ww VOL. 4. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887. HIRTH & KRAUSE, LEATHER And Shoe Store Supplies, SHOE BRUSHES, SHOE BUTTONS, SHOE POLISH, SHOE LACES. Heelers, Cork Soles, Button Hooks, Dress- ings, ete. Write for Catalogue. 118 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. 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. Division St. Grand Rapids BELKNAP Wagon and Steieh C0. MANUFACTURERS OF Spring, Freight, Express, Lumber and Farm WAGONS! Logging Carts 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 all kinds. eS "Special attention given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich, 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: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. SEEDS FOR EVERYBODY. For the Field or Garden. If you want to buy Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Orchard Grass, Kentucky Blue, Red Top, Seed Oats, Rye, Barley, Peas, Onion, Ruta Baga Mangle OR Wurzel, Anything in the Line of SEEDS, Write or send to the Need Store, 71 CANAL ST.,, W. Y, LAMORKAUX. FURNITURE T0 ORDER. Anythingor 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. CHURCH'S Bug 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. Itis 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. It is rightly named “Bug Finish,” as it finishes the entire crop of bugs with one appli- eatiod. 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 AutiKalsomine Co, Grand Rapids KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, Ah CANAL 8Y.,, Grand Rapids, - Mich. HENRY J. HARTMAN, FOUNDER, GRAY IRON CASTINGS A SPECIALTY. Send for Estimates, 71 South Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. Pec ay the highest price for it. Address eck Bros., Pruggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. JUDD ce CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Summer Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN EBS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys and Soxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. 4 tz Ais 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. ARSTAR & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agts. for NAW ald Grist Mil MAcHINERY Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. WRITE FOR PRICES. 130 Oakes St., Grand Rapids, Mich. V. R. STEGLITZ, Proprietor of Raton Rapids Gigar Factory. Manufacturer of the following popular brands: 5. & M. - CRICKET. ROSADORA. V. BR. S. Dealers not handling any of above brands are solicited to send in a trial order. Eaton Rapids, - Mich. RAYON & LYON, Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sundries MA, (20 and 22 donroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. To Cigar Dealers Realizing the demand for, and knowing the difficulty in obtaining a FIRST-CLASS FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concJuded totry 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. GHO. 7. WARREN & CO, Flint, Mich. CHARLES A, GOYE, Successor to A. Coye & Son, DEALER IN AWNINGS 2 TENTS Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. 73 CANAL ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. HL FREEDMAN & C0. Manufacturers and Jobbers of CIGARS Factory No, 26, 4th Dist. 768. Division St, Grand Rapids, M. B. M. A. New Constitution Proposed for the State Body. The following draft of constitution and by-laws for the Michigan Business Men’s Association, to conform to the new incor- poration law, will be presented at the Sep- tember convention at Flint: CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I—NAME. The name of this organization, which is duly incorporated under Act No. 191, Ses- sion Laws of 1887, shall be the Michigan Business Men’s Association. ARTICLE II—OBJECTS. The objects of this Association shall be to unite the local business organizations of Michigan in a compact body and assist in furthering the aims sought to be accomplish- ed; to reform trade abuses; to disseminate useful information; to influence legislation in the interest of business men; to secure reasonable transportation charges; to induce equitable insurance rates and settlements; to assist in the prevention of delinquency and the collection of debts; to encourage the curtailment of the credit business; to culti- vate a spirit of fraternity among business men; to raise the standard of business men and business methods; to assist in further- ing such other aims and objects as may here- after be deemed desirable for the best inter- ests of the business public. ARTICLE II—MEMBERSHIP. This Association shall be composed of such local organizations as have aims and objects in common with those stated in Ar- ticle II, which have affiliated with this body by securing a charter and paying such per capita dues as may hereinafter be prescribed. ARTICLE IV—OFFICERS. Section 1—The officers of this Association shall consistof a President, First Vice-Presi- dent, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and an Executive Board of five members, of which the President and Secre- tary shall be two. These ofticers shall be elected annually by ballot and shall hold office until their successors are elected. Section.2—The President shall, before the close of each annual meeting, announce a Committee on Trade Interests of three mem- bers and a Committee on Legislation of three members. ARTICLE V—DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Section 1—The President shall preside at all meetings, if present. At the annual meeting he shall present a report of the pro- ceedings for the year, its present condition and any suggestions for its future manage- ment which may be gained from his exper- ience. He shall be ev-officio member of all committees, shall see that all officers and committees perform their duty, and shall, threngh the Secretary, call together the Ex- ec; ive Committee at any time deemed ex- pedient. Section 2—In absence of the President, the First Vice-President shall preside. Section 3—In the absence of both Presi- dent and First Vice-President, the Second Vice-President shall preside. Section 4—The Secretary shall receive all money due the Association from any source and pay the same to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefore; keep a record of all meetings of the Association and the Execu- tive Board and cause a full report of the same to be prepared for publication; issue voches on the Treasurer for all bills ap- proved by the Executive Board; conduct all official correspondence; act as Secretary of the Executive Board and ev-officio member of all committees; have charge of the books, papers and other property of the Associa- tion; notify all committees of their ap- pointment and the proper officers of each auxiliary association of all regular and special meetings of the Association, at least four weeks in advance of meeting; al- so perform such other duties as may be re- quired of him by the Executive Board, which shall decide upon a suitable compen- sation for his services. Section 5—The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Secretary, giving his receipt therefor; pay all bills on the presentation of vourchers signed by the President and Secretary; preserve such vouchers and all bonds and securities belonging to the Asso- ciation; make a full report of receipts and disbursements whenever required by the Executive Board, to whom the report shall be referred for approval; furnish such bond as the Executive Board shall require; at the expiration of his term of office, he shall turn over to his successor all the books ‘and property of the Association. Section 6—The Executive Board shall have general management of the Associa- tion and shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the Association not otherwise assigned; shall compile and publish a State delinquent list; shall investigate all applica- tions for charters and report thereon; shall audit all bills against the Association; and examine the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer at each regular meeting. ARTICLE VI—DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. Section 1—The Committee on Trade In- terests shall report at each meeting such observations and information upon that sub- ject as may seem to them of interest to the Association. Section 2—The Committee on Legislation shall have charge of all attempts to combat inimical, or secure favorable, legislation; shall report at each annual meeting what, if any, legislation affecting business men has been secured and submit such recom- mendations in regard thereto as shall appear to them to be proper. ARTICLE VII—MEETINGS. Section 1—Regular meetings shall be held at least once a year, at such time and place as the Association or Executive Board may designate. Section 2—Special meetings may be held on the vote of the Association or the call of the Executive Board. ARTICLE VIII—REVENUE. The revenue of this Association shall be raised by the sale of charters and per capita dues for each member of auxiliary associa- tions in such amount as may hereafter be prescribed. ARTICLE IX—AMENDMENTS. Amendments to this constitution and by- laws may be submitted in writing at any session, to be voted upon at a succeed- ing session. Amendments receiving a two- thirds vote shall become a part of the con- stitution. ARTICLE X—BY-LAWS. By-laws not in conflict with this constitu- tion may be established for the government of the Association on the two-thirds vote of the members present at any session. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE I—QUORUM. Twenty delegates shall constitute a quo- rum. ARTICLE II—REPRESENTATION. Representation in the conventions of this Association shall be on a delegated basis, each auxiliary association in good standing being entitled to one delegate for each ten members or fraction thereof. All delegates must be furnished with credentials, signed by the President and Secretary of the local body. ARTICLE UI—HOW TO JOIN. Local organizations desiring to affiliate with this Association may do so by ratify- ing this constitution and by-laws, remitting to the State Secretary a charter fee of $3 and per capita dues of 25 cents per annum, accompanied by a copy of the local constitu- tion and by-laws. In ease said application is accepted by the Executive Board, a char- ter will then be forwarded by the State Seec- retary, and after filing the articles of Asso- ciation with the county clerk of the county in which the association is situated the local body will then be duly incorporated and en- titled to all the privileges and protection of the State body. Per capita dues on new members shall be remitted as soon as they are admitted. ARTICLE IV—ARREARAGE. Any local association failing to remit the per capita dues on or before October 1 of each year shall be debarred from the privil- eges of the Association until such remit- tance is made. The connection of an asso- ciation three months in arrears for dues shall cease. ARTICLE V—PROCEDURE. Questions not governed by the constitu- tion and by-laws shall be decided according to Roberts’ Rules of Order. ARTICLE VI—NOTIFICATION SHEETS. The State Secretary shall issue a monthly sheet, giving the names and addresses of delinquents who have changed residence, and he shall mail each local association as many sheets as it has auxiliary members. Secretaries of local associations shall promptly communicate to the State Secre- tary the names of delinquents who have left their jurisdiction or recently become residents thereof. ; ———— 2a LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN I have yet, and shall always. have, a ten- der recollection for the old-fashioned coun- try store of my boyhood. I have seen, in later years, the magnificent temples of trade that adorn the great cities of America, yet among them all there was none that awakened the profound admiration that filled me when my youthful eyes rested on that little, low, weather-beaten building. The marvels of merchandise piled story up- on story in Stewart’s retail dry goods pal- ace were passingly interesting, but their splendor paled when I looked back on the few pieces of calico and denims and bed- ticking that were carelessly{ mingled on the shelves of that country store. The four-corners store of to-day conveys to the casual observer no impression of its ancient predecessor. It may contain a het- erogenous collection of the commodities of trade, but they are usually arranged in ‘‘de- partments.” It may be small and low, but it is ‘‘smart” inside and out with paint and decoration, and its front of ‘modern-sized glass gives it almost a metropolitan air when contrasted with the seven-by-nine window of the pioneer trader. It lacks, moreover,the dense surrounding of primeval forest, the primitive language and clothing of customers, and the almost total absence of money among its frequenters. * * * * * The character of the country trade of the present time is materially different from that of thirty years ago. In those days black strap molasses and brown sugar were about the only ‘‘sweets” obtainable. Oc- casionally a few loaves of white sugar deco- rated the ceiling, but it was only used on rare and momentous oceasions. Tea and coffee were very sparingly purchased and were usually ‘‘kept for company.” Arti- cles for illuminating purposes were rarely handled, because nearly every family used the home-made tallow dip. Saleratus made from potash was a staple, but soda and bak- ing powders were unknown, and a case of canned goods would have occasioned more curiosity than acircus. The fine cut trade was in its feeble infancy, and the chewer contented himself with limited supplies of black twist. Cigars were sometimes seen in the possession of travelers, but it was an exceptionally reckless and extravagant na- tive that ever indulged in one. + * * * * I sometimes wonder whether the females of the pioneer days were of the same flesit and blood as these of the present time. It seems almost incredible that a woman could do her ordinary housework, and yet find time to assist in haryest, and clothe a half dozen strapping boys in homespun and home-made garments, yet even three de- eades ago this was a@ common occurrance, and a custom so prevalent that tailors and clothing dealers were seldom seen outside}. the large villages and cities. In the coun- village where I temporarily resided, some five years before the war, the merchant ex- perimented with a small invoice of clothing, and it was only the “flush times” of 63 and and ’64 that enabled him to realize on his in- vestment. ‘ . *% * * * Credit in these days was the main-spring of country trade. The dealer, once a year, made a long and perilous journey to ‘the Kast,” and purchased his stock for the en- suing twelve months. He gave his notes at three, six, nine and twelve months, and returning home, disposed of his commodi- ties to be paid for ‘‘after harvest.” As a matter of policy he took butter and eggs in exchange, but counted himself exceptional- ly fortunate if he found an opportunity, occasionally, to dispose of them at cost. His goods reached him by a series of trans- fers from canal to steamboat, steamboat to railroad, and railroad to wagons, and, when he finally sueceeded in collecting sufficient funds to meet his paper, he paid a round amount to equalize the difference between Eastern and Western currency. . # * ; + * * Some time ago I was talking with a gen- tleman who was one of the business pioneers of Western Michigan, and who always has a store of remiscencies on tap. “Yes,” he remarked the old-fashioned country store was a novelty in its way, but one not to be compared for a moment to the old-fashioned country bank. A banking institution, and especially one that issues currency, always conveys to one’s mind the impression that it is one of the leading fea- tures of a flourishing and enterprising town. You'd as soon expect to find a fashionable milliner in the middle of an unsettled West- ern prairie as a bank of issue, yet some- thing like thirty-five years ago I visited an institution of this kind that was situated five or six miles from any other building, and in the midst of a dense wood. I had sold some land to a new comer, who, as I afterwards found, had made a nice little speculation by trading off gold for wild cat bills. The bulk of the “money” which he paid me was issued by a concern whose name I have forgotten, but I remember that there was a long sounding title, with a ‘Canal’ and ‘Plank Road’ sandwiched in somewhere. I proposed to put the amount received into goods, but I knew ’twould be ot no earthly use taking the rags East, so I went down to Grand Rapids to trade them for something negotiable. I found only one man who would accommodate me,and he wanted a twenty-five per cent. share. As youngsters say now-a-days, I ’kicked.’ I asked the man if he didn’t think the bank would do better by me, and he grinned and said he didn’t know; perhaps, but that was a long way off. ‘“‘Well, to make a long story short, I found about where I wanted to go, hired a horse, and “after traveling nearly all day, over a misnamed road, and getting lost sev- eral times, I found the ‘bank’. It was lo- cated in a poorly-constructed log-house, and under the management of arough look- ing, slovenly dressed squatter, who, with his wife, were the only human beings in several square miles of uncleared land. After assuring myself that I was wide awake, and hadn’t been misdirected, I made my business known, and asked the faectorum of the establishment what he would sell me gold for and take his bills in exchange. He very quietly and candidly informed me that he hadn’t seen a dollar’s worth of gold in a year, but he’d give me the pick of halfa dozen Mishigan banks, and he named them, and trade currency even up. ‘““As the matter, in any event, conldn’t well be worse, I finally ‘swapped’ for an- other variety of wild eat, and as it was now getting dark, I made arrangements with the women to stay over night. In the morning I offered her a dollar bill on her own ‘bank,’ which I happened to have left, but she de- murred, but gratefully settled for a Mexican quarter. “When I got back to Grand’ Rapids, I sought out my broker and submitted a new bundle of rags for inspection, and he said as a matter of accomodation he would.give sixty per cent. for the lot, but he’d much rather I’d try some other party; but, as ‘the other party’ didn’t materialize, I had to ac- cept the offer.” : a —~> > - —- The New Hampshire Savings Banks. Theannual report of the New Hampshire bank commissioners shows a further in- crease in the loans made at the west by the institutions under their supervision. The savings banks of the state have deposits amounting to $50,822,762 or $3,670,206 more than a year ago. Of this amount $18,506,150 is loaned on western farm or city mortgage security, while the sum so loaned has increased during the year by $3,030,227. This matter of western farm loans is the most noteworthy feature of the New Hampshire savings bank system. The prevailing policy has often been criti- cised, but the annual returns show that it is profitable, and experience so far also indi- cates that it is safe. a Something Requiring Attention. *O, mother, what do you think,” inquir- ed a High School girl, ‘‘our minister has a an amanuensis.” “You don’t say,” replied the old lady, ee much coneern. ‘Is he docterin’: for t? The Michigan Tradesial. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE RETAIL TRADE OF ‘THK WOLVERINE STATE. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Ferms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887. Poets and romancers delight to dwell on the weird appearance of deserted mining camps, but no bard has yet turned his at- tention to a subject equally as desolate and suggestive—a deserted lumbering town. There are scores of such localities in Nor- thern Michigan, one of which is thus de- scribed by the Cadillac Democrat: Round Lake is situated on the Missau- kee branch about eight miles northeast of here, on the county line between Missaukee and Wexford. The lake from which the town takes its name is about a mile broad and prior to six years ago lay wrapped in the solitude of a trackless pine forest, visit- ed only by hunters and venturesome berry- pickers, and was a very beautiful and romantic place. In 1881, E. J. Copley built a mill and some camps on the shore of the lake, where a thriving town soon sprang up. Copley soon added another mill to its industries and transferred the first to Cobbs & Mitchell. This soon after- wards burned, brt another was erected on its site, while Copley’s second venture be- came the property of O. S. Whitmore & Co. On the failure of that firm, it fell into the hands of Cummer & Son, and was soon afterward taken out. Incidentally, the town had a shingle mill, a planing mill, and sev- eral stores, all of which have long since ceased to be, except McNitt Bros.’ grocery, which remained until the general exodus of the last few weeks. All of the timber be- longing to Cobbs & Mitchell in that vicinity having been sawed, the mill has been closed, and the inhabitants have packed up and gone in search of pastures new. The total amount sawed by Cobbs & Mitchell was 59,166,387 feet. Most of the mill men. have taken positions in the company’s mill in this city, while C. J. Hollihan with a small crew of men has remained to ship out the lumber. Like Nasby, Hollihan is postmas- ter also. The judges of the State courts of New York have released from the custody of the Immigration Commissioners a number of persons who came to this country by the aid of the local governments in the British Islands. They were not quite destitute of funds, having been supplied with a sum which put themi outside the list of paupers. On this ground, the courts held that the Commissioners had exceeded their powers in detaining them. Under this decision the guardians of the poor in any British parish or Irish union of parishes may de- plete the number of the poor they must have in charge, by getting them across the water with a pittance in their hand. They could not send them on the same terms to a neighboring parish or “union.” ‘The Brit- ‘ish law of settlement foisted upon Ireland also in 1835, authorizes the guardians of any parish to send home to their own par- ish any poor persons whom they judge like- ly to become in need of aid from the poor rates. Under this system the poor of the United Kingdom are practically serfs, ad- scripti glebw, bound to the soil of the man- or in which they were born. But they can be shipped to America, and we have no such safeguard against it as every English parish has against every other. And yet one of the English newspapers stigmatized the detention and return of assisted immi- grants as an unchristian proceeding. There is little demand for the fool-killer this season, so far as the wool liar is con- cerned, as the latter individual is not abroad to any great extent. So long as there was money in wool the man who purchased 100,- 000 pounds considered it incumbent upon him to assert that he had handled an even million. A poor season, so far as profits are concerned, has turned the tables on the puyers, in consequence of which no one is willing to admit that he has purchased any more of the staple than is really the ease. The celery growers and shippers of Kala- mazoo have organized an association for the purpose of securing uniformity in price and guality, every member having agreed to forfeit $250 in the event of his breaking any of the provisions of the association. The price for the present is fixed at 20 cents per dozen for good marketable celery, but second grade may be sold on consignment, either by grower and shipper. The organi- zation will have a tendency to stiffen prices and prevent the glutting of this and other markets. The success attending the picnic of the Greenville Business Men’s Association, as depicted in another column, should stimu- late other associations to follow in the same footsteps. In no way can so much good be done as to close all places of business for a day, or half a day, and indulge in an old- fashioned basket picnic. Tur TRADEs- MAN hopes to hear of more events of this character before the season is over. Having failed to arouse any enthusiasm over the proposed abolition of adulterated goods by act of Congress, THE TRADESMAN suggests that the leaders of the movement turn their attention to the abolition of hot weather by the same means. One project is about as sensible as the other. The Pittsburg Grocer says a lazy man has no business in a grocery store. THE TRADESMAN is inclined to the opinion that a lazy man has no business anywhere. Dr. N. J. Aiken once failed with $19,000 liabilities and $1,200 assets, but his record has been beaten by Lord Colin Campbell, an alleged English gentleman who recently won rather dubious distinction through the medium of. a divorce suit. The official statement of his affairs puts his liabilities at $78,110 and his assets at $550. Lord Campbell is entitled to thé belt. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. J. P. Warner has engaged in the grocery business at Shelby. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock. Amos S. Musselman & Co. expect to be able to get into their new location on South Ionia street in about two weeks. M. A. Van Drezer has engaged in the grocery business at Saranac. Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co. furnished the stock. MeNitt Bros., general dealers at Jennings, have put in a grocery stock at Cadillac. Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished the stock, H. H. Freedman & Co. have begun pack- ing and shipping their cigar stock and ex- pect to have the same open for business, in connection with their factory, at Reed City, the latter part of the week. Curtiss & Dunton have nearly completed arrangements with a practical roofer of long experience, by which they will engage in the gravel roof business under a firm style to be hereafter agreed upon. Under this arrangement, they will take contracts anywhere in the State, furnish the material, sending a man to do the mechanical part of the work, and stand back of the job with a strong guaranty. AROUND THE STATE. Oden—J. W. Luce has put in a stock of groceries. Flint—W. J. Walters has sold his restaur- ant to Cross & Ingalls. White Cloud—J. R. Campbell has sold his boot and shoe stock. Morenci—H. 8. Cole succeeds H. S. Cole & Bro. in the drug business. Jackson—M. E. Calkins succeed Fuller & Calkins in the grocery business. Fremont—G. E. Hain succeeds Hain & Todd in the flour and feed business. Manton—H. D. Calkins, late of Buffalo, has engaged in the jewelry business. Lake Linden—Leopold & Hanauer suc- ceed F. Weiber,.& Co. in the meat business. Ironwood—Thomas & McCabe succeed H. W. Weeden & Co. in the drug business. Iron River—The John McDonald Mercan- tile Co. succeeds John McDonald in general trade. Bessemer—Frank Jones and L. M. Wat- son, late of Fremont, have opened a drug store. Charlotte—Lundy F. Mikesell succeed Mikesell, Jerrie & Co. in the grocery bus- iness. Carson City—Geo. F. Fowler has sold his restaurant and confectionery stock to Mrs. Sargent. Holland—R. Weertman, the baker, was recently married to Miss Delia Movjia, of Grand Rapids. Jackson—Howard & Solon succeed How- ard & Maguire in the wholesale and retail oyster business. Adrian—Chamberlain & Co. succeed Plunkett, Chamberlain & Co. in the tobacco and cigar business. Clio—Hubble & Dixon will succeed A. B. Gould in general trade and the furniture business on August 1. Waldron—Miss Mary Meredith has pur- chased the millinery and dressmaking es- tablishment of Mrs. A. B. Stevic. Mears—The H. Cockell general stock has been foreclosed on chattel mortgage, held by Wm. M. Hoyt & Co., of Chicago. Muskegon—John H. DuBois has bought the meat market of J. Bierema, at the cor- ner of First street and Clay avenue. Ravenna—Fred. Hoogstraat has purchas- ed the grain elevator of Mr. Vyn. The lat- ter will devote all his time to wheat buying at Conklin. Saranac—E. P. Gifford has sold the dry goods and grocery stock formerly gwned by Gifford & Van Drezer to S. R. Gorham, who will continue the business. Evart—Frank Hibbard has sold his drug, book and stationery stock to Geo. N. Bruce, formerly with E. D. Hawley, at Stanton. Hibbard will go to California and engage in fruit raising. Lakeview—H. P. Norton & Son have bought H. N. Youngman’s bazaar stock— net furniture stock, as reported last week— and consolidated the same with their jewel- ry stock. Mr. Youngman will continue the furniture business the same as before. STRAY FACTS. Jackson—Another coal mine has been opened in a good vein. Menominee—A. loan and building associa- tion has been organized. Muskegon—D. L. Root succeeds Root & Co. in the bottling business. Shelby—Rankin & Dewey have shipped 122 carloads of lumber since January 1. Marshall—Shippers are: on the point of chipping in for the erection of a new ele- vator. Sault Ste. Marie—The Citizens’ Improve- ment Commitiee has resolved itself into a Board of Trade. McMillan—William Lock, a clerk who recently fell a victim to lottery speculating, has drawn $15,000. Lawrence—The business men haye chip- ped in $150 to help the railroad company build a decent depot at that place. New Era—Paton & Andrus have cut out all their logs, about two and one-half mil- lion feet, and'are now shipping the lum- ber. Frankfort—A salt vein has been struck in A. G. Butler’s test well at a depth of 1,410 feet. It. yields about 20 per cent. salt. Drilling will be pushed until the rock salt bed is reached. Detroit—John Hollinsburg, engineer for Glover & Allen, the manufacturing chem- ists, lighted a match the other day to look for a leak in-the niter still. When the noise of the explosion died away, Hollins- burg was found badly burned, but his re- covery is assured. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Muskegon—The Muskegon hame factory turned out 9,000 hames last week. Big Rapids—C. W. Doe will shortly en- gage in the manufacture of brooms. Marshall—The Edgerton coffin factory will be ready for business in about two months. Buchanan—The Buchanan Windmill Co. has sent: a consignment of windmills to Australia. ‘ Muskegon—Jacob Barry has bought the interest of Michael Schmall in the Lake- side Ironworks for $6,000. Muskegon—The Muskegon Car Works are under contract to build 1,000 cars and ‘to do so must have another 100 men. Lowell—The Star Cutter Co. has 11,000 cutters now completed and expects to have 20,000 in stock by the time snow flies. Indian River—Stephen Kissinger, general dealer, recently caught one hand in the saw of his mill, completely severing two fingers. Eaton Rapids—Rapelje & Delbridge suc- ceed the Eaton Rapids Manufacturing Co. in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. Manistee—The Manistee Iron Works Co., tired of doing business in leased premises, will shortly begin the erection of a new shop, 55x200 feet in dimensions. East Tawas—Sibley & Bearinger are hay- ing erected at their mill a hugh burner 100 feet in height and weighing some twenty- five tons, which will be used for burning re- fuse material. Detroit—Fred S. Elwell, Frank S. Ring and Ford Starring have organized the Elwell Manufacturing Co., with a capital stock of $10,000, to engage in the manufacture of boxes and baskets. Cheboygan—John and Andrew Murray have soid their interest in the foundry and machinery firm of Murray & Rich to Thos. J. Shellhorn, late of Calumet. The busi- ness will be continued under the style of Shellhorn & Rich. Albion—The Gale Manufacturing Co. has been re-organized and the stock is now all held by seven men, who will push things vigorously. They are H. K. White, G. H. Gale and H. R. Stoepel, of Detroit; Horatio Gale, A. J. Gale, F. A. Alsdorf and’. C: Lesley, of Albion. | —— 9 Purely Personal. W. T. Hess, of Perkins & Hess, has gone to Boston to close up the season’s wal bus- iness. Mrs. Myron S. Goodman has gone to Traverse City to spend a month or six weeks with friends. W. E. Withey, salesman for Foster, Stevens & Co,, is spending a week among the Northern resorts. F. B. Kelley, of the Cadillac clothing firm of W. R. Dennis &’Co., put in a cou- ple of days at this market. M. E. Haskell, the Traverse City book- seller and stationer, put in Sunday at this market, and left for home on Monday. W. B. Loveland has secured a patent on a bow-facing, automatic-feathering oar, in- vented by his nephew, W. L. DeGraff, and will place the same on the market. Miss Olive Lindley, for several years cashier in the grocery department of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., at Traverse City, has taken the position of cashier with Spring & Company. Oscar D. Fisher, manager for Arthur Meigs & Co., is spending a week at Maca- tawa Park, where his family is staying during the heated term. His place is taken in the store by Jas. D. Wadsworth. Dr. C. S. Hazeltine has returned from Boston, where he attended a meeting of the Directors of the Peninsular Novelty Co. He says that Bell Telephone shrinks into insignificance in comparison with Peninsu- lar. Frank Hamilton, President of the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association, passed through the city Thursday on his way to Chicago, and spent a couple of hours with friends here on his way home Saturday morning. _F. H. Spencer, the Saranac druggist and grocer, was in town last Friday. Mr. Spen- cer kriew Grand Rapids thirty years ago, but it is difficult for him to discover any resemblance between the village of that period and the city of to-day. Chas. S. Willcox and A. B. Johnson and Ben E. West, of Lowell, have returned from San Diego, Cal., where they made somewhat extensive investments in real estate. Johnson and West will close out their business interests at Lowell immedi- ately and return to the coast and Willcox will follow them in the fall. John Cozens, the Cow Boy coffee roaster for Ed. Telfer, is the recipient of a hand- some prairie dog puppy from a friend at Marysville, Kansas. Hehas a full-grown animal of the same species and a half-grown Rocky Mountain wolf. All he now needs to render his happiness complete is. a mus- tang pony and an Indian to scalp. Chas. F. Rood, of the firm of Foster, ‘| meals. Itisa bright, newsy trade paper. Stevens & Co., is spending a fortnight on . Mackinac Island. C. C. Philbrick, of the same firm, leaves about August 1 for a month’s recreation on the south side of Long Island. Sid. F. Stevens will take a well-earned rest later in the season, putting in a month or six weeks at New York and other seaboard cities. Jas. C. Darragh, formerly of the Stock- well & Darragh Furniture Co., but now a prosperous real estate operator at Kansas City, passed through the city Saturday night on his way to Harbor Point, where his family is spending the heated term. Mr. Darragh has sold his stock in the American Patent Dressing Case Co. to Jos. Penny and will retire from the vice-presi- dency of that corporation. ———__— -@- << -- -- Gripsack Brigade. Steve Sears is taking in the Northern Indiana trade this week. J. H. Brown, State agent for P. Loril- lard & Co., put in a couple of days at this market last week. Jas. A. Crookston has returned from the East, greatly improved in health, and is out on the war path again. Geo. F. Owen and wife have hied them- selves away to the Northern resorts, where they will spend ten days or two weeks. L. L. Loomis has gone to Minneapolis in hopes of recovering his health. His place on the road has been taken by Robert Por- ter. Geo. B. Chapman, otherwise known as Napoleon Bonaparte, has severed his con- nection with Henry C. Meyers, of New York, to go on the rood for Ed. E. Mohl. Muskegon News: Steve A. Sears says that there is no place like Muskegon for pleasant weather and brisk trade. Stephen, like all other discriminating traveling men, is in love with this city. Instead of going to Cape Cod, as has been their usual custom every summer, Frank E. Chase and family are spending the heated term at Elk Rapids, the guests of H. H. Noble and family. Chas. W. Leggett, traveling representa- tive for Franklin, MacVeigh & Co., Chi- cago, has purchased a fruit farm on the lake shore, six miles from Fennville, and moved his family there last week. An exchange says: ‘‘The traveling men of Grand Rapids who refused to be classed as drunkards, gamblers and libertines, as they were asserted to be by the Telegram- Herald, stood up and were counted. There were 278 of them.” In answer to an anxious enquirer, and in order