. > 9% e _ The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 4. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1887. NO. 198. « BELKNAP Wagon and Steen Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Oarts and Trucks Mill and Dump Carts, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material, and have every facility for making first-class Wagons of kinds. Special attention given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich, SEEDS Garden Seeds a Specialty. The Most Complete Assortment in Michigan. Don’t Buy un- til you get my prices. ALFRED J.BROWN Representing Jas. Vick, of Rochester. & 16-18 N. DivisionSt., Grand Rapids WANTED. Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota- _toes, Beans, Dried Fruit, Apples and all kinds of #@ Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line let us hear trom you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. Earl Bros., Commission Merchants, 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: Frrst NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. \ POTATOES. We give prompt personal attention to the sale of POTATOES,APPLES, BEANS and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best facilities and watchful attention. Consign- ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash advances on Car Lots when desired. » Wi. A Thompson & 0, ’ e ¥ .@ . 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference FELSENTHAL, Gross & MILLER, Bankers. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET. LUCIUS C, WEST, Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor of American and Foreign patents. 105 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. A. Branch of- a London, Eng. Practice in U. 8. Courts. ree. Circulars .“HIRTH & KRAUSE, LEATHER And Shoe Store Sopplies. SHOE BRUSHES, SHOE BUTTONS, SHOE POLISH, SHOE LACES. Heelers, Cork Soles, Button Hooks, Dress- ings, etc. Write for Catalogue. 118 Canal Stree’, Grand Rapids. FOR SALE. Feed mill, eighteen horse power engine, Will sell ‘Feed mill,” care THE good wholesale and retail trade. cheap. Address TRADESMAN. FURNITURE T0 ORDER. Anything or everything in the line of Special Furniture, inside finish of house, office or store, Wood Mantels, and contract work of any kind made to order on short notice and in the best manner out of thoroughly dried lumber of any kind. Designs furnished when desired. Wolverine Chair Factory, West End Pearl St. Bridge. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER —AND— JEW HBLER. 44 CANAL STREET, MICH. HENRY J. HARTMAN, FOUNDER, GRAY IRON CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. Send for Estimates. 71 South Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS, - PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN EHS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys and Foxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, * MICH. SALT FISH . Bought and Sold by FRANK J. DETTENTHALER, 117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Se" Oysters the Year Around _s 10 Ulgar Dealer Realizing the demand for, and knowing the difficulty in obtaining a FIRST-CLASS FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concluded to try and meet this demand with a new Cigar called SILVER SPOTS This Cigar we positively guarantee a clear Havana filler, with a spotted Sumatra Wrapper, and entirely free from any arti- ficial flavor or adulterations. It will be sold on its merits. ders filled on 60 days approval. Sample or- Price $35 per 1,000 in any quantities, Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. Handsome advertising matter goes with first order. Secure this Cigar and increase your Cigar Trade. It is sure to do it. GEO, T. WARREN & CO, Flint, Mich. CHURCH'S B Finish! ug Finish! READY FOR USE DRY. NO MIXING REQUIRED. It sticks to the vines and Finishes the whole crop of Potato Bugs with one applicaiion; also kills any Curculio, and the Cotton and Tobacco Worms. This is the only safe way to use a Strong Poison; none of the Poison is in a clear state, but thoroughly combined by patent process and machinery, with material to help the very fine powder to stick to the vines and entice the bugs to eat it, and it is also a fertilizer. ONE POUND will go as far as TEN POUNDS of plaster and Paris Green as mixed by the farmers. It is therefore cheaper, and saves the trouble and danger of mixing and using the green, which, needless to say, is danger- ous to handle. Bug Finish was used the past season on the State Agricultural College Farm at Lansing, Michigan, and, in answer to inquiries, the managers write: “The Bug finish gave good satisfaction on garden and farm.’’ Many un- solicitated letters have been received prais- ing Bug Finish. Barlow & Star; hardware dealers at Coldwa- ter, Mich., write as follows under date oJ May 14: “We sold 3,100 pounds of ‘‘Bug Finish” last year. Itis rightly named “Bug Finish,” as it finishes the entire crop of bugs with one appli- catiod. We shall not be satisfied unless we sell three tons this year, as there is already a strong demand forit. Please send us ten bar- rels (3,000 pounds) at once.” Guaranteed as represented. Cheaper than any other Mixture used for the purpose. MANUFACURED BY Anti-Kalsomine Co., Grand Rapids, W. R. STEGLITZ, Proprietor of Raton Rapids Cigar Factory. Manufacturer of the following popular brands: S. & M. CRICKET. ROSADORA. V. R. S. Dealers not handling any of above brands are solicited to Send in a trial order. Eaton Rapids, Mich. EATON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationary & Sundries, 20 and 22 Aonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. CHARLES A. COYE, Successor to A. Coye & Son, DEALER IN Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. %3 CANAL ST.. - GRAND RAPIDS. NO RUBBING: __- NO BACKACHE? NO SORE FINGERS! Warranted not to Injure the Clothes. USED TWO WAYS {io Boting Using warm Water, FULL DIRECTIONS ON THE WRAPPER. THE BEST LABOR-SAVING SOAP MADE A Vegetable Oil Soap. Contains No Rosin. A LARGE **CHROMO” WITH THREE BARS Manufactured only by the G. A. SHOUDY SOAP CO. CLARK, JEWELL & G0, Sole Agents for Western Michigan. ohn CINSENG ROOT. Pet ay the highest price forit. Address ec Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich, TODD cw CO. JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE : And Full Line Summer Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. 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. AWNINGS ¢ TENTS) LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN. There are two individuals whom I can’t help disliking. One is the customer who is continually representing to the dealer that his welfare and prosperity depend very ma- terially on his—the customer’s—good-will and patronage, and the other is the dealer that takes every occasion possible to assuré the customer that he—the dealer—is honest and immaculate. Why can’t these parties see that they areclosely approaching the in- tolerable bore and nuisance? If Jerry Johnson drops cash enough into my till to make him a profitable and valued customer, he draws heavily on my gratitude by eter- nally elaborating on the fact; and, if Mr. Dayball is possessed of all the elements of integrity, I flatter myself that I have suffi- cient intelligence to discover it without Mr. D’s personal explanation of the phenome- non. * * * * Is it calculated to impress the man of even ordinary capacity with an exalted idea of Mr. Dayball’s exceptional honesty to hear that gentleman lecture on his virtues some- what in this style? ‘“*T don’t suppose it hurts Slimmer’s con- science to buy mixed cotton goods and sell ’em for woolen, or to cut off thirty-three inches for a yard, but I sell cotton for cot- ton and woolen for woolen, and when you buy things here you get full weight and measure. Tom (to his clerk), did you ever know of any of this little petty swindling going on in this store? Don’t Lalways cau- tion you to give honest measure? ” ete., etc. Dayball’s system of proofs resembles that of the itinerant Israelite merchant, who was endeavoring to sella farmer’s wifea pair of table-cloths, but had much difficulty in convincing her that they were linen. ‘‘Ma-dam,” he observed, ‘‘of course 1 peen a stranger to you, but I geef you my vort dot de Vater of his Gundry vas not more bardicular abowd his rebudashun for troot danIvas! Idel you dose table-cloth vas linen, but you my feelings greef by dowoting my vort! Now, ma-dam, I proove it to you.” And, going to the door, he called out to his partner, who was waiting on the wagon: ‘ “Ki ! ”? ‘Vat you vant, Soloman?” ‘You know dose table-cloth vat vhas shmuggled into do gundry by Isaac Liver- stein, vat we made such acrate pargain on?” “Like de pair we soldt de Bresident’s vife?” ‘*Yes,” “Vell, [should dank I ought to, Solo- mon !” ‘Vas not dose table-cloth all linen?” “‘Efery bardigle, so hellup me, gracious!” ““Dere, ma-dam! I tole youl broove it! Nefer again don’d you dowed de vort of Solomon Hockelheimer !” * * * * The pronoun ‘‘1” isa highly important part of speech, and its elimination from the language would puzzle us terribly, but I am afraid that too many of us, like Dayball, are too familiar with it to always suit our neighbors’ ideas of taste and propriety. We are all of us more or less egotists, and the first person, singular, usually occupies such a prominent place in our minds that he fre- quently obtrudes himself on the public in a manner that the public deems _ pre- sumptuous and offensive. Still, I don’t see how we can properly narrate our fish stories, or snake stories, or war stories, without frequent reference to the pronoun. If every individual was prohibited by a rigid ukase from alluding to himself, the wells of con- versation would speedily dry up and the world assume an aspect of gloom and deso- lation. All this is undeniably true. Let us, therefore, continue to give our neigh- bors occasion to call us bores and egotists, but let us draw a line—if we are, fortunate- ly, possessed of a fairly reasonable amount of business honor, integrity and morality, let the public discover it without verbal as- sistance from ourselves. * * * * * If I don’t like Mr. Dayball’s ¢‘style,” all I have to do is to absent myself from his place of business; but I can’t get rid of Jer- ry Johnson so easily, andit’sa question which I frequently debate with myself whether I want to get rid of Jerry or not. The fact is, that while Jerry’s habits are not alluring, his shekels are. Good customers are not over-plenty these days, and it is an unwritten mercantile law to use every reas- onable and honorable effort to keep one when you get him. But then, there’s another side to the question: you have learned, with Longfellow, that ‘‘life is short, and time is fleeting,” and whatever may be your opinion about the grave not being its goal, you have discovered, perhaps, after years of compara- tive poverty, and enforced economizing, and unavoidable worriment, and tread-mill in- dustry, and alternating hopes and discour- agements, that you have reached a position of modest independence; but you have also discovered, perhaps, that you are rapidly ‘approaching the ‘‘sear and yellow leaf” season of humanity, and that if you propose to extract any comfort and enjoyment from life, and throw off its cares and vexations and annoyments, the time for your change of programme has fully arrived, and you re- solve to cast off all the burdens possible— and Jerry among them. But the business instinct has impercepti- bly become a part of your nature, and before dropping Jerry you mentally weigh the pro’s and con’s of the transaction. He’s an intol- erable bore, but he’s profitable; he tells you fifty odd times a year that he is one of your most important customers, which, though monotonous and offensive, is nevertheless true. His Janguage and habits are vulgar, but he doesn’t know it; heis rude and ig- norant, but circumstances made him so, and, probably, after weighing him time and again in the mental balance, you will finally con- clude not to unload him on your competi- tors, * + * * * The great trouble with the Jerry Johnson of business is that he is too liable to put in an appearance at an inopportune moment. When his propensity for boring and _ irritat- ing is at its zenith, you are perhaps worried with half a dozen annoying matters, and then his marvelous art of torture is exhibit- ed in all its perfection, and if you can send him away without showing your sufferings, and in the same _ self-complacent mood in which he entered, you have achieved a great victory over yourself. * * * * * Of course, all trades and professions have their annoyances, but it sometimes seems as if the lion’s share fell to the merchant, and lucky, indeed, is the individual who makes traffic in goods a life-long pursuit, if nature has so created him that the minor trials and tribulations of trade pass by “Like rain-drops on the placid lake, That leave no trace behind.” oe CO-OPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION. Its Success in England—Review of the Recent Congress. Probably one of the most memorable cir- cumstances in the long reign of Queen Vic- toria is the initation and rise of the co-op- erative idea in connection with the trade and industry of the United Kingdom. The progress of institutions of this character, as demonstrated at the first meeting of the Co- operative Congress, held at Carlisle on the 30th ult., has been truly wonderful. At that congress, in an address delivered by G. J. Holyoake, we find the following strong tribute to a system which its advo- cates and promoters fully hope ‘‘will turn the land of England into a beautiful gar- den,” and that ‘‘without a tax on foreign corn”: ‘‘Future historians of this century will find it difficult to name any social feature of the great Victorian reign more original, more English, or more beneficent than this of co-operation.” Certainly, some of the figures given by the various speakers at the Congress in great part warrant this highly eulogistic sentence of Mr. Holyoake. ‘Thus, paraphrasing the words of one of them, the co-operative pro- prietory of Great Britain and Ireland now own land, whole streets of dwellings, and almost townships; they occupy and own stately warehouses in Manchester and Lon- don, in Neweastle-on-Tyne, and ia Glas- gow; they operate a bank with transactions amounting to $80,000,000 a year; they pos- sess over fourteen hundred stores, doing a business of $150,000,000 annually; they own share capital to the amount of nearly $50,000,000; they number 900,000 members, who make over $15,000,000 in profits an- nually; during the last twenty-five years they have done a business of over $1,800,- 000,000, yielding a profit of nearly $150, 000,- 000. ‘They have ships on the sea, lifeboats on the coast, Rave invested in canals in England, and in trading companies in America. They own libraries, issue a newspaper, errect public fountains, sub- seribe to hospitals and charities, establish science classes, and rent or own news-rooms. So far, their experiments in farming have not kept pace with those in manufacturing and trading. Yetthe promoters of these are hopeful of ultimate success. The proceedings of this Congress show that co-operative distribution has been a great success in England, an enormous busi- ness having been done and large profits dis- tributed among the investors. The stores buy at the very lowest wholesale rates, give no credit and thus incur no loss from bad debts, and can sell their goods at their pur- chasing prices, plus the rent of stores and pay of clerks, but the custom has been to sell at market rates, and sometimes even above, in order to earn and distribute good dividends. The London Grocers’ Gazette says: **It is abundantly shown, in fact, it can hardly be denied, that the main result so far achieved has been that the proprietors of the various stores, who arealso the princi- pal customers, have accumulated very large amounts of capital, and have, at the same time, been in receipt of bonus or dividend on the amount of their purchases, such bonuses in many instances far exceeding the gross profit obtained by retail traders who do a cash business on enlightened iines. Whence, then, are these vast hoards deriv- ed? A practical grocer with capital and doing a good business buys of wholesale houses in keen competition at the closest profits; these wholesale house, in their turn, are tosome extent importers, but for the most part they purchase on the market through the agents of the merchants. The Wholesale Co-operative Society is in a simi- lar position, and this society largely sup- plies the retail stores, who are able also to buy of other dealers and manufacturers if they so desire. The advantage in buying possessed by the stores over the first-rate grocer is fractional, if appreciable, and it therefore follows that the capital aceumu- lates out of the large profis charged by the stores to their customers. We affirm that grocers who are doing the best for them- selves will be found to be working at a gross profit of 12 to 16 per cent. We do not now refer to cases in which much cred- it is given, and where orders are called for and goods delivered whenever wanted, for these conveniences the customer must pay an enhanced price. But what about the profits of the stores? At a meeting of the North Laneashire section, T. Schofield, in the course of reading a paper, stated: ‘Take the case of a leading tradesman who has, say, six shops, whose average sales are £100 per week each, giving a grand yearly total of £31,200. ‘This man is content, say, with 5 per cent. net profit, which you will readily admit is a rather low figure, but for argument’s sake we will put it as such. The yearly income he will draw from his business is £1,560, which will allow him to live well and give his children a first-class education, and still allow him to put by a pretty large sum towards making a great fortune. Now, to compete with this man, who sells a good and wholesome article I will assume, but is content with small pro- fits, would mean a corresponding reduction by our stores, which would mean smaller dividends, and to my mind this is where the shoe would pinch. There are those who are ever crying out for large dividends ir- respective of circumstances, and I must ad- mit that to pay a good dividend, say, from 2s. 6d. and upwards, if very well, providing you can educate your members to the fact that whatever profits are put upon their goods come back to them, after allowing for a reasonable and well-managed concern. But, mind you, Ido not recommend large dividends, but would prefer to reduce the prices of our goods and put ourselves in a position to say to the private trader: We can sell as cheap as you, in addition to dividing amongst ourselves the - profits which hitherto we have allowed you as one man to enrich yourself with.’ ‘*In the course of a discussion which fol- lowed, Thos. Swann said: ‘High dividends are the course of the co-operative move- ment. When I read in the Co-operative News of some societies making as much as 3s. 6d. onthe pound I say to myself that they can not do it legitmately. There is a certain limit beyond which they ean not go, and they ought to be content with a divi- dend of 10 per cent. The wholesale trade is not an immaculate institution, but it is able to supply societies more advantageous- ly all around than any private trader.’ The Secretary said: ‘It is a common practice among those who deal in special- ties to resort to short weights and measures and to adulterations, bnt as co-operators we set our faces decidedly against such dishon- est practices. In Preston our members com- plained that they could get better butter at 1s. 4d. to 1s. 5d. at our stores, but when the committee investigated the matter they found that what had been sold as butter was simply butterine, containing 75 per cent. of foreign fat. ‘*The proceedings at the Congress, we venture tothink, fully justified the asser- tion of the Bishop of Carlisle, who, in his sermon to the delegates, stated that amongst other communications he had received a pamphlet which asked the question: Is the shopkeeper worth preserving?’ He replied in the affirmative. The . honest, wise, civil, skillful shopkeeper was worth preserv- ing, and he would find that he would be able to hold his own.” —_-—<——___—__— Do You Want to Buy or Sell? From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. One of the most noticeable features con- nected with the business transacted at the Board of ‘Trade daily is the utter absence of interest in pork. For about 40 days the pork pit has been practically deserted, and so the Inter-Occan made a few inquries into the matter yesterday. As there is a statute which makes a ‘‘corner” on pork a criminal matter, it was anticipated that when a sum- mons was taken out against P. D. Armour on the allegation that he was engaged in transactions in pork which violated the statute, some facts would be brought for- ward which would let a little light in upon this dark subject, because if a corner on wheat is ‘‘wicked and iniquitous,” a similar movement on pork is equally so. That suit suddenly fell through for want of prosecu- tion, and the general understanding was that sufficient interest had been brought to bear to induce such a course being pursued. On inquiry of a member of the Board of Trade whether it was true that while pork was selling for $15 cash, settlements for June delivery were made at $22, he replied, “Yes, it is true.” Armour has got all the pork cornered, and if you want a hundred barrels of pork you can go to him and get them at $15, but if you owe him a hundred barrels of pork and go to him to settle because you cannot get it, he will only settle with you at $22. There has been no trade to amount to any- thing at the Board since March 5, and from a public point of view, absolutely no trade in pork since May 1. Everyone who had any pork dellvered it to P. D. Armour and received his cheek for it, has been absolute- ly impossible to buy any pork of anyone ex- cept Armour. There might have been a few isolated cases where a man would sell some but within the past thirty days there has been absolutely no trade of importance on the Board. Brokers aseribe this condition of things to a corner which has been engin- eered by Mr. Armour, and they assert that all the pork in the West, Northwest and other places has been brought here and pur- chased at a higher price than anyone outside of Chicago would pay for it. At the pre- sent prices of hogs pork could be made at $14 a barrel or less, and short ribs, which is the same as pork, are selling here at $14 a barrel relatively, and the claim is made that under the existing corner the public is made to suffer. oo >> - Mr. Floyd Should Look Out. From the Coommercial Bulletin. Unless Mr. Floyd and the other honest members of the Pure Food Commission be- stir themselves, the movement is in danger of being captured to bolster up a gigantic monopoly, engineered by Mr. Thurber. It cannot be charged that the Bulletin is jeal- ous at not being invited to join the conspir- ators to advanee the pecuniary interests of Mr. ‘Thurber and the scheme to establish a great grocery trade organ, which will en- deavor to compel jobbers and manufacturers to give it support, as we do not belong to the class of journals ineluded on the list, being an independent sheet devoted to the best commercial interests of the Northwest. oe A lady clerk ina Lansing. store exper- ienced a sensation of a highly astonishing nature in her back hair, while on her way to dinner the other day. She removed her hat with marked celerity, and a large and very lively dove-tinted mouse fell from her head to the sidewalk. we The MichigaD Tradesmal. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE RETAIL TRADE OF THE WOLVERINE STATE. BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. A ivertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1887. The trial of Jacob Sharp for the bribery of the New York Aldermen has resulted in his conviction and seems not unlikely to be followed by the summons of the offender before a higher tribunal. The terrible strain of anxiety under which the man has been living, and the sense of universal re- probation which has dogged him, have de- veloped acute diseases of the heart, and his death may ensue at any moment. -2- <_--__— The Gripsack Brigade. Dr. W. J. Carter is now on the road a por- tion of the time for the Grand Rapids Soap Co. Anthony J. Quist has engaged to work thecity trade for Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co. Wm. B. Tyler is now on the road for D. J. Evans & Co., working both city and country trade. F. W. Goldsmith, city salesman for L. D. Harris, spent Monday and Tuesday with friends in Detroit. L. K. Townsend is no longer on the road for Ed. Telfer. He is now very ill at his home at Richland. Wm. B. Edmunds leaves next week fora tour of the Eastern and Middle States in the interest of Putnam & Brooks. Will. Jones, formerly with the Grand Rapids Soap Co., has gone back on the road for J. H. Huyck & Co., of Chicago. C. L. Nichols, late with H. H. Freedman & Co., has gone onthe road for Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, selling cigars alone. Dr. D. S. Hatfield, wife and dogs have gone to Macatawa Park to spend the heat- edterm. This willbe the seventh season they have summered at that resort. W. H. Downs and wife has gone to Hodunk to spend a week with the former’? father. They will visit friends at Union City before returning homie. It was Frank Tilton, traveling represent- ative for W. J. Gould & Co., of Detroit, who was the hero of the oseulatory episode at Belding a couple of weeks ago. Cornelius Cornsalve Crawford and W. F. Blake spent Sunday at Macatawa. They stole a ride from Holland by secreting them- selvesin the cabin of a sailing vessel. N. B. Ingersoll, Western Michigan travel- ing representative for the Acme White Lead & Color Works, was in town last Thursday and Friday. He pulled Tue TRADESMAN’S latch-string. Chas S. Willcox has severed his connec- tion with Reid, Murdock & Fischer, of Chicago, and gone to Wichita, Kansas, on a prospecting tour. He may goon to Cal- ifornia before returning home. W. J. Richards, of Union City, was in town last. week. He is naturally very much elated over the designation of the T. P. A. band of Uuion City—of which he is drum major—as the National band of the organi- zation. F. R. Miles, the handsome hardware drummer, is putting in a week at Detroit, Fenton and Pontiac. Business men in those places having pretty wives and daughters would do well to lock them up until after the invasion is over. F. W. Grummond, of the firm of Hull, Grummond & Co., cigar manufacturers at Brighamton, N. Y., was in town two or three days last week. He is out this time on a combination business and wedding trip, having married about eight weeks ago. +9 « Purely Personal. Wm. Bell, the Nottawa groceryman, was in town Monday and Tuesday. H. B. Fairchild has the foundation up for his new residence on Wealthy avenue. Osear D. Fisher, manager for Arthur Meigs & Co., has returned from his vaca- tion at Ottawa Beach. G. R. Mayhew left this morning for a two weeks’ visit among the shoe manufacturers of Boston and vicinity. E. Densmore, of the Grand Rapids Porta- ble House Co., left last night for the Pacific slope, to be gone about six weeks. John Vandenbergh, of Charlotte, was in town Tuesday settling up with Perkins & Hess, for whom he purchased wool at Char- lotte. D. Andrew Holmes, the close buyer for the West Michigan Lumber Co., at Wood- ville, was in the city Saturday on his way to a visit to his parents at Syracuse, N. Y. Fred. Hosford, the immaculate book-keep- er for Wm. Sears & Co., now bears a strik- ing resemblance to Congressman Ford. A visit to the barber shop was the cause of the transformation. W. F. Stuart, the Crofton general dealer, was in town a couple of days last week. Mr. Stuart is cutting out the large tract of pine and hemlock owned by Arthur Meigs & Co. He swears by Arthur. Frank J. Lamb recently purchased fifty feet frontage on South Ionia street, oppo- site the Union depot, for $5,500, and is now offered $1,000 over the purchase price. He holds the property at $7,500. VOIGT MILLING CO,, Proprietors of Crescent Roller Mills Manufacturers of the following well known brands: Crescent, | White Rose, Vienna, Royal Patent, AND ALL WHEAT FLOUR, The Great Health Food. W. end Pear! St. Bridge, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. HHL FREEDMAN & C0 Manufacturers and Jobbers of CIGARS Factory No, 26, 4th Dist, 768. Division St, Grand Rapids, MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for one cent a word or two cents a word tor three insertions. No advertisement taken tor less than 25 cents. Advance payment. Advertisements directing that answers be sent in care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, OR SALE—House, 2 lots and 5 acres; price $800; in Petoskey. Will, exchange for property in Grand Rapids or grocery stock. City and farm property for sale.. Enquire of J. Miller, real estate dealer, 26 Canal st. © 198* OR SALE—Well-selected grocery stock, bakery business, store buildings and good residence adjoining same. CaSh sales aggregate $18,000 per year. This property will be offered exceptionally low for cash, or cash and time, or will take a small unencum- bered place as part pay. Address J. W. Landes, 276 Champion st., Battle Creek, Mich. 200* OR RENT—Large store, corner West Ful- ton and Front streets, Boston Block. Good location for a grocery. Inquire of J. T. Strahan, 22] Mt. Vernon St., Grand Rapids. 200 OR SALE—120-acre farm, with fine house and other buildings, three miles north of Coopersville. The best orchard in Ottawa county. Price $7,000 cash. Address, for fur- ther particulars, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ 19s8tf OK SALE--A large double store building and general stock of merchandise, con- sisting of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, ready-made clothing, furnishing goods, notions, ete. Building for sale or for rent with fixtures. To anybody wishing to pur- chase the stock I will sell cheap, as [am going to leave in thirty days. Address P. Lee, Spring Lake, Mich. 197tf OR SALE CHEAP—Portable saw mill in good runningorder. Capacity 25 M pine lumber per day. Gang edger, saw dust carrier, and line rollers. For further particulars en- quire of J. F. Clark, Big Rapids, Mich. 196tf OR SALE—$2,500 new stock of drugs and groceries at sacrifice, in rattling town. Five dry goods stores, one drug store. Drugs separate, if desired. Exchange for unincum- bered farm or other business. D. & G., care Tradesman. 198* OTICE—Will “D. & G.” piease send his ad- dress to this office, as the same has been mislaid. Several letters await a response to this request. OR SALE—In the fast-growing city of Mus- kegon, achoice stock of groceries, includ- ing store fixtures, horses and delivery wagons. Corner store, well located, everything in good shape. Address H, lock box E, Muske- gon, Mich. J99* OR SALE—A big ice box, suitable for gro- cer or small meot market. Almost new. B. S. Harris, 525 South Division Street, Grand Rapids. 196tf For SALE—Fine residence property on Mount Vernon street, west side, with bath room, closets and all modern conveniences, tor sale for $5,000 cash, or will trade for stock of general merchandise or goods in any partic- ular line. Address N. A. Fletcher, Houseman Building, Grand Rapids. 195tf FPOR SALE—The best drugstore in the thriv- ing city of Muskegon. Terms easy. C. L Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 193tf | fee SALE—Two store counters, three sets scales, six tea cans, six spice cans, one small coffee mill and two show-cases, also one delivery wagon. Allof the foregoing will be sold cheap for cash. M. J. Lewis, 72 Grand- ville avenue, Grand Rapids. 192tt rok SALE—Best bargain ever offered for general stock in growing town in good farming community in Northern Michigan. Stock willinventory about $6,000. Sales last year were $60,000. Address**The Tradesman,” Grand Rapids. Witt OR SALE—Ice box, 6 feet and 2 inches high, 2 feetand 11 inches deep and 5 feet and 2 inches wide. The box is zine lined and nearly new. J.C. Shaw, 79 Canal street, Grand Rap- ids. 189tf ANTED—To exchange farm worth $2,500 for a stock of goods. Address Box 23, Tradesman office, 201*tf ANTED—By a man of ability, a job in wholesale or retail store, express oftice, or any kind of situation that is respectable. Best of references. Address J. M. Laberteaux, Benton Harbor, Mich. 200* \ \ 7 ANTED—Agents to handle the New Chem- ical Ink Erasing Pencil. Greatest nov- elty ever produced. Erases ink in two sec- onds, no abrasion of paper. 200 to 500 per cent. rofit. One agent’s sales amounted to $620.00 n Six Days; another $32.00 in two hours. Ter- ritory absolutely free. Salary to good men. No ladies need answer. Sample 35 cents. For terms and full particulars address the manu- facturers, J. W. Skinner & Co., Onalaska, Wis- consin. 200* ANTED — To exchange a nice house and lot in Big Rapids fora drug store, Grand Rapids preferred. Address H. L. Hall, care Hazeitine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 197tf WW ANTED—A man having an established trade among lumbermen to add a spec- ial line and sell on commission. To the right man a splendid chance will be given to make money without extra expense. Address ‘‘B,’’ care Michigan Tradesman. 178tf ROASTER The most practica’, hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tion. They are simple durable and econom- ical. No grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per- fection. Send for circulars. Robi. 8. West, 150 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, STATE AGENT FOR Fermentum! Tho Oaly Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakefs and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. None genuine unless it bears above label. ASK YOUR JOBBER FOR ndenendent Qi Cos KEROSENE If your Jobber does not han- dle INDEPENDENT OIL, send your orders direct to the office of the Company, 156 South Division St., Grand Rapids. GROCERS’ REFRIGERATORS O. M. WHITMAN & CO, 69 Bristol Street. - BOSTON, MASS, MAGIC COFFEE AGENTS—A. Flesch, 118 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. William M. Morgan, 215 Duane St.,N. Emil Wienert, Albany, N. ¥. Gardiner Bros., St. Augustine, Fla. For Sale or Exchange. A factory fully equipped with wood work- ing Machinery—good Brick Buildings—am- ple grounds—good shipping facilities—well located in a thriving City in Ilinois—will be sold at a bargain, or exchange for other property—a rare chance. Correspondence solicited; address ‘*Factory” this paper. ORGANIZATION OUTFITS. Full outfits for the Collection Depart- ment of a Business Men’s Association, con- taining all the late improvements, supplied to order for $13. The outfit comprises: 1,000 “Blue Letter’’ Notification Sheets, for member's use. 5co Copyrighted 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. HEMLOCK BARK! WANTED. The undersigned will pay the high- HEMLOCK BARE loaded on board cars at any side track on the G. R. & I.or C & W. M. Railroads. ed. est market price for Correspondence solicit- N. B. CLARK, 101 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids 2 ) @AELVING: Koc PATENT © oADIUSTABLE <= SHELF = EVERSIBLE “BRACKETS. Po aeces > «SHELVING Le e\)} CAN BE READILY 1” PUT UP BY ASY ONE AND MOVED eo © @ EASILY AS §TOCKe ONE BRACKET SVITABLE FOR VARIOUS WIDTAS OF SHELVING. PATENTED OCT. 19, 1887. J Manufactured by KOCH A. B. CO. 354 MAIN ST,, PEORIA. ILL. Liberal discount to the trade, or parties first putting up these brackets in any local- ity. | | SEEDS FOR EVERYBODY. For the Field or Garden” if you want to buy Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Orchard Grass, Kentucky Blue, Red Top, Seed Cats, Rye, Barley, Peas, Onion, Ruta Baga Mangle Wurzel, Anything in the Line of SEEDS, » Write or send to the Seed Store, 71 CANAL ST,, W. T, LAMOREAUX, tat Res a) Paiy3)0 Woe iyi Ae oe Wee ig oem ah aa eles Z : CYLINDES By @ icine lala Full Line ot LUBRICATING OLLS We make a specialty of BUREBA OI, Which for Farm Machinery and general purposes is the Best Brand on the market. F a Te Tie! (ony be avi Nata GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE, To. 1 Canal St., Telephone No, 228-2. J. G, ALEXANDER, Agent. GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER. We Guarantee Satisfaction. THE NEW Noap Company. As previously announced, the trade is now being supplied with Soap from this new factory. Two brands are now introduced, the AND Little Daisy. Both free from adulterations of all kinds, and contain pure Ceylon Cocoa Oil, Steam Refined Tallow, Glycerine and Borax. The former is a first-class Laundry Soap, and the latter, being fine and milder, is one of the best Bath, Laundry and Toilet Soaps combined now on the market. For terms, please apply to the factory, in person, by letter, or telephone. (Telephone No. 578-5 rings. ) Shall we receive your encouragement by way of «a trial order? Respectfully, Grand Rapids Soap Co. ARS TER & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agts. for DaW Ald Grist Mil WMoACHINER 8, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oits. Pla And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample Pulley and become convineed of their superiority. WRITE FOR PRICES, 130 Oakes St, Grand Rapids, Mich, » ns # a A y < 4 iv Association Notes. Several Fourth of July celebrations were conducted under the auspices of Business Men’s Associations this year. The editor of THE TRADESMAN will or- ganize a Business Men’s Association at Eaton Rapids on Thursday evening. The Dimondale B. M. A. is the seventy- first organization to affiliate with the State body. This adds twenty members to the list, increasing the total to 2,147. The Holland Business Men’s Association inaugurated and carried out the 4th of July celebration at that place—and the event was a success in every respect, attracting the largest crowd ever seen in Holland. The Flint Mercantile Union is out with a quarterly delinquent sheet which rivals the State sheet in size. It gives evidence of careful compilation and is worth its weight in diamonds to any Flint business man. Owosso Times: ‘Secretary Lamfrom, of the Owosso B. M. A., has been selected to prepare and read a paper on Manufacturing, its Benefits and How to Obtain. Them, at the convention of the Michigan Business Men’s Association at Flint, Sept. 6 and 7. The Kalkaska B. M. A. gave a- banquet last Tuesday evening to the Charlevoix and Bellaire b. M. A.’s and the stockholders of the Detroit, Charlevoix & Escanaba Rail- way. A number of pleasant responses were made to appropriate toasts. Detroit News: There were 250 guests present at the first banquet of the Owosso Business Men’s Association Friday. Every body felt so well over the affair that there remains little doubt the Owosso casket fac- tory will get the appropriation for which it asks. H. Chambers, of the Cheboygan Business Men’s Association, writes