful  components: 
Qyanide of  potassium, carbolic acid, cobalt, 
zoogh-ou-rats,  sal  soda, oxalic  acid,  corro­
sive  sublimate,  haloid  salts, Glauber salts, 
etc.  The aqueous ingredients of the liquids 
are evaporated, leaving a pure  powder that 
will infuse  more liveliness into  bread than 
a can of dynamite;  which, in an emergency, 
can  be used instead of  Dalmatian, or other 
bug  powder  with  unerring  effect.  My 
factory is not yet in operation, but to e  pub­
lic can judge for itself as to the wholesome- 
ness  of  my  powder, after  using  which  1 
guarantee it will use no other.
The  public will  carefully note  that I  use 
ha alum .
My purpose in introducing this innocuous 
powder  is a wholly  disinterested  one.  My 
only objects are:  First, to make a few mil­
lion dollars  for the stockholders,—of which 
l  am  only one,  there being five others who 
Have  two shares  each, the remaining  nine 
hundred and ninety shares being mine;  and 
secondly, to  furnish  a  perfectly  pure  and 
unadulterated baking powder that absolute­
ly  contains neither a l u m ,  salt, soda, tartar 
emetic,  or  any  other  anhydrous  poison. 
This  is  purely a work of  benevolence,  and 
ns soon as I  have my factory in operation  I 
will send  you a sample, which you  can  try 
on  any dear  friends who, you  may  think, 
would  enjoy  themselves  better  in  some 
other clime.
Too muto stress cannot  be placed on  the 
statement  that  this  baking  powder  posi­
tively and  ab8olntely contains  no  ALUM. 
Next to chloride of sodium, it is the rankest 
poison known to materia medica.  Beware 
o f A LU M  !
If   any  of  the  alum  baking  powder 
Makers  feel  aggrieved, they have  their re­
I  will be most  happy to meet them 
dress. 
on the Eljraian Fields any rainy day, when­
ever 
likely  to 
affect the powder—I dop’t mean toe  baking 
powder, but the gunpowder.
I  state this clearly, and with  the  greatest 
pmspicuity,  so  that  there  maybe no am­
I don’t care  how  dry the  baking 
biguity. 
powder  may be;  but if  I am to act as  prin- 
cipal in any duel, the  gunpowder  must  be 

the  dampness  will  be 

-  • 

1 remain, 

Tours, leavenously, 
H on.  E phraim  Mug gins.

Ib  the  Sugar Trust a Success?

m om  the New York Commercial Bulletin.

Whatever opinion  may be entertained of 
toe sugar trust from an  ethical  standpoint, 
the superficial  knowledge of  its  affairs and 
movements obtained from tithe to time carries 
toe conviction that  business  ability of high

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

The  quotations  given below  are  such  as  are  ordinarily  offered  cash  buyers,  who  nav 

promptly and huy in full packages: 

, 

* 

'

CHEESE.

Michigan full cream.. .8*09
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron, in drum. . . . . . . . . .   22
Inboxes................ .24
« 
Currants.  ¿  . 
........7  0  7*
Lemon  Peel....................... 14
Orange Peel.__ . .. .. .. __14
Prunes, French, 6 0 s........
French,80sv.__ ...  J
French. 9 0 s........
Im perial............6*

« 
« 
“ 
«  T u rk ey ...........  4%
Raisins, Dehesia.. , . . . , ...... 3 60
Raisins, London Layers.... 3 10 
Raisins,California  « 
...St 65 
Raisins, Loose Muaoatels..2 10 
Raisins, Loose California. .1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 88s.  9  0 9 *
Raisins, Sultanas..........  @
Raisins,  Valencias....... 
0 7 *
Raisins,Imnerials........... . .3 75

FISH.

 

h 

Standard 
English 2 oz...

« 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

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

Cod,  whole.............. ....4*04%
Cod. boneless..;..  .....5 * 0 7 *
Halibut.......... ......... 
13
Herring, round, *  bbl. 
2 75 
Herring, round, *  bbl. 
1 50 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  65070
Herring, Sealed............  25088
Mack, sh’r, No. 1, *bbl. ...8 75 
« 
«  18 lb Mt..l 25
*• 
..1 10
«  10  « 
« 
“ 
No. 2, *  bbls..........7 50
« 
Trout,  *   bbls..................... 5 60
«  10 lb kits...................  85
White, No. 1, *  bbls......... 6 75
White, No. 1,18 lb kits.... .1 20
White,  No. 1,10 lb kits..... 1 05
White, Family,  *  bbls.... .3 00 
«  Mts............  70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
D,D.,2 oz.......$  doz  90 
1 35
2 50
i o z . . ..........1  40 
3 75
6 o z ...... . . . . . 2 25 
175
No. 3 Panel...100 
2 75
No. 4  Taper. .1 60 
No. 8 panel...2 75 
4 50
No, 10  “ 
...4 50 
6 50
*  pint, r’nd. .4 50 
7 50
..9 00  15 00
«  “ 
1 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.
9 60
12 00
15 00
24 00
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............   04
Hominy, V  bbl....................4 0 >
Macaroni, dom 12 ib, box..  60 
Pearl Barley__ ____ 
0  3*
Peas,  Green
0 1  40 
Peas, Split.............
0  3* 
Sago, German............
©   6% 
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..
0   6% 
Wheat,  cracked........
0  6* 
Vermicelli, import...
010
domestic..
MATCHES.
95
G, H. No. 8,  square..
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 .N o.  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........150
Riehardson’s No. 7*, rad. .1 00 
Richardson’s No, 7 
rnd..l  50
Woodbine, 300..................    1 15
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap....................17018
Cuba Baking.....................22025
Porto Rico......................... 24035
New  Orleans, good.........33040
New Orleans, choice....... 44050
New  Orleans, fancy....... 50052

« 
« 
« 
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

imported... 10  011

“ 

« 

*  bbls. 3c extra

OIL.

« 
“ 

PICKLES.

OATMEAL

OATS—ROLLED.

Michigan Test...................... 10*
Water White........................11%
Barrels.................................6 25
Half barrels......................... 3 25
Cases..................... 
3 35
Barrels. ................................6 00
Half barrels......  .1.......... 3 25
C a ses..,..,.. . . . M__ 2 2603 35:
Medium..................................6 00
*  b b l.....................3 50
SmaU,  bbl.......... ..................7 00
*  bbl...^............,.4  00
RICE.
Table...................  
6 * 0 5 *
7
H ead...................  
6*
Java...................... 
Patna..................  
5*
Rangoon..............  
5
 
Broken................................
Japan.................. 
©6*
DeLand’s p u r e ..................5*
Church’s  ..........  
5
Taylor’s  G. M ................— 5
Dwight’s ................................ 6
Sea Foam.........................   ..5*
Cap Sheaf..................... 
.5

8ALERATU8.
 

 
 

 
 

%c less in 5 box lots.

 

 

SALT.

« 

60  Pocket, F F D...................... 2 15
28 Pocket...................................2 05
100 3 B>  pockets......................... 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee.........  85
Ashton, bu. bags.................  75
Ashton,4 bu.  bags......... ....2 75
Higgins’bu. bags...............   75
A m erican,*bu.bags......  20
Rock, bushels.......... . 
25
Warsaw, bu. bags...............   36
...............   19
London Relish, 2 doz. •.  ...2 50
Dingman, 100 bars....................4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard....4 75
Jaxon..........................................3 75
Queen  A n n e ....,...................4  00
German Family........................ 2 43
SPICES—WHOLE.
A llspice........................... 
Cassia, China in m ats.,....  7* 

*   “ 
SAUCES.

SOAP.

“ 

« 
« 
« 
« 

“ 
shot. 

  8
“  Batavia in bund.. ..11 
“  Saigon in rolls.... .42
Cloves,  Amboyna...............28
“  Zanzibar.,......... ....23
Mace Batavia............— 70
Nutmegs,  fa n c y ..............70
No. 1 ....................65
Np. 8.................. .60
Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack..l8*
white.38
....................21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice......... .12*
Cassia, Batavia...................20
and Saigon.25
« 
*•  S aigon ......... —  .42
Cloves, Amboyna................35
“  Zanzibar:.............. .30
Ginger, African...................12*
«  Cochin.....................15
Jamaica...............  018
« 
Mace Batavia.. 
..................80
Mustard,  English................22
and Trie.25
« 
Trieste.................27
Nutmegs,  No.  2 .,............ ,70
Pepper, Singapore  black..22 
white..30
Cayenne................26
Absolute Pepper, 
doz...84 
Cinnamon  «*...84
“ ,..55
Allspice 
« ...1 1 0
Cloves 
Ginger: 
«  ...78
Mustard 
"  ...84
STARCH.

‘v 
« 
« 
« 
“ 
“ 
« 

« 
« 

“ 

Kingsford’s 
..
Silver Gloss, lib

, 

»  
“  v  “ 

•*  6 lb boxes.
bulk........

