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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  J U L Y   18,  1888.

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Tradesman.

SAFES!

The Old Wood Stove at the Store. 
Fond memory reverts, oh, so gladly,
To scenes once familiar to view,
And a goblin host troop in sadly,
A haggard, woe-begone crew; 
Recollections of days of my ohildhood.
Throng ’round me as ofRimes before, 
Bringing back bright scenes of the  wlldwood, 
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

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

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Grand  Rapids.

NEW   YORK,

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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. 
A t 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 tbat.it is only arti­
cles of  standard or sterling worth  that  are 
imitated, but  we  feel  that  we  should  be 
derelict in our duty to the public should we 
not  warn them  against this  infringement, 
and  also  to  dealers  in  cigars,  as  we feel 
positive 
that  no  first-class  dealer  would 
knowingly  countenance  or  deal  with  any 
manufacturer,  who  had  to  depend  upon 
other manufacturers  to  furnish him brains 
to originate brands or labels for their cigars. 
A counterfeiter is  a  genius, but  amenable 
to  the law, but a base  imitator who  keeps 
within  the 
just  ventures  near 
enough  to be on  debatable  ground, is  not 
worthy of  recognition  in  a  community of 
worthy or respectable  citizens.  The  “Sil­
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cent  cigar  in Michigan. 
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WeBt Broadway, Reade and Hudson streets, and make 
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curity.

that these identical  postal  notes  had  been 
cashed at the Elkhart pqstoffice.

full 

The case  was  referred to an experienced 
postal  director,  with 
instructions, 
among  which  was  a  suggestion  that  the 
thief  might be  Whitman,  who  had  disap­
peared from his former haunts since his dis­
charge.

The notes  had  been  issued at Hudson on 
July 28,  1887, and  had  been cashed at Elk­
hart on July 25, two days later. 

These  dates  preceded  the  discharge  of 

.

Whitman.

The Inspector proceeded at once  to Hud­
son and learned all  about  the  Issue  of the 
notes.  The Postmaster gave him all the in­
formation in  his  possession,  but  that was 
little.  He merely knew that the notes were 
for $2.28,  $1.75 and  $3.40,  and  that  they 
had left Hudson on the evening  of  July 24 
by a certain train.

The records showed  that  Whitman  was 
not one of the crew of the mail  car  on that 
train.  This  looked  discouraging,  and the 
Inspector set  himself  to  looking  into  the 
character of the clerks who had handled the 
missing  letters.  While  doing  this he ran 
across  a  fact  that  shed  new  light on the 
mystery.  The discovery was this:

Although it was not his run,  Oscar Whit­
man  had  traveled  in  the  mail  car on the 
night of July 23 as far  as  Elkhart.  More­
over,  as the mail was heavy and  the  clerks 
were hard driven,  he  had  volunteered  his 
services to help them,  and  the  service had 
been accepted.

The Inspector  went  to  Elkhart at once. 
The Postmaster  remembered,  he said, the 
person who had cashed the  notes  on  July 
25.

“Was it Whitman?”
“No,  indeed,”  the  Postmaster  replied. 
“It was John Sterling, an  upright  and  re­
spected  hardware  merchant  of  Elkhart. 
You can’t suspect him of anything,” declar­
ed the Postmaster, decisively.

Here was a new puzzle.  The  Inspector, 
after a long  and  perplexing  day’s  work, 
went to his hotel for a night’s  rest.  While 
still in the hotel office,  he  overheard  some 
conversation between the clerk and three or 
four men,  evidently citizens of Elkhart, and 
of well-to-do  and  respectable  appearance, 
who had dropped into the hotel  for a night­
cap.

“Game to-night?” the clerk queried.
“Oh,  a  short  one,”  replied  one  of the 
men;  “lively while it lasted,  though.  Ster­
ling’s gone  home  disgusted.  He  dropped 
$13 in one pot.”
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The Inspector went  to  bed  to  dream of 
postal notes,  railway clerks,  hardware mer­
chants, flushes,  full hands and aces up.

The mail train rolled into Elkhart station 
at 9  o’clock  on  the  night  of  July 23,  and 
Oscar Whitman  jumped from  the  mail car 
to the platform.

“Good night, boys,” he cried.
“Good  night,”  was  the  response  from 
within  the  car;  “much  obliged  for  your 
help.”

Whitman  walked  rapidly  up  the  main 
street  for  several  blocks,  turned a corner, 
pulled a bunch of  keys from his pocket,  un­
locked  a hall door and  disappeared  to out­
ward  view.  But  the  “eyes  of  the  post- 
office,” as the  force of  inspectors  is called, 
were upon him, piercing  through  door and 
walls.

Whitman  rapidly mounted  the stairs and 
gave  three  knocks  at  the  door.  A little 
aperture  in a panel  opened,  a face  peered 
oat for a second,  and then the door  opened. 
The  postal  clerk  passed  through an ante­
room, making a short reply to the  greeting 
of  the colored attendant who admitted him. 
The inner room was brilliantly lighted.  At 
one end  was a sideboard  liberally provided 
with a variety  of  bottles  and  a  sparkling 
array  of  glasses. 
In  the  middle  of  the 
room was a round  table,  around  which sat 
four men.  The  night  was  warm,  and  all 
were in their shirt sleeves.  In front of each 
were  little  piles  of  red,  white  and  blue 
counters, and  one of  the  men  was  just in 
the act of  dealing.

“Hello,  Whitman,”  cried 

the  dealer. 

“Take a hand ?”

“Yes,  come  in,”  said  another. 

“My 

luck’ll change with a five-handed game.”

“ Well, I came up.here to play poker,  and 
of  course  I’ll  take a hand;  but  I’ll  take a 
drink first,” 3aid Oscar, walking to the side­
board.  “Here,  Sam,  pour  me  out  some 
whisky.”

The gentleman of  African  descent  com­
plied,  and  the  postal  clerk “wet his whis­
tle”  and  took a seat  at  the  table.  “You 
the hanker, Sterling ?”  he asked.

“Yes,” replied a thick-set  man  of  solid’ 
and most respectable  appearance,  “I’m the 
banker.  How much do you want?”

“Give me $3.40  worth,”  said  Whitman. 
“The limitVar quarter, as usual, I  suppose?”
“Yes,  quarter liniit,”  said  the  hardware 
merchant.  “We  can!  change  money  fast 
enough  at  that  rate.  Got  another  postal 
note, I  suppose?  Funny what  odd  sums 
they come in.”

“The  postal  note  is  just  the  same  as 
money,” replied Oscar, with a note of irrita­
tion in his voice,

“Oh, I  don’t object to taking all lean get 
of ’em,” said the banker.  “I  know  I  can

cash ’em at the pos toffice.  Where’d this one 
come from, eh?”

“None 6’ your business,” said Oscar.  The 
four other players  laughed  and  the  game 
went on.  At first,  Whitman had good luck. 
He had the best  hands  and,  naturally, de­
spite the various attempts  to  “bluff”  him, 
he won pot  after  pot.  Then  he  began to 
lose, at first little and then rapidly.  Final­
ly,  Sterling being dealer, he  found  himself 
with a “pat flush,” five  clubs,  with a king 
at  the  head. 
It  was  a  “jack  pot,”  and 
Whitman  opened  it  for  a  quarter.  The 
rest all “came  in”  and  Sterling  “raised.” 
Whitman “raised back,” and all the players 
dropped out but himself and Sterling.  After 
several more “raises,” during  which Whit­
man was obliged to turn another postal note 
for $1.75 into “chips,”  cards  were  drawn. 
Oscar, of course,  “stood |>at,”  but  Sterling 
took one card.  Then the  betting  went on 
rapidly.  Whitman at last “called,” only to 
find that Sterling had four nines, which won 
the “pot.”  By  this  time,  .too,  Oscar  had 
turned over to Sterling a third  postal  note 
for $2.28.

It was nearly midnight  when  the  game 
ended and the postal clerk went to his lodg­
ings with only a few pennies  in his pocket. 
“Curse the luck,” he said to himself.  “I’ll 
have to make another raise to-morrow.” 

Every step he  had  taken  that  night, al­
most  every  word  he  uttered  and  every 
“hand” he held in that fatal game of poker, 
were months afterward to come  within  the 
knowledge of  the Inspector  who  had  been 
sent to work up the case.

“This is Mr. Sterling, I believe ?”  said a 
well-built man,  with a countenance  full  of 
quick intelligence and keen perception,  who 
had  just entered  the  hardware  merchant’s 
establishment  one  day  in  March  of  the 
present  year.

“That is my name,  sir.”
“I  have?  some  private  business which I 

would like to talk over with  you.” 

“Certainly,”  acquiesced  the  merchant. 
“Step this way;”  and he  led  his  visitor to 
his private office  at  the  rear  of  the  store. 
“George”—to  a  clerk — “this  gentleman 
wishes to see me privately.”  George went 
out into tire store, and Mr. Sterling, turning 
to . his  visitor,  said:  “I  don’t  remember 
having met  you before.”

“My name is  Bright;  there  is  my card.” 
“A  postal  inspector!”  exclaimed 
the 
merchant,  reading  the  bit  of  pasteboard. 
* 'W hat in the world do  you  want to see me 
about ?”

“I  will  explain  frankly,  and  I  hope 
you’ll  be  equally frank  with  me,” replied 
the inspector. 
“On July 25,  of  last  year, 
you  cashed  three  postal  notes  for  $3.40, 
$1.75 and $2.28 at the postoffice in this city. 
You  will’render  the  Postal Department a 
service by telling me how these  notes came 
into  your possession.”

“Sir, do  you mean to imply----- V
“I mean  to  imply nothing, Mr. Sterling. 
I only  ask  you  to  tell  me  where  you  got 
them.”

“ You might as well ask me where I got a 
dollar bill  that I changed last  summer,” re­
plied  the  merchant.  “How can I tell ?  I 
suppose they came to me  in  the  course  of 
my  business.  Customers  in  the  country 
often send me money by postal note.” 

“Perhaps  it  may assist'your  memory to 
look at the notes.  Here they are;”  and the 
Inspector  produced  the  canceled  bits  of 
paper,  bearing the  signature of  John  Ster­
ling.  Still the merchant’s memory failed to 
respond.

“Mr. Sterling,”  said  the  Inspector,  “do 
you know Mr. Whitman, who was formerly 
a railway mail  clerk ?  Do  you  know  Mr. 
Stewart  and  Mr. Adams and Mr. Brown ?”.
The merchant gave the  Inspector a quick 
glance and then his eye  wandered  uneasily 
toward the ceiling.  “Yes,” he said,  slowly, 
“I suppose I know thdjn.”

“Do  you know now where  you  got those 

postal notes ?”

Mr.  Sterling  grew  angry.  “I  tell  you, 
sir,  that I got  them in business.  You have 
no authority to pry into my affairs.”

“Mr. Sterling, you had  better  keep  your 
temper.  You  would  not  care  to  have  it 
known in church circles, by your family and 
by your  business  friends,  that  you have a 
key to  the  poker  den  at  No.  42  Schuyler 
alley,  would  you?  Now,  sir,”  continued 
the  Inspector,  rising  and  speaking  very 
sternly,  “I’ll tell ‘you how those notes came 
into  your  possession.  You won them  in a 
game of  poker on the night of  July 23 last. 
The  other  players  were  the  men  I  have 
named.  You won them from Whitman, the 
postal  clerk.  He stole them,  and  you  had 
ample reason to know that they were stolen. 
The only way in  which  these  notes  could 
have come to  you in  the course of  business 
would  be  for  them  to  have reached their 
destination  in  Chicago,  and  there  passed 
from hand  to hand until  they reached  you. 
Aside  from  the  impossibility  of  such  a 
thing  happening,  it  is  impossible  on  ac­
count  of  the  time.  They  were  issued  at 
Hudson  on July 23, and  you  cashed  them 
on July 25.  Now, it is my duty to tell  you 
that  unless  you tell me all  yon  know  and 
assist  me  in  every way, I must  place  you 
under arrest. ”

This was a lpng speech for the Inspector, 
a man. of  deeds  rather  than  of  words,  to

make.  Through it all he  kept his  piercing 
gaze  fixed  on  Mr.  Sterling’s  face.  The 
countenance  of  the  merchant  had  turned 
ashen  grey.  “My  God!”  he  exclaimed, 
“think of  my wife and family.”  With that 
his  reserve  broke  down, and  he acknowl­
edged the truth of the Inspector’s discovery 
and added many details.  Yeryunwilllngly 
also, he  pledged his word  to  appear on the 
witness  stand  against  Whitman  when he 
should be arrested.  As for the whereabouts 
of  the former  postal clerk, Mr.  Sterling de­
clared he knew nothing.

“You may be quite, sure that Whitman is 
in some town in Michigan,” wrote the Chief 
Inspector in his letter of  instructions to his 
agent, whom he  also  complimented for his 
skill and sagacity in unraveling  so  success­
fully the mystery of the postal notes.  “You 
have a good description of him.  Get on his 
trail.”

This was not  an  easy matter.  The  case 
against Whitman  was now  legally perfect, 
but it remained to find the culprit.  He had 
evidently  left  Elkhart.  After  a  tedious 
search it  was  learned  that  another  young 
man,  an intimate friend of  Whitman, and a 
gambler and “fast boy,” had left Elkhart at 
about the same time as the discharged postal 
clerk.  This  young man’s name was Forrest, 
and his vices left a broad  trail behind,  easy 
to follow.  A woman  of his  acquaintance, 
it was  learned,  had  also  left  Elkhart  and 
had  gone  to  Hillsdale.  Thither  the  In­
spector followed.

Forrest was there, and  was  easily found. 
The Inspector  made  his  acquain tin g  cas­
ually, but learned  nothing as to Whitman’s 
whereabouts.

It would be tedious to follow the  Inspec­
tor  through a search  that  lasted a week or 
more and that covered several cities.  Chance 
favored  him  at  last.  He  had  returned to 
Hillsdale and was  walking along one of the 
principal streets when his  attention was a t­
tracted to a  young man whose good clothes 
were  betraying  signs  of  wear  and  whose 
face  bore  marks  of  dissipation.  He  was 
slowly sauntering up the  street, and his de­
scription fitted  perfectly that of  the former 
postal clerk.

“Why,  how  are  you,  Whitman?”  ex* 

claimed the. Inspector, seizing his hand.

“i   don’t  remember  you,”  said  the  ex­
clerk, with a  surprised  air,  thus  indirectly 
acknowledging his identity.

“I’ve  been  looking  for  yon  for  some 
time,”  said  Fleming. 
“I’m  a  postal  in­
spector,  and  I  arrest  you.  Now,  walk 
along  quietly  and  don’t  disgrace  yourself 
in the street.”

“I’ve  done  nothing,” replied  Whitman. 

“I’ll come along, but this is an outrage.”

Whitman was taken to Detroit,  where the 
United  States  Commissioner  held him for 
trial.  His case is still pending.  The story 
of  it  affords  a  good  illustration  of  one 
phase  of  the  workings  of  a  part  of  the 
Postoffice Department  about  which little is 
known.

W hat Becomes of the Tin Cans.

From the American Analyst.

Large numbers of tin cans of all kinds, in 
which foods have been contained, find their 
way through the ash barrels to the city garb­
age dumps.  Here they are  picked  out and 
taken to a tin can receiver,  where,  after the 
labels and dirt are washed off,  the  tin  and 
solder are melted and  converted into solder 
sticks, the remaining sheet iron being rolled 
flat and sold  for  trunk  corners,  umbrella 
ferrules,  and the scraps are  converted  into 
sash weights.  There is no secret about the 
process.  The only thing is to have a proper 
sized furnace and to* get up a sufficient heat. 
The  business  has  developed  of  late, but 
manufacturers say  the  margin  of  profit is 
small. 
It  costs  more  to  melt  the  scraps 
than  common  iron.  Chips  ready  for  the 
furnace cost $7 a  ton.  The  sash  weights 
produced are  of  a  superior  quality.  The 
business is,  like the case of  old  rubber, an 
illustration of the  use  of  waste  material. 
The tin can companies and  other  manufac­
turers of tin goods  formerly  dumped  hun­
dreds  of  tons  into  space,  but  now  these 
scraps  are  dtilized,  and  the  irresponsible 
small boy works the ash  fields  to his profit 
in companionship with the blithesome goat.

To  Test  Kerosene  Oil.

Manufacturers of kerosene oil say that all 
lamps are safe with good oil,  and  that  the 
quality of oil can be ascertained by the  fol­
lowing test:
Take a pint tin cup,  fill it nearly  full  of 
water warmed so that an  ordinary  thermo­
meter immersed in it will show 120 degrees* 
pour a small quantity of  oil  on  the  water* 
stir it a  little,  then  pass  a  lighted  match 
quickly but closely oVer the  surface  of  the 
oil once; if it ignites the oil  is  unsafe. 
If  
purchases are made  of  from  three  to  five 
gallons at  a  time  and  this  test  is  made, 
people can protect  themselves.

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the door.

Quaint its style, it was rough and  unsightly— 
Not such as are fashioned to-day—
But it got there the same, as nightly 
It witnessed wild frolio’s queer play,
As one by one the burghers dropped in,
Stamped their  feet,  wiped  their  boots  at 

All .eager for the fun to begin

’Round the old wood stove at the store.
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And the stories they told, full of wonder, 
More strange than magicians e’er ken— 
Tales of robbers, with hoards of rich  plunder, 
And the hardships of the frontier men; 
Indian massacres, and bloodiest of fights. 
Trappers’ stories, told o’er and o’er, 
Fishing exploits, heard of wintry nights 
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

How Jabe Wilson was treed by a bear,
For a time  formed an episode;
Jabe surprised the brute in a snare.
But his old flint-lock wouldn’t unload;
Bill Brown gave invite to a raisin’;
Some discussed a deacon who  swore;
The while others hot grin were praisin’,
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

And politics raised such an ado!

Some  for  Jackson,  some  a Whig  would 

While “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,”
Led in the hard-cider, log-cabin  campaign, 
Free soil and slavery, through thick  ana thin!
How the disputants would rave  and roar! 
Now a Loco on top, now a Whig would win, 
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

Such the scene you will  doubtless  remember. 
Of the days of your youthful prime.
In the blustering nights of December,
When out with the boys on a time;
And how eager you waited a story 
Your ears had so oft heard before.
Of backwoods  adventures so gory,
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

Then the “Colonel” would pipe out so mellow, 
And each right royal good fellow
Then each his pipe would re-light,
Then homeward trudge in cheerful plight, 

“Well, boys, it’s ’most time to shut up!” 
A “night-cap” with gusto would sup.
Shake hands,say “good-night” o’er and o’er, 
From the old wood stove at the store.

maintain;

TRAPPED  AT  LAST.

Oscar Whitman was a young  man when, 
in 1881,  he obtained employment in the rail­
way mail service of the United States.  His 
parents were  prosperous  farmers in one of 
the southwestern counties of Michigan,  and 
had Oscar chosen he  could  have  remained 
at home, lived a peaceful, quiet life, married 
one of the neighboring farmers’ red-cheeked 
daughters, and,  in  time,  would  doubtless 
have  inherited  the  farm.  But  toil in the 
fields was not to his liking.  He  longed for 
more  exciting  pursuits,  and  some  of  his 
father’s friends had influence  enough to se­
cure Oscar a railway  mail  clerkship.  The 
salary was  not  large,  being  only $1,150 a 
year,  but that seemed a fortune to the farm­
er’s son.

Indeed,  it proved to be too  much  money 
for the lad.  At  first,  he  laid  part  of his 
earnings away,  but, gradually,  as  he made 
the acquaintance of the world, he found new 
ways of spending money.  His pleasures, at 
first,  were  sin pie,  but  little by little the 
pace grew more rapid, until he had not only 
dissipated his savings,  but  was  living at a 
rate  beyond  the  salary  which  he  once 
thought so  liberal.  Oscar’s  entrance  into 
dissipation was not a  sadden  plunge.  He 
had  been well  reared  and  conscientiously 
trained,  and it was long before the old home 
influences wore off;  but five  years  after he 
had left the farm he found himself in  debt, 
addicted to the game of  poker,  and  lax in 
morals in other and more  serious  respects. 
Remonstrances from older friends had avail­
ed nothing,  and little by  little  they  shook 
their heads and  abandoned  him  to the bad 
influences that  were  dragging  him  down­
ward.

Late in the  year 1886 the  postal  author­
ities began to hear of  missing  letters, most 
of  them containing money, mailed to points 
along  the  “Cleveland  and  Chicago  Run.” 
This was the name of  the  route  on  which 
Oscar Whitman worked.  Nearly all of  the 
letters missed were mailed  to  various  bus­
iness  firms in  Chicago,  and  many of  them 
contained  small  remittances sent by people 
in that  part of  the  country, accompanying 
orders for dry goods or  other things needed 
in the household.  A branch  of  the  postal 
inspector’s  office  began  an  investigation. 
The  inspectors  looked  into  the  character 
and habits of  the  clerks  employed  on  the 
route, and  in  time  they reached  the  con­
clusion  that  Oscar  Whitman  was  more 
worthy of  suspicion than any of  the others. 
But  so far it was  only a case  of  suspicion, 
and so it continued.

Letters  continued  to  be  stolen, but  the 
crime could not be fastened  upon  Oscar by 
any legal  proof.  Cunningly  prepared  de­
coy letters were sent  oyer the route at such 
times  and  in  such  ways as to make it cer­
tain that they would pass through his hands, 
but  they invariably  reached  their  destina­
tion  untouched.  These  letters  contained 
marked money.  They were of  inviting and 
innocent  appearance, looked  like dozens of 
other similar letters that  had  been  stolen, 
hut  whether through sheer luck or  through 
shrewdness,  Whitman  never  appropriated 
one  of  the  decoys.  Other  circumstantial 
evidence was  secured, which,  although  not 
sufficient to warrant  his  arrest, resulted in 
his discharge last fall.

Soon after the  discharge of  Whitman the 
Money Order  Bureau of  the  Postoffice De­
partment  learned  that  three  postal notes, 
mailed at Hudson and addressed to business 
firms in Chicago,  had  never  reached  their 
destination.  The discovery was also made

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WEDNESDAY, JULY  18. 1888.

GOVERNMENT CLOTHING  STORES
United  States  Soldiers ' Supplied  at  Cost 

Prices with  Good  Goods.

From the New York Sun.

The largest clothing, boot  and shoe store 
in this country is ran by the United  States, 
although things are sold down at cost prices 
and there is no profit in i t   Every  army re­
cruiting station is a branch store where sup­
plies are dealt o at 
It is different  from or­
dinary  stores  in  that  the  United  States 
treasury famishes the money that  buys the 
hoots, hats, blankets  and  clothes, and  the 
■moneythat  buys  from  the  United  States 
also comes from the treasury.  Besides his 
pay each soldier in the regular army has an 
allowance for  clothing  which  varies  from 
$178.85 to $228.49  for  his five  years’ term. 
This  is  only from  $35.77 to $45.69 a  year. 
If  the  soldiers  had  to  go  around and buy 
their  own  clothing  at ordinary rates, they 
would not have a new coat  more than once 
every other  year,  and  they would  have  to 
sleep in their underclothes to keep warm.
So the United  States  has  gone  into  the 
business of  supplying their  ordinary things 
to soldiers at the bottom  price at which the 
contracts for them can be made.  There are 
no salesmen’s  salaries, no rent,  nor  insur­
ance  nor  profit  to  be  paid by the govern­
ment  As  a  result,  the  prices  at  which 
clothing is sold to  the  soldiers  are  so  low 
that  many working men  who are paid four 
times as much as the soldiers  are  not  clad 
as well.  The blue coats  cost $3.38.  They 
are made of  good material, well cut and are 
better fitting than  the  uniform of the aver­
age policeman, for  which  he  pays  several 
times what the soldiers pay.  His  caps cost 
forty-nine cents.  His  stockings  cost  nine 
cents a pair, and  they are  better  than  the 
Bowery  stores  sell for a quarter, while  the 
forty-nine cent caps are as good as any man 
could want.  For his blue  trousers  the sol­
dier  pays $2.  They  are  so  cheap  that he 
can bay half  a dozen pairs with his month’s 
pay,  which  is more than many young men 
who look down on the soldier can do.
The  two  bits  of  extravagance  are  the 
flannel shirts and the  blankets.  The shirts 
cost 
thirty-eight  cents  more  than  the 
trousers,  but  they are  as  good  as  can  be 
bought at any price, and they do not shrink 
into a  woolly ball  when  they are  washed. 
The blankets are sold  for $4.28. 
It is easy 
enough to go to  almost  any dry goods store 
and buy cheaper blankets  than the soldiers 
have,  but  these  blankets  are  wool  and 
weigh  six  pounds.  One  pair  of  them  is 
enough in cold weather and they are warmer 
than several  pairs of  cheap blankets.  The 
United  States  considers  the  health  of  its 
soldiers, and although the caps and trousers 
are economized on, the  best  woolen  shirts 
and blankets are supplied.
There  are  various  kinds  of  shoes  that 
sell  from  $1.76 to $3.04.  Then  there  are 
heavy stockings  that  sell for more than the 
nine cents that the summer stoekings bring. 
There are underclothes for sale  that  are of 
such a good quality that  the  officers  often 
wear  them in preference to the  undercloth­
ing that they can bay in the usual way.
The United States goes further,  and sup­
plies  all  the  necessities of  the  soldiers at 
cost prices,  and the cost rates are frequently 
lower  than  those at which a private  store­
keeper could buy, as the United States buys 
in large quantities  and is sure pay. 
It also 
tends  to  increase a manufacturer’s  outside 
trade  if  he  gets  large  garment  contracts, 
and a big  manufacturer  with a large  stock 
on  hand  can  afford  to  sell  to the United 
States at cost. 
If  he sold  at  the same rate 
to private sellers they might cut retail rates, 
while the United States  sells to nobody but 
soldiers.
When  a  recruit is sworn in, the sergeant 
takes him into  the clothing  room  and  fits 
him up with a full  outfit.  The cost of  it is 
taken from his pay, although at the rates at 
which the government sells it does not take 
him  long  to  pay  up.  No  one  may  buy 
clothing from  the  government  except  sol­
diers,  and it is a crime »for  any clothing to 
be  given  or  sold  to  any one else. 
If the 
government  were  to  sell  to  everybody  at 
the same rate, the  business of  the  furnish­
ing goods stores in the neighborhood of  re­
cruiting stations would be ruined.

Drapery  for  Display  Windows.

From the Boots and ShoeB Weekly.

