‘The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1886. NO. 141. Our Special ¢ Plug Tobaccos. 3 butts. 136 1 butt. SPRING CHICKEN .38 MOXIE 30.30 ECLIPSE 30, 00 Above brands for sale only by OLNEY, SHIELDS & Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The true remedy has at last been discovered. It is Golden Seal Bitters. It is to be found at your drug store. It makes wonderful cures. Use it now. It will cure you. It is the secret of health. PLUG TOBACCO, RED TIN TAC. BS a LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum, THE ONLY RELIABLE Compressed Yeast. Man’f'd by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. WHIPS & LASHES AT WHOLESALE ONLY. Goods at jobbing prices to any dealer who comes to us or orders by mail, for cash. Gj. ROYS c& CO., Manufacturers’ agents, 2 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. GUSTAVE A. WOLF, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407, COLLECTIONS Promptly attended to throughout the State. References: Hart & Amberg, Eaton & Christen- son, Enterprise Cigar Co. FPINGREE &SMITHE Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. an 3% & 8 Pp 4. 2 2 es : | sem gs - | © > # \ages JS Bews 3 i Qa km (@¥"Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company._&] Office and Factory—t1, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. A, H. FOWLE, House Decorator and Dealer in FINE WALL PAPERS, Room Mouldings, Window Shades, Artist Materials PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES, And a full line of Paints, Oil & Glass. Enamel Letters, Numbers and Door Plates, and all kinds of Embossed, Cut and Ornamental Glass. Special attention given to House Decorat- ing and Furnishing, and to the designing and furnishing of stained glass. 37 Ionia Street, South of Monroe. A Million Dollars. Millions of dollars would be saved annually by the invalids of every community, if, instead of calling in a physician for every ailment, they were all wise enough to put their trustin Golden Seal Bitters, a certain cure for all dis- eases arising from an impure state of the Blood and Liver, such as Scrofula inits various forms, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Female irregularities, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Exposure and Imprudence of Life. No person can take these Bitters accord- ing to instructions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by min- eral poison or other means, and the vital or- gans wasted beyond the point of repair. Gold- ed Seal Bitters numbers on its list of cures ac- uired a great celebrity, being used as a fam- edicine. Sold by Hazeltine & roe Co. i ym EDMUND B. DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JW bi R. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. WE LEAD-—OTHERS FOLLOW, is valuable. The if Grand Rapids MIKE Business College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send forJournal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros,, Druggists, irand Rapids, Mich. BELKNAP Wagon and Sleigh Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Carts and Trucks, Mill and Dump Carts, Lumbermen’s and Rivet Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have overy facility for making first-class Wagons of all kinds. (aSpecial Attention Given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. . Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich. TO THE RETAIL GROCER. Why don’t you make your own Baking Powder And a hundred per cent. profit? I have made mine for years. Twelve receipts, including the leading powders of the day, with full directions for preparing,—the re- sult of 30 years’ collecting, selecting and experiment- ing, sent for a $1 postal note. Address Cc. P. Bartlett, Baldwinsville, N. Y. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. Albert Coye & Son, DEALER IN AWNINGS, TENTS, Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, Hammocks and Spread- ers, Hammock Supports and Chairs, Buggy Seat Tops, Etc. Send for Price-List. 73 Canal St. JODDYD c& COO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should write to or see the RAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO, 71 CANAL STREET. PIONEER PREPARED PAINTS. Order your stock now. Having just re- ceived a lagge stock of the above celebrated brand MIXED PAINTS, we are prepar- ed to fill all orders. We give the following Guarantee : When our Pioneer Prepared Paintis put on any building, and if within three years it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead or such other paint as the owner may select. Havelting & Perkins Drag Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Granello, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, LOT Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, AND Overcoats for Everybody. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOL- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. PLUG TOBACCO. TURKEY 39 Big 5 Cents, Oo Dainty {Miumeacn but; 2 All above brands for sale only by BULKLEY, LEMON & HO0PD WHOLESALE GROCERS, GRAND RAPIDS, = EATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of ». W. Venable & Go. PETERSBURG, VA., FPLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. MICH. PARTNER WANTED. A man with twelve to fifteen thousand dollars to take interest in a first-class furni- ture business, well established. Good saw mill in connection with the furniture factory. Factory and mill situated in good locality. Timber plenty and cheap. Address E. Howard, Gobleville, Mich. FOR SALE, A large tract of good farming land, cov- ered with valuable timber, for sale or ex- change for merchandise. Also two steam mills, 40 and 50 horse-power, well located to cut the timber on said tract, both in good repair and now running. Any party having merchandise to exchange must give particu- lars when writing. For further information, address W. L. Beardsley, Hersey, Mich. : An Enterprising Firm. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. can al- ways be relied upon not only to carry in stock the best of drugs, but have secured the agency for Dr. Pete’s 35-cent Cough Cure, which they warrant. It will cure all Throat, Lung and Chest diseases, and has the reputation of being the best Cough cure ever discovered for Con- sumption. iy L. §. Hill & Co. Fishing Tackle A Specialty at Wholesale and Retail. Dealers are invited to send for our new Illustrated Catalogue for the trade only. Don’t purchase your Spring Stock of Tackle until you have received our prices, as we have many new and desir- able goods, with prices guaranteed as low as the lowest, on Rods, Reels, Lines and Leaders, Snelled Hooks and Hooks of every variety, all sizes of French Trout Baskets with capacity 6 to 25 lbs., new Cane Poles, Artificial Baits, etc., and a general line of Sporting Goods. L. S. HILL & CO. 21 PEARL Street, GRAND Rarips, MIcu. BOGUS BUTTER. Laws Enacted for the Regulation of its Manufacture and Sale. Tue Department of Agriculture has been gathering some facts with reference to but- ter imitations. They are of special interest just now, in view of the legislation asked of Congress by the dairymen. The report says: The laws for the protection of consumers against the purchase as butter or cheese of spurious or adulterated articles called by these names may be divided into two gen- eral classes—nainely: First—Regulative laws, or those which require that such spurious or adulterated i articles shall be sold only for what they really are, and to secure this end provide regulations as to marking, labeling, or other- wise giving public notice of the true charac- ter of the article sold. Second—Prohibitory laws, or those which forbid the manufacture of such spurious or adulterated articles or the offer of such arti- cles for sale. The earlier laws were of the former class, but a number of the more recent ones are of the latter. Regulative laws are in force in the District of Columbia and the following States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, thode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, West Vir- ginia, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, and California. Prohibitory laws are in force in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, while Ohio has a law of the same class, but with an important limitation. It appears that a fair proportion of this local legislation has been within a recent period, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Iowa having passed ‘regulative anti-butterine’ laws within the last two months. The main features of these laws are substantial- ly the same, the difference being in the de- tails for carrying them into practical cpera- tion. Some of the States have legislated only with an eye to imitation dairy pro- ducts, while others have covered the whole subject of food adulteration. The tenden- cy to advance from regulative to prohibitory laws makes the States in which the latter have been enacted of more importance, as it is claimed by the butterine people that the proposed tax of 10 cents per pound would amount to practical prohibition. The New York law is the most elaborate and it is quoted in full. The legal status of this enactment is thus stated. Sec. 6 of the law is as follows: No person shall manufacture out of any oleaginous substance or substances, or any compound of the same other than that pro- duced from unadulterated milk or of cream from the same, any article designed to take the place of butter or cheese produced from pure, unadulterated milk or cream of the same, or shall sell or offer for sale the same as an article of food. This provision shall not apply to pure skim milk cheese made from pure skim milk. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not Jess than $100 nor more than $500, or not less than six months’ or more than one years’ imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment for the first offense, and by imprisonment for one year for each sub- sequent offense. A person accused of violating the provis- ions of See. 6 having been convicted of that offense in the Court of General Sessions of the City and County of New York and the conviction having, on appeal to the general term of the Supreme Court in the first de- partment, been affirmed by that tribunal, the case was carried to the Court of Ap- peals. The case was one in which it was not charged that the defendant had sold oleomargarine as butter. His offense con- sisted in selling an article designed to take the-place of butter and not made from pure milk or cream. The court (Judge Rappalo giving the opinion) held that the prohibi- tory clause of the act was so broad as to cover a case in which there was no simula- tion of butter or cheese, no attempt at fraud, and no complaint that the articles manufactured or sold were unwholesome. This was held to be an infraction of the constitutional right of every citizen to the free use of his faculties in any pursuit not prejudicial to the public welfare. In con- clusion, it was declared that the judgment of the general term and of the Court of Ses- sions should be reversed. This decision would leave in full foree the regulative laws of 1882, requiring spuri- ous butter and cheese to be sold under their true names, and prescribing certain marks, brands, etc., to appraise the purchaser of their character. Tae Legislature, however, has since re-enacted the prohibitory provis- ion, the vote to that effect being unanimous in one House and with only one dissenting voice in the other. In Ohio the prohibition does not apply to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine when manufactured from beef suit and milk. It appears that the subject is causing agita- tion in other countries than the United States. The decrease in the profits of British’ and Irish dairying and the large amounts of butterine, oleomargarine, etc., imported from Holland and elsewhere, and sold as dairy butter, have paved the way, in accordance with the laws of a large number of the American States for the introduction . pression of oleomargarine. into the House of Commons of a bill to ‘regulate the importation, manufacture and sale of butter substitutes.’ It defines butter as ‘such article produced from unadulter- ated milk or cream, unmixed with any oth- er fatty or oleaginous substance whatever,’ and margarine or oleomargarine as ‘any imitation of butter whatsoever, or any com- pound of butter and animal or vegetable oil.’ Any tub or firkin containing imitation butter shall have ‘Margarine’ or ‘Oleomarga- rine’ stamped or branded upon it in letters at least an inch in length. The penalty for the first offense against this section is a fine not exceeding £20; for a second a month’s imprisonment or £50, and any subsequent offense six months’ imprisonment. Retail dealers are required to inform every pur- chaser that the article sold is margarine, under penalty of £10. For the better carry- ing of the bill into successful operation it is proposed to give one-half the amount of any fine to the informer by whose evidence conviction is obtained. Other countries are summarized as follows: Austria—There is no law to prevent the importation of spurious butter, but sale is regulated by the sanitary officers of the dif- ferent municipalities. If any butters con- taining a deleterious mixture are sold they must be given their true name and quality | and not be sold as butter, otherwise the goods may be confiscated and the venders punished with fine and imprisonment. Belgium—tThere is no general law in rela- tion to the matter. ‘It is the subject of municipal regulation. An ordinance of the Communal Council of Brussels provides that persons selling artificial butter, the eolor and shape of which resemble those of real butter, shall occupy a place assigned to him by the communal administration, and his stall shall bear in distinct characters the sign ‘artificial butter.’ ' Denmark—The only law bearing directly upon the subject is one providing that arti- ficial butter shall be packed in vessels dif- ferently fashioned from those known as butter barrels or kegs, under specific rules proscribed by the Minister of the Interior, and shall be marked with the word ‘Marga- rine.’ Violations of this law are punish- able by a fine of 200 to 2,000 kroner ($53.60 to $536), and by the confiscation of the arti- cles, of which one-half the value goes to the reporter of the offense in case he demands it. Still another check on the sale of coun- terfieit butter is supplied by the control over all food products vested in Health Commis- sioners of the different towns, which, in concert with the police, exercise their au- thority under the regulations sanctioned for each town by the Ministry of the Interior. A medical man is usually attached to these commissions, and they are authorized to call in experts in case of need to assist them in their investigations. Franee—A bill for the suppression of frauds in the sale of butter was introduced in the French Chambers of Deputies Aug. 14, 1884, by M. Julius Meline, Minister of Agriculture; but it does not apper from in- formation at hand that the measure has_ be- come a law. It requires the vender of arti- ficial butter, or of butter mixed with marga- rine or other fats, to make known the true character of the article by means of a label placed on the article itself or on the bar- rel or other package containing it. It must also be correctly described in the invoice and way-bill or bill of lading accompanying consignments of it. The neglect of these requirements is made punishable by a fine of 11 to 16 franes and by imprisonment not exceeding five days. Art. 2 punishes with imprisonment from six days to a month, and with a fine of 100 to 2,000 franes, any one who by false declarations on the in- voice, freight-office ticket, or bill of lading shall have deceived or attempted to deceive the purchaser. Art. 3 imposes the maximum penalty on any one convicted within a year after a former conviction. Art. 4 provides for the confis- cation of the counterfeit or adulterated arti- cle when found in the possession of the per- son offering it for sale. It also empowers the Judge to order the publication and post- ing up of the judgment of confiscation, and makes the same obligatory in case of a sec- ond offense. Germany—The Mark Lane Express of Nov. 9, 1885, contains the following: The question of butter manufacture has lately been very much discussed in Germany, especially in the Province of Schleswig- Holstein, where a law has just been passed prohibiting the use of oil or any oily sub- stance, except milk or cream, in making butter and cheese. Nor may either be sold cheaply or offered in the market at an un- usually low rate. These conditions do not apply to green or skimmed milk cheese. Switzerland—The same paper has the fol- lowing in regard to Switzerland: Efforts are being made in Switzerland for the sup- The Council has decided that inquiries should be made into the subject, and should it be found that oleomargarine has become a regular article of commerce a tariff of duties to check its sale will be issued. Italy—There has not been any restriction placed upon the importation of artificial but- ter, and no special laws or regulations have been made concerning its manufacture or sale. There are very rigorous general laws concerning the sale of adulterated or un- wholesome food. Netherlands—The importation, manufae- ture or sale of artificial butter is not prohib- ited or regulated any in manner by law. Portugal—There are no legal restrictions upon the production or sale of artifi- cial butters. ‘DeMourier’s oleomargarine’ is subject, on importation, to the same rate of duty as natural butter—namely; 16.2 cents per kilogram. A question arising as to another substance presented at the cus- tom-house and found to be pure margarine, intended for use in the manufacture of ar- tificial butter, it was subjected, by a decree dated, Feb. 14, 1884, to a duty of 5.4 cents per kilogram. Russia—There are no restrictions upon the importation, but, in fact, none is im- ported. Artificial butter is manufactured quite extensively, and there is no law to protect or regulate its sale. It may be sold as genuine butter without penalty, provided it does not contain any ingredients which are detrimental to the public health.” > © > How Drummers Make Money. From the New York Star. ‘If I give you your fare ona street car and you walk, you earn that money don’t you? Just so with the drummer. He knows his manager will audit his bill of expenses if he doesn’t run over $4 or $4.50 per day. Some firms let their men have more rope than that, but $4.50 is the aver- age. If a drummer misses a meal he charges half a dollar for it, as though he ate the meal. Ifhe eats a 20-cent lunch it costs the firm 50 cents—his stomach earns the other 30 cents.” The speaker was a drum- mer fora firm of Broadway glove importers, and he gave away trade secrects to a Star young man at the Morton House. ‘The fare from Buffalo to New York, first-class, is $11.25. A sealper ticket costs $7. Whatis the matter with riding ona sealper ticket and charging first-class fare? The drummer says ‘I deny myself, there- fore I earn $2.25.’ Of course that kind of reasoning may be carried too far. I knew a traveler, Jack Cokejaw of a Union Square house, who put a suit of clothes in the first month’s expense account. ‘Lere,’ said the manager, ‘we don’t clothe you.’ ‘Oh, I thought you did,’ said Jack innocently. Not long afterward Jack was in the city again. He brought in another bill of ex- penses. . ‘You don’t see a suit of clothes there now, do you?’ said he. ‘No. This billis all right. This is the way we want to see your expenses—all itemized,’ replied the manager. ‘But there is a suit of ciothes there, all the same,’ chuckled Jack. He had spread the cost of the suit like butter— the whole length of the account. When I first met Jack he was always flush. In faet he is now, but he is manager. Jack was at work then for a sewing machine house, and had charge of the city trade. He used to ask me often to dine with him, and I noticed he never paid for what he got. ‘We seldom ate twice at the same place, and I began to think his credit was monumental. ‘Next time we go to Craft’s to dine let’s take all the boys in the office with us,’ said Jack, as we left a well-known restaurant one day. ‘I don’t like the place at all, and I’m anxious to eat up what he owes me.’” “Then he owes you money,” draw Jack out. ‘Yes, they all owe me more money than I'll ever get. I might quit work now and board around from place to place for two years and not eat the accounts up. You see I once put an advertisement in a Sunday paper which read something like this: JIRST-CLASS board wanted for a first-class sewing machine direct from the factory.. References required. “Well, I got over seventy-five answers. I was given the best of re‘erences—bankers, preachers and doctors. Most of the letters were from boarding house keepers and res- tauranteurs. They were from all parts of the city. As manager of the city trade I could sell a single machine as a sample at the wholesale price. But I didn’t do that. I picked out twenty good restaurants and boarding-houses, and bought twenty ma- chines on my own account on four month’s time. The wholesale price of each machine was $19, and the retail price $55. Of course I paid $19 each and sold them at the retail price. At each of the t'venty places I told them if they wanted a br nd-new machine I would let them have one direct from the office for $20, cash, and would take the bal- ance out in board. They jumped at it, es- pecially as the machine was one of the best make, and I promised to take it back if not satisfactory. Near three restaurants I gota suit of rooms on the machine account. In less than two days I had delivered the twenty machines, had $400 in eash in pocket with four months in which to pay for the goods. I had $700 to take out in board and lodging in various parts of the city, and as I say, I got tired of eating up my profits on the schéme. The $700 was all profit and also $1 on each machine. Why, I worked the same plan on the tailors—they wanted sewing machines. I could sell a tailor a heavy manufacturing machine for $90 which cost me $30—and what an elegant suit of clothes I got for that $30,’ ” said [, to The Michigan Tradesman. » A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate. BE, A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1886. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. . Traverse City Business Men’s Association, President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. kwood; Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. Business Men’s Protective Union of Cheboygan. President, A. M. Wesgate; Vice-President, H. Chambers; Secretary, A. J. Paddock. Luther Protective Association. President, W. B. Pool: Vice-President, R. M. Smith; Secretary, Jas. M. Verity; Treasurer, Geo. Osborne. Ionia Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Vice-President, H. M. Lewis; Secretary, Fred Cutler, Jr. Merchants’ Union of Nashville, President, Herbert M. Lee; Vice-President, Cc. E. Goodwin; Treasurer, G. A. Truman; Sec- retary and Attorney, Walter Webster. Lowell Business Men’s Protective As- sociation. President, N. B. Blain; Vice-President, John Giles; Secretary, Frank T. King; Treasurer, Chas. D. Pease. Ovid Business Men’s Association. President, C. H. Hunter: Secretary, Lester Cooley. (" Subscribers and others, when writing to advértisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. LESSONS LEARNED FROM FAIL- : URE. Tne TRADESMAN reproduces an article on the labor situation from an exchange this week and heads it ‘‘Failure of the Eight- Hour Movement.” It is unnecessary to state in this connection that the movement is a failure, for every man who reads the newspapers—aside from the fire-eating la- bor organs—is aware that the agitation re- sulted disastrously. Three or four factories in this city are still running on the eight- hour basis, but both employers and work- men are dissatisfied with the arrangement and both are awaiting an opportunity to resume the old system. There is no manu- facturing center where the new order of things obtains and a few isolated examples throughout the country are all the agitators ean point to as the result of their efforts. ‘Taking the country as a whole, not one hundredth part of the workingmen are working with the eight-hour plan and the indications are that even that infinitely small proportion will decreased instead of increased. The reasons for the failffe of the plan which the mouthy labor agitators represent- ed would bring about the iillenium are many. First and foremost, a fair trial of the new system revealed the fact that the majority of the workingmen gained noth- ing from the extra hours of idleness except acquiring an added thirst for liquor. The “Great Labor Jubilee’ with which the workmen ushered in the first day of May in this city was great only in the sense of fill- ing the streets with more drunken men than Grand Rapids had ever known before; and it is noticeable that very few of the men in the shops still running on the eight-hour basis go to their homes when work ceases at 4 o’clock. They tarry in the saloon and on the street corners, instead of flooding the reading rooms and libraries, as it was rep- resented would be the case. This puts an end forever to all talk to the effect that the workmen ‘‘need more time to improve their minds,” and until there is a radical change in existing conditions that argument will in all probability be shelved. Another reason for the failure of the eight- hour scheme was the avidity with which the workmen acted on the advise of profes- sional mischief makers and their manifest unwillingness to listen to the proposals of their employers. Such an attitude on the part of the men tended to provoke feelings of hostility on the part of their employers —a spirit the men are likely to feel in the future. Finally, the eight-hour conspiracy failed because it was foisted upon the country ata time when the people were not prepared for it and insisted upon without as much as an attempt at enquiry into the inconvenience it would cause or the los# which would neces- sarily follow in its wake. TWO RELICS OF BARBARISM. The red flag has gone down with the ar- rest and punishment of the Anardhist lead- ers and its twin infamy, the boycott, has been practically abandoned because of the many similar opinions expressed by con- servative judges relative to its legal status. The latest de4nition of the peculiar weapon is given by Judge Mallory, of Wisconsir, who pays it his compliments in the follow- ing emphatic terms: It is not necessary for the indictment of a person accused of an unlawful act that he should have actually participated in the commission of it. Every person that coun- sels, procures or incites others to the com- mi sion of an unlawful act is equally guilty with those that actually committed the act, even though they between two or more persons wrongfully to injure or prejudice a third person or any body of men, as for instance, a combination to injure a man in his trade or profession, is a conspiracy, and as such is an indictable offense. If, therefore, two or more persons conspire together for the purpose of boycot- ting a-man, with intent to injure or destroy his business, they may be indicted for con- spiracy. POSTPONED PROSPERITY. During January and February the country appeared to have recoiled from its previous lethargy and every indication pointed to the most profitable season for five years. Bus- iness began to move with old-time energy and confidence was apparently on the road to restoration. In an evil hour the hands moved back- ward. Labor asserted itself by means of senseless agitations and even less senseless strikes—by riots and the bomb! What is the result? Confidence is timid, business men are cautious, business opera- tions are suspended and the return of good times. is delayed at least a year, perhaps longer. The question for the laboring men to con- sider is this, Are they any better off than they were before the reign of disorder? Knights of Toil, think of these things! A report to the House shows that 20,747,- 000 acres of Ameriean land, or about the area of Ireland, is owned by alien purchas- ers and companies composed of aliens. This is an abuse which should be corrected by legislation. English law makes it impos- sible for aliens to transmit real estate by in- heritance. The London property of Geo. Peabody escheated to the crown at his death. Why not adopt the same law for America? It would not meet the whole difficulty, un- less some similar restriction were laid on alien corporations. It isa matter of frequent comment that the cheese product of this State is better in quality this year than ever before. This improvement indicates the acquisition of more knowledge on the part of the patron quite as much as the possession of more skill on the part of the maker. Still there is a chance for improvement in both direc- tions. el Big tapids business men have arranged to hold a preliminary meeting for the pur- pose of organizing and the indications are that before another week has elapsed As- sociation No. 26 will be something more than a mere matter of speculation. a ne An occasional advertiser of Tur TRADES- MAN sends in the following unsolicited tes- timonial: ‘‘By the way the responses come in to my advertisement, I begin to believe your paper can’t be beat as an advertising medium.” AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. John Ludlow succeeds G. E. Simmons in the saloon business. A. M. Collins succeeds Miller & Collins in the manufacture of excelsior on Grand- ville avenue. Geo. D. Burton & Co. have engaged in the drug business at Holton. L. D. Putnam & Co. furnished the stock. J. D. Ritzma has engaged in the grocery business at Grand Haven. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the stock. Sidney Stark has engaged in general trade at Allendale. Amos S. Musselman & Co. furnished the grocery stock. Hibbard Ingalls has engaged in the drug business at Newberry. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co. has just, gotten out a fifty-six page, illustrated catalogue. It is from the press of the Fuller & Stowe Company. The first California potatoes ever received at this market came in last week. They are large in size and fine in quality. They sell for $1.50 per bushel. F. Raniville has putin a new power scour- ing machine, which enables one operator to do as much work as six men accomplished under the old hand method. J. W. Warren has invented a mineral paint for both outdoor and indoor work, which he claims to be superior to anything of the kind now on the market. Frank Conlon, formerly with C. E. An- drews & Co., of Milwaukee, but for the past two years on the road for B. Leidersdorf & Co., of Milwaukee, severed his connection with the latter house on Monday to engage in the produce and commission business at the corner of Spring and Island streets. Frank is a genuine hustler and his many friends among the retail trade will not al- low him to starve to death in his new ven- ture. AROUND THE STATE. J. M. Leberlent, the Marshall grocer, has assigned. L. A. Howe has engaged in the drug bus- iness at Lake City. D. R. Thralls is erecting an addition to his store building at Walton. J. D. McKenna succeeds Roche & McKen- na in the drug business at Meredith. Dayton D. Clark succeeds Mrs. W. T. Place in general trade at Beaver Lake. Kellogg & Woodin, grocers at Kalkaska, have dissolved, Mr. Woodin succeeding. L. Newman succeeds Newman & Miller in the woolen and dress goods bnsiness at Niles. purehased F. Salisbury’s grocery and meat) market at Harbor Springs. The W.C. Arnold drug stock, at Lud- ington, is now in the possession of Mr. Merriam, of the former firm of Hibbard & Merriam. Ann Arbor counter-jumpers will organize for the purpose of getting better terms from their employers and having the shops ¢losed at reasonable hours. A Cross Village correspondent writes: Dakota, in now one of the proprietors of ‘the Chicago Preserving Co., at Chicago. W. A. Severson, formerly engaged in the drug trade at Buchanan, has removed to Milwaukee to assist in the management of the Aurora Iron Mining Co., which owns some of the richest mines on the Gogebic range in Ontonagon county. Edward White, the Broadway grocer, is constructing an ingenius representation of Gladstone’s castle, Hawarden, about four The balance of the Hough & Wagley stock of goods was sold at auction Wednesday and bid in by A. T. Burnett. S. L. Ware will shortly engage in the grocery business at Sand Lake. will be furnished by J. H. Thompson & Co., Thos. Ferguson placing the order. A Trufant correspondent writes: A. J. Philo has sold the balance of his drugs and fixtures to Dr. Close & Son, of Sand Lake. We understand they intend to remove them to Sand Lake. elhock & Lewenberg, has been closed on at- tachment. Criminal proceediugs are also pending against William B. Lewenberg. The proceeding grew out of alleged fraud- ulent conveyances made by the old firm. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. T. Rivet succeeds C. Rivet & Bro. in the carriage making business at Bay City. Whitehall Forwn: Geo. H. Nelson, the cigar maker, has formed a co-partnership with G. C. Wehren, of Big Rapids, and the firm will soon enter upon the manufacture of cigars at the latter place. Mr. Nelson will move there. A company composed Dr. S. H. Clizbe, the Hon. M. D. Campbell, Charles T. Allen, Burk and N. W. Sherman has been organ- road eart at Coldwater. STRAY FACTS. Maneelona’s butter dish factory ships a earload of its products every day. C. W. Beers succeeds Beers & Hamlyn in the meat business at Bellevue. inaw. Mrs. Jane S. Waldron succeeds Mrs. St. Louis. Squier & McCarer succeed Geo. W. Squier in the agricultural implement business at Charlotte. J. A, Latcha has resigned the receivership of the Michigan & Ohio Railway. He will be succeeded by Geo. L. Bradbury. Gladwin will pay a bonus to the man who will build a flouring mill there. Last year $10,000 worth of flour was retailed in the village. Englemann & Babeock are building a log- in length, which will open up about 100,- 000,000 feet of choice pine. There is talk of consolidating the propos- ed new National bank and the State bank of Midland, the consolidation to be known as the First National Bank of Midland. barrels of apples to a Chicago commission house. received $7.50 as his share of the plunder. Less than a year ago Sibley & Bearinger purchased what is known as the Gamble pine timber tract in Ogemaw county for 105,000. They recently sold it for $175,- 000. It is estimated that the strike of the yard hands at Chicago entailed a loss of $10,000 on the laboring men of Muskegon. the way strikes do not help the laboring classes. Jas. Shavalier, of the sawmill and shingle manufacturing firm of Stevens & Shayalier, at Petoskey, was in town last Friday on his way to lower lake ports, where he will dis- pose of a couple of cargoes of timber. The Grand Haven Lumber Co., which operated last winter at Cedar Lake, has ex- hausted the pine in that section of the coun- try, and is now moving its entire equipment, including a logging railroad, to a tract of 75,000,000 feet of pine near Meredith, on the F. & P. M., in Clare county. ————-—>->_—_— Purely Personal. Mrs. J. L. Manning, of Kalkaska, was in town over Sunday. old friends at Coldwater last week. John Sbields, of Olney, Shields & Co., spent Sunday with friends in Indianapojis. J. A. Miller, formerly with M. C. Russell, has entered the employ of W. F. Gibson & Co. F. H. Manning, of the well-known wool house of Luce & Manning, at Boston, was in town Monday. ling, died last Thursday of apoplexy and was buried Saturday. home from a trip to Chicago and Kalamazoo. in a year. down for life. B. M. DeLamater, Secretary and Treas- son, was in town a couple of days last week, trade. at its commission: ‘i i a a may not have been present * * *° Anagreement _W. C. Cranaer, late of Coopersville, has The stock | Julius Reiss, of Caro, suecessor of Him- | George Greenwood, Samuel Kanaus, J. W. | ized for the manufacture of the Sherman | Muchler & Allen succeed Muchler & Bax- | ter in the commission business at East Sag- | Viola Shaffer in the millinery business at ging railroad in Crawford county, 10 miles | A Coloma fruit grower sent twenty-five Last week the Coloma fruit grower | That’s | L. L. Loveridge put in several days with | John Bonney, formerly with S. A. Wel- | Oil Co., has purchased the pleasant resi- | dence at 663 Wealthy avenue and settled urer of the Central City Soap Co., of Jack- recently engaged in the banking business in feet long and three feet high. The work consists of a wooden framework, covered | with small pieces of cork, and is extremely | | clever. H. H. Everard, of the firm of H. H. Ever- ard & Co., general job printers at Kalama- /zoo, and S$. A. Gibson, superintendent of the Kalamazoo Paper Co., were in. town | Friday on,their way to Charlevoix, where they each own handsome cottages. They also stopped over at Grand Rapids on their way home Tuesday. | A. J. Little, formerly with the H. G. Al- ‘len Publishing Co., but for the last six ‘months Southern traveling representative for the Art Album Co., of Battle Creek, has contracted that territory with a leading New | Orleans house, and has accepted the posi- ‘tion of manager of the installment depart- ' ment of the factory. He will make Battle Creek his headquarters. —_-9 W. T. Long writes THe TRADESMAN as follows: The Vicksburg creamery has now | been in operation two weeks and is turning out nearly or guite 2,000 pounds of butter a | week. The company is now organized un- | der the name of the Vicksburg Creamery | Co., with W. T. Long as President, W. W. | Scott, Secretary and E. L. Page Treasurer. Putnam & Brooks carry an immense stock of nuts of all kinds and are prepared to fill all orders, however large. Grocers wanting cheese warranted to give satisfaction should sell the Wayland cheese, J. B. Smith, proprietor. “Fermentum” the only reliable compress- ,ed yeast. See advertisement. MISCELLANEOUS. — Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, or 50 cents for three weeks. Advance pay- ment. Advertisements directing that answers be | sent in care of this office must be accompanied nd 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. eile giieg eorrespond with a good, live man, posted in the grocery business, with a view to partnership. I have a good store building ina village needing a grocery | badly. Any grocer who has a small stock of one or two thousand would do well to corres- pond with Box 10, North Muskegon, Mich.141tf eS position as book-keeper and general office man by a gentleman of large experience. Would prefer a lumbering firm orlarge manufacturing concern. Address and refer to Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops. otf NOR RENT—Desirable brick store building in a thriving farming town, twenty miles i from Grand Rapids. Good opening for gro- |cery or general stock. Address Store, care |THE TRADESMAN. 