“ 

O ff..,.. ..  ©

0   8%
0  7%
0  7%
.7 4 4 0 7 *

5*
Pure, 1 lb pkgs
Corn, !  fi> pkgs......... ...........   7
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf.......... .
Cubes.......................
Powdered..............
Granulated,  Stand.
Confectionery A. 
Standard A ...........
No. Í, White Extra C. 
N o.2, Extra C ........
No.SC...,...............
No. 4 C....................
SYRUPS.
Corn, b a rrels..........
Corn, *  b b ls ...........
Cora, kegs...................
Pure Sugar,bbl........
Pure Sugar,* bbl.... ..».35044

0   6% 
0  6% 
0  6% 
0  6 © 6%

7*6*

7

« 

« 
•* 

^   «  « 
l   «  « 

34  « 
*   “ 
I  « 
5  “ 

» 
“ 
'•  “ 
« 
« 
« 
« 

* s. g “ 
Is, 1 « 
BLUING

Acme, *  lb cans, 3  doz—  

“ f 
«1  tB u lk .. . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Sartor Gem.......................... 3 00

75
“  1  «  ....  3 00
80
Printais,  * s . .. . — ......  1 86
* s . . . . . . . .......... 8 00
Is.................... . , 3  75
b u lk ................i 
88
dime size.........I  86
Arctic, *  ®> cans, 6 doz....  45
4  “ .:3  
75
8  “ ....1 4 0
2  “ .... 8  40
1  “ ....18  00
Victorian. 1 lb (tall,) 8 doz. 8 00
Diamond,  «bulk.” .......... . 
15
Red Star *  lb cans 18 doz..  45 
6  «  ..  85
.. 
“ 
4  ‘‘  ..1 50 
Absolute,  14  B>  cans, 100
cans in case.................... 11 75
Absolute,  *   lb  cans,  50
cans in  case.................... 10 00
Absolute, 1#> cans, 50 cans
in case............................... 18 75
Telfer’s *  lb, cans, 6 doz in
case......................................8 70
Telfer’s *  lb cans, 3 doz in
case........ ........................ # 8 55
Telfer’s 1 ib cans,  1 doz in
case............. .....................1 6 0
Early Riser, * s, 4 doz case  45 
“ 90
“ 160
Arctic, 4 oz. r’nd V ffross  3 00
..............  6 00
«  8 oz.  « 
“ 
4oz.  oval............  3  40
............  6 50
8 oz.  « 
“ 
«  Pints r’nd.......... . 10 80
BROOMS.
No. 8 Hurl..............................8 00
No. 1 Hurl................. 
 
-8 85
..-.8  50
N o.8 Carpet........... .. 
No. 1 Carpet.......................... 8 75
ommon W hisk....................1 00
Fancy  W hisk.......................1 85
Mill.........................................3 76
Warehouse........................ .3 00
CHOCOLATE.
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  82 
“ 
Premium..  33
« 
« 
"  Hom-Cocoa  37
ii  “ 
« 
Breakfast..  48
COCOANUT
Schepps, I s .....................87
« 
Is and 14s.............28
«  Ms.........................JS1%
« 
Is in tin pails— 27ft
* s  
I  » 
....28*
Maltby’s, Is.........................23*
« 
Is  and * s ...........24
'  « 
* s ..........................84*
Manhattan, pails............... .80
~PoA1*1 Oflfl 
... .. .. ..  .. 18
Bulk, pails or barrels.. 16018 
Mocha................ 
...25028
Mandaling...................... 25026
OG  Java........................24025
Java....................... 
.23024
Maricabo........................16©19
GostiRica.......................  019
Mexican..........................  019
Santos.............................15018
Rio,  fancy.....................18019
Rio;  prime..................... 16©17
Rio, common................14015
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add *cper lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

COFFEE—GREEN

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

“ 

 

 

30 lbs 60 lbs 100 lbs
Lion................. 
18%
19*
Lion, in cab... 
18%
Dilworth’s .... 
Magnolia........ 
18*
18*
Acme..............18*  18% 
German........  
18*
19
German, bins. 
18%
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
16%
Avorica 
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
18%
Arbuckle’s Avorica.  .. ..  .18*
Quaker City...........19*
«  Best Rio..................20*
“  Prime Maricabo.. .22*

“ 
COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS. 

CORDAGE.

CRACKERS.

60foot Jute............... ..110
78 foot J u te ...............................1 40
4oFoot Cotton.......................,.1 60
50 foot Cotton...  — ....1 60
60 foot Cotton_. . . . . . . 1  75
78foot Cotton................... ..2 00
Kenosha Butter.....................7*
Seymour Butter...................3
Butter..................................... 6
Family  Butter.......................6
Fancy Butter........ ...............5*
Butter Biscuit...................... 6*
Boston...................................7*
City Soda................................ 8
Soda.........................................6
Soda Fancy........................... 5*
S.  Oyster................. ..........6
P icnic...................... ..........6
Fancy  Oyster........................5*

CANNED FISH.

« 

“ 

Glams, 1 lb, Little Neck__1  36
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............2  15
Cove Oysters, 1 lb stand.. .1 00 
Gove Oysters, 2 B> stand.. .1 70
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic...........1  75
Lobsters, 2 lb, picnic.......... 2  65
Lobsters, 1 lb star..............1  95
Lobsters, 2 1b star.............2  90
Mackerel in Tomato 8auoe3 85
Mackerel, 1 lb stand............
Mackerel, 21> stand............
Mackerel,3 lb in Mustard. .3 25
Mackerel. 3 lb soused........ 3 25
Salmon, 1 lb Columbia........ 2 20
Salmon, 2 lb 
3 50
Salmon, 1 lb Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 21b 
...2 75
Sardines, domestic * s ....... 
7
Sardines, domestic * s .. .10011 
Sardines, Mustard  * s ...  9010 
Sardines,  imported  * s .. 12013 
Sardines, spiced, * s .... .10® 12 
Trout. 3 lb  brook— . —
’ 
CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, gallons, stand.......8 30
Blackberries, stand............1 30
Cherries,red standard..... 1 60
Cherries,  pitted........1 85@1 90
Damsons.....................1 25®135
Egg Plums, stand........ . 
.1 50
G ooseberries.............  ....1 65
Grapes..................................   95
Green Gages.........................1 50
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds..............2 85
Peaches, pie...............1 60@1 65
Pears................ 
.1 30
Pineapples,.............1  4002 75
Quinces.................................1 50
Raspberries, extra..............1 50
red ..,........1  50
Strawberries__ .... .1 25@1 40
W hortleberries...,...,,.... 180

« 

 

CANNED VEGETABLES,

« 

« 
« 

Asparagus, Oyster B ay... .8 00
Beans,Lim a,stand__ ....  85
Beans. GreenLimas..  @1 40 
Beans,  String........1  00®1 80
Beans,Stringless, Erie....  90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.l 60 
Corn.  Archer’s Trophy....
r 
MomG’ry.l 15
Early Gold. 115
Peas,  French............... .....1  60
Peas, extra marrofat.12001 40
Peas,  soaked....................  90
«  June, stand.... 
0150
r ifted ............8 00
«  French, extra fine. .20 00 
Mushrooms, extra fine... .80 00
Pumpkin,3 ib Golden__ ..1 00
Suceotash.standard....800180
 
Squash.. . . . . . . .  
.125
Tomatoes,.Bed Coat 
0  1 80 
Good Enough  180
C  1  « 
■■  •  « •. 
Ben Har  .......1  80
« 
.  stand br.11501 20
DRIED FRUITS,
Apples, evaporated.. .9*010 
sum m ed.....  6 * 0  7*

« 

« 

SWEET  GOODS.X  YYY
8*
8*
8*
3
8

Ginger  Snaps........ 8 
Sugar Creams............à 
Frosted Creams........  
Graham Crackers.... 
Oatmeal Crackers.... 

tobaccos—Plug.
 

Spear Head..
............ 43045
Plank Road__ ;....... 
42
E c l i p s e . . ..............  ..3«
Holy Moses.............................33
Blue Blazes.............................. 32
Bye  Opener..............  
32
 
Star 
42045
--------- 
Clipper.................. 
 
39
Climax......... . 
.  43045
Comer Stone..........................39
Double Pedro........................ 40
Whopper..................................40
Peach P ie................................ 40
Wedding Cake,  blk........ .......40
Red Fox....................... 
45
Sweet R usset...................30032

 

TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

Sweet  P ip p in ...,.......... ........50
Five andseven........................50
H iawatha............................... 68
Sweet  Cuba.............................45
Petoskey Chief........................55
Sweet Russet................... 40042
Thistle.......................................42
Florida..................................... .65
Rose Leaf................................ 66
Red Domino... _....... 
.38
Swamp Angel...............  
40
Stag....  ....................................33
Capper..................................... 42

 

 

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
 
 

Bob Roy........................  
28
28
Peerless.................. 
 
UnbleSam................................30
Jack  Pine................................36
Sensation..................................33
Yellow Jacket.........................20
Sweet  Conqueror............20025

TEAS.

Japan ordinary__ _  ___18020
Japjm fair to good...........25030
Japan fine......................... 35@45
Japan dust........................ig®an
Young Hyson........ ......20045
Gunpowder..._____•.........35050
Oolong.................. 33055060075
....25030
Congo................. 
50 gr.
i f

 
VINEGAR.
40 gr. 
11* 

30 gr. 
• 9* 

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 

Bath Brick imported.........90
do 
American......... 75
Burners, No.  0................... .65
do  No. 1..................... 76
do  No. 2......................95
Chimneys,  No. 0........... 
38
“  1......................40
“ 
“  2..................... 52
_   “ 
Cocoa Shells, bulk.................4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle___7 60
Cream Tartar...................... 25
Candles. Star........................10
Candles. Hotel..................... 11
Camphor, oz., 2 fi> boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V.  C..........   75
F elix .......115
Fire Crackers, per box___1 20
Gum; Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum; Rubber 200 lumps.. .35
Gum, Spruce........................30
Jelly,Ip 30 lb pails.. 
.5   0 5 *
Powder,  Keg............................ 5 50
PoWder, *   Keg........................2 87
g a g e .................................... 15
CANDY, FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  &  Brooxs quote as 
follows :

Standard,253>boxes.......  8*
Twiri, 
............9
Cttt Loaf 
...........10
1. - 

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED;

FANCY—IN 5 lb BOXES.

Royal. 25 lb pails.......8 * 0   9
Royal, 200 lb bbls.......  ......... 8*
Extra, 25 lb  pails................. 10
Extra. 200B> bbls.................. 9
Freneh Cream, 25 lb pails. .11*
Cut loaf, 25 B>  cases............ 10
Broken, 25 fi> pails..............10
Broken. 200 B>  bbls............... 9
Lemon  Drops........................ 13
Sour Drops..............................14
Peppermint  Drops................14
Chocolate Drops.................... 14
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Gum  Drops  ........................... 10
Licorice Drops...................     .18
A B  Licorice  Drops..............12
Lozenges, plain...................... 14
Lozenges,  printed.................15
Imperials ..................... 
14
Mottoes ....................................15
Cream  Bar...............................13
Molasses Bar........................... 13
Caramels.................................. 18
Hand Made Creams................18
Plain  Creams..........................16
Decorated Creams................. 20
String Rock............................. 13
Burnt Almonds..................   22
Wintercreen  Berries............14

 

FANCY—IN BULK.

