VOL. 5.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,
2.

JULY 18, 1888. ,

NO. 252.

 

BEWARE!

It has come to our notice that unscrupu-
lous manufacturers of cigars are putting an
inferior brand of cigars on the market
under a label so closely imitating our ‘‘Sil-
ver Spots” as to deceive the general public.
At first, we were inclined to feel flattered at
this recognition of the superior merits of
our ‘Silver Spots” by a brother manufac-
_ tarer, knowing full well that it is only arti-
cles of standard or sterling worth that are
imitated, but we feel that we should be
derelict in our duty to the public should we
not warn them against this infringement,
and also to dealers in cigars, as we feel
positive that no first-class dealer would
knowingly countenance or deal with any
manufacturer. who had to depend upon

other manufacturers to furnish him brains
to originate brands or labels for their cigars.
A ecounterfeiter is a genius, but amenable
to the law, but a base imitator who keeps
within the law, or just ventures near
enough to be on debatable ground, is not
worthy of recognition in a community of
worthy or respectable citizens. The ‘‘Sil-
ver Spots” are to-day the best selling five
cent cigar in Michigan. If you don’t be-
lieve it send us a trial order.

Gro. T. WARREN & Co.,
Flint, Mich.

 

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BAKING POWDERS

And all kinds of

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JOBBERS OF

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Telter Spice Company,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JOBBERS OF

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O. E. BROWN,
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The Old Wood Stove at the Store.

Fond memory reverts, oh, s0 gladly,
To scenes once familiar to view,
And a goblin host troop in sadly,
A hagvard, woe-begone crew;
Recollections of days of my childhood,
Throng ’round me as ofttimes before,
Bringing back bright scenes of the wildwood,
*Round the old wood stove at the store.

Quaint its style, it was rough and unsightly—
Not such as are fashioned to-day—

But it got there the same, as nightly
It witnessed wild frolic’s queer play,

As one by one the burghers hie sen in,
Stamped their feet, wiped their boots at

the door,

All eager for the fun to begin

*Round the old wood stove at the store.

And the stories they told, full of wonder,
More strange than magicians e’er ken—
Tales of robbers, with hoards of rich plunder,
And the hardships of the frontier men;

Indian massacres, and bloodiest of fights,
Trappers’ stories, told o’er and o’er,

Fishing exploits, heard of wintry nights
’Rouad the old wood stove at the store.

How Jabe Wilson was treed by a bear,
For atime formed an episode;
Jabe surprised the brute in a snare,
But his old flint-lock wouldn’t unload;
Bill Brown gave invite to a raisin’;
Some discussed a deacon who swore;
The whiie others hot gin were praisin’,
*Round the old wood stove at the store.

And politics raised such an ado!
Some for Jackson, some a Whig would
: maintain;
While “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,”
Led in the hard-cider, log-cabin campaign,
Free soil and slayery, through thick and thin!
How the disputants would rave and roar!
Now a Loco on top, now a Whig would win,
’Round the old wood stove at the store.

Such the scene you will doubtless remember,
Of the days of your youthfnl prime,
In the blustering nights of December,
When ott with the boys ona time;
And how eager you waited a story
Your ears had so oft heard before,
Of backwoods adventures so gory,
”Round the old wood stove at the store.

Then the “‘Colonel’’ would pipe out so mellow,
‘Well, boys, it’s ’most time to shut up!”
And each right royal good fellow
A “night-cap’’ with gusto would sup.
Then each his pipe would re-light,
Shake hands, say ‘‘good-night”’ o’erando’er,
Then homeward trudge in cheerful plight,
From the old wood stove at the store.

Te Oa
TRAPPED AT LAST.

Oscar Whitman was a young man when,
in 1881, he obtained employment in the rail-
way mail service of the United States. His
pi.rents were prosperous farmers in one of
the southwestern counties of Michigan, and
had Oscar chosen he could have remained
at home, lived a peaceful, quiet life, married
one of the neighboring farmers’ red-cheeked
daughters, and, in time, would doubtless
have inherited the farm. But toil in the
fields was not to his liking. He longed for

more exciting pursuits, and some of his:

father’s friends had influence enough to se-
cure Oscar a railway mail clerkship. The
Salary was not large, being only $1,150a
year, but that seemed a fortune to the farm-
er’s son. ;

Indeed, it proved to be too much money
for the lad. At first, he laid part of his
earnings away, but, gradually, as he made
the acquaintance of the world,he found new
ways of spending money. His pleasures, at
first, were sinple, but little by little the
pace grew more rapid, until he had not only
dissipated his savings, but was living ata
rate beyond the salary which he once
thought so liberal. Oscar’s entrance into
dissipation was not a sudden plunge. He
had been well reared and conscientiously
trained, and it ‘was long before the old home
influences wore off; but five years after he
had left the farm he found himself in debt,
addicted to the game of poker, and lax in
morals in other and more serious respects.
Remonstrances from older friends had avail-
ed nothing, and little by little they shook
their heads and abandoned him to the bad
influences that were dragging him down-
ward.

Late in the year 1886 the postal author-
ities began to hear of missing letters, most
of them containing money, mailed to points
along the ‘‘Cleveland and Chicago Run.”
This was the name of the route on which
Oscar Whitman worked. Nearly all of the
letters missed were mailed to various bus-
imess firms in Chicago, and many of them
contained small remittances sent by people
in that. part of the country, accompanying
orders for dry goods or other things needed
in the household. <A branch of the postal
inspector’s office began an investigation.
The inspectors looked into the character
and habits of the clerks employed on the
route, aud in time they reached the con-
clusion that Oscar Whitman was more
worthy of suspicion than any of the others.
But so far it was only a case of suspicion,
and so it continued.

Letters continued to be stolen, but the
crime could not be fastened upon Oscar by
any legal proof. Cunningly prepared de-
coy letters were sent over the route at such
times and in such ways as to make it cer-
tain that they would pass through his hands,
but they invariably reached their destina-
tion untouched. These letters contained
marked money. They wereof inviting and
innocent appearance, leoked like dozens of
other similar letters that had been stolen,
but whether through sheer luck or through
shrewdness, Whitman never appropriated
one of the decoys. Other: circumstantial
evidence was secured, which, although not
sufficient to warrant his arrest, resulted in
his discharge last fall.

Soon after the discharge of Whitman the
Money Order Bureau of the Postoffice De-
partment learned that three postal notes,
mailed at Hudson and addressed to business
firms in Chicago, had never reached their

‘destination. The discovery was also made:

 

that these identical postal notes had been
cashed at the Elkhart postoffice.

The case was referred to an experienced
postal director, with full instructions,
among which was a suggestion that the
thief might be Whitman, who had disap-
peared from his former haunts since his dis-
charge.

The notes had been issued at Hudson on
July 23, 1887, and had _ been cashed at Elk-
hart on July 25, two days later.

These dates preceded the discharge of
Whitman.

The Inspector proceeded at once to Hud-
son and learned all about the issue of the
notes. The Postmaster gave him all the in-
formation in his possession, but that was
little. He merely knew that the notes were
for $2.28, $1.75 and $3.40, and that they
had left Hudson on the evening of July 24
by a certain train.

The records showed that Whitman was
not one of the crew of the mail car on that
train. This looked discouraging, and the
Inspector set himself to looking into the
character of the clerks who had handled the
missing letters. While doing this he ran
across. a fact that shed new light on the
mystery. The discovery was this:

Although it was not his run, Osear Whit-
man had traveled in the mail car on the
night of July 23 as far as Elkhart. More-
over, as the mail was heavy and the clerks
were hard driven, he had volunteered his
services to help them, and the service had
been accepted.

The Inspector went to Elkhart at once.
The Postmaster remembered, he said, the
person who had cashed the notes on July
25.

“Was it Whitman?”

‘‘No, indeed,” the Postmaster replied.
“It was John Sterling, an upright and re-
spected hardware merchant of Elkhart.
You can’t suspect him of anything,” declar-
ed the Postmaster, decisively.

Here was a new puzzle. The Inspector,
after along and perplexing day’s work,
went to his hotel for a night’s rest. While
still in the hotel office, he overheard some
conversation between the clerk and three or
four men, evidently citizens of Elkhart, and
of well-to-do and respectable appearance,
who had dropped into the hotel for a night-
cap.

“Game to-night?” the clerk queried.

“Oh, a short one,” replied one of the
men; ‘‘lively while it lasted, though. Ster-
ling’s gone home disgusted. He dropped

$13 in one pot.”
* *

* * *

The Inspector went to bed to dream of
postal notes, railway clerks, hardware mer-
chants, flushes, full hands and aces up.

The mail train rolled into Elkhart station
at 9 o’clock on the night of July 23, and
Oscar Whitman jumped from the mail car
to the platform.

‘‘Good night, boys,” he cried.

“Good night,” was the response from
within the car; ‘‘much obliged for your
help.”

Whitman walked rapidly up the main
street for several blocks, turned a corner,
pulled a bunch of keys from his poeket, un-
locked a hall door and disappeared to out-
ward view. But the ‘‘eyes of the post-
office,” as the force of inspectors is called,
were upon him, piercing through door and
walls.

Whitman rapidly mounted the stairs and
gave three knocks at the door. A little
aperture in a panel opened, a face peered
out fora second, and then the door opened.
The postal clerk passed through an ante-
room, making a short reply to the greeting
of the colored attendant who admitted him.
The inner room was brilliantly lighted. At
one end was a sideboard liberally provided
with a variety of bottles and a sparkling
array of glasses. In the middle of the
room was a round table, around which sat
four men. The night was warm, and all
were in their shirt sleeves. In front of each
were little piles of red, white and blue
counters, and one of the men was just in
the act of dealing.

‘Hello, Whitman,” cried the dealer.
“Take a hand ?”

“Yes, come in,” said another. ‘‘My
luck’!l change with a five-handed game.”

‘‘Well, I came up_here to plav poker, and
of course Tli take.a hand; but Vl takea
drink first,” said Oscar, walking to the side-
board. ‘‘Here, Sam, pour me out some
whisky.”

The gentleman of African descent com-
plied, and the postal clerk ‘‘wet his whis-
tle? and took aseat at the table. ‘‘You
the banker, Sterling ?” he asked.

‘*Yes,” replied a thick-set man of solid
and most respectable appearance, ‘‘I’m the
banker. How much do you want?”

*sGive me $3.40 worth,” said Whitman.
‘The limit’s-a quarter, as usual, 1 suppose?”’

‘*Yes, quarter limit,’ said the hardware
merchant. ‘‘We can change money fast
enough at that rate. Got another postal
note, I suppose? Funny what odd sums
they come in.”

‘The postal note is just the same as
money,” replied Oscar, with a note of irrita-
tion in his voice. x ee

“®h, I don’t object to taking all Ican get
of em,” said the banker. ‘I know I can

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cash ’em at the postoffice. Where'd this one
come from, eh?”

**None 0’ your business,” said Oscar. The
four other players laughed and the game
went on. At first, Whitman had good luck.
He had the best hands and, naturally, de-
spite the various attempts to ‘‘bluff’ him,
he won pot after pot. Then he began to
lose, at first little and then rapidly. Final-
ly, Sterling being dealer, he found himself
with a ‘‘pat flush,” five clubs, with a king
at the head. It was a ‘“‘jack pot,” and
Whitman opened it for a quarter. The
rest all “‘came in” and Sterling ‘“‘raised.”
Whitman ‘‘raised back,” and all the players
dropped out but himself and Sterling. After
several more ‘‘raises,” during which Whit-
man was obliged to turn another postal note
for $1.75 into “chips,” cards were drawn.
Oscar, of course, ‘‘stood pat,” but Sterling
took one card. Then the betting went on
rapidly. Whitman at last ‘‘called,” only to
find that Sterling had four nines, which won
the ‘‘pot.” By this time, too, Oscar had
turned over to Sterling a third postal note
for $2.28.

lt was nearly midnight when the game
ended and the postal clerk went to his lodg-
ings with only a few pennies in his pocket.
‘‘Curse the luck,” he said to himse#f. “D1
have to make another raise to-morrow.”

Every step he had taken that night, al-
most every word he uttered and every
“thand” he held in that fatal game of poker,
were mouths afterward to come within the
knowledge of the Inspector who had been
sent to work up the case.

‘This is Mr. Sterling, I believe 9” said a
well-built man, with a countenance full of
quick intelligence and keen perception, who
had just entered the hardware merchant’s
establishment one day in March of the
present year.

‘That is my name, sir.”

‘*T have some private business which I
would like to talk over with you.”

‘‘Certainly,” acquiesced the merchant.
‘Step this way;” and he led his visitor to
his private office at the rear of the store.
“George”—to a clerk —“‘this gentleman
wishes to see me privately.” George went
out into the store, and Mr. Sterling, turning
to his visitor, said: ‘I don’t remember
having met you before.”

‘““My name is Bright; there is my card.”

‘‘A postal inspector!’ exclaimed the
merchant, reading the bit of pasteboard.
"What in the world do you want to see me
about ?”

“I will explain frankly, and I hope
yowll be equally frank with me,” replied
the inspector. ‘‘On July 25, of last year,
you cashed three postal notes for $3.40,
$1.75 and $2.28 at the postoffice in this city.
You will’ render the Postal Department a
service by telling me how these notes came
into your possession.”

‘Sir, do you mean to imply——”

“I mean to imply nothing, Mr. Sterling.
Ionly ask you to tell me where you got
them.”

‘*You might as well ask me where I gota
dollar bill that I changed last summer,” re-
plied the merchant. ‘How canI tell? I
suppose they came to me in the course of
my business. Customers in the country
often send me money by postal note.”

‘Perhaps it may assist your memory to
look at the notes. Here they are; and the
Inspector produced the canceled bits of
paper, bearing the signature of John Ster-
ling. Still the merchant’s memory failed to
respond.

‘“Mr. Sterling,” said the Inspector, ‘‘do
you know Mr. Whitman, who was formerly
a railway mail clerk? Do you know Mr.
Stewart and Mr. Adams and Mr. Brown ?”

The merchant gave the Inspector a quick
glance and then his eye wandered uneasily
toward the ceiling. ‘‘Yes,” he said, slowly,
“‘T suppose I know them.”

“Do you know now where you got those
postal notes 2?”

Mr. Sterling grew angry. ‘‘I tell yeu,
sir, that I got them in business. You have
no authority to pry into my affairs.”

“Mr. Sterling, you had better keep your
temper. You would not care to have it
known in church circles, by your family and
by your business. friends, that you have a
key to the poker den at No. 42 Schuyler
alley, would you? Now, sir,” continued
the Inspector, rising and speaking very
sternly, ‘‘T’ll tell ‘you how those notes came
into your possession. You won them ina
game of poker on the night of July 23 last.
The other players were the men I have
named. You wonthem from Whitman, the
postal clerk. He stole them, and you had
ample reason to know that they were stolen.
The only way in which these notes could
have come to you in the course of business
would be for them to have reached their
destination in Chicago, and there passed
from hand to hand until they reached you.
Aside from the impossibility of such a
thing happening, it is impossible on ac-
count of the time. They were issued at
Hudson on July 23, and you cashed them
on July 25. Now, it is my duty to tell you
that unless you tell me all you know and
assist me in every way, I must place you
under arrest.”

This was a long speech for the Inspector,.
aman. of deeds rather than of words, to

 

make. Through it all he kept his piercing
gaze fixed on Mr. Sterling’s face. The
countenance of the merchant had turned
ashen grey. ‘‘My God!” he exclaimed,
“think ef my wifeand family.” With that
his reserve broke down, and he acknowl-
edged the truth of the Inspector’s discovery
and added many details. Very unwillingly
also, he pledged his word to appear on the
witness stand against Whitman when he
should be arrested. As for the whereabouts
of the former postal clerk, Mr. Sterling de-
clared he knew nothing.

‘*You may be quite sure that Whitman is
in some town in Michigan,” wrote the Chief
Inspector in his letter of instructions to his
agent, whom he also complimented for his
skill and sagacity in unraveling so success- .
fully the mystery of the postal notes. ‘‘You
have a good description of him. Getonhis
trail.”

This was not an easy matter. The case
against Whitman was now legally perfect,
but it remained to find the culprit. He had
evidently left Elkhart. After a tedious
search it was learned that another young
man, an intimate friend of Whitman, and a
gambler and ‘‘fast boy,” had left Elkhart at
about the same time as the discharged postal
clerk. This young man’s name was Forrest,
and his vices left a broad trail behind, easy
to follow. A woman of his acquaintance,
it was learned, had also left Elkhart and
had. gone to Hillsdale. Thither the In-
spector followed.

Forrest was there, and was easily found.
The Inspector made his acquaintance cas-
ually, but learned nothing as to Whitman’s
whereabouts.

It would be tedious to follow the Inspec-
tor through a search that lasted a week or
more and that covered several cities. Chance
favored him at last. He had returned to
Hillsdale and was walking along one of the
principal streets when his attention was at-
tracted to a young man whose good clothes
were betraying signs of wear and whose
face bore marks of dissipation. He was
slowly sauntering up the street, and his de-
scription fitted perfectly that of the former
postal clerk.

“Why, how are you, Whitman?” ex-
claimed the Inspector, seizing his hand.

‘Z don’t remember you,” said the ex-
clerk, with a surprised air, thus indirectly
acknowledging his identity.

“ve been looking for you for some
time,” said Fleming. ‘‘I’m a postal in-
spector, and I arrest you. Now, walk
along quietly and don’t disgrace yourself
in the street.’’

“ve done nothing,” replied Whitman.
“Pll come along, but this is an outrage.”

Whitman was taken to Detroit, where the
United States Commissioner held him for
trial. His case is still pending. The story
of it affords a good illustration of one
phase of the workings of a part of the
Postoffice Department about which little is

known.
or Oo

What Becomes of the Tin Cans.
From the American Analyst.

Large numbers of tin cans of all kinds, in
which foods have been contained, find their

| way through the ash barrels to the city garb-

age dumps. Here they are picked out and
taken to a tin can receiver, where, after the
labels and dirt are washed off, the tin and
solder are melted and converted into solder
sticks, the remaining sheet iron being rolled.
flat and sold for trunk corners, umbrella
ferrules, and the seraps are converted into
sash weights. There is no secret about the
process. The only thing is to havea proper
sized furnace and to get up asufficient heat.
The business has developed of late, but
manufacturers say the margin of profit is
small. It costs more to melt the scraps
than common iron. Chips ready for the
furnace cost $7 a ton. The sash weights
produced are of a superior quality. The
business is, like the case of old rubber, an
illustration of the use of waste material.
The tin can companies and other manufac-
turers of tin goods formerly dumped hun-
dreds of tons into space, but now these
scraps are utilized, and the irresponsible
small boy works the ash fields to his profit
in companionship with the blithesome goat.
oe ee
To Test Kerosene Oil.

Manufacturers of kerosene oil say that all
lamps are safe with good oil, and that the
quality of oil can be ascertained by the fol-
lowing test:

Take a pint tin cup, fill it nearly full of
water warmed so that an ordinary thermo-
meter immersed in it will show 120 degrees,
pour a small quantity of oil on the water,
stir it a little, then pass a lighted match
quickly but closely over the surface of the
oil once; if it ignites the oil is unsafe. If
purchases are made of from three to five
gallons at a time and this test is made,
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GOVERNMENT CLOTHING STORES

United States Soldiers Supplied at Cost

_ Prices with Good Goods.
From the New York Sun.

The largest clothing, boot and shoe store
in this country is run by the United States,
although things are sold down at cost prices
and there is no profit in it. Every army re-
cruiting station is a branch store where sup-
plies are dealt out. It is different from or-
dinary stores in that the United States
treasury furnishes the money that buys the
boots, hats, blankets and clothes, and the

‘money that buys from the United States
also comes from the treasury. — Besides his
pay each soldier in the regular army has an
allowance for clothing which varies from
$178.85 to $228.49 for his five years’ term.
This is only from $35.77 to $45.69 a year.
If the soldiers had to go around and buy
their own clothing at ordinary rates, they
would not have a new coat more than once
every other year, and they would have to
sleep in their underclothes to keep warm.

So the United States has gone into the
business of supplying their ordinary things
to soldiers at the bottom price at which the
contracts for them can be made. There are
no salesmen’s salaries, no rent, nor insur-
ance nor profit to be paid by the govern-
ment. As a result, the prices at which
clothing is sold to the soldiers are so low
that many working men who are paid four
times as much as the soldiers are not clad
as well. The blue coats cost $3.38. They
are made of good material, well cut and are
better fitting than the uniform of the aver-
age policeman, for which he pays several
times what the soldiers pay. His caps cost
forty-nine cents. His stockings cost nine
gents a pair, and they are better than the
Bowery stores sell for a quarter, while the
forty-nine cent caps are as good as any man
gould want. For his blue trousers the sol-
dier pays $2. They are so cheap that he
ean buy half a dozen pairs with his month’s
pay, which is more than many young men
who look down on the soldier can do.

The two bits of extravagance are the
flannel shirts and the blankets. The shirts
cost thirty-eight cents more than the
trousers, but they are as good as can be
bought at any price, and they do not shrink
into a woolly ball when they are washed.
The biankets are sold for $4.28. It is easy
enough to go to almost any dry goods store
and buy cheaper blankets than the soldiers
have, but these blankets are wool and
weigh six pounds. One pair of them is
enough in cold weather and they are warmer
than several pairs of cheap blankets. The
United States considers the health of its
soldiers, and although the caps and trousers
are economized on, the best woolen shirts
and blankets are supplied.

