@RAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST. 15, 1888,

NO. 256.

 

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-

“turer, knowing fall well that it'is only arti-

~. eles 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 counterfeiter 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

eent cigar in Michigan. If you don’t be-

lieve it send us a trial order.
GEo. T. WARREN & Co.,
Flint, Mich.

FRED DLYALE & 60,

| MANU FACTURERS OF

Imperialand LaBelle

BAKING POWDERS

And a}l kinds of

Kxtracts and Flavorings

JOBBERS OF

TEAS, TOILET SOAPS,CIGARS
and GROCERS’ SUNDRIES.
Grand Rapids.

0 E BROWN
MICLING 00,

Merchant Millers,

Shippers and Dealers 1n

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Flouring Mill and Office,

Cor. Court St.and G.R. & I.B.R.

Grain Office,

No. 9 Canal Street,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

J. W. CONVERSE,
Proprietor.

O. E. BROWN,
Manager.

 

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THE GREAT

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76 Ottawa street,

JOHN E. MORE, Secretary.

 

 

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THROUGH FIRE.
Written for THE TRADESMAN. _

Far toward the northern portion of our
beautiful Peninsula, where the stately pines
still mingle their fragrant branches and
whisper together as they are moved by the

*| soft, evening breeze, untouched alike by the

rapacious ax of the lumberman and the fire-
king, in a pleasant opening of the forest
surrounding an inland lake, where limpid
waters reflect the brilliant green of the
trees which bend over it as if to view their
proud forms in its placid bosom, stood a
Stretched around the shore
of the lake for thé space of half a mile are
cottages whose pine exteriors, with a few
notable exceptions, show a dearth of paint
and an over-supply of weather. Among
the exceptions I have made are a rather
pretentious store building located on the
main street (or State road, as it was then
designated), and alittle cottage built in a
lot near by. Across a street, at the rear of
the store, was a neatly-built barn, and the
whole establishment betokened taste and
inclinations far above its wild surroundings.

On the corner directly beyond the store-
building, not over thirty feet distant, the pri-
meval forest began and stretched away for
miles, unbroken except as here and there,
widely scattered, a few hardy settlers had
set up their primitive habitations and
cleared a few acres, so plentifully dotted
with stumps as to almost make one believe
the owner thereof had: planted them, and
that the few agricultural products between
were the children of accident.

It will be interesting to us to get an in-
terior view of this north woods store. As
we enter the door at the right side (for the
building is double) we see, on our right, a
counter backed by shelves and supporting
two showcases, one filled with ribbons,
neckwear, etc., and the other stocked with
jewelry, which is devoted to dry goods and
notions. Still back of this, toward the
rear of the store, is another counter and lot
of shelves filled partly with dry goods and
partly with men’s clothing. Beyond all
this is a wooden desk with a screen built up
nearly to the ceiling, to which a bridge, or
lifting counter, gives entrance. On the op-
posite side, in front, are the groceries, and
back of these is the hardware, ete. The
large wood stove stands in an open place
opposite the desk, while ranged around this
is a row of shelves filled with lumbermen’s
clothing, Mackinaw shirts, red sashes, ete.

It is a lumberman’s supply store, where
everything needful to the wants of man-
kind, from a coffin to a hairpin, is kept in
stock.

James Sargent, the owner of this store,
was a man eminently fitted for such a trade.
Competent, at once, to determine the exact
value of a piece of flannel or strike the
right amount to boot ina horse trade, it
was very seldom that he made a deal but
that cash came to his side of the ledger.

Sargent was said to have love for but one
thing in the world except money, and this
was his only child, Retta. And when one
saw her, he wondered not that her father,
hard and flinty as he was, doted on her.

Retta had been given a good education
‘out in God’s country,” as the more civil-
ized parts of the State were called by the
villagers. Four years she attended a first-
class school for young ladies in one of the
large cities of the State, and when, at her
mother’s death, she was suddenly called
upon to drop her education and take up the
household cares of her father, she returned
to her native plaze as much a stranger to
the inhabitants as if she were born in a for-
eign land. Her own father- hardly knew
her, so much had polish and the added
grace of years lent to her already great
charms.

The girl very mind disliked to give up
her education and the refined society in
which she had mingled for the ruder sur-
roundings of her father’s home, but filial
duty went a great ways with Retta, and she
cheerfully went about her homely labor.

There was one source of regret, how-
ever, which Retta could not entirely stifle.
In her intercourse with the acquaintances
formed atschool, she had met and become
acquainted with a young man who was
reading law in the office of the father of
one of her best friends. Ernest Alston was
a perfect gentleman, handsome and light-
hearted, brave asalion and tender as a
woman—just the man to win the deepest
love of a true woman. He had one fault.
He was most absurdly poor. Retta was
ready and glad to forgive this in him, for,
she said, he was sure to gain riches as soon
as he began to practice, for he was pos-
sessed of such brilliant abilities. Women
in love are to apt to condone the most eg-

gregious faults in the object of their es- |

teem, and it was thus with Retta.

It was a case of love at first sight and, in
avery short time, Ernest. had written to
Retta’s father, requesting his sanction to
their engagement. Mr. Sargent, true to
his business instincts, first looked at the
matter from a financial point of view.

i attentions to Retta, a and

He|
soon learned, through correspondence, his
proposed son-in-law’s expectations and
| present resources, and,
and business-like way, notified the young

in a very terse

 

warned that young lady that persistence in
such a course would be most displeasing to
him and forbade her seeing Ernest or hold-
ing communication with him in any way.
This was very galling to Retta and more
exasperating to Ernest, but he was com-
pelled to yield obedience to her father’s
wishes, inasmuch as Retta fulfilled her
father’s commands to the letter of the law,
bidding Ernest a loving farewell and re-
fusing to see:him thereafter.

In vain did the distracted yeung man ad-
dress long, persuasive memorials to her,
filled to overflowing with his love, and
maintaining his ability to provide for her,
even should her father disown her. Retta
refused to open his letters, and when he
called to see her, one evening, absolutely
refused to be visible.

Ernest did not give up, however. His
was one of those natures that the greater
the obstacles in the way of his attaining
that which he sought, the more strong be-
came his determination to surmount them.
He gave up his attempts to see Retta or get
her to read his letters, and waited for events
to shape themselves more in his favor.

Retta left school and returned to her
father late in the fall. Business in the
store was unusually good the winter fol-
lowing. A large number of camps were
running within a short distance of the
town, and, as their supplies were neces-
sarily drawn from the nearest point, James
Sargent was enabled to add a larger amount
to his credit at the bank than ever before in
one season.

In consequence of the unusually profit-
able trade he had had, Sargent determined
to add largely to his already very complete
stock during the summer, and thereby get
closer prices than possible in the winter and
cheaper rates of freight, hoping to make a
still greater profit and yet sell as closely as
hitherto.

The result of this determination was,
that Sargent went to Grand Rapids in the
early summer and invested in nearly enough
stock to carry him through the winter, at
much better prices than he was able to get
the year previous. His purchases used up
all and more than he had cleared during the
winter, and he was compelled to draw
heavily on his reserve funds. But, going
on the principle of ‘‘Nothing risked, noth-
ing won,” he paid for his goods and ordered
them shipped.

lt was something of an undertaking to
dispose of all this surplus stock, but by dint
of crowding everything into the least possi-
ble compass, Sargent soon had very nearly
all his worldly possessions stowed away un-
der the two roofs of his double building.

Nearly every one remembers the very dry
summer of ’71—the year of the great Chi-
cago fire and numberless minor like casual-
ties—when almost the entire country was
scourged by the fire-fiend. The pine woods
of Northern Michigan were, and are still,
especially subject to a visitation from this
dreaded monster. In the fall, after a dry
period, the forest is filled with the most in-
flammable material. ‘ Dry cones and leaves,
pitch issuing in sticky streams from every

decayed branch and a soft, dust-like sub-'

stance, which collects on the foliage, makes
the woods one vast fire-trap, ready to spread
destruction to the unfortunate inhab-
itants at the least possible opportunity,
never stopping in its mad rush, devouring
forest and village alike in its horrid march.

Fires had been reported in almost every
direction around the little town wherein
was located James Sargent’s store, but, by
a series of fortunate winds, had not threat-
ened the place, and James Sargent, whose
mind had been sadly perturbed by the
menacing destruction, began to breathe a
little easier as he saw himself escape so
long. Buthis hopes were groundless. One
hot night, when the very air seemed on fire,
so smothering was its breath, and the
dense, choking pine smoke hung like a pall
of death over the little lake, a man came
riding in from the west, his horse covered
with foam and sweat, while, in some places,
its very hair had been singed and blackened
so close had been its contact with the fiery
element.

Riding on up the ghress, he sent a chill to
the heart of all by shouting, ‘Turn out,
you people. Get your valuables together
and build some sort of a raft and get to the
middle of the lake as fast as though the
devil were after you, and so heis! The
woods are on fire five miles back, and this
wind is sweeping it on like a race horse!”

By this time, all the inhabitants of the
little town were aroused, and the tired
horseman leaped from his steed and pre-
pared to assist in getting to a place of
safety.

James Sargent alone held back. He
could not abandon his all to the mercy of
the flames—no, not for his life. Retta, like
the rest, instantly began packing a few val-

uables, together with some food, and was.

soon ready for flight. When she called to
her father to come, he utterly refused.

‘No, Retta, my child,” he said, *‘you go
and save yourself; but all I’ve got in the

world is in this building, and I must. hd
‘and save it, if there’s a chance.”

Retta urged and pleaded, but Sargent w was

|  imezorable, and, she determined ~ face

with the rest.
| him, while I go and bring the doctor.”

 

almost sure death in its most terrible form,
rather than leave her father.

In his turn, he urged, and commanded her
to go, but she would not, and her father,
sooner than risk his property, risked his
child’s life by allowing her to remain.

Sargent set about saving his store in a
very cool and intelligent way. First the
wooden shutters were put up to each win-
dow, and then as much of the building as
possible was protected with wet blankets
taken from the store.

By this time the fire was plainly visible
in the woods, although yet a mile distant.

