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ND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, _ aA 29, 1888.

 

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. 250 Record Blanks. .

- 250 Notification Sheets.
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rel in latest form, as recommended by the
“yecent State convention, for $12.50

eee in other quantities furnished on ap-

FOUL & STOWE COMPANY,

ENGRAVERS and PRINTERS,

4 Lyon St, Grand Rapids,

COUPON PASS BOOK

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Pass Book and the Coupon
System.

PRICE LIST.

26 Coupon Pass Books.......
50 6
169

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ce

66

980

500
1608

Meney can be sent by postal note or post-

office or express order.

BE. A. STOWE & BRO,,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

SEEDS

, FOR EVERYBODY.

For the Field or Garden.

If you want to buy

CLOVER

Or any other kind, send to the

‘Seed Store,

, TL OANAL ST,
i Y, LAMOREAUY.
- Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Horpolshomer & Co,|

Importers and Jobbers of

= DRY GOODS

pene and Fancy.

Overalls, Pants, Etc.,

OUR OWN MAKE.

A Complete Line of

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“SEEDS

Field and garden seeds of every variety.
MAMMOTH CLOVER,
- MEDIUM CLOVER,
TIMOTHY,
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_e carry a-complete stock of garden seeds
an

GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.

A box of garden seeds containing 200 5c. pa-
pers delivered to you for $4.

Send for price list of garden seeds.

ALFRED J. BROWN, Seeisman,
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

RDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

Jeweler,
Ah GANAL 87,

Grand Rapids, - Mich,

BELKNAP
Fag an Sigh
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.

= Special cette given to Repairing,
Painting and Letteri

Shops on Front St.. Grand Rapids, Mich,

SEEDS !
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AT JOBBING. PRICES.

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76 So. Division Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

Telephone 807,

 

 

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‘|| DETROIT,

 

POTATOES.

We give prompt personal. attention to
the aie 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 & C0,

_. COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
166 South Water St., CHICAGO.
Reference
FELSENTHAL. Gross & MILLER, Bankers,
Chicago.

 

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ARDENYER
MUSTARD
BEST IN THE WORLD

WANTED.

Butter, Eggs, Wool, Pota-
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Apples and all kinds of
Produce.

If you have any of the above goods to
ship, or anything in the Produce line let us
hear 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.

PRODUCE!

 

 

We should be pleased to open corres- &

pondence with anyone having APPLES,
POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, DRIED
FRUITS and other Country Produce to of-
fer. CAR LOTS ASPECIALTY. Con-
signments will receive our best attention.

We are willing at all times to make lib-
eral advances when drafts are drawn with
bill lading attached. Goods sold on arriv-
al or held as per request of shipper.

sS.'T.FisEe cw Co...

Cemmission Merchants,
189 So. Water St,, Chicago, Ll.

REFERENCE—First National Bank, or any Wholesale
Grocer here.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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A. J. BOWNE, President.
GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President.
H. P. BAKER, Cashier.

CAPITAL, - - - $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts
of HOnneey Merchants Solicited.

HIRTH & KRAUSE,

LEATHER
And Shoe Store Supplies,

SHOE BRUSHES,
SHOE BUTTONS,
SHOE POLISH,

SHOE LACES.
Heelers, Cork Soles, Button Hooks, Dress-
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corso -|SYANTON, SAMPSON & CO.
C. AINSWORTH,

Manutacturers and Jobbers of
Men’s Furnishing Goods.

Sole Manufacturers of the ‘‘Peninsular”
Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

State agents for Celuloid Collars and Cuffs.
120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave.,

MICHIGAN.
GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids;
: : Western Michigan Salesman.

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LAKE

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Present Prices: ey

Steve No. 4 and Nut - - $8.00 per ton
Egg and Grate $7.75 per ton

_ We are agents for Brazil Block Coal. The
Beet and ices steam coal in the market.

Grand Rapids Ice & Coal 6a,

OFFICE 52 PEARL ST.,

 

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Pres.,
A. &. WATSON, Treas..
S. F. ASPINWALL, Secy.

_ CASH CAPITAL, $200,000.

CHAS. E. BREWSTER,

MANUFACTURER OF

GANT HOOK and PEAVY HANDLES.

Jobber in Hand-Shaved White
Hickory Axe Handles.

I manufacture my handles from rived
second growth maple, turned 2 1-2, 2 9-16,
2 11-16 at bulge as ordered.

My stock is kiln-dried, and with a capac-
ity of fifty doz. per day ean fill all orders
promptly.

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1or State of Michigan.

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hand Roaster in the
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should be without
one. Roasts coffee
and pea-nuts to per
fection.

Send for circulars.

Robt. 5. West,

150 Long St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

JOHN H. REDMOND,
Wholesale Commission Merchant,

335 Broadway, - Albany, N. Y.,

P.O. BOX 215.

Liberal Cash Advancements on Con-
signments. Marking Plates free. Cor-
respondence and Consignments Solic-
ited. References furnished.

Poultry, Butter and Eggs a
Specialty.

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GRAIN,

SEEDS,
BALED HAY,
MILL FEED,
and PRODUCE.

In Car Lots.

HOLLAND, MICH.
BHANS!

I have a nice lot of Hand-
icked Beans I offer to the
ad de. Parties in want can get
supplied by writing to
; W. T. LAMOREAUX,

71 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

 

1|MYRON H. WALKER,

_ Attorney and. golietivr, =
MICH.

Bank. ‘Tetophone de

 

 

MY FRIEND, THE BURGLAR.
Written Especially for THR TRADESMAN.

“Did you ever hear how near I came to
w| being arrested as.a burglar?” asked my old
friend and schoolmate, Hervey Barnhart, as
together we were discussing the merits of
some very fine cigars upon the veranda of
the pleasant cottage in the suburbs of one of
our large cities in which my friend resided.

I immediately professed my ignorance,
while a negative shake of the head anda
quick glance of dissent from his wife only
served to make my curiosity greater. Blow-
ing a great cloud of fragrant smoke into the
air, Hervey began as follows:

“‘When I arrived at the age of eighteen,
my father, who was at that timea merchant
in this city and fairly well supplied with
this world’s goods, sent me to a business
college in the East, in order that I might
there obtain the knowledge necessary to the
man of business he fendly . hoped I would
become, and thus relieve him of the burden.

“Four years passed rapidly away, and in
all that time I had not seen my family or
home. I had attained my full share of
inches, and had even made some progress in
the cultivation of a mustache—infinitesimal,
as yet, but giving promise of great things in
the future. My education had arrived at a
satisfactory point—to me, at least, if not to
my tutors—and my father urged my imme-
diate return home, giving, as a reason, his
poor health and the increasing cares of an
ever-growing business. My sister was soon
to be married, and this would leave none to
cheer the old folks but myself. I would
much have preferred to look around the
world a little before settling down to mer-
cantile life, but my duty to my father: was
greater, and I set out on my return home.

‘The family,I knew,had moved to anoth-
er location, but had given me minute direc-
tions for finding the place, so I experienced
no difficulty on that score. It was a hand-
some flat, which had been built in the sub-
urbs during my absence; and, although it
was late in the evening, my eyes soon-de-
scried through the gloom my father’s door-
plate, as I then supposed. I was just about
to ring the bell, really agitated with delight
at once more seeing the dear faces of my
family, when a temptation came in my way.
Gne of the dining-room. windows was open,
while a quantity of silverware lay on a side-
board, in full view from the street. Why
should I not enter unannounced, and present
my precise and careful mother with a hand-
ful wf her own spoons and _ forks,
left so conveniently at the service
of any sneak-thief who might chance
to pass that way? Why? That is
only a figure of speech. I asked myself no
question about the matter. The idea had
hardly flashed over my mind, when my legs
were on the sill of the low window. Inan-
other moment I had crept in and, chuckling
at my own cleverness and the great moral
lesson I was about to teach, I was stuffing
my pockets with the silver.

‘‘While thus engaged, the opening of a
door in the hall above alarmed me, and,
afraid of the failure of my plan,.I stepped
lightly up the stairs, which were dimly
lighted by the gas in the hall. As I was
about to reach the top,.a servant was com-
ing out of a room on the opposite side. She
instantly retreated, shut the door with a
bang, and 1 could hear a_half-suppressed
ery. I hurried on up the stairs and opened
the first door ata venture. The room was
in total darkness, and I stopped for a mo-
ment to listen. Lights were hurrying across
the hall and I heard the voice of a man
scolding and laughing atsomeone. The
girl had doubtless given the alarm, although
her information must have been very indis-
tinct, for when she saw meI was in the
shadow and she could have. had little more
than a vague impression that she had seen
me. However this may be, the man, from
the sound of his voice, appeared to go into
the dining-room, and a crashing noise told
me the silver was being thrown into one of
the drawers of the sideboard. Then I heard
the window closed and bolted and the man
returned to the upper rooms, laughing at
the girl’s fright. Before doing this, howev-
er, he took care to'see that the street door
was securely fastened, and he put the key
in his pocket. He then retired, and all was
still. : :

“I began to feel sémewhat queer. My
mother had never kept a servant, to my
knowledge, and it was impossible that she
could have made this change in her domestic

affairs without informing me through my
sister, whose letters were faithful chroni- |
| cles, even down to the health of: the cat.

This was puzzling; ait, now that I had
time to think, the house was much too large
for my father’s sinall family. I now recol-

lected that the quantity of silverware I had
‘seen was not in accordance with the amount

my parents were vaceustomed. to. use, and

that some of the pieces were of a size and.
‘| solidity. Thad never se n in- my: home ss dn ;
| vain I bethoug my the}

sation of absolute faintness, I beheld—not
LAMY father’s initial, ‘B,’ but the letter ‘S.’

‘| groped for a chair and sat down.
more hurry now. Oh, no! ‘There was
plenty of time, and plenty to do in it, for I
had to wipe away the perspiration which
ran in streams down my face. What'was
to be done? What had I done? Oh, a tri-
fle, a mere trifie! I had only sneaked into
a man’s house by the dining-room window,
and pocketed his table spoons; and here I
was; locked and barred and bolted in, sitting
very comfortably, in the dark and alone, in
one of his rooms. Very comfortably, I as-
sure you! A very amusing predicament, to
be sure! Wouldn’t my unknown host laugh
in the morning and invite me, cordially, to
remain to breakfast? And wouldn’t I eat
heartily from the spoons and forks I had
stolen? Oh, most certainly.

*“‘My brain was wandering. I pressed my
hand upon my wet forehead to keep down
the horrible thoughts, and determined to
hold a cool and deliberat@ consultation with
myself. I was in an awkward predicament
—it was impossible to deny that fact; but
was there anything serious in the case? I
had unquestionably gone into the wrong
dining-room, the right hand instead of the
left. Ihad been four years absent from
my father’s house, and was anything more
natural than my desiring to make my return
through the window rather than the door?
I had appropriated, it is true, a quantity of
silverware I had found Tying loose on the
sideboard, but what of that? :

Finally, my thoughts settled down to the
fact that I was caged, trapped—doors and
windows had been bolted upon me—and I
was an unsuspected prisoner in the house.

“This was not encouraging. ~The case
was decidedly queer, and, as I sat there in
the dark with my plunder in my pocket, I
am sure that no criminal in his cell would
have envied me my reflections. In fact, the
evidence was so dead against me that I be-
gan to doubt my owninnocence. What was
l here for if my intentions were honest?
Why should I desire to come into any man’s
house through the winduw? Iwas angry
as well as frightened, and finally my senses
returned, and I got up to ascertain if it were
not possible to get from the window into
the street. It was locked, and in such a pe-
culiar way that I was unable to open it.
Then a feeling of utter desolation came over
me, when I thought that if this. window
were fastened, the others must be, as well.
It was my fate to be a thief, and I returned
to my chair.

‘The next coherent idea which came to
me was to get rid of my plunder. With
that out of my possession, the chances of
being taken for a burglar were considerably
less. With that view, I laid it carefully on
the corner of a sofa and concealed it with
the cover. This wasa great relief. Ial-
most began to feel like the injured party—
more like a captive than a robber, and I
groped my way through the room witha
vague idea that I might, perhaps, find a
trap-door or a concealed panel, and by that
time-honored (in novels) means, make my
escape. But there was nothing of the kind
in this modern house—nothing but the us-
ual furniture of an up-stairs sitting-room in
a fashionable flat.

““How long I had been in the house by
this time, I cannot tell. It seems to me,
when I look back, to have formed a cons id-
erable portion of an ordinary lifetime. In-
deed, I do not very well remember the more
distant events of the night. Every now and
then the fact occurred to me that what had
so far happened was but a prelude to some-
thing still to occur. The morning was to
come and the burglar to be arrested.

“*T must have fallen into an uneasy slum-
ber, for I was suddenly startled by ascream.
A lady stood watching me, with the color
fading from her face, and, as I moved, she
would have fallen had [not caught her in
my arms. I laid her on the couch. It was
the first twilight.of the morning. The si-
lence was profound. The room was still
dim and indistinet. Is it any wonder that
L was in considerable perplexity as to
whether I were-not still dreaming?

‘* ‘Madam,’ I said, ‘if you are a vision, it
is of no consequence; but, if not, I would
be very much pleased to get out.’ :

-** ‘Use no violence,’ she replied, in a
shaky voice, ‘and no one will molest you.
Take what you want and go.’

‘‘ ‘That is sooner said than done. The
doors and windows are locked and _ bolted,
and it is quite a distance from these  win-
dows to the ground. JIassure: you, I have
been in considerable anxiety the whole of
the night as tomy best mode of egress,’
and, drawing up a chair, I sat down in front
ofher. Whether it was owing to this ac-
tion or my inj jured tone of Voice, or the

lady burst into.a hysterical laugh.
— ‘How id you break in?’ said she.

 

No

 

Here’it is,’ and, going to the sofa, I drew
7 the cover and showed her the silver. i
* *You have been generous,’ said she, her : 2
voice getting shaky again: ‘for the whole
must have been in your power. I will let :
you out so no one will know. Put up in- :
your pockets what you have risked so much .
to possess, and follow me.’

** ‘I will follow you, with pleasure, ’said iy
‘were it the world over;’ for the increasing
light showed me as lovely a specimen of
womanhood as I have ever seen: ‘but ag for
the plunder,?you must excuse me there. I
never stole anything before, and, please
Heaven, never will again!’

** ‘Surely, you are a most extraordinary
burglar,’ said the young lady, suddenly, for
the light must have made a revelation to
her, also; ‘you neither look nor talk like a
thief.’

‘* ‘Nor am I.’

“* “Then, if you are not a robber, why are
you here?—why creep in at the dining-
room window, pocket other people’s spoons
and get locked up in their house all night?’

** ‘For no other reason than a joke. Ihave
just come home from the East, after an ab-
sence of four years and was going to my
father’s house—the next door in this flata—
when those confounded spoons caught my
eye, and, supposing it to be my father’s
dining-room, in an instant I was over the
fence and in the window, expecting to get
a joke on my mother for leaving her aver:
in such an exposed place.’

“* ‘Then you are Hervey, my dear friend
Nellie’s brother, so longingly expected and
loved by them all—so—’_ Here the young
lady blushed most bewitchingly, and cast
down her eyes. What these two girls
could have been saying about me I don’t
know, but there was a secret of some sort.

“She let me out so quietly that no one
ever heard a syllable about the matter, and
I made the thing sure by putting the young
lady in a position, after the lapse of a year,
in which it is necessary to her own honor to

keep my first and last burglary a secret. I >

have been in business with her *brother for.
Some years now, and she is that lady who
shook her head so vehemently at the com-.
mencement of this yarn—my wife.”

RELLUF..

He Indorsed the Note.

A story is told of Washington Connor,
Jay Gould’s old partner in the stock broker-
age business, which illustrates the proclivi-
ty of the Wall street man to play pranks in
solemn places. Connor, during a sojourn
in London, presented a £25 Bank of Eng-
land note—which, like our own currency, is
simply a promise to pay—to the bank for
redemption in gold. The bank’s custom on
these occasions is to require the person pre-
senting the note to indorse it. ‘‘Indorse
it!” said Connor, when the rule was read to
him. ‘‘I don’t know about that. I'ma lit-
tle careful what I indorse. This is a note
of hand.” The astonishment of the official
could not be easily depicted in words. ‘TI
don’t believe I’ll indorse it at all. I don’t
know you. Besides, it aint necessary.
Give me the gold and take your paper.”
‘‘But, sir, it’s our rule—”’ ‘I don’t eare
anything about your rule. Isn’t the paper
good?” ‘‘Good! Good! Isa Bank of Eng-
land note good? Are you mad, man?”*
“Well, if it’s good, I want the money on
it.” “‘Who are you? You must be an
American. Quit your funning, man, and’
indorse it.” The official gasped nearly pur-
ple in the face. Connor’s countenance did
not change a muscle. ‘‘Tll not indorse it,”
he said, ‘‘and as it’s a genuine note, if
you don’t pay it, I'll protest it.” ‘Protest.
it! Protest the Bank of England? Good
heavens!” ‘‘Yes, protest it, and before
night.” The clerk climbed down from his
stool and ran into a back room. He return-
ed immediately with two elderly officials,
all three greatly excited. Connor calmly
reduced the new-comers toa panic by re-
peating his threat, and, after enjoying the
spectacle, feigned a sudden understanding .
of the case and indorsed the note and got ©

his gold. ; -
————

The Oleomargarine Bill to Stay.
The bill-introduced in the House of Rep-

resentatives by Representative Frank Law-°
ler to repeal the law on oleomargarine im~

posed by law one year ago, met aspeedy —

death last. week, by its reference, by a large :

majority, to the Committee on Agriculture... =
Its proper place was the Committee.on,

Ways and Means, but the members who -

have rural counties in their districts and e: ae

where creameries are thicker than marga-
rine factories, wanted the billsent toacom- _
mittee in which the cow interest is ene a
and easily carried their point.

PERFECTION SAI

The Latest Improved and B.

 

 

mere fact of finding herself in a quiet tete-a- a
tete with a burglar, can not tell, but. the |

 

- of L. criminal folly.

 

 

: of this sort when estab-
ee. The Roman

Age the cours of that State. have

at this is not necessarily a secta-

rian school, and cannot be excluded from
the benefits of the State law. As. schools
controlled exclusively by Protestants were
“not held to be sectarian, the principle of the
decision seems sound. It will be for the

- State authorities to ascertain from the ac-
A tual administration of the schoo] whether it
a ‘is: sectarian in its exclusion of Protestants
s or in the character of its religious teaching.

Z The unexpected always fails’ to happen
_ when the Knights of Labor have anything
todo witha strike. Sooner or later the
despotic executixe board is bound to do

_ something which cannot but cast discredit
-. upon the order.

A recent move in the
‘Reading strike is another exhibition of K.
The order for the en-
gineers, firemen and pumpmen at the mines
to strike, if obeyed, would result in the
flooding ofall the idie mines and entail a
‘vast damage to property which cannot very
well be computed. a

Purely Personal.
Robt. E. Porter, formerly with Bulkley,
Lemon & Hoops, has gone to Colorado.
Miss Lizzie Rathman has taken the posi-
tion of book-keeper for W. T. Lamoreaux.
James E. Granger, who is now at Pasa-
' dena, Cal., is expected home again in May.

W. T. Lamoreaux returned from Vermont
last week with his wife, who is seriously ill

at her home’ on Ottawa street.

yas. H. Thompson has returned from the
East, where he has been purchasing spring

goods for Thompson & Maclay.

James B. McInnes, formerly with ‘the
New York Tea Co., has just embarked in
the tea business at Pasadena, Cal.

_ John Maclay, of the firm of ‘Thompson &
‘Maclay, went to Dubuque last week to at-
tend the wedding of his daughter, which oc-
-eurs to-day.

‘Spencer Arnold, book-keeper for the
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co., succeeds Hen-
ry Fuller, of Boston, as selling agent for the
coming season.

-. Fred Maclay, who has been in the employ
of Thompson & Maclay since the establish-
ment of the house here, has gone to Omaha
. to take a position with a wholesale hard-
ware house, ;

R. J. Cleland, son of Daniel Cleland, the

- Coopersville merchant, was in town Mon-
day on his way to the Agricultural College.