There are various kinds of shoes that
sell from $1.76 to $3.04. Then there are
heavy stockings that sell for more than the
nine cents that the summer stockings bring.
There are underclothes for sale that are of
such a good quality that the officers often
wear them in preference to the undercloth-
ing that they can buy in the usual way.

The United States goes further, and sup-
plies all the necessities of the soldiers at
eost prices, and the cost rates are frequently
lower than those at which a private store-
keeper could buy, as the United States buys
in large quantities and is sure pay. It also
tends to increase a manufacturer’s outside
trade if he gets large garment contracts,
and a big manufacturer with a large stock
on hand can afford to sell to the United
States at cost. If he sold at the same rate
to private sellers they might cut retail rates,

while the United States sells to nobody but |-

soldiers.

When a recruit is sworn in, the sergeant
takes him into the clothing room and fits
him up with a full outfit. Thecost of it is
taken from his pay, although at the rates at
which the government sells it does not take
him long to pay up. No one may buy
elothing from the government except sol-
diers, and it is a crime ,for any clothing to
be given or sold to any one else. If the
government were to sell to everybody at
the same rate, the business of the furnish-
ing goods stores in the neighborhood of re-
eruiting stations would be ruined.

——_@2 oe ____

Drapery for Display Windows.
Brom the Boots and Shoes Weekly.

A Philadelphia shoe dealer whose store
window is somewhat noted for its attract-
iveness thinks that. one of the worst mis-
takes a retailer can make in Alressing his
window is in hanging dark drapery in the
back and in covering the bottom of the win-
dow with a similar shade, as this gives the
window a dreary appearance and it is diffi-
eult to tell one shoe from another. Display
windows should always have light drapery
when there is any used, as it will set the
goods off to better advantage.

“Instead of putting half of his stock in
the window,” suid he, ‘‘the dealer should
select a few pair of ladies’ and men’s goods
and display them in as neat a position as
possible, and they will attract attention
even if there is no other attraction shown,
But the matter of drapery is one of special
importance to a storekeeper. According. to
my ideas, eheerfulness is one of. the first
essentials in good window dressing.”

‘ ———__— 2. piss
When High Heels Will Be a Curiosi
From Peck’s Sun.

(Time, 2088, in the museum). She—
“Great hickory, George! What is that pe-
euliar lookin’ thing hanging there in the
ease that somewhat resembles a clothes-
basket, except that it is made of wire?” .

He—‘‘Let’s see—number 42, Wait till I

-@onsult the catalogue. Hereitis. ‘Num-
ber 42—a piece of wearing apparel, known
asa bustle. Was worn by wemen of all
elasses during the latter part of the nine-

_ teenth century, to beautify their forms.’ ”

She—‘“My! Iwonder where they wore

- gueh an v ly contrivance.”

- _He—‘“The catalogue does not state, but

__, 3 judge from the size that they must have

worn it all over the body.” — ee
e— 0: , let’s go to the next

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| « Farwell—F. -E. Bradley &:Co. ‘have fin-

same women

‘man |... .AMONG THE TRADE.
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| Houten & Co. in the commission business.

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State |

| business at Otsego. The stock was pur-

_-| floor of which will be occupied-by Roselle
(| (Mrs. ‘Simon) Schack with her general

 

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

B, Goosen succeeds Goosen, . Van

.
- C. H. Benson has engaged in the grocery

chased at this market.

Edson Roberts has engaged in the grocery
‘business at Sparta. Ball, Barnhart & Put-
man furnished the stock. ©

The Danaher & Melendy Co. has put in a
supply stock at-Tallman. The goods were
purchased at this market.

John Hoomrich has engaged in the gro-
cery business at North Dorr. I. M. Clark
& Son furnished the stock.

L. A. Upson has opened a grocery store
at Shady Side, near Holland. Bulkley,
Lemon & Hoops furnished the stock.

Noble & Miller have engaged inthe gro-
cery business at 699 South Division street.
Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops furnished the
stock.

Braun & Grady have engaged in the gro-
cery business at the corner of Jefferson
street and Shawmut avenue. Ball, Barn-
hart & Putman furnished the stock.

F. Van Bree and his son, D. Van Bree,
have formed a copartnership, under the
style of Van Bree & Son, for the purpose
of engaging in the drug business at Zee-
land. They will occupy a new brick store,
which they erected with especial reference
to the business. The Hazeltine & Perkins
Drug Co. is putting up the stock.

AROUND THE STATE.

Stetson—G. N. North has engaged in the
drug business here.

Fremont—A. J. Jones has moved his
restaurant to Marion.

Ayr—Henry S. Post succeeds J. D. Hig-
ginbotham in general trade.

Dowagiac—A. C. King succeeds Ingling
& King in the grocery business.

Escanaba—E. H. Williams has assigned
his hardware stock to A. R. Northrop.

Detroit — H. Schlesinger succeeds R.
Schlesinger & Co. in the clothing business.

Detroit—E. Krapp succeeds Krapp, Ernst
& Co. in the dry goods and grocery business.

Battle Creek—Jas. C. Halladay succeeds
Geo. F. Barrows & Co. in the grocery busi-
ness.

Charlevoix—Miss Emma Todd, late of
Cheboygan, has opened a toy and notion
store.

Allen—Hill & Roethlisberger are suc-
ceeded in general trade by F. A. Roethlis-
berger.

Manistique—M. Salvan: has opened a
new clothing, dry goods, hat and cap and
boot and shoe stock. :

Holland— Metz & Brink succeed the
Werkman Manufacturing Co. in the manu-
facture of furniture.

Ashley—W. J. Barker, lately in the em-
ploy of H. A. Blackmar, at Charlotte, has
purchased a drug stock here.

Reed City—E. A. Rupert & Co. is the
style of the firm which succeeds S. W.
Brown in the confectionery business.

Reed City—Richards & Son have opened
a grocery and provision store. Mr. Rich-
ards was formerly a member of the firm of
Densmore & Richards.

Big Rapids—C. A. Fellows has sold his
drug stock to C. B. Fugua & Co., who will
continue the business at the old stand. Mr.
Fugua has had fifteen years’ experience in
Grand Rapids and Detroit drug houses and
is a thoroughly competent pharmacist.

STRAY FACTS.

Sullivan—S. H. Clink succeeds the Clink
& Jones Lumber Co.

Paris—Stickney & Co. are building a 30-
foot addition to their store. :

Muskegon—The Muskegon Booming Co.
has 790 men on its pay roll.

Otter Lake—E. J. Tanner, of the firm of
Tanner & Clark, millers and general dealers,
is dead.

Ludington—The Pere Marquette Lumber
Co. is building a large store, which will be
ready for occupancy early in the fall.

Hersey—John Finkbeiner has completed
his two-story brick store and will occupy it
with his clothing house about the 20th.

Muskegon—Irving F. Hopkins has moved
his drug stock into his new store a
the corner of Third street and Houston
avenue.

Allegan—M. F. Small, who has been en-
gaged in the grocery business about a year,
has closed out his stock and will return to
Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Morley—Lon A. Pelton has returned
from Los- Angeles, adjusted his family
troubles -and- resumed. the management of
bis hardware business.

Reed City—Ernest Long has nearly com-
pleted’ his two-story brick store, the lower

‘shed-thelr-Iumbering operations \for thie

season, ' having shipped ‘11,000,000. feet of
logs by ‘rail ‘to Bay City during the’ past

-Caseville—John: -McKinley’s hardware
store was broken into Sunday and the safe
blown open and, relieved of $250 in cash and

‘several’ hundred dollars’ worth of notes,

The concussion ‘broke the front windows of:
the store, fifty feet away. .

Dettoit—The Michigan Gas Enricher Co.,
with letters patent of a process for enrich-

ing gas, has been incorporated with a paid-_

up capital stock of $50,000. The’ stock-
holders are: Ira H. Wilder, 668 shares;

2 D.
‘1333 sh

 

“Eas
the season was made Saturday by J. J.

| Winsor, who purchased 14,000,000 feet log.

run for Eastern parties at different prices
but full market quotations. Four million
feet of the stock is cut and the remainder
will be manufactured as fast as possible.
There is considerable inquiry for dry stock
from Chicago.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Pinckney—Detroit parties are putting up
a pickle factory. :

~ Vicksburg—H. H. Smith has bought the
Barney cigar factory and will continue the
business.

Wolverine—P. E. Hackett’s saw, planing
and shingle mill burned last Monday, in-
volving a loss of $7,000.

West:Branch—The Cortland Lumber Co.
will double its hardwood mill capacity, and
is building a dry house, 30x80 feet.

Marshall—A corporation has been formed
with $60,000 capital to engage in the man-
ufacture and sale of spring tooth harrows.

Au Sable—The J. E. Potts Salt & Lum-
ber Co. will likely extend its logging road
from its pine timber in Oscoda county to
Au Sable, fifty miles below.

Gun Lake—Gibson & Dunwell are build-
ing a shingle mill, to have a daily capacity
of from 125,000 to 160,000 and be in op-
eration by August 1. The mill will be sup-
plied with timber purchased from Pardee,
Cook & Co., and will ship over the Flint &
Pere Marquette, via a spur.

Marquette—Wm. Allen has built six
miles of road, and equipped it with two
locomotives and several cars. He has con-
tracted to get out 50,000,000 feet in two
years, and receives $2.50 a thousand for
hauling to cars and unloading. He expects
to bank from 200,000 to 250,000 feet daily

over the railroad.
———_—_2.0o————_

Gripsack Brigade.

C. Crawford and family are spending their
summer vacation at Macatawa Park.

Clarence J. Peck, formerly on the road
for Thompson & Maclay, is now traveling
for Hart Bros. ,of Chicago.

A. L. Braisted, traveling representative
for the Voigt Milling Co., now spends one
week each month in Detroit.

Steve Sears is officiating as master of
ceremonies at Wm. Sears & Co.’s, pending
the absence of his father and uncle.

W. R. Mayo is on the road for Geo. E.
Howes & Co. in the western part of the
State and Wm. Rose in the eastern portion
of Michigan. The latter resides at Owosso.

The boys who have called on Cass Brad-
ford at Baldwin say that he has learned
how to mix the sand with the sugar as
skillfully-as an old veteran at the business.

Hiram E. Clark now covers a portion of

the Northern trade for Ball, Barnhart &

Putman, including the Upper Peninsula and
the towns on the line of the T., A. A. &
N. M. Railway.

A. D. Estabrook, traveling representa-
tive for the Powers & Walker Casket Co.;’
starts North next Monday on a nine weeks’
trip. Heand his family are rusticating at
Spring Lake and Grand Haven this week.

M. K. Walton has returned to Grand
Rapids and taken up his residence at 554
South Division street. During the past two
months he has traveled the length and
breadth of California without finding a
locality which suits him as well as Mich-
igan. He starts out on his old route for
Curtis & Co. to-day.

Frank R. Miles, traveling representative
for Foster, Stevens & Co., was married last
Saturday afternoon to Miss Kittie Peck, of
Reed City, the ceremony occurring at the
residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Cor-
nelius Crawford, on Paris avenue. The
happy couple are spending their honeymoon
at Macatawa Park, after which they will
take up their residence in this city.

Union City Local: During the recent
trip of the T. P. A. Band to Minneapolis,
the boys were accompanied by a gentleman
from Battle Creek who made all arrange-
ments for their comfort and aided in a hun-
dred different ways in making the trip an
enjoyable one. In fact, it was through his
instrumentality that the band was engaged
for the occasion. We refer to C. S. Kelsey,
aman whom it is a pleasure to know, be-
cause of his genuine gentlemanly character.
The: band boys appreciated his efforts and
as a mark of their esteem improved the op-
portunity on their way home of presenting
him a fine gold-headed cane, suitably in-
scribed, the presentation occurring in the
Grand Trunk offices, Chicago. Between
the T. P. A. Band, of Union City, and
C. S. Kelsey, of Battle Creek, there will
ever exist a strong feeling of friendship.

——-s—.
ee Six and Five.
From the Detroit Free Press. s :

‘A little learning is a dangerous thing,”

| the world over. Last night, the keeper of |
@ stall added up his column of sales, and

by making six and five make fifteen created
a defaleation ‘in’ the cash box. Some one
ad stolen four dollars. .. It must be the boy
who was helping about the place. -He was
taken by the ear'and his blood ‘frozen with
threate:of State Prison, and it was not until
a detettive cast up the figures. and discev-
| the error that: the boy, was let off. » He
was not up in figures himself, but he says
he’s going to learn all about ’em right off.
The long-contested suit between the New
Era Lumber Co., of New Era, and H.W.

Corneil has culminated in the victory of the-

latter. Corneil claimed $10,000, growing
out of lumbering transactions, against
which the company claimed an offset of
$7,000. ‘A jury gave Corneil a verdict for
the whole amount claimed and the Supreme

| Court now affirms that verdict. om

- ye

F. Glidden, 338, and William B. Bates, |

t Saginaw—The largest lumber sale of | trusts and combines, when the whales and

A Coffee Combine. :

| Sam Plank in Philadelphia Grocer. _

days of corners and

~ In these degenerate

sharks of commerce eat up the smaller

frighten them away from competition for.
an honest living, it may not be ont of order
to relate the history of a certain combine
which threatened at one time toruin at least
one branch of the grocery business.

I am not a grocer, and I have no appre-
hensions of ever being’ nominated for the
Office, but, because I have friends who are
grocers, and because the editor of this paper
believes me to have lucid intervals in which,
as he puts it, I ‘‘ can tell a beat from a beet-
root,” I have been asked to state my candid
views on several points in the grocery trade.

And I hasten to do this gladly, not for
the sake of seeing my name in print, not
with the hope of enlightening my fellow
men, not with the false and illusory notions
that my writings will disarm adverse criti-
cism, but with the higher, nobler, purer mo-
tive, born of the editor’s promise to reward
my labors with cold, clean, hard, substantial
dollars. Therefore, should I at any time
appear, aS now, to be a little too prolix,
remember, I have a certain space to fill and I
must ‘‘get there” somehow.

There once lived in the city of New York
an honest man. If this statement should
seem at all rash let me add that it was a
long, long time ago, but within the memory
of the oldest inhabitant.

This man was a merchant. His name
was Kough E. Bean. He was alittle, hard-
featured fellow, as brown as a berry, but
strong and cheerful and a man of good taste.
He tried his best to get along in business,
but hefound there was no royal road to
success. He had to gothrough the mill, and
he was often ground down by those with
whom he came in contact. Still he perse-
vered, but his profits were small, and the
prophets were many who predicted his
failure.

They told him; in words stolen from
Scripture, that it ‘‘was not good for him to
be alone;” they advised him to go into part-
nership with some one who could ‘“‘hustle”
business, and whose conscience was not
quite as rigid as his own, and the greater to
facilitate the adoption of their advice, they
introduced to his notice a schemer named
C. Hickory, who on his own account had
failed in trade.

And so it came about after many protesta-
tions and refusals on the part of Mr. Beans
and many prognostications of certain succes,
on the part of Mr. Hickory and his backers,
there was established the firm which soon
gained a world-wide notoriety, and of which
the members were Kough E. Bean and C.
Hickory.

At first everything went well. The new
life infused into the concern was such as to
enable the partners to cut down their prices
and undersell other firms. Mr. Bean found
himself rapidly growing rich. His coffers
were filling. He saw the way to a sure and
and rapid fortune.

But before very long a reaction set in.
The public began to learn more of Mr. C.
Hickory’s individuality. They found he did
not bear a good character in private, that,
in fact, Mr. Bean provided the whole of the
respectability and honesty in the firm, and,
as a natural consequence of such a discovery,
business declined to an alarming extent.
And then it was that Mr. Bean commenced
to make discoveries.

At the establishment of the partnership
it was mutually agreed that Mr. C. Hickory
should have only a tenth interest in the bus-
iness, supplying only one-tenth of the capi-
tal and plant necessary torunit, butit soon
transpired that this percentage had gradu-
ally and mysteriously increased to fifty per
cent. As a natural consequence Mr. Bean’s
power had decreased from ninety per cent.
to fifty. _Bean unsuspecting had been blind
to this but the public quickly detected it.

So when Mr. Kough E. Bean rose one
morning and learned that his wares were
boycotted by reason of his connection with
C. Hickory; when he remembered that such

the jeopardizing of a hitherto honorable
name, even if it would not permanently
ruin it, he began to regret that he had not
been contented with small profits and a rep-
utation for fair dealing, sooner than have
entered into partnership with a man whom
he did not know and whose antecedents
were the reverse of respectable.

Mr. Bean was quite right in supposing
that his partnership would injure his credit.
It did, and long after he had dissolved part-
nership with the ‘‘other member” of the
firm, he scarcelyever had a customer call
upon him but would expressly stipulate be-
fore doing business that C. Hickory had
nothing to do with the concern.

And it is a moral that may, and ought to,
commend itself to every tradesman, and
every grocer in particular, that coffee beans
and chicory don’t work well together, and
the same remark applies equally well to all
other ‘‘combines” into which there enters a
strong element of fraud.

————_—> >
Purely Personal.

Charles Lovejoy, the Big Rapids grocer,
was in town last Friday.

F. J. Dettenthaler and family left to-day
for a three weeks’ trip around the Lakes.

Fred H. Ball is taking a trip down the
St. Lawrence, New Brunswick being the
objective point.

Sidney F. Stevens and wife left Monday
for New York where they will spend a
fortnight.

F. Van Bree and his son, D. Van Bree of
Zeeland, were in town Monday, purchasing
a new drug stock.

Hermann Spitz, the Chicago capitalist,
spent Sunday as the guest of his brother,
Ludwig Winternitz.

Geo. H. Thayer, manager for L. F. Swift
& Co., went to Chicago Saturday night.
He is expected back to-day.

Miss Emma Neumeister, Secretary of the
Leahy Co., ot: Muskegon, is the guest of
Mrs. M. S. Goodman, on South Union

‘| street.

- Miss Annah Rindge has so far recovered
from her recent serious illness as to enable
her father to resume his duties at the house
of Rindge, Bertsch & Co. a

‘O. G. Brooks, formerly engaged in the
spice business with Edward Telfer, but now
engaged in business at Milwaukee, is in
town for a few days, the guest of his
brother-in-law, his former partner.

The sons of Les. Freeman and Alex.
Keith aré each the possessors of pet rabbits
and the paternal ancestors have become so
much interested in the subject that it is
understood they have in contemplation the

 

establishment of a rabbit factory. |

fishes, or by their magnitude and power.

a proceeding on the part of the public meant.

 

Pe '
'- | Mrs K L Kinney, Ensley

How Thermometers are Made.
The first point in the construction of the

mercurial thermometer is to see that the
tube is of uniform caliber throughout its |

£

whole interior.
column of mercury is put into the tube and

/moved up and down, to see if its length re-

mains the same through all parts of the
tube. If atube whose caliber is. not uni-
form is used, slight differences are made in
its graduation to allow for this. A scale of
equal parts is etqhed upon the tube; and
from observations of the inequalities of the
column of mercury moved in it, a table giv-
ing the temperatures corresponding to these
divisions is formed. A bulb is now blown
on the tube, and while the open end of the
latter is dipped into mercury, heat is applied
to the bulb to expand the air init. This
heat is then withdrawn and, the air within
contracting, a portion of the mercury rises
in the tude and partly fills the bulb. To the
open end of the tube a funnel containing
mercury is fitted, and the bulb is placed
over a flame until it boils, thus expelling all
air and moisture from the instrument. "On
cooling, the tube instantly fills with mer-
cury. The bulb is now placed in some hot
fluid, causing the mercury within it to ex-
pand and flow over the top of the tube, and
when this overflow has ceased the open end
of the tube is heated with a blow-pipe flame.
To graduate the instrument the bulb is
placed in melting ice; and when the top of
the mercury column has fallen as low as it
will, note is taken of its position as com-
pared with the scale on the tube. This is
the freezing point; it is marked as zero on
the thermometers of Celsius and Reaumur,
and as 32° on the Fahrenheit class.

To determine the boiling point, the in-
strument is placed in a metallic vessel with
double walls, between which circulates the
steam from boiling water. Between the
freezing and boiling point of water 100 equal
degrees are marked in the Centigrade grad-
uation of Celsius, 180° on the Fahrenheit
plan and 80° on the Reaumur. In many
thermometers all three of these graduations
are indicated on the frame to which the tube
is attached. Some weeks after a thermome-
ter has been made and regulated, it may be
noticed that when the bulb is immersed in
pounded ice, the mercury does not quite de-
scend to the freezing point. This is owing
to a gradual expansion of the mercury
which usually goes on for nearly two years,
when it is found that the zero point has ris-
en nearly a whole degree. It is then neces-
sary to slide down the scale to which the
tube is fastened, so that it will accurately
read the movements of the mercury. After
this change, the accuracy of the thermome-
ter is assured, as there is no further expan-
sion of the mercury column.

aaa sea a east aaa
Good Words for the Drummer.

Correspondence Shoe and Leather Review.

In spite of all the uncomplimentary re-
marks that are made about drummers in
general, and American drummers in partic-
ular, I firmly believe that as aclass they are
as high a type of modern civilization as
there is tobe met with anywhere. ‘The very
nature of their business makes them so.
The idea that a salesman cani go over a par-
ticular routeand continue to fleece a lot of in-
telligent people is simply absurd. | In these
days of fast trains, telegraph wires and
special journalism, people get religble news,
and know the state of trade and value of
goods just about as well as the drummer
does, and a sensible salesman can’t afford
to risk his reputation by an effort to gull
anybody. Even if he felt like taking the
risk himself, his house could not afford, and
would not permit such irregularities to
continue.