to allay further apprehension on that point, THE TRADESMAN is authorized to state that the King’s Jester—otherwise known as Geo. Owen—will accompany the traveling men on their picnic down the river. or - Oo Decline of the Knights of Labor. ‘From the Chicago News. From every quarter comes confirmatory reports to the statement of an extraordinary defection from the ranks of the Knights of Labor. How serious this is may be judged when upon semi-official information it is stated that during the last twelve months the order has decreased from 1,000,000 mem- bers to less than 600,000—a loss of fully 40 per cent. In all of the great centers the de- fection has been the largest. Whole trades have surrendered their charters in New York and Chicago. It is estimated that where the local assemblies attached to dis- tricts 57 and 24 numbered 38,000 members they could not muster 18,000 to-day in good standing. The result of the stock yards strike last year was to decimate No. 57 almost beyond belief, and while No. 24 has not suffered so badly its treasury tells an unmistakable tale of mismanagement and distress. A year ago district No. 24 had $2,600 to the good. To-day it is nearly that figure behindhand. There are many reasons for the decline of the order. Its aim was too ambitious, not to say utopian. It proposed. within the republic to erect a central organization that should practically assume the duties of gov- ernment over a vast body of citizens. While professing to have no political ambi- tion or meaning, by the simple force of gravitation it found itself drawn into poli- tics. Among the professed objects of its creation were the discouragement of strikes, the encouragement of arbitrations, the in- culeation of principles of economy, intelli- gence, temperance, and morality among workingmen. With admirable professions it won universal commendation and waxed strong and powerful. But its rapid growth proved its weakness. The character of its central governing body did not keep pace with the immensity of the interests involv- ed. While it had ample facilities for in- creasing its membership, it was. utterly without such a system of legislativesand ex- ecutive representatives as could alone insure the capacity to cope with the exigencies arising in such a heterogeneous body. Hav- ing declared against strikes it was forced into maintaining some it disapproved and ordering others which some of its members considered doubtful. It denounced the ‘*boycott” generally and placed no interdict upon its destructive abuse by local assemblies and districts. With strange fatality the central organization bought and furnished most extravagant headquarters for itself in Philadelphia. The general master work- man’s salary was increased from $1,500 to $5,000 during the incumbency of Mr. Pow- derly, and other salaries of central officials increased. The salary of $5,000 for the head of an organization numbering a mil- lion members, although really inadequate to the position and ability required, caused more dissatisfaction than would be sup- posed. The spirit of socialism in the order dwelt upon the extravagance of such a sum. The disastrous failure of the ’longshore strike in New York last year, which involv- ed several weeks’ wages to 100,000 men, was ahard blow to the Knights of Labor from without, and the dissensions provoked and fostered by the homeclub have weaken- ed it from within. The order may survive, but it will only be after athorough re-organ- ization and with reconstructed principles and a more representative and powerful cen- tral executive. i ae D. McLeod & Co., Middleton: “We like THE TRADESMAN and look for it as we do for our We prefer it to all others.” VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders withthe various houses: Eli Runnels, Corning. Sidney Stark, Allendale. Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin. R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville. ; — Voorhorst, F. Voorhorst & Co., Over- sel. Wm. Moody, Pentwater. Geo. N. Reynolds, Belmont. A. ee Bangor. F. G@. Thurston, Lisbon. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. W.H. Wheeler, Cedar Springs. C. Stocking, Grattan. J. M. Reed, Grattan.n C. E. Coburn, Pierson. S. Sheldon, Pierson. C. E. Manly, Kinney. J. P. Cordes, Alpine. W.S8. Root, Tallmadge. Gus. Begman, Bauer. W. W. Forrester, Pierson. J. E. Edwards, O’ Donnell. J. P. Dwinell, Carlyle. H. W. Potter, Jenisonville. S. 8. Waldo, Ganges. 8. T. McLellan, Denison. Nevins Bros., Moline. W. Thomas & Son, Bowne. J.C. Drew, Rockford. hk. G. Smith, Wayland. John Gunstra, Lamont. M. Minderhout, Hanley. John Spring, Spring & Lindley, Bailey. H. VanNoord, Jamestown. John Kamps, Zutphen. L. M. Wolt, Hudsonville. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. ©. H. Joldersma, Jamestown. Jas. S. Toland, Ross. John Farrowe, South Blenden. G. H. Remington, Bangor. Minor Keeler, Keeler Bros., Middleville. J. A. Shattuck, Sand Lake. Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. J. D. Davis, Bangor. M. E. Haskell, Traverse City. G. M. Huntley, Reno. Herman Thompson, Canada Corners. A. W. Blain, Dutton. C. E. Coburn, Pierson. 4 Rice & Lilley, Coopersviile. L. A. Scoville, Clarksville. T. Stadt, Spring Lake. H. Colby, Rockford. A. & E. Bergy, Caledonia. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. Jno. Damstra, Gitchell. M, E. Snell, Wayland. J. F. Hacker, Corinth. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. A. C. Barkley, Crosby. M. Gezon, Jenisonville. Cole & Chapel, Ada. G. Ten Hoor, Forest Grove, S. Bitely, Sparta. Velzy Bros., Lamont. Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland. J. V, Crandall & Son, Sand Lake. N. Bouma, Fisher. James P. Warner, Shelby. M. Carmon, Mecosta. W.H. Struik, Forest Grove. Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon. L. N. Fisher, Dorr. M. P. Shields, Hilliards. J. M. Reid, Grattan. Parkhurst Bros., Nunica. S. Sheldon, Pierson. Mrs. L. Know!es, Volney. R. T. Parish, Grandville. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Dr. Henry Lever, Newaygo. J. B. Watson, Coopersville. F. B. Kelley, W. R, Dennis & Co., Cadillac. Frank Hamilton, Hamilton & Milliken, Trav- erse City. F. H. Spencer, Saranac. Some Recent Publications. ‘*The Crusade of the Excelsior” is a new story by Bret Harte, whose writings are al- ways welcomed by hosts of readers. It is written in his own inimitable style and is one of his longest works. Pubiished by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., N. Y. ““Bacon’s Dictionary of Boston,” with a historical introduction by Geo. E. Ellis, D. D., L. L. D., is an excellent reference book for anyone interested in ‘‘The Hub” to possess. It is modelled upon the well- known ‘‘Dictionary of London” and ‘‘Dic- tionary of Paris. It is a veritable encyclo- pedia of knowledge concerning Boston, and the information is methodically arranged. Much history is spread through the pages, with descriptions and statistics. Great at- tention is given to accuracy of statement, with conciseness and condensation. There are more than twelve hundred titles, ar- ranged alphabetically, which include all the local objects of interest; the government of the city; mercantile, literary, charitable and social societies, its customs, observances and commorations, ete., ete. Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., N. Y. . ‘*The Shaybacks in Camp; Ten Summers Under Canvas.” The above is the title of acharming summer book which contains many practical suggestions for spending one’s vacation in a healthful and agreeable manner. ‘The story is oneof the ideal fam- ily camp, and the scene is laid on Lake Memphremagog. Houghton, Miffiin & Co., N. Y., publishers. stories ee oe =a The Hardware Market. Nails are firm. An advance has been made by Eastern jobbers, also at Detroit, but Grand Rapids quotations remain un- changed. Bar iron is stiffening, owing to an advance of $1 per ton at the factory. There is no change in glass, although sal- able sizes are very firm. The new screw list has been adopted by all the manufac- turers. The discount remains unchanged. Sisal and manilla rope are weakening, but no change in price has yet been made. ——-2 <> W.H. Chilson & Son, general dealers, West Sebewa: ‘Valuable paper.” i‘ \ oO 7 y OCH ATENT © KS “OE CxO oADIUSTABLE = SHELF = EVER)SIBLE “BRACKETS. cme 4 MELVING D.teY9) CAN BE READILY “PUT UP BY ASY ONE AND MOVED I EASILY AS STOCKS OSE BRACKET Petey SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS i\S MWIDTHS OF SHELVING. by pPATENTED OCT. i9, 1887, Manufactured by KOCH A. B. CO. 354 MAIN ST., PEORIA. {LL Liberal discount to the trade, or parties first putting up these brackets in any local- ity. MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for one cent a word or two cents a word forthree insertions. No advertisement taken for 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, rrr OR SALE—New stock of groceries and fix- tures situated at 115 Broadway. Call and examine stock or address A. Kenyon, Grand Rapids, Mich. 203* OR SALE—$2,200 stock of drugs and gro- eeries at a sacrifice, in a good little town of life and energy. Also store building and house and lot. Will exchange real estate for farm property, Address G.& D., care Trades- man. 1993t OR SALE—At a bargain, 80 acres of choice farming land situated in township of Clearwater, county of Kalkaska, on north % of southwest 44 of section 24, in town 28, north of range § west, with 18 acresimproved. Frame barn 26 x 86 and small house. For terms of salé aoply to Perry Hannah or Smith Barnes, Traverse City, Mich. 1993t Poe SALE—A good-paying hardware busi- ness in athriving Michigan village. Will sell stock or tinner’s tools, with or without the building. Will invoice about $2,000. Good reasons for selling. Address ‘‘Tinsmith,’’ care The Tradesman. 202* OR SALE—12U-acre farm, with tine 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. 198tf VOR SALE CHEAP—Portable saw mill in good running order. Capacity 25 M pine lumber per day. Gang edger, saw dust carrier, and life rollers. For further particulars en- quire of J. F. Clark, Big Rapids, Mich. Ls6tf OR SALE—Fine residence property on Mount Vernon street, west side, with bath room, closets and all modern conveniences, for 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 OR SALE—The best drug store in the thriv- ing city of Muskegon. Terms easy. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 193tt OR SALE—Two store counters, three sets scales, six tea cans, six spice cans, one smali coffee mill and two show-cases, also one delivery wagon. All of the foregoing will be sold cheap tor cash. M. J. Lewis, 72 Grand- ville avenue, Grand Rapids. 192tf OR 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**Ifhe Tradesman,”’ Grand Rapids. L77t OR SALE—Ice box, 6 feet and 2 inches high, 2 feet and ll 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 OR RENT—Large store, corner West Ful- ton and Front streets. Boston Block. Good location fora grocery. Inquire of J.T. Strahan, 221 Mt. Vernon street, Grand Rap- ids. 203* AY YY ANTED—Drug : store invoicing from $1,000 to $3,000 in a live Michigan town, ete. Address Box 75, Moorefield, Harrison 201" Co., Ohio. Wy Arr D—Five traveling salesmen; salary and expenses; no experience necessary. Address, with stamp, Palmer & Co., Winona, Minn. 202* YY ARTED-— Situation ina good store, by a ; young man with four years’ experience ina general store. Address Box 43, Manton, Mich, 202* \ 7 ANTED—To exchange farm worth $2,500 for astock of goods. Address Box 23, Tradesman office, 201*tf Wy Aste — To exchange a nice house and jot in Big Rapids fora drug store, Grand Rapids preferred. Address H. L. Hall, care Hazeitine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 197tf YANTED—A man having an established trade among lumbermen to add a spec- ial line and sellon commission. To the right man a splendid chance will be given to make money without extra expense. Address “B,’’ eare Michigan Tradesman. 178tt Hichioan Trae Exchange 375 South Union St., Grand Rapids. AGENTS FOR THE Standard Petit Ledger. JANTED—A registered female pharmacist AAA \ to take situation in western town. Al- so other registered pharmacists and assistants. OR SALE—Stock of $3,000 in town of 1,000 population. Average daily sales, $30. NOR SALE—Stoeck of about $2,000, well lo- cated in Grand Rapids, doing good busi- ness. NOR SALE—Stock of about 3500 in town of 5UW0 inhabitants. No otner drug store in town, good location. Must be sold on account of death of proprietor. OR SALE—Stock of about $1,800 in town of 1,800 population. Will exchange for good real estate. OR SALE—Stock of $1,700 in town of 800 inhabitants. Average daily sales $15. Will sell on easy terms, OR SALE—Stock of anout $4,00) in town of 2,000 inhabitants. Will exchange for good farm lands. A LSO—Many other stocks, the particulurs of which we will furnish on application. O DRUGGISTS—Wishing to secure clerks we will furnish the address and full pxr- ticulars of those on our list free. _ V JE HAVE also secured the agency for J. H. Vail & Co.’s medical publications and ean furnish any medical or pharmaceutical work at publishers’ rates. APA ALLL Michigan Drug Exchange, : 357 South Union St., = - Grand Rapids. ‘snieieddy Ssulyse[g HURCULES POWDER THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK Annihilator * Strongest and Safest Explosive known to the Arts. Now is the time to Stock Up for Farmers’ Trade. Mail orders promptly filled. L. S. HILL & CoO., 19 and 21 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Also wholesale dealers in Gunpowder, w Ammunition, Guns, Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods Generally. es GREAT IS GREENVILLE. The Business Men’s Association the Prince of Entertainers. Wednesday, July 20, was a great day in the history of Greenville, and in the honors of that day the B. M. A. bore no inconspic- uous part. When it was announced that a picnic was to be given under the auspices of the Association, little attention was paid to the matter; but when the particulars be- gan to be known, considerable comment was heard. Following the announcement that everything was to be free and that far- mers, mechanics—everyone, in fact—were invited to attend, came the statement that the event would be celebrated by the closing ‘sof all stores, banks, offices, mills and fac- tories,” a statement which seemed well-nigh incredible. No one could doubt that the programme was carried out to the letter, however, after glancing down Greenville’s principal business street on the day in ques- tion. Every place of business except the hotels, saloons and postoffice were as dark and uninviting as closed curtains and locked doors could make them. The quietude of a Sabbath was nothing compared to the de- serted appearance of Greenville on July 20. An entirely different aspect met the eye at Baldwin Lake, about a mile distant from the city. The desolation of deserted streets was changed to the babel of a thousand voices. People flocked here and there, in utter oblivion of anything but the enjoy- ment of the moment. Staid farmers and their wives exchanged news and gossip with representatives of the professions and the mechanic mingled with the merchant with as much freedom as if they had always moved in the same circle. There was no restraint—no reminder of class difference— no admission of inequality on the part of anyone. . The picnic meant the extinction of ill-feeling between business men and the annihilation of class prejudice between busines men and their patrons. It meant, moreover, that the Association would thenceforth have the support of the best people of the community in seeking to extin- guish the dead-beat, to curtail the credit system, to build up both city and country by all the weapons wielded by a people united for a common aim and actuated by a common impulse. It is estimated that 1,000 people had reached the scene of festivities by 11 o’clock and that the crowd two hours later number- ed at least 2,000. Dinner was served about noon, enlivened by sallies of wit and music by the Greenville band, after which Presi- dent Sprague called the assemblage to order and welcomed the visitors in the name of the Association, asking them to partake of every pleasure without stint and price. Re- ferring to the work accomplished by the Association during its nine months’ exist- ence, the speaker said he was satisfied that there was some misapprehension as to the real objects of the Association. It is nota secret organization, any person being ad- mitted to its deliberations. It is not con- ducted in opposition to any secret society or church. It is simply a combination of business men to protect themselves against those who are trying to ruin them. The dead-beat is not a person who cannot pay, but who can pay but wont. Without the Association such a person can beat every man in the town. The Association does not in- tend to wrong any man. If acase of injus- tice can be shown, the officers will see to it that the matter is maderight. It will read- ily be seen that such an organization will be a great benefit to every honest man, as it enables him to get his goods without con- tributing to the payment of anyone else’s debts. Mr. Sprague then introduced C. L. Rar- den, Prosecuting Attorney of Montcalm, county, who spoke as follows: We meet here to-day in friendly commun- ion to from new associations and renew the old and forge still stronger the golden bands of friendship and social union. Here midst nature’s beauty, of which she is ever prodi- gal, midst rolling hills and forests green, midst fern decked dales and shimmering lakes midst signing winds and songs of birds, to drive dull care away, exorcise corroding sor- row and be children again just for to-day. The business men ot Greenville greet you all and extend to you the right hand of fel- lowship, hoping and trusting that the oc- casion may be productive of mutual benefits growing out of mutual confidence and a more thorough understanding between them and their patrons. Weare well aware that it is charged that the Business Men’s Association ot Green- ville is resorting to harsh and cruel methods for the collection of claims—that the Asso- ciation was conceived in selfishness, organ- ized in