The  Michigan  Tradesman.

VOL.  6.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  14,  1888.

NO. 269.

BUY

M uscatine SAFES ! THDRBER,  WHYLAND  &  CO.,
R O L L E D

RELIABLE

NEW  YORK,

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O A T S

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Y O I J  W A N T

THE  B E ST!

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS 

Roller Champion,

Gilt  Edge,

Matchless,

Lily White,

Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,

White Loaf, 
Reliance,

Gold Medal, 

Graham.

OUR  SPECIALTIES: 

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

W rite  fo r  Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

SILVER 8TÄR8
Wherever Introduced it is a Slayer!

No Equal  in  the  State.

TO  T H E   T R A D E :

I  g u a ra n te e  “ SIL V E R  STARS” to  b e a  long, 
s tra ig h t tille r, w ith  S u m a tra  w ra p p e r, m ad e 
by  u n io n  lab o r, an d  to  giv e  c o m p lete  satis­
faction.

Sole  M an u fac tu re r,

-A..  S .  TDJ^TVIS,
70 Canal St„ GRAND RAPIDS.
Millers, Attention

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

G R IP   RIPIDS,  MICH.

BOOK-KEEPING

WIPED  OUT!

No  Pass  Books!
No Charging!
No  Posting!

No  Writing!

No Disputing of Accounts! 

No  Change  to  Make!
TRADB&MAJX
Gredit  GOUPON  Book!

THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM 

ON  THE  M A R K E T

 
 

 
 
 

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?  2 Coupons, p er h u n d red ..............................$2.50
3.00
$  6 
$ie 
4.oo
$20 
5.00

W e  q u o te   p ric e s  as  follow s:
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“   500 
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*• 1000  “ 

Orders fo r 200 o r over...........................5 p er cent.

S ub ject to  th e  fo llo w in g  d isco u n ts :
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Send in  sam ple order and p u t yo u r  business 
on a cash  basis.
E.  I.  STOWE  l   ERO,, Grani  Rapids.

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

0. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

W ith  S atety  D eposit  Co., B asem ent  oi Wid- 

dicomb Blk.

HAS  REMOVED  FROM

46  Ottawa  Street, 

0 S - 0 5   P earl  S t.

M o re  R o o m ! 

B ette r   F a c ilities!

The  Inspection  of the  Trade  is 

Solicited.

Our  old  store,  three  floors  ami  base­
ment, with gas engine  and  elevator,  for 
rent on favorable  terms.

B E L K N A P

Wagon  and  Sleigh  Gn„

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  flrst  class  Wagons of 
all kinds.
^ " S p e c ia l  attention  given 
to  Repairing, 
Painting and Lettering.
Shops oh Front St., Grand Rapids

FOOD  PRODUCTS.

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

I  have  removed  my  stock from 
40 and 4*2 South Division  Street to

19 S.  M aSt.

X E W   BLO D G ETT  B LO C K ,

where five floors and a basement af­
ford me better  facilities  than  ever 
before  for the  proper  prosecution 
of my business.

Daniel Lynch,

----SUCCESSOR TO----

FRED  D, YALE 1 CO.

Voigt, Hemols&eimer  & Go.
Dry Goods,

Importers and Jobbers of

STAPLE and FANCY.

O v e r a lls,  P a n ts ,  Etc.,

O l'R  OWN  MAKE.

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

Fancy  Grockerg and

Fanofl  Woodenware.

OCR  OWN  IMPORTATION. 

Inspection  solicited.  Chicago  ami  De­

troit prices guaranteed.

T H E   G R E A T

EDMUND B.DIKEM W
WatGh Jflaker 
a Jeweler,
44  CRNRL  8T„
Grand Rapids,  - 
jKich. 
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  Bow ne, P resident.

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

H.  W.  NASH,  Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

T ransacts a general  banking  business.

M ake a  S pecialty o f C ollections.  A ccounts 

o f C o u n try  M erch an ts S olicited.

GRAND  RAPIDS

W,  W.  HUEL8TER,  Prop.

P a p e r R oxes o f E v ery   D ean  ip tio n   M ade to 

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

We m ake a specialty of

Confectionery,  M illinery  and j 

Shelf  Boxes.

All work guaranteed first  class  and  at  low 
prices.  W rite  or  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   FACTORY,

11 Pearl St.,  Grand Rapids, Mici  i
WALES  -  GOODYEAR

—AND—

GONNEGTIGDT

Rubbers.

W rite fo r Fall Prices and D iscounts.

G.  R.  MAYHEW,

86  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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*\AT  HI  I   IP  S !  JV O U S   HOUSEM AN. P res.,
V   „   „  , 
G R A H A M   ROYS,  -  G ran d   R ap id s, M ich, i 

A . B. W ATSON. T reas..
CASH CAPITAL, * 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

Full line.  Cash prices this m onth. 

g . F . A S P IN W A L L , S ecy.

JOHN  NICHOLSON’S  TROUBLES.

CH APTER  V III.

SINGULAR INSTANCE OF THE UTILITY OF  PASS-KEYS.
If Mr. Nicholson died, it was down this 
same road he must journey to the  grave; 
and down this road, on the same  errand, 
his wife had preceded him  years  before; 
and many other leading citizens, with the 
proper trappings  and  attendance  of the 
end.  And now, in that  frosty,  ill-smell­
ing, straw-carpeted and ragged-cushioned 
cab, with his  breath  congealing  on  the 
glasses,  where else was John  himself ad­
vancing to?
The  thought  stirred  his  imagination, 
which began to manufacture many thous­
and  pictures,  bright  ancl  fleeting,  like 
the shapes in a  kaleidoscope;  and  now 
he saw himself,  ruddy  and comfortered, 
sliding in the gutter;  and,  again, a little 
woe-begone, bored urchin tricked forth in 
crape and weepers,  descending this same 
hill at the foot’s-pace of mourning coach­
es, his mother’s body just preceding him; 
and yet again, his  fancy,  running far in 
front, showed him  his  destination—now 
standing  solitary  in  the  low  sunshine, 
with the sparrows hopping on the thresh­
old and the dead  man  within  staring at 
the roof—and now, With a sudden change, 
thronged about  with  white-faced,  hand- 
uplifting neighbors,  and  doctor  bursting 
through their midst and fixing his stetho­
scope as he went, the policeman  shaking 
a sagacious head beside the body. 
It was 
to this he feared that he  was  driving;  in 
the midst of this he saw himself stammer 
faint explanations,  and  felt  the hand of 
the constable upon  his  shoulder.  Heav­
ens! how he wished  he  had  played  the 
manlier part;  how  he  despised  himself 
that he had tied that  fatal  neighborhood 
when all was quiet,  and  should  now be 
tamely 
traveling  back  when  it  was 
thronging with avengers!
Any strong  degree  of  passion  lends, 
even to the dullest, the  forces  of the im­
agination^  And so now as  he  dwelt  on 
what was*probably  awaiting  him at the 
end of this distressful  drive—John,  who 
saw things little,  remembered  them less! 
and could not have described them at all, 
beheld in his mind’s  eye  the  garden  of 
the Lodge, detailed as in a map;  he went 
to and fro in it,  feeding  his  terrors;  he 
saw the hollies,  the  snowy  borders,  the 
paths where he had sought Alan, the high 
conventual walls,  the  shut  door—what! 
was the door  shut?  Ay, 
truly,  he  had 
shut it—shut in his  money,  his  escape, 
his future life—shut it with these hands, 
and none now could open  it!  He  heard 
the snap of  the  spring  lock  like some­
thing bursting in his  brain,  and sat as if 
stunned.
And then he woke again, terror jarring 
through his vitals.  This  was  no time to 
be  idle;  he  must  be  up and doing,  he 
must think.  Once at the  end  of  this ri­
diculous cruise;  once at the  Lodge  door, 
there would be nothing for it  but to turn 
the cah and  trundle  back  again.  Why, 
then, go so far?  Why  add  another  fea­
ture  of  suspicion  to  a  case already so 
suggestive?  Why not turn  at  once?  It 
was easy to say turn;  but  whither?  He 
had nowhere now to go to;  he  coukl nev­
er—he saw it in letters of blood—he could 
never pay that cah;  he was saddled  with 
that cab forever.  Oh, that cab!  his soul 
yearned  and  burned  and  his  bowels 
sounded  to  be  rid  of it.  He forgot all 
other cares.  He must first  quit  himself 
of this ill-smelling vehicle and of the hu­
man beast that guided  it—first  do  that; 
do that, at least;  do that at once.
And just then the  cab  suddenly  stop­
ped, and there was his persecutor rapping 
on the front glass.  John let it down and 
beheld the countenance inflamed with in­
tellectual triumph.
“I ken wha ye are!*’  cried  the  husky 
voice.  **I mind ye now.  Ye’re a  Nneb- 
el sou.  1  drove  ye  to  Hermiston  to  a 
Christmas party,  and ye came back on the 
box and I let ye drive.”
It is a fact.  John knew the man;  they 
had even been  friends.  His  enemy,  he 
now«remembered, was a fellow  of  great 
good nature—endless  good  nature—with 
a boy;  why not with  a  man?  Why  not 
appeal to his better side?  He grasped at 
the new hope.
“Great Scott! and so you did,” he cried, 
as if in a transport  of  delight,  his  voice 
sounding false in  his  own  ears.  “Well, 
if that’s so, I’ve something to say to you. 
I’ll just get out,  I guess.  Where are we, 
anyway?”
The driver had  fluttered  his  ticket in 
the eyes of  the  branch  toll-keeper,  and 
they were now on the  highest  and  most 
solitary part of the by-road.  John  look­
ed all about him,  drinking  the  clear air 
like wine;  then his eyes returned  to  the 
cabman’s face as he sat, not  ungleefuliy, 
awaiting John’s communication, with the 
air of one looking to be tipped.
The features of that face were  hard to 
read, drink had so  swollen  them,  drink 
had so painted them in tints  that  varied 
from brick-red to  mulberry.  The  small 
gray eyes blinked, the  lips  moved  with 
greed;  greed was the  ruling passion; and 
though there was some good nature, some 
genuine kindliness,  a true human  touch, 
in the old toper, his greed was now so set 
afire by hope that all  other  traits  of his 
character lay dormant.  He  sat  there,  a 
monument of gluttonous desire.
John’s heart slowly fell.  He had open­
ed his lips, but he stood there and uttered 
nought.  He  sounded  the  well  of  his 
courage and it was  dry.  He  groped  in 
his treasury of words and it  was  vacant, 
a  devil  of  numbness  had him  by  the 
throat;  the devil of  terror  babbled in his 
ears;  and  suddenly,  without a word ut­
tered, with no conscious purpose  formed 
in his will, John w'hipped about, tumbled 
over the roadside wall and began running 
for his life across the fields.
He had not gone far, he  was  not  past 
the middle of  the  first  field,  when  his 
thundered  within  him. 
whole  brain 
“Fool!  You have your watch!”  The shock 
stopped him, and  he faced once more to­
ward the cab.  The  driver  was  leaning 
over the wall,  brandishing  his whip,  his 
face empurpled, roaring like a bull. 
v And John saw (or thought) that he had

lost the chance.  No watch  would pacify 
the man’s resentment now;  he  would cry 
for vengeance also.  John would  be  had 
under  the  eye  of  the  police;  his  tale 
would be unfolded,  his  secret  plumbed, 
his destiny would close on  him  at  last, 
and forever.
He uttered a deep sigh;  and just as the 
cabman,  taking heart  of  grace,  was be­
ginning at last to scale  the  wall,  his de­
faulting customer fell again  to  running, 
and disappeared into further fields.
Where  he ran at first, John  never very 
clearly  knew;  nor  yet  how  long a  time 
elapsed  ere he found  himself  in the  by­
road near the lodge of Ravelston, propped 
against  the  wall, his lungs  heaving  like 
bellows, his  legs  leaden-heavy*, his  mind 
possessed by one sole desire—to lie down 
and  be  unseen.  He  remembered  the 
thick coverts round the quarry-hole pond, 
an untrodden  corner of  the world  where 
he  might  surely*  find  concealment  until 
the night should fall.  Thither he passed 
down the lane;  and when  he came  there, 
behold!  he  had  forgotten  the  frost, and 
the  pond  w*as  alive  with young  people 
skating,  and  the  pond-side  coverts  were 
thick  with  lookers-on.  He  looked  on 
awhile  himself.  There  was  one  tall, 
graceful  maiden, skating  hand  in  hand 
with a youth, on whom  she bestowed her 
bright  eyes,  perhaps  too  patently;  and 
it w as  strange with what  anger John be­
held  her.  He  could  have broken  forth 
in curses;  he could have stood there,  like 
a mortified tramp, and shaken his fist and 
vented his gall  upon her by the hour—or 
so  he thought;  and the  next moment  his 
heart  bled for the  girl.  “Poor creature, 
it’s little  she knows! ”  he sighed.  “Let 
her  enjoy  herself  while she  can!”  But 
w*as it possible, when Flora used to smile 
at  him  on  the  Braid  ponds,  she  could 
have  looked so fulsome  to a sick-hearted 
bystander?
The  thought  of  one  quarry,  in  his 
frozen  wits,  suggested  another;  and  he 
plodded off toward Craig Leith.  A  wind 
had  sprung up  out of  the  north-west;  it 
was  cruel  keen, it  dried  him  like a fire, 
and  racked his  finger-joints. 
It brought 
clouds, too;  pale, swift, hurrying clouds, 
that blotted heaven ancl shed gloom upon 
the earth.  He  scrambled  up  among  the 
hazeled rubbish  heaps  that surround the 
cauldron of the quarry, and lay flat upon 
the  stones.  The  wind  searched  close 
along  the earth, the  stones w*ere  cutting 
and  icy, the  bare  hazels  wailed  about 
him;  and  soon  the  air of  the  afternoon 
began to be vocal with  those strange and 
dismal  harpings that herald snow*.  Pain 
and  misery turned  in John’s  limbs  to  a 
harrowing  impatience  and  blind  desire 
of change;  now he w ould roll in his harsh 
lair,  and  when  the flints  abraded  him, 
was almost pleased;  now he would crawl 
to  the  edge of  the  huge  pit  and  look 
dizzily down.  He  saw the  spiral of  the 
descending roadw ay, the steep craigs, the 
clinging  bushes, the peppering  of  snow- 
wreaths, and far clown in the bottom, the 
diminished  crane.  Here,  no  doubt, was 
a way to end it.  But it somehow did not 
take his fancy.
And  suddenly  he was  aware  that  he 
was  hungry;  ay*,  even  through  the  tor­
tures of the cold, even through the frosts 
of  despair,  a  gross,  desperate  longing 
after  food,  no  matter  what, no  matter 
how,  began to wake ancl spur him.  Sup­
pose  he  pawned  his watch?  But  no, on 
Christmas-day—this  was  Christmas-day*! 
—the  pawn-shop w*ould  be closed.  Sup­
pose  he  went  to  a  public  house  and 
offered  the  watch, which was  worth  ten 
pounds,  in  payment  for a meal  of  bread 
and  cheese?  The  incongruity*  was  re­
markable;  the  good  folks would  either 
put him to the cloor. or only let him in to 
send  for  the  police.  He  turned  his 
pockets  out one after  another;  some San 
Francisco ear checks,  one  cigar,  the pass 
key to his  father’s house,  a pocket-hand­
kerchief, w'ith  just a touch of  scent;  no, 
money could  be raised on  none of  these. 
There  was nothing  for  it  but  to  starve; 
ancl  after  all,  what  mattered  it?  That 
also was a cloor of exit.
He  crept  close  among the  bushes, the 
wind  playing round  him  like a lash;  his 
clothes  seemed  thin as paper, his  joints 
burned,  his  skin  curdled  on  his  bones. 
He  had  a  vision of  a high-lying  cattle- 
drive  in  California,  ancl  the  bed of  a 
dried  stream with  one  muddy  pool,  by* 
which the vaqueros had encamped;  splen­
did  sun over all, the  big  bonfire blazing, 
the strips of  cow browning and  smoking 
on a  skew*er of  wood;  how  warm it w*as, 
how  savory the steam of  scorching meat! 
Ancl then again he remembered his mani­
fold  calmaities,  ancl  burrow'ed  and  wal­
lowed  in  the  sense of  his disgrace  and 
shame.  And  next  he  w*as  entering 
Frank's restaurant in Montgomery street, 
San  Francisco;  he  had  ordered  a  pan- 
stew and venison chops, of which he w*as 
immoderately*  foncl,  ancl  as  he sat  wait­
ing;  Munroe, the good attendant, brought 
him a whisky  punch;  he  saw  the  straw­
berries  float  on  the  delectable  cup,  he 
heard  the  ice  chink  about the  straws. 
And then  he woke  again  to  his detested 
fate,  and  found  himself  sitting, humped 
together,  in  a  windy  quarry,  darkness 
thick  about him, thin  flakes of  snow fly­
ing  here  ancl  there  like  rags of  paper, 
and  the  strong  shuddering of  his  body* 
clashing his  teeth  like a hiccough.
We  have seen  John in-nothing  but the 
stormiest  conditions;  we  have  seen  him 
reckless,  desperate, 
tried  beyond  his 
moderate powers;  of his daily self, cheer­
ful, regular, not unthrifty, we have  seen 
nothing;  and it may thus be a surprise to 
the reader, to learn that he was studious­
ly  careful of  his  health.  This  favorite 
preoccupation  now  awoke. 
If  he  were 
to sit  there and  die of  cold, there would 
be  mighty little gained;  better the police 
cell and  the chances of a jury trial, than 
the miserable certainty of death at a dike 
side  before  the  next  winter’s  dawn, or 
death  a  little  later  in  the  gas-lighted 
wards of an infirmary*.
He  rose on  aching  legs, and  stumbled 
here,and there  among the rubbish heaps, 
still circumvented by the yawning crater 
of thequarry; or, perhaps he only thought 
so, for  the  darkness  was  already dense,

the  snow was  growing  thicker,  and  he 
moved like a blind man, and with a blind 
man’s terror.  At last he climbed a fence, 
thinking to drop into the road, ancl found 
himself  staggering,  instead  among  the 
iron  furrows of  a  plowland,  endless, it 
seemed,  as  a  whole  county.  And  next 
he was  in a wood,  beating among  young 
trees;  and then  he was aware of a  house 
with  many  lighted  windows,  Christmas 
carriages  waiting  at 
the  doors,  and 
Christmas  drivers (for  Christmas  has  a 
double  edge)  becoming  swiftly  hooded 
w’ith snow*.  From this glimpse of human 
cheerfulness,  he fled like Cain;  wandered 
in  the  night,  nnpiloted,  careless  of 
w’hither  he went;  fell, and  lay, and then 
rose again  ancl wandered  further;  ancl at 
last,  like a transformation  scene, behold 
him in the  lighted jaws of  the city, star­
ing at  a lamp which  had  already donned 
the tilted nightcap of the snow. 
It came 
thickly  now,  and  while  he  yet  stood 
blinking  at  the  lamp,  his  feet  were 
buried.  He  remembered  something like 
it in the  past, a street-lamp crowned and 
caked upon the windward side with snow, 
the  wind  uttering  its  mournful  hoot, 
himself looking on, even as now;  but the 
cold had  struck too  sharply on  his  wits, 
and memory failed him as to the date ancl 
sequel of the reminiscence.
His next  conscious moment w*as on the 
Dean  bridge,  but  whether  he  w*as  John 
Nicholson of a bank in a California street, 
or  some  former  John,  a  clerk  in  his 
father’s  office, he  had  now  clean  for­
gotten.  Another  blank,  and  he  was 
thrusting his  pass-key into  the door-lock 
of his father’s house.
Hours  must  have  passed.  Whether 
crouched on the cold stones or wandering 
in the  fields among  the snow, was  more 
than he could tell;  but hours had passed. 
The finger of  the hall  clock was close on 
tw*elve;  a narrow peep of  gas in the  hall 
lamp shed  shadows;  and the  door of  the 
back  room—his father’s room—was open 
and emitted a warm  light.  At so late an 
hour,  all  this  was  strange;  the  lights 
should  have been  out, the  doors  locked, 
the good folk  safe in bed.  He  marveled 
at  the  irregularity,  leaning  on  the  hall 
table;  and  marveled  to  himself  there; 
and thawed and grew once  more hungry, 
in the warmer air of the house.
The  clock  uttered  its  premonitory 
catch;  in  five  minutes  Christmas  day 
would  be among  the days of  the  past— 
Christmas!—what  a  Christinas!  Well, 
there  was  no use  waiting;  he had  come 
into that  house, he  scarce  knew how*, if 
they*  were to  thrust  him  forth  again,  it 
had  best be  done at  once;  and he moved 
to the door of the back room and entered.
Oh, well, then he was insane, as he had 
long believed.
There,  in  his  father’s  room  at  mid­
night, the  fire was  roaring and  the  gas 
blazing;  the  papers, the  sacred papers— 
to  lay a  hand  on which  was criminal— 
had all been taken off and piled along the 
floor;  a  cloth  was  spread,  and  a  supper 
laid,  upon  the business  table:  and in his 
father’s  chair  a  woman, habited  like  a 
nun, sat  eating.  As  he  appeared in  the 
door  way, the  nun  rose, gave a low  cry*, 
and  stood  staring. 
She  was  a  large 
woman, strong, calm,  a little  masculine, 
her  features  marked  with  courage  and 
good sense;  and as John  blinked  back at 
her,  a  faint  resemblance  dodged  about 
his  memory, as  when  a tune  haunts us, 
and y et will  not be recalled.

"Why, its John!” cried the nun.
“I dare  say I’m  mad,”  said John,  un­
consciously  following  King  Lear;  “but 
upon  my  word,  I  do  believe  you’re 
Flora.”

“Of course I am,” replied she.
And  yet it  is not Flora  at all,  thought 
John;  Flora was  slender  and  timid,  and 
of  changing  color,  and  dewy-eyed  and 
had Flora such an Edinburg accent?  But 
he said  none of  these  things,  which  was 
perhaps  as  well.  What  he  said  was, 
“Then why  are you a nun?”
“Such nonsense!”  said  Flora.  “I’m  a 
sick-nurse;  and  I am  here  nursing your 
sister, with  whom, between you  and me, 
there  is  precious little the  matter.  But 
that  is  not the  question.  The  point is: 
How do y ou come here?  and are you not 
ashamed to show* yourself?
“Flora,”  said  John,  sepulchrally*,  “I 
haven’t  eaten  anything  in  three  days. 
Or,  at least,  I don’t  know what day it is: 
but I guess I’m starving.
“ You  unhappy  man !”  she  cried. 
“Here,  sit down and eat  my supper;  and 
I’ll just run upstairs  and see my patient, 
not  but  what I  doubt  she’s  fast  asleep; 
for Maria is a vuilade inuxginairc.”
With this specimen of  the  French,  she 
left John  alone in  his father’s  sanctum. 
He  fell at once  upon the  food;  and  it is 
to be supposed that  Flora had  found her 
patient wakeful, and been  detained w ith 
some details of  nursing, for  he had  time 
to make a full end of all there was to eat, 
and not only to empty the  teapot, but  to 
fill  it  again from  a  kettle  that was  fit­
fully singing  on  his father’s fire.  Then 
he sat torpid,  and pleased,  and  bewilder­
ed;  his  misfortunes were  then  half  for­
gotten;  his mind considering, not without 
regret,  this  unsentimental  return to  his 
old love.
He  w as thus  engaged, w*hen  that bust­
ling woman  noiselessly re-entered.
“Have  y ou  eaten?”  said  she.  “’Then 
tell me all about it.”
It w*as a long and  (as the reader knows) 
a  pitiful  story but  Flora  heard  it with 
compressed  lips.  She  w*as  lost  in  none 
of  those  questionings of  human  destiny 
that have from time  to time,  arrested the 
flight of  my  own  pen;  for  women, such 
as  she,  are  no  philosophers,  and  behold 
the concrete only*.  And  women, such  as 
she, are very* hard on the imperfect man.
“Very  well,”  she  said,  when  he  had 
done;  “then  down  upon  y our  knees  at 
once, and beg God’s forgiveness.”
And the great baby plumped  dow*n up­
on his knees and did as he  was  bid;  and 
none the worse for  that!  But  while  he 
was heartily enough  requesting  forgive­
ness on general  principles,  the  rational 
side of him  distinguished,  and wondered 
if,  perhaps, the apology were not due up­
on the other part.  And  when  he  arose

again  from  that  becoming  exercise,  he 
first eyed the face of his old  love  doubt­
fully,  and then, taking heart,  uttered his 
protest.
“I must say. Flora,”  said  he;  “in  all 
this business, I can see.  very  little  fault 
of mine.”
“If you had written home,” replied the 
lady*,  “there would have been  none of it. 
If you had even gone to Murrayfield reas­
onably sober, you would never have slept 
there,  and the worst would not have hap­
pened.  Besides, the whole  thing  began 
years  ago.  You  got  into  trouble,  and 
w*hen your father,  honest  man,  was dis­
appointed,  you  took  the  pet,  or  got 
afraid and ran  away*  from  punishment. 
Well,  you’ve  had  your  ow*n  way of it, 
John, and I don’t suppose you like it.”
“I sometimes fancy I’m not  much  bet­
ter than a fool,” sighed John.
*‘My dear John,” said she, “not much.”
He looked at her,  and his  eye  fell.  A 
certain anger rose within  him;  here was 
Flora,  whom he had  disow*ned;  she  was 
hard;  she w*as of a  set  color;  a  settled, 
mature,  undeeorative  manner;  plain  of 
speech, plain of habit—he had come near 
saying,  plain of face.  And  this  change­
ling called herself by the  same  name  as 
the many-colored,  clinging maid of yore; 
she of  the  frequent  laughter,  and  the 
many* sighs, and the kind, stolen glances. 
And to make all worse, she took the upper 
hand  with  him,  which,  as  John  well 
knew,  was  not  the  true  relation of the 
sexes.  He steeled his  heart  against this 
sick nurse.
“And how do you come to be here?” he 
asked.
She told him how she  had  nursed  her 
father in his long  illness,  and  when  he 
died and she was left alone,  had taken to 
nurse others, partly from habit, partly to- 
be of some service  in  the  world;  partly, 
it  might  be, for  amusement.  “There’s 
no accounting for taste,” said  she.  And 
she told him how she went  largely to the 
houses of okl friends, as the  need  arose; 
and how she was  thus  doubly  welcome, 
as an old friend first,  and  then  as an ex­
perienced nurse, to whom doctors  would 
confide the gravest cases.
•‘And,  indeed,  it’s a mere  farce my be­
ing here for poor Maria,” she  continued; 
“but your  father  takes  her  ailments to 
heart, and I cannot,  always  be  refusing 
him.  We are great friends,  your  father 
and I;  he was very kind to  me  long  ago 
—ten years ago.”
A strange stir  came  to  John’s  heart. 
All this while had he been  thinking only 
of himself?  All this while,  why  had he 
not written to Flora?  In penitential ten­
derness, he took her hand, and, to his awe 
and trouble,  it remained  in  his,  compli­
ant.  A voice told him this was Flora, af­
ter all—told him so quietly,  yet  with  a 
thrill of singing.

“And you never married?” said he.
“No, John;  I never  married,”  she  re­
plied.
The hall  clock  striking  two  recalled 
them to the sense of time.
“And now,”  said she,  "y ou  have  been 
fed and warmed, and I  have  heard  your 
story, now it’s  high  time  to  call  your 
brother.”
“Oh!”  cried  John,  chap-fallen;  “do 
you think that absolutely necessary?”
*‘I can’t keep you here;  1 am  a strang­
er,”  said  she.  “Do  you  want  to  run 
away again?  I thought y ou  had  enough 
of that.”
He bowed his head under  the  reproof. 
She despised him, he  reflected,  as he sat 
once more alone;  a monstrous thing for a 
woman to despise a man;  and  strangest 
of all,  she seemed  to  like  him.  Would 
his brother despise him, too?  And would 
his brother like him?
And  presently  the  brother  appeared, 
under Flora’s escort;  and,  standing afar 
off beside the door-way,  eyed  the hero of 
this tale.

plied the elder brother, feebly.
quired the younger.