This is his junior year, pursuing the me-
chanical course laid down in the curriculum.
:

Gripsack Brigade.

Mrs. “Hub” Baker is dangerously ill at
her home on Spring street.

_ Louis Imegard, of the Catlin Tobacco

Works, is up the G, R. & 1. this week.

H. M. Horton, rerresenting the Warsaw
- Balt Co., of Warsaw, N. Ye, was in town
_ over Sunday.

- Ivan Lloyd has been joined by his family
and’ is now pleasantly situated at 169

_ Mount Vernon street.

: Geo. Callen, representing the Wilson &
“McCally Tobacco Co., of Middletown, Iowa,

has begun work in this _ territory.

. Geo. W. Haynes, who was given in last
week’s list'as traveling for C. Pelgrim, of

Kalamazoo, is on the road for the Hensel-
‘man Candy Co., of Kalamazoo, instead.

Geo. H. Seymour is “‘keeping bachelor’s
hall” again,-his wife and daughter having

rie 1 out ¢ on a visiting tour of two months’
ion, including stops at Lansing, Pas
; ane ‘desea

Dairymen’ s Association.

jembership received fifty

on Association one of}.

ed in the grocery cece at ‘Sullivan, Ar- ;
thur Meigs & Co. furnished the stook.

Arthur Lowell, uutil lately an attorney at

| Coopersville, has bought out C. Wohlge-
-{muth’s grocery business at 699 Broadway.

J. S. Barker, formerly engaged in the
hardware business at Sand Lake, has pur-
chased the hardware stock of M. L. Swift,
on Canal street.

C. M. Goodrich & Co. have secured the

agency for this territory of the Cincinnati
Safe and Lock Co. and will carry a complete
assortment in the basement of the new
Widdicomb block.
. KE. B. Wright and. Dave Holmes, of
Woodville, and Greg. Luce, of. this city,
have purchased of C. F. Nason thirty-eight
acres lying along the east side of the C. &
W. M. Railway, just north of the D., G. H.
& M. Railroad. Thetract hasa half mile
frontage on the railway.

A new organization has been recently
formed, called the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe
and Dust Arrester Co. As the title would
indicate, Grand Rapids is to be headquar-
ters, and the manufacture and sale of Bar-
bour’s patent dust arrester, with the requi-
site amount of blow pipe, will be the chief
business, It is understood that Foster,
Stevens & Co. are largely interested in this
new venture, which is sufficient guarantee
as to its success. i

AROUND THE STATE.

Frankfort —Lentholtz & Co., ErOvers,
have assigned.

Moscow—Wm. L. Bibbins has put ina
stock of hardware.

Martin—Oliver Green has re-embarked in
the grocery business.

Woodstock—W. C. Lewis suceeeds J. S.
Brooks in general trade.

Muskegon—H. B. Fargo & Co., grocers,
are selling out at auction.

Vassar —M. Lamb succeeds John H. Bur-
gess in the grocery business.

Battle Creek—Harriett E. (Mrs. Selah O.)
Merritt, grocer, has sold out.

Clarksville—Dr. A. G. Bush succeeds N.
K. Jepson in the drug business.

Middleton—Robert Kelly has purchased
Geo. A. Thayer’s general stock.

Buchanan—C. T. Jones succeeds Jones
Bros. in the restaurant business.

Saranac—L. C. Hunter & Co. succeed H.
L. Bailey in the hardware business.

Jerome—W. W. Armstrong has moved
his hardware stock here from Moscow.

Muskegon—Fred C. Yonker succeeds B.
H. Smith in the boot and shoe business.

Bay City—J. B. Campbell succeeds J. B.
Campbell & Co. in the grocery business.

Gobleville—A. B: Clark sueceeds Lewis
& Clark in the drug and grocery business.

Rockford—Miss C. Addis succeeds J. M.
Spore in the book and stationery business.

Jackson—Seymour E. Wyatt succeeds
Geo. Wyatt in the boot and shoe business.

Howard City—J. W. Lovely succeeds
Denton & Lovely in the hardware business.

Jackson—E. J. Weeks & Co. succeed
Weeks, Latimer & Co. in the drug business.

Alpena—Richards & Tompkins succeed
Wheeler & Tompkins in the drug business.

Northville—Geo. C. Hueston, boot and
shoe dealer, has assigned to W. W. Wen-
dell. '

Dowagiac — Cooper & Mosher succeed
Mosher, Palmer & Co. in the grocery busi-
ness.

Manistee—A. B. Leonard & Son succeed
Krogen & Leonard in the hardware busi-
ness.

Pontiac—Hall & Co., dealers in boots and
shoes, have been closed under chattel mort-
gage.

St. Johns—Brown & Conn basin’ Jas.
H. Conn in the eer implement bus-
iness.

' Detroit—H. & A. Van Essen succeed A.
J. Naumann & Co. in the feed commission
business.

Owosso—Chas. Connor succeeds: Grahame
& Connor in the news, ee neny and cigal
business.

Middleton—O. H. Salisbury & Son __suc-
‘| eeed Stonebrook & Salisbury in the hard-
ware business. :

Dewey, Defendorf & Lyle in the dry goods
and carpet business.

Fremont—K. Mulder has taken posses-
sion of the M. B. Franklin general stock by
virtue of a bill of sale.

Milo—Clarance Doolittle sueceeds E. C.
Spaulding in general trade. The latter will
‘Ye-engage in the railroad business.

Ionia—N.. B. Hayes and Jerry Spaulding

: tter have joined hands and engaged in the agri-
~- | cultural implement and vehiele business.

_ Rockford- Henry and meter Hessler

 

McOmber,

| H. Bohner and will ‘continue at the old
; place ‘with A. R. Eldred as manager.

- Ravenna—Wm. McNitt has. retired from
the agricultural implement firm of DeHart
& MeN itt. The business will be continued
by the remaining partner, J: acob DeHart.

Bay City—W. H. Miller, wholesale and
retail hardware dealer, has merged his busi-
ness into.a stock company under the style
of W. H. Miller & Co., with a paid-in capi-
tal of $70,000.

Montague—John J. Timmons dry goods |
and notion stock was attached on the 13th
by Schloss, Ochs & Co., of Chicago, The
claim was subsequently settled and the at-
tachment released.

Petoskey—The furnishing ois firm of
Smith & Co. has dissolved,
Messrs. ‘Smith and Pepper retiring. The
business will be continued by W. W. Mc-
Omber under his own name.

Plainwell—The W. H. Hine grocery
stock, which recently reverted to M. Desen-
berg, of Kalamazoo, by virtue of a chattel
mortgage, has been closed out to Gabriel
Wolff and removed to Otsego.

Eaton Rapids—Reynolds Bros. have start-
ed a branch dry goods establishment at Nor-
walk, Ohio, in connection with Mr. Wal-
worth, of Homer. Mr. H. F. Reynolds and
Mr. Walworth will take charge of the store
there, while Mr. Will Reynolds will conduct
the business here.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Manton—Millard & Richards’ new factory
will turn out 10,000 handles per day.

Detroit—Louis Wiedersaiz succeeds Pon-
celet & Wiedersatz, copper #hd sheet iron
workers.

Detroit—Joe B. Kemp has retired from
the Joe Kemp Chair Co., and Julius F. Ke-
gel continues the business.

Charlevoix—The Charlevoix Manufactur-
ing Co. will add a shingle mill of 25,000
daily capacity to its sash, door and blind
plant.

Detroit—H. L. Baker, F. B. Clark and C.
W. Moore are the incorporators of the Oak
and Gum Lumber Co., which. will operate
in Mississippi county, Mo.

Allegan—H. B. Peck has traded his in-
terest in the paper mill to his partners, J.
B. Streeter & Son, and has taken in return
their interest in the elevator and some other
property.

Muskegon—Samuel Simmons has sold his
interest in the Simmons Manufacturing Co.
to James D. Cheeseman, who succeeds Mr.
Simmons as President of the corporation.
Mr. Simmons will shortly establish a lum-
ber yard here.

Sand Lake—The grist mill of Marshall &
Son took fire in the attic last Friday night
and, in the absence of any kind of fire pro-
tection, burned to the ground. The ma-
chinery and stock on the second floor were
saved, but the grain and machinery on the
second and third floors were a total loss.
The boiler and engine were but little dam-
aged. ‘The loss on building and stock will
probably reach $6,000, which is partially
coved by an insurance of $4,000—$2,000 in
the Detroit Fire and Marine and an equal
amount in the Millers’ Mutual of Lansing.

STRAY FACTS.

Detroit—Mr. Deneke, of the dry goods firm
of Berns & Deneke, is dead.

Elk Rapids — Theodore Bow succeeds
Harry Briggs in the billiard business.

Detroit—E. G. Merick, of the firm of
Merick, Esselstyn & Co., vessel owners, is
dead.

Detroit—The J. P. Donaldson Co. has as-
signed its ship chandlery business to E. H.
Turner.

North Adams—Burglars recently reduced
the stock of Knapp & Crane by taking $590
worth of jewelry.

Adrian—Anton Wehle, the beot and shoe
dealer, has just announced his. failure No.
2.- Seth Bean is his assignee, and his lia-
bilities are probably between $5,000 and
$8,000.

Cheboygan—G. L. Spaulding has con-
tracted with James Erskine & Co., of Rog-
ers City, for all the logs. they can put in
from three camps. The stock is said to be
of a fine quality.

- Hobart—E. W. Robinson, for the past
three years cashier of The Hannah & Lay
Mercantile Co., of Traverse City, is now in

| charge of the lumber and mercantile busi-
Dowagiac—Dewey & Defondorf succeed | | ° oh ne :

ness of N. Slaght, at this place.

Detroit—E. G. Richards uttered four
chattel mortgages on his lumber yard and
contents Saturday, aggregating $17,550.
He recently assumed his son’s liabilities,
since which time his losses have reached
neatly $10,000.

Hides, Pelts and Furs.

The wool market is firm, with good sales,

but no higher prices. Tallow is easier and
34 lower. The demand is good. Furs are|

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lat ‘thing bee vogu
higan tee a long time. Tt has caused

_ | much grumbling on the part, especially, of
| merchants and others in cities, who say that

they do not get the benefit of the competi-
tion in insurance that they do in all other
business, and which they, themselves, have
to encounter.

open competition by passing a law forbid-
ding any insurance company from entering
into any arrangement with any other com-
pany the object or effect of which would be
to avoid free and open competition. It pro-
vides for punishing an agent so offending by.
fine or imprisonment or both. It requires
the Insurance Commissioner to investigate
all such cases of which he hears, and to re-
yoke the certificate of any offending com-
pany,

The passage of such a law was urged and
practically secured by the Business Men’s
Association of Michigan, Frank Hamilton,
of Traverse City, being President, and E.
A. Stowe, of Grand Rapids, Secretary. The
law went into effect on Feb. 1, but the com-
panies, by a very ingenious ‘device, have
thus far succeeded in going. on just the
same as though it had not been passed.

‘*My companies,” said Benjamin Vernor
this morning, ‘‘talked of abandoning Michi-
gan entirely. Itis a damnable law, and
they did not propose doing business’ under
it.. I had all I could do to keep them here,
but they have concluded -to stay, and our
rates. will not be lowered under any _ consid-
eration. They are made as the result of
seventy-five years’ experience; they are just
and we will maintain them.”

‘‘All the old board companies take the
same stand, do they not?”

‘I believe so. But, mind, we permit no
violation. of the law. Iso instruct our
agents in circulars sent to them. We simply
keep our rates.”

‘*You have all agreed to do that?”

‘*The law does away with our old compact
system. Any understanding we may have
had was arranged before the law went into
effect.” \

Mr. Vernor and other agents seen practi-
cally admit that the law has not affected re-
sults. All companies sent out circulars
saying that the tendency would be to a stif-
fening rather than a letting down of rates.
Some classes of risks would be raised or re-
fused as experience suggested. It was also
intimated that it would be well to unite with
Dayid Beveridge’s rating and inspecting bu-
reau. They all did so, understandingly.
He was manager of the old Board of Detroit
Fire Underwriters, which the law killed,
hence he runs the bureau.. The compan-
ies say that it is cheaper to have one man to
do the work than to have each company em-
ploy some one, but he practically regulates
the rates for all companies. If there bea
change in the rating of any risk for any
reason, he has it entered upon the books of

every agent. If a new building goes up, he
fixes the rate of insurance, and it is placed
in the books of each agent. All policies is-
sued, terms, etc., are reported to him and
made part of his record. Of course, any
company in the combine can cut rates; but
so it could under the old compact system.
But now, as then, they are practically under
agreement to stand united.

Agents are recommended to join the un-
derwriters’ club, andin a way that always
leads to an acceptance of the advice. It is
a “social” club, yet it appropriates the fea-
tures of the Underwriters’ Board. It not
only maintains rates, but if an agent gives
any rebate on his commission he must for-
feit half the premium, and in no case less
than $10, just as it used to be. Ifitis not
the object of this arrangement to defeat the
law, that is its effect, and anything produc-
ing that ‘‘effect”’ is specially forbidden by
the act.

ena eee
Michigan Dairy Notes.

C. C. Williams, for the past two seasons
maker at Smith’s cheese factory, at Way-
land, is endeavoring to arouse interest in a
new factory near Moline.

Hon. E. N. Bates has arranged to start
the Moline cheese factory early in the sea-
son, having already been pledged the milk
of 300 cows.

The farmers in Cheshire township, Alle-
gan county, have organized an association
to engage in the manufactnre of cheese,
electing R. Blanchard, President and S. S.
Celeman, Secretary. A proposition to erect
the necessary buildings, to be completed by
April 15, has been accepted.

F. E. Pickett, proprietor of the Coldspring
cheese factory, near Hilliards, is preparing
to erect a new curing room, 18 x 45 feet in
dimensions and 12 feet high. The building
will have a storage capacity of 900 cheese.

? —_———_— oO
Good Words Unsolicited.

Wilbur H. Pardee, genera! dealer, Logan:

“Couldn’t get along without THE TRADESMAN.”

‘Morris H. Treusch & Bro., wholesale tobac-

conists, Grand Rapids: ‘‘We can compliment
you in having the best trade paper in the
West. We consider same the leading one, and
we would not be without it. Wish you the
best success (which you deserye).”’

C. H. Reynolds, grain dealer, Nashville:
“Your paper is a good one. Wish you suc-
cess.”’

F. D. Smith, druggist, Coopersville: “It
would be better to have twins and no milk
than to try and do business without THE
TRADESMAN.”

Baker & Baker. grocers, Rockford: “We
can’t get along without Tur TRADESMAN.”

» Bell, Conrad & Co., wholesale dealers in
teas, coffees and spices, Chicago: ‘‘If every
retailer in the State would subscribe for and
read THE TRADESMAN, he would bea better
merchant for so doing.”’
——— ‘+ 2
Bank Notes.
The National Park Bank of New York

has demanded a trial of the case,in which

they recently garnisheed the Isador Cohn-

‘feld nds in the hands of the Detroit po-
lice ) satisfaction of a debt.
Brown & Co.’s Bank of Charlevoix will
hortly be merged into a National bank un-
era style to be determined hereafter.

The last Legislature sought
to remedy this and bring about free and

It}
jis pee that, the new bank will big ry,

 

mmoned me into his pri-

) office and ‘said: voune man,
about. time you were married—and I. have
found a wife for you.”

' This statement startled me, for I was just.

thinking at the time of lovely Dorothy Field,
whose face in miniature hung in the gold
locket on my watch chain.

‘I am afraid I shall not be able to con-
sent,” I stammered.

“‘And why not,” he snarled. ‘‘Any ro-
mantic objections to entering the marriage
state?” i

‘None at all, but there is an obstacle.”

“Oh, there is, eh? Some foolish boy and
girl attachment, I suppose. Well, you can
take your choice between , starving and dis-
obeying me or marrying a fine girl anda
fine allowance. Tl see you in the: morn-
ing.” And he rang the bell, dismissing me.

I came to the conclusion during the night
that I could not give Dorothy up, and in-
formed my uncle of the determination. He
did just what I expected, discharged me
and went off in a terrible rage. I was feel-
ing very blue tntil I happened to meet
Frank Gowing, who, hearing my story, im-
mediately gave-me a place in his store.

It was in the beginning of June, and the
classic race at Epsom had just beenrun. I
condoled with a loser by betting, Edward
Quelch, as dexterously as I knew how.

“Bah! Yours is fair weather philosophy
—there’s a lot of that knocking about in the
world,” he replied, with a wry grimace.
“Never mind, if rumor tells the truth, your
old office chum has got it half a dozen ‘times
as hot.”

‘‘What! Philip Renbow?” I ejaeulated.

‘Yes; did you think he was as innocent
as he looks? You should have recollected
the proverb, ‘’Tis the demure cat that steals
the cream.’ ”

‘*‘What has he lost? Do you know the
figure?” I inquired.

‘Over five hundred, I heard. He backed
the second favorite very heavily on suppos-
ed private information—a dreadful sell for
the lot of us.”

All that afternoon the story to which I
had listened haunted me. In the intervals
of counting-house routine the question con-
tinually recurred: How would Philip Ren-
bow meet his so-called ‘‘debts of honor?”
And another question, also: If the disclo-
sure came would my uncle dismiss him?

At the close of work, with a sigh of re-

lief I closed my desk and turned down the
gas. As usual, I went to the window to
see that the fastenings were safe. There I
was riveted to the spot by sheer consterna-
tion—somebody was in my uncle’s office
across the street!

At last, the mysterious visitant crossed
the limited area open to ny view, and I rec-
ognized Philip Renbow. He held in his
hand what my quickened senses determined
to be a file. Necessity is a wonderful
sharpener of wits, and my brain -had soon
conceived a plan. I could slip around to my

‘uncle’s front coor and alarm him without

disturbing Renbow.

This was the course I adopted. I made
no precense of even waiting to give up my
key. I believe I actually flew down those
flights of stairs and along those passages. I
knew my uucle sat late, and hoped to find
him up. I was not disappointed.

“Why, Alfred Taylor, whatever—what
do you mean by this invasion, sir?” the old
man asked, too bewildered to find coherent
words, as he rose to his feet and eyed the
poker as though he feared I might have gone
mad and was meditating assault.

‘*You are being robbed, sir!” I replied.

That dispelled, for the time, both his tre-
mor and his rising indignation. Hebecame
once more the alert, collected man of busi-
ness.

**You have not alarmed the villain?”

‘No, sir.”

Lheld my peace as to the scoundrel’s
identity.

With a dozen men we hemmed in our
victim in the most systematic fashion that
could possibly have been devised. Nota
single avenue of escape remained, and then
my uncle insisted on leading the way. But
there was no resistance. Never did I seea
guilty wretch look more corpse-like or cower
into more abject paroxysms of terror.

‘*Philip Renbow!” cried my uncle, in tones
of stern surprise. ‘‘You, of all men! After
this, P11 trust nobody!” —

But he did. For, at the conclusion of the
trial that remitted his some-time senior
clerk to the courtesies of prison wardens
for a couple of years, he called me aside.

“‘My lad,” said he, ‘‘you have saved me,
at any rate, $5,000 in hard cash and I ought
to repay you. Comeback and take Ren-
bow’s place. Things shall be as you’d like
them, even if you won’t marry Miss Doro-
thy Field.”

*‘Why, unele,” I exclaimed, ‘Dorothy
and I have been engaged—only it was a se-
cret—for fifteen months or more!”

The old merchant first started, then mop-
ped his face with his bandana handkerchief
—it was a hot day—then burst into the
heartiest and most prolonged guifaw of,
surely, his whole life.

————_—>_ + a
How to Ward Off Drummers.

Friend—‘‘Don’t you have a great many
drummers coming in and boring you with
their samples and their talk?”

Merchant— ‘‘A good many ‘drummers

come in here, but they don’t bore me.”

‘Don’t they ask you to leok at their sam-
ples?”

‘No. 0

‘Don’t they ask you to give them orders?”

‘No, they go right out without saying a
word.”

**How do you manage to get rid of them?”

“Ti’?s the simplest thing in the world. I
put a plug hat and an open gripsack on the
counter every morning. Whena drummer
sees these signs of another drummer being
on. the premises he goes off. Every ten

minutes in the day a drummer comes to the
door, looks at the gripsack and goes away,
and I am left in peace.”

