GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 31,  1888.

N O .  267.

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"W"  H   I  

S  !  JOHN  NICHOLSON’S  TROUBLES.

light  and  darkness to and fro like a veil 
on Alan’s features,  and  sent  his  shadow 
hovering  behind  him.  All  beyond  was 
inscrutable;  and  John’s  dizzy  brain 
rocked with the shadow.  Yet even so.  it 
struck him that Alan  was  pale,  and  his 
voice, when he spoke,  unnatural.
“What brings  you  here  to-night?”  he 
began.  “I  don’t  want,  God  knows,  to 
seem  unfriendly;  but I  cannot  take  you 
in, Nicholson;  I cannot do it.”
“Alan,”  said  John,  “you’ve  just  got 
to!  You  don’t  know  the  mess  I’m in; 
the  governor’s  turned  me  out,  and  I 
daren’t show my face in  an  inn, because 
hey’re down on me for murder  or  some­
thing !”

For what ?”  cried Alan, starting. 
Murder, I believe,”  says John.
Murder !” 

repeated  Alan,  and  he 
passed  his  hand  over his eyes.  “What 
ras  that  you  were  saying?”  he  asked 
again.
That  they were  down  on  me,” said 
John.  “I’m accused of  murder, by what 
can  make  out;  and  I’ve  really  had a 
dreadful  day  of  it,  Alan,  and  I  can’t 
sleep  on  thè  roadside  on  a  night  like 
this—at least,  not  with a portmanteau,” 
he  pleaded.
Hush !”  said  Alan, with  his  head on 
one side;  and then,  “Did  you  hear noth­
ing ?”  he asked.
No,” said  John,  thrilling,  he  knew 
not  why,  with  communicated 
terror. 
No! I heard nothing;  why?”  And then,, 
s  there  was  no  answer,  he reverted to 
his pleading :
But I say, Alan,  you’ve  got  to  take 
me in. 
I’ll go  right  away to bed if  you 
have  anything  to  do. 
I  seem  to  have 
been drinking;  I was that  knocked  over.
I wouldn’t  turn  you  away, Alan, if  you 
were down on  your luck.”
“No?”  returned  Alan.  “Neither will 
you,  then.  Come  and  let’s  get  your 
portmanteau.”
The  cabman  was  paid  and  drove  off 
down the long hill, and  the  two  friends 
stood  on  the  sidewalk  beside  the port­
manteau  till  the  last  rumble  of  the 
wheels had died in silence. 
It seemed to 
John as though Alan attached importance 
to this  departure of  the  cab;  and  John, 
who was in no  state  to  criticise,  shared 
profoundly in the  feeling.
When the stillness  was  once more per­
fect, Alan  shouldered  the  portmanteau» 
carried  it  in,  and  shut  and  locked  the 
garden  door;  and  then,  once  more, ab- 
traction seemed to fall  upon him, and he 
stood with his hand on  the  key until the 
cold began to nibble at John’s fingers.
“Why are  we  standing  here?”  asked 
John.
“Eh?”  said Alan,  blankly.
“Why, man, you don’t seem yourself,”  
said the other.
“No, I’m not  myself,” said  Alan;  and: 
he sat down on the portmanteau, and put 
his face in his hands.
John stood beside him swaying a little, 
and  looking  about him  at  the  swaying 
shadows, the  flitting  sparkles,  and  the 
steady stars overhead, until the  windless 
cold  began  to  touch  him  through  his 
clothes  on  the  bare  skin.  Ev*n  in his 
bemused  intelligence,  wonder  began  to 
awake.
“I say, let’s come on to the  house,”  he 
said at last.
“Yes, let’s come on to  the  house,” re­
peated Alan.
And he rose at  once, reshouldered  the 
portmanteau,  and  taking  the  candle  in 
his  other  hand,  moved  forward  to  the 
Lodge.  This  was a long,  low  building, 
smothered  in  creepers;  and now, except 
for  some  chinks  of  light  between  the 
dining-room  shutters, it was  plunged in 
darkness and silence.
In the hall Alan  lighted  another  can­
dle, gave it to John,  and opened the door 
of  a bed-room.
“Here,”  said  he;  “go  to  bed.  Don’t 
mind me, John.  You'll  be  sorry for me 
when  you know.”
“Wait  a  bit,”  returned  John;  “I’ve 
got so cold with all  that  standing about. 
Let’s go  into  the  dining-room a minute. 
Just one glass to warm me, Alan.”
On the  table in the  hall  stood a glass,, 
and a bottle  with  a  whisky  label  on  a 
tray. 
It was plain  the  bottle  had  been 
just  opened, tor  the  cork and corkscrew 
lay beside it.
“Take that,-’  said  Alan, passing John 
the  whisky,  and  then  with  a  certain 
roughness pushed his friend into the bed­
room, and closed the door behind him.
John stood amazed;  then  he  shook the- 
bottle, and, to his further  wonder,  found 
it partly empty.  Three  or  four  gl asse s- 
were gone.  Alan must  have  uncorked a 
bottle of  whisky and drank three or four 
glasses  one  after  the  other, without sit­
ting down, for  there  was  no  chair, and 
that in his own cold lobby on this freezing 
night !  It fully  explained  his  eccentric­
ities, John reflected savagely, as he mixed 
himself  a  grog.  Poor  Alan !  He  was. 
drunk;  and  what a dreadful  thing  was. 
drink,  and  what a slave  to it poor  Alan; 
was, to drink in  this  unsociable,  uncom 
fortable fashion !  The  man  who  would! 
drink alone, except for health’s sake—asu 
John  was now doing—was a man utterly 
lost.  He  took  the  grog  out,  and  felt 
hazier,  but  warmer.  Then  he  went to. 
bed.

[ c o n t in u e d   n e x t   w e e k .]

CHAPTER  V.

CHAPTER  VI.

THE  PRODIGAL'S  RETURN.

THE  HOUSE AT MURRAYFIELD.

By a little after noon tlie eve of Christ­
mas,  John  had  left  his  portmanteau in 
the  cloak-room,  and  stepped  forth  into 
Edinburgh  with a  wonderful  expansion 
of  the  soul,  such  as  men  enjoy  on the 
ompletion  of  long-nourished  schemes.
He  was  at  home  again,  incognito and 
ich;  presently he could enter his father’s 
house  by  means of  the  pass-key, which 
he had piously preserved  through all his 
wanderings;  he  would  throw  down  the 
borrowed money;  there would be a recon­
ciliation,  the  details  of  which  he  fre­
quently arranged;  and  he  saw  himself, 
during the next month, made welcome in 
many stately houses, at  many frigid din­
ner parties, taking  his  share in the con­
versation  with  the  freedom  of  the man 
and  the  traveler,  and  laying  down  the 
law  upon  finance  with  the authority of 
the  successful  investor.  But  this  pro­
gramme was not to be begun before even­
ing—not till  just  before  dinner, indeed, 
at  which  meal  the  reassembled  family 
were to sit roseate,  and the best wine, the 
modern  fatted  calf,  should  flow for the 
prodigal’s  return.
Meanwhile he walked familiar  streets, 
merry  reminiscences  crowding  around 
him, sad ones  also, both  with  the  same 
surprising pathos.  The  keen, frosty air; 
the  low,  rosy,  wintry  sun;  the  castle, 
hailing him like an old acquaintance;  the 
names  of  friends  on  door-plates;  the 
sight  of  friends  whom  he  seemed  to 
recognize, and whom he eagerly avoided, 
in the streets;  and  the  gutters where he 
had learned to slide, and the  shop  where 
he had bought his skates,  and  the  stones 
on which he had trod, and the railings on 
which  he  had  rattled  his  clachan as he 
went to  school;  and  all  those  thousand 
and one nameless  particulars, which  the 
eye sees without noting, which  the mem­
ory keeps,  indeed,  yet without knowing, 
and which, taken one with another, build 
up for us the aspect of  the place that  we 
call home;  all these  besieged  him, as he 
went, with both delight and sadne 
His  first  visit  was  for  Houston,  who 
had a house on Regent’s Terrace, kept for 
him  in  old  days  by an aunt.  The door 
was  opened  (to  his  surprise) upon  the 
chain,  and  a  voice  asked  him  from 
within what he wanted.
“I want Mr. Houston—Mr. Alan  Hous­
ton,” said he.
“And who are  ye?”  said the voice.
“This is most  extraordinary,”  thought 
John;  and then aloud he  told  his  name 
“Not  young  Mr.  John?”  cried  the 
voice, with a sudden  increase  of  Scotch 
accent,  testifying to a friendlier  feeling 
“The very same,” said John.
And  the  old  butler  removed  his  de 
fenses,  remarking  only,  “I  thocht  ye 
were that man.”  But his master was not 
there;  he was staying, it appeared,  at the 
house  in  Murrayfielcl;  and  though  the 
butler would have  been  glad  enough to 
have  taken  his  place  and  given all the 
news of  the  family, John,  struck  with 
little  chill, was eager to be gone.  Only 
the door was scarce  closed  again,  before 
he regretted that he had  not asked about 
that man.
He was to  pay no  more  visits  till  he 
had seen his father  and  made all well at 
home;  Alan had  been  the  only possible 
exception, and  John  had  not time to go 
as  far as  Murrayfield.  But  here he was 
on Regent’s Terrace;  there  was  nothing 
to prevent him  going  around  the end of 
the hill,  and looking from without on the 
Mackenzies’  house.  As  he went, he re 
fleeted that Flora  must  now be a woman 
of  near  his  own  age,  and it was within 
the  bounds  of  possibility that  she  wa 
married;  but this  dishonorable  doubt he 
damned down.
There was the house, sure enough; but 
the  door was of  another  color, and what 
was  this—two  door  plates ?  He  drew 
nearer;  the top  one  bore, with  dignified 
simplicity, the  words, “Mr.  Proudfoot 
the lower one was more  explicit,  and  in 
formed the passer-by that  here  was like 
wise  the  abode  of  “Mr.  J.  A.  Dunlop 
Proudfoot,  Advocate.”
advocate  could  look to have  much  bu 
iness  in  so  remote a quarter;  and  John 
hated them for their wealth and for their 
name, and for the sake of  the house they 
desecrated with  their  presence.  He re­
membered  a  Proudfoot  he  had  seen  at 
chool—not  known—a little, whey-faced 
urchin,  the  despicable  member of  some 
lower  class.  Could  it  be  this abortion 
that  had  climbed to be an advocate,  and 
now lived in  the  birthplace of  Flora and 
the home of  John’s tenderest  memories? 
The chill that had first  seized  upon him 
when  he  heard  of  Houston’s  absence 
deepened and struck  inward.  For a mo­
ment, as he stood under the doors of that 
tranged  house,  and  looked  east  and 
west along  the  solitary pavement of  the 
Royal  Terrace,  where  not  a  cat  was 
stirring, the  sense of  solitude  and  deso­
lation  took  him  by the  throat,  and  he 
wished himself  in San Francisco.
And then the figure  he  made, with his 
decent  portliness,  his  whiskers, 
the 
money in  his  purse, the  excellent  cigar 
that he now lighted, recurred to his mind 
in consolatory comparison  with that of  a 
certain  maddened  lad  who, on a certain 
spring  Sunday ten  years  before, and  in 
the  hour  of  church-time  silence,  had 
stolen  from  that  city  by  the  Glasgow 
road. 
In  the  face  of  these  changes, it 
were  impious  to  doubt  fortune’s  kind­
ness.  All would  bp  well  yet;  the  Mac 
kenzies would be  found, Flora,  younger 
and  lovelier  and  kindlier  than  before; 
Alan would be found, and  would have so 
nicely  discriminated  his  behavior  as to 
have grown, on the  one hand,  into a val­
ued  friend  of  Mr.  Nicholson’s,  and  to 
have  remained,  upon  the  other, of  that 
exact shade  of  joviality which  John  de­
sired  in  his  companions.  And so, once 
more. John  fell to work  discounting the 
delightful future;  his first appearance in 
the family pew;  his  first  visit to his un 
cle Greig, who  thought  himself  so great
a financier, and on whose  purblind Edin

here.”
frozen.
he shook hands again and went.

burgh eyes John was to let in the dazzling 
daylight of  the West;  and  the  details in 
general of  that unrivaled transformation 
scene,  in  which  he was to  display to all 
Edinburgh a portly  and  successful  gen­
tleman in the shoes of  the  derided  fugi­
tive.
The time began to draw  near when his 
father  would  have  returned  from  the 
office,  and it would be  the  prodigal’s cue 
to enter.  He  strolled  westward  by  Al­
bany  street,  facing  the  sunset  embers, 
pleased, he  knew  not  why, to  move  in 
that cold air  and  indigo twilight, starred 
with  street  lamps.  But  there  was one 
more disenchantment waiting him by the 
way.
At a corner  he  paused to light a fresh 
cigar;  the  vesta  threw,  as  he  did  so,  a 
strong light upon his features, and a man 
of  about  his  own  age  stopped  at  sight 
of  it.
“I think  your  name  must  be  Nichol­
son,”  said the stranger.
It  was  too  late  to  avoid recognition; 
and, besides,  as John  was  now  actually 
on the way home, it hardly mattered, and 
he  gave  way to  the  impulse  of  his na­
ture.
Great  Scott!”  he  cried,  “Beatson!” 
and  shook  hands  with  warmth. 
It 
scarce seemed he was repaid in kind.
So  you’re  home  again ?”  said  Beat- 
son.  “Where  have  you  been  all  this 
long time ?”
In the States,”  said  John—“Califor­
nia. 
I’ve  made  my pile,  though;  and it 
suddenly struck  me  it would  be a noble 
cheme to come home for Christmas,”
“I see,”  said  Beatson.  “Well, T hope 
e’ll  see  something of  you, now  you’re 
‘Oh, I guess  so,”  said  John,  a  little 
Well, ta-ta,” concluded  Beatson,  and 
This  was a cruel  first  experience. 
It 
as idle to blink at facts;  here was John 
home again,  and Beatson—Old Beatson 
did  not  care  a  rush.  He  recalled  Old 
Beatson in the  past—that  merry and af 
fectionate  lad—and  their  joint  adven 
tures and mishaps, the window  they had 
broken, and  many an  other  inestimable 
bond  of  friendship;  and  his  hurt  sur­
prise  grew  deeper.  Well,  after  all,  it 
was only on a man’s  own  family that he 
could  count;  blood  was  thicker  than 
water, he  remembered;  and  the  net  re 
suit of  this  encounter  was to bring  him 
to the doorstep of his father’s house, with 
tender and softer feelings.
The night had come;  the  fanlight over 
the door  shone  bright:  the two window 
of  the dining-room  where  the cloth wa 
being laid,  and the three  windows of  the 
drawing-room  where  Maria  would  be 
waiting  dinner,  glowed  softer  through 
ellow blinds.  It was like a vision of the 
past.  All  this  time of  his  absence, life 
had gone forward with an equal foot, and 
the fires and  the  gas  had  been  lighted 
and the meals  spread, at the  accustomed 
hours.  At the accustomed hour, too, the 
bell had sounded thrice to call the family 
to worship.  And at the  thought, a pan 
of  ;egret for his  demerit  seized him;  he 
remembered  the  things  that  were good 
and that he had neglected, and the thing: 
that were evil and that he had loved; and 
it  was  with a prayer  upon his  lips that 
he mounted the steps and thrust  the  key 
into the key-hole.
He stepped into  the  lighted hall,  she 
the  door  softly  behind  him,  and  stood 
there  fixed  in  wonder.  No  surprise of 
strangeness  could  equal  the surprise of 
that  complete  familiarity.  There 
the bust of  Chalmers near  the  stair-rail 
ings, there  was  the  clothes-brush in the 
accustomed place;  and  there,  on the hat 
stand,  hung  hats  and  coats  that  mu 
surely be  the  same  as  he  remembered 
Ten  years  dropped  from  his  life,  as 
pin may slip between the fingers;  and the 
ocean and the mountains,  and  the mine' 
and crowded marts  and  mingled races i 
San Francisco,  and his  own  fortune  and 
his  own  disgrace, became  for  that  one 
moment, the figures of  a dream  that w 
over.
He  took  off  his  hat,  and  moved  me 
ehanically toward  the  stand;  and  ther 
he found a small change that was a great 
one to him.  The pin  that  had  been hi 
from  boyhood, where  he  had  flung  h 
balmoral when he loitered home from the 
academy,  and his first hat  when  he came 
briskly hack  from  college or the office— 
his pin was occupied.  “They might have 
at  least  respected my pin!”  he  thought, 
and he was moved as by a slight, and be­
gan at once to recollect that  he  was here 
an interloper,  in a strange  house,  which 
he had entered almost by a burglary,  and 
where  at  any moment he might he scan­
dalously challenged.
He moved at once, his  hat  still  in his 
hand,  to the  door  of  his  father’s  room, 
opened  it  and  entered.  Mr.  Nicholson 
sat in the same  place  and  posture as on 
that  last  Sunday  morning;  only he  was 
older,  and grayer,  and sterner;  and as he 
now glanced up and caught the eye of his 
son,  a  strange  commotion  and  a  dark 
flush sprang into his face.
“Father,” said John, steadily and even 
cheerfully, for this was a moment against 
which he was long ago prepared,  “father, 
here I am, and  here is  the  money that I 
took from  you. 
I have come back to ask 
your  forgiveness, and  to  stay Christmas 
with  you and the children.”
“Keep  your  money,” said  the  father, 
“and go!”
“Father!”  cried  John;  “for  God’s 
sake,  don’t  receive  me  this way!  I’ve 
come for—”
interrupted  Mr. 
Nicholson;  “you are no son of mine;  and 
in the  sight of  God, I wash  my hands of 
you.  One last thing I will  tell  you;  one 
warning  I  will  give  you;  all  is  discov­
ered, and  you are being hunted  for  your 
crimes; if you are s tills  large, it is thanks 
to  me;  but I have  done  all  that I mean 
to do;  and from this  time  forth I  would 
not  raise  one  finger—not one finger—to 
save  you  from the gallows!  And now,” 
with a low  voice  of  absolute  authority, 
and a single  weighty  gesture of  the  fin­
ger,  “and now—go !”

How John passed the  evening,  in what 
windy confusion of  mind, in what squalls 
of  anger  and  lulls  of  sick  collapse,  in 
what pacing of  streets  ancl plunging into 
public-houses,  it would profit little to re­
late.  His  misery,  if.  it  were  not  pro­
gressive, yet  tended in no  way to dimin­
ish;  for in proportion as grief  and indig­
nation  abated,  fear  began  to  take their 
place.  At  first,  his  father’s  menacing 
words  lay  by  in  some  safe  drawer  of 
memory,  biding  their  hour.  At  first, j 
John  was  all  thwarted  affection  and 
blighted  hope;  next  bludgeoned  vanity 
aised  its  head  again, with twenty mor­
tal gashes;  and the father  was  disowned 
ren as he had  disowned the son.  What 
as this regular course of  life,  that John 
should have admired it ?  what were these 
clock-work virtues, from  which love was 
absent?  Kindness  was  the  test,  kind­
ness  the  aim  and  soul;  and  judged  by 
such a standard, the discarded prodigal— 
now  rapidly drowning  his  sorrows  and 
his  reason  in  successive  drams—was  a 
eature of  a lovelier  morality  than  his 
self-righteous  father.  Yes, he  was  the 
better  man;  he  felt it, glowed  with  the 
consciousness,  and  entering  a  public- 
house, he  pledged  his  own  virtues  in a 
glass—perhaps the fourth  since  his  dis 
missal.  Of  that he knew  nothing, keep­
ing no account of  what  he  did or where 
he  went;  and  in  the  general  crashing 
hurry of  his  nerves,  unconscious of  the 
approach of  intoxication. 
Indeed, it is a 
question  whether  he  were  really grow­
ing  intoxicated, or whether  at  first  the 
spirits  did  not  even  sober him.  For it 
?as even as  he  drained  this  last  glass 
that his father’s ambiguous and menacing 
words—popping from  their  hiding-place 
in memory—startled him like a hand laid 
upon his shoulder.  “Crimes, hunted, the 
gallows.”  They were ugly words;  in the 
ears of  an innocent man, perhaps  all the 
uglier;  for  if  some  judicial  error  were 
in  act  against  him,  who  should  set  a 
limit  to  its  grossness  or  to  how  far it 
might be pushed ?  Not John, indeed; he 
was  no  believer  in  the powers of  inno 
cence, his cursed  experience  pointing in 
quite  other  ways;  and  his  fears,  once 
wakened,  grew  with  every  hour  and 
hunted him about the city streets.
It was,  perhaps,  nearly 9 at night;  he 
had  eaten  nothing  since  lunch, he  had 
drunk a good deal, and he was  exhausted 
by emotion, when  the  thought of  Hous 
ton came into his head.  He  turned,  not 
merely to the man  as a friend,  but to  hi 
house as a place of  refuge.  The  danger 
that  threatened  him  was  still so vague 
that  he  knew  neither  what  to fear nor 
where he might  expect it;  but this much 
at  least  seemed  undeniable,  that a pri 
ate house was  safer  than a public  inn 
Moved by these  counsels,  he  turned  at 
once to  the  station,  passed (not without 
alarm)  into  the  bright lights  of  the  aj 
proach,  redeemed  his portmanteau  from 
the cloak-room, and was soon whirling in 
,  cab  along  the  Glasgow  road.  The 
hange  of  movement  and  position,  the 
sight of  the lamps twinkling to  the rear 
and the  smell of  damp  and  mould  aud 
rotten  straw  which  clung about the ve 
hide,  wrought  in  him  strange  alterna 
tions of  lucidity and mortal  giddines 
“I have been drinking,” he discovered 
I must go straight  to  bed, and  sleep. 
And he thanked  heaven  for  the drows 
ness that came upon  his  mind in waves 
these  spells  he  wa 
wakened  by  the  stoppage  of  the  cab 
and.  getting  down,  found  himself 
quite a country road, the last lamp of the 
suburb shining some  way below, and the 
high walls of  a garden  rising before him 
in the  dark.  The  Lodge  (as  the  place 
was  named)  stood,  indeed, very solitary. 
To the south it adjoined  another  house, 
but standing in so large a garden as to be 
well out of  cry;  on all  other  sides  open 
fields  stretched  away.  The effect of  se­
clusion was aided by the  great  height of 
the  garden  walls,  which  were,  indeed, 
conventual,  and, as  John  had  tested  in 
former days, defied  the  climbing school­
boy.  The’  lamp  of  the  cab  threw  a 
gleam upon the  door  and  the  not  bril­
liant handle of  the  hell.
“Shall I  ring  for  ye ?”  said  the  cab­
man, who had descended from  his  perch 
and was slapping his  chest, for the night 
was hitter.
“I wish  you  would,” said  John,  put­
ting his hand to his brow in one of His ac­
cesses of  giddiness.
The man pulled at the  handle,  and the 
clanking of  the hell replied from  further 
in the garden;  twice and thrice he did it, 
with  sufficient  intervals;  in  the  great, 
frosty  silence of  the  night,  the  sounds 
fell sharp and small.
“Does he expect ye?”  asked the driver, 
with  that  manner  of  familiar  interest 
that well became his  port-wine face; and 
when John had told him no, “Well, then,” 
said  the  cabman, “if  ye’ll  tak’  my  ad­
vice  of  it,  we’ll  just  gang  back.  And 
that’s  disinterested,  mind  ye,  for  my 
stables are in the Glesgie road.”
“The servants  must  hear,” said John. 
“Hout-!”  said the  driver.  “He  keeps 
no servants here, man.  They’re a’ in the 
town house;  I drive him often;  it s a just 
a kind of  a hermitage this.”
“Give me the bell,” said  John;  and he 
pulled at it like a man desperate.
The clamor  had  not  yet  subsided  be­
fore  they heard  steps  upon  the  gravel 
and a voice of  singularly  nervous  irrita­
bility cried  to  them  through  the  door, 
“Who are  you,  and what do  you want ?” 
“Alan,”  said  John,  “it’s  me—it’s 
Fatty—John, you  know. 
I’m  just  come 
home, and I’ve  come  to  stay with  you 
There was  no  reply for a moment, and 
then the door was opened.
“Get  the  portmanteau  down,”  said 
John to the driver.
“Do nothing of  the  kind,”  said  Alan, 
and  then  to John,  “Come  in  here a mo­
ment. 
John entered the garden,  and  the  door 
was closed behind  him.  A candle  stood 
on  the  gravel  walk,  winking a little in 
the  draughts;  it threw  inconstant  spar­
kles  on  the  clumped  holly,  struck  the

The Proudfoots  must  be  rich,  for 

I want to speak to  you.”

“Understand  me,” 

From  one  of 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,1888.

THE  FIRE  TAX.

A  good  deal  is said  these days  about 
the tariff  tax, the  land  tax,  the  personal 
tax,  etc.,  but  nothing is heard  about  the 
enormous fire tax to which the people are 
compelled  to  submit.  While this  tax  is 
not  wholly  without  cause,  there  is  no 
reason  why the  amount  should  not  be 
largely  decreased, if  the expenses of  do­
ing  an  insurance  business  can  be  cur­
tailed  and  the  losses  largely  prevented 
by  the  adoption  of  proper  safeguard 
against fire.

Striking  an  average  from  the  reports 
of  the stock  fire insurance  companies, it 
appears  that  for every dollar’s  worth  of 
insurance  the  policy  holder  pays  100 
cents—that  15  cents  of  this  amount  is 
retained  by the  local  and general  agent 
for  commission and  that 25 cents  is used 
to  meet  current  expenses,  such  as  rent, 
salaries, legal fees, printing,  advertising, 
etc. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  only 60 
per cent,  of the money paid by the policy 
holders  can  come  back  to  him  in  the 
shape of  indemnity for  loss  by fire—and 
out of  this percentage the  companies are 
frequently  able  to  pay  very  respectable 
dividends.

In inaugurating an insurance  company 
of their own, the  business men of  Michi­
gan  confidently expect  to be  able to  cut 
the percentages above referred to squarely 
in  two.  The  expenses  of  the  Boston 
Manufacturers’ Mutual, carrying $80,000, 
000 of  insurance, are  only 2  per  cent, of 
the premium  receipts—in fact, the  inter 
est on the premium  receipts pays the  ex 
penses.  Even  in  a  comparatively small 
company, like  the one  now in process  of 
formation,  the expenses  ought not to ex 
eeed  15 per  cent.  The  commission  ac 
count would  be done  away  with,  unles; 
the  company  decided  to  give  each  local 
B. M. A. 5 per cent,  of  the receipts from 
the  town where  the  Association  is  lo 
rated. 
Such  an  arrangement  would 
stimulate  B. M. A. members to insure  in 
their  own  company,  and  it  would  also 
serve  as  a recognition of  the  element  to 
which the  company  owed its  existence. 
Such  commissions  would  enable  the 
associations to prosecute their work with 
greater vigor  and thus  result to the  last­
ing benefit of all concerned.

It  being taken  for  granted,  then,  that 
the  above  items of  expense can  be  cur­
tailed, what  can be done in the  direction 
of  lessening  the fire  losses?  A number 
of  the Eastern companies  have been able 
to  reduce  the fire loss  to  less  than one- 
tenth of  the policy receipts.  Such being 
the case, there would  seem to  be  no rea­
son  why  the  amount  ordinarily  figured 
for  indemnity should  not be cut  from 50 
to  25  per  cent.  The  percentages of  the 
proposed  company  would  then  stand 
about as follows:
Expenses...............................................  15 per cent.
Com m issions........................................  C5 
Losses....................................................   25 
Dividends to stockholders................... 10 
55 

T o ta l.................  

Leaving a  balance of  45  per cent,  of  the 
premium  receipts to be  returned  to  the 
policy holders.

The plan is certainly worth a fair trial.