140tf AOR SALE—Stock of general merchandise and house and lot, on the shore of Grand |'Traverse Bay, near rai’road. Small amount required down. Address “Zero,” care THE TRADESMAN. 145 | AOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Farm of 120 t aeres in southern Michigan, 100 acres im- | proved. Large frame house and barn, and | large orchard. Willsell on long time or ex- | change for a stock of boots and shoes or gro- i ceries. Address L. B. C., care THE TRADES- MAN. 141 | | NOR SALE—A drug store. One of the hand- | I” somest drug stores in the State, doing a splendid business, in a town of 12.000 inhabi- itants. Stock, ete., will inventory about $3,500. | Average cash sales, $25 a day and increasing. | No paint and oils carried in stock. Owner wishes to go into manufacturing business at once. Address, for full particulars, Aloes, care TRADESMAN Office. 138tf i” SALE OR EXCHANGE—Two pieces of store property situated on a main busi- Will sell cheap or exchange for Address ao ness street. stock of general merchandise. c C. Yonker, box 1970, Muskegon, Mich. AOR SALE—A stock of groceries and fix- tures in a splendid location. Low rent and a good trade. Willsell for cash or trade for good city property. Address No. 10, TRADES- MAN Office. 138tf oe WANTED—For an article used in every house. I can give alive man a good perien job in every town in the United States. ‘or particulars, address with stamp, A. —_ S* Pewamo, Mich. | yr SALE—Desiring a change of climate, on account of poor health, I will sell at a bargain my stock of merchandise, consisting of dry goods, groceries and boots and shoes. Stoek will invoice about $2,500. I will sell or rent store building on terms to suit purchaser. If you mean business, call on or address. C. L. Howard, Clarksville, Ionia Co., Mich. 142* |’ YOU WANT—To get into business, to sell your business, to secure additional capital, ito get a situation, if you have anything for | sale or want to buy anything, advertise in the Miscellaneons Column of THE TRADESMAN. A | twenty-five word advertisement costs but 25 | cents a week or 50 cents for three weeks. | | D. N. White, the Petoskey grocer and | baker, was in town Monday on his way J. L. Bradford, manager of the Newaygo h Ail (IN i Ly | N. Manufacturing Co.’s store at Newaygo, was | in town last Thursday, for the second time | Importers, W. A. Stebbins, of the West Michigan | Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, interviewing both the jobbing and - Stationery W Sincies, Harry L. Baldwin, formerly engaged in | the printing business in this city, but more | Guaranteed absolutely Purr, HiGHestr GRADE, CULTIVATED coffee, and free from any mixture with the rank acid coffees grown on uncultivated lands, which cause dizzi- ness, indigestion, sleeplessness, ete. L. C. B., American Field, Pan- 76 South Division St., Giand Rapids, Mich. EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE. POL & BRA Und) WHOLESALE DBACCONISTS! ” FULL LINE OF ALL ota PLUGS KEPT IN STOCK. Sole Agents for Celebrated tilla, Our Nickle, The Rats, Fox’s Clipper. OrpER SAMPLE M ny MAIL Sold in 1 th pink paper bags, 1 tb foil lined cartoons, and 2 th tins by all leading Retail Geocers. HOWARD W. SPURR & CO., Importers, Roasters and Packers, BOSTON. | SETTE BRAWN VASES. MOULTON & REMPIS, ES, ROOF CRESTING NNN POR 3 Co And Jobbers in Gray Lron Gastings. WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. 54 and 56 North Front Stre et, Grand Rapids, Mich. HOGLE & CO barrels. West Michigan Agents egar works. Jobbers Michigan Water White and g Legal Test Oils. Salt. Agricultural Salt. Warsaw Salt; pockets, all sizes, and Write for quotations. Warehouse: Lee’s Ferry Dock, Manistee and Saginaw for Prussing’s Celebrated Vin- MUSKEGON, MICH, Reference: Banks of East Saginaw. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. J.T. BELL & CoO., Saginaw Valley Fruit House And COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in all kinds Country Produce & Foreign Fruits. East Saginaw, Mich. > YON BEHREN & SHAFFER, STRYKER, OHIO, Manufacturers of Every Style of WHITE ASH OARS. Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. Address as above Spoon Oars made of Best Spruce Timber. ROWING SPOON OARS FOR BOAT CLUBS MADE TO ORDER. FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Designers Eneravers and Printers Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. a '20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants, DEALERS IN—— Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southern Vegetables, Etc We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. All orders filled at lowest market price. Corres) pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specia'ties. NO. 9 IONIA ST, Drugs & Medicines STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Five Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. OFFICERS. President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. ‘ First Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. : Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and John E. Peck. Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1586. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. ‘ Board of Censors— President, Vice-President and Secretary. ‘ : Board of Trustees—The President, Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. a Committee on Pharmacy—M. B. Kimm, H. E. Locher and Wm. E. White. ° Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeurven. C mittee on Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, saae Watts and A. C. Bauer. a Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November. : A Next Meeting—Thursday evening, June 3, at “The Tradesman”’ office. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. Organized October, 1883. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Dupont. : First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Second Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Salt- zer. : Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. OFFICERS. President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. Colwell. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E. Foot and C. H. Haskins. : Annual Meeting— First Thursday in November. Regular Meetings—First Thursday of each month. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical So- ciety. President—Jay Smith. First Vice-President—W. H. Yarnall. Second Vice-President—R. Bruske. Seeretary—D. E. Prall. Treasurer—H. Melchers. : Committee on Trade Matters—W . B. Moore, H. G. Hamilton, H. Melchers, W. H. Keeler and R. J. Birney. : : Regular Meeting—Second Wednesday after- noon of each month. : Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. OFFICERS. President—Fred. Heath. Vice-President—J. C. Terry. : Secretary and Treasurer—L. B. Glover. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Wednes- day of each month. : Next Meeting—Wednesday evening, June 9%. New Method of Treating Essential Oils. Charles L. Coffin, of Detroit, has received letters-patent for a new process or system of treating essential oils. Jleretofore a dozen different methods were employed to extract these oils from herbs and flowers. Regeants, solvents, distillation, oxidation, were but afew of these methods and all were faulty. Where theory showed a charge of mint to contain ten ounces of menthol, practice received but five, even with the most eareful handling. In separating oils by distillation, there was always a forma- tion of empyreumatice substances and a loss of the oils. The basis of Mr. Coffin’s inven- tion is that the oxide of empyreumatic and other substances renders them less volatile, and so enables the manufacturer to distill off essential oils mixed with them. To se- cure this oxidation he uses electrolysis and then distills in vacuo. The arrangement is remarkably simple and effective. He first mixes the essential oils to be purified with enough water to form an emulsion and agi- tates the mixture in a metallic churn. The churn is part of an electric circuit. Elec- trolytic action begins and an undoubted separation of the oil and impurities, with a very slight oxidation of the latter, occurs. The mixture, after thorough churning, is eaused to flow in a thin sheet over metallic plates. This exposes the emulsion to the full power of the glectric current and the oxidizing influence of the air. The mixture is then run into a strong tight vessel, into which air is foreed until a moderately high pressure is reached, which is allowed to re- main until the foreign matters are precipi- tated and the oils and water begin to separ- ater The latter are then drawn off, filtered and distilled in vacuo. The new process seems scientifically perfect, as it apparently utilizes every particle of essential oil. Its seeming complexity amounts to nothing so far as any difficulty of management is con- cerned. Its cost is greater than that of some of the old processes, but less than that of others. Taking into consideration the loss of oils under the old methods, Coffin’s system effects a saving of never less than 25 per cent., and from that to 75 per cent. ————_——- Expecting Impossibilities. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The deleterious results of the Anarchist raid ona Chicago drug store seem to call for the ineorporation of a plank in the next Anarchist platform that drug stores about to be gutted shall keep nothing on hand but first-class: whisky. 2 -- It is a pretty healthy man who can read a patent medicine almanac without suddenly discovering that he is afflicted with about 150 of the 200 diseases described therein. Removing Fixed Stoppers. The Chemist and Druggist has gathered from various sources a lst of well known methods for getting fixed stoppers from bot- tles, which are well worth preserving in in this collated form: When astopper is found tobe immovable, it may be loosened by gripping the neck of the bottle firmly in the left hand; applying the thumb at same time with a firm upward pressure against one side of the head of the stopper, and smartly tapping the opposite side with the handle of a spatula or other suitable piece of wood. The force should be applied in the direction of the longer axis. The operation may often be expe- dited by placing a drop of oil or other liquid —according to the nature of the contents of the bottle—on the line at the junction of the stopper and the neck of the bottle; when the stopper is tapped a minute space is momentarily formed, into which the liquid slips, and so gradually gets between the stopper and the neck of the bottle, and al- lows of the former being easily withdrawn. Another method is to use a stopper ex- tractor. This can easily be made out of a block of wood three inches square and two inches thick, by cutting a hole through its center large enough to receive the head of a stopper of a forty ounce wide-mouthed shop round. The use of the above is preferable to pulling out two drawers, sticking the head of the stopper between them, and twisting the bottle round, as the latter meth- od has a tendency to mark the shop fittings, which does not improve their appearance. To apply the extractor, it is placed over the stopper and grasped firmly in one hand while the neck of the bottle is held by the other. A gentle, but firm and steady, twist- ing motion is then used, care being taken to keep both hands moving in the same plane but in opposite directions. If the pressure be applied too vigorously or spasmodically, or if the lines of the directions of the oppo- site forces be not qutte parallel, there is a danger of wrenching off the head of the stopper or breaking the neck of the bottle. If either or both of these methods fail, the application of heat may be tried. This may either be induced by friction, by means of a string passed around the neck of the bot- tle and drawn rapidly backward and for- ward, the bottle being held fast meanwhile, or it may be applied by dipping the corner of a towel in hot water, squeezing and wrap- ping it round the neck of the bottle, and re- peating this at short intervals. When the glass has sufficiently expanded, the stopper should be immediately removed, and not be inserted till the bottle has coole&. By one or other of these methods, or a combination of them, together with patience and perse- verance, the most intractable stopper may be drawn. > > —- Miscellaneous Drug Notes. The published proceedings of the last con- vention of the Michigan Pharmaceutical As- sociation are now in the bindery and will be mailed to those entitled to them within a fortnight. Victims of the cocaine habit are reported nearly as often as those who are slaves to morphine, A dose of oil of bitter almond, mistaken for essence of Jamaica ginger, caused the death of a woman at Denton, Texas, last week. A woman at Jackson recently died from the effects of a solution of corrosive subli- mate used by mistake as an alcohol bath. The Virginia State Board of Pharmacy is busy registering druggists who come under the provision of the law. Over 500 certifi- cates have been granted. Edward A. Sayre has resigned his posi- tion as president of the National Retail Druggists’ Association, to accept a position with Messrs. Seabury & Johnson of New York. A singular explosion recently occurred in a drug store at Stockton, Cal., from an empty paint barrel that had remained in the store for several years. The sun shone through a skylight upon it, and, it being air tight, covered on the inside with ‘paint, gen- erated gas, and when it was struck, with the intention of breaking it wp, an explosion followed which was heard for blocks around. acl — pe Snuff for the Complexion. A reporter for the New York Sun stood in an up-town cigar store when a stylishly dressed young woman came in and asked for a *‘quarter’s worth of Scotch snuff.” She had a decidedly pretty face, but when she opened her mouth the pleasing effect was spoiled, her teeth being a brownish yellow. She left the store without once looking around. “There was a time,” said the dealer, ‘‘and not so many years ago, either, when we sold large quantities of snuff. No tobacco store of any pretension carried less than four or five kinds of snuff. The coarse black snuff and Cook’s yellow snuff had the greatest sale. Now very few carry any but Scotch snuff, and the only customers we have to speak of are young women and girls.” “Why, what in the world do they want of snuff?” asked the reporter in astonish- ment. “They chew it for their “complexion. They also place the stuff inside of the upper lip and keep it there fora long time. It makes their teeth yellow, but they say it clarifies their complexion. We have quite a trade on that account.” ————— oa Equal parts of collodium, tincture of iodine and ammonia water are said by Prof. Burggreve to constitute an instantaneous remedy for lumbagg; to be applied widely over the parts with a camel’s-hair brush. Some Human Nature. From the Boston Budget. Another story from the school-room may not be out of place here. A boy brought his teacher some very beautiful and sweet- smelling spring flowers the other morning, for which she thanked him very kindly as she placed them in a tumbler of water upon her desk. In the course of the morning the youthful giver held up his hand and said: ‘Please, ma’am, can I wet my sponge?” ‘‘No,” said the teacher, ‘‘not just now.” The boy, however, was persistent; he ap- parently thought he was entitled to some especial favor, and he repeated his request in aloud tone. The teacher, however, said “nay” the second time more decidedly than the first, and at this the petitioner gave vent to his anger as follows: ‘‘Say, teacher, you know the flowers I brought you just now; I only lent ’em to you; I didn’t give ’em to you to keep.” There was a good dea! of human nature in this. Children of an older growth sometimes show a similar disposi- tion. >. > The Drug Market. Business is good and collections are fair. Quinine is very dull at the recent decline. Opium is very weak and lower. Cubebs are excited and are now held at $1.35. Oil of cubebs has advanced in sympathy. Other articles in the drug line are about steady. a A large number of teaspoons on being measure. showed an average capacity, ac- cording the Western Druggist, of 80 min- ims. A spoon which held 80 minims of water, when filled up to its edge, was found by actual experiment to hold 40 minims more of water, or 2 fluid drachms, without running over. This affordsa good argu- ment for the use of measuring glasses. The Hoboken druggist, Am Ende, whose mistake in compounding a_ prescription caused the death of two young women, has been acquitted professionally by the State Druggists’ Association. “Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. Michioan Drug, Exchange Mills & Goodman, Props. GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICH. PDP DADA OPPO aaa YY AnD Beatotored drug clerks, either pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, honest, industrious and willing to work on moderate salary. Wt D—To exchange house and lot (with barn) and physician's practice in a town of 800 inhabitants for drug stock in some good location. Real estate valued at $1,500. Prac- tice about $2,000 per year. YOR SALE—Stock of $2,000 in central part of State, on R. R.,in town of 1,100 inhabit- ants. Doing business of $15 per day. VOR SALE—Fine stock of about $3,500, in J western part of State, doing fine business. Can be bought on very reasonable terms. POR SALE—Stock of $2,500 in central part of State doing fine business can be bought tor $2,000 on very reasonable terms. Must be sold on account of other business. POR SALE—Stock of about $1,000 in town of | 800 inhabitants. 