7
‘A Strange Thing.

Jones—‘“‘Strange thing, Mirandy; every
time you draw a breath somebody dies.”

Mrs. Jones—‘‘Well, Il ain’t going to stop
breathing on that account,”

ti I i er
In Buenos Ayres, there is a bank whieh
has a paid-up eapital of $57,000,000, depos-

‘its of $35,000,000 anda line of diseounts |
amounting to $60,000,000. Great asis the]
Un i

ted States iy die ciel and wealth, the
country

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Oo Le & W.P Conklin, Raven-

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J F Clark;Big Rapids B Gilbert & Co, Moline
David Holmes; .Woodville Wm Barker, Sand Lake -
day Marlatt, Berlin TenHoor, Forest Grove ©
RT Parrish, Grandville
LN Fisher, Dorr.
M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe
- Pipp Bros’ &. Martindale,
Kalkaska :
A & E Bergy, Caledonia
Stoddard Bros, Reed City
GB Wright, Woodville

DrA Hanion, Elk Rapids
RB McCulloch, Bertin
Walling Bros., “Lamont.
CC Tuxbury, Sullivan

J Q Loo owell ;
Conklin & Co, Conklin
CE Pratt, Moling _ © H Loomis, § parta
8 J Case, Fulton Sidney eek Allendale
Wm Van Putten & oo IJ Quick, Allendale
Holland X John Farr owe, So Blendon
A W Blain, Dutton H Dalmon, Allendale
J C Drew, Rockford ae Vermeulen, Beaver
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G8 Putnam, Fruitport
Ja we RJ Side, Kent City
‘T J Smediey, Byron Center WF Stuart, Crofton
L R Rogers, Irving E Thuckow, Morley
J A Massie, Greenville AF Draper & Co, So Arm
A W Conklin, Remus Watson: & DeVoist, Coop-
W Thomas & ‘Son, Bowne ersville
Baker & Baker, Rockford RW Vashaw, Remus
A A Pangborn, Mecosta JD Adams, Alpine .
J E Goul, Sand Lake
LA Paine, Englishville M Carman, Mecosta
Pee oa & Meyer, Grand CM Woodard, Kalamo
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Woe SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR A STOCK OF DRY
goods, clothing or groceries, a farm in Mecosta
Co. and one or more houses and lots in the flourishing
city of Kalamazoo. Calvin Forbes, Kalamazoo, Mich.

‘ 235*

OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK AND STORE BUILD-
ing. The store is 22x70 feet, two stories, well fin-
ished inside. The stock comprises dry goods, notions,
boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc. Will sell one or
both of above or take a partner with $2,000 or $3,000
capital. Stock free of all incumbrance. The store is
centrally located in heart of business portion of town.
Apply to K. Mulder, Fremcnt, Mich, 234

(OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK MERCHANDISE IN
good town and good trade. Inquire of J.C. Stitt,
Dollarville, Mich. 240*

OR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

 

 

A STOCK OF GENERAL

merchandisein an iron furnace town in this State. }-

Furnsce company pays Out in cash $8,000 per month.
Stock will invoice about $6,000. Can be reduced to
$2,500 or $3,000 in 60 days. Sales per month $26,000.
Pay sure. Best of reasons for selling. Those 1 mean-
ing business address No. 113 this office. 234*tf

OR SALE—GROCERY STOCK ON MAIN THOROUGH-
fare in this city. Stock will inventory about

#8, 600. Cheap rent. Good reasons for selling. Apply
o'L. 36, care Tr, adesman. 228-46

Fors s. ALE—WHOLE OR PART INTEREST IN A FIRST-

clays meat market in a thriving town of 1,000 in-
habitants with two railroads. Average sales: $20 per
day. Good reasons for selling. Address H., cure Trades-
man. 219-tf£

OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN. A CLEAN STOCK OF
hardware and mill supplies. Address Wayne
Choate, Agent, East Saginaw. 210-t£

OR SALE—THE BEST DRUG STORE IN THE THRIV-
ing city of Muskegon. Terms easy, ©. L. Brun-
dage, Muskegon, Mich. 193-t£

\V ANTED—AGENTS TO HANDLE THE NEW CHEM-

ical Ink Erasing Pencil. Greatest novelty ever
produced. Erases ink in two seconds, no abrasion of
paper. 200 to 500 per cent profit. One agent’s sales
amounted to $62¥ in six days; another $32 in t wo hours.
Territory absolutely free. Salary to good men. No
ladies need answer. Sample 35 cents. For terms and
full particulars address The Monroe Eraser Co., Manu-
facturers, La Crosse, Wis. 232*

\V ANTED—BY REGISTERED DRUG CLERK, SITU3

ation in drug store. Experienced, A. No. 1 sales-
man. References. exchanged. Address P: O. Box 181
Mendon, Mich. 232k

\V ANTED—POSITION AS TRAVELING SALESMAN

for wholesale grocery house. Can give best of
references. Have had s?x years experience in retail
trade. Address 111, this office. 232*

W ANTED—FOR CASH, SMALL GENERAL STOCK

of merchandise Or boots and shoes in good farm-
ing country. Must be a bargain. Give particulars.
H. W. Hawkins, Reed City, Mica. 231*

\V ANTED—POSITION BY AN EXPERIENCED PHAR-

macist. The best of references. Registered by
examination and speaks Holiand. Address N. A. Vyne,
Morley, Mich. 236*

J ANTED—THE ADDRESS OF ANYONE WISHING
to start a variety store. Address B. D., care
Tradesman. 231*

W ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS

this paper to give the Sutlitf coupon system a
trial. It wiil avolish your pass books, do away with
all your book-keeping, in many instances save yeu the
expense of one clerk, will bring your business down te
a cash basis and save you ali the w orry aad trouble
that usually go with the pass-book plan. Start the ist
ofthe month with the new system and you will never
regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent
by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. eee
Albany, N.Y. 226-t£

RARE BUSINESS CHANCE—A STOCK OF GER-
eral merchandise in fine condition forsale, also
store building 22x50 feet with basement and fine living
rooms above. Nice new barn, Store house. ‘Iwo
good wells. Out buildings, etc., all complete, in one of
the best towns north of Grand Rapids. Reasons for
selling, poor health. Wouldtake in exchange a house
and lotin Grand Rapids wortn trom $1,000 to $1,500.
Adds ess 114, this office. 232
SALESMEN WANTED—IRIDESCENT SIGNS AND AD-
veriising novelties for spring NOW READY. Im-
mense sales and profits. For samples, catalogue, etc.,
enclose stamp. Sims, Jackson & Co., Washington, D.
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PP ACELLENT OPENING FOR THE DRY GOODS BUS-

4 iness. A clean stock for sale that will inveice
about $12,000. Live growing manufacturing town of
4,000 population in Central Michigan, drawing trade
from a large radius of rich, thickly settled farming
country. Two leading railroads. Good trade estab-
lished. Have always done a good paying business.
Best cf reasons for selling. Address 112, this office. 233*

RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLERES—WE WANT

a resident representative in every town and city

to aid us in the introduction and sale of the fastest
selling article on the market. No competition. Sells
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Notice i is eee given That ‘the indem-
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been revoked. ue

That all the lands in this district within
such indemnity limits of the tof said
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benefit of said Company—except such as
may be covered by approved selections—are
now .open to settlement. And that on the
8th day of March, 1888 the said lands will
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U. §. Land Office,

Reed City, Mich., .
January 23, 1888.
E. N. Fircn, NATHANIEL CLARK.
Receiver, Register.

RESTORATION NOTICE.

Under instructions of the Secretary of
the Interior dated the 15th day of Decem-
ber, 1887, modified by his instructions
of the 22d day of December, 1887. By
direction of the Commissioner of the Gen-
eral Land Office dated January 19th, 1888.

Notice is hereby given That the indem-
nity withdrawal for the benefit of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana R. R. Co. has been re-
voked.

That all the lands in this district within
such So orappa. limits of the grant of said
R. R. Co., and heretofore withdrawn for
the benefit of said company—except such as
may be covered by approved selections—are
now open to settlement and that on the 8th
day of March, 1888, the said lands will be
open to filing and entry.

U.S. Land Office,

Reed City, Mich.,
January 23d, 1888.

F. N. Fircn, NATHANIEL CLARK,

Receiver. Register.

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; suxiiiacy ‘associations are op-
charters Brauten’ by the avon
‘Men’ 8 Association:

‘Traverse City = MEAS:
Ste: — Roberts."

E cn Gooretany. ‘Frank T. King.
‘No. 8—Sturgis B. M. A.
President. ‘H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
a -< “No, 4—Grand Rapids M. A.
R President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A.
President, H. B. . B. Fargo; Secretary, W. C. Conner.
Se > No. 6—Alba ts. M, A.
President. F. ‘W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
“No. 7—Dimondate B. M. A.
President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
: No. ort B. M. A.
President, F. H. “Thurston: Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
: No, 9—Lawrence B. M. A.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, C. A. Stebbins.
No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A.
* . President, W.. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
: . No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. E
President, a e Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp.
12—Quincy B. M. A.
; President, Cc. Rineey: Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
"No, 13—Sherman B. M, A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant: Secretary, W. @. Shane.
“No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Hevens:
No. 15— Boyne City B. M.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. ao
"No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A.
President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—Owosso B. M, A.
President, 8. E. Parkill; 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, A B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
No, 23—Carson City B. M. A.
President, F. A. Rockafellow: Secretary, C. O. Trask.
No. 24—Morley 5. M.A.
President, J. E. ‘Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. ,
No. 25—Paio 8. M.A.
President, ‘Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.
No. 26—Greenville f. M. A.
President. 8. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
i. No 27—Dorr 6. M. A.
President, E. 8S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
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. 8. Houghtaling.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
“No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, G. W. Watrous; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
President, L. ’D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams.
- No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, G. J. Noteware.
/ Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A.
President, O..F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden.
No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A.
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, Jno. P. Stanley.
No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
o. 39 —Barr Oak B. M.A.
President, B. %. Graves; Secretary, H. M. Lee.
No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Collier.
Ne. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A.
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder.
No. 42—Fremont B. M. A.
President, Jos. ‘Gerber; Secretary C. J.Rathbun.
o. 43—Tustin B. M. A.
President, = - Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
o. 44—Keed City B. M. A.
President, . o. Fleischhauer; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
o. 45—Hoyiville B. M. A.
President, D. % Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
No. 46—Leslie B. MI. A.
President, wm. Hutchins; ; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
No. 47—Flint M. U.
President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President, Boxe Redner; Secretary; W. J. Tabor.
. 49—Leroy B. M. A.
President, a Wenzel, Secretary. Frank Smith.
’ No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. O’Malley.
No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A.
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
President, D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
o, 63—Bellevue B. M. A.
President, Frat Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.
o. 54—Vougias B. M. A.
President, eee Dutther; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A,
meen Le ¥F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B, M. A.
President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, T. M. Harvey.
No, 57—Rockford B. M. A.
President, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary. J. M. Spore.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A.
President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, QO. V. Adams.
' No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. S. Raymond: Seerétary, P. 8. Swarts.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt.
“No, 61—Hartford B. M. A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No, 62—East.-aginaw R. G. A.
President, G. x Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.
o. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, W. - Davia: Secretary, C. E. Bell.
: No, 64— Merrill B, M. A.
i - President, Cc. w. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
é No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. .
President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

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‘The Next State Convention. _
Among the dates suggested. for the next
State convent'on are Wednesday and Thurs-
day, July 11 and 12. Local Secretary Cham-
bers was recently communicated with in re-
ee to the matter and responded as follows:

: CHEBOYGAN, Feb. 14, 1888.
B.A. Te Grand Rapids: J

Drar §1n—Have st present no objections to
offer ee J ay 11 and 12, but would prefer
July 12 and 13 for business and 14, 15 and 16
4 ee taking in on* these dates -Macki-
oe eee a Tgnace and Sault Ste! eon

ee ear ir steamer now bui
ean al ee oe our and enjoy tife|

joy lit

| in our business relations. We-ho
vinee those from a distance, if they will go.
| about among our business men, that it will be

 

1 isiness | Men’s ‘Apaontation | Ba
- | has. depetiiad ccammalies to confer, with |

tY | the State Military Board, with a view to se-

eeling thi
of much good done, by a

: ‘comparison of ideas and | perne fol the far-

mers of the county and the business men to
become better acqual inted, both boned oe
on-

to their interests to come to our town to buy
goods and transact other business; and we
shalideem it a privilege to show co‘all’ that

the Fremont B. M. A. feels an interest in all
your welfares. And realizing, as we do, that
as you prosper aud the farming country de-
velops and advances so will the village in the
same proportion, we hope, by giving encour-
agement to manufactories, to induce more of
them to locate here to heip build up our vil-
lage and profit the country, and at the same
time it will be our aim to get such as will ob-
tain at least part of their supplies out of our
forésts and from your farms and thereby help
to clear up your broad acres and utilize their
products. The Fremont B. M. A. is at the pre-
sent time considering the project of a cream-
ery. his subject I will leave to Mr. Dudley,
who is better able to explain to you than 1
can, ashe has given the matter considerable
study and he wiil, U hope, be able to convince
you of its advantages over your present sys-
tem.

The principal duty assigned to me istoin
my feeble way explain the objects of the Bus-
iness Men’s Association, as it appears that
they are not understood by some of the fur-
mers and others in this vicinity. This Asso-
ciation was first started by the business men
of Traverse about four years ago, and after
they had it in operation for some ‘time other
places adopted it and formed a State Associa-
tion, and at the last session of our Legislature
had it incorporated, and at the present time
there are sixty-three chartered Associations
in the State and quite a number not yet char-
tered—who report that it has been thé means
of doing a great amount of good, by bringing
the business men into friendly relations and
also in’ collecting accounts of long standing
and in refusing credits to those who do not in-
tend to pay, thus enabling the merchants to
sellon smaller margins, as they do not have
any doubtful accounts on their books.

In order ‘that es may the better under-
stand the principles of the Association, I will
read the constitution and by-laws: * *

Section 14 of Article 2 seems to be a hobby
for some of those who object to our Associa-
tion, It reads as follows:
demoralizing practice of cutting prices and
encourage the maintenance of legitimate
profits.”” This section was adopted by the
State Association, the moving cause of which
I do not know, put this I do knew, that the
subject has never been mentioned in any of
our meetings. It has also been said that we
were banded together to cut the prices on
what the farmers have to sell. This has not
been mentioned, but of this we are quite sure,
that we are paying 25 cents per cord more for
our stove wood this year than we did last; and
also that the farmers of this vicinity have
been getting from two to four cents per
bushel more for their wheat than it was worth
in Grand Rapids. If this is what the B. M. A.
is doing for you, we fail to see wherein lies
your cause for complaint.

Again, some have said that it was asecret or-
ganization and that our meetings are held in
secret places and none but members were al-
lowed to attend. This isalso.a mistake. We in-
vite everyone who wishes to attend, to come
and see what we do; and I, as President of the
Association, do in this public manner extend
an invitation toany of you to attend any of
our meetings; and, further, I respectfully in-
vite anyone doing an honorable business, to
join our Association, and thus assist us in
pbuilding up this village and surrounding coun-
try. Someseem to think that in building up
the village it will not benefit anyone outside;
but to such we have to say that in proportion
as the village prospers, so must the surround-
ing country.

And, as you all know, in union there is
strength. So, by joining forces, the benefits
will be shared alike between the village and
country.

The collection feature of this Association
may need some explanation, and I will, as
briefly as possible, explain it, in order to
make it more plain to you. The first notice or
Biue Letter, as you see gives the party who
receives it fifteen days in which to call and ar-
range for payment or get an extension of
time. Ihave not heard of anyone that has
called and given notes or security for his ac-
counts that has been placed on the delin-
quent list. But there have been some that did
not think it worth their notice, and such have
been sent a second notice, which reads as fol-
lows: * * Some have not thought it neces-
sary to pay any atvention to this, aud by their
neglect have been placed on the delinauent list.
Some have since paid their accounts and their
names have been taken off the list.

I hope I have been the means of enlighten-
ing some of you as to our aims and objects,
and if I have, shall feel amply repaid for this,
my first effort in making a public address, at
least I trust that I have not entirely failed in
my object.

The most pleasing part of my duty I have
yet to perform, andI sincerely hope that it
will be very much more pleasing to you all
than have been the explanations I have og
deavored to make. The Fremont B. M.
have instructed me to, and I hereby extend os
the. Newaygo County Farmers and Bee-Keep-
ers’ Association a cordial invitation to partake
of the hospitality of the Fremont B.M.A., at
a banquet to be given by them to you at the
St. Charles hetel at noon to-morrow—at which
we hope to have the pleasure of entertaining
you one and all.

Thanking you for your kind attention, and
wishing you many happy returns of these
pleasnne and interesting.gatherings I bid you
good day.

The address, as the reader will fhfer from its
perusal, was sufficient to satisfy the farmers
that no antagonism should exist between the
farmer and the business man—that the inter-
ests uf the two are mutual. That the Associa-
tion took, the same view of the situation is
evidenced by the resolutions which were sub-
sequently adopted as follows:

- Resowed—That the Newaygo. County Farm-
ers and Bee-Keepers’ Association here assem-
bled tender our sincere thanks to the B. M. A
for the very able and generous manner
wniey | they have entertainéd us at this: meet-

in

Pe ok sen we will aid the B. M. A. in
every honorably way to bring about a cash
basis of business in Fremont. .

lvex—That we encourage them 1n their

efforts to start a creamery here, as it will
bring more trade to town and give the farmer
‘a cash market for his dairy products. -

>.
Good Report from Muskegon,
Fiom the Muskegon News.
There were twenty-three new members ad-

‘| mitted to the Business Men’s Association at

the last regular meeting held. Tuesday night.
This organization is Se ae tie ees and lesen
ly. Itis already stronger t!

trade. and should absorb the Board of eettase
organization, and reform a Board of Trade to
be such in fact as well asin name. The pepe
tunate dissensions wbicceoee have sprun

tween members of the old Bo Board of Trade or

tion have done pote toward sriopiins.
Dp pe

its Gi ans oard organized out of

r- -the Business Men’s Association would be with-
st | for for godin the oe
: } ie

i would be a strong fac-

cd Poshioss Pe. ‘azpotatont
» Business Men’s Association:
LL. Kanitz, C. J. Hamilto:

*To discourage the

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THE TRADESMAN occasionally by recom- |
mending the paper to Southern merchants,
resulting in frequent subscriptions.
Manton Tribune: The Business Men’s
Association met at Secretary Fuller’s _ office
Wednesday evening. There was a good at-
tendance and some business transacted, the
most important of which was a motion to
join the State Association. All seem to be
as well pleased With the workings of the
Association as ever.

Muskegon Business Gazette: The Com-
mittee on Trade Interests of the B. M. A.
recommends that action be taken to abolish
peddling, huckstering and brief-residence
merchandising, traveling bankrupt-stock
merchandising, etc.; the adoption of the
system of selling by weight instead of
count; the establishment of a market, and
the appointment of an inspector of eatables,
which would be beneticial alike to dealer
and consumer. One member states that
since the appointment of an inspector in the
place where he formerly lived, there has
been a marked decrease of sickness.

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Particulars of the Greenville Banquet.
Frem the Greenville Call.

The members of the Greenville Business
Men’s Association and their families held
their first annual banquet at Hotel Pheips on
Wednesday evening.

At 6:3) to the music of the Greenville Quad-
rille band, eighty-one persons took possession
of the dining room, and made havoc with the
bounteous supply of good things that were
set before them, the band playing all the time
war was being made upon the delightful
viands.

After all had eaten to their heart’s content,
“ J. Clark called upon retiring President L.

W. Sprague to offer afew remarks.

Mr. Sprague told the history of the organi-
zation, its objects, its benefits, and its senti-
mental part, which he claimed was but little,
it being organized and carried on to bettera
man’s business, the city’s business, the coun-
try’s business and the State’s business. His
speech was to the point and made a good im-
pression.

Then 8. R. Stevens. the new President, was
called up. He said that Mr. Sprague had cov-
ered the ground so effectually that he had but
little he could say, but as they had come to
eat and not talk, his remarks would be brief.
He must say, however, that while he was par-
taking of the meal before them, he could not
help thinking how much better a spread we
had had this evéning than the ancient kings
and queens of England, with all their wealth
could command. ‘These associations had been
the means of saving many an honest man
from going to the wall, it having’enabled him
to collect his just dues and save bimself and
family from going under.