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A  LIFE  AND  DEATH  STRUGGLE.
The trial of  Mr. Parnell  and the other 
members of  the Home Rule delegation in 
Parliament  before a special  Commission 
proceeds  so  slowly that  good  judges of 
the  law’s  delays  think  it  will not be at 
an  end  before  next  spring. 
It now ap­
pears  that  the  Tory  government  have 
reached the conclusion that  their  politi­
cal fortunes  are  bound up with those of 
the Times, as  Sir  Richard  Webster,  the 
Attorney-General,  appears  in  court  as 
counsel for Mr. Walter.  The role of  the 
prosecution  is  now to  treat  the  alleged 
“Parnell Letters” as a secondary matter, 
and to offer to prove the  charges of  their 
omnibus indictment by evidence quite in­
dependent of  them.  But  this  will  not 
do.  The reason for appointing  the Com 
mission  was  found  in  the  fact that the 
Times  professed  to  have  documentary 
evidence against Mr. Parnell wThich went 
to prove him unworthy of  his seat in the 
House  of  Commons. 
It  will  not  serve 
the purpose to rake up  all  the  evidence 
of  technical  illegality  which  may  be 
found  in  the  archives of  Dublin  Castle 
and  the  records  of 
the  Irish  Court 
Whatever  the  Commission  may  think 
that  is  an  evasion of  the  true issue, as 
much as  when  the  Times kindly offered 
the  Commission  its  valuable services in 
pursuing an informal investigation of  its 
own charges,  and  was  ordered  peremp­
torily 
the  prosecu 
tor.  And  in  that  instance  the Commis 
sion  showed  some  willingness  to  take 
that view of  the  case which  commended 
itself to the English  love of fair play.

appear 

There  is a  very general  feeling in En­
gland that the result of  the investigation 
will affect very gravely the political situ-

as 

to 

ation.  Mr.  Parnell  has  prepared  the 
way  for  that  by  declaring  his readiness 
to  abandon  public  life if  he  cannot dis­
prove  the  charges  made  by  the  Times. 
The  people  accept  this  as  a  challenge 
from  him  to  the  Tories  for  a  life-aud- 
death struggle,  and  they will understand 
Sir Richard Webster’s  appearance in  the 
case  as the  acceptance of  his  challenge. 
Of  course, there is  no  immediate  way of 
forcing  a  ministry  with  a  majority  to 
resign or  go  to the  country  in a general 
election.  But  there  are  many indirect 
ways of  reaching  that result, and  one  is 
the weakening of  the hold of a discredit­
ed  ministry upon its own  followers, who 
then press all sorts of private fads which 
lead to  damaging  defeats.  Lord  Salis­
bury will come out of this struggle either 
more  able  to  put  off  the  day  of  Home 
Rule, or  so discredited  before the  public 
that  his  overthrow will  be a question  of 
months, not of years.

It is observed that the two wings of the 
old  Liberal  party are  farther  apart than 
ever.  There  is  no  further  talk of  con­
ferences  to  reconcile  Lord  Hartington 
and  Mr.  Chamberlain  with  Mr.  Glad­
stone.  The  Unionists  have  ceased to 
proclaim  in their  speeches that  they  are 
“as good  Liberals as  ever.”  They  have 
drawn  distinctly  nearer  to  their  Tory 
allies,  and  farther away  from  their  for­
mer associates.  Mr.  Labouchere,  a  Rad­
ical  Home  Ruler, protests  against  com­
paring  Mr.  Chamberlain,  a  Radical 
Unionist, to Judas Iscariot, on the ground 
that  it is  unfair  to  Judas.  On  neither 
side  is  there any exhibition  of  concilia­
tory  temper,  or any other open  sign of  a 
hope  that  differences  may be  smoothed 
over and common ground reached.

One  good  effect of  the  trouble  raised 
by the Times will be to impress upon the 
Home  Rule  party the  responsibility  of 
their position. 
It  has  been  among  the 
curses  that  alien  rule  has  inflicted  on 
Ireland  that  the  popular leaders,  being 
hopelessly in opposition  with  no  chance 
of  having to take  office,  have  not  been 
curbed in their  speech by the  possibility 
that they may not be  expected to live up 
to the things they say.  This  vice of  the 
situation has made  them  incline to over­
statement to an extent  which in England 
or America is true  only of  small parties. 
And it has  made them  tolerant of  small 
local fanatics, who  had  nothing to com­
mend them but an  intemperate  zeal. 
It 
is upon these things that  the  enemies of 
the Home Rule cause now lay hold to dis­
credit  it  before  the  English  people, 
although they are an indirect but natural 
result of  the refusal of  Home Rule.  But 
the chances of  the English people taking 
up the Home Rule cause has  given  them 
reason  for  much  greater  watchfulness 
over their words  and  actions  than  they 
thought necessary in the earlier  years of 
the struggle.  Hence the apparent incon­
sistency  of  Mr.  Parnell’s  course,  on 
which Sir Richard  Webster  commented. 
While he  lay in  Kilmainham  jail, by or­
der of  Mr.  Gladstone’s  Secretary for Ire­
land, he  joined in a proclamation  to  the 
Irish  people  advising  them  to  pay  no 
rent until their representatives  were  set 
at  liberty.  But  when  Mr.  O’Brien  de­
vised “Plan of  Campaign”  to  coerce un­
just landlords to make further concession 
to  their  suffering  tenantry,  Mr. Parnell 
wisely refrained from expressing any ap­
proval of  that measure.

WHOLESALERS’  AIMS.

The aims sought by the members of the 
recently  organized  Michigan  Wholesale 
Grocers’ Association are as follows:

1.  To  secure  the  prevention  of  loss 
through bad  debts  and  dishonest  or in­
competent debtors, by a system of report­
ing similar to  that  in  use  by the  Mich­
igan Business Men’s Association.
2.  To  secure  the  enforcement  of  all 
agreements made on contract goods.
3.  To secure a margin  on  sugar  suffi­
cient to cover  the  expense of  selling the 
staple.
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   sees  nothing to con­
demn, but everything to commend, in the 
above aims and  will  throw the weight of 
its influence  to  make  the  Association a 
success, for  several  reasons,  as follows:
(1)  The prevention  of  delinquency on 
the part of merchants means lower prices 
for th|)se merchants who do pay;

(2)  The  maintenance of prices on con 
tract goods on the part of  the jobber will 
aid the retailer in doing the same:

(3)  The  securing of  a  profit on  sugar 
by the  jobber will  stimulate the  retailer 
to  take the  same  course—insist  on  the 
same iron-clad  agreement with the jobber 
that the jobber has with the refiner.

Frankly,  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   favors  this 
action of the  jobbers,  for the reason that 
it will afford  the retailers an opportunity 
to  make  their  own  organizations  more 
effective,  by  enabling  them  to  obtain 
concessions  they  could  not  secure  for 
themselves.

Purely Personal.

Geo. J.  Stephenson, the  Bangor  drug­

gist,  was in town over Sunday.

H.  D. Purdy,  the  Fennville  druggist, 
contemplates  spending  the  winter  in 
Florida.

G.  II. Carpenter,  of  the hardware  firm 
of  H. C.  Carpenter & Sou, at  Woodland, 
is in town for a day or two.

Mr. Murphy,  of  the  drug  firm of  Ain- 
berg  &  Murphy,  Battle  Creek,  was  in 
town over Sunday.  He  was  shown  the 
sights by Yankee Crawford.

Geo. P.  Gifford, Jr.,  the  future  Mayor 
of  Grand  Crossing,  is seriously consider­
ing  the  idea  of  entering  upon  active 
practice  as  a  canine  physician,  having 
discovered a novel method of treating the 
diseases peculiar to the dog family.

Christian  Bertsch  has  returned  from 
the shoe manufacturing centers of Massa­
chusetts, where  he  purchased a full  line 
of  goods for  the spring  trade.  He  was 
accompanied  by  Miss  Cora  S.  Griffin, of 
Haverhill, Mass., who will spend a month 
or six  weeks as the  guest of  his  family.
Harry Fairchild, not content  with hav­
ing  maimed  several  thousand people by 
the  use  of  “Henry’s  Corn  Cure,”  now 
carries liis  left  hand in a sling in conse­
quence of  being too near the  wagon load 
of  fireworks which went off  prematurely 
during the Democratic demonstration last 
Saturday evening.

But  for  the  heroic  conduct of  James 
II. Pelton, teamster for Hawkins & Perry, 
at the  Democratic  demonstration  Satur­
day  evening,  there  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  several  persons  killed  and 
many  more  seriously  injured.  By  the 
employment  of  great  presence  of  mind 
and keeping his runaway horses in check 
he managed to confine  the  operations of 
the exploding fireworks to comparatively 
small compass, suffering himself  the s 
pense and agony which  would  otherwise 
have been fearful.

THE  SIOUX  NEGOTIATIONS.
The negotiation with  the Sioux for the 
opening of their  Dakota reservation hav­
ing  been  transferred  to Washington  by 
the  visit of  their  chiefs, extended  con­
ferences have been held with the President 
and the Secretary  of  the Interior.  They 
ended, however, in the refusal of the chiefs 
to accept either the offer of Congress,or the 
more liberal offers proposed by the Presi­
dent  and  Secretary. 
In  particular  they 
demanded 81.25 an acre for  the land (the 
portion not taken up “in severalty” ), and 
desired immediate payment.

Upon  this question of  price,  there  are 
some  considerations  on  both  sides.  As 
the  Government  price  for  land  is  81.25 
an  acre, the  Indians’  demand  for  that 
seems  at  first  glance  not  unreasonable.
But as a matter of fact there are  parts of 
the reservation  not good  for either  agri­
culture or grazing,  and  these will not  be 
taken  up—certainly not  for  a long  time 
to  come—by  any  one.  Of  course,  the 
Indians,  in  the  allotment  to  them  will 
expect and are entitled to good land,  and 
thus  the  poorer  and  less desirable  por­
tions will be left the Government.

Gripsack Brigade.

L. R. Cessna, formerly on  the 
S. A. Welling, has opened a drug 
Kalamo.

road for 
store at

Frank E. Chase  is  authority  on  baby 
If  you  don’t  believe  it.  as! 

cradles. 
him about it.

E. W.  Garretson has taken the position 
of  assistant  book-keeper  for  Lemon 
Hoops & Peters.

M. J. Keeler,  representing  II. L.  Pratt 
& Co.,  the  Binghamton  cigar  manufac 
turers, ivas in town  last  Wednesday and 
placed  the  agency of  the B. M. A. 
in the hands of  the Telfer Spice Co.

W.  K. Walker has resigned his position 
as traveling salesman for Parke, Davis <! 
Co. to devote  his  entire  attention to hi 
drug business at Lansing.  Mr. Walker’ 
face  has  come to be a familiar  one writh 
Michigan  druggists  and  his withdrawal 
from the road will be generally regretted

Just  About  the Same  in  America.
An  English  drug  clerk,  in a letter to 

the Pharmaceutical Journal,  say
“For my own part, I wras most certainly 
not  taught  my business  during  appren 
ticeship.  There  were six  apprentices of 
Naturally enough, behind  the  opposi­
us.  Another  and  myself  (the  two jun­
tion to every proposal for the sale of  the 
iors)  are  the  only  two wTho  have  since 
qualified,  and  of  those  who  completed 
lands  there  lies  the  reluctance  of  the 
their apprenticeship previously there ar 
chiefs  to  have  severalty  tenure  substi­
none qualified, so one must conclude that 
tuted for the  present  tenure in common, 
there must have been  some  fault  on the 
part of  the  proprietor,  especially  wlien 
as the Dawes law provides.  That change i 
I tell  you that  the  only time while there 
would  very much  weaken  the  power of 
that I saw  suppositories  dispensed  they 
the  chiefs  over  the  members  of  the 
wTere sent out in the form of  pill
tribes, by securing to  the  latter a degree 
I had plenty of  rough work and duty
of  personal  liberty which  never can ex- j too;  such as bottle washing, filling castor 
ist in a community burdened  with  laud-  °'l an<^ 
°^» Hiixing paints, etc., none
| of  which I regret, but only complain that 
communism. 
In  some  way  it  must  be 
I received  no  instruction  whatever,  and
managed to  make  the  emergence of  the 
that it was  utterly impossible for  me  to 
learn my  business  from  the  opportun 
individual  Indian  from  that  condition 
ties afforded me.
independent of  the  consent of  the  tribe.
We cannot but sympathize with the firm­
myself  in board and lodging.”
ness of  the chiefs  who  stand out, yet no j 
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intelligent  friend  of  the  Indian  doubts  Grocers  wanting  good  cheese  should 
that  the  tribal  tenure must give way to  order  from I.  B.  Smith  &  Sooy, proprie- 
individual  "holding, and  that  in  Dakota  tors  of  the  Wayland  Cheese  Factory, 
267
this must come very soon. 

“I  paid  no  premium, but  had  to find 

' Wayland.  Satisfaction guaranteed. 

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

II.  Leonard & Sons  are  sending out an 
llustrated  Christmas  catalogue  to their 
patrons.

Wm.  Steady  succeeds  W.  F.  Chapman 
the crockery  and  notion  business  on 

South Division street.

J.  F. Eartliman has  opened 
store at Mulliken.  The  stock 
chased at this market.

\   g ro c e ry  
w as  p u r-

The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
o., has increased its paid-in capital  from 
$100,000  to  8150,000.

Williams Bros,  have  re-engaged  in the 
grocery business  at  Kalamazoo.  OIney, 
Shields & Co. furnished the stock.

McAuley  &  Co. have  engaged  in  the 
rocery  business  at  Edgerton.  Lemon, 
Hoops & Peters furnished the stock.

The Steele Packing & Provision Co. has 
arranged to open a retail  market  in  the 
McMullen  block,  on  South  Division 
treet. 
Foster,  Stevens & Co.  are  putting up a 
new  hardware  stock for  H. C. Carpenter 
&  Son,  who  are  about  engaging in  that 
business at Woodland.

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Amos S. Musselman  &  Co.  have  sold 
the Crane & Son grocery  stock  to  Chas. 
Smelcer,  late  of  White  Cloud,  who  will 
continue the business at the  old location.
The report  that  W.  II.  Tibbs  contem­
plates removing his drug  stock  from his 
present  location  on  Monroe  street  to 
South  Division  street  is  denied by that 
gentleman.

Geo. Van Riper, the Muskegon  grocer, 
uttered  two  mortgages  last  Thursday, 
one to his father for $600  and  the  other 
for  the  same  amount  to  John  Alberts. 
On  the  day following  Hawkins & Perry 
attached the stock on a claim for $400.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Dorr—F. Weinmann has opened a meat 

market.

Olivet—C.  II. Mead  succeeds  Mead  & 
orey in the drug business.
Muskegon—Edwin Allen succeeds Allen 
fos. in the jewelry business.
Plainwell—M. Eldred & Son  have pur­

chased the Masson meat market.

Bellevue—David  Brackett  succeeds R. 

B.  Holden in the grocery  business.

Kalamazoo—Welsh  &  Russel  succeed 

E.  A. Welsh  in the grocery business.

Lansing  —  W.  K.  . Walker  succeeds 

Walker & Hewitt in the drug business.

Flint—Joseph  Taylor  succeeds  Jones 
Bros,  in the book andstationery business.
Marshall—M.  II.  Frink succeeds Smith 

& Frink in  the  merchant  tailoring  In 
ness.
Hastings—Houghtaling  &  Lichty  are 
losing  out their  dry goods and  grocery 
dock.
Battle  Creek—L.  W.  Robinson  &  Son 
uceeed I).  R. Griswold in  the  dry good! 
business.

Deckerville—I).  R. Brown  succeeds M 
J.  Claggett  in  the  general  merchandis« 
business.

Muskegon—II.  J.  Footlander  succeed: 
Footlander  & Webb  in  the  hat  and  cap 
business.

St.  Johns—McDonald  &  Steel suceeei 
McDonald & Travis in the  drug  and sta 
tionery business.

Muskegon—F. Meuller  has  bought  the 
jewelry stock formerly owned by the late 
Geo. B.  Shadbolt.

Hudson—G.  J.  Perkins  &  Co. succeed 
Upton  &  Perkins  in  the  clothing  and 
boot and shoe business.

Muskegon—Carpenter  &  Curtis  hav 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  John 
Besquet at 55 Pine street.

Muskegon—R.  S.  Miner has bought the 
store adjoining his grocery establishment 
and will occupy the same with a clothing 
stock.

Detroit—W.  G.  Wirnans  has  sold  out 
his  business  and  removed to  Hillsdale 
where he has bought out a dry goods firm 
and continues the business.

Middleville—Severance & Rich are now 
pleasantly settled in  their  new  quarter 
in  the  Parker  block.  Dr.  Hanlon  will 
occupy  the  vacated  store  with  a  drug 
stock.

Sunfield—H. C.  Carpenter  & Son  hav 
sold  a  half  interest  in  their  hardware 
stock  to  John  II.  Hammond.  The  new 
firm will  be known  as Carpenter & Ham 
mond.

STRAY FACTS.

Muskegon—Shoenfield  &  Clark’s  ; 

eery  store  has  been  closed  on  chattel 
mortgage.

Kalkaska—S.  R.  Haynes  voluntarily 
closed  his  grocery  store  on  the  27th 
Liabilities and  assets,  unknown.

Detroit—The capital stock of the Mich 
igan  Radiator  and  Iron  Mauufacturin 
Co.  has  been  increased  from  $80,000 to
$125,000. 

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MANUFACTURING MATTERS. 

Muskegon—J.  S.  Mernam  succeed 
Hitchcock & Mernam  in  the shingle  mill 
business.

Mastadon—McIntyre  &  Co. have  sold 
their sawmill to the  Girard  Lumber Co, 
of  Menominee.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—H. M.  Dunning  ha 
sold  his  interest in the Dunning  Furni 
ture  Co.  to  Jacob  Yanderliook  and 
turned to Allegan.

Battle Creek—J. M.  Stowe  has  opened 
glove  and  mitten  factory,  with  cigar 
tand in connection.
Muskegon—Jungen  &  Fink  have  en- 
aged in the manufacture of  cigars  at 28 
West Western avenue.  Their brands are 
Bonanza,”  “Mascot”  and  “Muskegon 
lub.”
Eastmanville—Daniel B. Porter has re­
tired from the Grand  River  Wood Pack­
age Co.  The  business  will be continued 
by  the  remaining  partner,  Ii.  B.  Cobb, 
under the same style.

East  Saginaw—The  Loveland  Trans- 
lortation  Co.  has  been  formed,  with  a 
apital stock of  850,000.  The incorpora­
tors are  Ralph  A. Loveland,  R.  H.  Roys 
and  Douglas L. White, this city;  Temple 
Emery, H.  A. Emery, James Reed, W. D. 
foung  and  C.  E. Young,  of  Bay  City. 
The  company  will  engage  in  handling 
umber and logs on the lakes.
Detroit—The  Champion  Lumber  Co. 
has filed  articles of  association  with the 
county  clerk. 
It  is  organized  for  the 
purchase of  timber  and  manufacture of 
lumber in Marion  county, Miss.,  and  has 
capital  stock of  $60,000, of  which $31,- 
000 has been paid  in.  The incorporators 
are  Henry S.  Sweet,  holding  633 shares; 
Everett  E.  Orvis,  410,  and  Theodore 
hum.  197.

J.H.TH0M P S 0N  & CO.

Wholesale  Grocers,

SOLE OWNERS OF

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59  Jefferson Ave.

i s i i l B s d

Didn't  Like  Him.

“I  never  liked  that  man,”  said  the 
hoemaker.  “and  nothing  could  induce 
me to vote for him.”

But  you  must  remember  he  fought 
bravely for his  country in the late war,” 
petitioned the ward politician.
That  may be  all  very true,”  replied 
the son of  Crispin,  “but  you  must recol­
lect  it  is  hard  for me to support a man 
with a pair of  wooden legs.”

T H li;

Has fine location  in the verv heart of the city, facing the Detroit Opera House ami City Hall. 
It is 
convenient for all places of business and amusement and has all the latest  modern  improvements, 
including  elevator,  steam  heat,  running  water,  electric  call  bells,  fire alarms, gas and electric 
lights, etc.  Rates, #3.50 and #3  per day.

J O H N   O .  P T A . N K ,   P r o p r i e t o r ,

Of Plank's Grand Hotel, Island of Mackinac.

B E L K N A P

Wagon and Sleigh Go,,

M anufacturers of

Spring,  Freight,  Express, 

Lumber  and  Farm

W A G O N S

LOGGING  CARTS  AND  TRUCKS, 

MILL  AND  DUMP  CARTS. 

LUMBERMEN’S  AND 

RIVER  TOOLS.

We carry a large  stock  of  material  and  have 
every facility for making  first  class  Wagons of 
all kinds.
^ p “ Special  attention  given 
to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids

FOK  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

advertisem ents will be inserted  u nder  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  an d   one cent a 
ord  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

FOR SALE.

one  of  th e   best  pieces  of  business  p roperty  in 
central  M ichigan;  will  be  sold  exceedingly  cheap. 
Address Thos. Gordon, jr. Assignee, Howell,  Mich.  310

w all paper.  Location, A  1, in county seat.  Only 
those  m eaning  business  need  apply,  Address  D  W, 
are Tradesm an. 

F o r   s a l e —t h e   c it y   m il l s, a t  h o w e l l .  m ic h . ;
Fo r   s a l e —d e s ir a b l e   s t o c k   o f   d r u g s  a n d
Fo r   s a l e —o u r   r e t a il   s t o c k   o f   g r o c e r ie s
17H3R SALE—TWO  GOOD,  SECOND-HAND  RE-SAWS; 

a t 110 Manroe street, G rand Rapids.  Goods are all 
new.  The stand is  in   th e  best  location  in  tow n  and 
be leased.  Bemis Bros. 

.  36-inch wheel band  saw;  knife  grinder;  m ortiser; 
ip saw table, e tc .;  also  full  line  of  new  m achinery. 
F. B. W iggins & Co., M achinery  Depot,  E ast  Saginaw, 
Mich. 

309

807

301

building on a  frequented  corner.  Good  room s  above 

F o r   s a l e   o r   r e n t —a   d e s ir a b l e   l o c a t io n  

fo r a  druggist o r a  physician, o r both.  New brick 
fo r residence purposes.  The location is a  good one also 
fo r a   grocery business, and an adjoining store could be 
ren ted  w ith  it fo r th is purpose.  Terms  reasonable for 
a  desirable ten an t, o r will sell a t a  b arg ain   fo r cash or 
its equivalent o r tak e a  choice farm   in  p a rt  paym ent. 
The pro p erty  will retu rn  a  revenue  of  91.500  to  $2,000 
p er  annum .  Address  Jam es  A.  Jones,  B utler  Block, 
D etroit, Mich. 

F o r   s a l e —a   c l e a n ,  w e l l -a s s o r t e d   s t o c k   o f

general hardw are, stoves and tinw are.  Tin shop 
in connection.  W ill inventory about $6,000.  Located 
centrally and one o f th e  best points fo r  reta il business 
in th e city.  Good reasons fo r  selling.  Address  Hard- 

299

are, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

300

care M ichigan T radesm an. 

change for stock in any good in stitu tio n .  Address 286, 

th e  m ost p leasan t streets “ on  th e  hill.”  W ill ex­

F o r   s a l e —g o o d   r e s id e n c e   l o t   o n   o n e   o f  
Fo r  s a l e —o n e   9x24  r o w n d s ’  s e c t io n a l   r o l l -

e r m ill, w ith elevators and scalpers com plete; one 
W ebster b ran  duster;  one OO Geo.  T.  Sm ith  purifier. 
The above m achines a re all in good condition.  Enquire 
of owner, D. C. B riggs, N orth Branch, Mich. 

__________________286

277

e s t a b -
lish ed in   one  of  th e   liveliest  and  best  business 
towns in th e  State.  P ro p rieto r’s  h e a lth   failing. 
In ­
voice about $1,400.  Now  is th e tim e to  buy fo r fall and 
holiday trade.  Address A B C  office  of th is p aper. 272

F o r   s a l e - b a z a a r   b u s in e s s ,  w e l l  
IX)R  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY,  DRY  GOODS  AND 

’  C rockery stock, situ ated  in a   railw ay  tow n,  w ith 
good line  of  custom ers.  Stock  will  inventory  ab o u t 
$2,000.  W ill tak e p a rt cash and balance on  tim e.  Ad­
dress A. S. M usselman & Co., G rand Rapids, 

I7 0 R  SALE—DRUG  FIXTURES  AND  SMALL  STOCK 

of drugs.  Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford.  258

26o

. 

"ITT"ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  DRUG  STOCK  IN  A 
V? 
live N orthern  town  doing  good  business for a 
dru g  stock in G rand R apids o r  vicinity.  Address  Dr. 
A. Hanlon Middleville,  Mich. 
308
TTrANTED—SITUATION  BY  EXPERIENCED  PHAR- 
VV  m acist.  Speaks Holland.  Registered  by exam i­
n atio n  .  Best of references.  Address  Box  153, Morley 
802
Mich. 
W ANTED—ENGINE  AND  BOILER  CHEAP.  LAW­
305
TT7"ANTED—SITUATION ON THE  ROAD  BY  MAN  OF 
VV 
six  y ears’  experience.  Best of  reference.  Ad­
dress  J. E.  F.  care M ichigan  Tradesm an 
293
TTTANTED—a   LIVE,  ENERGETIC  MAN  WHO  IS SO- 
VV  b er and honest, to  consolidate  grocery o r gener­
al stocks w ith m e, in a  No. 1  location, w here a  trad e of 
$20,000 a  y ear can be done.  Don’t  w rite unless  you are 
all  rig h t  and  m ean  business.  Address  Lock Box 129, 
Collins, Mich. 

RENCE  MORITZ. Aarwood. 

WANTED—SALE8MEN  TO  SELL  OUR  CHOICE  VA- 

rieties of nu rsery  stock, eith er on salary or com­
m ission.  P erm anent  em ploym ent  to  successful m en 
Address,  w ith references, May  B rothers,  Nurserym en, 
R ochester, N. Y. 

WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

th is  paper  to   give  th e  Sutliff  coupon system  a 
tria l.  I t w ill abolish y o u r pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all your book-keeping, in m any instances save yon th e 
expense of one clerk, will b rin g   yo u r business  down to 
a   cash basis and  save  you  all  th e   w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith th e  pass-book plan.  S ta rt th e 1st 
of th e m onth w ith th e new  system  and  you  will never 
reg re t it.  H aving  tw o kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  th is  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N g f. 

WANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 

samples..  E. A. Stowe & Bro., G rand Rapids. 

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275

214

278

MISCELLANEOUS.

Dr u g  s t o r e s a n d  m e d ic a l   p r a c t ic e s  b o u g h t

and  sold.  P artn ersh ip s  arranged.  A ssistants 
and substitutes  provided.  P articu lars  free.  Address 
“The Medical T ransfer Bureau,” Lynn, Mass. 
A  20-ACRE  FRUIT  FARM  NEAR  BENTON  HARBOR, 
-ljl  handy to  Chicage m ark et, will  sell  o r  exchange 
fo r Grand  Rapids  real estate  w orth  $1,200.  Address 
Dr. W. Ryno, Coloma, Mich. 

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303

K A A   IN  CASH  OR  GOOD  PAPER  WILL  SE- 
cure  a   th riv in g   h ardw are  business 
w ithout com petition in M eredith.  Address Lock Draw­
e r 25,  E vart, Mich.______________________________ 284
£TtH  o n n   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BÜSI- 
ness pay in g  100  p e r  cent.  Best  of  rea­
sons 7 fo r  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace,  I 
Mcih. 

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P.  S T F.K FiT K F . &  SO N S,
D ry   Goods I N otions,
88 Monroe  St. X 10,12,14.16  X 18  Fountain St..

JOBBERS  IN

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Na t iv e   C o f f e e  P i c k e r s  r

T H E   FINEST  CROW N.

SEAL BRAND  COFFEE, surpassing all  others
in  its  richness  and  delicacy of flavor.  Justly called  The  Aristocratic 
Coffee  of  Am erica.  Always packed  whole roasted (unground) in 2 lb. 
air-tight tin cans.
A t i t t c i  
a  skilful blending of strong, fla-
| y j \  ( J  ^  f t   I M T i  n l i f i  1m JkJ  vory  and  aromatic  high  grade 
coffees.  W arranted not to contain a single Rio bean, and guaranteed to 
suit your taste  as  no  other  coffee  will,  at  a  moderate  price.  Always 
packed whole roasted (unground), in 1 lb. air-tight  parchment packages.
r n T * O n i  1 N '1.» i i r i   We are exclusively an importing house, selling
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opportunity of testing  our  famous  coffee before  buying,  we  will, upon 
receipt of 6 cents  in  stamps  to cover the cost of can and postage, send 
fre e  b y  m a il a  1 -4  p o u n d  o f Seal B ra n d  Coffee.  Address

T J T  

CHASE  &  SANBORN, 

BROAD  ST.,  BOSTON,  MASS.

W e s t e r n   D e p a r t m e n t ,

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ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.

Michigan  Business  Men’s Association. 

President—F rank W ells, L ansing.
F irst Vice-President—H. Cham bers. Cheboygan.
Second V ice-President—C. Strong, K alam azoo. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Board—President; C. L. W hitney, M uskegon; 
F rank  H am ilton, Traverse C ity;  K. B. Blain, Low ell; 
Chas. T. Bridgm an, Flint;  H iram   DeLano,  Allegan; 
Secretary.
Com m ittee  on  Insurance—Geo.  B.  Caldwell,  G reen­
ville:  W .S. Powers, Nashville:  Oren  Stone, Flint. 
Com m ittee on Legislation—S.  E.  P ark ill,  Owosso;  H.
A. H ydom , G rand R apids;  H. H. Pope, A llegan. 
Com m ittee on Trade Interests—Sm ith Barnes, Traverse 
C ity:  Geo. R. Hoyt, E ast Saginaw ;  H. B. Fargo, Mus­
kegon.
Com m ittee on T ransportation—Jam es Osborn,Owosso: 
O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rapids;  C.  F.  Bock,  B attle 
Creek.
Com m ittee on Building and Loan A ssociations—Chaun- 
cey Strong, K alam azoo; W ill Em m ert, E aton R apids; 
W. E. Crotty, Lansing,

Local Secretary—P. J. Connell,  M uskegeu,
Official Organ—Te e  Mic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n .

