nc chi gan GRAND RAPDS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 , 1886, Tradesma NO. 168. PINGREE &SMITH Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. | 2 re sae © b> & > mu 8 28 se aaa ("Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company.) Office and Factory—11, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. JUDD ck CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. EATON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and | Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries, 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Belknap Wagon & Sleleh bo, MANUFACTURERS OF BELKNAP’S PATENT SLEIGHS, Business and Pleasure Sleighs, Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs. Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have every facility for making first-class Sleighs of all kinds. Shop Cor. Front and First Sts., Grand Rapids. Stop That Book-Keeping. The successful merchant of to-day is always on the alert for the latest designs to please his pa - rons. So we say to Merchants, stop tat Book-Keeping, and use the TALLIAFERRO Coupon Credit Book. ce VYo-:1 have no idea how it will revolutionize your business; customers are delighted with them, and when once used by the merchant, they never return te the old thread-worn pass book to prove to their patrons that they are dishonest. Invest 2. few dollars in Coupon Credit Books, give them a fair trial, you can easily return to the old method; faithful of errofs, discontent and expense. Sample copy 10 cts. in postage stamps. Address J. TALLIAFERRO, 1933 McGee Street. Kansas City, Mo. _ USE : Polishina! ‘The Best Furniture Finish In the Market. Try it, and make your Furniture look FRESH and NEW. For sale by all Druggists. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 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. MOSELEY BROS. ——WHOLESALE—— SEEDS, FRUITS, OYSTERS, And Produce. 26, 28, 30 and 32 OTTAWA S8T., G’D RAPIDS. die Je NEW ENTERPRISES JUST STARTING - Will find everything they want OFFICE SUPPLIES, —AT— RIGHT PRICES Geo, A. Hall & Co. STATIONERS, 29 MONROE ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. 2. ALBERT COYE & SON, DEALERS IN AWNINGS 2 TENTS Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. 78 CANAL SI, - GRAND RAPIDS. We have just purchased a large invoice of "PLANK ROAD PLUG Send us a Trial Order. Spring Chicken, Moxie and Eclipsealways in stock. OLNEY, SHIELDS & GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JEwHLER. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, : MICH. GUSTAVE A. WOLE, Attorney. Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407. , COMMERCIAL LAW & COLLECTIONS. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum! . 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. None genuine unless it bears above label. HIPS whips must be closed out before Jan. 1, 3887. We amma $USt Change our business. Prices on some 50 per cent. below combi- nation. Call or address Go. Roys & Co. 2 Pearl St. GRAND RAPIDS. Parties in want should CEE \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED 09. 71 CANAL STREET. The CELEBRATED EMERY $3 SHOE MANUFACTURED BY HATCH & EMERY, Chicago and Boston, D. G. KENYON, Traveling Salesman, 227 Jefferson Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. ORGANIZATION OURFITS Full outfits for the Collection Depart- ment of a Business Men’s Association, con- taining all the late improvements, supplied to order for $11. The outfit comprises: 1,000 Notification Sheets, for member's use, . 500 Record Blanks, 500 Association Notification Sheets, and 500 Envelopes. Money can be sent by draft, post-office or express order. Fuller & Stowe Company, 49 Lyon Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. A large stock of cheap We earry ai!’ line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. The Drummer’s Dream. A little room in a little hotel In a little country town, On a little bed with a musty smell A man was lying down. A great big man. with vgreat big snore— For he lay on his back, you see— And a peaceful look on his face he wore, For sound asleep was he. In his dreams what marvelous trips he made, * What tremendous bills he sold; And nobody failed, and everyone paid, And his orders were good as gold. He smiled and smothered a scornful laugh When his fellow-drummers blowed, | For he knew no other had sold the half , Of what his order-book showed, He.got this letter from home one day: aN rn Sirn—We've no fitter term To use in your case than simply to say, Henceforth you are one of the firm.” Anda glorious change this made in his life, He now from the road withdrew, And, really, soon got to know his wife, His son and his daughter, too. And then he moved from his obscure flat To a house on the avenue, , Lived swell, was happy, got healthy and fat, Respected and wealthy, too. But with a thump—bang- whang—thump— bang! again The landlord stood at the coor: “It's purty nigh time for that 4:10 train!” And the drummer's dream was o’er. ~~ -¢ <> ASSIGNMENTS. Their Legal Status Explicitly and Lucidly Defined. “Blackstone” in Country Merchant. No, it is not a surprise to me at all. Ive noticed for some time that young Stickleback was going down hill. | His father left hima snug little business, but whatcan you expect from aman who turns his thoughts from what he understands, viz., country produce, to what he knows nought of, viz., railroad and mining stocks? Has made an assign- ment, has he? How much are you in for? Oh, well, $200 will not ruin you. A good idea, let us talk about assignments. Such an assignment as Stickleback has made is one with preferences. Yet he has a perfect right to do this, although in many of our stages preferences are forbidden. You will readily perceive, however, that no stat- ute law ean control a man’s common law right to dispose of his property as he may see fit. .No court can stop me from putting my property in the hands of a trustee to be divided among my creditors as I may direct. Of course, understand, I mean in the ab- sence of a national bankruptey law. It must oceur to you that such an assign- ment is, in its nature, very beneficent. it shuts the door in the sheriff’s face, and pre- vents any creditor from making a grab. Naturally, preferences are displeasing to the unpreferred creditors, but bear in mind that all creditors do not stand on the same level. Some are more deserving than others. For instance, suppose you are about to go to pieces, but, in your best judgment, a loan of a thousand dollars will tide you over. You apply to your wife, and pledge your honor in addition to your note. I think that no ereditor would snarl at such a preference if the money were lost. Let us see how an assignment is made. Like any other conveyance, it must be in writing, properly signed, sealed and ac- knowledged. It must set forth what, the property consists of; it must name the as- signee, or assignees, for there may be one or more; it must state the preferences, if any, and direct that all of the property shall be reduced to cash and divided. The assignee must, either in the same in- strumert or in an accompanying one, accept the trust and this acceptance must be like- wise: signed, sealed and acknowledged. These instruments are then to be recorded in the proper office, county clerk or protho- notary, and if the conveyance makes mention of real property located in another county, a certified copy of the deed of assignment must be recorded in that county. You may select any assignee you please, provided there be no valid reason why he should not be appointed. Naturally, you cannot assign property consigned to you, held in trust by you or left in pledge with you. Nor can you assign your wife’s dower unless she joins in the deed with you. Now, what are the duties of the assignee? First and foremost, he must give his bond, have it approved by the court and file it. Thereupon, he becomes vested with all of the property rights which the insolvent himself had in the estate before the deed was exe- cuted. No, the assignee may not continue the business. If such a provision be incor- porated in the deed, it will invalidate the whole proceedings. The assignee’s sole du- ty is to proceed at once and reduce all out- standing matters and claims to cash. He inust not accept a less sum for a debt due the estate without the consent of the court. In order to place before his assignee a com- plete map, so tospeak, of his condition, the bankrupt must file with the’ court a schedule of his indebtedness, the names, etc., of his creditors and amounts and a full description of his assets. After becoming thoroughly acquainted with all of the details of the es- tate, the assignee must proceed to advertise: for claims, generally for six weeks in two newspapers. , In order to have a proper standing as cred- itor, you must file your claim with the as- signee, correctly verified, so that you will be entitled to notification of the proceedings on a final accounting, which may be called for in New York State, at the expiration of thirty days after the last publication of the notice for claims. “ At this accounting, you will be entitled to be heard in objecting to any or all items of the assignee’s report. assignee shall show that he has diligently labored to swell the estate, that his charges, which must be accompanied by proper vouch-4 ers, are all lawful and proper, then the court will order a distribution of the estate, and later a discharge of the assignee and release of his bondsmen. No, the mere fact that you did not file your claim, as called for by the notice, does not preclude you from ap- pearing at the final accounting and proving your claim. I am glad that you remind me of a part- nership assignment, for there are some points to be specially noted. For instance, one partner cannot, without the written consent of the other, execute a deed of assignment, and when partners assign, they may or may not include their individual property. But, understand, that a partner may,at any time, make an assignment and include his indi- vidual interest in the partnership. When an assignment is made by a limited partner- ship, the special partner stands postponed, as pegards his contribution to the capital, un- til allof the other creditors have been satis- fied in full. Nor isa limited partnership al- lowed to make any preferences whatever, for, bear in mind that the special contribu- tion is a sort of trust fund for the benefit of all the creditors. — Tothat question I must answer that, strict- ly speaking, a corporation cannot make a general assignment. ‘True, it may, if done lawfully, pay its debts in its own way, but it cannot by deed of assignment dispose of its corporate franchise and end its corporate existence. I have explained to you already how corporations die or are killed off. I trust that you have remembered what I said on that point. When a deed of assignment has once been made out, the assignee has become vested with the property; you cannot recall it, ex- cept by consent of all the parties thereto, which is sometimes effected by means of a deed of composition, in which each and every creditor joins and consents to receive acertain per centum in full satisfaction of his claim. The court will watch over an estate, and upon application of any creditor inquire in- to . charge against the assignee and for good cause shown will remove the assignee and appoint another in his place, or increase his bond or take any step that may be deemed advantageous for the creditors. The insolvent is not required to include in his schedule any property which the common law or statute exempts from seiz- ure for debt, such as necessary funiture, clothing, bedding, family heirlooms, sew- ing-machine, ete., and I hardly need tell you that no assignment will rid you of tax or claim due Unele Sam or the State you live in; these take precedence in the decree of payment, and in many States ali debts due employees must be paid in full before proceeding to satisfy the general creditors. There, now you have a general idea of the scope and design of assignments for the benefit of creditors. As you may imagine, payments by the assignee do not wipe out the debt unless for the full amount; they are simply pro tanto. And you will also under- stand that general assignments are of no avail when we have a national bankruptcy law, for the making of an assignment isan act of bankruptcy itself, and the as- signee is at once enjoined by the United States Court. Superstitions About Clothes. An old superstition pertaining to cloth- ing is that before putting on new clothes a sum of money must be placed in the right hand pocket, which will insure its always being full. If by mistake, however, it be put in the left hand pocket, the wearer will never have a penny so long as the clothes last. Tf an article of dress is put on inside out, it is good luck. An old saw says concern- ing the clothing: At Easter let your clothes be new, Or else be sure you will it rue. In the North of England it is believed by the people that the rooks will spoil their clothes on Easter Sunday if they are not en- tirely new. As once a year is not, in most cases, too often to renew the clothing, this superstition is not as baleful as many. Chambers’ ‘Book of Days” says that when William the Conqueror, in arming himself for the battle of Hastings, happen- ed to put on his shirt of mail with the hind- side before, the bystanders were shocked by it, as being an ill omen, till William claimed it as a good one, betokening that he was to be changed from a duke to a king. It is said of the cast off clothes of the dead that they never last very long, but that as the body decays so do the garments. In Denmark a corpse is never allowed to be buried in the clothes of a living person, lest as the clothes rot in the grave, that person, to whom they belonged should waste away and perish. So im the Netherlands, even If the accounts of the | the rings of the dead are never given away. National Pay Days. The American government has collected, through its various consuls, the following as the systems of credit in various coun- tries: Germany has the most developed credit, the buyers getting to a great extent their own terms, and it being as in England and France, various in different trades. England, as a rule, three months from date of invoice. France, four months’ bill from date of in- voice. Italy, very little credit, and for that se- curity is required. Spain, four-fifths of the account are paid by cash. : Portugal, considerable credit is generally asked and given. Jf Austria, business can hardly be done without at least six months’ credit. Turkey, everything, even the necessities of life, are sold on credit. Russia, twelve months’ credit is not un- common. Canada, payment in thirty days, less 5 per cent.; in many cases three and six months’ credit is given, without discount. Mexico, the large firms give willingly six and eight months’ credit and even shop- keepers let accounts run a long time, Costa Rica, to obtain a ready sale, six to twelve months’ credit used to be insisted upon, but as so many bad debts were incur- red, less is becoming usual. Cuba, as a rule, a prompt day is fixed at four or five months from date of invoice. Rio de Janerio, and Buenos Ayres, very little business is transacted with less than six months’ credit. Bermuda, as a rule, there is a general prompt day once a year, usually June 30. Asia Minor, two or three weeks’ credit is the rule. China, as a rule, there is little or no ered- it; the money to pay for goods being often borrowed at 8 to 12 per cent. Australia, six months’ credit is not wn- usual. United States, as in Canada, thirty days with five per cent. discount was the rule, but of late it is getting extended. The ten- deney in France and England is toward longer credit, and in Germany toward less, although a large number of German firms will only buy for payment by three months’ bills. > 2 <> Points for Retailers. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. More accounts are lost by negligence in allowing them to become old than by the de- liberate, premeditated dishonesty of the debt- or. Competition is now a great regulator of prices, and advantages, comparatively small in amount, attract buyers and decide trans- actions. Every dealer should make up his mind that he is going to know at the end of the year what his book accounts are worth, and he should find out. Transactions are completed to-day and are not linked with to-morrow, save by conse- quences following therefrom, and redound ing beneficially to all concerned. The retailer who has his means out of his hand is at the merey 6f the continued pros- perity of his debtors; in other words, he in- sures them, or carries their risk. In the rush to get sales of fall goods well under way, the retailer should not forget to push those articles which, if not disposed of now, must be carried to next summer. To buy goods well, nothing equals enter- ing the market with cash in hand. Quality and the price will thus favorably respond, and the most is effected with the least ex- pense and trouble. : In addition to the general and public of- fer of bargains and jobs in whole lines of goods, it is sometimes safe and advisable for the retailer to make a specific offer of a bargain in some one thing. Sales and collections should go hand in hand. It is easier to get money when trade is brisk and the debtor is buying freely, than when a dull season makes customers as well as merchants feel blue. The pathway of cash payment is arched over with peace, profit and prosperity. Wis- dom points to the route, experience testifies that it is well graded and macadamized and t leads to the goal of wealth. The retailer who has bought on credit can- not have secured the marginal shade of right belonging to cash, and sales thus necessari- ly affected may not succeed in entirely turn- ing the goods into cash when the time for payment comes. —_————__<- oa How Farm Butter Is Spoiled. H. Taleott, one of the Dairy and Food Commissioners of Ohio, has been investigat- ing thecomplaints of bad butter coming from the farmers to market. In arecent circular he says: ‘Our Commission firmly believes that a large majority of the butter made by farmers is good butter, but is ruined when transferred to the dealer’s hands, and it is done in this manner: It is received mostly at country stores, and is placed in filthy, frowy, rancid boxes or places and stored in cellars thoroughly impregnated with vicious odors of rotten potatoes, coal oil, fish brine and eyery other foul odor that comes from decayed vegetables kept for sale at such stores. Genuine butter will loseallits good flavor in a very few hours when put in any such place. ‘*But the next fatal step of the dealer is to take all varieties of colored butter and re- work them together, mixing and crushing until he secures an even color. He then packs his mass of salve into tubs or firkins (for it isno longer butter, the granulations of butter are all spoiled by this second and unnecessary working, and the result is sim- ply grease). In this ruined condition, it reaches the consumer through the city com- mission houses, and, of course, is pronounced unfit for table use, and possibly for cooking purposes. How can this be remedied? In two ways. ‘The consumer must purchase di- rect from the farmer, in suitable sized pack- ages, so that no second working need be made, or the dealer must reform. No deal- er should buy butter of the farmer unless it is put in convenient shipping packages when made, and in amounts of ten to fifty pounds each, according to the size of the dairy, to have it at all times good, fresh, sweet but- ter, and no more roll butter should be re- ceived by them than the daily retail trade of the storedemands. ‘This is practical, and the entire make of butter in the country can be brought to these terms. I have done it, or caused it to be done,:in stores under my control. “Next, no dealer should handle a pound of butter until he first secures a room to keep it separate from all other goods having any unpleasant odor. A cheap, up-ground, ar- tificial cellar is best, where the air is pure and well ventilated but can be kept cool. “Roll butter should be kept cn earthen plates or metal plates, and these should be scalded aud kept sweet and clean all of the time. Any merchant who will handle but- ter in this manner need never lose one cent, nor will any consignment sent to reliable city dealers, as packed by the farmers, fail to bring the full, fair, market Nor will consumers ever complain. shade price. The or color is not so material as to have fresh, sweet butter.” = & <-> Liabilities of Assignees. Lor “ll, A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune summarizes the liabilities of follows: 1. Au assignee is a trustee who is bound by that degree of diligence that a eareful and prudent manis in the disposal of his own goods. assignees as 2, Accounts on the inventory not marked “uneollectable’ the burden of proof is on the assignee to prove the contrary.’ 