Both addresses were much enjoyed, after
which the tabies were cleared from the dining
room, and the members and their families
took pleasure in dancing until 11 o’clock,
when a halt was called, and all went. home
feeling that the first annual banquet of the
Greenville Business ‘Men’s Association had
been a success in every sense of the word.

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The Sand Lake Association Banquet.

The Saud Lake B. M.A., which started last Au-
gust with ninteen members and now numbers
thirty-two active workers, celebrated its. suc-
cess with a banquet last Friday evening. The
burning of Marshall & Sons’ grist mill early in
the evening somewhat delayed the exercises
and pee the gatherirng of tke presence of
several who had worn themselves out fighting
fire. Nevertheless a goodly number of ladies
and gentlemen assembied at the hall in which
the Association meetings are held about 9
o’clock, whee they marched to the Brooks’
House and took possession of the well-laden
tables. After the inner man had been satis-
fied, resolutions were adopted, expressing the
sympathy of the Association for Messrs.
Marshall & Son over the destruction of their
mill, when Toastmaster Crandall announced
the following toasts, which were responded to
as indicated by the names set opposite each
subject:

“the Sand Lake B. M. A.,’’ A. P. Comstock,

“Our Country Roads,’’ Dr. F. Chappell.

“Relation of the Banker to the Business
Public,’ F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs.

“A dulterated Goods,”’ Geo. F.. Cook.

“The Off Horse,’’ H. F. Hamilton.

“The Ladies,’’ E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

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The Carson City Association in Good
Shape.
Carson Cry, Feb. 14, 1888.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DgaR Sir—The Carson City Business Men’s
Association elected the tollowing officers at
their annual meeting last Monday evening:

President—Chas. R. Culver.

Vice-President—A. B. Loomis.

Secretary—Chas. G. Bailey.

Treasurer—Isaac Kepp.

Executive Committee—S. H. Caswell, Dr. J.
P. Taylor and F. A. Rockafellow. :

The Association enters upon the new year
with bright prospects and good feelings.

Yours truly, CHAS. G. BAILEY, Sec’y.
————~>_0

Standing Committees of the Tustin Asso-
ciation.

At the last meeting of the Tustin B.M.A.,
three new members—Cole & Grove, A. J. Mor-
gan and H. Rainey—were received and the fol-
towing standing committees were appointed:

On Manufacturing—J. S. Rich, F. J. Luick
and C. Grommon.

On Transportation—R. H. Jones, J. A. Lind-
strom and G. A. Ball.

On Insurance—A. . J npeneen, Walter Ken-
nedy and A. A. Love:

On Im provenicnte J. Luick, G. D. DeGoit
and C, Grommon.

On Trade Interests—D. S. Liddle, G. W. Bev-
ins and J. R. Jones.

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ThelInland Timber Product of Michigan.

The Northern Lumberman’s annual
compilation of the lumber and shingle cut
of 1887, as classified ‘by location, is as fol-

lows:
G. R. & I. RAILROAD.

Lumber on hand.

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Ce & Ww. M. RAILWAY.

Lumb OU, nesses rane cere tees ee 181,996,525

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Sleigh Shoe..... ......... Sedge. ce eels
Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis

‘Cast Barrel Bolts...........2..2..... “

Cast Barre}, brass knobs.............
on uare Spring............ hoa
Oust Onan oe ve es dis
Wrasse Barrel, brass knob......... dis
Wrought Square .....0...5.....000000: Peg
Wrought Sunk Pigsh cs ee
Wrought Bronze and Plated ich
MSR eed pov eee dis
Ives’ Door Meas oa eee es cake cee dis

. BRACES.
Barber Be NS eS Coe ke cw bas os ee dis$ 40
DBACKUS oho oaas Vio cay dis 5010
BPOMONG se ge ec ay dis 50
RB ee ee ade eee dis

BUCKETS.
Wel, Digi Oss coe eet) oe ak baad $3 a
Well, SWIVEL 7. oe ae Shey oe OO

BUTTS, CAgT.

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 Be aia dis
Wooneit Loose Pin, Jepaaned, silver __

tippe
Ww: ae ent Tablet ee ie. phesiees dis
Wrought inside Blind................ dis
WrOUSPHEEARS ooo ebook dis

60&10
60&10.

net

Bung Shepard's eee Oe dis

CAPS.
OY Os So eo per m$ a
PCW S Co ere tien i ees
G. D 35

Mueket.....:..-...-s.,03 DE eho acne 60

CATRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list....50
Rim Fire, United States.................. -dis50
COeBtrar Fire. oe se ee -dis25

Socket Firmer: . 20.2.5. de.056 echoes dis %70&10
Socket Framing....................08- dis 70&10
Socket Corner, ooo. cn ke cee cess dis 70&10
BOCKCE SUCKS 4 eee ee dis %0&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.:.......... dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20
COU ee ie es ies net
COMBS.

Lawrence’s........... Sue kee dis 40&10
25

Curry,

Hotchkiss ....0.5.0000 dis
COCKS.

Brass, Machines ro ooo Ne. ok kN

Bibb’s :

COPPER.
Planished, 14 ~ gue TO BILE... Sic, Bb x83
14x52, 14x56, 1 ; 31
Cold Rolled, ideo a end 14x60.2 0c. oe ss. 29
Cold Rolled; 14x48............5...0.cL css 29
Bottoms. oc. cc. c sees ss Sais Saat aeee ee 80
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stock... ........25..... dis 40
Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 40
Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis 40
- -ELBOWS. .
Com. 4 piece, 6 in.................. doz net $.%5
RCOTTUISRCOG 68 ns ca ese cs 5 dis20&103 &0
AGIUBEADIOC «60a eee dis &l
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis
Ives’, 1, $18 60; 2. $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis
¥FILES—New List.
American File Association List...... dis
Disstoms 222 fos. se a dis 60&:
New, American... oc .i. 6 cee sees dis
NICHOISORIR: oe ee dis
GHEE Be oe lees. .dis
Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis
GALVANIZED IRON,
Nos.16to20, 22and 24, 25and 26, 27
List 12 13 14 B H5)
Discount, 60.
GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis
HAMMERS.
lag WCOCB ea uh ea cee - =
ip’s
Yerkes & Plumb’s............ 000.2... dis “oxo

Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 c list 58
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10

: HANGERS.
Barn Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track 50&10
Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10
Kidder, wood track................ ... dis 40
HINGES.

Gate, Olark’s, 1.2, do... .ccse cee csc: .dis 40
BURIO. 2 6056s eas eee bs ee pers doz, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14

ANG JOHOR. oo eo lok kes cee ees
Screw Hook and Eye, % ........... net
Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net
Screw Hook and Eye X............ --net
Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net
Strap and T............ pean ee ooh .ee Gls

HOLLOW WARE.
POS i ed Ges can oc eee oor an
WOMles eS eee cock, Joo
PVIGSTH ice ke en Sa coe
Gray enameled.... 2.2.0... cece cece cee

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stamped Tin Ware.............. new list 75&10
Japanned Tin Ware.................000% 25
Granite Iron Ware..........0....0.c000 25

HOES.

Ean a i...... $11 00, dis 60
. 11 50, dis 60
¥2 00, dis 60

1%

70
846
7%
1%

60&10

KNOBS—NEW LIST.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.......dis
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... -
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.....
Door, porcelain, trimmings.............
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain Lees dis
Picture, H. L. Judd & COB ees
PIOMAGIG 60. oes ese ec. So ee dis

LOCKS—DOOR.
Russell & Irwin Mfg. ee § new list..dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Qp.’s dis
Branford’ . Bend cose eee sce iset oe ta des dis

55
55
55
55
70
40&16
45
55
55
55.
55

LEVELS. _
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 70

MATTOCKS.
AGE YO skis 5 do caves oo sec shee $16 OO dis 60
Hunt: Bye). eos se Shs ek $15 00 dis 60
PUY Bs eee $18 50 dis 20 & 10

Sperry & Co.’s, Post. hb handled ecw lesa dis 50
MILL

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s. dis 40
Coffee, P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Maileables a
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s dis
Coffee, Enterprise UP ast oye cae wei wee me Me dis 25

MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern .................00. dis 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............ dis 60810
Enterprise, self-meaguring..........dis

NAILS —IRON..

Common, Brad and Fencing.

eee esceerccces eee.

Size—inc es

Adv. oui Nails 1 sO

gis Tot 1% 200

+

Zine oF tin, Chase
die ih hd tm
PAB OF COPPEF.-- nn... nen- 20.2,

dis

| Steel and Iron.....
| "try
Mi

W keg $2 05|

's Patent. Seabees os ls60810 ae

 

Tron . ..dis 70&10
evels...... Coa a es 60
ia : di oe)

eee erceceonand ae

and!

itre :
Com. Smooth. Com.

Nos. 10 to 14.,..... Geer Guigsmeanes $4 20 $3

No. 27 4 60

All sheets No, 18 and li hter, over 3 ireh
wide not less than 2-10 e

SHEET cae.
In casks of 600 hs, @ ........... pices
In smaller quansities, @ .......
: TACKS.
American, all kinds..
Steel, all kinds... ......0........0.200-0i8
Swedes, ll kinds’... 602 6202.00.00. 6s. dis
Gimp and Lace..................55 +. dis
Cigar Box Nails........ Soc geaecoesce dis
Finishing Nails.. ais
Common and Patent Brads.......... dis
Hungarian Nails Sar Miners’ race dis
Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails... ....dis
Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis
TINNER’S SOLDER.

No.1, Refined.. as
Market Half-and-half........ Pipwcacgees
Strictly Half-and-half........... accede

len TIN PLATES.

x. BPCORl oS. odes eave eee
10x14, »Charcoal.......... eee

12x12, Charcoal........2........... 8 88

W2xiZ, Chareoal 3 o.6 6 os /scs6 ics
14x20, Charcoal. . v.06... 00.0005006,

14x20, Charcoal...................-

io ca Bete oc lene a sve

ao.
eS

RSESSSSSSESS

NEN

IC to,
IX,
xx,

DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.. 2

DX, 100 Plate Charcoal..............

DXX. 100 Plate Charcoal.................. - i y
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoa!l................
Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 fo. ; 35

rates

Rooting, ASOD TOs ee 5 40
Rooke, 14x20, 1 Xoo ya es aes 7 00
HOODS, ZOxZ8 IC. soos. oi seo ce ees 12 00
Hootme: 20x28, Ex oe sek 15 CO

TIN—LEADED.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... cm )
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 50
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00
IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......... 15 60
TRAPS.
Steel. Game. cae a 60&10
Oneida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s..60&1®
Hotchkiss’ 60410
8, P. & W. Mfg. Go.’s
Mouse, CHOKGP ce oe .-. 18 @ doz
Mouse, delusion..................... ‘$1 50 #8 doz
WIRE.

Bright Market. oo... 5. eso ee: dis 67%
Annealed Market....................% dis 76&1lv
Coppered Market...................... .dis 62%
Extra Being oo ce dis 55
Tinned Market.......... peers a ne dis 62%
Tinned Broom. 0323 ...550600 00sec 8. ib 09
Tinned Mattress.....................000. 8 Ib 84
Coppered Spring Steel........... ised dis 58
Tinned Spring Steel...............0.... dis nee
Plain Fence: 20.2223 bo ee % Ib
Barbed Fence, galvanized..............00085 4 00

PRIDECR te 3 2
Copper... 2525.20 Dae ddeadasee sae new list net
Brass Cor ee aa new list net

WIRE GOODS.
70&10&10

BYVIQNO ee joe ee ... dis
Screw Byeser cue. oo deaas dis %70&10&10

OOK SF oe ee Oe dis 70&10&10

Gate Hooks and Evyes.. -..---Gis 7O&10&10

WRENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........

Coo's Genuine: so. 6. oc. ee) dis 50
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 15
Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis Ne AC

MISCELLANEOUS.
Bird Cages. yc. foe 50
Pumps, Cistern.....................- dig 75
Casters, Bed and Plate............. dissos10e10
Dampers, AMTBOFICAN 3.20 eee 40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d 34
Copper Bottoms... - 0 s.0.50.060 coc. ee 30¢ |
HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories nere pay as follows
for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill
culls out;

Basswood, lO ran oe ee os 13 00@15 00

meh. 1Og tan se ecw eee 15 eo o
Birch, NOS) aNd Jose oe,
Black ASH; 1OR-TUN eee ce: 14 o0gie 0
Cherry, log-run Sak cic et wet
Cherry, Nos.1 and 2.........

Cherry, cull....... ......

Maple, log-run.........

Maple, soft, log-run..

Maple, Nos. land 2......... i
Maple, clear, flooring................
Maple, oe selected........... 2...
Red Oak, log-run.................00. a 00@20
Red Oak, Nos. land 2:20. 5000.05... 24 0025 00
Red Oak, % sawed, 8in and upw oe ‘0 00@45 00
Red Oak, * =“ regular........ 00@35 00
Red Oak; No. 1, step hank Bis nite ae “ae 00
Walnut, fog-run Se eure suid seal Chg he
Walnut, Nos. land 2............ Soa
Walnuts, GHIS Ce. 2. @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run................... @13 06
White Ash, log-run.................. 14 00@16 50
Whitewood, lOSEUN Se oes. occa 20 00022 00
White Oak, log-run.................. 17 00@18 00

Q | Screws, new list.................2.05.085 tT

5 00
ois 00

LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES.

FINISHING AND FLOORING.

Uppers, 3 in.. Lede wae 45 00

Etod i as ae
a Be to ino,

Finet com., 1% to 2in.. vebioy 00@33
Bin ee ae ca * 27 00@29 00

Strips, A SB Gye oe 34 0G@36 00
ee - 27 00@29 00
ene A & Bee tne ae 30 0031 00
RLU ue cn daa ce 21 00@22 00

: Pe fenc.,

 

AREER ART oh AL I ROIs NI ETA
— ae —— on me

No. I, 16 ft.& 16 00017

1,16 in, 16 ft & un'r 16 0@1

: 58810 in, 16 ft.,un’r 14 00@:
Com, stri 4in., 16 ft. &un’r i —
Com. areca. No. 9, 16 ft. & under... 12
Wide com. No. 2, 16 ft. & under. ce. Ae WEL
Com. boards No. 2, 16 ft. & un’r... 11 00@12 00
0. 2, oe 16 ft, & unr _ 00@13 00

Te is 8 N@l
Shipping culls, Wee 0 00g11 CO

S82SS353

Norway fencing, No. 1., 6 iy. i 00@13 :

. No. 2 9 00@10 60
PIECE STUFP AND TE
Piece stuff, 18 ft. & under.........
Add $1for each extra two feet in
length.
Tim. 12x12. & un’r and 38 ft. & un’r. 12 00@i3 00
Add $1 for each extra two feet in
length.

Norway-car sills....... Ta ea eres 16 O@17 00
Car decking, TRIG - 12 00@14 00
SHINGLES AND LATH.

Thick ctar, 18 in., 5 to A ee
Clear, 6

Thin star, "18 in., 5Bto2in...........
Clear, 5.i

Star, 16 in. bees.

Clear, 5 ae

Lath, No.1...:

 

 

Jobbers and
Retailers of

BOOKS,
Stationary & Suudris,

20 and 22 Aonroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

HAY!

We offer in car load lots good
Timothy Hay. We have the
output of four presses and can
offer it inany quantity. Write
for prices.

|] AMOREAUX & JOHNSTON,

71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

é

 

STEAM LAUNDRY,

43 and 45 Kent Street,
STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE DO ONLY FIRST CLASS WORK AND
USE NO CHEMICALS.

Orders by mail and express promptly attended to,

 

9 00@10 00

 

 

 

THE TMDING FIRE- PLAGE

Is constructed on scientific principles. -Itis
the only successful hard coal grate made. It
also burns soft coal, crushed coke and wood
equally as economicall y. Unlike other grates,
it has the return draft of a coal stove. The |
objects attained are economy of fuel, perfect
ventilation, distribution of heat, and equali-.
zation of tem perature from fioor toceiling. It
ean be setin the chimney like ordinary direct
draft grates, or piped to flues one or more
rooms removed from the grate itself. It costs
less than half as much to operate it, and it
keeps fire through the night as well asa hart
coal stove. Send for illustrated catalogue,
containing full and explicit information re-
garding the erate, orcallat the factory and
see an Aldine Fire-Place in operation.

ALDINE MANUFACTURING 6O.,

Cor. Court St. and Shawmut Ave., -
GRAND RAPIDS; - MICHIGAN.

JAGOB BROWN & CO.

WHOLESALE

Furnishing Goods and Notions.

Manufactures of

Lumbermen’s Supplies a Specialty,

WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
ALASKA SOCKS AND
MITTENS.

193 and 195 Jefferson Ave., Cor. Bates St.,

DETROIT, - MICH.

FURRITORE TO ORDER.

Anything or everything in the
line of Special Furniture, inside
finish of house, office or store,
Wood Mantels, and contract
work of any kind made to order
on short notice and in the best
manner out of thoroughly dried
lumber of any kind. Designs
furnished when desired.

Wolverine Chair Factory,

West End Pearl St. Bridge.

 

 

 

Offer No, 176.
FREE—To Merchants Only: One
Williams’ “Perfection” Electro-Mag-
netic Battery. Address at once, R.
W. Tansill &.Co., Chicago.

 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

COAL and WOOD.

E. A. HAMILTON, Agt.,
101 Ottawa St., Ledyard Block.

Telephone 909—1 R.

 

WhiesS

ADDRESS
GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

> Whips.

The best whips in the world, made in all grades.
Buggy, Carriages, Cab, Team, Farm and Express.

 

THIS PAINT is eomposed of NATURAL MIN. ERAL oid HYDRAULIC CEM
will cement up the cracks, fill up the pores of the wood and make a hard and service

ed frequently, this paint will harden almost to stone under the influence of water by seco of the cement.

e and will out-wear other pigments. it

e covering. FLOORS are necessarily wash- .
The success of OUR

FLOOR PAINT is the result of a series of practical experiments extending over several years, with the view of filling the demand -

40 for a Paint adapted to floors and such places as are often scrubbed with soap.

Senour Manufacturing Co.,

For Sale at Factory Prices by—Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids; James E. Davis & Co., Detroit; West & Truax, Toledo:
S. L. Boyce & Co., Port Huron; Fred Brundage & Co., Muskegon; Harvey & Heystek, Grand Rapids; G. W. Bruske, East Saehn sa

2520 and 2522 QUARRY om :

CHICAGO, ILL.

 

 

—NEAL’s CARRIAGE PAINTS.

Re-paint your old buggy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR. Eight beautiful shades. ©

Prepared ready for use.
the CORA, all ane are ONES

They dry hard in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss. ‘They are o ‘
More of our brand sold than all the other brands a on the market. wm

 

a man eats ek 2

to ir aii for him. Now, all

responsible house, ‘you can ay
your money back if the goods are not
t they are cracked up to be; but I
‘ that the average man is better satisfi-
ed with goods that’ he has a chance to ex-
mine before purchasing and that. he sees
done up before his eyes than he is with an
equally good article that was packed in
Chicago or the deuce knows where. Now, I
don’t claim to be a very particular man my-
‘self, but I am just old and crotchetty
enough to feel that very way.
_ “My first experience’ as‘ clerk'was in my
uncle’s store. He went out into Western
ork, way back in the Forties. It
ong before there was anything to
. Speak of except here and there a farm or a
little village starting, and most of the busi-
“ness was with the Indians. It was from
_ ‘them that uncle got his start. He was as

honest as any man who ever lived. He
Jearned something of the Indian language,
and managed to.win the perfect confidence
of these red-skinned fellows.

**The fall that I was twenty, he wrote
to. father asking if he couldn’t . spare
one of his boys to come and help him

-- one season. There-was a sawmill in pro-
~-eess. of construction, and a lot of settlers
‘were expected within a few months, who
~ ‘would begin making farms and getting out
-iIumber, and uncle thought he could use a
_ good strong boy to advantage.