The following  auxiliary associations  are op­
erating u n d er  charters  gran ted   by th e Michi­
gan Business Men’s A ssociation:

No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. 
P resident, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.

P resident, X. B. Blain : Secretary, F rank T. King.

No. 2—Cowell B. M. A.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. 

President. H. S. C hurch; S ecretary, W m. Jo rn.
No. 4—Grand Bapids  M,  A. 
President, E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No.  5—Muskegon B. M. A. 
President, H. B. F argo; Secretary, W in. Peer.

No. 6—Alba B. M. A. 

P resident. F. W. Sloat; S ecretary, P. T. Baldwin.

No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. 

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

P resident, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, G eo.L.Thurston.

No. 8—East port B. M. A.
No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A. 

President, H. M. M arshall ; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. lO—Harbor Springs B. M. A. 
President, W . J. Clark; Secretary; A. L. Thompson.

No. 11—Kingsley B. M. A. 
P resident, H. P. W hipple; Secretary,_______
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. 
No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. 

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

President, H. B. S turtevant;  S ecretary, W.  J. Austin.

No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. 
P resident, S. A. Howey; S ecretary, G. C. Havens.
President. R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

No. 13—Boyne City B. M. A. 
No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. 
P resident. J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plain well B. M. A. 
President, E. A.  Owen, S ecretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—Owosso B. M, A. 

President, H. W. P ark er; Secretary, S. Lam from .

No.  19—Ada B. M. A. 

President, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

President, John F. H enry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.

No. 20—Sangatuck B. M. A. 
No. 21—Way land B. M. A. 

President, C. H. W harton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. A. 
No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. 

Persident, A. B. Schnm aeher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

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

No. 24—Morley B. M. A.

President, J. E. Thurkow ;  S ecretary, W. H. Richmond.

No. 25—Palo B. M. A.

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

No. 26—Greenville 1JS. M. A. 

President. S. R. Stevens ; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.

President, E. S. Boteford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.

No. 27—Dorr B. M.  A. 

P resident, A. G. A very;  Secretary, E. S. H onghtaling.

President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.

President, Fred S. F rost;  Secretary, H. 6 . Dozer.

No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A 
No. 29—Freeport B. M. A.
No. 30—Oceana B. M. A.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. 
No. 32—C oopersville B. M. A. 
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. 

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

P resident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. W atson.

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

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. W illiams.

No. 34—Saranac B. M. A. 
No. 35—Bellaire B. 31. A.
No. 36—Ithaca  1!.  M. Ä.

President, H. M. H em street; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

P resident, O. F. Jackson:  Secretary, Jo h n   M. Everden.

N o . 3 7 —B a t t l e  C r e e k   B .  31. A . 

P resident,  Chas. F. Bock:  Secretary,  E. W. Moore.

P resident. H. E. Symons : Secretary, D. W. Higgins

N o . 3 8 —S c o t tv i ll e   B .  M . A . 
No. 39—Burr Oak B. 31. A. 

P resident, W. S. W ilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.

President, C. T. H art s on:  Secretary, W ill Em m ert.

No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. 
No. 41—Breckenridge  B. M. A. 

President. W. O. W atson: Secretary, C.  E. Scudder.

President, Jos. G erber;  S ecretary  C. J. Rathbnn.

No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. 
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. 

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

President, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Sm ith.

No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. 
N o . 4 5 —H o y t v i l l e   B. M. A.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. 
No.  47—Flint  M.  C. 

President, D. E. H allenbeck; Secretary, O. A. H alladay.
President, W m. H ntchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

President, G. R. Hoyt ; Secretary, W, H. Graham .
No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. 
P resident, Boyd Redner; Secretary. W. J. Tabor.

President,  A.  W enzell ; Secretary, F rank Smith.

No. 49—Leroy  B.  M.  A. 
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President, A. O. W heeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.

N o . 51—C e d a r   Springs  B. 31. A. 
P resident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. 

President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.

President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
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President, E. H agadorn; Secretary, E. C. Brower.

President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

President, X. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.

President F. S. Raym ond : S ecretary, P. S. Swarts.
No. 60—South Boardman B. 31. A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. X eihardt.

P resident, Thomas B. b u tch er;  Secretary, C. B. W aller.

President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

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President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary,  C has, H. Sm ith.

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President. Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C- S. Blom.

President. F rank W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

President. Geo. P arsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall,________

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President, A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. YanOstrand.

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P resident. H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 3. Powers,________

President, M. X etzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clutterbnck.

N o . 7 0 —N a sh v ille  B. M. A ,
N o.  7 1 —A sh le y   B .  M .  A .
No. 72—Edniore B. M. A.
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No.'74—Davison M. 1J.

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. W ebster.
President, J.  F. C artw right;  Secretary . L. Gifford.

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. R osacraus.

No. 75—Tecnmseh  B. M. A. 
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. 

President, 8. S.McCamly;  Secretary,  Channcey Strong.

Meeting  Postponed.

The  regular  semi-monthly meeting of 
the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association 
has  been  adjourned  from  this  evening 
until  to-morrow  evening,  for  reasons 
which  will be explained to the  members 
at the meeting.  As  the  business  to  be 
transacted  is  of  vital  importance,  it  is 
hoped that every member will be present.

The  Hardware  Market.

Steel  nails are  weak.  Wire  nails  are 
firm.  Rope  is  advancing.  The  lead 
market is still  weak.

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The  Traveling  Man.

From the St. Paul News.
The  average  traveling  man  is not an 
angel.  He  does  not  claim  that  rather 
ambiguous  distinction—mainly  because 
of  the  fact  that  as a performer  on  the 
harp  he  is not a vociferous  success,  and 
also because he would  much rather wear 
a silk plug hat than the finest crown ever 
turned out in the sweet bye-and-bye.  But 
he is not  as  black as he is painted—that 
goes  without  saying.  Notwithstanding 
the  obvious  dislike  cherished by ridicu­
lous  Pharisees,  and  the  fact  that  the 
clergy ticket  him  and  pass  him on as a 
“dead  tough  sport,” his  heart  is in the 
right  place  and  he figures as a distinct­
ively American institution,  that has done 
much to give  the  nation  prominence  as 
the  embodied  essence  of  get-tlierative- 
ness.  A  phrenological  analysis  of  the 
commercial  traveler  results  as follows: 
Acquisitiveness, small; generosity, large; 
amativeness,  abnormal;  ideality,  fair; 
energy,  surprising;  reverence and benev­
olence,  large;  color  and  taste,  fair;  de­
structiveness,  small;  philoprogenitive- 
ness,  large.  These  predominating qual­
ities are all  good  and  none of  them dis­
grace him.
Circumstances  and  the  life  lie  leads 
make him, like the actor, thoroughly cos­
mopolitan  and  essentially  Bohemian. 
The former is of  service  when  he comes 
in contact with so  many different  people 
to whom  he  must  betray no prejudices; 
the latter is a natural  phase  of  life, into 
which he enters with spirit.  His calling 
takes  him  away  from  his  home  and 
among  total  strangers.  Must he, there­
fore, maintain a strict reserve, and spend 
his leisure in his  room, reading  Baxter’s 
“Saints’  Rest”  or  Fox’s  “Martyrs?” 
Not  by  a  large  majority.  Not  when 
there are a few of  the  boys  in  town, or, 
in lieu of  material company, he can delve 
into  the  saccharine  fantasies of  Amelia 
Rives,  or  analyze  the  realism  of  Zola. 
The theater  holds  him  frequently.  He 
is a matchless critic, and what he has not 
seen is not worth seeing.  In a capricious 
moment  he  attends  church  some  quiet 
Sunday morning, but he  goes not to scoff 
but  to  listen.  He  knows  what  the 
preacher is talking  about;  the scriptural 
passages are all familiar  to  him,  and  he 
is quick to detect hypocrisy.
The slanderous  statement is made that 
the  traveling  man  has  a  girl  in  every 
town.  The  slander  lies not in the mere 
statement of  the fact, but  in the manner 
in which it is usually said.  A fact?  To 
be  sure.  Why  not ? 
It  merely  demon­
strates  his  regard  for  the  sex. and  the 
man who has  no  use  for  lovely woman 
has no business on earth.
A man  compliments  his  mother when 
he admires a woman. 
It is a natural law 
in physics,  but  anything  that  is natural 
in these  days  is  regarded as thoroughly 
reprehensible.  The  traveling  man is a 
lover  of  the  beautiful.  That  accounts 
for his presence invariably at every spec­
tacular  production.  He  admires  sym­
metry.  He  sees a poem  in  every curve 
of  the female  form.  What  harm ?  The 
most prudish affect a passion for the nude 
in art.  The  ballet  girl  is a thing in art 
almost  nude—a  distinction  with  an  al­
most imperceptible difference.
Unlike  his  Pharisaical  traducer,  the 
traveling man  does not  neglect his  mind 
—and he  has a large mind.  He  is up on 
current  literature  every  time,  and  can 
give  an outline of  the latest  novel.  He 
can tell  you the best  features of  current 
magazines.  He  is  a  thorough art  con­
noisseur,  with  contempt  for  established 
schools  and  systems  and  an  eye  for 
genius.  He  is  a  well-versed  political 
student  and can  discuss,  argue  and  tear 
to pieces  the most  abstruse  theories  of 
the day with ease and skill.
But that is not all.  When  there was a 
famine  in  Ireland,  it  was  the  traveling 
men  who,  with  the  actors, did  so  much 
toward  swelling  the  New  York  Herald 
relief  fund.  When  Yellow Jack  struck 
the South,  and laid siege to the beautiful 
city of  Memphis, no  class  of  men  gave 
more 
liberally  of  their  spare  change 
than  these  same  traveling  men.  Aside 
from  their  principle  contributions  they 
also  dropped  hundreds  of  dollars  in 
nickels,  dimes  and  quarters  into  the 
boxes all over New York and other cities. 
When  the  Charleston earthquakes  ended 
their  reign of  terror, the  traveling  men 
were  among  the  first  to  respond  in  a 
fitting manner.  No one ever appealed in 
vain to a traveling man for charity.  “For 
the  greatest of  these  is  charity.”  The 
traveling man is not an angel,  but angels 
could do no  more.

Analysis  of the Drummer.

C. L. B etts in New York Epoch.
It  may be  safely  stated  that  not  one 
drummer in ten likes his situation.  After 
the  novelty of  the life  wears  off. an  in­
tense loathing of  the  “road” grows upon 
him.  There  is  something utterly repug­
nant to the average  man in being obliged 
“willy-nilly,”  to  hurry  from  place  to 
place  as  if  driven  by an  antique  fury. 
To a married  man it is especially so,  and 
therefore  most  drummers are  young and 
single.
The army of  commercial travelers from 
New York city alone has been estimated at 
60,000,  and,  in  my opinion,  that is below 
the  number.  Boston, Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore are proportionally represented, 
and  there  is  scarcely a town  or  even a 
village in the East that  has  not  its  con­
tingent. 
In  no  other  country  lias  the 
drummer  such a field to cover  as in this. 
Many have a whole  continent  for  a  for­
aging ground,  and the experienced drum­
mer  thinks  no  more  of  going  to  San 
Francisco,  or  Mexico,  or  St. Paul,  than 
he does of  going to Jersey City or Brook­
lyn.  The “boys,” as they are called,  are 
known  individually  to  men  in  remote 
country districts who have never left the 
shadow of  their native  burgh.  Without 
them  many a hotel  would  close up,  and 
many a maiden  would  sigh  in  vain  for 
the “latest” New  York  fashions.  They 
have  nearly  superseded the  picturesque 
peddler of  our grandfathers’ days, for the 
“store” is everywhere and  the  drummer 
follows the store.
Drumming, too, though there are many 
indifferent specimens of its class, is a fine 
art.  To  suit  yourself  to the  humor  of 
your customer, to know when  to be  bold 
and when  to be  abashed, to  flatter deli­
cately,  to  persuade  disinterestedly,  to 
present  alluringly,  to  tickle  the  ear  of 
sour indifference with a good joke, to use 
the right word  just in the nick of time to 
gain  the wavering  mind, is a  triumph of 
diplomacy which can only be appreciated 
by  the  initiated.  A  story  is  told  of

Moore, of  the  famous  London  house  of 
Copestake,  Moore  &  Compton.  Moore, 
from  his  wonderful success  as  a  drum­
mer, was called the Napoleon of the road, 
and  such  was  the  admiration  of  his 
brother  salesmen  for  his  abilities,  that 
they used to help pack his trunks, so that 
by catching  an  early train  he  might  in­
crease  his  power of  selling.  There was 
one  man  to  whom no  one  could  sell,  a 
stiff  Quaker,  who  declared  he  would 
never  buy from a drummer.  Moore  laii 
a wager  that  he would sell  him a bill  of 
goods at his first call.  He was better than 
his word, for he sold  him the coat off  hi: 
own  back,  and  a large  bill of  'goods  a: 
well.
Everyone who wants  to  sell  anything 
at wholesale  is  obliged  to  hire a drum 
mer or be left behind  in  the  race.  The 
drummer’s  position,  then,  is  always  an 
important  one, and if  he is a good  sales 
man  he  can  command  a  high  salary 
There  are  some  men on the road to-day 
getting  higher  salaries  than  judges  on 
the  bench,  presidents  of  mercantile  so­
cieties, and by far the  larger  proportion 
of  literary men.  So exacting, in fact, are 
its conditions that to find one thorough in 
all requirements is not very easy.
There  is  no  doubt,  therefore, that  ii 
spite of  occasional  annoyances to trades­
men, the  drummer is a most useful trade 
institution.  Like death and taxes he ha 
come  to  stay,  and  never  fails to  pay u 
his  call.  His mode of  life cultivates an 
amazing 
fortitude  of  “cheek.”  The 
drummer  Simon-pure  never  “funks.” 
Good trade, bad  trade, or no  trade at all, 
he, like Horatio, takes with equal thanks. 
He may go for weeks  without a sale, and 
then  atone  for  it  all  with  grand  coup. 
Long did  the  Southern  states  put  a  ban 
of  a tax on  him.  They had  carried  pro­
tection  to  its  ultimate  conclusion.  But 
the drummer triumphed.  He evaded thf 
tax in  every possible  way.  He  fought 
them  in the  law  courts and  legislature 
and  now  the  obnoxious  decrees are  re­
scinded.  Through  his  state  societies hi 
obtained from  railway companies special 
rates  on  baggage,  ami  from  hotels  on 
board.  He  may  know  nothing  of  Plate 
and  little  of  Herbert  Spencer,  but  foi 
downright  “cuteness”  and  worldly  re­
source commend me to the  drummer.
Why  a  Man  of  Samples  Boycotted  a 

Certain  Hotel.

“I won’t put up at that  house  again,” 
said  a  well-known  traveler,  the  other 
day.  “They don’t run it  on  the  proper 
system.  They  don’t  look  of ter  their 
guests the way they should.”
As the house he  mentioned  was one of 
the most popular and best  known  hotel 
in the city, the traveler was  requested to 
give his reasons for his  determination.
“Weil, you remember I came  here last 
about the middle of  August ?”
The reporter confessed  that  he  did so 
remember.
“I put up  at  th e-----House then,  and
they  gave  me a fine room  on  the  third 
floor.  There  were  dandy windows in it, 
reaching  way  down  to  the  floor,  and 
quite  as  wide  as  the  average  double 
door. 
I  just  luxuriated  in  those  win­
dows. 
In  fact,  I  fell  asleep  in  one of 
them that  night, and, I don’t know’  how 
I came  to  do  it,  but  I  fell  out  of  my 
chair  through 
into  the 
street.”
“Fell out of  the third-story w indow ?”
“Yes, sir,  the  third-story  window. 
I 
w’akened up  just as I fell  over  the  sign 
bearing  the  hotel’s  name  that  ran  di­
rectly beneath  my window’. 
It  wras  too 
late to  stop  myself, although I clutched 
at the sign mighty hard  just  the  same.” 
“But it’s a wonder you w’eren’t killed?” 
“Well, I guess I would  have  been if  I 
hadn’t landed on an  awning  over a shop 
below.  Fortunately, the shop-keeper had 
forgottten to lift it up before going home, 
and 1 landed on that and rolled off  kinder 
easy  to  the  sidewalk. 
It was a mighty 
narrow escape, I can  tell  you, and I was 
pretty mad about it,  and the  next  morn­
ing when I got up again I went down and 
gave the proprietor fits. 
I told him then 
and there that I’d never enter his darned 
house again  unless  he’d take some steps 
to protect his  guests  against  such  fear­
ful risks.”

the  window 

•What did he say to that ?”
‘Oh,  he  got  sassy.  There's  no  use 
making  complaints  to these  hotel-keep- 
.  He said I ought to be  glad  enough 
I wasn’t  killed,  without  coming  to him 
and asking him to put slats over his win­
dows.  So I sw ore I’d  never go near him 
again under any circumstances.”

‘How’ did he take it ?”
‘f)li.  he  didn’t  seem  to  care  much. 
Said if  I would come again he'd have me 
locked  up  in  the  safe  with  other  val- 
u lbles.  Pretty fresh crowd, these  hotel- 
keepers.  He’ll leave those windows that 
way until some one  gets  killed;  but  you 
can  bet  your  bottom  dollar  ’twon’t  be 
me.  No,  sir. 
It’s  bad  enough  to  fall 
into the street  with  nothing but a night­
shirt on,  and I ain’t a going  to  run  any 
more risks.”

From  a  Chicago  Standpoint.

From  th e Am erican A rtisan.
In these  days of  many inventions,  one 
ceases to be  surprised at almost anything 
designed  for  man’s  comfort  and  con- 
vience.  But now and then our  attention 
is called to some new thing  which  seems 
so  good  in  its  way, and  so  undeniably 
necessary,  that we do wonder a little that 
no  one  ever  thought  of  it  before.  Of 
this sort is the Tradesman Credit Coupon 
Book,  sent  out  by E. A. Stowe  &  Bro., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  This is an inven­
tion which will oil the wheels of business 
to  an  extent  almost  impossible  to esti­
mate,  and will prove a boon to  both mer­
chant  and  customer.  The book consists 
of  a  series  of  coupons,  ranging  from 1 
cent  up  to  25  cents, grouped  in  books j 
containing $2 worth to  ¡?20  worth. 
It is 
modeled on the  style of  a railroad  mile­
age book.  The customer  either pays for 
the  little  book  in  advance,  or  signs  a 
promissory  note  inserted  in  the  book 
agreeing  to  pay  at  a  stipulated  time. 
This 
simplifies  and  facilitates  small 
transactions  and reduces  errors and mis­
understandings in accounts to a minimum.

Caledonia Ready to  Organize.

C a l e d o n ia , Oct. 26,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
D e a r   S ir —Having been elected  Secretary of a 
meeting  of  the  business  men,  recently held, I 
was instructed to  Inform  you  that  we "have se­
cured  twenty  names  toward organizing a B. 31. 
A., and they wished me  to  find  out  when  you 
could meet with us to  assist  in  completing "the 
organization.

Very respectfully,

J.  W.  S a u n d e r s, Sec’y pro tem. 

!

The  Michigan Crop  Report.

The Michigan State report of the wheat 
crop  of  1888  estimates  the  output  at 
23,581,504  bushels.  The  average  yield 
per  acre  is  15  67-100  bushels.  During 
August and  September  3,781,068 bushels 
of  wheat  were  marketed.  The yield  is 
quite  variable.  There  were 74  farmer 
in  100  who  raised in  1888  less than  20 
bushels  per  acre,  1  farmer  in  each  100 
raised less  than 5  bushels of  wheat'per 
acre,  and  2  farmers  in each  100  raised 
over  30 bushels  per  acre.  The  yield  of 
oats in the four southern tiers of countie 
is  36  48-100  bushels,  in  the  central  30 
87-100  bushels,  and in  the nothern 18 58 
100  bushels.  The yield of  barley in  the 
state  averages  28  3-100  bushels.  The 
yield of  corn  averages  about 31  bushel 
of  shelled  com, or 4  bushels  more  than 
the  average.  Potatoes  are about  three 
fourths of  an  average  crop.  The  area 
was  above an  average.  The output  of 
winter  apples is  about  two-thirds of  an 
average crop.

Association  Notes.

F. L.  Fuller has been  elected  Treasurer of the 
Cedar Springs B. 31. A., vice I. C. Provin, who re 
signed on account of leaving the place.

Wm. Peer, Secretary  of the 3IuskegonB. 31.  A,, 
and W. H. Richmond, Secretary of the Morley B. 
31.  A., were in town last  Saturday  to  attend the 
Democratic demonstration.

It will be worth the time of any  business  man 
to be at Lansing on Nov. 9 to hear  the  argument 
of Hon. N. A. Fletcher before the  Insurance Pol 
icy Commission in opposition to  the  adoption of 
the New York standard form  of  policy.  He has 
spent much time and research in preparation for 
the event.

The Lansing  B. 31. A. has  just  issued  one  of 
the  handsomest  and  most  compact  delinquent 
lists ever put out by any local  association.  The 
o n ly  improvement  T h e   T r a d e sm a n   could  sug­
gest would be the addition of  the occupations of 
the persons listed, that there need  be no mistake 
made through similarity in name.
Likes “The Tradesman” and the B. M. A
S a g in a w  C i t y , Oct. 21,1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:

D e a r   Sir —Enclosed find  postal  note  for  one 
year’s subscription for T h e   T r a d e sm a n . 
I have 
thoroughly perused those copies you have kindly 
sent  me  and  I  find  them  very  interesting—so 
much so that I do not intend to try and get along 
w ithout  it  in  the  future. 
I  also think that if 
merchants patronized trade  journals  more  than 
they do it would be better for  them all.
I see, by your paper, that  nearly all  cities  and 
villages in the State  have  a   protective  associa 
tion,  but  Saginaw  City  has  made  no  move to 
ward securing one  yet;  at  least,  I  have  heard 
nothing of it, if they have.  Judging  from  what 
I hear, 1 believe they are a  great  benefit  to  the 
trade and would be pleased if one  were  formed 
here. 

Yours, truly,

D.  M cK e l l a r ,

Retail dealer in Grocerie:

To Preserve Eggs.

Take  a  teacupful of  salt,  and  lime to 
the size of an egg, and pour boiling water 
on them.  When cold, drain off the liquor 
and  put it  on the  eggs. 
If  too  strong, 
there  will  be  a crust  on top;  if  so,  add 
more  water.  This is  for two  gallons  of 
liquor.  There  is  no  receipt that  beat- 
this,  and  it  can  be  relied  upon.  Egg:, 
put  down  in  August and  used  in April 
are  just as fresh  and  make  just as  nice 
frostings as newly laid ones.

Merchants  should  remember  that  the 
celebrated “Crescent,” “White Rose” and 
“Royal Patent” brands of  flour  are man­
ufactured  and  sold  only  by  the  Yoigt
Milling Co.

--------------------------

Buy flour  manufactured  by  the  Cres­
cent Roller Mills.  Every sack warranted 
Yoigt Milliug Co.

VISITING  BUYERS.

B attle  Creek 

Eli Runnels, Corning 
A G Goodson, Pierson 
John K inney, Kinney 
S T Colson, A laska 
F Shellm an, Lakeview 
H A Dailey,  Lum berton 
E E H ew itt,  Rockford 
Gus Begman, Bauer 
L C reighton, N irvana 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
N Bouma, F isher Station 
G M H untley, Reno 
Boot &  K ram er. H olland 
Geo B radford. M uskegon 
H esler Bros., R ockford 
A m burg & M urphy,
R T P arrish , G randville 
E S B otsford, D orr 
E T’VanO strand, Allegan 
J  N W ait, H udson ville 
W hite & Co, Reed City 
H enry B aar. G rand  H aven 
Geo J  Stephenson, Bangor 
A L Thom pson,H arborSpgs 
F W Van W ickle, Shelby 
C F W illiam s,  Caledonia 
J C  Benbow,  C annonsburg 
M V W ilson, Sand L ake 
S tarr & Thom pson,Plainw ll 
C arrington & N orth,  T rent 
T5 E Young, Lakeview 
Dunlap Bro8.,Vermontville 
G P  Stark,  Cascade 
Van Bree &  Son, Zeeland 
J S Dibble,  BurnipsC om ers 
W  H Pipp,  K alkaska 
C H E aton, H arbor Springs 
H L Page, E Jo rd an  
H S Frey. Slocums Grove 
H E P arm elee, H illiards

- 

Dam

G C Townsend, Baldwin 
La Due & Baldwin, Coral 
F Stadt, Spring Lake 
E Y oung, R avenna 
J  C Scott,  Lowell 
John Kamps, Zutphen 
John Farrow e, So  Blendon 
DenH erder &  Tanis,
Vriesiand 
C M P hilabaum ,  Muskegon 
Wm Peer, M uskegon 
Ja s Deegan, Cannonsburg 
J P  Cordes, Alpine 
Wm  Vermeulen,  Beaver 
C K H oyt & Co, Hudsonvile 
G B Cham bers, W ayland 
J  Morin, M uskegon 
J  T Pierson, Irv in g  
M M Brooks. Plainfield 
Jo h n  Giles, Lowell 
O E Coburn, P ierson 
J  F Mann, Lisbon 
J  Raym ond, Berlin 
W  H Struik, F orest Grove 
H VanNoord,Jam estown 
Adam N ewell,Burnips  Cors 
S Cooper, Jam estow n 
John D am stra,  Gitchell 
G F  Cook, Grove 
John Sm ith, Ada 
8 Sheldon, Pierson 
D W C   Shattuck,  W ayland 
Nelson F Miller, Lisbon 
J Hom rich. No  D orr 
Sevey & H errington, Berlin 
C R B unker, Bailey 
Wm B arker, Sand Lake 
John G unstra, Lam ont 
W alling Bros.,  Lam ont

Mill, Store and Dwelling for Sale.

I own and desire to sell, or exchange  for  prop­
erty in the city, a mill  30 x 50  feet,  four  stories 
high, painted white, two run of stone,  two bolts, 
good cleaning apparatus, power corn sheller, and 
all machinery necessary for doing a good custom 
business.  Ample power, the whole of Flat river. 
Several acres of ground;  store and dwelling com­
bined, also on same premises.  No  incumbrance 
on property. 

H. B. FALLASS.

Fallass & Swarthout’s Law Office,

_________________National City Bank Block.
HAJRJQWAJEtE.

AUGURS  AND BITS.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.

Ives’, old sty le .............................
60
................ 
Snell’s .............................................
60
................ 
Cook’s ................................................. ................ 
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................
Jennings’,  im itation....................... ................50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ ............... 8  7 00
D.  B. Bronze............ ................  11  00
S. B. S. Steel............ ................  8 50
D. B. Steel................ ................  13 00

AXES.

“ 

dis.
dis.

BALANCES.

dis.

BELLS.

BARROWS.

40
..............8  14 00
.......net  33 00
....  60&10&10
70
................30&15
25
..............60&10
dis.
*  0 
70&10

Spring  ............................................... ................ 
Railroad........................................
G arden...............................................
H and.............................................
C o w .................................................... ................ 
Call  ................................................
G o n g ...........................................
Door, Sargent...................................
Stove
Carriage new  list..............................
P lo w ....................................................
Sleigh shoe.........................................
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.....................,
Cast Barrel Bolts...............................
Cast Barrell, brass  knobs...............
Cast Square Spring............................
Cast C h ain .........................................
W rought  Barrel, brass knob..........
W rought S q u are...............................
Wrought Sunk  F lu sh ......................
W rought Bronze and Plated Knob 
Ives’ Door...........................................

60
.............. 
40
.............. 
40
..............  
60
.............. 
40
.............. 
60
.............. 
.............. 
60
.............. 
60
F lu sh ... 60&10 
................60*10

BOLTS.

j 

' 

BRACES. 

diS.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

40
Barber..................................................................  
B ackus.............................................................  50&10
Spofford............................................................... 
50
Am. B a ll............................................................. 
net
Well,  plain......................................................... $ 3  50
Well, swivel........................................................  4  00
d is.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................................70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed......................70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed................ 60&
W rought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................ 60&10
Wrought Loose P in............................................ 60&10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip .........................60&05
Wrought Loose Pin, jap an n ed ....................... 60&05
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped.60&05
Wrought  Table...................................................60&10
W rought Inside B lind.......................................60&10
Wrought  Brass................................................... 
75
Blind,  Clark’s .....................................................70&10
Blind,  Parker’s ...................................................70&10
..........  
70
Blind, Shepard’s ...............................
.............. 
40
per doz.$17 00 

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85..
CARPET  SWEEPERS.
Bissell  No. 5......................................
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ..........
Bissell, G ra n d ..................................
Grand  Rapids....................................
M agic..................................................