Beyond the dark outline of the trees and
their foliage, like a network of lace on
@ screen, the leaping, flashing, writhing
tongues of fire could be seen, winding their
lithe, sinuous bodies around the tall trunks
of the giants of the forest, Sapping their
life in awful eagerness.

As Retta and her father gazed, almost
spell-bound, on this seething display, second
only in grandeur to the destruction of the
world as portrayed by Dore’s graphie pen-
cil, a man came riding furiously along the
road toward them. Like the former rider,
he was totally unrecognizable from the ac-
cumulation of soot, smoke and dust on his
sweaty face.

“‘Aren’t you going to save yourselves by
going out into the lake ?” asked the man, in
surprise, as he noted the preparations for
defense made by Sargent and his daughter.

“No, sir. I shall stay right here, and
Save my property or burn with it,” and Sar-
gent’s face bespoke a grim determination to
do just as he said.

“‘Well, you’ve got pluck, and I admire it.
1 don’t value my own life very highly and I
will stay here and help you. But this
young lady—” and the stranger looked in-
quiringly at Retta as he spoke, betraying
an anxiety for her safety.

“I shall stay here, also,” replied the girl,
firmly. ‘‘My father risks his life to save
his property, and it is my duty to help.”

The stranger vast a glance of admiration
at the girl, but there was time for ne fur-
ther parley, if anything was to be done.

The two men went to work. It seemeda
hopeless undertaking, as the fire-fiend con-
tinued to advance with its scorching
tongues licking up everything in its path
as athirsty animal laps the water from a
brook.

Sargent got his horses out from the barn
and hastily harnessed them toa plow. The
Stranger held it while Sargent drove the
team, almost onarun, and four furrows
were cast on the outskirts of the open space
around the store. But, by this time, the
heat had become so great and the burning
brands were falling so rapidly around them,
that they were compelled to abandon this
undertaking and direct their attention to
the buildings.

Fortunately, there was a tank of water
between the two roofs of the building. The
stranger climbed to’the roof and, as often
as a brand caught, he hurled it away, in the
meantime keeping the roof as wet as the
awful heat would allow. The very air
which he breathed seemed to scorch his
lungs, and several times he staggered as
though falling, but recovered himself with
an effort, and stuck to his post.

In the meantime, Sargent and his daugh-
ter kept the fire at bay below. For hours it
seemed as if their combined efforts would
be unavailing. One after another the
buildings around them took fire and in an
instant were a mass of flames. Then would
follow a crash, as the roof fell in, a shower
of sparks went up, and all that remained
was a heap of smouldering ashes. Every-
thing was taken clean. It seemed as if the
very stones in the foundations burned, so
complete was the destruction. The cottage
and barn at the rear of the store were the last
to burn, and it was with the utmost difficulty
that the store was saved; but, at last, Sar-
gent had the satisfaction of seeing the fire
sweeping grandly through the forest be-
yond, while in the west, nothing remained
but a vast, blackened wilderness.

It was high time. The little army could
not have much longer withstood the awful
siege. As it was, they were in a condition
bordering on immediate. dissolution.

As the stranger quitted his: post and
stepped on the top rung of the ;ladder to
descend, his foot slipped and his hands, raw
and with the flesh burned off in large, red
spots, refused to hold his weight; and he
fell to the ground with a sickening crash.
Sargent and his daughter heard his fall and
at once ran to the spot. At first, they
thought that their brave rescuer had given
his life for them, but a faint pulsation of
his heart was perceptible, and they carried
him into the store and applied restoratives.
His face, which was as black as any negro,
was tenderly bathed by Retta. As his fea-
tures became recognizable, Retta started
back with a little cry, and would have fallen
but for her father’s assistance.

“Oh, he is dead !” she moaned, ‘‘and we
has given his life for us.”

“No, Retta, he isn’t dead.. Don’t be
frightened. Dr. Howe must be on the lake
You stay here and watch

Her father thought Retta’s sudden faint-

ness yaa Cease ay the oe tat he.

 

stranger was dead. And so it was, partly.
But the principal reason therefor was the
discovery that the stranger who had worked

‘So nobly to save her father’s property was _

Ernest Alston. Why he should be there at
such a time, Retta could not understand;
but there he lay, white and‘ deathly asa
corpse, which, indeed, she thought he was.

The doctor came at, last,? although it
seemed ages to Retta. After a careful ex-
amination of the young man, he pro-
nounced it a very bad case, but thought
that with the utmost care his life might be
Saved.

For days and weeks, Alston’s life hung
by a thread. Ketta watched over him, de-
nying herself rest 'and sleep. Her father
had asked the young man’s name, and had
understood him to say Ralston. He never,
for an instant, thought of the young man
as the former aspirant for his daughter’s
hand, and, therefore, was not aware of the
cause of her devotion, but credited it to her
naturally tender heart. To do Sargent jus-
tice, I must say that he acted in a most hu-
mane manner, for all of his hard nature,
and did everything in his power to save the
young man’s life.

Their efforts were, at ‘last, rewarded.
One day, when no one was present but
Retta, he opened his eyes, and spoke to her.
There was ascene, and, in spit» of the
doctor’s strict orders, the excitement threat-
ened to bring ona relapse; but love never
kills.

Retta said nothing to her father of this,
and Alston continued to improve. One
Sunday afternoon, Alston was sitting in a
big chair in the store. Retta was reading,
and Sargent was breaking the Sabbath by
looking through his books. Alston broke
the silence:

‘Mr. Sargent, about two years ago, a
young man won your daughter’s affections
and asked your consent to wed her. You
refused, because the young man was poor.
He is not much better off now, but he is.
emboldened to once more ask the favor-
which you then refused. Mr. Sargent, will.
you give me your daughter for a wife ?”

Sargent was speechless for a moment..
Then he spoke:

‘*Are you Ernest Alston ?”

The young man replied in the affirm-
ative. Then the old man did the handsome:
thing. Stepping over to where Alston was.
sitting, he extended his hand.

‘‘Alston, I beg your forgiveness. You
have saved all I possess in the world from
destruction, and now I gladly give you my
dearest treasure.”

As he spoke, he placed Retta’s hand in
Alston’s, and it has been said that the flinty
old man brushed away a suspicion of
moisture.

A few words will suffice to-explain Al-
ston’s presence at such a critical juncture.
He had determined to get a competence,
and, as he could do this sooner by accepting
an offer to speculate in a sure deal in some
pine lands, had invested a few hundred
dollars, which he had saved up, in this ven-
ture. The lands were located in. the same
county with Retta’s home and just beyond
where the fire had begun on that fatal night.
Alston was on the spot, preparing to locate
his camps, and, knowing the danger threat-

ening the little town, had ridden through
the flames to save his loved one. We
know the rest.

Alston is now a wealthy lumberman,
living in one of the larger northern cities,
Retta happy in her luxurious home, and
Sargent has lost, ina great measure, the
flinty qualities of former years, and looks
the benevolent grandfather to the life as he
tosses his six-months grandchild in his
arms. RELLUF.

Where “Mocha”? Comes From.
N. Y. Journal of Commerce.

Coffee drinkers (whatever may be their
favorite brand) are all interestedinthe fra-
grant berry sold under the name of **‘Mocha,”
Some may not know that the genuine Mocha
coffee comes only from the province of Ye-

men, a province of Arabia, north of the
Gulf of Aden, of which Mocha is the princi-
pal place,on the coast. No coffee is grown
in Mocha. We believe that something over
10,000 tons of coffee are annually exported
from Mocha, but no small partof it is not
the product of Yemen, but. is grown in the
East Indies and sent to Mocha, whence it is
reshipped either as received or mixed with
the Arabian product. Of the coffee sold
under the name of Mocha, both in England
and the United States, very little is grown
in Yemen. Some comes from the East
Indies, and other portions come from Africa,
and even from Brazil. <A British writer
declares that not a kernel of the best Mocha
coffee ever gets further west than Constan-
tinople. All the best grains are picked out
for use nearer home, and only the pale,
shriveled, and broken seeds are left to
reach any foreign shore.

PERFECTION SCALE

The Latest Improved and Best.

 

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back to Italy. Very many of these immi-

a5 |grants drift unavoidably into the pauper

class in this country when they find them-
‘selves deceived as to the opportunities for |

[the ‘employment _ of their unskilled labor.

 

 

 

 

__ WED EDNESD AY, AUGUST. 15. 1888.

 

"THE ‘FOURTH CONVENTION.

The third annual convention of the Mich-
-igan Business Men’s Association—the fourth
jn point of number—which was held at

- . Cheboygan last week, was a great improve-
ment over any previous gathering of the
kind andshowed, plainly and unmistakably,
' that the B. M. A. has come to stay.

The reports of local delegates exhibited a
wide range of effort and accomplishment.
While. they were not all as favorable as

~ could be desired, a large majority noted a
balance on the right side of the ledger—a
balance large enough to more than make up
for the isdlated failures occasionally re-
ported. ‘They showed, moreover, that the
history of the B. M. A. isa recital of acts
instead of a portrayal of ideas—an era of
practice instead of preaching.

The reports of officers and committees
evidenced careful preparation, modestly set-
ting forth the methods pursued in securing
the marked results obtained during the past
year. :

The discussions took on a wide scope and
foreshadowed important movements on the
part of business men. One entire session
was devoted to a discussion of the insurance
question, when it was decided to organize
a Business Men’s Fire Insurance Co. on

_ practicaily the same plans as.the Michigan
Millers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. This
means that the business men of the State
have grown weary of enduring the extor-
tions of the companies now doing the major
portions of the insurance business and pro-
pose to inaugurate the plan of
fighting fire with fire—of meeting
the insurance companies with a strongly
organized company of their own,
from the profits of which the dividends will
go into the pockets of the insurers, instead
of being distributed among the capitalists
of the East. This action is probably the
most important ene taken by the conven-
tion and cannot fail to redound to the bene-

- fit of every business man in the State.

It is to be regretted that more time could
not have been given to the discussion of the
present exemption laws, as there is pressing
necessity for some changes in the statute.
It is to be hoped that the Legislative Com-
mittee, into whose hands the admfrable
paper presented by W. S. Powers was
placed, will recognize the necessity of§mov-
ing in. the matter in time to get it before
the next Legislature.