‘*Well, the result of it was that 1 was

sent. Ihad& pretty fair education then,
as boys went, and uncle found me useful in
many ways; -but I saw very little of the
store. Sometimes, I weuld be left alone
_ In it for several days while uncle was away
on business; but it might be weeks again
before I was called upon to make a sale.
However, that isn’t what I cacti to tell
you about. .

“Tt was "during the first month of my
stay. Uncle had gone to a place about
twenty miles up the lake and would be
. back the next day.

** *You’ll find everything marked in plain

- figures, Daniel,’ said he. ‘If you get a

chance to make a sale, do it; but don’t let
’em beat you down a cent.’

' “7 got along all right the first day; But on
_ the morning of the second. my_ troubles be-
: gan. Long before the usual time for get-
_- ting up, I was aroused by a loud knocking
“onthe store door. With seme fears’ and
~ mnisgivings I arose and, after providing my-
self with a pistol which I always kept near,
I opened the door. My customer was an
-. Indian, and had I known what a savage
- Sooker’ he was I should never have dared to
admit him. My first care was to keep an
eye on him, but I soon found that he was
_ after something beside my scalp.

__,**He began by speaking Indian; but this,
_ Lexplained, was useless as I did not un-
derstand the language. He seemed to
comprehend me and changed his tactics.
: Hs motioned that there was something that
he wanted, and, if I was any judge of ac-
tions, he wanted it pretty badly.
“Well, I trotted out everything that I
: could think of which could be of any pos-
sible use to him and a good many things
whieh I knew could not; but to every fresh

effort he. Tesponded in the same way—a|

_ grunt and a shake of the head.

“At last, 1 made up my mind that he|

either didn’t want anything, or, more likely,
didn’t know what he did want, and soI|
tried 0 make him understand, by shaking |
my ea and other mse, that we hadn’t

 

 

 

“SHELr apemume |B :

Re A,

pur UP BY ANY
RO eT ofie AND MOVED

a EASILY Ae 5 STocKe
> \ ONE BRACKET © |
SUITABLE FOR vanes

Y (2 WIDTAS OF SHELVING.

PATENTED OCT. 19, 1887.
Manufactur ed by

KOCH A. B. CO.

354 MAIN ST., PEORIA. ILL.

Liberal discount’ to the trade, or parties
gg putting up these brackets in any local-
y

We carry a full line of
Seeds of every variety,
both for field and garden.
Parties in want should
write to or see the

GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0,

71 CANAL STREET.

JUDD ce& CO.,
JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE.

 

 

 

And Full Line Summer Googis.
f 102 CANAL STREET.

| dred thousa:

| city of Detro! it alone. Warranted tobe striet-
| ly five and ten cent goods. For further partic-
‘| ulars, terms, prices, references, t tc., address

- . W..E. KRUM & CO.,
Wernersville, Berks Os Pennsylvania.

@

“ ‘CANDEE” 29
bo!

BOOTS

DOUBLE 1 THICK
BALL. .

Ordinary Rubber Boots
always wear ont first on
the ball. The CANDEE
Boots are double thick
on the ball, and give
DOUBLE WEAR,

Most economical Rubber
Boot in the market.
Lasts longer than any
other boot and the

PRICE NO HIGHER,
Call and ex-

E. G. STUDLEY & CO., Grand Rapids.
J obbers of

Rubber and Oil Clothing of all kinds,
Horse and Wagon Covers, Leather and
Rubber Belting and Mill and Fire. Depart-
ment nee: Send for spice list.

 

WIGWAM

SLIPPERS.

Send Your Spring Orders to MAYHEW.

Mon Boo oe ae 9 50 |
Co WAU BOIOS. se ee 10 00
Boys and women’ Boge nea ees 8 50
with soles............... 9 00 |

Youth’s and Misses

Children’ 8 ae
WIHSOIGS... oo

Woonsocket and Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, Boston Knit and Wool Boots.

Rhode Island Lumbermen‘s Heel and Strap, F.

90c net. Ditto no Heel and Strap, F. 70c net.

 

G KR. MAYHEw, Grand Rapids.

‘AMOS §, MUSSELMAN & (0,

Wholesale Grocers,

*

21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA ST.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.|

 

BULKLEY, LEMON & HOOPS,

Wholesale. Grocers.

IMPORTERS OF

Teas, Lemons and orelgn Fruits,

SOLE AGENTS FOR
“Acme” Herkimer Co. Cheese, Lautz Bros.
Soaps and Niagara Starch.

 

Send for Cigar

af

Catalogue and

ask for Bonded 1 Inside Prices.

DETROIT

- DRALRRS IN.

tater ln nasa,

Fancy Goods of all Description.

HOTEL AND STEAMBOAT Goons,

Bronze dnd Library Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets,, Ete,
73 and 75 Jefferson Ave.

 

Wholesale Agents for Duffield’s Canadian Lamps.

é
*

MONDAY,

MICH.

- Manuiaotaree of of the following well-known

of :

.s

MOTTLED GERMAN,
ROYAL BAR,
. SUPERIOR,
MASCOTTE,

CAMEO,

QUEEN ANNE,
MICHIGAN,
TRUE BLUE,
AB
‘ PHCENIX,
WABASH,
AND OTHERS.

For Quotations address

W.G. HAWKINS,

Lock Box 173, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
‘Salesman for Western Michigan.

 

P. STEKETEE & SONS,

JOBBERS iN

DRY GOODS,

AND NOTIONS,
S83 Monroe St..
AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Pe Cc s }
American and Stark A Bags 4A Specialt

 

ARCTIC BAKING POWDER!

1-8 lb. Cans 6 Doz. in case 500 Gross.
1-4 4 . 15 Doz.
1.2 Cs 2 6¢ $¢ 140

1 6¢ 1 ¢¢ 6¢ z 240 &

5 ¢¢ | 1-2 és ée 1200 6e
Glass Mug 2 : . 90 “
Tea Caddie 1 © - - Sig“

THE LAST TWO ASSORTED COLORS.

The ARCTIC BAKING POWDER has now stood the test
for ten years with a steady i increasing demand.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE

ARCTIC MANUFACTURING. CO.

88 & 40 LOUIS STREET,

Crand Rapids, - Mich.

 

 

DIRECTIONS :

g We have cooked the cornin this can jf
sufficiently. Should be Thoroughly jim
Warmed (not cooked) adding piece ot [Pq
Good Buiter (size ot hen’segg) and gili [iz

of fresh mil. (preferable to waiter.) [E
n on the table. None

A Season to suit w:
NU genuine unless bearing the signature ot

“Davenport Vanning Qo,
Davenport, Ia,

Pe,
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TheStaadard of Excellence

KINGSFORD’S

Kingsford’s ae. CORN STARCH for Piidiaee
Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc.
THE PERFECTION OF QUALITY.

WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME!

_ ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS.

 

 

 

URYISS & DUNTON,

Everything in the Paper Line.

Rockfalls, Childs, Sterling, Economy,

- 'W. & T. PURE JUTE MANILLA.

~ GENERAL WOODENWARE,

‘OTL, CANS--(2geRe5255""
‘BASKETS,
3 BRUSHES,

MOPS,
BOWLS,

i

“AXE HANDLES,
CLOTHES BARS,
ie AND PINS,

 

W7 Et ES 1=H FR
Grand, Square and Upright Pianos,

The Weber Piano is recognized beyond
controversy as. the Standard for excellence
in every particular. It is renowned for its
sympathetic, pure and rich tone combined
with greatest power. The most eminent
artists and musicians, as well as the musi-
eal public and the press, ae! in the ver-
dict that

The Weber Stands Unrivaled.

Sheet music and musical merchandise.
eens | in the mea line.

Weber Pianos, : Fischer Pianos,
Smith Pianos, -. Be B, Chase
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Apples, Potatoes : Onions. —
ae SPHCIALTINS: _
‘Saws, Belting and Oils.

ity and puttin’ ’er off. - Wel ie day early in | toward his brother dealer makes him exag- And Dod 3 Pate es : et es eg S Orang’ es, Lemons, Bananas. f
£004 December, wile Slimmer was. cut’ onan | ; ae aes A dge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large steck kept on hand. Send for Sample; . a
oa nutraud. eae ud eee eet gs gerate occasionally. d _ Pulley and become.convinced of their superiority. : 3 Ionia St CRAND ‘
[urrand, ’is wife got to rummaging in ’is | —— a Write for Prices. 44, 46{and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | - 7 : RAPIDS, MICE.
desk an’ run acrosst a mighty fine.lady’s - QS ji : ee ee
watch an’ fixturs, an’ she sez to herself that| __ lll AGL = 3 oe z en c :
e ‘Slimmer had stored it away fur her fra) —————ooe ar —--, ; MV. alii a | “ce ? oF gS
holiday prosent. Cris'aias an’ Now Year| ((CW=MiSIOTgI ION RMgAS V V | M. : SHARS &Z OC OC. fa an P= Now, John, don't fail to
ai went by, but no watch put in an appear- obs st aoh of im : : eo ? a . aoe | Lee | ie ; et some of the DIN GMAN cee
, , : ance, an’ then she told ’erself that Slimmer PACKING & SHELF : el ce ok ea ale OAP. Sister Clara writes
a) aiad resp ds ; ~ | was keepin’ it fur ’er birthday in Feb’uary: BOXES. (ff : : oe ee ay ee iy wee TG a it ji j e
Sy teats wollte ook e x iucese Ole | | : | aa aie ||| world for washing clothes
sak sig ae : "| identical property in the possession of a fe- 4and6 ERIE ST. ; " ; + om Wa Hite A - : Oa
s and gentlemanly when he has busi-| male whose reputation ain’t ey too good; _ | Grand Rapids, Mich, , . ry eae (ae | | and adl house - cleani pave
: ce = “eos . : ‘ wh, : Work. : ee

ness to transact with a gentleman. He has} among the wimmin of the community.
loud” stories for the man who he knows eee

 

‘C2:sy Engines and Bollers in Stock
ei for immediate delivery. wi

an-| ln
man more’n twomonths.’” | oe ae it .
2 aes i Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,

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Stock Yards and Packing House, Grandville Ave.,

 

ill appreciate them and can, i =a ae = Agents for aS Mule 4 fi i I |
will appreciate them and can, if necessary, " : ;
oo TPM REINS & HESS ey ee Me TT. 7.: :
eae ean a eno a ape as AMBOY CHEESE. . 23pagi-ii|) Hawkins & Perry
vince the ‘‘straight-laced” trader that, nex! = oP . S = ee ’
teed . hi: re : thing |. 1 es urs W OO a OW oe : : rN MOS : : jae Wholesale Agents,
occupies his mind as much as moral and NOS. os 124 Sonus eae. GRAND SAripe: MICHIGAN. : te 50. & 41 Kent Street. Grand Rapids, Michigan. -_— = i at Z '- GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. |
in and regeneration of - -— — ,
si i MOSELEY BROS.,
tc dia cast Shins .
ing events, and his political ideas are unan- oe e JOBBERS IN Fruits, yeeds, Oysters & Produce
J
a aay ee ak elles at Pearl ts Grand aR, Mich, “Nd oos. If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota-
avert disaster, as soon as his line of march : <a mee : : toes, will be pleased to hear from you.
-» is arranged; but the nevice of the grip sack, : THOMPSON & MACLAY Crrand Fa ids x " Mich.
| @ from inexperience and heedlessness, some-| as 2b a0, a0 & 32 Ottawa pire, GHAND RAPIDS.

ee
theological. subjects and that the redemp- "WH GARY 4 tock OF Gai TALLOW FOR WILL USE, —
ott aecnen/REEDER, PALMER & CO,/\), STEELE PACKING & PROVISION (0. ree
© tian "| SYAYE AGENTS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER CO, | FRESH MEATS, =) ALL xnos or Fe seeps 4 specrtry.
oo es
ee

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

 

ts wee suten ov NOUONS, HosietY, Kuit Goods, Furnishing Goods, Ble, |= => a | -
Bos tek eis tei on tain| 19 South ath nay a cm RAPIDS, BUNTING & D AVIS, GURY SS, DUNTON h ANDREWS ss

route and substitute in his place a ‘‘fresh,”
callow and inexperienced youth from the No Goofs Sold at Retail. - Telephone 679,

‘ py galesroom. Mr. Slimmer had been a very

Sa i eget SHING TACKLE! Commission Merchants, ROOFERS

“night before reaching here, the young fel-

 

 

 

low.ran across the agent. fora wholesale’ B ; 14 co
ee oe ree If you want to put in a stock of Fish-

; : ith bi : Good Work, Guaranteed for Fi i i
liquor house, became acquainted with hin, | Sat mm Bee aa ik Get bees ‘coats Special Poe Apples od be in Car Lots or Five Years, at Fair Prices.

i exchanged cards, sampled - his samples, iff and bottom prices, get our prices before a
; . passed two-thirds of the night with him zZ Ae) = : you buy, as we have the largest and . m
¥ and some boon companions over the *‘paste- || Ep a are best stock in the State. : G d R p d - h
ee te ee ; NT . 20 and 22 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ran apldas, Mich.
very dilapidated and unbusiness-like condi- | [if a = L. S. HILL & CO., . i

tion. ; ie ee ' = a . :
It will be remembered by anybody who {iN HEy Ay //74] || ||" Nie 19and 21 Pearl Street, ; |

: has happened to read these papers that Mr. | & ! GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. a ao ae |
| Slimmer is an ex-minister, a pillar of the 7 a4 } : |

-. ehurch and an advocate of prohibition prin- ue pa bs a Vi net os . .

6 ciples, and when the ambassador from the ‘. : = =~ i —_ M 0 CH Ap Je - d aes Moc H Ay ee | M ; CH A JAVA
#) wast presented himself, exhaling the fra- mS ‘ > am A 5 AN Oo 7 and 0
= ha ‘S) Gorree GorFee GoFFEE

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rt

Slimmer viewed him with considerable | = — —— ——
' i i " trite Eg e manufacture a line of Fire Proo :
doubt and disfavor, the more especially so, Me a ge ae S f4q Safes that combine all the modern im- WOOLSON SP ic EB
GANSASCITY-&0, « .

‘perhaps, because a couple of brother “‘pil- i eae eet) provements and meet with ready sale WOOLSoN SP | CE Co. WOOLSoN SPICE:

~ lars”. were present. among business men and dealers of TOLEDO-OHIO, KANSAS CITY-B TOLEDO-OHIO. GANSASCITY-46, TOLEDO-OHIO,

2 ‘Mr. Slimmer, 1 presume!” said the f ie ( a. | i all kind. _ ‘ : :
Boras with  batroulting nod t0 one of Mi. : "Nee co Any paginess ieee a epee out l\ f| H IRCH A NTS { Increase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING
i : LION COFFEE.

e §.’s companions, handing him a card. eee EE sj line of goods withont additional ex-
ws The brother glanced at the card, which ! ii vs ' pense or fnterference with any othez

s : : iG |e ee i) ‘business.
read plainly and unmistakably, ‘‘Dealers in ies ee) : 7
Whiskies, Rums, Brandies, etc.,” and, hand- ca 2 Weight. Inside Measure. Outside Medsure. Reta! ; SOL TE S ATISF ACTION

ee ing it back and jerking his thumb in the di- No. 2,250 Ibs. 12x8x8}4in. 23x14x13 in. $80
= : No.3, 500 Ibs. 15x10x10in. 28x18x18in. 35

- xection of the proprietor, refused to accord |: = Pui B2x22x3114 in. 45 mc, Gon
its bearer any*further notice. phe = : : Fi Wiaasunis in Sa = mers, and is, Consequently. a Quick and Flasy Seller,
a *

— LP ti, 0,

ee sone an Sata inavees the tiga INE SAFE CO., Cincinna

‘man’s pasteboard, with gi ile, : :

i house dat has il tary ani takistncs : : Retail. Gro f BT'S who. wish to serve
et eectins with you. e: ' th GOOD corpreee. ee ae See ‘ AG : | :
“Hold on!” interrupted tiie “ex-preacher, a: Wi ion Coffee has more actu erit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the pri : ; :
_ with a somewhat inflamed countenance. = 7 to avoid Brands that eonciee ie o ell all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handing Liou exe eee Soe a ‘tial a We licedalie
_ **What do you mean, sir? I never bought Ex : ql SUD-| answer all communications regarding prices, etc. nveni ippi i ; a ee
Pe  uianin Tuas On Pe port of Gift, Schemes, Prize Promisés| quick delivery. For sale by all the vEolosale trade ewe he End Be tlio Doce ee on coneiem
|. or you, sir, but am safe in asserting that Pee 1 coi ie OF Lottery Inducements. boy are anufactured by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.

“you are a dirty, disreputable lot, and—” _ ——SELL—_ : L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Ag ent, my Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

“Oh, come now, Mr. Slimmer,” gasped NEE ; :

he astonished representative, ‘chow can : P\ a 5
you say you dén’t know us when we've Se. aS : 5 . *
been selling you for years. If anything’s _ = Sie lh ATICHIG A N DO WoO WANT A
wrong, of course, we’ll right it, but I really | Gg =~ ,Which Holds Trade on Account of — A : CIGAR CO. : eS ss EES

can’t understand your language.” a wen a Sees Bit Otome. ae 1) co, ri
“If you say I ever bought anything at ' a 5 - (nequaled Quality... Improved “Roasting Process. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED a Hi T oe St ae
é : Patent Preservative Packages. i | | : ti
! i
i iil |

de ; , u lie, sir! — ; ' Hii | oe |
fo ae ae eee o y = = . ‘ For Sale by all Jobbers at Grand’ Rapids, Detroit, Ga “VAL (> c 2 7? ' i ! mi ec til
ye: Ms : Vea Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay Citly. my 7 : a ce ay i" Hi LE a rn

2 GN i |
[DILWORTH BROTHERS, Proprietors, = PITTSBURGH, Pemm.| en |

Pao “YUM yum,’
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a Tig West SoMine Bo Clekccin the Arka Rend ee hee. If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

Bra RAPIDS, oe ree. HEYMAN | & CO., a ve = om rhe — : 7
RISING SUN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ aracter, as. well as.
cial Sete of the parties,

fi a i the contract... A. * railure i is report-
concisely stated—slow collec-

—‘‘and thereby hangs a tale.” Let us

» these two bare bones—slow collections
while avoiding on the one side the

‘Seylla of making ‘‘a mountain outof.a mole
“hill,” let us also keep clear of the Charyhy
_ ‘@is on the other of | wilfully overlooking a

matter of most serious import.

_ First,.then, those merchants, dealers and
manufacturers. who have a system .of some
kind in. deciding whom to credit. The

‘larger ones keep accredit man whose busi- |

“mess it is to know as to the responsibility of
_ the debtors of the house, He has charge of
‘this matter and the firm look to him to at-
tend to his branch of the business. Others
_ depend largely on the reports of their sales-
men and travelers, while all subscribe, or
should do so, to one of the mercantile
agencies. And right here is where another
difficulty presents itself—the deciding as to
‘the amount of credence to be placed on these
agency reports. Credit ratings have usual-

‘been based more largely upon the amount
of capital invested than other qualifications
which it would seem should have just con-
‘sideration when deciding as to the line of
eredit to which the firm was entitled.
Hence mistakes are made in the granting
of an amount of credit to capital only,
“which may not be backed by other impor-
tant business qualifications, while on the
ether hand, those who may have but a lim-
Hed ammount of capital, barely sufficient for
their needs, are yet shrewd, careful, indus-
trious, enterprising business men, likely to
do well; whose account is regarded with
- gistrust and watched with jealouscare. As
“hardly any one can undertake to decide the
exact degree of credit to be given—therefore
a reliable report, from a responsible ccm-
mercial agency, becomes of value; by pre-
venting an undue extension of credits to
any, and by keeping within a proper limit
_ the credit granted to irresponsible, incapable
er dishonest dealers. The timely warnings
ef weakness or impending embarrassment;
ef judgments, assignments or business
ehanges in a firm which these agencies sup-
ply to their subscribers are in many cases
found to be the means of securing a debt
and avoiding a loss.

The history of those who are in haste to
get rich, or who indulge in a foolish rivalry
with their competitors, and in their efforts
te make large sales and do a ‘“‘big business”
sell without a just discrimination, is soon
told. Pressure comes from one or more of
the many causes incident to business—they
have to.depend upon their collections—the
aiass of customers they have been selling to
will not, or cannot respond, hence failure,
with all its attendant miseries—and, instead
ef looking for the cause and blaming that,
they report ‘‘slow collections.”

