The  Michigan  Tradesman

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y , 

J U N E   26,  1889.

N O . 301.

V O L .  6.
F 0 1 1 M T M L   BA M j

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. B o w s e , P r e s id e n t.

Geo. C. Pierce,  Vice President.

H.  w .  Nash,  Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  hanking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 
of Country Merchants Solicited._____
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

if  desired.

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Tw enty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 
24 Fountain St.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

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.

W1LLIÄJVI JV11LLER, Ägent,

24  South  Ionia  St.

F L O U R

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OFFICE  OF

KING  &  COOPER,

Fancy G rocers.
St . J o s e p h , Mich., Feb. 23,1889. 

DANIEL  LYNCH,Grand Rapids:
DEAR SIR—Permit us to con­
gratulate you upon  the  trade  we 
are working up on your Imperial 
Baking Powder.  We  have  had 
it  tested  by  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.

BA.RNBTT BROS.

Frilit  Commission

159 South 

Water  Street, 
CHICAGO.

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lllers, Attention

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thick;  panel  or 
■Aiding doors;  full length  m irro rs  and  spring  hinges; 
solid cherry o r w alnut fram e, w ith  or  w ith o u t  m etal 
corners, 
trim m ings; 
$ feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  inches  high.  Price« 
•11, net cash. 
I m ake the same style  of  case  as  above,  17  inches 
high, from  w alnut, cherry, oak or ash,  fo r $2 per foot. 
Boxing and c artag e free.

e x tra   heavy  base; 

silv etta 

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THE  DEADLY  PARALLEL. 
As some are prone to say;
Could we but have our way.
Some’foes to earthly bliss,

This world is not so very bad,
But we could make it much  more glad, 
We very quickly would  destroy 
And bores who now this space enjoy:
We'd bottle up in this:

You’ve met the individual,
The hero quite unknown,
Who oft his wondrous tales will tell 
Of doings all his  own.
His future fame he paints for you, 
Or pictures what he was,
And this is what he's going to  do:
While this is what he  does:

Then there's the dry goods salesman’s bore, 
A female, by the way,
Who on her rounds from store to store 
Is sure to go each day. 
she lingers longest “opening days,”
And the salesman’s patience tries,
For here’s the goods which he displays:
And here is what she  buys:

And doesn’t care a pin 
Our sympathies to win.
Respect him, we cannot,

The iceman is vexatious, too,
Our comforts to enlarge upon,
And though we’re forced to bow to him, 
For leaving this much i< e-c-old  days:
And this much when it’s hot:

A  STRAY.

The red rays of the setting sun length­
ened the shadows against the black, dead­
ened  hills, as the  workmen swarmed out 
of  the  pit  and dragged  weary,  stiffened 
limbs  along  the  different paths  leading 
to the habitations above.  Very grotesque 
some of them were, with blackened faces, 
from  which  eyes  gazed  out  with  the 
weary  pathos  one  sees  in  the  eyes  of 
oxen,  with  bent  figures  and  stooped 
shoulders from  work in rooms where the 
roof  was  often  not  four feet  from  the 
floor,  where  water  lay in pools  and bred 
rheumatism in joints, warmed by the sun 
all too seldom.
The  motley nature of  the  mining  vil­
lage was  shown  by the  different dialects 
in which the conversations are carried on, 
the  broad  slurred  intonation of  the En­
glish  miner;  the  round,  rollicking tones 
with  the  note of  a  caress  in  it  that  is 
native to the  land St. Patrick  loved;  the 
soft,  decided voice of Scotland,  and,  as a 
background  for  this  flotsam and  jetsam 
that  is  drifted  to us  by the  ocean,  was 
heard  the  sharp,  slightly  nasal voice of 
the native of our Middle States.
But different  as was their  nationality, 
their minds  seemed to run  much  in  the 
same groove.  There was  some  dissatis­
faction with the record of the day’s work, 
and  menaces  ominous  to  the  managers 
were  exchanged with curses and  clench­
ing of black, hardened hands.
Fragments of  their  conversation came 
to  a  woman  standing  at the  top of  the 
rickety steps  leading up the  face of  the 
cliff  above the  mines.  Back of  her was 
a  row of  bare, un painted  houses  where 
the workmen  lived;  some of  the  women 
were  about  the  doors, slouchy  and  dis­
hevelled, calling out to one  another  and 
to  the  children  in  coarse,  shrill  voices, 
with  now and  then a laugh  and  a  joke 
with  the  home-coming  workmen.  Only 
the woman at the steps stood alone silent. 
A few nodded to her, only one man spoke 
to her in  passing,  w hile  many looked  at 
her In a way that made her face flush and 
her teeth  set.  She was  handsomer than 
anything  they ever  saw about  the  pit’s 
mouth,  but  the  husbands,  sons,  and 
lovers  knew better  than to greet her be­
fore the eyes of their women folks.  Four 
years  ago  she had  learned  that and  ig­
nored them, men and  women, ever since, 
only she  could  not but  see the  glances 
that needed  no  interpretation to bring a 
flush to her brown cheek and a cold stare 
of bravado into her gray eyes.
The one man who spoke to her was not 
a good sight to look at.  He had partially 
washed the coal dust from his face at the 
tank  by the pit—enough  to  show deep, 
blue scars furrowed in his face by a blast 
of powder.
“Good  evenin’ to  ye,  Kate,”  he  said, 
as he reached  the level where  she stood. 
“Here is the  lad;  ye’d  better watch  him 
about  these  steps,  it’s  a  bad  place  for 
little  chaps,”  as  he  swung  from  his 
shoulder  a  sturdy  little  yellow-haired 
boy of four years.
“I ain’t scared,” he announced, with a 
lisp.  “1  want  Dan  to  carry  me,  carry 
me up.”
there,” 
asked  Kate,  with a nod  toward  the  pit. 
“Something wrong?”
“Oh,  yes;  same  old  story, some o’  the 
men docked  a  half  a  car  because a wee 
bit o’  slate happened in,  an’ the new ears 
are  short  weight  they  say.  The  men 
won’t put  up with much more,  an’  some 
o’ them are maken ugly threats.”

“What’s  the  matter  down 

“Who do they threaten?”
“Mighty near all  the officials, the  new 
overseer,  voung Hepburn, in particular.”
“Why so?”
“They think he might appeal for them 
to the company to have the rules changed 
about  the  weight  measurements.  But 
he’s  only a bit  of  a  youngster  himself, 
and hasn’t  much backbone,  though  he is 
the doctor’s nephew, an’  they don’t much 
like the idea of a college-bred young man 
over them.  One o’  the men as has worked 
in the mine himself would  suit them bet­
ter— not  that  I  blame  them  much— 
though  for the  doctor's  sake there’d  be 
many a man stand  up for him.” he added, 
as he walked  on  to  the  company board­
ing house.
The woman,  leading  the  child,  turned 
also  from 
the  steps  toward  the  little 
cabin  she  called  home, around  the  un­
painted  boards  of  which  clambered 
morning glories,  while at the back  could 
be  seen tail  sunflowers  and  hollyhocks 
that  bordered the  little  square of  a gar­
den  where  a  few  siekly-looking  veget­
ables were  coaxed  into existence,  show­
ing to the curious that its owner must have 
come from a farm.  Otherwise how came 
she with a knowledge of the needs of her 
plants  or  a  patience  that  would  carry

too  mean 

rich  loam in baskets  from  the woods  in 
order to  have a bit of  green in the midst 
of  the  red  clay and  the black coal dust 
around her?  It was the  only attempt  at 
a  garden  on  the  cliffs.  Tenants  have 
small  encouragement  to improve  or cul­
tivate  ground  belonging  to  coal  com­
panies. as under existing  rules, they are, 
in  many  places,  ejected  on  four  days’ 
notice  for  the  most  paltry  of  provoca­
tions.
As she  passed  a  window of  the  com­
pany  boarding  house  she  heard a voice 
say:
“Hello. Dan! had a nice chat with Kate 
out  there ?  Yer  getting  to  be  great 
friends.”
“Friends!” this  time  the  voice  was  a 
woman’s. 
“Well,  I  should  hope  Dan 
ain’t  so  hard  up as  to pick  up  friends 
among tramps and strays!”
“That’s  enough.”  said  the  man called 
Dan.  “I’ll not  be lettin’ man  or woman 
speak  against  her when I'm  in  hearen. 
The  doetor says  I  have to thank her ter 
the sight o’ my eyes this minute. 
It was 
her  nursin’  more  than  his  medicine  as 
saved ’em  when  I  got  burnt  with  the 
powder. 
I tell  ye  there wasn't  another 
woman  in  the  place would  a  looked  at 
me  without  gettin’  sick.  But  Kate! 
Why, she  jest walked in and  helped Doc 
take  care of  me  as if I was handsome as 
a picture-book;  an’ she’s done good turns 
though  some  o’ 
to  lots  of  the  boys, 
them  are 
to  speak  up 
for  her;  an’  she’s  got  more 
learn- 
in’ than  most  folks  here  though  she  is 
only a stray.”
The  girl walked  on  to  her  own  door 
and  sat  down  wearily  on  the  wooden 
step,  while  the child  scampered  after a 
pet kitten.
A  stray!  That  was  all.  Four  years 
since  she  came  first,  a  big-eyed  girl  of 
seventeen, dusty and foot sore from long 
travel—from  where, they  never  knew— 
and  when  she  sank  fainting  on  a  door 
step  and  was  carried  inside  the  one 
tavern 
in  the  place,  there  was  much 
wonder  among the  people  as to who she 
could  be;  and  when the  doetor laid  her 
child in her  arms and asked if  there was 
any word  he could  send for  her to  hus­
band or relatives, she  only  looked at the 
babe’s  pink  flower-like  face  in  a  half 
curious, half  loving  way, as if  in doubt 
whether it could be hers, and then,  draw­
ing  it  close, she  looked  squarely at the 
doctor,  and said:  “There is no one.”
In  a small  place  gossip soon  spreads, 
and  ere  long the  community knew  that 
the  tramp  was a mother  but no wife—a 
thing to be  shunned  by the  virtuous—to 
be  pitied,  after a fashion,  but  to be  left 
alone.  She  was  penniless  and  without 
friends.  The doctor’s voice was the only 
kind one she had heard since the day the 
child  was  born,  and  he  looked  on  her 
pityingly,  perhaps  helped  to  it  by  the 
memory of  a little daughter’s grave over 
the hill, whose occupant would have been 
this  girl’s  age had  she lived.  A  sober 
man  of  forty  years  he  was,  a  kindly, 
Christian  gentleman  who  had  settled 
among  them  years  ago, when  the  wife 
and baby daughter had dropped into their 
eternal  sleep  while  on  a  visit  to  this 
mountain  of  the  Alleghanies.  He  was 
held  in  much  respect  by  the  people. 
His  kindly  hands  had  eased  many  a 
broken  bone  or  crushed  limb  among 
them,  and he did what he could to soften 
the harsh  judgment of  the  villagers  to­
wards this  girl, and  his  best was  little.
Two weeks  after  her coming  he  ven­
tured  on the  subject of  her  destination 
and  intentions. 
So  far  she  had  said 
nothing  except  her  name,  and  when 
asked,  she  said,  “Kate,” that  was  all. 
The  doctor  found  her as usual  looking 
with  unseeing  eyes  aeross  the  hills, 
seemingly heedless of  the yellow-haired, 
brown-eyed  babe in her  lap,  for she  had 
been  in  a  sort of  apathy ever  since  its 
birth.
“I  have come to have a talk  with you, 
Kate,” said the  doctor.  “This little fel­
low is  old  enough  now  for  you to  take 
him  home, wherever that is,  and  I  have 
come  to  see  what  arrangements  can be 
made.”
“I have no home  now,” she  said, with 
a little break in her voice.
“But there must  be some  one.  Come 
now, my  girl, tell  me what  you  can. 
I 
want to be  your  friend.  You  need one, 
Heaven  knows.  There  must  be  some 
one—the boy’s father?”
“He is nothing—nothing to me  or to it 
—the coward!”  she burst  out, with more 
feeling  than  he had  heard  her  express 
before.
“But you must  have  some  one to take 
care of you!  How are you to live?”
“I did  not want to  live.  They should 
have  let  me  die in  the street  that  day; 
they had no right to touch me!”
“Hush!”  said  Dr.  Hepburn,  sternly. 
“We should  never  question  the  decrees 
of  heaven.  Every  life  has  a use of  its 
own else it would not be given.”
“Use!  What 
use is my life now, the life of a nameless 
outcast?”

She  laughed  harshly: 

“You have your child to live for.”
“Ah!” she breathed,  with a half sob in 
her  throat,  “do  you  think  I  have  not 
thought  of  him?  How  am  I  to  live 
through the  shame of  it when he  grows 
j older and understands?  Better we should 
both  die  now,  now  before  he  grows 
| ashamed of  his mother.  One  night  this 
| thought  came to me  as if  some one  had 
I whispered it in my ear. 
It was dark but 
I  seemed  to  feel  the presence of  forms 
| pointing  at  us  and  whispering ’shame.’
I I can’t tell you how terrible it was.  The 
i only way to escape it was to die—both of 
! us. 
I  got up  softly and  lit the  candle. 
I did  not think  how I was to do  it, only 
in some way I was to end our lives.  Ah! 
how afraid I was of  making a noise  that 
would waken him!  I  crept across to the 
bed  so  softly. 
Its 
weight  on a baby’s  face  would  stop  its 
breathing  so  quickly;  but as I bent over 
the  babe, 1  saw it  was  not  asleep. 
It 
had been lying there  quietly but its eyes 
were  wide  open. 
It  smiled  up  at  me, 
j and  for  the  first  time reached  towards 
me its arms.  Oh, how  I knelt there  and

I  lifted  a  pillow. 

kissed it and cried over it!  That was the 
first  time I had  cried  since  this trouble 
came  to  me, and  it  seemed  to  ease the 
dull,  aching pain in my heart.  But I let 
the  candle  burn all  that  night. 
I  was 
afraid  to be in  the  dark for  fear of  that 
temptation coming again.  Do  you think 
it  ever  will?”  Her  cheeks  were  quite 
flushed  and her  eyes wet as she  clasped 
the  child  close  to  her  and  appealed to 
the doctor.
“God bless me!” he  ejaculated, spring­
ing  to  his  feet  and  walking  back  and 
forth, the tears  in his  own honest,  kind­
ly eyes.  “God bless me!  What a scoun­
drel  that  man must  be!”  Then  he  sat 
again beside her.
“Where were you going when you took 
ill?”
Her face flushed:  “I  was  looking  for 
him.  He said once that his business was 
in  the  coal  region.  When  no  letters 
came I tried to find him. 
I walked  from 
town to  town,  sometimes  sleeping in the 
woods. 
I walked until I  would get dizzy 
and drop with fatigue;  but I had no time 
to rest.  My one thought was to find him 
in time,  but the coal  fields are so wide— 
I never knew how wide before!”
■•Perhaps you  can find  him  yet,” ven­
tured the doctor.  “We might advertise.” 
"Now,”  she  answered.  “No;  it was 
not for myself—only for the child,  but it 
is too late.”
If 
“You must  think of  your  future. 
you will  not  go  home, or  find  him,  who 
will take care of you and the child?”

I can work.”

“I will. 
“But where,  and what at?”
“Here;  it  is  as  good  a  place  as  any 
other,  there  must  be  some  work  for  a 
woman  here,  enough to keep us and  pay 
these people.  The  people  seem  buried 
here,  shut off  from the rest of the world. 
That  is best  for  me, and I can  work  at 
anything.  Some one will  give me work, 
don’t you think so?”
“God  bless  me!  I  hope  so.”  he  an­
swered.  "1—I’ll  try to  fix  it,  but  its a 
dreary place,  child,  and a dreary life  for 
you here.”
“My life  would  be  that  anywhere, it 
does not matter.”
And so it was settled.  Sewing,  house­
work,  nursing,  washing,  anything in the 
way of work she did well, and did cheap­
ly  for  anyone  who  would  give her  the 
chance,  but she  made no triends  and re­
sented  all  overlures  from  the  curious. 
They knew no more of her past now than 
they did  the day she  came  among them. 
Kate was  the  only name  they  knew her 
by.  Her boy she called Paul.
"It  was  my  father’s  name,” she  said 
to the  Doctor.  “He  is  dead.  The  dis­
grace cannot hurt him.”
The  boy  grew and  thrived,  but  it was 
almost  as quiet as the  mother, for it had 
no  playmates—only  a  kitten  and  a few 
ehiekens.  The  mothers  of  other  child­
ren  resented the  silence,  so like pride in 
this  tramp,  and  called  the  children  to 
their sides when the  baby natures would 
reach hands to each  other all unknowing 
the social gulf  between them.  Even her 
kindness to  the  sick won  her no  hearts, 
for  she did  all so  coldly though so well. 
Their  sidelong,  meaning  glances  when 
she first met their faces with her child in 
her arms  had closed  forever any sympa­
thy between them.  The  child  she  wor­
shiped.  Her  moody,  gray  eyes  would 
warm  and  the closed  mouth smile  only 
for  him,  and  once,  when a fever  among 
the children had  laid little Paul low,  the 
doctor was  startled  by the wild  grief of 
this girl  who seldom spoke among  them.
“Be quiet,  Kate,”  he said, putting her 
in a chair,  “you  must  not give  way like 
this, the chances are that he will recover, 
but should  he not,  we must  bow to that 
higher  Will;  be sure  what will  be, will 
be for the best.”
“The best!”  and she laughed,  bitterly. 
“If  he  were  to  die  to-night, you would 
try to console  me  by saying it was  best. 
Don’t you know that this is a punishment 
for that  other time  when I did  not want 
him?  And now j ust when we have grown 
to  be everything to each  other  you  tell 
me  it is a merciful  God  who would part 
us!  People  should  love nothing if  they 
wish  to  be  happy,  it  brings  a  curse 
always.  How  can  you  understand? 
others  have  husbands,  homes, children. 
I  have  only  him—only  him!”  and  she 
sank beside the little  bed in a passion of 
sobs that were  stilled  only by a narcotic 
from the doctor’s hand.
But little  Paul did  not die, though the 
doctor  was  anxious for  many days  and 
very thankful when  he  could  safely say 
all  danger  was past.  Kate did  not  say 
much,  it  was  as  if  she  feared  to  give 
voice to her joy lest the pent up emotions 
would  be  beyond  her  control.  But her 
glad  eyes, as  she  kissed  her  boy  and 
pressed  the doctor’s  hand,  held  in them 
more gratitude thsn words could express.
“You  have done so much for me,” she 
said,  “and  my life is so useless,  all I can 
do in return seems so little!”
“Tut, tut!  If it were my boy Hal, you 
would  do  as  much  if  you  could;  be a 
good girl,  that is all I shall expect in pay­
ment,  and in your gratitude for your boy, 
return thanks only where  they are due— 
to the Giver of all life!”
He had in  all  things  been her friend,
I and.  sitting  on  the  wooden  step  in the 
deepening dusk with the  miners’  words 
still in her ears—”a stray”—she dropped 
j her face in her hands thinking;  thinking 
I of his goodness  since  that first day,  and 
| then  she  let  her  memory  wander back 
| over the days of  hard, joyless toil among 
these people  where  only  one  voice had 
J been helpful and kind,  back  over  dusty 
! roads  where  she  had dragged tired feet 
in a hopeless  search,  back  to  the  days 
! when her girl’s  heart  had  beat  warmly 
at the  gift  of  a  love  to  which  she re­
sponded with what she  fancied  was  the 
lasting love of  her  life,  and  which she 
knew now was only the result of a starv­
ing soul in a child’s body, a welcome ray 
of light across the  unloved,  monotonous 
level  of  her  life,  but  a ray that was to 
sere and burn all  the  rose tints of youth 
into a lifeless mass of ashes.
Lately a knowledge  had been creeping 
bit by bit  into  her  heart,  and  filling it

She  had, 

with a supreme contempt  of  self.  Ah, 
how  vile  she  was  growing  in  her own 
eyes!  How often,  lately,  had  she  freed 
her mind from the fetters of the past and 
let  her  thoughts  wander  where  they 
would in the sweet  pastures of a longed- 
for present!  How often she had checked 
herself  on  the  brink  of  wild hopes by 
muttering to bitterly:  “A tramp—a stray! 
A thing lower in his thoughts than a lost 
dog, which he would shelter.  A  dog at 
least is faithful;  I am not even that.  A 
true  woman’s  love  should  be  the same 
always.  Neglect,  desertion,  nothing 
should change the thing she had dreamed 
of as an  endless  love.”  And  now she 
knew she had not even that  virtue to re­
deem herself,  not  even  lasting  love for 
her  child’s  father. 
in  her 
thoughts,  only  loathing  for him and for 
herself.  Ah,  how  bad,  bad  he  would 
think her,  if  he knew her weakness,  her 
faithlessness,  in the one instance where a 
woman’s faithfulness to a sin is a virtue! 
But the man of whose opinion she thought 
was Dr.  Hepburn,  the kindly, calm-eyed 
friend,  whose life was filled by the mem­
ory  of a gentle little woman,  who  slept 
in the same narrow  green  bed with their 
one child—he  who  had  been faithful so 
many years.  What would he think if  he 
knew the weakness and fickleness of  her 
nature as she had  known it lately?  And 
then her  face  grew  hot  as  she remem­
bered when this  knowledge  had  gained 
on her,  and  how  his  helpful  words and 
kind eyes had helped to verify it.
The child,  tired of play, had crept into 
her lap and cuddled  down  to  rest  with 
one  brown,  chubby  hand  against  her 
neck as she stooped  to kiss him, mutter­
ing:
“I owe even your life  to him,  my darl­
ing, and there is no  return we can make. 
If he knew the truth, he would think  my 
dreams a degradation to us both.”
The  night closing in threw its shadow 
over a woman in  whose mind had begun 
the  natural  revulsion  that  follows  the 
dispelled  illusions  of  youth;  and  the 
slow-growing scorn of self crept into her 
heart,  following close  on the steps of re­
morse,  that laggard whose voice is always 
“too  late, too late!”

•*

* 

* 

* ■ * • * *  
There  was a  ripple  of  excitement  in 
the air,  a vague expectancy  through  the 
mining  village.  The  men  had  left off 
work, and stood around in groups, smok­
ing and talking, while  awaiting the ver­
dict, and the women  gossiped and shook 
their heads over  the probable outgrowth 
of the owners’ visit to the mine.
“My  man  says  as  how  that car they 
come to the  junction  in  must have cost 
thousands,  and  here  is  us  glad of two 
rooms and a bad roof a-top of them.  It’ll 
be no free country until our men get  the 
good of their work  instead o’  them high- 
toned  nobs  as  owns  so  many pits they 
don’t get to see them once  a  year.  My 
man  says  as  how  the  time’s  a-comin’ 
when they’ll have to  bend.”
“Or be bio wed,” broke in  a  neighbor, 
with a  laugh.
“Oh, Mrs. Dugan,” chimed in another, 
“It’s  yerself  has  always  an  answer on 
yer tongue, an’  if  what I hear is true yer 
not far off the mark.  Some  o’  the  boys 
have  been  drinken  and  will  stop  at 
nothen, not even dynamite.”
“An’  small  wonder,”  answered  the 
Dugan woman,  “with  the  short  weight 
an’  a  half-car  lost  to  ye if but a bit o’ 
slate  happens  in—as  who  can  help  it 
there in  the  dark?—an’  the  ‘pluck me’ 
stores,  where  we  must  buy or leave the 
works,  an’ scarce ever does a dollar come 
in our door;  it’s  all  used  for provisions 
as fast as it’s earned.”
“I hear it’s quite a gang  o’  them come 
—big-bugs, all o’ them—a-maken a round 
o’ the diggens.”
“It’ll be a sorry round to them if them 
scales an’  some o’ the rules ain’t changed 
afore night.  Now  you  mind  what  I’m 
tellen ye!”
And thus the  prophecies  drifted  from 
one to another,  and a woman, with a bas­
ket of clothes on her arm and a little yel­
low-haired  child  at  her  side,  stopped 
short in  the  black,  dusty  road, as from 
the other side of a high board fence half- 
drunken curses came to her ears.
“Be quiet, Tom,”  admonished another 
voice,  “and  don’t  drink  any  more,  or 
you’ll give the whole thing  away. 
I  am 
sick  of  it  since  I  saw  the doctor with 
them.  He has been mighty good to  lots 
of us; but the rest can burn for all we—”
“Let ’em all burn.  Doctor an’ young 
Hepburn  are  big-bugs  as  much  as the 
stockholders,  with  their  fine  words an’ 
their high an’  mighty  ways.  Yer all a 
lot o’  toadies to that  cursed doctor.  His 
word’s  law to all o’  ye,  an’ d’ye spose  it 
would be if he was common worken stuff 
like us?  No. 
It’s  the  learnin’  an’ the 
high-toned way of his that ye knuckle to, 
an’ I tell  ye,  Jim,  we’ll  take  it  out o’ 
them all.  Hurra for equal rights!”
“Hush,  Tom.  Lay  low  here  in  the 
grass,  and  take  a sleep  till  yer  sober 
enough to keep a close head.  If the boys 
that’s  in  it  hear  you  blowin’  like this 
there’ll be the devil to  pay.  Yer likely 
to be found missin’, an’  don’t  you ferget 
it!”
“Shut up!”  growled the other.  “They 
won’t change  the  rules.  Won’t  they? 
I  know what I’m doin’, 
Let me alone! 
just as well as I know  who put the nitre 
glycerine on the track by  entry  number 
nine. 
It’ll  put  an  end  to their sight- 
seein’. 
It’ll teach other  stockholders  to 
respect workin’men’s  rights.  Hurra!”
I And  the  voice  continued  muttering 
threats and  curses  at  moneyed men and 
aristocrats,  while 
stood 
motionless  in  the  bare  road,  her  face 
! whitening, her eyes full of horror  as  the 
| meaning of the man’s  words  dawned  on 
her,  and then,  dropping the clothes bas­
ket,  she lifted the  child  quickly,  clasp­
ing him so tight that he cried out in fright 
and  surprise. 
She  did  not heed,  but, 
turning, ran with the swiftness of a hound 
back toward  the  village.  She  heard  a 
shout behind her,  but did not turn.  The 
child’s cry had told  the men of her pres­
ence.  They were shouting at her to stop; 

the  woman 

[c o n c l u d e d   o n   e i g h t h   f a o e .1

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

GKIP  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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
Seed  Storef
W . T . L A M O R E A U X .

71 Canal St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

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AMONG THE TRADE.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   GO SSIP.

J.  M.  Higgins 

succeeds  John  H. 
Farmer as local  manager  for the Vienna
Yeast Co.  _______________

Local  capital  is  being  interested in a 
patent  fare  box  for  street  cars,  which 
works automatically.

W.  R.  Keeler  will  remove  his  con­
fectionery stock from  416  to  413  South 
Division street about July 1.

Kalkaska—Charles  P.  Sweet  is  build­
ing a  two-story  brick  block to take  the j 
place of the one lately burned.

Vermontville—Ed. Boardman has pur- j 
chased the interest of  John  Deer  in  the | 
meat firm of Deer & Boardman.

Stetson — J.  E.  Doty  writes  T h e 
T r a d e sm a n  that  he  is arranging to re- 
tire from the hardware business.

Stetson—T.  J.  Sherlock & Co.  succeed j 
Sherlock & Bogue in the  drug  business,  j 
Mr. Bogue has gone to Mississippi.

Hastings—J.  G.  Runyan  will  occupy 
one-half  of  M.  E.  Nevin’s  dry  goods 
store with his boot and shoe stock.

Manistee—Sowerville  &  Johnson have 
begun work on their new  brick building, 
which will be the largest  of  its  kind in 

The  project  to  start  a  whip  factory 
here has  fallen  through and the leading 
spirit in  the proposed  enterprise has re- j  th 
turned to Cheyenne.

city.

D.  Fred  Sweet  and  J.  Hageneder  are 
endeavoring  to  organize  a  stock  com­
pany to engage in the manufacture of  an 
electric  motor  recently  invented by Mr.
Sweet. 

_______________

J. Van Westenbrugge is building a new 
store  at the  corner of  North Third  and 
Center  streets,  which  he  will  occupy 
with his grocery  stock at 55 North Third 
street in about thirty days.

The underwriters of the  city  met  last 
Tuesday  evening  and  organized  g club 
for social and other purpose«.  No stiffen­
ing in rates  is  expected  until  the mem­
bers get well acquainted with each other.
W.  R.  Keeler  has  purchased  the con­
fectionery stock  of  H.  A.  Cohen & Co., 
who established a small jobbing business 
on  Oakes  street a short  time ago.  The 
stock has been consolidated with Keeler’s 
stock on  South Division street.

Wm.  S. Barnett,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  hardware  business  at  Hudson,  but 
for the past seven  years  traveling repre­
sentative for the Peninsular Stove Co., of 
Detroit,  has formed a copartnership with 
Glenn  Richards,  under 
the  style  of 
Barnett &  Richards,  and  purchased  the 
Alden hardware stock,  at 31 West Bridge
street. 

_______________

The Grand  Rapids Loan and Trust Co. 
will  probably  file  incorporation  papers 
this week.  The  corporation will have a 
paid-in  capital  of  §150,000,  comprising 
many of  the  leading  business  men  and 
capitalists of this and surrounding cities. 
The  office of  the  institution  will  be  at 
the Hartman vaults, on  Fountain  street.
W. T. Meloy, late  of  New  Lexington, 
Ohio,  has  formed a copartnership  with 
C.  M.  Rich,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  at  Tustin,  under  the 
style of  Meloy  &  Rich.  The  firm  will 
engage  in  the  jobbing of  clay novelties, 
having  taken  the  agency  of  the  Ohio 
Centennial  ware  for Michigan  and Wis­
consin.  The office of  the  firm will be at 
20 Lyon street, w hile  the  goods  will be 
handled  in  a  warehouse,  24x51  feet  in 
dimensions, now being constructed at the 
corner of Fifth avenue and Hilton street.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .
Manistee—Otto  Bauman has 

opened a

new grocery store.

grocery business.

