The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  22,  1889.

NO. 296.

Eaton, Lyon l Go, piers, Attention

B a s e   B a l l s ,  

R u b b e r   B a l l s ,  

M a r b l e s .

Base  Ball  Bats,

Fishing Tackle, 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _   M e r y .
STATIONERY.

BOXING  GLQKES. 

Eaton,  Lyon  l  Go,,

20 and 22 Monroe St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
f t Our L e a d e r
The  Finest  5-Cent  Cigar  on the 

-  MICH.
99

Market.

MANUFACTURED BY

J.  E.  K e n n in g   &  Co

JOBBER  OF

5 6   C A N A L   ST .

F.J.DETTENTHRLER
Lake  Fish

F r e s h   a n d   S a lt

Ocean Fish

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

FflDRTB NATIONAL BARI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J.  Bo w se, President.

Ge o .  C.  P ie r c e ,  V ic e  P r e sid e n t.

CAPITAL,  -

H.  W.  N ash,  Cashier
$300,000.

T ra n sa cts  a  p e n e r a i  b a n k in g   b u sin e ss.

M a k e  a   S p e c ia lt y  o f   C o lle c t io n s .  A c c o u n t s  

o f  C o u n tr y  M e r c h a n ts  S o lic ite d .
Daniel  6.  Sarnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Twenty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 

if  desired.

2 4   F o u n t a in  S t., G r a n d  R a p id s , M ic h .

The  Economy

Combination  Heater  is  no  experi­
ment.  Having been  on  the  market 
five  years,  it  now  has  a  National 
Reputation as the BEST HEATER in 
the World.

24  South  Ionia  St.

WILLIAM MILLER, Rgent,
F L O U R
Owl, Crown Prince, White Lily 
Standard, Rye, Graham.

B o l t e d   M e a l ,

MATT.  O R D E R S  SO L IC IT E D . 

F e e d ,   K t e .
NEWRYGO  ROLLER  MILLS.
DO YOU WANT A SHOWCASE?

/

S P E C I A L   O F F E R —This style of oval case;  best 
quality;  all  glass,  heavy  double  thick;  panel  or 
sliding doors;  full length  mirrors  and  spring  hinges; 
solid cherry or walnut frame, with  or  w ithout  metal 
corners, 
trimmings; 
6 feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  inches  high.  P r ice *  
9 1 1 ,   n e t   c a s h . 
I make the same style  of  case  as  above,  17  inches 
high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash,  for $2 per foot. 
Boxing and cartage free.

extra  heavy  base; 

silvetta 

.  ..

, 

D.  D.  C O O K ,

1 0 6  K en t S t., 

-  Grand R apids, Mich.

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  M ilinis  Purifier  Co.,

THE  GREAT

GRIND  RIPIDS,  HIGH.
EDMUND B.DIKEHN
Watch Maker 
! Jeweler,
44  CKNÄL  ST„
Granò Rapids,  - 
|M .
THE  “EDITOR'S  CHOICE.”

F L IN T . Mich.. A pril 9 ,18S9. 

to wi it 

Concern.'

To
We,  the  undersigned  committee,  se- 
\ lectfd by Geo.  T.  W arren  &  Co. to can­
vas the list of names and select one fo r a 
Cigar Label  from the  m any nam°s sent 
in  by  the  contestants,  have  this  day 
| selected the following,  viz:  ED ITO R'S 
CHOICE,  sent  in   by  Sig  W olf,  o f 
Toledo,  Ohio.

J ohn J. Coon, E ditor F lint Journal 
F. H. R ankin. J k , o f W olverine Citizen 
A. L. Aldrich, of th e  F lin t Globe.

OUR  NEW  BRAND  OF CIGARS

‘E D IT O R ’S   C H O IC E”

Will be ready for  shipment  in  about 

'tw o  weeks.

P r ic e ,  T h ir t y - T h r e e   D o lla r s  p e r   T h o u s a n d .
We  shall be pleased to receive a sample  order 

from you. 

Yours respectfully,

Gen.  T.  Warren  i  Ce.

G.  M.  MUNGER  &  CO.,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
M ail  a n d   E x p r e s s  o rd ers  a tte n d e d   to  w ith  

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

p io m p tn e s s .  N ic e   W o r k , Q u ic k  T im e  

S a t is f a c tio n  G u a r a n te e d .

W .  E .  H A L L ,  J r ., 

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  M a n a g e r .

Read!  Ponder!—Then M !

KING  &  COOPER,

OFFICE  OF
F ancy G rocers.

St.  J o s e p h ,  M ich., Feb. 23, 1889. 

D A N I E L   L Y N C H ,G r a n d   R a p id s :
BEAU SIR—Permit us to con­
gratulate you upon  the trade  we 
are working up on your Imperial 
Baking Powder.  We  have  had 
it  tested  hy  the  most  competent 
cooks  in  the  city  and  they  pro­
nounce  it  fully  equal  to  any 
powder on the market;

Yours very truly,

KING & COOPER.

APOTHECARY^  BRAND.

G R A N D   R A P I D S

Papar - Box -  Fadory,

W,  W.  HUELSTER,  Prop.

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O r d e r   o n   S h o r t  N o t ic e .

We m áte a specialty of

Confectionery,  Millinery  and 

Shelf Boxes.

All  work  guaranteed  first  class  and  at  low 
prices.  W rite or call for estimates  on  anything 
you may.want in my line.  Telephone 850.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

B A R N B T T   B R O S .

isa South 

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AND  d e a l e r s  in

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We handle all lines of Foreign 

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F I L L E D   A N D  

C O N S IG N M E N T S   S O L I C I T E D .

‘FLOR  DE  MOEBS,” 

‘BEN  HUR,”

Straight 10c.
3  for 25c.

“Record  Breakers”
“Detroit  Sluggers,” 
Favorite  5-Centers.

AND

FRAGRANT.

Sold tij Dealers Everijwliere.

ASK  FOR  THEM.

MANUFACTURED  BY

GEO.  MOEBS
92  WOODWARD
D E T R O I T .

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AYE.,

S h o w  C a s e

M A K E R S .

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QUALITY  THE  BEST.

W r it e   for  P r ic e s.

63—65  CANAL  ST.

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Importers and Jobbers of

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STAPLE  and  FANCY*.

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O v e r a lls,  P a n ts ,
OUR  OWN  MAKE.

Etc.,

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TIFICIAL  FLA 
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gar that will hold 
fire, contains one-third more pure Havana tobac­
co than any ten-cent Key West or two for 25 cents 
imported cigar yon can get.

FREE  SMOKING,  MILD  AND  RICH.

For  Sale  by  20,000  Druggists  throughout  the

J.  H .  I.  C igar.

The  Very  Best  Nickel  Cigar  in  America.

Hazeltifle&Perte Drill Co.,
Wholesale Agts., Grand Rapids

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

Fancy  Crockery  and

Fancy  Woodenware

OUR  OWN  IMPORTATION.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

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T R E A T   H IM   G E N T L Y . 

Wnrmlv  press his jeweled flipper,
Ask him how he fares to-day:
Speak  to him in accents chipper,
List to all he has to say; 
tireet the envoy from the centers,
From the marts of  every land—
Lo. b e h o ld th e  drummer  enters 
With his sample ease in  hand.!

For you will not see him  ever.
Soine day  he'll be laid  away.
With his little yarn together 
Hidden far from light of  day.
Then remorse your peace will scatter 
If vou e'er did give him pain, 
And'you'll miss his merry chatter 
When the robins nest again.

Hearken, then, O, merchant Croesus!
To his merry little tale;
Think of home joys that he misses 
In his life upon the ra il;
Think what you would do without him 
And his grip and sample ease—
W hat a charm there is about him 
From  his toes to smiling face.

He it is that ever brings in 
All fke latest and the best.
Makes you buy the very things in 
Which vou know you'd ne'er invest: 
Calls vou "Tom” or  “Dick” or “Jimmy, 
Tells vou all the latest new s;
If you're not in first rate trim, he 
Quickly drives away the blues.

Greet him, then, with welcome cheery;
And when his race has run.
W hen at last of life he’s weary 
And his last yarn he has spun.
Plant him 'neath the weeping willow— 
Sign of all that's sad and meek,
With a grip sack  for a pillow 
And a rock upon his cheek.

U N F O R G O T T E N   W O R D S .

“Have you examined that bill, James ?” 
“Yes, sir.”
“Anything wrong?”
“1 find two  errors.”
“Ah !  let me see.”
The  lad  handed  his  employer  a long 
bill that had been placed  upon  his  desk 
for examination.
“Here is an error in  the  calculation of 
$10  which they have made against them­
selves, and  another  of  $10  in  the  foot­
ing.”

“Also against  themselves?”
"Yes, sir.”
The  merchant  smiled  in  a  way  that 
struck the lad as peculiar.
“Twenty dollars  against  themselves,” 
he  remarked, in a kind of  pieasant  sur­
prise.  “Trusty clerks  they must have.” 
“Shall  I  correct  the  figures?”  asked 
the lad.
"No !  let them correct their  own  mis­
takes;  we don’t examine  bills  for  other 
people's benefit,” replied  the  merchant. 
“It will be time  to  rectify  those  errors 
when  they find  them  out.  All so much 
gain as it now stands.”
The  boy’s  delicate  moral  sense  was 
shocked at so  unexpected a remark.  He 
was the  son of  a poor  widow,  who  had 
giveu him to understand  that  to be  just 
was the duty of  men.
Mr.  Carman,  the.  merchant  in  whose 
employment  he  had been for only a few 
months, was an old friend of his father’s, 
in  whom  he  reposed  the highest  confi­
dence.  In fact, James had always looked 
upon  him  as a kind of  model  man,  and 
when  Mr.  Carman  agreed  to  take  him 
into his store,  he felt that a good fortune 
was in his way.
“Let them correct their own mistakes.” 
These  words  made  a strong  impression 
on the mind of  James Lewis.  When first 
spoken  by  Mr.  Carman,  and  with  the 
meaning  then  involved,  he  felt,  as  we 
have  said,  shocked;  but  as  lie  turned 
them  over  again  in  his  thoughts,  and 
connected  their  utterance with a person 
who stood so high  in  his  mother’s  esti­
mation,  he  began  to  think that perhaps 
the  thing  was  fair  enough in business. 
Mr. Carman  was  hardly the  man  to  do 
wrong.  A few days after  James had ex­
amined the bill,  a clerk  from  the  house 
by which it had been rendered  called for 
settlement.  The  lad,  who  was  present, 
waited with interest to see  whether  Mr. 
Carman  would  speak of  the error.  But 
he  made  no  remark.  A  check  for  the 
amount of  the bill rendered was filled up 
and a receipt taken.
“Is that right?”
James  asked  himself  this  question. 
His  moral  sense  said  no;  but  the  fact 
that Mr. Carman had so acted bewildered 
his mind.
“It may be  the  way in  business”—so 
he thought to himself—“but it don’t look 
I  wouldn’t  have  believed It of 
honest. 
him.”
Mr.  Carman  had a kind  .of  way  with 
him  that  won  the boy’s heart,  and  nat­
urally tended to  make  him  judge  what­
ever  he  might  do  in  a most  favorable 
manner.
“I wish he had corrected  that  error,” 
he  said  to  himself  a great  many  times 
when  thinking in a pleased  way  of  Mr. 
Carman,  and  his  own  good  fortune  in 
having  been  received  into  his  employ- 
men.  “It  don’t  look  right,  but may be 
it’s the  way of  business.”
One day he went to the  bank and drew 
tlie  money  on a check. 
In  counting  it 
over he found  that  the  teller  had  paid 
him $50 too much, so he went back to the 
counter  and  told  him  of  his  mistake. 
The teller thanked  him, and he returned 
to the store with the consciousness in his 
mind of  having  done right.
“The teller  overpaid  me $50,”  he said 
to  Mr. Carman,  as  he  handed  him  the 
money.
“Indeed I”  replied  the  latter, a  light 
breaking  over his  countenance:  and  he 
hastily counted the bank bills.
The light faded as the last bill  left  his 
fingers.
“Tkere’s no mistake, James.”  A tone 
of  disappointment was in his voice.
“Oh, I gave him back the $50.  Wasn’t 
that right ?”
“You simplbton !”  exclaimed  Mr. Car­
man,  “don’t  you  know  that  bank  mis­
takes are never corrected ?  If  the teller 
had paid  you $50 short he would not have 
made it right.”
The warm  blood  mantled the cheek of 
James under this reproof.  It is often the 
case  that  more  shame is felt for a blun­
der  than a crime.  In  this  instance  the 
lad felt a sort of  mortification at  having 
done  what  Mr.  Carman  was pleased to 
call a silly  thing,  and  he  made  up  his 
mind that  if  they  should  ever  overpay

him a thousand  dollars  at  the  bank  he 
should bring the amount  to his employer 
and  let  him  do  as  he  pleased with the 
money.
“Let people look after their  own  mis­
takes,”  said Mr. Carman.
James Lewis pondered  these things in 
his  heart.  The  impression  they  made 
was too strong  ever to be forgotten.  "It 
may be right,”  he  said,  but  he  did  not 
feel altogether  satisfied.
A month or  two  after  the  occurrence 
of  that  bank  mistake,  as James counted 
over his weekly wages, just reeived from 
Mr. Carman,  he  discovered  that  he was 
paid half  a dollar too much.
The  first  impulse of  his  mind  was to 
return  the  half-dollar  to  his  employer, 
and it was on his lips,to say,  “You  have 
given  me  half  a dollar  too  much,  sir,”
I when  the  unforgotten  words,  "Let peo­
ple  look  after  their  own  mistakes,” 
flashed upon his thoughts and made him- 
hesitate.  To  hold a parley with  evil  is 
I to be  overcome.
"I must think about this,”  said .James, 
as he put the money into liis pocket.  "It 
it is true in one case it is true in another. 
Mr. Carman don’t  correct  mistakes  that 
people make in his  favor,  and  he  can't 
complain  when  the  rule  works against 
himself.”
But  the  boy was  far  from  being in a 
comfortable state.  He  felt  that to keep 
half  a dollar  would  be a dishonest  act. 
Still  he  could  not make  up his mind to 
return it,  at least not then.
James  did  not  return the half-dollar, 
but  spent  it  for  his  own  gratification. 
After he had done this  it  came suddenly 
into his head that Mr. Carman  had  only 
been  trying  him, and  he was filled with 
anxiety and alarm.
Not  long  after,  Mr. Carman  repeated 
the same mistake. 
James kept the half- 
dollar with less hesitation.
“Let  him  correct  his  own  mistake,” 
said he.  resolutely;  “that’s  the  doctrine 
he  acts  on  with  other  people,  and  he 
can’t  complain  if  he gets  paid  back  in 
the  same  coin he puts in circulation. 
I 
just wanted half  a dollar.”
From this time the fine  moral sense of 
James Lewis was blunted.  He had taken 
an evil  counselor  into  his  heart, stimu­
lated  a spirit of  covetousness—latent  in 
almost every  mind—which caused him to 
desire the  possession  of  things  beyond 
his ability to obtain.
James had good business qualifications, 
and so pleased  Mr.  Carman by his  intel­
ligence,  industry and  tact  with  custom­
ers  that  he  advauced  him  rapidly, and 
gave him,  before  he  was  eighteen  years 
old,  the  most  reliable  position  in  the 
store.  But James had learned Something 
more  from  his employer than how to do 
business well.  He had learned to be dis­
honest.  He had never forgotton the first 
lesson  he  had 
in  this  bad 
science;  he had acted  not only in two in­
stances, but in a hundred,  and  always to 
the injury of  Mr. Carman.  He had  long 
since  given  up  waiting  for mistakes to 
be  made  in  his  favor,  but  originated 
them  in  the  varied  and  complicated 
transactions of  a large business in which 
he  was  trusted  implicitly;  for  it  had 
never  occurred  to Mr. Carman  that  his 
failure  to  be  just  to  the  letter  might 
prove a snare to-this  young man.  .
James  grew  sharp, cunning and skill­
ful;  always  on  the  alert, always bright 
and  ready  to  meet  any  approaches  to­
ward a discovery of  his  wrong-doing  by 
his employer,  who  held him in the high­
est regard.
Thus it went on until James was in his 
twentieth  year,  when the  merchant  had 
his suspicions  aroused by a letter  which 
spoke  of  the  young man  as not  keeping 
the  most  respectable  company,  and  as 
spending money too  freely for a clerk on 
a moderate salary.
Before this  time  James  had  removed 
his  mother  into  a  pleasant  house,  for 
which he paid a rent  of  $400;  his  salary 
was $800,  but he deceived  his  mother by 
telling her it was $1,500.  Every  comfort 
tjiat she  needed, was  fully supplied,  and 
she was  beginning to think  that,  after a 
long and painful struggle with the world, 
her happier days had come.
James was at his desk when the  letter 
was received by Mr. Caiman.  He looked 
at  his  employer  and  saw  him  change 
countenance  suddenly.  -»He  read it over 
twice,  and James saw  that  the  contents 
produced  disturbance.  Mr.  Carman j 
glanced toward the  desk,  and  their eyes 
met;  it  was  only  for a moment, but the 
look that  James received  made his heart 
stop beating.
There was something  about  the move­
ment of  Mr. Carman  for  the rest of  the 
day  that  troubled  the  young  man. 
It 
was plain to him that suspicion had been 
aroused by that  letter.  O,  how  bitterly 
now did be  repent,  in  dread  of  discov­
ery  and  punishment,  the  evil of  which 
he  had  been  guilty!  Exposure  would 
disgrace and ruin him,  and bow the head 
of  his widowed mother even to the grave.
“You are not well  this  evening,”  said 
Mrs.  Lewis,  as  she  looked  at  her  son’s 
changed  face  across  the  table,  and  no­
ticed that he did not eat.

received 

“My head aches.”
“Perhaps the  tea  Will  make  you feel 
better.”
“I’ll lie down on the sofa in the parlor 
for a short  time.”
Mrs. Lewis followed  him  into the par­
lor in a little while,  and,  sitting down on 
the sofa on which  he  was  lying,  placed 
her  hand  upon  his head.  Ah,  it would 
take more than  the  loving pressure of  a 
mother’s  hand  to  ease  the  pain  from 
which  he  was  suffering.  The  touch of 
that  pure  hand  increased  the  pain  to 
agony.
“Do  you  feel  better?”  ashed  Mrs. 
Lewis.  She  had  remained  some  time 
with her hand on his forehead.
“Not much,” he replied,  and  rising as
he spoke, he  added :  “I  think a walk in 
the open air will do me good.”
“Don’t  go  out,  James,”  said  Mrs. 
Lewis, a troubled feeling coming into her 
heart.
I 
“I’ll  only  walk a few squares.”  And

James went from the  parlor  and  passed 
into the street.
“There is something more  than  head­
ache the matter  with him.” thought Mrs. 
Lewis.
For half  an hour James  walked  with­
out any purpose in his  mind  beyond the 
escape from the presence of  his  mother. 
At last his walk  brought  him  near  Mr. 
Carmen’s  store,  and  at  passing  he was 
surprised at seeing a light within.
“What can this mean'?”  he asked him­
self,~a new fear  creeping,  with  its shud­
dering impulse,  into his heart.
He listened by the  door and  windows, 
but he could hear no sound within.
"There’s  something  wrong,”  he  said, 
“what can it lie? 
If  this  is  discovered, 
what will be the end of  it ?  Ruin 
ruin ! 
My poor mother !”
The wretched  young man hastened on, 
walked  the  streets  for two hours, when 
he returned home.  His  mother  met him 
when he entered, and  with  unconcealed 
anxiety,  asked  him  if  he  were  better. 
He  said  yes,  but in a manner  that  only 
increased the trouble she felt, and passed 
up hastily to his own room.
In  the  morning  the  strangely altered 
face of  James,  as he  met  his  mother at 
the  breakfast  table,  struck  alarm  into 
her heart.  He was silent, and evaded all 
her  questions.  While  they  sat  at  the 
table  the  door  bell  rang  loudly.  The 
sound startled James,  and  he  turned his 
head to listen in a nervous way.

“What is it ?”  asked Mrs. Lewis.
“A gentleman  who  wishes  to see Mr. 
James,” replied the girl.
James rose instantly, and went out into 
the hall,  shutting  the  dining-room door 
as he did so.  Mrs. Lewis sat waiting her 
son’s  return.  She  heard  him  coming 
back in a few moments;  but  he  did  not 
enter  the  dining-room.  Then  he  re­
turned along the hall to the  street  door, 
and  she  heard it shut.  All  was  silent. 
Starting up,  she ran into the passage, but 
James  was  not  there.  He  had  gone 
away with the person who had called.
Ah, that  was a sad  going  away.  Mr. 
Carman  had  spent half  the  night in ex­
amining the  accounts of  James,  and dis­
covered  frauds of  over  $6,000.  Blindly 
indignant,  he  sent  an  officer  to  arrest 
him  early  in  the  morning;  and  it  was 
with this officer that he  went  away from 
his mother,  never to return.
"The  young villain shall lie in the bed 
he  has  made  for  himself !”  exclaimed 
Mr.  Carman,  in  his  bitter  indignation. 
And he  made  the  exposure  completely. 
On the trial he showed an eager desire to 
have him convicted,  and  presented  such 
an array of  evidence  that the  jury could 
not render any other  verdict than guilty.
The  poor  mother  was  in  court,  and 
audible, in the sileuee that followed, came 
her convulsed  sobs  upon  the  air.  The 
presiding  judge  addressed  the  culprit, 
and asked if  he had anything to say why 
the  sentence of  the  law  should  not  be 
pronounced  against him.  All eyes were 
turned  upon  the  pale,  agitated  young 
man, who rose with an effort,  and leaned 
against the railing by which  he stood,  as 
if  needing the support.
“Will it please  your  honor,”  he  said, 
“to  direct my prosecutor to come a little 
nearer, so that  I  can  look  at  him  and 
your honors at the same time?”
Mr. Carman  was directed  to come for­
ward  to  where  the  boy  stood.  James 
looked  at  him  steadily  for  a  few  mo­
ments,  and then turned to the  judges.
“What 1 have to say to  your  honors is 
this”  (he  spoke  calmly  and  directly), 
“and  it  may  in  a  degree  extenuate, 
though  I  cannot  excuse  my  crime. 
I 
went  into  that  man’s  store an innocent 
boy, and if  be had been an  honest man I 
would not have  stood  before  you to-day 
as a criminal.”
Mr.  Carman  appealed to the  court for 
protection against  an  allegation of  such 
an  outrageous  cnaraeter;  but  he  was 
peremptorily ordered to be silent.  James 
went on in a firm voice.
“Only a few  weeks  after  I went  into 
his employment I examined  a  bill by his 
direction and discovered an  error of  $20. 
The face of  Mr. Carman crimsoned. 
“You remember it, I see,”  said James, 
“and I shall  have  cause to remember  it 
while I live.  The  error  was in favor of 
Mr. Carman. 
I  asked  if  I  should  cor­
rect  the  figures, aud  he  answered,  'No, 
let them correct their  own  mistakes;  we 
don’t  examine  bills  for  other  people’s 
benefit.’ 
It  was  my first  lesson  in dis­
honesty. 
I saw the bill  settled,  aud Mr. 
Carman take $20 that  was  not  his  own. 
I felt  shocked  at  first;  it seemed such a 
wrong thing.  But soon  after  he  called 
me a simpleton  for  handing  back  a $50 
bill to the teller of  a bank, which he had 
overpaid me on a check,  and then—” 
“May  I  ask  the  proteetion  of  the 
court?”  said Mr. Carman.
“Is it true what the  lad  says ?”  asked 
the  judge.
Mr.  Carman hesitated  and  looked con­
fused;  all  eyes  were  on  his  face;  and 
judges and  jury, lawyers and spectators, 
felt certain that he was guilty of  leading 
the unhappy young man astray.
“Not long afterward,” resumed Lewis, 
“in receiving my wages I found that Mr. 
Carman had paid me fifty cents too much. 
I was  about to give it back to him, when 
I remembered  his  remark  about  letting 
people correct  their  own  mistakes, and 
said to myself,  ‘let him  correct  his  own 
errors,’ and  dishonestly kept the money. 
Again  the  thing  happened, and again I 
kept the money that  did not of  right be­
long to me.  This  was  the  beginning of 
evil,  and  here I am. 
If  he  had  shown 
any mercy,  I might have  kept silent and 
made no defense.”
The  young  man  covered his face with 
his hands and sat down overpowered with 
his feelings.  His  mother, who was near 
him,  sobbed  aloud,  and  bending  over, 
laid her hand on his  head, saying:

“My poor boy !  my poor boy !”
There were few eyes in the  court room 
undimmed.  In the silence that followed, 
Mr. Carman spoke out:
“Is my character to be thus blasted on 
the  words  of  a criminal,  your  honors ? 
Is this right?”

Your solemn oath  that  this charge is 
untrue,” said the  judge,  "will set you in 
the right.” 
It  was  the  unhappy, boy’s 
only  opportunity,  aud  the  court  felt 
bound in humanity to hear him.
James  Lewis  stood up again instantly, 
and  turned  his  white  face  and  dark, 
piercing eyes upon Mr. Caiman.
“Let him take his oath if  lie dare !” he 
exclaimed.
Mr. Carman consulted with his counsel 
and withdrew.
After a brief  conference with his asso­
ciates.  the presiding judge  said,  address­
ing the criminal:
In  consideration  of  your  youth,  and 
the  temptation  to which in tender  years 
you were unhappily  subjected,  the court 
gives  you  the  slightest  sentence,  one 
year’s  imprisonment.  But  let  me  sol­
emnly  warn  you  against  any  further 
steps in the way  you have taken.  Crime 
can  have  no  valid  excuse. 
It is evil in 
the sight of God and man.  and leads only 
to  suffering.  When  you  come  forth 
again  after  your  brief 
incarceration, 
may it  be  with  the  resolution  to  die 
rather than commit a crime.”
And the curtain fell on  the  sad  scene 
in  the  boy’s  life.  When  it  was  lifted 
again, and  he  came  forth from prison a 
year  afterward,  his  mother  was  dead. 
From the day her  pale  face  faded  from 
his vision as  he  passed  from  the  court 
room he never looked upon her again.
Ten  years  afterward a man  was read­
ing a newspaper in a far  Western  town. 
He had a calm, serious  face,  and  looked 
like  one  who  had  known suffering and 
trial.
“Brought to  justice  at  last!”  he said 
to himself,  as the blood came to his face; 
“convicted  on  the  charge  of  open  in­
solvency, and  sent  to  state  prison.  So 
much  for  the  man  who gave me in ten­
der  years the  first  lessons  in  ill-,doing. 
But,  thank God, the  other  lessons  have 
been  remembered. 
‘When  you  come 
forth  again.’  said  the'judge,  ‘may it be 
with  the  resolution  to  die  rather «than 
commit a crime,’  and I have kept this in­
junction in my heart  when there seemed 
no  way  of  escaping  except  through 
crime:  and, God  helping me, I will keep 
it to the end.”
Dr. Talmage  on  “ Respectable”  Dead- 

Beats.

In  the  course of. a recent  sermon, Dr. 
T. DeWitt Talmage, the eminent  Brook­
lyn divine, paid his  respects to the dead­
beat who holds his head high, as follows:
The trouble  is, my friends, the  people 
do not understand  the  ethics of  going in 
debt,  and  that  if  you  purchase  goods 
with no expectation of  paying  for them, 
or go into debts which  you  cannot meet, 
you  steal  just so much  money. 
If  I go 
into a grocer’s  store,  and  I  buy  sugars 
and  coffees  and meats,  with no capacity 
to pay for  them and no intention of pay­
ing for them,  1 am more dishonest than if 
I go into the store,  and when the grocer’s 
face  is  turned  the  other  way 1 fill  my 
pockets with the articles of  merchandise 
and carry off  a ham. 
In  the  one  case I 
take the  merchant’s time, aud I take the 
time  of  his  messenger  to  transfer  the 
goods  to  my house,  while  in  the  other 
case I take  none of  the time of  the mer­
chant,  and  I  wait  upon  myself,  and I 
transfer  the  goods  without  any trouble 
to him. 
In other  words, a sneak thief is 
not so bad as  a  man  who  contracts  for 
debts he never expects to  pay.
In all our cities there are  families that 
move  every  May  day to  g-et  into  prox­
imity  to  other  grocers  and  meat  shops 
and apothecaries.  They owe  everybody 
within  half  a  mile  of  where  they  now 
live, and next  May they will move into a 
distant  part  of  the  city,  finding a new 
lot of  victims.  Meanwhile you,  the hon­
est family in  the  new  house,  are  both­
ered day by day by the  knocking  at  the 
door of  disappointed  bakers,  and butch­
ers,  and  dry  goods  dealers,  and  news­
paper carriers,  and  you are asked  where 
your predecessor is.  You do  not  know. 
It  was  arranged  you  should  not know. 
Meanwhile  your  predecessor has gone to 
some  distant  part  of  the  city,  and  the 
people  who  have  anything  to sell have 
sent their  wagons  and  stopped there to 
solicit the “valuable” custom of  the new 
neighbor,  and he, the new neighbor, with 
great  complacency  and  with  an  air  of 
affluence, orders the finest steaks and the 
highest  priced  sugars,  and  the  best  of 
the  canned  fruits,  and, perhaps, all the 
newspapers.  And  the  debts  will  keep 
on accumulating  until  he gets his goods 
on the 30th of  next  April  in  the  furni­
ture cart.
Now,  let me say, if  there  are any such 
persons  in  the  house, if  you  have  any 
regard  for  your  own  convenience,  you 
had better remove to some greatly distant 
part of  the city. 
It is too bad that, hav­
ing had all the  trouble of  consuming the 
goods,  you  should  also have the trouble 
of  being dunned !  And  let me  say that 
if  you find  that  this  pictures  your own 
photograph,  instead of  being  in  church 
you  ought  to  be  in  the  penitentiary! 
No  wonder  that  so  many  of  our  mer­
chants  fail in business.  They are swin­
dled into bankruptcy by these wandering 
Arabs,  these  nomads of  city life.  They 
cheat the grocer out of  the green  apples 
which  make  them  sick,  the  physician 
who  attends  their  distress,  and  the un­
dertaker  who fits them out for departure 
from the  neighborhood  where  they owe 
everybody  when  they  pay  the  debt  of 
nature,  the  only  debt  they ever do pay !