“So this is you?"  he said,  at length.
“Yes, Alick,  it’s, me—it’s  John,”  re­
"And how did  you  get  in  here?”  in­
“Oh, I had my pass-key,”  says John.
“The deuce you had!” said  Alexander. 
“Ah, you lived in a better world!  There 
are no pass-keys going now.”
“Well,  father  was  always  averse  to 
them,”  sighed John.  And the  conversa­
tion then broke  down  and  the  brothers 
looked askance at one another in silence.
•  “Well, and what  the  devil  are  we to 
do?” said Alexander.  “I  suppose  if the 
authorities got wind of you, you would be 
taken up?”
"It depends on whether they’ve  found 
the body or not,” returned John. 
“And 
then there’s that cabman, to be sure!”
“Oh, bother the  body!”  said  Alexan­
I  mean  about  the  other  thing. 
der. 
That’s serious.”
“Is that what my father spoke about?” 
asked John.  "I don’t even know what it 
is.”
“About  your  robbing  your  hank  in 
California,  of  course,”  replied  Alexan­
der.
that 
this was the first she had heard  of  it;  it 
was plainer still, from John’s that he was 
innocent.
“I!” he exclaimed.  “I  rob  my  hank! 
My  God!  Flora,  this  is too much:  even 
you must allow that.”
“Meaning you didn’t?”  asked  Alexan­
der.
“I never robbed a soul in all my days,” 
cried John,  “except my father, if you call 
that robbery;  and I brought him back the 
money in this room, and he w ouldn’t even 
take it!”
“Look here,  John,”  said  his  brother: 
“let us have  no  misunderstanding  upon 
this.  Maeewan saw my  father;  lie  told 
him a bank you had  worked  for  in  San 
Francisco was wiring over  the  habitable 
globe to have you  collared—that  it  was 
supposed  you  had  nailed 
thousands; 
and  it  was  dead  certain  you  had 
nailed $1,500.  So  Macewen  said,  and  I 
wish you would be  careful  how  you an­
swer. 
I may tell  you also that your fath­
er paid it on the spot.”

It was plain,  from  Flora’s  face, 

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LATE  LIQÜOR  DECISIONS.

Two  recent  decisions  of  the  United 
States  courts are  very acceptable  to  the 
friends  of  the  prohibitory  policy.  The 
(first of  these is from  the Supreme  Court 
and affirms the right of the State of  Iowa 
to  forbid  the  manufacture of  liquor  for 
export  from  the  State.  The distiller  in 
this case  declared that he  made and sold 
liquor  within the  State  only “for  medi­
cinal,  culinary  and  sacramental  pur­
poses,5’  all  of  which  are  sanctioned  by 
the  laws of  the State.  He  declared that 
the rest of  his product  was made  for ex­
port, and  he claimed  that  the  exclusive 
l ight  of  Congress  to  regulate  commerce 
between the States protected him against 
■¡he operation of  the State  law.  The Su­
preme  Court,  however, upheld  the  right 
of the State of Iowa to declare a distillery 
a  nuisance  and  to  suppress  it as  such. 
Justice  Lamar,  who  wrote  the  decision, 
•embraced 
the  opportunity  to  enlarge 
upon the  rights of  the State  to  exercise 
¿police  control of  all  property w ithin  its 
limits,  and  insisted  very  properly  that 
manufacture and  commerce are  different 
things,  Congress  having  no  power  over 
the former.

Yet  it  is  anomalous  for  the  State of 
Iowa  to recognize  the “medicinal, sacra­
mental  and  culinary”  use  of  wrine  and 
liquors as legitimate,  and yet declare any 
establishment  to  produce  them  a  nui­
sance.  Suppose  that  every other  state 
Avere to adopt the  same course, what line 
■of action would be open to those churches 
which hold  that fermented  wine is indis­
pensable to the  chief  sacrament of  their 
system?

The other  decision is  from the district 
court  of  Arkansas, and  is  to  the  effect 
lhat elder is  a  fermented,  alcoholic bev­
erage,  and  as  such  cannot be  sold  in  a 
state  whose  statutes  forbid  the  sale  of 
alcoholic, fermented  liquors.  The court 
decided the case chiefly on the definitions 
of  cider in standard  works of  reference, 
and  the  statements  made  by  chemical 
.authorities as to its composition.

On  the  first  day of  the  month  Presi­
dent Cleveland issued his  annual procla­
mation. 
It attracted much less attention 
than it ought,  for  it  was published amid 
the din of  the  closing  days of  the  cam­
paign. 
It is improbable  that he wrote it 
himself,  as  it  is  free  from  the  usual 
faults of  his style;  but if  he  did  not do 
it himself, he deserves credit  for  having 
put the work into competent hands.  The 
proclamation is much above  the  average 
*it.f  .such documents,  and  the  people will 
•have some satisfaction in reading it. 
Its 
•¡ eferejice> to the Jacksonville sufferers is 
especially  admirable,  ami  so  are  the 
reasons given for National gratitude.

Just  Out  of It.

Per haps it’s a truism to say that a dealer 
•ought not to get out of  an  article  w hich 
he  professes  to  carry  in  stock.  Every 
grocer  will  say that  he  needs no one to 
tell him this/  But,  all  the  same, every 
grocer  does  not  act as  if  he considered 
the fact an important one.
This  happened  in a grocery the  other 
day:  A  regular  customer  entered  and 
asked  for  oatmeal  in  packages.  The 
clerk  said  they had it.  and went to get a 
package.  He soon  returned  saying they 
were out,  but had the  same  man’s make 
in bulk.  But  the  customer didn’t want 
the bulk article, and left the store. 
In a 
minute he stepped in again,  having  evil 
dently  thought  a  substitute  Avould  do,* 
and asked for  cerealine.  But  the  clerk 
had to say “no” once more  and  the  cus­
tomer left unsatisfied, Avith  who  can say 
what sort of  an  opinion of  that  grocery 
•or with Avhat sort of  idea of  transferring 
his trade to a house that  would  not  dis­
appoint  him  by being  out  at  the  same 
moment of  two  such  ordinary articles as 
oatmeal and cerealine.  The grocery lost 
the  profit — Aery 
little,  of  course—it 
would haA*e made by supplying the goods, 
and  it  possibly  lost  what  Avas  of  far 
greater  value—the  confidence  of  that 
patron  in  the  certainty  of  his  ahvays 
being  able  to  get  his  supplies  at  the 
store.
Possibly that customer's trade Avas lost 
ail together.
Hardly  reasonable  to  leave  for  just 
•that ?  Well, perhaps  not, but it must be 
borne in mind that  many people who are 
not reasonable  are  buyers of  pretty lib­
eral  supplies of  groceries.  A dealer  in 
these close times needs the trade of  both 
reasonable and  unreasonable  customers, 
and must be prepared  to  give  his  least 
sensible  patrons 
fewest  possible 
reasons of  either great  or  small  impor­
tance  for  getting  displeased  with  the 
service  he  gives  them.  Especially  if 
located in a town where rival grocers are 
numerous  and  about  equally accessible 
to customers, will he feel the  evil effects 
•of  getting out of  articles, and so  forcing 
his patrons to buy at  another  store  that 
may be as  conveniently located as is his. 
It  behooves  him,  therefore,  to  keep  a 
close watch of  his stock, and never allow 
himself  to get out  of  what  he  makes it 
his business  to  sell.  Then  he’ll  never 
lia\e  to  turn a  customer  awTay,  and  in 
effect drive  him  into  another store, and 
give a rival dealer a chance to make such 
a pleasing impression as to win him for a 
permanent customer.

the 

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Geo.  Pringle  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  55  East  Leonard  street.  The 
stock was purchased at this market.

S. Monroe has  engaged  in  the grocery 
business  at  Breedsville.  Lemon, Hoops 
& Peters furnished the stock.

G. Tensenkamp has opened a dry goods 
store  on  South  Division  street.  Yoigt, 
Herpolsheimer & Co. furnished the stock.
E. F. Averill has engaged  in  the  gro­
cery business on Plainfield avenue.  Ball, 
Barnhart  &  Putman  wTill  furnish  the 
stock. 

_______________

II. Weertman has rented  his  bakery at 
Holland and engaged  in  the  same  bus­
iness in this city,  locating  on  Grandville 
avenue. 

_______________

W.  C. Bangs, formerly engaged  in  the 
drug  business at Holland,  but  more  re­
cently engaged  in  the  same  business at 
Chicago, has  opened a drug  store  at  79 
South  Division street.

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Iron  River—N.  Gilman  has  discon­

tinued his lumber business.

Shelby—S. Kohler  has  sold  his  meat 

market to Dewitt C. Freeman.

LoAvell—John Kopf  succeeds Taylor & 

Kopf in the furniture business.

Ceresco—C.  Moffett  succeeds  E.  Mc­

Leod in the manufacture of wagons.

Frankfort—A.  McMillan  succeeds  A. 
McMillan  &  Co.  in  the  hardware  bus­
iness.

Manistee—Sherwood  &  Hall  succeed 
John  M. Holbrook  in  the  meat  market 
business.

Grand  Blanc—J.  C. Goodwin  has sold 
his stock of general merchandise to James 
Maxwell.

Iron  River—Alex  McKinnon  succeeds 
the McDonald  Mercantile Co.  in the  gen­
eral trade.

Cheboygan—G. C.  Clark has  re-opened 
the meat market formerly owned  by  Ly­
man & Co.

Ithaca—Jackson & Brown,  Avho  carry 
on  a  hardware  business  here  and  at 
Pompeii, have  failed.

iP 

Douglas—John  E.  Durham  succeeds 
Frank  Kirby  in  the  grocery, dry  goods 
and boot and shoe business.

Kalamazoo—Wliiton & Nicholson  have 
opened a fruit and confectionery store at 
the corner of  Main and Rose streets.

Shelby—It  is M. L. Ferris,  instead  of 
Thos. Ferris,  who  has  opened a clothing 
store here.  The stock is OAA'ned  by G. II. 
Mason, of  Montague.

Douglas—Frank  Kirbv  has  traded  his 
general  stock  and  store  building  for 
Everett  Durham’s  third  interest  in  the 
Douglas basket factory.

Big  Rapids  —  Thomas  Skelton 

lias 
rented  the  store  formerly  occupied  by 
C. B.  Bennett and will open with a cloth­
ing  and  furnishing  goods  stock  on  the 
17th.

Plaimvell—J.  B.  Hurlburt  has  pur­
chased  the  interest of  F.  Y.  Collister in 
the  paint  business  of  Hurlburt  &  Col­
lister and will  continue  the  business  in
his mvn name.

J

Secrets  of Confectionery  Making.

From the Chicago Herald.
The  “penny  banana”  is  a  confection 
dear  to  the  heart  of  childhood. 
It  is 
made on the marshmallow plan, but with­
out  gum  arabic.  White of  egg  is  used 
in its manufacture, and the sugar cream. 
Penny  bananas were  piled  several  feet 
deep on the marble  slabs.  Rolled out in 
“sheets,” after being  kneaded like great 
batches of  bread  dough,  the  mass  Avas 
stretched  and  shaped  into  the  form of 
bananas by machinery. 
Imitation cigars 
are made of  the  same  material  and  fin­
ished  Avith a coating of  chocolate. 
Into 
many different shapes, embracing half the 
animal kingdom, and taking on  the  sem­
blance  of  flowers,  of  ships  and  of 
geometrical  figures,  is  this  fluffy  paste 
transformed.
Great  round  hoppers or pans are used 
for polishing and sugaring hard  candies. 
They  revolve  and  revolve  unceasingly. 
Fifty  or a hundred  pounds  of  candy  is 
thrown into  each, and  some  confection­
ers’  sugar.  Round  and  round  they go, 
and the sugar polishes the  surface of the 
confection until  it  becomes as smooth as 
glass.  Then that which is to  be  colored 
is put into the dye.  All- coloring  matter 
comes from Holland,  except that  derived 
from  the  cochineal  bug.  The  dyes are j 
pure  vegetable  matter,  and  the  thrifty 
Dutch alone  knew  how to prepare them. 
A  good  sum,  too,  does  the  Avorlil  pay 
these self-same Dutch.  A most  wonder­
ful  people  are  these  Dutch  to  keep 
secrets.

Illegible  Signatures.

If  there is one man Avho deserves to be 
hanged  without  benefit of  the  clergy, it 
is  the  one  who  sends  you  a letter,  re­
questing a reply, and signs his name Avith 
such a combination  of  insane  flourishes 
that the prince of  darkness  Avouldn’t  be 
able to read it.  This man w ill frequently 
write very plainly from the beginning of a 
letter to the  end, and  then, taking it for 
granted  that  you  are  perfectly familiar 
Avith  his  name,  get  up  on  the  pen and 
ride it all  over  the  bottom of  the page, 
under the impression  that  he  is append­
ing his signature.

Growth of  the  Grocery  Business—Decep-

tions in the Trade.

From the Chicago News.
“The business of the  grocer has grown 
to be almost a science,”  said  Charles  H. 
Slack, w ho is thought to be the most suc­
cessful retail grocer in the city.  “It cer­
tainly is a profession that is only learned 
after many years  of experience,” he con­
tinued.  “The  close  competition  of the 
last few years has developed  all the gen­
ius that men in the business  could  mus-

ter. 
It was not so before  the  Avar,  and 
almost anyone could buy and sell the few 
articles of trade and guard against losses. 
At that time, and  CA'en  later,  the  well- 
stocked  grocery  only  contained  dried 
fruits, rice, molasses, sugar and coffee as 
the staples of  trade.  The  exigencies  of 
the  civil  war  developed  the  fact  that 
canned goods could be inaile an  article of 
commerce, and  thè  trade  has  groAvn to 
enormous  proportions  since  then. 
It 
seems that in  later  years  the  genius of 
the Avorlil has been turned  to  deception, 
and the grocer is the victim  of  imitation 
to a greater extent than perhaps any oth­
er man in business.  He may  buy  a con­
signment of canned goods  and  find  that 
fully one-lialf of them are w orthless or of 
such  an  inferior  quality  as to lose him 
trade.  Of course, if a  grocer  is shrewd, 
he will look Avell  to  his  purchase,  but, 
even  then,  some  one  else Avho does not 
care for steady customers will buy the in­
ferior goods and  undersell  him.  There 
Avas a time when  almost  all  syrup  Avas 
pure, but the genius for deception has in­
vented glucose and everything  else as an 
imitation, so that now it is extremely dif 
ficult to buy pure syrup.  The same thing 
can be said of butter, as everybody knows, 
and butterine is hoav made in such a close 
imitation that experienced buyers cannot 
detect it. 
I am an old man  in  the  busi­
ness and still I cannot trust my judgment, 
and buy my butter from fanners whom  I 
knoAv have cows and no facilities for mix­
ing butterine Avith  the  natural  product. 
The  trusts  that  have arisen in the  last 
few years, controlling  the  production of 
staple articles, have been a menace to the 
grocer.  English  merchants  buy  granu­
lated sugar in New York 2}/> cents cheap­
er than I can possibly get it,  and all  this 
because of the sugar trust.
“Ten years ago, almost anyone thought 
they could run a grocery,  but  they  have 
had to giAe up in  defeat  with  all  these 
combinations against them.  Between the 
genius of the rascals who control the pro­
duction and the deception of  the villains 
who stay awake  nights  to  devise  imita­
tions, 
the  grocer’s  life  is anything but 
happy.  He must be  continually  on  the 
defensive if he cares for  the  Avelfare  of 
his customers,  and if he does not look out 
for  the  people  Avho  patronize  him  his 
failure is only the question of time.  Per­
haps the greatest  innovation  in  modern 
grocery-keeping is the wine  department. 
The groceries  of  the  early  days  never 
kept Avines and nowr fully  one-quarter of 
my  capital  stock  is  an  investment  in 
wines and liquors  served  exclusively for 
family use.  The  country  grocer  is  not 
more surprised at the extent of  the busi­
ness in a large  city  than  the  metropoli­
tan grocer himself as he looks  back for a 
decade of years.-’

Purely Personal.

Fred D.  Ball spent  Sunday in  Detroit, 

returning home Monday evening.

Win. Judson went to Big  Rapids  Mon­
day on business for  Olney,  Shields & Co.
Stanley E .  Parkill.  the  O avosso  drug­
gist.  Avas  in tow n a few hours last  Satur­
day.

E.  S.  Harvey,  of  the  clothing  firm  of 
Harvey Bros.,  at  Bangor,  spent  Sunday 
with friends here.

Geo. II. Remington, the Bangor grocer, 
spent Sunday with his son. Bert Reming­
ton. of  Olney,  Shields & Co.

Clias.  Buncher, of  the  firm  of  Edson. | 
Moore & Co.,  at  Detroit,  has  recovered 
from a three weeks’  illness  and  resumed 
his duties at the store.

Geo. P.  Gifford. Jr., w ishes it distinctly 
understood that he is  not a  Polack,  even 
if  a  local  paper  did  publish  his  name
among a list of gentlemen of that nation­
ality.

L.  E. Hawkins,  S. M.  Lemon,  ('has.  E. 
Olney, Heman G. Barlow and  Fred Clark 
are  in  Detroit  to attend  the  meeting  of 
the  Michigan  Wholesale  Grocers’  Asso­
ciation.

E. E. Whipple, General Manager of the 
Whipple  Harrow  Co., of  Eaton  Rapids, 
Avas  in town  Saturday.  He says the busi­
ness of the corporation Avillbe transferred 
to St. Johns about December 1.

Clias. Chick,  who  recently  purchased 
120  acres  near the  D.  &  M.  junction— 
Grand  Crossing, to be—is  converting the 
property  into  a  trout  pond  and  a Shet­
land  pony farm,  which  promises to  be  a 
profitable venture.

Sherwood Hall will not drink any more 
buttermilk.  He consumed three quarts of 
the stuff at Rockford last  Saturday,  and 
it required  the  constant  attention  of  a 
physician  for  several  hours  to  relieve 
him of his distress.  He felt Ayorse  Avhen 
he got the election returns,  however.

M. J.  Clark and Frank Jewell  left Mon­
day  night  for  Petaluma. Cal.,  whence 
they will  proceed to the redwood district 
for the  purpose of  seeking investments. 
Mr. Clark  will  remain  there  all  winter 
with  liis  family, but  Mr. Jewell expects 
to  return to the  city in about sixty days.

Bank  Notes.

W. H.  Hunt is cashier of  a  new  bank 

at Laingsburg.

The  new  building  of  the  Northern 
Kent Bank,  at  Cedar  Springs  is  nearly 
completed.

Wm. Widdicomb Avill  make  his  home 
with  Amos  S.  Musselman  &  Co.,  after 
January  1,  when  he  retires  from  his 
present  position Avith the  Grand  Rapids 
National Bank.

It  is  understood  that the  directors  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  National  Bank  will
j not  permanently  fill  the  vacancy  occa- 
| sioned  by  the  resignation  of  Cashier 
Widdicomb.  Nathan  B.  Brisbin, 
the 
present  efficient  Assistant  Cashier,  will 
be  asked  to  assume  the  duties  of  the 
office for six months or a year,  at the end 
of  w hich  time  he will  be officially  pro­
moted, if the  directors are  satisfied  with 
his method of conducting the business.

AN  INSURANCE  PUZZLE.

Nobody  Knows  What  a  Policy  Means 

Until He Applies  It.
Nobody  knows  what  an 

From the  Buffalo Courier.
insurance 
policy  means until  he  has  been  burned 
out.  The proprietor of  a Buffalo  repair 
shop has been for years carrying a policy 
not  only upon  his goods  but  also  upon 
articles left with him for repairs.  These 
latter  Avere  specifically mentioned  in the 
policy, which *was  a  very broad  instru­
ment  in its  terms  and  it appeared to  be 
“horse  high,  bull strong  and pig  tight” 
in its power to protect  the man who paid 
for  it. 
It  called  for  a  larger  amount 
than  he would  have  placed  on his  mvn 
property alone,  and  he  Avas in the  habit 
of  telling people Avho  left their  property 
with  him that  it  was  amply  protected. 
He  Avas  burned  out  the  other  day, and 
when he came to settle with the insurance 
people  they  declined  to  recognize  his 
claim in behalf of  property left Avith him 
for repairs unless he had in each instance 
specifically  agreed with  the  owner  that 
its loss  by fire should  be made good,  and 
charged a  consideration therefor.  They 
took this position  on the  ground that  he 
was not  otherwise  responsible  for  the 
property left in his shop.  They asserted 
that a  watch-maker, for  instance, is  not 
responsible for Avatches left with him for 
repairs, unless he makes a  special  agree­
ment to this effect with  their owners and 
charges them for it. 
If this be true, it is 
a  good  thing  for  people  generally  to 
knoAv. 
In the case referred to, the owner 
of  the  repair shop  Avonders  what  he has 
been paying for all these years.

Gripsack Brigade.

Fred.  Blake and family are now  pleas­
antly settled in the Seymour mansion, on 
Paris  ai'enue.

James A. Crookston. the  veteran  trav­
eler  for  the  Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug 
Co., is very ill at  his  home  on  Wealthy 
avenue,  and fears are entertained that he 
will not recover.

An  honorable  man  gladly  makes 
amends for any misstatement  he  may be 
led  into  making,  as soon as he discovers 
his error.  Wonder if  a certain traA'eling 
man  will  set  himself  aright  before his 
fellows  on  account  of  a serit*  of  false 
statements  made early in the Shnpaign ?
Frank E. Chase  spent  several  days at 
Chicago  last  week,  commingling  with 
such congenial spirits as Magenta Headed 
Dave  and  Telephone-Connection “Abe.” 
Frank  says  liis  associates  borrowed all 
the  money he  had  with  him,  but  as he 
thoughtfully provided himself  with a re­
turn  ticket  beforehand, he  managed  to 
get home  without  resorting to a tie pass.
“Abe”  Lineweaver,  Michigan  repre­
sentative for  Cook,  Lymah.  Smith & Co., 
of  Chicago,  and Red Headed Dave Smith, 
who  draws  a  diminutive  salary  from 
Sprague.  Warner & Co.,  are  both  Demo­
crats and both  came out  “short” on elec-
tion bets.  Among  the  forfeits they had 
to  pay Avas a long  march  in  front  of  a 
Republican  procession,  carrying  a  ban­
ner bearing a compromising statement.
The Danger of Business  Worriments.
Americans are  an  overworked  people. 
We take  no  proper or adequate time for 
recreation  or rest.  We bolt our food like 
doses of  medicine, and  away once  more 
to business.  We  turn  night into day in 
many  occupations.  There  is  a  never- 
ending  strain  and  drain  of  the  vital 
forces.  Thus our civilization lias become 
a  Aery  intense  sort  of  development. 
Nearly every pursuit  is  bound  by it  on 
the  rack of  competitive  effort,  and  tor­
tured  into  the  utmost of  exertion.  An 
excess of  push,  vim  and  strain to do is 
seen on every hand.  Life  energy is con­
stantly taxed beyond its strength.  Many 
physical constitutions are  unequal to the 
inexorable demands made upon them day 
after day.
During the past few months this strug­
gle for existence  has  been intensified by 
the  added  uncertainties,  risks  anil  re­
straints  which  always  complicate  and j 
disorder  business  affairs  throughout  a 
presidential  campaign, and  which  have 
been  especially  operative  this  year,  be­
cause of  the  industrial  question  funda­
mentally  involved  in  the  result  of  the 
election.  There has been, consequently, 
an  unusual  tendency  to  mental  dis­
quietude, so that the  man  in his office or 
at  his  task  has  not been able to banish 
worry from his Avork  Avith  head or liaml. 
He has had to confront the peril of Avorry 
in his work  from  the  fact  that  the  ex­
traneous  causes  of  the  worry could  be 
removed only by augmenting  the  extent 
and  the  persistency  of 
the  effort  to 
triumph over stubborn or  peculiar obsta­
cles. 
I11  this  contest  with  difficulties, 
many  thousands  of  business  men  liaATe 
been  overtasking  themselves.  As  they 
value health, without which  they cannot 
either make or enjoy money, they should 
now  seek  in  respite,  if  possible,  relax­
ation for  their  tired  brains.  Without a 
reserve of  energy,  healthy brain-work is 
impracticable;  and  Avithout  healthy 
brain-work success  is  unattainable;  for, 
without a reserve  of  mental  energy,  the 
mind can no more continue  the  vigorous 
exercise  of  its  functions  than  a flabby 
muscle  without  tonicity can  respond  to 
the  stimulus of  strong  volition,  and lift 
a heavy Aveight or strike a forceful  blow.
As feAV men  are  aware of  the  physio­
logical conditions  and  dangerous  conse­
quences of  worry,  it may be Avorth while 
to repeat  here  what has been said by an 
eminent  medical  practitioner.  Dr.  Mor­
timer  Granville, on  its  morbific  evils— 
foes  to  health  and  to  business success 
more treacherous and  merciless  than all 
besides.
“The  cause, or  condition,  which  most 
commonly exposes  the reserve of  mental 
energy to loss and  injury is worry.  The 
tone and  strength of  mind are  seriously 
impaired  by its wearing influence, and if 
it continue  long enough, they Avill  be de­
stroyed. 
It sets the organism of thought 
and feeling vibrating with emotions which 
are not consonant with the natural  liber­
ation of energy in work.  The Avhole ma­
chinery is thrown  out of  gear, and  exer­
cise,  which  would  otherwise  be pleasur­
able and innocuous, becomes painful and 
even  destructive. 
It  is  easy to  see how 
this must be.  The longest note in music,

the  most  steady  and  persistent  ray  of 
light—to use an old-fashioned expression 
—the tonic muscular contraction,  are all, 
Ave know, produced by a rapid succession 
of  minute motive  impulses  or  acts,  like 
the explosion and discharge of electricity 
from alternately connected and separated 
points in a circuit;  in fact, a series of vi­
brations.  Mental energy doubtless takes 
the same form of development. 
If  a dis­
turbing  element is introduced  by the  ob° 
trusion  of  some  independent  source  of 
anxiety,  or  if,  out  of  the  business  in 
hand, the  mind makes  a  discord,  confu­
sion  ensues,  and for  the time  being har­
monious  action  ceases.  Working  under j 
these  conditions in obedience to the will, 
the  mental  organism  sustains 
injury 
Avhieh must be great,  and may be lasting. 
The function of the Avarning sense is sus­
pended;  the reserve  is no  longer a  stock 
in  abeyance, and it ceases to give stabili­
ty to the mind;  the rhythm of the mental j 
forces  is  interrupted;  a crash  is  alw'ays 
impending,  and too often sudden collapse 
occurs.  The  point  to be  made  clear  is 
this:  overwork  is  barely  possible,  and 
seldom,  if  ever, happens  Avhile the  mind 
is  acting  in  the  way  prescribed  by its 
constitution,  and  in the normal  modes of 
mental exercise.  The moment, however, 
the  natural  rhythm  of  work  is  broken 
and  discord  ensues,  the mind  is  like an 
engine with  the  safety valve  locked, the 
steam-gauge  falsified,  the  governing  ap­
paratus  out of  gear;  a  breakdown  may 
occur at any instant.  The state pictured 
is  one of  Avorry, and  the  besetting peril 
is not  depicted  in too  lurid  colors.  The 
victim of  Avorry  is ever  on the  verge  of 
catastrophe; if he escape,the marvel is not 
at his strength of intellect so much as his 
good fortune.  Worry is disorder,  however 
induced, and disorderly  work is abhorred 
by  the  laAvs of  nature,  AArhich  leave  it 
wholly  Avithout  remedy.  The  energy 
employed  in  industry carried  on  under 
this  condition is  lavished  in producing a 
small  result,  and  speedily  exhausted. 
The  reserve  comes into  play very  early 
in the task,  and  the faculty of  recupera­
tion is speedily arrested.  Sometimes loss 
of  appetite  announces  the  cessation  of 
nutrition;  otherwise the sense of hunger, 
present in the  system, is  for a  time pre- 
ternaturally  acute,  and  marks  the  fact 
that  the  demand is occasioned  by loss of 
power to appropriate, instead of any dim­
inution  of  supply.  The  effort  to Avork 
becomes  daily  more  laborious,  the  task 
of fixing the attention groAvs increasingly 
difficult, thought  Avanders, memory fails, 
the reasoning  poAver is enfeebled;  preju­
dice—the  shade  of  defunct  emotion  or 
some past persuasion—takes the  place of 
judgment;  physical,  nerve  or  brain  dis­
turbance  may supervene,  and  the  crash 
will  then come  suddenly,  unexpected  by 
onlookers,  perhaps  unperceived  by  the 
sufferer  himself.  This  is  the  history of 
‘worry,’ or  disorder  produced  by mental 
disquietude and  distraction, occasionally 
by physical disease.”
To  the man  subject to this disorganiz­
ing influence, these are words of  wise in­
struction. and  ample  as  Avell  as  timely 
warning.  We  feel  that we  have  per­
formed  a duty to  our  readers  in  calling 
their  attention  to this  vitally  important 
subject,  which is  so little  understood, so 
seldom considered, so much neglected.