The drummer meets all kinds of people;
he meets them in all kinds of places; he is
surfeited with hardships and pleasures of a
great variety, and if these things don’t bring
him close to humanity nothing will. He
must be wide awake and thoroughly famil-
iar with his special business, or he can’t sell
goods. He must, in a word, be a _philoso-
pher, with a good sprinkling of creative
genius. The very nature of his business
tends to make him all this, not alone be-
cause it makes of him a good and useful
member of society, but because it makes
him a successful man in his business. A
man of good sound sense and strong sym-
pathies is welcome in any community. He
makes friends that will buy of him to-mor-
row if not to-day, and those of his friends
who do not need his wares will not be afraid
to speak a good word tor him some time
when it will be beneficial.

2

Chicago Herald: Said a traveling man in
the Palmer House the other day: ‘‘I never
order a fire in my room at a country hotel.
I carry a warming apparatus along which is
both convenient and not costly to myself.
See?”
and a gas-burner which would throw a flame
at least seven inches wide. ‘'‘It’s this way,”
he continued. ‘“‘I register and go to my
room. The burner, is, of course, plugged
with cotton so that you can’t get enough
light to see to go to bed by. I yank it off
with my nippers, screw on my own patent
appliance, and then sit by the window and
watch the city gas tank sink down towards
the ground while my room gets warm.

—_—_————_< 2 _____
VISITING BUYERS.

The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:

MBailey, Plainwell Champion & Beyeats,

Dr WmVanPutten,Holland. White Cloud

L A Upson, Shady Side, John Gunstra, Lamont

Holland Elf Runnels, Corning

A DeKruif, Zeeland CH Benson, Otsego

RB McCulloch, Berlin ME Boynton, Lake City

D E Watters, Freeport H VanNoord, Jamestown

T W Preston, Millbrook Sidney Stark. Allendale

AA Weeks, Grattan DenHerder & Tanis, Vries-

GN North, Stetson ani

Geo P Stark, Cascade H Dalmon. Allendale

SMeNitt & Co, Byron Centr L Vallier. Fremont

CS Judson, Cannonsburg Wesley Dunn, Kingsley

Sevey & Herrington, Her- John Farrowe, So Blendon

ngton Geo Lentz, Croton

Gooding & Son, Lisbon W I Woodruff, Copley

RT Parrish, Grandville CC Tuxbury, Sullivan

JC Benbow, Cannonsburg A M LeBarron, Levering

CH Deming, Dutton A MChurch, Englishville

Walling Bros, Lamont I J Quick, Allendale

AE Smith, Cadillac Sampson & Drury, Cadillac

Carrington & North, Trent John C Scott, Lowell

Jas Colby, Rockford C H Loomis, Sparta

J P Cordes, Alpine Wm DePree & Bro,Zeeland

Morley Bros, Cedar Springs A J Provin, Cedar Springs

John Smith, Ada LaDu & Baldwin, Coral

GC Baker, LaBarge Smith Bros, Alba.

C ECoburn, Pierson J P Huling, Big Rapids

W W Peiree, Moline C8 Comstock, Pierson

FE en Co, Sand
Lake '

Cole & Chapel, Ada
M Geary, Maple: Hill
M M Brooks, Austerlitz Jacob Barth, Bailey
S Babcock, receiver, Mrs Minnie Lacey,Cannons-
Manistee burg ‘
EE Hewitt. Rockford Herder & Lahuis,: Zeeland
L Greenawald, Reed City B Volmari, Fillmore Ctr
E Roberts, Sparta Mortin Gezon, Jamestown
M Winnie. Traverse City W McWilliams, Conklin
CE Joys, Manistee L & L Jenison, Jenisonville
Jay Marlatt, Berlin N F Miller, Lisbon '
VanBree & Son, Zeeland Spooner & Moore,
LM Wolf, Hudsonville Cedar Springs
P Mulder, & Co,Grafschaap De Kruif, Boone & Co, Zee-
A W Blain, Dutton land :
JC Drew, Rockford A H Barber, Saranac
Geo H Remington, Bangor John Kamps, Zutphen
Alex Denton, Howard City Geo Hoppough, Smyrna
C E Pratt, Moline W Vermeulen-;Beaver Dam
Gus Begman, Bauer G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
J McLenithan, W Carlisle ,John Damstra, Gitchell
W L8Squires, Plainwell . “S$ J Martin, Sullivan
ST McLellan, Denison M M Robson, Berlin
A Shook,.Coral .

E Hagadorn, Fife Lake i ee
AC Perigard. Muskegon EG Pipp, Howard ~
Ww LV Knowles, Volney -

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An Accommodating Customer.

‘‘What can we do for you?” asked the
grocer not very good-naturedly of a little
girl who was evidently a frequent and fa-
miliar caller at the store.

‘*Me mither sent me,” was the reply.

‘She didn’t send you to settle up that
little account, did she?”

“No, sir.”

‘*What does she want?”

‘She towld me to ax yez which would
yez rather trust her for—three bars of soap
or a quarter’s worth of sugar. Shesays she
ain’t pertic’lar w’ich ’tis, but she’s in a hur-
ry for it.”

Buy flour manufactured by the Crescent
Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. Voigt

WALES - GOODYRAR

GONNEGYICUY

Rubbers.

 

 

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G. R. MAYHEW,

86 Monroe Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

A. B. WATSON, Treas..
S. F. ASPINWALL, Secy.

CASH CAPITAL, $200,000.

THEO. B. GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE

PRODUCE and COMMISSION

And Jobber in Stovewood.
33 Ottawa Street, GRAND RAPIDS.

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 promptiy attended to,

CASH SALE CHECKS.

 

 

 

Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of
rrunning book accounts by using Cash Sale
Checks. For sale at50 cents per 100 by E. A.
STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

CORSETS

foned with Featherbone, which is absolutely unbreak
able, and is not injured by perspiration, or laundrying.
Soft and pliable, giving health and comfort.

‘ LUCIUS C, WEST,
A Attorney at Patent Law and Solicitor
of American and Foreign patents..,

105 EB. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. A. S8ranch. of.
fice, London, Eng. ‘Practice in U. 8. Courts. Circulars
O.. > ¢ : :

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.
PA PP PP PPP PPL LPL
Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one centa
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

 

 

FOR SALE.

bo SALE—STOCK AND FIXTURES OF THE GRO-
_ _cery, dry goods and notion business at 281 South
Division street. Business well established, with good
line of customers. Reason for selling, other business.
Will sell part or all of stock, as purchaser prefers. Ap-
ply on premises or address A. W. Curtis & Co. 253

He SALE—AT SULLIVAN, MICH., STOCK OF DRUGS
and notions, worth $700. This is a live town, with
five sawmills, lumbering, bark, ties, etc., and only drug
store. No doctor there. Would be ‘good place for doc-
tor and druggist combined. Reason for selling, have
store in Coopersville to attend. J.B. Watson, Coopers-
ville, Mich. 252

OR SALE—BOOT AND SHOE STOCK IN
town in Michigan.
Lock Box 39, Vassar, Mich.

OR SALE—A GOOD-PAYING DRUG STOCK IN A

__, growing town. Nearest drug store is six miles.
Will invoice about $2,500. A big chance for a man of
push. Terms easy. Best of reasons for wishing to sell.
Address ‘Pain Killer,” care Michigan Tradesman,
Grand Rapids. * 246

OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD TRADE, LONG
or short lease of store. A bargain for some one.
Must sell, Want to goSouth. Address Box 12, Grand-
ville, Mich. 242
Bes SALE—NO. 4 REMINGTON TYPE-WRITER.
: Used only one week. Call on or address H. B.
Fairchild, Grand Rapids.

OR SALE—THE DRESS OF TYPE NOW USED ON

“The Tradesman”—600 pounds of brevier and 200

pounds of nonpareil.
purchaser.

;,OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN. A CLEAN STOCK OF
hardware and mill supplies. Address Wayne
Choate, Agent, East Saginaw. 207

OR SALE—FRUIT FARM OF 74% ACRES, LOCATED
in Spring Lake. Ten minutes walk from post-
office. Pleasant place. Nice buildings. Will sell on
long time or exchange for stock of any kind of mer-
chandise. Place is valued at $3,000, will take $2,000 for
it. Address S, A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich.

WANTS.

We oe FOR PORTABLE SAW MILL,

where 500,000 feet oak and other hard wood tim-
ber can be bought for cash.
St., Chicago, Ill.

Wy Ae hoc AND GENERAL AGENTS,TO REP-

resent us in the introduction and sale of the
fastest selling article on the market. Territory free.
Exclusive control given. $50 to $100 per week, to good
live men. Enclose 4 cents postage for free sample,
terms and full particulars. Address The Nichols Wf’:
Co., Onalaska, Wis. 243

WA SRINEe IN AN ESTABLISHED MANU-
facturing business. Young man preferred.
$1,500 required. Worth investigating. Address Manu-
facturer, care this paper. 244
ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS
this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a
trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with
all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the
expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to
a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble
that usually go with the pass-book plan.
of the month with the new system and

I BEST
Write for full particulars,
241

A good bargain will be given
206

208

Address G, 226 Michigan
247

Start the 1st

x i ou will never

regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent

by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutiliff,
Albany, N. Y. 213

\ ANTED—TO BUY A SECOND HAND NO. 218 EN-

terprise Coffee Mil!. Must bein good order and

not long in use, and price right. Address G. S. Put-
nam, Fruitport, Mich. 7

ws TED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR

Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for
samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214

MISCELLANEOUS.

RAND OPPORTUNITY—TO PURCHASE A PAYING
cash business. The only Bazaar in Antrim coun-
ty. Manufacturing town of $1,500 inhabitants. $20,000
cash paid out monthly. Little purchase money re-
quired. Satisfactory reasons for selling. Address
Lock Box No. 86, Mancelona, Mich. 255
$1 200 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI-
9 _ hess paying 100 per cent. Best of rea-
sons for selling. Address Chas, Kynoch, St. Ignace,
: 228

~ WANTED!

POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS .
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.

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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

CAPITAL, - - - $300,000,

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.* Aceounts
of Country Merchants Solicited.

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tary, Geo. W. Hub-
ing F. Clapp, Al-

‘ le Intereste—Smith Barnes, Traverse
City; Chas, T. Bridgman, Flint; H. B. Fargo, Muske-
Commmitte on slation—Frank Wells, Lansing; W.
E. Kelsey, Ionia; Neal McMillan, Rockford. i
Committee on Transportation—J. W. Milliken, Trav-
erse City; Jno. P. Stanley, Battle Creek; Wm. Rebec,
"i B. Blain, Lowell; E. Y.
en! e! an,
and Tee Aeube hone a: L.
‘Frankfort; 8. E. Parkill, Owosso;
Rapids. :
Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

The following auxiliary associations are op-
erating under charters granted by the Michi-
gan Business Men’s Association:

No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A.
President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts.
g No. 2—Lowell 5. M. A...
President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.
President, H. 8S. Church; Secretary, Se ae
No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A.
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A.
President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.
No. 6—Alba B. M. A.
President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Eastport 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.
President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp. -
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. :
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin.
No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.
No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
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, S. 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. =
o. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. A.
eek B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
. 23—Carson City B. M. A.
Saeco Rockafellow: Secretary, C. G. Bailey.
No. 24—Morley B. M.A. __
President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
No. 25—Palo B. M. A.
President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.
No. 26—Greenville 15, M. A.
President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
No. 27—Dorr B. 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. = mew.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, é. W. Watrous; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Saranac 8B. M. A.
President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. W illiams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmo re.
Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A.
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John * Everden.
No, 3%7—Battle Creek B. M. A.
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, W. F. Baxter.
No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
No. 39—Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. eee:
. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
beeen T, Hartson; Secretary, Chas. Coller.
No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. >
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Seudder.
No. 42—FKremont B. M. A.
President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary C. J. Rathbun.
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A.
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
No. 44— Reed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A.
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
No. 47—Flint M. U.
President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
: No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
No. 49—Leroy B. M. A.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.
No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. O rouse:
No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A.
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A.
President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.
No. 54—Wouglas B. M. A.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A.
President, C: F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, T. M. Harvey.
No. 57—Kockford B. M. A.
President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M.A. .
President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, E. C. Brower.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
Yo. 60—South Boardman B. M. A.
ee H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.
No. 61—Hartford B. M. A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—Kast saginaw M. A._
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.
No. 63—hkvart B. M. A.
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
: No, 64—Merrill B. M. A.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A.
President, Jas. Crawford; Secretary, C. S. Blom.
“No. 66—Lansging B. M. A.
President, Frank Wells; Secretary, B. F. Hall.
No. 67—Waterviiet B. M. A..
President, Geo. Parsons: Secretary, J. M. Hall.
No. 68—Allegan B. M. A.
President, A. E.Calkins; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M, A.
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.
Noaz70—Nashville Bb. M.A,
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley B. M. A,

ee

President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. -

No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
No, 73—Belding B. M. A.
President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
. No. 74—Davison M. U.
- President, J..F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. ‘
President, 8: S.McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.

 

Special Enterprises Wanted. 3

 

HE YGAN—WANTS WOOD MANUFACTOR-
: fee branch to improve the greatest ad-
vantages in the State. All kinds of timber of the finest
quality in unlimited quantities. Come and we will
help you. Address Sec’y B. M. A. 248

PKINS TION-—OFFERS BIG INDUCE-
oe Seieie ate Roller Mill. eae we

MU 3KEGON—WANTS ALIVE LOCAL
tea uae Sec’y B. M. A. ae

THE FIELD FOR A GRIST
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Preliminary Draft tor the Cheboygan Con-
vention.

The following is the programme,so far as
at present prepared, to be observed at the
third annual convention of the Michigan
Business Men’s Association., to be held at
Cheboygan on August 7 and 8:

TUESDAY—9 A. M.

1 Call to order.

2 Prayer by Rev. P. J. DeSmedt.

3 Address of welcome by Watts S. Humph-
rey. :

i Response by S. S. McCamly, President

alamazoo B. M. A.

“5 “President’s address.

‘6 Secretary’s report.

7 Treasurer’s report.

8 Report of Executive Board. :

-9 Appointment of special committees on
President’s address, Secretary’s report, Cre-
dentials, Order of Business and Resolutions.
10 Reports of delegates. i

TUESDAY—1:30 P. M.

1 Report of Committee on Order of Busi-
ness,

2 Report of Committee on Credentials.

3 . Report of Committee on Transportation.

4 Report of Committee on Legislation.

5 “Report of Committee on Insurance.

6 Report of Committee on Building and
Loan Associations.

Reports of delegates.
TUESDAY—7:30 P. M.

Music.
Report of Committee on Trade Interests.
Discussion and action on above.
Reports of delegates to other state con-
ventions.
5 Question box.
WEDNESDAY—9 A. M.
1 Call to order.
2 Prayer by Rev.—
4 3 Report of Committee on President’s ad-
ress.
4 Report of Committee on Secretary’s re-
t

port.
5 Paper—“Regulating the Peddler,” H. T.
Johnson, Saranac.

6 Discussion of same.

7 Paper—Needed Reforms in the Commis-

sion Business,” I. F. Clapp, allegan.

8 Discussion of same.

9 Reports of delegates.

WEDNESDAY—1:30 P. M.

1 Consideration of reports of standing com-

mittees.

2 Reports of special committees,

3 Paper—“Duties of Local Officers,’’ S. E.

Parkill, Owosso.
4 Election of officers.
WEDNESDAY — 7:30 P. M.

1 Music.

2 Paper—“The Business Man in Politics,”
prepared for the Flint convention], by the
ate Hon. 8. C. Moffatt, Traverse City.

3 Paper—“The Successful Merchant,” Parke

Mathewson, Detroit. :
4 Selection of next place of meeting.

THURSDAY—1 P. M.

Excursion to Mackinac Island, tendered by
the Cheboygan B. M. A.

THURSDAY—7:30 P. M.
Banquet at the City Hall, tendered by the
Cheboygan B.M. A.
—-->_2
Interesting Meeting of the Celery City
Association.

From the Kalamazoo Telegraph, July 11.

The adjourned meeting of the Business
Men’s Association was held last evening in
the Recorder’s court-room, Vice-President
Edwards presiding in the absence of Pres-
ident McCamly. The special object of the
meeting was the appointment of delegates
to the State convention of associations to
be held in Cheboygan on the 7th and 8th of
August.

The following list of delegates was
chosen: Messrs. S. S. MecCamly, J. L.
Sebring, Otto Ihling, E. E. Brownson, A. L.
Lakey, F. W. Myers, Frank Henderson,
Julius Schuster, J. Dudgeon, G. W. Young
and C. H. Dickinson. It was further or-
dered that the Secretary be instructed to
issue a certificate as alternate delegate to
any member of the Association who may
be able to attend the convention, it being
thought that, as many of our people will
be spending some time at the various re-
sorts in Northern Michigan during the next
few weeks, it may be practicable for some
of them to give one or two days to an ex-
cursion to Cheboygan, and so attend the
sessions of the convention.

Williams Bros., grocers and produce deal-
ers on East avenue, were admitted to mem-
bership, making the total 160.

The question of doing something toward
the support of a first-class band in the city
was introduced by Mr. Folz, and the Com-
mittee on Entertainment, of which he is
chairman, were instructed to agitate the
matter among our business men, and ascer-
tain what could be done in this direction
and report at a future meeting.

Attention was also called to the wretched
condition of some of the sidewalks on Bur-
dick street, between Main street and the
Michigan Central Railroad, and the Com-
mittee on trade intefests were instructed to
confer with the city authorities in reference
to remedying the matter, as well as to se-
cure the raising of the awnings, many of
which are so low as to bea nuisance. It
was thought that the condition of both
walks and awnings is such as to create a
very unfavorable impression of our city on
strangers who have to stumble over the one
and dodge under or around the other.

— 0a
Delegates Selected by the Owosso Asso-
ciation.

Owosso, July 11, 1888.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sir—Your official notification of
State meeting, with inclosed credential
blanks, received. In reply, would say that
we elected our delegates at our last regular
meeting as follows: James Osburn, S. E.
Parkill, H. W. Parker, C. S. Williams and
A. S. Parsons, empowering said delegates,
in case of inability to attend, to select suit-
able alternates in their respective places.
By taking this course, we are more certain
of securing a full delegation. S. E. Parkill

| has been selected to deliver the three minute
report of our yearly. preceedings in writing.

Our delegates, I think, will go by way of
Detroit per boat. We have had communi-
cation with the D.; G. H. & M. railroad and
steamboat officials. in regard to transporta-
tion, and they have kindly offered us the
round trip for one fare (half rate each way).
Everything is moving lovely and. satisfac-
torily. Yours truly, .
S. LAMFROM, Sec’y.
—_—___——~>_2-<____
Want Better Railroad Facilities.

The Secretary of the MancelonaB. M. A.
has received the following communication
from the Gaylord B. M. A. :

DEAR SrR—I am instructed to say to your
Association that a committee of our bus-
iness men will be in your city in a few days
to confer with your people in regard to the
construction of a railroad from your place
to Gaylord. We believe if Mancelona will
co-operate heartily with our city, the pro-
posed line can be constructed and will be of
great benefit to our respective cities. We

_| Will notify you of the day we will be in.
‘ 300n oe committee have

el cc aihie
led on the time. ur
TE A Baler,

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. The Largest Association in the State. — |

From the Muskegon Business Gazette. _

» The regular meeting of the Muskegon
Business Men’s Association occurred last
Tuesday evening and was very slimly at-
tended, which “has, in fact, been a notice-
able feature of the meetings for some time
past. Whether there is any good cause for
it or not, there is evidently a wide-spread
feeling of dissatisfaction among the mem-
bers with regard to the manner of conduct-
ing-the business affairs of the’ Association.
We have been a silent spectator and, we
trust, a tolerably close obseryer of the work
of the Association for some months past,
and feel satisfied that the renting and fur-
nishing of rooms and employment of a
collector, with furnished office, in addition
to the Blue Letter system of collecting, have
much to do with the dissatisfaction felt.
We felt at the time that these were matters
that should receive the assent of at least a
wajority of the members, and were fearful
that the consequences of what seemed to
us hasty action would follow.

Many business men sell for cash and a
great many more have a collection system
of their own which only needs the addition
of the Blue Letter system provided by the
articles of the Association; hence they re-
quire no general collector and can receive no
benefit from a rented and furnished collec-
tor’s office. The view we took of the matter
at the time was that if there was no by-law
or provisf6n in the articles of Association
for such an office, the matter could only be
legitimately considered upon a proposition
to amend or make addition to said articles,
Be the case as it may, the matter should be
reviewed dispassionately before a full meet-
ing called for that purpose. Let the will of
the majority be acquiesced in and the dis-
content will or ought at least to disappear,
and let the largest Assuciation of the kind
iu the State dgain become the best working
one.

One new member, Fred Vanderwerp, was
elected and enrolled, and the meeting then
proceeded to elect the following named del-
egates to represent the Association at the
State meeting to be held at Cheboygan on
August 7 and 8:

Delegates.

H. B. Fargo,
C. L. Whitney,.
P. J. Connell,
Albert Tow],
H. D. Baker,
A. P. Conner,
M. H. Desky,
John A. Miller,
Jacob Jesson,

Alternates.
D. Hirshfield.
Ernest Eimer.
Capt. A. Majo.
S. S. Morris.
R. S. Miner.
Dr. S. Bloch.
J. Castenholtz.
N. B. Lawson.
J. D. Vanderwerp.
C. M. Philabaum, F. H. Johnson.
Dr. C. P. Denelson, H. Footlander.

The Executive Committee was empowered
to fill vacancies.

The Secretary was instructed to corres-
pond with neighboring Associations with
reference to chartering the steamer Van
Raalte for the trip to Cheboygan.