President Hamil- ton as follows: I, too, rejoice with you over the onward march and grand success of our Michigan Business Men’s Associa- tion. Our loeal association is in a flourish- ing condition and every member is perfect- ly satisfied with the benefits derived so far. I do not expect to go to Flint asa delegate from our Association, but ain pleased that I can go as an officer of the State Associa- tion, and shall certainly be there if on top of the earth and able. Can’t afford to miss it. There is wealth and happiness in such gatherings. : Watervliet Record: A Business Men’s Association was organized in a little town in Northern Michigan, and shortly after- wards a man received what they call a Blue Letter, notifying him that unless he made some preparation toward paying an account that had been standing a year or two, an- other name would shortly be added to the list of dead-beats—which list was in the hands of the Secretary of the Association. The man did not feel disposed to pay his debt until he got a ‘‘good ready,” therefore he stuck the Blue Letter in the stove and thought no more about it until one evening a few weeks afterwards, he went to town to get his boots repaired, and half a pound of fine cut ‘‘on tick.” To his surprise, the shoemaker demanded payment in advance, and there was not astorein town that would trust him to the tobacco, although he damned each merchant ‘‘up hill and down” for refusing him credit and declared he ney- er would trade with them again. Just be- fore he left town, he encountered the man who sent him the Blue Letter, and was ad- vised to square up the account, and then he would be able to get credit at any store in town. The next morning he brought halfa dozen chickens and a load of stove-wood to town and squared up, and now he boasts that he always pays his debts promptly at the appointed time. A few months agoa gentleman went away from Grand Rapids leaving several debts behind. At the town he moved to he could not obtain a cent’s credit, and was advised by the merchants to go back to Grand Rapids and pay up. He did so, and now he has friends and credit among the business men of the town where he resides. President Hamilton has issued the follow- ing address to the local associations of the State: We are just now elated over the in- corporation of the Michigan Business Men’s Association and auxiliary bodies. This will tend to solidily our organizations and give our work such recognition throughout the State as it very justly deserves.. Our efferts will now be toward a more perfect, uniform sys- tem, yet we do not want to erace the life —the spirit—which has always been appar- ant in the work, giving place to mere form. This is too often the ease and we would be delivered from it. Wherever an organiza- tion exists upon a weak basis, or where a radical change is needed, this act will af- ford a stepping-stone to re-organization and renewed efforts. Each day we are growing stronger and nothing but good awaits our united efforts. We have reaped: many benefits from our associated endeavors. Personal sacrifice is needed still and when- ever it has been given, good results have followed. ‘‘Hang and work together,” says Bro. Sprague, which I consider a good motto to follow. We have the satisfaction of knowing positively that a healthier trade sentiment exists than one year ago. There is greater caution in granting, and less call for, credit, and prompter payments. There is also a growing sentiment in favor of ear- ly closing and many other good results from less than one year’s labor. The columns of our official paper, THe TRADESMAN, are replete with valuable matter for the busi- ness man and are open for the discussion of trade measures. “Onward and upward” we are moving. The influence of 2,100 busi- ness men willbe felt far and near. Unite with us in pushing still further by sec uring a charter when ready. The Owosso Association Gives a Banquet. The Owosso B. M. A. celebrated the completion of the first half year of its exfst- ence and the inauguration of the new offi- cers by giving a banquet last Friday evening. The event was graced by the presence of over 200 ladies and gentlemen, including visitors from surrounding towns, and was a red letter occasion for all who attended. The members of the Association, are so elated over the success of their first at- tempt in the entertainment line that they propose to repeat the banquet again in the winter. The following literary programme was carried out after the toothsome viands had been demolished: Our City Fathers—Hon. W. patrick, Owosso. Our Neighbors—J. M. Fitch, The Commercial Traveler— Noble, Buchanan. The Business Man as a Benefactor—Hon. A. B. Clark, Morrice. Music—‘‘America.” Doctoring Merchandise—Hon. McCormick, Owosso. Business Habits of the Antediluvians — C. P. Parkill, M. D., Owosso. Relations of the Lawyers to Other Busi- ness Men—Hon J. W. Turner, Owosso. The Grace of Grit—Rev. Geo. H. Wilson, Owosso. Benediction—Rev. Dr. Conover, Owosso. Ex-President* James Osborn performed the difficult duties of toastmaster in. a very acceptable manne. SECRETARY LAMFROM’S REPORT. Owosso, July 2, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—At the last regular meeting of the Owosso B. M. A., I rendered the following report of receipts and disburse- ments. M. Kil- Corunna. Geo. W. Colin RECEIPTS. From 66 memberships................... $56 00 From auarterly dues..................... 52 00 From saie of Blue Letters............... 3 02 Total receipts...... Te dak oe ba whee eka $l11 02 DISBURSEMENTS. BAY DORTARO 666. oboe ec cote ooo en sane es $ 6 00 For dues to State Association..... fee us 5 05 For books and stationery................ 5 lu BOR: SOVAUTIN ic os cbc ane ces bee sens 17 85 POE OCODVUND ook knoe cone once wee ee os 1 00 For ringing closing bell.................. MN eae ok ce snes ea lao $36 50 Balunece on hand................4--....5 74 52 I have sent out 329 of the last notification sheet. Seventy-seven persons thus ad- dressed paid up, seventeen letters were re- turned, 228 names were put on the delin- quent list and seven were withheld from the list for reasons deemed good by the Executive Committee. The Association has lost two members by death—M. C. Sayer, on February 6, and Ex-Treasurer J. F. Laubengayer on March 22. The following officers have been elected to serve for the ensuing six months: President—W. A. Woodard. Vice-President—H. W. Parker. Secretary—S. Lamfrom. Treasurer—J. M. Terbush. Executive Committee—President, Secre- tary, Treasurer, James Osburn and E. A. Todd. Committee on Advertising and Manu- facturing—Charles Lawrence, N. C. Payne and L. E. Woodard. City Improvement Committee—H. W. Parker, C. 8. Williams and G. F. North. Yours truly, S. LAMFRoM, Sec’y. > ~+9-

—__—— Good Report from Evart. EVART, June 28, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—Enclosed please find 80 cents for eight new members, which makes us thirty-five in all. Wenow have our Asso- ciation in good working order and we have received great benefit already. Yours, C. E. Bein, Sec’y. —_—-_- 2 ~< A venerable-looking old man applied -for a pint of California brandy last week at a druggist’s, stating that he wanted it to re- vive the color of a work of art. ‘‘Ah, that is for a mechanical purpose,” said the clerk, ‘sand here it is.” The old man signed for the liquor according to the requirements of the law, and, paying for it, started toward the door: Before departing, however, he faced about, and, with adroll expression on his countenance, said: ‘It is to revive one of the old masters.” ‘Too late the clerk realized that the old man regarded himself as an old master. It took $1,200 in casn and twelvé years of in- tense suffering before I learned that $2 worth of Tiger Oil would cure me. None but a wire- bound constitution and a determined will could ever live through twelve years of such racking pain and misery, without a single week of ease, as I did, before I began to take Tiger Oil about a year since. I used about $2 worth altogether, which I took a teaspoonful inatumbler of hot water three times a day, which quickly relieved and I believe it has per- manently cured me, as the immediate past eight months I have not had a sign of my old disease, which the doctors called Bright’s Dis- ease of the Kidneys—which is death—Gravel, Inflammation of the Kidneys and Bladder, and a number of other diseases; but they all failed to do more than quiet the suffering for a short time, although I doctored with the best doc- tors I could find in Marshall, Ohio, Pittsburg, Pa., New Albany, Ind., Chicago, Il., St. Louis, Mo., Detroit, Saginaw and Bay City, Mich., and a great number of other cities; and when not under a doctor’s care took dozens and dozens of all kinds of greatly advertised patent kidney and Jiver cures; but under all kinds of medi- cines I got worse and worse till I began to take Tiger Oil as above stated. To say it cost $1,2 in the twelve years is far too low, but the $2 in Tiger Oil which cured me is more than it took, as I used some for other general purposes in my family. But my ease is only one in thous- ands who are spending their money for naught —but suffering and loss of time—who might be cured with Tiger Oil. J.E. WALKER, Manager Telephone Exchange, Cadillac, Mich. W Ei Ps ADDRESS GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich, What do you think of this? While in conver- sation with Wm. M. Dale, one of the largest druggists in Chicago, we were surprised to learn that he had sold over one and a half mil- lion of Tansill’s Punch dc. cigars and that the quality gets better all the time. The demand continues to increase. Let us tell you, if you want to sellacigar that your customers will be pleased with, the sooner you order Tansill’s Punch the better.—Independent Grocer. ~ Pints biggie ado eas Quarts uae s % Gallons....... 1 LEONARD & SONS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HEADQUARTERS FOR Mason's Porcelain Lined FRUIT JARS, Genuine Cap. No Imitation. PRICES. ee Per gross $10. sy “ it 0U No charge for cartage. . DLARK, JAWRLL & 60. Wholesale Grocers, GRAND RAPIDS, MIGH.|: MOSELEY BROSG., VV ELOLESAIE Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce, ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS A SPECIALTY. If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota- toes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 & 32 Ottawa street, GRAND RAPIDS we FAI AS, Makes a Specialty of Butter and Eggs, Fruits and Oysters. Cold Storage in Connection. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. We Handle the Celebrated ““ROCK BRAND” Oysters. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 217 and 219 Livingstone Street, 50 cents each. : Grand Rapids, Michigan, PEHEREINS & 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. J.T. BELL & CO, Wholesale Fruits and Produce, BAST SAGINAW, MICE. 6. 6. A. WOIGY & GO. Proprietors of Star Reller Mills. Manufacturers of “Our Patent,” “Star,” “Calla Lily,” . “Golden Sheaf,” “Our Fancy.” Rye Flour, Granulated Meal, Bolted Meal, Bran Mid- dlings and Screenings. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. Cold Storage. We are prepared to receive from Mer- chants and athers consignments of Butter, Cheese and Eggs, for COLD STORAGE. We have one of the best Cold Storage Houses in Michigan. Solicit Correspondence, Rates made for long or short time. GRAND RAPIDS STORAGE CoO. Office with Cheney & Anderson, under Fourth Nationa! Bank. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock: Basswood, lom-run. «.. ........ccccecs 12 00@14 00 Birch, log-run............ 15 00@18 00 Birch, Nos. 1 and 2 @25 00 Black Ash, log-run...... -13 00@15 00 Oerry, lOM-FUR, «1... 5.504520. cn ...-25 00@35 00 COred, NOG. § ANG Fy in... sec cc wnces 45 00@50 00 CROEIY, CUE oie once case eneceuees @10 00 PAROIO, LOMO... oo os ccs cin cecccese 12 00@14 00 Maple, soft, log-run................. 11 00@13 00 Maple, Nos. Land 2... ....sceccccnees @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring................ @25 09 Maple, white, selected............... @25 00 HOG OO, 1OG-TUR, .. 5 .. o5 os cose cc cece @18 00 Red Oak, WG: 3 ONG Bo... on cc ac ss ons @24 00 Red Oak, quarter sawed............ 26 00@30 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... @25 00 Walnut, log-run ea gemcage cise ous @ad 00 Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2.............. « @i5 00 WEITER, CUTIB. 6 oo di coe on cc cc dese ces @25 00 Grey Fim, lom-ran. .... 2... .c...eccecs @13 00 White Ash, log-run.................. 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log-run................. 20 00@22 00 White Oak, log-run................ ‘ @17 00 WOODENWARE, BAG TUNG, NG. Bice. 5 ccc seas teen cence 6 00 Beandarad Tune, NO. 2... . 0... 5c. ccc ccc esse 5 00 Standard Tube, NO. w...... ccc. ccc cgancccess 4 00 Standard Pails, twohoop.................... 1 40 Standard Pails, WOO BOO 6.5 cc cel ccc cc cecs 1 65 WOT, POG WOO aoe oc os on ca cease neces: 4 50 Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................. 2 2 pe I 2 25 TE oa ack nc ce anes cace. nas caas 1 00 aa rnc ee annweccacses 7 pe ee 50 CIGUNOR POUTGOLG. «oo. 5. oo cca cc case cant esce 2 25 OE ee 60 I oe oa ase cl a sncs cdc aandsaees 1 00 eS ee a 1 75 WOSUDOGFGUR, COUDIC. 0. cc... cc ck cee eens 2 25 BASKETS. Piamond Marviet................65.00000000- 40 Bushel, narrow Dand. ............2.....ceees- 1 60 po 175 Clothes, I, OG oa ns vo cn ch dn cdecesce 3 50 CLOT OR, BUG, TIO. Bo on oo vice cece ce oncaee 4 25 CHOU GS, Sit, INO. GD... 6. coc c wenn cece esse 5 00 Clothes, wildw No.1... .... 22.06. cccnccenes 5 50 CiOPnen WriOw NOE... . 3. co cc ca cassnencse 6 50 Clones. WHIOW NOG, ... o. 56a cs cceecesscace 7 50 Water Tight, es... sua eile tian bp dei aa oe 3 75 A, ok ac eas 2 85 Dbaroware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. TCG). Ohl BEV a icc cesses ecu dis 60 N. H. ae a ais as ee ns cea dis 60 NU aks ccna sens cca ceeases dis 60 en acs a aci ences sees dis 60 ea ice nade o nec ccucuse dis 0 i ass coca epaecsenees dis 40 Jennings’, genuine..............6....65 dis 2% Jennings’, imitation........... ........ diss0&10 BALANCES. : Te ins ed cain aca nccemew s4s dis 40 BARROWS. i ce cece in cane ctacsc anes $ 14 00 Ee a A net 33 00 BELLS. WO ea el ice “ hy eee ie eck vice senas Ce casas cece ois die S0815 Ce sca i desshad cena cdsese dis 25 Door, Sar~ent .... ....5..2.00000e' dis 60&10 BOLTS. che di ec csen cues dis$ 60 oan WW RR occas dhccdeseccss dis 70&10 aed se vanadaseene wetned dis 50 Eicigh ROG ce fa ieee ccese res os dis 7 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 60 Cant Barvel Holts. ... .........05..55<. dis 40 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 40 Cast Square Spring.................-. dis 60 Cet Cie os hk wes cee cea c ens dis 40 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60 Wrought Square :...............6..... dis 60 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 60 Weoua Bronze and Plated Knob oc ec eawccvecideuscecucd dis 60&I0 FOR DOCH oooh casas cs ades cence dis 60&10 BRACES. Ug oo bi sans e es ccee dis$ 40 Re ea eau coop paen ewes oaec dis 50&10 oo ce cope ward nana easiness dis 50 a Gas abv ca cee cc ees eens dis net BUCKETS. Well, plain. ...........eeee cscs cece sees cnes $ 350 CAL Lh oe ane cd rcni cases > 40 BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured.............. dis 70&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 70&10 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 6010 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin.............:.... dis 60X10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned Ces dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver ONE os bibs avec as cone ces essed dis 60& 5 Wrought Table........... -dis 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind. .. dis 60&10 Wrought Brass....... .dis WP. Blind, Clark’s......... .. dis 80 Binid, PAPROr 6. .....<...00205 « Saeawas dis 80 Blind, PQ Wes os cece ds sc ucasnzes dis 70 CAPS. PON I ak ae ce hcg keane sa ases per m $65 Mg sks ek ang db bn saedcs aus 60 ks psc reeda cada neecus 35 OVI i oe i iicaln dc oe 6 dee 408 wens 60 CATRIDGES. : Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50&10 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 OE, I ooo socks cca ccecscowcenae dis30410 CHISELS. COGROE FIV OE ou nn os ou cians cc ccdaceces dis 70&10 MOONE FVGIIING: co. oc oc occ cc csasceens dis 70&10 MOONEE COPTOT so. ook desc acaccscccenes dis 70&10 POGIOG BONE oo ca oc sis bi ccescccwsceess dis 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 OG i ig oon nhs wed ecek weds caus net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s........... coeiader. dis 40&10 PIGEON ooo ness cnc oun neses dis 25 COCKS. BepGe, TRAORIO Be oc oii ache cccd ences Bibb’s COPPER, : Planished, 14 02 cut to size.............. Bb 28 14x52, 14x56, 14 x60........... eth hada ese, 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 23 Ol BORO TANG. oo ain no sinca cca cccsce ccucce 23 NONI opel Occ e Vat nck ws bakes case 23 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock. ... .....ceccecc ees dis 40 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 im...........ceeeese doz net $.85 COG oo conc scene cc scons bncecks dis 20&10 PAGS 65 is oe conc o eee ade etse dis %&10 XPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, sis 00; large, $26 00. dis 30 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 26 FILES—New List. American File Association List...... dis 6010 Ne ee cue ccces dis 60&10 INOW AUNOTIOGE, «ooo ooo cw icccs cicctece dis 60&10 SOOM Sc oe occ ches cnc ccc dis 60&10 OOM ie Dove ile cols nc do as ccs ccecs dis 055&10 Helier’s Horse Rasns................. dis 50 @ehvaR IZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, v2Zand 24, 25 and 26, 3 28 List 12 13 14 8 Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 60. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. ioe oer ON os eect ace ds dis = OMEN OW hr ke dsc cach aes coke dis Verkes en Wawro. occ. cs. ...dis iO Mason's Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 50 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .50 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50&10 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10 Kidder, wood track................... dis 40 HINGES. Miele dis Gate, Clark’s, l, State 60 eae et Opi gece aes a ccacees per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 TE TO icc chk ccc ckc das bececss 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net ™% Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net ™% WN ie a ico daae' dis 70 HOLLOW WARE. : ii oi oc dn ee ck ccccacccce 60 LOC OC Re eS ee TE ee ae 60 BR ecco ec ac cade cs cc se seas 60 RR CN oo ooo oka nck Se ccacccecce 50 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.............. new list 75 dapanned Tin Ware... ........ccccccees 25 CAINS EVO BVAEG.... . 20.5 coc cc cc ccc ss 25 HOES Grub 1 dg ewe e sd cho cass vane $11 00, dis 60 MN een hve crccdscrucnc 1 50, dis 60 Os oa obs da de ceca 2 00, dis 60 KNOBS—NEW LIST. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......dis 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... 55 Door, porcelain, trimmings............. 55 Drawer and Shutter percelain ae dis 7 Picture, H. L. Judd "k Co.'s... ... >» H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... 