Money goes,  no one knows:
Where it goeth,  no one show eth;
Here and there, everywhere;

Run, ru n ;
Dun, dun;
Spend, spend;
Lend, lend;
Send,  send;

Flush to-day, short to-morrow;
Notes to pay, borrow, borrow ;
How it goes, no one  know s;
Where it goeth, no one knoweth.

A   fa s h io n a b le   m an   w ho h ire s  a fa sh io n ­
ab le  p ew   in   a  fa sh io n a b le   p a r t  o f  a   fa s h ­
io n a b le   c h u rc h  n e v e r  ru n s   a w ay   w ith   th e  
id e a   th a t  salv a tio n   is  free .

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The Michigan Tradesman

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

G RAND  R A PID S  GOSSIP.

D. A.  Hillyer succeeds Hillyer & Gates 

in the grocery business.

Mrs. M. Pell  succeeds  Mrs.  Cadily  in 
the grocery business at  614  Canal street.
A. M. Porter has engaged in the grocery 
business at Moreland.  I. M. Clark & Son 
furnished the stock.

Beekman  &  Schrain  succeed  H.  H. 
Beekman in  the  jewelery business  at  9 
North Division street.

Koesink  Bros,  have  opened a grocery 
store at the  corner of  Indiana  and  Day- 
ton  streets.  Amos  S. Musselman & Co. 
furnished the stock.

A. E.  Combs  has  engaged  in  general 
trade at Hoytville.  Olney, Shields & Co. 
furnished  the  groceries  and  Spring  & 
Company the dry goods.

A number  of  Grand  Rapids  creditors 
are  interested  in  the  failure  of  Ed. 
Stinchcomb, the Sunfield  general  dealer 
who  has  lately  paid  more  attention to 
horses than merchandizing.

Hester & Fox  have  sold  a  fifty-horse- 
power  engine  and  boiler  to  the  Yesey 
Lumber  Co.,  at  Harbor.  Springs,  and a 
twenty-horse-power  engine and boiler to 
Julius Berkey,  for  use  in his new build­
ing on Canal street.

Putnam  &  Brooks  will  have  a  new 
wagon  on  the  streets next week,  which 
will  eclipse  in  beauty  anything  of  the 
kind  ever  put  out by any local  jobbing 
house. 
It  will  be  manned by John Yer 
Yenne and hauled  around by a spanking 
span of  coal-black steeds.

Wm. H.  Hoops has purchased an inter­
est in the  lumber  firm of  Tucker & Bar­
rett,  which  will  hereafter  be known as 
Tucker,  Hoops & Co.  The  firm  owns a 
lumber plant at  Leetsvilie  and  controls 
the entire  output of  the Wilson,  Luther 
& Wilson  mill,  at  Luther.  Mr. Hoops’ 
exceptional  abilities  will  prove  a  val­
uable  acquisition to the firm,  enabling it 
to  take  a  commanding  position  in  the 
lumber trade.

his grocery  stock.

Freeport—Chas. Y. Riegler has opened 

a new grocery store.

Climax—Warren  Smith  has  sold  his 

drug and grocery stock.

Grand Ledge—F. C. Foreman has  sold 

his boot and shoe business.

Battle Creek—S. E.  Daigneau has pur­

chased Chas. E. Gridley’s laundry.

Rockford—G.  H.  Spencer  has  added a 

line of  crockery to  his grocery stock.

Ferry—I.  M.  Young  &  Co.  succeed 

Young & Fox in the grocery business.

Big  Rapids—Augustus  Frieberg  and 

P. H.  Blake have opened a tailor shop.

Charlotte—Reynolds  Bros.,  dry  goods 

dealers,  are repairing their store room.

Manistique—J.  F. Cary & Co. have sold 
their banking business to the Manistique 
Bank.

Kalamo—C.  M.  Woodward,  general 
dealer,  is  building  an  addition  to  his 
store.

Kingsley—J.  &  L.  Yan  Hyming  are 
building  an  addition  to  their  grocery 
store.

Big  Rapids—Miss  M. A. Gorman  will 
remove her millinery stock into the Moon 
block.

Tecumseh—Geo.  H.  Seelye  has  pur- 
ehased the boot and shoe stock of  W. Y. 
Wimple.

Adrian — Geo.  C.  Schneider, 

is  suc­
ceeded in the boot  and  shoe business by 
his sons.

Excelsior  —  Jas.  Greachen  succeeds 
Greachen & Dennis in sawmill  and  gen­
eral ti'ade.

Muskegon—Wilcox  &  Finnerin  have 
opened  a  meat  market  at  the  foot  of 
brewery hill.

Fennville — Eastman  &  Gray  have 
opened a meat  market  in  the  old  post- 
office building.

Cedar  Springs—C. F.  Bell is arranging 
to rebuild his  harness  store,  which  was 
recently burned.

Ada—Patrick Duff, of  the firm of  Duff 
& McMurray, dealers in agricultural  im­
plements, is dead.

Stimson—H.  S.  Tenny has  erected  a 
two-story  store  building  and  put  in  a 
stock of  groceries.

Kalkaska—W. F. Stuart  has  bought a 
complete^ grocery stock of  J.  H. Thomp­
son & Co., of  Detroit.

Elm Hall—Dr. J. A. Shaffer has bought 
the  drug  stock of  A. L. Rings and  will 
continue  the business.

Howard  City—E.  G.  Pipp  is  closing 
out his boot  and shoe stock,  preparatory 
to removing to Kalkaska.

Owosso—Jas. McKeand, of Pontiac, has 
purchased  an  interest  in  the  clothing 
business of Wm. McKeand.

Palo—C. L. Grace is putting in a stock 
of hardware.  H. B. Dodson will  occupy 
a part of the same  building with a stock 
of agricultural implements.

Ann Arbor—Goodspeed  Bros,  succeed 
A. A.  Terry in the  hat and cap business.
Romeo—H.  H.  Lippincott  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery stock  of  Thos.  Cor­
son.

Owosso—M. J.(Mrs. C. L.) Harrington’s 
millinery  stock  has  been  destroyed  by 
fire.

Manistee—F.  Sullivan  has  opened  a 
restaurant  and  confectionery  establish­
ment.

Charlevoix—Mrs.  M. & Mrs. C. H.  Lit- 
ney will  open a stock of  ladies’ furnish­
ing goods in  the Wheat building.

Oakdale  Park—W.  F.  Willemin  has 
moved  to  this  place  from  Wetzell  and 
will engage in the grocery business.

Reed City—The  firm of  Marvin & Bar­
rett, dealers in agricultural  implements, 
has dissolved.  O. Barrett continues.

Allegan—Miss Ida Anwav, of Hopkins, 
will open a fancy  store  in  the  building 
formerly occupied by Visner & White.

Adrian—G. W. Marvin  has  rented the 
store  lately occupied by Moreland  Bros. 
& Crane, and will occupy it with his auc­
tion business.

Shelby—The  Davis  general  stock,  at 
Ferry,  was  bid  in  at  sheriff’s  sale, on 
May  14,  by  J. K. Flood,  of  Hart,  who 
sold it to Joseph Tyler and C. W. Fisher, 
of  this  place.

Manistee—Deputy  U. S.  Marshal Dan­
iels  levied  on  the  goods  in Y. Schoen- 
feld’s store,  Saturday, on an  attachment 
issued at the instance of Laundaur &Co., 
of Milwaukee.

St. Joseph—The  drug  firm of  Willson 
& Howard has  been  changed to Howard 
& Pearl, L. S. Wilson having sold his in­
terest  to  Joseph  F.  Pearl,  formerly of 
Benton  Harbor.

Harriette—W.  R.  Seney  and  Albert 
Miller are putting up a store,  which they 
will  stock  with  general  merchandise. 
John R. Beagle  &  Son  are  putting  in a 
stock of  dry  goods.  Carland  &  Kinney 
have  their  store  stocked  with  general 
merchandise.  F.  H. Phillips has his res­
taurant completed.  Jourdan  &  Morgan 
have their sawmill completed.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Pierson—B.  Decker,  wagon-maker,  is 

dead.

East  Campbell—Gill  &  Co.’s  sawmill 

will soon be in operation.

Bravo—Walters  &  Sprague’s  sawmill 

Marion—Both  sawmills  are  expected 

Traverse  City—G. Piltz  is  building  a 

New  Lothrop—Parshall & Veits  have 

completed their new roller njdll.

Hoytville—The old  cheese  factory has 

been converted into a comb factor}'.

Evart—The Evart  Paving  Co.’s  block 

factory began running last  Tuesday.

Coldwater—Albert  A.  Wood,  manu­

facturer of cigar boxes, has sold out.

Sears—M. G.  Sleezer’s  bowl factory  is 

turning out 10.0 dozen bowls per  week.

Hazleton—Mr.  Leland’s grist  mill  and 
insur­

sawmill were burned May 12. 
ance.

Mancelona—The new sawmill of  Kim­
ball & Hatch  will soon be in active oper­
ation.

Ionia—The  Michigan  Overall  Co.  be­
gan  operations  in  its  new building last 
Monday.

Ellsworth—Mr.  Fulton  has  his  ma­
chinery in place  and  will  soon  be  run­
ning  his mill.

Culver—.J. W. Dunn’s saw  and shingle 
mill was  burned  May 11.  Loss  §5,000, 
with no insurance.

Cedar  Springs—The  sawmill  firm  of 
J. 

Worden & Ainsworth has  dissolved. 
W. Worden continues.

Hopkins—Mr. Dodds, the  Delton  mil­
ler,  is considering the  project  of  build­
ing a flouring mill  here.

Charlotte — Local  capitalists  contem­
plate the inauguration  and  operation of 
a cane-seat chair factory.

Holly—The  creamery has  passed  into 
the  hands  of  H.  J.  Strachan,  who  has 
begun operating the  same.

Rothburg—J.  C. Monroe & Bros,  saw­
mill, which  has  been idle  since  the re­
cent fire, began operations May 14.

Muskegon—The Michigan Shingle Co.’s 
mill  is  now  running full  blast,  turning 
out half a million shingles per day.

Ferry—W. E.  Hightower has taken the 
shingle  machinery out  of  Powers’  saw­
mill and is putting it in Bode’s mill.

Muskegon—The,  Muskegon  Chemical 
Engine  Co.’s  new factory is nearly com­
pleted and will soon-be  in  active opera­
tion.

Owosso—Frieseke Bros, expect to start 
fires under  their  first  kiln  of brick this 
week.  They have about 300,000 ready  to 
burn.

Ensley—Bush & McConnel are erecting 
a portable  lumber,  lath and  shingle mill 
on Smith Thompson’s farm, near Conover 
Lake.

Ionia—The  Consolidated  Cigar Co., of 
Detroit,  is  now 
in  possession  of  the 
cigar  plant  at  the  State  House of  Cor­
rection.

Bay  City—The  Walworth  &  Lawton 
Manufacturing Co., of  South Bend, Iud., 
extensive  manufacturers  of  telephone 
and  telegraph  cross  arms,  is  about  to 
remove  to  this  city for  the  purpose  of 
increasing facilities and  being  near  the 
seat of supplies.

East  Saginaw—Stevens  &  La  Due’s 
mill has received a raft of  logs  from  the 
KawkaVlin  River,  and  has  resumed op­
erations.

Muskegon—C. D. Nelson  is organizing 
a stock company to engage in the planing 
mill  and  lumber  yard  business at  Port 
Sherman.

Deer  Lake — The  Osterhout  &  Fox 
Lumber  Co.’s  lumber  mill  and  Daniel 
McCoy’s planing  mill  are  both  running 
night and day.

Traverse city—Caselberg & Milloy will 
remove  their “Red Letter” cigar factory 
from  its  present  quarters  into  the  old 
old bank building.

Muskegon—Strong  &  McBride  have 
finished  rebuilding 
their  shingle  mill, 
which  was  recently  burned,  and  will 
start up again early in June.

Whitehall—A.  P.  Conner  &  Co.,  of 
Muskegon,  will  open a branch boot  and 
shoe  factory  here  this week, under  the 
management of  Arthur Boucher.

S. Ignace—The  Mackinac  Lumber Co. 
has sold 2,500,000 feet of  logs  to Thomp­
son,  Smith  &  Sons,  of  Cheboygan,  and 
1,000,000  feet  to  Krause  &  Sons,  of 
Cleveland.

Saginaw—E.  O. & S.  L.  Eastman & Co. 
have  purchased  the  Jerome  mill  prop­
erty,  at Carrollton,  and  have commenced 
the erection of  a large  planing  mill and 
box factory.

East  Saginaw—E. O.  & S.  L.  Eastman 
& Co.,  who  are operating a lumber yard 
on the west side of  the river,  have begun 
the  erection of  a  new  planing  mill  on 
their premises.

Mancelona—R.  B.  Thompson  has  dis­
posed of his  interest  in  the  Mancelona 
Manufacturing  Co. to P.  G.  Rogers,  his 
former  partner,  who  will  assume  the 
management of the business.

Manton — C.  E.  Northrup  has  pur­
chased a tract  of  land  near  Haire, con­
taining  about  3,000,000  feet of  standing 
pir°.  He  will  put a mill  on  the  tract 
an i  ¡x'tdn the manufacture of  shingles.

Glen  Arbor—There  is  a  general  bus­
iness revival  here.  A shingle mill, saw­
mill  and  store  are  soon  to  be erected, 
also,  a  jewelry store,  and  the  report  is 
thirteen  new'  families  are to come soon.
East  Saginaw—C.  H.  Plummer  has 
purchased  the  machinery  in  the  old 
Crapo  mill,  at Flint,  and  in  September 
will remove it to Arkansas,  where he has 
purchased about  50,000  acres of  timber. 
At  Ogemaw7  Springs  he  has  about 
1,500,000  feet  of  pine  still  standing, 
which  will be manufactured  there.  He 
is at present  filling  an  order  for  50,000 
feet of  long  Norway  bill  stuff, to  go to 
Toronto,  at  §20 a thousand.

East Saginaw—Last  season one of  the 
shingle  mills  of  J.  H.  Freeney  was 
wrecked  by  an  explosion.  He  has 
erected  a new'  mill,  w'hich  is  provided 
with  two machines,  will have a capacity 
of  50,000,  and will begin  operations this 
week.  He is operating another mill pur­
chased  last  season  of  E.  R.  Phinney, 
which  is  cutting  50,000  daily.  He has 
sufficient  stock  to  keep  both mills run­
ning.  Mr.  Freeney is an  African of  the 
deepest  dye, but  is  an  enterprising cit- 
ized and good business man.

Muskegon—Some of  the mills, notably 
those  of  Rodgers,  Le  Boeuf  &  Co.  and 
Hovey  &  McCracken,  have  shut  down 
because  their  dock  capacity  has  been 
exhausted.  They  carried  over  pretty 
heavy stocks,  and have  been  running to 
the  full  capacity;  consequently,  ship­
ments being  light, they have used up all 
their  dock  room.  At  Hovey  &  Mc­
Cracken’s mill,  there was another reason 
for  suspending  opeiations.  The water 
in the  lake, being  nearly two feet lower 
than  usual,  it  has  been  impossible for 
vessels  to  reach  part  of  their  lumber. 
Dredges  are  being  employed,  and  the 
obstructions  will  be  removed  in  a few' 
days.

STRAY  FACTS.

Menominee — The  Circuit  Court  re 
cently  awarded  John  Sherman  §5,000 
damages  for  a leg  lost  in  1883  in  the 
Menominee River  Lumber Co.’s sawmill. 
The case had  been  sent  back  from  the 
Supreme  Court  for  re-trial.  An appeal 
was taken.

East  Saginaw'—The  Saginaw  Lumber 
& Salt Co. put  in  6,000,000 feet  of  logs 
on  Fitzwilliam 
island,  Georgian  bay, 
last winter,  and is arranging to tow them 
to this city, having  sent  over  booms for 
the making up  of  the  raft.  They will 
be manufactured here.

Bay City—The  situation as to the logs 
coming out looks dubious.  The Au Gres 
drive is hung up, and there are 30,000,000 
feet of  logs  hung  up  in  the  Rifle, that 
will not come down without a heavy rain- 
| fall. 
It is the first time in a quarter of  a 
century that logs  have  been  hung up in 
I large  quantities  on  this  stream.  N. B. 
Bradley & Sons have 13,000,000 feet hung 
up in the Saginaw,  and will  be  forced to 
shut down their mill  soon if  logs are not 
received.  Several  million  feet  are also 
tied up in the Kawkawlin.  The railroad 
is helping  out  the  manufacturers as far 
as possible, the Michigan  Central  bring­
ing  down  about  5,000,000  feet  a week. 
But  these  and  those  delivered  by  the 
Tittabawassee Boom Co.  will  not be suf­
ficient to keep all  the  mills in operation. 
Tousey & Turn.er are receiving  500,000 a 
week by rail from Ogden and Pinconning.

Alpena—Fletcher,  Pack  &  Co.,  who 
have  hauled  20,000,000 feet of  logs over 
their  Hubbard  Lake  railway  the  past 
season,  have  ceased  hauling,  and  will 
probably bring  no  more  that  way until 
next  winter,  unless  the  water  in  the 
North Branch should fail.

Bay  City—A  Bay  City  business  man 
who  had  to  pay  a  debt  under  protest 
made  his  check  payable  to the order of 
his creditor,  and  added,  “the  meanest, 
most  penurious  and  despicable  man  in 
Bay City.”  He was forced to give a clean 
check in exchange for the one containing 
his  personal views.

Hart—The  case  of  Bird  vs.  Benona 
Lumber Co. was  decided  by Judge Dick- 
erman  in favor of  Bird,  and a perpetual 
injunction  was  ordered  to not  overflow 
Stony Lake.  The defendants  were cited 
to appear before the Circuit Court July 1, 
and  show  cause why they should not be 
fined  for  contempt  for  not obeying the 
temporary injunction.

Alpena—Four  log  trains  are bringing 
logs  to  Alpena  from  the  Mud  Lake 
branch of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena 
Railway,  making  each  one trip per day. 
The amount of  logs  thus  brought  daily 
to the city is about  300,000  feet.  Every 
one  of  the  twenty  locomotives  of  the 
railroad  are  at  work, nearly all hauling 
logs, as  lumbermen  are  alarmed  about 
forest fires and desire to have logs skidded 
along the railway removed  from  danger.
Bay  City—Linwood,  a  small  manu­
facturing  point, twelve  miles from  this 
city, where  is  located  the  manufactoiy 
of  P.  L. Sherman & Co.,  and one or  twro 
stave and  hoop  mills, proposes  to  have 
water  outlet,  and  a canal connecting the 
place  with  Saginaw  bay  is  projected. 
The object is to  enable  tugs  and  small 
craft to  reach  the town from the bay for 
the shipment  of  products,  rail rates not 
being satisfactory.  The distance is short 
and the canal said to be feasible.

East  Saginaw  —  The  Tittabawassee 
Boom  Co.  has  rafted  about  35.000.000 
feet of  logs,  and  there is a  jam of  about 
100,000,000 feet in sight.  There has been 
no increase in  the  volume of  water, and 
driving w ill last all summer.  The drives 
on Bailey Creek,  the  Salt,  and 16,000,000 
feet on the Molasses,  are  hung  up.  On 
the latter  stream  2,000,000 feet  have not 
been broken  in.  The drive on  the Cedar 
will all  come  out,  although  it  will  be 
late.  A number of  million feet are hung 
up  on  the  Tobacco.  The  Pine  River 
drive is dragging  along  slowly.  On the 
Kawkaw'lin,  Saginaw,  Rifle and  Au Gres 
fully 80,000,000 feet are  hung up.  Some 
of  them will come out  late in the season. 
In  this  district  fully 15,000,000  feet  of 
logs  depend  upon  excessive  .rainfall  to 
bring them out, and  §2,225,000  worth of 
property is thus laid up.

East Saginaw—The suit of Col. Michael 
Jeffers  against  Torrent  &  Ducey to  re­
cover damages in a land  deal, which Mr. 
Jeffers fixes at about  §300,000,  will  come 
up  in  the  Circuit  Court  at  Detroit  on 
May  28. 
It  was  called  last  w'eek,  but 
owing to the absence of Roderick McDon­
ald,  a material  witness,  was  postponed. 
Some time ago, Col. Jeffers claims to have 
contracted  with  McDonald,  as agent for 
Torrent & Ducey, for  160,000,000  feet of 
timber  in  the  Upper  Peninsula.  Col. 
Jeffers  sets  forth  that  the  defendants 
failed to carry out  their  contract,  hence 
the  suit.  A portion  of  the  timber  was 
subsequently  purchased  by  the  Eddys 
here. 
It  is  said  that  the  defendants 
claim that Jeffers  himself  failed to carry 
out his part of  the  contract.  The whole 
suit  seems  to  hinge  on  the question of 
fact as to  McDonald  being  the  agent of 
the  defendants,  and  also  as to  whether 
Jeffers  earned  out  his  part of  the  con­
tract.  It will be an interesting litigation.

G ripsack Brigade.

Shelby Herald:  If  anyone  has  lost  a 
fine 
jointed  fish-pole,  with  reel  at­
tachment,  he  is  hereby  informed  that 
Johnny McIntyre  was  in  tow'n  Monday 
with  just such a rig,  and  would  give no 
satisfactory account of  where  he  got it.
Ed. Pike started  out  this  week  again 
after  a three weeks’ enforced  lay-off, on 
account  of  illness.  Mr.  Pike  has  pur­
chased a desii'able lot on  Fourth avenue, 
between South Division and  South Ionia 
streets,  and  is  erecting  a  pleasant res- 
idence thereon.

P ostponem ent  o f the  Picnic.

On account of  the Masonic celebration 
on the 21st,  it has been deemed advisable 
to  postpone  the  annual  picnic  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Mercantile  Association 
from May 23  to  June 6.  The same invi­
tation extended  the  outside trade is cor­
dially l'enewed.

It is reported, on  excellent  authoi'ity, 
that the  Northern National Bank of  Big 
Rapids will  wind  up business  at the ex­
piration  of  its  charter,  next  year,  and 
retire from business.  A large portion of 
the  stock  is held by outsiders,  and Pres­
ident  Steams is not  anxious to continue’ 
the management of  the  bank under such 
circumstances.

A pastor some time  since sought finan­
important  charity. 
cial  help  for  an 
Among  those  whom  he  asked  to  give 
something  was  a  lady  who,  unfor­
tunately,  bore a vinegary  face.  She de­
clined  to give  money,  but  promised  to 
“lend  her  countenance”  to  the  cause. 
He retired in dismay.

P urely  P ersonal.

John Giles, the Lowell  grocer,  was  in 

town Monday.

Dr. J. A. Shaffer, the  Elm  Hall  drug­

gist, was in town Saturday.

Claude D.  Freeman has taken the posi­
tion  of  shipping  clerk  for  the  Telfer 
Spice  Co.

Robert Armstrong, the Reed City cloth­
ier,  w'as  in  town a couple  of  times  last 
week on his way to and from Chicago.

W. J. Price,  formerly of  this  city, but 
for  the  past  two  years  engaged  in the 
wholesale  cigar  business  at  Lincoln, 
Neb., has failed.

J. F. Trout  left  Sunday night for Mis­
souri,  where he will close a deal for 2,200 
acres  of  pine  land.  He  expects  to  be 
gone a week or ten days.

Sidney  F.  Stevens  succeeds  Chas. M 
Goodrich  as  Secretary and  Treasurer of 
the Grand Rapids Safety Deposit Co., the 
election having occurred on Monday.

Miss  Edith  Hawkins, daughter of  the 
genial book-keeper for the Grand  Rapids 
Packing  &  Provision  Co.,  is  a  leading 
contributor to  the  current  issue  of  the 
Detroit Dilettante.

O. V. Monroe, formerly engaged in the 
grocery business at Reed City, but now’ a 
prosperous flour and  feed  dealer at East 
Portland, Oregon, was  in  town a couple 
of  days last week.

“Dick”  Prendergast,  formerly  book­
keeper for  John  Caulfield,  but  for  the 
past eighteen  months  city  salesman  for 
Amos S.  Musselman & Co., has taken the 
position  of  bookkeeper  for  the  Telfer 
Spice  Co.

H.  L. C.  Hall, confidential clerk for the 
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,  and  Miss 
E.  May Morse, were  married  at  the res­
idence  of 
last 
Wednesday  evening,  by Rev. J. Donally, 
D.  D.  The happy couple  have  taken up 
their residence at 197 Mt. Yernon  street.

the  bride’s  parents 

E m ployers  More  at  F ault  than  Clerks.
Now and then we read that a clerk has 
swindled  his  employer;  that  a  book­
keeper has embezzled the  firm’s  money; 
that a trusted  employe has taken advan­
tage of  the trust  reposed in him.  There 
is, certainly,  no excuse for such ingrates; 
they  deserve  severe  punishment.  The 
most  despicable  man  on God’s footstool 
is he who takes advantage of  an employ­
er’s generosity and  confidence.  But, on 
the  other  hand,  isn’t it a fact that some 
employers  put  temptation in the way of 
clerks ?  Do they not  deliver  them  into 
temptation rather than from it ?
Their  salaries  may not  be  large,  and 
yet thousands of dollars are unreservedly 
placed  in  their  keeping.  There  is  no 
oversight.  The  employer  mixes  up  in 
outside  affairs—takes  his  clerks’  word 
for  granted—never  investigates—never 
ascertains  how he can live in the extrav­
agant  manner  he does  upon  the  salary 
paid—in fact, makes it easy for the clerk 
to slide down hill into the  slough of  em­
bezzlement  and  crime.  These  business 
methods  need  reforming.  They  cause 
bad  habits  in  the  young  men  and  the 
certain  result 
is  sorrow'  to  both  em­
ployer and employe.
Hold  your  clerks  to  a strict  account­
ability:  pay  them  good  salaries;  trust 
them—but don’t give them the full rein— 
don’t  encourage  them  to  believe  that 
they,  and  not  you, are the owners of  the 
store.  The  honest  clerks  desire 
this 
close  supervision,  and the dishonest  and 
bad object to it.

The selfish man’s head is like  a  man’s 
coffin;  is  just  his  owrn  measure,  long 
enough  and  broad  enough to hold  him­
self,  w ith room for no one else.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

B U S I N E S S   C H A N C E S .

434 

436 

TTiOR  SALE—DRUG AND BOOK STORE IN SOUTHERN  I 
jL?  Michigan; 
dress W. F. Hahn, Jeweler, Lansing. Mich. 
|

invoice  about  three  thousand.  Ad­

tures  in  live  town  1.000  population; 

F o r  sa l e  — o n l y   j e w e l r y   sto c k  a n d   f ix -

F o r   sa l e  — o n e   c h a pm a n  p o r t a b l e   so d a

inventory 
31.400;  bargain to cash  buyer  meaning business;  rea-  j 
son, sickness;  references  given.  Address H. P. Shane.  I 
Bancroft, Mich. 
I
fountain, marble top, double draught tube, ready  j 
for use;  no generator to  buy;  price  360,  will  sell  for 
330.  Azor Thurston, Grand Rapids, Ohio. 
TTrANTED—PARTNER  WITH  31.000 TO  TAKE  HALF 
V V 
interest in the best paying business  in  the city. 
Address Real Estate, care Tradesman. 
F o r  sa l e—a  f ir st -c l a ss  d r u g   sto c k 
dress Lock Box 325. Hillsdale. Mich.______________ 426
F o r  sa l e—in   c e n t r a l  Mic h ig a n —st o c k  o f 

429
in   a
thriving town in Michigan.  For inform ation ad­

drugs, medicines  and  fixtures,  valued  at  31.200; 
daily cash sales,  315;  also  store  building,  storehouse 
and residence combined, valued at 3800; seasons, other 
business.  Address, No. 420,  care Michigan Tradesman.

435.

r 

H E L P   W A N T E D .

YTTANTED— A YOUNG MAN ACQUAINTED WITH THE  i 
YV  grocery trade in Grand Rapids to sell notions on  ] 
commission for Detroit jobbing house; one acquainted  j 
with notion trade preferred.  Address, stating experi­
ence and references, “X  Y  Z,”  care  Michigan  Tiades- 
man. 
|
T T r ANTED—COMPETENT  DRUG  CLERK—ENCLOSE  j 
V V 
references from last employer.  Address  F.  D. 
Paquette, Ludington. 
|

433 

432 

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

TTTANTED— SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY MAN  i 
Y V 
of eight years’ experience, who is familiar  with 
general  merchandise.  Address  A.  E.  Chambers.  95  I 
Monroe Street, Grand Rapids,  Mich. 

407

M ISCELLANEOUS.

401

421

430

F o r   sa l e   c h e a p  —  a  d o u b l e  e c l ip s e  m ilk

Shake and a Jack Frost Ice Shaver, nearly new and 
in excellent condition.  Address No. 430, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
TTJTANTED—FRESH,  LIGHT,  BANKRUPT  STOCK OF 
YV  general merchandise; 
terms  cash;  correspond­
ence confidential.  Address,  O. D. Cleveland, Stanton, 
Mich. 
r p o  EXCHANGE—I HAVE  A  NEW,  BRIGHT,  WELL- 
X  
selected little stock of  hardware to exchange for 
a farm  or  city  real  estate.  Address  No.  401,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.___________________  
T  HAVE  SOME  FIRST-CLASS  PROPERTY,  WELL 
X  
improved  and  nicely  located,  in  South  Dakota; 
also  some other  property  to  exchange  for a stock of 
goods.  J. C. McKee, 23 Fountain  St. 
TJTTANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR 
Y V 
Improved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 
samples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bra., Grand Rapids. 

the most pleasant streets “on  the  hill.”  Will ex­
change for stock in any good institution.  Address 286, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

F OR  SALE—good  RESIDENCE  LOT  ON  ONE  OF 
F OR  RENT—A  TWO  STORY  24 x 30  BRICK  STORE 
centrally located on  Main  St.  in  a  lively  manu­
facturing  town  in Northern Michigan, upper story fit­
ted for living rooms;  good opening  for  boot  &  shoe, 
clothing, hats and caps  and  gents’  furnishing  goods, 
or for grocery business.  Campbell  &  Underwood,  95 
Monroe St. Grand Rapids Mich,  or N. C. We ter.  Mance­
lona Mich. 
TTTANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  fO  THE 8UTLIFF COU- 
VV 
pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., for  samples 
of the new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  the  m ost  complete 
and finest  on’ the  market  and  just  what  every mer­
chant should have, progressive merchants all over the 
country are now using them. 