The meeting then adjourned to Wednes-
day evening, the 18th.

—__—__<6—.—__
The Sand Lake B. M. A. Doing Good
Work.
Sanp LakgE, July 13, 1888.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sir—The Sand Lake B. M. A.
met in special session to-day and appointed
J. V. Crandall and J. E. Goul as delegates
and A. P. Comstock and G. F. Cooks as al-
ternates to the third annual convention of
the M. B. M. A.

There was a great deal of interest shown
in the workings of the Association.

We ‘are taking hold of the roads leading
into town and are improving them.

We want to find some way in which to
induce the G. R. & I. Railroad to stop their
afternoon train here, going South. Can
you suggest some way?

Yours truly,
W. Rasco, See’y.

THE TRADESMAN would suggest that the
Association prepare a memorial setting
forth good reasons why the train referred
to should stop at Sand Lake, secure the
signature of every shipper in the place and
forward the same tothe Grand Rapids
Board of Trade, together with a commun*
cation soliciting the co-operation of that
body. Such effort would in all probability
secure the concession desired.

a ee eeeriemeerectiee
The Kalamazoo Association Secures Lo-
cal Legislation.

KALAMAZOO, July 11, 1888,
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sin—At a meeting of this Associa-
tion, held last evening, eleven delegates
were elected to the State convention to be
held next month, as noted on the inclosed
slip. We also provided for the possibility
that some of our members will be at some
of the summer resorts in Northern Michi-
gan, and will make it in their way to take
in the convention, and I shall do my best to
persuade some of them to do so. With
what success,- can tell later. My going is
somewhat questionable, but I hope to make
it possible.

THE TRADESMAN makes note of the fact
that we have’ the names of the members
printed on the back of the Blue Letter.
That scheme was adopted as an additional’
leverage, in order that the party receiving
the letter might obtain some notion of the
corner into which he might eventually be
driven.

We have already secured the adoption by
the city council of an ordinance, similar to
one in force in Ishpeming, for the imposi-
tion of a tax on the wandering bankrupt
tradesman. ‘The next thing is, ‘‘Can we
enforce it?” Yours truly,

~CHAUNCEY STRONG, Sec’y.
Some of Saugatuck’s Wants.
SAUGATUCK, July 13, 1888.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sir—Please put a notice in Tur
TRADESMAN to the effect that we are in
want of a fruit drying establishment and
also a grist mill.

Our Association is in good order. The
attendance is a little slack this hot weather,
but I think altogether we are in good shape.

-Our greatest need is of a good hall. A
place to suit us we are unable to find.

‘ C. E. Bird and John Nies go to the Che-|
boygan convention in August.
Yours respectfully,
Aue . LD. A. PHELps, Sec’y.
oh: oy as
How to Avoid Scum in Pickles.

Artemus Ward, editor of the Philadelphia
Grocer, recommends the following plan to
avoid scum in the pickle barrel :

Keep your tub or barrel very clean and
the liquid well stirred. Get a few pieces of
charcoal and place them in the vinegar; the
charcoal will absorb the solid matter that

OW | Whitewoo eee uD

Association Notes.

B. M. A. at the Cheboygan convention.
The Muskegon B, M.A. now tips the
beam at 180 members, all’of whom are in
good standing with the State Association.
Delegates to the State convention should
remember that. Local Secretary. Chambers
hag secured $1.50 per day rate at all the
Cheboygan hotels. .
Secretaries of local associations are re-
quested to notify H. Chambers, Cheboygan,
of the number of delegates their associa-
tions will send to the State convention, in

liminary arrangements for their entertain-
ment.

Shelby Herald: We have received sev-
eral letters of inquiry within the past few
weeks regarding Shelby and her future
prospects, all of which we have answered
to the best of our ability. What Shelby
needs is a Business Men’s Association,
which will regularly and persistently boom
the town.

A one and one-third rate has been secured
over all Michigan railroads to the Cheboy-
gan convention. In most cases, it will not
be necessary to procure certificates of the
Secretary, as all station agents in. the
southern half of the State are able to sell
regular excursion tickets, good until Octo-
ber 1, at the same rate.

Cheboygan Tribune : The general feeling
among our citizens in regard to the coming
meeting of the Michigan Business Men’s
Association, so far as we have heard them
expressed, is that the visitors shall be roy-
ally entertained and a determination. to do
everything possible to add to the profit and
pleasure of the meeting.

Gaylord Herald: The Business. Men’s
Association of Cheboygan has written the
Secretary of the Gaylord City Band for
terms to go up thexe and play during their
big blowout the 7th and 8th of next month.
The band, no doubt, will make such liberal
terms as to be accepted, and in that event
the people of that city can rest assured of
first-class music.

Sault Ste. Marie Herald: The annual
convention of the Michigan Business Men’s
Association will be held at Cheboygan on
August 7 and 8, and the delegates expect
to make an excursion to Mackinac on the
Steamers Soo City and Minnie M. Why
not extend the trip up the St. Mary River
to the Soo? The Association is rapidly be-
coming a powerful business factor.

THE TRADESMAN has arranged to get out
an extra edition the week following the
Cheboygan convention, containing a sten-
ographie report of the proceedings. The
edition will be distinct from the regular
issues of the paper, containing no reading
matter aside from the report. Local secre-
taries are requested to forward a complete
list of the members of their associations, in
order that all may have an, opportunity of
perusing the proceedings, which will be
sent them free of expense.

‘Plainwell Independent: The Plainwell
Business Men’s Association has placed itself
on record as in favor of encouraging the
establishment of manufacturing enterprises
in Plainwell, not only by words but by
deeds. In an informal discussion at the
meeting held on Friday evening last, the
almost unanimous opinion was expressed
that manufacturers should be encouraged by

‘liberal inducements of money, and that the

most practical and equable method of se-
curing from each person benefited his quota
of a bonus would be to offer a certain sum
per head for each adult given permanent
employment. For instance, Plainwell has
500 heads of families who are vitally inter-
ested in the growth and prosperity of the
town. Those who are not in business may
have real estate to be benefited, or others
may be looking for employment which can
only be secured by opening factories. If a
majority of these 500 heads of families will
pay a bonus of a small amount for each
man employed, factories can be started
here and the town given a new growth.
The poorest Plainwell man doing business
in the village, or who owns a house and lot,
could afford to give $5 to start a factory
employing twenty-five men, and others
could afford to give $10, $15, $25 or $50,
according to their means.

ee
The Hardwood Market.

Bireh is dull and. not very salable.
Cherry is firm and in good demand. Maple
is dull and inactive. Oak is active and in
good demand, especially red oak. Ash is
also very active, especially black ash. The
offerings 6f.elm are fully equal to the de-
mand. Rosewood is salable and in good
demand. Basswood is not much in de-
mand, as scarcely any is used at present by

the furniture manufacturers at this market.
—_—_——— oO
Grocers wanting good cheese should or-
der from I. B. Smith & Sooy, proprietors of
tbe Wayland Cheese Factory, Wayland.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 267

 

 

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories here pay as follows
for dry stock, measured merchantable, mi..
culls out;
Basswood, log-run.................0. 13. 00@15 00
Birch, lOMTWMB. oo. is ee kc 15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos, land 2..........5.....00% @22 00
Bidok Afb, Oe Tn, .-» sibs ales ‘eee ah

TTY, IORTUN. oc ese cece ee
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2.66605 ceks 50 00@60 00
Cherry, cull..... Lele eeeceegeuca ten @12 00
Maple, log-run....... ccececes ees ede OO@I14 00
Maple, soft, log-run.. eu eiaaie ce
Maple, Nos. land 2..................+
Maple, clear, flooring................
aavle, white, selected........... ene
Red Oak, lo:

Oak, Nos.1 and 2........ Recap
Red Oak, 4 sawed, 8in and upw’d..
Red Oak, * * regular

ik, No. 1, step plank.
Walnut, log-run
Walnut, Nos. land2....:.......
Walnuts, culls............
waah. eee ben es

MBheecceee

 

 

~ Ll White Oak, log-run, -.

E, A. Owen will represent the Plainwell

order that he may make the necessary pre-| Co

Dardware.

 

 

These prices’ are for cash bttyers ‘who
promptly and buy in full packages,
UGERS AND BITS.

COOK'S 22503), tesisapiedaus ce weer tecd dis

Jennings’, genuine............... eee

Jennings’, imitation........... .
BALANCES.

Spring... ou peice: vaccumias dis
BARROWS.

pay

RESSSSES

bh
Oo

Railroad £30000 2.3 ee $ 14 00
Garden.) Pa +-net 33 00

BELLS..

Bie vieis ein'n oie os efete ci ge, tie
GORE es a usb
Door, Sargent.... ................ dis
BOLTS.

SLOVO. a
Carriage new list.....................
BOW see ee a
Sleigh Shoe. ..00) 2
Wrought Barrel Bolts.....
Cast Barrel Bolts........
Cast Barrel, brass knobs
Cast Square Spring......
Cast Chain ..-. 2057.02.00.
Wrought Barrel, brass knob..
Wrought Square ............... ie
Wrought Sunk Flush................. di
Meruen Bronze and Plated Knob

Flus : dis

Haye oc0.. a5 ea dis $ 60&10&10
Wiaiiitin's sage a Sinuale es Gaiad sco sae dis 70
30&15
25
60&10

1s $ 0
is %7&10
dis 50

70
60

60&10

Ives’ Door..200000 0000. IIIINII ais 60é10

BRACES.
Barber oe. 02 eee a dis $

40

Backus. ooo an ee dis 50&10
50

Spotord: 2606 a ee dis
Pe BAU se dis

BUCKETS.
Well, plain. oo a ge $
Well, swivel re
BUTTS, CAST.
Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...._. dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.. dis
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis
Wrought Loose Pin................,. dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver...

Cipped oo ek ais

Wrought Tabie........................ dis
Wrought Inside Blind................ dig
Wrought Brass. . dis
Blind, Clark’s. .. i
Blind, Parker’s.2:..706. 00 00 | dis
Blind, Shepard’s...............000 007 dis

CAPS,
Ely's 1-10: 0.020. 02.2 F2.
Hick's C.F...)
G. D

Musket...............
CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list.
Rim Fire, United States

eal eos per m

net

3 50

70&10
70&10

70
$ 65
60

. 50

dis50

Central Wire... 0 ae

CHISELS.
Socket Firmer......................... dis
Socket Framing....................... dis
Socket Corner.) 2.00 dis
Socket Slicks, ce dis
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis
Barton’s Socket Firmers.........._.. dis
Cold. piecing aan since cee. cer net
COMBS.

Curry, Lawrence’s.................... dis 40&10
5 25

Hotchkiss (600 di
COCKS.
Brass, Racking’s..................... a
Bibbisesci ee ay
Beer ee ee
EMM) ee a a an
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to
14x52, 14x56, 14 xX60............0.......05....
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........0022777
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................ ees
OTUs ee
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis
Taper and StraightShank............ dis
Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis
ELBOWS.
Com. 4 piece, 6 in.................. doz net
Corrugated... 600

60
40810

60

FILES—New List.
American File Association List...... dis ;
SNON A oe eg .dis
New American............ bode set cup dis
Nicholson’s............. Revs cas ees ack dis
BONOR Bie eo ks ey -dig
Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis
GALVANIZED IRON,
Nos.16to20, 22 and 24, 25 and 26, 27
List 122 13 14 15

Discount, 60.
GES.

Gav
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis

HAMMERS.
Maydole & Co.'8.................0.0005 dis
SC a ee dis
Yerkes & Plumb’s.................... dis 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........7.°17" 30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand..30 c 40&10

HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3..................; 80
State

8

é per doz, net, 2 50

Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4“
and longer

Screw Hook and Eye, % ............

Screw Hook and Eye %..........._..

Screw Hook and Eye %

Screw Hook and Eye,

Strap and T

60
60
60
60
50
50
28
8B
50
25
25

HANGERS.

Barn Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track 50&10
Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60&10
Kidder, wood track...............0.7 dis

HOLLOW WARE.

FOts occ. sc

TROUOR ee
BRIGGS, ee
Gray enameled.....................00..

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.

Stamped Tin Ware.............. new list
Japanned Tin Ware.....................
Granite Iron Ware......................

HOES.
Gr $11 00, dis 60
Ge ee 11 50, dis 60
GED Bs ON ae 12 00, dis 60

KNOBS—NEW LIST.
Door, mineral, ja

. trimmings....... dis
Door, porcelain,

ap. trimmings........
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.....
Door, porcelain, trimmings.............
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... ||

Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ...........
Homagiten ©) 0.0. se dis

LOCKS—DOOR.
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list..dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis
Branford/s8: 66 dis
Norwalk’s

LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis
MATTOCKS.
AG7Te Eye... 32 a es Pe $16 00 dis
Hunt Bye icc. i $15 00 dis 60
Hunt’s....... Rbcdeacs woe oe cee, $18 50 dis 20 & 10

MAULS.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50
MILLS.

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...................... dis 40
Coffee, P.S.& W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleabies ... dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &Clark’s.......... dis 40
Coffee, Enterprise........................ dis 26

MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbin’s Pattern .................... dis 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............. dis 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......... dis 25

NAILS —TRON.

Common, Brad and Fencing.
8 keg $2 &

Baleares 50
Adand bd adv. ..20 %5
SOAGVANCE. (0 ee 1 56
3d fine advance..................000...... 2 25
Clinch nails, adv...... .................... 100
Finishing 10d 8d 6d 4d
Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1%
Adv.@ keg $125 150 175 200
Steel Nails—2 10.
OILERS.

60 | Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10

SIZE ss) Bb 33

31
29
29
30

40
40
40

$.75

dis20&10) £0

Adjustable 40k dis 4%&10

EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, smali, $18 00; large, $26 00.
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $80 00.

dis
dis

30
25

 

Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 40
Brass or Copper.................-05-0.... dis 50
IGAPOE 00 ooo per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s . eeeee 50810
PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................. dis 40@10
Sciota Bench 020002030 di
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... .......

Bench, first§quality.................... dis @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .dis20&10
PANS.

Kry, ACM@ ee ee dis 50&10
Common, polished...................... dis60&10
Dripping ee Bb 6%

RIVETS.
Tron and Tinned.............:.......: dis 55
Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 50

0. In smaller quansities, S80 eS

40 | Gimp and Lace....1177 2772120. °° 7°77" dis

55 | XXX, 14x20, Charooai
IXXXX
5p | LX

5 | DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.....717.77°"""""

 

/ PATENT FLANISAED IRON,

nA” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24to27 1

**B”’ Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to
Broken packs Ke # Bextra. -

OPEs.

Sisal, %
anilla

M

Steel andIron......................... dis

Try and Bevels...........0707707.°°7" dis

MRO os. bie a ee digs
SHEET oe

Nos. 10 to 14 nee

NOS. UNG 17.0,
Nos. 18 to 21.......000 00202000077
Nos. 22 to 24...0.000.000000 00
Nos .25 to 26.................00°77
No. 27

All sheets No, 18 and lighter,
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

SHEET ZINC.
In casks of 600 bbs, 8 Ib

BRasSsk re

Co:
$3
3
3
3
3
4 3
Over 2 inches

634
TINNER’S SOLD ”
ER.
No.1, Refined.........0..0.............. 14
Market Half-and-half.../702777°°'°!°"° 16
Strictly Half-and-haif.... 1127.77" .°77° 18
TACKS,
American, all kinds
Steel, all kinds
Swedes, all kinds

Cigar Box Nails........0000000007.00 dis
Finishing Nails... 2.220012 20770 77707" ig
Common and Patent Brads dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks, digs
Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails... ....dig
Leathered Carpet Tacks.......__""" dis
re IN PLATES,

T
10x14, Charcoal................ 6 00@s 20
IX, 7 85
IC, 6 85

10x14,Charcoal.....0000000200)

i2x12, Charcoal........000
IX, 12x12, Charcoal..........220220771" 8 35
IC, 14x20, Charcoal..........220227777" 6 35
IX, 14x20, Charcoal.............02717"" 7 85
IXX, 14x20, Charcoal 9 35
ll 37

13 15
16 10
710
910
11 10
13 10

RRSSSSSSSESE

, 14x20 Charcoal.... 200000 1107"

; 20x28, Charcoal...............0077)

DC, 100 Plate Charcoal..." 7°""""
X, 100 Plate Charcoal

DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal ..11/71127177"""

Redipped Charcoa! Tin Plate add 1 50 to
7 35 rates.

Roofing, 14x20, IC .

Roofing, 14x20, IX...........

Roofing, 20x28, 1C.....0000 002

Roofing, 20x28, IX...

TIN—LEADED,

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne

TX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.._’)""""’

IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal TPerne.. .... 0...

IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terme: 23.0:

TRAPS.

-_—
isez8t

aia
S828 ssset

Sieh Games 6. eee 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s......._ dis 35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 60&10
Hotehkiss. os 60&10
S. P. & W. Mfg. Co.’s......

Mouse, choker............. ....18¢ @ doz
Mouse, delusion..................... $150 8 doz
WIRE.

Bright Market,, .... 2:2... 2.005.002... dis 671
Annealed Market.......... seceela fo. dis eto
Coppered Market.............00 0000". dig 62%
Extra Bailing. . is 55
Tinned Market 62%
Tinned Broom........................... Db 09
Tinned Mattress.............. 0222002277)
Coppered Spring Steel uf
Tinned Spring Steel. ...
Pinte Wonee 7.2. ic
Barbed Fence, galvanized.............11- 4 00
es painted (0 ee 3 25
Copper... 5... new list net
Erase 3.60 new list net

WIRE GOODS.

Bright 200.0 dis 70&10&10
Serew Eyes. 220003. dis 70&10&10
HOOKS (2.0222 Sone: dis 70&10&16
Gate Hooks and Eyes.........._. dis 70&10&10
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine... .2..0. 0. dis
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis

Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis

MISCELLANEOUS.
Bird ares. os
Pumps, Cistern............... as

Serews, new list... 000060 ae 0&5
sters, Bed and Plate........ -4is50&10£10
ampers, American ..................... 40
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d 2g
Copper Bottoms........... ... ........ 30c

Cee ec ce cc ac acces

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15
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Prepared ready for use. They dry hard in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss.

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"From the American Storekeeper.
- Jt is a shame that an influential daily

paper like the Chicago Tribune shoulé pub-|

lish a statement so untrue as one recently
made in its columns about “professional
rounders.” It professed to give the infor-

mation, on the authority of a “rounder,” |

that nearly all reputable wholesale houses
employ men known as “rounders,” whose
duties are to conduct such members of the
country trade as wish to go through the

sights of this great city. It is a reflection
on the trade as well as on the wholesale
dealers, and, after some investigation, the
Storekeeper is able to say with positiveness
that no wholesale house of the first grade is
guilty of pandering to immorality in that
fashion. There has been a considerable
change in the last few years in the methods
of handling country trade, and this change
is all for the better. Ten years ago a gen-
eral salesman scarcely ever went home after
business hours. His duty was to take some
**trade” out to dinner, to the theater, or to
some resort. The hetels were regularly
drummed and trades cultivated by the aid of
a be glasses of the “‘right sort.” It was
customary to influence — we spare any
harsher term—trade by presenting dresses
and other gifts to the wives and daughters
of the customers. ‘This practice has alto-
gether ceased. Ten years ago the majority
of “drummers” were those who could not
begin with a customer without taking a
drink, frequently interlarding the conversa-
tion with obscene stories, and always con-
cluding with a drink. It thus became quite
generally believed that the drummer was a
*“thigh-roller” and a very ‘‘fly” man. For-
tunately for the morals of trade. the major-
ity of drummers who are to-day on the
road are quiet and unobtrusive gentlemen,
with as much regard for propriety as though
they were at home. Indeed, one large Bos-
ton coffee house will not employ a salesman
who has not an unexceptionable character,no
matter how good a salesman he may be.
‘There are members of the guild of trav-
-elers, we regret to say, whose tastes and
desires lead them to intemperance and im-
morality. It is also true that they will find
in business men many who are willing to
accompany them in that direction at some
-other persou’s expense, but it is a matter of
-easy demonstration that travelers and bus-
iness men of that character usually come to
grief. Upright living, honesty of purpose,
and a firm belief in, and a distinction be-
tween, right and wrong, will bring their
positive results to any business man, and
the fact that business men are being won
-over to this belief in constantly increasing
mumbers is an evidence of growing mor-
ality.

———— Oe _
How a Woman Got a Check Cashed.

A lady entered a Monroe street bank the
other day to get a check cashed. Walking
up to the ‘receiving teller’s window, she
thrust the paper in the face of that official.

‘-Next winder,” he said.

‘“‘Next winter!” she exclaimed, ‘‘I can’t
wait tillthen. I want the money now.”

‘“‘T said next winder,” shouted the teller.

“Oh, I understand. But this is the re-
ceiving window isn’t it ?”

“Yes, but you can’t get any money here.”

‘But ’'m going to receive it, ain’t I?”

‘‘Not here. Next winder,‘I say.”

The lady was still uncertain, but she went
and shoved in her check. The polite official
thrust it back. ‘‘It’s not indorsed, madam,”
‘said he. i

‘“‘Not indorsed! What does that mean ?”

‘Ts your name Tucker ?”

+‘P’raps it is and p’raps itisn’t. What
‘business is that 0’ yours ?”

“Is this your name on the face of this
eheck ?”

“Yes, it is.”

+*Well, you’ve got to indorse it.”

“'That’s what you said before.
you mean ?”

“You must write your name across the
back of it.” ‘

‘“‘But my name’s on it already.”

‘sNot on the back.”

‘Qn the front.”

+°That isn’t enough; it must be across the
back.”

“Oh, well, gi’ me it.”