BLOCKS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

G rain.........

CRADLES.

...  dis. 50&02

19 00
36 00
24 00
15 00

CARTRIDGES.
& W inchester new lis t..
................dis.

CROW  BAR*

Cast Steel..
Iron, Steel Points.
Ely’s 1-10..............
Hick’s C. F ..........
G. D .......................
M usket..................
Rim Fire, U. M. (
Rim Fire. United  States 
Central  F ire..........................
CHISELS
Socket F irm er.......................
Socket Fram ing.....................
Socket Com er.........................
Socket S licks........................
Butchers’ Tanged  F irm er..
Barton’s  Socket  Firm ers__
Cold..........................................
COMBS.
Curry,  Lawrence’s ............
H otchkiss...............................
CHALK.
White Crayons, per  gross__
COCKS.
Brass,  Racking’s ....................
Bibb’s ...................4 ................
Beer
F e n n s ’ ............................................................

.per ft)

. lier m

dii 

...70&10 
. ..70&10 
...70&10 
...70&10 
40 
20 
net 
. . .40&10

dii 

. 12@12‘4 dis. 10

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

60
60
..40&10
60

COPPER.

“  

P la n i s h e d ,  14 o z   c u t  t o  s i z e ........... p e r  p o u n d  
1 4 x 5 2 ,1 4 x 5 6 ,1 4 x 6 0   ......... ......................  
C o ld   R o lle d ,  14x56 a n d   1 4 x60___ ....................... 
C o ld  R o lle d ,  1 4 x48.................................. ....................... 
B o t t o m s ........................................................ ....................... 

DRILLS.

d is .

M o rs e ’s   B it   S to c k s ...............................
......................  
P a p e r  a n d  s t r a i g h t  S h a n k ................ ....................... 
M o rs e ’s  T a p e r  S h a n k ........................... ....................... 

33
31
29
29
30

40
40
40

DRIPPING PANS.
S m a ll  s iz e s ,  s e r  p o u n d ......................
L a r g e  s iz e s ,  p e r   p o u n d ......................

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

07
6 M

ELBOWS.

C o m .  4  p ie c e .  6 i n ..................................
75
C o r r u g a t e d ................................................. .  .. d i s .   20& 10&10
A d j u s t a b l e .................................................
........... d is .  }4 & 1 0
EXPANSIVE  BITS.

. . d o z . n e t  

d is .

C la r k 's ,  s m a ll,  $18:  la r g e ,  826......... ....................... 
I v e s ’,  1,  §18;  2,  §24;  3,  8 3 0 ................ ......................  

30
25

f i l e s —N e w   L is t.

A m e r ic a n   F il e   A s s o c ia tio n   L i s t . . ....................... 
D is s to n ’s ...................................................... ......................  
N e w   A m e r ic a n ........................................ ....................... 

d is .

H e ll e r ’s .......................................................... ......................  
H e ll e r ’s  H o r s e   R a s p s ........................... ......................  

GALVANIZED IRON

N o s .  16  to   2 0 ;  22  a n d   2 4;  25  a n d   2 6:  27 
L is t 
15 

12 

14 

13

D is c o u n t,  60.

60
60
60

50
50

28
18

S ta n le y   R u le   a n d   L e v e l C o .’s ___ .................... 

GAUGES.

d is .

50

HAMMERS.

N a v d o le   &  C o .’s ...................................... ..............d is . 
25
K ip ’s ................................................................. ............. d is . 
25
Y e’r k e s  &   P lu m b ’s ..................................
........... d is . 40&10
M a s o n ’s   S o lid  C a s t S te e l .................... ..............30c l i s t  50
B la c k s m i t h ’s  S o lid   C a s t  S te e l,  H a n d ___ 3 0 c 40&10

HINGES.

..............d is . 

G a te ,  C la r k ’s,  1,  2, 3 .............................
60
S t a t e ...............................................................p e r  d o z .  n e t ,  2  50
S c re w  H o o k   a n d   S tr a p ,  to   12  in .
l o n g e r ........................................................
S c re w   H o o k   a n d   E v e ,  *4..................
..................

..............n e t  
............. n e t  
% .................... ............. n e t  
/ g ..................
..............n e t  
S tr a p  a n d   T ................................................. ............. d is . 

10
8 i4
7*4
7 %
70

IV2  14  a n d

‘* 
“  
** 

** 
** 

** 
“  

HANGERS.

d is .

B a r n   D o o r K i d d e r   M fg .  C o .,  W o o d   t r a c k ___ 50&10
C h a m p io n ,  a n t i - f r i c t i o n ....................
....................  60&10
K id d e r ,  w o o d   t r a c k .............................
....................  
40

HOLLOW  WARE

P o t s ................................................................... ...................... 60&10
K e t t l e s ............................................................
.......................60&10
S p i d e r s ................................................. ..
...................... 60&10
G r a y   e n a m e l e d ........................................
....................  
50

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

S ta m p e d   T i n W a r e ...............................
J a p a n n e d  T i n   W a r e ...........................
G r a n i te  I r o n   W a r e ...............................

.n e w   l i s t   VO A 10
25
25

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

HOES.

G r u b   I ............................................................ ........ §11, dis. 60
Grub 2 ............................................... ...811.50, dis. 60
Grub 3 ............................................... .........§12, dis. 60

HORSE  NAILS.

dis.

k n o b s—New List.

Au Sable...................................dis. 5&10@25&10&10
Putnam ..........................................di s.  5&10&2(4&2>4
Northwestern................................... ■ dis. 10&10&5&5
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings.......
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings...
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings................
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.........
"icture, H. L. Ju d d   &  Co.’s ................
H em acite.................................................
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
3Iallory, Wheeler  &  C'o.’s ...................
Branford’s .............................................
Norwalk’s ...............................................

70
-40&10
45
dis.

l o c k s — DOOR. 

.........§16.00. dis. 60
.........815.00, dis. 60
§18.50, dis. 20&10.

\d ze E ye. 
Hunt Eye. 
Hunt’s __
perry & Co.'

Post

m a t t o c k s .

MAULS.
handlet
MILLS.

'offee, Parkers  Co.’s .................................
"  P.  S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables
Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ............
“  E nterp rise......................................
Stebbin’s  Pattern........................................
Stebbin’s Genuine......................................
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................
NAILS
Advance above I2d nails.

MOLASSES GATES.

dis.

...60&10 
.. .eo&io

FENCE  AND  BRADS.
50d to 60d...........................................
lOd..................................................................
10
8d  and 9d......................................................
6d and 7d......................................................
40 
4d and 5d......................................................
60 
1 00 
3 d .................................... ....................
2d ...............................................................
1  50
1 00
4 d .. 
3d., 
1  50
2 00
id..
2d to 30d.
50
10d ............
60
8d to 9d  ..
75
6d to 7d...
90
4d to 5d................................................................  1  io
3d..........
1  50

CASTING  AND  BOX.

FINE  BLUED.

COMMON BARREL.

%
■J and  1 \  in ch ..........................
and 2J4 
........................ .
11 
..........................
2H and 2%  “ 
' in ch .............................................
3H and 4H  in ch ..........................
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

1  35 
1  15 
1 00

o il e r s . 

d is .

Rinc or tin, Chase's P atent..............................60&i0
Zinc, w ith brass bottom................................... 
50
Brass or Copper..................................................  
50
R eap er........................................... per gross, §12 net
Olmstead’s ..........................................................50&10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y .....................................40@10
Seiota  Bench......................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40@10
Bench, first quality...........................................   @60
tanley Rule and "Level Co.’s, wood.............20&10

p l a n e s . 

d is .

50
10 20 
9  20

ÎOH
12H
dis.
70&10
60
20
Com, 
§3 00 
3 00 
3  10 
3  15 
3 35 
3 35 
inches

Fry,  Acme..........
Common, polished.
Iron and  T inned...............................................
Copper Rivets and B urs..................................

RIVETS.

dis. 50&10 
dis. 60&10 

dis.

PATENT FLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 

Broken packs He per pound extra.

Sisal, Vt Inch and la rg e r.................
M anilla...................................................

ROPES.

Steel and  Iro n .........
Try and Bevels.......
M itre........................

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Com.  Smooth.

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................§4  20
Nos. 15 to 17..........................................4 20
Nos.  18 to 21..........................................4  20
Nos. 22 to 24 ..........................................  4  20
Nos. 25 to 2 6 ..........................................  4 40
No. 27 ......................................................  4  60
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List aect. 19, '86

SAND  PAPER.

SASH  CORD.

, '86.................................
W hite  A ......................
Drab A ..........................
W hite  B ......................
Drab B ..........................
W hite C........................

.......dis. 

.......list 
. .. .   “ 
.......  “ 
.......“ 

à)

50
55
50
35

Discount, 10. 
Solid Eyes.......
3Iiles’
P erry...
Draw Cut No. 4 .......
Enterprise Mfg. C o..
Silver’s ......................

5ASH  WEIGHTS.
.................................... per ton §25
SAUSAGE  SUUFFERS  OR FILLERS.
Challenge” . .. .per doz. §20, dis. 50@50&05 
per doz. No.  1, §15;  No. 0,
.........................§21;  dis. 5C@50&5
...................each, 830, dis  30
.......................dis. 20&10@30
..............................dis.  40&10
iaws. 
..................................45@45&5
..................................45@45&5
..................................2o@25&5
iven by jobbers.
dis.  9
70

Disston’s  Circular...
Cross Cut.
H a n d ........
»Extras sometimes
Atkins’  Circular__
“  Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,

___ . ______ ,.... 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t... 
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t... 
Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
1  per  foot................................................... 

Cuts

dis.

“ 
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28

tacks. 

dis.

American, all kinds.......................................... 
Steel, all  kinds..................................................  
Swedes, all kinds............................................... 
Gimp and Lace............................................’. 
Cigar Box  N ails................................................. 
Finishing  N ails................................................. 
Common and  Patent  Brads............................ 
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks............ 
Trunk and Clout N alls..................................... 
Tinned Trunk and Clout N ails....................... 
Leathered Carpet Tacks................................... 

60
go
go
60
50
go
50
SO
50
45
35

dis.

traps. 

dis.
Steel, Game................................. 
60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .................  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton's  .. .60&10
Hotchkiss’............................................................60&10
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  .......................................60&10
Mouse,  choker..
.. 18c per doz. 
Mouse, delusion
81.50 per doz. 
W IRE.
.........  67H
Bright M arket..........................
Annealed M arket...................
............ 70&10
Coppered M arket.....................
............  621
E xtra B ailin g ..........................
Tinned M arket........................
..............  62J4
Tinned  Broom........................
. per pound 09 
Tinned M attress......................
per  pound 8 
Coppered  Spring  Steel.......... .........................  
I
50
Tinned  Spring Steel..........................................40&10
Plain Fence........................................... per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................§4 00
painted.................................... 3 25
Copper.....................................................new  list net
Brass.........................................................  *«  “  “
dis.
B right................................................
Screw  Eyes......................................
Hook’s ...............................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes....................

...70&10&10 
.. .70&10&10 
..  70<klOAlO 
...70&10&10

WIRE GOODS.

WRENCHES.

Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...
'Joe’s  G enuine..................................................  
50
Coe's Patent Agricultural, w rought,.......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................... 75&10

dis.

dis.

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Bird C ages.........................................................  
go
Pumps, Cistern................................................... 
75
Screws, New List............................................... 70&05
Casters, Bed  and  P late.............................. 50&10&10
Dampers,  Am erican........................ 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........  66?i
Copper Bottoms..................................................   30c

 

 

3IETAI.S.
PIG TIN.

Pig  Large.................................................................28c
Pig Bars.................................................................... 30c

COPPER.

Duty:  Pig, Bar  and  Ingot,  4e;  Old  Copper,  3c 
M anufactured  (including all articles  of which 
Copper is a component of  chief  value). 45  per 
cent  ad valorem.  For large lots  the following 
quotations are shaded:

-ake......................................................................... 18H
Anchor”  B rand......................................................

in g o t .

ZINC.

LEAD.

Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
600 pound  casks......................................................6*4
Per  pound............................................................7@7H

4 .......-...................................  

Duty:  Pig, 82  per 100  pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.
A m erican............................................................. @5>4
Newark.................................................................. @51/
B a r................................................................................ 6
S heet.............................................................8c, dis. 20
16
E xtra W iping........................................................1314
solder in the market indicated bv private brands 
” ary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
’ookson.............................................per  pound  14*1
Hallett’s...........................................  
h jI
TIN—MELYN GRADE.

The  prices  of  the many  other  qualities  of

SOLDER.

"  

10xi4IC, Charcoal............................................ § 6 0 0
14x20 IC, 
2x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
10x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
2x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

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

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Each additional X on this grade, §1.75.

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

10x14 IC,  C harcoal........................................... § 5 4C>
14x20 IC, 
2x12 IC, 
.........................................*..  5 65
14x14 IC, 
29x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
2x12 IX, 
4x14 IX, 
20x28 IX. 
E arh  additional X on this grade, §1.50.

 
 
 
 
7  15
11  65
14  80

 
 
 

 

 

 

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ROOFING PLATES.
“ 
...................................
W orcester........................

14x20 IC, Terne  M. F ...............................
20x28 IC, 
14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX, 
29x28  IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX.
14x31  IX.
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers 
14x60 IX,  “ 

BOILER SIZE  TIN  PLATE.

Allawav  Grade.

- per pound.

”  9

.8 7  60 
.  15 
.  5  50 
.  7 00 
.  11  50 
.  4  90 
.  6  40 
.  10  50 
.  13 50
.812 00 
.  13 50 
09

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, lo g -ru n __
...13 00@15 00 
Birch,  log-run..............
.. .15 00@16 00 
@22 00 
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2__
Black Ash, log-run__
. .. 14  00@16 00 
Cherry, log-run............
. ..25 00@35 00 
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2..
...50 00@60 00 
@12 00 
Cherry, C ull.................
Maple, log-run............
... 12 00@14 00 
Maple,  soft, log-run...
...11  00@13 00 
@20 00 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2__
Maple,  clear, flooring. 
@25 OO 
Maple,  white, selected.
@25 00
Red Oak, log-run....................................18 00@20 OO
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...........................24 00@25 00
Red Oak, 
sawed, 8 inch and upw'd.40 00@45 00
Red Oak, L  sawed, regular. 
.30 00®35 00 
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.
@25 00 
W alnut, log ru n ..................
@55 00 
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2 ..........
@75 00 
Walnuts, c u l l .......................
@25 00 
Grey Elm, log-run................
.12 00@13 05 
W hite Aso, log-run..............
.14 00@16 00 
.20 00@ 22 00
Whitewood, log-run.
White Oak, log-run.................................17 00@18 00

Weekly  ‘'Pointers."

CHURCH  AND  FARM

B E L L S .

Steel Alloy Church and School 

Bells, Gold Bronzed.

These bells  are  cast  from  an  alloy of 
cast steel and crystal  metal,  and  can be 
relied on  under all circumstances  and in 
all seasons.  We sell sizes as follows:  □ 
No. 
Diam. Bell  Weight Com.
4K ...................... 21  in................. 150  lbs.
5 
...................... 24  in ............... 225  lbs.
...................... 26  in.................329  lbs.
6 
...................... 32  in.................600  lbs.
7 
8 
...................... 36  in..............    .850 lbs.
The style of  mounting  these  bells in­
cludes Wood Frame, Iron Wheel,  and for 
Nos. 7 and S  Tolling  Hammers  without 
extra charge.
These bells are offered to  the  trade as 
the best of  their  class.  They  are  uni 
form in shape and finished in a first class 
manner.  The mountings are  graceful in 
appearance and perfectly adapted  to  the 
duty they are to perform.  The quality of 
the material used is the best.  We can al­
so furnish  Solid  Bell  Metal  Bells  if de­
sired.

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe S t ,

33, 3 5,37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

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Weekly  "Pointers."

R e lia b le   G oods.
On every hand in each and  all  lines of 
goods we see constant and  unceasing ef­
fort to improve  on  former  ideas  and to 
produce what nearest approaches  perfec- 
fection.  The tendency of the present day 
has been to a large degree toward produc­
tion of the greatest quantity for the least 
money, but it has been  found  that it is a 
false and  mistaken  idea,  and  one  that 
bears poor  fruit.  Hence  the  success of 
the few who  have  had  the  foresight to 
see  a  slow  but  sure  profit  in  making 
nothing  but  the  best. 
It  is  but a few 
years ago  that  THE  DETROIT  STOVE 
WORKS started in to make stoves.  Their 
endeavor was to build up a  trade for the 
future, and that  they  have  succeeded is 
shown by their immense  trade,  which is 
constantly increasing, and  the  high esti­
mation in which their  goods  are  held in 
this community.  Their assortment is tne 
largest  of  any  one  stove  house  in the 
country  and  their  sales  are  enormous. 
We have been their agents from the start 
and have never had cause to regret it.

Foster, t a s  & Co.,

10 and 12  Monroe St.,

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

6 00
6 25
10 00
7 75
7 75
8 00
12 50

a i p
Pointers.”

g 40
9 25
11 80
6 90
6 90

No article of household use contributes 
so much to the comfort (or discomfort) of 
the inmates as the

(M ing and Heating Apparatus.

Starting  with  this  proposition,  then, 
and no one will  dispute  its  truth,  how 
necessary that the stove, range or furnace 
employed should be the  best  that can be 
produced.  Health,  happiness and econo­
my demand it.

THE JOHN VAN RANGE CO.

many years ago  attained  the  reputation 
of making some of the best  goods in this 
line, and they are among those who have 
been successful in  maintaining  the posi­
tion then achieved.  Not to aim  at  how 
cheaplyastoveeould.be  made,  but how 
well and how improved,  has  been  their 
desire,  and a careful  attention  to  detail 
in  every  department  of  construction, 
strict integrity  and  liberal  treatment in 
dealing with patrons has borne  its legiti­
mate fruit, namely, a colossal business.
It is conceded by those who  have trav­
eled  that  we  carry  the  largest line of 
John  Van  Steel  Ranges  of  any  house 
north of Cincinnati,  the  place  they are 
made.

&C0..

10 and 12 Monroe St.,
33,35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Stre*

Foreign,  Tropical and  California
f r u i t s

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The Michigan Tradesman

Features of the Coffee Market.

'F rom  th e New York Shipping  List.

The course of the coffee market during 
the past six weeks has been  so  contrary 
to the expectation of a very large portion 
of the trade that a brief review of the sit­
uation, together with  a  consideration  of 
the influences that have been most potent 
i n its development, may prove of interest 
at the present  time.  Starting  with  the 
fact that a  phenomenally  small  crop in 
Brazil was to be followed by one  of  une 
■Jtjualled proportions, the trade ever  since 
.then  has  been  confidently  looking  for 
lower prices, but, with the exception of £ 
few unimportant fluctuations, the marke 
lias been gradually but  steadily  adi auc 
ing, and to-day prices are 4.45 cents high 
• er for options and  2.75  cents  higher  for 
invoices  than  on  the  first  of July las 
when  the  crop  year  commenced.  Thi: 
advance has not been due  to  speculativ< 
manipulation,  however much speculate 
trading may have contributed towards de 
veloping the strength of the situation and 
stimulating the upward movement, but it 
is rather the natural result of  the  opera 
.tion of the law of  supply  and  demand 
All the consuming  markets of  the world 
have been affected alike, and  from what­
ever position the  situation  is  viewed it 
shows the same elements  of  natural and 
inherent  strength.  The  correctness  of 
this statement may  be  readily  gathered 
from the fact that, while  the  receipts in 
Rio and Santos since  July  1  have  been 
over one million bags in excess  of  what 
they were for  the  same  period  of  la 
year, the stocks in every market have de 
creased, thereby indicating  that the sup 
ply has not been equal to the demand and 
that  there  has  lieen  a  steady and very 
considerable  depletion  of  reserves,  and 
such a condition of affairs  furnishes  one 
of the fundamental  features of a  strou 
and buoyant market. 
It is a well-know 
fact that  the  abnormally  small  supp. 
available last year  so  impoverished  tl 
stocks of the world that it  may  be  sal 
with truth, that at the  commencement of 
the present crop year the visible  surplus 
was down to hard pan, while the invisible 
surplus had been virtually exhausted. Un- 
der  these  circumstances,  the  absorbing 
power of  all  markets became materially 
augmented,  for there were not  only  the 
visible stocks to be  replenished  to  their 
normal level, but this  invisible  and  un­
measurable supply bad to be repaired.  Ac­
cordingly,  as  the  tide  began to rise,  it 
ran into these  innumerable  dry  holes in 
this country as well as in Europe, and the 
best  evidence  that  as yet they have not 
been filled is shown by the steady  deple­
tion of visible stocks.  The  eight princi­
pal ports of Europe were carrying, on the 
1st of October. 392,700 bags  less  than on 
the 1st of July, the  three  ports  in  the 
United States liadl23.8S8 bags less, while 
in Rio and Santos there  were  only  139,- 
000 bags more than  at  the  beginning of 
the crop year.
These figures are sufficient to show that 
the  demand  has  considerably  exceeded 
the available supply, for,  under  normal 
conditions,  all of these stocks should have 
increased,  and, considering the  extent  to 
which  stocks  have  been  exhausted,  it 
seems likely that these relations will pre­
vail for some time to come,  however rap­
idly the crop may come forward.  Europe 
is evidently  the  most  needy  consumer, 
and  conservative  authorities  estimate 
that over and above the ordinary require­
ments of consumption not less  than 500,- 
D00 bags will be required  to  fill  up  the 
void that has been created.  The maimer 
in which the marketing of  the  crop  has 
been retarded in Brazil on account of un­
favorable weather conditions and the dif­
ficulties of a new  and  untried  system of 
free labor have  had  their  influence  in 
. creating, to some extent, the present eon- 
.ditiou of affairs.  When receipts were ex­
pected to increase, they have diminished, 
and in place  of  plenty  there  has  been 
scarcity, while buyers  have  persistently 
held back for a decline  that  as  yet  has 
not made  its  appearance.  Accordingly, 
they have been forced to buy at prices in 
which they did not believe, but that, nev­
ertheless/would  have  returned a hand­
some profit had  it  not  been  that  their 
bearish  proclivities  led  them to protect 
their purchases by selling options.  Not­
withstanding,  therefore, that  the  actual 
position  of  supplies  has  been  growing 
stronger from week to week and month to 
mouth, the sentiment of a large  majority 
of the trade has constantly  favored a de­
cline and they have persistently operated 
with that expectation in view.  As a con­
sequence, a large and increasing short in­
terest has  materially  stimulated the ad­
vance in options,  invited efforts to create 
a speculative squeeze, and created condi­
tions that led up  to  the  famous  corner 
that was developed  in  Hamburg  during 
the month of September.
Still another feature is worthy of atten- 
tion—for, while the  general  strength of 
the present position  is  generally  admit­
ted,  there is still a  distinct  bearish  un­
dercurrent that is not  without  its  influ 
ence.  This is due to the change that ha: 
taken place in the  relative  value  of op 
tions.  Heretofore, jobbers have found  < 
considerable  source  of  profit  in  selling 
distant options against their purchases of 
actual coffee because of the  relative  dif­
ference in price, the far off months being 
at a considerable  discount from  the spot 
or near months, but  within  the past few 
weeks as the market advanced this differ- 
. ence has been closing up, thereby leaving 
the seller short, with no prospect of being 
;able to cover except at a  loss.  The  irri­
tation at being caught thus,  has  only  in- 
tcreased the bearish sentiment  of  all that 
have had interests of this  character, and 
has,  perhaps,  -prejudiced 
their  better 
judgment with respect to  the  immediate 
future.
From  the  very  commencement  of the 
present crop year  there  has  been a per­
sistent  effort  to  discount the effect of a 
large crop, which it was expected  would 
at  once  influence  the  whole  course  of 
trade,  whereas,  as a matter  of  fact,  the 
world’s supply had been so far exhausted 
that  probably a considerable  proportion 
. of the available  supply  will  yet have to 
he absorbed before the natural influences 
of a large crop will be felt to  any  appre­
ciable extent.  At present, the European 
position, which seems to be the  most im­
portant  factor  in  shaping  the  future 
course of events, is furthermore strength­
ened by the fact that the Venezuelan and 
Central  American  crops  have  all  been 
marketed, and until the new  crop  comes

POTATOES.

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

WE  H.  ThHUA  &  Co.,

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

166 South. W ater St., CHICAGO.
R eference 
. 

_
FEiiSENTHAL.  GROSS  & Mil l e r . Bankers,

Chicago.

W A X T B D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If von Have any  of  tHe  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in  the  Produce  line, let 
ns hear  from you.  Liberal cash advances 
made when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

R eference:  Fir s t   National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Mich ig a n T radesman. G rand Rapide.

E

If you  have  any 
to offer  send 
samples

A

C r a n b e r r i e s ,

S w e e t   P o t a t o e s  
a n d   G r a p e s
Bananas,  Oilr  Specialty.

16 and 18 No. Division St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH

ESTABLISHED  1866.

Burnett . Bros.,

159  So, Dialer Street Chicago.

and
amount  and 
will try to buy them
W.  T.  LAMOREAUX,

s

71  Canal  Street.

EDWIN  FALLAS,
Valley  City  Colt  Storage.

P rop rieto r  of

P acker and Jobber of 

THE  POPULAR  SOLID

D a is y   B ra n d
My facilities for handling  Oysters  are un­
surpassed.  Oysters guaranteed fresh 

OF OYSTERS.

every time.  Send in  your  orders, 

which will be filled  at  lowest 

market price.

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs 

and Egg Crates.
No. 1 egg  crates,  37c.  No. 2  egg crates, 
30c.  No.  1  fillers,  13c.  No.  2  fillers,  10c,
I  have  facilities  fo r  handling  each  line  above 

nam ed th a t are unsurpassed.

I  aim   to   handle  th e   best  th a t  can  be  obtained. 
Mail orders filled p rom ptly  a t lowest  m ark et p n c e -.A  
liberal discount on E gg C rates an d  fillers in  larg e  lots.

Salesroom, Ro. 9 N-Ionia Street,

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

BARNETT  BROS.

BUTTER sEG88

W e   a r e   r e c e i v i n g  
d a i l y  a n d  o f f e r  t o  t h e  
t r a d e   a   c h o i c e  l o t  o f  

B U T T E R

a n d

F R E S H   E G G S . 
C a ll  a t   o u r   s t o r e . 
W e  
g u a r a n t e e  
s t o c k   a n d   p r i c e s   to  
s u it.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MOSELEY  BROS,

F r u its,  S eed s, O y ste r s 1 P r o d u c e .

-W H O L E S A L E -

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will be 

pleased to hear from you.

, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

- 

26

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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TTTBO.  B.  GOOSSBN,

WHOLESALE

P r o d u c e   C o m m i s s i o n   M e r c h a n t ,

BROKER  IN  LUMBER.

Orders  for  Potatoes,  Cabbage  and  Apples,  lu Car Lots, solicited. 

Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons  and Bananas a specialty.

OTTAWA  STEET, 
Telephone 269.

GRIND  RRPIDS,  MICH.
E. F. CX-.-A.FLK; Sc SOFT,

WHOLESALE

C o m m is s io n   Jb leT clm n ts,

AND  DEALERS IN

Seeds,  Produce, Vegetate, Fnlit, Blitter,  Eggs,  Cheese, Etc.,  Etc.,

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED.

S l S   R a p i d s ,  

- _______ - _______M l c h i s a n .
C. N. RAFF

S.  A. HOWES.

GEO.  E.  HOWES.

Geo.  E.  H o w es & Co.,

JOBBERS IN

J\^pples9 P o ta to e s &  O nions9

S P E C I A L T I E S :

O ra n g es,  L e m o n s ,  B a n a n a s .

S Ionia Street,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

BALTIMORE  OYSTERS,
of which we are  the  PACK­
ERS, and which we  propose 
to make  SUPERIOR  to  any 
Oysters sold in Michigan. 

Ask for the “P. & B.”

1\  & B.

Putnam § Brooks
GRRND  EHP1DS  T P   LINE  GO.,

Distributing Agents  for

iterS
Worts, G. R.&I. anflD.&M. Jnnc.  Office, No. 4 Bloilptt Bit

GASOLINE  and  NAPTHA.

