GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1887. i 0 and a —-Baled Hay. ae "a5 Pearl Street, oe GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. A E, Brown, Gen. Mor. We WATE STATE AGENT FOR The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co. 106 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. TELEPHONE 566. Grocers, bakers and others can secure the agency for their town on this Yeast by applying to above address. None genuine unless it bears above label. Carden 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 SCHUMACHER'S ROLLED AVENA, From the best White O ‘Oatmeal, Parched Farinose and Rolled Wheat in Original Packages. To use these choice cereals is to learn how to live. BELKNAP Wagon and Sleigh bo. 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. oe 2 Special attention given to Repairing, Painting and Lettering. : : Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids, Mich, EDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler KA CANAL SY, Grand Rapids, - lich, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BOWNE, President. Gero: C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. P. BAKER, Cashier. ~~ $800,000. CAPITAL, Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialt” -f Collections. Accounts of Country, ~chants Solicited. Fy Jy DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF OYSTERS! SALT FISH. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. See Quotations in Another \ 7 : Parties in want should i. - ‘write to or see the GRAND. BAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET mlsheinet & Co Grandpa s Wonder Soap THE BESY SELLING GOODS ON THE MARKET. MANUFACTURED BY Beaver & Co, Dayton, Ohio. SOLD BY A. d. MUSSELMAN & 60, Grand Rapids, - Mich. CHARLES A, GOYE, Successor to A. Coye & Son, DEALER IN AWNINGS ¢ TENTS Horse and Wagon Covers, Oiled Clothing, Feed Bags, : Wide Ducks, etc. Flags & Banners made to order. 73 CANAL ST.. S GRAND RAPIDS. MC Muzzy’s Corn Starch is prepared expressly for food, is made of only the best white corn and t8 guaranteed absolutely pure. U The popularity of Muzzy’s Corn and Sun Gloss Starch is proven by the large sale, aggregating many million of pounds each a The State Assayer of Massachusetts says Muzzy’s Corn Starch for table use, is per- fectly pure, is well prepared, and of excel- lent quality. Muzzy’s Starch, both for laundry and table use, is the very best offered to the con- sumer. All. wholesale and retail grocers sell it. _ SALT FISH Bought and Sold by |FRANK J. DETTENTHALER, | ge at ie ~ | ity unsurpassed. Address ‘PIERSON’S BAZAAR, Stanton, Mich. | ,| Stoneware, 6c. pergal.F.0.B. 11% Monroe St., Grand Rapids. SF Opsters the Year Around ga ITUBS! TUBS! TUBS! | We have 150 doz. first quality wash tubs, Realizing the demand for, and knowing the difficulty in obtaining a FIRST-CLASS FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concluded to try and meet this demand with a new Cigar called SILVER SPOTS This Cigar we positively guarantee a clear Havana filler, with a spotted Sumatra Wrapper, and entirely free from any arti- ficial flavor or adulterations. It will be sold on its merits. ders filled on 60 days approval. Price $35 per 1,000 in any quantities. Express prepaid on orders of 500 and more. Handsome advertising matter goes with first order. Secure this Cigar and increase your Cigar Trade. It is sure to do it. GEO. T. WARREN & C0, Elint, Mich. WANTED. Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota- toes, Beans, Dried Fruit, Apples and all kinds of Produce. . If you have any of the above goods t ship, or anything in the Produce line let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. Karl Bros., Commission Merchants, 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS TO THE— HPRONT —AGAIN.— We are now supplying the Trade with our new Brand of Soap “BEST FAMILY.” It is the LARGEST and BEST bar of white PURE SOAP ever retailed at Five Cents a bar. Respectfully, Grand Rapids Soap Co, COOK & PRINZ, Proprietors of the Valley City Show Case Mig. Co,, Manufacturers of SHOW GASKS, Prescription Gases and Store Fixtures OF ALL KINDS. SEND FOR CATALOGUES, SEND FOR ESTIMATES. 3 West Bridge St.. Grand apids. Telephone 374. 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. Wn. H. Thompson & Co, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 166 South Waiter St., CHICAGO. Reference FELSENTHAL, GROSS & MILLER, Bankers, Chicago. STANTON, SAMPSON & 60, Manutacturers and Jobbers of Men’s Furnishing Goods. Sample or- Sole Manufacturers of the “Peninsular” Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls. State agents for Celuloid Collars and Cuffs, 120and 122 Jefferson, Ave., DETROIT, MICHIGAN. which we will sell F. 0. B. as follows: No. 3, $3 per doz.;. N pl $4 per doz.; er 1, $5 _ 5 per doz. Packed % doz. in bdl. with straw. Qual-| * SEEDS FOR EVERYBODY. For the Field or Garden. If you want to buy CLOVER OR TIMOTHY SEE Or any other kind, send to the deed Store, 71 CANAL ST, W. T. LAMORKAUX. Grand Rapids, Mich Importers, Jobbers and Retailers of BOOKS, Stationery & Sunvries, 20 and 22 (Aonros St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Auxiliary Associations, Wishing to procure outfits for their Col- lection Departments, are invited to exam- ine the following quotations, which are for fine work on good quality of paper: FULL OUTFIT--$I5, 30 Books Blue Letters, 50 in book. 500 Record Blanks. 500 Notification Sheets. 250 Last Calls. 500 Envelopes. HALF OUTFITS--SI0, 500 Blue Letters, old style. 250 Record Blanks. 250 Notification Sheets. 125 Last Calls. 500 Envelopes. In place of old style Blue Letter in above $10 Outfit we can substitute 10 books Blue Letter in latest form, as recommended by the recent State convention, for $12.50 Prices in other quantities furnished on ap- plication FULLER & STOWE COMPANY, ENGRAVERS and PRINTERS, 49 Lyon St, Grand Rapids, HIRTH & KRAUSE, LEATHER And Shoe Store Supplies. SHOE BRUSHES, SHOE BUTTONS, SHOE POLISH, ‘SHOE LACES. Heelers, Cork Soles, Button Hooks, Dress- ings, etc. Write for Catalogue. 118 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, EDWIN FALLAS, PROPRIETOR OF VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE, JOBBER OF Butter, Eggs, Lemons, Oranges. SOLID BRAND OYSTERS, ‘| although if he had A RAISE IN PORK. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN What trivial things frequently change the course of a man’s destiny and transfer the beggar from his hovel to a palace and, sometimes, but less often, perhaps, the na- bob to the mendicant’s rags. I would like to request right here that, if any of my readers (should there be such unfortunates) imagine this to be an old saying, they will please come to my boarding house at any time—except when meals are ready—and I will convince them that it is not an old say- ing, but an aged and:very infirm idea clad in new garments. To return to the original text (another new idea, by the way), itis a sad and al- most melancholy thought that even the chance wrong position of a seemingly harm- less pin in the chair of a wealthy uncle may, perchance, strike a tender spot in his anatomy and, acting on the nerve running to the bump of benevolence, destroy all the luckless youngster’s hope of gain at his un- cle’s loss. It is a singular trait of human nature that, when persons are well off in this world’s goods and chattels, they,seemingly,are more crotchety and independent in their ways and moods when in conjunction with their heirs-prospective. If this has not been no- ticed by others, I am very much pleased to be the humble instrument of their enlighten- ment. I, once upon a time, had an aunt—a rich aunt—and she is dead now; hence the mus- ing and moralizing. At several periods of my young and guileless youth, I had been informed and led to believe by this aunt that at her much-to-be-deplored demise I should come into a competence and that my future path in life would be one similar to the lilies. Not exactly the same as the lilies, either; I probably shouldn’t toil—un- doubtedly not. ButI was a great admirer of fast horse-flesh, and had bright visions of how much I might enjoy myself spinning around behind some animal purchased with my aunt’s hard-saved wealth. It so happened that I had, in my youth, a strong natural talent for precipitating my- self into mischief. If I wasn’t purchasing apples of the neighboring farmers when they weren’t around, the chances are that I was adding weight and dignity to some of our friend’s cats, in the shape of large, well-balanced tin-kettles. And it was through this propensity that I sold my in- heritance for a mess of pottage, or words to that effect. Among my aunt’s possessions were a gro- cery store and meat market, in the same building, which were conducted by her through the medium of a trusty man who had been in her employ for years. On ar- riving at what ought to have been a com- parative age of discretion, I was placed by her in the store to learn the business and make myself generally useful—although I imagined, at the time, that I was there for the purpose of running things and making myself a general nuisance. It is needless to say that I succeeded in the latter to a wonderful extent. Jones, who ran the store, said I did, at any rate. I shall always feel unkindly toward my aunt for putting me there, for I shall al- ways think it was that which jeopardized my interests with her. Somehow, I never could do things exactly the way my employ- er wanted them done. If he wanted me to take a package to some customer in a hur- ry, it was always my luck to be in some place where he couldn’t find me until he had got through wanting me, and then, when I did appear, he would often be so unreason- abl as to chide me for my lack of attentive- ness. Just as though I could always tell when he was going to want me. Among other pleasant duties which I per- formed was that of driving the cattle, pur- chased for the market, to the abattoir, situ- ated about half a mile from townina valley, to which, as in nearly all eases, a hill descended. I had afriend about my own age who usually went with me on such occasions. In the winter, it was our prac- tice to take our sleds with us and slide down the hill for a time, more or less—gen- erally more. One day, 1 was sent with three fine hogs, my chum, as usual, accompanying me. The coasting was especially fine that day, so we thought we would let the pigs root around in the snow at the bottom while we had our sport. But it was an unlucky day for both the pigs and myself. We had ridden down the hill several times and had just started on another trip, when, suddenly, I felt the ground rise beneath me, and when I once more discovered myself I found that I was a mixture of boy, hog andsled. It took me some little time to eradicate myself from chaos, when I found, to my horror, that the pig was in the last stages of dissolution. | What was to be done? The sled had so de- stroyed the equanimity of the pig that I doubt if there was enough meat left on him in one solid chunk to make a decent chop, been dresse ‘mi, | around it, c We did so and drove the two remaining pigs to the pen. I went home with a sadness in my heart equal to a peck of green apples in June, re- solved not to disclose the tragedy,if possible to avoid it. I presume the Anarchists in Chicago have no greater weight of dread upon them than I had that awful day. Early the next morning the blow fell— not one, but several of them. Mr. Jones had discovered the lack of pork and sus- pected me at once. ‘Tommy, where’s the other pig you drove to the pen?” were the first words I heard from Mr. Jones. “‘Well—you—I—see, one pig had the cholera sir; so I gave it toa man who said he could cure it,” was the first lie that came to my trembling lips. ‘*Too thin, Tommy: too thin. Youraunt saw you burying it and she would like to see you at the house.” Accordingly I wended my weary way to my aunt and she kindly but firmly informed me that my chances for ashare in her wealth were about as good as the pig had for sur- viving the shock of my sled to his nervous system and shipped me back to my father, a sadder if not a wiser lad. RELLUF. ———~>- -o- A Head Clerk’s Weird Experience with a Snake. Twenty years ago I was head clerk ina New York merchant’s office. My work was heavy. Many nights E sat at my books un- til into the small hours of the morning. Once or twice I actually dozed off into a sleep to be awakend by the woman who cleaned the various rooms, coming to her work. The house I was connected with had a branch establishment in India doing a large business, and many curious consignments of goods, quite outside of our usual articles of commerce, passed through our hands. Priceless cloths and native fabrics, brass and gold ornaments set with precious stones, collections of stones, botanical specimens, birds, animals—everything, in fact, until at times the contents of the cases, if opened and spread out, would have made a very average museum. One afternoon a large box was delivered from one of the ships labeled ‘‘To be kept in a moderately warm place.” I was away from the warehouse at the time of its ar- rival, and the men placed it in the outer office. On my return I casually noticed the case in passing, and saw that one end was slightly crushed, as if by some heavier case falling on it. This was a mere ac- cidental observance. My private office was just four walls, hung with maps and charts. A writing bureau in the center of the floor behind the door; behind the bureau a large iron fireproof safesome six feet high and four feet square, standing twelve or fourteen inches from the wall, and a case of books and three or four chairs completed the in- ventory. I was going to work late, and in a short time I was alone in the large build- ing. 1 worked steadily until midnight. ] arose and paced about the room for a few minutes. A sound as of a chair being moved in the adjoining room startled me. I stepped to the door and opened it. The light from a street lamp lit the room fairly well, and after a glance I concluded if must have been fancy, and I returned to my desk, leaving the door open. A few minutes afterward a faint, harsh sound came from the same direction, a curious, rubbing sound, undeniably within the next room, and quite as undeniably moving toward the door leading to where I was sitting. I rose to my feet, and as I did so the head and neck of a huge snake protruded through the doorway into the well-lit room. I stood transfixed with horror. When the reptile saw me it stopped for a second, the eyes grew more and more afiame until they resembled two lurid balls of fire, its tongue darted in and out of its mouth, and the head raised higher and higher until nearly level with my own. I could hear its body coiling and recoiling in fury in the darkness beyond, and there I stood powerless, unarmed, and apparently unable even to move. I looked once around in a desparing search for some outlet of escape, and, as I took my eyes from those of the horrible reptile, it lowered its head and darted to- wards me. Another second and it would have caught me, when seeing the open safe, Trushed in and shut the door. A small petty cash book fell to the floor, half in, half out of the safe, holding the door open about half an inch. But for that book I would have speedily been suffocated. Not thinking of that I stooped and tried to draw the book inside, but the snake moving simultaneously with myself, had dashed itself against the safe, and in its brute fury, thinking the safe part and pareel of myself, had thrown its coils rolled down my face, my heart beat almost — By to bursting, and even with the book hold- ing the door ajar I seemed to be at the point of suffocation. ' and utterly nerveless, I fell against the door and slid to the floor in a dead faint. How long I remained so I cannot tell— perhaps a few minutes, perhaps an hour, At last my senses returned, and although dreadfully cramped by the position into which I had ‘subsided in the narrow space, I felt 1 had not the power to rise, and lay there gazing through the parrow opening : at the two folds which encircled my refuge, _ feeling a horrible fascination that I shalt. never forget. I even passed my finger out and touched one, feeling a quivering moye- ment that told me the reptile had drawn its coils to their utmost tension, in the hope of crushing the shell that held the precious kernel of myself. By an effort I collected my ideas, and, remember the box and the crushed end, could readily account for the presence of the intruder. I knew that it was customary to feed them to satiety before shipping, send them off, and as a rule they arrive here stilk in the state of stupor. This one might have. had a long passage, and, coming out of the sleep, wanted water, grew furious, burst the weak end of the case, and finding me at- tacked me by instinct. I grew calmer and investigated my posi- tion thoroughly. TI rose to my feet, and as. Idid somy foot rested on something un-- even. I picked it up and found it to beone- of those long ink erasers, having a blade- about four inches long, sharp as a razor, tempered like a Damascus blade, the. handle being about five inches long and flat in shape. It must have fallen out of the cash book, these knives frequently being shut in the books by the careless clerks. Taking the knife in my right hand I thrust it into the thinnest fold with all my strength. There was a horrible, sickening, tearing sound, and quickly withdrawing the blade, I thrust it again and again into the folds. until at the third or fourth stab I saw the folds relax and go sliding down the sides of the safe to the floor, lying there squirming: and writhing in convulsions. I dared not move for nearly an hour, un- til allseemed quiet; then opening the door, I dashed across the room into the outer of- fice, banged the door to, locked it, and, hat- less, rushed to the nearest police station. At first my story was discredtied, and 1 was. almost locked up as being drunk, but event- ually four officers armed with revolvers. came with me. We found the reptile nearly dead, but still tremulous when touched, the cuts with the keen knife, owing to the extreme ten- sion of the coils, having nearly severed the body in half. It measured just 33 feet 5 inches from head to tail. ——> 0. Jars. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN. Did anyone ever stop and think of the number of different kinds of jars which the average citizen comes in contact with in the course of a long and unanimous existence? Jars of strong butter displayed temptingly in the honest groceryman’s window, with the best layer on top and good old ten-year old an inch down; jars of preserves placed on the top shelves where we couldn’t reach them in our thievish infaney, just the time we seem to need them most; jars in the street, where the corpulent man takes up two- thirds of the walk, in blissful unconscious- ness that there is another person within a mile behind him; family jars, when Maria - wants a new fall bonnet or John comes home and tries to unlock the front window- blinds with an umbrella; the jars of child~ ~ hood, when our parent’s hand comes in sud- den contact with that portion of our anat- omy since time immemorial conceded to be: the most convenient spot; jars when the sidewalk seems impressed with the idea that it can get right up and walk in your face> jars when Congress meets, or when you are trying to get an old back-number pension. In fact, life is one continual jar from the time the nurse jars the infant toget thebut- — ton out of its throat until the old man is boxed up and the clods are jarred on top of bim. RELLUF. —— 2 ; Ithaving been stated that Michigan dees — not fix the capacity of apple barrels, E. B. - Pond, of Ann Arbor, calls attention to the fact that Michigan just exactly does that very thing. An apple barrel must be accord - ing to law (Sec. 1573, Howell’s complied- statutes.) the size of the ordinary flour barre! or 27 inch staves, and 16x2 inch headings. _ PERFECTION SCALE The Latest Improved and Best. Gasping for breath ~ aver are per are not ‘discontinued at ex- dered by the subscriber. Ee 4 Editor. ESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1887. ICHIGAN VS. PENNSYLVANIA. here isa wide difference between the ciations of the Wolverine and Keystone . While the central idea of protec- and elevation is paramount in the or- sanizations of both States, the methods em- ployed are essentially different. Both are triving for the same ends through different channels, Each stands ready to copy from «the other any improvement in method which appears to it to bring about results equally as effective as its own. -. Thecollection system of the Pennsyl- vania associations bears little resemblance to that which has done such efficient ser- ‘vice in this State. With us, one blank is ‘sent by the member and one by the secreta- xy. Both failing to provoke satisfactory response or settlement, the matter is turned over to an executive committee of five mem- “bers, who use their discretion in making up the delinquent list. The listed delinquent - remains the ward of the local association until he removes from the jurisdiction of _ hat body, when he is turned over to the _ ender mercies of the State Association, _ ‘which undertakes to keep track of his where- ‘abouts and warn local associations in his vicinity of his true character. In Pennsyl- - vania, the same result is secured by a more woundabout method. Doth systems are doing good work. Both, “however, are susceptible of improvement, ‘which will doubtless come as the necessity ~ for changes becomes more urgent. . Much work has been done in Pennsyl- wania in restricting the operations of the manufacturing peddler, an individual who has no existence in this State, so far as THE - “TRADESMAN’s information goes. Many of - «our associations have given some attention ~ to the simon pure peddler and huckster, with “good, results to all concerned. “The abuse of jobbers selling at retail is ‘handled differently than in this State. We _ dave treated the abuse as a local matter, deaving the securing of pledges not to sell %o consumers to the local associations. _. Wennsylvania, on the contrary, prefers to _ make the securing of signatures to the Rule of Honor a State matter, so that the agreement holds good in any town in the _ State where there is an association. In ‘this respect, Taz TRADESMAN is inclined to the opinion that Pennsylvania is a step in advance of Michigan and that the example set by the Keystone State may be advan- - ¢ageously followed here. Another point of superiority over us is ae the employment, in all, associations of -- 100 members or over, of a regular agent, whose business it is to solicit new members ! and attend to collections, after the blanks have been used. This point is partially met in some of our associations by the pay- ment of stipulated salaries to the seereta- ies, but it can hardly be carried too far. On the desirability of securing the enact- ment of a law prohibiting the giving of izes with articles of food, Pennsylvania stands on the same footing as Michigan. If the New York law is found to be constitu- ‘ional and can be enforced, both States will undoubtedly press for similar laws at the hands of their respective legislatures. ‘he public improvement idea, in which Alirection such wonderful work has been done in this State, is not known to the Penn- nia associations. Neither have they me to realize, as our associations have, the wer they can wield in dealing with the nce question, in which direction Zar has already made great headway er consideration of this subject will ® tesumed in a future issue of THE hig’ actos of interest attaches to Kansas distillers to have the pro- w of that State declared uncon- because it has destroyed the val- ty without extending any. » them. Similar suits have a ness of brewing or - distilling - .| Within the county or district to ‘which the law is to apply... But it will not be a barrier , | to high license, since that. does not lay any restriction upon the manufacture of intoxi- cants, even while. irigetimat and diminish- ing. their. sale. — : s At the annual convention of the National Butter, Egg and Cheese Association, held at Manchester, Iowa, last week, the chairman of the New York Egg Association sub- mitted a report in which he strongly urged the adoption of a standard weight of twenty- four ounces for ten eggs as the only salva- tion of the egg industry against the devices of unscrupulous dealers. Taz TRADESMAN has been unable to learn what, if any, action was taken on this report. The fect that the largest dealers in the country are coming to the conclusion that the present method of} handling eggs is wrong in principle, is sig- nificant and gives Smith Barnes good grounds for belief that the campaign he bas waged for twenty years in this State will ‘ultimately be crowned with success. Again THE TRADESMAN would caution its readers against patronizing a questionable collection agency which advertises Chicago as its home office and ‘‘Bad Debts’ as its trademark. The circular letters sent out by this concern are so worded that the send- ers are indictable for conspiracy and black- mail under the laws of this State. A Chip- pewa Lake merchant, who has a commer- cial rating of $75,000 to $100,000, has re- ceived three threatening communications from this source on account of a claim - which was paid years ago, and for which he holds a receipt. lf his name goes on the “black list” of the Sprague Collecting Agency, something will drop in the vicinity of Chi- cago shortly afterward. It is reported, on authority which THE TRADESMAN considers unquestioned, that the recent action of the Michigan Salt Asso- ciation in refusing to advance any funds to its members on salt made during the five months from. November 1 to April 1, is due to the fact that the Association has some- thing over a million barrels unsold, which it is to the interest of the manufacturers to have cleared away before spring. It is claimed that fully a quarter of a million more barrels were made this season than ev- er before. The telephone is a troublesome invention for a country with a more or less despotic government which undertakes to regulate communications by telegraph. It does not yield readily to regulation, and, if thrown open to public use, might be employed against the government interests. Hence the efforts of Germany to limit its use on international lines. The Blue Letter makes friends wherever it is used. Its fame has reached New York, as is evidenced by the recommendation of President Coughtry that it be adopted by the State Association of that common- wealth. THE TRADESMAN would call the atten- tion of business men contemplatiug chang- ing locations to the letter of the President of the North Muskegon B. M. A., published in another column. AMONG THE TRADE. — GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Thos. E. Wykes & Co., succeed Thos. E. Wykes in the grain and feed business. Horace Blair has engaged in the grocery business at Kingsley. The stock was pur- chased at this market. A. W. Fenton & Co., the Bailey druggists have added a line of groceries. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock. D. L. Ward has engaged in the grocery business at Dewing Siding. Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co. furnished the stock. Dr. Geo. F. Whitfield has sold his drug stock at 40 West Fulton street to Wallace Ballou, who will continue the business. John Reyngold has engaged in the gro- cery business at the corner of North Ionia and Fairbanks streets. The stock was pur- chased at this market. The Valley City Building and Loan As- sociation is now an established fact, a full set of directors and officers having been elected. The stock of the Association is $2,000,000, which will probably be divided into eight or ten series. Those who wish to subscribe for stock can send their names to THE TRADESMAN office or direct to the Secretary, M. M. Houseman, in the New Houseman Building. The Cupples Woodware Co. assures THE TRADESMAN that the statement of |the Chicago Timberman, to the ef- fect that the removal of the works to Rhine- land or Ashland, Wis., will shortly take ] nee, is without any foundation in fact, | aaihceat to HL) E. Grosa Hillsdale—John Fant, of the grocery firm of Fant & Sons, is’ ‘dea: Harbor Springy—Henry. T. Williams, fur- niture dealer, has. sold out. Detroit—T. W: Marr succeeds Gage & Marr in the drug business. ‘Hudson—N. C. Havens is arranging to close out his grocery business. _ Mancelona—M. White & Sons succeed White & Kiles in the hardware business, Hudson—Al. Havens has removed to Lyons, Ohio, and opened a general store. Mt. Pleasant—G. W. Snyder & Son suc- ceed T. W. Swart in the grocery business. Ludington—Roosen & Musk have moved their clothing stock here from Grand Haven. Brockway Center—G: D. Finlayson suc- ceeds Finlayson & Waring in: general trade. Bellevue—Chas. F. Whitney succeeds Whitney & Davenport in the evaporating business. Standish—The Standish Manufacturing Co. succeeds Geo. F. Cross in the lumber business. : Flint—Harry Watson sicwokds Watson & Downey in the wholesale and retail tobacco business. St. Ignace—Farrell, McArthur & Co. succeed Farrell, Schuiler & Co. in the hard- ware business. St. Johns—J. S. Visger, proprietor of the Boston clothing store, has assigned to Ed- win H. Lyon. Sherwood—E. Gordon has bought E. R. Close’s hardware stock. The latter retains his livery. business. Clinton—J. B. McAdam has sold his meat business to A. W. Muir, but retains his grocery business. Lake Odessa—E. F. Colwell, formerly of Sebewa, has erected a store building here and opened a hardware stock therein. Remus—Dr. O. C. Russ has sold his drug stock to Drs. J. W. Prentiss and Max Wenzl, who will continue the business. Zeeland—Thomas Van Enenaam succeeds John Van Enenaam in the grocery and dry goods business. John Van Enenaam will continue to conduct the Zeeland Hotel. Bellevue—C. D. ‘Kimberly has resigned his position as cashier of the bank to en- gage-in the grocery business, having pur- chased the stock of his father, A. J. Kim- berly. Fennville—O. N. Moon, who is now lo- cated at Howell, has sold his interest in the drug stock of Moon & Goodrich to G. F. Goodrich. The new firm will be known as Goodrich Bros. © St. Ignace—Permelia Miner has _ retired from the drug and grocery firm of Hulett & Miner, Friend Hulett succeeding. Detroit creditors took possession of the stock ona mortgage, but Mr. Hulett secured its dis- charge and has resumed business. Traverse City—J. Steinberg & Son haye opened a dry goods and clothing store at St. Ignace, of which Joseph H. Steinberg will have'charge. The store at this place will be continued, as heretofore, under the per- sonal Supervision of J ulius Steinberg, the father of J. H. Middleville—Dr. Parkhurst & Son are com- pleting Phe erection of a two-story double brick’ building, 48 x 80 feet in dimensions. F. L. Blake, of Irving, will occupy one of the stores with a dry goods stock and the other’ ‘store will be occupied by the owners of the block with their drug stock. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. .Pittsford—S. W. Lyon is opening a new dry goods store. Shaytown—Morgan Bros. are putting up a steam sawmill. Hillsdale—W. T. Buchanan & Son have orders on their books for 7,000 screen doors, Brooklyn—W.. B. North succeeds Wm. C. Irwin in the lumber and planing mill busi- ness. Bay City—B. H. Briscoe & Co. are filling a large order for boxes to be shipped toa firm in Australia. Gobleville—Lewis & Eaton succeed How- ard Edson.inthe manufacture of bedsteads and extension, tables. Little Harbor—The Little Harbor Lum- ber Co. is putting up kilns and will engage in the manufacture of charcoal. West Bay City—John Welch has closed his sawmill for the season. It has averaged 105,000 per day during the summer. East Saginaw—Avery & Co. are so crowd- ed with orders that they are compelled to run their planing mill night and day. Manistee—Canfield & Wheeler have start- ed up their dairy and table salt block. They expect to produce the finest salt in the world. Cheboygan—It is reported that the mill capacity here will be increased this winter to the extent of 30,000,000 feet by the im- provement of old cag Northport—J: ames Hi Putnam has - pur- chased a half erUre in the general stock of Oscar E. Wilbur. The new firm will be known as Wilbur & Putnam. Detroit—The Kemp Chair Co. is a new firm recently established for the .manufac- ‘ture and jobbing of. ‘chairs. The firm is | ‘tomposed of Joseph B. Kemp and . Julius here since 1856. Vassar—C. D. Bennet has taken a con- tract for cutting 100,000,000 shingles from timber situated on the Loon lake branch of the Au Sable & Alger Railroad.. He will build a new mill on the land and begins op- eration next week. Traverse City—The output of the Greil- {ick Bros.’ mill foots up 9,500,000 feet for the season now closing. The bulk of this cut is marketed at Milwaukee, where the firm has a yard. There is probably no hard wood mill in the State making a larger cut. Mt. Pleasant—W. C. Crawford has moved his stave mill from‘St. Louis to this place, the citizens having. contributed a bonus of $800 to secure site and pay expense in mov- ing. The plant is valued at $10,000. The mill will soon be in. operation, employing from 50 to 100 men, and will have a capaci- ty of 30,000 staves daily. Remus—Dan. Horton, who engaged in the grocery business here about six months ago, has sold a half interest to his brother, E. T. Horton, who conducts a general store at Millbrook. The new firm will be known as Horton Bros. and will add a general line of goods to their grocery stock. E.T. Hor- ton will continue his business at Millbrook, the same as before. _. STRAY FACTS. Hudson—Wm. Klinkert has engaged in the marble business. Adrian—E. I. Waldby, of the banking firm of Waldby & Clay, is dead. Laingsburgh—Liddell & Hunt succeed W. H. Card in the banking business. Tecumseh—There are now 140,000 doxen of eggs in the cold storage warehouse. Ludington—The Danaher & Malendy Co. is the fourth concern to put electric lights in its sawmill. Delwin—John N. Deuel & Son’s general store was robbed of. $270 by burglars one night last week. Jasper—Delano & Van Doven shipped a carload of live poultry to the New York market last week. : Detroit—The Detroit Insulated Clothing Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000. . Menominee—Isaac Stephenson states that he will build a new’ sawmill, on his Bay Shore site inthe gpring. © Charlevoix—J. A. Bacot, the general mer- chant, took Paris green by mistake on Nov. 1 and died shortly afterward. Chase—F. P. Boughton & Co. are nego- tiating for the purchase from R, G. Peters of 30,000,000 feet of pine to stock their mill; at Chase. . gained possession of their lumber yard, which was seized by Jas. S. Kirk & Co. on Oct. 17. Detroit—The Union Building and Lan Association has been organized, with Wm. Graham as President and W. M. Wyckoff as Secretary. Chase—Dunham, Peters & Co. have ex- tended their railroad two miles further into the forest, making some six anda half miles that they are operating. Menominee—The lumbermen in this vi- cinity have decided to exclude jewelry fa- kirs from their camps hereafter. Chase—Wm. S. Moore succeeds Jonas S. Rice in the hotel business. The latter succeeds E. A. Carroll in the same business at Reed City. : St. Johns—M. A. Kniffin has bought 200,- 000 dozen eggs this season. He says the egg crop of Clinton county is 1,000,000. doz- en, and is worth at average figures $150,- 000 per annum. Cheboygan—The Cheboygan Lumber Co. will buy another tug to do its towing. The company talks of bringing a cneeniy of logs from Georgian Bay. Flint--The Chicago & Grand Trunk Rail- way has paid a shipper of this place $1,500 for allowing.a carload of eggs to freeze in transit to New York. Tecumseb—The Michigan & Ohio Coal & Lumber Co. has assigned. The capital of the company is said to. be $50, at and the liabilities $20, 000.- Muskegon—The Muskegon Boom:* Co. had, on a late date, rafted out:5,216,192 logs this séason, scaling 544,000,000 feet. About 18,000,000 feet of logs will be back “when the season ends. Cadillac—J. Cummer & Son are erecting a fine new building for their office. It is of bfick, and the sesond story contains a large reception room to be used for social purpos- es. The whole building will be handsome- ly furnished. Benton Harbor—J. B. Graves fine resum- ed control of the Graves Lumber Co., tem- porarily, peuding negotiations for an in- erease of capital. The company is said to be doing a good business and to have a val- uable plant. Detroit—The Detroit ‘Paper Co. (L. 8. Butterfield) has executed mortgages to the '; amount of $43,559.88 as follows: in| Moran, $5,000, to secure note. and indorse- Bigebtn Krancie € C. Gar te executrix Harriet | $70,000 and the surplus $2,554.43. To. F. T. ars. out | stock, fixtures and flirnitnee. $20,000 ' Allegan—D. J. G. Ellinger has pisehined” e his father’s interest in the merchant tailor- ing businers of D. Ellinger & Son and will {continue the same under his own name. The senior Ellinger has been in business ‘Hart—The Oceana County Savings Bank succeeded the Loan and Security Co. on October 31. The. paid-up capital stock is C. T. Hills, Muskegon, is President, and E. D. Richmond, Vice-President and Secretary. Gripsack Brigade. Duff Jennings, representing the Dingman Soap Co., of Buffalo, is putting in a couple |: of weeks among the retail trade in this city. W. F. Blake goes to. Chicago the latter part of the week to accompany his wife home. Mrs. W. F. has been there about a month, J. R. Tuthill, the veteran grip carrier, is now on the road for Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Co., taking the Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana trade. Cass Bradford has severed his connection with Clark, Jewell & Co., and is this week covering J. N. Bradford’s trip North for Ol- ney, Shields & Co. J. N. is attending the funeral of his father-in-law, at Ravenna. W. W. Gorball was severed his connec- tion with Franklin McVeigh & Co., to ac- cept a similar position with Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops. He will continue to make his home at Traverse City and give his entire attention to the trade of the Grand Traverse Bay. Sioux City Commercial Bulletin, Nov. 1: “‘Alfred C. Masterson, a traveling man for a Grand Rapids, Mich., house, died in this city a few days ago, after a brief illness from tpphoid fever. The deceased was about 32 years of age. At one time he was engaged in business for himself in Omaha, but afterwards sold out and resumed life on the road. During his illness he was attend- ed by his faithful wife, having been tele- graphed for, who now mourns the loss of a devoted husband and true friend. Funeral exercises were held at. the parlors of the Hotel Booge, where the deceased was stay- ing, after which the remains were followed to their last resting place in Floyd cemetery attended by the sorrowing wife and a num- ber of traveling men in this city. MuicHt- GAN TRADESMAN please copy.” Horace A. Hudson, the largest, heaviest and fattest traveler who goes out of this market, was born at Holland on October 18, 1849, and lived there until he was nine years old, when he removed with his par- ents to a place in the wilderness where Hudsonville now stands, where he helped his father clear a large farm. At the ageof 17, he went to Cleveland, where he attend- ed the high school for three months. Re- turning home, he taught a district school for two years. On the. construction of the C. & W. M. Railway, in 1870, he opened a store. at Hudsonville, which town was named in honor of his family, serving in the dual capacity of store keeper and station agent for four years. He continued to dis- pense sugar and calico for seven years lon- y Une oe - | ger, when he sold out to J. Green & Son, -Muskegon—E. L. Packer & Co. have re- and went on the road for the former house of I. M. Clark & Co., following the fortunes of the house, with brief intermissions, up to the present time. His territory lies’ East and Northeast of this market, and wherever he is known he is respected. Mr. Hudson has for several years been a resident of Grand Rapids, living on North Division street with his wife and two promising youths. ———— o-oo Among the Clerks, Lansing clerks have organized themselves into a ‘‘Business men’s band.” Henry N. Jenner, who recently completed a course at the Ann Arbor Pharmacy School, has taken a position with E. T. Van Ostrand, at Allegan. W. C. Water succeeds Will Martindale as clerk for Irving F. Clapp, at Allegan. Mr. Martindale comes to Grand Rapins to take a course at the business college. 22a Purely Personal. C. M. Norton is confined to his bed by an attack of typho-malaria. S. E. Young, the Lake View druggist, was in town over Sunday with his wife. Christian Bertch has returned from his Boston trip. He abandoned his contemp- lated visit to New Orleans. qm oe Important Stock: From the Retail Grocers’ Trade. If I were asked: ‘‘What is the most im- portant article in a grocer’s stock?” I should unhesitatingly say ‘‘Fine butter.” A grocer who can build up a fine butter trade will generally be successful in business. There is nothing that will give dissatisfaction so quick as poor butter. Customers may use poor tea or coffee and not find much fault, but give them poor butter and you will hear them complain bitterly. Poor butter will destroy the enjoyment of a meal, no matter how well cooked; therefore I say: ‘There is no article sold by the grocer, the selection of which should receive from him more care |. and attention than butter.”’ Many grocers depend too much on the judgmentof sales- men; they should learn to rely on them- selves. A grocer should be a judge of all goods sold by him. © Here is where I think lies the cause of failure with many who em- bark in the business, they are no judges, they depend on others for the selection of goods, econsegenfly they often have poor ar- ticles and trade dwindles away. 2.2 a——___. J. L. Strelitsky, State agent for the Roper & Baxter Cigar Co., has arranged with Cooper & Peck, of East Saginaw, to handle their new brand, eerie Rew in the iaeeaw Naney os tind Ofl. CG. LEVI, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE house. er. We sell these goods as close, if not closer, than any Detroit or Chicago We make Better Terms, Better Time and Better Figures. We try hard to please every custom- Our Expenses being so much less than Chicago or Detroit houses we can af- ford to sell closer. Dold for Prices. b Lk Call yourself and be Convinead. 36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. 7 MISCELLANEOUS. ODP BBB BL DBD DODO OOO OOOO" Advertisements will be inserted under this head for one cent a word, or two cents a word for three inser- tions. 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. OR SALE—A bargain for a live man. Good location. Nice piece of property. No other store within six miles. Reasons for sell- ing, long sickness and death of my wife, and poor health. Clean stock goods. Can run stock down low in a short time, if you wish. aa W. G. Barnes, Lodi, re : Mic OR SALE—On the new Railroad, stock of general merchandise, store and barn, on one-hiuit acre corner lot. Will sell ata bargain. Best location in town. If you mean business, call on or address C. L. Howard, Clarksville, Ionia Co., Mich. 219* os SALE—New clean stock of millinery and fancy goods. One of the best “open- ings in the country. Have the leading trade. Good reasons given for selling. Address L. & Co., Box 327, Saranac, Mich. 216-3t ‘oS SALE—Stock of general merchandise. Will trade for real estate in Southern Michigan. Address Box X, care Tradesman office. . 22U* OR SALE--Or exchange, for hard or soft lumber, posts, shingles or lath. a planer and matcher in perfect order. Will plane two sides twenty-four inches wide. J. BK. Del- bridge, 493 Trumbull Ave., Detroit. zige Ee SALE—Or exchange. A smail stock of jewelry at cost for cash, or in exchan:e for drugs and medicines. A bargain for some One. Best of reasons given. Address D.k Spencer, Sherwood, Mich. 2hi* Hee SALE—Stock of groceries and fixtures in a young and growing townin South- ern Michigan. Can satisfy anyone who has the money that it is a big bargain. Address M. Denison, Sherwood, Mich. 21T* woe SALE—Owing to death of proprietor, I offer for sale a stock of drugs, medicines and fixtures, that will invoice about $600. Ad- dress W. R, Mandigo, Sherwood, Mich. 217* OR SALE—General stock of goods. Will rent or sell building. Good reason for selling. Address J. C. Stitt, Dollarville, ~~ pot SALE-—At a bargain. A clean stock of hardware and mill supplies. Address Wayne Choate, Agent, East Saginaw. 210tf HO SALE—Or exchange, plattorm spring peddling wagons, suitable for wholesale or retail trade. Address Welling & Carhartt, 139 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich. 208tt Ok SALE—Desirable residence lot on Liv- ingston street. Will sell on long timé or exchange for pos stocks, mort ages or other real estate. E. A: Stowe, Tradesman office. Fork SALE—The best drugstore in the thriv- ing city of Muskegon. Terms easy. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 193tf OR RENT—Pleasant store at 19 West Ful- ton street, Boston block. Now used as dry goods store. Good location. Apply to 221 Mt. Vernon street. 20% t£. OR SALE—Stock of drugs. Will invoice about $1,600. Location in Central Michi- gan, in a town of 4,000 inhabitants. Good rea- sons for selling. Address 101, this office. 216* W ] ANTED—Grocery stock 1n exchange fora small farm in St. Joseph county. Ad- dress F'. H, Lester, Mendon, Mich. 218* ANTED—A ents to handle the new chem- ical Ink Erasing Pencil. Greatest nov- elty ever produced. Erases ink in twoseconds, no abrasion of paper. 200 to 500 per cent profit. One agent’s sales amounted to $620in six days: another $32 in two hours. Territory absolute- ly free, Salary to good men. No ladies need answer. Sample 35 cents. For terms and full |. particulars, address the manufacturers, J. ue Skinner & Co., Onalaska, ‘Wis. 217* W ANZED—To exchange. Two freight wa-| gons for buesy horse. Address O. C. Shultz, city. - 2iltt tered - [Was acer gee J. ANTED—Salesmen. Five traveling sales- men; salary and expenses: no expsr- ience necessary, Address, with stamp, Pal. mer & Co., Winona, Minn Vy sna man having an aaa trade among lumbermen to add a spec- ial line and sell on commission. To the right man a splendid chance will be given to make money without extraexpense. Address ae = 178 SI’. CHARLES, J. W. MORSE, Manager. REED CITY, - Mich. care Michigan Tradesman. Fine Sample Rooms in Connection, This spacious and admirably construct- ed New Brick Hotel is now open to the public. It is provided with all the Modern Improvements. The rooms are large, airy and pleasant, in suits or single, and newly furnished throughout. The design of man- *| agement is to make this house one of com- fort and pleasure to its guests. The Traveling Public are caacinty in- PIONEER PREPARED PAINT... We have a full stock of this well-known brand of MISAED PAINT and having sold it 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 or more coats of our PIONEER PRE- PARED PAINT is applied as received in original packages, and if within three years it should crack = 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.asthe owner may se- lect. In case of complaint, prompt notice must be given to the dealer. 1]. H. NEVIN & CoO.. Mfrs. & Corroders: of Pure White Lead. Pittsburg,Pa, Write for prices and Sample Card to is tu We jee apecplations are op- charters pranted by the Michi- / Men’s ae lo. 2—Lowell A.” 2 President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Fr Frank T. King. : No. 3—Sturgis B. is B. M. A. President. H. §. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No. 4—Grand Rapids B. M. A. President. Jas. A. Coye; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. ~ ‘No, 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, W. C. Conner. ‘ ~ No, 6—Alba B. M. A. President, C. R. Smith; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. ‘H. Widger. No. ‘Eastport. B. M.A. President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No, 9—Lawrence B. M. A. fresgen’ H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins. o. 10—Harbor springs B. M. A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, C. W. Bennett. No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. Prasident, H. B. Sturtovant; Secretary, W. G. Shane. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. ee No. 15—Boyne City B. M. President, x R. Perkins; Secretary, J. F. orehtia. o. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, . x Sv. Crandall: Secretary, A. P. Comstock. No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A. Simi a Bailey, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M, A.’ President, W. A, Woodard; Secretary, 8. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21—Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. Persident, W. E. Wilson; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. No, 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, nS A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. O. Trask. o. 24—Morley B. M. A. President, J. em Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond, No. 25—Palo B. M. A, President, — Jeffers; Secretary, H. D. Pew. o. 26—Greenville k. M. A. President. ne Ww. Sprague; Secretary, E. J. Clark. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A President, J. H. Tuttle; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B, M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E.S. Houghtaling. Michigan’s Influence in the Empire State. Among the guests from abroad at the sec- ond annual convention of the M. B. M. A. was Wm. H. Coughtry. President of the “New York Retail Merchants’ Association. At a recent meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of his Association, Mr. Coughtry made the following report of his visit to the Wolverine State: By invitation of President Hamilton, of the Business Men’s Association of Michi- gan, I attended their annual meeting, be- lieving that.an interchange of views and a comparison of our methods would be mutu- ally beneficial. President Harbaugh, of the Pennsylvania State. Association, who was also invited to be present, was not able to attend. I made a careful study of their amazing progress in the work of organiza- tion and found that it would not be applica- ble to this State. Older States are more conservative and slower in the accomplish- ment of any great change, either social or political. With us it takes more time, yet when done is more permanent and requires less change or modification. With us there is too much old time prejudice to overcome, both on the part of the merchant and con- sumer, to make rapid progress in the work. Their Blue Letter, in connection with the collecting bureau as used. in Michigan, I would commend for your consideration and adoption. I would also commend the ap- pointment of a Committee on Rail Roads and Transportation to whom shall be re- ferred all complaints of unjust discrimina- tions, and .to take general charge of the: trade thterests of the State Association. This Committee should have charge of the very important matter of securing reduced rates when delegates are attending State meetings or meetings of the Board of Direc- tors, should be empowered to make specihl rates of freight for members of any local as- sociation when such rates are excessive and be required to work to secure every ad- vantage for the merchants of this State. I would also suggest that a committee be appointed to make a thorough investigation into the matter of insurance, and report at the annual meeting on the expediency of designating a good company in each city where associations exist and to report what if any saving can be made to the merchants by giving it all to one company. At pres- ent our rates for store insurance are much too high in comparison with more hazard- ous risks. In this conneetion, I would also eal] upon the committee in charge of our plan of life insurance to report at this meet- ing what progress has been made, and also to enquire into the matter of placing this with perenne companies for a bid. : Association Notes. ~ Hoytville is considering the subject of or- ganization, and will effect the same on the first favorable visit of L. M. Mills.. Auxiliary members should remember that the agreement not to trust a delinquent ap- plies to the State as well as the local lists. The Blue Letter captures them all. Presi- lent Conghtry rorcmnarends its adoption. by 4 form for a 4 membershi ook. the editor of ‘THE TRADESMAN has devised aplain form, which he has caused to be ruled, printed and -| bound in pamphlet style, a copy of which f will be furnished any local secretary apply- ing for same, gratuitously. The State Sheet for November is even shorter than its predecessor, conclusively showing that the depredations of the dead- beat are growing less and less. The Com- piled List, embodying all the names printed on the State Sheets from October, 1886, to October, 1887, is now in the hands of the printer, and will-probably be ready for dis- tribution in about two weeks. Hudson Gazette: We have seen a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the Mich- igan Business Men’s Association, of which E. A. Stowe, of Grand Rapids, formerly of this village, is Secretary. We would like to see Hudson included in the membership of this organization, the object of which is to unite merchants and other classes of bus- iness men forreform, developing of indus- tries and work for the general good, and to promote by all legitimate means the social, moral and business interests of its members. Fremont Indicator: General retail busi- ness in~ this town was never at a ‘‘better ebb” than this fall, which goes to show that the farming interests surrounding Fremont are enough to support the town. But we should not leave off there. The Business Men’s’ Association ought to ‘hustle” and encourage manufacturing enterprises. And, by the way, Walt. Pumfrey’s idea of start- ing a fruit evaporating and canning estab- lishment is worth two or three ‘‘sanctions,” at least. With such an institution we would have a market assured for all the fruit pro- duced within a radius of at least ten miles about us. Thus mutually would the villag- er and the farmer be benefitted. We have one of the best locations in Northern Michi- gan for abustling, busy town and _ thrifty farming neighborhood, and let all combine to make the most of it. ——__—_>2.___— Meeting of the Local Association. At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the local association, held last Tuesday evening, the question of embodying a trade display in the meetings of the Association was discussed and a committee consisting of A. Rasch, B. S. Harris, E. A. Stowe and L. Wintermitz were appointed to take the matter under consideration and report at the next meeting. The same committee was also instructed to present a report on the feasibility of employing an agent to se- cure the applications of new members and attend to all collections turned over to the Association. It was als6 decided to adopt the “‘black board idea,” as it is called, for the use of those who have anything to sell or exchange or who wish to buy anything which any other member of the Associa- tion would be apf to have tosell. This plan has worked very advantageously in Philadelphia and there is no reason why it should not work equally as successfully in Grand Rapids. ————»> +a Splendid Report From the Quincy Asso- ciation. Quincy, Nov. 4, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR SirR—I wish to thank you for the neat little ‘‘Membership Book” you have so kindly presented to our Association. Iwas just wondering how I would rule a book to keep account of the fees and dues paid by members, and this relieves me from all that trouble and worry. Many thanks. This Association has fully completed its organization, framed its charter and filed articles of association and last evening held its second meeting. We have thirty- seven members already, which includes every merchant but one, and the manufac- turers and tradesman are now coming in voluntarily. Nearly all our committees have begun to do something. One circulated a pledge to-day, with good success, to close all stores and shops at 8 p.m. One is working up an interest for a public park, and another sent a member to-day to De- troit, Cleveland and Pittsburg to investi- gate the electric light business, as to cost, ete. The other committees are not idle. _ Only a few have -yet tried the Blue Letter, but these few have ‘‘worked to a charm” to bring in old five-year accounts, on which all hopes were lost. Yours respectfully, C. W. BENNETT, Sec’y. ————q@— +a . Some of North Muskegon’s Wants. NortTH MUSKEGON, Noy. 1, 1887. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Our Association is getting along in fine shape. The subject was brought up at our last meeting‘of our needing more competition. With a population of over 2,000, we have no bakery, no shoe store, no tailor, no clothing house, except a general store. We need a harness shop -bad. ‘There is a splendid opening for at ae two more grocery stores. We have a ive town, with more money in circulation in one day than in a farming town in a week. If there are any merchants in other villages who are not doing the business they should, would be pleased to hear from them. We especially need a printer and will give good inducements to a live man. Yours truly, S. A. Howry, Pres. B. M. A. —_—_»— _ Steady Growth of the Metric System. - At the Manchester (England) meeting of lithe ritish Scientific Association, which was attended by 3,883 persons, the metric ystem was advocated in m by Mr. Rat interrc ted. himon the subject and| was treated to’ an ‘interesting description of the manners and customs:of the people. “The country ‘is mostly rolling and moun- | tainous,” said Mr. Nickum, ‘‘and the scen- ery is finer than anything I have ever seen | in the States. The principal occupations of the people are mining andagriculture, man- ufacturing being an almost unknown indus- try ‘tothem. The mines are rich in iron and coal and gold is also found in paying quan- tities. principal agricultural products to be hay, oats and potatogs, in-about the order named. Hay pays the Nova Scotia farmer better than wheat does the Dakota farmer, as the low lands on the coast produce enormous crops, which find ready sale at about $12 perton. The principal markets are Boston and Liverpool. There are enormous tracts on the lowlands which have seen no animal manure for over 100 years, the natives hav- ing a much moré simple and inexpensive method of enriching their fields. They hoist the flood-gates on their dykes every day for a week‘in the spring, allowing the tide to sweep in’ over the land. In going out, it leaves a rich deposit, which enables the farmers to cultivate their lands year af- ter year without cessation. ‘One of the strangest things about the country is that the young people do not stay at home to develop its natural resources, but invariably gravitate to the ‘States,’ where they imagine the chances of advancement are greater. In this, I think they are mis- taken. Nova Scotia is well wooded with pine, spruce and basswood, but sawmills and factories are the exception instead of the rule. Her mines are not half worked. Her farms are conducted in the same way they were a hundred years ago,such a thing as improved far.n machinery being out of the question. -1f the young men were to re- main at home, and get affairs out of the ruts they are now running in, they could make their province one of the richest and most prosperous on the face of the earth. ‘*While Halifax and St. Johns jobbers drum the Nova Scotia trade pretty thor- oughly, the great market is Boston. There the merchants go every spring and fall, and to that city they look for an outlet for their surplus products. There is little difference between the merchants there and our deal- ers, except, of course, that our merchants are more enterprising and carry more varied stocks. ‘“The sentiment in favor of annexation to the United States seems to be growing, and I have no doubt that a vote of the people would decide the question in the affirmative. The Tory leaders, however, will prevent such action for a long timetocome. Event-: ually, however, Iam satisfied that Nova Scotia will be one of the States of the: Union.” > An incident in the life of John Jacob As- tor occurred a short time before his death, which is illustrative of his extreme. plain- ness—almost shabbiness—of dress. Coming out of the New York Custom House one hot summer day, he sat.down on the . steps in the shade to recover from the oppressive heat. Holding his hatin his hand, he did not notice its position, which was similar to that of a person asking charity. A richly- dressed lady, passing atthe time, saw the attitude of the old man and, in the fullness of her generosity, dropped a quarter into the hat. Mr. Astor accepted the position very gracefully, thanked the donor and placed the quarter in his pocket, while the lady passed on, convinced that she had done a charitable act. ce eee Cleaning Hair Brushes. The hair-brush asa source of disease, fall- ing out of the hair, etc., is too much over looked. The best mode of cleaning _hair- brushes is with spirit of ammonia, as its ef- rect is immediate. No rubbing is required and cold water can be used just as success- fully as warm. Take a teaspoonful of am- monia to a quart of water, dip the hair part of the brush without wetting the ivory, and in a moment the grease is removed; then rinse in cold water, shake well, and dry in the air, but not in the sun. ‘ Soda and soap soften the bristles, and invariably turn ivory yellow. - ———=> +a There has been invented and patented by Charles H. Buckett, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a process of making horseshoe nails. It con- sists in forming a nail-plate into ridges sep- arated by a film of metal, cutting or stamp- ing out a portion of said film and forming: the points of the nails by simultaneous op- eration, spreading the heads and shanks of the nails while the nails are yet connected longitudinally in series, separating the nail plate longitudinally into sections by shear- ing or cutting, and thereafter forming the heads and shanks, hardening the points by pressure, and cutting out the remaining film, thus completing the nail. ———_—>>_——__—_——_ Paterson, N. J., manufactures three-quar- ters of all the ribbons made in this country. About one-fourth as much more is imported. As considerable quantity is exported it would be impossible to estimate how much is consumed in America, but a careful cal- culation would perhaps make it about 30,- 000 miles a year, or considerable more than enough to put a silken belt around the earth. —_—_—. An AuSable business man forgot the combination of his safe lock the other day, and, as he had confided the secret to no one else, nor made a record of it, he had to tele- graph the man who mane it i» tell him the the geographical apport that | 220" I saw no native fruits, but found the 6 (lg and Notions, _ Manufactures of — ‘Vanes 3 Supplies a Specialty, WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF ALASKA SOCKS AND 193 and 195 Jefferson Ave., Cor. macs St., DETROIT, MICH. WINTER COAL —— A SUMMER PRICES. Until Further Notice. | Egg and Grate’ - ‘. - $6.75 per ton. Stove No. 4 and Nut - - $7.00 per ton. For September Delivery. Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co., OFFICE 52 PEARL ST., Yard, Corner Wealthy Avenue and M.C. R. R. Telephone No. 159. ; . and in the best ut of thoroughly dried lumber of. ‘any. kand. Designs furnished when desired. Wolverine Chair Factory, West End Pearl St. Pen MA BOX FASTENER a toe ae nk jedan aen | 4and6ERIEST. | ! Grand: Rapids, Mich, J. MYERS Soft, pliable and absolutely unbreakable. dard quality 15 cents per yard. cents. Satin covered 25 cents. For sale everywhere. Stan- Cloth covered 20 Manufacturer of Harness and Collars at Wholesale and Retail, 73 Canal street, Grand Rapids, has the finest line to select from in the city. Give him a call. None but experienced workmen employed. WW Ea Tr S ADDRESS GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL and WOOD. LUCIUS C. WEST of American and Foreign patents. 105 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. A. Branch of- tre” London, Eng. Practice in U. 8. Courts. ree. * | 9 P ATEN TS attomey at Patent Law and Solicitor Circulars E. A. HAMILTON, Agt., | Telephone 909—1 R.. - - “Now, John, don’t fail to get some of the DINGMAN SOAP. Sister Clara writes yy pee it is the best in the i -sporld for washing clothes and all house - cleaning wor FOR SALE BY a B nawkins & Perry Wholesale Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AMBOY 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, AUACTUTETS, Agents for CHEESE. Grand Rapids, a eae 1D laa We manufacture a line of Fire Proot Safes that combine all the modern im- provements and meet with ready sale among business men and dealers of #¢ all kind. Any business house can handle our 1 Safes in connection with any other line of goods withont additional ex- 7 pense or interference with any other business. : Weight. Inside Measure, No. 2,250 lbs. 12xS8x814.in. 7 No.8, 500 Ibs. 15x10x10in.. No. 4, 700 Ibs. 18x14x12 in. Liberal Discounts to Trade. ALPINE SAFE CO. Cincinnati, Outside Measure. Zetai) 23x14x13 in. $30 28x18x18in. 35 $2x22x21s ae 45 BROOMS! Having contracted with S teele & Gardiner to handle the entire output of their broom factory, all or- es ders should be.sent to us direct. _ 101 Ottawa St., Ledyard Block. Barn Door Kidde: oa. Ct oritte. c A beautifullly-decorated Metal Box, with baonze label pull, GIVEN FREE with every dozen boxes of COLGAN’S TAFFY TOLU. Specially Designed for a Herbarium. Suitable when empby for preserving, under proper label, herbs. roots, s eds, spices, papers. ete., ete. Every storekeeper as well as housekeeper, will find it well adapted in size, material and finish for many use- ful purposes. COLGAN’S TAFFY TOULU is the original trade-mark- ed gum which has set the world a-chewing. It sells rapidly, pays well, and alwayf xtves satisfaction. Supplied by all jobbers, packed in above style, at $3 perdozen. Size, $ix4%x7¥ inches. COLGAN & McAFEEK, Loviswille, Ky. Originators and Sole Proprietors. N. B —Include a dozen boxes in your next order. You will find it the best $3 investment you ever made. Notice of the Restoration of Certain Lands to the Public Domain. By instructions from the Honorable Secre- tary of the Interior under date of August 15, 1887, and by direction of the Honorable Com- missioner of the General Land Office of the date of August 27, 1887, notice is hereby given that the indemnity withdrawal of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company has been revoked. That all the landsin the Reed City Land District within said indemnity limits of the grant of said Flint & Pere Marquette Rail- road Company—except such lands as may be cov- ered by approved selections—are thereby restored to the public domain, and open to settlement under the general land laws. That on the lst day of December, A. D. 1887, at 2 o’clock P. M., said lands will be open to fil- ing and entry. S. LAND OFFICE, Reed City, Michigan, October 18, 1887. NATHANIEL CLARK, E. N. FrtcnH, Register. Receiver. Daroware. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. Ives’; old styles... .. 2. ec ose 3 he dis ING HS ©, COn oo. os oe eee ces dis Douglass’ Ge oaks crane cea ues o as RESSSSS Jennings’, genuine.............. Jennings’, imitation............. BALANCES. Spee. ool yo eee ee dis 40 BARROWS. IRATIROAG Ole as oe ee $ 14 00 Garden. ois i a ee net 33 00 BELLS. RANG oo cote es sk: Rae Saree as deh eo $ eee mes 60&10 fs dis eeu dis50&10 uS Hane Sa@Ppeent (220. hanes. oo: dis BOLTS. SlOVE eee. dis $ 0 Carriage new list.. Sees is Cee Plow Sleigh Shoe..:.. Wrought Barrel Bolts....... Cast Barrel Bolts.......... Cast Barrel, brass knobs Cast Square Spring...... Cast Chain. 32.0... .. ccs. Wrought Barrel, brass knob.. eos Wrought Square Wai ewe ccjacn ede etlane dis Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush di ves? DoOr.G ceo 5 Soi oe ae. dis BRACES. IBAEDOR 2.3.5. ooo. eos ioe dis $ aCKUS. 22... .05. << .. di Spomord. 2.00.5: <0 ee es ....di PA BG eee os oat coke co A dis BUCKETS. WOE Plain eos ss cc isc oa at 2 50 Well, BWIVGH 2 oo. eee ce BUTTS. CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint. .dis Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver tipped i Wroucht Table... 2... i.e eee ee cs dis Wrought Inside Blind................ dis Wrowont Brass. 2. ooo. ee dis Bie Clark soci ooo ecu Se ee dis Blind, Parker's... 2.5.2.2. 22. sc ccc ne dis Blind, Shepard’s...................... is CAPS. PPE SESE Se oe cca e ce 60 cue per Biekes ©. Baie oes oc ences se G.D IMMISHKEE soe ose os eens oc ocean CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new ee, Rim Fire, United States................ 850&10 @entral Pires) 32082 s ees eee qis0e 0 CHISELS. Socket Hirmer:. .: vo sc. cccsc cece ces dis 70&10 Socket Framing...............0cecc00. dis 70&10 Soeket COPer. 6. os. ooo coo ec eke dis 70&10 Socket SUCKS: 605022066 dis "%0&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 CON es as oe ics kee net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s...........-..cce00- dis 40&10 Hote ies a oe, dis 25 COCKS. Bice THAGHIND 6220 eo onc n ecco cee cace. 60&10 40 net : COPPER. noe 14 oz cut to size.............. 8b 28 4x52, 14x56, 14 x60 31 Cold Rolled, re abe and 14x60................. Cold Rolled, 14X48). ..o so oboe kc coe 23 WROLTOBIS. coos eee eee ole ede 23 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis Taper and StraightShank............ dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank.........:....... dis 40 ELBOWS. =. 4 piece, 6 ine. oo ioc nc. os doznet $.%5 COrrugated - oo. os. ese cece se es dis20&103 &0 BOTUNIGDIO ¢ ooo oe dis &10 XPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00: large, $26 00. dis 36 Ives’, 1, $18 60; 2, $24 00 3, $30 00. dis 25 "yitEs—New List. American File Association List...... dis 60&10 DigstOn' sh 2. eo ake ea dis 60&10 New American... 2.3. 0.650665 nsec ces dis 60&10 NIGNOISOIES. 60a bono eo ies occ kk ck dis 60&10 PEOUGI Goon i eek seis cess dis 55&10 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 50 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos.16to20, 22and 24, 2and26, 27 28 List 1 13 14 1b 8 Discount, 60. UGES. Stanley Rule and Level @osse. 5: dis 50 HAMMERS, war dole & ON Be ee ea dis 25 dis 25 vorkos & Blumbrs Sail Moc ade Goby s cas dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30.¢ list 50 Blacksmith’s Solid ee Beate Hand. .30 c 0&0 ‘Wood track — pion, anti-fri dis 60620 wood 50] LXX, 4 00] DC, _Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to Gray Gaueed HOUSE a ei aes GOODS.. Stamped Tin W eseedvses es DOW list Japanned Tin Ware, ee cee wiGuseses caus Granite Iron Ware................+. give HOES. KNOBS—NEW LIST. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis Door, porcelain, ap. trim: Door, porcelain, plated trimmings... eae Door, porcelain, trimmings ‘ Drawer and parry percelain.. Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.'s Hemacite .o6.. oe es a ey dis Russell & Irwin Mig. Co. Co.'s 8 new list. — Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s Branford’ 8.0 occ ceo ne ee as Norwalk’s ..... sede ete ee dis LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’8............. dis MATTOCKS. BOG YG. ose een cai eek $16 00 dis. Hunt Byes oo ic so $15 00 dis Hunt’ e500. ce $18 50 dis 20 & 10 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers €0.’8.... 0.5. .006cc ce ec ccc: ue 40 Coffee, P.S.& W.Mfg. Co. *s Malleables . Coffee, Landers, Ferry &Clark’s Coffee, Enterprise.... 22.0.0... 0... .ccces dis MOLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern .................... dis 60&10 Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............. dis os Enterprise, self-measuring.. ..dis NAILS —TRON. Common, Brad and Fencing. JO 66: 600-222 ose ® keg $2 10 8d and. 9d adv... ee a 25 Gd and ld adv... ee eS a0 and 50° 8dV 2 60.5 ue a a 8d AdVANCE.... 2.2. i. es. ce hee 1 3d fine advanee.... 22... ec 2 Clineh nails, adv. ...2. 5.65.06 1 Finishing i 10d 8d bs 4a Size—inches § 3 2% 1% Adv.@keg $125 150 fs 20 Steel Nails—2 20. OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10 Zine, with brass bottom.............. 2... “ 50 Brass or Copper... 60.25.6053 650 bec eases 50 REAPOE: (58. eo es er ~ 131 t Olmstead’s - ae 8: 50810 Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................. dis 40@10 Sciota Bench dis 50@55. Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ....... o 40@I10: Bench, firstiquality.................... Stanley Rule and ve Co.’s, wood.. aise ANS. Bry, AOM@. 0.020. 8s eee dis ae Common, polished...................-6 Dripping. oc: cc 25060 2 oa ees 2 ib ra RIVETS. Iron and Tinned..................000. dis 55. Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 60 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. ps ee Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24t0 27 10 20 *B’”? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to2%7 9 20 Broken packs \c # b extra. ROPES. Sisal, % in. and larger...................... 1% Manin’ 00 12% SQUARES. Steel and Tron. <2... 5s seek dis 70&10 Try and Bevels..-..... 6... oe. ce eccess dis dic Seigaeiews oi ecws ds cca as ota ed dis SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Nos. 10 to 142. 57. cc $4 20 Noselb to 80.2 65 oe INOS. 18 60. 28. oc. ois ce NOS. 22 tO 240 eee INOS 25:60 2625050 26505 4 40 No. 27 60 All sheets No, 18 and Heber, Over 2 inc wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 bs, ® D...... 2.0... In smaller quansities, WD. oe TACKS. American, all kinds.................. dis Steel, all kinds... 020. 2. scncceesnc. dis Swedes, all kinds... 620 ge dis Gimp and Lace............. cece cee dis Cigar Box Nails. oo. .2 cee 2s: dis Finishing Nails....................00. dis Common and Patent Brads.......... dis Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails. ...... dis Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis TINNER’S SOLDER. No.1, Refined... oo... 35sec: Market Half-and-half............. 2... Strictly Half-and-half.................. TIN PLATES. % IC, 10x14, Charcoal................ 54 IX, 10x14,Charcoal...............0006 IC, 12x12, Charcoal.. IX, 12x12, Charcoal... IC, 14x20, Charcoal TX, 14x20, Charcoal 14x20, Charcoal. IxXxX, 14x20, Charcool.. IXxxx Ix, ae ge 3 SRE & 5 75 58” 25 00 E omocutt? Sersess? xe ge S aS8 100 Plate Charcoal.................. DX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal.................. DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ BS maton 8 S FSSSSSHAARATRRS SES KRSSSSSSSSE a rates. Roofing, 14x20, IC. : oi cee. Vat Roofing, 14x20, Exe... iee oc se cs dee 6 40 Roofing, 20x28, IC. 2... ees ee es 10 50. Roofing, 20x28, IX..............0.2. Alaa 13 5 TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 50 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 11 00 TX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......... 14 00 TRAPS. Steel, Game: so. feck sa ee oe eu Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. BOsiO Hotchkiss’ 60810; -_ 6 95 |S. P. & W. Me. Go.’8... 2. eee: 60&10> Mouse, Choker............ccccccccccees 18¢ # dez, - Mouse, delusion.................0005 $1 50 2 doz. WIRE. Bright Market: <2 52 csoe5 aes dis 6734, Annealed Market.............-.cceees dis 7e&lu: Coppered Market..............ccceceees dis 62% Exura Bailing. 2. .ooo.0. ces oh ans dis 65, Tinned: Market... 60.0050 eek dis oe Tinned BrooOm:, .. 0.0 .o6s5- socee cess cee 8 Db Tinned Mattress. ... 20.20.2002... kec cc ces 9 Db a Coppered Spring Steel................. dis Tinned Spring Steel................ . dis oo Piain Fence................ : 3 Barbed Fence, galvanized. painted... Copper: 2:. oe, ; Bragg ooo. oes “new listnet WIRE GOODS. dis 70&10&10: ...dis 70&10&10 -.dis TO&10&10; Gate Hooks and Eyes. dis 70&10&10; WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.. eeceseoe 93 | Coe’s Genuine.................c cece aes dis Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis ~ Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis - TRAC MISCELLANEOUS. 49| Bird Cages... <0. 6.0.20. oeo ccc ccee es ae Pumps, Cistern.... 0205... ets ek dis Screwa, new list... ... 5.6... ieee wae Casters, Bed and Pilate...” ~-dissoaa0gaa ea Dampers, American Forks, hoes, see © an all steel goods... Copper Bottoms.... -..... 10. ceseees HARDWOOD LUMBER, i The furniture factories here pay as follows ee for dry stock, measured nr mall culls out; Basswood, log-run..............00+. a 00 5 90 Birch, log-run OSes ca vce te meena G Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.. ¢ Black Ash, log-run.. erry, 10g G Cherry, Nos.1 and 2........ we scee ce 45 COGS Cherry, cull D1 Maple, log-run............ oa ca erage 2 Maple, soft, log-rum................. 1 Revie Nos. land2. Le 4 Map! e, clear, flooring... seecteccceee |G Maple, white, selected........... peo Red Oak, log-run..... cece cece neces 18 ¢ Red Oak, Nos.1 and... «24.0 Red Oak, 4 sawed, Sin ‘and ‘upw'd.. 40.0 Red Oak, * — - +80 Red Oak, No. 1, are reNces eae Walnut, lo og-run. Walnut, Nos. 1 an culls... eaecesocoe weeee se ese une Ceeeecccces eek Waln 40) Grey ei stence of one single ; course with a fervor | ang n worthy of a better stro 2 rr, the other day, as the southeast corner of his heart there ble-bodied, onion-flavored sigh which sent two men on that trip which 4cnows no excess baggage or return, ‘Until a few weeks ago, I was a happy . My stock of contentment and pros- ity was rapidly reaching the highest quo- tations. Buta change came, which, al- though gradual, was none the less keen, and its effect upon my constitution and by- laws has been such that Lam fast becoming a candidate for the glue factory.” - His words came thick and fast and smelt » @f cloves, and I could see by the haggard expression of his off countenance that some- _ where in his system were secreted portions _ of reckless grief and wild, uncontrollable sorrow, with a slight mixture of dyspep- $ia. His eye had a far-away, I-have-for- _ gotten-my-mileage-book gaze, and he ever _ sand anon gave an impatient kick at the dis- ; tant horizon. *On one of my Allegan county trips,” he continued, ‘‘one of my customers urged me to accept as a present a Shanghai rooster _ sand hen, andin an unguarded moment I , . did. Oh, that I had listened to the prompt- - - ngs of my better intelligence and refused +his gift, aye, even if I suffored the loss of “this trade by doing so! I told him that on ‘my return trip I would be ready to take ‘with me his highly appreciated gift. When ‘I came back and the train stopped in front of his store, I closed my eyes and made be- lieve that I was asleep, but it was no go. He sought me out and handed me a box containing those infernal fowls. Upon ‘reaching home, I told my wife what had oc- _ scurred, and together we constructed a coop for the poultry. That was the beginning of my downfall.” And he looked askance and _ drew on me for what sympathy I had with ame at the time. _ “I did not go out that week, but remain- ed at home and slowly but earnestly suc- cumbed tothe spell which that old back numbered hen wrought over me. Whatlit- tle confidence I had in her was soon shaken by certain actions which I was totally ata loss to account for. A few hours’ observa- tion and study, however, revealed the har- rowing fact that her henship possessed an incubator which had made itself annoyingly manifest to its owner by a harfkering to set.” ' Here my friend gavea sigh which would +ave attracted attention in a crowdany day. ‘From the moment the hen discovered her proprietorship of an incubator, she seemed to have an indistinct notion that there was a scarcity in door-knobs, rake- handles, old corsets and hoopskirts and oth- er like productions of a well-organized back yard. I tried to reason with her about her not being built in exactly the right way to make a success in her new line of industry, _ but she was deaf to all arguments and en- treaties. She would start off with no other object in view than to search for an old broken door-knob that I had thrown at a cat one night, and when she had found it a _@lad expression would come over her and - ‘with a satisfied cluck she would commence fer day’s work. A neighbor told me to wa- ter her and I did so by turning the hose on _. her until I thought her ardor and incubator were damp enough for a while. Fora time -she seemed to yearn for a better life, and I congratulated myself in having found so effectual yet simple a remedy. But, also, how little does man understand the nature - ofa hen who has a penchant for incubation. ‘She got the idea into her noddle that there - was to be a corner in glass bottles. In or- -. der to relieve the market, she went to work ona broken bottle which she found near the back fence. When I saw this 1 was “going to take my revolver and fertilize the ‘garden with my brains, but my wife told -me if I courted death to eat canned goods— at was slower, but none the less sure. ‘What did I d@ Ihardly remember, as at that time I began to lose my reason. I ‘have an indistinct notion that I caught that hen and denuded her incubator of every feather. Then, in the dimness of mental it, I saw her darting here and there} a faint hope that she might place that ,spot of her system far beyond the ; eyes of her husband, Mr. Rooster. x bator, in its travels about the yard, with a dazzling brilliancy and, as the eed increased, made a bright streak from phe fence to barn, like unto the tail of a a cloudless night. The wild, un- get-there look in the hen’s eye to a far-away, East Saginaw, r vacancy, and I feared for her See rolled off her beak | strong: club ‘aha I knocked the tar ont of that hen, and I am now on my “way to do likewise with the fiend who presented her to me.” He walked away. ‘The solemn and de- jected air had given way to one of determi- nation, and I knew that ere long someene’s life blood would slowly ooze froma gaping wound made by one who did the act in a fit of temporary insanity. Bren HEAD. oOo There Were Two of Them. ‘Hello! What’s this?” cried Bill, as he bolted up in bed and looked into the muz- zle of a revolver. **Your money or your life!” called out a hoarse voice. ‘“‘What! you would not rob me, would you?” quoth Bill. - “I would.” **You do not know who I am,” continued Bill. ‘‘I am a coal dealer, Honor among—” But the robber had fled with a baffled cry of rage. Aina: i mm big) BA POT} WE RS GRAND RAPIDS MICH Buy of the manufacturer and save freights and dealers’ commissions. Factory, 61, 63 and 65 South Front St. Office and salesroom, 92 ’Monroe street. BRAUTIGAM BROS., MANUFACTURERS OF Cant Hook Handles, Whippletrees, Neck Yokes, Spinning Wheels and Job Turning Of All Kinds. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NORTH DORR, MICH. LACE to secure athorough and useful education is at the GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) Bust- NESS COLLEGE. write for Col- lege Journal. Address, C.G. SWENSBERG. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros., Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich, Oo -s8 oe A die for pointing wire nails consists of two interlopking pieces of metal, one of which is provided with straight surfaces on- ly and the other with one inclined surface adapted to leave a beveled slot for forming a beveled slot for forming a beveled point on the nail when said interlocking pieces come together. William G. Algeo, of Beaver Falls, Pa., {s the inventor. ——————»—> > ___ ‘Uncle John, did you know that Mr.