40&10 WUMINS os acces oo Soc kc chess dis 45 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list. .dis 5d Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis 55 BO oc ceed ac cnsscccs dis 5d INONWOEE Bio. a, cocs.5s..: ..dis 55 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s. dis 70 MATTOCKS. Pe $16 00 dis 60 RO RG ooo bcd cokes cdesaccs $15 00 dis 60 RU oak cdc ices se $18 50 dis 20 & 10 ULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post. Sante’ oe eceecesa dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.'s... .. 0.2.0 ce secs cee: dis 40 Coffee, P.S.&W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleables ... dis 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s.......... dis 40 ee ee dis 25 MOLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern .............ccccces dis 60X10 Stenbin’s Gemuine...... . 2... 6.200. dis 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring.......... dis 25 NAILS —IRON. a onan, Brad and Fencing. cs. ences ic ke ccin eg $2 05 8d and 9d adv.. a cneeerieeieies g° COP GG ee 50 ME Ns oak nc i io cac cccccncecces 75 Fe ooo ad nck cca bacdecnecccsce 1 50 Te I og oo dnc ccc cea ccccceccs 2 25 Ne ON a boinc cnc ccccccccace 1 00 Finishing t 10d 8d 6a 4d Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1% Adv. @ keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—2 15. OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. —- Zine, with brass TO oo ooo cece. dis Brass or obs oc icc scasecccadecs dis 80 MO oo ace cok vec ass per gross, $12 net PN ia coos ceccsacntcck sacns 50&10 PLANES, Mbriies Tt Cts ©, TRTIOW, ... 5 occ ca cs cccaces dis 30 WEN Os nas icc asccdecceeds dis 50@55 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, faney.... ......... dis 30 Bench, first®quality.................... dis 0@55 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... . dis20&10 PANS. TP os ci pcan ban dadcaee dis 50&10 OO, DOIANOG... . 5 <5 5 nose. caccces es dis60&10 gon cc eda cacdasss accesses Bb 6% RIVETS. VE AGE lh oa on oa oan ce ssadccas dis 55 Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 60 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24to27 10 20 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 20 Broken packs 4c ® bb extra. ROPES. igal, 4 im, ONG IGVMOR... oo 6... 5 cc cc cc cccese 11% ccc ccs nance 13% SQUARES. PRT A soos soak ccc cecucocns dis 70&10 Bp de ee a dis 60 a a okie ae oc eaaee dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. RO EG Ws bens cca ke ec cacacuss $4 20 $2 90 TO A UE coven cee vecnescscs 4 2 2 90 pO | EEE SE 4w 3 00 RO Fs vn bccn cec ce ceccaess 4 20 3 05 Nos ~ We occ os casa cacnsdecas 4 40 3 15 No. 2 27 Terre re ee eee ee eee ee ee ee 60 4 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 2 aches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC, In casks of 600 hs, @ D.................. 6 In smaller quansities, ® D.............. 6% TACKS. American, all Kinds.... .. ...60.0.c04: dis 60 PEGGL, GU MUNN. 5 <0 5 osc cones cecess dis 60 POGOR. Bi WINGS... oo oc coc c cance cccoces dis 60 CETTE NE EG oho son ok ccesec ccncens dis 60 OR FE TOME ook nhc cccatcececas dis 50 UI EN ooo ooo sca cadankegcees dis 50 Common and Patent Brads.......... dis 50 Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks.dis 50 Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis 45 Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis 35 TINNER’S SOLDER. POO Oo Ee ee Market Half-and-half............. 2... Strictly Half-and-half.................. TEN PLATES. ee wt os or Ss Ic, 1Oxe4, Charcoal... .......6..005: 5 oe 60 IX, 10x14,Charcoal...... eke deuieecces 7 23 IC, LB x12, ee Ee 6 25 rs. MEM, CHEKOOGL . . «os iccccccccccces 7 IC, PA CIIOG ooo 56 5 oc nese cccces 5 75 Ix, Te COE so oo cs 6c accsccecscas 7 25 PO. | AO CROPOOGL oo cn ccc ce cscacens 8 TS bee d Arne COMPO... occa ccan aces 10 77 TSA. ee, CHArcoal.... .. .. 6.560600. 12 55 IX, 30x28, Charcoa! Waa db ands cc edaceees 15 50 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal...........-..-.-. 6 50 Tex. WO eee Chavecal.........6.0..0060 8 50 DXX,. 100 Pinte Charcoal. ...........<..0.. 16 50 DXX2. 100 Plate Charcoal. ............... 12 5 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. Men WO BO oon csc esece. caacancess 5 25 een FAM ER, 8s oon ce occas eesss << €@ Roofing, 20x28, IC...... Be eat . 1100 BR PE, ood hg ve cine ehccaccaces 14 00 TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, cnoice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50 [X, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 00 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 1l 00 LX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........ 14 00 TRAPS. ee sk is cnc adcdcacis 60810 OneidwCommuntity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawle 2y & Norton’s. .60&10 I os ia vod cde daseceeseass 60&10 OW OW, Were. OGG... os oc once cc cccdacas 60&10 RS Cs oo ias wacnaccieauee 18e 8 doz MOUGe, GOTOSION.. 6 5000. cc cccnecess $1 50 B doz WIRE. fi 2 UE ale ee dis 67% Annealed Market............. eekacees dis 70&lu CEDOTOD DEGRMOE. onc 55k e dc cocccceccccce dis 62 Ps acs ace dckcecaaeccce dis 55 PUIOGE PRN, odo gnc cue ccssesctccnens oS 2 I FINO oe ca cc ce adccaunecceceas PUTO WRB occ occa cacdccececeecses ¥ D 84 Coppered Spring Steel................. dis 50 Tinned Spring Steel....................- dis or MRE WON oo ccc acnst ces cucwexesss cdi 8b Barbed Fence, Oc sci kc ch cak keaae 4 25 WL oo hon dock as dances: 3 50 Ca inc iv bens dscns cotecdcicece new list net a ci a acetic ac ccdh dees cect new list net "WIRE GOODS. oe hc c ccas can euacacanaes dis 70&10&10 SN a vn ca cud ca eeseseés dis 70&10&10 NO os on vc ah ed bn cdnkccsees dis 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70&10&10 WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... Oy eC ov os os od oc Go iv ccd ceecus dis 2 Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis 7510 MISCELLANEOUS. MR ics sac uhuncdaueunee 50 PUMTING, CHRONTR, vines ddek cin cccccecne dis 70&10 BOFOWE, NEW HAE... . oo. 5 ccc ccsccccsesccs 15 Casters, Bed and Plate............. disd0&10&10 Dampers, American ..................... 40 Forks, hoes, ae: an all steel goods. 460&10&10 Copper Bottoms.. 23¢ see ee weer ewee od a) — ~ The Michigan Tradesma. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. Second Vice-President—E. J. Herrick, Grand Rapids. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—Julius Schuster, Kalamazoo. Executive Committee—President, First Vice-President, Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey. Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse City; P. Ranney, Kalamazoo; A. W. Westgate, Che- boygan. Committee on Legislation—W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; J. V. Crandall, Sand Lake; J. F. Clark, Big Rapids. Committee on Membership—H. 8. Church, Sturgis; B. F. Emery, Grand Rapids; the Secretary. Committee on Transportatlon—Jas. A: Coye, Grand Rapids; J.W. Milliken, Traverse City; C. T, Bridg- man, Flint. : Committee on Constitution—W. E. Kelsey, Ionia; R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville; I. F. Clapp, Allegan, Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The following local associations have mostly been organized under the auspices of the Micliigan Business Men’s Association, and are auxiliary thereto: Ada Business Men’s Asseciation. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, Elmer Chapel. Alba Business Men’s Association. President, C. R. Smith; Secretary, Peter Baldwin. Allegan Business Men’s Association. President, Irving F. Clapp; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. Retail Grocers’ Association of Battle Creek President. Geo. H. Rowell: Secretary, John P. Stanley. Belding Merchants’ Association. President, H. J. Leonard; Secretary, J. M. Earle. Bellaire Business Men’s Association. President, John Rodgers; Secretary, G. J. Noteware. Burr Oak Business Men’s Association. President, B. O. Graves; Secretary, Hi .M. Lee. Merchant’s Protective Ass’n of Big Rapids, President, E. P. Clark: Secretary, A. 8. Hobart. Boyne City Business Men’s Association. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. Cadillac Business Men’s Association, President, J. C. McAdam; Secretary, Cc. T. Chapin. Garson City Business Men’s. Association. President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Trask. Casnovia, Bailey and Trent B. M. A. President, H. E. Hesseltine; Secretary, E. Farnham. Cedar Springs Business Men’s Association. President, T. W. Provin; Secretary, L. H. Chapman. Charlevoix Business Men’s Association. President, John Nichols; Secretary, R. W. Kane. Coopersville Business Men’s Association, President. G. H. Watrous; Secretary, W. R. Boynton. Business Men’s Protective Union of Che- oygan, President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. Dimondale Business Men’s Association. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. Dorr Business Men’s Association. President, L. N. Fisher; Seeretary, E. 8S. Botsford. Retail Grocers’ Association of E. Saginaw. President, Rithard Luster; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith. Edmore Business Men’s Association. President, H. W. Robson; Secretary, W. S. Whittlesey. Eastport Business Men’s Association. President, F. H. Thurston, Central Lake; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake. Elk Rapids Business Men’s Protective As’n. President, J J. J. McLaughlin; Secretary, C. L. Martin. Zvart Business Men’s Association. President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, Chas. E. Bell. Frankfort Business Men’s Association. President, Wm. Upton; Secretary, E. R. Chandler. Flint Mercantile Union. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, J. L. Willett. Freeport Business Men’s Association. President, Foster Sisson; Sec’y, Arthur Cheseborough. Fife Lake Business Men’s Association. President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, O. V. Adams. Grand Haven Business Men’s Association. resident, Fred. D. Voss; Secretary, Fred A. Hutty. Retail Grocers’ Ass’n of Grand Rapids. President, Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Greenville Business Men’s Association. President, L. W. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark. Hartford Business Men’s Association. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. Holland Business Men’s Assoeiation. President, John Krumer; Secretary, Pp. W. Kane. Hastings Business Men’s Associa . President, L. E. Stauffer; Secretary, J. A. Va 2m Hersey Business Men’s Association, President, O. L. Millard; Secretary, Frank Beardsley Hioward City Business Men’s Association. ‘Chairman, C. A. Vandenberg; Secretary, B. J. Lowry. Holland Business Men’s Association. President, Jacob Van Putten; Secretary, A. Van Duren. Hubbardston Business Men’s Association. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, L. W. Robinson. Tonia Business Men’s Exchange. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Secretary, Fred. Cutler, Jr. Kalamazoo Ketail Grocers’ Association. President, P. Ranney; Secretary, M. 8. Scoville. Kalkaska Business Men’s Association. President, A. E. Palmer; Secretary, C. E. Ramsey. Kingsley Business Men’s Association. President, C. H. Camp; Secretary, Chas. E. Brewster. Lansing Business Men’s Association. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Will Crotty. Lawrence Business Men’s Association. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins. Leslie Business Men’s Association, President, Wm. Hutchings; Secretary, M. L. Campbell. Lowell Business Men’s Protective Ass’n. President, N. B. Blain: Secretary, Frank T. King. ° Lather Business Men’s Association. President, W. B. Pool; Secretary, Chas. J. Robinson. Lyons !.usiness Men’s As’n. President, A. K. Roof; Secretary, D. A. Reynolds. Mancelona Business Men’s Association. President, W. E. Watson; Secretary, C. L. Bailey. Manistee Business Men’s Association. President, C. D. Gardner; Secretary, H. W. Leonard. Manistique Business Men’s Association. President, F. H. Thompson; Secretary, E. N. Orr. Manton’s Business Men’s Association. President, F. A. Jenison; Secretary, R. Fuller. Grocers’ Ass’n of the City of Muskegon. President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer. Merchant’s Union of Nashville. President, Herbert M. Lee; Secretary, Walter Webster Muir Business Men’s Association, President, Simon Town; Secretary, L. A. Ely. Otsego Business Men's Association. President, J. M. Ballou; Secretary, J. F. Conrad. Oceana Business Men’s As’n. President, W.E.Thorp; Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling. Ovid Business Men’s As’n, President, C. H. Hunter; Secretary, Lester Cooley. Owosso Business Men’s Association. President, Jas. Osburn; Sec’y, 8. Lamfrom. Petoskey Business Men’s Association. President, Jas. Buckley; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. Pewamo Business Men’s Association. President, Albert Reta n; Secretary, K. R. Holmes. Plainwell Business Men’s Association. President, M. Bailey; Secretary, J. A. Sidle. Merchant’s Union Protective Association of Port Huron. President, G. C. Meisel; Secretary, 8. L. Merriam. Rodney Business Men’s Association. President, L. T. Wilmarth; Secretary, R.E. McCormick. Reed City Business Men’s Association. President, C. J. Fleischauer; Secretary, H. W. Hawkins. Rockford Business Men’s Association. President, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, J. M. Spore. St. Charles Business Men’s Association, President, B. J. Downing; Secretary, E. E. Burdick. St. Johns Merchants’ Protective Association. President, H. L. Kendrick; Secretary, C. M. Merrill. Business Men’s Protective Ass’n of Saranac, President, Geo. A. Potts; Secretary, P. T. Williams. South Boardman Business Men’s Ass’n. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Niehardt. Bo. Arm and E. Jordan Business Men’s As’n. President, D. C. Loveday; Secretary, C. W. Sutton. Sherman Business Men’s Association. President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. G. Shane. Sparta Business Men’s Association, President, J. R. Harrison; Secretary, M. B. Nash. Sturgis Business Men’s Association. President, Henry 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. Traverse City Business Men’s Association. President, Geo. E. Steele: Secretary, L. Roberts. — Tustin Business Men’s Association. President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, Geo. W. Bevins. Vermontville Business Men’s Association. President, W. H. Benedict; Secretary, W. E. Holt. Watervliet Business Men’s Association. President, H. Peirce; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. Wayland Business Men’s Association, President. E. W. Pickett; Secretary, H, J. Turner. “Woodiand Business Men’s Association. President, John Velte; Secretary, I. N. Harter. White Cloud Business Men’s Association. President, P. M. Roedel; Secretary, M. D. Hayward. White Lake Business Men’s As’n. President, A. T. Linderman, Whitehall Secretary, W. B, Nicholson, Whitehall. . BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. HOMESTEAD—INSURANCE MONEY. According to a recent decision of the Ken- tucky Court of Appeals, where a debtor in- sures his homestead and it is burned, the insurance money not exceeding $1,000 is exempt from the claims of creditors, just as the homestead was exempt. INSURABLE INTEREST. The holder of a valid policy of insurance 5 . j on his own life may assign or dispose of the same as he may of other choses in action where there is nothing in the terms of the policy to the contrary, and it may be enfore- 0 eSa @ Tocers. ed by the assignee, although he has no in- IMPORTERS OF Teas, Lemons and Foreign Frits. mium himself, he may, if = desires, make the policy payable to one who has no insur- able interest in his life. So held by the SOLE AGENTS FOR Supreme Court of Illinois in the case of the surable interest in the life of the assignor. So held by the Supreme Court of Mississippi Bloomington Mutual Life Benevolent Asso- ciation vs. Blue. in the case of Murphy vs. Red. LIFE INSURANCE—INSURABLE INTEREST. Where a person obtains a policy on his life of his own accord, and pays the pre- “Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. MONEY DEPOSITED TO CREDIT OF TRUSTEE. Where trust funds are deposited in bank to the credit of a trustee as such, and the trustee dies, the bank cannot be compelled to pay such funds to any but the real own- ers of them or one duly authorized to repre- sent them, and the executor of the trustee is not such a representative. So held by the Supreme Court of South Carolina in the case of Gary vs. People’s National Bank. Soaps and Niagara Starch. Send for Cigar Catalogue and ‘“SNECESSARY” PURCHASE OF HOUSE. The purchase of a house is a ‘‘necessary” within the meaning of the Kentucky statute, if the purchase is reasonable, considering the wife’s estate and rank in society, and the wife’s general estate may be subjected to the payment of a note executed by her and her husband for the purchase money. So held by the Kentucky Superior Court in the case of McKee vs. Hays. ask for Special Inside Prices on anything in our line. NOTICE OF NON-PAYMENT. Notice of non-payment of a note indorsed by acopartnership is sufficiently served on the firm when sent through the post office to what was its place of business at the time when the note was given, in the ab- LL KINDS" sence of knowledgeon the part of the holder of removal. So held by the Supreme Judic- ial Court of Massachusetts, in the case of Importers & Traders’ Bank vs. Shaw. The court also held in this case that knowledge of removal was not to be inferred from knowledge that the indorsers had failed and FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, Designers assigned to one who was, winding up thelr Engravers and Printers former place of business, and that the notice would be sufficient to hold a member of the firm even if the holder knew that he was —" but had a residerce in a neighboring own. Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. NOTICE OF PROTEST. The Maryland Court of Appeals lately held, in the case of Seldner vs. Mount Jack- son National Bank, that a partner had the Address a8 above right, after the dissolution of partnership, A9 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. to waive demand and notice of protest of a Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature note upon which the firm was indorser. The court said that the dissolution of the L, M. CARY. partnership did not revoke the partner’s L. L. LOVERIDGE. authority to adjust, liquidate and settle the : partnership affairs, and added: To waive 5 demand and notice and to settle accounts is but to arrange the terms upon which an ex- isting liability shall become perfect without further proof. In doing this he does not make a new contract, but acts within the scope of a continuing authority. Thereis a broad distinction between a waiver under such circumstances and a promise by a part- ner made after the dissolution to pay a debt barred by the statute of limitations. The mere waiver of demand and notice does not, as we have said, create a new liability, whereas to permit a partner to renew a debt barred by the statute as against his copart- ners, by an acknowledgment or promise to pay made after the dissolution, would be to create a new liability. GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burglar Proof Combination and Time Locks, AF ES THE OLDEST. THE LARGEST. THE BEST. The best of Testimonials from every State and Territory, ion footing: fomugated fon PORTER IRON ROOFING CO " en ee 7 con Commarea 7 A mt eer ey aa so Eanes { \ ae The accompanying illustrations represents the ® Boss Tobacco Pail Cover. It will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist and fresh until entirely used. It will pay for itself in a short time. You cannot afford to do without it. For particulars, write to ARTHUR MEIGS & 00., Wholesale Grocers, SOle Agocontits, 77 to 83 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. CINCINNATI sORrTO. 