A  Philadelphia shoe  dealer  whose  store 
window is somewhat noted  for  its  attract­
iveness  thinks  that  one of  the worst mis­
takes  a retailer  can  make  in /dressing his 
window is in hanging  dark  drapery in  the 
back and in covering the bottom of the win­
dow with a similar shade, as  this gives the 
window a dreary appearance  and  it is diffi­
cult to tell one shoe from another.  Display 
windows should always have  light  drapery 
when  there  is  any used, as  it  will set the 
goods off to better advantage.
“Instead of putting  half  of  his  stock in 
the window,” said  he,  “the  dealer  should 
select a few pair of  ladies’ and men’s goods 
and  display  them  in  as neat a position as 
possible,  and  they  will  attract  attention 
even if  there is no other  attraction  shown. 
But the matter of  drapery is  one of  special 
importance to a storekeeper.  According, to 
my  ideas,  cheerfulness  is  one  of. the first 
essentials in good window dressing.”

W hen  High  Heels  Will  Be a  Curiosity.
From Peck’s Son.

(Time,  2088,  in  the  museum).  Shb^f 
“Great hickory, George!  What  is that 
euliar  lookin’ thing  hanging  there  in  the 
case  that  somewhat  resembles  a  clothes- 
basket, except that it is made of wire ?” 
He—“Let’s  see—number 42,  Wait till I 
consult  the  catalogue.  Here it is. 
‘Num­
ber 42—a piece of wearing  apparel, known 
as a bustle.  Was  worn  by  women  of  all 
classes  during  the  latter part of the nine­
teenth century, to beautify their forms.’ ” 
She—“My I  I wonder  where  they wore 
such an ungainly contrivance.”
He—“The catalogue  does  not  state,  but 
2 judge from the size that  they most  have 
worn it all over the body.”
She—(*Oh, George,  let’s  go to  the  next 
ease and look at those shoes  wph the won­
derfully high heels that those same  women 
used to wear.”

AMONG T H E  TRADE.
GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

T.  B.  Goosen  succeeds  Goosen,  Van 
Honten & Co. in the  commission  business.
C. H. Benson has engaged  in the grocery 
business  at  Otsego.  The  stock was  pur­
chased at this market

Edson Roberts has engaged in the grocery 
business at Sparta.  Ball, Barnhart & Pot­
man furnished the stock.

The Danaher & Meiendy Co. has put in a 
supply  stock at Tallman.  The  ¿hods were 
purchased at this market

John Hoomrich  has  engaged  In the gro­
I. M. Clark 

cery business  at  North  Dorr. 
& Son famished the stock.

L. A. Upson  has  opened  a  grocery store 
at  Shady  Side,  near  Holland.  Bulkley, 
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

Noble & Miller have  engaged in the  gro­
cery business at 699  South  Division  street 
Bulkley,  Lemon  &  Hoops  famished  the 
stock. 

_________ _______

Braun & Grady have engaged in the  gro­
cery  business  at  the  comer  of  Jefferson 
street  and  Shawmut  avenue.  Ball, Barn­
hart & Putman furnished the stock.

F. Van Bree and  his  son,  D.  Van  Bree, 
have  formed  a  copartnership,  under  the 
style of  Yan Bree & Son,  for  the  purpose 
of engaging  in  the  drag  business  at Zee- 
land.  They will occupy a new brick  store, 
which they erected with  especial  reference 
to the business.  The  Hazeltine & Perkins 
Drag Co. is putting up the stock.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Stetson—G. N.  North has  engaged in the 

drag business here.

Fremont—A.  J.  Jones  has  moved  his 

restaurant  to  Marion.

Ayr—Henry S. Post  succeeds  J. D.  Hig­

ginbotham in general trade.

Dowagiac—A.  C. King  succeeds  Ingling 

& King in the grocery business.

Escanaba—E. H. Williams  has  assigned 

his hardware stock to A. R. Northrop.

Detroit — H.  Schlesinger  succeeds  E. 
Schlesinger & Co.  in the clothing  business.
Detroit—E. Krapp succeeds Krapp, Erast 
& Co. in the dry goods and grocery business.
Battle  Creek—Jas. C.  Halladay succeeds 
Geo. F. Barrows & Co. in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Charlevoix—Miss  Emma  Todd,  late  of 
Cheboygan,  has  opened  a toy  and  notion 
store.

Allen—Hill  &  Roethlisbergei;  are  suc­
ceeded  in general  trade by F.  Ai  Roethlis- 
berger.

Manistique—M.  Salvan  has  opened  a 
new clothing, dry goods,  hat  and  cap  and 
boot and shoe stock.

Holland— Metz  &  Brink  succeed  the 
Werkman  Manufacturing  Co. in the manu­
facture of  furniture.

Ashley—W. J. Barker,  lately in  the  em­
ploy of  H. A.  Blackmar,  at  Charlotte, has 
purchased  a drug stock here.

Reed  City—E. A. Rupert  &  Co.  is  the 
style  of  the  firm  which  succeeds  S.  W. 
Brown in the confectionery bnsiness.

Reed City—Richards & Son  have  opened 
a grocery  and  provision  store.  Mr. Rich­
ards was formerly a member  of  the  firm of 
Densmore & Richards.

Big Rapids—C. A. Fellows  has  sold  his 
drug stock to C. B. Fugua & Co.,  who  will 
continue the business at the old stand.  Mr. 
Fugua has  had  fifteen  years’ experience in 
Grand  Rapids and Detroit drug  houses and 
is a thoroughly competent pharmacist.

STBAY  FACTS.

Sullivan—S. H. Clink succeeds  the Clink 

& Jones Lumber Co.

Paris—Stiekney & Co. are  building  a 30- 

foot addition to their store.

Muskegon—The  Mnskegon  Booming Co. 

has 790 men on its pay roll.

Otter Lake—E. J.  Tanner, of  the  firm of 
Tanner & Clark, millers and general dealers, 
is dead.

Ludington—The Pere Marquette Lumber 
Co. is building a large  store, which  will be 
ready for occupancy early in the fall.

Hersey—John Finkbeiner  has  completed 
his two-story brick store and  will  occupy it 
with his clothing house  about the 20th.

Muskegon—Irving F. Hopkins has moved 
his  drag  stock 
into  his  new  store  a 
the  corner  of  Third  street  and  Houston 
avenue.

Allegan—M. F. Small, who  has been en­
gaged in the grocery business  about a year, 
has closed out his stock  and  will  return to 
F t Wayne, Ind.

Morley—Lon  A.  Pelton  has  returned 
from  Los  Angeles,  adjusted  his  family 
troubles - and - resumed  the  management of 
bis hardware bnsiness.

Reed City—Ernest Long  has nearly com­
pleted his two:story brick  store,  the  lower 
floor of  which  will  be occupied by Roselle 
(Mrs.  -Sitabfi)  Schaek  with  her  general 
Stock*7  ; 

.

F a iw ^ —F. E. 6radley/& Co.  hate  fin- 
ished  their - lumbering  operations  for  this 
seasoh,1 having  shipped  11,000,000. feet of 
logs  by  rail  to  Bay City during  the  past 
nine months.

CasCVille—John •  McKinley’s  hardware 
store' was broken into  Sunday and the  safe 
blown open andLralieved of $250 in cash and 
several * hundred  dollars’  worth  of  notes. 
The concussion  broke the front windows of 
the store, fifty feet away.

Detroit—The Michigan Gas Enricher Co., 
with letters  patent of  a process for enrich­
ing gas, has been  incorporated with a paid- 
up  capital  stock  of  $50,000.  The  stock­
holders  are:  Ira  H.  Wilder,  668  shares; 
Luke  A.  Wilder, 333;  William E. Gough,

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D. F.  Glidden, 333, and  William  R* Bates, 
333 shores/ 

East Saginaw—-The largest lumber sale of 
the  season  was  m ate  Saturday by  J.  J. 
Winsor,  who  purchased 14,000,009 feet log 
run for Eastern  parties  at  different  prices 
bnt full  market  quotations.  Four  million 
feet of  the  stock  Is  cut and thé remainder 
will  be manufactured  as  fast  as  possible. 
There js considerable  inquiry for  dry stoefc 
from Chicago.  _____ _

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Pinckney—Detroit  parties are putting up 

a pickle factory.

Vicksburg—H. H. Smith  has  bought the 
Barney Cigar factory and  will  continue the 
business.

Wolverine—P. E. Hackett’s saw, planing 
and  shingle  mill  burned  last Monday, in­
volving a loss of  $7,000.

West Branch—The Cortland  Lumber Co. 
will double  its hardwood mill capacity,  and 
is building a dry house, 30x80  feet.

Marshall—A corporation has been formed 
with $60,000 capital to engage in  the  man­
ufacture and sale of  spring  tooth  harrows.
Au Sable—The J. E. Potts Salt  &  Lum­
ber Co. Will likely extend  its  logging  road 
from its  pine  timber  in  Oscoda  county to 
An Sable,  fifty miles below.

Gun  Lake—Gibson & Dun well are build­
ing a shingle  mill, to have a daily  capacity 
of  from  125,000  to  160,000  and  be in op­
eration by August 1.  The mill will be sup­
plied with timber purchased  from  Pardee, 
Cook & Co.,  and will ship over the  Flint & 
Pere Marquette,  via a spur.

Marquette—Wm.  Allen  has  built  six 
miles of  road,  and  equipped  it  with  two 
locomotives and  several cars.  He has con­
tracted  to  get  out  50,000,000  feet  in two 
years,  and  receives  $2.50  a  thousand  for 
hauling to cars and unloading.  He expects 
to bank  from 200,000 to 250,000  feet  daily 
over the railroad.

Gripsack Brigade.

C. Crawford and family are spending their 

summer vacation at Macatawa Park.

Clarence J. Peck,  formerly  on  the  road 
for Thompson & Maclay,  is  now  traveling 
for Hart Bros. ,of Chicago.

A.  L. Braisted,  traveling  representative 
for the Voigt Milling Co., now  spends  one 
week each month in Detroit.

Steve  Sears  is  officiating  as  master  of 
ceremonies at  Wm.  Sears & Co.’s,  pending 
the absence of  his father and  uncle.

W.  R. Mayo  is on  the  road  for Geo. E. 
Howes  &  Co.  in  the  western  part of  the 
State  and Wm.  Rose in the eastern  portion 
of Michigan.  The latter resides at Owosso.
The  boys who  have called on  Cass Brad­
ford  at Baldwin  say that  he has  learned 
how  to mix  the  sand  with  the  sugar  as 
skillfully as an old  veteran at the  business.
Hiram E.  Clark  now  covers a portion of 
the  Northern  trade  for  Ball, Barnhart & 
Patman,  including the Upper Peninsula and 
the  towns  on  the  line of  the  T., A.  A.  & 
N.  M.  Railway.

A.  D.  Estabrook,  traveling  representa­
tive for the  Powers & Walker  Casket Co.,1 
starts North next Monday  on a nine weeks’ 
trip.  He and  his  family are  rusticating at 
Spring  Lake and Grand  Haven this  week.
M. K.  Walton  has  returned  to  Grand 
Rapids  and  taken  up  his residence at §54 
South Division street.  During the past two 
months  he  has  traveled  the  length  and 
breadth  of  California  without  finding  a 
locality which  suits  him  as  well as Mich­
igan.  He starts out  on  his  old  route  for 
Curtis & Co. to-day.

Frank R. Miles,  traveling  representative 
for Foster,  Stevens & Co.,  was married  last 
Saturday afternoon to Miss  Kittie Peck,  of 
Reed  City,  the  ceremony occurring  at  the 
residence  of  the  bride’s  sister,  Mrs.  Cor­
nelius  Crawford,  on  Paris  avenue.  The 
happy couple are spending their honeymoon 
at  Macatawa  Park,  after  which  they will 
take Up their residence in this city.

Union  City  Local:  During  the  recent 
trip of  the T.  P. A. Band  to  Minneapolis, 
the boys were  accompanied by a gentleman 
from Battle Creek  who  made  all  arrange­
ments for their comfort and  aided in a hun­
dred  different  ways  in  making the trip an 
enjoyable one. 
In fact, it was through his 
Instrumentality that the band  was  engaged 
for the occasion.  We refer to C. S. Kelsey, 
a man  whom it is a pleasure  to  know,  be­
cause of  his genuine gentlemanly character. 
T h^band  boys  appreciated his efforts and 
as a mark of  their esteem improved the op­
portunity on their  way home of presenting 
him  a fine  gold-headed  cane,  suitably  in­
scribed,  the  presentation  occurring  in the 
Grand  Trunk  offices,  Chicago.  Between 
the  T,  P.  A   Band,  of  Union  City,  and 
C. S.  Kelsey,  of  Battle  Creek,  there  will 
ever exist a strong feeling of  friendship.

Six  and  Five.

From. tLe Detroit Free Press.
,  “A little  learning is a dangerous  thing,? 
the world over.  Last  night, the  keeper  of 
a  stall 1 added .pp  his  column of  salés, and 
by making six and five make fifteen created 
a defalcation : h r the  cash  box.  Spine One 
had stolen four dollars. 
It must be the boy 
wfio was helping'about the place. 
lié  was 
taken by the éar ted  his' blhSd  frozen with 
threate of  State Prison,  and it was not until 
a  detective cast up the • figures  and  discov­
ered the error that the boy, was let off.  He 
was not .up in  figures. hlmsèlf, bat  he says 
he’s thing to learn all about tern right off.

; qgfeÿ“  ' ,  ;  “ ' 
The long-contested suit between the New 
Era  Lumber  Co., of New Eta,  and H; W. 
Cornell has culminated in the  victory of the 
latter.  Cornell  claimed  $10,000,  growing 
out  of 
transactions,  against 
which  the  company  claimed  an  offset  of 
$7,000.  A jury  gave  Coraeil a vèrdict for 
the whole amount claimed and the Supreme 
Court now affirms that verdict.

lumbering 

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À  Coffee Combine.

Sam Plank in Philadelphia  Grocer.
In these degenerate  days  of  corners and 
trusts and combines, when the  Whales  and 
sharks  of  commerce  eat  up  thé  smaller 
fishes,  or  by  their  magnitude  and  power 
frighten them  away  from  competition  for 
an honest living, it may not be ont  of order 
to relate the history  of  a  certain  combine 
which threatened at one time to ruin at least 
one branch of the grocery business.
Tam not' a grocer,  and I   have  no  appre­
hensions of ever  being  nominated  for  the 
office, hut, because I have friends  who  are 
grocers, and because the editor of this paper 
believes me to have lucid intervals in which, 
as he puts it, I “ can tell a beat from a beet­
root,” I  have been asked to state my  candid 
views on several points in the grocery trade.
And 1 hasten to do  this  gladly,  not  for 
the sake of seeing my  name  in  print,  not 
with the  hope  of  enlightening  my  fellow 
men, not with the false and illusory notions 
that my writings wili disarm  adverse  criti­
cism, but with the higher, nobler, purer mo­
tive,  born of the editor’s promise to  reward 
my labors with cold, clean, hard, substantial 
dollars.  Therefore, should  I  at  any  time 
appear, as now,  to  be  a  little  too  prolix, 
remember, I have a certain space to fill and I 
must “get there” somehow.
There once lived in the city of New York 
an honest man. 
If  this  statement  should 
seem at all rash let me  add  that  it  was  a 
long,  long time ago, but within the memory 
of the oldest  inhabitant.
This man  was  a  merchant.  His  name 
was Kongh E. Bean.  He was a little, hard- 
featured fellow,  as brown  as  a  berry,  but 
strong and cheerful and a man of good taste. 
He tried his best to get  along  in  business, 
but he found  there  was  no  royal  road  to 
success.  He had to go through the mill, and 
he was often ground  down  by  those  with 
whom he came in  contact.  Still  he  perse­
vered, but his profits  were  small,  and  the 
prophets  were  many  who  predicted  his 
failure.
They  told  him*  in  words  stolen  from 
Scripture, that it “ was not good for  him  to 
be alone;” they advised him to go into part­
nership with some one who  could  “hustle” 
business,  and  whose  conscience  was  not 
quite as rigid as his own,  and the greater to 
facilitate the adoption of their advice,  they 
introduced to his  notice  a  schemer  named 
C. Hickory, who on  his  own.  account  had 
failed in trade.
And so it came about after many protesta­
tions and refusals on the part of Mr.  Beans 
and many prognostications of certain succès, 
on the part of Mr. Hickory and his backers, 
there was established the  firm  which  soon 
gained a world-wide notoriety, and of which 
the members were Kough E.  Bean  and  C. 
Hickory.
At first everything went well.  The  new 
life infused into the concern was such as  to 
enable the partners to cut down their prices 
and undersell other firms.  Mr. Bean found 
himself rapidly growing rich.  His  coffers 
were filling.  He saw the way to a sure and 
and rapid fortune.
But before very long  a  reaction  set  in. 
The public began, to learn  more  of  Mr.  C. 
Hickory’s individuality.  They found he did 
not bear a good character  in  private,  that, 
in fact, Mr. Bean provided the whole of the 
respectability and honesty in the  firm,  and, 
as a natural consequence of such a discovery, 
business  declined  to  an  alarming  extent. 
And then it was that Mr. Bean  commenced 
to make discoveries.
At the establishment  of  the  partnership 
it was mutually agreed that Mr.  C.  Hickory 
should have only a tenth interest in the bus­
iness,  supplying ohly one-tenth of the  capi­
tal and plant neeessary to run it, but it  soon 
transpired that this  percentage  had  gradu­
ally 8nd mysteriously increased to  fifty  per 
cent.  As a natural consequence Mr. Bean’s 
power had decreased from ninety  per  cent, 
to fifty.  Bean unsuspecting had been blind 
to this but the public quickly detected it.
So  when  Mr.  Kough  E.  Bean  rose  one 
morning and learned  that  his  wares  were 
boycotted by reason of his  connection  with 
C. Hickory; when he remembered that  such 
a proceeding on the part of the public meant 
the  jeopardizing  of  a  hitherto  honorable 
name,  even  if  it  would  not  permanently 
ruin it, he began to regret that  he  had  not 
been contented with small profits and a rep­
utation for fair dealing,  sooner  than  have 
entered into partnership with a man  whom 
he  did  not  know  and  whose  antecedents 
were the reverse of  respectable.
Mr. Bean  was quite  right  in  supposing 
that his partnership would injure his credit. 
It did,  and long after he had dissolved part­
nership with  the  “other  member”  of  the 
firm, he scarcely ever  had  a  customer  call 
upon him but would expressly stipulate  be­
fore doing  business  that  C.  Hickory  had 
nothing to do with the concern.
And it is a moral that may,  and ought to, 
commend 
itself  to  every  tradesman,  and 
every grocer in particular, that coffee  beans 
and chicory don’t work  well  together,  and 
the same remark applies equally well to  all 
other “combines” into which there enters  a 
strong element of  fraud.

Purely Personal.

Charles Lovejoy,  the  Big  Rapids grocer, 

was in town last Friday.

F. J. Dettenthaler  and family  left to-day 

for a three weeks’ trip around the Lakes.

Fred  H. Ball  is  taking a trip  down  the 
St.  Lawrence,  New  Brunswick  being  the 
objective  point.

Sidney F.  Stevens  and wife  left  Monday 
for  New  York  where  they  will  spend  a 
fortnight.

F. Yan Bree and his son,  D. Yan Bree of 
Zeeland,  were  in town Monday, purchasing 
a new drug stock.
Hermann Spitz, 

thq  Chicago  capitalist, 
spent  Sunday as the  guest of  his  brother, 
Lndwig Winternitz.

Geo. H. Thayer,  manager for L. F. Swift 
&  Co.,  went  to  Chicago  Saturday  night. 
He is expected back to-day.

Miss Emma Nenmeister,  Secretary of  the 
Leahy Co., of -Muskegon,  is  the  guest  of 
Mrs.  M.  S.  Goodman,  on  South  Union 
street.

Miss Annah Rindge  has so far recovered 
from  her recent serious  illness as to enable 
her father to resume his duties at the house 
of Rindge, BOrtsch & Co.

O. G.  Brooks,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
spice business with Edward Telfer, but now 
engaged  in  business  at  Milwaukee,  is  in 
"town  for  a  few  days,  the  guest  of  his 
brother-in-law, his former partner.

The  sons  of  Les*  Freeman  and  Alex. 
Keith ar6 each the possessors of  pet rabbits 
and  the paternal ancestors  have become  so 
ihucti  interested  in the  subject  that  it is 
understood  they have in  contemplation  the 
establishment of a rabbit factory*

How  Thermometers' are  Made.

The first point in  the construction of the 
mercurial thermometer is  to  see  that  the 
tube is of  uniform  caliber  throughout  its 
whole interior.  To  ascertain  this, a short 
column of mercury is pat into  the tube and 
moved up and down, to see if its  length re­
mains  the  same  through  all  parti of the 
tube. 
If a tube whose  caliber  is  not  uni­
form is used, slight  differences are made in 
its graduation to allow for this.  A scale of 
equal, parts  is  et^ed   ugoja  the  tube;  and 
from observations of the inequalities  of the 
column of mercury moved in it, a table  giv­
ing the temperatures corresponding to these 
divisions js fonnedj  A bulb is  now  blown 
on the tone« and while the open  end  of the 
latter is dipped into metopry, heat is applied 
to the bulb to  expand  the  air  in it.  This 
heat is then  withdrawn and, the air within 
contracting, a portion of the  mercury  rises 
in the tube and partly fills the bulb.  To the 
open end of the  tube  a  funnel  containing 
mercury  is  fitted,  and the bulb  is placed 
over a flame until it boils, thus expelling all 
air and moisture from the  instrument.  ' On 
cooling,  the tube instantly  fills  with  mer­
cury.  The bulb is now placed in some hot 
fluid,  causing the mercury within  it  to ex­
pand and flow over the top of  the tube,  and 
when this overflow has ceased the open end 
of the tube is heated with a blow-pipe flame. 
To  graduate  the  instrument  the  bulb  is 
placed in melting ice;  and  when the top of 
the mercury column has fallen  as low  as it 
will, note is taken of its  position  as  com­
pared with the scale  on  the  tube.  This is 
the freezing point;  it is  marked  as  zero on 
the thermometers of Celsius  and  Reaumur, 
and as 32°  on the Fahrenheit class.
To determine the  boiling  point,  the  in­
strument is placed in a metallic vessel with 
double walls, between which  circulates the 
steam  from  boiling  water.  Between  the 
freezing and boiling point of water 100 equal 
degrees are marked in  the Centigrade grad­
uation of Celsius,  180°  on  the  Fahrenheit 
plan and 80°  on  the  Reaumur. 
In  many 
thermometers all three of these graduations 
are indicated on the frame to which the tube 
is attached.  Some weeks after a thermome­
ter has been made and  regulated, it may be 
noticed that when the  bulb  is  immersed in 
ponnded ice, the mercury does not quite de­
scend to the freezing point.  This  is owing 
to  a  gradual  expansion  of  the  mercury 
which usually goes on for nearly two years, 
when it is found that the zero point has ris­
en nearly a whole degree. 
It is then neces­
sary to slide down  the  scale  to  which the 
tube is fastened, so that  It  will  accurately 
read the movements of the mercury.  After 
this change, the accuracy of  the thermome­
ter is assured,  as there is no further  expan­
sion of the mercury column.

Good  Words  for  the  Drummer.

Correspondence Shoe and Leather Review.

In spite of  all  the  uncomplimentary  re­
marks that  are  made  about - drummers  in 
general, and American drutomers in  partic­
ular, I firmly believe that acs a class they are 
as  high a  type  of  modern  civilization  as 
there is to be met with anywhere.  The very 
nature  of  their  business  nqiakes  them  so. 
The idea that a salesman can go oyer a par­
ticular route and continue to fleece allot of in­
telligent people is simply absurd.  ; In  these 
days of  fast  trains, 
telegraph  wires  and 
special journalism, people get reliable news, 
and know the state of  trade  amt  value  of 
goods just about as  well  as  the#  drummer 
does,  and a sensible  salesman  can’t  afford 
to risk his reputation  by  an  effort  to  gull 
anybody.  Even if he felt  like  taking  the 
risk himself,  his house could not afford, and 
would  not  permit  such  irregularities  to 
continue.
The drummer meets all  kinds  of  people; 
he meets them in all kinds of  places;  he  is 
surfeited with hardships and pleasures of  a 
great variety, and if these things don’t bring 
him close to  humanity  nothing  will.  He 
must be wide awake and thoroughly  famil­
iar with his special business,  or he can’t sell 
goods.  He must,  in a word, be  a  philoso­
pher,  with  a  good  sprinkling  of  creative 
genius.  The  very  nature  of  his  business 
tends t° make him all  this,  not  alone  be­
cause it makes of  him  a  good  and  useful 
member of society,  but  because  it  makes 
him a successful  man  in  his  business.  A 
man of good sound sense  and  strong  sym­
pathies is welcome in any  community.  He 
makes friends that will buy of  him  to-mor­
row if not to-day,  and those  of  his  friends 
who do not need his wares will not be afraid 
to speak a good  word  for  him  some  time 
when it will be beneficial.

Chicago Herald:  Said a traveling man  in 
the Palmer House the other  day:  “I  never 
order a fire in my room at  a  country  hotel. 
I carry a warming apparatus along which is 
both convenient and  not  costly  to  myself. 
See?”  And he pulled out a pair of  nippers 
and a gas-burner which would throw a flame 
at least seven inches wide.  * ‘It’s this way, ” 
he continued.  “I  register  and  go  to  my 
room.  The burner,  is,  of  course,  plugged 
with cotton so  that  you  can’t  get  enough 
light to see to go to bed by. 
I  yank  it  off 
with my nippers,  screw on  my  own  patent 
appliance,  and then sit by  the window  and 
watch the city gas tank sink down  towards 
the ground while my room gets warm.