Garden—J. J. Rigney has  sold  out his 

Grand Ledge—C. I.  Miller has assigned 

his bazaar stock to C. Wood.

Kendall—Frank Keefer succeeds  L. A. 

Mack in the grocery business.

East Saginaw—Jos.  Gossell  has bought 

Fred Wolpert’s grocery stock.

Coopersville—Miss  H.  L.  Stevens  is 

closing out her millinery stock.

Mason—Wilcox  &  Co.  succeed  Norris 

& Childs in the grocery business.

Hillsdale — Finch  &  Bassett,  marble 

dealers,  have made an assignment.

East Saginaw—Sophia Gossell succeeds 

Gossell Bros,  in the grocery business.

Woodland—L. Parrot will open a meat 

market in the Hildinger building soon.

Flint—C.  A.  Chapel  succeeds  J.  C. 
Frazier  in  the  mill  machinery business.
Bellaire—Ira  A.  Adams  has  added  a 
line of confectionery to his general stock.
Prattville—F.  Silvernail  will  erect  a 
building and  engage  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Belding—S.  H.  Stone  has  purchased 
M. Houck’s cigar and  confectionery bus­
iness.

Sault Ste Marie—P. H. Davis  is  erect­
ing  a  brick  store  20x40  feet  in dimen­
sions.

Laingsburg—L.  A. Farnham has added 
a line of  bazaar  goods  to  his dry goods 
stock.

Moscow — E.  Childs  &  Co.,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  E.  Childs  con­
tinuing.

Mecosta—Cliffton  Richards,  of  Mill- 
brook,  has  purchased  R.  S.  Wolford’s 
drug stock.

Mancelona—Lizzie Fuller will carry on 
the meat  business at the  former location 
of J.  L.  Fuller & Co.

Rochester—Mitchell & Hacker, dealers 
in  meats,  have  dissolved, T. N.  Hacker 
continuing the business.

Kalamazoo—Edwards.  Chamberlain  & 
Co.  is  the  style  of  the  firm  succeeding 
A.  K. Edwards  &  Co.  in  the  hardware 
business.

Cloverdale — M.  McCallum  has  pur­
chased  the meat  market of  Fred Pierce 
and  Alex.  McCallum  will  manage  the 
business.

Cedar Springs—A.  J.  Provin  has near­
ly completed his new' hardware building, 
which  is  situated  on  Main  street, near 
his old store.

Baraga—Thomas Nester has purchased 
three tugs from Buffalo parties for §7.000, 
and  w'ill  use  them for  towing  logs  on 
Keewenaw  bay.

Ionia—F. E.  Kelsey has  purchased the 
interest of  his  partner, Will  Wilson,  in 
the  grocery business,  and  will  conduct 
the business alone.

Big  Rapids—Dr.  B.  L.  Bradley  has 
old  his  drug  stock  to  H.  E.  Grand- 
Girard  &  Co.,  w'ho  have  removed  the 
same to their own store.

Detroit—Robert  L.  McElroy  has  pur­
chased  the  dry goods  stock of  John  R. 
Campbell  &  Co.  and  will  continue  the 
business at the old stand.

South  Saginaw'— E.  P.  Stone  &  Co. 
have bought J. P. Derby’s  grocery  stock 
and will  continue  the  business.  Frank 
Chriscaden w ill manage the same.

Muir—Alex.  Pringle has sold the stock 
of goods, recently  purchased  of  George 
Pringle,  to his  brother,  W.  R.  Pringle, 
who first started the business in Muir.

Traverse City—John Helm w'rites  T he 
T r a d e s m a n   that  he  has  been  sued by 
C. M.  Henderson  & Co., of  Chicago, on a 
bill of  goods he claims to have  never re­
ceived.
Shelby—L.  R.  Hinsdill,  the  Hartford 
clothing merchant, will remove his stock 
here, occupying  F. A. Pitts’  store  build­
ing, which  is  being  remodeled  for  the 
purpose.

Coldwater—Cashier Starr, of  the Cold- 
water  National  Bank,  does  not  care for 
the crockery  business  especially,  but  he 
has  the  stock of  J.  L.  Hamilton  on  his 
hands  all  the  same,  on a chattel  mort­
gage.

New  Era—Dan  Rankin  has  removed 
his drug  stock to Shelby and  consolidat­
ed  it  with  his drug  stock  there.  His 
grocery and dry goods business here will 
be  continued  under  the management  of 
Peter Rankin.

Bay  City—Buck  &  Leighton,  general 
commission  merchants,  have moved  into 
Schindehette  Bros.’  new  block,  corner 
Saginaw and Fifth streets.  A.  A.  Knop- 
fel will  also have his  brokerage office in 
the same store.

Muskegon—Receiver  Lasley  has  sold 
the  dry  goods  stock of  Nathan  Platt & 
Co. to  John  Torrent  for  74 per cent,  of 
the invoiced value, which was §46,163.64. 
Mr.  Torrent will  continue  the  business 
at the old stand.

Howard City—J. R. Abbott  is  getting 
material  on  the  ground  for a two-story 
brick building,  to  replace  the frame one 
which wras recently destroyed by fire.  He 
is  the  first  man  to  break  ground for a 
new building on the burned  district. 
•Saranac—Arthur  Richmond  has  pur­
chased  the  stock  of  harnesses,  fixtures, 
etc., belonging to P. T. Williams and will 
enter into partnership with A. E. Wilkin­
son.  They will  continue  the  manufac­
ture of harnesses for  the  wholesale  and 
retail trade.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A TT ER S.

Marion—The new'  grist mill has begun 

Cass City—Landon & Eno are  building 

operations.

a planing mill.

Belding  — Jacob  Wooster,  the  Ionia 
meat dealer,  contemplates  locating here.
Almira—Mr.  Fish,  of  Frankfort,  has 
bought  Smith &  Sons’  sawmill  on  Mos­
quito Point.

Mecosta—A.  A. Pangborn is moving his 
shingle mill to Boom  lake,  about  seven 
miles from here.

Muskegon—The  Muskegon Shingle Co. 
w'ill not start up its mill  until  the  price 
of shingles advances.

Rondo—M.  S. Osgood  has his  planing 
mill building enclosed and will soon have 
his machinery in place.

Reed City—C. W.  Rickard  has sold his 
| cigar  manufacturing  business  and  w'ill 

Cadillac—Frank  Hutchinson  i

fitting i probably locate at Evart.

up  his  store  building,  and will  open  a 
meat market about July 1.

Flint—The  Flint  Road  Cart  Co.  has 
had  to enlarge  its  shop to meet  the  de­
mands of increasing business.

Montgomery—Gray  &  Adams  succeed 
Gray & Berry in  the  hardware and  agri­
cultural implement business.

East Saginaw'—John G.  Owen  has  be­
gun the erection  of a planing mill at  his
Owosso—D.  L.  Murphy  will  remove | saw and shingle mill premises  at  Owen- 
his stock of  wall-paper and  paints to W.  j dale.  Both  saw  and  shingle  mills  are 
A. Woodard’s new brick store. 

running.

Hudson — Y.  Wenzel  has  purchased 
the  Hudson  Coal  Co.’s  plant  and  will 
hereafter conduct the business.

Lapeer—Robert King  has the  contract 
for  making  1,317,000  shingles—15  car­
loads—for the Detroit exposition.

Coral—The  Blanding & Soules  Furni­
ture Co.  is  building  an  addition  to  its 
factory,  to be used as an engine room.

Mancelona— The  Mancelona  furnace 
averaged sixty-three tons of iron per day 
last  w'eek, beating  all  previous  records.
Park Lake—John  Gilmour, the lumber 
dealer, has purchased the southeast quar­
ter of  section 12, known  as  the  Bell  & 
Culp land.

Muir—The  Muir  Corn  Binder  Co.  is 
cramped for storage room  and  contemp­
lates buying lots east  of  the factory and 
erecting additional  buildings.

Bay City—The A.  W.  Wright Lumber 
Co.  is laying some spur tracks in connec­
tion  w'ith its logging  road,  and  getting 
ready for the fall  and  winter business in 
the woods.

Plaiuwell—W.  H.  Scott has begun run­
ning  his  Novelty works,  and  will  do  a 
variety  of  working  in  wood,  in  picket 
saw'ing, frame  making  and  grinding  of 
knives for machinery.

Ionia—Steele  &  Gorham, the  proprie­
tors of  the  new'  sawmill, have contracts 
for  400,000  feet  of  furniture  lumber. 
300,000 of  which  goes to Nelson,  Matter 
& Co., of  Grand Rapids.

Manton—Green  & Son  w ill  have their 
mill in operation  about  the last of  June. 
They  have  a  contract  to  cut  3,000,000 
feet  of  pine  for  C.  E.  Northrup,  three 
miles north of this place.

Gripsack Brigade.

H. A.  Cohen continues on the  road  for 

Rueckheim Bros., of Ohicago.

L.  M.  Mills has sold his  interest in the 

yacht Daisy to M. S. Goodman.

Jos. N. Bradford's new'home, on James 

street,  is rapidly nearing completion.

W. J.  Richards,  the  Union  City  whip 
traveler,  was in town one day last  w eek.
Chas.  S.  Robinson  denies  the  report 
that he is training  his  nag  for  the race 
track.
Wm.  B.  Edmunds  will  act  as  color 
bearer on the  occasion of  the  Muskegon
picnic.
alesman  for  the 
cigar  department  of  Dilworth  Bros., of 
Pittsburg, was in town Saturday.

M.  Kerns,  travelin

The  report  that  Jerry  Woltman  and 
Chas.  McClain  are  training for the prize 
ring is probably without foundation.

Wm.  H.  Smith,  of  Big  Rapids,  has 
taken  a  position to travel  for  C.  Schep- 
flin & Co., clothing jobbers,  of Plainfield, 
N.  J.
F.  B.  Jones,  of  Saranac,  has  engaged 
to travel for A. Jacobs & Co., of  Detroit, 
manufacturers  of  men’s  clothing.  He 
begins work  July 1.
Glenn  Craw'ford 

accompanied  his 
father, the  genial  Cornelius, on his visit 
to  Byron  Center.  Dorr, Moline and Bur- 
nip’s Corners last Saturday.

A.  A.  Howard,  the  Coldwater  grip 
carrier,  has  gone  to  Fairport,  N.  Y., 
where he will  spend  a  couple of  weeks 
with  relatives  and  friends.  He  is  ac­
companied by his wife.

Clarence J. Peck,  traveling  represent­
ative  for  Wheeler,  Blodgett  &  Co.,  of 
Boston,  was in tow n Saturday on his wray 
to  Grass  Lake,  where  he  now' resides. 
He expects to remove to Jackson soon.

Bay City—Pitts  &  Cranage  have  pur­
chased a tract of  timber  of  Mrs.  James 
Hay, in Gladwin county. 
It is estimated 
to cut from 40,000.000  to 60,000.000 feet. 
The consideration is not known,  but it is 
said to have been on a basis of §8 stump- 
age.

Alger — J.  W.  Dunn,  whose  shingle 
mill  was  recently burned,  will  not  re­
build.  He has §6,000  worth of  stock on 
hand  for  sale,  and  has  engaged  with 
Joseph  Rathborne & Co.,  of  Chigago, to 
manage a large saw and shingle mill near 
New Orleans.

Menominee—Peters  &  Morrisop,  who 
cut 85,000 feet of lumber daily, have just 
completed  a  new'  log  pocket  with a ca­
pacity of  10,000.000 feet.  They are also 
building  docks,  owing 
to  a  lack  of 
piling  room.  They have  5,000,000 feet 
of lumber on hand.

Big Rapids—O.  M. Clark is moving his 
shingle  mill  from West  Branch  to  On­
tonagon county, near the point where the 
Duluth, South  Shore  and  Atlantic  Rail­
road  crosses  the  Ontonagon  river.  Mr. 
Clark  has  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
timbered land in that vicinity.

Sears—The lumber  and  shingle  mill, 
together with seventy-five cords of shingle 
bolts,  owned by  J.  H.  Lamphear,  were 
burned  June 19.  The engine and boiler 
were  saved.  Loss,  §2,000,  with no in­
surance.  Mr. Lamphear will rebuild the 
shingle mill as soon as possible.

Bay City—The famine  in  logs has dis­
appeared,  and the mill  men  are  getting 
an abundance  of  them.  The  Michigan 
Central supplies,  which  have aggregated 
about  5,000,000  feet  a week,  are falling 
off,  but the heavy rains are letting out all 
the  logs  in  the  streams,  and  with  the 
large quantity rafted in from other points 
the mills will  have  all  they can cut the 
remainder of the season.

East Saginaw—C. & E. Ten Eyck, shin­
gle makers,  are embarrassed.  With the 
consent of their principle  creditors  they 
lately executed a trust  deed  to  John  S. 
Estabrook and W.  J.  Bartow.  The lia­
bilities  are  about  §14,000,  with  assets 
about half that  amount.  Bad  manage­
ment and the depression  in  the  shingle 
business are attributed as  the  cause  for 
the embarrassment.  The  mill  will  sus­
pend operations.

Muskegon—Both  Torrent  &  Co.  and 
the  Gilbert  &  Bennett-Co.  have  about 
closed out their  stocks  of  assorted lum­
ber.  The former claims that the quality 
of  their  logs  this season  will  show’  no 
money in assorting for  car  trade,  above 
what they can  get by cargo,  and the lat­
ter  insist  that  they  will  buy  no  more 
lumber  until  they  can  purchase  at 
price that  will leave them a living 
gin to do business on.

mar-

con-
Belding — The  contract  for  the 
Silk
struction  of  Belding  Bros.’  new 
factory  has  been  let  to  Waterbury  & 
Wright,  of  Ionia,  for  §22,000.  They 
have sublet the stone w'ork for the found­
ations to Fred  Mueller,  the  brick  w'ork 
to Prall & Huntley and  the  painting  to 
Daniel  Waterbury,  all  of  Ionia.  The 
building  is  to  be  45x200 feet in dimen­
sions, 
three  stories  high,  with  a  dye- 
house in connection,  to  be  completed by 
Jan.  1, 1890.

Wool,  Hides  and Tallow.

The wool market has gone in  the West 
where  buyers are loth to take it.  While 
one pulls out,  another g$es in, and prices 
vary as buyers get  exerted,  w'hile  at the 
East the market is not so strong,  judging 
by  sales  reported  as  made  on  private 
terms.  While  prices in the East are not 
better,  the  prices  paid in the West will 
involve the takers in loss.

Hides  are  dull  and  nominal,  with no 

kick to the leather trade to help out.

Tallow is w'eak and lower.

Cornelius Crawford is  training  one  of 
his horses to walk on his  hind  feet  and 
perform other unusual  feats.  He  is  on 
the lookout for a number of  dogs,  capa­
ble of receiving instruction,  with a view 
to going  on  the  road  with  a  dog  show 
next year.
Big Rapids Pioneer:  Daye Smith, trav­
eling man for Sprague,  Warner & Co., of 
Chicago,  was  in  the  city  last  evening. 
He thought he recognized  his  old friend j 
Steve Sears making a political  speech on 
the bank corners.  Dave  was  mistaken. 
That man was David Drake Cooper.

formerly 

Duff  Jennings, 
traveling 
alesman for  Hawkins, Perry & Co., but 
for several months past Detroit salesman 
for the Dingman Soap Co., has  taken the 
position of  State  agent  for  the  Schulte 
Soap  Co.,  of  Detroit,  and  is  spending 
several  days  in  Grand  Rapids,  intro­
ducing the goods.

Friends  of  L.  M.  Mills  assert  that  a 
truce  has  been  arranged  between him 
and  the  people  of  Blanchard,  by which 
he will be permitted to repeat his Fourth 
of  July  oration  of  a  year  ago. 
It  is 
stated  that  Mills  will  turn  the  speech 
upside  down, and  read  it backwards,  in 
hopes the people will run in the opposite 
direction than they did a  year ago.

Information  deemed  reliable  conveys 
the startling intelligence that Steve Sears 
will make a balloon ascension at Luding- 
ton  on  the  Fourth,  suspended  from  a 
trapeze.  One  side of  his body will bear 
an  inscription  imploring  the  natives to 
“Use  Seymour  Crackers.”  The  vacant 
space  on  the other side will be disposed 
of  cheap—for 
the  benefit  of  Dave 
Holmes’ church, at Woodville.

Allen Hilborn,  for  the  past  six  years 
salesman for  the  Chase  Bros. Piano Co., 
has  engaged  to  travel  for  the  Chicago 
Cottage Organ Co., of  Chicago, as  super­
intendent of  agencies.  Mr.  Hilborn  is a 
hard  worker,  as  well  as  a  successful 
salesmen, and his friends will be pleased 
to  learn  that  his  new  position  carries 
with  it  an  increase  in  salary commen­
surate with the added responsibility.

At the meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
traveling men, held at the  reading  room 
of Sweet’s Hotel Saturday evening, an in­
vitation was received from the proprietor 
of the Occidental Hotel  to  hold  the  an­
nual  picnic  at  Muskegon  on  Saturday, 
July  13.  The  invitation  was  accepted 
and July 13 fixed as the date of  the  pic­
nic.  President Mills  announced the fol­
lowing special  committees:  On  Trans­
portation,  Geo.  H.  Seymour,  Geo.  F. 
Owen and A. B. Cole;  on  Music, Jas. H. 
Roseman,  Wm.  H.  Jennings,  Jas.  N. 
Bradford, Steve Sears and Henry Dawley; 
on Amusements and  Games, C.  M. Falls, 
F. W. Powers and Chas.  H. Ellis.  Presi­
dent Mills was  requested  to appoint two 
assistants  in  arranging  a  series  of  re­
sponses at the dinner table.  Rev. Chas. 
Fluhrer and wife were  invited to accom­
pany the picnickers,  when  the  meeting 
adjourned for one week.

Purely  Personal.

Alfred  J.  Brown 

spent  Sunday  in 

Traverse City.

house by illness.

Chas.  W. Jennings  is  confined  to  his 

O. J. Knapp,  the  Howard  City grocer, 

was in town Monday.

Sidney  F.  Stevens  and  wife  spent  a 

couple of  days in Chicago last week.

Dr.  C.  W.  Tomlin, 

the  Bear  Lake 

druggist, is in town for a day or two.

Frank  Fisher, clerk for D. Wellbrook, 
the  Rockford  meat  dealer,  was  in town 
last Saturday.

J. W. Murphy, of the drug firm of Am- 
berg & Murphy,  at Battle Creek,  was  in 
town over Sunday.

Samuel  M.  Lemon  and  Jeff  Keate  re­
turned  from  a  flying  trip  through  the 
Upper Peninsula Saturday morning.

Harry Mercer,  Michigan representative 
for  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  & St. Paul 
Railway, is in town for a day or two.

John  Smyth,  with L. Winternitz,  has 
gone  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  will j 
spend a couple of weeks with his brother.
G.  G. Watson, of  the firm of Watson & 
Brown,  manufacturers  of  splint baskets 
at Detroit,  was in town a couple  of  days 
last week.

Ernest  Jewell,  formerly  billing  clerk 
for the  old  firm  of  Clark, Jewell & Co., 
town  for a day or two. on his way
IS
to California.

Geo.  W.  Bevins,  who  is  nearly  as 
famous  as  the  bones  of  Dante—being 
claimed as a resident of Tustin.  Belding 
and Spring Lake,  at  the same time—was 
in town Saturday.

Milan Wiggins, the  Bloomingdale mer­
chant,  was  in  town for a few  hours  on 
Saturday,  on  his  way  home  from  Lan­
sing.  where he is serving the State in the 
capacity of  Representative.

Oscar D.  Fisher,  formerly manager  for 
Arthur Meigs  &  Co..  but  now'  the pro­
prietor of a hotel at  Ft.  Payne,  Ala.,  is 
spending  a  week  among  Grand  Rapids 
friends.  He will leave  his family in the 
State until  October.

The  Proposed  Salt  Trust.

The price of salt dropped  to  52  cents 
last w eek.  President Burt says it is due 
to competition at home and abroad.  Ow­
ing to the Kansas manufacturers’ compe­
tition.  the Michigan people  were  forced 
to meet it  in  the  Southwest,  and there 
are  twenty-three  manufacturers  in  the 
State outside of the Association who have 
been putting their product into  the  best 
territory,  and a decline  w as  the  result. 
The  only  thing  that  will  prevent  the 
price going still lower  will be the forma­
tion  uf  the  North  American  Salt  Com­
pany  (Limited). 
It is believed  that  this 
w'ill be accomplished,  although the own­
ers of some  plants  are  asking  more for 
them than  they  w ere  willing  to accept 
before the syndicate was talked of. 
It is 
understood, how'ever,  that the options of 
plants obtained  aggregate less than §15,- 
000.000, much less, in  fact, than was ex­
pected. 
In the event of the formation of 
the North  American  Salt  Company, the 
main office w ill be  located in New' York, 
and it is understood that W.  R. Burt will 
be  the  President  and  Manager  of  the 
trust.

The  Drummer’s Way. 

chicken from an old one ?” 

say,  Morse,  can  you  tell a  young

T
“Of  course, I can.”
“Well, how ?”
“By the  teeth.”
“Chickens don’t have teeth. 
“No, but I have.”
Morris H.  Treusch & Bro.,  exclusively 
wholesale  tobacconists,  sell  the  “Our 
Knockers” cigar.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement« will be inserted  under  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e   first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

liUSlNKsb  CHANCES.

! 

458

IpOR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND  FIX- 

tures, w ith house, lo t an d  store, in  railro ad   to w n ; 
no c om petition;  big investm ent fo r  rig h t  m an;  small 
capital only required.  T. P. Stiles,  Chester, E aton Co., 
Mich. 

ern M ichigan, capacity  1,500 pounds per  day;  will 
trad e fo r m erchandise.  Address No. 459, care M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

F OR SALE-  FIRST-CLASS  CREAMERY  IN  SOUTH- 
F OR  SALE—DRUG  STORE—FINEST  LOCATION  IN 
F o r   s a l e —a   s t o c k   o f   g e n e r a l   m e r c h a n

D etroit fo r fam ily an d   tra n sie n t trad e;  cash busi­
ness;  p urchaser will require $2.500.  Address,  Eugene 
Ross & Co., D etroit,  Mich. 

dise, also new store building;  stock in good shape: 
best farm ing  country  around;  good  location  for an 
active  business  m an;  am ount  of  business  done  last 
y ear, $10.000;  located on C. & I. C. Railw ay,  in   Benton 
county Ind., six m iles from  any  tow n;  $3,700  will buy 
m e o ut;  good reasons fo r  selling.  For term s, address 
C. B. Sayers, W adena. Ind.______________________ 453

__ 4f ‘

459

RUG STOCK FOR SALE—BEST OPENING OFFERED 

M ichigan.  Address, J. B. Quick,  H ow ard  City
454

DMich.

m anufactu rin g  tow n of 1,200people; invoice about 
$1,000;  sm all  com petition.  Address,  No.  449,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

________________ ______

PARTIES  ABOUT  TO
___ engage in  th e d rug business o r any one w anting a
stock of drugs and p a te n t m edicines, cheap, please ad ­
dress me, as I m ust dispose  of  them  to m ake room  for 
o th er goods:  will  give  some  one  a  barg ain , as I am  
going out o f th e dru g  business.  Address, G. S. Putnam . 
F ru itp o rt, Mich. 

F o r   s a l e —a t  p in g r e e   g r o v e ,  k a n e  co, i l l .,

seven m iles w est of Elgin on m ain lin e of railroad, 
a  good store and business,  w ith full  stock  of  general 
store goods;  whole  value  about  $4,700;  postoffice  in 
sto re;  reason fo r  selling, failin g   health. 
J. B. Shed- 
den, P roprietor.________________________________ 441

_______________________ 444

including shelving and  d raw ers;  also  full  set  of 
tin n ers’ tools.  Address 438, care M ichigan Tradesm an.

F o r  s a l e —f u l l   s e t   o f   h a r d w a r e  f ix t u r e s .
F o b   s a l e —in   c e n t r a l   Mic h ig a n —s t o c k   o f  

drugs, m edicines  and  fixtures,  valued  a t  §1,200; 
daily cash sales,  §15;  also  store  building,  storehouse 
and residence combined, valued a t §800; reasons, o th er 
business.  Address, No. 120,  care M ichigan Tradesm an.

SITUATIONS WANTED.

TTyANTED—A  POSITION  AS  CLERK  IN  A  DRY 
VV  goods o r  clothing  store  by  a   young  m an  who 
speaks G erm an and E nglish;  can  furnish  good  refer­
ences.  Address B ernhart P erl, Fife Lake, Mich.  155
VTTANTED— SITUATION  AS  REGISTERED  ASSIST- 
W   a n t  p harm acist;  fo u r  y ears’  experience;  first- 
class recom m endations.  Address.  L.  D.  Pollard,  Jr., 
C rystal, M ontcalm County,  Mich._______________ 162.

r-ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY MAN

general  m erchandise.  Address  A. 
Monroe Street, G rand Rapids.  Mich.

MISCELLANEOUS.

113

TTIOR  SALE  CHEAP — ONE  BRICK  STORE,  TWO 
_E  stories and basem ent;  will  give  tim e for m ost of 
th e  purchase  money.  Address,  Lock  D raw er  No.  1, 
Charlevoix, Mich. 
TT7”ANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
VV 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System.  Send for 
sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand R apids._____214

F o r   s a l e —g o o d   r e s id e n c e   l o t   o n  o n e   o f
th e  m ost p leasant streets “on  th e  hill.’'  W ill ex­
change for stock in any good in stitu tio n .  Address 286, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an.  _____________________ 286
TTTANTED—SEND  a   POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 
VV  pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of the new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e  m ost  com plete 
and finest  on th e  m ark et,  and  ju st  w hat  every m er­
ch an t should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
country are now using them .____________________ 437

$620.00.  SALES IN ONE WEEK

AND  LOCAL  AGENTS  TO 
lk   E rasing
Pencil.  G reatest novelty ever produced.  Erases Ink 
in tw o seconds, no abrasion o f paper. 
200  to   500  per 
cent, profit.  One a g e n t’s sales am ounted to  §620.00 in 
Six Days—an o th er §32.00 in tw o hours.  T errito ry  abso­
lutely  free.  Salary  to  good  m en.  No  ladies  need 
answ er.  Sam ple 35 cts.  F o r  term s  and  full  p a rticu ­
lars, address. The Monroe  E raser  Co.,  M anufacturers, 
La Crosse, Wis. 

156

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E .  B .  D I K E M A N .

S . K. B olles  &  Co.,

77 Canal Street,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Wholesale  Cioar Dealers,

A   fe w   o f o u r   le a d in q   b ra n d s:

B itte r   S w e e t
Two Sizes—Sen.  and Jun.

Don
Two Sizes

R o d r i g o
—Sen.  and  Jun.

D e JLorenzo  Venturo,

VIadge,  Banko,  R u y Blas,

Hamilton ’s,  Talitaliz er,

Honey
(Look  out for her.
Shoe  String,

Queen
‘She’s a humm€

Cognac,

TOSS  UR  -  

(“Heads-I-Win,  Tails-U-Lose,’’) 
TEN  CENT  SMOKE  FOR  FIVE.

S e t  Up, 
-

B lue  S treak,

We  w ill  forfeit  $1,000  if  the  “TOSS  UP” 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

L I O N
C O F F E E

M e r c h a n t s ,

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 u 
ufteu 
vanii; 
cabin*

all over the land. 

It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
hed  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
luside each 
■t will  be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide - Awake  Merehani:

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 I O .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

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. M. HENDERSON i  GO.,  Gliisajo.

Headquarters for the Celebrated W ales Goodyear Rubber Goods

Fond du Uac, Wis.

F a c to r ie s:
Dixon, 111.

W illa r d   H .  J a m e s,
Salesman  for  the  Lower  Peninsula.

P. O.  address,

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

Chicago,  111.

I can’t lift ’em."