She took it and carefully wrote her name
upside down across the bottom of the
check, and handed it in.

“You indorsed it wrong, madam.”

‘How'd I know how you wanted it?
Why didn’t you tell me ?”

“I thought I did; here, write your name
across the top, so,” and the teller painfully
showed her, and with much grudging she
complied. The teller then cashed her check
sith two silver dollars.

“T ain’t going to take these,” she said.
*‘Gi’ me bills.”

The teller sighed and gave her two $1 bills,
whereupon she picked up her parasol and
«departed.

a

The First Razor.
The earliest reference to shaving is found
in Genesis xii, 14, where we read that
Joseph, on being summoned before the king

What do

shaved himself. There are several direc- | ©

tions as to shaving in Leviticus, and the
practice is alluded to in many other parts
of Scripture. Egypt is the only country
mentioned in the Bible where shaving was
practiced. In all other countries such an
act would have been ignominious. Herod-
otus mentions that the Egyptians allowed
their beards to grow when in mourning. So
particular were they as to shaving at other
times that to have neglected it was a subject
of reproach and ridicule, and whenever they
intended to convey the idea of a man of low
condition and slovenly habits the artists
represented him with a beard. Unlike the
Romans of a later age, the Egyptians did
not confine the privilege of shaving to free
citizens but obliged their slaves to shave
both beard and head. The priests also
shaved the head. Shaving the head became
customary among the Romans about 309 B.
C. According to Pliny, Scipio Africanus
was the first Roman who shaved daily. In
France the custom of shaving arose when
Louis XIII. came to the throne. young and
beardless. The Anglo-Saxons wore their
beards until, at the conquest, they were
compelled to follow the example of the
Normans, who shaved. From the time of
Edward II. to Charles L. beards were uni-
versally worn. In the reign of Charles IT.
the mustache and whiskers only were worn,
and soon after this the practice of shaving
became general throughout Europe. The
- gevival of the custom of wearing the beard
dates from the time of the Crimea, 1854-5.
_ Merchants
rated ‘‘Crescent,”

“Royal Patent” |

should remember that the cele-
“White Rose” and

 

‘only bythe Voigt Mil-|

Hea SEE Cre ae - a ; e = : “ : s =
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Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.

WHOLESALE

PAPER WAREHOUSE

Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

 

ATER » :
ace EE Fou

OIRECTIONS
We have cooked the corn in this can
i . Should be 7 hl:

: Mansions ak socked adding piece 0!
mil Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gill
fof fresh Tike (preferable to water.) [f
Season to suit when on the table. None
unless bearing the signatureof |}
Davenport Cannirg Qo,

Davenport, Ia.

 

RETAIL GROCERS

Who wish to serve their Customers
with GOOD COFFEE would do well
to avoid Brands that require the
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom-
ises or Lottery Inducements.

—_SELL——_

‘DILWORTH'S COFFEE,

Which Holds Trade on Account of
Superior Merit Alone.

Unequaled Quality. Improved Roasting Process.
Patent Preservative Packages.

For Sale by all Jobbers at Grand Rapids, Detroit,
Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City.

DILWORTH BROTHERS, Proprietors, . PITTSBURGH, Penn.

 

NGEST: oN
STRO SUC eee

EVER MADE

MOSELEY BROS.,

WHEHROLESALE

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS A SPECIALTY.

If you are in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota-
toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

96 98. 30 & 32 Ottawa Stree, GRAND RAPIDS.

Lorillard’s New “Smoking or Chewing”

YELLOW JACKET LONG QUT.

Packed in 3 oz., 8 oz. or 16 oz. Handsomely Decorated Papers.

 

 

To be had of all Jobbers at the very low price of _.

20 CENTS per POUND

IT I8 THE ete ras
_-Mildest, Smoothest Smoke Ever Offered for Less than 30 Cents per Pound.
THOMPSON & MACLAY,

; . :

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

 

‘Nais, Hosiery, Underwear, Faruishng ovis, Be,

19 South Ionia Street, - GRAND RAPIDS.
Ne Goods Sold st Retail. - ‘Telephone 679,

Poe

©. C. BUNTING. C. L. DAVIS.

BUNTING & DAVIS,
Commission Merchants.

Specialties: Apples and Potatoes in Car Lots.

20 and 22 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH.

 

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOOTS AND SHOES.

AGENTS FOR THE

BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.
14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

DETROIT SOAP CO,

DETROIT. MIOEtI..

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

SOAPS!

QUEEN ANNE,
TRUE BLUE,
MONDAY,
AND OTHERS,

MOTTLED GERMAN,
SUPERIOR,
PHCNIX,
For quotations address,

W. G. HAWKINS, coc soc.” “Gkan naps.
WHO URGES YOU

TO BEEP

SA POLIO‘?

THE PUBLIC!

By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre-
ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in
stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort
on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas-
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.

MICHIGAN,
CZAR,
WABASH,

ROYAL BAR,
MASCOTTE,
CAMEO,

 

 

AUT
veh ARK

AT LAST.

LARGE DEMAND FOR

HIN GOODS

Of all kinds.

I offer a good quality saleable
pattern Seersucker Coats and
Vests at from $12.50 to $13.50
per dozen, good sellers for gener-
al stores and pay a good profit.

Send for sample half dozen.

1G LRM,

34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal St

 

 

 

 

ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

Crown Prince

A THE EAYORIT BRAND

With Grocers.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

Newaygo Roller Mills

NEWAYGO, MICH.

 

 

HESTEHER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

“2 ATLAS iit
a =_ INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U. S: A. ; ie

MANUFACTURERS OF

 

- Ce:ry Engines and Boilers In Stock fe =
= for immediate delivery. as age
Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Ma
Saws, Belting and Oils.
And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Planers,

Write for Prices.

GLARK & SON,

(Successors to Clark, Jewell & Co.)

Wholesale Grocers,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Will oceupy this space next week.

 

DO YOU Want
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7 aie

If so, send for Oatalogue and Price-List to

HEYMAN & CO. 63 and 65 Canal St.,

Grand Rapids.

 

MOS §, MUSSELMAN & (0,

Wholesale Grocers,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

MICHIGAN CIGAR CO,

MANUFACTURERS ‘OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

“MM. OC. G,

The Most Popular 10c¢ cigar, and

a TU M vu WM,”

The Best Selling 5c Cigar in the Market.

21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA ST.,

 

Send for trial order.

 

|BIG RAPIDS,

- MICE.

 

___ WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1888.

.

1ISURE HOUR JOTTINGS.

BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
There are a great many people in the civ-
ilized portion of this earth of ours who, if
they would utilize one-half of the time in
honest labor that they spend in trying to
gain a petty and dishonest advantage over
-some of their fellow-beings, would, in the
end, be in materially better financial and
‘social circumstances. In referring to this
class, I am not.speaking of the professional
dead-beats, but of those curious compounds
of human nature who, in some senses, may
be regarded as reasonably trustworthy, but
who foolishly and unprofitably devote a
large amount of their allotted days to small,
mean, and usually very crudely devised,
schemes for a transient advantage over their
neighbors.

Among the multitudinous members of the
class referred to may be mentioned the man
who spends a dollar’s worth of time in get-
ting the face valde of a punched coin; the
oné who congratulates himself on his twen-
tieth, and finally successful, attempt at un-
loading a counterfeit piece; the one whose
goods were of short weight or of inferior
quality, and who wants a rebate; the one
who “samples” the profit off from every
purchase; the one who brings back articles
‘bought by mistake,” minus in weight or
measure; the one who is chronically ‘‘short”
a few pennies, and the one who paid that
little slip ‘‘when you were so busy last Sat-
urday, you know ?”

And to these and their tribe may rightly
be added the agriculturist who can
pile eight feet of holes in thirty-two feet of
wood; the one who buries a few pounds of
rancid butter under a few pounds of freshly-
churned ditto; the one whose frosted pota-
toes never appear near the top of the
barrel, and the one whose weights and
measures are invariable a little short of the
legal standard.

% * + * * * *

It isneedless to say that the petty swin-
dler is almost invariably ‘‘spotted,” and
that, in the aggregate, his little raids are
rarely profitable. I remember one case in
which the passing of a bogus dollar cost the
’ party a long suit and heavy attorney’s fees,
and another wherein the sale of four or five
pounds of salt in the bottom of a butter
firkin was eventually the occasion for the
mortgaging of a good farm.

Some years ago a speculator and wool
buyer at G—— taught one of the gentry
mentioned a practical lesson, that, I hope,
' worked a reformation in his business trans-
actions.

The party sold to the buyer a quantity of
wool, which, for want of space, was stored
in a little room by itself, and when packed
it happened to exacily fill two sacks, which
were marked with the name of the grower.
After the season was over the purchaser
consigned his wool to his Eastern agent,
and shortly afterward received notice that,
if the lot passed inspection, a manufacturer
would take it entire, at figures affording a
good margin of profit. The wool man wired
back at once to sell, and was congratulating
himself on his speculation, when he re-
ceived a telegram informing him that there
was a “‘hitch” in the transaction on account
of two sacks which were ‘‘Joaded” with a
large amount of refuse matter. B—— was
not at home when the dispatch arrived, but
on the next day instructed the agent to sell,
and get what he could for the ‘‘doctored”
lot, but on the next morning was informed
that a sudden panic in the market had
dropped prices about 20 per cent., anda
steady decline ensued until B——’s less was
among the thousands.

The evidence was positive that the two
sacks marked with the grower’s name was
the cause of a very serious loss, instead of
a handsome profit, and suit for damages was
brought against the seller; and, without going
through the whole history of the case, with
its trials and re-trials, and disagreements and
appeals, let it suffice to say that the petty
trickery of the farmer, in the end, reduced
him from a comparatively wealthy man to
one who was safe from any future litigation

‘by reason of the statutory exemptions.
* + * * * * *

An old commercial traveler once related
‘to me a little incident which showed that
‘the American sovereign of tricky propen-
‘sities has his imitators among other nation-
alities. One day, just as a long train com-
menced pulling out from Grand Rapids, it
‘was boarded by a young fellow, who was
evidently a Swede or Norwegian, and one
of very recent importation. He took a seat
in the rear end of the rear coach, and by
tthe time the conductor had got to him the
‘train was approaching the next station. He
:appeared to be totally ignorant of English,
sand the man of the punch had to leave for
-other duties before he could make him un-
-derstand his business. On the second ap-

_ plication for fare the foreigner appeared to
-comprehend the situation, and, pulling out
.@ paper with the name of a town thereon,
he tendered the conductor a Confederate $5
‘bill. The collector endeavored to impress

by pantomime the utter, worthlessness of
‘the eurrency, bat before the dense mind of
‘the emigrant was penetrated another station
was reached. A third attempt, and a long
interview by signs, resulted in the produc-

. tion of a couple of Mexican dollars, and

the mild look of astonishment that was oc-| —
as ‘refusal of the. conductor to |

subdue the official’s

ioned by the

 

 

‘TIME TABLES.
trov Grand Rapids & Indiana.
by the conductor produced, after a long All Trains daily except Sunday.
search, some punched silver; then some bo-
gus half dollars; a foreign bank bill, and, | tre
finally, a huge tin medal, very badly worn; |
and the ticket collector, with very evident
disgust and weariness, pantomimed that the
seat must be vacated at the next. stopping
place.. And it was. For at the next stop-
pig place a little group of people—appar-
ently relatives—were waiting to welcome
the innocent foreigner, and before the train
pulled out both the conductor and my in-
formant saw the passenger in a perfect
frenzy of laughter, intermingled with jar-
gon, and saw him exhibiting the contemned
‘‘eurrency” in one hand and a goodly roll of

greenbacks in the other.
* * ae * * * *

While the regular, and often impecunious,
customer of the saloonist considers it ad-
visable to ‘‘stand in” well with that individ-
ual, the transient drinker often selects him

 

Saginaw express runs through solid.
8:00 a. m. train has chair car to Mackinaw City. >
eae - m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack-
Ww A

ty.
10:30 p. m, train has sleeping cars for Petoskey and
Mackinaw City.

GOING SOUTH.

Cincinnati PORK oS cic ne cacscss 6:30 am
Fort Wayne Express..........:..0¢ 10:30am 11:45am
Cin: ti POOR cs casea sees 4:40pm 5:00 p m
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:40 pm

7:15-a m train has veo chair car for Cincinnati.

5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.

5:00 p. m. train connects with M. C. R. R. at Kalama-
zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

7:15am

Michigan Central.
Grand Rapids Division.
DEPART.
Detroit Express. .........0.cscccescscees Bec dea sce 6:45am

PIGY TURDVORRS 6 oasis s von bie sides < ohbeec 8h cases 1:10 p m
*Atlantic Express. ........2cccccccccccccccccscccs 10:454) m
Mixed Fi

for a victim; and, as the goods and chattels i
of the gin-slinger are of that nature that Ngee 4 ARRIVE.
they cannot be recovered without the aid of | Mail. nen ene SAS Hl
a stomach pump, the small swindler of | Mixed ope eee 8 oo Bn
drinking propensities rarely fails in his ob-
ject. The favorite game of thes. s. of this
class is mistaking his—alleged—last piece
of money, a three-cent piece, for a dime,
and, if the grog shops are numerous
enough, a good, lively ‘‘booze” can be se-
cured ata very small outlay. The more|
daring s. s. takes the chances of a kicking
without any tender of payment whatever,
but thé majority of the breed usually have
some device for mitigating the bar-tender’s
wrath. :

* * * * * * *

No matter what business you and I may
be engaged in, we are being constantly .esCleveland,......sssccee0 7:15 5:45
preyed upon by the petty swindler. His 20 3:30“ ....Buffalo....se.ssseseeeeeee 1:00 11:40
assessments are, perhaps, insignificant, but | y2/¢kots for sale to all principal pointe in the U.S.
in the aggregate they are of considerable | *™4™*0%. Agt. Depot office, M- Boortz, Agt. |
moment. We know him, as we know his ree oN
professional brother, the d.-b., but while we
are ourselves responsible for any pecuniary
success that the d.-b. may gain at our ex-
pense, it would take heads infinitely wiser
than yours or mine to guard against the
depredations of his humbler confrere, with-
out incurring an unpleasant and unwished-
for reputation for meanness and penurious-
ness. And so we shall probably submit to
the petty swindler’s little extortions to the
end of our business career; but that needn’t
prevent us from occasionally relieving our
feelings by anathematizing him in our pri-
vate conversation and scarifying him in the
columns of the commercial press.

*Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from
Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand
Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec-
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’! Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

Cuas. H. NorRIs, Gen’! Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

Kalamazoo Division.
Aire.

-

am pm
....Grand Rapids........... 9:45 6:10
5 oss PIORON As occ cecaceSs<ce 8:28 4:55
...Kalamazoo............06 7:10 3:52
...White Pigeon........... 2:25

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Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEsT.

: Arrives.
tMorning Express..............00- 1:05 pm
+Through Mail...............sce00e 5:05 pm
+Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm
*Night ExXpress........ ccccccceoce 6:25am
AIR OO oe ee cea c ccc secs ee

GOING EAST.
+Detroit Express...............208 6:45am
tThrough Mail..................000 10:20 a m :
tEvening Express................. 3:25 pm :50 p
*Limited Express................. 6:25 pm 6:30 pm
tDaily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making
direct connections for all points East. arriving in New
York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Exprexs, East, has
through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls,
connecting at Milwaukee Junction with through
sleeper to Toronto.

Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D., G. H. &

Leaves.

M.R’y offices, 24 Monroe St., and at the depot.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

 

 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

COAL and WOOD.

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

’ Telephone 909—1 R.

TheSt.aadard of Excellence

-KINGSFORD'S

 

 

JSODDYD c& CO.,

JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE
And Full Line Summer Goods.
102 CANAL STREET.

 

 

a Osweco,h.Y. &

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

WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY TIME!

ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS.

"1 o
Boe
‘

c 1 79, 81, and 83 South Division Stet, sok
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

{35 One Block from Union Depot on Oakes Street.

 

 

WHOLESALE GROCERS.

IMPORTERS OF

THA.

JOBBERS OF

Tobacco and Cigars. .

SHIPPERS OF

VEGETABLES, FRUITS and PRODUCE.

PROPRIETORS OF THE

RED Fox Priug ToBacco.

AGENCY OF

Boss Tobacco Pail Cover.

Full and, Complete Line of FIXTURES and STORE FUR-
NITURE.

Largest STOCK and greatest VARIETY of any House in
City.

i" LOOK UP OUR RECORD.

 

 

Fosver, Svevens & Co,

a

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Exclusive Agents for

The Labrador

Refrigerator.

White Mountain

Freezer.

Dangler Gasoline

‘Stove.

Crown Jewell

Gasoline Stove.

Summer Queen

Oil Stove.

Send for

Foster, Stevens & Co,

10 & 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 & 41 Louis St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

 

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COFFEE.

Woolson SPICE GO:

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MERCHANTS |

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TOLEDO-GHIO.

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TOLEDO-GHID.

LION COFFEE.

IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION

To Consumers, and is, Consequently. a Quick ang Hasy Seller.

 

 

answer all communications regarding prices, etc.

Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storekee rs...
all over the State of Michigan and ‘elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to Give it a trial. We cheerfully Ma
Convenient shipping depots established at all prominent cities, securin

quick delivery. For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere. Manufactured by the Woolson Spice Oo., Toledo, Ohio.

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

wHktBHR
brand, 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-

_ cal pnblic and the press, unite in the ver-
dict that

The Weber Stands Unrivaled..

Sheet music and musical merchandise.
Everything in the musical line.

Fischer Pianos, |
A. B. Chase Organs, |
Hillstrom Organs,

Weber Pianos,
Smith Pianos,
Estey Organs,

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

| Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines. . Steam Pumps, Blowefs and Ex

(Successor to Friedrich ' Bros.) Seed

 

80 and # Canal St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

*

W. ©. DENISON,

GENERAL DEALER IN

Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers

. haust Fans. SAW MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted.

® Estimates Given on Complete Outftes..

 

88,90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION sT., —_-

4 GRAND RAPIDS,:MICH

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LARD,

 

W. STEELE Pacmne & Provision Co,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Fresh and Salt Beef,

Fresh and Salt Pork,
Pork Loins, Dry Salt Pork,
Hams, Shoulders,
- Bacon, Boneless Ham,
Sausage of all Kinds,
Dried Beef for Slicing.

Strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, one-half
oh 50 pound cans, 20 pound cans, 3, 5 and ro pound
paus. r

Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc.

\

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class
in every instance. as

When in Grand Rapids give us a call and look over our establishment.
Write us for prices.

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the es gi : =
part that heean c rt ee SDN a
space he. jas over. the ie
foreaee

ryet o’er bis. threshold has
ut this -sign—“Selling sugar at

1’ Yin are startled wi
an. es profits on sugar: thle 20

y'll. cut prices to meet this new
The —_— ittee”’ call on him to do what they
“On your — you should. have a profit,”

Buttheir mission is futile, for thie he did cay,
“By no ‘set of men will: my bus’ness be

‘bossed—
“Tl do justasl please, TH sell suger atcost.

And wore prices he cuts to draw to him trade
From Penman. the grocer, who money has

A rush to fim goes for his sugar and such
Few a as he sells under Staidman, so

= Foods that pay profits, they say, they

ears,
They'll’ wee these at the stores where they’ve
‘bought them for yeare
So this cools his ardor,it chills him like frost,
He can’t entrap these by selling at,cost.

He is left to his ways, no more-effort is made

To eran him to conform to the rules of the
e;

His expenses increase till his

promt is naught,
He must pay for the sugar an
bought.

goods he has

ug
"Tis piain to be seen that his course is near run,
He pays away money until he has none;
His stock dwindles down and his credit is

ost—
The natural sequence of selling at cost.

And now, when ’tis late, he tries to stick on

‘A cent where he ean ere he’s totally gone.

He buys by the small from a dealer near by,

Who, - poueey charges him, as a grocer, too
1g

Few customers come, he’s despondent and

No nape fc for him now, he’ll certainly fail—
The sheriff comes on him and out he is toss’d,
There’s no pity for him, he sold sugar at cost.

He is — ont the street—with a jobber’s per-
To sell ‘odds ana ends to the trade on commis-
These trifles don’t pay him, he whines and de-

cays,
And sinks to his grave after very few days.
Forsaken by friends, he had nothing to will,
And the trade that he injured is glad he is still;
They y buy him a coffin and have on it em-

ssed,
“Died of starvation ‘selling sugar at cost.’ ”’

The Grocery Market.