392

286

214

427

437

AROUND  THE  STATE.

Allegan—Chas.  Facer  has  opened  a 

is running again full blast.

Brutus—Snyder Bros,  have  sold  their 

to begin running this week.

meat market.

general stock.

Muskegon—H.  A.  Spink has closed out 

new shop for his marble works.

¡ ¡ s

Product of Our Factory  at  Dixon,  111.

In view of the fact that we  have  GREATLY  INCREASED  our  FACILITIES 
for MANUFACTURING in OUR THREE FACTORIES and owing to the PECULIAR 
and CLOSE COMPETITION existing in MICHIGAN, C. M. Henderson  &  Co.  have 
concluded to MAKE A DECIDED CUT ON VARIOUS LINES of our’  goods,  which 
will  ENABLE  ME  to  make  it  to  YOUR  ADVANTAGE to purchase your stock 
NEARER HOME the coming fall season.
Our LADIES’ FINE GOAT, DONGOLA, GLOVE  and OIL GRAINS to retail at 
§2, and FINER GRADES of  GOATS and DONGOLAS, which consumers can buy at 
§2.50 and §3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN’S  CALF, DON­
GOLA, and KANGAROO  Shoes  of  our  own  make,  and  all having the MERIT of 
SOLIDITY  and  STYLE—with  satisfaction  guaranteed—will  be  worthy  your 
CAREFUL  CONSIDERATION.  Our  heavier  grades  of  SPLIT, GRAIN,  KIP, 
VEAL,  and CALF  BOOTS  are  UNEQUALED,  and  the “Celebrated  Red  School 
House Shoes” AS USUAL takes the “First Place.”

G.  N. HENDERSON £  GO,,  Chicago.

Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods

F a c to r ie s:

F o n d  d u  L a c , W is

D i x o n ,  111.

W illa r d   H . J a m e s,

S a le s m a n  

f o r  

t h e   L o w e r   P e n i n s u la .

P. O.  address,

I Morton  House,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
We  furnish  electrotypes  of  our  Specialties  to  Customers.

C h ic a g o ,  111.

ONE  OF  A  SERIES  OF  PICTURES  REPRESENTING  COFFEE  CULTURE.  WATCH  FOR  THE  NEXT.

SCENE O^A COFFEE^PLANTAnON  CHASE  &  SANBORN.
OUR COFFEES HAVE A  NATIONAL  REPUTATION  REPRESENTING 

THE FINEST CROWN.

SEAL BRAND COFFEE, su rp a ssin g  a ll  o thers
in   its  rich n ess  and  d elica cy  o f  flavor.  J u stly  ca lled   The  Aristocratic 
Coffee of  America.  A lw a y s p ack ed   w h o le  ro a sted   (unground)  m 2 lb. 
air-tight tin  ca n s.
n n T T C !   » n
  I D T   X'TVTTY  A   sk ilfu l b len d ing o f strong, fla- 
l x  1 a Fa 1 1  X J   vory  and  arom atic  h igh  grade 
coffees.  W arranted n o t to   co n ta in   a  sin g le  Rio  bean,  and gu aran teed  to 
su it  you r  ta ste   a s  n o  oth er  coffee  w ill,  a t  a   m oderate  p rice.  A lw a y s 
packed w h o le  ro a sted  (unground),  in   1 lb.  air-tight  parch m en t p ack ages
t h a t   t h e ir   c o ffe e   t r a d e   h a g
I   L   V j l f Y  w  V /  EL l Y  v )   d o u b le d  a n d   t r e b le d   s in c e  b u y i n g  a n d
S e n d   f o r

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W h a t  i t   h a s   d o n e   f o r   t h e m   i t   w i l l  d o   f o r  y o u . 

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s a m p ie s  to

CHASE,  A  SANBORN,

BROAD  STREET,

BOSTON,  MASS.

Western  Department:

80  Franklin  St..  Chicago.

HERBERT  T.  CHASE,
Michigan  and  Northern  Ohio, 

Representative for

( .R A N D   R A P I D S .

I  L I O N  
C O F F E E

M e r c h a n ts,

420

Y O U   W A N T   T H I S   C A B I N E T

T h o u s a n d s   o f  T h e m

Are in use all over the land. 
It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Everu  Wide-Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

only in one pound packages. 
120  one-pound  packages. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

Packed 
Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L.  W IN T E R N IT Z ,  R esid en t A g en t, Grand B.apids.

W)iITE  M0UHTÄIH  FREEZER.

ually varied.  And there are other* stores 
which  look  more  like  junk  shops than 
grocery  stores,  with  windows  almost 
opaque  with  the  accumulated  dust  of 
months,  with  heaps of  canned  goods on 
whose tops  you  could  easily write  your 
name  with  your  finger,  and  a  heter­
ogeneous mass of  loose  beans, peas,  cof­
fee-beans, candy,  bottles,  fig-boxes, dead 
flies  and  last  Easter  eggs.  Who would 
care  to  patronize  such  a  place?  Who 
would buy ham  where  the same knife is 
used  to  cut  butter  and  cheese,  and  is 
cleaned  every  six  months  whether  it 
needs it or not ?

Send for our 16 Page Descriptive Catalogue and 

Price List.

F o ster, S te v e n s & Co.,

10  &  12  MONROE  ST.

33, 35, 37, 39  & 41  LOUIS  ST.

Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26............... ......... 
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30..................... ......... 

EXPANSIVE  BITS.

f il e s —New List.

American File Association L ist.......... .........60&10
Disston’s ................................................... .........6O&10
New  American........................................ .........60&10
Nicholson’s ............................................. .........60&10
Heller’s ...................................................... ......... 
50
Heller’s Horse  Rasps.............................. ......... 
50

dis.

dis.

SAND PAPER.

30 List acct. 19, ’86................................... —  dis.
25
Silver Lake, W hite  A ........................ .......list
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Drab A ............................
W hite  B ........................
Drab B ............................
W hite C..........................

SASH CORD.

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Discount, 10.

40

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55
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55
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ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.

M ic h ig a n   B u s in e s s   M en ’s  A s s o c ia t io n . 

President—Frank Wells, Lansing.
First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
Second Vice-Presidenb-C. Strong, Kalamazoo. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Board—President; C. L. W hitney, Muskegon; 
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse City :  N. B. Blain,Lowell ; 
Qigg, T. Bridgman, Flint»;  Hiram  DcL&no,  Allegan;
Com m ittee'on  Insurance—Geo.  B.  Calttoell,  Green- 
ville*  W  8. Powers, Nashville;  Oren  Stone, Flint. 
Committee on L eÿSàtion—S.  E.  Parklll,  Owosso;  H.
A  Hvdorn  Grand Rapids;  H. H. Pope, Allegran. 
Committee on Trade Interests-Sm ith Barne-, Traverse 
City:  Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw;  H. B. Fargo, Mus-
rv^mrnittee on Transportation-Games Osborn,Owosso; 
^   F  tonkU nT orind  Rapids,  C.  F.  Bock,  Battle
C om m itee on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun- 
oey Strong, Kalamazoo; W ill Emmert, Eaton Rapids; 
W. E. Crotty, Lansing.
Local Secretary—P. J. Connell,  Muskegec. 
OfflSaiOrgan—-Th e  Mich ig a n Tradesm an.  ____________
The following auxiliary associations  are op­
erating under  charters  granted  by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

N o .  t —T r a v e r s e   C ity   B .  M.  A . 

President, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.

President. N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. 

N o .  2 —L o w e ll  H. M .  A . 

N o . 3— S t u r g is   B .  M . A .

President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jora.___

N o7  4 —G ra n d   R a p id s   M .  A . 

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

N o .  5 — M u s k e g o n   B .  M .  A . 

President, John A. Miller;  Secretary, C- L. W hitney.

N o . 6 —A lb a   B .  »1. A . 

President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.

N o .  7 —D im o n d a le   B . M . A . 

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

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

N o .  8 __E a s t p o r t   B .  11.  A .

N o . » —L aw  rt-n ce  B .  iM .A .

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

Mo. 10—Harbor sprints B.M.. A . 

N o   1 1 _K in g s le y   B . M .  A .

President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson^
President. H. P. Whipple; Secretary. D. E.  Wynkoop.
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President, C. McKay; Secretary. Thos. Lennon.--------- .
---------- N o .  1 3 —.S h erm a n   B .  M . A .
President, H. B. Stnrtevant;  Secretary, W.  J. Anstin.
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President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens.-------
N o .  1 5 - B o y n e  C ity   B .  M .  A .

President. R. R- Perkins; Secretary. F. M. Chase.-------
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President, J. V. Crandall.  Secretary, W. Rasco.---------

> 0 .  1 6 —S a n d   L a k e   B .  M.  A .

N o .  1 7 —P l a i n w e l l  B .  M . A .

President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.-----

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N o   18—O w o sso   B .  M .  A .

President, AlbertTodd; Secretary. S. Lamfrom.-----------
-----------------  N o .  1 9 —A d a   B .  M . A .
President, D. F. W atson; Secretary. E. E. Chapel.--------

N o .  3 0 —M a iig a iu ck   B .  M .  A .

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

N o .  3 1 —W a v la n d   B .  M .  A .

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

N o.  3 3 —G ra n d   L e d g e   B .  M . A . 

President, A. B. Schumacher: Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o   3 3 —C a r so n  <  i t y   B .  M . A . 

President, F. A. Rockafellow: Secretary. C. 6 . Bailey. 
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President, J. E. Thurkow:  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o .  3 4 —M o r le y   B .  M .  A .

N o . 3 5—P a l o   B .  M . A ,

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

N o .  3 6 —G r e e n v ille   ’A.  M .  A .

President. A. C. Satterlee:  Secretary. E. J. Clara._____

N o   3 7 —D o r r   « .  M .  A .

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

N o .  38—C h e b o y g a n   B . M .  A  

»resident, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
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N o .  39—F r e e p o r t   B . M .  A . 

»resident, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.

»resident, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. 8. Honghtallng.

ivo.  3 0 —O e e a u a   B .  M .  A  

N o .  3 1 —C h a r lo t te   B   M .  A .

’.resident, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o .  3 3 —C o o p e r s v ille   B .  M .  A . 

»resident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J  B. Watson.

N o .  33—C h a r le v o ix   K.  ¡H. A . 

resident,  L.  D.  Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

N o .  3 4 —S a r a n a c   B .  M .  A .

resident, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P . T. Williams.__
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»resident, H. M- HemBtreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

N o .  3 5 —B e i la i r e   B . ML A

N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  M . A . 

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

N o .  3 7 —B a t t le  C r e e k   B .  M .  A . 

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

N o . 3 8 —S c o t t v iile   B .  M .  A . 

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

N o .  3 9   -B u r r  O a k   B .  M .  A . 

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

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

resident, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.

N o .  4 1—B r e c k e n r id g e   B . >1. A . 
resident. C  H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.

N o .  4 3 — F r e m o n t  11. M   A . 

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

N o . 4 3 —T u s t in   B .  M .  A . 

resident, Frank J. Lnlck;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom

N o . 4 4 —R e e d  C ity  B .  M .  A .

esident, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W, H. Smith.______

N o . 4 5 —H o y t v i ll e   B .  M .  A . 

esident, D. E. Halleijbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

N o .  4 6 -1  L e s lie  B .  ML  A 

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

esident. W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham.

N o .  4 7 —F lin t.  SI.  IT. 

N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d  s to n   lî.  SI.  A . 
esident, Boyd Redner-, Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

N o .  4 9 — L e r o y   B   M .  A . 

esident,  A.  W enzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.

N o . 5 0 —M a n iste e  B .  M .  A . 

esident, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis.
»1—C ed a r  S p r in g s   B .  ML  A .
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N o .  A---LCUrtl  £5§kA zu^o 

sident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
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sident, A. S. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos.__________

N o . 5 3 —G ra n d  H a v e n  B .  M . A .

N o , 5 3 —B e l le v u e  B . M .  A . 

sident, Frank Phelps;  Secretary, A. E.Fitzgerald.

N o .  5 4 — D o u g la s  B .  SI. A . 

sident. Thomas B. Dutcher;  Secretary, C- B. Waller.

President, C. F. Hankey: Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

N o .  5 5 — P e t e s k e y   B .  M . A . 
N o . 56 — B a n g o r   B .  M.  A. 

»resident, N. W, Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.

President, Wm. 6 . Tefft; Secretary. E, B. Lapham.

S o .  5 7 —R o c k f o r d   B .  M .  A . 
No. 58—Fife Lake R. M. A. 

President, L. S. Walter; Secretai; ,C.S  Blakely.

N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i ll e  B . M . A . 

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o .  6 0 —S o u th   B o a r d m a n   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretory, S. E. Keihardt.

N o .  6 1 —H a r t f o r d   B . M . A . 

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

N o .  6 3 —E a s t  S a g in a w   M .  .4. 

President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C. W.  Mulholand. 

N o .  6 3 — K v a rt  B .  M . A .

President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.__________

President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

N o . 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A .

N o .  6 5 —K a lk a s k a   B . M .  A . 

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

President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

N o . 6 6 —L a n s in g  B . M .  A - 

N o . 6 7 —W a t e r v lle t   B . M . A . 

President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifield.

N o .  6 8 —A l le g a n   B .  M . A . 

President, H. H.  Pope ;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.

N o .  6 9 —S c o tts  a n d   C lim a x  B . M .  A . 
President, Lyman Clark;  Secretary. F. S. Willison.

N o .  7 0 —N a s h v i l le   B .  M . A , 
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powere.

President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E- Clntterbnck.

N o .  7 1 —A s h l e y   B   M .  A .
No. 73—Edinore B. M. A.
No. 73—Belding B. M. A. 

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

s o .   7 4 — D a v is o n   -M.  U .

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

N o .  7 5 —T e c u m s e li  13.  M .  A . 

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

N o .  7 6 —K a la m a z o o   B . M . A . 

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

N o ,  7 7 —S o u t h   H a v e n   B .  M .  A . 

President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.

N o . 7 8 —C a le d o n ia   B .  M .  A . 

President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary. J. W. Saunders.
N o .  7 9 — E a s t .lo r d a n  a n d   s o   A r in   B .  M . A , 
President, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C.  Madison. 
N o .  8 0 —B a y  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C ity   R .  31, A . 
President, F. L. Harrison;  Secretary, Geo. Craig.

N o .  8 1 —F l u s h in g   B .  M . A . . 

President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

N o .  8 3 —A lm a   B   31.  A .

, B. S. Webb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.
N o   8 3 —S h e r w o o d  B .  »». A . 

t. L. P. Wilcox:  Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.
N o . 8 4 —S t a n d is h   B . M . A .
. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.

N o   8 5 —C lio   B . 31. A .

. J. M. Beeman;  Secretary, C. H. May.
Mlllbrook and Blanchard  B. M. A. 
, T. W. Preston;  Secretary,  H.  P.  Blanchard.

N o . 8 6  
President

The G rocer’s W ife.

Prominent  among 

Graham Thomson in New Jersey Trade  Review.
A New York newspaper printed  lately 
the names  of  a few of  the most remark­
able women who  have  “left  their’ foot­
prints on the sands of  time.”
those  mentioned 
were two of  the  world’s  greatest  intel­
lects,  the foremost in the rank of  female 
genius,  George Eliot and  George  Sands. 
With the exception of  Scott’s novels and 
Fielding’s  “Tom  Jones,”  it  would  be 
difficult to find in all the range of  imagi­
native literature  more  entertaining,  in- 
strutive and  diversified  characters  than 
are depicted in the works of those women, 
and the grocer,with a  penchant for read­
ing who  can  divert  his  mind  from  his 
ledger,  and peruse the fascinating  pages 
of those authors,  will  enjoy  an  intellec­
tual treat so rich that it  will  more  than 
compensate him for a year’s bad debts.
In speaking of  Adam and Eve,  Milton 
tells us that—
“For contemplation he. and valor formed,
For softness she, and sweet,  attractive grace,”
and well did Cleopatra display her “sweet 
attractive grace”  in coddling  Marc  An­
tony.  Yet  Elizabeth  of  England  and 
Catharine of  Russia  were solicitous  for 
the  admiration  of  men,  but  they  also 
knew how to  rule  them  with  a  rod  of 
iron.
It was a woman, Joan of  Arc, who  in­
spired  courage  into  the  breasts  of  the 
despairing  French  when 
they  were 
harassed and humiliated by the  English, 
and it was the  wife  of  Peter  the  Great 
who saved him  and  his  army  from  the 
merciless Turks wheu completely in their 
power, by her diplomacy  and  admirable 
tact.
How many  grocers  owe  their  success 
in business to the  judicious  advice  and 
careful guidance of  their  wives?  More 
probably than the trade has any  concep­
tion of.
When  business  is  booming,  money j 
plenty,  and  bad  debts  few,  the  grocer 
becomes  autocratic 
in  the  manner  of 
conducting his business, 
lie  is  the  ar­
biter of  his own fate,  and  needs  advice 
from no one to  manage  his  store.  Let 
any  female  member  of  his  household 
presume to control his actions  or offer  a 
word in season, and a haughty look  or  a 
rude answer  will  cause  her  to  subside 
instanter.  He  makes  money  in  pros­
perous  times,  and  has,  therefore, 
the 
utmost  confidence  in  his  own  wisdom. 
But let times be poor, money scarce,  and 
bad  debts  plentiful,  and  our  whilom 
arrogant  grocer  becomes  as  meek  and 
tractable as a lamb.  Salesmen  will  be 
snubbed  no  more;  their  goods  will  no 
longer be decried, and a  bland  smile,  a 
cheerful greeting and the hand of friend­
ship and  brotherly  love  await  them  as 
soon  as  the  confiding  gentlemen  enter 
his  door.
It is when he finds it  difficult  to  meet 
his bills  that  he  deigns  to  confide  his 
troubles to his wife,  and is then  glad  to 
aecept of her counsel.  The advice given 
him is always for his good,  and generally 
proves of value to him.
She will bear with him in  his  irritable 
moods, soothe him with kind and endear­
ing terms in his moments of despondency, 
cheer his drooping spirits with  hopes  of 
better days, and  try  to  infuse  into  his 
despairing soul a little of  her abounding 
faith and  courage.  Women  have  more 
moral  bravery  than  men.  Our  grocer 
would 
think  twice  before  dispensing 
with unnecessary  help,  afraid  of  what 
other business men  might  say,  but  bis 
dutiful wife does  not  think  long  about 
curtailing expenses.
With her,  to  conceive  is  to  execute. 
The servant goes and she does the  house 
work  herself;  nay.  she  even  does  the 
washing, no matter what  ill-natured  re­
marks Mrs.  Grundy  might  make.  The 
dresses of  herself  and  children  are  re­
paired by her nimble fingers,  and  Worth 
becomes a dream of  the past.  Ecomomy 
she reduces to a science,  and  yet  shows 
no stinted table.  To please her husband, 
who  is  “preplexed  with  a 
thousand 
cares,”  she  redoubles  her  exertions  to 
smooth his rugged  path,  and  puts  into 
his hands,  with a kindly tear in her  eye, 
the money she  has  saved  for  her  chil­
dren. 
If  the grocer does not recover his 
former financial  standing  it  is  through 
no fault of his consort.  The  fates  have 
decreed otherwise,  or most likely it  is  a 
lack of grit in the man himself.
There are thousands of grocers’ wives, 
like the one  described,  who  add  honor 
and dignity  to  their  sex,  and  who * are 
fitted by nature and  education  to  adorn 
any society.  And  there  are  too  many 
tradesmen,  the type  of  the  one  spoken 
of,  who  become  inflated  with  pride  in 
prosperity,  and  shrink  to  small-minded 
men in adversity.
Some  stores  now  doing  a  large  and 
profitable trade were started  in  a  small 
way by the wives  of  the  owners.  The 
husband would follow  his  vocation  and 
his better half would attend to the  busi­
ness.  Under  careful  management  the 
stock of  groceries would increase.  Help 
would be needed,  and their boy would be 
taken from school  and  installed  behind 
the  counter.  By-and-by  the  husband 
would be necessitated to forego bis trade 
and become a full fledged grocer.
The  lady  would  then  take  it  easier, 
but would still keep  a  watchful  eye  on 
the money  and  the  credits.  The  Ger­
mans, notably,  carry  on  their  business 
with less expense than either Americans, 
English  or  Irish.  At  first  when  they 
enter business they  are  economical,  al­
most to parsimony, but as  soon  as  they 
are  comfortably  settled  in  their  own 
home,  they enjoy themselves in the  hap­
piest manner,  and a jolly «ation,  it  must 
be confessed, they  are.  The  wife  and 
family assist in the store,  and if there  be 
any money in the grocery business,  they 
can get it better than others.
It is  inexplicable  to  many  men  who 
have  been  brought  up  to  the  grocery 
trade  from  youth,  and  have  failed  to 
make it pay them, how it  is  that  others 
have left their trades,  and  without  any 
preliminary training have made a  grand 
success of it.  Fortuitous circumstances, 
no doubt, have something to  do  with  it 
is many cases, while  in  others,  natural 
aptitude is a potent factor.  The man  to 
be most envied in business, according  to 
his notions,  is he who  attends  base  ball 
matches,  happy and contented by  know­
ing  that his interests are in  the  capable 
hands  of  his conjugal  partner.  Prices 
of goods may fluctuate,  sales may be poor 
or good, and money may be lost  in  busi­
ness, but he is satisfied-to  leave  the  in­
tricacies  of  the  trade  to  his  beloved 
spouse.  He  lives  for  base  ball  alone, 
his whole soul is wrapt up in  the  game,

and he is in a state of ecstatic bliss when 
he sees a ball whizzing through  the  air. 
It is well for him that he leaves a sensible 
woman at home or he  would  go  hungry 
occassionally.
The stores in which woman  assist  are 
invariably clean  and  tidy.  The  goods 
are attractively arranged on  the shelves, 
the  scales  are  brightly  furbished,  and 
neatness is everywhere apparent.
They are  complaisant  in  manner  and 
soft and insinuating in  speech,  and,  let 
them only leave gossip  alone,  there  are 
few  men  who  could  surpass  them  in 
making sales.  They are not all paragons 
of  excellence  though.  Some  grocers’ 
wives have not the slightest idea of busi­
ness. 
If  they have been  reared  in  the 
lap  of  luxury  they  imagine  it  should 
always be so  with  them.  They  almost 
drive their  husbands’  wits  astray  with 
their importunities and tears.  They  are 
extravagantly fond of  dress,  and no mat­
ter how urgently in need of  money their 
providers may be,  they must  have  it  to 
enable them to deck their  persons.  No 
word of  approbation have they for  their 
companion  in  life’s  battle,  but  mostly 
severe condemnation,  and the most stren­
uous exertions  on  their  behalf  are  not 
appreciated.  Married they are,  but  live 
widely apart.
Such women enter not into the feelings, 
the hopes,  and ambitions  of  their  part­
ners, and cannot  understand  why  their 
foreheads should be corrugated with care 
and  the  anxious  look  on  their  faces. 
Life is not worth living to those unfortu­
nates tied to women of  this  description, 
and to avoid impending ruin, if  they  be 
wise,  they  generally  “fold  their  tents 
like the Arabs and silently  steal  away.”
Happily for  human  nature  there  are 
not ninny women whose  dispositions  are 
so bad lint what their minds  are  open  to 
gentle  and  refining  influences,  and the 
majority of grocers, no doubt, are as fitly 
mated  as those engaged in other pursuits. 
Directly and indirectly the  grocer’s  wife 
exercises a certain control  over the mind 
ami actions of  her husband, and if she be 
an exemplary woman,  her peaceful eoun- 
els and sweet  companionship are worth 
more  to  him  than  the  wealth  of  the 
orient.

H ow   to  M anufacture  H and  G renades.

Crosby,  May 17.  1889.

the 

It is  just the paper we need.

E. A. Stowe,  Grand Rapids:
De a r  Sir—Enclosed  please find  $1,  to 
renew m y subscription  to  T h e  T r a d e s­
m an. 
Can  you, through  your  paper, furnish 
your readers the*  recipe  for  making  the 
fire  hand 
chemical  contained  in 
grenade,  such  as  are  kept in glass bot­
tles ?  To buy them by the dozen bottles, 
they  a»e  so  expensive  that  we  do  not 
keep  as  many as  we  ought. 
I am told 
the  composition  is  comparatively  inex­
pensive.
You can readily see the advantage that 
something of  this kind would be to small 
places not able to keep a lire department.
If  you cannot give a recipe for making 
it, would it not be  well  for  the  associa­
tions of  the  smaller  towns  to look after 
something of the kind, before they follow 
in the way of  Sullivan or  Caimonsburg ?

Yours respectfully,

A .  C.  B a r k l e y .

The  following is the  formula  used by 
the  manufacturers  of  hand 

most  of 
grenades:

Common  salt,  20  ibs.;  muriate  am­

monia, 10 lbs.;  water, 7 gallons.

Another very cheap and  efficient  sub­
stitute  for  the  hand  grenades  sold for 
putting  out  fire  can  be  made by filling 
ordinary  quart  bottles  with a saturated 
solution  of  common  salt.  The  salt 
forms a coating on  everything  the water 
touches,  and  makes  it  nearly 
incom­
bustible.

The  N atural  R esult  o f  M utual  In­

surance.

Since  the  lumbermen  of 

From  the Northwestern  Lumberman.
this  city 
effected  an  organization  for  insurance 
purposes, and started  the  Lumbermen’s 
Mutual Insurance Company,  the Lumber­
man is informed  that  the rates on hard­
wood  lumber in the “Q” district,  cover­
ing the section occupied by Palmer,  Ful­
ler  &  Co., Hayden Bros.,  P.  G. Dodge & 
Co., L. Miller  &  Sons  and  others,  have 
been reduced  about  tweuty-five cents by 
stock companies, or  from  $1.75  to $1.50, 
which  goes  to  show  that the insurance 
companies are ready to make concessions 
when  they  find  the  lumbermen  are  in 
earnest, and  that  many of  their excuses 
for not giving lower rates heretofore will 
scarcely  hold  water.  Finding  there  is 
opposition,  the  companies  are  ready  to 
come to time.  This new  policy on their 
part  is  regarded  locally  as a streak  of 
virtue which would soon fade away if the 
lumbermen dropped  their  efforts  on be­
half  of  mutual insurance.  The mellow­
ness  of  the companies on  rates is all the 
more  significant in view of  their  former 
indifference and independence.  Whereas 
they would  scarcely take any lumber in­
surance a few  weeks  ago, even  at  high 
rates,  it is now  reported  that  they  are 
now soliciting with some  activity at con­
cessions. 
It is also  said  that  the  stock 
companies  will  soon  hold a meeting for 
the purpose of  discussing  the  advisabil­
ity of  reducing rates.

Window  Dressing for Grocers.

From the National Gr  cer.
I read somewhere, not long  ago, that a* 
well-dressed window was the  best adver­
tisement  that a grocer  could  have,  and 
the more 1 have reflected on the  observa­
tion  the  more  I  feel  convinced  of  its 
truth.
There is something about a judiciously 
arranged  window  that  immediately  ar­
rests  the  attention,  while, on  the  con­
trary, one  is  apt  to  take  it for granted 
that a dusty, fly-blown, cob-webbed  win­
dow  is  indicative  of  a  slovenliness  in 
business,  staleness  in  commodities, and 
bad management in general.
Appearances  go a long  way  with  the 
grocer  as  well  as  the rest of  mankind, 
and  the  exterior  appearance  of  a store 
has a great effect  in  drawing  customers 
within or keeping  them  out, as  the case 
may be.  There  are  some grocery stores 
the  contents of  whose  windows  always 
look as if  laid  out  with a two-foot  rule 
on  mathematical  principles,  the  good 
taste in arrangement is beyond reproach, 
the glass is always bright and clean,  and 
the articles displayed  are  being  contin-

VISITING  BUYERS.

D C Blood, W hitneyville 
Dr J A Shaffer,Elm Hall 
8 M Vinton, Leetsville 
D Fleming, Riverdale 
A C Perigard. Muskegon 
J C Townsend  White Cloud 
John Farrowe,  So Blendon 
J L Purchase, Bauer 
W Ver WeuTen, Beaver Dam 
W G Tefft, Rockford 
H Meijering, Jamestown 
Wm Kennedy, Cadillac 
Wisler & Co. Mancelona 
D DeVries, Holland 
J Baker & Sons,  Gd  Haven 
McAuley & Co, Edgerton 
G H Spencer, Rockford 
F Narregang, Byron nenter 
J  DenHerder&Son, Overisel 
N Bouma. Fisher 
J V Crandall&Son.Sand Lke 
Mat thews & Chappie,  Hart 
H  Van Noord. Jamestown 
Struik Bros,  Byron  Center 
Den Herder & Tanis
Vriesland 
S J Martin, Sullivan 
E Heinzelman,  Logan 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
L N Fisher, Dorr 
J Barnes,  Austerlitz 
John Yarger, Freeport 
G Ten Hoor,  Forest  Grove 
Smallegan & rick&ard.
Forest Grove 
John Damstra.  Gitchell 
C K Hoyt & Co.Hudsonville 
T VanEenenaam.Zeeland 
S J Case.  Fulton 
Dr John Graves,  Way land 
John Giles & Co, Lowell

Grand ville 

Maston & Hammond.
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
Frank Utley, Hesperia 
L E Benson & Co .Woodland 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
Gus Begman. Bauer 
E E Hewitt.  Rockford 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
Cole & Chapel. Ada 
J Kinney, Kinney 
J P Degan, Cennonsburg 
E H&gadorn, Fife Lake 
W E Hinman. Sparta 
Lamoreaux & Beerman, 
Fruitport
C A Brott. Moorland 
M M Robson. Berlin 
J Raymond. Berlin 
C H Deming. Dutton 
Geo Lentz, Croton 
8 Cooper. Jamestown 
Wm  Karsten, Vriesland 
L Maier, Fisher s Station 
A  S Fr^y. Slocum’s Grove 
John Kamps, Zutphen 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
J G Runyan, Hastings 
Cutler & W right, Morley 
J H Edwards, Newaygo 
Geo E  Marvin,  Clarksville 
S MGeary. Maple  Hill 
W N Hutchinson,  Ashland 
Silas Loew, Burnip’s Cors 
F D Sampson, Cadillac 
Holmes & DeGoit, Tustin 
W illiams & Hutchings,
Casnovia
W L Heazlitt,  Wavland

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

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  m erchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, lo g -ru n .................................. 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos.  1 and 2................................. 
@22 00
Black Ash, log-run.................................. 14 00@16 00
Cherry, log-run......................................... 25 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2 ...............................60  00@65 00
Cherry, C ull.............................................  
@12 00
Maple, lo g -ru n ......................................... 12 00(3,13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run.................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
@20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring............................ 
@25  00
Maple,  white, selected.......................... 
@25  00
Red Oak, log-run......................................20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2............................. 26 00@28 00
Red Oak, 14 sawed. 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, *4 sawed, regular.................... 30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank................... 
@25 00
@55  00
W alnut, log ru n ......................................  
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
@75  00
W alnuts, cull 
........................................ 
@25 00
Grey Elm, log-run....................................12 60@13 05
W hite Aso, log-run.................................. 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run.................................20 00@22 00
W hite Oak, log-run.................................. 17 00@18 00
W hite Oak, )4 sawed. Nos. 1 and 2___42  00@43  00

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
d is.
60
Ives’, old style  ................................................. 
Snell’s ..................................................................  
60
Cook’s ..................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine
Jennings’,  im itation....................... ...................50&10
First Qualitv, 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.
BARROWS.

dis.

