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GRAND  RAPID S,  W EDNESDAY,  SEPTEM BER  3,  1888.

NO. 259.

BEW ARE!

I t  has come to our notice  that unscrupu­
lous manufacturers of  cigars are putting an 
Inferior  brand  of  cigars  on  the  market 
under a label  so  closely imitating our “Sil­
ver Spots”'as to deceive  the general public. 
A t first, we were inclined to feel flattered at 
this  recognition  of  the  superior  merits of 
Our  ‘Silver  Spots” by a brother  manufac­
turer, knowing full weir that it is only arti­
cles of  standard or sterling Worth * that  are 
imitated, but  we  feel  that  we  should  he 
derelict in our duly to  the public should we 
not  warn them  against this ^infringement, 
and  also  to  dealers  in  cigars,  as  we feel 
positive  that  no  first-class  dealer  would 
knowingly  countenance  or  deal  with  any 
manufacturer  who  had  to  depen4  upon 
other manufacturers  to  furnish him brains 
to originate brands or labels for their cigars. 
A counterfeiter is  a  genius, but  amenable 
to  the law, but a basp  imitator who  keeps 
within  the 
just  ventures  near 
enough  to be on  debatable  ground,  is  not 
worthy of  recognition  in  a  community of 
worthy or respectable  citizens.  The  “Sil­
ver  Spots” are to-day  the best  selling five 
emit  cigar  in Michigan. 
If  you  don’t be­
lieve it send us a trial order.

law,  or 

Geo.  T. W a r r en & Co., 

Flint, Mich.

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,

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..

With  Safety Deposit  Co., Basement ol Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

JOHN  E.  MORE,  Secretary.

BOOK-KEEPING

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No Writing!

No Disputing of Accounts! 

No  Change to  Make!
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Subject to the following discounts:
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Send in «ample order and put your  business 
on a cash basis.
E. I.  STOWE \ BRO., Grand Rapids,
T i t  H D jttU H  i Cl,
DRY GOODS

Importers and Jobbers of

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w ith  a  view  to  receiving  your 
shipments.  W ill  at  &U/ tim es 
m a k e lib e r a l a d v a n c e s. 
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Handled by à Majority  of  tbe  Grocers 
'  and Bakers of Michigan.  Send for sana-
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S E E D S !

IF  YOU WANT

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Mammoth Clover,

Timothy,
Alsike,

Alfalfa,

Hungarian,
Millet,

Red  Top,

Orchard Grass,
Blue Grass,

Field  Peas,
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Spring Rye,

Spring  Barley.

OB ANY KIND OF SEEDS SEND TO

W.  Y.  UMOmUX,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

71  Canal  Street,

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§ Jeweler,
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CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

Enoourage yonr trade to pay cash instead of 
running book  accounts  by  using  Gash  Sato 
Checks.  For sale atftO cents per  190 by  B. A. 
STOWE*BRO., Grand Rapids.

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Offer No. 174.

FR EE—T o Merchants Qnly:  An 
elegant Carving  Set {knife» fork  and 
Steel), in  sstiriJined > case.  Address 
at once,  R.  W .  Tansill  &  Co.,  55 
State St., Chicago.

ESTABLISHED  1866.

Burnett  Bros,,
IBS  So. Wafer Street Ckieago.

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

BARNETT  BROS.

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Imperial and LaBelte

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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And all kinds of

Exirasts and Flavorings

JOBBERS OF

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and GROCERS’  SUNDRIES. 

Grand  Rapids.

THUMB,  WHYLAND  & CO.

NEW   YORK,

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[It la both pleasant and profitable for  merchants to 
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invited to call, look through our establishment, comer 
West Broadway, Beade and Hudson streets, and make 
our acquaintance, whether  they wish to buy goods or 
not.  Ask for a member of the firm.]

piercbant Millers.
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Grain  Office,

No. 9 Canal Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

J. W.  CONVERSE, 

Proprietor. 

o.  E.  BROWN,

Manager.

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W A G O N S !

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

MAN UFAui’UltERS OF

Logging Carts  and  Trucks 

Mill and Dump Carts, 

Lumbermens and 

River Tools.

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

FODRTH NATIONAL DAM

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  Pierce, Vice President.

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

Transacts a raneral banking business.

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TH E   RIGHT  RING.

Reports  of  Delegates  at  the  Cheboygan 

Convention.

The  following  are  among  the  reports 
made by local delegates  at  the  Cheboygan 
convention:

success 

Charlevoix (R. W. Kane)—The  Associa­
tion the past year  has  not  made  progress 
numerically.  While  new  members  have 
joined  our  ranks, others  have  gone out of 
business and we can only report twenty-two 
members.  Our  collection  department  has 
been  maintained  with  satisfactory results, 
but we.believe  the efficiency of  this part of 
the work  would be increased by dispensing 
with  the  local  lists  and  inserting  all the 
names  of  delinquents  in  the  State  sheet. 
The  Association  has  also  held a banquet, 
which  was  a  pronounced 
in 
every way.  We are also able to report that 
thè antagonism which  the  Association  en­
countered at first has  been gradually disap­
pearing,  both  among  the  residents of our 
town and among the  farmers,  as  the  true 
nature and objects of  the  Association have 
been shown in its practical workings.  Some 
who opposed  it at .first  now  indorse it, be­
cause  of  the  negative  compliment  it pays 
the honest man.  Soon after the State meet­
ing  at  Flint,  the  Charlevoix  Association 
made an attempt to interest the local organ­
izations in Northern  Michigan  in a scheme 
for  advertising  the  resources  and  natural 
advantages of  this part of  the State, with a 
view  to  inducing a better  class of  settlers 
to till and develop the large tracts of  splen­
did  farming  lands  now  very poorly culti­
vated,  as well as to attract capital and man­
ufactories to this part of  the  country to as­
sist in the devélopment  of  these  resources. 
In  accordance  with  a  call  issued  by  the 
Charlevoix  Association,  a  convention  was 
held at  Petoskey last winter, at which dele­
gates  from a number  of  associations  were 
present;  and  when  the  project  was  quite 
thoroughly  canvassed,  and  an  agreement 
reached to undertake the  work.  The  com­
mittee appointed to take charge of the mat­
ter,  however,  have  failed  to  receive  the 
co-operation  of  the  different  associations, 
which was necessary to the execution of the 
plan, and the project is now—not  dead, we 
hope, but  sleeping.  Who  shall  arouse  it- 
and start it on its way to successful  accom­
plishment ?  Our  meeting^  have  not  been 
as  well  attended  as  we could have hoped, 
and the interest in the  other  objects of  the 
Association have been to the few enthusias­
tic members  painfully slack.  We need ed­
ucation in the objects and  accomplishments 
of  the Association  to  stimulate us to more 
concerted  action.  The  delegate  who  atr 
tended the State  meeting last  year found it 
so profitable that  he  induced  the  Associa­
tion  to  send  three  delegates  this, year, in 
the hope  that  the  interest  may be at least 
three times what it has  been  and  that  the 
benefits  to  the  Association  the  next  year 
may be correspondingly increased.

to 

in 

Lansing  (W.  E.  Crotty)—The  Lansing 
Business  Men’s  Association’was organized 
in May, 1887, and celebrated  the'* first anni­
versary of  its organization by a very enjoy­
able  banquet  at  the Lansing House.  The 
representation in this convention makes the 
second  time  it  has  had  the  pleasure  of 
taking part in the  proceedings of  the State 
Association.  And  as  half  of  the  present 
delegation took part in the  convention  last 
year, it shows how well  we appreciated the 
proceedings of  last  year’s convention.  Our 
membership is  101,  and  from  expressions 
from individual members  there would seem 
to be no danger of  it being .any less.  Bus­
iness and professional  mem  have  been ad­
mitted to membership and  the question has 
been  raised  if 
it  would  not  be  better 
for  all  concerned  to  have  only  the  mer­
chants 
the  main  local  associations 
and  professional  men  in  a separate body, 
bu t auxiliary to the merchants’ association. 
Like  all  other  auxiliary  branches,  we 
have suffered from  non-attendance at meet­
ings, and the subject has been under consid­
eration  for  some  time. 
It  has  been sug­
gested if we had a hall of  our own it would 
help.  We  hold  sessions  on  the  first and 
third  Wednesdays  of each  month  in  the 
council  chamber.  Tbe  secretaryship  has 
been filled by a member engaged in business. 
Finding  he  could  not  attend 
it  as 
sharply as the business  required,  an  assist­
ant  was  given  him,  and  for  the  coming 
year a paid secretary has been engaged,  and 
it  is  expected  by his  prompt  attention  to 
accounts  handed  him  for  collection  and 
other duties  pertaining to the office that its 
importance  to  even  the  doubting business 
man will bé demonstrated  and  he  made to 
feel  he  cannot  get  along  without  the 
B. M. A.  The business men of Lansing do 
not  take  kindly to bonuses  to any institu­
tion, but say,  “ We offer  you a central loca­
tion, the best of railroad facilities from four 
different  lines, extending to the four cardi­
nal points, and a transit railroad from  your 
factory door to these  lines  of  railroad. 
If 
your works are built along or near the river, 
the transit railroad mentioned  consists of  a 
regular track of  railroad, on  which cars are 
taken at night to or from all  the  manufac­
turing institutions in the  city, and  there is 
plenty of room along it for  more  manufac­
tories to locate*”  A matter of  some discus­
sion before the Association  during the year 
was  the  electric  light.  We  pay  $85  per 
light for forty lights to 12  o’plock  and  $80 
per light  for  four  lights, a total of  eighty- 
four lights  at  an  average of about  $82.50 
per light.  We deemed this  price  too  high 
and concluded from  investigation  that $50 
per year a light  would be a liberal  sum  to 
pay.  We  showed  the  city  council  that 
Jackson  and  Bay City got  their  light for 
about ape-half what we did, but as the con­
tract had been made with the light company, 
no action has  yet been taken on our  report. 
We  recommended  that  a  city  sealer  of 
weights and  measures be appointed,  which 
the council promptly did.  We  would  here 
add that it is the expression of  the Lansing 
B. M. A. that each city should  own ite own 
lighting  plant? at  toast if  it  is  an electric 
plant.  The water  works, which are owned 
by tbe  city, give  the  best  of  satisfaction^ 
and  we  believe at less ritte than any where 
owned  by  a  private  company.  Another 
question  of  interest  to  local  associations, 
we think, has been  discussed by us,  “Shall 
the  business  man  pay all  the  expense  of 
watering  the  public  streets?”  We  say,. 
“No.”  We will pay for |  sprinkling  before 
our storce, but the city at large  shonld pay. 
for  the  water.  We  pay  fifty  cents  per 
week, a  store  for  sprinkling;  out  of  this

-**.

the city gets $300 for the water. 
If we get 
water free, we  can  get sprinkling done for 
twenty-five  cents  per  week  or  less.  We 
called  the  water  board’s  attention to this 
They acknowledged its  justness and Replied 
that if the council would grant them the ex­
pense of  same,  would so furnish,* but  they 
would  not  be  willing  to  do  so free, as it 
would  not  make  a  good  showing  for the 
water receipts. 
Allegan—I  will  abbreviate  as  much  as 
possible,  as our time is  limited.  A gentle­
man said yesterday that he didn’t know un 
til an hour before he left homq  that he was 
a delegate' 
I  didn’t know until an hour af­
ter  I  left  home  .that' I  was  a  delegate, 
There  was  one  thing  that  the  Secretary 
wished me to bring before this  convention 
and that was  our  collection  system.  We 
have a system of our own. 
It  is this:  Af­
ter they had exhausted all the  three letters, 
they devised another letter,  organized what 
they call an executive board and  the Secre­
tary told me  to  tell  this  convention  that 
they had placed in the hands  of  this board 
all the bad debts that the three  letters  had 
failed to collect, and 50 per cent, of the bad 
debts of our  town  have  been  collected by 
this method.  The following is the letter: 
Collection Department o f the Allegan Bus­

iness Men’s Association:

Allegan. .......1 8 8

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

Mr.......... 
D e a r Sib—Your name has  been  placed 
in our hands for investigation,  having been 
reported by our Association  as  delinquent 
to the amount of.  5 .due.. . .   We trust you 
will spare  us  the  necessity  of  publishing 
your name in the Delinquent List of our As­
sociation,. to be republished in the State list , 
for you have been regarded by us  a  citizen 
worthy the confidence of all.  And we urge 
you to reconsider this matter before it is too 
late. 
If  there is  any  cause  why  this  ac­
count should not be paid,  please  notify us 
and we will cheerfully do all in  our  power 
to right the wrong,  if any  exists.  For  we 
desire to guard the  interests  of  debtors as 
well as creditors, and will in no  case report 
as delinquent those who have not been fair­
ly dealt with, or who,  through  misfortune, 
are unable to meet all just demands prompt­
ly.  Let us hear from  you on or before..., 
that this matter may be honorably  and fair­
ly adjusted, and your credit unimpaired.

Yours truly,

W. J.  Garrod,
I rving F.  Cl a p p,
S. S. D r y d en,

Executive Board A.  B. M. A.

After  the  other  three  letters  had  run 
their course, with this they  collected 50 per 
cent, of the debts.  That is all  I can say of 
the collective department.  We  started  out 
with twenty-nine members.  We  now have 
sixty-one.  We have a  population of a lit­
tle over 4,000.  We have raised in  the  last 
year and one-half $5,355 through the  Busi­
ness Men’s Association that  has  been i>aid 
in cash.  We  have  raised  $500 for a new 
railroad,  $200 for a new court house,  raised 
$1,500 for the soldiers  and  sailors’ reunion 
which meets at our town on the  22d of this 
month.  We raised $2,650  for  an  oil  well 
and got the oil—five barrels a day—the  on 
ly oil well in Michigan with  five  barrels of 
oil a day.  We raised $500 for  the  Fourth 
of July.  I am proud of what we have done, 
And I would say that there are just as good 
towns in this  State—small  towns—full  of 
pluck and vim;  and if  you  will  send  this 
Secretary out and get them into  this  Asso­
ciation we will boom the State of  Michigan 
as it never has been before.

Nashville (W.  S. Powers)—This Associa­
tion was organized the  22d  day  of  March 
last, by  Mr.  Stowe,  the  State  Secretary 
with a membership of  twenty-one  business 
men, which number has  increased to twen­
ty-eight.  The organization was  perfected, 
by-laws adopted and  duly  incorporated ac­
cording to law.  We have but  a  small  vil­
lage, but for energy,  push  and  enterprise 
we think it has  few  equals  in  the  State, 
The Association is made up  of  live,  ener­
getic business men who fully appreciate the 
importance of the work  such  an  organiza­
tion can accomplish,  and all believe and ex­
pect that their connection with the Associa­
tion will be beneficial to  them  individually 
as well as to the community  at  large.  On 
the same day we left to  attend  this  meet 
ing,  a  delegation  of  our  members  left for 
Alma to attend a railroad meeting in the in­
terest of a contemplated  road  to  be  built 
from Bay City to Battle  Creek,  via  Nash­
ville.  Our members  desire  me  to urge up 
on this Association  the  importance  of  or­
ganizing auxiliaries in every village, hamlet 
and city in  the  State.  Nashville  business 
men feel a special pride and interest in this 
matter,  for the reason that  they claim to be 
the pioneers of this movement,  or  rather a 
movement of which this is an improvement. 
Some four years ago, JEL M. Lee,  a clothing 
merchant and now the President  of our As 
sociation, conceived the idea of  some  such 
an  organization  and  circulated  a  paper 
among the business men of  our  town  and 
organized an association with  some  of  the 
features of the  present one.  The meetings 
were kept up at irregular intervals until the 
organization  of  the  present  Association, 
when they were both merged into one.  We 
feel confident that the. coming year will wit­
ness good results from the organization.
Ashley (Geo. E.  Clutterbuck,  by  letter) 
—At a regular meeting of the Ashley B. M. 
A., it was decided by a unanimous vote that 
I should write you,  expressing  our  regret 
for being unable to attend the convention.
Davison (L. Gifford)—The  Davison  As­
sociation has not  very  much  to  report to 
this convention, as we are yet  young,  hav­
ing been organized only  since  May 10. 
In 
a little more than a month after our  organ­
ization, we had secured nearly all the  busi­
ness men of our  village  as  members,  one 
harness-maker being tile only one to escape 
us.  Since then, we have received  into our 
membership the merchants of oar neighbor­
ing villages of Richfield and Elba,  and  our 
present  number  is  thhty-five.  Although 
having a goodly number  of  members  for a 
small village of 350 inhabitants, our  Union 
is small,  financially  speaking,  only one of 
the members being reported  worth  $5,000. 
Our principal object in organizing was to se­
cure tbe benefits of the Blue  Letter  collec­
tion system and we have not  as  yet  given 
our attention much to  other  subjects;  nev­
ertheless, negotiations have been opened to­
ward  establishing  a  weekly  newspaper 
there,  with  good  prospects  of  success. 
Through the Blue Letter system,  which our 
members can  never  praise  too highly, we 
have seemed  satisfactory  arrangements to 
settle or collected fifty-six accounts amount-

ing to $444.75.  One of these  accounts had 
been standing more than fourteen years, be 
ing among the first Contracted  by our oldest 
merchant^  We notice a more friendly feel­
ing and greater confidence  among the busi­
ness nien and many are the  remarks  made 
by customers, as well as the members them­
selves, that this will prove to be one of  the 
most beneficial organizations that overcame 
into life in Davison.
Kalamazoo  (Chauncey  Strong)  —  You 
could scarce expect one of  our  age to have 
much to say.  Our Business Men’s Associa­
tion was  organized  in  May,  nearly  three 
months ago,  and  we  have  hardly  got  be­
yond creeping.  We  started  out  with 150 
members  and  now  have  16Ó.  This  com­
prises a goodly  representation  of  our best 
business men—our solid men—the  wealthy 
men in the  mercantile  and  manufacturing 
departments, and then we have a large num­
ber  who have no interests  to  share in that 
body;  that is, they are not  in  active  mer­
cantile labor  or  any  pursuit  that  would 
make the Blue Letter system  of  any bene­
fit. 
I am very sorry that  some of the older 
associations  have  presented  no report. 
I 
came  here  to  learn  something  and  was 
much interested in the reports from the dif­
ferent  localities. 
In  speaking of celery, I 
would say that there is not,  in the  State of 
Michigan, any interest  that brings as  much 
in cash into the city as celery brings to Kal­
In the matter of  wheel  vehicles, 
amazoo. 
it is said that  we  manufacture  more  than 
any other place in the  world. 
In  the  way 
of local legislation,  we  have  accomplished 
something,  on a point not mentioned in this 
convention—not  the  peddler  and  not  the 
“dead-beat”—but the tramp  business  man, 
the man who  comes  into  a  town  with  a 
stock of bankrupt  goods to sell  cheap  and 
settles for business.  Our council passed an 
ordinance that any  man  establishing  him­
self in any trade, for the sale of any article, 
should  pay  a  license fee of $100, and we 
are going to see if it is good  for  anything. 
I am glad to have been here, because of the 
enthusiasm 1 hope to convey  from this con­
vention to our own Association,  and to give 
them  some  of  the  benefits  the  members 
might have received had they  been  able to 
attend our session.
Fife Lake (P. H. Bernstein)—Your dele­
gate would report as to the workings of the 
Fife Lake B. M. A.  that we  have  only  fif­
teen members, theJnterest in  the  Associa­
tion fair.  The use of the  Blue  Letter  has 
proved efficacious and of  value.  The work 
of our Association has been of unquestioned 
value to the town.  We  have  raised  $700 
for the purpose of removing  the depot from 
South Fife Lake to the north  town  and we 
propose to raise additional  money to secure 
other industries.  We hold  ourselves  will­
ing to offer a liberal premium  to a hemlock 
bark extract manufacturer, if he will locate 
iu our town.  We have already  shipped, or 
are  shipping,  1,000 to 1,500  cords  of  bark 
and the chances are good  for  this  kind of 
business.  Our place is  unrivalled  as  a lo­
cality  for  thè  manufacture  of  hardwood 
lumber or other products made  from  hard­
wood,  as it can be shipped via Traverse City 
by water or  by the G. R. & L Railway.  To 
all we say,  Come, and we will do you good.
Tustin  (A. Wenzel)—The  Tustin  Busi­
ness  Men’s Association,  although small  in 
numbers,  is proud of  its record  during the 
past year, and in point of energy and inter­
est  manifested, we think  that it will  com­
pare  favorably with the results attained  by 
larger  associations.  We  have  nineteen 
members  and  hold  regular meetings every 
second and  fourth Monday evening irneach 
month and for the past year there has been 
a  regular  attendance of  ten  and nine  six­
teenths  members.  Our Association  has re­
sulted  in  much  good  in more  ways  than 
one. 
It has  been the means of  uniting our 
business  men in  a  more  brotherly  regard 
for  each  others’ interests  and the  general 
welfare of our village.  We have  made our 
meeting  an enjoyable  and social  affair and 
have  reaped  much benefit  therefrom. 
In 
the  collecting  department  we  have  all 
realized  that  there is great power  and  effi­
cacy  in the Blue Letter.  Wë have brought 
about  a  system of  water  works, which  is 
not  yet completed, but will  be in the  near 
future, by the  way of  a  large cistern  cen­
trally  located,  getting  the water  there  by 
force pumps driven by the  power of a large 
wheel, placed  in a small  creek about  forty 
rods away.  The nuisance of a tramp, which 
is called peddler, is now and then bothering 
us and we respectfully ask the M. B. M. A. 
to take such steps as to benefit the business 
men  in unincorporated  villages  as well  as 
coiporated towns.

Cheboygan (E. O. Penney)—The B. M. A. 
of  Cheboygan, from a membership of  forty 
on  August 1,  1887, had  grown  to fifty-four 
on August 1,  1888.  While we  may deplore 
the  fact that  such an  organization as  this 
originally was,  became a necessity, we  can 
not  doubt  the  wisdom  of  its  originators, 
and  must with  one accord  pronounce  it  a 
grand success.  But  now that  its object  is 
broadened,  its  success  must  necessarily be 
greater.  Aside  from  the  benefits  derived 
by its  members incident to  the original ob­
ject  of  its  organization  we have  actually 
accomplished  but  little.  We  have,  how­
ever, sown  seed  from  which we  hope very 
soon  to gather a rich  harvest.  This  seed 
consists  partly in  thousands  of  copies  of 
Cheboygan  papers,  which  have  been  dis­
tributed  largely over  New York,  Pennsyl­
vania,  Ohio, Indiana, Illinois  and  our  own 
State, setting  forth the natural  facilities of 
Cheboygan as  a  manufacturing town.  As 
a  result  of  this  seed  sowing  so  far, our 
Secretary has  received  numbers of  lèttere, 
asking questions  in regard  to matters  not 
fully set  forth in the  newspapers, and  we 
have  ¿very reason to believe  that very soon 
we  shall  have at  least two  manufactories 
established  here  that will  rapidly  convert 
into money some of the timber of  Northern 
Michigan,  which  np to  this  time has  been 
used  for firewood, or  simply burned for the 
purpose of  clearing  the  land.  We  have 
been  very successful  in our  collection  de­
partment  and  can  only  wonder  from  our 
success that the number of  the associations 
chartered  by the State  Association has  not 
reached  176 instead  of  76.  We have  had 
no  picnics, hut we  propose to have ope be­
fore  we are  through with  this  convention.
jEaton  Rapids  (WU1 Emmert)—One year 
ago, we  had  26 members.  Now  we  have 
thirty-three.  - The great trouble  with ns is, 
to  get  the. members  to  attend  meetings. 
During the last  six  months, we  have  bad 
but one regular, and  several  special  meet-, 
ings, and no delinquent sheets—-either State 
or local—have  been  distributed  since Feb-

ruary last.  The  question  is, what can we- 
do  to  get  more  genuine  enthusiasm  into* 
our  Association?  The  members  are  all 
good,  business  men,  but  fail  to enthuse. 
We have done  considerable  collecting, and 
many names are on our  old. list, but partic­
ular  good  has  been  done  the  city by  the 
Association.  A special  meeting was called 
during the “Gale” excitement for  the  pur­
pose of  inducing  the  city to  raise  $30,000* 
with which to “catch”  some  great  institu­
tion,  but  it  failed.  We  celebrated  the- 
Fourth,  but  instead of  closing  the  scores* 
every merchant Wanted to make more money 
than at any other  time.  Our  city has also» 
had some experience with the  peddler  and 
is liable to stand a suit for arrest  and  falsa 
imprisonment, the Circuit Court declaring a. 
license  ordinance “no good,” as it discrim­
inates between persons, contrary to the con­
stitution.-  It  might,  therefore, be well for 
Associations to go slow in prosecuting cases 
for imprisoning the peddler, unless their or­
dinance has been tested and  declared valid.
Kalkaska  (Alf.  G. Drake)—I  will  make, 
my remarks short.  About  two  years  ago,, 
when Messrs.  Stowe and  Hamilton came to* 
our town, they found it somewhat of a dead 
place-just existing, like many other towns. 
In  the  twenty  months  which  have  since 
elapsed,  we  have  incorporated  our  town* 
have much  better  streets, better sidewalks, 
etc*  We  have  have  taken  up  a  railroad 
scheme for $10,000 stock  and  the survey i s  
completed. 
In  the  last  three  months we 
have  lighted  our  city  with  electric lights 
We have a large  factory that  engages  sev­
enty-five or 100 men  and  two others on th e  
string.  All  this  has  been  done  by  our- 
Business Men’s Association,  As far as th e 
business men themselves are  concerned, w e 
have  canceled  old  accounts,  established a. 
better feeling among them socially and oth­
erwise.  This  is  the  prosperous condition*., 
of  things  brought  about  by  the  Business 
Men’s Association.
Scotts  and  Climax  (E. L.  Carbine)—In 
behalf  of  the Scotts  and Climax B. M. A.,
1 beg leave to offer the  following  report as 
to  our  condition,  financially  and  socially. 
Having been preyed upon  for—well, as the; 
brother  from  Plainwell  said,  “ever  since- 
the  flood”—by  a  class  of chronic  “long- 
timers”  and  dead-beats,  we  began  to look; 
around  for  some  means  of  protection—  
something  that  would  lead  us  to do m is­
sionary work by compelling  dishonest men 
to  be  honest  ones.  We  examined  every 
collection  agency  available  very  carefully 
and  some  too  carefully  to  the  extent  of 
membership fee, without  deriving any ben­
efit.  We  believed  them all no good or un­
safe, until  we gave the B. M. A. a thorough» 
examination.  Then  we  thought  we  hack 
found  the  remedy sought  after, and so we» 
found  it, and shall continue to find it, if we- 
work together as brothers and true men and 
live up to our privileges and the golden rule.. 
We  organized  on  February 22  last  with* 
twenty charter  members, with  nearly solid ' 
flanks in both Scotts and Climax.  We have 
gleaned  a  little  closer  and  added  to  our 
number from adjacent villages until we now 
number twenty-five  business  firms,  consti­
tuting about forty individual members.  Our 
population  in  either  village  is  about 350, 
although in enterprise and push we number- 
350,000.  We  have  received  grand  results, 
from the Association  work, collected many* 
accounts we deemed worthless  and, in fact* 
having been so successful,  have gone to  the- 
garret and cellar, unearthed our old ledgers-- 
and begun life  over  again by collecting old 
accounts that we had long since buried, sup­
posing them dead,  but  with  the  B. M.  A. 
work  found,  to our  great  delight,  we  had 
buried  them  alive.  Hence,  brothers,  our 
success  lies  in  union  of  action,  union  of 
strength, union of  purpose.  We  not  only 
gain  financially, but  socially.  We'  get ridl 
of  the ideat that  every other business man 
in  our  town or locality is our  enemy.  By 
knowing  them  better, we  make  them onr 
warmest  friends.  Therefore,  to  advance 
your  Association  socially,  use  good  judg­
ment and pull together.  The result will be 
a grand  success  for  the  army  behind  the. 
counter,  at the bench,  or on the farm.
Bellaire (Geo.  W.  Albrecht)—The  most-, 
recent work that we have accomplished was- 
stumping pur courthouse square;  but when 
I tell you that there was something like 259»» 
stumps there, you will see that it was quite* 
an undertaking and we accomplished it suc­
cessfully.  We  have  also  taken some  rail­
road stock—raised about $10,000.  We have 
not  received  any new industries,  but  there 
are  plenty waiting  to come  as soon  as we 
have  our railroad.  Through the  efforts  of 
the  business men, we have induced  private 
individuals  to commence a system of  water­
works,  which  will  be completed  in  about, 
sixty days.  A  small  item coming  through* 
the  efforts of  the Business  Men’s Associa­
tion is  the establishing of  a  newspaper for 
the  purpose of  booming the  city;  but, as 1 
am  the  chief  boomer, I will  say  nothing, 
about what that has done.
Muskegon  (P. J.  Connell)—Muskegon  1» 
the largest  association in the  State, though 
not  the largest  city,  and  we have  the most* 
sawdust,  sand  and  grit.  We  have-  a* 
different system of Collecting.  We employ 
a collector.  The members whose advantage 
it is to use him  pay him $5 per annum—for- 
that amount he does the work—and collects 
for  those,  and  those  only.  We have  our- 
own room—association headquarters.  After 
our Blue  Letter  has done' its work and  onr 
delinquent  list comes  in, we hand  them  to» 
our collector and he visits each one of them.. 
In this way we cut off  a great many names 
that would otherwise appear on the list, foE- 
we find  that our merchants are a little  neg­
ligent in keeping their accounts corredt  and! 
clerks  make mistakes.  Our city has  taken,

(CONCLUDED  ON  EIGHTH  PAGH.)