It is also to be regretted that the subject
of the peddler was not reached in time to
give it a thorough overhauling, to the end
that needed changes in the present unjust
and ineffectual law might be inaugurated.
So pushed for time was the convention that
it is probable that three days will hereafter
be devoted to the annual conventions of the
Association, instead of two days’ time.

Taken as a whole, however, the amount
of good work crowded through by the con-
vention is little less than remarkable and
the report of the proceedings will long stand
as a monument to the thoughtfulness and
aggressiveness of Michigan business men.

As heretofore stated in these columns,
the complete stenographic report of the
convention will appear in an extra edition
of THE TRADESMAN, which will not be
sent to regular subscribers except where
especial requests to do so are received.

The manner in which the Cheboygan peo-
ple entertained the delegates to the con-
vention is praiseworthy beyond expression.

They did all that could be done for the
comfort and convenience of their visitors,
who parted with their newly-found friends

_ ‘with many pangs of regret. As entertainers,
. the business men of Cheboygan are peer-

less. _

s - WE MUST HAVE COMPETITION.

__ For years the wholesale and retail trade
of Grand Rapids have been compelled to-
pay from one to two cents per gallon more

_ for illuminating oil than: the jobbers and
retailers of other markets in the State. The

_ representatives of the Standard Oil Co. in|
... this territory defend their action in the
_ premises on the ground that the Standard

has competition at other cities, but none at.

Grand Rapids—that the high price of oil at
_ ‘this market is due to the fact that the staple

- 4s being sold at a loss elsewhere, rendering
” necessary the extortionate prices which have‘

“ ruled -here since. active competition was |-

aren ont. of the field. eee i

Faulty as this species of reasoning can-

_ not fail to appear to candid people, it is.
evident that: the only thing }3,

} Picks, 10-14-23-10-22—79.

1 0f | pencil giving ont.”
~ Jand, after seeing the ambulance take off the

 

In this way. it is found that neither the im-

: migrant nor the i come gains anything by
his coming.

a Savini Sasi elan it teh aedoceieneciniemeioce
The B..M. A. has come to stay.

Why the Detroits Feared Them.
It having been stated repeatedly that the

‘| Grand Rapids traveling men had accepted

fa challenge from the Detroit travelers to
play a match game of base ball, and it being
widely known that the Grand Rapids trav-
elers had sacrificed time, money and health
to duly prepare themselves to “‘mop the
earth” with the Detroits, and the aforesaid
game not yet having been played, owing to
the Detroit aggregation not materializing, I
have interviewed several of the G. R. T. M.
and find that at a recent ‘game played on the
Grand Rapids fair grounds a Detroit trav-
eler had, under disguise, witnessed the
game between the “Picked Nine” and the
“Scrubs” and reported the game at a meet-
ing of the D. “7, B. B. C., which accounts
for the non-appearance of the Detroits. As
I did not witness the game, I shall simply
give Dave Smith’s version thereof, which
will make it plain to everybody why the
Detroits refuse to play with the Grand Rap-
ids champions.

‘“‘The sun shone catin and clear,” said
Dave, ‘“‘when the umpire, arrayed in a
Powers’ Opera House suit of armor, sprang
hurriedly into the diamond and sang out,
‘Batter up—play ball.’ There were only
five innings played,” explained Dave, ‘‘and
then they called the game on account of
darkness. The Scrubs had won the ins,
and Joe Reed went to bat first. Joeisa
left-handed batter and, of course, standing
in position to bat, faced third base. The
first ball that came to him, he swiped right
in the neck and it went clear over the fence.
Well, Joe was rattled and started for third
base, then to second, then first, and by this
time everybody was yelling and he discoy-
ered his mistake and. started back, getting
safe on first in good shape before the ball
reached the diamond. The Scrubs made
six runs. The Picked Nine then went to
bat, and Harry McKelvy pitched for the
Serubs. The first ball hit Had. Beecher in
the region he generally steres his victuals in
and he laid down his bat and himself.
After everybody had come in and advised
him what to do for it, the umpire told him
that, under the rules, he could take a base.
He made a careful examination and finding
that third base was the best filled bag, he
took it under his apron and started for
home. The Picks made ten runs in this
inning.

‘In the second, the features were Bill
Edmunds’ stealing second, which was after-
ward found in his. hip pocket; A. B. Cole’s
cleverness in dodging balls thrown to first,
and Russ Ellis’ making a home run ona
foul that went back over the grand stand.
Serubs, 10; picks, 14.

‘In the third, with two men out, Sam
Morrison called the umpire a liar and the
game was called until Sam could pick the
bird shot out of his leg. It was then
agreed that the umpire should de disarmed
and only allowed to use his dirk-knife in
case of disputed judgments. Scrubs, 16;
Picks, 23.

‘‘The fourth inning opened up with Bill
Edwards to bat. Morrison tossed him an
easy ball, whick he hit for two bags, but
fell between second and third, raising such
a dust cloud that the game was ealled
until the umpire ceuld see.. In this inning
Hi. Robertson turned a complete somer-
sault and caught Pugh’s liner to center.
Geo. Seymour, with two-strikes, pounded
the leather for a home run, and: made the
basesin just twenty-two seconds. Scrubs,
19; Picks, 10.

“The fifth inning opened with prospects
bright in favor of the Scrubs tying, if not
winning, the game. With three men on
bases, a swift ball thrown to Charlie Falls
caused him to stoop down to tie his shoe,
and before the left fielder could pick up the
balls everybody scored. Van Leuven made
three runs in this inning. In the last half,
Cole fell on third, and some: miscreant hav-
ing placed a torpedo on this base, which
exploded as Cole sat on it, caused Cole to
retire to the dressing room. This accounts
for his standing up to his meals now.
Scrubs, 8; Picks, 22.

. SCORE—PICKs.
Sam Morrison, pp. - 5 . < manos -
Had. Beecher, 24 b.

* Total, -
SCORE—sonuss.

Bill Edmunds, Ast b. -
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Hil Robertson, ¢ . :
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Henry meee p.
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Serubs, 6-10-16-19- 8—59.

“This,” continued Dave, ‘‘is.a correct ac-
count of the. score, asI kept it myself.
The regular scorer quit on account of his
It was-a great game

yin: ,lam not surprised: that
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business at Cedar Springs. L: M. Clark &
Son furnished the stock.

Ema & Landauer have opened a bee j
ley block on South Division | '

store in the Ha
street. . Ball, Barnhart & Putman ee
the stock.

‘Vinkemulder & Borrendaine lave epee

their grocery store at 447 South Division |

street, Amos S. Musselman & Co. fur-

nished the stock. |

H. Eness has engaged | in the grocery bus-
infess at the corner of East Leonard and
Taylor streets. Ball, Barnhart & Putman
furnished the stock.

A. B. Johnson, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Lowell, has re-engaged
in the same business at that place. I. M.
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

Lemon, Hoops & Peters have purchased
the wholesale grocery stock of Arthur
Meigs & Co., who will discontinue the
wholesale business about September 1.

Paul Durfft has purchased the remnants
of the Oltman Bros.’ grocery stock and
added considerably thereto from the estab-
lishment of Amos S. Musselman & Co.

C. A. Wagner, who recently sold his gro-
cery stock at Fife Lake to E. F. Foster, has
re-engaged in the same business at that
place. I. M. Clark & Son furnished the
stock.

Bela Harrison, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Montague, has arranged
to engage in the same business at Menomi-
nee. Amos S. Musselman & Co. furnishes
the stock.

Wn. F. Bulkley has retired from the firm
of Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, on account of
ill health. R..G. Peters, the Manistee mil-
lionaire, has become a general partner in
the house, the new firm bearing the name
of Lemon, Hoops & Peters.

AROUND THE STATE.

Allen—Hill & Allen succeed T. H. Con-
drain general trade.

. Amble—S. W. Crandall succeeds Bale &
Crandall in general trade.

Bear Lake—T. Willard has sold his drug
stock to T. W. Richmond.

Bear Lake—John Collins has added a line
of groceries to his hardware stock.

Fennyille—F. A. Deming & Co. succeed
J. G. Lamoreaux in general trade.

Bannister—C. -L. Putt succeeds J. H.
McBride in the hardware business.

Lansing—Porter & Green succeed Adams
& Porter in the hardware business.

Plainwell—H. M. Stearns succeeds A. C.
Mason in the meat market business.

Greenville—G. G. Clark & Son’s grocery
has been closed on chattel.mortgage.

Unionville—Kramer Bros., general deal-
ers, have assigned to David E. Dozer.

Manistee—A. R. Cichy has opened a
grocery store at 133 Washington street.

Ludington—Denis Carroll has opened a
dry goods store on Washington avenue.

East Saginaw—The Hoyt Dry Goods Co.
expects to open for business about Sept. 1.

Clinton—Frank D. Laneaster succeeds
Frank D. Lancaster & Co. in the clothing
business.

’ Plainwell—T. G. Batchelder succeeds
Stearns & Batchelder in the meat market
business.

Charlevoix—A. J. Mudge & Co. have
sold their grocery stock to A. E.:Mason and
retired from business.

East Saginaw—Frank Hibbard, formerly
engaged in the drug business at Evart, has
purchased the ‘‘Red Lion” drug store. here
of F. H. Frazee.

Ludington—Wm. Meisenheimer has pur-
chased an interest in the grocery business
of N.C. Jenson. The new firm name is
Jenson & Meisenheimer.

‘Cheboygan—H. Chambers is reducing his
general stock as fast as possible with the
intention of removing the remainder to
Elsie about October 1, where he will engage
in business.

East Saginaw—J. R. Livingston, who
has been engaged in the dry goods business
here for about twenty-five years, has as-
signed to Willis Gilbert. It is understood.
that the liabilities do not exceed the assets,
the assignment being made for the - purpose
of winding up the business.

STRAY FACTS.
Detroit—Frost’s Lumber Works have been
assigned to J. T. Campbell.
' Saginaw—A.. J. Scott, lumberman, has

{| transferred all property to creditors.