BOLTS.

BELLS.

BRACES.

BUTTS, CAST.

Spring  ............................................... ................ 
40
Railroad............................................. ..............$  14  00
.......net  30  00
G arden...............................................
H and..................................................
....  60&10&10
C o w .................................................... ...............  
70
.................................................... ................30&15
Call 
G o n g .................................................
................ 
25
Door, Sargent...................................
..............60&10
dis.
Stove..................................................................
■ 50&10
Carriage new list...........................................
75
.40&10
Plow ..................................................................
Sleigh  shoe......................................................
70
W rought Barrel  Bolts...................................
60
Cast Barrel  Bolts...........................................
40
Cast Barrel], brass  knobs............................
40
Cast Square Spring........................................
60
40
Cast C h ain ......................................................
Wrought  Barrel, brass knob.......................
60
W rought S q u are............................................
60
60
W rought Sunk  F lush...................................
.C0&10
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush. 
Ives’ Door............................................. : ........
.60*10
dis.
40
Barber...............................................................
50&10
B ackus.............................................................
Spofford...........................................................
50
Am.  B a ll.........................................................
net
. 
.$ 3  50 
Well,  p lain...............................................
Well, swivel.............................................
.  4  00 
dis.
• 70& 
Cast Loose Pin, figured..........................
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed...........
■70& 
.60&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed__
W rought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t__
■ 60&10
• 60&10 
W rought Loose P in .................................
-60&05 
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip ..............
■ 60&05
W rought Loose Pin, jap an n ed ............
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped.60&05 
W rought  Table.................................................. 60&10
W rought Inside B lind................... ................. 60&10
Blind,  Clark’s ................................. ..................70&10
Blind,  Parker’s ............................... ................. 70&10
...............  
70
Blind, Shepard’s ............................
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, '85.................  
40
CARPET  SWEEPERS
Bissell  No. 5.................................... ..per doz.$17 00
19  80
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n .........
36  00
Bissell, G ra n d ...............................
24 00
Grand  Rapids.................................
15 00
M agic...............................................
.......  dis. 50&02
G rain.................................................
Cast Steel.......................................... .......per ft 
4)4
Iron, Steel Points............................
3)4
65
Elv’s 1-10.......................................... __ perm  
Hick’s  C. F ...................................... ....... 
60
G. D .................................................. ....... 
35
60
M usket............................................. .......  
50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester new lis t.. 
Rim Fire. United  States............... ...........dis. 
50
Central  F ire.................................... ...........dis. 
25
Socket F irm er................................. ................. 70&10
Socket Fram ing............................... ................. 70&1O
Socket Corner................................... ..................70&10
Socket Slicks................................... ..................70&10
40
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er............ .................. 
Barton’s Socket  Firm ers.............. .................  
20
..............i 
net
Cold..................................................
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ....................... ..................40&10
H otchkiss........................................ .............. 
25
W hite Crayons, per  gross............
. 12@12)4 dis. 10

CRAt»LES.
CROW BARS.

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS.

.......  “ 

BLOCKS.

CHALK.

COMBS.

CAPS.

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dis.

dis.

COCKS.

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COPPER.

Brass.  Racking’s ............................ .................. 
60
Bibb’s ............................................... .................. 
60
B eer.................................................. ................. 40&10
Fenns’............................................... ..................  »  60
Planished, 14 oz cut to size......... per pound 
33
i4x52, 14x56, 14x60 ....... .................  
31
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60__ .................  
29
Cold Rolled, 14x48.......................... .................. 
29
30
B ottom s........................................... .................. 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................ .................  
40
Paper and straight Shank. .*........ .................  
40
Morse’s Taper Shank..................... .................. 
40

DRILLS.

dis.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser p o u n d ................. .................  
07
Large sizes, per  pound................. .................  
6*4
. .doz. net 
75
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ..........................
Corrugated...................................... ...d is. 20&10&10
.........dis.  )4&10
Adjustable......................................

ELBOWS.

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

7î%

SEEDS!

If in want of Clover, Timothy, 
Hungarian,  Millett,  Orchard  or 
Blue  Grass,  Seed  Corn—Early 
Yellow or Dent, Turnip or  Ruta 
Baga, or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of 
Seed, send to the
S e e d   S to r e ,

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

W . T .   I. A M O R E A U X .

20,000!  Sold 

to 

tho  Trade

in   Grand  Rapids  n  the  past  30  days. 
Over 150 retail dealers  in • G  and  Rapids 
are  handling  the  Famous  Five  Cent 
Cigar,

“THE WHITE DAISY”

This cigar we guarantee  to  be the best 
nickel cigar in the State, all long Havana 
filler with a Sumatra wrapper.  It is  sold 
to the trade for  $35  per  M.  Rem< mber, 
you take no chances in ordering,  f t r   we 
guarantee the cigar to  give  entire  satis­
faction or they can be returned.
Beware  of  Imitations.
The  genuine  will  have  our signature 
on inside  of  cover  of  each  box.  Send 
in your orders by mail.  The W hite Daisy 
Is m anufactured ouly by

M O R T O N   &  C L A R K ,

4 6 2   S  D iv is io n   S t.,  G ra n d   K a p id s.

GALVANIZED IRON.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 

13 

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

GAUGES. 

dis.

50

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.'s........................  
Naydole  & Co.’s .....................................................dis. 25
Kip’s ..........................................................................dis. 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s .................................................. dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................ 30c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1,
, 3 ..............
60
State.....................
2  50
Screw Hook  and Strap, to 12
lo n g er..............
3*4
Screw Hook and Eve, *4.......
10
%.......
8)4
%.......
7*4
7*4
70

................. dis.
.. .per doz. net, 
in. 4)4  14  and
..................net
................. net
................. net
................. net
................. dis.

Strap and T .......

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HANGERS.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.
Champion,  anti-friction.............................
Kidder, wood tra c k .....................................

dis.

...50&10 
..  60&10 
40

... 60&05 
. ..60&05 
...60&05 
50

HOLLOW WARE
Pots..........
Kettles..........................................
S piders........................................
Gray enam eled..........................
HOUSE  FURNISHING
Stamped  Tin W are...................
Japanned Tin W are.................
Granite Iron W are ...................

GOODS.
.......new list 70&10
..................... 
25
.......new  Hst 73&10

HOES.

Grub  1...........................................................$11, dis. 60
Grub 2 ..................................................... $11.50, dis. 60
Grub 3 ...........................................................$12, dis. 60

HORSE NAILS.

55

dis.

70
• 40&10

l o c k s—DOOR.

Au Sable...................................dis. 25&10@25&10&10
Putnam ..........................................dis.  5&10&2%&2%
N orthw estern..................................... 
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. Judd  &  Co.’s ................
H em acite.................................................
Russell & Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...................
Branford’s .............................................
Norwalk’s ...............................................
Stanlev Rule and Level  Co.'s............
Adze Eye. 
Hunt E ye. 
Hunt’s __
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled...................
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................
“  P.  S.  & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables.
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ..............
“  Enterprise  ... ! .................................
Stebbin’s  Pattern..........................................
Stebbin’s G enuine........................................
Enterprise, self-measuring........................

70
dis. 60 
dis. 60 
20&10. 
dis.
50
40
40
40
25
dis.
.60*10
.60*10

........ $16.00,
.........$15.00,
$18.50, dis.

MOLASSES GATES.

MATTOCKS

LEVELS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

dis.

dis.

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

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

12d to 30d.
lOd............
Sd to 9d 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d..............
%  in ch ...

FINE  BLUED.

CASTING  AND BOX.

1 00
1  502 00

COMMON BARREL.

CLINCH.

1 y2 and  134 in ch .................................................  1  35
...............................................  1  x5
2  and  2J4 
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2*4 and 234  “ 
3 in c h .................................................................... 
85
334 ahd 4)4  in ch ................................................. 
75

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

dis.

d is.

p l a n e s . 

OILERS.
Zinc or tin, Chase's P aten t..
......................... 60&Ì0
Zinc, with brass bottom........
......................... 
50
Brass or Copper........................
........................  
50
... per gross, $12 net
Reaper
Olmstead’s ..........................................................50&10
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
dis. 
60
Fry,  Acme................................................
Common,  polished...................................
dis. 
70
....... 
50
50
to 27 10 20 
9  20

Iron and  T inned......................................
Copper Rivets and B urs..........................
PATENT PLANISHED IRON.
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 

RIVETS.

PANS.

Broken packs )4c per pound extra.

dis.

ROPES.

SQUARES.

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

Sisal, .*4 inch and la rg e r........................
Manilla  .....................................................

.  13)4
•  16)4 
dis.
■ 70&10 
60 20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
$3 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
3 33
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...........................................$4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ..........................................  4  20 
Nos.  18 to 21..........................................   4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ..........................................  4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26.........................................   440 
No. 27.....................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra

SHEET IRON.

SASH WEIGHTS.

SAUSAGE SUUFFEBS OR FILLERS.

Solid Eyes.................................................. per ton $25
Miles’ “Challenge” .... per doz. $20, dis. 50@50&05
P erry.....................per doz. No.  1, $15;  No. 0,
......................................................$21;  dis. 50@S0&5
Draw Cut No. 4............................... each, $30, dis  30
Enterprise Mfg. Co............................. dis. 20&10@30
Silver’s .........  ............................................. dis.  {0*10
Disston’s  Circular........................................ 45@45&5
Cross  C ut.......................................45@45&5
H an d ..............................................25@25&5
Atkins’  Circular...............................................dis.  9
70
50
30
28

♦Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
“  Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot....... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot  ... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  root..................................................  

saws. 

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dis.

American, all k in d s.. . ' . ................................ 
Steel,all  kinds.........- ..r. ................................. 
Swedes, all kinds...........................................  
Gimp and Lace.........................................[ ’ ”  ’ 
Cigar Box  N ails............................................. ’. 
Finishing  N ails................................................ 
Common and  Patent  B rads............................ 
Hungarian Fails and  Miners’ Tacks.......................  50
Trunk and Clout N ails..................................... 
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails  ..................... 
Leathered Carpet Tacks................................... 

go
go
go
go
50
  go
50
50
45
35

traps. 

dis.

dis.

wire. 

Steel, Game..........................................................60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................  
35
Oneida  Community,  Hawley * Norton's  ... 
70
Hotchkiss’....................................  
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ..............................................70
Mouse,  choker.................................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion........................................... $1.50 per doz.
Bright M arket....................................................   6714
Annealed M arket................................................70&10
Coppered M arket........................................... 
  g2V
Extra B ailin g ..................................................  
5
Tinned M arket..................................................   g2$<
Tinned  Broom......................................per pound 09
Tinned M attress.................................per  pound 8%
Coppered  Spring  Steel....................................  
50
Tinned  Spring Steel.......................................... 40&10
Plain Fence........................................... per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.....................................$3 75
painted...........................................  3 00
Copper..................................................  
Brass...................................................... 
B right....................................................
Screw  Eyes..........................................
Hook’s ..................................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........................

3w  list nes
‘  “  “
dis.

70&10&1C
70&10&1C
70&10&1C
70&10&1C

WIRE GOODS.

“ 

WRENCHES.

Baxter's  Adjustable, nickeled.......
Coe’s  G enuine.....................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.....................

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bird C ages.........................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................
Screws, New List............................................... 
50
Casters, Bed  and  P late...............J..50&10&10
Dampers,  Am erican............................... I.___ 
40
65
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........... 
Copper Bottoms..................................................   30c

dis.

M E T A L S .

Pig  Large. 
Pig B ars...

.28c
30c

COPPER.

Duty:  Pig. Bar  and  Ingot,  4c;  Old  Copper,  3c 
Manufactured  (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...............................

..............18)4
................. 18

D uty;  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks..................................
Per  pound.............................................

ZINC.

................6)4
...........

LEAD.

D uty:  Pig, $2  per 100  pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
I  pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.
............................................................@5
American 
Newark.................................................................. @5
B a r.................................................................................6
Sheet.............................................................8c, dis. 20
)4@)4........................  .................................................16
Extra W iping........................................................ 13)4
solder in the m arket indicated by private  brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

The  prices  of the  many other qualities  of

SOLDER.

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Cookson.....................  .....................per  pound  14)*
Hallett’s ............................................ 
11)4
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xi4IC, Charcoal...............................  
..$ 6  0
14x20IC, 
.............................. 
..  6
12x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
10x28 IC, 
10x14IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

...  7  7£
 
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10x14IC,  C harcoal............................................$ 5 5 0
14x20 IC, 
12xl2IC, 
.............................................   5  65
14x14 IC, 
.............................................   9 25
29x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
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ROOFING PLATES

W orcester..............................  5

14x20 IC, Terne  M. F ........................................$ 7  60
20x28  IC,
14x20  IC,
14x20 IX,
29x28  IC,
14x20IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX, 

...................  10  50
...................   13  50

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Allaway  Grade.

14x28  IX .............................................................. $12 00
14x31  IX .......  ......................................................13 50
g
09

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H a w k e y e
R O L L E D

O A T S .

Ball,  Barnhart  X Piltnam,

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS, 

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

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O I L S !
S11 o  w  D rop•

A Fine W ater White Oil, High Gravity and Fire 
Test, and recommended to those wishing a High 
Grade Burning  Oil.
Reel Cross P o in t Oil
Is full of merit and needs but a trial to convince 
all of its great value.  For mixing with Linseed 
it is without  a  peer,  as  it  greatly  reduces  the 
cost of same and without injuring its quality.

Gasoline.
ranted to Give  Satisfaction.

Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled.  War­

N a p t h a .

Sweet and Free from Oily  Matter, and has met 
the  approval of many of the  largest  consumers.

M ineral Turps.

ALL  KINDS

Its peculiar composition is such  that  it can be 
used  with  turpentine in fair proportion, the lat­
ter  retaining  full  possession,  and  with  perfect 
results.
♦ 
L ubricating Oils
Grand  Rapids  Tank Line  Co„

Constantly  in  stock, all at our Cleveland prices, 

thus saving you time and freight.

WORKS—D. & M. Junction.

OFFICE  ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block.

B r a n c h   S c o fie ld ,  S h u n n e r   &  T e a g le , 

C le v e la n d ,  O h io .

E,  G. 8TUDLEY,

M anufacturer and dealer in

Leather and  Rilhher  Belting, 
Rdbher Goods, 
Sporting Goods, 
Mill and Fire Department Supplies

6 2:
10 0(

We m anufacture the  VERY  BEST  Pure  Oak 
Tanned, Short Lap, Leather  Belt  that  is  made, 
and make them either Riveted, Pegged or Sewed. 
Belts repaired, made  endless and put on.
Agent for the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing 

7 75
8 00
12 50

Company’s Rubber Belting, Hose and Rub­

ber Goods for mechanical purposes.
5 40
Lubricating  Oils  and  Greases  of  all 
kinds, Cotton Waste, Lath Yarn, Hay and 
Hide Rope, Lace Leather, Belt Fastenings 
of all kinds, Babbit Metal, Emery Wheels, 
Disston’s  Saws,  Nicholson’s  and  Black 
Diamond  Files,  Hancock  Inspirators, 
Brass  Valves  of  all  kinds,  Steam  and 
Water  Gauges,  Lubricators  and  Grease 
Cups, Packings of all kinds, Boiler  Com­
pound.

11 80
6 90
6 90
7 15
11 65
14 80

Sole Agent for A. G. Spaulding & Bro.'s sporting 

Goods, and  L. Candee & Co.’s rubber 

boots  and Shoes.

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

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4   M o n r o e   S t r e e t ,

Grand  Rapids, 

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The Michigan Tradesman  “

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association,  j

A  WEEKLY JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of tire  Wolilerine Slate.

E .  A .  S T O W E   &  B R O .,  P r o p r ie t o r s .

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  6-rand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  M A Y

»on as the exchange  was located in new 
quarters.  The change is now two mônths 
old  and  the  number  of  telephones  as­
signed to each operator has been reduced 
from 100  to  75,  notwithstanding  which 
the service is infinitely worse than it was 
a year ago. 
Instead of  becoming better, 
it has grown  worse,  until it is now a dis­
grace to the city.  T h e T r a d e s m a n  does 
not wonder that  some subscribers refuse 
to pay more  than  half  price for the use 
of their telephones, and that the manage­
ment is glad to get even that  percentage. 
If more men did likewise,  the  telephone 
company  would  be  compelled  to  bring 
the service up to modern requirements or 
cease  business.

WHICH  IS  METROPOLITAN?

East Saginaw and  Saginaw people can 
ride on the  street  cars  for 3 cents a trip 
or  purchase  ten  tickets  for  a  quarter. 
Grand  Rapids people, when they patron­
ize  the  street  cars, pay 5 cents a ride or 
purchase eleven tickets for 50 cents.  But, 
then.  Grand  Rapids  is  a  metropolitan 
city !

Not metropolitan  in  all respects, how­
ever.  Although  the  ordinances  of  the 
two  companies  operating  here  provide 
that the names of  all cross  streets  shall 
be called out by the  car  conductors,  the 
provision has not  been  observed  within 
the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitant. 
People who are familiar with  the  streets 
ring at the proper place and  are  carried 
to the middle of  the block  and lauded in 
a mudpuddle, if  possible.  Strangers aie 
carried beyond their destination,  in order 
to get a fare out of  them to return again 
Such are the  advantages of  being metro­
politan !

The bad  precedent set  by our  elealin 
with  Oklahoma  on  the  Naboth’s  Vine­
yard  principle"  is followed, as  might be 
expected,  by demands for  similar acts of 
aggression.  The Governor of Calafornia 
proposes the annexation of  several adja 
cent provinces of Mexico, of  course with 
the proviso that we pay the Mexicans for 
them,  but  without any reference  to  the 
nice question of the willingness of the sis­
ter republic to have her  bounds still fur­
ther retrenched in order  to  extend  “the 
area of  Anglo-Saxon civilization.”  The 
Sioux reservation in Dakota also is under 
discussion, and  it  is  asked  what an In 
dian tribe wants of a square mile of land 
for each of. its members.  A square mile 
is very short  allowance for  men  in  the 
lower  grades  of  civilization,  w-ho  have 
to live by hunting  and fishing.  And the 
Sioux have shown their readiness to have 
their  reservation broken  up, if  they are 
allowed to  get the full  market  price  of 
their  lands from  the  incoming  settlers 
It w-as the attempt  to make  a  hard bar 
gain which  defeated  the negotiations of 
two  years ago. 
In the vicinity of  Okla 
homa  itself 
there  is  trouble  over  the 
siezure of  parts of  the Cherokee strip by 
settlers  who  did  not  find 
themselves 
suited in the  new  -settlement.  Always, 
in Naboth’s eyes  the  piece  of  land that 
does not belong  to  him  is the very best 
to be had—just  the  place for his garden 
of herbs.

When  a  man 

tells  you  that  T he 
T r a d e s m a n ’s  quotations  are  incorrect, 
he is either seeking to  injure  the  paper 
or  charge  you  more  than  goods  ar< 
w’orth. 
If  he  offers  you  prices  lower 
than T h e  T r a desm a n’s quotations,  he i 
either selling goods  below  the  standard 
or  throwing  out  leaders, in hopes of 
curing  your  order  for  goods  in  which 
there is a large  margin.  The Price Cur 
rents of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   are corrected 
by  the  leading  jobbers  at  this market 
the  grocery quotations  being  the  joint 
product  of  six  jobbing  houses,  super 
vised  and  compiled by the editor in per 
son.  No Price Current  was ever put out 
under  more  favorable  auspices  or with 
the  stamp  of  authenticity  more  thor­
oughly  established.  So,  w hen  any one 
is so foolish as to assert  that  the  quota­
tions  are  unreliable—if  any such  there 
be—regard him  with suspicion.  He is a 
good man  to  watch.

BREAKERS  AHEAD.

The same annoyance and loss sustained 
by Michigan  merchants  through  the in­
auguration  of  lodges  of  the Patrons of 
Industry  are  also  experienced  by  mer­
chants in  other  states  through  the me­
dium  of  similar  organizations,  sailing 
under the names of Agricultural Wheels, 
Farmers’  Alliances, etc.  There seems to 
have dawned an era of  discontent on the 
part  of 
the  farmers  of  the  country, 
owing  to the  frequent  failure  of  crops 
during the past half dozen  years and the 
prevalence  of  low  prices. 
In some lo­
calities  this  discontent  has  become  so 
marked  as  to  develop  into  a  spirit  of 
discouragement,  inimical to  present suc­
cess  or  future  progress. 
In  their  de­
spair,  the farmers  will  not  admit  that 
their  trouble  comes from any  shortcom­
ings  of  their  own,-  but  cast  about  for 
other  shoulders  on  which to throw  the 
blame.  What  more  natural  than  that 
wily schemers,  seeing their  opportunity, 
should seek  to array the farmers against 
the  traders,  for  a  monetary  considera­
tion!

While the situation'is a grave one, T h e 
T r a d e s m a n  does not look  upon  it  with 
serious apprehension.  A season of  good 
crops and good  prices  would soon bring 
about  a  readjustment  of  the  relations 
between the dealer and the producer, but, 
even  though  the  present  depression in 
farm  products  continues,  the  farmers 
will not be slow in  discovering  that  the 
methods of the Patrons  and other organ­
izations of that ilk are detrimental instead 
of beneficial, when  the  abandonment  of 
such  organizations  will follow- as a mat­
ter of course. 
It should be the  policy of 
the merchant to abstain from crimination 
and abuse,  sa far as possible;  to treat the 
farmer fairly and honorably,  selling  him 
his  goods  on  as low a margin as is con­
sistent  with good business principles;  to 
assist him in securing a good market and 
the  best possible prices for his products. 
Such  co-operation  cannot fail to  appeal 
to  the  sturdy  good  sense  of  the  rural 
classes  and  eventually break  dow-n any 
false  barriers  which  may come  up  be­
tween the  great  body  of  producers and 
traders.
ASSAILING  THE  INTER-STATE  LAW .
The railroads  are  getting  in  their re­
turns under the demand of the Inter-State 
Commerce  Commission  to have their list 
of  free  passes  submitted  to  its  inspec­
tion.  Some of  them make a full display 
of what  they  are  doing  in  this matter; 
others make imperfect  returns  and  talk 
of consulting  their  legal  advisers  as  to 
their obligation to  do  more.  Especially 
they seem to claim  that  passes  between 
points within the same State do not come 
under the jurisdiction of the Commission. 
Judge  Cooley  seemed to take a different 
view.  The  Pennsylvania  railroad  sub­
mitted no names, but a list  of  classes  of 
persons who have  been receiving passes, 
with a request  to  be  informed  whether 
any of  these classes are forbidden by the 
law  under  which 
the  Commission  is 
acting.

There is evidence of a purpose to assail 
the law along the w hole line, with a view 
to obtaining its repeal at the next session 
of Congress. 
It is attacked  in  so  many 
quarters at once  as  to  suggest some sort 
of concert in this procedure.  Especially 
it is hoped that the agricultural States of 
the Northwest  w ill  rally  against  it  as 
having  deprived  them  of  low rates for 
the transportation of  their  crops  to  the 
seaboard. 
It  therefore  behooves  the 
friends of the  law-  to  be  on the alert in 
the face of this danger,  and  to  resist  it 
not merely  by  opposition  to repeal,  but 
with readiness to  amend  those  features 
w-hich give the enemies of the  law  their 
-  best  opportunities  of  criticism.  Such, 
however,  are  not  the  parts  of  the law 
which make it dearer to carry wheat mnn 
Western than from  Eastern points to the 
New York market.  That is essential  to 
the law as a measure  of  bare  justice  to 
the  Eastern  farmer, who should  not  be 
obliged to pay for  carrying both his own 
crop and that of the competing farmer in 
the West.  But  the  prohibition  against 
pooling  should  be  converted  into  an 
authorization of  the Commission to sanc­
tion such arrangements, with  due regard 
to the rights of  the  public  in  adjusting 
their terms.

WORSE  INSTEAD  OF  BETTER.
Whenever any  complaints  were  made 
of  the  poorness  and  inadequacy of  the 
telephone service  of  the city,  during the 
past year, fulsome  promises were volun­
teered as to tha  effectiveness  of  certain 
reforms which would  be  inaugurated as

W.  C.  DENISON,

Stationary  and  Portadle  Engines  and  Boilers

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

scheme collection  agencies of  Chicago is 
endeavoring  to  secure  a  following  in 
Coldwater and Colon.  Of  course, he will 
succeed.  The  average  business  man 
would  rather  give  $8  for nothing—pro­
viding the promises are profuse enough— 
than Sri  and a little  time  for  something 
worth  100  times as much—a B.  M. A.

Greeley is  to  have a statue  at 
Horace 
lias  taken  seventeen  years  to 
last. 
It 
out.  but  it  is now announced, 
find  this 
jjii.  it  is  thought,  will  present 
The  desii 
editor  with  his  hand  out- 
the  greal 
toward  the  setting  sun,  and
tretehed
nderneath  in  letters all in gold  will be 
the words,  “Go West,  young man.”

Profit-sharing  is a  very  pleasant  way 
of  transacting business  for the man who 
puts in no capital,  except  when  there is 
loss  instead  of  a profit.  The  system 
makes  no  provision  for  that  circum- 
tance.
§§1 .O O O

.W A R O U

THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST 

LEAR  LONG  HAVANA  FILLED 
SUMATRA  WRAPPED  CIGAR 

SOLD  FOR  S   CENTS,

We aeree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars to any person 
proving  the  Filler of these Cigars  to contain  anyt!ungj=g 
b ut Havana Tobacco.

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GRA1TD  EAPTTJS,  MICH,

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HYDRAULIC

ELEYATORS
Water Motors and Specialties 
Send for New Catalogue.
Tuerk  Hydraulic 
NEW  YORK: 
CHICAGO: 
12 Cortland St.  39 Dearborn St,

Power  Co.

C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 S un................................................................   50
No. 1  “  ................................................................   55
T u b u lar..................................................................

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.

6 doz. in box.

XXX Flint.

First quality.
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No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun,  crimp  top......................................... 2 15
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun,  crimp  top..........................................2. 58
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled...................... 3  71
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun,  plain b u lb ..........................................1  25
No. 2  “ 
150
No. 1 crim p............................................................1  40
No. 2 
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Butter Crocks, per g al......................................  06%

STONEWARE—AKRON.

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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Meat Tubs, 10 gal., each..........................   75
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TO  M O N T A N A ,  O R EG O N   A N D  

W A S H IN G T O N .

If y ou are going west bear in m ind the  follow 
ing facts:  The Northern Pacific Railroad  owns 
and operates 987 miles, or 57 per cent  of  the  er 
tire railroad mileage of M ontana; spans  the  ter 
ritory with its main line from east to west; is the 
short line to H elena; the only Pullman  and  din 
ing car line to Butte, and  is  the  only  line  that 
reaches Miles City, Billings, Bozeman, Missoula 
the  Yellowstone  National  Park,  and,  in  fact 
nine tenths of the cities and points of interest in 
the  territory.
The Northern  Pacific  owns  and  operates  621 
miles, sr 56 per cent of  the  railroad  mileage  of 
Washington, its main  line  extending  from  the 
Idaho line via Spokane Falls,  Cheney,  Sprague. 
Yakima and Ellensburg, through  the  center 
the Territory to Tacoma  and  Seattle,  and  from 
Tacoma to Portland.  No other trans-continental 
through rail line reaches any  portion  of  Wash 
ington Territory.  Ten days stop over  privileg 
are given on Northern Pacific second class tickets 
at Spokane Falls and all points West, thus afford 
ing intending settlers  an  excellent  opportunity 
to see the entire Territory w ithout incurring  the 
expense of paying local fares from point to point.
The Northern Pacific is the shortest route from 
St. Paul to Tacoma by 207 m iles: to Seattle by 177 
miles, and to Portland by 324 miles—time  corres­
pondingly shorter, varying from one to two days, 
according to destination.  No other line from St. 
Paul  or  Minneapolis  runs  through  passenger 
cars of any kind into  Idaho, Oregon or Washing­
ton.
In addition to being the only rail  line  to'  Spo­
kane Falls, Tacoma  and  Seattle,  the  Northern 
Pacific reaches  all the principal points in North­
ern  Minnesota  and  Dakota,  Montana,  Idaho, 
Oregon and Washington.  Bear in mind that the 
Northern Pacific and Shasta line  is  the  famous 
scenic route to all points in California.
Send for illustrated pamphlets, maps and books 
giving you valuable information in reference  to 
the country traversed by this great line from  St. 
Paul, Minneapolis, D uluth and Ashland to  Port­
land, Oregon,  and  Tacoma  and  Seattle,  Wash­
ington Territory, and enclose stamps for the new 
1889 Rand McNally County  Map  of  W ashington
Address your nearest ticket agent, or  Cha s.  S. 
F ee, General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent,  St. 
Paul,  Minn.

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w o ooam ctal  Furniture

aí-s0íeaoS 
Bovvi, 

brass  rule:

Vertical,  Horizontal,  Hoisting  and  Marine  Engines.  Steam  Pumps,  Blowers and  K> 

haust  Fans.  SAW   MILES,  any  Size or Capacity  W anted.