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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3,1888.

A  BELATED  IDEA.

The newsmongers  send us a fresh  report 
of  a conference  of  members of  the  royal 
caste of Europe, to settle the future of Bul­
garia without the  slightest reference  to the 
wishes of the Bulgarian people.  This time 
it is the  Duke of  Cumberland  who is to  be 
thrust  into the  place Prince  Ferdinand  is 
filling to the apparent satisfaction of all but 
the  Czar.  Of  course,  it  would  be  very 
handy to  have  him in  Bulgaria as  prince. 
Bismarck  would  like it, as  it  would  save 
him from  having to restore the Duke to the 
rights  the  Chancellor  stripped  Bom  his 
father.  The  royal  caste  generally would 
like it  as  a  provision for  a  rather impecu­
nious member of their set.  England might 
be supposed to like it, as Cumberland is the 
only  descendent  in the  male  line  of  the 
House of  Hanover, and  looks  back  to  the 
three Georges as his ancestors.  But would 
the  Bulgarians  like  the  induction  of  a 
prince  who would  come  pledged to subser­
vience  to  Russia, and  who  belongs  to  a 
^family much more notable for their obstinacy 
than for  their respect  for constitutional ob­
ligations and pledges?

The truth is that the royal caste is belated 
in its ideas..  It no  longer has the  power to 
transfer kingdoms and principalities by pri­
vate conference, and to hand over countries 
to its members by way of reward for merits 
or compensation for  losses.  That business 
•came to an  end when  the rights of  nation­
ality obtained  distinct  recognition  in  the 
•diplomacy of  Europe, and  it now is  recog­
nized  that no  settlement of  the Bulgarian, 
the Irish, the  Polish, or any other question 
can  be final, unless  it  is  acceptable to  the 
nation it concerns.

Recent  developments  in 'the  insurance 
situation  — developments  which  T h e  
T radesm an is  not at liberty to,disclose  at 
present—coupled  with  the  work  recently 
undertaken by the insurance  department of 
the  Michigan  Business  Men’s Association, 
give good  grounds for the belief  that  there 
will  be  a  revolution  in  present insurance 
methods , before  another  year has  elapsed. 
As  the old  campaigner  deems it  essential 
to  keep the  enemy ignorant  of  his  move­
ments, so the  men active in this work  find 
it desirable  to make  as little  noise as  pos­
sible  until the time  has arrived to deal  the 
insurance  monopoly a  death-dealing  blow.

The  Standard Oil Co.  jumped  oil  up % 
cent  per per  gallon on  Monday,  in face  of 
the fact  that two  other oil  houses  are con­
sidering  the  project  of  establishing  dis­
tributing  stations  at  this  market.  The 
Standard  Oil  Co.—acting through its  local 
representative, the West Michigan Oil Co.— 
■evidently believes in  making hay while the 
sun  shines.

Tribute  to  the  Traveler.

A  young  lady  admirer  of the  Gripsack 
Brigade  pays  the  commercial  traveler the 
following tribute:

Of  all men living, the commercial man is 
one whose  varied  experience is most inter­
esting, and  whose  life  is  one  long list of 
romantic incidents,  some extremely sad, in­
deed, and some of infinite mirth.  No won­
der  he is a man of  resources,  and  great of 
heart  He  obtains  the experience of more 
people  than  any other  man  on the face of 
the  earth.  His  own  experience  is  the 
cream of  all those  poured  into  his  eager, 
listening  ear, or snatched  by his  watchful 
eye.  His nimble  wit is at the command of 
every man  he  meets.  Are  you  heartsick 
end  sadly  burdened  with  troubles?  His 
tongue is tipped with humorous  philosophy 
that  drives  away  sorrow  and  disarms 
troubles  of all  their  stings.  Are  you  in 
financial difficulty ?  His  hand  flies  to his 
«pocket and relieves  your  monetary distress 
-as  easily and  as  heartily as he  does  your 
•mental woes.  To sum up,  he is everything 
that  goes  to  make up a great and splendid 
■manhood.  Of  course, 
there  are  some 
“ bad ones,” but  they only serveto enhance 
and bring out in greater prominence the vir­
tues of the majority.  He is a walking en­
cyclopedia  of practical,  every-day  knowl­
edge,  and you  can  get  more  real,  solid, 
-satisfactory information  on any subject, be 
4 t business or pleasure,  from  one  commer- 
•ciai  man  than you  can  from ten ordinary 
■men.  He is a  moving,  breathing,  hustling 
•edition of  Raad-McNally, and  his  brain  is 
•one seething mass of facts, funand figures, 
die has been accused of  living rapidly.  He 
does, indeed.  He  eats, drinks  and  sleeps 
•on the run, and his brain and all ideas move 
a t the same rapid gait.  Truly, our commer­
cial  friend  lives a “fast”  life.  Never  too 
feat, though, to hear the cry of distress and 
pass unheeding by*  Never  too fast to give 
up  his  seat  to  that  aged  lady. 
(For the 
-drummer has a mother somewhere.)  Never 
too fast  to  amuse  that  fretful  child,  and 
give its poet, weak  mother a few moments’ 
rest  and  quiet.  Never, in feet, too fast to 
do the needful.  The commercial man may 
be  fast  ia a  way, but  he is a.dandy,  and I 
am in love with tom.

Gage’s Saturday  Gazette, 

v  Gage  Bros.’ new Saturday paper is  going 
to have  a good  send-off.  Among the  con­
tributors in  Sie first issue (which will appear 
next Saturday, the  8th)  are  Lloyd Brezee, 
Chas. D.  Almy, Dr.  Byron  Parker, Eqsign 
John Gibbons, U. S. N., and WHIG. Graves, 
of  the Detroit  Tribune.  The prioe of  the 
Gazette has  been fixed at $1.00  par  year or 
•60 emits for three months, audit will office 
with the 
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\ V. 

AMONG T H E  TRADED
V  ©BAND  RAPIDS  ©OSSIP. 

..

A. J. Kridler hah opened  à grocery sfere 
at 20 Ellsworth  avenue.  Lemon, Hoops & 
Peters furnished the stock.

Cory  Bros. & Co.  have  put in a general 
stock  near  Haririsoh.  Ball,  Barnhart  & 
Putman furnished the stock.

J. F. Reed  has  engaged in the drug bus 
iness at Walkerton, Ind.  The Hazeltine  & 
Perkins Drag  Co. furnished  the stock.

Louisa  Harroun  has  opened  a  grocery 
store on Jefferson avenue, due-half mile be­
low the city limits.  Lemon, Hoops & Peters 
furnished the stock.

T h e T r adesm an has it on good  author 
ity that a wholesale hat  and  cap  house  is 
shortly to be established  at  this  market by 
three  gentlemen  of  long  experience  and 
ample capital.

Wm. Widdicomb, assignee for Thompson 
&  Maclay, sold  the  stock  last week to A  
May and Moore & Co., who  picked  out all 
they  wanted  and  shipped  the  balance  to 
Geo. P. Gore & Co., of  Chicago,  to  be  sold 
on commission on  their  account.  The  as­
signee declines to disclose the terms of sale.
WalterE. Cummings  and  Fred. D.  Tale 
have formed a copartnership under the style 
of  Cummings  &  Tale  for  the  purpose  of 
engaging in the sale of crockery, glassware 
and  kindred  lines,  having 
secured  the 
agency of  a  number  of leading  importing 
and  manufacturing  houses.  The  firm has 
leased  three  rooms in the  Blodgett  block, 
on  South  Ionia  street,  and  is arranging a 
line  of  samples  which  ought to take  well 
with the trade.

Fred.  A. Wurzburg  and  Wm.  N.  Wurz­
burg,  sons of  F. W. Wurzburg,  and  Wm. 
F. Wurzburg,  nephew of  F. W. Wurzburg, 
have formed a copartnership under the style 
of  F. W. Wurzburg’s   Sons  &  Co. for  the 
purpose of  engaging  in  the  wholesale dry 
goods business.  The  firm  has leased one- 
half of the second floor of  the new McMul­
lin  block,  on  the  comer of  South Division 
and Island streets, which  will  probably be 
ready for occupancy about October 1.

The  remarkable  success  of the  Grand 
Bapids School Furniture Co. has  led  many 
to think that there are  large  margins  con­
nected  with  the  business.  The  failure of 
a Detroit  seating  concern, a few  days ago, 
coupled  with the fact that a small  concern 
has  been  whanging  away at  school  seat 
manufacture  here  for  the  past  half-dozen 
years,  without  attaining  the  dignity  of  a 
one-horse factory, rather  leads  to the opin­
ion that the success of  a school seat factory 
is  a  question of  management  wholly  and 
that the profit involved is no greater than in 
the case of ordinary furniture.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Belding—II. A. Lamb & Co. have opened 

a grocery store.

Belding—Ingersoll & Sons have opened a 

new  boot and shoe store.

Empire—The  Empire  Lumber  Co. 

is 

moving into its new  store.

Breedsyille—-S. E. Brown & Co.’s grocery 

has been closed by creditors.

Muir—Chas.  E.  Stevens’  general  store 

has been closed by creditors.

Lowell—Geo. T. Howard  has  moved  his 

stock of clothing to Kalkaska.

Pentwater—Frank  Harris  succeeds  L. 

Fisher in the harness business.

Yassar—II. C. Dean succeeds  J. R. Ban­

croft in the hardware business.

Hudson—James  Dennis  succeeds  John 

R. Bate in the hardware business.

Saranac—Brown Bros., of  Charlotte,  will 

soon open a branch clothing store.

Stanton—J.  K.  Giilman  succeeds  Epley 

& Giilman in the grocery business.

Hartford—Grosse & Son have  sold  their 

meat market to a man named McGlure

Lansing—J. Wilson Roe succeeds Wright 
& Co. in  the  grocery  and  stationery  bus­
iness.

Kalkaska—S.  R. Haynes succeeds Haynes 
& Wadsworth in the grocery and  provision 
business.

Shephard— Pratt  &  Robinson  succeed 
Wellman  & Walling  in  the  meat  market 
business.

Lansing—A.  J.  McNeal, 

formerly  of 
Brighton, has opened a general store at 455 
Franklin street.

Sparta—J.  O.  Norton  has  rented  the 
Nash  store bnllding and  will engage in the 
commission business.

New Era—Olaf  Cedarquist  has  removed 
his  boot  and  shoe  stock to Ferry, leaving 
New Era without a shoe  store.

Stetson—Dr. A. A. Sherlock  and  James 
Bogue  have  purchased  Geo. North’s  drug 
stock and will continue  the  business under 
the style of  Sherlock & Bogue.

Flint—L. J  Hitchcock  has  retired  from 
the produce firm of Hitckcock, Kline & Co. 
The  business  will  be continued by the re­
maining  partners,  Geo.  Kline  and  L.  G. 
Goodenough,  under  the  style  of Kline  & 
Goodenough.

STRAY  FACTS. 

,

Vicksburg  — Rayner  &  Prentice  have 

started their fruit dryer.

Petoskey—E.  Grimes  &  Co.  have  pur­

chased the Vienna Cafe.

Port Huron—Chas.  A.  Jex,  the  whole­

sale confectioner, is dead.

Sunfield—L.  H. Wood  is  getting in  the 

foundation for a new store building.

Detroit—Jas. L. Lowrie, of the dry goods 

hoqse of Jas. Lowrie & Sons, is dead.

Ann  Arbor—Christian  Walker,  of  the 
carriage  manufacturing  firm of  C.  Walker 
ft Bn>., is dead. 

Burdicksville— The  report  that  John

,

Helm had sold hits  general  stock to Samuel 
Berry is denied by the former gentleman.

Manton—'The  Tribune  is  authority  for 
the statement that the  three  buyers it that 
market have paid  o^t  over $1,800 for hem 
lbck bark this  season.

Sunfield—Ed. Stinchcomb  has  begun the 
erection of  a two-story  briek  block,  40x70 
feet  in  dimensions, which  he  will occupy 
with his general stock.

Muskegon—A. V. Mann  & Co. have  pur­
chased  100,000  acres of  pine  land  in  Ar­
kansas, which they will  cut when they will 
finish  that which they have  in Osceola  and 
Wexford counties.

Ithaca—Frank P. Merrill’s drug stock was 
destroyed by fire on the night of August 30 
The  loss  is  about  $3,000, half covered by 
insurance.  The  fire  was  caused by spon­
taneous  combustion or a lamp  explosion in 
the oil room. 

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•

Detroit—The Detroit Seating Co. has filed 
two chattel mortgages covering all the stock, 
machinery  and  other  personal  property. 
One  is  for  $16,151.18  to  A. Ives  &  Son, 
bankers,  and  covers  six promissory notes. 
The other is for  $411.15,  and  runs  to  the 
Standard Foundry and  Manufacturing  Co., 
of  Cleveland.  H. T. Thurber, attorney for 
A. Ives & Son, says that  the  trouble  came 
from a suit for $10,000, on contract, brought 
against the company by the  Frost  Veneer­
ing Co., of  Sheboygan,  Wis.  This suit im­
paired the credit of the company, and finally 
forced it into its present position.

MANUPACTURIN©  MATTERS.

Ionia—J. F. Faude  has  engaged  in  the 

manufacture of  cigars.

Adrian—L. Ladd’s  canning  factory  has 
started  up  for  the  season,  with  a  larger 
force than ever before.

Shelby—Paton & Andrus  have concluded 
to remove  their  sawmill  from New Era to 
this place and will  convert  the plant into a 
manufacturing  establishment  another  sea­
son.

Benton  Harbor  —  The  Benton  Harbor 
knitting factory will close  down  for a spell 
pretty soon to wait  for  better  demand  for 
knit goods.  Some Eastern parties are also 
trying to gather up  an  interest  in the con 
cem.

Detroit—Articles of  incorporation  of  the 
Michigan Gas Enricher Co. have  been  filed 
with the county clerk.  The company will en­
gage in the manufacture  and  sale of a pat­
ent invention  for  purifying  and  enriching 
gas.

Detroit—The  American  Paper  Clothing 
Co., capital stock $50,000, of which $40,000 
is  paid in, is the  newest  Detroit  corpora­
tion.  The  company  will  manufacture  all 
kinds of  paper  clothing,  under a patented 
process.  The  stockholders  are Riehard E. 
Mudge, Edgar M. Masson,  Louis  Reed and 
Frank T.  Collver.

Detroit—The  embarassed  Frost  Lumber 
& Woodenware Works have resumed opera­
tions  under  the  direction  of  James  T. 
Campbell,  assignee.  About  fifty  men,  out 
of  a  former force of  eighty-nine, were  put 
at  work.  Orders will  be filled,  and  stock 
on  hand  worked  up,  and  a  permanent 
course will be decided on.

Gripsack Brigade.

L. L. Loomis  is  back  from  Denver,  in 

fairly good health and capital spirits.

Sampson’s  “Heavy Hitters” are all right, 
only they couldn’t hit  Aldrich.  That’s  all.
Wm. B. Edmund’s  infant child  lived but 
two  weeks,  dying  from  the  effects  of 
cholera infantum.

John  McIntyre  changes  his  allegiance 
from Arthur Meigs & Co. to Lemon, .Hoops 
& Peters next Monday.

Vermontville — Browning  &  Co.  will 
shortly begin the  manufacture of  furniture 
in their new factory building.

Sam. B. Morriso n is still laid up with his 
sprained ankle,  but  hopes to get out among 
his customers again next week.

G. W.  Feldner,  traveling  representative 
for Gray Bros., of Syracuse, is spending his 
usual summer vacation in this city.

The recent sale of a drug  stock at Walk­
erton,  Ind.,  makes  two  new  Stocks  Cor­
nelius  Crawford  has  put  into Hoosierdom 
this summer.

Perhaps Geo. Seymour hasn’t worked like 
a beaver for  the  past  five  days.  Any one 
who doesn’t believe he has  should  look  at 
the tired expression in his eyes.

After  the  Standard.

From the American Artisan.

Th e  Mich ig an  T r adesm an,  of  Grand 
Rapids, figures  out the  percentage of  profit 
made by the Standard Oil Company’s repre­
sentative  in that  city.  The  cost of  water 
white oil in Cleveland is reckoned at 6 cents, 
freight in  tanks % of  a cent, inspection % 
of  a  cent,  total  cost  in  tanks  at  Grand 
Rapids  7 cents.  This is  sold to the  retail 
trade at 10 cents, leaving a profit of  3 cents 
per gallon, out of which is to come the cost 
of delivery.  The  cost per gallon in. barrels 
is figured at 8%  cents.  This oil  is sold  to 
the retail  trade outside of  Grand Rapids at 
12% cents  per gallon, giving the  monopoly 
a profit of 3% cents per gallon.  When sold 
through the  jobber it  still affords  the mon­
opoly a  profit of  over 3  cents  per  gallon. 
T h e T radesm an  regards  these  profits  as 
extortionate and  is organizing  a scheme  to 
give  the trade  competition  with the  Stan­
dard Oil Company’s monopoly.

Bank  Notes.

Mark D. Bailey has taken  the position of 
Assistant  Cashier  of  the  Northern  Kent 
Bank at Cedar Springs.

A national bank will  probably bè started 
at  Buchanan  to  succeed  the  Farmers  & 
Manufacturers’ Bank, which  is  goihg  into 
voluntary liquidation.

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

IT   WAS  A  WATERLOO.

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at Detroit.  • 

Grand Rapids Retrieves the  Record  Made 
,
Agreeable  to  previous  arrangement,  a 
number of Detroit traveling men  arrived in 
the city last Friday night  and  were  domi­
ciled at Sweet’s Hotel.  Further  accessions 
w oe received Saturday  morning,  the fore­
noon being devoted  to  visiting  the various 
jobbing houses  and  making  the  acquaint­
ance of the  Grand . Rapids  traveling  men 
who thronged the hotel.  At 3 o’clock p. m., 
the two nines started via street cars for the 
Reed’s Lake ball  grounds,  accompanied by 
Wnrzbnrg & Bronson’s brass band.

THE  GAME.

When the bells had quit  tolling  and  the 
tremendous sighs of the stricken maidens at 
the sight of  so  much  handsome  manhood 
had ceased to attract  attention,  the  grand 
stand was startled by what appeared to be a 
man wheeling himself out to third base on a 
wheelbarrow, but after the dust  had settled 
down it was discovered to be Hi. Robertson 
taking his position.

The game was by no  means  a  repetition 
of the game in Detroit the week before, but, 
on the contrary,  the  500  spectators  were 
given  an  exhibition  of  ball  playing  that 
would  not  have  disgraced  professionals. 
The position of the players was as  follows: 
détroit 
grand rapids
Evans. 
.............Catcher.......... ..  McKay
Boucher..................Pitcher*..     ........... Aldrich
Nessen................. First Base................Freeman
Morant................ Second Base...........Beecher
Musliner...............Third Base.............Robertson
Carpenter...........Short Stop......... VanLeuven
Mangum.............. Center  Field...................Bush
Coleman...........  Right Field............ McDonald
Morgan................ Left  Field..............McKelvey
In the first innings, Evans hit the ball for 
a safe hit and reached second  on  Boucher’s 
sacrifice,  scoring on  Musliner’s  hit to short 
stop.  Boucher couldn’t run fast  enough to 
beat  the  ball  to  secon.d.  Nessen  fanned 
out and Mangum started an  easy  grounder 
to  first.  One  run.  For  Grand  Rapids, 
VanLeuven swiped the first  ball  that came 
to him for a base, and Bush covered himself 
with everlasting glory by knocking the cov­
er off the ball for two elegant bags, bringing 
in Van.  Beecher flew out to right field and 
Aldrich made a scratch hit for one base,  ad­
vancing Bush to third.  McKay  bunted the 
ball to short and was out at first, Bush scor­
ing.  Freeman  gave  the  pitcher  an  easy 
liner and the inning was done.  Detroit,  1; 
Grand Rapids, 3. 

.

In the second, Morgan fanned wind three 
times, but was  given  his  base  by  McKay 
letting  the  ball  go  by,  stole  second and 
scored on wild  throw  to  third  by McKay. 
Morant,  Coleman and Carpenter, not having 
glasses with them, couldn’t see the ball and 
fanned the  ambient  ozone  violently  three 
times each and retired the side.  For Grand 
Rapids, McDonald  rolled  an  easy  one  to 
first,  and  Happy  Hi.  whirled  himself 
around and bunted the ball  to  the  pitcher, 
who tossed it to first  base  before  Hi.,  had 
made up his mind to run.  McKelvey played 
in great luck  and  reached first by being hit 
by the baH, though it did  him  no  good, as 
Van  fouled/out  to  Evans.  Detroit, 
t; 
Grand Rapids,  0.

For Detroit,  in  the  third,  Mr.  Aldrich 
gave Evans, Nessen and Boucher an assort­
ment of in-and-out shoots and up-and-down 
shoots and  retired  them  in  one-two-three 
order.  Bush got to  first  on  passed  third 
strike and error of first  base  and  was  put 
out while running on a foul, which  Beecher 
hit to Evans.  McKay  went  out on a little 
one to Boucher to first.  Detroit,  0;  Grand 
Rapids,  0.

In the fourth,  it looked as  if Detroit was 
going to make a bushel basket  full of runs. 
Musliner thought the  ball  had  shrunk and 
hit three times at what was only  the  shad­
ow of the ball.  Mangum  surprised himself 
by knocking a fly to third, which Hi. kindly 
let fall, falling  himself  at ¿he  same time,

good run.  In  the seventh, McKelvey wink­
ed three times and the  umpire  said  “out.” 
Van took  first on five  halls and  scored oh 
Beecher’s base hit.  Bush hit  for  one bag 
and scored with Beecher on  McKay’s  two- 
bagger.  Aldrich  went  out  to  first  and 
Freeman out to short stop.

Score—Detroit,

B. H. 
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0

P. o. 
12
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
24

In the eighth and ninth,  Detroit  made a 
noble effort, but  nineteen  men  struck  out 
was too much for their herve  and they only 
added two  more  ciphers. 
In  the  eighth, 
Grand Rapids made 0.
Evans, o.................... ...... R.
..1
Nessen, 1st....................... ..0
Boucher,  p ................. ..0
Musliner, 3d................ ... ..0
Mangum, c. f......;___...... ..0
Morgan. 1. f.......  ............. ..1
Morant, 3d........................ ..0
Coleman, r. f .................... ..0
Carpenter, s. s................... .  0
2

E.
2
1
2
0
0
0
o
0
0
"5
VanLeuven, s. s................ R. B. H. P. o. E.
..2
0
0
Bush, c. f .......................... ..2
1
0
Beecher, 2d....................... . .2
i
0
Aldrich,  n....... ................ ..0
0
0
McKay, c.......................... ..0
21
2
Freeman, 1st..................... ..1
4
0
0
McDonald, r. f ...................... ..0
0
1
Robertson, 3d....................... ..0
0
McKelvey, 1. f ....................
..0
0
0
7
27
3
Aldrich,
double

Grand Bapids -Two-base hits, Bush, 
Detroit—Two-base  hits, 

McKay.
play, Evans, unassisted.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

1
2
1
2_
i
o
0
0
0
7

Morgan;

SCORE,  BY INNINGS.

Innings........  1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   r.b.h.e
Gd.  Rapids—   2 0 0 1 1 0 3   0  0—7  7  3 
D etroit.......  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0—2  4  5

BASE  HITS.

What’s  the  matter  with Grand  Rapids ? 

Chorus,  “She’s all right.”

Bootblack—Wat’s  goin’  on  in  Sweet’s 

Hotel,  paid?

Newsboy—Prohibition  convention.
B. B.—Wat they doin’, kid ?
N. B.—Passin’ resolutions.
Both together—In glasses, o’ course.
Detroit  is  not  very  enthusiastic or they 
would send more  than  fifteen  delegates  to 
this great game.  As it was,  there  were six 
committeemen to each visitor. 

Our boys responded  nobly and turned out 
500  strong  with  then  wives and ladies to 
see the game. 
It takes  Grand Rapids trav­
elers to do these  affairs up right.  Always 
ready with money and  time  to  help  along 
anything  that  would  redound to the honor 
of  the fraternity.

.

What a pitcher  Fred  Aldrich is!  Nine­

teen men struck out is a great record.

Happy Hi.  did  look  awfully unhappy as 
he  lay in  the  dust  in  the  fourth  inning. 
Neither his feet nor  his  nose  touched  the 
ground.  As  one  lady said,  “He  seems to 
have struck a happy medium.”

Aldrich throws a wicked ball.  He threw 
once to Hi.  and  Hi.  made a great  bluff to 
stop the ball and did  hold it and put a man 
out.  How the grand stand  yelled!

Some  talk  of  playing  Owosso  or  Flint 
traveling  men.  Getting  late in the season, 
however,  for base ball.

It  is  estimated  that  over  $60,000,000 
worth of wholesale houses were represented 
at the game.  And  yet we  wonder at crime 
when  we  see  such  men  as  Tom  Morant 
throw a bat at tlf£wind! 

J e s s e   L a n g e .

THE  BANQUET.

After the game,  the  visitors  were  intro­
duced at the  boat  house of  the O-Wash-ta- 
nong  Club,  where  some  of  the  party im­
proved  the  opportunity  to  take a row  on 
the lake.  The  return  trip was made with­
out  incident, the  evening  being  spent  in 
social  enjoyments  until  about  10  o’clock, 
when the  doors  of  the  dining  room  were 
thrown open and 115 persons  sat down to a 
collation  gotten up and  served in Landlord 
Johnson’s best style.  Hi. Robertson rapped 
the  assemblage  to  order  and  introduced 
Mayor Weston, who  welcomed  the visitors 
to the city and expressed the hope that they 
might enjoy every moment while here.  He

Mangum reaching first safe.  Then  Morgan 
found the ball for two bases,  but  Mangum 
was out at the  home  plate  on  a  beautiful 
throw from center and a great stop  by  Mc­
Kay.  Morant lifted his bat  up  and  down 
three times and was out.  For  Grand  Rap­
ids, Freeman got  to  first  on  a  hot  one to 
short stop and reached third on McDonald’s 
out to first,  and  scored  on a  passed  ball. 
Happy Hi. ambled up to the plate,  grunted 
violently three times and trotted back to his 
seat.  MeKelvey,  also,  might  have- stayed 
on the beilch, as he  three  times  struck  at 
the ball when it was in the  catcher’s  hand. 
Detroit, 0;  Grand Rapids, 1.

In the fifth, Evans was put out  at  third, 
after  reaching  second  on  muff  by center- 
field.  Coleman and Carpenter fanned wind 
and another  goose  egg  was  added  to the 
Detroit’s list.  For Grand Rapids, VanLeu­
ven struck out, Bush sent an  easy grounder 
to short-stop and was out.  Beecher made a 
base hit, stole  second  and  came  home on 
Aldrieb’s safe hit, to first.  McKay  fanning 
out,  left  Aldrich  on*  third.  Detroit,  0; 
Grand Rapids,  1.

In the sixth and  seventh,  Aldrich struck 
out six Detroit traveling men  -so  quick and 
easy that not one of them was able to charge 
up an extra ’bus ride in this week’s expense 
hook.  For  Grand  Rapids,  in  the  sixth, 
Freeman struck out,  McDonald  popjsed up 
a nice soft one to third bade,  and  Hi.  sur­
prised everybody by knocking a  dandy  fly 
out to center ¿eld, which  was  caught by a

paid the fraternity dne  praise  for  the part7 
it played in building  up  great  houses  and 
large  cities  and  closed  by hoping  that he 
might have the  opportunity of  extending a 
similar welcome some time in the future.

Sunday  forenoon  was  spent  in  visiting 
and  resting,  and  in  the afternoon a drive 
was given the  visitors  around the city and 
to the  Soldiers’ Home.  Some  left  on  the 
Sunday evening  trains  and the balance de­
parted  the  following  morning,  all  bearing 
with 
them—The  Tradesman  hopes— 
pleasant  memories  of  their  short  stay  in 
the Second City.

Barnett  Bros., the  Chicago  frq.it  men, 
whose monogram on our first  page is famil­
iar to all of  onr  readers, write  us  that the 
outlook is very favorable  for  those  having 
Bartlett pears to sell.  The  New York crop 
is  practically controlled by canners, and but 
few will come West.  From  their  position 
as large shippers of  fruit all ova: the North­
west,  Barnett Bros, can well  gauge the sit­
uation,  and  they  report  a  sharp local de­
mand as well as  shipping  toquiry. 
If  any 
one is interested as  to* particulars, a line to 
the  firm  would, no  doubt, be promptly an­
swered*  They  also  report  damage  to the 
peach  crop  by drought  and  cool  weather, 
but grapes are looking well.

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

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Advice  to  Prospective  Merchants.

Written for The  Tradesman.

