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As  Set  Forth  by  an  Eloquent  Speaker.
At the recent convention of  the Michigan 
Business  Men’s Association,  at Cheboygan, 
Myron H. Walker, of  Grand  Bapids, deliv­
ered the following address:

that 

There  are  certain  important  principles 
and  truths  underlying  the organization of 
Business  Men’s  Associations, upon  which 
they are  founded, and which  are,  impliedly 
at  least,  recognized  by the  formation and 
existence of  these  Association,  but  which 
need to be dwelt upon and  emphasized both 
before the public and  among  business  men 
themselves,  that the public may understand 
and appreciate, and  that the members  may 
make the most of  these Associations.
I shall  mention  now but tw o:  first, that 
business men,  even  those in the  same  line 
of  trade, have  many interests  in  common, 
the furtherance of which demands co-opera­
tion  and  more  intimate  business relations 
between  them. 
In recognition of  this fact 
and necessity, one of the important objects of 
these  Associations,  whose  representatives 
have  thronged  this  city for  the  past  two 
days,  is to  bring about a more generous and 
honest  rivalry, and a more  hearty union of 
effort and work in all  worthy ways  and en­
terprises  on behalf  of  the trade and of  the 
community in which they do business.
The  other  important  and  fundamental 
fact is th is:  that the interests of the public, 
the great body of  customers and consumers, 
and of  men engaged in legitimate  business, 
are also one and the same.  The  time  has 
been,  perhaps,  that  this  was  not  so.  At 
some  time  in  the  past  it  may have been 
true, and  certainly there  have  been  times 
when business men assumed and acted upon 
the assumption, that the  harder  and  dryer 
the business man  could  squeeze the public, 
the sharper  bargains  he  could  drive  with 
the public,  the greater  immediate profits he 
could make out of  it, the  better it would be 
for  him,  and  the  more  he  would be pros­
pered, even though the rest of  the  commu­
nity suffered thereby.
Upon the same theory and  from the same 
motives  it  has  at  times  been deemed the 
proper thing for  the  business man to do to 
“knife”  every  competitor,  cry  down  his 
goods,  undermine  his  trade  in every con­
ceivable way, and run  him  out of  the busi­
ness  or  ruin  him  if  possible. 
In  other 
words,  these men at these  times have made 
a practical  application of  the wholly selfish 
and  short-sighted  statement, 
they 
sought  “the  greatest  good of  the  greatest 
number, and the  greatest  number  is num­
ber one.”  Saying  nothing of  the  morality 
or  immorality of  such a course, it  is possi­
ble  that  in  the past the state of  trade and 
society has  been  such  as to make it profit­
able to the one thus succeeding in squeezing 
the public dry, or in thus  ruining  his com­
petitor. 
If  it ever were  so  profitable,  that 
time and the day for such  things. I believe, 
is past.  Society is to-day too  dependent in 
all its  parts  and  members, each  upon the 
other, for  one  portion  to  prosper  long, or 
find its  truest  prosperity %t the expense of 
any other portion.  Like  the  human  body 
with  its  members,  one  cannot  thrive  and 
grow unduly without some'other  one grow­
ing weak  and  wasting  away,  and  without 
an  abnormal  development of  the  body,  at 
the  expense  of  its  strength,  beauty  and 
symmetry,  causing the  whole  body and all 
its members to suffer!  for society, trade and 
business  are  all  firmly bound  together  by 
common  ties  and  common  interests—the 
farmer and the miner,  bringing wealth from 
the earth in the shape of  raw  material;  the 
laborer,  doing the heavy lif ting and work of 
life;  the  mechanic  and  artisan,  skilled in 
his  useful  trade  or  vocation;  the  profes­
sional man, helping to solve the problems of 
education,  of  health,  of  theology,  or  of 
law;  the capitalist, furnishing  the  financial 
aid and power to  start the wheels of  indus­
try, erecting mighty plants and aiding great 
enterprises  in  every direction;  the middle­
man  and  tradesman,  importer,  wholesaler 
or  retailer, bringing  the  necessaries  and 
comforts of  life to  the  doors  of  the - con­
sumer  and  finding  a  market  for  the  raw 
material  of  the  producer—in  short,  every 
person  who,  by  his  daily activities  or  re­
sources, contributes to the  life, the comfort 
or  the  advancement  of  society  is,  in  his 
place,  essential to the prosperity and growth 
of  society,  and he and his class cannot suf-1 
fer permanent loss and injury without harm 
coming  to  the  whole  body  of  society 
thereby.
Take  but a couple  of  illustrations:  Is it 
a matter of  indifference to us that the farm­
ers of  Michigan for some  years  have  been 
receiving  but  poor  returns  for  their labor 
and have suffered from  poor crops;  that, in 
consequence of  this and other  causes, their 
mortgage  indebtedness  reaches  many mil­
lions of  dollars and is-something  appalling 
to  behold  and  has become a great incubus 
and weight upon their prosperity?  Not one 
of  us, whatever our  occupation,  but is inti« 
mately  and  personally  interested  and  af­
fected by this fact.  Or  who  of  us can say 
that when the laborer and mechanic become 
dissatisfied and strike,  and  thus  block  the 
wheels of  industry—whether ujith or  with­
out just  provocation—which  one  of us,  I 
ask, can say that we  are  not  affected  and 
injured  thereby,  and  do  not  suffer  with 
him?
The  members  of  society,  therefore,  in 
whatever  useful  calling,  are  not  at  their 
best, and neither serving themselves nor the 
public,  whe^ preying upon and tearing down 
each  other,  as a pack  of  hungry  wolves, 
grown  desperate  from  starvation,  fall  to 
and devour one another.
They are, if engaged in useful vocations, 
as  I  assume  all  present  are,  rather  the 
necessary  parts  of  a  finely  complex  and 
delicate  machine, or system  of machinery, 
which  we  call  society, each  part  and  its 
work essential to  the  proper  action of  the 
whole machine and to the production of the 
highest style and kind of  the manufactured 
article, which in this case is humanity.
I am assured, from evidence  seen in this 
convention and elsewhere,  that the business 
men in  these Associations  are  at least be­
ginning to comprehend  and  act upon these 
principles, and that progress Is  being made 
in  the  direction  of  the  establishment  of 
more confidential  relations  between  them­
selves and with the pubHe.  Were it not so, 
this convention would have been impossible 
and unthought  of, and  the  local  Associa­
tions would  have no existence.  The  exist­
ence  and  perpetuity of  your Associations, j 
local and State, depend  upon  your  harmo­

nious  action, your  mutual  helpfulness and 
friendliness, and  hearty  co-operation,  and 
these  grow out of  and will be promoted by 
the  clear  conception  and  reception of  the 
truth  before  stated, that  the  interests  of 
business men are the  same  and are mutual; 
and I believe  that,  as  business  men,  you 
can learn and  practice  no  more  important 
truth than this  which  necessarily  follows, 
from the fact  stated  that the  interest  and 
welfare of  one  member of  the  trade is the 
concern of  fill.  The failure of  a merchant 
in  jour line of  business is an injury to you. 
Rejoice not at the downfall of a Competitor, 
for there  has  fallen with him a part of  the 
credit  and  confidence  reposed  in the trade 
as a whole.  Your capital, perhaps, is small; 
your  credit  and  name  are  your chief  cap­
ital.'  With these for a basis,  you are doing 
a  good  business.  Your  neighbor  in  the 
same  line  of  business  fails.  Your  first 
thought is that  you have  one  less  compet­
itor;  but this is a short-sighted view to take 
of  it.  The  failure,  perhaps,  has  badges of 
fraud. 
It is  found,  for  instance,  that  he 
chattel mortgaged the whole  stock, just be­
fore failure, to secure indorsers of his paper 
lately discounted at the bank, the  proceeds 
of  which  are  unaccounted  for, and  which 
the creditors, with apparent reason, suspect 
has been salted down;  or  some  other  sim­
ilar  fraud  appears.  What  is  the  result? 
You soon find that  your  credit  is  injured; 
your  creditors  become  doubtful  and  sus­
picious;  your lines  of  credit  are  narrowed 
and you are  unable  to buy goods as readily 
or  as  advantageously  as  before.  Honest 
failures,  even,  injure the trade and the com­
munity at large.  Credit  is  always more or 
less  affected  and  confidence  in  the  trade 
shaken.  The loss occasioned by these  fail­
ures  must  be  retrenched  somewhere  and 
somehow and  the  honest  and  debt-paying 
merchant must make it good to the  loser in 
higher prices or poorer goods or less accom­
modations  and, while  the main loss event­
ually  falls  upon  the  consumer,  the  long 
suffering public, yet friction, dissatisfaction, 
trouble  and  loss  come  to the whole trade 
thereby.
Confidence  between  every  branch  of 
trade, _ jobbing,  wholesale  and  retail,  and 
trust  in  each  other’s  integrity,  lie  at  the 
foundation  of  all  business.  Take  these 
away,  and  business  transactions  of  extent 
or  importance  are  impossible. 
It  neces­
sarily follows, then, that business men can­
not  afford  to  tolerate,  wink at or practice 
trickery  or  dishonesty;  neither  can 
they 
afford  to  pull  down  the weak members of 
the trade,  nor does it pay to cry down each 
other’s goods, for thereby the  trade is given 
a bad name,  and  your  own  customers will 
soon believe that the goods of  all, your own 
included,  are poor and deceiving.

Let business men avoid  ruinous  competi­
tion.  Speak well of  each  other  whenever 
possible;  maintain  otherwise  a  golden 
silence;  unite heartily to  advance  common 
interests, and elevate  the tone of the trade. 
Organization for these purposes is  laudable 
and should be encouraged,  both by members 
of  the trade and by the public.

I have  said that  the  public  and business 
men are equally dependent upon and  inter­
ested in each other; 
therefore,  confidential 
and trustful relations should be  established 
and exist between them.
The middle-man,  like the  poor,  we have 
always with us;  and bewail  the  fact if  we 
will, it is evident that he has  come to stay; 
for, following close in the wake of  the pio­
neer along the blazed path of advancing civ­
ilization,  goes the middle-man, and the more 
thickly settled a  community  becomes,  and 
the more diversified its industries, the great­
er the number of middle-men, and the more 
numerous and  specialized  the  branches or 
lines  of  business  he  pursues.  The  old- 
fashioned  country  store  gives place to the 
general store of the village,  which,  in turn, 
is succeeded by the  great  retail  establish­
ments with plate glass fronts  and  finished 
interiors, carrying immense stocks of goods, 
and devoted to but one branch  of  the retail 
trade, and sometimes  making a specialty of 
a few things in that  line  or  branch.  The 
middle-man is a product  and a necessity of 
advanced civilization. 
It is for him to bring 
the  great  products  of  our  country  to  the 
hands of  the consumer in quantity and qual­
ity to suit,  and he usually finds  that in this 
business is full scope for all the  talent,  tact 
and patience he may possess;  for, with the 
sharp competition and usually small profits;! 
the uncertain and  changeable  market  and 
prices,  due  largely  to  speculation  and its 
evil influences;  the  poor  quality  of  many 
goods,  and a burdensome  system of  credit, 
necessitating an enormous amount of  book­
keeping,  often  loosely  done;  with  large 
losses  from  bad  debts,  and heavy tribute 
paid to the army of dead-beats—the average 
tradesman has no bonanza and is not a sub­
ject for envy.
Success, under the most favorable  condi­
tions,  is only won by the application of cor­
rect principles in the  conduct  of  business; 
and the public, upon its part,  should  study 
well the fact and learn well the lesson that, 
in the long run,  they will get from the mid­
dle-men about the kind and quality of goods 
that they ask and  are  willing  to  pay  for. 
Do they blame  the  merchant  for  handling 
poor goods  and  adulterated  goods?  He is 
blame-worthy.  But do they not realize that 
they themselves are largely in fault by their 
unreasonable demand for  cheap  goods  and 
their apparent  love  of  being  humbugged, 
manifested  so  often  by  preferring  poor 
goods at a low price to good,  honest  goods 
at a reasonable price, thus  placing a premi­
um upon dishonesty and cheats,  and induc­
ing the merchants to handle cheap und adul­
terated goods—the very thing they condemn 
It  may  be said that the 
them  for  doing. 
public,  in doing  this  thing, in the words of 
poor  Bichard,  “is  paying  dear  for 
the 
whistle.”  Was it Artemus  Ward or was it 
P. T. Barnum who said “ the  great  Ameri­
can  people love to  be humbugged?”  Well, 
whichever  great writer of fiction said it, he 
told a great  truth,  and  rest  assured,  dear 
people,  so long as you like it so  well,  there 
will be plenty of public benefactors who will 
be willing to humbug you  “for a considera­
tion,” and I doubt not that  some  of  these 
disinterested  philanthropists will be found 
among the middle-men or  business  men of 
Michigan.
These Business  Men’s  Associations have 
pledged themselves  and  their  members to 
try  to  stamp  out  and  prevent  “adultera­
tions  of  goods  and  cheats  in trade,” and 
therein  have  set  themselves  a mighty but 
praiseworthy task;  but  the public may rest 
assured that  adulterated  goods  and cheats

in trade will  continue,  to a  greater  or less 
extent,  until  they  are  willing, as the old 
saying is,  “to live and let  live;”  to  pay  a 
fair price for fair goods,  and  leave the mer­
chant a reasonable margin of profit. 
If the 
people prefer cheap goods, or try to get good 
goods for the price of cheap goods, they will 
get what they pay for, namely, cheap goods, 
every time and will  “pay dear  for the whis­
tle.” 
Is it not  better  to  go  through  the 
world paying for what you get,  and getting 
that which is  good,  wholesome,  honest in 
the sight of all men?
The business men of  these  Associations, 
in  proposing  to  “guard  against  adultera­
tions and cheats in trade,!’ have  set  before 
themselves  an  herculean  task,  and  they 
must be argus-eyed and sleepless  to  detect 
them all.  But  the  effort,  I  believe,  will 
pay.  “Honesty  is  the  best  policy”—ever 
has been, ever will be;  and  selling  goods 
for exactly  what  they  are,  at a fair price 
and profit, will,  in the long run,  insure suc­
cess,  where deceit  and  cunning  will  fail, 
and while the  ubiquitous  and  all-knowing 
“sharp”  customer,  so-called,  is sure to be­
lieve that merchants  are  all  dishonest and 
ready to cheat,  and if he escape it is because 
of  his  own  shrewdness  (and who,  by the 
way,  will bear  watching  himself),  yet the 
desirable customer is one  who,  by  experi­
ence, has gained  confidence  In  the  trades­
man and relies largely  upon  his  word and 
judgment as to  the  price  and  quality  of 
goods.  Such  customers  are only to be se­
cured and held by honest dealing.  Adulter­
ations of goods and cheats in trade can only 
be stamped out by a determined and  united 
effort upon  the  part  of  all  branches  and 
classes of the trade and with the help of the 
public.  Law itself can do  little  in  ferret­
ing out these adulterations  and  cheats,  and 
punishing  the  responsible  parties;  but  a 
general recognition by  business  men of the 
fact that it does not pay to  handle,  and by 
the public that it does not pay to  buy  such 
goods, and a union of effort accordingly, can 
do a great deal.  The union  of  one class of 
the people or of business men in hostility to 
another class is to be deplored;  so  a  union 
of retailers against wholesalers, or combina­
tions to make fictitious  prices  is  injurious, 
and to be deprecated;  but union against dis­
honest customers, dishonest goods,  dishon­
est methods and dishonest  men in  trade is 
highly desirable, and such a union,  in part, 
at least, I understand these  Associations to 
be.
I have asked myself,  and I ask you, what 
kind of a business  man  would a  practical 
acceptance and application of  these  princi­
ples  make  of  the  average  business man, 
namely—that the interests of  the  bnsiness 
men themselves,  and also  of  the  business 
men and the public, are mutual and depend­
ant? 
1 name but one characteristic, which, 
I think, would  distinguish  him  to a much 
greater degree than now.  He would be, al­
ways and everywhere,  a public-spirited citi­
zen,  in the  broadest  and  best sense of the 
term;  for  he  would  hot  only work more 
harmoniously and unitedly  with his fellows 
in the business or trade,  and  thus  work to 
much  greater  advantage  and  effect,  but, 
knowing that whatever benefitted or injured 
the state, the city, the community in which, 
and  the  people  amongst  whom  he  lived, 
benefitted  him  in  like  degree,  he  would 
awaken to a more active interest in the pub­
lic welfare and prosperity.

The successful  business  man is a man of 
weight in any community.  In his judgment 
people are inclined to, trust.  To  him  they 
look and often come for  counsel  and  wise 
directions.  Any  enterprise  to  which  he 
lends the use of  his  name  commands  the 
confidence of the public,  and if he be a pub­
lic-spirited citizen,  as most successful  busi­
ness  men  are,  especially  does  he  carry 
weight  and  become  the  source  of  public 
good and strength in his community.

But  mere  accumulation  of  money  does 
not, of itself, make a  man  a  desirable citi­
zen, nor,  in a proper sense,  successful.  The 
manner and methods by which he  made his 
money;  the investments  he  makes with it; 
the  use  he  puts  it  to;  his public spirit or 
lack of it;  his influence  in  behalf  of  good 
morals,  or  otherwise—these  characteristics 
all largely help to determine his desirability 
as a citizen.
There are men of wealth in  nearly  every 
community who so use  their  money  as  to 
never benefit their town, and most of whom 
too  often  become  penurious  and  sordid, 
without public spirit or  enterprise,  “inter­
est” and “bonus” being the  very  breath of 
their nostrils and life of their life.  Take to 
them a subscription for any  worthy  object 
and they meet you  with  a  crusty  refusal. 
Seek their aid and counsel in starting  some 
local manufacturing enterprise that will fur­
nish employment for labor and attract capi­
tal and  immigration,  and  these  men  will 
tell you that the best and safest  investment 
they can make with their money  is  in first 
mortgages and bonds.  Does the place need 
water  works  or  a  city  hall,  or  does  the 
county need a court house,  their  votes will 
always be recorded “No” upon every propo­
sition to raise  money  for  these  necessary 
purposes. 
Interest, which was their  slave, 
has become their master.
The  business  man  should  be,  and I be­
lieve a recognition of the truths I have tried 
to emphasize will make  of  him,  a  public- 
spirited citizen, intelligent and  active upon 
all questions that affect the welfare  of  the 
state, and interested and enterprising in be­
half of his own town or city;  quick  to ob­
serve chances of improvement  and growth, 
and ready to aid  its  material  prosperity as 
far as he is able.
Every man owes a debt to the community 
in which he lives or does  business.  Espec­
ially is this true of the  successful  business 
man, for not only by the weight  and  influ­
ence of his character, but  by  reason of his 
success, is he under a double  obligation  to 
return to the community  in  which  he has 
achieved that success some equivalent there­
for, and he by no means discharges his obli­
gation by payment of his taxes.  The  veri­
est old miser does that when he cannot help 
himself.  He must contribute to  the mater­
ial prosperity  and  growth  of  his town or 
city.  Every worthy  public  enterprise and 
improvement  and  every  private  undertak­
ing of benefit to the place should find in him 
a friend and,  when  necessary, a helper, to 
the extent of his ability.
Look over your villages mid  cities  when 
you go home from here.  Are there not num­
erous ways m whicb, even at small expense 
of  money,  lasting  improvements  may  be 
made and benefits conferred?  It cannot all 
be done at once,  but a watchful  interest, a

RELIABLE

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

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

SAFES!

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

O. M. GOODRICH & CO.f

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement ol Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

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.

T H E   GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMKN
Watch Maker 
b Jeweler,

44  GflNSL  ST.,
Grand Rapids,  - 
BELK NAP
l a p  and S leii Co.
Spring,  Freight,  Express, 
W A G O N S !
Logging Oarts and Tracks 
M il and Dump Carts, 

MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber  and  Farm

Lumbermens and 

River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material, and have 
every facility for making first-class  Wagons 
of all kinds.
^"S p ecial  attention  given  to   Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops on Front St*. Grand Bapids, Mich,

Millers, Attention

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

6RIJH)  RAPIDS,  MICH.

NO. 257.

live public spirit and united effort  can  and) 
will accomplish a great deal in this line.
But not only in  a  material  way has  the- 
business man a duty and work  to do. 
I t is 
for him,  above all others, to encourage mor­
ality, temperance and obedience to law, and 
to discourage vice and crime. 
It is  well te 
remember that,  other  things  being  equal,, 
the  intelligent  and  desirable  citizen  will, 
seek that place for his home and  for the in« 
vestment of his money that is most orderly, 
law-abiding and moral,  and which offers the- 
best educational advantages.  Believe what 
we may,  the school-house and the church at­
tract a desirable class of citizens;  and, as-is. 
always the case,  the business man, by prac­
tical recognition of the rights  and  interests« 
of his fellow tradesmen,  and of  the  claim» 
and welfare of the public;  by the  discharge- 
of the debt due his community, and a faith­
ful observance of these  duties  and  obliga­
tions,  will  subserve  his  own highest good 
and  greatest  prosperity,  and  be benefitted 
thereby.  Little by little the petty vexations 
and jealousies of the trade will disappear; a. 
cordiality  and  friendliness  with  his  rival! 
will be established;  he and the  public  wili 
understand each other better,  and deal with 
each other with less deceit and haggling and 
more confidence,  and  the  community  will 
hail him as one of its most desirable citizens 
and chief pillar of its prosperity;  and,  as a  
natural  result,  he,  himself,  will  become; 
broader-minded,  more  liberal-hearted  and» 
public-spirited,  with  a  greater  regard  for 
and hold upon whatsoever  things  are  true 
and honest and right.

Origin  of  Petroleum.

The  origin  of  petroleum  has  been  ex­
plained,  both on the Organic  and  inorganic 
theory.  The  commonly  accepted  view, 
which is held by many American geologists, 
is that it has been  formed  by  the  distilla­
tion of  organic remains by the internal heat 
of  the earth.  Others  consider  that  it' has- 
been formed  directly from  its  elements by' 
chemical reactions,  and  that its existence is - 
in  no  way dependent  upon  its organic re­
mains  of  former  geological  ages.  Prof. 
Mendelejeff, 
the  distinguished  Russian^ 
chemist,  has  recently advanced a theory of ' 
the inorganic  origin of  petroleum  which is. 
of  considerable interest.  Briefly stated, he 
believed  that  in  the  interior of  the  earth 
iron is present in large quantities, combined 
with carbon,  in the form of a carbide.  Now, 
when  water  from  the  surface reaches this 
heated carbide of  iron the oxygen combines 
with the iron,  replacing  the  carbon,  which, 
unites  with  the  hydrogen,  forming  the 
hydrocarbons of  which  petroleum  and nat­
ural  gas  are  principally  composed.  The- 
most^important  practical  point  of 
this 
theory  is,  that,  if  true,  the  formation  of 
these substances  may be  continually going 
on,  so  that  we  need  have  no fear of  the * 
supply  becoming  exhausted.  Of  course;, 
this  theory has  yet to be  confirmed;  but it 
is hoped  that  it  way prove true, in so far, 
at least, as  regards a continuous  formation 
of  these invaluable natural  products.
Hints  on  Selecting  Rope.

A  German  paper,  in  an  article  on  the- 
present methods of rope  manufacture  from 
hemp,  aud the determination  of  the  differ­
ent qualities and probable  strength  simply- 
from the appearance, lays down the  follow­
ing rules:  A good hemp rope  is  hard/  but 
pliant,  yellowish or greenish gray  in  color, 
with a certain silvery or  pearly  luster.  A 
dark  or  blackish  color  indicates  that  the 
hemp has suffered from fermentation in the 
process of curing,  and  brown  spots  show 
that  the  rope  was  spun  while  the  fibres, 
were damp,  and is consequently  weak  and 
soft in those places.  Again,  a rope is some­
times made of inferior hemp on  the  inside, 
covered  with  yarns  of  good  material—a 
fraud,  however, which may be  detected  by 
dissecting a portion of the rope,  or, in  prac­
ticed hands,  by its behavior in use; other in­
ferior ropes are made with  short  fibres,  or 
with strands of uneven strength or  uneven­
ly spun—the rope in the  first  case  appear­
ing woolly, on  account  of  the  number of 
fibres projecting; aud,  in the latter case,  the 
irregularity of  manufacture  is  evident  oa 
inspection by any good judge.

A  Surprised  Drummer.

A German drummer from New York tookr 
the  elevator to the  fifth  story of  a Duluth 
wholesale  house and walked  into the office, 
where  one of  the  proprietors  was  busy at 
his desk.  The drummer was informed that 
the  house needed  nothing  in  his  line,  but 
he persisted in opening  his sample  bag and 
making himself  the cause of  much distress* 
when  finally the enraged  proprietor kicked 
him down the first flight of stairs.  An em­
ployee,  observing  his  mode of  descent,  re­
peated  the dose  with like effect,  and it was. 
dittoed until the drummer found himself oa 
the  curbstone and  unupholstered  highway. 
Shaking  himself,  he looked  back over  the- 
course of events, and ejaculated,  “Yell, dot 
ish a  great  establishment 
I  don’t  know 
dere  berticular line  of  business,  but  mines 
Got,  what system!”

A  Funny Story about Horses.

A  traveler in New England  saw the fol­
lowing sign on a board  that was nailed to a. 
fence near a villagfi:
“Horses  taken in  to  grass.  Long  taRs* 
$1.50;  short tails, $1.”
The traveler halted and  asked the  owner 
of  the land  why there was such  difference- 
in the price of board for horses.
“Well,  you  see,”  said  the  man,  “ the- 
long tails can  brush away the  flies;  but the- 
short  ones  are so tormented  by them  they 
can hardly eat at. all.”
PERFECTION  SCALE:

T h e L a te st Im p r o v e d  a n d  B e s t.

D O F S  N O T   R E Q U IR E   D O W N   W E I G H S  
W illS o o n  S ave its   C ost o n   a n y  C ou n ter. _

ÍGEO. C. WETHERBEE Sc CO., Detroit. 

HAWKINS Sc PERRY, Grand Rapids. 

McCAUSLAND & CO., E. Saginae- 
Aad by Wholesale Grocers  generally.  Send  tor Qhub 

tra ted Catalogue.

Purely Personal.

Fred. H.  Hosford is  spending a couple of 

weeks with friends in Northern Ohio.