VISITING  BUYERS.

land

rington

White Cloud 

The following retail dealers have visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
M Bailey, Plainwell 
Dr WmVanPutten, Holland 
L A Upson, Shady  Side,
HoUand
A DeKruif, Zeeland 
R B McCulloch, BerUn 
D E Watters, Freeport 
T W Preston, Millbrook 
A A Weeks, Grattan 
G N North, Stetson 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
S McNitt & Co, Byron Centr 
C S Judson. Canuonsburg 
Sevey &  Herrington,  Her­
Gooding & Son, Lisbon 
R T Parrish, GrandvUle 
JCBenbow,  Cannonsburg 
C H Deming, Dutton 
Walling Bros, Lamont 
A E Smith, CadiUac 
Carrington & North, Trent 
Jas Colby, Rockford 
J P Cordes, Alpine 
Morley Bros, Cedar Springs 
John Smith, Ada 
G C Baker, LaBarge 
C E Coburn, Pierson 
W W Peiree, Moline 
F E Shattuck & Co, Sand 
M M Brooks, Austerlltz 
S Babcock, receiver,
Manistee
E E Hewitt. Rockford 
L Greenatvald,  Reed City 
E Roberts, Sparta 
M Winnie. Traverse City 
CE Joys, Manistee 
Jay Marlatt. BerUn 
VanBree & Son, Zeeland 
L M Wolf, HudsonvUle 
P Mulder, & Co.Grafschaap 
A W Blain. Dutton 
J C Drew, Rockford 
Geo H Remington,  Bangor 
Alex Denton,  Howard City 
C E Pratt, Moline 
Gas Begman, Bauer 
J McLenithan, W Carlisle  ,
W L Squires, Plainwell 
STMcLeUan, Denison 
E Hagadom, Fife Lake 
A C Perigard. Mnskegon 
W W Peek, S Boardman 
Mrs K L Kinney, Ensley

Champion & Hayward,
John Gunstra, Lamont 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
C H Benson, Otsego 
M E Boynton, Lake City 
H VanNoord, Jamestown 
Sidney Stark. Allendale 
DenHerder  & Tanls, Vries- 
H Dalmon. Allendale 
L VaUier. Fremont 
Wesley Dunn, Kingsley 
John Farrowe, So  Blendon 
Geo Lentz, Croton 
W I Woodruff, Copley 
C C Tuxbury, Sullivan 
A M LeBarron, Levering 
A M Church, EttgUshville 
I J  Quick, Allendale 
Sampson & Drury, CadiUac 
John C Scott, Loweil 
C H Loomis,  Sparta 
Wm DePree Sc Bro,Zeeland 
AJProvin,  Cedar  Springs 
LaDu & Baldwin, Coral 
Smith Bros, Alba 
J P Huling, Big Rapids 
C S Comstock, Pierson 
Cole Sc Chapel, Ada 
S M Geary, Maple Hill 
Jacob Barth, Bailey 
Mrs Minnie Lacey .Cannons­
burg
Herder &  Lahuis,  Zeeland 
B Volmarl, Fillmore Ctr 
Mortin Gezon,  Jamestown 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
L & L Jettison, Jenisonville 
NFMUler. Lisbon 
Spooner & Moore,
Cedar Springs 
De Kruif, Boone & Co, Zee- 
A H Barber, Saranac 
John Kamps, Zutphen 
Geo Hoppough, Smyrna 
W Vermeulen. Beaver Dam 
GTenHoor.  Forest  Grove 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
S J Martin, 8ullivan 
M M Robson, Berlin 
A Shook, Coral 
S G Pipp, Howard 
L V  Knowles, Volney 
L Cook, W Sebewa

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little account,  did she?”

“ What can we  do  for  you?”  asked  the 
grocer not very  good-naturedly  of  a  little 
girl who was evidently a  frequent  and  fa­
miliar caller at the store.

“Me mither sent me,” was the  reply.
“She didn’t send  you  to  settle  up  that 
“No,  sir.” 
“What does she  want?”
“She towld me  to  ax  yez  which  would 
yez rather trust her for—three  bars of soap 
or a quarter’s worth of sugar.  She says she 
ain’t pertic’lar w’ich ’tis, but  she’s in a hur­
ry for it.”

WHLE8  ■  GOODYEAR

Buy flour man ufsecured by  the  Crescent 
Roller  Mills.  Every sack warranted.  Voigt 
Milling Co.

—AND—

CONNECTICUT

Rubbers.

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Pres.,

A. B. WATSON. Treas..
CASH CAPITAL, «800,000.

S. F. ASPINWALU, Secy. 

THEO.  B.  GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE

PRODUCE and COMMISSION

And Jobber in Stovewood.

33  Ottawa Street, GRAND  RAPIDS.
STEAM  LAUNDRY,

43 and 45  K ent Street, 

STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. 

WE DO ONLY FIRST GLASS WORK AND 

USE NO CHEMICALS.

Orders by maU 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.

G0RSET8

oned with Featherbone, which is absolutely  unbreak 
able, and is not injured by perspiration, or l&nndrying. 
Soft and pliable, giving health and comfort.

LUCIUS C.  WEST, 

PATENTS*?«
Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
of  American  and  Foreign  patents;; 
105 E- Main SL, Kalamazoo, Mich., U. S. A.  Branch  of­
fice, London! Eng.  Practice in U. S. Coarts.  Circulars 
'free.'':

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements  will  be  Inserted under this head for 
two cents a  word  the  prst  insertion  and  one  cent a 
word for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken  for less than 25 cents.  Advance payment.

FOR  SAUF.

241

253

252

f ’OR SALE—STOCK AND  FIXTURES  OF  THE  GRO- 

cery, dry goods and notion  business  at  281 South 
Division street.  Business well established,  with  good 
line of customers.  Reason for selling, other  business. 
Will sell part or all of stock, as purchaser prefers.  Ap- 
ply on premises or address A. W. Curtis & Co. 

f 'OR SALE—AT SULLIVAN, MICH., STOCK OF DRUGS 

and notions, worth $700.  This is a live town, with 
five sawmills, lumbering, bark, ties, etc., and only drug 
store.  No doctor there.  Would be good place for doc­
tor and druggist combined.  Reason for  selling,  have 
store in Coopersville to attend.  J. B. Watson, Coopers- 
ville, Mich. 

Lock Box 39, Yassar, Mich. 

town  in  Michigan.  Write  for  full  particulars, 

F or  sale—boot  and  shoe  stock  in  best
P‘OR  SALE—A  GOOD-PAYING  DRUG  STOCK  IN  A 

growing  town.  Nearest  drug  store  is  six miles. 
Will mvoice about $2,500.  A big  chance  for  a man of 
push.  Terms easy.  Best of reasons for wishing to sell. 
Address  “Pain  Killer,”  care  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids. 

or short lease of store.  A bargain for  some  on-. 
Must sell.  Want to go South.  Address  Box 12, Grand- 
ville, Mich. 

FOR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD TRADE, LONG 
F OR  SALE —NO.  4  REMINGTON  TYPE-WRITER.
Used  only  one  week.  Call  on  or address  H.  B. 
Fairchild,  Grand Rapids. 
288
F OR SALE—THE DRESS  OF  TYPE  NOW  USED  ON 
“The Tradesman”—600 pounds of brevier and 200 
pounds of nonpareil.  A  good  bargain  will  be  given 
206
purchaser. 
F or sale—at a bargain,  a   clean  stock  of
F or  sale—fruit  farm  of 

hardware  and  mill  supplies.  Address  Wayne 
acres,  located
in  Spring  Lake.  Ten  minutes  walk  from  post- 
office.  Pleasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  WiU  sell  on 
long time or exchange for  stock of  any kind  of  mer­
chandise.  Place is valued at $3,000, will take $2,000 for 
it.  Address S. A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich.  208

Choate-, Agent, East Saginaw. 

>  216

207

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WANTS.

243

247

WANTED—LOCATION  FOR PORTABLE SAW MILL, 

where 500,000 feet oak and other hard  wood tim­
ber can be bought for cash.  Address  G,  226  Michigan 
St., Chicago, 111. 
TT7-ANTED—LOCAL AND GENERAL AGENTS,TO REP- 
VV 
resent  us  in  the  introduction  and  sale  of  the 
fastest selling article on  the  market.  Territorv  free. 
Exclusive control given.  $50 to $100 per week, to good 
live  men.  Enclose  4  cents  postage  for  free  sample, 
terms and full particulars.  Address The Nichols M’f’g 
Co., Onalaska, Wis._____  
TXT ANTED—PARTNER IN  AN  ESTABLISHED  MAN1J- 
VV 
factoring  business.  Young  man  preferred. 
$1,500 required.  Worth investigating.  Address Manu- 
factnrer, care this paper. 
244
W AANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 
this  paper  to  give  the Sntliff coupon system a 
trial.  It will abolish your pass  books,  do  away  with 
all your book-keeping, in many instances save yon the 
expense of one clerk, wiU bring your business down to 
a  cash basis and  save  you  all  the  worry and trouble 
that usually go with the pass-book plan.  Start the 1st 
of the month with the new  system and  you  wiU never 
regret it.  Having  two kinds, both  kinds  wiU be  sent 
by  addressing  (mentioning  this  paper)  J. H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 
WANTED—TO  BUY  A  SECOND HAND NO.  218 EN- 

terprise Coffee Mill.  Must be in good  order and 
not long in use, and  price  right.  Address  G.  S.  Put­
nam, Fruitport, Mich. 
ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR 
improved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 

MISCELLANEOUS.

samples.  E. A. Stowe Sc Bro., Grand Rapids. 
214
Grand  opportunity- to  purchase  a   paying
cash business.  The only Bazaar In Antrim  coun­
ty.  Manufacturing town of $1,500 inhabitants.  $20,000 
cash  paid  out  monthly.  Little  purchase  money  re­
quired.  Satisfactory  reasons  for  selling.  Address 
Lock Box  No. 86, Mancelona, Mich. 
<HH  G A O   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUSI- 
ness paying 100  per  cent.  Best  of rea­
sons  for  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace, 
Mieh. 

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255

213

228

WANTED!

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds o f Produce.

If you have any  o f  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything In  the Produce lin e ,  let 
us hear  from  you.  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

X57 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference: F ir st  N a t io n a l B a n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n T r a d e sm a n. Grand Rapide.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich*

A.  J.  Bowne, President.

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

H . P. Bak er, Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general hanking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections. * Accounts 

o f Country Merchants Solicited.

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..dis
60
3b
60&10
..dis 60&10
40
50&10
50
,  net
3 50
4 00

. . . . . *

' 

50

12 

.  ,  „ 

HINGES.

HAMMERS.

Discount,  60.

v im s—New List.

13 
GAUGES.

g a l v a n iz e d ir o n ,
14 

a 1 
American File Association List........ dis,
.dis
Disston’s ..............;.......................... 
New American.......................   ."""  "“ dia
Nieholson’s ...................... 
"dia
Heiier’s ...........
Heller’s Horse R asps..!........ ..'....dis
-T 
22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27
Nos. 16 to 20, 
List 
15
ajL 
, 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........... dis
„  
M aydoleifcCoJs......................  
dia
Kip’s — ........................................ 
"dia
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s«...................... .  '’ dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast S te e l.....^ .!...” 30c ltet 50 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand..30 c 40&10
1;  .1 j,l 
Gate,Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ........... 
80
2 60
Screw Hook and Eye,  X ..........’ .'." net 
7n
7U
Screw Hook and Eye X ............ 
"net 
-8#
ne*
Screw Hook and Eye  v ......... 
7X
Screw Hook and Eye,  X . . . . . . . ’.'.'."net
7X
Strap and  T . . . . . ____ 
dis
70
_  
Bam Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track  60&10
Champion,  anti-friotton.....................dis  80&in
Kidder, wood  track.................. . .........dis 
40
„  
f I S l - ' ........................................................   60&10
s
Gray  enameled...................................  “ '  ou® s
a« 
Stamped  Tin Ware..................... new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  Ware............
Granite Iron  Ware.................. ^
_ 

.......
FURNISHING  GOODS.  ’

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

HOLLOW  WARE.

h a n g e r s.

HOES.

dis 

_  

p

d

e

r

, 

s

i

Backus.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

 
 

¿

;  

v. 

_  

jg 

CAPS,

CATRIDGES.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MAULS.
MILLS.

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

70&
70&
60&
60&10
604:10
60&
60&

.................. ; ; ; ; ;
BUTTS. CAST.

l ................................................ ..  00, dis 60
Grub3..................................................  12 00,dis60
KNOBS—NEW LIST.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..........dis
55
Door, porcelain, jap.  trimmings.  .
55
Door, porcelain, plated  trimmings
55
Door, porcelain, trimmings................
55
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain........ din
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ..
40&10
Hem acite...................  
.....d is
 
45
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 
dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s ........ 
Branford’s ...........................  .. 
‘din
Norwalk’s  ......................... 
   
dis
dis  70
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........  
. „ 
Adze  Eye................................. .1. *16 00 dis 
60
fllo
Hunt Eye.................................... *15 00 dis 
Hunt 8............................. ..........*18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled...............  dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s............................  
dis 40
Coffee, P. S. & W.Mfg. Co.’s Maileabies ...  dis 40 
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s .... 
dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise.................................... '¿ig  gg
C« 
Stebblns P attern..................................dis  60&10
Stebhm’s Genuine..................................dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring...............!.dis 
25

weii, swivel 
Cast Loose Pin, figured.......... ............dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... .'.".dis 
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed  dia 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint;.dis
Wrought Loose  Pin.................. 
.dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn t i p . . ' d i s  
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver;
tipped................................... 
m i
Wrought Table....................dis
60&10 
Wrought Inside Blind........ 
dis
60&10 
7»
Wrought B rass..;........... 
dis 
75
Bjtod,Clark’s ................................ " ./.d li  70&10
® 
Parker’s ....................j  ............dis  70&10
Blind,  Shepard’s .. . . . . . . . . . a .
70
L , 
Ely’ 81-10..... ........... .
........   -v— p e r m *65
Hick’s C. F.................
...................... 
60
g. d ...............................................
•................... 
35
Musket............................ *
60
......................  
“ 
gim  Fire, U. M. Ç. & Winchester  new list... .50
Rim Fire, United  States............ 
disSO
Central Fire.......  .................i..".".'!!.'".'.'..‘dislji
Socket Firmer...  .............................. 
NAILS —TRON.
Socket Framing........ ..............  .........
Socket Comer.............................  
dis
lOdto  60d.................................  
Socket Slicks............................... . . . . . . dis
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer........'.".".'."."."dis
6d and 7d  adv.......... ...................... 50
Barton’s Socket Firmers.........
4d and 5d  adv.........................;...!""...........  
75
Cold.
.net
3d advance................................. !!!!!!!!!!!!  158
„  
3d fine  advance..........................” !.............   2 25
Curry, Lawrence’s...................... 
dis
40&10
Clinch nails, adv....................!...................  
i  qq
Hotchkiss  .................................... 
"dis
25
Finishing 
6d  4d............
„  
COCKS.
2 
Size—inches  j  3 
Brass, Backing’s.............. 
sn
Adv. »  keg 
Bibb’s .......... .................... 
go
Steel Nalls—2 10.
............................. 
40&10
Fenns
60
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent...................... dis60&10
COPPER
Zinc, with brass bottom...........................dis  50
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.......... 
wo»  33
Brass or  Copper.................................. !!!!dis  50
3?
Reaper......................................per gross, *12 net
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 1 4 x 6 0 . 2 9
Olmstead’s ............................  
5q&10
Cold Rolled, 14x48 
..........* " ' 2 9
PLANES.
Bottoms...............
30
Ohio Tooi Co.’s, fancy........................... dis 40® 10
■  
.....................................dis  @60
Sciota Bench. 
Morse’s Bit  Stock......................... 
40 
Sandusky Tooi Co.’s, fancy..............................dis 40@10
Taper and Straight Shank..........dis
40 
Bench, flrstfquality............................... dis  @60
Morse’s Taper  Shank........................... dig
40
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ diagfifrip
_ 
_  
Com. 4 piece, 6  in.......................................doznet ®.(0
*.75
Fry, Acme  ............................................... dis 50&10
Corrugated..........................................dis20&101&0
Common, polished....................................dis60&10
Adjustable.........................*.................dig  M&10
Dripping................................  
,  
RIVETS.
Ciar’s, small, *18 00;  large, *26 00. 
30 
Iron and Tinned..................................dis 
Ives’, 1. *18 00 ;  2, *24 00;  3, *30 00.
25
Copper Rivets and  Burs..................  dis 

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

\  10d  8d 
2X 
*1 25  1 60  1 75  2 00 

Common, Brad and Fencing. 

70&10 
70&10 
70&10 
70&10 
40 
20

MOLASSES GATES.

KiAfAAolVJfl BITS.
EXPANSIVE BITS.

% keg *2 05

CHISELS.

ELBOWS.

OILERS.

DRILLS

COMBS.

dis 
dis 

PANS.

55
50

<u8

dis

IX

.  . 

j. 

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I* A t»«/  „LATENT fla n isa ed  ir o n .
.5,, Wood s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 2710 20 
B  Wood s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20 

Broken packs He ¥  »  extra.

r o pes.

0 1«  i  „  , 
S i s a l , u i n . a n d   l a r g e r . ....................... 
Manilla.................. ............ _  ... .. .. .  
Steel and Iron............ 
Try and Bevels.......  ................
Mltre  ......................

.
^¡0

SHEET IRON.

^ m - Smooth.

Nos. 10 to 14.............  
Nos. 15 to 17.............. 
Nos. 18to ¡a ..........  
Nos. 22 to 24........ 
Nos .25 to 26.......... 

.................*7 Si
...............
;"■**,..........   J S
.................  ¿ 2 ,
sheets No,18 and lighter.  over^2 

wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
_ 

10
12

70&10
60
20
Com. 
*3 00 
3 00 
3 10 
3  15 
325 
3 35 
inches

, 

.  • 

.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
.dis
■ dis
.dis
.dis
.dis

N o.l,  ReflnedT.I.NNER,8SOU,ll!R’
Market  Half-and-hàìf..................
Strictly  Half-and-half!."! !Ü
TACKS.............
. 
American, all  kinds....
Steel, all kinds...............!..............
Swedes, all kinds  ..."....................
Gimp and Lace..!..  ....................
Cigar Box  Nails.......!” ................

6*
6*
14
16
18
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35
IC,
IX,
................................. 7 OK
IC,
32x12, Charcoal........  
 
« ¿s
IX,
12x12, Charcoal......  ....................  a 35
IC,
14x20, Charcoal........ ! ...................
IX,
...............  ? as
14x20, Charcoal.... 
IXX,
9 35
1.4x20, Charcoal........... . 
Charcoai!."!.'!".'"!'” !!.........n  o7
IXXXX, 14x20 Chareoal.. 
 
io «
IX,
DC,
.............   7 -m
DX,
Tw„   100 Plate Charcoal...... . !!!!!!.........   910
11  in
B^XXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.. 
13 io

20x28, Charcoal........ .......................in
100 Plate Charcoal.......... 

Charcoal................ 
 
7 35 m e f  harC°al Tin Plate add"1’ 

TIN  PLATES.

 
to

Roofing, 14x20, IC  .
Roofing, 14x20, IX ..
Roofing, 14x20,I X ...... 
Roofing, 20x28, IC ...
Roofing, 20x28, IC..........  ............................ 
Roofing, 20x28, IX ............. V..V.V.

............................  ~

XX
15 00

. 

 

 

TIN—LEADED.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Tem e... 
« 00
..........n fcu
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Teme 
Ch°iCe Sfearcoal Tem e.!!!!!!!!! .12 00
TY 
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne.........  lfi 00

t r a p s*
e

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i

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i n

WIRE.

a m

Steel, G
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s,........".". "dis  35
Hotchkiss’nmUnity’ Hawiey & Norton’s  60&10
s. P. & w f Mfg. Co.’s".:” !!!!!!!!.................
Mouse,  choker..............................  """ 18c«do*
 doz
Mouse, delusion................................. «  ^   |
Bright Market................................... 
dis
Annealed Market............. ....................¿fa  7 ^ 5
Coppered Market....................... 
’ ''  dis7^ «
Tinned  Market...............! 
............... dia 8sau
Tinned Mattress...........................  
£  
Coppered Spring S teel....!!!.!!!........... dis  5fi
S.te.e^
S
c ^
Barbed Fence, galvanized......  
4 99
“ 
p ain ted .............. !.,!!!!!!!!3 2&
S K * ................................................ new  iist net
.................................................... new list net
T»-, 
dis
Bright................................... 
7O&1O&10
Screw Eyes..............................  "*'dis
70&10&10
Hook’s ....................................!!!!!!dis
7O&1O&30
Gate Hooks and  E yes....!! !!!!!!dis 
7Û&10&10
T. 
WRENCHES."""’
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..
Coe’s Genuine.............................. 
* dja
59
Coe’s Ptent A griculturai, wrought! "dis
75
Coe s Ptent, malleable.................... dis
75&!0
Birdcages....................
50
Pumps,  Cistern...........'!.'.".’!!!.............dte
75
Screws, new list........................ !!!!!!!
70&5
$  
asters, Bed  and P late....’.V.".V.’.'.’.‘dis50&10&ld
ampers, American.......................  
49
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods.'.'.'d 
39J
Copper Bottoms.......................  

m isc ell a n eo u s.

WIRE GOODS.

a> 6X

_ 

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B. R. piflYfiEW,
Grand Eapids,
Mich.

2? cVr

I880611TMM  DEPIRTWMT

Miehican  Boginen Men’i   Association.

President—Prank Hamilton. Traverse City.
First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe.
Second Vice-President—S  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. C9ia]>p, Al­
legan.
Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint;  H.  B. Fargo, Muske­
gon.
Conunmltte on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing, W. 
E. Kelsey, Ionia; Ileal McMillan, Rockford.
Committee  on  Transportation—J.  W.  Milliken,  Trav­
erse City; Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek;  Wm. Rebec, 
East Saginaw.
Committee on  Insurance—N.  B.  Blain,  Lowell;  E.  T. 
Hogle, Hastings; O. M. Clement, Cheboygan.
Committee on Building  and  Loan Associations—F. L. 
Fuller,  Frankfort;  8. E. Par kill,  Owosso;  WW  Em- 
mert, Eaton Rapids.

Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.

The following auxiliary associations are op­
erating 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 . 2—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. Jom.
N o.  4—G rand  R a p id s  M .  A . 
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, IB. A- Stowe.
N o .  5—M u sk eg o n  B .  M . A . 
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.
President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.'

N o. 6—A lb a  B . M . A . 

N o. 7—D im o n d a le  B . M . A . 

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

N o . 8—R a stp o r t B . M . A .

President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

N o . 9 —L a w re n c e  B , M . A . 

President, H. M. Marshall ; Secretary, 0. A. Stebblns.

Mp.  IO—H a rb o r ¡Springs B . M . A . 

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

N o . l l —K in g sle y  B . M . A . 

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

President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.

N o. 1 3 —Q u in c y  B . M . A . 

N o. 1 3 —S h er m a n  B . M . A . 

President, H. B, Sturtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin,

N o . 14—N o. M u sk e g o n  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.

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

President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
N o . 16—S an d  L a k e  B . M . A . 
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco.
N o . 17—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 . 
N o .  1 9 —A d a  B . M . A .

President, S. E. Parkill; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
' 
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

N o. 3 0 —S a n g a tu e k  B . M . A . 
N o. 2 1 —W a y la n d  B . M . A . 

President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Persldent, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.
President, F. A. RockafeUow: Secretary, C. G. Bailey.

N o. 2 2 —G rand  L èd g e  B . M . A . 

N o. 2 3 —C arson C ity  B . M . A . 

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

N o. 2 4 —M o rley  B .  M . A .

N o . 2 5 —P a lo  B . M . A . 

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

N o. 26—G r e e n v ille  I-. M . A . 

President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.

N o . 2 7 —D o r r  B . M .  A . 

N o. 2 8 —C h e b o y g a n  B . M . A  
President, J. H. Tuttle;  Secretary, H. G. Poser.
N o . 2 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M . A .
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough,

N o. 3 0 —O cean a B . M . A .

President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Honghtaling.

N o . 3 1 —C h a rlo tte B . M . A . 

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
President, G. W. Watrous ;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.
President,- L. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

N o. 3 2 —C o o p e r sv ille  B . M . A . 
N o. 33—C h a r le v o ix  B . M . A . 

N o. 3 4 —S aran ac B . M . A . 

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

N o .  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .

President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

N o . 3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M . A .

President, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, W, F. Baxter.

N o . 3 7 —B a ttle  C reek  B . M . A . 
N o. 3 8 —S c o ttv ille  B. M . A . 
N o. 3 9 —B u r r  O ak B . M . A .

President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. 
‘ 
President, W. S. Wilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.

N o . 4 0 —R a to n  B a p ld s  B . M . A . 
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chaa. Coller.
N o. 4 1 —B r e c k e n r id g e   B . M . A . 
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder.

N o. 4 2 —F r e m o n t B . M . A . 

N o. 4 3 —T u s tin  B . M . A . 

President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Bathbun.
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay,

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

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B . M . A . 
N o.  4 7 —F lin t  M .  U . 

N o . 4 8 —H u h b a rd sto n   B . M . A .

President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham. 
”* 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.

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

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

N o. 5 2 —G rand H a v e n  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.
President, Thomas B. Dntcher-, Secretary, C. B. Waller.

President, C: F, Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
President, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, T. M. Harvey.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

N o. 5 4 —O ou glas B . M . A .
N o.  5 5 —F e to s k e y   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r  B .  ML.  A . 
N o . 5 7 —B o c k fo r d   B. M . A . 
N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e  B . M . A . 
N o. 6 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A . 

President, E. Hagadom; Secretary. E. C. Brower.

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
N o . 6 0 —S o u th  B o a rd  m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.

N o.  6 1 —H a rtfo rd   B . M . A . 
N o. 6 9 —K äst e a g ln a w  M . A . 

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

N o. 6 3 —fcvart H. M. A . 
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. BeU.
N o, 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A . 
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, C. S. 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 WeUs; 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.

No. 68—Allegan B. M. A.

President, A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand
N o. 6 9 -t-Sc o tts  a n d  C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Ciarte; Secretary, F. S. WUlison.

N oa70—Nashville B. M. A, 
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers.
N o.  7 1 —-A sh le y   B.  M .  A . 
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbuck.
No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
N o,  73—B e id in g  B . M . A . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, J..F. Cartyright; Secretary._L. Gifford.
President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacraus.

N o. 75 —T e c n m se h   B .  M .  A . 

N o. 7 4 —D a v iso n   M .  U. 

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Ñ o. 7 6 —K a la m a zo o  B . M . A . 

President, S: S. McCamly; Secretary, Chaancey.Strong.

Special  Enterprises Wanted.

218

/" IH E B O Y G A N —WANTS  WOOD  MANUFACTOR- 
V   lea 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  will 
help yon.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 
TTOPKINR STATION— OFFERS  BIG  INDUCE- 
-O .  mente for the location of a Roller  Mill.  Adpress 
Sec’y B. M. A. 
"VTOBTH M U S K B G O N —WANTS A LIVE LOCAL 
-LI  newspaper.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 
"D E L L E  V U E —IS  IN  THE  FIELD  FOI 
J J   mUl.  Address John York, Sec’y B. M. A. 
T ïr A Y L A N I)—OFFERS  UNEXCEPTIONABLE  IN- 
"*  ducementsfor a cannery.  Address  Sec’y   B.  M.

FOR  A  GRIST

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3

1

V I F E  L A K E —WANTS An y  KIND OF HARDWOOD 
X 1 

factories.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 

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°f standing com-1 State  m œ tingto be  held at  Cheboygan on | pleasure 0f *the meeting.

PARTIAL  p r o g r a m m e .

Preliminary Draft tor the Cheboygan Con­

vention.

The following is the programme,so far as 
at present  prepared, to be  observed  at the 
third  annual  convention  of  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association.,  to  be held at 
Cheboygan on August 7 and 8:
TUESDAY—9 A. M.