3. The presumption exists that the as- signee should, in the absence of strong evi- dence to contrary, be held to the actual val- ue as given inthe schedule and as filed and sworn to by the assignee; that the burden of proof must be with the assignee to show the contrary, and that circumstances will be taken as against him. 4. That where grave misconduct is charg- ed against the assignee and proven he will not be entitled to his commissions nor to his expenses upon appeal when he is defeat- ed. 5. The assignee is not compelled to as- , are prima facie good, and sume the trust, but when he does he is held by the above principles. ‘Commonly when the assignor makes the assignment he claims to be able to pay large dividends. After the claimants have filed their claims, which estops them from contesting the validity of the assignment, the assets begin ‘‘to grow small and beau- tifully less” until the creditors give up in disgust. The courts are beginning to demand a more business-like management of the insol- vent estates, and that an assignee should not swear falsely as to the value of an estate; or, in other words, hold him to the actual value as sworn to in the schedule. > Dr. Talmage on the Business Revival. ‘To my table come papers from all the chief cities of the United States, and they all sing one song, and it is coneerning the rising commercial prosperity of this coun- try. It is not coming with a rush or a boom andIam glad of it, for that implies an early reaction—but gradually it comes, and a tabulated statement all the cities of this continent, except three, are do- shows that ing more business at this time of the year than for many years. The paralysis of business is giving way to a robust prosperity. The passenger trains and the freight trains are taxed to the utmost capacity. Mills that ran on half time are running day and night. Long-locked-up resources are put into ac- tion. Small rates of interest have induced capitalists to take their idle government scrip and savings banks deposits and build houses and purchase farms and rear manufactories, and the long lethargy is being broken, and there is going to be plenty to eat and plenty to wear for all the industrious population. We hear no more about hard times except from chronie complainers, who would grum- ble if the heavens rained silver because it was not gold, because it was not diamonds. The next decade will be a decade of pros perity.” ———»> +> Christopher Preysz, grocer, Big Rapids: “I cannot get along without your paper.” 84 The Michigan Tradesmad. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Mamifacturing Interests of the State E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a yearin nies ance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on eer WEDNESDAY, ‘DECEMBER 8, 1886. Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association. President, L. M. Mills; Vice-President, 8S. A. Sears; Sec- retary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Seymour; — of Di- rectors, H. 8. Re »bertson, Geo. F. Owen, J. N. Brad- ford, A. B. Cole and Wm. Logie. (8 Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lishers by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The W. H. Hughes Mattress Co. is run- ning extra hours in order to keep pace with orders. ao ee M. D. Weeks, late of Grattan, sueceeds W. H. Cornes in the meat business at 54 Lyon street. Maggie Formby sueceeds Van Buren & Calkins in the confectionery business at 103 Monroe street. . HE. Kellogg succeeds Kellogg & Lange in Pi drug business at the corner of West Bridge and Front streets. F. L. Blake & Son have engaged in the grocery business at South Division street. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnish- ed the stock. ”» 233 UW. Matthews & Co. have moved one of their drug stocks from Chase to this city, locating the same at the corner of Sixth street and Broadway. A. G. Goodson has engaged in the drug and grocery business at Kalkaska. Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnished the grocery stock, ‘‘Hub.” Baker Capne the order. A. 2B. Judd is palting a 40 horse-power Atlas engine in his block on Pearl street, which will enable him to rent the premises for manufacturing purposes. Hester & Fox furnished the engine. Tur TraprsmMan has it on the best of authority that G. A. Brown has abandoned the idea of engaging in the wholesale boot and shoe business here, having cancelled the contracts made with a number of em- ployees and the orders placed for goods. AROUND THE STATE. Cc. F. Alderton, grocer at Saginaw, has sold out. Cyrus Wilson, boot and shoe deaier at Quincy, has assigned. H. (Mrs. W. H.) Remington, grocer at Dansville, has sold out. Wilson & Eldred sueceed Geo. Wilson in _general trade at Dowling. J. B. Matthews, the Big has assigned to N. H. Beebe. L. N. Paine succeeds Paine & Field in general trade at Englishville. John Gilmore will shortly engage in the , business at Stanwood. Geo. W. Brown succeeds L. the grocery business at Vassar. Peter Crobar, the Millington grocer, has been closed on chattel mortgage. A. Miller succeeds Mrs. Clara Schoenherr in the grocery business at Detroit. Chas. W. Brown, dry goods and grocery dealer at Burlington, has sold out. W. T. Long & Co. succeed Borthwell & Eldred in the grocery business at Vicksburg. The Hasty & Chapman grocery stock, at Lansing, has been attached by Detroit cred- itors. Cleaver & White sueceed Addie (Mrs C, L.) Taggert in the boot and shoe business at Caro. Case, Hopkins & Case sueceed C. E. Case and Hopkins & Case in general trade at Benzonia. W. S. Stanwood, to E. the business. Frank J. Zerkle, hat, cap and furnishing goods dealer at Jackson, has been closed un- der chattle mortgage. Dickinson & Raymond are building a forty Rapids grocer, Newman in Tucker has sold his drug honk. at Wilson, who will continue foot addition to their store, at Fennville, to be used for storage purposes. W, & F. Keisey, the Ionia drug and gro- cery firm, are about moving into a new store expressly fitted up for them. Martin Link’s boot and shoe Marshall, has been taken on mortgage by W. D. Robinson & Co., of Detroit. Dr. 1. J. Babcock, leading druggists and an old time resident, died Dee. 1, after a lingering illness. Pottle & Lewis, dry goods and boot and shoe dealers at Manchester, dissolved part- nership December 1, each continuing. Vincent Young, for the past four years in the employ of F. O. Vandersluis, at Big Rap- ids, has engaged in the boot and shoe busi- ness at that place. Jos. H. Wasson, the Hoytville merehant, recently received a draft for -$6,000, his grandfather’s estate. C. W. Ives foreclosed his mortgage on the Wm. Hesler drug stock, at Rockford, last Saturday, and will probably continue the business separate from his old stoek. B. J. Whelpley has sold his boot and shoe H. Wasson and stock at Hoytville to Jos. removed the dry goods and grocery to Sebe- wa, where he has trade. E. Baruch, the Cadillac clothier, executed a chattel mortgage for $4,000 to Bernhart stock, at one of Kalamazoo’s being the second and last division due him from rerengaged in general Baruch, of New York, and assleuel to Al-| bert E. Smith. The unsecured liabilities amount to $6,000. H. D. Burroughs, late of .Galesburg, has purchased the half interest of A. H. West in the firm of Frank West & Co., general dealers at Hoytville. The firm name re- mains the same as before. Saranac Local: L. C. Hunter, as assign- ee, has sold the L. M. Lester general stock to R. F. Bonfoey, of Grand Rapids, who will immediately stock up the store and continue the busiziess at the old stand. Mr. Lester will continue the management. Evart Review: Mrs. W. H. Coe, of the Quaker Store, has bought a store and stock of goods at Grand Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs. Coe have gone to that city to take charge of it. The Evart store will be run as hereto- fore, and will be in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Otto. Jas. A. Smith, the Cadillac boot and shoe dealer, has assigned to J. C. McAdam. A. C. McGraw & Co., of Detroit, who were creditors to the tune of $3,439, replevined a portion of the goods, but their claim was purchased by C. R. Smith and the goods re- turned. The liabilities amount to $12,000 and the appraised assets are $6,000. The géneral stock of Hétman C. Meyer, at Bandola, who has been missing two months, has been taken possession of by his creditors. Fears were at first entertained that he had met foul play, but it is said that when he left York State and came to Michi- gan he was here several years before his friends knew where he was. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Sturgis has a new extension table factory. The Niles Wood and Pulp Co. is making 65,000 Patter trays per day. A planing mill and box factory is a pro- ject to be added to the wood-working inter-. ests of Manistique next season. The Detroit Knitting and Corset Co., cor- ner Abbott and Seventh streets, Detroit, is building a two-story addition to its factory. The Michigan Shingle Co., of Muskegon, has purchased the mill and lumber of M. J. Bond, at Wood Lake, and added a line of groceries, purchased at this market. The Evart shook factory employs about forty men, and makes 250 hogsheads in the knock down per week. They are made of red oak, and are designed for the Cuban molasses trade. Belding Bros. have sold their silk plant, at Belding, to G. P. Richardson, of Cin- cinnati, who hgs been in their employ for the past fifteen years. The factory expects to start up in about six weeks. Evart Review: E. O. Taylor has sold his interest in the wagon shop t® Forton & Cox, and has accepted a position as travel- ing salesman for R. G. Chase & Co., of Geneva, N. Y. He has gone to Saginaw, which he will make his en for the present. F. S. Robbins, L. Baird and J. P. Un- derwood, of Big Rapids, lately visited Rhinelander, Wis., and examined the sit- uation there with reference to the location) of anew mill, which they intend to begin the erection of in January. Underwood is already logging extensively on Eagle wa- ters. STRAY FACTS. Thomas Joyce, meat dealer at Bay City, | has sold out. J. T. Treat, jeweler at Three Rivers, is selling out at auction. Mrs. M. A. Titus, baker and restauranter at Ionia, has sold out. John Gilmour has engaged in the tailor- ing business at Big Rapids. Cameron & Selkirk have wen in the meat business at Wayland. S. T. Long succeeds Long Bros. meat business at Vicksburg. The Elk Rapids furnace has 5,000 tons of pig iron awaiting shipment. Frank Smith succeeds Albion Smith & Son in the meat business at Watervliet. The Michigan Ax and Tool Co., of East Saginaw, will close out its business. John Long, of Vicksburg, has just ship- ped $8,000 worth of peppermint oil. in the W. Dreuyer succeeds A. Van De Wort in the hotel and saloon business at Peters- burg. David N. Cornell succeeds Cornell & Chureh in the meat business at Howard City. Dr. W. Ryno is building an addition to his drug store, at Coloma, 16x30 feet in dimen- sions. M. G. Cogswell succeeds Cogswell & Cash in grocery and confectionary business at Manistee. Edmore has started a business men’s ‘‘Im- provement Association,” with a view to get- ting manufactories. Half a million dollars was expended in building improvements at Menominee dur- ing the season of 1886. H. M. Mygatt, of Augusta, has sold a part of his interests in the Gogebic iron cordwood, cedar or any other timber, indi- | eating that there has been an active de- mand this season for coarse forest products. Kalkaska Kalkaskian: Mrs. Forrest has sold her interest in the millinery firm of Forrest & McVay to Miss Allie Monroe, of Traverse City. The new firm will be known as McVay & Monroe. Mrs. Forrest will remove to Traverse City. The salt inspection in this State for the year ending Nov. 30 aggregates 3,720,000 barrels, and the quantity on hand is about the same as last year. The market has been dtll and unsatisfactory to manufac- turers throughout the year. During the fall the movement has been greatly restricted, owing to the lack of transportation, it being impossible to obtain the requisite number of ears. —~—>-.— Purely Personal. Frank H. Escott is on a trip through North- ern Michigan in the interest of Mills, Lacey & Dickinson. Myrgn Hester, of Hester & Fox, left Mon- day for a week’s trip along the line of the G. R. & I. Railway. Dick Sheeran, formerly with the Gunn Hardware Co., is. now identified with the Novelty lron Co., at Detroit. W. A. Collins, late of Buffalo, has taken a position with A. Rasch, the Canal street grocer. He is brother of Frank A. Collins. Chas. H. McConnell put in a couple of days at his old home at Tecumseh last week. He was accompanied by his wife and son. The drug trade of Michigan will sympa- thize with Dr. Geo. W. Crouter, of Charle- voix, in the death of his only child, a daugh- ter of eleven years. J. W. Braginton, formerly engaged jn the grocery business here, but now engag- ed in general trade in Iowa, is in town for the purpose of securing apples. Chas. McCarty, the Lowell general dealer, and foundryman, and wool buyer, and pro- duce shipper, and—but space is too valuable to enumerate all of Charley’s accomplish- ments—was in town last Wednesday, and succeeded in beating a swindling commis- sion merchant. The atmosphere is very frigid when Charly gets ‘‘left.” Smith Barnes, general manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., was in town Saturday, on his way to New York, whence he sails on the Intercolonial steamer Bara Couta, for a six weeks’ cruise among the British West Indies and to Demerara, New Guiana, South America. The vessel makes its first landing at St. Cruz, subsequently touching at St Christopher, Antigua, Guad- eloupe, Martinique, Barbadoes, Grenada, Tabago and Trinidad. Two or three days will be spent at Barbadoes and about a week at Demerara, which is the market for the most extensive sugar plantations in the world. Such a voyage will enable Mr. Barnes to exert his remarkable power of observation to its fullest capacity, as well as afford the relaxation necessary to a man who works at high pressure ten months in the year. DO SOR PO SS aie Muskegon Drug Clerk’s Association. MuskrGon, Dee. 5, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Str—At the last regular meeting of the M. D. C. A., held on the 24th of last month, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President—I. C. Ferry, Vice President—P. Van Diense, Secretary and Treasurer—Geo, L. LeFe- vre. The papers due last meeting were pos- poned uftil the next regular meeting. The first Nov. meeting was not held, owing to a lack of attendence sufficient to constitute a quorum. The next meeting falls on the 8th. Yours truly, L. B. GLOVER, See’y > Sayings of George Eliot. No man puts rotten apples in his pouch because their upper side looks fair to him. Constancy in mistake is constant folly. Some set out, like Crusaders of old, with a glorious equipment of hope and enthus- iasm, and get broken by the way, wanting patience with each other and the world. By desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil—widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower. The finest threads, such as no eye sees, if bound cunningly about the sensitive flesh, so that the movement to break them would bring torture, may make a worse bondage than any fetters. A man vows, and yet will not cast away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinetly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling hit- self over again the reasons for vow. There are few of us that are not rather ashamed of our sins and follies as we look out on the blessed morning sunlight, which comes to us like a_ bright-winged angel. mines at a profit of over, $32,000. firm of Fairman & Judson, at Big Rapids. | The business will be continued under the | firm name of Fairman & Newton. The steamer Lora, ton Harbor and Chicago, has made $60,000 for her owners this year. They now pro- ‘pose to build a boat for exclusive passenger business, to cost $80,000. Ovid Union: A. L. Gunn, of Remus, has purchased W. W. Dennis’ interest in the lumber yard, and January 1 the firm will become Cole & Gunn. Mr. G. owns an extensive saw mill at Remus. For the first time within several years the docks at Rogers’ City are entirely free from & Wim. Judson has retired from the banking | nlying between Ben- | : ‘i — > .| ever perpetrated in the State. beckoning us to quit the old path of vanity | that stretches its dreary length behind us. ~~ 9-0 The Bonanza Fiasco. The Monroe & Ricketson failure, at Bo- /nanza, is one of the most flagrant frauds fled to Nova Scotia and Ricketson is tem- porarily sojourning at Leavenworth, Kan- | sas. The mourners, so far as heard from, | are as follows: Edson, Moore & Co., Detroit Ge ie ca deo $525 Monroe has f : oF The Gripsack Brigade D. S. Haugh and wife are the happy par-| ents of a bouneing boy. Frank Collins has engaged to work the city trade for Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, op- erating in econjunetion with Algernon E White. John C. Uttman, with A. S. Musselman | & Co., contemplates removing to Grand | Rapids from Coopersville about the first of | the year. | W. E. Nadeau, hatter and gent’s furnish- | er at Monroe, has sold out his business and | will go on the road Jan. 1 for an Eastern oe house. C. J. Peck, for the past year Northern | traveling representative for Spring & Com- | pany, has engaged to represent Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit, the engagement. to tiga January 1. . M. Norton, formerly with Ducharme, Mea & Co., at Detroit, but for the past fourteen months traveling representative for thé Gunn Hardware Co., succeeds the late | John B. Read as order clerk at Foster, Stev- ens & Co.’s. Chas. E. Morgan had eight teeth extra®ted at Avilla, Ind., about ten days ago, and as a | result of such rashness, he is now confined | to his home, at Fremont, with neuralgia. Since the dentist completed his labors, one) of Charley’s ears has fallen through the eav- | ty. The firm of Ward & Cooney, dealers in| fanning mills at Kalamazoo, dissolved | partnership on Dee. 8, Ward retiring. He) recently visited Chicago and Cooney, re- turning home, found nearly $3,000 worth of. debts which he eanbouns were paid. | Cooney loses $1,300 and J. DenBleyker | $11,000 by Ward’s failure, he having trans- | ferred all his property to the Michigan Na- 2a ees ——e _ tional Bank to secure notes. Ward is a! son-in-law of Judge T. C. Sherwood. a ove Preliminary Arrangements for the Third | Annual Social Party. Agreeable to eall, a considerable number of traveling men met at Tur TRADESMAN | office last Saturday evening for the pur- | pose of effecting the preliminary arrange- | . . * at ments for the third annual social party of | the fraternity. President Mills presided and Secretary Seymour wasted good paper | by covering it with hen tracks. After a general discussion as to the best time to . ! hold the party, it was voted to engage the. Jonia street armory for Thursday g¢vening, | December 30, and to arrange for supper at | the Morton House from 11 to 1 o’cloek. It! ‘ ke was also voted to decorate the hall with” traveling trunks and advertising, signs. The Board of Directors of. the Asso- | ciation were instructed to procure the neces- | sary printing and to appoint the necessary comnnittees. The Board subsequently held a meeting, arranged for the immediate issuance of 600 invitations and designated the following committees: Secretary mour. On Arrangements—Hi. F. Owen, J. N. Bradford, A. B. Cole: On Reception—L. M. Mills, W. G. Haw- | kins, A. D. Baker, W. H. Downs, Dave | Kenyon, W. H. Jennings, Chas. M. Falls, John Uttman, Sam Morrison and Algernon E. White. On Introductions—Geo. F. Owen, James | and Treasurer—Geo. H. Sey- Robertson, Geo. |. Wm. Logie and | Fox, Gregg Luce, W. B. Edmunds, Chas. | S. Robinson and Steve A. Sears. Floor Managers—Hi. Robertson, Dick | Warner, J. N. Bradford and A. C. Sharp. In Charge of Door—Thos. Ferguson, D. S. Haugh, Joe F. O. Reed and Clarence J. Peck. : > -- > | | Monthly Report of the Michigan Division, | TP: A. “ ‘ { GRAND Rarips, Dee. 1, 1886. MEMBERSHIP REPORT. The following new names were added to | our State membership during the week end- ing November 30: ? 