Oscar D. Fisher  has  started  a  diamond 
factory in opposition to Morris H.  Treusch.
Alex. Keith, shipping clerk for  Hawkins 
& Ferry, is confined to his  home  by illness.
N. B. Clark has returned  from a week in 

the tanbark region along the G. R.  & I,

Richard Bean, late with the Old National 
Bank,  has taken the position of book-keep­
er for Olney, Shields & Co.

Hon. R.  G.  Petete, the Manistee  million­
aire, was  in  town Monday  in consultation 
with  his partners  in  the  firm of  Lemon, 
Hoops & Peters.

Heman  G. Barlow, of  the  firm of  Ball, 
Barnhart & Putman, left  Monday for a trip 
to the  Thousand Islands.  He will  be goiie 
about three weeks.

Geo. Deitz,  late  of  the  firm  of  Smith  & 
Deitz,  passed  through  the  city  Friday on 
bis way to the Southwest, whither  he  goes 
to seek a new location.

Joseph W.  Welton,  for  several  years  in­
structor at Sweusberg’s Commercial College, 
has  leased  the  aft  room  in  the  Hartman 
block  and  will  open  a  business  college 
therein.

Wm. E. Ramsey, the  Louisiana  lumber­
man, has presented  Byron  Gifford—son of 
the genial Geo. P.,  Jr.—with  a  thorough­
bred English pug pup, from the Chequasset 
Kennels at Lancaster, Mass.

Chas.  McCarty,  the Lowell Poo Bah,  and 
the  sole  owner  of  the  Great  American 
Laugh,  was  in  town  Monday on  his way 
home from Macatawa  Park, where his fam­
ily are spending the heated term.

H. S.  Bartlett,  designer  for  the  Grand 
Rapids School  Furniture Co., has taken the 
position  of  assistant  to  Superintendent 
Peregrine in the wood-working department. 
He will continue  to  evolve  the  handsome 
designs  which  have  helped  to  make  the 
School Furniture  Co. famous  all  over  the 
country.

Mr. Gooding, of the firm of  R.  B.  Good­
ing & Son,  grocers at Lisbon  Station,  paid 
a flying visit to Grand Rapids last Saturday 
and dropped in at T he  T radesman  office 
long enough to say that his  firm  had  pur­
chased 26,000 bushels of wheat  since  Feb 
ruary 15.  He says that, the  grocery  trade 
of the  firm  averages  $30  per  day;  that a 
general store would do well there;  and that 
Chas. H.  Loomis, of  Sparta,  contemplates 
putting in a branch hardware  store there.

Ready  for  the  Fray.

About fifty traveling men met at the read­
ing room of  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Sunday  noon, 
to  complete  arrangements  for  the  trip to 
Detroit. 
In the  absence of President Mills, 
Chairman Robertson  presided, while Secre­
tary Seymour took  note of  the proceedings.
Chairman  Owen,  of  the  Committee  on 
Transportation,  reported 
that  both  the 
D.,  G. H. & M.  and  D., L. & N.  Railways 
offered  to  take a party of  fifty  to  Detroit 
and  return  for  $4.50  or a party of  200 for 
$3, in each case  ^jpkets to have a five days’ 
limit.

Wm.  H.  Herrick remarked that if it were 
advertised  that  fifty  traveling  men  were 
going  to  Detroit  on a certain  train,  there 
would be at least 150  young  ladies on hand 
to go along.  This remark was greeted with 
cries of  “Louder !”  but it was  decided  not 
to put him out.

Geo.  H. Seymour  moved  that  the excur­
sion be made over the “Old Reliable,” leav­
ing on the fast train at 6:30  o’clock  Friday 
evening.

Leo. A.  Caro seconded the motion,  adding 
that  the  Grand  Trunk  system  had  done 
more  for  the  traveling  men  than  all the 
other  roads  iu  the  State,  and if  facilities 
and rates were the same,  that line ought  to 
have  the  preference.  This  remark  was 
greeted with evidences of  general approval, 
and the motion was unanimously carried.

The  Committee  on  Transportation  was 
instructed  to  request  Ben.  Fletcher  to 
furnish a special coach for the trip.

The  same  Committee  was  instructed  to

procure necessary suits for the players  and 
badges for the entire party.

A. B. Cole and  B*  F.  Emery  were  con­
stituted a committee to  wait on the  jobbers 
of Grand Rapids and request  that the trav­
eling men be  given a lay-off  on  Friday and 
Saturday.

It was voted to stop at the Hotel Cadillac 

while in Detroit.

Edwin  Mortlock,  of  Detroit,  addressed 
the gathering,  advising  the  boys  to take a 
broom  along with them,  as they would un­
doubtedly win the  game.  He asserted that 
if  the  Detroit  boys  were  allowed  to pick 
out a nine from  traveling  men’s sons,  how­
ever, the  result would be entirely different.

.The Muskegon B. M. A. to Picnic Sept. 6.

Muskegon, Aug. 17, 1888. 

Grand Rapids Mercantile Association: 

Gentlem en—At a meeting of  our Asso­
ciation, held last Wednesday, I was instruct­
ed to invite your Association most  cordially 
to a basket  picnic,  to  be  held  Thursday, 
Sept.  6, at Interlaken Park.  A fine time is 
guaranteed.  Come one, come all |

Yours truly,

Wm.  P e e r,  Sec’y,

Well  W orth  Seeing.

From the N. Y. Commercial Bulletin.

Thurber, Whyland & Co.  have sent  their 
mechanics to Albany to erect a stand in the 
State Food Exhibition, to be held  there  for 
two weeks from Sept.  10.  Their space will 
be the largest in the  exhibition,  measuring 
40 by 60 feet, and their exhibit will comprise 
products valued at $10,000 to 15,000.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

F O R   S A L E .

267

273

TpORliSALE—BAZAAR  BUSINESS,  WELL  ESTAB- 
Jj 
lisnedin  one  of  the  liveliest  and  best  business 
towns in the State.  Proprietor’s  health  failing.  In­
voice about 81,100.  Now is the time to buy for fall and 
holiday trade.  Address ABC office of this paper. 272

Lock Box 253. Gladstone,  Mich. 

did  opportunity  for  live  young  man.  Address 

FOR SALE—SMALL, NEW STOCK OF DRUGS.  SPLEN- 
CLEAN, NEAT LITTLE DRUG STOCK  IN  EASTSAGI 
F or  sale—clean  general  stock  of  goods

naw.  doing a cash business, for sale cheap if  tak­
en at once.  Address No. 1309 Genesee  street, East Sagi­
naw. 

and store building in a growing railway  town sit­
uated in excellent  farming  region.  Stock  will inven­
tory about $5,000.  Reason for  selling, too much other 
business.  Will exchange for Grand  Rapids  property. 
Address No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 

FOR SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY,  DRY  GOODS  AND 

Crockery stock, situated in a railway  town, with 
good line  of  customers.  Stock  will  inventory  about 
$2,000.  Will take part cash and balance on  time.  Ad­
dress A. S. Musselman & Co., Grand Rapids. 

F or  sale—at a  bargain  for  cash  or  part

cash and terms easy, a circular mill  now rnnning 
and in good order, located on a railroad in a section of 
fine hard and soft timber.  Capacity 10 to 11M per day 
Apply to No. 256, Michigan Tradesman. 
256
F 'OR 8ALE—DRUG  FIXTURES  AND  SMALL STOCK 
of drugs.  Address Doctor, Box 212, Rockford.
For sale—or  exchange  for  stock in  trade,
Grain  Elevator,  ten  carloads  capacity;  horse 
power, large grounds;  fine town on C. & G. T. railroad; 
good wheat and produce  market.  Write  for  particu­
lars, W. B. Tyler, care B. P. & D. A. Co.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

262

26o

259

216

W A N T S .

ville, Mich. 

_______ ______ 212

For  sale—a  good-paying  drug  stock  in  a

growing  town.  Nearest  drag  store  is  six miles. 
Will invoice 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  one. 

FOR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD  TRADE, LONG 
F or  sale—the  dress  of  ty pe  now  used  on
F or  sale—fruit  farm  of 

“The Tradesman”—600 pounds  of brevier and 200 
pounds of nonpareil.  A  good  bargain  will  be  given 
206
purchaser. 
acres,  located
in  Spring  Lake.  Ten  minutes .walk  from  post- 
office.  Pleasant  place.  Nice  buildings.  Will  sell  on 
long time or exchange for  stock  of  any kind  of  mer­
chandise.  Place is valued at 83,000, will take $2,000 for 
it.  Address S. A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich.  208
W ANTED —  AT  ONCE,  A  REGISTERED  DRUG 
clerk, with good  references,  at  reasonably low 
wages.  Addtass Albert E. Smith,  City  Drug  and  Gro­
271
cery Store, Cadillac, Mich. 
WANTED—PART INTEREST IN DRUG OR GENERAL 
store by  practical  register -d  pharmacist.  Ad 
dress Robert, care Michigan Tradesman 
271
WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  80  ACRES  OF  TIMBER 
land (pine and black ash), desirable village prop­
erty and (hree horses, for clean  stock  of  groceries  in 
some  lively town  of  not  less  than  1,000  inhabitants. 
270
Address,  Exchange, care Michigan Tradesman. 

L. Williams, Ludington, Mich. 

Seven years’ experience.  Best of  references.  H. 

WANTED —SITUATION  AS  HARDWARE  CLERK.
WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

this  paper  to  give  the Sutliff  coupon system a 
trial.  It will abolish your pass  books,  do  away  with 
all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the 
expense of one clerk, will bring your business  down to 
a  cash basis and  save  you  all the  worry aud trouble 
that usually go with the pass-book plan.  Start the 1st 
of the month with the new  system and  you  will never 
regret it.  Having, two kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (mentioning  this  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 

WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR 
Improved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 

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

211

268

213

M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

T   HAVE SOME CHOICE  GRAND  RAPIDS  REAL  ES- 
-L  tate  which  I  will  exchange  for  stock  ofgu<>ds, 
hardware or boots and  shoes  preferred.  Address  No 
261, care Michigan Tradesman. 
dt»-f  O A A   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUST- 
ness paying 100  per  cent.  Best  of rea­
sons 7 for  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignac-e, 
Mich. 

22S

261

Must sell.  Want to go South.  Address  Box 12, Grand- 

PLAGE to secure a thorough 
and useful education is at roe 
Gr a n d  Ra p id s  (Mich.) Bu s i­
n e ss Co ll eg e.  write for Coi- 

lege Journal.  Address.  C. 6. SWKNSBERG.
CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

Encouragé 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.mGrand Rapids Seed Store,

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

Offer N o. 172.

FREE— To  Merchants  Only:  A  
tripple-plated  Silver Set  (6 knives,  6 
forks,  6 tea spoons,  1  sugar spoon,  1 
butter knife), in satin-lined case.  Ad­
dress at once,  R .  W .  Tansill  &  Co., 
55  State St.,  Chicago. 
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S. A. STOWE, Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  A U G U ST   3 3 .  1 8 8 8 .

One of,the most iniquitous transactions in 
o u r  history is the treatment  of  the  French 
Spoliation claims at the hands of  a long se­
ries of Congresses.  These claims  originat­
ed in the seizure  of  our  ships  by  French 
men-of-war and privateers during the  wars 
of the  French  Revolution.  We demanded 
payment of those claims  again  and  again. 
We came to the verge of a war with a sister 
republic about them.  At  last,  peace  was 
made on the basis of set-off. 
In  considera­
tion of certain concessions to our commerce, 
and of the payment by  France  of  certain 
claims made by her  citizens  against us, we 
agreed to shoulder  these  claims  ourselves. 
From that day to this, not a dollar has been 
paid, although their justice  had  been  pro­
claimed most  solemnly  by  our  presidents 
and our secretaries of state.  We  pocketed 
the consideration  obtained  by  agreeing to 
pay them, and then refused to acknowledge 
them in any direct way.  Their  justice has 
never been denied;  the  continual  and  re­
peated  demands  for  payment  have  kept 
them out of reach of any statute  of  limita­
tions.  And yet here we are in  the  fiftieth 
Congress haggling over the question of  do­
ing this scanty justice out  of  an  overflow­
ing treasury. 
In one sense we cannot repay 
them.*  American  citizens  died  in  penury 
and the sickness of deferred  hope  because 
of the nation’s insensibility to the  claims of 
honor.  No atonement can  make up for the 
past, but we can do something  to mark that 
the general advance in ethical  sensitiveness 
achieved by the nation has  reached even its 
national treasury.

A  friend  of  T h e  T radesman  was  re­
cently present  at  the  naturalization  of  a 
foreigner as a citizen.  He  know  that  the 
law required the court to ascertain whether 
the applicant was “well affected to the gov­
ernment  of  the  United  States,”  but  the 
court took no such  trouble in this  case. 
It 
<did not appear, except  from  what  it might 
know of  the  witnesses as to residence, that 
the applicant  was not a Nihilist or Anarch­
ist or a Social  Democrat,  who  wished  the 
*ight of citizenship only to overthrow  what 
lie was  swearing to maintain. 
It is notice­
able, however, that the courts are beginning 
to  move  mere  slowly  in  this  business of 
making  citizens, and  are  bent  on  finding 
whether the  applicant  will or will not béa 
credit  and a benefit  to  the  country of his 
adoption.  As  a  consequence  of  asking 
more questions some curious- facts  are elic­
ited.  Some of  the applicants  are  found to 
know nothing whatever of  the Constitution, 
and one—who was rejected—did  not  know 
whether or not this  country is governed  by 
a  king. 
It is a very  serious  trust  the  law 
Imposes in our judges in this matter.  They 
are making new sovereigns for the country, 
and they never should treat it as a  work  of 
routine.

The River and Harbor  Bill  has become a 
law without the signature of  the President. 
He  regarded  the  bill  as  so  important  in 
itself  that he would not risk its final defeat 
by vetoing it because af  appropriations that 
be  thinks  objectionable. 
In  some states, 
the Governor has the power to veto separate 
items in an appropriation  bill  and approve 
the rest.  This would be a good  feature  to 
Introduce into the  national  Constitution, as 
it prevents the  loading  of  such  bills  with 
Items  which  the  executive  must  pass for 
the sake of the whole.  But in this case the 
method  might  have  been applied substan­
tially by sending  back the bill with a state­
ment of  those  items  which  seemed  objec­
tionable, and asking that they be struck out, 
while formally vetoing  the  bill as it stood. 
I t  is  true  that a few Congressmen  whose 
hearts were set on just  those  items  might 
prove obstructive,  and  that  this  Congress 
has given way to such obstructions so often 
that there is little hope of  reform now.

The unanimity with which  the  traveling 
men of Grand  Rapids  rejected  the offer of 
the D., L. & N.  Railway  to  take  them to 
Detroit on Friday, accepting the less advan­
tageous offer  of  the  D., G. H. & M. Rail­
way, plainly shows how the  two  lines  are 
regarded by the traveling fraternity.  While 
the Grand Trunk system has  granted every 
•concession  within  reasonable  limits, 
the 
two roads under the Mulliken  management 
have invariably gone to the  other  extreme. 
But it is a long road that knows  no turning 
and the freight receipts of  the two lines tell 
the story.  Sooner  or  later  the  Mulliken 
management will learn that  courtesy  costs 
nothing, even with  railroad  men,  and that 
If it is not  possible  to  grant an  asked-for 
concession, it does not pay to  turn  a repre­
sentative delegation off with  a sneer.

T h e T radesman is now negotiating with 
¡an  independent  oil  dealer,  with a view  to 
cstablishing an opposition oü house at this 
market. 
If  such  an  arrangement  can  be 
earried into  effect, it  Will res ult in a saving 
to thè  retati  trade  of from 1 to 3 cents per 
gaiUra,  as thè  minions of thè  Standard OU 
Co.  invariably meet  compétition.  To this 
fact is due thè low priceat which oU is sold 
a t  thè  other  markets of  thè  Siate  at  thè 
present time.

Am o n g   t h e   t r a d e .

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

JohnD. Noah has engaged in the grocery 
business at Moline.  Lemon,  Hoops & Pe­
ters furnished the stock.

S. Bitely & Co. have  engaged  in general 
trade  at  Casnovia.  Bail, Barnhart & Put­
man furnished the groceries.

Dr.  W. E. Van Ande  wUl  engage in the 
drug  business  at  Sunfield.  The Hazeltihe 
& Perkins Drug Co. is putting up the stock.
C. E. Pennock, formerly engaged  in  the 
grocery business at Cadillac, has  purchased 
the drug stock of Dr. W. H. Ross, on West 
Fulton street 

'

John D. McIntyre is no  longer a member 
of the  firm  of Westlake  &  McIntyre, Dr. 
L. E. Best having purchased his  interest in 
the business.

The  Telfer  Spice  Co.  has  removed  its 
cigar  department  to  the  second  floor, the 
old  location  having  been usurped  by the 
shipping clerk.

Wm.  Kenyon  has  opened a grocery store 
at  the comer of  West Bridge  street  and 
Broadway.  BaU,  Barnhart & Putman fur­
nishes the stock.

J. A.  Sheffield & Co. are  erecting a  new 
bnilding  at Benton  Harbor, in which  they 
will  engage  in the  drug  business.  The 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug Co.  is  putting 
up the stock.

Abraham Sanford, of the  former  firm of 
Bochove & Sanford, has purchased the drug 
stock of Bauer & Curtiss, on  West  Fulton 
street, and will continue the business at the 
same location.

Foster, Stevens & Co. recently  foreclosed 
their  chattel  mortgage  on  C.  M.  Alden’s 
hardware stock  and  subsequently bid  it in 
at  mortgage  sale.  Business  has  been re­
sumed, with Mr. Alden as manager.

Notwithstanding the  four  changes  made 
in Grand Rapids  jobbing houses during the 
past  two  months,  T h e  T radesman  has 
authentic  information  that  still  another 
change is on the tapis and will occur before 
the close of  September.

A report has been current daring the past 
week that Arthur Meigs would  continue in 
the grocery business under new auspices af­
ter the present stock  was  closed  out. 
In­
quiry at the house resulted in  a  disclaimer, 
Manager Fisher  asserting  that  no move in 
that direction was at present under contem­
plation. 

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Lamoreaux  &  Johnston  have  purchased 
the  warehouse  formerly owned  and  occu­
pied by C. C. Comstock,  at  the  juncture of 
Bartlett street and  the G. R. & I.  Railroad, 
and have  moved  it west on the same street 
to the juncture of  the  G. R., L. & D. Rail­
way.  They  will  put  up  a  cold  storage 
warehouse in connection.

The  so-called “sale” of  the stock of  the 
Tower  Clothing House  to J. L. Hudson  is 
not  particularly  assuring  to  the creditors. 
It  is  reported  that  Mr.  Rosenthal  owes 
$125,000  and that  the assets  of  the estab­
lishment  are about  $96,000. 
If  such is the 
case, the creditors will  receive about 75 per 
cent, of  their  claims, although some  assert 
that  60  per  cent, 
is  nearer  the  correct 
figure.

Baxter and Edward  Roberts,  comprising 
the firm of  Roberts Bros., grocers and shin­
gle  mill  operators  at  Blanchard,  made  a 
nasty failure and then left  town,  but  sub­
sequently returned.  They sold their stock 
to F. L. Parker, of  Mecosta,  who  gave the 
mother  of  the  sons  a  mortgage  for  $800 
therefor.  Shortly  after  their  departure, 
Wagner &  Follmer  foreclosed  their  mort­
gage on the  shingle  mill, so that  the other 
creditors  will  probably  receive  no part of 
their claims. 
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AROUND  THE  STATE.

Detroit—P. A. Ball has  sold  his grocery 

stock.

general stock.

meat market.

Blanchard—Roberts Bros, have  sold their 

Lake Odessa—J.  C. Griffin  has  opened a 

Cadillac—W. E.  Hill succeeds the Spring 

Rodney—Earl Bros,  succeed  Earl  & Ea- 

Valve Oil Can Co.

man in general trade.

taking establishment.

a boot and shoe store.

Ovid—N. W. Jenks has opened an under­

Whitehall—H. B. Lauterberg  has opened 

Fennville—Bosnian & Peters  will shortly 

open a new clothing store.

Baldwin—Israfel  Hamburger  has  moved 

his clothing stock to Ludington.

Caster—Dr.  E. J. Bean  has removed  his 

drug stock from Otia to this place.

Freeport—Samuel Roush  succeeds  Rieg- 

ler, Roush & Co. in general trade.

Morenci—Smith & Son  have  bought  the 

grocery stock of  F. E. Benjamin.
"  Tustin—Addison  Randolph  has sold his 
meat market to Framk Edgett, Jr.

Lake Odessa—H.  Bretz,  of  Saranac, will 

shortly put in a stock  of  furniture.

Munson—Loren  Blanchard  has  assigned 

his hardware stock to Henry Perry.

Big  Rapids—C rocker  &  Hudnutt,  con­

tractors add builders, have dissolved.

Conklin—J . B. Watson has sold his drug 

stock to Dr. Peter Beyer, of  Holton.

Ravenna—R.  D.  Wheeler  has  sold  his 

meat market to Walter O. Thompson.

Plymouth—C. L. Wilcox  succeeds  D. B. 

Wilcox & Son in the milling business.

Ashley—Dunham & Reeves sncceed Dun­

ham & Moore in the hardware business.

Petoskey^Lampson &  Manning  succeed 

S. F. Lampson in the grocery business.

Benton  Harbor-AS.  B.  Kemp’s  grocery 

stock has been taken on chattel mortgage.

Allegan—Kibby  A  Helmer  have  closed 
their meat marke^and retired from business. 
i  St. Johns—Geo.  H.  Stephenson  has  as­
signed  his  clothing  stock to E. H. Wilson.
Bay City—E. B. Foss & Co. succeed Foss 
& Leiter in the wholesale  lumber  business.
Mariette—Dawson  A.  Shields  succeeds 
M.  E.  (Mrs.  M.) McLennan in  the  grocery 
business.

Traverse  City—J.  H.  Lampson  &  Co. 
will shortly open a cigar, confectionery and 
fruit store.

Whitehall— Gander  Johnson  has  pur­
chased  the  feed  store  formerly owned by 
Martin Mikkelson.

Montague—G. L. Veenstra is considering 
the project of  removing his  boot  and  shoe 
stock to Muskegon.

Marion—J. W. Densmore,  of  Reed City, 
has  rented  one x>f  C.  Clarke’s  stores  and 
will put in a general stock.

Frankfort—Woodward  Bros, are  closing 
out their general stock, preparatory to their 
removal to Winfield,  Kansas.

Alma—A. W.  Peguegnat  is  closing  out 
his stock of  jewelry and will go on the road 
as a gay and festive drummer.

Sunfield—H.  C.  Carpenter  &  Son  have 
bought  E.  F.  Colwell  A  Son’s hardware 
stock and will continue the business.

Marion—Desmond & Conklin will occupy 
the Fry & McElroy store  building  as  soon 
as completed, carrying a general  stock.

Hillsdale—Wm. Cook, the  boot and shoe 
dealer,  has  assigned.  The  liabilities  are 
about $4,000 and the assets are about $1,000 
less.

Hastings—Bert Tinkler has sold his  gro­
cery stock to Ezra Knapp, of  Vermontville. 
The  business  will  be  managed  by Fred 
Knapp.

Kalamazoo—Underhill & Spofford’s  drug 
stock has been taken possession of  by John 
J. Dodds &  Co.,  of  Détroit,  by virtue of  a 
chattel mortgage.

Burdickville—^Samuel  Berry  has  bought 
the general stock of John Helm and  rented 
his  store  building.  The  transfer  takes 
place September 1 .

Detroit—Grunow &  Patterson,  druggists 
at the comer of Gratiot  avenue  and  Ran­
dolph street, have opened a new store under 
the Cadillac hotel.

Detroit—Strong,  Lee  &  Co.  have  pur­
chased  the  stock  and  accounts of  the late 
firm of  Root, Strong  &  Co. and  will  con­
tinue the business.

Tustin—Gust and  George  Skaglind have 
purchased the  grocery stock of  J. R. Jones 
& Co. and will continue the  business under 
the style of  Skaglind Bros..

Manton—Martin Northrop has purchased 
the interest of Mr.  Farnsworth  in  the gro­
cery stock of Farnsworth & Williams.  The 
new firm will be known as Northrop & Wil­
liams.

Cadillac—On  account  of  failing  health, 
Geo. Deitz has been compelled to dispose of 
his interest in the drug and grocery stock of 
Smith & Deitz to his  partner,  A. E.  Smith, 
who will continue the business.

STRAY  FACTS.

Clinton—David  Hamilton,  President  of 
the Clinton  Woolen  Manufacturing Co., is 
dead.

Cadillac—The  Cummer  Ladder  Co.  will 
shortly  construct a two-story  frame  build­
ing,  35x60  feet  in  dimensions, to be used 
for storage purposes.

Marion—J. E. Fessenden  and  T. J. Bar­
ber, of  Mount Pleasant, are  negotiating for 
two lots,  on  which  they intend  building a 
two-story brick  building  as soon as practi­
cable.

East  Saginaw—W.  H. Gilbert,  assignee 
for J. R. Livingston,  finds  the  liabilities of 
the  estate  to  be  a  few  dollars  less  than 
$20,000 and  the  assets  $21  less  than  the 
liabilities.

Frankfort—The  Crane  Lumber  Co. dis­
tributes $2,000 monthly among its employes, 
and the Frankfort Lumber Co. about $1,200. 
The  large  amount paid for loading vessels, 
in addition, makes times comparatively good 
here.

Eaton Rapids—The Whipple Harrow Co, 
will  shortly  remove  to  St.  Johns,  where 
$20,000 additional capital has been pledged. 
The  new  directors are  R. M. Steele,  Geo. 
A. Steele,  David  S.  French,  Wm.  Miller 
and E. E. Whipple.

Hancock—Tho Calumet & Hecla have de­
clared a dividend  of  $5 per  share, payable 
September  5,  to  stockholders  of  record 
August 11.  This makes the third  dividend 
declared  this  year,  the two  former  having 
been declared April 4 and July 6.

Muskegon—Swift and  Company, of  Chi­
cago,  have  purchased  a  piece  of  ground 
near the Third  street  depot,  on which they 
have  begun the construction of  a two-story 
brick  refrigerator.  The  building  will  be 
38x80 feet in dimensions  and will probably 
be completed within ten weeks.