1  Gall to order.
2  Prayer by Rev. P. J. DeSmedt.
3  Address of welcome by Watts  8. Humph 
rey.
I  Response  by 8,
S.  McCamly,  President
Kalamazoo B. M. A.
5  ^President’s address.
6  Secretary’s report.
7  "Treasurer’s report.
8  Report of Executive Board.
9  Appointment  of_ special  committees  on
President’s  address.  Secretary’s  report.  Cre­
dentials, Order of Business and Besolutions. 
10  Reports of delegates.

TUESDAY—1 :30P.M .

ness,

1  Report  of  Committee  on  Order of Busi­
2  Report of Committee on Credentials.
3  Report of Committee  on  Transportation.
4  Report Of Committee on Legislation.
5  Report of Committee on Insurance.
6  Report  of  Committee  on  Building  and 
7  Reports of delegates.

Loan Associations.

TUESDAY—7:30 P. M.

1  Music.
2  Report of Committee on  Trade Interests.
3  Discussion and action on above.
4  Reports of delegates to  other  Btate  con­
5  Question  box.

ventions.

WEDNESDAY—9 A. M.

dress.
port.
Johnson, Saranac.

1  Call to order.
2  Prayer by Rev.T-
3  Report of  Committee  on  President’s ad­
4  Report of  Committee  on  Secretary’s  re­
5  Paper—“Regulating  the  Peddler,”  H. T. 
6  Discussion of same.
7  Paper—“Needed Reforms in the  Commis­
8  Discussion of same.
9  Reports of delegates.
,  _ 

sion Business,” I. P. Clapp, Allegan.

WEDNESDAY—1:30 P. M.

m ltte ^ 8iderati0n of 
2  Reports of special committees.
3  Paper—“Duties  of  Local  Officers, 
4  Election of officers.

Parkill, Owosso.

S. E.

WEDNESDAY -  7:30 P. M.

1  Music.
2  Paper—“The  Business  Man  in Politics,1 
[prepared  for  the  Flint  convention],  by the 
late Hon. 8. C, Moffatt, Traverse City.
3  Paper—“The Successful Merchant,” Parke 
Mathewson, Detroit.
4  Selection of next place of meeting.

THURSDAY—I P. M.

Excursion to Mackinac  Island, tendered  by 

the Cheboygan B. M. A.

THURSDAY—7:30 P. M.

Banquet  at  the  City  Hall,  tendered by the I 

Cheboygan B. M. A.

The Largest Association  in the  State,

From the Muskegon Business Gazette.

Association  Notes.

E. A.  Owen will represent  the  Plainwell 

B. M. A.  fit the Cheboygan convention.

Thip  Muskegon  B.  M.  A. now  tips  the 
beam at 180 members,  all  of  whom  are  in 
good standing with the State Association 

Delegates  to  the State convention should 
remember  that  Local  Secretary  Chambers 
has  secured  $1.50  per day  rate at all  th# 
Cheboygan hotels.

Secretaries  of  local  associations  are  re­
quested to notify H.  Chambers,  Cheboygan, 
of  the number of  delegates  their  associa­
tions will  send  to the  State  convention, in 
order that  he may make the  necessary pre­
liminary arrangements  for  their  entertain 
ment.

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Muskegon 
Business  Men’s  Association . occurred  last 
Tuesday evening  and  was  very  slimly at- 
tended*  which  has, in  fyct,  been a notice­
able feature of  the meetings  for  sometime 
past.  Whether  there is any good cause for 
it  or  pot,  there  is evidently a widespread 
feeling of cUssatisfaction among  thp  mem­
bers with regard to the  manner qf conduct­
ing the business  affairs of the-Association. 
We  have  been a stient  spectator  and,  we 
trust, a tolerably close observer of the work 
of  the  Association for some  months  past, 
and feel satisfied that the renting  and  fur­
nishing  of  roonili > n d   employment  of  a 
collector, with  furnished  office, in addition 
to the Bine Letter system of collecting, have 
much  to  do  with  the  dissatisfaction  felt. 
W© felt at the tiny© that these were  matters 
that should  receivethe assent of  at least a 
majority of  the  members,  and were fearful 
that the  consequences  of  what  seemed  to 
us hasty action would follow.
Many  business  men  sell  for cash and a 
great many more  have a  collection  system 
of  their own which  only needs the addition 
of  the Blue Letter  system  provided  by the 
articles  of  the  Association;  hence they re­
quire no general collector and can receive no 
benefit from a rented and  furnished  collec­
tor’s office.  The view we took of the matter 
at the time was that if  there was no by-law 
or  provision in the  articles of  Association 
for such an office, the  matter could  only be 
legitimately considered  upon  a  proposition 
to  amend or make  addition to said  articles. 
Be the  case as it may,  the  matter should be 
reviewed dispassionately before a full meet­
ing called for that purpose.  Let the will of 
the  majority be acquiesced in  and  the  dis
Cheboygan Tribune :  The general feeline
content  will or ought at  least to disappear,
and  let the  largest  Association of  the kind  among our citizens in regard to  the  coming 
iu the State  ¿gain become the best  working  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Business  Men’s
0D0ne new member,  Fred Ÿanderwerp, was  Associat*on’  so far as we have  heard  them 
elected and  enrolled,  and  the meeting  then  expressed’  13  that the visitors shall be roy- 
proceeded to elect the following named  del-  ally entertained  and a determination  to  do 
. ©gates  to  represent  the Association  at  the  everything possible to add to the 
«nri

A one and one-third rate has been secured 
over all  Michigan  railroads to the  Cheboy­
gan  convention. 
In most  cases,  it will not 
be  necessary to  procure  certificates  of  the 
Secretary,  as  all  station  agents  in  the 
southern  half of  the  State are  able to sell 
regular excursion  tickets,  good  until  Octo­
ber 1, at the same rate.

Shelby Herald :  We  have  received  sev­
eral letters of  inquiry within  the  past few 
weeks  regarding  Shelby  and  her  future 
prospects, all of  which  we  have  answered 
to  the  best  of onr  ability.  What  Shelby 
needs  is  a  Business  Men’s  Association, 
which will  regularly and  persistently boom 
the town. 

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Delegates.
H. B. Fargo,
C. L.  Whitney,
P. J.  Connell, 
Albert Towl,
H. D. Baker,
A. P.  Conner,
M. H. Desky,
John A. Miller, 
Jacob  Jesson,
C. M.  Philabaum, 
Dr.  C. P. Denelson,
t

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Alternates.

D. Hirshfield. 
Ernest Eimer. 
Capt. A. Majo.
S.  S. Morris.
B. S. Miner.
Dr.  S. Bloch.
J.  Castenholtz.
N. B. Lawson.
J.  D.  Vanderwerp. 
F. H.  Johnson.
H.  Footlander.

Gaylord  H erald:  The  Business  Men’s 
Association of  Cheboygan  has  written the 
Secretary  of  the  Gaylord  City  Band  for 
terms to go up these and  play  during  their 
big blowout the 7th and 8th of  next month. 
The band, no doubt,  will make such  liberal 
terms as to  be accepted,  and in  that  event 
the people  of  that city can  rest  assured of 
first-class music.

Interesting  Meeting  of  the 

Association.

From the Kalamazoo Telegraph, July 11.

Celery  City J Raalte for the trip to Cheboygan.

Sault  Ste.  Marie  Herald :  The  annual
 Committee was empowered  convention of  the Michigan Business Men’!
o
The  Secretary, was  instructed  to  corres-1 Associat^on  wiU  **©  held at Cheboygan on 
pond  with  neighboring  Associations  with I -A-ugust  7 and 8, and  ’the  delegates  expect 
îhe  steamer  Van J to  make  an  excursion to Mackinac on  the
steamers  Soo  City  and  M innie M.  Why 
not extend the trip  up  the  St. Mary River 
to the Soo ?  The Association is rapidly be­
coming a powerful business factor.

The  meeting then  adjourned to Wednes­

day evening, the isth,

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Work.

The  following 

th® J1’ B’ M- A-

W.  Rasco,  Sec’y. 

B. A. Stowe. Gragd Rapids:

Sa n d L a k e,  July 13,  1888.

The  Sand  Lake  B.  M.  A.  Doing  Good 

e X ? g0‘°g  S°l“ h'  Can 
Yours truly, 

t_ _____ D e a r  Sir—The Sand  Lake  B.  M.  A .. 

The  adjourned  meeting of  the  Business 
Men’s Association was  held last evening in 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n  has arranged to get out 
the  Recorder's  court-room,  Vice-President 
Edwards presiding in  the  absence of  Pres­
an  extra  edition  the  week  following  the 
ident McCamly.  The special object of  the 
Cheboygan  convention,  containing  a sten­
meeting was  the  appointment of  delegates 
ographic  report  of  the  proceedings.  The
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I  ■ ____________________  
to  the  State  convention of  associations to
be held in Cheboygan  on the 7th and 8th of  ^ie-Ìrin«8pe^ a}86881011 to-day  and appointed I edition  will  be  distinct  from  the  regular 
August. 
J. Y.  CrendaU and J. E  Goni  as  delegates  issues of  the paper, containing  no  readme
^
Comstock and G. F.  Cooks  as al-1 
list  of  delegates  was I 
matter aside from the  report.  Local secre­
chosen :  Messrs.  S.  S.  McCamly,  J. L. I tom ates to the  third  annual  convention of 
taries  are  requested  to forward a complete 
Sebring, Otto Ihling, E! E. Brownson, A. L. 
Lakey,  F.  W.  Myers,  Frank  Henderson,  -  Ahere was a great deal of interest  shown 
list of  the members of  their associations, in 
Julius  Schuster, J. Dudgeon, G. W. Young I mJtoe workings of the Association, 
order that all  may have  an,-Opportunity of 
and C. H. Dickinson. 
It  was  further  or-1.  *  6  are taking hold of  the  roads leading 
perusing  the  proceedings,  which  will  be 
dered  that  the  Secretary  be  instructed to |  m i0! “ “ ? aIe p ro v in g  them
sent them free of  expense.
We  want  to find  some way in  which  to
issue a  certificate  as  alternate  delegate  to
any member of the  Association  who  may 
be  able  to  attend  the convention,  it being 
thought  that, as  many of  our  people  will 
be  spending  some  time  at  the various re­
sorts in Northern Michigan  during the next 
few weeks,  it may be practicable  for  some
_____  
^ 3 * * *  £  %,«KDe °r tw° ^ays  to  an  ex-  Association  prepare  a  memorial  setting  deeds. 
sessions of  the convention!1  S°  &  60 
! i f W  + 

induce the G. R. & I. Railroad to stop  their I  Plainwell  Independent:  The  Plainwell 
y S C e s “
Men’s Association has placed Itself
Ion  record  as  in  favor  of  encouraging the
I establishment of  manufacturing enterprises
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   would suggest that the Iin  Plainwell,  not  only  by  words  but  by
In  an  informal  discussion  at  the 
| fortl1  good  reasons why the  train  referred J meeting  held  on  Friday  evening  last,  the
Williams Bros., grocers and produce deal-J *°  should  stop  at  Sand Lake,  secure  the I almost  unanimous  opinion  was  expressed 
ers on East  avenue, were admitted to mem-1 signature of  every shipper in the place  and I that manufacturers should be encouraged by 
J forward  the  same  to the  Grand  Rapids Niberal inducements of  money,  and  that the 
the support of  a first-class  band hfthe^clty I Board of  Trade>  together with a  communh  m°st  practice  and  equable  method of  se- 
was introduced by Mr. Folz, and  the  Com-J catlon  soliciting  the  co-operation  of  that I curing from each person benefited his quota 
mittee  on  Entertainment,  of  which  he is I body.  Such effort  would in all  probability Jof  a bonus  would  be to offer a certain  sum
chairman,  were  instructed  to  agitate  the 
per head  for  each  adult  given  permanent 
matter among our business men,  and  ascer­
employment.  For  instance, Plainwell  has 
tain  what  could  he  done  in this direction 
500 heads of  families  who are vitally inter­
and report at a future meeting,
Attention was also called to the wretched 
ested  in  thè  growth and prosperity of  the 
condition of  some of j:he sidewalks on Bur­
town.  Those who are not in business may 
dick  street, between  Main  street  and  the 
have  real  estate  to be benefited, or  others
Michigan Central  Railroad,  and  the  Com 
Sir—At a meeting of  this Associa-1 may be  looking for employment  which can
-------------------------------  „ v.u mo„ uvreu w
mittee on trade interests  were instructed to
confer with the city authorities in reference  2 " »  
If  a
to remedying  the  matter,  as  well as to se- 
^  * 
•„
cure  the  raising of  the  awnings,  many <5 
of Emilies will
which  are  so  low  as to be a nuisance. 
It  8llp*  We also provided for  the  possibility j pay a  bonus  of  a  small  amount  for  each 
was  thought  that  the  condition  of  both tbat some of  our members  will  be at some I man  employed,  factories  can  be  started
walks  and  awnings  is  such as to create a I 
f  summer resorte  in  Northern  Michi- here and  the  town  given  a  new growth
very unfavorable  impression of  our city  on  ®an, and. will make it in  their  way to take  Ti-p T,nnrPot pininwoii 
eonvention’ and ^ sliad do my best to 
strangers who have to stumble  over the one  in 
and dodge under or around the other. 

amwell  man  doing business 
I Persuade  some  of  them  to  do  so.  With [m the vll]age,  or who owns a house and lot,
what  success,  can  tell later.  My going is  could  afford  to  give  $5  to  start a factory
Delegates  Selected  by  the  Owosso  Asso-1 it0^ sIu S e qUeSti0nable,bUtIh0Pe t0make  empl°yillg  twenty_fi7e  men>  and  others
or ®50,

eleven  delegates  only be secured by opening  factories. 
ir* 

T h e  T r adesm an makes note of the fact  could  afford  to  give  S10’  ^15> 

electedto  the  State  convention to be moinri+v nf  th*«*» *nn 

cal  Legislation.
Kalamazoo,  July 11,  1888.

h6ld next month,  as noted  on  the  inclosed 3 

The  Kalamazoo  Association  Secures  Lo­

secure the concession desired.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

?y of  these 500 heads 

,last 

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... 

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that  we  have  the  names of  the  members I according to their means,

ciation. 
Owosso,  July 11  1888. 

 

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Birch

offleial 

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Yours truly,

E. A. Stowe, Grand RapidB:

The  Hardwood Market

hack  of  the  Blue  Letter.

Sa ug atuck, July 13,  1888.

Chatjncey  Strong, Sec’y.

Some  of Saugatuck’s  W ants.

In reply, would  say that  Corner  into  which  he  S t  S

their  respectlve P13668-  tradesman.  The  next  thing  is^

I 
^1  lh at scheme was adopted as  an  additional ! 

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: 
State 
blanks, received. 
vould  say that 
we elected our  delegates  at our last regular I S -  
ur last: regular
meeting  as  follows :  James  Osburn, S. E.
Parkill,  H. W.  Parker,  C. S. Williams  and  the

.th e .I’arti « * ei™ g |  Blreh  is  duU  and  not  Very  salable.
, e  Cherry is firm and in good demand.  Maple 
Q„ / 5ri
might eventually be j ig dull  and  ina/,tivft  nftlr ia 
^  XolIow? :  Jam ^   Offimrn, S. E. |  We have already secured  the  adoption by I S°°d  demand, especially red  oak.  Ash  is
toe city council^of  an ordinance,  similar to | also very active,  especially black ash.  The
offerings  6f  e!m  are fully  equal to the  de-
mand.  Bose wood  is salable  and  in  good 
demand. 
Basswood  is  not  much  in  de- 
[ mand, as  scarcely any is used  at  present by 
the furniture  manufacturers at this market.
Grocers wanting good  cheese  should  or- 
! der from I. B.  Smith & Sooy, proprietors of 
tbe  Wayland  Cheese  Factory,  Wayland. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed. 

delegates, j one  in  force in Ishpeming,  for theTm^osi
S .casoe °f  inability to  attend, to select suit-1 tion  of  a tax  on  the,  waidering  b a ^ n t
Gan  we
By taking this course, we are  more  certain  enforce it? ”  — 
of securing a full delegation.  S. E. Parkill 
has been selected to deliver the three minute 
report of our yearly proceedings in writing. 
Our  delegates, I  think, will  go  by  way of 
Detroit per  boat. 
.We have  had  communi­
cation with the D.; G. H. & M. railroad and 
steamboat  officials , in regard to transporta­
tion,  and  they have  kindly offered  us the 
round trip for ond fare (half rate each way)
Everything  is  moving  lovely and!satis£ae! l 
tori I v. 

Dear  Sir—Please  put a notice  in  The 
Tradesman  to   the  effect  that  we are in
a trts t^ in   drying  ^toblishmenc  and
Onr  Association  is  in  good order.  The

W ant  B ett»  Railroad  Facilities. 

The Secretary of  the MancelonaB. M. A.

has received  ihe  following  communication  ^
Tl  IF  A  V, . 
TI*AW1 4-llA 
from the Gaylord B. M. A. :

Our  greatest  need is of a good  hail.  _  
C. E. Bird  and John  Mies go to the Che-

-----, ^ The furniture factories  here pay as follows
attendance is a little slack this hot weather* I ^or  dry  stock»  measured  merchantable» mL 
but I  think ^together we are in good shape.  • -u -8 out^
Basswood, log-run. 
...................... 13 00® 15 00
Birch, log-run.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . .  .15 Q0@16 00
place to snUsns we are unable to find.
B irch,Nos,land 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   @22 00
Black Ash, log-run........... . . . ... .. ...14 00@16 5J
m erry,  logaran................... .........2 6  00@35 00
Cherry,Nos.l and 2...........60 00@6000
Cherry,  c u ll....,..............  
@12 00
Maple, log-run.......................1 2  00@14 00
Maple, soft,  log-run...........................u  oo@13 00
Maple, Nos. Iand2.............................  
@20 00
Maple, clear,flooring..... . . .. ,. .. .. .   @25 qq

I 
Dear Sir—I am instructed to say to your 
Association  that à  committee  of  our  bus­
iness men will be in  your city in a few days 
to confer with  ÿour people  in regard to the
construction of  a railroad  from  yom  placet  _ ^ ® nra8^ ard» editor of the Philadelphia j ReJuak, log-run^!^!:!!!!!!!!!.!!!i8
to Gaylord.  We  believe if  Mancelona  wiU I Oroeer>  recommends  the  following  plan to | BedOak, Nos.l and2. . . . ................24
Red Oak, X sawed, 8 in and upw’d..40 00@45 00 
Red O a f “  8a^ ed* regular 1
co-operate  heartily with  onr  city, the  pro-  avoid scum in the pickle barrel': 
regular..........8 0  00@85 00
Red Oak, “  “ 
___ gedOafeNo. l,steppiank..........  @25 00
posed line can be constructed and will be of 1  Keep  your tub or  barrel  very clean  and  S£i 0l* i No- l.step plank.'.'
S25!fe^gg«-:fc  our respective cities.  We j the liquid wéü stirred.  Get a few pieces of I 
f la t   a   W   n i a .» .  ^  i ^ ^ to U M O g -r u n .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
' ’ ’ ”  '  ............
will  notify you  of  the  day we  will  be in  chareoal.and place them in the vinegar;  the ] Walnuts,  culls....... ÜÜÂ"! 
your place as  soon  as  our  committee have 1 charcoal will absorb  the  solid  matter  that J 
decided on the time. 

@25 00
Kim.» tog-run.......... . !!!!!!!.. .12 00@18 00
........................ 14 oo@i6 50

Yours respectfully, I causes the scum, and with a few Dieces  vou  ^ ÎÎ®  Ab1ii 

S ï v e n X n t o Æ t 8
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Yours respectfully,

. 
   
L, A.  Phelps, Sec’y.

___,     ____ _____ ¡I I P  
A linn iH   w a II  a t i m J  

How to  Avoid  Scum  in  Pickles.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

S. Lamfrom,  Sec’y.

Yours in ilv 
Yours tolly, !

|. saso a grist mui.

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f ,  a . Baldwin, æ e y Æ  I T  I « « ,* « ,

Boston and Lawrence 

Felt and Knit  Boots.
~ 
BLflGK 
DIAMOND
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PREPARED

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

Anyone^can put it on.

READY  TO  APPLY  W HEN 

RECEIVED.

M .  F.H RF.T,  J r ,  &  CO,

'  Sole  Manufacturers,

Chicago and Philadelphia.

Send for circulars and book of testimonials.

FOB  SAXE  BY

H.  M.  REYNOLDS.

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich.

Successors to  OÜRTISS ft  DUNTON.

C U R T ISS  &   CO .,
WMPSI,

WHOLESALE

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w ith GOOD COFFEE would do w ell 
to  avoid  Brands  that  require  the 
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Unequaled  Quality. 

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Patent  Preservative  Packages.

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

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

DILWORTH  BROTHERS.  Proprietors,

C.  C.  BUNTING.

BUNTING  &  DAVIS,

% 

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Commission  Merchants.

C. I»  DAVIS.

Specialties:  Apples and Potatoes in Oar Lots.

20 and 22  OTTAWA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

RINDGE, BERTSCH £ CO.,
Ho o t s   a n d   s h o e s .

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

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AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Pearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich

D E T R O IT   S O A P   00,
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Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

M I O H . ,

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QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHCENIX, 

MICHIGAN, 

CZAR, 

WABASH, 

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

For quotations address,

t t   a  T T T T T ’TTVTC* 

AND  OTHERS. 
.  VJT.  n A  W 
WHO  URGES  YOU

k > ,  Lock Box 173, 

Salesman for Western Michigan,

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GRAND  RAPIDS,

T O   Ü E E P

T H E   F T T B L IO  !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers cre­
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.

H I  HieWaan Tradesman.

A  Change  in  Methods.

from  the American Storekeeper.

I t  is  s   shame  that  an  influential  daily 
paper like the Chicago Tribune should pub­
lish a statement so untrue  as  one  recently 
made  in  its  columns  about  "professional 
rounders.”  It professed  to  give the infor­
mation,  on  the  authority of a “rounder,” 
that nearly all  reputable  wholesale  houses 
employ  men  known  as “rounders,” whose 
duties are to conduct  such  members of  the 
country  trade  as  wish  to  go  through the 
sights of this  great  city. ,  It is a reflection 
on  the  trade  as  well  as on the wholesale 
dealers,  and, after some  investigation, the 
Storekeeper is able  to say with  positiveness 
that no wholesale house of  the first grade is 
guilty of  pandering  to  immorality in  that 
fa sh io n .  There  has  been  a  considerable 
change in the last few  years in the methods 
of  handling country trade, and  this change 
is all for the  better.  Ten  years ago a gen­
eral salesman scarcely ever went home after 
business hours.  His duty was to take some 
“trade” out  to  dinner, to the theater, or to 
some  resort  The  hotels  were  regularly 
drummed and trades cultivated by the aid of 
a few glasses of  the  “right  sort.”  It  was 
customary  to  influence —  we  spare  any 
harsher  term—trade by presenting  dresses 
and other gifts to the wives  and  daughters 
of the customers.  This  practice  has  alto­
gether ceased.  Ten  years ago the majority 
of  “drummers” were  those who  could  not 
begin  with  a  customer  without  taking  a 
drink, frequently interlarding the conversa­
tion with obscene  stories, and  always con­
cluding with a drink. 
It thus became quite 
generally  believed  that the drummer was a 
“high-roller”  and a very  “fly”  man.  For­
tunately for the morals of trade, the major 
ity  of drummers  who  are  to-day  on  the 
road are quiet  gnd  unobtrusive gentlemen, 
with as much regard for propriety as though 
they were at home. 
Indeed, one large Bos­
ton coflee house will not employ a salesman 
•who has not an unexceptionable character.no 
matter  how  good  a  salesman  he  may be. 
There  are  members of  the  guild  of  trav 
elers, we  regret  to  say, whose  tastes  and 
desires  lead  them to intemperance and im­
morality. 
It is also true that they will find 
in   business  men  many who are willing to 
accompany them in that  direction  at  some 
-other person’s expense, but it is a matter of 
-easy demonstration  that  travelers and bus­
iness men of  that character usually come to 
;grief.  Upright living,  honesty of  purpose, 
and  a firm  belief  in,  and a distinction  be­
tween,  right  and  wrong, will  bring  their 
^positive  results  to  any business  man, and 
th e  fact  that  business  men are being won 
over to this  belief  in  constantly increasing 
mumbers  is  an  evidence  of  growing  mor­
ality. 
How  a  W oman  Got a  Check  Cashed.
A lady entered a Monroe  street  bank the 
other day to  get a check  cashed.  Walking 
up  to  the »receiving  teller’s  window,  she 
thrust the paper in  the face of  that official. 
‘•Next winder,” he said.
“Next  winter !”  she  exclaimed,  “I can’t 
“I said next  winder,” shouted  the teller. 
“Oh, I understand.  But  this  is  the re­
“Yes, but you can’t get any money here.” 
“But I’m going to receive it, ain’t I  ?”
“ Not here.  Next winder,T say.”
The lady was still uncertain, but she went 
and shoved in her check.  The polite official 
thrust it back.  “It’s not indorsed, madam,” 
said he.
“Not indorsed !  What does that mean ?” 
“Is  your name Tucker ?”
•“P’raps  it  is  and p’raps it isn’t.  What 
’business is that o’  yours ?”
“ Is  this your  name  on  the face of  this 
check?”
“Yes, it is.”
-“Well, you’ve got to  indorse it.”
•“That’s what  you said  before.  What do 
“ You must write  your  name  across  the
“But my name’s on it already.”
“Noton the back.”
“On th e front.”
“ That isn’t enough;  it must be across the 
“Oh, well, gi’ me i t ”
She took it and carefully  wrote her name 
upside  down  across  the  bottom  of  the 
check, and handed it in.

ceiving window isn’t it ?”

I  want the money now.”

wait till then. 

you mean?”

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_____  

back.”

“You indorsed it  wrong,  madam.”
“ How’d  I  know  how  you  wanted  it 
Why didn’t  you tell me ?”
“I thought I did;  here,  write  your  name 
across the top, so,” and the  teller painfully 
«bowed her, and  with  much  grudging she 
■complied.  The teller then cashed her cheek 
with two silver dollars.
“I  ain’t  going to take  these,” she  said 
“ Gi’ me bills.”
The teller sighed and gave her two $1 bills, 
whereupon  she  picked up her  parasol  and 
■departed.

The  First  Razor.