The Hardware Drummers’ Funny Grips.
Not  long  ago  a  drummer  for a  hard­
ware house  started  out.  He was a giant 
in strength.  He had  two strong grips or 
hand-bags  made, and  in each  he put  up 
iron samples weighing about 185 pounds. 
He  would  alight  from a train  with  his 
two innocent looking grips, and the hotel 
porter would make a rash for him.
“Right  this  way  for  the  Hardcase 
House.  Carry the  grips up  to the hotel, 
boss?”
“Yes,”  Smith  would  say—his  name 
was  Smith.  He  would  then  hand  the 
two  grips  to that  porter,  and  let  go  as 
soon  as he  saw the  unsuspecting victim 
had  hold  of  them.  There  would  be  a 
wild  flourish of  feet,  a  loud  crash,  and 
the  porter  would  go down  as if  he had 
been shot.
“What  are  you  throwing  my  grips 
around in that manner for?” Smith would 
yell, as if mad.
The  porter  would  jump up,  thinking 
he had  stumbled, apologize,  and  make  a 
grab at the  grips.  Then  he would  pull 
away  until  his  suspender-straps  would 
break,  and  would  say-  “B-b-boss,  what 
are these things? 
Smith would take hold of them lightly, 
gently lift them  up and say:  “Oh! well, 
if you don’t want to carry them I’ll go to 
the other hotel.”
Then calling another porter,  he  would 
give  them to him.  Of  course,  the other 
fellow would  take  hold of  them with  a 
smile and  firm  grip,  only to go  down on 
the  platform  in  defeat  with a  thump. 
Then  he  would  rise,  look  at  the  grip, 
gaze  at  Smith a while, then  leave, mut­
tering something about voodooisin.  Smith 
would  then  throw  them  into  a  wagon 
and go up to a hotel.
At  the  door  he would  call a bell-boy, 
and  as  be  pushed  his  way through the 
crowd  he would  hand  them to the  poor, 
overworked  boy, and  the  crowd  would 
be  astonished to  see  him go down  with 
those grips,  the  fall  making a noise  that 
sounded  like a freight  train  wreck  and 
shook  the  house.  Smith  would  pick 
them up himself,  and remark to the land­
lord  that  it  was  a shame  to  overwork 
his  help  in  any  such  manner,  and  he 
would  then  walk  toward  the  register, 
and  the landlord would  then  rush  up to 
him and say:
‘Why,  them  boys  are  lazy.  Here, 
give  me  your  grips, sir,” and  he would 
ake them.
Of  course,  Smith’s  remarks  attracted 
all eyes, and as the landlord  got  a  good 
hold of  the  handles  Smith would  let go 
uddenly.  The  spectators  would  be 
astonished to seethe landlord’s back sud­
denly  hump  itself  like  a cat  on a  back 
fence, his eyes bulge out like marbles on 
a mud  wall",  and  then  see him  fall  full 
length between  those  grips  with a crash 
that  brought people  out  across the way. 
He  would  get up  slowly, rub  his  back, 
walk  around  the grips and  then  go and 
wear,  as Smith  would take them up and 
tut them on the counter.
Then the fun would  begin.  The clerk 
grabbed  one of  them  to  set  it  off  the 
counter and it wouldn’t move.  He looked 
astonished,  and  then  spit  on his  hands 
and tried to lift it, as his face turned red 
and knots swelled upon his forhead.  But 
that  grip wouldn’t  move.  Then all the 
crowd  would  try their  hand,  and finally 
swear  it  was some  trick.  Smith would 
lift it off  gently and ask them what ailed 
them.  This would  make the  crowd feel 
his  arms, and they found he had muscles 
like rocks for hardness.  Then it dawned 
on them  that Smith had  heavy grips  for 
a sell, and they were correct.
The  Traveling  Men  and the  English­
A  gentleman  to  whom the editor was 
recently  introduced,  Mr.  X.  by  name, 
made himself entertaining  by  repeating 
the story of  an  adventure he had had on 
a New  York  train.  He is a member  of 
a prominent  steel firm  there,  and one of 
the salesmen being ill at a time when the 
house was anxious  to secure a particular 
order, Mr. X. started out  himself  with  i 
case of samples, in true commercial trav 
eler style.
As he got into the train, the  brakeman 
informed him  that  there  was  an excur­
sion that day, and it  was  doubtful  if  he 
could get a seat.  Mr.  X.  went  on,  and 
found the cars  literally  packed,  so thai 
even the aisles were  full.  He  noticed, 
however, that in one seat sal an English 
man,  who  had  piled  up  his  luggage to 
occupy the vacant place.
“Is this  seat  taken?”  asked  Mr.  X 
when,  with some  difficulty, he had made 
his way to the  man.
The Englishman looked  up  with  true 
British  insolence.
“Cawn’t  ye  see  that  it  is?”  he 
sponded.
Mr.  X.  replied by coolly  sweeping  all 
the  foreigner’s  belongings  to  the  floor 
and possessing himself of the place  thu 
made vacant.  He took a book  from  hi 
pocket and began to read, while his seat 
mate stared out  of  the  window,  appar 
ently not in the best of humor.  The vol 
ume chanced  to  be  “Pickwick Papers,’ 
and as he read, Mr.  X.  from time to time 
chuckled appreciatively at what he read
“Well, now, what are ye laughing at?' 
the  Englishman  suddenly  demanded 
turning to the other,  “What are ye read 
ing?”
“Pickwick  Papers,”  replied  his  con 
panion,  regarding  the  question  as  an 
overture of peace.
“Humph!”  responded the Englishman 
••Dickens.  He was a fool,  ye know.”
“He had the  misfortune  to be an Eng­
lishman,” was Mr. X.’s conciliatory reply.
“Now  what  is  that?”  asked  the for­
eigner,  catching  sight  of  the  chestnut 
case in the other’s lap.

man.

ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association.

President—F ran k  W ells, L ansing.
F irst Vice-President—H. Cham bers, Cheboygan.
Second V ice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. 
S ecretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W . Sprague. Greenville.
Executive B o ard -P resid en t; C. L. ^ ^ e y   M uskegon; 
F ran k   H am ilton, T raverse C ity;  N. B. Blain, Low ell, 
Chas. T. B ridgm an, F lin t;  H iram   DeLano,  A llegan,
C om m ittee  on  Insurance—Geo.  B.  CaJdwell,  Green­
ville-  W   S. Powers, N ashville;  Oren  Stone, Flint.
Com m ittee on L egisla tio n —S.  E .P a rk ill  OwiBso;  H.
A  H vdorn, Grand R apids;  H. H. Pope, Allegan. 
Com m ittee on T rade Interest-—Sm ith B arn ey  Traveree
City:  Geo. R. H oyt, E ast Saginaw ;  H. B. F argo, Mus-
Com m ittee on T ra n sp o rtatio n -Jam es Osbora O ™ ;
O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rapids,  C.  F.  bock,  u a ttje
r e m i t t e e  on Building and Loan A ssociations-C haun- 
c^y Strong, K alam azoo; W ill E m m ert, E aton R apids; 
W. E. C rotty, Lansing, 

Local Secretary—P. J- Connell,  M uskegen.
Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman._____ ____ _

.  _

Xli6 following  auxiliary associations  arc op* 
erating under  charters  granted  by the Michi­
gan Business Men’s Association:

X o .  i —T r a v e r s e   C ity   B .  M .  A . 

P resident. J. W. M illiken; S ecretary, E. W. Hastings.

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

‘ 

X» .  ? —L o w e l l   B .  M .  A .
N o .  3 —S t u r g i s   B .  I I .  A .

P resid en t. H. 8. Church ^Secretary, Win. Jorn.______

" 

V<->.  4 —G r a n d   K a p i d s   M .  A .

President, E. J. H errick; Secreta ry , E. A. Stowe.

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

Presiden t. John A. M iller;  Secretary. C. L. W hitney. 

N o . 6 — A  1 0 a   B .  M .  A .

President. F. W*. S ioat: Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.____

President. T. M. Sioan

S o

7_ü iin ou d a le  II.  11. A .

îcretary, N. H. W idger.

V o   8 — L a s t p o r t   B .  M .  A . 
j j *Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
So. 9—La« rente B. M. A.

President, H

■j. M arshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
s p n n s r ¡ B. M. A.
L. Thompsc

w o.  1 « — H a r b o r  
siuent, W. J. C lark; Seci

1 1 _Kingsley B. 31. A.
! W hinple; Secretary. I>. E.  W ynkoop. 
12—Otiiucy B. >1. A.
cKav : Secretary, Thoy. Lennon-_______
13__S h e r m a n   B. 31. A.
Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin,
M u s k e g o n   B. 31. A. 
Howey : S ecretary, G. C. Ravens.

v n e   C ity   H .  31. A . 

Secretary. F. M. Chase.

<*o.
President, H. B.
14

V o .
P resident. S.
' 
V o .  1 5 —B o
President. R. R- Perkin

President

1 6 —S a n d  L a k e   B .  31.  A . 
C randall :  Secretary. W. Rasco.

S o .  1 7 —P l a i n  w e l l   B .  31.  A . 
Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary . J. A

-------------- Vo.  18—Owosso B  31. A.
P resident. Albert Todd; Secretary. S. Lam from
o.  19—Ada  B. >1. A.
W atson ; Secretary. E. E. Chapel^

President, 1>. F.
-----------v n  .»o__sausratuck  B. 31. A.
President, John F. H enry: Secretary , L. A. PhelpBL
-------- - 
President, C.

So.  3 1 — AVaviaud  B.  31.  A .
", H. W harton; Secretary, M.V. Hoyt.

Vo. -¿2—Grand  Ledge 

K .  31. A .
sident,  A. B. Schum acher: Secretary, W,  ...
i t v   B .  31. A .

V o   2 3 —«  a r s o n 1 

tnt. John W. Halle«: Secretai

Several  Additions  to  the Roll.

At the last meeting of the Grand  Rapids  Mer 
cantile Association,  Chairman  Goossen,  of  the 
special Committee  on  Roll  of  Honor,  reported 
having secured six  additional  signatures, mak­
ing the agreement stand as follows:
We,  the  undersigned,  wholesale  dealers  of 
Grand  Rapids,  hereby  pledge  ourselves  to the 
Grand Rapids Mercantile  Association not to sell 
any goods  in  our  respective  lines  to  families, 
restaurants, boarding houses and hotels.

I.  M.  Cl a r k  & So n,
B a l l . B a r n h a r t  &  P u tm a n,
H a w k in s,  P e r r y  & C o.,
A mos  S.  M u sse l m a n   & Co.,
L e m o n,  H o o ps & P e t e r s ,
O l n e y ,  Sh ie l d s  & Co.,
G r a n d   R a p id s   F r u it   a n d  P r o d u c e  C o., 
E d w in  F a l l a s,
C.  A.  L am b & Co.,
P u tn a m   & B r o o k s,
F .  J .  L am b  &  Co.,
C.  H .  Co r n e l l ,
M o se l e y   B r o s.,
B u n t in g  & D a v is,
T h e o .  B. G o o sse n,
H a z e l t in e   &  P e r k in s  D rug  Co.,
J e n n in g s  & Sm it h ,
T e l f e r  Sp ic e   Co.,
A l f r e d  J .  B r o w n ,
W m.  Se a r s  &  C o.,
Cu r t is  &  C o.,
G r a n d  R a p id s  P a ck in g  & P r o v isio n  Co., 
St a n d a r d   O il   C o.,
G r a n d   K a p id s   T a n k   L in e   Co.,
L.  F .  Swift  &  Co.,
D a n ie l   Ly n c h .

Association Notes.

The official call for the  fourth annual conven­
tion of the State body will be issued  in  about  a 
week.  Papers and addresses have been assigned 
prominent  association  workers,  the  results  of 
which will be known  in about a fortnight.

Allegan  Journal:  What  has  become  of  our 
Business Men's Association?  The Walters whip 
factory has not been started  up,  and  unless  an 
effort is made to retain it here, by procuring men 
to take stock, it will be moved to  Union  City  or 
Homer,  where  large  amounts  of  bonus  are 
offered.  Something should  be done without de­
lay.-  Allegan  needs all such industries that she 
can get.

In form ation   W a n ted  
B rick.

A b o u t  H o llo w

P e v t w a t e u ,  June 19,  1889.

E. A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids:
item  in 
D e a r   S ir—Referring  to  the 
hollow
your  issue  of  June  19,  about 
brick,  which  are  said  to be coming into 
use  in  the  Easturn  cities,  would  you 
kindly give as some  data,  that  we  may 
learn the name of  some of  the  manufac­
turers ?
We  have  seen  the  Pullman  hollow 
brick,  which are not of  clay alone.

Tours truly,

Mid d l e s e x   B rick  a v d   T il e   Co.

If  any  of  T h e  T r a d e s m a n ’s  readers 
can  giv e  any  inform ation  on  th e  above 
subject,  the  sam e  w ill  be  th an k fu lly  re­
ceived.

V o .  2 4 —3 I o rle >   B .  31. A . _

Tburkow ;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

P resident, J. E.
P resident, H. D. Pew: Secretary. Chas. B. Johnson.

Vo. 25—Paio B. 31. A,

Vo. 26—Greenville f.i. aa. A. 

A.

P resident. A. C. Satteriee:  Secretary. E. J- Clark. 
—--------- yo  2 7—I»orr B. M.
P resident, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.--------

President. A. J. Paddock;  Secretary , H. G. Poser.--------

Vo. 28—Cheboygan B. 31. A
No. 29—Freeport B. 31. A.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.
--------  
So. 30—Oceana B. 31. A.
President, A. G. Avery ;  S ecretary. E. 8. H oughtallng.
~--------  No. 3 1—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green:  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.------

Vo. 32—Coopersville B. 31. A. 
Vo. 33—Charlevoix  B. 31. A. 

President, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary. J. B. W atso n .------
President,  L B . B artholom ew :  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

President. H. T. Johnson;  Secretary , P . T. W ilham s.—  

No. 34—Saranac B. 31. A.
No.  35—Bellaire  B. M.A 
P resident, H. M. H em street; Secretary ,C. E. Densmore. 
-------------- Ne. 36—Ithaca B.  M.A.
P re sident, O .F .Jaek so n ;  Secretary, John  M. Everden. 
“ 
President,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E  W. Moore.------

No. 37—Battle Creek B. JLA.
No. 38—Scottville B.  31. A. 
No. 39 -Burr Oak B. 3*. A.

P resident. H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
' 
P resident, W. S. W ilier: Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon^ 

P resident, C. T. H a rtson; Secretary. W ill Em m ert. 

No. 40—Eaton Kapids B. M. A.
No. 4 1—Breckenridge  B. 31. A. 
resident. C. H. Howd:  Secretary, L  W aggoner. 
No. 42—Fremom It. 31  A.
“  
P resident. Jos. G erber;  Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.
No. 43—Tustin B. 31. A.
' 
President, F rank J . L uick; Secretary. J.
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. 
President, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
Ño. 45—Hoytville B. M. A.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. 
No.  47—Flint  31. Ü.

President, Wm. H utchins; Secretary. B. M. Goold.
— 
P résident, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham.

No. 48—Hubbardston B. 31. A.

President, Boyd Redn er; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. 
' 
President,  A.  W enzell; Secretary. F rank Smith.

No. 49—Leroy  B  31. A.
No. 50—3Ianistee B. M. A. 

P resident, D. E. H allenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

P resident, Thomas B. C atcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller.

President, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos._________

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

_
President, F rank Phelps;  S ecretary. A. E. Fitzgerald.

P resident, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  Grannie
No. 5 1 —Cedar Springs B. 31.  A. 
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. 
No. 54—Douglas B. 31. A.
No.  5 5—Petoskey  B. 31. A. 
No. 56—Bangor  B.  31.  A.
No. 57—Rockford  B. M. A. 
No. 58—Fife Lake B. >1. A. 
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. 

P resident, C. F. H ankey; Secretary. A. C- Bowman. 
" 
President, V. W. D rake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.

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

P resident, L. S. W alter; S ecretai! .C.3  Blakely.

P resident F. S. R aym ond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardmau B. M. A. 
P resident, H. E. H ogan: Secretary, 8. E. K eihardt.

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

No. 61—Hartford  B. M. A. 
N o   62—E a s t   s a g i n a w  31. A. 

P resident, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C- W.  Mnlholand.

P resident, C

No. 63—Evart B. M. A. 
V. P riest; S ecretary,C. E. Bell. 
No, 64—Sferrili B. M. A.

P resident, C. W. R obertson; Secretary, Wm. H orton.
P resident, Aif. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

H   i, h  <111  II  11 li in li il B. 31. A. 
No. 66—Lansing B. 31. A. 
No. 67—Watervliet  B. M. A.
No. 68—Allegan B. 31. A. 

P resident, F ran k  W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
' 
P resident. W. L. G arrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

P resid en t, H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. 
P resident, L ym an C lark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.

No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, 
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary , W. S. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley  B  31.  A,

P resident, M. N etzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. C iutterbuck
"  No. 72—Edmore B. 31. A.________

P resident. A. L. Spencer; S ecretary, O. F. W ebster.

Vo7~3—Belding B. M. A.
“  vo.74—Davison  31.  C.
S o   7 5 —T e c u m s e h   B .  31.  A . 

P resident, J.  F. C artw rig h t;  Secretary  L. Gifford.
P resident. Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.

P resident, S. S. McCamlv;  Secretary,  Channcey Strong.

N o .  76— K a l a m a z o o   B . 31.  A . 
So.  7 ? —S o u t h   Haven  B.  31.  A . 

P resid en t. E. J. Lockwood; Secretary , Volney Ross.

No. 78—< aledonia  B.  31. A. 

P resid en t, J. O  Seibert;  S ecretary . J. W. Sannders. 
v 9  79—ta>t.Ionian am*  So  Arm  B.  M.A. 
P resid en t, Chas.  F. Dix on;  S ecretary, L. C.  Madison. 
No. 80—Bay C ity  and  W.  Bay  C i ty   K. M, A.
P resid en t,F . L. H a rr'

S ecretary, Geo. Craig.

No. 81—Flushing B.  M. A.
L. A. V ickery :  secretary , A. E. Ransom.

President.

P resident, B. S. W ebb;  S ecretary. M. E  PoIIasky.

N o .  8 2 —A l m »   B   31.  A . 
N<>  83—Sherwood B. 31. A. 
P resident. L. P. W ilcox;  Secretary . W. R. M andigo.
-------   No. 84—Standish B. M. A.
President. P.  M. A ngus; S ecretary, D. W. Richardson.

No. 85—Clio B. M. A.

How It  Seems  to  the  Customer. 
Although the power to see ourselves as 
others  see  us is  so often  invoked, there 
has  never  been  a  case  where  it  was 
granted.  But one of  the contributors to 
Stoves  and  Hardware  has  detailed  his 
experience  with  clerks  in  a  very  sug­
gestive,  if ungrammatical,  manner: 
There’s two different kind of folks that 
ain’t  got no use  for.  One  is  the kind 
that  slobbers  all  over  you, as  if  you’d 
ust been elected president of the United 
States,  and  they was  after  a  post-office. 
Them  kind  of  fellows  always  want  to 
ell  me  something  I  don’t  want,  and 
don’t never  seem to  have  just what I do 
want, but  they’ve  always got  something 
ust a little better for less money.  When 
I get  to  dealing  with them,  somehow or 
other I can’t help putting my hand  in my 
pocket  and  keeping  a tight  hold of  my 
pocket-book.  Then  the  other  kind  is 
the fellows that’s  too stuck up to talk to 
you.  When you go into their place  they 
look at you as if  to say,  “Well. I wonder 
what  in  the  world  you  want?”  and  it 
takes  them,  so  long  to  make  up  their 
minds  what  it  is, that  you get  tired of 
waiting  before  they’ve  got  it  through 
their  weary brains what  you’re after. 
I 
got most of our stuff from one house that 
was not like  either one of  them  kind of 
chaps.  When Eliza Jane and me walked 
in, some one came toward us,  as asked us 
what  we  wished,  and when  I  told  him 
who we were, he shook  hands with us in 
a  good  old-fashioned  way,  just  like we 
was  acquainted, and told  us to set down 
for a  minute.  Then  he  hunted  up  an­
other  chap, and  introduced  us  to  him, 
and  told him  what we was  after.  Now, 
this  fellow  was  business  all  over. 
It 
didn’t  take  him  long  to  find  out  just 
what  we  wanted,  and  he  done  it, too, 
without working his proboscis up toward 
his  eyebrows, or  giving  us  an  emetic. 
He  done  the  business  in  such  a  nice, 
smooth, cheerful  kind  of  style, without 
any frills  about  it, that it done  me good 
to  deal  with  him.  Now, I  don’t  know 
that  everyone is like  me. 
I  don’t  like 
taffy, and when I want a thing I want it, 
and  noi  something else, and  that  chap 
svi uicd  to know  it.  He  had  the  whole 
business at his fingers’ ends, knew where 
everything  was,  and what the price was. 
wiihom  saying  it  was  way below  cost, 
either,  and  he didn’t  keep telling me  all 
the  time  that  this,  that and  the  other 
thing  was  just what  would  sell  in  my 
neighborhood,  but  let  me  have  a  little 
say  about  that  myself, for  which  I  am 
very much  obliged  to  him.  After we’d 
got through with what was on my list he 
showed me  some new  things,  and  I took 
some of them, too,  but he didn’t coax me 
to,  but let me judge for myself. 
In fact, 
he treated me as  if I’d come in there  for 
something,  and  knew  just  what  it was, 
and  his  business was  to  get  it  for  me, 
and not like as if I was a greenhorn,  and 
didn’t  know nothing.  Now, there’s  one 
thing  I’m ready to  bet on,  and  that is if 
I want  any more  goods and  send to that 
house  to get  them. I’ll  get  just what  I 
send  for,  and  not  some  cheap, job  lot 
! stuff, and be told they’re a good deal  bet- 
! ter than the other.  When we got through
he told us where to go to get some things I 
they didn’t  keep, and  bid  us  good  bye, | 
just like he expected to see us come back i 
again sometime.

His  Only  Course.

“Did  I  ever  say all  that?”  he  asked 
despondently as she replaced  the phono­
graph  on  the  corner  of  the  mantel­
piece?”

whenever you choose?”

“You did.”
“And you grind it out of  that machine 
“Certainly.” .
“And your father is a lawyer?”
“Yes.”
Mabel, when  can 1  place the  ring on

President. J. M. Beem an;  Secreta ry . C. H. May
N o . 8 6 - M i l l b r o o k  a n d   Blanchard  B^M.^A. j y0UJ. flnger and caH  you my  Wife?’
No. 86—3iIllbrook and Blan<- 
President. T. W. P resto n ;  Secretary

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.
Atlantic  A ................  734
Atlanta A. A ............ 634
Archery  Bunting...  434
Amory..........................734
Beaver Dam  A A ...  534
Berwiek  L................  634
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Chapman.................. 3%
CohassetA................  734
Comet........................  7
Clifton C C C............634
Conqueror  XX.........  434
Dwight Star.............   734
Exeter A ...................  634
Full Yard Wide.......  634
Great Falls E .......
Honest Width..........   634
Hartford A ................  534
Integrity  XX............4%
King, E F .................   6
E X .................   6
“  EC, 32 in .......534
Lawrence L L ...........534
Maginnes..................  53
Vew  Market B .........5
Voibe R....................   53
Newton.....................63
Our Level  Best....... 63
Riverside XX...........43
Sea Island R .............63
Sharon B  .................  63
Top of the  Heap__ 73
Williamsville........... 7
Comet,  40 in ............   8
............73
Carlisle  “ 
Vew Market L, 40 In.  734
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Blackstone A A.......  734
Beats A ll...................434
Cleveland...............  7
Cabot.........................
Cabot.  7s...................
Dwight Anchor.......
shorts.
Edwards....................
Empire......................
Farwell.....................
“What is a bagman?”
Fruit of the  Loom..
Fitchville  ...............
Whv,  ye  are,  ye  know,  if  ye  sells
First Prize...............
.“f® ?jr  samPles- 
Fruit of the Loom 7«
I’d have you understand,” replied Mr.
Fairmount...............
Lonsdale Cambric..
X.,  affecting a good deal  of  the  spread- 
Lonsdale.......* ........
eagle air for the occasion,  “that  I  am  a 
Middlesex................
commercial traveler,  and more than that, 
Vo Name..................
Oak View................
that I am an American,  and  that  makes 
Our Own..................
it a good  deal  of  condescension  on  my 
Sunlight..................
part to sit in the same car with the  slave 
I Vinyard...................
of an English aristocracy.”
HALF BLEACH’D COT'
! Cabot.......................
He  flourished  a  bit  in  his  style  and 
I Farwell...................
wound up by saying:
I Dwight Anchor —
“The meanest citizen of this freeeoun- ¡ Biddeford 
CORSET  JEANS.
try is above  an  Englishman,  because we  Brunswick.'".7.7] 
are all free and equal  here.” 
j Vaumkeagsatteei
PRINTS.
station,  and among those who entered the | 
indigo.
car  was  an  enormous  colored  woman, 1 

American shirtings.  5 
“  —   634
Arnold 
long cloth B.1034 
“ 
“  C.  834
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“ 
century cloth  7
gold seal.......10*4
“ 
“  Turkey  red.. 1034
Berlin solids............ 534
oil b l u e . . . .  634 
“  green —   634
Cocheeo fancy.........  6
madders...  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
itaple 
  6
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  634 
Merrimack D fancy.  634 
shirtings...  534 
Repp f urn  .  834
Paeifie  fancy........... 6
robes................634
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  634
greys.........634
solid black.  634 
Washington indigo.  634 
“  Turkey robes..  734 
“  India robes—   734 
“  plain T’ky X 34  834 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red..............  ..  6
Martha Washington
Turkey red 34 .....  734
Martha Washington
Turkey red............  954
Riverpoint robes—   5
Windsor fancy.........634
gold  ticket 
indigo blue.......... 10
TICKING
63t Amoskeag A C A ... .13
9 Hamilton V ............
1 34
83Í Pearl  River............ 123Í
6
7 Amoskeag............... • 1334
g Amoskeag, 9 oz — .15
85í Andover.................. .1134
71-2 Everett.................... .12
7' Lawrenee XX......... -1334
8
434 Glenarven............... -  63í
1034 Lancashire............. •  6 34
834 Normandie............. .  8
534 Renfrew Dress....... .  8
734 Toil du Vord.......... .10
6
534 Peerless, white...... -1834
434
8
roNs Stark........................ 1934
134 Franklinville......... .1834
834 American................ .1634
9 Windsor.................. •iey*
Valley City............. .16
6 Georgia................... .1534
634 Pacific..................
.1334
Burlap..................... •11
SPOOL  COTTON
634
.47
Clark’s Mile End..
6 Coats’,  J. & P ......... .47
634 Holyoke................... .2234

“That is my case of  saviples.”
“Of samples?” repeated his companion, 
“Then  you 

At this moment the  train  drew  into a i Rockport... 

with the utmost  contempt. 
are nothing but a bagman?”

CARPET  WARP.
“ 

colored... .21

GRAIN BAGS.

GINGHAMS.

DEMIXS.

•• 

“ 

“ 

“ 

with a bundle in her  arms which corres­
ponded in dimensions to her own  portli­
ness.  Mr.  X.  recognized his opportunity. 
He rose in his place  and beckoned to the 
old woman, who  swept  her way through 
the crowd with  ponderous swayings and 
lurchings.
“Here,  aunty,” he said,  “here is a seat 
and pleasant  company.”
“Bless yer, h o n e y , ”  chuckled the gigan­
tic old woman.  “I’se a good deal  sot  on 
company any time.  Set over dar, honey,” 
she  continued,  addressing  the  English­
man.  “Dar ain’t no ’casion to look at me 
dat yer way.  Set along.”
And she sat  down  with  a  pervading- 
ness which nearly annihilated the unfor­
tunate Britisher,  who gasped,  struggled, 
and in the end was forced to abandon his 
position altogether.

Bank  Notes.

The Mecosta County  Savings Bank,  at 
Big  Rapids,  will  open  for  business on 
July 15.

A  BRASS  BUTTON.
She told him that men were false, 
That love was a dreadful bore,
As they danced to the Nanon  waltz, 
On the slippery ballroom floor.
He said that her woman’s face,
Her subtle feminine grace,

The crown of her shining hair,
Were haunting him everywhere.

He told her his orders had come 
•  To march with the dawn of day:
A soldier must “follow the  drum;’’ 
Vo choice but to mount and away.

A sudden tremor of fear 
As he gave her a souvenir,

Her rallying laughter smote,
A button from off his  coat.
He went to the distant war.
But she forgot him afar,

And fought as a man should do;
In the passion for something new.

His trinket, among the  rest,
She wore at her dainty  throat;
But a bullet had pierced his breast 
Where the button was off his coat.

Where the Old Moons Go  To.

The  multiplication  of  savings  banks 
in the  South  is  a  most  gratifying  and 
promising feature  of  the new era.  Un­
til 1886 Maryland  was the only Southern 
State  that  had  a  savings  bank.  That 
year  Delaware  and  North  Carolina  or­
ganized savings banks,  and in the follow­
ing year reported, respectively. $2.771,392 
and  $11,307  of  deposits.  Since  1886-87 
e development of  thrift and the mean 

An  old  letter  contains  the  following 
retort of an American, which is worthy of 
Lincoln’s famous  reply to the boast  that 
the  sun  never  sets  on  British  soil, 
“Because,” he said,  “God won’t trust an 
Englishman in the dark.”  Two English­
men were disputing about the moon, one 
insisting  it  was  an  inhabited  element, 
the other contending with him;  a Yankee 
standing  by  attended  to their  discourse 
and replied with confidence:  “It is not.” 
One of  the  gentlemen,  being a little  dis­
pleased at the  interference, with  a  look 
g it in the South appear to i of  disdain,  said:  “How  do  you  know, 
sir?”  “How do  I  know, sir?”  repeated 
the  American,  “because,  if  it had  been, 
the British would  have had the folly and 
presumption  to have laid seige to it long 
before now.”  The Frenchman’s explan­
ation  of  what  became of  old  moons,  in 
answer to the inquiry of a friend,  always 
appeared ingenious.  His companion said 
he could  not account for the fact that he 
had never  heard of  old  moons.  “Why, 
you ignoramus!  Don’t you know that the 
good Lord  cuts them up and makes stars 
out of them.”

of  encouragin
have  received  a  fresh  impetus.  Not | 
only did  Maryland  and  North  Carolina j 
add  largely  to  their  deposits  and  the | 
umber of depositors, but South Carolina, 
Georgia and Louisiana added their names 
to the list.  South  Carolina,  in the first 
ear reported, shows 8,000 depositors and 
3,243.811  of  deposits,  the  average per 
depositor being  $368.60.  Georgia 11,939 
epositors  and  $1,761,282  of  deposits, 
while Louisiana had 2,336 depositors and 
664,098  of  deposits.  Conspicuous  by 
their absence from  the comptroller’s list 
are  Alabama,  Florida,  Tennessee, Ken­
tucky  and  Texas,  all  thriving  States. 
These facts  encourage  the hope that the 
South will not long be  compelled to rely 
Northern  capital  for  her  material 
development.  When  the  New  England | 
ercentage of savings banks to population 
has been  established in the  South,  there 
will  no  longer  be a demand for  outside 
apital.  The small sums hoarded by the 
thrifty,  when gathered together and dis­
tributed  into  channels  of  trade,  will 
uovide millions for  investment in mills, 
actories,  mines and furnaces.