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.

88  80 and 92 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH

DETROIT SOAR CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

Q U E E N   A N N E . 
T R U E   B L U E ,

M O T T L E D   G E R M A N , 
P H C E N IX , 
A N D

S U P E R IO R ,

R O Y A L   B A R , 

M A S C O T T E , 

O T H E R S .

C Z A R ,

C A M E O ,

quantities,  address.

For quotations in single box. lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 
W.  G.  HAW KINS,

H.  Leonard.  &  Sons.

S a le s m a n   f o r   W e s t e r n  M ic h ig a n , 

L O C K   B O X   1 7 3 . 

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

G ra n d   R a p id s,

M ich .

N e a r   U n io n   D e p o t .

C o r. S p r in g a n d   F u lt o n  S ts.

Tie  “GEM”  Tricycle.

This is the  most  perfect  tricycle  on  the 
market for Ladies and Children.  It is recom­
mended by Physicians  as the First and Only 
Machine  invented  that  Ladies  and  Girls 
of  a  delicate  constitution  can  ride  with 
benefit.

A.xle:

The GEM has Steel Wire Wheels 
. 

It  also has an
A d ju s ta b le   S p r in g   S e a t

with  Grooved Steel Tires and Forged Steel

Upholstered  with  plush,  filled  with  Japanese  hair,  which  retains its elasticity, 

making  it  easy for the rider.

P r ic e s   q u o te d  w ith o u t  fen d ers:

No.  1—20  inch 
No.  2—24  “
No.
No.

3—28

to  7  years 

Rear  Wheels,  for  3  to  7  years  of

age,  $6.67 Each.
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S a m e   w it h   r u b b e r  tires:

7  to ll  “
11  to 14  “
14  to 18  “

8.00 
9.34 
12.00 

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No.  7—20  inch  Rear Wheels for  3  to  7 
to 11
No.  8—24 
No.  9—28 
to 14
No.  10—32 
to 18

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“  14 

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years

$11.34  Each. 
12.67 
14.00 
18.00 

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W e  a lso   c a r r y   B o y ’s  B ic y c le s   a n d   T r ic y c le s.

ASK  FOR  QUOTATIONS.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons,
M I C H IG A N   C I G A R   CO.,

B ig   Rapids,  M ich•

M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F   T H E   J U S T L Y   C E L E B R A T E D

“M.  C. 

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T h e   M o st  P o p u la r   C ig a r . 

T h e   B e s t   S e l li n g   C ig a r  o n  t h e  M a r k e t.

SEND  FOR  TRIAL  ORDER.

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

M anufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

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

AGENTS  FOR  THE

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

ing Rubber  in the 

Market,

Geo.  H.  Reeder,
Mich.
Grand  Rapids,

S o le   A g e n t s

SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY.
FIRST-CLRSS IN EVERY RESPECT.
H S  LANE & BODLEY CO.
3 to48 JOHN ST., CINCINNATI, O.

Send  Specifications  for  Estimates  before  Contracting.

E
WHY  BE  A
Tradesman  B rel  Coupon  Book,

With  its  attendant  losses  and  annoyances,  when  you 

supplant it by so inexpensive and labor-saving 

th e  P a s s  B o o k  S y s te m

a  system  as  the

T o  

can

Which is now used by over 2,000  Michigan  merchants.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modern in 

the market, being sold as follows:

$  2 Coupons, per hundred. 
$  5 
$10
$20

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.$2.50  SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING  DISCOUNTS:
.  3.00 Orders for  200 or over..............5 per cent.
,.  4.00!  “ 
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“  1000  “ 

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S E N D   I N   S A M P L E   O R D E R   A N D   P U T   Y O U R   B U S IN E S S   O N   A   C A S H   B A S I S .

E. fl. STOWE i  BRO., Grand Rapids.
W M . SEARS & CO.,

Bracker  Manufacturers,

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

We  are  wholesale  agents  for 
the Fancy  California  Mountain 
Seedlings and  headquarters for 
all kinds of Messina oranges.
PUTNAM & BROOKS.

C u r t i s s   &  C o .,

Successors to CURTISS &  DUNTON.

W H O L E S A L E

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

Houseman Building,  Cor,  Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

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

M IC H IG A N .

W.  S T E E L E  

P a c k in g   and.

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

W HOLESALE  d e a l e e s   i n

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  SliciDg. 

L A R D

strictly Pure and W arranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 501b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 10lb. pails

P ick led  D igs9 P e e t, T ripe, IStc.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low  and all  goods  are  w arranted  first-class  in every in ­
stance.  W h en  in Grand Rapids, give us a  call  and  look  over  our  establishment.  Write  us  for 
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prices. 

W HO  U R G E S   Y O U

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THE  FXTBI_iIO!

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  Without effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

ü ü M Our  lemons  are  all  bought at 

the  cargo  sales  in  New  Orleans 
anti are as free from frost or chill 
as in June.
PUTNAM &  BROOKS.*

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

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW  AITS GRIST MILL MACHINERY,
Send  for 
Catalogue 

A T L A S

ENGINE 
WORKS

and 
Prices

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  II.  S. A.
________ MANUFACTURERS  OF
STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 

tor  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 

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

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

The  photographers of  the  country are 
about  to  form a trust.  They have  over 
40,000  members  and  $100,000  in  their 
treasury. 
In  order to  head off  the howl 
that  would  otherwise  go  up  from  the 
young women of  the dramatic profession 
upon  the  receipt of  this  intelligence, it 
may be  stated right  here that the photo­
graphers’  combine is going  to  operate in 
a  very peculiar  manner.  Prices  are  to 
be  reduced  to a ridiculously  low  figure 
in  order  to drive  out of  the business all 
those who  refuse to  join the association. 
While this driving  is  being done, it will 
be  in  order to lay in a stock of pictures.
The  so-called  English  “syndicate” i 
foil r   Territory, printed in colors.
succeeding in  buying  up  three  or 
j.uui 
big  American  breweries  per  day. 
It 
looks  as  though  the  moneyed  Britons 
were in earnest in  their intention to pro­
duce all the beer  that  Americans drink, 
and  so  long  as  the  quality of  the  bev­
erage is kept  up  to  the mark,  nobody is 
likely to care very much  who  makes  it. 
No  kicks  may  be  expected  until  the 
English  evince  a  desire to meddle  with 
our whisky.

An  Association  worker  in  Southern 
Michigan informs T he  T kadesm an that | 
a representative of  one of  the  worthless \

Our New Flag Cigar

G O O D  F IV E   C E N T   C IG A R .

To introduce this brand we will  give  free with each order  for  1,000 at $35

'The  Fiiiu itieroy  Cart.

A m boy Cheese.

We  have  the pleasure to advise the trade that 
we  have  received  the  agency  and  sole  control in 
this  State  of  the  “Amboy”  Cheese,  handled  for 
many years by Messrs. Wm. Sears & Co.  The qual­
ity of this brand has always been kept uniform and 
in every sense “Strictly  Full  Cream,” making it so 
well and favorably  known  and appreciated by the 
trade that no further recommendation or guarantee 
is necessary.

Acm e  Cheese.

This Cart is especially adapted to Michigan roads, will seat two passengers 

and  is  attractive in appearance.

R E M E M B E R —T h e   c a r t  is  g iv e n   free  w ith   1 ,0 0 0   o f

o u r   N e w   F la g   c ig a r s   at  $ 3 8 .

W.  J.  QUAN  &  CO.,

4 0   and  ö l  M ich igan   Advenue,  C h icago,  111•

E D W IN   F A L L A S ,

Butter, Egp, Oranges, Lemons,  Bananas,  Mince Meat,  Nnts, Figs, Etc,
Eggs Crate Factory in connection.  Price List  furnished 

J O B B E R   O F

on  application.

M a il O r d e r s  F i l l e d  C a r e f u lly  a n d  P r o m p t l y  a t  L o w e s t   M a r k e t  P r ic e .
C o ld   S to r a g e  a t  N o s . 2 1 7   a n d   2 1 9  L i v in g s t o n e  S t.
Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

C.  H.  C O R N E L L ,

(Successor  to  CORNELL  & KERRY.)

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F ruits and Produce

W h o le s a le   a n d   C o m m is s io n

e e t’  GRÄND  RAPIDS,

A g e n t  for  th e   W a y la n d   C h eese.
ihoo^

30N? S
MICH.
A L F R E D  J. B R O W N ,
Foreign,  Tropical  and  California

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

F R U IT S .

We are also the  Sole  Agents  for  the  “Acme” 
Cheese, made in Herkimer Co., N. Y.  This brand is 
a Strictly  Full  Cream  Cheese  and  cannot  fail to 
give satisfaction.

Please send us your  orders.

Lemon,  Hoops  &  Peters.

Grand Rapids, April 24,1889.

COLBY,  CRAIG  &  CO.

MANUFACTURE

TRE  BEST  DELIVERY WAGON  ON  EARTH.

W e  M a n u f a c tu r e  t o  O r d e r   H o s e  a n d  P o l ic e  P a t r o l  W a g o n s . P e d d le r s , B a k e r s , C r e a m e r y , 

D a ir y ,  F u r n it u r e , B u il d e r s ,  D r y   G o o d s, L a u n d r y ,  a n d   U n d e r t a k e r s   W a g o n s .

R e p a ir in g   in   a ll  its  B r a n c h e s.

CO LBY ,  C R A IG   &  CO.,

West  End Fulton St  Bridge.  Telephone No. 867.

FIRE!  FIRE!

We  are  selling  the  BEST  RUBBER  HOSE  in 
3-4,  1,  11-4,  11-2,  2  and  2 1-2  inch  Cotton  Mill 
Hose, Rubber  Lined;  also unlined Linen Hose in all 
sizes for fire  protection.

OiJrPrices are Rock Bottom

W e  have the Best  Lubricator,  Grease Cup, Oil 
Cup,  Lath  Yarn,  Saw  Gummer  and  the  Best 
General  Stock  of Mill  Supplies  in this State.

“unpleasantness,”  I  had  had  consider­
able  dealings  with a Cincinnati  jewelry ! 
house,  and,  knowing  this  fact,  a soldier 
of my regiment,  while we were quartered 
in a Southern town  which  had  not been 
deserted  by  its  female  residents*  con-1 
ceived  the  idea  that  an  assortment  of | 
broaches, ear rings and trinkets of  a like 
nature would find a ready sale among the 
yellow damsels, importuned  me  to  fur­
nish  him a trial  stock,  and I finally sent j 
in an order to the  firm  for a small lot of I 
cheap,  plated  goods,  to  be  sent by mail. ] 
A considerable time passed without hear-1 
ing  from  the  house,  and I finally  con- j 
eluded that my location and business was 
such  that  it  declined  to  re-open an ac- j 
count  with  me.  Finally  the  would-be J 
speculator was taken sick and sent to the | 
rear,  and we started  out on a lively cam­
paign which lasted six months, and, at its j
close,  we  found  ourselves  camped  a 
couple  of  hundred  miles  south  of  our 
former  quarters.  Here,  one  day. I was 
disagreeably surprised  at  the  arrival of 
the invoice of  jewelry,  which  had faith-, 
fully  followed  us  on  our  march  and 
reached  me  safely,  barring a few pieces 
which had worked through the numerous 
holes and cracks of  the  sorely tried box.
I was  in  a  decided  quandary  to  know 
wrhat to do  with  the  stuff.  Excepting a 
few  antiquated Africans,  there  wasn’t a 
dozen  females  within  fifty  miles of  us, 
and I finally concluded  to  take  chances 
in  returning  the  goods,  and  offering to 
pay any damages  sustained  by the deal- j 
ers.  As  I  commenced  packing  up  the 
articles a soldier  of  the  regiment  came 
into my tent on an errand, and, of course, 
had to question me  regarding the lay out 
of  jewelry,  and,  to  make  the  matter  as 
brief  as possible,  he  induced  me  to  let 
him  experiment  in  selling  the  goods 
through  the  camps,  and,  greatly to my 
surprise,  in a couple  of  days  the  entire 
lot  of  trinkets,  intended  solely  for  fe­
male  adornment, was  disposed of  to the 
troops  at  an  average profit of  some 400 
per  cent. 
In  all my experience in mer­
cantile  matters. I  never  saw  a  trading 
transaction  as  singular  and  unexplain­
able as this.

Shortly  after  this,  I  ordered  for  the 
same party two  dozen  silver  watches at 
$8  each,  which  he  disposed  of  in  less 
than  three  days  at  $30 apiece;  but,  un­
fortunately, 
the  commencement  of  a 
long and  tiresome  campaign,  about this 
time, prevented me from  further  specu­
lative enterprises.

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The  ambition of  a large  proportion of 
young soldiers was to possess a big silver 
wratch,  and the one  whose  timepiece ex­
ceeded  in  avoirdupois  any other  in his 
regiment  was  deemed  a  particularly 
lucky and enviable individual.

J ust before we left Chattanooga for the 
“march to the sea,”  I became,  by sundry 
trades  and  changes, the possessor of  an 
English  lever  of  mediteval  aspect  and 
antiquated interior, which  probably cost 
me $15. 
I soon found it to be almost the 
counterpart of  Captain  Cuttle’s remark­
able timepiece,  but its  reputation was so 
wide-spread  among 
the  boys  that  it 
would  have  been  difficult to obtain a $5 
purchaser for it.  Shortly after we started 
on our  march  eastward,  and on arriving 
at Atlanta  found  that  Sherman’s  army 
had  just  been paid off,  and that the men 
were  suffering  from  the  possession  of 
greenbacks  with  nothing  in sight to ex­
change  them  for.  On  the  first  day  of 
our arrival, I was  wandering  about  the 
city  w hen  I  was  accosted  by a  soldier 
who enquired,  without preamble :

“Say,  pardner !”  You  know  of any­
body  that’s  got  a  good,  big  watch  to 
sell ?”

“No !”  I replied, slowly,  “not exactly. 
I’ve  got a good-sized  one,  but  I  hadn’t 
thought about  selling i t !”
“Lemme see it, pardner
I pulled the watch  out, and,  luckily,  it 
wTas ticking.  He examined  it  carefully, 
and  then  said:  “What’s  your  Aggers, 
soldier,  s’posin’  you’d sell?”

“Seventy-five dollars!”
Instantly  the  watch  went  into  his 
pocket, and  the  money was counted out i 
from a big roll of  bills.  As  he  left me, 
he observed:

“You could jist as well had a hundred, 

pardner!”

Florida  Melons.

Melon-growers in Florida  predict  that 
the  crop  will  be  fifteen days later than 
last  year.

The Michigan Tradesman

W E D N E S D A Y ,  M A Y  2 2 ,  1 8 8 9 .

LEISURE  HOUR  JOTTINGS.

W ritten to r The  Tradesman.

B Y   A   COUNTRY  MERCHANT.

There  has  probably never been a time 
or place, within the memory of the oldest 
inhabitant, where  prices  and  profits, in 
trafficking  transactions,  occasioned  as 
little grumbling and protests among buy­
ers as within the lines of the Union army 
during  the  rebellion.  A  case of  "Jew­
ing,”  among  the  boys  in  blue,  was sel­
dom,  if  ever,  hehrd' of,  and  no  matter 
how  exorbitant  the  percentage  placed 
on  the  desired  article,  the  purchaser 
always  seemed  to  regard  the  seller  as 
having conferred a favor upon him rather
than  otherwise.

The  army  merchant  of 

those  days 
didn’t  have  to  announce  the  arrival of 
new  goods  by a great  display of  adver­
tising.  With  almost  telegraphic  quick­
ness,  the  advent  of  a  fresh  stock  was 
heralded  by  the  first  customers  from 
camp  to  camp,  and.  especially  after 
a  long  deprivation  of  luxuries,  a  day 
or  two  was  sufficient  to  clean  out  the 
heaviest  loaded  wagon.  The  trouble 
with  the sutler was always the difficulty 
in bringing goods  to  front—the disposal 
of  them,  when  this  was  safely  accom­
plished,  was a matter already settled.

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In a great  many  years’  experience  in 
handling merchandise. I can call to mind 
but  one  occasion  on  which 1 was  com­
pletely  exhausted  with  two  or  three 
hours’  work.  A day or  two  before  the 
battle  of  Chiekamauga,  the  sutler  of  a 
Michigan regiment  managed to reach the 
front—then  on  the  summit of  the  Rac­
coon mountains—with a full  load of  eat­
ables,  and a couple  of  barrels  of  stale 
beer,  and  I  was  solicited  to  assist the 
proprietor  and  his  clerk in disposing of 
the goods.  We  opened  up  about  dark, 
and by 9 o’clock the  residue of  the stock 
wouldn’t  have  fed  a  family  of  rats. 
Minute  glasses  of  beer  sold  for  fifteen 
cents,  or  two  for a quarter,  and  every 
drinker,  who  succeeded  in  keeping his 
place  long  enough,  usually  invested in 
from  four  to a dozen  glasses.  An hour 
witnessed  the  disappearance of  four big 
cheese at forty cents per  pound.  Crack­
ers  were  thirty cents, herring fifty cents 
a dozen, sardines and other canned goods 
fifty cents, eggs a dollar a dozen and but­
ter  a  dollar  a  pound,  and a five-gallon 
demijohn  of  bourbon, for  the  shoulder- 
strapped  customers, netted exactly $120. 
But,  notwithstanding  the  prices,  when 
the load was disposed of  there were hun­
dreds of  would-be  purchasers waiting to 
be served,  and when  the  lights were ex­
tinguished a howl of  disgust, disappoint­
ment and indignation  arose  from  every 
point of  the compass.

But those duly authorized to sell goods 
were not  the  only ones  who  profited by 
the  anxiety of  the  boys  to  empty their 
pocket-books.  The  vast majority of  the 
soldiers  seemed,  at  least  during  their 
initial  months of  service, to be averse to 
anything  like  the  hoarding  of  green­
backs, but there  was  yet  among  them a 
large  number of  sharp,  calculating  and 
speculating  fellows  who  succeeding  in 
reaping  rich  harvests  from  the extrav­
agance of  their comrades. 
I remember a 
non-commissioned  officer  of  an  Illinois 
regiment who. when our  forces  first  oc­
cupied  Chattanooga  in ’03,  took  posses­
sion  of  a  deserted  cigar  and  tobacco 
store and pocketed  some  $600 before his 
title to the property was disputed.  About 
the  same  time  three  or  four  Michigan 
soldiers  discovered  a  dozen  barrels  of 
flour  and  some  Iftdian  meal secreted in 
an old barn,  and started a flourishing and 
profitable  bakery.  At one place in Ten­
nessee a small lot of  battered  and  badly 
“pied”  type,  and  an  antiquated  press, 
together  with a few  rolls of  wall paper, 
enabled some wolverine  troops to issue a 
little paper, which sold  like  “hot cakes” 
for  ten  cents a copy;  and out of  the re­
mains of  a  small  barber  shop,  in  the 
same  town,  a couple  of  Wisconsin  men 
“raked  in”  over  $200  in a fortnight  in 
twenty-five  cent  shaves.  And  such in­
stances could  be  multiplied by the hun-
dreds.

But the  great  scheme for  evaporating 
the money of  the soldier was the game of 
“chuck-a-luck,”  a  combination  of  play 
with  cards  and  dice  which  gave  the 
“banker” two  chances of  winning to his 
opponent’s  one.  Although  gambling 
was always prohibited by general orders, 
this game  was  perennial  in nearly every 
camp,  and  so  universally profitable was 
it to the proprietor of  the “lay out”  that i 
it  was  no  uncommon  spectacle  to  see 
private soldiers,  who  were the ow ners of 
gambling outfits,  coming back from their 
speculating  seances  with  every  pocket 
swelled with greenbacks.

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Personally, I had but little opportunity 
to take advantage of the prevalent mania 
for spending  money among  the soldiers, 
but a few experiences convinced me  that 
never,  before or since,  has  there  been, 
under  faverable  circumstances, such an 
opportunity  to  profit  by  small  trading 
transactions as during the civil war.

Before  I  personally  engaged  in  the

W HIPS  AND  LASHES.

L o w e s t   P r ic e s   f o r   M a il  O rd er s. 

G R A H A M   R O T S ,

5 4   L a k e   A r e ., 

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G r a n d   R a p id s .

A   W N I N G S

A N D   T E N T S.

T e le p h o n e   1 0 6 .

Horse and W agon  Covers,  W ater  Proof  Coats, Buggy 
Aprons, Wide Cotton  Ducks, etc.  Send for  Illustrated 
Catalogue.

C h a s• A*  C oye,
6. R. IGE l GOAL GO,

1 1   P e a r l  St.

Wholesale and  Retail  Dealers.

Now—Before  any  Advance—Write  for 

Prices on Coal.

Grand  Rapids  Ice  &  Coal  Co,,

52  PEARL  ST.

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MAGIC 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  I 
should  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee  1 
and  pea-nuts to  per 
fection.

No 

Address  for  Cata­

logue and prices,

Roht.  8.  West,

48-50 Long St., 

C le v e la n d ,  O h io .

HAR1/EY & HEY8TEK
Wall Paper and 

JOBBERS  IN

Paints, Oils, Etc.

We  are  Offering  to  the  Trade  some 
SPECIAL BARGAINS  in  Wall Paper at 
Less than Manufacturers’ Prices.  Your 
Correspondence  is Solicited.

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ieh .

74  and  76  Ottawa St„
fl. SCHNEIDER & GO.,
Disk  and  George,

M anufacturers of  the famous

Elks’Social Session

H e a d q u a r te r s   for  B a n a n a s .

1 6   A N D   1 8   N O R T H   D I V I S I O N  ST.

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M IC H .

S A M U E L   LYON.

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QD

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P  3

T H B O .  B .  G O O SSB N ,

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

WHOLESALE

BROKER  IX  LUMBER.

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

Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons  and Bananas a specialty.

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3 3   O T T A W A   S T E E T , 

T e le p h o n e   2 6 9 .

GRAND  RÄPID8,  MICH.

Grand Rapids Prilit and ProdticB Go.,

(S U C C E S S O R   T O   G E O .  E .  H O W E S   &  C O .)

Jobbers  of

F O R E I G N  F R U I T S .

O r a n g e s,  L e m o n s   a n d   B a n a n a s   a  S p e c ia lty .

3   N O R T H   I O N I A   S T .,  G R A N D   R A P I D S .

MOSELEY  BROS,

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 —1—

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.

The Finest 5-ct, Cigar Jiamlfactilred,

L O N G   H A V A N A   F I L L E R .

T H E Y   H A V E   N O   E Q U A L .

A.  S.  DAVIS,

1 2 7  L ouis  St., Grand  R apids.

And  other  Popular  Brands  of  Cigars,  and 

Jobbers of  All Brands of

F in e   Cut,  P lu g   a n d  

S m o k in g  T o b a c c o s

21  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

rive,  a  year  after  his  order  was given 
the  cabinet-maker  said:  “You  are  the 
most  un-com-for-table  customer  I  have 
ever had.”

Wholesale Price  Current.

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

pay promptly and, buy in fu ll packages.

BAKING  POWDER.

L osses  from  O verw eight.

MEN  MADE  OF  GALL.

p

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th e  F ray.

The  Coffee  M arket.

‘Ready to be fired. 

Statistics  show  that  the  con- 

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  May 20.  1889.

g r o c b r i b s .

A  Specim en  o f  Triple-plated  Cheek 

Geo.  McLsnes,
Cl if f  Herrick,
J no.  Boone,

Chase & Sanborn describe the situation 

As supply and demand must eventually  me 

He asked I pounds—eqnal to the  grocer’s profit. 

j  ha(j  any  pew  cucumbers. 
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To  the  Wholesale  Grocery  Clerks  of  Grand 
Rapids:
We,*  retail  clerks  of  Grand  Rapids, 
hereby challenge the clerks of the whole- 
ale  grocers to play a game  of  base  ball 
on  the  day  of  the  Grocers’  picnic,  at 
Reed’s Lake,  June 6.

In  the  current number of  the London 
Grocer is a  discussion  on  the  important 
subject  of  overweight  given  by  store­
keepers  to  customers.  The  question 
arose  through  a  letter 
from  an  ex­
perienced  grocery  clerk,  stating  that it 
was  foolish  for  retailers  to  hire  inex­
perienced assistants at low  wages rather 
than  capable  men  at  higher  wages, as 
some grocers  had  been  reported  doing. 
The letter writer,  in the  interest of  good 
wages  for  his  class,  mentions,  among 
other reasons for skilled  clerks, that the 
grocer  usually loses  more in overweight 
than  he  gains  in  salaries by employing 
cheap  and  poor  help.  One clerk  gives 
an instance of  a  young man at the butter 
counter to weigh out  lard  for next day’s 
sales.  The  employer  counted  out  the 
number of  packages  necessary  to  make 
twenty-eight pounds and found that they 
together  weighed  thirty-one  and  a half
Finally  he  ordered  a  porterhouse  steak,  I pounds,  a  loss  of  three  and  one-half
In 
with innumerable  vegetable
another  case a quarter-pound  of  cheese 
weighed six  ounces,  and in still another, 
some sausages  were two or three  ounces 
overweight to the pound.
The  R etail  Grocery  C lerks  R eady  for 

w ith  W ire  E dge  and  B rass  Tip.
A Monroe  street  restaurant  man  was 
looking  gloomy,  the  other  day,  as  he 
as follows :
gazed  from  the  window  at  the  dusty 
The  markets of  the world  continue to 
landscape.  Being  surrounded  by a rep­
rule firm at the advanced  prices.  Large 
resentative of  the lever which moves the 
blocks of  coffee have the past  week been 
taken  for  American  and  European  ac­
world, he commenced  to  unbosom  him­
counts,  and  the  producing  markets are, 
self.  “There came in here this morning,” 
therefore, in better  condition  than  ever 
he said,  “a stranger  of  distinguished ap­
to  maintain  or  further  strengthen  the 
pearance.  He was haughty in  his  bear­
present  position  of  values.  While  the 
present  estimates  of  the  probable  pro­
ing;  yes, very haughty.  The days of the 
duction  of  coffee  for  the  crops  com­
years  of  my  journey  in  the  land  have 
mencing  July  1,  1889,  and  concluding 
been  many,  but  I  don’t  think  I  ever 
June 30,1890, owing to climatic influences 
struck a more commanding-looking  man,
subjected  to
and  other causes,  may  be 
slight change as the season advances, the | He took a seat at the  table  and  glanced
question of  future  supply, as  far  as  all
the  bill  of  fare  very  critically.
practical  purposes  are 
safely be considered
and accurately settled. 
I 
tend  to  subordinate  the  effect  of  all 
‘Well,’  said  this  haughty
,
other  features  in  connection  with  the 
market, it is quite  essential  that the re-  gentleman,  ‘send out and get some.  And 
lations existing between these two factors  tell  your  infernal  waiter  that  I  don’t 
should  be of  a  healthy and  harmonious  wan^ 
become a centenarian  before the
nature. 
I was  deeplv im-
brought m e.’ 
sumption of  Brazilian  coffee for the  past  meal  is  brougnt me. 
x  w  s 
ten  months  was  9,200,124  bags,  or  an j pressed  by his  imperious  manner  and I 
average of  920,000 bags  per  month. 
In j rustied around and hurried the cook, and 
addition to this, there are  fully 1,200,000  in a very short time the meal  was placed
bags of  mild coffees  consumed  annually 
before  him, and  it  was a nice one.  He 
in  this  country,  which  makes a total of 
seemed to enjoy it.  He ate slowly, sipped 
about  10,500,000  per  year,  or  nearly 
three  cups  of  coffee,  and 
repeated 
30,000 bags per  day for both countries.
The fact  that the  consumption of  cof­
several of  his vegetable  order«.  Finally 
fee for the past ten  months  shows but a 
he concluded the repast,  and came to the 
slight  falling off, as compared  with  the 
cashier’s desk  where I was on duty.  He 
low-priced  years,  is  a  striking  illustra- j 
picked his teeth  calmly,  and  then  said :
tion  of  the  growing  popularity  of  the 
article, an i also is an  apparent confirma­
‘Ready for  what ?’  I en­
‘I  am  ready.’ 
tion of  the  opinion held by many of  the 
quired. 
I haven’t a 
trade  that  the  consumers do not curtail 
red cent.’  Now, how  was  that  for  ua 
their purchases at a less  price  than  20c 
laundried,  double  and  twist,  fast-dyed 
for fair Rio.
Inasmuch  as  the  consumer  has  thus 
gall?  How  does  it strike  you as a sam­
far  only paid about  50 per  cent,  of  the 
ple of  nerve with a wire edge  and  brass I replied, 
advance  which  has  actually  occurred, 
I 
tip?
and as present prices demanded by a, ma­
just invited him to go,  and told  him that 
jority of  the retail trade  would indicate 
a 15-cent rather than  a  20-eent  market, 
if  he  ever  came  to  my fashionable ren 
this question of  consumption  has not as 
W.  J.  Quan  &  Co.,  Chicago  whole­
dezvous  again I would  sweeten  his  cof­
yet been offered the opportunity of work­
sale grocers, have  rented  four  floors  of 
fee  with  sulphuric  acid.  He  smiled 
ing out its own solution.
the store adjoining their present location | 
There  can  be  no  doubt but  that  the 
blandly  and  went  his  tortuous  way.
extreme prices reached  during a  part of 
And the proprietor of the hash emporium j and two floors of  the double  store on the 
1887 exerted a material  check  upon  the 
sighed  wrearily.  “I  can  recall  another | Gtjjer side of  their house.
consumptive  demand,  and 
the  retail 
instance of  gall,”  he  said, after a while. 
prices at that time were relatively as low 
“When I was a boy I worked in a butcher 
as now, and  probably did  not  represent 
more than an  18 cent first hand Rio mar­
shop, flashing  out  sausage  and  stuff  to 
ket,  although  the  worth  of  this  grade 
intelligent patrons.  The urbane butcher 
was at one time 23c per pound.
had an old  hound which had outlived its 
The average prices  of  1885  and  1886 j 
were the lowest  touched  since 1852,  and I 
usefulness,  but  for  which  he  wouldn’t 
during  these  periods  the  retail  pticesl 
have taken a thousand  dollars.  The dog 
ruled at about 28 to 30c for roasted  Java 
used to lie  on  the  sidewalk  in  front of 
and about 18 to 20c for  roasted Rio.  On 
the shop from  morning  to night,  and, a; 
the above basis with the additions which 
are  warranted and made  possible by the 
everybody knew him, he received many a 
advanced  markets, the respective grades 
caress.  Well, one day I was  in the shop 
would  now  represent excellent  value at 
alone,  when  a  genteel  and  handsome 
40c for Java and 32c for Rio.
stranger  entered.* 
‘My boy,’ he  said,  in 
A continued selling  of  goods  without 
regard  to  profit  might  be  good  policy 
the most pleasant  manner  in the  world, 
were the existing market conditions sup­
‘would  you  be  as  good  as  to lend me a 
posed to  be  of  a  temporary nature, but 
cleaver for a moment ?’  Flattered by his 
as a pursuance  of  a like system will ad­
politeness  to  me. I immediately  handed 
mit of  a consumption of  some 10 million 
bags, and  as  the  coming  crops  are  ex­
him  the  toy  asked for.  He went out of 
pected  to furnish  but  about  7-10ths  of 
the  shop, and  I  heard a dull,  sickening 
this  quantity,  it  would seem that a gen­
thud.  He  returned  in  a minute or two, 
eral revision  of  the  prices  to  the  con­
carrying the cleaver, which was dripping 
sumer  is  not  only advisable but  of  the 
utmost necessity at this time.
with  gore.  "Now.  my  little  man,’  said 
The benefits which would accrue to all 
he,  as pleasantly as  ever,  ‘tell  you  mas­
branches  of  the  trade  as a result  of  a 
ter when he  gets  another  dog he should 
proper adjustment  of  prices other  than 
keep it where people  won’t stumble over 
the establishing of  a fair margin of  pro­
fit,  would doubtless  be  a  steady market 
it.’  ' This  pleasant  stranger had hacked 
and  in  any event  would  eliminate  the 
the  poor  old  dog’s  head  off.  The pro­
possibility  of  an  unatural  inflation  of 
ceeding, I think, was as cool as the arctic 
values by the speculative  element.
I don’t  see  how such men  can 
regions. 
have  hearts,  lungs  or  livers. 
I should 
think  the  gall  they carry around would 
occupy all the available space.”