11 Ionia Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. ——_ > The Pincushion of Honor. From the Merchant Traveler. a B 5 a age as was riding on the cars in the vicinity of Grand Rapids. There were few people riding in the ike ‘ a tn coach with him, but he noticed a very old lady who seemed to have passed the allotted a BR a span of life, and a younger woman, tired and travel-stained, and accompanied by two peevish, restless little ones, who were never a still for a moment. The old lady was unattended and sat by herself, seemingly oblivious of all her sur- roundings. ‘The mother, with her children, occupied double seats. She looked worn out with fatigue. ‘ The young man sat com- SPHCIALTIES: fortably in the rear of the coach and read or Oranges, Lemons, Ban as. amused himself with his thoughts. But when an opportunity came for him! § Zonia St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. to be of service, he improved it. ‘LIOULAG “oay uosiayor 6G "09 3 NOSdWOHL ‘H ‘T AG GAYA LOVANINVIN HONEY BEE COFFEE! « Best in the Market for the Money. PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, EQUAL TO THE BEST MADE. BEE MILLS’ SPICES Absolutely Pure. . He closed the window for the old lady who feebly thanked him. He gave the tire- some children some picture cards to keep them out of misehiet» Hetord then stories | IV a Ot adard of Hxcellence from the tank near by, while their tired mother caught a nap. He divided an or- ange among them and prepared another for 9 the old lady, who declared it tasted cool and grateful. Before they reached the station where the young man was to leave the train, and while he was getting his satchel down, the old lady beckoned him to her. ‘““My son,” she said, in a quavering voice, “T live at Grand Rapids; perhaps you have heard of me? Iam the old lady who sent 300 pincushions out to the Soldiers’ Home there. I am now eighty-three years old and all I do is to make pincushions and give them away to deserving people. Young man, I have watched you and hereis your pincushion.” It was a homely little round of paste- board, but that young man declares he will never part with it as leng as he lives. —_— > -9- << - A Lesson in Economy. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘“‘Hulloa! What kind of a thing is that you have there?” gruffly inquired the gro- cer. . “Tt is my new bonnet, if you please,” re- plied his other half with a pout. Ss =" A. Et © Ez. “Your new bonnet, eh? It’s too bad you Kingsford’s Oswego CORN ST ARCH for Puddings, didn’t have it made of tin.” ‘Had it made of tin!” The idea.” “Nota bad one at all, my dear. For, don’t you see, after it was out of fashion I Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. THE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. Co eye ie tne sore fora suger] WiLL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME! scoop. There is nothing like knowing how to economize.” ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS. If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to S. HEYMAN & SON, 48 Canal St, Grind Rapids. Sei ciachs anaes pL Ceurea FOR EVER MADE Se Pa — /, 3 ) 22% poor boy with no family and no salary. To-day, my dear boys, he enjoys a salary of three hundred a year and has a family con- * sisting of a wife and nine beloved children. KE. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors, [Cheers] Look at Flint, the boy that some : : aw 134 Fle, 208 femember, doubles, He used to OMMiIssion erchants ® Office in oe tg hy St., 34 Floor fool away his time on the play ground, and : 5 ' al a gl what is his fate? The last I heard of him IN [ 8 Wile a {iintered at = a Eee Rapids a8 | he was pitching for the Chicagos for a pal- , ; agceoncchsesiiel try 2 thousand a year, and could only work Specialties: Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots. half the year at that. And mark this! He WEDNESDAY. JULY 6, 1887. has a family of only two. Think of it! [Bang!] 4 chi oe oe ones i. oes pani pier cr nas The Michigan Tradesman. | BUNTING & DAVIS 4 MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. SOLIMAN SNOOKS 20 and 22 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 4 Now, I come to the Great American a ; His Maiden Attempt at a Fourth of July| Eagle. Under our constitution, no 4th of ‘ oasis: ‘ July is complete without him. Ladies and a PURE. NEW PROCESS ST ARGH, | SWEET. Cant Hook Corners, July 4, 1887. gentlemen, when the American Eagle Editor Tradesman: screams, the British Lion curls his tail and DEAR Sir—I will write up our celebra- | —and goes to sleep. Yes, my dear hearers, . tion in time for next week. I send this by | and so do the other animals. the hand of the gentlemanly stenographer| Epluribus Unum Sic Sempea Tyrannis— f whom you sent up to report my speech for | Spiritus frumenti—Hydrargrum Cum fer- ® your paper. We are about to march to the | uwm—Non Commitimus—et Captandum : grove. Good-bye till next week. Sou. | vulgare, says Virgil andI agree with him and close. {Long continued cheering and a fusilade JULY 4, 1887. of firecrackers, during which the seat at back {N.B. A small canon is located near the of platform tipped over, precipitating eight speaker's stand, which is heard at times.] Vice-Presidents and the City Marshall over sili ii i "] rk J Mister President, Ladies and Gentlemen, | backwards into a brush heap. Great excite- | & 0 sip yang ment as I leave the grounds. ] : —— d 3 EWE 0. SURE. I rise on this auspicious occasion to—ah— 6 to remark—that is to say—ah—to make a few remarks on this great occasion. [Bang. ] AB S © I UTE SPI CES It becomes my pleasing duty to address you on this, the anniversary of our great and j glorious [Bang!] independence. sroereceet eee) Fe iad Grn, OW, heir s Early Golden com, Absolute Baking Powder. SESS nomen | _DWArchersRedGoatTonattes, senate | . JELFER, Grand Rapids. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. Old England wanted to tax us, fellow cit- Offers for Sale all Kinds of Garden MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN This Starch having the light Starch and Gluten removed, One-Third Tess a Can be used than any other in the Market. Manufactured by the yy FIRMENICH MNFG. CO. Factories: Marshalltewn, Iowa; Peoria, lls, Offices at Peoria, Ills. FOR SALE BY ORATION DELIVERED BY HON. SOLIMAN SNOOKS AT CANT HOOK CORNERS, izens. Think of it! She wanted to puta Seeds in Bulk tax on our tea, our tobacco, our matches, our locomotives, our palace cars, our cant} Medium Clover, hook handles [groans] our—our—well, sey- Mammoth Clover, eral things. But we kicked. Yes, we kick- : ed, fellow citizens, and forever established Alsike Clover, our inviolable right to tax everything our- | Alfalfa Clover, selyes at 40 per cent. advalorum. [Hurrah!] | White Dutch Clover, When I walk up to the Captain’s office to | Timothy § i \ . : iN | a § a A y, coisa a nam | Act = RON) SooTs aNp sHoEs : im een Zaft | RS = s | a Ral teak a ‘ tobacco tax and things of that kind, what a Blue Grass satisfaction it is to me to reflect that this : money don’t go into the pockets of any Orchard Grass, effete monarchies of Europe, but wends its Hungarian Grass, way to Washington to help swell the treas- Common Millet, The above Brands are Standard the World Over. Ask your Jobber for them and take BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. ury surplus. Yes, fellow citizens, this— German Millet no other. Packed by 3 tice brs dor taki cater thepiactoee. || Fiax Seed. | DAVENPORT GANNING CO, - Davenport, lowa,|2*2nc 1S Peart Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. As Iwas about to remark when Potter’s sels ne oe |OUR HATIONAL BANK lomawors Lemons) WM. SHARS & CO. we [bang!] burn more powder every 4th of July in celebratin’ our independence than Grand Rapids, Mich. the British and our forefathers both burned | during the revolutionary war. As for kiled | and wounded, I don’t spose the hull bilin’| 4. J. Bowne, President. of ’em during the war amounted to half as GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President. 1 86 5 5 PUTNAM & BROOKS many as has been busted up since by cannon, | H. P. BAKER, Cashier. Manufacturers’ Ag’ts for rockets, mines, giant firecrackers, ete. eerie Ah! my fellow citizens, cast your eyes” ‘CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Largest Stock & Best Goods over this broad country, and what do you) IN THE MARKET. AGENTS FOR THE Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 389 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. SPRING & COMPANY JOBBERS IN ree “DRY GOODS In Ordering a Supply of the 5 see? [Rats!] What do you observe? Transacts a general banking business. {Bang!] You see on every hand the toiling refugees from the—from—from the alms- Make a Specialty of Collections, Accounts houses of old Europe, who have sought a of Country Merchants Solicited. place under the glorious stars and stripes | [Cheers] where they could work for fifty | cents a day and invest half of that in city, lots. Some of our granger statesmen can’t see the good of putting on a heavy protec- | tive tariff to raise American wages and then | allow foreign pauper labor to come over | here to lower ’em again. Such people don’t understand reciprocity. Reciprocity is like. a teeter—first you go up, up, up, and then. k LLER you go down, down, downy. [Bang!] I. wa:070 believe in reciprocity on the codfish ques- | ; ff a 8: tion, too. The codfish is a bird that shouid | have a free pass everywhere, in spite of | any inter state commerce law. | Feiler citizens, when we look at foreign countries and see the troubles they are bav- | ing, the Irish refusing to pay rent, the | ; Czar going about with a boiler iron over- | , coat on, Turkey expecting to be roasted for | OUR LEADING BRANDS: SDLa S.Lf1N leet 1887 > a a e thanksgiving, the Pope inviting free Amer- | | Roller Champion, ican citizens over to see him, when mney | Gilt Edge, ; . have not got time to spare, etc.—I say that, | Matchless, when we look at all this, we can appreciate | Lily White, ; rp C, the great [Bang!] blessings that we enjoy. ; rae Gasens Tp Bet Coraet, to: aah for y J Our abundant crops, our—our—er—why, | White Loaf, Deaf and Dumb Alphabet Rules our Legislature adjourning week before | Reliance, also Comic Cards for Adver- ® last and other blessings I can’t just call to, Gold Medal, tising. mind at present. [Cheering. ] OUR SPECIALTIES: Graham. Industry is the sheet anchor of our insti- | Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Granulated —THE—— 5 tutions. What says the poet? | Meal, Bolted Meal, Coarse Meal, Bran, j | Ships, Middiings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed, ‘ * How aoth the little busy bee Write for Prices. lmprove each shining hour, And gather glucose all the day From every opening flower? Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Chestnuts! Pull down your vest!] This labor question don’t seem to strike ‘the popular [Bang!] fancy here, but I want | K to just enquire if anyone in this crowd ev er | knew the busy bee to go loafing around Sa- | Manufacturers of loons and billiard rooms during harvest? | Sh C Does the busy bee ever stop to enquire | O Ww a Has now STOOD THE TEST hether honey will bring ten cent phen anes . >, . Weare now prepared to all TEN YEARS, and has always F V nm site a orders pomp as we hae gee amie satitacuon tC RUITS AND VEGETABLES, away, only stopping incidentally to insert | | @ large and well-selected stock | any schemes to help its sale, B 5 his stinger into the small boy where it will | | son ef svatetial for cams ond . but has enjoyed a steadily in- utter, Kgg Ss, Cheese, Ktc., ne ds tant oop i208 an shapes. Liberal Qie| 9 ‘ae Dn Prand Decide | 8 dld 10 Jonia Steset, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH 4, _Eaetngamst tem 98 Wet Bridge St. Grad Rapid, ACG Manufacturing Co,, Grand Rapids, Cy «high in the industrial world. Look at the : | Telephone sr. SOLE PROPRIETORS. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FILLING ORDERS. ARTI — i F. J. LAMB & CO, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN -examples around you! See your fellow SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS. For Clerks Who Are Desirous of Advanc- ing in Their Business. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN, THe CoUuNTER, July 2, 1887. I entered a grocery store the other even- ing to purchase some cheese, which my wife desired me to bring home for supper. Now, as the lady in question is very fond of cheese, she is, naturally, anxious to get a good article. For this reason, I always get it, as she labors under the impression that I am a good judge of the article in question. 1 inquired, on entering, of the affable (?) clerk who was in attendance if he hada good article in the cheese line. He replied that he had something especially fine in that way, and I asked permission to sample it, at the same time explaining why I was so par- ticular. On tasting it, I discovered, to my horror, that the cheese was not only very old, but could furnish its own means of transport. I politely informed the young man that it would not suit my purpose, whereupon he became just the opposite of affable, telling me, almost in plain words, hat I didn’t know good cheese from bad, and, in divers ways, abusing me as much as he dared. It is needless to say that I pur- chased nothing of him, and shall never wil- lingly enter the store again whose proprie- tor is so blind to his own interests.as to em- ploy such an excuse for a salesman. Lhave related this incident simply as a basis for a few suggestions on the deport- ment and general conduct the salesman must adopt toward his employer and paf- rons, if he wishes to retain the good-will of the former and the custom of the latter. In these days of sharp competition, the merchant must not only sell the best goods, buy close and turn over his stock rapidly, but he must employ salesmen who will draw custom by their own personal attractions —salesmen who are ever ready to oblige, dress neatly and are prompt to attend to the wants of those upon whom depend the mer- chant’s financial success. The most important requisite of such a clerk is to be able to read the character of a customer in his countenance—to be able to determine, almost at a glance, to what ex- tent he may go without offense in giving ad- vice as to the extent and quality of the goods he may wish to purchase. There are very few people who enter a store without the intention of making a pur- chase of some sort, still there are some such and the salesman who understands his busi- ness thoroughly will, by his own power of pleasing, generally make a sale of some sort to these would-be lookers on. Not that I wish, for a moment, to assume that a good clerk will force a person to buy what he actually has no use for, for in ninety- nine cases out of a hundred such an attempt will not only spoil his chance of selling any- thing at the time, but in the future. The successful clerk is the one who is ‘ universally polite, good-natured, neatly dressed and always clean in his habits, thor- oughly conversant with the stock which he is to sell and is always ready to put himself to alittle inconvenience to oblige his cus- tomers. Itis very important with him to be conversant with the topics of the day, and in the lulls of business he will make it a point to talk with the patrons—find out their likes and dislikes, what subjects inter- est them, and always, in his intercourse with them, let them think that they are the best-informed, and that it is himself who is rather ignorant than otherwise. In this way he flatters their pride, makes them think their presence and society is a person- al pleasure to himself, and thereby secures many a good customer, who, but for his aptitude in this way, would never think of buying a cent’s worth of goods of the fortu- nate man who is his employer. Above all else, the clerk should be pos- sessed of an inexhaustible fund of good na- ture. Thrown among so many different classes of people, this trait of character is very sorely tried, and often it seems almost impossible to refrain from knocking down some persons, whom, no matter how hard you try, are never satisfied. These custo- mers, as arule, are the richer portion of a community, who, knowing their custom is valuable and is sought for by everyone, are snubbish and overbearing to an unusual ex- tent. If you do get mad, keep it to your- self. Don’t let your customer know it, for the chances are that he will annoy you all the more in that event. Learn to make your actions and speech conform to those of each individual who comes in your way. Above all things else, do not be familiar with your customers. By this I mean do not joke with them unless the opportunity is just right to make it pleasant. Don’t tell them all about yourself, your interests, pleasures and troubles, unless you are cer- tain that by so doing you can make their personal friendship for yourself, more warm and thus doubly insure their custom. Un- der any other circumstances than these, confidences of this sort only serve to bore the recipient and he votes you stupid and egotistical. ‘‘Familiarity breeds contempt” —old, but very applicable in this connec- tion. Don’t be snobbish or fawning. Such a course may please some, but it is the very few, and the custom of that few is not worth anything to you or your employer. Don’t be impertinent. It seems hardly neccessary to caution any one in this re- gard, but at the same time there are clerks who are very impertinent and at the same time are not aware of the fact. Watch yourself carefully in.this way and never ask a question that has the least touch of cur- josity in it. People are quick to take of- fense if they get the impression that you are trying to pry into their secrets. Your conduct towards your employer should be that of a man who knows that his services are of enough value to be appre- ciated by him, Be independent and manly in your intercourse with him, never offer advice as to the condnet of the store unless so requested, and he will appreciate at your true worth. To sum it all up in a word, the clerk who wishes to get to the top round of the ladder, must be courteous, well informed and not lack in energy to push himself in the right direction. RELLUF. ——_—_->>_.-———_———— The Grocery Market. The sugar situation is almost wholly without feature, the usual July depression having put in an appearance, Hard sugars are a trifle lower and seft sugars somewhat stiffer. Currants are stronger and higher. Coffee and tea are steady, the former being rather stronger and the latter weaker. Cheese is low, with only fair seasonable demand. Competent judges assert that this staple has touched bottom and that the next change will be in the direction of higher prices. Candy and foreign nuts are unchanged. Peanuts are higher. Oranges and lemons are strong and advancing. ———_—_—_$——> Anti-Monopoly vs. Monopoly. The time has been when monopoly seemed to thrive in this country, but that time has passed and gone. People nowa- days demand fair play in all branches of business life, and nowhere is this spirit ex- hibited more than in the oil business. To this fact is largely due the unparalleled suc- sess of the Independent Oil Co. since its advent at this market. —_—_—.