12,921 H.M, Strong, Battle Creek. 12,939 W. P. Baillie, Ann Arbor. 12,948 F. M. Mason, Reed City. 12.947 L. C. Bradford, Grand Rapids. 12,990 KE. P. Stevens, St. Joseph. H. A. Hills, Lawrence. C. M. Smith, Clarkston. - David Stinchcomb, Ionia. W. H. Russ, Benton Harbor. reo. B. Owen, Grand Rapids. J. B. Evans, . | J.N. Bradford, ‘ - Geo. Morton, Benton Harbor. Wim. R. Miller, Jackson. I. Bassett, Flint. — C. F. Stilson, Battle Creek. | W. O. Town, Ovid. W.T. Horne, Detroit. Chas. Starredd, Dowagiac. aoe Frankenstine, Detroit. D. S. Mitchell, S. P. Stokes, Sr., - 13,150 F.R. Lawrence, ey 13,120 J. H. Eacker, Grand Rapids. Fifteen members in arrears for dues paid and been re-instated. FINANCIAL REPORT. Cash received from former Treasurer ...$3 50 / Expenditures during month............... 0 00} 13,1 19 have | Balan On RANG... 6.6 tos ns cesses $3 Respectfully submitted, L. M. MIn.s, See’y-Treas. Mich. Div., T. P. A: —_— ro Freight Tariff to Muskegon. The Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway announce the following schedule of rates for freight trafic from this market to Muskegon: Te ein cide Cache esd vane ooen 20 NL RO uae bu is cece case senda 16 | SN es cence akeiw ken a eedee 18 MI os oon ac cn nee on ce ecb heb cee mbes 9 MPN OS oe cee ce chac db ceadaeya. Ceobneneues 7 Sixth class, except special and forest pro- ii kas ies Bee uae ea ce eate es Cee 48a 5 Aleohol, Wines, Whiskey, Domestic Spirits. and Liquors, No. 20 valuation, 30 cts. per bbi. Kerosene Oil, C. L., 25 ets. per’bbl. Kerosene Oil, L. C. L., 30 ets. per bbl. Salt, 10 bbls and ov er, 20 ets. per bbl. Brick and Coal, C. L., 4 ets. per 100 Ibs. _———-+ What Would Be Left. From Texas Siftings. Ql party—If I had fifty cents and gave it to you to get changed in order to get a penny, what would be left?) = # oe Sons & Co, . 160 W. D. Robinson & ei sg at et es 140 Beatty, Fitzsimmons & Co., Detroit....... a oe, Shields & Co., Grand Rapids Seen ke ” §. Musselman & Co. as eo etkas ; ft W. Clark & Co.. Bonanza................. “e 0 Sith OPEGItONe 56... isn oke ashe spans ewee: 200 Total...... yhbins op sede Ad ino eues ++. $1,888 “Street arab—An old man. | Eastern market, | hold good longer than a day or two. OLD BARRELS , |} convenient fixtures, | WOOLSON SPICE Co., ‘Lion Coffee Cabinet, | Of which the accompanying cut gives but a partial® ges | of Lion Coffee, and we offer the goods at a pricel@ | cost to himself. | put together ia the best possible manner | set of casters, with screws, inside this ¢ abinet. | use in every grocery, after the coffee is sold out, is ap-§ VISITING BUYERS. G. W. Bartlett, Ashland Center. John Gunstra, Lamont. J. A. Wagner, Eastmanville. C. Keller, Logan. Darling & Roberts, Sparta. P.S. Haney & Co., Hastings. Eli Runnels, Corning. Waling Bros., Lamont. Cole & Chapel, Adu. P. B. Wright, Corinth. W.,W. Forrester, Pierson. Mr. Quinlan, with Michigan Wood Lake. D. W. Shattuck, Wayland. G. W. Stevens, Austerlitz. F. B. Watkins, Hopkins. Mr. | Co., Deer Lake: ©. M. Perkin?, Hesperia. Mr. Paton, Paton & Andrus, Shelby. C. E. Brewster, Kingsley. P. T. Cook, Reynolds. O.F. Conklin, 0. F.& W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonyille. John Kamps, Zutphen. A. Purchase, South Blendon. John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. L. A. Scoville, Clarksville. G. C, Baker, LeBarge. Aaron Rodgers, Ravenna. Chas. McCarty, Lowell. Wellington Jones, Morley. J.F. Tibbits, Ravenna. E. Conklin, Ravenna. Vineent Young, Big Rapids. F, Fitz Patrick, Bangor. C. E. Clapp, Martin. C. Durkee, Altona. Cc. H. Deming, Dutton. H. DeKlein, Jamestown. J. Tiesenga, Forest Grove. LL. A. Seovitie, Clarksville. M, M. Robson, Berlin. I. J. Quick, Allendale. Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. S. Cooper, Jamestown. J. We Closterhouse, Grandville. . R.Stocum, Rockford. Byron wees Byron Center. Reigler Roush & Sie Freeport. A. Wooley, Hasting: P. VanderBosch, , A. E. Gates, Crystal. D. D. Harris, Shelbyville. L. O. Perham, Kent City. A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. A. DeKruif, Zeeland. R. A, Hastings, Sparta. }. F. Williams, Caledonia. *, L. Blake, Irving. eo. N. Reynolds, Belmont. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. B. Volmari, Fillmore Center. . Wyngarden, Vriesiand. I. Mauer, Fisher’s Station. G. P. Stark, Cascade. v. Harris, Big Springs. Mrs. J. Debri, Byron Center. Wm. Barker, Sand Lake. W. Karsten, Vriesland. C. M. Perkins, Hesperia. F. L. Blake, Irving. Huizenga & Son, Eastmanville, W.H. Struik, Forest Grove. L, Cook, Bauer. Velzy Bros., Lamont. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. B. M. Denison, East Paris. c. 8. Comstock. Pierson. L. N. Paine, Englishville. G. TenHoor, Forest Grove. Geo. H. Walbrink, Allendale. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. Corneil & Griswold, Griswold. S. J. Koon, Lisbon. L. S. Pressburg, Big Rapids. ©. A. Rowland, Hesperia. » FE. Soper, Newaygo. . W. Burt, Tonia. iE I. Hewes, Newaygo. E. Medes, Coral. L. N. Fisher, Dorr. P. DeKraker, Holland. O. Narregang & Son, Byron Center. J. Raymond, Berlin. a V. Crandall & Son, Sand Lake. G. F. Cook, Grove. P. Iles, Zeeland. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. John Smith, Ada. M. P. Shields. Hilliards. W. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. G. Begeman, Bauer. F. Boonstra, Drenthe. M. Heyboer & Bro., Drenthe. — > ~ -> <-> Encouraging Words from Coopersville. COOPERSVILLE, Dee. 6, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR S1R—Sinee our organization, we have had one regular and two special meet- ings. Have secured eight new members, making a total of thirfy-nine. The major- ity of the members report good success in collecting their old accounts and notes— many of them outlawed. tfully, Yours res . MCNAUGHTON, the Michigan Trdesnan | Sec’y C. B. M. A. . ‘THREE OF A KIND. Organization of Associations at Cedar Springs, Woodland and Freeport. . The past week has witnessed three aeges- sions to the list of local associations, hav- ing a combined membership of thirty-one. | The towns organized are as follows: CEDAR SPRINGS. The business men of Cedar Springs met | at the Clipper office last Tuesday evening, | T. W. Provin presiding and L. H. Chap- | man officiating as secretary. At the con-| clusion of an explanation of the system in | use by other associations, L. M. Sellers mov- ed that the organization of an association | be immediately proceeded with. On motion of Geo. W. Shearer, the constitution of the | Tustin Association was adopted, with the necessary changes. The following gentle- men identified themselves with the organi- zation: T. W. Provin, A. J. Provin, L. M. Sellers, H. B. Wagar, Ezra Bassett, man & Callahan, Geo. W. Shearer, F. C. Stone & Son, Wm. Gavit and J; P. Glea- | son. T: W. Provin was elected President | of the Association, L. H. Chapman Seere- tary and H. B. Wagar Treasurer. The elec- tion of the other officers was postponed un- til the next meeting. A series of blanks for the collection de- partment was adopted and the Executive Committee was instructed to procure the printing of the same. WOODLAND. The business men of Woodland met at Dr. L. £. Benson’s office on Thursday even- ing, December 2, Mr. Hough acting as chair- man and 1. N. Terkne as secretary. Editor Stowe explained the system in use by local associations and L. M. Mills, who happened to be present, related some of the good re- sults he had observed ir connection with other associations. After a general discus- sion of the subject, B. S. Holly moved that | the organization of an association be pro- | ceeded with, which was adopted. Arthur L. Haight moved that the consti-+ tution of the Tustin Association be adopted, with the necessary amendments, which was adopted. The following gentlemen then. identified. themselves with the Association: Hilbert | & Holly, Hough & Snyder, L. E. Benson & Co., Faul & Velte, D. B. Kilpatrick, S. C. Doud, Mrs. P. B. Hunsicker, 8. Haight, Frank Aspinwall, Wm. Barrell. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—John Velte. Vice-President—L. E. Benson. Secretary—I. N. Harter. Treasurer—F. F. Hilbert. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, 8. Haight and D. B. Kil- patrick. Business Committee—L. Parrott, B. 8S, Ilolly and L. Faul. The necessary blanks were adopted for the use of the collection department and the Executive Committee was instructed to pro- cure the printing of the same. 1 The meeting then adjourned until Wed- nesday evening, December 15 FREEPORT. The business men of Freeport met at the skating rink last Friday evening, Foster Sisson acting as chairman and, Arthur Cheseborough as secretary pro tem. FE. A. Stowe and L. M. Mills explained the aims and objects of organization, after which Dr. H. C. Peckham moved that the organiza- tion of an association be immediately pro- ceeded with. On motion of Mr. Moore the constitution of the Tustin Association was adopted for the government of the organiza- tion. The following names were then re- corded as charter members: John Yarger, Hi. C. Peckham, Moore & Shepard, Sisson Bros., Frank A. Moore, Geo. Kelly, Cool & Curtiss, John Norman, Reigler, Roush & Co., S. R. Hunt, A. M. Herrington. Election of officers resulted as follows: President—Foster Sisson. Vice-President —Wm. Moore. Secretar 7-2) rthur Chesborough, Treasurer—H. C. Peckham. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, Frank Moore and S. R. Hunt. Business Committee—John Yarger, Eu- gene Sisson and Jas. Cool. A set of blanks was adopted for the use of the collection department and the Execu- tive Committee was instructed to procure the printing of the same. The editor of the Herald was requested to print the constitution and by-laws of the Association in his paper, which he agreed to do. The meeting then adjourned, Is It Fact, or a A valued patron of Tur TRADESMAN, who is engaged in general trade at a town not far from. Frankfort, makes the follow- ing statements relative to the condition of the trade at that. place: Dear Srr—I notice in Tuk TRADESMANS something said about Frank Hamilton’s go- ing to Frankfort and other towns to help or- ganize. Now, it would be the best thing that ever happened if Frankfort would or- ganize, for if any place needs an association Frankfort certainly does. The merchants there are making constant war on each oth- er, in the way of prices, so as to catch trade. For instance, they are selling granulated sugar at 6 cents; best patent flour at $4.50, and in fact almost all the staple groceries at or below cost. The consequence is, they either make it up on articles that. people don’t know the value of or else they will fail sooner or later. I would be willing to hazard a little money that no one can get*a majority of the business men there into. an association, for the reason that they don’t want it. They are after the dollars to put into their own pockets, and care nothing about the prosperity of the town or eounty; and they also think that an association would hamper them individually. a Re P. E. Hackett, general dealer, Wolverine: ‘I find it is just the paper I want in my business.” ‘Chap- | Traverse City. : TRAVERSE City, Dee. 4, 1836. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—Our Association held a special /meeting Tuesday evening, when we intro- /dueced the new collection blanks, which | seemed to meet with general favor. Thirty- | five members were present, all on the side rivals dindnlag pea eae | of Pay, Progress and Principle. I have | every “confidence in these blanks. They | represent good, sound common sense. ‘They exhibit a spirit of fairness and you do not have to read between the lines tg discover ‘the foree of combined action. | honest debts or élse be classed where you be- long is as plain as the noon-day light. I shall hail with joy the day when the mer- thant will fee! the force of the words | “Brother’s keeper,” aud direct this mueh- _ abused credit system toward strengthening | manhood, rather than weakening it by vield- | ing to generous impulses or to the thought | of possibly gain. I hope we shall be prompt to appreciate this new method and show | our appreciation of it by not abusing it. | subject for discussion at our next regular | meeting, Dee. 7. A few names are already ‘ehosen to lead in the talk. It wi], I am | sure, be of interest and profit to all. Our | Association ought to do more of this class of work. This and other subjects of interest to the business man will come before our next State meeting in March, as they prop- erly should. The way is now open and let us move out solid rank and file and discuss this question, of so great importance! The new ‘“‘plan of rating” was placed be- | fore our members, who will report upon its desirability at. another meeting. Tome you give credit for the entire work. To Mr. | Geo. E. Steele, I think, belongs the system of rating. ‘The plan of action and introduc- | tion into our regular meetings was proposed | by myself. ing the call for credit, and in the desire of ises to pay No. 1. certainly alive to any good thing and to their | judgment 1 shall appeal for its continued | use. Yours very truly, FraANK HAMILTON, President Traverse City B. M. A. > -o > Holland Joins the State Association. HoLuANn, Dee. 6, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Sir—Enclosed find money oder for $3.70 for membership to Michigan Busi- ness Men’s Association. We have thirty- seven members who have paid their mem- bership fee and one or two others have ex- pressed their intention of joining. We held our third meeting last Thursday night. There was not a very large atten- dance, but we had a good meeting. All seem to consider the Association a success and some claim to have had good results from circulars they had sent out. Accept our thanks for the two Notifica- tion Sheets sent us. Some of the members wanted to know whether you would not send enough of the sheets so that each member could have one, as they could not remember all the names. I told them, I thought not, but would write you about. it. Hoping to hear from you again we are Respectfully yours, A. VAN DurREN, See’y a Association Notes. the name of the Merchants’ Protective sociation. Frank B. Knight is seeretary of the organization. The Holland Business Men’s Association has qualified for membership in the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association, which swells the auxiliary membership of the State body to 838. L. M. Mills, traveling representative for the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., is armed with full sets of blanks for organization pur- poses and is sufficiently conversant with the subject to assist in the formation of new associations. Jacob Van Pitta President of the Hol- land Business Men’s Association, was in town last week. He reports substantial pro- gress in the work of organization and says that all the members have secured unexpect- ed collections by means of the blank sys- tem. The Retail Merchants’ AsSociation of the State of New York charges a per capita tax of $1 for auxiliary membership. The Mich- ‘igan Business Men’s Association charges only 10 cents for about the same benefits, but the per capita fee will probably be in- creased to 25 or 50 cents at the next State meeting in March. Allegan Gazette: The business men of Allegan will meet on Friday evening of next week [Dec. 10] for the purpose of ef- fecting an organization, to be known as the Allegan Business Men’s Association, having for its object the encouragement of local improvements, the curtailment of the cred- it system, the collection of poor accounts, Pay your | The ‘Cash or Credit System” will be the Marshall merchants have organized under | AS- | the prevention of peddling and the reforma- | tion of other abuses affecting business men. | Such organizations have been in existance | for several years in other towns, with good | | The Rating System and Other Matters. at } | | { | | The worth of it, I think, will | be apparent, especially in the way of check- each consumer to keep his record and prom- | The business men of our Association are | | } j } } E STAR SAFETY RAZOR. sae apie remifentanil A. Great Invention, US Lit 4 Which renders shaving an easy and convenient luxury, and ob- | viates all danger of cutting the face. Warranted to shave! clean. Time and money saved. | Delays in barber shop avoided. It is specially. adapted to the aged and the young, and is in- dispensable to travelers by land and by sea; to miners and per- sons camping out; to the indo- ‘jlent and the luxurious; to the }jman who wants a quiet shave, and him whose skin is too ten- der to admit of the application of the ordinary razor. Once used, you will never be without Jit. Highest Medal Awarded at the American Institute Fair, New York, 1884-1885. FOR SALE BY FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. 10 and 12 MONROE ST. Write for Prices. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, Phppere. 2 IRON ce. es cece we per M 4 . Uppers, 14, 1% and 2inch................ MEIGOTS, LINC. foc) scotch cece eee c 38 00 Selects, oi 2 On 2 en... co ce 88 00 Fine Common, Linch... ........... ...... 00 MORO, SO ike ec ta 20 00 Fine, Common, 144,1% and2inch. ...... 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 12, l4and16 feet... 15 90 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 a, i 00 No. 1 Stoeus, 12 in., A teet......... ei... c. 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 teet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 ee eee 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........... 2... 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 2, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., a... 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, I NMOS oe ec ok ee 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 i in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in. 18 ‘feet Re es. 3 00 No. > Stocks, 12 in.,“20 DOG oe eck 4 00 | No. 2 Stoeks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 00 | No. 2 Stoeks, 10 i in, ae. 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., @O feet... ......:...5. 14 00 | No. 2 2 Stocks, 8in., o 14 and 16 feet...... 11 00 | No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., MON k ek ca ce kc 12 00 i No. 2 2 Stecks, 8 in., 20 feet.. 13 00 Coarse Common. or shipping culls, al wiithe and. lengths......... ....... 800 900 A and B Strips, 4 or Kin . ees uah ae olan 83 00 | C Strips, 4 or6 inch Seis dee ek ice e. 4 27 90 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths........2....... 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 NO. B Penang. 16 606... so... ke cee a ee 12 00 INO, LOGINS, 4 FOB oy oo os ain et cease 15 00 DIO, @ POM © TNC sn 6 oe cn oss cna ee 12 90 Norway C and better, 4 or 6ineh......