The earliest reference to shaving is found 
in   Genesis  xii,  14,  where  we  read  that 
Joseph, on being summoned before the king 
shaved  himself.  There  are  several  direc­
tions  as  to  sharing  in  Leviticus,  and  the 
practice  is  alluded  to in  many other  parts 
of  Scripture.  Egypt  is  the only  country 
mentioned  in the Bible where  sharing was 
practiced. 
In  all  other countries  such an 
act would  have been  ignominious.  Herod­
otus  mentions that  the  Egyptians  allowed 
their beards to grow when in mourning.  So 
particular  were they as  to shaving at  other 
times that to have neglected it was a subject 
•of reproach and ridicule, and whenever they 
intended to convey the idea of a man of low 
condition  and  slovenly  habits  the  artists 
represented  him with a beard.  Unlike the 
Romans of  a later  age, the  Egyptians  did 
not confine  the privilege of  shaving to free 
citizens  hut obliged  their  slaves  to  shave 
both  beard and  head.  The  priests  also 
shaved the head.  Sharing the head became 
customary among the  Romans about 30o B. 
C.  According  to  Pliny, Scipio  Afrieanus 
was the first  Roman who shaved daily. 
In 
France  the custom of  sharing arose  when 
Louis  XIII. came to the  throne, young and 
beardless.  The  Anglo-Saxons  wore their 
beards  until,  at  the  conquest, they  were 
compelled  to  follow  the  example  of  the 
Normans, who  shaved.  From  the  time of 
Edward  H I. to Charles L beards were uni­
versally worn. 
In the reign of  Charles II. 
the mustache and whiskers only were worn, 
and  soon after this the  practice of  sharing 
became  general throughout  Europe.  Thé 
««rival of  the custom of  wearing  the beard 
from the  time of  the Crimea, 1854-5
Merchants should remember that the cele­
brated  “Crescent,”  “ White  Rose”  and 
“Boyal Patent” brands  of  flour  are  manu­
factured  and sold  only by the  Voigt  Mill­
ing Co.

AT LAST.

LARGE  DEMAND  FOR

Of  all  kinds.

YHIN  GOODS

1.0. LEE

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.

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

I.  M.  Clark i  S on,

(Successors to Clark, Jewell & Co.)

Wholesale  Grocers,

GRAXTD RAPIDS, MICH.

W ill occupy this space  next week.

ftp s 8. MUSSELMftN k Go,

Wholesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IdNIA  ST., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO,

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

C .   C L ,”
“Y U M   YTJM ,”

The Most Popular 10c  cigar, and

The  Best  SeBing  5c  Cigar  ip  the  Market. 

BIG  B-AJPIDS, 

Send fo r trial order.

-  MICH.

BARLOW  B R O S.
r a p id  5
M IC H IG A N

W ith  Grocers.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

\ Newaygo Roller Mills

NEWAYGO,  MICH-

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

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AXTD GRIST MILL MACHINERY,
Send for 
Catalogue 
ana 
Price»

ATLASEN0INEWORKS

MANUFACTURERS  OF

INDIANAPOLIS»  IND.,  U.  8 . A.
STEAM EH6INES& BOILEBS.
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

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

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

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

Pulle>  and become convinced of their  superiority.

W rite for  Prices. 

44« 46 find 48 So. Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS» MICH,

M O SELEY   BRO S.,

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Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

toes, w ill be pleased to hear from you.

Lorillard’s  New  “Smoking  or  Chewing”

26 28,30 & 32 Otlam StraL  GM1RAM1
Long  Cut.
Yellow 
SO C E N T S p er POTTED.

J acket 

Packed  in  3  oz.,  8  oz.  or  16  oz.  Handsomely  Decorated  Papers.

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

:  *• 

, 

IT  IS  THE 

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

THOMPSON  &  MAGLAY,

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IMPORTERS  AND JOBBERS OF

Notions,  Hosiery,  Underwear,  P innhif  Hoods,  Etc.
GRAND  RAPIDS.

19 South Ionia Street,

N o   G o o d s S o ld  a t  R e ta il. 

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T e le p h o n e  6 7 9 ,

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HETMAN  & CO •>  Grand  Rapids.

JAXON I 

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anger, and the distance, between  two more 
stations was made without an adjustment of 
the matter in controversy.  A fourth attack 
by  the  conductor  produced,  after  a  long 
search, some punched Oliver;  then some bo­
gus  halt dollars;  a foreign  bank hill,  and, 
finally, a huge tin  medal, very badly worn: 
and  the  ticket  collector, with very evident 
disgust and weariness, pantomimed that the 
seat must be vacated  at  the  next stopping 
plaee. 1  And it was.  For at the next; stop­
ping ¡dace a little  group of people—appan- 
ently  relatives—were  waiting to  welcome 
the innocent foreigner, and before  the train 
pulled out  both  the conductor  and  my in­
formant  saw  the  passenger  in  a  perfect 
frenzy of laughter,  intermingled  with jar­
gon, and saw him exhibiting the contemned 
’currency” in one hand and a goodly roll of 
greenbacks in the other.
*  

*  
While the regular, and often impecunious, 
customer of  the  saloonist  considers  it  ad­
visable to “stand in” well with that individ­
ual, the transient drinker  often selects him 
for a victim;  and, as the goods and chattels 
of  the gin-slinger  are  of  that  nature  that 
they cannot be recovered without the aid of 
a  stomach  pump,  the  small  swindler  of 
drinking  propensities  rarely fails in his ob­
ject  The favorite game of  the s. s. of this 
class is mistaking  his—alleged—last  piece 
of  money, a three-cent  piece,  for  a  dime, 
and, 
shops  are  numerous 
enough, a good,  lively “booze” can  be  se­
cured  at a very  small  outlay.  The  more 
daring s.  s. takes  the  chances of  a kicking 
without  any tender  of  payment  whatever, 
but thé majority of  the  breed usually have 
some device for mitigating  the  bar-tender’s 
wrath.

the  grog 

if 

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No matter  what  business  you and I may 
be  engaged  in,  we  are  being  constantly 
preyed  upon  by  the  petty swindler.  His 
assessments are, perhaps,  insignificant, but 
in  the  aggregate  they are  of  considerable 
moment.  We  know  him,  as we  know his 
professional brother, the d.-b., but while we 
are ourselves responsible for  any pecuniary 
success  that  the  d.-b.  may gain  at our ex­
pense, it would take  heads  infinitely wiser 
than  yours  or  mine  to  guard  against the 
depredations of  his humbler confrere,  with­
out incurring an unpleasant  and  unwished- 
for reputation for meanness and  penurious­
ness.  And so we  shall  probably submit to 
the petty swindler’s  little  extortions to the 
end of  our business career;  but that needn’t 
prevent  us  from  occasionally relieving our 
feelings by anathematizing  him  in our pri­
vate conversation and scarifying  him in the 
columns of  the commercial press.

J U D I >   c f c   O O . ,  

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Lino Summer Goods.

102  CANA L  STREET.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand ljUpids & Indiana.

Ah Trains dally except Bandar.
GOINS  NORTH.
_ 
Arrives.
Traverse City St Mackinaw..........7:30 a  m
Traverse City A Mackinaw..........0:10 am
Petoskey St Mackinaw.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 :30 pm
 
For Cadillac. 
.............................3:66 p m
.................11:85am
Saginaw Express. 
« 
.......V ................10:30pm.

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Leaves. 
8 :0 0 a m  
11:30 am  
10:30 p m 
5:00 pm  
7:30 am  
4:10 pm

Saginaw express runs throughsolid.
8:00 a. m. train has chair ear to Mackinaw City.
11:30 a. m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack' 
10:30 p. m. train has  sleeping cars for Petoskey and 

inaw City.
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express.........................0:30am 
Fort Wayne Express........— .....10:30 a m  
Cincinnati Express........... ........  4:40pm 
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:40 p m 

7:16am
11:16am
6:00pm
7:16 a m  train  has  parlor  chair  cur  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
6:00 p.  m. train connects  with M. O. R. R. at Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:46 p. m.

GOING  BOOTH.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana. 

Arrive.
Leave. 
7 46 am ............................................................ .  10:45 am
11:16am.............. 
4:30pm
4:40pm..............................................  
7:46pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Central.

Grand Rapids Division.

DKP AKT.

ARRIVE.

Detroi t Express.....................................................6:45 a m
1:10 D i 
Day Express............................................1.......... . 1:10
):45#i 
•Atlantic Express...................................................10::'
Mixed  ........'..........................................................o
SjjFai
•Pacific  Express..................................................  5:00am
Mail............................. ........................................... 8:15  p m
Grand Rapids Express......................................... 10:15 g m
Mixed............................................................................... 5:30 pm
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run on  Day  Express  and Grand 
Rapids Express to and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

•Dally. AU other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars

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

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 

K alam azoo Division,

.White Pigeon.

3
19 
pm  pm 
:10  3:00 
85  4:18
Frt  5:03 10:00 Ar....Kalamazoo................... 7:10

am  
am   pm
7:45Dp....Grand Rapids................   9:45  6:10
9:08“  ....Allegan...........................  8:88  4:55
3:52
8:85
....Elkhart.............................  4:45  l:e0
pm  am
....Chicago.............................11:30  8:50
....Toledo...............................11:85 10:00
.Cleveland.........................7:15 5:45 
p m
__ Buffalo..............................1:00 11:40
Tickets for sale to  all  principal  points  in  the U. S., 
Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil- 
jamson, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

6:35 11:85 
pm  
8:0018:30 
a m
7:50  7:10 1 
p m
10:85  5:05 
a m
1:35  9:40 
a m 
6:80  3:30

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

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

________  

GOING WEST.

Arrives. 
tMornlng Express..............................1:05 pm  
tThrough Mail................................... 5:05 pm  
tGrand Rapids Express...................10:40 pm  
•Night Express.................................. 5:85 a m 
tMixed.............................................. 
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going east.
tDetroit  Express...........................6:45 am  
tThrough Mail................................10:80 am  
tEvening Express..............................3:85 pm  
•Limited Express...............................6:85 p m 

Leaves.
1:10 pm
5:10 p m
10:45 pm
5:10 am
7:30 a m
6:50 am
10:30 am
3:50 pm
6:30 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit  Express  has parlor  car  to Detroit, making 
direct connections for all points  East, arriving in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Limited  Express,  East, has 
through  sleeper  Grand  Rapids  to  Niagara  Falls, 
connecting  at  Milwaukee  Junction  with 
through 
sleeper to Toronto.
Through ticketa and  sleeping  car  berths secured at 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 8s Monroe St., and at the depot.

J as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL

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

E. A. HAMILTON,  Agt.,

'  Telephone 909—1 r.

The StLiidard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

t h e   p e r f e c t i o n   o f   q u a l i t y .

WILL  PLEASE  TOU  EVERT  TIM E!

ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

WEDNESDAY, JUEY 18, 1888.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

BY A  COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

Written for Thx Tradksxan.

There axe 8 great many people in  the civ­
ilized  portion of  this  earth of  oars who, if 
they would  utilize  one-half of the time in 
honest  labor  that  they spend  in trying to 
gain a petty and  dishonest  advantage over 
some of  their  fellow-beings, would, in  the 
mid,  be  in  materially better  financial  and 
social  circumstances. 
In  referring  to this 
class, I  am not speaking of the professional 
dead-beats, but of those curious compounds 
of  human nature who,  in some  senses, may 
be regarded  as  reasonably trustworthy, but 
who  foolishly  and  unprofitably  devote 
large amount of their allotted days to small, 
mean,  and  usually  very  crudely  devised, 
schemes for a transient advantage over their 
neighbors.

Among the multitudinous members of the 
class referred to may be mentioned  the man 
who spends a dollar’s worth of  time  in get 
ting  the  face vahfe of  a punched coin;  the 
one who congratulates himself  on his twen­
tieth, and  finally  successful, attempt at un­
loading a counterfeit  piece;  the one  whose 
goods  were  of  short  weight or of  inferior 
quality, and  who  wants  a rebate;  the  one 
who  “samples’* the  profit  off  from  every 
purchase;  the one who brings back  articles 
“bought  by mistake,” minus  in  weight or 
measure; the one who is chronically “short” 
a few pennies, mid the  one  who  paid that 
little slip * ‘when  you were so busy last Sat­
urday, you know ?”

the  agriculturist  who 

And  to these and their tribe may rightly 
be  added 
can 
pile eight feet of holes in  thirty-two feet of 
wood;  the one  who buries a few  pounds of 
rancid butter under a few pounds of freshly- 
churned ditto;  the one whose  frosted  pota­
toes  never  appear  near  the  top  of  the 
barrel,  and  the  one  whose  weights  and 
measures are  invariable a little short of  the 
legal standard.

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It is needless to  say that  the  petty swin­
dler  is  almost  invariably  “spotted,”  and 
that, in the aggregate,  his  little  raids  are 
rarely profitable. 
I  remember  one  case in 
which the passing of a bogus  dollar cost the 
*  party a long suit  and heavy attorney’s fees, 
and another wherein the sale of  four or five 
pounds  of  salt  in  the  bottom  of  a butter 
firkin was eventually the  occasion  for  the 
mortgaging of  a good farm.

Some  years  ago  a  speculator  and  wool 
buyer  at G— -  taught  one  of  the  gentry 
mentioned a practical  lesson,  that, I  hope, 
worked a reformation in his business trans­
actions.

The party sold to the  buyer a quantity of 
wool, which, for  want of  space, was stored 
in a little room by itself,  and  when  packed 
it happened to exactly fill two  sacks,  which 
were marked with the name of  the grower. 
After  the  season was  over  the  purchaser 
consigned  his  wool  to  his  Eastern agent, 
and shortly afterward  received  notice that, 
if  the lot passed inspection, a manufacturer 
would take it entire,  at  figures  affording a 
good margin of  profit  The wool man wired 
back at once to sell, and was congratulating 
himself on  his  speculation,  when  he  re­
ceived a telegram informing him that  there 
was a “hitch” in the transaction on account 
of  two sacks  which  were  “loaded” with a
large amount of refuse matter.  B----- was
not at home when the  dispatch arrived, but 
on the next day instructed the agent to sell, 
and  get  what  he  could for the “doctored” 
lot, but on the next morning  was  informed 
that  a  sudden  panic  in  the  market  had 
dropped  prices  about  20  per  cent., and a 
steady decline ensued until B——’s loss was 
among the  thousands.

*

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

The evidence  was  positive  that  the two 
sacks  marked  with the grower’s name was 
the cause of  a very serious  loss,  instead  of 
a handsome profit, and suit for damages was 
brought against the seller; and, without going 
through the whole history of  the case, with 
dts trials and re-trials, and disagreements and 
appeals,  let  it suffice to  say that the  petty 
trickery of  the  farmer, in the  end, reduced 
him  from a comparatively wealthy man  to 
one who was safe from any future litigation 
by reason of  the  statutory exemptions.

* 
An  old  commercial traveler once related 
to  me a little  incident  which  showed  that 
th e  American  sovereign  of  tricky propen­
sities  has his imitators among other nation­
alities.  One day, just as a long  train  com­
menced pulling out  from  Grand  Rapids, it 
w as  boarded by a young  fellow,  who  was 
evidently a  Swede  or Norwegian, and  one 
of very recent Importation.  He took a seat 
in  the  rear  end of  the  rear coach, and by 
th e time the conductor had got  to  him  the 
train was approaching the next station.  He 
^appeared  to be totally ignorant of  English, 
and the man of the punch had  to leave  for 
- other  duties  before he could make him un­
derstand his business.  On  the  second ap­
plication for fare the  foreigner  appeared to 
•comprehend  the situation, and,  pulling out 
a paper  with  the name of a town  thereon, 
he tendered the conductor a Confederate $5 
bill.  The  collector  endeavored to impress 
by  pantomime  the  utter* worthlessness  of 
the currency, but before the  dense  mind of 
the emigrant was penetrated another station 
was reached.  A third  attempt, and a long 
interview by signs, resulted  in  the produc­
tion  of  a  couple  of  Mexican  dollars,  and 
the mild look of astonishment that was oc- 
-casioned by the  refusal of the. conductor to 
■accept them séented to subdue  the official’s

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Fresh and Salt Beef,

Fresh and Salt Pork,

Pork Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Hams,  Shoulders,

Bacon, Boneless Ham,

Sausage of all Kinds,

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Pickled  Pigs* Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class  goods are 

in every instance.

very low  and all goods are warranted  first-clasa

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PROVISIONS.

u

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 

quote  as follows:
PORK  IE BARRELS.
Mess.............................................. 
•* L..... 15 00
Short cut:........ ................................ ............ 15 25
Shortcut  Morgan........................................1550
Extra clear pig, short cu t..... ....    ........ 16 50
Extra clear,heavy    ___ ______ .................16 60
Clear quill, short cut................................... 16 50
16 50
Boston clear, short cu t...................... 
Clear back, short c
... .. .. ..  16 50
Standard clear, short-cut, best.......... . 
.16 50
B ean............ •__ . . . .................................... .
SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN*
.........................
Hams, average 20  fts...... 
“ 
16  f t s ....................,* ..
“ 
1 2 to l4 ft8 ........... .* ...;..
“  picnic  ........ ........... ............... .......  ...
“  best boneless........ ..............................
Shoulders.............................. ...................... .
Breakfast Bacon, boneless. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Dried Beef, extra.............................................
ham  p r ic e s................. ..........
Long Clears, heavy.................  ......................

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

11
11%UM
8M
11
8%

“ 
“ 

“ 

t

.

**  m edium -..*—, . . . . .............
" 
ligh t...................................... .

“ 
“ 

LARD.

“ 

LARD IN TIN PAILS.

Tierces  .....................................................
30 and 50 ft Tubs........ ........................... .
3 ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................
5 ft Pails, 12 in a case...................... ........
10 ft Pails. 6 in a case..............................
20 ft Pails, 4 pails in case.......................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts......................
Extra Mess, Chicago Packing......................
“  Kansas City Packing.. __ _
P lai\*......................................
Extra Plate.........................  ...... ...........
Boneless, rump b u tts-................................
“  Kan City pkd...........
“ Mbbl.

“ 
...............................  

BEEF IN BARRELS.

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork Sausage..........................................
Ham  Sausage................................—
Tongue  Sausage.....................
Frankfort  Sausage.................. ......................
Blood  Sausage............................................. . ’
Bologna, straight........ . .. . ¡§
Bologna, thick.....................«.........
Head Cheese................................................
In half barrels................................................
In quarter barrels................................Y. '.'. Y.
In M B b l......................................
In % Bbl.......................... j...... ...........
In Kits..........................................

PIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

118
9M8%8%8%
8%8%

8

8%
8M

7 00 
7 50 
7 25 
7 25
7 75 
9 50
8 50 
5 00
7M
11
9
8
6
6
6
6
3 00 
2 00
3 00 
1 75 
.  85

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

G reen ....# ft  4  @ 4M 
Part cured...  @ 5
Full cured__ 5M@  6
Dry hides and 
k ip s........ ..  6  @ 8

Calf skins, green 
Deacon skins,

or cured....  5  @ 6 
piece.......10  @20

Fine washed #  ft 18@20|Coarse washed.. .18@20
Medium  ............. 20@22|Unwashed............ 12@16
5@20
Sheep pelts, short shearing.  ............ 
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.........   @20
Tallow................................................ 
3
Grease butter........ .................................  @ 5
Ginseng, g ood ........................... 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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WOOL.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding $2 per bu.

Apples—Green, $3.50 per bbl.
Beaus—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Beets—New, 25c ner doz.
Butter—-The market is well supplied.  Large 
handlers pay 12@14c for choice,  selling  again 
at 15@16c.
Cabbages—Home  grown  cdinmand  50@60c 
per doz.
Celery—20@25c per doz.
Cheese—The market  continues  to  improve, 
stocks  in  jobbers’  hands  being  now  held at 
8%@9Mc, according to quality.

and evaporated at 9c.
15@16c.

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  payl3M@14c  and. sell at 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 14@15c.
Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No. 
Onions—Home  grown  dry  stock  command 
Peas—Marrowfat,  60c per  bu.
Plums—Tennessee, $1.60 per case.
Pop Corn—2Mc #  ft.
Radishes—6c per doz.
Raspberries—Black, 10c  per qt.;  red, lie  per 

?  Potatoes—Jobbing generally at 8Cc per bu. 

1 and $14 for No. 2.
$3.50 per bbl.

qt.
Li Squash—Summer, 2c lb.

String Beans—8ic per bu.
Tomatoes—$2 per bu.
Turnips—25 per bu.
Wax Beans—$1.00 per bu.
Whortleberries—$3.50 per bu.

£  Watermelons—Georgia, 20c apiece. 

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

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

Wheat—City  millers  pay  82c  for Lancaster, 
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 58c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Rye—60c #  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
#   ton.  Ships,  $14j)0  #   ton.  Middlings,  $15
#  ton.  Corn and Oats. $23 #  ton.

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|  ,

Selling Sugar at Coet. 

. 
A grocer boss started%n a  cpraet #òijnewberé, 
Aredfront and appliftnces new he bae  there, 
A fresh stock be  has put  in  both  cipilar and 
Aadsosmch he's  compelied  to  pile  outslde 
Aw orerflmr part that he.’Oan’t well display 
In thè limitea epace he B as over thè wày!

itnw. 
thè door, 

Not a nurehaser yet  o’er  bis  threshold  has 
0^OSB6d
So bepute ’out this  sign—"Selling  sugar at
js  OOSt.”  *

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:  miss;

can;  > 
say  they; 

.  t r i 1*»**"
iMfc

Mhe aTocers all ’round him are startled at Ipàs 
They know that tbeir profila on Bugar  they’li 
But hefOre they’U cut prioes to  meet this new
The **e!Mnmittee” call on  him to do what they 
“On  your  sugar  you  should  have  a profit, 
But their mission  is futile, for this he did,say, 
“By  no  set  of  men  will  my  bus’eess  be
“rild o  just as 1 please, I’ll sell sugar atoost.”
And more prices be Cuts to  draw to him trade 
From Staid man,  the  grocer,  who  money has 
A  rush to him goes for his sugar and such 
Few  things  as  he  sells  under  Staidman,  so 
Of his  goods that  pay  profits,  they  say, they 
They'll buy these at the  stores where they’ve 
So this cools his ardor.it chills him like frost, 
He can’t entrap these by selling atjoost.

mucn
have fears.
bought them for years.

made;

trade;

He is left to his ways, no more-effort is made 
To induce him to  conform to the  rules of the 
M« expenses increase till his  profit is naught. 
H e must pay for the sugar and  goods  he  has 
*Tis plain to be seen thathis course is near run, 
H e pays away money until he has none;
His stock  dwindles  down  and  his  credit  is 
The natural sequence of selling at cost.

bought.

lost—

high.
pale,

And now, when ’tis late, he tries to stick on 
A  cent where he can ere he’s totally gone.
He buys by the small from a dealer near by. 
Who, of course,  charges  him. as a grocer, too 
Few  customers  come,  he’s  despondent  and 
No hope for him now, he’ll certainly fail— 

mission—
sion;
cays,

The sheriff comes on him and out he Is toss’d, 
There’s no pity for him, he sold sugar at cost.
H e i6 next on the street—with a  jobber’s  per­
To sell odds and ends to the  trade  on commis­
These trifles don’t pay him, he whines and de­
And sinks to his grave Sifter very few days. 
Forsaken by Mends, he had nothing to will, 
And the trade that he injuredisglad be is still; 
They buy him  a  coffin  and  have  on  it em­
“Died of starvation  ’selling  sugar at cost.’ ”

bossed,

The Grocery  Market.

The feature of  the week has been the ad­
vance  in  sugar,  the  tremendous  demand 
for T( fined  having continued uninterrupted­
ly. so that all refiners have  largely oversold 
themselves.  The  market is  therefore nar­
rowed down to those actually having stocks 
on hand and to the prospective action of the 
refiners as  soon as they  catch up with their 
orders.  For  the first  time  in  years, the 
New  York  market  on  granulated  has 
touched  7%c, subsequently  going to  7%c, 
when  all  quotations  ffom  first hands were 
withdrawn for shipment on receipt of 'order. 
Ju st what  turn the  market will  take next, 
it is difficult to predict, as the  refiners com­
posing the Trust  are in complete  control of 
the market and  can pursue any  policy they 
see fit.  The  position  of  the  Trust  to  the 
recent advance is thus described by the New 
York Shipping  List:  ,

the 

sooij 

the  part  of 
as 

The  reeent  pretty  sharp  advance  in the 
price of  refined sugar  has not  been due, as 
a  good many appear to imagine, to the arbi­
trary  action  of  the  Sugar  Trust,  but  is 
entirely  the result of  a corresponding  ad­
vance in  the  price of  raw sugar, which  at 
the  present  time  occupies  a  singularly* i 
strong  position on  account of  the  fact that 
several important crops fell  short last year, 
and the increase in the world’s consumption 
has  caused  this  loss to be  pretty seriously 
felt.  Sugar  is  higher  to-day than  it  was 
six  months  ago,  solely in  consequence  of 
the natural  operation of  the law of  supply 
and demand.  But what the Trust is respon­
sible  for is the fact  that the  relative differ­
ence  between the  value of  raw and  refined 
sugar is  very much  greater  to-day than  it 
was  before the  Trust came  into  existence 
last November.  The first  manifestation  of 
power  on 
the  Trust, 
as 
combination  was 
completed,  was  a  gradual  add  'arbitrary 
marking up in the price of  refined  without 
any corresponding advance in raw, until the 
relative  difference  between, the  two  had 
been sufficiently increased to insure a hand­
some profit to the refiners,  and that relative 
difference has  been  rigidly maintained ever 
since.  What this relative  difference is will 
appear from  a  few  comparisons.  - A  year 
ago, when 96 test centrifugal was selling at 
5 3-16  cents,  refined  granulated  could  be 
bought for 5 13-16 cents per pound, a differ­
ence of  % of  a cent, which  represented the 
cost of  refining and the refiner’s profit.  To­
day  96  test  centrifugal  is  quoted 6 cents, 
and  granulated  7J£„  a  difference  of  I % 
cents, which  also represents .the cost of  re­
fining and the refiner’s profit, and a compar­
ison  of  these  significant  figures  tells  the 
whole  story  of  the  extent  to  which  the; 
Trust  has  increased  the  cost' of  sugar  to 
consumers.  A  year ago  it  was  estimated 
that the cost of refining sugar was about % 
of a cent  per  pound,  but  since  then  the 
Trust  has  created  $40,000,000 of watered 
stock, upon which it has guaranteed, and is 
now paying, a dividend, and hence the  cost 
of refining has  been  increased  about sixty 
per cent., and the dividends on this watered 
stock are taken out of the  pockets of every 
consumer  of  sugar. ‘  Adding  'sixty  per 
cent, to % the  cost  of refinings is  brought 
up to one cent  per  pound,  but.  then  there 
still  remains % cent of  profit to be divided 
up  among  the  Trust  shareholders  in  the 
way of  an extra  bònus.  The  statement of 
iialf-trutbs is  as  misleading as it i$d£shon- 
est, and hence, while  it. is' quite  true  that 
the recent advance  in  sugar  has  not  been 
fine to the Trust,  it  i&  equally true that the 
present relative high  price òf refin®d  sugar 
Is solely the work of that combination.

Bound to Exterminate the Vermin.