5 ) Very desirable iocation for small capital. VOR SALE—Stoek of $1,400 in midst of fine farming country and doing fine business, can be bought at some discount for cash. Pek SALE—Stock of $3,600 in town of over 2,000 inhabitants on two railroads can be bought on very reasonable terms. Doing bus- iness of over $6,000 per annum. Good sur- rounding country. LSO many other stocks, the particulars of which we will furnish free on application. rpyo DROUGGISTS desiring to secure clerks ! we will send the addresses and full par- ticulars of those on record free on application. CUSHMAN’S MENTHOL INHALER ee By Using Cushman’s Menthol Inhaler. It acts as by magic, the Mentholized Air penetrating directly to the nerves affected. Carry it with you. It is convenient to use at any time. No liquid to drop or spill. It is cool and refreshing, taking the place of the smelling bottle. Durable and cleanly; will last six months to a year. All druggists should keep the Menthol Inhaler. It sells at sight. Retail price 50c. THE OLD RELIABLE Perry Davis Pain Killer Established 1840. All Druggists Should Keep It. PRICES TO THE TRADE: Per Bottle. Per i“. ) Mma Sige. ej oes cin cds 2 Medium Size................... 50 3 60 AMER GIO. oo oa ee oR cee 1 00 7 2 Beware Of Imitations. There is but One Pain Killer. Get the Genuine. J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. Proprietors for the Southern and Western States. For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. Allen’s Lung Balsam The Great Remedy for Curing CONSUMPTION, Coughs, Colds, Croup, And Other Throat and Lung Affections. {2rWe call your attention to the fact that the old Standard Remedy, ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAN, is now putupin three sizes—25 cents, 50 cents and $I per bottle. NB. hak sed ees sc ees theoens $1 75 per dozen MOOT 6 se cc cicicetyacncss ivesees 8 HOD oe BIBER ooo nis ss sc nvccwe os oh caeaeo OD ° J. N. Harris & Co., Ltd., Cincinnati, O. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, PAPA PALL PLALS Advaneced—Cubebs; 011 cubebs. Declined—Opium:; linseed oil. ACIDS. Me Bice ee Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... MMO oie ee he cc. RO es ele eey cies cece merece 16 GGG)... mre OO G08...) 8. ek. : NN oe iss Sore ceeea ec cs Beronuric 66 Gem... ... a. eke ss. Tartaric powdered................ Benzoic, English............. 8 0z MONTOIC, GOTMAN ... 2. ccc ce cess NY 56 eke os ns sce ek es AMMONTA. CI os oid ce kb oa a 8 b Muriate (Powd. 22c)................ Pie 16 Gee OF Glee, 6c ice ness Cm 1G GOR OT AL... wo. cca ete ce BALSAMS, RT ce oe ERS Mae OF a RR ce cae Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........ Cinchona, yellow....... ul cine as Oa os ee eee cc cine Meee, MPI, WUTC. 6. 6 os oe cece Elm, powdered, pure.............. PMMORTTOR, OF FOOL... .. 0... 0c c cece ee Wild Cherry, select............ Bayberry powdered......... Z3 Hemlock powdered................ ME iia a tee anaes Soap ground. . BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 1 40¢)........ UPTIIN oink css cs als caancc cons ‘ Pee Oe... EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 bb boxes, 25c)... Licorice, powdered, pure..... Lc Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 lb doxes). Logwood, ls (25 Ib boxes).......... Lgeowood, %s do Logwood, 4s do Logwood, ass’d do Fluid Extracts—25 8 cent. off list. FLOWERS. Machi c age cance dese ee le Chamomile, Roman............... Chamomile, German.............. GUMs. Aloes, Barbadoes.............. a. Aloes, Cape (Powd 20ce)........ eae Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... mmm Oe oe oe ce. Arabic, powdered select.......... Arabic, Ist picked................. MPRREO Oe DICK OR 0 66 os cock eck soc APaDic, 30 picked.................. Arabic, sifted sorts................ Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... Tos ce acc cece cys cuca es NE che a cdee webs ca cas Catechu. Is (% l4e, 4s 16e) ...... ‘ Euphorbium powdered............ Gaibanum strained,............... cc eek cca cc ca cemes Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... Kino | Powdered, 30c].......... Seeks ES Ee Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47e¢)... Opium, pure (Powd $4 50).......... Shellac, Campbell’s................ RI, PEIOTIOR.. 5... cok ns cnass ER, CTO, ig cons cons ce cease Petre DIORGNOd...............-.-- NIE oo enka aces 30 @l HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. a Peppermint......... = a ae ae NG kc cia cate ceca cekcens cence. Tanzy MY OTTO WOOG |... cs kt kee se IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... Solution mur., for tinctures...... Sulphate, pure crystal............ MN ea a a cc a, eke PeOeOWNIe Co ce LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25e)........... 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 4s, 12ce)... Genna, Alex, natural.............. Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. BEMNA, POWGETOG.. 22.66... .ccccecs ee CAPO... ccs kw cess: Uva Ursi.. Belledonna. Oe ee Na, BN i oe ah las nade LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.'s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1 75 Whisky, other brands.............1 Rt CPE REE oa re ccs cc ccnce ie SOOO PRITIOR., occ sce cdascaki 0c 1 2% ee PO 1 35 MAGNESIA, Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... CO es OILS. rn, BWTOOE. oo on akc ean ceca ee 45 @ Miaper, rectified. ....6.. 06.00.6002 re hehe cece ccd saccades 1 MO as occas os eee MON soi cas ico cc cake I oa bank anna csc au cue ee a, MON se rake nee haw cngn ner aas WE eee es Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... MEU os i ne a cca etka ee ci a, Cod Liver, N. F. pa rs -8 gal Cod Liver, best......... <6 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 Cupena, ¥.& W........:. PE og oe ite cc sc MG oo oi es oaks ha cc cnec cae meee OF... cs... sues. Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75e).. ene WOGE oe sa cee cesaces UMPENENON CMTIOR oe vk va cn as ne Lavender flowers, French......... Lavender garden do Lavender spike DiGMOR, NOW CROP. . os. cee can cc cece Lemon, Sanderson’s............... Rr oi coi c decease sccas OW, oo ios in cok a cane as Olive, ‘Sublime Italian .......... Origanum, red flowers, French... Mresmmree, INO. 1. oo oo conan kc aces TORO ese cau ices su iene Peppermint, white................ 3 MO TF nob ok ok be ed bans tannnls Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) OS Oe ck ead sans cuseck cans NE once cece k pen saec caus sesss Sandal Wood, German............ Sandai Wood, W. I : Price eke es ee dees cecices Spearmint. . Tee. ak Tar (by gal 50c). We ok knees ow ck accnsee Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $4.00)..... WV A oak cc bak cs ack POTASSIUM. BON OD ou oo hs soe Cas ences as 2 Db Bromide, eryst. and gran. bulk... Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... Jodide, cryst. and gran. Prussiate yellow 3 1 4291 BOS Co et bet BO BO we oo 90 8 Ome Mtoe 90: 8 ee Sl el 0) a s ©98® SSERRSRSSSARSSSSRASSRSSSSSSRUSSSSSE to Goto oe nao, aaa ae Me TRUO, PIG i ce ok occ ccs Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and %s.... Blood (Powd 18c) Calamus, peeled.......... Been Calamus, German white, peeled.. Elecampane, powdered............ tentian (Powd 1l5c)................ Ginger, African (Powd 14c). Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powd 25c)............ Hellebore, white, powdered....... Tpecac, Rio, powdered.......... #.. | SAIBD, POWCOTEG. . oo... yscececeas Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. | Licorice, extra select.............. f UN, RR, ohne bene we acc eas chcoies RKhei, from select to choice.......1 Rhei, powdered E. I Rhei, Choice cut cubes........... Rhei, choice cut fingers..... Serpentaria...... iecent cs Sarsaparilla, Hondurus.......... ‘ Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. é 30 00 RD Soo ea acces aa ves cae nen eee 5 Ws ie evs i cance ee aces 3: oe ee, ‘ CO go 50 45 80 50 00 60 75 75 85 35 4 wo 1 50 ~~ BSSSRSSSSEESERE | Mustard, grocer’s, 10 eans...... Squills, white (Powd 35e).......... Valerian, En (Powd 30¢e)...... Valerian, Ve nt (Powd 28¢e)... r SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... Bird, mixed in packages......., Canary, Smyrna.............. os Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20¢). Cardamon, Aleppee............... Cardamon, Malabar................ OEE ie co Coriander, pest English........... ON ih ve ce balancer sce chu lca: ee OOOO ek Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ Foenugreek, powdered............ Hemp, Russian.................... Mustard, white Black 10c)........ ON os i hb oe kn che ees cs cc cskas re, Wee, oak. soc Wer, Povent..............;...... SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 2 25 Nassau do oo: CL Velvet Extra do Extra Yellow do Grass do GG) vu. Hard head, for slate use........... Yellow Reet, Oh iuicice. MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) @ gal.... Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. Anodyne Hoffman’s............... Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ gag WY Oooo dicccs ccs. Me ein mb 2 Alum, ground (Powd 9¢e)...... sae 3° Annatto, prime.................... Antimony, powdered, com’l... .. Arsenic, white, powdered......... eee BOWING a en imported, best......... ay Kum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 BOOMS, TOUMA. oko. occ ceie el... 2 00 means, Vaniha......°............. 700 @9 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2% Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... me Ve Borax, refined (Powd lle)..... ... Cantharides, Russian powdered.. Capsicum Pods, African.......... Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... Corne NOL Cee OS, Calomel, American................ Chalk, prepared drop Chalk, precipitate English........ Chalk, red fingers................. Chalk, white lump.......... tise eee Chloroform, Squibb’s............. Colocynth apples.................. Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. Chloral do do cryst... Chloral do Scherin’s do ... Chloral do do crusts.. COIONOIONE cc... Cinchonidia, P. & W............... i Cinchonidia, other brands......... ‘ Cloves (Powd 25c).................. COORMORD 8 Cocoa, Butter........2...... 02... Copperas (by bbl le)............... Corrosive Sublimate............... Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 box.. Creasote........... Mona oe se dn cdcse, Cudbear, primeé....<............... Cuttle Fish Bone..... bade cee: WORN cc Dover’s Powders.................. Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. Ergot powdered................... mamer Main a... oo Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... Epsom Salts (bbl. 13g).............. mrmOt TOM... Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... Flake white............ Grane Paradisé................... Gelatine, Cooper’s.................. Gelatine, French .......... ....... Glassware, flint, 70 & 10, by box 60 & 10 less Glassware, green, 60 and i0 dis.... Glue, ca inet 34@ 4 @ 7 @ 44@ 6 @ @2 50 44@ 6 @ Glycerine, pure................... . Fone 46 and 4s................... SOGOIOM @ O4..................... OO Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes Iodine, resublimed................ Isinglass, American............... WOOO ee ondon Furple.................... DCM BCOUAER. Lime, chloride, (44s 2s 10e & \s le) BR ec MFOODOONOID oo oe oo. occ cc. MOG ee Madder, best Dutch...... denounces Meee Wo PRON Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... B oz Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... Moas, loeland.. .... 6.660 ccc s cs 8 tb WO IO alc, Mustard, Engliah.................. POO oo ick ee ccs PEMUONE, OLB. cece cc, ue VONOICR.... |. ...,-.. i... Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... ye eS Pepper, Black Berry.............. WON i ag. Pitch, True Burgundy............. MO dou ics ccd eaas Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ b oz Quinine, German.................. Hed Precipitate............... 8b Beigiiz Mixture... ..........cc0c0e. Sirvonimia, orvat...............:.... Silver Nitrate, cryst............... Satfron, American. oR Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. Sal Nitre, medium cryst..... Al TROGNOUG. oo csc ive kcae pe 2 ee oodles owe oe visas ecco Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... Soda Ash [by keg 3c].............. PON INOUN ooo oe aces ccs cece s Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... Soap, White Castile................ Soap, Green do Soap, Mottled do Soap, Le Ee DR, PERMA oss cs heeded cleuce le Beye a ge Seiries INGEWC, 4 Fn. cnc ce cc ucnes Sugar Milk powdered.............. BUDE, MOUL S66 oe ceca cc cass cans NG NST Tartar Emetic..........ccccccces rea Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz Tar, do quarts in tin....... Tar, do pintsintin......... Turpentine, Venice........... 8 b Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ Mata, FIDTIOEG, ooo cei ia os dd cc acces OILS. WEG, WO ooo i ko oc kn cccecucccoss I ITI oss a dah a cc cc acco cdacceanc BM Bok acces os co ndnd de cevedsn Linseed, pure raw...........cccacecs BOMOOG, POMS oo ios cn ccenscicneceas Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ Spirits Turpentine................... VARNISHES. TOs 1 TOS COMCI oa co coc s cc duces 1 10@1 20 MM OAR i oc esac cacas odaccewans 1 60@1 70 Coach Body............. Kokekaeue bees 2 75@3 00 Pes © PUTO WUPMINUNG ©. oa os css cc canvas 1 00@1 10 Bextra Tork DAMAr.... 0.6... occ c cc cccs 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No.1 Turp.............. 7 75 PAINTS Bbl hed V Gnetian. ... oon. cs sc cencse 1% Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% Putty, commercial ............ 2% Putty, strictly pure............ 2% Vermilion, prime American.. Vermilion, English............ Green, Peninsular............. Lead, red strictly pure..... .. Lead, white, strictly pure..... Whiting, white Spanish....... Whiting, Gilders’........ as White, Paris American........ Whiting Paris English cliff.. Pioneer Prepared Faints..... Swiss Villa Preparer Paints.. OILS, ILLUMINATING. MON WU Ls sg oan oh cans kk ches dace pecans 11% PO RNG cick sic ba cn tna csckcuacucens 10% LUBRICATING. RO) COR. oie isc cxsncccuccaceusces 36% DR CVI ion os oc diss cc cata cecducancs MOI CVO a eon e ideas cciccscncas Hidorado. Bn@ine..... 66. ccccacncccceccccccas Peerless Machinery..................... «hace Challenge Machinery................... AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless C t Warps and Geese Feathers ; eerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers A Specialty. American and Stark A Bags Wall Paper 2 Window Shades At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. House and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. ~ JENNINGS’ - Flavoring Hxtracts! MANUFACTURED BY JHNNINGS & SMITH, Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND RAPIDS, . MICE. S 3 $ f ¢ 4 3 \\S = 3 5 IE a 2 o 1s S: m 2 a 3 DIRECTIONS a] = ONS We have cooked the cornin this can [f fg} Ai sufficiently. Should be Thoroughly 7] t 1] Warmed (not oe) adding piece of | PX F = cs. | Good Butter (size ot hen’segg) and gill | : y 2 Ai] of fresh milk (preferable to water.) y Vt) s a ~ . Season to suit when on the table. None cy => } genuine unless bearing the signature of || Ly > we , 4 3 . ' 2 A we Ane we > OR SMCOTME i a EN aT THis EN? \ ; Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with .. Se signature and stamp on each can. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and W holesale Grocers. Sole Agents for “Jolly Tar” Plug Tobacco. Daniel Scotten & Co.’s “HIAWATHA” Plug Tobacco. Lautz. Bros. & Co.’s SOAPS. Niagara STARCH. Dwinell, Howard & Co.’s Royal Mocha and Java. Royal Java. Golden Santos. Thompson & Taylor Spice Co.’s “Mag- nolia” Package Coffee. SOLE PROPRIETORS “JOLLY TIMER” Fine Cut Dark and sweet, with plug flavor, the best goods on the market. In addition to a full line of staple groceries, we are the only house in Michigan which carries a complete assortment of fancy groceries and table delicacies. Mail orders are especially solicited, which invariably secure the lowest prices and prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 29, 27 aud 29 Tonia Stand 31, $3, 55, 57 and 59 Island Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich. PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Manufacturers of PURE CANDY! ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, WM. SHARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ABSOLUTE SPICES. Warranted to be Pure Goods, Manufactured Only by TELFER & BROOKS, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. i ° The Michigan Tradesman. Creditors’ Objections to Compromise. The ordinary objections made by creditors to accepting an offered compromise, which relate to acts antecedent to failure, may be summed up as follows: 1. Should have stopped before so much was lost, as could then have made a larger dividend. 2, Should not have made so much confi- dential indebtedness. 3. Being insolvent a year ago, as the ac- eounts show, should have stopped then when did not owe so much. 4. Have made no money on him as other creditors have, so cannot afford to lose on that account. 5. My debt ought to have been made con- fidential. 6. Ought to have known when the debt was created that it would not be paid at ma- turity, and is therefore guilty of fraudulently contracting it. 7%. Deception by false statements of means and ability to pay. 8. Owes me more than usual, or more in proportion to others. 9. Has not satisfactorily accounted for the losses by which, it is alleged, became bank- rupt. 10. Don’t believe can pay the amount pro- posed, and at subsequent failure matters will be still worse. 11. The time for paying compromise is too remote; would prefer something less in shorter time to waiting solong. 12. Has shown to be unprincipled since failure; not to be trusted to settle up the estate. The foregoing objections refer more es- pecially to the peculiar circumstances at- tending the indebtednesss to the individual creditor, and do not impute dishonesty, or the concealment, or unjust depreciation of assets, or the making of fictitious or nom- inal indebtedness. In other words, they presuppose an ordinarily honest and legiti- mate failure. —_——>>-- Butter, Bad and Bogus. A dairyman writing to The Ohio Farmer ventures to express an wnpopular opinion, not complimentary to keepers of cows nor creditable to the grocery trade, namely, that the low quality of most butter found in the markets has made possible the fungus growth of bogus product: ‘*Examine, some morning, the pails of milk drawn from stabled cows throughout the United States. How much of the milk is even tolerably free from hairs, dandruff, dust of dried excreta, ete.? Don’t tell me you strain it out. It has no business there at all. Examine it with a good microscope. Can you find one pint of such milk that is clean? I’ve known chunks of hardened— ugh! thrown from the can at the cheese fac- tory. I breakfasted with a friend who drank at his meals, milk, bought of a neigh- bor. Suddenly stopping as he noticed the fine sediment in the bottom of glass, he ex- claimed, ‘Wife, what is this? There’s too much milk for commercial fertilizer and too much manure for milk? Grocerymen are as much in fault as farmers. They don’t grade butter. They pay the same for grease as for butter, dump it into the same box or firkin. In twenty-four hours the gilt-edged is tainted as badly as the grease. Then they hold it on speculation until they have to sell. Result, a lot of dead and decay- producing stuff fit only for cremation—it ‘smells to heaven.’ Then the farmers bear all the blame. Butter is a perishable pro- duct and should be graded on its merits, sold on the market immediately and con- sumed while new. Don’t howl] for legisla- tive protection until you have reformed but- ter-makers and dealers. That alone will kill bogus butter.” Whatever may be thought of the opinion set forth in the closing paragraph of the above, a study of the market reports from week to week must tend to impress the fact that under present conditions the only chance for profit in butter-making is by way of improvement of quality. Dairy Boards of Trade. From the Michigan Dairyman: The growing importance of the dairy in- terests of the Wolverine State renders it necessary for both cheese and butter pro- ducers to avail themselves of the most ap- proved methods for placing their goods on the market. The time has gone by when Mich- igan can consume all the creamery butter produced within her borders and no incon- siderable portion of her cheese product finds a market in other states. Up to the present time, the only means of communication be- tween buyer and seller have been by the post or personal visits, and much dissat- isfaction has necessarily resulted from such antiquated methods. Michigan hay- ing recently attained the distinction of be- ing a ‘“‘Dairy State,” it is now proposed to adopt the same system used by other states prominent in the dairy business in attract- tg buyers from all parts of the country. With this end in view, it has been deemed desirable to establish a series of Dairy Boards of Trade in this State, the first step in this direction having been taken by the dairymen in and around Grand Rapids, who will meet next Tuesday for he purpose of talking over the situation. Jackson promises to be the next place to secure a Board and Flint will probably not be far behind in the race. There are now enough dairy products ship- ped out of the State to warrant the estab- lishment of half a dozen Boards and the probability is that the time is not far dis- tant when every dairy locality will be rep- resented by a market of its own. > > The so-called peanut factories of Norfolk, Va., handle and put on the market a million and a half dollars’ worth of peanuts each year. The factory is simply a cleaning, polishing, and sorting establishment, and the work is all done by machinery. * L, M. CARY. & L. L. LOVERIDGE, CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burglar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, 11 Tonia Street, =~ Grand Rapids, Mich. LYON sT., - CURTISS, DUNTON & CO,, PAO oo: Wool Twine, Binders’ Twine, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, Building Board, Etc. GRAND RAPIDS. CARPETS, Grand Rapids, SPRING & OMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, MATTINGS, OII,s CLOTHS | ‘ero. HTS. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, on Michigan. once. popular. KK oOF L, Manufactured by the Wholesale agents for the SMOKING TOBACCO, National K. of L. Co-operative Tobacco Co, RALEIGH, N. C. Arthur Meigs & Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICE., STATH OF MICHIGAN. This is the only authorized K. of L. smoking Tobacco on the market. stock of this corporation is all owned by the K. of L. Assemblies in the U. S., and every member will not only buy it himself, but do his utmost to make it Dealers will therefore see the advisability of putting it in stock at The We will fill orders for any quan- tity at following prices, usual terms: 202,46: 402,44: 802,43: 16 02,42, ARTHUR MEIGS & C0,, Wholesale Grocers, 77, 19, 81 and 83 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Lea Bris ORANGES, LEMONS, Figs, Dates, ETC. 92.84.86 & 88 SOUTH WATER STREET CHIOAGa. | One. Pound “Full Weight. Order a case from your Jobber. See Quotations in Price-Current. THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Dry Goods. The following quotations are given to show relative values, but they may be considered, to some extent, ‘‘outside prices,” and are not as low as buyers of reasonable quantities can, in most instances, obtain them at. It will pay every merchant to make frequent visits to market, not only in respect to prices, but to keep posted on the ever-changing styles and fashions, many of which are never shown “on the road.”’ WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, %-4..17 |Pepperell, 10-4!.....19 Androscoggin, 7-4..13%/| Pepperell, 1l4...... 22 Pepperell, 7-4......13 |Pequot, 7-4......... 14% Pepperell, 8-4...... 6. (Peaudt, $4......... 16 Pepperell, 9-4...... lit: (Peanuot, 34......... 18 CHECKS. Economy, 0Z....... Park Mills, No. 100.15 Park Milis, No. 50..10 | Prodigy, 0z......... 8% Park Mills, No. 60..11 |Otis Apron......... 8% Park Mills, No. 70..12 ‘Otis Furniture..... 8% Park Mills, No. 80..138 | York, 1 oz.......... 94 Park Millis, No. 90..14 York, AA, extra 02.12% OSNABURGS. Plain. Plaid. Alabama ........... 6%'/Alabama. ......... 6% COOTaIA .. .. .... 606 Sig| Augusta ..........- 6% Jewell Daa deca ess 8 Georgia .. .. ... 200 6% BeOntueky ....:.... 8% Louisiana .......... 6% paw i abienceseis o RUMOR) i cane cacnaan 6% ee ceneenccese i” BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... 84|Gilded Age......... 7% Art cambrics, 36... 94%/Greene,G 44 ... 54 Androscoggin, 44.. 7\4)Hill, 4-4............. i% Androscoggin, 5-4..12%| Hill, 7-8............. 6% Ballou, 4-4.......... 5%|Hope, 4-4........... 6% Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 |King Phillip cam- Boott, O. 4-4 assuas 846) DEIG, 44..,.... 2052. 9% Boott, E.5-5....... 7 |Linwood, 4-4....... 7% Boott, AGC, 44..... 9'4| Lonsdale, 44. ...... 3% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5%|Lonsdale cambric.104 Blackstone, AA 4-4. 64|Langdon, GB, 4-4. .. 8& Chapman, a. #4. ... 5% Langdon, 46........11 Conway, 44... . .. 6%|/Masonville, 4-4..... 7% Cabot, 4-4......... . 6%) New York Mili, 44.10% COO, FS... . The Lowell Association in Working Order. LOWELL, May 28, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Sin—Mr. N. B. Blain kindly hands me yours of the 16th inst. In reply would say, that the name of our organization is “The Lowell Business Men’s Protective Association.” The constitution is pattern- ed after the Ionia Association and the class- ifications of delinquents are the same. The officers are as follows: President—Norman B. Blain. Vice-President—Jno. Giles. Secretary—Frank T. King. Treasurer—Chas. D. Pease. Executive Committee—A. W. Weekes, W. R. Blaisdell, J. Q. Look, R. G. Bost- wick, H. T. M. Treglown and Chas. Mc- Carty. The workings of the Association are giv- ing satisfaction, not only to the members but the few business men who are not mem- bers. If there is any further information in re- gard to our Association or its workings that you wish, I will be pleased to furnish it to you. Respectfully Yours, Cuas. Quick, Acting Secretary. ——_—__ > -o- The Grocgry Market. Business is good and collections are ex- cellent. Sugars are easy and are probably good value at the figures named this week, as the advent of the berry season renders higher prices inevitable. Oranges are scarce and higher in price. Lemons are steady in price and in good de- mand. Bananas are steady and fine in quality. Pine apples are not plenty in this market. Nuts are steady and in moderate request. Best grades of Virginia peanuts are higher in Virginia. ———_ > - Hides, Pelts and Wool. Hides are without change. Pelts are dull. Tallow is unchanged. Wool is beginning to move freely, being nominally quotable at 20@22 cents. Se Some of Tur TRADESMAN’S readers may have inferred that the recent decision of Judge Brown in the United States Court at Detroit, reported in THe TRADESMAN of May 19, was inimical to the Central City Soap Co., of Jackson. Such was not the case. The Judge held that the plaintiff, the Summit City Soap Co., of Ft. Wayne, in the suit age’ast the company named, did not have the exclusive right to the use of the name ‘‘Anti-Washboard” and dismissed the action with costs to the plaintiff. Jobbers never have any of the Wayland From the Dry Goods Chronicle. views are often those who are most inclined to resort to them. both himself and others, to prevent things from being carried against his sense of right in moments of lassitude. ure. In laying down plans for the organi- zation of the same, there is hardly ever al- lowance enough made for failure. valves of the machinery of business. By their means the motion is equalized and a Maxims for Merchants. The merchants who profit least by inter- A good merchant is very watchful over American business affairs are full of fail- Councils are the fly-wheels and safety- | great force is applied with little danger. When a merchant has to communicate the motives for an unfavorable decision, he should study how to convey them so as to give the least pain and to insure the least discussion. : A merchant should take care to consult occasionally with persons of nature quite different from his own, as to very few are given all the qualities requisite to form a good man of business. Credit is founded on the trust reposed by one man in another, and it presupposes the existence of thorough honesty and good faith, with a reputation for punctuality in the fulfillment of all engagements. The moment that you fix a qualification, whether of age, of length of service, or of the possession of money, you do something Which, at some time or other will prevent your making choice of the best man. Concessions and compromises form a very important part of mercantile life. The for- mer may be looked upon as distinct defeats. In making the latter, you never gain any- thing by concealing your views or wishes. The primary qualities fora good organ- izer of business are ardour, forethought and imagination, and existing with them an un- wearied interest in details and a power of massing them together, and of marshalling them as a general does his battalions. The habit of thinking for himself is one which may be acquired by the solitary stu- dent. But the habit of deciding for himself, so indispensable to the merchant, is not to be gained by study. Itisa thing that can- not be fully exercised until it is actually wanted. The best agents for merchants to employ are those who have a strong sense of re- sponsibility. A man possessed of the latter will grudge no pains, will pay attention to minute things, and will prefer to be consid- ered stupid rather than pretend to under- stand his orders before he does so. >.> , Combination Stores. From the Grocer and Canner. The great stores of the future will be the combination stores. All experience in wholesale or retail trading sustains the cor- recsness of the proposition. It has been shown that only the great houses with their numerous departments, hundreds of em- | ployes and all facilities which concentrated capital calls to its use, can sell the best goods at lowest prices. They buy direct from manufacturers or producers, are man- ufacturers themselves, or direct importers of the raw material or manufactured goods made in foreign markets. They have re- duced the first cost of their stock to the minimum, and can afford to turn their goods on a margin of profit which would scarcely meet the running expenses of the smaller and less advantageously equipped establish- ments. Their great and general prosperity is known to the commercial people of the entire country, and the uniform success of operations conducted on the seale indicated, points to the combination store as the store of the future. In a San Francisco house, representative of the advanced idea in mer- chant trading, additions to its already num- erous departments are constantly being made, and the field of trade broadens before its enterprise with every passing season. The house has now its comprehensive general grocery department, which includes all the well-known specialties of Eastern or foreign manufacturers; its tea, coffee and spice departments, where all grades of the famous brands of Japanese growth may be sampled, where coffee, direct from the Cen- tral American plantations, may be examined in every condition, from the natural state to perfect preparation for use, where new stocks of all the spices, in original packages from the Spice Islands, are constantly be- ing received. It has its tobacco department, where some of the finest domestic cigars and cigarettes are manufactured, and where all the popular brands of imported cigars and Eastern manufactured plug and smok- ing tobaccos are always in stock. The stocks of the Eastern concerns are of like variety and extent. These great houses are constant advertisers in the leading trades journals of the country, and by this means have let the trading public know of the great advantages they are enabled to present through a plan and scale of operations, which have proved perfect success for the combination store. <> He Wanted It Stopped. “T see they are trying to put a stop to all betting in New York.” “Tm glad of it. Betting is a pernicious practice. I hope they will stop it.4 ‘But they can’t doit.” * ‘““Can’t do it? Dl bet you $50 they can.” ——_——__ The Cincinnati grocery clerks have organ- ized a clerk’s association, the principal ob- ject being to secure the early closing of gro- cery stores. ‘The membership now numbers 132 clerks. Putnam & Brooks are headquarters for fire-works and fire-crackers. , Early pur- Leones Label. tory. Every employee is a Union man and a K. of L. if your jobber don’t sell it, your order di- rect will be filled promptly at prices quoted, and delivered to your railroad depot free of freight. Bull Dog Tobacco Works, ULL DOG Tobaccos. TRADE UNION ——-AND—— LABOR UNION, least money. AND EXTRA GOOD FINE CUTS These goods are all UNION MADE, and each box is duly stamped with the Union No scab work goes from this fac- The largest amount of good tobacco for the LIGHT Cakes, Bread, ete. Prepared only by the Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND BAPIDs, MICH. This Baking Powder makes the WHITEST EST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits FRED. D. YALE. Baking Powders, Extracts, Blaings, AND JOBBERS OF GROCERS’ SUNDRIES. All orders addressed to the new firm will re- ceive prompt attention. 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, ED.D, YALE & 0. CHAS. S. YALE & BRO., WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF pre use in One Pound goas far as two pounds of any 0 Ask your Grocer for. it. The Electric Lustre Starch Co. 204 Franklin St., JOHN CAULFIZALD Wholesale Agent, iM r ac. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. \ : DRIED FRUITS—DOMESTIC. z SHORTS. | Apricots, 25 1 DOXES........-.- + seer ees @ 2%/|Our Leader.......... 16| Hiawatha . 23 ta . 5 2 Miciciacscs am 3 PN ee ener | Cherries, pitted, 50 f boxes.........-. @ Mayftiower ...........23)Old Congress....... 20 These prices are for cash buyers, who pay | Egg plums, 25 Ib boxes......------+++- Gi BOT GiGne. 2.630. s oe ese SiMay Leaf.........5..28 promptly and buy in full packages. | Pears, 25 D DOXES........-. 6-0. eee eee @ | Mule Ear............. MOTI «csc cd cues choca AXLE GREASE. | poe D c-9 ply £0 ib boxes......- est : TEAS. : o in| Peaches, Michigan........--.++s-++++e+ @1244 | Japan OrdiMary....... ce ceeeeeee cece es cees 18@Q20 ae qaeneeeces Bae sR pails, 90 | Raspberries, 50 b boxes........-.--+-- @ 23 | Japan fair to Go0d............ 22 0eeeee eres 2:30 Diamond a 60 Grastere 25 tb F ails.1 95 | : DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. | JAPAN AME... .. ccc cece ee ee ence teen ee ee eens KOS scape eg ogg 2 50 25D PAUS.2 “O) Citrom ...... 2... .cenre scence ncecereesses @ Bi | Japan Guat... ......< 0.2.5 secs ee en ccnsccecess 15@20 3 p = GOS. . os s2 . | Currants... ...... 5.6. .eeeeeee ener er ecees @ iT Young Hyson.........ccccccccececcccsccees 30@50 BAKING POWDER. | Femion Pel. 2. cc cso ce ee cece cen cesees @ 14 | Gun POWET.. ..........cccceeccsenceeceeces 35@50 Arctic, % cans, 6 doz. case........+-+++++ 45| Orange Peel............55 secretes e es @ 14 | OOlOn® ..< «2.0... cs cecere ne ceseecees ese: BE@S5@HC noe 8 en a A 75 | Prunes, French, 608........--++++++++++ L2Y4G ON. coos cca encase ee nc ccdeue ca seessecus 25@30 Cae oe oe es 1 40 —— oe PUB, i vcnce as uneew seen 8%4@ SNUFF. “ i -s 3 ae eee 2 40| Prunes, Turkey........-.-+-++++++280+ @ 4% | Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... @ 2 “ 5 1 Moe cas ‘12 00} Raisins, Dehesia.........--++.++0+2+0++ @3 25 : Maccoboy...2......+-eseees @ % Silver Spoon, 50 CAaMS......---.-eeeer ee tees 10 00| Raisins, London Layers........---+--+ @2 74 | Gail & Ax’ vi cuavinuescene @ 44 Victorian, 1 t cans, (tall,) 2 doz..... --+++- 2 o| Raisins, California“ ......-.+---+ Gan; .” Rappee,.......cccecorceeesss @ 3 Diamond, “Dbulk,”.......--..ccceee cose eees 15) Raisins, Loose Muscatels......---.---- @2 00 | Railroad Mills Scotch..............+++ @ 45 ernie ary —— WO cian cae Ge PUAAIGOE wooo cnc ceeds snceccsesecscens @1 WH . aisins, Sultanas......... ou Pekaa seas @ 9% VINEGAR. Dry, NO. 2.2... 2 ce ceceresceeceeccee ss doz. 25 Raisins, Valeneia.... 2. once cece eweees @l0% _ 30gr. 50er. Dry, NO. 3....-...es seer seers ener ees doz. 45 | Raisins, Imperials........-...----+++: @3 00 | White Wine............ee eee e es 08 10 Liquid, 4 02,.....-.-2+s+eeereernce es doz. 35 MATCHES. GINO sods coeds cc eeenats cescesees 08 10 Liquid, 8 02. .......--+0+eeereee reese doz. 65. Grand Haven, No. 8, square.............4+ 1 00 MISCELLANEOUS. Arctic 4 OZ...... 2002 eeee ere eee snes @ gross 3 50| Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro.........-- 1 20 | Bath Brick imported ..............++++ 95 Arctic 8 OZ... .....ce cece ee cccseeneeeeeeseces 7 20| Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor............+- 1 7 do BMGTIOON, 6 oo ooscccccsacass 75 Arctic 16.02.......-0.2- ccc ccsescsnceetecees 12 00| Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor............+- 2 25 | Burners, No. 1 ..........- eee ee ere eeees 1 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper Pi occ essere a eas 2 00| Grand Haven, No. 7, round.............++- 1 50 do WE ooo va ceucssncdcecvasss 1 50 Arctic No. 2 C Pe akode een 3 00} Oshkosh, No. ees hen cick dasaee ees 1 00 | Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... % 5 Arctic No.3 we ence cnet ee rere . 400| Oshkosh, No. 8......-.6--00+ seer sree ee Leueuns 1 50 | Cream Tartar 5 and 10 cans......... 15@25 BROOMS. cor Be pans ns sa aan al iesaneoeweas sant ‘ 75 Ganeee Onna on nh cosines a cencdas @l2% ea . ichardson’s No. 8 Square...........-...++- 00 | Candles, Hotel............-.-eeeeeeeees d No. 2Hurl.......--- 2 00;Parlor Gem......-. Dihartemmano.9 60 ...........-.+- + io | Retract Coffee, ¥. © @l\t No. 1 Hurl........-- 2 2.Common Whisk.... 90] Richardson’s No. 74%, round “""1 00 ye — ae. a, en or 7 bs Fhitale . © 87S FOU. 2 ne eee cece decane Seek. ll ee eee eee 6S ee Fetes wt No. 2Carpet......-- 2 50|Faney Whisk......1 00| Richardson’sNo.7 dO ........-seeeeee es 150 | Gum, Rubber 100 lumps 25 No. 1 Carpet 2 75|Mill 3 75 ’ WIMP. 20. ccceesecses @25 * pet.....--- MAD Means ners seer ese tte" MOLASSES. Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ......-+.+.- @35 CANNED FISH. Black Strap.....- ccs eecece ee cece ener ee eee 1S@17 | Gum, Spruce.......... cece cence ee ceeees 3035 Clams, | tb, Little Neck........---++ses25+ 1 30 Cuba Baking...... 2.000.022 esse erence ees 25@28 | Hominy, @ i) oe @3 50 Clams, 2 tb. Little Neck........-. a "209 | Porto Rico..........6eeeee cere cree sree ee ees 24@30 | Jelly, in 30 pails.........