Business in the Argentine. 

Speculation is said to be active  in  the 
Argentine Republic.  The  development 
of the country is proceeding with  unpre-
cedented  rapidity.  The  emigration  is 
very heavy.  The promotion of new com­
panies  is  a  prominent  feature.  NeAv 
banks are being started and existing ones 
are increasing their  capital.  Seventeen 
railroad concessions are now  before  the 
Argentine Congress.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

FOR SA LE.

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tion in the city.  W ill take unincumbered proper- 
.  in Grand Rapids in part  payment.  Doing cash bus­
iness at present of $70 per day. summer  m onths,  $125. 
Enquire of Bali, Barnhart & Putman. 

Fo r   sa l e- sto c k  o f   g r o c e r ie s,  b e st   l o c a -
I  TOR SALE-PAYING  BUSINESS  IN  DRUGS.  BOOKS 

and stationery» live  country  town,  sales  $15  per 
day.  Good  reasons  for  selling.  Address  Opii,  care 
Tradesman office. 
T \R U G   STORE  FOR  SALE  —  IN  CHATTANOOGA. 
-JL'  Tenn.  Population,  50,000.  Good  location,  good 
trade.  A bargain for some one.  For  full  particulars, 
those who mean business, address P. O. Box  203,  Chat­
tanooga, Tenn. 

I X)R  SALE—A  STOCK  OF MERCHANDISE  IN  THE 

thriving village of  Sparta  situated  at  the  junc­
tion of the T. S. & M. and C. & W. M. R. R’s.  Stock  will 
invoice about $2,000.  Must be sold at once.  Store  for 
rent.  A. F. Harrison. Sparta,  Mich. 

on.  Enquire at 193 Tenth Street. 

one  of  the  best  pieces  of  business  property  in 
central  Michigan;  will  be  sold  exceedingly  cheap. 
Address Thos. Gordon, jr. Assignee, Howell,  Mich.  310
.  wall paper.  Location, A  1, in county seat.  Only 
those  meaning  business  need  apply,  Address  D  W, 
care Tradesman. 

17*01*  SALE—A  GOOD  HORSE  AND  DELIVERY  WAG- 
F OR SALE—THE  CITY  MILLS. AT HOWELL.  MICH.;
I TOR  SALE—DESIRABLE  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
I X>R SALE—OUR  RETAIL  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES 
FOR  SALE—A  CLEAN,  WELL-ASSORTED  STOCK  OF 

at 110 Monroe street, Grand Rapids.  Goods are all 
new.  The stand is in  the  best  location  in  town  and 
can be leased.  Bemis Bros. 

general hardware, stoves and tinware.  Tin shop 
in connection.  Will inventory about $6,000.  Located 
centrally and one of the best points for  retail business 
in the city.  Good reasons for  selling.  Address  Hard­
ware, care Michigan Tradesman. 

OR  SALE  CHEAP — 18-HORSE  POWER  ENGINE', 

Good as new.  Address 298, this office. 
OR  SALE—GOOD  RESIDENCE  LOT  ON  ONE  OF 
the m ost pleasant streets “on  the  hill.”  W ill e x­
change for stock in any good institution.  Address 286, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
TOR SALE—DRUG  FIXTURES  AND  SMALL  STOCK 
l  of drugs.  Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford.  258

300

309

298

286

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W ANTS.

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VITANTED—EXPERIENCED  MAN TO LITTER GRAN- 
T l 
ite and marble and sell on the  road.  W ill  pay 
good wages to a good man.  For  further  information 
inquire o f George Tyson, Plymouth, Ohio. 
TTTANTED—SITUATION  BY  EXPERIENCED  PHAR- 
VY  macist.  Speaks Holland.  Registered  by exami­
nation .  Best of references.  Address  Box  153, Morley 
Mich. 
W
XYTANTED—SITUATION ON THE  ROAD  BY  MAN  OF 
V V 
six  years’  experience.  Best of  reference.  Ad­
dress  J. E.  F.  care Michigan  Tradesman 
WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READS 

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

WANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 

Improved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 

samples.  E. A. Stowe <fe  Bro., Grand Rapids. 

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

rpO   RENT—STORE  IN  OPERA  BLOCK,  CENTRALLY 
JL 
located, fine condition,splendid opening for cloth­
ing house, dry goods  or general  stock.  Posession  at 
once, rent reasonable.  Live  business  town. 
Inquire 
of M. V. Selkirk, South Haven, Mich. 

■  20-ACRE  FRUIT FARM NEAR BENTON HARBOR, 1 

handy to Chicage market, will  sell  or  exchange  j 
for Grand  Rapids  real estate  worth  $1,200.  Address 
{
Dr. W. Ryno, Coloma, Mich. 
Q A A   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUSI- 
$ 1
• 
ness paying 100  per  cent.  Best  of rea­
sons ’ for  selling.  Address  Chas.  Kynoch,  St. Ignace, 
Vcih. 
,  228  1

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Big  Reduction  in  Rates. 

Wanted  His Reward.

There is a war among the  fast  freight I  Grocer  So  you ve  given up  drinking, 

lines,  the first effect  of  which is a reduc-; Uncle Kastus?
tion  in  west-bound  freight of  from 20 to 1  Uncle  Rastu.s—\ es, 
50 per cent., as  follows : 

sail. 

1  haint 

fteched a drap in  fo’  weeks.
Grocer—You  deserve  a  great  deal  of 
credit.
Uncle  Eastus—Yes,  salt.  That’s  jes’ 
what I  sez, an’  1  was gwine  ter ask  yo\ 
Mis tali  Smif, ef  yo’  cad  trus’  me  to  er

New York and Boston. .50 
Philadelphia...................44 

1st.  2d.  3d.  4th.  5th.  6th.  • 
20
18 ’
It is expected that  still  further  slash- ; 

40  35  30  25 
34  33  28  23 

ing in  rates will occur.

R I N D G E ,  B E R T S C H   &  CO.,
and
BO O TS 

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

A G E N T S   FOIi  T H E ,

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

12,  14  &  16  P e a r l  S tre e t,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich .

House  and  Store Shades  M ade to  Order.

N E LSO N  ERO S. & CO.,

68  Monroe  Street, 

-  Grand Rapids.

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.

LARD, Strictly Pure  and  Warranted,  in  tierces,  barrels,  one-half 

barrels,  50  pound  cans,  20  pound  cans, 3, 5  and  10  pound 
pails.

Pickled  Pigs’  Feet,  Tripe, Etc.

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

in every instance.

When in Grand Rapids give us a call  and look over our establishment.
Write us for prices
G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M IC H .

O N E OF A S E R IE S  OF PIC T U R ES  R E P R E SE N T IN G  C O FFEE CU LTURE.  W A T C H   FOR  T H E   N EXT .

N a t i v e   C o f f e e  P i c k e r s .

CHASE

T H E   F IN E S T   C RO W N .

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I  called  The  A ristocratic
i n   i t s   r i c h n e s s   a n d   d e l i c a c y   o f   flavor. 
Coffee  of  Am erica.  Always packed  whole roasted (unground) in 2 lb- 
air-tight tin cans.
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A skilfhl blending of strong, fla-
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coffees.  W arranted not to contain a single Bio 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.
D C T 1 A   I I  
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sam p les to CIBXSIS  A-  SA.NI3 O WiY,

BROAD  STREET,

BOSTON,  MASS.

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

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M ich ig an   B usiness  M en’s  A ssociation.

IN  SPITE  OF  HIMSELF.

How a Traveler  Sold  a  Bill to  an Obdur­

ate  Merchant.

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No. 9—L aw ren ce B. 

—No. 6—A lb a  B. M. A.

No. »7—D o rr B. M.  A. 

The following  auxiliary 

No. 20—G re e n v ille   M. 31. A.

No.  1—T rav erse C ity B. M. A .

No. 37—B a t t le  C reek B. M. A . 

NoTlO—H a rb o r S p r in g s  B .M . A.

resident, Fred S. Frost;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.

President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

President. H. W. Parker; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.

President, E. S- Botsford; Secretary, L. X. Fisher.

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

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

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

President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. Q- Bailey.

President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.---------

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

President, H. P. Whipple; S e c r e t a r y ^ ----------- ----

President, H. M. Marshall ; Secretary, J. H. Kelly ■--------

President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, B. A. Stowe.----------

President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C- Havens.______

President. Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.----------

Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

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

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

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

No. 2—L ow ell  B. M. A.
No. 3—S t u r g i s   B. M. A.

No. 2 4 —M orley B.  M. A.
No. 25—P a lo  B. M. A . 

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

No. 7—D im o n d ale B. 31. A.
No. 8—E a s tp o rt B. M. A.

No. 20—S an g atu ck  B. M. A.
No. 2 1—W ay lan d  B. M. A.

No.  4 —G rand  R ap id s  31.  A.
No.  5—M uskegon B .  M. A.

eratin g  under  charters  granted  by th e Michi­
gan Business Men’s A ssociation:

No. 22—B ra n d   L edge B. 31. A . 
No. 23—C arson C ity B. M. A. 

President. H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer._________
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President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin.  —  

President, X. B. Blain; Secretary. Frank T. King._____
‘ 
President, H. S. Chnreh; Secretary, Win. Jom .______ _

President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.----------
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L.Thurston. 

S o T il—K ingsley B. 31. A.
No. 12—Q uincy B. 31. A.
~  No. 13—S h e r m a n   B. 31. A.
No. 14—N o . M u s k e g o n  B. M. A.

No. 15—B oyne C ity B. M- A.
No. 16—Sand L ak e B. M. A. 
President, J. V. Crandall:  Secretary, W. Raseo.
No. 17—P la in w e ll B. 31. A. 
President, E. A.  Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—Owosso B. 31. A. 
No.  19—A da B. M. A. 

P resident—F rank Wells, Lansing.
•‘It  is with  much  amusement,” saitl  a 
First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
leading  jobber,  the  other  day,  “that  I 
Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
recall  my  early experiences  on the  road 
TppBjnrpr—Tt  W. Spr&iiiic. G ranville. 
__ 
Executive Board-President; C. L. W hitney^M u^egon; 
in  the  capacity  of  a  commercial  drum­
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse C ity;  N. B. Blain, Lot% eii, 
mer. 
I  was  only  about  17  years of  age 
cS S   t . Bridgman. Flint;  Hiram  DeLano,  Allegan;
at  the  time.  One  year  previous  l  had 
C o S ^ ' o n   Insurance-Geo.  B  Caldwell ^ G reen­
walked  away from school  and  answered 
ville;  W.S. Powers, >ashrllle;
H.
Committee on Legislation—S.^E.  ParkiU,  Owosso 
an  advertisement,  calling  for  a  book-
H. H. Pope, Allegan.
A. Hydorn, Grand Rapidr
Committee on Trade ^^l^iY ^^H ^F^rgo, Mus-  keeper.  1 made application for the place 
which was in a large tea  and spice estab-
klgon^60' 
Co“ Fltc enknnraGrandt Rapids'!a c.e’V?8Bock,  Battle  lishmcut, although  I  knew as much about 
! keeping books  as  I  did  about  playing  a
creek.  °” 
1  kept  the  books  for 
*i2S^t™nffni^ aam a^orw ^naEmmert,Platon Rapids;  church  Olgan.
eey Strong, Kalamazoo 
about  two  weeks,  and  got  everything 
W  E  Crottv, Lansing, 
Local Secretary—P. J* Connell.  Muskegec. 
into such  a  confused  condition that I do 
Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.
not think  they were  straightened out for 
a  year.  As  it  happened,  a  day  or  so 
before  the full  measure of  my  incompe­
tency was  discovered,  I was  down at the 
store  rather  early and  managed to sell  a 
difficult  customer who  came in  to  buy a 
large  bill of  goods.  This  pleased  the 
proprietors  of  the  establishment,  and 
they not  only condoned my book-keeping 
offenses, but put me down on the salary list 
as a  salesman. 
I  remained  in the  store 
for  about a  year,  and  was  so  successful 
that  they finally put  me on  the road. 
I 
remember striking a small village shortly 
after  starting  out.  The  shades of  even­
ing were  falling rapidly as the  hotel bus 
carried  me  from the  railroad  station  to 
the  hostelry,  and  1  determined  that  I 
would  not  atten\pt  to  do  anything  that 
night but secure a good night’s rest.
“During  the  evening, however,  I  got 
into  conversation  with two  or  three ua- ! 
tives of  the  village  who  were  standing 
around  the hotel  office, and,  as  is  quite 
customary with young and inexperienced 
drummers,  1  began to refer rather  boast­
fully to the  achievements I  had made  in 
the way of sales.  The natives seemed to 
receive everything in good faith, and one 
of  them proposed  as a test of  my ability 
as  a salesman  that I should go  to a store 
in  the  village  and  sell  the  proprietor 
thereof, who  loudly  proclaimed  his  an­
tipathy to ail  drummers,  a bill  of  goods. 
My  pride  was  touched,  and  I  readily 
agreed 
to 
wager  §5  on  the  result. 
Five  minutes 
afterward  found  me  with  my  grip­
sack  in  my  hand  on  my  way  to  the 
store  that  had  been referred  to,  and  be­
fore  I  could  plan  any  campaign  I  was 
inside  the  place. 
It was  an  ordinary 
village store,  and.  as the  time I  speak of 
was  in  the  middle of  the  winter, there 
was a red-hot  stove  in the  middle of  the 
floor, and  a dozen  loungers  were  sitting 
in  a  circle  about  it.  Knowing,  as  they 
did,  the prejudices of the proprietor with 
respect to commercial  men,  my entrance 
was  greeted  by  significant  smiles  and 
nudges  and  winks,  and  whispered  com­
ments passed around the circle. 
I didn’t 
mind  this,  but  went  up at  once  to  the 
man  who stood  behind  the  counter, who 
answered  the  description  that  had  been 
given to me of the proprietor of the store, 
and handed him my card.
“He  took  the  «ard, and  without  look­
ing at  it, slowly  tore it into  two or three 
dozen pieces and scattered it on the floor. 
His  action  was  followed  by  a  roar  of 
laughter from the circle around the stove. 
But I was not to be beaten yet.
“ ‘You  shouldn’t do that,’  I  said  very 
quietly,  ‘don’t you know that those cards 
cost money?
••The  proprietor  glared  at  me  for  a 
moment,  and  then  turning  to  a  young 
clerk  who  stood  behind  the  counter  a 
few feet away, he said: 
‘Give this young 
man five cents to pay for that card.’
“This  grim  sally  brought  another  ex­
plosion of laughter from the cirele around 
the  stove,  and  a  dozen  pairs  of  eyes 
looked  me over  curiously to  see  how  I 
would  take the  rebuff. 
I  didn’t take  it 
at all. 
I took  out my card-case a second 
time, and  selecting  another card  offered 
it to the proprietor.  This made him mad 
and he began to swear and said:
“ ‘What  do  you  mean, you  impudent 
young dog, by handing me another card?’ 
And  he brought  his  hand  down with  a 
good deal of force on the counter.
“ ‘Oh,’  I  replied,  T  always  give  two 
•ai ds for 5 cents.’
“This  rather turned the laugh on him. 
and  after  a  moment  he  joined  in  the 
laughter,  and taking the »ard read  it.
“ ‘I’ll talk with you a moment,’ he said, 
‘if you’ll come back in the store here.’
“You  may be  sure  I  went  back.  He 
told me that he had been buying teas and 
spices  from  one  house  for a  long  time 
and  that  he was  perfectly satisfied  with 
the  fashion  in  which  they served  him 
He believed that he got  the lowest prices 
and  he  didn’t  care to  change. 
I  asked 
him what prices  he paid for various arti­
cles in  my repertoire, and  told  him what 
I sincerely believed, that if he didn’t keep 
posted  from  contact  with various  repre 
sentatives of  the  trade,  it was  quite  im­
probable  that he  got  the lowest  figures. 
He  told  me what  he was  paying, and  I 
showed  him that  I  could  sell  the  same 
goods  at  lower  prices,  and  finally  came 
away  with  an  order. 
I  won  the  wager 
of  §5 at the  hotel,  and  the  firm down  in 
New  York,  whose  representatives  had 
called  on  this  man in  previous  season 
without success, sent  me an  encouraging 
letter.

No. 28 —C h e b o y g a n  B. M. A 
No. 29—F re e p o rt B. M. A.
No. 30—O ceana B. M. A.
51—C h arlo tte B. 31. A.
No.
J. Green:  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
President, Thos 
_______________
No. 32—C oopersville B. M. A. 
President, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.  .
No. 33—C h arlev o ix  H. M. A . 

No, 53—B ellev u e B . 31. A. 
No. 54—D ouglas B. M. A.
No.  55—P ete sk e y   B. 31. A.
No. 56—B an g o r  B.  M.  A. 
No. 57—K o ckford  B. M. A. 
No. 58—F ife L ak e B. 31. A. 
No. 59—F ennviU e B. M. A. 

G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes._______
No. 44—Heed C'ity B. M. A.
No. 45—H o v tv ille   B. M. A .
No. 46—L eslie B. M. A. 
No.  47—F lin t  M.  U. 

TNo. 63 —E v a rt B. M. A. 
No. 6 4 —S te rr ili B. M . A. 
No. 65—K a lk ask a  B. 31. A. 
No. 66—L an sin g  B. M.  A . 
President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
No. 67—T T atervltet  B. M, A. 
President. Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.
President, A. E. Calkins;  Secretary, E. T. YanOstrand.

No. 34 —S a r a n a c   B. 31. A.
No.  35—B ellaire   B. M. A.
No. 36—Ith a c a   B .  31. A.

President
President. E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith._______

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

No. 51—C edar  S prings  B.  M.  A. 
No. 52—G ran d  H av en  B. M. A.

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
No. 60—S outh B o ard m a n  B. M. A. 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt.

President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—H u b b a rd  »ton  B. M. A. 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

No. 4 0 —E a to n  K ap id s B. M. A. 
No. 4 1 —B re ck en rid g e  B. M. A. 

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President,  L.  D.  Bartholomew;  Secretary. R- w . Kane.

No.  6 1 —H a rtfo rd   B. M . A. 
No. 62—E ast sag in a w   W. A . 

No. 3 8 —S cottville B.  M. A. 
No. 39 —B u rr O ak B. M. A. 

No. 42—F re m o n t B. 31. A. 
No. 43—T u stin   B. M. A.

No.  4 9 —L eroy  B   M.  A. 
No. 5 0 —M anistee B. M. A.

President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Haliaday.

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

President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary,C. E. Densmore.

President, Thomas B. Dutcher;  Secretary, C. B. Waller.

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

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

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

President, C. W. Robertson ; Secretary, Wm. Hort ote.

President, W. M. Davis; Secretary,C. E. Bell._______

President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras._______

President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary,  t hag. H. Smith.

President, H. E. Symons: Secretary. D. W. Higgins.

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

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

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  E. W. Moore.

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

President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C- Bowman.

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

President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary. W ill Emmert.

President, W. S. Wilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.

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

Probable  Population  in  x8go.

President. Jos. Gerber;  Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.

President, L. S. Walter; Secretary. G. G. Blakeiy.

President,  A.  Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.

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

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

President, Oscar P, Bills;  Secretary. F. Rosacrans.

President, J.  F. Cartwright;  Secretary. L. Gifford.

President, M. Xetzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck.

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.

No. 69—Scotts an d  C lim ax B. 31. A. 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison.

No, 75—T ecn m seh   B.  M.  A. 
No. 7 6—K alam azo o  B. M . A. 

No. 70—N ash v ille  B. M. A. 
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers.
No. 71—A shley  B.  M .  A,
No. 72—E d m o re B. M. A.
No,  73—B eid in g  B. M. A. 
>lo, 74—D avison  M.  U. 

It  is  scarcely  nineteen  months befort 
the eleventh census of  the United  State: 
will have been  taken,  although  some ad­
ditional  months  will  be  requisite to as­
certain  the  aggregate  result.  As  the 
time approaches for this decennial  eoun 
of  the people, public interest is attracted 
more and more to the  subject,  and  much 
curiosity is  manifested  to  know what i: 
numerically probable.  Exact figures are 
of  course,  beyond  the  reach of  present 
inquiry, yet  the  field of  investigation i: 
far from limited to conjecture.  Data ex­
ist  from  which a reasonable approxima­
tion can be  calculated.  To  begin  with, 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Statistic: 
employed,  down  to  and  including  the 
year 1885—for  the  purpose of  computa 
tions  per  capita—certain  estimates  of 
population  in  each  year,  prepared  by 
E. B.  Elliott,  Actuary of  the  Treasury 
A commerciat drummer who met Anna 
Department.  Those estimates indicate 
IJickinson  at  Lafayette  made her a pro­
gain of  inhabitants at the  rate  of  about 
posal  of  marriage. 
If  the  matter  has 
2.6 per cent.,  annually compounded.  On 
ever been in doubt,  it is now certain that 
applying that rate to the  other five years
nothing  can  shake  the  firm  nerve  or  __  _ 
daunt the fearless  breast of  the commer- I of  the decennium, we shall  have the fol 
I lowing result:
eial drummer. 

President, 8. S.McCamly;  Secretary,  Chauncey Strong.
“Pa,  what  is  a  green  grocer?”  asked 
.Johnny,  looking  up  from  the  English 
book that he was reading.
“A  green  grocer,  my  son?”  repeated 
pa.  “Well—ah—hem—a green  grocer is 
—oh,  yes,  a  green  grocer  is  one  who 
always  sands  his  sugar  without  taking 
the  barrel 
into  the  dark  part  of  the 
store.”

O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P.  O’Malley.

No. 68—A llegan B. M. A.

Estimated
Estimated  ¡Years
Years
population in
population in ended
ended
each vear.
each year. 
June 1
June 1.
............ 53,577,418
1881....... ........... 51,462,000 1886...
............ 60,100,431
1882....... ........ 52,779.000 1887...
............ 61,663,042
1883  __ .......54,103,0001888...
............ 63.266,281
1884..... ..........  55,554,06011889...
............ 64,911,204
1885....... ..........  57,093,000|1890...
According to  this  view, the  enumera-
tion in 1890 would show about  65,000,000 
of  people  within  our  states  and  terri­
tories, except only Indians not taxed, who 
are never taken into the official count.
There  is  another  method  of  approx­
imating to the  number—a process  based 
upon the country’s diversified experience 
with  numerical  progress  since  the  first 
census. 
If  the  per  cent,  of  increment 
in each separate decade be  applied to the 
population in 1880, we  shall  have, as the 
varied result, nine distinct, different esti­
mates of  the aggregate count  of  the peo­
ple in 1890. or one  for  each  several per­
centage. as exhibited below:

Increase 
per cent. 

............. 35.10 
............. 36.38 
............33.06 
............ 32.51 
............. 33.52 
............. 35.83 
............35.11 
............. 22.65 
............30.06 

Estimated 
population
in 1890.
Decades. 
67,760,463
1790-1800... 
68,403,457
1800-1810... 
66,737,285
1810-1820... 
66,461.428
1820-1830... 
66,968.001
1830-1840... 
68.126,600
1840-1850... 
67,765,478
1850-1800... 
61,506,068
1860-1870... 
65,332,611
1870-1880...
vighest  decennial  percentage 
The 
population  of  08,402,457:  but 
yields
that exceptional rate is coupled  with the 
numerical  results of  the Louisiana  pur­
chase  in  1803—a  vast  area  which  ex­
tended  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to the 
border  of  British  America,  and  which 
contained  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  be- 
ides  some  other  collections  of  inhab­
itants.  The  next  highest  percentage— 
that of  the  decade  end -d  in  1850—pro- 
uces  a  population  of  68,126,600;  but 
that  unusual  rate  is  largely due to  the 
annexation of  Texas,  and to the immense 
territorial acquisitions, among which was 
California, through the war with Mexico. 
In fact, all the very high percentages are 
xplainable by their  connection with pe- 
iiliar circumstances.  The strangely low 
ate of  the  decade  ended  in  1870,  and 
ustifying  a  population  in  1890  of  no 
more  than  61,506,068,-  was  occasioned, 
»lainly enough, by the war of  the  rebel- 
ion.
It seems likely,  however, that the pop­
ulation of  65,232,611, based  on  the  per- 
entage of  increase in the decade of 1870- 
880, will be exceeded in 1890, because of 
the  unparalleled  gains  of  inhabitants 
rom foreign immigration since 1880. 
In 
the  ten  years  ended  June 30, 1870,  the 
net  total  of  immigrants  was  2,812,191. 
n the  eight  years  ended  June 30,  18S8, 
it was 4,336.884.  As the  number landed 
upon our shores in  fiscal  year  1888  was 
546,889, and as the  average  per  year for 
the whole eight  years  was 542,110, every 
reliability  points  to  the addition of  at 
least a million  more  in  fiscal  years 1889 
and  1990  together.  That  would  make 
nearly double  in  this  decade  of  the ag­
gregate in last decade.
These data  justify the  conclusion that 
the  population of  the  TTnited  States  in 
1890 will not  fail  below  68,000,000, and 
may  reach  as  high  as 70.000,000.  The 
tatement  that  the  American  people at 
this date  number  05,000,000, may be  ac- 
epted as approximately correct.

THE CORNER  GROCERY.

World  Over.

With Slight Variation It Is the  Same  the 
The corner  grocery  has  always  been 
sufficiently  distinctive  in  its  character 
to furnish material for the  story-writers. 
Works  of  fiction  and  even  plays  have 
been  woven  around  the  quaint 
little 
building of  the  rural  village,  which  is 
often the only thing that gives the  place 
recognition in the  geography. 
J\ ithout 
the grocery there would be no town,  and 
more than one man has afterward achiev­
ed distinction  in  the  halls  of  Congress 
who made his first political speech in  the 
corner grocery. 
It  is there that the  vil­
lagers gather to gossip, and  the  country 
boy receives his first impressions of tvhat 
the outside world contains by  sitting  on 
a cracker barrel and listening to  the  ar­
gument of his elders.  The man who has 
lived his life without having had  an  op­
portunity to spend an evening  in  a  cor­
ner  grocery  can  never  appreciate 
the 
character of the place.  The poshoffice  is 
always there,  and when  the  stage  comes 
dashing up to the door ami the  mail-car­
rier throws down the leather  mail-pouch 
with reckless abandon he is looked  upon 
as a tourist,  though  he  has  never  been 
beyond the neighboring village.  But  he 
brings some glimpses of the outside world 
and is welcome.
The one  who  has  passed  middle  age 
and has mingled  in  the  stirring  experi­
ences of metropolitan life, if he has been 
fortunate  enough  to  have  known 
the 
charms of  rural simplicity in his  young­
er days,  remembers  the  corner  grocery 
much as he does the old log  schoolhouse. 
The ties that  bind  him  to  that  humble 
temple of  learning  reach  out  to the  cor­
ner grocery,  and the  one  is  inseparable 
from  the  other.  No  country  boy  will 
ever forget the grocery and its  presiding 
genius.  The  groceryman  has  always 
been a character, as his place of business 
has been fabled in song  and  story.  He 
knows every man within a radius  of  ten 
miles, and is ready with the latest bits of 
interesting gossip to regale  the  dog-fan­
cier and the horse scientist,  who  are  al­
ways eager listeners.  He  is  the  patron 
saint of the neighborhood, and  gives  le­
gal advice in line-fence quarrels, as  well 
as arbitrating domestic  difficulties.  He 
has  literary  tendencies,  because  he 
is 
agent for every known  publication,  and 
is supposed to he on intimate terms  with 
all the great editors and publishers.
A remarkable thing  about  the  corner 
grocery is that it  is  entirely  provincial. 
In one section of country the goods are of 
i particular kind,  and  are  arranged  in 
precise imitation  of  the  grocery  in  the 
neighboring town.  South of Mason  and 
Dixon’s line the  groceries  have  articles 
in stock that are entirely unknown in the 
North.  The Southern grocery is a saloon, 
and sugar and coffee are not leaders.  So 
common has it been  to  sell  liquor  with 
the  other  articles,  that  when  a  grocer 
drops the sale  of  coffee  and  sugar  and 
confines his  business  efforts  exclusively 
to dealing in liquors his establishment  is 
still known as a grocery instead of a grog-
hop.  Notwithstanding that tha  article 
of stock differ to suit  the  wants  of  the 
people in certain  great  divisions  of  the 
United States,  the  corner  grocery,  with 
its autocratic proprietor, must always re­
main the same, quaint and romantic.