The feature of the week has been the ad-
vance in sugar, the tremendous demand
for 1 fined having continued uninterrupted-
iy, sv that all refiners have largely oversold
theniselves. The market is therefore nar-
rowed down to those actually having stocks
on hand and to the prospective action of the
refiners as soon as they catch up with their
orders. For the first time in years, the
New York market on granulated has
touched 71Zc, subsequently going to 7%e,
‘when all quotations ffom first hands were
withdrawn for shipment on receipt of order.
Just what turn the market will take next,
it is difficult to predict, as the refiners com-
posing the Trust are in complete control of
the market and can pursue any policy they
see fit. The position of the Trust to the
recent advance is thus described by the New
York Shipping List:

The recent pretty sharp advance in he
price of refined sugar has not been due, as
a guod many aprear to imagine, to the arbi-
trary action of the Sugar Trust, but is
entirely the result of a corresponding ad-
vance in the price of raw sugar, which at
the present time occupies a singularly
strong position on account of the fact that
several important crops fell short last year,
and the increase in the world’s consumption
has caused this loss to be pretty seriously
felt. Sugar is higher to-day than it was
six months ago, solely in- consequence of
the natural operation of the law of supply
and demand. But what the Trust is respon-
sible for is the fact that the relative differ-
ence between the value of raw and refined
sugar is very much greater to-day than it
was before the Trust came into existence
last November. The first manifestation of
power on the part of the _ Trust,
as soon as the combination was
completed, was a “gradual and arbitrary
marking up in the price of refined without
any corresponding advance in raw, until the
relative difference between the two had
been sufficiently increased to insure a hand-
some profit to the refiners, and that-relative
difference has been rigidly maintained ever
since. What this relative difference is will
appear from a few comparisons. - A. year
ago, when 96 test centrifugal was selling at
53-16 cents, refined. granulated.could be
bought for 5 13-16 cents per pound, a differ-
ence of % of a cent, which represented the
cost of refining and the refiner’s profit. To-
day 96 test centrifugal is quoted 6 cents,
and granulated 714,- a difference of 11¢
cents, which also represents | the cost of re-
fining and the refiner’s profit, and a compar-
ison of these significant figures tells the
whole story of the extent to which the:
Trust has increased the ost of sugar to
eonsumers. A year ago it was estimated
that the cost of refining sugar was about 5
of a cent per pound, but since then the
Trust has created $40,000,000 of watered
stock, upon which it has guaranteed, and is
now paying. a dividend, and hence the cost
of retining has been. increased ‘about sixty
per cent., and the dividends on this watered
stock are taken out. of the: pockets of every
consumer of sugar. ... Adding “sixty ™ per
cent. to 5 the cost. of :refining,-is brought
up to one cent per pound, but then there
still remains 34 cent of profit. to be divided
up among the Trust: shareholders. in the
way of an extra bonus. The. statemént of
aalf-truths is as misleading as it is:dishon-
est, and hence, while it-is quite true that
the recent advance in sugar has not been’
‘due to the Trust, it is equally true: that the}
present relative high: price of refined sugar
Issolely the work of- that combination.

—— oe

Bound to Exterminate the Vesmit,

Since Congress has prohibited the ‘Bad
Debt” collection agencies from mailing en-
‘velopes with ‘‘Bad Debts” emblazoned. there-
on, the fellows have managed to evade the
law by using transparent envelopes, show-
_ Ing the inclosure legibly. Senator Vest in-
_ troduced a bill in the Senate on the 10th
which is designed to cover all such evasions
: ee law and soa pag the nails

to the oar for although .

 

A Few Facts About Tea.
S. Young recently addressed~the Pitts-!

_ oT. ‘burgh Retail Grocers’ Association on the sub- .
E Sugar ai : ject of + Tea,” from: which oa Aipyae Is

ona ve * | an exti x 2 Sy 4
‘The entire tea produetion’ of the Forld at ks
e is 2,500,000,000 pounds.

‘the. present -
China _ consumes 2 000,000,000. pounds of
| this total. “Next: on the list is Great Britain
}and “Ireland, with, a consumption of
200,000,000. Next the United States, with

a capacity and ae ‘at least |’ " t =
ng 85,000,000 ; Ae hi

250,000,000, yeh,
~ Russia,

pounds. ana

000 po s remaining 160,.
000,000: is B pres according tothe: crn
of the people all over the world. .

When tea’ was Sele bh
there was an inducement offered
imitation tea and a great deal of. adulter.
ating was done, plenty of leaves being dried
and sold for tea that never came off a tea
plant. But now the price of tea is: 80: low
that the inducement is removed, for gen-
uine tea leaves are cured and sold as cheaply
as it would be possible to gather and cure
any other kind of leaves. And, besides
that, we havea prohibitory law in this
coyntry forbidding the receiving in any port
of any adulterated tea.

Government. inspectors are also appointed
to examine and test all the tea brought to
‘| this country, and they are so proficient in
the art that any. mixture of foreign leaves
in the tea can be easily detected by them.
Tea is generally bought by the importer’s
agent in the tea district, and a certain price
will be paid for the entire picking of a cer-
tain kind of tea of each planter. For ex-
ample, a planter may take the leaves of a
May picking and make a young hyson, and
in that picking will be some very fine teas
and some very poorones. Yet a uniform

price is paid for all, and so the picking or Mill

invoice is brought to this country. It is
then the work of the tea taster to grade
these teas, or, in other words, put a value
on each line, so that the importer will not
only be kept secure in the outcome of his
grading, but also have the different grades
so correctly valued that he can enter the
market and compete with his rivals for the
trade. The entire invoice may be sold to
a tea jobber, or it may be; divided up into
lines and sold in that way. It is then the
business of the jobber to break the lines
and seél in quantities to suit his purchasers.
A line may have several hundred half-
chests; an invoice may have several thou-
sand.

In buying teas great care should be taken.
The sample or samples should be drawn by
the buyer, or, if hecannot exercise intelli-
gent judgment, the best thing for him to do
is to select from the many an honorable job-
ber, telling him the kind of tea he wants
and for what purpose he wantsit. And
yet this confidence, we are sorry to say, has
been and is too often misplaced and abused.

But we here affirm that if the average
grocer would give a little more time and at-
tention to the study of the draw and differ-
ent characters of tea, he would soon gain
sufficient knowledge and become expert
enough to make his purchases intelligently
and more advantageously to himself—not
only that, but a better grade will! invariably
be purchased, his customers better pleased
and the volume of his business increased.
Of course, those who have yet to commence
in this way will make mistakes; but let not
that discourage you, forall who have gone
before (no matter how proficient they may
be now) have made mistakes just as great
and as numerous as you are likely to make.
But keep.on: You will find the study a lit-
tle hard at times—there will be some obsta-
cles to overcome; but you will be amply
rewarded not only by the knowledge ac-
quired, but also in the satisfactory increase
of business which is sure to follow.

Congou is the most difficult on the list to
accurately and intelligently select. The
name Congou is taken from the Chinese
Kung-fu and means work or extra labor;
and then we have so many different : ‘kinds
of Congou—for example,. Kaisow,- Moning,
Oopack, Amoy, Foochow, and a number of
others, all differing in style and draw. Con-
gou is the general name..applied to the tea,
and the district name denotes the kind. ‘So
with young hyson, which is also ef Chinese
origin, and means: before the rains or: flour-
ishing spring. This is also a name gen-
erally applied to. a particular make-up] of |
tea, yet we have also, as in Congou,  dis-
tinct names, such as Moyune, Fichow,
Pingsuey,: Tien-Kai, and so on. © So thé in-
telligent buyer should be.able to decide at
once what particular locality the tea comes
from, as the commercial value of es arti-
cle depends largely on that.

— ese i

Powderly Urges a Boycott on Coffee.

General Master Workman Powderly has
written a letter in which he calls attention
to an alleged ‘*corner” in coffee and advises
abstention from the use of coffee until the
‘corner’ is broken. His letter concludes as
follows: :

Boycott cotfee. Do not buy one ounce of
it until this reign of plunder is at an end.
Go to your grocer and téll him not to invest
in a pound of it, and ask him to watch for
the turn of the tide in New York. -To do
as 1 suggest: will work. no injustice to the
men from’ whom you buy your groceries.
‘Do not buy coffee, but buy something else
in its stead; and when you do invest in ¢of-
fee again have the article “you invest:in an-

alyzed to see if it has’ not been’ tampered ,

with and adulterated, and then trace the
adulteration until you find it, and -you may
be sure you will trace it to the action taken
in the Coffee Exchange of New York.

Mechanics, laborers, minérs, farmers and
Knights of Labor generally: practice. little
self-denial for a time and break the.‘‘corner”
in coffee by refusing to buy it.- Let-us test
the law and see if we will be arrested for
boycotting an article made too dear by rogues
who boycott the best interests of the people,

0
Peculiar Business “Methods. -

Wm. E. Curtis, in the American Magazine for July. .

It is a peculiarity of the Indian of - Ecua-
der that he will sell nothing at wholesale,
nor will he trade anywhere but in the mar-
‘ket. place, in the place - where he “and his
forefathers have sold -‘‘gai
three centuries. Although: travelers ‘ ‘on the

| highways meet armies of. Indians ‘bearing |

heavy burdens of vegetables and other sup-
plies upon their backs, they can purchase
nothing from them, as the native’ will- not
sell his goods until he gets to the place
where he is in the habit of selling them; he
will ¢ them ten miles and dispose of
them for less than he was offered at home.
We met, one day, an old woman trudging
along with a heavy basket of pineap-
ples and other fruits and tried to relieve
her of part of her load, offering ten cents

 

y offered cash buyers who pay

 

 

Acme, % D
66 A . 7.

1
Victorian, 1 D (tall, )2 doz.
Diamond, “bulk.”
Red Star. % b cans ‘ ee

eo ry} y

os se i “cs 66 : 66 oe
Absolute, % cans, pn

cans in case.............
Absolute, % bm cans, io

cans in case...........-. 10 00
Apo 1b ee iS

270

case,
Telfer 8 ~ b, cans, 6doz in

ase
Telfer’ 8 11 tb Arcane 1 dozin
case...

BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl... 5... . Has aes 2
INO.) Bork ooo ss sg ce eee
No. 2 Carpet....... ees
No. 1Carpet...... 3
Parlor Gem....
Common Whisk
Fancy Whisk ..

oi bo robots
SANSSRSRE

eae Fee neni aeeeee

HOCOLATE.
Ritkle Bros’. . Vien. Sweet 22
Premium... 33
Hom-Cocoa 3t
Breakfast.. 48

COCOANUT

Sche ee : eee so see 27
oP and 48........ z

os of
o6 oe

- 60
oe

ys ce
Maltby’ 8, ae URS Ueme es sec 2B
and 8........ fi

snshnian: ais. ‘
WOCLICRS 5 oo. oo eees ces 18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18

COFFEE—GREEN
Mocha... 3... 2:-5.3-0.: 2» 25@28
Mandaling.............

"9G JAVa.......5.5525.5 124@25
JAVA. . 5.522: «eee d@e4
Maricabo.
Gosti Rica ss
Mexican.. -essee @ID
Santos......... ee cee *"15@18
Rio, fancy.. coos ee
Rio, prime............+ 16@17
Rio, common......... .14@l5
To ascertain cost of roasted

coffee, add 4c per b. for roast- C

ing and 15 per cent. forshrink-
e.
oe COFFEES—PACKAGE.,
» lbs 60 bs 100 Ds
AON. 22. o5 =:

18%
Lion, incab.. 19%
Dilworth’s.
Magnolia......
Acme.........18%
German ......
German, bins.
Arbuckle’s Ariosa
ot Avorica
McLaughlin’s XXXX
COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.
Arbuckle’s Avorica. .... .
* Quaker City.......
*§” Best Rio... 26.64. sé on
‘© ~Prime Maricabo..

CORDAGE.

00 foot: Jute: .... sac..-0....
72 foot Jute .......... :
Foot Cotton.......
foot Cotton.......
60 foot Cotton........ ened
%2 foot Cotton...............
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter..............
Seymour Butter.. 8
Butter.......60-252..-5- :
Family Butter.. 2
Fancy Butter..
Butter Biscuit. .

18%,

S08 Fancy... ee

SB. OVster. 004 oissiscd
Picnic Bee ean
Fancy Oyster.. ieee 3%

CANNED 1 FISH.

Clams, | ib, Little Neck....1 35
Clam Chowder, BD ass. Se 215
Cove Oysters, 1 b stand...1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 Ib ee: .1 70
Lobsters, 1 Bb picnic. 1-75
‘Lobsters, 2 I, picnic........2 65
‘Lobsters, 1 Db BEATS Sos. cc. < 195
Lobsters, 2  star.......... 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 stand..... ees
Mackerel, 2 stand........
Mackerel,3 i in Mustard..3 25
Mackerel, 3b soused...... 8 25
Salmon, 1 Columbia Boece 2 20
Salmon, 2 b 3 50
Salmon, 1 ib SAnenOIee 1 90
Salmon, 2 ib 28
Sardines, domestic 348. ...
Sardines, domestic s. “i614
Sardines, Mustard %s... 9@10
Sardines, imported ae: .12@138
Sardines, spiced, s..,..10@
Trout. 3 brook

CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, gallons, stand..... 2
Blackberries. stand........
Cherries, red ee
Cherries, pitted...... 1 &@
Damsons......... .. 1 25@
Ege Plums, syg Sees.
Gooseberries. . oo
GTAPOR G5 isinsee sc cicas es
+a Gages, Lose ees “1

eaches, ail yellow, stand.2
eaches, seconds..........

H@

ir
Pinéapples,........... 1 40@:
Raspber Pease oag coset.
spberries, extra.........
TOG... | fis55

Strawberries ......... 1 25@1 40
Whortleberries............. 12

'- CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....2 00
Beans, Lima, stand ........ 85
Beans, Green Limas. e @1 40
‘Beans, String........ O0@1 20
Beans,, Stringless, iitie eas 90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.1 60
Corn, A Archer’ 8 BE ae? ian

eee tf nie Gold. 115
Peas, French 1 60
Beas, extra marrofat.1 20@1 40
Peas, soaked............... 90
net ‘June, stand.. @1 50
yest: sifted 00

* French, extra fine. .20 00
Mushrooms, extra fine...:20 00
pompkin,) s Db Golten,-.
Succotag
‘Squas in

par any aay

-_

ror
SURUERRSRELTSSLS

feet bast ed BS ad

Ben H

stand br.1 15@ 1 ~
DRIED FRUITS.
evaporated. ..944@10

undried..... 64@ 7%

CHEESE.

Prete |
|

: Raisins, Walencina as

20 Trout, % bbls...

2 | Jennings’ oe
>| D. ear Oz... 1 35

baa
--80@1 30:

 

 

Qi
Raisins. Imperials.......... 3 7
FISH. r
Cod, whole............. 44@4%
Cod, boneless..... .... 540%
Halpuy oo ake 13
Herring, oo % bbl. 2 is
| Heezins. round, % bbl. 1 50
Herring uolted ress oto
r olland, ke
Herring’ Sealed.
Mack. sh’r, No. 1, i ‘pbl....8 75
2b kit..1 25

oe
oe

iT

x rc

biiham iS. at's
9% | Corner Stone. .:.........02..: 39

0 | Florida.........

Double Pedro................ 40
Whopper..-... 6.0.0... ee cee se 40
Peach PI... 6 i
Wedding Cake, bik..........
MCG KOK oss s
Sweet Russet ............ 30@32

TOBACCOS—FINE CUT.

ee Epp in. aos
Five poe even... .......
Hiawatha..........

Petoskey Chief...............
Sweet Russet............. ite
PHIBUIOS 5c: Goce ce ooo. ak cee
Mese Leaf. 3.03. ge, 66

0} Red Domino.......... . .... 38
85 Sead ANP oo eeeec cs. 40
Stag ;

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

0 | Rob Roy......

aa aie eS
Vanilla.

2 50

** No.4 Taper..1 60

*f “38 8 panel...2 75

- Of ees DU

ae i pint, r’nd. a.

+ 15 00
Standard Gonos vanilla.

. per gross.
a. ee ee 72 9
3 OZ.....5 9 00

- FARTNACEOUS GOODS. | _
Farina, 100 lb. kegs......... 04
Hominy, # bbl............. 4 0)
Macaroni, dom 12 |b. box.. 60
** iwported...10 @l1
Pearl Barley.......... @3
Peas, Green..........
Peas, Split............
Sago, German........
Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl..
Wheat, cracked..:...
Vermicelli, import...
domestic...
MATCHES.
G. H. No. 8, square........
G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro...1 0
G. H. No. 200, parlor....... 1 68
G. H. No. 300, parlor....... 215
G. H. No. %, round 1 40
Oshkosh, No. 2............. 95
Oshkosh. INO, 855620 20.22. 1 50
Swedish "6
Richardson’s No. 8 8q...... 1 00
Richardson’s No.9 sq...... 1 50
Richardson’s No. 7%, rnd..1 00
Richardson’s Na. 7 :
Woodbine, 300
MOLASSES.
Black Strap.... 2. 2.4... 17@18
Cuba Baking.............
Porto Rico....... ae
New Orleans, a Do ohos 338@40
New Orleans, choice..... 44@50
New Orleans, fancy.....
% ne ue ae

Michigan Test... pee oe oh ee 10%
Water. White BS ees 113g
OATMEAL
Barreis. 2. kee a ae 6 25
Halt barrels.:. ...3.....%.:. 3 25
BEOSS och aces cs 2 35
OATS—ROLLED.
MBATPOIG «oe oe os si ccs okt 8 00
Half barrels. .... ......... 3 25

CARERS es ee. 2 26@3 35

SALERATUS.
DeLand’s mare Sone boas nee 5%
Church’s «2 feel. =D

ab
4¢c less in 5 box lots.

"= gaLT, ;
60 Pocket, FF D........... 215
Pe POCKED 005.6 0 sk aden ws oe 2 05
1003 pockets...,......... 2 2
Saginaw or Manistee. 302 285
Ashton, bu. bags....:. poe 40
Ashton,4 bu. bags.......... 2 %5
Higgins’ bu. bags.......... 75
American, % bu. bags..... » 20
Rock, bushels..../......... 25
Warsaw, bu. bags. ee ae HH

SAUCES.
London Relish, 2 doz... ... 2 50
SOAP
Dingman, 100 pars..........
Don’t Anti-Washboard.. pak %5
JOXGOW 2606s cre es 3%
Queen Anne............... 4 00
German Family............ 249

SPICES—WHOLE.

ANSRICO.. ss ie Be. 8
Cassia, China in mats...... ae
Batavia in bund,.
Saigon in rolis.... oe
Cloves, Aegan ee 122228
§6" SLADZIDAL. ooo oso o5 oo 23
Mace Batavia............22. 70
Nutmegs, FANCY... 2.525575 70 |
On eos dale «4 = +65

No. 2 60
: Pepper, Singapore, lack: 18%

white.28
“ee 21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice.. 12%

12 Cassia, Batavia ee 20

and Saigon.25
7242

Mace Batavia.........6...065 my
Mustard, English.
and Trie. 35
Trieste........... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 710
Pepper, ingapore black...22
white. .30
Cayenne.......... 25
Absolute an one, doz...
Cinnamon “ ...84
es Allspice  ‘,..55
oa Cloves
af Ginger
ct Mustard
STARCH.
Kingsford’s fe
Silver Gloss, 1 tb pkgs...... 7
6 ib boxes..... 1%
bulk.......... 6%

Pure, 1 ib pkgs.............. 5%
Corn,1 bpkgs...... ....... 7
SUGARS.
Cut Loaf.....0.:.....
CUUON ess oi ice
Powdered.............
Granulated, 7

Gorifédiioneey Acs.
Standard A

ee

“

veloc
a 00.00 00
AMM a

=
89680
SHOUD Gates.
RRR

Michigan full cream... SKO0% Fros'
ORRIGN.. <

for pineapples which could be obtained for Ora:

a quartillo (two and a half cents) in the

market. She was polite but firm and de-|

clined to sell anything until she gotto town,

there was a weary, dusty joumey
‘of ee DEE se

 

 

Cairo
| Raisins, Toose Bont aN

:

 

Oatmeal Crackers...

TOBACCOS—PLUG.

1 40
s 22d «688

40 | prices.

| Reyal,

| Bologna. . ;

Peerless.......
Uncle Sam..

Sensation.................. .. BB
Yellow Jacket............... 20
Bweet Conqueror........ 20@25
TEAS.

Japan ordinary...

Japan fair to good....... a0
Japan fine................
Japan dust.......... ae
Young Hyson............ 20@45

60 Gunpowder...............

30 gr. 40
ong 11%

Above are the prices fixed
by the pool. Manufacturers
outside the pool usually sell
5 gr. stronger goods at same
$1 for barrel.

- WOODENWARE.
Curtiss & Co. quote as fol-
lows: .

: 3 4%

Pails, No.1, two hoop...... 4 50
** three hoop....1 75
Clothespins, 5gr. boxes.... 60
Bowls, 15s, 17s and 19s...... -.2 50
Baskets, market.......:... 40
pushel,..... 5.2... 1 60
.._** with covers 1 9

** willow clothes No.15

oe o6 oe 66 6
splint ‘

o6 ity

2

“BT

oe 13

sé 24

, oe 66 35

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bath Brick imported ...... 90
do American....... 2
ae No. 0

do .

6

ge. ‘
Cocoa Shells, bulk...
Condensed Milk, Eagle..
Cream Tartar..,.........., 1125
Candles. Star.......... Bae
Candles. Hotel.............. 1
Camphor, 02z., 2 boxes. .
Retest Coffee, V = :

Fire Grabkere, per box..

Gum, Rubber 100 lumps..

Gum, Rubber 200 lumps..

Gum, Spruce............... "30
Jelly, in 30 b pails.. .5 @ 5%
Powder, Keg...............5 U
Powder, % Keg............ 2 87%
DARG ee 15

CANDY, FRUITS and NUTS,

Putnam & Brooxs quote as
follows:
TICK.
a Co 251 7 boxes....... 8%
9

out Tat bes

XED.
Royal, 25: b ae Bans 34@ 9
200 Ib bbis........... 8%
Extra, 25 pails........... i
Extra, 200 ib bbls
French Cream, 25 b pails. “uy
Cut loaf, 25 i cases........
Broken, 25 D pails.. 10
Broken, 200 b ble... ys,
FANCY—IN 5 Ib) BOXES.
Lemon Drops..........:..... 13
Pour Dropae yok os kes; 14
Pepperm at Drops..
Chocolate Drops........; oe
H M Chocolate Drops us
Gum Drops.........
Licorice Drops........
AB Licorice prone
Lozenges, plain.. oe
Lozenges, printed. B ileme dice es 5
TPmiperials <6. esc ess 14
MOLCOCB 6s ss wesc cess es se 15
Cream Bar. 2. oa occ. ce 13

4 00 | Molasses Bar................. B

WSTRINEIB. oe ec. os: 18
Hand Made Creams.......... 18
Plain Creams: ....-......-... 16
Decorated Creams....... ... 26
String Rok: .00 6.5. ss co 13
Burnt Almonds............