heartlessness and is perpetuated in cruelty. This view of the organization could only come from the direst ignorance of its purposes and methods. In every or- ganization, even the church, may be found individuals who employ its livery to cloak their baseness and as an engine for the grat- ification of spite, hate and revenge, but the individuals are at fault and not the organi- zation. The real purpose of this Association is not only to promote the interests of our merchants but to protect the whole people from professional *‘dead-beats” and peripa- tetic knaves, who go from place to place as ’ the exigencies of their nefarious calling de- mand, and only when their wiles and dis- honest trickery fail them engage in honest toil and pay for the necessities of life like honest men. These barnacles on the body politic, these leeches on the prosperity of every community are a curse to the great mass of laboring men and hang as dead weights on the industrious and thrifty. Any merchant will tell you that it has been a necessity all through his business life to add a certain per cent. to the price of his wares to make up the deficit caused by losses from persons whose chief means of livelihood consist in false pretenses and who eat the ‘bread and wear the gown paid for by the sons of honest toil. Thus the honest man must pay more for the neces~ saries of life because the plausible scoun drel pays nothing. _The surpression and — and extirpation of these parasites will not only be a benefit to the merchant, but a lasting blessing to every honest man. No, my friends, the purpose of the or- ganization is not to injure or degrade any man who pays as best he can for what he has. Nor will such a man ever fail to re- ceive any reasonable accommodation he may seek at the hands of our merchants. Unfortunate mistakes may be made and even wrong may be done, but these are the exception and not the rule, but right here let me say to our business men that in seek- ing justice be sure you do no injustice, and in demanding what is your due under the law, remember Shylock asked nothing more though he demanded the forfeit of his bond, the pound of flesh nearest Antonio’s heart. Then let the justice you seek be temper- ed with mercy, for: . The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless’d It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty; Whoever doth set the dread and fear of kings, But mercy is above this sceptered sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth these show likest God When mercy seasons justice. Therefore friends Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation; we do pray for mercy And that same prayer doth teach us all to ren- er The deeds of mercy,” We meet here to-day, not in grades and classes, but as a whole people in common sympathies and common purposes, where none haye the vantage of that adventitious prestige springing from the accident of birth. The beneficent influencies of our in- stitutions has begotten a love for honest la- bor, a respect for success through lowly paths and homely toil. Honor is rendered where honor is due and the man of genius, energy and intellect is honored and respect- ed whether he pillowed his head on the bos- om of a plebian mother or drew sustenance from a royal breast, We are all peers here to-day each of every other, and nothing can degrade the lowest one of us all from the proud position of equality he occupies in the community except his own want of self- respect and true manhood. Then let us ever remember that exalted rank we have attained in the scale of intellectual, moral and social being, whence we can look back- ward o’er all the ages of the pastin pity for its ignorance and contempt for its weak- ness and forward over all the incoming ages of the future with a happiness begot- ten ofa clear conception of the complete emancipation of the world from moral, so- cial and political bondage, of which grand culmination we are the harbingers. But to come back to the day and the occasion, let each one in the pride of his own true manhood, in the fullness of his self-respect thrust from his. heart all envy, hatred and malice and enter with a will into the joy and gladness of the hour and let the reflec- tion of his own kindly smile be mirrored in the faces of those around him. But while it is easy to counsel each other to be gay and happy, with most of us it is but poor seeming, for behind our brightest smiles are tears and in our merriest laughter a note of sadness, for a discord comes echoing down the corridors of our memories whis- pering to us of those who are sleeping the last long sleep that knows no wakening in their lowly beds just over the hills. The silver cords have been loosed and the golden bowl broken and they have gone to the long home beyond that bourne from which no traveler returns. But for to-day, let us, as best we may, ex- orcise the lines that care and misfortune have graven on friendly faces and dispel the dark clouds of sorrow by the sunlight of bright smiles and happy faces and for the once let the world be shut out with its petty spites and selfish ambitions, with its cease- less noise and strife, with its class distinc- tions, that pride and arrogance have foster- ed with all its dissentions and jealousies and for to-day at least let equality and fra- ternity be more than a name then as best we may, let joy and gladness rule the hour and reign supreme. For brooding care paints wrinkles Onthe fairest human face, And pride and hate and envy Their crue! lines will trace. The human face is truly A mirror of the mind, And speaks of the varied passions Within our heart enshrined. It tells, if you are careless Of others’ grief and pain, Or let the cry for succor Be made to you in vain. It apeeke of pride and arrogance, Of cruel hearts and cold; All lost to human kindness In greed for gain and gold. It tells us if you revel In slander’s vile domain, And swell the ghoulish chorus By adding your refrain. It speaks of all the vileness That in our hearts doth dwell. Of all the slimy demons That drag us down to hell. it tells another story, Most beautiful and bright, That turns the darksome picture To one of heavenly light. It speaks of manhood perfect, Ot womanhood sublime; And shines with homely virtues That pass the bourn of time. It speaks of joy and gladness And hearts that know no guile; With lips which to the lowly, E’er give their sweetest smile. It glows with truth and goodness, With purity of thought; The best of all that’s lovely, That in our lives are wrought. It tells of all the angels That in our souls have striven To guide our wayward footsteps, And lead us on to heaven. So each of ys is painting A picture on his face, That through the rolling ages, He never can efface. Then let us paint that picture In colors pure and bright That friends may see there painted The good, the true, the right. After music by the band, President Sprague piled upon the editor of THE]: TRADESMAN for a few remarks, who re- sponded as follows; I consider it no small privilege to be able to be with you on this occasion and of being the humble instrument of conveying to you the warmest congratulations of the 2,200 members of the Michigan Business Men’s Association. I assure you that we are proud of the work you have accomplished and the reputation you have achieved as one of the strongest and most active business organizations in the State. Speaking in a general way, the Business Men’s Association is bound to live, because it is founded on business principles and represents living issues. We start out on the economic theory that every man shall contribute his quota to the support of the community. If aman won’t work, he must go hungry and naked. The man who works and pays his way as he goes along should not be. compelled to make good the debts of the man who won’t work. The man who pays is entitled to the necessaries and luxuries of life at the lowest possible cost. Every successful attempt at the re- duction of losses from bad debts carries with it a corresponding reduction in profits. This feature alone is sufficient to commend the Association to every honest man, be he farmer, mechanic or professional. Aside from the injury done the honest man by the encouragement or toleration of delinquency, we hold that such a policy is a positive damage to the delinquent, as it en- courages him in habits of idleness and un- truthfulness. Continually stimulated to live by his wits, the dead-beat develops into a hyena, whose existence is a menace to society and prosperity. The money and goods which he confiscates, instead of being employed in the creation and employment of legitimate industries, as it would be if expended by the business man, serves only to encourage him to further acts of plunder and habits of idleness. Taking this view of the case, it is the duty of every honest man to co-operate with the Association in its attempt to extinguish an element which contributes nothing to the support of the community. As itis the duty of the business man, interested in the growth and prosperity of the community, to crush out those elements which discourage and retard progress, so it is also his duty to encourage every element which has an influence in the contrary di- rection. Recognizing that the location of manufacturing institutions means _ better markets for the farmer and more work for the mechanic, as well as more business for the business man, the Association is pledg- ed to the encouragement of such _ enter- prises. It also stands pledged to the de- velopment of latent resources in both city and country—to the encouragement of more and better wagon roads—the extension of streets and sewers—the adornment of parks and cemetaries—any improvement having a tendency to enhance the appearance of the community and increase the comfort of the people. The Association undertakes to secure reasonable freight and express rates, better fire protection, fair insurance rates and honorable adjustments. It encourages the handling of goods of standard purity, strength and measure; the cultivation of a feeling of fraternity between business men and a spirit of cordiality between them and those with whom they come in contact. Finally, 1 may say we have builded our structure on unity and equity and we earn- estly solicit your co-operation and support. N. B. Blain, President of the Lowell Business Men’s Association, was called on for a speech, but evaded the request by tell- ing a good story. Mr. Sprague then reminded the people that the day was theirs and that they would be expected to enjoy every moment of it. The afternoon was spent very pleasantly in boating, bathing, fishing and social con- verse, and the evening was given up to dancing. The latter amusement was kept up until about 11 o’clock, when the last car- riages left the grounds. Taken as a whole, the picnic was the most successful event ever known to Green- ville. It was also the most successful, pic- nic ever given by any Association in Michi- gan—an honor the business men of Green- ville are inclined to cherish at its true worth. —->-- a Association Notes. The Alma Business Men’s Association is angling for another woolen mill and for excelsior works, An exchange dubbs the editor of Tur TRADESMAN the ‘‘Great American Organ- izer.” The amount of the damages named in the libel suit has not yet been decided upon. Detroit Journal, July 20: To-day’s the day at Greenville. All the stores closed and the business men and their families gone toapicnic. They do this once a year there. The editor of Tak TRADESMAN will as- sist in the formation of a B. M. A. at Char- lotte on Wednesday evening of this week. Bellevue and Leroy are also on the anxious seat and will probably swing into line be- fore the end of next week. The success of the Greenville B. M. A. is not to be wondered at when ‘it is remember- | ed that the organization has a President distinguished for level-headedness and sound common sense and a Secretary whois a pronounced type of faithfulness. With such men at the helm, no organization could fail to be a success right from the start. Associations contemplating the holding of picnics should not fail include the Presi- dent of the Lowell Business Men’s Asso- ciation in the list of invited guests. Mr. Blain makes a practice going to all Asso- ciation picnics, whether invited or not, but there is a lingering tradition that he eats less, makes better speeches and tells fun- nier stories when regularly invited. An Association picnic without Blain is like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 0 Miscellaneous Dairy Notes. B.:' E. Peebles paid the patrons of his factories in Lenawee county $8.65 per 1,000 pounds for May milk. Nelson & Co. are putting in a creamery at Northport which will be the first institu- tion of the kind in the Grand Traverse region. Henry Pelgrim, of New Holland, and Frank E. Pickett, of Hilliards, were in the city in the interest of their respective cheese factories last week. Reports from Coopersville are to the effect that the farmers thereabouts are beginning to see their mistake in allowing the cheese factory to cease operations, and that con- serted action will shortly be taken to induce the owner to resume business. 9 It is claimed that the only distinctive grange stores now conducted in Michigan are those of E. R. Osband,-at North Lan- sing, and A. Stegeman, at Allegan. The Drummer. M. M. Folsom in Baltimore Home Journal. © A little chaff, a merry laugh, A word for every comer; There is not a man in all theland But who extends a ready hand To greet the jolly drummer. In business wise, in enterprise As thrifty as a plumber; So chivalrous and debonair This favored one that ladies fair All love the gallant drummer. His latest joke will provoke A roar from every bummer That hangs around the village bar, Reflecting luster from his star, The gay commercial drummer. With work and wit he hits the grit Fall, winter, spring and summer; Alert and watchful, day and night— The world would go to ruin quite But for the busy drummer. A skull that’s numb may beat the drum, But ah! it takes a hommer— A freak of supernatural brood— Some being most supremely shrewd It takes to beat the drummer. —_—_—_——--9 <= _____- Good Advice to Salesmen. Wm. H. Mayer in “On the Road to Riches.” . It is a very common remark that good salesmen are born, not made. I believe it is true. But it does not mean that a man is born a good salesman; only that what makes him efficient in that line is born in him. There are peculiar natural qualities needed to make a good salesman, and if a man does not have these he had better turn his attention to some other branch, for he can- not succeed here. Yet two men who are equally good salesmen may be almost to- tally unlike; almost mind you; they must be good judges of human nature. How shall you become a good judge of human nature? You might as well ask me why the violets are blue; I cannot tell you. You need to know human nature, be- cause you must please the person with whom you are talking; must make a pleasant im- pression upon him. We do not trade with a disagreeable person unless we are obliged to; we often buy articles we do not expect to purchase, just because the man who waited on us was pleasant. Every good salesman is one who does just this; he makes himself agreeable to the person he is waiting upon, so that if he does not sell him any more than he intended to buy, he sells him all he expected to purchase, and sends him away with a pleasant impression of the salesman. Do not misconstrue my phrase, ‘‘makes himself agreeable;” perhaps you have been making yourself agreeable to some young lady, and think the same tac- tics you used with her are to be brought in- to play in the store. You could not makea greater mistake. When a person enters the store, he or she should be met with respectful polite- ness; not the pigeon wing flourish you make in the ball-room when the prompter calls ‘‘salute partners,” but a salutation that dig- nifies the person you address. Don’t chip- per in like a parrot with, ‘‘What can I show you?” or, ‘‘What is it, sir?” as if you wanted him to push forward his business as rapidly as posible. Be in as much of a hurry as you please, yourself, but never hurry your customer, unless you are sure he or she will bear it. Do not volunteer advice about what they shall buy; if you have what they ask for, get it for them, and while you are getting it, if you have something that is as good for less money, or better for the same money, mention it, and tell of its med- its; and people will give you a better hear- ing if they see you have a thing they asked for; if they did not see this, they would think you were out of it and were trying to get them to decide on something else just because you could not give them the article they wanted. Never joke unless you are sure of your customer; never volunteer a remark unless you are sure the customer will be pleased. |’ Men often pass for being wise simply be- cause they keep their lips closed, and many merchants get rich by keeping silent. If you volunteer a remark, bear in mind that what you are aiming at is not to show your own smartness or brilliancy, but to please your customer, and let everything you: say have this end in view. Don’t get into any argument of any kind or on any subject; in your own store. Every customer has a right to his own opinions, and if you cannot agree with him in all he says, you will find something in his view or creed that you can agree with, and you can make the most of that. What a pity that this spirit cannot be carried with us out of our stores, and that each of us does not go through life searching for that upon which we might all agree, rather than quarrel and bicker over little points of difference? a > What an “Off Horse’’ Can Do. From the Marshall Statesman. : The affair which took placein front of H. J. Coleman’s store last evening, because that gentleman refused to close his place of business at 8 o’clock, according to agree- ment, is greatly to be deplored and will} : probably have the effect of breaking up the 8 o’clock system toa certain extent. Mr. Coleman informes the Statesman that he signed the agreement under protest in the first place and would have closed last even- ing as soon as the customers in waiting were served. ‘This, however, is not a rea- sonable excuse for keeping open after the specified time, after having put his signa- ture to an agreement to live up to the early closing system. Neither was Mr. Cole- man’s refusal to close a sufficient excuse for the action of the crowd which congregated in front of his grocery last night for the purpose of either shaming or forcing him into closing his doors. If Mr. Coleman did not desire to close he ought not to have signed the contract even under the mildest or strongest protest. Under the circum- stances, as soon as 8 o’clock had arrived he should have turned the key in his front door and waited upon the customers inside but allowed nomore to enter. The action of the crowd is condemned by many, still there is a feeling that the agreement should have been lived up to by Coleman. ————_ 2a Scottville in Line on Organization. ScoTrTrvILLE, July 22, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—The business men of this village met last evening for the purpose of organizing a B. M. A. The meeting was called to order and after some remarks by L. M. Mills, of Grand Rapids, an organiza- tion was effected, to be called the Scottville Business Men’s Association, auxiliary to the M. B. M. A. After signing of the consti- stution by seven of the business men, the following officers were elected: President—H. E. Symons. Vice-President—J. A. Clark. Secretary—D. W. Higgins. There are yet more to join us and we shall have an organization -of twelve or fourteen members when we get to running in full blast. Our aim is to make a grand success of it. Yours, D. W. Hiaerns, See’y Blue Milk Accounted For. Customer—I must say, I don’t like this milk! aon what’s the matter with i Customer—Just look at it! don’t you see that it is blue? Milkman—Well, yes; itis alittle dark- er than usual. Customer—What is the cause of it? Milkman—I think I can explain it. Customer—Well, 1’d be glad to hear you. Milkman—You see we weaned the calf a few days ago, and probably the old cow feels a little blue about it. That is the on- ly way I can account for it. —— a -0- The Bancroft cheese factory will not be in operation until next season. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tion. They eg2 simple durable and econom- ical. No grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per- fection. Send for circulars. L » + AIO Se gps 150 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio CLARK, JEWELL & CO. ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR ELASTIC STARCH. IT’S A WINNER. Your Stock is Not Complete Without It, INCLUDE A BOX IN YOUR NEXY ORDER. STORE COUNTERS AND —— “4 Tet it iota D. FURNITURE TO ORDER. H. MOSHIER, MANUFACTURF? OF Counters, Prescription Gases, WOOD MANTELS: And all kinds of Store and Bank Furniture. Odd Bookcases and Sideboards. Special attention given to ordered work. Call and see me or send for estimates. 62 So. Front St. GRAND RAPIDS. BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Wholesale Grocers. IMPORTERS OF Teas, Lemons ald Foreign Fruits. SOLE AGENTS FOR “Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros. Soaps and Niagara Starch. send for Cigar Catalogue and ask for Special Inside Prices on anything in our line. fl. LK GRA ARD & SONS RAPIDS, MICH. HEADQUARTERS FOR Mason's Porselain Lined FRUIT JARS, Genuine Cap. No Imitation. WOME scan ces cee Obrien Pigliak bie se CuUbacsueeaesouce Per Bree oc canes. % Gallons........ PRICES. gross $ 9.50 " 10,50 13.50 POOR ee me ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ween eens No charge for cartage. The Michigan Tradesmal. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. First Vice-President—Paul P. Morgan, Monroe. Second Vice-President—K. J. Herrick, Grand Rapids. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. sewers 4 ulius Schuster, Kalamaz i 00. Executiz# Committee—President, First Vice-President, Secretary, N. B. Blain and W. E. Kelsey. Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, City; P. Ranney, Kalamazoo; A. W. Westgate, 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. Traverse Che- The following local associations have mostly been organized under the auspices of the Michigan Business Men’s Association, and are auxiliary thereto: Ada Business Men’s Association. 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, H. 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. Cc. McAdam; Secretary, C. T. Chapin. Garson City Business Men’s Association. President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Trask. Gasnovia, Bailey and Trent B, M. A. President, H. E. Hesseltine; Secretary, FE. 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- oygzan. 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. 8. Botsford. Retail Grocers’ Association of E, Saginaw, President, Richard Luster; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith. ~—#dmore Business Men’s Association. President, H. W. Robson; Secretary, W. 8S. Whittlesey. Eastport Business Men’s Association. fPresident, F. H. Thurston, Central Lake; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston, Central Lake. Eaton Rapids Business Men’s Association. President, F. H. DeGalin; Secretary, Will. Emmert. Elk Rapids Business Men’s Protective As’n, President, J. J. McLaughlin; Secretary, C. L. Martin. ‘Evart Business Men’s Association. President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, Chas. E. Bell. Frankfort Business Men’s Association, Prodi O ~ ao. 4-4 WR, Chandler, ut, .. am. Upton; vecrevary, --. -~ 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. President, 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 Association. President, L. E. Stauffer; Secretary, J. A. VanArm., Harbor Springs Business Men’s Ass’n. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompsen, Hersey Business Men’s Association, President, O. L. Millard; Secretary, Frank Beardsley Howard 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. Jonia Business Men’s Exchange. President, Wm. E. Kelsey; Secretary, Fred. Cutler, Jr. Kalamazoo Retail 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. Lewell Business Men’s Protective Ass’n. President, N. B. Blain: Secretary, Frank T. King. : Luther Business Men’s Association. President, W. B. Pool; Secretary, Chas. J. Robinson. Lyons Jusiness Men’s As’n. President, B. M. Hutchinson: Secretary,D.jA. Reynolds Mancelona Business Men’s Association. President, W. E. Watson; Secretary, C. L. Bailey. Manistee Business Men’s Association. President, Cc. 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, Presiden, W.E.Thorp; Secretary, E.$. Houghtaling. Ovid Business Men’s As’n. >president,C. H. Hunter; Secretary, Lester Cooley. Owosso Business Men’s Association. resent, 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 Retan; Secretary, E. R. Holmes. Piainwell 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. Men’s sociation. ; Secretary, R.E. McCormick. Rodney Business President, L. T. Wilmarth , Me 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 Assdéciation. 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. so. 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 if Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. Wayland Business Men’s Association. President, E. W. Pickett; Secretary, H. J, Turner. Woodland Business Men’s Association. President, John Velte; Secretary, I. N. Harter. White Cloud Business Men’s Association. Presiient, P. M. Roedel; Secretary, M. D. Hayward, White Lake Business Men’s As’n, T. Linderman, Whitehall Secretary, President, A. w. B. Nicholson, Whitehall. : ; The Press.* It is but two or three weeks ago that 1 was called upon to perform a similar duty on a similar occasion—to respond to the same sentiment assigned me for to-night, viz., ‘The Press.” I don’t know what I have done nor what the good people along the line of the D. C. & E. R. R. have done to deserve all this, but I submit to the in- evitable, as you must; and I haven’t the shadow of a doubt that I am doomed to do press-work all along the line of this road from Bellaire to Florida, should it be deemed advisable to extend the line that far, and, also, provided that the money holds out. I hope, however, that we won’t get so far from home; I hope and trust and expect that we shall be gathered in and absorbed by the Michigan Central after we have made about one more hitch towards the south pole, even although it takes the dollars we have already sub- scribed and paid and other dollars that we will doubtless have to pay before we can visit our friends at Bellaire and Charlevoix by rail. But let us enjoy ourselves as stockholders in a railroad while we can, and imagine that we are bigger men than ola Gould or Vanderbilt. We can feel that way beween assessments; but when they call upon us for fiveor ten or twenty per cent. of what we have subscribed to this great enter- prise, we find that we are very small wig- glers in a railroad puddle, after all. I would rather dodge the real issue— “The Press”—to-night, but the committee and the programme say ‘‘Press,” and “Press” it shall be, although I must _ re- luctantly admit that pulling the devil’s tail of an antiquated hand press a couple of days in each week for nearly a decade has taken away most of the romance and poe- try that such a sentiment at an _ earlier period of my career might have evoked; for, although the honorable committee didn’t confine me to any particular kind of press, the presumption is that they meant the newspaper press. It sounds very pretty to speak of ‘‘the art preservative of arts,” and of the press as “‘the lever that moves the world,” but just exercise your- self on that lever for a couple of hours this hot weather, Mr. Toastmaster, and you'll find that it has a more personal and local bearing on the weak points in your spinal column, and you won’t notice that the world wobbles to any great extent, no mat- ter how hard you pull. But, notwith- standing all this, the press is a great in- stitution, and its influence for good, though sometimes for evil, is immeasurable and unbounded, whether it be the obscure country press or the great metropolitan in- stitution where they dump a bundle of rags in at one end and a neighbor stands ready to borrow the paper at the other (a most reprehensible practice, by the way—the borrowing, of course, I mean). It is a marvelous thing, even in this age of marvels, to consider what slaves we are to the pres, although the yoke is rather an agreeable one, after all. To the average man of business the loss of his favorite morning or evening paper is like the loss of a meal, but he never realizes until isolated from it for a few days or weeks how much of a necessity it really is. A wonderful feature of it all is, too, the quiet manner in which this daily bill of fare is dished up to us and the means and methods employed to obtain and prepare it. We meet here to- night to celebrate an event of great local importance; and while there is no out- ward and visible sign of a reporter or cor- respondent present, he is probably here just the same, and papers printed hundreds of miles away to-morrow evening will doubtless inform the world in general that the survey of the D. C. & E. R. R. is com- pleted to Kalkaska, and they might as well add, while about it, that the real work of building the road will soon be commenced and pushed to a speedy and successful , completion. Robert Burns, even in his day, had a realizing sense of the power of the press when he wrote, “Tf there’s a hole in a’ your coats, I rede ye’ll ’tent it; A chiel’s amang ye taking notes, An’ faith he’ll prent it.” The genial poet had probably had a little personal experience. Perhaps some argus- eyed reporter had caught him kissing his best girl over the garden wall, and made a local item of it—likewise, most probably, a local row. My experience in newspaper work is that there is a great deal that is better left un- said, unless you say it about the other fel- low; and even then it’s well enough to see whether he’s bigger than you are before saying it; but, be careful as you will, some one’s toes are sure to be trod upon, and then the bustle you create materializes sooner than the one to which, in the course of events your productions naturally gravi- tate—although, perhaps, it makes little difference, after all, for it’s bound to be bustle, anyway. But the hour grows late, and I will not weary you longer, but stop the and make room for the gentleman who follows me and who knows how to entertain you to better advantage. *Response by the J. N. Tinklepaugh at re- cent banquet of Kalxaska B.M. A. ——< 0 The Ladies.* Unlike some who have preceded me, I do not rise with reluctance, but, on the con- trary, always with extremest pleasure em- brace the opportunity to respond to this toast. It is also with extremest pleasure that whenever the opportunity offers, I, without reluctance, respond to the embrace of “The world was sad, the garden was a wild; And man, the hermit, sighed ‘till woman smiled.” But now this is occasionally reversed, and the woman smiles and the man sighs, be- cause she smiles at the other fellow. “Tf to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face and you'll forget them all.” The Ladies—Fountains of living waters; impurities may be in them but not of them; born of them we drink life from them, and childhood, youth and an early manhood are passed by the side of the streams, the fleet- ing time made pleasant by the music of their babbling; and, in full manhood, resting on the bosom of the swelling current, we are noiselessly and gently; lovingly and carress- ingly but firmly and certainly borne along to the sea, where, through the clouds of life’s tempest, the sunlight of love breaks and drinks up the waters to the skies to fall again in nature’s rain to replenish the fountains. “QO, woman! lovoly woman! Nature made thee To temper man; we had been brutes without t you, Angels are painted fair to look like you; There’sin you all that we believe of heaven— Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy and everlasting love.” *Response by Geo. W. Albrecht at recent D. W. ARCHER’S RED COAT TOMATOES. PAOKED BY DAVENPORT CANNING DAVENPORT, IOWA. CO., 10! FUR BASKETS We Have Got 0,000 DOZEN. DIAMOND MARKETS, Cheap to Give Away, y IAMOND MARKKYS, Good Ones to Use, BUSHEL BASKETS and Covers for Shipging, BUSHEL BASKETS, Extra Finish, to Use. YHE AGME, the Best Basket in the World, : WILLOW and SPLINY Clothes Baskets, PRAGH and GRAPE BASKETS. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. CURTISS & DUNTON, SO QUEEN ANNE, MICHIGAN, TRUE BLUE, CZAR, MONDAY, For Quotations address Lock Box 178, DETROIT SOAP DETRO TT. MICE. CO, Manufacturers of the following well-known Brands of Ps MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, SUPERIOR, MASCOTTE, PHCNIX, WABASH, AND OTHERS. CAMEO, W.G. HAWKINS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Salesman for Western Michigan. Cc. C. BUNTING. c. L. DAVIS. BUNTING & DAVIS, Commission Merchants. Specialties: Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots. 20 and 22 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 217 and 219 Livingstone Street, BFA LUAS, 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. 50 cents each. Grand Rapids, Michigan, CEO. E. HOWES, JOBBER IN Foreign and Domestic Fruits, SPECIALTIES: Oranges, Lemons, Bananas. 3 Ionia St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a0 MAAR NGEST TNE a) vA re all STRO ‘as er] banquet of Kalkaska B. M. A. 1 | ‘ PAPER & WOODENWARE. » ee aT ° ‘ é 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 & CO. ‘ Wholesale Grocers, : SsOle Agents, 77 to 83 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. ¢ ° s 4 TheStaadardofExcellence , KINGSFORDS i Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. THE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. i WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME! ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS. -2 Independent Oil. The laboring men usually ascertain who their friends are, and they are now beginning to realize that they owe something to the Independent Oil Co. for the determined stand the corporation has taken in keeping the price dowrr to living limits and at the same time holding the quality up to the highest stan- dard. It would seem that the business public owed the company a debt of grati- tude on the same score. Lyons’ Advantages Briefly Set Forth. Lyons, July 20, 1887. BR, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr--I have been much interested from time to time in looking over the de- scriptions of villages throughout the State, as their advantages have appeared In the columns of Toe TRADESMAN, and often felt a desire to see our beautiful village brought into comparison. While we have not all that heart could wish, Lyons has many advantages not en- joyed by many inland hamlets. Blessed with the best water-power in the State, out- side of Grand Rapids, she has nearly 4,000 horse-power to donate to live manufacturing intereats that may be induced to locate here. With a population of 800 people, she classes among her industries and commercial enter- prises a 175 barrel roller process flouring mill, a large woolen mill, an ax and edge tool factory, a foundry and machine shop, a stone quarry, with a pay roll of about $1,000 a month, a hotel, two drug stores, hard- ware, dry goods store, jewelry and book- store and five places where groceries are kept, beside a dozen small manufacturing interests now in their infancy. Business is generally prosperous, recording but one failure in the past fifteen years. She is surrounded by one of the best farming dis- tricts in the State, while timber of all de- scriptions is very plentiful. The Holly sys- tem of water-works furnishes protection from fire, and express, telegraph and tele- phone offices furnish speedy connection with the outside world. There are ample shipping facilities over the D., L. & N. and D., G. H. & M. railways, which otfer heavy rebates to encourage the location of manu- facturing enterprises on our unlimited wa- ter-power. The resident portion of the vil- lage is noticeable for its substantial houses of thrifty manufacturers and tradesmen, while three churches and a graded school furnish the foundation of future usefulness and good citizenship. The village is fortu- nate in having a Business Men’s Associa- tion whose avowed purpose is the develop- ment of our natural resources and which earnestly invites and will substantially aid any desirable manufacturing interest that may be induced to locate in our midst, Yours, D.A. REYNOLDS, Sec’y. ntl beni Good Sentiment from ths Hubbesiston Association. HUBBARDSTON, July 22, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Your published replies to my inquiry of June 27 were very satisfactory. I think the ‘‘Undesirable Credit” list a very good thing in the way of helping ex- tremely slow customers to come to the front and pay as they should. We had already talked with the Carson City Association about exchanging home lists. I find the business men who give the Association their time and help do the most good for the cause, secure the most benefit themselves. I believe it is impossible to make a live town out of dead business men, and the man who cannot spend a few minutes once a month (unless necessarily detained) at the meeting of the Association, is dead. I think if a business man can’t attend the meetings of the Association without lock- ing up his place of business, he had_ better lock it up for one hour each month than lose the good he may receive and do at the meetings. Financiering is just as essential to success as buying and selling. Hoping for even greater success for the B. M. A., I remain. Yours, L. W. Rosryson, Sec’y. —— oO The Capital City Allies Itself with the State. From the Lansing Journal, July 21. Thirty-five members of the Lansing Busi- ness Men’s Association dropped into thirty- five positions of unaffected comfort in the city hall when President Wells requested order at 8:15 last night. A large amount of good-natured chaffing was done during the hour’s session which followed, but very lit- tle business was transacted, mainly for the reason that there was but little business on hand. The Association voted to join the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association, and a com- mittee of trade interests was appointed to look up the city ordinances regarding street and corner peddlers and hucksters, and if there is nothing in existence which requires them to pay a commensurate license or will compel them to move on, to prepare an or- dinance which will fully cover the case. —————_ 2-2 -—___— Charlotte About Ready to Organize. CHARLOTTE, July 21, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sir—I am requested by a number of our business men to ascertain on what day you can come here for the purpose of attending a meeting having in view the or- ganization of a Business Men’s Association, also your terms. Will you kindly advise me by early mail? The matter has been talked up quite generally and I am advised that considerable interest is already mani- fested. Yours truly, MANLY C. DopGE. TO ORGANIZE THIS EVENING. CHARLOTTE, July 25, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Replying to your recent favor referring to the organization of a Business Men’s Association, I have to ad- vise you that after conferring with Frank Piper, who is the head of the movement, it is desired that you be with us on Wednesday evening of the present week, at which time we will expect you, unless we hear to the contrary. Mr. Piper informs me that much interest is manifested and that a good at- tendance at the meeting is expected. When you arrive, I shall be glad to meet you. Yours truly, MANLY C. DonGE. cca a SEE Good Report from the Oceana Association. HAkrrT, July 19, 1887. E. A. Stowe Grand Rapids: DEAR Sie—I enclose you our last delin- quent list. You will see by 1t that we are getting the dead-beats pretty well ‘‘coop- ered” in this vicinity. We believe that our work has curtailed the credit system largely and secured for us prompter payments; also brought about a more social feeling among ourselves. All of our members are pleased with the work accomplish Yours truly, E. S. HouGHTALING, Sec’y. ——_—_—-2- <> Encouraging the Package Trade. Alfred J. Brown is endeavoring to im- press on the minds of fruit growers, espec- ially peach growers, that it is to their advan- tage to market their product in small pack- ages. ‘‘Sixteen half-peck baskets can be had for 36 cents,” says Mr. Brown, ‘‘and when so put up the grower will realize at least $1 per bushel more for his peaches.” 4 WHOLESALE PRIGE OURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. OVW oi sc ie sees 80|/Paragon ........... 210 Frazer’s........<.. = Paragon 25 pails. 90 Diamond X........ 60\Fraziers, 25 b pails.1 25 Modoc, 4 doz....... 2 50 BAKING POWDER. Acme, 4% > cans, : doz. CASC...- 2+ see ee eens i = - 4 : oe sa Aad hak si Bulk Princess, 48 po uaa oa . is, ceases ce ae Ty ulk Arctic, % b cans, : doz. case a Se canoe . % - 3 a ies 1 40 a oe eee een coe ks 2 40 * .. ee Oo 12 00 Victorian, 1 b cans, (tall,) 2 doz.. 2 00 PiamOnG, PHU. ooo ace co noes cote seen sass 15 BLUING PIPE, TOL so osc ss cc ahem hes och casas ee doz. 25 TOS, NS oo wn ois ce nae e shes one ass doz. 45 Liquid, 4 og SC. s Mus Caan ato as aaecee doz. 35 Liquid, 8 02. a rbiauiowee & .-d0z. 65 PATOL £ OB. oo icc cin senss on ncnsenes ® gross 3 50 PAPOUIG 8 OBS soa cco sn in caddie cosas deusesennss 7 20 POG WB OG. ok soos wh nee v cs esas ce cos eee 12 00 Arctic No.1 pepper box fhe ca sepia ss .. 200 Arctic No. : Soa be Grae ah ce oe ee 3 00 ArcticNo.3 “ Re as kas aaa ee « 4 00 oo No. 2Hurl.........< 1 %5|Common Whisk. . 90 No. 1 Hurl....2 00@2 25|Fancy Whisk...... -.1 00 pe 2 Carpet. ae. BE, oo oc esos coe ne 3 15 No. 1Carpet........ : . Warehouse ........ 2 75 Parlor Gemta........ ae FISH. Clams, | b, Little Neck..............-.006- 110 Clam Chowd AY ee levees car cee> 2 15 Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............-. 90 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 175 Lobsters, 1 Th picnic. ..........e cece ee en ees 1% Lobsters, 2 Ib, picmic........... 2. eee eens 2 65 Lobsters, 1 Ih star.......... 2... cece cee e eee 2 00 Lobsters, 2 T Star... .... 0. cc sens ees ccoeess 3 00 Mackerel, 1 ® fresh standards............ 1 45 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards............ 5 25 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 tb........... 3 50 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard...............64- 3 50 Mackerel, 3 Ib soused.............-0eceeeee 3 50 Salmon, 1 h Columbia river............... 1 735 Salmon, 2 i Columbia river....... ...... 3 00 Sardines, domestic 48............-- scenes 6@7 Sardines, domestic 448............0+.-0+- — Sardines, Mustard %8............-cee seen Sardines, imported 148...........-..-s000- 1515 Mrput, BD: DYOOK. -...c0.-sescesccecs cues CANNED FRUITS. Apples, gallons, SIAMGATAG.«; ..o.5s cscs ess 400 Ble ckberries. standards............-..000- 80 Cherries, red standard..............-.+6 12 MORTARS oon ok ain scan ene esse cao ae 1 00 Egg Plums, standards .................-- 1 20 SEDO DEITIOS. 08 onc ca ns ccce oh ae ns ccnscescces 1 00 Green Gages, standards 2 D............... 1 20 Peaches, Extra Yellow .............-...--. 1%5 Peaches, standards............-..ee00+ 1 @1 5 Peaches, BOOTING sos os sc oot ae ss hn ss ss sees 1 45 PRACHOR, IC e 6 ooiag ssc s saga ss ce oe 58s -.-1 10 ORR, ig cs oo on ew hones wae se 110 Pineapples, standards.......... 135 QUINGCES 2.2... noe e ens ceecesecseres 115 Raspberries, — esc ons eae dena 1 25 cee ce beeen ns .1 35 i aiieiehia. pos cae ce cae 12 PVNOLTIEDELTICS «. 2. calc onc owe on os cece coacen CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster RO eo as 2 00 Beans, Lima, standard..................-. > Beans, Stringless, Mt ee i een ae Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 “0 Corn, "Archer’s POOR <6 occ co ses cocs teen ice Morning GIOVyV. ........2..20c-e00 RE ee kak aa wet = 1 35 PROUD oe on aw cs ooes ogy ska ee es 1 35 * Sequoit....... ee 1 35 6 PPI, 5 os on es ce wis ns tee oo oe ol 40 Pipineeton. - 2... See, 1 30 Peas; Prone... 3... o-oo ces ote oe cae nt 1 50 Peas, extra marrofat...............-.. 1 20@1 40 POH. BOBKECG.... 2... 22a con as cern senne 75 a Early June, StANd.....5.5..0056. 1 a 75 . OY BUCBOU cs soc ec con tseeraaes 2 00 * French, extra fime.............5...68 20 00 Mushrooms, extra fine.................-66 20 00 Pumpkin, 3 b Golden..............eeeeeee 1 25 Succotash, standard............s.eceeees 80@1 30 RG UOBD 56 oon oe nacre nan sncnncnaneeeee peroneal, 00 Tomatoes, standard brands......,........ 1 20 CHEESE. Michigan full cream................+- 8@ 9% CHOCOLATE. Wilbur’ 8 prem. .3o}German Sweet....... 23 weet...... 25| Vienna Sweet ....... 22 - B’kf’ eae ae Baker’s ..........- es Y * Cocoa-theta 42) Runkles’ . nik nen OD * Vanilla Bar 28 : a 1 COCOANUT. . chepps, : bei ee a asec ee 4 oa eeu eaes PP a - ed Me Ss @27 a 1s in tin, Ate es @27% * Se as sabe @28% Maltby’ 8, - aah de @23% Bid MA. ois as eek oes @24 * a eae sete sce sa pa ceawiekens @2A% Manhattan, pails...................6.- @20 WOGOPIONG occa nica cc cs ct ne bao ns ens es edie @18 os in bs Seda ena ose @15 COFFEES—PACKAGE, 60 ths 100 bs RAO ges pe oe ke doe ooo ne econ 25% Lion, in cabinets.................... 2634 PO os kde eons cs ce ckecs 253% 26% PATDUOKIOB c6c5 so ccgcdeccccsestoseses 25% 25% MICRONS oe ok on Ae ohn ask ods kus a 255g Standard ....... Sec Gh oe dts ss sbecceeen 25% WO a se ae ke ee 25% German, in DINS.................200- 25% DEGDOGUA G8 6 55 os nis se need annsne eres’ % Se 25% 25% OMIA ecg cy cok ao ae oe en enn 20 OFFEES Green 1D fre ase scenes MED ook sc osn cs ks a Santos.........- Santos..... Maricabo....... 24@26 |Maricabo AA poh enkou va O. G. Java...... 24@32 |O. G. Java...... Mocha ......... OGDB. .. ...055 CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute..... 1 00 50 foot Cotton....1 60 72 foot Jute ..... 125 (60 foot Cotton....1 75 40Foot Cotton....1 50 172 foot Cotton....2 00 CR ACKERS AND SWEET GOODS. X XXX #b Kenosha Butter...............+ 6% Seymour Butter............... 5 Be a ki dsaees codes hbase 5 Fancy Butter.............--.+- 4% Me MOVREOR oc. ciusecee sib arepuens 5 OIG cs os nico. cae cs ee gaee site 5 Fancy Oyster............seeee> 44% MOT TOOR. oo a cc vs ds cee cesacce 5 ONG FOGG. inc oe vanes sencencys 7% dias anh wee ene 5% RU i een hee asc cpen es 7 WRABEO oon hob cnas cease bccass 7 COO in cog bcct eae nns aces 8 TORS Eo a in ie's be odes tee 8 Pretzels, hand-made........... 11% PPBUCOIG 65 os eed ck aaancsnccere 9% CTBCRIIOIS o.oo os oc os as oo an ass oe 15% Lemon Cream...............-++ 7 8 Sugar Cream..............2000- 7 8 Frosted Cream............+26+. 8% Ginger Snaps.............--.+- 7 8 No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ 7 Lemon Snaps.:.........-.0s0+ 12% Coffee Cakes..........0scccesaes 8% Lemon Wafers..............6+. 13% OAIRUNI ON oo soc cc op isa s cases eee 1% Extra Honey Jumbles......... 12% Frosted Honey Cakes......... 138% Cream GeMB...........eeeeeeee 13% Bagleys GemS..........-...+-- 13% a" I es cues ted ass 12% S. & M. Cakes...........2+ ose c8% DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN. ONG ia ies keene 19 @ CEPR RNS oon. oa ac psa cand ok 74@_ i TPA POOL. oo occ a5 sa ps ce be bs 50 00st s 5 @ 14 Orange Peel...........cseeeceseeeceeeee @ 4 Prunes, French, 608...............226:- @10% * French, BOB osc iwesaes oa as @ 8 as French, DOG. coca ocese ks ness @7% . Turkey, Poa sca e hhc een takes 4 @5 i> RON OUMIM i pois eas cbs tewes 4% Raisins, Dehesia........... ..d 50@5 00 Raisins, London Layers.. ia @1 80 Raisins, California *“‘ ....... a @1 65 Raisins, Loose Muscatels.............. 1 80@1 56 Raisins, Ondaras, 288............ ..+6- gx@ ie Raisins, Sultanas.................00005 9 @1 Raisins, Valencia, new..............+. 7 @ mM Raisins, Imperials..............e00e0++ @3 00 FISH. Oi, OI 8 os5s os es ace os 5 + cdg ae gees as 5@5%4 Cod, boneless..... pia bua Mkkoe dda eb eens t 54 @b% ee eal yeap spaces 9% Herring, round, % bbl...............- 2 90 Herring ,round, 4 bbl.................++ 1 75 Herring, Holland, bbls..................+ 11 00 Herring, Holland, MORE ss oss Sark paie'e 66@75 Herring, Scaled.......... Week cde be ceeres a Mackerel, shore, No. 1, 4 bbis iS yiWece tes ww 00 os “ = b kits Cecen s 260 seeced ewes 2 50 * No. 3, 4% bbis eee 6 50 Sardines, spiced, 4s . 10@12 Trout, % bbis........ . 5 50 1 RIG... nea vs ae White, No.1, % bbis...... ..2 50 White, No.1, 12 b kits...... 110 White, No. 1, 10D Kits... 53... 1 00 White, Family, i a nd hsbicdihens ..3 5 chek OA ee OOo be 408 6 sa ve cornea EXTRACTS. er cog Vanilla. Jennings’ D.C., 7 hone canal #@doz.100 1 66 MOR. ooo us ce ae, 150 265 t + 8 oa Ss Shwds seen te cies 250 42) 8 POR, cide coe ccincaes 350 5 0 . . = : Taper Casas e 12% 1% - OO) BB a esis 17% 3800 - * if ‘pint, round nde aan 4 50 9 00 - me a 908 18 00 pty . No. : panel Dale dees 110 185 * NG ke heen 2% 6500 “ ¢ No *o Or us ci das 4 25 7 00 MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 95 Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro........... 11 Grand Haven, No. *200, pd la apap ip ee 1 7 Grand Haven, No. 800, parlor.............. 2 2 Grand paren, _ 4, , round teks cele es 1 50 Oshkosh, No. 2 x ecles ee Oshkosh, No. Swedish......... Richardson’s No.8 square...............08- 1 00 Richardson’sNo.9 dO ...........ceeee0- 1 50 Richardson’s No. 7%,-round........... er 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 OO ik 1 50 Woodbine, 300..........2 Wy kus ads Cab cde ada ve 115 ei ies MOLASSES. ac Meck ck ss ds on veh a snawest soe pow OCW SRT. cs ss ec ces as ohne cckeasncnce PT TOO ong oo va sak docs os ba cece en aae Os) New Orleans, 200d..................ce eee New Orleans, choice..... ..........eeeeee- 44@50 grew MIR TAO Yio c ices es oon enn we 52@5d \% bbls. 2c extra — ATMEAL | ROLLED OATS Bares. oe.) . 04.5. 5 (6 Berrels.; oii). <. 5 75 Half t tthe Bes ea ie 3 00| Half barrels.. 2 00 CBROR ees Gs 2 25@3 25)Cases......... 2 '25@3 25 PICKLES. Medium BG ao hewes as ii beaa acs @7 00 Cee ileal @3 50 Small, | Be cea a cleo ae cues @7 00 ee eve ese @4 00 PIPES Importec Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 00 Imported sy No. 216, 24 Qross...... @1 75 IAPOYIORAE Te ei ccca cook cane @ i RICE. Choice Carolina..... T RYAN: cone esses 5% Prime Carolina..... 6 |Patna..... Vane cdbeee 544 Good Carolina......5%|/Rangoon....... @4% Good Louisiana..... 544|Broken.. ..... she TANG woe ce ccs sce se SM4IJADAD .... 2.0.6.0. 672 SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... 54%|Dwight’s ............ 5 CRUPCN Gs. occas yee 5 |Sea Foam........... 5% Taylor’s G. M....... 5 iCap Sheaf...........d 4c less in 5 box lots. SALT. 60 Pocket, FF Dairy........ 2... .ss+0s 2 00@2 2 28 Pocket. sak Wan ae seek een nee 1 W@2 re TOOT DP) POCKOU oa cin ane cre ean se 2 35 Saginaw or Manistee.................. 75 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 315 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 75 American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 20 PROC, DONO soos cock cue cnc cccun ce cecs : Warsaw, Dairy, bu. bags.............. 40 ” = ea ccieces 20 SAUCES. Parisian, 6 PiINte.. oi. csc occnces cece. @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 70 Pepper Sauce, green ................... @ 80 Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... @1 25 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring.. @1 50 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ ® Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. @1 20 Halford Sauce, pints.................. @3 50 Halford Sauce, % pints................ @2 20 SPICES—WHOLE. BUBRIGC ccna cee cts Deen. 6% Cassia, Chinain mats...... 6% “ Batavia in bundle lu ‘s Saigon in rolls.... 40 Cloves, Amboyna..... 29 ‘s Zanzibar.. 28 Mace Batavia..... 65 Nutmegs, fancy.. 75 No. : Ea 70 “? MeO 8. corse f 65 Pepper, singapore, DIAG... ...3e- oo 19 WHITE. oc ioe acon ce 29 SPICES—PURE GROUND. ‘nes a as oa is hens cae it Cassia, Batavia We Puke ale vane tans 15 and Saigon.. Saludas 25 Oe a, ange bc de oo oe ns oe 42 Cloves, Tapes Peaada (hccekcaseesawee 32 OO OMTIOAY co once lv see al cae. al Ginger, I oa cia vc cp cew deren css 10 Cochin....... ghd dccuenusokaeh 15 A occa cna sp oaw eects 18@22 MAGG HATAVIRl ioc co cca d ccc nesessacdes 70 Mustard, English.. nica eueuhaccd sane 20 and Trieste......... 22 + ROM ccc ck cpewhenss 25 OOOO, TAO. Bo oasis so ce ce ae cscs a 65 Pepper, Singapore PUMOM isis assesses 22 MONO is sec ea cee 32 ns TIN aioe vas eons a cesense 23 STARCH. Muzzy, Gloss, 48 h boxes, 1 i pkgs... @ 5% oe oe 48 “oe oe 3 Ib 7) ug @ 5% “. 2m .% Duk... @4 at “72 t crates, 6 Ib —: @ 6% . Corn, 40 Ib boxes, : tb pkgs.. @ 6 6 lb @ 6% Kingsford’ 8 Silver Gloss, Ib pkgs.. @it 6 Ib boxes. . @ ih a 2 yO apie @ 6% i Pure, 1 ® pkgs............ @ 5% a" Corn, 1 & pkgs............ @T Firmenich, new process, gioss, 1D.... @ 5% ee - ~ 2e.... @ 5% oe se “ 6 oo. @ 64 “ * bulk, boxes or bbls @4 + “ oorns 1 DB. ..... 05s @6 SUGARS. rit TOBE os oak ick alec ae hn os nsce de @ 6% ie os ae cca s ch aes @ 6% PO MAOUOK 6 cid nccns ic eens sess neds ccdese G@ 6% Granulated, Stangard... ...2..2 Se 26;Uncle Sam........... 28 Gold Dust.. «...26;| Lumberman ......... 25 Gold eek 30! 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Pe TE ON ao bios ccd cc cenccacesiasss 3 00 Wik GMRCOr DALTEIS. ..... .. <> The Drug Market. ‘Trade is unusually good for this season of the year and prices are steady. Carbolic acid is firmer and higher prices are looked for. Balsam copaiba is weak and lower. Gum arabics are very firm and a further advance will undoubtedly rule soon. Stocks are rapidly diminishing and new supplies are coming forward. Gum opium is quiet but firm.