Lozenges, plain in pails... 12
Lozenges, plain in  obis__ 11
Lozengës, printed in pails.12* 
Lozenges,'printed in  bbls. 11* 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.. 12*
Gum Drops  in pails........ .  6*
Gum Drops, in bbls............5*
Moss Drops, in pails........ .10
Moss Drops, in bbls..............9
Sour Drops, in  pails...........12
Imperials, in  pails.........1 2
Imperials  in b b ls...... 
.  11

FRUITS.
Bananas....................1 2503 OO
Oranges, choice....... 
0
Oranges, Florida....... 
0
Oranges,  Rodi__ ...  7 0008 00
Oranges, OO...............  
©
Oranges, Imperials.. 
0
Oranges Valencia ca. 
0
Lemons, choice......... 
05 60
Lemons, fa n c y ....... 
0 6  00
Figs, layers, new.......12  016
Figs, Bags, 50 lb ...... 
0   6
Dates, frails do........  © 4*
D ates,*d o  d o ...... 
Dates,Fard lO 9> box $  lb..  0 
Dates, Fard 50 lb box ft lb..  6* 
Dates, Persian 50 lb box ..505*

NUTS.

« 
« 

« 
« 

017
Almonds,. Tarragona
016
Ivaca.........
13014
California
Brazils....................
©  8*
Filberts, Sicily..........
011
013
Walnuts,  Grenoble..
12
Sicily.........
Freneh__
011
Pecans, Texas, H. P.
8012
Cocoanuts, $  100.__
0 4  60
PEANUTS.
0
Prime Red, raw W  Jb
Choice 
do 
do
0
Fancy H.P. do 
do
0
Choice White, Va.do
0  5*
Fancy H P,.  Va  do 5  0  6*
H. P .V a.....................
0

OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows:

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

OYSTERS.

 

 

“ 

FRESH  FISH.

Fairhaven'Counts.............   40
Black bass.;. . ...................... 12*
Rock b a s s ................. 
4
Duck-bill  p ik e ....................   6
T r o u t................................   6
Whiteflsh.................  
6
smoked........ ....10
Frogs’ Legs ..............2 5 0 7 5

Stood, liv, h’dsaus’g .. 

FRESH MEATS.
Beef, carcass................4*07
hind quarters....7  09 
...3*05
« 
fore 
. .. .. .. .. ,   ©7*
9
shoulders.................... 7
6*
;  8
5*
. . . 5 * 0 7  
9*

H o g s .
Pork loins.............. 
 
Bologna.  ................ 
Frankfort sausage....... 

Lard kettle rendered.. 

u t t o n .

« 
« 

« 

.

PROVISIONS.

8* 
8 *
8
8*

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 

p o r k   in   ba r r eIa .  v

quote  as follows:
i . ... .. .. .. .. .  15 00
.................. ......... 
M ess. 
Short cu t.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
........ .15 25
Shortcut  Morgan...... .................................. 15 50
Extra clear pig, short cut. f.... .. .   . .. .. .  „ 5  50
Extra clear, heavy____. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16 60
Clear quill, short, cut........................16 50
Boston clear, short c u t... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .16 50
Clear hack, short cut. . . ....................1 6  50
Standard clear. Short  cut,b est............1 6  50
Bean.... ?............................ ...: n . & .........
Hams, average 20  9>s............. 
 

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
11
16  9>g...................................... 11*
« 
“ 
12 to 14 lbs..............................11*
«  picnic  — ....................... 
...  8*
«  best boneless.......................................u
8
Shoulders..............  
 
Breakfast Bacon; boneless......... .................11
8
Dried Beef, extra.. .. . . . . . . . . . . .  .. 
9*
DRY  SALT  MEATS.
Long Clears, heavy.......... .  ...
**  medium.....................
light. Äü... .. .. ..  í¡.
« 

ham  prices.

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LARD.

Tierces  . .. .. .. .. .
30 and 50 lb Tubs............................
LARD IN TIN FAILS,
3 lb Pails, 20 in a case....................
5 lb Pails, 12 in a ease.....................
10 lb Pails. 6 In a ease...................
20 lb Pails, 4 pails in ease........
BEEF IN BARRELS.
7 00
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..............................
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacxing...........................  7 50
“  Kansas City Packing...............7  25
P late................... 
7
Extra Plate.......................................i!".'.’.« 7 75
Boneless,rump b u tts.......................  
9 60
“  Kan City pkd........... 8 50
“  *  bbl.  5 00
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8*

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SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausage................................. ................. 7*
Ham  Sausage..................................: ....! " .! ! ll
Tongue  Sausage.................................................9
Frankfort  Sausage............................ 
8
Blood  Sausage.................................... 
6
Bologna, straight...............................................6
Bologna, thick...................................................6
Head Cheese.....................................  
6
In half barrels....................................          3  00
In quarter barrels...........................  
2 00
In *  Bbl...............................*.............................3 00
I n *  Bbl.............................................* ~  '.........1 75
In Kits................................................ .  . . . . . . . .  85

PIGS’ FEET.

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HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows;

HIDES.

Green....»fi> 4  0  4*
Part cured... 
0   5
Full cured...,  5 * 0   6 
Dry hides ana 
k ip s............6  0  8

Calf skins, green 
Deacon skins,

or cured....  5  0  6 
V piece.......10  020

WOOL.

Bine washed $  ib 18@20|Coarse washed.. .18020
Medium  ------ -- ,20©22|Unwashed............12016
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sheep pelts, short shearing................... 
5020
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated 
Tallow......................................................3
Grease butter................................ 
 
Ginseng, good.............................................  ©2 00

...  ■’ ©20
 

PRODUCE  M A R K E T ,

rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding $2 per bu.

and evaporated at 9c.
15®16e.

Asparagus—30c per do*.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Beets—New, 25c per doz.
Butter-The market is well supplied.  Large 
handlers pay 12014c for choice,  selling  again 
at 15016c.
Cabbages—Home  grown  command  50060c 
per doz.
Cheese—Good stock  has  taken  a  decidedly 
upward turn during the past week, being now 
quotable from jobbers’  hands at 809c, accord­
ing  to  quality.  Still  further  advances  are 
likely to occur.unless very hot weather occurs.
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  13014c  and sell  at 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 15016c.
Hay—Baled is scarce at $15 for No. 1 and $14 
Onions—Home  grown  dry  stock  command 
Peas—Marrowfat,  75c per  bu.
Plums—Tennessee, $1.60 per crate.
Pop Corn—2*o N lb.
Potatoes—Old are now so poor as to be prac­
tically unquotable.  New Ohio are in active de 
mand at $2.50 per bbl.
Raspberries—Coming in freely at 10011c per 
quart.
Seeds—Buckwheat is so  scarce  that  almost 
any price is freely offered.  Millet,  $1.50.
String Beans—83c per bu.
Strawberries—About out of market.
Tomatoes—$2 per bu.
Turnips—25 per bu.
Wax Beans—$1.50 per bu.
Watermelons—Georgia, 25c apiece.

for No. 2.
$3.50 per bbl.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Clawson and Fulse.
lots and 53c in car lots.
car lots.

Wheat—City millers pay  82o  for Lancaster, 
Cora—Jobbing  generally  at 58c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Rye—50c ¥  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30©$1.40 $  cwt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  $5.70 $  bbl in  sacks 
and  $5.90  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.70 $  bbl. in 
sacks and $4.90 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.00 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 $  ton.  Bran, $13
V  ton.  Ships,  $14.00  V  ton.  Middlings,-$15
V ton.  Corn aad Oats. $23 V ton.

E D W IN  FA LLA S,
VALLEY CITY COLD STOBA&E,

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.  2  fillers,  10c,
I  have  facilities  fo r  handling  each  lin e  above 

nam ed th a t are unsurpassed.

0  5*

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.

SALESROOM, 

-  No. 9 Ionia St,  Grand Rapids.

POTATOES.

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

ffn   E

t  GO.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South Water St., CHICAGO.
Reference

F b l se n t h a l.  Gr o ss  & Mil l e r , Bankers, 

Chicago. 

______________

MAGIO COFFEE E0ASTÉR

The  most practical 
hand  Boaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion. They arb simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  Without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to per 
fection.
Send for  circulars.

No 

Bolt. S.West

ISO Long St..
Cleveland, Ohio.

WHO  URGES  YOU

T O   B r i E P

T H E   P U B L IC ? !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere- 
ate  a  demand,,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  W ithout effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell them selves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

W e also manufacture a  full  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKS 

■|  M ICH.

PROPRIETOR OF  THF

D.  D.  COOK,
Valley City Shot Case Factory,
SHOW CASES

MANUFACTURER  OF

-----AND-----

@5

Prescription  Cases,

My Prices are  Lower than any of My Compet­

itors.  Send for Catalogues.

TELEPHONE 371.

2i Scribner  Street, Grand  Rapids.
FERM ENTUM !
The  Only  Reliable  Compressed  Yeast. 
Handled  by a  Majority  of  the  Grocers 
and Bakers of Michigan.  Send for sam­
ples  and  prices.  L.  W INTERNITZ, 
State Agent, Grand Rapids.

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

Grand Rapiâs Seeà Store,

THESIS GOODS ABE “ PAR EXCELLENCE”
P ure, H ealthful and  Reliable,  w arranted  to  give satis­
faction in  every p articu lar.  F or sale by w holesale and 
retail grocers th roughout th t U nited  States.  Vodwie 
Bros., M anufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

SOAPS!

They Please  Everybody.

BEST  FAMILY,

HEADLIGHT  anil 

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.

WHOLESALE  AND RETAIL

COAL and WOOD.
I d  Ottawa St., Ledyard Block.

E. A. HAMILTON, Agt.,

Telephone 909—1 r .

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

NEWAYGO,  MICH.