Unionvilie—D.  E. Dozer, assignee of  the 
general stock of  Kramer Bros., finds assets 
of  $4,000  with  liabilities of  about  $5,000, 
Root,  Strong  &  Co.’s  assignee  is  “in” 
for  $1,300,  H.  S.  Robinson  &  Burten- 
shaw for  $450  and  Krolic & Co. for a like 
amount.  The  balance, excepting  a chattel 
mortgage of  $800, is  made  up  of  amounts 
less than $300.

Cadillac—On  May 9  a  chattel  mortgage 
was  ¿led  for $632  on the  grocery stock of 
Carr  &  Kennedy,  running  to  Mrs.  Belle 
Kennedy and  by her  assigned  to  a  man 
named  Bowen.  The  mortgage was  dated 
December  1,  1887—five  ifionths  before  it 
was  placed Mb  record.  On  August  18  a 
second 'mortgage was  placed on  record, in 
favor of Benjamin Ruppert, of Cadillac, the’ 
amount  named  iu 
the  mortgage  being

$1,000.  As  Ruppert’s connection  with the 
matter  was not  clear, one of  the  creditors 
inferred  that  the  second  mortgage  was  a 
sham and  attached the  stock early Monday 
morning.  The  amount  claimed was  paid 
and the  attachment removed.  Some of  the 
creditors  are  satisfied  the firm  is  solvent 
and will  make no effort to  press collection.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

TUstin—T. E.  Stevens  has  leased  Wm. 
Bullock’s sawmill and  will  start  up  about 
September 1 .

Newaygo—Chas.  C.  Kritzer  has  com­
pleted  repairs  and  improvements  on  his 
roller mill, which  make  the  establishment 
one of  the best of  its kind in the State.

Traverse  City—Wm.  Beitner  is  adding 
largely to his new chair  factory by erecting 
a  34x90  two-story  building.  The  lower 
floor  will  be  used  for  a  dry-kiln and the 
second  story  for a warehouse  and  storage 
room.

Jonesville—Grosvenor  &  Co.  have  de­
cided to remodel  the  Jonesville  City Mills 
and  put  in  full  roller  process.  The con­
tract has been let to the Hutchinson  Manu­
facturing Co., of  Jackson, for $5,900.  The 
work will begin at once and the mill will be 
ready for business  by October  l.  The new 
mill  will  have  a  capacity of  125  barrels a 
day, and will require  about  500  bushels of 
wheat per day throughout the season.

Gnpsack Brigade.

“Hub” Baker  and wife  spent  Sunday  at 

Petoskey.

Cass  Bradford  has  covered  his  store at 
Baldwin all over with signs reading,  “Brad, 
the Grocer.”

A.  F.  Peake,  State  agent  for  D.  B. 
DeLand & Co., of  Fairport,  N. Y.,  put  in 
Sunday  here.

Will Tenny, late  of  San  Francisco,  has 
gone on the  road  for  Chas.  C. Kritzer, the 
Newaygo miller.

None  of  Arthur Meigs & Co.’s  travelers 
have  yet made any permanent arrangements 
for the future.

E. Mortlock, of  Detroit,  spent  Sunday in 
the Talley City.  Mr.  Mortlock  represents 
Stone & Firth,  of  New York.

D.  G. Kenyon  now  represents  Geo.  W. 
Cady&  Co., the  Cleveland  boot  and  shoe 
jobbers, covering  the  sanfe  territory as be­
fore.

Alonzo  Seymour, 

the  veteran  cracker 
salesman,  is  entertaining  his  daughter-in- 
law and  grandson, Mrs. J.  A Seymour  and 
son, of  Chicago.

Will seme one  please  explain what hold 
Steve  Sears  has  on  Charley Falls,  to  the 
end that the  latter  dances to Steve’s  music 
whenever asked to do so ?

Hi. Robertson says that the report that he 
has signed with D. B. DeLand & Co. is  un­
true—that he has not,  as  yet,  even  entered 
into negotiations  with the firm in question.
Jas. A. Massie  was  summoned to Green­
ville, Saturday# to interview a new son. 
It 
is understood that the  youngster will travel 
for 1. M.  Clare & Son  as  soon  as  he is old 
enough.

D. S.  Haugh  and  family  have  gone  to 
Barry  County  to  spend  a  couple  of  weeks 
with  friends.  Chas.  Clouster  takes  Dave’s 
place on the road during his  absence.

Frank H.  White,  formerly  with  Curtiss 
& D unton,  but  more  recently with Felix & 
Marston,  has  engaged to travel  for  Curtiss 
& Co.  He started out on the road under the 
new auspices on Monday.

David  R.  Hackett,  extensively  known 
throughout Michigan and the  Northwest as 
the representative of  the  hardware  estab­
lishment of A. Y.  McDonald,  of  Chicago, 
died at Lansing Saturday  of  Bright’s  dis­
ease,  aged 49  years.

J.  L.  Strelitsky  obtained  judgment  in 
Justice Westfall’s court last Wednesday for 
$30 and costs against the McNeil & Higgins 
Co.,  of  Chicago,  for  services  rendered 
while  he  was in the employ of  the  house. 
The  house  contested  the  claim at consid­
erable cost.

L.  M.  Mills  and family  left  Saturday 
night for  Petoskey  where  they will  spend 
several days with Geo. E. Mills and family. 
They will then  proceed to Mackinac  Island 
and the Soo, returding  home  via  Traverse 
City.  They expect to  be  gone  about  two 
weeks.

Shelby  H erald:  W.  G.  Hawkins,  H.  R. 
Savidge and Geo. Owen, three Grand Rapids 
drummers, got off  the train here  Thursday, 
but as soon as Owen saw  the other  fellows 
alight and heard  that  peaches were not  yet 
ripe  he swung himself  onto  the  car  again 
and said something about “some other day.”

It Beats the Telegraph.

When Wm. B.  Edmunds  started  out on 
his trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania, he 
left his route  with  Th e  T radesman,  re­
questing that the paper be sent  him  during 
his absence.  Last week,  it  devolved  upon 
T h e T radesman to chronicle  the  advent 
of a little stronger at Mr.  Edmunds’  home 
on Lyon street and a couple of  days  there­
after the mails  brought  the  following  ac­
knowledgment:

Cl e v e l a n d ,  Aug.  15,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids :
De a r Sir —Your valuable  paper was re­
ceived here this evening, and  the  notice of 
the  ifine-pound  kidlet  at  418 Lyon street 
broke the news  to  me.  M any  thanks. 
I 
had been expecting a  telegram  every  day, 
but T h e T radesman beats them  a ll!  May 
it always be ahead and on top,
Business is good and politics and weather 
red hot.  Will be home to go to Detroit. 
W. B. E dmunds.

Yours lOderly,

The moral of  the  above  is  plain  to be 
seen:.  If you want to keep posted  on what 
is happening at home, when  you are out of 
tow n-read T h e T radesman.

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iSSOClSTION  DEP18THEMT,

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

President—Frank Wells, Lansing, 
first Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon; 
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City;  N. B. Blaln, Lowell; 
Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint;  Hiram  DeLano,' Allegan; 
Secretary. 
Committee  An  Insurance  Geo.  B.  Caldwell,  Green­
ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville;  Oren  Stone,Flint., 
Committee on Legislation—S.  E.  Parkill,  Owosso;  H.
A. Hydom, Grand Rapids;  H. H. Pope, Allegan, 
nnnimitfaw m  Trade Interests—SmithBarnes..Traverse 
City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw;  M. B.Fairgo, Mus­
kegon.  - 
Committee on Transportation—James Ohbom,Owosso; 
O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rapids;  C.  F.  Bock,  Battle
Committee on Building and Loan Associations—-Chaun- 
cey Strong, Kalamasoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; 
W. E. Crotty, Lansing,

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Local Secretary—P. J. Connell,  Muskegon.
Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.

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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, E. A. Stowe.
N o .  5 —M u sk e g o n  B .  M . A . 
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Win; Peer, 
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N o . 7—D im o n d a le  11. M . A . 

President. F. W. Moat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger,
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

y .:'\  .  N o . 6 —A lb a  K. M . A . 

N o . 8 —E a stp o r t B . M . A .

N o . 9 —L a w re n c e  B . M . A .

President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
h o . lO —H a rb o r S p rin g s B . M . A . 
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson, 

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

N o . l l —K in g s le y  B . M . A .
N o. 1 2 —Q u in c y  B . M . A .

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

N o . 1 3 —S h er m a n  B . M . A . 

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N o.  14—N o. M u sk e g o n  B . M . A .
N o. 1 5 —B o y n e  C ity  B . M . A .

President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens._____
"  
President. R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase._____
”  
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco._______

N o . 16—S an d L a k e  B . M . A .
N o . 1 7 —I’la iu w e ll B . M . A .
President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A, Sidle.
N o. 18—O w osso B . M . A . 
President, H. W. Parker; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
; 
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[»resident, P. F. Watfon; Secretary. E. B. Chapel. 
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President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.

N o. 3 0 —S a u g a tu c k  B . M . A .  :
N o. 31—W a y la n d B . M . A .  - 

N o.  1 9 —A d a  li . M . A . 

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

N o. 2 3 —G rand  L e d g e 3 .  K L
N o. 2 3 —C arson C ity B . M . A .

■esident, F. A.Hockafellow; Secretary, C. G. Bailey.
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resident, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond. 
‘   " 
•esident. Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.

N o. 3 4 —M o rley  B .  M . A - 
N o . 3 5 —P a lo  B . M . A .

N o . 36—G r e e n v ille  B . M . A . 

" 

N o . 8 7 —B o r r  B . M .  A . _

resident. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell 
' 
resident, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
esident, Fred 8. Frost;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
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esident, Wm. Moore;. Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh.
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■esident, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Houghtallng.

N o. 28—C h e b o y g a n  B . M . A  
N o . 2 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M . A . 
N o. 30—O cea n a  B . M . A . 
N o . 3 1 —C h a r lo tte  B . M . A . 

esident, T hos, J . Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
— 
esident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B- Watson.

N o. 3 2 —C o o p e r sv ilie  B . M . A . 

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' 

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

esident. L. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.
resident, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

N o. 3 4 —S aran ac B . M . A . 

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

•resident, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

N o. 3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M . A . 

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

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

Tesident,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, W. F. Baxter.
" 
resident, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

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 . 

•esident, W. S. Wilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.

N o. 4 0 —E a to n  B a p id s  B . M . A . 

•esident, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coller.
’■*  N o. 4 1 —B r e c h e n r id g e   B . M . A .
•esident, W. O. Watson; Secretary. C. E. Scudder.

N o. 4 2 —F r e m o n t B . M . A . 

esident, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.

N o. 4 3 —T u stin  B . M. A . 

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

esident, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
esident, E. B. Martin; Secretary. W. H. Smith
«ident, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
esident, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

N o . 4 6 —L e slie  B . M. A . 

N o.  47;—F lin t  M .  U . 

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

esident, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
N o. 4 8 —H  ubbartl sto n   B . M . A . 
sident, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
" 
sident, A. Wenzel!; Secretary, Frank Smith.
sident, A. O- Wheeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.
•sident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
«ident, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mleras.______
«Ident, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.
«ident, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.

N o . 51—C edar  S p rin g s  B .  M .  A . 
N o. 5 3 —G rand H a v e n  B . M . A .

N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .
N o. .54—D o u g la s B . M . A .

N o. ,55—P e to sk e y   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B . M .  A . 

President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
sident, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman. 
! 
»ident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

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

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

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

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

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

N o.  6 1 —H a rtfo rd   B . M . A .

N o. 6 3 —B v a r t B . M . A . 

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President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

N o, 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A .
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, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom._____
President. Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
N o . 6 7 —W a te r v lie t  B . M . A . 
President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.
President, A, E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.

N o . 6 8 —A lle g a n  B . M . A .

N o. 6 9 —S cotts an d  C lim ax B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Wllllson.

President, H. M- Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers.________
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clutterbuck.

N o . 7 0 —N a sh v ille  B . M . A ,
N o . 7 1 —A sh le y   B .  M .  A ,
N o . 7 2 —JSdmore B . M . A .
N o ,  73—B e ld in g  B . M . A . 

N o. 7 4 —D a v iso n   M .  U . 

President, A'. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, J.  F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.
President, S. S.McCamly;  Secretary, Chaunoey Strong.

N o . 7 5 —T ec n m se h   B .  M .  A . 
I  N o.  7 6 —K a la m a zo o  B . M . A . 

Special Enterprises Wanted.

X>  employ ten hands five years.  Bonus, $1,000.  CM 
n H E B O I G A N —WANTS  WOOD  MANUFACTOR- 
v  . les 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. 
___________ MS ,
A /T ID D L E T O N —WANTS WOOD MANUFACTORIES 
JYL  in every branch,  stave  and  heading  mill  pre­
ferred.  The finest kinds  of  timber  in abundance  for 
manufacturing  slack  work.  Address  Town  Com­
pany, Middleton Mich. 
■\rOBTH Ä U 8 K K G G N -WANTS ALIVE LOCAL 
-IN  newspaper.  Address Sec’y B. M. A. 
X T rA Y L A N D —OFFERS  UNEXCEPTIONABLE  IN- 
• y f  ducements for a cannery.  Address  Sec’y  B.  M.
X  fad,  
1 7 I F B  

L A K E —WANTS ANY KIND OF HARDWOOD 

faetones.  Address Sse’y  B, M. A. 

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T H E   BUSINESS  MAN  IÑ  POLITICS.
The  following  address,  prepared by the 
late CongressmanSMólfati, of Traverse City, 
was read at  the  Cheboygan  convention by 
0. F. Conklin:
Mr.  President and Gentlemen of  the M. B. M.
A.:
It  was  with  great  diffidence  and  after 
much  hesitation that I  accepted the invita­
tion of  your Association to prepare a paper 
to  present to yon  on this  occasion;  but the 
subject  suggested  is one that, hi my  judg­
ment,  so vitally concerns the welfare of our 
country and  the  purity of  this administra­
tion  that I felt I could  not, consistent with 
duty, decline, and  I am  here to invite  your 
attention  very briefly to my  views Of  your 
duty as citizens.
With the psalmist of  old we, as a people, 
truthfully exclaim that our lines have fallen 
in pleasant places and that we have a good­
ly  heritage;  by  the  blood,  devotion  and 
marvelous  ability of  the  Fathers  we  have 
had  bequeathed to us the most perfect  sys­
tem of  goverariient that  exists or ever  has 
existed on the globe.
Here, in  an almost unbroken wilderness, 
by  men who were educated  and  developed 
in  the  hard,  stern  school  of  pioneer  ex­
perience—the  majority  of  them  compara­
tively  unlettered—was  formed  a  govern­
ment  guaranteeing  its  citizens the  largest 
liberty of  action,  the  most glorious  oppor­
tunity  for  achievement,  the  most  ample 
protection  in all  the great  ends of  govern­
ment—“life,  liberty and the pursuit of hap­
piness.”  This government, so formed,  has 
been  protected and  defended  by the  sons, 
this  tree  of  liberty  so  planted  has  been 
freely watered  by the blood of  the best and 
noblest of  the  land, whose true  lives went 
up  in the  smoke of  battle, until  to-day our 
nation stands forth  the wonder and admira­
tion of  the  whole  world,  while  under  its 
overshadowing  branches  sit  sixty  million 
of  the most  contented, happy and prosper­
ous people of the earth.
Such  is  our government,  our nation, our 
home.  Of  it we  are a part—the  nation  is 
but  the  incarnation of  the highest  aspira­
tions, the best  thought and noblest  concep­
tions of  its people. 
It is the echo of  their 
voice, it  is  the  reflection  of  their  wishes, 
the  sum  total of  popular wisdom  and de­
sire.  Our system of government excels any 
other,  jnst in  degree  as it responds to  the 
popular  pulse,  as  it  results in the greatest 
good to the greatest number.
The  highest  duty  of  man,  next  only  to 
that  he owes  his  God, is to his  country—if 
it is perfect, to  defend  it and  keep it so;  if 
not, to  bring it as  near perfection as  possi­
ble.  Patriotism, love of  country,  devotion 
to  fatherland  are the noblest traits of  char­
acter  recorded  in  history or  celebrated  in 
song;  their  story  has  made  luminous  the 
pages of the  one and  inspired  the sweetest 
and most  soul-stirring  strains of  the other, 
recounting  the  tales of  martial  valor,  the 
heroic  deeds  of  arms  and  camp. 
Still 
“peace  has  her victories  no less  renowned 
than  war,” and  as great  and as  important 
victories for the cause of freedom have been 
achieved  by the  peaceable  political  action 
of  the government, and  in  these  conflicts 
have  been  heroes as life  sacrificing,  as  de­
voted, as brave  and as noble as  Leonidas at 
the  Pass  or  Horatins  at the  Bridge. 
In 
peace, as  in war, the  nation has a right  to 
demand  the best  efforts of  all its  citizens; 
and  we  all  owe to  the  government  these 
efforts as a holy debt;  as a duty to ourselves, 
that we may  get the  greatest possible  need 
of good  government;  as a duty to posterity, 
that they may  receive the sacred trust from 
our  hands not only unimpaired but greater, 
broader, grander,  better that we received it.
It is as to my views of your political duty 
in  this  regard, business men  of  Michigan, 
that I address you through the ballot,
Which  falls  as  lightly  as  snow-flakes  on 
“ 
And executes a freeman’s will 
As lightning' does the will of God.”

the  sod

The theory of  our government is that the 
will of  the governed  is  to  determine  the 
policy  to be  pursued, that  the  majority of 
the people shall  dictate, subject  only to the 
organic  law that  every man  properly quali­
fied  shall  have  his voice  heard in the  de­
termination  of  public  questions  and  that 
among voters there shall  be  no distinction, 
no  class, no privilege—every  one is  a  law 
giver, the  peer of  every other. 
It is  this 
inestimable  privilege the elective franchise, 
that crowns American citizenship;  it  is  its 
richest  decoration, its  proudest  boast.  Do 
you  value  it  as  you  ought?  Do  you  ap­
preciate it?  Do  you realize fully its great 
responsibility?  Are  you active to the  duty 
it imposes?  Theoretically, yes,  practically, 
I  fear not. 
If  it were  proposed to  deprive 
you of  this priceless  privilege, if  an  effort 
were  made  to  take  from you  the right  of 
suffrage,  there  is  not  a  man of  you  who 
would  not  spend  every dollar of  his  prop­
erty, aye, would  sacrifice life  itself, before 
he  would  consent  to  disfranchisement, 
for it would not only dishonor his American 
manhood,  but  would  strike  a  fatal  blow 
at  our boasted  freedom  and at the  institu­
tions of our country.  Still, when an oppor­
tunity arrives for you to exercise this privi­
lege, to cast  your vote and  thereby indicate 
your  wishes  as to  policy and  men,  behold 
what a small  excuse will  suffice to  prevent 
a small business transaction, whereby a few 
dollars  may be  added,  to  your  purse;  and 
the highest privilege and duty of an Ameri­
can  citizen  is  neglected,  your  vote  not 
counted, your voice not heard, your influence 
not  felt  in  deciding  a  question  of  vital 
interest  to  you  and the  country and  that 
which  could  never be wrested  from you by 
others.  You  voluntarily  relinquish  a  bau­
ble for which you care not.
I have not  many statistics at hand, but it 
has  been  determined that in  Massachusetts 
over 42 per cent, of the vote of that State is 
not  cast, and in our  own State  over 30  per 
cent., a majority of whom are business men. 
This is a startling fact which should attract 
the attention  and thought of every lover  of 
his country.
In  practical  politics, policies  are  deter­
mined through the medium of  parties;  they 
are the  necessary and inevitable  outgrowth 
of  our system of  government;  men holding 
similiar  views  necessarily associate  them­
selves  together  in  order  to  endeavor  to 
secure  the  adoption of  these views by  the 
nation.  Evéry voter  is  supposed to  have 
an  opinion as to the  questions which  from 
time  to time  engage  the attention and  are 
submitted  to  the  decision  of  the  country 
through  toe  ballot;  every voter’s  duty is to 
have  a  positive,  intelligent  opinion  upon 
every  such  question, and  to give his  vote 
and  influence  to  that  party  which  is  the 
repetition of his opinions and views.  There 
is no  time whoa there  is  not a living, vital 
issue  before  the American  people,  cham­
pioned  and represented  by  parties;  ati  of 
these issues are important to the welfare of 
the country and to each  citizen  personally. 
No question of government policy can arise 
that  does not  afféct for' weal or woe  every 
citizen  and  every  interest  in  our. country 
directly or indirectly.  ' Such being the, case, 
yon should notonly indicate  your views by 
vote, but  should  be  positive and  active  in 
furthering  those views and the  Interests  of

represents 

the  party  which 
them—you 
should be a partisan. 
1  am aware that with 
many this word  Is considered a reproach,  a 
stigma  by seme, and  I  fear  that  it is  so 
viewed  by a large number of  that  class of 
citizens  whose representatives  I   have  the 
honor  to address  to-night.  But  I  submit 
that  if  your  opinions  are worth  anything 
If  you deem 
they  are worth  ascertaining. 
certain  policies  best  for our  country,  you 
should  aid  in  securing 
their  adoption 
through  the only  possible  medium, to  wit, 
“the party,” and to that end  you  should be 
outspoken,  active,  energetic  in  advancing 
the  interests of  that  party. 
I  have  no 
patience  with  a  man of  intelligence  and 
capacity  who does  not  ally himself  with a 
political  party  and  become  active  in  its 
interests, for  it is either  because he has  no 
opinion  upon  great public  questions, or,  if 
he has,  he is shamefully shirking his public 
duty and  abdicating the  noblest  right  of 
citizenship.
I have the highest respect for those whose, 
judgment  leads  them to differ from  me on 
questions of  public  interest;  I  honor them 
if  they are aggressive  in  defense of  their 
views  and  of  their  party,  but,  is  a  man 
who  loves  his  country, has  pride  in  her 
form of  government,  I  am ashamed of  the 
man  who has  no opinion  on vital  political 
issues, or,  if  he  has,  does not  care  enough 
for  them to give  any evidence of  his faith. 
My  friends, the  best  indication, the  surest 
symptom of  political  healthfulness is  posi­
tive,  aggressive,  determined  party  spirit 
abroad  in the  land. 
It  is in political  con­
flict  that the  rich  value of  our  government 
appears;  it is as  the polish  that causes  the 
brilliancy of the diamond.
No, the word partisan is not a reproach— 
it  is an  honor,  a decoration, an evidence of 
high  duty performed.  The  reproach is for 
the  man  who  has  not  patriotism,  public 
spirit and energy enough to be one.
Of  no  class of  citizens  should  more  be 
expected in this regard than of the business 
men of  our State and  nation.  The  ability, 
the  capacity,  the  energy,  the  intelligence 
and  experience  which have  enabled  you to 
succeed  as  business  men  to  develop  our 
great  industries, establish  our great  marts 
of  trade, create  our great  commerce indus­
tries,  in  short, to  make our  country to-day 
the  commercial  equal of  any on the  earth, 
are  characteristics valuable  to  party and to 
country.  The  nation  which  guards  and 
protects your  life, your property, your hap­
piness  has a right to demand the active em­
ployment  in  behalf  of  those elements  of 
character by which  you have produced such 
results,  has a  right to  demand  your  best 
thoughts  and  judgment  on  the  questions 
of national importance which are constantly 
arising, that you shall make that  judgment 
manifest  by active  efforts through  political 
party, in  short, has a  right to demand  that 
you be a partisan.
There  are  now  engaging  the  public  at­
tention questions of the greatest importance, 
pressing  for  decision,  every  one of  ifahich 
challenges  the  attention,  the  best  thought 
and the  soundest judgment of  the  country, 
and should particularly interest the business 
men of  Michigan,  as they are  all economic 
business  propositions.  The great  question 
of transportation—how the commerce of the 
country  be  best  afforded; 
the  cheapest, 
quickest  and  impartial  carriage  consistent 
with the  legal and  equitable  rights of  the 
railroads;  the  improvement  of  the  water 
ways—all  these  closely communicate  with 
the foregoing,  also  the tariff  upon imports, 
disposition of  the surplus in the  Treasury, 
the  restriction of  immigration, pensions to 
the  soldiers  of  the  late  war, temperance, 
the many important  matters relating to the 
sober  interests of  our country.  All  these 
questions  must be  specially settled,  and  if 
you each  do your  duty to your  country and 
to  yourself,  your voice  will  be heard,  your 
influence  felt,  your  vote counted in secrecy 
according  to  such a determination  as  your 
judgment shall dictate.
Do  not  understand  me  as  saying  that 
everything  is all  wrong in the  body politic 
—there  is no way of  judging of  the situa­
tion of  public  affairs  but by  sweeping  all 
the  dirt that  can be found  throughout  the 
whole into one  heap and then  judging each 
part  by the  aggregate;  nor  am I  of  that 
class of  people who  believe in the  political 
or  personal  degeneracy of  our  times, who 
sing  the praises of  the past and  bewail the 
present.  We know  that  men and  events 
seen  through  the vista of  years stand  out 
surmounted  by a  hold of  story that  time, 
“Makes  Helens of  plain  Ann  Elizas,  and 
the  goose  of  to-day  is  memoring  swan.” 
But  every  year  our  nation  is  growing 
stronger aud  better and  broader and grand­
er;  and  the more interest  you take in shap­
ing  its  policy, the  more  active you  are in 
enforcing  your views of  public  affair»,  the 
more  progress will  be  made. 
I   have  the 
most  implicit  faith in  the  cool,  collected 
judgment of  the people.  Mistakes  tempo­
rary in character  they, make when  time has 
not  allowed  thought  and  discussion;  but 
when  a  proposed  policy  or  question  has 
passed  through  the  fiery  furuage of  cam­
paigning  and  party  discussion,  when  the 
issue has  been clearly made and thoroughly 
presented  to  the  greatest,  wisest,  most 
powerful  tribune,  the  mature, 
intelligent 
conscience of the American people, the ver­
dict is always  right.  We may  not see it in 
that  light at the time and it may be against 
our judgment, but I  firmly believe  that the 
voice of the American people is the voice of 
God;  but  it  must  be  the  popular voice  of 
the  whole  people, not of  a  part, not  of  a 
class, not of a faction alone—it must be the 
voice of all expressing their views, however 
diversified,  blending  into  the  harmony  of 
perfection.
But if  the result, as  announced,  does not 
express  the voice of  the voters, then is  the 
election  a  farce  and  our  government  a. 
mockery.  All  crimes against the  purity of 
the  ballot, by  whatever  person  or  party 
committed—whether by violence and  intim­
idation  the voter is prevented from  casting 
his  ballot or  forced to  vote contrary to  his 
wishes, by bribery when  money and boodle 
vote  instead of  the citizen,  by stuffing  the 
ballot  box,  by  false  count  or  returns, 
whether it be in Mississippi, New York, Ill­
inois or Michigan—should be declared treason 
and be punished as such.  It is more danger­
ous to the  nation  than levying war  against 
it, tor  that can  be fairly and  squarely met, j 
overthrown 
and  punished;  hut  crimes 
against the purity of the ballot box, by their 
slow and insidious  poison,  sap the very life 
principle,  and  before  we -are  aware  the 
nation will  be  past, recovery.  This  needs 
no  argument—it  is a  political  axiom;  yet 
how apt we are to give this crime of  crimes 
but  a  passing thought  or applaud  it  as  a 
sharp political  trick and condone  the crime 
when we  should protect our  election as tHe 
apple of our eye.
The effects of carelessness and negligence 
of  the business  men as a  class, relating to 
their political matters, are most clearly seen 
in  municipal  politics  in  the  cities  of  our 
country. 
It  is  here that  mismanagement, 
corruption and  theft often  ran riot and are 
in  many  cases  backed  up  with  brazen 
effrontery.  Municipal  governments  are 
merely a business machine.  Through them