There  are  numerous ways of  succeeding 
in  trade,  the  principal  one—the  one way 
leading  to  the  glorious  finale  of  clipping 
coupons from government bonds in the back 
office—is not. to go into  trade  at  all.  The 
other  methods of  success are  graduated by 
the ambition of  the party in  trade. 
I have 
seen men go into business  with a capital of 
thousands of bright crisp dollars. 
In a year 
or two they would have a varied assortment 
of  job  lot  experience  and  some  one  else 
would be the owner pro tem. of  the  bright, 
shining dollars. 
I have seen others go into 
trade with absolutely nothing and get trusted 
for their  first  stock of  goods,  and in a few 
years’ time they would  have  accumulated a 
large indebtedness  to  the  wholesale  trade 
and  be  either  well on their way to Canada 
or playing checkers with their nose  behind 
the fears.  But,  young  and  rosy  youthlet, 
with the abnormal  desire to see  your  fath­
er’s  son’s  name  painted  in  eighteen-inch 
letters over the door of  some  emporium, be 
not  discouraged!  He  that  will  must  do. 
The men that go into  trade,  simply to open 
a store, without a due  regard  for the want, 
necessity or  urgency of  the  town  they at­
tack, generally fail.  The men that  go into 
trade and begin  operations by selling goods 
so  much  cheaper  than  their  competitors 
usually awake some  fine, radiant  morning, 
when the smell of  sweet  flowers  and new- 
mown hay fills  the  air,  to receive an  intro­
duction to the deputy sheriff  and  find  their 
name  occupying  a  reserve  seat  in  Brad- 
street’s report for the day.

The men who hire two  clerks  and  stand 
behind the  desk all day themselves,  or hire 
three clerks and go to  the  city  every other 
day on the thin  excuse of  picking  up  bar­
gains,  do  not  usually fill any very conspic­
uous  place  in  the  temple  of  commercial 
fame.  The men who let the  clerks and the 
delivery  boy tend  shop, while  they go out 
with every traveling man  that invites them 
to play pedro,  and  who are always ready to 
enter into a political  debate  in the back of 
the store,  while customers wait in front,  do 
not wear  real  diamonds, or leave large for­
tunes  to  orphan  asylums.  Take  the men 
who  have  the  chance  to  do  trade  and, 
through cowardice, don’t buy enough goods 
or the right kind;  the  men that try to palm 
off  inferior  grades  on a public  that  is be­
coming every day more  and  more  discern­
ing—they don’t  lay awake  nights  wonder, 
ing how to dispose of  their surplus or pass­
ing  resolutions to  take off  the tax on some 
income  so as to reduce  their  wealth.  But 
the man who opens  up  his  store  himself, 
while his clerk is still  enwrapped in balmy 
sleep;  the man who takes off  his  coat  and 
takes  his calisthenics by vigorously chasing 
the broom up and  down  the store;  the man 
who  minds  his  own  business  and tries to 
give honest weight;  the  man  who does not 
have  a  big  end  of  tobacco  in  his  mouth 
while  selling  his  wares to ladies—he gen­
erally begins in a small way and  saves*  his 
money.  He  invests  in trade  journals and 
keeps himself  posted on the  “leaders” that 
all wholesale houses advertise, and, when he 
finds one he can use, he buys it.  He makes 
one suit of  clothes last a  year or more, and, 
if he  has a wife,  she  helps  him, as a rule. 
Then  he  moves  to a larger  store  and  in­
creases his stock,  and  pretty  soon  he  dis­
counts his bills, and  before  long he retires 
from  trade  and goes to Europe for a pleas­
ure trip or stays at home and  runs for Con­
gress.

Glowing as are the prospects  for  success 
in trade, gay as is the picture, it takes years 
of  hard work to succeed, and then you may 
fail. 
I have seoi  men  who were like Rob­
ert Bruce’s spider,  In “trade’’ and “busted” 
many times. 
If  you  have a good  position 
and  are  making  even  a  living  only,  it is 
morft  than  three-fourths of  the men who

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are  employers  are  doing,  and  you  don’t 
have to  lay awake  nights  wondering  how 
you will meet this or that bill,  but  you  can 
“Let Smith walk” and know that at the end 
of  the  week  your  salary  has  made  a net 
profit of  so many dollars to  you.

J e s s e   L a n g e .

Above  His  Trade.

He was an economic man.
No money did he waste.
He took things as they came along, 
Nor to get rich made haste;
He lived for years above his store 
Where he his money made,
And spiteful people used to say 
He was above his trade.

—Cleveland Leader.

J. M.  Crossman,  whose  creamery at Wil- 
liamston  was  burned  to  the  ground  on 
July 4, expects  to  rebuild the coming win­
ter, but has not fully decided as to details of 
arrangement and  construction.

By  far  the  handsomest  heading  ever 
adorning  a  Grand  Rapids  newspaper  will 
appear  with  the  initial  issue  of  Gage's 
Saturday  Gazette  this  week. 
It  is  the 
handiwork of the Fuller & Stowe Company.

Hester & Fox  report  the  sale  of  an en­
gine and bqilor to Klise & Son, the Sullivan 
sawmili  operators,  and  a  boiler  to  the 
Waverly Stone Co.,  of  Holland.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements -will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  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 .

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276

26o

262

For  sale—w ell-selected  grocery  stock,

situated on good business corner.  Stock  and  fix­
tures will inventory about $3,000.  Reason for selling, 
other business.  Address Henry, care Michigan Trades- 
man, Grand Rapids. 
282
Hardw are  store  for sale—stock  of shelf
hardware, stoves, tinware,  tinners’  tools,  glass, 
oils, paints, sash and  doors,  pumps,  etc.,  at  Elkhart, 
Indiana;  12,000 inhabitants;  live,  growing  town,  in­
creasing business;;  stuck  particularly  clean  and  well 
assorted;  stock  $5,000  to  $6,000,  redneed  to  suit pur­
chasers;  no trade.  Address  proprietors,  Thompson & 
Co., Elkhart, Ind. 

er mill, with elevators and scalpers complete; one 
Webster bran duster;  one OO Geo.  T.  Smith  purifier. 
The above machines are all in good condition.  Enquire 
of owner, D. C. Briggs, North Branch, Mich. 

For sale—one 9x24 row nds*  sectional  roll-
FOR  SALE—BAZAAR  BUSINESS,  WELL  RBTAW- 
lished in  one  of  the  liveliest  and  best  business 
towns in the State.  Proprietor’s  health  failing.  In­
voice about $1,400.  Now  is the time to buy for fall and 
holiday trade.  Address ABC office of this paper. 272
F or  sale—clean  general  stock  of  goods

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. 

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. 

For  sale—clean  grocery,  d r y  goods  and
For sale—drug  fixtures  and  small  stock
For  sale—or exchange  for  stock in  trade,

of drugs.  Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford.  258
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. 
T O R  SALE—GENERAL STOCK,  GOOD TRADE, LONG 
J.  or short lease of store.  A bargain for  some  one. 
Must sell.  Want to go South.  Address  Box 12, Grand- 
ville, Mich._______________  
F or  sale—the  dress  o f  ty pe  now   used  on
“The Tradesman”—600 ponnds of brevier and 200 
pounds of nonpareil.  A  good  bargain  will  be  given 
purchaser.________ ____  
WANTED—BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  UNDERSTANDING 

the meat business, to buy an interest  in a  meat 
market in a good town.  Address Cleaver,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
ANTED—SALESMEN  TO  SELL OUR  CHOICE VA- 
rieties of nursery stock, either on salary or com­
mission.  Permanent  employment  to  successful men 
Address, with references, May  Brothers,  Nurserymen, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
278
W ANTED—A LIVE,  ENERGETIC MAN WHO IS SO 
■  her and honest, to consolidate stocks with me, in 
a No. I location, where a trade of  $20,000 a year can be 
done.  Don’t write unless you are all  right  and  mean 
275
business.  Address Lock Box 129, Collins, Mich. 
W ANTED-PART INTEREST IN DRUG OR GENERAL 
store by  practical  registered  pharmacist.  Ad 
dress Robert, care Michigan^Tradesman 
271
W ANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 
this  paper  to  give  the Sutliff coupon system a 
trial.  It will abolish your pass  books,  do  away  with 
all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the 
expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to 
a  cash basis and  save  you  all the  worry and trouble 
that usually go with the pass-book plan.  Start the 1st 
of the month with the new  system and  you  will never 
regret it.  Having  two kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (mentioning  this  paper)  3. H.  Sutliff, 
Albany,N.Y. 
21$
■ ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR 
Improved Coupon  Puss  Book System.  Send for 
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samples.  E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 

W A N T S .

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

F OR R8NT-A GROCERY  STAND  IN NORTH  KALA- 
mazoo.  Address  3  Van  Zolenburg,  Petoskey, 
Mich. 
281
« OR  RENT—TWO  WELL  LOCATED  STORES  ON 
South Division street./ Size 22x80 feet.  G. K. Nel­
279
son, 68 Monroe street. 
■   Q A A  CASH BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BU8I- 
j « v v /   ness playing 190  per  cent.  Best o f rea­
sons  for  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kj noch,  St. Ignace,
Mich:

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1880C1IT10M  DEPARTMENT.
|tsMiM« Vea’« AMçetetten. '

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President—Frenk Welte, Lansing- 
First \  Ipe-Pi esident—H  Chambers, Cheboygan. 
Second Vlce-Pre*tdent-C. 8trong, Kalamaioo. 
Ctorotgiy—E. A  Stowe, Grand Rapida.
^ S ^ ^ io A r d -^ r ^ d e n ®  C.L. W hk^.Hmdregoij; 
I  f m ik  Hamilton. TtïtctW City ;  S.B . Poda, Lowell ; 
ChX8.T. Bridgman, Flint;  Hiram  DeLaao,  Allegan ;
Committee  on  Insurance—Geo,  B.  CaWwell*  Green- 
'  ^iiles W.gTpowew.iiaebTÜle: Oren  Mone,Flint,  y.-, 
'‘Committee òn Legislation1—S. iS.  Partili,  Owosso;  H. 
JLHydOnjL Grand Rapid«;  B. H. Pone, Allegan.  ■  -  , - 
Committee on Trade Interest»—Smith Barne«, Traverse 
C^:^pteo. B  Hoyt, East Saginaw;  H  B  Fargo, Mus-
Committee on Transportation—James OSbormOwosBO ; 
O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rapid«;  Ç.  P.  Boek,  Battle
Committee on Building and Loan A«sociatlons—Chaun- 
\   oeT 
Will Wmmert. Eaton Rapids;
Local Secretary—P. J. Connell, Muskegon.
Official Organ—Thk MicHiaait tm bm kah. 

W.J t Grotty, Lansing, 

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T h e fo llo w in g   au xiliary association s  are op­
era tin g  un der  charters  granted  b y  th eM ien i- 
g g o  B u sin ess M en’s  A ssociation :

N o. 1—T ra v erse C ity  B . M . A . 

Prenant, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberta______

president, N. B. Blaln; Secretary, Frank T. King-

N o . 8 —L o w e ll **• M . A . 

N o. 3 —S tu r g is B . M . A .

President. H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jom.
N o.  4 —G rand  B a p id s   M .  A . 
Pregiò"*, B. J. Herrick; Secretary, B. A. Stowe. 
N o.  5 —M u sk e g o n  B . M . A .
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President, H. B. FArgo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.
President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin

N o . « —A lb a  B . M . A .

N o . 7 —D im o n d a le  B . 1 L A  

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Prudent- T. H, Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Wldger.
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geò-L-Thatston.

X o. 8—E a stp o rt B . M . A .  
N o . « —L a w re n c e  B . M . A . 

president, H. H- Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
"No. 1 0 —H a r b o r  S p rin g s B ^M . A . 

N o .11—K in g sle y  B . M . A . 

Prende«»'. W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
Präsident. H. P. Whipple; Secretary, O. H. Camp.
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President. O. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.—
President, H. B. Btnrtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.

N o. 1 8 —y u in e y  B . « . A .
N o . 1 3 —S h er m a n  B . M .A . 

*  N o . 14—N o. M u sk egon  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G- C. Havens

N o . I S —B o y n e  C ity  K  M .A . 

pres«<i«"t. R- B- Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Ciliaee.
President. J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.

N o . 1 « —S an d  L a k e  B . M . A .

' N o . 1 7 —P la ln w e ll B . Ml. A . 
President. E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sldle._
N o. 1 8 —O w osso B . M ,A -. 
Preside..*. H. W. Parker; Secretary, S. Lamirom.—
*---------------- N o .  1 9 —A d a  B . M . A . _
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President. John F. Henry, Secretary, L. A. Phelps.

No. 20—SaugatucK K .jn. a . 
No. a i—Wayland B .  A.

N o. 8 3 —C arson  C ity B . M . A . 

Ñ o. g g —G rand  L e d g e  B . M . A .

President. 0. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
P errident. A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, w.  B.  ClarKe.
Präsident.F. A .Rockafellow¡Secretary.C. Q.^Balley.
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Prctdd^t. J. E. Thnrkow ; Secretary, W. H. Rlchmon  .
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President. Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. P. Few.-----
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»resident. S.  Btevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Cdldwell.

No. 84—Morley B. M. A.
No. 85—Palo B. SL A,

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

 

N o . 8 7 —D o r r  B . I I .  A .

v „   2 8 _C h eb oygan  B . SL A

President, E. S. Boteford; Secretary, L. M. Fisher.
»resident. Fred S. Frost;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer
»resident. Wm. Moore;  Secretary. A. J . Cheegebrongh.
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President. A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. HonghtaUng.

ign. 2 9 —F r e e p o r t B .M . A

N o. 3 0 —O cean a B . SL  A .

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•resident, ^ ^ G ^ r o T sS r e ta r y , A. G. Fleury

N o. 3 3 —C h a r le v o ix  i* -M . A .

»esident. T,. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, B. w . Kane-

N o .  3 6 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .

•Brident. Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C» E. Densmore,
------------- N o . 3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M . A .
esident. Ó. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden,
^ sid en t'^ as. F. Bock;  Secretary, W. F. Baxter.

N o. 3 7^—B a ttle  C reek  B .  “L A .
N o . 3 8 —ScottvSLle B .  M -A * 

resident. H. E. Svmons: Secretary, P. W. Higgin s 
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resident, W. S. Wilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.

N o . 3 0 —B u r r  O ak B . M . A .

N o . 4 0 —E a to n  B a p id s  B . M . A . 
IAV, V. X» 
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Ko. 41-—Breckinridge B .M . A. 

»esident. C. T. Harteon-, Secretary, Will Emmert.
«ident. W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. B» Scudder.

esident, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C» J» Bathtoun.

N o . 4 8 —F r e m o n t B . M . A . 
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A^

esident, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.

No. 44—Keed City B» M. A. 

esident, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith
«ident, D.^. EUUenbeckTs^iretaVy Ô» A~. Halladay
esident. Wm. H utchins; Secretary , B. M. Gould.

N o . 4 6 —L e slie  B . M . A .

_   NO.  4 7 —F lin t  M .  U , 

esident. G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbardston B. BL A. 
äsident, Boyd Redner; Secretary,W. J. Tabor.
esident,  A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith.
aident, A. 0 . Wheeler; Secretary, J. P.  O Malley.

No. 49— Leroy  B. ML.  A. 
N o . 5 0 —M a n iste e  B . M . A . 

■sident. L. M. SeUers; Secretary, W, C. Congdom

N o .5 1—Cedar BpringsB. M.  A. 
.  No. 58—Grand Haven B, M. A.

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aident, C. F. Haakey ; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

sident, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras._____
sident, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. YorK.
.pident. Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller,

No, 53—B^Bevue B. M. A. 
No. 54—Oouglas B. M. A.
No. 56—Fetoskey B.M.A.
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B . M .  A . 
No. 5 7—Kockford B. M. A. 
N o. 5 8 —F ife  LaKe B . M . A . 
N o . 5 0 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A .

ildent, Wm. G» Telft; Secretary- E. B. Lapham.
ildent, E. Hagadom; Secretary, E. 0. Brower.
esident F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
N o . 6 0 —S o u th  B o a r d m a n B . M . A . 
asldent, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Nelhardt.

ildent, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.

Pédant, y. E. Manley; Secretary, L B. Barnes.

N o .  6 1 —H a r tfo r d   B , M . A . 
N o- 68-t-E ast S a g in a w  M. A.

sident. G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadlsh.

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NO. 68—Allegan B. M. A.

President. Frank Wells; Secretary, Ghas. Cowles.

President, W, M. Pavls; Secretary, C. p. Bell._______
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

N o . 6 3 —E v a r t B . M . A*
N o , 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A -
N o. 65—K a lk a sk a  B . M. A. 
President, Ali. G. Brake; Secretary, C- 8. Blom.
N o .66—L ansingB .M . A . 
N o i 6 1—W a te r v lie t  B¿ M . A . 
•resident. Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M- Hall.
President. A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrgnd,
No, 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. Â. 
»resident, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. WUlison.
No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, 
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley B.  M. A,
President, M. Netoorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck
No. 78—Edmore B. M. A.
No, 73—Beiding B. H . A.
N o . 7 4 —D a v iso n   M .  U .

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President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, 3. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
President» Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacrans.
resident, S. S. McCamly ; Secretary, Chauncey Strong

V-  No. 75—Tecnmseh B. M. A. 
No. 76—Rslsmsmn 141M. A. 

Special Enterprises lasted.

"DURR OAK. MICH.—WANTS A  FACTORY TO 
n   employ ten hands five years.  Bonus, #1,000.  MO

C H E B O Y G A N —WANTS  WOOD  MANUFACTOR- 
V> 
les in every branch to  improve  the  greatest  ad- 
vantages in the State.  All kinds o t timber Of the finest 
quality  In  unlimited  quantities.  jCofiie and  we  will 
help yon. i fi5^reès Bec’3| B. M* A.  - 1
"VOBTH MUSKEGON—WANTS A LIVE LOCAL 
..JLN  newspaper.'Address Sec’y B, M. A, 
IIT A Y L A N D —OFFERS  UNEXCEPTIONABLE  'IN- 
TV  durementa for a cannery.  Address  Seo’y  B.  M.
a,-'.- 
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F S LAKE-W ANTS ANT KIND OF HARDWOOD 

factories  Address Sec’y B  M  A. >' 

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5

Needed Changes in Out Exemption Laws.
The following paper was read at the Che­
boygan  convention  by  W.  S.  Powers,  of 
iTasUville; 

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I desire to present for your  consideration 
the subject of exemption 'laws and  to  con­
sider the proper steps to be taken to the end 
that.sufeh lavs may be amended so' that  no 
injustice may  be  done  to the  debtor and 
creditor.  The  amendment  which  I   shall 
propose to the exemption laws of the - State 
will be in tiie ipt^Gst òY justice and equity, 
will be designed to keep pace witii  ti^e pro­
gress and advancement of the great State of 
Mifthig¿n,  in  development, 
in  prosperity 
and in wealth.
I hold, Mr. Chairman, that a  law  which: 
does not keep pace with  the  progress  and 
advancement of a state !#  not  only  an un­
just law,  but  in  time  becomes  positively 
mischievous.  A sa  changed  condition  of 
things takes place in the mercantile  world, 
so the  laws  pertaining  to  such  business 
should keep pace with such change.
The exemption law upon our statute books 
to-day is practically the law as it was  pass­
ed more than forty years ago;  and  who.can 
say that a law which  was  applicable to the 
wants of our people forty years  ago  would 
to-day be in keeping with the  progress and 
development of oar State?  The  law  that 
was necessary  for  the  pioneer  who  was' 
building him a horne in the  forests  of  our 
State—when  markets  were  miles  away, 
railroads had not penetrated  these  forests, 
the currency of the country  was  scarce and 
nearly every transaction was barter,  neigh­
bors and friends  were  miles  apart—would 
not be a law that  to-day  would  be  either 
necessary or beneficial.
It is not the honest, toiling  masses  who 
refuse or neglect to pay their honest  debts, 
but the dead-beat, who  will  not  earn  his 
bread by the sweat of his face.  “They toil 
not, neither do they spin;”  for such, no law 
can be too strict, nor too rigid in its require­
ments.  Ñor would I advocate  the  passage 
of a law which would be a burden  or  hard­
ship upon the laboring class of  this  State. 
Bather would I say that if  favors  are to be 
shown, let it be to the honest,  toiling mass­
es whose brawn and  brain  have  made  the 
wilderness  blossom  like  a  rose. 
I would 
make a law that would be applicable to  ev­
ery class and individual.  Class  legislation 
has been the bane  of  our  country—it  has 
made paupers  and  millionaires—but a law 
which places the debtor  and  creditor on an 
equal footing cannot fail to be  both  equita­
ble and just.
The  present  law  exempts  a  homestead 
worth $1,500;  also,
1.  Spinning wheels, weaving  looms and 
all  stoves kept in a dwelling house.
2.  Seat, pew  or slip  in  house of  public 
worship, etc.
3.  Cemeteries, 
rights  of 
burial.
4.  All  wearing  apparel of  every person 
or family.
5.  Library  and  school  books  of  every 
individual, $150.
6.  To each householder,  ten  sheep  with 
their fleeces;  two cows;  five  swine;  provis­
ion and fuel for family six months.
7.  To  each  householder,  household 
goods, furniture and utensils not  exceeding 
in value $250.
implements,  stock,  and  so 
8.  Tools, 
forth, to enable  any person  to  carry on his 
own occupation,  etc., not exceeding in value 
$250.
9.  Sufficient quantity of hay, grain, feed, 
etc., to keep the  animals  exempted for six 
months.
10.  One sewing machine kept  for  use by 
individual or family.
11.  Twenty-five dollars for personal labor. 
The articles which I  have mentioned  are
exempt  from levy and  sale for  any and all 
debts, except  debts contracted  for  personal 
labor.  These articles in the aggregate, at a 
fair  valuation,  amount  to  upwards  of 
$3,800.
The lawyer, the  mechanic,  the  preacher, 
the  doctor,  the  farmer or any other  person 
can  go into  your  store  and  purchase  the 
groceries to save his family from starvation, 
a coffin for his loved one, clothing and boots 
and  shoes to  protect  himself  and  family 
from the storm, and be the owner of  nearly 
$4,000 worth of  property and you  are pow­
erless  to  touch  a  single  article of  such 
property.
I would  not  destroy or take  away all ex­
emption  laws, but I  would  so frame  them 
that a  debt  contracted for the actual  neces­
saries  of  life would  be collected  without 
first  setting  apart  as  exempt  sufficient 
property to enable a family to live in luxury 
and not payan honest debt, contracted, per­
chance,  for  the  clothes  that they  wear  or 
the food they eat. 
I would make a law that 
would  say to  the  lawyer. You  cannot  go 
into  the  tailor  shop,  order  a  $50  suit  of 
clothes,  put  them  on,  promise  to  pay for 
them in ten  days and  walk out, go into the 
dry  goods  store on  the next  comer, order 
and  take  home a  $75 silk  dress  for  your 
wife  with a promise  to  pay  for  it  in two 
weeks, and when  called  upon to  pay, to be 
able to  snap your  finger  in your  creditor’s 
face  and say,  “If  you get it  before  I  do, 
let me know.”

tombs  and 

Of course, I shall  not present here to-day 
a perfect  draft of  a law upon  this subject, 
but  will  only point  out  thè  defects  and 
practical workings of  the law as  it now ex­
ists. 
I  would frame a law that-after a final 
judgment had been obtained, the  judgment 
debtor could  be cited  to appear  before  the 
court  and  show  cause  why, if  any,  his 
property should  not be  applied in payment 
of such judgment, and  in  such  inquiry the 
debtor  be  compelled, to  disclose  fully and 
fairly his  circumstances, the cost of  living, 
the  expenses  actually  necessary  for  the 
maintenance of his family, and the amount 
he was earning from his profession, occupa­
tion or employment  from  all  sources, and 
the amount  any member of  his family were 
able  to  contribute  towards  the support  of 
the family, and  then I would  authorize the 
court,  after  considering  all such  facts,  to 
make  an order  that such  judgment  debtor 
pay into court, to be applied upon  the judg­
ment, such  amount, weekly or monthly,  as 
in the discretion and judgment of  the court 
could  be  done  Without  distressing  the 
family«
I  do not know what plea or objection any 
honest  man coaid  make to such  a law, 
would not have it apply to any one class of 
individuals,  but  to  every  one,  no  matter 
what his occupation may be.
1  can.  sit in  my  store  with  more  than 
$3,000 worth of  pmperty which I  can  have 
the use and  enjoyment of, my partner with 
the  same  amount, and  together we  can do 
business  on % joint capital of  upwards  of 
$6,000, from  krhich we  can  derive a  com­
fortable Income, and go into our  neighbor’s 
store, buy forniture, fine clothing, etc., anti 
not  one farthing  can be collected  by  law 
but if  we wére compelled to  appear  before 
a  court and  disclose thè amount and source 
of our income,  an order could be  made that: 
we apply a portion, at least, of such income 
to  H   satisfaction  of  any  judgment  we 
might  owe.  Would  there be  hardship  in

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such a law?  Wonld  there be any injustice 
in such a law?  I answer, no,  N 
,  Under  the law  as  it  now stands, I  can 
have  around  me  nearly $4,000  worth  of 
property, have an income of $100 per month 
and, if  I am careful not to allow mine than 
$25  to  be owing me at  a time, le a n   defy 
my  creditors, and  not > one  cent  can  they 
collect.  But, under  a  law similar to  what 
I  have  outlined, an  honest  creditor  could 
collect an honest debt and the-whole matter 
be  within the discretion  and control of  the 
court, so  that no «oppression could  be prac­
ticed. 
Another Subject of equal importance, and 
closely  connected with  exemption  laws,  is 
the  rights  and  liabilities  of  a  married 
woman.
While I   would  not  make the wife  liable 
for  her husband’s  debt,  neither  would  I 
make  the  husband  liable  for  his  wife’s 
debt, except  for  supplies  for  the  family, 
and ia such  cases I would  make  the prop­
erty of  both  husband  and wife  chargeable 
for family expenses, and  authorize them to 
be sued  jointly or  separately.  As  the law 
stands  in  Michigan,  a  family may  have 
around  them $10,000  in property, the  wife 
be the nominal owner, and her husband buy 
her a $1,000  cloak, give  his note  for thirty 
Or  sixty days and  she  sign it as his  surety 
and  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of 
Michigan  says she will  not be  liable;  that 
under  the  statutes of  this State  a married 
woman  cannot  be surety for  her  husband.
This law is a relic of barbarism, and is no 
more founded in justice than the old law of 
wager of  battle, which  was once in  actual 
practice,  when  disputes were settled by the 
parties  to. the  controversy  going  out  and 
fighting  a  battle  to determine  which  one 
was right  upon  the supposititious  idea that 
the one who was in the right would prevail.
I  hold, Mr.  Chairman,  that such laws are 
stumbling  blocks  in  the  way of  progress 
and  advancement.  The  laws  of  our State 
and  country should  be  in  the van of  pro­
gress,  development  and  education. 
It  is 
time  the  business  men  of  this  country 
turned  their  attention  to  these  stumbling 
blocks, that an effort was made to weed out 
the old musty laws that have come down to 
us  burdened  with the  relics of  barbarism, 
and  that  sueh  laws  be enacted  that  the 
rapid race of  advancement in the  commer­
cial  and  business  world will  not  be  con­
stantly  obstructed and  held  back  in  such 
development. 
I  am  glad  the  Business 
Men’s Association of  Michigan is ready and 
willing  to take  hold of  this matter, and  I 
have challenged  your  attention  to  only  a 
few of  the many  needed reforms. 
I  hope 
to see such  an association as this  organized 
and  aggressive in every  state of  this  great 
republic  and  hope  to see  every  business 
interest represented in such an organization 
throughout  the  entire  republic,  and,  when 
such  an  organization  is  perfected, it  will 
wield  a  power  upon  the  legislation,  the 
business interests of the country far greater 
than  any other  organization  known.  You | 
prosper  the  business  and  commercial  in­
terests,  and  every  thing  must  prosper. 
Wise and  equitable  laws must  be the busi-! 
ness  man’s  protector.  A  law  which  en­
forces the sacredness of a contract must and 
always  will  be a  just  and equitable  law. 
And  I  trust, Mr.  Chairman, at  the  next 
session  of  our Legislature  the  Michigan 
Business  Men’s Association will  present to 
that  body  some of  the  inequalities of  the 
laws concerning the commercial interests of I 
our  State, to the end that  proper laws may 
be  enacted.

Association  N otes.

Lake Odessa business men  have  decided 
to organize a B. M. A.,  as  soon  as the pre­
liminary arrangements can be perfected.

The special edition of  The Tradesman, 
containing a verbatim  report of  the  recent 
State  convention  of  business  men, 
is 
now in the hands of  such  persons  as  have 
applied for it.

The  Muskegon  B.  M.  A.  has  aban­
doned the project of  holding an annual pic­
nic,  owing  to  the  lateness of  the  season. 
The dozen delegates the Association sent to 
the Cheboygan convention had  their  picnic 
the first week in August.

Four  years ago  The Tradesman  began 
sounding  the  tocsin  of  organization. 
It 
has never regretted  the  part it has taken in 
the unification of business men and business 
interests,  and  is  now  able  to  say—with 
greater emphasis than ever  before—that or­
ganization is a good thing.

Mashville  News:  Next  Monday evening 
being school  meeting, the  Nashville  Busi­
ness Men’s  Association will  meet Tuesday 
evening,  at  which time it is expected  every 
member will  be present.  Questions of  im-, 
portance  to every member are  discussed  at 
these  meetings,  changes  are  made'  from 
time  to  time,  and  in  order  to  know  the 
changes, protect themselves from violations 
of  the regulations, members  should  attend 
every meeting.  No  organization can  be of 
more benefit to our town than the B.  M. A., 
if properly attended by its members.