A  lady tells  this:  “We  needed  eggs 
one morning,  and old Maggie was sent to 
the grocery to get  some.  Later  in  the 
day Maggie  volunteered  the  general re­
mark that ‘eggs is high.’ 
‘Are they ?’  I 
‘Forty cints a 
How  much?’ 
dozen, mum.  Sure I’d  be  after  buying 
no eggs  at  that  price,  mum,  and  so  I 
borried them of the neighbors ?’ ”

A country lawyer  who  ordered a table 
to be  made  by a cabinet-maker  annoyed 
the latter very much by not calling for it 
he  had  agreed  to.  When he did  ar-

I was too paralyzed to fire  him. 

The  Grocery  M arket.

Too High to  Buy.

Committee.

that 

refiners 

to  bid  on 

Sugar is without important change, the 
situation  being  thus  described  by  the 
Shipping List:
The  volume  of  business  transacted 
since our last issue has been of moderate 
proportions,  but  the  market  has  rulejj 
strong, with a good  demand  and  buyers 
at very full prices.  Notwithstanding the 
unsettled feeling that has been caused by 
excessive speculation in  beet, the under­
lying feature of a short  supply  provides 
a very secure foundation upon which the 
markets  undisturbed  by  speculative 
flurries that  may  temporarily  ruffle  the 
surface. 
So  far  as  this cojintry is con­
cerned, there  has  been  very little offer­
ing from any  quarter,  while  the  readi­
all 
ness  of 
available  parcels  shows  that  they  are 
pretty  well  assured 
the  posi­
tion  warrants  them  in  carrying  pretty 
full stocks.  A few lots of muscovadoes 
that  have  recently  arrived  have  been 
taken by local refiners at  the  same price 
that  was paid early in the week, holders 
considering it a fair price in view of  the 
expense  of  landing  and  storing  that is 
thereby  saved,  and  further  lots  could 
easily be placed at  the  same  price,  but 
the  majority of  holders  have  been  un­
willing  to sell.  Philadelphiafflas paid 5 
cents cost  and freight for 96 test Centrif­
ugals, and would no doubt  take  further 
offerings  at  the  same  price,  but  local 
buyers have  been  unwilling  to pay this 
figure, and the inference is  that they are 
pretty well  supplied  with  Centrifugals.
Bulk  coffees  have  advanced‘Me,  but 
the  package  manufacturers  have failed 
to take advantage of the situation as yet. 
Kiugsford has reduced  the  price  of  Os­
wego corn starch lc,  making  the selling 
price  6c.  Gloss  still sells  at  7c. 
lhe 
plug tobacco manufacturers are abandon 
ing  their  contracts,  in  consequence 
the passage  of  anti-combination laws by 
most of  the Legislatures of  the Western 
States.

W ool,  Hide and  T allow   M arket.
The outlook  for  wool  is  not  encour­

aging to growers  or  dealers.  The weak | C o n S U .l t  
spot  is  in  the  price  of  manufactured 
goods.  They have  not  sold  at prices to 
warrant buying  wool  on  present prices 
which  are  obtained from the fact of  the 
market being bare of wool.  It is believed 
by all that if  there  was  any  quantity of 
wool offered for sale, prices would break.
Some  manufacturers  who  bought  their 
supplies  early and  on a low  market are 
selling the fleece rather  than make it up, 
while others are closing down their mills 
rather than enter the  market for wool at 
prices  now  ruling  and  sell  at  present 
offerings  for  cloth.  Again,  the market 
must  be  cleaned  of  broken  tops  and 
worsted  goods, admitted  under  a ruling 
of  the  past  administration,  before  we 
can hope for more  remunerative  prices.
Many have  expected of  our  preseut  ad­
ministration—and  rightly so, from  what 
campaign  speakers  said—something  in 
the way of  protection.  This  they  have 
given us, but  too  late  to affect the pres­
ent clip.  Grinell says that  England  has 
exported  to  the  United  States, in three 
months  1,004.620  pounds  more  broken 
tops than  there  was  waste  produced in 
Botany Bay for a  year.

The  hide market Is quiet at low prices.
The production  of  leather  has  far  sur­
passed the demand,  which has increased, 
j The  present  stoppage  of  tanning  will 
help materially in  cleaning out the mar­
ket.  Hides have never sold  so  low, and 
large stocks are in the warehouses.

F resh  Cream ery  Butter.

Dealers wishing to arrange for a supply 
of creamery butter would do well  to  ad­
dress  J.  B.  Horton,  proprietor  of  the 
G r a n d v i l l e   creamery, Grandville.  Goods 
delivered to any dealer^ in Grand Rapids. 

Tallow is lower by M,c per pound, with 
no hopes of  an advance  until receipts of 
cattle fall off, which  is  not looked for at 
present.  They  come  in  good  condition 
and countless  numbers from somewhere.
^   R   Galentine  opens  the  Casnovia 
 a baU and supper on Wednes-
Morris  H.  Treusch  &  Bro.  are  sole  day  evening.  The  house  has  been  re­
agents for this market  for the celebrated  painted, repapered and  refurnished, and 
“Our Knocker”  cigars,  which are having j offers  pleasant  accommodations  to  the 
a large sale. 

I traveling public.

^

\

W e also manufacture a  full  line  of  Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for  quotations 

and  samples.

Msoa Grate Co./A;MICH.

ACKSON

the Acme of utility and

Wl

IS REACHED ft 
IE  SAME  IS  Hll

sJ/ON

y|

I H f \C

i j *AT

K O C H r
ADJUSTABLEfr
REVERSIBLE)*’

1 1 i t t l

t C K B S r i .

to 

Liberal  dis­
count 
the 
trade.  Special 
In d u c e m e n ts 
to parties intro­
ducing 
t h i s  
system of store­
fitting  in   any 
I  locality.

Manuf actur 

ed  by

KOCH A.. B. CO., 
354 Main S t,  PEORIA HI»
48-50Lake St., Chicago; 114 Water St., Cleveland

BORDEN, SEIXECK & CO., Agts.,

HEAUENRIGH  BROS.

W h o le s a le  C lo th iers

MANUFACTURERS«^

Perfect-Fitting  Tailor-Made  Clothing

138-140 Jefferson Rue., 34-36  W ooiridge St., Detroit.

MAIL  ORDERS sent in care L.  W. ATKINS will receive PROMPT  ATTENTION.

AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

We Äre M o lla te
;i

ne

: f o r :

y o u r   o w n  

in te r e sts  
p r ic e s  b efo re  p u r c h a s in g

b y   g e ttin g   o u r  
e ls e w h e r e .

Teller Spice Company
N E L S O N   B RO S.  &  CO.,

Wall  Paper  and  Window SnaoBs,

GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

“ Where are you going my pretty maid ? ’
“ I’m going washing,  sir,” she said. 
“What hold you in your hand so tight, 
With a face so gay and a step so  light?” 
‘That which all prize their dearest treas­

ure—

Makes  washing  and  scrubbing  only  a 

pleasure,

Keeps the clothes so clean and white; 
^The doors  and  windows  a  beautiful 

sight.

For your own  household  you’ll  get it, 

I  hope,

Five  cents  buys a bar of  Santa  Claus 

Soap.”

SO LD  BY  A L L   GROCERS.
Made  only  by
Chicago, 111.

N.  K. Fairbank  &  Co.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

,

-

, 

25c
bu. crate. 
22c.  Dairy is in plentiful supply  at  14©17c.

Apples—Choice stock is hard to get;  fair stock 
commands I2@*2.50 per  bbl. 
Beans—Handlers are paying about *1.25 for u n ­
picked and getting *1.65@*1.75  for  hand-picked.
Cabbages—Southern stock is in fair demand at 
*3.50 per crate.
Celery—Out of m arket at  present.
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, *1.25;  produce barrels 
Beans—String, *1 per  bu.  crate;  wax,  *3  per 
Butter—Creamery is  in plentiful supply at 20® 
Bermuda Onions—*1.50 per crate.
Cranberries—About out of market.
Cucumbers—75c per doz.
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
Eggs—Jobbers  are  paying  11c and holding at 
Field  Seeds—Clover,  $4.75  per  bu.;  timothy, 
Green Onions—12c per doz. bunches.
Honey—More  plenty,  being  easy  at  15c®17c 
Lettuce—10c per lb. 
Maple Sugar—10@llc per lb.
Onions—Dry, *1 per bbl.
Parsley—30c per doz.
Peas—Green, $1.50 per bu.
Pieplant—l@144c per  lb.
Pop Corn—244c per lb. 
Potatoes—There is a  limited  demand  for  old 
stock from  the  Southern  markets,  offerings  of 
30c  per  bu.  having  been  made for fancy stock 
f. o. b. Grand Rapids.
Radishes—20@25c per doz. bunches.
Spinach—30c per bu.
Strawberries—$2.50 per 24-qt. case.
Tomato Plants—50c per 100.

at 3@344c and evaporated at 5@544c per B>.
12c.
$1.50  per  bu.

per lb.

>

.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...........................................................  12 75
Short cut Morgan...............................................  13  50
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t...............................   14  50
E xtra clear,  heavy...........................................   14  50
Clear quill, short c u t........................................  14 50
Boston clear, short c u t....................................   14  50
Clear back, short c u t........................................  14  50
Standard clear, short cut, best.......................  14 50

Canvassed or Plain.

SMOKED  MEATS-
Hams, average 20 lbs —

“ 

•• 

“ 

“ 

“ 

l a r d —Kettle Rendered.

..........................   9%
16 lb s........................................... 10J4
“ 
to 14 lb s................. 1044
12 
“ 
p icn ic......................................................... 814
“ Vest boneless...................................................10-
..  7 44 
..  8 
..10 
..  6 
..  9

Shoulders  ......................................................
b oneless...................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless........................
Dried Beef, extra..........................................
ham prices...............................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium........................................
lig h t............................................
Tierces ...........................................................
Tubs................... : ...........................................
501b.  T ins..........................................*..........
lard—Compound.
Tierces 
.  .  ............... ......<
30 and 50 lb .'T u b s........................................
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...............................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.................................
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case...............................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case................................
50 lb. Cans.................................................... .
E xtra Mess, warranted 200  lbs................
E xtra Mess, Chicago packing..................
P late..............................................................
Extra P late..................................................
Boneless, rum p butts.................. - ...........
s a u sa g e—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage...............................................
Ham Sausage...............................................
Tongue Sausage........................................
Frankfort Sausage............................
Blood Sausage.............................................
Bologna, straight.......................................
Bologna,  th ick ............................................
Head Cheese.................................................
In half barrels....................................................... 8  00
In quarter  barrels................................................. 1
In half  barrels............................................................3 00
In quarter barrels...............................
In  k its...............................................

.12 
.  9 
.  8 
•  54_ 
■  554
1  5

BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

p ig s ’  f e e t .

t r ip e . _

6

FRESH  MEATS. 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows
Beef, carcass.............................................
h in dquarters.................................
.................................
fore 
Hogs.............................................................
Pork  loins..................................................
shoulders..........................................
B ologna........................  ..........................
Sausage, blood  or head..........................
liv er............................................
F rankfort...................................
M utton........................................................
OYSTERS and  FISH. 
F. J. D ettenthaler quotes as follows 

“ 
“ 

5  @  6 
654© 8 
354© 454 
654® 654 @ 8 
@ 654 
©   5 
©   5 
©   554 
©  85 © 8

FRESH  FISH .
W hitefish......................................
T rout.............................................
Ciscoes..........................................
H erring.........................................
Perch,  skinned...........................
Frogs' legs,  per doz..................

.............. 
©   7
..............  @ 7
..............   @ 4
..............  @15
..............  @ 4
..............  @ 5
...............   25@1  00

CANDIES, FRUITS  and  NUTS, 

Putnam  & Brooks quote as follows:

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes...................................
25 
Twist, 
...................................
...................................
Cut Loaf,  25 
MIXED.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Royal, 25 lb. p ails...........  ............................
2001b.  bbls................................-........
Extra, 25 lb.  pails..........................................
2001b.  bbls..........................................
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..........................
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases.....................................
Broken, 40 lb. B ask........................................

...10

“ 

200 lb. bbls...............................................

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

“ 

Lemon Drops...........  ............................................ 13
Sour D rops..............................................................14
Peppermint Drops..................................................14
Chocolate Drops.....................................................J®
H.  M. Chocolate  Drops.........................................18
Gum  Drops......................................................• 1®
Licorice Drops................................................. 18(522
A. B.  Licorice  Drops............................................ 14
Lozenges, plain......................................................
printed................................................ !•>
Im perials.................................................................14
Mottoes...................  •„..........................................10
..14
Cream B ar.....................
..13
Molasses  B ar................
..18
Caram els.......................
..18
Hand Made  Cream s...
..16
Plain Creams................
Decorated Creams.....
..20
..14
String  Rock.................
Burnt Almonds............
..14
W intergreen  Berries..
FANCY

-In bulk.

Lozenges, plain, in  p ails..

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

“ 
“ 

“ 

FRUITS.

.........1244
.......1154
.........13
.......1254
..........12
.........644
........5
........10
.........  944
.........1244
.......12
.........1154

“ 
“ 

Oranges, fancy  California......................3  75@4 00

Messina  200s.............................
“ 
220s.......... ..................
“ 
300s.......................
“ 
Lemons, choice....................................
“ 
fancy ....................................
Figs, layers,  new .................................
“  Bags, 50 lb ...................................
Dates, frails, 50 lb .............................
“ 
J4 frails, 50  lb .........................
Fard, 10-lb.  bo x ......................
“ 
“ 
,  _  „
..................... 
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................   544©  6
“ 
B ananas...................................................... 1  ®0@3  00

@5 00 
@5  50 
9@1444 @ 6 
@ 444 
©   544 
@
@

50-lb.  “ 

“ 

, 

NUTS.

“  

Almonds,  Tarragona........................
(vaeft.................................
C a lif o r n ia .............................
Brazils.................................................
Filberts,  Sicily.....................  ..........
Walnuts, Grenoble............................
French ...............................
Pecans. Texas.  H.  P  ........................
C o e o a n u ts. p e r 100......................
C h e s tn u ts ..............................................................

“ 

PEANUTS.

@1644 
@15 
@14 @ 8 
@1044 
©1154 
@10 
¿@12 
©4  50

Peacocks...........................................   .........  @854
E xtra................................................................   @‘54
Y a c h t......................................................   •••  @654,1

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

BATH BRICK.

54 lb. 
54 lb. 
lib . 
51b. 

“ 
“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acme, ?4 lb. cans, 3 doz —  

»4 lb. 
1 lb 
AXLE  GREASE.

Arctic, 44 lb. cans, 6  d o z..
..
“  4  “ 
“  2  “  ..
“  2  “ 
..
1  “  ••
“ 
Absolute, 44 lb. cans, 100s.
44 lb. 
“ 
50s.
50s.
1 lb. 
“ 
Teller’s,  44 lb. cans,6doz.  2  70 
3  “  . 2  55
44 lb.  “ 
1  “  • 1  50
1 lb.  “ 
75
“  .... 1  50
44 lb.  “  2 
“  .... 3 00
l lb.  “  l  
b u lk ............................ 
20
Red Star, 44 lb. cans, 12 doz 
45 
6  “ 
85
4  “  1  50
Frazer’s ...................................$2 60
A urora.....................................  1 7®
Diamond.................................   1 60
English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
75
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Gross
Arctic Liq,  4-Oz...................  3  60
1 p t..................  10  80
8-oz paper bot  7 20
3  (10
4  00 
9 00
1  70
1  90
2 00
2  25 
2  60
90 
1  00
3  25

BROOMS.
No. 2 H url......................
.......................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet...................
No. 1 
“ 
...................
Parlor Gem. . . ................
ommon W hisk............
Fancy 
............
M ill.................................
W arehouse.....................
BUCKWHEAT.
Kings 100 lb. cases ,

“ 
“ 
“ 
Pepper  Box  No.  2 
“ 
4

** 
b l u in g . 
*4 Pt 

.5 OO
80  lb. cases..................4 25
13
14
15
16

Dairy, solid  packed............  
rolls............................ 
Creamery, solid packed —  

BUTTERINE

“ 
“ . 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

7 00

rolls ... 
CANDLES.
“ 

 

 

 

“ 

“ 
 

Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

Sardines, domestic  44s. __  

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................  1054
*H4
Star,  40 
Paraffine...............................  
**
W icking................................. 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ...  ........2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand—   90 
. . . 1   60
21b. 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic.................. 1 50
2  lb.  “ 
2  65
1 lb.  Star.......................2 00
2  lb. Star.......................3 75
“ 
1 lb.  stand........... .1  75
“ 
2  lb. 
3  00
“ 
3 lb .in  M ustard.. .3 00
“ 
3 lb.  soused............3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia....... 2 00
....3   10
“ 
’ 2 îb.
“ 
1 lb. Sacram ento.. .1  85
...2  75
“ 
2 lb.
6
44s.
“ 
....©   9
“  Mustard 44s— ..  «510
imported  34s..
“ 
.. 
944
spiced,  44s— ,.15@16
“ 
Trout, 3 lb. brook.........
CANNED GOODS—Fruits. 
Apples, gallons, stand.2  15@2 25 
90 
Blackberries,  stand..
90 
Cherries, red standard...
..2  (X 
p itte d .................
..  90 
D am sons............................
..1 20 
Egg Plums, stan d ............
..1  00
Gooseberries.....................
G rapes.....................................
Green  Gages...........................1  10
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  75
seconds....................l  45
P ie .............................100
Pears.........................................1  30
Pineapples................... 1  10@1  25
Q uinces....................................1  00
Raspberries,  ex tra.................1  35
red ......................1  60
Straw berries...........................1  10
W hortleberries.......................  75

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster B ay.........
Beans, Lima,  stan d ..............  80
“  Green  Limas—   ©1  00
“ 
Strings................  ©   85
“  Stringlesg,  E rie......  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1  40
Corn, Archer's Trophy......... 1  00
“  Morn’g Glory .1  00
“ 
Early Golden.1  00
“ 
“ 
Peas, F rench......................... .1  68
“  extra m arrofat...  @1  lo
“ 
“  June,  stand....................1  35
“  sifted......................1  55
“ 
“  French, extra  fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine......... 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden....  85
Succotash,  standard.............1  00
Squash  ...................................1  19
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  00 
Good Enough — 100
B enH ar................ 1  00
stand  or 
  ©1  00
CHEESE.

soaked.......................  70

“ 
“ 
“ 

CHICORY.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

Michigan Full Cream  944@10 
Sap  Sago.......................16  @17
23
German Sweet................ 
Premium..........................  
35
38
Cocoa................................ 
Breakfast  Cocoa............ 
48
Broma............................... 
37
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber. 10O lumps..................25
200
•Trin:
Bulk..........................................  6
R ed...........................................  744
Rio, fa ir.........................17  @19
“  good....................... 1844@20
“  prime.....................  @21
“  fancy,  w ashed.. .19  @22
“  golden....................20  @23
Santos............................ 17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry.................. ...20  @23
Java,  Interior.............. 20  @25
“  M andheling----26  @23
Mocha, genuine.......... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 44c. per lb.  for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

c o f f e e —Green.

c o f f e e s —Package.

100 lbs
Lion.........................................2454
“  in cab in ets.................... 2454
M cL au g h lin ’s  X X X X ....2444
Acme....................................... 23/6
Thompson’s  Honey B ee ....26
T iger.................24
Nox A ll............ 25
O  B ................... 24

*• 
“ 
“ 
COFFEE EXTRACT.

Valley City............................ 
75
F elix.......................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 f t .......... per doz.  1  25
1  50 
1  60
2  00 
2  25 
1  00 
1  15

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 f t... 
60 f t... 
70 f t... 
80 f t... 
60 ft... 
72 f f  ..
CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle..................................
Anglo-Swiss......................
CRACKERS.
Kenosha  B utter..............
“ 
Seymour 
..........
B utter..........................

“  family......................
“  b iscu it.....................
Boston.................................
City Soda..........................
Soda.............................
S. Oyster
City Oyster, XXX.
Picnic.................................

CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  p ure........................  
38
G rocers'................................. 
24
d r ie d   f r u it s—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  3  @  344
evaporated__ 5  @ 6
** 
__ 14  @15
Apricots, 
“ 
5
 
Blackberries “ 
12
 
Nectarines  “ 
12
 
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
 
9
Raspberries  “ 
 
20

d r ie d   f r u it s —Foreign.
‘ 

Citron, in  drum ..........   @23
in boxes..........   @25
Currants,  Zante..........   @ 5
Lemon  Peel.................. 
13
Orange Peel.................. 
14
Prunes  T urkey..........   @  454
Im perial.........  @ 654
Raisins, V alencias—   @
Ondaras.........  @ 8
Domestic Layers.. .2olO 
Loose Calif ornias.. 1  65

‘ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

“ 

Farina, 100  lb. kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  b b l..................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box —   60
im ported.......  @10
Pearl  Barley................  @ 3
Peas, green...................   @1  30
@ 3 
split..................
Sago,  German.........
@ 654 
@ 654 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p'rl 
Wheat,  cracked....
@ 654 
Vermicelli,  import.
@10 
@60
domestic

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

'

Jennings’ 
2 oz. Panel, doz. 
4 oz.
6 oz. 
“ 
No.  3,  “
No.  8,  “ 
No.10,  “
No.  4, Taper,  ' 
54 pt,  Round, 1 
.....................
1

Lemon  Vanills 
35
90
25
1  40
3  25 
2 25 
1  60
1  00 
4  00 
2  75 
4  50 
6  00 
2  50 
1  60 
7  50
4 25 
15  00
8  50
FISH—SALT.
Cod, w hole.....................
“  boneless.................
H a lib u t..........................
Herring,  round, 54 b b l.
“ 
gibbed.............
“  Holland,  bbls.
“  Holland, kegs.
“ 
Scaled............
Mack,  sh’s, No. 1, 54  bbl
“ 

@ 45£ 
7@ 754 
10©1154 
2  50
10 00 
@  70 
24
11  00
12  lb  k it..1  45 
.1   35
10 
@4 50
Trout,  54  bbls.
10  lb.  k its...................   78
White,  No. 1,  54 bbls..............6 00
“ 
12 lb.  k its.......1  15
10 lb. k its.......  90
“ 
Family,  54  bbls..........2 50
k its................  55

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

GUN  POWDER.

K e g s......................................... 5 5®
Half  kegs..........................  - -2 88

LAMP WICKS.
No. 0...............................
NO. 1...............................
No. 2...............................
LICORICE.
P ure...............................
Calabria.........................
Sicily..............................
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap.................
Cuba Baking..............
Porto  Rico...................
New Orleans, good —
choice..
fancy...

“ 
“ 

“ 

SWEET  GOODS. 3
...9 
...9

Corn,  barrels.....................  @26
one-half  barrels__   @28
Pure  Sugar, bbl..................2S@34
half barrel....27@38
“ 
XXX954
9549549
••-554 
...4514

Ginger Snaps...........
Sugar  Creams.........
Frosted  Creams__
Graham  Crackers.. 
Oatmeal  Crackers..
SODA.
B oxes.......................
Kegs, English.........

9

TEAS.

J a pa n —Regular. 
............................12

F a ir ............
Good...........
Choice.........
Choicest__

@16
@17
@26
@34

, 

SUN CUBED.

F a ir ................................. 12  @15
G ood............................... 16  @20
Choice..............................24  @28
Choicest..........................30  @33

BASKET  FIRED.

F a ir ................................  @20
Choice............................  @25
Choicest........................   @35
E xtra choice, wire leaf  @40

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fa ir............ 25  @35
E xtra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fancy.............. 75  @85

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fa ir............ 20  @35
Superior to fine..............40  @50
Common to  fa ir............ 18  @26
Superior to  fine............30  @40

TOUNG HYSON.

OOLONG.

Common to  fa ir............25  @30
Superior to  fine............30  @50
Fine to choicest............55  @65

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F a ir .................................25  @30
Choice............................. 30  @35
B est.................................55  @65
Tea  D ust........................  8  @10

tobaccos—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12.............37
Reception, 2 2-5x12,16 oz..........37
Vivco, 1x6, 454 to  lb.................. 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz..........34
Wheel, 5 to  fc.............................37
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz......................24

J. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.

Corner  Stone.............................. 35
Double  Pedro............................ 37
Peach  Pie................................... 37
|  W edding  Cake,  b lk ..................37
|  Something  Good.  ....................39
“Tobacco” ..................................37

tobaccos—Fine Cut. 

j  D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
H iaw atha..................... 
Sweet  Cuba.................  

62
37

tobaccos—Smoking. 

Catlin’s  Brands.

Meerchaum, 54s.......
Kiln Dried, 16 oz__

.31
.19

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

“ 
“ 

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels............. 5  75
Half barrels......... 3 00
Cases..........2  25@2 35
ROLLED OATS
Muscatine, B arrels...............5  75
Half barrels..........3 00
Cases.......... 2  25@2 35

-• 
“ 

.4  00 
.2  50 
.5 OO 
.3  50
.1  60 
.  75 
.  40

OIL.

Michigan  Test......................   9
W ater  W hite..........................10

“ 
“ 
“ 

PICKLES.
Medium.......................
“ 
14 b b l..........
Small,  b b l.................
“  44  b b l..............
PIPES.
Clay, No.  216............
T. D. full count 
Cob, No.  3.................
BICE.
Carolina h ead...........................6
No. 1...........................5
No. 2................. 544©
No. 3...........................5
J a p a n .........................................5
8ALEBATUS.
DeLand’s,  pure...........„......... 5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf.............. 5
Dwight’s ................................... 5
Taylor’s ..................................... 5
Common Fine per bbl..
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks
28  pocket........................
60 
........................
........................
100 
Ashton bu. b a g s ..........
Higgins  “ 
..........
..........
Warsaw “ 
.........
SAL  SODA.
Kegs................................
Granulated,  boxes-----

“ 
■ 
y2 bu  “ 

SALT

“ 
“ 

•‘ 

75 
37 
•  20 
I 
154

3  “ 

SAPOLIO.
“
SEEDS.

Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.
...  2  35
Hand, 
Mixed b ird .....................
.......  444
.......10...  4
Caraway............................
Hemp........................................4
Anise....................................  .  834
.......  444
R ap e...............................
M ustard........................
.......  *"/4
Scotch, in  bladders-----.......37
Maccaboy, in ja rs................. 35
French Rappee, in J a rs .......43

SNUFF.

Detroit Soap Co.'s Brands.

SOAP.

...3   85 
...2 40 I 
...3  301

Queen  Annfe...................
German  Fam ily.............
Mottled  German............
old  German.....................
U. S.  Big  Bargain..........
Frost,  Floater.................
Cocoa  Castile  ................
Cocoa Castile, Fancy—  
s p ic e s—Whole.
Allspice............................
Cassia, China in m ats... 
“  Batavia in bund
Saigon in ro lls..
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna.........
Zanzibar............
“ 
Mace  B atavia.................
Nutmegs, fancy..............
“  No.  1..................
“  No.  2..................
Pepper, Singapore, black

“ 

“ 
shot...........
s p ic e s—Ground-

. .70 
• ■ 1853
w hite.......28
..............21
-In Bulk.
A llspice...................................15
Cassia,  B atavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon..................... 42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna..................35
Zanzibar..................28
“ 
Ginger, A frican.................... 1241
*•  Cochin.......................15
Jam a ic a ....................18
“ 
Mace  B atavia........................80
Mu stard,  E nglish..................22
“ 
and T rie..25
“  Trieste....................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................70
Pepper, Singapore, black— 22
w hite.......30
“ 
“  Cayenne.................... 25
Mystic, 1 lb.  pkgs.................   7
barrels.........................6

STARCH.

“ 

“ 

“ 

9C SAR«.

16
.  22@25 
.. ,24@35 i  ®  s, 
.. ,25@30 ‘  - ■ ■ 
...33@38 
,45©48

TRADESMAN  c r e d it  c o u p o n s.
$ 2, per  hundred..................2  50
....  3 00
..................4  00
$10,  “ 
*20,  “ 
..................5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over................. 5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000 
“  

“ 
•* 

“

 
10
...................... 20 
VINEGAR.

30 g r........................
40 g r........................
50 g r........................

$1 for barrel

__   9
. . . .  10 
....1 1

MISCELLANEOUS.
Cocoa Shells,  bulk..........
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails..............
Sage.....................................
P A P E R ,  W O O D K N W A K E 

PAPER.