>- =< Good Words Unsolicited. Pringle Bros., grocers, Muir: ‘‘We can’t do business without THE TRADESMAN.” Ed. A. Bradford, grocer, White Cloud: “A paper that every grocer should take.” Cc. W. Armstrong, general dealer, Bowen’s Milis: ‘-Am well pleased with your paper.” Jas. W. Randall, general dealer, Wacousta: “Enclosed find two dollars for THE TRADES- MAN. Last year when I sent you my subscrip- tion I ordered the paper stopped at the end of the year,as Grand Rapids was not a market I ever visited and I was notinterested in your pa- per. This year I feel that I could not do with- out THE TRADESMAN, and if it was a daily would send you subscription for the same. Aside from the market reports, I am interest- ed in the subjects discussed in its columns, es- pecially the dead-beat question. As long as you continue to give as interesting a trade pa- per as you do, you can keep my name on your list.” " ——_—_ -O Cultivate Peace of Mind. Strive everywhere and in all things to be at peace. If trouble comes from within or without, receive it peacefully. If joy comes, receive it peacefully, without excitement. If we must needs flee from evil, let us do it calmly, without agitation, or we may stum- ble and fall in our haste. Let us do good peacefully, or our hurry may lead us into endless faults. Even repentance is a work that should be carried on peacefully. eS a a Weather Prognosticators. An item in Rundschau states that patent- ed weather prognosticators are sold in the market in the shape of a landscape with blue heavens, green grass, and trees, with yellow background, ete. With increasing moisture in the atmosphere, the blue heavens assume a dirty red hue, the other colors changing atthe same time. The col- ors used in these drawings are made with the salts of cobalt, which are very sensitive to moisture. This sensitiveness is still fur- ther increased by using gelatin in mixing the colors. ——_—<>—-o-—<—— A Conscientious Witness. “Do you solemnly swear that in the case now before the Court you will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” asked the clerk of a Hibernian wit- ness. ‘‘Well, oid promise as far as the fairst and the last is concerned, but oi don’t think oi cud be pos’tif about the ‘whole troot’ part of it.” “Why not?” “Because, begorry, there was some of the row that oi know nothing about at all at all, an’ oi can’t tell ye the troot about that, can oi?” PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, Chicago packing..............-..0065 14 75 RUM NE NEG ooo oe os ee Sets ke kee oem co ease 14 75 RE CG NODE ok bos os nub Gedd obra h es bance 15 50 Extra clear pig, short cut......... ........ 16 50 Extra clear, MCAVY............ccec cee ecenee Clear quill, short cut.....................6. 16 50 Boston clear, short cut....................- 17 00 Clear back, short cut........6.........,006- 17 . Standard clear, short cut, best............ 17 00 DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, HORWY 5 ces Fico medium.....,.. PORE ano ae oe TRO og ashe etce cai cee Short sone oary. ike c cb cds eon MU 0 occ Soa cakcb eee as: MAMI Bio dein co ces ch obs SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams, average 20 18.............. cece cece ee 11 . Bee — pS ewed heb b das bi Guibas sus usiecaY Gas 8 PRC WONGIOBE: so ros hogs acco ce eknes 10% RPRWUN ER es i oo cas ccc bs cv news eebescus ™% Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................5 10 Dried Beet, PUAN ee sides cca eee ls% RGM PLIORE... bo veke dis ciscscesss 13 LARD. MORO ing ooo 5 caas sche Seve ec ae oe 0a 7 80 and 50 Tubs ..........5...secceeee, iM% LARD IN TIN PAILS. 3b Pails, 20 in a case................4. ‘ 7% 5 b Pails, 12 in a case. ................4. 7% 10 ® Pails. 6 in a case................... 1% 20 Pails, 4 pailsin case............... 1% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 tbs........ 8 00 Boneless, OXtTG. ... 0. soos cccs seas siveescce -. 12 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. POPK: BOUBORO 6 55 os ko ck ones cchsess shapers 04 7% Ham Sausage..............+% Maite wrk ratio uate % Tongue Sausage........ Sees pba ee Code cows Frankfort Sausage................20000 coos 8 Blood Sausage................. Bogle re 6 Bologna, straight.................64+ Sn bak 6 Bologna, thick.............. piaitaaesSia6 iD PEGM CURBS assis co thei st ce ch ngs iee ee eeese as 6 PIGS’ FEET. In half barrels..............0.00e0ee00e000. 8 00 In quarter barrels.............ss0ceceeeeeee FIELD SEEDS. Clover, a lg ee Sis chun sae Mi cco creases ceeuse seers m Timothy, crime ince ss sacek sess Gen) COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—TIllinois fruit is held at 45¢c per box and $3.50 per bbl. Beets—40c ® doz. * Beans—Country hand-picked are held at $1.30 @ bu., and city picked are in fair demand and scarce at $1.60 @ $1.75. Butter-Creamery is in good demand and fair- y firm at 18c. Dairy is in better demand at 12 @ lie. Cabbages—New, $4 per crate. Carrots—id0c 8 doz. Cauliflower—$1 ® doz. Celery—Grand Haven, 35c ®@ doz. Cheese—Jobbers pay 6% @ %ce for Michigan full cream and sell for 74@8&ec. Cucumbers—40 # doz. Dried Apples—Evaporated, 16c 8 ib fQuarter- ed and sliced, 6@ic ® b. Dried Peaches—Pared, l5c. Eggs—Jobbers are paying 12c and holding at l4c. Honey—Fair demand at 10@18c. Hay—Baled is moderately active at $14 per ton in two and five ton lots and $13 in car lots. Onions—New, $1 # bu. Parsley—25c ® doz Peas—‘ic #@ bu. Potatoes—New, $3 per bbl. Pop Corn—2%c ® b. Radishes—12@15c # doz. Raspberries—Black $1.25 per 16 qt. case. Spinach—stc# bu. String Beans—$1,25 # bu. Tomatoes—$2 # bu. Turnips—75e ® bu. Wax Beans—$§1.50 per bu. Watermelons—$30 per 100. Whortleberries—$3.50 per bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS Wheat—Lower.. City millers pay 81 cents for Lancaster and 78 for Fulse and Clawson. Corn—Jobbing generally at 45c in 100 bu. lots and 40c in carlots. Oats—White, 36c in smail lots and 30@3le in car lots. Rye—48@50c ® bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 8 cwt. Flour—No change. Patent, $5.00 bbl.in sacks and $5.20 in wood. Straight, $4.30 8 bbl. in sacks and $4.50 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.40 # bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 @ ton. Bran, $n ® ton. Ships, $15 @ton. Middlings, $16 B to4. Corn and Oats, $17 @ ton. Bunch, lic # doz. MISCELLANEOUS. Hemlock Bark—Tanners at this market are paying $5 for all offerings of good bark. Ginseng—Local dealers pay $1.50 8% b for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Local jobbers are authorized to offer standard goods at 40 and 5 = cent. off, and second quality at 50 per cent off. FRESH MEATS, John Mohbrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sides.. Susissssase 05 8% Fresh Beef, hind quarters. eae 7 @ 5% @ 6% Mutton Pe ys hd been 0A ok ks sok n neo 7 @ 7% @l12 %@ 8 @ 8 @ 6 @13 @ ..12 @i3 144@8 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess epi as follows: ES. Green. 7? b 54S o "Calf skins, green Part cure 7 @7%| orcured.. @8 Fullcured.... 74@ 8%|Deacon skins, Dry hides and | 8 piece..... 10 BIDS :;. 0.252 PELTS. Old wool, estimated washed ® b...... 25 @26 NNN oo oe Ee, ear onc sc cae 3 @ 3% OL. Fine washed # 20g! 05 Coarse washed.. .26@28 Medium ......... 27@32|OUnwashed.......: : 16@22 TIME TABLES. Detroit, Lansing & Northern. Grand Rapids & Senne Division. Saginaw EXpress........eecceeccecececeereeeeeee 73am Saginaw EXpress......ccecseececeeccesececserens 410pm ARRIVE. Grand Rapids Express.....¢....eceees eeeeeeees wu 23am Grand Rapids EXpress.......+-..+.sessessereees 10.30 p m All trains arrive at and depart from Union aoa Trains run solid both ways. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Atrives. WORT oun teas sc decane dedisesanceces 9:10am 3:55pm *Day EXxpress.........ccceccseceses 12:30 pm 9:45pm *Night Express........essseeeseeees 11:00 p m 5:45am Muskegon Express........ s+ .see+8 5:00 pm 11:00 a m *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful attendants without ex- tra charge to Chicago on 12:30 p. m., and meee coach on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains. Newaygo Division. aves. Arrives. BEEXDTOGS 2.2.5. ccsccccnncesccsesoosss y ‘03 pm 4:20 pm EEXPOSB. 2.2... cccccccccerccececcense 8:25am 10:20 am All trains arrive and depart from Union Depot. The Northern terminus of this division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. traing to and from Laman and Manistee. . A. GAVETT, Gen’! Pass. Agent. r B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. Leav Arrive. Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. ¥. Ex 4:35pm 7:45am..Grand Rapids. 9:45am 6:15pm 5:35pm 9:02am..Allegan....... 8:28am 56:00am 7:05pm 10:06am,.Kalamazoo... 7:30am 4:00pm 8:30pm 11:35am..White Pigeon. 5:55am 2:20pm 2:30am 5:05pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am 8:30am 9:40 pm..Cleveland..... 6:40pm 5:35 2:50pm 3:30a 6 -Buffalo........ 11:55am 11:40pm 6:40am m..Chicago....... 11:30pm 6:50am 6:50 p Alocal treiht Pieav es Grand Rapids at 12:50 pm,carry- ing passengers as far “ ene All trains daily ex- cept Sunday. J. W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat aeprens i ccahiededieene 6:25 pm 6:30 p m tThrough Mail.........--.eseeeeees > 40am 10:50am tEhvening Express.........-ceeeseee 3:25 pm 3:50'p m *Limited Express..........-e.eee0+ 6:50 am 6:50am +Mixed, with coach,............... 11:00 a m GOING WEST. +Morning Express..........eeeeeee 1:05 pm 1:10pm +Through Mail........... ... 5:00pm 5:10pm +Steamboat Express......-..+-.e0- 10: 40pm 10:45 pm WONIEOI, iis ci ssoesecccncsrensesansae 7:45am *Night BROT OSB. coc cccrescciveccs tes 5:25am 6:40am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers ta taking the 6:50 am Express make close connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:30 a m the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand Rapids. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Go. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager Chicago. Michigan Central. Grand — Division. EPART. Detroit Express. .....ccssccccceccccerecsccesccess 6:15am Day EXDreae.. ccc c.ie cc te cenesdaces secesosecevess 1:10pm *Atlamtic Express. .......ccesccccescsecccsccesece 10:10 pm MAKOD onc. cece scorn ce decceabeseensiccicccssesceiooe 6:50am ARRIVE oe Express..... +e. 6:00am OTE goss chews cece tes .--. 8:00pm ore Rapids Express.. me “10: - pm si cabin bin Fob os bss MR dAdeee sd sad ceetws pases 5pm ‘Dally, All other daily except Sunday. oie ears 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.) dD. W. I OHNSTON, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids. O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’) Pass. and Ticket Agt., icago. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. WEST EAST PM Leave] {Arrive PM AM AM_ Ly Ar PM PM 47:00 *6:50 4... .c00e St Ignace 1.......... 8:40 5:55 5:30 12:40 Ar....... Marquette..!..... Lv 2:00 7:00 » arr PM 5:30 1:00 Ly....... Marquette........ Ar 1:45 6:10 6:08' 1:35 Ar........ Negaunee 2....... Ly 12:55 5:32 wehis ¢ 6:86 .......... Houghton .......... .9:10...,.. bias t - 6:84 Ar.........Calumet........LV "8:06 ...... PM PM AM PM Only direct route between the East and South and 5 | the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. EW ALLEN, Gen’! Pass & T’k’t Ag’t OILS. ILLUMINATING. MM ate WY UES Sc 2 aS coe coedes ceeds 1a cee 1144 Michigan Test...... ........- eee cece eee ees 1034 Met rc sh eck ie ches da es teen nner sae 13% PU oe ci ek eigen hanes mu ence cee RY LUBRICATING. WRBSOINO ee a ei cee a ee ow 11% Capito! Cylinder. ..........02.. seen ee eee eee 3634 Model Cylinder... .... 2.2.2.2... .0cccseeseeees 31% MSI CYUIMOEr. oy coke ii ge ees cane coos oe ee 26% Bldorado Engine.............cceceeeeeeeeees 23 Peerless Machinery..........-2..-.+2+-22+0+ 20 Challenge Machinery...............+-+-- eee 19 PONG ek wicks ce abe bs ue baw on ae a4 2044 Black, Summer, \ West Virginia ne oho 9 Black, 259 to B0@ .. 0... cee ce ce ceeee 2. ae Black, 15° C. .. aD reek oa lye Gas canada wean 1 ee ea as pes clans spacer ones .- 12% OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. Fairhaven Counts ..5.. .....-.2.. cece cect cree 40 FRESH FISH. TEGO OGM oe oe os ce coon es eens ce ee ne ce : Sivoo ecus 4 WaAllOVOG. DIRC. oc. 6 oss cece es ake ee cw eee e nes 7 TVGR-DUl DUO... o.oo oc cn eae ce cece es nner eens 7 POO ae eke oss te anaes ces aka er ices 6 MiemOOn, BIIOKOU. .. 2... 6c eke ee sn ess otto 8 i ac Palawan ca oe co acaeee dens tees 9 PORT SIDOKOE, ou oink coon k Keach ce bese easeine 10 eee Sk cee coca dasa adses hes 9 Whitefish, smoked.............. Be tese ene eeenas 10 eM cc eck annual 50 Frogs’ Legs, per dozen..............+.+06- 25@65 Groceries. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. OO a a a a ee ti ii These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. COR oo ge cs a's S0)/Paragwon ........... 210 Wrazer’s........--- 90|Paragon 25 b pails. 90 Diamond X........ 60\Fraziers, 25 Ib pails.1 25 Modoe, 4 doz....... 2 50 BAKING POWDER. Acme, ? 4) cans, 3 doz. CASE... se seer ee ee es 85 % tb ea aa eee ca 1 60 - Sh * i *$ Ae eee 3 v0 * Bulk ae es ae ees * Princess, ae eae eka gaa cue 12 eg ss 2 33 - ie. aes seta ee cea 4 25 . Ras eee sen 28 Arctic, % b cans, 6 doz, case Liev asks 45 “ ig ee 75 “ %y a“ 2 Oe ae 1 40 “ 1 * 2 ee icseeke 2 40 ity 5 ee 1 “ 5 50 Victorian, 1 b cans, (tall, PO ae a el 2 THarmonG “Die. sno. aes. ca acess 15 BLUING BP PR eke con ins ay wean s Coa doz. 25 Dry, No. 3 a cd doz. 45, Liquid, 4 02,...... 35 STG A a doz. 65 PROT © OB i a icc ccs bcacte secede 8 gross 3 50 OU OE od es ncn von oc s os heen sons 7 20 POUR SRO oo cd. co cant seas ccc ecewceeees 12 00 Arctic No. y pepper box be heel a cosccobes sae 2 00 PVOEIG Re eee access 3 00 Arctic No.3 ‘ Oe aula oly pass 4 00 BROOMS. No. 2 Hor. ..,.. s+ 1 75|Common Whisk.. 90 No. 1 Hurl....2 00@2 25 Fancy Whisk......1 00 No. 2 poo Loose a 25) Mill ceeds cdale dese 3 75 No. 1 Carpet does 2 50| Warehouse ........ 2 75 Parlor Gem........ ou! pad FISH. Ciams, ft tb, little Neck............0s.....- 110 Clam Chowder, 2.1.06 o25 6... cn. 05.0 215 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib standards.............. 90 Cove Oysters, 2 standards............. 1 75 Lobsters, 1 —— kes cd cep aeane 1 75 Lobsters, 2 ih, picnic 2 6: Lobsters, 1 ib PURE css cs Lobsters, 2 i star.. cues Mackerel, 1b fresh standards............ Macker el, 5 lb fresh standards............ 5 25 Mackerel ‘in Tomato pauee, & WD. .........- 85 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard................-- 35 Mackerel, 3b soused............ cae 3 50 Salmon, 1 ] Columbia river............... 175 Salmon, 2 i Columbia river........... ....3 00 Sardines, domestic 348.................0065 6@7T Sardines, domestic %48................-.- 10@12 Sardines, Mustard %8..................6-- 12 Sardines, imported \58...........--+.-ee0 18@15 wOit, By DPOOMs 4 oss sons ses one caw ode 4 00 CANNED. FRUITS. ee gallons, standards................ 3 75 ckberries. standards............-....4- 380 Cherries, red standard..................4- 1 20 OO re seca e wees 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ..............-.+-- 1 20 IGOOGEDEITIOR: 8 i. v.35 a sca c ans cnc anne ess 1 00 Green Gages, standards 2 B........-...... 1 20 Peaches, Extra Yellow ..................5. 175 Peaches, standards.................... 1 60@1 75 PERCHOS, GECONGS. ....- 05 cases csc csececes 1 45 PRONG OIG, oi cg co oes chon oc ceca or deden nae 110 Te ee ead cee ease cebage dennce 1 10 Pineapples, standards........ sesck OO OA cei ch ches cena bens nee as wana 115 Raspberries, ceca nes ch ees caane 1 25 isc s seas ce 1 35 RN ven cas sha cos nacacceens 1 20 WY TPIROPRIOR ooo. nang doesn ceececenes 3 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay....................2 00 Beans, Lima, standard.................06. 75 Beans, Stringless, MO ae cas g Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1% Corn, Archer’s Trophy...............-e08 Mowning® Glory... .......csecesces- Oe ev iwads es ca de ees 135 Ae ks iv ta ance sa oa ne 1 35 OP Macc cade es caic wees anes ee 1 35 OF oa ae ns nce wens ce ne aes -1 40 Oe BOOM ss dei cede nckes see sae 1 30 TGR GIO, occa es ocean ca nae nas pcea tas 1 50 Peas, extra marrofat.................. 1 20@1 40 POOR BORON oo onc ie cai ks ccebedn odes cannes 75 - Early June, — CE ogee aires 1 50@1 7 “ “ BOO cc dscccstase cues 2 00 * ie cueeee 00 Mushrooms, extra fine............. ...66 20 00 Pumpkin, 3 I Golden.................0008- 110 Succotash, standard.. ee eee dae ve cce ss i Tomatoes, standard brands............... 1 20 CHEESE. Michigan full cream.................. i% Work Btate, Acme... .....0:......-.. @9 CHOCOLATE. Wilbur’ 8 Premium. -35|German Sweet.......23 Sweet......2 25| Vienna Sweet ....... 22 “ B’kf’tCocoa 45\ PRAMOY 6 os esc cine ce 37 oN Cocoa-theta 42) Runkles’............. 35 - Vanilla Bar 28 COCOANUT. Schepps, Tio cud ee bia dk nse d deen G25 MA FAB, ons vn on dna ce eos @26 . ee Faw as a beens cha es can @27 , Is in tin, DOE fis cede dss shoe @2i% ~ Be es cee veas sauce @28% Maltby’ 8, a Bs bac chins ables dke odes @23% ma 368s os a as, @A4 “4 a asada ck deed aus @?4% Manhattan, pails.........0.c0cccce sees @20 ORS vk cack Cie de iid yd cacciees @I18 Be soak ca an ak yt oe hs hbo oe oe @15 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 ths 100 boy 300 bs A fo ee a os kk c ds danske Lion, in cabinets................ 94% TO in ease cide cs os tee 2436 2414 24 BPDUOMIE 8 occ ive cc ice concen 243g 24%, 24 PULWOPTIE oo oven kvcdancecchasnes 2416 COO ee locas dice ve been akes 24 German........... Docws uae yk saue 24 German, in bins................. 2444 WEB ONOUR a iis be cb cnees ances e's 24 AC iis icc cen ccihpelscsutnes 2436 2414 24 MOMIGAR oes os cha beep oo k'd's ss 2 2 2 COFFEES. Green. Roasted. BIO Ge cea ties) 21@28 |Rio............. 22Q24 Bantos.....ciss< 238@25 |Santos.......... 23@26 Maricabo....... 238@24 |Maricabo....... 74@25 yee d nie ak ued 23@25 \Java.......... -25@30 O. G. Java...... 24@32 |0.G,Java...... 27@33 Mocha ........- 25@26 (Mocha... ...... 31@32 CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 100 |50 foot Cotton....1 60 72 foot Jute ..... 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 75 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 |72 foot Cotton....2 00 CRACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. X XXX #b Kenosha Butter................ 6% Seymour Butter............... 5 PT a runt Noes be dees nec 5 PAnoy Butters. 22.6 .c ee ese. ss 4M B, MPVRLOR GS 2 ok oe ices c Benen cess 5 Ene ac Da el ays eae 5 ancy Oyster...... ot WAUOY HOGG oii cs cs csssasces css 5 CG BOG oka isc cceewns cole dns 7% PRONE er cach nite bh ve ieda eng ediceus 5% ER cea dwh ask cosines ietacns cae 7 TRO soi Fh ca es oo Cuan ck dace’ % ae ele yh es bok abe ane OER 8 WO OAL cach Las ecicd ib eea ess 8 Pretzels, Ree mate 0 osae ah 11% PLUCIS OS, ECOG eis nines oe ce 9% | Cracknels ............cceeeseees 15% Lemon Cream................-- " 8 | Super Oream .: 6 6 i. ce. cea es 5 8 Frosted Cream...............+ 8% Ginger Snaps...............--. 7 8 No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ 7 Lemon Snaps...... 3 12% CONCG CARCS. 66... ee os ee os - 8& Lemon Wafers................. 13% SEI eo ances pan emacese ns Extra Honey Jumbles......... 12 Frosted Honey Cakes......... 18% Cream Gems............°.