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6ineh, A and B............ 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6ineh, C...........0........ 14 50 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common.. 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12. 12 to 16ft....:... {1 00 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, WA ei vec e ee ean ek 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No. 1,common.. 17 00 | | | | Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C................. 2 Dressed Flooring,.4 or 5in., No.1 com’n Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 10 meme V0 A PAN, . obo ok boc eee Se ee 3 00 ee A ee ee ove eae ce eck 2 15 No.2 or6in.C. B18 in. Shingles......... 1 75 Ii er @ ote Cras. IG TA... cee tees 1 40 DA ee a Wigs Gh once suse 1 75@ 2 00 COOPERAGE. D, Quay quotes as follows,®: o. b. at Bailey: STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. stav ane M @ 6 00 Elm ee a cass M @ . = White oak tee stav ms 8 ‘d and j’ t. - @21 White oak pork bbi. 19 soles to Produce barrel staves.... .. .... M @ 4 75 Tight bbl, and h’ds to match..... M @17 00 HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set a 16 Pork RrR@ 138 Tierce heads, square.......... e M 23 09@26 90 Pore ee aca ue BM 19 = 00 — barrel, set oe es 4 Flou ge gg Ee Oe ee 6 4% Cull woul DOG eek ci dees 34@ 3% HOOPS. White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t. M 11 00@12 50 White oak and hickory * 7%f’t.M 10 00@U1 = Biokory four DbI.... .....05... 5. M 7 00@ 8 25 es OE ce eee ees 6 00@ 6 75 Ash, fiat racked, 6% f’t........... M 3 75@ 4 50 Coiled elm..... bb tanbecs cc ciceess 8 00@ 7 CO BARRELS. White oak pork barrels, h’a m’d.M 1 00@ 1 10 White oak pork barrels, machine. . 85@ = | White oak tard tierces............. 1 16@12 ; Beet and lard half barrels......... 75@ 90 ~ Custom barrels, one head.......... WEY, PUG ek ccs ave de ees PFOGUCO DAYPOIB. F665 os cdc ci cen. 00@ 1 10 380@ BT 2G 28 o WOODENWARE. ae , ss it | results. E, : A. Stow e, of Grand Rapids, ia PE i oa ve cae nc ca coe kes 5 25 who has assisted in the formation of over | Standard Tubs, No. 2...........0..060e000 4 25 : oe : 3 T f 3 26 thirty associations, will be present and ex- | Standard Pails, two hoop... Be plain the methods adopted by other organi- | oar Pails, three hoop....... i iaauiekae’ 1 50 eae | POA, MOM WOOK ioc s es cnet es ca cence ae 4 00 zations. | Maple Bowls, assorted sizes............... ..2 00 : ee | Butter Pails, ash.>........0.cecseseeeeeeenes "2 50 Circumstances Were Against Him. faglling Pins. 8 From the New Haven News. | Po oe er ee ne ne ne ” 50 “Do you kriow whether the doctor went) Clothes Pins 2 to Mrs. Graps’ yesterday ?” ME) Oo oc oped chs cic icaessscace esas 1 00 NS : RR, BU os oc os nike nics bendse cs 1 7% I'think so. At least, there was crape on | | Washboards, dowble.....-.....-.-...0-02.; 2 25 the door this morning.” BASKETS. | Diamond OO ee vce acces iw nkks cess 40 BAUBDGL, UMTVOW DONG. oid 5 osc es coos occ 1 60 COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, WENO WI OMe ake cc tietcc cececds 1 %5 A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: | Clothes, opine’ and ee oo ee ee : bo Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 00, Clothes, splint, No.3.................c0. cB 00 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. BD} Clothes, WilloW NO. 1...) 6o. oe cis leccee ..6 00 Louisville Cement, per bbl......... ine 1 30| Clothes, willow No.2................... .eeeT 00 Akron Cement per bbl..........:..... 1 30 | Clothes, willow No. 3 bed cece eas seve cies dave 8 00 Bfalo Cement, per bbl..... besten 130, W ater’ Tight, Dw..........-. 2.2. ssesesesevees 3 5 OO Oe a ee 1 05@1 10 or SEM PM deca acess 2 85 ene aa Wer Di. io. ks ss os -, 30 | SSE est MECOO, DOR DOG aoc cobs renee se ecesees 75 | 2 Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 50 | POE LANROUE. Land plaster, car lots.................. 259 Hemlock Bark—Tanners all have large sup- Fire brick, -per.M.......... Re desac ee ees ciel @ 335 | plies. pD&iiers are paying $5 for good bark. Fire clay, per bbl... suisse ti eein ens 3 00 | Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.50 ® b for Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$5 75@6 00 , clean washed roots. Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 GO@6 25 | Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are nrg omega ae oe 10G8 | | authorized to offer standard goods at 35 and 5 Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots... 4 00 | per cent. off, and second quality at 35, 5 and 10 Portland Cement............. ....... 8 BoE 00 | per cent off. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Basswood, We-run...: :.............. @13 00 Birch, log-run NS OS ete ee 15 oo@s 2 Birch, INOS, LONG OS. . .. ko oc coc cscs @2% Black Ash, log-run Decne) aca caes @l13 oe Cherry, log-run BAe ucieceunucbeuees 25 00@35 00 Cherry, Noe. 1 and 2.1.2... 6... cc es 45 00@50 00 OT A EE @10 00 MiaoiG, Omri! oc. 6... . 5s. cs .15 00@15 00 Maple, soft, log-run..............:.. 12 00@14 00 Maple, aie... @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring................ @25 00 Maple, white, BeieoueG. |e... @25 00 RBG, os oe occ cad @I18 00 Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.......... @24 00 Red Oak, quarter sawed............ Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... WN ee Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2 @35 00 @25 00 ad 00 @75 00 oe EE a en @25 00 Perey Bim, lOM- VU. .... 1c... eee cass @13 00 White Ash, ee cee eal l4 CO@16 00 Writewood, IOMFON.. 0.66.50. 0555.. @23 00 hardware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS Ives’, old a Me dis60&10 eo Ag i dis60&10 Pease. Pela eked ss bie ceed gee dis60&10 Pierces’ Oya cc i eceeee ede eects cae. dis60&10 es ee ec dis60410 a ccc aces vce ce dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine................ ae sonmnings , Tmitatiogy...... 00... .6s0eeee dis50£10 ; BALANCES. ie ee cuce, dis A) BARROWS. Meroe $ 13 00 Meeks c ac ccns ae .... net dd 00 BELLS. PURO oc ise cc ve dedbewctuils dis $ 60&10&10 eee a, dis 60410 OO ee dis BO&15 One i. ic... bees le Go dis 25 Door, Sargent pede ela ooles cules dis 6C&10 BOLTS. WT i a read dae. voc aan dis § = ee WW TIRE, oon oa dec kecean es dis IO oo aa, OO aaa ac yes, dis angel RI oie ce cca els cay ..dis Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis GO&10 ee EE dis 60&10 Cast Barrel, brass knobs.............dis 60 Cast Square Spring................... dis 60 OND COO ice i i, dis 60&10 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60&10 Wrought Square dais! hy canoe cu ssunas 5 dis 60&10 Wrougnt Sank Wiosh................. dis 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Or i a, dis 60&10 eVGe Pe i dis 60&10 BRACES. Wiehe ce. dis$ 40 _ or OS SSE Lae ia au earn ener dis 50&10 SN oss oe oes cco sc ee cu aa dis 50 OR UN ecb bck alee dis net BUCKETS. ee a $ 350 OME, INGE es aac... . Ao BUTTS, CAS”. Cast Loose Pin, figureg............... dis T0&i0 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed... ..dis 70&10 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60&10 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10 Wrovugent Loose Fin.................- dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver WRU ook goa a Voce beeen ccc dl cece fis 60& 5 PRVOU BE FG oo aca oak cca ncses dis 10&60 Wrouens Inside Blind................ dis 10&50 pe ae dis 7d eR EO elk chek lesa sl i ccuces dis a0) PR, BMP MUE B.S occ sock ccs cece sees dis 80 ea cide dis 70 CAPS. PT ae hice icc ecacbke ances per m $ 65 MM Fc hs oc coca bia c euacas 60 Me eek ee hace ees s fice cuck iccus es 35 ee. Mie eeaielckcess 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 ROCPAE FIG osc hicks ccc uceac ese edes diss0&10 CHISELS. BOGKet PITMeOr...... 02.0600. grteeecees dis %5 BME POURING... conc cine pCacascsecs dis 76 Pe Cs sos sc nua veecctvccsces dis 75 BIO OE BONS, oo oa cin vei ewc wes cece dis 75 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 MN oe oe obs haben cede deaepedesceh esas net COMBS. Ourry, Lawrence’s............ 24.0.3. dis 40&10 ACMA oe Siva aie a acc cw cee cseas dis 25 COCKS. MEUM PURO MIG By oo ooo oc ce ee vaca cee cs 60 eae i aa ee 60 aan ec cee be a 40&10 oh aa, eas ns eh eds c wk caw 60 COPPER. Planished, 1M OS Cll (0 Site... .... 6.4... 8 tb 28 14xh2, 14x56, OOM oes ce cake bk eae 31 Cold Rolled, 14¥56 and 14x60................. 22 MOMS TAOHICG, FOES ico ie ci a cde cn cee 22 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis 40 Taper and StraightShank............ dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40 ELBOWS. ott Bieet, MI eas eck sh cea doa@met $.85 UMM og, sce. onde wae cdes S$ 20&10 Tee Lace ....+-dis 1% &10 j i EXPANSIVE BITS. | Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 ves’, 1, $18 00; 2 . $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 { FILES—New List. American File ae BM asc dis 60&10 t eetes 6 i... cs. -----.- Gis 60&10 New MO TNOMIE oe ciu es eos, Seca nec, dis 60&10 mien a ee dis &10 Oe ie es dis 55&10 | Heller's Horse MeN a ce, dis 50& 5 eo G: ALY ANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 274, 25 and 26, 27 28 List 12 13 4 1b 18 Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. 4 GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s... dis 40 HAMMERS. | Maydole & Co.'s... ........... ie dis 25 TN oe eek gcc cs ic, dis 2b erkes & Plumb’s.... cteceecevacesGe S008 Mason's Solid Cast Steel.......... 111! 30 e list 50 sSincksmith’s — =o ast Steel, Hand. .30 ec 40&10 ANGERS. | Bart n Door Kidder Mis. Co., Wood track 50&10 | Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood track. me .. dis 40 | HINGES. | Gate, oree Le b.. dis 60 meee per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and longer. be kieGucaae 4: 3% Serew Hock and Ey e, Mee 10% Screw Hook and Bye % ie ake ec net 84 Serew Hook and Eye % ah ease ees oi net 1% Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net T% ovis cs idee ecac nec. dis 65 HOLLOW WARE. Bearman Tin Ware....................... 30 werennea tin Ware,.;............,..... 25 Grane tron Ware... 25 HOES Grub AAS DTG Seat ae $11 00, dis 60 Grub 2. Dh ee he hg hd du ed chicas bc ac cca 11 50, dis 60 ee a 12 00, dis 60 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis 45 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ 45 Door, porcelain, plated ee ue 45 Door, porcelain, trimmings... 45 Drawer and Shutter, pores i... dis 70 rieture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... 40&10 Hemacite eet ke og ee | ccc dis 45 I OCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list.. dis 45 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s. acu. ee 45 RO yee dis 45 Were © ec dis 415 LEVELS. Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s.............dis 70 MATT(¢ 1CKS. Adze Eye. .. $16 00 dis 60 Hunt Bye.. ee $15 00 dis 60 oo ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 : ' MAULS. Sperry & Co.’:, Post. handled............ dis 50 MILLS. Comes, Parmere ©0.'6.................. dis 40&10 Coffee’ P.S.&W.Mfg. Co. ceeetlas ae 40@10 Coffee, Landers, we & Clark’s .. dis pa ROO, UCOTONING. 655 oi. oc ec. c ae... dis MOLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern .......... mon dis 70 peepee GONUING...... ................. dis 70 Enterprise » Self-measuring Neds caseescess dis 25 NAILS Common, Bra and Fencing. NN oss oii ee cg 8 keg $2 20 en ee Oe Ro 25 Guam 10 HON. ....... 5... ..2. 50 Air enies . 75 Pe Ve 1 50 MRED EV IOO bo ooo esc kkk. 3 7 Creme 20... 17 Finishing | 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1% Adv. @ kee $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—2 30. OILERS, Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent. . dis60&i0 Aine, witn Drase bottom............. ..» dis 50 Brass CE Ee dis 50 WM i i ca ec anda c nana ccs er gross, $12 net Olmstead’s . ee eauns + $12 net PLANES. Cia Too! Co.'s. faney.................... dis 15 Ow SPOON, 8. gee. dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, ee dis 5 Be Non meesouaty,................,,.... dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s i. , wood. . . dis20&10 PANS, pe dis 50&10 COMMON, POLISHEG. ... ........00ce. . diss0& 10 Pripong........ Ad Chea Uh be uk idececa. 8 b 6 RIVETS. Pron ano Timed, ............. vices === Prices. ) gate TLAS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S.A. ENGINE WORKS Se) STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. lise 7s ; Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock i ea : for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 130 OAKES ST.. GRAND RAPIDS, Send for sample MICH. See Our Wholesale Quotations else- +Day Expres Muskegon Exp TIME TABLES. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. is co aeme aoe 9:10 am . 12:30 pm ..11:00 p m . 5:00 pm WMA i inenee *Night Expre *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Arrives. | 3:55 pm 9:45 pm | 5:45am 11:00 am Through parlor car in charge of eareful attendants without ex- tra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach on 9a. m, and 11 p.m. trains. Newaygo Division. i Leavy ves. BEMPPOSE . 0. nc sdecnvteencsccsencesacs 3:45 pm POR OB Bea nin cdan cen seuncecesaseence 8:00 am All trains ¢ The Northern terminus of this division is at where close connection is made with F. & P. to and from Ludington and Manistee. Arrives. 4:50 pm 10:30 am and depart from Union Depot. | Baldwin, } M. trains W. A. GAVETT, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Grand Rapids & Indiana. ‘ GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City Express............. 7:00am Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex.. 9:20am 11:30 am Petoskey and Mackinaw Express... 3:40 pm 4:55 pm 7am train has chair ear for Traverse City. 11:30 a m train has chair ca 4:55 p m train has sleeping and chair cars r for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. tor Petoskey ~ . . . . and Mackinaw. been delt with more harshly if he had deni- where in this ISSUE and W rite for Rae AGE amachopminn oo ed an article of the creed. But some future 8 Reee me ee reece +n on2 10:30am = 11:45 a m : “ . es i Cinci nati, Expr Os wen setteeracacs 4:55 pm 5:15 pm : ‘VW ee At: m d Bishop Fessler will put this into the list of Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex, .10:50 pm The accompanying illustrations represent the 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:15 pm train has Woodruff sleeper for Cineinnati. papa! assertions which bind nobody’s con- Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Special Prices in Car Lots. science, because they’**do not concern faith | _ Muskeg6n, Grand Rapids & Indiana. : . anaes” | : oe ane Boss ‘Tobacco Pail Cover | A Wh i oda 10k vo heen as cach nese rsd tee eee 00 pi 1 i i enaianirencniid | ee Pie eee bands sacrament a bacaCeannen ess a4 @l0p ee ae We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything We handle, | ***= aa ope ce OA cen mae annde 16 3 aitar oe Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. . _ * postal cards are now made is a matter of Se r a * Tt will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist of frequent comment among business men | tines SERRE TRE i tee. df h til tirel d and is an imposition on all who have occa- a eo Pee cain apie. tas a ae an resnh until entire y. usea. sion to use them. When the cards first | 9} 5:55pm 9:02a m..Allegan ....... 8:28 $008 3s came into use, the material was good ‘and the printing on the face was dono artistical- ly, whereas at present the paper is rough and porous and the printing is badly botched. ann RSE EEEEEEmnanenenenE The revenue of the post-office of course has suffered from the reduction of letter postage: but it is impossible to make our | from Mr. Vilas’s report whether there has | 3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. _ J. DETTENTHALER, 117 Monroe St. Grand Rapids. 7:05 pm 10: 8:30pm 1 j}am..Kalamazoo.., 7:30 .. White Pigeon, 5:55 ¢ 2:30am pm. .Toledo ........ 11:00 p m 8:30am pm..Cleveland..... 6:40 pm 2:50 pm am. .BUmalO........ 11:55 am 56:40am 5:50 pm. .Chicago....... 11:50 pm — 6:50 a im A local freight leaves Grand Rapids atl p m, carry- ing passengers as far as Allegan. All trains cept Sunday. daily ex- J. W. McKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express............+: 6:25 am 4Through Mail. ..........ccepneenes 10:40 am t +Evening Express............--+.-- 3:15 pm *Limited EXpress......ccsesseseees 9:20 pm 10:55 pm It will pay for itself in a short time. You cannot afford to do without it. ‘For particulars, write to ARTHUR MEIGS & CO. en a surplus or a deficit in the accounts. | +Mixed, with coach.............56+ 11:00 a m oeen ” IT} ide JOBBER OF GOING WEST. TE TRADESMAN infers the latter. +Morning Express..........se++0+6 1:05pm 1:10pm 5 | +Through Mail... uae dasdevewat en 5:05 pm OL +Steamboat Express........2e.-00+ 10:40 pm WOES OG, oo cn kinnccesakecsars es vcne® 7:45am : Kalkaska Notes. *Night Express.........-.-.-+-+.--. 5:10am 5:85 am sSOic f%, sonts, +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. The grocery firm of E. D. Parker & Co. has dissolved. The business will be con- | tinued at the old stand by Geo. Parker. | A. G. Goodson will soon open a drug and grocery store on Third street. | Orrin Hutchins, of Fife Lake, opened Qs a- | loon here last week. James Campbell, formerly of Westwood, | will start his saw mill at Kalkaska soon, | and perhaps will put in a general store. The grocers of Kalkaska have combined on the delivery business and placed it in the | hands of “Mit” Hobbs, who is an expert in | that line. oO \ Oysters. | The customers of Wm. L. Ellis & Co. | are notified that the fast freight lines are | now making good time to all railway points | in Michigang from Baltimore. Emery & Co., of Grand Rapids, can fur- nish all immediate wants. B. F. Emery, 37 Canal street, has charge of the State business of Wm. L. Ellis & Co. and all orders sent to him will receive prompt attention. OYSTERS, FIsH CAME. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. also Grand Rapids Agent or Cleveland Baking Cos Crackers axa Cookies. ? + Full Stock on Hand at all Times. Passengers taking the 6:25 am Express make close connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Det roit for New York, arriving there at 10:30 am the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand Rapids. D. PorrER, City Passenger Agent. Gro. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager Chicago. Michigan Central. DEPART. Detroit Express. ......cccescee scenes ee eeeeneeeces 6:15am Day EXpress.........ecse ence renee cnet cnet eenees 1:10pm *Atlantic EXpress. .....c.ee esc es eseeecceceeenes 10:10 pm MOAR co cu osc baalon see beeen es Cas en s® CV eas SHEERS 6:50 am ARRIVE. #Pacific EXPYVeBsS.......ncceceenecgececcscececencs 6:00 am WEE ck el esen eed edn ce ened ea tenn en Si 3:00 p Grand Rapids Express 10:15 p MAMGE «oa iu ccdc hte saevesceuntasceceas ae 1:15 pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday ping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec- tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) Cas. H. Norris, General Agent. Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette. Going West. Going East. 7:00am 6:50am..St. Ignace..... $:30 pm 22:20pm 9:40am,.Seney ..-..-++. pm 6:15 pm) 12:35pm 5:30pm 12:40pm?) yo..nette .§ 25pm 7:00am 12:50 p m§ Marquette .. ¢ 2:00 pm 1:40 pm, .Negaunee..... 1:26 pm 1:55 pm. .Ishpeming. ...12:58 p m 5:30 pm..Houghton .... 9:20am 5:50 pm..Hancock ..... 9:01 am 6:35 pm. .Calumet...... 8:15am Mixed train leaves St. Ignace at 7am; arrives Mar- uette 5:30 pm E. W. ALLEN, en. Pass. and Ticket Agent, Marquette. 