'

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

lows :
S tra w ........................................ 1J£ 
“  Light  W eight...............2
S u g a r.........................................2
Rag  S u g a r.............................. 244
H ardw are................................ 244
B akers......................................244
Dry  Goods.............................5
Ju te  M anilla..........................S
Red  Express No. 1............... 5
No. 2............... 4

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton................................. 22
ce  Cotton, No. 2......................... 20
' 
“ 3......................... 18
24 
2 05  Sea  Island, assorted..........  40
'«  1 k I No. 5 H em p............................ 16
3 lo  No. 8 B .....................................17
W ool........................................   8

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1........................  7  25
“  No. 2........................   6  25
“  No. 3............................  5 25
1  60
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes—  
60
Bowls, 11 inch......................  1  00
......................   1  25
13  “ 
“ 
.......................2 00
15  “ 
“ 
17  “ 
“ 
......................   2  75
assorted, 17s and  17s  2  50 
“ 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2  75
40
“  b u sh el......................  1  60
“ 
“  •   willow cl’ths, No.l  5  50
“ 
“  No.2  6  00
“ 
“  No.3  7 00
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 4  25
“ 
“  No.3  5 00

Baskets, m arket...................  
“ with covers  1  90
“ 
“ 
“ 
*, 

splint 

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 

WHEAT.

W h ite................................... 
Red........................................  

FLOUR.

Straight, in sacks.........
“  barrels........
Patent 
“  sacks..........
“  barrels........

“ 
“ 

88
88
4  80
5  00
5  80
6  00

MEAL.

M II.1.Ï-TUFF8.

Bolted... 
G ranulated..

2  20 
2  45
13  00
B ran..
14  00 
Ships.......
12 00
Sere- ning:
M iddlings..................... ....  14  00
Mixed  F>'■ i ................. . .. .   14  00
Cours y  meal.................. ....  15 00
Small  lots..................... ....  37
Car 
Sir all  lots..................... ....  30
..................... ....  29
Car 

..................... ....  3644

(OBS.

OATS.

“ 

“ 

N o.  1. 
N o.  2.

No. 1.. 
No. 2..
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

HIDES.

lows:
G reen.........
Part  Cured. 
Full
Dry

...35©40
1  25 
1  10
12  00 
10  50

.  4  @  444 
.  4  @ 444 
■  444©  544 
.  5  @ 6 
.  5  @  6 
.  3  @ 4 
-  444© 554 
.10  @20

.  7  60 Cut T.Oiif.
.  6 00 Cnbes 
...
Pov de red
Gra uniate

£7  í*?a Prv !•"' -  . 
. . .
%  9v8 Cal N d '-s,  gre
©  !“ s
cur
E.  s.. @8  81 De.- m il skins.
(5 8  81 
off for  No 
è  8  81
pi
she orlings__
F.sî mated wot
MISCEL
Grease  butter
Sw itches.......
Ginseng.........

ö1«
(Qr  .  'a
7? 8
7£>)
©  7?8

d.'ii
m k lin .. 
Fr
keside..
La
Kn ight s...
(Oil feeiio iery * .........
No.  1.  Wh te i xm>  c "
No.
No.
..............
No.
Ño.

<_
•idei 
rirk.

*<£  fcxr 
3C.  i-

8
..  6
..  0
7
:  ?
.  6 
..  6 
..  6

*>34 

............10  @30
1. per ff) 20  @25
LANEOUB.
.............  3t4@  4
............ 3  ©   5
..............  2  @244
..............2  00@2  10

L uck  and  Labor.

Luck is ever  waiting  for something to 
turn up.
Labor,  with  keen eyes and strong will, 
will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed,  and  wishes  the post­
man would  bring  him news of  a legacy.
Labor  turns out at 6 o’clock and,  with 
busy pen  or  ringing  hammer,  lays  the 
foundation of  a competence.

Luck whines.
Labor  whistles.
Luck relies on chance;  Labor, on char­
Luck slips downward to indulgence.
Labor strides upward, and to independ­

acter.

ence.

Druggists  should  not  fail  to  carry  a 
line  of  “Our  Knocker”  cigars.  Sold 
onlv by Morris H. Treusch & Bro.

LIQUOR X POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

Acknowledged to be the

COMBINED.

E.  1   STOWE k BRO.,GR0A °N ^lpsibs

S p e c ia l O ffer

MADE  BY

Proprietor and m anufacturer of

GEO.  G  STEKETEE,
W e e 's Family Medicines.
Genuine  Haarlem  Oil,

Also importer and jobber of the only

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TO  EVERY  DEALER  IN  DRUGS  SENDING 

ME  *12  I  WILL  DELIVER:

3 doz. bottles Steketee’s  Neuralgia  drops
(Retails  50c)................................................ $18 00
And donate 1 doz. trial bottles  Nellralgia
1 80
Drops  (Retails  15c).................................... 
Also 1 doz. packages  Steketee’s  Dry B it­
ters  (25c pkg.).............................................. 
3 OO
Amount at  retail.....................................$22 80
12  OO
Cost.............................................. 
Total  Profit................  
 
$10  80
This offer  for  Sixty  Days  Only,  and  Cash 

 

must  accompany orders.

GZ2TSSXTG  ROOT.
We pay the highest price for It.  Address

D P r i T7‘  D ljn C !  Wholesale  Druggists, 
r i j V J l l   -D llU iO .,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

P olishina

This  Is  the  Time  to  Paint.

The  Best  is ilw a p  the Cheapest.

WE  HAYE  SOLD  THE

Pioneer Prepared Paint

For many  years and

G U A R A N T E E

Same  to

G iv e  S a tisfa c tio n .

Dealers  in  paints  will  find  it  to  their 

interest to write us  for  prices 

and sample cards.

HÄZELTINE  k PERKINS  DRUG  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

W h o le sa le   P r ic e   C u r r e n t•

Advanced—Castor Oil.  Declined—Nothing.

wm1CCIDM1

♦  
D ru g s 0  M e d ic in e s,

—

S tate  B o ard   o f  P harm acy*

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Four Years—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Five Yean—James Vemor, Detroit.
President—Geo. McDonald 
Secretary—Jacob Jesson.
Treasurer—Jas. Vernor.
Next  Meeting—At  Star  sland  House,  near  Detroit, 
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3.____ _

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

President—Geo. Gundrura, 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—ffm 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 ra n d   R ap id s  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society. 
President. J. W, Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
G rand R ap id s  D ru g  C le rk s’ A sso ciatio n . 

President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower.
D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  Society 
President, J. W. Caldwell.  Secretary, B. W. Patterson.
President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

M uskegon  D ru g   C le rk s’  A ssociation. 

C o n s titu e n t  E le m e n ts  o f  S o m e   P o p u la r  

P r e p a r a tio n s .
BOUGH  ON  BATS.

This prepartion consists principally of arsenic, 
colored with lamp  black  or  similar  substance. 
A good substitute,  but  one  containing  far less 
arsenic,  is:
W hite arsenic................................................J®  parts

^   W heat flour...................................................jj®
”   L ard.................................................................9® 

“
Lamp black..................................................  
’
Oil anise........................................ ..............   1-10“

Make into globules.

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH.

Flake w hite................. ................................® 
Carmine  (No. 40).........................................  H  u
Glycerine......................................................   *
Rose w ater..........   ............................-........  • H  ozs-
Mix in a mortar.  Shake before using, and apply 
w ith a  sponge.

drs.

LANOLIN  TOILET  CREAM.

L anolin.........................................- ..............  * 
Powdered soap (Pears’ or  castile)............2
Spirit of bergamot (1 to 16).............  2 fl. drs.

f l   Rose w ater.....................................................  4  ozs-
™  

’  HAGAN’S  MAGNOLIA  BALM.

Pure oxide of zinc...........................................   1 oz.
R osew ater.......................................................... 4 ®zs-
Glycerin...............................................................1 nr.
Perfum e............................................................ 
s-

4fS-

COSMETIC CBEAM.

Powdered white castile soap.............................  140
G lycerin.................................................................   210
.  ) In w inter...................1260
Oil  of  sweet  almonds j In  summer................ 1680
Oil of thyme  ........................................................  
4
Oil of  bergamot.................................................... 
8
Oil of rose............................................................. 
  2
Mix the powdered soap and  the  glycerin  in  a 
j   m ortar;  then add  the oil  of  almonds and incor- 
^   porate by means  ef  rapid  trituration.  Finally 

add the perfume.

BAY  RUM  HAIR  TONIC.

Bay  rum .......................................................   5  pints
Glycerine...................................................... 16 fl. ozs.
Tincture of  Cantharides...........................  8  “
Tincture of  soap b ark ................................  8  “
Rose w ater....................................................   8  “
Orange flower w ater..................................   8

Mix and filter, if  necessary.

VIOLET  WATER.

•  Strong tincture of orris root.....................6 

Ext. of violet  ipom adei..........................8  fl.  ozs.
Ext.  of cassie  (pomade)............................4 
“
"
Ext. of m usk................................................  )4  “
Ext. of rose..................................................  Yi  “
Ext. of Jasm in........................................... 5
Deodorized alcohol.....................................9  pints
Distilled w ater.............................................1)4  “
Curb, m agnesium........................................q.  s.
Mix,  and  if  it  should  appear  in  any  wise 
cloudv, filter the product previously mixed with 
the carbonate of magnesium, and  color  slightly 
by the cautious addition of  tincture  of  sage  or 
tincture of common grass.

VERBENA  WATER.

• 

Mix and proceed as with violet water, omitting 

Oil of  verbena...........................................2  fl.  ozs.
Oil of orange................................................  V*  “
Oil of  lem on...............................................   54  “
Oil of neroli.................................................  5a  “
Ext. of jasm in...........................................4 
“
Strong tr. orris.......................................... 8 
“
R osew ater................................................. 1 
pint
Deodorized alcohol.................................... 9  pints
the color.
Oil of bergamot....................................... 3  fl.  ozs.
“
Oil of  lavender.........................................1 
Oil of cloves..........................'................... 154 fl. drs.
Oil of cinnamon, best..............................2)4  “
Oil of neroli................................................   54  “
Oil of lem on.................................................1  fl.  oz.
Ext. of jasm in.......................................... 6 
“
Ext. of m usk............................................. 2 
“
R osew ater.................................................1 
pint
w   Deodorized alcohol................................. 8  pints
Carbonate m agnesium.............................   q.  s.
cabonate.

Mix, and if cloudy, filter  through  magnesium 

FLORIDA  WATER.

LAVENDER  WATER.

Oil of lavender,  best....................*..........154 A- ozs.
Oil of bergamot..........................................   54  “
Oil of  lem on...............................................   54  “
Oil of neroli................................................  54 A.  dr.
Ext. of jasm in........................................... 4 
fl. ozs.
Ext. of m usk..............................................1 
“
Rose w ater....................................................1  pint
Deodorized alcohol  ................................. 7 
pints
Carb. m agnesium.......................................  q. s.

Mix and proceed as  above.

NEWPORT'S  FAVORITE  WATER.

Oil of bergamot.........................................3  fl.  ozs.
Oil of  lem on................................................2 
“
li
Oil of  orange...............................................1 
Oil of neroli................................................  54  “
Oil of cloves...............................................  54 fl. dr.
Oil of rose...................................................   54  “
Tinct. of orris  (strong).......*................... 8 
fl. ozs.
Tincture of m usk.......................................2 
“   -
Ext. of  violet..............................................8 
“
Ext. of jasm in............................................ 8 
“
Orange flower w ater.................................. 1  pint
Deodorized alcohol  ..................................8 
pints
Carbonate of  magnesium........................  q.  s.

Mix and proceed as above.

W  

W h y  N ot  P ass  Them  Around?

Grand  Rapids  Drug  C lerks’  A ssocia­

tion.

Tea

Second Vice President.

At a meeting of  the  Association,  held 
at T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office,  Friday  even­
ing,  May 17, the  usual order of  business 
was carried out.

A  letter  of  congratulation  was  re­
ceived from the  Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’ 
Association,  read  and  accepted  with 
thanks.

Y.  H.  Middleton  was  elected  First 
Vice President by acclamation,  to fill the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of 
Mr. Osborne. 
»
John A. Tinholt  was  elected by ballot 

The  committee  appointed  to  confer 
with Mr. Osborne in regard to non-attend­
ance reported having  seen him and  that 
he  stated  it  was  impossible  for him to 
attend.

A motion was  made to tender a vote of 
thanks to Geo.  G.  Steketee  and Dr.  H. E. 
Lochre for closing their stores on Sunday 
afternoons  from  1  to 6,  and  that  it  be 
published in  the  daily papers.  Carried.
It  was  decided  to  hold  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  Association  the  second 
Tuesday  evening  of  each  month,  at  9 
o’clock,  the  place  to  be  decided by the 
Executive Board.

Correspondence Pharmaceutical Era.
In the appointment annually of a mem­
ber to the State  Board  of  Pharmacy  by 
there  are  some  things 
the  Executive, 
which demand  consideration.  The same 
things may be  said regarding the annual 
elections  in  our  State  Association. 
In 
this the average druggist is not favorably 
disposed to kick against the  powers  that 
be, for with the Board—the laws enacted 
by the legislative branch  of  the  govern­
ment—it (the  Board)  is faithfully bound 
to  enforce.  The  appointment  by  the 
Governor upon this  Board is supposed to 
be  from  a  non-political,  non-partisan 
basis,  but  is  it? 
If  so,  will it always 
be so?
Again,  as  to  re-appointments  and re- 
elections—unless guaranteed to  the  con­
trary by special  meritorious  services—I 
am essentially a one term man. 
In  this 
discussion I have no “axe to grind,”  nor 
do  I  find fault  with  what  has  already 
been accomplished by  the  State  Board, 
nor  say  aught  against  the professional 
character or integrity of its “personnel.” 
It  is  composed  of  gentlemen  and  men 
representative  of the profession,  who, as 
far as I know, do not  do  any  “cutting” 
or run any “annex” or other “side issue” 
to make their drug business pay.
I do not believe,  as 1 have said,  in  re­
appointments,  unless  controlled by spe­
cial circumstances.  The  chronic office­
holder should have no chance to obtain a 
life security or tenure in any official posi­
tion upon the Board or  the  Association. 
Why?  Continuance in olfice begets arro­
gance,  “ringism  and  cliquery.  The 
temptation to retain  an  appointment  or 
an  office  once gained is a serious danger 
to deliberate and progressive  action  and 
scientific advancement.  Such re-appoint­
ments  upon  the  Board  beget partiality 
and the caprice of favoritism; such officers 
seek to control the Association instead of 
serving or representing  it. 
Some  have 
May 7, is as follows :
said: 
“If  there  is  any patronage con­
A rather sensational  report  upon  the 
nected with any of these  positions,  it  is 
subject  of  teas  sent  to  the  American 
nothing but fair that each should have  a 
market  has  been  made to the  State De­
chance to enjoy them.”  While there may 
partment  by  Consul  Crowell  at  Amoy, 
be some truth  in  this,  it  to my mind is 
China.  He  says  that  while  this  year’s 
not the point in question, nor should such 
crop  shows  a shrinkage  of  23,000  half­
be the object  of  the  Board. 
It has, as 
chests,  its  inferiority  is  fully  equal to 
our Association has  set  forth in its con­
last  year’s  crop.  The  Consul  says  a 
stitution,  for  its  object  the  ultimate 
large  proportion of  the  Amoy  oolong is 
“restriction  of  the practice of pharmacy 
poorly  cultivated,  poorly  picked  and
to properly qualified pharmacists.”  This, 
cured,  dirty and  adulterated.  The Com- 
I believe, can only be  brought  about  by
the  appointment  of  men  who  have  an I missioner of  Customs  at  Amoy  called it
“stuff”  which  was  alone  wanted  in 
ascertained  fitness  for  tjie  work and of 
America.  Nearly  the  whole  crop  is 
those  who  will  faithfully discharge the 
marketed in the United States. 
It is the 
duties of such an appointment.  Men with 
greed  of  importers  and  exporters  that 
these qualifications are not usually chron- 
alone  makes it  possible  to  impose  this 
nor  do  they  figure  as candidates at 
vile  stuff  upon  the  American  public. 
every election in our Association.  Such 
The Consul hopes that  the  tea  drinkers 
men  make  good  officers  and  also know 
of  America may be protected  against the 
when they have had enough.
so-called tea known as Amoy oolong, and 
I  therefore  for  one  say,  infuse  new 
says  that  the  existing  laws against the 
blood into  the  Board  every year if pos­
importation of  bad  and  adulterated teas 
ible,  and  also  honor  the  much  good 
is sufficient to do it if  properly enforced. 
material  now unhonored in our Associa­
Most of  the  oolong  goes  to  New York, 
tion before  re-appointments  and re-elec­
and  honest  inspection  there would pre­
tions  shall establish a precedent,  which, 
vent the imposition.
if followed,  will  eventually  get  us  too 
deeply into the rut, and the  “winter”  of 
much “discontent” draw near  too  soon.

W. C.  Smith  was  appointed to read,  at 
our next meeting,  a paper on the benefits 
of  a drug clerks’  association.

A Washington  dispatch,  under date of 

Adulterated.  T eas  for  A m erican 

.  A   N ew   U se  for  Cats.

A.  B r o w e r ,  Sec’y.

Drinkers.

“Persian”  Insect Powder.

According  to  the  Hospital,  it  was  a 
stroke of  genius to find  an occupation in 
life for the laziest  exquisites  among the 
domestic  animals.  The  happy  inspira­
tion came to a gentleman who had reason 
to suspect that his  house drains were de­
fective.
He threw the entire establishment open 
to  the  inspection  of  his  cat,  and  then 
poured a strong infusion of  valerian  into 
the pipes.  The plot  succeeded to a mar­
vel.  Puss,  who  is  as fond of  perfumes 
as any client  of  Mr.  Rimmel’s, soon  dis­
covered three leaks,  at each of  which she 
established  herself  in turn, to  enjoy the 
pungent odor at her leisure.
Thus not  only were  the  householder’s 
suspicions  confirmed, but  the actual sit­
uation of  the  leaks  was  revealed  as ac­
curately as if  they had been indicated by 
a sanitary inspector.

The following  is taken from a Russian 
journal devoted to  the  industrial  inter­
ests of the Caucasus:
The flowers  of  the  pyrethrun 
thrum roseum)  are used for  mak 
powder,  which  is  sold  under 
names—“insect powder,”  “Persi; 
der,”  “death to insects,” etc. 
In 
these flowers are only found in Di 
but these  are  white,  aud not rosi 
like those of  the Caucasus.  The 
tian  pyrethrum  is  greatly  appr 
ited.
and  when its crop  is  scarce the 
sian flowers  are  eagerly sought for,  and 
their  price increases by from 200  to  300 
per cent: this was the case in 1887 and ’88.
Prices, which had varied between  3  and 
7  roubles  for  the  previous  ten  years, 
reached all at once,  in  1887,  15  and  16
roubles  at  Tiflis. 
Formerly  a  certain j 
quantity  of  pyrethrum  in  powder  was I Microscopes  Coming into  General  Use. 
exported from  the  Caucasus, but  Euro- |  Says  a  St.  Louis  druggist:  “There is 
peans  were  not satisfied  with receiving t not  another  city  the  size  of  St.  Louis 
this delicate  article in this form because j  with as many druggists  who  use the un­
it was discovered  to  be  mixed with for- j eroscepe in their  business.  This instru- 
eign  substances,  and  growers  in  the j ment is  a comparatively new  implement 
Caucasus could not reduce it  to  the  im- ! in the hands of  the  druggists, but  those
palpable  state  requisite  to  preserve its 
who sell medicines here are learning how 
efficacy.  At the present time the flowers 
to  use  it  in  the  detection  of  adultera­
only are exported. 
It  is  necessary that 
tions,  while  the  doctors  use it in diag­
they should be cut  as  short  as  possible 
nosing diseases.  The  increased demand 
at  the  stalk,  gathered  when ripe, dried 
for  microscopes  has  brought  down  the 
in the sh'ade aud in a current  of  air, be­
price  so  that  $25 will now buy as fine a 
cause In the sun the bloom and rose color 
one  as  $50  would  a  few  years  ago. 
I 
are lost, and, lastly, that they should not 
think the time will come when  not  only 
be mixed  with  other  herbs  when being 
doctors  and  druggists  will  use  micro­
gathered.  Recently  a  fraud  has  been 
scopes  for  scientific  purposes,  but most 
noticed  in  the  packages  of  Caucasian 
society  folks  will*  own  them as a means 
flowers,  other  flowers  resembling 
the 
of  amusement  and  entertainment  for 
pyrethrum,  and  dyed 
the  same  color, 
their friends.”
being found.  The  exports amounted  to 
between 175.000 aud 200.000 kilogrammes 
last  year;  of  those  three-fourths  were 
badly prepared,  the season  having  been 
a very rainy one.

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STODDARD’S  MEAD.

NEW  ORLEANS  MEAD.

Honey  Wine.

New Orleans Mead—Stoddard’s Mead- 
From  the N ational Druggist.
The basis of all “meads” is honey, with 
some  ferment,  and  the  variations  are 
largely a  matter  of  individual  taste  in 
flavoring:
Honey............................................. 14 
Water............................................... 3 gals.
Yeast  .............................................  2 ozs.
Hops.................................................2  “
Boil  the  hops  in a pint  of  the  water 
and strain, mix the honey and the balance 
of  the  water,  and  add  the  infusion of 
hops.  Bring  the  whole  to a boil,  and 
then let it simmer for half an hour, skim­
ming off the scum  as  it  arises.  When 
cold  put  into a cask,  add the yeast,  and 
let ferment.
Strained honey....................................16 lbs.
Water........................................................ 10 gals.
Burned white ginger...........................  3 ozs.
Hops..................................................  2  “
Yeast.................................................  4  “
Mix the honey,  watjr  and  ginger  to­
gether,  and slice in two  or three lemons, 
bring  to a boil,  and  five  minutes  later 
add the hops.  Continue  the  boiling  for 
half  an  hour,  let  cool, put into a cask, 
and add the yeast.  Fermentation finishes 
the product.
Honey............................................20 av. lbs
Cider.............................................. 12 gals.
Rum...............................................  4 pints
Brandy...........................................  4  “
Cream tartar...................................   2 ozs.
Oil of bitter almond...................................  5 drops.
Oil of cloves...................................   5 
“
Yeast..............................................  1 pint.
Dissolve  the  honey  in  the cider,  add 
the yeast,  and let  ferment.  When clear, 
dissolve the essential  oils in the brandy, 
and add the solution along with the other 
ingredients.  Let stand for three or  four 
days,  rack off,  and bottle.

HONEY  WINE.

M uskegon  D rug  C lerks’  A ssociation.

M u s k e g o n ,  May 18,  1889.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids:
Dear Sir —The Muskegon Drug Clerks’ 
Association held its  regular  meeting  on 
May 14, with a full attendance.
A paper  on  “Galenical Preparations” 
was  assigned  Geo.  Le Fevre, to be  read 
at the next meeting, on May 30.
The Association was  presented  with a 
year’s subscription to the Druggists’  Cir­
cular, by Wm. A.  Padley.
two 
hours’ industrious work. 

The  meeting  adjourned,  after 
Yours,

J e s s e  W.  H o y t,  Sec’y.

Back  from   th e  W edding  Trip.

F. W.  R.  Perry,  the  Detroit  druggist, 
was  married  in New York,  April 29, to 
Miss  Lila  D.  Henry,  of  Florida,  who 
came North to meet her  future husband. 
The  marriage is a happy surprise  to Mr. 
Perry’s  friends.  After July 1,  Mft  and 
Mrs. Perry,  who  are  now at the  Russell 
House,  will  be  at  home  at  31  Parsons 
street.

The D rug  M arket.

There  are  no  important  changes  to 
note.  Castor oil has advanced )4 cent per 
pound.  Linseed oil is very firm and will 
be  higher.  Opium  is  firmer,  but  un­
changed.  Quinine  and  morphia  are 
steady.  Mercurials are very firm  at  the 
advance.

Fight  your  own  battles.  Hoe  your 
own row.  Ask no favors of  any one, and 
you will succeed a thousand  times better 
than one who is always beseeching  some 
one’s influence  and  patronage.  No  one 
can ever help  you as  you can help  your­
self, because  no  one  will  be so heartily 
interested in  your affairs.  The first step 
will be a long one,  perhaps;  but  carving 
your own way up the mountain you make 
each  one  lead to another,  and stand firm 
while  you  chop  still  another out.  Men 
who  have  made  fortunes  are  not those 
who have had  $5,000  given them to start 
with,  but  boys  who  have  started  fair 
with a well-earned dollar or two.

“ D epends  on  H ow   Y ou  Take  It.”
“How dismal you look !”  said a bucket 
to  his  companion,  as  they  were  going 
down the well.
“A h!”  replied  the  other,  “I  was  re­
flecting on the  uselessness  of  our  being 
filled;  for,  let  us  go  away ever so full, 
we always come back  empty.”
“Dear me!  How  strange  to look at it 
in  that  way!”  said  the  other  bucket. 
“Now, I enjoy the thought that, however 
empty  we  come,  we  always  go  away 
full.  Only look  at  it  in that light,  and 
you’ll be as cheerful as I am.”

Perry  D avis’  Pain  Killer.

The New  Idea  gives  the  following as 
the formula  of  this  once  very  popular 
remedy:
A lkanna...........................................................1  oz.
Myrrha, pulverized...................................... 3  “
Guaiaei  resina...............................................2  “
Camphora........................................................ 1  “
Tincture opii......................................... 
4 “
Capsicum.........................................................4  “
Alcohol............................................................2  pints.
Aqua.................................................................2 
“
Macerate for several days, and filter.

 

ACIDUM.

A ceticum .....................
Benzoicum,  German..
Boracic 
.......................
C arbolicum ..................
C itricum .......................
H ydrochlor..................
Nitrocum  .....................
O xalicum .....................
Phosphorium  d il.........
Salicylicum ..................1
Sulphuricum —   .......
Tannicum ......................1
Tartaricum ...................
AMMONIA.

8@   10 
80@1  00 an
40®  45 
50®  55 
3®  5
10®   12 
13®  14 
20
46@1  80 
12£@  5 
40@1  60 
45®  50

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................... 
3@  5
18  deg................... 
4®  6
Carbonas  .....................
C hloridum .....................   12@  14

ANILINE.
Black 
......................2 00@2  25
Brown” - ........................  80®1 00
R ed...................................  45© 50
Y ellow ................................2  50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  60................1  85®2 00
8®  io
Ju n ip eru s........................ 
X anthoxylum ................  25® do

BALSAMUM.
Copaiba......................... 
P eru.......................
Terabin, Canada 
T o lu tan ................

70
@1  30 
50®  55 
45®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..........
Cassiae  ..........................
Cinchona Flava  ...........
Euonymus  atropurp... 
Myrica  Cerifera, po—
Prunus V irgini..............
Quillaia,  grd ..................
Sassafras  .......................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).
EXTRACTUM.
Glycvrrhiza  G labra...
po.........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is............
54s.............
54s ............
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Q uinta....
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
pure...........  -

“ 

24®
33®
11©
13®
14®
16®

@3

@
154©

14® 16
30® 35
30® 35

10© 12
25@ 28
35® 50
10® 12
8® 10

“ 

Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
n iv e lly .......................
* 
Alx.
Salvia  officinalis,  54s
and  54s.......................
Ura U rsi........................

“ 

GUMMl.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ ....
“ ....

Acacia,  1st  picked —

2d 
3d 
sifted so rts...
po  . .. .. .   .....
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...
“  Socotri,  (po.  60). 
Catechu. Is, (54s, 14 54s,
16)............................
A m m oniae................
Assafoetida,  (po. 30).
Benzoinum................
Camphor®.................
Euphorbium  po  ----
Galbanum . 
.............
Gamboge,  po............
Guaiacum,  (po. 45)..
Kino,  (po.  25)...........
M astic .......................
Myrrh,  (po  45).........
Opii,  (pc. 4  50).........
Shellac  .....................
bleached —
Tragaeanth  ..............

@1 00
© 90
@ 80
@ 65
75@1 00
50® 60
@ 12
© 50
’  © 1
25® 30
@ 15
50® 55
35® 38
35® 10
© 80
80® 95
© 40
© 20
©1 00
@ 40
3 00@3 10
25® 30
25® 28
“ 
30®
herba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium ............................
E upatorium ............................
Lobelia.....................................
M ajorum .................................
Mentha  Piperita...................
“  V ir ............................
R ue.......................... .................
Tanacetum, V ........................
Thymus,  V .........................

MAGNESIA.

35®  36

Calcined, P a t...............   55®
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20®
Carbonate, K.  &  M —   20® 
Carbonate,  Jenning
OLEUM.
. ..5 00@5  J 
A bsinthium ............
..  45®  1 
Amygdalae, D ulc...
.. .7  25®7  ! 
Amydalae, Amarae.
. ..1  75@1  !@2 i 
A n isi........................
A uranti  Cortex—
...2  50®3 ( 
Bergamii  .........
...  90@1  1 
C àjiputi...........
@1  ' 
C aryophylli............
...  35®  I 
Cedar  .......................
®1  '
Chenopodii  ............
...1  10@1  : 
C innam om i............
... 
©   1 
C itronella...............
...  35® 
i 
Conium  M ac..........
...  90@1  i 
Copaiba...................
.15 50@16  i 
Cubebae...................
...  90@1  i 
Exechthitos............
. ..1  20@1  : 
E rig ero n .................
...2   00@2 
G aultheria..............
Geranium,  ounce..
... 
©   1 
...  50® 
' 
Gossipii,  Sem. gal..
Hedeoma  ................
...1   15@1  : 
...  50@2 i 
Jun ip eri...................
...  90®2 i 
L avendula..............
...1  50@1 
L im onis...................
...2  35@2 
Mentha Pi per..........
.. .2 50®2 
Mentha  V erid.........
...  80@1 @
Morrhuae, gal.........
Mvrcia, ounce.........
O live............................... 1  00@2 1
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®
R icin i..............................1  24@1 ;
Rosm arini.....................  75@11
Rosae,  ounce................  @6 i
Succini..........................  40®  ■
S ab in a..........................  90@1  i
San tal 
.......................... 3 50@7  '
Sassafras.......................  55® 
i
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   @ 
i
T iglii.............................. 
®1  !
T hym e..........................  40®  I
opt  .................   @  I
Theobromas.................   15®  :
B iC arb..........................   15®
B ichrom ate..................  15®
Bromide.........................  37®

POTASSIUM.