/‘The quaint saying of the cautious old.

farmer. contains much wisdom: ‘‘A little
sapcan sate is worth.a deal of ‘‘hind-sight.”

Z 2

~The Dairymen Seeking Protection.

‘At the annual meeting of. the Michigan
Dairymen’s Association, held at Adrian last
week, the following method was adopted
with a view to eurtailing the losses incident
40 the dairy ‘business in dealing with unre-
Hable. houses:

Wuerras—We believe that: one motive
ealling for associated effort on the part of
Michigan dairymen is protection; therefore

Resolved, That notice of any dishonest
dealing on the part of any commission house
er dealer with any member of this Associa-
tion shall be promptly reported to the Sec-
. wetary of this organization and by him re-
serded in'a book kept for that purpose, and
when three or. more complaints have been
so recorded against any one house or dealer,
- #£ shall be the duty of the Secretary to mail
“wevery member of this Asseciation, who
is not delinquent in fees or dues in a sealed
envelope, notice of such transactions, with
the names. and addresses of informants.

further, Than any member
shall be entitled to such information when
aless number of complaints are recorded
against any house or dealer by requesting
~ guch notice from the Secretary and enclos-
ing a fee of 12 cents.

- As many men are never 30 honest a
when they know they are being. watched, |

at is possible that the above plan ‘will work
%o the manifest advantage ‘of the dairymen,
woth i in the losses it will save them and in
_ €he moral influence it will have over the
€ ‘commission men.

a a

’ ‘The Grocery Market.
Backes steady and in fair demand.
' Soffees ate marked by a "downward move-
ment, — eons meine sustained an-

2

seadily ‘commanding $2.75 and good
¥ $2.60 per ‘bushel.

 

Trade is’

 

in our mammoth steel vaults, 85 per ‘year a
and upward. Can you afford to be without
‘| this security? Look at the personnel of |

our company, ‘as to moral_security, and call
and see the works for yourself, basement. of
Widdicomb band:

BECIN: the MONTE

Right by’ using the

 

 

“Complete Business Record,”

A New Account Book
For Grocers and General Dealers. jx:

This bdok aw Printed Headings ‘planned
to receive a daily pet nent of Sales, Pur-
chases, Cash Received, Cash Expended, Bank
Account, Bills Receivable, Bills ayable, etc.,
etc.; pice provides for Weekly, Monthly and
Yearly Totals. The arrangement of the Reg-
ister is such that a dealer can ascertain his lia-
bilities and resources in afew minutes at any
‘time. Each Register contains I@terest Tables,
Standard _Weights: and Measures, Business
Lgws and much other valuable information
for business men: Over 33,000 copies of the
Register now in use. Address, for free sam-
ple sheets, prices, etc.,

H. W. ae Poblisher,
30 Bond Street. NEW YORK.

’

 

THIS SPACE

Belongs to

P Lorillard & C0,
JERSKY GITY,

N. J.

 

TO ALL WANTING EMPLOYMENT,
——

We want ‘live, energetic agents in every county in
the United States and Canada to sella patent article of
great merit ON ITS MERITS. An article having a large
sale paying over 100 per cent. profit, having no com-
petition, aud oe which the agent’ is protected in the
exclusive sale by a deed given for each and every
county he may secure from us. With all these advan-
tages to our agents, and the fact that it is an article
that can besold to every houseowner, it might not be
necessary° to make “AN EXTRAORDINARY » OFFER’ to
secure good agents at once, but we have concluded to
make it to show, not only our confidence in the merits
of our invention, but in its salability by any agent that
will handle it with energy. Our agents now at. work
are making from $150 to $300 a month clear, and this
fact makes it safe for us to make.our offer to all.who
are out of employment. Any agent that will give our
business a thirty days’ trial and fail to clear at Jeast
$100 in this iime, ABOVE ALL ‘EXPENSES, can return all
goods ‘unsold to us and we will refynd the money paid
for them, Nosuch employer of agents ever dared to
make such offer, nor, would we we did not: know
that we have agents now making more than double
this amount. Ourdarge descriptive cizculars explain
our offer fully, and these we wish to send to everyone
out of employment who will send us three one cent
stamps for postage. Send at once and secure the
agency in time for the noon, and go te work on the
termed in our extrao: offer.

Address at onee, © NATIONAL NOVELTY Co., '
514 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

D. D. COOK,

PROPRIETOR OF THE

Valley City Show Case Facterys

MANUFACTURER OF

SHOW CASES

}-—-AaND—

Prescription Cases,
My Prices are Lower than any of My Compet-
itors. Send for Catalogues.
aR West Bridge St., Grand Rapids.
TELEPHONE 374.

 

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HORE WHYLAND & C0,

NEW YORK,

| 0. RELIABLE:

_ FOOD PRODUCTS.

 

Arctic, % & cans, 6 oe: a
os A os 4 6

6 “os te
* 68 * “ts 5 Ty -

6 5 “ ee
Victorian, 1b tall) 2 doz. 2 00
Diamond, ‘‘b
Absolute, oe . ‘cans, 10

cans in Case..........--. 1%
Absolute, 4% i cans, éo
+CaNs iM CABE...........-% 10 00
Apeeae 1b See CANE -
melters SG b, eet in 70
4

CABE...----- 2s seen eee ees a 5

BLUING

Dry, NO. 2.2.0.6... doz.

Dry, No. 3 doz.

Liquid, 7 ey Aare aes Goz.

Liquid, 80z....... .doz.

Arctic, 4 OZ...... 8 gross

Arctic, 6 AEA AS

Arctic 16 0Z..............-

Arctic No.1 pepper box.

Arctic No. 2

Arctic No.3 ‘“ ”
BROOMS.

No: 2 Hari: :.....:-..-- le Gls

No.1 Hurl... oes

ORR
a

ae

Parlor Gem .............---
Common Whisk....-:....---
Fancy Whisk.......-.-----
Mill

Warehouse ..........- eek 3
CHOCOLATE.

Runkle Bros’ .. Vien. Sweet 22

Premium... 33

Hom-Cocoa 37

Breakfast.. 48

COCOANUT

ss as eats oie epee 27
and 48........ 28

week

* is. in ‘tin “pails. 32-20%

“ Ks i 28%

Maltby’ 8, ee be cag ceace 23%
and 8........24

” is Be og eke
Manhattan, pails...........20
Peerless ........ 18

Bulk, pails or barrels. '16@18

COFFEE—GREEN.

Mocha. .....2--. s-55-- 2 2I@29

Mandaling.. 0: 20@55

OG Java.. ae ; .26@2y

SAVAS  Se  iaes s os 2OQD24

Maricabo.............+ --21@22

Costi ae ee See "2 1@22

Mexican.. seebieeos “ee

Slike eho te kote
NSSASNS SSssE

Sa

66 ot
os 6

Rio, fancy.. eee

Rio, prime............ -19@20

Rio, common......... -18Q@19
To ascertain cost of roasted

coffee, add 2c per tb. for roast-

ing. and 15 per cent. forshrink-

e.
COFFERS—PACKAGE.
30 lbs 60 Ibs 1” bs
Lion... ./...6-. :
Lion, in cab..
Dilworth’s....
Magnolia. . mG
Honey Bee.. 123% 23%
ACME......... 21% 21%
German ......
German, bins.
Arbuckle’ s Ariosa
Avorica
MecLaughlin’s XXXX
COFFEES—SPECIAL BRANDS.
Arbuckle’s Avoriea. ....°.2U
* Quaker Cy......... 21
“ ~Best Rio.......... «22
‘s Prime Maricabo...23%
Thompson & Co.’ 8 Hon. 8..23%
Acme....22
CORDAGE.
eee wh 10

49 Foot Cotton..........5-+..
50 foot Cotton... Si aces.
60 foot Cotton.......- ani
42 foot Cotton.............-s
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter........

etal
‘Sass

Butter

Family Butter.......

Fancy Butter.............. weed
Butter Biscuit...

City Soda........... Beceay 8
OG a ss ae aie no ote 5
oe. ies es
S. Oyster........... ere ae "5%
Picnic Pb Peleg ee cise siecle - 0%
Faney Oyster................5

CANNED FISH.

Clams, 1 tb, Little Neck..
Clam Chowder, 3D........ z
Cove Oysters, 1 i stand..
Cove Oysters, 2 i stand..
Lobsters, 1% picnic. .....
Lobsters, 2 I), picnic........
Lobsters, 11 Stars 2 cous:
Lobsters, 2 i star..........
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce
Mackerel, 1% stand..... a
Mackerel, 2% stand........
Mackerel,3 b in pes.
Mackerel. 3 b soused.....
Salmon, 1 b Columbia......
Salmon,2mb “*
Salmon, 1 b Sacramento..
Salmon, 2 3B. od
Sardines, domestic 4s. ...

Sardines, domestic %s.. “0@a1
Sardines, Mus Weg... IOI
Sardines, imported M8. -12@18
Sardines, oe W8....% 10@12
Trout. 3 brook.........

CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, gallons, stand. ....2°
Blackberries. stand.....:..1
Ghertion red standard.....1
eo es

tt gta beiubetuiuta tei
aneZs SSRSESRAISERR

ioinesto’

Cherries, pitted......1
SODS......... .. -1 25@.

Egg Plums, stand..........1
Gooseberries...............1
opis yee Re oP te heey ae
Green Gages,............-- sok
Peaches, onl POD. stand.2
Peaches, seconds........-.
cee Pie ce. ks :

pageesesess

BS

Pineapples...
uinces.

pberries, extra.........
red....... Sete
Strawberries ...............
Whortileberries.............
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asp 8, Oyster Bay....
Beans, Lima, stand ........

Beans, Green Limas..
| Beans, ee te, 0@

8
2
or

‘White, Family, 3 oe tah

| Powd
80 Gramulate
50

 

“ a :

French, 60s.....- v1

 

oe ga ones 288, 844@ 8%
isins, Sultanas...... .....
Raisins, Penns ae pane UT

Raisins, Imperials. See 3 75

FISH.

Coa, whole beree twee geot “aN Ob

oneless........... b
Halibut ;
Herring, round, et bbl.
Herring, round, 4% bbl. 150
Herring, Holland, bbls, 10 00
Herring, conan. kegs oe
Herring, Scaled
Mack, sh’r, No., 1, me bbL..

12b iit..1 =

White, No.1, 10 b kits.....

saatenas

FLAVORING ee
eee ees Vanilla.
D.C.,2 oz. 1 66

4 2 65

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FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina, luv lb. kegs.........
Hominy, @ bbl............. 4
Macaroni, dom 12 ib. box..

** iu: ported...10 @l1

Pearl Barley........ - 34@ +
Peas, Green........-.
Peas, Split...........- @ 3%
Sago, German.. @ 6%
Tapioca, fi’k or ‘ rh. | =3@6
Wheat, cracked...... 61%
Vermicelli, import...10 @11%

&¢ domestic..

MATCHES.

. No. 8, square........ 95

. No 9, square, 3 gro...1 10

. No. 200, parlor.......1 6d

H. No. 300 , parlor...... 2 15
. H. No. 7, round.........1 40

coo
we

Swedish |

Richardson's No. 8 BO. oss. R
ichardson’s No.9 sq.....
ichardson’s No. 7%, rnd...

Richardson’sNo.7 rnd

Woodbine, 300...........

MOLASSES.

Black Strap.............. 17@18

Cuba Baking.............

Porto Rico...:. <. 2.2.65 5-- 24@35

New Orleans, good...... 33Q@40

‘| New Orleans, choice.... .44@50

New Orleans, fancy..... DU@S2
¥% bbls. 3c extra
OIL.
Michigan Test......... ...- 1034
Water White............... 11%

OATMEAL
PATTON oo sis eae s ome oe 6 25

Half barrels...............-. 3 25 |

MOBBCB ooo. sco e ss occ dee ee-2 2%

OATS—ROLLED.
Barrels........
Half barrels ...... Bee
OBSOB) 62558 ores, nce. 2

PICKLES.

4 60

Choice Carolina............. an
Prime Carolina. a
Good Carolina.............. Bi
Good Louigiana........ ...- 5%
Manes. 6c. seks see kee es 4 5x@6
PICOG ooo cats
Java.. ual EAE “oe
Patna... Re oh gee ee ae 5%
Rangoon........-.-seseeee eee
Broken ...
SADR... 55252 ois acs. ns
SALERATUS.
DeLand’s pure............-. eg

Cap Sheaf......... ...-.---6 5
4c less an 2 pen lots’

60 Pooket, F ? dD. Bat awit ois 2 00
28 Pocket Seco OO
1003 b pockets. Sega ees sees 215
Saginaw or Manistee...... 95
Ashton, bu. bags........... 80
Ashton,4 bu. bags.......... 2 =
Higgins’ bu. bags..........

American, % bu. bags....., 20
Rock, bushels.............-

Warsaw, rg a A ey Nears a

London uel BC abe Dis .2 50
OAP.

Dingman, 100 Dare... 44.05. ‘ 00
Don’t Anti-Washboard....4 75
VENOMS Soe cose Soe s eco cesics “13%
Queen ANNO 0.05.5. 01.0:
German Family............ 2 04
SPICES—WHOLE.
AMSPICO os. os cae sks ae ei 8%
Cassia, China in mats...... 8%
Batavia in bund....12
‘© Saigon in rolls..... 40
Cloves, Amboyna.......... 25
ss Zanzibar........... 23
Mace Batavia.... see
Nutmegs, fancy.

No. 2
Pepper, Singapore, black..18
white. co

' SPICES—GROUND—IN BULE.
Alispice....... :
Cassia, Batavia Sera aes
and Saigon. 38
Se BAIBONs .. caves fe AQ .
Cloves, Amboyna FE Oh es a
anzibar...........
Ginger, renee ees ee eaae oo
Cochin............. 15

Mace Batavia.. i
Mustard, English... .20
and Trie.22

as one Mecca. 25
Nutmegs, No. 2............65
Pepper, Singapore Diack. 22

“ Cayenne..........

Absolute’ Poppa, aga .
Cinnamon ‘“‘..
Allspice ae
Cloves aee
Ginger Sey
Mustard ‘ ..

ms oo
‘Silver Gloss, 1 Kgs...... ‘
a» Oxes..... 7%

ave ‘
e ween ee nse

a0. Pure,1 ® pas, Bae eens 5%
heplag gta

pee cee Reem
80

mee nee |"
i aa “et

ee eetecee sess les

Grahat
a Garmeal Creakee
tt ok

4 | Blank oad

: e 40. WHDBOF. itor. oe
y Raisins, Loose Califor: ia..1 90

 

TOBACCOS—PLUG.

Eclipse.......... Soe ..3b

‘ Holy Moses. . Pee BB

Bre Demeter ree oad ae ae
ye Opener............5...:.
Star ee coat Fe “lig

Scalping Knife

Sam Bass... 65 50.6cc ee.
Chinanteco ee els
Merry Wari. ois). v eves 35
dally Tare. oo peor!
Live & Let Live............. ar |.
Nimrod.......... setae s ay we
Whopper......... Spine Eee 3
WULDRUOE oo sa aa es hs 6.00
Old Honesty...

12%
3 00| P. L.
} Corner Stone...... i eae eaeee 39

Clipper...... pecs baie 35@37
WANG. ene: 25@32

TOBACCOS—FINE CUT.
Sweet Pi Bevei Pia eevee oes 50
Five and Seyen..............- 50
MUIAWALUA,. os. oe ce coe 70
Sweet Cuba......:........-65 45
Petoskey Chief............... 68
Sweet Russet...... pies 45
DRIBGG ee eas Paces 42
Florida.......... 65

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
Bow Hoy). 327
Peerless..... ie inte b 28
Uncle Sam...............-- m0

TEAS.
Japan ordinary..... ....18@20
Japan fair to good....... 25@30
Japan fine...............: 35@45
Japan dust............. *. .12@20
Young Hyson....... . . -20@45
Gunpowder..............- 35@50
Oolong...........- 33@55Q@60@15
COnZO. ee ye «...20@30

White Wine.......
Cider....... eeabees
Apples... cies. 10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bath Brick imported ...... 90
d American...... 7d
Burners, No. 0 65

66 be

Cocoa Shells, buik ake ck se 6
Condensed Milk, Eagie. eet “60
Cream Tartar.............. 25
Candles, Star............... 9%
Candles, Hotel............ 10%
Camphor, 02z., 2 tb boxes...
ee Coffee, Vv. a Srey 80

He 20
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps...25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.. .35
Gum, Spruce..............- 30
Jelly, in 30 b pails... .5 @5%
Powder, Keg..............+ 5 50
nasa MGR oe. 2 87

Fire Criukevs, per box..

gag 5
Bence inne, 30 gals........ 9 00

CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as
follows:

STICK.

| Standard, 25 ib boxes....... 8%
9

Twist, do
Cut Loaf bas

Royal, 25 b Hada. a 84@ :
Royal, 200 ib bbis...........
Extra, 25 } pails........... 10
Extra, 200 ib bbis...........
French Cream, 25 b pays. 1M
Cut loaf, 25 Ib cases.
Broken, "25 b pais Site SO 10
Broken. 200 ib bbis.........
FANCY—IN 5 bb BOXES.

| Lemon Drops.............--. 13

Sour DrOps®. i. op .s ee a os 14
Peppermint Drops....- Heo ae
Chocolate Drops..........-.. 14
HM Chasalntc” Drops....... 18
Gum Drops . 2.6.22 06.0.8. 1G
Licorice Drops.........-. dd
AB Licorice Drops.. 2
Lozenges, plain.............. {
Lozenges, printed...........
Imperials ............ A
Mottoes .:........

Cream Bar.........

Molasses Bar.......... ae
@aramels:o. p45 0025 este 18
Hand Made Creams.......... 18
Plain: Creams...:..5.....2238- 16
Decorated Creams....... ... 20
String, Hock... 60.050... 6. 250. 13
Burnt Almonds............ 22
Wintergreen Berries........ 14

FANCY—IN BULK.

Lozenges, plain in pails.. =
Lozenges, plain in bbls..
Lozenges, printed in pails. eK
Lozenges, printed in bbls.11%
Chocolate Drops, in pails. .125
Gum Drops in pails....... 64%"
Gum Drops, in bbis........ 5%
Moss Drops, in pails....... 10
Moss Drops, in bbls........ 9
Sour Drops, in pails.......12
Imperials, in pails..:...... 12
Imperials in bbis...... .. ll

FRUITS.
Bananaa eso ooo 65.02; 1 76@2 25
Oranges, choice ..... 3 W@3 2
Oranges, Florida..... @3
Oranges, Messina....2 75@3 30
Oranges, OO 3 00@3 25
Oranges, Imperials. 3 75@4 00
Oranges Valencia ca.5 50@6 00
Lemons, choice...... 3 50@3 i
Lemons, fancy... :.... 3 75@4 0
Figs, layers, new..-.. 12 eta
Figs, Bags, 50 ib 6 @T
Dates, frails do...... ® a
Dates,4do do.....: os
Dates, Fard 10 b box ® D..
Dates, Fard 50 Ib box # b..
Dates, oe ib box. any

NUT
Almonds, iDareaapua @l%%,
Ivaca...... 16 @164%
z California von

Zils
ee Sicily....... ‘@ll
Walnuts, Grenoble.. @u
Sicily...... 12
n Frencb....
Pecans, Texas, H. P.
Cocoanuts, # 100.....
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw 8
Choice do do
Fancy H.P.do_ do
Choice White, Va.do
Fancy HP,. Va do 6
HiPV es ee 54@

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as
follows:
OYSTERS.

Fairhaven Counts........ ae .

Anchors .... 20

Standards A

BAVOMILOS 6. os ss 6 5. cee es a

Standards per gal Ue oe 110

Selecta, per gal.......... 1 40

Counts, in bulk, per. 100.. _ 20

shell : 80

Clams.

Black bass........--
Rock bass...:..--.--s80--- aa

| Pereh, skinned....... lewd ie

Duck-bill pike........:......
PROUD. ccc fone tyes ag
Whitefish. .. pe yuts ore aev ass ae

‘FRESH sH MEATS.