- He 18% Bagleys Gems................. 138% OC COS ek ive nde cae ness 12% Ae MW OSeOn. i.e est kas c8% DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. Oe et de ee acc enc eeus 19 @ 22 Ce ek ec cen ceed 64%@ 7 NTE ORE ona sa o's sin os co cays ce nke ees @ i4 OCONEE OG oak ees g ccc haccnce se @ i4 Prunes, French, 60s................2.-: @10% “ WOON G08, ovis cc ucci cee cc ue @8 “ WrOOOH) WM. ook cok oo hace chen @i ° POW ks cen ecreasareaen 44%4@ 5 “ TROON ook vi ccccc ch cece ca cece 4% Raisins, Dehesia..................0000- 3 50@5 00 Raisins, London Layers............... @1 80 Raisins, California “* ............... @1 65 Raisins, Loose Muscatels.............. 1 40@1 56 Raisins, Ondaras, 288... ........ ..... 84@ &% Raisins, Sultanas.................000e 8 @ 8% Raisins, Valencia, new ............... @ 6% Fisting, TOPOTiMle.... «so. cca ccccccces @3 00 FISH. engi ons cacducecadca wes 5@5%4 Oe OOO, gc ci occa de cccctsdescace 54@6% i cite cae as 9% Herring, round, 7 iiss cceccaucveces @2 90 Herring ,round, 4% bbl.................... 1 7 Herring, Holland* WAS on os os ewedneen nas 11 00 Herring, Holland, kegs.. uk ls dae ceasaaues 6E@i5 PROV, PORIOE oo ios 5 cs oa da cca e'cs ca cw cede 1¥@22 Mackerel, shore, No. 1,3 6 WE ccs. 20 CO 2b kits ol, 3 C0 " . " 0 sada daewad 2 50 “+ TRO. 6 DUNS. ce ks ois cco s cess 6 50 Sardines, werent: TAM i vk ccc eck’ ce eed low12 CT A Me os Sanna cade ntacesnand 5 50 Re Rg ve co ke ce en cand dc edne cces 85 WTOy NG. TL 56 BOI oe oo oo is once cn neces 7 50 TIL. IO. By Bee BA IES. oo 5 ooo wc neenn esse 110 Write, No. 1, FO Bite... ow coc se cece ccaes 1 00 White, Family, Re es cca acadadsenck 3 75 Ns oa pce ccs dac nukes 15 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. Jennings’ Ey Cie 02... 238.5: #doz.100 1 66 FOR oes s iscde cease 1 50 2 = “ Oe cel, aus ~ 50 423 ” OR i.e, 35 5 00 ” *~ MO.e © Aper... ....- 1 2é 1 75 - ‘ No. 4 debe cass 1m 66 - “ 2 pint, round sauces 450 900 ° “ ? Sy oeas 900 18 00 “ ‘* WO. & PANel.......... 1 10 1 83 . “ No.8 OP lee au euc. 27) 500 “ meow © ooo, 4 25 76 MATCHES, Grand Haven, No. 8, SQUATE.... 2... ..400 ee 95 Grand Haven, No Y, square, 3 gro........... 1 15 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1 % Grand Haven, No. 300, PRION. oo ci cada cs 2 25 Grand Haven, No. 7, round... pale ee 1 50 OenROSN, NO. 2.5 oc. cececnences 1 00 Me i oc ees ees cc aa cuaces 1 50 Py os aac hc canoe neat eccunekanens 75 Richardson’s No.8 square..................- 1 00 Richardson’s No. 9 OO a a, 1 50 Richardson’s No. Th, WO cok cess sas 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 Coed n ies caicends 1 50 RCI, oe i cc ca da neue dances 115 MOLASSES. MI Ns pcs c ci cc cecuucceecccee 16@18 Cuba Baking............ eeu sen hua os anes 25@28 aks nk ic ka cane inca deen: 24@30 TOW OFi@AnG, MOOG... 6.6. ce cececcnaesse 2 New Orleans, GHOIEG..... osc nn sc eacsess 44@50 Mew Orleans, fancy...............encccee 5255 \% bbls. 2e extra OATMEAL | ROLLED OATS Merete... . =< ys! h 75|Barrels.............5 7 Halt barrels........ 3 00) Half barrels...... 3 00 COBER. 6. .4.8245 2 25@3 25|\Cases......... 2 25@3 25 PICKLES. Medium ea cee ee esd ean ce Q7 50 a a Sees sceues @3 75 Small, re Se she oa kw ee cls ia ashes @7 50 OU os ciel a al. @A 25 PIPES. Importee Clay, No. 216, 3 gross..... .. @2 00 Imported Clay, No. 216, 2% gross...... @1 75 BUNOTIOON To Dice e ccc ccciee ccccenacs @ 7 RICE. Choice Carolina..... N (OOM 022... e. 2, 5% Prime Carolina..... 6 |Patna Reece cadseda 5% Good Carolina......6%|/Rangoon....... @14%, Good Louisiana..... 5%4|Broken.. ..... SuGe* Wale oo... ese. Pee Ome =a A ei 5% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... SM lwient’s ...........- 5 CUOMTOR'S - ...5....5. 5 jSea BOGE. ..-....-.. 54% Taylor’s G. M.......5 |Cap Sheaf........... 5 1¢¢ less in 5 box lots. 60 Pocket, FF Dairy ocket, FGA. ha cs cn ek hose as 2 2 25 Pe OGNOG ooo ck orca coccaccincaas 1 foe ib TOO RD DOCKOS... 5 cc cc cece ccecscceccnes 2 3 Saginaw or Manistee.................. 75 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 8u Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags... 3815 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 75 American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 20 TR TN oo on kn ona ccc oc as cs cane o Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.............. 40 - " a iedes sus 20 SAUCES. BOT, WE DIGI. oo oc nn ce ccc enesscccs @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small. @ 70 Pepper Sauce, MOON i ccc cus censuses @ 80 Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @1 25 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 50 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ 9 Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 20 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 SPICES—W HOLE. Me ao id onda shan de ce Ge cans 64 Cassia, China in mats.................. 6% * Batavia in bundles............ lu 8F BOIMOU 1 TOMB. «os co ss cc cesses 40 Cloves, AMDOVDS. 2.0.66 6. cecnnseceess 28 TY) RU «4 sy hn beds ae co seaenaces 27 TA TURIN os on decccscccescdeccasass 60 Nutmegs, TOS Coches ccccedactials 70 MN Ae ia ad cane os sack scevauaen 65 ? Nicki s uaud, 6a boon ceases 60 Pepper, Singapore, DIGOM. 6 56k chou sus 18 WHIG is cecksis:. 29 SPICES—PURE GROUND. MUO dod es ck endh athe cdad ood it Cassia, Batavia Wau ke iecws ecko ueaeaeus 1b and Baigon........2i.6 25 TT OO in cones beck eed sense 42 Cloves, Amboyna sya selenite 32 TATA 5, oo vas dn ches Da aces Bl Ginger, UOT od ins eh adhe cc de oe 10 COG oo ae or oe de enuneveaaes 15 OY POE, is cc voce cc hace cae se 18@22 PEDO PERE O o iien en cscs ca geedeaciedess 70 Mustard, English.. gun dae di eccians 20 and Trieste......... 22 “ Trieste De oe elk ca lw aas 25 PRUCTGRE INO Sen oon ck cee Ves ecnesees 65 Pepper, Singapore POR oe cc vcicnceaass 22 WEEN io ics waa 32 “ CRVONEG. 6.655 hele cleks ccs. 25 STARCH. Muzzy, Gloss, 48 ib boxes, 1 pkgs... @ 5% oT) se 48 oe “ 3 1b ad eo @ 544 : . 40 tb "Re to aa @4 2 tb crates, 6 I boxes.. @ 6% see Corn, 40. tb boxes, lft pkgs.. @ 6 ” 20 Ib a5 @ 6% Kingsford’ 8 Silv er Gloss, 1 tb pkgs.. @iT 6 b boxes.. @ T% ae " a TH nica @ 6% f ” Pure, 1 B pkgs............ @ 5% ae Corn, i Th pigs............ @it Firmenich, new process, gloss, 1.... @ 5% - - - a... @ 5% “ “ “ ¢6bd.... @6% “ ** bulk, boxes or bbls @4 “ * COUN FR. cs 65s cce @ 6 SUGARS. OE ie canine caus caceuchiancces @ 6% Ce a, vec ise bi cce scutes @ 653 COO iad acc ckeus ss catuenad @ 6% Granulated, Standard... ............ @ 6% - oh cae us oe dade cke @6 18 Confectionery” A, ... 2.06. - cess siences @ 5% PCAN Ao hs ogc cine consscec stank @ 5% No.1, White Extra C.................. @ 5% No. 2 2 Extra C @ 5% No 3 ie asa ide @5 eg of oka s cu ade cnscdosccaces @ 4% BE ai ae ck ik ook oh apcaan dees @ 4% SYRUPS. @28 @30 233i Corn, 5 gallon kegs..............eeeeees PULSE BUGAT, DDL... 6s ote cece cones 24@30 Pure Sugar, % bDbl...............eeeeeee 26@32 TOBACCO—FINE CUT—IN PAILS. Uncle Tom........... 42)Bad Boy...........s0. 35 What Is It?... i. .4..... 28/Cinderella............30 CUGERY oo. e caccce css 60) Hi There............. 30 Five and Seven.. (ee ROE COD. oasis cee esse 55 MOQNOE.. .. i vacessncks 25|Cross Cut...... ‘ Seal of Detroit....... 60)Old Jim........ a Jim Dendy he eaieeeet 388\Old ‘Time............. é Our Bird............. 25| Underwood’s Capper 35 Brother Jonathan...27\Meigs & Co.’s Stunner35 Jolly Time........... DOLACION. cis lesen ikcceces 35 Our Leader.......... 33| Royal Game.......... 38 Sweet Rose.......... a2|Mule Ear............. 65 May Queen....... -65, Fountain pu haecesukage 74 Dark AmericanEagles7 Old Congress......... 64 The Meigs............ 60;Good Luck........... 52 HOG Bird... . ce cce 50) Blaze Away.......... 35 Prairie Flower ...... 6b| Hair Lifter....... ... 30 Indian Queen........ 60| Hiawatha ciscaensanat 65 May Flower.......... CMON oo ccs code vee 65 Sweet Pippin........ 45,Crown Leaf..... .. 66 PRCROR asic RBs ae ke cs kc hc 35 : SHORTS. Our Leader... ......<. 16) Hiawatha ............ 23 Mayfiower . . .23\Old Congress......... 23 iii ceks 2\May Leaf............ 22 wauie War..... 11-5... AON cc cos cae bo acecs 20 PLUG. Eye Opener.......... 27|Blue Blazes.......... 27 WOON os escasss: PU CABNEF..... <5. -cccce. 35 POGGIO 6 os cucssess GU OIIGE 650550400 acca ie ives 37|N TOG CAD. . «65 42-.. 4. 22 Old Solder...........5 37\Splendid ............ 38 Clipper Od ce eueeeacce SATIRE WOR 3 cscs cccccess 40 Corner Stone. = ATER ERPEWG... 5 5 oe c' 40 Scalping Knife......34,Chocolate Cream....40 a HOGS, oan ass cso Cut loaf, 25 ® Cases. ..... 6. ccc deccccese @10 PRION, ODP NI 6 on do os od cc nc cecncas @10 Mee Oe OOS. .....-.. 0 cscs so. @ 9 FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES. TeemmOn DONG. . .. 6.56.05 csc sae “ @12 Sour Drops.. aks caus endcasace Cle Peppermint Drops.. Weesee weecesecccaause @13 TIOGOMREG DIPOUG. «oo oc 5s cc cccscccaccccnce 14 HM Chocolate Drops.............. bheae 18 WN UN os hack bc da cn cccean da caas iv BI BRB oc oo on oo vc ne ccctawcccance pe UT EROONICO PROT... conc cc cc cacncce 2 Me TU i oo ooo ooo 4s acd ccesaceues 1¢ en WIIIGEG. «o.oo cc cee cacanccas 15 ccs cn ncccat de ccadauedeces 14 oh ks ck ded sana dcndeneae> 15 Cream Bar........ 12 NE I cic chon ccecdcasascsaean 12 i oi acs caecacace 18 Wiese Wade CUOAinS........<.-5.0s6000. 18 ED og io onnc ch dccacasede caes ie BGG COGRINE, 0660. oon snccccuccss 20 WR cad cccksceccescdeccaaas is FS ook ohn hc wan cnesackces : 22 Wintermreem BGrries, ......5666 05 cdc 14 FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... @uy%, Lozenges, plainin bblis................ @10% Lozenges, printed in pails............. @12% Lozenges, printed in bbls............. @ll', Chocolate Drops, in puils.............. @l% Gui Drone Ih Palle... .. ......cccccence @ 6% Gh EON, 1 DDIG. «occ ce ce sccccccess @ 5% TROGE TUCODE, TH DGG, «65 occ cccccaceccc 9 @10 Moss Drops, im DDIS.... 2.2... scccececes @9 Sour Drops, in pails...... cl uaa el chaea @l12 Dg gS ee ee @l2% WGTNe T0F DIR ci. occ ce cacacss @us% FRUITS. aac acc haceaccescuceeat 1 50@3 00 Oranges, California, fancy............ @ Oranges, California, choice........... Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................ ING II ooo ovo cin cuccccucces ‘ Oranges, Rodi, Caseg..............0ce0. 5 50 Oranges, ME occas is ccecc cect 4 —— 00 CO Oe iid eek ic cc cc sddeccdvedec Oranges, Imperials.................... 5 25s 50 DI, CIOS og vcs ncndencevsosceseees @4 50 Be TG ooo sb kc da caceed asec. caas @4 75 PO Oee, COMrOntie «cece cc cc ccceat case Pies, layers, NOW, BB... .. ....ccscccecs 10 @15 Mt, WU, OP os kc od ve side decscdes 8 TE TPIS G0 oon oc scan ce cn ckanteses 5% TO OE Ge I oan ck. a cass acctecdcees 6% Dates, Fard 10 ® box ® D............. 9 4@10 Dates, Fard 50 b box ® .............. @8 Dates, Persian 50 ib box ® b.......... 7 @T% Pine Apples, @ doZ.............02000. 2 ‘00@3 00 NUTS. Almonds, WPORVEMOUG,. «6. so sc sccenssiss 174@I18 RO oi cnc ch eedncedvaues ds @17 * RTIRORTIEM ccs ac succeaneseas @li WORN aad oo ae cecvesneccacasces @ 9- Filberts, Sicily......... @10 - Barcelona.. @9 Walnuts, MENON oo ia chs cd acadcuceae 15 @l7j WEN icin icedescdasiccnsuns 7 - IL ol ncciaccecuedesas Pecans, TROMOM TEL BF ikvcscatacaccksseaa 10 ait DEMME iin koh dc acedaceccac 8 @ COGOmIIES, WIOD, os 8 Will Not Sue for Libel. The report that President Wurzburg pro- poses to proceed against the Pharmaceuti- cal Era for imputing a portrait of Patsy Sullivan to him is not corroborated by that gentleman. He says the alleged represen- tation of his features gives him more pain than a sore finger, but the next man who suggests that the cut be put in the rogues gallery is likely to meet with a warm recep- tion. See ee Go to Petoskey. Every Michigan druggist owes it to him- self and his profession to attend the con- vention of the Michigan State Pharmaceuti- eal Association at Petoskey next week. Those who are compelled to stay at home should not fail to send in their yearly dues. +0. <- ' Minor Drug Notes. The retail druggists of Cleveland have a $200 library. The St. Louis Drug Clerks’ Association has sixty-five members. A good quality of wine is now being suc- cessfully manufactured from oranges. There is a wonderful increase in the num- ber of text-books for students of pharmacy. A red ashphaltum or mineral pitch, twen- ty inches thick, has been found at Beaure- gard, Miss. R. Rother has isolated what he considers to be the fluorescent principle of wild cherry bark. Maine has a new law regulating the sale of opium and its enforcement is hard on un- registered druggists. lt is claimed that a German Health com- pany sells a preparation of honey and water costing 12 cents for $25. Beeswax can easily be powdered by add- ing an equal bulk or granulated sugar and a small per cent. of alcohol. Aneminent physician says that the micro- scope has become of indispensable service in the diagnosis of skin diseases. In India they have a theory that petroleum is an oil produced from fish suddenly killed by an influx of salt into an inland lake. It is estimated that the number of drug- gists in the United States who are interest- ed in microscopy has increased 50 per cent. during the past three years. G.- M. Beringer has found commercial ground flaxseed to contain over 30 per cent. of oil. The United States Pharmacopceia states that it shall not yield less than 25 per cent. A French paper says that petroleum de- stoys all insects and banishes rats and mice, and that water slightly impregnated with petroleum aoplied to plants infected with insects will destroy them. About two years ago an aqueous solution of epsom salts sweetened with glucose was sold in glucose for glycerin. A similar ar- ticle was found reported in the Engiish market recently. —_—— > 0 _Will Exhibit at Petoskey. Chas. E. Watson and Ed. P. Andrew, general traveling representatives for S. A. Maxwell & Co., of Chicago, have engaged a suite of rooms at Petoskey for next week, where they will display the contents of a couple of dozen sample trunks for the ben- efit of those druggists in attendance on the convéntion of the Michigan State Pharma- ceutical Association. They will show every- thing new in the line of books, stationery: and holiday goods and their order books will be in readiness. Every delegate to the convention is invited to give the boys a call. The Pennsylvania Liquor Law. The following is the clause in the new liquor law of Pennsylvania that governs the sale of intoxicating liquors by druggists: “That druggists and apothecaries shall not be required to obtain a license under the provisions of this act, but shall not sell in- toxicating liquors except upon the written prescription of a regularly registered physi- cian. Alcohol, however, or any prepara- tion containing the same, may be sold for scientific, mechanical, or medicinal pur- poses. Any one violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided in section 15 of this act, provided that no spiritous, vinous, malt, or brewed liquor shall be sold or furnished to any person more than once on any one prescription of a physician; and provided further, that any physician who shall wilfully prescribe any intoxicating liquors as a beverage to persons of known intemperate habits shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the same pen- alties and fines as are prescribed in section i.” ——-_ —>"_o a> -——— The Aniline Trade of Germany. Kuhlow’s Review says: *‘The prospect of a slow improvement in the aniline industry has been fulfilled, and, but for the uncertain political situation of Europe, which has late- ly had so damaging an effect on all trades and industries, the improvement in question would doubtless have increased. The prices for the most important raw materials which are employed in the above industry reached in 1886 a normally low point. Certain re- ductions in the price of some of the products are also to be recorded. These, however, were, on the whole, moderate. “The manufacture of fuchsin has just un- dergone a complete revolution in conse- quence of the employment of nitro-benzoline and the abandonment of the arsenic acid process. The manufacturers are now pre- pared to deliver a fuchsin and a blue abso- lutely free of arsenic compounds. Several. modifications have had to be made in the machinery.” —_— oo Keratinization of Pills. Pills keratinized are not intended to dis- solve in the stomach, but in the intestines. Keratin is obtained by boiling quills in water, extracting the fat with ether, dis- solving in acetic acid, and eyaporing. For coating pills, ammoniacal or acetic acid solutions are employed only. It is neces- sary to apply the coating from 8 to 10 times to insure durability. ee - Addition of Alcohol to Wine. According to Rundschau, Riche made a report to the Paris Academy of Science in which he says the addition of no more than 2 per cent. of alcohol to many light wines is useful. However, the alcohol must be free from fusel oil, since its presence renders wine dangerous to health. co The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association will be held in Cincinnati, commencing Septem- ber 5. It has been some time since the western pharmacists have had an opportu- nity of attending a meeting so near at home. They should take advantage of this cireum- stance and have the West well represented. It is estimated by Dr. Hoffman, of New York, that one-half of the medicinal drugs and chemicals consumed in the United States enter into and are dispensed and con- sumed in proprietary medicines. ms ; A curious local anethetic of the Chinese is in the form of hard, wax-like tablets. It seems to owe its benumbing property to a secretion from the skin of frogs. Frank Hibbard, the Evart druggist, has the California fever, and will remove to the Pacific slope as soon as he can dispose of his drug stock and residence. ———— -2 —- —- He Wanted Indemnity. Clerk—I love your daughter and she re- ciprocates my affection. ' Merchant—My daughter has spoken -to me about you; I have no objection. to the match. ‘I am glad to hear it. I wish to ask you one question.” “ll be perfectly candid with you, sir; proceed. “*T expect to give your daughter a diamond engagement ring. Would you object to giv- ing me a check for it, so I canget it back in case we were to break our engagement?” Where is the Soul Located. According to the Independent Practi- tioner, Pythagoras asserted that the seat or location of the soul is the encephalon; Eristratus, the meninges; Herophilus, the great ventricle; Servetus, the aqueduct of Sylvius; Arontius, the thé third ventricle; Des Cartes, the pineal gland; Scemmering, the liquid contained in the encephalon; Aristotle, the heart;-others, the origin of the spinal cord, the corpus callosum, the corpore striata, ete. Empedocles believed that it circulated through the blood. Michigan Drng Exchange. 375 South Union St., Grand Rapids. AGENTS FOR THE Standard Petit Ledger. POLLINA NA NARA NLL ONL NLL LLL LP Wy Ake * registered female pharmacist to take situation in western town. cacascacues’ 2@ 45 Pe, OBB Fic as a cvnyeces a a oe @ 65 MNO ac gpk s sens ane ac ecases places c @1 50 TUM a aos is oe c access sank nose coun: ® 50 AP ORG. 6. ek pews Reape ken cate rasa @ 60 TOI oe cacy ccn oss dash acon s bao l@ 2 POTASSIUM. : Bichromate......... Fe aka le. L@ 15 NT ice cence ek a beues cue ce $2@ 45 ROPER, (PO. SU) 5 oes din cc cen ss hccs 18Q 20 NN a oad ae ca es ce es ce Ma ee 3 WES 25 PPRUBOIBUD 6 incon cin cse den Pa 25) 28 RADIX. PR os be iad sate ok nk aes ce cal 25@ 30 OI ni oo ike ioe een cel cae 15 20 PPM Oi 5 ok oh ie yas hove Cee es a @ 2 RN ie a Wc ddicn ina dbaecine 20@ 50 Gentiana, (0s 1B). «ok i onc ccinaece 10@ 12 Glychrrhizas (pv. 15)... 