“ 

C arb..................................  12® 15
Chlorate,  (po. 20).........  18®  20
C yanide.........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2 85@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  p ure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @ .15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
S@  10
Potass N itras................ 
9
7© 
P russiate.........................  25® 28
Sulphate  po....................  15® 18

RADIX.

A conitum .....................
A lthae............................
A n ch u sa.......................
Arum,  po.......................
Calamus.........................
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45).............. ........
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__
Inula,  po.......................
Ipecac,  po.....................2
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..
Jalapa,  p r.....................
M aranta,  54s................
Podophyllum, po.........
R h e i.............................
“  c u t.........................
“  p v ..........................
Spigelia........................
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..
Serpentaria...................
Senega  ..........................
Similax, Officinalis,  H 
M
Scillae,  (po. 35)............
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po.......................
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30) 
G erm an...
Zingiber a .....................
Zingiber  j ............ '.___

“ 

“ 

“ 

SEMEN.

25®  i 
15®  : ®  : 
20® 
10® 
16®
©
15®
15®
40@2
IS®
25®
®
15®
75®1@1
75@1
48@®30®

15®
18®
22®

Anisum,  (po.  20).........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, I s .......................... 
4®  6
Carui, (po.  18).............. 
8®   12
Cardam on...........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum ..................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa...........3)4® 
4
Cydonium.....................  75®1  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate..........1  75@1  85
Foeniculum .................   @  15
Foenugreek,  p o ........... 
6®  8
L in i............................... 4  @  4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4® 4)4
Lobelia..........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian —   3)4@ 4)4
R a p a .............................. 
5®  6
Sinapis,  A lbu.............. 
8®   9
N igra............  11®  12

“ 

SPIRITO».

 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F.  R ........1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
...............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli.............1  75@6 50
Vini O porto....................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  A lba...........................1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...........................2 25©2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ..................  
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage........... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................... 
Hard for  slate  use__  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................  

2  00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

SYRUPS.
A c c a d a ...................
Z in g ib er.................
Ipecac.......................
Ferri  lo d .................
Auranti  Cortes.......
•Rhei  Arom..............
Similax  Officinalis.
Senega  .....................
Scillae.......................
“  Co.................
T o lu tan ...................
Prunus  v irg ............

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum  Napellls R ...........  60
F ...........  50
Aloes__ ^...................................  60
and  m yrrh.....................   60
A rn ic a .......................................  50
Asafoetida.................................   50
Atrope Belladonna..................  60
Benzoin.....................................  60
Co..............................  50
Sanguinaria..............................  50
B arosm a...................................   50
Cantharides............................  75
C apsicum ................................  50
Cardam on................................  75
Co.......................  75
C astor...................................... 1  00
C atechu...................................   50
C ineh o n a...............................   50
Co.......................  60
C olum ba.................................   50
C onium ...................................  50
Cubeba.....................................  50
D ig italis.................................   50
E rgot................................  
50
G entian...................................  50
Co..............................  60
G ualca.....................................  50
ammon...................  60
Z in g ib er.................................  50
H yoscyam us..........................  50
Iodine......................................   75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chloridum...............   35
K in o ........................................   50
Lobelia.....................................  50
M yrrh......................................   50
N ux  Vomica..........................  50
O p ii..........................................  85
“  Cam phorated............. 
50
“  Deodor............................2 00
Auranti Cortex.......................  50
Q uassia...................................  50
R h a ta n y .................................   50
R hei..........................................  50
Cassia  A cutifol.....................  50
“  Co................  50
S erpentaria............................  50
Stromonium............................  60
T o lu tan ...................................  60
V alerian .....................................50
Veratrum V eride....................   '50

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

* 
“ 

“ 
ground, 

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F . .  26®  28 
“  4 P ..  30®  32
A lum en.......................... 2)4® 3)4
(po.
4
7 )................................. 
A nnatto........................   55@  60
5
Antimoni, po ...............  

3® 
4@ 

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

5®  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

po.... 
Bpo. 

A ntipyrin.....................1  35@1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
A rsenicum ................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  15@2  25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (%s
lll)4s,  12)............  ©  9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ................................  @1  75
Capsici  Fructus, a f .. .  @  18
®   16
@  14
Caryophyllns,  (po.  28)  23®  25
Carmine,  No. 40 
®3 75 
Cera  Alba, S. & F ...
.  50®  55 
Cera  F lava................
.  28®  30 
Coccus .......................
@  40 
Cassia F ructus.........
@  15 
®  10 
Centraria...................
Cetaceum .................
®   35 
C hloroform ..............
.  40@  45 
squibbs
®1  00 
Chloral Hyd Crst__
.1  50@1  75 
C hondrus.................
10®   12 
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 
15®  20 
German 
4®  10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ..........................
@  60 
C reasotum ...................
®   50 
® 
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
2 
“ 
prep.....................
5@  5
8®  10 ©  8 
precip.................
“ 
“  R ubra................
Crocus  ..........................
35®  38 
Cudbear.........................
@  24 
Cupri Sulph.................
8®   9
D ex trin e.......................
10®   12 
E ther Sulph..................
68©   70 
®  8 @  6 
Emery,  all  num bers..
po.....................
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........
40®  45 
Flake  W hite................
12®  15 
G alla..............................
®   23 
Gambier........................
8®  9
Gelatin,  Cooper...........
@  90 
“ 
F rench............
40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brown................
9®  15 
“  W hite..................
13®  25 
G lycerina.....................
22®  25 
Grana Paradisi............
@  15 
H um ulus.......................
25®  40 
Hydraag  Chlor  M ite..
@  80 
“  C o r 
@  70 
Ox Rubrum
@  90 
Ammoniati..
@1  05 
Unguentum .
.  45®  55 
H ydrargyrum ..............
@  65 
Ichthyobolla,  Am
.1  25@1  50 
Indigo...................
.  75@1  00 
Iodine,  R esubl...
.4 00@4  10 
Iodoform ..............
@5  15 
L u p u lin .......................
.  85@1  00 
Lycopodium ..............
.  55@  60 
M ac is..........................
80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy
drarg lo d ....... ..........
@  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
D4).......................
2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ................
45®  50 
Morphia,  S.  P.  & W 
.2 55@2  80
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o ..........................2 55@2  70
Moschns  Canton.........  @ 4 0
Myristica,  No. 1...........  60®  70
N ux Vomica,  (po20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia.......................
23®  25
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D
C o...............................
@2 00
Picis  Liq,  N.  C.,  )4 gal
doz  ............................
@2  00 
Picis Liq., q u a rts .......
@1  00 
p in ts...........
@  70 
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
@  50 
Piper* Nigra,  (po. 22)..
@  18 
Piper Alba,  (po g5)  ...
@  35 
Pix  B u rg u n ................
©   7
Plumbi A e e t................
14®  15
.1  10@1 20
Pulvis Ipecac et opii 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
©1  25 
Pyrethrum,  pv ............
.  45®  50 
Q uassiae.......................
8®   10 
- 
Quinia,  S. P.  & W  __
.  41®  46 
S.  German....
27®  35 
Rubia  Tinetorum .......
.  12®  14 
Saccharum Lactis pv
@  35 
Salacih.......................
.2  25@2 35 
Sanguis  Draconis...
.  40®  50 
~ antonine
@4 50
Sapo,  W ... «.................   12®8®
@  15©  *
Seidlitz  M ixture.........
Sinapis...... ....................
©   18 
“  opt................"...
®   30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o es..........................
@  35 
@  35
_ 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
il@   12 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12}.  « 
Soda  et Potass T a rt...  30@  33 
Soda Carb..................... 
2® 2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb... 
4@
Soda,  Ash.
3®©
Soda, Sulphas.
Spts. Ether C o ............  50@  55
“  Myreia  Dom.......  @2  00
“  Myreia Im p.........  @2  50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)............................  @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur,  Subl............... 2$£@  3)4
T am arinds................... 
8®   10
Terebenth Venice........   28®  30
Theobrom ae.................  50@  55
V anilla........................ 9 00® 16 00
Zinci  Sulph.................. 
7@  8

R oll................2)4®  3

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

OILS.

“ 

faints. 

B er.........2@3

Bbl.  Gal
Whale, w inter............  70 
TO
90
Lard,  ex tra.................   86 
55
Lard, No.  1..................  50 
63
Linseed, pure raw __   60 
Lindseed,  boiled  __   63 
66
Neat’s  Foot,  w inter
69
strain ed ...................  50 
Spirits Turpentine__   43)4  46
bbl. 
lb.
Red  V enetian.........................2®3
Ochre, vellow  Mars__ \ 3A  2@4
“ 
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican .............................. 
Vermilion,  E nglish__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red .......................  63£@7)4
“  w h ite ....................6X@7)4
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
W hiting,  Gilders’ ......... 
@90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff....*....................... 
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
P ain ts..............*.__ .1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach__
.1  10@1  20 
E xtra T urp.................
.1  60®1  TO 
Coach  Body................
.2 75@3 00 
No. 1 Turp  F u rn .......
.1  00@1  10 
E utra Turk D am ar... 
.1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No. 
1
T u r p .........................
.  70®  75

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'he M ichigan T radesm an

TH E  FRENCH  REVOLUTION.

In 1832 Coleridge  said  of  the  French 
Revolution  that  people  were  still  too 
near to the event  to  judge accurately of ; 
its character.  The  lapse  of  more than j 
half  a  century  has  done  something! 
toward making  a  just estimate possible, | 
but evidently much  still  remains  to  be ! 
done in weighing the forces of that great i 
movement and their  results.

The  American  War for Independence, 
miscalled  a  revolution,  has  presented a 
much less difficult problem  to  mankind. j 
Its effects were of a more limited charac- i 
ter.  The  principles  involved  were less I 
far-reaching. 
In spite of Jefferson’s and ) 
Paine’s  efforts  to  import  the  questions j 
raised by  Rousseau into the struggle,  the 
average  American saw  in  it  mainly an j 
effort  to  secure to  himself  and his pos- ] 
terity the blessings of  that liberty which j 
the  English  Revolution  of  1688 had se- | 
cured  to  the  residents  of  the  mother J 
country.  He  was  not  engaged  in any j 
crusade for “the rights  of  man,  and he | 
was amply satisfied  with  a  peace which j 
secured the  rights  of  Americans.  As a 
consequence,  the purpose of his uprising 
against  British  power has been attained 
much more fully than can be said of  the 
aims and  purposes  of  the revolutionists 
of  1789.  The concrete result in the cre­
ation of  the American Republic is one of 
whose  worth  any one can form for him­
self  an  adequate  judgment. 
It  only 
can be  a  matter  of  dispute how far the 
success  of  the  colonies  aided  in  pre­
cipitating  a  similar,  greater  struggle  in
France»
We  incline  to  think  the  influence of 
events  in  America has been much exag­
gerated.  Monarchy in  France  was  not 
discredited by having  taken the winning 
side in the struggle between England and 
her colonies.  Aristocracy was  not  dis­
credited by several of  its brightest  orna­
ments sacrificing  the  comforts and  lux­
uries  of  life at  home to take part in the 
battle for liberty in the new world.  The 
American  Federalists,  who  thought that 
the friendship  shown us by the king and 
the  nobility  of  France,  entitled the vic­
tims of the French Revolution to more of 
our  sympathy  than  its  authors  could 
claim, have  a  good ^deal to sa\  for their 
view. 
It was not the events in  America 
but in  France  which  made  the collapse 
of  1789  inevitable,  and they would have 
done  so, if  the  American  colonies  had 
remained part of  the British  Empire, oi 
had been allowed  to  separate  peaceably 
from the  mother  country.  This  is  not 
the view  which  is most flattering to our 
own  sense  of  our  importance 
in  the 
world's  history;  but  nothing  is  more 
likely to obscure  the true perspective of 
historical events than  excessive national 
self-esteem.

of  Voltaire’s  work  on its religious side, 
and thus fail to do  justice to the breadth 
of  his  influence.  His  thought  was  a 
dissolving  acid  in  which old social and 
public  sanctities  of  all  kinds  were de­
stroyed.  He filled the salons  of  France 
with  light-hearted  scoffers,  whom  the 
events  of  1789  and  the  years  that fol­
lowed  challenged for  a  reason for their 
continuing  tc  enjoy the distinctions and 
discharge  the  duties  which 
tradition 
had  assigned  them.  They  gave  way 
in a moment because they did not believe 
in  themselves.  The  “sons  of  the  cru­
saders” in our  times  are  proud of  their 
Catholic devoutness.  That is the fashion 
since  Chateaubriand.  But  a  hundred 
years ago there was no such fashion.  To 
be a noble was to  be  an  esprit  fort,  and 
to put the  Encyclopédie above the Bible.
So  the  old  system of  society gave  way 
without a blow,  and  the  nobles  fled  out j 
of  the country, deserting  the king in the 
hands of  his enemies.

But Voltaire did not  furnish  the  con- j 
structive ideas of  the  Revolution.  That 
i  was the work of  Rousseau,  the most rep- j 
| resentative 
thinker  of  the  eighteenth 
I century. 
It  was  he  who  opposed  the 
! idea of  what  was  natural in life and so- 
I  eiety to  the  conventional  and  artificial 
France of  his day.  He taught  France to 
believe  in  the  rights  of  man,  and  hej 
filled  France  with  enthusiasm for those 
rights  not  only  for  Frenchmen  but for 
the whole world.  He supplied the watch­
words of  the Revolution,  Liberty, Equal­
ity,  and  Fraternity ’.  And  when  the 
Girondists attempted to control the revo­
lutionary movement  b y   critical  consider­
ations  of  the  school  of  Voltaire  rather 
than of  Rousseau,  it was as  the  embod­
iment  of  Rousseau’s  ideas 
the 
Mountain  crushed  them  and  sent them 
to  the  scaffold. 
It  was,  indeed, chiefly 
the  disciples  of  Voltaire of  all  parties, 
monarchist  and  Girondist  equally,  that 
the  guillotine  wras  busy  with;  and  M. 
Taine, who best  represents  the  Voltair­
ian idea in our age, has shown a right in­
stinct  in  arraying  himself  against  the 
revolutionary idea.

that 

It  was  Rousseau’s 

influence  which 
made  the  Revolution  cosmopolitical,  in 
contrast to the struggle for  national  and 
historical liberties in England and Amer­
ica.  For history,  Voltaire  and his school 
had  very  little  use,  as  they showed in 
their  criticisms  of  Montesquieu".  But 
they  also  had  no  substitute  for  it as a 
guide.  Rousseau  substituted a devotion 
to an unhistorical ideal of  human liberty 
and happiness,  which filled  the  vacuum 
created  by  destructive  criticism.  This 
ideal has no  national  because no histor­
ical  character. 
It  was  common  to  all 
mankind.  So  the  revolutionary  prop­
aganda  preached  the  rights  of  man  to 
liberty  and  happiness  independently of 
all  boundaries,  and  in  this  they  coin­
cided with the unhistorical cosmopolitan­
ism of  the  age. 
It was natural that Ed­
mund  Burke,  the  clearest-headed  of  all 
the antagonists of the Revolution,  should 
find it necessary to rehabilitate  the  con­
ception  of  the  historical  for  not  only 
England, but all Europe.

WHY  WEAR  PANTS
That  do  no*  fit  or  wear  satisfac­
torily,  when  you  can  buy 
tlie 
Detroit Brand,  that  are perfect in 
style and  workmanship.

J acob Browns Co’s

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 Superior/^ake
I ^ N T S   and
^ O V E R A L L S .

a s k   f o r   T H E M 7

Muerttsing  Cards  and  Specialties.

We carry a larger stock  of  these goods than any 
Are Manufacturers. Importers and  Publishers of 

other house in this country.

7,i:00 styles.  Catalogue  free. 

charge at cost and allow a rebate after  we 

receive orders sufficient to justify  us. 

Samples  we 

AGENTS  WANTED.

Novelty  Card  and  Advertising  Co., 

103-5-7 Monroe  St.. Chicago, 111.

DEALERS IN

P E R K I N S   Sc  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
Thompson’s

NOS.  12«  and  124  LOUIS  STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN, 

wt?  CARRY  A  STOCK  QF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MULL  USK

S old  O n ly  b y

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,

IM P O R T E E S  OF

T e n s, Co f f e e s

A N D

S p ic e s ,

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

C O F F E E .

Done  in  Good  >tyle.

W A N T E D .

The following is  an  extract  from  a  circular 
lately issued by a well-known coal company:
| 
-A ll coal shipped from this mine  is  carefully 
i  polished by experienced artists in their line, and 
POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 
j  every lump neatly  wrapped in tisiue paper.  Par- 
1  ticular care  is  exercised  to  have  each  nugget 
reach the consignee, sparkling in all its  pristine 
splendor. 
If you are desirous of possessing any 
of these gems' fresh from our lapidary, an order 
to the writer will  receive  immediate  attention. 
A reward of no small amount is offered  for  any 
paste specimens found after a strict microscopic 
search.'’ 
IF   YOU  WANT  COAL  IN  CAR  LOTS  WRITE  FOR 

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

and all kinds of Produce.

FRUIT,  BEANS 

_______

MY  CIRCULAR.

.A..  HIMES.

A n th r a c ite

Wholesale!  GOAL  ;  Retail

B itu m in o u s

LIME,  CEMENT,  ETC.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

Commission  Mer c h a n ts
Reference:  FTh s t   N a t io n a l .  B a n k .  Chicago. 
M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids.

157  South  Water  St.,  CHICAGO. 

Facts  for  the  Public.

BY  H.  F.  B l’RTCH,

Any company having a paid up capital 
of §100.000 can  gain  admittance  to do a 
fire insurance  business  in  Michigan:  no 
deposit is required in this State and there 
is not one company  that  has any deposit 
with the State authorities  for the protec­
tion of its policies.  Any  company  with 
only  §100.000  capital  can  be  impaired 
§14*999.99 and do  business  in  Michigan 
under the law.
Why will business men  pay  the  same 
rates  to  small  irresponsible  companies 
with little or no surplus, when  they  can 
procure  policies  in  the  following  com­
panies at the same rates?  The  first  five 
companies  have  the  largest  surplus  to 
policy holders  of  any  companies  doing 
business in the United States:
Surplus.
A ssets. 
:  7,606,515 
JEtna of  H artford...
*  il.7Sl.752 
4.502.463
Home of N. Y...................... -
8.961,657
Insurance  Company 
of 
North America  of  Phila­
delphia ................................
Hartford of H artford.......
German American of N. Y.
Continental of N.  Y ............
Franklin of Philadelphia.. 
Springfield F.  & M. of Mass 
Pennsylvania  of  Phila­
delphia... ; .......................
Niagara of N.  Y ...................
National of  H artford.........
Queen of  E ngland.... —  
Underwriters of  N.  Y.......

8,696,957
5.750,080
5.388,533
5.028,345
3.202.802 
3,200,142

5.638,907
3.483.983
3,172,415
2,226,692
1,365,326
1,867,992

3,106,553
2,326,581
2,360.135
2.133.802 
3.586.894

1.691,076
379,540
1,507,126
845,438
2,055,173

T otal...................
54 Pearl 
Telephone No.

..............863,524.233  *36,842,646
street,  Grand Rapids.

H.  F.  B c r t c h , 

MAIN  OFFICE,  54  PEARL  ST ,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

1.  M.  CLARK  i  SON,

If  our  Travelers] 
do not see you reg­
ularly, send for our 
Samples and Prices 
before  purchasing 
elsewhere.  We will 
surprise you.

WE ARB HBADQUBRYKRS

-FOR-

Teas
Syrups
Molasses
W holesale  Grocers
I \   S T E K Ê T E Ë   &   S O N S ,
D ry   G oods 1 N otions,

Mail  Orders  al- 
w a y s  
r e c e i v e  
prompt  attention 
and lowest possible 
prices.

WHOLESALE

♦

THE  OLD  RELIABLE

PUT  UP  IN

Boxes, Cans, Pails,  Kegs,  Half 

Barrels and  Barrels.
Send for sample of the celebrated

Frazer Carriage Grease

The Frazer Good« Handled  by the  Jobbing 

Trade Everywhere.

CANDY! We  manufacture  a  full 

line, carry  a  heavy  stock, 
and  warrant  our  goods  to  m 
i  be STRICTLY  PURE  and  *  
j  first class.

P U T N A J M  &  B R O O K S .

______ 

____  

_ 

,

Chemicals.*^

W.  BAKER 
&  CO.’S
Breakfast  Cocoa
Is absolutely  pure 

and  it  is  soluble.
i 
To  increase  the  solubility  of 
the powdered cocoa, various expe­
dients are employed,  most of them 
being  based  upon  the  action of  some  alkali, potash, soda  or 
even ammonia.  Cocoa  which  has been  prepared  by one of 
these chemical  processes  can  usually be  recognized  at  once 
by the  distinct alkaline reaction of the  infusion  in water.
W .  Baker & Co.’s  Breakfast Cocoa
is  manufactured  from  the  first  stage  to  the ^last  by  perfect 
mechanical  processes,  llO  clldllical  being  llSCd  III 
its preparation.  By one ot the most ingenious of these 
mechanical  processes  the  greatest  degree  of  fineness^  is 
secured without the  sacrifice of  the  attractive  and  beautiful 
red color  which  is  characteristic  of  an absolutely pure and 
natural cocoa.
W . Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.
Seventeen  Years  on  the  Market

With a steady increase  in  demand.

Jennings'  Flam ing  Extracts

ARE  ALWAYS  RELIABLE  AND  UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY  AND  PRICE,  BEING 

MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT 

BE OTHERWISE  THAN  THE  FINEST  FLAVORS PRODUCED.

The  French  Revolution was the effect 
of  a double,  intellectual  influence acting 
upon an intolerable  system.  The  plan 
of government established by Louis XIV. 
in France, was  one  which  absorbed  the 
nation  in  the  personality  of  the  king.
In  Asia that idea  of  monarchy is work­
able. 
In  Europe,  especially  since  the 
Protestant  Reformation  emphasized  the 
worth of  the individual man, it is not so.
We have reached a  stage in the develop­
ment  of  personality  and  individualitj 
which puts it out of the question.

The  grande moncirque  was  cut out by 
nature  for  an  emperor  of  China.  He 
was a fatal mistake in  a  European king­
dom.  His  system  was  wrecked 
just 
where such systems  are  sure to come to 
grief—on the economic  side.  Under  it 
the income of  the kingdom  was the per­
sonal income  of  the king,  and subject to 
demands as  proportionally ample as that 
of  a private person.  To escape the stig­
ma  of  absolute  meaness  the king must 
squander  the  revenues  of  the kingdom 
on his courtiers and friends, or  he  must 
abandom the maxim “L'ctat! c cst mol / ’ 
That maxim carried  with it very serious 
consequences  as  well  as  advantages. 
The  nobility  whom  it  degraded 
into 
puppets must be  recouped for  their  de­
gradation by pensions and  places.  The 
omnipotent  king  must  be  “made  of 
money.”  The result was the total wreck 
of  French finances, and  the  demand  of I 
Neeker that  the  Estates  General should j 
be  called  to  consider  what  should  be 
done  to  restore  them.  That  proposal 
has  been  much  criticised,  but  it  was 
instinctively reasonable.  All  efforts  to 
save the country from financial  ruin  had 
failed, because such ruin was a necessary | 
outcome of the royal governments theory 
of  its place and prerogatives.  The king 
must come face to face with  his  people, 
and arrange a reconstruction.
But  the  convocation  of 

the  Estates 
General had consequences  which nobody 
had foreseen,  because  nobody was  able 
to calculate the  effect  of  other forces at I 
work in French society,  and those of two 
almost  contradictory  kinds.  They  are 
represented  especially by the  names  of 
Voltaire and Rousseau.

The  party  of  cynical  criticism  had 
been undermining  the confidence  of  the 
priviledged classes in their  own preroga­
tives. 
It  had  made  it  the  fashion  to 
treat  all  institutions  as  equally  jest- 
worthy,  and  equally  incapable  of  se­
rious  vindication.  We  commonly think

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!  3

Since  Burke’s  time,  in  spite  of  the 
Free Trade  propaganda  in England,  the 
dominant  tendency of  thought is histor­
ical  and  national even in France.  This 
was curiously  indicated  in  the  celebra­
tion a few  Sundays  ago.  As  the  kings 
neither  would  come  to  the  opening 
of  the Exhibition,  nor  allow their minis­
ters to attend it, the performances  had  a 
strictly national,  and,  as  one  might say, 
a  domestic  character.  The  revolution­
ists of  1789 would  neither  have  wanted 
the kings nor looked for their  ministers. 
They would have  extemporized a delega­
tion  of  the  oppressed  peoples  of  every 
country in Europe,  and  would have made 
their presence  in  the procession a boast 
and a menace.  They cared  nothing  for 
governments.  They  appealed  directly 
to the people  as  individuals,  as subjects1 
for liberation.  And  this  is  at  once the 
glory and  the  weakness of  the  uprising 
of  1789. 
It is this which  has  made  the 
French  Revolution  a  chief  agency  in 
breaking down the reign of privilege and 
inequality  throughout  Europe,  and  of 
establishing 
that  equality  before  the 
law,  which  is  the  greatest  advance  in 
governmental  methods of  our age. 
It is 
this,  also,  which gives  the  whole  move- 
t  ment  the  appearance  of  a  phantasma­
goria  of  extravagances  controlled  by 
j cranks.

Every  garment  hearing  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 N T O N ,   S A M P S O N   &  CO., 

Manufacturers.  Detroit,  Mich.

TIME  TABLES.

G ran d   R a p id s  & In d ia n a .

G O IN G   N O RT H . Arrives.
Traverse City &  Mackinaw................
Traverse City & M ackinaw................ 9 :05 a  m
From  C incinnati.... -........................... 7:30 p m
F orP etoskey &  M ackinaw C ity....... 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 th ro u g h  solid.
7 *.00 a. m. tra m  has ch air c a r to Traverse City.
11 -.30 a. m. tra in  has ch air car fo r Petoskey and Mack-
for  Petoskey  and 

in&-00 p* m, tra in   has  sleeping  car 
M ackinaw City.

G O IN G   SO U T H .
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................10.30 a m  
C incinnati  Express...........................4 M  p m  
From  Traverse City...........................10:40 p m

J :J f * “
11:45 a m
5:00 p m

7:15 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  car  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m  tra in  h as W oodruff sleeper fo r C incinnati.
5 00 p.  m. tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo for B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  Canadian 
points, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.
Sleeping e ar rates—81.50  to  Petoskey  or  M ackinaw 
City;  $2 to C incinnati.
All Trains daily except Sunday.

Muskegon,  Grand Rapids  & Indiana. 

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Leave. 
7  .  ..............................................................................
11:15 a m ......................................................................
|.<2o p m ......... ........................................... . 
7:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later.

G O IN G  W EST . Arrives.
p m
...........10:40 p m
6:50 a  m

tM orning Express.............................Î 
tT tÿough M ail...................................P ™
Steamboat  E xpress...
W ight Express

C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etro it,  G ran d  H a v e n  & M ilw au k ee.

In  yet another  way the  celebration of 
Sunday  indicates  how  much  the  world 
has moved in a century.  Our  industrial 
age commemorates  the cataclysm of 1789 
by an industrial exhibition, and  not by a 
feast  of  pikes  or  a constitutional  oath­
taking  or  any  other  of  the  histrionic
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methods dear to the  citoyen  actif of  last]tMlxed.................'¿¿»¿’¿am.
century.  And  the  proper  day  of  com-
6:50 a  m 
10:30 a  m 
3:50 p m  
memoration  is  ignored,  because,  as  it  îS S fl^ S L ï.V .V .V r.ï.'.'.  IIÜSS 
6:30 p m
observance  would 
came on Saturday,  its
VUIUV  v “  
J  D etroit  Express  h as p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking
have  interrupted the  labor  of  the  pop-  direct connections fo r all points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
I  York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Lim ited  Express,  E ast, has
u a v c  
ulace.  Sunday  is  taken  instead,  for  a 
th ro u g h  sleeper to   D etroit  connecting  a t  M ilwaukee
Junction w ith th rough sleeper to Toronto,  and  a t  De 
reason  which  fa  Frenchman  of  1789 
tro it fo r th rough sleeper to  N iagara Falls.
Through tick ets and  sleeping  car  b erths secured a t 
would have thought as unfit as  would an 
B.,G. H. &  M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe SJl, and a t th e depot.
old English  Puritan.  We are living in a 
world of  other  ideas than those of  1789, 
however  much  the  advocates  of 
the 
rights of  man  may  have  contributed to 
the better order of  public life of Europe.
Ironton—Dugal Galbraith  will  engage 

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor &  North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction. 
Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. H.  & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

Jlini ICU LAJll CDO.  
-  -  - 
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily. 

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth e rn .

Leaves. 
1.10 p m 
5:10 p m 
10:45 p m 
7:00 a  m 
7:45 a m

J  as. Campbell, City Passenger Agent.

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A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass. Agent

in the  grocery business.

Lot
,*30-30

S i

Price----

83  Monroe  S i  and 10,12,14,16  k 18 Fountain  S i,

Grand Rapids,  JMich•

N e w   L in e   o f  P r in ts,  S e e r s u c k e r s , 
T o ile   D u  N o rd , G in g h a m s, D r e ss G ood s, 
H o sie r y ,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W h it e   G ood s, 
L a c e s ,   E m b r o id e r ie s  a n d   F u ll  L in e   o f 
N e c k   W e a r .

Dealers will always find Jen n in g s’ E xtracts saleable and profitable 
goods to add to their stock.  Order through your Jobber or  direct from

Jennings  &  Smith,
Mail  orders  receive  promptN uts We carry a large stock of Foreign 

and  Domestic  Nuts  and are at all 
times  prepared  to  fill  orders  for 
car lots or less at lowest  prices.

Grand Rapids, JMich»

P u t n a m   Sc  B r o o k s .

Waddings,  Batts 

SEE  OUOTATIONS  THIS  PAPER.

and  Twines.

Warps,  Geese  Feathers,

STARK,

FRANKLINV1LLE,

AMERICAN,
HOOKER,

BURLAPS.

Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia  Bags, 

and careful attention.

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