: r
a are oer f ‘
| Clear quill, short cut
| Boston clear, short cut... .;
42 cea rece, short cut.....0.. 00...

| Bushel, narrow band, No.i

 

i
sessssises

ae

reece sens soees

wee cvesees

Standard clear, short cut, best. EER pee!
BOG. ies ices esos ae Learn cet wee noua

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR Sea
Hae arerene e Des ae Se

- - MBs. oy. . <5 Cee an esos eee 14

ite
RREE parr)

66

picnic
best boneless, eee He Meu re or ares ,
Shoulders’. 0.52.07 esc. 4 Pease bee ee 8
Breakfast Bacon, poneless.. :
Dried Beet, CORTE. oss oc: eres
ham prices...... re uehiewas
DRY SALT MEATS.

Long Clears, ROAV YP eek es Pas: cease 8%

medium,,.........32)-.. eee 8.
light Pape ee tee tad ean can ake 8%

LARD.

Tierces Oo eure ess Beg reat eat gu) oead ie
30 and 50 b Ligh 25). Wee Cee Se oii

LARD IN TIN PAILS,

3 b Pails, 20 in a case..................-
5 ib Pails, 12 in acase. .,.............. :
10 ® Pails, 6in a case...................
20 Pails, 4 pailgsin case..........5....

- BEEF IN BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 bs..

Extra Mess, Chicago Packing..
ie Hanes® ony Packing

Plate .. eects peewee ec ake

Extra Piste. ee ce

Boneless, rump DUCA Soe ee ead

: Kan City pkd ae wate ~

s * % bbl.
SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

Pork Sausages ee eo el q

Ham Sausage................ ice oeeeue ee fous il

Tongue Sausage............ ce cece cc ceeccecs 9

Frankfort Sausage...:......... 0.0... ee eens 8

Blood SaAuUsSare. ee. sh ee Le sas cee 6

Bologna, straight... ........0... ccc csc ee eees 6

Bologna, thick... 0.02... .0ccccccceees vel ceesct6

Head Cheese: 2 ooo eee ens 6

PIGS’ FEET.

In half barreis:. 3... oe eb eos cc bees cee ee 3 50
In quarter barrels...... 22.0.2... ccccccceecee @ 15
TRIPR.
ja 1) San gael set eT SCN cai cate 3 00
A BD oe a oe belo ao ee 1%
TD BAGS eee Se ee eee eae 85

Td ‘ oe

weer se cc eres

6 be

FRESH MEATS. ~*
The W. Steele Packing & Proviston Co. quotes
as follows: .
Fresh Beef...........:... PRR pee apes

Pressed HORS 2 25008 6 oo ee cs es es i &:
@9

POrk 1O1NS 5 5. oo es 3 oe ees eae
Beef loins. .

BOCEYIDG 8. ee a eei he ose se he
Pork TiDS i 2. ee ces Soa
PORK SAUBARC. eee a eae
Bologna. .......:...... eee | oe
Frankfort sausage...... ..........00 i
Summer sausage............0..0.. 0000s
Blood, liver and head sausage. Oe 5

@10
@i0
@i

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess pay as follows:

HIDES.

Green ....@b 4%@ 5 |Calf skins, green -

Part cured... 54@ 6 or cured....6 @7

Fullcured.... 6 @ 6%|Deacon skins,

a hides and | ® piece..... 10 @25
ips 222555.

woo
Fine washed 2 Ib 18@20 ee washed.. 20022
Medium .....:... 20@23|Onwashed..:..... 12@16
FURS.
No. 1 No. 2 No.3 No. 4
Bears os 1500 700 400 50
Beavers...... pore 600 4 be 2 00 25
Badgers..... 75
30

Cat, Wilds.

Ww
2 50
5

0
400.
2 50
15
60

iy
Mink, Large Dark......
e Small Pale.......
Maertilis 25.5 3 oc oak. 1
SPRING WINTER FALL KITS
MUSTEtS. so. ct oac. 1 4 1
Otter.. ‘ ..6 00
Raccoon, Large.. fers iets 5
pe Smaill....... Eas
Skunks): 225555 027
Wolte aoe k. 3 to 1 00
Deer Skins, dry, ne Coats, per jb Mobos cae

‘© Short Grey,
os Long ee
MISCELLANEOUS.

Sheep pelts, short shearing....... ..
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.......
TOW es a a aoe 3
Grease butter... 2. S000 sk ect
Ginseng, PO0d oi ce een ss -1 60@1 70

WOODENWARE.,

Curtiss & Dunton quote as follows:
Standard Tubs, No. 1
Standard Tubs, No.
Standard Twbs, No.3
Standard Pails, two ee é
Standard Pails, three hoop. :
Pails, ground wood _....,....... eotadeade 4 60
Maple Bowls, assorted sizes................. 2 25
Butter Paso ash: ek alae 2 25
Butter Ladlese. 55.2 6. sc bon ES es ve
Butter: SPadOs.. 2. sos oe A.
Holling Pings ooo slack ce ae
Potato Mashers 235 .00300 ii cde bec oes 50
Clothes aoe eT tel soibe Cees cee ve seee® QO
Clothes Pins.. Eee csc ahha ase OU
MOD SHOES os cc. or a Oona 100
Washboards, single. ......2.......ccceccceves 1%
Washboards. double..............00 ccc ceca 2 25
Washboards, Northern Queen........ es ETS

BASKETS.
Diamond: Market... . 60630. os seco ces cecues

moe eo 50
Bushel, narrow band, No. 2 ¥ 40
Bushel, WIG DANG sooo se eee eel
Clothes, splint, es
Clothes; splint,
Clothes, splint,
Clothes, willow
Clothes, willow
Clothes, willow No.1................000,0008 7 50
Water Tight, (acme) baie Bese. pee cee .

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—$2.50@63 per bbl.

Beets—In good supply at 40c per bu.

Beans—Hand-picked mediums are very
scarce, readily commanding $2.50 per bu.

Butter—Jobbers pay 20@22c for choice dairy
and sell at 22@24c. Grease butter is slow sale
at 8c. “

Butterine—Creamery, léc for solid packed

and I7e for rolls. Deity 13%c for solid packed
and 14%ce for rolls. Extra creamery 20c for
solid packed andi(2lc for rolls.

size. Very scarce.

Carrots—3(@35e per bu.

Celery=-25'8 doz. Poor in quality.

Cheesee-J obbers are holding their stocks at
@Is%e.

Cider—l0c per gal.

Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; apple bar- :

rels, 25c.
Cranbe’ ries— Wisconsin Bell and Buse are
in good demand at $3.75 per box or 11 per

bbl.
Dried Apples—J. a hold sun-dried at 64%4c
and evaporated at 8

gs—Jobbers. hold. fresh at 22c and limed

and piekied stock at 18¢e.
Nines in plentiful supply at 15@16c.

RB to 14 Ds.......... oe eka iy,
8%

Cabbages—$1@$1.25 per doz., according to

We do a General Commission Business
and offer as inducements twenty years’ ex-
perience and clear record.. The best equip-
ped and largest saiesroom in the business
in this city. Ample storage facilities—tfull
20,000 feet of floor space in the center of
the best market in the West. Ample capi-
tal and first-class references. on file with
THE TRADESMAN. Write us if you wish
information, whether to buy or sell. - It
will cost you nothing.

BARNETT BROS.

INGREASE YOUR TRADE

BY SELLING

 

COPA an WOR ek Sie!

rN

Composed of Guatemala, African and
Mexican Javas, Santos, Maracaibo and Kio
selected with espeeial reference to their fine
drinking qualities. The most popular brand
of Blended Coffee in the market. Sold only
in 50 lb. Cans and 1 Ib. packages, 30, 60 and 100
lb. Cases. Mail Orders Solicited by the pro-
prietors.

J. H. THOMPSON & 60,,

BEE SPICE MILLS,
59 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Importers and jobbers of tine Teas, Coffees,
Spices, Etc.. Baking Powder Mfrs., Coffee
Roasters, Spice Grinders.

 

 

 

 

ED.D. YALE & G0.

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

 

>| Baking Powders, bxtracts, Blnings,

AND JOBBERS OF

GROCERS SUNDRIED

40 and 42 Sonth Division St.,

Saini RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Hay—Baled is: moderately active at $15) Ra
perton in two and five ton lots and $13 in| @

car lots.
Onions—Home grown, $1 per bu.
Pop Corn—24ce

D. :
Potatoes—Buyers are paying T@B00 per bu.
| and holding at 85@00c.
Py rnips—20@25e

per bu.
GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS:

Wheat—Cit: millers pay ae ‘for Hencaster
and 80e for # Figo an eg :

 

-" Ottawa Street, Grand Pa.

SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

Realizing the deeiaesd for, and knowing
the difficulty inobtaining a FIRST-CLASS. ao
FIVE-CENT CIGAR, we have concluded
totry and meet this demand ve anew ~~
Cigar called

SILVER SPOTS

This Cigar we positively guarantee @
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 & CO,

Flint, Mich.

EDWIN FALLAS,

PROPRIETOR OF

VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

JOBBER OF

Butter, Eggs, hemons, Oranges.

And Packer of

SOLID BRAND OYSTERS.

Facilities for canning and jobbing oysters
are unsurpassed. Mail orders filled promptly
at lowest market price. Correspondence so-
licited. A liberal discount to the jobbing

trade.
217, 219 Livingston St.,

Grana Rapids.

Ped. DETTENTHALER »

WHOLESALE

alt Lake Fish

AND OYSTERS.

Sample or-

 

 

Packing and Warehouse, a
37 North Division Street. ‘

Office, 11'7 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

SEND. FOR PRICE LIST.

 

ALFRED J. BROWN, »

——JOBBER IN——

FOREIGN,
TROPICAL
AND *
CALIFORNIA

Bananas, Our Specialty,

16 and 18 No. Division St..

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

 

 

 

 

 

: @

®

°

©

- surplus for export, and this will,

pee oO Hunt;

The President, John Eg. Peck, Geo.

LF. Haseltine and F. J. Wurz'
E. White and Wm, 1 ite.
ters—Jonn Peck, F. J. Wurz-

ation—J. Ww. Hayward, Theo.

Meotings—First ‘Thursday evening in each
reday eveningin November

“Annual Meeting—First Thu
‘Se Aiecanernursday © evening, February 2, at THE
: ice.

 

it Wednesday in J. une.
tine—First t Wednesday in each month.

Central Michigan Dru ts’ Association.
resident, J. W. Dunlop; ee R. M. Mussell.
Berrien County Pharmaceutical Society.

President, H. M. Dean; Seeretary, Henry Kephart.

{inton County Drugezgists’ Association.
Secretary, A. S. Wallace.
Charlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society
‘President, H. W. Willard; Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.

Ionia County Pharmaceutical poetesy
President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. Gun:
Jackson County Pharmaceutical a
President, C. B. Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote.

"Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association.
President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.

. Mason County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, ¥F. N. Latimer; Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
_Mecosta County Pharmaceutical Society.
_ resident, C. H. Wagener; Secretary, A. H. Webber.

“Monroe County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, 8. M. Sackett; Secretary, Julius Weiss. -
Muskegon Coun Druggists’ Association.
‘President, E. C. Bonds Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre. :

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
resident, C.8. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
Newaygo County P. maceutical Society.
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.

Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society.
-President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw County P. erraboutioa poentety.
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. P:

Tuscola County Panscinsonticsr ——
President, E. A. Bullard; Secretary, C. E. Stoddard
Manistee County Pharmaceutical Society.
‘President, W. H. Willard; Secretary, A. H. Lyman.

 

The Glue Trade.

The past year will be remembered by the
manufacturers of glve as one of large sales
amd small profits. The consumption has
been maintained in good volume through-
-out, and had it not been for the decline in
price of foreign glue and consequent im-
portations it would have been a time of con-
siderable gain. The cause of the reduced
prices abroad is said to have been the influx
to Europe of Australian sheep stock, along
‘with the general reduction in the cost of
‘bones, out-of which. much glue is made in
. England, France and Germany.

Increased .importations of glue to this|

country began in May and were maintained
the balance of the year, prices of the for-
eign product having declined in some in-
stances as much as 20 per cent. This press-
-ed heavily upon the makers here who were
loaded with high-priced glue stock and had
-contracts for supplies running for months
ahead. If, however, it leads to amore con-
-gervative policy in the buying of stock here-
safter, the loss will be made up. There has
‘been an improved feeling in the foreign glue
markets of late, and in several instances
prices are advanced and maintained with in-
-creasing sales Which must affect soon the
prices of our domestic grades. Glue-mak-
ing is a progressive industry, as each half
-decade shows in better goods produced.
"There is no duty on imported glue stock,
, sand the product of stock in this country is
he largest per capita in the world, except,
robably, certain ports. of South America.
With the improved machinery, careful
methods and increasing plants, the foreign
article ought to be driven out and Jeavea
without

_ doubt, be accomplished in the near future.

ae = cme rm
: Opium Smuggling.
Trem the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.
The Treasury Department, according toa
_ special dispatch, has unearthed a gigantic

4
4

opium smuggling scheme in San Francisco,

hich has been in practice for some time.

“Iti is said to have been known to the cus-

toms officials, some of whom were impli-
te by the investigations, but no efforts

nly. seems to be necessity for extra
ance on the part of the customs officers,
L is well known that several factories

I cue walk of. their sosdaet coming
the United States without paying duty.

_ San Francisco enjoys the distinction of be-

niet oe eee which ‘the illicit

juantity finds its way across

‘ i week nearly two thousand

is of the prepared drug were seized‘on

mises of a farmer near Watertown,

Y ‘a close search all along the Can-

lian frontier would probably reveal many
er similar hiding places.

erhaps the suggestion of the Secretary |

.the Treasury that the duty be reduced
fom ten dollars toa dollar a pound might
top the smuggling of opium, put that car-

fies with it the danger of making the nox- |’

more accessible to comusumers.. AS

to prevent the spread

lite as necessary
m0 ae mit is to ig the smug-

 

 

le, at. :

in case of prosecution for

infractions of‘the Sunday or license laws.

| It will also seek to secure more favorable
_| legislation i in these. directions.

The land phosphate rock companies have
| formed a combination to regulate produc-
tion and pri¢es independent of the river
companies. The latter failed to get protec-
tion from the State of South Carolina, and
are now deserted-by their would-be friends,
but are evidently able to *‘paddle their own
” | canoe.”

M. Guillot, a chemist at Angers, claims

to have discovered a liquid which a

‘wood, muslin, paper, etc., uninflammab.
Articles soaked in the composition, if e
posed to a great heat, emit black smoke and
are consumed but never blaze. The process
isat present kept secret and may turn out
to be one of those already known.

Adulteration of cocaine hydrochlorate
with borax is the latest. iniquity charged
against the drug trade. Sueh an adultera-
tion could be the work only of a bungler,
and would be detected at once by mixing a
little of the salt with a drop of sulphuric
acid in a porcelain capsule or the hollow on
the under side of a teacup, adding 20: min-
ims of alcohol and setting fire to the mix-
ture, stirring as it burns. If borax (or bor-
acic acid) is present, the alcohol flame as it
burns low will show a greep tinge.‘

The Drug Market.

Quinine | is firmer again and German has
advanced Be per ounce. Opium is dull and
lower. Morphia is steady. Carbolic acid
is firm and in small. supply. Chloroferm
has again advanced. Golden seal. root has
advanced and is extremely scarce. Oils
cassia and anise are tending downward.
Oil sassafras is scarce and higher. Salacine
has advanced.

er ee
A Local Option Hint.
From the Augusta Journal..

A certain doctor inthis city was called
upon the other day by a man who desired to
get a prescription for alcohol. ‘‘For what
purpose?” asked the doctor. ‘‘Mechanical,”
said the man, with a. countenance honest
enough to look any judge in the country
out of countenance. After writing the pre-
scription and handing it to the man, the
doctor said: *‘For what kind of mechanical
purposes do you intend to use the aleohol?”
*‘Sawing wood, sir; good day, sir.” '

——-2- <> ____
An Accomplished Fabricator.

““T knew a man once who never told a sin- |-

gle lie.”
*“Who was he?”
‘A Chicago drummer.”
**Nonsense!”
**He used to tell two at a time.”

FOR SALE!

 

 

Stock of drugs and groceries with fixtures,
situated in a thriving town in Western
Michigan. Stock will inventory about
$1,600 and can be run down to $1,000 or
$1,200 in a short time, if desired. Large
and constantly increasing trade. Business
will bear closest inspection. Reasons for
selling, other business. For full particulars
address box 110, this office.

 

 

J. EH. FELDNER & CO,,
CUSTOM SHIRT MAKERS,
_ AND DEALERS IN
Men’s Furnishing Goods.
NO. 2 PEARL ST., - GRAND, RAPIDS
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders. Telephone 891.

 

TIME TABLES..

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

AH Trains daily except Sundny. :
; GOING NORTH. Be

Leaves.

11:30 am

7:00 am

Arrives.
Traverse City & ener Ex. 2032 9:05 am
Traverse City E
From Cincinnati. Pieces peeecius saane 7:30pm
Ft. Wayne and Mackinaw Ex......
Saginaw Express pints secnsncee 7:20am

Saginaw express runs aide solid.

7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City.

11:30 a, m, train haschair car for Petoskey and Mack-
inaw City.

5:05 p. m, train has sleeping cars for Petoskey ong
Mackinaw City.

Cincinnati Express....
rege Wayne Express...
incinnati Express....... pm
eovoune City and Mackinaw Ex. at 00 ‘ m
7:15 am train’ has en arlor chair car for Cincinnati.
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
5 m. train connects with M..C..R. R..at Kalama-.

GOING SOUTH.
, 7 115 a.m
“10:80 am 11:45
5:00 p

200-p.
zoo for Battle Creek; Jackson, Detroit and Venere

points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. ;

Leave. Arrive.
645am........ newest aseecu re piees Spates’ bevees - 10:10am
11 00am........ qekae tin ba: Sek ss Seecreeeeees vedere Soon
440pm

L. Lockwoop, ewe Pass.

. Michigan Central.
Sen PaaAn Division,
DEPART. ;
Detroit Express... daevesspecciess Me dse hauseunet oo 6:15am

PS “EXpress........... sacees 1310p m
ee re eS ae

5:05 pm
4:10pm)
i | Bi Carb..

igacing time at Bridge street depot: 7 sere

2 oe migeregd

Sauguinaria, (po: 25).
a eopoeeee
: EE iti cestatises vex

AMM
Aqua, 18 deg...
oe AB COE ee wee
Carbonas.......

Black...0.cesvse- 22 00@2 25
BroWn..:,...-........ 80@1 00
PROQibo Gs ios. -5 45@. 50
Yellow.. seccccceree- «2 DO@S 00
BACCAB.
Cubebae (po. 1 6....1 75@1 85
Juniperus . 1@ 12
Xanthoxylum .:..... 25@ 30

BALSAMUM.
Copaiba... sececeass-e+ 60@. 65
Seal eG @1 50
werabin, Canada... es ‘50@
Tolutan ...... aha aloe 45@
CORTEX.
‘Abies, Canadian.....
CaSSIBC .- ..5.6..005--
Cinchona Flava......
KHuonymus atropurp
Myrica Cerifera, po. —
Prunus Virgini..:...
Quillaia, grd....... De
Sassfras ............. .
MMS ooo son's
Ulmus zo (Groans 12)
RACTUM,
Glyozerhiza 6 Pears.

aes 5 % ‘pox..

SbhwebSS

5 OO
se
RE ReRs

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Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble...... 5
Ferrocyanidui Sol..
Solut. Chioride.......
Sulphate, com’]......
re pure,......
FLORA.
AIMICA:. 2550 SE eet
Anthemis....... oats
Matritaria.,..........
FOLIA.
Barosma.............
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nivelly Le ceune en. s
Bd Aix.
Salvia officinalis, 4s
and 8........ se efe
Uta AUrsis occ
GUMML.
Acacia, Ist picked...
se eng

* =
PSOHOKE OOO

anneSsn

rated
S89.
gon

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ord vee
: oe sorts.
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)..
“f Cape, (po. 20)...
**- Socotri’, (po. 60)
Catechu, 1s, (Ks, 1
AGB. AG). os oo cess ee
Ammoniae ..........
Assafoetida, (po. 30).
Benzoinum ..........
Camphorae ..........
pe tee POs. si.
z fennuc: Sale op ou oe
Gamboge, po.........
ob eager a0 45)...
ao (

Mek, (po.45).. i @
Opi, (po. 5 75)........ 3 80@3' 90
shellac.:....2...c505. 25@ 33
© bleached..... 25@ 30
Tragacanth .......... 380@
HERBA—In ounce PES,
Absinthium ..........
Eupatorium .........
Lovee ...00555 0.2552
Majorum ............