Wintergreen Berries........ 14

FANCY—IN BULK.°
Lozenges, plain in pails...12
Lozenges, plain in bbls....11
Lozenges, printed in pails. 12%
Lozenges, rinted in bbis.11%
Chocolate Drops, in pails..12%
Gum Drops in pails....... 6%
Gum Drops, in bbis........ 5%
Moss Drops, in, pails....... 10
Moss Drops, in bbls........ 9
Sour Drops, in pails....... 12
Imperials, in pails......... pF
Tmperials in bbls...... -~H

FRUITS.
Bananas .........2....
Oranges, choice .....
Oranges, Florida: ae
Oranges, Rodi..
Oranges, OO..
Oranges, Imperials..
Oranges Valencia ca. @
Lemons, choice...... @5 00
Lemons, fancy....... @5 50
Figs, layers, new..... 2 @16
Figs, Bags, 50 tb 6
Dates, frails do......
Dates, 4 do do......
Dates, Fard 10 i box 8 b..
Dates, Fard 50 ib box # b..
ste eaten: Ib box ..

1 25@3 00
a

. 6 og? 00
@
@

@s
NUT
Almonds, Tareacona =
Ivaca...... @l16

te California pe
Brazile. oe.
| Filberts, Sicily:......
Walnuts, Grenoble..
oe Sicily......
se French....
Pecans, Texas, H. P.

anne ‘2 100

@ul
@13
12
@l1
8@12

PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw 2 ®
Choice do
Fancy H.P. do a
Choice White, Va.do
Fancy H P...
Extra H. P. Va

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as
fol re
TERS.

| Fairhaven Count. Benge s Sos

FRESH FISH.

Black ee Soa aeeie edskcemees RB 4

Rock b
'Duok-bill pike. ake
Trout ......... eaves oe ees :

"an
Frogs’ Legs .............- 25@%

FRESH MEATS.
Beef, carcass.......... nes
“hind so eae @92
fore se . 84@5
Hogs -« @1%
Pork loins....... sae 9
** shoulders...

os

7
bY%
Frankfort sausage.. 8

 

Mutton @7
Lard kettle ‘rendered. 940%

 

“PRO V ISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.

quote as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

WIGRS foe ee a i ae 15 00
Short CUG. foo cee a a oe ee 15 25
Short cut Morgan..................e.ee cece 15 50
Extra clear ae manor GWG oe ee 16 50
Extra clear, RCAVY...... osc. ce scch cece cus 16 50
Clear quill, short « ONG ee, 16 50
Boston clear, short cut. eueen es
Clear back, short UG ee ss
Standard clear, short ‘out, best..

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.

Hams, aver’ ATCA WS... asseseseccieve sees ll
:

oe 66
ee

a Bese bonsisae Re eases
Shoulders 605660
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...
Dried Beef, extra Sieutiseteose seg wee
ham prices .2560.00.. 252 oe

DRY SALT MEATS.
Long Clears, NOAVY. 2.666. 5. k
oo eeset Brace:
s light .. bee
LARD.

LARD IN TIN PAILS.
3D Pails, 20in a case
5 bb Pails, 12 in a case.
10b Pails, 6 in & case

BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 bs..

Ex ra Mess, Chicago Packing..

Pia “« Kansas City Packing.

9 50
: : st Kan City pkd Sle aaa 8 50
ts s ° % bbl. 5 00
SAUSAGE-—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork Sausage. ..5 co %%
Ham: Sausage eo li
Tongue Sausage :
Frankfort Sausage.. Speed eS
Blood Sausage... os 6
Bologna; straight... 00230 6
Bologna, thick.............. Sas es eta. 6
Head Cheese: ico 6
PIGS’ FEET.
In half barrelss. i005 ee. 8 00
In quarter barrels

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess pay! bs one:

Green ....# Db ae G. er Caif skins, green

Part cured.. or cured.. -5 @6&

Fullcured.... 54@ 8 Deacon skins,

Dry hides and | ® piece..... 10 @20
KIDS ooo ce. @ a

Fine washed # Db 1830] Conca washed.. .18@20

Medium 20@22|Unwashed 12@16
MISCELLANEOUS.

Sheep pelts, short shearing

Sheep pelts, old wool estimated..

PERNIOW Co ee

Grease butter. 7205.02:

@20
. 2%@ 3
Ginseng, good 5

@2 00

cece ccc cc ce ccccccccccoce e

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Green, $3.50 per bbl.

Beans—Hand-picked mediums are very
scarce, readily commanding $2 per bu.

Beets—New, 25c per doz.

Butter—The market is well supplied. Large
Paps pay 12@l4c for choice, selling again

Cabbages—Home grown command 50@A0c
per doz.

Celery—2(@25c per doz.

Cheese--The market continues to improve,
Stoces in jobbers’ hands being now held at

8%@9%e, according to quality.

Cider—10c per gal.

Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; pave bar-
rels, 25c.

Cucumbers—30c per doz

Dried Apples— OblLES hola sun-dried at 7c
and evaporated at 9c.

Eggs—Jobbers now pay 1344@l4e and sell at
1@lée.

Honey—In plentiful supply at 14@l5c.

Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No.
land s14 for No. 2.

Onions—Home grown dry stock command
$3.50 per bbl.

Peas—M arrowfat, 6Ce per bu.

Plums—Tennessee. $1.60 per case.

Pop Corn—24c # Db.
@ Potatoes—Jobbing generally at 8Cc per bu.

Radishes—6c per doz.

oo ee 10¢ per qt.; red, lle per

Dedsen sain 2c lb.
String Beans—8v'c per bu.
Tomatoes—$2 per bu.
Turnips—25 per bu.
Wax Beans—$1.00 per bu.

& Watermelons—Georgia, 2c apiece.
Whortleberries—$3.50 per bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—City millers pay 82c for Lancaster,
Clawson and Fulse

Corn—Jobbing Conorally at 58c in 100 bu.
lots and 53c.in car lots.

Oats—White, 45cin small lots and 40cin
car lots.

Rye—50c # bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 @ cwt.

Flour—Higher. Patent $5.70 8 bblin sacks
and $5.90 in wood. Straight, $4.70 # bbl. in
sacks and $4.90 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.60 # bbl.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 ® ton. Bran, $13
% ton. Ships, $14.90 # ton. Middlings, $15
ton. Corn and Oats, $23 # ton.

 

MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER

The most practical
hand Roaster in the
world. ‘ Thousands in
use—giving satisfac-
tion. They are simple
durable and econom-
ical. No grocer
should. be without

. one. Roasts coffee
oon ee pea-nuts to per
ecti

Send - for circulars.

Robt. 8. West,

150 Long St.,
Cleveland, Ohic.

The BEST CRACKER Made.

RAYON rLYON

Importers,
Jobbers and
Retailers of

BOOKS,
Stationery & Sundries,

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

 

‘CILIOTIOS VACUO WIA

We also manufacture a full line of Sweet
Goods. Write for quotations
and samples.

Jackson ome G0,

JACKS
MICH.

 

i ——————

ASSOLUTELY
PURE -

N. TRIPLE STRENGTH

——

 

 

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THESE GOODS ARE “PAR EXCELLENCE”

Pure, Healthful and Reliable, warranted to give satis-
faction in every particular. For sale by wholesale and
retail grocers throughout tht United States. VoUWIE
Bros., Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

D. D. COOK,

PROPRIETOR OF THE

Valley City Show Case Factory,

MANUFACTURER OF

SHOW GASES

AND——

Prescription Cases,

My Prices are Lower than any of My Compst-
itors. Send for Catalogues.

21 Scribner Street, Grand Rapids.
TELEPHONE 374.

EDWIN FALLAS, |}

PROPRIETOR OF

VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

JOBBER OF

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs
and Egg Crates.

 

. No. l egg crates, 5%c. No. 2 egg crates,
30c. No. 1 fillers, 13c. No, 2 fillers, 10c,

I have facilities for handling each line above
named that are unsurpassed.

I aim to handle the best that can be obtained.
Mail orders filled promptly at lowest market price. A
liberal discount on Egg Crates and fillers in large lots.

NALESROOW, - No.9 Tonia St, Grand Rapids.

 

PLACE to secure athorough
and useful education is at the
GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) BUSI-
Et NESS COLLEGE. Write for Col-
lege Journal. Address, C. G. SWENSBERG.

 

WET PS

ADDRESS
GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

We:

At Lowest Summer Prices

ORDER YOUR COAL OF

A. FIMES,

Office pnder National City Bank. New
Yards, Shawmut Ave., Winter and
W, Division Sts.

TELEPHONE CALL 490-2.

 

REEDER, PALMER & CO.,
Wholesale Boots and Shoes.
-SYAYE AGENYS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER 60.,

24% Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mi

TELEPHONE
NO. 998.

PEREINS & HESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPID
_ WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR

OHIGAN,
USE.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION

OF THE

Grand Rapids Savings Bank

At the close of business, July 2, 1888.

RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts..........-...0.. “er 451. is
Mortgages

Real Estate..

Furniture and Fixtures

Overdrafts

Checks and Cash Items...... $ 9,121.90

Dne from other Banks....... 66,218.39

Coin, Nickels and Pennies... 2,332.54
Curreney 2. e622 sg, ~ 16,680. 00 94,352, e

LIABILITIES,
Capital on. oc ee a $150,000.00
Gndieided Profits......... WRI
Due Depositors - .--. 00.0. c. ccc ccs 476 "321. 154
Dividends Unpaid..................... 4,500.00
$634,244.36
Idosolemnly swear that the above state-
ment is true to the best of Ene knowledge and
belief. F. A. HALL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2a
day of July, A. D., 1888.
C. A. WALL, Notary Public.

STANTON, SAMPSON & 60.,

Manutacturers and Jobbers of

Men’s Furnishirg Goods.

 

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

8tate agents for Celuloid Collars and Cuffs.
120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave.,

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids;
Western Michigan Salesmaa.

POTATOES.

We give prompt personal attention to
thesaleof POTATOES,APPLES,BEANS |.
and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best
facilities and watchful attention. Consign-
ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash
advances on Car Lots when desired.

Wn. H. Thompson & Co,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
166 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference
FELSENTHAL. Gross & MILLER, Bankers,
Chicago.

>|CHAS. A. COYE

MANUFACTURER OF

 

 

Horse and Wagon Covers,
Awnings and Tents,
Flags and Banners,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,
Wide Ducks, etc.

Telephone 106.
73 CANAL ST., - GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the copartner-
ship heretofore existing between Richard Van
Bochove and Abram Sanford, under the style
of Van Bochove & Sanford, is this day dissolv-
ed by mutual consent. The business will be
continued by Richard Van Bochove, who as-
sumes all the liabilities of the late firm and to
whom all accounts owing the late firm should
be paid. RICHARD VAN BOCHOYVE,

ABRAM SANFORD.
Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 30, 1888.

 

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WOoD & METAL, eats

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PaStOrSaiy PATENT, ce

Bicimond & 4 eymour,
MEGS. OF ALL XINDS
Packing Boxes,
; Shipping Cases,
ag Crates, etc.
’ 4 and 6 Erie 8t.,
GRAND EAPIDS

SHELF BOXES.

ARRANTED TO BE

FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE

For the money in the U. 8S. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask
JOHN BRE dealer NN them: Manufactured only by
G& CO, Grand Rapids.
erro for prices.

Offer No, 1783.
FREE—To Merchants Only: An
elegant silver-plated Water Pitcher,
frosted and richly carved; height, 13
inches. Address at once, R. W. Tan-
sill & Co., 55 State St., Chicago.

FERMENTUM!

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast..
Handled by a Majority of the Grocers.
and Bakers of Michigan. Send for sam-
ples and prices. L. WINTERNITZ,.
State Agent, Grand Rapids.

NHI ( We carry a full 'ine of

 

both for field and garden.
Parties in want should.
write to or see the

TL CANAL.

 

Seeds of every variety,
Grand Rapids Seed Store,

“Street,

 

_.. Antimony as

 

 

as. Vernor. :
At Lansing, on November 6. 7 and 8.
please report at 9a. m. the second day

 

4 chigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—Arthur Bassett, Detroit. '
First Vice-President—G. M. Perot, Petoskey.

pasate Wm. Dupont, Dee it. ee
jurer—vWm. mn} TO

Sxecutive Co . Gundrum, Frank Inziglis,
A. H. Lyman, John E. Peck, E. T. Webb.

Local ry s Vernor, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Detroit, September 4, 5,6 and 7:

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884.
ar: E. a en ee
President—J. W. :
cretary—Frani H eco tf.

 

Treasurer—Henry B. Fairehild. . ')
Board of Censore—President. Vice-President and Seo-
retary. : ‘ A :

Trupgtees—The President, John E. Peck, Geo.
: eee etee, A. F. Hazeltine-and F.J. Wurzburg. |

Isaac . Wim. E. White and Wm. L. White.
en hae ee Peek, F. J. Wurz-

wi
Committee on ere q
, W. H. S. :

Comaitnes on Legislation—J. W. Hayward, Theo.
Kemink, W. H. Van Leuwen.

Committee on Pharmacy—W. L. White, John Muir,
M. B. Kimm.

Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each
month.

Annual Meeting—First Thursday eveningin November.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.
ORGANIZED OCTOBER, 1883.
President—J. W. Caldwell.
First Vice-President—F. W. R. Perry.
Second Vice-President—F. D. Stevens.
tary and Treasurer—B. W. Patterson. :

Assistant Secre and Treasurer—G. 8S. Purvis.
Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June.

Regular Meetings—First Wedn in each month.

Central Michigan Druggists’ Association.
Preaident, J. W. Dunlop; Secretary, R. M. Mussell.
“Berrien County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, H. M. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart.
linton County Druggists’ Association.
nee A.O. noni Secretary, A. 8. Wallace.
Charlevoix County Pharmaceutical Society
President, H. W. Willard; Secretary, Geo. W. Crouter.
Ionia County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, W. R. ae Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
Jackson County Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
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.
President, 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 Secre sGeo. L. LeFevre. :
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Asecciation.
President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
Newaygo County Pharmaceutical Society.
President. J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.
Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw County Pharmaceutical Seciety.
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall.

 

 

 

The Free List.

The free list, as now agreed on by the
House in committee of the whole, includes
the following articles of interest to drug-
gists:

Salt, in bags, sacks, barrels or other
packages or in bulk, when imported from
any country which does not charge an im-
port duty upon salt exported from the
Onited States.

Beeswax.

Glycerine, crude, brown or yellow, of the
Specific gravity of 1.25 or less ata temper-
ature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, not purified
by refining or distilling.

Phosphorus.

Soap stocks, fit only for use as such.

Soap, hard and soft, all which are not
‘otherwise specially enumerated or provided
for. ;

Sheep dip.

Extract of hemlock and other bark used
for tanning.

Indigo, extracts of, and carmined.

Iodine, resublimed.

Oil, croton. @

Hempseed and rapeseed oil.

Cottonseed oil.

Petroleum.

Alumina, alum, patent alum, alum sub-
stitute, sulphate of alumnia and aluminous
‘cake and alum in crystals or ground.

_ All imitations of natural mineral waters
‘and all artificial mineral waters.

Baryta, sulphate of, or barytes, unman-
ufactured. :

Boracie acid, crude, borate of lime, and
crude borax. _ :

Copper, sulphate of, or blue vitriol.

Iron, sulphate of, or copperas.

Potash, crude, carbonate, or fused and
caustic potash.

Chlorate of potash and nitrate of potash,
or saltpetre, crude.

Sulphate of potash.

Sulphate of soda, known as salt cake,
‘crude or refined, or nitrate cake, crude or
refined, and Glauber’s salt.

Sulphur, refined, ‘in rolls.

Wood tar.

Coal tar, crude.

Aniline oil and its homologues.

Coal tar, products of, such as naphtha,
benzine, benzole, dead oil and pitch.

Alizarine and other colors of anthracene.

All preparations of coal tar, not colors or
dyes, and not acids of colors and dyes.

Logwood and other dye woods, extracts
and decoctions of.

Spirits of turpentine.

‘Ocher and ochery earths.

‘Umber and umbery earths.

‘Sienna, and sienna earths, when dry.

Whale, seal, salad, olive and neatsfoot

il.

All barks, beans, berries, balsams, buds,
tulbs, bulbous roots and excrescences, such
‘as nutgalls, fruits, flowers, dried fibres,
grains, gums and gum rosins, herbs, leaves,
lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, veg-
etables, seeds and seed of morbid growth,
‘weeds, woods used expressly for dyeing and
‘dried insects, any of the foregoing which
are not edible and not specially enumerated
or provided for.

All non-dutiable crude minerals, but
which have been advanced in value or con-
‘dition by refining or grinding, or by other
“4 process of manufacture not specially

- -enumerated or provided for.

All earths or clays unwrought or unman-

Opium, crude, containing nine percentum
sand over of morphia, for medicinal pur-

regulus or metal.

‘Quicksilver.

Mineral substances in a crude state and
metals unwrought, not specially enumerated
or ee

cory root, ground, burned or pre
Acorns and dandelion root, raw or pre-

pared, and all other articles used or intended

to be used as coffee or substitutes therefor
‘not specially enumerated or provided for. .
Cocoa, prepared or manufactured. _
_ Bristles, . m : oe
2 ‘Tallow. e
Primuline.
Finishing

Maes

| is Kopt up, quinine need never cost govern

* | ment mach
poin

jecond Vice-President—H. B. F; id, Grand Ra) ids.
Third Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berri Springe. Ket 1
7 : o. woe the present.time somewhere about: this fig-.

-[ two per cent.

_| English labor.

growing

sa

whole of the quinine in yellow bark can be
extracted in a form undistinguishable, either
chemically or pbysically, from the best brands
of European manutacture.: This can be done
so cheaply that so lenges

never

above 25
is ted out th

made quinine in the London market is at

ure.

The bark is first reduced to powder by
means of a Carter’s disintegrator, and this
powder is passed though a scalper, the
sieves of which are made of silk and have
120 meshes to the lineal inch. This ex-
tremely fine powder, in the proportion of
100 parts, is mixed with 8 parts of commer-
cial caustic’ soda dissolved in 500 parts of
‘water, and there is then added 600 parts of
a mixture of fusel-oil 1 part and kerosene
oil 4 parts. Slaked lime may be used in-
stead of the caustic soda, 15 parts of it
being intimately mixed with the powdered
bark before the water is added. The whole
mixture—bark, alkali, water, and oils—is
next thoroughly agitated in barrels for four
hours, then allowed to rest, and the oily

| layer drawn. off from the top. . This oil is

again agitated for five or ten minutes with
water acidulated with hydro-chloric or sul-
phuric acid, whereby the alkaloids are dis-
solved out from the oil. Separation is again

bark mixture, and agitated with it for two
or three hours; again drawn off and washed
as before in the same acidulated liquer.
This process is repeated a third or fourth
time, or until it is found by testing a small
quantity of the oil that the bark has been
thoroughly exhausted of its alkaloids. The
quantity of acid required to take up the
alkaloids from the oils depends, of course,
on the quality of bark operated on. If the
bark contains 4 per cent. of alkaloids, about
2 pounds of sulphuric acid mixed in 20
gallons of water is sufficient. The after
treatment of the acidulated solution of al-
kaloids is simple. The solution is first
neutralized with ammonia or soda and set
aside to crystallize. The crystals are col-

in about fifty times their weight of boiling
water, and filtered hot through a little an-
imal charcoal. On cooling after filtration,
the crystals again form and are separated
as before. from the mother-liquor by filtra-
tion. The crystalline mass obtained is then
placed in: small lumps on sheets of white
blotting.paper stretched on slabs of plaster
of Paris. By this means they are practi-
cally dried. They are afterward thoroughly
dried by being laid on blotting paper in a
room heated to about 10 degrees above the
temperature of the open air. The foregoing
presents the salient points of Mr. Gammie’s
process for the manufacture of ‘‘sulphate
of quinine.” The resulting product doubt-
less contains other alkaloids than quinine,
but in what proportion there is nothing to
indicate. , Wg
———
Crusade Against Proprietary Goods.

An attack on the perennial proprietary
medicine problem will be one of the inter-
esting features of the German Medical Con-
gress, to be held. soon. The committee in
charge of the matter intend to submit the
following propositions for consideration :
First, that the public announcement of
patent medicines, even when their composi-
tion is revealed, should notbe allowed; sec-
ond, that in outside pharmaceutical practice
stricter precautions against the sale of such
medicines should be taken; and, third, that
steps should be taken to restrict the whole-
sale trade in patent medicines.

The committee’s report will prove very
disappointing to the outside public, as no
reasons are assigned for restricting or pro-
hibiting the sale of proprietary (not patent)
medicines. No explanation is given of
their character, or why a wholesale condem-
nation is justified, but the jealous motive
has been made apparent by the previous
tirades of abuse heaped upon the innocent
manufacturers and dealers. Practitioners
are in a position to detect the evil or bene-
ficial effects from the use of medicine, and
they are not slow to take advantage of a

| discovery inimical to the interests of the

manufacturers, but it is very seldom that
they find it necessary to condemn a prepa-
ration from practical demonstration of its
baneful results when used, and this fact is
evidence that a great majority of the rem-
ecies are honestly made and carry out the
representations of the owners. It is well
to discriminate in the warfare against this
class of goods, and wipe out of existence
those barefaced swindles which not only
rob the afflicted but send the victims to an
early grave. Practitioners in the United
States have not shown any hostility for
some time, and many of them have been
known to recommend certain remedies to
their patients. Such a magnanimous spirit
ought to prevail among the doctors in Ger-

lack importance and have no bearing on the

trade.
ee a
Florida to Produce Opium.’
From the Medical Bulletin.