Montague—M. Hendrie, of the - firm of
Wilson & Hondrie, machinists, is dead.
Big Rapids—Winchester & Daniels an-

{nounce their intention of removing their

headquarters: to - oe a within a
short time. .... ¢

Onekama—L. RB Hale, O. D. Stanley and
E. R. Dailey have established a banking
and real estate office and will carry on a
lumber commission business.
_ Clinton—The dry goods firm of McAdam
& Mensing dissolved by mutual conseut a
few days ago, Mensing claiming the-entire

| stoek. He putin new clerks, took an in-

ventory, ete. Onthe 7th, Deputy Sheriff
Teachout, of Adrian, closed the store on a

chattel mortgage given by McAdam to James.

Hogan and James Kehoe for $2,500. ;

_ MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
- Mugkegon—The Cheesman & Kelly Man-

: ufacturing Co. rani the Simmons Man-

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the ‘call 1 published in
ast. yeck, a meeting

of the traveling men was held at Sweet’s |

Hotel Sunday, when Secretary Seymour
abana the following communication:

. DETROIT, Aug. 6, 1888.
Geo. H. Beanon Grand Rapids :

~PeAR Sm—The ‘Detroit traveling men,

at a meeting last Saturday evening, fixed

August 25 as the day for the first game be- |:

oe the Grand Rapids and Detroit travel-
ers... We: appointed..committees necessary
to secure for our.Grand..Rapids.friends and
co-travelers a pleasant” time and hope. you
will‘ bring ‘all’ the boys with ‘you-on ‘that

‘day. ' 'Thos.- McLeod: and George L. Samp-

son are our committee of arrangements and
it might be well for you to let them. know

|how many of the Grand Rapids boys expect

e come down, as soon as you are able to
0 80.

As stated in our challenge, the players on
both sides are to be traveling men in present
active service only.

Hoping our date fixed will prove satis-
factory and that you will give us your date
for the return game-:as soon as you can and
will make it as soon after the 25th as possi-
ble; Iam Yours truly,

Louis MUSLINER,
Manager Detroit T. B. B. C.

On motion of Geo. F. Owen, the date set
for the first game was accepted.

On motion of A. B. Cole, a committee of
three was appointed to make arrangements
forrailway transportation. Chairman Mills
appointed as such committee Messrs. Geo.
F. Owen, B. F. Emery and Harry McKel-
vey, who will report ata meeting to be
held at Sweet’s Hotel on Sunday noon next.

On motion of Leo A. Caro, postal cards
were ordered printed and sent to every
traveler in the city, notifying him of the
meeting.

L. M. Mills presented a verbal invitation
from N. A. Barney,- of: Muskegon, tendering
the Grand: Rapids ‘travelers the use of - the
Occidental Hotel and a banquet; also an
excursion on Muskegon lake and Lake
Michigan. The generous offer was received
with thanks and Chairman Mills was in-
structed to prepare a suitable resolution,
setting forth the fact that the acceptance of
a previous invitation would prevent the
boys going to Muskegon this year.

Definite arrangements for the trip to De-
troit will not be completed until next Sun-
day, but it is thought that a special train
will be chartered to take the party to De-
troit on Friday evening, in order that the
match game may be played Saturday fore-
noon and an opportunity given to witness
the league game in the afternoon.

ee os
Gripsack Brigade.

W. H. Benedict, formerly with Bulkley,
Lemon & Hoops, is now on the road for L.
F. Swift & Co.

Louis Johannes Koster put in Sunday at
Petoskey and broke the record by calling on
seventeen young, ipdien, ane. finding them
all at home.. beh

J. L. Willett, P Solucity engaged in the
drug business at Flint, is now on the road
for Geo. T. Warren & Co., covering the
upper portion of the State.

Hi. Robertson has engaged to travel for
D. B. DeLand & Co., of Fairport, the en-
gagement to begin at the termination of his
present arrangement with Arthur Meigs
& Co.

Wm. B. Edmunds’ pleasant home on
Lyon street has been brightened by the ap-
pearance of a nine-pound boy, whose birth-
day will hereafter be celebrated on Au-
gust 12.

W. A. Mitchell, representing the Win-
field Manufacturing Co., of Warren, Ohio,
is in town for a few days, booking fall
orders for the Winfield can and the new
‘Good Enough” tubular lantern.

If you want a cigar on Valda Johnston,
ask him about the rabbit he tried to get to
jump down at Bangor the other day. Geo.
Remington will act as chaperone for any
inquisitive traveler who wishes to repeat

the experiment.
—_»>+ oa

Purely Personal.

Ralph Blocksma and wife rejoice over the
advent of an eleven-pound daughter.

Fred. H. Ball is expected home Saturday
from his trip to Nova Scotia.

C. L. Davis, of the firm of Bunting &
Davis, is spending ten days at Ottawa
Beach with his family.

O. W. Blain, formerly of this city, but

now a resident of Crystal Springs, Miss., is
in town for a few days.
- J. Westenberg, for the past year asso-
ciated with Mrs. C. Westenberg in the man-
agement of her grocery store on Third
street, was recently married to the lady.

Fred Clark, of the firm of I. M. Clark &
Son, started north -yesterday in company
with C. H. Bayley. His wife will join him
at Petoskey, when they will proceed to
Marquette by: water.

o> ___

The D., G. H. & M. Railway. will give an
excursion to Milwaukee on. Saturday via the
Otty of Milwaukee for $2.50 for the -round
trip, ‘tickets valid to return either on Sun-
day Or Monday. es :

——__ 9

Merchants should remember that the cele-
brated ‘‘Crescent,” ‘White Kose” and
‘‘Royal Patent” brands of flour are manu-
factured’ and sold only by the Voigt Mill-
ing Co. S

 

 

To Cross Bats Siiecud Time. ue

- | Owosso, Ang. 11, 1886)
EA. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Str—On Saturday, the 18th, the
Flint commercial men have a cordial invita-
tion from the Owosso boys to spend the day
in Owosso, socially, playing a game of base
ball in the afternoon for pastime. You are
cordially invited te be present and _partici-
pate'in the accidents and” festivities of the
oecasion. Yours oe
UR P, BicEnow. —

‘Adapted to the Wants of the Age.”
A life-long merehant. writes as follows
relative to the Tradesman Credit Coupon:
After. a careful examination of its merits,
I consider the ‘‘Tradesman Credit Coupon”
system not only adapted to the wants of the
age, but the nearest approachyet devised

toward banishing the pernicious practice of
retail credit.

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

 

Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

 

 

FOR SALE.

OR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK OF GOODS
and store building in a growing railway town sit-
uated in excellent farming region. Stock will inven-
tory about $5,000. Reason for selling, too much other
business. Will exchange for Grand Rapids property.
Address No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 262

OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY, DRY GOODS AND
Crockery stock, situated ina railway town, with
good line of customers. Stock will inventory ‘about
$2,000. Will take part cash and balance on time. Ad-
dress A. 8. Musselman & Co., Grand Rapids, 60

OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN FOR CASH OR PART
cash and terms easy, a circular mill now running
and in good order, located on a railroad in a section of
fine hard and soft timber. Capacity 10 to 14M per gay
Apply to No. 256, Michigan Tradesman.

OR SALE—DRUG FIXTURES AND SMALL aaa
of drugs. Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford. 258

OR SALE—OR EXCHANGE FOR STOCK IN TRADE,
Grain Elevator, ten carloads capacity; horse
power, large grounds; fine town on C. & G. T. railroad;
good wheat and produce market. Write for particu:
ae W. B. Tyler, care B. P. & D. A. Co., Grand eepiee:
ic.

OR SALE—A GOOD-PAYING DRUG STOCK = A

owing town. Nearest drug store is six miles.

Will invoice about $2,500. A big chance for a manof

push. Terms a etey. Best of reasons for wishing to sell.

Address ‘Pain Killer,” care Michigan Tradesman,
Grand Rapids.

OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD TRADE, LONG
or short lease of store. A bargain for some. one.
Must sell. Want to go South. Address Box 12, Grant
ville, Mich.

OR SALE—THE DRESS OF TYPE NOW TED SH

“The Tradesman”—600 pounds of brevier and 200

pounds of nonpareil. A good bargain will be given
purchaser. 206

OR SALE—FRUIT FARM OF 744 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 8. A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich. 208

WANTS.

ANTED— SITUATION AS HARDWARE CLERK.
Seven years’ experience. Best of references. H.
L. Williams, Ludington, Mich. 268

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. Start the 1st
ofthe month with the new system and you will never
regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent
by addressing (mentioning this hanery. J. H. Sutliff,
Albany, N. Y. 213
ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR
Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for
samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214

MISCELLANEOUS.

LEAN, NEAT LITTLE DRUG STOCK IN EAST SAGI-
naw, doing a cash business, for sale cheap if tak-
enatonce. Address No. 1809 Genesee street, East ae
naw.
HAVE SOME CHOICE GRAND RAPIDS aHD =
tate which I will exchange for stock of goods,
hardware or boots and shoes preferred. pve t Re
261, care Michigan Tradesman.
L 200 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING =
ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea-
sons’ for selling. Aidress Chas. Kynoch, St. Tenace,
Mic 228

WM. L. ELLIS & CO,

 

 

 

 

 

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Broker in CANNED GOODS.
Salt and Sea Fish.

B. F. EMERY, - Manager,

20 Lyon 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

POTATOES,

ve prompt personal attention to
the wus 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.

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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
166 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference
WELSENTHAL, Gross & MinuER, Bankers,

Chicago.

JSUDDYD co COO.,,
JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

Grand Rapids, August 7, 1888.

We beg leave to announce that the wholesale
grocery firm of Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops has this
day been cenowed by mutual consent.

WM. F. BULKLEY,
SAMUEL M. LEMON,
WM. H. HOOPS.

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We take pleasure in informing our friends and
patrons that the undersigned have this day formed
a co-partnership under the firm name of

— Lemon, Hoops & Peters,

(Successors to Bulkley, Lemon & Hoops, )

Continuing the Wholesale Grocery business at the
old stand.

All debts owing the old firm of Bulkley, Lemon
& Hoops are due and payable to Lemon, Hoops &
Peters, and all debts owing by the old firm will be
pa:d by LEMON, HOOPS & PETERS.

We hope to retain for the new firm the same
generous patronage, confidence and pleasant busi-
ness relations heretofore enjoyed by the old firm,
and to this end we pledge renewed and redoubled
exertions. - SAMUEL M. LEMON,

WM. H. HOOPS,
RICHARD G. PETERS.