C O R R E SP O N D E N C E   S O L IC IT E D .  Q U O T A T IO N S  F U R N IS H E D   o n   A P P L IC A T IO N .

THE  PENBERTHY  IMPROVED

Automatic  Injector
cIvt  BOILER  FEEDER

• —AS  A

BEAT!

BE

16.000  in  18  Months Tells the Story

£grW H Y   THEY  E X C E L S

OVERFLOW

1  Thev cost less th a n  o th er Injectors-
2  Y ou don’t have to  w atch  them .  I f   they  break   they
__
will  RE-START  autom atically. 
3  By sending the num ber to  factory on th e  In je c to r you
can have parts renew ed at any tim e.
4  T h e v   a r e   l i f t i n g   a n d   n o n - l i f t i n g .
5  H ot pipes don’t  b o th er them  and th e p a rts drop out by
Agents, H E S T E R   &  F O X ,
6  E very m an is m ade satisfied, or he don t   have to keep 
PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  CO.,  Manufacturers,  DETROIT, Mich.

rem oving one plug’ n ut.
th e In je c to r and we don’t w ant him  to.

Grand  R ap id s,  Mich.

. 

Grani,  Sqiiare  ani  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  pnblic  and the  press, unite in the ver­

dict thatTie  fe te  Stands Unrivaled.

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Est-ey Organs, 

A. B. Chase Organs,

Hillstrom  Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

BBIVBN  &Sole Agents fo r  tlie 

The devil, Jack!  We’ve got a 

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DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124 LOUIS  STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Morse Elevator Works, 
Philadelphia,  New  York 
-   and Detroit.  Morse, W il- 
liams  &  Co.,  proprietors.
i  11  *   Detroit office, 91 Jefferson 
1 
ave.  Telephone 1032.  H.  MIDDLEBROOK,  Agent.________ __
P E R K I X T  S  
H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,
COAL !— COKE ! — W 00D  !
Office under Nat’l City Bant. 
REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

Wholesale  A.  HIM ES.  and  Retail

W. Division Sts.
Telephone  Call  490-2,  CAR  LOTS A  SPECIALTY.___________

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE-

Shavmnt Avenue, Winter and 

Yi

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

8TRTE  RGENTS  FOR  LYCOMING  RUBBER  CO.,

2 4   Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.., TEEEPHONE

NO. 998.

R I N D G E ,   B E R T S C H   &  CO.,
BOOTS  and  SHOBS

M anufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

B o s t o n   R u b b e r   S h o e   Co.,

AGENTS  FOR  THE

1 2 ,  1 4   &  1 6   P e a r l   S t r e e t ,   G r a n d   R a p i d s ,   M ic h .
D e tr o it  S o a p   C o .,

DETROIT,  MIOH.

Manufacturers of the  following well-known 

brands of

80RP8

ROYAL  BAR, 
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

WABASH, 

QUEEN  ANNE, 
TRUE  BLUE, 
MONDAY, 

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 

SUPERIOR, 

MICHIGAN, 

CZAK 

AND  OTHERS. 

PHCENIX, 
T T   •   T T T T r T X T O  

For quotations address

———. 

W. G. HAWKINS,  Lock Box 173,
W M . SE A R S & CO.,

Salesm an fo r W estern M ichigan,

GRAND  RAPIDS

Sracker  Manufacturers,

AGBNTS  BOR  A M B O Y   CUJBJBSB.

3 7 ,   3 9   a n d   41  K e n t   S t.,  G r a n d   R a p i d s .

W e carry a heavy stock of 

ALMONDS,

BRAZILS,

CHESTNUTS,

COCOA  NUTS, 

MIXED TABLE NUTS. 

FILBERTS,

WALNUTS,
PECANS,

PEANUTS, 

SHELLED  NUTS, 
and  are  prepared  to  fill  or­
ders or make prices on  large 
or small lots.
Rutnam & Brooks

I k

Ä P 8  8.  M u s s e l m r n  1 ß o .

W holesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

C e l e b r a t e d   “ B I G   F . ”  B r a n d   o f  O y s t e r s  

^

H. M. BBIVBN, Manager. 

63 PEÄRL STREET

B e a n S

Parties having any Beans  to  offer  will 
please send sample  and  we  will  try and 
make you satisfactory prices.
A lfred  J. B r o w n

Seed Store,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

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Re-palnt your old buggy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR.  Eight beautiful shades. 

Neal’s  C arriage  Paints
G R A N IT E   FLOOR  PAINTS

than all the other brands on the m arket.

 aTree.VM l7 A ^ N S ?  

durable.  Give them  a trial, and you wiil be convinced that it does not pay to mix 
A C M E   W H I T E   L E A D   &   C O L O R   W O R K S

. __ Readv for use.  DRY  HARD  OVER  NIGHT,  and  are  very
e pa n  your  e

The G reat  Invention.  Six  Handsome  Shades.  Ready to r use.  u n

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D E T R O I T ,

Dry  Color  M akers, Paint  and  Varnish  M anufacturers.

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZX

another  bottle.  By  the  time  this  was 
finished my approval of  the new and fas­
cinating tipple grew to that  extent that I 
proposed  two  more  bottles,  but was in­
duced  by my friends  to  compromise  on 
one.  Then I called  for  the  best  cigars 
and my bill.  The latter  simply horrified 
me. 

It read:
3  Special Suppers, $2.50..............$  7  59
15 00 
3  Bots. Champagne,  $5....
l  00
3  Havana  Cigars...............
T o tal...................................... $23  50

I held  a  whispered  consultation  with 
the wraiter,  who shook his head decidedly 
and  aggressively.  Then  I  interviewed 
the majestic  clerk,  holding  out as a par­
tial  peace  offering the $7,  a cheap silver 
watch,  and a pocket  knife,  but  it  took 
days to recover from the gaze of  icy con­
tempt with which  he  viewed myself  and 
my property;  and,  finally,  I  had  to de­
scend to the abject humiliation of solicit­
ing a loan from my guests.

PLACE to  secure a thorough 
'a n d  useful education is a t tn e 
Grand R a pid s (Mich.) Bu s i­
ness Colleg e,  w rite fo r Col- 

Address,  C. G. SWENSBERG.

lege Journal.

W A R R A N T E D   T O   B E   T H E ____

FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
For the money in the U. S. ®Tut up B0 in a box.  Ash 
JOHN E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. 

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

Send for prices.

SILVER 8TÄR8
Wherever Muntoceli it is a Stayer!

No Equal in the State.

TO THE TRADE:

I guarantee “SILVER STARS” to be a long, 
straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made 
by union labor, and to give complete  satis­
faction.

Sole  Manufacturer,

Mill Hose 

Raw Hide Lace 

Rubber  Belting 

Leather Belting 

Packings of all kinds 

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70 Canal SURÄNDRÄPIDS.

A great  many people  who are engaged 
in feeding the public have a very curious 
idea  regarding  the  sensitiveness  of  the 
stomach,  and  evidently  imagine  that 
there is no  material  difference  between 
the organ of  the human body and that of 
the African ostrich.  For instance, I had 
a few minutes before  train  time in Lan­
sing  once, and  went  into a hotel to pro­
cure something edible.  The landlord said 
that  the  dinner  hour was over, but that 
he  could  give  me  an  appetizing  cold 
lunch. 
I assented,  and  it  was  brought.
It consisted of  cold fried  beef, cold fried 
potatoes, cold pancakes  and  cold  coffee.
I only paid a quarter  for  looking at this 
feast,  but I always  considered it a quar­
ter  wasted.  At  a  so-called  “hotel,”  in 
one of  the  small  Northern towns,  I was 
assessed a half-dollar  for a  large  chunk 
of  perfectly fat. boiled  salt  pork,  some 
flour  and  water  pancakes,  and a cup of 
very  feeble  tea;  and  I  made a life-long 
enemy  of  the  landlady  by  leaving  the 
“eatables”  untouched. 
I  boarded  at a 
“hotel” once  where  every scrap of  food 
from the  tables  went into a semi-diurnal 
supply of  hash, without the  remotest re­
gard  for  the  rule  of  proportions.  We 
used  to  heap  great  masses of  it on our 
plates,  mix it with pepper, mustard,  vin­
egar  or  any  product of  the  castor,  and 
Fodder Twine
then leave it untouched,  but it always re­
appeared with  the condiments “smelling j Asbestos  Goods,  Pipe  Covering 
Grease and  Oil  Cups,  Greases 
to heaven.”  Then  we  would drop it on 
of all kinds.  Lard,  Machin­
the  floor  and  step  on  it, but the gritty 
ery,  Cylinder  and  Rub­
appearance  which  it  gradually assumed 
proved our efforts at banishing it wasted.
I have little doubt  but  that fragments of 
that abused hash, mixed with modern ad­
ditions,  appears  on  that  table  to-day.
And  even  in  pretentious  Detroit  and 
Grand  Rapids  hotels,  my  stomach  has 
been put to severe tests by rancid butter, 
stale fish, fly-blown  beef, fly-besprinkled 
ham  and  eggs,  or  something  of  a  like 
nature.

Belts made Endless and Repair­
ing done in the  best  manner.

SAMUEL LYON

Shingle Bands 
Hide Rope 
Hay Rope 

Babbitt Metals 
Lath Yarn 

Emery Wheel Dressers 

Circular A Baud Saws

bing Oils,  Oil  Tanks.

Saw Setts and  Files 

Emery Wheels 

Tube Cord 

Cor. Waterloo and Loilis  Sts.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

STANDARD  FIRST  GRADE  PLUG  TOBACCO

L OIHELA.R D * S
C L I M A X

I Can  now  be  bought  at the following exceptionally

POUNDS. 12 X 3 ,16 oz., 6 cuts,  40, 28 & 12 lbs.
CLUBS, 12 X 2,16 ox., 6 cuts,  42, 30 & 12  “
42, 30 & 13  “
CLUBS, 13x2, 8 OZ., 6 cuts, 
FOURS, 6 X 2, 4 oz.. 
42, 30 & 12  “
4\ 25H & 16  “
FIVES, 6 X1%. 31-5 oz.. 
TWIN FOURS, 3 X 2. 7 to lb, 41, 27 & 13*4  “
FIGS, 3 X 1,14 to lb., 
43,31 & 17  “

LOW  FIGURES:
.39
.41
THESE  PRICES  LOOK  TOO  GOOD TO  LAST.

.41

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Packages.  Less than 56 lbs.  56 lbs. or over. 

A ss’t ’d lot 
any quantity

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TheMichiganTradesman

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,  1888,

LEISURE  HOUR  JOTTINGS.

Written for T h e   T r a d e sm a n .

B Y   A   COUNTRY  M ER C H A N T.

The eminent Dr. Johnson, by his labors 
ns a lexicographer, novelist anti essayist, 
made  himself  a prominent  and  abiding 
place  in  literary  history,  but  I  doubt 
whether  any product  of  his  prolific pen 
ever  awakened a fraction of  the .'Sympa­
thetic satisfaction among his generations 
of readers that his unpoetical, umesthetic, 
commonplace  little  sentence,  “I  like  to 
ea t!’’ 
awakened.  People  of  super- 
etherial  ideas  and  chronic  dyspeptics 
might possibly protest against this  state­
ment, but  any truthful  person  with  an 
unimpaired  digestion will  readily admit 
its reason and consistency.

Of  course,  the  minds  of  people  who 
have a ready access  to  the  good  things 
of  life are  not  chronically turned to the 
pleasures  of  the  table.  To  make  the 
stomach  continually conspicuous  in  his 
thoughts, one wants a struggle with pov­
erty, or a long and unforeseen separation 
from  satisfactory  food.  The  organ, 
among  healthy individuals,  is  almost in­
variably a  pampered  one,  but  it  needs 
something,  for  instance,  like  an  Arctic 
exploring  expedition, or a long  military 
campaign  on  semi-starvation  rations, to 
make it the supreme ruler of  the  human 
anatomy.  But  even  the  sleek, well-fed 
and  well-kept  individual,  with  no  care 
for his personal supplies,  and no fear for 
anything  being  wanting  for  his  bodily 
comfort,  has  usually a profound  venera­
tion  for  his  food 
receptacle,  and  it 
doesn't need an experience  with  famine 
to  make him  see  the  merits of  the Doc­
tor’s observation.

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* 

And, as we “like  to  eat,” the  subject 
of  our  “hash  factories” is  one  of  more 
than  passing  interest;  and  as  memory 
wanders  back  to  the  various  caravan­
saries  which  we  have  patronized,  or 
which  have  patronized  us,  the  various 
reminiscences  which  they awTaken dissi­
pate any wondej that may have possessed 
us  that  a  Dickens,  or  a  Scott,  or  an 
Irving, could  have  constructed from the 
prosaic  inn or tavern, pen  pictures  that 
are among the foremost creations of their 
genius.

* 
Calling  to  mind  my  experience  with 
the  various  hotels  at  which  I  have  so­
journed, brings  up  thoughts of  the min­
gled gratitude and  disgust,  approval and 
contempt,  and  satisfaction  and  almost 
abhorrence  with  which  various  public 
houses  have  impressed  me, during  my, 
not very extended, experience with them. 
The first Michigan tavern  that distinctly 
occurs  to  me  was a long,  low, rambling 
log  building,  about  half-way  between 
Kalamazoo  and  Grand  Rapids.  Some 
time, early in the ’50's,  the stage  depos­
ited  me  before  this  uninviting  looking 
place,  after  almost a day’s  fasting,  and 
with  a  tired  and  hungry  youngster’s 
wolfish  appetite.  When  I  viewed  the 
mob  of  passengers  swooping  down  on 
this apparently famine-stricken stopping 
place, I gave away to intense  despair;  as 
I never  imagined for a moment  that  the 
three full stage-loads of  half-starved peo­
ple could procure a mouthful of  eatables 
apiece.  Presently the  dinner  bell  rang 
and  we  rushed  tumultuously  into  the 
dining room.  There was table room and 
seats  for  every one.  Strewn  along  the 
table were great pans of  pork and beans; 
pyramids  of  sausages;  massive  platters 
of  corned  beef  and  cabbage;  stacks  of 
fresh  doughnuts, and  fragrant  smelling 
mince  and  pumpkin  pies,  ad  lib.  A 
score  of 
long-fasting  Ichab'od  Cranes 
would  have  hardly made an  impression 
on  the  “lay  out,”  and  I  distinctly re­
member that the bill wras a shilling,  writh 
cordial invitasions included to take along 
a lunch,  gratis.
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«• 
Almost  the  exact  antithesis  of  this 
humble but economical  hostelry I  found 
in the Galt  House, at  Louisville, Ky.,  in 
the  fall  of  ’62. 
I wTas  at  that period a 
green  and  unseasoned  youngster  with 
very little experience in the  ways of  the 
world,  and very little  money, but I wore 
Uncle Sam’s blue, and pay day was  near 
at  hand. 
I was under many obligations 
to a couple  of  Grand  Rapids  boys, who 
had  seen  something  more  of  life,  and 
who kindly initiated me into various fas­
cinating,  and  not  always  strictly decor­
ous,  scenes, of  w hich,  in my bucolic sim­
plicity,  I had  had  heretofore  an  almost 
profound ignorance.  Well, in  the depth 
of  my  gratitude,  I  determined  to  give 
these  "fellows  a  high-toned  supper. 
I 
knew it  would be  costly—probably twice 
the rates of  the home  tavern—but I con­
sidered  the  §7  left  in my pocket amply 
sufficient for all emergencies.  We wrent 
to  the  Galt  House, and  my experienced 
friends ordered a special  supper  for me. 
I remember that there was a great variety 
of  little dishes containing about a mouth­
ful each, which, as I had been fasting all 
day for  the  occasion,  seemed  to me, as 
Mr. Wegg would say, “Not werry fillin’.” 
Finally, one of my friends proposed a bot­
tle of  champagne, and it was brought.  I 
drank  and  approved;  drank  again  and 
approved  enthusiastically,  and  ordered

•

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The  antique  sandwich,  bald-headed j 
pastry, and mouldy meats of  the average 
railroad eating-house would serve to con­
tinue this feature of  the  subject  almost 
indefinitely, but,  as  the  very thought of 
them  seems  to  awaken  protests  among 
our  digestive  apparatus,  it  is,  perhaps, 
better  to  leave  the  matter  somewhat 
abrubtly.
*

1 
Speaking of hotels, I have always taken 
the  fact  that  Congressman  Boodle  or 
Millionaire Pineland, or  Croesus  Copper- 
mine,  could  sojourn  in  almost  any  of 
them at a cheaper  rate,  and  with  mani­
festly  superior  accommodations  than  I 
can  get,  as a sort of  personal  grievance.
If  none  of  these  distinguished  gentle­
men, or their fraternity, are  present dur­
ing my visit, I have usually no particular 
cause for complaint, but  let,  say, Boodle 
and myself  register at the same time and 
I am immediately consigned  to  oblivion, 
unless,  indeed,  it  is  campaign  time,  and 
Boodle thinks it might he policy to recog­
nize  me, in  which  event  1  am  viewed 
with toleration,  but indifference.  Boodle 
is roomed on  the  second  floor,  and I am 
elevated among the rafters. 
If  we sit at 
the  same  table, he  is served a half-hour 
before  myself,  and  if  1  omit  “tipping” 
the  waiter,  my  “lay  out”  would  not 
occasion  much  joy  to  a  member  of  the 
Greeley  expedition  before  his  rescue.
The  clerk  is  obsequious  to  Boodle and 
almost  impertinent to me,  and when  we 
pay  our  bills 
together  he  bows  pro­
foundly over Boodle’s §5,  and sweeps my 
§7.50 into the drawer with something ap­
proaching contempt. 
It  always  seemed 
to  me  as  if  that  §2.50  ought  to,  in  a 
measure,  atone for my want of  wealth or 
title, but it never does.

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Voigt Milling Co.

DO YOO WANT A SHOWCASE?

SPECIAL. OFFER—This style o r oval case;  best 
quality;  all glass,  heavy  double  th ick ;  panel  doors; 
full length  m irro rs and spring hinges;  solid cherry o r 
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ID.  ID.  O O O K ,
Grand  Rapids, 
-  Michigan.

31  SCRIBNER STREET,

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING  NORTH.
Arrives.
Traverse City & M ackinaw................
Traverse City & M ackinaw................9:05 a  m
From  C incinnati.................................. 7:30 p m
F orP etoskey & Mackinaw C ity........3:55 p m
Saginaw Express.....................................11:30 a  m

Leaves. 
7:00 a in 
11:30 a m
5:00 pm 
7:80 a m 
é:10 p m

 

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« 

_   . 

10:30 
Saginaw express runs th ro u g h  solid.
7:00 a. m. tra m  has ch air c ar to T raverse City.
11:30 a. m. tra in  has ch air c ar fo r Petoskey and Mack­
,  
. 
,
fo r  Petoskey  and 
5 :00 p.  m. tra in   has  sleeping  car 

inaw  City. 
M ackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
7:15 a m
F o rt W ayne Express..............................10:30 a  m  11:45 a  m
C incinnati  Express............................ 4:40 p m 
5:00 p m
From  Traverse C ity....... ...................10:40 p m
7:15a m  tra in   has  parlor  ch air  car  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m tra in  has W oodruff sleeper fo r C incinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo fo r B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.
Sleeping e ar rates—$1.50  to  Petoskey  or  M ackinaw 
C ity ;  82 to C incinnati.
All Trains daily except Sunday.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Leave. 
7  05 a m ................................................................................ 10:45 a m
11:15 a m ...............................................................................  4:45 p m
4:20 p ............................................................................  7:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street, depot 7 m inutes later.

Arrive.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Michigan Central.  •
Grand Rapids Division.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

D etroit Express...................................................................  8:45 a m
Day  Express..................................................................1:10 p m
New York Express.....................  
5:40 p m
•A tlantic Express....................................................... 10:45 p m
Mixed  ...........................................................................  6:50am
•Pacific  Express...................................................................6:00 a m
Local P assenger......................................................... 10:00 a  m
M ail..........................................................................................3:15 p m
G rand  Rapids  Express.............................................10:15 p m
M ixed..............................................................................5:30 p m
•Daily.  All o th er daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars 
ru n  on A tlantic and Pacific Express train s to and from  
D etroit.  P arlo r  cars ru n   on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids E xpress to  and  from   Detroit.  D irect  connec­
tions m ade a t D etroit w ith all th ro u g h  train s E ast over 
M. C. R. R., (Canada S outhern Div.)

O. W. Ruosebs. Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s, Gen’l Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 

Kalamazoo Division.

A rrive.
4
a m   p m

2 

19 

3 

1 

6:35  11:35 

p m   p m   a m  
1:10  3:00  7:45D p ....G ran d   R apids..................  9:45  6:10
3:25  4:12  9:02  *•  ___A llegan...............................  8:28  4:55
F rt  5:03  10:00 A r... .K alam azoo........................7:10  3:52
...  .W hite Pigeon..................  
2:25
.  4:45 
l:e0 
... .E lk h a rt................
pm  am 
.11:30  8:50
....C h ic a g o ................
1  ....T o le d o ............................... 11:25  10:00
....C lev elan d ..........................7:15  5:45
p m
___Buffalo................................1:00  11:40
Tickets fo r sale to  all  principal  points  in  th e U. S., 
Mexico and Canada a t  Union  Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil­
liamson, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

7:50  7:10  4 
p m
10:25  5:05 
a  m
1:35  9:40 
a  m 
6:20  3:90

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

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

_________ 

GOING WEST.

GOING EAST.

Arrives.
tM om ing E xpress.. .........................1:05 p m
tThrough M ail......... ........................   4:55 p m
tG rand Rapids Express..................10:40 p m
♦Night E xpress....... .........................  5:25 a  m
fMixed........................
tD etroit  E xpress...
tT hrough Mail......... ........................ 10 :20 a  m
tEvening E xpress.. .........................3:50 p m
♦Limited E xpress... ........................ 10:30 p m

Leaves.
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
5:40 a  m
7:30 a m
6:40 a  m
10:30 a  m
3:50 p m
10:55 p m
fDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r a ll points  East, arriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.  Lim ited  Express,  East, has 
th ro u g h   sleeper  G rand  Rapids  to  N iagara  Falls, 
connecting  a t  M ilwaukee 
th ro u g h  
sleeper to  Toronto.
Through tickets and  sleeping  car  berths secured a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.

Junction  w ith 

J as. Campbell. City Passenger Agent.

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D I R E C T I O N S

We nave cooked the com in this can 
sufficiently. 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed (net cooked) adding  piece  ot 
Good Butter ( size of hen’s egg) and gill 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of
Davaupori  Canning  Q0<

Davenport, la.
A T   T H i S "e#0 '

Old  Woman,  Old  Woman  whither 

To  sweep  the cobwebs from  the sky.
. On such mission  of  cleanliness hasten 

The sun, moon and stars need the Soap 

so  high ?

because

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WHO  ZJKGES  Y O U

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P O L

THE  PU BLIC !

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 themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
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U .  C .  D E N IS O N ,

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Estim ates Given on Com plete Outfits.

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Oswego
Gloss”

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T I I e

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ALWAYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

GROCERIES.

tisement 
is  he?

T h e   T r a d e s m a n .  Who

WHO  ARE THEY ?

Pencil  Portraits of Grand Rapids Jobbers.

I.

He is  slightly under  medium  stature, 
but his  head is level,  in  the  majority of 
-eases, for all that.  He is quick and nerv­
ous  in  his  movements,  positive  in  his 
convictions and actions.  About the only 
fault his friends have to find  with him is 
his disposition to criticise  and  condemn 
others, with hut a  superficial  knowledge 
of  the circumstances, and  he  seldom ac­
knowledges an error  when he gets at the 
bottom  facts.  Nevertheless,  he  is  too 
magnanimous  to  cherish  resentment  in 
such  cases.  He  is  by  no  means  even 
tempered,  probably  the  result  of  some 
organic  trouble. 
It is a common remark 
among his associates  that  he  can be the 
“most pleasant and the most disagreeable 
of  any man”  they  ever  knew.  He  is a 
ready, off-hand  speaker, talks directly at 
his subject, instead of  beating around the 
bush,  and  invariably  makes  his  points 
clear and effective.  Who is he ?

H.

He is “tall and stately,” moves  slowly 
and considerately,  and talks as though he 
revolved in his  mind  all he was going to 
say two or three  times  before he said it. 
Although  quick  to get angry, he seldom 
indulges  in  that  privilege  of  his  race; 
but  when  his  temper once gets the best 
of  him,  nothing  is  allowed  to stand  in 
his way.  He is  an  entertaining  talker, 
having a happy faculty of  using  just the 
words he wants to  express  his ideas con­
cisely.  Had  he  cultivated  the  lecture 
platform or the political  arena, his  com­
mand of  language  and  imposing stature 
would undoubtedly have  enabled  him to j 
win  distinction. 
In  the  matter  of  tact 
and “taffy,” even  under  trying  circum­
stances,  he  is  undoubtedly  without  an 
equal in the eity.  Who is he?

III.

He is one of  the oldest  jobbers  in  the 
city, in point of  years of  service. 
In the 
early history of  his  business, he  carried 
the  firm's  samples  himself, helping put 
the goods up when he got home.  He has 
probably started  more  men  in  business 
than any other  jobber at this market, and 
his  judgment is so good that he is seldom 
deceived  in a man.  He  is  looked  upon 
as  the  shrewdest  adviser  in  insolvent 
cases, and is not  infrequently made trus- 
. tee or co-trustee  in closing out  insolvent 
estates.  He takes great interest in trans­
portation,  insurance and other  questions 
akin to the  mercantile  business,  but  the 
man who attempts to  talk  premium note 
or assessment insurance to him  had  bet­
ter get his  own  life  insured  in advance. 
Who is he ?

IV.

V .

He  is  the  least  known of  any Grand 
Rapids  jobber,  on  account  of  the  strict 
attention he gives his own business.  Not 
that he is a slave  to  his business, but he 
cherishes the belief  that  the  best  place 
to make new acquaintances, and renew7 old 
ones, is in his  old  establishment.  He is 
never to busy to greet any caller,  and the 
most  persistent drummer is greeted  with 
the same hearty smile  and  treated  w7ith 
the same consideration as the  large  cus­
tomer  who  discounts  his bills.  He is a 
close  buyer  and  sells in the  same  way, 
but  no  one  can  distance  him  in  the 
promptness with which he  discounts  his 
bills.  Who is he?

He is a shrewd  .financier,  a  master  of 
details and an indefatigable worker.  He 
has  the  general  management  of  one of 
the  largest  establishments  in  the  city, 
and,  although  his time is fully occupied, 
he is as accessible  as  the  youngest clerk 
in the employ of  the firm.  The splendid 
standing  of  his  house is a monument  to 
his ability in the directions  above noted, 
for,  while the foundation of the business 
was  laid by other hands,  on him  has de­
volved  the  task  of  rearing  the  super­
structure.  So far as  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ' s 
information  goes,  only two  things  will 
ruffle  his  temper—a  request  to renew a 
note  that  the  maker  may  go  off  on  a 
pleasure trip,  and the  receipt on the last 
day  of  discount  of  a  country  check, 
drawn  on a bank  too  small  to  carry  a 
deposit  with  any  Grand  Rapids  bank. 
Such occurrences  are  not  frequent, but 
they enable  him  to  preach a sermon  on 
commercial ethics  which  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n   would  give  810 to be able to print. 
"Who is he ?

VI.

In point of  energy  and  ambition, he. is 
probably without an equal.  Already the 
head center of  three  different  lines,  it is 
nnderstood that he  still  sighs  for  other 
fields of  conquest.  Like  the  gentleman 
described  under  I,  he is a man  of  many 
moods.  The  payment  of  a  few  large 
bills, falling  due  the  same  day,  makes 
him as cross and exasperating as the very 
Old  Nick.  The  receipt  of  a  810,000 
check from one of  his wholesale agents— 
an  occurrence  which is by no means un­
common, by the way—turns  him  into an 
entirely  different  being—an  individual 
who apparently  w alks  on air, has a kind 
word for everybody, and will even  deign 
to slap his name  down  on a subscription 
paper.  Careful  in  all  his  dealings,  he 
snaps at a bargain  whenever it is offered 
him and knows a good thing w hen he sees 
it.  That’s  why  he  keeps a large  adver-

VII.

In his Sunday clothes he  looks  like an 
Apollo, but  he  has a decided  liking  for 
old  clothes,  white  blouse  and  overalls 
preferred.  Perhaps the above statement 
ought to be  modified so as to  express the 
idea that the blouse  and  overalls  might 
have  been  w hite  about  the time of  the 
Revolutionary war.  No matter what the 
condition  of  his  clothes,  however,  his 
heart  is in the  right  place, and  his cus­
tomers  have  come  to  realize  that  his 
statements  jibe with his  goods.  Slow to 
act, his movements are like  sledge  ham­
mers w hen he once gets in motion.  Free 
to  ask  advice  of  others,  he  has  never 
been  known  to  act  on  another’s  judg­
ment,  and he is as  stubborn  as a mule if 
anyone attempts to sw ay him from a path 
he has decided to follow.  He has started 
out to be  the  leading  man in his line in 
the State, and T h e   T r a d e s m a n   believes 
that  some  day  he  will  reach  his  goal. 
Who is  he ?