A   Good  Suggestion.

A   correspondent  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
suggests  that  the  present  peddling  law 
should be amended so that  every peddler or 
canvasser, while plying his vocation, should 
be  obliged to wear a badge  procured  from 
some  officer  authorized to issue them;  said 
badge to be numbered and a register kept of 
it, together with a description of  the party, 
so that if  any misdemeanor is committed by 
the party they can  be  more  readily traced 
by  the  number  of  the  badge.  And  still 
further, that  no  license od badge should be 
issued to a person  who  cannot  show proof 
of  having  a  good  reputation.  Such a law 
would  prevent  much of  the swindling and 
other  crimes  now practiced by the army of 
lawless  persons  who  roam the country for 
that purpose, ostensibly as peddlers or can­
vassers.

He  Had  Experience.

*

Proprietor  (to  clerk)—“What  are  ’you 
changing them sizes for?”
Clerk—“Why,  you  see,  Miss  Snobs  is 
coming,in to buy a pair of shoes  this morn­
ing.”  ■ 
Proprietor—“Well,  for  goodness’  sake, 
mark the six’s down  to  three’s  instead  of 
four’s.” 

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Joseph Fost»  Clarksville:  “ Please  discon­
tinue your paper to me.  I am out of trade and 
donlt needltany more.hut  ean say for  your, 
paper that it is a  splendid publication for  any 
man to take who is In any kind of  mercantile 
business.” 

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BILL'S  BARGAIN.

How He Made a Shopkeeper Do ¿he Hon­

est Thing.

“ ‘Wall,’  sez  Eastman, 

“Eastman  shook  his  head. 

»  “Bùi  wuz  old  Jedge  Hiram  Cadwell’a 
oldest  boy—-you  recollect  thè  Cadwells— 
used to live on the toll road near  thé ceme­
tery.  Old  Jedge  Cadwell  wuz  about  ez 
shtfless a man ez I ever see, but Bill hed  a 
great bizniss  head—calc’late  he  must  hev 
inherited it from his  mother,  who come of. 
the  finest  stock  in  Hampshire 
county. 
When he wuz a boy, Bill wuz  always  trad­
in’ an’ swoppin’, an’ I s’pose he  started out 
in life With more jack-knivès than’d stock a 
store.  An’ Bill  preserved  in  manhood all 
them talents which  he  exhibited  in youth. 
Whenever you meet a man  ’at  looked ez if 
he’d been run through  a  sieve  you’d  feel 
mighty safe in bettin’ that he’d been  havin’ 
bizniss Realm’s with Bill Cadwell.
“One day Bill came into  Eastman’s store 
an’ allowed as how he’d be powerful glad to 
git a knittin’ needle.  His wife wanted one, 
he said.
“ ‘Mr. Cadwell,’ sez Eastman,  ‘a knittin’ 
needle ■«(ill cost you just  one cent. ’
“Bill looked kind uv surprised  like,  and 
‘Knittin’ needles  must  hev  gone  up 
sez: 
senèe I come in fur one last winter.’
‘after  payin’ 
freight ’nd one thing an’ another, 1 can’t af­
ford to let  knittin’  needles  go fur less’n a 
cent apiece.’
“Bill didn’t Say anything fur  a minuit or 
two,  but after lookin’ out uv the door at the 
‘Look 
scenery,  he  turnt  ’round  and sez: 
here,  Mr. Eastman, I’ll  tell  you  what  I’ll 
do:,  I’ll  trade  you  an  egg  fur  a  knittin’ 
needle.’
‘Why not?’ 
sez Bill. 
‘You don’t suppose  ’at  a  darned 
old  knittin’  needle  is wuth ez much ez an 
egg, do ye?’
“ T never heerd uv anybody payin’ freight 
on hens,’ sez  Eastman;  he  wuz  the  most 
sarcastic  cuss  in  the  township,  Eastman 
wuz.
“  ‘No,  nor I never heerd uv  feedin’ knit­
tin’ needles,’ sez Bill.  ‘It don’t cost nothin’ 
to raise knittin’ needles.’
“Well, Bill an’ Eastman  argued  an’  ar­
gued for more’n hour about hens an’ knittin’ 
needles an’ things,  until  at  last  Eastman 
give in an’ sez:  ‘Wall, I s’pose I   might jest 
ez well swop ez not, although 1 hate  to  let 
anybody  get  the  advantage  uv  me.’  So 
Eastman give Bill the  knittin’  needle  and 
Bill give Eastman the egg.
“But when Bill got to the door  he  turnt 
’round an’ come  back  again  an’  sez:  ‘Mr. 
Eastman,  ain’t  it  the  custom  fur  you to 
treat when you’ve settled  with a customer? 
You an’ me hev hed our dispute, but  we’ve 
come to a settlement and an  understandin’. 
Seems  to  me  it  would  be  the handsome 
thing for you to treat.’
“Eastman didn’t see it in just that  light, 
but Bill hung on so an’ wuz  so  conciliatin’ 
that finally Eastman handed out  a  tumbler 
an’ the bottle o’ Medford rum.
‘ T don’t want to  seem  particular,’  sez 
Bill, pourin’ out  half  a  tumblerful  uv the 
liquor,  ‘but I  like to take  my  rum  with an 
egg in it.’
“Now?  this  come  pretty  near  breakin’ 
Eastman’s heart.  He hed laid the egg on a 
shelf behind a counter, an’  he  reached  for 
it an’ handed it to Bill,  sayin’, ‘Wall, I’m in 
for it, an’ there’s no use uy kickin’.’
“Bill broke the egg into the  rum,  and lo 
an’ behold,  it wuz a double-yelk egg!  Gosh, 
but Bill wuz excited!
*  ‘Mr. Eas’man,’  sez  he,  ‘you’v’  been a 
takin’ an edvantage over me.’
“  ‘How so?’ asked Eastman.
“  ‘Why,  this egg has got  two yelks.’
“ ‘What uv that?’ sed-Eastman.
“ ‘Well,  simply  this,’  sez  Bill,  ‘that ef 
you’re inclined to do  the  fair  thing  you’ll 
hand me over another knittin’ needle!’ ”

Purely Personal.

L. Wintemitz put in  several  days at Chi­

cago last week.

Friend E.  Tyron, formerly an active busi­

ness  man  of  Edgerton, was  in  town  o 
day last week.

H. F. Hastings and  family have returned 
home  from  Waukesha,  Wis.,  where  they 
spent the summer.

F.  A.  Wurzburg  has gone  East  to  pur­
chase a stock of  dry goods for the new firm 
of F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.

Walter E. Cummings has  gone  north, to 
be  absent  about  three  weeks.  He  will 
spend a portion of  the  time  in  the  Upper 
Peninsula.

Joel  H.  Penberthy,  for  the  past  year 
book-keeper  for  Thompson & Maclay,  has 
gone  to  Chicago to take a similar  position 
with the Nonatuck Silk Co.

J.  B. Watson, the;Coopersville  druggist, 
who  aspires  to  usurp  the  proud  position 
now occupied  by Will Lamoreaux, waddled 
around town one day last week.

W. A.  D.  Rose,  the Deer Lake hustler for 
the  Osterhout A Fox  Lumber  Co., was  in 
town for a few  hours  Saturday.  Mr. Rose 
walks like a whirlwind  and  thinks like the 
lightning.  No flies rest on his frame.

D. C. Putnam, the Douglas  general dealer 
and fruit grower,  was in  town  last  Thurs­
day as a delegate to the  congressional  cop- 
ventiqn.  He  says that  more  peaches  will 
be  shipped  from  Douglas  and  Saugatuck 
this season than ever before.

L.  Winternitz  has  received  intelligence 
of  the  death  of  J. J.  Kissinger, General 
Manager of  the  Riverdale  Distilling  Co. 
of Chicago.  Hewill be succeeded by Frank 
W. Schwartz, who is well qualified to under­
take the duties  incumbent on the  position,

A  Banana  Trust.

An Atlanta dispatch, under  date  of  Au­

gust 30, contains the  following:

A banana trust is the latest.  The  tropi­
cal fruit men have combined, and consumers 
will be  unable  to  get a  single  banana  or 
plantain sate  through the  courtesy  of  the 
trust, which was organized in New  Orleans 
this week.  A few days ago a circular  was 
sent to all the fruit men in the country call­
ing thetn to a secret conference in New  Or 
leans. 
It was signed by six of  the  largest 
fruit-houses in that eity.  There a trust was 
formed, representing the  combined  capital 
of $19,000,000. 
It will purchase the entire 
offerings  of  tropical  steamers.  Members 
will then fix prices to suit  themselves,' and 
have for correspondents In other  cities only 
those  whom  they  select.  The  house  of 
which Mr. Phipps  is  head  is  in control of 
this  movement.  Six  million  dollars  has 
been  advanced  by  London  capitalists  to 
build railroads in Honduras  and  elsewhere 
so as to concentrate the fruit market at cer­
tain selected shipping points.

The  Pure  Food  Parade.

From the American Analyst. 

‘

We  notice  that  some of our  exchanges 
in the grocery line  publish regularly, under 
the  heading  “In  Favor of Pure  Food,” a 
list of  persons who  have sent in their cash 
subscriptions  to  the  National  . Bure  Food 
Association,.  The  taj$ff on  manufacturers 
arid  wholesale  dealers is $10 per year, and 
on smaller fry $ i  per year.  What  purpose 
the money is to be  applied to is not  stated, 
though it would  seem  to be an empty priv­
ilege  to  pay from $1 to $10 a  year  simply 
for  th e' privilege of  being  recorded  as  in 
favor of  holiest  dealing.  Possibly the gro­
cers who are running the c6ncem have some 
project in their mind  which  will some day 
call fqr the use of the money thus collected, 
but as less than $150 have  been contributed 
down  to  this  date,  it  is  evident  that the 
grocery trade of  the  country is not sustain-* 
ing the “movement” with  any great degree 
of earnestness.  We presume  that  the ma­
jority of them  feel  secure in the conscious­
ness that even  though  their names are not 
paraded weekly as  being “in  favor of  pure 
food,” it by  no  means  follows  that  those 
whose names are  omitted  are  cpnniving at 
adulteration.

VISITING  BUYERS.

The following retail dealers have visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
C Ives & Son, Coopersville F Narregang, Byron Center 
Alex Denton,  Howard City H E Grand-Girard,
W G TeSt, Rockford 
Big Rapids
H VanNoord, Jamestown  J C Benbow,  Cannonsburg 
C F Williams, Caledonia
J L Purchase. Bauer 
Clark  &  Winegar,  Lowell 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
W H Struik,  Forest  Grove J A Sheffield & Son 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
Benton Harbor
A D Martin, Bitely
J T Pierson, Irving 
M A Hance, Bellevue 
E E Hewitt. Rockford 
DenHerder & Tanis, 
Gus Begin an, Bauer
Vriesland Eli Runnels, Coming 
H Thompson, Canada Cors  JL  Thomas,  Cannoftsburg 
S H Ballard,  Sparta 
Henry Burt,  WhitneyviUe
Levi Fowler,  Lake  Odessa Geq A Sage, Rockford 
C S Judson, Cannonsburg  Gooding & Son, Lisbon 
GTenHoor,  Forest  Grove Stoddard Bros, Reed City 
Walling Bros, Lamont 
Coopersville
Geo H Walbrink, Allendale 
Adam Newell, 
Buraips Corners 
So Grand Rapids
W Vermeulen, Beaver Dam J B Watson, Coopersville 
B T Parrish, GrandviUe 
D C Putnam, Douglas 
J N Wait, Hudsonville 
J T Pierson, Irving
Dr H 0 Peckham,Fruitport J P Cordes, Alpine 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
John Giles & Co, Lowell 
John Eichele, Lansing
C H Loomis, Sparta 
Paton & Andrus,  New  Era Wm Hewitt, W Campbell 
H M Robson, Berlin 
F E Campau, Alaska
Wm DePree & Bro .Zeeland J K Flood, Hart 
A & E Bergy, Caledonia

H D McNaughton,
N W Crocker,

I b a r b w a r e .

These  prices  are  for cash, buyers,  who  pay 

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HOES.

KNOBS—‘NEW LIST.

-HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
.

P ots....................................... 
60&10
60&I0
K ettles.................................... 
Spiders  .............................................s ................  60&10
Gray  enameled..............  
50
Stamped Tin Warb................... .new list  70&10
Japanned Tin  W a
25 
Granite Iron  W a r e ...:» ................. 
25
Grub  1............».. . . . . ........... $n 00, dis 60
Grab  2.................. ............................1150, dis 60
Grub3. ,       .........;i  
............ . i  12 00, dis 60
55
Door, mineral, Jap, trimming«, 1,:.  .»Mb 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... 
65
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... 
55
Door, porcelain, trimmings.................... 
55
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain...... dis 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s ..  ..............  40&10
Hem acite.......... . 
. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .  .dis
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list, .dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s . ................dis
Branford’s . . . .. .. .. .. .  
  dis
Norwalk’s ............. . 
...dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ............ 
Adze  Eye........................$ 1 6  00 dis
Hunt Rye..................................... $15 00 dis
Hunt’s.......  ............... .....$18 50dis20& 10
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled..................dis  50
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.............   ............... ..dis 40
Coffee,P.S.&W.Mfg.Co.’sMalleables ...  dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry A Clark’s .............. dis 40
Coffee,  Enterprise. ...................................dig  25
Stebbin’s P attern................................. dig  60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine...................  
dis  60&10
Enterprise,  self-measuring.................dis 
25
NAILS —IRON.

 
LEVELS.
MATTOCKS.

MAULS.
Mills.

MOLASSES GATES.

LOCKS—DOOR.

dis

Common, Brad and Fencing.

OILERS.

6d
2
1  75

4d
m  
2 00

8d
2«
1 50

\ r$1 25

10dto-60d......... ................................. $  keg $2 05
25
8d and 9 d adv.................. 
6dand7d  a d v..............................................  
50
4d and 5d  adv................................................ 
75
156
3d advance.....................................  
 
3d fine  advance...........................................  
2 25
Clinch nails, adv...................................... 
1 00
Finishing 
Size—inches 
Adv. $  keg
Steel Nails—2 10.
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
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.:.......................dis 40® 10
Sciota Bench.......................................... dis  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.....  ..........dis 40@10
Bench, flrstjquality.............................. dis  @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood__dis20&10
Fry, Acme.................................... ..........dis 50&10
Common, polished......................
.......... dis60&10
Dripping........................................ .........W B>  6H
Iron and Tinned.........................
55
Copper Rivets and  Burs..........
50
“A” Wood’spatentplanished,Nos.24to27 10 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25  to 27  9 20

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

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

.......dis
.......dis

RIVETS.

PLANES.

PANS.

 

 

 

Broken packs J<o V lb extra.

ROPES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

dis 

TACKS.

BOLTS.

SQUARES.

BRACES.

7 35 rates.

SHEET IRON.

TIN  PLATES.

 
 
BELLS.

BUTTS. CAST.

TINNER’S SOLDER.

AUGERS AND BITS

Sisal, J4in.and  larger..................................10
Manilla...................................................  .......12
Steel andiron........................................dis
Try and Bevels.............................. 
Mitre  ......................................................dis
Com. Smooth.

70&10
dis
60
20
Com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3 10 
3  15 
3 25 
3 35 
inches

Ives’,  old style..........................................dis 
60
N.  H.C.CO.........................;.....................dis 
60
Douglass’.....................................................dis  60
Pierces’ ..............  
60
dis 
Snell’s ............................. 
60
dis 
Nos. 10 to 14...................................$4 20
Cook’s  ......................... I.......................... dis 
40
Nos. 15to 17..................................  4 20
Jennings’, genuine................... .........d is  
25
Nos. 18 to 21...................................  4 20
Jennings’, imitation................................dis50&10
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  4 20
BALANCES.
Nos .25 to 26...................................  4 40
40
Spring.................................... 
N o.27.................. ....................... 
4 60
BARROWS.
Railroad......................................... 
$ 14 00
All sheets No, 18 and lighter,  over 3 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
Garden........ ........... 
.net 33 00
 
 
SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 fi>s, 
fi>............................
H and.......................   ................... dis $ 6Q&10&10
6M
In smaller quansities, $   fi>......................
Cow........ .......................................... dis 
70
6H
Call........................ 
30&15
dis 
N o.l,  Refined...........................................
Gong..................................................uis 
25
14
Market  Half-and-half............................
16
Door, Sargent.................................. dis 
60&10
Strictly  Half-and-half............................
18
Stove......................................................dis f
60
American, all  kinds........................... dis
Carriage  new list...................................dis  7C&10
Steel, all kinds..................................... dis
60
Plow  ....................................................... dis 
50
Swedes, all kinds................................ dis
70
Sleigh Shoe.............................................. dis 
60
Gimp and Lace....................................dis
60
60
Wrought Barrel  Bolts__ : ................... dis 
Cigar Box  Nails..................................dis
50
Cast  Barrel Bolts...................................dis 
40
Finishing Nails....................................dis
50
40
Cast Barrel, brass knobs...................... dis 
Common and Patent Brads..............dis
Cast Square Spring............................... dis 
60
50
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks, dis
50
Cast  Chain...............................................dis 
40
Trunk and Clout Nails........................dis
50
Wrought Barrel, brass  knob...............dis 
60
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails......... dis
45
Wrought Square__ ;............................. dis 
60
Leathered Carpet  Tacks...................dis
35
Wrought Sunk Flush.............................dis 
60
Wrought  Bronze  and  Plated  Knob
IC.
10x14, Charcoal......................6  00@3 20
dis 60&10
Flush........................................ 
IX,
10x14,Charcoal.............................  7
Ives’ Door.....................................  
dis 60&10
12x12, Charcoal...............................   6 85
IC,
IX,
12x12. Charcoal...............................  8 35
Barber.................................................. dis 5 
40
14x20, Charcoal...............................  6 35
IC,
Backus......................................................dis  50&10
IX,
14x20, Charcoal................................  7  85
Spofford....................................................dis 
50
IXX,
14x20, Charcoal.................................  9 35
Am. Ball.................................  
dis net
IXXX,  14x20, Charcoal...............................   11  37
BUCKETS.
TXXXX, 14x20 Charcoal................................ 13 15
Well, plain....................................................$  3 50
20x28, Charcoal...............................   16 10
IX, 
Well, swivel.
4 00
DC, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  7 10
DX, 
100 Plate Charcoal............................  9 10
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................dis
70&
DXX, 100 Plate  Charcoal........................... 1110
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed.........dis
70&
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal........................13 10
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed, .dis 
60&
Bedipped Charcoal Tin Plate add  1 50  to 
Wrought Narrow, bright fast  joint, .dis
60&10
Wrought Loose  P in ............. ........... dis
60&10
Roofing, 14x20, IC  ........................................  5 40
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ............dis
60&
Roofing, 14x20, IX ........ ...............................   7 00
WroughtLoose Pin, japanned........... dis
60&
Roofing, 20x28, IC.........................................   12 00
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver
Roofing, 20x28, IX ................................ 
tipped.................................... .......... dis 60& 5
Wrought Table........................... ..........dis 60&1C
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Teme.................6 00
Wrought Inside Blind.............. ..........dis 60&1C
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal  Teme...............  7 60
Wrought Brass........................... .......... dis
75
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Tem e.................12 00
Blind, Clark’s.............................. .........dis
70&1C
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Teme..............15 00
Blind, Parker’s........................... ..........dis 7Ü&1C
Blind, Shepard’s....................... ..........dis
7C
Steel, Game...................  
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s............... dis 35
Ely’s 1-10.....................................
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  60&10
Hick’s C. F .................................
6C
Hotchkiss’...................................................... 60&10
G .D ....................................
35
S. P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  ....................................60&10
Musket........................................
60
Mouse,  choker................................................... 18c doz
Mouse, delusion.................................$150  $  doz
WIRE.
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester  new list... .50
Bright Market....................................................dis 67V£
Rim  Fire, United  States.............................. dis50
Annealed Market 
..........................dis  7G&1U
Central Fire.......—  .....................................dis25
Coppered Market.....................................dis  62H
CHISELS.
Extra Bailing..............................................  dis 55
Socket Firmer....................................... .dis
70&10
Tinned  Market..................................................dis 62&
Socket Framing................ 
dis
70&10
Tinned Broom.............................................$lb  09
Socket Comer...................  
.dis
70&10
Tinned Mattress................................  
w fi> 8
Socket Slicks................ 
dis
70&10
Coppered  Spring Steel........................... dis 
.!
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..................dis
40
Tinned Spring Steel...........................................dis 40&10
Bartbn’s Socket Firmers....................dis
20
Plain Fence.................................................^  fi>
Cold.........................................................net
Barbed Fence, galvanized...........................    4 00
painted..................................3 25
Curry, Lawrence’s...........................  dis
Copper......................... 
  new list net
 
Hotchkiss  .............................................dis
Brass........................................................... new list net
WIRE GOODS.
Brass, Backing’s........................................
Bright............................................... dis  70&10&10
Bibb’s .........................................................
Screw Eyes............................. 
B eer................................. 
Hook’s ..............................................dis  70&10&10
Fenns’...................  
Gate Hooks and  Eyes................... dis  70&10&10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size............NMb  33
Baxter’s Adjustable,  nickeled...__ ...
14x52,14x56,14x60..........................................  31
,50
Coe’s Genuine.  ........ .......................  .dis
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................ 
  29
75
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis
Cold Rolled, 14x48................ 
29
 
75&10
Coe’s  Ptent. malleable.....................dis
Bottoms.................... ..........................» .........  30
DRILLS
50 
B irdC ages...............................................
Morse’s Bit  Stock.............. ..............dis
75
Pumps,  Cistern...................................dis
Taper and Straight Shank..................dis
Screws, new list........................................ 
70&5
Morse’s Taper  Shank............................dis 
40
Casters, Bed  and Plate.....................dis50&10&10
Dampers, American....................1........... 
40
Com.4piece,6  in ..........................doznet  $.75
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d 
% 
Corrugated......................  
  disSO&lOl&O
Copper Bottohis........................ 
30c
.dis  K&10
Adjustable............ 
 
30
1.  dis
d or’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00.
26
O.  dis
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2. $24 00; 3, $30 00.
60
.......dis
American File Association List..... .dis
60
.....d is
Disston’s . . . . . . . . . __ _— . .. .. .. .. ..  .dis
60
.....d is
New American...................
60
.......dis
 
.dis
Nicholson’s..................... 
50
....d is
Heller’s .................. .... ~. .Si................ dis
50
.....d is
Heller’s Horse Rasps................... 
 
.dis
GALVANIZED IRON,
28
186,  87
Nos.T6 tO20, 
18
14
List 
15

 
HARDWOOD LUMBER.

 
EXPANSIVE BITS.

-  files—New List.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 
COPPER.

CATRIDGES.  „

22 and 24,  i

TIN—LEADED.

60
40&10
60

dis 70&10&10

WRENCHES.

40&10
25

ELBOWS.

COMBS.

COCKS.

TRAPS.

CAPS.

15 00

13 

12 

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The furniture factories  here pay as follows 
for  dry  stock,  measured  merchantable, m l. 
culls out;
Basswood, log-run................ ......... . .13 00@15 00
BiToh,log-run......................................15 00@16 00
Birch, N os.j and 2............. 
@22 00
Black Ash, log*-run. 
.....14 00@16 5J
Cherry,  logvran__ .............................25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and 2........................ 50 00@60 00
Cherry,  c u ll....................................  
@18 00
Maple,  log-run.................................. 18  00@14 00
.11 00@13 00
Maple,sort,  log-run.................... 
Maple, Nos. l  and 8........ 
@20 00
 
M aple,clear,flooring...:........... 
@25 Oo
Maple, white, seleoted........ . 
@25 0§
Red Oak, log-run........ .... .. .. ..  .18 00@20 00
Red Oak, N os.l and 2____________ 24 00@25 00
Red Oak, M sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 00@45 OO
Red Oak,  “  “ 
regular....... *.....30 00@35 00
Red Oak,No.  1,step plank..... .. .. .   @25 00
Walnut, log-run....................  
  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. land fi........ 
@75 00
Walnuts,  culls.................... i ,...........  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run...............................12 00@13 05
White Ash. log-rUn.................. 
.14  00@16 00
Whitewood,  log-tun............... 1.....80 00@22=00
White O ak,log-run............... . .. n..17 00@18 00
.PLACE to securea thorough 
and useful education is at the 
Grand Rafzds (Mich.) Busi- 
.  ness College, write for Coìr 

lege Joum al.  Address, C. G. SWENBBERG.-

 

Discount,  00.

-  GAUGES.
HAMMERS.

.-...dis
50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ......«.. .dis
25
....d is
Maydole ft Co.’s ........,. .,4. • • .. .. .. . .dis
85
Kip’S > • • • 
........» ..............................dis
____dis 4Q&10
Yerkes  &  Plumb’s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...dis
.......30 0 list 60
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel—
md..30c40&10
Blacksmith’s SolidCast Ste<
HINGES.
30
.¿ .d is
Gate, dark’s, 1,2. 3 .........
2 60 
State..
Screw Hook and Strap, to  12  m.  4J4  14
70
Screw Hook and Eye,  %  ............n e t
m
Screw Hook and Bye %.—  .........n e t
7K
Screw Hook and Bye M......... 
........ net
7H
Screw Hook and Rye,  % ..,...... ^ . .net
70
Strap and  T 
.......... dis
„  „
Bam Door RidderMfg. Co., Wood track  50&1Q 
Champion,  a n t i^ r e io t m n .......d is   60&10
Kidder,wood  track..
40

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

gf. . . » ......... per doz.net,

HANGERS. 

.dis 

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■

Weekly "Pointers.”
Not  One  in  a  Hundred

knows there is such a thing as»« 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,  but 
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 a 
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 he re-sharpened  with  a  carving  steel. 
Handles of hard  wood,  enameled.  Not affect­
ed by hot water.  Made right and left handed*

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

33, 35,37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

& f O >
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 month 
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, tas & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

Weekly  "Pointers.”

QUESTIONS without ANSWERS
WHY IS IT—That a universal  table  bever­
age like tea or coffee, which may  be ^prepared 
and served by all as pure and clear  as  a  deli­
cate wine, is so  frequently set before us 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?  i

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, whioh 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 um  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 
oostly  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  o f  I. X. X. 
X. tin plate (our own make), and we guarantee 
every piece to be first class,  and  it  comes but 
little above the priee of this cheap ware.

J r 

• 

y   M IU   »  l/AAW  K W W . ,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

3 3 ,3 5 ,3 7 ,3 9  and 41 Loui» Street*

O T íífiiíifflre

PUTNAM  &  BEOOES,

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS OF

A nd  Heavy Jobbers  In

Oranges,  Lemons,

BANANAS,  NUTS,

„

Data Fip, Citrons, Prilnells, Kte.

PRICES QUOTED AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

<3,  Z5>  17 Railroad Place 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS;

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge ,

Lily W hite, 

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake, 

.
W hite Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 
Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES:

»

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

Write for Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

JU D B   cfc  OO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE 

And Full Line Summer Goods.

1 0 2   C A N A  L  ST R E E T .

W holesale  Grocers

A N D

IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

S W I F T ’S

Choice  Chicago  Dressed  Beef

-----AND----

M U T T O N

Cimili Saioir M  Pini Hats, Purl Calar. 
Hann  ...........LI® Brou

$10.50  per  doz.

Lapel  Billions

For Both Parties.

MEDALS,' ETC. 

LOWEST  PRICES.

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

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

Did  you  get  our  Fall  Catalogue? 
Z.  C.  L E V I ,

send for one.

If  not, 

3 4  t o   4 2   O a ja sti  S t r e e t .

been toe expérimental tinte of  a new age.”
recognize  tote to be as true of business as 
of other departments of life.  To  the qual­
ities  needful  to équip  toe successful  mer­
chant  of  twenty-five  or  fifty  years  ago 
must  now be added toe  latest and  hugest 
one,  thç power  o f  organizing,  toe  poorer 
that places others in  toe right positions, as 
toe  wheel-right  puts  together  wheels  of 
various  kinds and sizes, so adjusting  them 
that harmony and  added  power come  with 
each.  “The world’s progress is continually 
outrunning its  organizing power.”  Thus it 
comes  that  we  all  speedily  recognize  as 
leaders  any who hold  this masterful  spirit. 
Looking  over  the lists of  successful  busi­
ness  enterprises as  they are  now being Un­
rolled,  it  is safe  to perdict  that toe coming 
“successful  merchant” must  be  possessed 
of  large organizing  power, combined  witji 
industry, intelligence and integrity. 
If any 
question  this, such  need  not go outside of 
this  State to find  examples that will  fully 
illustrate  tote statement—they need  go  no 
farther than  Traverse City  and tome make
call on your friend Mr. Barbes, or to Flint 
and interview Smith, Bridgeman & Co.
The  field  which  your  Association  has 
taken—toe work you  propose to do  in that 
field,—promises  the best  incentive  to  every 
business man of tote State to work for good 
business methods. 
It  says to  him:  “Not 
alone have you to wage toe struggle against 
frauds,  cutters  and  liars, against  all  un- 
charitables,  but  rather, you  are  with  toe 
increasing  majority,  who  are  ready  to 
second  and sustain  your  individual  efforts 
for the good and  toe true, by an  associated 
effor tthat is rising  and whose  borders  are 
extending  in  all  directions and will  surely 
continue to extend  until  every state of  our 
union will  be embraced  in one common  or­
ganization.”
When  this result  is reached, you  men of 
Michigan will  have special cause  for pride 
and joy, bping  the  pioneers of State organ­
ized work.