Since Congress has prohibited  the  “Bfld 
Debt” collection  agencies  from matting en­
velopes with * ‘Bad Debts” emblazoned tbere- 
4m, the fellows  have managed to evade the 
law by using transparent envelopes,  show­
ing the inclosure legibly.  Senator Test in­
troduced a bill in the  Senate  on  the  10th 
which Is designed to cover all sudi evasions 
of the law and punish all users of thejn&ils 
for hiflrinmafiing purposes as penal offenses. 
There Is no doubt as  to  the  necessity  for 
nucha law. ■

A   F ew   Facts  About  Tea.

S. Young  recently  addressed  the  Pitts­
burgh Retail Grocers’ Association on the sub­
ject of  “Tea,” from  which the fóltonring is 
an extfltg$¿ 

j 

„ 

. 

\

‘

Ireland, 

The entiré tro  production of  the world at 
tile  present  time  is  2,500,000,000 pounds. 
China.  cQii8unM}s  2,000,000,000.  pounds  of 
tilia total!  Next on the list is Great Britain 
and 
'with,  à  consumption  of
200.000.  000.  Next the United  States, with 
a  capacity  and  population*'-for  at'leàsfc
250.000.  000.  yet.  only  using  85,000,OOCt 
pounds.  Then  cornea  Russia, 
using
40.000.  000. pounds,.  The  remaining  160,- 
000,000 is distributed according to the wants 
of the people all over the #orld. 
When  tea  was  selling  at a high  figure 
there was an inducement offered to make an 
imitation  tea  and a  great deal  of  adulter­
ating was done, plenty of leaves being dried 
and sold for tea  that  never  cune  off  a tea 
plant  But  now  the price of tea is4m low 
tbat  the  inducement is  removed,  for  gen­
uine tea leaves are cured and sold as cheaply 
as it would  be  possible to gather  and cure 
any  other  kind  of  leaves.  And,  besides 
th a t  we  have a  prohibitory  law  in  this 
coqntry forbidding the receiving in any port 
of  any adulterated tea.
Government, inspectors are also appointed 
to examine and test all  the  tea  brought to 
this  country, and  they are  so  proficient in 
the  art  that  any. mixture of  foreign leaves 
in  the  tea  can be easily detected by them. 
Tea  is  generally bought  by the  importer’s 
agent in the tea  district,  and a certain price 
will be paid for the  entire  picking of  a cer­
tain  kind of  tea of  each  planter.  For  ex­
ample, a planter  may take  the  leaves of  a 
May picking and make a  young  hyson,  and 
in that  picking  will  be some very fine teas 
and  some  very poor ones.  Yet a uniform 
price is paid for all, and  so  the  picking or 
invoice  is  brought  to  this  country. 
It is 
then  the  work of  the  tea  taster  to  grade 
these  teas, or,  in  other  words,  put a value 
on each line,  so that  the  importer  will not 
only be  kept  secure  in the outcome of  his 
grading, but also have the  different  grades 
so correctly valued  that  he  can  enter  the 
market and compete  with  his rivals for the 
trade.  The  entire  invoice  may be sold to 
a tea  jobber, or it may be. divided  up  into 
lines and sold in  that  way. 
It is then the 
business of the jobber  to  break  the  lines 
and soil in quantities to suit his purchasers. 
A  line  may  have  several  hundred  half­
chests;  an invoice  may have  several  thou­
sand.
In buying teas great care should be taken. 
The sample or samples  should be drawn by 
the buyer, or,  if  he cannot  exercise  intelli­
gent judgment, the best thing for him to do 
is to select from the many an honorable job­
ber,  telling  him  the  kind of  tea he wants 
and  for  what  purpose  he  wants i t   And 
yet this confidence, we are sorry to say,  has 
been and is too often misplaced and abused.
But  we  here  affirm  that  if  the  average 
grocer would give a little more time and at­
tention to the study of  the draw  and differ­
ent characters of  tea,  he  would  soon  gain 
sufficient  knowledge  and  become  expert 
enough to make his  purchases  intelligently 
and  more  advantageously  to  himself—not 
only that, but a better  grade will invariably 
be purchased,  his customers  better  pleased 
and the  volume of  his  business  increased. 
Of course, those who have yet to commence 
in this way will  make mistakes;  but let not 
that discourage  you, for all who  have gone 
before (no  matter  how proficient they may 
be now) have  made  mistakes  just as great 
and as numerous as  you are likely to make. 
But keep .on.  You will find the study a lit­
tle hard dt times—there will be some obsta­
cles  to  -overcome;  but  you  will  be  amply 
rewarded not  only  by  the  knowledge  ac­
quired, but also in  the  satisfactory increase 
of  business which is sure to follow.
Congou  is the  most difficult on the list to 
accurately  and  intelligently  select.  The 
name  Congou  is  taken  from  the  Chinese 
Kung-fu  and  means  work  or extra  tabor; 
and  then  we have so many different .kinds 
of  Congou—for example,  Kaisow, Mining, 
Oopack,  Amoy,  Foochow, and a number of 
others, all differing in style and draw.  Con­
gou  is the general namex applied to' the tea, 
and the district name„denotes'the kind.  So 
with  young hyson,  which is also of Chinese 
origin,  and iqeans  before the .rains or- flour­
ishing  spring.  This  is  also  a name  gen­
erally  applied to  a  particular  make-upl of 
tea,  yet  we  have  also,  as In Congou,  dis­
tinct  names,  such  as  Moyune,  Fichow, 
Pingsuey, Tien-Kai, and  so on.  So thé in­
telligent  buyer  should  be able to decide at 
once what particular locality the  tea  comes 
from, as  the  commercial  value of  the arti­
cle depends largely on that.

Powderly Urges a Boycott on Coffee.
General Master  Workman  Powderly has 
written a letter in which he  calls  attention 
to an alleged ‘‘corner” in coffee and advises 
abstention from the use of coffee  until  the 
“comer” is broken.  His letter concludes as
follows;

Boycott coffee.  Do not buy one ounce of 
it until this reign of plunder  is  at  an end;' 
Go to your grocer and tèli him not  to invest 
in a pound of it, and ask him to  watch  for 
the turn of the tide  in New  York.  To  do 
as 1 suggest¿will work- no  injustice to  the 
men  from  whom  you  buy  your groceries! 
Do not buy coffee, but "buy  something  else 
in its stead;  and when you do invest ili cof­
fee again have the'article  you  invest in an­
alyzed to see if it  has  not  been  tampered 
with and  adulterated,  and  then  trace  the 
adulteration until you find it,  and  ybu may 
be sure you will trace it to the  action taken 
in the CoffeeExchange Of New York.
Mechanics, laborers, minërs,  farmers and 
Knights of Labor gqoesrally:  practice a little 
self-denial for a time ahclbreak thé “corner” 
in coffee by refusing to buy it. •  Let*us test 
the law and see if we  will  be  arrested for 
boycotting an article made too dear by rogues 
who boycott thé best interests of thé people;

Peculiar  Business 'Method*,  j

Wm. E. Curtis, in the American Magazine for July.

It is à peculiarity of thé Indian  of  Ecua­
dor that he  will  Sell  nothing at wholesale, 
nor will hfe trade anywhere but in the mar­
ket  place/In > the  place  where  he 
his 
forefathers  have  sold ^“ggrdpn  truck” .for 
three centuries,  , A lthoi^ 
highways  meet  armies Of  Indians  bearing 
heavy burdens of vegetables and qthejr sup­
plies  upon  their  backs, they can purchase 
nothing from them,  as the  native  will  not 
sell his  goods  until  he  gets  to  the  place 
where he is in the habit of  selling them; he 
will  carry them  ten  miles  and  dispose  of 
them for less than  he  was offered at home. 
We met, one day, an  old  woman  trudging 
along  with  a  heavy  basket  of  pineap­
ples  and  other  frails  mid  tried  to relieve 
her of  part of  her  load, offering  ten cents 
for pineapples which  could  be obtained for 
a quartillo (two  and  a  half cents)  in  the 
market.  She was polite but  firm  mid  de­
clined to sell anything until she gotto town, 
although  there was a weary, dusty journey 
of two leagues ahead of her.

,  , .WHOLESALE  p r ic e   c u r r e n t.

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

promptly and buy in full packages: 

Vj'ô-f |  I l  

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ViSfSti

> Raisins, Loose Galifdrnia. .1 90 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s.  9  @9M
Raising. Sultanas..........  @
Raisins,  Valencias.......  @7M
Raisins,Imnerials........ ....3  75
Cod;  whole...U ...___4M@4%
Cod, boneless.......  .....5M@7%
Halibut_____________  
13
Herring, round, M bbl. 
2 76 
Herring;-round, % bbV  :  1 50 
Herring, Holland, bbis. 
10 oo 
Herring, Holland, kegs  65@70 
Herring, Scaled........
Mack, «h’r. No. 1, M bbl... .8 75 
ia b> kit..l 26
“ 
“ 
“  10  “  *.1-10 
“ 
No. 2. M bbis.... ...7 50
Trout,  M  bbis...........................5 50
“  10 lb k its............... .  85
White, No. 1, M bbis............6 75
White, No. 1,12 lb kits....... 1 20
White,  No. 1,10 lb kits___ 1 05
White, Family,  M bbis....... 3 00
k its ........  70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
D.C.,2oz.......$  doz  90 
135
•“ 
4 o z ............1 4 0   2 60
6 oz...........St 25  3 76
“ 
“  No. 3 P anel...1 00  1 75
“  No. 4  Taper..l 60  2 76
“  No. 8 panel...2 75  4 50
“  No. 10  “ 
...4 50  6 50
“  M pint,r’nd..4 50  7 60
..9 00  15 00
“  “ 
” 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

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

“ 
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FARINACEOUS GOODS.  ,

9 60
12 00
15 00
24 00

imported... 10  @11

Farina, 1U0 lb. kegs.............   04
Hominy, $   bbl......................... 4 09
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box..  60 
Pearl B a r le y ........**  @.3.M
Peas,  Green..............   @1 40
Peas, Split........ .........   @i 3M
Sago, German...........   @ 6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @ 6%
Wheat,  cracked......  @ 6M
Vermicelli, Import.i.  @10
domestic..  @60
MATCHES.

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OIL.

G. H. No. 8,  square__ ___  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro.. .1  10 
G. H. No.'200,  parlor..... ..1 6a
G. H. No. 300,  parlor......... 2 15
G. H. No.  7, round......... 1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2. ....... 
  75
Oshkosh, No.  8............. 
  1 50
Swedish...............................  75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq...... 100
Richardson’s No. 9  sq...... 1 50
Richardson’s No. 7M, rnd. .1 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd.. 1  50
Woodbine. 300...........  
  1  15
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap__ ...;•.....,17@18
Cuba Baking.............. 
.22@25
Porto Rico...................    ,24@35
New  Orleans, good.........33@40
New Orleans, choice....... 44@50
New  Orleans, fancy....... 50@52

■' OATMEAL

OATS—ROLLED.
 

M bbis. 3c extra
Michigan Test.............. 
  10%
Water  White........................11%
Barrels.................................6 25
Half barrels.......................3  25
Cases....................  
  v ....2  35
Barrels...............  
...6 00
Half barrels........................ 3 25
Cases........................... 2 25@3 35
PICKLES.
Medium................... 
6 00
“  M bbl...................... 3 50
Small,  bbl........................ ...7 00
“  M b b l..................4  00
RICE.
Table..................... 
5%@5M
H ead........................................7
Java.........................................6%
Patna....................................... 5%
Rangoon..................................5
Broken.. 
Japan..............................  @6%
DeLand’s pure...;.,___.....5M
Church’s  ...........................  
5
....... 
Taylor’s  G. M. & 
.. .5
Dwight’s ........................ 
Sea Foam ........... 
 
Cap Sheaf....... ...................5

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

SALERATUS.

5%

Me less in 5 box lots.

SALT*
60 P o ck et,F F D .;........,,.2  15
28 P ocket.............. 
.2  05
1003fi>  pock ets...,.............2 25
Saginaw or M anistee...;..  85 
Asnton, bu. bags........;...  75
A8hton,4bu.  b ags...........St 75
Higgins’bu.  bags.. —  —   75 
American, M bu. bags.....,  20
Rock, bushels.....................   25
Warsaw, bu. hags;__ _...  36
If  “ 
........... . . . 1 9
London Relish, 2 doz.......... 2 50
Dingman, 100 bars......... ...4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard....4 75
Jaxon..................... 
..3 75
Queen  Anne........   ............ 4 00
German Family............2  49

M 
SAUCES.
SOAP.

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Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack:.l8M 

spices—whole.
A llspice.......................... 
Cassia, China in m a ts......  7M

 
“  BataVia in bund....11
“  Saigon in rolls.... .42
Cloves,  A m boyna...........28  ,
“  Zanzibar..... 
.23
Mace Batavia.....................  .70
Nutmegs,  fan cy..,.....**..70 
No, 1 ..........* .6 5
2 .. 
No. 
“ 
white.28
shot. 
.....................21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice........................... 
Cassia, Batavia...............2 0
, “ 
and Saigon.25
“ 
*• 
Saigon;............... ,..42
Cloves, Amboyna..............35
“  Z anzibar........... 30
Ginger, African................     12M
“  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica....__ _  @18
“ 
Mace Batavia...... ,.* ,... ...80
.....22 
Mustard,  English... 
and Trie.25
T rieste..............27
Nutmegs,  No.  2.............*,. .70
Pepper, Singapore  black* . 22 
w hite..30
 
... .26
 
Cayenne 
Absolute Pepper, 
doz...84 
Cinndmon  “  ...84
“ ,**55
Allspice 
“  . ..1 10
Cloves 
Ginger 
“  ...78
Mustard 
“  . ..84
STARCH.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

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

SUGARS.

“  6 ft boxes.......7M
bulk.......... 6M
  5M

Off..........  @

P ure,lftp kgs.................. 
Corn, l f t  pkgs.........  ..........  7
Cut  Loaf.......... .........  @  8%
Cubes..............................*  @8%
Powdered....................  @8%
Granulated,  Stand...8 06@ 8%
Confectionery A........   @  7M
Standard A ..............   @  7%
No* 1, White Extra C. 6%@ 6%
No. 2, Extra C.! .____ *  @ 6%
No. 3 0 -----  
......  @5%
No. 4 0 .........   
@5M
Corn, barrels— ..............  @31
Coni,M bbls............. .  ...  @33
Corn, k e g s................ 
  338
Pure Sugar, bbl................33@42
Pure Sugar, M bbl............ 36@44
X   X X X
8M
8M
8M
8 
8

SWEET  GOODS.
Ginger  Snaps— ....8  
Sugar CreamB........... 6 
Frosted Creams........  
Graham Crackers.... 
Oatmeal Cradkers..., 

SYRUPS.  ‘

tobaccos—plug.
Spear H ead ...................43@45
Plank Road.................. 
.42
Eclipse. . , . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .   .. 36
Holy Moses......................*....83
Blue Blazes.. 
..........» .3 2
Eye  (teener.............................32
Star 
. . . . . . ...........42@ 45
Clipper,................................. ..39

 

 

Climax... 4  • •. 
... J; v.f 
Corner Stone. i;-.. .v. .•*
Double Pedro................. 
40
Whopper...".............................40
Peaen Pie. .............................. 40
Wedding Cake,  blk.. 
.........40
Red Fox— ..............             45
Sweet R ussdt..................30@32

TOBACCOS—FINE  CUT.

 

 

Sweet  Pippin........................ 50
Five and seven.'*£
. ...........50
H ia w a t h a ...................... 68
Sweet  Cuba.. , ; . .  *...........45
Petoskey Chief........................65
Sweet Russet....................40@42
Thistle.......................................42
Florida...............  
.65
Rose Leaf................................ 66
Red Domino........................... .38
Swamp Angel..........................40
Stag...........................................33
Capper*..................................42

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
 

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

 

TEAS.

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Japan ordinary................18@20
Japan fair to good...........25@30
Japan fine......................... 35@45
Japan dust........................12@20
Young Hyson...................20@45
Gunpowder.......................35@50
Oolong.................33@55@60@75
Congo..................... 
,.25@30
VINEGAR.
40 gr. 
11M 

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

30 gr. 
9M 

50 gr.
13

MISCELLANEOUS.

“  splint 
“ 

fol-
6 75 
5 75
4 75 
1 50
1  75 
60
2 50 
40
1  60 
.1 90
5 50
6  00
7 00
3 50
4 25
5 00
90
75
,65
,76
95
...38
...40
...52
4
7 60 

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as 
lows:
Tubs, No, 1  .............   (.......
“  2. . . .........................
f* 
“  “  3...........................
Pails, No. 1, two hoop......
“ 
three hoop__
Clothespins, 5gr. boxes__
Bowls, 15s, 17s and 19s......
Baskets, market...........
bushel..................
'  “ 
“  with covers
“ 
“  willow clothes No.l 
“ 2 
“  3
“  l
“ 2
“ 3
Bath Brick imported......
do 
American..*.,..
Burners,  No.  0............
do  No. 1....................
do  No. 2.....................
Chimneys,  No. 0..............Ld
“  1............
“ 
“  2..................
“ 
Cocoa Shells, bulk...............
Condensed  Milk, Eagle__
Cream Tartar......................
Candles. Star.......................
Candles. Hotel.....................
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes...
Extract Coffee, V.  C..........
F elix .......
Fire Crackers, per box__
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps... 
Gum, Bubber 200 lumps...
Gum, Spruce.......................
Jelly, in 30 ft pails..  .  5  @
Powder,  Keg...............
Powder, M  Keg..................
Sage.......................................
CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS. 
Putnam  &  Brooxs quote as 
follow s:

11 
35 ¿ 
75
1 15 
25 
35 
30
k 5% 
,5 60
2 87 
15

25 10 
1 20 

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do 
do 
MIXED.

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes..........8M
............ 9
Twist, 
Cut Loaf 
...........10
Royal, 25 lb  pails___   8M@ 9
.Royal, 200 ft bbis......  ....... 8M
Extra,26ft  pails...............10
5
Extra, 200 ft bbis.................  9
French Cream, 25 lb pails. . 11M
Cut loaf, 25 ft? cases......... ..10
Broken, 25  ft pails..............10
Broken. 200 ft bbis.........     9
Lemon  DropB............... 
.13
Sour Drops............  
 
14
Peppermint  Drops. 1 ...... *14
Chocolate Drops.............1 4
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Gum  Drops.............................10
Licorice Drops.............. 
18
A B   Licorice  Drops..............12
Lozenges, plain...................... 14
Lozenges,  printed................. 15
Imperials................................ 14
M ottoes..............  
15
13
Cream  Bar........................ 
Molasses Bar........................... 13
Caramels...................  
 
18
Hand Made Creams................18
Plain  Creams..........................18
Decorated Creams...............20
String Rook.............................13
Burnt Almonds..................   22
8
Winterarreen  Berries............14
Lozenges, plain in  paiis... 12
Lozenges, plain in bbis__ 11
Lozenges, printed in pails. 12M 
Lozenges, printed In jbbls.UM 
Chocolate Drops, in pails. .12M
Gum Drops  in pails.......... 6M
Gum Drops, in bblB...........5M
60
Moss Drops, in . pails..........10
Moss Drops, in Dbls............  9
Sour Drops, in  pails..........12
Imperials, in  pails*.............12
Imperials  ip bbis__ _ 
.  11
Bananas .......* .* _1 25@3 
Oranges,  choice........  @
Oranges, Florida.__   @
Oranges,  Rodi..........  6 00@7 00
Oranges, OO..............  @
Oranges,  Imperials..  @
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons,  choice..__   @5 00
Lemons, fancy__ _....  @5 60
Figs, layers, new ..... 12  @16
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........   @ 6
Dates,  frails do.........  @ 4M
Dates, % do  d o......  ® 5M
Dates,FardlO ft box $  ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box ^  ft..  7 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ..  @6

FANCY—JN'BULK. *

FRUITS.

00

NUTS.

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Almonds,  Tarragona  @17
Iva ca ......  @16
California  13@14
Brazils................ 
  @ 8
Filberts, Sicily*......  @11
Walnuts,  Grenoble*.  @13
Sicily........ 
12
French....  @11
8@12 
Pecans, Texas, H. P. 
Cocoanuts, $  100..  @4 
50
Prime Red, raw  V ft  @
Choice 
do  @
Fancy H.P. do 
do  ®
Choice White, Va.do 
@ 5M
Fancy H P..  Va do  5  @ 
6M
-Extra H. P. Va..........   @  5M

PEANUTS.
do 

OYSTERS.

OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows:

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

FRESH ASH.

Fairhaven Counts-—.... •.  40
Black bass....... — ....... 12M
Rook bass................................  4
Duck-bill  p ik e............. 
6
t
T
u
........... .  d
Whiteflsh....... ......... 
 
6
smoked...............10
Frogs’Legs ..............25@ 75

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FRESH HEATS.
Beef, carcass. .. .. .. .. .  ,4M@7
hind quarters... .7  @9 
...3M@5
fore 
“ 
Hogs.................... 
  @7M
 
 
9
Pork loins...................... 
shoulders.......... 
7
wM
Bologna.........................  
Frankfort sausage..... 
8
Blood, liv, h’dsaus’g .. 
6M
Mutton...............5M@7  <3
Lard kettle rendered..9M@9%

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Acme. % ft cans, 3  doz—  

75
3  “  ....1 5 0  
I B  
1  “ . . . . 3  00
Bulk ....  ................  
“ 
20
45
Arctic, % lb cans, 6 doz.... 
4  “ .... 
S' 
•• 
75
2  “ ....1 4 0
“  % 
“ 
1 
3  “ ....3 4 0
1  “ ....13 00
“ 
.5 
Victorian, 1 lb (tall,) 2 doz.  3 00 
15
Diamond,  “bulk.” — .... 
Bed Star % ft cans 13 d oz..  45
6  «  ..  85
4  “  ..1  50 
cans in  ca se.. . . . . . . . . . .  .11  75
cans in  case...........................10 00
in ca se .  ...................... ....1 8  75
c a s e ... . . ......  
2  70
case-“ “ ' ....... .....................2  55
case.....................................  1  50

Absolute,  %  lb  cans, 100 
Absolute, y%  lb  cans,  50
Absolute. 1 ft cans, SOcans
Telfer’s % 3», cans, 6 doz in
Telfer’s % lb cans, 3 doz in
Telfer’s 1 lb cans,  1  doz in 

..  g .. 
1  “ 
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BROOMS.

No. 3 H url....................................2 00
No. 1 Hurl.............. *   ..........2 35
No. 2 Carpet.......................... 2 50
No. 1 Carpet................................a Tjj
Parlor  G em ......................    .3 00
Common W hisk......................... 1 00
Fancy  W hisk........................1 25
M ill.............................................. 3 75
W arehouse............ . . » — »3 00

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Rtfnkle Bros’;. Vien. Sweet  23
Prem ium ..  33
Hom-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

chocolate.
“ 
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OOCOANUT
ScheppB,  Is.............................27
I s  and %s..............38
% s........................27%
Is  in tin p a ils....27% 
Ms 
— 28%
Maltby’s, Is............................ 23%
is   and  Ms............ 24
Ms.......................-24M
Manhattan, pails..................30
P eerless......................  
18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18.

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COFFEE—«BEEN

Mocha..................I ..........25@28
Mandating....... ...............25@26
’O G  Java......................... 24@25
Java...................................23@24
Mar icabo........................ 18® 19
Costi R ica........................   @19
M exican.........................   @19
Santos...............................15@18
Bio,  fancy.......................18@19
Bio,  prim e.......................16@17
Bio,  common.................. 14@15
To  ascertain cost o f roasted 
coffee, add Me per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

30 lbs 60 fts 100 ftb
18%
Lion.................. 
19M
Lion, in cab... 
Dilworth’s __  
18%
18%
M agnolia........  
18%
A cm e...-* ,....18%  18% 
18%
German  . . . . . .  
19
German, bins. 
18%
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
16%
Avorica 
“ 
McLaughlin’s X X X X  
18% 
COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.
Arbuckle’s Avorica.............16M
“  Quaker C ity.. . — 17%
“  Best R io...................18M
*’  Prime Maricabo.. .20%

CORDAGE.

CRACKERS.

60foot Ju te.....................1 1 0
73 foot J u te ...........................1 40.
4oFootCotton................ .....1  50
60 foot Cotton........................ 1 60
60 foot Cotton........................ 1 75
72 foot Cotton........................2  00
Kenosha Butter....................7M
Seymour  B utter..................A
B utter.............. ........................6 *
Family  Butter......................6
Fancy B utter........................5M
Butter  B iscuit..................... ..6%
B o sto n ................................... ..7%
City Soda..................................8
Soda.............. .................. 
S ola Fancy............................5M
S.  O yster................................ 6
P ic n ic........................ 
...;...6
Fancy  Oyster__ .'................5%

 

CANNED FISH.

Clams, 1 lb, Little  N eck__ 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 lb.............. 2  15
Cove Oysters, 1  lb  stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oyéters, 2 lb  stan d .. .1 70
Lobsters, 1 lb picnic.............1  75
^Lobsters, 2 lb, picnic............ 2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft  star.................1  95
Lobsters. 2 lb star................ 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 35
Mackerel, 1 fl> stand.............
Mackerel, 2»  stand 
....
Mackerel,3 lb In Mustard. .3 25
Mackerel. 3  B>  soused.........3 35
Salmon, lib  Columbia.........2 30
Salmon, 2 fl> 
3 50
Salmon. 1 lb Sacram ento...1 90 
Salmon, 2 ft 
.. .2 75
Sardines, dom estic %s.  ... 
7
Sardines,  domestic M s... 10@11 
Sardines,  Mustard  M s...  9@10 
Sardines,  imported  %s..l2@13 
Sardines,  spioed, Ms* • ». .10@12 
Trout. 3 4>  brook...........
CANNED FRUITS.

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M , 

pgd 

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

Apples, gallons,  stand.......2 30
Blackberries,  stand............ 1 30
Cherries, red standard....... 1 60
Cherries,  pitted.........1  85@1 90
Damsons........................1  25@1 35
Egg Plum s, stand.................1  50
Gooseberries............ ............1 65
Grapes 
95
Green Gages................— . .1 50
Peaches,  all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds................ 2 25
Feaphes, p ie............. .1  60@1 65
Peaitt............ ......... 
••••!  30
Pineapples,...................1  40@2 75
Q u in ces.................................1 50
Raspberries, extra...............1 50
l  50
Strawberries................i  25@1 40
^Whortleberries......................1 30
'■  CANNED VEGETABLES
00
Asparagus, Oyster B a y ...
Beans, Lima, sta n d .......... 
85
Beads, Green Lim as..  @1 40
Beans,  String.............1  00@1 20
90
Beans,Btringless, Erie 
Beans, Lewis’ Boston B a k .l 
Corn.  Archer’s  T rophy.... 
MornG’ry .l 15
s”  s 
>«•  î 
Early Gold.l 15
Peas,  F r e n c h ................. 160
Béas; extra marrofat.l 20@1 40 
BeaSr s o a k e d ...............  90
>«’’  it June, sta n d ....  @160
Y
sifte d ..............2 00
i: “   French, extra fixe. .20 00 
Mushrooms, extra fine....20 00
Fùmpkin, 3 fi> Golden.........100
Succotash.8tandard__ 80@1 30
Squash........ .............. . . ; . . . . l  25
Tomatoes, Red  Coat  O  1 20 
Good Enough  1  20 
.  “ ]< 
B enH ar  .......1  20
“ !• 
i  “ 
stand b f.l  15@  1 20
Apples, evaporated.. .9M910 

, 
DRIED FRUITS.