 

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ville; also that the Gaylord B. M. A. has| 4208 A BAR SUNS.
ae see : a : For the money in the U. 8, itup 50inabox. Ask
eo CP hantraed war | thiliated with the State body. oe your dealer forthem. Manufactured only by H.C. Co :
Te OET write T nee:| At the.close of the State convention, at | JOBS = HEN ME otpa ge Grand Rapids. | No HC. Co... ec".
he = Some to many, yet | Cheboygan, a party of twenty-two took a Offer No. 171
. often comes a day when to know just| trip to Sault Ste. Marie.on.the steamer Soo | _ eet
| what _ isang at a certain time would a as follows: .& i ik Hamil-| _FREE—To Merchants Only: A
°*No busingss 1s. 60 small or unimportant| ton, 8. E. Wait, 64o; Hf. Stoole and wit eS Serena encnai eet OGL LLG hela, 40] Todee be Paka Ste ee | BL
/but that some. of its details will at times| Traverse City; C: G. Stone, Lowell; John | (H¥e pieces), in satin-lined plus case. aS “BARROWS: Mason's Solid Cast Steel.............. 80-0 list 50 | N
skip the a sche apie rts aglow a Hefferman, Adam Wagner, John Wagner, oe ee on W. Tansill & 5 : Blackemith eee Hand. .80 ¢ 40&10 NO Banna ee pce 4 60
is forgotten is oftimes that which one would} ille: Co., 55 State St. icago. ; Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3...... ee ae di wide pore evo: 18 and lighter. over 2 inc
‘|: wish to know about. Some firms keep a| ©®8tmanville; R. D. McNaughton, W. G. | 0» : wena g' a ot dce abe dae ‘wide not less than 2-10 extra. .
copy of every writing connected with their| Barnes, Coopersville; H. Colby, Rockford; | « - Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 Nil isis of 600 bs @ 7ENC.
: that at all ‘times they have at}M. H. Desky, Muskegon; E. J. Herrick, acres ona oes Tve 4%... cnet ‘In smaller quansities, ®@ 1...........2.,
- for any” wife and daughter, O. F. Conklin, Ay J. |’ Sorow Hock ont ie Bc ae No.1, Refined. evse eset
Brown and wife, L. :Winternitz, C. L.'
‘Lawton, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. A

incorrect. bills or
Screw Hook and Eye %. whe ceee ce occ ROE ee er ae ec cicwasceacecssecduccetwee
jollier party never journeyed to the historic:

 

| These prices are for cash buyers, who pay

promptly and buy in full packages. :
AUGERS AND BITS. _

Ives’, Old Style... 2.202. eieen ca «eB

N Fal a -

Si
ae SQUARES.
Steel and Iron...... ee se ase
Try and Bevels................. ee dis .
MANO oe ee dis
SHEET IRON.

~. Com, acest:

Pee ewes seca esrcsce

70&10
60

Sx Sasess

RESSSSS

thee e Interests -Suith rnes, bo so4's «4 -1850E10
oer Peep renee, 12, eaten,

> Estes : i ion x
"0. F, Conklin, Grand apias;

Nos, 10to 14.....

RR Ss

i.

Maydole & Co.’8.. <........:0. ess. ‘

Sg Kip’s 0
ae : " os 1b
ace ome ae Te iB

Co:
$3
3
3
3
3
8

BELLS. en

Hand ... 22... Rise er Oat Ache dis’ $ 60&10&10
Cow 70

 

i 6
on
“4

16
18

GONE so ooo Ul

POOL; Sargent. 6.0 i
BOLTS.

Stove...... fie eee cee

Carriage new list......0..........

Plow ..... Stings fase Craawe: wee tae

Sleigh Sho@v cc te. 2 ee. eee GS, dis

Wrought Barrel Bolts..............:.. dis

Cast Barrel Bolts....: aialnareie/ swieerisiaie dis

ce

‘The follo ai

erating under chal
: gan Baciness Men’

any items which in course of correspondence

are Dy lapse of time misunderstood, “Let 0} serem gokand Bye, ccc ccpet | Mast Balen ae

i oe, ee _| ters.are left uncopled by maoy Lech first” once tere oe A : u winact to di
: No. 1—Traverse City B. M.A. -: ~| because of the trouble occasioned by copy- Barn Door KidderMfg. Co. Wood track merican, a NGG }
cea Sin, Bose Beorstay ae Babe stl ing; second, because of the unim: portance of Chunepion. ante? mictho —— rack 60&10 | Steel, all kinds..............00°277°7 dis

50
0

Packing Boxes, Swedes, all kinds............

oe

President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, ee
._. .. No, 3—Stargis B. Bais
President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. ©
" 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.
5 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, J. H. Kelly.
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.
ae No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. penne
No, 13—Sherman B. M, A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Sec W. J. Austin.
No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M..A.
President, 8. A. Howey; Secretary, G..C. Havens.
No. 15—Boyne City BK. M.A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. —
No. 16—Sand Lake B. M.
“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, H. W. Parker; Secretary, 8. =
f No. 19—Ada B. M. A.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. =
No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A.
President, John F. Heat Sentetary, L. Acpnere.
No. 21—Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, a : —
No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.
Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, ~ Clarke.
"No. 23—Carson City B. M. A.
Ry 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 F.. M. A. tt
President. 5. B. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
No. 27—Dorr B. M. A.
President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
. 28—Cheboygan B..M. A
an S. Frost; Secretary, H.G. Dozer.

No. 29—Freeport B. M. A.
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Choesebrong™:
No. 30—Oceana B. M. A.

President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 5. Rough
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. a.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M.
President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—Charlevoix KB. M. A.
President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.

a0. King.

‘om.

President,

No. 34—Saranac KB. M.A. __
President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.
. No. 36—Ithaca B. M. A.
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, J ohn M. Everden.
No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A.
President, ‘Chas. ¥. Bock; Secretary, W. F. Baxter.
—_ No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
he “No. 39—Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, W. 8. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.
No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Chas. cone:
. 41—Breckenridge B. M.
pisaian re O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder.
No, 42—Fremont B. M. A.
President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun.
: No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. 7
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. 4%7—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'Malley.
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—Douglas B. M. A.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
é No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
Prasident, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.

| the letter in hand.

| other. Like many habits, use makes per-

‘kept and looked at after the original has

Boston.

‘The trouble or difficulty in copying let-
ters is’ more a lack vf | ‘ice. than any

fect, and the satisfaction, after receiving a
somewhat incoherent reply.to a former let- |
ter, if writing, ‘“By ours of such a date as
you will see,” etc., will often repay the
trouble of copying many more. The habit
of copying also tends to carefulness in writ-
ing and ‘leads the writer to write just what
is wanted and nothing more. Its influence
is to encourage in one’s self and also among
employees the thought that if what is writ-
ten is worth taking care of, then itis also
worth care in writing. It is an incentive to
systematic and improved methods in busi-
ness, while the very fact that it is to be

gone, will lead to accuracy and clearness of
statement. :

Unimportant letters are overlooked and
often not copied. Then the question comes
as to what letters are important, and it often
happens that.a letter is called unimportant
because the writer does not wish to stop to
copy it. ‘

Is not any letter which is worth writing,
in a business way, also worth copying?

The principle of a copied letter is that it
is always at hand as a witness. In case of
doubt the letter at hand will often settle a
disputed point at hand, that is: How often
do you wish that you knew just exactly
what you wrote a certain party at a certain
time? Does it not occasionally occur, that
to know just what you have agreed to do
would be of advantage to you? Is not this
question of copying your correspondence
one worth considering?

—————>_ a
Boston’s Big Shoe-Mending Shop.
From the Shoe and Leather Review. _

A Boston correspondent writes: Sucha
thing as a cobbler is scarcely to be found in
Outside of the shoe shops, the
business of mending worm foot coverings is
almost monopolized by a single establish-
ment, which occupies a dingy little base-
ment up an alley off Washington street.
To this place more than 40,000 people bring
their boots, etc., regularly, for repairs. The
work is done comparatively cheaply and
with a thoroughness unknown to the odd-
jobber, who, as a rule, is a more or less dis-
sipated person, incapable of earning his liv-
ing at the legitimate business. A six horse-
power engine supplies motive force to a doz-
en complicated machines, at which as many
men are incessantly engaged. Everything
is done on the division of labor principle.
Two.men.do nothing but sew.on half soles,
or “‘taps,” as they are called. One man
does the heeling; another prepares the shoes
for half-soles and heels, and so on through
the various rehabilitory processes. The
patches, though less profitable, require the
most science, and for this reason are ap-
plied by the proprietor of the concern him-
self. The number of patches put on every
year is enormous, and for this purpose
scraps left out in cutting uppers are bought
in great quantities from the manufacturers.

It is frequently asked, ‘*What becomes of
all the old shoes?” They fall eventually
into the hands of the rag-pickers and scay-
engers. Most of them are good for nothing
but fuel. Some few, however, are availa-
ble in one way or another. The old uppers
may be cut up for patches. The best go to
the second-hand dealers, who pay as high
as 25 cents a pair occasionally. These are
put through a precess which is technically
termed ‘‘translation”—that is to say, they
arémade over so as to look as nearly new as
possible—and are then sold for a dollar or
two. The trouble is that a pair of boots is
usually worn out by several persons in suc-
cession before it reaches the dust heap in a
condition of such advanced decrepitude as
to make what archeologists call ‘‘restora-
tion” altogether out of the question.

: ——— i
* A Smoker's Ingenuity.
“Talking about ingenuity,” said a drum-

city and a better time was never enjoyed by:
any band of business men.

The T. P. A. on the Mail Box Question.
warded the Postmaster General:

sideration by the Postoffice Department at
Washington of placing mail boxes at all
railway stations where towns or postoffices
are distant from the station, is thoroughly
practicable and of very
to the traveling public, and

of time and expedite the business of the
country, and also that it will be a great
convenience to commercial travelers; there-
fore be it

Travelers’ Protective Association, do heart-
ily endorse and urge the prompt adoption
of such a measure.

representative of the
Ress
ited  &
with a view to obtaining direct rail
connection between the city of Grand Rap-
ids and the village of Cheboygan; and

was warmly welcomed by the Board of
Trade of Grand Rapids and materially aided
and assisted in his enterprise by its mem-
bers; therefore be it

Cheboygan Business Men’s Association,
hereby tender to the Board of Trade of
Grand Rapids our thanks for the good feel-
ing shown and the assistance rendered to
our representative; and be it further

tions be published
TRADESMAN.