* A further advance is looked for this week. Morphine is very firm and com- mands a premium in New York of ten cents over mapufaeturer’s prices. Quinine is very dull and depressed. Quicksilver is higher. Ipecac root is tending lower. In- sect powder is looking up and higher prices are probable. —_——_—~—>-o_____—- Not Necessary to Join Over Again. An impression having gone abroad that the incorporation of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association will render it necessary for the members of the old organ- ization to join over again, THE TRADES- MAN is requested by an officer of the Asso- ciation to state that all the members of the old organization were declared members of the new body. It is just as essential, however, that those in arrears for dues should promptly remit the same to the Secretary. —_— oO The Kalamazoo Celery Crop. From the Kalamazoo Gazette. The celery in this vicinity is suffering from lack of rain. It is impossible to bleach eelery without rain. The last crop will nec- essarily be short as no transplanting can be done until the first crop is out of the ground. During the past week about 10,000 dozen has been shipped from here. Pharmaceutical Literature—Its Character and Growth. * The subject given me is very broad and far-reaching in its scope. Its history carries us far back down the centuries that have gone. Indeed, if we go back to the time of Chiron the Centaur and his pupil, Esculapius, who afterwards became the god of medicine, we find ourselves lost in the mazes of mythology and tradition. I do not know whether our worthy toast- master intended that I should delve into the musty records of the ancient past, but I have thought it might be well for us to go back as faras we may, and take a rapid retrospective glance at the crude and inaus- picious beginnings which constitute the foundation stones on which have been reared the noble structure of modern phar- macy. Pharmacy is defined by Webster as ‘‘the art of preparing, preserving and compound- ing substances for the purposes of medi- cine.” Accepting this definition as correct, the literature of pharmacy embraces not only the literature pertaining to the simple compounding of medicines, but also that of chemistry, se farasit applies to the prepara- tion or isolation of substances used in med- icine ; and, also, that of botany, so far as it is descriptive of medicidal plants. In fact, were it not for the proverbial modesty of pharmacists, we might go further, and claim that every known science—theology and law not excepted—are embraced in that of pharmacy. Since Adam’s fall, in which, according to the theologians, ‘‘we sinned all,” we know that mankind, and womankind, too, ,have been more or-less subject to aches and pains and manifold forms of disease. I presume that since that time there has been quite as much danger of an attack of colic from an unrestricted diet of green apples as there ever was before. It seems self- evident that one of the earliest and most pressing needs of humanity was a knowledge of remedies with which to com- bat pain and disease, and as remedies had to undergo preparation of some kind before they were administered, it follows that the art of pharmacy must have preceded that of medicine. In truth, in the earlier history of our race, and even up to a period not very remote, pharmacy and medicine were twin sisters, and pharmaceutical literature in its beginnings was so closely interwoven with medical, chemical and astrological lore, and absurd and fantastic superstitions, that it is next to impossible to speak of one without the other. In the earliest ages, as is now the case with our own aborigines and with savage tribes in other lands, phar- macy and medicine, together with the little literature appertaining to them, such as it was, was entirely in the hands of the priest- hood. The earliest piece of pharmaceutical lit- erature is what is known as the ‘‘Papyrus of Ebers.” ‘This is a collection of written formulas for the preparation of medicines, which was used by the Egyptian priesthood, and dates back, as nearly as can be ascertained, to the 16th century, B. C., or about the time of the exodus of the He- brews. ‘This papyrus may be regarded as the first Pharmacopoeia of which we have any knowledge. It is, of course, quite un- like the more pretentious ones of to-day, but is, to all intents and purposes, a Phar- macopeia. The word ‘‘apothecary,” or the word so translated, occurs first in the 30th chapter of the book of Exodus. It is there used in reference to the preparation of an anointing oil or ointment, and a perfume used by the Jewish priesthood in their ministrations. The oil is mentioned as ‘‘an ointment com- pound after the art of the apothecary,” and the perfume as a ‘‘confection after the art of the apothecary.” Pharmacy seems to have been first recognized as a separate branch of study towards the beginning of the fourth century B. C., when we find that it was made a distinct branch of medical study in the school of Alexandria, in Egypt. This would be about the time of Hippo- crates, the father of medicine, who like all physicians at that time, was of necessity a pharmacist as well. It is a singular fact that through all the changes of. time, and vicissitudes of conflicting theories, quite a number of the remedies of Hippocrates occupy a prominent place in the materia medica of to-day. The materia medica of pharmacy in the earlier ages consisted largely of remedies of a vegetable origin. Thus we find it stated in the Bible that ‘‘the leaves shall be for the healing of the nations.” This naturally re- sulted in a closer investigation of the char- acteristics of vegetable life, and may be regarded as the beginning of the study of botany, one of the sciences so closely re- lated to pharmacy as to be, in fact, an in- tegral part of it. Thus we find that in the earlier part of the first century Dioscorides, of the school of Alexandria, traveled through Asia Minor, Greece and Italy, and described and named more than 5,000 plants. Dioscorides is the first great teacher’ of pharmacy of whom we have any record, . for although pharmacy had already been taught as a separate branch of medical study for over 400 years, it,was not until his time that investigations in pharmacy were pursued with any degree of system. He is also said to have been the first writer who exposed frauds in the preparation of medicines. Following Dioscorides, the next great name is Galen, who was a graduate ot the school of Alexandria, and flourished during the latter part of the second century. His theory was that the properties of ail medi- cines are derived from what he calls their elementary or cardinal qualities, viz. : heat, cold, moisture, and dryness. Each of these qualities was again sub-divided into four degrees, and a medicine, according to his notion, is hot or cold in the first, second, third or fourth gradation. If the disease be hot or cold in any of these four degrees a medicine possessed of a contrary quality, and in the same proportionate degree of elementary heat or cold must be prescribed. This is emphatically the doctrine of oppo- sites. Absurd and fantastic as these theo- ries may appear in the light of to-day, some idea of the hold they had on the medical mind may be formed from the fact that they swayed the schools for over thirteen centuries. We find a k3y to Galen’s method of physic, embodied in Nicholas Culpepper’s translation ef the Dispensatory of the Lon- don college of physicians, printed in 1651. According to Galen, opium was cold in the fourth degrée, and therefore required some correspondingly hot medicine to moderate its frigidity. ‘This theory seems to be still applied to the confection of opium of the U.S. P. 1870. The name of Galen comes down to us in pharmaceutical literature, where it will probably live for many years to come, in the word ‘‘galenical.” Pharmacy and materia medica, the first essentials of practical medicine, led not only to the study of botany, but almost simultaneously to that of chemistry. The *Response by Geo. McDonald at Petoskey convention of M.S. P. A. first students of chemistry we have are the alchemists—those men, who in the pursuit of the ignes fatui of the Elixir of Life, the philosopher’s stone, and the transmutation of base metals into gold, developed facts, and prepared the field for the stupenduous achievements made by chemistry proper in the last two centuries. Alchemy, the parent of chemistry, was the offspring of astrology, and up to the third century was so closely identified with religion that it may be regarded as a part of it. During the third and fourth centuries, however, it began an independent existence. The earliest alchemist of whom we have any record was Geber, a Greek by birth, but who afterwards became an Arabian prince. He lived towards the close of the eighth century. He was acquainted with the process of distillation. Healso made corrosive sublimate, and red precipitate, and prepared precipitated sulphur after a method strictly analagous with that in use to-day. ‘These are merely a few out of the number of chemical preparations with which he was acquainted. According to Dr. Johnson his name has come down to us and become a part of our language, in the word ‘‘gibberish” (geberish), supposed to be derived from the obscurely figurative and metaphorical character of the language used by him to describe, or rather to veil his alchemistic process. As a sample of his style of expression, he says: ‘' Bring me the six lepers, that I may cleanse them,” by which he means the conversion of the six metals, silver, mercury, copper, iron, tin and lead, the only ones then known, into gold. From the middle of the eighth to the middle of the thirteenth century A. D., the caliphate of Bagdad in the east, and Cor- dova in the west were the great centers of learning, and during that period we are in- debted to the Arabs for a more full devel- opment of pharmacy. They were the fathers of chemical pharmacy, and to them are due the first officinal prescriptions re- cording the preparation and mixture of different remedial agents. The first public apothecary shop of which there is any record was founded in Bagdad by the caliph Almansor, in 754 A. D., and the Arabian apothecaries of the twelveth century were under the direction of the government, and subject to strict supervision in regard to the quality and price of medicines. A Pharmacopeeia published by Abul Hassan was their standard authority. In this cen- tury we have the first mention of Alcohol by an Arabian physician named Abulcesis. It is interesting to know that in these early days physicians were not permitted to have any share of gains with apothecaries, nor to merchandise with them as to prices, and were required to inform the authorities whenever an apothecary falsified a drug. From the first to the eighteenth century there are many noted names more or less associated with pharmaceutical literature, but we can only mention a few, and those in a very casual manner. In the first cen- tury we have Celsus, a noted physician and man of great learning; also, Menecrates Il, who is credited with the discovery of diachylon, or lead plaster; Phazes and Avicenna in the eleventh century, who were the first to introduce pharmaceutical preparations into their works or made any improvement in the mode of conducting pharmaceutical process; Roger Bacon, a Franciscan monk, in the thirteenth century, who laid the foundations of chemical science in Europe, and whose discoveries were re- garded as so extraordinary that he was ex- communicated by the Pope, and imprisoned ten years for supposed dealings with the devil; Arnoldus de Villa Nova, also of with being the first to introduce tinctures into the medical practice; Basil Valen- tine, a Benedictine monk, about the fifteenth century, who was the first to introduce an- timony into medicine, and who, if report be true, killed several of his brother monks in experimenting on them with the new medicine, hence the name of the metal, or antimoine (anti-monk). He was also the first to discover ammonia and the mode of its preparation for sal-ammoniac. He also noted the production of ether from alcohol. In the sixteenth century we have that re- markable man and prince of empirics, Para- celus, or, as he termed himself, ‘*Phillippus Theophrastus Bombastus Paracelsus de Hohenheim—a man who produced a greater revolution in materia medica by the intro- duction of chemical remedies for internal use into medical practice than any who had preceded him. Armed with mercury, anti- mony, lead and opium, remedies that are regarded as of no mean potency to-day, he set vut to conquer disease in all its forms. He was elected professor of chemistry in Basel in 1527. This was the first chair of professorship of chemistry established in Europe. In the seventeenth century we have Van Helmont, a man of irrepressible zeal and indefatigable industry, who spent fifty years of his life in torturing by every chemical experiment he could devise, almost everything in the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdom. In this century we also have Glauber, the discoverer of hydrochloric acid, whose name comes down to posterity in Glauber Salts. We also have Riverius, the author of that curious compound ‘‘the universal body of physic,” and that serious joker, Nicholas Culpepper, general student in physic and astrology, and translator of the Dispensatory of the London college of physicians. Subsequently, the names connected with the literature of pharmacy become so numerous that it would be useless to attempt to give them separate mention. The term Pharmacopoeia first appears as a distinct title in a work published at Basel in 1561 by Dr. A. Foes, but does not appear to have come into general use until the be- ginning of the seventeenth century. The first work really worthy to be called a Pharmacopeeia was published at Nurem- berg, under the sanction of its senate, in the year 1542. For this we are indebted to Valerius Cordus, a young student, who dur- ing a transient visit to that place acci- dentally produced a collection of medical receipts which he had selected from the works of the most esteemed writers, and with which the physiciany of Nuremberg were so highly pleased that they urged him to print it for the benefit of the apothe- caries. To this casual circumstance we owe the introduction of Pharmacopeias. Prior to this time the works principally used by the apothecaries were the ‘*Treatises on Simples” by Avicenna and Serapion, the ‘‘De Synonymis” and *‘Quid pro Quo,” of Simon Jannensis; the ‘*Antidotarius” of Nicolaus de Salerno, containing galenical compounds alphabetically arranged, and the ‘‘Liber Servatoris” of Bulchazim ben Aberazerim, consisting of preparations made from plants, animals and minerals. (Concluded next week.) ——___-—~> +4 Sunday Closing at Big Rapids. The druggists of Big Rapids have all agreed to close their stores on Sunday and open them only in case of requests for fill- ing prescriptions. the thirteenth century, who is accredited} WHOLESALE PRICE OURRENT, . SPONGES. re Florida sheevs’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do Or cases 2 00 Advanced—Nothing. ’ Velvet Ext do do 110 Declined—Quinine, P. & W.andGerman. | E£xtraYe ~ do GO vases 85 ACIDUM. eet hertidatiee,.. 3 MAIO Soe ea oc ge saving bs ob ake e sks © 8@ 10} Yellow Reef a Lagos 1 Db Benzoicum, German........... ...... 80@1 * MISCELLANEOUS. GRP OMOUNR a ssafoetida, (pO. 80)...........22. 6600s 1b were ects cess cess ce eecc cece cers neces 80@ 8 fee s0@ 3 | Magnesia, Suipin, (bbl 134). 000 00002000 > pampnatee speeteaniaes: o 25@ 28 aoe a as er hee ee 3 — 2 atechu, Is, (48, 14; 48, 16)........... - @ B Be eT et ee an! ae a Net 8808 &s 3 35@3 6 Euphorbium, po........see-c000000eee 35@ 10| Morphia. 8. 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PRAMS 6c, ook yc ancsee cous 10@ 2B Air Mentholized by passing through the Inhaler- Cannabis Sativa................eeeeeee PB | O08 eee eaece thie cetertas: enthol are : s ua 4 nopaaiaie RARER KSA en Ont salen a tas ia : most, offiniens way, to the parte affected. t sells “erga nage bel a Me ae Me aan 'e wa ‘g Dipterix Odorate.............ccc eee ) 152 85 | eet eticatcestamers try it’ k few inbalssions will WGC bes vad sus cacao cade pe cces @ 15| not hurt the Inhaler, and will do more to demonstrate Foenugreek, p0.............0ceeceeeees 6@ 8 | its efficiency than a half hour’s talk. Retail price TAN oo ok cds Hence cad tank ccecms ames 3%@ 4| 50 cents. Fer CircuLars and TESTIMONIALS address Tan, ek a W.... ces ce ee eee Phalaris Canarian..............2.++56+ 3%@4% | Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., G’d Rapids, ir a ee alg Cana weae Lee mke 5@ 46| And Wholesale Druggists of Detroit and-Chicago. PORTE, CAI ihc ccs cessed acon s cee t@ 9 ' MRE occcn cea cise ke thaaees l@ Rk SPIRITUS. A N Sy ( P FE Frumenti, W., D. & Co...............- 2 00@2 50 Wrasmiente’, TWh. oo co 55 sas ie anges 1 75@2 oc SS Frumenti Be GR 1 10@1 50 THE LATEST DISCOVERY. uniperis Os Gh Eis cack ccs) beenake 1 75@1 75 | pr. Laparle’s Celebrated Preparation, Safe and ant eris eo pigs te terses nieces 1 15@3 50 | aiways Reliable. Indispensable to LADIES. Sot Vini Galli tee eee e ee eee eeree eres : as a Send ¢4 cents for Sealed Circular. DG. VIML GAUL... 1. eee eee eee e eres eee es v Mention Vit CGO ci sirccvclis seein 1 25@2 00 | GALUMET CHEMICAL CO, Chicago, wi-pare. Vint AlGiisisicdeveses ouibeae 1 25@2 00 ‘ \ AAA TINE \ PERKINS DRUG UO. 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, and Draggists DUndries MANUFACTURERS OF Elegant Pharmaceatica Prepara- tions, Floid Extracts and Elixirs Wolf, Patton & Co. and John L. Whiting, Manufacturers of Fine Paint and Var- nish Brushes. THE CELEBRATED Pioneer Prepared Paints, ALSO FOR THE Grand Rapids Brush Co., Manu- facturers of Hair, Shoe snd Horse Brushes. WE ARBRE 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 Lignor 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 has been assured. We are also owners of the Drigeists’ Favorite Eye, Which continues to have so many favor- ites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gils, Brandies & Fine Wines. We call your attention to the adjoining list of market quotations which we aim to make as compiete and perfect as possible. For special quantities and quotations on such articles as do not appear on the list such as Patent Medicines, Etc., we invite your correspondence. Mail orders always receive our specia and personal attention. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. 