The Successful Merchant.

The following paper was read at the Che- 
¡boygan convention by Park  Mathewson, of 
itetroit: 

^

A t this, your third annual meeting, when 
your organization  has  reached  pronounced 
«access, I  feel that you  will  pardon  me if 
io r a  moment I digress  from m y subject to 
dook back six years.  At tout; time, coming 
« s  Jdid to Michigan from atonr through the 
Mew England States  where I  had noted the 
«beginnings  of  organized  .efforts, of  mer­
chants for self-advancement and  protection 
from the many galling burdens  that  did so 
oppress  and  wort teem  and  having also 
hiid the privilege of meeting  with the BOS' 
ton Association at their first  annual  dinner 
and there looking into toe faces of over 500 
•earnest,  brave  merchants,  who, with cour­
ag e  worthy of their  lineage,  had  dared to 
«ay to all men,  “We have come together to 
« ek e our best efforts for honest methods in 
business,  for  more  reasonable  hours  of 
labor, both for ourselves and our employes; 
for  an  honest,  fair  profit  on  all  lines of 
goods;  for reliable goods against fraudulent 
goods;  for  a conflict  to  toe  ‘end  with  all 
nndersellers,” I   there  saw  such a glow  of 
enthusiasm that toe inspiration had not left 
m e when I  reached  your borders. 
In point 
of fact, I feel  that  not a few of  your mer­
chants had reason to regret that I  was quite 
so full of this  subject, for when I  got  one 
o f them  cornered so that  escape was  diffi­
cult, he was generally obliged to hear a long 
stojy, the end of  which was “Organize.”  I 
¡recall,  however, with  pleasure  those who,
4f they were busy, very busy, yet took time 
f o  listen to  toe tale of  hope 1 had to  unfold. 
Among toe most ready and eager listeners I 
recollect  Paul P. Morgan, of  Monroe,  and 
15. J . Herrick, of Grand Rapids, names that 
•will always have an  honored  place in your 
Association,  for  they represent  men  who 
have  a  pioneer  courage, a quality  that  is 
not  a  acquirement  but  is  a  possession. 
T our  fortunate  selection  of  officers  has 
•been attested by your  phenomenal  success 
■from  toe  first, for  who  can  question  toe 
splendid  success  of  the B. M. A  of Mich­
igan?
Now, to  return, what  shall I say to  you 
■of  “The  Successful  Merchant?”  One  of 
•our  best  writers  has  lately  said,  “Lofty 
ideals, when not indulged in at toe expense 
o f  lowly realities,  have  never  been  found 
hurtful to any one.”  Following on this line 
o f thought,  another  has  observed:  “The 
merchant’s  function  is  to  provide  for toe 
nation. 
It  should  no  more  be  his aim to 
get  profit  ijor himself out  of  that  occupa­
tion than it is of  toe  true  clergyman to get 
this salary or  the  true  physician  his  fee— 
»these  me  necessary adjuncts  but  scarcely 
fethe chief object in  toe  lives of  each.  The 
^pastor’s work  is  to  teach, toe  physician’s, 
to heal and toe  merchant’s, to provide. 
In  j 
¡«toe merchant’s case  he must  understand to ! 
4he very root the qualities of  toe  things in j 
-which he deals, and he has  to apply all his 
~ sagacity and  energy in obtaining  and pro­
viding  it  in  perfect  condition  and  at toe 
•cheapest rates.”
Measuring by these  statements  the  mer­
chants of to-day occupy a place of great im- 
: portance,  and  relatively  their  place  has 
never been so important as now. 
If this is 
• a  matter  of doubt  to  any a look  into  toe 
i past- a few -decades will show  how different 
•axe  vtoe  conditions  of  buying  and  selling 
'«teen and now.  Comparisons  would show, 
in  a  general  way,  that  the  methods  and 
morals of traffic  have  been  elevated.  For 
instance, some  thirty  years  ago, a boy left 
his father’s farm life for  toe  nearest  large 
town in New York  State to  become a clerk 
for a merchant who  had  been educated for 
4fre ministry at a theological school but who 
toad changed his mind as  to  his  avocation. 
c(TMs foct is mentioned only to better show 
»that  what  follows  was  not done by an ig­
norant, ill-advised person but was rather in 
.•accordance  with  the  ways  of  that  time.) 
'This clerk  was  instructed  by his employer 
?to lie and to cheat;  was  told that if  he  did 
mot do this  other  clerks  and  stores  would 
*do »the  business  and  make the sales;  was 
«taught to show a good  sample of  tea but to 
•deliver one of  much  less value, and how to 
measure  cloth  so  as  to  give less than the 
•quantity  charged  for.  Years  afterward, 
■when  this  clerk  had  become  a  merchant 
«with u  store of his own, an  applicant  fora 
«clerkship  came  to  him,  bringing  a  letter 
»from a well-known  firm  of  another  place. 
This letter procured the situation.  The ap- 
¡pKcanfc  proved  a  thief,  whose  thefts  ran 
through  several  years  before  being  de­
tected.  The sequel of  this  story contained 
«   somewhat 
remarkable  admission:  the. 
«enior  member  of the  firm  that  gave  the 
■letter  of  recommendation,  after  retiring 
•from business and thus being out of  harm’s 
«each,  said  to  the  unfortunate  merchant, 
»toe victim of  that  letter,  “It  was  an error 
fo r my firm to have given that reference, as 
th a t dLerkwas discharged fo r stealing from  
u s.”  Now,  why  did  that  man  play  toe 
traitor  to  his  fellow-merchant?  Because 
that  d ark   had  damaging  knowledge  of 
frauds and dishonest  weights and measures 
being  used  by  them;  thus  the  dishonest 
thread ran onand  on, making  weak  many 
garments.
I  do not need to say to you, m ai of busi 
mess, that no amount of  property thus got­
ten  cOtild  to-day compensate  any firm  for 
the  loss of  character such  practices  would 
involve  and that  the merchants who  have 
-stood  toe  supreme  test of  toe survival  of 
the 'fittest, upon whose brows  toe laurels of 
success gracefully rest, have builded on  toe 
>  -granite of  integrity.  We who  have  seen 
years and years pass on, and with them toe 
•changes  of  many  names, have  more  and 
•«mere realized  that shams and frauds do not 
«bold  their  place and  that  it takes  pure, 
'•ckHkH  ixiood  to  endure  to  thé  end of  toe 
Knee.  'Now, as never before, the merchant 
«must have special education and  experience 
tis-toe djse in which he proposes to deal 
taught 'illustrate  tote  by  many  examples, 
tmfc'oaewUl  serve.  A prosperous  machin­
ist, who, by years of industry, had accumu­
late!  several, thousand dollars and  held 
responsible pétition on one of too railroads 
o f this State, aspiring to become a merchant 
purchased  a  grocery stock  on  Woodward 
■avenue, Detroit.  For  some years  be took 
upon 
the task ed!  teaching  other
•merchants how toe grocery bosiness of that 
•city  ought to  be run.  The  sad  sequel  to 
fugitive  from  exasperated  and  swindled 
•creditors, -in foot, a ruined life. 
In contrast 
fo  «tote, on  toe  same avenue, two brothers 
-opened a grocery store, both with a thorough 
training  and  knowledge of  the  goods  in 
-which they were to deal—toe result, a large, 
prosperous  business, satisfactory  to  their 
-customers  ami  themselves, a pride  and 
-credit  to  the  city of  their  adoption,  and 
which  has  enrolled  the  names of  G. &  R. 
McMillan  among  'tier  most  honored d ti
^  ___
.  ¿8008. 
Am  article In  m e of  the  lato jqbhteUes 
-« tels tiras:»  ‘T h e last  hundred years have

1  •this  experiment was  a  dishonest failure, 

M1  IP.  O U lA-IRK: <&  S02ST,

W H O L E S A L E   1

C O M M IS S IO N   M E R C H A N T S ,

A N D   D E A L E R S  I N

Seeds,  P ro to , Vegetables,  Fnlit, Blitter, Eggs,  Cheese, Etc.,  Etc.,

C O N SIG N M E N T S  SO L IC IT E D .

Big;  R a p id s , 

- 

-  M lolilsan .

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

NELSON BROS. ■  GQ~

68  Monroe  Street,

Grand Rapids.

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

A gents  fo r

AMBOY  CHEESE.

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

Rps 8. Mim l m m  a ßo,

Wholesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

L ots  ofSOAP
JAX0N

but  room  for

becauseitbeatsthemall

It is

QUICK,

EASY,

CHEAP.
It’s  worth trying.

TO  U S E

DON’T FAI L 
C e n t s H C e n t s
j a X o n

o
N C e n t s
l D f -) A R D

S O A P

C e n t s
A N T I -  

SAVES

MONEY,
TIME.
LABOR,
STRENGTH,
CLOTHES.

5 Cents

IS ALL IT
COSTS.

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

Swifb  and  Company,

Union Stock  Yards, 

-  CHICAGO,  ILL

H E S T E R   «Ss  F O X ,

Manufacturera’ Agents for

S A W  A N D  C R IS T  M X U . M A C H IN E R Y ,

Sen d for 
C atalogue 

_ Price«. ATLAS ■ ■WORKS

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IN D IA N A PO LIS.  IND.,  U.  8. A.
UTEM EMIMEtt B8HH8.

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

'Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  Imnediate delivery.

Planets, Matchers, Moulderaand all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and Otis.

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

Pulley and become convincecLof their  superiority.

Wrlt6 for Prices. 

44( 46 ftnd 48 So. Division St*i GRAND BAPIDS» MiOlie

il mesi Somier Price
JL. H I M E S ,

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Office under National  City Bauli.  'New 

Tarda, Shavtmut Ave«, .winter and 

W . l M d n o n  Sto.

TELEPHONE CALL 4904,

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AT  THIS

T he Dog and The Shadow

A  D og,  crossing  a  bridge  over  a 
stream  with  a  piece  of flesh  in  his 
mouth,  saw  his  own  shadow  in  the 
water, and  took it for that of another 
Dog, with a  piece of meat double his 
own in size. He therefore let go his own, 
and fiercely attacked the other Dog, 
to get bis larger  piece from  him.  He 
thus lost both.  —M sofs Fables.

I t   ALWAYS  PATS  tO 
hold on to a good thing. 
People  who  have  tried 
Santa Claus Soap hold 
on  to  it  because  it  is 
good.  Some may think 
that  because  there  are 
other  Soaps  that  give  more  in  bulk for^the  money, that they are 
cheaper ;  but such bulk is made up with rosin.  When quality is sacri­
ficed for  quantity,  such  so a p ^   not  cheap  at  any  price.  Santa 
Claus Soap is the best, and is sold by all grocers.  It is made only by 

N .  K.  FAIR BANK  &  CO.,  Chicago,  111.

BAUM’SWOONSOCKET and RHODE ISLAND RUBBERS
G. R. TOW,

Write  for  Fall  Prices  and 

1  Discounts

Grand Rapids,

Mich.

Boston and Lawrence 

Felt and Knit Boots.
N eal’s  C arriage P aints

Re-palnt your old buggy and make it look like new for. LE83 THAN ONE DOLLAR.  Eight lieautlf ul shades. 
Prepared ready for use.  They dry hard  in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss.  They are 
the ORIGINAL, all others are IMITATIONS.  More of our brand sold than all the other brands on the market.

GRANITE  FLOOR  PAINTS
ACM E  WHITE  LEAD  &  COLOR  WORKS

durable.  Give them a trial, and you wiil be convinced that it does not pay to mix the paint yourself.

The Great  Invention.  Six  Handsome  Shades.  Ready for use.  DRY  HARD  OVER  NIGHT,  and are very 

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Dry  Color  M akers, Paint  and  Varnish  M anufacturers.

DETROIT,

THE ACKNOWLEDGED  KING  o f  AVT.TC 

am i  o u tw e a rs  a n y  o th e r  , 

Chills, never r'uüs  off the axle

LUBRICANTS.  Neither  Gums  nor

k n o w n   o il o r  gre a se .
PRICKS TO THE TRADE.

R etail a t  0 cts. each.
tletai! at 30 cts  each.
Retail  at 5>1 cen ts each.
R etail at $150 each

P qnys, per gross. *10.  Packed in 3  doz; casés. 
P in ts,  per doz.. $2.25.  Packed in  1  doz.  oases, 
Quarts,  per  doz..  $ 4.  Packed  in  1 doz. cases. 
G allons, each.  *UR»-  P acked  6  cans  in   case. 
Each case contain*  a  liberal  assortment of 

HoifertMnç matter,  lithographs, 

¡••h«»w-c«rds, etc.
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To  C o n sum e rs,  an d   is,  O onsoquently, a  Q u ick ,  an d   Hlasy  Se lle r.

Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages.or in Bulk and storekeepers 
all over thè State of Michigan and elsewhere who are  not  already handling  Lion  are urged to  give  it  a  trial.  W e cheerfully 
answer all communications  regarding prices, etc.  Convenient  shipping  depots  established  at  all  prominent  cities,  securing 
quick delivery.  For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere.  Manufactured  by the W oolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

L.  WINTERNITZ,  Resident Agent.

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

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DILWORTH'S COFFEE,

Which Holds Trifile  on  Account of 

Superior  Merit  Alone.

Unequaled  Quality. 

Improved  Boasting  Process. 

Patent  Preservative  Packages.

A Common 

idea.

Two Years
test.

DILWORTB  BROTHERS,  Proprietors,

Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

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

E. G. STUDLEY,
RUBBER BOOTS 

Wholesale Dealer in

m   SHOES
Gandee Rubber Go.

Manufactured  by

Send  for Large  Illustrated 
Price List.

Telephone 464.

Catalogue  and

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

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

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The Most Popular 10c  cigaf, and

Tira  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  iu  the  Market. 

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

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T H E O .  B .  G O O S S E N ,

WHOLESALE

P R O D U C E   C0M2ÆZSSZ02T  M S E C S A N 7

Dealer in STOVE WOOD and Jobber of FOREIGN, TROPICAL and 

CALIFORNIA  FRUITS.

33  Ottawa  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples in Car Lots solicited,.
Solicited.  Stole  A g e n t  fo r   M O L IN E   C H EH S K.

Consignments

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Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERSIN

NOS* 18» and  184 LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CARE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

No. 4 Monroe Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

CURTISS  &   CO,

Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.

WHOLESALE

PÄPER  WAREHOUSE,

Houseman Building, Oor. Fearl & Ottawa Sts., 

GHFt-AJSTID  FLJLFIIDS,  MICH.

THE  PENBERTHY  IMPROVED
Automatic  Injector
CAN’T BOILER  FEEDER
IT

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They cost less than other Injectors.
You don’t have to  watch  them.  If they  break  they 
By sending the number to factory on the Injector you 
They are lifting and non-lifting.
Hot pipes don’t bother them and the parts drop out fay 
Agents,HESTER A POX,
Every man is made satisfied, or be don’t  have to keen
PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  CO,  Manufacturers,  DETROIT, Kick.

removing one plug nut.
*4 n ro n t Vtirn 4a
the Injector and we don’t want him to.

will  KE-START automatically.
can have parts renewed at any time.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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TIME  TABLES.
Orand Rapids & Indiana.

All Trains dally except Sunday. |
GOINO  NORTH.

• 

■ 

.  . 

.  „  ■ 

GOING  SOUTH.

Leeres. 
8:00 a m  
11:30 am  
10:90 p m 
5:00 p m 
?:30a’m 
4:10 pm

Arrives.
_ 
Traverse City A Mackinaw..'......... .7:30 am
Traverse City & Mackinaw..-.',...,..«>40 a m
Petoskev & Mackinaw...........7:90 p m
.............................„'.3*55 pm
For Cadillac 
Saginaw Express...,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :85 am
■  “ 
.  .  * 
............. ...............10:30pm.
Saginaw express runs through solid.
8:00 a. m. tram has chair car to Mackinaw City.
11:80 a. m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack­
inaw City.
-•  10:80 p.  m, train has  sleeping ears for Petoskey and 
Mackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express,............. ...,0 :3 0 a m  
Fort Wayne Express............. ......... 10:30 a m 
Cincinnati Express...................4 :4 0 p m  
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:40 p m 

7:16am
11:45 a m
5:00p m
7:15 a m train  has  parlor  chair  car  ton Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5:00 p. m; train connects  with M. C. R..R. at Kalama- 
xoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.
leave. 
Arrive.
7:45 am ................. .......................... . 
10:45 am
11:16a m .............................................................  4:30pm
4:40pm.......... ............. .......... .................. ... 
7:45 pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
4  C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Michigan Central,

Muskegon, Grand Rapids ft Indiana, 

> 

Grand Rapids D ivision.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express......................................................6:45 a
Day Express.....................................................I:i0p
Mew York Express.................................................5:40 p
♦Atlantic Express.    .......................... ..... ..10:45 p
Mixed  ........ .......................................................... 6:50 a
•Pacific  Express.............   ...................................6:00 a
Local Passenger................................................... 10:00 a _
Mall............................................. 
3:15pm
Grand Rapids Express.........................................10:15 p m
Mixed.......................................... ...........................5:80 pm
•Daily.  All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars 
ran on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars ran on  Day  Express  and Grand 
Rapids Express to and  from  Detroit.  Direct  «mi»«, 
tlons made at Detroit with ail through trains East over 
M. 0. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

O. W. Ruggles, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
C h a s. H . N o r r is , Gen’l Agent.

 

 

 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

Kalam azoo Division.

pm

.White Pigeon, 
.Elkhart..

Arrive,
-. 
19 
3  1 
2 
4
pm   pm   am  
am   pm
:10  3:00 
7:45Dp....Grand Rapids............   9:45  6:10
9:02 “ ....Allegan..........................  8:28  4:55
:25  4:18 
Frt  5:03 10:00 Ar.. . .Kalamazoo.....................   7:10  3:52
2:25
4:45  l.-eO 
pm  am
----Chicago............................. 11:30  8:50
....T oledo...,........................11:25 10:00
... .Cleveland,......................... 7:15  5:45
p m
Buffalo............................. 1:00  11:40
Tickets for sale to  all  principal  points  in  the U. S., 
Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket  Office,  G e o .  W i t  
“ iiAMSON, A gt, Depot Office, M. B o o t z , Agt.

6:35 11:35 
8:00 12:80 
a m
7:50  7:10 1 
p m
10:25  5:05 
a m
1:35  9:40 1 
a m 
6:20  3:30

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

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

________  

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
(Morning Express..................................  1:05 pm
(Through Mail..................................5:05 p m
(Grand Rapids Express................. 10:40 p m
•Night Express.................................5:25 a m
(Mixed..............................................
GOING EAST.
(Detroit  Express............................  6:45 am
(Through Mail............„.................10:20 a m
(Evening Express...........................3:25 pm
•Limited Express............................. 6:25 p m

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

J a s . C a m p b e l l , City Passenger Agent.

am  nevertheless inclined to believe that the 
more of  this'  species  Of. “Jim” the country 
possesses  the  better  it is fo r tire  country. 
If we had a “Jim” Vanderbilt, and a “Jim” 
Gould,  and  a “Jim”  Astor,  and. sundry 
other  “Jims”  of  millionaire  ancestry,  it 
would  go  a  good  ways  toward  solving a 
problem  that  is  rapidly becoming  a  very 
serious and complicated one. 
If  thecelos 
sal  fortunes  of  one  generation .should  be 
dissipated by the  next,  the  fears  which a 
great  many good  people  entertain that the 
monied  aristocracy of  America is menacing 
the  rights  of the  masses,  subverting  the 
principles  that  suggested our form of  gov­
ernment,  and  gradually,  but  persistently, 
foroing  back  the  toilers  of the  land to a 
social and financial position little better than 
that of their trans-Atlantic, old-time ances­
tors, wonld be dissipated.

The originators of our  fundamental laws 
very  wisely  forbid  the  entailing  of  prop­
erty—a custom which, in England, has con­
centrated  more wealth  among two or three 
hundred  of  the  descendants  of  ancient 
families than is possessed by the entire bal­
ance of  the people.  And  it  is  safe to pre­
dict that, were it not for this fortunate pro­
hibition,  the  reckless  spendthrift  and  the 
‘Jims” of unfortunate trading propensities, 
that are occasionally created for the express 
purpose of dissipating the accumulations of 
the  American  Croesus,  that a half-century 
more  would  witness a similar  condition of 
affairs on this continent.

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

OUR  PALL  LINE  OP

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GEO.  H.  RAYNOR

O U B  TRAVELERS

line of samples.

J. £ .  KTMEB (of our firm),

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

——— WARRANTED  TO BE  THE
FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
For the money In the U. S.  CSTPut up 50 in a box.  Ask 
JOHN £ . KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. 

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

20 and 22  Monroe  8.t, Grand  Rapids.

K O A L m W O O D

'________ Send for prices.__________

ZEj. JL. H A M IL T O N ,

Office, 909-1, 
I  Yard,  909-3.

101  Ottawa St.,  Ledyard  Block
REEDER, PALMER  & CO,

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

8YIYE  M N Y 8  POR  LYCOJflING  RUBBER  CO.,

24  F e a rl  S t.,  G rand  R ap id a, Micia.., TE^ PS??NB

Lorillard’s  New  “Smoking  or  Chewing”

Yellow  Jacket  Long  Gut.
SO CEN TS per FOUND.

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

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

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IT  IS  THE

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TheMidìiganTradesman

WKDNI8DAT, S R U X B E B  8,1888.

LEISURE  HOUR JOTTINGS.

BY A  COUNTBY  MERCHANT.

W ritten for The Trades haw.

There is an old  German  legend of  a ser­
o n t   who  labored  for *his  master and his 
master’s  interests  faithfully  and  honestly 
for  seven  years« mid  when, at the  expira- 
tion of that time, he  announced a desire  to 
return to his home and kindred, it is related 
that his employer gave  him for his wages a 
piece of  gold  the  size of  his  head.  After 
congratulating  himself  on  his  marvelous 
good fortune, he set off on his journey, but 
speedily becoming tired and annoyed at the 
weight of his burden, tie exchanged it for a 
horse.  After  the  animal  had thrown him 
two or three times, hé  whs  delighted at an 
opportunity of trading him for a cow.  Be­
coming disgusted at the minute quantity of 
milk produced by the cow, tie  found an  op­
portunity of getting a fat  pig  in  exchange 
for it, but, after  trying in vain to steer the 
porker  homeward, he was  lueky enough to 
run across a stupid  fellow who was willing
* to let him have a goose  in its place, and, in 
an  unguarded  moment, 
the  goose  was
.  allowed  to  fly away and  hide  itself  in thé 

wpods.

Nearly  all  of  us  have  seen  the  specu­
lative-counterpart of  Hans.  We  have seen 
the  lifetime  accumulation of  the first  gen­
eration  evaporated  as  foolishly  as  Hans 
lump of  gold  by the  succeeding  one.  We 
have  seen  long-established  and  profitable 
business  bouses,  by  a  similar  change  of 
proprietorship, speedily sink from their old- 
time solidity and  respectability and  finally 
become  swallowed  up  in  a  succession of 
speculative maelstroms;  and we  have  seen 
beautiful  and  productive  farms,  through 
foolheaded  bargainings,  transformed  from 
one  species  of property  to  another,  until 
they were, perhaps,  finally  buried  under a 
few feet of  earth  in  the  carcass of  a dead 
horse.

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 

* 
We  laugh  at  poor  Hans’  stupidity, but 
can we  insure  ourselves  against  stupidity 
almost  equally  profound?  Perhaps  the 
next  time  that  you  and  I  exchange  our 
money  for  merchandise, we  will  find  the 
transfer  as  senseless  as  the  trade  tîf the 
horse  for  the  cow, or  the cow for the pig. 
Trade  and  traffic of  any nature is  only in­
fluenced by our speculative propensities, and 
who  is  the  infinitely wise  individual who 
can lay down fixed and invariable rules that, 
if  followed,  will  make  our proposed spec­
ulations  unfailingly  successful?/  As  long 
as  you  and  I, with all  our  years  of  prac­
tical experience, have made, and  still  con­
tinue  to  make,  foolish  and  unprofitable 
trades, are we reasonable and  consistent in 
laughing at Hans because  his lump of  gold 
degenerated  into a runaway goose or sneer­
ing at  young  Subsoil,  because  the  eighty 
acres left him by his father was finally con­
centrated  in  a  spavined  and  incurable 
equine?

•  
Mentioning the cases of  Hans and  young 
«Subsoil brings to mind a brief  view which I 
had of  one of  their  ilk  some  years ago. 
was conversing with a mercantile friend, in 
-one of  the smaller cities of  the State,  when 
a slouching,  ragged  and  loaferish-looking 
young man came in and observed :

* 

* 

* 

» 

* 

“Hay, B-— -, can’t  I  stand you off  for 

•dime’s worth of tobacco to-day ?”

“No,  Tim!”  answered  the  proprietor, 
“you  can’t  stand  me off  for a copper;  but 
r il give  you a little chewing !”

After the. visitor had filled  his  cheek and 

•departed, my friend remarked :

“You’d hardly think  that, that  fellow,  a 
short  time  ago, was  one of  the wealthiest 
men in this  town,  would  you ?  No !  But 
it ’s a fact  that  he  was. 
It’s  a  little  less 
'than  five  years  since  his  father  died and 
left him what we call the opera house, with 
three stores under it. 
It brought him in an 
¡annual income of  $2,000 above all expenses, 
but in a little over twelve  months he traded 
th e  property, even up; for a hotel that didn’t 
pay over half  the rent.  About  ninety days 
.afterward  he  exchanged  the  hotel  fora 
piece of  pine land,  which  to-day would  be 
worth a hundred thousand.  After  holding 
the land a short time he found himself  hard 
up for  money,  and  sold it for about five of 
¡six thousand, which  he  invested in  goods. 
Not finding  himself  successful  as a trader, 
tie  dickered off  his stock for a farm with a 
big  mortgage on it,  and,  being  unable  to 
pay off  the indebtedness, he exchanged  the 
farm for a house and lot in town.  Then an 
-oilly-tonged patent  right  fellow got a deed 
•of  the  residence  for  a  certain  amount of 
‘territory,’ and Jjm traded off  th e ‘territory’ 
•for a lot of tools for moving  buildings, and 
-eventually swapped  them  off  forastum p-
• pulling  machine, which  got  burned up be­
fore he ever earned a dollar with it.

“Now,”  continued  B— - ,  after  a  brief 
«silence,  “you can’t lay Ml this folly, and its' 
result,  to  the  usual  cause—intemperance, 
•jfan  nevW. was a bummer.  Jt  is  only the 
outcome of a foolish  mania  for trafficking, 
and  the  want o f what  may  be  tanned, a 
balance wheel in his make-up.  But no mat­
t e r  what may be the cause, the effect which, 
t has transformed the  young fellow, in a few 
years,  from  a  stylish,  rattier  dudish,  and 
often envied, pet of our  local  society,  into , 
'tire loaferish and  slovenly specimen  of  hu- 
' ' inanity which  recently left  us, is  certainly 
-evident to you.”

i  *  :
L o f course,  have  agtaat  deal  of sym- 
fpathy for  the  “Jims”  of adverse  specula- 
¡¡¡§¡1 who become financially stranded, but I

. ; /•  ; y  -/ 

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CHAS. A. COTE

MANUFACTURER  OF

Horse and W agon Covers, 

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

W ide Ducks, etc.

Telephone  106.'

73 CANAL ST.t 

-  GRAND RAPIDS

LUCIUS C. WEST, 

PATENT
Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor 
of  American  and  Foreign  patents. 
105 E. Math 8 t, Kalamazoo, Mich., U. 8. A.  Branch  iïf- 
flee, London, Log.  Practice In U. S. Courts.  Circular» 
free.

ACRE PROPERTY.

Five  Acres  at  the  corner  of, 
Burton Avenue and the new Un­
ion  Boulevard,  with  ten-room 
cottage,  barn  and  greenhouse. 
Other parcels adjoining, 2  1-2 to> 
10 acres each.  1 will  sell  this 
property at prices which will af­
ford  a  good  profit  to the  pur­
chaser. 
Also  enquire of E. J. HORTON,  House­
man Block.  Telephone  1.

H. E. THOMPSON.

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.

& GO.,

ffffl.  H.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater S t, CHICAGO.
Reference

Felsenthal. Gross  & Miller, Bankers» 

Chicago.

WANTE  !

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED1 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  you have any  o f  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in  the Produce  line, le t 
us hear  from yon.  Liberal cash advance» 
made when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

EDWIN FALLAS,
VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

PROPRIETOR OF

JOBBER OF

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs> 

and Egg Crates.

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

named that are unsurpassed.

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

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

-JOBBER  IN -

FOREIGN,

TROPICAL

AND

CALIFORNIA

j u l i u s  H o u s e m a n ,

io 00

A. i>. WATSON. Treas..
CASH CAPITAL, 8 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

S. F. ASPINWALL. Secy. 

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

No 

M t. S.fest,

.  150 Long* St.«
Cleveland, Ohio.

ov  S t e r e o t y p e d
r h p r e ^  ZirAc  [rvgi''a v  i  ^ q "

R‘t t c  

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  “Peninsular*’ 

LÉAOS 
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LFAC^ 
PRA-b
Boyw 
'woboé»rvicr-AL;...Fi7rçMlTUflE
KaaPLE Fi 
GRAND RAPIDS MICH-
8TÄNT0K, SAMPSON & GO.,
Men’s  Furnishing  Goods.