For  each  correct  interpretation of  the 
above pencil portraits,  a  year’s subscrip­
tion will be given.

A  Sign  Which  Attracted  Attention.
A crowTd  gathered  in  front  of  a base­
ment  window  on  Dearborn  street  one 
day last  week.  They  were  all  looking 
at  one  of  the  queerest  signs  ever  dis­
played in this city. 

It read :
:  RADIES  DRESSED, 
!
; CREANED AND  DYED.  I

“I’d like to see  myself  in  that  shop,” 
exclaimed a fair  type-writer  girl  from a 
near-by office, with a toss of  her  head.
“It’s an insult,” said an old maid,  “and 
ought to be taken down by the police.”
“As if  a lady  what  is a lady  couldn’t 
clean  herself  without  going to a shop,” 
ejaculated a w7oman whose  husband  had 
just made a lucky deal in w7heat.
“And  who  would  want  to be  dyed,” 
said a  young man, nodding  his head ma­
liciously  at  a  red-headed  girl  who  was 
peering over the shoulders of  these near­
est the window.
The  crowd  grew7, and  grew, as  street 
crowds are prone to grow on the slightest 
provocation, when  the  proprietor of  the 
little shop came out.
“What’s  the  matter  here?”  he  in­
quired.  “Is my place on fire ?  Has any­
body  been  hurt?  Ah!”  catching  sight 
of  the sign, and rubbing  liis chin reflect­
ively for a moment,  “that  boy has  been 
up to his tricks, I see. 
I fired him to-day 
for impudence,  and  he  sw ore  then he’d 
get even with me, the little jackanapes.”
And then the  proprietor  stepped  into 
his  shop,  peeled off  a  letter “D”  which 
had been  pasted  over  an “S” in the pla­
card,  and  the  crowd  laughed  and  dis­
persed as it read:

r a ih e s ’  d r e s s e s 

: 
:
: CREASED AND  DYED.  !

'‘Canned Goods Poisoning.”

F rancis B. Thurber in Medical Classics.
Yet, with all the advantages of  canned 
goods,  some  people  abstain  from  their 
use because they think they are unwhole­
some.  This idea has arisen from the fact 
that among the  hundreds  of  millions of 
tins annually consumed, there is now and 
then one imperfectly sealed, thus  admit­
ting the air  and  spoiling  the  contents. 
These are easily  detected,  from  the  fact 
that they  generally  have  “swelled”  or 
puffed-up ends, and after  opening by the 
exercise of  common  sense  in  the use of 
the organs of taste  and  smell.  No  one 
thinks  of  eating  a  decayed  potato,  or 
spoiled eggs, fish or meats, but some con­
sumers seem to think that because a thing 
is put up in tin it must be good under all 
circumstances,  prepare  it  for  the  table 
and eat it without the slightest  discrimi­
nation.  This sometimes results in more 
or less severe attacks of cholera  morbus, 
which,  in these days of sensational  press 
dispatches,  are  usually  announced  as 
“canned  goods  poisoning.”  Before the 
invention of canned goods,  cholera  mor­
bus was as common as it  is  now,  but it 
was  called  cholera  morbus,  and  not 
“canned goods poisoning.”
It is beginning to be understood by  the 
medical  profession  and  the  public that 
this type of illness is largely the result of 
the  decomposition  of  organic,  matter, 
which,  in its earliest  stages,  develops a 
form  of  alkaloid  poison, 
technically 
known as ptomaines;  but  such cases are 
more  common  with  spoiled  meat,  fish, 
milk,  cheese  and  ice  cream  than from 
canned goods, and it is safe  to  say  that, 
considering  the  enormous  amount  of 
canned goods used, they are  more whole­
some than any similar amount of food not 
canned.

A  Trifle  Late  in  the  Season.

From  th e D etroit Free Press.
“You—you have  strawberries,  haven't 
you?”  she queried of a Woodward avenue 
grocer as she stepped  from  her carriage. 

“Well, hardly,  ma'am—not to-day.” 
“Will  you have some to-morrow7 ?” 
“Really,  I  don’t  think  so,  mam. 
In 
“Oh, dear!  I suspected it might be, but 
I  guess  I’ll  have to take 

fact it is a leetle late for them.”
was in hopes. 
two heads of  cabbage.”  '

Increasing  Their  Output.

The  Woolson  Spice  Co.  has  lately in­
creased the  number of  coffee  roasters in 
actual service from twenty-four to thirty- 
six and will augment the present number 
by tw7elve  as  soon  as they can be put in.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  continues to decline,  as is usual 
at this time of  the  year.  Cheese  contin­
ues to  advance.  Mackerel  is  so  scarce 
that it is not worth while to quote it.

Dettenthaler still “holds the fort” with 
the celebrated “Anchor” brand of oysters. 
It gives satisfaction wherever introduced 
and  has  become  the  leading  brand  in 
many markets. 
If  you are  not  handling 
this brand,  send in a sample order.

PRODUCE  MARKET. 

Apples—Fall  fruit  commands

>  per 
5@$2
bbl.  W inter fruit is in fair  demand  at  $1 
per bbl. 
.
Beans—The new crop is coming in freely, com-1 
manding $1@$1.25 per bu. for  unpicked and $1.50 
for hand-picked.
Butter—Good quality is scarce and high.  Deal­
ers pay 16@20c and hold at 18@22c.
Cabbages—Home grown command $4@$5 per 100
Celery—20@22e per doz.
Cider—8@10e per gal.
Cooperage—»Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—$8  for  Bell  and  Cherry  and  $9 
for Bell and Bugle.
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
at 534c and evaporated at 7c.
Eggs—Strictly fresh are Scarce, jobbers willing­
ly paying 19c and selling at 21@22e.
* Grapes—Concords, 334c per lb.
Honey—Scarce and hard  to  get,  readily  com­
manding 20c per lb.
Onions—Home grown dry stock  command 35® 
40c. per bu.
PopCorn—234c per lb.
Potatoes—The market is  looking a  little  more 
favorable, but not enough to w arrant active ship­
ping operations.  Local handlers pay 25 cents per 
bu. for good stock here and at the principal  buy­
in g  points.

Quinces—$2 per bu.
Squash—Hubbard, lc per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, ¥2.50 per bbl.  Je r­
seys, $2.75@$3 per bbl.
-Turnips—25c per bu.

PRO V ISIO NS.

T h e  G ra n d   R ap id s  P a c k in g  

.sion  Co.  q u o te s  as  fo llo w s:

ami Provi-

PORK  IX  BARRELS.

Mess....................................... ..................-,
Short  c u t.....................: ..........................
Short cut Morgan......................................
Extra clear pig, short  c u t......................
E xtra elear,  heavy...................................
Clear quill, short c u t...............................
Boston clear, short c u t.....................
Clear back, short cu t..............................
Standard clear, short cut, best..............
smoked  meats—Canvassed or PI
Hams, average 20 lbs...............................
16 lb s...............................
“ 
12 to 14 lb s.......................
p icn ic................. ......... .................
“ 
“  Vest boneless.................................
Shoulders..................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.....................
Dried Beef, extra......................................
ham p ric e s.........................

“ 

“ 

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

“ 
“ 

Long Clears, heavy...................................
.  “  medium................................
” 

lig h t..............................
lard—Kettle Rendered.

T ierces........................................................
Tubs..............................................................
50 lb.  T ins..................................................

lard—Compound.

$16 00

19 00 
19 00 
19 00 
19 00 
19 00 
19 00

.12 
.1214 
.1234 
.10 
.1234 
.  9*4 
.11 
.  8 
.  9*4

__   9
....  9 
....  9

BEEP  IX  BARRELS.

Tierces.........................................................
30 and 50 lb. T u b s.....................................
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case............  ..............
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case..............................
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case...............................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case..............................
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs..............
Extra Mess, Chicago packing................
Plate............................................................
Extra Plate.................................................
Boneless, rump butts...............................
“  3ib b l......................
sausage—F resh and Smoked
Pork Sausage.............................................
Ham Sausage..............................................
Tongue Sausage........................................
Frankfort  Sausage....................................
Blood Sausage...........................................
Bologna, straight.......................................
Bologna,  th ick ..........................................
Head Cheese................................................
In half barrels.................... 
In quarter  barrels...................................................... 2 00

.  7 00 
.  7 50 
.  7  25 
.  7  75 
.10 00 
.  5 50

p ig s ’  f e e t .

.  8 
12 
.  9 
,  8

3  50

TRIPE.

In hqlf  barrels........................................................... 3 00
In quarter barrels.......................................................1 75
In K its.....................................................................   85

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FRESH  MEATS.
Beef,  carcass......................................
hindquarters..........................
........................ .
fore 
Hogs...................................... ...... ......
Pork  loins.........................................
shoulders.................................
B ologna............................................
Frankfort  sausage..........................
Blood, liver and head sausage —  
M utton.................................... ..........

“ 

@ 5 
@  6 
@ 4 
@ 7 
©10 @ 8 
©  5 
©  834 
©  5 34 
©   7

OYSTERS and FISH.

F. J.  Dettenthaler quotes as follow

OYSTERS IN CANS.

S tandards..............
A nchors.................
Selects.....................
Fairhaven Counts.

Standards ..
Selects.........
C lam s..........

Black  Bass..........
T ro u t.....................
w i '  .m h ..............
smoked. 
1 „_ch.....................

OYSTERS IX  BULK.

FRESH  FISH.

©18
©20
©28
@38

.23

..  1  10 
..  1  50

@12*4 
@  7*4 
©   734 
@10 
2*4® 4

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as foil  w7s:

STICK.
 
 
MIXED.

•’ 
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Standard, 25 lb. boxes..........................................  914
10
Twist, 
25 
Cut Loaf,  25 
11
Royal, 25 lb. p ails................................................. 10
2001b.  bbls.................................................  9
Extra, 25 lb.  pails................................................. 1014
200 lh.  bhls.................................................  9*4
French Cream, 25lb.  pails..  .............................1214
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases............................................11
Broken. 25 lb. Pails............................................... 11

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fa n c y —In  5 lb.  b o x e s.

•• 

l.p m n n   D rops
. ..13
S o u r D r o p s ........................................................ ...............14
P e p p e rm in t D ro p s ......................................... ...............14
fT io o o late D r o p s ....
___ 15
II.  M.  C h o c o la te   D ro p s............................... ...............18
............10
G u m   D ro p s ........................................................
L ic o ric e  D ro p s.................................................
.............. 18
A.  B.  L ic o ric e   D ro p s .......... ........................ ...............12
L o zen g es, p la in ............................................... .............. 14
p r in te d ......................................... ...............15
.......... 14
I m p e ria ls ............................................................
...  15
M o tto e s................................................................
C ream  B a r .......................................................... .............. 13
.............. 13
M olasses  B a r ...................................................
C a r a m e ls ............................................................ .............. 19
H a n d   M ade  C re a m s ..................................... ...............19
P la in  C re a m s .................................................... ..............16
D e c o ra te d  C re a m s ......................................... ...............30
S trin g   R o c k ...................................................... ...............14
B u rn t A lm o n d s...............................................
W in te rg re e n   B e rrie s ...................: ............

.............. 14

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fa x c y—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..............
in bbls................
“ 
printed, in pails..........
•  “ 
in bbls............
Chocolate Drops, in pails..............
Gum Drops, in pails.......................
in bhls.........................
Moss Drops, in  pails................ .
in bbls.........................
Sour Drops, in pails.......................
Imperials, in pails..... .....................
in bbls...........................

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“ 
“ 

“ 

..12*4 
..1134 
..13 
..12 
w -12*/*
..  634 
..  514 
..10 
..  934 
..12 
..12 
..11

FRUITS.

“ 

fa n c y ...........: ___. 
.

Bananas......................................................1  25@2 50
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls............................   @6 00
Lemons, choice................. . . . . . . . . . . ____ 
©4 50
©5 50
Figs, layers, new . . ....................................14  @16
-  “  Bags, 50 lb .........1
...................  @ 6
Dates, frails, 50 lb ............... .....................  @ 434
©  5*4
@ 9
..............................  @ 7

. *4 frails, 50 lh ......., ........ .... . —  . 
Fard, 10-lb.  box................... 
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................   @ 6*4

50-lb.  “ 

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Almonds,  Tarragona...............
Ivaca..........................
California..............
Brazils.........................................
Filberts,  Sicily..........................
Walnuts, Grenoble.........’.........
F rench.......................
Pecans, Texas, H. P .................
Coeoanuts, per 100.....................
Chestnuts ...................................
PEANUTS.
S tork...........................................
Fancy, H. P.................................
Choice White,  V irginia..........
Fancy H. P.,  ~ 
... .. ..
Extra 
..........

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“ 

@17*4
@16
©14
@ 8
@11
©1334
@S  @12 
@4 50 
75@3 25

@ 5*4
@©  5*4 
@ 7 
@ 5*4

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BUCKWHEAT.

3» lb. 
34 1b. 
lib . 
51b. 

34 lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
BATH  BRICK.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

BAKING  POWDER.
45
Arctic, 5b lh. cans, 6  doz.
75
.
“  4  “ 
.  1  40
.
“  2  “ 
.  2  40
“  2  “ 
.
.12 00
1  “ 
“
.
Absolute, *4 lb. cans, 100s t i l   75
50s .10 00
“ 
54 lb. 
50s .18 75
1 lb. 
“ 
Telfer’s,  *4 lb. cans,6 doz.  2  70
“  3  “ .  2  55
341b. 
“  1  “ .  1  50
lib . 
75
Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz..
.  1  50
34 lb.  “ 
2  “  ..
.  3 00
1  *•  ..
lib .  “ 
b u lk ........................
. 
20
Red Star, M lb. cans, 12 doz 
45
85
6  “
1  50
4  “
80
English, 2 doz. in case...
75
Bristol,  2  •*
65
American, 2 doz. in case.
BROOMS.
.  2 00
No. 2 H u rl..........................
.  2 25
No. 1  “ 
..........................
.  2 50
No. 2 Carpet.......................
.  2  75
No. 1 
.......................
“ 
.  3 00
Parlor Gem........................
. 
90
Common W hisk................
.  1  00
Fancy 
................
.  3  50
M ill.....................................
.  3 00
W arehouse........................
. .5 50
Kings 100 lb. cases...........
. .4  65
80  lb. cases............
13
Dairy, solid  packed.........
14
rolls........................
15
Creamery, solid packed..
ro lls................
16
CANDLES.
10
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............
9
“ 
Star,  40 
............
12
. 
Paraffine............................
. 
25
W icking.............................
CANNED goods—Fish
..1  25
Clams, 1 lb, Little Neck..
..3 00
Clam Chowder, 3  lb .........
..1  00
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.
“
“ 
-.1  60
..1  50
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic.......
......... . .2  65
2  lb. 
1 lb.  Star.............. ..2  00
2  lb. Star.............. . .2  90
1  lb.  stand......... ..1  25
..2  00
2  lb. 
3 lb. in Mustard . .3 00
31b.  soused....... ..3 00
Salmon. 1  lb.  Columbia... . .2 00
21b.
. .3 25
1  lb. Sacramento . .1  70
. .2 75
2 lb.
5
34s— . .© 8
••  Mustard  *4s......... @10
imported  *4s ....... 10©11
“ 
spiced,  34s........... 10@12
“ 
CANNED GOODS—FrilltS.

Sardines, domestic  3£s__ . 

Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

Trout, 3  lb. brook..............

2 lb. 
-  

BUTTERINE.

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77 
“ 

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“ 

.......

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String.......@  95

CANNED VEGETABLES.

Apples, gallons,  stand..........2 00
Blackberries,  stand................1 00
Cherries, red standard..........2 50
p itte d ........................2 60
D am sons...................................1 00
Egg Plums, stan d ................... 1 20
Gooseberries............................1 40
G rapes....................................   90
Green  Gages.......................... 1  40
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1 45
seconds................... 125
P ie ............................1  00
Pears........................................l  30
Pineapples...................1  10@l  25
Q uinces.................................... 1 50
Raspberries,  ex tra................. 1 25
red .....................2  25
Straw berries............... 1  10@1  25
W hortleberries.......................1  20
Asparagus, Oyster B ay...........1 80
Beans, Lima,  stan d ............... 1 00
“  Green  Lim as__   @1  10
“  Stringlesg,  E rie..........   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1  45
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  10
“ 
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“ 
Early  G old... 110
Peas, French.......................... 1  25
“  extra m arrofat...  @1 10
“  soaked....... .....................  75
“  June, sta n d .,. . . , 1 -iO@l  50
“ 
“  sifted..................... 1  25
“  French, extra  fine___20 00
Mushrooms, extra fine........20 00
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........  85
Succotash,  standard__   @1  30
Squash....................................1  25
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1 10
Good Enough___1  10
B enH ar.................1  10
stand  b r....l  05@1  10
New York Full  Cream  @12*4 
Michigan 
Skim...............................   9  @  9*4
Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet  22
Premium.......  33
Horn-Cocoa...  37
48

Corn, Archer’s T rophy........

“  Breakfast.
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps..........
200 
..................
Spruce..............................
Bulk...
R ed....................................
c o f f e e—Green.
Rio, fa ir........................16  @17
“  good......................1
@18
“  prime................
18  @19
19  @20
“  fancy,  washed 
20  @21 
“  golden..............
15  @18
Santos...
Mexican & Guatemala 17  @19
P eaberry.......................17  @19
Java,  Interior.............. 20  @22
“ 
fancy..................23  @25
“  M andheling__ 26  @28
Mocha, genuine...........25  @26
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  *4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

CHEESE.
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CHOCOLATE.

CHICORY.

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coffees—Package.

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30 lbs  60 lbs

coffees—50 lb. bags.

“  in cabinets..................... 22

100 lbs
Lion.......................................... 21*4
Dil worth’s ................................21*4
Magnolia................................. 21 34
Acme...................21 
2074  2034
G erm an................................... 21?4
b in s ...........................2194
Arbnckle’s Ariosa.................21*4
Avorica............. 19*4
McLaughlin’s  XXXX...........21*4
Arbuckle’s Avorica..............1814
Quaker  City__ 19*4
Best  R io............20 J4
Prime Maricabo 23
Honey  Bee..............................23
Xox  All  .................................22
O.  B .......................................... 21
T iger.........................................21f4
COFFEE EXTRACT.
Valley City.................
78
..................  1 10
F elix ............................
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 f t .......... per doz.  1  25
50 ft...
1  50 
60 f t...
1  60
70 f t . ..
2  00
80 f t ...........
60 f t ........... 
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1  00 
7 2 f f .........
1  15
CONDEXSED MILK.
Eagle.
60
Anglo-Swiss.........................  6 00
Kenosha B utter.....................  834
Seymour 
.....................   7
B utter......................................   7
“  family............................  7
“  fa n c y ............................  634
“  b iscu it..........................  734
Boston......................................   834
City Soda.................................  834
Soda..........................................  70
“  fa n c y ..............................  654
S. O yster.................................   7
City Oyster, XXX...................  7
Picnic.......................................  7
Fancy Oyster..........................  634

CRACKERS.
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CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................... 
Grocers’ ................................. 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  5*4@ 6
evaporated__ 7  @  7*4
“ 
Apricots, 
“ 
16
7
Blackberries “ 
Nectarines  “ 
......................14
14
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
34

 
 
 
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6  @ 634

@23
@25
14
14
5
@ 6

d r ie d   f r u it s—Foreign.
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Citron, in  drum .
in boxes...
Currants.................
Lemon  Peel...
Orange Peel.................
Prunes.  Turkey..........
Im perial.........
Raisins,  Dehesia.........
Layers’  Do-
m estit^.........- ...........
Raisins  Lavers’ 
Im-
ported........................
Raisins  Loose  Musca-
tels  ............................
Raisins  Loose  Cali-
fo rn ia .........................
Raisins,  Im perials__
V alencis.......
O n d aras.......

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1  75
1  60
8
9

FARINACEOUS  GOOD

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Farina, 100  lb.  kegs....... ....  04
Hominv,  per  b b l............ ....4  00
Macaronj. dom 12 lb box ....  60
Imported.......
Pearl  Barley................
Peas, green...................
“  split.......................
Sago,  German..............
Tapioca, fl'k or  p’r l ...
Wfieat,  cracked...........
Vermicelli,  im port__
dom estic...
FISH—SALT.

@10
@ 3
@1  45
@ 334
@ 634
©   634
6V4
©10
©60

C’od, w hole.......................
boneless................... 7*A@79J
H a lib u t............................
2  87
Herring,  round,  34 bbl..
*4  bbl..
1  50
10 00
Holland,  bbls..
Holland, kegs.. 85© 90
Scaled..............
30
Mack,  sh's. No.  1.  34  bbl
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•’  12  lb  kit..
“  10

No.2  V- bbls.......
Trout,  34  bbls..............5 25@5  40
10  lb.  k its............ ....  85
...6  00
White,  No. 1.  *4 b b ls....
12 lb.  kits. ... .1  15
10 lb. kits. ....1   00
...3  00
Family.  34  bbls..
.55@£5
k its.........
GUN  POWDER.
5  25
K eg s.................................
.. .2 88
Half  kegs........................
LAMP BURNERS.
60
... 
No. 0..................................
70
No. 1...................................
85
.. 
No. 2...................................
LAMP CHIMNEYS.
.. 
37
No. 0 .................................
No. 1 ................................. ... 
40
50
No. 2 ................................. ... 
30
No. 0.................................. ... 
No. 1................................... ... 
40
50
No. 2.................................. ... 
...  30
Pure...................................
25
Calabria............................
Sicily................................. ....  18
B uckets............................ ...  634
..  6
Half bbls..........................
. 16@17
Black  Strap.....................
Cuba Baking................... .  22@25
. 24@35
Porto  Rico.......................
New Orleans, good......... ..25@30
choice__ .33® 40
fancy....... ,.45@48

LAMP WICKS.

MINCE MEAT.

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

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OIL.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

SALT.
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ROLLED OATS.

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels.......
...6  00
Half barrels.
...3   15
Cases.........2 25(5.2  35
Muscatine. B arrels......... ....6  00
Half barrels. ....3   15
Cases.........2 25@2 35
Michigan  Test................ . .. . 10*4
W ater  Y\ bite................... . . . . 12?«
M edium............................ __ 4  75
“ 
*4 b b l................ ....2   88
...5   75
Small,  b b l........................
“  *4  b b l..................... . . . 3  38
... 1  60
Clay, No.  216...................
.  75
“  T. D. full count__
Cob. No.  3 ........................ __   40
Carolina head................. .......694
No.  1.................. .......6*4
N o.2................. 594© 6
N o .3 ................. .......534
SALERATUS.

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SAL  SODA.

85 
80 
.  23 
2  00 
2  10 
2  20 
75

J  a p a n ...............................
DeLand’s,  pure.............. .......534
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf__
Dwight’s .......................... .......5
Taylor’s ............................ .......5
Common Fine per b bl.........
carlots.
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks__
28  pocket...............................
60 
...............................
...............................
100 
Ashton bu. h a g s..................
Higgins  “ 
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Warsaw “ 
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13
Kegs
Granulated,  boxes................  194
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box. 
Hand. 
Silver Thread, 30 g al............3  50
40  “  ............ 4  50
...  4*4 
...1 0  
...  4
■ ■ •  434
■ • ■  834 
...  4*4

3  “
s a u e r k r a u t .
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Mixed b ird ..
Caraway.......
Canary .........
Hemp...........
Anise............
R ap e............
M ustard.......
Scotch, in  bladders.............. 37
Maecaboy, in ja rs..................35
French Rappee, in Ja rs ........43
Dingman.  100  bars..................... 4 00
Don’t  Anti-W ashboard.......4  75
J a x o n ............................................3 75
Queen  A nne.............................. .3 85
German fam ily................ 
Big B argain..’...............................1 87

SAPOLIO.

  2 40

SXUFF.

SOAP.

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SODA.

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spices—Whole.

B oxes.........................................534
Kegs, E nglish...........................4%
A llspice...................................  8
Cassia, China in m ats...........  734
Batavia in b u n d __11
Saigon in rolls........42
Cloves,  Amhoyna.................30
Zanzibar...................24
Mace  Batavia.........................70
Nutmegs, fancy..................... 70
No.  1........................65
“  No.  2..........................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__1834
w hite...... 28
shot............................21
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spices—Ground—In Bulk.

A llspice................................... 1234
Cassia,  B atavia..................... 20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna..................35
Zanzibar..................28
Ginger, A frican......................1234
Cochin..................... 15
Jam aica..................18
Mace  B atavia.........................80
Mustard,  English..................22
and Trie. .25
Trieste....... ..............27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ......................70
Pepper, Singapore, black___22
w hite........30
Cayenne..................25
“ 
Absolute  Pepper, doz...........84
“  Cinnamon  doz........84
“  Allspice 
........55
“  Cloves 
........85
“  Ginger 
........78
“  M ustard 
........84

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starch.

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Kingsford’s
Silver  Gloss, 1  lb. pkgs.......  7
6 lb. boxes......734
bulk.................  634
pkgs.................  534

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Pure, 1  lh. 
Corn,  1  lb. pkgs.....................  7
Mystic, 1 lh.  pkgs..................  7
barrels.........................6

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su g a r s.

Cut  Loaf.......................
C ubes............................
Pow dered.....................
Granulated,  Stand__
O ff...........
Confectionery  A .........
Standard  A .................
No. 1, W hite Extra C ..

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s t r u t s.

No. 2 Extra  C..............  @ 694
No. 3 C, golden............   @634
No. 4 C, d ark ................  @634
No. 5  C..........................  @ 6
Corn,  barrels.......................26(5.28
one-half  barrels__ 28@39
kegs..........................  
1  30
Pure  Sugar, bbl..................29@33
half barrel__ 31@35
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934
934
934
9
9

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps............... 9 
Sugar  Creams..............9 
Frosted  Creams..........  
Graham  Crackers....... 
Oatmeal  Crackers....... 
Clipper  .......................................39
C lim ax................................39@41
Corner Stone..............................39
Double  Pedro............................ 40
W hopper.....................................40
Peach  P ie................................... 40
Wedding  Cake,  blk..................40

TOBACCOS—PI Ug.

TEAS.

ja p a x —Regular.

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.,

SUN CURED.

YOUNG HYSON.

BASKET  FIRED.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F a ir .................................12  @15
G ood..............................  @16
Choice............................. 24  @28
Choicest..........................30  @33
F a ir .................................12  @15
G ood...............................16  @20
Choice............................. 24  @28
Choicest..........................30  @33
Fair ..............................   @20
C'hoiee............................  @25
Choicest........................  
©35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fair............25  @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy..............75  @85
Common to  fa ir............20  @35
Superior to fine..............40  @50
Common to  fa ir............18  @26
Superior to  fine............30  @40
Common to  fair............25  @30
Superior to  fine............30  @50
Fine to choicest............55  @65
F a ir .................................25  @30
Choice............................. 30  @35
B est.................................55  @65
Tea  D ust........................  8  @10
Sweet Pippin................ 
50
Five and  Seven..........  
50
H iaw atha..................... 
68
45
Sweet  Cuba.................  
Petoskey Chief............  
55
40
Sweet Russet................ 
T h istle.......................... 
42
F lorida.......................... 
65
Rose  L eaf..................... 
66
Red Domino.................  
38
Swamp A ngel.............. 
40
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
$  2, per  hundred.................   2 59
.................   3 00
$5,  “ 
$10,  “ 
.................   4 00
$20,  “ 
..................  5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts;
200 or over...........................5  per cent.
500  “ 
1000  " 
30 g r..........................................  9*4
40 g r.........................................11
50 g r.........................................12
Above are the prices  fixed by 
the  pool.  M anufacturers  out­
side the pool  usually  sell  5 gr. 
stronger goods at same prices.

to b a cc o s—Fine Cut.

..............20
VINEGAR.

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$1 for barrel.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Cocoa Shells, •bulk..............  3%
Jelly, 30-lb.» pails..................  4*4
Sage........................................  
15
P A P E R ,  W O OD EN  W A R E . 
C u rtiss  &  Co.  q u o te   as 

PAPER.