M. A. convened at Cheboygan last Tuesday
morning, continuing in session until nearly,
midnight of the day following. The day
following final adjournment the delegates
were taken in hand by the Cheboygan
B. M. A. and given an excursion to Bois
Blanc ‘Island in the forenoon, an excursion
to Mackinac Island in the afternoon anda
banquet at the Cheboygan city hall in the
evening. The names of the new officers
will be found under the official head. The
next annual convention will be held at
Muskegon.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

of our members in good standing, as re-
quested By you some time ago, in order to
send them a special of your valuable paper
containing a report of the Cheboygan con-
vention.
next State meeting at Muskegon.
whoop it up to the boys in grand style.

order from you a copy of THE TRADESMAN
for one year for use at our headquarters, so
we can always have one at hand for refer-
ence at our meetings.

from that part of the pineapple which is gen-
erally thrown aside a delicious drink may
be made sat a trifling cost.
comes the receipt:

ny
The- following resolution has been for-

WHEREAS, The matter now under con-

great convenience

WHEREAS, It will prove a great saving

Resolwed, That the Michigan Division,

A. F. PEAKE, Pres.

SHELF. BOXES.

ACRE PROPERTY

Burton Avenue and the new Un-
ion Boulevard, with ten-room
cottage, barn and greenhouse.|
Other parcels adjoining, 2 1-2 to
10 acres each. I will sell this
property at prices which will af-
ford a good profit to the pur-
chaser.

man Block.

Shipping Cases, ;
gg Crates, ete. :
¢ and 6 Erie St.,
GRAND EBAPIDS {.

SUAMVUd -ONAa

Five Acres at the corner of

H. E. THOMPSON.

Also enquire of E. J. HORTON, House-
Telephone 1.

 

L. M. Mints, Sece’y.
—_—_—__—__ 2a
_Thanks from the Cheboygan B. M. A.
WHEREAS, Mr. James F. Moloney as a
Cheboygan’ Busi-
Association, recently vis-
city of Grand Rapids,

Men’s
the

WHEREAS, Mr. Moloney reports that he

Resolved, That we, the members of the

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Pres.,

“<AuaynS

His

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7G er
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A. B. WATSON, Treas..
S. F. ASPINWALi, Secy.
CASH CAPITAL, $200,000.

 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolu--
in THE MICHIGAN
F. J. Frost, Pres.
H. G. Dozer, Sec’y.
—_—
The Cheboygan Convention.
The annual convention of the M. B.

CHAS. A. COYE

Horse and Wagon Covers,

73 CANAL ST., -

MANUFACTURER OF

Awnings and Tents,
Flags and Banners,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags, |
Wide Ducks, etc.

Telephone 106.
GRAND RAPIDS,

 

>_>
Muskegon Glad Over the Result.
MusKEGON, August 11, 1888.

DEAR Srr—Enclosed find list of names

Our boys diti well to secure the
We will

At the last meeting I was instructed to

Yours truly,
Wo. PEER, Sec’y.
————@9-2 ee ______

Use for Pineapple Peelings.
Housekeepers may be glad to learn that

From Cuba
Pare the pine very thin;

. J, DETTENTHALER

Salt Lake Fist

Packing and Warehouse,

GRAND RAPIDS,

WHOLESALE

AND OYSTERS.

Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis
Cast Square Spring....2......0....... dis
‘Cast C : i
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis
Wrought Square ...... 0.0.2... cece cece di
Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis
oe Bronze and Plated Knob '

Barber .. 220 eni te lo ho dis$ 40
BACHUB eos a ae ae dis 50&10
Spofford. 50
Am. B

Well, plain........
Well, swivel

Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed. .dis
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint.
Wrought Loose
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip.
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned. .dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, prey
DPOG oes ee euaes
Wrought Table:. 2.02)... dis
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis
Wrought Brass... .. 0... .0.0..0500.00.. dis
Blind, Clark's. 02.0060). dis
Blind, Parker's. 7.03) oe: dis 7%
Blind, Shepard’s...................... dis

Hivelie...... £.35) 03
Hiecks€.F.... 65020,
G.D

Mees

.Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list....50
Rim Fire, United States -di850
Central Fire: 2 dis25
Socket Firmer.... .............
Socket Framing... ....

Socket Corner.........

Socket Slicks.............
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.....
a Socket Firmers........

Curry, Lawrence’s.................... dis 40&10
Hotehkiss 2... ee dis

Brass; Racking’s.. 2.2... le. 83
Bibbs 2 culos og es
WROOR eae ae
BONNE ee ee
Planished, 14 9 on TOBIZE. oo a, Bb 33
OO geo eres es
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.................
‘Cold Rolled, 14x48. 0... o 0.
FROULOMS 20.
Morse’s Bit Stock................2... dis

Taper and Straight Shank............ dis
Morse’s Taper Shank................. dis

Com. 4 piece, 6 in......... Pec seek doz net $.75
Corrugated ...............! oe an dis20&103 &0
Adjustable. 7... es dis &10

Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00.
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00.

BG ery loos Toe. Es coc cess ...dis

SSSESESS

: dis  60&10
: dis 60&10
BRACES.

mee aes was Cis ca a ae dis
BE epee i wa ee a dis

BUCKETS.

net

Peewee ere cee r eras ecscccce

$ 3 50
400

BUTTS, CAST.

.dis
Pa di

tipped 8 60& 5

CAPS.

per m $65
60

35

60
CATRIDGES.

CHISELS.

...dis %70&10

...dis %0&10

..dis 40

.. dis 20

NC ee net
COMBS,

COCKS.
60
40&10
60
COPPER.
14x52, 14x56, 1 31
29
29
30
40

40
40

DRILLS

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS.
dis
dis

30
25

 

LEVELS. -
|| Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis

25 | Finishin;
60] A

dis 60&10
8 40

Kidder, wood track...................
HOLLOW WARE.

Pots Ses te gee ade deleicia cies sees cody te
Kettles ..........

SPIGGrR ce
Gray enameled..............00.0.0.... 2.

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.

Stamped Tin Ware....
Japanned Tin Ware..................... 2
Granite Iron Ware......................

25
HOES.
Grub Pe ee $11 00, dis 60
Grub 2 11 50, dis 60
Grup coe oc Bee 12 00, dis 60
KNOBS—NEW LIST.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... .....dis
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.....
Door, porcelain, trimmings.............
Drawer and Shutter, percelain......dis
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ...........
FICMAGHG 10505 dis

LOCKS—DOOR.

55
55
85

70
40&10
45

5 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list. oe

Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s
IBPANLORG Re oc dis
NORWAEES Sos cc ee dis

70
MATTOCKS.
AOZG Wy@o oe. oe ee. $16 00 dis 60
RUNG VO. ook he wgons oo sos sae $15 00 dis
lit a a $18 50 dis 20 & 10
MAULS. :
Sperry & Co.’r, Post, handled............ dis 50
MILLS.
Coffee, Parkers Co.’8............00.00000-, dis 40
Coffee, P.S.& W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleables ... dis 40
Coffee, Landers, Ferry &Olark’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.
Weto 00d. ee ® keg $2 05
Sd and 9d adv... kc. bon Pc 25
6d and %d adv....... DORE ee er Ren temas
4d and 6d adv...) os ccc eo
SO BUVENCO
dd fine advance... 0... cee cece cece cece
Clineh nails advo). 6-6 sees co
} 10d 8d 6d 4d
Size—inches f 3 2% 2 1%
a re $125 150 175 200
Steel Nails—2 10.
OILERS.

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10
Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50
Brass or Copper... 9-25.00. dis 50
Reel eo. oo. 6 per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s . 50&1
PLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......
Sciota Bench...............
Sandusky Too! Co.’s, fancy. . .dis 40@10
Bench, first3quality.......... ....-..dis @é60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... :dis20&10
PANS.
Bry AeCme. dis 50&10
Common, polished.................. . ..dis60&10
Dripping... -.. 2.62.3... Proee ceca Bb 6%
RIVETS.
Tron and- Tinned. ... 022.2. .... 0.6.5... dis 55
Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 50

...dis 40@10
dis @é60

50 | Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis
-...new list 1 :

5B | LX

0} Gate Hooks and Evyes............ dis

 

ev ecsececQs
Gimp and Lace............... dis
Cigar Box Nails...................... dis. -
Finishing Nails... dis
Common and Patent Brads.......... dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis

Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.......dis
Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis
TIN PLATES.

IC, 10x14, Charcoal................ 6 00@8
Ix, 10x14,Charcoal....................
IC, 12x12, Charcoal...................
IX, 12x12, Charcoal....................
IC, 14x20, Charcoal
IX, 14x20, Charcoal....................
IXX, 14x20, Charcoal............. ..0.0. i
IXXX, 14x20, Charcoal.................... 11 37
IXXXX, 14x20 Charcoal........... ........
. 20x28, Charcoal.................... 16 10
DC, 100 Plate Charcoal................. 710
DX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 9 10
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 11 10
D , 100 Plate Charcoal ................ 13 10
Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to

7 35 rates. ‘
Rooting, 4200/10 2 5 40
Roofing, 14x20, IX..............00000-0000.. 7 00
Rooting, 20x25, 16... 12 00
Roofing, 20x28; EX 0520. 15 00

TIN—LEADED.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.,.......... 6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne ne
IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne...........1

IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........_ 1

TRAPS.

Steel, Game. 02. re Rees 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s......... dis 365
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 60&10
Hotchkiss’ fs 655 Se ee 60&10
S. PB. SW. Mie. Cos... 2.52656 60&10
Mouse, chokér..005 703 18¢e 8 doz
Mouse, delusion................002.- $150 #doz

WIRE.