77 to 83 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. wv" —— Bogus Cheese. From the Anti-Adulteration Journal. The sophistication in cheese production seems to be as gross as that characterizing the oleomargarine manufacturing. Upon . investigation we learn from a Chicago man-|) ™ rE : : FRED. D. YALE. DANIEL LYNCH. ufacturer that the main elements in cheese manufactured from milk are caseine and fat. t ’ l Y ALE \ KI 5 8 ' ' Rennet is used to coagulate. It is necessary SUCCESSORS TO to add oil if a richer cheese is wanted. We CHAS. S. YALE & BRO., have never been able to do it in this country WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF until recently, said the manufacturer. Lard Baking Powders, Extracts, Bloings, is now substituted in place of cream or but- ter oil. To 100 pounds of milk we add 11% pounds of lard, and have to buy the best lard wecan. We get it in Chicago or else- ‘ AND JOBBERS OF where, and it has to be deodorized by heat GROCERS’ SUNDRIES in the usual way. Steam-rendered lard is| 41) orders addressed to the new firm will al better than kettle-rendered. By the new | ceive prompt attention. process it requires six to eight hours to ren- _ 40 and 42 South Di vision St., der it. One would get 4 pounds of cream GRAND RAPIDS, “ from 100 pounds of milk, and this 4 pounds TG is one-third caseine, so that about 2 pounds out of 100 is real oil, Therefore, 100 | pounds of skim milk and 11g pounds of lard will make 10 pounds of cheese. It makes a good quality of cheese. We have been able to sell all we could make. We make salable cheese out of skim milk. This new cheese is made from sweet milk, from which cream has been removed at 40 degrees F., after standing twelve hours. No chemicals are used in this process, ex- cept some coloring matter which we make. Ihave twenty-one factories and have put them to making lard cheese as fast as pos- sible. We have to work on the sly, but the honest farmer would not take any advan- tage. We get along with them by paying them more for their milk than it is worth. Seven of my factories are now making the lard cheese, which goes to Chicago, Boston, New York and Baltimore. The fact that it was made of lard sold the goods. The skim cheese factories in St. Lawrence use chem- icals. Iskimmed mine so close for batter | that it could not make salable cheese. This kind of cheese: we can sell to the middle classes, but not to the millionaires. Lard ean be treated by difference of temperature and not be injured like butter. To doedorize the lard we blow hot steam through it. We manufactured 2,500 boxes of 50 pounds each last year. eo > oe Always at the Front. The American Eagle Tobacco Co., of De- troit, has a reputation second to no manu- facturing house in America. Every piece of goods turned out of their factory is made on honor and in no ease have new goods failed to make a “hit.” The company is now in- | troducing anew fine cut under the name of | : *“‘Cherry,” which is likely to prove no ex- | WHOLESA! E ception to the general rule. It is sold to the 4 trade at 60 cents and is retailed at 5 cents an ; ounce, thus affording the dealer a handsome | profit. Novel tacties have been adopted in | introducing ‘‘Cherry” to the notice of the | q B consuming publie in this city. Six thousand | eards have been circulated among the work- men in the furniture and other factories, en- | titling the bearer to 5 cents worth of “Cher-| ry” at any grocery or tobaeeo store in town. The dealer honors all cards thus presented | : and—besides helping te introduce the goods | Grand Rapids, C —inakes a straight profit on each transac- | tion by getting the cards redeemed at 5 cents PORTABLE AND STATIONARY apiece by the jobber from whom he purchas- | Ee WN Ci T NT Ee oS ed the tobacco. ‘This pian is the most feas: | : : : ‘ . Harn 8 : ible one yet devised to get fine cut before | aoe Sn eee Working Sitihee: Gaaee the people who use it, and large results are | ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for sure to follow in the wake of such an ingen- | Complete Outfits. ious method of advertising. - >>> Good-Bye to the Ctedit System. WETZELL, Dec. 1, 1886. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: | | Dear Sm—Enclosed please find copy of a FOX & BRADFORD, EXCLUSIVELY 76 South Division St., Mich. a oe Violations of Business Honor. a proclamation we issue to our trade to-day. | We are desirous that a Business Men’s As- | sociation be formed at Mancelona, as there) § j ; rp unctil cannot be one formed heres we being the | # b ee es only store. We would give such as Asso- j 0 Yours very truly, | ‘ a FarnuamM & WILLEMIN. | The announcement to which the writers) § TO OUR CUSTOM pas AND THE PUBLIC. 88, 90 and #2 South Division Street, W ETZELL., Dec. 1, 1886. GRAND RAPIDS, 2 MICH. At the present time, with labor plentiful | time and paying promptly for material and | 66 ( ; A N D kK) kK 29 jabor, the fact has become apparent to us, | . after two years’ experience in the credit) cash basis. Commencing, Dee. 1, we shall seil | ry only for cash or its equivalent. This means | the saving of from three to ten cents upon | each dollar’s worih of goods purchased— wrret whether groceries, provisions, boots and | shoes, rubbers, furnishing or dry goods, | DOUBLE THICK Our goods are new and of best quality. | BALL a age, we are Truly yours, FARNAM & WILLEMIN. | always wear out first gn . | the ball, The CAND vE | Boots are double thick n ole ereantile authority says that) An yI I mereantil thority ayP ath DOUBLE WEAR. honor is- violated when a man uses informa- | Most economical Rubber tion confidentially intrusted to him to antic-| Boot In the market. ee . : : ea ee | Lasts longer than any ipate the informer. A man violates the) other boot and the another’s unskillfulness or inexperience, or) Call and ex- » technicalities of » law j | amine the the technicalities of the law to impose on | goods. him. does not make sacrifices to pay his debts | promptly; when he attempts to raise the | market price on another buyer; when he |, neighbor’s customers; when he is unnindful | gz, G, STUDLEY & CO., Grand Rapids. of favors; when he does not allow his clerks Will remove to No. 4 Monroe Street, to and dependents to share in his prosperity, | the store now occupied by Houseman, Don- Will open with the largest and finest stock r stood, would tend to lower ' thoroughly understood, would of Rubber Goods, Mill Supplies, Fire De- him in the estimation of his customers, or | partment Supplies, and Sporting Goods in ciation our hearty support. refer is as follows: — ww. GC. Denison, at fair wages, manufacturers running full) business, that the safe and successful means R bb c. of conducting a retail trade is upona strictly | U he ob Thanking our customers for past patron- | Ordinary Rubber Boots | on the ball, and give laws of honor when he takes advantage of | PRICE NO HIGHER. A man acts dishonorably when he | sells below the market price to get away his | FOR SALE BY and in all cases when he does acts which, if nally & Jones, Noy. 15th. of any good map. the State. * DIRECTIONS A We have cooked the cornin this can | sufticiently. Should be 2horoughly i] Warmed (not enoked) adding piece of Hi Good Butter (size ot hen’s egg) and gill of fresh milk (preferable to water.) Season to suit when on the table. None genuine unless bearing the signature of t (pf) - Oo CHILLICOTHE mu. an PEN AT THIS ENO Every can wrapped in colored tissue paper with signature and stamp on each can. ~ BULKLEY. LEMON & HOOPS, Importers and Wholesale Grocers. Sole Agents for Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Celebrated Soaps. Niagara Starch Co.’s Celebrated Starch. “Jolly Tar” Celebrated Plug Tobacco, dark and light. Jolly Time” Celebrated Fine Cut To- bacco. Dwinell, Hayward & Co.s Roasted Coffees. Thomson & Taylor's Magnelia Coffee. Warsaw Salt Co.’s Warsaw Salt. “ Benton” Tomatoes, Benton Harbor. “Van Camp” Tomatoes, Indianapolis. “Acme” Sugar Corn, Best in the W orld. PUTNAM & BROOKS: JOBBERS OF And Manufacturers of CANDY. Uh 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 ouaranteed, 25,97 and 29 Tonia St.and 51, 53, 55, 57 and 59 Island Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich. OYSTERS! We commenced handling Mills & Robinson’s Oysters on October 1st. The goods will be canned in Baltimore, and we think them superior to goods canned in Detroit or Grand Rapids, as KINGSFORDS cr STARCATRGE KINGSFORD &SON WA % , : 5 se MANUFACTURED By “ee ZR Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. TITE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS. THE BEST IN The Standard of Excellence Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME! they are canned the same day they are shucked, and not laid around exposed to the air for days before they are can- ~ Faton & Christenson, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MARKET. AN rk Sea oe a et 92.84.06 & 6B AUUTH WATER STREET, OHIGAGO. One..Pound Fit Weight._ See Quotations in Price-Current. ~The Mich inal Tradeswal,. The Pure-Food Convention | Farce. From the Chicago Trade. Editor Elisha Winter, of the Retail Gro- National cers’ Advocate, of New York, must, by this | time, fully realize the peculiar fitness of his | name. quainted with He has certainly become better ac- “sudden ehanges,” ‘‘cold _snaps,” ‘‘heavy frosts” and other aggrava- | ting experiences which have repulsed him in | his efforts to out-reform reform. It is a very pleasant and soothing thing to think how glorious everythiug would be, if | this ‘teverything”’ were but touched with | just enough ‘‘sweetness and light” to make | “everything” in the eatable line pure and wholesome, and ‘‘everything’” honorable and manly in personal affairs. But, alas; ““we is all human,” as the old | darkey observed, when he caught his pas- tor in a very excited state of mind over a losing game of poker. Could a National Pure-Food Convention be sustained? It could not, for this reason: There is too great a possibility for stepping on the corns of some noble brother in the as- sociation. This phase of the case has been so delicately yet indelibly stamped on the memories of the editors of trade journals of late, that a slight mention of the facts is all that is necessary to demonstrate that it re- quires but a mild criticism to quiet the most ainbitious reformer. One of the chief howl- ers for food reform is the Northwest Trade, published in Minneapolis. The Baltimore Trade looked with kindly interest on the de- mand forreform, and, in order to assist this exponent of honest goods, showed up one of its advertisers (who practically controls the paper), when, lo! this ambitious reformer, instead of publishing the facts, had nothing to say; in fact, it would appear from the quietness of things that the news has not yet reached this benefactor of the Northwest. Another flash in the pan is a Chieago con- temporary that went to the extent of two to four columns of ‘‘sensation” each week, for four weeks, and then backed down with about as much graceas a schoolboy would exhibit in arising from a sympathetic, per- pendieular pin. The fact of the matter is, that each trade journal must fight the evils of adulteration in its own locality. The evil, to a certain extent, is a local one, while the manipula- tions of a deadbeat are both local and na- tional, and on this subject there is but one ground, ‘‘protection,” and all may stand thereon. There ean be no bickering in re- gard to the deadbeat; no local prejudice will sustain him and he niust go. sociation to prevent bad accounts would be a valuable and long-needed thing with the retail trade, while, on the other hand, a pure- food association would be the means of de- veloping hypocrisy and ill-feeling, which, in the end, would destroy influence, and, finally, itself. » There is too much talk and too little hard horse sense in this agitation, and we advise eareful, thoughtful consideration of the points involved before any steps are taken that might finally result unsatisfactorily and disgracefully to those concerned. ~ > +> — cae Meaning of Insolvency. The following statement regarding the legal meaning of the word “insolvency” is from the decision of the Supreme Court of “Minnesota in the ease of Daniels vs. Palmer, a case of which a brief note has already ap- peared in these columns» The term ‘‘insol- veney” is not always used in the same sense. It is sometimes used to denote the insuffi- ciency of one’s entire property and assets to pay all his debts. This is its popular and general meaning. Herrick vs. Borst, 4 Hill, 650. But it is also used in a more restricted sense, to express the inability of a person to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business. This is the sense in which it has been invariably held to have’ been used in all the various bank- rupt acts of England and America. In Bayly vs. Schofield, 1 Maule & S. 338, it is said: ‘‘Insolvency,” as respects a trader, means that he is not in condition to pay his debts in the ordinary course, as persons car- ring on trade usually do; and it does not fol- low that he is not insolvent because he may ultimately have a surplus upon the winding up of his affairs. So, in Shone vs. Lueas, 3 Dowl. & R. 128, it is said: ‘*‘Insolyency,” within the meaning of the bankrupt laws, does not mean an inability to pay twenty shillings on the pound when the affairs of the bankrupt shall be ultimately wound up, but a trader is in insovent circumstances when he is not in condition to pay his debts in the usual and ordinary course of trade. The same definition has been given of the term | as used in the insolvent law of Massachu- setts, which, in respect to the matter now under consideration, is very similar to our own. In Thompson ys. Thompson, 4 Cush. 127, Shaw, C. J., says: ‘*By the term insol- vency, however, as aised in these statutes, we do net understand an absolute inability to pay one’s debts at some future time, up- on a settlement and winding up of all a trader’s concerns; but a trader may be said to be in insolvent circumstances when he is not in a condition to pay his debts in the ordinary course, as persons carrying on trade usually do.” This definition has been repeatedly reasserted by the same court. The same construction has been placed up- on the term as used in the late United States bankrupt act. In Toof vs. Martin, 13 Wall, 40, the court, after referring to the more general and popular meaning of the word “insolvency,” adds: ‘But it is also used ina more restricted sense to ex- A national as- | | press inability of ‘a party to pay his debts, as they become due in the ordinary course lof business. Itisin the latter sense that. | the term is used when traders and merchants are said to be ‘Insolvent,’ and as applied to them it isin the sense intended in’ the act _of Congress.” —__- > Maxims for Merchants. | From the Dry Goods Chronicle. Mercantile credit is mercantile capital All commercial transactions on credit are sales. | Three parties and two debts are necessary to an exchange. |; That which is not real capital must nec- | essarily be fictitious capital. You draw interest on your capital when _your business is making a loss. | In business the alternative is ‘regularity or | retribution, regularity or ruin. An age of steam and electricity has | stringent need of immense balance wheels. Ruinously low prices of merchandise tend to increase the rates of bank discounts. No blister draws sharper than interest. Of all industries none is comparable to that of interest. The best things, when corrupted, become the worst. This is as true in business as in every-day life. | The great natural law, survival of the fittest, obtains in the business world as well as in life generally. Money is the representative of the fruits of a man’s past industry, and credit isa pledge of his future industry. The release of a debt constitutes a gift equal to the amount of the debt, even though the debtor is insolvent. The farthest reach of audacious specula- tion in the present day is not without a de- finite background of conservatism. The use of ready money to merchants who have over-traded is of infinitely more con- sequence than the price they have to pay for it. When a merchant has ruined himself by speculation no banker or capitalist out of Bedlam will advance him more money to speculate with. Almost all men in commerce are under obligations; that is, they accept bills which must. be paid at a fixed time, under penalty of commercial ruin. The difference between a genuine com- mercial bill and an accommodation one is something similar to the difference between a genuine coin and a counterfeit. When the credit system is carried on duly and properly, and within legitimate limits, it is the most ingenious method ,ever deyis- ed for promoting commerce. Sometimes simply making a few promises | to pay upon bits of paper leads into wild and | dangerous speculations which deceive by false expectations of -profit and involve ruinous losses. sills of exchange are nota lien on pro- perty, but upon industry. Any property a merehant may possess is only a kind of eol- lateral security to make good his engage- ments in case his industry is unsuccessful. peenoneeaes => 2 <-> Contracting Little Debts Which They Never Intend to Pay. From the Chicago News. “The prompt payment of this little bill of $2 establishes your credit all over this city,” said a north side business man. ‘How do you explain that,” was asked. “TY shall put you down in this list under the head of ‘Pays cash’ ” he answered, hold- ing up a printed sheet. ‘*This will be sent to all members of our Association, and by referring to it they will see your standing and know how to deal with you. ‘These small bills,” he continued are the hardest ones we have to collect. I would rather have a large bill against a man than asmall one because then I generally know my customer beforehand and all I have to do is tosend around my collector or mail the pill the first of the month. We lose a great deal on small bills. Parties continually put off the collector, and half the time they never intend to pay anything. If we sue it will cost more than the bill amounts to. There are a great many people in this city who take advantage'of that fact. They are dead- beats. They will leave mean order fora few groceries at the store, and then when they are dunned they will go somewhere else and repeat the operation. After they have worked out the neighborhood they re- move to some other part of the city, there to continue the no-pay policy. I expect some folk almost mangge to live in this way and make quite a respectable appear- | ance. | **I don’t know how much one can make by practicing this kind of dishonesty. Of course such customers have no_ particular credit. There are generally on salaries, or /are working by the day. Probably a man of family, who is receiving $12 to $20 a week and won’t live within his means, could work this racket at the rate of say | $15 a month, thus virtually adding almost $200 a year te his income. With the pre- cautions now taken by many small business men, he is bound to be found out, but ina city of nearly three-quarters of a million scheme for a considerable time.” oe No Partiality. | Small Brother—‘*Where aid you get that 'eake, Annie?” Small Sister—‘‘Mother gave it to me.” Small Brother—‘‘Ah! she always gives you more than me.” Small Sister—‘‘Never mind, she’s going to put mustard plasters on us when we go to bed to-night, and I’ll ask her to mh you have the biggest.” population, like Chicago, he can operate his’ | Timothy, riaaa: Val isk ets ees ite kena The Grocery Market. The feature of the week has been the ad- vance of a full cent in coffee, standard pack- age goods being now quotable at 18c, with every prospect of a 20 cent quotation in the near future. Sun dried and evaporated ap- ples have enjoyed something of a boom dur- ing the past week, in consequence of the dis- covery of a short crop and the frantic at- tempts of jobbers and speculators to secure full stocks. Canned goods are gradually growing firmer and purchases,in any line are considered as sure to prove good in- vestments. Sugars seem to have caught the spirit and are quotable at about 1c high- er than last week. There is no change to note in candy, figs, dates or oysters. There is a firmer feeling in peanuts, walnuts, pecans, and higher prices on almonds, brazils and filberts, and slight decline in oranges and lemons, with a brisk demand all around. _— OS The Glass-Makers’ Combination. At the late meeting of representatives of the Flint and Lime Glass Protective associa- tions (eastern and western) a combination was formed. It is said of the association as now formed: Out of fifty-seven establish- ments in the United States fifty-four signed, the three unsigned firms assuring the asso- ciation they will sign at the January meet- ing. This is important, in that the summer shut-down will not be universal, and ‘‘all terms and discounts will be the same in the east and west.” The cuts heretofore made by the associations ‘‘proved disastrous,” to the industry, and the action taken ‘‘will hereafter settle all trouble that has existed.” COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—The best winter varieties are fairly firm at $2.75@$3 ® bbl. Beans—Country hand-picked sine $1.2: ®@ bu., and city picked $1.40. Beets—45e # bu. Buckwheat—21,¢ ® b. Butter—Michigan creamery is in good de- mand at25@28e. Dairy is in tair demand at 18@20c. Cabbages—$4@$5 # 100, according to size. Carrots—4ic # bu. Celery—Grand Haven or Kalamazoo, 2 8 doz. Cheese—October and November stock of Michigan full cream is firm at 18@13%ce. Cider—10c ® gal. Cranberries—Choice Bell and Bugle and Cape Cod command $8.50@$9 8 bbl. Jerseys, 2.75 ® bu. . Dried Apples—Evaporated, quartered and sliced, 4%c ® b. Dried Peaches—Pared, l5c. Eggs—Scarce and high. Strictly fresh are grabbed up quick at 23e and pickled and cold storage stock are in good demand at 20c. Grapes—Catawbas command 6c; Niagaras, 8c; Malagas, $4.50@$5 ® keg. Honey—Firm at 12@13c. Hay—Bailed is moderately active at $15 per ton in two and five ton lots and $14 in car lots. i Onions—SeaSee and high, good stock readily commanding $2.50@$2.75 ®@ bbl. Potatoes—Nominally quoted at 0c. Pop Corn—24%@3e P tb. one Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, out of market. Jerseys, $4 2 bbl. Squash—Hubbard, 2¢ # bb. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—2c higher. City millers pay 75 cents for Lancaster and 72 for Fulse and Clawson. Corn—Jobbing generally at 46@47ec in 100bu. lots and i2@48c in ecarlots. Oats— White, 38e in small lots and 82@38e in ear lots: Rye—48@50c # bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® ewt. Flour—Lower. Patent, $5 # bbl. in sacks and $5.20 in wood. Straight, $4 @ bbl. in sacks and $4.20 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 ® bbl. Mill Feed—Screeningss, $13 @ ton. Bran, $12 #@ ton. Ships, $13 ® ton. Middlings, $15 % ton. Corn and Oats, $18 # ton. 25e 10@1le ® wb; HIDES, PELTS AND FURS, Perkins & Hess pen | - eens: Green....gb 7@ 74 Cait skins, green Part cured... 8 @8%| orcured....7 @9 Fulleured... 844@ $%|Deacon skins, Dry hides and # piece..... 20 MIO8 055: 8 @12 SHEEP PELTS. 7 Old wool, estimated washed # Ib...... 25 @28 OW ac os a) kc ae vs cee ce 3 @3% WOOL. Fine washed @ b ~HD28 | Coarse washed oe Medium ......... 27@30|Unwashed........ FURS. TG oak es a ins eae a be 10 00@15 00 PO oo 5 i css ese ss 4 00@ 6 00 BOON Sooo ok ica ook nd cea neat 75@ 1 00 OT CE ck eile. Vee. 50@ 75 Pee OE. oa i a W@ 20 WO oe css ce cass os oo ae 10@ 1 be WP ORB noes eek oo co is eee a eae 8 00@ : Be AG op iis nya eso he obs eae 1 00@ 1 3 BI ss eos te aks ee aed 4 00@ 8 00 MS ea ese os aio ta Node os 8 00@ 8 00 ee sea a a 80@, 2 ebb dy ise ek haste eek 1 00@ 1 Oe akg sie 5 00@ 8 i OE ok ee be See uae 4-@ 1 00 Rs os oc aes d ceeds cos ves 1 00@ 110 ME ooo pha aa ds den to ee 2 00@ 3 60 Muskrat, MATION a oo si oss gees R@ 14 Do ee ee 06 v8 ORS ET ik es a Se 5@ 25 OYSTERS AND FISH. F, J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. New York COUnA. 3k. cieoes os on ceo ee cs 33 MM. oe CO. BBelO oes Sok a cy ac ees 28 PUN ic a ks a as es ew os ope ee OOS aa sas ek oes a ee anes 18 es is bs bw voce eben beebes s 16 BI a oka oo oo kee SoA bee eee 14 NO co ia oa ses he a ee nice 2 CLAMS. Quohog, 8 100... 65.6206. cc ccs aseee Jan 1 00 TAttio Nock, @ 100..........6. 00.05.4056. 80 FRESH FISH. is ae ie hes eae es as @10 PEON os obs oa wees ba eis Qi DEBIOE OL sis ie os ok cs ces ees 1 @2 MAOKINAW Trout... eck ieee cade seus @8 Rs hk oes Q@ 3 a ace ss oe nk bs es ch eda case 10 @il WU NCI ao os whe is boas kek @9Y FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sides.............4.....005 5 @6 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 5 @ 6% TIVOMEO TEORB ibs oboe once eeueea tees @5. Mutton, Carcasses................0. 00s @5 RGIS Te io oko oes va anes @ 5% MON a he 6 i ie os ak aches sdk cee bees 7 @i% POV BAUGARO. 6 ois isis cece cs ct eee e aves @i Bologna.......... rey ts hae eas has - @6 MI WES ss Sas sys i ah ew'th wa o aes cs @it Spring Chickens... ..i....scccicceseces 9 @l0 PMN Seuss kes kde hens ads cet taabes ¢ @il AU ROPB iis kccsu sek tase Sita keev evade @10 FIELD SEEDS, Clover, "ig cas hale) es 4 50 ets eds Pia sebectaes 4 50 2 00 + Groceries. —_: WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. | These prices are for cash buyers, who pay | promptly and buy in full packages. | AXLE GREASE. | WW oo ck cc os « BOPPAPAmORe ico. cls 210} Preacoer 6). s,s... 90|Paragon 25 tb pails. I | Diamond X........ 60 Fraziers, 25 f pails.1 25 _ Modoe, 4 doz....... 2 50! 1 BAKING POWDER. | Acme, 14 Ib cans, 3 doz. case..............-. 85 | oe oe ee ieee . 1 60) coe Bed ala eee 3 00! cle ee acs eee 25 | Princess, 4s8.. 1 25 | OE ee ee ne ee 2 25! “ Oe eas iyi eee kee 4 25 | " ME ci can ye cs cea vere eck 28 Arctic, } i6 tb cans, 6 doz, case Decca ck ee kes 45 | > a Nee. Lean avila ieadae rere pinata Wea io “ 7 ae 2 re as ve we Si ae 1 40 _ 1 - 2 OO as ca es haan 2 40 “ 5 “ ON ec bees beak ve 12 00 Victorian, 1 cans, COATT) © GOD. 6. cele 2 00 SHON, PRU oe 15 BLUING. POE IO. Be ee ie en see cas doz. 25 BO es Os a hg a ek ss cle ah oee doz. 45 RO, BOR ii ie io ck os doz. 35 TAG, BOE, 6. 5: hose os co's ss doz. 65 PROG BOR ay eee ieee ® gross 3 56 PRO Og oi i cas oe ce sha cane he's o 20 POU TOR a ee clade eee cece es loa: 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box ese aaa eos eweas 2 06 POU Os ee eva aan es : . Arctic No.3 - aa pape cee ss BROOMS. NO. Hurl, ... 3... 1 75:;Common Whisk.... 90 No. 1 Hurl....2 0U0@2 25|Faney Whisk...... a 00 No. 2Carpet........ 2 25 Mill Dobe cau eapeeuae 3 75 No. 1Carpet........ 2 50 Warehouse ........ 238 Parlor Gem........ 3 00 CANNED FISH. ‘ Clamsa, | th, Little Neck................+)++ 1 65 ee COON. BO) ia oe see eee ces 2 20 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib standards.......... 95@1 = Cove Oysters, 2 lb standards............. 17 Lovaters, 1 Wpienie. 0.6 cece c ees cc ac stews 1% TORRES, 2D, PICNIC... 65. coc e on cae sane 2 65 SUDOHUORE, Fe BURT co cia ccs coc oo ec ekexca cee OF SMO, © OO GOO Sok os osc etn es cos ceneees 3 00 Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 1 40 Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards............ 5 25 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 B........... 3 60 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................. 3 00 Mackerel, 3 soused.....................- 3 00 Salmon, 1 i Columbia river............... 1 70 Salmon, 2 f Columbia river............... 2 85 Sardines, domestic 48...............-.00 7@8 Sardines, domestic %8............ ne W@12 Sardines, Mustard 448...........0.2. cc secee 12 Sardines, imported 48.................... 14 ‘Trout, Fi BROOK... 04.5005. cscs 0s 4 00 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 h standaras ....................- 75 Apples, gallons. standards................ 2 50 Blackberries. standards................... 110% CHETIIOH, TOG BUANIGOIG. ... . 2.01. cee n een ce a SOO ee Als ican ees Egg Plums, standards ............... is0@l 25 Green Gages, standards 2 B........... + a 25 Peaches, Hxtra YEUOW ........ 6.0. ccs c case PORCHES, BESTIGATAS.. .. <2... ces nesccecese i 80 POOCHOG, BOOGIGR. ois ois ce sc dencee ce sacs 1 45 Pineapples, standards..................6.- 1 50 Pineapples, Johnson’s sliced... .......,.. 2 60 Pineapples, Johnson’s, grated...... ..... 2 i ROO eich ec ceeess 1 2 MARPOTLICR, OXF... .4. 0.5.2 5c cee eas 1 20@1 30 UTI TIO oa care dnc cans 1 10@1 25 CANNED VEGETABLES. Aspnragiis, Oyerer Bay... os. 66. es ce es ke ? 50 EeGATIS, TAR BIOMOREE. occ aa sk co x see T5@85 Reans, Strinwleéss, Erie... ......6....6c cee. 95 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 65 Cove, AYGRONE TOOT. oi. ccc c cece eke os L 00 mr DUOPOIN BEOOPE cai ss eee es cee i 00 Ae 1 00 OY Oe ae on oa see en ees 95 OO PO cic cc cc ak cee en ceases 1 00 Cae, BOO ss a is ce ik ee se 1 60 Teen Cxtre MIATTOLAC. . .w . cnc cei 1 “G1 _ Peas, soaked De a acon cuawceueusceues Para hh GOGO. oe os cco acs ee. 90@95 BICORIRAN, BEAMUATC occ bcs as cs wee 75@1 20 i ha ee cee cee ee eee 1 00 Tomatoes, standard brands............... 1 05 CHEESE, Mighigan THI) CY@GM.. oo occ es cals chee 13 @3% York State, Acme “ee: eee cas @134% ceeite E. PRAOP 8 oo os ee ac eis 37'German Sweet.......23 RUBRION bi cl AS 35, Vienna Sweet 22 COCOANUT. Sche ‘PPS, ae i ea huss bhae cs @25 PO GUC 3666500 Sas ae @26 . ion cl ues haces ben 27 . is o tin, WER Tice cis @27% ‘ i % veces @28% Maltby’ 8, is. ee EL PON Pics, wakes oe" os @23% TO AT HOGS eae D2 ‘ Bas Cio bk loins Keo ba Cokie pata s @A% Manhattan, patis:. oo. 62. Sc. @20 Peerless ..... Noy can (a eke Ue Wes Ops cee @18 re Green. men. MO oe. 14% sé Rio sacbc eases Y@i16 Golden Rio......... 15 ‘Golden Rio..... eis Bantos....3..- 14. @ib Santos.......6 002.45 19 PRYOR oe eae ss 14 |Maricabo....... 18@19 oy von ass 20@25 |Java.......... .24@28 1) G, JOUR... ..0..cee: Os G. DOOR. ... 0.5. es 28 RODE cova cece cd ae PROOUA... 665i. s.se 2 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 tbs 100 Tbs 300 hs ae 18%, 18144 18% ICU sik or vnc hi kines 183, 18% 18% eect bares sek wha eed ons ie IE ooo oak cae need scan anne 8 7er —— eee ee % cis aio Chae re ca wo 18 Me oak ka chan nes " 1j0n, In canbimets,.....-........ 183% ook ins os da cans iss 18 NSE EE GEE A A EO ee a en ee lj3g 16% eee aps ceck unas cs isus 18 18 17% er We ak awe nih ea das 24 24 PROB occ ci aes 6 ok 16s 18 CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 100 (50 foot Cotton....1 60 72 foot Jute ..... 1 25 60 foot Cotton....1 75 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 (72 foot Cotton....2 00 CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. xX XXX . b Kenosha Butter................ 6% Seymour Butter............... 5 PO oe a cs bs oe ea cutee 5 POMGY TIWCY iin s sic cessanns 4% Be VBE nec veces a cenes 5 os oer e ec ctas dete te 5 Fancy Oyster -..c.......-.-.. o SS PHOOY BOGK o 6. iic ee iiiees is 4% Oe POG. ee real pe bho Chto cena 7% Boda ...., Sheep teis so abe esac 5 weno ue 7 PRORUOE ooo ev ed os eee eda cee % POAT occ as cee ss ox 8 Oat MOGs oo ous ican dene as 8 Pretzels, hand-made........... n% BPO i oie once os ce cw ae ee ante 9% CPAGRAGIB oon 055 oc nine cs oene ¥... so TMM CYODID, 66 conan ies ccs oes 1% 8% Froated Cream..............655 8% Gamer SONG. ooo. sone aes e ease i% 8% No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ iM DMOMIOT BOADG. «conse s cies as 12% COMCO COROS. owe ee cies deve sss 8% DiBINOD, WOLGTS. oon ii cic cess cus 13% PURI ia ie eiacen 11% Extra Honey Jumbles......... 12% Frosted acer Canoe... <1. 138% Cream Gems...... ion awesens 13% POPOV E CIOS oo. oes cds nees 13% Reed CARGS. 2... 2. 652 seks es 2h de Oh. COMOCS. oo. c acc cie cass 84% FISH. OR i ec ese ca ca tga cess een es 34@4% Oe OOOO. boc coh c i ees cece calecck-s 5@H% Halibut De cae eC does wu bowed s ba ee cekbueca us 9@10 Herring, round, MO ee 2 75@3 00 Herring ,round, 4 Dbl.............:.. 1 ra 7b Herring, Holland, Wixi esas Herring, Holland, BORA i ee eee aes 1580 PROPPING, FOMIGG og oa oo coc rl eden sce ca dee _, G2 Mackerel, shore, No, 1, 6 PU en ca Aes ks 50 Meee ks. i 25 * “ a 10 Pe ae . TOLD, We DOB oe blinds dean cs 3 25 BOG, AGE cic cb e cece elivuracas 2 nee 50 Trout, % WN re he veal dc wide oie lee » UO - PT os a acne Gh ae er eae ee as 75 White, No.l 8 OUI pe pkskcstcce acd like 6 75 We ILO, DEO. 3, Fe Te Bao eos ch ck bic ees cets 1 05 White, No. . BME EO ici dys ce cecakoneas 95 . White, Family, aoe ik ia Leask Owl bees eas 2 > ITH ges Cacho aks ocedea cs ‘FLAVORING EXTRACTS. ee Vanilla. Jennings’ D.C., ao peek caus ee @doz.100 140 ‘ 40 iil ee 160 250 . oo 8 i eve cea ven es. 250 400 * Oe OB oie esp als cares 35 5 00 a‘ * No.2 Taner... scck; 125 150 ” “Be. er eee ae 7% 275 ” “* \% pint, round,...... 4 50 7 50 * ¥ “ ON a ea be 9 15 00 *f * No. panel edits seek 10°) 1 65 i oe oo i vekvece 275° 425 ” “ No. 10: tescescve# 20 600 DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. 1 AERO of 00 i oa esc ae chk Caylee. 22 Acme, blocks..... 3 05) White Cotton Oil..5 50 Best American....2 93) Railroad ........... 3 50 Circus ...,. ‘i WU, Glia ciees is 3 45 Big Five C enter. 3B 85 Mystic Write. ...... 4 €5 DROME as nods cock cal 3 45/Saxon Blue........ 2 60 Shamrock. ..,...-.. 3 1A/ Pe mer’ 8, = bars..5 50 Biue Danube...... 2 55| ~ 420 London Family....2 30:Star . 3 75 SPICES. Ground. Whole. TOODOP......... 16@25|Pepper . . .19@20 PBIIGG os aaa. 1@1 Allspice . ee S@10 Cinnamon........ 1S@S0 Cassia ............ ae C10VOR ent, b@.5 Nutmegs, No. t. @60 Ginger .. /.. .... see Nutmegs, No.2.. @50 Mustard..........15@a0iCloves ........... @a5 CAYERNEG.......... 2535} STARCH. Kingsford’ s Silv er G loss, 1 th pkgs @. 7 6 tb boxes... @, 7% ° “ “ SEEM cic etes @ 6% ‘ Pure, 1 b pkgs.. . BY Corn, 1 tb pkgs.. Nauas @ 7 Roy al, . Gloss, Tm paOenees....:....... @, bY We oc cic ci, @, 4 . CO en el. @ 6 Muzzy, Gloss, 1 th pac kages B. @ 5% Co ee a, @ 54 “ * ‘bul Be sae ess se @ 4 “ Corn, 1B paekages........... @ 6 Firmenich, new process, gloss, e=- @, A% 3b. @ 5% sa se “ee 6 6 tb. @ 64 - ** bulk, boxes or bbls @, 4 e * comm. £m. ....:.... @ 6 SUGARS. Cut POE iiss ss ean dnvecd) Gendsveks @ 6% Ce a @, 65 OO i ae i ous wen @ 65 Granulated, Standard................. 6 18@ 6% Confectionery A... 5.6655 oie cccc clocca. @ 5% ee eee @5 69 Mock, Wore ewore C...i i. 5.5: Saaae @ 53 WE We aoa cas os odin dd cues 5 @ 5g PR ce ca Ane ee eed lk. @ 434 WOR ete a. 435@ 45 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. CONES coi ia sehen ste 60/Cross Cut.. ios que Five and Seven...... 45 RMN oe cuescuauct 30 WOOO oo ee onc es PIE WRINIG, 5 oan os cue 35 Seal of Detroit.......60)/ Underwood’s Capper 35 Jim Dandy...........! 38\Sweet Rose.......... 45 Our Bird.............28|Meigs & Co. ’sStunner35 Brother Jonathan... .28iAtias.................. 35 Our Biock.: .:...2.... 60|Royal Game.......... 38 Oliv Time... .....-..- 40\Mule Mar.............65 Our Leader.......... Oo FOUNtSIN............. 74 Sweet Rose.......... 32 Old Congress......... 64 May Queen.. -65|Good Luck...........é a2 Dark AmericanEagle67 Blaze Away..... .... 35 TG EOS... oceans 60|Hair Lifter....... ... 30 Moe HirG.........5.-24 50; Hiawatha ............ 65 State Seal............ CO Ck cs 65 Prairie Flower ...... COE Dg. oo avs *57 Indian Queen........ 60) ‘Crown MOOR ie ace 66 May Flower.......... 70| Hustler . a Sweet Pippin........ 45) *Delivered. SMOKING Our Leader. .....c... RE os cys cekl s 30 OR YF OG. icc ceca 30 Bight Hours......... 2 Mie eal. 2..5........2 OE ol 30 Ruby, cut plug......: 35 MOON ioe ce 5 Navy Clippings......26/Two Nickel.......... 24 ROOT oo oli. ck ses 15 Duke’s Durham..... 40 Hard Tack........./. 32 Green Corn Cob Pipe 26 Te bcs. eo MOGI ccs Bie ceees css 16 CUTE AR cies sew sess 40) Rob Roy Lean ee deus caes 26 Arthur’s Choice.. »~' Unele a... PRO POR 6 os ce sccicase 26. Lumberman .........25 Gold Dust............26| Railroad Boy......... 38 Gold Bloek........... 30 Mountain Rose....... 18 Seal of Grand Rapids oe Comfort.......25 (CONOR cela ys 25 ¢ vib! REET Ee ree 60 Tramway, 3 0zZ....... 40) Seal ot North Caro- Miners and Puddlers.28; ‘ina, 2 02........... 48 POOPIORE oy. aese cose 24\Seal of North Garo- BEANE... . 5.66555. ae a ea 48 O18 TOM, 3... 00... 5+: 18)Seal of North Caro- Tom & Jerry......... ae) line, S08... .......... 45 SO ioc och cue e ewes 25| Seal of North Garo- TETEMOUNE Sec e cn scuiss 35) lina, 160z boxes....42 Pe ak cae nce eine Bee, longeut.. .22 Pickwick Club....... Sweet Lotus.......... "32 Nigger —- Soe 261 NE oes 82 BROMO 6615. 6s 6c. 8 22|Seal Mecca as .30 CHOTA 66 oi sce cc cts us 15| Red Clover. ......... 82 MeO Bic chee 42@46|Good Egiek...........28 Honey Dew.......... 25|Queen Bee. ........ 22 PLUG. a eeaene 39\Trade Union........ *36 Old Solder............ $7i Labor Union........ *30 OR ccs ccs woo 34/Splendid ............ 38 Corner Stone. ....... 34) Red i i cic 42 Sealping Knife...... OS Bie Pave. ick... 42 Sam Boss............ Oe PEER ook ot coca cs se 40 MME oo Socecice ness. 20\Jack Rabbi... .. 2... 35 SOS ec fies 44|Chocolate Cream... .39 Old Hgnasty eee u ua 40| Nimrod Mik dua vebaie 35 PONY Tees cckdees 32: Big Five Center......33 Jolly MNES isc casa e Gt RTOS os cc ce ics cs 42 an Bigs aserauens ME TAUIACOY oa ccc i icasss 35 Black Bird........... 82'Black Prince....... *, .3O Live and Let Live.. 32 Black Racer......... 35 UIBROR opis sso ca ia RII ois bbc ccc dees 42 Bull Dog........ £4 MOI MOORD ey ives ecuecns's 39 PE WATNE Fs coe cc sees 42'Horse Shoe.......... 36 PE Pe bce cea cae Se OI co ccs os cas oe 34 Spear Head.......... 39) Merry War........... 22 hole Earth......... 82;Ben Franklin........ 32 Gres UB, cg veae cs TNO oo isan ci va enue 34 Leh pan ¢ ena ewan :40| Black Jack...........82 ate Chicken ..38| Hiawatha ............ 42 WOOHOO 56 co kicnsicess 30} Musselman’s Corker.30 Tur ve Deh ec cake tees 39 *Delivered. 2c. le¢ss in three butt lots. é | @ MDRPOEUN cols ak ok a bawseen ease enevars 64@ ie ; INO POOL. a. theses eel ae @ 12 | Orange Peel...... Nu bans oe We ks var eee ed 12 Prvnes, Prenen. 606.65 ooo aie | PUNO. PRONG. OU. 50. ckcc eve ndas 6 one 9 @9% | PUOUUIOR, PUP MOS ois cs cc dc cues crecivcses @ 5% BUI, DOOR isos oc neck wage cases @3 i Raisins, London Layers............... @2 7 FURIBING, COMCOTIE 8 bcos cee ccnss @2 25 | Raisins, Loose Muscateis.............. @2 40 Raisins, Ondarad, 266... ......6. 22... @Ql0%4, | Raisins, Sultanas.. elec ca gwas @ 7% | Raisins, Valencia, WA yi, a. @ 8 BUMIRIIG, AIODOGPIBIB. «656 oc. soe esac ane @3 20 | MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 00 Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro........... 1 20} Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1 79 | Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor..............2 25 Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 1 50} bE PN a oc kek tee onlin ys dna e eens on 100) pO OO, NG. 8... coi cess se ys dese euaece 1 &) | | Swedish . Weka bade da aby eceesceceia, AO | Richardson's No. 8 square... chi eied cuales 1 00 | | Richardson’s No. 9 Oo ge, 1 50 Richardson's Ne. 7%, round................. L 00 | Richardson's No. 7 ON ee eee 1 50 | MOLASSES. | Wer RP ee ee 1S@17 | Cune Baking. .......% Mae eie se oes var eces 25@28 | Porto Rico.. : baa bdo daa ee nen «ss meeeee 1 « New Orleans, ‘good.. beh iss ci lcoueneuuaaenc 28@Q@34 NOW OPIGATS, CROCE... noes oc ce cae en 44@50 New Orleans, TOY oe ok oi ax inca, Oe ¥% bbls. 2c extra OATMEAL, Rolled Oats, bbl....5 75'/Steel cut, me cd 5 50 “3 bbl. 3 00; ** bbl...3 00 - - cases 3 25, PICKLES. Medium . PUNE g wis Cl esat ales ba esa eks @6 00 Oe es ae es eke a chins @3 50 Small, bid Dr acidea Wee) i we eecei cee @7 00 PIPES. Imported Clay 3 TOSS ae a ae 2 25@3 00 Importeé Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 2% Imported os: No. 216, 2% @ross...... @1 %& PMCrIOO Te ics ck adc ccaas ce 73@ 90 RICE. Choice Carolina..... G4 IAVE i.,....<... Prime Carolina..... 5% OME iiss. css. ccd 5% Good Carolina......5 |Rangoon....... 54 @54 Good Louisiana.....5 Broken. ..... 