the cities are  policed, lighted and  provided 
with  water, the  highways  constructed  and 
regulated,  etc,,  etc.—all  purely  business 
matters,  national  and  state  politics  not 
necessarily  being 
involved,  and  solemn 
party nominations  are made  more  for  the 
purpose  of  organization  than  otherwise. 
Here  is a wide  field for  action—a  correct, 
honest,  economical,  and yet broad  and  lib­
eral  policy in  municipal  affairs  should  be 
the  desire of  every good  citizen;  yet these 
matters  are  too  often  given the  “go  by” 
unless  under the  statement of  some  great 
local  excitement  brought about  by the  ex­
posure of  startling  corruption  or  misman­
agement.  The  vote at  our  municipal elec­
tions is very meager, and  here it is that the 
disreputable,  dishonest  and  criminal  class, 
who  only disgrace  the  name of  politics, 
reap  their  harvest, obtain  control  of  the 
public  affairs and  steal and  prey upon  the 
community until, emboldened  by their  suc­
cess and the listlessness of the citizens, they 
commit some act (if such a flagrant character 
as  to arouse the  indignation of  the people, 
when a full vote is cast and  they are driven 
from  power.  Then  the  city will  relapse 
into  its normal  condition of  interesting in­
difference—and once more “History repeats 
itself.”  Eternal  vigilance  is  notonly  the 
price of  liberty  but  also  of  good,  honest, 
efficient municipal  government,  and no citi­
zen,  particularly no  business  man,  should 
allow a local  election  to pass  without  cast­
ing  his vote  so that it  shall  count in favor 
of a business-like municipal government.
In  my  judgment,  every  election  day— 
national,  state  or  municipal—should  be 
made  by statute  a  legal  holiday,  and  all 
business  should  be  suspended  to  the  end 
that  every  elector  may,  in  a  deliberate, 
thoughtful  manner,  exercise  the  most  im­
portant  and precious  privilege of  citizen­
ship.  The  laborers should come from their 
toil, the professional men from their studies 
and offices,  the business men of  all callings 
from the busy marts of trade and commerce 
and  devote  one  day to this  high  duty  and 
sacred right.
It  is  not  on  election  days that  you are 
often  derelict in  duty.  At the  ballot  box 
you  are limited  in  your choice to the  nom­
ination  of  the various  parties.  Whatever 
may have been the theories and ideas of the 
parties, the practical  working of  the politi­
cal machine  restricts the real  choice of  the 
voter.  Of  course,  you  can  cast your  vote 
for  whom  you wish, but if  it be  for  some 
one  who has  not  been  nominated  by the 
people, the convention or cause of some great 
party, the  vote is  lost or,  as some  one has 
well  expressed  it, you have  “voted  in  the 
air.”  It  follows  that  any  citizen who has 
a  choice  (and all  should  have) as  to who 
shall  occupy the  various offices  and admin­
ister the  affairs of  government must attend 
and interest himself  in the primaries of  his 
party, the fountain-head of  all political  ac­
tion, the very source of good or evil.  It is here 
that  the influence of  the citizen is  most  di­
rectly  felt, it is here  that the  individuality 
of  the  voter  is  preserved;  the  primaries 
elect  the delegates, the delegates  nominate 
candidates, and  for  them  you  must  vote. 
•Now,  how  many of  the  business  men  of 
Michigan  who give  me  audience  to-night, 
as  a  rule,  attend  the  primaries of  their 
party?  How many  of you  have any  voice 
in  saying who  shall  be  President  of  the 
nation, Governor of  the  State,  Representa­
tive in  Congress,  etc., except  to choose  be­
tween  those  nominated  at  conventions  of 
parties.  The  real choice  is  at  the  caucus 
and  convention,  and  here the business man 
is  generally  conspicuous  by  his  absence. 
This has  been my  observation.  The  gen­
tleman  who  has for  the past  year  so ably 
served  this Association  as 4ts*  President  I 
have  known  for  years as  a fellow  towns­
man,  a gentleman of  great  intelligence  and 
ability, of  energy  and  marvelous  business 
capacity,  a  man of  great  public spirit  and 
of  party  political  views,  and  yet  I  have 
never  seen him present  at a primary of  his 
party, and  he is a fair  type of  the majority 
of  businessmen—too  apt  to say,  “Oh,  let 
the  politicians  run  it—I  am  too  busy.” 
And,  then,  perchance,  if  the action of  the 
primary (composed of men who are alive to 
their rights and duties in this regard)  is not 
in  accordance with  your views,  or  the can­
didates  nominated  distasteful, in the popu­
lar phrase of  the day  you  “kick.”  Refus­
ing or  neglecting to aid with your voice and 
influence in endeavoring to secure the result 
you  may  desire,  you  become  disgruntled 
because the result is not to your liking, and 
you vote for the nominee of a party to whose 
principles you  are opposed  and whose  can­
didate is no  better than, if  as  good  as,  the 
nominee of  your own  party, who  has  been 
nominated  by  methods  fully as  objection­
able  as those  you  would  condemn.  And 
what  have you  gained?  Nothing,  except, 
perhaps, to have fastened  upon the country 
a  policy which  you consider  detrimental  to 
its best  interests and to have elected  a can­
didate  with whom  you  have  no sympathy 
and  to have  endorsed a  caucus  action  no 
better  than  your own.  But, you  often say 
that the  word “caucus” and  “primary” is a 
dirty pool  run  by rings and  politicians  for 
revenue only. 
If  it be so,  it is the  fault of 
the  people, and  you  are  responsible  for 
your fu ll share.
The  people  are  all  right,  their  motive 
correct;  they  desire  the  best,’  the  highest 
and  purest in politics as in  everything else, 
and  if  you  would wake  up to  a full  con­
ception  of  the  importance of  the  primary 
and your  duties in  this regard  and  would 
exercise  one-tenth part of  the ability, ener­
gy and  intent  you  display when  yoh  “kick 
and  bolt,”  the  faults  to  which  you object 
would vanish  at  once.  But, I  wish  to say 
here  in this  presence that many of  the ob­
jections to the  proceedings at the primaries 
and caucuses are visions and  extravagances, 
as  a  further  acquaintance  will  convince 
you:  but  whatever  is  wrong  you  should 
help to  right;  whatever  objectionable,  you 
should  help to remedy;  whatever unseemly 
and of ill report, you should help to correct. 
If  there  be  any dirt  or corruption  in  the 
spring from  which flows  the great  stream 
of  American  politics,  who  should  be more 
intent  in ¿having it cleansed  than the  busi­
ness men?
Another  count  in  the  indictment which 
can  be  justly  found  against  the  business 
man in this-behalf is the shirking and evad­
ing of  the  duty of  taking  office. 
In  the 
early  days of  the  republic, the  holding of 
office  was  considered  a burden  and  its ac­
ceptance a duty which citizens were expect­
ed to  bear  and  perform;  it was  a  sacrifice 
which  they were  called  upon to make  tor 
the  public good.  To a great  extent that is 
true to-day.  There is no money to be made 
in public office for the capable business man. 
There  may  possibly be  a  livelihood  but 
nothing more, and  tor this reason it is diffi­
cult  to obtain  capable men of  affairs to  be 
candidates 
tor  office;  consequently,  the 
office necessarily falls to the lot of men who 
wish it merely for the purpose of livelihood 
and are sometimes incapable, or it falls to that 
class of citizens whose wealth enables them 
to  devote the  time and attention  necessary 
to execute the trust committed to them, and 
it is unfortunate when our choice of officials 
is limited to either class.

Now,  you  all  recognize  your  duty,  btft 
when called upon you begin with one accord 
to  make excuses,  and then  find  fault with 
the  official who is chosen. 
If  you desiré. a 
good government, if you desire pure admin­
istration,  if  you desire  business-like execu­
tion of public trusts, then you must consent 
to bear your part of the public burden.  The 
disinclination of business men of all classes 
to  assume their  share of  the responsibility 
of  office  is  a  large  stone  in  our  political 
shoe.
But I  wish in this  connection to give my 
testimony to  the pure  public  character  of 
men  whom  the  people of  this State  have 
honored  with high office. 
I  have had  op­
portunity to  know and to  judge, and  with­
out  hesitation or reservation I  would  state 
that  It is  my candid  opinion that  no  man 
ever  occupied  the  office  of  Governor  of 
Michigan  and with  one exception  a  State 
office  and with  one exception a member of 
the Legislature but  who was perfectly pure 
and incorruptible in his  office and who exe­
cuted  its «duties  with an  eye single  to  the 
public and retired without even the smell of 
smoke  of  corruption  about  his  garments. 
You make a mistake when you speak light­
ly of the official character of public men,  for 
several  reasons:  First, you do them a wrong 
and  injustice;  second, many  not personally 
acquainted  with  them  hearing  corruption 
and  dishonesty so  often  charged  come to 
believe It and, if occasion requires, act upon 
that assumption in their dealings  with pub­
lic  officials:  third,  men unused  to  public 
life  occasionally are  chosen  to  high  office 
and  suffer that  which  they have  so  often 
heard  must  be true  and  that  is the  usual 
thing,  i.  e., they are tempted  and fall,  dis­
gracing  themselves and  dishonoring  their 
constituents.  Almost  universally  is  this 
the  cause  of  public  and  official  scandals. 
It  is a dangerous state of  affairs when  the 
public  believes  its  officials  to  be  corrupt. 
Judge public men by those whom you know, 
and  I will guarantee that you  will be  more 
guarded  in  lightly  passing  judgment  on 
men in public life.  Let the people of Mich­
igan  judge  the  Executive of  our State  by 
the  late  Governor  Crapo,  General  Par­
sons  and  my  valued  and  good-hearted 
friend, Governor Begole, and of  other State 
offices  by the lamented  Fenton and  your 
honored fellow citizens,  Colonel  McCreary, 
or Major Newell, and you will always speak 
in honorable  praise of your public servants.
Gentlemen, I beg of you not to do me the 
injustice to think that I am egotistic enough 
to , suppose  that  I  have presented  in  this 
paper anything at all  new or novel or origi­
nal. 
It  is a subject  to which  you have  all 
given  much thought, and  I  only hope  that 
I may have impressed some old truths upon 
you  and aided  you in  resolving to  perform 
more  thoroughly a duty which you are well 
aware you  owe to the nation, the State, the 
county in which you live and to yourself.
Although  my  remarks  have  been  ad­
dressed  to the  business  men of  Michigan, 
whose  representatives  you  are,  still  they 
are  applicable  to  every  citizen  entrusted 
with  the  elective  franchise.  All  classes 
and  condition of  our  people are  interested 
in good government, all owe the same public 
duty,  and  if  every elector  will  discharge 
that  duty as  a politician and a partisan  in 
the  noble,  honest,  patriotic  sense  of  the 
word, 
the 
founders of our government will be realized, 
our hopes and aspirations become a glorious 
reality and  the  hope of  the lamented  Lin­
coln verified  that a government of  the peo­
ple,  by the  people, for  the people shall not 
perish from the earth.

the  bright  anticipations  of 

Ibarbware.

These  prices  are  for cash buyers,  who  pay 

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BOLTS.

BELLS.

BRACES.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS. CAST.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

AU GERS AND B IT S .
Ives’,  old style........................... 
dis  60
N.  H. C. Co.............................................. dis 60
Douglass’___— .................................... dis 60
Pierces’ ................  
dis 60
Snell’s ......................................................dis 60
Cook’s  ................................................... dis 40
Jennings’, genuine...... ................. 
  dis  25
Jennings’, imitation............................. disSO&lO
Spring...................................................... dis 40
Railroad.............................................. 
$ 14 00
Garden................................................ .\.net 33 00
H and........................................... dis  $ 60&10&10
Cow.......................................................dis 
70
Call.....................................................  dip  30&15
Gong....................................................uiS 
25
Door, Sargent......................................dis  60&10
0
Stove...................................................dis $ 
Carriage  new list........................... 
  dfis 7G&10
Plow  ............................. .................... dis 
50
Sleigh Shoe.........................................dis 
70
Wrought Barrel  Bolts...................... dis 
60
Cast  Barrel Bolts..............................dis 
40
Cast Barrel, brass knobs................... dis 
40
60
Cast Square Spring............................dis 
40
Cast Chain.........................................dis 
60
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob.............dis 
Wrought Square....................... ........dis 
60
Wrought Sunk Mush.........................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
Flush...............................................dis  60&10
Ives’ Door.......................................... dis  60&10
B arber...............................................dis$ 
40
Backus............................................   .. dis  50&10
Spofford..............................................dis 
50
Am. Ball............................................ dis 
net
Well, plain..................................................$ 3  50
Well, swivel...........................................   . 
4 00
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................... dis  70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed........dis  70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis  60&
Wrought Narrow, bright fast j oint.. dis  60&10
Wrought Loose  Pin..........................dis  60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.......... dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned..........dis  60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
tipped............................................... dis  60& 5
Wrought Table.................................... dis  60&10
Wrought Inside Blind....................... dis  60&10
Wrought Brass......................  
.75
Blind, Clark’s....................................... dis  70&10
Blind, Parker’s..................... 
  dis  70&10
Blind, Shepard’s..................................dis 
70
Ely’s 1-10.............................................. per m $ 65
60
Hick’s C .F........................ 
G. D ....................................................  
35
Musket................................................ 
60
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list... .50
Rim Fire,United  States.............................disSO
Central Fire.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......  
dis25
Socket Firmer.. ............ ...........d is   70&10
Socket Fram ing........................... 
dis  70&10
Socket Corner.......................  
dis  70&10
Socket Slicks........................ 
 
dis  70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer— . . ......dis 
40
Barton’s Socket Mrmers....... . . . . . .dis 
20
Cold............................ ....... ................net
Curry, Lawrence’s ...........................dis  40&10
Hotchkiss  ..........................................dis 
25
COCKS.
Brass, Backing’s...... .......  
60
 
Bibb’s ......................  
60
B eer.......................... 
40&10
Fenns’..............................................................60
Planished, 14 oz out to size....................fS>  33
31
29
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48...........  
29
 
Bottoms........... 
 
30
DRILLS
40
Morse’s Bit  Stock..............................dis 
Taper and Straight Shank........*...... dis 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank......................... .dis 
40
Com. 4 piece, 6  in .* ......................doz net  $.75
Corrugated...... ................. ..... dis20&101&0
Adjustable...... ........ 
dis  X&10

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

 
COPPER.

CATRIDGEB.

'  COMBS.

CHISELS.

ELBOWS.

CAPS.

dis 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GAUGES.
HAMMERS«

e x p a n s iv e  b it s.

Claris, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. 
dis 
Ives’, L $18 00; 2. $24 00; 3, $30 00.  dis 
f il e s—New List.
American File Association List..... .dis 
Disston’s ...................................... 
  dis 
New American.............  
.......d is 
Nicholson’s ....... ......... 
 
dis 
.........d is 
Heller’s.-............. 
 
Heller’s Horse Hasps........................dis 
Nos, 16 to 20,  22 and 24,  25 and 26,  27 
List 
15 

GALVANIZED IRON,
14 

12 

 

Discount, 60.

30
25
60
60
60
60
50
50
28
18

 

 

 

 

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING GOODS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 
50
Maydole & Co.’s...................................dis 
26
Kip’s ...................................................dis 
25
Yerkes  & Plumb’s ............. ...............dis  40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................... 30 e list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate, d a rk ’s, 1,2, 3..........  
60
dis 
State.........................................per doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  in.  4&  14
and  longer........................................... 
7^4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ................. net 
70
Screw Hook and Eye %................     net 
8 ¡4
Screw Hook and Eye  M.................... net 
7*4
Screw Hook and Eye,  %...................net 
7*4
Strap and  T ....................................dis 
70
Bam Door Kid derMfg. Co., Wood track  50&10
Champion, ’anti-friction...... .....;...dis  60&10
40
Kidder,wood  traek........................d is 
Pots ..................  
60&10
K ettles....................................................   60&10
Spiders  ..................................................     60&10
Gray  enameled......................................  
50
Stamped  Tin W are..........__ new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  W are........ .................. 
25
Granite Iron  Ware......... ......................  
25
Grab  1.............................................$11 00, dis 60
Grub  2.............................................  11 50, dis 60
Grub 3..............................................  12 00. dis 60
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........... dis 
55
55
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings......  
Door, porcelain, trimmings................... 
55
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain......... dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s....................  40&10
45
Hemacite...................  
dis 
55
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis 
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.................... dis 
55
Branford’s ........................................... dis 
55
Norwalk’s  ....................... 
dis 
55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..................dis  70
Adze  Eye...................................$16 00 dis 
60
Hunt Eye...................................$15 00 dis 
60
Hunt’s...................................... $18 50 dis 20 & 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled.................dis  50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s................................dis 40
Coffee, P.S.&W.Mfg. Co.’s Malléables ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s............. dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise................................... dis  25
Stebbin’s Pattern  ..............................dis  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine.............................. dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring............... dis 
25

LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

KNOBS—NEW LIST.

LOCKS—DOOR.

M OLASSES G A TES.

HOES.

M AULS.

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Common, Brad and Fencing.

j  lOd  8d 
6d  4d
2 
1*4
2*4 
$1 25  1 50  1 75  2 00 

lOdto  60d.........................................$  keg $2 05
25
8d and 9 d adv............................................  
6d and 7d  adv......... .................................  
50
4dand5d  adv............................................. 
75
3d advance.................................................   1 56
3d fine advance....................... ................   2 25
Clinch nails, adv................................... . 
1 00
Finishing 
Size—inches  |  3 
Adv. f  keg 
Steel Nails—2 10.
OILERS.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.
................dis60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom__
.................. dis  50
Brass or  Copper.................
...... ........... dis  50
Reaper................................
per gross, $12 net 
Olmstead’s .........................
......   50&10
PL A N E S .
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................... dis 40® 10
Sciota Bench........................................ dis  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............................dis 40@10
Bench, flrstfquality........................................dis @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__ dis20&10
Fry, Acm&............................................dis 50&10
Common, polished............................... dis60&10
Dripping............................................. $1b  6*4
Iron and Tinned..............................dis 
55
Copper Rivets and  Burs...................dis 
50
“A” Wood’spatentplanished,Nos.24to27 10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20

PA TEN T FLA N ISA E D  IR O N .

RIVETS.

PA N S.

Broken packs *4c $  3> extra.

R O P E S .

 

Sisal, *4 in. and  larger................................   10
Manilla.........................................................  12
SQ UARES.
Steel andiron.......................
Try and Bevels......................
Mitre  ...................................
SHEET IRON.

.dis  70&10 
60
dis 
.dis 
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.

TACKS.

7 35 rates.

jjU PLATES«

$3 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
3 25

6*
6*4
14
16
18
60
60
60
60
50
50
50
50
50
45
35

3 35
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 2  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..................................$4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17..................... 
4 20 
Nos. 18 to 21................................   4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24................................  4 20 
NpS .25 to 26................................   4 40 
No. 27...........................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fl>s, $   lb..............
In smaller quansities, $   fi>........
TINNER’S SOLDER.
No.l,  Refined.............................
Market  Half-and-half...............
Strietly  Half-and-half...............
American, all  kinds...........................dis
dis
Steel, all kinds....................................dis
dis
Swedes, all kinds............................... dis
dis
Gimp and Lace...................................dis
dis
Cigar Box  Nails.................................dis
dis
Finishing Nails...................................dia
dis
Common and Patent Brads...............dis
dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks, dis
dis
Trunk and Clout Nails........................dis
dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.......... dis
dis
Leathered Carpet  Tacks................... dis
dis
10x14,Charcoal.........’.........6 00@6 20
IC, 
10x14,Charcoal..............................  7 85
IX, 
12x12, Charcoal...................................   6 85
IC, 
12x12, Charcoal................................  8 35
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal................................  6 35
IC, 
IX, 
14x20, Charcoal...................................   7 85
9 35
IXX,  14x20, Charcoal.......................... 
IXXX, 14x20, Charcoal..............................   11 37
IXXXX, 14x29 Charcoal............................ 13 15
20x28, Charcoal...............................  16 10
IX, 
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............ ............   7 10
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal...............................  9 10
DXX, 100 Plate  Charcoal..........................   1110
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.......................  13 10
Redlpped Charcoal Tiu Plate add  1 50  to 
Roofing, 14x20, I C ...................................  
  5 40
Roofing, 14x20, IX ...................................... 
  7 00
Roofing, 20x28, IC...............   ....................   12 00
Roofing, 20x28, IX ....................................  15 00
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne......................6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Terne..................   7 50
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne.................... 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne.............. 15 00
Steel, Game................................................. 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouso’s............. dis  35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  60&10
Hotchkiss’.................................................. 60&10
S. P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s .................................. 60&10
Mouse, choker..................................... 18c V doz
Mouse, delusion............................. $150  $  doz
Bright Market................................................dis 67*4
Annealed Market..............................dis  7G&10
Coppered Market...........................................dis 62*4
Extra Bailing.........................................  dis  56
Tinned  Market................... 
dis  62*4
Tinned Broom.......................  
$Mb  09
Tinned Mattress.....................................w lb 8*4
Coppered Spring Steel.........................dis 
50
Tinned SpringSteel..................... 
dis 40&10
Plain Fence................  
$Mb  3
Barbed Fence, galvanized.,..............................4 00
painted..................................... 3 25
Copper.. .......................... 
new 
Brass................................. 
new 
Bright...... ............ 
 
dis  70&10&10
Screw Eyes......................................dis  70&10&10
Hook’s ........................................... dis  70&10&10
Gate Hooks and  Eves............. ..dis  70&10&10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
Coe’s G enuine........................./....... dis 
50
75
Coe’s Ptent Agricultural, wrought, dis 
Coe’s Ptent. malleable.................... dis  75M0
Bird Cages............................................. 
60
Pumps,  Cistern.,,.......................... ..dis 
75
Screws, new list............................... 
70&5
 
Casters, Bed and P iste ...,............ disSO&lO&lO
40
Dampers, American............................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods. ..d 
%
Copper Bottoms..................... 
30c

WIRE GOODS.
 

MISCELLANEOUS.

TIN—LEADED.

WRENCHES.

TRAPS«

WIRE.

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Weekly  “Pointers.”
Not  One  in  a Hundred

knows there is such a thing as a Peach  Parer, 
but there is a little machine that made  its ap­
pearance several years  ago,  which  is  a com­
plete success as a peach and  apple  parer.  In 
all probability, a peach is the  hardest thing in 
the line of  fruit  to  pare  without  waste,  hut 
this machine, by  the  peculiar  motion  of  its 
knife, makes a nice, clean, thin pare and saves 
a great deal  of labor.  Talking  about  paring 
machines, there is that  little  “O.  K.”  paring 
knife that is one of the most convenient things 
about  the  kitchen.  By changing the blade & 
trifle, it will  cut any  desired  thickness,  and 
you can  slice  more  potatoes  “Saratogas” in 
ten minutes than with any  other knife in one 
hour, and have every slice the same thickness 
or varied at pleasure.  Being  made of refined 
steel, will last longer than  any other, and can 
easily be re-sharpened  with  a  carving  steel. 
Handles of hard wood,  enameled.  Not affect­
ed by hot water.  Made right  and left handed.

Foster, Stems & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33, 3 5 ,3 7 ,3 9  and 41 Louis Street.

Weekly  “Pointers ”
IT  IS  LAUGHABLE

to see  how  surprised  most  people  are  when 
they see the

Troy  Polishing  Iron.

The majority of the people have been accus­
tomed  to the  nickel-plated  polishers,  and  it 
seems odd to see such a contrast.

The  TROY  polisher  has  a  perforated  or 
rough surface, and will make a gloss on shirts, 
collars or cuffs in  ONE-THIRD  the  time  the 
old-fashioned smooth iron will.  It is  used  al­
together in  the  laundres  and  public  institu­
tions,  and  should  be  in  every  home  where 
good ironing is appreciated.

Then there is that Taylor’s Patent Flour Can. 
It is quite a novelty;  it  holds  fifty  pounds of 
flour and has a  sifter on the  bottom or mouth 
of it, so that you  can  sift  out  just  as much 
flour as you like without any waste.  It hangs 
on the wall and takes  up  no  room that  could 
be used for any other purpose.

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33, 3 5 ,3 7 , 39 and 41 Louis Street.

Weekly  “Pointers.”

QUESTIONS without ANSWERS
WHY IS JT—That a universal  table  bever­
age like tea or coffee, which may be  prepared 
and served by all as pure aud clear  as  a  deli­
cate wine, is so  frequently set before ns a bit 
ter, strong, mixed or uncertain  and unpalata­
ble decoction?

WHY  IS  IT—That  the  “penny  wise  and 
pound foolish” policy prevails to  such  an ex­
tent  in  the  domestic  economy  as  to lead so 
many to purchase tea and coffee pots made of 
very light and often positively poisonous coke 
plate with a dangerous  alloy  of  lead, with a 
mere film of tin coating, which will hardly last 
a week?