Not Bargain Day  at  that Counter.
“I  know I am  not a match  for  you in 
wealth or in social  position,” he said;  “I 
know  how  unworthy I  am  of  you,  yet 
may I not hope that perhaps some time— 
ome day—”
“Yes,” she  assented,  lifting  her regal 
head;  “some  day, as you  justly remark, 
I  may be  glad to consider your  proposi­
tion,  but not, I think, in the near future. 
No.  Mr. Secondshelf,  it  is  not  bargain 
day on this counter yet.”

He  Envies the  Czar.

Grocer—Mr.  Slowpay,  do  you  know 
why the  czar  of  Russia  would  make  a 
success in the grocery business ?
Mr. Slowpay—No, I don’t  think  I  do 
Well, it’s because he doesn’t trust any­

body.

D ry  Goods•
The  Dry Goods  Market.

Brown cottons are  fluctuating.  Prints 
are  steady  and  slow  sale.  The  auc­
tion  sale  of  flannels  in  New  York was 
exceptionally  large,  the  prices  ruling 
higher than on the regular sales.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

E le ctric a l  C lock.

An  electrical  alarm  attachment  has 
been  devised  that  can  be  applied  to 
ordinary clocks.  The  hands can be set at 
any given five minutes of each hour.  No 
winding  is  necessary;  simply turning  a 
switch allows the circuit to be completed 
at the time  the alarm is to ring;  and  the 
ringing does  not  stop  until the  current 
is switched off.  The device  is  compact, 
the  battery being  enclosed  in  the  clock 
case.

HJi.RDWA.RE.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

dis.

“ 
“ 
“ 

AXES.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

dis.
dis.

BALANCES.
BARROWS.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
AUGURS AND BITS.
60
................ 
Ives’, old style  ...............................
................ 
60
Snell’s .................................................
40
Jennings’, genuine.......................... ................ 
25
Jennings’,  imitation....................... ................50*10
First O.ualitv, S. B. Bronze............ ............... $  7 00
D.  B. Bronze............ ................  11  00
S.  B. S. Steel............ ................  8  50
................  13 00
D. B. Steel...............
Spring  ............................................... ................ 
40
Railroad............................................. ..............$  14 00
Garden................................................ ........ net  30 00
Hand....................................................-----  60*10*10
70
C ow ..................................................................
.30*15 
Call  .................................................................
25
G ong................................................................
.60*10 
Door, Sargent.................................................
dis. 
.50&10 
Stove................................................................
75
Carriage new list...........................................
.40*10 
P lo w .............................................................................
70 
Sleigh shoe....................................................
60 
Wrought Barrel  Bolts.................................
40 
Cast Barrel  Bolts........................................
40 
Cast Barrell, brass  knobs...........................
60 
Cast Square Spring......................................
40 
Cast C hain....................................................
60 
Wrought  Barrel, brass knob.....................
60 
Wrought Square..........................................
60
Wrought Sunk  Flush.................................
.60*10
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush
Ives’ Door............................................................. 60*10
dis.
Barber..................................................................  
40
B ackus.............................................................  50*10
Spofford.............................................•'............... 
50
Am. B a ll.............................................................  net
Well,  plain..........................................................$3 5 0
Well, swivel.............................................................  4 00
dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.....................................70*
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed......................70*
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed................ 60&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................ 66*10
Wrought Loose Pin............................................60*10
Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.........................60*05
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned....................... 60*05
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned,silvertipped.60*05
Wrought  Table...................................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass..................................................  
.75
Blind,  Clark’s .....................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ...................................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ............................................... 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17,’85.................. 
40

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKETS.

braces. 

BLOCKS.

CARPET  SWEEPERS.

CAPS.

CROW BARS.

Bissell  Vo. 5..............................................perdoz.117 00
19 60 
Bissell Vo. 7, new drop pan
36 00 
Bissell, Grand.......................
24 00 
Grand Rapids........................
15 00
M agic......................................
..  dis. 50*02 
Grain.
.per fi>
Cast Steel............
Iron, Steel Points
Ely’s 1-10.................................................. per m
“
Kick’s  C. F ............................................... 
G. D ...........................................................   “
M usket...................................................... 
‘
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list..
Rim Fire, United States............................ dis.
Central  Fire................................................. dis.
Socket Firmer...............................
Socket Framing..............................
Socket Corner.................................
Socket Slicks.................................
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..........
Barton’s  Socket  Firmers.............
Cold..................................................
Curry,  Lawrence’s  .....................
Hotchkiss......................................
White Crayons, per  gross............

..................70*10
..................70*10
.................. 70*10
.................. 70*10
40
.................. 
.............  
20
.................. 
net

......................40*10
.................. 
25
..12@1234 dis. 10

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS.

CHALK.

COMBS.

dis.

dis.

.................. 
60
60
.................. 
..................40*10
.............  
66
28
per pound 

COCKS.

COPPER.

Brass,  Racking’s ..........................
Bibb’s .............................................
B eer.................................................
Fenns’.............................................
Planished,  14 oz cut to size.........
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ....
Cold Rolled,  14x56 and 14x60----
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................
Bottoms..........................................
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks......................
Paper and straight Shank...........
Morse’s Taper Shank...................
DRIPPING PANS.

DRILLS.

'in

The  F arm ers’  Friend•

POTATO  BUG  AND  PLANT  SPRINKLER.

This is the  only  practi­
cal  sprinkler  for  putting 
waterimd  Paris  Green on 
potato vines to destroy the 
beetle.

This  cut  gives  an  inside 
view, showing the Agitator, 
also the Valve and the man­
ner  in  which  the spring  is 
put in the tube, etc.

Where this  sprinkler  is 
known  it  is  regarded  by 
Potato  Growers  to  be  as 
necessary as the self binder 
to every farmer.

P R IC E —$ 7 .8 0   D o zen

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

W h o le s a le   A g e n ts  

-  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich

30 i  List acct. 19, '86.

SAND PAPER.

SASH  CORD.

dis.
. 60&10 
.60*18 
.60*10 
.60&10 
50 
50

EXPANSIVE BITS.

piles—Vew List.

Clark’s, small, $18: large, 126................
Ives', 1, $18;  2, $24:  3. $30.....................
American File Association List..........
Disston’s ..................................................
Vew  American........................................
Nicholson’s .............................................
Heller’s ......................................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps.............................

GALVANIZED IRON.

Vos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  ; 
List 

12 

13 

14

Discount, 60

GAUGES.

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.'s..............
Vaydole  & Co.’s ...............................
Kip’s .........................................................
Yerkes & Plumb’s ...................................
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......................
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand.

HINGES.

Gate, Clark's, 1, 2, 3 ..........
State......................................
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to
longer...............................
Screw Hook and  Eye, 34...

50
....... 
25 
. dis. 
25 
.dis. 
.dis. 40&10 
,30c list 60 
..30C40&10
................. dis.60*10
.. .per doz. net, 2 50 
in. 434  14  and

Strap and T .................................................. dis. 

TO

HANGERS. 

dis.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track —  5U&10 j
Champion,  anti-friction.................................  60*10 '
Kidder, wood track........................................... 
40 [

HOLLOW WARE

Pots................................  
60&05
Kettles...................................................................60*05
Spiders.................................................................60*05
Gray enameled..................................................  
50

 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped  TinW are..............
Japanned Tin Ware..........
Granite Iron W are............

new list 70*10
.................. 
25
new list3334*10

Grub  1. 
Grub 2 
Grub 3.

__ $11, dis. 60
.$11.50, dis. 60 
. ...$12, dis. 60

HORSE NAILS.

diS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—Vew List. 

Au Sable...................................dis. 25&10@25&10*10
Putnam..........................................dis.  5*10*234*234
Northwestern.....................................  dis. 10*10*5
dis.
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings...................  
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings................ 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings............................ 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................... 
70
Picture, H. L. Judd  &  C'o.’s ............................ 40*10
Hemacite............................................................. 
45
55
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ........... 
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...............................  
55
Branford’s .........................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................... 
55
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ........................  
70
Adze Eye...............................................$16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye...............................................$15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ........................................... $18.50, dis. 20*10.
diS.
50
Sperry & Co.’s, Post,  handled........................  
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ........................................ 
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ...................  
40
“  Enterprise.............................................  
25
Stebbin’s  Pattern............................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine..............................................60*10
25
Enterprise, self-measuring.
NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.

levels. 
MATTOCKS.

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

dis.

dis.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

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

12d to 30d.
lOd............
8d to 9d  .. 
6d to7d ... 
4d to 5d... 
3d..............
%  inch.

PINE BLUED.

CASTING AND BOX.

1 00
1  50
2 00

COMMON BARREL.

CLINCH.

Ii4 and  13£ inch.................................................  1  35
2  and  23a 
...............................................  1  X5
“ 
234 and 2-S£  “ 
85
3 inch...................................................................  
3Ji and 434  inch................................................. 
75

 

 

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

oilers. 

dis.

p l a n e s . 

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent..............................60&i0
Zinc, with brass bottom................................... 
50
Brass or Copper..................................................  
50
Reaper........................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..........................................................50*10
dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy.....................................40@10
Sciota  Bench......................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40@10
Bench, first quality...........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.............20*10
60
Fry,  Acme.................................................. dis. 
(0
Common,  polished.................................... dis. 
dis.
Iron and  Tinned... ............  
50
Copper Rivets and Burs................................... 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Vos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood's  pat. planished, Vos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

r iv e t s. 

p a n s.  .

Broken packs 34c per pound extra.

 

ROPES.

SQUARES.

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

Sisal. 34 inch and larger.................................  1334
M anilla..............................................................   1634
dis.
.70*10
60
20
Com. 
$3 00 
3 00 
3  10 
3  15 
3 35 
3 35
All  sheets Vo.  18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches

SHEET IRON.
Com.  Smooth.
..............................«4  20
................................4  20
................................4  20
................................4  20
..............................  4  40
4  60

Vos. 10 to  14 
Vos. 15 to 17 
Vos.  18 to 21 
Vos. 22 to 24 
Vos. 25 to 26 
Vo. 27

Silver Lake, White  A ................................. list 
Drab A .....................................  “ 
White  B ..................................  “ 
Drab B .....................................   “ 
White C....................................  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

50
55
50
55
iE>

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

SAUSAGE SUUPFERS OR FILLERS.

Solid Eyes.................................................. per ton $25
Miles’ “Challenge’’__ per doz. $20, dis. 5GS£50&05
Perry.....................per doz. Vo. 1, $15;  Vo. 0,
......................................................$21;  dis. 50@50&5
Draw Cut Vo. 4...............................each, $30, dis  30
Enterprise Mfg. Co............................. dis. 20&10®30
Silver's.........  .............................................dis.  40*10
Disston’s  Circular........................................45®45&5
Cross  Cut..................................... 45@,45&5
H and............................................ 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  foot..................................................  

SAWS. 

dis.

“ 
“ 

tacks. 

dis.

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

60
60
60
60
50
50
56
50
50
45
35

traps. 

dis.

dis.

Steel, Game..........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Vewhouse’s .................  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley * Norton’s  ... 
70
Hotchkiss’........................................................... 
70
P. S.  & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ..............
Mouse,  choker.
............ 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...
...........$1.50 per doz.
Bright Market.......
.........................  6734
Annealed Market.. 
.........................70*10
Coppered Market..
........................   6234
Extra B ailing.......
....................... 
55
Tinned Market__
........................   6234
Tinned  Broom__
.......... per pound 09
Tinned Mattress... 
.........per pound 834
Coppered  Spring  Steel.
........................  
50
Tinned  Spring Steel..........................................40*10
Plain Fence........................................... per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............................... $3 75
painted............
3 00 
Copper...
lew  list net
Brass...............................................
WIRE GOODS.
Bright.............................................
Screw  Eyes...................................
Hook’s ............................................
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................
WRENCHES.

.70*10*10 
. .70*10*10 
. .70*10*10 
..70*10*10

Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled......................  
30
50
Coe’s  Genuine..................................................  
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought.............. 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................... 75*10

dis.

dis.

MISCELLANEOUS. 

50
Bird Cages............................................... 
 
Pumps, Cistern.............................................  
75
50
Screws, New List............................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate..............................50*10*10
Dampers,  American.........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
65

d is.
 

METALS.

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

PIG TIN.

COPPER.

Duty:  Pig, Bar  apd  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”

INGOT.

.............................................................. 1834
Brand......................................................18

Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
660 pound  casks......................................................634
Per pound........................................................... 7@734

ZINC.

LEAD.

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

Duty:  Pig. $2  per 100 pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c per 
American 
.......................................................... @5
Newark.................................................................@5
Bar................................................................................6
Sheet............................................................ 8c, dis. 20

SOLDER.

1 00

The  prices  of 

34@34........................................................................-¿16
Extra W iping........................................................1834
the many  other  qualities  of
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

Cookson.............................................per  pound  14)4
Hallett’s ...........................................
1134
TIN— MELYN GRADE.
..$ 6 00 
10xi4 IC, Charcoal...............................
...  6 0C 
14x20 IC, 
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...  6 2T 
12x12 IC, 
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...  10 00
14x141C, 
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10x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
........................................
........................................
14x20 IX, 
........................................
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
........................................
20x28 IX, 
........................................
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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10x14 IC,  Charcoal......................................
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14x20 IC, 
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12x12 IC, 
........................................
14x14 IC, 
........................................
29x28 IC, 
........................................
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
........................................
12x12 IX, 
........................................
14x14 IX, 
................... ...................
........................................
20x28 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

TIN— ALLA WAY  GRADE.
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.$ 5 50 
.  5 40 
.  5  65 
.  9  25 
.  11  80 
.  6  90 
.  6 90 
.  7  15 
.  11  65 
.  14  80

ROOFING PLATES

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14x20 IC, Terne  M. F ...................................
20x28 IC, 
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Worcester........................
14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX, 
29x28  IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX,

Allaway  Grade.

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x28  IX.............................................
14x31  IX.............................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x60IX,  “ 

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j-per  pound....

.$ 7 60 
.  15 75 
.  5 50 
.  7 00 
.  11 50 
.  4 90 
.  6 40
.  10 50 
.  13 56
.$12 00
.....13 50
09

Small sizes, ser pound.........—
Large sizes, per  pound................
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .......
Corrugated
Adjustabïe..................................................dis.  34*10 i wide not less than 2-10 extra

75 
.........dis. 20*10*10

doz. net 

ELBOWS.

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official O rgan of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DRV O TED   T O   TH R

Retail  Trade  of the  Wolverine  State,

E.  A. STOWE  &  BRO.,  Proprietors.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY, .JUNE  26,  1889.

CHINESE  RETROGRESSION.

Advices from China  seem to show that 
while Japan moves  forward in sympathy 
with  Western  civilization,  the  party  of 
reaction  have  again  obtained  complete 
control of  the neighboring empire.  The 
wise counsellors who conducted the  gov­
ernment  during the  series of  minorities 
which  preceded  the  accession  of  the 
young  emperor to power, have  been  dis­
credited since that event, and the Mantchu 
faction have obtained a preponderant in­
fluence.  This is to be regretted, not only 
for its immediate effects on the condition 
of  the  country, but  because  it may  lead 
to the dismemberment of the Empire.  A 
China intersected by railroads and prompt 
to  avail  itself of  the  means of  defense 
and discipline  which Western  invention 
can  supply,  would  be  too  strong  for 
attack, and too united for conquest.  But 
a  reactionary China, w hich  is  certain to 
have quarrels with every civilized Power 
that trades in its  ports,  and is  feebly or­
ganized for  defense, may prove  the prey 
of the ambitious projects of England and 
France  on the  one  side, and  Russia  on 
the  other.

Nothing  has  done  more to strengthen 
the  reactionary  party  in  the  imperial 
councils than the ill treatment of Chinese 
residents  in  the  British  Colonies and in 
the United  States.  The  Chinese  Exclu­
sion Law of  the last congress produced a 
profoundly bad  impression in the  minds 
of  the people  and  their rulers, as show­
ing  howr little confidence  they might put 
in  the  good  faith of  even  the  Power 
which seemed the most friendly to them. 
The  authors of  that  law  have  much  to 
answer for in its production.

BURT’S  PLAN  OF  DICIPLINE.
There are  now  twenty-three salt man­
ufacturers  in  the  State  who  refuse  to 
affiliate  with  the Michigan Salt Associa­
tion.  Not  only do they decline  to  join 
Mr. Burt’s  present  trust,  but  they also 
refuse to become part and  parcel  of  the 
North  American  Salt  Company,  the 
gigantic  trust  which  Mr.  Burt has pro­
jected for the purpose of  controlling the 
entire salt product of  the American con­
tinent.  Weary  of 
importuning  and 
threatening  the  refractor}-  manufactur­
ers, Mr. Burt has adopted his first strate­
gical movement—reduced  the price to 52 
cents per barrel,  coupling the announce­
ment  with  the  statement  that  further 
reductions  will  be  made,  if  necessary, 
until  every  dissenting  manufacturer 
bows to the inevitable.

T h e  T r a d e s m a n   is  not able to speak 
authoratively,  but  it  is  assured  by  a 
gentleman  who  possesses the confidence 
and friendship of  the  Salt  King that  as 
soon as the  North  American  Salt  Com­
pany begins business,  the price  of  com­
mon fine  w'ill  be  placed  at  $1.50  per 
barrel,  with  no  deduction  in  quantity 
purchases.

In  the  light  of  the  above facts,  Mr. 
Burt’s fierce denunciation of  the  “with­
ering  blight  of  trusts and monopolies,” 
during  the  campaign  of  last fall,  is  a 
little amusing.

ANTI-TRUST  LEGISLATION.

Several State Legislatures  have  lately 
enacted anti-trust laws, but  none  of  the 
statutes will compare  with  the  measure 
which has passed  the  Michigan  Senate, 
as follows:
All contracts, agreements, understand­
ings,  and  combinations  made,  entered 
into, or  knowingly  assented  by  and be­
tween any parties  capable  of  making  a 
contract  or  agreement  which  would be 
valid at law or  in  equity, the purpose or 
object  or  intent  of  which  shall  be  to 
limit,  control,  or  in  any  manner to re­
strict or regulate the amount  of  product 
or quantity of any article  or  commodity 
to be raised or produced by mining, man­
ufacture, agriculture, or any other branch 
of business or labor,  or  to enhance, con­
trol, or regulate  the  price  thereof, or in 
any manner prevent or restrict free com­
petition in the production  or sale of any 
such  article  or  commodity,  shall  be 
utterly illegal and  void,  and every such 
contract,  agreement, understanding,  and 
combination  shall  constitute  a criminal 
conspiracy,  and  every  person  who,  for 
himself personally, or as a member or  in 
the name of a partnership, or as  a  mem­
ber,  agent, or officer of  a corporation,  or 
of any association  for business purposes 
of any kind, shall enter into or knowingly 
consent to any such  void and illegal con­
tract, agreement, understanding,  or com­
bination, shall be deemed a party to such 
conspiracy.
It is understood that the above measure 
was  drafted  by  ex-Judge  Christiancy, 
which accounts for the terse and coherent 
language in which it is  couched.

The  negotiations  with  the  Sioux  for 
the  opening of  their  big  reservation  in 
Dakota to settlement  by white men  have

been  renewed,  and  they  promise  to  be 
successful  this  time.  The  Indians  are 
to  get  $1.25  an acre  for  farming  lands, 
and  50  cents an  acre for  lands  too poor 
to  repay  cultivation.  This  price seems 
to  be  satisfactory to  many  of  the more 
intelligent among them, and thus far the 
number of signers is much greater at the 
first agency visited by the commissioners 
—Rosebud—than  it  was a  year  ago. 
It 
is  probable  that  the  reactionary chiefs 
have lost their  grips on  the mass of  the 
tribe,  and that the arrangement proposed 
by the Government will  be accepted.

Complaints  continue  to  come  to The 
T r a d e s m a n   of  the  utter  inefficiency of 
the service—or lack of  service—rendered 
by  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co. 
T h e  T r a d e sm a n  has no means of  judg­
ing  what  the  situation  may be in other 
States,  but  so  far  as  Michigan  is  con­
cerned.  the service performed by the rot­
ten old hulk is so inadequate to the needs 
of  the business public that it approaches 
a burlesque.  Unless  fresh  blood  is  in­
jected into the  decaying  carcass, greater 
expediency secured,  and more competent 
and  courteous  employes  obtained,  the 
Western Union will eventually lose what 
little confidence it still  possesses  among 
the business men of  Michigan.

Service  Which is  No  Service. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
If  I remember  rightly,  you  have  fre­
quently  punctured  the  pretense  of  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph Co. to the as­
sumption of  any reliability in the  trans­
mission of  messages. 
I have  sometimes 
thought  you  were  too  severe  in  your 
criticisms, but  recent  experiences  have 
convinced  me  that  you  cannot say any­
thing  too  strong  in  describing  the  in­
efficiency of  its service  or  the incivility 
of  its employes.
Within a week  I  have  had  an  oppor­
tunity to make a trade which would have 
yielded  me a net  profit  of  several  hun­
dred  dollars.  Securing a refusal  of  the 
property  until a certain  hour, I invoked 
the aid of  the  Western  Union on a mat­
ter directly connected  with  the  deal  in 
question, 
I had  the  assurances  of  the 
manager’s  assistant  that 
the  message 
would be forwarded with all possible dis­
patch,  and it did  make  good  time, for a 
Western  Union  dispatch, for  it  reached 
its destination—less than a hundred miles 
distant—within  five  hours—too  late  by 
three hours to enable  me to complete the 
trade I had  spent  so  much  time  in  ar­
ranging.
On  asking  for  an  explanation of  the 
delay at the  local  office, I was  given  no 
satisfactory  reply —  scarcely  accorded 
common  courtesy—but  was  coolly  in­
formed that I was  at  liberty to  sue  the 
company!  Whenever  I  adopt  such  an 
expedient,  it  will  be  when  I  am  rich 
enough to take  my case  to  the  court of 
last resort—and  even  then I shall  prob­
ably be unable to discover a cent’s worth 
of the company’s property which is liable 
to execution,  so clever are the  managers 
of  the  monopoly  in  evading  the  legal 
processes  incident  to ordinary indebted­
ness.
So far as I  am  concerned, 1 think  you 
are  justified  in  condemning  the  miser­
able service of  the Western  Union  until 
it is brought  up  to  the  requirements of 
modern  business  or  the  institution  is 
buried in the obloquy which  its  present 
policy richly deserves.

S tr ic tl y  B u s in e s s.

A Much Delayed Funeral.

From  the Toledo Business W orld.
We  don’t  know  much  about  Grand 
Rapids, but we had always supposed that 
it was  pre-eminently a  city of  brotherly 
love;  no local  jealousies  among dealers, 
no making faces at each other, no calling 
hard names—a place where cutting prices 
is  wholly unheard of, and  even  sugar is 
sold  at  a profit.  But  now  comes  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n ,  and  intimates  that  when 
that paper was born,  some six years ago, 
an  envious  jobber promised  to  superin­
tend  the  funeral  inside  of  sixty  days 
(nothing  off  for  cash).  The  funeral 
didn’t occur, and three years later another 
jobber  kindly  offered  to  undertake  the 
same task, which offer was declined with 
thanks.  Now  a  third  gentleman  is am­
bitious to fill  the role of  amateur under­
taker,  and  proposes  to  bury the  paper 
and drive the editor out of the city.
We are  really pained  to  learn of  this 
determination on the part of this business 
man  in  the  Michigan  city of  bedsteads 
and brotherly love.  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  is 
a  capital  paper  to  steal  from, and  we 
shall  miss it sadly  when  making  up  a 
column of  original  anecdotes, etc.  But 
if  the  obsequies  really  must  occur, we 
would most respectfully ask that they be 
postponed  until cold  weather.  The edi­
tor of  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  has promised to 
take  us  fishing  one of  these  fine  days, 
and we don’t want the brightness of that 
auspicious  occasion  to  be  sicklied  o’er 
with  the  gloomy  recollections  of  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n ’s funeral.

The  New Tobacco Law.

The  following  is  the full  text  of  the 
prohibition  tobacco bill recently enacted 
by  the  Legislature  and  signed  by  the 
Governor:
Section 1.  The  People  of  the  State  of 
Michigan enact,  That it shall not be law­
ful for  any person  by himself, his  clerk 
or  agent,  to  sell,  give  or  furnish  any 
cigar,  cigarette,  cheroot,  chewing  or 
smoking  tobacco, or tobacco in  any form 
whatsoever,  to  any  minor  under  seven­
teen years of age, unless upon the written 
order of  the  parent or  guardian ®f  said 
minor.
Sec. 2.  Any person who shall willfully 
violate any of  the provisions of  this  act 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof, shall  be 
punished  by a fine of  not  less  than five 
dollars nor more than  fifty dollars, or by 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  a 
term of  not  less than ten  days nor more 
than  thirty  days, or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment  in  the  discretion  of 
the court.

There are more miles of railroad in the 
Australian  colonies, 
in  proportion  to 
population, than in any other  country in 
the world, except the United States.

Fall Prices  of Carpeting.

From  th e C arpet Trade Review.
The question of an advance in price on 
brussels and  ingrains  is  again  the  im­
portant topic  among  the manufacturers, 
and is a far greater necessity than it was 
last  November  at  the  opening  of  the 
spring  season.  Then a general  advance 
was defeated owing to stocks of yarn  and 
wool having  been secured at  old prices, 
because the  manufacturers had  realized 
that their  material were bound to go up, 
and  many  of  them  had  gone  into  the 
market and bought  up  supplies for sev­
eral  months  ahead.  These  stocks have 
long since been  worked up,  and  if  auy 
profit  was secured  through their aid the 
additional  stock  necessary  to  complete 
the spring orders could be procured only 
at a material advance, so that the balance 
sheets for the  spring  season  will  show 
that,  notwithstanding  that this spring’s 
was the largest  season’s  trade  ever  ex­
perienced 
in  Philadelphia,  it  was  far 
from a profitable season.  The  manufac­
turers now find themselves  compelled to 
pay about  5  cents  per  pound  more for 
worsted  yarn  than  last  fall,  and  also 
from 10 to 15 per cent,  advance on filling 
yarns.
The above are  actual facts, easily con­
firmed  by any one  on  inquiry,  and  cer­
tainly constitute  strong  reasons  for  an 
advance in  brussels and ingrain carpets. 
Some makers  already announce their in­
tention  to  advance  prices  regardless of 
what their competitors do, and it looks as 
if the  jobbers  will meet with a stronger 
demand for higher prices than they have 
anticipated.  Any advance  will  be  the 
result of  individual action on the part of 
each concern,  as it is  generally believed 
that  positive  inability to make goods at 
the spring  season's  prices,  and get  any 
profit, will compel each  concern to make 
a firm stand for an advance.

He  Met  the  Right  Man.

The  other  day  an  important-looking 
gentleman took a seat beside a quiet man 
in  a  Michigan  Central  railway car  and 
began a  conversation:
“I’m  going  up  to  Lansing,” he  said, 
“to  get a pardon for  a  convicted  thief. 
I’m  not  personally  acquainted with  the 
Governor, but  he  can’t  afford  to  refuse 
me.”
“Is the fellow guilty?”  asked the man. 
“Of  course  he is;  but  that  makes no 
difference.  His  friends  have  agreed  to 
give  me  $500 if  I get  him  out, and  the 
thermometer  is  very low  when  I  can’t 
put  up  a  good  talk.  Where  are  you 
traveling?”

“Going to Lansing.”
“Do you live there?”
“Yes.”
“Perhaps you might be of some service 
“Pm the Governor.”
He wasn’t of  the least service  to  him.

to me.  What business are you in?”

Delays are Dangerous.

From  th e  Buffalo Express.
“Doctor,  just  an  instant,”  exclaimed 
a caller at the  office of  a physician as he 
caught  sight of  the physician disappear­
ing in  his  private  office.  “I’ll  see  you 
shortly,  sir,” was  the curt  reply,  “But 
a  second  is  all  I  want,” persisted  the 
caller.  “I’ll see you directly,  sir,” with 
sternness.  The  visitor  took  a  seat  in 
the  general  reception  room,  read  the 
afternoon  paper  through,  looked  at  the 
pictures, played  with the  dog,  and  took 
a nap.  After thirty minutes or mOrs had 
passed,  the  medicine  man  came  out  of 
his den, and with an air ®f condescension 
said  to  the  visitor: 
“Well,  now,  my 
man, I  am  at your  service.  Your  turn 
has  come.  What  can  I  do  for  you?” 
“ Oh,  nothing  in  particular,”  was  the 
reply.  “I  just  dropped in  to  tell  you 
that your neighbor’s  three cows  have es­
caped  from  the  barn and  are having  a 
picnic  in  your  garden  and  back-yard 
flower-beds.”
A Scheme  which Didn’t  Always Work.
“ ’Ow did it work?” said one small boy 
on the street to the other.
“ ’Ow did you do it?”
“ See!  The old man he dropped a dime, 
an’ I picked it up  an’ runned  after him, 
an’ I  says:  ‘Mister, ’ere’s  a  dime as  you 
dropped,’  an’  he  puts  ’is  hand  in  his 
pocket  an’  he  says,  ‘You’re  an  honest 
little boy;  here’s a quarter for you.’ 
“Wal, I dropped the dime right in front 
of the old  woman, wen she had ’er purse 
open,  an’ I picked  it  up wen  she walks 
along,  an’ follows  her an’  says:  ‘Here, 
missis, is a dime you dropped.’ ” 

“Well!”
“Wal, she  takes  it  an’  says:  ‘Thank 
you little  boy,’  an’  puts it in her pocket, 
an’ I’m 10 cents  out.”