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splint 

TWINES.

fo llo w s:
S tra w .........................................194
“  Light  W eight...............2
S u g a r....... ................................2
Rag  S u g a r................................234
H ardw are..................................234
B akers.......................................254
Dry  Goods.............................5
Ju te  M anilla..........................8
Red  Express, No. 1............. 5
No. 2.............. 4
48 Cotton.................................22
Cotton, No. 2 ..........................20
“  3..........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.......... 40
No. 5 H em p............................16
No. 8 B .................................... 27
W ool........................................   734
Tubs, No. 1.................................  7 75
“  No. 2.................................   6 75
“  No. 3...........: ...............5 75
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop........  1  60
“   No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes—  
Bowls, 15s, 17s and  19s.......  2 50
Baskets, m arket...................  
40

WOODENWARE.

WHEAT.

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b u sh el.........................  1 60
willow cl’ths, No.l  5  50 
6 00
7 00
4 25

“ w ith covers  1  90
“  No.2 
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“  No.3 
“  No.l  3 50 
“  No.2 
“ 
"  No.3 5 00
G R A IN S a n d  FEED STU FF’S
W h ite...................................  1  01
Red........................................  1  04
Straight, in  sacks..............   6  20
••  barrels............   6 40
Patent 
“  sacks..............   7  20
••  barrels.............  7  40
Bolted...................................  2  80
Granulated....................... 
3  60
Bran......................................  15  00
Ships.....................................  16  50
Screenings..........................  14  00
M iddlings............................  17  00
Mixed  F eed........................   17  75
Small 
50
47
Car 
32
Small 
Car 
30
No.  1, per 100 lb s ...............   2  00
No. 1......................................   1  30
No. 2......................................  1  1(
No. 1......................................   12 Ot
No. 2.....................................   13 00
H ID E S ,  PE L T S  an d   FURS.
P e rk in s   &  H ess  p ay   as 

lots.......................... 
77 
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lots.......................... 
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b a r l e y .

FLOUR.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

BYE.

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HIDES.

follow ’s:
G reen ............................  5  @ 534
Part  Cured...................   6  @ 634
634@  7
Full 
D ry..................................  6  © 8
Dry  Kips  .....................  6  @ 8
Calfskins,  g reen........  @  5
cured.........6  @ 634
Deacon skins............... 10  @25

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PELTS.

FURS.

Shearlings......................10  @30
Estimated wool, per fib 20  @25
M ink................................  
5© 50
Coon.................................. 
5© 80
5© 80
Skunk............................... 
M uskrat........................... 
1© 10
Fox, red...........................  
5@1 00
“  cross.......................  50@5 00
“  grey.........................  
5© 7c
5© 2(
Cat,  house.......................  
“  w ild.........................  
5© 50
F isher...........................1  00@6 00
L ynx................................  50@3 00
Martin,  d ark .................   25@3 00
pale...................   10@1 00
O tte r...............................   50@8 00
W olf................................   50@3 00
B ear................................   50@15 00
B eaver............................  50®6 00
B adger............................. 
5@1 00
Deerskins, per lb......... 
5©  40
MISCELLANEOUS.
T allow ...........................  4  ©   434
Grease  butter..............   8  @ 834
Sw itches.......................   2  ©   254
Ginseng........................   @2 00

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OUR  LEADING  BRANDS

Roller Champion,
Matchless,

Gilt  Edge,

Lily White,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

White Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 
Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES:

B uckw heat  Flour.  Rye  Flour,  G ranulated 
Meal,  Bolted  Meal,  Coarse  Meal,  B ran, 
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed.

W rite  fo r  Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
WM.L. ELLIS&OO.

B I R - A J S T O

Broker  in CANNED  GOODS.
B.  F.  EMERY, 
flianager,

Salt and Sea Fish.

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20  Lyon  St.,  GBAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

and American 
Polished PLAa-i 
Rough  and  Ribbed 
French Window,  Ameri­
can  Window,  English  a6 o r.
Enamelled* Cut and  Embossed.
Rolled*Cathedral, Venetian, Muffled,
Frosted-  Bohemian,  German  Looking 
Glass  Plates,  French  Mirror  Plates.
The quality, variety and quantity or our 
is exceeded by no  house in   the United  States*
W M .  R E I D ,

73 & 75  Larned  Street W ert, DETROIT,  MICH.
p. s.—Write  for Prices.  No trouble to  answer cones* 
pondence.
Grand Rapid» Store,  61  Waterloo Street*
MAGIC COFFEE  ROASTER
The  m o st practical 
h and  R o aster  in   th e 
world.  Thousands in 
use—g m agf  satisf**c- 
tion.  They a re  sim ple 
d urable an d   econom ­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  R oasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to   per 
fection.

No 

Address  fo r  C ata­

logue an d  prices,

C. F. Marple,

S tate Agent, L ansing, 
Mich.,  care  M arple 
F rench & Co., W hole­
sale C onfectioners.

B U Y

Muscatine
ROLLED

OATS

IE  YOU  WANT
T H E  

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SAVE

Why
Can
YOU
By trading with  the new  house of

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Cm m i® & !* ? ,;

Because  we  represent  the maim- 
faeturers  and  importers  direct— 
and SAVE you  a 

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Jobber’s  Profit, \
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An inspection is all we ask.  W rite 
for  prices  and  catalogues.  Call 
when in the city  and  see  a  com­
plete line of samples of  Crockery, 
Glassware, Fancy  Goods,  etc., at 
lower prices than  you  have  ever 
bought before.

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Wholesale 

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JOBBER  OF

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SALT  FISH.

Mail Orders  Receive  Prompt 

See  Quotations  in  Another 

Attention.

Column.

W h o le sa le   Price  Current•

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

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

TALLEY CITY MILLING GO.

Why you should send us your orders.  W e handle 
nothing but BEST and  CHOICEST BRANDS; 
Hat Manufacturers' and Importers' Prices; 
Ship at ONE DAY "S NOTICE, enabling 
u to  receive  goods day following: 
Fill  orders  for ALL  KINDS o t

GLASS,

THESE  GOODS ABE  “ PAB EXCELLENCE”
Pure, H ealthful and  Reliable,  w arranted  to give satis­
faction  in every p articu lar.  For sale by wholesale and 
retail i .rocers thro u g h o u t  th t  United  States.  V o u w ie  
B r o s., M anufacturers. Cleveland and Chicago.

We also manufacture a  full  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for quotations 

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and  samples.

JACKSON, 

MICH.

CASH  SALE  CHECKS.

Encourage y our trad e to pay cash instead of 
running  book  accounts  by  using  Cash  Sale 
Checks.  F or sale a t 50 cents  p er  100  by  E.  A. 
STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

NELSON BEOS. & CO.

68  Monroe  Street,

Grand Rapids.

Moth  blotches  can  he  removed  by  a 
wash  consisting of  equal  parts of  lactic 
acid and glycerine.

Acme While Lead & Color forts,
MIOH.
DETROIT,

H A Z E L , 

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&  P E R K I N S  

D R U G C O .

Im porters  and  Jobbers  of

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Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, l/arnislies.

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M anufacturers of th e C elebrated

ACME  PR EPA R ED   PA INTS,

W e  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

W hich  fo r  D urability,  E lasticity,  B eauty 

and Econom y are A bsolutely U nsurpassed.
F.  J.  W URZBURG,

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

WHOLESALE  AGENT,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

W e have in stock and offer a full line of

W hiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  'Wines,  Bums.

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Subnitrate of bism uth.................................
Powdered gum  arable.................................
Sulphate of  morphine.................................

ICO grs. 
80 g r s .

Black.. 
Brown.
R ed__
Yellow

D r i i f f s  ^ M e d i c i n e  s .

S tate  B oard,  o f P h a rm a c y .
One Y ear—Jam es  V em or, D etroit.
Two Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
T hree Years—Geo. McDonald, K alam aaoo.
F o u r Y ears—Stanley E. P ark ill,  Owosso.
Five Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
P resident—Geo. McDonald 
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next Meeting—At  Lansing,  on  Novem ber o.  7 a n a 8. 
|C an d id ates will please rep o rt a t 9 a. m . th e   second day 
*o£ m eeting.

M ich ig an   S tate  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  A ss’n. 

P resident—Geo. Gtindrum, Ionia.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.
T hird Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
S ecretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—W m  Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com mittee—A. H. Lym an,  M anistee;  A. Bas­
sett,  D etroit; F. J.  W urzburg,  G rand Rapids;  W .  A. 
H all, G reenville;  E. T.  W ebb, Jackson.

Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit.

G ran d   R ap id s  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 
Secretary, F ran k  H. Escott.

President. H. E. Locher. 

D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 

P resident, J. W. Caldwell.  S ecretary, B. W. P atterson.

M uskegon  D ru g  C lerk s’  A ssociation. 

President, Geo.  L. LeFevre.  Secretary, Jno. A. Tinholt.
Importance  of an  English  Training  as  a 

L. E. Sayre, Ph. G., in D ruggists' Bulletin.

Part of a Pharmaceutical Education.
For some  years  past  there  has been a 
great deal of discussioa upon  the subject 
of the preliminary education of  pharma- 
1 ceutieal students.  Out of this has grown 
some practical good.  We will venture to 
say  that  there  is  no  applicant  in  the 
country who will be admitted to  a  phar­
maceutical course unless  he  could  spell 
“cat,” multiply 2x4, and write,  legibly 
or otherwise,  the capitals  and  small let­
ters of the English alphabet,

but for this deficiency he might  soon  be­
come one of the shining lights in the pro­
fession.
We are doing our best  to  elevate  the 
standard of our profession,  and  to make 
the other professions, as well as the com­
munity at large, recognize and respect us 
as such;  now it seems to me that while an 
advance in scientific  acquirements  is de­
sirable to this end,  yet  it  is  becoming 
more and more apparent  that  an  equal 
recognition by this Section  of  the  A. P. 
A. of the importance of English  training 
in the curriculum of our schools, is  even 
more desirable. 
It is not necessary  here 
to enter at large upon the many ramifica­
tions of development which  the  study of 
English affords, beyond the present  cita­
tions;  suffice it to say, that we all  recog­
nize  that  any  scientific  acquirement is 
markedly one-sided, unless  it  is  accom­
panied by this much of English;  and  an 
advance in the profession must  necessar­
ily be accompanied by an  equal  advance 
in  knowledge  and  intellectual  training 
which the study of English  involves.
Naturally, you will  ask:  How  shall 
this desirable training  be  accomplished? 
In my judgment,  by  creating  a chair of 
English in our  schools,  similar  to  that 
which is recognized in  other  technologi­
cal  schools.  The  professor  in  this  de­
partment should, I think; have  complete 
supervision of all written  work  done by 
the students, and should criticise  it with 
reference  to  orthography,  punctuation, 
clearness and correctness  of  expression, 
and written work should  be  largely  in­
creased.
Blind  Prescriptions  and  Secret  Formulas
Take of

COMPOUND  MAGNESIA  POWDER.

.3 (1rs. 
.3 drs. 
.3 drs. 
.3 drs. 
.1 dr.

.4   fl.  d rs  
.2 ozs.

80 grs.
80 grs.
13 drops. 
6 fl. drs. 
12 fl. drs. 
2 fl. ozs.

6 fl. drs. 

5 fl. drs.
5 fl. drs.
4 fl. dr;
4 fl. dn

COMPOUND  OINTMENT  OF  BISMUTH
Subnitrate of bism uth........................ ........
Sulphate of  m orphine.................................
Petrolatum.......................................................

f e r r ie r ' s  s n u f f .

Sulphate of Magnesium.................
Magnesia  u sta..................................
Sugar of m ilk....................................
Sulphur..............................................
Powdered  ginger.............................

Take of

POUDRE  FOUGUIRE.
Fluid extract of golden seal..........
Powdered  borax..............................

COMPOUND  IODINE  WASH.
Ohio rate of potassium........................
Iodide of potassium.............................
Carbolic acid...........................................
Tincture of  iodine.................................
Glycerin....................................................
W ater..................................................
Make a solution.
DE MUSST'S SNUFF.
Take of

Mix.
Take of

Powdered belladonna leaves..............
Sulphate of  m orphine..........................
Powdered gum  arabic..........................
HENLETIS  COUGH  MIXTURE
Mucilage of acacia.................................
Camphor  w ater......................................
Syrup of spuill........................................
Hoffman’s anodyne...............................
Solution of morphine  (l~. S. P., 1870).

Mix.

Mix and powder.

Mix.
Take of

Mix.
Take of

Mix.
Take of

It is hot this low preliminary work that 
we wish to discuss in this paper, but such 
a systematic training in the English  lan­
guage as will give the  student  a  knowl­
edge of the same and facility  in  its  use, 
at least equal to his knowledge  of  drugs 
and his ability  to  handle  them. 
It is a 
deplorable fact that many a “pharmacist” 
might be able to pass an examination con­
siderably  harder  than  that  amusingly 
above  indicated,  and  yet  he  unable to 
make out an order for  drugs  that  could 
not be misinterpreted,  or  wTrite any ordi­
nary  business  letter  expressing  clearly 
and correctly the ideas he desires to com­
municate.
The writer well remembers  his misgiv­
ings  when  he  first  came  to  realize  on 
reading the annual  announcement of the 
college, that his graduation hinged parti­
ally upon writing an essay involving orig­
inal work pertaining  to  pharmacy.  His 
misgivings came not so  much  from  the 
pharmaceutical knowledge to be obtained 
as from the skill required in  its  expres­
sion  (and not obtainable in  that  institu­
tion), which a training in English should 
give.
I appeal to the experience of nearly ev­
ery one when I ask:  “Is  not  this a com­
mon failing among a  large  majority  of 
students in  our  colleges  of  pharmacy? 
And do our  colleges  sufficiently  realize 
that their requirements  for  these are be­
yond the power of these students,  either 
from the  deficiencies  of  the  student  at 
the time of entrance (of  which  the  col­
lege takes no notiee),  or  from a  lack  of 
instruction afterwards  which the college 
does not supply?
In other words, do not our  colleges re­
quire for graduation  that  which they do 
not supply and do not require as a condi­
tion for entrance?  Now, it is  true  that 
some students have  cultivated  a  knowl­
edge of  English  before  entrance,  and a 
few of them endeavor  to  advance  after­
ward.  as did the writer, under proper tu­
torage;  and  our  colleges  can  therefore 
generally find some theses that will fairly 
bear public  inspection  as  regards  their 
English, or that can  at  least  be  under­
stood.  But it is also true that  the  same 
colleges accept many theses  that  cannot 
possibly be understood,  unless  interpret­
ed by the professor  under  whose  super­
vision the work was  done.  Hence  it  is 
that graduates in pharmacy,  when  they 
come to confront the duties of  what they 
claim to be a profession, find  themselves 
sadly deficient.  They find there is some­
thing more needed to make them  worthy 
of claiming a membership therein.  They 
may not be at fault  in  certain  scientific 
Acquirements:  they  may  be  thoroughly 
•competent to handle poisons and dispense 
medicine;  but, for all that, if  they  come 
to their senses, they must  own  that they 
are at least unworthy members  of  a pro­
fession, or their profession is not worthy 
of the name it claims.
The same may be said of  students who 
are preparing for some other  professions 
in  other  schools. 
l)r.  Chas.  JL  May 
speaks of this matter especially  strongly 
in regard to the graduates of some of our 
medical  colleges.  He  says  he  has  re­
ceived letters from  graduates  in  medi­
cine in relation to  instruction  which (as 
the following show)  betray  the same de­
ficiency:  “I except (accept) your terms;” I 
“I make you the  following  proposition: 
me to pay,” etc.;  “I have did more study­
ing after graduation  than  ever  before:” 
“Am  much  o b l i d g e “Your  team us.'' \ 
These graduates, he further  states, were 
from reputable colleges.
Almost any secretary of  a  pharmaceu­
tical  association or instructor  in  our col­
leges could furnish examples of defective 
English.  Not to prolong this  paper  un­
necessarily,  the writer  contents  himself 
with  the  following  examples  taken  at 
random from a paper prepared by a phar­
maceutical graduate  for  presentation to 
one of our  societies—and  this  graduate 
held a high school certificate,  and  spent 
one year in college before entering on his 
special course.
He introduces his theme on the  incom­
patibility of two substances as follows: 
“The subject  *  *  has  been a  terror 
to the scientifical minds since it has been 
known  to  exist.  There  can  be no de­
pendence placed in it,  as  at  any  unsus­
pecting moment it explodes with the most 
intense violence;  so readily  are  its  ele­
ments to breaking up,  that  it  leaves its 
operator in profound confusion,  and  oft­
en causing great damage.”
And again, further  on  in  this  paper: 
“From the natural elements which  these 
substances contain would lead  one to be­
lieve there could be no such reaction take 
place.  That was the conclusion I  finally 
arrived at,  after studying over the matter 
for some time; and I proved my  opinions 
in the following manner.”
practical pharmacist,  this  young  man’s | in the air,  and  the  lime 
qualifications are above the  average, and  dregs left in the kettle.

Judging  from

Yours, truly,

The Drug Market.

The  Market  for  Ginseng.

The scarcity of  supplies  of  ginseng in 
the  principal  markets  of  the  United 
States.has induced a material  advance in 
prices^ which have  reached  the  highe 
point ever known.  Fears  are  expressed 
that the present scarcity foreshadows the 
ultimate  extinction of  this  drug root 
an article of  commerce  in  this  country. 
The  principal  markets  for  the  product 
are  Louisville, Cincinnati,  Chicago  and 
New York.  By some the high prices and 
present  scarcity  of  the  root  are  attrib­
uted to a combination or  corner  by large 
holders  of  the  article.  Quite  a  change 
in the methods of  marketing  the  article 
has  taken  place.  The business is being 
gradually  absorbed  by  Chinamen. 
In­
terior  buyers  appear  to  be  common in 
this as in other lines of trade.  Kentucky, 
Tennessee, Virginia  and  North Carolina 
are said to be sending less to market than 
formerly, but this has  been  partly made 
up  by  larger  receipts  from  Michigan, 
Wisconsin  and  Minnesota.  The  plant 
grows  wild.  Systematic  cultivation  is 
practically confined to  New York  State. 
The  cultivated  article  does  not  sell  as 
high  as  the  wild  species.  Ginseng  is 
bought  entirely  for  export  to  China. 
Chinamen in America do not use it.

Annual  Meeting of the Local Society. 
The annual meeting of  the Grand Rap­
ids  Pharmaceutical  Society will be held 
at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office  on  Thursday 
evening.  President  Loeher will present 
iris  exaugural  address  and  Secretary 
Escott and Treasurer  Fairchild  will pre­
sent  their  annual  reports.  Election  of 
officers for the ensuing  year  will  also be 
held.  One new  application for member­
ship will be acted  upon.

Muskegon Drug Clerk’s Association.
M u s k e g o n , Oct. 24.1888.

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids :
D e a r   S i r —The Muskegon  Drug  Clerk's  Asso­
ciation held its  semi-annual  election of  officers 
last evening, resulting as follows : 

President-G eo. L. LeFevre.
Vice-President—W. A. Padley.
Secretary and Treasurer—Jno. A. Tiuholt.
The next meeting will be held on Nov. 13.

The  late  Charles  Delmonico  used  to 
claim that  their  firm  were  the  first  to 
teach the “hot  water  cure.” 
“Take  a 
cup of hot water with lemon juice in it,” 
they would say to their guests  who  com­
plained of  poor  appetites.  The  lemon 
juiee was only to take away the insipidity 
of the hot water.  For this remedy  they 
charged as much as for a drink  of  their 
best  liquors—25  cents—and  the  money 
was certainly better spent than for  alco­
holic drink.  “Few people know how  to 
cook water,” he would say.  “The secret 
is putting good, fresh water into a  kettle 
already warm, and setting it to boil quick­
ly, then taking it right off to use  in  tea, 
coffee or other drinks, before it is spoiled.
If it is allowed to steam, and simmer, and 
the  standpoint  of  the | evaporate,  all  the good of  the  water is
and  iron  and

Opium is dull  and  weak.  Morphia  is 
unchanged.  Quinine  is dull  and a trifle 
lower.  Borax is tending  higher.  Cam­
phor is unsettled.  Blue vitriol  is higher. 
Oil  peppermint is higher.  Oil  sassafras 
is scarce and firm.

J n o .  A .  T i n h o l t .  S e c 'v .

t 

M in o r  D ru g   N o tes.

From  M eyer Bros.’ D ruggist.
The  United  States  dispensatory  has 
been  revised  for the  sixteenth  time,  and 
will soon be ready for sale.
Laplace’s sublimate solution is made by 
dissolving one part of corrosive sublimate 
and  five of  tartaric  acid in  1,000  of  dis­
tilled water.
Gray oil is a subcutaneous injection used 
in  syphilis. 
It  is made  by mixing  three 
parts  each of  mercury and  lanolin  with 
four of olive oil.
□ Ayer’s  hair vigor  has  been  announced 
as an aqueous, three per cent,  solution of 
sugar of  lead, with a small proportion of 
sulphur and glycerin.
Camphor  ice can  be prepared  by  mix­
ing  eighteen  ounces of  petrolatum with 
twelve  ounces  each  of  spermaceti  and 
white wax and  five ounces of camphor.

Haines’  solution  for  the  detection  of 
glucose is made by mixing  three parts of 
cupric sulphate with nine parts of  potas­
sium  hydrate,  100 of  glycerin and  400 of 
water.
The  ownership of  the  prescription, as 
decided by several  states in this country, 
has  been  followed  by a  similar  decision 
in  Germany,  where  the court  holds  that

the  prescription  is  the  property of  the 
druggist.
Apprentices of to-day are to become the 
druggists of to-morrow, so they should be 
selected with  care.  There  is no  greater 
question  before  the  pharmacists  of  the 
world  to-day  than  that  of  preliminary 
education  and  other  qualifications  for 
apprentices. 
In  order  to  bring  out  an 
expression and see what is actually going 
on in this direction, we invite our readers 
to inform  us of  what qualifications  they 
consider  when  interviewing  a  prospec­
tive  apprentice.

To  clean  old  corks  and  render  them 
bright  as  new,  the  following  directions 
are given in Apotheker Zeitung:  Put the 
corks  in  a  crock, pour  in  a solution  of 
five  or  six  drachms of  permanganate of 
potassium,  place  a  stoue-weighted  cover 
over them and pour on sufficient water to 
cover  the  corks.  Allow  them  to  stand 
thus for two days,  then  pour off  the per- 
msiugauate solution  and rinse  them with 
clean  water.  Put the  corks in the  crock 
again,  pour  in  a  pint  of  hydrochloric 
acid  and  enough  water  to  cover  them; 
soak for a few days,  after which the acid 
should be thoroughly washed away, fresh 
water  added, and  set  aside  for  a  day. 
Fnallv,  they are drained and dried.

W h o l e s a l e   P r i c e   C u r r e n t .

Advanced—Oil sassafras, oil  peppermint.

ACIDUM.
A ceticum ...................
Benzoicum,  German.
B o racic.......................
C arbolicum ................
C itricnm .....................
H ydrochlor................
N itro cu m ...................
O xalieum ...................
Phosphoriuin  d ii.......
Salicylicum ................
Sulphuricum ..............
Tannicum ...................
Tartaricum .................
AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg. 
18  deg.
Carbonas  __
Chloridum  ...

8®   10 
80@1  00 
30
45©
65
60©
3© 
10© 
12 
12©
14 
20
1  70©2 05 
1J£@  5 
1  40@1  60 
50©  53

3@
4©
11©
12©

.2 00®2  25 
.  80©1  00 
.  45©  50 
.2  50@3 00

...1  85@2 00 
. . .  
8©   10 
...  25®  30

Cubeae  (po. 1  60.
Ju n ip eru s...................
X anfnoxylum ............
BAI.SAMUM.
Copaiba.......................
P eru ..............................
Terabin, Canada  .... 
T o lu tan .......................
CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..........
Cassiae  ..........................
Cinchona F lava............
Euonymus  atropurp... 
Myrica  Cerifera, po—
Prunus V irgini..............
Quillaia,  grd .................
Sassafras  .......................
Ulmus Po (Ground. 12).
EXTRACTUM.
Glycvrrhiza  G labra...
po............
Haematox, 15 lb. b o x ..
is ................
54s...........
14s...........
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Quinia —
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferrocyanidum Sol__
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
pure..............

“ 

FLORA.

A rn ic a ................
A nthem is...........
M atricaria.........

FOLIA.

65©  70 
@1  30 
50©  55 
45©  50

24©  25 
33®  35 
11©   12 
13©  14 
14©  15 
16©  17

©   15 
©3 50 
©   80

14©
4 5 ©
3 0 ©

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

.....................  10©
nivelly-l.......................  25®
A Lx.  35©
and  *4 s .......................  10©
8©

Salvia  officinalis,  *4s
Ura Ursi......................... 

*• 

“ 

GUMMl.

“ 
“  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked__   @1  00
....  ©   90
2d 
80
3d 
  ©  
©   65
sifted so rts... 
p o .........  75©1 
00
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  @  12
“  Socotri,  (po.  60).  ©   50
Catechu, Is, (VgS, 14 *.
©   13
16)............................
25©  30
A m m oniae................
Assafcetida,  (po. 30).
©   15
50©  55
Benzoinum...............
32©  35
Camphor®.................
35©  10
Euphorbium, po.......
@  80
Galbanum .................
80©  95
Gamboge,  po............
©   35
Guaiacum,  (po. 45)..
©  20
Kino,  (po.  25)..........
©1 00
M astic......................
@  40
Myrrh,  (po. 45)........
3 25©3 30
Opii,  (po. 5 00).......
33 
Shellac  ........................   25®
30
bleached.........  25©
* 
T ragaeanth..................  30©  75
h e r b a —In ounce packages.
A bsinthium ......................  25
Eupatorium ......................  20
L o b e lia ....................................   25
M ajorum ...........................  28
Mentha  Piperita.............   23
V i r ..........................  25
R ue.....................................   30
Tanacetum, V ..................   22
Thymus,  V .......................   25

“  

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at...............   55©  60
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20©  22
Carbonate, K.  &  M __   20©  25
Carbonate,  Jenningo..  35©  36
OLEUM.
.5 00©5 50 
A bsinthium ............
.  45©
Amygdalae, D ulc... 
Amydalae, Amarae.
.7 25©
.1  85@1  95 
A n isi........................
©2  50 
A uranti JCortex__
.2  75®3:2E 
Bergami!  ................
.  90®1d00 
Cajiputi....................
C aryophylli............
© 2 00 
.  35©  65 
Cedar  ......................
Chenopodii  ............
©lo75 
C innam om i............
.  85®  90 @
C itronella...............
35©  65
C'onium  Mae.
Copaiba........................   90@1 00
Cubebae
15J50@16 00 
90@1  00 
Exechthitos............
E rig ero n .................
1  20®1  30 
2a25@2 35 
G aultheria..............
Geranium,  ounce.. 
Gossipii,  Sem. gal..
Hedeoma  ................
Juniperi...................
L avendula..............
Lim onis...................
Mentha Piper..........
M entha  V erid.........
Morrhuae, gal.........
Myrcia, ounce.........
O l i v e .....................
Picis Liquida,  (gal.
R icin i......................
Rosm arini............
Rosae,  ounce..........
Succini...................
S ab in a.....................
Santal  ...................
Sassafras.................
Sinapis, ess, ounce
T iglii......................
Thyme *...................
o p t............
Theobromas..........
POTA88IU
Bi Carb...................
B ichrom ate..........
Bromide.................

@
50©
1  15@1  25 
50@2  “  
90@2 00
1  75@2  2;
2 75@3 7!
3 00@3 21 
80@1  00
®   50 
10©  12 
96®1  10 
75© 1  (X 
© 6  00 
40©  4) 
90@1  00 
75©  80 
©   65 
©1  50 
40©  50 
©   60 
15©  20

15©  18 
13©  15 
37©  40

1 00©

3 50©

35)

“ 

12©  15 
18©  20 
50©  55 
85@3 00

Carb..............................
Chlorate,  (po. 20).......
C yanide.......................
Iodide..........................
Potassa,  Bitart,  pure. 
Potassa, Bitart, com ..
Potass  Nitras, opt__
Potass N itras..............
P russiate.....................
Sulphate  po................

RADIX.

Ala,

A conitum ...................
A lthae..........................
A n ch u sa.....................
Arum,  po.....................
Calamus.......................
Gentiana,  (po. 15)__
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 
Hydrastis  Canaden, 
(po. 60)..
Hellebore.
Inula,  p o ’................
Ipecac,  po.................
Iris  plox  (po. 20®22)
Jalapa,  p r............:..
Maranta,  14s ............
Podophyllum, po__
R h ei...'......................
••  c u t.....................
“  pv.......................
S pigelia.....................
Saugulnaria.  (po  25)
Serpentaria................
Senega  .......................
Similax. Officinalis,
Scillae,  ( po. 35). 
Symplocarpus,
Fort i -
dus.  po.......................
V aleriana,Eng.  (po.30) 
G erm an...
Zingiber a .....................
Zingiber  j .....................