WHY IS IT—That some people, reasonable 
in other matters, and buying a  good article of 
tea or coffee, expect a delicate and wholesome 
beverage prepared in  these vessels, which are 
utterly unfit for civilized beings to use?

WHY IS IT—That many people, extremely 
nice  and  particular  about  the  most cleanly 
service In the dining-room, pay  so little  heed 
to the impure,  poisonous  and  absolutely  un­
clean tea-pot or  coffee  boiler  in the  kitchen, 
from which our palates  are separated only by 
the thin mask of a silver urn and a china cup?
WHY IS IT—That some people will buy this 
tinware of “Cheap John” peddlers  because  it 
is cheap, when it is the  most  dangerous  and 
costly  thing  that  could  be  used  about  the 
house?

We are up to the times in the  tinware  line, 
and have placed a brand on the market known 
as the “F. & S. CO.” Tinware, made  of I. X. X. 
X. tin plate (our own make), and we guarantee 
every piece to be first class,  and  it  comes hut 
little above the price of this cheap ware.

list net
list net

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.-,

3 3 ,3 5 ,3 7 ,8 9  and 41 L ouis Street.

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but  room  for

because it beats themall

QUICK,

It is
EASY,

CHEAP.
It’s  worth trying.

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MONEY, 
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LABOR, 
STRENGTH, 
CLOTHES.
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IS ALL IT
CO STS.

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

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Wholesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH IONIA  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS, M O H .

I F T

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ice  Chicago  Dressed

-AND-

M U T T O N

Gan  be  found at  all  times  in  full  supply and a t 
popular prices at the branch houses in  all  the larger 
cities and is Retailed by all First-Glass Butchers.

The trade  of  all marketmen  and meat  dealere is 
solicited.  Our Wholesale Branch  House, L. F. Swift. 
& Co., located at Grand Rapids, always has on  hand- 
a full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, axyd 
the public  may rest  assured that in  purchasing  ogr 
meats from dealers they will always receive the best.
Swift  and  Company,

Union  Stock  Yards, 

• 

CHICAGO,  ILL

I.  M.  CLARK  1  SON,

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ON  T H E   TRAIN.

' Written (o r The Tradesman.

They  were  unused  to  travel.  Anybody 
’•could see that by the anxious way in  which 
¡she asked the brakeman  time  after time if 
this were her station.  That they were poor, 
their clothes  bore evidence.  They had got 
-on  the  train  at  Ann  Arbor  and  had had 
¡some sort of a conversation  with  the  con- 
«luetor  who, after  receiving  the money the 
•woman paid him, shook his head  and  went 
.tiis way.  Just after leaving  Battle  Creek, 
•the woman took two apples out of her little 
hand-bag and divided them in shares for the 
•three  children  and the man.  A large red- 
lfaced  man  who  wore a heavy  gold  chain 
: around  his  neck  and had  on a velvet vest 
•and coat and pants of  loud, pattern  had for 
some time  divided  his  attention  between 
his newspaper and this family.  Sitting di­
rectly  behind 
them,  he  had  overheard 
snatches  of conversation and, when the lit­
tle   woman  divided  the  apples, he left his 
¡seat and stood in  the  aisle by her side and 
«handed  her a package  containing  a lunch. 
T he lady—for she was one, despite her poor 
•clothes—looked at him half  offended,  when 
he said:

“ Madam,  I  heard  the  children  say they 
were hungry and, knowing  that  you  could 
¿get  no  lunch  for  them  before  we  reach 
INiles,  I  take  this  liberty. 
I  had  a  late 
«¡breakfast, and can  wait  easier  than  these 
Mittle ones.”

The woman  murmured  her  thanks  and 
the  husband of  the  woman,  who  had  lis- 
- tened attentively, now said:
“ Sir, your voice  is  kind,  and I feel  sure j 
-you  are a gentleman.  We are not beggars, 
but, God help us, we have not had a mouth­
ful  since  yesterday  noon. 
Iam   blind, or| 
•nearly so, and  hearing of  a skillful  oculist 
in  Chicago, my wife  sold what we had and 
^raised what money she could  and we are on 
■'©ur  way to  Chicago,  hoping  to  have  my 
sight  restored.  We  have  relatives  there, 
and will be taken  care of, once in Chicago. 
Through  some  misunderstanding, we erred 
in estimating  the  amount it would  cost to 
transport us, and  find  that we will have to 
Reave the train at Kalamazoo.  God help us, 
II don’t know what  we’ll do.”

The  woman  was  softly crying, and  the 
»children—well, they were  eating the lunch.
The  red-faced man did not long hesitate. 
■He took off  his  hat, and, going to the front 
•of the car,  turned and faced the passengers, 
•and said in a loud voice:

■“My friends, excuse me, but I want  your 
attention just a moment.”  Then he went on 
and  related  the  story  as  told  him by the 
■blind  man.  “Now,” he  concluded,  “I  am 
mot  rich  myself, but  here’s my mite,” and 
¡he threw a five-dollar bill into his hat.  He 
passed down the aisle  and nearly every one 
contributed  something.  Then he  went  to 
the next car,  and the  next, until  the  train 
•was  canvassed  and, coming back,  his  face 
tedder than ever, followed  by three or  four 
•others, he emptied his hat into the woman’s 
Hap, and said:

4‘Madam,  God—if  there is one—helps the 
•worthy  poor,  they  say—you  look  like  a 
good  woman  and  your act of  giving  those 
apples to  the  children  and  your  husband, 
•and  eating  none  yourself,  while  actually 
¡starving,  shows your build.  You are a full 
hand  on  aces.  Don’t thank me.  Who am 
I  ?—you’re  better off  not to know—well,  if 
you insist,  they call me Canada Bill.”

The Olive.

STrom Table Talk.

The olive has  important  qualities to rec- 
•ommend  its  use  for  the  table—qualities 
•which should certainly  secure for it there a 
•more general friendliness than  it  now pos­
sesses.  One  block—aud  we  presume  the 
•only one—in the way, is that  to  which we 
have already referred, namely, that its taste 
•is, at first, disagreeable to many people; but 
•the palate soon gets over the squeamishness 
-and in a little time and with very little prac­
tice learns to take them wity intense relish.
But,  laying  aside  their  palatableness, 
•there is another consideration which has,  or 
ought to have,  too strong a claim  upon our 
gastronomic affections to  be  ignored;  I  al 
Rude to their wholesomeness in spurring the 
•digestive machinery whenever  it is inclined 
to be anywise sluggish.  Therefore,  let me 
•say to the dyspeptic that if  his  taste  does 
¡not now flourish  for  the  olive,  he  should 
lose no time in cultivating it  until  it  does; 
for he will  find  hidden  there,  not only an 
-amount of deliciousness he  little dreams of, 
but also more repairing and lubricating ma­
terial for his weakened  inner  man,  than in 
all the pills  and  medicinal  draughts  that 
were ever  invented for the stomach to con- 
•«ooct.
I  would also state for his edification, that, 
in  the south of Europe,  where  the  olive is 
«extensively used as an article of food, indi­
gestion *is scarcely ever heard of;  in fact, so 
littleis ^known that the  word  itself  has no 
»comprehensible  meaning.  He  must  take 
«this, however,  as  hearsay  evidence,  for I 
•speak it not of my  own  knowledge.  Still, 
«from personal experience Of the wholesome- 
mess of the olive, I  am prepared  and  wül- 
ing to believe it myself, and it  can work no 
serious injury ¡for the  dyspeptic  to  do like­
wise. 

______

Tobacco »Growing  in . Florida.

•The  first  considerable  crop  of 

tobacco 
«raised in Florida since  the  war  will,  it  is 
•expected, be gathered this  year.  The  first 
«plants  ripened  ¡about  July  1.  The  area 
¡planted under the direction of one company 
‘is¡ fully 1,000  acres.  The  tobacco  planted 
■is of nearly all the present marketable  vari­
eties,  and includes Havana  seed,  Sumatra, 
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seed, and  Ha- 
• vanna  leaf,  Connecticut  seed  and  broad­
leaved Florida types.  The weight per  aerq 
of the product is expected to range from 600 
•to 1,600 pounds.  The area now in  tobacco 
•in the northern part  of  thé  State  is  3,000 
acres, and in case the  present  experiments 
«re successful a heavy increase is looked for 
In this direction.  The center of the present 
activity in tobacco growing is  the  town  of 
«Quincy,  which  is  about  180  miles  from 
’’ • ;
-JteekstmvUle.  . 

' 

WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

Fresh and Salt Beef,

Fresh and Salt Pork,

Pork Loins,  Dry Salt Pork,

Hams,  Shoulders, 

Bacon* Boneless Ham,

Sausage of all Kinds,

Dried Beef for Slicing.

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T   A  T"fr T*V 
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Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-half
barrels,  50  pound |cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and zo  pound
pails.

Pickled  Pigs’ Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

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

in every instance.

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
WHO  URGES  YOU

TO  BLEEP

THE  PUBLIC!

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 themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

RINDGE, BERTSCH  & CO.,
BOOTS  AND  SZZOES.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 16 Fearl Street, 

-  Grand Rapids, Mich.

GEO.  E.  HOWES.

S.  A.  HOWES.

C. N.  RAPP.

GEO.  E.  HOWES  & GO.,

JOBBERS IN

Apples,  Potatoes  I  Onions.

SPEOIAX.TTBS:

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 Ionia S t.,  CRAXTD R A F E D S ,  MICE.

AT LAST.

LARGE  DEMAND  FOR

Y IN   GOODS

Of all  kinds.

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

I.  0.  LEVI,
34,36,38,40 and 42  Canal  St.

PUTNAM  &  BROOKS,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF

And  Heavy Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,
Dates,  Figs,  Gitrons,  Priinells,  Ets,

BANANAS,  NUTS,

PRICES  QUOTED  AND CORRESPONDENCE  SOLICITED

:r .r .r —

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■  grand  rapids.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

NEWAYGO,  MICH.

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

DETROIT, 

-  MICH.,

- 

JOBBERS  IN

D R Y   G O O D S,

- A J S T D   N O T I O N S ,

8 8   M o n r o e   S t« ,

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

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags

jA Specialty.

Wholesale  Grocers

AND

IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHCENIX, 

MICHIGAN,. 

CZAR, 

WABASH, 

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

For quotations address

■

AND  OTHERS, 
 
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T T   A  T T T T T ’T ' v r Q  

Salesman for Western Michigan,

D ,  Lock Box 173, 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

330  YOU  W AN T

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

H E Y M A N   &  CX5,

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The Michigan Tradesman

W E D N E S D A Y ,  A U G U ST   8 2 , 1 8 8 8 .

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

b y  a   coUm t b y   m e r c h a n t .

Written for The Tradesmah.

Educated and cultured  people,  as  a rule, 
are continually protesting against the use of 
slang and  semi-slang  words  and  phrase«, 
and,  with  this  fact  in view,  I want to ex­
plain  to  any  purist  of  the  language who 
may accidentally happen  to run across  this 
paper, that, in  alluding  to  the  prominent 
characteristic  of  an excessively large num­
ber of  our fellow-citizens, I feel constrained 
to use a certain slang word for three reasons, 
viz :  to save time, space, and  the  unneces­
sary cudgeling of my brain  for a more pol­
ished but less suggestive term.

The' objectionable  word  is  “cheek.”  I 
might, to be sure/refer  to any of the mul­
titudinous people who  possess it as “a gen-1 
tleman  (or  lady) with a superabundance of 
effrontery,  egotism,  assurance,  offensive­
ness and forwardness, and, probably, a sur­
plus of  falsehood and dishonesty, but would 
the accidental reader, aforesaid, rather run- 
across  this  voluminous  aggregation  of 
words,  perhaps a half-dozen  times  in  one 
short  article,  than to allow  me to combine 
the whole in five  letters ?  And, if  not, let 
him  stop  and  reflect  that  there are semi- 
slangy Americanisms  which  really convey 
more meaning in one or  two  syllables than 
a long paragraph of elaborate  synonyms.
*

* 
These remarks on “cheek” are  suggested 
by an individual who  just  left  my place of 
business in a somewhat angry mood.  Some 
four or five weeks  ago  he  purchased a cer­
tain  article,  for  say a dollar. 
It  was  in­
closed  in  a  neat  package  and  elaborately 
labeled, and, after the  lapse  of  time  men­
tioned, he brought  it back,  minus  package, j 
labels, and  everything to  indicate its name 
or nature.  As a merchantable  commodity, 
when  returned,  it was  not  worth a copper 
cent, yet the purchaser  announced  that  he 
had  concluded not to use it, and  requested 
the return of  his  money,  and  no  explana­
tions of  mine  seemed to convince  him  that 
he was unreasonable in his demand.

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The dealer who doesn’t  come  in  contact 
with  this  species  of  “cheek”  many times 
during a  year’s  experience is exceptionally 
lucky, and the dealer who  doesn’t “drop” a 
goodly  number of  dollars,  in  consequence 
thereof, has an exceptionally well developed 
organ of  firmness.

* 
Since writing the above, and during some 
of  my—at  present  too  numerous—leisure 
hours, I have  interviewed a few of  my fel­
low merchants, submitting  to  them  an in­
quiry, worded something like this :  “ What’s 
the worst  exhibition  of  cheek  you’ve  wit­
nessed 
lately,  in  the  matter  of  bringing 
back goods ?”

Mr.  Slimmer, the  drygoods man, took oc­
casion to remonstrate  against  the term em­
ployed, and continued :

“ About  the  most  surprising  case of  ef­
frontery, or  ignorance, or  both  combined, 
that I  have  seen  for a long  time,  was  the 
one of  Mrs. McSmith.  She  bought a piece 
of  pretty  expensive  dress  goods,  had  it 
made up, and  then  ripped it to pieces  and 
brought  it  back  because  the  color  didn’t 
suit her.”

“Speakin’ of  color,” said old man  Jones, 
who was  present,  “makes  me think I mus’ 
git out a summons fur  Squabbles  this very 
day.  Talk about gall !  You see Squabbles 
wanted to paint ’is house a few  weeks ago, 
an’ he  couldn’t  fin’ a color to  suit ’im.  So 
he  went  to  experimentin’  with  a  lot  of 
paint,  an’  finally  struck  a  shade  that  he 
said was  jist  exactly O. K.,  an’ he  wanted 
me  to  have  thirty  gallons  of  it  made fut 
him at oncest. 
It would make a  yaller dog 
sick  to  look  a t. it, an’ I tried  to  have ’im 
fake some of  the reg’lar  colors,  but he said 
he knowed what he wanted, and ’fi couldn’t 
git it prob’ly  Smith  could.  So I wrote  in 
to  the  paint  fellers  an’  they  said  they’d 
match  the  sample  if  I’d  sol’mly  promis’ 
never to let on  who  made  it,  and  after  a 
week er two it kirn along.  Squabbles took it 
borne, but he didn’t  pay for it,  you  see,  an’ 
painted one side of  ’is house,  and then Jtyis’ 
Squab  kim  out  an’  said she wouldn’t live 
with ’im  fifteen  minutes  longer ’fe put an­
other brush-full on,  an’,  one day, wile I was 
cut, he brought the hull lot back an’ dumped 
¡it on me.  An’ now he sez he’ll pay fur wot 
¡hè  used,  an’ 
that’s   alL  How’s  Mis’ 
McSmith’s  cheek  compared  with  his’n, 
¡Slimmer ?”

Subsequently a  clothing  dealer  reported 
the  case  of  a customer  who  bought a $15 
suit;  wore it two  weeks;  got  it thoroughly 
.-soaked in a driving rain, and  then  brought 
i t  back because it was too small.

One of  the hardware  men  could not call 
to   mind  any  one  circumstance  of  impor­
tance,  but it  was  quite a common  circum­
stance  for  buyers  to  return  knives, axes, 
trazors, etc., that showed unmistakable  mis­
use.  Smith,  the  druggist,  named a party 
who brought in three or  four  prescriptions 
from  a traveling  doctor,  and  after  trying 
them fpr three  or  four  days,  became  vio­
lently  abusive  because  he  couldn’t  trade 
them 'for  patent  medicines.  The jeweler 
noticed  a couple of cases  wherein the buy- ; 
ers of  expensive  watches  demoralized  the 
interior of their  purchase by gross careless­
ness, and  then wanted their cash returned, 
.and I présumé  that a visit  to  nearly every 
business man in the  community would have 
-called  forth  circumstances of  a similar na­
ture.

The individuals who  indulge inthisspe- 
•cies of  “cheek,” and  toe  other  class  that

use it in pursuing their avocation as d.-b.’s* 
are unreasonably  numerous, and when they 
ate  reinforced  by the  cheeky  beggar, and 
cheeky borrower,  and  supplemented by the 
chronic  sponge;  thè  party  who  takes  up 
your  time  and  attention  for an hour,  and 
then  announces  that  he  didn’t come in to 
purchase;  the gentleman that can buy goods 
in  the  next  town  at  three-fourths of  the 
manufacturer’  rates;  the  knowing,  fellow 
that  Offers  you  fifty  per  cent.  On  your 
marked price;  the customer  who gets  your 
lowest  terms  for a dozen of  a certain  arti­
cle, will take one at the same rate, and then 
complacently  remarks,  “Charge  it;”  the 
“patron”  who  receives  permission  to  take 
home  a certain  commodity  for  family  in­
spection and approval, and  then  returns it 
when it is out of  style or out of  season, and 
the individual who  breaks or damages  your 
glass or  fixtures  without  hinting at an ad­
justment of .the loss—it doesn’t  need much 
study or reflection to convince  yourself that 
the  average  trader  has  rather  more  than 
his pro rata of  experience with “cheek.” :  ’

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Happily for the business man, the cheeky 
class of  people  are  in a minority,  but  un­
fortunately, on  the  other  hand, they make 
up in “promiscuousness” what  they lack in 
numbers,  and they are  constantly giving us 
new and unexpected evidences of their versa­
tility.  When  egotism  alone  furnishes the 
abnormal development,  the case occasions us 
more amusement  than  indignation.  When 
the  egotism  is  mixed  with  stupidity, our 
amusement  is  strongly tinctured  with dis­
gust;  but  the  cases  that  arouse all of  the 
old Adam  in  our  nature  are  those  where 
gross dishonesty is the exciting cause of tbe 
deformity.
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I think  that  in  a  former  issue  of  T he 
Tradesman  I alluded to the  circumstance 
of  Cobb’s selling  the  restaurant man a tur­
key for a half-dollar  hnd a  “square  meal,” 
and then eating up the fowl and  everything 
else  on the table.  This  was a very fair il­
lustration ef  “cheek,” and  another one is a 
case  wherein  he  brought a bill against his 
deceased  father’s  estate  for  the  time em­
ployed  in  attending  the  funeral.  This, 
though,  is  probably very little  worse  than 
his recent action of  charging his wife—who 
has  some property of  her own—for attend­
ance  and  care  during a couple  of  weeks’ 
sickness, with a supplementary  bill  for the 
use of  his horse and  buggy when  the  doc­
tor was sent  for.
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The cheeky individual  is very often what 
the  lamented A.  Ward  called “an  obtoos.” 
When  Homblower  allows  his  chickens to 
forage off  my garden,  he  probably  doesn’t 
think himself  given to the development, but 
I  do.  Smith  is  undoubtedly  as  mentally 
guileless as Homblow when he  borrows my 
favorite  volumes  and  neglects  to  return 
them.  When  Slimmer decorated my fence 
with  an  advertisement of  a new  breed  of 
corsets,  I don’t believe that  even  his  care­
fully  watched  conscience  was  disturbed; 
and when Jones pasted “Joy to the  world ! 
Another  life  saved,  by  Boggle’s  Burdock 
Beer !”  on  my brick  wall,  in  letters  that 
made  my  business  sign  look  insignificant 
and depressed, I am  satisfied  that  the  old 
man never intended to put  himself  in a po­
sition  to  be  called  “cheeky.”  To  the 
obtoos”  cheeky ones  let  us  act in a mis­
sionary spirit,  but  to  the  deliberately dis­
honest  cheeky ones let us declare unrelent­
ing, unending war.

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

TIME  TABLES.
G rand R a p id s & In d ia n a .

AU Trains daily except Sunday.
GOING  NORTH.

 

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Traverse City A Mackinaw..............7:30 a m 
8 -.00 a m
Traverse Clty& Mackinaw................ 9:40 am   11:30 am
Petoskey & Mackinaw.......  ............7:30 p m  10:30 p m
5:00pm
3:55 pm  
For Cadillac........ ........... 
Saginaw Express.....................11:25 am  
7:20am
.......................10:30pm . 
1:10pm

Saginaw express runs through solid.
8:00 a. m. train has chair car to Mackinaw City.
_ 11:30 a. m. train has chair Car for Petoskey and Mack­
inaw City.
10:30 p. m, train has  sleeping cars for Petoskey and 
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express........................... 6:30 am  
7:15 am
Fort Wayne Express.........................10:30 a m  1145 a m
Cincinnati  Express............................4:40 pm  
5:00 p m
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:10 pm  
7:15 am  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. train connects  with M. C. R. R. at Kal&ma- 
soo for Battle Creek,  Tackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.

.  GOING  SOUTH.

M u sk e g o n ,  G ran d   R a p id s ft In d ia n a . 

Leave. 
Arrive.
7 46a m ..........................................  
10:15 am
11:15 a m ................................................................  4:90 pm
4:40 pm .........................................................................  7:45 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.

 

 

 

C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

M ic h ig a n   C en tral.

G ran d  R a p id s D iv is io n .

DEPAR T.

 

Detroit Express........................................................6:45 a m
Day Express........................................................     1:10 p m
New York Express..................................................'5:40 p m
•AtlanticExpress...................................................10:4S p m
Mixed  ......................................... 
6:50 am
AR RIVE.
•Pacific  Express............................................................. 6:00 am
Local Passenger.....................................................10:00 a m
Mail...........................................................................3:15 p m
Grand Rapids Express.......................................   10:15 p m
Mixed........................................................................5:30 p m
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and Grand 
Rapids Express to and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.l 

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

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

K a la m a z o o   D iv isio n .

19 

....W hite Pigeon................" 

Arrive.
2 
4
3  1 
pm   pm  am  
am   pm
1:10  3:00  7:45 Dp....Grand  Rapids..............  9:45  6:10
3:25  4:12  9:02 “  ....A llegan.........................  8:28  4:55
Frt  5:03  10:00Ar_Kalamazoo......................   7:10  3:52
6:35 11:35 
2:25
pm
8:00 12:30  “  ....Elkhart.............................   4:45  l:e0
am  
p m  am
7:50  7:10  “ __ Chicago............................ 11:30  8:50
p m
10:25  5:05 “  ....Toledo................................ 11:25 10:00
a m
1:35 9:40  “ ____Cleveland.........................7:15  5:45
pm
6:20  3:30 “ ___Buffalo...............................1:00  11:40
Tickets for sale to  all  principal  points  in  the C. S., 
Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil­
liamson, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

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

am  

________  

Cleveland, Ohio.

D etroit,  G rand  H a v e n  &  M ilw a u k ee.

GOING W EST. Arrives. 
tMoming Express............................  1:05 pm 
tThroughMail....................................5:05 p m 
fGrand Rapids Express...................10:40 p m 
•Night Express...................................5:25 a tn 
fMixed.............................................. 
GOING  EAST.
tDetroit  Express.............................   6:45 am  
tThrough Mail.................................. 10:20 a ni 
tEvening Express..........................   3:25 pm 
•Limited Express.......................  ..  8:25 p m 

Leaves.
1:10 p in
5:10 p m
10:45 p lu
5:40 am
7:30 a in
6:50 a in
10 30 a m
3:50 pm
6:30 p m
tDaily, Sundays exvepted.  *Daily.
Detroit  Express  has parlor  ear  tw Detroit,  making 
direct connections for all points  East, arriving in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Limited  Kxpre-s,  East, has 
through  sleeper  Grand  Rapids  to.  Niagara  Falls, 
connecting  at  Milwaukee  Junction  with 
through 
sleeper to Toronto.
Through tickets and  sleeping  car  berths secured at 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 2* Monroe St., and at the depot.

Jas. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

_______ W A R R A N T E D   T O   B E   T H E
FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
For the money in the XT. S.  C S T P u t up 50 in a box.  Ask 
J O H N  E . K E N N IN G  ft  C O ., G r a n d  R a p id s. 
_________________Send for prices._________________

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

ASK  FOB

ARDENTER

MUSTARD w
"

BEST IB THE WORLD. 

L.  WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent,
REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

"Wholesale Boots and Shoes,

8TÄTE  M N T 8   FOR  LYBOjUip  RUBBER  GO.,

2 4   P e a r l  St.,  G ra n d   R a p id s, M ien ., “ gSg™

Lorillard’s  New  "Smoking  or  Chewing”

L ong  Gut.
Yellow  Jacket 
20 C EN T S p er FOUND.

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

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

Packed 

IT  IS  THE

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

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

A gents  fo r

AMBOY  CHEESE.

m

#

37, 39 & 41  K ent  Street.  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

N ELSO N  BROS. <& GO.

68  Monroe  Street,

Grand Rapids.

THE  PENBERTHY  IMPROVED

Automatic  Injector
IT  BOILER  FEEDER  BE

- —AS A----

B E A T !

C A N ’T

1 6 ,0 0 0   in   18  M o n th s  T e lls   tlie   S tory.
£3PWHY  THEY  E X O E L ^

1  They co.-t less than other Injectors.
2  You don’t have to  watch  them.  If  they  break  they
will  RE-START automatically. 
x
3  By sending the number to factory on the Injector you
can have pai*ts renewed at any time.
4  They are lifting and non-lifting.
5  Hot pipes don’t bother them and the parts drop out by
6  Every man is made satisfied, or he don’t  have to keep 
PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  CO.,  Manufacturers,  DETROIT, Mich.

removing one plug nut.
the Injector and we don’t want him to.

A g e n ts, H F S T E R   ft  F O X ,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

HESTER  <&  FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND CB.IST MZZ.Z. MACHINERY,
Send for 
Catalogue 

ATLAS " "WORKS

ana 
Price

INDIANAPOLIS«  IND.,  U.  S. A.
___________ M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F
STEIMI ENGINES & BOILERS.

Gerry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

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

Saws, B elting  and  Oils.

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

Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

W r ite  fo r   P r ic e s. 

4 4 , 4 6  a n d  4 8  So. D iv is io n  St.,  G R A N D   R A P ID o .  >I1CH.