Bright Market. <2. <0 0.0205 3 es dis 6714.
Annealed Market......... . eee Sosa dis 7b&1lu+
Coppered Market...................000. dis 62%.
Extra Bailing... 06.8. dis 55.
Tinned Market..... ........ sates cee dis 62%.
Tinned Broom... ...... 02.2.2... Bb 09
Tinned Mattress... ..2../.200 02. ® bb 8
Coppered Spring Steel................. dis
Tinned Spring Steel.................... dis 40&16
Piain Fence). 20, oe é
Barbed Fence, galvanized.................<. 4 00

ss PAINE foo. 65 cage ee ee 3 25
Copper. 2.2028 20s new list net
Brass. < ....0 05.2. waded digo Cusco ook new list net

: WIRE GOODS. :
Brienne oo es dis 70&10&10
Serew, Byes... 2... dis 70&10&10
70&10&10

HOOKS oro ee a dis
70&10&10
WRENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
Coe’s Genuine..............2 Oe as dis 5Q.-
Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis 75
Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis 75&10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bird Cares... es 50»
Pumps; Cisterm.:.068. 22 dis
Screws, new list. ... 2... 2.0. cccccucecace 0&5.
Casters, Bed and Plate............. dis50&10&10.
Dampers, American ................... No 40:
Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods... %
Copper Bottoms........... :.. 22.2000. 30c-

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STANYON, SAMPSON & 60.,

Manutacturers and Jobbers of |

Men’s Furnishirg Goods.

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

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

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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

 

37 North Division Street.
Office, 117 Monroe St.,

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

if CANAL

Grand Rapids Seed Store, 40!

 

MICH.

WHoiPSs

ADDRESS

 

MOS §, MUSSELMAN & (0,

Wholesale Grocers,

21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA ST,

- GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH.

 

REEDER, PALMER & CO.

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.
STATE AGENYS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER C0.,

TELEPHONE

a@& Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich.,

President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
No. 538—Fife Lake B. M. A.
President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, E. C. Brower.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. 8. Swarts.
No. 60—South Boardman B, M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.

GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

WOONSOCK

NO. 998.

I and RHODE ISLAND RUBBERS

mer to a reporter, ‘‘I want to tell you what
I saw last winter out West. I wason a
train that was snowed in for three days.
‘The company sent us food, but they didn’t
send any cigars, and the train boy’s stock
was soon exhausted the first day.. In the

place these parings in an earthen vessel, a
crock or widemouthed pitcher, and cover
with a pint of water allowed to each medi-
um-sized pine; cover closely and put aside
in a moderately cool place for twenty-four
hours; then strain thoroughly and sweeten

 

 

 

 

 

Spel Enterprises Wanted,

No. 61—Hartford B. M.A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—KHast saginaw M. A.

G. W. Meyer;Secretary, Theo. Kadish.
No. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
; No, 64—Merrill B. M. A.
C. W. Robertson; Secretary; Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska.B. M. A.
President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom.
No. 66,-Lansing B. M. A.
President, Frank W6lls; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
No. 67—Watervliet. 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. 8. Willison.
No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
- President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W.8. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley B. M. A,
~ 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. ;
F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
“e No. 75—Tecumseh 5B. M.A.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.
President, 8. 8. McCamly ; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.

President,

President,

 

President, J.

 

 

—- OAK, MICH.—WANTS A FACTORY To
Bie ten hands five years. Bonus, $1,000, 266
CA\HEBOYGAN-—WANTS -WOOD MANUFACTOR-
Ope yak ranch to im; e the greatest ad-
es in the State, All-kinds of timber of the finest

in unlimited, quantities. “Come _and

lp you. AddressSec’yB.M.A.
roPpKI? ‘A TION—OFFERS BIG INDUCE-
location of a Roller Mill. .

 

we will.

in

express car we found and confiscated a box
of smoking tobacco, but there wasn’t a pipe
on the train. Among the passengers was a
Connecticut Yankee who was just dying
forasmoke. He got out in the snow and
looked around for a weed, or something of
that sort, which he might use in making a
pipe, but couldn’t find a thing. ‘I’m going
to have a pipe anyhow,’ he said. He took
a lead pencil, opened the wood, took out
lead, and placing the two strips together
again, wound them tightly with the tin foil
that came off the packages of smoking to-
bacco, making them air tight. Then he
took an apple, hollowed a bowl out of it,
stuck his lead pencil stem into it, and had
one of the nicest pipes you ever saw. If
you don’t believe it, make one for yourself

and try it.”
—__—__<—<»_2—<.—__

Hot Competitors.

to taste; cork tight in stone bottles.
about thirty-six hours the pineapple drink
can be opened, but this must be done care-
fully, as it has now acquired all the effer-
vescing properties of champagne.

ic and strengthener?”’ inquired a tired-look-
ing man stepping into a drug store.
been ridftng all night on the cars and I’ve
got to brace up for a day’s running around
the city.”

ducing a bottle of patent medicine, ‘‘there’s
nothing better than this—‘Dr.
Invigorator’—50 cents a bottle.”

man, with extreme disgust.
manufacturer of that stuff.” ..

In

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

 

—_— Oo
Knew it too Well.
‘*Have you something in the shape of a ton-

s ‘T’ve

‘Yes, sir,” said the clerk, briskly, pro-
McSlim’s

‘*Thunder!” exclaimed the jaded-looking
“IT am the

 

At the bar.

 

First man—‘‘Pll bet I’ve got the warmest:
name of any man in this crowd.”
‘Two strangers take the bet and ask:
**What is it?” °
First man—‘‘My name is Hott.”
First stranger (producing card)—‘‘My
name is C. A. Hotter.’ -
Second stranger’ (producing card)—
“Shentlemens, I’m from Sharmony, and
mein Game vas Oscar Hell.”
_A keg is tapped.

The Two Causes of Failure.
From Tobacco, Se =

If a careful study be made of the failures et .

in the retail tobacco trade that have occur-
red during the past ten years, it will be seen |

for dry stock, measured merchantable, mi..
culls out; .
Basswood, log-run...
Birch, log-run......
Birch, Nos. land 2
—— aes log-run
erry, log-run...
Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2

‘  HAEDWOOD LUMBER.
The furniture factories here pay as follows

eee ce oe as ae
4% sawed, 8in and upw’d..40.
nk. regular..... ic cca)
No. 1,step plank....,.....

Seeege

ALFRED J. BROWN,|

FOREIGN,

RUI

-—JOBBER IN——

TROPICAL
AND :
CALIFORNIA

Write for Fall Prices and
Discounts

G. R. MAYHEW,

GrandiRapids, Mich.

Boston and Lawrence
Felt and Knit Boots,

 

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Prépared ready for use.

NEAL’S CARRIACE PAINTS

Re-paint your old buggy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR. Eight beautiful shades.
They dry hard in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss.

They are

the ORIGINAL, all others are IMITATIONS. More of our brand sold than all the other brands on the market.

GRANITE FLOOR PAINTS

The Great Invention. Six Handsome Shades. Ready for use. DRY HARD OVER NIGHT, and are very
durable. Give them a trial, and you wiil be convinced that it does not pay to mix the paint yourself.

e
that the greater number of them were large- ¥
ly due ta two things: One, the large growth
of credit and the the sndadloue epee Ww
king with a quantity of | Grey |
ot compelled to

ae

UE, JOR-FUN 6. os eet ec ese cane
Nos. Fand 2..............-..

‘Bananas, Our Specialty.
x6 and 18 No. Division St.

IGRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

ACME WHITE LEAD & COLOR WORKS
: DETROIT, :

Dry Color Makers, Paint and Varnish Manufacturers. »
CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT JO YOUR DFALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZE.

hite As! Aogerun......... cee 14
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-ture—more so recently on account of hay-
_ ing lost numerous small bets on the Chicago
ase ball club, in whose success he is as
firm a believer as a Mahommedan is of the
~ geven heavens. The tall passenger, the
man with specs on, the fat man and a large,
full-bearded man, whose general appear-
ance did not inspire faith in his supporting
- Fisk and Brookes, cautiously made a flank
movement on the cigar case and, possessing
- themselves of their booty, skillfully re-
treated to the wooden bench under the
trees in front of the hotel, where the tall
passenger, who is abnormally inquisitive,
asked the bald-headed man if his rich In-
_ dian uncle had died, leaving him his for-
tune, or whether he had ‘‘called the turn on
the short end of the base ball pool.” .
‘sNo, neither,” returned the bald-headed
man, carefully dropping the ash from his
cigar inte a tin tobacco box, which ash he
uses as tooth polish; ‘‘I had a streak of
luck, that’s all, and wanted you fellows to
- realize what a good ten-cent smoke really
is. Itis like this: I have been brought up
to strictly honest motives and always de-
test feeling that I have taken an unfair ad-
vantage of any one. I hate to be beat out
of anything, as 1 was the time I inadver-
tently gave a newsboy a five-dollar gold-
piece fora penny. The little scamp never
told me of my mistake and probably took
. his chums to the show that night at my ex-
pense. This morning I had a check to cash
and went tothe bank with it. The teller
handed me the money, after counting it
twice, and as { counted it with him, as I
‘supposed, I simply tucked itinto my pocket
‘and left the bank. I went into a store to
make a purchase, and on handing out a bill
found there were two stuck together. I at
once counted the money over and found I
had received $20 too much. Not wishing
~ to take an unfair advantage of the bank, I
swent back there, a half-hour having elapsed,
and going to the paying teller, said to him:
‘* ‘J cashed a check here a while ago.’
“Did you?’ he asked, looking at me
suspiciously.
***Yes, and I find there has been a mis-
‘take made.’
‘Ah? he replied, with a ‘I thought so’
look on his face. ‘You should have called
attention to the error while in the bank.
We never rectify mistakes of any kind.’
***All right,’ I said, and left him. It
‘made me so durned hot to think of his
‘treating me like that, that I just—say,
boys, come, have another cigar on the
bank.”