WÄLE8 - G00DYKÄR

GEO.  F.  OWEN,  Grand  Rapids;

Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

-  MICHIGAN.

State  agents  for  Celuloid  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

1 2 0  a n d  1 2 2   J e ffe r so n ,  A v e.,

DETROIT, 

Western  Michigan  Salesman.

—AND—

GONNEGTiGUT

Rubbers.

PROVISIONS.

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Tr

ra clear pig, short out..

The Grand Rapids Packing 4k Provision Co. 
"  T , 

quote  as-followB: 
Mess......................... » ....i.............................15 50
Shortcut.......____..V................... ................16 50
Short cut* 'Morgan._____ ______________.16 50
. 1 7  52
.
Extra clear, heavy...................... .................17 50
d ear quill, short cut......................... 
lrfiQ
Boston clear, Short c u t
. ».......... ..17 50
deair back: snort c u t.....
........... .. .17 50
Standard clear, short  cat, b est............1 7  50
Hams,average20 fts» 

............................J2%
16  fts.................... 
13
12 to 14 fts......... ..................... 13
‘  picnic  ................. ................................10)4
|   best boneless............................ ....... .12
Shoulders..........V i.».,..................................   9
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...,..............1 1 )4
Dried Beef, extra.,,» ........« ...... „ ......  8
9)4

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.

ham  prices........ ................... 

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DRV SALT MEATS.

...
"  m ed iu m .............................
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Long dears, heavy.... .. .. .. .   .......... 
ligh t........ J.........................
Tierces  ...................................................  
30 and 50 ft Tubs. . . . . . . . __ 8%

LARD.

8%

LARD IN TIN FAILS.

 

 

 

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9)4
9%
9%
9

BEEF IN BARRELS.

ft Pails, 20 in a case.............................  
ft Pails, 12 in a ca se..................... ....... 
10 ft Pails, 6 in a case.............................. 
20 ft Pails, 4 pafis in case........................ 
ExtrfIMess, warranted 200 f t s .........................7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago Pacxing.....................  7 50
“  Kansas d ty  Packing__ ...... 7 25
P late................  
7 25
Extra Plate,...................................................... 7 75
Boneless, rump butts....  ..................... 
...................  H bbl.  5 50
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

“ 
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..........................................  2 00
In )4 Bbl...............................................................3 00
In % Bbl....................................................... ....1  75
InK its............................................... .............  85

FIGS’ FEET.

TRIPE.

 

 

 

 

 

HIDES, PELTS AND  FURS. 

Perkins Sc Hess pay as follows: 

HIDES.

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

@ 4)4 
@ 5)4 
@ 6)4
@ 8

Calf skins, green
or cured__ 5
Deacon skins,
<P piece.......10 @20

WOOL.

Fine washed $  ft 20@23!Coarse washed.. .18@23
Medium  .............20@25|T7nwashed............ 12@16
Sheep pelts, short shearing................... 
6@30
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated..........  @20
Tallow......................................................4  @4)4
Grease butter............................................  @ 5
Ginseng, good........ ...................................  

MISCELLANEOUS.

  @2 00

PRODUCE  MARKET.

9)4c.

bu.
rels, 25c.

scarce, readily commanding $2 perbu.

and evaporated at 9o.
1454 c.

Apples—Buyers pay from 4Gc@$l per bbl.
Beans—Hand-picked  mediums  are  very 
Blackberries—8c per qt.
Butter—Good  quality  is  scarce  and  high. 
Dealers pay 15@16c and hold at 18c.
Cabbages—Home grown command $2@$3per
100.
Celery—18@20c per doz.
Cheese—Full cream readily  commands 9%@ 
Cider—10c per gal.
Clover Seed—Mammoth or medium, $4.60 per 
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce Dar­
Corn—Green; 6c doz.
Cucumbers—50c per bu.
Dried  Apples—Jobbers hold  sun-dried at 7c 
Eggs—Jobbers  now  pay  13)4 c  and  sell  at 
Grapes—Ives, 4c per lb.  Concords, 6c per lb.
Honey—Scare, not equal to the demand. All 
choice offerings are  grabbed  up  quick  at 17c 
per lb.
Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No. 
1 and $14 for No. 2..
Muskmelons—Osage, 75c per doz.  Nutmegs, 
50c per doz.
Onions—Home  grown  dry  stock  command 
50c per bu.
Peaches—$1.25@$1.50 per bu.
Pears—Bartlett’s or Flemish Beauties,  $1.50 
Plums—Michigan.  $1.50@$1.75 per bu.
Pop Corn—2)4c 73 ft.
Potatoes—Jobbing  generally  at  25c  for 
Squash—Hubbard, l)4c lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Baltimores,  $4.50  per  bbl. 
Jerseys, $6.50 per bbl.
Tomatoes—25c per bu.
Turnips—25 per bu.
Watermelons—Indiana,  10@13c apiece,
Whortleberries—$3 per bu.
GRAINS.AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

home grown.

per bu.

and red.
lots and 53c in car lots.
car lots.

Wheat—City millers pay 87c for  both  white 
Com—Jobbing  generally  at 68c  in  100  bu. 
Oats—White,  45c in  small  lots  and  40c in 
Bye—50c 79 bu.
Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 79 ewt.
Flour—Higher.  Patent  $5.70 79 bbl in  sacks 
and  $5.90  in  wood.  Straight,  $4.70 79 hbl. in 
sacks and $4.90 in wood.
Meal—Bolted, $2.80 79 bbl.  Gran. $3.50 $  bbl.
Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 79 ton.  Bran, $15 
^   ton.  Ships,  $14.00  79  ton.  Middlings,  $17 
79 ton.  Com and Oats, $23 $  ton.

John and Joe.
John bas irisen before the sub,
Joe Is somewhere out with his m m .

His oows are milked and his horses fed ; 

.8mall and meagre his corn appears 
Small and meagre will be the yield 
When it comes to shucking the shining ears.

John pays cash when he has to buy,
H e never gambles or drinks or beta;
Joe goes on tick till his. soore runs high.
Then pledges his farm to pay his debts;
And eaeh contraption Or new device 
Of springs and pulleys for  catching  fools,) 
Joe buys—no matter how steep the price—
To rust uid rot with his other tools.

John’s garden gives of the best to eat,  ,
He’s seldom bothered with doctor’s bilks ;
Joe lives mostly on bread and meat,
Stomach bitters and patent pills.
John works hard with m uscle and mum.
Side by side with the world he stands;  .,
Joe is daily falling behind 
Losing MS grip with both his hands.

- 

This relation is strictly true.
Be no object to tell you a lié:
John and Joe live neighbors to you,
You know ’em just as well as L  
Whether you dwell where Nature fair 
Blushes with roses or pales with'snow,
John and Joe are sore to be there 
Just afe I tell you—’specially Joe.

Evaporated  Fruit.

Bochester is the recognized  center of the 
«vaporated  and  dried fruit industry of the 
United  States, which  daring  recent  years 
has  assumed  very  large  proportions,  the 
goods being  shipped  in large  quantities to 
all  of  the  leading  markets  of  the  world. 
S o  finer fruit is produced on this  continent 
than is grown in’toe territory embraced un­
der the name of Western  New  York, com­
prising some twelve of  the most  fertile and 
richest counties of  the Empire State.  The 
cultivation  of  fruit,  especially apples,  has 
superseded all other  agricultural  products, 
and has  proved  the  most  remunerative to 
the growers.  The  orchards of the farming 
community are  the  chief  sources  of  their 
wealth, and the industry is prosecuted with 
unabated  vigor,  largely  aided  by  the  ex­
perience, skill  and  resources  of  the  great 
nurseries  of Rochester,  famed  throughout 
the world.  Whether due to this proximity, 
the favorite climate and soil, or thé superior 
and  skillful  cultivation of  the orehardists, 
one  thing  is  certain,  that  the  apples  of 
Western New York  are  sought  with avid- 
tty, and bring relatively higher prices  than 
those grown  in any  other  portion  of  the 
country.
The success and magnitude of the evapor­
ation industry is due largely to the tine qual­
ity of the fruit, easily and cheaply  procur­
able in abundant quantities, and also to the 
enterprise of the producers in adopting new 
and  improved  evaporators  and  machinery 
In place of  the crude process in vogue years 
ago,  producing  thereby  a  quality  of fruit 
folly as good and palatable to the sight and 
taste as though it were in  the  fresh  or un­
injured state.  Thousands of tons of apples 
are produced every season from a quality of 
Huit heretofore wasted  and  allowed to rot 
on  the  ground,  and  which  now  forms  a* 
nice  income  to  the  grower. 
It  is  in the 
utilization of  these waste products that the 
dessiccation of fruit becomes a valuable and 
indispensable adjunct to every fruitgrower, 
and the business may be considered  as  yet 
in its infancy.
Within a radius of  forty  miles  of  Roch­
ester there are more than 1,500 evaporators, 
from  the  small  farm house drier, of  a ca­
pacity of twenty-five  bushels  a day, to  the 
large stèam evaporators, drying800 to 1,000 
bushels of  apples  each  twenty-tour hours. 
These evaporators give employment  during, 
Hie autumn and • early winter  months to at 
least 30,000 hands,  who  average from $5 to 
812  a  week,  accordi ng  to   experience  and 
usefulness.  New factories  are  erected ev­
ery  season,  proving  that  the  business  is 
profitable when  properly and  economically 
conducted.  Constant care  and  scrupulous 
cleanliness are thé first elements ;af success 
in evaporating good fruit  The1; production 
during» the  past  season, 1887, may be well 
considered the largest since the inception of 
Uiè  business,  some  fifteen  years  ago.  A  
careful estimate places the total quantity a!t 
about 30,000,000  pounds, worth at first cost 
some $2,000,000.  To produce this quantity 
of apples  is  required  5,000,000 bushels qf 
apples, 15,000  tons of  anthracite  coal, and 
the constant  attendance, night and day, bf 
an army of  men, women and children nun£ 
bering  25,000 to 30,000.  The  water  elim­
inated  in 
the  process  of  evaporation 
amounted to 225,000 tons, reducing the bulk 
of the green fruit to about one-eighth of  its 
original Weight,  each  100  pounds  yielding 
When  properly  evaporated  twelve  pounds 
o n  an average.  The fruit is usually packed 
in  cases  of  two  cubic  feet  measurement, 
holding fifty ponnds net, the product of  say 
eight  and  one-half  bushels  of  green  ap 
pies.
•  The advantages in  freight  alone  will be 
apparent from  the  following  comparison, 
showing the cost  of  shipping  one  case to 
Liverpool,  England,  which  at  existing 
freight rates will cost a little less  than thir­
ty  cents, while'in the green or fresh state in 
barrels the same quantity would cost $2.25r 
and. in the canned state almost  $2.10, with­
out  considering  the  détérioration  of  the 
green fruit and the dangers of fermentation 
to  the canned article, the apple in the evap­
orated state being transported  without  any 
danger of deterioration or  decay.  The  re- 
to se of the apples, such as  the  parings and 
«ores, are dried and form the base of all the 
cheap jellies manufactured at present.  -The 
quantity produced  last  season  will  aggre­
gate some 12,000,000  pounds,  so that not a 
The principle consuming countries abroad 
are Germany, England,  Belgium,  Holland 
and France, in which the new  product  has 
entirely  displaced  the  old-fashioned  sun- 
dried fruit  There were  shipped  alone to 
France daring 1887 some 18,000 barrels of a 
quality known as chopped or  sliced  apple, 
which Is dried without being either pared or 
cored, and is used chiefly for the production 
of cider, cheap trines tori distillation  when 
;  too vineyards  of  France  suffer  from  toe 
■  phylloxera.  Some ¿,000,000  pounds - were 
' «exported during the season, of which  more 
Hum one-half were shippëd from Rochester. 
New York State  evaporated  fruits have se­
cured a very favorable reputation and strong 
foothold abroad, and Can be had  in  almost 
any town or city of importance  on  toe Eu­
ropean continent-  The goods are also  tak­
en in considerable and increasing quantities 
by the West African and  Australian  trade 
every season, and with ■ the  popularity and 
growing demand  at  home,  toe  success of 
too business is more than assured.

.  particle of the fruit is wasted.

S t  Louis loads  every  other  city  in  toe 
United States as  m  tobacco  manufacturing 
center. S  The  internal  revenue  collections 
for toe district in which S t Louis Is  «ifcar 
fed reached 8327,000 hist July.  J E f f e g ;

After  the Peddler.  A

The Grand Rapids Mercantile Association 
is  determined to  take  some steps  looking 
toward  the  regulation of  toe peddler,  too 
call  for the  regular  meeting  this evening' 
being as follows:

Do not fail to attend the regular  meeting 
of toe Association  Tuesday evening, as we 
need  your  advice  and  assistance.  The 
special  order,  of  business  Is toe  peddling 
question—how we  can best curtail  toe evil 
•and its accompanying abuses. 
It  has come 
to that pass  that either  toe legitimate mer­
chant or toe illegitimate  peddler must take 
toe back seat—it remains for toe merchants 
of Grand Rapids to say which it shall be.\  1
The September  delinquent  list was  sent 
out to toe  members  along with  toe call  for 
toe meeting.

The  Grocery  Market.

In  fulfillment of  toe prophesy made  by 
The  Tradesman  last  week,  granulated 
sugar  has taken an upward  turn.  Not  to 
be outdone by toe sugar trust, toe Standard 
oil trust  has advanced kerosene another ¿£c 
per  gallon.  Lard  has  advanced  Jg'c  for 
compound,  and 
for  kettle  rendered. 
Sauerkraut  has put  in an  appearance, and 
will  be  very cheap  on  account of  a  large 
cabbage crop.

GumminbsH m ,

-AGENTS  FO R -

Importers and Manufacturers of

G F o a k e p y  

S la s s w a F E  

Fancy  Soodg 

Bottleg 

Gopks,  Site.

Write for prices, with illustrations.
Visiting merchants are requested to call and 

look over our samples.

19  SO.  IONIA  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

8IL1ÍER

EQUAL

No

MICH.

It  is  a

Wherever Introduced,

Stayer.

TO T H E  TRA D E:

I  guarantee “S IL V E R  STARS” to  be 
a   long,  straig h t  cigar,  w ith  Sum atra 
w rapper, m ade by union  labor,  and to  
give com plete  satisfaction.

S .  IXA.'VIS,
70 Ganal St., GRAND RAPIDS

Sole  Manufacturer,

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

Martin’s  M iiiliis  Purifier  Co.

GRIND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
GRAND  RAPIDS

Paper  Box  Factory,

W.  ¥ .  HlfELSTER,  Prop,

Paper Boxes of Every Description Made to 

Order on Short Notice.

We make a specialty of

Pigeon H ole  F ile  Boxes,  Sample  Trays 

Sample Cases.  A lso Shelf, Shoe, Confec­
tionery. M illinery, Dress,  Suit  and 

Packing Boxes.  Druggists’ Slides 

and a ll  kinds o f  Pine Work.

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

OFFICE AND  FACTORY,

11 Pearl St., Granfi Rapitts, Mici

O .   M .   M U N G E R   &   C O .

GBAND RAPIDS.

Successors to Allen’s Laundry
Mail and Express orders attended  to with 

promptness.  Nice Work, Quick Time 

Satisfaction Guaranteed.

* 

W . E. H A IL , Jr., 

-  Manager,

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

MRaiiifisMStore,
m  j p
w
k wAWAW ROYS,  -  ’Grand Rapid». M ich

i  
Full line.  Cash prices this month. 

W HOLESALE PRICE  CURRENT.

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

promptly and buy in füll packages:

Baisins, Loose California. .2 00 
Baisins, Ondaras, 28b. •  @10
Baisins. Su ltan as.......  @
Baisins; Valencias.....  @10
Baialnp,Imperials...............8 15

FISH.

*• 

10 00 

10 ft kits............. 

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

God,  whole.-.................  @5H
ad, boneless.....  .... .7V4©7%
allhut....................: 
13
2 78 
^  ertingvFOund. H bbl. 
Ü  50 
Herring, round, )4 bbl. 
Hferring, Holland, bbls. 
65@70 
Herring; Holland, kegs 
31
Herring, Scaled ........
Mack, sh’r, No. i, H bbl.... 8 75
.  “  12 ft kit..l 25
“ *• 
..1 10
"  “  10  “ 
« 
No. 2. H bbls....... IS  50
Trout,  H  bbls.....................5 00
85
White, Nq. L Mt bbls........... 6 00
White, No. 1,12 ft k lts .....l 15 
White, No. L 10 ft kits.... .1 00 
White, Family,  tt bbls—  .2 75 
k its....  55@65
Jennings’  Lemon.  Vanilla.
D.C.,2oz.......$  doz  90 
1 35
250
“  4o z.......: .........140 
3 75
“  6 o z ..........,.2  25 
“  N o.3 Panel...I  00 
175
“  No. 4  Taper..1 60 
2 75
“  No. 8 panel...2 75 
4 50
.,.4 60 
“  No. 10  “ 
6 50
ii pint, r’nd,. .4 50 
“ 
7 50
..9 00  15 00
“ 
“ 
1 
Standard'  Lemon.  Vanilla.
per gross.
English 2 oz........   7 20 
9 60
‘ — 3 o z ......  9 00  -32 00
4 oz  . .. ..12 00 
15 00
6 oz........ 18 00 
24 00
Farina, 100lb .k eg s...........  04
Hominy, 
bbl....................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb.  box..  60 
imported... 10 @11
Pearl Barley..........  @3)4
Peas,  Green...............  @1 40
Peas, Split..................   @ 3)4
Sago, German............  @6%
Tapioca, fl’k or p’rl..  @  6%
Wheat,  cracked........   @6)4
Vermicelli, import...  @10
domestic..  @60
MATCHES.

FARTNACEOUS GOODS.

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OIL.

G. H. No. 8,  square»..........   95
G. H. No9, square, 3 gro...l  10
G. H./No.  200,  parlor..........1 65
G. H. No. 300, parlor......... J  15
G .H .No.  7 ,round.........1  40
Oshkosh, No. 2....................   75
Oshkosh, No.  8......................... 1 50
Swedish................................  75
Richardson’s No. 8  sq.......1 00
Richardson’s No. 9  sq........1 50
Richardson’s No. 7)4, rnd. .1 00 
Richardson’s No. 7 
rnd..l  50
Woodbine. 300.................. ..115
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap.....................17@18
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto Bico......................... 24@35
New  Orleans, good.........33@40
New Orleans, choice.,,. .44@5Q 
New  Orleans, fancy...,.50@52 

)4 bbls. 3c extra 

PICKLES.

OATMEAL

oats—rolled.

Michigan Test..................  
10
Water  White........................12%
Barrels.......................................6 25
Half barrels.............................. 3 25
Cases...........................................2 35
Barrels.......................................6 00
Half barrels..............................3 25
Cases.,.......................2 25@3 35
Medium.......................................6 50
Small,  bbl..................................6 50

“ 
)4 bbl...................... 3 'i5
“  H bb l........ ..............3 75
Table............................... 5M@5)4
H ead....................................—7
Java.......... 
Patna......................... 
Rangoon..................................5
Broken....................................
Japan....-.......................   @6%
,
DeLand’s pure................ . .  3)4
Church’s  ..........................
Taylor’s  G. M........................5
Dwight’S .......... i ...................5
Sea  Foam....................  
-5)4
Cap Sheaf----------  —   ...... 5

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SALERATUS. 

RICE.

5)4

)4c less in 5 box lots.

 

SALT.

60 Pocket, F F D...................... 2 15
28 Pocket.......................  - --2 05
1003 ft  pockets......................... 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee........   85
Ashton, bu. bags.................  75
AshtOn,4 bu.  bags................... 2 75
Higgins’bu.  bags...............   75
American, )4 bu. bags.......    20
Bock, bushels......................  25
Warsaw, bu. bags...............  36
...............   1»
London Relish, 2 doz...........2 50
Dingman, 100 bars..............4 00
Don’t  Anti-Washboard__ 4 75
Jaxon.................................... 3 75
Queen  Anne.............................3 85
German Family........................2 49
Big Bargain.. ..................  .1 87

SAUCES.
soap.

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Pepper, Singapore,  Diaek-18)4 

Allspice.............. ,.................  8
Cassia, China in mats...........7)4
“  Batavia in bund.. ,.11
Saigon in rolls.......42
Cloves,  Amboyna.......—   25
“  Zanzibar..................22
Mace Batavia.......................70
Nutmegs,  fa n c y .............. 70
No.  1........ 
.66
No. 2 ..................60
white. 28
shot........................ 21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice................................12)4
Cassia, Batavia...................20
and Saigon.25
Saigon............. ........42
Cloves, Amboyna...............30
“  Zanzibar................28
Ginger, African..................12)4
Cochin....................15
Jam aica............  @18
Mace Batavia.....................80
Mustard,  English... 
.......22
and Trie.25
Trieste................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ............7 0
Pepper, Singapore, black. .22 
white. .30
.25
Cayenne............
.84
doz.
Pepper, 
.84
Cinnamon  “ .
.55
Allspice 
“ ,
“  . .110
Cloves 
.78
Ginger
Mustard 
“  ...84
-STARCH.

“ 
“ 

“ 

. 

, 

** 
« 

SUGARS.

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

Kingsford’s
Silver Gloss, 1 ft pkgs......  7
“  6 ft boxes........7)4
•-  bu lk .,...'...., 6)4
P u r e,lftp k g s..................  5)4
7
Corn,1ft pkgs................ 
Cut  L o a f:...,...........   @rf
Cubes.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .   @ 8
Powdered...... 
@ 8
Granulated,  Stand...  @7 !
Confectionery A ......  @ 7
Standard A ........ 
@7 i
No. i, White Extra C.  @ 7
N o.2, Extra C............   @6
No. 8 C, golden..:,:.  @6:
No. iC , dark.............  @ 6
SYRUPS.
Com, b a rr els...........
Corn,)4bbls............. 
.
Corn, kegs... ................
Pure Siigar, bbl........,
Pure Sugar, )4 bhl.......
SWEET'GOODS.
X
Ginger  Snaps.,...«'..8
Sugar Creams............6
frosted Cream s......
Graham Crackers...v 
Oatmeal  Crackers....
Spear Head special............43
Flank Boad................. 
.42
Eclipse.......... .......................... 36
H oly Moses,..'.». . , . . . , . . . .  .83
Blue Blazes........................ 
  .32
Eye  O p en er..................3 8
Srar
Clipper.................................... J9

TOBACCOS—PLUG.
 

 

 

 

Climax............................   89@4t
Cornerstone..............   
39
Double Pedro,.. . . . . . .  ...40
Whopper......... ...... ....... 
..40
Peach Pie. . . . . . . . . . .  40
Wedding Cake,: b lk ......__ 40
Bed Fox.............. 
 
.45
Sweet B usset........ 
30@32
tobaccos—fine  cut.
Sweet  Pippin........... . 
....50
Five and Seven...______  
50
Hiawatha.....................6 8
Sweet  Cuba........... 
 
  45
Petoskey Chief.......... 
55
Sweet Russet.. .... .......... 40@42
T histle............................ 
42
Florida........................ 
65
Rose L ea f............................ 66
Red Domino...................  
  38
Swamp Angel......... .  ...........40
Stag.....................................3 3
Capper.......... . 
..  ..42

 

 

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
Rob R o y .........................96
Peerless.............................. 
26
Unde Sam................................30
Jack  Pine............. , . . . ...........36
Sensation................... 
33
Yellow Jacket.......v ........ ..20
Sweet  Conqueror............20@25

 

teas.

Japan ordinary.......  ....18@20
Japan fair to good..........25@30
Japan fine .........................35@45
Japan d u st..,...........12@20
Young Hyson.......  ........,20@45
Gunpowder.... .. .. .. .. ..  135®50
O o l o n g .
. 33@55@60@75 
Congo....................
VINEGAR.
40 gr. 
11)4 

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

30 gr. 
9)4 

50 gr.
13

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as fol­
lows:
Tubs. No. 1  . . . . . __   ____ 7 75
‘  “  2..........................6 75
‘ 
’’  O-....................... 5 75
Palls, No. 1, two hoop....... l  60
“ 
three hoop__ 175
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes....  60
Bowls. 15s, 17s and 19s....... 2 50
Baskets, market.................  40
“ 
bushel...................160
“ 
“  with covers 1 90
“  willow clothes No.l 5 50
“ 
..........................  2 6 00
“ 
“  3 7  00
“ 
“  1 3  50
“  splint 
“ 
“ 
“  2 4  25
“ 
“  3 5  00
“ 

“ 
" 
“ 
“ 

“ 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bath Brick imported....... 90
American..........75
do 
Burners, No.  0.................. 65
do  No. 1........ 
.....76
do  No. 2 ................. 95
“ 

  38
Chimneys, No. 0.............. 
“  1......................40
■  “  _ 
“  2......................52
Cocoa Shells, bulk................. 4
Condensed  Milk, Eagle.... 7 60
Cream  Tartar...................... 25
Candles. Star........................10
Candles. Hotel..... ............. ..11
Camphor, oz., 2 ft boxes.. .35
Extract Coffee, V.  C..........   75
F elix ...... 115
Fire Crackers, per box__ 1 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lum ps.. .25 
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps... 35
Gum, Spruce.........30
Jelly,in 30 ft pails..  .  5  @  5)4
Powder,  B eg............................ 5 50
Powder, )4  Keg........................2 87
Sage.......................................15
CANDY, FRUITS and NUTS 
Putnam  &  Brooxs quote as 
follow s:

do 

STICK.
do 
do 
MIXED.

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Standard, 25 ft boxes.......9)4
Twist, 
...........10
Cut Loaf 
..........li
Royal, 25 ft  pails.......  @10
Royal, 200 ft bbls.......  ......... 9
Extra, 25 ft  pails................. 11
Extra, 200 ft bbls..............   .10
French Cream. 25 ft pails. .12)4
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.....................15
HM Chocolate  Drops...........18
Gum  Drops.............................10
Licorice Drops..............  
  18
A B  Licorice  Drops..............12
Lozenges, plain............. 
  14
Lozenges,  printed................. 15
Imperials................ 
14
M ottoes................................... 15
Cream  Bar...............................13
Molasses Bar........................... 13
Caramels..................................19
Hand Made Creams................19
Plain  Creams....................16
Decorated Creams.................20
String Bock.............................14
Burnt Almonds..............  22
Wintergreen  Berries.......... 14
Lozenges, plain in pails.. .13
Lozenges, plain in bbls___12
Lozenges, printed in pails. 13)4
Lozenges, printed in  bbls. 12)4 
Chocolate Drops, in pails. .13)4
Gum Drops  in pails.......6)4
Gum Drops, in bbls........ 5)4
Moss Drops, in pails...........10
Moss Drops, in bbls............  9
Sour Drops, in  pails...........12
Imperials, in  pails..............12
Imperials  in bbls........  
.  11

FANCY—IN  BULK. 

fruits.

@6 50

......1  25@3 00
Bananas....
Oranges,  choice 
.......  @
a..»«.  @
Oranges, Florida
3.... 
Oranges, Naples__
Oranges, OO...............  &
Oranges,  Imperials..  @
Oranges Valencia ca.  @
Lemons, oh’ce to fe y 4 0G@4 75
Lem ons....................  
<T
Figs, layers, new .__  
<£
4
Figs, Bags, 50 ft........  
Dates, frails do........ 
6
Dates, )4 do  do........  
4
Dates, Fard 10 ft box $  ft. 
Dates, Fard 50 ft box $  ft. 
Dates, Persian 50 ft box ..
Almonds,  Tarragona  G
Ivaca.__ _ 
G
California  G
Brazils............. 
G
Filberts, Sicily . ......... 
G
Walnuts,  Grenoble..  G
French....  G
Fecans, Texas. HVP. 
84 
4
Cocoanuts, $  100..... 

NUTS.

PEANUTS,
Prime Bed, raw. V ft 
Choice 
do 
do 
Fancy H.P. do 
do 
Choice White, Va.do  @5)4
Fancy H P.. Va  do  5  @ 6)4
Extra H. P .V a..........  @  5)4

4
4
:  <L

“ 
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F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

OYSTERS AND  FISH.
follows:

OYSTERS.
Standards...................
Selects........... ....... ....
Fairhaven Counts...........       40
FRESH  FISH*
Black bass............12)4
Trout.................................   7)4
Whitefish,. .. .. .. .. .. ..
smoked............10'
Frogs’ Legs  ...........  25@1 25

“ 

“ 

FRESH MEATS.
**  hind quarters... .6 
“ 

Beef, carcass...............4  @5)4
...3  <m
fore 
.*•• -... i  @7 
H o g s
10)4
Polk loins.. . . .. .. ..  
shoulders........ 
7)4
5
Bologna. 
Frankfort sausage..... 
8
Blood, liv, h’dsaus’g .. 
5
Mutton...... .»,.6  @7
Lard kettle rendered.«.  @11

“ 

.

Acme, % lb cans, 3 doz.... 