M OSELEY1  BROS.,

W H O L E SA L E

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce

ALL  KINDS  OF  FIELD  SEEDS  A  SPECIALTY.

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

toes, will be pleased to hear from yon.

26  28,30  k  32  Ottava S M
MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

“ A A .  C .  C - ,”

t 

The Most Popular 10c  cigar, and

“T T JM   T U M ,"

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

Sen& fotr tridl order.

■  MICH

Successors to CURTISS &  DUNTON.

CURTISS  &  CO.,
PAPER  WAREHOUSE,

WHOLESALE

Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

Q-iFLAuNTD  R-AJPIIDS,  MICH.
RETAIL  GROCERS
W ho wish to  serve their  Customers 
with GOOD COFFEE would do well 
to  avoid  Brands  th at  require  the 
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom­
ises or Lottery Inducements.

SELL-

DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

Which Holds Trade on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

3s.  U n e q u a led   Q u a lity . 

I m p r o v e d   R o a stin g   P r o c e ss. 

P a te n t  P r e se r v a tiv e   P a c k a g e s.

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers  at Grand  Rapids,  Detroit, 

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

PITTSBURGH,
THEO. B. GOOSSEIT,

WHOLESALE

PRODUCE  COMMISSION  MERCHANT

Dealer in STOVEWOOD and Jobber o f FO R EIG N , TRO PICAL and 

CA LIFO R N IA   FR U IT S.

33  Ottawa  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples in Car Lots solicited.  Consignments 

solicited.  Sole Agent for MQLINE CHEESE.

WHOLESALE PRICE  CURRENT.

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

promptly and buy in full packages:______ ____ ■

SOLE M ANUFACTURERS 0 7

HBSOLUTE  8PIBE8,
Atolli« Battu Follar.

-AND—

PROVISIONS. 

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The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.
 
 

quote  as follows:
....15 60
M ess..................  
 
 
..16 50
Short c u t . ............. 
Shortcut  Morgan.................................. ...16 50
Extra clear pig, short cut____ _  _____ 17  50
Extra clear, heavy...................................    .17 50
Clear quill, short out................................. .17 50
Boston clear, short cut... — .............. 17 50
d e a r back, short out......... .........................17 50
Standard clear, short  cut, best..................17 50
Hams, average 20  tos........ 

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.
13
‘ 
16  tos..................... ...............13
‘ 
12 to 14 tos......... .............. ...13
*  picnic  ...............................................1054
r  best boneless...,.......................... ...11
Shoulders...................  
9
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...........................11
Dried Beef, extra.........................................  8

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ham  prices.

954

Climax.
Corner Stone... .....................39
Double Pedro.....................40
Whopper............ ........... 
40
Peach P ie ,.,:........................40
Wedding Cake,  blk............. 40
Red F ox............... .1.............45
Sweet R usset................. 30082

TOBACCOS—FINE  OUT. '

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

8weet  Pippin...... ................ 50
Five and Seven......................50
Hiawatha...
  68
Sweet  Cuba...........................45
Petoskey Chief................. . ,.55
Sweet Russet...................40@42
Thistle........................ ....... .42
Florida............. 
........ v...65
Rose Leaf...
Red Domino..........................38
Swamp Angel............. 
40
Stag....................................... 33
C apper......................   ..  ..42

LARD.

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

DRV  SALT  MEATS.
Long Clears, heavy.......................
medium...................
light.........................
Tierces  .........................................
Rob Roy................................26 13® and 50 ft Tubs........ — .............
Peerless..................... ...........26 
la r d in  t in  p a il s.
Uncle Sam............... ............ 30 13 ft Pails, 20 in a case....................
Jack  Pine.  ...........  .............36  5 ft Pails, 12 in a case.....................
Sensation.............................. 33  10 ft Pails, 6 in a case...........   .......
Yellow Jacket...................... 20 | SO ft Pails, 4 pails In ease.
Sweet  Conqueror 
BEEF IN BARRELS.
t e a s.
Japan ordinary...............18020
Japan fair to good..........25030
Japan fine...................... 35045
Japan dust......................12020
Young Hyson................. 20045
Gunpowder........... 
35050
Oolong.................33055060075
Congo.............................. 25030

Extra Mess, warranted 200 fts.........................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacxing.........................  7 50
Kansas City Packing....................7 25
P late............................................................  7 25
Extra Plate...........................................  
  7 75
Boneless, rump butts.......................................10 00
.................  54 bbl.  5 50

SAUSAGE-FRESH a n d  sm oked.

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

9%
9%
8%

 

(Groceries.
Association  Notes.

The Bhrk Market.

Hemlock hark dropped another 25 cents g, 
cord last week, making a decline of 75 cents 
per cord from the highest point.  This puts 
the price on a basis of $5.25 per cord, deliv­
ered in Grand Rapids.

Wm.  Peer,  Secretary  of  toe  Muskegon 
B . j l  A , was  in  town  last  Friday.  He 
reports his organization as still growing.

Antrim  County  Advertiser : The  latch- 
string  of  Cheboygan  has  been  out  this 
week and a welcome  to- all  who  Came in.
H d s welcome was unqualified in every case, 
except  at  toe  big  brewery,  where it was 
“ Welcome for the business  men;  dynamite 
■far th e prohibitionists.” 
pay for anything except his hotel bill. 

As a rule, three-quarters of  the  season’s 
product is marketed  by  this  time.  While 
more has been marketed up to this time this 
can-grin than ever  before, 
there  is  more to 
come forward from the  woods  than has al­
ready put in an appearance.  This indicates 
about double an average crop,  which means
No delegate could I that those who have not already  contracted I 
. 
I their bark are likely to  meet with a loss,  as
Item ont  Indicator:  W.  J.  Hopper  re-j the tanners are getting pretty well supplied 

..... 

. 

tam ed  Saturday  from  the  meeting of the 
State  B. M, A.,  at  Cheboygan.  He  was 
highly delighted  with  the trip;  also, with 
toe interest manifested at the meeting.  He 
SMjfs all  were  much in favor of  toe mutual 
insurance  organization,  and  a  committee 
wnb appointed to look  after that important 
matter.  Thinks toe insurance organization
will be in good working  order  before next I free. 
January.

,  

_ 

W   H I P

Full line.  Cash prices this month. 

G R A H A M   B O V S.  -  G rand  R a p id s.  M ich . |

D  a m u v r m n  
r f l   I  H.lv  I  A Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
1  HXJXL1 
American  and  Foreign  patents.
106 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U. 8. A.  Branch  of- 
,  i floe. London. Eng.  Practice in U. S. Courts.  Circulars

l u c i u s   c .  w e s t ,

_____ -_____ •_______
j U PP   tb  0 0 -,

1 0 2   C A N A  L S T R E E T .  _______

And Full Line Summer Goods. 

JOBBERS of SADDLERY H ARDW  ARE I 
1

ACRE  PROPERTY.

Eeferring to the recent State  convention 
-the Coopersville  Observer  says:  “Among 
th e most important measures discussed was 
flip insurance question,  the  adulteration of 
feed, the credit system, the peddler, the ex 
emption laws and the  early  closing  move­
ment.  The reports of the  various  commit- 
Five  Acres  at  the  corner  of I 
i on all these matters were full and com-
plete, giving every phase of toe subjects un-1 j j n r t o n  Avenue and the new Un­
der  consideration,  and  presenting  ideas,  jon  J}o u l e v a r (j?  with  ten-room 
fca r n   and  greenhouse, 
methods and suggestions  which  greatly fa-  c 0^ a g e 
« fitte d  toe work of toe convention.  From  Qt h e r  parcels adjoining, 2 1-2 to 
j   w m   sell  this 
toe earnestness,  harmony  and  fidelity  ex-  1 0  flc re s  each< 
o p e r tv   a t  p r ic e s  wllich will af-
hibited by toe many delegates  present, and 
r  
flt  to the  pur-
rim large and important work  done,  we are 
led to believe  that  in  toe  near  future toe 
H.E. THOMPSON.
pftehigan  Business  Men’s Association will 
be recognized as one of  toe most important, 
influential  and  powerful  organizations  in 
toe  State. 
In  toe  way  of  entertainment 
toe  people  of  Cheboygan  could  not  have 
been more  generous  and  hospitable.  The 
excursions  to  Bois  Blanc  and  Mackinac 
islands on  Thursday, and  the  grand  ban­
quet  in  toe  evening  at  toe beautiful new 
city hall, given by toe business men of  that 
place, were  all  that  could  be  wished for. 
Many  were  the  encomiums  they  received 
from the delegates and invited  guests  who 
participated in these pleasant events, and at 
toe conclusion of the festivities  three rous­
ing  cheers  were  given  to  the  citizens of 
Cheboygan.

chaser. 
A b o   e n q u ir e   o f  E .  J .  H O R T O N ,  H o w e - 
m a n  B lo c k .  T e le p h o n e   1.

S. F. ASPINWALL. Secy 

J U L IU S   H O U SE M A N . P res., 

CASH CAPITAL,  $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

A . 15. W A T SO N . T reas..

4a

A  Newspaper  Man’s  Views.

From the Eaton Rapids Herald.
The  writer  was  much  pleased with the 
Michigan Business Men’s  Association  con­
vention  at  Cheboygan  last week, meeting 
many prominent men from various  sections 
of the State.  From  reports of  the  several 
delegations it was  learned  that  the  dead­
beats’ field is becoming limited to the towns 
where no organizations  exist, and  that  the 
local bodies are making many improvements 
in  insurance  rates,  Height  and  express 
charges, etc., and  doing  good-.work  in se­
eming  manufactories,  railroads,  parks, 
groves, etc. 
It would arouse every business 
Wan to the Work he could do if  he would at­
tend one meeting, and the  saving in dollars 
and cents would be greatly in excess of  the 
expense of  keeping up the local association, 
Seventy-six  associations  have been granted 
charters by toe State body, showing a mem­
bership  of  2,436  men.  The  work will  be 
pushed this year with greater vigor than ever 
before,  and  it  is  estimated  that  seventy- 
five new associations will be organized dur­
ing the  year.  An  opinion  relative  to  the 
‘‘delinquent  list”  system  was  given  by 
Jadge Hatch,  which* is of  especial -interest 
to every member, and should be read.

Notice  to  Our  Trade.

We  take  this  means  of  informing  our] 
friends and patrons that we  have  disposed 
of our wholesale grocery stock  and will re­
tire from  the  grocery business  about  Sep-| 
tember 10.

While it is not our  intention  to  distress | 
any of our  customers  in  our debt,  it is de­
sirable  for  all  to  make  arrangements  to | 
meet their accounts when same fall due.

Respectfully,

A rthur  Meigs  «fe^o.

On W hich Side Do You Stand?

For  the  sake of  ascertaining  how many 
merchants  disprove  of 
the  merciless 
methods  of  toe  Standard  Oil  Co.,  T h e 
T radesman  should  like to  have all  who 
mould patronize an oil  house  independent 
of  the great  monopoly  to  send  in  their 
TiaTnog  as a  guarantee of  good  faith in case 
an opposition  establishment can be induced 
to  come to this market.

The Grocery Market.

The sugar market  is  steady,  but  shows 
signs of  an  advance,  largely on  account of 
toe enormous fruit crop all over toe country, 
~u4rich requires  an  unusually large  amount 
of sugar  to  cure  and  preserve it.  Fewer 
futures on canned goods  are being sold this 
year than usual, as  toe prospects of  a great 
mriput tends to make  both  wholesaler  and 
setailer afraid of  the market

lit is announced  that  Geo. W. Gage  will 
«tartly  inaugurate a new journalistic  ven­
tage  trad«  toe  name  of  Gage's  Saturday 
Gazette.  Mr. Gage is a newspaper  man  of 
^fcifity  and  experience  and  will  give  toe 
people a lively  journaL  T h e T radesman 
hopes  to  see  him  succeed  in  his  under 
taking. 

______

_ 

Merchants should remember that toe eele- 
teated  “ Crescent,”  “ White  Rose”  and 
“ Royal Patent” brands  of  flour  are  mann- 
toebired  and sold  only by the  Voigt  Mill- 
ta g  Co. 

•______ _  ^  ^ 

..

CHAS.  A,  COTE

MANUFACTURER OF

Horse and Wagon Covers, 

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

Wide Ducks, etc.

T elep h o n e   1 0 6 .

73 CANAL ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS.

WHIES  -  GOODYEAR

G0NNKGT1GUT

Rubbers

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.
F. J.DETTENTHALER
Salt Lain Fisi

WHOLESALE

AND  OYSTERS.

Packing and W arehouse,

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

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

267

SEND FOR PRICE LIST*,

Arctic. % lb cans, 6 doz..

i  

3 doz—

-  j j j j j j j |

m  
] »
Bulk
*   5 
54 
“ 
1
5 

|

i 
2
1

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1 “ 

Victorian. I to (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00
Diamond,  ‘"bulk,” ......... 
1»
Bed Star % to cans 12 doz  .  <5 
“  6  “ 
8»
“  4  “  ..1 50 
cans in  case....................11 75
cans in  c a se ..............  10 00
incase...................—   18 75
case........................ - • • •  2 70
case*...... ................ 

Absolute.  %  to  cans, loO
Absolute,  54  to  cans,  50
Absolute, 1 to cans, 50 cans
Telfer’s 54 to, cans, 6 doz m
Telfer’s 54 to cans. 3 doz in
Telfer’s 1 to cans,  1  doz in 

nnsc... ........................  1  50

■  brooms.

2 o5

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No. 2 Hurl............................... 2 00
No. 1 Hurl...........................2 25
No. 2 Carpet............................£ jjr
No. 1 Carpet............................f 75
Parlor Gena ............  
• • • •»>•00
Common Whisk...................... 1 00
Fancy  W hisk......................... 1 2o
Mill..............:.....................3  16
Warehouse ................. . — 8 00
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  22
Premium..  3»
Hom-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

CHOCOLATE.
« 
*• 
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OOCOANUT
Schepps,lB........................|7
lsan d  54s ............28
54s....................... .2754
is in tin pails....2754 
“ 
54s 
— 2854
Maltby’s, Is..
.................. 2354
Is  and 54s............ 24
5 4 s.........—   -2454
Manhattan, pails.............-.20
Peerless.................. • • •
Bulk, pails or barrels.. 16018
COFFEE—GREEN
Mocha.......................•••2J!@28
Mandating................. ••26026
O G  Java......................24@25
Java.............................. 23024
Maricabo.......................16@19
Costi Rica.....................   @13
Mexican.......................  @13
Santos..........................1^1?
Rio,  fancy....................18019
Rio,  prime....................16@17
Rio, common................14® 15
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add 54c per ft. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age.

1834 

COFFEES—PACKAGE.

30 lbs 60 9>s 100 s>b
}£34
1»

Lion...............  
Lion, in cab... 
Dilworth’s—
Magnolia— ..
Acme............ 18 
G erm an......
German, bins. 
Arbuckle’s Ariosa 
Avorica 
McLaughlin’s XX XX 
Arbuckle’s Avorica...........16
Quaker City....... 17
Best R io.....  ......18
Prime Maricabo.. .2034

COFFEES—60 LB. BAGS.

17%
18%
1834
1634 
18% 

CORDAGE.

CRACKERS.

6ofoot Jute....................110
72 foot J u te ...... ........ ........J 40
40FootCotton.............. ,....1 50
50 foot Cotton..................   -1 60
60 foot Cotton.................... .1 7o
72footCotton..............2 00
Kenosha B utter...... — ... .734
Seymour  Butter.
......6
Butter.................. 
 
®
Family  Butter— ...  ........6
Fancy. B utter................ •••••654
Butter  B iscuit..........  .....634
Boston________............734
City Soda............ . ...  • • - ...8
Soda........................... 
  6
So  a Fancy................ -...... *554
S.  Oyster— .........— •••••§
Picnic ........................ 
o
Fancy  O yster......— .......554
CANNED FISH.

Clams, 1 #>, Little Neck— 1 35
Clam Chowder, 3 ft...........2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 ft stand.. .1 00 
Cove Oysters, 2 ft stand.. .1 70
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic...........1 75
Lobsters, 2 ft, picnic.......... 2 65
Lobsters, 1 ft star.............. 1 95
Lobsters. 2 ft star.............. 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 ft stand...........
Mackerel, 2ft stand...........
Mackerel,3 ft in Mustard. .3 25
Mackerel, 3 ft soused........ 3 25
Salmon, 1 ft Columbia........ 2 20
Salmon, 2 ft 
3 50
Salmon. 1 ft Sacramqnto...1 90 
Salmon, 2 1b 
75
Sardines,domestic34s.  ...  7
Sardines, domestic 54s...lO@ll 
Sardines,  Mustard 54s...  9@10 
Sardines,  imported  %s..l2@13
Sardines, spiced, 54s.......10@12
Trout. 3 ft  brook............
c a n n e d f r u it s .

“ 

“ 

“ 

Apples, gallons, stand......2 30
Blackberries, stand...........1 20
Cherries, red standard......1 60
Cherries, pitted...... 4  85@1 90
Damsons....................1 25@1 35
Egg Plums, stand..............1 50
Gooseberries.....................1 65
Grapes.................. ............ ,  95
Green Gages.................. .. .1 50
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds..............2 25
Peaehes, pie..............1 60@1 65
Pears................................... 7
Pineapples,............-1  40@2 7o
Quinces............ ...............-J
Raspberries, extra.............1 50
red...............1 50
Strawberries ........ .1 25@1*40
W hortleberries.................1 20
Asparagus, Oyster Bay— 2 00
Beans, Lima, stand........-•  8o
Beans, Green Limas..  @1 40
Beans,  S tring.....s .l 00@1 20 
Beans, Stringless, E n e ....  90 
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.l 
Com, Archer’s Trophy....

c a n n e d v e g e t a b l e s. 

MomG’ry.l 15 
Early Gold.! 15
Peas,  French................... 7A 60
Peas, extra marrofat.l 20@l 40
Peas,  soaked— ......... 
  90
“  June,stand....  @150
“  
sifted.............. 2 00
“ 
French, extra fine. .20 00 
Mushrooms, extra fine... .20 00 
Pumpkin, 8 ft Gtolden.... ..1 00
Succotash.standard__ 80@1 38
Squash...............— -.1  25
Tomatoes, Red Coat  Q 1 20 
Good Enough  1 20
BenHar  . . . — 120
stand br.l 15@ 1 20
d r ie d   f r u it s.
Apples, evaporated.. .8  @ 854 
*  * 
Sunaried.....  6540 754

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CHEESE.
Michigan full create
DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron, in drum.....  .....  22
in boxes............2 4
“  ' 
Currants.  .  . 
0  6%
Lemon P e e l..............*.14
Orange Peel.;. . . . . . . . . s
Prunes, Im perial.;..6  @6%
■.  “  
Raisins, Dehesia............... 3 60
Balrins, London Layers.. ..2 90 
Rajjsins, California  “ 
... ..2 85 
Raisins. Loose Muscatels..2 40

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

...... 

Raisins, Loose California. .1 "85 
Raisins, Ondaras, 28s.  9  @954 '
Raisins. Sultanas........  0
Raisins,  Valencias......  @10
Raisins. Inmerials.............. 3 75

FISH.

“ 

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

@554
Cod,  whole.—   —  
Cod, boneless......   .....7540754
Halibut— ................... 
13
Henring, round. 54 bbl. 
2 75 
Herring, round, 34 bbl. 
150 
Herring, Holland, bbls.  10 00 
Herring, Holland, kegs  65@70
Herring. Scaled......... 
31
Mack, sh’r, No. 1,54 bbl— 8 75 
“  12 to kit..l 25
“ 
“ 
10  “  ..110
“
No. 2. 54 bbls.........7 50
Trout,  54 bbls................... ....5 50
10 to k its................  85
White, No. 1, 54 bbls...........6 50
White, No. 1,12 to kits.... .115
White, No. 1,10 to kits.......1 00
White, Family,  54 bbls.......3 00
“  ,  kits...........  70
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
135
D.C.,2 oz......^  doz  90 
“  4 oz...................... .....1 40 2.50
3 76
“  6 oz.................2 25 
“  No. 3 Panel... 1  00 
1  75
•*  No. 4  Taper..1 60 
2 75
4 50
“  No. 8 panel...2 75 
6 50
...4 50 
No. 10  “ 
“  54 pint, r’nd..4 50 
7 50
..9 00 
“ 
15 00
*•  1 
Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.
9 60
12 00
15 00
24 00
Farina, 100 lb. kegs............  04
Hominy, ¥   bbl.................. 4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb. box..  60 
Imported...10  @11
Pearl Barley.............   @ 354
Peas,  Green..............  @1 40
Peas, Split.................  @354
Sago, German...........  @6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @  6%
Wheat,  cracked........  ® 654
Vermicelli, import...  @10 
domestic..  @60 
h a tc h e s.
G. H. No. 8,  square...........  95
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro...1  10
G. H. No. 200,  parlor......... 1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor.........2  15
G. H. No.  7, round............ 1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2...................  75
Oshkosh, No. 8...................1 50
Swedish.............................   75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq.......100
Richardson’s No. 9  sq.......1 50
Richardson’s No. 754, rn d ..l 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd..l  50
Woodbine. 300....................1 15
m olasses
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

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PICKLES.

OATMEAL

oats—ROLLED.

54 bbls. 3c extra 
Michigan Test......... . .
Water  White...... .............. 1136
Barrels.............................. 6 25
Half barrels.......................3 25
Cases.................................. 2 35
Barrels.............................. 6 00
Half barrels......................3 25
C ases......................2
Medium...............................8 m
54 bbl.....................3 z5
Small,  bbl......... ................6 50
54 bbl......................3 75
Table.......................... 5%@554
H e a d ............. .................... T
Java....................................
P atna...................................5%
Rangoon...............................5
Broken-. 
.
Japan................... 
  @6%
DeLand’s pure...... ........ :. :5V4
Church’s  ........................
Taylor’s  G. M..................... 5
Dwight’s ............................ |
Sea  Foam............................5%
Cap Sheaf............................«

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

RICE.

30 gr. 
954 

v in e g a r.
40 gr. 
1154 

50 gr.
13

2 
3 

Above  are  the  prices  fixed 
by  the  pool.  Manufacturers 
outside  the  pool  usually sell 
5 gr.  stronger  goods  at  same 
prices.  81 for barrel.
WOODENWARE.

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as fol­
lows:
Tubs. No. 1 ........................7 50
......... 6 50
......... 5 60
Pails, No. 1, two hoop........ 1 40
three hoop__ 165
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__   60
Bowls. 15s, 17s and 19s.......2 50
Baskets, m arket...............   40
bushel................160
“  with covers 1 90 
willow clothes No.l 5 50 
26 00
37 00 
13 50 
24 25 
35 00

6plint

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bath Brick imported........90
American........75
do 
Burners, No.  0...................65
do  No. 1....................75
do  No. 2.............. ....95
Chimneys,  No. 0.................. 38
“  1.................. 40
..  2................... .52
Cocoa Shells, bulk.. 
...... 4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle__ 7 60
Cream Tartar.....................25
Candles. Star......................10
Candles. Hbtel....................11
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V.  C.........  
'
F elix...... 115
Fire Crackers, per box__ 1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps... 35
Gum, Spruce...................... 30
Jelly, in 30 ft pails..  .5   05%
Powder,  Keg.................. ..5 60
Powder, 54  Keg.................2 87
Sage...................  
15
C A N D Y . F R U IT S  a n d  NUTS. 
Putnam  &  Brooks quote as 
followB:

do 

 

STICK.
do
do
m ix e d .

 

 

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“ 

SALT.

SOAP.

.  SALERATUS.

54 
SAUCES.

SPICES—WHOLE.

54c less In 5 box lots.

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft b o x e s .........954
Twist, 
........10
Cut Loaf 
........n
Royal, 25 ft  pails......
@10
Royal, 200 ft bbls...............9
Extra, 25 ft pails........ ........J l
Extra. 200 ft bbls.................10
French Cream- 25 ft pails. .1254
Cut loaf, 25 ft  cases...... .  11
Broken, 25 ft pails............11
Broken. 200 ft  bbls............10
Lemon Drops..................... .13
Sour Drops............................ 14
Peppermint. Drops.............. 14
Chocolate Drops...................16
H M Chocolate  Drops..........18
Gum  Drops  ......................... 10
Licorice Drops'......................18
AB Licorice  Drops.............12
Lozenges, plain...... .........1 4  
Lozenges, printed............... 15 I lots and 53c in car lots.
Im p e ria ls.......................14 
~ “
Mottoes.................................15
Cream  Bar............................ 13
Molasses Bar.............  
  13
Caramels................................19
Hand Made Creams...............19
Plain  Creams........................16
Decorated Creams................20
String Rock...........................14
Burnt Almonds..................   22
Wintersrreen  Berries........... 14
Lozenges, plain in pails...13 
LdSbnges, plain in bbls.... 12 
Lozenges, printed in pails. 1354 
Lozenges, printed in  Dhls.1254 
Chocolate Drops, in pails.. 1354
Gum Drops  in pails......... 654
Gum Drops, in bbls...........554
Moss Drops, in pails..........10
Moss Drops, in bbls...........  9
Sour Drops, in  pails..........12
Imperials, in pails.......... .12
Imperials  in b b ls...... 
.  11
FRUITS.
Bananas................... 1 2503 00
Oranges,  choice-----
Oranges, Florida......
Oranges, Naples__   @6 501
Oranges, OO............ . 
0
Oranges, Imperials.. 
0
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons, choice to fancy  4 751
Lemons.....................  
0
Figs, layers, new......   @15
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........ 
0  6
Dates, frails d o ......  ® 454
Dates, % do  do........  @554
Dates,Fard 10 ft box $  ft..  9 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft..  7 
Dates,Persian50 ftbox ..  @6
@17 
Almonds,  Tarragona
@16 
Ivaca........
@14 
California
0  8 
Brazils......................
Filberts, Sicily..........
@11 
@13 
Walnuts,  Grenoble..
French__
@11 
8012
_ 
Pecans, Texas, H. P. 
Cocoanuts, $  100.....  @4 50

60  Pocket, P F D.................... 2 15
28 Pocket................................ 3 05
100 3 ft pockets.................. 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee........  85
Ashton, bu. bags................  75
Ashton,4bu.  bags..................2 75
Higgins’bu. bags..............  75
American, 54 bu. bags.......  30
Rook, bushels...................  -5
Warsaw, bu. bags..............  36
..............  19
London Relishi 2 doz..........2 60
Dingman, 100 bars.................. 4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard— 4 75
Jaxon..... .....................  
3 75
Queen  Anne.....................o 85
German Family...................... 2 40
Riir Rareain............................1 8,
Big Bargain
Allspice.................  
8
Cassia, China in m a ts........754
"  B a tavia in  bund....11
Saigon in rolls___ 42
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 25
“  Zanzibar.................32
Mace B atavia..................70
Nutmegs,  fancy..................70  I«um  jorops  m p«u»....
jjo.  1...................65  j Gum Drops, in bbls.....
No. 2 ............... 60
white.28
....... ,..21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK
Allspice...................  
Cassia, Batavia...............--20
and Saigon.2o
Saigon................. 42
Cloves, Amboyna............. 30
Zanzibar...............,28
Ginger, African................. 1254
Cochin................... 15
Jamaica....
Mace Batavia......................80
Mustard,  English.............22
and Trie.25
Trieste................27
Nutmegs, No.  2................. 70
Pepper, Singapore  black..22 
white..30
doz...84 
“ ...84
“ ,..55
“ ...1 10
“ ...78
“ ...84

Cayenne
Absolute Pepper, 
Cinnamon 
“ 
Allspice 
“ 
“ 
Cloves 
Ginger 
“ 
“  Mustard 

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

Pepper, Singapore,  Dlack..l854 

FANCY—IN  BULK.