34@i 34 see ics. © UO oo cies ce. 74 SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure......5%!Dwight’s . 54 Chureh’ Pe Pek ae a Sea Foam....... _Display and flaunting of riches in public has a demoralizing effect, especially on the young. It creates dissatisfaction in many. Another cause for dissatisfaction is, to be compelled to practice economy and frugali- ty, when a free and easy habit of life has already been acquired. Hard times teach economy. The lesson has been taught for some years, but it seems it has not nearly been mastered. But the sooner itis mastered, the sooner will a moderate amount of cheerfulness and satisfaction result. In conelusion, I would say, may the apothecary of the future regain some of the ground he has lost. To do this, may he be able to confine his time and abilities to car- rying on his regular business of preparing chemicals and pharmaceutical preparations, examining and analyzing drugs and chemi- eals as to their purity and strength, and the dispensing of medicines on prescriptions. May he not be compelled ,to continually fight the patent medicine hydra, but may his legitimate business of compounding prescriptions from chemicals and pharma- ceuticals, prepared and examined by him- self and conforming to the national stand- ard, be restored to him. May he be enabl- ed to establish his ability and integrity with the medical profession, in such a manner that the medical prefession will abandon the use of the many, often unreliable secret or quasi-secret remedies, foisted upon them by the mercenary and designing manufac- turers, but prescribe their own well-matur- ed combinations, and have competent and reliable pharmacists compound them. May the pharmacist also receive pay comimensu- rate with the eare and ability with which he conducts his business. May the motto, “Cheap Drugs,” be replaced by one that reads ‘‘Good Drugs.” a eS vee . GRP.S. Interesting Proceedings at the December Meeting. The December meeting of the Grand Rap- ids Pharmaceutical Society, which was held at Tum TrApESMAN office last Thursday -evening, was fairly well attended. Presi- dent Steketee oceupied the chair for the first time and Will L. White was selected to officiate as Secretary pro tem., owing to the absence Secretary Escott. After the usual routine business, President Steketee announced the following committees: On Legislation—R. A. McWilliams, Theo. Kemink and W. H. Tibbs. On Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Hugo Thuin. On Pharmaecy—W. L. White, A. C. and [saae Watts. Isaac Watts declined to serve, on account of his inability to give the office the time he deemed it necessary to give the matter, but on motion of Mr. White, the committees as appointed were approved by the Society. The special Committee on President’s Address was given one month’s further of Bauer | time to report. The following letters of regret were read by the Secretary: FROM PROFESSOR PRESCOTT. ANN Arbor, Noy. 9, 1886. Frank Escott, Grand Rapids: DeAR Sirn—Nothing would give me great- er pleasure thar an acceptanee of your cour- teous invitation to be present with you on Thursday evening. But time and space appear to unite against my desire and I must yield | to these two powers together when I would not yield to either one alone. In union there is strength. So it is in pharmacy. Not only strength, but enjoyment as well. I believe the pharmacists of Grand Rapids are aware of this trnth. I presume that on next Thurs- day evening they will be more than ever as- sured that both strength and enjoyment are obtained by union. If I were to be present with you in the hours of your social enjoy- ment—even then, as a member of the “Committee on Queries” I might be so prosy as to propose a question—Why do not the Pharmacists of all the towns unite in’ local societies? This question is one that nearly every pharmacist, in towns having no local society, would answer correctly the first time, saying ‘J have not thought about it,” or words to that effect. I trust this answer would be difficult to obtain in Grand Rapids. And I beg you to convey to the Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Socie- ty my best wishes for growing prosperity. Very sincerely, ALBERT B..PRESCOTT. FROM GEORGE MCDONALD. KALAMAZOO, Nov. 11, 1886. Frank H. Escott, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—Please accept my thanks for your kind invitation to the third annual meeting of the Grand Rapids Pharmaceuti- cal Society. Ihave watched with a great deal of interest, through the columns of Tne TRADESMAN, the work of your asso- ciation from its inception onward, and am pleased to know that it still exists in a con- dition of healthy vigor. It would afford me a great deal of pleasure to attend your meeting, but owing to press of other mat- ters, I regret my inability todo so. Wishing you a pleasant and a profitable time, I am Yours truly, GEO. MCDONALD. FROM EX-PRESIDENT BROWN. ANN Arbor, Nov. 9, 1886: Frank H. Escott, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Your very kind invitation to me to be present at the third annual meet- ing of your Society is received. It would afford me. the greatest pleasure to be with you, but a previous engagement for that evening will prevent. Thanking you for the honor of being invited to your meeting and banquet, and expressingéthe hope that the occasion will be one of great enjoyment and will tend to promote the continued suc- cess of your Society, Iam with kind re- gards, Very truly yours, H. J. Brown. On motion of Mr. Watts, Tim: TraAprEs- MAN was requested to print the letters in full. The subject for discussion at the present meeting, ‘‘Pharmacy,” was continued until the next meeting. The subject of getting up a delinquent list was then discussed at some length and on motiou of Mr. Watts, President Steketee appointed a special committee consisting of Isaac Watts, John Muir and O. B. Dickin- son to confer with Mr. Cooper in relation to the matter and report at the next regular meeting. The meeting then adjourned. or -O- A reader sends us the following odd order: “Crisiplen, camfer guin, haf pint alcho- hall.” The first article was intended for corrosive sublimate. Michigan Drag Exchange. Mills & Goodman, Props. 357 South Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cerro ‘YW ANTED— Registered drug clerks, either pharmacists or assistants,who are sober, honest, industrious and willing to work on moderate salary. OR SALE—Stock of about $800 in small town in western Indiana. Will also sel! building and lot on very reasonable terms. OR SALE—Stock of about $1,600 in town of 800 inhabitants in Northern Ohio. Doing good paying business. Terms very reasonable. FoR SAgLE— Stock of about $1,800 in town of 12, inhabitants in central Wisconsin. Only four other drug stores in the place, OR SALE—Stock of about $700 well located on railroad in western part of the State. Has general stock of about $5,000 which will sell if desired, or will sell drugs separate. Pork SALE—Stock of drugs and few grocer- iesin town of 1,000 inhabitants in East- ern part of State. Stock will invoice about $1,800. Good location. Will exchange for good real estate, or give libera}] discount for cash. OR SALE—Stock of about $4,000 in town of about 4,000 inhabitants in south-eastern part of State. Willsel!l either at inventory or estimates. A LSO—Many other stocks, the particulars of which we will furnish on application. O DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks we willfurnish the address and full par- ticulars of those on our list free. weer PALA LA ALA LL PAL AALAL ALL LAL LLL LP Michigan Drug Exchange, 357 South Union St., — - Grand Rapids. STOP tHat UGH IT ANNOYS «, EVERYBODY A BOTTLE OF '- \ NLeNS [UNG BALSAM aY any DRUGSTORE . - TAKE IT FAITH A) FULLY, AND You Wi BE l’ Convinced ° THAT THERE (¢$ E REMEDY FOR COUGHS & COLDS JINP THAT 1§ | AllenSlungBalsam Solo. BY, AW DRUGGISTS ar, 25% 50% y $120 Pett JN. Harrise Co ROP SC 0 —- WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, ATUIOU, D066 iii eee tc ees sencers aa : i Fino gt Ot POEs Tart... 2... ce. 505. @, 60 fo nee rgent PO Sis. ase h nese @ 68 Advanced—Morphia, pow,; opium, pow. See esi 5a =T Dectined—Balsam copaiba. Bete Greed HUG... cei ccc ce ctsi es B8@ +40 BOIORI IGT he a ooo on wes pos eek ces ee 2 15@2 20 a re Calcium Chior, Is, (4s, 11; 48,12).... @ 9 ceticum ...... eee oye ee. ae 8@ 10 Cantharides Russi (pa I Rananianrs Garman 801 00 Jantharides Russian, po.............. 2 25 Carbolicum tee et. ee. 30@. BS Copaies Fructus, Rr huakeeee ia @ Me ne en een nee rogn 7 | Capsici Fructus, po.................... @ 6 Rececotie: Side Gu whes lee se Se age esau yo 7 Capsici Fructus, B, po........... sna icc nasties ide ce eee Ae) Ma Wed aed oan 10@, 1B ee SCR ETS: Ue ee — 30 Ct ee One n ates oer , go} Carmine, No. 40........... anal gina dads 3 75 tne tei! ‘ ioie oe PRN RIG Boose. ieee ns BO@, 55 See re 1 40@1 60 | COTM Flava.......... 02.0. cee eee cece ees 2@. 30 pare ees RiP eR naa A eat mem ay been eat nin 6 50@ 53 Cocous . Dy uel a @ 40 PEREED cc pee een ah oe be ee be ee hewn tees e Sassia re , a 5 AMMONIA. Nese bes . Matis 1 O68 oo koe cs ead 8@ 5 Se erpeessey* mena ashe ses ws @ = OB Gee... <. 6, Pe Me Ge eo ether sce rss ioe Carb _ ra MONON os ec sass ec eeennadnes 38, 40} Ghioridarm tee eens UP Gees ee aa eee neds ele's 26 id Chloroform, Squibbs.................. ‘ @l1 00 Ah Ren emrre Ge) S28 ie id — Paverate Cryst.) oo. bile cd 1 boat 7 adebee 0. 1 Wi. a ope km tes cesses 1 Gl W) Geouaniins RaW sae” aR apa athe aes Cas AB ene alts se mean chee shee Ro a Cinchonidine, German........... i SG 4 el eater co olay a hs : Corks, see list, discount, per cent.... 40 : BALSAMUM. 4 CIE oe ola coo ba ge scees @ 50 MORI sie c ssc clcdivskesaus een ics cae Wee OO) Crete, (HO Bi). kc @ 2 Peru....... ks uc sea es eee oa eae @1 50 | RN oo speci unde cd ecii ees 5® 6 Terabin, CAMAdA.........0se scence sess . B8@ 40| Creta, precip.................cccceseees 8@ 10 POUANE og isc orca te eds cote ees MOG OO) CrOtA DER ee. eo eee ee @ 8 : : CORTEX. ER oa Pec u cave vets etna cmaus ewes 25@, 30 Abies, MI oo Sas cus de ce et Ce ek. @ 2 CASSIAE ...... 2. cee ee eee eee t eee e eee ee 11} Cupri Sulph............: eeu 6@ =«T Cinchona Po a aes bean nd BOT OMNES esc lnadacecuen ts usa WW@ 12 Eaonymus atropurp..... .... Lape anne 30 OE I i oe oy Ciacesuscesncssise Oe Myrica Cerifera, pO...........-. ++. 20| Emery, all numbers................... @ 8 Prunus Virgini................-0..005. PPR i ce ay co eh aa va ees @ 6 Quillaia, es ei ewao wea ccaes Te | PRO (BO, Gs 6. e ie ese scene sen ns 50@ 60 peng beac evo iak tae ba donee dees 4 S| aan ii vic av acesscucyce. Seen Ue FN ck la cies ence cece’ MY SO ek keer iG be cbe des cededeees @ & Ulmus Po (Ground 12)................. lt ee ca ee. i@ 8 ' EXTRACTUM. 4 MeN, CN ooo cae a vos vee ck cece @ bb Glycyrrhiza Glabra...........ceeee sass AG 25 | Gelatin, French...................2...- 40@, 60 " PO.. cece ee cece ee ee ee eee es 83@ 35 | Glassware flint, 7J&10 by box. 6010, less. | Haematox, 15 tb boxes................. MOO Olie: Brown oc... co cecc eee ess 9@, 15 et 1s Reg a hee bcd cease es ox | KaQuOr Potass Arsinitia............... 1k, 12 Sifted SOrts.,... .. 6.02... s ues @ 65 Lupuline saan 00 ec eres T5@L 00 | OP AER et ciate ate eter nine lll va Aloe, Barb, (bd, 0). i... occ cs. 50@, 60 L copodium Uy es iio a sa dvae ean ces cus 55@ 60 aa ?: ‘ ae = Ce a a HOO), 5d A SORBR (OO, DON ices ais ccessnensds @ hk : ae a rete “—— 3 *s Gonoteine, (MOL6O) oc eel, @ 5 | Magnesin. Sulph, (bbl. 144)............. 2@ A ORIBE otis is boy eo esse 25@ 30 | Mamnin. 5. Boo. ee eee eee eee ees 90@1 00 a ae on ‘ - et MP, Oh Bs OW oo cen cnn cc beans 2 25@2 50 Assafoetida, (po. 25)...............0005 @ Snaokiun Canton @ 40 POREOUNID) 6 cs oases ivan ess deaset ven 5 55 se Ag ly a ala au a uD at - * COMDNOVEO ooo ok 5s cece ci ness i 2@ 27 a isticn. No. J... ee cadade ie, @ 60 Catechu, 1s, (4s, 4; 48, 16) oe @ 13 Os 8 ; ren (po, Mace laa of ww MEV NOVOITII OO i osc cas chee kes tans 35@ 10 . Sepia........ rer ee en te eet ser 1&@, 20 Can ele @ 8q/ Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co............ @2 00 ea, Oi, no ae es ook es ce (Re 80 Picis Liq, N.C.. % galls, doz.......... @2 70 Guaiacum, (po. 45)......00.000.000, oO eee @1 40 PEUGO; COO. OO) orks oo a coo dik ks ccs y Oia My ng" ed ciara wo eee age rete @, 30) Pil Hydrars, (po. €0).00000000000000000 Bb Ber. OD. A one cs sakes kes @ 40 Piper Nigra, (p0.22).........--. 25.2055 @ 18 eT Bcc asec Me ee renner eee @ % hs ie cies unos tee We a ester nen eese santas @ J +s range sy Ge er IE BOOB oc cana cone ee desea: H@ Wb Ne agen eee cap = | POtacsa, Bitart, pure................5. a 40 eed oe al ck Cag saben a acts : SS ee . HERBA-—In ounce packages. I otassa, Bitar Me Roos. use n cease ys @ ADs ce gp | Potass Nitras, opt..............-...-55 8@ 10 ARNINNS cic c4- sas seco sce: 5} MOOS ONN o as kl wep wen en cae 1@ Q Pte 5; | Pulvis lpecac et opii........... sacecek 10@it 2 as 28 Pyrethrum, boxes, H. & P. D.Co., doz. @1 00 Mentha Pinerita................s..00:. > es soap PPV ve orem sence se cceteswn nse a = vy ¥ Sie on av ass Bese nese ete teens be ale eae ans oO aoe i Oy aM a hate ult basanites — | Quinia, 8, ee 65a, 0 a te! Oe nee. ene cus | GUURENIGL, GOPION. 1... co eee cn ae 60@, 65 Reema ¥" Vinee seonesetersrne senses 5s | Rubia Tinctorum...................... Re 13 ee ee ee {| paecnarum EACtis, pv................. @, 35 oer i MAGNESIA. Gk. a ee want em (nee Be Caleined, ee ee es 55@, 60 Sanguis en 40, 5O + > ony oo Carbonate, Pat. hehe th Ae eR Nha s Oe 4 he <0@ a ae rrrtsssCdss,..... @MA 5O Carbonate, K.& M.......... 0.0... eee ous dead ce cscs un denos Wa 4 Carbonate, Jennings.................. A Ne ee cee ca cy os gx”, 10 OLEUM. SEOs oe cee ke eee e secon crue @ 1 SEEN ee eC ee cece coe 3 50@4 00 Seidlitz Te ge ic ce ce. QQ, Amygdalae, Dule...... See augecas cules 45@ 50 | Simapis .... 2.6.0... cece eee ee eres ee ee ees @ 18 Amydalac, AMAFAC.......... - ces cee 7 00@7 50 | Sinapis, opt................ 2.26... ee. @, 30 PN es ca tact et hee es cunt 2 00@2 10 | Snuff, Maccaboy, Do. Voes........... @ 85 Mrurentt COPek o.oo... oo cee ese snes @2 5u| Snuff, Scotch, Do. Voes............... @ 35 TOOT. ies i leas 14 eeese esses 2 25@3 00 | Soda Boras, (po. 10)....... (ieee oe oe ARO ic eee e cscs sss ey @ % Mode ot Potods Tart. ..... 2.8.66 .ce cis. 338@, 35 NN iyi ccddwines ce @1 90 | Soda Carb...... 1.0... eee eee eee eee 2@ 2% eta ke, 35@ 65 | —_ ee ee alan wal elue adda 4@ 5 OO oo eee tess hace ke AY HI I eos cen ent nee cased dcr ewess 3a «4 CHAM OE s oni cac Gy Th) MOC BUIPRAR 6... ke kis eee sins @ 2 COOMA oe coe etek s cornet saan es @ | Spts. Bthor Co................-.-.-..-- HO@ 55 a 35@ 65 ae aoe “eng teas ehenerqaeces cena @2 00 COA es ees ie ©. on) Sots. Myraie fmp..........60 6.50.0 .55. @2 58 COIN ohn s cn hak ade seeneennenacds 9 50@10 ¢O | Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl. 2 25)............. (2 35 apenas ee ea ec kan aan 00 marca tte oe -: ocUe lye bela a. i @ AMORA ook kes ce koke a kcas senate 20@1 30 | Sulphur, Subl.......................... FA@ 3% GAMWIROYIA ei cee ee ade 2 39@2 40 oc Roll Sei Me ea 24@ 3 Ota tN Se ce Se uc wee kaa ee eer ga 10 Gossipii, Sem, cal... .94...... ccc asec E5@ %| Terebenth Venice..................... 28 30 Hedeoma................ oe UBCRE Of | THGODTOMIAE . ... .. 0.1 ee seen ee scenes @ 40 SuPer ee Ble 0 | VOIR 0... eee. 9 0C@i6 00 TRMBBAUIR. Oe ecole ik chicane OO 1 | ZINC! SOIPM. 8. 5 oe peste ee es eens 1@ 8 Dy es a pac cues cn ae es enc aae 1 75@2 25 OILS. Per OA eee, Q2@ 45 : Bbl Gal Mentha Piper............. .....+-+----3 00@3 75 | Whale, winter...........-........005s 70 7 MORTRA VEPs 5.5 cose ca be a avs secon ns 6 OODT 06 | Lard, Oxtra. oo... 0 ok. ese cece cee 55 60 PAOCPROD, OR. coos ca ce ck es 80@1 00 | Lard, No. 1...........2.5 cece eeeeeeees 45 55 BUOTO ee ee @ 50| Linseed, pure raw.................-. 38 41 OPO pee eee ela ea 1 00@2 75 | Linseed, boiled ............-......... 41 44 Picis Liquida, (gal. 50)..........-....45 10@ 12| Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90 eae cas 1 42@1 60 | Spirits Turpentine................... 42 ay MONI ca ce a ns eee ees 75@1 00 PAINTS Rb! Lb ROMA, Sa ea cas @B 00 Mabe ee a a. 40@45 | Red Venetian........ peccscoecee 1% 2@ 3 BO ey ewe ewes 90@1 00 | Ochre, yellow Murseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Banta eee eas a 3 5¢@7 00 | Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 BART ele ay ee cee 45@ 50| Putty, commercial ............ 2% 24@ 3 Sinapis, Sb 2 ee, oe @ 65 Pussy, strictly pare... -; yess 2% "63 eae @1 60 Vermilion, prime American.. ‘ ema ek 40@ 50| Vermilion, English............ 65Q@70 Mo Ot ee ec ea! @ 60| Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 PROOUTOMAB.. cocci clic evn enac ees cscs 15@ 20 Dans, _ ae, Ure..... .. 7 os oo eadgwhite, strictly pure..... 1@ 7 NaS POTASSIUM. ?@ 1 Whiting, white Spanish..... ; 70 ia agar 4g | Whiting, Gilders’.............. @0 Chlorate (Po. 22) Cee ne ee @ 22 | White, Paris American........ 110 lodide . a WJ aha nw OR nce we pdecaasaues 2 10@2 50 | Whiting Paris English cliff... 1 40 ae - 5G. og | Pioneer Prepared J aints .... 1 20@1 40 eee ayia. 4 : oe Ai Peete ees “° | Swiss Villa Prepares Paints.. 1 00@1 20 RADIX. ae ee a se 25@ 30 No-l Turp oak ARNISEES. 1 10@1 20 PONS ooo far cud cere toes cs na ce cas 16@ 20) prira Turp. Ce 1 6O@IL 70 PPI BO. eos ei kas eee seksi sade Mm O faaa Wade » 75@3 00 OR ee ee a 20@ 50) NO-1 Tur ee WE RGtea nen ets tin ss 4 00@1 10 Cortina, (0. 16)... 5... ce es cence ae 10@ 121/ p.;.. ee Serr ener es crseeans BRT an | ed ree 2a | Bortva Fore DADIAP. «2... 5... c.es cece es 1 55@1 60 Givebreniza, (py. 10)......5..---~.-+--- 16@G 18 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp “0@ TD Br erantis Canaden, (po. 30)........... @ 2% ead a ete tated te aa ee BHOHOre, AlBG, MO seo coeds ces eae 15@ 20) BS ne as ook eee ves ccs ee ee 15@ 20} . Cl OLLS POGCRO DOs ceo ies cca ess oes CURB 10 : I IP rs oa in eck wes seen tas 25@ 30 | ILLUMINATING. Rg Mi 5 ha ce nee a ye eens ces Me 0) WALTON WING obo eka bc Five ve dekes cc ces <.: Le Podophyllum, po........ Fe eas yi ROM Fe RS BE os ccc ee as dane cause 104g Oe oe ee TS 00 | | , eR o on bape abe eee betes aces chase see fae wane is Mates. g _ = = a e r Me a 9@L 385) Aga ni Torht ee aass NR aoe ee eens OM MMMIMMINAPIC, (D0. 20) oe. sak ce cess @ 10} Shield Cylinder....... hore camer <5: Sareea Oe eae ee ana ae ion = wea Menie 237 er ee ic a ees ie Oe a ae oe Smilax, Officinalis, H.......00000.0.. (2 eo a, a nh ei a phe, MACHINEry.................-¢.-.+. ¢ ciline. (no. 35) MOX...........-++ on iy | Parafline a EE Rak Rees eas ho a siea sence deat ty ses Y 5. | Black. Summer, West Virginia... .........9 Symplocarpus, Foetidus, po.......... @ 25} Black. 24° to 30° 10 Valeriana, English, (po. 30)........... So Sa aan @ oe * JOP... ee ce se Iba, 20 | on “alessio ndbcbtelen orate te oie eau eitiaes nek ih ane | ae edad cde bea awess ae PTB, CO). a oe oe cha cee ss CO Tree escent Apium (graveolens).............0..... Re 15 BO oe al ase 41@ «6 CINSENG ROOT. a CG, ees ee : Lee 15 We pay the highest price for it. Address IO oe ss es eee ees 1 25 $0 tne ovida Mis MIA ge Sa is cc i pak cake eas 10@ 12) Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mi h. CORRS POTIVA. ok. ees cick icc ewens 34Q@ 4) sean eae eee es TA@1 00 RIOT oie eee eee eee @ 12 APPRO V ED b PHYSICIANS eee WGOPONG: ooo ua a TH@L 85 y WD es a Pad ei dea en @ W a | a Ih mm rh’ MOONUBLOOK, DO... . coy sa hobs oe cee a 6@ «8 Ss a Ss Berks i ee B4M 4 BI A, in ee a ta ence ce B4Q@ 4 Phare COMATIAN, © 2.0.06 5. 