The  Summer  Tourist 

Should,  in  his  preparations,  avail  him­
self of the full  and detailed  information 
given in  the  Michigan  Central  Summer 
Tourist Rate Book, which will be sent to 
any address upon application.  The sum­
mer resorts of the East are fully described 
and  illustrated  in a new  book  entitled, 
“A Modern  Pilgrimage,” six  cents  post­
age,  and  “ The  Island  of  Mackinac,” 
postage, four  cents.  Address,  enclosing 
stamps,  Mr.  O.  W .  R u g g l e s,  General 
Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent,  Chicago, 
111.

A man’s  individuality is  what  brings 
him  success  in  this  world,  and  there 
have  yet  been laid  down no set rules or 
regulations by which  men  are  made  to 
gain distinction among their fellow  men.
W in .  B rum m  el er
Tinware,  Glassware  aid  Notions.

Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

JOBBER  OF

Prices.

76  SPRING  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS,

WE  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANY  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

G.  M.  MUNGER  &  CO.,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders  attended  to with 

GRAND RAPIDS.

promptness.  Nice Work,Quick Time 

Satisfaction Guaranteed.

W, E, HALL, Jr., 

.

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  Manager.

1HYDRAULIC

ELEYATORS
Water Motors and Specialties 
Send for New Catalogue.
Tuerk  Hydraulic 
Power  Co.
YORK:  CHICAGO:
13 Cortland St.  93 Dearborn St.

P E R K I N S   <Ss  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

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

WE CARRY  A  STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE-

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  C O .,
“M.  C .  C.”“Yum Yum

B i g   Rapids,  Mich»

MANUFACTURERS  OF THE  JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

9 9

The  Most  Popular Cigar. 

The  Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

SEND  FOR  TRIAL  ORDER.

R in d g e,  B e rtse h   &  Co.

Carry  in  stock  th e  best  lin e o f

Women’s - anil -  Misses’  -  Low - Gilt - Shoes

AT  THIS  MARKET.

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

AGENTS  FOR  BOSTON  RUBBER  CO.

The  Best  Fitting Stock­

ing Rubber  in the 

Market.

Geo.  H.  Reeder,
-  Mich.
Grand  Rapids, 

Sole  Agents,

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  DENISON,

Stationary  and  Portable  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

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

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

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

88  90 and 92 SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.. 

line, carry  a  heavy stock, 
and  warrant  our  goods  to 
be STRICTLY  PURE  and 
I first class.

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

CANDY! We  manufacture  a  full 
WHY  BE  A  SLAVE

T o  the P a s s  Book S y ste m

W ith  its  attendant  losses  and  annoyances,  when  you  can 

supplant it by so inexpensive and labor-saving 

a  system  as  the

Tradesman  Credit  Goilpon  Book,

W hich 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:

 
 
 

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SU B JE C T   TO  T H E   F O LLO W IN G   D ISC O U N TS:
Orders for  200 or over...........5 per cent

$  2 Coupons, per hundred................ $2.50
3.00
$ 5  
$10 
4.00
$20 
5.00

...........10 
............20 

“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

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SEND IN SAMPLE  ORDER AND  PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON  A  CASH  BASIS.

E. A. STOWE l BRO., Grand Rapids.
ranees I

We  are  wholesale  agents  for 
the Fancy  California  Mountain 
Seedlings and headquarters for 
all kinds of Messina oranges.
P U T N A M  & B R O O K S .

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 ,

Mieta Fire  and  Marine Insurance Go.

M IC H IG A N .

ORGANIZED  1881.

CÄ8H  CÄPITÄL  1400,680.

CÄ8H  Ä88ET8  OVER  $700,(

LOSSES  PAID  $500,000.

D.  Whitney, Jr.,  President.

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

The Directors of  “The Michigan” are representative business men of 

our own  State.

F a ir  C o n tra cts, 

E q u ita b le   R a te s,

P r o m p t  S e ttle m e n ts,

Insure  in  tfThe

Onr  lemons  are  all  bought at 
the  cargo  sales  in  New  Orleans 
and are as free from frost or chill 
as in Jnne,
PUTNAM &  BROOKS.

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We Manufacture to Order Hose and Police Patrol Wagons, Peddlers, Bakers,Creamery, 

Dairy, Furniture, Builders, Dry Goods, Laundry,  aud Undertakers Wagons.

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.,

W est  End Fulton St. Bridge.  Telephone No. 867.
H E S T E R   <&
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Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  AXTD  G R I S T   MELI*  M A C H I N E R Y ,
Send for 
Catalogue 

Prices- ATLASENGINEWORKS

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I N D I A N A P O L I S .  IN D .,  U .  S .  A .
___________ M A N U F A C T U R E R S   O F

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.

C z " t Engines and  Boilers In Stock 

for  immediate  delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

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

Fac  Simile  of  the  Label  of

PRIDÄCHEN

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The Best Scouring and Cleaning Soap in the World
Costs as much to manufacture as Sapollo,  yet  sells at 
about half the price  (82.75 per box of 72 cakes).  Can be 
retailed for as  much  with  equal  or better value to the 
consumer,  although  it  is  generally  sold  at  5  cents a 
cake.  Cat this out, and ask your Jobber  to  send you a 
box of Pride of the Kitchen.  It is worth trying.

H.  L eonard  &  Sons.

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

Near Union  Depot.

Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts.

The Old  Reliable.

THE
2 25
3 25

2 80
3 80

Quick  Meal
Gasoline 
Stone
Has

1 80

Safety  Points

14 00

Found 
in no Other 
Stove.
Warranted,  to  Give  Satisfaction•

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Above Stove,  with Russia Iron Oven.  Self  Lighter 
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With Three Burners on Top.  Russia Iron Oven,  Self Lighter 
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“  Tin Oven, Self Lighter 
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“Useful  Hints  to  Dealers  in  Quick  Meal  Oil  Stoves”  sent free on request. 

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Send for Complete I llusi rated  Catalogue and write for Factory  Discounts,

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Tin Oven.  Self Lighter 

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Every dealer should have a copy.

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Done in Good  style. 

H.  L eonard  &  Sons.
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Wholesale  GOAL  j  Retail

The following is  an  extract  from  a  circular 
lately issued by a well-known coal  company: 
“All coal shipped from this mine  is  carefully 
polished by experienced artists in their line, and 
every lump neatly wrapped in tissue paper.  Par­
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.” 
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B itu m in o u s

LIME,  CEMENT,  ETC.

A n th r a c ite

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MY  CIRCULAR.

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

AUTOMATIC  CUT  OFF

HLANE&BODLEYCO.
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WHOLESALE

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

BROKER  IN LUMBER.

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

Butter and Eggs. Oranges Lemons  and Bananas a specialty.

33  OTTAWA  STEET, 

Telephone 269.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH-

Grand Rapids Frdit and Prodiice Go,,

(SUCCESSOR  TO  GEO.  E.  HOWES  &  CO.)

Jobbers  of

FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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 NORTH IONIA  ST.. GRAND RAPIDS.

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

F r u i t s ,   S e e d s , O y s t e r s  % P r o d u c e .

-WHOLESALE----

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from you.

VE  ÄRE

FOR

Headquarters
Michigan.

26,765
Quick Meal
Stoiies 
Sold 
in  II

List Price.
$21.50
20.50
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23.50
22.50

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St.,
C. A. LAMB, G rand R apids. Mich. 

FRED  CLOCK,  Chicago.  111. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.
F. J. LAMB & CO., G rand Rapids, Mich.

C .  A.  F A M E   &  C O .,

Wholesale  ai
Wholesale  and  Commission

Fruits

Our  Specialties:

CALIFORNIA  FRUITS, 

ORANGES, 

LEMONS,

BANANAS  AND  BERRIES.

Produce.

56  and  58  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

EO WIN  FA UFAS,

Butter, E ® , Oraaps, Lemons, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nats, Fits, Etc.
Eggs Crate Factory in connection.  Price List  furnished 

JOBBER  OF

on  application.

Mail Orders  Filled Carefully and Promptly at Lowest Market Price.
Cold  Storage at Nos. 217 and 219 Livingstone St.
Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  9 Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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

(Successor  to  CORNELL  & KERRY.)

F ru its an d  Produce.

Wholesale  and Commission

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

GRÄND  RÄP1D8,

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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 .

The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  36,  1889.

L EISU R E   HOUR  JOTTINGS.

Written for T h e   T radesm an.

B Y   A   CO UN TRY  M ERC H A N T.

That unit of humaigty that the lament­
ed  A. Ward  denominated  “an obtoos”  is 
generally  diversified  wherever  mankind 
congregates.  Probably  the  majority  of 
his  species  belongs  to  the  uneducated, 
uncultured  and  ignorant  classes,  but 
nevertheless he may be, in most respects, 
the exact reverse of this,  with nothing to 
mark him as an unpleasant,  peculiar and 
annoying  specimen  of  the  genus  lwmo 
but  an  unfortunate,  and  apparently in­
curable,  inability to  analyze and reason, 
when the  most plain  and  easily compre­
hended  facts  are  brought  before  him. 
Hence  you  will  ofteu  run  across  indi­
viduals  who, upon first  impressions, ap­
pear to possess all the requisite elements 
of intelligent  manhood, but  who,  after a 
brief acquaintance,  are. despite yourself, 
enrolled  in  your  mental  catalogue  of 
bores and nuisances.

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I  am not going to argue the point for a 
moment,  whether we have a moral  right 
to  label  people,  whom  nature  has  de­
prived of  certain  reasoning faculties, as 
bores  and  nuisances. 
I  am afraid  that 
the most of us are too fallible to endeavor 
to  willingly  distinguish  between  those 
whom  nature  rendered  “obtoos,”  and 
those who  apparently cultivate the habit 
of  making  themselves  disagreeable  and 
offensive to their fellow men.
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* 
Among the  many instances  of  obtuse­
ness, which I have  noticed,  as connected 
with  business  matters, was  the  case,  a
few years  ago, of  one  W-----. a wealthy
and  prosperous  farmer, but  one.  unfor­
tunately,  “slower’n  molasses” when the 
indebtedness  was 
adjustment  of  his 
brought  into  question. 
I  had  an  old, 
and  somewhat  heavy  account  against 
him,  which after an absurd  and exasper­
ating  delay, I succeeded  in getting  into 
an interest bearing note, upon the under­
standing that the principal could run any 
reasonable  amount of  time,  and  that  I 
would  give  him at  least  three  months’ 
notice when I wanted  the money.  After 
the expiration of over a year I ran across
W-----’s  note,  one  day,  and  saw  that
some  ten  dollars  interest  had  accrued 
upon it, and at once dropped  him notice, 
calling his attention to the fact.  In about
twenty-four  hours’ time  W-----came in,
and  in a very excited  manner, observed: 
“Say!  I thought  ’twas a bargain  that 
I should have three months’ notice, when 
you wanted that note paid?”

“So it was!”  I replied.
“Then what do  you say ‘please  attend 

to the matter at once’  fur?”

“I  mean  that  I  want  the  last  year’s 

interest, not the principal.”

“ Great  Caesar!  You  don’t  expect 

int’rest on that note, do you?”

“Why, most certainly.”
“Well, I’m blessed if  that ’aint cheek! 
Int’rest  on a store  bill!  I’d  like  to see 
you k’lect it!”

“That’s what  I propose to do,” said  I, 

getting a trifle wrathy.

“Just  let me  know when  you git  it!”
yelled W-----,  as he  went  out  slamming
the door.

I sued  him at once, but this thorough­
bred “obtoos” persisted  in investing $10 
in an ignorant  pettifogger,  and  about $9 
in costs besides, and, after judgment was 
rendered  against  him,  he  paid  up  the 
principal, interest  and  costs in  full,  re­
marking that he  wanted  to be “shut” of 
a d—d  robber thsfct was  mean enough  to 
charge interest on store accounts.
* 

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An  individual  recently  went  into ■ a 
drug  store  in  my  neighborhood,  and, 
throwing  down a dollar, called for a bot­
tle of  a certain  patent  medicine,  which 
was given him.

“Is it genuine?” he inquired. 
“ Warranted  genuine!”  replied  the 

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proprietor.

“And’ll do justwliat they say it will?” 
“I  couldn’t  say  about that. 
It  has  a 
large  sale, and  always  appears  to  give 
very good satisfaction.”
“What’s it made of ?”
“I  really  don’t  know!  It’s  a  secret 
preparation,” and  nobody knows but the 
manufacturers.”

I never tasted it.” 

“What’s it taste like?”
“I couldn’t say. 
“Well, here,  give  me  back  that  dol­
lar,”  said  the  customer,  with  evident 
disgust,  “Wen  I  buy goods  I  want  to 
buy  ’em  of  folks 
that  knows  what 
they’re sellin’  an’ has confidence enough 
in their truck to warrant it.”

A man  with  a  two  gallon  jug  came 
into the  same  establishment,  the  other 
day, and had a couple  of  gallons of  lin­
seed  oil  put  up.  Upon  its  being  de­
livered  to  him  he  laid  $1.10  on  the 
counter and started towards the door.

“Here!”  said the drug man,  “that oil 

“Why,  I  paid  you  $1.10 for  the  jug 

is $1.40!”

full last year!”

“Yes,  but oil  has  advanced  very ma­

terially the past few months.”

“Well,  if  you can’t  take  what I offer 
you,  you can  pour  it  back. 
I  like  to 
deal  with folks that ’aint always dodgin’ 
on prices!”

I once had a party walk  into my store, 
and, 
throwing  down  a  miscellaneous 
collection  of  hair,  wire  and  wood,  all 
mixed together, remark:

“Say !  That  brush  that I gave  you a 
dollar for,  last week, wasn’t worth a cuss. 
Just look at it !”

“What have you been doing to it?” 
“Nothin’ !  Only soakin’  it to keep the 

hairs from failin’ out!”
“How’d you soak it?”
“Why,  I put  it  in  a  pan  an’  poured 
bilin’  water  on  it,  an’  let  it  soak  all 
night!”

And  this  individual  felt  deeply  ag-| 
grieved  and  outrageously plundered be­
cause I wouldn’t pay him back his dollar.
A  woman  of  my locality,  and  one  of 
considerable  wealth and social influence, 
once bought a bill  of  paper hangings of 
a local dealer,  and,  when the  workmen 
had  completed  her  work,  she carefully 
packed  up every piece  of  the  debris of 
the  job and  brought  them  back  to  the 
seller,  and cooly requested  him to credit 
her with  “their pro rata value.”

Some  years  ago  a  wealthy, wrell edu­
cated  and  prominent farmer  came  into 
my place  of  business  and,  after a little 
preliminary conversation,  remarked:

“I  want to make a little bargain  with 
you. 
I am going  to  wrork at  once  put­
ting  up a large  house  and  a  couple  of 
big barns,  and  I  want to paint the work 
as fast  as  it  is  put  up.  Now  I  shall 
want a couple  of  barrels  of  oil,  about 
400 lbs  of  the  best  white lead,  a barrel 
of  Venetian  red and  about  ten boxes of 
window  glass, to commence with.  Now 
w hat I propose is this. 
I  want  you  to 
sell  me  these  articles  at  wholesaler’s 
prices,  adding  freight  of  course,  and 
your profit in the  transaction  will  come 
from the colored  paints,  varnishes, dry­
ers,  graining  colors,  and  the  hundred 
little odds and  ends  that  the  workmen 
will  want before the  jobs are finished.” 
I readily assented  to  the  proposition, 
and he  paid  me  a  hundred  dollars  on 
account and departed.

In a few  days  the  goods  were  at the 
depot,  -and  I  notified my customer, who 
at  once  came  down,  paid  the  frieght, 
and then came into the store, and settled 
the bill from the jobber’s invoices.

In  about  three  or four  days  my cus­
tomer drove up to the  store  with  six or 
eight boxes of  glass in his wagon.  Com­
ing in he said:

“About  one-quarter  of  that  glass  I 
bought of  you is broken, and the linseed 
oil is short about four  gallons  in  meas­
ure. 
I’ve  brought  the  glass  back  for 
you to look at,  and when  you adj ust the 
damages satisfactorially we’ll talk  about 
further business.”

There  was no  earthly use in trying to 
explain that  the  breakage  was a matter 
belonging to the  shipper  or  transporta­
tion  company, and  that  linseed oil  was 
always sold by weight  instead  of  meas­
ure,  and  though  I,  very foolishly, paid 
back a portion of his alleged loss, I never 
sold  him a cent’s  worth  of  goods after­
wards,  and  besides  this  he  made  it  a 
matter  of  business to bring  my “tricki­
ness and dishonesty” to the notice of  all 
his neighbors and acquaintances.

And  such  instances  of  obtuseness— 
but,  in  many cases,  undoubtedly mixed 
with  “cussedness” — could  be  indefin- 
ately  supplemented  by every  trader  of 
observation and experience.

E.  6 .8TUDLEY,

Manufacturer and dealer in

Leather and Rdbher  Belting, 

Sporting Goods, 
Rdbber Goods, 
fiill and Fire Department Supplies

We manufacture 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 

Company’s Rubber Belting, Hose and Rub­

ber Goods for mechanical purposes.
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, 
Diss ton’s  Saws,  Nicholson’s  and  Black 
Diamond  Files,  Hancock  Inspirators, 
Brass  Valves  of  all  kinds,  Steam  and 
Water  GaHges,  Lubricators  and  Grease 
Cups, Packings of all kinds, Boiler  Com­
pound.

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

Goods, and  L. Candee & Co.’s rubber 

boots  and Shoes.

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

N  4  Monroe  Street,

Grand  Rapids, 

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-  Mich.

MAGIC COFFEE  ROASTER
The  most practical 
hand  Roaster  in the 
world.  Thousands in 
use—giving:  satisfac­
tion. They are simple 
durable and econom­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  without 
one.  Roasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to  per 
faction.
Address  for  Cata 
logrue and prices,
Robt.  8. West,
48-50 Long St., 

No 

Cleveland, Ohio,

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

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun................................................................   45
No. 1  “  ................................................................   48
No. 2  “  .................................................................  70
Tubular..................................................................  TO

lam p  chim neys.—P e r box.

6 doz. in box.

 
 

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Pearl top.

First quality.
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No. 0 Sun.................................................................1  90
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “  .................................................................3 00
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2  15
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2  58
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.......................3 70
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz..........................1  25
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................1  40
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STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, per gal..........................
Jugs, 54 gal., pet doz............................
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La Bastic.

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Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66e)
90c)

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Mason’s, pints.................................................... $10 50
quarts  ................................................  11 09
54-gallon....................................... 
Lightning, quarts.....  ......................................  12 00
54-gallon.........................................   16 00

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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

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The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mil!  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run.......................................13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run................................................15 00@16 00
Bireh, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
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, Cull............................................. 
Maple, log-run..............................................12 00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run.....................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
Maple,  clear, flooring............................ 
Maple,  white, selected.......................... 
Rea Oak, log-run..........................................20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..................................26 00@28 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, 6 inch hnd upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, regular........................ 30 00@32 00
@25 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank................... 
@55  00
Walnut, log run......................................  
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
@75 00
Walnuts, c u ll.......................................... 
@25 00
Grey Elm, log-run........................................ 12 00@13 05
White A so, log-run.......................................14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run.....................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run.......................................17 00@18 00
White Oak, 54 sawed, Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

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

Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.

WA.NTBD.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Co m m issio n M e r c h a n t s
Reference: F ir s t  Nationa l  Bank,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n Tradesman. Grand Rapide.
A  W N I N G S

AND  TENTS.

Horse and W agon Covers,  W ater  Proof  Coats, Buggy 
Aprons, W ide C otton  Ducks, etc.  Send fo r  Illu strated  
Catalogue.

Chas• A .  C o y e ,

Telephone 106. 

11 Pearl St.

$1,000  REWARD!!

THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST 

CLEAR  LONG  HAVANA  FILLED 

SUMATRA  WRAPPED  CIGAR 

SOLD  FOR  5   CENTS.

Ü&gf^ftÆaoiled IfiaHäfff

We w e e  to forfeit One Thousand Donare to any person 
provins the  Filler of these C ig w   to  contain  anything 
but Havana Tobacco. 

DILWOBTH BROTHERS.

Amos S. M usselman & Co.

SO L E   AGENTS.

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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1 8 8 9 —w i l l   b e  in   b y   J u l y  
F i r s t .

LEMON, HOOPS X PETERS.

16 AND 18 NORTH  DIVISION ST. 

H e a d q u a r t e r s   fo r  B a n a n a s .

FIRE I  FIRE!

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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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.

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D I R E C T I O N S

We o a r  cooked the corn in thie can 
sufficient!. 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed  not cooked) adding  piece ot 
jrood Batter (size of hen's egg; and gill 
•:  fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature ot
Davenport  Canakg

W e  have the Best  Lubricators, Grease and  Oil 
Gups, Lath  and  Fodder  Yarn,  Saw Glimmers, and 
the best General Stock of Mill Supplies in this State.

AGENTS  FOR  STEWART’S  BEADY  ROOFING,  DEAFENING  FELT  AND 

SHEATHING,  IRON  FIBRE  PAINT  AND  CEMENT.  BEST 

OF  THE  KIND  IN  USE.

S A M U E L   LY O N .

The Condition of Trade.

T rom  th e  New Y ork Shipping List.

in 

activity 

Increased 

sp ecu lative 
tradin g  in  produce,  a  steady  m oney  m ar­
k et  and m oderate,  d istrib u tive m ovem ent 
of  m erchandise,  has  characterized  the 
course o f  com m ercial  affairs  du rin g  th e 
p a st  three  days,  w ith   th e  tend en cy  of
values  generally upward.  The  crop sit­
uation has stimulated th«  wheat market,

MICHIGAN  KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

President—A . F. Peake, Jackson. 
Seeretary-L . M. Mills,  Grand Rapids. 
Official Organ—Michigan  Tradesman.

Eleven additions to the hotel list  have

A  Sure  Sign.

First Drummer—How are you doing on 

your maiden trip?
Second Drummer  (indignantly) — How 
do you know this is my maiden trip?
First  Drummer—I  noticed 
that  you 
carry a gilt edged order book.

SILVER STARS

No Equal inïthe State.

Wherever Introduced itis aStayer!

TO THE TRADE:
■ t guarantee “SILVER STARS” to be a long, 
Hull ¿-fat 5ller7Wlth Sumatra wrapper, made
by miioD?abor,|and to|giveJeompíete satis- 
faction.

i-----Solef|MaHufactiirer,|

J± .  S .  Ü A J V I S ,
127LoUis 81.,GRUND RAPIDS
WTTRWT1DN !■ RETfilLt GROCERS !
^
  bbls.,  1,-CC  count, 
"VlediuB.  Pickles, $3:  600. 34*bbls.. $2.  city Orders 
—600 Medium  Pickles,  #1:  1.200  Small  Pickles. 
81 50.  Other  grades  accordingly.  Send  trial 
order.  SATISFACTION  GUABANTE Hit.
&  S o n ,
I  W a lk e r
-  GRAND  RAPIDS,
KOXÏ456, 

3IICH.

Summer  T ours.

CHICAGO

P alac e S te a m  e bb. 

Low  R a tes.
During July and August I«av6
Chicago, 9 A. M., 6.30 P. M 
St. Joseph, 2 P. M.i IIP.“ 
Daring Balance Seaaon l*a»e 
St.  Joteph- 
Chicago,  9  A.M.
Benton  Harbor
St.  Joseph,  11  P.  M.
Mammoth  Steamer  City  of  Detroit.

AND

Four Trips per Week Between

DETROIT, MACKINAC ISLAND

PETOSKBY and SATTLT STB.  MARTH. 

Every  Day  Between

DETROIT  AND  CLEVELAND
O u r   i l l u s t r a t e d   P a m p h l e t s
Hates and Excursion Tickets w in be furnished 
C.  D. WHITCOMB, Cen’l Agent, Chicago, III 
•etrolt  and  Cleveland  Steam Mav. CO*

fey your Tioket Agent, or address

. 

„

, 

,  , 

25c.

for good stock and hold at $1.80.

PRODUCE  MARKET 
Apricots—California, $1.50 per crate.
Beans—Firmer and higher.  Dealers  pay  $1.50 
Bermuda Onions—81@$1.25 per crate.
Butter—Fancy creamery is in  fair  demand  at 
16c, extra commanding 15c.  All the markets ap­
pear to be flooded with  dairy,  for  which  there 
are few  takers,  except  among  the cold storage 
men  Offerings are made on the basis of  10c for 
fair stock, extra and  fancy commanding a little 
higher price. 
.
Cabbages—Southern stock is  more  plenty  and 
lower,  the  ruling  price  being  $1.25  for  small 
crates and 82.50 for large crates.
Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county  makers 
bill  their  stock  at  734c,  while  jobbers hold at 
8@834c. 
Cherries—83 per bu. for sour  fruit  and  $2  per 
bu for sweet.
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, 81.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—40c  per doz.
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
at 3@334c and evaporated at 5@534c per lb.
Eggs—A little  firmer  and  in  better  demand. 
Jobbers pay 12@1234c and hold at 1334@14c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, 84.20 per bu.; 
medium, ii.OO.  Timothy, 81.70  per  bu 
Gooseberries—Ssi per bu.
Green  Means—String,  81.50  -per  bu.  crate; 
Green Onions— )0@l5c per doz. bunches. 
Honey—Easy at  I2@14c per lb.  No demand. 
Lettuce—10c per lb.
Onions—Southern. 83 per bLl.
Peas—Green, 8l@8l.25 per bu.
Pieplant—'Sc per  lb.
Pop Corn— 23»e per lb.
Pears—California, $1.75 per  orate.
Potatoes—New  Southern  stock, $2.50  per  bbl. 
Radishes—10c per doz. bunches.
Raspberries—Black,  82.50  per  bu.;  red,  $2.75 
Spinach—30c per bu.
Strawberries—The home  crop  is  beginning to 
come in, ruling at $1.25 per  10-qt. crate  on  Mon­
day.  The market will probably touch  6c  before 
the end of the week.

wax, 8? per  bu. crate. 

per bu.

Tomatoes—81.75 per 20-lb. c-ra:e.

,

PROVISIONS

“ 

“ 

“ 
-‘ 

The Grand Rapids  Paokii  .  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

l a r d—Kettle Rendered.

12  75
13 00 
,  14  50
14  50 
14 00
,  14  50 
.  14  50 
.  14 50
...10 
...11 
— 1114
—   834
...10
....  7»i 
....  8 
....1 0  
....  6 
....  854 
....  69£—  634 
....  634
....  834 
....  834 
....  834
....  634

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.....................  ...................................
Short cut Morgan...............................................
!  Extra clear pig, short  cut...............................
Extra clear,  heavy...........................................
i  !ear, fat  back..................................................
Boston clear, short cut....................................
Clear back, short cut...................................... .
Standard clear, short cut, best................
sm o k ed  m ea ts—Canvassed or Plain.
|  Hams,  verage 20 lbs......................................
16 lbs......................................
12 to 14 lbs..............................
*,i< tr ie .................................................
»est  -oneless........................................
Shoulders.........................................................
boreless...................................
Breakfast Bacon,  boneless........................
Dried  Beef. ext;............................................
ham pr'°es...............................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium........................................
lig h t.............................................
Tierces...........................................................
Tubs................................................................
50 lb.  Tins......................................................
Tierces............................................................
30 and 50 lb. T ubs...................................... .
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...............................
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case...............................
10 lb.  Pails, 6 in a case...............................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.............................
50 lb. Cans....................................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..................
Plate.................................................. ............
Extra Plate..................................................
Boneless, rump butts.................................
sa u sa g e—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage...............................................
.12 
Ham Sausage...............................................
.  9 
Tongue Sausage........................................
.  8 ■  634 
Frankfort  Sausage.  .................................
Blood Sausage.............................................
.  534 
Bologna, straight.......................................
534
Bologna,  thick............................................
Head Cheese...........................................................  534
In half barrels........................................................3 00
In quarter  barrels.................................................1  <5
In half  barrels.............., ..................................... 3 00
In quarter barrels 
In kits...................

l a r d —Refined.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

p ig s ’  f e e t .

7 00 
7  25

t r ip e .

.1

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass...............................................
“ 
hindquarters...................................
fore 
“ 
...................................
Hogs...............................................................
Pork  loins....................................................
shoulders...........................................
Bologna........................................................
Sausage, blood  or head............................
liver__ ,........................................
Frankfort.

@  634 
@  7 
@  4 © 6 
@   8 
@ 634 
@ 5 
@  5 
@ 534 @ 8
M utton.............................................................  @

“ 

“ 

OYSTERS and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

“ 

smoked............................................ 

Whitefish.........................................................   @ 634
©  <34
Trout.............................................................   @634
Halibut................. .......................................
Frogs’ legs,  per doz....................................   2o@i uu

CANDIES,  FRUITS  and  NUTS. 

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:

“ 
“ 

STICK.
 
..........................................1“
MIXED.

Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................... 1034
25 
Twist, 
1034
Cut Loaf, 25 
Royal, 25 lb. pails...........  ....................................1034
2001b.  bbls.................................................
Extra, 25 lb.  palls................................................. 1134
2001b.  bbls..............................................105i
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..  .........................  1234
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases............................................
Broken, 40 lb. Bask...............................................
2001b. bbls...............................................