H E S T E R   <&  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  A T T I)  G R I S T  M I L L  M A .C H E E T E B .’Y ,
Send for 
Catalogue 

ATLASEKGINEWORKS

ana 
Price»

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

INDIANAPOLIS»  INO.f  U.  S. A.
STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

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

Saws, B elting  and  Oils.

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

Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

W rite for Prices. 

44 ,4 6  and 48 So. Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  w r e n ,

DO  YOU WA3SIT  A

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HEYMAN  & CO.,

63 and 65 Canal  St.,
Grand Rapids.

THE GENUINE ANTI-WASH BOARD

SOAP

QUICK,  EASY,  CHEAP.
Saves Rubbing, therefore saves Labor & Wear
Cheapinitself it more than saves its cost in sav­
ing of the clothes.  This Soap may be used in 
any way and for anypurpose that any other 
soap is used mid  excels alL  YOU will secure 
COMFORT and make money by its use.  Try 
it once and if the claims made for it are not true don’t  
If they are true you ought and want to* 
it.  Your grocer  will  get  it  if he  hasn’t  it

Use it again. 

Importers and Jobbers of

U S E

,(B °

/ U W r x i » -
2^&5o^r\EMED
« 
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35c size.................................per doz, $2.00
SOc  “ 
3.50
Peckham ’s Croup Remedy  is  prepared es­
pecially for children and is  a safe  and certain 
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough,  Colds  and 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  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.

DEALERS IN

Patent Medicines, 
Paints,  Oils, 
Varnishes.

WE  ARE  SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

V I C ’ S

B E D -B U G   SXX.X.2XU

WITHOUT  POISON.

No  Color,  No  Smell  and  No  Damage  to 

Bed  Clothes  or  Furniture.

B etalls  fo r  35 cents  fo r  large  package.

Trade  supplied through  all wholesale drug­

gists, or direct by the manufacturers.

ROUSSIN  &  CO.,

Ludington, 

- 

Michigan.

Pioneer Prepared  Paints

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.
When  two  or  more  coats  of our PIONEER 
PREPARED PAINT is applied  as  received in 
original  packages,  and  if  in  three  years  it 
should crack or peel off,  thus  failing  to  give 
satisfaction, we agree to re-paint the  building 
at our expense,  with the best  White  Lead  or 
such other paint as the owner may  select.  In 
case of complaint, prompt notice  must be giv­
en to the dealer.______________
Write  for Sample  Cards  and Prices.  We 

have Supplied our Trade with this

IP. I P .  I P .

Brand  for more than eight  years  and  it 
is all the manufacturers claim for it.
W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Oo.

GENERAL AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

D r u g s  ¿ tf lf te b ic m e g

■sg’fí'! li  Stete Board of'Wi«rni»cy.  v  . 
d ix Years—Jacob Jesson, Xoskégon.  >
Two Tears—James Vernor, Detroit.  ...
Throe Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.  ; |
Sieur Tears—Geo. McDonald, Kalamasoo.
F ire Tears—Stanley E. Pariceli, Owosso.
President -Goo. McDonald 
■Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Hext Meeting—At  Lansing, ea   November 6,  7 and 8. 
Candidates w ill please report at 0 a. m. the second day 
■of m eeting. 

.■
M ich ig a n   S te te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A u 'n . 

'  ■ 

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.

. 

' 

Secretary—S. E. Par k ill, Owosso 
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
^Executive Committee—Geo.  Oundrum,  Frank  Inglls, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T. Webb.
XiOeal Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At D etroit, September 4,6,8 and 7.

OBOABIBBS OCTOBBB $ , U te

G ran d   R a p id s  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty .
President—H. E. Locher.
Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H.Eacptt.
Treasnreiv-Henry 8 . Fairchild.
Board of Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Sec-
retary.  v
Board of Trustee»—The President, John  X. Peck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wursburg. 
wen, Isaac W atts, Wm. E. W hite and Wm. L.  W hite. 
Committee on Trade ’Matters—Jonn Peck, F.  J. Wurz­
burg, W. H. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation-^?.  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
Kemlnk, W. H. Van Lenwen.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W,  L.  W hite, John  Muir, 
M. B. Kimm.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening In November.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 

, 

easAjazan October, 1883. 

President—J. W. Caldwell.
First Vice-President—-F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—F. D. Stevens.
Secretary and Treasurer—B. W. Patterson.

C en tra l  M ich ig a n   D r u g g ists’  A sso c ia tio n , 
President, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R.1L M osseli. 
B e r r ie n   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety , 
President, H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart
Clinton County  Druggists’ Association, 

President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. S. 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, Qeo.W . Crouter.

Io n ia  C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, geo. Gundrnm.
'Jackson County Pharm aceutical Ass’n. 
President,C. B. Oolwell;-8ecretary(C. E .Feote.
K a la m a zo o  Pharmaceutical A sso c ia tio n . 
President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.
M ason  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 

President, F. N. Latimer;  Secretary.W jn. Heysett.
M eco sta   C o u n ty   P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S o ciety , 
President, 0 . H. W agoner;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.
M onV oe  C ou n ty P h a rm a ce u tic a l  S o ciety , 

President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius 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. 0. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.
Muskegon D rag Clerks’ Association. 
President, 0. 8. Koon;  Secretary, Geo. L. LeFevre.
Newaygo  County Phanhacentical  Society, 
President. J. F, A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

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

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—German Quinine.
Declined—Chloroform, iodide potash, turpentine.

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BACCAE.

ANILINE.

AMMONIA.

¡perns  ..... 
thoxylum

a c id u m .
Aceticum — ........
Benzoicum, German 
Boracic..............
•Carbolicum...... .
•Citricum....... ........ .
Hydrochlor.............
Nitrocum .....  ......
Oxalicum..............
Phosphorionm  dil...
Salicylicum..................1 70@2 OS
iSulphuricum............  13405
Tannicum..................... 1 40@1 60
Tartaricum ...............  GO® 63
Aqua, 16 deg.......... .  3®
18 deg.......... '.  4®
Carbonas...................   11® 13
■Chloridum.................  IS® 14
B  leek...........................8
Brown.............
Bed...........................„
Yellow...................... S
•Cubebae (po. 160....1 75®1 85
.Juniperus............... 
  8® 10
30
Xantl
BALSAMUM.
-C opaiba.......................  65®  71
P e r u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
m
T e ra b in ,  C anada.......
T o lu ta n ....... ................
CORTEX.
A bies,  C anadian.......
Cassiae  .............. .—
C inchona F la v a.........
E nonym us  atro p u rp  
M yrica  C erifera, po.
P ru n u s V irg in i.........
QuiUaia,  g rd — .......
Sassf r a s .......................
U lm u s..........................
U lm u s P o  (G round IS) 
EXTRACTOR. 
■Glycyrrhiza G lab ra..
iH aem atox, 15 a   DOX..
I s ..............
H B ..........
}4S..........
FERRUM.
•Carbonate P re c ip —
C itrate an d  Q u in ta...
C itra te  Soluble...........
F errocyanidum  Sol;.
Solut  Chloride...........
, S ulphate,  com ’l .........
p u re ...........

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FLORA.

FOLIA.

.A rnica..........................   12®
A n th e m is ...................   45®
M a tricaria.,................  30®
B a ro sm a .....................
•Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-
n iv e lly .....................
A lx.
» 
S a lv ia   officinalis,  )4s 
an d   )4s. . . . . . . .  . . .  •.
U ra   U r s i .........  ...
A cac ia , 1st  p ic k e d ...

GUMMI.

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2nd 
3rd 
Sifted  so rts.
p o ................    75®1  00
A lo e , B arb,  (po. 60)..  50®  Hi 

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•*• 
•* 
“  Cape, (po. 80)...  @
®
“  S ocotn’, (po. 60) 
Catechu,  Is,  ()4s,  14
®  13
* s ,  16).......................
A m m oniae  ................
A ssafo etid a,  (po.30).
Benzoinum   ................
•C am phorae..............
35®
E uphorbium ,  p o ....,
•G albanum .........
•Gamboge,-po— . . . . .   80® 
•G uaiacum , (po. 45)... 
®
.Rino,  (po. 85)...............  @
M a s tic .......................  @1  99
M yrrh, (po.45)—  
®   40
<Opii, (.po. 4 4 0 i........8  85@3  00
bleached____  86®  30
T D r a g a c a n t h 30®  75 
h e r b A -^Jnounce packages 
35
80
28
.28
83
85
30
88
86

A b s in th iu m . . . . . . . . . .  
E u p ato riu m   . . . . . . . . .  
A<obelia  .......................  
M ajorum   . . . . . . . . . . . .  
M e n th a  P ip e r ita ..... 
V if ...Y ........  
( R u e ................... 
T anacetum ,  V ___; .. 
‘T hym us. V ............ 

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MAGNESIA,

•Calcined,  P a t ...........  55®  60
«Carbonate,  P a t.........  86®  83
•Carbonate,  K . & M ..  80®  85 
•Carbonate,  Je n n in g s 

OLEUM.