6s kn eve es 4 @4% cau cya seach et ebese 5a «6 GRR, DU cee kines gene cates cue so ol ee “ WIRY ee du cect cicsae ee SPIRITUS. Penmontt, W., BB CO... oie ce esos 2 CO@M2 50 ; Primo, D, FoR iets eee cke es 1 732 UC : | : Pa) bee pruments ee ih pickers Ga oa ee cee 1 10@1 50 ‘ : eal rere GO. Oe Te os esas eee 1 75@1 75 PME oss ic elect 1 75@3 50 MENTHOL INHALER memenerrn Nk ies ies eng 1 TH@2 00 Bot, Vinal... lia eee eadac Vini (OOTEO. oh ick ce ee eee ee In_the treatment of Catarrh, Headache, | Wet AGM oc ee 125@2 00 Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron- ( SPONGES. chitis, Sore Throat and Severe Horids shores wool, carsiage Cees 2 25 @2 r Colds, stands without an equal. Velvet Ext do fo 110 Air Mentholized by passing through the [Inhaler ExtraYe * do Qi eee, 85 tube, in which the Pure Crystals of Menthol are | Grass do dc : 65 held’ thoroughly applies this valuable remedy in the Hard’ for slate use bar cena ’ 75 ean egg mare fo the ae affeeted. It sells hes F Re Rie Oe. f : readily. Always kcep an open [Inhaler in your store, Yellow Reef, do gekid aan k 140 | and tet your customers try it. A few inhalations will g MISCELLANEOUS. not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more to demonstrate Atther, Spts Nitros, 3 F................ 26@, 28. its efliciency than a half hour’stalk. Retail price Zéther. Spts. Nitros, 1 F 300 32 | 50 cents. For Crrcunars and TRSTIMONIALS address ‘ 5 a a | i. D. Cushman, Three Rivers, Mich. PEO os a apn eee 24@ 814 | trade supplied by Alumen, greund, (po. 7)........-.-.-.. 2@ 4+ Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co., G'd Rapids, Annatto .....-...255+; aaa ks aka 55@ 60° And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago. HACELTINE & PENKINS UAUG OU, WHOLESALE Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 8g, gr, g3 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, aut Druggist’s - Smnries, MANUFACTURERS OF Hlegant Phariuacentical Prepara- tions, Fd Extracts and Elixirs Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- . nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Pioneer Prepared Paints ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horse Brushes. WE ARE SOLE OWNERS OF Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Care Which is positively the best Remedy of the kind on the market. We desire particular attention of those about purchasing outfits for new stores to the fact of our UNSURPASSED FACIL- ITIES for meeting the wants of this class of buyers WITHOUT DELAY and in the most approved and acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Our special ef- forts in this direction have received from hundreds or our customers the most satis- fying recommendations. : Wine and Liquor Department We give our special and personal atten- tion to the selection of choice goods for the DRUG TRADE ONLY, and trust we merit the high praise accorded to us for so satis- factorily supplying the wants of our custom- ers with PURE GOODS in this depart- ment. WeCONTROL and are the ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for the sale of the celebrated WITHERS DADE & CO, $ Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WW HisSsE:Y &. We not only offer these goods to be ex- celled by NOOTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but superior in all respects to most that are exposed to sale. We GUARANTEE perfect and complete satis- faction and where this brand of goods has been once introduced the future trade has been assured. We are also owners of the Dragcists Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Braudles & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as complete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list, | such as Patent Medicines, | Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. ; Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. 45 ‘Tho Michigan Tradesman ain semaine aseteniiane- i BUSINESS LAW. —_— Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts | ‘ \ . 1 of Last Resort. cS GARNISHMENT—WAGES OF CLERKS. | 5 5 The wages of a clerk and bookkeeper are ‘ not subject to garnishment in Georgia, ac- | cording to the decision of the Supreme Court of that State. AGREEMENT TO SHARE PROFIT OR LOSS. In the ease of Clarke vs. Ware et al. the Superior Court of Kentucky held that a con- tract whereby the parties agreed to buy to- bacco on joint account and to share equally the profit or loss, one of them undertaking | to advance the money required and the other undertaking to perform personal service in | : buying, prizing and shipping the tobacco, | AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, constituted a partnership. | DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, . 83 Monroe St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDITORS. | Where a person procured a discount at a bank and the following day made an assign- ment for the benefit of his creditors, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the rights of third parties not having inter- yened, the bank might withdraw the credit | and tender him back his note. The court said: Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers American and Stark A Bags , ‘ 4 Specialty. Had a check been drawn against the fund produced by the discount prior to the | withdrawal of the credit, such check would have been good in the hands of a bona fide holder for value. But there was nothing of the kind here. The rights of third parties have not intervened. We have the case of aman who procures a discount at a bank one day, and makes an assignment for the benefit of his creditors the next morning. He was insolvent when he procured the dis- count. The note which he gave the bank was a worthiess thing, and he knew it when he offered it to the bank. There was an ut- ter failure of consideration; the bank re- ceived nothing for the credit it gave him. O. W. BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants ——DEALERS IN—— We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. Allorders filled at lowest market price. Corres- pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Snecialties. NO. 9 IONIA ST. PEREKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 2 CONVERSATIONS THROUGIL TELEPHONE. The question whether testimony as to conversation through the telephone was ad- 8 missionable in evidence was recently raised | in the St. Louis Court of Appeals. The| | in I (ils : Ni ES I | aNd court ruled that such evidence was admissi- | ble, saying: All the decisions quoted pro- | j j j ceed upon the principle that those eviden- | T cs r 3 + tiary matters upon which men are compell- | ao aa © S. ed to act in the ordinary affairs of life and | ee in the usual transactions of business ought | to be allowed to goto the jury in cases | where they become material to the issues on trial. The telephone, although a very re- | cent invention, has come into such common | use that we think that the courts may pro- perly take judicial notice of the general | (J. BROKER & GO, 1002 N. Third St, $2. LOUIS, 0. Shippers looking for a better market than near-by markets afford will do well to write or wire us for prices before consign- ing elsewhere. All goods sold on arrival and remitted for. Commissions, 5 per cent. manner and extent to which it is made use | of by the business community. No doubt | very many important business communica- tions and transactions are every day made | Order a sample case of by telephonic communication of precisely | the same character as that which the wit- | HONE Y BHA COFFE HE. ness was allowed to ‘testify in this case. A | fone person is called up by one desiring to com- municate with him by means of a connec- | PR N CESS BA G PO WV DER tion of their respective wires through what | P 5 Equal to the Best in the market. important matters of business. : h 1 1 volve a contract for the sale of bonds and | stock, instruction from a principal to his | (il I | agent touching important tranactions, the | 5 : 15 Grocers, acknowledgment of a debt due and a prom- . : 59 Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich. ise to pay the same. The use of this in- strument facilitates business to such an ex- | Designers ' s known as the central office. A conver- | sation ensues. It may relate to the most | . | is a ak a ces ert It may in-| tent that it would be very prejudicial to the interests of the business community if the courts were to hold that business men are | not entitled to act upon the faith of being able to give in evidence to juries replies | which they receive to communications made | by them to persons at their usual place of | mngravers and Printer business in this way. Beware of Peer. When M. C. Russell retired from the com- Engravings and Electrotypes of mission business, about a year ago, one. of | Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. his employees, named Stephen C, Peer, en-| Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. gaged in the same business at 53 Ottawa | street. He subsequently sold an interest in the business to Alex. McLochlin, when the firm name became Peer & McLochlin. The latter recently sold his interest to Edgar D. | Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Address as above 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. Doyle, when the firm name became Peer & | ; Doyle. Peer went out on the road. solicit- | : ing consignments and succeeded in getting considerable goods in that way. He then a a : j sold out to Doyle for $200, when the latter | covered the stock with a chattel mortgage | in favor of his wife. One dealer who had JOBBEF OF" entrusted the scamps with produce came on and secured the entire lot of consigned goods | by paying Mrs. Doyle $90. He obtained | RU Sve “By RR, his claim in full, but other merchants in | towns tributary to this market are victimiz- | ed to the extent of several hundred dollars. | Peer. spent the $200 he received from Doyle in gambling operations—a practice which | keeps his family on the verge of starvation | —and re-engaged in the commission busi- | ness on Waterloo street, depending upon the gullibility of country merchants te keep him | in gambling money. THe TRADESMAN dis- likes to speak so plainly of a young man | ° who is capable of better things, but duty to the business public compells the warning | hereby given. ' ————_ <> >> ——_—_—— Roofing Felt. We shall be out with an ad next week | for two and three ply roofing felt. Exactly | the thing that the Centennial buildings were | rooted with. | Anybody can put it on and it makes the best roof in the world. Can furnish sam- ples next week. Curtiss, Dunron & Co. | | i Woonsockets & Wales Goodyears, GRAND RAPIDS. orsign aud Domestic Fruits, Southern Vegetables, ttc, Bound to be Accomodated. Traveling Man—What do you call that? Hotel Proprietor—Buiter, sir. Traveling Man—Butter? Why, Td jus as soon eat axle-grease as that. Proprietor—John, run out to the stable and get the gentleman some axle-grease. —_—_—___—>. Frank Smith, general dealer, Leroy: “TI am very much pleased with THE TRADESMAN. I think every dealer, no matter how small, should not be without it.”’ Dry Gooos. 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, 9-4..17 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 19 Androscoggin, 7-4..13% \Pepperell, 714....<. 22 comer ce eee 6s a Pepperell, 9-4...... 17 |Pequot, ei icae) 18 CHECKS. ae: . oe i Mills, No. 100.15 x i - OV... | Prodi ’ eevee ied es oe Park Mills, No. 60.11 Gas decoe cas ai ~— ae 7 ot ee bie 8% ar ills, No. 80..1 OPED OB. cs) cadens 9% Park Mills, No. 90..14 York. AA, extra 02.12% OSNABURGS. Plain. | Plaid. AVADOIOA coo cass 6%! Alabama. ........- 6% Georgia ..........:;- 844| Augusta ..........- 6% Jewell ............. 8 (Georgia .........+-- 6% Kentucky ........ 84%| Louisiana .......... 6% a. tere et caakss or eas 6% é Oca kacsne vena ‘72 | BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... 84;Gilded Age......... 7% ‘Art cambries, 36... 9%|Greene,G 4-4 . .. 54 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 74) Hill, 4-4........-.0-+ 1% Androscoggin, 5-4..12%4| Hill, T-8.........-6++ 6% Ballou, 4-4. ......-. 54%4| Hope, BB ce nnennss 6% Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 |King Phillip cam- Boott, 0. a 8¥4| bric, 4-4........-.- 9% Boott, E.5-5....... i \Linwood, 4-4....... 7% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 944| Lonsdale, 4-4....... 7% 5%|Lonsdale cambrie.104 Boott, R. 3-4....... | 64%4| Langdon, GB, 4-4... 8% Blackstone, AA 4-4 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 514! Langdon, 46........ ll Conway, 4-4... . .. 6%%|Masonville, 44..... i* Cabot, 4-4........- . 6%| New York Mill, 4-4.10% Cabot, 7-8........... 6 |New Jersey, 4-4.... 8 Canoe, 3-4......---.- 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7% Domestic, 36....... 744 Pride of the West..10% Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 844) Pocahontas, 4-4.... i% Davol, 4-4.....¢ ..,. 8 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 7%, Woodbury, 44...... 5% Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 3 63, Whitinsville, 4-4... 6% ~ POTATOES! | PURE. | NEW PROCESS STARCH. | We offer Best Facilities. Long Experience. Watchful Attention. Attend Faith- | CAR LOTS A “SPECIALTY.” | | fully to Cars Consigned tous. Employ Watchmen to see to Unloading. OUR MR. ® d /'THOMPSON ATTENDS PERSONALLY TO SELLING. Issue SPECIAL POTA- ’ TOE MARKET REPORTS. KEEP OUR SHIPPERS fully posted. ; OUR QUOTED PRICES CAN BE DEPENDED UPON, ; WE DO NOT quote irregular or anticipated prices. Consiguments Solicited. Correspondence Invited from Consignors to this mar- ket. References given when requested. WM, H. THOMPSON & CO,, Commission Merchants 166 SOUTH WATER ST,, CEICAGO, ITT. PAJIAIUEO. 7 _ We make the handling of POTATOES, APPLES and BEANS in car lots a special feature of our business. If you have any of these goods to ship, or anything in the produce line, let us hear from you, and will keep you posted on market price and pros- / pects. Liberal cash advances made on car lots when desired. Agents for Walker’s Patent Butter Worker. EARL BROS., Commission Merchants. —° 157 s. Water St., Chicago, tll. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK. SWEET. This Starch having the light Starch and Gluten removed, One-T'hird bess 4 Can be used than any other in the Market. Manufactured by the FIRMENICH MNFG. CO. Factories: Marshalltown, Iowa; Peoria, Is, Offices at Peoria, Hs. FOR SALE BY Fruit of ons Loom, | | Whitineville, %-8.... 6 ot tl k J i eambrie, 4-4...... i|Wamsutta, 4-4...... 9% ri ar PWwe 0 \ Gold Medal, 4-4.. "|, 6'4| Williamsville, 36... 8% STRONG. ; . .» t SURE # Gold Medal, 7-8..... 54 | z SILESLAS. | POWER oi cae as 17% Masonville S....... | ae sat : Me POS. coc cac ek os 1 \Leeedale ......<.-:: 94 | TN A oN “% Coin a 10 Lonsdale A......... 4 | ‘ \ fi SD 7; PMONOT. i. os cease oe Hh \Vietory ©.......... 5h | 1 ® ‘ Blackburn ..... _ 8 |Vietory d....:....:. 6 | St ra oJ ® MAVOL ck, ess, 14 |Vietory D.......-.- 84% | Tendon. oc... ARAL IOtOEy BAe oo ses 10%% Paconia............12 |Phoenix A....... 19% | ee OPORG.. oo. 6s. s 7%! Phoenix B......... 104% | Masonville TS...... © (Pomniraa....: .- 5b | f PRINTS. Ajbion, Golid.....,-- 5%|Gloucester .......... 5M | Albion, grey..... ©..6 |Gloucestermourn’g.64 | ‘Allen’s checks......5%/Hamilton fancy....5 | P 4 o Ailen’s fancy.......5%| Hartel fancy.... -\.ceee | Allen’s pink.........5% Merrimac Bisnis G Le Allen’s purple....... 5% ae oeke oe 4 American, fancy....5% |Oriental fancy...... by | Arnold faney. ......6. |Oriental robes......6% | A.ZoOnts for , Berlinsolid......... 5 |Pacific robes........ 6 | Coecheeo fancy...... G . |Hichmond......:.... 5M | Cocheco robes....... 6%4'Steel River..........5% | fy MLE OY Conestoga faney....6 ISimpson’s ........... G | A CHEESE. Eddystone ..... ...- 6 |Washington fancy..5 | As EBagie fancy......... 5 |Washington blues. 6 | Garner pink......... 5M% FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 6 \Indian Orebard, 40. 7 Boott M, 44........ 7% Indian Orchard, 36. 6 Boston F, 4-4....... 63 | Laconia B, 7-4...... 13 Continental G, 4-4.. 6%) Lyman B, 40-in..... 9 Continental D, 40in 7%) Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% Conestoga W, 4-4... eon BK, 40-in.... 74} Conestoga D, 7-8... 434, Nashua R, 4-4...... 6% Conestoga G, 30-in. 5 ‘Nashua O, 7-8 Deisnes 6 Dwight X, 3-4.,.... 43, Newmarket N...... 5% Dwight Y,7-83....... dha Pepperell E, 40-in.. 6% Laub ow bs tS er one oumeres ee oo ae %q wight Star, 4-4.... |'Peppere A see oa 5% Dwight Star, oa 7 |Pepperell N, 3e4.... Bi Interprise EEK, 36.. 4%4/Pocasset C, 4-4..... 6% Great Falls E, 4-4... 64 Saranac a. 6 Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 54% \Saranac E.......... 74 DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag .. .. % |Johnson Manfg Co Amoskeag, Persian 9 | Bookfold........ 124% BEBMES. 0. ccc cease Johnson Manfg Co, Bates .........0.e ees 6 | dress styles...... 10% Berkshire ......... 6 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow, fancy.... | BUVIOS.. 5.02.35... 6 Glasgow, royal.... 6% |White Mfg Co, stap 6% Gloucester, new |\White Mfg Go, fanc 7% etarderd oo oc ...%: 7% White Mant’g Co, PHIMKCL. vi... eae se 7i4| Bariston.... os... i” Lancaster. .....--- 7 |Gordon............. 7 Langdown ........- 7 |Greylock, dress Renfrew, dress.... 9 | styles ..... ...... 10% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..15 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 22 Androscoggin, 8-4. .16 Pepperell, LA, es. 24 Pepperell, 7-4...... 15 |Pequot, 7-4......... 16 Pepperell, 8-4...... 17 |Pequot, 8-4......... 18 Pepperell, 9-4...... 19 |Pequot, 94......... 20 HEAVY BROWN COT'TONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... 6% Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 6% Atlantic H, 4-4..... 6144 Lawrence XXX 40. 7% ‘Atlantic D, 4-4..... 53¢;/ Lawrence LU, 4-4... 5 Atlantic P, 44...... 5 Newmarket N...... 5% Atlantie LU, 4-4.... 434 Mystic River, 4-4... 5% Adriatic, 36......... 74%4\Pequot A, 4-4....... j Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... 6 Boott M, 4-4.......- 6 |Stark AA, 4-4....... 6% Boott FI, 4-4....... 64 Tremont CC, 4-4.... 434 Graniteville, 4-4.... 594 Utica, 4-4........... 10 Indian Head, 4-4... 63%) Wachusett, 4-4..... 6% | Indiana Head 45-in.1144|Wachusett, 30-in... 5% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...17 |Falls, es cones os 15% Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..12%/Falls, PED nice ss ee Amoskeag, A..... 11%/Falls, ‘BBC, 36...... 19% Amoskeag, B...... 11 |Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeug, C...... 10%|Hamilton, BT, 32.. 9% Amoskeag, D...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, E...... 9%4|Hamilton, H.... .. 8% Amoskeag, F....... 9 |Hamilton fancy... 8% Premium A, 4-4....17 \Methuen Be ks 11% Premium B........ 16 |Methuen ASA......16% extra 4-4.........6- 16 |Omega A, 7-8....... 10% Wyre TB. i. ss ve ee 14% \Omega A, 4-4....... 12% OOA Fe. osc cen c 12% |Omega ACA, 7-8....18 OFF Bib 8 oes oi cere 144 ‘Omega ACA, 4-4....15 RCO 17-8.......-.66----24 {Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 TE 7-8. occ eee e ene 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 OA ac oe ve sno ve 19 |Omega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 \Omega M, 4-4....... 2k Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 |ShetucketSS&SSw 11% Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........ 14 '‘Shetucket, SFS ...12 Cordis No. 3.......- 13 |Stockbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. 4......-- 11% /Stockbridge fancy. 8 Falls, XXXX....... 18% SOFT CAMBRICS. Washington........ 44iRoyal Globe....... 4% S.S. & Sons........ MSEC ROWI. fos cc cna eves 446 GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 1434; Amoskeag........- 14% Reawie Aik cass (ee DENIMS. FIOBtON: oo. 05s oe «s Git OC, . 00. nse oss 9 Everett blue....... 12 |Warren AXA..?... ML Everett brown..... 12 |Warren Teh cc sa sc 10 Otis AA. cis dscns: 1) (Warren. CO......... 9 OCIS FAB: oc ens oh sues 1 (York. Dine....2...- 12% ‘PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville........ 44@5 |S.S.&Sons.... 44@5% Masonville..... 54@6%|Garner ......... 4% @5% WIGANS. Red Cross........-- 6%|Thistle Mills........ 6 BGT... oe i. esp eke GO TORO. ok icin an dee- 6% GONTIOR 6 vos