“ 
shot. 

STARCH. 

NUTS.

1254

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“ 

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Prime Red, raw V ft 

PEANUTS.
Choice 
do 
do 
Fancy H.P. do 
do 
Choice White, Va.do 
Fancy H P,. Va  do  5 
Extra H. P. V a... —

0
@ 654 
0  654 
0  554

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows:

Fairhaven Counts.............  40

OYSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.

Black bass.......... .............  -1254
Rock bass.............................. 4
Duck-bill  pike......... 
6
p |
Trout...............  
 
Whiteflsh........ 
6
smoked..............10
Frogs’ Legs ..... . . . ..... .25075

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“  6 ft boxes.....  754
“ 
b u lk .......... 654
Pure, lf t pkgs....................  554
Corn, 1 ft pkgs...................   7
0  854
Cut  L o a f............. 
Cubes....................r   ..f-ifffi
0
Powdered.................. 
0  1%
Granulated, Stand... 
0
O ff....... 
Confectionery A ...... 
0  754
Standard A ... — .... 
0
No. 1, White Extra C. 
0  754
No.2,Extra C— .....  @8%
No. 3 C, golden......  @654
N o.iC , dark....... 
@6
SYRUPS.
Com, barrels..___ ____   _
Com,54bbls...........  ...  031
Com, kegs......... 
334
Pure Sugar, bbl..............33042
Pure Sugar, 54 bbl............35044
X.  h i
854
854
854
8
8

f r e s h  m e a t s.

SWEET  GOODS.
Ginger  S n ap s........8 
Sugar Creams...........3 
Frosted Cfeeams...... 
Graham Crackers.... 
Oatmeal Crackers.... 
spear ueaa sp ec ia l........... »Hons...........................
Spear Head special........... 43
Plank Road.... 
wwiipBe......... ..................... . 3 6 1 “ 
shoulders............. 
Holy Moses.              ........88  Bologna.  .......1....... 
Blue Blazes......... ...........  ....321 Frankfort sausage..... 
Bye  Opener. ...................82  Blood.liv, h’dsausg .. 
ill  ^ 
......42@46  Mutton..........•:••••:•

Beef, carcass.......... 4  @3
....3  @4
11
8
g
8
6,

....... (g  Pork loins............ 

“  hind quarters....6  @754
“ 

A9 ‘ Lard kettle rendered..  @1054

TOBACCOS—PLUG.

fore 

a.  **  ..............* 1 

.. 

... v

Pork Sausage................................................  8
Ham  Sausage................................................ 12
Tongue  Sausage......................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...................................... 8
Blood  Sausage..............................................   6
Bologna, straight..........................................  6
Bologna, thick............ ........... .....................6
Head  Cheese.................................................   6
In half barrels.................................................   3 00
In quarter barrels..................... 
In 54 Bbl............................................................. 3 00
In % Bbl........................................  
In Kits............................................................  85

p ig s’ fe e t.

TRIPE.

2 00

 

 

H ID E S , P E L T S   A N D   F U R S . 

Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

Green__ ft 4
Part cured...  5
Full cured__ 6
Dry hides and 
k ip s...........  6

Calf skins, green
Deacon skins,

or cured__ 5  @6
$  piece...... 10  020

HIDES.
454 
® 554 
0  654
0  8

WOOL.

Fine washed $  ft 20@23!Coarse washed.
Medium  ............ 2O025|Unwashed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sheep pelts, short shearing.........
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated__
Tallow..............................................
Grease butter..................................
Ginseng, good...............

.18023
...12016
5030 
@20 
4 
@ 5 
02  00

P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

954c.

bu.
rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding f  2 per bu.

Apples—25 to  35c per bu.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Beets—New, 15e per bu.
Blackberries—8c per qt,
Butter—The market is well supplied.  Large 
handlers pay 13014c for choice,  selling  again 
at 15016c.
Cabbages—Home  grown  command  20025c 
per doz.
Celery—18@20c per doz.
Cheese—Full cream readily  commands 9%@ 
Cider—10c per gal.
Clover Seed—Mammoth or medium, $4.50 per 
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce bar­
Corn—Green, 5c doz.
Cucumbers—50c per bu.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers hold  sun-dried at 7 
Eggs—Jobbers now  pay  12013c  and sell  at 
Honey—In plentiful supply at 14@15c.
Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No 
Mushmelons—50c per crate.
Onions—Home  grown  dry  stock  command 
Peaches—Clingstone, $1@$1.75 per bu.
Plums—California, $1.25 per case.
Pop Corn—254c $  ft.
Potatoes—Jobbing  generally  at  25c  for 
Squash—Summer, lc lb.
Tomatoes—$1.25 per bu.
Turnips—25 per bu.
Watermelons—Indiana,  10015c apiece,
Whortleberries—$3 per bu.
GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

and evaporated at 9c.
1354@14c.

1 and $14 fpr No. 2.

home grown.

COcper bu.

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car lots.

Wheat—City  millers  pay  79c  for old  white 
and 79c for old red, 79c for  new white  and 79c 
for new red.
Corn—Jobbing  generally  at 58c  in  100  bu
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Rye—50c  bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 $  cwt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  $5.60 ¥  bbl in  sacks 
and  $5.80  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.60 $  bbl. in 
sacks and $4.80 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.00 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 $  ton.  Bran, $15 
V  ton.  Ships,  $14.00  $   ton.  Middlings,  $17 
$  ton. Corn aHd Oats, $23 V ton.

JOBBERS OF

Tuas, Coffees %  Grocers’  Mm,
46 Ottawa St„ 8R Ä P RÄPIDS.
ÏALLEÏ GITÏ MILLING GO.

1

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS:

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge,

Lily W hite,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 
Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES:

Buckwheat  Flour,  Rye  Flour,  Granulated 
Meal,  Bolted  Meal,  Coarse  Meal,  Bran, 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, OatB, Feed.

Write for Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

W e also manufacture a  full  line  of  Sweet 

Goods.  W rite  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKSON
•I MICH,
BAUM’S

THESE GOODS ABE “ PAK EXCELLENCE
P u re , Healthful and Reliable, warranted to give satte 
faction in ©very particular.  For sale by wholesale ana 
retail grocers throughout tht United  States.  Vouwie 
Bros., Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

T H E   A C K N O W L E D G E D   K IN G   o f  A 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 or g rea se.
PRICES TO THE TRADE.

Ponys, per gross, $10.  Packed in 3  doz. cases 
Pints, per doz., $2.25.  Packed m 1  doz.  cases 
Quarts,  per  doz.,  $4.  Packed  in 1 doz. cases 
Gallons, each,  $1.20.  Packed  6  cans  in  case
E a ch  ca se c o n ta in s  a   lib e r a l  a sso r tm e n t or 

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

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a d v e r tis in g   m a tte r ,  lith o g r a p h s , 

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

THE  TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

OLNIY, SHIELDS k C0.,Gra m^.pid9
At Lowest S lie r Prices
HIMES,

ORDER  YOUR  COAL  OF

O ffice u n d e r  N a tio n a l  C ity   B a n k .  N e w  

Y ard s, S h a w m u t A v e ., W in te r  a n d  

W ,  D iv is io n   Sts.

TELEPHONE  CALL 490-2.

E. F. CLARK  SON,

W H O L E S A L E

C O M M ISSIO N   M E R C H A N T S
Seeds, P n iite , Vegetables, F riil, Blitter, Eggs,  Cheese, Ele.,  Ele.,

A N D   D E A L E R S   IN

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CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

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Alfred  J.  B rown,
FOREIGN,

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TROPICAL
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F R U I T S ,
Bananas.  On  Specially.

i 6 and i 8 No. Division St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

W M .L.ELLIS& C O »

BPÎ-AJSTID

Broker  in CANNED  GOODS..

Salt and Sea Fish.

B,  F. EMERY,  -  JHanager,.

20  Lyon  St„  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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.
W l E

ft  Co.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater S t, CHICAGO.
Reference

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

Chicago.

FOMTH NATIONAL BAffi

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ierce,  Vice President. 

I 

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

Transacts a general banking business.

M ak e a  S p ec ia lty  o f  C o lle c tio n s.  A ccou nted 

o f  C ou n try M erch a n ts S o licited .

WANTED!

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED* 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Producé.

I f  y o u   h a v e   a n y   o f   th e   a b o v e   g o o d s  t o  
s h ip ,  o r   a n y th in g   in   th e   P r o d u c e   lin e ,  l e t  - 
u s  h e a r   fr o m   y o u .  L ib e r a l  c a sh   a d v a n e e s, 
m a d e   w h e n   d e sire d .

Commission Merchants

E A R L   BROS.,
157 South Water 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 Rapids.

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,.

PROPRIETOR OF

JOBBER OF

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs- 

and Egg Crates. 

•

N o. 1 e g g   c ra tes,  3 7 c .  N o . 3   e g g  crates». 
3 0 c .  N o.  1  fille r s ,  1 3 c .  N o .  2   fille r s ,  10<v
I  have  facilities  for  handling  each  line  above’ 

named that are unsurpassed.

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

Miscellaneous  Drug  Notes.

The  Georgia  druggists  desire  to  amend 
their  pharmacy law  so  that  it  will  cover 
adulteration,  etc.

A  four per cent,  solution of  cocaine  con- 
iains  four  grains of  cocaine and  ninety-six 
grains of  water  in each  100  grains  of  the 
solution.

The Wisconsin Board of  Pharmacy is de­
termined  to  enforce the law.  Last month 
they convicted  two parties for violating the 
law,  They were each fined $50 and costs.

Red  precipitate  of  mercury is the way a 
medical  journal puts it.  This reminds  one 
of  the doctor who  said  he  prescribed  cal­
omel  and other alkaloids of  mercury.

The  deadly  effects  of  ammonia  fumes 
were  shown  in  Cincinnati  when  the  ice 
machine  of  a refrigerator  broke.  The  es­
caping gas killed a number of  wild birds in 
the neighborhood.

An empty whisky barrel  at Dallas, Tex., 
exploded when a man  Held a lighted match 
over the bunghole.  Such explosions are not 
strange, as  the  gases  liberated in a nearly 
empty „whisky  barrel  form  an  explosive 
compound with the air.

The  Iowa  pharmacy law is being  vigor­
ously enforced.  The  board  is directing its 
attention  to  the  grocers  who  sell  Paris 
green, and two cases  have  been brought up 
this month.  Each one  resulted in a fine of 
$50 and costs.

The  New  York  Legislature  has 

so 
amended the law as to containers as to pro­
tect  the  owners  of  bottles, boxes, siphons 
and kegs, by prohibiting  their  use  or  sale 
by other parties.  The law has been extended 
to include medical  preparations, perfumery 
and  all  articles  in the  proprietary or drug 
line,  and  takes  .effect  immediately.  Here­
after, all traffic in containers  is  met with a 
heavy penalty, and  junk  dealers especially 
are  prohibited  from  handling  any  of  the 
articles  having  marks  or devices  branded, 
stamped, engraved, blown or otherwise pro­
duced.  The owners  are  required, for their 
own  safety,  to  file  a  description of  their 
trademarks  and  containers  in the office of 
the county clery and with  the  Secretary of 
State.

Drug  Stores  in  Germany.

The German  drug  stores  have a curious 
way of  shutting  up  just about the time you 
want  them.  As  soon  as it begins to grow 
dark,  down  go  the  shutters;  and  if  you 
need  anything, you  go to a little  bell-han­
dle,  outside  of one  of  the  iron  shutters, 
and ring it.  Then  you hear some one at a 
crank inside;  the  massive  frame  rolls  up, 
and  a  head  looks  out  of  the  window. 
Finally,  the man or  boy inside  opens  part 
of  the  window,  and  you  talk  through  a 
pane of  glass and make known your wants. 
Instead of  getting  angry at being  aroused, 
the man begs  your  pardon for keeping  you 
outside,  and  says:  “I thank  you  for  your 
order.”  If  you have not the  exact change, 
and the  man  inside is in the  same  predic­
ament,  he will beg  you  most  politely,  and 
thank  you  to  allow  him  to  change  it. 
Having done so, he will thank  you for call­
ing  (evidently taking  the  visit  as  a social 
one),  bow,  close  his  little  peep-hole, bow 
again,  and then  smile  sweetly as he grinds 
down his iron shutter, and  his  smiling face 
is  lost  to  view.  How  different  from the 
druggists  in  America! 
I remember I once 
woke  one  up  in  the  states, and  he came 
down stairs with  a shotgun after me.  But, 
as I remarked  before,  they  have a  curious 
way of  doing things in Dresden.

To  Remedy  Sweating  Feet. 

Sweating feet, a troublesoine, ailment,  and 
one  for  which  the  druggist  is  frequently 
asked  to give a remedy, is  usually relieved 
by either one  of  the  three  following  solu­
tions, applied as a foot-bath :
1.  A saturated  solution of  bicarbonate of 
sodium  (or  the  salt  applied  in  powder 
form).
2.  A five per  cent,  solation of  borax ap­
plied after a hot foot-bath.
.  A weak solution of  chloride of sodium 
and nitrate of  potassium.

The  W orst  Yet.

From the Toledo Business  World,

At the approaching meeting of the Michi­
gan Pharmaceutical Association to  be  held 
in Detroit in September, each guest  will  be 
presented with  a  unique  badge  bearing  a 
number.  On  a  register  prepared  for  the 
purpose the name of each guest or  delegate 
will be inscribed, and opposite the name, the 
number of the badge will be given. 
In this 
way the Entertainment commitee will  have 
key to the identity of all their guests, and 
they will thus be enabled to  keep  track  of 
their visitors in  all  their  wanderings,  and 
bail them out of police court if necessary.

The Drug Market.

Opium is à trifle weaker,  but  unchanged 
m price.  Morphia  and  quinine are steady. 
Camphor  is  advancing  again  and  will be 
still higher.  Cantharides are lower.  Borax 
tending upward.  Cubeb  berries are very 
firm  at  the  advance.  Tinnivelly  senna 
leaves are higher.  Balsam  Cobaiba  is  ad­
vancing on account of  scarcity.

s A  New  Preparation.

Wm.  H.  Yan  Leeuwen,  the  Grandville 
avenue druggist, recently received a call for 
Compound  Syrup  of  Hypocrites.”  He 
persuaded the customer that the preparation 
wanted  was  Compound  Syrup  of  Hypo- 
phosphites.

A  Good  Imitation.

“Did  you  ever  go  to  the circus, Jim ?” 
asked one small urchin of  another.
“Not a real circus,” said Jim, reflectively, 
but I’ve seen my mother water the  garden 

with a hose.”

Drugs & flfteòicines

Stai« Board of Pharm acy.

Six Year»—Jacob Jess on, Muskegon.
Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Foot Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Five Years—Stanley E. Pariceli, Owosso.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesaon.
Treasurer—J as. Vernor.
I Next Meeting—At  TAnalog,  on  November 8.  7 and 8. 
•Candidates will please report at 9 a. m. the second day 
•óf meeting. 

____
Michigan State Pharm aceutical Ass’n. 

_____________________  

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
First Vice-President—G. M. Harwood, Petoskoy. 
Second Vice-President—H. B. Fairchild,  Grand Rapids. 
, Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Secretary—S. E. Par kill, Owosso. - 
Treasurer—ffm. Dupont, Detroit.
S^Oca^ve Committee—Geo.  Gundrum,  Frank  Inglis.
A. H. Lyman, John H. Peck, E. T. Webb.
Loeal Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit.,
Hext Meeting—At . Detroit, September *, 5,8 and 7.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER  8 , 188A.

Grand Rapids Pharm aceutical Society.
President—H. E. Loeher..  r.
Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. E scott.
Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.
Boardof Censors—President,  Vice-President  and Seo- 
i retary.
Board of Trustees—The President, John  E. Peck,; Geo. 
G. 8teketee ,A .F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg, 
wen, Isaac Watts. Wm. E. White and Wm.  L.  white. 
•Committee oh Trade  Matters-Jonn Peck. F.  J. Wurz­
burg, W. H. Tibbs.
Committee  on  Legislation-J.  W.  Hayward,  Theo.
Kemink, W. H. Van Leuwen.
•Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  White,  John  Muir, 
M. B. Kimm.
ftegular  Mootings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
month.
Armn^i Meeting—First Thursday evening in November.

B e tra u  Pharm aceutical Society.

ORGANIZED  OCTOBER, 1883. 

President—J. W. Caldwell.
First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—F. D. Stevens.
Secretary and Treasurer—B. W. Patterson.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—G.  S. P uttIs. 
Sminuì Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month.
Central  Michigan  Druggists’ Association. 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Seeretarÿ, R. M. Masseti.
B errien County Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, H. M. Dean ;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.
Clinton County  Druggists* Association. 

President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A. S.  Wallace.
Charlevoix County Pharm aceutical Society 
President, H. W. Willard;  Secretary, Geo, W, Cheater.

Ionia County  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, W. R. Cutler;  Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
«Jackson County Pharm aceutical Ass’n. 
President, O. B. Colwell; Secretary, Ç. E. Foote.
Kalamazoo Pharm aceutical Association. 
President, P. 0. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.
Mason County  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President. F. N. Latimer;  Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
Mecosta  County  Pharm aceutical  Society, 
President, Ç. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.
Monroe County Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, 8. M. Backett; Secretary, Julius Weiss.
«M uskegon County  Pliarm . Association 
Resident, Wm. B. Wilson ; Secretary. Geo. Wheeler.
Drug Clerks* Association. 
K>n;  Secretatary. Geo.  L. LeFevre.

President, C. S. Koon;
Newaygo County Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. J. F. A.Raider ¡Secretary,A¿G. Clark.

Muskcgoi 

Oceana County Pharm aceutical Society. 

President, F. W. Fincher ; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw  County  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, Jay Smith;  Secretary, D. E. Prall.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Hum camphor, cubeb  berries.
Declined -Cantharides.

65®á1

“ 

“ 

53

“ 
« 

“ 
“ 
«• 
“ 

GUMMI.

BACCAE

ANILINE.

AMMONIA.

0100 
®  90 ®  80 
®  65 
75®1 00 
50®  «0

10®   12
25®
35®
9

ACIDUM .
A ceticum .................
8®  10 
80®1 00 
Benzoicum, German
30
¿Boraeic.....................
45®  50 
•Carbolicum..............
60®  65 
U itricum ...............
5 
Hydrochlor..............
Nitrocum.................
12 
Oxalicum .................
12 
Phosphorioum  dil...
20
Salicylicum.............. 1 70@2 05
.Sulphuricum............  13i®5
Tannicum.................1 40@1
' Tartaricum ................  50®
.Aqua, 16 deg..............   3®
“  18  deg...............  4®
•Carbonas...................       11®
•Chloridum.................    12®
Black................ 
.2 0003 25
Brown........................     80@1 00
Red........... ..................  45® 50
Yellow......... .............2 5003 00
•Cubebae (po. 1 60....1 85®2 00
.Juniperus 
10 
Xanthoxylum — ...
25®  30
BALSAMUM.
• Copaiba...............
.Peru...... .--••••.........
Terabin, Canada......
Tolutan...... ..............
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian......
vCassiae  ..............
•Cinchona Flava........
Eaonymus  atropurp 
Alyrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
•Quillaia,  grd.............
•Gassfras....................
Ulmus.......................
iftimns Po (Ground 12) 
EXTRACTUM. 
24®
•Glye/rrhiza Glabra..
po.........   oom
•Haematox, 15 fi> dox..  11®
Is...........  13®
XB ......  14®
M S.........  16®
FERRUM*
«Carbonate Precip....  ©
•Citrate and Quinia...  ®
«Citrate Soluble.........   ®
Ferrocyanidum Sol..  ®
-Solut  Chloride.........  ®
•Sulphate, com’l— 1M® 
pure.........  ®
FLORA.
A rnica.......................  13®
. Anthemis.................  45®
.Matricaria................   30®
FOLIA.
B arosm a................
«Cassia  Acutifol, Tin-
nivelly....................
Alx.
“ 
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
and  Ms..................
B ra  Ursi...................
Acacia, 1st picked...
2nd  “
3rd 
...
“ 
Sifted sorts.
p o ................
A loe, Barb,  (po.60)..
“  Socotrr, (po. 60) 
•Catechu,  Is,  (Ms,  14
Ms. 16)....................
Aimnoniae  ..............
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).
Benzoinum..............
27®
-Camphorae...... .......
•Euphorbium, po......   35®
• Galbanum............ 
~
«Gamboge, po— ... 
•Guaiacum, (po. 45).
xKino, (po. 25).........
Mastic....................
Myrrh, (po.45)—  
„
„ 
;Opii, ipo. 4 50>......... 3 0003 10
Shellac.....................  25®
bleached......   35®  3
’ STragacanth..............  30®  7
herba—In ounce packages.
A bsinthium .............. 
35
lEupatorium ............. 
20
(Lobelia  .. . . . ---------
Majorum  .................  
28
Mentha Piperita----- 
23
25
“  Y ir___ ..... 
R u e ..........................  
30
Tanacetum,  V...... ... 
23
'Thymus. V......... 
25
magnesia.
«Calcined,  P at...........  55®  60
«Carbonate,  P at........  26®  22
•Carbonate,  K. &M..  20®  25 
•Carbonate,  Jennings  35®  36 
A bsinthium .............5 0005 50
Amygdalae, Dulc....  45®  75 
Amydaiae, Amarae. .7 2507 10
A n is i..............  ......1  8501 95
A uranti Cortex........  ®2 50
tBergamii.................... ..2 7503 25
• Cajiputi  ..................    900100
«Caryophylli......... 
@2 00
Cedar................... 
  35®  65
• Chenopodii..............  ®1 75
< Cinnamonil..............  85®  90
‘Citronella  .......... 
  ®  75
iConium  M ac...........  35®  65
90® 100
• Copaiba............ 
•Cubebae...............15 50016 00
jExechthitos......... 
900100
Erigeron .............1 2 0 0 1  30
iCauitheria..................  .2 2502 35
Geranium, 1 ....... 
  ®  75
Gossipii, Senegal__   55®  75
Hedeoma...... .1 1£®1 25
Juniper!........... 
5002 00
Lavenduia...... ......  9002 00
U m bnis...... .............1 7502 25
.Mentha Piper..........1 :
•Mentha Verid........ .3 \
/Morrhuae,  gal.........
Myrcia,  5...............*
vOuve........................ I !
Picis Liquida,(gal. 35)
Jtie in i.................. ....1
(Rosmarini ...........
Rosae,  5...................
-Succini  ............... 
404
Sabina....................     9001
Santal — ..................8 50@l
Sassafras..................   02®
Sinapis, ms, 5...........  @
Tiglii.................  ®1
’Thym e...............  40®
*  opt»*«...........   @
'Theobromas..........  15®

Cape, (po. 20)
CzxAAfin'  /nA

OLEUM.

®

 

 

POTASSIUM,

BiCarb.....................  15®
Bichromate..............  13®
32®
Bromide......... 
C u b .,.................. 
  12®
•Chlorate, (Po. 30)...  .  18®
«Cyanide........
Jodide. *.L,
.3 
.
jPotassa, Bitart, pore 
jPotassa,  Bitart, com

.

.

10

RADIX.

(po. 35)— ........

Potass  Nitras, opt...  8®
Potass Nitras........... 
7®
Prussiate.................  25®
Sulphate po..............  15®
Aoonitum.................  20®
A lthae...... ...............  25®
Anchusa..................  15®
Arum,  po.................  ®
Calamus................  
  20®
Gentiana,  (po. 15)—   10® 
Glychrrhiza,  (pv. 15).  1665 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
Hellebore, Alba,  po.
Inula, po..................
Ipecac, po...............2
Iris plox (po.
Jalapa, pr...............
Maranta,  Ms............
Podophyllum,  po....
Rhei  .........................
“  cut....................
“  p v ............. ;...
Spigelia....................
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).
Serpentaria.........
Senega .....................
Smilax, Officinalis, H 
M
Scillae,  (po. 35).........
Symplocarpus,  Foe-
tidus.po.................  ®  25
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  ®  25 
German..  15®  20
Zingiber a ...............  16®  15
Zingiber  j .................  18®  22
Anisum, (po.2G)........  ®  15
Apium  (graveleons).  10®  12
Bird, Is......................  4®
Carni,  (po. 18)...........  12®  15
Cardamom............... 1 0001 25
Coriandrum..............  10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa...... ¿M® 4M
Cydonium.................  75@1 00
Chenopodium.........   10®  12
Dipterix Odorate 
1 7501 85
Foeniculum..............  ®  15
Foenugreek, po........  6®
Lini..........................  3M®
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..  ..  3M®
Lobelia. :..................   35®  40
Phalaris Canarian...  3M04M
R apa............
Sinapis,, Alba

SEMEN.

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** 

SYRUPS.