75
H8> 
**  2  ^  .i.-  180
1 ft  “ 
l   “  ....  3 00
B ulk......................  
20
Arctic, H ft cans, 6 doz..,«  45 
4  “ .... 
** 
u  
75
2  “ ....  1 40
M 
“ 
“ 
1 
8  “• ....  2 40
5  *  “ 
1  “ ....12 00
Victorian. 1 ft (tall,) 2 doz. 2 00
Diamond,  “bulk,” ........... 
16
Bed Star % ft cans 12 doz ..  45
o  “ ..  •§§
4  “ ..1 50

a   “  “ 
1  “  “ 

 
 

Absolute,  >4  ft  cans, 100
cans in case.......... ..11 75
Absolute,  H  ft  caps,  50
cansin  case.......................   10 00
Absolute, 1 ft cans, 50 cans
in case........ ...........1 .1 8  75
Telfer’s Ü B>, cans, 6 doz in
ease........ ........ 
2 70
Telfer’s % ft cans, 3 doz in
case........ ............ 
  2 55
Telfer’s 1 ft cans,  1 doz in 
1 
case........................................  1 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..................................2 00
No. 1 Hurl...............  
  2 25
No. 2 Carpet.................  ... .2 50
No. 1 Carpet......................... 2 75
Parlor Gem.........................3 00
Common Whisk...................1 00
Fancy  W hisk......................1 25
M ill............... .......................-3 75
Warehouse.......................... 3'00

 

 

 

CHEESE.

Schepps,  Is...........— 27

Michigan full cream.. .9)4@9)4
Bunkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet  22
Premium..  33
Hom-Cocoa  37
Breakfast..  48

CHOCOLATE.
“ 
“ 
“ 
OOCOANUT
lsa n d & s...........28
................... »....27)4
Is in tin pails— 27ft 
....28ft
fts 
23ft
Is  and fts ..........24
fts...v ................ -24ft
Manhattan, pails.................20
P60rlG88 «••••••••••••••••-•• 18
Bulk, pails or barréis.. 16@18

Maltby’s, Is.................... 

“ 

COFFEE—GREEN

 

18ft 

CORDAGE.

COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.

30 lbs60fi>s 100 lbs
18ft
19
18ft
17%
17%
18ft
18%
18ft
16ft
18ft 

Mocha................
Mandaling................
O G  Java........................24@25
.23@24
Java............... 
Maricabo........................ 16@19
Costi Rica................... 
  @19
M exican........................  @19
Santos............................. 15@18
Bio,  fancy..................... 18@19
Bio,  prime......................16@17
Bio, common......... 
..14@15
To ascertain cost of roasted 
coffee, add ftc per B>. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent, for shrink­
age. COFFEES—PACKAGE,
Lion................. 
Lion, in cab... 
Dilworth’s __  
Magnolia........ 
Acme..............18 
German......... 
German, bins. 
Arbuckle's Ariosa 
Avorica 
McLaughlin’s XXXX 
Arbuckle’s Avorica............16
Quaker City.. . — 17
Best Bio................18 ' i
Prime Maricabo.. .20ft
6ufoot J u te .....  ................110
72 foot Jute .....  ...........1 4 0
40Foot Cotton..............      .1 50
50 foot Cotton........ ..,...,..1  60
60 foot Cotton..............    
1 75
72 foot Cotton..............2 00
Kenosha Butter. . . . . . . . . .  .7ft
Seymour B utter.......,.>....6
B utter...........................  
.....6
Fámily Butter............ 
......6
Fancy Butter...................    Jft
Butter Biscuit...................... 6ft
B oston................ 
.7ft
 
City Soda.................... :.......8
Soda............... 
.....6
Soft a Fancy. ...........................5ft
S.  Oyster...............................6
P icnic.......:............................6
Fancy  Oyster.. . . .. .. .. . .....5ft
Glams, 1 ft, Little  Neck__ 135
Clam Chowder, 3 ft------ ...2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 ft stand«. .1 00 
Gove Oysters, 2 ft stand«. -1 70 
Lobsters, 1 ft picnic.  ......1  75
Lobsters,2 f t , picnic.....   . .2 65
Lobsters. 1 ft  star................1 95
Lobsters.‘2 ft Btar............... 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
3 50
Salmon, 2 ft 
Salmon, 1 ft Sacramento...1 90 
Salmon, 2ft 
...2  75
Sardines, domestic %s....... 
7
Sardines,  domestic )4b • ■ .10@ll 
Sardines,  Mustard  )4s...  9@10 
Sardines,  imported  %S..12@13
Sardines, spiced, Mis.......10@12
Trout. 3 ft  brook..............
CANNED FRUITS.

CANNED FISH,

CRACKERS.

“ 

“ 

 

 

“ 

CANNED VEGETABLES.

Apples, gallons, stand.......2 30
Blackberries, stand.,......1  20
Cherries, red standard.__ 1 60
'¡«¡¡¡g 90
M O B .......■ ...U  
.1 85@1 
Cherries, pitted 
35
.1 25@1
D am sons.........
m m
Egg Plums, stand
...........1 65
Gooseberries........
  95
G ra p es.....,....':.........  
1 50
Green Gages.................  
Peaches, aU yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches,  seconds............... 2 25
Peaches, pie..............1 60@1 65
Pears......................................1 30
Pineapples,«............1 40@2 75
Q uinces..........w 4.; ..........1 50
Raspberries, extra..........  .1 50
red...........1  50
Strawberries........ .1 25@1 40
Whortleberries.. . ...............1 20
Asparagus, Oyster Bay__ 2 00
Beans, Lima, stand.....:  I,  85 
Beans, Green Um as..  @140
Beans,  String__ ___1 00@1 20
Beans, S t ringless, Erie....  90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak. 1 69 
Corn, Archer’s Trophy. .;.
MomG’ry.l IS
: 
,,«  ,,  A **• 
Early Gold.l 15 
Peas;  French.. .. .. .. .. ..  ..A 60
Peas, extra marrofat.l20@l 40
Peas,  soaked.: ........I. .......  90
“  June,stand....  @160
sifted................2,o0
“ 
“  French, extra fine. .20 00 
Mushrooms, extra fine»..20 00
Pumpkin, 3'1b Golden........1 00
Succotash, standard... ,80@1 30 
Squash, . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .  .1 25
Tomatoes, Bed  Coat  @ 1 20 
Good Enough  120
BenHar  _ _____120
stand hr.l 15@ 1 20
DRIED  FRUITS.
Apples, evaporated...O' @ 8y»
sundried.......  6)4® 7)4

“ 
DRIED  FRUITS—FOREIGN.
Citron, indrU m ...:.........J  22
“ 
in boxes.... .. .. .. .  .24
Currants..................... 6  @ 6%
Lemon  P eel....:....... 2...,.14
Orange P e e l . ..............14
P luses,  Im perial......  @6
-  “  Turkey,............,,4@4%
u e w . . 5)4 
Bftteins,Dehesia............8  60
Baisins, London Layers. ...3  00 
Raisins, California  “
1 Raisins. Loose Muscatels..2 25

“ 
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“ 

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“ 

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

F.J.DETTENTHMfi

WHOLESALE

F R U IT S .
Bananas,  Olir  Specialty,

x6 and i3 No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

WM.L. ELLIS & CO,

THESE GOODS ARE “ PAR EXCELLENCE”
Pure, Healthful and Reliable,  warranted to give satis­
faction in every particular.  For sale by wholesale and 
retail grocers throughout tht United  States.  Vouwhs 
Bbos., Manufacturers, Cleveland aiid Chicago.

AND  OYSTERS.

Packing  and W arehouse,

■

■

H

37 North Division Street 
Office, 117 Monroe St.»

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH

W « also manufacture a  toll  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  W rite  for  quotations 

and  samples

-f  JACKSON. 
»I  MICH.

SEND > FOR PRICE LIST.

Broker  in CANNED  GOODS*
-  Manager,
B.  F.  E B p Y , 

Salt and Sea Fish.

20  Lyra  St.,  GBABD  BAPIDS,  MICH, ~

The  exhibition  building  will be dpen at 
all times to members and  a  public  prome­
nade concert will be given there  on  Thurs­
day afternoon.  Local Secretary Jaipes Ver- 
nor will be glad to bear  what  members are 
coming, and how many ladies with each. 
The printing is very tasteful  and Expens­
ive. 
It includes a  circular  letter,  a  hotel 
directory, a reception programme and a gen­
eral programmé of the  week,  consisting of 
nine leaves-of cardboard  strung on a heavy 
silk  cord.  The  programme  is  especially 
neat.  Loral Secretary James  Vernor is to 
be Congratulated upon his arrangement.

Tributes  to  Women.

It  was  with  a  true  appreciation of the 
feminine  mind that Sir Walter Scott wrote 
in his poem,  “Marmion :”

“O, women« in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy and hard to please,
And variable as the shade
By the light quivering aspen made,
When pain or anguish wrings the brow,
A ministering angel thou!”
Herder—Woman  is  the  crown  of  crea­

tion.

ity and dignity.

mother made me.

Yoltaire—Women  teach ns  repose, civil­

John  Quincy Adams—All  that I  am  my 

Lessing—Nature  meant to make  woman 

its masterpiece.
_ Lamartine—There is a woman at  the  be­
ginning of all great things.

Whittier—If woman  lost  us Eden, such 

as she alone restore it.

F. S. Barrett—Woman is last at the cross 

and earliest at the grave.

Beecher—No man can  either live piously 

or die virtuous without a wife.

N. P. Willis—-The  sweetest  thing in life 

is the unclouded welcome of  a wife.

Yoltaire—All  the  reasonings of men are 

not worth one sentiment of  a woman.

Beecher—Women  are  a  new  race,  re 
created since the world received Christianity,
Leopold Schefer—But one  thing on earth 

is better than a wife—that is a mother.

Shakespeare—For where is any author in 
the  world  who  teaches  such  beauty  as a 
woman’s eyes ?

Michelet—Woman is the Sunday of  man, 
not his repose  only,  but  his  joy, the salt of 
his life.

Louis Desnoyers—A woman may be ugly, 
ill-shaped,  wicked, ignorant, silly  and  stu­
pid,  but hardly ever ridiculous.

Malherbe—There are  only two  beautiful 
things in the world—women and roses; and 
only two  sweet  things—women  and  mel­
ons.

Bulwer-Lytton—0,  women!  in  ordinary 
cases  so  mere a mortal,  how in  the great 
and rare events of  life dost thou  swell into 
the angels!

Saville—Women  have  more  strength in 
their looks than  we  have in our laws;  and 
more  power  by their  tears than we by our 
arguments.

Emerson—A  beautiful  woman is a prac­
tical poet;  taming  her  savage mate, plant­
ing  tenderness, hope  and  eloquence in all 
whom she approaches. 

Anna  Cora  Mowatt—Misfortune  sprin 
kies ashes on the heart of the men, but falls 
like  devtf  on  the  head of  the  women  and 
brings  forth  germs  of  strength  of  which 
she herself  had no conscious possession.

A

How  Homes  Are  Wrecked.

From the Chicago News.

to 

bar, 
there 

A  brief  dispatch  throws  another  high 
light on a social evil which;  while it works 
untold misery,  is almost entirely  disregard­
ed or ignored.  A prominent citizen of Kan­
sas City applies for a divorce  from his wife 
and  the  mother  of  his  children—on  the 
ground of confirmed and incurable drunken 
ness.  The unfortunate  woman  admits the 
justice of the action, and only  pleads in ex­
tenuation that she “contracted  the love for 
liquor by taking it at first as a medicine.” 
The  physician  who  so  prescribed  it 
has  a  heavy  account 
render  at 
some 
either  here  or  hereafter. 
And 
are  numbers  of  others 
equally culpable in every community.  Here 
in Chicago,  hundreds of  homes  have  been 
desolated'through this medical crime, which 
is not limited to prescribing whisky, but all 
forms of stimulants and intoxicants—either 
chloral,  hasheesh,  morphine,  bromidia,  etc.
The dipsomaniac is bad  enough,  but  the 
slave of  the  opium  habit  or  chloral is in­
finitely  worse.  There  is  nothing  too  de­
grading, no trick or  art  which  human  in­
genuity  can  invent,  no  crime,  even,  too 
monstrous, to which  the  devotees of  these 
infernal  drags will not resort to obtain  the 
stimulant,  narcotic or  intoxicant.  And in 
immensely the greater proportion they have 
been  led  to  their  terrible  fate by the pre­
scription of the  family doctor.
A writer in the September number of  the 
Popular  Science  Monthly, describing how 
the  opium  habit is acquired,  suggests  cer­
tain means of preventing the spread of that 
form of  this social evil.  We  would extend 
his  suggestion  so  as  to  include  alcoholic 
liquor as well  as  opium, and  require  that 
no prescription calling  for any of  this class 
of  agents should  be  filled  more than once 
by a druggist  without having the physician 
specifically  renew  the  prescription.  This 
would  undoubtedly dp  much  to  check the 
spread  of  these  enslaving  and  insidious 
habits.

flßebldnes

H 
- Ss |  te  m

Stata Board o f P hanuscy. 

Jenem, Muskegon.  S  
... 

Two Year*—James Vernor, Detroit. 
ïh rçe Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
^OT«l¿!geMa#C^.^PSpild;~Ka1aniMPO. ' •  .
F ire Year*—StanleyK. Pariceli, Owoaso.
Precidenti—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson. 
iw t m w .  Ja*. Vernor.  t
r-! .-E tòM eeting  (It  T.cnntnir  on  November #.  7 and 8. 
Candidates w ill please report at 9 a. m. the seqpnd day 
: Y.''-  ■

SKs '-PS iv; 

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f 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. 

President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
PÉrstVioe-Preaident—G. X. Harwood, Petoskey. 
Beeoad Vloe-Proridont  Tf  B. Fairchild,  Grand Rapids. 
Third Vice-President—Henry Kep 
Third Vlce-PireBl&M ^H anry Kephart, Berrien Springs.
Secretary—-8. E. Parkill, Owosso,
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—Geo.  Gundrum,  Frank  Digits, 
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T. Webb.
Bocal Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit.
Hext Meeting—At Detroit. September *, fi, 8 and 7.

—Wm. Dnponi, Del 
i Committee—Geo.

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OBGANIZKD OCTOBKB 9, 1884. 

G ran d   R a p id s  P b a m u e e a tic s l S o c ie ty .
President—H. K. Locher.
Vice-President—J. W. Hayward.
Secretary—Frank H. Esoott.
Yreasnrer  Henry B. Fairchild. 
Board of Censors—President.  Vioe-Preeideht  and See- 
■ ret&ry.
Board of Trustees—The President, John  E. Feck,  Geo. 
G. Steketee, A- F. Haseltine and F. J. Wursbnrg.  | 
wen, Isaac W atts. Wm. K. W hite and Wm.  L.  W hite. 
Committee on Trade  Matter*—Jonn Peek, F.  J. Wurs­
bnrg, W. H. Tibbs. 
Committee  on  Legislation—J .  w.  Hayward,  Theo.
Kemlnk, W. H. Van Leuwen.
Committee  on  Pharmacy—W.  L.  W hite,  John  Hair, 
X. B. Kimm..
Regolar  Ree tings—First  Thursday  evening  in  each 
’  month. 
Meeting—First Thursday eveninginHovember.

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Detroit Pharm aceutical Society. - 

OBOamZBD OCTOBEB, 1888.
President—J. W.Caidwell.
First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.  .
Seoond Viee-President—F. D. Stevens.
Secretary andTTeaenrer—B. W. Patterson.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—G, 8. Purvis. 
A n im a l  Meeting—First Wednesday in June.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in eaeh m«w«¡h.
C en tra l  M ich ig a n   D r u g g ist» ’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, J. W. Dunlop;  Secretary, R. X. Mussel!.'  -
Berrien County Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, H. M. Dean;  Secretary, Henry Kephart.
C lin to n  C o u n ty   D r u g g ists’ A sso c ia tio n . 
President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary. A. S. W allace.
C h a r le v o ix  C o u n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty  
President, B . W. W illard;  Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter,

Io n ia  C ou n ty  P h a rm a ce u tic a l S o c ie ty , 
President, W. R. Culler; .Secretary, Qeo.Qnndnun.
Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n. 
President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, Cj,K. Foote.
K a la m a zo o  P h a r m a c e u tic a l A sso c ia tio n . 
M ason  C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty . 

President, D. 0 . Roberts;  Secretary, P. McDonald.

Presiden*« P-  Latimer;  Seeretary,‘Wm. Heysett.
M eco sta   C o u n ty   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety , 
President, C. H. Wagener;  Secretary, A. H. Webber.

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

President s. M. Sackett; Secretary, Jafins WAlsa.
.  M u sk eg o n  C o u n ty   P h a rm .  A sso c ia tio n , 
President, Wm. B. W ilson; SBcrotcry. Geo. Wheeler.
M u sk egon   D r a g   C lerk s’  A sso c ia tio n . 
President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, Geo.  L. LeFevre.
N ew a y g o   C ou n ty  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety , 
President. J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

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

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

W HOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Opium, opium po., quinine German, castor oil.

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BACCAE.

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BALSAMUM.

nivelly. 
» 
and )4s........ 

Aceticum............  8®  10
Benzoicura, German  80@1
Boracic.............
Carbolicum .. ........  45®
Otricum .............  60®
Hydroeblor..........  0®
Nitrocum .....  ......  10®
Oxalleum...__ .....  10®
Fhosphorioum  dii...
Salicylicum......__1 70@2 05
Bulpnuricum............  134 @5
Tannicum..............1 40@1 60
Tartaricum.............   50®  53
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16 deg..;.....
18 deg..........
Carbonas..........—
Chloridum..........
A NILINE.
Bieck.......
Brow n................
Red.....------.........  45®
Yellow........... 
50@3 00
Cubebae (po. 1 60... .1 85@2 00 
Juniperus  ...........  8®
Xanthoxylum ...—   25®
C opaiba..............  65®
Peru......... . 
®1
Terabin, Canada......  50®
P o lu tan ....---- -—   45®
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian.,...
Cassiae  ..............
Cinchona Fiavtf......
Eaonymua  atropurp 
Myrica  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!..
Quillaia,  grd............
Sassfras — ..............
Ulmus......................
■<- Ulmus Po (Ground 12) 
EXTRACTUM. 
Glyeyrrhiza Glabra..
po..........
flaematox, 15 lb dox..
is...........
Ms  .......
M s........
FERRUM .
Carbonate Precip—
Citrate mid Quinia...
Citrate Soluble....:.. 
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut  Chloride.........
Sulphate, com’l......
pure.........
FLORA.
Artaea................-
If®
Anthemis....... ........
Matricaria................  30®
SBarosma..................  10®
Cassia  Acutifol, Tin- 
25®
Alx.  35®
Salvia  officinalis, 348  _
 
  10®
Ura  TJrsi.........  ...  8®
GUMMl.
Acacia. 1st picked.. .  ®1
2nd  “ 
...  @
“ 
...  @
“ 
"   \  3rd 
Sifted sorts.  ®
■»* 
p o .......—”.«  76@l
“ 
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)..  60® 
“ Cape, (po. 20)...  @
**  Socotrr, (po. 60)  ®
•Catechu, - Is,  (34s,  14
. 34®, 16)...................  @
Ammomae  ..........
Assafoetida, (po. 30).  @
Benzoinum ..........  60®
Camphorae .....;
Buphorbium, po. 
iGalbaBum.
Gamboge, po........ .
•Guaiaeum, (po. 45)...
Kino, (po.25)........ ...
Mastic..........................
Myrrh, (po.45).-.
<Opu, (po. 4 80i......... 2
Shellac — ;.. — .......
„  “  bleached.....
’Tragacanth....... .
iH e r b a —In ounce packages. 
A b sin th iu m --..—  
3
Eupatorium  — ..... 
2
Lobelia  - ................... 
f
Majorum  ...........  
g
2
Mentha Piperita... • • 
“  V ir.......... 
2
Rue  —...........  
 
8
f
Tanacetum,  V — ... 
!Thymus. V .........  
2
m a g n e s ia .
Calcined,  P a t-——   55®  6 
«Carbonate,  P a t - - —  20®  2 
• Carbonate,  K. & M..  20®  2 
'Carbonate,  Jennings  35®  3 
Absinthium.. . . . . . . - 5  00®5 6
Amygdalae, D u lc....  45®  %
Amydalae, Amarae. .7 25®7 1
S s i .......— . . — 185@l «
Auranti Cortex......
Bergamii. 
........... .2
•Cajiputi  .................. .
»Caryophylli 
Cedar.. . « . . . .  •...
«Chenopodtt............-
Cinnamonii 
Citronella  . .. .. .. .. ..
«Coninm  Mac——.....
•Copaiba 
60® 100
Cubebae.................15 50®16 00
jaxechthitos..........  90@1 00
S r i g e r o n —.1 20@1 30
Gaultheria...  .......... 2 25®2 35
G e S s n i u m , ®   75 
«GMSipii. Seia.gRi——  55®  75 
Medemna—
1 15®1 25
-Juniperi.
Lavendula.
Limonis...... .— ——1 75®2 25
Mentha Pii>ear........ 2
31
1 Mentha Verid........./.3 00@3 25
1 Morrhuae,  gal..........   80®1 00
Myrcia,  5 - - —•• — •••  @  50
»OaYe. — . ............1  0Q@2 75
^»icis Uqulda,(gal.85)  10®  ]2 
^Biffini - - - - - * . .   - 1 14®1 22
’Rosmarini .................  75@1 00
Bosae,  f î - ...................  
  @6 00
40®45
'Buccini 
S a b in a -................. 
»0@l 00
Santel.................... ...3  6O®7 0O
«2®  &
®   66
Sinapis, ess, 
@160
Thyap 
40®  50
¡  I  60
Theobromas.,—. .......  15®  20

....... . 
opt............ . 

OLEUM.

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POTASSIBK.  I

, > B i C » r b - - . . 15®  38 
ffieb ro m a te..........  13®  15
Bromide . .. .. . . . . . . . .   30( )  40
’  JiéM M  SI Í.  25. 
•Ghl«rata,vlPo. S0>. -   ; '  »   Ä  
■Jodide— ........ . — 2 «S
^Potassa.  Bitart, eom 

SOI  Ir  #

15

“ 

10

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18

SEMEN.

tidus.po.......... 

Potass  Nitra8,opt.
Potass Nitm s.........
J
Prussiate   ------- —
15®
Sulphate po........... 
RADIX.
Aconitum... 
..........   20®
A lthae........................  25®
Anchusa....................  15®
Arum,  po..............  
  @
Calamus....................   20®
Gentiana,  (po. 15)....  10® 
Giychrrhiza,  (pv. 15).  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35).....................  ®
Hellebore, Alba,  po.  15®
Inula, po....................  15®
Ipecac, po........... *„ - 2  15@2
Ins plox (po. 20@22)..  18®
Jalapa, pr..................   25®
Maranta,  34s..............  @
Podophyllum, p o ....  15®
Bhei  ...........................  76S1
“  cut......................  @1
“  p v ...................  75@1
Spigelia.
Sanguinaria, (po. 25).  @
Serpentina...............  30®
Senega.... —. . . . . . . —  50®
Smilax, Officinalis, H  @
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)._____  10®
8ymplocarpus,  Foe-
@
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30)  @  25 
German-  15®  20
Zingiber a ..............   10®  15
Zingiber j ......., .........  18®  22
Anisum, (po. 20)........   @  15
Apium  (graveleons).  10®  12
Bird, Is.......................  
4®  6
Canti,  (po. 18)............  12®  15
Cardamom.................1 00@1 25
Coriandrum..............   10®  12
Cannabis  Sativa.......334® 4)4
Sdonium..................   76@1 00
enopodium  ..........   10®  12
Diptenx Odorate.—.1 75@1 85
Foenicuium.
15
_  8 
Foenugreek, po__
Lini...........................
3)4®  4 
Lini, grd, (bbï, 3)..
3)4®  4
~  ~  40 
Lobelia...................
Phalaris Canarian. 
@4)4 
: 
Rapa
6
Sinapis,  Albu............  8®   8
Nigra..........   11®  13
** 
SPIRITUSi 
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00®2 50 
Frum enti,D.F.R....1 75@2 OC
Frum enti...................1 10@1 50
JuniperisCo. O .T...1 75®l  75
Junipens Co.............1 75@3 50
Saacharam  N. E ......1 75®2 09
Spt. Vini Galli..........1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto...............125®2 00
Vini  Alba...............  1 25@2 00
SPONGE«
Florida sheens’wool
carriage.................2 25®2 50
Nassau sheeps’wool
carnage..................  
2 00
Velvet Extra sheeps’
wool carriage........   ^ 
1  10
Extra Yellow sheeps’
cardage............... 
85
Grass  sheeps’  wool
carnage..................  
65
75
Hard for slate use... 
Yellow Reef, for slate 
40
u se........................... 
Accada..................... 
50
Zingiber........ ............ 
50
Ipecac..................—  
60
50
'errilod.....................  
Auranti Cortes.......... 
50
50
RbeiArom................ 
60
Smilax Officinalis—  
Co.. 
60
Senega...............—... 
50
Scillae..—— — ....... 
50
50
Tolutan.......... - .......... 
50
50
Prunus virg...............  
TINCTURES. 
60
Aoonitum Nape Ills R 
F 
50
Aloes__ - .................. 
60
and myrrh, „vi 
60
50
A rnica...................... 
50
Asafoetida................. 
60
Atrope belladonna... 
Benzoin............. . 
60
* 
C o......... 
50
Sanguinana.............  
50
50
Barosma.................. 
Cantharides........ .. 
75
50
Capsicum. .. . .. .. .. .. .  
Cardamon..................  
75
75
C o -.........» 
Castor........ .............. 
1 00
60
C atech u .................  
50
Cinchona....................  
60
Columba,.......... . 
60
50
Contain......................  
Cubeba............. 
50
Digitalis........ ............. 
50
60
E r g o t-..................... 
Gentian.. — , .......... 
50
oo.................. 
60
Guaica.............. 
50
amnion— . 
60
Z in gib er--. .. .. .. .. .  
60
Hyoseyamus—.......... 
50
75
Iodine.................. —. 
75
C olorless-..- 
35
Ferrt Chi -rtdum...,.. 
Kino....... 
50
-  
Lobelia..............  
50
.............. 
50
Myrrh——. 
Nux V om ica........ 
50
O p i - - - - ............  
85
50
2 00
50
50
SO
50
09
60
50
60
00
60
60

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R h
Cassia Acutifol........  
Go... 
Serpeutaria- 
Staomontum....—
Tqtatan................ 
V^erian...................... 
Veratrum Vertde__  
XDSCELLANXOU8,

Camphorated... 
Deodor.  ....... 
Auranti C ortex...... 
cassia....................  
h a ta n y ...,......... 
.

C o -........... 

Co.,.......... 

SYRUPS.

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Æther, Spia Nit« 3 F..
Æther, Spts Nit, 1 F..
Alumen —
.- 
Altanen,  ground,  (p-
o. 7)«.,.......’. .........
Annatto  . . . . . . . . . .   :
Antimoni,  p o ..__ -
Antimoni et Potass T 
i  60
A n t i p y r l n 1 
.140
Argenti Nitras,  5. . „ 
k  68
Arsenicum............ .V
r" 7 
BklmGilmtd Bud«..¿i  I I
40
Bismuth 8. N _____.2  15®2 20
Ictam Chlor, ls,04s
LìM#/!«)— -..... T  @  9
Cantharides Russian, 
.jy  
n ô X ....... s . - « :J  ®1 75

 

 

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60&10, less.

Capsid Fructus, a f..
Capsid Fructus, po..
Capsid Fructus, B po 
Caryophyllus, (po. 26) 
Carmine, No. 40.. , . -
Cera Alba, S. A F __
Cera Flava.......#.......
Coccus.......... .........
Cassia F r u c t u s . 
Centraria 
Cetaceum
Chloroform...............
Chloroform,  Squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst.... .1
Chondru8 
Cinchonidine, P. & W 
Ciuchonidtae, Ger’an  6®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
c en t........ ...............
Creasotum.................
Crete, (bbl. 7 5 )........
Creta, prep.................
Crete, precip.......... .
Creta Rubra............
Crocus  ....................
Cudbear......................
Cupn Suiph,.............
Dextnue 
........ . 
Ether Suiph...............
Emery, all numbers.
Emery, po.............. ...
Ergota, (po.)75........ .
Flake  W hite......««.
@ 2 3
G alla..................... 
7®  8
Gam bier... ——. — ... 
@  90
Gelatin, Coopor..
  40®  60
Gelatin, French. 
Glassware flint, 70&10  by box. 
Glue,  Brown.............
Glue, White...............
Glycerina.............
Grana  Paradis!........
H um ulus..................
Hydrarg Chlor. Mite.
Hydrarg Chlor.  Cor.
Hydrarg Ox.Rubrum 
Hydrarg Ammonlati.
Hydrarg U nguentum
Hydrargyrum..........
Ichthyocolla, A m . .. 1 25®1 50
Indigo.........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl..........4 60®4 10
Iodoform ..................   @5  15
Lupuline  ..................   85@1 00
Lycopodium...............   55® 60
Mads............................   80® 85
Liquor  Arsen  et Hy­
drarg Iod.................  ®   27
Liquor Potass Arsini-
tis.......................... 
  10®  12
Magnesia, Suiph, (bbl
134)............................  2®  3
Mannia, S. F ...............  90®1 00
Morphia,  S, P. & W  2 25®2 50 
Morphia,  S.  N.  Y. Q.  *'
&C.  Co....................2 15@2 40
Moschus Canton__   ®  40
Myristica, No. 1........   60®  70
Nux  Vomica,  (po. 20)  @ 
la
Os.  Sepia......................  27® 29
Pepsin  Saac,  H. & P.
D. Co........................   @2 00
Picis Liq, N. c.. y» gal
d oz..........................  @2 70
Picis Liq.,  quarts__   @1 40
Pids Liq., pmts.........  ®  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).  ®   50
Piper Nigra,  (po.22).  @  18
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..  ®   35
Pix Burgun...................  @ 7
Plumbi Acet...............   14® 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.l 10@1 20 
Pyrethrum, boxes, H 
AP.D.Co.,doz....  .  @125
Pyrethrum, pv..........  60®  65
Quassiae.......................  8® lo
Quinia, S, P. & W__   50®  55
Quinia, S,German...  36®  46
RubiaTinctorum__   12®  13
Saccharum Lactis pv  ®  35
Salacin.......................3 40@3 50
Sanguis Draconis__   40®  50
Santonine............. 
@4  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
Sapo,  M........................   8® 10
8apo, G........................ 
  @ 15
Sefdlitz  Mixture.......  @  28
Sinapis.........................  
  @ 18
Sinapis, opt...................  @ 30
Snuff, Maccaboy, Do.
Voes.......... .................   @ 35
Snuff,  Scotch,-  Do.
V o e s ..-..................
Soda Boras, (po  11). .10 
Soda et PotossTart.. 
i
Soda Carb..........
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
Soda, Ash...................
Soda  Sulphas.......... .
Spts. Ether Co..........   {
Spts.  MvreiaBom...
Spts, Myrcia Im p....
Spts  Vini Beet.  bbl.