A b sin th iu m ..............5 00@5  50
A m y g d alae, D u lc.. . .   45®  76 
A m y d alae, A m arae. .7 S5®7 10
.A n isi...............    , . a ..1 85®l 06
A u ra n ti C o rtex .. . . . .   @2  50
•Bergam ii..................... 8 75®3 25
•cajip u ti  ___. . . . . . . . .   oo®i oo
C aryophylli...............   @2  00
•Cedar......... ............  
  35®  65
•ChenopodU  . . . . . . . . . .  
®1  75
•C innam onii. . . . . . . . . .   85®  90
C itronella  ............... 
  ®   75
<k>nium  M ac..............   35®  65
-C opaiba.......................90® 1 00
C u b e b a e ..................14 U0®14 50
E x eeh th ito s................  90@1  00
E rig e ro n ..................... 1 20@1  30
«G aultheria...  . . . . - . 8   25@2 35
-G e ra n iu m ,;....... . 
®   75
-Gossipii, Sem, g a l—   55®'  75
H e d e o m a ................1 10@1 80
Ju n ip e r!..« ......... ........   50@2 00
Lavendula 
00
Xim onis. .............1  75®2 85
Mentha P iper..........2 25®3 33
Mentha Yerid........... 3 00@3 35
00 
Morrhuae,. gal 
Myrcia,  l . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60 
•Cuve — .................-.1
75 
Picis Liquida, (gal. 86)  10® 
18
Ricini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 18®1 »
Rosmarini. . . .. .. .. ..   75@1 00
Bosae, î ---- —  .»...
H w
40®45
B u ccin i......................
‘ .too
¿Sabina........ .
Santal........ ..........8
>7 00 
i  65 
;Sassafras...  .......  .
65
Sinapis, ess, í . . ... .. .
®1 60 
"Tiglii............ .........
60
T h y m e....... ...............
o p t ............
16®  80
Theobromas.... .. .. ..
POTÁfMBUM.
Bi Carb......;........
Bichromate......... ...
Bromide.......
Carb........... t
•Chlorate, (Po. 80)...,.
•Cjanide..................
Iodide..................
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
-Potassa.  Sitarti uosa

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RADIX.

enopodium ........ 

a donium..................   75®1 00

Potass  Nitras, opt... 
8i
Potass Nitras........ 
7<S
Prussiate....................   25i
Sulphate po.................  15i
Aconitum..................   !
Althae  ........................
Anchusa....................
Arum,  po..................
Calamus......................
Gentiana,  (po. 15)__
Giyohrrhiza,  (pv. 15). 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)......................
Hellebore, Alba,  po.
Inula, po....................
Ipecac, po.................. 3 :
Iris plox (po. 80®88)..
Jalapa, pr..................
Maranta,  )4s.............
Podophyllum, po—
Ehei  ...........................
“  cut......................
"  p v ......................  76®1 35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po. 85).  ®  20
Serpentaria...............  30®  35
Senega................... 
  55®  60
Smilax, Officinalis, H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scffiae,  (po. 35)..........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foe-
tid u s,p o................  @  25
Yalerlana, Eng. (po. 30)  @  25
German..  15®  20
Zingiber a ..................   16®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
  18®  22
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20)........   @  15
Apium  (graveleons).  10®  12
Bird, Is.......................  
4®  6
Carui,  (po. 18)............  12®  15
Cardamom.................1 00@1 25
Coriandrum............. 
10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa.......3J4® 4)4
S4®
11®
-S3®
10®  12
Diptenx Odorate— 1 75®1 85
13®
Foenicuium...............  ®   15
14®
Foenugreek, po........  
6®  8
16®
3H@  4
Lini................... 
.  @ 15 Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  . 3)4® 4
©3 50 Lobelia........................ 35® 40
@ 80 Phalaris  Canarian..
334 @4)4
@ 50 -Rapa . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5® 6
8® 9
@ 15 Sinapis,  Albu............
11® 12
Nigra..........
1*4® 2
@ 7
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50
Frumenti, D. F. R__ 1 75@2 00
Frum enti.................. 1 10@1 5(
JuniperisOo.  O .T ...I 75®l  75
Juniperi8 Co.............1 75@3 50
Saacnarum  N. E......1 75@2 ÉI
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........  
1  10
Extra Yellow sheeps’
carriage...............  
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage..................  
65
75
Hard for slate  use... 
Yellow Reef, for slate 
use........ ..................  
40
Accada....................... 
50
Zingiber...................... 
50
Ipecac........................ 
60
50
Ferri Iod.....................  
Auranti Cortes......... 
50
50
RbeiArom................  
60
Smilax Officinalis.... 
Co.. 
50
Senega......................... 
50
60
Scillae........ ...........  
Co..................... 
60
Tolutan.......................  
50
50
Prunus v irg .......... 
TINCTURES.
60
Aconitum Napellls R 
50
F 
Aloes__ .....................  
60
and myrrh..... 
60
Arnica,... ;... 
 
50
Asafcetldai............. . 
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin....................... 
60
50
Co.................. 
S a n g u i n a r i a 50
Barosma............. 
60
Cantbarides.... 
Capsicum.................... 
60
Cardamon........ 
Co.... 
Castor......................... 
Catechu.,..................  
Cinchona........ 
C o ........... 
Columba.......... 
Conium............. . 
Cubeba.............  
Digitalis.......... 
B ig o t ..................  . 
Gentian............... 
oo..... ............ 
Gualca.............. 
ammon....... 
Zingiber.........  
Hyoscyamus.........       ..................  50
Iodine.......i ....... ......... 
Colorless.......  
Ferri Chi *rldum......  
Kino............................ 
Lobelia........... 
 
Myrrh...................  
Nux V om ica...........  
OpI.............................. 
Camphorated... 
Deodor........ . 
Auranti Cortex........ 
Q u a ssia ......... 
 
Khatany 
B U d ...i...;............ .1. 
Casgia Acutifol. 
Co... 
Serpentaria.............   
Stromonium..... 
Tolutan......................  
Valerian...;............ ,. 
Veratrum Veride.... 
JEther, Spts Nit, 3 F.
JBther, Spts Nit, 1F.
Alum en 
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
o.  7)........ .................
Annatto  .%.............. ’
Antimoni,  p o ...........
Antimoni et Potass T 
Antipyrin............1
Algenti Nitras,  5__
Arsenicum.................
Balm Gilead  Bud....
Bismuth B.  N ........8
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
.11;  Mi, 18)....... .
Cantbarides Russian,
PC.......... 

75
76
35
50
50
50
85
50
2 00
50
50
50
60
50
00
60
50

1 00
60
50
60
50

MISCELLANEOUS.

............2)4i

60
56
50

 
50
50

75
75
75

50
60
60
60

STRUPB.

®2 10

3

0Ò

60

50

60

50

, 

 

 

 

 

li

. _

9®
13®

8®   10

25®
@

60&10. less.

Capsid Fructus, a f..
Capsid Fructus, po..
Capsid Fructus, B po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)
Carmine, No. 40........
Cera Alba, S. & F__
Cera Flava.................
Coccus.......................
Cassia Fructus..........
Centraria...................
Cetaceum..................
Chloroform...............
Chloroform,  Squibbs
Chloral Hyd Crst.......1
Chondrus ...................
Cinchonidine, P. & W 
Cinchonidine. Ger’an 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent,.........................
Creasotum.................
Creta, (bbl. 75)............
Creta  prep...............
Creta, precip.............. 
Creta Rubra............
Crocus  ....................
Cudbear..................
Cupri Suiph..;.......
Dextrine.................... 
Ether Suiph.............
Emery, all numbers.
Emery, po..................
Ergota. (po.) 75..........
Flake  w hite.............
Galla...........................
Gambier................ . . 
Gelatin, Coopor........  ®  9(
Gelatin, French........   40®  6(
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box, 
Glue,  Brown..............
Glue, W hite.........
Glycerina..................
Grana  Paradisi........
H um ulus..................
Hydrarg Chlor.Mite.
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum  @  90
Hydrarg Ammoniati.  @110
Hydrarg Unguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum...... . 
@  .65
Ichthyocolla, Am  .. .1 25®1 50
Indigo.........................  75®1 Q0
Iodine,  Resubl...... .4 00@4 10
Iodoform 
15 
Lupuline  ...
1 00 
Lycopodium 
___
60 
Macis...........................  80®
85
Liquor  Arsen  et Hy­
drarg Iod.................
@  87
Liquor Potass Arsini-
tis.............................. 
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 Canton__   @  40
Myristica, No. 1.........  60®  70
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)  @  1*
Os.  Sepia....................  27®  29
Pepsin  Saac,  H. & P.
D. Co........ ............. 
  ®2 00
Picis Liq, N. C.. Yt gal
doz...........................  
  @2 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts___  @1 40
Picis Liq., pints__ __  @  85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).  @  50
Piper Nigra,  (po. 22).  @ 1 8
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..  @  35
Pix  Burgun...............  @  7
Plumbi Aeet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.l  10®1 20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H 
&P.D.C0.,doz,...  . 
Pyrethrum, pv..........
,P .&  W .... 
German...
Tinctorum__
Saccharum Lactis pv
Salacin__ .....  ''....3
Sanguis Draconis__
Santonine.................
Sapo,  W ....__ ____
Sapo,  M......................
Sapo. G ..................
Seldlitz  Mixture__ _
Sinapis....................
Sinapis, o p t..........
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do.
Soda Boras, (po  11)..10 
Soda et Po toss Tart..
Soda C arb...............
Soda, Bi-Carh............
Soda,  Ash..................
Soda  Sulphas............
Spts. Ether Co..........
Spts.  tovroiaDom...
Spts, Myrcia Imp__
Spts  Vmi  Beet,  bbl, 
2 .2 5 ).................
Less 5c. gal.  cash  ten 
Strychnia  Crystal...
Sulphur, Subl  ..........  2k
Sulphur,  B o ll.....
Tamarinds.............
Terebenth  Venice
30 
„
Theobromae 
 
55
Vanilla  ....................9 00@16 00
Zinci  S u ip h .......... 
7®  8

Voes........
Yoes.............

3K 8 
10 

@2 35 
days. 
“ 1  10 

50®

io@

  _ 

 

OILS.

Whale, winter.
Lard, extra..............
Lard, No.  1..............
Linseed, pure raw 
Linseed, boiled__

Red Venetian............\ \
Ochre, yellow Mars  .!£  
Ochre,yellow  Ber...lM  
Potty, commercial.. ¿M 
Putty, strictly pure..2)4 2k 
V ermilion prime Am-
.  «Fican..................
Vermilion,  English.. 
Green, Peninsular.;.
Lead,  red............. . 
.
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting, Gflders’. .
White, Paris Amer’n
Whiting,  Paris  Eng,
140
Pioneer  Prepared 
l a h l t s . , 1 , 2 0 ® 1 40 
Swiss Villa Prepared  , 
j Paints 
.... .T l p0®l 80

w hite...

VARNISHES.

No.LTurp  Coach.. \ l MGa a o
Extra  T u rp ........
.1
n  7o
Coach Body............. .2
>3 00
No. 1 Turp Fura__ ,1
ll 10
Extra Turk Damar..1
ti 60
Japan  Dryer,  No, 
1
TurpVi....... .. .. .
70®  76

LIFE  IN  A  DRUG  STORE.