6.0... ccc eens 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, ,po. 33)........... @ 2 Hellebore, Alba, po.......... «es 16@ BW - 15@ 20 DOORS, Pos gida ass abe eues cewn ates 2 50@2 60 OD Oss es bees Coots ce kee canines 25@ 30 DERPODIR, MB... coli k ks ve lace sche shah @ 35 POGODOVINGR,. DO... 66 hs oie cee eck 1@ 18 a a ewe ecu as _ 00 Or OM ie pe wen ee 175 OO Oe cline se den uwen si elke cae funk T5@Q1 35 BEI a aa ys baad eee lrcdsa ca ou 48@ & Sanguinaria, (po. 25)...........0.0 cee @ 2 POTDONCHI I eos sake ctot aaa 35@ 40 BOR ORA Maia nnn ced ieee 40@ 45 Smilax, Otleinalig, H........ 66.0.6. @ 40 * " TE es aca ak @ 2 Boillae, (hOcBe oe ieee. 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Foetidus, po.......... @ 2% Valeriana, English, (po. 3) sews cs @ 2 r MOGI oc la ac cvicctess 1@ 20 SEMEN. AMIGUIN, (OLN, hci ete ce @ ii Apium (graveolens)................... l2@ db BiG, 1s. BS hecietivew ike. -' 4@ °° 6 CAPit, (DOM es ce civic ck -- R@ ib Cardamom... Mat skWe cA Pau bak 1 0O@1 25 COMIADOFUI a ores cstv eccnt nance: bc ldes 10@ Ww Cannabis Sativa... .....6.6.0. 0060 ccc 38@ 4 Ordon is Nessie eh cer. 75@1 00 CheEmMODOGIGE 666k. cece cecas cccecua. 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate.................cc00. 1 75@1 85 POGTUIGHIUNIN oo es cee Siviese co ee ci acd, @ ib Foenugreek, po. ... 2... ccc cc cccceece 6@ 8 FAG isis cee eat Lee ca a: 3%4@ 4 Tant, Ora (OR Osteo 34@ 4 Phalaris Canarian..................... BYG@LY% Haye ...¢.i.1. Pr wetas bese ee eos sh ages 5@ 6 Bimnspis, AIO ies weds eee cdb cle. &@ 9 ‘ IMU icc ick edt H@ 2 SPIRITUS. ; Frumenti, W., D. & Co............3... 2 2 50 Frumenti, D. F.R.............5... ie Tee vc BPR oe ee dees -.1 10@1 50 gumiperis Co. 0.7. oi. Ho s bens ces 1 76@1 75 Juniperis Co... 75@3 50 Pasohara: Neds... seek ic ces cece ccs 1 74@2 00 grt. Vint Galliis............ Wrdecaedess 1 75@6 50 BE OODOEU sisi ses oe oe ec se ce 1 25@2 00 Wind AIR iG lec ccvesads «+. 1 25@2 00 | | SPONGES. | Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage. ....2 25 50 | Nassau do Ot... ¥ 00 | Velvet Ext do do 110 | ExtraYe * do Ge a. 85 | Grass do do cos 85 Hard ! sfor slate use........... 75 | Yellow Reet, WO Soi cew ets: 140 MISCELLANEOUS. | Ether, Spts Nitros, 3 F................ 26@ 28 ther, Spts. Nitros, t F............... BQ 32 FO esa sca de eve vein sour dcudeess 24%@ 34% ; Alumen, ground, (po. 7)............... 3@ «4 PINAY oe cle ocaswandhs coca race, 55@ 60 YORI, Os sia le cede cade aca; 4@ 5 | Antimoni et Potass Tart.............. 55@ 60 | Argenti Nitpad, $0... ec ck. dance @ 68 FPO cc ie cei eee elec 5@ 7 | Balm Gilead Bud...................... BG 40 | SO ec tlk oa 2 15@2 20 Calcium Chlor, 1s, (448, 11; 4s, 12).... @ 9 ; Cantharides Russian, po.............. 2 60 | Capsici Fructus, af.................... @ 15 | Capsici Fructus, E Wi pees ss hacvasaue @ | Capsici Fructus, B, po........... ... ‘ @ 4 | Caryophyllus, (po. 35)................. H@ 33 POREmaine) NO. 46... io. occ cece @3 75 LOere Aina SG Fo. 50M 55 Bd ee i are 2@ 30 aoe bs bes see cp ek @ 40 ; Cassia Fructus....... @ LOCOniraria on @ 10 PO URO UN cee @ 50 | OPNOROROMME eee 38@ 40 Chloroform, Squibbs.................. @1 00 | Chloral Hydrate Cryst................ 1 50@1 75 POnenaree ei 1 12 | Cinchonidine, P.& W.................. ba 20 | Cinchonidine, German........... .... 9@ 15 | Corks, see list, discount, per cent.... 40 POREOORN gee ly ele oes, Coe 50 PUPOtm (milton ee ee @ 2 Cee a ee 5@ 6 POPOUR, DPN cio es 8@ 10 FR RUM is oasis. dec sds deeks Cvawas @ 8 | ORGS ee ae 25@ 30 POUGeO Oe ee a ey as @ 224 FRIES RIE. tsa) obs ndleedaa'sa bode 6@ 7 | ROMEMINO o r ea 10@ 12 FOR IN ie ic senesced A ciacks 8@ 7 | Emery; all numbers...............000. @ 8 PRIOIM UO. ee @ 6 | Pmt. (DOs GO). 5 ooo nos as ccccuus foe. 56@ 60 + me OW ING oes. RG@ 15 Pr @ B PGMNIOe i@ 8 GOO COORG ee @ b | COOtMEIN, BFOMCH ooo oceccc sci c sols 0@ 60 | Glassware flint, 70&10 by box. 60&10, less. POGOS BOW ei ee, 9@ 15 } Ome, White... 62. oe, Oc 1@ 25 peleternn 230 26 | Gvanea Paradiet ........5.0 2... @ PTR 25@ 40 | ayarare Chior. Mite .................. @ i banvarare Chior, Cor... 1... @ 6 | Hydrary Oxide Rubrum............... @ % | Hydrare Ammoniati............. 2... @1 00 | Hydrare Unguentum............... ee @ 40 | wevCrrevrum @ 65 prontnyocoac Am ... 600 1 25@1 50 ROO J5A@1 00 GS) eOue, MORNE oc! ee 4 00@4 10 PIOOOLORIN cc @5 15 | Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod......... @ 27 Liquor Potass Arsinitis............... 10@ 12 DUNG oes ie eae 85@1 00 PVCODOONI UF 55@ 60 OM ee 75@ 80 Magnesia, Sulph, (bbl. 134)............. 2@ 38 Mea We ee 90@1 00 morpnia, S.F.G W......:.... 3 35@3 60 mocehus Canton......060..... oo. @ 40 PyRIaUCe MG. Fcc T5@ 80 ux Vomiéa; (po. M)).....,.-......... @® WwW Oe Pei 22@ 25 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co...... 2.2... @2 08 Picis Liq, N.C.. % galls, doz.......... @2 70 wiles Uid., Quarts... @) 40 ie Pi WN ii ec @ & Pal HvGrare, (00. FON. @ 50 Piper Nigra. (p0.2))...........,..50.., @ 18 Wiper Alba, (0. 85)... 6. coco oko, @ os ee Woks. ce @ 7 Pris BOG HU@ 15 Potassa, Bitart, pure.................. @ 409 Potassa, Bitart, com.................. @ bb woteee Nitrad. Opto. 5...0../c.... 8B 10 Potas Nitras.. 3... 7@ 9 Pulvis Ipecac et opii........... ...... 1 10Q@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes, H.& P.D.Co.,doz. @l1 00 WVvOrneUm DY ct. 48@ 53 CAA 8@ 10 Cuinia.®. Pow Wt 58@_ 63 Quinia. §,German..........000...0.... 48@ 60 BUVOIS TINCTOFUM. ... .... ok... a se 2@ 13 Saccharum Lactis, pv................. @ 35 PR oc ee 2@ Td Baneus Draconia.......,.............. 40@ 50 PG... ee @4 50 oe aie ye EN A Sig Ss Nc natueies R@ 14 BU ela 8@ 10 ee ie @ Beidittia Mixture....................... @ 28 Pees elo loa c lca. ce. @ 1B BR, ONG icc ote @ 30 Snutf, Maccaboy, Do. Voes........... @ 35 Snuff, Scotch, Do. Voes............... @ 3 Soda Boras, (po. 9)... 5.0... 0000 cc cc ce T%@Q 9 Boda ot Potoss Tart: ................... 33Q 35 PM CRO ec. eee. kg: 2@ 2% ri, PEON, ce. 4M 5 COR FO eae ciuceceecs lu. 3@ 4 POG TOS eco ccc cic n @ 2 Por Beper ©0.°............6.'.. 4... BU@ 55 Spts. Myreia Dom............. es @2 00 Bet VOM SOM cic ec ccc cle. @2 50 Spts. Vini Rect, (bbl. 2 10)............. @2 25 Stryennia, Crystal...“ii...2).......... @1 30 Sulphur, SUNl.... 02.6 o2............ BG BM Bani, ROMs boc ules... 24@ 3 AVA ARINOG Glee @® 10 Terebenth Venice............. a, 28@ 30 MMROMFOMIAG 66 ooo ok oe 50 @ 55 Oe ee a, 9 00C@16 VO Brmer Bean ccc As 7@ °8 OILs. Bb} Gal WSO, WINGER. «os 5 5 ceased os cc cn cece 70 75 TOWN, GPREPA. oe hss cince ss . 60 61 TH TN Bo oo oe a casas ace, 45 0 Linseed, pure raw...............00. 47 50 Tameeed, DOUEE «<5. ccc cccccaccccs. 5) 53 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 50 69 Spirits Turpentine................... 45 PAINTS Bbl Lb MOG V ONGGION. ... 4... 5 ..c4000 ee 1X 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ Zhe 2%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American... 13@16 Vermilion, English............ 55Q58 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 6@ 6% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 6@ 64 Whiting, white Spanish tans 70 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 White, Paris American........ 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 1 40 Pioneer Prepared F aints..... Swiss Villa Preparer Paints.. St x) BB ss VARNISHES. OE Gy 85” ee 1 10@1 20 MOU WUD ok 8 hak coc c even dd ss ces 1 60@1 70 OE oo cece hbc ds cscs sas 2 T5@3 00 DO. } Trey Purniture. . oc ce ck cc ccs 1 0O@) 10 xtra Turk Damar... occ. cc ccc cscices 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No.1 Turp.............. 70 75 APPROVED by PHYSICIANS. Cushman ’s MENTHOL INHALER In the treatment of Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron- chitis, Sore Throat and Severe Colds, stands without an equal. Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- tube, in which the Pure Grystals of Menthol are held‘ thoroughly applies this’ valuable remedy in the most_efticient way, to the parts affected. It sells readily. Always keep an open Inhaler in your store, and let your customers try it. A few inhalations will not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more to demonstrate its effieiency than a half hour’s talk. Retail ice 50 cents. Fer CrrcuLars and TESTIMONIALS address H. D. Cushman, Three Rivers, Mich. Trade supplied by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids, And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and Chicago. { ! i | | TANSY GAPSULES THE LATEST DISCOVERY. | Dr. Laparle’s Celebrated Preparation, Safe and | Siwaye Reliable. Indispensable to LADIES, Send 4 cents for Sealed Circular. Mention ‘GALUMET CHEMICAL 6O., Chicago, wis. HAAELTINE -O TRRKINS © DRUG CO. WHOLESALE Druggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, gr, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, aud Droggist's Suniries, MANUFACTURERS OF Elegant Pharmacettical Prepara- tous, Wind Extracts and ilixirs 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 Remed: 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 & C0,’S Henderson Co., Ky., Sour Mash and Old-Fashioned Hand-Made, Copper- Distilled WHISKEY. 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 hes been assured. We are also owners of the Hrugeisis Favorite Eye, Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Uns, Brandies & Fine Wines We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim tc make as complete and perfect as possibile For special quantities and qw@otations on such articles as do not appear on the lis:, such as Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our specia and personal attention. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co The Michigan Tradesmal. THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE. Jubilee week is now a thing of the past and the British branch of the Anglo-Saxon | | race has shown its congenital inability to manage such affairs with any adaptability to sentiment or fine taste. The Anglo-Saxon on either side of the Atlantic is a clumsy ahimal when he is required to act out a sentiment of any kind. He never has man- aged to co-ordinate emotion and its visible utterance to any extent, and apparently he never will. From an artistic or philosophi- cal point of view, nothing is more absurd than our own Fourth of July celebration, except the Queen’s Jubilee. An old lady was carried through a long series of London streets under the summer sun, in order that her loyal subjects might have a chance to stare and cheer. She attended public wor- ship in the oldest of London churches amid a dense throng, whose selection and collec- tion is out of harmony with any purpose of Christian worship. She was worn out in attending balls, receiving addresses of con- gratulation, receiving firemen and soldiers, and hearing speeches. If the intention was to get her out of the way and give her son a chance, as soon as the fifty years of her reign were up, the matter could not have been better arranged. That the Queen’s reign has been, on the whole, an era of substantial progress which calls for.some public recognition, is beyond doubt. The England of 1887 1s in many respects a better England than that of 1837 was. But we cannot say that the English people have reason to felicitate themselves upon the way in which they have discharged the duties and embraced the opportunities of that half century, or that they can look forward to the coming half century with equanimity. On the contrary the problems of government have grown in difficulty, with the growth of wealth in the hands of the few, of numbers now armed with polit- ical power, and of social discontent. If there be anything England might ask of the fates in 1887, it is to be put back where she was in 1837, and allowed to approach the problem of the past half century with less of sciolistic confidence and more insight than has characterized her councils in the reign of Queen Victoria. ‘Tf it were to be done over again,” there js not an important page in the history that wnuld not be altered. The educatian of the English people by national aid would not have been delayed to the last decades of the reign. The surrender of English agricul- ture to the pressure of foreign competition, in order that Manchester and Birmingham might get labor cheaper, would not have been made. The railroad system would not have been allowed to grow up in the hap- hazard fashion which has deprived the pub- lic of much of its advantage. The rapid growth of the great towns would have been directed and controlled in the interests of moral and physical health. The severance of the peasantry from the land, and their reduction to the level of farm laborers and factory hands, would have been checked. America would not have been alienated by the ambiguous policy of 1861-65. And, lastly, the Continental influence of England would not have been sacrificed to the yard- stick policy of Lord John Russell and the Whigs. : On one important point it would seem as though England had learned nothing since 1837. The Jubilee finds the British Parlia- ment busied with a bill to coerce Ireland into acquiescence in the Union. The old Hebrew jubilees were years of emancipation and liberation. The Hebraistic John Bull spends a good part of his Jubilee in forging fresh chains. The grandest opportunity of the year, the chance to convert Ireland into the fast friend of England by undoing the crime of 1801, has been missed. No more gracious act could have marked the close of the half century than would the signing of a Home Rule Dill by the Queen. Such is the situation on the surface. But in truth the progress of England has been nowhere more marked than just here in its relations to Ireland. It is waking up to the fact that the resources of alien government in Ireland are about exhausted, that its conceit of managing the Irish better than they could themselves is badly discred- ited, and that sooner or later, Home Rule, if not separation, mustbeconceded. In 1337 the maintenance of the Union just as it stood was the common ground of all Eng- lish politicians. Very little heed was given to Irish miseries, and what there was pro- ceeded upon the assumption that the Irish themselves were to blame for it. No out- side criticism disturbed John Bull’s equan- imity. But half a century, or rather quar- ter of a century, has mad? a change for the better; and 1887 finds the greatest of Eng- lish statesman, with the support of the bulk of his party, @o-operating with the Irish for the re-establishment of self-government in Ireland. ‘This is one of ‘the greatest gains of the half century. Having practically settled the fate of the anarchists and sent the boodlers over the road, Chicago should now purge® herself of another iniquity—the men who get up cor- ners in wheat and pork. Where the bood- lers robbed Cook county of thousands, Ar- mour andhis gang of “‘cornerers” have robbed the country of millions. Why make an exception in favor of the (big thieves? Tiger Oil challenges the world of medi- cines for an equal to cure diseases in man or beast. RETAIL MERCHANTS And Dealers. THE Washer Is made in the best possible manner, of the best obtainable materials, and with proper care is warranted to last any ordinary fami- ly ten years. Every merchant and retail dealer should keep it in stock. Write for prices and terms. J. WORTH, Sole Mfr. ST, LOUIS, MO, The letters below are a fair sample of a very large number received by me in my regular correspondence, They speak for themselves. OGALLALA, Neb., Nov. 29, 1886. J. WORTH, 8t. Louis, Mo.: DEAR S1R—I received yours of the 16th, ask- ing how I liked the Missouri Steam Washer. Sir, I can do more and better washing with it in one day than any four women can do in the same time by any other process. Itis the best Washing Machine in the world and the invent- or ought to have a pension for helping women with their hardest work as he has. Yours truly, Mrs. EMMA ARMSTRONG. Office of J. E. LANE & Co., Phoenix Laundry. Bia RaAprps, Mich., July 7. 1886. J. WORTH, St. Louis, Mo.: DEAR SIR—Two years ago we purchased one of your Steam Washers of Mr. Owen, of this place. After giving it a thorough trial we find that it is the best washer, little or big, we ever saw. One girl does all our washing, which is $65 to $75 per week, andthe clothes are per- fectly clean and white. Fraternally yours, J. E. LANE & Co. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of DRY GOODS Staple and Fancy. Overalls, Pants, Etc., OUR OWN MAKE. A Complete Line of Fancy Crockery2Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed. IV Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly for food, is made of only the best white corn and ts guaranteed absolutely pure. U The popularity of. Muzzy’s Corn and Sun Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, aggregating many million of pounds each year. The State Assayer of Massachusetts says Muzzy’s Corn Starch for table use, is per- fectly pure, is well prepared, and of excel- lent quality. Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table use, is the very best offered to the con- sumer. All wholesale and retail grocers Halon & GHristenson Are State Agents for FREDERICK THE GREAT CIGAR. Grand Rapids, Mich. Represented by the Giant, Mr. Christopher Sparling. PLACE to secure a thorough and useful education is at the GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) BusI- NESS COLLEGE. write for Col- lege Journal. Addrses, C. G. SWENSBERG. PIONEER PREPARED PAINT. We have a full stock of this well-known brand of MIZED FAINT and having sold it for over SIX YEARS can recommend it to our customers as be- ing a First Class article. We sell it a iin On the Manufacturers’ Guarantee: When two or more coats of our PIONEER PRE- PARED PAINT is applied as received in original packages, and if within three years it should crack or peel off, thus failing to give satisfaction, we agree to re-paint the building at our expense, with the best Whité Lead or such other paint as the owner may se- lect. In case of complaint, prompt notice must be given to the dealer. T. H. NEVIN & CO.. Mfrs. & Corroders of Pure White Lead. Pittsburg, Pa. Write for prices and Sample Card to Hazeltine & Perkins Drog Co. 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The center being a swinging door, ob- viates the necessity of removing the screen to clear the room of flies, to throw out or re- ceive any article through the window, or to open and close the blinds. 2. They are made adjustable by movable wings on either side, and may be instantly fitted to any window without cutting or pounding. 3. The frames are made of kiln dried lumber, and are nailed and glued.§ 4. The wire cloth is from the celebrated Wickware Bros.’ factory, of Courtland, N.Y. 5. They are the best finished of any. 6. They are so well made and are so sim- ple in operation that the liability to get out of order is entirely obviated. The suecess this screen met with the past _ season has convinced us that it will take the lead in the future. We shall be pleased to correspond with the trade. For particulars address STEVENS & 0, red Rais ih H LEONARD & SONS, Headquarters for Bargain Counter Goods. 134 to 142 East Fulton St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. send for a Package as below. 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