The Largest Potato Crop.

um the Chicago Farmers’ Review.
There is no longer room for  doubt that 
the potato crop of  the  present  season is 
the  largest  ever  grown  in  the  United 
States. 
From  statistics  furnished  by 
correspondents, based on  actual  harvest 
returns,  we make the following estimates:
Ohi#—Acreage,  156,963;  average Jrield, 
16 bushels;  total,  15.068,448  bushels.
Indiana — Acreage,  99,875; 
average 
yield, 68 bushels; total, 6.791,500 bushels.
Illinois— Acreage,  146,317;  average 
yield, 82 bushels;  total.  11.997,994  bush­
els.
Iowa—Acreage,  150.276:  average yield, 
118 bushels;  total,  17,732.568 bushels.
Kansas — Acreage,  120,916;  average 
yield. 57 bushels;  total, 6,892,212 bushels.
Nebraska—Acreage,  66,538;  average 
yield, 84 bushels; total, 5,589,192 bushels.
Michigan—Acreage,  158,868;  average 
yield, 96 bushels;  total,  15.212,928  bush­
els.
Wisconsin—Acreage,  112,264;  average 
yield,  109 bushels:  total, 12,236,776 bush­
els.
Minnesota—Acreage,  67,000 ;  average 
yield, 108 bushels;  total,  7,336,000 bush­
els.
Dakota—Acreage, 65,707; average yield, 
90 bushels;  total, 5,913,630 bushels.
Missouri — Acreage,  85,316;  average 
yield,  89  bushels;  total,  7;593,124  bush­
els.
Kentucky—Acreage,  52,072;  average 
yield,  75  bushels;  total,  4.005,544  bush­
els.
Total for the eleven states and Dakota, 
116,373,916  bushels. 
In  the thirty-three 
other  states  and  territories  we  assume 
that the average will  be equal to that  of 
1884,  namely,  85.8  bushels  per  acre, as 
reported  by the Department  of  Agricul­
ture,  which,  allowing  for  increase  in 
acreage, would  make a  total of  100,272,- 
143 bushels, or a grand  total  of  216,646,- 
059  bushels,  against 208,164,425  bushels 
in 1883,  190,682,000  bushels in 1884, 175,- 
029,000 bushels in 1885; 148,051,000 bush­
els  in  1886  and  134,000,000  bushels  in 
1887.

Association  Notes.

Caledonia organizes a B. M. A. this evening.
Has your  Association  remitted  the per capita 

dues for the present year?

On account of the illness of Mr.  Buneher,  the 
final hearing of  the  Insurance  Policy  Commis­
sion, appointed for last Friday,  was  indefinitely 
postponed.  President Wells also  postponed  the 
meeting of the Executive Board,  but  w ill  prob­
ably call it together within the next  thirty days 
as there are several matters demanding  immedi 
ate attention.

Fife Lake Sun :  To the credit of our business 
men may be charged the greater  share of the im ­
provements made here.  About  a   year  ago  they 
organized a Business Men's Association,  having 
for its objects m utual benefit  and  the  improve­
ment of the town,  and  to  their  efforts  may  be 
credited the advent of this newspaper, the move­
ment of the depot to the  business  portion of the 
town, and they are now  fostering  several  other 
plans for the advancement  of  the  place,  which 
will be aired later on.

A  Substitute  for  Newspapers.

There were  no  daily  papers  in  Solo­
mon's day.  But Solomon got  the  news, 
all the  same—and  more,  too.  His  700 
wives attended sewing  circles,  quilting- 
i bees, and other news-dispensing bureaus

The  Hardware  Market.

Steel  nails are  dull  and  declining,  but 
wire  nails  are  firm.  Sheet  iron  is  still 
very  scarce, but  jobbers  are  slow to  ad­
vance prices,  notwithstanding their goods 
are  costing them  more than  they get for 
them.  Bar iron is weak.  Barbed wire is 
weak and  low.  The indications are  that 
wool  twine will  be very high  next  year 
as  the  prices  now  quoted  are  equal  to 
7}oC, delivered.  All  other kinds of  rope 
are firm.

She walked into the dry goods store 
she turned the frills and laces o'er,
she asked to see some rich brocade.
She looked at silk of  every shade,
She sampled jackets blue and red,
And then she toss’d her head and said 

Just to Please the Clerks.
With stately step and proud; 
And pushed aside the crow d: 
Mohairs and genadines.
And then at velveteens;
She tried on nine or ten,
She “Guess'd she’d call again.”
Worse Than a Campaign Lie.

From the Toledo Business  World.
Editor  Stowe  of  T h e   Mic h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n  made a very pleasant call at 
this office last Friday.  Bro.  Stowe look 
well  and  hears  himself  with  becoming 
modesty, when we take into  account  the 
fact that T h e   T r a d e s m a n  holds a mort­
gage on the entire State of Michigan.  Wt 
hope we may see him often.

In a Prosperous Condition.

F if e   L ake, N ov. 5,1888.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

D ea r  Sir—Find enclosed a money order for $’ 
for our dues.  Change  the  President's  name  to 
L.  S. W alter and the Secretary’s to G. G. Blakely 
Our Association is in a prosperous condition. 
Geo.  B lakely, Sec'y.

Yours, respectfully,

I1A.1ÏJJ WAJRB.

AUGURS AND BITS

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

60
Ives’, old sty le .......................................... ....... 
60
Snell’s ......................................................... __  
Cook’s ......................................................... ....... 
40
25
.... 
Jennings’, genuine...................................
Jennings’,  imitation ................................ .......50*10
First Q.ualitv, S. B. Bronze..................... .......$  7 00
D.  B. Bronze..................... .......  11 00
S. B. S. Steel..................... .......  8  50
D. B. Steel........................
....  13 00

AXES.

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dis.
dis.

BALANCES.

dis.

BILLS.

BARROWS.

Spring  ....................................................... ....... 
4«)
Railroad....................................................
....$   14 00
G arden....................................................... net  33 00
H and...........................................................
60*10*10
C ow ............................................................. ....... 
TX)
Call  ...........................................................
.......30*15
G o n g ...........................................................
Door, Sargent........................................... .......60*10
dis.
S tove........................................................... .......$ 
0
Carriage new  list...................................... .......70*10
Plow  ........................................................... ....... 
50
Sleigh shoe................................................
70
W rought Barrel  Bolts.............................. ....... 
60
Cast Barrel  Bolts...................................... ....... 
40
Cast Barrel!, brass  knobs...................... ....... 
40
Cast Square Spring................................... ....... 
60
Cast C h ain ................................................. ....... 
40
W rought  Barrel, brass knob................. ....... 
60
W rought S q u are...................................... ....... 
60
W rought Sunk  F lu sh ............................. ....... 
60
W rought Bronze and Plated Knob Flu sh .. .60*10
Ives’ Door.................................................. .........60*10

BOLTS.

Barber..........
Backus  ......
Spofford.......
Am. Ball  ....
'ell.  plain., 
'ell, swivel.

.$ 3 50 
.  4  00 
dis. 
.70*
• 70& 
.60* 
.60*10 
.60*10 
.60*05 
.60*05 
60*05 
60*10 
60*10 
75 
70*10 
70*10 
70

BUTTS, CAST.

ast Loose Pin, figured...................................
ast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed...................
ast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..............
brought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t..............
W rought Loose P in ..........................................
Trought Loose Pin, acorn tip .......................
brought Loose Pin, jap an n ed ....................
»'rought Loose Pin, japanned, sil vertipped
brought  Table.................................................
brought Inside B lind.....................................
’rought  B rass..................................................
Blind,  Clark’s ..................................................
Blind,  Parker’s .................................   ............
Blind, Shepard’s ..............................................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.................

BLOCKS.

CARPET  SWEEPERS.

Bissell  No. 5.........................................
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ........
Bissell, G ra n d .....................................
Grand  Rapids.......................................
M agic.......................................................

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. .per doz.$17 00 
19 00 
36 00 
24 00 
15 00
.........  dis. 50*02

C R A D LES.

CROW  BAR3.

CAPS.

Cast Steel................... ........................
Iron, Steel Points...............................
Ely’s 1-10...............................................
Hick’s  G.  F ...........................................
G. D ..........................................................
M usket....................................................
CARTRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M. C. *  W inchester new lis t.. 
Rim Fire. United  States................................. dis. 
Central  F ire ..........................................................dis.- 

.......per ft 
........   “ 
........ per m 
....... 
....... 
....... 

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04
3*4
65
60
35
60

50
SO
25

CHISELS.
Socket F irm er.....................................
Socket Fram ing......................
Socket Corner..........................
Socket Slicks..........................
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er... 
Barton's  Socket  Firm ers—  
Cold...........................................
COMBS.
lurry,  L aw rence's..............
H otchkiss...............................
C'HALK.
W hite Crayons, per  g ro ss...

dis.
.......................70*10
.. 70*10 
.70&1O 
.70*10 
40
.  .  20 
net 
dis. 
40&10

,12@12U  d is.  10

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COPPER.

Brass,  R acking's............................................... 
60
60
Bibb’s ..................................................................  
B ee r...................................................................... 40*10
enns’..................................................................  
60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound
14x52,14x56.14x60 ..........................
’old Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.....   ..................
’old Rolled, 14x48.............................................
Bottom s...............................................................
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...........................................
Paper and straight Shank...............................
Morse’s Taper Shank........................................

DRILLS.

DRIPPING PANS.

ELBOWS.

Small sizes, ser p o u n d ....................................
Large sizes, per  pound....................................
äoz. net 
dis. 20* 10*10
__ dis.  Î4&10
............  
30

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................
C orrugated......................................
Adjustable........................................
EXPANSIVE BITS.
'lark’s, small, $18: large, $26.......
yes’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30............
files—New List.
American File Association L ist..
Disston’s ..........................................
New  A m erican...............................
Nicholson’s .....................................
Heller’s .............................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps.....................
GALVANIZED IBON.
22  and  34;  25  and  26:  27 
Nos.  16  to  20; 
15
list 
Discount, 60.

............ 60*10
............ 60*10
............ 60&10
............ 60*10
............  
50
............  
50

dis.

dis.

13 

14 

12 

GAUGES.

50

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................  
Naydole  & Co.'s......................................... dis.
K ip's.............................................................. dis.
Yerkes & Plum b's.......................................dis.  40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................30c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40*10
HINGES.
60
..............................dis.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3
State............................... ................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Stra] ), to 12  in. 4}7  14  and
3‘/4
Screw Hook and  Eye, 4............................net
1Ö
8‘4
"’s ............................net
A; /
............................net
Strap and T .................................................. dis. 
70

lo n g er........................

HANGERS. 

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Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k ... .50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tr a c k .......................................... 
40

HOLLOW   W A R E
Pots..................................................
Kettles.............................................
Spiders...........................................
Gray enam eled..............................

.60*10
.60*10
.60*10

HOUSE  FURNISHES*
Stamped  T inW are.................
Japanned Tin W are................
Granite Iron W a re .................

GOODS.
.......new list 70*10

Grub  1............
Grub 2 ............
Grub 3 ............

.........................$11, dis. 60
....................$11.50, dis. 60
.........................$12, dis. 60
NAILS.
Au Sable.........
... .dis. 25&10@25*10*10
...........dis.  5*10*217*2  _
Putnam ............
Northwestern.
dis. 10*10*5
................ 
k n o b s—New List.
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings..........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings.......
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings...
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings................
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.........
Picture, H. L. Ju d d   *   Co.'s................
H em acite.................................................

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locks—DOOR.

LEVELS.

MATTOCKS.

Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.'s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.'s...................
Branford’s .............................................
Norwalk’s ...............................................
Stanley Rule and  Level  Co.’s ............
Adze E ye.. 
Hunt E y e .. 
Hunt’s .......
dis.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled................................
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ........................................
P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables....
“ 
••  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ...................
••  E nterp rise.............................................

.........$16.00, <
.........$15.00, <
$18.50, dis. s

MAULS. 

mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

dis.

Stebbin’s  Pattern............................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine..............................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..............................

N A IL S
Advance above 12d nails.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

50d to 60d.............................................................
lOd........................................................................
8d and 9d.............................................................
6d and 7d.............................................................
4d and 5d.............................................................
3d...........................................................................  1  00
2d..........................................................................   1  50

FINE BLUED.

CASTING AND BOX.

12d to 30d..............  ......................................... .
10d .........................................................................
8d to 9d................................................................
90
6d to 7d................................................................ 
4d to 5d................................................................   1  10
3d..........................................................................   1  50

in c h .

COMMON  BARREL.

CLINCH.

154 and  1%, in c h .................................................  135
2  and  254 
254 and 2& 
3 in ch .................................................................... 
3*4 and 454  in ch ................................................. 

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75

 
 

 
 

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

o i l e r s . 

d is .

Rinc or tin. Chase's P atent..............................60*i0
Zinc, with brass bottom ................................... 
50
Brass or Copper..................................................  
50
R eap er........................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..........................................................50*10

p l a n e s. 

dis.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y .....................................40@10
Sciota  B ench......................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40@10
Bench, first quality...........................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.............20*10

f

50*10
.dis. 60*10
dis.
50
50
to 27 10 20

RIVETS.

Iron and  T inned...................................
Copper Rivets and B urs.......................
PATENT PLANISHED IRON.
A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 2 
B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. 
Broken packs y2c per pound extra.
Sisal, % inch and la rg e r..............................
M anilla.............................................................

ROPES.

SQUARES

Steel and  Iron... 
Try and Bevels.. 
M itre...................

SHEET IRON.

Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
$3 00 
Nos. 10 to  14..........................................«4  20
3 00 
Nos. 15 to 17..........................................4  20
3  10 
Nos.  18 to 21..........................................  4 20
3  15 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..........................................  4 20
3 35 
Nos. 25 to 26..........................................440
3 35
No. 27......................................................  4 60
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 
ride not less than 2-10 extra

List acct. 19, ’86.

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

, ’86................................. ........ d is. 
. White  A ........................ ........ list 
. 
Drab A ...........................
W hite  B ..................................  “  
...  “ 
Drab B ............................
W hite C...................................35
10.

SASH  WEIGHTS.

20

50
55
50
55

SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS.

Solid Eyes.
Miles’ “Challenge” __ per doz. $20, dis. 50@50&05
P errv.....................per doz. No. 1, $15;  No. 0,
$21;  dis. 50@50&5
. .each, $30, dis  30
Draw Cut No. 4__
.......dis. 20*10@30
Enterprise Mfg. Co 
.........dis. 40*10
Silver’s .....................
dis.
................45@45&5
Disston’s  Circular..........................'.........
................45@45&5
Cross C ut..................................
.25@25*5
H a n d ..........................  ............
«Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
ytkins’  Circular...............................................dis.  9
70
“  Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__  
30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot..................................................  
28

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TACKS.

American, all kinds.....................................
Steel, all  kinds.............................................
Swedes, all kinds..........................................
Gimp and Lace.............................................
T gar Box N ails...........................................
Finishing  N ails...........................................
Common and  Patent  B rads......................
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks.......
Trunk and Clout N ails...............................
Tinned Trunk and Clout N ails...............
Leathered Carpet Tacks.............................

TRAPS.

Steel, Game..................................................
Oneida Community, X ew house's............
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s
Hotchkiss’....................................................
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.'s  .............
Mouse,  choker..........................
Mouse, delusion......................

.. 18c per doz 
$1.50 per doz 

dis.

WIRE.

Bright M arket........................................
............   67M.
.............70&10
Annealed M arket...................................
.........   6217
Coppered M arket...................................
Extra B ailin g ....................................................  
as
Tinned M arket..................................................   62*4
Tinned  Broom...................................... per pound 09
Tinned M attress.................................per  pound 81'
Coppered  Spring  Steel..................................... 
50
Tinned  Spring Steel.......................................... 40*10
Plain Fence............................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.............................. $3 75
painted................  ..................3  00
Copper.....................................................new  list net
Brass.........................................................   “ 
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dis.
B right............................................................. 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes...................................................70*10*10
Hook’s ............................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................................70&10&10

WIRE GOODS. 

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WRENCHES. 

diS.

3
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled....................... 
Coe’s  G enuine..................................................  
i
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought,............  
7
Coe's  Patent, malleable................................... 75*1
dis.

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Bird C ages.........................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................
Screws, New L ist............................................... 70*05
Casters. Bed  and  Plate..............................50*10*10
Dampers,  A m erican.......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........  66
Copper Bottoms..................................................   30c

M ETALS.

PIG TIN.

Pig  Large...............................................
Pig Bars..................................................

COPPER.

Duty:  Pig, Bar  and  Ingot,  4c;  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:

Lake................................................................ ........ :
“Anchor”  B rand..................................................

Duty:  Sheet, 277c per pound.
600 pound  casks.......................................................65-7
Per  pound............................................................7<g)7H

ZIN C.

LEAD.

“ 

SOLDER.

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

D uty:  Pig, $2  per 100  pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
A m erican............................................................. @5%
N ewark.................................................................. @514
B a r..................................................................... '.........6
S heet.............................................................8c, dis. 20
/4@!4.............................  
.................................. 16
Extra W iping........................................................ 1314
qualities  of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cooksoii.............................................per  pound  141a
1111
Hallett’s............................................ 
TIN—MELYN GRADE.

The  prices  of 

the many other 

.$  6  00 
.  6  00 
6  25 
.  10  00

10xi4 IC, Charcoal..........................................
.........................................
14x20 IC, 
.......................... ..............
12xl2IC, 
14x141C, 
.........................................
10x28 IC, 
........................................
10x14 IX, 
.........................................
.........................................
14x20 IX, 
........................................ .
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
.........................................
30x28 IX, 
.........................................
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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10x14 IC,  C harcoal..................... .....................$  5  40
......................... .....................  5  40
14x20 IC, 
....................... .....................  5  65
12x12 IC, 
....................... .....................  9  25
14x14 IC, 
...................... .....................  11  80
29x28 IC, 
...................... .....................  6  90
10x14 IX, 
....................... .....................  6  90
14x20 IX, 
....................... .....................  11  65
14x14 IX’ 
20x28 IX, 
....................... .....................  14  80

8  00 
12  50

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ROOFING PLATES.

EaYh additional X on this grade, $1.50.
14x20 IC, Terne  M. F .....................................
.....................................
“ 
20x28  1C, 
“  W orcester..........................
14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
..........................
29x28  IC,
14x30 IC,
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 

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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

Allaway  Grade.

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

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14x28  IX .......................................................
14x31  IX ..................................... ................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I per ^
14x60 IX,

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.$12  00 
.  13  50 
09

H A R D W O O D   LU M B ER .

1 15
1 00

@22 00

@12 00

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  m ill  culls 
out:
Basswood, lo g -ru n ...................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run............................................... 15 00@16 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
Cherry, C ull............................................. 
Maple, lo g -ru n ..............................................12 00@14 00
Maple,  soft, log-run.....................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
Maple,  clear, flooring............................ 
Maple,  white, selected.......................... 
Rea Oak, log-run.......................................... 18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 24 00@25 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, regular........................ 30 00®35 00
@25 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank................... 
W alnut, log ru n ......................................  
@55 00
W alnut, Nos.  1 and 2.............................. 
@75 00
Walnuts, c u ll.......................................... 
@25 00
Grey Elm, log-run........................................ 12 00@13 05
W hite Aso, log-run.......................................14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run.....................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run.......................................17 00©18 00

@20 00
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Weekly “Pointers.”

Received the only Gold M edal 
aw arded in 1884, and the only 
Gold  M edal  Certificate 
for 
continued superiority  aw ard­
ed in  1887 by th e M assachu­
setts  C haritable  M echanics' 
Association.  The  character 
of the aw ards of th is Associa­
tion  are  well  known  and  v al­
ued  accordingly.  T heir  suc­
cess is phenom enal.

Foster, Steieiis & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

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Weekly  “Pointers,”

lined,) 

People are more and  more  learning to' 
appreciate the luxury of STEEL RANGES 
and  the  wonderful  increase  in demand 
has caused the appearance  of  a  number 
of  very  low-priced,  cheaply-made,  (as­
bestos 
short-lived  sheet  iron 
ranges,  whose  only  claim  to  favor  is 
cheapness.  They are put on  the  market 
under fancy names and are called  “Steel 
Ranges.” 
In  reality,  they  are  no more 
steel than the pipe on your  stove  or fur­
nace.
Now, in buying a range, you  want one 
that will give you  satisfaction,  requires 
but little fuel and one that is made in the 
best manner of the best  material,  on the 
most  approved  principles.  We  know 
that you will find all the above in the
J o h n   V a n

Steel  R a n g e ,
With Fare  BriGk Lining.

They are used in all the  principal  ho­
tels and public institutions in  the  coun­
try.  They have  a  flattering  reputation 
and  we  cordially  invite  an  inspection. 
We keep all sizes for family or hotel use.

Foster, tons & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

Weekly  "Pointers.”

You cannot afford to be without a

Peerless  Ask  Siller.

AS  IT

Saves your Money, 
Saves your Temper,  Saves your Clothes,
Saves your Health, 

Saves your Time,
Saves your  Coal.

The Peerless  comprises  the  following

preferences over all other Sifters:
It is the best and the cheapest.
It is clean,  neat and convenient.
It  lasts  for  years  and  will  continue  to 
work well.
It will do more work  in  the  same  time 
than any other sifter.
It is so simple a child  can  work  it  with 
ease, and it does all we claim for it.
It  is a  pleasure using it  compared  with 
other sifters.
It has improvements and  patent  devices 
found in no other Sifter.
It will save more than its price  in  an or­
dinary family in a few weeks.
It is safe to say  it  has  all  the  require­
ments needed.
It has  less  faults  than  any  other,  and 
more  advantages than all  other  sifters 
combined.

It costs but little.
It is,  as its name denotes, “PEERLESS.-’

Foster, Sturasi Co,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

B id  V E N   &

Sole Agents for the 

The devil, Jack!  We've got a 

Shark.  He’ll do for

Bliven & Allyn.

C e leb ra ted   “BIG  F .”  B r a n d   o f O y s te r s
In fan s and  Bulk,  and  Large  Handlers  of  OCEAN  F IS H ,  SH E L L   CLAM S  a n d   OYSTERS. 
We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.
We solicit consignments of all kinds of  Wild  Game,  such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.
II.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager. 

63  PESRL STREET.

P.  STEK ETEE  &  SONS,
D ry  Goods I N otions,
88 Monroe  St. X 10,12,14,16  X 18  Fountain St.,

JOBBERS  IN

Grand Rapids,  Alich.

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 
American and Stark A Bags 

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THE  PENBERTBY  IMPROVED

A utom atic  Injector
H r  BOILER  FEEDER „ITti

16,000  in   18  M onths  T ells  th e   Story.
® 2 WHY  THEY  E X C E L S

1  They cost less th an  o ther Injectors.
2  Y ou don’t hav e to  w atch  them .  I f   they  break   they
3  By sending th e num ber to  facto ry  on th e  In jecto r you
4  They are lifting and non-lifting.
a  H ot pipes don’t bother them  and th e p a rts drop o u t by 
A g en ts, H E S T E R   &  FO 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 nut.
th e  In je c to r and we don’t  w ant him  to.

will  RE-START  autom atically.
can have parts renew ed a t any tim e.

G ran d   R ap id s,  M ic^

L ots  of

SOAP
JAX0N

but  room  for 

because it beats them all 

i  o n  

S

It  is

SAVES

MONEY,
TIME.
LABOR,
STRENGTH,
CLOTHES.

5 Cents

QUICK,

EASY,

CHEAP.
It’s worth trying.

C E N T 5

W A S H *3  

s o ASOAP

COSTS.

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

Ä P  8. MU88ELMHN X ß0„

Wholesale  Grocers,

21 & 23  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MIOH.

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The Michigan Tradesman

NATIVE  RAISINS.

Rapid Growth of their Culture—How They 

are Cured.

some 

Few people in the East comprehend the 
rapid development of the  raisin industry 
of the Pacific  Coast, of the acreage devot­
ed to it. or the amount of  capital  invest­
ed.  A large  proportion  of  consumers if 
still  under the impression that Spain fur­
nishes the entire  product.  A  California 
grower  gives 
interesting  facts 
about the management of  this  luxurious 
vine product, as follows:
Unlike the cultivation of grapes on the 
Atlantic seaboards or in  the  large  vine­
yards of Ohio, the vines are grown  with 
out a trellis, being trained so that the lat­
erals curve over the  stalk,  thus  protect­
ing the fruit from  the  direct  rays of the 
sun.  The  best  fruit  grows close to the 
ground,  shaded  by  the  broad  leaves. 
Fruit growing upon the laterals  is  likely 
to become  sun-burned  and  can  only be 
used for making  second  quality  raisins. 
The first clop matures  about  August IS 
to  *20:  the  so-called  second  crop  from 
September 15 to October 1.  Vines  bet 
to produce at the age of three  years  and 
at six years are in  full  bearing.  An im­
pression prevails that  raisins  are  made 
from purple grapes;  on  the contrary, the 
raisin-grape is a translucent  green.  The 
principal variety used in California is the 
White Muscat of Alexandria.
The preparation of raisins  for  market 
is a rather simple process.  The branches 
are laid on trays exposed to the sun:  fer­
mentation  begins  almost  immediately: 
after  two  weeks  they  are  turned  over, 
when the under side is cured in about one 
week longer;  the  grapes  assuming  the 
deep  purple  tint  common  to  raisins. 
.Some of the bunches,  after  leaving  the 
trays, are moist, others are too dry.  To 
equalize the moisture and make the goods 
of uniform consistency,  the  grapes  are 
put into sweatr-boxes  holding  about fifty 
pounds;  there they remain until a proper 
condition of moisture is attained.  They 
are then removed to  packing-houses  and 
the clusters are  separated  from the loose 
grapes  and  placed  in  boxes  in layers, 
making  what  is  known  as the London 
layers  or  choice  table  fruit.  Bunches 
that are too small for this  purpose or are 
of a harsh  texture  are  put  into a stem­
ming machine, from which they are auto­
matically conveyed to a series of trays or 
sifters, making “crown” or loose  raisins 
of  several  grades  for  cooking.  Four 
weeks on the coast, from the  maturity of 
the fruit, render them ready  for  market.
Grape raising is profitable.  A vineyard 
of good  average  bearing  will  yield six 
tons of grapes to the acre with a value of 
twenty dollars a ton on the vines, or  one 
hundred and twenty dollars an acre.  Old­
er vineyards  produce  from  eight to ten 
tons and the fruit  brings  a  better  price 
than the product of younger  vines,  as it 
is better adapted to the  larger  or  bunch 
styles  of  high  priced  raisins!  Thus, a 
forty-acre vineyard in  full bearing at six 
years of age would furnish  a  revenue to 
the grower of over  $6,000.  Labor,  how­
ever.  is high and  growers  have  found it 
difficult to obtain a  full  complement  of 
hands to cure a crop needing such prompt 
attention.  This difficulty  will be lessen­
ed  as  new  comers  thicken.  California 
produces in  quantities  only  the  raisins 
that compete with the  renowned  Malaga 
varieties.  The Pacific raisin crop of 1888 
is expected to approximate 1,000,000 box- 
ef.  Some of this has gone abroad, owing 
to the small crops  of  Malaga  this  year, 
and the latter fact will help to distribute 
the domestic crop through  this  country.

He  Did  Too  Much.

"When 1 was  a  lad.” said  an  old gro­
wer, the other  day,  “I went to  work  in a 
large  grocery store  for  three  dollars  a 
week.  Every  Friday  morning a  negro 
came  and  washed  the  store  -windows. 
Thinking  to  gain  the  good-will  of  my 
employer, I said to him:
“ ‘Sir, my  father  told  me  not  only  to 
do what I  was  told to do, but  anything I 
could  do,  and  I  can  wash  windows  as 
well  as  the  colored  man,  and  you  can 
save a dollar a week.’ ”
“ ‘All  yight, try  and  wash  them  next 
week,’ was  the  reply, and  Friday  morn­
ing next  found me  attired  for  the work, 
and  hard at  it.  Desiring  to  rinse  the 
window  down,  I  asked  for  a  gallon 
pitcher,  and  was told  to get  one out  of 
the  stock, and  my employer  took a posi­
tion  inside the  window  to  see  how well 
I was doing  my work.  Having filled the 
pitcher,  I  mustered  all  my  strength, 
jerked  it  hard  toward  the  window—a 
crash,  a  smash, a  howl  followed, and  I 
found  the handle  in  my hand  while the 
pitcher  and  contents  had gone  through 
the window, crashing the glass, breaking 
the  sash, and  deluging  the  fine  array of 
goods in the window,  let alone drenching 
the boss who stood watching inside.
“The  damage  cost  fifteen  dollars  to 
repair,  so  I  had  to work  the  next  five 
weeks  for  nothing,  and  since  then  I’ve 
done what I was  told to do,  and have not 
been very fresh  about volunteering to do 
more.”