A  Pharmacist’s Honor of Yankee Notions 

and  Ice  Cream Soda.

From tee Detroit Tribune.

country general  store. 

The average man who enters a drug store 
sees  nothing beyond  a  formidable array of 
large  glass  botues, neatly «ranged on  the 
shelves and adorned with huge white labels, 
on which are printed queer cabalistic words 
in  Latin  and  imposing  Roman  numerals. 
As a rule the aforesaid average  man stands 
appalled.  He  feels  a queer  sensation  of 
horror  creeping up his spinal  column.  He 
is  mentally  positive  that  each  individual 
glass  bottle on  each  individual shelf  con­
tains some horribly poisonous mixture, that 
is  only prevented  from trickling  down his 
throat  by  the  watchful  vigilance of  the 
glass  stoppers which  terminate in big glass 
knobs.  While the nauseous mixture, which 
he is to swallow as  soon as the prescription 
clerk  behind  the  mysteriously  awful  pre­
scription case gets through pulverizing it in 
a  white porcelain  mortar, is being prepared 
he leans  against the comer of  the towering 
soda  fountain and sniffs the  strange,  inde­
scribable odor of a thousand different drugs 
Drag  stores are  to  he met  with at  almost 
everv  turning,  and  yet  the  average  man 
who enters one on business feels  very much 
as though  he had  dropped  in to leave  his 
measure  for a monument.  This feeling  of 
awe is largely traceable to ignorance of  the 
details of  dispénsing  drugs.  The  deadly 
poisons  which cause so much  dread are  in 
reality nowhere visible, and  the contents of 
the bottles which meet the eye are compara' 
tively harmless.
One  of  the  first  things  for  a  con 
scientions pharmacist to learn,” said  one of 
the  most  widely known  and  capable  pre­
scription  druggists  in  Detroit,  “is  that 
does not pay to indiscriminately mix up the 
preparing  of  prescriptions  and  the  legiti 
mate  sale of  drugs with  dispensing  soda 
water,  cigars, toilet  creams, hair  brashes, 
face  powders,  pocketknives, 
jew’s-harps,' 
month organs and a thousand and one other 
articles  which have  no  business  whatever 
in a first-class  drug  store.  Why,  my  dear 
sir,  pharmacy  is  a  legitimate  profession 
which should, and properly does, rank along 
with  the practice of  medicine. 
It  requires 
years of  arduous and  watchful  study to be 
come  proficient  in the  business,  and it has 
always  been a matter of  regret to me  that 
in so  many instances nowadays  drug stores 
are a sort of cross between a restaurant and 
It would be  just 
as becoming for  a  physician  to  carry with 
him on  his professional rounds  a  grip-sack 
filled  with fine-tooth  combs a id  a  miscel 
ianeous  assortment  of  Yankee  notions  to 
sell  to his  patients as  for a first-class  pre 
scription  drag store to devote  its most con­
spicuous  and  most  available space  to  the 
sale of such articles.  Physicians are rapid­
ly recognizing this fact, and their patronage 
is now going to a large  extent to the  drug 
gists who do not allow their  attention to be 
distracted  by outside  matters.  As a conse 
quence, soda fountains and show-cases filled 
with toilet articles and  hardware are  being 
gradually relegated  to  the class of stores to 
which  they properly belong.  No  man  can 
stop in the middle Of  the preparation  of  an 
important  prescription  and  waltz down  to 
the  front  of  the  store  to  draw a glass  of 
soda water or fumble about in a box of cigars 
without running the risk of losing his phar 
maceutical  text,  and  getting  himself,  and 
perhaps  somebody  who  is  critically  sick 
into serious trouble.
I  was myself  in  the drug  business  on 
Woodward  avenue for  several  years, and I 
know  just how  important a figure the  sale 
of  soda water, cigars and  the other  articles 
which I have  alluded cuts in the  daily 
sales.  They help a fellow out  wonderfully 
in a financial sense,  yet  I  protest that they 
have no proper place in connection with the 
business.  There are a number of drug stores 
Woodward  avenue  which could  not re­
main  in  existence  were 
it  not  for  this 
feature  of  their trade. 
I know that  one of 
these  stores  cleared  34,000  on  it3  soda 
fountain alone last year.  In some instances, 
intoxicating  liquors  are  run 
through  the fountains, in which  cases  the 
profits accumulate very rapidly.  I  am aware 
that the general public i3 somewhat inclined 
regard  the  alleged  sale  of  intoxicants 
from  soda fountain  faucets as a huge  joke 
perpetrated  by the funny men on the news­
papers, but  I  say to you  in all  candor that 
know from personal observation right here 
Detroit  that  there  is  more  troth  than 
poetry in it in  quite a number of  instances.
is  regarded  as  a great  convenience  by 
persons  who  like  their  toddy,  but  would 
not  go  into a saloon  to  get it.  To return 
for  a moment to  the  sale of  miscellaneous 
articles  in  drug  stores,  there  is  no  more 
consistency  in  dispensing'soda  water than 
there  would  be in  serving  customers with 
oyster stews and  other restaurant products. 
One  comes  just as  near  belonging  to  the 
drag  business  as  do  the  others—and  no 
nearer.
“Now,  in  regard  to the  arrangement  of 
poisons,”  continued  the  druggist,  “please 
come arouftd  behind  the  prescription case. 
Here  you see  one  class of  poisons  kept 
under lock and key in a separate glass case.
would  be impossible  for even  the most 
careless  clerk to deal  them out,  in  mistake 
for  more  harmless  medicines, for  the very 
simple  reason that  there  are no  harmless 
remedies  anywhere  in  their neighborhood. 
The man  who is preparing a prescription in 
which  poisons  of  any sort  from this  case 
are  required, has  to  first  provide  himself 
with the key to these doors, which is proba­
bly  in his  pocket, and  by the time  this is 
done  he is wide awake  to the fact  he must 
have his wits about  him.  Then  I. am very 
careful  to have each poison in  a distinctive 
bottle  and as easily  recognized as  possible.
great  many  serious  mistakes  have  oc­
curred in  the drug business through having 
quinine  and morphine  in  similar  bottles, 
placed  side  by  side. 
I  don’t take  any 
chancea of  that sort.  Here  is  my quinine 
a luge,  glass bottle  right  here on  the 
prescription case.  This is á quinine age and 
climate, and  I  like  to  have it handy.  My 
morphine  is  in the  back  room in  a  small 
bottle, and  the bottle  abbot  one-tenth  full.
keep only about thirty grains of morphine 
exposed at a time.  Qn  that high shelf here 
this back  room is an  assortment of  the 
most  deadly poisons  known to the,  profes­
sion.  You  will  notice that  every  bottle, 
box and package is different from all others, 
and  that the  labels aro  extra striking  and 
suggestive of  the contents,  Tbero are 1 no 
harmless  medicines ipTtbi&littie room.,  All 
these shelves are filled‘vritK poisons,’  When 
ive  know 
just (what  we are  coming for and  use extra 
precautions.”
Ts it  difficult to learn  to be a  proficient 
pharmacist?” 

start  back  to  thi&'  room 

course, 

N

'

in 

of 

his 

the 

contemplated 

“It  is, indeed.  Very  fewrof  those who 
take up  the business  ever gain  certificates. 
They  grow discouraged  and  drop out  all 
along  the line.  The  best-—and  about  the 
only successful—plan is to first spend a year 
in  some store  which  makes a specialty  of 
prescriptions.  During this  year of  proba­
tion  the eyes  should  be  kept  open to their 
fullest extent  and. very little  attempted  be­
yond  familiarizing  the  student  with  the 
nature of, the long  list of  dings.  At  the 
end of  the  year a thorough course in  some 
first-class university should  be inaugurated. 
As  for myself, 1 frankly admit  that I have 
had very little success  in  educating boys'to 
the  business.  Daring  my entire  career as 
a  pharmacist I can  now recall  but  two  of 
my  boys  who  ever became  skillful  in the 
profession.”*
T“Do  you do  much in  the  way of  ready­
made goods,  siich as pills?” 
“Very little.  The reason is very simple. 
It is almost  impossible to  find a piE  which 
exactly fits into  a  physician’s' prescription. 
Almost  every  practitioner  has 
ideas 
the  component 
of  his  own  regarding 
remedies 
parts 
prescribed 
and  introduces  one  or  two 
ingredients 
not 
prepar­
ation  of  the ready-made  pill.  Of  course, 
quinine  and things of that sort  can be pre­
pared  in  varying quantities where  nothing 
else is  combined with them.”
“Why are  the  labels  on  druggists’ stock 
bottles always in Latin?”
“I believe  that comes  from the fact that 
Latin has long been regarded as the univers­
al  language,  and  drags so labeled  wiE  be 
understood in all civilized countries.”
“What  is  your  plan for preserving  pre­
scriptions?”
“1  record them  carefully in this  ledger. 
With  each  prescription is placed  the date, 
the  prescribing  physician,  the  residence, 
and, where  possible, the  name  of  the  pa­
tient  By this plan, it is next to impossible 
for mistakes to occur.  Suppose Mrs.  Smith 
telephones in that  she wants a prescription 
duplicated. 
I   first  ask  her the  number of 
the  prescription, then the  date bn  which it 
was first ordered, the physician who ordered 
it,  and  the  name and  residence of  the pa­
tient 
If  any of  her  replies  do not  tally 
with  my record,  I  know at once  that  there 
is something wrong somewhere.”
“Are  you not  often  asked  to  prescribe 
for  your  customers  as  well  as  compound 
their prescriptions?”
“Quite  frequently.  That  is  something, 
however,  which I never, under  any circum­
stances,  do.  There  are  druggists  who 
assume a great  deal of  medical  knowledge 
and  are  constantly  prescribing  for  some­
body’s ailments.  Sooner or later,  however, 
such men can be depended, upqn for getting 
into  serious trouble.  Pharmacists are  not 
supposed to  be physicians, and  should  not 
meddle  with  what  does  not  particularly 
concern  them.  The  drug  business  is  al­
together  what you make iEf’r  ■
“What is the origin of the colored bottles 
used as signs in show windows?”
“That idea  comes down from the ancient 
practice  of  embalming  saakos  and  tape­
worms in  colored  liquids and placing them 
in the shop windows  for public  inspection. 
From a horrid spectacle' tlfe^pian has grown 
into  highly ornamental’dd^fees.”