- 22+ eee eee @ 4% Gacmen Tie, HR gchar shaven: de> sae 2345 | New Orleans, g00d...........-+0-++++e000 28@34 | Pearl Barley............6--+++0+++ eves 24@ 3B Cove Oysters, 1 } standards..........-++. 109 | New Orleans, choice..... ...--+++++++eeees 44@50 | Peas, Green BRU oo os od cine ce sascnsees @1 2% Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards.-......----- 1% New Orleans, fancy. cage sues eete sees .. ..52@55 | Peas, Split Prepared.............-+++ @ 3 Lobsters, 1 picnic. .....-....- seer eee 1 %5 +6 bbls. 2c extra. OM oo ooo coco cone cas se ncsuees @3 0 T ciueteee BD. CHORE: tee ko kc nvsee che: oon 2 50 OATMEAL. Powder, % Keg.........-eeeeeeee scenes @1 90 T eeeaae 6 URE, Lcscbirncssendndenncean 209 | Steel cut.......... 5 00/Rolled Oats, Acme.5 75 | Sage .... 62. cece cee ee eee cere eter ee ees @ 18 er SG aks ices 3 00 | Steel Cut, 4 bbi....2 75 Rolled Oats, Acme.3 00) cacnee Te Mackerel, 1b fresh standards.........-.- 110 | Rolled Oats........5 75 Quaker, 48 Ths......2 25 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS, Mackerel, 5 fresh standards.......----- 405 | Rolled Oats, 4bbl..8 GC) Quaker, 60 Ibs...... 285! »p ae a Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 3 90 | Rolled Oats, cases.3 25|Quaker bbls......-. 325 | Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : : I rel in Tomato Sauce, 3 B....-..---- 3 Ol a S Shields’3 23 STICK. CovinaTon, Ky. Mackerel,$ in Mustard a cca ca - - RolledOats,Shields a ee Standard, 25 boxes.. gen lacescsncen eG m serel,o at s 2C Behe ceebaceds art he so oe i “at —" ~ ms we Twist, io Spe oan a 4 Salmon, 1 tb Columbia river........-+. 1 45@1_50 Medium .. Bae seks Pee shi canes Suse 4 50@4 5 reve oe ro mabrnieerene si @ Salmon, 2 tb Columbia river......-.---++++ 26 i.) ” EN GUS wenn cys ae thangs does eet d0@2 15 MIXED ie Sardines, AOMESTIC WE... 65-66. 00e- bese nee 7@s OO oe ae @5 00 Royal, 25 i pails a a Sardines, domestic 408.....---+++++ss0ee- 12 i PLPES. R yi : aa hoe Os ke nese eee @9 Sardines, Mustard %48.......-eeeeeseeereee y2 | Imported Clay 3 gross.......--...-.-+. 2 25@3 00 Ext er een Se tsa cones ers snes ess @ 8% RatAtmaa WMMONRON MA . 110 300d Garolina..... 5 |Rangoon.......54@5v | 7. tie FANCY—IN 5 Ib BOXES. Cherries, red standard........-+-+e+++25+ 95 | Good Louisiana..... & Broken. ..... 3144@3% oe DTOPG.. 0.00. seeceereee sor eee . B@U WAM ous caceeeenscnest seer onses 1 00 : SALERATUS. Sour DYOPS... 0. eee cece cece ence ee ence ences @u Eeg Plums, standards ...--.-..-++-+: 1 20@1 25| DeLand’s pure..... 54|Dwight’s ............544 Peppermint Drops...... ...s+sse+eeres @lt Green Gages. standards 2 B.......- ..1 20@1 25 aa faghtese* .54\Sea Foam....... Be Pattee et a ak 15 Peaches, Extra Yellow .........--++555+05 1 90 aylor’s G. M.......5%4|Cap Sheaf........... 5% 1a, See Mew ett sceseuaeceneesas 18 Peaches, standards..........-+2+2+25+5080 , 60 ye less in 5 box lots. Tetins eee «he Go ae as eanecsaneusenecase 10 Peaches, SCCONdS........-.00 ee eeee errr tet 25 SALT. sicorice Drops.......-..e.ceeeeeeeereeees 2 Pineapples, standards............0+-s0000* 150 | 60 Pocket, F F Dairy.........-..--+++ 5 ah | Oe AAOOENOO SHOE. -- owen snnven ens 2 Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... ...--.-++- 260 | 28 Pocket............--025 ceceeeerecees 2 15 | Lozenges, plain.........--.-sereeerereree 1G Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... +++ Bee 1 Ne IN oo as oo sn ne cs unos seses es 2 35 | Lozenges, printed..........6.. -++ss+e0s If QUINCES ........ce ee secceeen eee eter ees ea ass 125 | Saginaw or Manistee..........-....++ 99 | Lmperials ........ 0.0. 0eceeeeeeeeeer neers YB Haspberries, Oxtra.........-.-..++-- 120@1 30 | Diamond C..............00065 eee eee 145 | Mottoes .. 0.0... .. eee eeee eect eeeeeeerer es 1S Strawberries ........:.eeeeee eee eee 1 10@1 25 | Standard Coarse..............+.++++5 SRE PRR BM... «4+. or nsec crnsnnecerenees 13@14 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 75 | Molasses Bar..........--.-+.-eeseeeeeeees B@M CANNED FRUTTS—CALIFORNIA. Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 75 Caramels... ..... 2... eseeceeeeeecerereeees 18 Lusk’s. Mariposa.| Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 79 | Hand Made Creams............+-.---+++. 18G@19 Apricots ........20+eeeeenseeeee 2 25 2 00| American, dairy, 4% bu. bags........-- Bh PE ee CRORING.... 00s oeernseensescecesees Vi eng a SE Ria 2 10 & Ob} BOCK. DUGMONS. ............0--ceneecescs ag | Decorated Creams....... -....-..-.+.ee- 20 Grapes 210 1 80| Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags... .......... 45 | Strimg Rock... ..........-0-sseeeeeeeee eres a ae BM calsnctsars: 25 | Burnt Almonds.-03 0.0.0.0... ‘"2o@e2 WOR ae ee nes ne aeee 2 50 2 20 a SAUCES. intergreen Berries ls edu eue as 15 Re cing acener aes 2 50 Danictan, 4 pints........-.,--.+20544:: @2 00) ,.. ,_ PANCT--IN BULK. DRAMA, since sei Wena nsenee ones 2 35 2 2% rene Sauce, red small.............. @ W see Pinin — teeter en eeees 12 @2% 5 aren Sees 3 epper Sauce, green ........... eee Ge 80 | RAS CSs DRIES TE DAM. «woo oe seer ees ll @U% CANNED VEGETABLES. Pepper Sauge, red large ring.......-. @l 25, Lozenges, printed in WEE ois cae icece @l3 Asparagus, Oyster Bay....---+-++-+++5+5 + 300 | Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 no | Lozenges, printed in eC Beans, Lima, standard.......---.-+++-+++- 80 | Catsup, Tomato, pints..........-..++-- @ 80 Chocolate Drops, in pails..............124@I13 Jeans, Stringless, Erie......-.--++-+++++++ 95 | Catsup, Tomato, quarts ...........+- @1 29 | Gum Drops in pails............+- +++. 6 @ 6% Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked........-.---- 165 | Halford Sauce, pints..............+++ @3 50 | Gum Drops, in bbls...............+6. 5 @ 5% Corp, Archer’s Trophy.......-++++++++55+ 100 | Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 | Moss Drops, in POG occ icidececeynass @10 *' Morning Glory........---.-+++ ++: 100 onves " ame dad TU gc cece senccccncses «= Ge ee 4 Sern Sour Drops, i ils @12 " sane Se 1 = New pronees, } D..8 08 Napkin.....i....... 4 85 Teperinia ace coy ey aus eee cme canes teteteean set 470 New Process, 3 )..3 85 Towel ............++ 4% rials’ { eres ahaseannausess sees i — Se : = Aeme, bars........ 3.75 White Marseilles..5 60 Imperials in bbls... spacesatesees: H4G@l2 Soest Maceofat, standard, me 50 Acme, blocks..... 3 22 White Cotton Oil..5 60| Bananas Aspinw ae, si 2» 50@4 00 — nS NE empire Uson =) ee Renan. ...3 08 ereen Seauwedds 8 x Oranges, California, fancy.. siececec se 10006 © TRY IT and be convinced }| Peas, Fink, Dwyer & CO...... 6.6 seer eee 75 Bic Five Ce secre ae Me. anon at pens ete oe Oranges, California, choice........... t 50@4 74 Pumpkin, 3 b Golden........---+++e225++y 7a Nick a O Ser se ps London Family....~ 60 | Oranges, Jamaica, bbIs............+++. 7 Succotash, standard............-.ee seers rere eee: 3 45/GM...... 622-0 0-- 3 dd | Oranges, Florida Des Weueueuaeacuas : SABA chivdngeaaes peedaaneeseetsees 1 00 SPICES. ranges, Valencia, cases.............. Tomatoes, standard brands........... 1 15@1 20 P Ground. enue Whole. . anaes, a ae a epper.......---+ @25\ Pepper ...... secre @is | Oranges, Naples...............cceeeess 10 ae CHEESE. : Alispice .........- 12@15|Allspice .......... $@10 | Lemons, choice........:.........+.+---6 0O@6 25 Michigan Perl) GREAT. 6.4 cuenta +04 ee lL @u% Cinnhamon........ 1S CABBIA oes... 55: 10@11 | Lemons, fancy..............0+--- 6 25@6 50 Half skim........-+-++++- vesecesees 9 @l0% | Cloves ..........- 15@25 Nutmegs, No. 1.., @60 | Lemons, California. . 20200020020. 015%4 50@5 00 Pe ae asan eeenass & @6 | Ginger ......-..:. 16@20 Nutmegs, No. > .° @be | Figs, layers, new, @ D................ 122%@16 CHOCOLATE. pueen vee eee: + 15@B0 Cloves ....-+++++- 16@18 a RE is hook sci sass ccseass 7 @™% : a as pe ayenne ......... 25@35 dates, frails do : @) dba Baker's ........---- 374%4'German Sweet.....-- 23 o BLOG, FLAS GO .....-..--4---cececenes D) 449 Runkles’ eee 35 Vienna Sweet .......22 : STARCH. Dates, 4 do MO ick sad acensncdescss @ 5 saan Wlpetia Care. os os via ease eens @3 20 | Dates, SHAM. oo eee ee eee eee eee e eee e cree COCOANUT, Niagara, LAUNGTY...-. +--+. eee sk se aes 3%@.4 | Dates, 4 2) ere Schepps. cake DOX.........cseeeee eee @27% | Niagara, gloss .............0.000 ceeees @ 5x | Dates, Fard 10 ® box ® D............. @10 “ SE RE ENE ea Ai ei Hae” | NURS AOE. GOR Gi 6 65. ocne tesa dn case: @ 614 | Dates, Fard 50 b box ®D.............. 8%@ 9 Maltby’s 1 fb round...........---0++6++ Gah | BORA COR ool icc ees aaa ces, , 54% a, —- Ib box #B D......-... @s oo made fs ec cede ate cee to 4 @27 Pe ee aaa 4 @5 ine Apples, # GOZ.... 60... sees eee 2 25@2 50 at Me ccd caus at conn nnussntite @28 | Quaker, laundry, S56... ......-..-- . @4 50 , PEANUTS. Manhattan, pails..........------ ee eee: @20 nites 7 Prime Red, raw ® D........ wees da 4 @4% comeans Cut Loaf SUGARS. pc Caaice a, @5 dl DES. : WEEN SA Aceh oe he sedtsteetetns esta aeet 1% ‘ancy H.P. do do @ RY eas ul Green. Roasted. WO oi i aca oo ec tc scenes @ 7s | Choice ta W's seneseeeeesess | Se aay aged BiG oot. ests cee 9@12 |RiO .....-.--- ees "@15 | Granulated, Standard...........-...-+ 63sG 634 Pou ve an ee $ OM Golden Rio........- 12 Golden Bio... ..:..- 16 | Confectionery A..............-. eee ees @ 6% 1H. P/Va.... er eeneegneet at oe: RBanthe,.........-->> 13 reeves el gedeanas EN Accel ces cata scnterds s Gta oe — oo os Maricabo........--- 13 |Maricabo........... 7 No. f. White Fxtra C..............4.-. © @ 6; nia # ean ‘ . Te nies 90@25 \Java........-. - aaa 1 Wa © MAURO. ..00.-5- 5:00. c-ccnes aces Saas Set | Pra ZBEEOGONA:..........-.---0-50 ORE Oy ORNS soon scet 2 (0. G. Java.....-..+ Oe Boas cers a dasa ie te) lk Cee an MOCHA cokc cree ys 95 |[Mocha... ......--:- eat ose ve ceases 54@ 5% ee en ee : Sra GOFFEES—PACKAGE, Bir teteresise Hints ae ees 60 bs 100 ths 300 bs SYRUPS. WRU II oo 5 ho 500k 64 dc ccncedacces l4@i2 ee a 13% 13% 134| Corn, barrels .......eseeeereeee seees 22@26 7 Barcelona......... ag deqacees 10 @il AE oc ccca cg caeees. TOK OM Tope | Cet MDDIS...2 nw. cn cee econ steer ones 24@zi | Walnuts, Grenoble......... 0... M4@1s See esses 13% 13% Corn, t0 MOON MEME, 2... 55s cee ene @29 ” I os ccc cca necaueucaal BRAMMER oo iis oss incaessnceee 13% 18% 13% Corn, 5 wallon kegs...... 2.2... eee eeees 1 35 _ GN ee i ccue de cena 8 @l1 German ......--. Ea 1344 13 Pure Sugar, We sence tend es cares 22@26 , COTEROENIEN S656 ooo cco ncnsness @i2 eR, cos ps cess to sentres 13% 138% 13 Pure Sugar, % Me accel acaces 24@28 | Pecans, Texas, H. P..............2+4+- 9 @13 ang” la a SE AEE oy gy | Pure Sugar 9 fre) MOOR... 8... ses. @1 50 © _ I sas ica scans ceececes 84@ 9 WEANSOMIL 56a sccces snes cevsneerts' 16 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. ocoanuts, PB 10V........-....++ cteeees @ 50 CORDAGE. Our Leadef:,.......- SEONG TUNG, «oo os cc ce ses 35 : aa aS 60 foot Jute..... 100 {50 foot Cotton....1 60 Our Block. ...-- ...60 Underwood's Capper 3d : PROVISIONS. "3 foot Jute -.--« 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 75 Yum Yum,........25. Sweet Rose.......... 45 | The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 \ep foot Cotton....2 00 er Rogey.........d2 Meigs & Co.’sStunner35 | quote as follows: MICH CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS, teehee... i. tiie ee cee . xX XXX em Dark AmericanEagles?) cls ier... .....6 | hear ge nr a: sta oo Kenosha Butter..........--++++ ¥%| The Meigs..........-- 62|Fountain............. 74 | Short Cut, ne ee Seymour Butter.......----+--- a Red Bird.............50/O0ld Congress......... 64 Back, eens at 1 PtOe oc cas ces cee en eth nees 5 State Seal............ 60|Good Luck........... 52 | Rxtra family clear, short cut.......... 2+ ae WORN; oid cade secteaes 4% Prairie Flower .....-65|Blaze_ Av Ecoplay gg tse ner ng ae nb is 0 Fancy Bu : . i e |Blaze Away......----! 35 | Clear, A. 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HORE. 6 oc ds sco dc ods ce cece ees Ww eee reiecs Peek yaa cen te anne va 13% = FOX.........--++- 26 eee Wesecvaas 25 nee oni pedubccedu ce ccunesscaueseads 9 pe eees Gb 04 Ones eae i eee ailroad OU ack scccsae oneless Shoulders.......+...0+02+seeeerer es OM Steen Santies 11% | Gold Dust... 0.00): 36| Mountain Rose.......18 | Breakfast Bacon.......-.....0c00++0++ seco ie ones d "one fee... 13% Gold Block..........- 30 Home Comfort....... 25 | Dried Beef, extra quality..............- 104@12 on aan y Cakes.......-- 1312 | Seal of Grand Rapids |Old Rip............... 60 | Dried Beet, Ham pieces... ............. RY4@lt Ragieye Gems......----.+-+-- 13% (cloth)............25|Seal of North Caro- | Shoulders cured in sweet pickle............ 6M peers nee “ies 12% Tramway, 5 O68. cs 40) TOI & OM. devices 48 . LARD. singe ay oe ga ata aaa aca 72 | Miners and Puddlers.28 Seal of North Caro- Tierces 6.2... 1. eee eee cece tree eens 6}, Be WE CMM. cape iis cnn ne ones 8% | Peerless 24| lina, 402 4g | 30 and 50 b Tubs 634 > HM cccwccccccae sh iw o BOOZ... ceaecceses po : ae CE EECEESENOHEE SH EEO OH HES Dy FISH. ceenaerd ia oauas oes = “— at mort Caro- ; 50 Round Tins, 100 eases.............. 6% ors, Smoked Yarmouth..........-+:: 65 OM.....-+- 2. +++ LS) ina, 8OZ.......-+-++ 5 : LARD IN TIN PAILS. Son wale OE Re sig@ane Tom & Jerry.........24 Seal of North Caro- 20 Ib Pails, 4 pails im Case.........-++++: 6% BN og thas ceecsetnnt and B@6%4 | JOKEr.....- 0. eee seen 25 lina, 16uz boxes. ...42 | 3 B Pails, 20 im @ CAaS@....-....- +. 0+ ++ 00s 7 Wap MUAAE ov ac cose c-ccaseeoser dene eese: vanes 9@10| Traveler .........---- 2 Ring Bee, longeut...28 | 5B Fails, 13 in 8 case. ........+..-+++++« 6% Herring, round, % bbl......-..+-+-++ 2 00@2 25 ee aot basen 9h 88 = a ganas cece | OO Saums GIN B CBRG .. «0500000000 6% Herring ,round, 4 Dbbl.........-----+++++: 140 Bom atae Senaene es +0 * eee ee “tee tat notes 32 ae ae te Herring, Holland, bbls......-....-.-++++: ia 00 . | Bigger Head......... 2)Seal Skin.......+-.+- et ates Teeee eet MAST NNS Ten Es sare = Herring, Holland, kegs.........-.-++++++- so@os | Holland .#.........---% 2|Red Clover. ....-..+. 32 | Boneless, @Xtra........cecece cece cere ee eeees 13 00 Horving, Scaled..-....--0-.0.-0-ssseeere: 20@v2| German ........--; ;..1b|Good Luck.......- +. 28 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Mackerel, shore, No. 2, % bbls.......--.++ 550. | K.ot'L......--.-- 2@46| Honey Dew........-- et Pile CRRONG os cn do ss ce wacaseadcnnsaas ‘ 6 “ *) 7 5 3 » i : e . = Ib kits ....-- ° PLUG. pocan decanes wae chsbasdeseaecvensabaae as ad C. hr, ‘ i 5 . wue © § eee eee ence et ewer snerese No.8, % DIB... esse eeeeeee 350 | Quaker.......-.-.-+- ,8iTrade Union........ *36 | Frankfort Sausage.......-.+e+eeeeeeee vee “ A EM BRE dale as 62 Bull Dog Dy uae udanee 36 Labor Union........ "80 | Blood Sausage. .........-.0.cececcceesereeees “ Oe ae 5B Hiawatha ...........- 42\Splendid ............ 38 | Bologna, straight fe : t 4 I bs MENG soss 5 cv enceccceeaasees Wiaied SEWN oss ce ccs kacd enc stin sd stn snntes 2 50 tone me soe po i Solder............ 40 | Bologna, thick...........0.ceeeeeeesccere te alse cc 3'50@3 75| Jolly Time.......----#c) ONCY .. eee eee e eee De CUMGEIT MEMOIR... ccccecdcoacecescvivigiie 7 A Trout, | b Os - tag ' BAVOrite ...ccese cess 42) Red Fox ene euantiaces 42 PIGS’ FEET negetegsisa Ss * Electric Lustre’” White, No. 1, % DDIS .........-eeeeeeer eres 585 ©| Black Bird..... joceees 32|Big Drive........... 40 | Im half barrels. ........cceceoweseccess 3 50 ed for immediate White, No.1, 12 t kits............. He gy | Live and Let Live.. .32 Seal of Grand Rapids 40 | In quarter barrels...............0: eee which White, No. 1, 10 kits..........-.- a Se 7 Punch. Kc uwak dc gaceumeae 36); Patrol ............-+- 40 beat ae er Starch. White, Family, % bbls..........-.+++0+++5- 26 | ees wet ge se teeeeees - FRESH MEATS Spear Head. 39| Chocolate Cream.... " . ™ FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Old Honest 40\Nimrod ...........-.- 40| John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling ; Lemon. Vanilla.| Whole Eart BZIB. CO... 2 se eee ee eee 38 | prices as follows: Jennings’ D. C.,2 0Z....-.++-- @doz.100 140] Crazy Quilt........-. 32|Spread Eagle........ 36 | Fresh Beef, 8ides.............eeeeeeeee 5%4@ 7% “ 8h OBs. ccccocsetneentes 150 2 BO) P. VV... ences e eee: 40| Big Five Center......33 Fresh Beef, hind quarters..,......... 8 @Y New York. 4 Ho GOB cislacccnasen wees 750 4 00} Spring Chicken...... 38; Parrot .......+seeeee: 42 | Dressed Hogs... .. 2.2.2... ccccccccccecee 54@ 5% ’ Me BOB. iacesecnstsn sess 350 6 00| Eclipse .......----++: 80 Buster .........-+5+5- 85 | Mutton, Carcasses..........eeeeeees 6 @i “ * Wo.2 Taper... ...-- 125 150} Moxie..........-..-+- $4\ Black Prince......... 35 Spring Lamb........000.cssceeeeceess @ll * * No. cu eee 17% 2 75| Black Jack........... $2|Black Racer......... OF WOM ois sok sdevksencaes 6 @b% “ “ 14 pint, round.......450 _7 60| Hiawatha...........- AQ|StAL ooo. .c se ceee “"")\'g9 | Pork Sausage...... 1. @t ts he OS Pee aaaeen 900 15 00| Musselman’sCorker.30|Climax ............-- 42 | Bologna... ...... 2. cece eee: énancuvataas “ * No.3 parel.......--- 110 165] Turkey.........-.---- 39\|Acorn ........-- .--- 40 | Fowls.........-.. Saceuenevies eenk cel ....1l @R “ NOB oS ce eeee eee 1S 4 25| Dainty ......... «+++ 44\Horse Shoe........-.86 | DUCKS ........ 