Where Soda Comes From.

Along  the  Peruvian  coast, stretching 
for  hundreds  of  miles,  are  the  famous 
beds of nitrate of  soda,  which purified is 
saltpetre.  These  deposits,  more  profit­
able  than  silver  or  guano,  were  dis­
covered  accidentally'  by  a  vagrant  En­
glishman named  George Smith,  but were 
not operated  to  any  extent  until  recent 
years.  Now, nitrate, having been  found 
a  valuable  component  of  a  hundred 
chemical  forms, is in  demapd  the  world 
over,  and  millions  of  dollars’  worth 
is  shipped  from  the  ports  along  the 
coast  annually.  Before  its  value  was 
fully  known,  a  number  of  far-sighted 
men located  “claims” after  the  fashion 
in  vogue in  mining  camps  everywhere, 
and then the government  stepped  in and 
forbade  any  further  pre-emption.  But 
the  original  locations  cover  enough  of 
the  deposit to  supply the  market a cen­
tury or two,  and to  keep  up  the  prices 
they have formed a pool, a monopoly com­
bined,  under which  they charge  from $2 
to 83 per cwt.  for what  costs  them about 
fifteen  cents.  There  is  apparently  no 
limit to the stuff, the  bed  stretching  up 
and down the coast for 300 or  400  miles.

Grand,  Square  and  Upright  Pianos.

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

The  Weher Stalls Onrivalel.

Sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise. 

Everything in the musical line.

Weber Pianos, 

Fischer Pianos,

Smith Pianos, 

Este y Organs, 

A. B. Chase Organs,

Hillstrom  Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor  to  Friedrich  Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St.3 Grand Rapids, Mich.

Tffifg PÄM.kJJ PÜlWÜ

Has fine location in  the very heart of the city, facing the Detroit Opera House and 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:  c-all  hells,  fire alarms, gas and electric 
lights, etc.  Rates, $2.50 and $3 per dav.

JOHN O.  REANK,  Proprietor,

Of Plank's Grand Hotel, Island of Mackinac.

A  c o m m o n   S e n s j .

t d e a . ^ S M i

E,  G,  STUDLEY,
RUBBER BOOTS 

W holesale D ealer in

fl|VD  SHOES
Gandee Rilbber Go,

M anufactured  by

Send  fo r  Large  Illu strated   C atalogue  and 

Price  List.

Telephone 464.

No.  4 M onroe  Street,

GRAND  RA PID S,  M IOH.

GRUND  R M S   TURK  LINE  SO.,

D is trib u tin g   A g en ts  for

Water ffiite and Prim Mite IHninatii Oil,

GASOLINE  and  NAPTHA.

Worts, &. R. & I. and D. & M. Jone.  Otte, No. 4 Blolptt B1I.

C O RR ESPO N D EN C E  SO L IC ITE D .  QUOTATIONS  FU R N IS H E D   on  A P P L IC A T IO N .

STANDARD  FIRST  GRADE  PLUG  TOBACCO

E ORIEEA HU9 S
C L I M A X
L O W   F IG -U P L E S :

Can  now  be  bought  at the following exceptionally

Packages.

Less th an  56 lbs.  56 lbs. or over,  any quantity

A ss’t ’d lot

POUNDS. 12 X 3,16 oz., 6 cuts,  40, 28 & i f  lbs. 
CLUBS, 12 X 2,16 ox., 6 cuts, 
42, 30 & 12  “ \  
43,30 & 1 2 “ 
CLUBS, 12 X 2, 8 oz., 6 cuts, 
FO URS, 6 X 2, 4 oz., 
42, 30 & 12  “
45,25V4 & 16  “ 
F IV E S, 6 X IH . 31-5  oz., 
T W IN  FOURS, 3 X 2. 7 to lb,  41, 37 & 13Vi  “ 
FIG S, 3 X 1,14 to lb., 
41,31 & 17  “

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APPLES

We make a specialty of  handling  AP­
PLES in car lots and less  and  would 
be pleased to  open  correspondence 
with  a  view  to  receiving  your 
shipments.  Will  at  all  times 
m a k e   lib e r a l  a d v a n c e s . 
“Prompt  returns  at  top 
market  price,”  is  our 

maxim.

CH ICAG O .  -

S. T. FISH & CO.,18189  So.  W a te r  St.. 
A lfr e d  J. B r o w n
Foreign,  Tropioal and  California
F R U I T S

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

C r a n b e r r ie s,

x6 and  x8  No. Division St..

S w e e t   P o t a t o e s ^  
a n d   G rapes.
Bananas,  OUr  Specialty,
-  MIOH.
BUTTERsEßßS

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

W e   a r e   r e c e iv in g  
d a ily  a n d  offer to th e  
tr a d e   a  c h o ic e  lot o f 
a n d

B U T T E R

F R E S H   EG G S. 
C all  at  o u r   store. 
W e  
g u a r a n t e e  
s to c k   a n d   p r ic e s  to 
suit.

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71  Canal  Street.

B e a n S

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

71  Canal  Street.

ESTABLISHED  1866.

Burnett  Bros.,

153  So. Vater Street, Chicago.

&

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.

W A .K T I S U .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  y o u   h a v e   a n y   o f  th e   above  goods  to  
sh ip ,  o r  a n y th in g   in   th e   P ro d n ce   lin e,  le t 
n s  h e a r   fro m   you.  L ib e ra l  cash   advances 
m ad e  w h en   d esired .

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

POTATOES.

We give  prompt  personal  attention  to 
the sale of 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.

H.

&  GO.

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

S eed Store,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS,

166 South W ater S t, CHICAGO. 
R eference

F e l s e n t h a l .  Gr o s s   &  M il l k r , Bankers, 

Chicago.

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .,

F r u its,  S eed s, O y ste r s | 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 

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

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THEO.  B.  GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE

P r o d u c e   C o m m is s io 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.

33  O TTAW A  STEET, 

T elep h o n e 269.

GRÄND  RÄPIDS,  MICH.

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Geo.  E.  H o w es & Co.

S.  A .  H O W ES.

C.  N.  RAPP.

JOBBERS IN

Apples, Potatoes & Onions,

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 .  *
3  Ionia  S tre e t,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

The new crop is abundant,  Fine Quality 
and Cheap.  We  offer  Choice  and  Fancy 
Layers, 35-lb.  Baskets,  Fancy  Stock  and 
50-lb. Bags, 100-lb. kegs  in  cheap  goods. 
All at bottom prices.
P u t n a m   &  B r o o k s .
N ea l s  C a r r ia g e  P a in t s

N uts We  carry  a  large  stock  of  all 

kinds  of  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Nuts  and  are  prepared  to  sell in 
any quantity.
P U T N A M  &  B R O O K S .

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

G R A N I T E   FLOOR  PAINTS
ACME  WHITE  LEAD  &  C O L O R   W O R K S

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

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

D E T R O I T ,

Dry  Color  M akers, P ain t  and  V arn ish   M anufacturers.

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AN!) TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZ^.

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WEDSFSDAY, SOVEMBEB 14,1888.

LEISURE  HOUR  JOTTINGS.

W r itte n  fo r Thf.  T radesm an.

BY  A   COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

One of  the oltl  English  writers  tells  a 
story of a couple of monks who, for some 
grievious offense  against  the  tenets  and 
dogmas  of  the  church,  were  arraigned 
before their  superior.  As  an atonement 
for  their  misdeeds'  and  an  example  to 
the  brethren  generally,  they  were  com­
manded  to  make a  pilgrimage,  on  foot, 
to a  holy shrine at  a  great  distance.  In 
addition  to  this,  they  were  ordered  to 
place  in their  shoes a certain  number of 
peas and  not to  remove them  during the 
journey.  Both  started at the same time, 
but  one  rapidly distanced the  other,  ar­
rived  at  his  destination,  and  was  two- 
thirds of his  way back on the  homeward 
road,  when lie  met  his  fellow  culprit, 
who was  hobbling in the  other direction 
and apparently suffering  terrible misery.
‘•Why,’’ exclaimed  the slower  traveler 
in  astonishment,  “you  don’t  pretend 
you've done your penance?”

“May Lucifer take me if I haven’t!
“And  obeyed  Ilis  Eminence’s  injunc­

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tions?”

“Perfectly,  brother!”  *
“How in the name of all the saints and 

apostles did you accomplish it?

“Simply,  my  suffering  and  benighted 

brother, by boiling the peas!”

m

Since running  across this  little  story I 
have  often  thought  what  an  immense 
amount of suffering  and trouble could be 
saved  in  the  journey of  life  if  people 
only had  the  forethought to  “boil  their 
peas.”  For a violation of  common-sense 
principles, or for a neglect of self-evident 
duties,  providence  apparently  decrees 
that the  ease and  comfort of  the journey 
shall  give  place  to  discomfort and  de­
pressing  annoyances. 
If  the  individual 
upon  whom  the sentence  is  inflicted ac­
cepts it as literal  and unchangeable,  and 
attempts no  effort whatever to  make  his 
travel  as  easy as  the  circumstances will 
admit  of. he  is  liable to  eventually  find 
himself the counterpart of the monk who 
used  his  quota of  peas  without  boiling 
them :  while, on  the  other  hand,  if  lie 
searches  for some  way in  which  to  tone 
down the  rigor of  the decree, lie  may es­
cape as  easily as the  thoughtful  pilgrim 
who did boil them.

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It  is  the  tendency of  a proportion  of 
the  human  race to  collapse "like  a  wet 
rag”  under  tiie  sudden  visitations  of 
trouble or calamity,  but.  happily,  a large 
majority of  our  American  citizens  have 
within themselves the elements of prompt 
recuperation and recovery. 
It e all of us 
admired  the  plucky Chicagoan  who  had 
a  new  building  erected,  occupied  and 
mortgaged,  almost  before  the  ashes  of 
the  great  fir*'  had  become  cold,  and  we 
all  of  us  had  an unmitigated  contempt 
for his  neighbor who  made the  calamity 
the  occasion  for  making  whimpering 
appeals  for  assistance  for  months,  and 
perhaps years thereafter.  There is some­
thing almost  heroic in the  man, who  has 
suddenly lost a fortune,  yet who prompt­
ly and courageously makes arrangements 
to  endeavor  to  regain  it;  and  there  is 
something  almost  nauseating  in the  one 
who,  after a like  misfortune, spends  the 
balance of  his days in bewailing and  lie- 
moaning  his “fate.”  Pluck,  energy  and 
ambition,  under  adverse  circumstances, 
are almost  universally admired and  com­
mended,  and  apathy, repining and hope­
lessness, under  such  circumstances,  al­
most  invariably detracts  from the  sym­
pathy  which  is  naturally  felt  for  the 
unfortunate.

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A great army of pilgrims, in this count­
ry, recently commenced  a  journey to the 
head  waters  of  that  tortuous  political 
stream commonly known as “Salt River,” 
and it is  interesting  to  note the  manner 
in  which  its individual  members pursue 
the  pilgrimage.  The  observer  would 
imagine some of them on a pleasure tour, 
and others on the way to their execution. 
Many are  loudly condemning  their  sen­
tence,  while  numbers  accept  it  philo­
sophically.  The reasons  that prompted 
the  verdict  against them  are debated  in 
some  cases  with  bitterness,  anger  and 
vindictiveness,  and  in  others with  calm­
ness,  comprehensiveness  and  a  cheerful 
acquiescence in the decision of the power 
above  them.  Some  have  boiled  their 
peas,  and some have not.

But.  digressing  a  little, and  speaking 
about  the verdict  recorded against  these 
unappreciated  patriots, it  seems  to  me 
that it is very  often  outrageously absurd 
to  style  the  Vox  populi  the  Vox  Del. 
It is my fixed and unalterable  belief that 
if a Supreme Being took sufficient interest 
in  American politics to assert His  choice 
in  the  selection of  candidates,  and  elec­
tion of public officials, our public affairs, 
local  and  general, would  assume a  radi­
cally different aspect. 
It is preposterous
to  me to believe  that when  the voices of 
the  people,  no matter  how unanimously, 
call  a  notorious  fraud  and  rascal  to  a 
position of  honor  and  trust,  that  those 
voices becomes  Deified by  their unanim­
ity.  When  I  know 
that  dollars  and 
cents very frequent I jrjnfluenee the swell-

ing of a portion of  those voices, far more 
effectually than  intelligence and  patriot­
ism, it  is infinitely  absurd to nfie  to hear 
it claimed that popular majorities should 
be regarded  as  Divine  fiats.  And  when 
the idols of  to-day are shattered by their 
devotees  to-morrow, 1 refuse, absolutely, 
to listen to the suggestion that the power 
that  creates  idols  and  then  destroys 
them  is,  in the  remotest  degree, sacred, 
or worthy of being mentioned in the same 
week,  with the decree  of Omnipotence,— 
nature or providence—as you choose.

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My  observation  has  lead me to believe 
that  there  are few  human  calamities  as 
difficult to recover  from  as  the  “AY ater- 
loo”  defeat  of 
the  individual  whose 
means of subsistence for years have been 
derived from the  salaries of  official posi­
tions.  Hope for the future may work his 
recovery  after  being  beaten  in  a  close 
contest,  but  when it is evident  that he is 
permanently  retired  to  private  life  his 
recuperative  forces  are  very  liable  to 
vanish  forever.  The  workman who  has 
learned  a  certain  branch  of  a  trade  is 
usually, when unable to procure employ­
ment in  his  particular  line,  as  helpless 
as the party who  suddenly finds  himself 
obliged  to  resort to  manual  labor, when 
he never  labored an hour in liis  life,  but 
1 doubt if the laborer experiences half of 
the gloom  and  hopelessness and  despair 
that the impecunious chronic office-holder 
does when lie is convinced that lie can no 
longer  feed at the  public  crib.  And  as 
the  long line of  political  pilgrims file by 
I  can readily  separate the  amateur from 
the  professional, and  readily  appreciate 
the  extent of  the  disaster that  has over­
taken the  latter by the  manner  in which 
he accepts liis  penance.

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

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING  NORTH.
Arrives.
Traverse City & Mackinaw................
Traverse City & Mackinaw................9:06 a m
From Cincinnati................................... 7:30 p m
ForPetoskey & Mackinaw City........3:55 p m
Saginaw Express.................................11:30 a m
10:30 p m .

« 

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Leaves. 
■ 7:00 a m  
11:30 a m
5:00 p m 
7:80 a m 
4:10 p m

_ 

Saginaw express runs through solid.
7:00 a. m. tram has chair car to Traverse City.
11:30 a. m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack' 
.  
,
5:00 p.  m, train  has  sleeping  car  for  Petoskey  and 

inaw City. 
Mackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express...........................
Fort Wayne Express......................  .10:30 a m
Cincinnati  Express.............................4 AO p m
From Traverse City...........................10:40 p m

15 a m 
45 a m 
00 p m
7:15 a m  train  has  parlor  chair  car  for  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 
5:00 p.  m. train connects  with M. C. R. R. at Kalama­
zoo for Battle Creek,  Jackson,  Detroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.
Sleeping car rates—$1.50  to  Petoskey  or  Mackinaw 
City;  $2 to Cincinnati.
Ail Trains daily except Sunday.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Leave. 
_ A” dve.
7 0 5 a m ....................................................................... 10:45 a m
11:15 a m .......................................................................  4:4o p m
4:20p .................................................................. . .. .   7:45 p m
Leaving tim e at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l

Grand Rapids Division.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

Detroit Express......................................................... 6:45 a Da
Day  Express................................................................  j :7.   m
New York Express.....................................................5:40 p ra
»Atlantic Express.......................................................P m
Mixed 
..............................................................   6:50 a m
•Pacific  Express........................................................ ,S:SSa m
Local Passenger.........................................................10:00 a m
M all................................................................................p m
Grand  Rapids Express.............................................10:15 p m
M ixed..................................................  
5:30 pm
•Dally. All other daily except Sunday.  Sleeping cars
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from 
Detroit.  Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand 
Rapids Express to  and  from  Detroit.  Direct  connec­
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over 
M. C. R. R-, (Canada Southern Div.)

O. W. Ruggi.es, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen’l Agent.

 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. 

19

Kalamazoo Division.
. m

i:10  3:00  7:45 Dp__ Grand  R apids...
3:25  4:12  9:02  “  ----Allegan.................
Frt  5 :03  10:00 Ar__ Kalamazoo.
. .W hite Pigeon. 
. .Elkhart.............

6:35  11:35 
p m
8:00  12.30

.

Arrive.
am  pm 
9:45  6:10 
8:28  4:55

___Chicago........
___Toledo..........
...  .Cleveland...

GOING WEST.

10:25 
a m 
1:355  9:40
6:20  3:30  **  ....B u ffalo................ .

:45
p m 
.  1:00  11:40 
the U. S.,
Mexico and Canada at  Union  Ticket  Office,  Geo.  Wil­
liamson, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.

Tickets for sale to  all  principal  point!

:15

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

Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

Leaves.
1:10 p  m
5:10 p  m
5:10 a m
7:30 a m

Arrives. 
fMoming Express................................ 1:05 p m 
tThrough Mail.......................................4:55 p m 
tGrand Rapids Express..................10 :40 p m
♦Night Express..................................5:25 a m 
tMixed.................................................. 
GOING EAST.
tDetroit  Express............... 
tThrough Mail..................................... 10:20 a m  10:30 a m
tEvening Express................................ 3:50 p m   3:50 p m
♦Limited Express................................10:30 p m 

10:55 p  m
fDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
Detroit  Express  has parlor  car  to Detroit,  making 
direct connections for all points  East, arriving in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Limited  Express,  East, has 
through  sleeper  Grand  Rapids  to  Niagara  Falls, 
connecting  at Milwaukee  Junction with 
through
sleeper to Toronto.
Through tickets and  sleeping  car  berths secured at 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and at the depot.

6:40 am

Jas. Campbell. City Passenger Agent.

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

A T   WHOLBSA.JLB,
Bottom  Prices  on  HARD  and 
SOFT Coal in Car Lots, made de­
livered to any part  of  the  State.

^  

lieforc  placing your orders, write  for prices to

E.  A.  H am ilton, 101GS  1‘apids.
Florida
Oranges
REEDER, PALMER  & CO.,

We  have  arranged  for  a  large 
quantity of this fruit  and  our  fancy 
stock will come from the  celebrated 
Hillyer  Groves,  whence  they  ship 
nothing but the finest, ripe stock.

P u t n a m   c t   B r o o k s ,

W h o le s a le   B o o ts   a n d   S h o e s.

STATE  AGENTS  FOR  LYCOJWIfíG  RUBBER  GO.,

24 Pearl St.,  Grand. Rapids, Mieli.,

COAL!— COKE! — W  0 0 D !

Wholesale  A .  H I M E S .   and  Retail

Office under Nat’l City Bant 
W M . S E A R S  & CO.,

Telephone  Call  490-2.  CAR DOTS  A  SPECIALTY.

Yards,

BraGker  Manufacturers,

JLGBNTS  FOR  AJKIBOY  CH BBSB .

3 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41  K e n t  St.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

DEALERS IN

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

P E R K I N S   &  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
ELE1/ÄT0R8 Morse Elevator Works, 

Philadelphia,  New  York 
and Detroit.  Mor se, W il- 
liams  &  Co.,  proprietors. 
<i\ > r   p a s s e n g e r s   a n d   f r e i g h t .)  ~  Detroit office, 91 Jefferson

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR M ILL  USE-

ave.  Telephone 1032.  H.  MIDDLEBROOK,  Agent.

Th eday that J a n ta ( la U S 
Soap was b o r n „
HE HAD RISEN EARLY ToTElI- 
To AIANKIND  „
THAT w onderful Soap to
SEEK AND To Find.

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H. K- 7vTíflB/lN/C^
C  HlCflGO.

I R W I N   &   C O .,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

F i n e   C i g n r s ,

165  Milk  Street, 
Fo th e D ruggist who handles Cigars:

BOSTON,  MASS.

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D e a r   Sin—Your business will be benefited  by  selling  IRWIN  &  CO.’S  “LOS 

DOGTORES” for the following reasons:

1st—Because they are made exclusively for the 

Apothecaries and sold only to them.
2d—Thev are entirely free  from  ARTIFICIAL 
FLAVORING,
3d—They are made of the best  Havana  Tobac­
co grown  for  fillers  and  Amsterdam  Delhi  A  1 
Sumatra for wrappers.
4th—They are hand-made by  experienced  Un­
ion Cuban workmen, under  our  personal  super­
vision. at our own factory, 1(55 Milk  Street,  Bos­
ton.
5th—Because we are in  position  in the way of 
capital and resources for buying our  tobacco di­
rect  from  growers,  and  selecting  it  so  “LOS 
DOCTOKteS” will  continue  to be as  good as it 
has been fine in the  past.  3,700  Druggists  now 
handling "Los Dootores” is a good  recommenda­
tion for its  superiority  to  all  other  ten-cent ci­
gars.

PACKED

Box of 50,  100 and 230 Londres size.

50 in  box Conchas size.

P e r   T h o u s a n d , 

$ 5 8 . 5 0 ,   8 5 0  A-  $ 6 0 .
P.  S.—With 1.000  order  and  upwards  we  give 
you a beautiful  Bronze Sign to advertise them in 
your store.  A  work of art, same  as  cut,  greatly 
enlarged.

SEND  FOR  OUR  PRICE  LIST.

Yours trulv. I R W I N
Havana-  C igar  M anufacturers,

&  

'C O . ,

Hazeltine  It  Perkins  Drilg Go.,  Agents  for Grand  Rapids.

BOSTON,  MASS.

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  TH E JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

C .  CL,”
“Y U M   Y U M ,”

The Most Popular 10c cigar, and

The  Best  Selling  5c  Cigar  in  the  Market. 

Send for  trial  order.

B I O   PLA.BIIOS, 

-  M I C H

WHO  URGES  YOU

T O   IV E E P

S A P O L I O ?

T H E   BXJBX jIO  !

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.
ANY JOBBER W IL L  BE GLAD  TO  F IL L  YOUR ORDERS.

RISING  8ÜN 

BUCKWHEAT.
Gnaranteed Atolotelj Pire.

ORDERS FROM R E T A IL  TR A DK SOLICITE©.

ItalY G O   R oLLER 

fJlLLS,

-  Mich,
HE E S  T  E P I   <&  P 1 O  I X ,

Newaygo, 

M anufacturera’ A gents fo r

SAW AITO CRIST MXLX< MACKHTERT,

and

Prices-

«i a t la s engine
||gg|gg|pggg STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S. A.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

for  immediate  delivery.

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

44,46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

The Standard of Excellence

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, 

Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.

T H E   P E R F E C T I O N   O F 1  Q U A L I T Y .

WILL  PLEASE  YOU  EVERY  TIME !

ALW AYS  ASK  YOUR  GROCER  FOR  THESE  GOODS.

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

Stationary and  Portable Engines  and  Boilers,

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

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

88,90 and 92 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST., 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.

GROCBRIBS.

Alexander.

There was a chap who kept a store.
And, though there m ight be grander,
He sold his goods nor asked for more,
And his name was Alexander.

He mixed his goods with cunning hand— 
And, since his sugar half was sand.

He was a skillful brander;
They called him Alex-Sander.

He had his dear one:  to her came,
Then lovingly he scanned her;
He asked her would she  change  her name, 
Then a ring did  Alex-hand-her.

••Oh, yes,” she said, with smiling lip,
And so they formed a partnership 

“ If I can be commander!”
And called it Alex-and-her.

WHO  ARE  THEY ?

Pencil  Portraits of Grand Rapids  Jobbers.

XVI.

He is tall and  slim  in  stature,  but his 
head is crowded with business  ideas  and 
his heart is brim full of  good  intentions. 
Ho man is more mindful of the privileges 
and feelings of  others  and  no one would 
go  farther  to  serve a friend  or  assist a 
neighbor in distress.  His business career 
is like his social life—faultless.  No man 
can  say aught  against  him, but all men 
speak well of  him. 
In  spite of  his good 
nature, he has accumulated a comfortable 
competence, and  he  will  probably  keep 
on accumulating until  he  can  count  his 
possessions  at  a  cool  quarter  of  a 
million—not  because  he  cares  for  so 
much  money himself,  but on account  of 
a  spirited  rivalry  among  a  number  of 
thrifty relatives and business  associates. 
Who is  he ?

XVH.

He  began  the  jobbing  business  in  a 
small way and under  rather discouraging 
circumstances, but has managed to get to 
the front pretty effectually—so  much  so 
that his  name is a household  word  in at 
least  three  states.  He  is  careful  in 
making new' ventures, cautious  in all his 
expenditures,  but  pays  his  bills  as 
promptly as  D. A. Blodgett.  The  char­
acter of  his business renders it necessary 
for him to camp near  the  river, but it is 
not essential that he should be  located so 
near to a main sewer.  Who is he ?

XVIII.

A dozen  years ago he  had  the  reputa­
tion  of  being  one  of  the  most  skillful 
blacksmiths  in  the  city,  Chance or in­
clination  took  him to a small  town  less 
than  fifty  miles  distant,  where  he  ac­
quired a good start, financially speaking. 
Coming back to  the  city of  his  birth, he 
became the proprietor of  a small  jobbing 
business, which has  grown  considerably 
under his management.  Beginning with a 
single branch of business, he has managed 
to extend his line until  he  handles about 
as  many  articles  as  any  jobber  at  this 
market.  Who is he ?

He is so  young in the  business that he 
does not yet play much of  a figure among 
the other  jobbers, but twenty years from 
now he will be the main  factor in a large 
business and the  possessor of  a comfort­
able fortune. 
It is as  natural for him to 
make  money as for a duck  to swim.  He 
comes  by  the  faculty  naturally, in  the 
shape of  a race trait.  He has a large ac­
quaintance  among  the  city trade and is 
one of  the  staunchest  friends  the Asso­
ciation workers have.  Who is he ?

XIX.

XX.

Some men  have  been  so  unkind as to 
call  him a crank, but those  who  think so 
are  more» than  likely  to  be  troubled  a 
little  that  way  themselves.  He> prides 
himself on his knowledge of  his business 
and  probably gives  it  as much  ’study as 
any  man  connected  with  the  jobbing 
trade  here. 
In  many  respects  he  is  a 
pleasant man to deal with, but  when  he 
comes to put his peculiar way of  express­
ing himself  on  paper  the missive  some­
times  becomes  a missile,  which  hits  so 
hard  that  a friend  is  frequently  trans­
formed into an  enemy.  Aside  from this 
failing, he is a capital business man, even 
if  he did think he could kill the sale of  a 
leading proprietary article peculiar to his 
branch  of  business.  When  the  owners 
of  the article ref erred to got through with 
him, he felt no larger than a grease spot. 
Who is  he ?

XXI.

He  has  been  a  retailer, a lumberman 
and a theatrical  manager, but  he  never 
struck  his  gait  until  he  graduated into 
the jobbing trade,  where  he  has  devel­
oped  a  degree of  executive  ability  sur­
prising  to  himself  and  pleasing  to  his 
friends.  He is  a prince of  good  nature 
and  probably  manages  to  extract  more 
solid comfort out of  life  than  any other 
jobber  in  the  State.  Nothing  delights 
him so much as to be  able  to  slip out of 
town  unobserved  and  keep  his  where­
abouts  a  secret  until  his  return.  The 
wise  looks  affected  by his  associates on 
such  occasions  are  painful  to  behold. 
Happy in his  domestic  relations  and  in 
ttie consciousness that  he  is  destined to 
le   a  rich  man,  he  leads a  model  life, 
which  excites  the  generous  envy of  all 
who have the honor of  his  acquaintance, j 
Who is he ?

XXII.