— had made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors?” Humph!” said Uncle John, ‘that’s the way they always put it; ‘assign- ment for the benefit of creditors!’ But who ever knew creditors to get any benefit of an assignment?” BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS, Wholesale Grocers. IMPORTERS OF Teas, Lemons and Foreign Fn 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. |}QUEEN ANNE, Greet Pasking & Provision (0. JOBBERS IN FRESH MEATS. Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. = OMe WHITE LEAD AND GOLOR WORKS, Dry Color Makers and Paint Manufacturers, sean MICHIGAN. _ Chrome Fellows, Vermilion, PERKINS a HESS MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, ZAR, .« - MASCOTTE, MONDAY, PHGNIX, CAMEO, WABASH, AND OTHERS. For Quotations address W. G. HAWKINS, Lock Box 173, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Salesman for Western Michigan. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR Provision Departmen We Carry a Large Stock of all kinds of Dry and Salt Meats and BUTTERINE. We buy of First Hands and Will Not Be Undersold by anybody. Cody, Ball, Barnhart & Go TRY OUR OF LEBRATED “BEE 22 CHOP’ JAPAN TRA. This tea is grown in the Province of Surunga, which district, all Japanese admit, produces the most regular leaf and best drinking Tea of the many plantations now yield- ing. Each year some new district becomes known, but none grow any tea equal to that from Surunga. Our Teas are carefully picked by the natives, and the leaf well rolled. They are then sent to Yokohoma, where special attention is given to the firing and pack- ing for this market. We can highly recommend our ‘‘Brr CHor” Tea, and all lovers of a full, rich drinking tea-will appreciate its many merits. Try it and be convinced. J. H. THOMPSON & CO,, oO Jefferson Ave. Detroit, Mich. The “GOOD BNOUS we — Lamps aro filled direct by THE PUMP without lifting the Can. .The Fill ing Tube adjusting to suit the heighth of any lamp. Any overflow or drippings are returned to the Can through an opening inthe center of the top. When closed the Filling Tube enters this opening, pre- venting evaporation from _ EITHER PUMP OR CAN. L AND GASOLINE CAN! EVERY LIVE DEALER SHOULD SELL THEM. '. The Most Practical Large Sized Can in the market and the ONLY Pump Can which closes PERFECTLY AIR TIGHT preventing evaporation from either Can or Pump HALF A MILLION IN ACTUAL USE |! Thoughimitated in Appearance, by no means Equaled in Merit. te Its recognized Qualities and increasing Popularity has induced imitations and its would-be competitors are trying to follow—their eyes fixed on the“G@COD ENOUGH”’— ~The Bright Star That Leads Them All.*s- DON’T BE HUMBUGGED by cheap and worthless imitations and SO-CALLED air tight Cans. Buy the ORIGINAL—the GENUINE OLD RELIABLE “GOOD ENOUGH” and guarantee your customers ABSOLUTE SAFETY AND THE GREATEST POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE. MANUFACTURED BY Winfield Manufacturing ©o., Warren, 0, ASK YOUR JOBBER FOR THESE CANS. INSIST ON AVING THEM. TAKE NO OTHER. ~ Grand Rapids, Good Work, Guaranteed for Five Years, at Fair Prices. Mich. VINDEX TEE BEST o-C. CIGAR In the World. STRAIGHT HAVANA LONG FILLER, SUMATRA WRAPPER GLARK, JEWELL & 6 Sole Agents for Western Mich. SPRING & COMPANY JOBBERS IN DRY GOOD Hosiery, Carpets, Fite. D ald 6 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, HESTEHR & FOR, Manufacturers’ Agents for , | SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHIN ERY, ATLAS ENGINE WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Us S.A. MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Casry Engines and Boilers In Stock for immediate delivery. d for 'f Catalogue / 2 Prices. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of ‘Wood-Working Wachinacs 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. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L, M. CARY. L. L. LOVERIDGE, Sane! CARY & LOVERIDCE, GENERAL DEALERS IN Fire and Burelar Proof SAFES Combination and Time Locks, 11 Tonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich, AGENTS FOR THE ‘““HUSTLING HAMILTON.” Pencil Sketch of a Prominent Young Mich- igan Business Man. . ¥rom the Detroit Journal. e they point at with pride, and say, DB sound advice. At Traverse City they have a man ie ‘He is a brainy business man and a Christian gen- -tleman.” Of course, such combinations are ‘not uncommon, but this case is so plain to all that it is worth being spoken of. This particular Christian gentleman and business hustler was born in Maine in 1848, and his parents named him Frank Hamilton. The name has stuck to him ever since. Inearly life he struck Traverse City, and in 1868 entered the employ of the Hannah, Lay Co. as dry goods clerk. After five years’ service for that firm, Mr. Hamilton and J. W. Milliken, a fellow- Clerk, became desirous of going into busi- ness for themselves, but upon going clear. down into the toe of the traditional stocking they found that their. combined capital was too limited. Mr. Hannah, a very cautious business man, paid the young men a high . compliment by setting them up in business with a $27,000 stock of goods and a little Their success has fully dem- - onstrated the correctness of his estimate of their character, as the pecuniary obligation has long since been canceled and they now carry a $50,000 stock of goods and the firm are said to be the most liberal patrons of the advertising press, in proportion to the capital invested, of any firm in the State doing a purely mercantile business in a city where there are no daily papers published. To this agency Mr. Hamilton modeéstly at- tributes a large measure of their suceess. It is chiefly, however, through his connec- tion with the State Business Men’s Associa- tion that his name has become familiar abroad. Between four and five years ago a local association was formed through his influence and upon a plan suggested by him, under the name of the Traverse City Busi- ness Men’s Association, of which he was unanimously chosen President, a position s he continued to hold until the formation of _ the State Association, of which he may be considered the founder. Three years later he was elected President of that body, and re-elected by acclamation at their last annu- al meeting, held at Flint. His annual re- ports and other writings upon business matters show considerable literary ability, besides being replete with practical common sense. In appearance, Mr. Hamilton is of medi- : @: um height, of slender build and erect carri- 2 and getting eighteen. age, with light brown hair and mustache, the aforesaid hair showing a disposition to jet the sunshine in on his scalp. Probably no man in Michigan has a wider acquaint- ance than he has among tradesmen, and cer- tainly no man has done more to bring them into a unity of purpose and endeavor,to the end that business may be carried on safely, dead-beats be discouraged and general pros- perity follow. } a—=—- a> + PICKED UP. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN. ‘Cranks? Well, they areall over. You go to ? You know old man Bruff? Well, some three or four, or maybe more, years ago, Bruff was in the grocery trade. ‘There were only two groceries in the place, Bruff’s and Gruff’s. Gruff was selling wa- , ter white oil and getting twenty cents a gal- ‘ion for it, and Bruff was selling legal test Bruff’s customers, . some of them, anyway, would go to Gruff’s . for water white, and this ‘‘kind 0’ riled” the oldman. He was jealous, anyway, and if the boys wanted to hear him rear they would concoct some tale of what great trade _ the other man had. » _ Well, one fine day, Bruff goes over to _ awning post like this: Gruff’s store and hangs up a sign on an ee eee scese Msc sece ° i | WATER WHITE OIL “ AT BRUFF’S, ; 16 cents a gallon. : eee cree see evrcese. Cores ew-ceeence ee ecc cece Per swccessces ” That started the ball. Grutf was game to athe backbone, and pretty soon water white ypped to one cent.a gallon. Then they be- gan to give it with every dollar’s worth of oods purchased, and pretty soon with ey- very purchase, five gallons.of oil. The tinner was the busiest man in town while it lasted. They kept it up two weeks and then old Bruff filled up with whisky, fired ybody out of his store, locked up and up next day, he hung up a new sign _|ing young fellow sitting behind the stove. _| “Try ’em on?” he asked him. ‘Never box} _{ much,” was the answer. After much per- ; ‘Teacher of Self Defense, Chicago, Il.” ind when t | a meek-look- suading, and a good deal of winking at the gathered crowd, and after promising the meek-looking young fellow not to hurt him, they stood up to each other. At first, our sport had the best of the tyro and seemed bursting with suppressed laughter. Pretty soon things changed, and in about three minutes our sport was the worst used-up looking specimen you ever saw. After the general laughter had died away, he asked the chap what his name was and he handed him the following ecard: ‘John Murray, *‘Why, hello, old man; ain’t seen you in a long while. How are you, anyway?” “Fairly well, thank you. How does the world use you?” ‘Oh, lots better than the people. Let’s see; it must be nigh six months since I saw you last, eh?” ‘*Yes, as much as that.” ‘Well, well; how time flies. The last time we were together was over in Wiscon- sin, and you had just heard from home and were telling me about your wife and baby, and:showed me their pictures. How are they? Baby as fatas ever, eh?” *“*They are both dead. Yes, the baby first and then my wife. Do you wonder 1 look aged? Ah, my friend, time that has flown so fast for you has been very slow with me, and if I could only bring back six months ago. when I was so happy!” And he arose and went out on the rear platform, while his friend looked out the window and wiped his eyes. Leo. A. CARo. £ or? Or The members of the Michigan Salt Asso- ciation have agreed to stop the manufacture of salt from December 1 to April 1. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tion. They are simple durable and econom- ical. No grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee Vf and pea-nuts to per fection. Send for circulars. Robt. 5. West, 150 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio. | Plug Sailor Hat Perfume | - : £6005 cc large Tooth Pick “ round Slipper small - medium large “ “ 6 73 Cornicopia Chair © , Cat Tooth Pick Perfume, large China Shoe Perfume, large All above in assorted colors. ORDERS BY MAIL SOLICITED. Jennings & Smith 38 and 40 LOUIS STEET, Grand Rapids, Mention Tradesman. & - = Mich. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF ABSOLUTE =SPIGRS, —AND— Absolute Baking Powder. 100 PER CENT. PURE. PUTNAM & BROOKS WHOLESALE OYSTERS! NO BETTER GOODS IN THE LAND TRY THEM 18, 15, 17 South Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS. Correspondence a merchant is judged largely by the quality of his STATIONERY, And.if you are not supplied with LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, CARDS. Send to us for Samples and Prices. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Fuler & Stowe Company 49 LYON STREET, Grand Rapids. - Mich. DILWORTH BROTHERS, Proprietors, with GOOD COFFEE would do we _ to avoid Brands that require the sup- port of Gift Schemes, Prize Promises or Lotttery Inducements:. == ts DILWORTH'S COFFEE, ‘Which Holds Trade on Account of f Superior Merit Alone. Unequaled Quality. Improved Roasting Patent Preservative Packages. For Sale by AMOS S. MUSSELMAN & CO., Grand eee and all Jobbers at Detroit, Saginaw and ay City. Process. PITTSBURGH, Penn. ZINGS ~ UGKWHEAY FLOUR. — THE BEST GOODS MADE, PUT UP IN 5 1h. and 21-2 Ib, PACKAGES. 100 lb. Cases 30 lb. Cases ; Hor Sale By Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, Arthur Meigs & Co, Clark, Jewell & Co., Amos 8. Musselman & Co., Hawkins & Perry, Olney, Shields & Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich, AND ALL JOBBERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Manufactured By KING & LAMB, No. 14 oth Ave., CHIGAGO, IIL $5.00. $4.25. ae P STEKETEE & SONS JOBBERS iN DRY GOODS, AND NOTIONS, 88S 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 adda woke Rub. DOUBLE THICK BALL. Ordinary Rubber Bocis - always wear out firston the ball. The CANDEE Boots are double thick on the ball, and give DOUBLE WEAR, ' Most economical Rubber Root in the market. Lests longer than any other boot and the PRICE“ NO HIGHER, Call and ex- amine the Jobbers of Rubber and Oil Clothing of all kinds, Horse and Wagon Covers, Leather and Rubber Belting and Mill and Fire Depart- { A Specialty. ment Supplies. Send for price list. JENNESS & McGURDY. : Importers and Manvfackvrers’ Agents, DEALERS IN Crockery, Ch é Me cred fi a es na, Glassware Fancy Goods of all Descriptions. | HOTEL AND STEAMBOAT GOODS, Bronze and Library Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets,, Eis, AO %3-and 76 Jefferson Ave., alley Gity Milling Co. OUR LEADING BRANDS: Roller Champion, Gilt Edge, Matchless, Lily White, Harvest Queen, Snow Flake, White Loaf, Reliance, Gold Medal, Graham. OUR SPECIALTIES: Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Granulated Meal, Bolted Meal, Coarse Meal, Bran, Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed. Write for Prices. Grand Rapids, Michigan. HANDLES! $ .75 1.25 2.00 2.50 1.50 2.25 1 x Ax Handles 2x . ox 4x & x Dbl. Bit 4x 6¢ 6¢ 6s 6e 66 ce ce C. & D. LANTERNS, Olt, CANS AND TANKS, And a General Line of PAPER & WOODENWARE. CURTISS & DUNTON,. Ge WOOLs KANSAS CITY-HO, tions : | wo aN MocHA, Yorio ON SPICE CO. TOLEDO-OHIO. MEHRCHANTS | IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION To Consumers, and is, Consequently, a Quick and Hasy seller, OLSON KANSAS CITY a IAA MocHAy “sRic COFFEE * MocHA, Jinic Moon eee MANGAS CITY-HO. TOLEDO-OHIO. SPICE! C2. TOLEDO-OHIN. Increase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING LION COFFEE. | more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the of Michigan and elsewhere who price either in Packages or in Bulk and storek piety bonalig ion are urged to give it a trial. We cheerfully ee 10 3 | j established at all prominent, cities, se by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohi inks, and studies, and ponders it o’er, the best can bring cash trade through | Conf ee his front door; ‘And goon a bright thought comes into his : brain, Wor his own and his friends’ ood and mutu- al gain. - Hea Business Men’s Association will form! Bohe calls in his neighbors—the merchants in town, . And, broaching the subject, asks their opin- _ fons around. < ‘zhepinn was approved, and now there is not A dead-beat in town; and the happiest man ‘4s the first individual who thought of the plan. RELLOUE. ene The Michigan Commercial Travelers’ As- sociation. Written Especially for THE TRADESMAN. Thinking that a brief. review of the his- tory of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association would be of interest to many of your readers, I herewith submit the same. The fourteenth annual meeting of the Association will occur on Friday, December 30. Since its organization there has been paid out of its treasury to the beneficiaries of thirty-seven deceased members, $83,- 716.25, and there is now on hand a surplus orreserve fund of about $25,000, invested in interest bearing bonds. The average cost per capita for $2,500 insnrance is estimated to be about $24 per annum. The Association is fraternal and co-opera- tive, and is entitled to the favorable consid- eration of every commercial traveler, espe- cially the young men, as they can make no investment of afew dollars that in future years will bring so large a return of good- fellowship and acash dividend when they reach ‘‘the end of the road.” The membership of the Association is seattered all over the Eastern, Middle and Western States, although a large portion are residents of Michigan. Detroit has a membership of about 300; Grand Rapids about 50. Saginaw, Jackson and Lansing have a corresponding number. The officers of the Association are elected yearly at the annual meeting. The con- stitution provides that the members of the Board of Directors must be residents of Detroit,butall other lucrative and honorable positions in the gift of the Association are a prize for those who get them, let them re- side where they may. Why do not the members of the second, third and fourth eities combine and send a delegation to the annual meeting, have a voice in the affairs of the Association and procure their pro- ‘portion of the honorable positions when they are passed around? The annual meeting is an event in which many of the prominent merchants of Detroit take an interest, as its successful manage- ment and prosperity are identical with the present social and commercial success of their salesmen and the future welfare of their families. There is already some talk in &M. C. T. A circles; as to who are possible eandidates for the offices to be distributed by ballot.at the coming annual. Cannot our > Grand Rapids friends name one or more of the prominent officers? Have they not a possible candidate for some honorable or lucrative place? Grand Rapids is the only city that has an auxiliary or post organization, and this fact alone ought to secure for it a larger repre- sentation at the annual meeting than a few amembers who chance to be in Detroit on that occasion. It is possible if an effort was made, that the annual meeting could be held in some other city than Detroit. The liber- al minded, thinking and aggressive mem- bers do not regard the Association as the exclusive property of Detroit, but would .mouch rather record its growth in member- ship than its title in fee simple. A mem- Dershipin this Association is worth a pre- ammium, and yet it can be had at par, at a cost of only $10. Commercial travelers and -. members of the Association, come to the _. gmnual meefing December 30. Post A, of ‘Grand Rapids, send a strong delegation; - @ssert your claims and dare to maintain * Them; at least demand that THe TRADES- ‘MAN (instead of a Chicago monthly) shall ‘be theorgan of our State Association, and _ ¥f you need any assistance in this direction make sight draft on aes s M. J. MATHEWS. ‘The Eaton & Christenson Failure. Assignee Davis has completed his schedule ' liabi ities. and assets in the Eaton & 1 failure, from which it appears . t the -assets are $44,089.08, comprising pen Dingee & Co, 76 | typi 16| Certain spe wa always follow 09| smoker, would look for the remnants W socid| the smoker left unused, 95 | not admitted to the room where smoking The habit takes the same possession of them that it: ‘does of a men. 60 | 2 little opium are inactive, dull and useless ane th & a eeos - Spaulding &) & Merrick, MC Eppenstzin & Co, Samuel Bliss, ectioners’ Supply Co, A RBremer, asc Bunte Bros & ree Yr, a seas Atlantie Cigar moral, Mass... Curtis & Son, Portland, Erie Preserving Co, Bunalo.. Crosby & Stoughton, Hartfor 10 Whiting & Co, Boston.. fies AH Sensheimer, Cincinnat oe State House Cigar Co, Philad hia.. J C McCook & Co, * J E Burns & Co, J Roh: a & Co, Lichten Bro Barlow, Rogers & Simpson, Binghamptonii0. 10 Lyman, Cloc 5.00 Schubmebl.1 Pratt & Co, 15, aa 65 Sheak, Keeler & Co, 480. Hull, Grummond & Co, 820.00 L Clock & Son, 250.00 Cooke, Strickland & Co, 260.00 261.48 15.23 $s se J Weller & Co, Cincinnati.............. H L Hobart & Co, Boston.. W Graf & Co, Milwaukee Adams & Co, Jno Plankerton & Co, serene os F Neuman, Jr, & Co, Dorr...... cet W F Stuart, Crofton ...... Brian & Co, Baltimor Jewett & Sherman Co. Buffalo. Lederman & Co, Lancaster, Pa. Chandler . Rudd, Cleveland CT deisel. Dilworth Bros, Pittsburg... SS Marvin & Co, Hammond, Standish & Co, Detroi Detroit Lithograph Co, Gray, Toynton & Fox, D Scotten & Co, io eee: Jacoby & Bookman, New York poe Howard Ives, H Sheldon & Co, P Paholski, Adams & Son, a. Goodwin & Co, ae bn A C Rodreanez & Co, vn 1,000.00 Powell, Wenigman & Smith, New York "257.50 S G Condit, 960. J Ellenger & Co. Lichtenstein, Son & Co, of W Glaccum, “ H A Richey, sf H Sheidon & Co, a AW Foote & Co, at Hills Bros, “ Kaufman Bros & Bondy, a Lewyn & Martin, fe ge J M Pitman, oe Wolff & Reesing, ot Greenfield, Son & Co, a Dayton Paper Co, Dayton, O.......... Wm Graf & Co, Milwaukee............ S W Venable & Co, Petersburg, Vex i Norkyk, Marmon & Co, Moline.. . Glaser, Frame & Co, Reading, Pa.. Shirts Bros, Shelby.............-.- 2.28 John P Hier, Syracuse................. Walsh, DeRoo & Co, Holland.......... MV Wilson, Sand Lake........ ....... Mutual Union Cigar (0... 255. sess. G B Horton, Fruitridge................ Gugler Litho Co, Milwaukee.......... Ti tadd, Adrian... o6c 55 608.22 oes ese. WE Olewiler, Long Level,'Pa......... S L Johns, McSherrystown, Pa.. A Maring, Hart & Co, Bellaire, O........ AE Palmer, Hillsdal Ores loses seo eos John E Bentz, York, Pa..... een eee Smith Bros, Poughkeepsie. ye Abe Vollor & Co, Elgin, Ul... .............. Yocum Bros, Reading, Pa............. Schaefer & Mehrt, Dayton, O.......... >_< Sago Flour. From the Straits Times. Sago is well worthy the study of an econ- omists; nature has stored up such vast and well nigh illimitable stores of food in the shape of sago forests, as to excite the won- der of all who have studied the subject and the sago palm is a reproductive plant, so that no amount of felling and cutting can subdue its wonderful fertility. The world at present draws its supplies of sago from Borneo and Sumatra, but the true home of the fiour-giving palm is to be found In the Moluccas and New Guinea. The voyager in these regions may steam past miles and miles of apparently never-ending sago for- ests, the trees of which will yield about double the quantity of Bornean and Sumat- ran palms, and the produce of which will work up into a much finer description of flour, owing to the fact that they are grown in very rich soil, and that with such inex- haustible supplies to go upon, there is never any need to cnt down young and immature trees, which necessarily yield but very little poor stuff. ‘These superb territories, how- ever, are under Dutch rule, and although there is much in the Dutch system of gov- ernment which is admirable, yet it is an un- deniable fact that from a commercial point of view it is a distinct failure, and that our friends from Holland cannot develop their territories in the same way as we open up our new countries. The manufacture of sago flour presents but one difficulty, and that is the peculiar manner in which the weight of the mass of pith constituting the value of the tree is sup- ported. The bark of the tree is a mere shell, and just serves as a sort of wrapper enclosing the sago pith, the weight of this pith being carried by closely interwoven fibres of extraordinary rigidity, whose tough and wire-like properties-are the des- pair of the manufacturer. . The gentle natives who have to deal with this difficulty solve a problem, which has puzzled many a wiser head, in their own aboriginal way. sé oo e¢ 2 06 oe 450.00 247.80 221.45 od 66 6c 6s 66 66 66 700.00 81.60 These children of the sun simply drive a}- few nails into a board, and with this .prim- itive implement they manage to rasp thou- sands upon thousands of tons of merchantable sago flour out of their forests. It is marvelous. how the trade of the world is built up by the spas- modic efforts of myriads of naked savages. The cost of production would be greatly re- duced, however, if machinery could be brought to bear on the rebellious fibre which could deal with it successfully. A trial was made by Messrs. Riley &. Hargreaves’ works some years ago with a disintreyrator, a piece of machinery originally intended, we believe, for a sugar mill. of this» machine is that a number of hammers are. fixed on a _ circu- lar plate, whieh is- made ~>-_2—____—— They Give It Up. From the American Dairyman. We never could reconcile the latest theo- ry of how a cow produces her milk at the time of milking with the fact that the rich- est milk comes last. It is generally sup- posed that this richness comes from the ris- ing of the cream in the udder, just as would be the case if the dairymen began to draw milk from the bottom of the can, the last he would get would be the richest. That theory looks like common sense, and we can all understand it; but this presupposes that the milk is made and allowed to stand 49| long enough for the cream to’ rise. If the milk is generated on the spot and while the cow is being milked, then hew is it possible for the cream to become separated from the first milk that isdrawn? It looks .a little as though there was some truth in both no- tions, and that the cow carries part of her supply, and makes part of it while she is being milked, but in that event the middle 00} of the milking and not the last should be the richest; so we give it up. eect arin ‘ A cow that with the same feed and care 00) will give eleven quarts of milk aday will make ten per cent. clear profit over the cow 55| that gives ten quarts a day. —$_—>_. VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: DL Ward, Dewing Siding D Clelland, Coopersville F A Baldwin, LaDu & Baldwin, Coral AS Hobart, Big Rapids S E Young, Lakeview W S Johnson, W § Johnson & Co, Sutton’s Bay Will Shirts, Shirts Bros, Shelby H A Fisher, Lake City F D Warren, Martin Thos. Heffernan, Baldwin LA Scoville, Clarksville TS Jordan, Elmira RK Hesseltine, Casnovia Mrs Mary Withey. Hasting J A Shattuck, Sand Lake Mrs M Burbank, Spring Lake Geo Patrick, Midland T J Smedley, Byron S A Bush, Lowell F Goodman, surnip’s Corners §S Monroe, Berlin N Bouma, Fisher J A Coiby, Rockford CH Joldersma, Jamestown N EF Miiler, Lisbon Sarah Tomsett, Edgerton E Medes, Coral H Colby. Rockford J H Williams, Leroy Frank Smith, Leroy WwW W Forrester, Pierson Horace Blair, Kingsley Eli Runnels, Corning Worthington & Finley, Centerville W F Mercer, West Carlyle Sidney Stark, Allendale Jno Cook, Grand Haven L M Wolte, Hudsonville Mr Farrowe, Farrowe & Dalmon, Allendale ‘ Wm Vermulen, Beaver Dam OF & W P Conklin, Ravenna H Van Noord, Jamestown W H Horning, Woodville Geo P Stark, Cascade Cc F Williams, Caledonia M V Wilson, Sand Lake J Q Look, Lowell RW Parrish, Grandville ‘J C Benbow, Cannonsburg F J Eilenberg, Fowler Geo Carrington, Trent CH Adams, Otsego J F Mann, Lisbon « J Raymond, Berlin Peter Heeres, Muskegon S Cooper, Jamestown M M Robson. Berlin J ¥ Keeny, Ferry John Smith, Ada Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners D C’Carlin, Greenville J F Clark, Big Bapids A F Harrison, Sparta W W Peirce, Moline Walter Frink, Newberry J C Drew, Rocktord Nilson & Eldred, Dowling Fred Moore, Haire Chas Henion, Bonanza A W Blain, Dutton J A Mitchell, Lowell GM Huntley, Reno C E Coburn, Pierson “John M Cook, Grand Haven C Rosenraad, Zeeland Cole & Chapel, Ada A L Carpenter, Baldwin A W Fenton & Co, Bailey M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe John Damstra, Gitchell S T Colon, Alaska J V Crandall & Son, Sand Lake T ¥ Sheridan & Co, Wright Siding JH Parker, Parker & Dutton, Alpine mS P Woodard, New Era Lumber Co, New ra H Thompson, Canada Corners GW Robinson, Edgerton Jolin .Gunstra, Lamont AJ Holstead & Son, Ryerson C K Hoyt, Hudsonville W W Divine. Fulton S J Martin, Sulliven L Maier, Fisher \ ¥F Boonstra, Drenthe — oe . Absolutely the Best Brand. KF ¥ Dettenthgler makes a bold assertion when he claims that the ‘‘Anchor” brand is absolutely the best sold in this market, but the avidity with which dealers insist on having the ‘‘Anchor” brand and the posi- tiveness with which they refuse to have any gui other give good grounds for the belief that Mr. Dettenthaler’s assertions are borne out by facts. Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides are weak in price and quiet. Pelts ‘are without change, as is also the case with wool and. tallow. low, with large quantities carried over from last year. | the regular price current this week. _ The fur market opens Quotations of furs are added to se---2 00 BAKING n{| Frazer’ ake Saree ox 5s pais : ‘Diamond Se | Modoe, 4 doz.. Fraziers, 26 b pails. POWDER. ,10cent cans................ % 66 at 5 1 7ictorian, 1 b ae (tall,) 2 doz. Diamond, “bulk Absolute, 4% b cans, . cans in case... ose 1 oe Telfer’s 4 Ib, cans, 6 doz in case.. o6 ye oe be 3 oe oe oy BLUING oe j 66 2 2 Oo RABASR 66 6s SRSASRRSSES bet BO DO Dry, No. 22.5.5. 52.355 « Dry, No. 3..... Liquid, 4 0z,... Liquid, 8 oz. ..... TCUCHO OZ se cos hos oa ae Arctic No. : pepper box ea a are sae enlace Arctic No. 2 Arctic No.3 No. 2Hurl..... Tecan 1 %5|Common Whisk.. No.1 Hurl.........- 2 00;Fancy Whisk...... 4 No. 2Carpet........ 2 25) Mill 5 No.1 Carpet........ 2 a oe Warehouse ........ 2 15 Parlor Gem... Runkle Bros’.. BIG OR. ose rece cou 66 os os Maltby’ 8, é ee de SOG cede ae carats alc ps ATES oe cs ce sees ‘ Manhattan, “pails. oO ea is PCCTIOSS Boro ozs Ge esc cls aos soe ens 5 Bulk, pails or barrels................0. 6e ctae sin. . Vienna Premium.. Homeo-Cocoa.. a Breaktast. .. 226.6 cc. as ewe BWC... 55. 55 ese ees ‘33 37 A8 COCOANUT. Sehepps, 7 WOU ale Se Uge glee avis @25 @26 @27 @27% @23% @24 @rA% @20 @18 G16 COFFEE S—PACKAGE face. Lion, in cabinets.. Dilworth’s IMAGCNOUG.- 2... cso. eee es Honey Bee.... 30 Ibs 60 bs 100 hs & 24% 25% - 2458 2416 ee 25% 25% tin German 2.645. ees German, in bins............. c Arbuckle’s Ariosa............ oe AVOViea......... 5% 2544 2236 COFFEES. COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS. Bell, Conrad & Co.’ s Plantation Java. Mocha... ....... JAVORS. 200.353. Imperial......... Banner.......... se os ee oe o6 66 M exican. Arbuckle’ @Avorica, 50 Ib. double’ bags * Quaker Cy. “ © Best Rio < Prime Maricakbo is Thompson & Co.’s Honey Bee.......... CORDAGE. 60 foot Jute... 72 foot Jute ... 49 Foot. Cotton.... -. . 90 1 20 1 50 oe oe {50 foot Cotton.... 1 60 foot Cotton....1 {2 foot Cotton....2 CRACKERS AND SWEET ORR Kenosha Butter................ Seymour Butter............... Butter Fancy Butter... os eens. ce 4% Be OVSlOr gop wie Sac gece Picnic Pe ie See seca ck a owl dels Fancy Oyster...........-...- ce MONG. see ss saa: 5 Fanc 4% al Pretzels, hand-made........... PRGRZGIS «65 2. 552 ko cae sce ee s CEACINNOIS 2205 os. oes oe oe sc ece's Lemon Cream................-. Sugar Cream...............22+- Frosted Cream................. Ginger Snaps...............--- No. 1 Ginger Snaps............ Lemon Snaps...........-..000- Coffee Cakes............0..-0-. Lemon Wafers...............-. SUIRHIOS ooo G oe we se ec Extra Honey Jumbles......... Frosted Honey Cakes......... Cream GemS............2--0e0- Bagle Seed S. & M. Cakes. Lobsters, 1 ib picnic. BR Gems yes sects coe. s MRCS bocce st be pa eeene s oe FISH. Clams, | i, Little Neck.................... 135 Clam @howder, 91h... 5... oscens-fec se se 215 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib standards............ 100 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 55 Rae esis me te Sana 1% Lobsters, 2 I), picnic........... puoi nae ce 2 65 Lobsters, 1 Wee, 190 Lobsters. DD StAl soo. k ccceie kes ec wee cc cn ees 2 90 Mackerel, 1 i fresh standards............ 170 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards............ 5 00 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................. Mackerel, 3b. soused............. 2.0 cc ceee Salmon, 1 ih Columbia river............... 2 20 Salmon, 2 i Columbia river........... +...d 90 Baris’ ti gee 3 Raising, Loose eons eee euess | Raisins, Ondaras, 28s. Raisins, Sultanas...................s.. 8% Sardines, domestic 4s........ Wees eesbous @it Sardines, domestic 48................006- 9010 Sardines, Mustard %8.................000 9@10 Sardines, imported 148.................00. 12@13 Sardines, spiced, 348............c.ccceeeees 10@12 Trout. 8b DrOOK................2.00- eee CANNED FRUITS. Apples, gallons, shenOnTve- DP iecacecaeede a 3 00 Blackberries. standards.. aS ae a Cherries, red ee Myc see cede cecese as Cherries, pitted............... aed sor: 90 TIAMAROUS 3. ass oy eo acca s ccs cone cess 1 25 Egg Plums, standardg ................00- 1 56 GOOSEROUIION «555555 555 se cee de cos cade ces 1 8 Grapes ¥ Gross n Gages. Peaches, all yellow, storie Be. ecacace 2 65 Peaches, seconds.. deco cates -2 25 PCACHEOR DIO. 6.255 .k ose coc cck cdesecc sees aa 60@1 6d POATR oo oci cos oo cess Pha fe 5k ok ak dae sede 1 60 Pineapples, ....---+---20e2 seer eeee cree 1 40@2 1% MRITIGOB. 6 6s ce cea ssa bee ede coaes cuaticce soe 115 spberries, OX on eee eas shee ee oe 1 40 TOO ecb iets et cc eise Piogane 1 40 Strawberries ee ea eae sa sive cate secures 1 50 Whortleberries .............22+-00-0e- eoeel 26 CANNED VEGETABLES. s, Oxia Bey eve eve os caihag pen cs 2 00 Aspara e ima, stand Beans, Beane, St Stringless, Brio eans. 9 Ge e's po Aiwls bniee'sia ows o Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 160 Corn, Tai lair Re 2. Peas, French... . 2... cose secs ccec esse seesncs 1 60 Peas, extra marrofat...............005 1 A@l1 40 Pe ™ cacy Ge aa Glew - Mushrooms, extra fine..... Palinces ate see.ee 00 ape, 8 i Golden..... 75@1 10 90 15 Beans, Greon Limas.....-..-.. pooenade -1 10@1 40:| Ool be eee ne uscatels,............. ©: cen Cer ececccce veese Raisins, Valencias, ..................- 8% Raisins, imperials ieee aes ee ilaeeceue : FISH. | Cod, whole, Coens SUES eeaecuWalaetie se as Cod, DORGIONE 8 eo oe tk Halibut Sed Chl OB ce died Wetec ad sees cceuee ness Herring, round, % bi Da ida es Seles Herring, round, % bbl.................006 Herring, Holland, bbis................... Herring, Holland, RGRR see ees Mackerel ated... : aR § 2 gs.8 6k ee 8 C esti io i --1 10@1 50 No. 3, % pois Mcseleeign costes seca: 6 50 White, No. Y, 10 b ne Bec eee eae eens White, Family, 3 hie eer cease Ts oe 8 85 eens EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. Jennings’ D.C.,20z.......... @doz.100 166 - BOD ois co kcs sce cces kk OO 2 OO Z 4 > RR Ty 6 oe 06 oe “ be 6 ee Now : Taper Leslee, 124 NOSE ee Bee, a 15 is pint, round.. crore OCT SSRSSSaRz > Oo No.10. “ MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square........ boa Poca 95 Grand Haven, No 9, square, 3 gro........... 110 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlors... .. cc. cf... 1% Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor. . 3... cee. 2 25 Grand Haven, No. 7 ; round... 0. 150 Oshkosh, No. 2 5 Oshkosh, INO: 8.282 GES eo as ae. 150 Swedish 15 Richardson’s No. 5 aduare votes dass fas 100 Richardson’s No.9 dO. .........c0...000 1 50 Richardson’s No. Ts round DOS eae eet 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 1 Woodbine, 300 MOLASSES. Black Strap. os. 05. oe ccs cokes 17@18 Cuba Baking. oo. 0.20. sos oe es 22@25 HOUCO RICO. ee co eee eres eee New Orleans, good..............0..ccceee. 338@40 New Orleans, Choice..... ........ccccecees 44@50 New Orleans, fancy...... ..........0cc00. 50@52 ¥% bbls. 3c extra OIL. Michivan Pest... 6c ee lee en ack veeccl Water WHItG 02) os ee ee eee 11 OATMEAL ROLLED OATS Barrels. . .....6 00/Barrels.............§ 00 Half barrels........ 3 12}Half barrels...... .3 12 CASCS coc tars 2 Pal Cases. 00 oss. ce 2 PICKLES. Medium Oe aioe 6 00 Small, bbl 7 0 Kb ¥% bbi....... 4 de cco: 3 50 PIPES. - Importeé Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. Imported vies No. 216, 2% gross...... American T. Di... ccia ee. | aac... 25 C 2 @2 @1 75 @ 1% 5% 54% 2 0 0 3 RICE. Choice Carolina..... BY Java ........... Prime Carolina..... Go PREM ooo os kee Good Garolina...... 5% |Rangoon....... @5 Good Louisiana..... 5%|Broken.. ..... 34% @33 eee rece eciles — JAPAN. ......... 5%4@6% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... os Dwight’s............ 5 Church’s Sea Foam........... 5% Taylor’s G. M....... : Cap Sheaf........... 5 ¥4e less in 5 box lots. SALT. 60 Pocket, F FP Dairy... ..:. 002.022. .28- 2 ae 20 Be POCROG i, cers oo ccc gtiewce 2 10 100-3 D POCKEUS. 2... segs ewe ce Saginaw or Manistee.................. Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... Roek, DUSHGIS: |... 2. ees. eo ee ce Warsaw, Dairy, fe bags. oases le = : AUCES. . London Relish, 2 doz......2............2. 0 2 50 SOAP Dingman, 100 bars.: 2.2.5.2. 36k ce ce 4 00 SPICES—WHOLE. Allspice ...:. ed eale cas ga Wa ais cine bg csi Cassia, China in mats.................. “Batavia in bundles............ **¢. Saigomin rolls. : :.....2.. 2... Cloves, AMDOYNA.......... ccc eee neces SC AANGIDRE A bocce woes Geeks cae Mace Batavid . os. ccs. ioc cc Secs ce ctee Nutmegs, La Dope eh owas ahtcven sda a' 6 No. 2 Pepper, Singapore, WIiSCK.. 2... 02. c. WRHICG 002 0%. oe. SPICES—PURE GROUND. Allspice....... Cassia, Batavia Be aia anion oe secmarae siske and Saigon............ fo (SRIBON) oc ee cele cs de ee Cloves, eee Be Le ea aU Obes aca 6 ZAaNZivar .......0ccceee lads Sel wales Ginger, Africans. .00 625... Sides aes Cochin... oo... ke Mee cuesss PAMBICR: . oo. cel oe cea sees Mace Batavide.. <2... ccc. ceeds cueecces Mustard, English.. : and Trieste... wie clas Trieste. 8s deck ak ete ss Sek Nutmeres, NO: 2.) 3220.2. oe. ee Pepper, Singapore acts Sola cence econ oe = CaVennG.c) fo ose cok STARCH. Muzzy, Gloss, 48 Ib boxes, 1 pkgs... “ee 66 48 e6 66 3 Ib os 40 bb pulk...: 032. %2 Ib crates, 6 Ib boxes.. . Corn, 40 b boxes, : = pkgs.. errs Silver Gloss, i > pkgs... : 6 Ib boxes... bulk ........ Pure, 1 ¥ PEGS. cocks. Corn, 1 ib pkgs............ : SUGARS. Cut PORE 2c co. once iene ee ees CHC eo ees een oes ce PPOWOCTEO oo occ oe occ ds pea ce ces bose ve Granulated, aoe Rees Sue a ee ewes RK oe “e x oe oe be oe 66 FES REPL ES PHOOO OQHQSHSHOHHOSSS RAS. KNORR tatetRr 2 Confectionery A.......... 2... secon Standard A: yo. 20. 28s i ao ¥ ae PUREE © os oot 6 Ce ea ee os 5% RMR aR See wor Corn, pare Pee @x2 ine Soman: bbl. .25@38 Corn, % bbls...... ee Pure Sugar, bbl 27@39 Corn, 10 sg k’gs =. [UFF. Lorillard’s American: ree Does Rap omc Mille Beotch a cdee cus se TOBACCOS—PLUG. Spear Head......44@44 Merry Wear... tous: Plank Road.......... 42\Jolly Tar............ Helipse .:.......- 5.5; 36|Live & Let Live..... 34 Holy Moses.......... 33|Nimrod 37 Blue Blazes...... es “2 pe nepuer Gus evee area 39 Eye Opener.......... ees inp USvceagee ie a Old Ho 34 Soniniag Knife...... 34 Corner Stone..... Sam Bass........,... 34/Clipper........... 34@36 : “2 NPN 2... a vo 0s c -25@32 TRAS. JAPAN OFGINATY..........22.. 2. cece eee eee 18@20 Japan fair tO ZOOd.......... ccc ec cece cence 25@30 Japan fine........... CU OEE ep cues eevee 35@45 ROAD QUAG ooo esos abs oa see se cee ns 22@2 VOune WYVGONs soso cos so ncn c eee eecee sone OB Fee i igs eo fees eet eek cae ce 35@50 olong . ee ee aes - Saaeneee CORO coos eee eas WR case Bence 25@30 : VINEGAR. 80 gr. Bere NS Segoe se as ey asa BY Cider .. Peseho ness stcrassceesen ow Apple........ nc caeg oes awa webu: oe 10 us. E888 ee snares 16 MISCELLANEO ae Bath J Briok aces Pesos ca eevee ee 00 | 80 | Standard Tubs, No.2 Makes fe oaec sca yccedue we : | pepo: 25 borer wee Cheese Gia 8 : | Extra clear Turkey Tard. ‘Kottiorendered: | OSOONNSS: : a Seeks RASKR ©88 aso : ESDIOCR 6. o0 5 oes cae se Sues CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows : STICK. 268 wo Sow we Gut ‘oat Royal, 25 Ib pails....................... Royal, 200 bbis..........0. 0... c cee eee Extra, 25 Ib pails..... .....0..0..00000. Extra, 200 bbis..........2........0... French Cream, 25 } pails.......:...... Cut loaf, 25 cases..............0..000 Broken, 25 We POS oe oe ec asec Broken, 200 b bbis................0000- FANCY—IN 5 i BOXES. Lemon Drops...6 66. ek ccs cece ee BOUL DPOps ooo ee cies cs coe c ewes cans: Peppermint Drops...... ...........000- Chocolate Drops............5....00000008 H M Chocolate Drops................... Gum Drops ............... ia Ser cae ces Picorice Drops... oe eee ee AB Licorice Drops.. Lozenges, plain... if... occ cece a cece ae Lozenges, printed.....................0. PORES 5222 os a MOULOES oo ee ee CrOADE BRR 66s oes. oor, MOIASSER Bar: ooo. occ. eee. oa eo Caramele 0 eee co a coe cen Hand Made Creams.....................: Plain Cream. ooo ico. cos nicks ce science Decorated Creams....... ....c.ccececess Bering Rock. os. it ee aes cess Burnt Almonds.................0000 00. Wintergreen Berries........... .. . Le FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... Lozenges, plain in bbls.......... Lozenges, printed in pails. Lozenges, printed in bbls. Chocolate Drops, in pails.. Gum Drops in pails..... Gum Drops, in bbls.. Moss Drops, in pails.. Moss Drops, in bbls.. Sour Drops, in pails. Imperials, in pails... Tmperials in bbls... .. ao ©9998 o STS) SSho0 we ¢ Bananas Oranges, California, fancy C Oranges, CHOICE . 2... soc eee eed Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................ Oranges, Lh ae Banat acd caas saiee : Oranges, Pee Ses calc seca ce nceu sess Oranges, Messina................ 000005 Oranwes, OO} 22. 22 eo ee Oranges, Imperials.................... Lemons, Choice.........0.2...0cccceeee EemOns; faney - 66 sos oc cess cic Lemons, California.................... Figs, layers, new, #@ Ib................. 12144@16 Figs, Bags, 50 tb @ 9 Dates, trails dO .. oe. 6... ons cok ees 5 Dates; 3200 dG 2. 2 ee: 6 Dates, Fard 10 ib box @ b............. € 9% Dates, Fard 50 Ib box ® Db.............. Dates, Persian 50 Ib box @ Bb........... 6 G ix Pine Apples, # doz................... NUTS. Almonds, 'PATYAZONA. oc... cee cece oe vaca California... o.c 6.6.8 eee o6 EBER AES ose ek ok es Ge ae ks IRGDOLES: SICH Yo. f55 oe ee. Se eos se Barcelona... 2... occ cec bcs Walnuts, Grenoble... er sk - DIG oe cacao ce ok _ C BYRONGH oes 25 84@ 9 Pecans, Texas. oP 12%@16 MISSOUNT. o.oo. si S: Cocoanuts, # 100, full bags............ @5 50 Chestnuts 25500 oe we @4 PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw e fe Mare eae a wate eee 4% Choice. do 4o................ 5 g 54 Fancy H.P. do do Real ans pe ouc aes @ 5% Choice White, 2 da Oe Ges anaes sues 6 @ 6% Fancy H P,. HS Pie oe ee 64@ : OYSTERS AND FISH. F, J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. Fairhaven Counts .. 02300... 6.2. oe ceo ees 35 BOlGCES oe ee a es os fd co cies ene 23 PANIOR OES oie ae sc 20 MERRGREOS: 5 ee, oo 18 st WOH Gal. oe 110 Selects; Per Sal ee ee cn ee 1 50 Counts, in ee per, MOQ oe 115 Soe gs ee ccnre elas 115 Clams, a ¢ FRESH FISH. ING DARA oes ooo os eae ee ees 10 ROG DOSS: oe ee oe ee Ses 4 ORC eo eee eo os oa 4 Weall-eved PiKG 2. ooo 3. on ooo core neck cas 8 DHIGKE-DHE DIKO. o20. 0. 6 oo oe ie woe kek oo es 5 SEMEROCON oo oa ee oe ee nk Boo eke 6 Sturgeon, SMoked. ...2 2... eee. ccc ces 8 PDEOUG ee et oe Co eas we ag ues 8 Whitefish . 206. c. so. once aug outa ae 8 Whitefish, smoked... ;.. 2. <0 3.6. oo. os cc cca 50 PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, Chicago packing..................00. 14 50 MNOPG Cllbs or Se eee a ak 14 75 Short cut, clear, Botsford.................. 13 %5 Short cut Morgan..................0ceeeee “15 25 iS GROEG CUE. 2.60606 U8. Sass 16 00 FExtra: CIGAT, NEAVY oo... enc econ ccc c cc cees Clear quill, short cut......2. 22.0.0... 02005 16 50 Boston clear, short cut...............2..02. 16 50 Clear back, short cut.................00000. 16 50 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 16 50 OO orc, sag oehe Cece ce cco eaay SMOKED cay i aaa ae OR PLAIN. Hams, average ae oe 6 ee picnic s¢ pest DONECIOSS:: 2... sss c eel e cscs SHOUIGEES ss oh. oo ons oe ee ee oa es vee! T% Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................. 1s Dried. Beef, OMOEE ee oe haves ce ceweg Nam prices... .... 0.05.5 s0. ccc. ou LARD. 1% 1% Tierces S0-and 501 LUD . 2... occ cis cence LARD IN TIN PAILS. 3D Pails, 20in a case............ 0.0000 5 Ib Pails, 12 in a case. .................. 10 Pails. 6 in a case ............ cence 20 ib Pails, 4 pailsin case............... BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.............. 7 50 Extra Mess, Chicago Packing.............. % 25 «Kansas City Packing...... weer € 1D IGLOS es oe eae ies Sea aw oe 7% WOWEEH PIAtG 2 es chs oe Se ee 8 25 Boneless, rump 1210.05) RE RP epee 10 50 aS Kan City pkd........ 9 50 6s be 66 66 % bbl. 5 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Work SSUSHGE. 26. od. yh oe ce oe ces lee os Ty, Ham Sausage.. soc kk Tongue Sausage Frankfort Sausage. oes eeueee — é aks ologna, § £ Bologna, a Head Cheese.. "" PIGS’ FEET. 6 1} Tn half barrels........200.cceccccccceeceeecs 3 00 "33 In quarter barrels...............0cccceeeeee 1 %5 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Fresh Beef, sides...............cc00- ee @ 6 Fresh Beef, Laie auerere ea eas oe uo 6% Dressed Hogs... SE ee @ 6b bp S pe Bes ote ce os cohol. oh ks seas ee IND SHRINE co. on a5 oo os casi eee be cae Wee Ses Soak ec eee ne raete 74@ Pork mene? aloenisi eve Sehecas kOe Coma ce CO OO es eee erecceves # : WOODENWARE. ‘Gartiea & poe = as i follows: Standard Tubs, N Gard Tubs, NO. 3. ....... cc ccce cece ceeess Standard Pails, ae aeal , single. Washboards. double Washboards, North B. Diamond Market... _ Bushel, narrow band, No. 1. Bushel, narrow band, ee 2. Bushel, wide band.. oe Clothes, eprint No. § an Clothes, splint, No. 2.. Clothes, splint, No. 1 Clothes, willow No.3 ; Clothes, willow No. 2.. ........... Clothes, willow No.1....5....-........ Water Tight, (acme) ba oe half bu. ..... Veuve 2 | RASSSSRSASS! ae fa HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess py S cx cos Green .. Db 54S 8 Cait skins, oer Part cured... 7 @7%|_or-cured.. @TH Fullcured.... 74@ 7%|Deacon skis, Dry hides and ® piece. ....10 230 Kips 24.0.5: 8 ag Fine washed @ B 22025 Donnas washed.. 26028 Medium ......... 27@30 og aa seeee ded 16@223 FUR No.1 No. 2 No.3 No.4 B@aQtes oo. o5. os ees Se Beavers, per Ib......... nore Ww SENSSSSSSNN,, aS dD RSSS8ESan 4 00 Mink, Large Dark...... se Small Pale....... Martins 2 2....02. 1622. L 30 10 SPRING WINTER FALL KITS Musrats.. 2. 2.22.5.0. 8@4 Otter.. 04 . Raccoon, pores Bea. 50 s 0 25 mall....... eo Sunk? 20240502 Wolfe oe a, 36 1 00 50 Deer Skins, dry, a Coate, per. ee Seuss ° “ ‘sf anact Grey, Longe ‘* MISCELLANEOUS. Sheep pelts, short shearing....... .. Sheep pelts, old wool estimated....... @25 "BANOW: oo ces. oy se eee 34@ 3% Grease Dutier:. 2: 258 2 & Ginseng, go0d..................0.--- ..-1 60@1 70 6e oe “6 0c MISCELLANEOUS. Ginseng—Local dealers for clean washed roots. Rubber Boots and Shoes—Jobbers are offer- ing 40 per cent. off on first quality and 40 and 12% per cent. off on second quality. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—$2@2 25 per bbl. Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu. Bean—Hand-picked mediums are very scarce, readily commanding $2.50 per bu. @ Butter—Creamery is in good demand and ™ fairly firm at 24@26c. Dairy is active at 0@ 24e. Cabbages—$4@$7 per 100, according to size. Carrots—40c per bu. Celery—20@25 # doz. Cheese—Jobbers are holding their stocks at 18@13 Kc. Cider—9c per gal. Cranberries—Home grown, $3 perbu. Cape Cod, 3.25 per bu. Dried Apples—Evaporated are weak, Job- bers pay 8c and hold at 0c. Eggs—Jobbers are paying léc and holding at 18c. Honey—Dull at 12@l6ce. Hay—Baled is moderately active at $14 per ton intwoand five ton lots and $13 in ear lots. Onions—Jobbers pay 60@70c and hold at 80c. Pop Corn—2e # bb. Potatoes—The market is looking up, - the Southern and Eastern demand having lately become quite active. Handlers are paying 65 @0c for Burbanks here and 55@80c eat the Northern buying points. Sweet Potatoes — Kiln-dried Jerseys, $350 per bbl. Baltimore, $2,90 per bbl. Turnips—30c # bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—Nochange. City millers pay 75c for . Lancaster and 72¢ for Fuise and Clawson. Corn—Jobbing generally at 59c in 100 bu. lots and 474c in carlots. Oats—W hite, 35c in small lots and 30@3l1c in Rye—48@50c #8 bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.20 @ cwt. Flour—No change. Patent,$5.00% bbl.in sacks and $5.20 in wood. Straight, $4.00 # bbl. in sacks and $4.20 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.40 ® bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 @ ton. Bran, $15 ¢ ®@ton. Ships, $15.50 @ ton. Middlings, $16 ey ton Corn and Oats, $18 # ton. 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 mean any Curculio, and the Cotton and Tobacco orm 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. 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 oy May 14: “We sold 3,100 pounds of ‘Bug Finish” last year. Itis rightly named “Bug sh,” as it} finishes the entire crop of bugs with one appli- catiod. We shall not be satisfied unless we sell - three tons«this year, as there is already a strong.demand for it. Please send us ten bar- rels (3,000 pounds) at once.”’ Guaranteed as represented. Cheaper than any other Mixture used for the purpose. — MANUFACURED BY Anti-Kalsomine Co,, Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT ., NO. 8 OANAL SY, GRAND — y Electrical Supplies, Burglar Alex Fire Alarm Boxes put in cities. Aunanelasys and eat a @ pay $1.60@$1.70 @ b e Itis therefore cheaper, and saves ©. asurer—Henry B. | 7 9 gists. nasi by_ou | believe that every present- on should lay over until the next unless it can be shown to be very ae r am also opposed to any committee act- _ | ing without power to act, as in the reduc-. ., | tion or advancement in prices of proprietary | . | articles, or anything usually sold by drug- In such cases,.a special meeting should be called for action, and the Society decide the matter in question. I am also oppo sed to any one being pres- entat our meetings not a member of the So- ciety, and no member should be represented by proxy. I recommend that some action be taken in reference to our dues. Iam informed that we are out of debt, with a. small balance in ‘two for ALK, 1c Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm. L . “on : -‘Kemink and W.H. Tibbs. oO dof © re—President, Vice-President and Sec- pard | f Trustees— : The President, John E. Peck, Geo. teket F Haseltine and F-J. Wurzb on Trade Matters—Jobn E. Peck, H. B. Fair- : Fisiation—R. A. McWilliams, Theo. cy—W.L. White, A. C. Bauer and Meetings—First Thursday evening in each Hert Mecting “Thursday evening, Decsuiber Ly at Tile annum is sufficient. money for the ensuing year. the treasury. I believe that the sum of two dollars per annum is too much for some of te. | our members to pay. I think one dollar per Eyery member should pay his dues in advance, as we need the - In conclusion, allow me to congratulate the Society upon the fact that we are the best organized Society. of its kind in the State, and, by being unanimous in doing ‘| good for ourselves, the public has lost noth- Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. - . ORGANIZED OCTOBER, 1888. - Second Vice-President—J. J. Crowley. Secretary rt. | Assistant pees. and . B. 3 ann nual Meeting—First bat rercepen in June. - Regular Meetings—First W: y in each month. Central Michigan Druggis g coe, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Mussell. H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart. . Clinton County Druggists’ Association. President, A. O. Hunt; Secretary, A.S. Wallace. ts’ Association. _ Berrien County Pharmaceutical Society. - President, H. M. Charlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society _ _ Ionia County Pharmaceutical ‘Society, “ President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. Gundrum. . President, H. W. Willard; Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter. o Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n, President, R. F. Latimer; Secretary, F. A. King. President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald. Mason County Pharmaceutical Society. - President, F. N. Latimer; Secretary, Wm. Heysett. Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association. Mecosta County Pharmaceutical Society. - President, C.H. Wagener; Secretary, A. H. Webber. . Monroe County * President, 8S. M. Sackett; Secretary, Julius Weiss. Pharmaceutical Society. Muskegon County President, E. C. Bond; Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre. Druggists’ Association, Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre. y Newaygo County Pharmaceutical Society. > ‘President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, N. N. Miller. » Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society. ig ' President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady. President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Pr. “ Saginaw County pee mncr ation Society. Shiawassee County Pharmaceutical Society : ing by our union. : I thank the officers and members for kind- ness shown me d uring the past year and hope that my successor will be more fortu- nate in having a meetings. larger attendance at the On motion of F. J. Wurzburg, the ad- dress was referred to a committee of three members to take under consideration the several recommendations made therein. The President appointed as such comnitittee F. J. Wurzburg, J. W. Hayward. W. H. VanLeeuwen and Treasurer Fairchild presented his annual report, showing total receipts during the year of $236.76 and total disbursements of $229.- 85, leaving a balance on hand of $6.91. he report was accepted and referred to the Board of Trustees. - Election of officers being next in order, the President a tine as teller, wh proceeded with. ppointed Albert F. Hazel- en an informal ballot was For President, H. E. Locher received more votes than any other candidate and, on motion of John E. Peck, was declared unanimously elected. The remaining officers were elected by ac- clamation, as follows: Vice-President—J. W. Hayward. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. Board of Trustees—President, John E. Peck, Geo. G. Steketee, A. F. Hazeltine and F. J. Wurzburg. On motion of F. J. Wurzburg, a unani- mous vote of thanks was tendered the retir- Tuscola County Pharmaceutical Society. President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard. Manistee County Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. H. Willard; Secretary, A. H. Lyman. of presiding officer during the past year. |. THE FOURTH ANNUAL. : “Interesting Meeting of the Grand Rapids _ Pharmaceutical Society. ' At thefourth annual meeting of the Grand _ Rapids Pharmaceutical Society, held at Tox | ‘TRADESMAN office last Thursday evening, | President Steketee presented his annual ad- dress, as follows: J _ Gentlemen of the Grand Rapids Pharmaceuti- a ». eal Society: Another year has passed and we meet to- We have not £rown very much in numbers the past year; but, while we have not gained very much in : numbers, we certainly have gained in strength. Our meetings the past year have | .. been meagerly attended. The work has ; The non-at- | tendance is probably owing to the fact that | our predecessors did all the work this Socie- | @}y then aimed at—the establishment of per- _, *a@anent prices on patent and proprietary While but a few of us did the During the |. _ present year, we have caused that excellent work of the Committee on Trade Interests of last year to be published and bound in book form. While this has been very ex- pensive to a few of our members, the whole A large majority were called | ,upon to donate one dollar only, and in re- At for this they received our adopted price ¥hook—a good and substantial book for fu- night in annual session. been done’by but a few of us. medicines. - ‘work, we have not been idle. is paid for. reference. OX drug trade of Michigan. 1ors by the glass. open he is _ As every druggist here and elsewhere in Michigan must remember what the last _ Legislature in Michigan attempted to do for _ he druggists, it is not necessary for me to - repeat; but had it not been fora few mem- _ bers from this Society, who spent their own _ money and time to defeat the measure, the whole of us would have been classed as sa- jloon-keepers and a tax of $500 imposed up- on us. With our presence and that of other Bruggists from different parts of the State, and the good judgment of cool-headed mem- ders of the Legislature, we escaped that Which would eventually have ruined the But, gentlemen, 4io not think a druggist may sell wines and liquors as he pleases. My advice is to sell them according to law and do not make a m of your drug store by retailing li- Another thing we accomplished is the ing of our drug stores on the Sabbath from the hoursof1to6 p.m. This been the writer’s wish for many long 8, for if there ever was’ a man who 28 to rest one day in the week, and al- give his employes rest, itis I. I can- ‘why the people should ask us to our time to their wants and in this Slaves of us, while other branches are closed, because it is the Sab- day forrest. As druggists, we © open our stores at 6 a. m: | 11 p. m., every day in the re continue to close on the Sab- rted, the public will not suf- im-; The United States consul, at London, ; the | Ont., estimates that 25 per eent. of the drugs - | sold there come from the United States. f-| According to an exchange, the cheap: 1| commercial insect powder is composed of 50 ‘| percent. iiporiee powder, 30 percent. kaolin, | the year. refuse to live up to their agreement. self. ternoons. who are derelict in Sunday closing. accomplish the ends in view. and J. W. Hayward. never opening his doors on the Sabbath. _ The meeting then adjourned. ———q@q@Oo 2a ____—_ Minor Drug Notes. ed short. iu England. permint this year. Java government are for sale. an excitement in the market. the name of ‘‘love powder” in England. of lithium are among the new remedies. this winter. - ethers of morphine. more systematic in the fraud. ing President for the faithful and able man- ner in which he had discharged the duties On motion of H. B. Fairchild, Secretary Escott was voted $25 for his services during F. J. Wurzburg asked for an expression on the subject of Sunday closing, especially on the point of bringing to time those who John E. Peck said he had talked with Mr. Herendeen, and was given to understand that he would run his business to suit him- Geo. G. Steketee suggested that the clerks be requested to use their influence to bring to time those who refuse to close Sunday af- John E. Peck combatted the idea advanced by Mr. Steketee, holding that other influ- ences ought to be brought to bear on those J. W. Hayward suggested that a commit- tee be appointed to wait on those who re- fuse to close Sundays, using mild means to The suggestion of Mr. Hayward was em- bodied in the form of a motion by H. B. Fairchild, when the chair appointed as such committee H. E. Locher, F. J. Wurzburg Dr. Locher said he thought the fear of a competitor’s keeping open on Sunday was largely over-estimated. For himself, his neighboring druggist never opened on Sun- day, and he was sure he never gained any- thing by it, while he was equally sure his competitor never lost anything by his course. He gained the respect of people by _ The new crop of insect powder is report- African indigo is becoming of importance There will be a good supply of oil of pep- The cinchona plantations owned by the A short crop of ergot is reported, causing Powdered may apple is called for under The salicylate of mercury and salicylate The National Formulary is in course of preparation and will be ready some time European patents have been granted for the artifical production of codein and other ‘The adulteration of opium in Smyrna is increasing as the producers are becoming are foul weights and free fr pharmacists’ certi d f for assistants’ certificates. Out of the class of fifty-two, thirty-one passed a satisfacto- ry examination, as follows: L..C. Aldrich, Leslie; C. F, Allen, Adrian; Oliver S. Bell, Winsor, Ont.; John F. Bennett, South Lyon; A. G. Bush; Clarksville; J. L. Cong- | den, Pentwater; L. A. Cornell, Thedford, Ont.; James A. Cox, Blenheim, Ont.; Her- bert L. Day, Farwell; Wm. Donaghy, Wind- sor, Ont.; John Durst, Lansing; H. M. R. Gibbs, Birmingham; Harman C. Goldsmith, Manistee; Fred. R. Harris, Marlette; Harry B. Harrell, A. A. Lammie, A. A. Lioyd, Detroit; Henry Levy, Ann Arbor; Carl F. Warner, LeRoy; 0. C. Pemberton, Fremont; Clarence G. Pitkin, Brighton; A. S. Put- man, Manistique; Wm. E. Root, Benton Harbor; Cassius E. Price, Oscoda; E. M. Sedgwick, Battle Creek; W. W. Sheldon, Saginaw; W. E. Sheffield, Vestaburg; Miles R. Smith, St. Louis; Wm. S. Stevens, De- troit;‘A. L. Walker, Detroit; W. O. Wind- over, Detroit. - Out of the class of five, the following passed a satisfactory examination and will receive the certificate of registered assistant: G. B. Beall, Mendon; Fred. Ream, Detroit; O. E. Youngquist, Lisbon. The next meeting will be held in Grand Rapids, the first Tuesday in March. —“@n-- oa The Drug Market. Quinine continues depressed and is 1c. lower this week for best German brands and 2c. for P. & W. Opium is dull at this moment, but will, no doubt, be higher soon, as the Smyrna market is higher. Morphia is steady, Cocoa butter continues to ad- vance, on account of scarcity. Balsam tolu is tending lower. There has been a sharp advance in linseed oil, on account of an ad- vance in seed. Turpentine is moving stead- ily upward. Camphor gum is firmer. Borax has advanced and is tending still higher. Gum shellacs, all grades, are advancing. Hemp and canary seeds are very firm and will be higher. Oil sassafras is again ad- vancing. q@q@m oa Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence. From a series of articles‘on tlie legal lia- bility of druggists, contributed tu the _Amer- ican Drug Clerk’s Journal by Arthur Hum- phrey, we cite the following: ‘In a New York case (Thomas vs. Winchester, 6 N. Y., 397) decided some years ago, one Win- chester, a manufacturing chemist, through a mistake of an employe, labeled a jar of ex- tract of belladonna ‘‘extract of dandelion,” and sold same as extract of dandelion toa dealer, who resold it to a druggist. Mrs. Thomas being ill, her physician prescribed extract of dandelion; her husband purchased of the druggist either a part or the whole of the falsely labeled package; Mrs. Thom- as took a portion of the contents of the jar, and was made theraby violently ill so that her life was despaired of. With prompt medical skill, and after suffering intensely, she recovered. The court held that the number of hands through which the falsely labeled article had passed was immaterial, and that the manufacturer was liable in civ- il damages for the injury done. It is a gen- eral rule in the law of damages, that the party whose negligence caused the damage is liable only to the person with whom he | dealt, and damages to third parties are too remote. There is an important exception to this rule, however, in the case of articles manufactured for public use. The manu- facturer has a duty to perform to the gener- al public, as well as his immediate patron, and is liable for any neglect ‘of this duty. Winchester, by labeling the article ‘‘extract of dandelion,” and placing it so labeled on the market, represented to the public that the contents of the jar were correctly indi- cated by the label, and a person purchasing the jar, or using the contents thereof, had a right to rely implicitly on the representa- tion made by the label.” It is to be hoped that the above will in no way influence druggists to feel that they can handle drugs without being able to rec- ognize them. Selling goods in original packages has little to do with true pharmacy. Pharmacognosy and chemistry must be brought to bear wherever possible. oo Oo A Charlotte, N. Y., man, laboring under the impression that he had swallowed his upper teeth, went to Buffalo at once for medical counsel. He subsequently gota dispatch that the teeth had been found and came back happy of the next train. Among the recent discoveries at Pompeii was a wooden case containing a complete set of surgical instruments, many of which are similar to those ysed at the present day. PENINSULAR WHITELEAD AND COLOR WORKS. MAKERS AND GRINDERS OF Chrome Greens and Yellows. Prussian, Chinese and Sol- uble Blues. Peninsular Permanent Red, Ver- milions, White Lead, Zinc, Etc., Etc. Being makers of DRY COLORS, we have an advantage over the so-called paint manu- | u facturers, who simply grind and mix. - SPECIALTIES—Tinted leads, twenty shades; Coach, ee and Buggy Paints, nine choice colors; Mixed. Paints; Coach Colors Ground in Japan; Decorative Wall, Fresco, Floor, Sash, Fire-Proof, Car, Barn and Domestic Paints; Wood ad Iron fillers; Map} Leaf Permanent Green; Putty, "© ae SPECIAL PAINTS MADE TO ORDER, _. Peninsular brands of ready mixed paints m gage 8 pular ani rapid selling | Advariced—Linseed ( a Butter Oo oc PHRAREuUM pentine, Borax, ORE ind oe 85 PHEREONM ” Deolined—Quinine German, Balsa a8 o. 65 ©) From the Atlantic to the Pacific, through-| = (i “si(‘i‘é A SC! Yuwie ot oR 1D -{ out the entire country. Aceticum .............. : © out NEOUS. aes ae : : ; Carbolicum ther, Spts Nitros, 8 F........ rasalse ook 2@ 28 at . a Citricum Sen pate: Nitros, £F............... noe su 1, Highly recommended by Mrs. Grover Cleve- | Hydrochlor |”. Bh ca and, Lillie Langtry, Emma Abbott, Rhea, and | Nitrooum ..12° 227277" Shea 2 Alumen, ground, (DO. 7%)...........2.2. = a host of eminent ladies and gentlemen whose | Oxalioum .... 