“ 
“ 

“ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

“ 

Lemon Drops..........   ................... ........................13
Sour Drops............................................................. 1|
Peppermint Drops................................................. 15
Chocolate Drops.....................................................15
H. M. Chocolate Drops.........................................1°
Gum Drops......................................................:
Licorice Drops................................................. 18@22
A. B. Licorice  Drops............................................ 14
Lozenges, plain...................................................... 15
printed.................................................16
Imperials.................................................................15
Mottoes.................................................................... 15
Cream Bar............................... -.............................14
Molasses  Bar.....................................................     13
Caramels..........................................................16@20
Hand Made  Creams.............................................18
Plain Creams..........................................................16
Decorated Creams................................................. 20
String  Rock............................................................15
Burnt Almonds......................................................22
Win ter green  Berries............................................15
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges,  plain, in pails.........................  1234@13
in bbls.......................................12
printed, in pails............................ 13@1334
in bbls.....................................1234
Chocolate Drops, in pails.....................................1334
Gum Drops, in pails.............................................   634
in bbls...............................................  5
Moss Drops, in pails..............................................11
in bbls................................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.......................... -.................13
Imperials, in pails................................................. 1234
in bbls...................................................H34
....4  50@5  00

FRUITS.
Oranges, fancy  California.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

Messina 200s—
“ 
2208....
“ 
300s...
“ 
Lemons, choice...................
fancy ...................
“ 
Figs, layers,  new ................
“  Bags, 50 lb..................
Dates, frails, 50 lb ..............
34 frails, 50  lb.........
“ 
“  Fard, 10-lb.  b ox....
“ 
...
Persian, 50-lb.  box.
“ 
Bananas...............................
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona.........

50-lb.  “ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Ivaea.............
California...
Brazils.............................
Filberts,  Sicily..............
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ...
French..........
Pecans, Texas, H. P —
Cocoanuts, per 100.........
Chestnuts.......................
PBANUTS.
Peacocks....................................
Extra...........................................
Y acbt..........................................

. .4  75@5 00 
, .5 25@5 50 
.. 
9@1234
..  @6 
@434 
@534 
@
..  8  @
..  534@  6 
.1  25@3 00

.........1634@17
.........14  @1434
.........13  @14
.........  7  @ 8
.........  @1034
.........1134@12
........  @10
.........  734@12
.........4 25@4 50

Wholesale P rice  C urrent.

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

SALERATUS.

dried fruits—Domestic, 
3 ©  334 DeLand’s,  pure............... .......5
Apples, sun-dried —
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf..............5
5 @  6
“ 
evaporated...
Dwight’s .......................... .......5
14 @15
Apricots, 
“
Tayld!-’s ............................. .......5
. . . 5
Blackberries “
..12 
Nectarines  “
..12 
Peaches 
“
Corn,  barrels..............  @25
..  9 
Plums 
“
Raspberries  “
..20
Pure  Sugar, bbl......... 28@36
In drum........................   @23 
In boxes........................  @25 
dried fruits—Currants.
Zante, in  barrels.........  @ 5

one-half  barrels—   @27
half barrel__ 30@38
“ 
X  XXX
934
934
934
9
9

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............9 
Sugar  Oeam s.............9 
Frosted  Creams........... 
Graham  Crackers....... 
Oatmeal  Crackers....... 

dried  fruits—Citron.

SYRUPS.

“ 

!
'

“ 

dried  fruits—Peel.

dried fruits—Prunes.

in less quantity  @ 534 
Turkey..........................  434®  434
Bosna............................   534®  6
Imperial........................  @
dried fruits—Raisins.
Valencias.......................  8  @834
Ondaras..........................  9  @ 934
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia........................2 35®2  40
London Layers,  for’n.  @
Muscatels, California.  @2 00
Lemon...........................
Orange........................... 
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box—   60
imported.......  @10
Pearl  Barley................  @ 3
Peas, green.’. ................  @1  30
“*  split.......................  @ 3
Sago.  German..............  @ 634
Tapiòca, fl’k or  p’rl...  ©  634
Wheat,  cracked...........  @634
Vermicelli,  import—   @10
domestic...  @60

farinaceous  goods.

14

SODA.

B oxes........................................ 534
Kegs, English...........................434

@16
@22
@29
@34
@15
@ 20
@28
@33

TEAS.

ja p a n —Regular.
Fair ...
..14
Good__
...................... 18
..................  ..24
Choice... 
.......................30
Choicest.
SUN CURED.
F air................................14
Good.............................. 16
Choice.......... ................. 24
Choicest.........................30
BASKET  FIRED.
F air...............................
Choice............................
Choicest........................
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fair...........25
Extra fine to finest__ 50
Choicest fancy.............75

“

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG  HYSON.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST

•• 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

. remoli
Jennings’ D. C 
2 oz. Panel, do 
1  40
“
4 oz. 
■
6 oz. 
*  1  00
No.  3.  “
“  2 75
No.  8,  “
’s  4 50
No. 10,  “
14  1  60
No.  4, Taper,
14  4  25
34 pt,  Round,
i  “ 
8  50
[—SALT.
FISH
Cod, w hole...
“  boneless................
H alibut..........................
Herring,  round, 34 bbl
“ 
gibbed...........
“  Holland,  bbls
“  Holland, begs
“ 

@ 20
@25
@35
@40
@35
@65
@85
1  25 Common to  fair....... ..20 @35
Superior to fine......... ..40 @50
3 25
1  60 Common to  fair....... ..18 @26
4 00 Superior to  fine....... ..30 @40
6 00
2  50 Common to  fair....... . .25 @30
7  50 Superior to  fine....... ..30 @50
15  00 Fine to choicest....... . .55 @65
© 434 
Fair.................................25  @30
.  7@  73-4 
Choice............................. 30  @35
.10® 1134 
B est.................................55  @65
2 50 
Tea  Dust........................  8  @10
2 75 
10  00 
.  ©  70
24
11  0C 
“  12  lb  kit.. 145
.1   35
“  10 
Trout,  34  bbls..............  @4 50
10  lb.  kits...................   78
White,  No. 1, 34 bbls..............6 00
12 lb. kits....... 1  15
“ 
10 lb. kits.......   90
“ 
Family,  34 bbls.......... 2 35
kits................  50
K egs.........................................5 25
Half  kegs................................ 2 88
No. 0.......................................  
30
No. 1..................... 
 
40
No. 2........................................  
50
Pure.__
Calabria. 
..  18 
Sicily__
MOLASSES.
16
Black  Strap................
,  ..
Cuba  Baking..............
.......24® 35
Porto  Rico.................
.......25@30
New Orleans, good...
,33@38
choice.
fancy.......... 45©48

Corner Stone..............................35
Double  Pedro............................ 37
| Peach  Pie................................... 37
I Wedding  Cake, blk..................37
1  Something  Good.....................  99
1  “Tobacco” ................................. 37
tobaccos—Fine Cut.
I  D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
Hiawatha..........................  
j Sweet  Cuba....................... 
tobaccos—Smoking. 

i  S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12.............39
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz......... 39
Yivco, 1x6, 434 to  fl>..................32
i  Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz......... 36
!  Wheel, 5 to  ib............................ 39
,  Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz..................... 25

Scaled.............. 
Mack,  sh's, No. 1, 34  bbl 
“ 

J. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.

LAMP WICKS.
 

tobaccos—Plug, 

Catlin’s  Brands.

GUN  POWDER.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

62
37

“ 
“ 
“ 

i  Meerchaum, 34s .........................31
Kiln Dried, 16 oz................ 19@20
I  tradesman credit coupons.
; $ 2, per  hundred...................  2 50
..................3 00
“* 
j $  5. 
¡810, 
“ 
..................  4  00
! $20, 
“ 
..................  5  00
|  Subject to  the  following  dis- 
1  counts:
200 or over................. 5 per  cert.
500  “ 
 
10
1000  “ 
..............20 
VINEGAR.
30 gr..........................................  634
40 gr........................... 
834
50 gr.......................................... 1034

“

 

$1 for barrel.

MISCELLANEOUS.

PAPER.

Cocoa Shells,  bulk..............  334
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails..................  4
Sage........................................  15
PA P E R ,  1VOODENWARE. 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw .........................................165
Sugar.........................................165
Rag  Sugar................................234
Hardware................................. 234
Bakers.......................................234
Dry  Goods.............................. 5
Jute  Manilla...........................6
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5
No. 2...............4

“  Light  Weight................2

“ 

T W IN E S .

1 

“ 

FLOUR.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

splint 

WOODENWARE.

Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
1 Bowls, 11 inch............................  1 00

Baskets, market...................  

48 Cotton................................   22
Cotton, No. 2...........................20
“  3.......................... 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........   40
No. 5 H em p...........................16
No. 815....................................17
W ool........................................  73i
Tubs, No. 1............................  7 25
“  No. 2............................6  25
“  No. 3............................5  25
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1 75
60
13  “  .......................  1  25
15  ““  .......................2 00
17 i “  .......................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
15s, 17» and 19s 2 75
40
bushel...................   1  60
with covers  1  90 
willow el’ths, No.l  5 50 
“  No.2 6  OO
-• 
“  No.3  7 00
“ 
••  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4  25
“ 
*. 
“  No.3 5 06
and FEEDSTUFFS
GRAIN!
WHEAT.
84
............................ 
White 
.............................  
82
Red....
Straight, in sacks...............  4  50
••  barrels.............  4  70
Patent 
“  sacks..............    5  50
“  barrels.............  5  70
Bolted..........
2 20 
Granulated..
2  45
Bran......................................   11  00
Ships.....................................   12  00
Screenings..........................  12  00
M iddlings...;.....................  13  00
Mixed Feed........................   14  50
Coarse  m eal.......................  14  50
Small  lots............................  37
Car 
“  ............................  36
Small  lots............................  30
Car 
“  ............................  9634
No. 1.....................................35®40
No. 1......................................  1  25
No. 2......................................  1  10
No. 1......................................  12  00
No. 2......................................  10  50
H ID ES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  4  @ 434
Part  Cured.................   4  @434
Full 
.................   4C@  534
Dry.................................  5  @  6
Dry  Kips  .....................  5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green.........  3  @ 4
Deacon skins................10  @20

cured.........  434@  534

MILLSTUFFS.

BARLEY.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

BYE.

EAT..

“ 

“ 

“ 

34 off for No. 2.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings.................... 10  @30
Estimated wool, per fi> 20  @25
T allow .........................  334® 4
i  Grease  butter  ............ 3  ©   5
;  Switches......................   2  @  234
| Ginseng...........- ...........2  00@2  10
Washed................................25@3fr
Unwashed...........................12@22.

WOOL.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

“ 

“ 
“ 

OIL.

ROLLED OATS

OATMEAL.
Muscatine,  Barrels.............. 5  50
Half barrels.......2  87
Cases.........2  15@2  25
Muscatine. Barrels—   @5  50
Half bbls..  @2 87
Cases.........2  15©2  25
.  9.10?«
00
.5 00 
.3 50
Clay, No.  216..........................1  60
T. D. full count............  75
Cob, No.  3.................................   40
Carolina head...........................634

Michigan  Test.........
Water White............
PICKLES.
Medium...................
34 b b l____
Small,  bbl.................
34  bbl..............
PIPES.

RICE.

No. 1..........................
No. 2................. 534©
No. 3..........................5

SALT

SAL  SODA.

Japan.........................................534
Common Fine per bbl...........  88
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  24
28 pocket................................. 2 05 |
60 
“ 
................................. 2  15
100  “ 
.................................2 40
Ashton bn. b ags.....................   75
Higgins  “ 
...................   75
W arsaw 
...................
...................   20
1%

“ 
34 bu  “ 

9APOLIO.
“ 
SEEDS.

Kegs......................................... 
Granulated,  boxes................  2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......2 35
Hand, 
.......2 35
Mixed bird..............................  434
Caraway....................................10
Canary.....................................  4
Hemp.......................................... 4
Anise.....................................'  •  834
R ape........................................   434
Mustard.....................................734
Scotch, in  bladders.............. 37
Maccaboy, in jars..................35
French Rappee, in Jars.......43

SNUFF.

3  “ 

SOAP.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

Queen  Anne...........................3 85
German  Family.....................2 40
Mottled  German....................3 30
Old  German............................2  70 I
U. S. Big  Bargain.................. 1  87 ,
Frost, Floater........................3  75 '
Cocoa  Castile  .......................2 88 I
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36 ,

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

spices—Whole.

Happy Family,  75..................2 95
Old Country, 80...................... 3 30 i
Una, 100....................................3 65
Bouncer, 100............................3  15
Allspice........................................ 16 ,
Cassia, China in mats.............734
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“  Batavia in bund— 11 
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Saigon in rolls...........40
Cloves,  Amboyna..................30
“  Zanzibar.....................23
Mace  Batavia....................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy..................... 80
No.  1.........................75
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Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
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white.......26
shot........................... 20
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Allspice....................................15
Cassia.  Batavia..................... 20
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Saigon......................42
Cloves,  Amboyna..................35
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Zanzibar...................26
Ginger, African......................1234
••  Cochin...................... 15
Jam aica...................18
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Mustard,  English..................22
and Trie..25
Trieste...................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ......................80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 21
white.......30
Cayenne..................25
Mystic, 1 lb.  pkgs....................7
barrels.........................6
Cut  Loaf.......................  @10
Cubes  ............................ 
Powdered.....................  @10
Granulated,H. &E.’s..9 56@  9% 
Franklin..9.56©  <134
Lakeside. .9.56®  994
Knight’s...9.56©  994
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No. 2 Extra  C..............
No. 3 C, golden............
No. 4 C, dark................

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34 lb.  “  4  “  ... 
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34 lb.  “  2  “  ...  1  40
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51b.  “ 
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Absolute, 34 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
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34 lb.  “
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1  50 
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Frazer’s ..............................
1  75 
Aurora................................
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Diamond.............................
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English, 2 doz. in case...
Bristol,  2  “ 
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American. 2 doz. in case... 
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Arctic Liq,  4-oz..................  3 40
34 pt.................  7 00
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8-oz paper bot  7 20
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4  4 00
5  8  00
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1  90
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No. 2 Hurl.............................
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Parlor Gem............................
Common Whisk...................
Fancy 
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Warehouse............................
Kings 100 lb. cases..............
80  lb. cases................
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Dairy, solid  packed............
14
rolls — .....................
15
Creamery, solid packed —
16
rolls....................
CANDLES.
1034
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................
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Star,  40 
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Paraffine...............................
25
Wicking........................ . —
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
.1  20 
Clams. 1 lb. Little N eck....
Clam Chowder, 3 lb ............
.2  10 
.  90 
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand...
.1  60 
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........
.2 65 
2  lb.  “ 
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1  lb.  Star................
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2 lb. Star.
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.
stand............. 1 75
l lb. 
2  lb. 
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3 lb. in Mustard.. .3  00
31b.  soused............3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska.............1  80
Sardines, domestic  34s......... 
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34s..... >@  9
“  Mustard 34s.........  @10
imported  34s .......  1334
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Trout, 3  lb. brook..............
CANNED GOODS—FmitS. 
Apples, gallons, stand.2  10@2 25
Blaekberrie-  stand..............  90
Cherries, re-  standard.........  90
pitied.......................2 60
Damsons..............................  90
Egg Plums, stand.................. 1  20
Gooseberries...........................l  00
Grapes  ....................................
Green  Gages...........................1  10
Peaches, all  yellow. stand.. 1  75
seconds...................1  45
P ie............................ 100
Pears.........................................l  30
Pineapples...................1  40©2 50
Quinces.........................................1 00
Raspberries,  extra......................1 35
red.....................l  60
Strawberries................................ 1 10
Whortleberries.......................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.........
Beans, Lima,  stand..............  80
“  Green  Limas—   @1  00
Strings................  @  85
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“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy......... 1  00
“  Morn’g Glory .1  00
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“  extra marrofat... 
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“  soaked..............................  70
“  June, stand......................... 1 35
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“  French, extra  fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine......... 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........  85
Succotash,  standard...................1 00
Squash  ................................... 1  16
Tomatoes.  Red  Coat.. 
@1 00
Good Enough — 100
BenHar.................1  00
stand br___   @1  60
Michigan Full Cream  8  @ 8 
Sap  Sago.......................16  @17
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.............  • ■ • 
Premium..............................  
Cocoa.................................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa...................  
Broma....................................... 
Rubber, 100 lumps..................25
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Spruce......................................30
Bulk............................................6
Red...........................................  T
Rio, fair.........................17  @19
“  good..................1834@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
“  Mandheling— 26  @28
Mocha, genuine.......... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
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Lion......................................... 23Ji
“  in cabinets.....................239l
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X  —  2334
Acme........................................2St%
Thompson’s  Honey Bee —  26
Tiger................. 24
Nox A ll............ 25
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Felix.......................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 ft.......... per doz.  1  25
1  50 
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1  00 
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60 ft... 
70 ft... 
80 ft.  . 
60 ft... 
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Anglo-Swiss..........................6 00
Kenosha Butter...................   8
Seymour 
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Butter...................................... 6
“  family............................  6
“  biscuit.......................... 7
Boston......................................  8
City Soda.................................  8
Soda......................   ................634
S. Oyster . 
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City Oyster, XXX...................  6

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expectation.  An 

Mears Hotel, Whitehall.
Moore’s Hotel, Shelby.
Exchange Hotel, Baldwin.
Western Hotel, Big Rapids.
Train’s Hotel, Lowell.
De Haas Hotel, Fremont.
St. Charles Hotel, Fremont.
Elliott Hotel, Ludington.
Imus House, Pentwater.
Wigton House. Hart.
Phoenix Hotel. Charlotte.
Commercial Hotel,  Vermontville. 
Sherman House. Allegan.
Hastings House,  Hastings.
Hotel Miner,  Lake Odessa.
New Tinkham.  Grand Ledge.
Hotel Exchange, Otsego.
Williams House, Battle Creek. 
American House,  Kalamazoo. 
Kalamazoo House, Kalamazoo. 
McElrain House, Vicksburg.
Goodwin House. Cassopolis.
Three Rivers House, Three River.
Hotel Belding, Belding.
New Comnercial. Ionia.
Brackett House. Big Rapids.
Hotel McKinnon, Cadillac.
Manning House.  Kalkaska.
United States Hotel, Boyne City. 
Commercial House. East Jordan. 
Cushman House. Petoskey.
Forest Hotel.  Fennville.
Smith's Hotel, Grand Junction.
Central Hotel.  Goblesville.
Higbee House.  Benton  Harbor. 
Dyckman House. Paw Paw.
Bennett House, Mt. Pleasant.
The Vice-Presidents  are  requested  to 
have their reports of cards for Hotel Bul­
letin all in before July 1, as we  wTish  no 
delay  in  publishing  and  distributing 
them.

based  upon  less  favorable  accounts  of  ing the entire list stand as follows, 
the  outlook  for  spring  wheat,  but  the 
\ye?  the  undersigned  proprietors  of 
fluctuations  have  been  feverish  and ir-  Michigan hotels, do hereby agree to make 
regular, and indicate that  the  market is | no  charge  to  members  of  Michigan 
highly sensitive and  quick to respond to  “Knights  of  the  Grip”  for their  wives 
bearish  as  well  as  bullish  influences, j accompanying them on regular trips, not 
The  harvesting  of  winter - wheat  has i Gftener than one trip each  year.
already commenced and is, therefore, be­
yond the reach of  serious  damage, while 
up to within a short period, the condition 
of  spring wheat has  been  so  exception- I 
ally favorable  that  its  yield  cannot  be 
seriously  curtailed  by  the  unfavorable 
weather  recently reported, the  result of j 
which  may  have  been  exagerated  for I 
speculative purposes.  As already pointed | 
out in these columns,  the progress of  the J 
crops  during  the  next few weeks is the 
most potent factor in the commercial sit­
uation.  and it is almost literally true that 
a very large  proportion  of  the  trade  of j 
the country is  awaiting  the  result  with 
anxious 
abundant 
yield  of  all  agricultural  products  and 
the obtaining  of  remunerative  prices, is 
the  foundation  stone  of  an  active  fall 
trade, and this is the formulative  period 
for the  development of  these  significant 
and  controlling  features  of  the  future 
outlook.  After giving due consideration, 
however, to the less favorable indications 
tnat  are  given  in  some  localities,  the 
general  crop outlook must be considered 
encouraging with the promise of  a  yield j 
that in  comparison  with  last  year  will 
prove abundant,  and be marketed at rela­
tively higher prices  than  were obtained 
during tiie season now drawing to a close. 
The stock  market  has  reflected  a  more 
buoyant feeling,  and the  belief  prevails 
that Western  rate  disturbances  will  be 
ultimately arranged in a way not  to  dis­
rupt  the  president’s  agreement.  The 
money market  continues  easy,  and  the 
July disbursement which will amount  to 
about  seventy  millions  is  expected  to 
recruit the  resources  of  the  banks and 
materially increase the supply  of  funds 
available for all  purposes.  Foreign  ex­
change continues  firm,  and  accordingly 
large gold exports  continue,  but thus far 
without causing any disturbance in finan­
cial  affair*.  The distributive movement 
of general  trade  has  been  of  moderate 
proportions, and a quiet  feeling has pre­
vailed,  as is usually the  case at this sea­
son of the year.  The  movement  of  dry 
goods has been light,  especially with im­
porters and commission men.  There has 
been  only a  limited  demand  for  staple 
cotton  fabrics,  while  dark  prints  and 
ginghams, also fall dress goods have been 
in fair request by buyers on the spot and 
through  the  medium  of  orders,  while 
printed ehallies and sateens  continue  in 
steady  demand.  Men’s  wear  wool­
ens,  quiet,  but  flannels  and  blankets 
in 
and 
steel  industries  continue  to  reflect  an 
improved  feeling,  and  the  demand  for 
both  crude  aud  finished  material 
is 
slowly expanding,  and  while the buying 
is in  no  instance  active,  the  steady ab­
sorption  of  pig  iron and increasing  or­
ders coming  to  the foundries  aud  mills 
is strengthening confidence in the future, 
and  establishing  the  belief  in  higher 
prices.  The  tendency for  steel  rails is 
decidedly upward,  and #28  is  being  de­
manded  for  forward  deliveries. 
The 
feature of the grocery trade has been the 
fluctuations  of  the  coffee market.  The 
sharp decline early in the week has been 
followed  by  a  moderate  reaction,  and 
operators  on  the  bull  side  claim  that 
liquidation  by  long  holders  has  been 
completed,  but  the  distributive  move­
ment does  not improve,  and the country 
appears to be  of  opinion that prices are 
still too high in view of the available and 
prospective supply.  Large  jobbers  and 
roasters are  pretty  well  stocked,  while 
the retail  outlet is slow.  Raw  sugar is 
firmly  held  at  prices  above  buyers 
views,  the small lots that are occasionly 
offered for sale  being  eagerly bought up 
at the prices last paid.  The  demand for 
refined has slackened,  but  only because 
dealers  are  waiting  to  distribute  the 
large 
recently  purchased. 
The  metal  market  is  generally  quiet, 
with tin lower, in sympathy with the de­
cline in London;  copper steady, with the 
pool prices maintained,  and  lead  stiffer 
in  expectation  of  a  favorable Treasury 
ruling on the Mexican ore question.  There 
has been  a  fair  demand  for  anthracite 
coal, but dealers  say that the absorption 
of supplies has not been sufficient to war­
rant an advance of prices on  the  first  of 
July. 

M em bers  are requested  to m ake  all  re­
m ittan ces  to th e Secretary in  postal notes, 
exp ress  orders,  postage  stam ps  or  cur­
rency,  and  n o t  in  postoffice m oney orders, 
slig h t  clerical  errors  in  the  issu in g  
offices have  caused  u s  considerable diffi­
cu lty  in  obtaining  paym ent  o f  several 
orders received.
L.  M.  Mil l s,  Sec’y.
True  Inwardness  of  the  Testi­
Are you the business manager of this j 
infernal  pill  foundry?” he demanded, as 
he threw himself into position before the 
desk.
the  man  addressed, 
glancing toward the fire escape.
the 
first speaker, producing a pamphlet upon I 
the  covers of  which were  lithographs of j 
the human digestive plant.
“ Yes  sir.  We  issue  that  work  for| 
gratuitous distribution.”
“Oh, you do, eh?  Well, what business j 
had  you to tack  my name  on to an  ama­
teur diagnosis  of  a general  breaking  up 
of  the human  system?  I  never had any 
of  your pills  on my  premises.  Do  you 
dare  say that I wrote that?”
He  opened  the  circular  at  a marked 
page and  thrust  it  into  the  face of  the 
man sitting at the desk.
“Great  Scott!”  ejaculated  the official. 
“We  have  made  a  mistake,  sir.  We 
understood 
that  you  were  dead,  sir. 
Here,  James!” calling to his  clerk,  “See 
that  the name  appended  to  testimonial 
No. 268, under the head of “The Evidence 
of  the  Public,’ is  changed  in  the  next 
edition!”

Every member  is  earnestly  requested 
to keep a supply of application blanks in 
his grip,  and solicit  the  name  of  every 
commercial traveler  in  the  State,  as we 
are now the largest and most active asso­
ciation  of  commercial _ travelers  in  the 
State, and our  influence  and  usefulness 
is augmented by the support and endorse­
ment of every name you can secure.  Ap­
plication  blanks  will  be  promptly  for­
warded,  upon  request, by the Secretary.
Our new certificates  will  be mailed to 

“I  am,”  said 
“You  publish  this?”  continued 

every member the coming week.

monial  Business.

supplies 

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request. 

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iron 

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fair 

The

Looking  a  Long  Ways  Ahead.
Mamma (to Johnny, age five)—Johnny 
I don’t want  you to play with that  Gup- 
ton boy.  He’s  not a nice  boy at all, and 
his companionship will do you no credit.
Johnny—But, mamma, you  don’t seem 
to remember that we shall be men one of 
I  shall  probably  go  into 
these  days. 
business, and Bill will be a  mighty good 
customer,  he’ll  always  be  so  reckless 
about  money  matters,  you  know.  Of 
course you women folk  can’t understand 
these business  matters, but I assure  you 
that  it may  be a good  thing  for me  one 
of  these  days to  keep  up  a  sort  of  ac­
quaintanceship with Bill.

The  Grocery  Market.

Soft sugars  advanced  JgC  last  Friday 
and  hard  sugars  sustained  a  similar 
movement on Monday.  Coffee is weaker, 
package  goods  having  declined another 
He.  Cheese  is  lower  in  price,  locally, 
but  is  firmer  and  higher  in  Chicago. 
Gallon  apples  are a little  firmer.  Corn 
syrups are firmer.

In these days of  sharp competition the 
merchant  must  not  only  sell  the  best 
goods,  buy close and turn over  his  stock 
rapidly,  but  he  must  employ salesmen 
who will draw custom by their  own  per­
sonal attractions—salesmen who are ever 
ready  to  oblige,  dress  neatly,  and  are 
prompt to attend to  the  wants  of  those 
upon whom depend the merchant’s finan­
cial success.

Babies Barred.

afternoon, iny love?

Mr. Jones—Can  you  go  sailing 
Mrs. Jones—If I may take the baby.
Mr.  Jones—Well, you mayn’t.  I’m not 
going to  assume the  responsibility of  a 
squall. 

this

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VISITING  BUYERS.

W Troy

John D am stra,  Gitchell
R P urdy.  Lake 
S H B allard, S parta
Eli Runnels, C orning 
M atthews & Chappel,
Gus B egm an, Bauer 
A D F arling <fe Co,Millbrook 
N Scott, U pper  Big  Rapids
S T Colson. Alaska 
J  T Pierson, Irv m g  
H A Jenne,  Deer Lake 
Chas H unt,  Lagrange,  Ind J M Cook, Grand Haven 
John Sm ith, Ada 
A G Goodson.  Pierson 
S E Bush. Lowell
Cole & Chapel. Ada 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
S C Sibole. Breedsvllle 
MrsDDDorman. CedarSprgs
DenHerder & Tanis 
Vrlesland Brookings Lum ber Co,
F  D Hopper, Frem ont 
Brookings
Alex D enton, H ow ard  City John Farrow e,  So Blendon 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove 
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
Jo h n  H om rich, No Dorr 
R G Sm ith, W ayland 
C K H oyt & Co .Hudsonville E S Botsf ord, Don- 
M Heyboer & Bro.  Drenthe
W ard Bros, H arvard 
J  DenHerder&Son, Overisel 
E M Sm ith Cedar Springs 
S J  M artin, Sullivan 
L Hoeksema,  Holland
Kellogg & W ooden. 
C S Com stock, Pierson
K alkaska  Sm allegan &  Pickaard,
J F  H acker. Corinth 
L & L Jenison.  Jenisonville N Bouma. F isher 
Wm K arsten.  Beaver  Dam  H M eijerlng, Jam estow n 
O J  Knapp,Howard City 
E Y oung,Ytavenna
Geo W eitz, Caledonia 
Wm DePree, Zeeland 
A A E Bergy, Caledonia
J Raym ond. Berlin 
O Christenson. Muskegon  Boone Pearson, Frem ont 
Sullivan Lum ber Co,
G F  Cook,  Grove 
D F  Clement.Spring  Lake  • 
Sullivan
J  L P urchase, Bauer 
Ezra Brown, EnglishvHle 
W Ver M eulen,Beaver Dam C F Sears,  Rockford 
I J Quick, Allendale 
H Van Noord. Jam estow n 
John DeVries, Jam estow n 
E Johnson,  Muskegon 
S Sheldon. Pierson 
Am berg & M urphy,
8evey & H arrington, Berlin 
B attle Creek
D W ellbrook, Rockford
L Cook  Bauer 
H Ade. Conklin 
Shirts Bros. Shelby
John Kamps, Z utphen 
Severance & Rich,
D W Shattuek, W ayland 

F orest Grove

Middleville

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OUR NEW THRS M E   NOW  READY  FOR
Telfer Spice Company

1  and  3  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

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Watch  for  Olir  Rnnoilncement  in  floxt  Week’s  Paper.
I.M. CLA RK  & SON.
HEA1IENRICH  BROS.