He isn’t half as jubilant as he expected 
to  be  after  election, but  he  takes  his 
medicine with good grace—which is more 
than can be said of his business associate. 
He  is  looked  upon  as  one of  the  best 
posted  men  in his  line of  business any­
where in the country, some knowing ones 
going so far  as to assert  that  he is with­

out  a  superior  in  his  line between  the 
Atlantic and  Pacific.  He  is quick to get 
angry,  and  is  as unreasonable  as a child 
when  in that  condition, but is soon  him­
self  again, and  allows  no foolish  pride 
to stand in the way of his setting himself 
right  again.  Big hearted in all the  term 
implies,  he  would  divide  his  last  dollar 
with  a  friend, and  his  generosity is  fre­
quently  taken  advantage  of  by  pseudo 
friends.  Although  a  bitter  partisan, he 
is  fair  enough  to  acknowledge  a  good 
man  or measure  on the other  side of  the 
fence, even if  his eyesight is a little  dim 
when 
it  comes  to  estimating  men  and 
measures of  his own  party. 
lie is a fast 
worker,  with  a  wonderful  knowledge of 
details,  and  is  one  of  the  best  general 
managers in the city.  Who is he?

For the first  correct  interpretation  of 
all of  the  above  personal  descriptions, 
one year's subscription will be given.

LAST  W EEK ’S  PORTRAITS.

The  first  correct  solution  to the eight 
Pencil Portraits given last  week  was re­
ceived from  the  Telfer  Spice Po., being 
as follows:

I. M.  Clark.

8. 
9.  Dr. C.  S.  Hazeltine.
10.  Ben. W. Putnam.
11.  L.  E.  Hawkins.
12.  Amos S.  Musselman.
13.  W. >S. Gunn.
14.  C. G. A. Voigt,
15. 
(’has. E.  Olney.

Process  by Which  Steel  Pens  are  Made.
About a million gross of steel  pens are 
worn out every year in the United States. 
What becomes of  them?  Twenty  years 
ago, most of the steel  pens  used  in  this 
country were imported.  Now',  compara­
tively  few  are  imported,  and there are 
several factories in this country in which 
they are made in  large  quantities.  One 
factory  is  in  Connecticut,  another  in 
Pennsylvania and a large one in Camden. 
The manufacturers say that  the industry 
has been fostered by the protective tariff, 
and w ere it to be taken  off,  the  country 
would be flooded with cheap steel pens of 
inferior quality at lower prices than ours. 
At  present,  the  importation  of  foreign 
pens is mainly confined to high-priced ar­
ticles.
It was at first doubted  that  steel  pens 
could be made in this country,  but it was 
soon learned that the requisite skilled la­
bor could be obtained for high w ages, and 
the success of the pioneers led one manu­
facturer after another into  the  business, 
until nowr the field is  pretty  well  occu­
pied.  Most of the  work  on  the  pens is 
done with the aid of very nice machinery, 
w orked by women and  girls.
The steel used is imported because it is 
believed that the quality is more uniform 
than the American steel.  This uniformi­
ty of quality is necessary,  because of the 
very delicate  tempering  required  in the 
manufacture of the pens.  That  mysteri­
ous quality of steel,  which gives different 
colors,  requires  expert  manipulation on 
the part  of  the  workman  who does the 
tempering.  He must know the nature of 
the  material  with  which  he works, and 
with that knowledge must exercise celer­
ity and skill that seizes upon  the  proper 
instant to fasten the steel at a heat which 
insures the requisite quality.
First, the steel is rolled into big sheets. 
This is cut into strips about  three inches 
wide.  These strips are annealed—that is, 
they are heated to a red heat and permit­
ted to cool gradually so  that  the  brittle­
ness is all removed and  the  steel  is soft 
enough to be  worked  easily.  Then  the 
strips  are  again  rolled  to  the required 
thickness,  or, rather, run.  It is the quick 
eye for color and the  quick  hand  to fas­
ten it that constitutes the skill  to  deter­
mine  the  temper  of  steel.  When  the 
steel is heated for tempering, it is bright. 
The  first  color  that  appears  is a straw 
color.  This  changes  rapidly  to a blue. 
The elasticity of the  metal  varies  with 
the color, and is arrested at any  point by 
instant plunging in cold water.
The  process  of  slitting,  polishing, 
pointing and finishing the pens  are oper­
ations  requiring  dexterity,  but by long 
practice  the  workmen  become  very ex­
pert.  There have been  but  few  changes 
of late years, and the process of manufac­
ture is much the same as  it  was  twenty 
years ago, and the prices are  rather  uni­
form, ranging from  25  cents  to  *4  per j 
gross, according to the quality  of  finish. 
The boxes sold  almost  universally  con­
tain a gross.

Choose  Your  Words.

A gentleman of this  city  has  reached 
the conclusion that it  is  wise  policy  to 
think twice before you speak once, and to 
weigh the words  carefully it is  proposed 
to utter.  He  wanted  a  girl  for a type­
writer.  and advertised  to  that  effect on 
his  office  door.  Fifteen  young 
ladies 
called, but none of them  wanted  the po­
sition, and left the office in high dudgeon.
I  stepped  in  yesterday,  when  he  said: 
•¡Never did girls act so  strangely.  Some 
of them  called me insulting,  and  others 
declared  I  was  no  gentleman.  A  few- 
said they would report to the police  (not 
the  chief),  while  others  threatened  to 
send their brothers or gentleman  friends 
around to settle writh me. 
I declare I did 
nothing  wrong,  and  I  am  mystified.” 
Just repeat your conversation,”  I  said. 
He did, and I found that he  asked  every 
girl if she was “fast.”  The poor  fellow 
meant “rapid.”  But he cast the die, and 
they took  him  at  his  word.  He  has a 
good typewriter now.

The Grocery Market.

The market has  been  practically  fea­
tureless,  except  in  the  case  of  sugar, 
which grew weaker the latter part of last 
week  but  rallied  on  Monday  and  ad­
vanced a fraction.

Dettenthaler’s “Anchor” brand of oys­
ters continues to lead the van. 
It  is first 
in war,  first  in  peace,  and  first  in  the 
hearts  of  the  countrymen.  Those  deal­
ers  who  do  not  handle  this celebrated 
brand ought to come  in  out  of  the  wet 
without further delay.

Grocers and Kleptomania.

[  During a  recent  conversation  with  a 
prominent retail grocer the  topic  turned 
on kleptomania, and in reply to  a  ques­
tion as to w hether many cases  came  un­
der his notice,  the  grocer  gave  an  em­
phatic answer in the affirmative.  Contin­
uing.  the man of business  gave many in­
stances in which he had  detected people, 
who would,  he  thought,  be  far  above 
pilfering, taking  articles  which  did not 
belong to them,  and in  many  cases  arti­
cles for which they could  have  no possi­
ble use.  “One  lady,”  the  grocer  said, 
“the wife of one  of  our  prominent  citi­
zens, came into the  store  one  afternoon 
and, not seeing  any  one  looking at her, 
quietly seized a package of  canned goods 
and slipped it into a paper bag which she 
carried in  her  hand.  She  then  placed 
the bag on the counter and I  stepped out 
from behind an angle  where  I  had  wit­
nessed the whole  transaction,  and  took 
her order for a number of articles.  Dur­
ing the course of the transaction, I open­
ed the bag and in a careless manner made 
some remark about the can, and I think I 
asked her where she  got  it. 
‘Oh,’  says 
she,  ‘I  came  near  forgetting  all  about 
that;  a  lady  friend  asked  me to get it 
changed:  she wanted some  ripe tomatoe 
for it.’ 
I  asked her what her friend paid 
for  it,  and  she  said  that  she  did  not 
know and was not sure  that  she had got 
it at my place. 
I looked at  it  again and 
told her that I thought  she  did  because 
there was one of my labels  on  it.  After 
considerable  more  talk,  it  was  finally 
agreed, on my suggestion,  that  she leave 
the can and  have  her  friend  come  and 
change it herself.  The lady  left without 
it, and, of course, I never heard from her 
friend.  She is still  a  customer  of  mine 
and many a time her  husband  has  paid 
bills which result from  her  mania.  An­
other case was that of  a  gentleman  w-ho 
is  worth  at  least  §50,000.  He used  to 
come once or twice a week and  go  dowui 
into the cellar w ith  a  box  to  get  bones 
and refuse meat for his hens.  This  con­
tinued for several  years,  until  one  day 
one of the clerks in passing saw him slip­
ping some article in  his  box  under  the 
bones and meat.  The next time he came, 
I watched him  and  saw  him  put a five- 
pound pail of lard in liis box.  He carried 
it out and put it in his wagon.  After he 
had got it carefully stowed away, I quiet­
ly called him to one  side  and  told  him 
that I knew all about his taking the lard. 
He tried to make excuses at first, but fin­
ally confessed to taking it  and  offered.to 
settle.  A satisfactory  return  was  made 
by him,  but never since has he visited the 
cellar for his weekly  allowance  of  hen 
feed.  There are many who are  addicted 
to  the  habit,  and  people who would be 
the last in the World to be suspected of it 
are its worst  victims.  The 
loss  which 
arises from  it  is  no  small  amount,  as 
many of them are so sly that they almost 
defv detection.”

VISITING  BUYERS.

J S Barker, Morley 
C H Loomis. Sparta 
J  < r La moreaux,  Fenn ville 
C H  Dealing. Dutton 
F C Boise, Nashville 
F W Foster,  Newaygo 
David Holmes, Woodville 
A C Cross, Bangor 
C E Pratt, Moline 
N Bouma, Fisher Station 
A W Blain, Dutton 
Thos Smedley, Byron Centr 
J C Drew.  Rockford 
Harvey Bros, Bangor 
H W King, E Jordan 
W G Teift, Rockford 
Severance  ¿a  Rich,  Middle- 
E S Botsford. Dorr 
Sullivan Lum  Co,  Sullivan 
Hesler Bros., Rockford 
A W Fenton. Bailey 
J B Watson. Coopersville 
Goodrich  Bros.,  Fennville 
Neal McMillan. Rockford 
B S Webb, Alma 
Carrington & North,  Trent 
J C  Benbow,  Cannonsburg 
Gus Begman, Bauer 
J L Thomas,  Cannonsburg 
E E Hewitt.  Rockford 
L R Burch, Edgerton 
L Creighton, Nirvana 
John E Thurkow, Morley 
Eli Runnels, Corning

ville

John Kinney. Kinney 
M H McCoy, Grandville 
John Giles, Lowell 
W J Clarke, HarborSprings 
John  Myering.  Xoordeloos 
John Damstra.  Gitchell 
E J Harrington, Holland 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
G F Gretzinger,ESaugatuck 
H Thompson. Canada. Cor 
Cole & Chapel, Ada 
Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland 
G TenHoor, Forest Grove 
M Heyboer & Bro,  Drenthe 
John Smith, Ada 
P Kinney, Altona 
A M Church, Englishville 
L & L Jenison.  Jenisonville 
G S Putnam,  Fruitport 
P Mulder & Co.  Graafschap 
Alex Denton. Howard  City 
Nelson F Miller, Lisbon 
John Kamps, Zutphen 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
C V Weller,  Cepar  Springs 
M  C Crandall & Co.,
Levering
J Raymond, Berlin 
H Johnston, Shelby 
T Armock, W right 
Blood & Thomas.
W hitneyville 
Wm Fagan, Dollarville 
D M Skidmore, Bowne  Cntr 
L Cook, Bauer

PR O D U CE  M A R K E T .

Apples—Fall  fruit  commands  *1.50@il.75  per 
bbl.  W inter fruit is in fair  demand  at  *1.75@*2 
per bbl.
Beans—The new crop is coming in freely, com­
m anding 81@ii.25 per bu. for  unpicked arid 81.50 
for hand-picked.
Butter—Good quality is scarce and high.  Deal­
ers pay 16©20c and hold at 18@22c.
Cabbages—Home grown command S4@S5 per 100 
Celery—20@22c per doz.
Cider—8@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, 81.25:  produce barrels 
Cranberries—88  for  Bell  and  Cherry  and  89 
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
Eggs—Strictly fresh are scarce, jobbers willing­
Grapes—Catawbas, 4 (4c per lb.
Honey—Scarce and hard  to  get,  readily  com­
Onions—Home grown dry stock  command 30© 
Pop Corn—2(4c per lb.
Potatoes—The market is flat,  there  apparently 
being no demand anywhere.  Buyers  are paying 
25c per bu. here and 20@22e at the principal buy­
ing points out of tow n,

25c.
for Bell and Bugle.
at 5@5(4e and evaporated at 7c.
ly paying 19c and selling at 21@22e.

m anding 20c per lb.
35c. per bu.

Quinces—81 per bu.
Squash—Hubbard, le  per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimore^,  83 per  bbl. 
seys, 83@83.25 per bbl.
Turnips—25c per bu.

Jer­

PRO V ISIO N S.

T h e   G ra n d   E a p id s   P a c k in g   a n d   P ro v i­

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

PORK  IX  BARRELS.

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Mess,  old...................................................................815 75
new................................................................   16 25
Short cut Morgan....................................................  17 00
Extra clear pig, short  c u t.....................................  18 50
E xtra clear,  heavy.................................................  18 50
Clear quill, short c u t.............................................  18 50
Boston clear, short c u t..........................................  18 50
Clear back, short c u t..............................................  18 50
Standard clear, short cut, best............................  18 50

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lb s................................. 

1154
16 lbs............................................11%
12 to 14 lb s....................................12
p icn ic..........................................................10
'»est boneless..............................................1254
Shoulders...............................................................  954
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..................................11
Dried Beef, extra...................................................  8

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

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lard—Compound.

Long Clears, heavy...............................................
medium............................................
lig h t.................................................
lard—Kettle Rendered.
Tierces ....................................................................
Tubs.........................................................................
50 lb.  T ins...............................................................
Tierces.....................................................................
30 and 50 lb. T u b s.................................................
3 lb.  Pails, 20 in a  case........................................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.........................................
10 lh. Pails, 6 in a case.........................................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case..........................................
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lbs.........................  7
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..........................   7
P late......................................................................... 7
E xtra Plate...........................................................   7
Boneless, rump butts.......................................... 10
“  54 b b l...............................   5

BEEP  IX  BARRELS.

sausage—F resh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage.........................................................
Ham Sausage.......................................................... 1
Tongue Sausage....................................................
Frankfort  Sausage...............................................
Blood Sausage.......................................................
Bologna, straight..................................................
Bologna,  th ick ......................................................
Head Cheese...........................................................
In half barrels........................................................3
In quarter  barrels.............  
2
TRIPE.
In half  barrels...................................................... 3
In quarter barrels..................................................1
In  kits......................................................................

PIGS' FEET.

 

F R E S H   M EATS.

 

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Beef,  carcass...............................................  4  @; i
hindquarters...................................  454©  1
3  ©   ■
fore 
Hogs...............................................................   5  @  1
Bork  loins....................................................  ©It
shoulders..... .....................................  @1
B ologna.................... 
©   !
©  )
Frankfort  sausage....................................  
Blood, liver and head sausage...............  
©  i
M utton..........................................................   6  ©   ’

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OYSTERS a n d   F IS H .

F.  J .  D e tte n tlia le r q u o te s  as  fo llo w s:

OTSTERS IX  CAXS.

S tandards.................................................... 
(a 1<
©li
A nchors........................................................ 
Selects.............................................................21  @25
Fairhaven Counts......................................  
©3!

OYSTERS IX  BULK.

FRESH  FISH.

Standards
Selects___
Clam s__

Black  Bas
T rout.......
W hitetisb.

smoked..

Every  garment  bearing  the  above  ticket  is 
WARRANTED  NOT  TO  RIP, and,  if  not as re­
presented. you are requested  to  return  it to the 
Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive 
a new garment.
S T  A X T  OX,  S A M P  S O X   A  CO.,

Manufacturers.  Detroit. Midi.
Why ;

i should send us your orders.  We handle 
ng but BEST and  CHOICEST BRANDS; 
iellat Manufacturers* and Importers' Prices; 
Ship at ONE DAY *S NOTICE, enabling 
you to  receive  goods day following: 
Fill  orders  for ALL  KINDS ot

G L A S S ,

American 

Import, 
ted
and Am
Polished PLATE,
Rough  and  Ribbed 
French  Window,  Ameri­
can  Window, English  s6 oz.
Enamelled,  Cut and  Embossed.
Rolled Cathedral, Venetian, Muffled, (
Frosted  Bohemian,  German  Looking 
Glass  Plates,  French  Mirror  Plates.
The quality, variety and quantity of our stock 
is exceeded by no  house in  the United  States*

W M .   R E I D ,

73 &75  Lamed  Street West,  DETROIT,  MICH. 
Grand Rapids Store,  61 Waterloo Street.
M AGIC COFFEE  ROASTER
The  m ost practical 
hand  Roaster  in  the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion.  They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to  per 
fection.

No 

Address  for  Cata­

logue and prices,

C. F. Marpie,

State Agent, Lansing, 
Mich.,  care  Marpie 
French & Co., Whole­
sale Confectioners.

Industrial  School of Business

THE

Its graduates succeed.  Write

Is noted for THOROUGHNESS.
W.  N.  FERRIS,

Rig Rapids, Mich.

CA N D IES,  F R U IT S  an d   NUTS 
P u tn a m   &  B ro o k s  q u o te   as  fo il  1

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STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes...................................
25 
Twist, 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
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MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. p a ils..........................................
200 lb.  bbls..........................................
Extra, 25 lb.  pails..........................................
2001b.  bbls..........................................
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..........................
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases.....................................
Broken, 25 lb. Pails........................................
2001b. bbls........................................

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paxcy—In 5 lb. boxes.

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Lemon Drops..................................................
Sour D rops............................  ......................
Peppermint Drops..........................................
Chocolate Drops.............................................
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.................................
Gum  Drops......................................................
Licorice Drops.................................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops.....................................
Lozenges, plain...............................................
printed.........................................
Im perials.........................................................
Mottoes.............................................................
Cream B ar........................................................
Molasses  B ar..................................................
Caram els.........................................................
Hand Made  Creams......................................
Plain Creams..................................................
Decorated Creams.........................................
String  Rock....................................................
Burnt Almonds...............................................
W intergreen  Berries....................................

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fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..............................
in bbls...............................
printed, in pails...........................
in bbls............................
Chocolate Drops, in pails.............................
Gum Drops, in pails......................................
in bbls.......................... .............
Moss Drops, in pails......................................
in bbls..............:........................
Sour Drops, in pails.....................................
Imperials, in pails..........................................
in bbls....................................... . . .

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FRUITS.

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50-lb.  “ 

fa n c y ........................................... 

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Bananas............................................ 
1  25©2 50
Oranges, Jamaica, bbls............ .. 
©
Lemons, choice............................................  ©4 25
©5 00
Figs, layers,  new ........................................  12©15
© 6
Dates, frails, 50 lb ......................................   @454
©  554
\  frails, 50 lb ................... ............. 
Fard, 10-lb.  box............................   @ 9
.............................. 
©  7
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................   654©  7
Almonds,  Tarragona.................................  @17
Ivaca..........................................  @15
California.................................  @14
Brazils..........................•...............................   @ 8
Filberts,  Sicily...........................................   @11
Walnuts, Grenoble..................................... 1354@14
Pecans, Texas,-H. P ...................................  8  @12
Cocoanuts, per 100......................................  @4 50
C hestnuts................................................... 2 50© 2 75

F rench........................................  @

NUTS.

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PEANUTS.

S to rk ............................................................. 
Fancy, H. P .................................................. 
Choice White,  V irginia............................  @ 5
............................  @654
Fancy H. P., 
............................  @ 5
E xtra 

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BAKING  POWDER, 

i?   Vjgfi»»

10c cans.
h  lb. “
6oz.  “
54 lb. “ 
12 oz. “ 
lib .  “ 
2541b.“ 
31b.  “ 
lb.  “ 
lb.  “

Arctic, 56 lb. cans, 6  doz.

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?4 lb. 
54 lb. 
1 lb. 
5 lb. 

... 
“   4 “ 
75
“  2 “ 
...  1  40
...  2 40
“  2 “ 
“  1 “  ...12 00
Absolute, *4 lb. cans, 100s..11  75
50s..10 00
Telfer's,  >4 lb. cans,6doz.  2  70 

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*4 lb. 
“ 50s..18
lib . 
“  3  “  .
54 lb. 
“  
1  “  .
lib . 
Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz__
54 lb.  “ 
2  “  ....
1  “
lib .  “ 
b u lk ............................
Red Star,  *4  lb. cans, 12 doz 
6  "
4  "  1  50

" 
‘4 lb. 
1 lb.  “ 
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BUTTEKIXE.

BUCKWHEAT.

BROOMS.
..............................

English, 2 doz. in case..
Bristol,  2  “ 
American, 2 doz. in case
No. 2 H url.............................   2  00
No. 1  " 
No. 2 Carpet..........................  2 50
No. 1 
" 
2  7.'
Parlor Gem..............................3 (K
Common W hisk...................  
9C
Fancy 
...................   1  01
Mill  ‘......................................   3  5(
W arehouse............................ 3 IX
Kings 100 lb. cases.................5 St
“  80  lb. cases...................4 6E
Dairy, solid  packed............  
If
rolls............................ 
14
Creamery, solid packed__  
li
ro lls ...................  
It
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............  . 
1(
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Parafline...............................  
Is
W ieking................................. 
2;
c a n n e d   g o o d s— F is h .
Clams, 1 lb, Little N eck.........1 2T
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ...............3 Of
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —  1  0( 
....1   6C
21b. 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic..............1 5C
2  lb.  “ 
2  6E
1 lb.  Star...................2 0(
2  lb.  Star...................2 90
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce
1 lb.  stand............
2  lb. 
...........
3 lb. in M ustard..
3 lb.  soused..........
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia__
21b.
1 lb. Sacramento..
21b.

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CANNED GOODS—Fruit

Mustard 54s.. 
imported  54s.
spiced,  54s...
Trout, 3  lb. brook.......
Apples, gallons,  stand........2  <10
Blackberries,  stand.............1  (X)
Cherries, red standard........2  50
p itte d ......................2  60
D am sons................................1  00
Egg Plums, stan d ................
Gooseberries........................
Grapes  ...................................
Green  Gages........................
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.
seconds..................
P ie ..........................
Pears .<...................................
Pineapples....................1  106
Q uinces.................................
Raspberries,  ex tra......................1 25
red ...........................2 25
Straw berries......................1  10@1 25
W hortleberries.............................1 20

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CANNED VEGETABLES.

Corn, Archer’s Trophy...

Peas, F rench...........................1

Asparagus, Oyster Bay..........1  80
Beans, Lima,  stand..’. ..........1  00
  ©1  lt>
"  Green  Limas 
“  String.................  
©   95
stringlesg,  E rie..........   90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1  45 
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“  Morn’g Glory. 1  10
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Early  Gold.*. .1  10
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“  extra m arrofat...  @110
soaked............................  <0
“  June, stan d ......... 1  jO@1  50
“  sifted.....................1  25
“  French, extra  fine___20 00
Mushrooms, extra fine........20 00
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden........ 1  00
Succotash,  standard__   @1  30
Squash  ................................. .1  25
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  10
Good E nough__ 1  10
B euH ar............... 1  10
stand  br__ 1  05©1  10
CHEESE.
New York Full  Cream  @1254 
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Michigan 
1054@12
Sap  Sago........................ 18  @20
CHOCOLATE.
Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet  22
“  Premium........  33
“  Hom-Coeoa...  37
“  Breakfast___  48
CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Rubber, 100 lumps.................25
................. 35
Spruce..................................... 30
B ulk.........................................   6
R ed...........................................  754

CHICORY.

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Rio, fa ir..........................16  @17
"  good........................17  @18
“  prime...................... 18  @19
“  fancy,  w ashed...19  @20
“  golden.................... 20  @21
Santos............................. 15  @18
Mexican & Guatemala 17  @19
Peaberry........................17  @19
Java,  Interior...............20  @22
“ 
fancy...................23  @25
“  M andheling___ 26  @28
Mocha, genuine............25  @26
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

coffees—Package

“ 
“ 

30 lbs  60 lbs

100 lbs
Lion................... .....................2034
“  in cabinets .....................21(4
Dilworth’s ....... ......................2056
Magnolia.......... .....................2074
Acme................. .205-:  20»*  20(4
G erm an............ .....................2036
b in s..........................2154
Arbuekle’s Ariosa................. 2034
Avorica..............1834
McLaughlin’s  XXXX.......... 2036
Honey  Bee............................. 2254
Nox  All  ................................. 2154
O  B ..........................................2054
T iger........................................2054
Arbuckle’s Avorica..............1854
Quaker  City__ 1954
Best  R io............2054
Prime Maricabo 23

coffees—50 lb. bags.

•• 
“  

COFFEE extract.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Ju te 
“ 

clothes  lines.
“ 
50 f t ...........  
60 f t ........... 
“ 
70 f t ...........  
“ 
80 f t ........... 
“ 
60 f t ........... 
“  
7 2 f f .........  
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.

Valley City............................ 
”5
F elix .......................................  1  10
Cotton,  4 0 ft__ ...perdoz.  1  25
150
1  60
2  00
2  25
1  00
1  15
E agle.......................; .............  7  60
Anglo-Swiss.........................   6 00
Kenosha B utter.....................  854
.....................  7
Seymour 
B utter......................................   7
“  family............................  7
“  fa n c y ............................  654
“  b iscu it..........................  754
Boston......................................  854
City Soda.................................  854
“  fa n c y ..............................  654

CRACKERS.
“ 

S. O yster.................................  7

B A R L E Y .

H AY.

No. 1...............................
No. 2...............................
No. 1...............................
No. 2.............................
H ID E S ,  P E L T S   am 
P e rk in s   &  H ess 

1  30 
1  10
13 50 
12 50
I  FURS,
pay  as

H ID E S .

fo llo w s:
G reen............................
Part  Cured...................
Full 
...................
Dry.................................
Dry  Kips  .  ..................
Calfskins,  green.........
cured.........
Deaeon skins................

“ 

“ 

(4 off for No. 2.

PELTS.

Shearlings.....................
Estimated wool, per lb
F U R S .
M ink.............................
Coon..........................
Skunk............................
M uskrat........................
Fox, red........................
“  cross.....................
“  grey.......................
Cat, house.....................
“  w ild......................
F isher............................
Lynx..............................
Martin,  d ark ................
pale.................
O tte r.............................
Wolf...............................
B ear...............................
B eaver.........................
B adger..........................
Deerskins, per lb.........
M ISC ELLA N EO U
T allow ..........................
Grease  butter..............
Sw itches......................
Ginseng........................

“ 

10  @30 
20  @25

5©  50 
5@  80 
5©  80 
1@   10 
5@1  00 
50@5 00 
5© 
to 
5©  20 
5©  50 
1 00@ 6 00 
50@3 00 
25@3 00 
10@1  00 
50@8 00 
50©3 00 
50@il5 00 
50@6  00 
5@1  00 
5©  40
4  ©  4*4 
8  © 8*4 
2  @ 2*4 
@2  OO

O

also manufacture a  full  line, of  Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

JACKSON
•I MICH.

Mill, Store and Dwelling for Sale.

I own and desire to sell, or exchange  for  prop­
erty in the city, a mill  30 x 30  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 F lat 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.

Gk  M .  M U N G E R   &   C O .,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders  attended  to with 

GRAND RAPIDS.

promptness.  Nice Work, Quick Time 

Satisfaction Guaranteed,

W. E. HALL, Jr., 

- 

Manager.

W holesale P rice  C u rren t•

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

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

WM. L ELLIS& CO,

Salt and Sea Fish.

B roker  in  CANNED  GOODS.
|B.  F,  EMERY, 
-  Manager,

20  Lyon  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

DETTENTHALEB,

JOBBER  OF

-----AND-----

SALT  FISH.

Mail Orders  Receive  Prompt 

See  Quotations  in  Another 

Attention.

Column.

EDWIN  FflLLflS,

P roprietor  of

Packer and Jobber of the Popular

Valley  Gily  Gold  Storage.
Solid 3 Brand
Daisy  Brand

OF  OYSTERS.

Butter,  Eggs,  Sweet  Potatoes, 

Cranberries, Etc.

Sole Agent for

Mrs.  Witheu’s Home  Made  Mince  Meat

Made  of  the  best  material.  The  finest 

goods  in  the market.  Price, 7 cents 

per lb.  in 2511».  Pails.

Salesroom, No.  9  N* Ionia Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

2  81) 
3 60
15  00
16 00 
14 00 
17  00 
17  75
50

City Oyster, XXX............
Picnic................................
Fancy Oyster...................
CREAM TARTAR.
1  40 Strictly  p ure...................
1  90 Grocers’..............................

95

...  7
No. 2 Extra  C..............
No. 3 C. golden............
..  7
...  6(4 No. 4 C, d ark ................
>
No. 5  <  ..........................