0. cece cece eee e eer eeees wg MICH. * a No. 10 ne en eeoeneee 2 6 60 *Delive * 2c. less in three butt lots. Turkeys Kinski bh cand eacdcusceseieesiiudle @It. GRAND Sie Pee’ { OUT AROUND. News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own Correspondents. Hersey. J. Sweet is having his skating rink build- ing moved onto Main street. He will raise the roof ten feet and fit the building up for a hotel. * South Manitou, John J. Gunn and B. C. Green have form- ed a copartnership and engaged in the pur- chase and sale of hemlock bark. L. F. Sheridan, of Glen Arbor, has been buying potatoes on the Island. He bought several hundred bushels, paying 25 cents per bushel. Shiloh. Shiloh has seventy-three inhabitants, hav- ing received one accession by a birth in Post- master Brown’s family. T. R. Compton & Son have engaged in the manufacture of flat hoops for the apple barrel trade. Jackson. Aldrich & Phillips succeed to the business of the Standard Broom Co. E. M. Marsh has bought the furniture stork of R. E. Strong & Co. Martin & Giddings succeed Martin & Boy- lan in the drug business. A. C. Cowherd has sold out his paper box business. Chas. L. Pierce succeeds W. N. Hartupee & Co. in the hardware business. Traverse City. Hannah, Lay & Co.’s new dock is nearly completed. Three hundred and twenty thousand cubic feet of square timber has been shipped from this point this season. Seven new phones have been added to the exchange during the past week. Cadillac. A good move in the right direction has been made by many of our merchants, who have entered into a mutual agreement to close their places of business at 8 o’clock p. m. on and after June 1, excepting Satur- days, Cummer and G. R. & I. paydays and the day before a national holiday. The places not included are groceries, drug stores and meat markets, but it is hoped that they, too, may take this advanced sttep. The agreement will be in force three months and will undoubtedly be con- tinued after that time, if the plan works satisfactorily. —————»> -- > _ Failure of the Eight-Hour Movement. From the Chicago Current. The eight-hour movement failed. No man really knows why. Possibly its de- feat was due to the throwing of the Chicago bomb. Certainly that crime made a re- sumption of work at any price almost a pub- lic necessity. Men were in no mood to dis- cuss the right and wrong of any question,. much less one that touched their pockets. With the going back to work, which was necessary, of course, the workingman aban- doned his cause. If eight hours eventuated, the coneession came voluntarily from the employer, and could not last in the face of overwhelming competition by more greedy or less capable manufacturers. The dyed- in-the-wool ‘‘boss” or man-driver, whether rich or poor, has chuckled his voice register down an cetave in celebrating the surrender of Labor, and the peaceable philosopher has been equally glad when he has reckoned the blessings of peace. Why did not the men ask for nine hours at nine hours’ pay? That is a mystery the Current has tried in vain to Probably they reserved nine hours for a hoped-for compromise. The cight- hour movement came on blindly. It was like a tidal wave; it was from the bottom upward; it roiled the waters so that no man could see clearly; no prophet could forcast its length, strength or duration. It has ended as do nine out of ten movements that orig- inate the same way, for they may succeed only by revolution. Against the success of the eight-hour idea was ranged phalanx after phalanx of the upper classes of society. Nearly every man in America who works less than ten hours a day vowed that the principle was wrong. In fact, we remem- ber that the eight-hour attempt of twenty years ago came nearer success—did not soil itself with the odium of the classes that wort short hours. Now Labor has gone back; he has signed a pledge to rat his union, and*he half believes he has done wrong in the past. With this penitent at- titude good Capital is half-pleased, though still very angry, anda working arrangement is effected only through the escape-valve of aright valiant pursuit of anarchists. Let the bomb-thrower reap his whirlwind! The very ones he helped so much will blot him out if that shall be possible. Meanwhile the good and the bad of Europe flow in, an uninterrupted stream, and the reason why wages were ro high twenty years ago is that since that time seven million laboring pair of hard hands have come from the Old World, helping to do the work of this na- tion. Wages must fall. There is no other hope for American labor. But the hours of labor ought to shorten, or the Republie will be a flat failure, like all European Govern- ments. There is, it seems, little foree from beneath society. Let Mind now set to nine hours. Let there now be Agitators among millionaires! solve. He Wanted the Job. New boy—Say, boss, going to shut up yer store now? Hardware Dealer—Yes; right away. New boy—Do you shut up everything? Hardware Dealer—Yes, everything. New boy—Say, boss, can I shut up the knives? —_——— oe The Hardware Market. Business is good and collections are fair. Nails are a trifle weaker. Barbed wire is weak. Other articles in the hardware line are about steady. The Gripsack Brigade. B. Dosker is working the city trade for P. Steketee & Sons. D. S. Haugh has been spending a fort- night among the Upper Peninsula trade. Cary & Loveridge are now represented on the road by O. A. Perry and Wm. Van Zee. Frank Michmerhuizen is now on the road for P. Steketee & Sons, seeing his trade every three weeks. D. E. McDowell, general agent for the Wassall Fire Clay Co., of Columbus, Ohio, was in town a couple of days last week. Dwight K. Hulbert, for several years a wool buyer at this market, is now on the road, selling flour for a Winona, Wis., mill. Wanted—A dog. Must be one that can live without eating and be proof against neighbor's bullets. Apply to Valda John- ston. L. W. Atkins, general traveling represen- tative for Heavenrich Bros. & Co., of De- troit, put in a couple of days at this market last week. Charley Robinson went frogging with John Perry last Friday and had almost as good luck as he did on his fishing excur- sion the week previous at Mecosta and Man- ton. One of the boys eame in Saturday and said the farmers through his territory were so busy that trade was extremely dull. When asked what the farmers were doing, he said they were thrashing their ties. W. P. Townsend is the happy possessor of a full-blooded rat terrier weighing only a pound and ten ounces. This knocks out Geo. Owen and every other dog fancier within the knowledge of Tire TRADES- MAN. Tim: TRADESMAN is requested to calla meeting of the traveling men of Grand Rap- ids, to be held at Tum TRADESMAN office Saturday evening, June 12, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements for the third annual picnic of the fraternity. Let there be a general attendance. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops have engaged in the fish canning business. As yet, oper- ations are not conducted ona large scale, but the business may increase. L. L. Loomis inagurated the new departure last week by catching twenty-two perch at Fre- mont and packing them in ajjpyster can. Pittsburg Chronicle: Price that all the differences of the drummers have been settled,” remarked McSwilligan. ‘‘The drummers?” replied Squildig. ‘*There have been no differences with them that I know of “No! Well, I certainly saw a head- ing, ‘Brass Men in Harmony,’ but didn’t read the article.’”” DPD. E. Stearns writes as follows from Albany, Oregon: ‘‘Please send me copies two last number of Tue TRADESMAN to Los Angelos, Cal. This is a great country for snow-capped mountains and other grand scenery, but when it comes to living, give me Michigan ‘‘straight” in mine. Sprinkle a little hydrant water on those papers to make ’em smell home like.” The first annual convention of the Michi- gan Division, T. P. A., which was held at Jackson last Friday and Saturday was well atttended, Grand Rapids being represented by Geo. F. Owen and wife, Leo. A. Caro and wife, and several others. C. 5. Kelsey was put in nomination for State President, and the following were elected delagates to the Baltimore convention: M. J. Matthews, Louis J. Koster, J. L. Macauley, Thos. Madill, Detroit; S. H. Sanford, A. F. Peake, Chas. W. Gregg, Edwy Knight, Jackson; Geo. F. Owen, Leo A. Caro, A. A. Hutford, Grand Rapids; D. G. Crotty, Muskegon; E. L. Jones, Battle Creek; H. E. Tremain, Bay City; Chas. Rosenberg, Bay City; M. B. Field, Lansing; W. J. Richard, Union City. An Alpena correspondent writes: Not sinee the more or less indefatigable Dave Beattie feasted on a chicken frame at Chas. Golling’s festive board has Alpena been favored with a more enjoyable incident than was afforded by the recent visit of the obese pants manufacturer, Sam Friedenberg. Sam, as everybody knows, is as fond of a joke as a duck is fond of water and he never loses an opportunity to indulge his penchant in this respect. One of his customers here is surrounded by a couple of assistants who are about as nervous as they make ’em. Sam took keen delight mm the going up be- hind these individuals and scaring them so they literally jumped out of their boots. After he had tried that game several times and was about to repeat it again, some one sung out ‘‘Hit him!” and the next moment Sam. was gasping for breath and somewhat sore from the concussion. Hesoon realized that he was the victim of a conspiracy and he spent two days in trying to find the author of his misfortune, but his search re- sulted as disastrously as the attempt to find the man who struck Billy Patterson. —<—0- <> Lenawee County Dairy Notes. G. B. Horton is receiving 10,000 pounds of milk at his ‘home factory. Rufus Baker and B. E. Peebles are getting about 8,000 pounds each. More cheese was manufactured in this county in May, this season, than ever be- fore. C. D. West is making butter this season, having bought a creamery. He markets his butter in Detroit. ” . ——_—_—> > Good Words Unsolicited. C.L. Hasbrouck, drugist, Mendon: paper.” Albert C. Gowdy, grocer, Stetson: very much.”’ Harvey Grattan, grocer, Delta: good paper.”’ Allen Brewer, general dealer, Frankfort: “It is a good paper and worth all you ask for it.’ A. M. LeBaron, general dealer, Levering: “Good “T like it “A very “Cannot get along without THE TRADESMAN.” VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: N. Bouma, Fisher. Deli Wright, Berhn. Mr. Paton, Paton & Andrus, Shelby. A. Ball, Morley. : Mr. Tanis, DenHerder & Tanis. Vriesland. John Demstra, Forest Grove. H. Andre & Son, Jennisonville. L. Cook, Bauer. A. F. Harrison, Sparta. H. M. Harroun, McLain. M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. Mrs. Mary Hammond, Plainwell. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. Mrs. Anna Mulder, Spring Lake. J. D. Ritzema, Grand Haven. Miss Mary E. Snell, Wayland. Walter Struik, Forest Grove. Cc. O. Smedley, Byron Center. M. P. Shields, Hilliards. John Kamps, Zutphen. Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. A. Purchase, South Blendon. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. Sidney Stark, Allendale. | A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. A.C. Adams, Ashton. : A. Norris, Norris & Son, Casnovia. J. B. VanOrt, Holland. N. O. Ward, Stanwood. W. W. Bass, Lawrence. O. B. Granger, Plainwell. Paine & Field, Englishville. | . Herbert Hazeltine, Hazeltine & Son, novia. H. B. Irish, Lisbon. J. Grutter, Grandville. W. F. Rice, Alpine. John Whiteford, Lake City. John Gunstra, Lamont. Capt. Wm. Rose, Bass River. M. Minderhout, Hanley. Hugh Beggs, Kalamazoo. _ Gaylord & Pipp, Howard City. D. N. White, Petoskey. I. B. Smith, Wayland. M. Koorman, Grand Haven. G.8. TenHoor, Forest Grove. Jas. Toland, Ross. A. Wagenaar, New Holland. J.J. Wiseman, Nunica. D. H. Decker, Zeeland. Dr. V. Sinz, Trent. J. H. Woodward, J. Frankfort. Wm. Yarger, Freeport. N. Brayton, Freeport. key. Miss Belle Miller, Shelby. Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland. Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zeeland. John Scholten, Overisel. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. Cc. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. Jacob Heerenga, East Saugatuck. J. F. Hacker, Corinth. G. W. Bevins, Tustin. Hibbard Ingalls, Newberry. Neal MeMillan. Rockford. Severance & Rich, Middleville. Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake. H. M. Freeman, Lisbon. Geo. F. Cook, Grove P. O. Cc. O. Smedley, Byron Center. Cc. 8. Comstock, Pierson. E. I. Hewes,oNewaygo. Paine & Field, Englishvilles W.S. Root, Tallmadge. Geo. Lentz, Croton. J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz. A. C. Barkley, Crosby. Cc. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. M. J. Howard, Englishville. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Wm. Borst, Vriesland. C. Hage, Grandville. O. Sanders, Rockford. H. Campbell, Hudsonville. H. A. Croger, Cascade. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Stanley Monroe, Berlin. J. Omiler, Wright. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. —_—_— +2 -——- It is claimed that the popular drink of the future will be milk charged with carbonic acid gas. Milk so charged keeps well. & COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—Entirely out of market. Asparagus—3ie per doz. bunches. unpieked and hold ordinary hand-picked for $1.10@$1.15. Beans—String, $1.75 for 2% bu. crate. 2.25 2 %s bu. crate. Beets—New, 40¢c # doz. bunches. Butter—Michigan creamery is in poor de- mand at 17@1&e. Dairy is a drug on the market at 12@14e. ’ Butterine—Solid packed is weak at l4e. Cabbages—$4 per crate of about fifty heads. Cabbage Plants—3ie # 100. Carrots—25e ® doz. Cucumbers—6de 2 doz. Cheese—April and May stock of Michigan cheese is in good demand at 11@11%c. Dried Apples—Quartered and sliced, 8@3%e. Evaporated, 64@ic, according to quality. Dried Peaches—Pared, 5c. Eges—In plentiful supply and weak. Job- bers pay $@lvc and sell for 10@10%e. Honey—Easy at 18@l4c. Hay—Bailed is dull at $14 per ton in two and five ton lots and $13 in ear lots. Lettuce—12ec # ib. Maple Sugar—7@3ce. Mint—Out of market. Onions—Green, 12@25e # doz. bunches. Ber- mudas, $2.75 # hu. crate. New Orleans, $2.50 per 1% bu. sack or $4.50 ® bbl. Peas—Green, $1.50 ® bu. box. Pop Corn—Choice new commands 24%c ® b and old 3¢ # b. Potatoes—Old stock is completely played out. New Memphis arein good demand at $2 per bu. sack. New California command $3 #2 bu. sack. Pieplant—lc ? hb. Poultry—In fair supply. 10@10%c; turkeys, Ic. k Wax, Fowls sell for Ducks are out of mar- Radishes—I8c #2 doz. Spinach—70c # bu. Strawberries—Ohio and Illinois berries are in good demand at $5@$6 # 2 bu. stand and Michigan berries are grabbed up as fast as they come in at $2 # box of 16 qts. There is every indication that prices will go much lower before the week is out. Tomatoes—Florida, too high for this market. Tomato Plants—40c # 100. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—Lower. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 79; Fulse, 76c; Clawson, 6c. Corn—Jobbing génerally at 44@45c in 100 bu. lots and 38@40ce in carlots. Oats—W hite, 40e in small lots and 34@35e in car lots. Rye—48@50c 8 bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 @ ewt. Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5 # bbl. in sacksand $5.25in wood. Straight, $4.20 ® bbl. in sacks and $4.45 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 #@ bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $13 #® ton. Bran, $12 #2 ton. Ships, $13 # ton. Cornu and Oats, $17 ® ton. MISCELLANEOUS. Hemlock Bark—Local tanners are paying $4.75 per cord for old bark, and making con- tracts for new bark on the basis of $5.50 per cord, delivered, cash. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.75 @ bh for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 5 per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10 per cent off. / Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@75e @ bu. for) Middlings, $13 ® ton. | | The Red Flag. | “Yes,” saida husband sadly, ‘‘my wife is a devotee of the red flag. The very sight of one arouses her to a high pitch of excite- | ment.” | ‘Surely she cannot have any sympathy in common with such cutthroats.” | "Yes, she has.” “What, Anarchists and Socialists?” ‘‘No, auctioneers.” i re Exceeding the Limit. Prisoner—He said he didn’t believe in the | eight-hour system; your Honor, and so I | struck him. | Magistrate—You want eight hours, do | you? ’ Prisoner—Yes, your Honov. Magistrate—I can do better than that for |you. TPll give you ninety days. | | PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, ~ | Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- | ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. a H. Woodward & Co., | Jas. Shavalier, Stevens & Shavalier, Petos- = 85, 90 and 92 South Division Street, |GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. | | { | | HESTER & FOS, ‘Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machin- ery, Saws, Belting and Cils. | | | | | | | _MICHICAN AUTOMATIC INJECTOR. “LAMUVW GH NO Lsad Depot for Independence Wood Spiit Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample pulley and be- come convinced of their superiority. Write for prices. 150 Oakes St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowison quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. Ohio White Lime, car lots............. | Louisville Cement, per bbl............ Akron Cement per bbi................ 1 30 Britalo Cement, per bbl............... 1 30 Car lots yaa rite Tn ene 1 O15G@I 10 Plastering Whir, per bu................ 25@ 30 BONCGO, DOF DOL. 6.6... . kee ee ayes ss l 15 Land plaster, perton... ..........-... 3 59 Land plaster. car lots.................. 2 KK Fire brick, per M Five Clay, por BOL. 6.6 ost. ce eons oe COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots... $4 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 COMO. GAP LOB. on. os iiss casas sss Ohio Lump, car lots...... ........... 3 Blossburg or Cumberland, cur lots.. Portiand Cement......-...-.60 660.005 3 1 av 85 1 30 FAQS VO LUGS 25 @B LO 10Q@3_ 25 HUGS OO 50@4 00 OYSTERS AND FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes*as follows: OYSTERS. OEP VOR COUT. oo ois oh nec bei cere cnsein 40 FRESH FISH. @l0 @i @12% @ 6 @ 4 @li1 @ 7 UV oe a ae 12 PEROUIOOW THONG. oo oc os ese bins occ pS TS a ES a a Ga ee PO to es pha eas sen eva 10 Whitefish ...... COOPERAGE., Quay, Killen & Co, quote as follows, f. 0. b. at Grand Rapids. STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M Elm “es a ny White oak tce staves, s’d and j’t White oak pork bbl. “* a HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set.... 1@ Pork, ‘ “ Soc ee Tieree heads, square.......... 8% M 23 09@26 90 Pork bbl. * . # M 18 00@20 00 Basswood, kiln dried, set.......0.... 4@ 4% HOOPS. White oak and hickory tce, 8f’t. M 11 00@12 50 White oak and hickory “ 7%f’t.M 10 00@11 00 Hickory flour bbl................ M 7% 8 25 Men ponne ieee Seagal M 6 25@ 7% 00 Ash, flat racked, 6% f’t........... M 3 50@ 4 25 BARRELS. White oak pork barrels, h’d m’d.M 1 00@ 1 10 White oak pork barrels, machine.. 8@ 95 White oak lard tierces............. 1 15@ 1 25 Beef and lard half barrels...... a. oe Custom barrels, one head.......... 1 00@ 1 10 BiOUr DOEPEIG i lis ces isccesese 30@ 37 Produce barrels..... ..........0:- 23@ = 6 50@ 7 00 5 50@ 6 00 0 00@23 00 M 18 50@20 00 16 13 HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Basswood, log-run............-..66- @138 00 PEGI LOG TEEN.. 6 ons sone ecco oceans 16 00@20 00 Birch, Nos. land 2................... @25 00 Black Ash, log-run.............-0.++. @l3 00 | Cherry, log-run............-...-++++-25 00@30 00 | Cherry, WOO. OT Boies Cia secon 45 00@50 00 POMOREY, OU cites seh cee clenssasinnss @10 00 PIO, LOM-PU ies cis oe eens tee 15 00@17 00 | Maple, soft, log-run................ 12 00@14 00 | Maple, Nos. Land 2.................6- @20 00 | Maple, clear, flooring..............+. 25 00 | Maple, white, selected............... | Red Oak, log*run...............000 eee | Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.......... beeh | Red Oak, No. 1, step plank ; Walnut, SOMA cs ink thc gud apenas 1 Walnut, NOB. LONG 2... ccc ices es Walnuts, culls.......... het oer dae ey a Elm, log-run.............. Oe | White Ash, log-run.......... oer 14 Whitewood, log-run................. i i { } i Darodware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. ENGR OMG SUMO. ies cece ces ces dis60&10 ee Oe ead. dis60&10 I ain chines earned cage cacapeneeis dis60&10 POE ec odekidalucciicca. lecueeeser dis60&10 EO ees ao cas coe os ee dis60&10 MON ees sector ee ec Wee araceenensess dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine..................065 dis 25 Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis50&10 ; BALANCES. ON ee ee dis 40 BARROWS. WO a $ 13 00 RO net 33 00 BELLS. RON ae dis $ 60&10&10 oo ores iia es uae oe nk lan, dis 60X10 OS a eS dis B0&15 Oe he a dis * a TROOP, PONVONE oo ica, dis 60&10 ‘ BOLTS. Stove eee a Mie oAteadabasieeedewecs dis $ 40 rae WOW RG i iiaccccce alse. dis 8 oe ve oka acs is 80& POCO MO aoc dis OT Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60&10 Cast Barrel Bolts..................... dis 60&10 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 60 Cast Square Spring................... dis 60 MOD COM oi oie concen cccc cscs... dis 60&10 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 6010 60&10 60 WerOUGEG RONETG .. 