«

A  Half-Hundred  More' ’»Pharmacists. 
Secretary Jesson sends. The Tradesman 
the following report of  the  recent  meeting 
of  the Board of  Pharmacy-:

¡Yt  the  meeting  of  thi»ji&at$  Board  of 
Pharmacy, held  at  Stiff  MahlUNduse, St. 
Clair  flats,  Friday  and  'Saturday, June 29 
and 30,  108 pprsons were  present for exam­
ination, ninety-three for registered  pharma­
cists and fifteen  for  assistant  pharmacists’ 
certificates.  Fifty-one passed a satisfactory 
examination as registered  pharmacists,  and 
forty-two  failed.  Twenty-seven  of  these 
will be granted  assistants’ certificates  upon 
their examination, having each  obtained an 
average of  forty per  cent,  and  over.  Out 
of  the fifteen who took  the  regular  assist­
ants’ examination,  thirteen  passed and two 
failed.  The following passed the registered 
pharmacists’ examination: 
Alfred J.  Abbott,  Emmett;  Roy  A.  Ab­
bott,  Muskegon;  C.  P.  Allen,  Bay  City; 
C.  W.  Allison,  Yernon;  E. S. Anderson, 
Detroit;  W.  Z.  Bangs,  Chicago;  D.  R. 
Bogue,  Bay  City;  A.  j.  Bradden,  Pine 
Creek;  A.  J.  Chopple,  Pinckney;  G. Cor­
nell,  Thedford,  Ont.;  J.  O’Donoghue,  Ne- 
gaunee;  F.  W.  Dorr,  Manchester;  Y. Dor- 
rance, Yemen;  C; Dyna,  Marquette; Albert 
Ellsworth,  Menominee;  W.  H.  Elston, 
Marshall;  W.  F.  Eberbach,  Ann  Arbor; 
O.  A.  Fankboner,  Bee  Hights,  Dakota; 
Chas. A. Fisher,  Detroit;  Geo.  W.  Foote, 
Lansing;  Ira  K.  Fox,  Manchester;  F. A. 
Gottschalk,  Detroit;  R. E. Hawkes,  Plain- 
Well;  Geo. D. Huff,  Iron wood;  H. Hunger- 
ford, Detroit; J. 8. Johnson, Hudson, Wis.; 
Samuel  Kidder, Jr., Almont;  W. H. Kim, 
Detroit;  Chas.  E.  Kooutz,  Niles;  E.  H. 
Kremer, East Saginaw;  E.  C. Lieblein,  De­
troit;  Felix  Melocke,  Windsor;  :C. H. Mer- 
iam,  Northville;  C. D. Parsons,  Burr  Oak;
Jackson;  E.  L. 
Power,  Saranac;  L. E.  Reynolds,  Quincy;
E.  H.,  Robinson,  Detroit;  C,  F.  Rimner, 
Shelby; M. H. Schweitzer, Marquette; Marie 
B. Smith,  Ann Arbor;  W. J.  Smythe,  De­
troit;  E. Soetje,  Detroit;  Geo. E. Steketee, 
Grand  Rapids;  J.  A.  Stewart,  Detroit;
F.  A.  Stafford,  Evart;  E.  D.  Thompson, 
Chicago;  Dirk  Yan  Bree,  Zeeland;  R.  A. 
Watson,  Ubley;  J. A. Wesener,  Owosso; 
B. F. Woodlury, Homer.
The following passed  the  assistant phar­
macists’ examination:
W, I.  Benedict, Pontiac;  R. Y. Breming- 
stall,  Detroit;  Chas. A.  Craft,  Flint;  A. E. 
Crosley,  Fairgrove;  E.  Hallowell,  Flint; 
H. S.  Kergan,  Detroit;  C.  H.  Seuter,  Al­
bion;  G. W. Sales,  Detroit;  Edna  Swayze, 
Otisville;  J.  Tinholt,  Muskegon;  James 
Wells,  Grand  Rapids;  Egerton  Wing,  De­
troit;  Mattie  Shaw,1 Big  Rapids;  G.  W. 
Sayles,  Detroit.

E.  M.  Pennington, 

The next  meeting of  the  Board  will  be 
held  at  Lansing  on  Tuesday,  Wednesday 
and Thursday,  November 6, 7 and 8.  Can­
didates will please report there on Wednes­
day morning at 9 o’clock..

The Drug Market

There are  few changes to note this Week. 
Opium and morphia are dull, but unchanged. 
Antipyrine is  now  in  rebate  at  $1.40  per 
ounce  for  Jess  than  twenty-five  ounces. 
Chloroform  has declined 10 cents. 
Iodide 
potash  has  declined.  Quassia  chips  are 
scarce  and  higher.  Turpentine  is  lower. 
German quinine has advanced 3 cents,  with 
an upward tendency.

Should  send $1 to 
E .  A « S to w e   &   B r o .
fo r one of te d ir Im proved

GRAND  RAPIDS,

LIQUOR X POISON RECORDS

I M E L T C  
II

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies,

Brandies,

Gins,

Bums,

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

SOUR HASH f f f l p i

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Drnipts’ 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.

Hazeltine 

& Perkins

Drug Co,

G zxrsaxrc  r o o t .

W e pay th e h ighest price fo r it.  Address

peck bros;, WGRAND
Ane White Lead & Color Worti

DETROIT, 

-  MIOEL

STEAM  LAUNDRY,
STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

43 and 43 Kent Street,

WE DO ONLY FIRST GLASS WORK AND 

USE NO CHEMICALS.

Order» by m ail and express promptly attended to.

CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

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

M anufacturers of th e Ce e bra ted

ACME  PREPARED  PAINTS,

Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty 

and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed»
F .  J .   W U B Z B TT B .C ,

WHOLESALE  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

TRADE SUPPLIED  BY THE

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

A nd th e W h olesale  D ruggists  o f  D etroit 

and Chicago.

RECOMMENDED  BY  EMINENT PHYSICIANS

’/B V s

^ uüíllílu
' a c O N C ^  e x t r a c t  o f

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

J H O P

S

78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9,1888. 

Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
Gentlemen—I  duly  received  the  case  of 
your “Best” Tonic and have since had a great 
many in this institution.  I must say that  the 
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debilitated 
patients  have been  most  satisfactory, espec 
ially to those in a  stage of recovery  after  se­
vere sickness.
I write this  thinking you might like to have 
njiy 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,

w m. Gray, M. D. 
Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
Gentlemen—I think the “Tonic” a splendid 
medicine for ail forms  of Dyspepsia and Indi­
gestion.  It is giving me great satisfaction 
J. M. J ohnson, M. D.

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 18.1888. 

Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
Dear Sirs—I have given your “Malt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion 
and General  Debility,  especially in the  aged, 
where  the  whole  system  seems  completely 
rostrated, with  very satisfactory  results.  I 
ave  used  many  of  the  so-called  “Malt  Ex­
tracts,”  but  believe  your  preparation  to  be 
superior.  In  the  aged  where  the  digestive 
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of 
the nerve vital  force, I found its action  to  be 
rapid and permanent.

Elias Wildman, M. D.

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 

Ph. Best Brew ing Co.,
Gen tlem en— A s a matter of persoual.inter- 
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic ip several 
cases qf impaired  nutritition.  The results in­
dicate that it is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly yours,

E. W. Fleming,  M. D.

Troy, New York, January 26,1888, 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„
Dear Sirs—Your agent left me a sample of 
your liquid extract. Malt, and as  I  use  mueh 
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare
four product with  some from another  house 
had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  in 
the  great essential,  the  palitable  nutriant  as 
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx­
ious to  know about what  it  can be furnished 
the dispensing physician.

Yours truly.

E. J ay Fisk, M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 
Gentlemen—I have  used the “Best” Tonie 
with  most  gratifying  results in  my  case  of 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a bad  one, 1  had no 
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom­
ach;  looking  as  though  I  had  consumption, 
and after taking this tonic I  never felt better 
in  my life.  I think it  will cure a bad ease of 
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for  that 
case. 

Wm. O. J a eg er.

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

Ph. Best Brew ing Co., 28  College Place, N. Y., 
Gentlemen—I  have  tested  the sample  o f 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  Malt  and 
Hops” you  sent  me,  and  find  in  my humble 
judgment that it is a very  pure and safe arti­
cle.  I  will  not  hesitate  to  recommend it  in 
every case of debility  where  a  Tonie of  that 
kind is indicated.

Respectfully.

E. H. Bell, M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—Having  tried  your  “Bert” 
Tonie to a great  extent amongst my practice. 
I will state in  its  behalf that  I  have  had  tin  
best results with  nursing mothers  who  were 
deficient in  milk,  increasing its fluids and se­
creting a more nourishing food for the intent, 
also increasing the appetite and in every way 
satisfactory for such cases.