38
24 Corn,  barrels.................. .. 

s Yuri's.

.. 

Gì',
©  6*4
@  654
%  6

;28
1  30 
29@33 
.31©35

“ 

 
 
 
 
 

“ 
“ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

................
dried  fruits—Foreign.
“ 

DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  5l4@  6
evaporated___7  ©  7!4
“ 
Apricots, 
“ 
Blackberries “ 
 
Nectarines  “ 
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
Citron, in  drum ...........   @23
in boxes...........  @25
Currants........................   @ 536
Lemon  Peel.................  
14
14
Orange Peel.................  
Prunes,  T urkey.......... 434© 5
Im perial.......... 
©  6
Raisins,  V alencias................  736
Ondaras..................... 834
Domestic Layers.. .2 65 
Loose Califomias. .2 25
Farina.  100  lb.  kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  b b l.........................4 00
Maearonj, dom 12 lb box....  60
im ported.......  @10
Pearl  Barley................  @ 3
Peas, green...................   @145
“  split.......................  @  35j
Sago,  Germ an.............. 
©  6*4
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l . ..  @  6(4
Wheat,  cracked..........  
©.  6*4
Vermicelli,  im port....  @10
dom estic...  @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, w hole................  @554
“  boneless.............7‘4@73£
H a lib u t.....................  
1254
Herring,  round,  44  bbl.. 
1  50
“  U  b b l.. 
10 00
Holland,  bbls.. 
Holland, kegs..  @85
Scaled.............  
30
bbl... .9 50
“  12  lb  kit. . 145
“ 
“ 
.1   35
“ 
“  10 
“ 
Trout,  54  bbls..............  @5 25
“  10  lb.  k its...................  85
White,  No. 1.  >..  bbls..................6 00
“ 
“ 
115
12 lb.  k its 
10 lb. k its 
“ 
1  00
“  
“ 
Family.  54  bbls........3 00
“ 
“ kits...........55@65

Mack. sirs. No. 1. 

“ 
•• 

2 75

“ 

“ 

lil'N'  POWDER.

K eg s..............................................5 25
Half  kegs.....................................2 88
No. 0.......................................  
No. 1........................................ 
No. 2........................................ 

LAMP BURNERS.

iso
70
85

LAMP CHIMNEYS.

LA M P  W ICK S.

No. 0.. 
No. 1.. 
No. 2.
LICORICE.
Pure...............................
Calabria........................
Sicily.............................
MINCE  MEAT.
B uckets........................
Half bbls.......................
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap.................
Cuba B aking..  ...........
Porto  Rico...................
New Orleans, good__
choice., 
fan cy ...

“ 

50

.  6
I6@17 
22© 25 
24@35 
25© 30 
33@40 
45@48

“ 

“ 

One-half barrels, 3e extra.

OIL.

PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine. B arrels..............6  00
Half barrels...... 3  15
Cases......... 2  25@2  35
Muscatine. Barrels............... 6 00
Half barrels.......3  15
Cases......... 2 25@2 35
Michigan  T est......................10(4
W ater  W hite..........................1276
.4  75
M edium...............................
>4 b b l...................
Small,  b b l.. v.......................
*4  b b l........................
Clay, No.  216......................
“  T. D. full count.........
Cob. No.  3 ............................
Carolina head.....................
No.  1.....................
No. 2 ................. r>3
No. 3 .....................
J a p a n ...................................

PIPES.

RICE.

“ 

kegs.......................
Sugar,  bbl............
half barrel.

16
7
14
Ginger Snaps........
14
Sugar  Creams.......
Frosted  Creams... 
24
Graliam  Crackers 
Oatmeal  Crackers.
Clipper
C lim ax.......................
Corner  Stone............
Double  Pedro..........
W hopper...................
Peach  Pie.................
Wedding  Cake,  blk.
TEAS.

TOSACI

-Ping.

B A S K E T   FIR EIL

E N G L ISH   B R E A K F A S T .

■iai’ax—Regular. 
Fair ...!
..........................12 @15
< Jood ...
© 1 6
'.24 @■28
Choice..
. .30 ©33
Choices!
*E ’.12 @15
F a ir__ *  ‘ 
Good ..
!ltì @20
(  tioice..
.24 ©28
Choices!t..................... . .30 @33
F a ir__
©20
<  lioice..
©25
Choices!t.....................
©35
Extra clloiee, wire leaf
©40
«¿CN POWDER.
1 to  fa ir.......... 25 ©35
( ’omnioi
Extra line to finest.. . .50 © 65
Choices t  fancy......... . .75 ©'85
IMPERIAL
Common to  fa ir.......
Superior tò fin e ..........
YOUNG  UYS0
Common to  fa ir.......
Superior to  fine.......
30  © 40
Common to  fa ir............25  @30
Siqierior to  fine............30  ©50
Fine to choicest............ 55  @65
F a ir .................................25  @30
Choice............................. 30  @35
B est.................................55  @65
Tea  Dust........................  8  @10
50
Sweet Pippin................ 
Five and  Seven..........  
50
H iaw atha..................... 
08
45
Sweet  Cuba.................  
Petoskey C hief............ 
55
Sweet R usset...............  
40
T h istle.......................... 
42
Florida.......................... 
65
Rose  Leaf..................... 
i;t;
Red Domino.................  
38
Swamp A ngel.............. 
40
T R A D ESM A N  C R E D IT   COU PO N S.
-$ 2. per  hundred.................   2 59
..................  3 0<]
S 5,  “ 
*10,  ” 
..................4  OO
*20,  “ 
..................5 OO
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.

.10
..............20
V IN E G A R .

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

“ 

. 

*1 for barrel.

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

P A P E R .

Cocoa Shells,  bulk..............  356
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails..................  4*4
Sage........................................ 
15
PAPER,  WOOIiENWAKE.
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as 
follows:
S tra w .........................................136
••  Light  W eight................2
S u g a r.........................................2
Rag  S u g a r................................2*4
H ardw are................................. 2(4
B akers.......................................254
Dry  Goods..............................  .5 ’
Ju te  M anilla...
Red  Ea pre ss. No 1............

No ^ __

5
.4

..................t

No. 5 Herrn

wr OI>EN\ 'ARE.
o. 1

T W IN !
,0
à)1U
54 Cotton, Xo 2.......
0*2 Sea  Isl ind assor e<i.......... 40
16
*:,1i No.  S B
-7
’J W ool..
7U
**
Tubs, X 
X
75
X
SO
Pails, X 0. 1 two-l oop......... 1  60
Xo. 1 three -hoop...
23
1  75
no Clothes fins , 5 gr. Mixes__
60
10 Bowls, 5s, 17s am 1  19s....... 2  50
20 Baskets nnirk e t..
40
75
bu shel  ..
1  60
75
*•  witli covers 1  90
35
wi low cl ’tlis, No.l 5  50
No.2 6  00
1/
'•  No.3 7 00
No.l 3 50
134
No.2 4  25
•  No.3 5 00
35
tnd FIEEDSTUFFS

sp i n t

“ 
“ 

M EA L.

F L O U R .

G RAI>
W h ite............................
Red.................................
Straight, in sacks___
"  barrels...
Patent 
“  sacks........
“  barrels...
Bolted..........................
G ranulated...................
M IL I.S T U F F S .
Bran...............................
Ships..........................  .
Screenings...................
M iddlings.....................
Mixed  F eed.................
Small  lots.....................
Car 
.....................
Small  lots.....................
“  .....................
Car 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

No.  1, per 100 lb s ........

RYE.

SALER ATI'S.

“ 

“ 

SALT
“ 

DeLand’s,  pure.................
Ci.arch’s, Cap  Sheaf.........
Dwight’s .............................
Taylor’s ...............................
Common Fine per bbl.......
carlots
Solar Rock, 56 lb .  sacks...
28  pocket..............................
60 
..............................
..............................
100 
Ashton bu.  b a g s ...............
Higgins  “ 
................
Warsaw “ 
................
Kegs......................................
Granulated,  boxes............
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box. . .
Hand, 
....

“  
SAL  SODA.

SATOLtO.
“ 

“ 
“ 

3  ” 
SAUERKRAUT.
“ 

“ 

S N U F F .

SEEDS.

Silver Thread, 30 gal........... 3 50
40  “  ............ 4  50
Mixed b ird ............................   4*4
Caraway..................................10
Canary"....................................  4
Hemp.......................................   456
Anise........................................854
R ap e....................................... 4*4
M ustard...................................  754
Scotch, in  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, in ja rs.................35
French Rappee, in J a rs .......43
Dingman.  100  bars...............4  00
Don’t  Ami-W ashboard.......-1  75
J a x o n ......................................3 75
Queen  A nne......................... 3 85
German fam ily......................2  40
Big Bargain........................... 1  87
B oxes........................................554
Kegs, English..........................436

SODA.

SOAP.

spices—Wbol e.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18(4

Allspice...................................  9
Cassia, China in m ats.............7(4
Batavia in b u n d ___11
Saigon in  rolls......... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna..................30
Zanzibar...................24
Mace  B atavia........................70
Nutmegs, fancy.................... 70
“  No.  1......................... 65
“  No.  2......................... 60
“ 
w hite........ 28
“ 
shot........................... 21
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice...................................1254
Cassia,  B atavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“ 
Saigon......................42
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 35
“  Zanzibar...................28
Ginger, A frican..................... 12*4
“  Cochin......................15
“ 
Jam aica...................18
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Mustard,  English................. 22
and T rie..25
Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................70
Pepper, Singapore, black 
.30
white.
“ 
“  Cayenne............

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

STARCH.

Kingsford’s
Silver  Gloss, 1  lb. pkgs.
61b. boxes.
“ 
“ 
bulk..........
Mystic, 1 lb.  pkgs..........
barrels...............

SUGARS.

Cut  L oaf......................
C ubes........................ ..
Pow dered.....................
Granulated,  Stand__
O ff...........
Confectionery  A .........
Standard  A .................
No. 1, White Extra C ..

“ 

@ 854 
@ 8(4 
@ 8*4 
©  7?4 
@
©   7(4 
@.  7 
@  676

*

Drugs 0  JSledicin.es*

S tale  B oard  o f  Pharm acy*
•One Year—James Vemor, Detroit.
Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Three Years  - Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Four Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
E ire Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vemor.

Next Meeting—At  Lansing,  on  November  6.  7 and 8. 
■^Candidates will please report at 9 a. m. the  second day 
” o f  m eeting.

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

President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.
■Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman.  Manistee;  A. Bas­
sett,  Detroit: F. J.  Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids;  W.  A. 
Hall. Greenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.
•Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit._________________
G r a u d   R a p id s   P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society* 
President. J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.

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

President, J. W. Caldwell.  Secretary, B. W. Patterson.

M u s k e g o n   D ru g   C lerk s’  A ssociation. 

President, Geo,  L, LeFevre.  Secretary, Jno. A. Tinholt.

Nomenclature  of  Pharmaceutical  Prepar­

ations.

C. S. Hallberg in the Druggists' Bulletin.

While  all  sciences  at  this  day  have 
their specific nomenclature, pharmacy,  it 
may  be  said, has  no  terminology  to  ac­
curately  define  that  large  class of  pro­
ducts  termed  pharmaceutical  prepara­
tions.  Though  the nomenclature of  the 
various classes  is good  enough  as far  as 
it  goes, we  believe  that a  nomenclature 
should not  only define the class, but also 
indicate the relation the various members 
of  the class  bear  to each  other.  That 
this  is  the  correct  principle  is  evident 
from  the  fact that  the  terminology  of 
botany  and  chemistry  have  both  been 
0U constructed  upon  this  general  plan—to 
each specie of a genus a specific name, to 
each new  chemical  compound a  descrip­
tion of its character being added.
It  may  be said  that these  branches of 
learning  are  the  sciences  which  consti­
tute pharmacy—a conglomerate of both— 
and that the latter from its miscellaneous 
and  frequently  indefinite  character  pre­
the  application  of  a  strictly 
cludes 
scientific  nomenclature.  On  the  other 
hand, 
the  desirability  of  a  system  l>y 
^   which  the  strength of  different  prepara- 
w  tions  of  the  same  class  could  be  indi­
cated—incorporated  in  its  very  name— 
would  never be  questioned. 
In  fact the 
idea  has received  practical application— 
in  the  incorporation  of  the  last  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoea—of 
the  term  abstracts, 
which not only define the class of prepar­
ations. but also indicate their strength as 
related to the drug.
The  term  “fluid  extract,”  while  also 
indicating  the  drug  strength,  cannot, 
0b  however,  be  regarded  in the  same light, 
™  from  the fact that  the term  was adopted 
simply  to  distinguish  the  fluid  extract 
from the  solid  extract and  eventually  to 
indicate the  strength  by common  usage, 
-and  finally  by  official  sanction  in  the 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  1880.  With  the 
preparations  made  by  extraction,  tinc­
tures,  fluid  extracts, abstracts  and  ex­
tracts. a  plan by which  tlieir strength as 
related to the drug would be indicated by 
their name, it  is believed would not only 
be a great convenience to the pharmacist, 
^  but of  incalculable  value  to the  physi- 
*  cian  in  facilitating  prescribing.  The 
term- tincture  and extract  probably date 
back  as far  as  the  time of  Paracelsus, 
and  to  change  these may  be  a  difficult 
task,  and  perhaps  utterly impracticable, 
nevertheless  we have  worked  out a plan 
which  would  effect  no  very  radical 
change,  and  is offered  for  consideration, 
if not  for  approval or  adoption.  Com­
mencing with  tlie  term  tinctures, we re- 
^   tain  the  last  syllable—fare. as  descrip- 
™  the  id'  a  liquid  preparation  of  a  drug 
replacing the  first  syllable tine  with the 
•abbreviation  of  the  Latin  numeral  ac­
cording  to  its  drug  strength.  Thus,  by 
taking the  drug—that is,  a  preparation 
which  represents  the  drug  weight  for 
measure—at 100 we have:

Drug Strength

b y Yol.
100—Oen-tur.
30—Quin-tar.
50—Qua-tur.
30—Tri-tur.
20—Yin-tur.
10—De-tur.

|  

The  intermediate  number  would  be 
more  difficult  to  render  in  euphoneous 
terms,  but the above list would  probably 
embrace  ail  desirable  strengths.  A 
practicable  difficulty  would  also  be  en­
countered in naming  any strength  below 
20,  as the terms given indicate rather the 
lower numerals  of  10  than  those  above. 
This  was  found  necessary, however, in 
order to obtain  terms  easily remembered 
and not too  unwieldy.
By retaining  the  last  syllable  of  the 
term extract,  viz:  tract—-and  proceeding 
in the same manner,  we  have the follow- 
ing  terms,  which 
the  drug 

indicate 

|  
T  strength in inverse  proportions :

Drug Strength 

at 100.
100—Cen-traet.
30—Ouin-tract.
40—Qua-tract.
30—Tri-tract.
20—Yin-tract.
10—De-traet.
5—1Quinque-traet.

Will  China  Strike  Back ?

further  Chinese 

From the New York Shipping List.
Tha  daily  newspapers  have  recently 
printed  several  items  received  by  wire 
from San Francisco  respecting  the prob­
ability of  China adopting  some  measure 
of  retaliation  in  answer  to  the  recent 
j political  legislation by Congress  that  ex­
cludes 
immigration. 
These items, which  appear  to have been 
culled from  the  latest  mail advices, are 
not,  however,  very  authentic  nor  are 
their statements very clear,  but  notwith­
standing  their  confused  and  contradic­
tory character,  they are  significant  and 
calculated to at least  cause  more or less 
uneasiness as to  the  future of American 
interests  in  China, for  they reflect a dis­
position to  resent  the  gratuitous  slight 
which has been  administered  to the Chi­
nese government and the  increasing hos­
tility toward  the  Chinese  people in this 
country,  which is felt all the mor^ keenly 
because China lias never been  aggressive 
in her diplomatic  negotiations  with this 
or other foreign countries, but has always 
sought to maintain a dignity  that  would 
command  respect,  and, furthermore,  has 
always given expression  to  and  endeav­
ored  to  pursue  a  negative  policy  upon 
this  very  question of  the  emigration of 
her  subjects. 
In  considering the  prob­
able course that the Central  Government 
may pursue with respect to recent events, 
beginning  with  the  hasty legislation of 
Congress,  followed  by  the  rejection  of 
the treaty,  the signing of  the  new act by 
the  President  and its  immediate  opera­
tion in the case of  several  hundred  Chi­
nese passengers  that  arrived in the har­
bor of  San  Francisco,  it  may be  well in 
the first place to point out that outside of 
official circles in Peking, as well as in the 
great provincial  cities  and  treaty ports, 
the  people  neither  know nor appreciate 
the distinctions between English, French. 
American,  German  or  other  Europeans. 
To  the  ordinary Chinaman  they are  all 
“Fanqui,” or  red-headed  devil—a  term 
by which  all  foreigners  are  designated. 
In  the  next  place  mob  violence  is  the 
favorite  way  in  China  of  redressing  a 
grievance,  and the literati, who  hate and 
are strongly  prejudiced  against  foreign­
ers and everything foreign, together with 
the  prominent  men  who  may  have  a 
grievance, do not scruple to resort to this 
means of  foreing  the  government to ac 
tion on their  behalf, and  accordingly tlie 
Central  Government  always fears a mob 
and gives  respectful  attention  to its de­
mands.  A few  years  ago a convent that 
had been established by French Sisters of 
Mercy  and  was  a  part  of  the  French 
Roman  Catholic  mission  in  the  city of 
Tientsin  became  obnoxious  to  some  of 
the literati,  who  thereupon  circulated a 
story  that  young  girls  were  inveigled 
into the establishment and had their eyes 
gouged out for the purpose of  compound­
ing a medicinal  remedy highly prized by 
foreigners.  This  story  was  implicitly 
believed  and  so  inflamed  the  populace 
that they mobbed, sacked and burned the 
convent  and  murdered  every  foreigner 
found  within  its  precincts.  They then 
proceeded to attack the foreign  residents 
regardless of  their nationality, and  were 
only prevented from  committing  further 
outrages  by  the  vigorous  action  of  the 
Tautai.  The  government  paid  a  large 
indemnity,  but  the  convent  has  never 
been  rebuilt,  and  foreign  residents  of 
Tientsin have always had  the  protection 
of  a gunboat.  The  city  of  Canton  and 
the province of  Kwaiitung have been the 
headquarters of  coolie emigration to this 
country, and  it  is by no  means  improb­
able that those who have heretofore prof­
ited  by the  trade  have  resorted  to  the 
mob out «if  revenge for this sudden stop­
page of  their  profitable  trade,  and, fear­
ing  l<>  meddle  with  foreign  residents, 
have  let loose  their  vengeance upon the 
nearest  native  official.  This is not only 
tlie most effectual way of  stimulating the 
government  to  take  some  action in the1 
matter,  but furthermore furnishes a most 
excellent  excuse  upon  which  to  base a 
request for the  withdrawal  of  American 
residents, for  they will  be  in  danger of 
the mob.  So much as to the  possible re­
sult of  the popular  view in China of  our 
prohibitive  law:  but  there  is  also  the 
official view,  and in this respect it is well 
to bear in mind that the Chinese  govern­
ment of  to-day is not what it was twenty 
years ago. 
It has advanced  much  more 
rapidly  than  many suppose,  and  its  ad­
visers are men of  affairs and  experience, 
who  are  thoroughly  patriotic  and  who 
will  seek  to  uphold  the  dignity of  the 
government and  assert  its  international 
independence in  whatever  action may he 
forced  upon  it  by such  proceedings  as 
enumerated  above or may be  adopted as 
tlie result of  calm reflection.  China  can 
get  along  without  this  country, but we 
cannot get along  without  China.  There 
is  nothing that  we  produce  that  China 
cannot  procure  elsewhere, but  there  is 
much that China produces that cannot be 
obtained in any other quarter,  ami that if 
we could not buy direct  we  would  have 
to obtain Chinese products  through Eng­
land.  France  or  Germany.  We  hat e 
placed  ourselves - in  a  position  to  be 
snubbed  if  not  kicked  out,  and  in  the 
event of  retaliatory measures on the part 
of  China we may then  make  haste to re­
pair the damage when it is too late.

>nux  vomica  would be a detract, etc. 

These proportions  agree  pretty closely 
|  with the percentage  yield of  the  various 
I  “solid”  extracts.  Thus,  an  extract  of
In 
case a class of  powdered  extracts should 
|  be mentioned in the 17. S. Pharmacopoeia, 
it would be necessary to change  the  con­
struction of  the terms  in  order to distin­
guish  between  the  plastic  extract  and 
that in powdered form.  This  is  simply 
a rough  outline of  the plan, but  it is be­
lieved that the subject is one well worthy 
of  investigation.  The  plan  proposed 
has the advantage of  being  in  close  ac­
cord with the metric system, and its adop­
tion may facilitate the  more  general  ap­
plication of  weights and measures.

The Drug Market.

There  are  no  changes  0   importance 
this week.  Opium is dull and lower here, 
but is advancing in Europe.  Morphia is 
unchanged.  German  quinine is firm and 
advancing.  Domestic  brands  are  un­
changed.  Borax is advancing.  Carbolic i 
acid is lower.  Golden  seal  root is again 
higher.  Gum  camphor  is steady.  Gum 
arabic is advancing.  Oil  lemon  has de­
clined.  Spermaceti  is  lower.  Pure  99 
per cent, cream tartar has declined.  Oil 
sassafras has advanced again, on account 
of scarcity.

An  Eye  for  Business.

From the Merchant Traveler.
“Young  man,”  said  a  merchant  to a 
traveling salesman, “I had an exceedingly 
pleasant dream last  night.”
“Indeed !  What was it?”
“I dreamed I was in Heaven.”
“That must have been pleasant.  What 
struok  you most forcibly ?”
“Well, the most enjoyable tiling  about 
the  place,”  said  the  merchant, signifi­
cantly,  “was  the  fact that there were no 
drummers there.”

“No drummers there!”
“Not one.”
“Are  you sure about that ?”
“Certainly, why  are  you  so  much  in­
terested?”
“I was  just  thinking  what  a  snap it 
would  be if  I could  get  a monopoly  on 
the territory.” 

'

State  Board  of  Pharmacy.

At  the  session  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  held  at  Lansing  last  week, 
there were 78 applicants for registration. 
Of  this number 40 passed  the  registered 
pharmacists’ examination  and  22 failed. 
Thirteen of  the  latter  will be entitled to 
ussistants’  certificates.  Seven  persons 
passed the registered assistants’ examina­
tion and nine failed.

Love  in  Department  Stores.

One of  the most unwelcome  customers 
in many of  the large  dry goods  stores is 
Cupid.  This,  however,  is  only  true  in 
the eyes of  the employer  when  the little 
god tangles up the  hearts of  some of  the 
young  women  employed  with  those  of 
some  of  the  young  men. 
In  all  other 
cases Cupid is one of  the most able allies 
the  retail  dry goods man has in his bus­
iness.  An  old  merchant  in  this partic­
ular line of  trade  spent  some  time sev­
eral  evenings  ago  explaining to a party 
of  friends why this was so.
“One of  the  worst  things  we have to 
contend  with  in  our  business,  so far as 
our  unmarried  male  and  female  em­
ployes are conoerned,”  he  said,  “is love. 
When a lady,  say in  the  hosiery depart­
ment,  falls  in  love  with  a  nice  young 
man in the  dress  goods  department,  or 
any  other  department  for  that  matter, 
there is trouble ahead for the employers. 
If  the  young  man  should  happen to re­
turn  the  young  lady’s  affection, 
the 
trouble is doubled.  How does this make 
auy difference to us ?  Well, in nine eases 
out of  ten, the tender  passion  unfits  its 
victims  for  work in the same  dry goods 
store.  This  is  especially so in the  case 
of  the  young  ladies.  Once  they get  in

love with a  young  man at another coun­
ter their minds, instead of  being at their 
own  counters,  are  continually  at  the 
young man’s counter.  The result of this 
is that  the  love-smitten  maid is absent- 
minded  and  inattentive  to  business. 
I 
have seen many a bright young clerk who 
was  very valuable to us  become  utterly 
worthless behind her  counter  simply be­
cause she got to thinking more of  a good- 
looking  young man at some other counter 
than slie did of  our business,
“It's  the  same  way  with  the  young 
men,  too.  When  they get  too  far  gone 
there is only one thing  left  for us to do, 
ami  that  is  to  discharge  them  and  fill 
their  places. 
I  confess I always  regret 
to take this step, and I never do it unless 
in  self-defense.  But  when  the  trouble 
reaches a certain  stage  there is no other 
alternative.  Of  course,  we  go  about  it 
in a roundabout  way,  and never give the 
real  cause  for  dispensing with their ser­
vices.  We explain  that  business is dull 
or something of  that  sort  and  never let 
on that tlie little  passion  that  they have 
nursed  so  tenderly  has  sacrificed  their 
position in the store.”

There  are  twenty-one  cotton  mills  in 
Japan,  the  number  having  been  more 
than  doubled during  the past  two years.

Wholesale  Drice  Current.

:—  Advanced—Golden seal root
Declined—Carbolic acid. Dpi

golden seal root, po., o il: 
qi. opium po.. oil lemon.

assafras.
spermaceti, cream tartar pure.

ACIDUM.

8® 10
A eeticuin.....................
80® 1 IK)
Benzoieuni,  German..
30
Boracic  ........................
C arbolicum .................. 40® 45
60® 65
C itrieum ......................
3® 5
H ydroehlor.................
10® 12
N itro cu m .....................
12® 14
O xalicum .....................
20
Phosphorium  d ii.........
05
70@2
Salicylieum ................. 1
5
Sulphuricum ................
1J£@
40©.l
60
Tannicum .....................1
50® 53
Tartaricum ...................
AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................
18  deg...............
Carbonas  .....................
C hloridum ............ ..
ANILINE.

3®
4®
11® 13
12® 14

B lack.............................. 00(32 25
80® 1 00
B row n............................
45® 50
R ed.................................
Y ellow .......................... 2 50@3 00

.1 85®; 
.  8®
.  25®

Cubeae  «.po. 1  60.
Ju n ip eru s.....................
X antnoxyluin..............
HAI.SAMUM.
Copaiba........................
P eru...............................
Terabin, Canada  .......
T o lu tan ........................

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..........
C'assiae  ..........................
Cinchona F lava............
Euonymus  atropurp... 
Myrie'a  Cerifera, po—
Pr'unus Y irgini..............
Quillaia,  g rd .................
Sassafras  .......................
Limits Po (Ground  12).
EXTRACTUM.
Glvevrrhiza  G labra...
po............
Haematox. 15 lb. b o x .. 
Is................
Hs..........
FERRUM.

“ 

Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Q uinia__
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferrocyanidum Sol__
Solut  Chloride. 
Sulphate,  eom'l 
pure..

FLORA.

A rn ic a __
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

65®  70 
@1  30 
50® 
45®

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

®3  50 
®  80
©
©154®

14®
45®

- 
“ 

Tin- 
A lx '

Barosma 
...........
Cassia  Aeutifol, 
nivelly,.............
Salvia  officinalis
a n d   54 s.......................
Ura Ursi...................
OUMMl.
Acacia,  1st  picked. 
2d 
3d 
.
sifted sorts
“ 
75@1  00
,  “ 
p o ..................
50®  60
Aloe.  Barb,  (po. 60)..
“  Cape,  (po.  20)..
©   12
@  50
“  Socotri,  (po.  60)
Catechu. Is, ()4s, 14
16)............................
©  1-3
25®  30
A m m oniae.................
Assafcetida.  (po. 30)..
®  15
50®  55
Benzoinum.................
Cam phors...................
32©  35
35®  10
Euphorbium. p o ........
Galbanum ...................
©   80
80®  95
Gamboge,  po..............
Guaiacum,  (po.45)...
@  35
Kino,  (po.  25)............
©   20
M astic........................
@1  00
Myrrh,  ipo. 45)..........
@  40
Opii,  (po. 4  75)........... 3  15©3  25
Shellac  .......................
25® 
.33
25®  30
bleached.......
Tragacanth  ...............
30®  75

1 

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C arb.......
Chlorate.
Cyanide . . . ....................
Iodide............................:
Potassa,  Bitart,  p u re.. 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...
Potass  Xitras, opt.......
Potass X itras................
P russiate.......................
Sulphate  po..................

RADIX.