0... 8... . co. 5... dis Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob OM ee ee dis Pee PON dis BRACES. TU ce 1i POOR ee dlis . ooo oko sl cuca ls gs dis ame dis BUCKETS. PO I cle $ 350 Well, swivel 60&10 6010 40 5O&10 net Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... .. dis Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed... dis Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis Wrought Loose Pin, acorn 20... .3,; dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver WO a Ais Wereugne HuplG. 8. dis Wrought Inside Blind................ dis Wrought } 70X10 J&LO 60X10 60&10 60&10 60X 5 60& 5 60& 5 10X60 10&60 15 80&10 80410 70 i Boe whos pe eee e day cece. dis BO ee Ee dis mee, CeeaeS...................... dis CAPS, m $ 65 60 35 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 CUETO FO. oc e ci ec ccc c, dissv0&10 : a CHISELS. BEMON RRUNOE eis oi yess ewe cel wae. dis ROCMOG MPMI ooo cook casa eccce dis ROME COG ois caes sede ceed casan dis PO icc i ceca eeu ccee cs, dis Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis Ce. aaa. net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s..... .............. dis a dis : COCKs. Brags, Macking’a......................... ee OM OM eee COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. Bb 28 Fano, bone 149. 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 21 Cold Rolled, 14x48 T5&10 T5&X10 T5&10 75 40 20 40810 25 60 60 4010 60 DRILLS morse 6 it GIOGE.......,............ dis Taper and Straight Shank............ dis Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis ELBOWS. Com: 6 piece. @ M...... 02... co... doz net $.85 WOR oid ak dees veeeceskca, dis 20&10 BOAR ae dis W&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. : FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis Be i. dis 5d&10 mew Amoriegm. i... 0.6.66. Lo... dis 55&10 TOG ce dis 55&10 Og ee ae dis 55&10 Meltier’s Horse Rasns................. dis 55&10 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25 and 26, 28 3 18 40 40 40 dis dis List 12 15 1 é Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS, DEA OOIG G COUR. ooo vce cc cca sncnv es dis 25 EE ann a dis 25 Serres @ Pinmiye.................... dis 40&16 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Biacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50&10 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood traok................... dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Clark 6.1.93... cee canes dis 60 PO eee cas cece per doz, net, 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and longer Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net Screw Hook and Eye 5.............. net Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net OPO ON Fcc eek ae dis HOLLOW WARE. SEO DOE TUE WATO. ooo o.oo ics ccnc cece ce: JOPGNNEH TI WAL... oo... ccc cc sce ccus MACOTee FPO WRG. 6 co occ ccc cc ec cncc 5: HOES. NO ye le case $11 00, dis 60 Grub Me ce acke esas eeees euahadaaes 11 50, dis 60 oie kek cdc es, 12 00, dis 60 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......dis Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... Door, porcelain, trimmings............. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... PO eee ces dis LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list. .dis Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis PU dic eees da edca cues dis UO ee eke ic ica dis LEVELS. Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis MATTOCKS. BN Go ooo bcc ee leks seus $16 00 dis 60 OUI TEV oo oe nese eecacccnaces $15 00 dis 60 WO eo ok ask ec. $18 50 dis 20 & 10 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’8.... 2... ..c0ccecss dis 40&10 Coffee, P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 60 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis 60 COMeS, BMCOrprise, ... occnecceccctccesess dis 25 MOLASSES GATES. ROTI DO ORCOIT on cds i cscs des cee sceces dis Stebbin’s Genuine...... 20... 2.6. cccecess dis Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 27 15 3% 10% 84 i ris ‘7 65 3U 25 25 70 70 25 NAILS. Common, Bra and Fencing. 10d to 60d 8d and 9d adv 6d and 7d adv 4d and 5d adv i Be a ia eck bac oN hk oe 40 bee do weneenns TE TEE POT ho vic cccesnccas aanedaces CPINOI VOR, GUNG vos sc. eon hd ccs keds esas Finishin t ld 8d 6d 4d Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1% Adv. @ keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Naiis—2 50. OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&i0 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Mewen Ce COE oii a cn scsne sede accede dis 5 PO oi van hav ci edcedtwwcecs per gross, $12 net Olmstead’s . 50&10 215 25 50 75 1 50 3 00 1% PLANES. Ohio Too] Co.’s, fancy..............0.000- dis 15 OR A cg aches cuss ues baedecans dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, famey.... ......... dis 15 Henoh, TrStaualty. . .. 2... 06k ke eccnsecss dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. ...dis20&10 PANS. Pe, PN ios vi iceka und ka wdaxdnes dis 50&10 Common, polished................. 0.4. dis60&10 Dripping........ cb cdkake debe ui sruaseues 8 b 6 RIVETS. . Tron and Tinned.................. .... dis 40, Copper Rivets and Burs.............dis 60 * PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 “B”? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos.25 to27 9 Broken packs 4c # b extra. ROPES. Steal, 4 in. arid larger... .. co: 2.5 ccc cccsccc NT es aie ck chun Geass SQUARES. Me FIO os ick oss cs co de cc osees dis MEY WUE OVO, 660 5525 5565 ce cana ceenes dis pS AS Oa ee a dis SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. ee $4 20 Nos 4 20 Nos. Nos .25 No. 2 i All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In caeus Of G00 he, @ B............0cecae In smaller quansities, # f.............. TACKS. PeOviOer, GLE MINGS. | ooo. oc co ceca cscs dis POROOT, UE UTI, oo ks ona cc cn ac avessacs dis Swedes, all kinds .......... Pies veucuas dis COPE G TINOG. coi cc sca uce deo ccnccnss dis Rr AHOe TOGSIO. . ons casein ccesacesss dis MINOT PM ica nde ccccseee dis Common and Patent Brads.......... dis Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis Tronk and Clout Nails. .............<- dis Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis TINNER’S SOLDER. WOO oa oi na vccccaccancacsah 12 50 Market Half-and-half............. .... 1) Strietly Half-and-half................<- 16 { TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. MA CRBVOOIE oo oc coc ccceccccac WROTE oc oc cc cccccesccote Mes COE go oi ose ceca cas eg CS | aa Bae CUMPOORT, 5 fo. once ccna caceus S4zoe, Charcoal)... ........-.- adeuane i me | WA, CUMNOOEL .. co. oc cccccccecass 8 EM o a. 1402, CHAKCOO!........ ...000cc0ene 107 EA, Pode, ONSKOOG!. .. «oo cccecciccee 12 ‘ Se, CUNO 6 ooo ccc nn cc scenes 1b I Wate COATOOEL . . .. 055. ccee cons 6 50 FOO Pinte Charcoal... . <5 6. .cccee cece 8 6 DAA, 100 Plate Charcoal... ...... ae. tee “ “ 15 175] sheets and envelopes to ee Ss CABINET, partition box, but we are determined to “get there” and aocue se labebn: dntuson tis ant. A Crown, hexagon, POG ioe ticks ease 16 185] No, 2365. Elegant chromo box, with pins of 4 assorted ans in here give our customers the benefit of the riting Paper and Envelopes. adie. oe Mercantile, round, rubber inserted colored silk trimming, contain- each. Assorted color “Mikado” latest reductions in our stock. 3 bb Note “Excelsior” per ream...... 39 | No. 37%. Same style, 63{x4 inches. 388 4 30 No So Bt 4 00 ing finest quality cream-tinted ene sc 6 ee j B — Gross. a & : a os | ois Sak ule ie A, Denny ceed, : aaa - a i I ET tnrentenee sane onsen: 5} Pocket Rules, 1 foot, brass bound.. 54 6 50 6m “ “ ee. 72| 48 leaves, size 6x3%......... .... cat RR _- Sundry Staples. : eS : oe 10 ® Letter $. ee. 1 20 | No.685, open end, imitation alligator oe natural color, square oe Rubber and Base Balls. ail ae re wire tea potstands.. 85 10 00 10 Foolscap *“ ae 1 20 cover, splendid ruled stock, size Ladies, small, rosewood ciate ~ | No. 3 Grey Rubber, a larger size CROCHET HOOKS. 12 assorted a. spent en ee ” — No. 5 XX Envelopes, White, a in box, 6x3%, 36 leaves..................- 45 5 25 square nickel tip...............- 28 3 25 than is usually offered, 5 inches 34 4 00 sizes fine bone hooks on card... 30 3 501 Coffee meg is eee eee? " : " good, heavy quality, positively no No. 654, same style as No. 665, only Cineides, 6 tach ol vale... 35 4 99| No-5 Grey Rubber measures 5% in. 65 750|BRASS CUSPIDORE ASH RE- Cities toned eine 7 oe poor enyelopes in our stock. @M.... 115 containing 72 leaves............. 80 925] Red ana Blue, hexagon, best kind.. 32 3 %5 No. 6 _ extralarge,644in. 80 9 00 OO Ee a eet l ica case uc 89 1050 ee atten ine a” =e No. 6, XX. Samequality............. @M 125 Students’ Exercise Books. ish ‘Bkoneiinn Pencil. (ebt sab Fancy Leather Balls, 4 pes. leather POCKET FOLDING MIRRORS. Oval Frame Mirrors NO. 69, 5s, EXTRA WEIGHT, white, @ M 1 20 ; be drawn in when not in use).. 70 assorted colors, one of the best Fancy paper, double hinged NO. 69, 6s, Extra weight, white....... #@M 150 No. 49, Students ee or Exercise No. 112, bone sisi propelling lead summer sellers.................. 364 25 back, good plate, 24x4.......... 46 5 40 Our prices have been squeezed down to Ooh 814x5%, 36 leaves, black pencil, nicely put up half dozen Base Balls, large 8 in., 2 pieces. The SAME, only very large, 34Xx5....... 7% 850} bed rock and you can make no mistake in Writing Tablets. - ies ve ater ae cilglegu ede aT 4 mhietiwtee 48 5-40 National Regulation Stamp..... 46 §25| ZINC POCKET MIRROR, with buying a line or these at the price | ( niin ans: Cine. gene Se Sints Ponolis, wood covered....... 10 100| Base Balls, Dime Leader. The Mnawd handle................... 35 4 00) We will sell any quantity but in ae seit No. 1x2. Pencil tablets, 3x6 inches. 22 2.40 , Scholars’ Companion, five articles.. 45 5 00 “Young America” is without a TACKS, 8 0z., retinned, pat. boxes. 14 5 : : ce : De « gold colors, on assorted covers, ve a _ Per box of 100. peer as a 10c ball, and price is TACKS, 10 02z., sig “ 15 rane mena Conmn: of '& sine, we mint staan Hino, task and vod, & leaves, Slate Pencils, grey, 5% in., pointed 2 eae wis txt. tahes No. 1 TOY WATCHES charge for boxes, contrary to our custom i beautiful chromo-lith cover, open end, fine white ruled pa- i Tan. i 35 : uy or at —— os. ™ ieee. a. io ea ee i. pai aati . weight 434 oumces............... 80 950 frame stem WINGGFE,........,.. 36 4 25 | this department. No. 266. MANHATTAN TABLETS, No. 540,Student’s composition book, Slates. races re - oe —: a . = Wh rs = sik daskd etch chron cues: mins didn Hekin wind eels % doz. Gross. ° quarter’ largest size, 9in., er _ Me ed oh se n8 75 8 50 ruled 8x11% inch...............- 72 850 paper, black and gold covers, 12 ee ee ee : . _— 119 ah mance oe en GARDEN CITY, No. 0, note size, 60 LOAVOR, BYEKT 6552-5005 ss ks +a e-ee 384 5 : js OEKe...-- = Se er nee ene - ta sheets extra heavy paper and No. 546, Students’ composition book, : : - o..... 6 7 50 the most superior quality....... 175 Combs, 6% inch, swage back, clear iis iaaiiiy in beth ........- 35 “issih dieta, tei ale wath 0a’ Noiseless, covered with bright red Pins. — ne : Deere lcasaceiseuascal dacs 75 8 50 GARDEN CITY, No. 100. 6x10 in., per, imitation alligator skin felt, bound with black cord, im- Attention! “Here’s BArGarns. War- re let ee, da gues eembatn aa. on possible to be removed, 5x7..... % © %l vented best goods. horn .. Re en sirotasmesio een tahed 89 «10 00 double the quantity in No.0... 70 MN, TE nc cienceesa niin ceses 11 Bb Per pack of 12 papers. | Combe. 6% inch, plain back, clear fs eitais ante: Sto. 40, weld tak, Lead Pencils-“Eagle Oe gg 150 No. 4, Adamantine, full count...... 14 A Se 3604 25 120 sheets. This is the very larg- These are Standard Goods, and will be} ‘‘ 6X9, double..................- 2 00 _ . . Tas ahtaee 16) See column 24 for complete stock Combs. est ten cent size offered in any found much below the regular prices. Labels and Mdse. Tags. 9 ee oo - . . : ican Plate, 7x! , market. Fine quality paper... 70 Eagle, Assorted, 6 kinds in box, 1 Gummed Labels, formarking goods. Nickle Pins, gilt edge, 12 cuateted in 2 A Big Drive--A Screw Driver. — Plate, _— steeee erasers , 95 GARDEN CITY No. 36. For fien doz. each style, per box......... 1 25 Put up 100 labels in one box. erie re ae oe e — . “Here’s a state of things’? when we “ ae ee — andink. Fine glazed ruled pa- @ doz, Gross. Price per dozen boxes.......... 60 pnt g ia ee i . can offer a 10 inch warranted “ ae oo ee per. 80sheetsin each tablet.. 70 Perfection, cedar, rubber inserted.. 13 1 40| Merchandise String Tags, for mark- eee ne ‘ Es Ca tua i - BEST CAST STEEL screw driver, p sii te : i ws “FAVORITE” Letter size, for pen i red, . 14 1350 ing goods. 10 bunches of 100 Ce “ae ones positively no ordinary quality, “ is a ae ; a and ink, with blotter 8xl0....... 70 Ag black, - 14 140 each in paper box. Size—F. Nursery No. 2, nickle plated safety, ~ but each one warranted, with a aa. : . “FAVORITE” Foolscap, for pen Plain Cedar, round, 6 in............. 08 e5 Srbill, Mer BOE oi lise cceks sss 50 best kind, 12 ona paper. gross brass ferule,and polished handle, “ sae eee , a and ink, with blotter, size 8x12 : _ “Time... eee eee 09-1 00 Size—G, Medium, per box....... 60 OO OO 22 put up in strong boxes of 6 each, Each size sauked ones nen in box a en cc ak, esse sees eee 10 . hexagon, 7 in........... 09 1 CO Size—N, large, per box.......... 100 Nursery No. 3. Same.............. : 25 Se GIG PIO... 8g coca icc eee. 47 5 60 All sizes German Plate Mirrors in stock. Points for Retailers, Keeping Store for Money. ORDER Good, shrewd dealers never have under- paid clerks; they know better. If your business be prosperous, clerks should always be sharers in its prosperity. Be polite to your employees. It is their right, and yet it will be received as a favor. There are three qualities that may be named as essentials in a good clerk—hones- ty, ability and politeness. There is as much responsibility in impart- ing your Gwn business secrets as in keeping those of your neighbor’s. Be polite to your customers. If you don’t they will go away from you to some more sensible trader who is polite. The primary character of any dealer is discernible in trifles, for in them, as a rule, he acts almost unconsciously. A dealer who fails in business from evi- dent misfortune, not only merits, but gener- ally receives, kind and liberal treatment from his creditors, To get extended, liberal views, you should consult with persons who differ from you in disposition, circumstances and modes of thought. Gratuities, kind words and a manifesta- tion of interest in his welfare go farther to- ward making a good clerk than a thousand business precepts. The dealer who is habitually unpunctual is in a fair way to destroy all confidence in himself and to estrange the friendship of his best customers. Do not confine your politeness merely to customers who buy goods and pay money, but extend it also to agents who come to solicit orders or to receive money pay- ments. Habit of mistrust is the torment of some dealers. It taints their business and social life. They expect people to show the same aspect to them at all times, which is more than human nature can do, Many dealers, doubtless, feel the wants and miseries of their fellow men tenderly, if not deeply, but this feeling is not of the kind to induce them to exert themselves out of their own small circle. All men of business justly insist that their clerks shall be honest, and yet there are many of them who overlook the fact that the treatment given to their clerks is any- thing but consistent with thorough honesty in themselves. —_———_———__ > -o <> John Helm, of Burdickville, who is en- gaged in a commission house at Chicago, writes from the latter place to the Leelanaw Enterprise advising farmers to plant no Rose potatoes this year. He says plant Burbanks, Peerless, anything white, but no ‘more Rose. ‘“‘Fermentum” the only Reliable Com- pressed Yeast. See advertisement. Smoke the celebrated ‘‘American Field.” Fox & Bradford, sole agents. From the American Storekeeper. If two or more merchants in the same town, or at competing points, cannot agree like men to stop cutting and to sell staples at a living profit, it will pay any one of them to stop the practice short off, and to step out, alone, if need be, in the path of keeping store for money. No live store- keeper need be forced into ‘‘marking-down” by the unbusinesslike example of his com- petitors. There are other ways of keeping trade. Customers whose trade is worth having are bright enough to appreciate, when told, that they cannot get something for nothing, and that the merchant who pre- tends to deal with them on that basis has sinster designs on their pocket-books. Itis better to stop cutting and unprofitable sell- ing by consent and agreement, and an earnest effort to establish such an under- standing is advisable, but it is well to stop it anyway. ——> Another Strike Averted. The striking mania reached the thirty girls at work in Will Lamoreaux’s bean picking establishment the other day. A committee of three waited upon the proprie- tor, and, as they entered the office, he asked: “Ts it a strike?” “That depends. We have come to de- mand, not increased pay or shorter hours, but the removal of the paint on the win- dows, so that we can flirt with the boys in the house opposite.” ‘‘Are you determined?” “No flirt, no stay.” ‘“‘Your demand is granted. your beans.” And that afternoon the paint was re- moved and the girls sang the songs of vic- tory. Go back to —>-9-——___—__ What He Wanted. “J want,” he said, as he helped himself to a light lunch of cheese, ‘‘ten pounds of sugar, a pound of tea and a dozen lemons.” ‘““You know what I told you, Mr. Slugg,” said the grocer. “T recall the insult perfectly, Mr. Soper; but this time I want to pay cash.” He got his goods, and was walking to- ward the door with them, when the grocer said: “Here you, Slugg, I thought you wanted to pay cash?” “So I do, rejoined the other; but, un- fortunately, I can’t.” —_—_—__——>-4 <<. Putnam & Brooks are handling large quantities of oranges and lemons. Orders for car lots or less given prompt attention. ‘Silver King” coffee is all the rage. One silver present given with every 1 pound package. F.J. LAMB & CO,, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Egss, Cheese, Eitc. Wholesale Agents for the Lima Egg Crates and Fillers. 8 and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ES FA ILULAS, Makes a Specialty of Butter and Kegs, Lemons and Oranges, Cold Storage in Connection.