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55 
15®   X < 
15®.  2,i 
2   15® 2  30 
. 
1 8 ©   20 
2 5 ©   30 
©   35 
1 5©   18 
.  75@1  00 
© 1   75 
75® 1  35 
.  48©.  53 
©   20

s e m e n .
Anisum,  (po.  20) —  
© 1 5  
Apium  (graveleons)
..  10®.  12 
Bird, I s ......................
4 ©  
. .  
6
Carui, (po. 18)...........
.. 
1 2 ©   15 
Cardam on.................
. .1  00® 1  25 
Corlandrum ..............
..  10®  12 
Cannabis Sativa.......
. .   3*4©   4(4 
Cydonium.................
. .   75@ 1  0O 
Chenopodium  .........
..  10©  12 
Dipterix Odorate—
.. 1  75® 1  85 
Foeniculum ................
©   15 
Foenugreek,  p o .........
8 
.. 
6®  
L in i..............................
4
..  3*4®  
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3*4)..
. .   3* 4 ©  
4
Lobelia........................
..  3 5 ©   40 
Pharlaris Canarian...
. .   3* 4 ®   4*4 
R a p a ............................
6
.. 
Sinapis,  A lba............
. .  
9
...
..  11©  12
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, IV.. D.  Co.
D. F.  R ....
Juniperis  Co. O. T ...
Saacharum  N.  E .......
Spt.  Vini  G alli..........
Vini O porto................
Vini  A lba...................
sp o n g e s. 

.2  00@2 50 
.1  75©2 00 
.1  10@1  50 
.1  75® 1  75 
.1  75®3  50 
.1  75@2 00 
. 1  75©6 50 
.1  25®2 00 
. 1  25®2 00

N igra 

5 ©  
8 ©  

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sheeps’  wool
Florida
carriage.....................2
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  __   __......
Velvet  extra  sheeps'
wool  carriage..........
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage.....................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ..... ....................
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................

s y r u p s.

A ccacia..........................
Zingiber  ........................
Ipecac..............................
Ferri  Io d ........................
Auranti  Cortes..............
Rhei  Arom.....................
Similax  Officinalis.......
Co.
Senega  ............................
Scillae.............................
*  Co........................
T o lu tan ..........................
Prunus  virg...................

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TINCTURES.
Aconitum  Napellis R ..
F..
50
Aloes..........................................  60
and  m yrrh.....................  60
A rn ic a .....................................  50
Asafoetida.................................   50
Atrope Belladonna.................  60
Benzoin.....................................  60
Co................................  50
Sanguinaria..............................  50
B arosm a...................................  50
Cantharides..............................  75
C apsicum .................................   50
Cardam on............................ 
Co........................   75
C astor..................................... 1  00
C atechu.....................................  50
Cinehona  .................................   50
Co.........................  60
C olum ba...................................  50
C onium .....................................  50
Cubeba....................................   50
D ig italis.................................  50
Ergot..........................................  50
G entian............................. 
  50
Co.................................   60
G uaica......................................   50
ammon....................  60
Zingiber  ...................................  50
Hyoscyam us.........................  50
Iodine........................................  75
“  
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................  35
K in o ........................................  50
Lobelia..............................  
 
 
M yrrh............................ 
N ux  Vomica............................  50
O p ii....................................  
 
“  Cam phorated...................   50
“  Deodor...........................2 00
A uranti Cortex.........................  50
Q u assia.....................................  50
Rhatany  ...................................  50
R hei............................................  50
Cassia  A cutifol.......................  50
Co..................  50
S erpentaria..............................  50
Stramonium..............................  60
T o lu tan .....................................  60
Valerian 
Veratrum Veride.....................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS
Æ ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..
“  4 F ..
“ 
A lum en........................
ground, 
(po.
A nnatto........................
Antimoni, po........
et Potass T.

“ 

2 6©   28 
3 0 ©   32 
2*4©   3(4

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“ 
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“ 
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“ 
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11:  }£s,  12)................  @ 

Anti p y rin .................... 1  35© 1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ®   68
A rsenicum ................... 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  15@2  25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
9
Cantharides  Russian
@1  75 
Capsici  Fruetus, a f... 
©   18 
p o ....
©   16 
B po..
©   14 
22©  25 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28) 
Carmine,  No. 40.
@3
50© 55
Cera  Alba, S.  & F .......
28®, 30
Cera  F lav a...................
© 40
Coccus  ..........................
© 15
Cassia  F ruetus............
© 10
C’entraria......................
@ 40
Cetaceum .....................
50© 55
C’hloroform .................
©i 00
Squibbs ..
Chloral Hvd Crst.........1 50@1 75
C hondrus.....................
10© 12
Cinehonidine, P.  &  W 15© 20
German 
5© 12
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
© 60
cent  ..........................
© 50
C reasotum ...................
© 2
C’reta,  (bbl. 75)............
5
“ 
prep.....................
precip.................
“ 
8© 10
© 8
“  R ubra.................
22© 25
C rocus..........................
© 24
Cudbear........................
7© 8
Cupri Sulph.................
10® 12
D extrine.......................
68© 70
Ether Sulph.................
© 8
Emerv,  all  numbers..
© 6
po.....................
40® 45
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........
12© 15
Flake  W hite................
© 23
Gal l a .............................
7@ 8
Gambler........................
© 90
Gelatin.  Cooper..........
French. . . . __ 40© 60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent, 
by box 66*3. less
9©; 15
Glue,  Brow n................
13© 25
“  W hite.................
23© 26
G lvcerina.................
© 15
Grana Paradisi............
H um ulus....................... 25© 40
© 85
Hvdraag  Chlor  M ite..
© 75
“  C o r__
© 90
Ox Rubrum
Ammonisti.. @1 10
45© 55
1 nguentpm .
© 75
H ydrargyrum __ ,___
Ichthvobolla,  Am.......1 25©1 50
75© 1 00
Indigo............................
Iodine,  Resubl............4 00@4  10
@-5 15
Iodoform............  .......
85®1 00
L upulin........................
55@ 60
Lvcopodium ................
so© 85
M 'aeis............................
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
© 27
drarg Iod...................
Liquor Potass Arsmitis 
10® 12
Magnesia.  Sulph  (bbl
3
2©
1)4)..............................
90© 1 00
Mannia.  S. F ...............
55®2 80
Morphia,  S.  P. & W ...2 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o ..........................2 556/2 70
© 40
Moschus  Canton.........
60© 70
Mvristica,  No. 1..........
© 10
Niix Vomica,  (po 20)..
27© 29
Os.  Sepia......................
Pepsin Saac. H.  & P.  D.
©2 00
C o ...............................
Picis  Liq.  N.  C„ *4 gal
@2 70
doz  ............................
@1 00
Picis Liq.. q u a rts .......
p in ts..........
70
© 50
Pil  Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22>.. @ 18
© 3b
Piper Alba,  tpo go) —
© 7
Pix  B urgun.................
14© 15
Plumbi A c e t................
10@1 20
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
@1  25 
& P. D.  Co., d o z.. 
55©  60 
Pyrethrum,  pv......
Q uassiae.................
8©   10 
50©  55 
Quinia,  S. P. & W  .
German.
38©  48
12©  14
Rubia  Tinctorum __
35
Saccharum Lactis p v .
Salacin........................ 3 40@3  50
Sanguis  Draconis — 40®  50
@4  50
Santonine  .................
13©  14
Sapo,  W ......................
8©  10
-  M........................
“  G ........................
©   15
Seidlitz  M ixture.......
©   28
©   18
Sinapis........................
©   30
“  opt...................
Snuff,  Maceabov.  De
@  35
Y o es........................
Snuff, Scotch, De.  Yoes  @  35
10©   11
Soda Boras,  ( po. 11 )..
33©  35
Soda  et Potas’s T art..
2© 2*4
Soda C arb...................
4©  5
Soda.  Bi-Carb............
3®  4
Soda,  A sh...................
Soda, Sulphas............
©   2
50@.  55
Spts. Ether C o ..........
@2 00
• •  Myrcia  Dorn__
@2  50
“  Mvrcia  Im p ...  .
••  Vini  Reel,  bb
2 27)
@2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten flays.
@1  10
Strychnia  Crystal__
Sulphur,  Subl............ .  2)4©  3*i
Roll..............
8©  10
T am arinds................. . 
Terebenth Venice__ .  28©  30
50@.  55
Theobrom ae..............
V anilla........................ 9  00@16  00
7®  8
Zinci  Sulph................
Bbl.  Ga,
70
70 
Whale, w inter..........
90
86 
Lard,  ex tra...............
55
56 
Lard, No.  1...............
d7 
60
Linseed, pure raw  ..
63
60 
Lindseed,  boiled__
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50 
69
strain ed .................
50 
55
Spirits Turpentine...
bbl.  lb.
PAIXTS.
Red  V enetian..........
.1%   2@3 
50
..194  2@4 
Ochre, vellow  Mars.
..1?4  2@3 
B er...
“ 
.2*4  2*4@3 
Putty,  commercial.. 
85
.2*4  2M@3
Vermilion Prime Amer
13@16
 
70©75
Vermilion,  English—  
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70©75
Lead,  red......................   694@7)4
“  white  ....................69£@7)4
©70
W hiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gilders’......... 
@90
1  00 
White. Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.........................  
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20© 1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts..........................1  00@1 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach.........1  10@1 20
Extra T urp.....................1  60@1 70
Coach  Boav.................. 2  75@3  00 i
No. 1  T u rp F u m .......... 1  00@,1 10
Eutra Turk Dam ar— 1  55®1 60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
T u r p ..........................  70©  75

ic a n ...............  

strictly  pure.

V A R N ISH E S.

214© 3

OILS.

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TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY THE

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

A n d  th e  W h o lesale  D ru g g ists  o f  D e tro it 

a n d  C hicago.

Pioneer Prepared  Paints

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.
W hen  tw o  or  m ore  coats  of o u r PIONEER 
PREPARED  PAINT is applied  as  received in 
original  packages,  and  if  in  th ree  years  it 
should crack or peel off,  th u s  failing  to  give 
satisfaction, we agree to re-paint th e  building 
a t o u r expense,  w ith the  b est  W hite  Lead  or 
such o th er p ain t as th e ow ner m ay  select.  In  
case of com plaint, prom pt notice  m ust be giv­
en to th e dealer._________________
Write  for Sample  Cards  and Prices.  We 

have Supplied our Trade with this

F .   1 ? .   3 ? .

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

GENERAL  AGENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.
GRAND  RAPIDS

Paper  Box Factory,

W.  W.  HUELSTER, Prop.

P a p e r B oxes o f E v ery   D escrip tio n   M ade to 

O rd e r  o n   S h o rt  N otice.

We m ake a specialty of

Confectionery,  Millinery  and 

Shelf Boxes.

All w ork guaranteed first  class  and  a t  low 
prices.  W rite  o r  call  fo r  estim ates  on  any­
th in g  you m ay w ant in m y line.  Telephone 850

O F F IC E   A N D   FACTORV,

11 Pearl St.,  Grail Rapids, Mid
GXXTSSXTG  ROOT.
We pay th e  h ighest price fo r it.  Address
PECK BROS.,  W G R A N D   R A p f f i s 48'

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...............per doz, $2.00
25c siz e ...................
3.50
50c  “ 
....................
P e c k h a m ’s C ro u p  R e m e d y   is  prepared es­
pecially fo r children and is  a  safe  and certain 
cure fo r Croups, W hooping Cough,  Colds  and 
all  bronchial  and  pulm onary  com plaints  of 
childhood.  For attractiv e  advertising m atter 
address th e proprietor, D r.H . C. P E C K H A M ,. 
F re e p o rt,  M ich.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
sale druggists o f  G rand  Rapids,  D etroit  and  i 
Chicago.

Should  send $1 to

for one of th eir Im proved

)E .  A .  Stow e  &  B ro.
LIQUOR i  POISON RECORDS

GRAND  RAPIDS,

78 Congress St., W est,

D etroit, Micb., A pril 9, 1888. 

Specialty Dept. P h. Best Brewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I   duly  received  th e  case  of 
your “ B est”  Tonic and have since had a g re a t 
m any in this  in stitution.  I m ust say th a t  th e  
beneficial  effects  on  w eak  and  debilitated 
patien ts  have  been  m ost  satisfactory, espec­
ially to those in a  stage  of  recovery  a fte r  se­
vere sickness.
I  w rite this  th inking you  m ight like to have 
my  opinion  on  its  m erits.  I   certainly  shall 
prescribe  it  in  fu tu re,  w here  the  system   re­
quires building up. eith er from   constitutional 
w eakness or otherw ise.

Yoars  truly,

W m . G r a y ,  M. D .

Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 

G e n t l e m e n —I  th in k  th e “Tonic” a splendid 
m edicine fo r all form s  of  D yspepsia and Indi­
gestion.  It is giving m e g reat satisfaction, 
J .   M . J o h n s o n ,  M .  D .

v ery  respectfully,

Yardley, Pa., M arch 18,1888. 

Erostrated, w ith  very satisfactory  results.  I 

Ph. Best B rewing Co.,
Dear Sir s—I have given  your “M alt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled D igestion 
and G eneral  Debility,  especially in  th e   aged, 
w here  th e  whole  system   seemB  com pletely
ave  used  m any  of  th e  so-called  “M alt  Ex­
tracts,”  b u t  believe  y our  preparation  to   be 
superior.  In   th e  aged  w here  th e  digestive 
functions are exhausted, and th ere is a loss of 
th e nerve vital  force, I  found its action  to  be 
rapid and perm anent.

E l i a s   W il d m a n , M . D .

W ork-House Hospital, 

Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10,1888. 

Ph. Best B rewing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —As a  m atter of  personal in ter­
est, I  have used  y o u r  “ B est” Tonic in  several 
cases o f im paired  n u trititio n .  The results in­
dicate th a t it  is  an  agreeable  and  doubtless, 
highly efficacious rem edy.  1 am.
V ery tru ly  yours,

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

Troy, New Y ork, Jan u a ry  28,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„

Dear Sir s—You r agent  le ft m e a   sam ple o f 
your liquid ex tract. Malt, and  as  I   use  m uch 
such  in  m y  practice, I   th o u g h t  to   com pare 
your product w ith  some  from  another  housa 
I had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  in 
the  great  essential,  th e  pcuitable  nutriant  aa 
well as in tonic stim u lan t properties, fe lt anx­
ious to  know about w hat  it  can  be furnished 
the dispensing physician.

Y ours truly,

E. J ay F isk , M. D.

E ast Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty D epart. Ph. Best B rew ing Co.,
G e n t l e m e n —I  have  used  th e  “ B est” Tonle 
w ith  m ost  gratify in g   resu lts in  m y  case  o f 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a  bad  one, 1  had no 
ap p etite; headache in th e m orning; sour stom ­
ach;  looking  as  though  I   had  consum ption, 
and a fte r tak in g  this tonic  I   nev er fe lt b e tte r 
in  m y life.  I  thin k   it  will  cure a bad case of 
dyspepsia.  You  m ay recom m end  it  fo r  th a t 
case. 

Wm.  O. J a e g e r .

322 South F ifth S treet, 
Philadelphia, Feb. 4,1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28  College Place, N. Y., 

G e n t l e m e n —I  have  tested  th e  sam ple  of 
“Concentrated  Liquid  E x tract  o f  M alt  and 
Hops” you  sen t  m e,  and  find  in   my hum ble 
judgm ent  th a t it is a   very  p u re and safe a rti­
cle.  I   will  not  hesitate  to  recom m end  it  In 
every case of  debility  w here  a  Tonic of  that 
kind  is indicated.

Respectfully.

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

New Orleans, La., A pril 6,1888. 

Specialty D epart. Ph. Brewing Co.,

G e n t l e m e n —H aving  tried   y o u r  “ B eat” 
Tonic to  a g reat  e x te n t  am ongst m y practice, 
I will state in  its  behalf th a t  I   have  had  th e  
best resu lts w ith  n ursing  m others  who  w ere 
deficient in  m ilk,  increasing  its  fluids and se­
creting a m ore nourishing food fo r th e in fa n t, 
also increasing th e appetite  and in every way 
satisfactory fo r such cases.

V ery respectfully,

D.  Bo r n io .M   D.

For Sal© By

Grand Rapids,

Mich.

KOAL

A T   W H O L H S A L H .
Bottom  Prices  on  HARD  and 
SOFT Goal in Gar Lots, made de­
livered to any part  of  the  State.

B efo re  p la c in g   y o u r  o rd ers,  w rite   fo r p ric e s ta

. A.  H am ilto n , 101 ^¿and rapids.
G ’S

II.  L E O N A R D
\U io MO  East  Fülton  8t„ Corner  Spring  St,

— <V-  S O N S ,—

G ran d  R a p id s.

JOBBERS  IN

H o l i d a y   G o o d s

A S O R T E D   P A C K A G E ,  N O .  4 8 ,

¿TIN  TOY-S#

I. M. GLRRK  i  SON,

l e a m T R R   HOUSE

MICHIGAN

1 doz. 
1  “

%

X
1-12
1-12
1-12
1-12
1-6
1-12
1-6
1-6
K
1-6
1-12

%
H
1-12
1-12
1
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No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
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No.
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Animals, 4 

39 Tin Animals on wheels, assorted....... @ $
133  “  Wagons 
....... @
2 
.......................@
“  Horses 
242 City Horse  Cars............................— @
2% Trotting  Horses..................................@ 1
137 Assorted Wagons, 6 kinds...................@ 1
404 
@1
138 B  “  Wagons, with bells...............@2
299 Engines  and 1 Car................ .............@
400- 3%  “ 
“  2  “ ............................... @2
“  2  ‘i ...............................@4
635 
“ 
401- 2 Locomotive with ringing bell..........@4
mechanical..................@ 9
500-4 
924 B Picture Wagon.................................@4
219 Steamboat.............................................@ 2
1102 
.......................................... @8
405 Bell Toys,  with 2 horses.................... @ 4
170-10.0 Tin Stoves.................................... @
170-10-1%  “ 
....................................@ 1
10-2% 
....................................@ 2
“ 
15 Tin Kitchen  Sets.................................. @4
Ox  “ 
“  ....................... .
• @
0%  “ 
“  .. 
9 Tin Side Board  Sets 
8  “ 
“ 
25
100 ‘
Tin Safe Banks....................
500 Mechanical  Loeomotives.

.@  1 
.@ 4 
• @   6 
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00.
25.
50.
25.
75.
00.
00.
00.
00.
00.
00.
00.
75.
85.
50.
00.
00.
45.
87.
42.

00.

Package.

.00.

Whole­
sale 
Prices. 
5  35..
45.,
38.,
80., 
50. 
62. 
50.
1  13. 
37. 
50.

34.
66.
79.
14.
38.
34.

44.
21.
38.
44.
35.
50.
40.
40.
$13  61

Retail 
Each. 
$  05. 
05. 
10. 
10. 
15. 
20. 
20. 
25. 
10. 
25. 
50. 
50. 
1  0 0. 
50. 
25.
,  1  00. 
60. 
10. 
2 0. 
25. 
50. 
10. 
05. 
05. 
10. 
25. 
50.
85. 
05.

Retail 
Total 
.$  60 
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SWIFT’S

C h o ice  C h ica go

D ressed B e e t

— A N D   M U T T O N —

Gan be found at all  times  in  full  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch houses in all the larg- 
ger cities and is retailed by all first-class  butchers.
The trade of all marketmen  and  meat  dealers  is 
solicited.  Our W holesale Branch House, L. F. Swift 
&Co., located at Grand Rapids, always has on hand 
a full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions,and 
the public may rest assured that in  purchasing our 
meats from dealers they will always receive the best.
S w ift and  C o m p a n y ,

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.
H EAD Q UARTERS

W estern   M ich ig a n

Lumbermen’s  Goods

M a c k in a w   S h irts
H e a v y  U n d e rw e a r,

ALL  SHADES  AND  QUALITIES.

U n i o n   S t o c l c   Y a r d s , 

C H I C A G O .

Fulled Boots a n d  M ittens

S H A S O N   1 8 8 8 .

W e   a g a i n   c a l l   t h e   a t t e n t i o n   o f  t h e   t r a d e   t o   t h e

Ham burg; B ra n d

AGENT  FOR

1RK  G L O V E S
PARKER’S

EVERY  PAIR  WARRANTED.

SARANAC
t a n n e d .

The Michigan Tradesman

BUSINESS  LAW. S H O W IF  YOU  NEED  ANY, 

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63-65 Canal St.

LEMON,  HOOPS  i PETERS,

Wholesale

Grocers

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IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

W e   a r e   r e c e i v i n g   d i r e c t   f r o m  

t h e   C H E S T N U T   g r o w i n g  

d i s t r i c t s   in   O h i o   l a r g e  

q u a n t i t i e s   o f

F i r s t  C l a s s  
ISTuts,  w h i c h  w e  
o f f e r   t o   t h e  -tr a d e  
a t   t h e   l o w e s t   m a r k e t  

p r i c e s

S e n d   in   y o u r   o r d e r s
'l^iitnam  &  B r o o k s

W. Steele Packing & Provision Co.

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

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
G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M I C H

J E N N I N G S ’
Flavoring  E xtracts

“CELEBRATED”

A re p u t u p  in  a ll sizes, fro m   1 oz. to  1 g al. b o ttles.

1872 

Sixteen  Years  on  the  Market. 

1888

SOLD  BY  at.t.  JOBBERS.

MANUFACTURED ONLY  BY

Brief  Digests  of  Recent  Decisions  in 

Courts  of Last  Resort.

PROMISSORY  NOTE— BLANK— VARIDITY.
A  promissory  note  reading  “ninety 
davs after date—promise to  pay,”  is not 
Tendered invalid by the blank,  according 
to the decision of the  Supreme  Court  of 
Indiana in the case  of  Brown  vs.  First 
National Bank of Indianapolis.

INSURANCE— ARREARS— TENDER.

In a case  recently  decided  by  Judge 
Anthony at Chicago a  life  and  accident 
insurance association was  sued by a wife 
to recover for the death of  her  husband. 
It appeared that the  husband  was in ar­
rears for dues while  infirm  and sick, but 
that his brother had  tendered the arrears 
of dues to the Treasurer  of  the  associa­
tion,  who  had  refused  to accept them. 
The Judge decided in favor of the associ- 
tion,  holding that the Treasurer was jus­
tified in declining to  accept  the  arrears 
unless the husband  consented to a re-ex- 
amination.  He  held  that  the tender of 
arrears wThile the husband was infirm and 
sick was equivalent to making  an  appli­
cation for new insurance.
ACCIDENT— CONTRIBUTORY  NEGLIGEN CE.
The New York Court  of  Appeals  has 
rendered a decision defining contributory 
negligence in railroad  accidents,  in  the 
case of Bronk, admrx.  vs.  New  York & 
New  Haven  Railroad.  The  plaintiffs 
husband  was,  it  appeared,  struck by a 
train while sitting on the  same seat with 
his employer in a covered express wagon, 
Ms employer,  an  inexperienced  driver, 
attempting to cross the track.  The court 
held that passengers as  well  as  driver: 
are bound to exercise due  caution  in ap 
proaching  railw’ay  crossings  in order to 
avoid being struck by passing trains, and 
that the relation of  master  and  servant 
existing between the driver and  the  pas 
senger riding on the seat  beside  him did 
not excuse the latter fronfthe  obligation 
to look both up and down the track on ap­
proaching the crossing, to be certain that 
there was no danger of colliding  with an 
approaching train.

INSURANCE  LAW  CONSTRUED.

Section  1132  of  the  Code of Iowa di 
vines the insurance which  companies or 
ganized under the laws  of  the  State ar< 
entitled to contract for into  five  classes, 
and provides that  no  company  shall be 
organized to issue policies  of  insurance 
for more than one  of  the  five  purpose 
mentioned,  and that no  company  which 
shall have been organized for  either  one 
of those purposes shall  issue  policies of 
insurance for  any  other.  The  question 
was lately raised whether this section ap 
plied to insurance  companies  organized 
under the law s of other states in the case 
of the State ex rel. Phillips vs. The Fidel 
ity and Casualty Company.  The defend 
ant was a New York  company  incorpor 
ated under  laws  which  permit it to con 
tract  for  several  kinds  of  insurance 
Judge Given, before whom  the  case wa 
brought, decided that  the  restrictions of 
the section applied to the company.  He 
said:  “The  question  is,  whether  thi 
provision relates only  to  domestic  com 
panies.  Taken  alone,  I  would say that 
the intention was to apply it  to  compan 
ies organized under the laws of Iowa, but 
construed in the light of the  entire chap 
ter I am led to  believi  otherwise. 
I fail 
to discern any reason why the Legislature 
should intend to confer  larger  franchise 
upon foreign than  on  domestic  compan 
ies.  The division of  insurance  into fiv< 
kinds, and the restricting of companies to 
one kind, and the provisions as to capital 
and deposits,  are for the protection of the 
assured.  To say that a foreign  company- 
may contract several kinds  of  insurance 
ami a domestic  company  only  one, is to 
say that the foreign company may do se\ 
eral kinds of insurance  upon  the  same 
capital that a domestic company must ex 
Mbit for one.”

A  Father’s  Thrift.

From  the D etroit  Journal.
They tell an  unkind  story of  a Toledo 
hanker who was  recently gathered to hi 
fathers.  The  good  man  was  wealthy 
but, 
in  the  language  of  the  sons  of 
Albion, he  was  very  “near”—so  close 
indeed, that he hated to squander  mone 
even  in  clothing  when  his  old  stock 
would  keep out the weather.  Last  win 
ter this banker’s son  became  ashamed 
his father's  dilapidated  appearance  and 
entered  into  negotiations  with a Tol 
tailor.
••Do  you sell father an  overcoat,” said 
he.  “a  good  one.  and  get  from  him all 
that  you can.  1 will make  up the difft 
ence.”
A day or two later  the  tailor  met  tht 
banker and casually talked overcoat.  The 
banker was too  poor. etc.,  but  the  dick­
ering was kept up until  the  banker paid 
S10 and secured a$70 overcoat.  The fact 
was telephoned to the son.
At  noon  the  young  man  went  home 
elated, expecting to see his father togged 
out in his new coad, but the old  man ap­
peared in his  old  coat  and  was  full  to 
overflowing  with  happiness.  Asked  as 
io  the  cause  of  his  merriment,  the  old 
man  said:  "I'll  tell  you.  1  bought  an 
overcoat  from  Granger this morning for 
510, and  sold it within  half  an  hour for 
$12— $2 clear money.”
The feelings of  the  son, who  had  the 
$60 to make good, may be imagined.
The  Meanest Man on Earth.

From  th e Boot and Shoe Review.
The meanest  man  in the  world is  the 
proprietor of a store in Philadelphia.  He 
has just posted up a notice to all the sales­
women in his  establishment to  the effect 
that they must wear buttoned shoes here­
after.  When  asked  his reason  for  this 
order he  said he lost  money on the  girls 
who  wore  laced  shoes.  “I  have  in  my 
store about 100 girls,” said he,  “and they 
all  wear laced  shoes.  These shoes  be­
come untied  about  five times  every day, 
and  it  takes  two  minutes  to  tie  them 
again.  At that  rate  each  girl  loses ten 
minutes  a  day. and  100 girls  loose 1.000 
minutes  in  the same  time.  That  makes 
about sixteen hours per day, or two day’s 
-work.  1  pay my girls §1.50 per day. and 
the  loss  consequently means $8  per day, 
or  about  §1,000 per  year.  That  much 
money will keep iny boy ami girl at school 
very nicely, or will pay my gas bills, and 
I propose to save it.”

-O F -

GANNED FRUIT8IMGETABLE8

Having handled these goods for five years to the entire sat­
isfaction of both ourselves and patrons, we  recommend  them 
to any dealer wishing the very  best.  W e  will  be  pleased  to 
quote prices on application.

J e n n in g s  & S m ith ,
WHEN  OSDERJN«  A .t  Far -JENNINGS  EXTRACTS? BALL,  BARJfHARY l PUTMAJI.

Tomatoes.  Solid  Meat 
Succotash.
Stringless Beans.
Fancy Stringless Beans 
Sifted Marrowfat Peas. 
Champion  of  England 

Fancy  S i f t e d   P e a s, 
French style.
Petit Pols.
Gallon Apples. 
Blackberries.
Black Raspberries.
Red 
•'  Preserved. 
Pitted Cherries. 
Preserved' Straw berri es

G - r a u d   n a p l d s ,   M i c h «

38  and  40  Louis  S t,

and Table Queen. 

French style.

HAM BURG Early June Peas. 

Peas.

HAMBURG Corn.

SCOTCH  CAPS.

FU R  S p e c ia l  B a r g a i n s   in  CAPS

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