W h o le s a le  C lo th iers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

MAIL  ORDERS se n t i n  care  L.  IF. ATKINS will receive  PROMPT ATTENTION.

138-140 Jefferson  Roe,, 34-36 W oodM ge 8t., Detroit.
THE  OLD  RELIABLE

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Boxes, Cans, Pails,  Kegs,  Half 

Barrels and  Barrels.
Send for sample of the celebrated

Fraier Carriap Grease

Tbe Frazer Goods Handled by’tlie  Jobbing 

Trade Everywhere.

WHO  UHGES  YOU

T O   ^ . ' F i  E i P

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T H E   E X JB X -.IO !

By splendid  and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  W ithout effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JO B B E R   W IL L  BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

D r u g s   0

 M e d i c i n e s ,

State  Board of Pharmacy.

One Y ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Three Years—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F our  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es V eraor, D etroit.
President—Geo. McDonald 
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasurer—Jas. V eraor.
sland  House,  n ear  D etroit, 
Next  Meeting—At  S ta r 
Tuesday and W ednesday, Ju ly  2 and 3.______________ _
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

P resident—Geo. Gundrum , Ionia.
F irst V ice-President—F. >1. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.
T hird Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. 
Executive Com mittee—A. H. Lym an,  M anistee;  A. Bas 
sett,  D etroit; F. J.  W urzburg,  Grand Rapids;  W.  A. 
H all, Greenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.
Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit._________________
G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty , 
f  residen t. J. W, Hayw ard,  Secretary, F rank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower______

.

D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l  

' o a f  s  

President, J. W. Caldwell.  Secretary. B. W. P atterson.

M uskegon  D rug  C lerks’  Association. 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary. J. W. H oyt.

Care  of  the  Soda  Fountain.

From  th e  New England D ruggist.
To most  pharmacists,  during  the sum­
mer  months wheu  the prescription busi­
ness slacks up a little  and  trade is more 
or less  transient,  with  people  traveling 
in search of recreation the soda fountain 
is a source of  profit,  withal  the  irksome 
labor  needed  to  ensure  success. 
In ad­
dition to the  profit derived  from the sale 
of the soda, it is undeniable that it draws 
in a  goodly  amount of  other  trade,  par­
ticularly cigars.  How to make a fountain 
pay  is a problem  with  a  few,  but  with 
the many it is how to make it pay better.
It  goes without  saying  that in this, as 
in most  other branches of  trade,  it costs 
but a  comparatively  little  more to  do  a 
large  business  than a small  one.  With 
an  increase  of  sales  amounting^  to  100 
per  cent., the  cost  would  not  increase 
probably more than 10 or 20 per cent.
In  the  first  place  secure  a  good ser­
viceable fountain,  it need uot necessarily 
be an  expensive one, so that  it be adapt­
ed  to  your  needs.  Give  it  a  good,  at­
tractive  location where it may  easily  be 
seen  from the  street  and see  that  it  is 
kept in the best order, not  only without, 
but within as well.
We  have seen  fountains  that we  had 
as soon  drink  from as from a swill  pail.
Next  in  importance  is  the matter  of 
syrups and flavors.
In all cases where possible use genuine 
fruit juices.
There  are  many  in the  market of  es­
tablished reputation, and no trouble need 
be caused in obtaining them.  We recom­
mend no particular make,  but ouly satis­
fy yourself that you are getting the best. 
Don’t expect, however,  to get the best  at 
the  price of  the cheapest.  Let  not  the 
matter of a small advance in cost prevent 
your getting the best.
Rock candy  syrup  makes a good  base, 
but  we have  always  preferred to  make 
our own  from fine  granulated  sugar,  in 
the proportion of  ten  or twelve  pounds 
to the  gallon.  While hot  add a solution 
of  French  gelatin  in the  proportion  of 
one-half  pound to ten  gallons of  syrup. 
This  makes  a good  body,  and  is  much 
preferable  to  soap  bark.  The  syrup 
should  always  be  carefully strained be­
fore transferring to the fountain.
A good  tumbler  washer  is indispensa 
ble  where  city water  is  to  be  had. 
It 
saves time  and wetting of hands,  a great 
desideratum  while tending the  fountain, 
and  it  certainly gives a pleasure  to  the 
customer  to  see  each  glass  washed 
clean  running water  instead of  a  rinse 
basin, where the  water is thick with  the 
repeated  washing of  a hundred  glasse 
They can now be put in at small expense 
and take up but a small amount of  room
It  will  increase your  trade as much as 
any  one  thing,  to  permit  a  customer, 
tired and  hot. to sit down  while quaffing 
your cooling beverages.  They will walk 
it good bit farther for this privilege.  The 
matter of  a few  seconds  more in time of 
drinking is of small consequence.
Keep the  counter  neat  and  clean, and 
see  that  there  is  plenty  of  ice  on  the 
coolers;  a  warm  glass  of  soda 
is  far 
from  being  acceptable. 
It  will  often 
give the store a bad reputation.
Give  the  customer a good, solid drink 
stirring  with a bar  spoon, so  that it will 
not  be all  foam  on top  and all  syrup at 
the bottom.
We have  seen soda drawn  that we had 
ns soon  drink  as a  glass of  south wind 
Don’t  be  afraid  to give  your  customer 
their money’s worth.
Another good  point to  observe.  Keep 
up to the times in the way of new drink 
People tire of  the same  drink as quickly 
as of the  same food.
Again advertise.  Let the people know 
that you are doing business. 
If you run 
a  milk  shake,  (and  we  contend  that  if 
properly drawn  there is no  better drink, 
and  it  pays  handsomely,  with  no  more 
trouble  than  drawing  soda),  don’t  be 
niggardly and  stand  upon the  expendi­
ture  of  a  few  dollars.  Get  a  suitable 
apparatus and  such as in your  judgment 
is  the  best.  See  that the  milk  is  kept 
sweet  and  clean  and  your  containers 
thoroughly  scalded  every  day.  Much 
-depends  upon the  way you  present it  to 
your customer.  Finally, do  not  keep  a 
■customer  waiting.  Oftentimes  he  has 
but a moment to spare  and if  kept wait­
ing prefers to go without.

To  Cure  a Felon.

The following treatment is said to be a 
.sure cure for a felon:
Make a strong syrup  of  Indian turnip 
and tobacco;  add a spoonful  of  turpen­
tine,  and  make  into  a  poultice  with 
bread  or  bran.  Bind  on the felon and 
you  will  have  relief at  once and a cure 
very soon.

Quiet Missionary Work.

Literary  critic  (laying  down  a  new 
book) — I  wish  every  maid,  wife  and 
mother  in  the  country  could  read  that 
book.
Able editor—Well,  run  in a line to the 
effect  that  that  book  is  one  which  no 
woman should  be allowed to see.

The Drue  Market.

There  are  no  important  changes  to 
note  this  week.  Quinine  is  a  trifle 
firmer.  Opium  and  morphia are steady. 
Linseed oil is very firm  and  an  advance 
is probable. 

_____

Morris  H.  Treusch  &  Bro.’s  “Our 
Knocker”  cigars  are  money makers for 
the druggists.  They are quick sellers.

| 

“Well, 

The  Druggist as  a Humbug.

QUININE  AND  DEMENTIA.

The  One  Invites the  Other and. Horrors 

Follow.

“ I  don’t  deny it, for  I  know of  cases 
myself.  Women who  use  morphia  soon 
show  it,  and  they  generally  use  liquor 
with  it.  But if  jealous of  their beauty, 
they  prefer  quinine,  which  certainly 
purifies  the blood  and drives  away pim­
ples and blotches.  It increases the growth 
and  softness  of  their  hair  and  makes 
them  brilliant  in  conversation.  And 
then, a woman, whose life is not so active 
as  that of  busy,  nervous  men, is  not  so 
dangerously  affected  by it.  More  than 
that, her peculiar glandular construction 
protects  her  from  its  physical  ravages. 
Nor is the simple quinine alone to blame, 
but  the  sulphuric  acid employed  in  its 
preparation  is  bound  to  decompose  the 
albumen  and  colored  corpuscles  of  the 
blood  just  the  same as  nicotine, alcohol 
and other toxics.”
“But  is  there no good  in  the drug?” 
was the query.
“Of course, for,  besides being good for 
malarial  complaints,  it is a moderate an­
tidote for the  liquor habit, almost a case, 
however, of  similia  similibus  curantur. 
In small  doses  it is a  valuable tonic,  in 
moderate  doses  a  stimulant, 
in  large 
doses  a  potent  sedative.  You  would 
appreciate  all-1  have  said if  you could 
have seen a victim die as I did some time 
ago.  His  disease was  consumption,  but 
he  had  been  a  quinine  user  for  three 
years.  When  dying  he suffered  the tor­
tures of  a martyr.  No  bodily pain, but, 
as he described  it, his mental paroxysms 
j were terrible.  Every thought of his life,
■ every face he had  known, every word he 
, had  read, every  word  heard  or  spoken 
i crowded together incoherently.

The Chemist and  Druggist  reproduces 
from one of the  Sunday papers an imag­
inary  interview between a reporter  who 
is looking up materials for an  article  on 
the  humbugs  of  society  and a pharma­
cist. 
It  is  concluded,  from  the  facts 
elicited, that some of those practicing  as 
pharmacists  deserve a place in  the  gal­
lery of  humbugs;  with  what  degree of 
truth we will leave  our readers to judge. 
This is how the supposed interview is re­
ported:
“You ask me to  tell  you something of 
the humbug of  the  druggist,  but  don’t 
you mean rather the humbug that lies  in 
the much-vaunted  virtues  of  the  medi­
cine or ‘cure-alls’ he sells?”
“I include both the humbug of the man 
and the humbug  of  his  wares, so if you 
tell  me  something  of  each  I  shall  be 
glad.”
the  chief  trickery  is  in  the 
made-up  compounds,  sold  literally  on 
false pretenses to an ignorant  and  prob­
ably prejudiced public.  A few instances? 
Certainly.  Just the  minute  before  you 
came  in a woman  came  in  for a penny­
worth of castor oil  pills,  because  castor 
oil was  so  ‘mild  and  safe.’  Now,  as  a 
matter of fact, there is not a drop of cas­
tor oil in a hundred weight of these.” 
“What is the active ingredient, then?” 
“Calomel, or, in other words, mercury.” 
“But is not  this  indiscriminate taking 
of mercury very hurtful?”
“Most assuredly it is, and I have known 
it to cause untold misery;  but the people 
want castor oil pills and—”

From  th e D etroit  Journa
A  party of  men,  including  a  doctor, 
were  in  Swan’s  recently,  and  when all 
had ordered, one  asked for  the  quinine 
bottle  which is now found in  every bar­
room.  He spooned out 12 grains or more, 
mixed it with syrup and water,  and drank 
t without a pucker.
“There you go again,”  said the doctor. 
‘Can’t you quit that habit?  Better take 
whisky every  trip.”
I know it,”  said the young man,  “but 
for 10  years I have taken the stuff,  and I 
actually  crave  it  just  as  you  crave  a 
moke  or  a  drink. 
It  stimulates  me 
longer and better  than  liquor  and  does 
uot make me drunk,  nor  does it destroy 
the mucous membrance of  my stomach.” 
You think so,  but time  will tell  you 
differently.  Your  stomach may not suf­
fer,  but  God  help  your brain and  your 
lerves,” said the doctor.
The conversation  became  general and 
the physician held that the quinine habit 
was growing to be more general than the 
use of  opium or  morphine  and  was  in 
time more dangerous than either because 
its action  was  more insidious and it was 
taken in larger doses.  The  young  man 
was  asked his experience.  By this time 
the drug  had  taken  effect and he began 
to  talk  with  animation.  There  was a 
parkle  in his eyes,  an  eloquence in his j 
conversation  which  made  the  members 1 
of 
the  party  wonder  at  the  sudden j 
hange.  He said:
“When a boy I was bilious,  but  never j 
had  an  ague  attack.  However, I had a ■ 
fear  of  typhoid  fever,  because  some I 
friends  died  of  it.  Having  read  that j 
quinine  was a specific,  I began to use it i 
every  time  I  felt  bad.  Soon  I  took • 
three grains every day and was surprised [ 
at  my happiness for  a  time  and  corre­
sponding  depression at other  times. 
It 
was  up  and  down  with  me  and I was j 
arded  as  a  curious  compound  of { 
hilarity and  melancholy.  So  I  took  it 
habitually to  keep  my  reputation  as  a ; 
gay and  happy fellow—but  1  have  suf-1 
fered when alone,  with the most gloomy j 
and  terrible forebodings  which  had  no j 
foundations in fact  save in my high ten- j 
ioned imagination.  But this same vivid j 
imagination made me  so  quick  of  com­
prehension,  so  untiring  in  my  energy, j 
sleepless  in  my  zeal,  scheming  in  my | 
ventures, that like a flash I went  up like 
parvenu  in my profession, attaining a 
prominence  at  21  which  most  men are 
glad to have at 30.
For three  years it continued.  So did 
the habit,  which  by this time  bad  been 
noticed  by  my  intimates,  also  by  my 
enemies,  who  started the lie that it was 
morphiue, not quinine,  a story borne out 
omewhat  by my  frequent  ‘blue’  spells 
and moody reticence.
Well, I am human and naturally  had 
my love affairs.  A woman begged of  me 
to give up  the  stimulant  which  had be­
come  a  daily  necessity. 
I  did  it  for 
months,  and gradually lost any desire for 
it.  But  in  the  midst  of  hard  work I 
needed  something  and  so I drank  spar­
ingly at first,  then to excess, until in less 
“Don’t get them,” I interrupted.
than three months I was again a habitual 
“Well,  for  the  matter  of  that, there 
drinker of the silent kind.  Quinine  had 
are a good  many  things  they  don’t  get 
become  a  mental  and  physical  food. 
when they ask for them.  For  instance, 
Whisky to  me  was  deadening—a poison 
olive oil is cotton-seed oil in the majority 
which robbed me of  energy  and  self-re­
of cases;  powdered rhubarb and syrup of 
spect—and when a man loses respect  for 
the same root are not  always  what  they 
himself, people fail to render it.  Discour­
seem;  whilst some tinctures are, by some 
agement, disgrace and remorse drove  me 
chemists, made from  methylated  spirits 
deeper  into  the  slough,  and  I became 
instead of spirits of wine.  Laudanum  is 
careless  of  business,  friendships  and 
extensively sophisticated,  and  the  pop­
privileged society.
ular sweet spirits of nitre  is  often  com­
“It was the old story,  and I lost every­
posed in a way little  thought  of  by  the 
thing—save my  debts  and  disgrace.  A 
compilers  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  But 
few friends stood by me and I recovered. 
what  would  you  have?  The  pub­
But I began again on  small doses of qui­
lic  have  got  a  craze 
cheap 
nine. 
I use it now in small doses,  and  I 
stuff,  and  they  have  only  themselves 
have  no  desire  for  liquor. 
In  fact,  I 
to blame  for what they  are served  with. 
never  had  before;  to  please a woman’s 
Where the humbug comes in is mainly at 
whim, I gave it up.”
the  cheap  druggists’.  They  advertise 
“A very pretty story,” said the doctor; 
certain  drugs  for  sale,  retail,  at  less 
“perhaps true in a case and temperament 
prices than they can be bought wholesale, 
like  yours;  but  with  others  the use of 
and  of  course  the  public  are  robbed. 
quinine  would  be  a  crime. 
First,  the 
There  is a man  I  know who  sells  more 
physical results are  bad,  and deafness is 
cream  of  tartar  in a week  than I sell  in 
very often ascribed to its use, even when 
six months,  and in every pound he wraps 
prescribed in sickness.  Quinine is a good 
It is nearer a I up there is not more than 25 per  cent,  of 
servant, a terrible master, 
the  genuine  article,  yet  the  buyers  go
specific  than  any  drug  known  to ther
apeutics.  But let me tell you some of my \ again  and  again.  The  great  public  is
nothing, if not  gulled,  and if  A does not 
observations upon its habitual use.  When 
do  it,  B and C will, therefore  A, if he is 
younger, I was an under  physician  in  a 
wise  and  anxious  to  keep  out  of  the 
private  asylum. 
Some  members  of  a 
bankruptcy court,  will  join in the  swim 
prominent church came  to consult about 
That  reminds me  of  an  anecdote  and a 
their  pastor.  He  had  been  preaching 
true one, mind—of a tradesman, who put 
strangely  and  had  been  found  on  a 
down  the  cause  of  his  insolvency  to 
crowded  street  preaching  to  a  lot  of 
‘honesty.’  And, very  possibly, he  was 
toughs and gamins.  He was given a vaca­
correct.”
tion and secretly  brought to the asylum. 
“Let me say a word abont quack medi­
We watched him  and  discovered a pecu­
cines, though the  retailer,  is  of  course 
liar phase of dementia, which was a mys­
not  responsible  for their  sins.  A  few 
tery until he came  to  the  dispensary so 
of  course, are  really  good, and  deserve 
often for quinine.  He  had  no  physical 
their  reputation, but  others  are  frauds 
ailment which  required  it,  and we soon 
pure and simple.  A  man  pays 9
cents 
discovered from  his  own admission that 
for  a  box of  pills  with  a  government 
he had used it habitually  for years.  We 
stamp  on,  that  he could  buy loose  for 
deceived him by mixing his doses with  a 
cents  over  the  counter.  The  basis  of 
harmless drug and gradually  he  became 
nine-tenths  of  the  pills  is  aloes,  and 
better,  but  still  very  incoherent in his 
sometimes a little colocynth  or  gamboge 
conversation  and  ideas.  He  was  dis­
is added, together with some carminativ 
charged as ‘improved,’  but there was  no 
that will prevent pain.”
hope for  him.  He  began  again on the 
“The blood  mixtures  are composed of 
drug,  and for a time  preached  very bril­
iodide of potassium and sarsaparilla, and 
liantly, but one day he was  crazy again, 
may be  bought  for a tenth  of  the  price 
and died soon after in the asylum.  There 
charged for the patent medicine.”
may have been  contributing  causes,  but 
“Quinine tonics  often  contain  quassia 
he hastened his death with quinine, which 
in  place of  quinine—a  saving of  95 per 
is  most  dangerous  to  a  man of mental 
cent., whilst  other tonics are made up of 
activity.”
hops,  gentian,  etc.  But  why continue? 
“But this is only an exceptional case,” 
Enough is as  good as a feast.
ventured the young man.
“Now for the other part of my subject 
“Oh, but I know of  even  worse  cases 
A  druggist  is  often  looked  on  by the 
than the one recited.  Quinine  produces 
lower  middle  classes  and  the  poor 
a predisposition to suicide.  You will ad­
something of a physician,  and if he be in 
mit  yourself  that  in  the  gloomy hours 
a  middle-class  neighborhood, will  often 
you  mention  there  was  a  desire  for 
make  more by prescribing than the fully 
death!”
qualified  practitioner  round  the corner.
“Yes,” the young man admitted;  “Out 
| True, he does  not  often  go out  visiting 
that is common to everyone who has mis­
| patients, but  this is chiefly owing  to the 
fortunes or disappointments.”
I fact  that  when a patient  is  so ill  as  to 
“Very true;  but  I  remember  a young 
require  visiting at home, there is sure to 
man  of  35 who,  with  every  advantage 
be a certain amount of  risk attending  it. 
and a good  fortune,  was  found dead  by 
If the patient happened to die there would 
his own  hand.  He  had  been a quinine- 
be  a  rumpus,  and  possibly an  inquest, 
user,  but  had  those  terrible, desperate 
because  the  chemist  could  not  give  a 
and maddening spells of depression which 
death  certificate.  A  prosecution  for 
make  living a burden.  He  could  sleep, 
illegally  practising  as  a surgeon  might 
but  that, too,  was  misery.  He had  hal­
also follow,  and that would be awkward, 
lucinations,  became  angry  easily,  and 
to  say the  least of  it.  Of  course, he is 
lost  all  ambition.  And  so  the  victim 
acting  illegally  by  prescribing  at  all, 
dies  either  a  suicide  or  by  a gradual 
even at his own  shop,  but  still, as it is a 
asthenia—a general debility which makes 
very  paying  game, he  is willing  to  run 
him prematurely old.”
the risk on  account of  the profits he can 
Well, I never noticed it,” defended the 
make.  And  then, again, there  is  often 
young  man,  “and  I  know  some of  the 
great indisposition on the part of anyone 
most  fascinating  women,  who  use  it 
to  make  a move  in  the  direction of  a
habitually.”

for 

prosecution.  Any  doctor  in  the  neigh­
borhood  who  dared  to  do  it would  in­
evitably  be  ruined,  as the  public would 
put it down as professional jealousy,  and 
say that the  doctor  knew that the  drug­
gist  was  the  better  man,  as,  in  fact,  he 
sometimes  is,  and  was  in  consequence 
afraid of him.”
“But doctors  often  dispense their own 
medicines  don’t  they,  and  so take  busi-j 
ness out of the druggists’  hands?”
“They do,  and though some are legally 
entitled  to  do  so,  there  are  many more 
who are not. 
It is after all, a case of  tit j 
for tat,  and I don’t  think  that the  drug­
gist is very greatly to be  blamed.”
“But  druggists  do  not  receive  any 
strictly medical  training,  do they?
“No,  but by the constant dispensing of 
medicines  they get  hold of  certain  for­
mulae  for  certain  diseases,  and  work on 
them according to their light.”
“Rather  a  risky business  after ail,”  I 
remark.
“Well, that is  a  matter of  opinion. 
I 
do it—we all  do it more  or  less—the or­
dinary  druggist  more,  the  fashionable 
druggist less.  The latter  has,  however, 
the less  need to do  it,  as  he can  charge 
heavily for  dispensing.  Eighteen-pence 
and  two  shillings for  an 8 oz.  bottle  of 
medicine  will  leave on the  average,  tak­
ing  one  prescription  with  the  other,  a

profit of 500 to 700 per  cent.  The ordin­
ary middle-class druggist  has  to  be con­
tent  with  eightpence to  a  shilling a bot­
tle.”
“And  that  leaves  a  big  profit,  too, 
doesn’t it?”
“Yes,  pretty fair,  as things go.”
Well  then,  “as  things  go.”  I  think  I 
have shown  that I am  justified in giving 
the  druggist  a  place  in  my  gallery of 
Humbugs of  society.”

The  Sale  of Paris  Green.

L a k e v ie w ,  June 22,  1889.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids.
Dear Sik—Is there a new  law  confin­
ing the sale of  paris  green or bug poison 
to any line of  trade? 

Yours truly, 
Ma c o m b er  &  B a l e .

There is no  new  law  on  the  subject. 
The Pharmacy  Law of 1885 provides that 
any one can sell paris green,  bug poison, 
etc.,  providing  the  same  is  put  up  in 
packages,  with antidotes  attached.

C X 2T3 B 2T C   H O O T .
W e pay th e highest price fo r it.  Address

PECK  BROS., W holesale  D ruggists, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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B tow n:::::::...............   8o@ioo
Red 
..........................  45®  50
a lo w ......................... 2  50©3 00

BACCA E.

Cubeae (po. 1  60..
Juniperus............
Xantnoxylum —

.1  85®2 00 
. 
8®  10 
.  25®  30

B A LSA M U M .

Copaiba.........................  65@  IS
Peru.- .f.............. .
Terabin, Canada  .......  45®  50
Tolutan........................   45®  50

C O R T E X .

Abies,  Canadian..........
Cassiae  ..........................
Cinchona Flava  ..........
Euonymus  atropurp... 
Myrica  Cerifera, po....
Prunus Virgini..............
Quillaia,  grd.................
Sassafras  ............ .
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).

Carb...............................  
là®
16®
Chlorate,  (po. 18).
50®
Cyanide.......................
85@3
Iodide..........................
27®
Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
Potassa, Bitart, com.. 
8®
Potass  Nitras, opt —  
7®
Potass Nitras.
Prussiate......................   ¿5®
15®
Sulphate  po..

....................
Antipyrin 
Argent!  Nitras, ounce
Arsenicum...................
Balm Gilead  Bud.......
Bismuth  S.  N ..............
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (V*s
11;  )4s,  12)................
Cantharides  Russian.
p o ...............................
Capsici  Fructus, a f...
B po. 

“ 

“ 

•35@1  40 I 
©   68 ;

38®
15@2

®1®©

squibbs ..  @1 00

“ 

I  Cetaceum.................... 

Aconitum .....................
Althae............................
A nchusa.......................
Arum,  po......................
Calamus........................
Gentiana,  (po.  15).......
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40).......................
Hellebore,  Ala,  po —
Inula,  po.......................
Ipecac,  po.....................
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..
Jalapa,  pr.....................
Maranta,  V£s................
Podophyllum, po.........  15®  18
Rhei...............................   75@1  00
“  cut........................   @1  75
“  p v..........................   75@1  35
Spigelia........................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25).. 
®
Serpentaria...................   25®
Senega..........................   60®
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ®
M  @
Scillae,  (po. 35)............   10®
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
®   35
dus,  po.......................
®15®
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)
German...
Zingiber a .....................
10®
22®
Zingiber  j .....................

@
Caryophylius,  (po.  28)  23®  :
20®
Carmine,  No. 40..........   @3
30
25®
20 1  Cera  Alba, S. & F .....   50®
15®
25 j  Cera  Flava..................  28©
20®
12 .  Cassia  Fructus...........  @
10©
13 I  Centraria.....................   @
16@
®
®15®
35  Chloroform.................   40@
Chloral Hyd Crst.........1  50@1
15®
40@2 50 |  Chondrus.....................  10®
18®  201  Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®
4®
German 
301 
25®
351  Corks,  list,  dis.  per
@
cent  •.......................... 
©
Creasotum................... 
®
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............  @
5®
“  prep..................... 
8®
“  precip.................. 
■
30 I  Crocus..........................  35®
@
651  Cudbear
8®
40  Cupri Sulph 
_
20  D extrine.......................  10®
12 j  Ether Sulph..................  68®
@ 
49® 
12® © 
3® ® 
40® 
& 10 per
9® 
13® 

Rubra.

SEM EN .

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Emery,  all  numbers
po.................
Ergota,  (po.)  45.......
Flake  White............
G alla..........................
Gambier.....................
Gelatin.  Cooper.......
French.........
“ 
Glassware  flint 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue.  Brown...............
“  White.................
Glyeerina.....................
Grans. Paradisi............
Mumulus......................
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
©   85 
C or__
©   75 j 
Ox Rubrum 
©  95 
Ammoniati..
®1  10 
45®  55 
Unguentum.
Hydrargyrum.............. 
_
©   75 i
Ichthyobolla,  Am.......1  25® 1  50
Indigo............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl............4 00@4  10
Iodoform......................   @5  15
Lupulin........................   35®1 00
Lycopodium................  55®  60
M acis............................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod...................
@  27: 
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 
10®   12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2@  3 j 
1V4)..............................
Manilla,  S. F ................
45®  50 i 
55@2 80 i
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. J 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
55®2 70 i 
C. C o..........................i
®   40 i 
Moschus  Canton.........
Myristica,  No.  1..........
60®  70 ; 
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..
@  10 
Os.  Sepia.......................
23®  25
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o...............................
@2 00 :
Picis  Liq, N.  C., Vi ga;
doz  ............................
@2  00
Picis Liq., quarts___
@1  00 !
pints..........
@ 70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
@ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
© 18 :
Piper Alba,  (po f;5)__
@ 35
Pix  Burgun..................
©
Plumbi A c et................
14® 15 !
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1  20 .
Pvrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
@1 25
35® 40
Pvrethrum,  pv............
Quassiae.......................
3® 10
Quinia,  S. P.  & W  __ 39® 44
8.  German__ 25® 33
12® 14
Rubia  Tinetorum__
@ 35
Saccharum Lactis pv.
Salacin.......................... 2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draeonis__
40® 50 1
Santonine  ...................
@4 50
12® 14
Sapo.  W .......................
“  M.................  ...
8® 10
@ 15 ’
44  G........................
Seidlitz  Mixture.......
@ 25
Sinapis.........................
@ 18
44  opt...................
® SO
Snuff,  Maecaboy,  De
@ 35 !
V o es.........................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 I 
il@   12 j 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  . 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33 !
Soda Carb..................... 
2®  2 Vi j
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............. 
4®  5 i
Soda,  Ash..................... 
3®  4 ;
Soda, Sulphas..............  @  2 j
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55 I
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2  00 |
“  Myrcia  Imp.......  @2  50 i
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)............................  @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl..............2%@ 3Vi
Roll................2 V4@ 3 
|
Tamarinds................... 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30 j
Theobromae................  50®  55 |
Vanilla........................ 9 00@16 00 |
7©  8
Zinci  Sulph.................. 
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter............  70 
70
Lard,  extra.................   86 
90
55
Lard, No.  1.................   50 
Linseed, pure raw__   61 
64
67
Lindseed,  boiled  __   64 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...................  50 
69
Spirits Turpentine__   44 
50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............... 12£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 13£  2@4
“ 
Putty,  commercial— 2V4  2Vi@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2Vi  2$£@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican .............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red.......................  65i£@7V£
w h ite ....................6?£@7V4
Whiting, white Span... 
@70
Whiting,  Gilders’......... 
©90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.............................. 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints........................ 1  00@1  20

Ber.........2@3

paints. 

O IL S.