V ery respectfully,

D.  Bornio, M D.

For Sale By

k  Perkins  Dir  Co.,

Grand Rapids,

Mich.

party  to  the  transaction.  But  from  the 
very nature of the ease there can be no such 
guaranty.  Under the best or moststringent 
regulations of a collecting i^ency the offen­
sive  envelops  of  postals  would  be  often 
sent  to  innocent delinquents  or  those not 
really  delinquent  at  all. in  any offensive 
sense. 
In  practice, indeed,  such  missives 
have  been sent  less frequently  to  “beats” 
than  to the  unfortunate  and the  forgetful 
debtors and to .those whose ref usal to pay is 
based  upon a claim of offset or non-indebt­
edness.  This  is  inevitable, 
for the  latter 
classes  are  the  only  ones  who  can  be 
reached  by such  devices  as  “ bad  debts” 
envelopes  and  postals.  The  really  dis­
honest  debtor  or dead-beat cares  nothing 
for them. 
It is the man who would  gladly 
pay if he could, or who has what he regards 
as  a  valid  counter claim  of  payment  or 
otherwise, who is shaded  and  outraged by 
bring  held  up  before tbe  community as  a 
delinquent.
Bad  debts Are bad  things and all  legiti­
mate methods ®f eoljeetingihem are worthy 
of  approval,  though  the  government  aid 
cannot property  he invoked,  hut  the  best 
method of  collecting them  is—if  we  may 
use  a  Hibemicism—not  to  make  them. 
Too  great eagerness  in  selling  goods,  too 
great  looseness  in  the  granting of  credit, 
are  responsible  for  far  more of  the “bad 
debts”  which give  employment to the  col­
lection  agencies than all  the devices of  all 
the "dead-beats.”  If merchants and dealers
_every sort  would  combine  as  earnestly
against the  improvident giving of  credit as 
they  sometimes do  in the  effort to  collect 
the bad  debts  they makeby their  improvi­
dence, they would  save money and have no 
fault to find with the government for refus­
ing to aid in the collection of debts byJibel.

TALLEY CITY IILLIKG CO.

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  Hour,  Bye  Flour, >  Granulated 
Meal,  Bolted  Meal,  Coarse' Meal,  Bran, 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed.

Write for Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

IMPORTANT!

H
MASON FRUIT JARS

134 to  140 Fulton St., GRAND  RAPIDS.

JOBBERS  I N

DRY  GOODS,
.AJSTID N O T IO N S ,

83  M onroe  St«,

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

GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags 

j  I  Qnnninlfir 
( h.  O jJublullj,

The Michigan Tradesm

> 

W hat Shall  They  Do?

a j .  jtacten lu tte  W estern mwtMnfait.

Choice of  occupation  is a problem of  di­
rect interest to  the young, and  often has  a 
vicarious  interest of  keenest  intensity for 
tinge  of  riper  years, 
'Young  men  and 
young  women  want  something to do;  rich 
and  poor, the  educated and  the  illiterate, 
all  «like, m ust  bavé  some  occupation  to 
keep off  trains o f miseries to which all hu­
man  flesh is heir, and to choose that  which 
is  sure to be  best is not  always  easy. 
In 
view  of  some  noted  cases  of  success  it 
-would seem that he whose  early necessities 
compel a keen realization of the importance 
o f earnest, active work sometimes lays such 
m  sure foundation that he is chosen instead 
o f  making choice, but  this  neither he  nor 
others  can  see  until  after  yeate,  and  his 
perplexities about choice have been no less 
than those of others.
W ith  ambition  which  moins  idleness, 
with  courage that  banishes  timidity,  and 
with  strong and elastic step the youth goes 
forth  with  a   well-grounded  faith  in  his 
ability to do his share in this  world’s work; 
expecting  to  meet great  obstacles  to  his 
progress, perhaps  in the  form of long; days 
of  severe  toil, but  for these  days of  hard 
work  he  is  ready—if—if  he  could find  a 
place for the sole of his foot.
I t is one of  our boasted and much taught 
hobbies, that  there  is  abundant work  for 
«11;  that none need beidle ln’great, glorious, 
free  America.  But  it   is  not  at  variance 
with  true patriotism to take this  statement 
with a grain of salt, and, as the years go by 
the  amount of  salt  may be increased;  for, 
w e  cannot conceal the fact  that in Old  and 
closely settled  communities competition for 
place  in  all vocations is much  greater than 
in  new «,  and, 
less  crowded 
localities.
The  unaided youth in search of  employ­
ment  in a crowded  city needs all  the forti­
tude he can  command.  He  must not carry 
his  heart  upon  his  sleeve, nor  must  he 
brood  over  all  the  harsh  and  Ungracious 
words he hears, nor lay to heart the unkind 
thoughts that  he knows  remain unspoken.
“ Idle, good-for-no|hing-feliow,  you  have 
never done any workln your life; why don’t 
you  go to work?”  will  be  the substance  of 
some  interviews that * he would  do well  to 
forgive but never forget.
That he  is  not  oftener appalled  at  the 
prospect  before  him is a wonder.  Every 
avenue in every vocation  seems crowded to 
its  utmost capacity, no room, not even  for 
the  proverbial  one more,  when fulfcgrown 
men  jostle and  crowd each  other for  sub­
sistence, not unlike a  lot of pigs in front of 
a  trough.

therefore, 

This is one picture, another remains.
To the youth whose  wants have  hitherto 
been supplied without any effort of his own, 
there  comes a time when  we  must  choose 
and act for  himself, and  then it is  that he 
may be charmed by the  display of brilliant 
talent  at the  bar, or  in the  council of  the 
nation, or,  the  sight  of some  colossus  in 
trade and  commerce may fire  his  ambition 
to go and do  likewise.  He does not dream 
but that the fulfillment of such desires may be 
as readily  realized as  his other  wants have 
always  been  supplied,  by  putting  out  his 
hands to receive them.  A rude  awakening 
awaits him, and  if  it comes  early, so much 
the better for him.
On neither of these two pictures would it 
be  safe  to  predicate  vital  issues  for  the 
future.  Time is a great  element in  human 
affairs.  Things  terrestrial  do  not  remain 
fixed;  evolution  is  constantly  presenting 
new combinations of  actors and events.
Twenty years from now  the  youth of  to­
day will  be the  business  men of the  com 
munit y.  The  evolution  will  be  slow, but 
none the less sure than by forcing processes, 
and the results may be more  pleasing.
Waiting is not a strong point with Young 
America;  he has taken some short cuts with 
brilliant  success, and  these  successes have 
somewhat shielded  from  observation  some 
of  his many failures.  «
By writing is not meant  standing in per­
fectly indifferent, listless  idleness,  expect­
ing a miracle in  our favor, but  working  at 
whatever  our  hands  find  to do,  watching

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choosing an occupation.

The  “  Bad  Debt”  Collection 
Shut  Out of  the  Mails.

i 

XfcMn  the  Detroit  Free  Press.

scent*,

conduct  of  another, 
jaay  be  written 
printed, or of any matter with such langu: 
on  the envelope or  wrapper.  The  spec 
prohibitions are not objected to but the g 
-end one is.  The Postmaster General hoi

leeting agencies object.

envelopes  upon  which  the  words  “ 
debts”  are printed  in  large  letters, wl 
taro  sure  to  attract  attention.  The 
letters  are put  on for that  purpose.

dressed  is a delinquent debtor.

legal 
debtor 

aside  from 

libel *  a  delinquent 

get its fee.  The agencies, therefore, rega 
the act as an interference with their burine 
-and protrot against it on that account.
This  protest  alone  is  a   sufficient  tes 
monial  to the  propriety and  excellence 
the act.  The business referred to  ought 
he  interfered with;  and  the thoughtful, in- 
telligent public will rejoice that it has been 
the  question  o 
Wholly 
«he  collector’s  moral  or 
right 
to  
the 
government  cannot, with  propiety o r' de­
cency, be asked  or  compelled to  be a party 
to such libeling.  The Louisiana Lottery * 
lawful  in that State;  but the  government 
aery  properly refuses its aid  to  the scheme 
in   carrying  the  circulars of  its  projectors 
in ih a t State  or any other. 
can y  offensive and  libelous dims rests upon
Q c «aine ground of principle. 
v.  Even if there were some absolute guaran­
ty   that  the  offensive  envelopes  or  postal 
jffip should  be used w dy agalnst dishonest 
debtors  or  “dead-beats”  the  government 
might  very  properly  refuse  to  become

Its  refusal 

TO GROCERS.

W X   A B B   R E C E IV IN G

2

6

7

  0

C R O P   O F   1888.

O U R  O W N

G .  R .

M A R K S .

Comprising all Grades and Styles.  We  ask  you  to  send  for  samples  and be 

convinced of our ability to serve you.  We claim to be

----- eee^HEADQUARTERS  FOR  TEAS— = -----

And challenge any and all competition-

In buying we look more to the draw and fine cup qualities than style.  Dealers  wishing  to  match  any 

grade can send us samples and ^we will inform them by return mail the price

at which we  will match same.

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

"*

J E N N I N G - S ’

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF 

PUTNAM  & BROOKS,
0 - A - N 3D T T
Oranges, Lemons,
Dates,  Figs,  Citrons,  Prilnells,  Etc.

BANANAS,  NUTS,

And  Heavy Jobbern  In

- 

PRICES QUOTED  AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

i3, is, 17 South Ionia Street, 
13,  is,  17 Railroad Place

GRAND  RAPIDS.

"CELEBRATED”

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

f 

A re p u t u p  in  a ll s iz e s , fro m   1 o z. to   1 g a l. b o ttle s.

S Q M   b y   AZiI i  j o b b e r s .

MANUFACTURED ONLY  BY

JENNINGS & SMITH.

38  and  40  Louis  St.,

0 - N . J k N D   R A P I D S ,   A d l O U .

AND

"Lightning”  or  Glohe  Glass  Cover.

THE  BEST  FRUIT  JARS  MADE.

Stoneware,  Stone  Fruit  Jars,  Stone 

Preserve  Jars,  Tin  Top  and 

Glass  Topf Jellies.

P a in te d  Jan. 5 , -7S.’ 
B f li—nit Jane fit1 W .l 
P a t, A pril » 5, W

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.

S W I F T ’S

Glme  Chicago  Dressed  Beef

-AND-

M U T T O N

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

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

Sw ift  and  Company,

Union  Stock  Yards, 

- 

CHICAGO,  ILL

W l  SEA RS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents  fo r

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

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

Ask For ‘JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’

,  .-a  .

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Successors to Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co.

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Brown's French,
Bizby’s Royal,

Eclipse Safety Barrel, 
Spanish Gloss, 

Raven  Gloss, 
Topsey,

Gut  Edge.
HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

.  JO B B E R S.

118 Canal  St„ GRAND  RAPIDS.

PROVISION  DEPARTMENT  A  SPECIALTY.

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