Florida promises to become a large pro-
ducer of opium. The POppy grows there
very readily, and larger than anywhere else
in the United States. Sixteen plants will
produce an ounce of opium, and an acre
should give a profit of a thousand dollars.

land on which are young and non-bearing
orange orchards can be utilized while the

be recognized, however,
like all plants containing
loids or highly complex compounds, tends
to exhaust the soil, and hence the present
proposed experiment of planting poppies
among immature orange trees will probably
fail. Either the oranges or the poppies will
be deficient in quality or in quantity.
ee
The Drug Market.

There are few changes to note this week.

Opium is steady.

firmer. Morphia has declined. Oil anise

that the poppy,

firm. Paris green is very scarce and it is
impossible to get small packages. The de-

camphor is a trifle lower.
oo.
If the Massachusetts workmen chose to
live as poorly, and in as humble houses, as

. |. the English workmen, they could save thir-

ty-five per cent. of their earnings, against
ent. of the Englishmen. The re-
port shows thatthe maximum wages paid
Massachusetts: labor is double that paid to

 

he supply of bark

effected, the oil being transferred -to the

lected on a cloth and drained, then dissolved R

many. The outcome of the agitation will | Th

As the plants will thrive among trees, the} Ged

trees are reaching maturity. The fact should Coni

numerous alka- | Cu

Quinine is a little Olive

is tending higher. Lycopodium is very |

mand for this article is very large. Gum Sassafras

i Women of Massachu- |
Setts receive over three times the wages paid |
[to their English sisters. =

: Pharmacopeia Unreliable.
The > se depp made against the United
States Pharmacopceia have been augmented
by an important communication ina leading
drug journal which points out. the errors in
that official publication relative to the spe-
ifie gravity and odor of bay oil.. A buyer
discovered that his purchases failed to yield
the result supposed to be standard, and the
seller being called upon for an explanation,
L why, a Jearned
armacopeia
by an adulterated.
ie at their'strange
Spi fon is confirmed
lat ‘the odor of bay oil}
is clove-like,” and by the specific gravity
giyen, which is said: to -Tepresent a greater
density than it is possible for bay'oil to at-

‘tain. The Pharmacopeia ¢émmittee’ un-

doubtedly worked upon a mixture of clove
and bay oils to reach thé unreliable results:
The investigation of this particular case is
a sad commentary on their ability to detect
adulterations, and the evident carelessness
with which the test was conducted, gives an
opportunity for well-deserved censure.

A very poor opinion of the Pharmacopeeia
is entertained in the appraisers’ department
of the New York Custom House, where
opium tests have to be made by other meth-
ods than the one described and recommend-

"| found it necess ssary to appeal to the Secretary 7.

of the Treasury for a rule of instructions, |
and a combination of two. outside Sses
‘having been found satisfactory, it has been
used exclusively ever since. ce :

It is alleged that. the compilers of the
Pharmacopceia did not deem it necessary to
solicit suggestions or consult !with eminent
authority outside of their select. circle,
hence no one is to blame for ‘the mistakes
except themselves. It is to be hoped that
the revision'in 1890,will baon a better and:
more reliable basis, ‘and ‘that the persons in.
charge of it will nog be gnided in their
movements by petty jJ@alousies; == =» | >

Detroit Drug Notes. |

W. R, Perry, the . popular. Woodward
avenue druggist, is visiting friends in Cleve-
land. os Beisa ; be cae
C. A. Poole, of “Fhird avenue, is.an offi-
cer in the State militia: and isat Camp
Luce, Mackinac:

The Detroit druggists were royally enter-

tained in Cleveland by the druggists of that
city. Places of interest were visited, they
were driven around the city in carriages
and everything possible was done to make
the visit a pleasant one. The Detroit’ men
showed their appreciation by beating them

 

ed as the standard. The drug examiners

at a game of ball by the score of 13 to 7.

 

 

 

 

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Advanced—Nothing.
Declined—Morphia P. & W., morphia N. Y.

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ACIDUM.
Aceticum ............
Benzoicum,Germav 8:0@1 .

Potass Nitras,
Potass Nitras.
Prussiate .....
Sulphate po...

BOPAacic ois es.
Carbolicum .......... 45@
Citricum .............
Hydrochlor ..........
Nitrocum ..... ......
Oxalicum ......... bas
Phosphorioum dil...

60@ Aconitum...
we 5 Althae ........
10@ Anchusa......

20 ae DO...
alamus.......
Salicylicum .......... 1 70@2 05
Sulphuricum........ . 1¥%@5_ | Gentiana, (po.
Tannicum............ 1 40@1 60
Tartaricum .......... 53
AMMONIA,
Aqua, 16 deg.........
we AS Gee. . on5c5'.
Carbonas.............
Chloridum ........:..
ANILINE
Bleek oe 2

5

1@ 6 Inula, po......
n@ u

Jalapa, pr.....
Maranta, \4s..

Podophyllum,
BNE oo,

BACCAE, — foe
Cubebae (po. 1 60.... Spigesia .......
pane oda :

Xant Senega........

Temnbin, Canada Scillae, (po. 35)
Poutan 58 a.
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian...,.
CASRIBG (56. sia ces
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp
Myrica Cerifera, po.
oe ee oie
uillaia, grd.........
ta Bird, 18........
Dhnus? 05. 2} Carui, (po. 18).
Ulmus Po(Ground 12) Cardamom ....
EXTRACTUM. Coriandrum...
Glycyrrhiza Glabra.. 24@

po...... 33@
Haematox, . Ib, pox.. ug
ss Soe

tidus, po.....

Zingiber B.....
“Zingiber j.’...

35 | Cydonium.....
enopodium

Foeniculum...

Carbonate Precip....
Citrate and Quinia...
Citrate Soluble.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut Chloride.... ..
Sulphate, com’]...... 1%
a pure.......
FLORA.
APNICR 2. oe so.
Anthemis............
Matricaria............
FOLIA,
Barosma.............
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nivelly. wpteteceseeee

Salvia officinalis, 48
8

RAD oo sce.
Sinapis, Albu.
a Nigra

aoe

Sseooge

Frumenti .:...

Juniperis Co..
Saacharum N.
a Vini Galli

ini Oporto...
Vini Alba.....

arriage

GUMMI.

Acacia, Ist picked... — peneees
ea ae Velvet Exira s

Sifted sorts.

tT)
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SS8S SE SRB BBE an

Extra Yellow s
carriage.....
Grass sheeps’
CArrlage.....
Hard for slate

re PO 2.226 sess.
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)..
“* Cape, (po. 20)...
** Socotri’, (po. 80)
Catechu, 1s, (%s8, 14
4¢8, 16)
Ammoniae ..........
Assafoetida, (po. 30).
Benzoinum ..........
Camphotae ..........
Euphorbium, po.....
Galbanum............
Gamboge, po.........
Guaiacum, (po. 45)...
Kino, (po. 25).........
Myrrh, (p08)
yrrn, (po.40).
1, (po. 4 40).
Shellac .. 26. ccs 2.5
bleached.....
Tragacanth ..........
HERBA—In ounce packages.
Absinthium ..........
Eupatorium .........
Lobelia ..............

Majorum ............
Mentha Piperita.....
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Zingiber.......
35@ Ipecac.........

@ erri Iod......

80@ :
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Prunus virg...

Aloes Byiceceses's
Arnica ........
Asafcetida....

Benzoin.......
et eaes

Tanacetum, V.......
y Sanguinaria ..

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MAGNESIA
Coline, Hee
arbonate, Pat......
Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@
Carbonate, Jennings 35@

Cantharides...

88

Cardamon Re Sot
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Castor ......
Catechu ....

OLEUM.
Absinthium..........
Amysgdalae, Dulc....

Amydalae, Amarae..7

gus

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Chenopodii .. eae
Cinnamonii..........
Citronella ..........'

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Gaultheria .. 35 <4...

Gossipii, Sanz
Hedeoma..... 2

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Limonis .....<.0......
Mentha Pipers.....
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M

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BROSECREE

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Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) .

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BSSERR

Tolutan........

Alum

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BSSTRE

POTASSIUM. |
BjiCarb......... cue be :
_Bichromate .......... 1
Brom. 82@

MIGO .... 0.2. ccece

Bismuth 8. N
Calcium Chior,

: Hs: 8, ]
Cantnarides

 

BBSENoses

RADIX.

Glychrrhiza, (pv.°15)
Hydrastis Canaden,

190. 8D) 2 koe: &
Hellebore, Alba, po.
Ipecac, po............
Tris plox (po. 20@22)..

0 Sanguinaria, (po. 25).
Serpentaria...,......

Smilax, Officinalis, - @

55 Symplocarpus, Foe-

Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @
e German..

SEMEN,
Anisum, (po. 20)......
Apium (graveleons), we

1 12
Cannabis Sativa..... 34@ 4%

Dipterix Odorate....1 75@1 $5

Foenugreek, po......

Phalaris Canarian...

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50
Frumenti, D. F.R..:.1.75@2 0c

Juniperis Co. O..T...1 75@L 75

SPONGES
Florida sheevs’ wool
c

wool carriage......
“wool

Yellow Reef. for slate
WSO 02525 3a.
SYRUPS.
Accacia........

Auranti Cortes.......
Smilax Officinalis....
os be Do.

TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis ~

and myrrh.....

Atrope belladonna. a

Barosma.......

Capsicum......

Hyoscyamus...
Iodine..... ie
Colorless......
| Ferri.Chi ‘ridum......

WING i

Camphorated..:
Deodor. ......
Auranti Cortex......
Khatany .......
BURGE i eA
Cassia Acutifol......

” + Co...
Serpentaria ......
Stromonium... ...

Valerian... ... g
Veratrum Veride....

' MISCELLANEOUS.

AXther, Spts Nit, 3 F..

Aither, Spts Nit, 1 F..
en

Alimen, ground, (p-
i, p
Antimoni et Potass T
Argue Mitvas, 37.”

mtr. Tas, 3....
Arsenicum...........
| Balm Gilead Bud.....

Russian, oe "

8@
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25@
Lb@

20@

25@ 30

weet 1b@ 2
A@

15)... 10@
. 16@

Capsici Fructus, af..
Capsici Fructus, ee
Capsici Fructus, B po
Caryophyllus, (po. 25) 2:
Carmine, No. 40......
Cera Alba, 8. & F,...
Cera Flava...........
Coceus 45. aks.
Cassia Fructus.......
Centraria ......,.....
Cetaceum............
Chloroform ..:....... 50@ 55
Chloroform, Squibbs @1l
Chloral Hyd Crst..... 1 50@1
Chondrus ............ 10@
Cinchonidine, P.& W 15@
Cinchonidine, Ger’an
Corks, list, dis. per
CONG
35| Creasotum...........
g| Creta, (bbl. 75).....
Creta prep...
Creta, precip.
Creta Rubra..........
Crocus ......: fees weaee
Cudbear. .20....3..25,
Cupri Sulph..........
Dextrine. =... 2.7.25.
Ether Suiph..........
Emery, all numbers.
Emery, po............
Ergota, (po.) 75.......
Flake TB os,
Gallas ae
Gambier 3 oo:
Gelatin, Coopor..;...
Gelatin, French....., 4 60
ent flint, 70&10 by box.
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9@ 15
13@ 25
23@ 26
@ 15
2@ 40
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Glue, Brown,........
Glue, White..........
Glycerina .......5.)..
2) Grana Paradisi......
‘Humulus.)... 230...
oe Chior. Mite. g
72 ydrarg or. Cor.

(5@1 00) Hydrarg Ox. Rubbed @ 9
1 2) Hydrarg Ammoniati. @1 10
Hydrarg Unguentum 45@ 55
@ 15| Hydrargyrum ....... @ 65
Ichthyocolla, Am....1 25@1 50
Indigo. 30 oo 2: 75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl....... 4 00@4 10
Iodoform ..:.3....... @5 15
85@1 00

Lupuline ............
Lycopodium.,,....,.; 55@ 60

; 80@ 85
@ 27%

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‘Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drargIod..,........
en oa Potass-Arsini-
Set Mladen «
Bpgnens, Sulph, (bbl
Mannia,S,F......:... 90@1 00
Morphia, S, P.& W. 2 25@2 50
Bore aee 8. N. Y.Q.

BO. COs cast. 8 2 15@2 40
Moschus Canton .. @ 40
Myristica, No.1...... 60@ 70
Nux Vomica, (po. 20) .@ lo
Os. Sepia........... - 2@ 29
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.

D. Co

Picis Lig, N. C.. % gal
doz

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SSB Bah 10@1 5
eat. 1 %5@
Bee ae 1

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Saas «2.2 20@2 50
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1 10 ess sete see cc ccece ’
Picis Liq., quarts....
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..
Pix Burgun..........
Plumbi Acet........; M4@ 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.1 10@1 20
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
@1 25
60@ 65

heeps’

use..

eoeccoes

P.D.Co., doz.... .
Pyrethrum, py.......
Quassiae............. 1p

uinia, S,P.& W.... 50@ 55

uinia, S, German... 48
Rubia Tinctorum.... 13
Saccharum Lactis py

laein ee: 3 40@3 50
Sanguis Draconis.... 40@ 50
Santonine............ @4 50
Sapog Wee. oe, 14
Sapo, M........ he

Bepe. G
Seidlitz Mixture.....
Sinapig. 2.265055. 2..

Sinapis, opt..........
a » Maccaboy, Do.

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a Snuff,- Scotch, Do.
WOC8. 2. oe ae
Soda Boras, (po 11)..10
Soda et Potoss Tart..
Soda Carb............
Soda, Bi-Carb........
Soda, Ash............
Soda Sulphas........
Spts. Ether Co.......
Spts. \ivreia Dom...
Spts, Myrcia Imp....
Spts Vini Rect. bbl.
MeO) oe. vce er
Less 5e.
Strychnia Crystal...
Suiphur,Subl ......
Sulphur, Roll........
Tamarinds...........
ferebenth Venice...
Theobromae.........
Vanilla foo 34.) 9 00@16
Zinci Sulph.......... %@

OILS.
Whale, winter........

Lard, extra...........
Lard, N

60
@2 50

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gal. cash ten days.
2%@ 3

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55
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Oiled ......
Neat’s Foot, winter
Strained........... as
Spi..ts Turpentine...

PAINTS Bbi

Red Venetian........1 2@3
Ochre, yellow Mars .1% 2@3
» yellow Ber...1% 2@3
Putty, commercial. ..24%4 2%@3.
Putty, strictly pure. .2% 3%@3
Vermilion prime Am- .
rican 13@16
[0@76.
16@17
B4@5%
54@3%
@70

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Vermilion, English..
Green, Peninsular...
Lead, red........... stor
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Whiting, white Span
Whiting, Gilders’....:
White, Paris Amer’n 1.10
Whiting, Paris Eng. .
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78 Congress St., West,
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Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I duly received the cage of
your “Best” Tonic and have since had a great
Many in this institution. I must say that the
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. Yoars truly,
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Midville, Geo., Feb. 24, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I think the “Tonic” a splendid
medicine for all forms of Dyspepsia and Indi-
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Very respectfully,
J. M. JOHNSON, M. D,

Yardley, Pa., March 18, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

DEAR Sirs—I have given your ‘‘Malt Tonic”
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ave used many of the so-called “Malt Ex-
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ELIAS WILDMAN, M. D.

Work-House Hospital,
Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN— As a matter of personal inter-
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’ Troy, New York, January 24, 1888,
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,,

DEAR Sirs—Your agent left me a sample of
your liquid extract, Malt, and as I use much
such in my practice, I thought to compare
your product with some from another house
I had on hand: and finding yours superior in
the great: essential, the palitable nutriant as
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx-
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the dispgnsing physician.

Yours truly,
E. JAY FISK, M. D.

East Genessee Street,
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I have used the “Best” Tonie
with most gratifying results in my case of
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ach; looking as though I had consumption,
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322 South Fifth Street,
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Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., ;

GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of
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Respectfully.
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New Orleans, La., April 6, 1888,

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have not all been bought at one place is no
fault of mine. I lay my diversified ex-
perience in purchasing and places of pur-
chase at the door of greedy and rapacious
dealers who have repeatedly insulted me by
demanding their money. This isa matter.
of which I shall speak first. It is a matter
of vital importance to a large and well-
assurted number of people who, like my-
self, have to live on food. Itisa niatter of
regret that so many of us have to live on
food, for if we could only form a ‘No Food
Trust”—a No Food Trust composed of
stern and determined men who would rather
any time live on free lunch than buy food—
we might bring down these cowardly and
rascally dealers who think they own the
earth. (Excuse the harsh language—I have
just been informed by my boy that Keating
has refused to fill my kerosene can on tick.)
‘ Alas, the matter stands otherwise—a “No
Trust F
very doors. Why did Christopher Colum-
\bus become the parent of his country if
this is the case? Why did Patrick Henry
declare with such force of truth Cohassett
- Exegia, Hydro Pathetia? But I stray
from the subject. The relation of money

to storekeeping is very strange. A man]

‘opens up a store. Any man can do this.
Any man can open a store, and open it
without money—if the night is dark
enough and he has the proper implements.
That’s one way. It is not a safe one; per-
haps I will not be stretching the matter if I
use a Jacksonian (Michigan) term (three
years) and say that it is not the safest.
(Hall preferred). You go toa wholesale
house, grocery or otherwise. You intro-
duce yourself as a prospective merchant and
“there you are, there you are !” With two
hundred daddy dollars you can buy a
twelve hundred dollar stock—and chattel
mortgage. Well, you open your store and
prepare for trade. Perhaps, like the letter
in the song, ‘it never comes,” perhaps it
does. Now, right here is where i wish to
show you where the average merchant
makes his mistake, from my standpeint.
He begins by selling at aclose profit. He
has studied (or should) my celebrated work
on “‘Pushed to the Wall, or, Small Margins,”
price twenty-five cents, for sale at all news
stands or will be sent post-paid on remit-
tance. (You may dock me the usual rate
of advertising for above). As I said, he
has prepared himself and begins business.
Now, then, I come along and begin to trade’
with him. I am of dignified appearance,
and by years of practical experience +...
just how to call attention to the delic®ies
in which a well-stocked store should
abound. For the sake of the few paltry
dollars—dross—that*I owe him, this mer-
chant insults me by asking for his money,
and may even go so far as to lose my trade
by refusing me credit. See wherein he
errs. The few dollars that I owe him are,
according to his theory and for the sake of
argument, already lost. Iam at times so
absent minded as to pay cash at places
where I run an account. Now, by refusing
me credit he loses the cash sales that I
might give him. Then, again, ona Satur-
day evening he loses the glittering adver-
tisement of my stepping up, redolent with
the odor of the bay rum of the barber shop
and dignified and refined in appearance, and
calmly ordering fancy fruit and groceries,
thereby impressing people that this man
caters to a fine trade. In the language of
Sam Beecher, ‘‘H’am H’i right, or h’am H’i
wrong ?”

Now, two out of ten grocery dealers re-
tire at the end of certain periods from
trade, rich but honest. The amount of fail-
ures (eight out of ten) are to be laid directly
at the door of the narrow-mindedness of
the dealer himself. Why insist on making
six to ten cents a pound. profit on sugar ?
"Themen who give the sugar away for cost
and pay freight sell the most goods, buy the
most ahd fail the oftenest, and their wines
are the richest. Why insist on the foolish
plan of not handling gift baking powder
and coffee? The men who do handle them
always have a nice array of fiy-specked
glassware to fill up the aching void of their
counter shelves. Why be ‘so niggardly as
to sell for cash only at small margins ? The
men who give credit, when they do fail,
always have heavy book accounts with
large profits to turn in as assets.

I might go on thus for a week, but as Hi
Robertson stands without the sanctuary
_- holding up two fingers, which is a new sign
he learned at Cincinnati this summer while
in attendance at the K. P. Tournament, I
must with regret close. This hot weather
makes me peculiarly attentive to signs.
«Zwei und nofoam.” Yours calmly,
se JESSE LANGE.

duction of the United States. _
‘cut mails in the

6,908,870 kegs of

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holding forth place and, seeking the re-|.

cent. of the

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pase in the pr nails |

duction of cut nal
to the. increase

nails are those
th cut nails. The

and steel) was only 393,482 kegs, or five per

e total production of nails. In
1885, the production of steel and combined
iron and steel nails was 1,823,127 kegs, or
tion. In 1886, the production of steel nails
alone was 2,968,989 kegs, or thirty-six per
cent. of the total production; and in 1887,
the quantity of steel nails produced exceed-
ed that of iron nails. 3

SOAPS!

They Please Everybody.

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SOAPS are conceded by all to be the best
soaps ever sold in Michigan.

Commendations are coming in daily. Send
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ids.

Grand Rapids Soap Cu
Millers, Attention

We are making a Middlings
Purifier and Flour Dresser that
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Each case contains a liberal assortment of
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HYDRAULIC COMPANY

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Are put up in all sizes, from 1 oz. to 1 gal. bottles.

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RAGS, RUBBERS, BONES & METALS

SWIFT'S

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Can be found at all times in full supply and at
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Cities and is Retailed by all First-Class Butchers.
The trade of all marketmen and meat dealere is
solicited. Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift
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a full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, and
the public may rest assured that in purchasing our
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WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

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