A eonitum .....................
A lthae............................
A n ch u sa.......................
Arum,  po......................
Calamus........................
Gentian a,  (po.  15).......
Glychrrhiza, (pv.  15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
(po. 65).......................
Hellebore.  Ala,  po__
Inula,  po......................
Ipecac,  po.....................;
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..
Jalapa,  p r.....................
Maranta,  G s................
Podophyllum, po.........
R hei...............................
”  c u t........................
“■  pv ..........................
Spigelia........................
Sanguinaria,  (j>o  25)..
Serpentaria...................
Senega  . . . ; ...................
Similax. Officinalis,  H 
M
Scillae.  t po. 35)............
Symploearpus.  Fieti-
«bis-  po......................
\ aleriana,  Eng.  (po.30) 
G erm an...
Zingiber a .....................
Zingiber  j ....................

SEMEX.

4®. 

Auisum.  i po.  20).........   @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird. I s . '....................... 
6
Carui, (po. 18)..............  12®  15
Cardam on.................... 1  00® 1  25
Corlandrum ..................  10®.  12
Cannabis Sativa.......... 3)4® 4%
Cvdonium.....................  75@.l  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Diptenx Odorate........ 1  75@1  85
Foeniculum .................  
®,  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
8
6®. 
L in i............. 
314®.  4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 314 )...  3)4®  4
Lobelia..........................  35®  40
PharlarisC anarian__   .314®.  4*4
R ap a ............... 
6
Sinapis,  A lba.............. 
9
X igra............  11®,  12

5® 
8® 

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> 2   0Í) 
.1 10i 
11  50
.1  75® 1  75 
.1  75@3  50 
.1  75(3.2 00 
. 1  75® .6  50 
. 1  25©2 00 
.1  25©2 (It!

SPIR IT I’S.
Frum enti, W.. 1).  Co 
D.  F.  H ...
-Timiperis  Co. O. T ..
Saaeharum  X.  E __
pt.  Yini  G alli.........
Vini O porto..............
Yini  Alba.................
SPONGES.
Florida  sheeps’  wo
carriage.......
Xassau  sheep:
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 .......... ..................

STRI’PS.

 

A ccad a...................................  50
Zingiber  .................................  50
Ipecac...................... 
60
Ferri  Iod.................................  50
Auraliti  Cortes.......................  50
Rhei  Arom..............................  50
imi lax  Officinalis................  60
Co.........  50
Senega.....................................  50
Scillae......................................   50
‘  Co.................................  50
T o lu tau ...................................  50
Prunus  virg............................  50

“ 

“ 

©1  75 
@  18

15®
10®
18®

j 

“ 

«• 

“ 

5® 

«■ 
“ 
“ 
" 

11:  i.is.  12)...........

9©, 15
13® 25
23® 26
@ 15
25® 40
©) 85
@ 75
@ 90
@1 10
45® 55
® 75
25@1 50
75®1 00
00@4  10
@5 15
85@1 00
55® 60
80© 85

20® 
25®.
15®@
20(3 
10©
16®
®15®
15®
15®.2  30 
12®
25®  30@
15®  18 
75@1  00 
@1  75 
T5@l 35 
48©  53 
@  20 
30®  35

@ 50
@ 2
5@
8® Id
8
(?t-,
22® 2,“
@ 24
8
7©»
10® 12
68® TO
@ 8
@ 6
40® 45
13® 15
@ 23
7® 8
@ 90
40© GO
cent.

A ntipyrin.................... 1  35® 1  40
12®  15 
Argenti  Xitras. ounce  @  68
18®.  20 
A rsenicum ...................  
7
50®  55 
Bairn Gilead  B ud.......  38®  40
85®3 00 
35®  38 
Bismuth  S.  X ............. 2  15@2  25
<&  15 
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (‘2s
8(3;
10 
Cantharides  Russian.
9
,  P«J...............................
18  Capsici  Fruetus. a f...
P°—
B p o ..
25  Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
30  Carmine’  Xo. 40..........
2)i j  Cera  Alba, 8. & F .......
23!  Cera  F lava...................
5)  Coccus  ..........................
It j  Cassia  Fruetus............
is  Centraria.....................
j  Cetaceum .....................
60 I  C hloroform ..................
sqnibbs ..
Chloral Hyd C'rst.........
Chondrus .......... , ........
Cinehonidine, V.  &  W 
German
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ..........................
C reasotum ...................
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
“ 
p re p ..................
precip.................
“ 
“  R ubra.................
Crocus  ..........................
Cudbear................. .
Cupri Sulph..............
D extrine.......................
E ther Sulph.................
Emery,  all  num bers..
“  '  po.....................
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........
Flake  W hite...............
G alla.............................
Gambier.........:.............
Gelatin,  Cooper..........
F rench............
" 
Glassware  flint,  75 ]>er 
by box 66?i, less  •
Glue,  Brown...............
“  W hite.................
G lycerina.....................
Grana  Paradisi............
Hum nlus.......................
Ilydraag  Chlor  M ite..
“  C o r 
Ox Rubrum
Ammoniati..
Unguentum.
H ydrargyrum ..........
Ichthyobolla,  Am.......1
Indigo............................
Iodine,  Resubl............4
Iodoform ......................
L upulin........................
Lycopodium ...............
M acis............................
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod...................
Liquor Potass Arsiuitis 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
H4).....
Mamila.  i 
P.  (ft  \Y 
Morphia,
.  Y.  (J
c. Co...............:
Moschus  Canton...
Myristiea,  Xo. 1__
Xiix Vomica,  (po 20
Os.  S e p ia ..............
Pepsin Saac.  H.  à  P 
C o ..........................
P) I
Picis  Liq,
X.  C
doz  __
Picis Liq.
q u a rts .......
P in ts...........
Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
Piper' Xigra.  (po. 22)..
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....
Pix  B urgun.................
PI umbi A e e t................
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  11
>k P. D.  Co., doz.......
@1
Pyrethrum,  pv ............
55® 60
Q uassiae.......................
8® 10
Quinia,  S . P . i W __ _
50® 55
S.  German__
38® 48
Rubia  Tinctorum .......
12® 14
Saccharum Lactis pv..
© 35
Salacin..........................3
40®3 50
Sanguis  Draconis.......
40® 50
Santonine  ...................
@4 50
Sapo,  W ........................
13® 14
“  M..........................
8® 10
“  G ..........................
@ 15
Seidlitz  M ixture.........
®) 28
Sinapis..........................
@ 18
“  o p t.....................
@ 30
Snuff,  Maeeaboy.  De
Y oes..........................
@ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Yoes 
Soda Boras,  < po. 111...
10® 11
Soda  et Potass T art...
33©. 35
2©  214
Soda Carb.....................
Soda,  Bi-Carb..............
4®  5
Soda,  A sh.....................
3®  4
_ @  2 
Soda, Sulphas..............
Spts.  Ether Co 
__
50©;  55 
“  Myrcia  Don!.......
@2  00 
“  Myrcia  Im p.........
©2  50
Yini  Reet.  bbl.
2  27.)............................  @2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days. 

10©; 12
3
a ®
90© ,1 00
55®2 80
55(5:2 70
©. 40
60© 70
©¡ 10
37© 29
@2 00
@2 70
©1 00
@ 70
@ 50
@ 18
(ft. 35
@ 7
14® 15
10@1 20

■' 

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Strychnia  Crystal.
Sulphur,  Sub'l.......
R oll..........
T am arinds............
Terebenth Venice.
Theobrom ae.........
V anilla...................
Zinci  Sulph............
OILS.

TINCTURES.

h e r b a—In ounce packages.

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.........  25
.........  20
.........  25
.........  28
.........  23
.........  25
30
22
.........  25

A bsinthium ................
E upatorium ...............
Lobelia........................
M ajorum .....................
M entha  Piperita.......
V ir................
Rue..............................
Tanacetum,  V ............
Thymus,  V .................
MAGNESIA.
Calcined. P a t..............
55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat  .........
20©.  22
Carbonate, K. &  M ...
20®  25
Carbonate,  Jennings.
35®  36
OLEUM.
A bsinthium .......... .
5 00©5 50
Amygdalae, D ulc.......
45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae... 7  25© 7  50
A n isi............................ 1  85@1  95
Aurauti JCortex.........
@2 50
Bergamii  ................... 2  75@3;25
C ajiputi...............................   90® 1:00
®2 00
C aryophylli....................... 
C e d a r...................................  35® 65
C henopodii.................. 
C innam om i........................   85® 90
C itronella............................ 
©  75
Contain  Mac.......................  35® 65
Copaiba..............................  90@1 00
Cubebae..................... 15J50®16 00
Exechthitos.......................  90©1 00
E rig ero n .............................1  20®1 30
G aultheria.........................2o25@2 35
Geranium,  ounce....... 
©   75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ......................1  15@1  25
Juniper!..............................  50@2 00
L avendula........................   90@2 00
L im onis.............................. 1  60@2 00
Mentha Piper.....................2  75@3 75
M entha  V erid....................3 00@3 25
Morrhuae, gal...................   80@1 00
Myrcia. ounce..............  @  50
O live................................... 1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R icin i.................................   96®1 10
Rosm arini..........................   75@1 00
Rosae,  ounce..................... 
©6 00
Succini..........................  40®  45
S ab in a ...............................   90®1 00
Santal  ...........................3 50@7  00
Sassafras.......................  80®  85
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   @  65
T iglii..... ........................   @150
T h y m e..........................  40©  50
o p t...................  @  60
Theobromas.................   15®  20
B iC arb..........................  15®  18
B ichrom ate.................   13®  15
Bromide........................   37®  40

POTASSIUM.

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Aconitum  Xapellis R ...........  60
F ...........  50
Aloes..........................................  60
and  m yrrh.....................  60
A rnica.......'...............................  50
Asafcetida.................................   50
Atrope Belladonna..................  60
Benzoin.....................................  60
Co................................  50
¡inguinaria..............................  50
B arosm a...................................  50
Cantharides..............................  75
C apsicum .................................   50
Cardamon.................................   75
Co..........................  75
C astor.....................................l  00
C atechu.....................................  50
lin e h o n a .................................   30
Co..........................  60
lolum ba...................................  50
C ontain.....................................  50
Cubeba......................................   50
D ig italis...................................  50
Ergot..........., ...........................   50
G entian.....................................  50
Co.................................  60
Ju aiea......................................   50
ammon.....................  60
Z in g ib er...................................  50
Hyoscyam us............................   50
Iodine........................................   «75
Colorless.......................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.....................  35
K in o ..........................................  50
Lobelia......................................   50
M yrrh........................................  50
X ux  Vomica............................  50
O p ii............................................  §5
C am phorated....:........  50
Deodor...........................2 00
Auranti Cortex........................   50
Q uassia........................... 
 
Rhatany  ........................ 
 
R hei............................................  50
Cassia  A eutifol.......................  50
Co.................   50
S erpentaria..............................  50
Stramonium..............................  60
T o lu tan .....................................  60
V alerian ...................................  50
V eratrum  Yeride.....................  50

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Ether, Spts ,Xit. 3 F . .  26®.  28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A lum en.......................... 2)4®  3)4
4 j
Annatto.........................  55®  60
Antimoni, po...............  
4®  5

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is clean  and easy to use,  as  full 
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put  up in Large Bottles and is 
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Twentv five cents.
Twenty five' cents.
POLiSHINfl is
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your old furniture .......
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ill  Druggists.  Fur­
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W. J. Gould & Co.,  Wholesale  Grocers,  Detroit; 
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Whale, w inter............  70 
70
90
Lard,  ex tra.................   86 
Lard, Xo.  1.................  50 
55
60
Linseed, pure raw  ...  o7 
Lindseed,  boiled.......  60 
63
Neat's  Foot,  winter
strained  .................   50 
69
Spirits T urpentine__   50 
55
bbl.  lb.
paints. 
Red  V enetian.......... 
1 ^   2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars___1 
2@4
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Putty,  commercial_2%  2’4@3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  2%@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican .............................. 
Vermilion,  E nglish__ 
70@75
50
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
so
Lead,  red ..............  65£@7Ji
“ 
w h ite ........   6?i@7}i
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gilders’........ 
©90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
P a in ts........................1  00@1  20
.1  10@1 20 
.1  60@1  70 
.2 75@3 00 
.1 00@,1 10 
.1  55@1  60 
I
.  70®  75

VARNISHES.
Xo. 1 Turp  Coach__
Extra T urp...............
Coach  Body...............
Xo. 1  Turp  F u rn __
E utra Turk D am ar...
Japan  Drver,  Xo.
T u r p ........................

P e c k lia m ’s C ro u p  R em ed 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 the proprietor, O r.H . C. P E C K H A M , 
F re e p o rt,  M ich.  Trade  supplied  by  whole­
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Chicago.

______WARRANTED  XO  B E   T H E
FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE;
For the m oney in the tT. S.  |3J"Put up GO in a box.  Ask  I 
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Should  send $1 to  1 

your dealer for them.  Manufactured only by 

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for one of their Improved

GRAND  R A P ID S ,

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We pay the highest price for it.  Address

P P P l T   T5T?nQ!  W holesale  D ru g g ists, 
IT Ij u IX   J J i l U O . ,  

GRAND  RAPIDS.

78 Congress St., West,

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D etroit, Mich., April 9, 1888. 

Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

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

T oars  truly,

w m .  Gray, M. D.

Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

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

V ery respectfully,

Vardley. Pa.. M arch 18.1888. 

Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

D e a r  S ir s —I have given your “ M alt Tonic” 
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled D igestion 
and G eneral  D ebility,  especially in  th e  aged, 
w here  th e  whole  system   seem s  com pletely 
prostrated, w ith  very satisfactory  results.  I 
nave  used  m any  of  th e  so-called  “M alt  Ex­
tracts,”  b u t  believe  y our  p reparation  to   be 
superior.  In   th e  aged  w here  th e  digestive 
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of 
th e nerve vita)  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 Brewing Co.,

G e n t l e m e n — As a  m atter o f  personal inter­
est, I  have used  yo u r  “B est” Tonic in  several 
cases of im paired  nutrititio 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. F i e m in g ,  M. D.

Troy, New Y ork, Jan u a ry  26,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co„

Dea r Sir s—Yo u r agent  left m e a  sam ple of 
your liquid extract. Malt, and  as  1  use  m uch 
such  in  m y  practice, I  thou g h t  to   com pare 
y our product w ith  some  from  an other  house 
I had on hand; and finding  yours  superior  In 
the  great  essential,  th e  palitable  nubrUmt  as 
well as in tonic stim ulant properties, fe lt anx­
ious to  know about w hat  it  can  be furnished 
the dispensing physician.

Y ours truly,

E. J ay F is k , M. D.

E ast Genessee Street, 

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

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 

G e n t l e m e n —I  have  used  th e  “B est” Tonio 
w ith  m ost  g ratifying  results in  m y  case  o f 
dyspepsia.  My case was  a  bad  one, 1  had no 
app etite; headache in the m orning; sour stom ­
ach;  looking  as  though  I  had  consum ption, 
and after taking this tonic  I  nev er fe lt b e tte r 
in  my life. 
I  th in k   it  will  cure a bad case o f 
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  the  sam ple  of 
“C oncentrated  Liquid  E x tract  of  M alt  and 
H ops” you  sent  me,  and  find  in  m y hum ble 
judgm ent  th a t it is a  very  pure and safe a rti­
cle.  I   will  not  hesitate  to  recom m end i t   1b  
every case of debility  w here  a  Tonic of  that 
kind  is indicated.

R espectfully.

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

New O rleans, La., A pril 6,1888. 

Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,

G e n t l e m e n —H aving  tried   yo u r  “B est” 
Tonic to a  g reat  ex te n t  am ongst my practice, 
I  will state in  its  behalf th a t  I   have  had  th e 
best results 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 fan t, 
also Increasing th e appetite  and in every way 
satisfactory fo r such cases.

V ery respectfully,

D .  B o r n io , M  D .

For Sale By

Hazeltine &  Perms  Dm   Co.

Grand Rapids, 

-  Mich.

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Leather Belting 
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Mill Hose 

Raw Hide Lace 

Packings of all kinds 

Circular & Band Saws

Saw Setts and  Files 

Emery Wheels 

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Babbitt Metals 
Lath Yarn 

Shingle Bands 
Hide Rope 
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Tube Cord 

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SAMUEL LYON
Cor. Waterloo and  Lotlis  Sts.,

MICH.
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Has  the  finest  line  of  illustrated  advertising 
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List 
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guarantee on every box you sell,  1,000 illus­
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positively successful  treatment.  Gives  valua­
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SOLE MANUFACTURERS:

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For sale in Grand Rapids,  Mich., by  Ilazeltine 
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sale grocers.

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B U SIN E SS  L A W .

Brief  Digests  of  Recent  Decisions  in 

Courts  of  Last  Resort.

F R A U D U L E N T  CO N V EY A N C E— H O M ESTEA D .
A conveyance by a debtor for  either  a 
good or a  valuable consideration of  land 
to which he is entitled as a homestead  is 
not fraudulent as to creditors,  according 
to the decision of the Kentucky Court  of 
Appeals, in the case of Richart vs. Utter- 
bach et  al.
MARRIED  WOMAN— DEBT— NECESSARIES.
According to the  decision  of  the  Su­
perior  Court of  Kentucky, in the case of 
The Bell-Coggeshall Company vs. Beadle, 
the fact that necessaries  have  been  sold 
to a married woman, that  credit has been 
given to her and  that  she  has  signed  a 
written agreement to pay for  them,  will 
not autherize the court to  render  a  per­
sonal judgement against her, but all that 
can be done in such a case  is  to  subject 
her property to the payment of the  debt.

P A R T N E R S H IP — A SSIG N M EN T—  C R ED ITO R S.
Where a partnership  and  each  copart­
ner therein were insolvent,  and one part­
ner transferee! his interest therein to  the 
other upon his agreement to pay the debts 
of  the  partnership  and  the  assignor’s 
personal debts and  give  him  $1,000  be­
sides,  and thereafter the assignee  in  his 
turn made an assignment for the benefit of 
creditors  to  a  third  party,  preferring 
his individual debts,  the  General  Term 
of the New York Supreme Court  for  the 
Third Department held that the  transfer 
and the assignment were both fraudulent 
as to creditors.

F O R E IG N   CORPO RA TIO N— CONTRACT— ES­

T O P P E L .

A corporation chartered by the state of 
Maryland for  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  canned  goods  had  an  arrangement 
with its members  whereby  they  were  to 
can their goods and pack  them  and  hold 
them subject to  the  disposal  of  the  cor­
poration, which appears to have acted  as 
agreed upon for all its members  in  mak­
ing sale of thair commodities. 
In  Janu­
ary,  1888,  a  contract  was  entered  into 
between the corporation and  a  Pennsyl­
vania firm for the sale of all  the  canned 
goods then used by  the  Association  un­
sold at that  time.  A  portion  of  these 
goods w as held  by  certain  residents  of 
Pennsylvania who were members  of  the 
corporation, and they defended an action 
of replevin for the  goods  held  by  them 
on the ground that the title of the  plain­
tiffs derived from the Maryland  corpora­
tion was defective,  for  the  reason  that 
that company was a  foreign  corporation 
doing business in  Pennsylvania  without 
having complied with  the  laws  »elating 
to foreign  corporations.  The  Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania ruled,  Kilgore  et 
al.  vs. Smith et al.,  that  the  defendant 
were estopped from setting up any  such 
defence and that the corporation iu ques­
tion was not  “doing  business” 
in  the 
State within the meaning  of  the  act  of 
Assembly.  The court said:  It has  never 
been held that a citizen  of  Pennsylvania 
may not be a member of or a stockholde 
in a corporation of another state, or  that 
a contract between such member and  his 
corporation  is  ultra  vires  because  the 
latter had  not  complied  with  the  provi 
sinus of the act of Assembly.

Displaying  Hardware.

An English hardware dealer  thus  d 
Cutlery should be kept in a glass  ca 

plays some of his goods:
which should be fixed in a prominent po­
sition, as nothing  looks  more  attractive 
than a well arranged display  of  cutlery. 
For table cutlery, where the  same  num­
bers are  adhered to in ordering from time 
to time,  a series  of  wood/-boxes,  placed 
upright, w ith the top end open and  nar­
row side facing, large enough  to  take  a 
set of each table and dessert, answer well, 
and when faced w ith glazed green paper, 
and  a  knife  of  each  size  fixed  on  the 
front, they present a neat appeatance,
The lower shelf may be made just wide 
enough to take pockets of pocket knives 
and as  most  firms  now  send  them  out 
in cardboard boxes, these may be arrang­
ed in the same way, w ith a pattern of the 
contents  tied  outside  each  packet. 
If 
space will admit,  a  row  of  sissors  may 
also be shown, either with packets placed 
upon a slightly slanting shelf, with ahead 
along the front to prevent them slipping, 
or a copper wire stretched across to keep 
the packets upright.
Screws for retailing in less than  gross 
packages should be kept in  a  drawer  or 
nest of shallow- drawers, say lj-jfeet deep, 
divided  into  compartments,  to  hold  a 
gross of each  of  the  most  useful  sizes. 
For the smaller sizes open tin houses,  to 
slip  Into  the  divisions,  will  be  found 
handy,  as  they  may  be  lifted  out  for 
serving.

Why a Boot Shines.

'•Did  it  ever  occur  to  you,] 
said  a 
unique 
chemist,  “what  a  remarkably 
.?  You
process the blackening of a boot 
see we smear the boot with a preparation 
of bone-black,  which  is  entirely  devoid 
of lustre,  and then,  by a friction of a dry 
brush, make it shine like the sun.  There 
is not another process like this anywhere 
in the arts, so far as I know, and I  never 
read anywhere any scientific explanation 
of the process. 
I have  a  theory  of  my 
own, however, which I will give you  for 
what it is worth.
“The key  to  the  mystery  lies  in  the 
fact that a diamond is nothing  but  crys­
little 
tallized carbon.  The blacking  is 
more than carbon paste,  and the  friction 
of a brush, being one of the most efficient 
methods  of  generating  electricity,  has 
the effect of  crystallizing  the  carbon  of 
the blacking.  As  soon  as  this  is  done 
the boot is covered with  millions  of  in­
finitely  small diamonds, and, of  course, 
begins to shine  as  a  mass  of  diamonds 
would.
“Of course this is not a perfect explan­
ation  of  the  phenomenon.  What  part 
the  other  ingredients  of  the  blacking 
play, especially w h^it is that the  black­
ing must be moistened,  I cannot tell: per­
haps some one else can.  But I am pretty 
sure that the bootblacks are engaged  all 
day in turning blackings into diamonds.”
Buy flour  manufactured  by  the  Cres­
cent Roller Mills.  Every sack warranted. 
Voigt Milling Co.

H00P81 PETERS,

Wholesale

Grocers

AND

T E A -

IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

K I N G ’S

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For Sale by all
Wholesale Gr

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a n d   S O L I D   F I L L  
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S e n d   in  y o u r   ord ers.

Putnam  & Brooks.

S W I F T S

Choice Chicago

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Dressed Beet
n  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 Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift 
& Go., 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.
Swift and 

C,

Union  Stock:  Yards,  

CHICAGO.

Cu rtiss &   C o .,

Successors to GURTISS &  DUNTON.

W H O L E S A L E

P a p e r   W a r e h o u s e ,

Housem an  Building,  Cor.  Pearl &  O ttaw a Sts.,

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

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M IC H IG A N .

I. M. GLARE l 80N,

134 io 140  Pillion  Street.

G r a n d   R a p id s,  M ich .

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M ICH IG AN

. 1 H S S  I S O S '

“CELEBRATED”

Flavoring  Extracts.

Are put up in ail sizes, from 1 oz. to 1 gal. bottles.

1872 

Sixteen  Years  on  the  Market. 

1888

SOX.D  BY  ALL  JOBBERS.

MANUFACTURED ONLY  BY

Jennings  & Sm ith,

38  and  40  Louis  St.,

G r a n d .  R a p i d s ,  M id i.

WHEN  ORDERING  Ask For ‘JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’

"We  a r e   r e c e iv in g   d ir e ct  fro m  
th e   C H E S T N U T   g r o w i n g  

d istricts  in  O h io   la 
q u a n titie s   o f

F ir s t C lass 
IsFuts,  w h i c h  w e  
offer to  th e   tra d e  
a t  th e   lo w e s t   m a r k e t  

p rices.

S e n d   in  y o u r   o rd ers.
?Putnam  &  Brooks.

J .H .T H 0M P S 0N  & C O
// 

Wholesale  Grocers, 

SOLE  OWNERS OF

Thompson 9s

No  2 Incandescent  Lam p.
A  Marvelous  Light!  300-candle  power! 

It 
takes  the  lead  over , all  others.  Fount holds 3 
quarts—will burn 8  hours.
EACH
Complete, as shown, with 15 in. tin  sh ad e.. .13.90 
...  4.00
w ith 26 in. white lined  reflector..  7.50 
Also a great variety of  Rochester  Lamps in all 

•  20 

“ 

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“ 
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grades.

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS  FOR

0

frt

” 

“ 

tin  cans

3
5  ” 

The following oil cans  are  packed  \i  doz.  in a 

erate.  No charge for orates.
Pinafore, 3 gal.  wood jacket.

PEP.  d o z .  A
.......... *12.00  W
..............  14.40
..............  19.20
..............  9.60
.....................................  12.00
“The Adams"  steel  Plate oil  fa n   is  the  same 
construction as the Pinafore, only  made  of steel 
instead of tin and  warranted  not  to  rust, hand­
somely finished in colors red. blue and black.
"The Adams"  3 gal. steel oil can ....................*15.00
18.00
The  Cheapest  Wood Oil Gans  .
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in  the  market. 

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The "IMPERVIOUS" oil 
and  gasoline  cans.  War­
ranted not to  leak  or  get 
jammed,  will  outlast  all 
others.

2 gal.  Impervious oil cans,
per doz  ................... *10.80
3 gal.  Impervious oil cans,
per doz.....................811.70
5 gal.  Impervious oil cans,
per doz.....................*13.50
It» gal.  Impervious oil canB 
l>er doz.....................818.0«

0

T H E   IM P E R I  UM

0

(il.A S S ,  W ITH   T IN   JA C K E T .
gal.  Home oil cans,  1  doz.  in  b o x ..

The “Invincible"  1  gal. oil cans, per  doz__ 83.00
Attractively finished in assorted colors and has 
a glass covered guage on the side  showing quail-  4  
titv of oil in the can, and is having a  large  sale.  ^

Because  we  represent  the manu­
facturers  and  importers  direct— 
and SAVE you  a
Jobber9s  P rofit.
An inspection is all we ask.  Write 
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.

Wholesale 

C niis& Y ale,1
DO YOD WANT A SHOWCASE?

19 SOUTH IONIA ST.

Commission 
Agents

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1,  Spices 
Dan  Tea
59 Jefferson Ave., Detroit

SPECIAL OFFER—This style or oval case;  best 
quality;  all glass,  heavy  double  thick;  panel  doors; 
full length  mirrors and spring hinges;  solid cherry or 
walnut frame;  extra heavy base;  silvetta  trimmings; 
6 feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  Inches  high.  Price« 
J§ 11, net cash.  Boxing and cartage free.

ID.  13.  O  O  O  IK,
-  Michigan.
Grand  Rapids, 

21  S C R IB N E R   ST R E E T ,

Detroit Soap Co.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Manufacturers of the  following well-known 

brands of

Q U E E N   A N N E , 
T R U E   B L U E , 
M O N D A Y , 

M O T T L E D   G E R M A N , 

S U P E R IO R , 

P H C E N IX , 

A N D   O T H E R S. 

F or q uotations address

.  VJT.  XlA W 2VJ.JN O ,   Lock Box  173, 

  »   ■v t t t t  T T S T  C j  

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Salesm an for W estern M ichigan,

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GRAND  RAPIDS

M IC H IG A N , 

C Z A R , 

W A B A S H , 

R O Y A L   B A R , 
M A SCO TTE,
C A M EO ,

GASH  SALE  CHECKS.

E ncourage 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.

PLACE to  secure a thorough 
and useful education is at th e 
Grand R a pid s (Mich.) Bu s i­
ness Co llege.  w rite fo r Col- 

leoe Journal.  A ddress,  C. G. S WENSBERG.

S H O W IF  YOU  NEED  ANY, 

SEND  TO

m

H ey man  &  Son,

63-65 Ganal St.

No. 0 Lift Wire Lanters, see cut.......per doz. 81.50
This  has  all  the  latest  improvements,  the 
guards being stationary,  yet  simple  and  easilv 
adjusted.  1 doz. in a box.

No charge for boxes on oil cans or lanterns.