2.27)......................   @2 37
Less 5c. gal.  cash  ten  days. 
Strychnia  Crystal...  @1  10 
. . ——  234® 3)4
Suiphur.Subl 
Sulphur,  Bell............2)4® 8
Tamarinds.................     8®  10
ferebenth  Venice  ..  28®  30
Theobromae...............   50® 55
V an illa............—  .9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Suiph... . . . . . 7 ®   8
Bbl  Gal 
70 
76
Whale, w inter...... .
Laid, extra.............
72
68 
Lard, No. 1
50
45 
Linseed, pure raw  .. 
50 
53
Linseed, boiled
56
53 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter 
str a in e d -..-.. — .  50 
60
45
Spi« .ts Turpentine...  41, 
paints  Bbl *  Lb

OILS.

erican . . . . . . ___ 

Bed V enetian...... „134
Ochre» yellow Mars-134 
Ochre,yellow  Ber. . .134 
Putty, commercial.. .2)4 
Putty, strictly pure..2)4 2344 
V ermilion prime Am­
  13@16
 
 
Vermilion, Eqgllsh.. 
70®76 
16®17
Green; Peninfflilar... 
Lead,  red................   ...5)4@534
white.. ■. .1 ....... .5)4®534
Whiting, whits Span 
@70 
®90 
Whiting, Gilders’—  
110 
White, Paris Amer’n 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
 
140
Pioneer  Prepared 
_ F atata......... —... 1 20®l 40
Swiss Villa Prepared 
Patate................... - 1 00®120

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VARNISHES.
No. lTurp  Coach__ 1
Extra  Turp,;«.v „ „ l  
Coach B o d y ..........2
No. ITurp Fura.......1
x p a  iM D am ar.v J 
lapan;;,
Japan  Dryer,  No,  1
sTlirp^

70®

’  The  Condition  of  Trade.

fTom the New York Shipping List.
Advices from  all  important  distributing 
centora throughout the country continue  to 
bear testimony to the expanding volume  of 
tnuie And' the cheerful  sentimeut  that  pre- 
vades all departments of commercial  activi­
ty.  Clearing house statistics  are becoming 
more  satisfactory  and  indicate  a  heavier 
volume of business than was in progress  at 
this time last  year;  the  demand  for  mer­
chandise from jobbers as well  as  mannfao 
tutors is widening  in  -nearly-all  directions 
and reflects a feeling of confidence  respect 
ing the future that  is  full  of  significance^ 
while speculation is under the  influence  of 
stimulating features that are both legitimate 
and healthy.  Crop  prospects, continue  to 
improve and are highly encouraging, and the 
agricultural prosperity of the country seems 
assured,' although the com crop has not  yet 
reached maturity, and in some localities the 
outlook is not as promising as  a few weeks 
ago.  What is of  equal  importance  is  the 
Serious  damage  that  has  occurred  to  the 
wheat and rye crops  of  France  and  Great 
Britain, which appear to be going from  had 
to worse, and which will create a large  de­
ficiency, to be supplied from  Russia,  India 
and this country.  The two former localities 
are likely to have  an  abundant  yield,  but, 
with only an  average  crop  in  the  United 
States, there  is  reason  to  expect  a  ready 
market at comparatively high prices for  all 
the available  surplus.  Efforts  to  discount 
this condition of affairs accounts for the  fe­
verish ahd excited condition  of  the  wheat 
market last week and the rapid  advance,  in 
prices that took place—an advance that thus 
tor has not checked foreign buying and  has 
been in full sympathy with the bullish tem­
per of foreign markets« although the fluctu­
ations of the past three days  have  been  ir­
regular, and indicate a feverish  and  unset 
tied market. 
In other departments of spec­
ulative  activity  there  is  evidence  of  a 
growing  feeling  of  confidence—as,-  for 
instance, the strong undertone  that  under­
lies the stock  market and neutralizes  every 
effort of the bears to establish a decline,  the 
firm  tone  of  petroleum  and  the  bouyant 
temper  of  coffee  speculation.  The  stock 
market is a very good indication of the  con­
servative  feeling 
that  still  predominates, 
for notwithstanding the bullish feeling  that 
generally prevails in  Wall  street,  together 
with the stimulating influence of an  unpre­
cedented  demand for  coal,  a  distinct  im­
provement in the relations of warring roads 
in the West,  increased earnings and an easy 
money  market,  the  volume  of  business 
transacted from day to day  has  been  com­
paratively  moderate,  and  there  seems  to 
have been very little disposition on the part 
of the bulls to undertake  aggressive  opera­
tions. ’  This is due no doubt to the fact that 
those who have bought  for  a  rise  are  pa­
tiently  waiting  for  the  outside  public  to 
come into the market  and  relieve  them  of 
their accumulations at a profit,  and thus tor 
the outside interest in the market  has  been 
comparatively narrow.  There is,  neverthe­
less,  a confident expectation  that  increased 
activity will be experienced in a few  weeks 
in xesponse.to the very  favorable  and  en­
couraging outlook that is  so  generally  ad­
mitted.  The advance in coal,  which  takes 
effect on the 1st of September,  is  not  con­
sidered a very wise step on the part  of  the 
selling agents, and may result  in  checking 
the demand,  which, up to  the  present,  has 
been unprecedented  at  this  season  of  the 
year,  and may be made the basis  for  a  de­
mand for increased wages from  the miners. 
The experience of last winter has no  doubt 
led dealers and cbnsumers very generally to 
stock up freely during the  summer months, 
so as to guard against a repetition  of  being 
caught in  a similar position, but there  is  a 
possibility that a stiffening up of prices may 
curtail the  demand,  especially  in  view  of 
the  unsatisfactory  condition  of  the 
iron 
trade.  The monetary situation  has  under­
gone no- important change since the close of 
last week.  The  rates  on  call  loans  have 
continued  easy  with  abundant  offerings, 
notwithstanding a better  demand  for  mer­
cantile as well as speculative  purposes  and 
the shipment  of  currency  to  the  interior, 
which  has commenced to deplete the  bank 
reserves, which,  however,  are  nearly  five 
times greater than  at  this  time  last  year. 
Conservative  bankers  are  of  the  opinion 
that the Western demand  for  money  from 
this center will not be as nrgent  as  it  was 
last year, not only because of the  increased 
volume in circulation, but also,  because  the 
interior  banks  are  better  supplied  with 
available funds, and hence  an  easy  money 
market  is  predicted  daring 
the  autumn 
months.  Foreign exchange has ruled  firm, 
because of the scarcity of commercial  bills, 
as the want of tonnage interferes  with  the 
shipments of produce,  but  the  prospect  of 
increasing  exports  promises 
to  prevent 
higher rates, if thay do not result  in  lower 
rates that would  bring  about  importations 
of  gold.  The  large  foreign  investments 
within the past vear  in  American  railroad 
securities is an important element  in  regu­
lating foreign exchange,  as  anything  that 
might lead foreign holders to realize  would 
suddenly turn the current against us  unless 
there should be a  material  increase  in  the 
exports  of  produce  sufficient  to  turn  the. 
balance of trade in our favor.

Detroit Ready for Her Guests.

From the Detroit Journal.

The  American  Pharmaceutical  Society 
hasn’t met in Detroit for twenty-two  years. 
It has at last come to know the error of  its 
ways and wiU open a session  next  Monday 
in the Light Infantry armory.  A  gorgeous 
exposition  of  drugs  and  druggists’  goods 
will be held in the Detroit  rink.  One  ex­
hibitor will show $4,000 worth  of  sponges. 
It will be the finest display of the kind ever 
made in the west.  The parlors  of  the  In­
fantry armory will be reserved  for  visiting 
ladies, and  a  local  oommittee  will  be  on 
hand to take care of the strangers and make 
things  as  pleasant  for  them  as  possible 
while  the  gentlemen  are  engaged  at  the 
business  meetings.
There will be.no complimentary entertain­
ments.- Everything has  been  placed  upon 
the tegular list, and each member will  have 
the comfortable knowledge that his $3 badge 
pays for everything he gets.  The badge  is
It is  made  of  an  inch 
square chip of celluloid, bearing a graduated 
seals and the member’s number on the front 
and the  initials  of  both  societies  on  the 
took.  One  badge  admits  one person and 
ladles must have badges of their own.  Blue 
will distinguish local druggists, red  outside 
druggists and yellow those'belonging to the 
State.  Members are  requested not to wear 
their badges in their trousers’  poekets,  but 
to pin them pn conspicupuely so  that broth­
er  druggists  and  !dooften'derB  may  know 
them* 
As soon as  members  come  to town it is 
fexpected that  they  will  register  with  the 
Local Secretary in the  exhibition  building; 
and take out cards  entitling .thfem  to  pm> 
chase  badges  for  themselves  and  ladies. 
They are requested to, buy badges at once so 
that a personal register may be  issued  and 
entertainment provided for the proper num­
ber,!'.  .  • 
'c.  S S S t

very neat affair. 

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TRADE SUPPLIED BY THE

and C h i c a g o . ____________

GRAND  RAPIDS,  >   MICH. 

And tlie W holesale  Druggists  of  Detroit 

Qazeltine & FerKins DrnE Go.
READ! READ! BEAD!
Pioneer Prepares  Paints

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

have Supplied our Trade with this

.

Tights Are So Comfortable!

From the New York Telegram.

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“These are the very  latest,”  said  a  de­
mure little  girl in a Fourteenth  street  dry 
goods store yesterday.
The  three  would-be  purchasers  raised 
their hands in astonishment. 
“Yes,  madam,” continued the girl, “ they 
are becoming very  popular;  you  would be 
surprised to learn what  a  number  of  non- 
professional women are Wearing tights just 
now.”
“But my husband is  a  respectable  busi­
ness man.  What would he say to them?” 
“I really don’t know, madam;  but you’ll 
find silk tights the nicest thing to wear this 
winter,”
The lady bought a pair “just to try,” and 
one of her companions did likewise.
When the customers had  taken  their de­
parture, a reporter accosted the shop girl: 
“ Do any so-called fashionable  women re-: 
ally wear tights?” he asked, with an unbus- 
iness-like blush, which the girl reciprocated. 
%  “Indeed, they do.  Lots  of  women  like 
them because of  the  novelty  and4  because 
they think it is a  little  bit  racy  to  wear 
them.  Others, who jare going into the new, 
bustle^bereft style of  clothing  vat  füll  tilt, 
wear tights so that they can show  off  their 
shapes  more  completely  than  in  the old 
style of underwear.”
‘?You don’t say. so!” gasped the  astound-« 
6(1 reporter. 
“Don’t I, though?  Why,  I  have  a  pair 
op, myself, this, moment?”

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Brand  for more than eight  years  and  it 
is all the manufacturers claim for it.

W e sell it on a  GUARANTEE.
H a z e ltin e   &   P e r k in s D r u g  G o.

GENERAL  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

« 

2 5csize................ 
. . . . . . . . . . . . .perd oz,$2.00
50c  «  ........ .................. ......... 
3.50
Peckham ’s Croup Rem edy is  prepared es» 
peeially for children: and is a safe  ana certeih 
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough,  Colds  and
all  bronchial  and  pulmonary  complaints  of 
childhood.  For attractive  advertising matter 
the proprietor. Dr. H. C. PECKH AM, 
address 1
Freeport, Mien.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists of  Grand  Rapids,  Detroit  and 
Chicago.  ,

Should send $1 (¡o 
E.  A.  Stowe  & Bro.
‘for one of tueir Improved

GRAND  BAFIDS,

LIQUOR Ä POISON RECORDS
COXTSEHFC  ROOT.
P P m r   D-D n o   Wholesale Druggists,
g r a n d   r a p id s.
J T £ iU A   X >A U o»f 

We pay the highest price for it.  Address

Don’t  Fail  to  See ffc,'' 'M

Druggists 'visiting  Detroit  this  week to 
attend the two conventions should  not  fail 
to rail at the Hotel Cadillac and inspect the 
immense  line  of holiday ' and  fancy goods 
there  displayed  by  Charles  E.  Watson 
Michigan traveling  representative for S. A 
Maxwell & Co.,  of  Chicago.  ? The  display 
occupies  two  rooms, and  is  the largest in 
quantity  and* thé  finest  in  quality  ever 
shown  by  any  house  in  the  West.  Mr, 
Watson has taken especial  pains  with this 
year’s  exhibit  and  any  one  who  misses 
seeing his  display will  deprive  themselves 
of  a pleasure they will  always  have  occa­
sion to regret.

The Drug Market.

Gum  opium is a trifle lower.  Quinine is 
lower for foreign brands.  Balsam copaiba 
is very firm and tending higher.  Borax and 
camphor gam are  both  firm*  Gum  shellac 
are advancing.  Linseed oilis very firm and 
will be  higher.  Castor  oil  has declined % 
cent per pound.

Nearly 2,000  tons  of  watermelons  have 
been plucked this  year  in  that  portion  of 
southeast Missouri of  which  Charleston  is 
the principal shipping point.

Acme White Lead & Color forti
DETROIT,
MICH.

Manufacturers of the Ce ebrated

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

Which  for  Durability,  Elasticity,  Beauty 
and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.
3T.  J .  W T JR Z B T O G ,

WHOLESALE  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

WMELTIJIE 

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T D i t T T G r  

J}  D IR K IP

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

■ ■ ■ D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

W h isk ie s,  B ran d ies,

G in s,  W in e s,  R u m s.

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Co., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

W e sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
W e give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar­
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  w e re­

antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

Jtoltine l Perkins  Drill  Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

RECOMMENDED  BY  EMINENT PHYSICIANS'-

v  ACONCt"1  EXTRACT OF
M A L T   j I H D P S

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

78 Congress St., West,

Detroit, Mich., April 9,1888. 

Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
Gen tlem 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 
mtients  have been  most satisfactory, espec- 
ally to those in a  stage of recovery after  se­
vere sickness.
I write this  thinking you might like to have 
my opinion  on  its  merits.  I  certainly  shall 
prescribe  it  in future, where the  system re­
quires building up. either from constitutional 
weakness or otherwise.

Yoars truly,

Wm. Gray, M. D. 
Medical Sup’t.

I  Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

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

Very respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., March 18,1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

De a r  Sms—I  have given your “Malt Tonic” 
trial in several eases of Enfeebled Digestion 
and General  Debility,  especially in the  aged, 
where  the  whole  system  seems  completely 
jrostrated, 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 aloss of 
the nerve vital  forcé, I found its action  to  be 
rapid and permanent,

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

Work-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 
Ph. Beet Brewing Co.,
Ge n t le m en— As a matter of personal inter­
est, I have used  your “Best” Tonic in several 
oases of impaired  nntritition.  The results in­
dicate that it is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious remedy,  lam ,
Very truly yours,

E. W. F l e m in g,  M. D.

. 

Troy, New York, January 26,1888. 

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

Yours truly, 

.

E. Jay Fisk, M. D.

East Genessee Street, 

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

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

Wm. O. J a eg e r.

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

Ph. Best Brewing Co., S8 College Place, N. Y., 
Gen tlem en—I  have  tested  the sample  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  Extract  of  Malt  sad 
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  Tonio of  that 
kind is indicated.

E. H. Bell, M. D. 

New Orleans, La., April 6,1888.

Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,
Gentlemen—Having  tried  your  “Best” 
Tonic to a great  extent amongst my practice, 
I will state in its behalf that  I   have  had  the
best results with  nursing mothers  who 
deficient In  milk, increasing its  fluids and 1 
ereting a more nourishing food for the infant, 
also increasing the appetite and in every way 
satisfactory for suoh oases.

Very respectfully,

D .  B o r n io .M   D.

For Sale By

die  1  Perkins  Drug  Co,

Grand Rapids, 

-  Midi.

for the enforcement of law—that  makes 
„„ orderly city..  Stand .by your  association 
agreement and respect the  delinquent  list, 
which is ohe OLthe  strongest  links  in  thè 
chain that holds you  together.  Above  all, 
stand faithfully by your organization—other 
societies, ignorant of your work,  jealous of 
your success or through 'antagonism  to the 
cash or good  credit  system  may  strive to 
raise à sentiment against you.  A few mer­
chants, in the hope of  . present  gain,  may 
misrepresent and slander you, your motives 
and your actions, but, since  your  organiza­
tion contemplate» nothing that is  not  busi-; 
ness-like, honest and for  the  good  of the 
whole community, if you hang together and 
ealmly pursue thè even tenor of  your  Way, 
they can do you no harm.
This is the ideal  association—where  ev­
ery officer knows his duties  and  attends to 
than and  where  every  member  earnestly 
supports the organization, both  by  attend­
ance at meetings and support  of  its  meas­
ures—and wherever  such  an  association is 
found in all probability you  will  soon hear 
that that city has a boom.

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SOLS MANUFACTURERS OF

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SBI ¡Ni Min. Flavoring  Extracts.

IBSOIUTK  8PIGH8,

Sixteen  Years  on  the  Market. 

A re p u t u p  in  a ll sizes, fro m   1 o z. to  l  g a l.'b o ttle s .

«CELEBRATED’

1872, 

1888

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S O X iD   B ?   AZ1X1  J O B B E R S .

MANUFACTURED ONLY  BY

JENNINGS & SMITH,

38  and  40  Louis  St ,

G-rand  H.apida,  Mloli,

|feMichipn Tradesman

T H E   RIGHT RING.

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an  advanced  step in  the past  year.  We 
juné doné a great deal of internal improve­
ment.  Oar  streets, covered with sand  and 
sawdust,  have been  improved  by  patting 
down  a  good  many miles  of  cedar  block 
pavement, so we are getting as  good a sys­
tem of streets as anywhere.  We have add­
ed  two lines  of  railroad  to our city in  the 
lest two years.  We have a slim attendance 
a t our regular meetings.  They are  willing 
tt»«i a certain  few should , do all  the  work, 
a n d lfe e l  certain  that is the  trouble  with 
our  Business  Men’s  Associations  all  over
the country.  ,  S: l l l l i  ¡IÍ11S 
I ¡¡¡¡II  , 
Lowell (N. B. Blain)—The  Lowell Busi­
ness Men’s  Association  reports  that  it  is 
glowing.  We are not meeting with so much 
opposition as  formerly, but whether  to  as­
cribe  that to a better knowledge of  our  ob­
jects  orto  our  apathy we  are  unable  to 
determina  W e have held eleven meetings 
in   the  last year, are  having  good  results 
from the use of the Blue Letter, have placed 
no names on  the delinquent  list, but  have 
About twenty  candidates for the next meet­
ing of the Executive Board.  We have had 
two picnics, one on onr  own hook, assisted 
by the Grand  Ledge Ladies’ Band,  and one 
jointly with  the  Saranac  B. M. A* on July 
4—both successful.  We have raised $2,500 
for the improvement of  wagon roads in  the 
past year. 
Fremont (W.  J. Hopper)—As  our  Secre­
tary  failed to provide  me  with a report,  I 
shall be able only to give a brief verbal one, 
as I cannot  recall facts and figures which I 
should  like presented.  Our  Association is 
one year old the present month and present 
week.  We  have 
thirty-four  members.
We  have 
succeeded  in  suppressing  ill 
fading  on  the  part  of  our  fanning com­
munity, an  account of  which  was  given in 
the  columns  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   some 
tape  since.  We  have  organized  a  stock 
company with  a subscribed  capital of  $500 
to put  in a fruit evaporating establishment, 
work on  which  has  already commenced.
We  have had  excellent  success  with  the 
collection system.  We hope to see the idea 
of a Business Men’s Mutual Fire Insurance 
Co. bear fruit, as we believe it tobe of great 
importance.  We also hope the peddler will 
receive his full share of attention.
flu rana/». (H.  T. Johnson)—The  Saranac 
Protective  Association was  organized  two 
years ago by our Secretary, Mr.  Stowe, and 
held that name until last November, when it 
was changed to the Saranac Business Men’s 
Association  and  received  charter  No.  34 
from the  State  body.  We have a member 
ship  of  twenty.  We  secured  two  wool 
buyers for our market during the last season 
and in that  way secured double the amount 
of wool  that has been  marketed in Saranac 
for years.  We  have secured  a  new wheat 
buyer nlan for thecoming season.  We held 
a  picnic  with the  Lowell  Association  on 
July  4, all the  places of  business  in  both 
towns  closing  during  the  day—the . first 
time  such  a thing  ever happened  in  Sara 
nac.  Least, but not last, we make peddlers 
pay a  license  to peddle  in our  section,  al­
though  it  was  a  hard  battle.  We  have 
driven  one  man to the  point of  paying  a 
fine or  his  license, he taking  out a  license 
for  one  month  and  I  will  say right  here 
that  that  gentleman will  continue  to  pay 
a license or will  get in  trouble,  for we  are 
after them all.  We find also a lack in some 
of|our members of using  the collection sys 
tern. 

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0  Duties of Local Officers.

The following paper was read at the Che­
boygan convention by Stanley E. Parkill, of 
Owosso:

The great object of  these  associations 

The duties of officers of local associations 
are so well known, if we may  judge by the 
results that have been accomplished, that if 
seems very much like carrying coals to New­
castle to descant on the subject here.
to attain the greatest degree  of  usefulness 
miH to accomplish the  greatest  amount  of 
good for the  city  or  town  in  which  the 
members live.  The first and  most  import­
ant thing to secure this end  is  harmonious 
work.  Both  officers  and  committee  men 
must work  together,  dropping  matters of 
personal likes and dislikes and selfish inter­
ests and  palling  together  for  the  accom 
plishment of the work on hand.
The work and success  of  an  association 
depend very largely on. its  presiding officer,
-  amFfor that reason I maintain that the man 
who fills that office should be chosen  solely 
because of his fitness  for  its  duties.  The 
place should not be a reward for goodfellow 
ship or for some special service  rendered t< 
the association unless at the same  time the 
person has the  qualifications  necessary  t< 
make a good presiding officer.  Good  meet 
Jugs are absolutely essential  to  a  vigorous 
existence, mid good meetings  are  impossi 
ble unless the association is  well  officered 
My own experience is too  brief  to  allow 
of my laying down any set of  rules  for the 
guidance of a presiding officer,  and  what I 
have to say is said in the  hope  that  it will 
bring  out  discussions  from  more  experi­
enced persons that will  be  of  value  to us 
all.
In the first place,  do the business of your 
meetings  in  a  business-like  way.  While 
you are at your business make a business of 
it and be as parliamentary about it as possi­
ble without appearing  pedantic.  Create all 
the interest in  meetings  possible;  nothing 
will do this better than general discussions. 
Most men enjoy meetings  best  when  they 
take part in them;  as a rule, however, a few 
members in an association  will  do most of 
the talking.  To make the discussions more 
general, call on  some of the silent  ones for 
expressions of opinion.  The more men you 
get hito  a  discussion»  the  more  members 
.  there are  present  who  have  enjoyed  the 
meeting and will feel inclined to come  next 
Mm«».  Keep  your  committees  at work by 
f i l ing for reports of  their  work  at  every 
-Hooting-  Stir up  interest  by  announcing 
subjects  for  discussion  beforehand.  Ap­
point members to make  reports  on  special 
«tótiéets.  “Kush  on,  keep  moving,”  or, 
rather,  “Keep  things  moving,”  is a  good 
motto for the president of a business  men’s
association. 
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Bat» after all,  perhaps  the  antithesis of 
tola question is a  more  profitable  one for 
4 Ü»i»nB«innT viz., the duties  of  members of 
It makes  bo  difference 
an  association  maybe, 
the president may have all  the  genius of a 
■  Carlisle for  presiding,  the  eloquence of a 
Webster and the  power of a Grant  for  sgr 
ganization, unless the members- of the asso­
ciation take hold and push  things  nothing 
«mi be*done,  p o  .not  think  that  because 
ypn have officers they must,  as a  matter of 
eouzse, do «11 the wox;k.  Let  each member 
máM  himself a special committee of one on 
the good of the association  and  always  be 
ready for duty.  Keep a»*ye on 
governm ental spends your money.  Stand

a«n/w»in.tinns- 

, 

I  Leonrrd l Sons,

134 to 140 Fultoij Street,

G-rancL Pta/pids, 
HMDQUÄRTER8

ON

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JELLIES,

STONE Preserve JARS 

and  JUGS.

Patented Jan. 5,J?S. 
Re-lamed June &,’??.
Pat* April 25, ’Sii. <

JOBBERS 0 7

Teas, Coffees 1 Grocers’ Sundries,

46  O tta v a  8 t ,   O R J tP   R IP ID S.

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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Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-half
barrels,  50  pound  cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and 10  pound
pails.

Pickled  Pigs’ Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

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

in every instance.

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

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

GEO.  E .  HOW ES.

S.  A .  HOW ES.

C. N .  R APP,

GEO.  E.  HOWES  &  GO.

JOBBERS IN

Apples,  Potatoes I  Onions

SFESOIAIjTISS 5

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

3 

S t.,  C R A S n   R A P ID S , M IC H .

JOBBERS  IN

D R Y   G O O D S,
jftJSTD TsTOTIOJSTS,

88  M onroe  Sit.«

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

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stork A Bags

IA Specialty.

DETROIT  SOAP  CO.
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Manufacturera of the following well-known brands of

QUEEN  ANNE. 
S u b  b l u e ,
MOXpAY, 

m j f ì k m '
MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

B u vx K u m , 

PHCENIX, 

MICHIGAN, 

c za r, 

WABASH, 

"ROYAL  B AR,
m a sc o tte,
CAMEO,

AND  OTHERS, 

For quotations address 

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■ y  . Ggj 

T T   a   T T T T T T T t T d  

Salesman for Western Michigan,

’ 
Lock Don *?3.  iv  -  V  « « A M ®   K A P W B .

WHEN  ORDERING  Ask For ‘JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’

Ask  for  prices  before  buying  elsewhere.

THE  FAVORITE  BfiAND

W ith  Grocers.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

Newaygo Roller Mills

NEW AYGO,  MICH.

W .  C.  DENISON,

Stationary  and  Portatile  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN 

4

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

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

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits*

8 8 ,9 0  and 98 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST., 

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G R A N D   RAPIDS,"¡MICH

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Per Doz.
1-2 gal. Stone Preserve Jars  $  90 
1  40
“ 
1 
1-2  “ 
“  Tomato  Jugs,
w ith Corks 
90
1 gal.  Stone  Tomato  Jugs,
w ith Corks, 
1  40
Fine Preserve  Jars, see cut.

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- 

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1-4 gal.  Fine  Preserve Jars
110
I- 2 gal. Fine  Preserve  Jars
1  40
1 gal. Fine Preserve Jars with
1  75
II- 2 gal. Fine Preserve Jars
- 
2  40
2 gal. Fine Preserve Jars,
-  3   50

and Covers, 
and Covers, 
Covers, 
- 
w ith Covers 
w ith Covers, 

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- 
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FINE PRESERVE JAR AND  COYER.

Owing to the Rail Road Co.’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 First Class, as before.

E   LEONARD  &  SONS.

WHO  URGES  YOU

T O   ^LJEZ^SJE9

__P O L
T H E   F T JB T -iIO !

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

Grand,  Syiiare  and  Upright Pianos,

The  Weber  Piano is  recognized  beyond 
controversy as  the Standard for  excellence 
in every particular. 
It 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  public  and  the  press, unite in the ver­

dict thatThe Welier Stands UiirivaM.

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Estey Organs, 

A. B. Chase/8rgans,

Hillstrom  Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St* Grand Rapids, Mich.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO,
BOOTS  AND  SHOTS.

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

-  AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

14 and 10 Pearl Street. 

-  Grand Rapida, Mich,

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If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HEYMAN  & CO.,  Grand Rapids.
The Standard of Excellence
KINGSFORD’S

f u r s :

A N D

“Süïer
Gloss”

“Pure”

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN ,ST ARCH tor Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T IO N   QF  Q U A L IT Y .

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EYEEY fIMEI

ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCBR FOR THESE GOODS.

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