“ 

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“ 

Anisum,  (po.  20)........  
©   15,
Apium  (graveleons)..  19®  Ili
Bird. Is .......................... 
4®  >
8®  12 !
Carni, (po.  18.i.............. 
Cardamon.....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum.................   10© 
12 j
Cannabis Sativa..........   354® 
4 j
Cydonium.....................  75©1  001
Cnenopodium  ............  10®  121
Dipterix Odorate.........1  75®1  85
Foeniculum.................   @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
3 !
L in i............................... 4  ®   4V4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4Vi®  4V4
Lobelia..........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   354® 454
5®  6
R apa.............................. 
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 
9
8® 
Nigra............  11®  12

6® 

“ 

S P IR IT U S .

D. F. R 

Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2  50
5©2 00 
1  10@1  50 
1  75@1  75 
Juniperis  Co. O. T ..
1  75@3  50
Saacharum  N.  E .......... 1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli..............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto...................1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba...................... 1 25@2 00

SPO N G ES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...................... 2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .. J.............. 
2  00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
35
carriage..................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
65
riage  .......................... 
Hard for  slate  use__  
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................  
1  40

SY R U P S .

A ccacia...................................  50
Zingiber  .................................  50
Ipecac......................................   60
Ferri  Iod.................................  50
Auranti  Cortes.......................  50
Rhei  Arom..............................  50
Similax  Officinalis................  60
50 
50 
Senega  .........
50 
Scillae..........
50
“  C o....
Tolutan.......
Prunus  virg.

Co.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

T IN C T U R E S .
Aconitum  Napellis R.
F..
Aloes...............................
and  myrrh..........
A rnica..........................
Asafcetida.....................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin..........................
Co...................
Sanguinaria.................
Barosma.................................  50
Cantharides............................  75
Capsicum................................  50
Cardamon...............................   75
Co............................  75
Castor........................................1 00
Catechu...................................   50
Cinehona  ...............................   50
.  60
Co....................... 
Columba...........................  
  50
Conium............................‘. ...  50
Cubeba.....................................  50
D igitalis.................................   50
Ergot........................................  50
Gentian...................................  50
Co...............................   60
Gnaica....................................   50
amnion.......................  60
Z ingiber.................................  50
Hyoscyamus..........................  50
Iodine......................................   75
Colorless.....................  75
Ferri  Chloridum...................  35
K in o ........................................  50
Lobelia.....................................  50
Myrrh......................................   50
Nux  Vomica..........................  50
O pii..........................................  85
“  Camphorated..................  50
“  Deodor............................2 00
Auranti Cortex.......................  50
Q uassia...................................  50
Rhatany  .................................  50
Rhei..........................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol.....................  50
Co................  50
Serpentaria............................  50
Stromonium............................  60
Tolutan...................................  60
V alerian...................  
50
Veratrum Veride...................  50

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“ 

 

 

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

‘ 
“ 

“ 
ground, 

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F . .   30®  32
Alum en.......................... 2V4® 3V4
(po.
7 )................................. 
4
Annatto........................   55®  60
Antimoni, po...............  
et Potass T.  55®  60

3® 
4®

“ 

V A R N IS H E S .

No. 1 Turp  Coach.......1  10@1  20
Extra Turp...................1 60@1  70
Coach  Body................. 2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furn.........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  55® 1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
T urp..........................  70®  75

EX TRA CTU M .

“ 
» 
“ 

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®
po............   33@
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®
is ................  13®
V4s..............  14®
Vis..............  16®
F E R R U M .
@  15 
Carbonate Precip...
@3 50 
Citrate and Quinia.
@  80 
^
Citrate  S o lu b le........ 
®   50 
Ferrocyanidum Sol —  
®
©   15
Solut  Chloride............   @
Sulphate,  com’l ...........  IK»®
©

pure.............. 

“ 

f l o r a .

14®
Arnica 
30®
Anthém is.........
M atricaria...................  30®

F O L IA .

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

n ivelly...............

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tm-
Alx.
Salvia  officinalis,  54s
and  Via.......................
UraTJrsi........................

“ 

“ 

GUMMI.

10®   12
25®
35®
10®

“ 
“ 

©1  00 
Acacia,  1st  picked—
@  90 
....
2d 
@  80 
3d 
....
65
_  ^
sifted sorts... 
po . .. .. .   .....  75@1  00
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50©  60 

Cape,  (po.  20)... 
®
©
Socotri,  (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 54s)  _
16)...............................  
®
A m m o n i a e ............................  
•40*©
Assafcetida,  (po. 30)...
Benzoinum...................   J0@
Camphors.....................  35®
Euphorbium  po  .........  35®
Galbanum.....................   @
Gamboge,  po................  80®
Guaiacum, (po. 45) —   @
®
Kino,  (po.  25).............. 
@1  00
Mastic
Myrrh,  (po  45)............ 
40
Opii,  (pc. 4 75)............ 3 25@3 30
Shellac  ........................   25®  30
bleached.........  25@  28
Tragacanth..................  30®  75

“ 
H e r b a — In ounce packages.

25 
20

Absinthium................
Eupatorium...............
Lobelia........................
Majorum.....................
Mentha  Piperita.......
“  V ir..............
Rue...............................
Tanacetum, V ............
Thymus,  V ................
M A G N ESIA .
Calcined, Pat............ .
Carbonate,  Pat  .......
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate,  Jenning5
O LEU M .
Absinthium..............
Amygdalae, Dulc —  
Amydalae, Amarae..
A n isi..........................
Auranti  Cortex.......
Bergamii  .................
Cajiputi.....................
Caryophylli..............
Cedar.........................
Chenopodii..............
Cinnamonii..............
Citronella..................
Conium  Mac............
Copaiba................
Cubebae................
Exechthitos.........
Erigeron..............
Gaultheria...........
Geranium,  ounce 
Gossipii,  Sem. gal
Hedeoma  ............
Juniperi................
Lavendula..........
Limonis................
Mentha Piper.......
Mentha Verid —  
Morrhuae, gal —  
Myrcia, ounce—
O live.....................
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)
R icini..........................
Rosmarini...................
Rosae, ounce..............
Succini........................
Sabina........................
Santal  .......................
Sassafras.....................
Sinapis, ess, ounce...
T iglii............................
Thym e........................
opt  ................
Theobromas................
P O T A SSIU M .
Bi Carb........................
Bichromate................
Bromide......................

“ 

55®
20®
35®

..5 00@5 50 
..  45®  75 
..7 25@7 50 
..1 75@1 85 
..  @2 50
. .2 50®3 00 
..  90@1 00 ©1 70 
..  35®  65 @1 75 
.1 20@1 25 @  75 
..  35®  65 
..  90@1 00 
15 50@16 00 
..  90@1 00 
..1 20@1 30 
..2 00@2  10 ©  75 
..  50®  75 
-.1 15@1 25 
..  50@2 00 
..  90@2 00 
..1 50@1 80 
..2 35@2 40 
. .2 50@2 60 
..  80@1 00 @50 
..1 00@2 75 
10®  12 
1 24@1 32 
75@1 00 
@6 00 
40®  45 
90@1 00 
3 50@7 00 
55®  60 
@  65 @1 50 
40®  50 
@  60 
15®  20
15®
15®
37®

P o lish in a

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W E   H A V E  SOLD  THE

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it is without  a  peer,  as  it  greatly  reduces  the 
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Its peculiar composition is such  that  it can be 
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The Michigan Tradesman

A  STRAY.

[C O N T IS U E D   FROM   F IR S T   P A G E .l

but on she ran,  with the one thought up­
permost in her  heart—his safety,  his life 
depended on her speed.  Oh, how slowly 
the road moved  under her feet^  But she 
could tell that, despite her load,  she  was 
gaining on her pursuers.  Their  voices 
grew fainter. 
She  gained  the  hilltop 
above the mines.  There was still a half- 
mile of road to cover.  She could see the 
groups of  men  around  the  pit’s mouth. 
Oh, how far away it seemed!  Could she 
ever reach it?  Her breath came in short 
gasps;  her head was filled with a buzzing 
that was maddening:  she  could  not tell 
if it was the murmur of  far-off  voices or 
only the rush of riotous blood in her own 
veins.  Perhaps she  was  too  late!  She 
tried to cry out to the people below.  Oh, 
were they blind that they  could  not  see 
her?  She reached  the straggling village 
street.  Down  its length she ran,  a wild 
figure w ith streaming hair, and the fright­
ened  child  clasped  close  in  her  arms. 
Women and children scattered  in  teñól­
as she passed.  Nothing but a mad woman 
could ever look like that.  Down among 
the  crowd  she  sped,  heedless  of  out­
stretched  hands of men to stop her, heed­
less of  their  words  of  question, on, on, 
until she dropped,  blind and dizzy, at the 
pit’s mouth.  Only for a moment she lay 
so.  while rough,  kindly hands  lifted  the 
screaming child.  Then she staggered to 
le r feet.
"Doctor  Hepburn!” 
gasped. 
“Where—”
"He has just gone down the shaft w ith 
the visitors.  What’s  the  matter?” 
It 
was  the  scar-faced  man.  Dan.  who an­
swered her, holding the child in his arms.
••Quick!”  she  gasped. 
"The  cage! 
Take me down it. 
It is life or death.” 
"All  right.  Get in.  Do your quickest,” 
he said to the engineer.
‘-i'll  do it,  Dan,”  said  the  man,  turn­
ing into the engine  room. 
"Good  God! 
What’s this?”
“What?”  came from  a  dozen  throats. 
“The ropes are cut .with  acid.  Look 
here. 
It is not three minutes since I left 
the engine.  Something is up.  The cage 
can’t work!”
A thrill of horror went over the crowd. 
Clearly  the  plot  was  not a general one. 
All were sullen and dissatisfied,  but only 
a few had been in  the  horrible  conspir­
acy.  To the woman’s senses was carried 
the thought,  "too late!”  when  some  one | 
sear her said:

she 

"Well, the stairs are left.”
“The stairs!”  She had  not  thought  of 
that.  “Where are they?”  she asked.
••Here,”  answered aman standing near 
the black-looking aperture.
She turned swiftly to Dan. 
“Be good 
to my boy,”  she  said,  and,  kissing  the 
child,  she  turned,  before  they  were 
rightly  aware  of  her  intention,  and 
plunged  into  the  depths  of the narrow 
stairway.  From landing  to  landing  she 
staggered,  feeling  her  way  as  best she 
could in the intense blackness, falling, at 
times,  against  the  slimy,  oozing walls, 
straining her eyes in hopes of a gleam of 
lamps.  Down, down, down!  Oh, would 
she ever get to the  bottom?  Her breath 
was going, a dizziness was coming to her. 
She tried  to  stand  erect,  but she stum­
bled gropingly against  the wall, and felt 
a strange weakness growing on her.  Oh, 
to fight it off until she could  reach  him! 
to silence for one moment that drip, drip, 
drip she heard from the roof—could hear 
growing into  a  roaring  torrent,  nearer 
and nearer it came.  Another step and it 
would engulf her.  Down  she staggered, 
her whole  remaining  strength  collected 
in a wild scream as those black, phantom­
like waves closed around her.
A party of  men, just entering a car  at 
the main entry, stopped, appalled at that 
shriek.  They looked  at  one  another  in 
questioning amazement.
"Is the mine haunted?”  asked  one  of 
the  visitors. 
“That  certainly sounded 
like nothing earthly.”
“Come,” said young Hepburn,  picking 
up a lamp;  “there  is  something  wrong. 
That  sounded  from  the  stairs.  Come, 
uncle!”
And, there,  in the bend  of  the  stairs, 
they found  her.  Five steps more would 
have brought her in  sight  of  the  lamps 
she had struggled so to reach.  Blackened 
and wet from the dripping walls,  she lay 
unconscious, and from her lips trickled a 
red stream that formed a pool on the black 
floor.
"This is serious, gentlemen.  A broken 
bloodvessel,”  said  the  doctor,  bending 
“Hall,  ring the bell  for  the 
over  her. 
cage.  We must get  her above ground at 
once!”
The bell was rung, but  no  answer  re­
turned.  The wire had been cut.  Young 
Hepburn looked grave.  “There is some­
thing wrong, seriously wrong, here.  We 
must return by  the  stairs.”  While  he 
spoke they heard  the voices of men, who 
had  followed  Kate  with  lights,  and in 
another minute the  two  parties  of  men 
met  in  the  narrow  passage, with ques­
tioning  wonder  in  their  faces  and  the 
blackened,  blood-stained  form  between 
them. 
In a few minutes  the  cutting  of 
the wires was told, and  the  men  slowly 
carried the unconscious form up the drip­
ping stairs, followed by  the party of vis­
itors,  who said little, but felt, in a vague 
way, that some danger and mystery were 
in the air.
Up into the light of  day  they  carried 
her, while  the  people  stood  about awe­
struck and fearful.  They wiped the black 
from the still face, and  watched  eagerly 
the faint  signs  of  life  struggling back, 
until the heavy lids quivered and opened 
to see Dr.  Hepburn  bending over her.  A 
gasp for breath,  and then she whispered: 
“You safe?  I was in time.”

“In time!  What do you mean?”
“The nitro-glycerine—on  the track by 
—entry number nine.  My life has  been 
some use—at last.  Call Jim Mason.”
The doctor repeated  the  name,  and  a 
man from the crowd  came  forward,  his 
face white, and  his  mind sobered by the 
unexpected turn  of  the  plot hatched in 
the  brains  of a few drunken,  desperate 
men.
“Jim,”  she gasped,  "I heard all.  Once 
you said you owed me  a  debt. 
Pay  it 
now.”
The sight of her face,  with death in it, 
brought  him  to  his  knees  beside  her, 
while  great  tears  stood  on  his  rough 
cheeks.
“I’d a died before I’d a done a harm to 
you, Kate, after the kindness  to  my  old

mother,  as you tended on  her  deathbed, 
what can I do?”
“Promise no harm to  the  mines,  they 
keep so many souls alive;  no harm to the 
doctor.”
“I  swear  it  by  the  memory  of  me 
mother! I’ll do no more such dirty work!” 
She tried to raise the  hand  nearest  to 
him, but the arm was powerless—broken 
by the fall.  She  struggled  for  breath, 
but could not  speak  further.  A work­
man  told  lowly  of  her  bursting among 
them  saying  it  meant  life  or  death  to 
reach them.  The visitors crowded near 
to see the face of this  woman  now  that 
the black from the walls had been wiped 
from her features.  Among the rest  was 
a tall,  handsome  man  of  about  thirty 
years, with blonde  hair and brown eyes, 
who leaned over to gain sight of her.  As 
he did so his face was  one  of  horror,  as 
he ejaculated:  "Kate!”
Dr. Hepburn glanced up quickly.  “You 
know her?”  he asked.
"I?  Why,  no—that is—”
“Hush!  She is trying to  speak.”
That  cry  of  “Kate”  seemed  to  have 
reached her.  The grey eyes opened once 
more.  "How  long  have I to live?”  she 
whispered.
"Not an hour.  Kate, my poor  girl,  is 
there anything I can do for you?”
She looked  assent.  “My boy.”  They 
brought the little fellow, and she tried to 
look around as if for some one else. 

"What is it?” asked the doctor.
“The voice—that said—Kate.”
"She wants to see you.”  And he made 
way for the tall  gentleman,  whose  eyes 
and hair were the  color  of  little Paul’s. 
He came and stood silent beside  her,- his 
face very pale.  She  looked at him long, 
then  turned  her  eyes  to  Hepburn,  and 
whispered: 
"My  boy  is  mine—none
other’s—all  mine.  Will you take him? 
Teach  him  to  forget—the  shame—his 
mother.  He has no name—”
"He  shall  have  mine,  my  poor  girl. 
Don’t fret about his future.  He shall be 
as my son.”
“Your—son.”  And she tried to smile. 
“That is best—your name. 
I have none 
—you hear?”—and her eyes turned to the 
tall,  pale  gentleman—"no  name—only 
Kate—ever—you hear?”

“I hear,” he said, in a low  voice.
“Go—where I can’t see you—out of my 
sight.”  And  as  he  stepped  back  the 
doctor held the child up to  kiss  her.  A 
great calm was settling over  her  face as 
he stooped to catch her last words.
“It was for your sake—to  be  of  some 
use—my  life  for  yours.  You  never 
guessed'—you  would  have  thought  me 
bad—but now—just  at  the  last,  would 
you—would you—”—and  her  eyes  told 
her story,  and  her  request  to  the man 
who had never dreamed  of  this unasked 
for love.
"My  poor  Kate,  my  poor  Kate,”  he 
said, and pressed the wished-for  kiss  on 
lips through  which  the  last  breath had 
fluttered.
He lifted the child  in his  arms  with  a 
pitying,  protecting  clasp.  As  he  rose 
upright,  his  eyes  met those of the  tall, 
pale  gentleman. 
For one  instant  they 
gazed across  the  dead  woman  into each 
other’s  souls.  There  was  no  need  of 
words,  ami  in  silence  the  death  angel 
rang down the curtain on the last  act  of 
—The Straw 

M a h a h   E l l is  By a x .

A Jewel of a Clerk.

A New York dry goods house  recently 
advertised  for  a clerk  who  understood 
shorthand and typewriting, to whom they 
would pay the munificent sum of  $4  per 
week.  The  advertisement  happened  to 
fall  under  the eye of a member  of  Ply­
mouth  Church,  who  answered it as fol­
lows:
“Gentlemen:  In answer to your adver­
tisement of this date for a youth familiar 
with shorthand and typewriter  to  assist 
with correspondence, salary $4 per week, 
1 would say that I know a youth who, be­
sides  these  qualifications,  possesses  a 
critical  knowledge  of  six  modern  lan­
guages,  as  well  as  drawing,  painting, 
architecture, telegraphy  (land  and  sub­
marine),  can  play a snare  drum,  teach 
roller skating, is a promising light-weight 
scrapper, in religion a strict Calvinist, in 
deportment a Chesterfield, and  is  seldom 
in liquor.
“This lad is anxious to work  for  your 
firm for S3 per week, for  the  reason  (as 
he asserts) that in case you should fail at 
any time to pay him, he will  not  lose  so 
much;  so he will not accept your too lib­
eral offer of four dollars.
“I have suggested  to  him that in case 
he should  accept  this  latter  and larger 
sum, the possession  of  so  large a sum of 
money every week might prove a tempta­
tion for people to rob him,  and  perhaps 
lead him into dissipated ways.
“In this he concurs  with  me.  He  is 
perfectly willing to scrub out  the  store, 
hustle building material around the yard, 
lick postage stamps and run  on  errands, 
when not engaged  in  shorthand writing, 
as he believes these to form a part of the 
stenographer’s duties.
“Should he come,  will you  please  dis­
charge  your  janitor  and  one  teamster, 
and allow him to fill  their  places  in  his 
leisure hours?  He would like  this.
“Meet me at  the  entrance  of  Calvary 
Cemetery  at  12  o’clock  to-night,  and I 
will  introduce  you  to  this youth,  when 
you can tie a rope  around  his  neck  and 
drag him to your place of  business.”

White  Mountains  and  Bar  Harbor.
Commencing  June  29th, the Michigan 
Central and its eastern  connections  will 
run a through line of elegant, new buffet 
sleeping  cars  through  from  Chicago to 
Bar Harbor,  via. Niagara  Falls  and the 
White Mountains, without change.  Con­
nection  will  be  made  at  Niagara Falls 
with through sleeper  to  Clayton,  where 
connection will  be  made  with steamers 
to  the  Thousand  Islands,  Alexandria 
Bay,  Montreal and Quebec.  For full and 
detailed  information  in  regard  to these 
summer  resorts,  and  the  way  to reach 
them,  send  six  cents  postage  for  “A 
Modern Pilgi image,” and summer tourist 
rates, to O .  W.  B i -g u l e s ,  General  Pas­
senger and Ticket  Agent, Chicago, 111.

He Was  a Director.

A German,  whose  son  had  been  em­
ployed by the Grand Rapids School  Fur­
niture  Co.,  was  recently  met  by  an 
acquaintance who enquired:  “Well, Mr. 
Schnider, how is  Hans  getting  along  in 
his new place?”
“Shoost shplendid;  he vos von  *ff  der 
directors already.”

“A director! 

I  never  heard  of such 
rapid advancement—the young man must 
be a genius.”
“He  vas;  he  shoost  write a shplendid 
handt.”
“Oh yes, plenty of  people  write  good 
hands,  but  you  said  Hans  was a direc­
tor?”
“So he vas,”  (indignantly)  “he  direct 
tree tousand cirgulars efery day already!”

She Needed No  Thermometer. 

Anxious mother—“I  wish,  Susan,  that 
when you give baby a bath you would be 
careful to ascertain whether the water is 
at the proper temperature.”
Susan—“Oh,  don’t  you  worry  about 
that, ma’am. 
I don’t need no’mometers. 
If|the  little  one  turns red, the  water  is 
too  hot;  if  it  turns  blue, it’s  too  cold; 
and that’s all  there is about i t !”
Advertising  Cards  and  Specialties.
We carry a larger stock  of  these goods than any 
Are Manufacturers, Importers and Publishers of 

other house in this country.

7,000 styles.  Catalogue  free. 

charge at cost and allow a rebate after we 

receive orders sufficient to justify us. 

Samples  we 

AGENTS  WANTED.

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

Novelty  Card  and  Advertising  Co., 
W H IP S   A N D   L A SH E S.
Lowest Prices  for  Mail Orders. 
-  Grand Rapids.
54 Lake Ave., 

GRAHAM  ROYS,

THE  "EDITOR'S  CHOICE.”

We, 

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O U R NEW BRAN D  OF CIGARS.

“E D IT O R ’S  C H O IC E”

Will be ready for  shipment  in  about 

’two weeks.

Price, Thirty-Tliree Dollars per Thousand.
We  shall be pleased to receive a sample  order 

from you. 

Yours respectfully,

Geo.  T.  Warren  Ä  Go.
the  Trade

20,000  Solil  to 

In  Grand  Rapids  in  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.  Remember, 
you take no chances in ordering,  for  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 White Daisy 
Is manufactured only by

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

462  S.  Division  St., Grand Rapids.

ft SCHNEIDER K 0 „
Dick  and  George,

Manufacturers of  the famous

Elks’ Social Session

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.

TIME  TABLES.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .

GOING  NORTH.

Arrives. 

Leaves.
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw..................7:00 a m  
7:30 a  m
Traverse City <fc M ackinaw..................9:30 a m   11:30 a  m
Traverse City  E xpress........................3:05  p m  
4:20 p m
Petoskey  & M ackinaw........................8:45 p m 
10:30 p xn
7:30 a m  and  11:30  a.  m.  train s  have  ch air cars for 
Petoskey and Mackinaw City.
10:30 p.  m. tra in   has  sleeping  car  fo r  Petoskey and 
M ackinaw City.
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:25 a m  
7;00am
F o rt W ayne Express........................11:45 a m 
12  45 a rc
C incinnati  Express..........................5:40 p m 
6:00 p m
7:00a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  chair  car  fo r  Cincinnati. 
Chicago and Sturgis...........................10:40 p m 
11:05 p m
6:00 p m tra in  has P ullm an sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
11:05 p m  tra in  h as W agner sleeper  fo r  Chicago,  via 
Kalamazoo.
Sleeping  car  rates—$1.50  to  Chicago,  Petoskey  or 
M ackinaw C ity ;  $2 to Cincinnati.

GOING  SOUTH.

M u s k e g o n ,  G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .  

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a m ..................................................................... 10:15 a  m
11:15 a m ......................................................................   3:45 p m
5:40 p m ......................................................................   8:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’} Pass. Agent.

D e t r o i t ,   G r a n d   H a v e n  &   M i l w a u k e e .

GOING WEST.

Arrives. 
tM om ing Express............................   1:96 p m 
tT hroughM ail...................................5:00 p m  
tSteam boat  Express...................... 10:40 p m 
•N ight Express..................................6:50am  
tMixed.................................................  
GOING EAST.
tD etroit  Express..............................  6:45am  
tT hroughM ail..................................10:20 a m  
(Evening Express............................3:40 p m  
•Lim ited Express..............................  6:25 p m  

Leaves.
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
10:45 p m
7:00am
7:45 a m
6:50am
10:30 a m
3:50 p m
6:30 p m

tDaUy, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections for a ll points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. nex t day.  Limited  Express,  E ast, has 
th ro u g h  sleeper  to  D etroit  connecting  a t  Milwaukee 
Junction with through sleeper to Toronto,  and  a t  De­
tro it for th ro u g h  sleeper to N iagara Falls.
Through tick ets and  sleeping  c a r  berths secured a t 
D., G. H. <t M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t the depot.

J as. Campbell. City Passenger Agent.

T o l e d o ,   A n n   A r b o r   &   N o r t h e r n .

F o r T o le d o  a n d  a ll p o in ts  S o u th  a n d  E a s t, ta k e  
th e  T o le d o , A n n  A rb o r &  N o rth   M ic h ig a n   R a il­
w ay   fro m  O w osso J u n c tio n . 
S u re   c o n n e c tio n s  
a t a b o v e  p o in t w ith  tra in s  o f D .,  G.  H .  & M .,  a n d  
c o n n e c tio n s  a t T o le d o   w ith   e v e n in g   tra in s   fo r 
C le v e la n d ,  B u ffalo ,  C o lu m b u s,  D a y to n .  C in c in ­
n a ti,  P itts b u rg ,  C re sto n , O rv ille   a n d   a ll  p ro m i­
n e n t p o in ts  o n   c o n n e c tin g  lin e s.

A . J .  P a is l e y ,  G e n ’l  P a ss.  A g e n t.

\Y.  STEELE

Paclcins: and  Provision Co.

GRAND  R A P I D S ,

Fresh and  Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt 

W H O L E S A L E   D E A L E R S   IN

Pork, Hams,  Shoulders,  Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage 

of  all  Kinds,  Dried  Beef  for  Slicir g.

D A .   H D

strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 501b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails

P ickled P ig s9 P e e t, Tripe, P tc .

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

prices.DETROIT SO A P CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

OBERN  ANNE.  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR,

TRUE  BLUE, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHŒNIX, 

AND  OTHERS.

MASCOTTE, 

CAMEO.

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 
U r 

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i i Y l   YV J A I L S  O ,   l o c k   b o x   17 3 , 

Salesman for Western Michigan,

quantities,  address,

' m  Cj t , 

g r a n d   r a p i d s .
Old  Woman,  Old  Woman  whither 

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

The sun, moon and stars need the Soap 

so  high ?

because

Santa Claus.

s

for 

is  the  best on  F/irtw
fjVE(|NTS a cake.
J\llgoodgrocers sell it, and. 
/IK.fciRBANKfyCo,, Chicago,  make it

/[11 good l]ousei(e.^ers useAt.

1\   STEKETEE  &  SOKS,
D ry   G oods i N otions,

WHOLESALE

83  Monroe  81  and  10,12,14,16  # 18  Fountain  81,

Grand  Hapids,  Mich•

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 ress G ood s, 
H o sie r y ,  U n d e r w e a r ,  VV'hite  G oods, 
L a ces,  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 .

Warps,  Geese  Feathers,

Waddings,  Batts 

BURLAPS.

and  Twines.
Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia  Bags.  Mail  orders  receive  prompt 

STARK,

FRANKLINV1LLE,

AMERICAN,
HOOKER,

and careful attention.

Baos,

RETAIL  GROCERS

Do  You  W ant a Deudor?

THEN  BUY  A  BOX  OF

H A P P Y   F A M I L Y   S O A P

Seventy-five liars in a Box.  Only $2.95 per Box 

5 Boxes, 5c a Box Less.  10 Boxes, 10c a Box Less.

OF  YOUR  WHOLESALE  GROCER.

IT  WEIGHS  NEARLY  A

FULL  POUND.  AND  THE  BEST  AND  PUREST  LAUNDRY  SOAP  IN  THE  MARKET 

FOR  ALL  HOUSEHOLD  PURPOSES.

Five-box  lots  and  upward  delivered  free  of  freight  to  any  railroad  station  in  Michigan.

M A N U FA C TU R ED   ON LY   BY

HELEN  B. WRI8LEY,  GhicaQO. Ill,

\

MIGHlEflN. OUR  MICH O fti

To the  Retail  DistriWters of Foot-wear in fM ig a n :
GENTLEMEN:—Michigan  is  our  home  state  and  we  take 
especial  pride  in  the  reputation  our goods have right here at 
home.  Our  production  is  over  ONE  MILLION  DOLLARS 
ANNUALLY (Shipments for  last  six  months  being  $519.468) 
and of this fully one-third is sold in  Michigan.  We  are  repre­
sented in nearly  all  Michigan  towns  of any size by first-class, 
enterprising  dealers  (you  know  we  only sell to the best), but 
we will not be  satisfied  until  our  goods  are  sold  in  EVERY 
CITY AND VILLAGE IN THE STATE,  so  if  reliable  dealers 
in places where our goods are not sold  will  write  us,  we  will 
convince them that we can make it to  their  advantage  to  take 
hold of our line.  WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR to give proper 
service,  and, believing in the old adage  “There’s  Nothing Like 
Leather,”  we use no imitations.

Yours truly,

PINGHBP  SMITH,

Detroit, Mich
R e l i a b l e   F o o t-A A ^ ear

M A N U FA C T U R E R S  OF

Boys’  and Children’s.

In fine and medium grades.  All styles.  Ladies’,  Gents’, Misses’, 

\
W M . SEA R S & GO.,

Gracker  ManilfacWrers,

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

C hem icals.^
W.  BAKER 
& CO.’S
Breakfast  Cocoa
Is  absolutely  pure 

and  it  is  soluble.
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,  no  chem ical  being1  used  in 
its preparation.  By one of 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

W ith a steady increase  in  demand.

Jennings’  Flavoring  E xtorts

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.

Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable 
goods to add to their stock.  Order through your Jobber or  direct from

Jennings  &  Sm ith,
N 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,  Mich•

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

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