“  :  su n d ried .....  6M@  7M 

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CHEESE.

Michigan fu ll cream .. .8M@9M
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron, in d r u m .....  .; ...  22
“ 
in b o x e s....................24
Currants.  .  . 
...... 7  @7%
Lemon  P eel....* ...........1 4
Orange P e e l......... . . . . . . . 1 4

T u rk ey,.......... . 

.  Im perial.. . . . . 6%@6M
4M
Raisins, D eh esia ..,..............8 6u
Raisins, London Layers___3 10
Raisins, California  ’*  — St 50 
Raisings Loose M uscatels. .210

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REEDER, PALMER  & OO.

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  LYGONING  RUBBER  GO.,

2 4   P e a r l   S t ,   G r a n d   R a p i d a ,   M l o h . , TmEPHONJ!

P E R K I  I T S   «So
Hides, Furs, Wool & TaHow,

DEALERS IN

NO. 998.

N O S.  1 2 3   a n d   1 3 4   L O U IS S T R E B T , G R A N D   R A P I d A h I
MILL  I

WE CABBY A STOCK OF CAKB TALLOW FOB

CHIGAN.
USB.

EATON M O N ,

Importers,

Jobbers and

Retailers o f

BOOKS.
K

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

W e also manufacture a  full  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKS 

■|  M ICH.

THESE GOODS ARE “PAR EXCELLENCE”
Pure, Healthful and Reliable,  warranted to give satis­
faction in every particular.  For sale by wholesale and 
retail grocers throughout tht United  State-*.  Vo u w ie 
Bros., Manufacturers. Cleveland and Chicago.

D.  D.  COOK,
Talley City Show Case Factory,
SHOW GASES

PROPRIETOR OF THE

MANUFACTURER  OF

---- AND----

P rescription  Cases,

My Prices are  Lower than any of My Compet­

itors.  Send for Catalogues.

21 Scribner  Street, Grand  Rapids.

TELEPHONE 374.

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

PROPRIETOR OF

JOBBER OF

Oranges,  Lemons, Bananas, Butter,  Eggs 

and Egg Crates.

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

named that are unsurpassed.

I  aim  to  handle  the  best  that  can  be  obtained. 
Mail orders filled promptly at lowest market price.  A 
liberal discount on Egg Crates and fillers in large lots.
SALESROOM, 
-  No. 9  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

ADDRESS

GRAHAM ROYS,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

w  H  I  
Fs
At Lowest S u r  Prices
-A.. H I M E S ,

Or d e r   y o u r  coal  of

^ 

Office p.nder National  City  Bank.  New 

Yards, Shawmut A re., W inter and 

W, Division  Sts.

TELEPHONE  CALL 490-2.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Grand Rapids Savings Bant

OF  THE  :

At the close of business, July 2,1888. 

RESOURCES.

 

 

 
 

Loans and Discounts........................  .$432.451.13
 
Mortgages........................... 
87,337.02
School Bonds.............................  
2,000.00
Stocks......................................................   3,346.00
895.00
Land Contracts......................................  
10.404.55*
Real E state... 
Furniture and Fixtures.............. 
 
3,249.79
Overdrafts..............................................  
209.04
Cheoks and Cash Item s..$ 9,181.90
Dne from other Banks...66.218.39
Coin, Nickels and Pennies...  2.332.54
Currency.........................  16,680.00 

94,352,83
$634,244.35
Capital.................................... 
$150,000.00
Undivided Proflts..............  
3,422.82
 
Due Depositors.....................................  476,321.54
Dividends U npaid................. ............ 
4,600.00
$634,244.36
I do solemnly  swear  that  the  above  state­
ment is true to the best of my  knowledge and 
belief. 
Subscribed and sworn to  before  me  this 2d 
day of July, A. D., 1888.

LIABILITIES.
 

F. A. HALL, Cashier.

C. A. WALL, Notary Public.

STANTON, SAMPSON l GO.,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular” 

Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

State  agents  for Celuloid  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave.,

DETROIT, 

-  MICHIGAN.

GEO.  F.  OWEN,  Grand  Rapids;

Western Michigan Salesman.

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.

f f E R

Chicago.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater S t , CH ICAGO.
Reference
Felsenthal.  Gross  & Miller. Bankers, 

CHAS. A. C0YE

m anufacturer  of

Horse and W agon Covers, 

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

W ide Ducks, etc.

Telephone  106.

73 CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS.

Dissolution  Notice.

Notice  is hereby  given  that  the copartner­
ship heretofore existing between Richard 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. 

Ric h a r d V a n  B och o ve,
A bra m  Sa n f o r d.

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

"ROSTS  PATE''1 
S3X  rASTENEIV
; ,,'v

P A T .s ^ e ja i® . 

&  GO.

Richmond  &  Seymour,
Packing Boxes, 

BUGS. OF ALI. XIKDS
Shipping Cases,

Egg Crates, eto,

4  a n d  6  E r ie  S t., 
G R A N D   R A P I D S

. . . . .  W ARRANTED TO B E  THE
FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
For the money in the U. S.  CsTPut up 60 In a box.  Ask 
JOHN E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

Send for prices.
Offer N o.  173.

FREE—To Merchants Only:  An 
elegant  silver-plated  W ater Pitcher* 
frosted and richly  carved; height,  13 
inches.  Address at once, R. W . Tan- 
sill & Co., 55  State St., Chicago.
FERMENTUM!

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

m s
Errand Rapids Seed Store,

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

1

Manufacture  of Quinine.

I D r u g ë  &  f lf o e b id n e s

et&ry tni

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER », 1884.

S ta te  B o a r d   o f  P h a r m a c y .

D e tr o it P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty .

MML  ayward.  w 
i

M ic h ig a n   S tate  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

President—Arthnr Bassett, Detroit.
P in t Vice-President—G. M. Harwood, Petoskey. 
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild.  Grand Rapids. 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—S. E-Parkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrum,  Frank  Inglis.
A, H. Lyman, John E. Peek, E. T. Webb.
Local Secretary—James Vemor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—jit Detroit, September 4,6,6 and,?.

S i  Yea™—Jacob Jeaeon, Muskegon.
Two Years—James Vemor, Detroit-.
Three Years—Ottm&r Eberbach, A n n   Arbor.
Tour Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Mvw Years—Stanley E. Parkell, Owosso.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Wesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Yemor.
'  Next Meeting—At  Lansing,  on  November t,  7 and 8. 
Candidates will please report at 9 a. m. the second day 
ofm eetiag.

G ra n d   R a p id s  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety .
President—H. E. Locher. 
Y ice-President—J. W. Hay
Secretary—Frank H. Escott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. 
Board of Censors—President.  Vice-President  Mid Sec­
retary.
Board of Trustees—The President,  John  E. Peck,  Geo, 
G. Steketee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg.  I 
wen, Isaae Watts, Wm. E. white and Vm.  L.  White.
Committee on Trade  Matters—Jonn Peck, F.  J. Wurz­
burg, W. H. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation—J.  w .  Hayward,  Theo, 
Eemink, W. H. Van Leuwen.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  White,  John  Muir, 
M. B. Kimm.
Regular  Meetings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November.

From the  Chemist aud Hraggist.
t  Within the last twenty years the growing 
of  the bark has been  established  in  India, 
and the  alkaloid is now  successfully made 
at the  government works  at Sikkim.  The 
whole of  the quinine .in  yellow bark can be 
extracted in a form undistinguishable, either 
chemically or physically, from the best brands 
of European manufacture;  This can be done 
so cheaply that so langits the supply of bark 
iis kept up, quinine nteed  never cosf  govern­
ment much above 25 rupees per pound.]  It 
is  pointed  out  th a t the  price of Eugiisp 
made quinine in  the! London  ma&ei  Is fet 
the present time  somewhere  about this fig­
ure.
The  bark  is first  reduced  to  powder by 
means of  a Carter’s disintegrator,  and  this 
powder  Is  passed thiough  a  scalper,  the 
sieves of which are made of silk  and  have 
120  meshes  to  the  lineal  inch.  This ex­
tremely fine  powde^ iq  the  proportion  of 
100 parts, is ipixed with  8 parts of couimeiv 
cfal  caustic  soda  dissolved  in 500 pakts of 
water, and there is then  added 600 parts of 
a mixture of fusel-oil T part  and  kerosene 
oil 4 parts.  Slaked  lime  may be  used, in­
stead  of  the  caustic  soda,  15  parts  of  it 
being intimately mixed  with  the powdered 
bark before the water is added.  The whole 
mixture—bark,  alkali,  water,  and  oils—is 
next thoroughly agitated  in barrels for four 
hours, then  allowed  to  rest,  and  the  oily 
layer drawn  off from  the  top.  This oil is 
again  agitated  for five or ten minutes with 
Water acidulated  .with  hydro-chloric or sul­
phuric acid, whereby the  alkaloids, are dis­
solved out from the oil.  Separation is again 
effected,  the  oil  being  transferred  to  the 
bark mixture, and  agitated  with it for two 
or three hours;  again drawn off and washed 
as  before  in  the  same  acidulated  liquor. 
This  process  is  repeated a third or fourth 
time,  ot until it is  found  by testing a sTna.il 
quantity of  the oil  that  the  bark has  been 
thoroughly exhausted of  its alkaloids.  The 
quantity of  acid  required  to  take  up  the 
alkaloids  from the oils  depends, of coarse, 
on the quality of  bark operated on. 
If  the 
bark contains 4 per cent, of alkaloids, about 
2  pounds  of  sulphuric  acid  mixed  in  20 
gallons  of  water  is  sufficient  The  after 
treatment of the  acidulated  solution  of  al­
kaloids  is  simple.  The  solution  is  first 
neutralized  with  ammonia  or soda and  set 
aside to crystallize.  The  crystals  are  col 
lected on a cloth and drained, then dissolved 
in about fifty times  their  weight of  boiling 
water,  and  filtered  hot through a little an­
imal charcoal.  On cooling  after  filtration, 
the crystals again form  and  are  separated 
as before  from  the  mother-liquor by filtra­
tion.  The crystalline mass obtained is then 
placed  in  small  lumps  on sheets of  white 
blotting paper  stretched on slabs of  plaster 
of  Paris.  By this  means  they are  practi­
cally dried.  They are  afterward thoroughly 
dried by being  laid  on  blotting  paper in a 
room  heated to about 10 degrees  above the 
The  free  list, as  now  agreed  on  by the 
temperature of  the open air.  The foregoing 
House in committee  of  the  whole, includes 
presents the salient points of Mr.  Gammie’s 
the  following  articles of  interest  to  drug­
process  for  the  manufacture of  “sulphate 
gists :
of  quinine.”  The resulting  product doubt-
Salt,  in  bags,  sacks,  barrel!  or  other j
-----.J B I
packages or in bulk,  when  imported  from  I f  P°ntato8  other  alkaloids than quinine,
but  in  what  proportion there is nothing to 
any country which  does  not  charge an im­
indicate. » 
port  duty  upon  salt  exported  from  the 
United States.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 18*8.
President—J. W. Caldwell.
First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.  .
Second Vice-President—F. D. Stevens.
Secretary and Treasurer—B. W. Patterson. 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—G. S. Purvis.
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in Jane,
Regular Meetings—First Wi
C e n tr a l  M ic h ig a n   D r u g g is ts ’ A sso c ia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Secretary, R. M. Mosseli.
B e r r ie n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President, H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart.
President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. S. Wallace.
C h a r le v o ix  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty  
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

M on roe  C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 
President, S. M. Sackett;  Secretary, Julius Weiss.
M u sk e g o n  C o u n ty   D r u g g is ts ’  A sso c ia tio n , 
President, B. C. Bond;  Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

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

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo. L. LeFevre.
N e w a y g o   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

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

J a c k s o n   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l A ss’n . 
K a la m a z o o  P h a r m a c e u tic a l A sso c ia tio n . 

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

Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 

C lin to n   C o u n ty   D r u g g is ts ’  A sso c ia tio n . 

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, D. O. Roberts;  Secretary, D. McDonald.

M u sk eg o n   D r u g   C lerks*  A sso c ia tio n . 

President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, Q, E. Foote.

lnesday In J 
ednesday in each mondi.

The  Free  List.

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and  other bark used

caustic potash. 
or  saltpetre,  crude. 

Phosphorus.
Soap stocks,  fit only for use as such.
Soap,  hard  and  soft,  all  which  are  not

Beeswax.
Glycerine, crude,  brown or  yellow, of the 
specific  gravity of  1.25  or less at a temper­
ature of  60 degrees Fahrenheit, not purified 
by refining or distilling.

statute, sulphate of  alumnia  and aluminous 
•cake and alum in crystals or ground. 
and all artificial mineral waters. 
ufactured. 
crude borax. 

Sheep dip.
Extract of  hemlock 
for tanning.
Indigo, extracts of, and carmined.
Iodine,  resublimed.
Oil, croton. 
%
Hempseed and rapeseed oil.
Cottonseed oil.
Petroleum.
__ 
Alumina, alum,  patent  alum,  alum  sub-  ®  ,ici? e8,  No  explanation 

Crusade  Against  Proprietary  Goods.
An  attack  on  the  perennial  proprietary 
medicine  problem  will be one of  the  inter­
esting features of the German Medical Con­
gress, to be  held,  soon.  The  committee in 
charge of  the  matter  intend  to  submit the 
following  propositions  for  consideration : 
First,  that
public  announcement  of
otherwise specially enumerated or  provided I Pate“t medicines, even when their composi-
_/»_ 
I flAn  Id  Votr/in 1 /t/1  nUn.,1 J 
tion  is revealed,  should not be allowed; sec 
for.
ond,  that in outside pharmaceutical practice 
stricter precautions against the sale of such 
medicines should be taken;  and,  third,  that 
steps should be taken to restrict  the  whole 
sale trade in patent  medicines.
The  committee’s  report  will  prove very 
disappointing  to  the  outside  public,  as n< 
reasons are assigned  for  restricting or pro 
hibiting the sale of  proprietary (not patent)
morlininaa 
«
,!r character, or why a wholesale condem 
I nation 18  ius^fied,  but  the  jealous  motive 
All imitations of  natural  mineral  waters  "as  been  made  apparent  by the  previous 
I tirades of  abuse  heaped  upon the innocent
Baryta,  sulphate of,  or  barytes,  unman-! maniifacturer8  and  dealers.  Practitioners 
j ar®ln a position to  detect  the  evil or bene-
Boracic  acid,  crude,  borate of  lime, and 1 
e®ecte  from the  use of  medicine, and
I 
are  not  slow  to  take advantage of  a
Copper,  sulphate of, or blue vitriol.“ 
discovery  inimical  to  the  interests  of the 
manufacturers,  but  it  is  very seldom that
Iron,  sulphate of, or copperas. 
Potash,  crude,  carbonate,  or  fused  and 
necessary to  condemn a  prepa- 
ration from  practical  demonstration  of  its
Chlorate of  potash and nitrate of  potash, 
r®?u^ s  when  used, and this factii 
| ®^dence that a great  majority of  the  rem-
J ®^ies  are  honestly made  and carry out the
Sulphate of potash. 
It  is  well 
Sulphate  of  soda,  known  as  salt  cakp,  representations of  the  owners. 
_  -Ilmma.tein *he  warfare  against  this
Class of goods, and  wipe  out  of existence 
those  barefaced  swindles  which  not  only 
rob the afflicted but  seud  the victims to an 
early  grave.  Practitioners  in  the  United 
States  have  not  shown  any  hostility  for 
sometime,  and  many of  them  have  been 
known to  recommend  certain  remedies  to 
their patients.  Such a magnanimous  spirit 
ought to  prevail  among the doctors in Ger­
many.  The  outcome of the  agitation will
importance and have no bearing on the 
'trade.

crude or refined, or  nitrate  cake,  crude or I 
refined, and Glauber’s salt.
Sulphur, refined, in  rolls.
Wood tar.
Coal tar, crude.
Aniline oil and its homolognes.
Coal tar, products  of,  such  as  naphtha, 
Alizarine.and other colors of  anthracene. 
All preparations of  coal tar,  not colors or 
Logwood and other  dye  woods, extracts 
i  - 
Spirits of turpentine.
-Ocher and ochery earths.
Umber and umbery earths.
Sienna, and sienna earths, when dry. 
„ ______ P  
Florida promises to  become  a  large pro
Whale, seal,  salad,
olive  and  neatsfoot  ducer of °Pium.  The  poppy  grows  there 
«oil.
veiY readily, and larger than anywhere else
All barks, beans, berries,  balsams,  buds,
. 
Uni t ed States.  Sixteen  plants  will
tralbs, bulbous roots and  excrescences,  such j Pr°duce  an  ounce  of  opium,  and an acre
as  nutgalls,  fruits,  flowers,  dried  fibres,  should give a profit of  a  thousand  dollars, 
grains, gams and gum rosins, herbs, leaves, J 
Plants will  thrive  among  trees,  the 
i  lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, veg-  land on which are  young  and  non-bearing 
etables, seeds mid  seed of  morbid  growth,  oran£® orchards  can  be  utilized  while the 
weeds,  woods used expressly for dyeing and  trees are reaching maturity.  The fact should 
•dried  insects,  any of the  foregoing  which P®  recognized,  however,  that  the  poppy 
are not edible and not specially  enumerated J w® 
plants  containing  numerous  alka- 
•or provided  for. 
tends
All  non-dutiable  crude  minerals,  but j to exhaust the soil, and  hence  the  present 
which have  been  advanced In value or con- J proposed experiment  of  planting  poppies 
dition  by refining  or  grinding,  or by other  among immature orange trees will probablv
specially 
i  process  of  manufacture  not 
faiL  Either the oranges or the poppies will 
enumerated or provided for.
be deficient in quality or in quantity.
All earths or clays  unwrought  or unman­
ufactured.
Opium, crude* containing nine per centum 
an d   over  of  morphia,  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses.

There are few changes to note this week. 
Opium  is  steady.  Quinine 
is  a  little 
firmer.  Morphia  has  declined,  oil  anise 
is  tending  higher.  Lycopodium  is  very
is
I impossible to get small  packages.  Thede-
Chicory root, ground, burned or prepared. I “ and  for  this  article  is very large.  Gum 
Acorns  and  dandelion  root, raw or pre- j camphor is a trifle lower 

Antimony as  regulus or metal.
Quicksilver.
Mineral  substances in a crude  state  and

dyes, and not acids of colors and dyes.
- 
and decoctions of.

metals unwrought, not specially enumerated I 
•or provided tor. 

I loids or highly complex  compounds, 

benzine,  benzole, dead oil and pitch. 

Florida to Produce Opium.'

^  Tu*  8farce  a“d 

The Drug Market.

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pared, and all other articles used or intended' 
to be used as coffee  or  substitutes  therefor j 
not specially enumerated or  provided for.
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Cocoa, prepared or manufactured.
Bristles. 
Tallow. 
Primuline. 
Finishing powder. 
Grease.
Hemp  and
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If the  Massachusetts  workmen  chose to 
•b®*8 poorly,  and in as humble  houses, as 
the EngUsh workmen,  they could save thlr- 
i ty-five per cent of  their  earnings,  against 
two per cent °f tbe  Englishmen.  The  re­
port shows that Bib  maximum  wages m id 
Massachusetts  labor  is  double that paid to

R E C O M M E N D E D   B Y   Ç M M E N T  PHYSICIANS

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Lipiiiy
e x t r a c t  o f

M A L T   J   H O P S
FOR  S A L E   B Y   ALL  D R U G G I S T S

78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9,1888. 
Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Ge n t le m en—I  duly  received  the  case  of 
your “Best” Tonic and have since had a great 
many m this institution.  I must say that the 
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debilitated 
patients  have  been  most satisfactory, espec- 
: ally to those in a  stage of  recovery  after  se­
vere sickness.
I write this  thinking you might like to have 
my opinion  on  its  merits.  I  certainly  shall 
prescribe  it  in future, where the  system  re­
quires building up. either from constitutional 
weakness or otherwise.

Yoars truly,

Wm. Gr a y , M. D. 
Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

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

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 18.1888. 

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

E l ia s Wil d m a n , M. D .

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888.

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

Gen t le m en- As a matter of personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
cases of impaired, nutritition.  The results in­
dicate that it is/an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly your*

E. W. F le m in g,  M. D.

•  Troy, New York, January 26,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„
De a r Snts—Your agent’left me a sample o f  
your liquid extract, Malt, and as  I   use  ranch 
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare 
your Product with  some from another  house 
1 had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  in 
the  great essential,  the  palitdble  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 a y F is k , M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best B r e w i n g  Co.,
Gentlem en—I  have  used the “Best” T onio 
with  most  gratifying  results in  my  case  o f  
dyspepsia.  My case was  a bad  one, 1  had n o  
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom - 
looking  as  though  I  had  consumption 
and after taking this tonic I  never felt better 
in  my life.  I think it  will cure a bad case o f  
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for  that. 
ca se* 

Wm. O. J aeg er.

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

Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place. N. Y., 
Gentlem en—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 art!- 
cie.  I  will  not  hesitate  to  recommend it  in 
every case of debility  where  a  Tonic of  that 
kind is indicated.

Respectfully.

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

New Orleans, La., April 6,1888.

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

Very respectfully,

D.  B o r n io, M  D.

For gale Bv

Grand Rapids,

Mich.

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Pharmacopoeia Unreliable.

The complaints made against the  United 
States Pharmacopoeia have been augmented 
by an important communication in a leading 
drug journal which points out  the  errors ip 
that official publication relative  to  the spé­
cifie gravity and odor  of  bay  oil.  A buyer 
discovered that his purchases failed to yield 
the result supposed to be  standard, and the 
seller being called upon for  an explanation, 
has  given? the  reason  why.  The learned 
gentlemen who compiled the Pharmacopeia 
wefe  evidently  misled, by :an  adulterated 
sample of pay oil in arriving at their strange 
conclusions.  This  suspicion  is  cobfifopidí 
by the statement that “the'Odor  of  bay  oiP 
is clove-like,M  and by  the  specific  gravity 
giyçp, which is said  to  represent a greater 
density than it is possible  fpr hay;oil |o  4t? 
tain.  The  Pharmacopoeia  ôôninilttee* un­
doubtedly worked upon a mixture  of  clove 
and bay*oils to reach the unreliable  résulté;! 
The investigation Pi this* particular  ease fn 
a sad commentary on their ability  to detect 
adulterations, and the  evident  carelessness 
with which the test was conducted, gives an 
opportunity for well-deserved censure.
A very poor opinion of the Pharmacopoeia 
is entertained in the appraisers’ department 
of  the  New  York  Custom  House,  where 
opium tests have to be made by other meth­
ods than the one described and recommend­
ed as the  standard,  The  drug  examiners

found it necessary to appeal to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for a  rule  of  instructions, 
®hd_a combinatimi ¡of two . outside processes 
having been  found satisfactory,  it has been 
used exclusively ever since1.
It is  alleged  that  the  compilers  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia did not deein.it necessary to 
solicit suggestions or consult] with  eminent 
authority  outside  of  their ; select  circle, 
hence no one is to blame fo r. the  mistakes 
except themselves. 
It is to he  hoped  that 
the revision in 1890 will be on a  better  and 
more reliabieiibasis, and that the  persons* in- 
W is e   of J t   wil|  nb# lie  gHidedlnlheii? 
movements by petty jealousies. 
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Detroit  Drug  Notes.

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6f.  K;  Perry, 

the  popular  Woodward 
javSnue druggist,  is visiting friends in Cleve- 
land.......... 
..  „  .;
C. A. Poole,  of  Thinfer avenue, is.an  offi­
cer  in  the  State  militia-  and  is  at  Camp 
Luce,  Mackinac]  -;-

-  r............£.....  I 

The Detroit druggists  were royally enter­
tained in Cleveland by the druggists of that 
city.  Places of  interest  were  visited,  they 
were  driven  around  the  city in  carriages 
and everything possible was done  to  make 
the visit a pleasant one.  The  Detroit men 
showed  their  appreciation by beating them 
at a game of  ball by the score of  13 to 7.

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

Advanced—Nothing.
Declined—Morphia P. & W., morphia N. Y.

Importers and  Jobbers  of

DEALERS IN

Patent  Medicines, 
Paints,  Oils, 
Varnishes,

WE  ARE  SOLE  PROPRIETORS OF

Capsid Fructus, af.,
Capsioi Fructus, po..
Capsid Fructus, B po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)
Carmine, No. 40........
Cera Alba, S. & F ,...  ■
Cera F lava.*.........;
Coccus  .......................
Cassia Fructus..........
Centrarla...............
Cetaceum........
Chloroform...............
Chloroform,  Squibbs
Chloral Hya Crst.......I
Chondrus........ .........
Cinchonidine, P. & w  
Cinchonidine, Ger’an 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
Creasotum............
Creta, (bbl. 75)...-...
Creta  prep.................
Creta, predp...........
Creta Rubra...........
Crocus  ..............v.  -
Cudbear.....__ ___
Cupri Sulph........ ..  6®
Dextrine. . . . . . . . . . .   10®
Ether Sulph..............   68®
Emery, all numbers.  ® 
Emery, p o ........__   @

c en t.......

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RADIX.

SEMEN.