1.00.12. 1.clusleseecccl . 1@ B Rae Pr ar tice nes 55@ 60 taste and judgment are reliable. Salicylicum .. 202022220122. vectors ereeeel B5@2 10| Antimoni ot octaee Weng 1@ 5 Testimonials of druggists from all parts of | Tannicum............1..7..7” aa ae 1 401 60 | qremmoni et Potass Tart.............. 55@ 60 the U. 8. ascribe it the FAVORITE and LEAD- | Tartariegan 0 Pam gs: 5O@ 53 | qreenti Nitras, 3............ 0.2... @ 68 ING odor with the masses. . : AMMONIA. Bale Ghee gee R Osa baa Seog etacc dee kote 5@ 7% Put up in handsome bottles with cut glass. ‘Aqiias dou: Bs : 5 icavkhe se stttte eee e esse ee eceees ae a popper, ae aE : "18 deg.......... i eee io 6 | Calcium Chior, Is, (8, li; 4s. 12)..." @ 9 Eighteen and a Half Fluid Ounces for $4. Carbonas, oo c.3 201 a asl 11@° 13 Cantharides Russian, po.............. @2 10 ed Chloridum .............00. 000. seeceeee 12@ > 14/ Capsici Fructus, af.........0 7017 @ 15 One dozen ioc. bottles and ex- BACCAE. Capsici Fru etus, p Ge rere @ 16 quisite souvenir, cards free Cubebae (po. 1 80...........5.2 os dev +1 60@1 70 | Capsici Fructus, B, po..........0 110) @ with first order. DUBIPCTUS 6. oe she 6@ _7/| Caryophyllus, (po. 35)........0.).777." 30@ 33 : Xanthoxylum .................+.....-. 25@ 80] Carmine, No. 40............771! @3 %5 Add a pound to your next order for drugs. BALSAMUM : ‘| Ccra Alba, 8. & F......... a 50@ 65 Copaiba............ slit veeesecagomse-s ODO OO) Cora Blava... oy... --. 2%@ 80 Peru...... eer eee ee @1 50 | Coceus .... 2 eee @ 40 » | Terabin, Canada.................0i.... 50@ 55| Cassia Fructus.......0 000000007, @ bb FOOTE & J uN de” | Tolutan 2.0... ieee 5G. 80] Contrarian TT @ 10 i ea Ae CORTEX. Chloroform 227.200000702,77 38 40 Abies, Canadian...................000. 18 | Chloroform, Squibbs..... @1 00 ; CRBSIAO es ecco chee cues li | Chloral Hydrate Cryst... 1 50@1 75 LIND k IN BLO OM Cincbona Flava.................: Bn 18 | Chondrus ..........00....... 10@ 2 | Buonymus atropurp................. % 30 | Cinchonidine, P.& W....... 1b@ 2 Myrica Cerifera, po.............. 22... 20 Cinchonidine, German......... 6@ 15 5 Prugus Vil 6. bc ck 12 | Corks, see list, discount, per cent... 40 omplexion Powder MAMAS BED. 465 ook los ccedcs ce onc. « Wy | Creacotuim 006 @ 50 ' SSEERG. 0b soe, eke cee dos cas 12 | Creta, (bbl. %5).... 00.00... cee cl. @ 2 [REGISTERED.] WING oe ee acy A reta prop. 5@ 6 Ulmus Po (Ground 12)............... aay 10; Creta, precip.........:.....6..000....., 8@ 10 Two Sizes—Regular or 50-cent size, and EXTRACTUM, Greta Hubra. (0 ee G 8 Trial or 25-cent size. . Glycyrrhiza Gira es 4@ 25 Gone. PIED tts eeeeee eee ee ees ~ = SHADES: 3 me Sim 95) Cldbear.... s Flesh, White, Brunette Haematox, 15 ib boxes................. 9@ 10 Soot pulp Trt ttt eect ee reese esse ee eeee 6@ 7 *‘Linden Bloom Complexion Powder” is with- ET eects e @ 22) hiner Sui a cae reese 10@ 2 out a rival in elegance of package, the boxes i WAS ee eee setae ets @ 13 Emer all mutes oe 68@ 7 being turned wood, beautifully enameled in oe MBP ccoge cs ae, @ 15 Tice et eee setat a @ 8 many attractive tints and patterns. The pow- FERRUM. Er ce F Ct @ ie der itself is of impalpable fineness, contains Carbonate Precip........... @ b Flake White Dares tateesaacesecescsnans 0@ %5 no poisonous ingredients, and from its deli- | Citrate and Quinia...... oe ter 00) Galiano ti ssc tee. R@ lb cate perfume and pleasing effects on the skin | Citrate Boluble.. 3. @ 80| Gambier. tt ,O ig in popular demand with society and profes- | Ferrocyanidum Soi......|.. 7717227777! @ 50} Gelatin, Coopor...). 9 2 sional beauties. They all say “It’s perfect.” | Solut loride.... 2... 02-2... sce ee eee @ 15! Gelatin, once Ce we i Exquisire Souvenir Advertising Cards with | Su/phate, et (bbl. 85)........ ee == : Glassware flint, 70&10 by box. 60810, less. ior oe pure..... pan et cue. wee eee cane onan. cas (oe re oo z REGULAR SIZE, - _ perdoz. $3.00 APMICB. oss eeeeeseeeeeeeaete ete es eeaes ae ie Giveortid 6.00 et 230 26 ee i ge ame erat aoe Add a dozen to your next order for drugs. FOLIA. Hydrarg Chlor. Mite Soe ot a 8 3 acs Barosma .................00. ee ost aa tes 10@ 12| Hydrarg Chlor. Cor..........777.2777 . i Cassia Acutifol, Tinnivelly............ 2@ 25| Hydrarg Oxide R : QRBITING & PEPKINS UPUg G0, |e en ate ce BD 50| H¥drare Anse TM OE IM. «eee seen caees es ’ | Salvia officinalis, 4s and %s.......... 10@ 12) Hydrarg Unguentum.... 1.1...’ 7-64 Agents for GRAND RAPIDS. Urea UOEai see 8@ 10 Hydrargyrum Behe es @ 65 GUMML. ae AON ee a ee 1 pa 50 ia, Istpicked............ 2. EEO sn ee mnie a solu oc es ae 1 eed cir ea BD | togine, Resubl. 2° ce 4 00@4 10 rr 3rd SSE ae eee ae ea @ 80 oe Sisiwpieis h 8 ayer ped feasts coilas toe as @!1 30 —__—_ Geranium, 5... 20)... .20¢0-sns0es @ 7 aalchie Rolle 24@ 3% Chicago & West Michigan. Gossipii, Sem, gal orc c ccc cece aces a v3) Tamarinds oy Re eo een curse. “—— a Leaves. Arrives. HeGdCOMAe oo ek T5@ 85 Terebenth Ve Sigma Ae SSS 8 = eS Sele ise sary 3 i : : DURINORE os. ooo. ois oes. -. 50@2 00 OMICE.. 0s eee eens eee 23@ 30 PRUE oe cog cn ac one eels s onisie's ole > 9:10am 3:55pm Pp Theobromae x tDby Wxpress. 22,02... cole csscccess 12:30 p m 9:45pm | Lavendula ...... 0... ccc ce ccc cc cece cce . 9@2 00 Manila oe tee 60@ 65 *Night Express................0004 1:00pm 5:45am | LIMONIS............ccceeccscesccceeeces 1 15@2 25 | gorci Suign eee 9 00@16 00 Muskegon Express.......0 0. 02... 5:00pm 11:00am | Lini, gal 2.12222 42@ 45 | Zinel Sulph........ IT, 7@ 8 qoaily. {Daily except Sunday. : Mentha Piper............0 ........ 2 25@3 3) OILS Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through A Se ree aS ene a nO ener ate ei SEES e 3 ° parlor car in charge of careful attendants without ex- | Mentha Verid.......................... 15@4 00 : Bbl_ Gal tra charge to Chicago on 12:30 p. m.,and through coach | Morrhuae, gal............ cece cece ec eee 80@1 00 | Whale, winter...................0000. 70 %5 on 9:10 a. m. and 11 p. m. trains. Myreias oo ee @ 50| Lard, extra...........0000.0.......... 61 Newaygo Division. Olive stent tec e tence eee ce cree recesses 1 00@2 75 Lard, NOD Ee ee a a 45 50 Leaves. Arrives. | Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)................. 1 12 | Linseed, PURO PAW 0 .e ect 45 48 ceprons Siiehaes satan ieuleneuscocecces ‘ 06 P os 2 8 P = Rivini Se ee Oe en ae 1 Ql 38 eed oe ee onan 48 50 shoes sede ssaedcze cs tentesne a aa OSMAN oo. ee 5@1 at’s Foot, winter strained........ 50 60 ee te a OE Pee acne | Boste, fe. sce lc ce @8 00 | Spirits Turpentine... nese... (A a where close connection is made with F.& P.M. traing | Succini .............. 00... ec eee eee cone 40@45 PAINTS to and from Ludington and Manistee. Bapina oo. ogc en 90@1 00 Bbl Lb W. A. GAVETT, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Santali --3 50@7 00 | Red Venetian.................. 1% 2@ 3 J.B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. | Sassafras... ....... oc ccsccccccecceve., 50@ 55 | Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 ee PINGING, O88, 5.0. 26 oe es shoe aes @_ 65| Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 13 2@ 3 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. ORT @1 50 | Putty, commercial ............ 2% 24@ 3 Kalamazoo Division. EDGING oe ea 50. | Putty, strictly pure.... eras: 2% 2%@ 3 Leave. Arrive. Se Opin ee @ 60/| Vermilion, prime American.. 13@16 Ex. & Mail. N. Y. Mail. N.Y. Mail. N.Y.Ex | Theobromas.....----.....--.... 2... 15@ 20| Vermilion, English.......... q. 5 B 4:35 : % A 2 ‘ & 55@58 35pm 7:45am..Grand Rapids. 9:45am 6:15pm Greén, Peninsular 16@17 5:55pm 9:02am,.Allegan....... 8:28am 5:00am POTASSIUM. is Lead, red strictly pure.” 7:05pm 10:06a m..Kalamazoo... 7:30am 4:90pm | Bichromate ............c.ccceccccecccce 16@ 15 L a hi ) pure..... .. 6@ 6% 8:30pm 11:35 a m..White Pigeon. 5:55am 2:20bm | Bromide .......... 2.2.0... ee eee 42@ 45| Yead, white, strictly pure..... 6@ 6% 2:30am 65:05 pm..Toledo........ 11:00pm 9:45am | Ghlorate (Po). 18@ 20 Whiting, , white Spanish....... @70 8:30am 9:40 p m..Cleveland..... 6:40pm 5:35am |roaiga : "tig 00@3 25 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 2:50pm 3:30a m..Buffalo........ 11:55am 11:40pm P SoS eit e sole SSS OU Reet esc 8 Scent alee White, Paris American......_. 110 5:40am_ 6:50 p m..Chicago....... 11:30pm 6:50am | Prussiate ................. 22... ese ee. 25@ 28 Whiting Paris English cliff A local freight leaves Grand Rapids at 12:50 pm,carry- RADIX. Pioneer Prep: aor : s 1 49 ing passengers as far as Allegan. All trains daily ex- Althae 2@ 30| Swi 1 repare ints ey 1 20@1 40 amen 0 a | eee Vili renerer Batts Ong aD 4 : AYU, PO. eo ee o 25 F : Detroit. Grand Haven & Milwaukee. Calanus. Bee ee ee 208 50 EE Nace Gay Sa rar a ak - aan a GOING East. Gentiana, (po. 15)... 2.2... J0@ 12) Coach Body....2202 7277222227200 2 75@3 00 was Arrives. _ Leaves. | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..........+........ 4A6@ 18) No.1 Turp Furniture... 0""" 1 00@1 1 ght Express.................2.06 9:30pm 10:55pm Hydrastis Canaden, po. 45) @ 40| Bxtra Tuck Doers ec sess sees eees 00@1 10 eae ‘3aspm ‘s:a)pm | Hellebore, Alba, pd.-.....-......20.0. 15@ 20| Japan Dryers Not arp. 1B! tEvening Express.................. : ; BCPA Se CSR eT Cains eee cela oO.) Purp oe +Detroit Express Peanee cas cere ° 6:40 : mb Pnula pO. oe a as 15@ 20 ges aes 0@ 7 +Mixed, with coach................ 11:00 a m | Tpecac, pO.... 2.2.0.0... ccc ccc cece eees 1 75@2 00 CUE Te eo alae. Phe oes ee ee) ee é . PMorning xpress....eeesststs La5pm 1:10pm | Marantee 4460000222 "O 3 Offer No. 171. : tGrand Rapids Uxpress..saeapbm °°? ™ | Podophyltum, po... I 2@ 38| FREE—To Merchants Only: A sated PXDPCRB S520 562 cca cast sdes 5:25am oo am | Rhei . Boe ete: ae - 090 ‘ M h : z° Bue sy cbs Vanes ba ecuneen cele : OP OUG cuss root ce ea 5 1Daily, po Scene ay a ik RODE cola Soeur ek gro, oe .. %@Q1 35 oe abate . ae ae Smoker 5 Set, sengers takin e@ 6:5 am e $ + ne canifestion at Cubes for Lansing, ae rae Detroit for ceives . ia. ve 0. 25) We ee ee 48@ = ( ve Pp leces) ” satin ined plush Cone. New York, arriving there at 10:10 a m the following | Sauguinaria, (po. 25)................04. @ Address at once, R. W. Tansill & morning. The Aden aepreas pee a Wagner leaping ar. oo see ctee sees ese eescccceceses, HO S Co.. 53 Sta: te St ? Chi AS. CAMPBELL, Ci assenger ORT. Ff DONOR... 0c cs vc gen ccct es ececeeecetececs H@ = le i Guo. B. Ruavz, Traffic Manager, Chicago. ‘| Smilax, Oificinalis, Ho2220707700020207. @ |” 9 ~eOagO sf a 2D. Stee eal TEs @ 2 Michigan Central. ee ie, he 1°38 B Grand Rapids Division. Valedana, English, (po. a @ AP PROVED by P HYSICIANS. DEPART. : German. 2oo et Detroit Express. ............ = ese k ese are ns cutee 6:15am oon SEMEN, ~~ Cushman ’s Day PURDIGHS oy icc cae ce ieeets eksekis eels s ose 1:10pm - : ye : aa ‘Atlantic Express...... Deseret LG 10:10 pm | Anisum, (PO. 20)......... ..ccecccnscees @ 1b ; BOG eee chee aah Bigs Cha sauce aes 6:50am | Apium (graveolens).................0. 10@ 12 _ ARRIVE. AY SS ce ee ee 4@ 6 oo MUMDTORS sass Ev seh ee sd eec ee as i gia see eee § - 2m | Carui, (DOMIB) a V@ 1b Perce ec es mercer secnveceeeene! veeseccevcccecere > pm Cardamom es ee co ey 00@1 95 a eS en ee: 10@ 12 *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars | Cannabis Sativa.......... Pee ay Re a@ 4 - run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from | Cydonium........ Bess cusses face es eas T5@1 00 Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Chenopodium ...............2........ 10@ 12 ae Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec- Dipterix Odorate oe oh "5@1 85 . tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over | DIP Se or gereesnas eR M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) HOOMIOUIUD «05. 5500... s eek cee cis oe @ 1b MENTHOL INH ALER D. W. JOHNSTON, Mich. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids. Foenugreek, po....... Mise vs Vc uiiceicts cas 6@ O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’l Pass. and cket Agt., ago. etree (i, 3) Bo oar ea wa antes eeces ae r In the treatment of Catarrh, Headache, ‘ ay See * 3 2 QP BJocecccccevasnccsvcces o8 : « $ ‘ * : : ; Phalaris Canarian........2000220002.0. 8%@4%| Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Bron-. | Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. |Rapa..........-.-....00., Gai csead Pa 6 chitis, Sore Throat and Severe WEST : 2 eee Sinapia, Albu... oo... -Colds, stands withoutan equal. oe MD cand te ids [Arriv 1088 ta be Wee eee sear ane Air Mentho | by Sc : ‘the ers oY nee Tea | aeeanice o| Saaeshcresenir yh ee vmananr endl e Ls c.se+ 8:30 5:30 | Peumes De : 9 | ‘ thoroug’ this’ y ly in the| e0 | Rrumonth D...< | Zopalipe stectz kag mera tetera #6 sole] umentt ae ys tints write k tow ma aa will to den i PERKINS DRUG 60. WHOLESALE ruqgists| Have now in Stock and Invite Your Order for the HOLIDAY TRADE An Elegant Line of PERFUMES Put up in the following styles: Match Safes five styles Christmas Cards ten styles Fancy Plush Boxes Hand Lamps two sizes Night Lamps Embossed Boxes Vases four styles Slippers two sixes Bisque Figures Watches Tumblers Pitchers Boots Jugs Also a Line of Sachet Bags In Silk and Satin. All These Goods are Low in Price and are very Desirable, Hazeltine & Perkins Be ec eie Ae 7 ak (ate Se ’t help admiring the solemn oraus of the Arab when he solaces for some kick or cuff of fortune by tly murmuring the word ‘‘kismet.” e no respect for, or belief in, the theory m, but I am, nevertheless, satisfied - tract much ore comfort out of existence ~ and that the. longevity of the race would materially increase. There would be noth- ingcourageous or self-reliant or brain-de- veloping in calmly throwing all responsi- - bility for our mistakes and misjudgments off from our own shoulders, but if we claimed the moral right to doso the time - that we spend and the ill-nature that we emgénder by perennially trying ourselves ‘before ourselves and defending ourselves against ourselves would be saved; and if we felt that the prosecution of somebody or - something would give us relief or consola- tion, we would merely have to arraign, con- -vict and condemn the unknown, unsubstan- oy, tial, unresisting, absurdly mysterious some- thing called Fate. } + *€ * *% * A belief in fatalism is commonly sup- _ posed to be the product of Oriental teach- ings and traditions, but it doesn’t need a very prolonged or very microscopic observa- tion of the people with whom we come in eontact to convince us that it exists, and in no minute degree, among our boasted intel- digent, enlightened and educated American sovereigns .and that almost numberless faults and failings and short-comings of in- - dividuals are, with the utmost calmness, equanimity and indifference, attributed to the decrees of fate. When this unmanly and itp Micsopblien! belief doesn’t affect our personal interests, we view it with very much the same con- tempt and indifference as we do the theory of the moon’s influence on crop planting or sheep shearing or weed cutting, but, unfor- tunately, it is too often used to our pecuni- ary disadvantage. For instance, Silas Jenkins isa poor man with a large family, but 1 consider him honest and I help him through a cold, dull winter in the way of household necessities. The next summer, fate, according to Silas’ explanation, so shapes affairs that he strikes for an increase of wages, remains idle until cold weather again and is then indignantly astonished at my disinclination to give fate another trial. Or, again, Farmer Snow owes me a large book account which is long overdue, and, in reply to my delicate suggestions of an adjustment, Farmer: S. conveys to me the agreeable assurance that when fate is kind _. @nough to allow him thirty bushels of - wheat per acre instead of thirteen he will make it a point to see that I am paid in full. Or, once more, my house needs reshingling and I contract for the services of Adze, the earpenter. Adze putsin an appearance as agreed and speedily and skillfully removes - the old shingles from one side of the buiid- ing. Then fate steps up and informs Adze that his brother has arrived from California and that he must visit with him three or four days, during which fraternal obser- _‘yance my rooms are deluged with rain and “mo inconsiderable amount of my household property ruined. Almost any business man can recall in- stance after instance of the neglect or refus- -g@iof individuals to fulfill contracts on the mssumption that their ability to do sc isa anatter entirely beyond their control, when a brief investigation of their records shows @onclusively that, instead of battling man- fally and courageously for themselves, they tamely and submissively accept any little circumstance that disarranges their pro- _ grammes as a reasonable and satisfactory _ vexense for disarranging the programme of _ ‘the party with whom they contracted. _ ‘ZI would have much less admiration for ‘the gravity and resignation of the Arab if I “was credibly informed that he whined and _awhimpered over the supposed decrees of fate and made them an excuse for unloading his misfortunes on his neighbors, but I have. good reasons for regarding him, in this re- spect at least, as more manly and self-re- euperative than his christian co-fatalists. 1 ean hardly imagine a gentleman of the rient, who owes his baker a year old ac- at, 8 os to that vee vendor that : | cents depended upon the success of the corn | crop. naive it a aboreush stirring ‘Up, hat wilt do some good!” . I have often thought ‘that 1 should, bya large majority, prefer the deacon to| the. parson when a matter of dollars and * * *% % + Ifthis article is intended to convey any moral, itis that any transactions you may have with the whiners and whimperers and snivelers of humanity had, for your own INVENTORS AND SOLE MANU satisfaction and profit, better be closed up SW.COR.I2T QMARKET ee Peek at one session. se ok = ene Aneenn RA. * * * * 7% If Dick Swiveller should enter my place of business and request the transfer of certain commodities, with a promise of fu- ture adjustment and giving as a reason that he was impecunious and that ‘mwas always thus: From childhood’s hour I’ve seen my fondest hopes decay; I never had a tree or flower but ’twas the first to fade away,”’ any party who witnessed my compliance would be justified in advising my family to immediately have a guardian appointed to take care of my few goods and chattels. ze STEPHEN FWHI & Son LAUNDRY, 48 and 45 Kent Street. Ayla