N igra.......  11®*  12
SPIRITUS •
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50
Frumenti, D. F.R __ 1 7502 0C
Frum enti.................11001 50
Juniperis Co.  O.T...1 75®t  75
Juniperis Co............1 7503 50
Saacnarum  N. E......1 7502 09
Spt. Vini Galli.........1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto............. 12502 00
Vini  Alba..............  1 2502 00
SPONGES
Florida sheens’wool
carriage.................2 2502 50
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage............. 
2 00
Velvet Extra sheeps’
wool carriage........ 
1  10
Extra Yellow sheeps’
carriage.............. 
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage................. 
65
75
Hard for slate use... 
Yellow Reef, for slate 
40
use.......................... 
Accada..............  
50
Zingiber..................  
50
60
Ipecac......... .............  
50
Ferri Iod.................... 
50
Auranti C ortes....... 
RbeiArom...............  
50
Smilax Officinalis__  
60
50
Co.. 
Senega...................... 
50
Scillae....................... 
50
50
Co......... .........  
60
Tolutan...... ."............. 
50
Prunus virg.............. 
TINCTURES,
60
Aoonitum Napellis R 
50
F 
A loes............... 
60
60
and myrrh......  
A rnica...................... 
50
Asafoetida...........  
50
Atrope b e l l a d o n n a . . 60
60
Benzoin..................... 
Co..............  
50
Sanguinaria.............  
50
50
Barosma................... 
Cantharides............ 
75
Capsicum............... 
50
Cardamon................. 
75
Co.............  
75
100
Castor...................... 
50
Catechu.................... 
50
Cinchona................... 
Co...............  
60
Columba................... 
60
Conium......... ........... 
50
Cubeba................  
50
50
Digitalis.................... 
50
Ergot......................... 
50
Gentian..................... 
co................. 
60
50
G ualca...................... 
am m on....... 
60
Zingiber....................  
50
Hyoscyamus............ 
50
75
lodine............. 
 
75
Colorless........ 
Ferri Chi 'ridum__ _ 
36
Kino..........................  
60
50
Lobelia..................... 
Myrrh............. 
so
Nux Vomica......... . 
50
Opi ............     
85
50
Camphorated... 
200
Deodor.  ....... 
Auranti Cortex........ 
50
Quassia............ 
50
Rhatany...................  
50
Rhei............ ......... 
50
Cassia  A cutifol...... 
0s
50
Co... 
Serpentaria...... — . 
60
Stramonium...... ....... 
60
00
Tolutan................... 
Valerian___ ____ ... 
60
Veratrum Veride__  
60
JSther, Spts Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
JSther, Spts Nit, 1F..  30®  32
Alumen    ................2M@ 3M
Alumen, ground,  (p*
0 .7 ) ,................  3®  4
Annotto  ............ 
65®  60
Antimoni,  po........  4®  6
Antimoni et Potass T  55®  60
A ntipyrin........__ 1 35®i 40
Argenti Nitras,  l __
Arsenicum...............
Balm Gilead  Bud__
Bismuth 8.  N. .........
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
M ;  * 8. 12)..-----...
Cantharides Russian,

MISCELLANEOUS.

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

® i 75

8501

60&10, less.

Capsid Fructus, af..
Capsid Fructus, po..
Capsid Fructus, B po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 25)
Carmine, No. 40........
Cera Alba, S. & F ....
Cera F lav a......__ _
Coccus ......................
Cassia Fructus.........
Centraria.................
Cetaceum ......... .
Chloroform..............
Chloroform, Squlbbs
Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 J
Chondrus................
Cinchonidine, P. & W 
Cinchonidine, Ger’an 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cen t.................... . 
4U
Creasotum................  ®  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)..„....  ®  2
Creta prep...............  5®  8
Creta, precip__ ____  8®  10
CretaRubra..............  ®  8
Crocus....................   18®  20
C udbear......!.........   @  24
CupriSulph...... . 
6®  7
Dextrine................... 
10®  12
Ether Suiph.............   68®  70
Emery, all numbers.  ®  8
Emery, po......... .......  ®  6
Ergota, (po.) 75..........  70®  75
Flake  White............   12®  15
Galla.........................  @  23
Gambier...................  7®  8
Gelatin, Coopor........  ®  90
Gelatin, French........  40®  60
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue,  Brown............   9®
Glue, White..............  13®
Glycerina.................  23®
Grana  Paradisi........  ®
H um ulus.................  25®
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite.  ® 
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.  ® 
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum  ® 
Hydrarg Ammoniati. 
® 1   10 
Hydrarg Unguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  65
Ichthyocolla, Am  .. .1 25@1 50
Indigo......................  76® 1 00
Iodine,  Resubl......... 4 0004 10
Iodoform.................
Lupuline  .................
lycopodium............
Macis.........................
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
drarg Iod...............
®  27
Liquor Potass Araini-
tis .............  ..........
10®   12
Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl
1M)........................
2® 
Manuia, S. F .............
90@l 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W  2 2502 50 
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q.
&C.  Co......... ........2 1502 40
Moschus C anton__
Myristica, No. 1 ........
Nux  Vomica, (po. 20)
@27®
Os. Sepia..................
Pepsin Saac,  H. & P.
D. Co.....................
0 2  00
Picis Liq, N. C.. M gal
doz.... I ....;.........  @2 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts....  @1 40
Picis Liq., pints........  ®  85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).  ©  50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).  @  18
Piper Alba, (po. 35).. 
0   35
Pix Burgun.................  @ 7
Plumbi Acet..............   14® 15
Pulvis Ipecae et opii.l  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
& P. D. Co., doz........  @1 25
Pyrethrum, pv.........
Quassiae...................
Quinia, S, P. & W__
Quinia, S, German...
Rubia Tinctorum__
Saccharum Lactis pv
Salacin..................... 3
Sanguis Draconis__
Santonine....__ ....
Sapo,  W.................. .
Sapo,  M....................
Sapo, G ....... .............
Seidlitz  M ixture.....
Sinapis.^...;........ . 
_  _
Sinapis, opt..............  ®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
V oes.....................  @  35
Snuff,  Scotch,  Do.
Voes....................... 
0   35
Soda Boras, (po  11).. 10  0   11 
Soda et PotossTart..  330  35
Soda Carb................. 
20 2M
Soda,  Bi-Carb...........  40  5
Soda, Ash................. 
30  4
Soda  Sulphas........... 
0   2
Spts. Ether Co.........   500  55
Spts.  fevrciaDom... 
02 00
Spts, Myrcia Imp__  
02 50
Spts  Vini  Reet.  bbl.
2-27).........................  @2 37
Less 5c. gal.  cash ten days.
Strychnia  Ciystal... 
0 ]  10
Sulphur, SubI 
..........2M® 3M
Sulphur, Roll.........  2M@ 3
Tamarinds................  80  10
Xerebenth  Venice  ..  280  30
Theobromae.............  500  55
Vanilla  ...................9 00016 00
Zinci  Suiph.............. 
7®  8

OILS.

_  
Bbl  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
76
Lard, extra................   68  72
Lard, No.  1.................   45  50
Linseed, pure raw  ..  50 
’63
Linseed, boiled........  53 
56
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained;...... ..........     50  60
Spn.ts Turpentine...  41 
45
Lb
paints  Bbl 
Red Venetian...........im  2®3
Ochre, yellow Mars  .1M  203 
Ochre,yellow  B e r...l£   2®3 
Putty, commercial.. .2M 2M®3
Putty, strictly pure..2M 2*03 
Vermilion prime Am­
Vermilion, English..
Green, Peninsular...  ____
Lead, red.__ ......  ...5M05M
~
Whiting, white Span
SS
Whiting, Gilders’__
White, Paris Amer’n 
110
Whiting,  Paris  Eng. 
oliff................
149
Pioneer  Prepared
Faints   ...... ..........1  8001 40
Swiss Villa Prepared 
Paints ...........¿....I 0001 20

w h ite ............  " 

erican ........

VARNISHES.
No. IT urp Coach__ 1
Extra  Turp............;1
Coach Body............ 2
No. 1 Turp Fura...... 1 Q_____
Extra Turk Damar.. 1 5501 60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
T u r p . . . . . i . ^   70®  35

Examination  Questions of  the  Nebraska 

. Board.

 

Tinctura  gentianœ 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Nebraska 
Board of Pharmacy, the following questions 
were propounded:
Toxicology*—1-  Give three  recognized 
antidotes  for  poisoning  by  antimony. 
2.  Give  one  antidote  for  poisoning  by 
iodine and  its  poisonous  compounds,  and 
tell what treatment should follow.  3.  Give 
treatment for poisoning by thé preparations 
of silver—treatment very simple,  yet  effec­
tive.  4.  . Name two  specific  remedies  for 
arsenical poisoning.  5.  Are there any  re­
liable antidotes for poisoning  by  opinm 
its preparations which contain  a  large  per 
cent of morphia? If  so,  state  briefly  what 
they are.  6.  Name  at  least  three  anti 
dotes  for  poisoning  by  chloroform  when 
taken by the  stomach,  7.  Give  antidotes 
for poisoning by chloral  hydrate.  8.  Give 
antidotes  for poisoning by aconite.
P harmacy.—1.  What  is  percolation?
2.  Describe how the following official  pre­
paration is made, and name the  ingredients 
composita. 
used: 
8.  What is the strength of  Tinctura  opit 
U. S. P. 1880,  and  how  made? 
In  what 
way does it differ from the U. S. P. of 1870? 
4.  Suppositories.  Describe  the  different 
processes, and construct a formula  foi  ten, 
each to contain  one-third  grain  extract  of 
belladonna.  5.  Ergot.  Name  the  differ­
ent preparations made and give the dose  of 
each.  6.  What  is  the  official  name  of 
Hoffman’s anodyne?  State ingredients  used 
in preparing it;  also  give  dose.  7.  What 
percentage of opium do the following  offici­
al  preparations  contain;  Pulves  ipeeacur 
hanœ et  opii,  tinctura  opii  camphorata, 
8.  Describe how the following official  pre­
parations are made, and name  the  ingredi­
ents used in each:  Tinctura aconitl,  mistu- 
ra cretœ.  9.  Give  the  formula  for  mak 
ing one seidlitz powder. 
10.  Criticise  the 
following prescription :
Quinin. suiph............................... g-r. xxx
Tr. ferri Chios....................................... drachm s if.
Aqua dest......................................ounces, one
Mucil. acacias 
................q. s., ounces, four,
Sig.  One teaspoon every three hours, 
P harmacy  (Theoretical).:—1 .  Wbatare 
local remedies?  2.  Name three  of  them,
3.  What are general remedies?  4.  Name 
three  of  them.  5.  Give  name  of  three 
kinds of  vinegar.  6.  How  many  syrups 
are official?  7.  What percentage  of  them 
are  vegetable?  8.  What  preparations  of 
peppermint  are official?  9.  How  do  you 
ascertain the amount of cocaine,  morphine, 
etc., to  make  a  given,  per  cent  solution? 
10.  What is the official preparation of  sas 
safras  pith? 
1 1 .  What  chemicals  are 
usually preserved under water? 
12.  What 
chemicals deteriorate by the action of light? 
13. _  Name a few drugs that should be  kept 
in tin containers.  14.  Name some that re 
quire  colored  glass.  15.  How  are  herbs 
best  preserved?
Chem-stry.—1.  Give the chemical com 
position of water.  Of what is nir composed?
Describe the hydrometer;  what  are.  its 
uses?  3.  Give  the  symbol  of  hydrogen 
What is its atomic weight?  4.  How would 
you make hydrogen? 
Is it  combustible  or 
a supporter  of  combustion?  5.  Give  ex 
amples  of two distinct and dissimilar forms 
of carbon;  are they found pure in their  na 
tive  state?  6.  How  is  carbon  dioxide 
usually made?  Give its formula.  7.  How 
is calomel made?  Give its chemical formu 
la.  8,  How  would  you  *detect  corrosive 
sublimate  in  calomel?  Give  the  formula 
of corrosive sublimate.  9.  Give  the  sym 
bol of  potassium.  Give  its  chemical  and 
physical properties. 
10.  What is  liver  of 
sulpher?  How is it made and what are  its 
uses?
Ma ter ia  Med ica.—1.  -  Belladonna. 
State medical properties.  Dose of  fluid ex­
tract  belladonna. 
State 
medical properties.  Dose of powdered dig 
italis.  3.  Pyroxylinum.  How  is  it  pre­
pared?  State official preparations in  which 
it is a constituent.  4  Sapo viridis.  From 
what is  it  made?  What  are  its  medical 
uses.  5.  Sodii  chloridum.  State  source 
of  supply  and  production.  What  are  its 
uses in pharmacy?  6.  Chloroform.  From 
what is it  manufactured?  7.  Oleum  san 
tali.  From  what  distilled?  What  is  it 
largely  adulterated  with?  State  medical 
properties.  8.  Glycerinum.  Froih  what 
obtained?  Name two solutions  of  medical 
substances in glycerinum (called glycerites) 
that  are  official. 
7.  Pilulæ  catharticæ 
composites.  Give  formula  for  one  pill. 
10. 
Identification  of  drugs.  Ten  speci­
mens.

2.  Digitalis. 

Very,  Very  Plain.

A sample of  what a drug  clerk  is  liable 
to receive in answer to an advertisement for 
a position is shown below:

Dr Sir—1  saw  by th e ------------that  you
wanted a place—so  I want  to  dicker  with 
you a little—I have a small  store  but  very 
good trade—I sell lots of  oils and paints—I 
guess I have the best  trade in that of  Enny 
one  near  hear—in  the  summer I sell sum 
ice and use the ice shed  in  winter  for  cole 
but don’t sell  much  cole fur most evy body 
sells  wood  so  cheap  that  nobody  wants 
cole—My gal tends shop sum.  She nos all 
about soop and shoes and candy but dont no 
nuthin  about  botling  rhubarb  and  Ginger 
and  such,  so  1  thout  if  I  could  git  some 
nice  feller  to  sort  of  be Company for her 
and  show her how to  do  such  nice  things 
that it would be plesent  for  both—you  sed 
you was single Almy is cute  she  says  that 
first thing  and told  me to try and get  you 
for  youn wos just from  College  and  could 
help lots—so if  you want  to  come  just say 
so and say how much  you  will  work for— 
Your expenses will be  light  as you can live 
with us, we be  plain  eny day folx without 
no stile—except Almy,  she will wear gloves 
and  corsets  and is quite  pert looking only 
she  squints  sum  and  her  toes  turn in—I 
have  been  very  plain  with  you  so  you 
would no  what to expect  when  you  came. 
I shall be in town  for a few  days  and  you 
can  rite  to  me  here.  Mr.  Physick  noes 
me  so  just  rite  to  me care of him.—Good 
By my lad,  truly  yours,  *—  —

Female  Pharmacists  in  Russia.

From the Pharmaceuti8ehe Post.

Female  pharmacists  in  Russia  is now a 
fact  sanctioned  by  the  government.  By 
showing a certificate, from  the  lower  four 
classes  of  the  “gymnasium,” a “person of 
the  feôiale  sex,” to  use  the words of  the 
law, may take the  examination for  appren­
tice,  and  then  continue  in  promotion  to 
assisiantparmacist in the  same ; order  that 
male pharmacists follow.  Russian pharma­
cists  are  now  looking  for a great  rush of 
females into the  ranks of  their  profession, 
as is now  the  case  in Holland.  A similar 
enactment  in  tfle  latter  country resulted, 
recently, in as many ladies applying for ex­
amination  for  the  pharmacists’  assistant 
certificate  as  there  were  male  applicants, 
namely, fifty-sbc of  each sex.

‘No glass labels in my prescription case, ” 
says Prof. Hemm.  He keeps goods in orig: 
inai  packages, so that  accidental  substitu­
tions are not liable to occur.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following retail dealers  have visited 
tiie market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various booses:
Narreganft, Byron Center Geo L White, Maneelona 
Gooding & Son. Lisbon
DenHerder & Tanls, 
Vriesland CC Tuxbury, Sullivan 
John Farrowe, So  Blendon R H Topping, Casnovia 
J Kruizenga, Holland 
‘  Purchase, S Blendon 
Vennenlen, Beaver Dam B Volmari. Fillmore Ctr 
VanNoord, Jamestown  JnoMCook,  Grand Haven 
John Kruisenga, Holland  M Heyboer & Bro,  Drenthe 
Alex Denton.  Howard City Henry Plum, MiU Creek 
J Fisher, Hamilton 
L Purchase, Bauer 
Goo P Stark, Cascade 
~ Osterhof, Ferrysburg  Wm DePree & Bro,Zeeland
8 Putnam, Frultport 
C Conklin, Conklin 

A W Blain, Dutton 
C H Denting, Dutton
H D Mills,  Otsego
SMcNltt & Co, Byron Centr 
L Maier, Fisher Station 
Jas Raymond, Berlin
Mrs Ella Goodnow. 
Bnrr Oak John Damstra, Gitchell 
Jno Kamps, Zutphen 
Walling Bros, Lamont 
L N Fisher, Don- 
D Cleland, Coopersville 
Frank Jenison,  Manton  Van Duren Bros, Holland
.  R Bredewey, Drenth 
S T McLeilan, Denison 
Delos Banows, Agnew
John Gunstra, Lamont 
W E Hinman, Sparta
Gus Begman, Bauer 
Watson  &  DeVoist,  Coop- p W Travis, Otsego 
M V Wilson, Sand Lake
S C Scott, Howard City 
Runnels. Corning 
R T Panish, Grandville
Cole & Chapel, Ada 
Henry Baar, Grand  Haven
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
C S Kelfer, Dutton
Walker & Hewett, Lansing 
John Baker, Chauncey 
Miss Jennie  Weed,  Pierson G Teh Hoor,  Forest  Grove

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25c alee............... ............... 
.per doz, $2.00
3.50
50c  “ 
Peckham ’s Croup Remedy is  prepared es­
pecially for children and is a safe  ana certain 
cure for Groups, Whooping Cough,  Colds  and 
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  For attractive  advertising matter 
address the proprietor. Dr. H. c. PECK HAM, 
Freeport, Mien.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists of  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit  and 
Chicago.

Should  send $1 to 
V.  A.  S tow e  &  B ro .
for one of their Improved

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J . L.  KYMER (of our firm),

OUR TRAVELERS
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line of samples.

and GILBERT J . HAAN
Will soon call upon the trade  with a complete 

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

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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W e have in stock and offer a full line of

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Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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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 in this institution.  I must say that the 
beneficial  effects  on  weak  and  debilitated 
patients  have been  most satisfactory, espec­
ially to those in a stage of recovery after  se­
vere sickness.
I write this  thinking you might like to have 
my opinion  on  its  merits.  I  certainly  shall 
prescribe  it  in future, where the  system re­
quires building up. either from constitutional 
weakness or otherwise.

Yoars truly,

Wm. Gb 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,

Troy, New York, January 26,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„
D e a r  Sir s—Your agent left me a sample o f  
your liquid extract. Malt, and as  I  use  nmok 
such  in  my  practice, I  thought  to  compare
iour product with  some from another  house 
had on hand; and finding  yours  superior in 
the  great essential,  the  palitable  nutriant  as 
well as In tonic stimulant properties, felt anx­
ious to  know about what  it  oan be furnisheA 
the dispensing physician.

Yours truly,

E. J a y  F isk , M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 
Gen tlem en—I  have  used the “Best” T on ic 
with  most  gratifying  results in  my  case  a t 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a bad  one, 1  had no 
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom­
ach;  looking  as  though  I  had  consumption, 
and after taking this tonic I  never felt better 
in  my life.  I think it  will cure a bad case off 
dyspepsia.  You  may recommend it  for  that 
case. 

Wm. O. J aeger.

Yardley, Pa., March 18.1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

D e a r Sir s—I have given your “Malt Tonic” 
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 
lave  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.

El ia s Wil d m a n, M. D.

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888.

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gent le m en— As a matter of personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
cases of impaired  nutrltition.  The results in­
dicate that it is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy.  1 am,
Very truly yours,

E. W. Fl e m in g,  M. D.

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

Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., 
Gent le m 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 arti­
cle.  I  will  not  hesitate  to  recommend it  in 
every case of debility  where  a  Tonic of 
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  “Boot” 
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 ac­
creting a more nourishing food for the 
also increasing the appetite and in every wav 
satisfactory for such cases.

Very respectfully,

D. Bornio, M  D.

For Sale By

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Grand Rapids,

Mich.

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COURTESY  IN  TRADE. „

As  intelligent  human  beings,  we  are 
p laced   here to make  the  world  better  for 
our having lived in it.  To make our fellow- 
men better we must first win  their  respect 
and esteem, which quickly begets their con­
fidence.  Life is made up  of  little  details, 
thickly  studded  with  petty  annoyances, 
which rasp  on  our  good  nature to test its 
durability.  Probably no men are more sub­
ject to irritant  provocation  than  those  en­
gaged  in  city or country mercantile  trade. 
I f  they  deal justly  in  the  face  of  abuse, 
chide  rudeness by a deportment  of  gentle­
manly courtesy, banish  frowns  and coax a 
smiling countenance, their trade  will flour­
ish in  spite of close  competition  and jeal­
ous  rivals.  When  a  merchant  opens  a 
house of business in a town which he comes 
to as a stranger, it is his privilege and right 
to win custom from any source, provided he 
uses only fair and  legitimate  means  there­
for.  What fair and  legitimate  means are, 
is  sometimes  curiously interpreted  in  this 
lushing world of ours;  but all men are pos­
sessed of  honorable instincts which, if they 
would observe to the letter, would  wonder­
fully lubricate the sharp  frictions of  every­
day commercial  intercourse. 
It is  useless, 
however, to speculate  on  what  other  men 
might  or  ought to do, but  we  must  bring 
the  question  right down to the personality 
of  "W hat  m ust I   do  to  succeed?^  We 
cannot  succeed,  as  success - is  generally 
counted,  without  the  aid  and  support  of 
men with whom  we  daily come in contact. 
That support will be  cheerfully and  effect­
ively  accorded  us  if  honesty  of  purpose, 
equanimity of  temper  and  genuine,  unaf­
fected  politeness  characterize  our  bearing 
toward  all  men.  Merchants  can ill afford 
to  manifest  rudeness  toward  any persons 
who conduct  themselves  with  propriety in 
their  stores. 
If you  exhibit  signs of  dis­
courtesy to  a  penny customer, because  his 
purchases are meagre in view of the trouble 
entailed  you, a more  profitable patron may 
see  it  and  thereafter  shun  your  place of 
trade, to your detriment many dollars.  Our 
brief span of  life calls for the expansion of 
our  virtues  and  the  stifling  of our  vices. 
Pleasant smiles, sincere words and  sterling 
honesty are  talismans in trade, better  than 
luck or shrewdness.

Gov. Hill  has  signed the bill to establish 
the Massachusetts  system of  convict  labor 
in the prisons of New  York, but  has  filed 
his  objections to it as imperfect.  He is in­
formed that in four  months  the  inmates of 
the State prisons can  produce  all  the  arti­
cles of clothing and the like which the State 
institutions  will  require  for a  year,  and if 
the prisons  go  on  producing, there will be 
a surplus which the law  forbids  to he sold.* 
And he objects to requiring  the  inmates of 
the  Soldiers’  Home  to  wear  prison-made 
clothing.  This  last  objection  is  not  a 
weighty one, as prison-made  garments may 
be as well made and  as  well  fitting as any 
others.  But the first has weight.  The rem­
edy is to be found in  extending the  number 
of  employments  to  include  the  raising of 
food  for  the  convicts. 
In  this  way  the 
prisons might  be  made self-supporting ex­
cept the salaries of  the officials, without in­
terfering with the labor  market.  Even the 
repairs  needed  to  keep  the  buildings  in 
proper  condition  might  be effected by con­
victs. 

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The Facts About Cotton Seed Fiber.
T h e T radesman  recently  published an 
article relating to the  treatment  of  cotton 
seed  hulls  for  their  reduction  to  paper 
stock.  A similar statement  had  been pub­
lished  by  the  principal  journals  of  the 
South. 
In order to  verify  the  statements 
made. Th e Tradesman subsequently com­
municated with Mr. Charles Wetherwax, of 
Albany, N. Y., the originator of  the Tomp­
kins Paper Stock Co., who  writes  that the 
assertion  that  the  nine  different  layers 
which compose the shell or  covering  of the 
seed can be “bleached and made to produce a 
paper pulp is incorrect,  as  the  shell is en­
tirely dissolved, leaving only the cotton sta­
ple  for  utilization.  The  seed  is  covered 
with nine Separate layers forlning  the shell 
or hull  and each  separate  cotton  fiber ex­
tends through the outer seven layers, there­
by receiving its sustenance from the kernel.
By dissolving this  shell,  which  surrounds 
the root of the fiber, the fiber is exposed and 
freed from its surroundings and becomes of 
greater length than when  broken off by the 
Entering machines.  The  treatment  in the 
alkaline solution  also frees it of its natural 
ml and prepares it,  or  renders  it  suitable, 
for the manufacture of paper.  Mr. Wether- 
wax’s plan is to analyze  the  raw  material 
and then use such a cooking  liquor for each 
class of fibers as will  readily  dissolve  the 
intercellular matter and not attack the fiber 
but leave it with  all  its  natural  strength.
Mr. Wetherwax united his system of  treat­
ing fibers with Mr. J. D. Tompkins’,  the in- 
■ventorof a digester, and beeame  associated 
with ex-Senator James Arkell,  of  Canajo- 
ii»rip- N. Y., W.  J .  Arkell,  of the  Judge 
Publishing  Co.,  and  the  late  Joseph W.
Drexel, of New York city, and the company 
faas patented the invention in  nearly  all of 
Mm great  fiber-producing  countries  of  the 
world.  They also hkve a  western  branch,
T he Central Paper and Fiber Coi,  of  Tole­
do. Ohio. 

B  m

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Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

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Brand,  Sqdarn  and  Upright Pianos.

The  Weber  Piano is  recognized  beyond 
controversy as  the  Standard for  excellence 
in every particular. 
I t is  renowned for its 
sympathetic, pure  and rich  tone  combined 
with  greatest  power.  The  most  eminent 
artists and musicians,  as  well as  the musi­
cal  pnblic  and the  press, unite in the ver­

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Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

W eber Pianos, 

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Estey Organs, 

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Hillstrom  Organs,

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Owing to the Rail Road Oo.’s not receiving stone­
ware unless it is packed up, we are obliged to make 
an extra charge of lc  per gallon for package, which 
however  is  not  all  loss,  as  it now goes as Fourth 
Class Freight, instead of F irst Class, as before.

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