307 ,, ~The Michigan Tradesmad, BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. A certificate of deposit, payable in cur- rent funds to the order of the depositor up- on return of the certificate, is a negotiable promissory note, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio in the case of Citizens’ National Bank vs. Brown. The court held that a negotiable certificate of de- posit, if lost before indorsement by the de- positor, can invest the finder with no title. LIFE INSURANCE PAYABLE TO WIFE. According to a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois, where a person | ; procures a policy of insurance upon his life payable to his wife, who pays all the pre- miums except two or three with her own means, she will take all the benefit of the same to the exclusion of creditors of her husband’s estate, and the fact that he may have willed the same to her will not change the rule. SHIPPING RECEIPT—INDORSEMENT. One Evans, doing business as a commis- sion merchant at Pueblo, in Colorado, sent an order to a canning company at Elgin, in Iowa, for a carload of goods. The canning company, not being acquainted with Evans, sent the goods to Pueblo consigned to itself. From the carrier to whom the goods were delivered the company received two ship- ping receipts, showing on their face the name of the consignor and consignee and the destination of the property. One of these receipts, indorsed to Evans, was attached to a draft upon Evans for the value of the goods, which was sent to a bank at Pueblo for collection. The other receipt was sent directly to Evans without an indorsement in writing by the plaintiff. Evans presented this latter receipt to the carrier, who permitted him to take the goods away. He afterward refused to pay the draft and became insolvent. The question presented itself, was the carrier justified in presuming, from the fact that the receipt had been voluntarily placed in Evans’ hands by the consignors, that he was entitled to receive the property and in acting upon that presumption? The Supreme Court of Iowa held that the carrier was entitled to act up- on that presumption, and that the posses- sion by Evans of the receipt clothed him with such an apparent right to the goods as relieved the carrier of liability upon the refusal of Evans to pay for the goods and his subsequent insolvency. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ TAXES. The Texas Court of Appeals has not fol- lowed the example of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the matter of the taxes on commercial travelers. ‘The Louisiana court followed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Robbins case, holding taxes upon commercial travelers from other states invalid. The Texas court, on the other hand, has decided in the case of Ex parte Asher that state taxes upon drummers from other states are valid. The Texas court uses the following extraordi- nary language regarding the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States: Such decisions, no more than the decisions of state courts, are or should be binding up- on the latter, if in themselves unwarranted, assumptions of constitutional authority— innovations of federal power, where such power does not and never was intended to apply and operate—and, moreover, where said decisions are directly in conflict with well-adjudicated cases of the same court, which are not overruled, and which in ad- dition to their equal authority are based up- on fundamental and eternal principles of reason, justice and right. * * * The doctrine announced in the Robbins case, and which is here relied on, stands without support in previous adjudications of the court in which it was laid down, and this, too, without overruling previous decisions of the same court in diametrical opposition to it. The Robbins case—decided by a di- vided court—is in direct conflict with a num- ber of cases decided by the same court, and in which there was no division of opinion on the question. Under such circumstances we do not feel bound by the Robbins decis- ion, and not believing it to be the law of the Jand, we will not consider it of binding force upon us.., a Some Questions for the Jobbing Trade to Answer. Kindly give space to the following ques- tions and, if possible, answer them, or let some one of your wholesale dealers an- swer: 1. Aman starts out on the road, sells the same trade the man previously did, makes new customers for the house, and loses none of the old trade. Should he get credit for all mail orders from his territory? 2. Isa house not criminally foolish, to say the least, that forces a man to travel for an average of four dollars a day, under ex- isting railway and hotel rates, and ask him to make an average of two towns a day? 3. Does a house do justice to itself or its men by continuously scolding them when trade is dull and saying nothing to them when trade is good? 4. What encouragement is there to a man who is away from home almost continuously, traveling day and night for a small salary (such as the average salesman of to-day gets) and as thanks is abused on his return to the city? 5. Should not a house take into consider- ation that their salesmen, even when they don’t take the order to-day, are laying the foundation for future trade? 6. Should a man be blamed (by a house not giving him credit for mail orders) be- cause his trade has sent orders in direct to his house? 7%. Should he receive credit for said mail orders, on account of his trade, through friendship for said salesman, sending the orders in, instead of buying from some other man’s samples? 8. Should a factory sending men to solicit Gr from the trade and who sell to jobbers in the same territory, blame their men that customers buy from said jobbers an account of cutting of prices and saving of freight? The above questions are the result of observation and personal experience. I ask, ‘“‘What are we going to do about it?” OMNI. ~> -© <->. ---— Now is the time for you to use Tiger Oil aud prove it is better than any other medi- cine known for all Summer Complaints of the Stomach and Bowels, from the infant to manhood, as Pain, Colic, Cholera Infantum, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhea, Flux, Yellow Fever and all kindred diseases, as well as Nervous Diseases, Sunstroke, Par- alysis and their relations. Use internally and externally. Cold Storage. - Weare prepared to receive from Mer- chants and others 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 CO. Office with Cheney & Anderson, under Fourth Nationa ! Bank. RETAIL MERCHANTS And Dealers. THE y, @p) MISSOURI yoteam =” 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 mein my regular correspondence, They speak for themselves, OGALLALA, Neb., Nov. 29, 1886. J. WORTH, St. Louis, Mo.: DEAR StrR—I received yours of the 16th, ask- ing how Lliked 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. Bra RApIps, Mich., July 7. 1886. J. WORTH, St. Louis, Mo.: DEAR StR—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, and the clothes are per- fectly clean and white. Fraternally yours, J. E. LANE & Co. a on ail TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. All Trains daily except Sundny. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex...... 8:45am 9:05 a m Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex..... 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw Ex.... 7:30pm 10:40pm Cadillac Express............ cee 5:05 pm Saginaw Express............0eeeee0 11:25am 7:20am ue Re aaa an 10:30 a m. 4:10pm Saginaw express runs through solid. 9:05 a. m, train has chair car to Traverse City and Mackinaw. 11:30 a. m, train has chair car for Traverse City, Pe- toskey and Mackinaw City. 10:40 p. m, train has sleeping cars for Traverse Clty, Petoskey and Mackinaw. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express...............- 7:15am Fort Wayne Express........ gestene 10:30am 11:45am Cincinnati Express................ 4:40 pm 5:00 pm Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:50 pm 7:15am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 5:00 p. m. train connects with M. C. R. R. at Kalama- zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadivn points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p.m. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave. Arrive. NG a ees se keee sp aesecbewenes Rieuebbaeteaes 10:10am TA ins kine p sins cncsaxeece t BSED Rs oo kvcececantsscess as Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Lansing & Northern. Grand Rapids & Saginaw Division. DEPART. RUT OOT ORIORI so onc sos knceapasiadeSeaneakoncs 7 30am MN TOON, oa onc nick psn in cess bec snrrinnace 410pm ARRIV Grand Rapids Express,.............0+ seseeeees 11 25am Grand Rapids Express..............ceccereneeee 10 30pm 0 30 p All trains arrive at and depart from Union depot. Trains run solid both ways. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Atrives. I i be kno ons nee rh pene eens cand 9:10am 3:55 pm +Day Express... . . 12:30 pm 9:45 pm *Night Express. . .-11:00 pm 5:45am. Muskegon Express........ .. 2... 5:00 pm 11:00am *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 through coach on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains. Newaygo Division. Lea veaves. Arrives. PENSICOUE ooo. kos sian de esse absndenes 4:05 pm 4:20pm TSDIGOE. oicntonicscdussveincnieses 8:25am 10:20am 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 Ludington and Manistee. W. A. GAVETT, Gen’l Pass. Agent. J.B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. Leave. Arrive. Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Mail. N. Y. Ex 4:35pm 17:45am..Grand Rapids. 9:45am 6:15pm 5:55pm 9:02am..Allegan....... 8:28am 5:00am 7:05pm 10:06am..Kalamazoo... 7:30am 4:90pm 8:30pm 11:35am..White Pigeoy. 6:55am 2:20pm 2:30am 5:05 pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am 8:30am 9:40pm..Cleveland..... 6:40pm 5:35am 2:50pm 3:30am..Buffalo........ 11:55am 11:40pm 5:40 Chicago....... 11:30 6:50am 40am _ 6:50pm.. :30 pm A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 12:50 pm,carry- ing passengers as faras Allegan. All trains daily ex- cept Sunday. J. W. MCKENNEY, General Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express...........004 6:25pm 6:30 pm TIOPOURE MALL... oc cccncccccesecce 10:40 am 10:50 am +tEvening Express.... -. 3:25pm 3:50 pm *Limited Express.............+.s08 6:30am 6:50 am +Mixed, with coach................ 11:00am GOING WEST. +Morning Express........ 1:10pm +Through Mail........... 5:10pm +Steamboat Express. ye 10:45 pm NRT check bic Sib cng obec cses ck vee 7:45am *Night EXpress, .......cccceovessecs 5:25am 5:40am +tDaily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:50 am Express make close connection at Owosso for Lansing, and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:30 am the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner car and local sleeping car from Detroit to Grand Rapids. JAS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager Chicago. Michigan Central. Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. Detroit Express............. : DRY, BADPOIB ss oie cangnecneserasnvohedpevess sees 1:10pm CATIONIC XDIORE, 6 oi osccecdspecesinessesviects bos 10:10 p m PN ik ova nh bo eo CN b bad ah ee vA 004 0 os bb bases 6:50am ARRIVE. *Pacific Express...........ses005 MEGA oun sv ovb sin sob ine SOME ik vac bei Scouse accnsodesepaseceskngeee seaweeds 15 *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping fare run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun 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.) D. W. JOHNSTON, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids. O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’! Pass, and Ticket Agt., Chicago. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. WEST EAST PM. Leave} {Arrive PM AM AM _ Lv Ar PM PM FTG EDD nav eveses St Ignace 1.......... 8:40 5:55 6:30 12:40 Ar....... Marquette........ Ly 2:00 7:00 arr PM 5:30 1:00 Ly....... Marquette........ Ar 1:45 6:10 6:08 1:35 Ar........ Negaunee2,...... Ly 12:55 5:32 senuee GBB. svc sicccs se FLOUBNCOR . isc ec eve: {GD ou nct kedend 6:34 Ar.........Calumet........Lv "8:06 ...... PM PM AM PM Only direct route between the East and South and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. EW ALLEN, Gen’) Pass & T’k’t Ag’t VOIGT MILLING C0,, 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 Pearl St. Bridge, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. HEMLOCK BARK! WANTED. The undersigned will pay the high- est market price for HEMLOCK BARE loaded on board cars at any side track on the G. R. & I. or C.& W. M. Railroads. ed. Correspondence solicit- N. B. CLARK, Grand Rapids 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- — London, Eng. Practice in U.S. Courts. Circulars ree. 101 Ottawa St., PLACE to secure a thorough and useful education is at the GRAND RAPIDs (Mich.) BUSI- NESS COLLEGE. Write for Col- Address, C. G. SWENSBERG. IV Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly for food, is made of only the best white corn and ts guaranteed absolutely pure. UW The popularity of, Muzzy’s Corn and Sun Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, aggregating many million of pounds each oe 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. 7 Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table use, is the very best offered to the con- sumer. All wholesale and retail grocers sell it. lege Journal. oh — NEER PRE PAINT. We have a full stock of this well-known brand of MIZ2=ED PAINT and having soldit for over SLX YEARS can recommend it to our customers as be- ing a First Class article. We sell it On the Manufacturers’ Guarantee: When two ormore 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 White 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 Drug Co, Wholesale Agents, Grand Rapids. Try POLISHINA, best Furniture Fin- ish made. 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. H. Thompson & Go, 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference We carry a full 'ine of Seeds of every variety, FELSENTHAL, GROSS & MILLER, Bankers. both for field and garden. Parties in want should \ Hey} \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET. Volgt, Herpolshelmer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of DRY GOODS Staple and Fancy. Overalls, Pants, Eitc., OUR OWN MAKE, A Complete Line of Fancy Crockery: Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE. CARY & LOVERIDCE, Fire GENERAL DEALERS IN and Burelar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, Il Tonia Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich, P SEBKETEE & SUMS, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, S383 Monroe St.. AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers American and Stark A Bags {A Specialty. PHREINS & 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. } 1, LEONARD & SONS, Headquarters for Bargain Counter Goods. 134 to 142 East Fulton St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 5 Ass'd Case Holiday Goods---Choice 5c. 10c, and 20¢c, Articles. Wholesale Total NET PRICE, $38.40. Price Retail Retail , 3 dda. Midget A BC Books, Linon... .. .. 5. 6.6... cece ceoceccccvcaceses. 42 05 60 ’ 1 . Everlasting A BC Books, Linen...... Ok ee Ue isk cece ees kce dei. 87 10 1 20 1 . Noah’s Ark Wigmire MOONE, GEO ee 42 05 60 1 = Aunt Kate Series Picture Books, 7% x 9%, 6 kinds................ : 75 if 120 % . Prattler Bound Picture Books, 7% x 94,6 kinds................... 75 10 1 20 Be soe sec itrarncsc et 60 10 120 4 ee Behl ac tre loci cr aise sci wang acces. ss 1 00 2% 150 ., Building Blocks eed Sad de Cay cock vp nals soo b ely cc dl cdeeeescccic a... 65 10 1 20 6 . " Br PAN ak cep h Ons punto pd beGac canada nase’ sc deisauasse 63 20 «120 a eee. 3 0 120 De ae haa hk ings es a ven bie cdneses cies csc le. 18 05 Gu Wee ON, 8s Oe A, 48 05 60 RT a cieciecl ales cs. cs... 05 60 BN ON hie cng keentyisacestccecestescscens ss ou. 10 60 ) ." iy eee lsd ei iadals cu ld dab ecdcvas a oases cc. 50 25 75 - . ee 42 05 60 ? Oe ere Ee aN CONG i a ead o soa us ce os bac obec ckce ccs 1 00 25 1 50 @ OO, ee 85 i 616 ‘ 1 c I PN ao 5 kee ei ic ide ca hodidencasiccecadeccs 65 16 1 20 3 a tus al Te Wada e has baad Udal antes Guus sug aue ses ci case cca en. 40 u4 60 . aints, RON a 35 05 60 % oi oS i ee 35 10 60, 1 ROT 40 05 60 Be iio paec es uschis divsewusescaee 200 2. 150 a | biome fenortea Ching Tove... 6... 75 05 1 x0 i Assorted Re 65 U0 1 20 4 “ Surprise Boxes.. 1 00 25 150 SS ee ee ae ee 3 10 i 30 wy“ DOR ee 83 2 1 50: # E* Dust Pans acsorted colors....0.000.000... 05 60 ’ +) Booms, paiite bamdieg. es 90 10 1 20 wa. UAvee Mision TONe.. 88 25 1 50 e . Tron Savings 2 Ue i et ee ee eee 2 10 60 4 ‘ Fe ee ec 50 25 78 : . Toy Sad Irons ps Oo ee 30 03 60 “ Os ee ee 65 2 1 “ Match Stands or Tooth Pick Holders.........................00 00... 45 03 f oo 4 . Toy 4 Bovwle Casters. oi... ci Be oe oe vee, 44 25 75 Re i ii ails ini deseo ses das cons ccs. 45 05 60 lL Tin “ eee GRINGS |. i. i.c. ls li eee 60 10 1 20 z * * . OA Oe SS ae ee 75 10 1 20 1 . Good Child Wintes cedlors, 00 80 10 1 20 1 sh ap Cups and Saucers, 2 colors... .... 2.0.0.0... cc cece ccuceece 85 10 120 aoe oieccec, oa voce cesl ccs... 33 05 60 1 © Ti ABO tates and Whisies.. ns 660hUG # : - Watenes ann Clg ee 40 05 60 3 Bae idee elivcueeicaes Meee epi ad Gis as ss ccdens 85 10 2 * o Miebter 10 key Harmoniogs ooo 3B 10 1 20 4%‘ Ludwigl0 * | eee eile clusceieces vi claccss.. 75 10 +1650 : : Crane POCO ee 85 10 1: ' _ - ee 75 25 35 ee FR om Le Me oi cca ivenetsececcscscccesce/sccce “ 860560 m7 Owe TOG) CRM lee i. 50 25 75 Mm Milling Midoms On Wheels. ........:.........:..........0 ct 25 75 f we AO WOON PAN es 71 2 10 ma Wmpected Objecta, & Winds. ook oie oo soos oc enc ccc cc ccnc 50 25 5 Bo ee 75 10 1 20 No charge for package..................... Bas cele bye dus dc uk cans cis $38 40 $62 65 HONEY BEE COFFEE! Best in the Market for the Money. PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, EQUAL TO THE BEST MADE. BEE MILLS’ SPICHS Absolutely Pure. ABSOLUTE SPICES , Absolute Baking Powder. 100 per cent. Pure. Manufactured and sold only by ED, TELFER, Grand Rapids. \ cy ie Vas ay ‘LIOULAG “oay uosiayor 6g ‘09 8 NOSGWOHL “H “Tf AG GAULLOVANNVAL If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to §. HEYMAN & SON, 48 Canal St, Grand Rapids, MOSELEY BROS., . 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