Potass  Nitras, opt...  8®
Potass Nitras............ 
7®
Prussiate...................  25®
Sulphate po..............  15®
Aconitum ..................   20®
A lth ae........................
Anchusa....................
Arum,  po..................
Calamus......................
Gentiana,  (po. 15).... 
Glycbrrhiza,  (pv.’IS). 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)......................
Hellebore,  Alba,  po. 
15®
16
Inula, p o ...
Ipecac, po.................. 2 25
Ins plox (po. 20®22)..
Jalapa,  pr...............
Maranta, 
.............
Podophyllum,  p o....
Rhei  ................ .........
“  cut......................
“  P V .........................
Spigelia......................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  ®
Serpentaria.......... 
3C@  36
  55®  6G
Senega...................  
Smilax, Officinalis, H  ®  40 
M  @  20
Scillae,  (po. 35)..........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foe-
tidus, po...................  ®  25
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  ®  25 
German..  15®  20
Zingiber a ................ 
  10®  15
Zingiber  j . / ...............  18®  32
Anisum, (po.2C)........   @  15
A pi urn  (graveleons).  10®  12
Bird,is..........4® 
6
Carni,  (po. 18)........ 
  12®  15
Cardamom................1  00® i 25
Goriandrum........... 
  10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa.....  dVi® 4K
Cydonium..................   75@1 00
Chenopodium  ..........  10®  12
Dipteri x  Odorate 
1  75@1 85
Foeniculum...............  @  15
Foenugreek, po........   6®  8
Lini............,...................3V4®  4
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  ..  3)4®  4
Lobelia........................  35®  40
Pbalaris  Canarian...  3^@4yt
5®,  6
Rapa........................... 
Sinapis,  Albu__ .... 
3
Nigra........ 
11®  13
SPIRITUS. 
Frumenti, W..D. Co..2 00@2 50 
Frumenti, D. F. R .... 1 75@2 00
Frumenti ...................1 10@1 5P
JuniperisCo.  O.T...1 75@l 75
Juniperis Co..-..........1 75@3 50
Saacharum  N. E .... .1 75®2 09 
Spt, Vini G alli.......1 75@6 60
Vini Oporto...............1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba............... 
1  25@2 00
SPONGES
Florida sheens’wool
carriage.............,...2 25@2 50
Nassau sheeps’wool
carnage.
Velvet Extra sheets’
wool carriage........
Extra Yellow sheeps’ 
ca rria g e.,;.......
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage..................
Hard for slate  use.. 
Yellow Reef, for slate 
use........ ...................
Accacia.......... ...........
Zingiber.....................
Ipecac........ ...............
Ferri Iod.................. ..
Auranti Cortes.......
Rhei Arom.................
Smilax Officinalis__
Co..
Senega.......... .
Scillae........ ........... .
Co.....................
Tolutan........ ..............
Prunus virg...............
TINCTURES. 
Aconitum Napellis R 
F
Aloes.............
and myrrh.......
Arnica........................
Asafoetida..................
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin......................
C o ..._____
Sanguinaria...............
Barosma...........
Cantharides.........
Capsicum........ i..........
Cardamon..................
Co...............
Castor.........................
Catechu......................
Cinchona.......... .
Co.................
Columba..................
Conium ....................
Cubeba......................
Digitalis.,..................
E rg o t..,.;.,...............
G entian.......... §.......
c o . . . . . . . ........
Guaica ...i..* ........
ammon.......
Zingiber....... .
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine.. .....,,........
Colorless__ _
Ferri Ghl  ridum__ _
.....’........
K in o...,. 
Lobelia...-........ .
M yrrh....J, 
NuxVomfc«  .......^
p
i
O
............
Camphorated... 
Deodor.  .......
Auranti C ortex......
Q uassia..............
K hatany.......^........
Rhei  ....  ........ .........
Cassia  Acutifol__ _
Co...
Serpentaria  ..  __
Stramonium.............
T olutan.,..................
Valerian.;.  ...............
Veratrum Veride__

SYRUPS.

ACIDUM.

 

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BACCAE.

3®  
io®  

8® 10
A c e tic u m ......................... 
80®1  00
B enzoicum , Germ an 
B o racic........................... 
30
C arb olicu m ....................  45®  50
C itr ic u m .........................  SO®  65
5
H y d ro ch lo r.................. 
N itr o c u m ........................  10® 12
O x a lic u m .............. .. 
is
Phosp horioum   d ll... 
20
Salicylicum  ................. 1  70@2  05
Su lp n u rleu m ..................  13i®5
T an n lcu m ............................1  40®1 60
T a rta rieu m ....................  50® 53
AMMONIA.
A qua, 16  d e g .:............ 
3®  
5
18  d e g ___. . . . .  
6
4® 
C arbonas......................  
  n ®  13
C h lorid u m ...................  12®  14
ANILINE.
B h c k ..........................  
2 00@2 25
B row n ...........................  
  80®1 00
R ed .....................................  45®  50
Y ellow .........................   .2  50@3  00
Gubebae  (po.  1  80___1  75®1  85
Ju n ip eru s  ................  . 
8®  10
X a n th o x y lu m ............  25®  30
BALSAMUM.
C op aib a............................  65®  70
P e r u .....................................  @1 50
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Terebin,  Canada.__   50®
■“  55
50
Tolutan......................  45®
CORTEX.
Abies,  Canadian.....
Cassiae  ......................
Cinchona Flava......
Eaonymus  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Yirgini........
Quillaia,  grd..............
Sassfras............
Ulmus.................
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)
EXT H ACTUM.
Glyc/nrhiza Glabra..
po-----   .
Haematox, 15 9>,dox..
I s . . . . . . . .
J4s  ------
Ms  . .....
FSRRUM«
Carbonate Precip__
Citrate and Quima...
Citrate Soluble..........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut  Chloride—
Sulphate, com’l ........ ltf

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

sru 

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26®

FOLIA.

FLORA.

GUMMl.

pure..........  

®
®
Arnica.........................  12®
Anthemis..................   45®
Matricaria..................  30®
Barosma....................   10®
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
nivelly......................  20®
“ 
Aix.  35®
Salvia  officinalis,  Ks
and  Hs...................  10®
Ura  Ursi....................   8®
®]
Acacia, 1st picked... 
...  ®
®
75®l
50®

2nd  “ 
“ 
3rd 
“ 
Sifted sorts.
“ 
“ 
p o .......... ......
Aloe, Barb,  (po. 60)..
“  Cape, (po. 20)...
“  Socotrr, (po. 60) 
Catechu,  Is,  (%s,  14
148. 16)......................
Ammoniac  ...............
Assafoetida,  (po. 30). 
Benzoinum
Campbotue 
Euphorbium, po.
Euph
Gaibanum.
Gamboge, po.......... .
Guaiaoum, (po. 45)...
Kino,  (po. 25)..............
Mastic............. .
Myrrh, (po.45)............
Opii, ipo. 4 40y.,r.......2
Shellac...........
bleached.......
Tragacanth. .. .. .. .. .
herba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium............... 
2
Eupatorium  . .. .. .. ..  
2
2
Lobelia  ...................... 
2
Majorum  ................... 
Mentha Piperita....... 
2
2
R u e ............. 
3
Tanacetum,  Y ..........  
2
Thymus. V .................  
2
MAGNESIA.
Calcined,  Pat__ ....  55®  61
Carbonate,  Pat........   26®  2!
Carbonate,  K. & M.. 
25
Carbonate,  Jennings
Absinthium..........5
Amygdalae, D ulc....
Amydalae, Amarae. .7
710 
A nlsi..........................1
l »5 
Auranti Cortex
50
Bergamli............... ...2 75@3 25
Cajiputl 
Caryophylli.............
Cedar.......... ..........
Chenopodii.............
Cinnamonii..............
Citronella  ...............v
Conium  Mao.......... .Ï
Copaiba.............
Gubebae  ...; ..........14
Exeehthitos__ _.'.
Erigeron.................. .1
Gaultheria... •....... .2
Geranium, I.... 
...
Gossipii, SéRUègal- ■ -. 
Hedeoma..... .T..... .1
Juniperi.... „AiV,....
La vend u la .. . . . . . ....,
Limonls.......................1
Mentha Piper. :........Z
Mentha Verid.......... 3
Morrhuae,  g u i........

m100 

14 60 
1 00 
30

Y ir.......... 

OLEUM.

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Picis Liquida,(gai. 35). 1<
Rioini  .¿;.;VrSjv,.V..T'lî
Rosmarini.................
Rosae,  l ......................
Suocjpi  „ . .. i l __ _
S ab in a ......,.;..........
Santal....... . . . . . . , . . r.8
Sassafras...  . . . __ ,
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Thym e..........
o p t...............
Tbeobronias...;.........
POTASSIUM.
BiCarb..............
Bichromate........
Bromide
Garb__ . .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Chlorate, (Po. 30)...  ;
Cyanide..
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa,  Bltart, corn

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MISCELLANEOUS. 

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Æ ther, Spts N it, 3 F..  26® 
Æ ther, 8p ts N it, 1 E..  30®
A lu m e n ___2)4®
Alumen,  ground,  (p-
0 . 7 ) . ....................... Z .  
3®
A n n etto  .
.
. 55®
Antimoni,  p o ..........  4®
A ntim oni e t P otass T 
A n tip y rin . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J
Argenti Nitras,  3___
A r se n ic u m ................ ..
Balm Gilead  Bud....
Bismuth S.  N ............9
Calcium Chlor, Is, (54 s
lir ia s ,  12)....... . 
®   9
Cantharides Russian, 
p o M..............................   ®2  10

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20

15

 

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27

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60&10, lesS.  ..  ■

W EAtHitm 
MICMAN

&C.  Co....iv.....;.2  15@2 40X

Whiskies, 
Brandies,

3
  5?
g alla . .................. 
@  23
7®  8
Gambier...................  
Gelatin, Coopor..:...  ®  go
Gelatin, French........   40®  60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue,  BrownT. ..........   9®
Glue, W h i t e .: ____  13®
Glycerina.... .. .. .. ..   23®
Grana  Para<Jisi.____  @
Humulus  .....  .;... 
25®
Hydrarg Chlpr. Mite.  ®
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.  ®
Hydrarg Ox.Rubfum  @
Hydrarg Ammoniati.  @1
Hydrarg Unguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum _____  @
Ichthyocolla, Am __ 1 25® 1
Indigo
Iodine,  Resiibi. ! 2 . ! .4 $ m  10  We have in stock and offer a full line of
Iodoform 
Lupuline  ............L..!  85®1 w
0  JjycopodiuW.i'OiiA...  55®  60
.
. 80®  85
»  M
'  Liquor Arsen et fiy-
drarglod...............  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsini- 
10®  12
tlsf...... 
Magnesia, Sulph; (bbl
, l * ) v ............ 
2®  3
Manma, S. F ,..... :. . .  90@1 00 
Morphia,  S, P. &W.  2 25@2 50 
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q.
Moschus Canton
Myristica, No. 1.___
Nux  Vomica, (po. 20)
Os.  Sepia............... .  .
Pepsin  Saac, H. & P.
2 001  B. Co........ ...............
®2 00
Picis Liq, N. C.. H gal
<a
1  io I J ? z; v ..................... 
PioisLiq.,  quarts....  ®
LiQ-. Pints........   @
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).  ®
Piper Nigra,  (po.22).  ®
Piper Alba, (po. 36)..  @
P ii Burgun.......  .....   ®
14®  H
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.l  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H 
&P.D.C0.,doz....  .
Pyrethrum, pv..........
Quassiae....................
•uinia, S.P.&   W ....
Juinia, S, German,..
Rubia Tinctorum.,.. 
Saccharum Lactis pv
Salacin        ............,..3 40®3 50
Sanguis Draconis....  40® 
Santonine.... V. 
.
Sapo,  W..................
Sapo,  M.....................
Sapo, G....................
Seidlitz  Mixture.....
Sinapis............... .......
Sinapis, opt...............
Snuff, Maocaboy, Do.
Voes.........................
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do.
Voes.........................
Soda Boras, (po  11).. 10 
Soda et PotossTart..
Soda Carb..................
Soda, Bi-Carb............
Soda, Ash..................
Soda  Sulphas__ __ 
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Spts. Ether Co..........   50®
Spts.  MvrciaDom...
Spts, Myroia  Imp__
Spts  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2.25)..................... 
®2 35
Less 5c. gal.  cash  ten  days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  ®1  JO
Sulphur, Subl 
........  2H® 3u
Sulphur,  Roll............2V4® 3
Tamarinds..................   8®   10
Terebenth  Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae..: .........  50®  55
VaniUa  .................9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............. . 
7®  8

SOUK MASH WHISKEY. 

Dmiclsts’  Favorite  Rye  WMsiy,

W e  Give  Our  Personal  Attention
Mail Orders and  Guarantee Satisfaction 

Rums,

401  Plumbi Acet........ . 

æ 0050

W e Sell Liquors for  Medicinal Purposes 

-A N D -

only.

851 

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All Orders  are Shipped and Invoiced the

[ same day we receive them.

SEND  IN A TRIAL  ORDER.

Lb

OILS.

72
50
65
;  55  w» 

W hale,w inter....;...  70
Lard, extra...............  68 
Lard, No.  1............... .  46 
Linseed, pure raw  .1  52 
Linseed, boiled 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained............. . 
50
Spit As Turpentine...  39
p a in t s  Bbl 

R ed V en etia n ........•••Ik
Ochre, yeliQw  Mars  ,1H 
Ochre, yellow   B er. ..  l |f  
P u tty , com m ercial.. .2)4 
P u tty , strictly  p u re.,2)4  2Hi 
verm ilion  prim « Am:
e r ic a n ......................... 
V erm ilion,  E n glish .. 
G reen, P e n in su la r... 
Lead,  red.................. 
 
S i t i n g , ‘ w h ite Spaaf
¿ b it in g .  G ilders’___ 
@90
¿ h it© ,  P aris A m er’n  
110  
W hiting,  P aris  E ng. 
. ..............t 
c liff... 
148
P ion eer  Prepared
-T a in ts .........................1 20@ i  40
Sw iss V illa  Prepared * 
P a i n t s . . . . . . . ...........100@ i  20

J3®16
70®76 
ii% 7  
.5H®53&,

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VARNISHES.

N o .lT a r p   C o a c h ....! 10®1  20 
E xtra  T u r p . . . . J  60@1  70 
Coach B o d y . 7 5 ® 3   00
N o .lT u r p F u m ........ 1  00®110
E xtra T urk D am ar.. 1  55@1  60 
Jap an   D ryer,  N o.  1 
T u n » ............................  70®  75

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file  Michigan  Tradesman.

« ZWEX  OND  NO  FOAM."

Written for Th* T*id* ucah.

In answer  to  tiie  imuiy letters  tliat you
lav e not sent me in regard to writing an ar­
ticle  or  two on “ How to Manage »Store,”
I  have at last decided to give up  the corner 
grocery which for so many years  has  been 
my holding forth place  and. seeking the re- 
awwwnt of  my bade  lot and a barrel bead, 
will proceed to give  the  valuable  informa­
tion  that  years  of  observation  and  ex­
perience  have  stored /■■to. toy seven by nine 
bead.

the  night 

Now, as to my ability.  For years I  have 
lived  on  groceries.  Of coarse,  that  they 
have not all  bear  bought at one place Is no 
g r i t   of  mine.  X  lay  my  diversified  ex­
perience  to  purchasing  and places of pur- 
at  the door of  greedy and  rapacious 
dealers who have repeatedly insulted me by 
demanding  their  money.  This is a matter 
o f which 1 shall speak first. 
It is a matter 
of vital  importance  to  a  large  and  well- 
assurted  number  of people  who, tike  my­
self, have to live on  food. 
It is a matter of 
regret that so many of  us  have  to  live  on 
food, for if we could only form a “No Food 
TVust”—a  No  Food  Trust  composed  of 
stem  and determined men who would rather 
any time live on free lunch than buy food— 
we might bring  down  these  cowardly and 
rascally dealers  who  think  they  own  the 
earth. 
(Excuse the harsh language—I have 
just been informed by my boy that  Keating 
has refused to fill my kerosene can on tick.) 
Alas, the matter  stands  otherwise—a “No 
Trust  Food”  pool  stands  knocking at our 
very doors.  Why did  Christopher  Colum 
Urns  become  the  parent  of  his  country  if 
this ig the case ?  Why did  Patrick  Henry 
declare with  such  force of  truth  Cdhossett 
■  Exegia,  Hydro  Patlwtia ?  But  I   stray 
from  the  subject  The relation of money 
to   storekeeping  is  very  strange.  A  man 
opens up  a  store.  Any man  can  do  this 
Any  man  can  open a store,  and  open  it 
without  money—if 
is  dark 
enough and he has the  proper  implements 
That’s one  way. 
It is not a safe one;  per 
fiapg i  will not be stretching the matter i f ' 
m e a  Jacksonian  (Michigan)  term  (three 
years) and  say  that  it  is  not  the  safest 
(Hall  preferred).  You  go  to  a wholesale 
liffliy,  grocery  or  otherwise.  You  intro­
duce yourself  as a prospective merchant and 
“ there  you are, there you are!”  With two 
hundred  daddy  dollars  you  can  buy 
twelve  hundred  dollar  stock—and  chattel 
mortgage.  Well, you  open  your  store and 
prepate  for trade.  Perhaps, tike the letter 
in  the  song,  “it  never  comes,” perhaps it 
does.  Now, right  here  is where I  wish to 
show  you  where  the  average  merchant 
makes  his  mistake,  from  my  standpoint 
He  begins by selling at a close  profit  He 
Vim» studied (or  should) my celebrated work 
on “ Pushed to the Wall, or, Small Margins,” 
price twenty-five  cents, for sale at all news 
stands or will be  sent  post-paid  on  remit­
tance. 
(You may dock  me  the  usual  rate 
of advertising  for  above).  As  I said,  he 
ha« prepared himself  and  begins  business. 
Now, then, I come along and begin to trad? 
with him. 
I  am  of  dignified  appearance, 
and by  years of  practical  experience  know 
just  how  to  call attention to the delicwiea 
In  which  a  well-stocked 
should 
abound.  For  the  sake  of  the  few paltry 
dollars—dross—that  I  owe  him, this  mer­
chant insults me by asking  for  his money, 
mwi may even go so  far  as to lose my trade 
by  refusing  me  credit.  See  wherein  he 
« is .  The few dollars  that I  owe  him are, 
according to his theory and  for  the sake of 
argument, already lost. 
I am  at  times  so 
absent  minded  as  to  pay  cash  at  places 
where I  run an account.  Now, by refusing 
«1«  credit  he  loses  the  cash  sales  that  I 
might give  him.  Then, again, on a Satur­
day evening he  loses  the  glittering  adver­
tisement of  my  stepping  up, redolent with 
the odor of  the bay rum of  the barber  shop 
and dignified and refined to appearance, and 
calmly ordering  fancy fruit  and  groceries, 
thereby  impressing  people  that  this  man 
caters to a fine trade. 
In  the  language  of 
R«m Beecher,  “H’am  H’i right; or h’am H’i 
w rong?”

store 

Now, two  out  of  ten  grocery dealers re­
lire at  the  mid  of  certain  periods  from 
trarip, rich but honest.  The amount of fail­
ures (eight out of ten) are to be laid directly 
a t  the  door  of  the  narrow-mindedness of 
the dealer himself.  Why insist on  making 
d r   to  ten  eents a pound  profit on sugar? 
T he men who give  the  sugar  away for cost 
and pay freight sell the most goods, buy the 
most  and  fail the oftenest, and their wines 
are the  richest  Why insist on the foolish 
plan of  not  handling  gift  baking  powder 
tmd coffee?  The men who do  handle them 
always  have  a  nice  array  of  fly-specked 
glassware to fill up the aching void of  their 
counter  shelves.  Why be  so  niggardly as 
to  sell for cash only at small margins ?  The 
men  who  give  credit when  they do  fail, 
always  have  heavy  book  accounts  with 
large profits to tu rn  in as assets.

I  might  go bn thus for a week, but as Hi 
Bobertson  stands  without  the  sanctuary 
holding up two fingers, which is a new sign 
he learned at Cincinnati this  summer while 
In  attendance  at  the K. P. Tournament I 
must with regret close.  This  hot  weather 
makes  me  peculiarly  attentive  to  signs 
*S£wei und no foam.” 

Yours  calmly, 
J e sse  La n g e

H a  Production of the United States.

The total  production  of  cut  »ails in the 
UMtèd States in l887 was «,908,879 kegs of 
lOOuounds each, against  8,160,973 /kegs to 
1886, 6,697,815 ¿ ^ to l 8 8 5 ,  and  7,581,879 
kegs in 1884.  The production of, 1886 was

the largest toe country  has .ever  attained. 
The decrease in the production  of  cut nails 
to 1887 was  mainly  due  to  the.  increased 
competition of wire nails.  In 1886, the pro­
duction  of  wire  nails  was  about  600,000 
kegs, made by%renty-seven wire nail works. 
In 1887, toe  production. is  estimated at 1,- 
850,000 kegs, made  by  forty-seven  works. 
The smaller sizes of  wire  nails  are  those 
which chiefly compete with cut  nails.  The 
displacement of iron nails  with  steel  nails 
has progressed vary  rapidly. 
In  1884, toe 
] »reduction  of  steel  nails  to  the  United 
I States (Including 500 kegs of combined Iron 
and steel) was only 893,488 kegs, or five per 
cent, of toe total  production  of  nails. 
In 
1885, toe production of steel  and  oombined 
iron and steel nails was  1,828,127  kegs, or 
twenty-seven per cent, of the  total  produc­
tion. 
In 1888, the production of steel nails 
alone was 8,968,989 kegs,  or  thfriy-alx per 
cent of the total production;  and  to  1887, 
the quantity of steel nails  produced exceed­
ed that of iron nails.

SOAPS!
BIST  FAMILY,

They Please Everybody.

HEADLIGHT  and 

LITTLE DAISY

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

soaps ever sold in Michigan. 
for price list.

Order  these  goods  of  any  jobber  in  Grand 

Rapids.

piers, 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 I 
less  'power  and  less  waste) 
t.Viftn  any  other  machines  of I 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue w ith testim onials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Purifier  Co.,

6RIP  RAPIDS,  HIGH. 
GRAND  RAPIDS

Paper  Box Factory,

¥.  W.  HUELSTER, Prop.

P a p e r  B o x e s  o f  E v e r y   D e sc r ip tio n   M ad e to  

O rder  o n   S h o rt  N o tic e .

We make a specialty of

P ig e o n   B o le   F ile   B o x e s ,  S a m p le  T rays 

S a m p le  C ases.  A ls o  S h elf, S h o e, C on fec­
tio n e r y ,  lU llin e r y ,  D r ess,  S u it  a n d  

P a c k in g  B o x e s.  D r u g g is ts ’ S lid es 

a n d 'a ll  k in d s   o f   F in e   W o rk .

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

O F F IC E   A N D   FA C T O R Y ,

11 Pearl St.,  Grand Bagids, Mint
BAUM’S

AXLE

OH,
T H E   A C K N O W L E D G E D   K IN G   o f0A X L E  

L U B R IC A N T S .  N e ith e r   G u m s  n o r  

C h ills, n e v e r  r u n s  o ff th e  a x le  

a n d  o u tw e a r s  a n y  o th e r  

k n o w n  o il o r  g r ea se .
PRICES TO THE TRADE.

Ponys, per gross, 810.  Packed In 3  doz. cases. 
Pints, per doz., 82.25.  Packed i n i  doz.  cases. 
Quarts,  pm1 doz.,  $4.  Packed  in 1 doz. cases. 
Gallons, each,  81.30.  Packed  6  cans  in  caae.

Retail at 10 cts. each.
Retail at 30 cts. each.
Retail at SO cents each.
Retail at 81.50 each. 

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ca se c o n ta in s  a   lib e r a l  a sso r tm e n t o f  ] 
a d v e r tis in g   m a tte r ,  lith o g r a p h s , 

sh o w -c a rd s, e tc .

THE  TRADE  SUPPLIED  BT

DLMEY, SHIELDS i BO..

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.

K A O S,  R U BBER S, BO N ES &  M E T A LS

BOUGHT  BT

W m . S r a m m e l e r ,

JO BBER »

| T IN W A R E , GLASSW ARE  an d  NOTIONS 
*

■" ■ -  y n i-R W IO H E 6*0.  ~ 

79 Spring  St.,  -   Srand Banids.

Ask For ‘JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’

S W I F T ’S

Blioice  Chicago  Dressed  Beef

---- AND----

MUTTON

Gan  be  found at  all  tim es  in  full  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch  houses in  all  the larger 
cities and is Retaffied^b^^l^Fii^t^OlassJBut^^re.

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

Swift  and  Company,

Onion  Stock  Yards, 

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CHICAGO,  ILL

PUTNAM. & BROOKS,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

Packing  and W arehouse,

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

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH,

S E N D   F O B   P R IC E   L IST .

A l f r e d   J. B r o w N,
FOREIGN,

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

TROPICAL

ANDCALIFORNIA
F R U I T S .

M

Bananas,  Odr  Specialty.

i6  and  x8  No.  Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

SHOE  DRESSINGS.

Brown’s French,
Bixby’s Royal,

Eclipse Safety Barrel, 
Spanish Gloss, 

Raven  Gloss,
Topsey,

Gilt  Edge.
HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

AND

"Lightning”  or  Globe  Glass  Boyer,

THE  BEST  FRUIT  JARS  MADE.

Stoneware,  Stone  Fruit  Jars,  Stpne 

Preserve  Jars,  Tin  Top  and 

Glass  Top  Jellies.

E   LEO N A R D   &  SONS.

P aten ted Jan. 5 , J7 S.; 
Renamed J a u f ii’t!*]
P at. April 35, ’83. *

B A L L .  B A R N H A R T   &   P U T M A N

Successors to Codÿ, Ball, Barnhart & Co.

Wholesale

PROVISION  DEPARTMENT  A  SPECIALTY.

JE N N IN G S’

F. J. DETTENTHHLEfi

“CELEBRATED”

l FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

A r e  p u t u p  In a ll s iz e s , fr o m  1 oz. to  1 g a l. b o ttle s.

WHOLESALE

Sail Late Fisi

SOLD  BT  AXaXa  JOSSERS.

AND  OYSTERS.

)

BUTTERINE  ALWAYS  IN  STOCK.

I. Leo nard X S o ns,
M ASON  FR U IT   JARS

134 to 140 Fulton St., GRAND  RAPIDS.

its Sii® Gl  I  JENNINGS & SMITH,

MANUFACTURED ONLY  BY

38 and  40  Louis  St.,

GPt-AJSnD  PtAFIDS,  MICH

J O B B E R S .

118 Canal  St., GRA N D   R A PID S.

a s k   f o b

ÄRDENTER 

MUSTARD
BEST III THE WOULD.

# 

And  Heavy  Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,
Dates,  Figs,  Bitrons,  Priineiis,  Ets,

BANANAS,  NUTS,

PRICES QUOTED AND CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED

13,  is,  17 Railroad  Place

G E O .  E .  H O W E S.

S.  A . H O W E S .

C. N. RAPP.

GEO. E. HOWES  & CO,

JOBBERS IN

Apples,  Potatoes  1  Onions.

SFBOXAUEXBSi

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

S X o n la S L ,  G XVA2TO   R A P I D S ,  M I C H .

JOBBERS  IN

DRY  GOODS,

A N D   N O T I O N S ,

83  Monroe  St„

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

IA Specialty.

WM. SEARS & OO.
Cracker  Manufacturers,

Agents  fox*

A M B O Y   C H E E S E

3 7 ,3 9  & 41  K ent  Street,  Grand  Rapid»,  M ichigan. ■