Tanacetum, Vio
Thymus. V

MAGNESIA.
Caleined, Pat........ ' 55@
Carbonate, Pat...... 26@
Carbonate, K.& M.. 20@
Carbonate, Jennings 35@

. OLEUM.
Absinthium.......... 5 00@5 50
Amyegdalae, Dulc.... 45@ 75
Amydalae, Amarae. .1 25@7 10
IMIBT obs ct 1 8S@l _
Auranti Cortex...... @2
Bergamii............. 2 T5@3 25
Cajiputi ........... se 90@1 00
pany ophy it See uies,

Cogars oo si st
Chenopodii ..........
Cinnamonii.......... :
Citronella
Conium Mac.........

Copaiba .........5...: @ 1 00
Cubebae ........... 15 els 9
ooo Co soc aes 90@1

Erigeron .. «eee 20@1 30
Gaultheria... ....... 2 25G2 35
Geranium, 3.......... @
Gossipii, Sem, gal.... &5@ 75
Hedeoma............. ae 85
Juniperi.............. 2 00
Lavendula........... 90@2 00
Limonis.............. 1 75@2 26
Mentha Piper........ s 25@3. 3)
Mentha Verid........ 3 00@3 25
Morrhuae, ened 80@1 00
Myrcia, 3.. 2 50
OVS oo ee 1 00@2 75
Picis pagina lee. a 16@ 12
Ricini . 1 18@1 26
Rosmarini . : Lee .-- G5Q@I 00
ROSAC, 3. ose ees 3 @6 00
Succini .............. 40@45
Sabina........... eae 90@1 00
Santal.. o.oo. e ee. ss 3 50@7 00
Sassafras... ....... . bG@ 65
i i @ 65

op
Theobromas..........
POTASSIUM. ;

18
15
45
15
20

23
40
16
10.

eecocee

Bichromate Mao eG ee
ete gees :

Chiocate, (Po. 20)...
yrenide ee seeds i@
odide ......... eae ‘8 0b@3
Seria Bitart, pure 34@
Potassa, Bitart,com @
Potass Nitras, opt... 8@
Potass Nitras........ 1@
Prussiate ............
Sulphate po..........
RADIX.
Aconitum ........... %

1
18@

25@
15@

Gentiana, (po. 15).... 1
Giyenreniza, ( (pv. 15). 160
45): @
Hallebore, a po. 16@
ipeous ee ae Sal

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Frumenti.

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Saacharum N.E
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SPONGES
Florida sheevs’ ee

age
Masai sheeps’ woo:
carriage............
Velvet Extra sheers’ .
wool carriage......
Extra Yellow sheers’
carriage..........
Grass sheeps’ woo!
Carrlage............

4 Hard for slate use...

Yellow Reef. for ate :
MSO eos el oes vc é
SYRUPS.
Accacia.......... Supe
Zingiber..... :
PDCCBC oo es ices
Ferri Iod.. eat ea
Auranti Cortes. Doce ae i
Rhei Aro
Smilax Otticinalis..
Co..
Senega................

Prunus Virg..........
TINCTURES.

Aconitum N: apellis e

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APTHICR fee c ek
Asatocetida ............
Atrope belladonna...
Benzoin.............5
ew OO. cencs os oe ce
Sanguinaria ..........
Barosma............05
Cantharides.........
Capsicum............. =
Cardamon,...........
sf WOR Ses
CARtOR Soo se. oss 5)
Catechu .. 0.5 6... ec 8
Cinchona.............
be 2 OG

0
Columba..... :
CODINIM oe. ce. 5e ss
CUDEDA. .oo5. ces an ess
Digitalis..............
HPO Goes 2
Gentian........ eas

Hyoseyamus..........

AOUINGE oe
* Colorless......

Ferri Cni ridum......

HIO sss

Lobelia.

Myrrn.....

Nux Vomie..

Opi

**- Camphocated...
**- Deodor. «.......
Auranti Cortex......

"QUASSIAE So es.

Baatany ss 6.55 sescs.

PANGS eC Sa

Cassia Acutifol......
‘6 “6 Co is

Serpentaria..........
Stromonium..........
TOMTOM. . os oes oss 2
Valerian... el.
Veratrum Veride....

. MISCELLANEOUS
Axther, Spts Nit, 3 F..

Aither, Spts Nit, £F.. 30@ 382
24@ 3%

Alumen ..............
Aen, ground, (p-

Antimoni,

Antimoni et Potass T
Antipyrin............
Argenti Nitras, 3....
Arsenicum...........
Balm Gilead Bud..

40
Bismuth 8. N.....:.. a) 15G@2 20

Calcium Chior, 1s, (iis
11; 448, 12)
Cee Russian,

Capsial Fructus, af..
Capsici Fructus, po..
Capsici Fructus, B po

Caryophyllus, (po. 35) 380@ 33

Carmine, No. 40......

»Ccra Alba, S. & F..

Cera Flava...........
COCCUR ass,
Cassia Fructus.......
Centraria ....5.......
Cetaceum............
Chloroform ..........
Chloroform, ears
Chloral Hyd Crst..

Chondrus ............

Cinchonidine, Ger’an
Corks, list, dis. per

PONG rec So,
Creasotum ...........
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Cinchonidine, P.& W 15@ 20

8@

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Creta prep........... -5@

Creta, precip.........
Creta Rubra..........
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Cudbear..............
Cupri Sulph..........
Dextrine :
Ether Suiph.........:
Emery, oh numbers.
Emery, p

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Flake White.........
Gall

Gelatin, Coopor..
Gelatin, French......

40@ 60
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.

60810, less.
Glue, Brown:....... ;
Glue; White..........
Grades
Grana Paradisi......
Humulus ».... ......
Hydrarg Chlor. Mité:
Hydrarg Chlor. Cor.
Hydrarg Ox. Rubrum
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Tones. Resubl.. Peas

Iodoform .....2%.....

Lupuline .....:......

Lycopodium Bae echt y

MAGIB. oS.

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sf BOP. face cls.
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Spts, Myrcia Imp..
— Vini Rect. bbl.

@2-
Less 5e. gal. lots ten days.
Strychnia oo: @!1 1
Sulphur,Subl. ...... . 24@ aM
Sulphur, Roll.. %@ 3
Tamarinds........... “”6 10
ferebenth Venice... 28@ .
Penne Mis Siew ee 30@
Vanilla) 20) 43 ces. 9 00@16 0
Zinci Sulph.......... 17@ 8
OLS.
Bbl

Whale, winter........ 70
Lard, extra........... 6
Lard, No. 1......... Px
Linseed, pure raw .
Linseed, boiled
Neat’s Ri ran
“trai 50
4 Bw
Bobi Lb
Red Venetian........ 1% 2@3
Ochre, yellow Mars. Be 2@3
Ochre, yellow Ber.. 2@3
Putty, commercial. . on 24%4@3
Putty, strictly pure..2% 2%@3
Vermilion prime Am-
13@16
T5@80

PAINTS.

OPiCAN fore. eels so.
Vermilion, English..
Green, Peninsular..
Lead, red strictly pur
Lead, white, strictly
RENO
Whiting, white Span
Whiting, Gilders’.
White, Paris Amer’n
Wines: Paris Eng.

Pioneer Prepared

J aints 1 20@1 40
Swiss Villa prepared

Paints. 1 00@1 20

VARNISHES.
No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20
Extra Turp.......... 1 60@1 70
Coach Body.......... 2 T@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@1 10
Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@1 60
laa dae Dryer, No. 1
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Importers and Jobbers of

DRUGS, CHEMICALS
AND DRUGEISTS
STNDRIES,

DEALERS IN

PATENT MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
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_ WE ARE SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

WEATHERLY'S
MICHIGAN
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We have in stock and offer a full line o

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Wines,

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We are Sole Agents in Mich-
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We Sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes

only.

We Give Our Personal Attention to
Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction

All Orders are Shipped and Invoiced the

same day we receive them.

SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER.

Hazeltine

& Perkins

 

Manufacturers of the Celebrated

ACME PREPARED PAINTS,

Which for Durability. Elasticity, Beauty
and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.

F. J. WORZBURG,

WHOLESALE AGENT,

Grand Rapids, - Mich.

A beautifuilly- décatated Metal Box, with
baonze~ label pull GIVEN FREE with onery
dozen boxes of

COLGAN’S TAFFY TOLU.

Specially Designed for a Herbarium.

‘Suitable when empty for preserving, under _
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Every storekeeper as well as housekeeper, wil “ina it
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COLGAN’S TAFFY TOLU is the original trade-mark-
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Supplied by all jobbers, packed in above style,
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GOLGAN & McAFER, Loviswille, Ky.
Vriginators and Sole Proprietors.
N. B —Include a dozen boxes in your next order. You
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TRADE SUPPLIED BY THE

Hazéltine & Perkins Drag Co

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

And the Wholesale Druggists of Detroit
and Chicago,

PECKHAW’S

CROUP REMEDY:

aS now Dee up in two sizes, retailing for 25¢e
an

25ce size, - per. doz. $2.00
50c *“ - - - - 3.50

Peckham’s Croup Remedy is prepared es-
pecially for children and is a safe and certain
cure for Croups, Whooping-Cough, Colds, and
all bronchial and pelnanaye complaints of
childhood,

Druggists make no mistake in keeping Peck-
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Trade supplied by

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand
Rapids.

Farrand, Williams & Co., Detroit.

James E. Davis & Co,, Detroit...

Peter Van Schaack & Sons, Chicago.

FOR ATTRACTIVE ADVERTISING MATTER ADDRESS THE
PROPRIETOR.

DR. H. C. PECKHAM,
Mich,

8" **Peckham’s Croup Remedy is the most
reliable and satisfactory proprietary medicine
Ihandle, My sales are constantly increasing.’
—W. H. Goodyear, Druggist, Hastings, Mich.

Freeport, -

 

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it. Address

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LUCIUS C. WEST, ,
piaricy at Patent Law pee peeriehr
For

f American and

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MALT Gan On

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 20, 1887.
Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.:
GENTLEMEN—I have used in my family
and practice the Liquid Extract of Malt and
Hops, ‘known as The ‘‘Best” Tonic, with
the most satisfactory results. I consider
the Malt Extract the most valuable of all of
its class of Tonics, and especially adapted
to those ‘cases of debility arising from en-
feebled digestion. The ‘‘Best” Tonic I be-
lieve fully equal to the best-imported Malt
Extract, and I am confident will give satis-
faction to patient and physician.
J..H. THompson, M. D.

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 21, 1887.
Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.:
DEAR Sirs—I take pleasure in stating
that your ‘‘Best” Tonic is the most palatable
of any preparation of Malt, and that from
its prompt and reliable effect, I prescribe it
in preference to that of any other make.
Yours truly,
J. R. McDIuu.

, MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 21, 1887.
Ph. Best Brewing Co., Miiwaukee, Wis.:
‘GENTLEMEN—I have, used The ‘‘Best”
Tonie in my own family and in my prac-
tice, ever, since it was brought to my atten-
tion by the Phillip’ Best Brewing Co., and
am free to say that I believe it to be the

parations I have used.
. Wm. Fox, M. D.

 

CuicaGgo, Dec. 6, 1887.

Ph, Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.:

GENTLEMEN—1I have had the pleasure of
examining and testing the qualities of The
“Best” Tonic, not only in my practice but
in my family. -Am most highly pleased
with its medicinal qualities, and cordially
recommend it to those, who, by reason of
nervous exhaustion, find it necessary to re-
sort to Tonics and extra nutrients. A wine
glass full before each regular meal, in-
creases the, appetite and improves digestion;
administered upon retiring at night, has the
effect to produce most tranquil sleep.

Respectfully,
J. HARVEY Barks, M. D.

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 26, 1887.
Ph. Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.:
Dear Srrs—I thankfully received the
two bottles of your Concentrated Liquid Ex-
tract of Malt and Hops, and am impressed
with the value of this good and nutritive
preparation. Itis really a highly nutritive

Tonic and remedial agent in building upa |
weak. constitution, strengthening the nerv- .

ous. system, and a valuable substitute for
solid food, particularly if given after dis-
eases, in cases of injuries of the body, an@
especially when the appetite is diminished.
It. will be difficult to find a better Tonie
than the “Best,” and I cheerfully testify |
that it is of great value in the treatment of
all kinds ef weakness and diseases. I pre-.

Very Respectfully,
M. Oe M. D.

most palatable and useful of the Malt pre- - it fovany ported, Mal dextraes, aS

 

‘advisedly. When first saw ‘\the party, I
thought I had been transferred from this
“mundane sphere tothe dernier ressort of
“traveling men and that I belield none other
_ than the veritable Witch of Endor in the
: flesh, and that I was about half full of spir-

its. She is a very unique and antique spec- |

"dimen of her sex, and, were she placed in
ene of the New York art galleries, Anthony
_ Comstock would not interfere with the pro-
- ,prietor thereof, from a sense of justice. He
-  -would be sufficiently punished without the
“blind goddess of the law interposing her
jron hand. Picture to yourself seven yards

_ ef four-cent calico made to fit a seventeen-

: yard female, a face.about six feet from the
_ ground upon which thirty or forty Northern
Michigan winters have left their. ineffacea-
ble stamp in the way of wrinkles, patches
and an every-other-one-gone set of teeth,
reinforced with a breath cut bias and
‘trimmed with scalloped onions, and you
“will have a faint outline of the fair chromo-
ith-every-pound-of-tea who claims me as
ace lawful préy. By the way, I believe she
isa vulture, from the shape of her beak.
She has one great infirmity, and to that I
ewe the distressing position in which I am
“placed. She is deaf.. A chorus of fourteen
male cats could not cause the slightest vi-
bration of her organ of sound. She has
taken great care of me, and I noticed a
motherly solicitude in her manner when she
discovered that I was a single man. =
Last Tuesday afternoon, as she sat ina
chair by my bedside, my head began to throb
painfully. I asked her to bathe it, at the
same time pointing to the camphor.
“*Set nearer your bed? ©, laws-a-massy,
yes, you poor, sufferin’ critter!”
“No, no! Rub my head with the cam-
_ phor!” exclaimed I, as loudly as my weak
state would allow.
“Wall, ’tain’t offen I'd try to comfort a

male single man, but you’re-such a nice,

pleasant feller—” and here she commenced
to fondle my auburn locks.

“Get out,” I yelled, ‘in desperation. ‘‘I
don’t want you to make love to me, you old
skeleton!”

“Qh, Mr. B.,” she simpered, trying to
Dlush; ‘‘you mustn’t make love to me!”
and she glared unutterable vacancy upon me

- from her mud-flavored-with-violet eyes.
- I was becoming alarmed. Here I was,
totally helpless and in her power. Once
" more J shouted:
_ “You old, one-sided, rhetmatic camel! I
don’t wait to marry you! You're old
_ enongh to be my mother!”

Just as 1 made this remark, the door

opened and admitted her mother and fifteen

_ or more brothers and sisters, in time to hear
it, together with the answer.

~ “Why, Mr. B! It is so sudden! But, no!
Iean't resist your tender, winnin’ ways. I
will be thine!’ And she threw her bony
arms-around my neck and giggled convul-
sively.

In vain did I appeal to her mother. “You
have asked my darter to marry ye, for I
_ heerd ye, an’ you must keep your word or
stan’, the peenulties of scornin’ a young
_-majden’s innocent an’ trustin’ affection!”

_- he next day, her father and two six-foot
1 peathern eame in to congratulate me on my
sice. The old man said she ‘‘warn’t much
on the high-falutin’ pianner playin,’ but she
_ knock seven kinds o tar out of a

yr : =

not sak formed a plan of’ escape,

The ‘accompanying illustrations represents the

Boss Tobacco Pail Cover.

It will fit any pail, and keep the Tobacco moist
and fresh until entirely used. |

It will pay for itself in a short time.

You cannot afford to do without it.

For particulars. write to

MEIGS & CO.

"Wholesale Grocers,

SOle Agents, >

77 to 83 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

W. C. DENISON,

GENERAL DEALER IN

Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers,

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting ana Marine Engines. Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex-
haust Fans. SAW MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted.

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits. |
$8, 90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ‘ST.. -- GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

COMPANY

JOBBERS IN

 

"WHOLESALE >

gorher In

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas,

Te
Dates Fig, Citrons, Prunells, Ets.

PRICES QUOTED AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

GRAND RAPIDS.

13, 15, 17 South Ionia Street,
13, 15, 17 Railroad Place

 

 

RETAILERS

_or—

CLOTHING:

Furnishing Goods,
LUMBERMEN'S SUPPLIES
Hats, Caps, k

All winter goods will be sold at and

BELOW COST

FOR 80 DAYS

To make room for
,» Which are now alriving.
Z a cent. 10 days.

TERMS:--
6e ce ; 380 (4
“ NET 60 <*

| G LR 86, 38, 40 and 42 Ganal 8t,,

GRAND RAPIDS,

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In the World.

_ STRAIGHT HAVANA: LONG FILLER,
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‘184 to 140 Fulton Street,
GRAND RAPIDS, “MICH.

_ Headquarters fot ‘Marbles, Fops, Jumping Ropes, Etc. Order promptly vite
season is now upon us. ; es

 

DIAGRAM Sfrowine S1zEs—The cuts given below will represent the sizes designated

- ae numbers. in the following list, oxrent on common, carnelian and figured one
es.

COMMON.

No. 1 Gray, Unpolished, 1 M in sack. ............... aces wee, i
2 Polished and Colored, I.M in sack...............cccecse ees

GLASS—ALL FINE.

Assorted Colored ae in Crysta)} Glass.

per box
Gl ass, 100 in Dox..... : 21

Pee ee er eree cc ccer veces cc ec cccc cscs sceeses

c. 0
1
2
3

4

FIGURED GLASS.
Animals and Birds in Crystal Glass.
No. 8, 12 in box............ wba woke ies Saban duo Oy en ae aoe ae Gs cee 42
10. * 85
CARNELIAN AGATES,

- per box
No. 2, assorted sizes, in 2 doz. boxes Ge ae oa Wi kee evo coe ee
9

\

FLINT AGATES.

Cut from Natural Stone.

per box
No. z 25 in DOR a, as es A a eee, - §0

>
UNGLAZED PAINTED CHINA.
White Alleys, Striped and Figured in Colors.
No. % WhiteiAtley, 100: in box... . 2.00.6 6.5 ede et
ee oe 66 ee
ee 6s

as 6s.
ee oe

“e 50
eé¢ 25
IMITATION AGATES.
Also called ‘‘Crockeries’’—Brown Glazed.
No. ue 100 in box Re Re Bak bo Sa be dag CR ee nooks eee ccs dcceee eae

BOYS WOOD TOPS.

No. 12, 3 bright colors with strings babes Og eee
2, Boxwood
7, Polished eae
RETURN BALLS.
No. 4. with long rubber string attached..... iva 08
JUMPING ROPES.
1 doz. in package; assorted colors; wood handles.
No: 5 J ute, pordisr inch, corre Ro ooet ote ee he eae eee

4, ee 84 ‘ poliehoa handles, extra fine..

The BARBOURB PATHNT
SHEET IRON

CAR HEATER.

 

BOs.

 

This is the only stove in the market used for heating cars
laden with potatoes or fruit, in which is combined economy in
fuel, and perfect safety while cars are in transit.

The design shows position
of door and air-draught, which
is convenient for using large
blocks of wood, and giving the
fireman’ perfect control over

the volume of heat required.

‘Three and one-half joints
of five inch pipe, with damper,
two five inch elbows, one tin
collar and astrap complete the
outfit, all of which can be read-
ily packed inside the stove for
return shipment.

Stove and Pipe All Packed. Stove in Operation,

Price, -  —BSA00 each.
Thess Discount

 

 

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