After they had resumed their seats, the
tall’passenger said that he was reminded
of an adventure he once had with a bank,
and proceeded as follows:

‘I had two checks, one for $19.10 and
the other for $23.90, making a total of $43.
This and two silver dollars was all the
the money Ihad. Not wishing to receive
any silver, I handed the checks and my two
silver dollars through the window, and the
cashier, who, by the way, is deaf and dumb,
wrote the amount of the checks down on a
bit of waste paper and handed me two
$20 bills and took a silver dollar from a
pile and laid it beside my own: two dollars

_ and shoved the silver to me. I shook my
head and marked down on a deposit blank
‘forty-five.’ He picked up his piece of
paper, figured again, showed it to me—

$19.10
23.90

$48.00
then pointed to the two twenties and the
_ three silver dollars. 1 wrote down, ‘I gave
you two of those dollars myself.’ He
shook his head violently and pointed to the

pile of dollars, went through the motions |-

he had made in handing me the money, as
much as to say that he had taken all from
his side of the cage. Seeing at once the
hopelessness of a. debate with a deaf and
dumb man on such a question, where he
mad the advantage of a stranger, I wrote
«down, ‘When you check your cash to-night
you will find yourself ahead $2; please re-

anit to So and so, at such a place, and

~Oblige.’ He smiled kind of superciliously,
and iieft. Well, when I got home, I had
 weally forgotten the affair, until my wife

danded me my mail, among which I found:

a letter from this cashier, saying that on
~ October 25 his cash-had checked correct, but.
fhe inclosed draft for $1, which he hoped
would be satisfactory. Well, I was hot—
_ weal red-headed. J had certainly not asked
- forcharity from him, and if his cash was

» eorrect, why send me any money at all?

- Well, I wrote to him, returning the draft
- for $1 and told him that from his sending
‘me $1, when according to his story nothing
_swas-due me, it was obvious that there was
something wrong. That I, knowing my
cash was not correct on that date, and feel-

s convinced he bad made a mistake, de- |

asked the fat man. °

that could. come, with-
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hoice Chisago Dressed Ba

MUTTON |

-Qan be found at all times in full supply and at .
_ popular prices at the branch houses in all the larger
Cities and is Retailed by all First-Olass Butchers.

The trade of all marketmen and meat dealere is
solicited. Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift
& OCo., located at Grand Rapids, always has on hand
@ full supply of our Beef, Mutten and Provisions, and
the public may rest assured that in purchasing our
meats from dealers they will always receive the best.

Swift and Company,
" Dion Stock Yards, - CHICAGO, ILL.

 

M.GLARK & SON,

—— THE——_-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TN 4

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MICHIGAN

 

P, STEKETEE & SONS,

JOBBERS IN

DRY GOODS,

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

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

American and SarkeA Bags 1A Opeclally,

 

W. Streets Pacxone & Provision Co,

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
5 barrels, 50 pound fcans, 20 pound cans, 3, 5 and ro pound
pails.

Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc.

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

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

Write us for prices.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

AUT
An ARK

AT LAST.

LARGE DEMAND FOR

HIN GOODS

Of all kinds.

I offer a good quality salable
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,

LG. LAV

34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Canal St.

 

 

 

 

DETROIT SOAP CO,

DHTROIT. at ie MIOE..

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

SOAPS!

-MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN,
SUPERIOR, CZAR,
MONDAY, PHCENIX, * WABASH, CAMEO,

-AND OTHERS, For quotations address :

W. G. HAWKINS, coc sorts, GRAND RAPIDS.

DO YOU WaNnNT A

QUEEN ANNE,
TRUE BLUE,

ROYAL BAR,
MASCOTTE,

 

 

 

PUTNAM & BROOKS,

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

CANDY

And Heavy Jobbers In >

Oranges, Lemons,
BANANAS, NUTS,

Dates, Figs, Gitrons, Prunells, Bte,

PRICES QUOTED AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

17 Sou inde Seo, ERAN) RAPIDS.

\

- '‘TEHHO. B. GOOSSEN,

" WHOLESALE ©

\PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT

Dealer in STOVEWOOD and Jobber of FOREIGN, TROPICAL and
CALIFORNIA FRUITS. pa

33 Ottawa Street, ‘ = GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples in Car Lots solicited. Consignments
solicited. Sele Agent for MOLINE CHEESE, :

THE GENUINE ANTI-WASHBOARD

 

Saves Rubbing, therefore saves Labor & Wear

Cheapinitself it more than saves its cost in sav-
ing of the clothes. This Soap may beused in
any way and for any purpose that any other

soap is used and excels all. YOU willsecure

COMFORT and make money by its use. Try

it once and if the claims made for it are not true don’t

use it again. If they are true you ought and want to
know it. Your grocer will get it if he hasn’t it.

HESTER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

ATLAS ions 40)

 

Send for ¢
Catalogue
and

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.» U. &- A. 5 $n ee
at a ee .

MANUFACTURERS OF

 

Caszy Engines and Boilers in Stock §
ees - for immediate delivery. i : 3
Planers, Matchers, Moulders and ail kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,
Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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.

Write for Prices.

 

Unequaled Quality. Improved Roasting Process,
Patent Preservative Packages,

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

H BROTHERS, Proprietors, © - PITTSBURGH, Pera

 

<- BARLOW B ROS.

ONGEST.
IN SNe Selo

— .
Deh ar Aye ae
EVER MADE Saas RAG nine an

CURTISS & CO,,

Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.

WHOLESALE

PAPER WARKWUUSE,

Honseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts,,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

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Why is it that people who have a ‘‘think-
y" don’t oftener stop and think whether
they are not invading the rights: of others,:

‘in many of their little, every-day transac-
tions, without really intending any offen-
- siveness, impertinence or aggression? _Why.
is itthat they don’t oftener pause on the
threshold of some expression that is cal-
~ culated to wound or disgust, or some action
that may incite enmity or contempt, and
_ ask themselves if they are not on the point

“5 of making themselves obnoxious or ridicu-
5 x Yous? Among the things which go to make
. life enjoyable, or, at least, liveable, its ma-

-_ jor-and important affairs are in a very small

_ . proportion as compared with its minor.and
insignificant ones, and those individuals
who, perhaps unconsciously to themselves,
are continually irritating and exasperating
those with whom they come into contact by
ill-judged language, or offensive actions,

. are an important factor in confirming a
¢ great many people in the belief that ‘‘all is
"” -yanity and vexation of spirit.”

ee * oe * *

You are dealing, let us say, for example,

in the article of paint. After much exper-
dence, and many disappointments, you have
succeeded in finding a brand that satisfies

- youand your. customers, both as regards
price and quality, and you know, toa moral

 

dry disgruntled custo

1. A gentleman once » related fo mea little
-aneedote illustrating the subject spoken of. | inaw city

One busy day, a number of the customers
of a banking institution were awaiting their
turn at the cashier’s window, when a lady
came in, whereupon.all of the male bipeds

respectfully and politely stepped aside and

gave her immediate audience with the offi-
cial, with whom she was evidently acquaint-
ed.
‘Good morning, Mr. F—, lovely morn-
ing, isn’t it?” said the lady, sweetly.

“Fine, indeed, Mrs. B—; something I
can do for you?” asked the busy cashier.

“Yes, there was something I wanted
here, but, I declare, I’ve forgotten what!
Were you and Mrs. F. out to the concert
last night? Yes! I should. have liked to
have gone so, but I was laid up with one of

my distressing headaches. Dr. /Scott says | Mail
that—”

‘*What did you say I could do for you?”
interrupted the bank man, a little impa-
tientl y.

‘*Let’s see, it must be on my tablets!
Price of lace at Grant’s; to match silk at
Osgood’s; to call on Mrs. D—;” and the
lady continued to run down a long list un-
til the bottom memoranda was reached.

‘Well, I declare! I didn’t put it down af- | $:

ter all! Oh, nowIdo rememberl It was
to get a two-dollar-and-a-half gold piece

i an Trains daily except Sunday.

Grand Rapids @ Indiana. |

GOING NORTE.

 

 

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; ™m. a8 r car to M aw Ee
11:30, m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack-

w s Pe
<. 10:30 p. m, train has’ sleeping cars for Petoskey and |
ww City. ‘

Mackina 5
; GOING SOUTH.

Cincinnati Express................ 6:30am
Fort Wayne TOSS... ceiscccescsss 10:30am 11:45am
Cincinnati Express ; 4 4:40pm ‘6:00 p m
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:40 pm

7:15am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati.

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

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

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Leave. Arrive.

 

BADD WN, 550). Sigs ak pscnice es casaien <u'nsiigs cas se eeue 745 pm
Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Michigan Central.
Grand Rapids Division.
. DEPART.

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Day Express

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Grand Rapids Express.............scscesseecses 10:15 p m
MUSROO oe tess asics ssaWssin cue cates csaieuneae 5:30 pm

*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. Norkgis, Gen’! Agent.

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Kalamazoo Division.
Arrive.

2 4
pm
6:10
4:55
3:52
2:25

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PaREING » HES

(Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & C0,

BOOTS AND SHOES.

AGENTS FOR THE

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

Exclusive Agents for

The Labrador
Refrigerator.
White Mountain
Freezer.
Dangler Gasoline
Stove.
Crown Jewell
Gasoline Stove.
Summer Queen
Oil Stove.

 

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LOtMOledO sis sas. ae 11:25 10:00

= certainty, that no competitor, with honest

ie changed, for fear I’d pass it for a penny, as
“~? goods, ean undersell you. One day, you no-

I did one last winter. Yes. here it is. Oh,

-_

tice that Satinet, the clothing man, whom
you have. always liberally patronized, is
painting his big house. Yow naturally won-
der whose goods he is using, and naturally
regret that you didn’t furnish the material,
but you philosophically reflect that Satinet
has a perfect right to use what he pleases,
and you discard the ‘subject without the re-
motest animosity or feeling against him.
But Satinet drops in some evening. He
is evidently afraid that he’ll lose your cus-
tom, apd thinks himself obliged to explain,
when no explanation is needed. He re-
marks:
“I'd like te have bought my paint of you,

®) Hodenpyl, but I’m ’fraid you don’t keep as

- good an article as Slathers. Slathers says
your brand is a second grade one, and I
wanted the best I could find. Tell you
what, Hodenpyl, *twould pay you, in the
end, to keep No. 1 goods and geta No. 1
price for ’em. Now there’s Slosson and
Slinger; they’re good customers of yours,
and you missed their jobs, too. I got ’em
together, and by taking the three lots 1
made Slathers cut his price almost down to
your figures.”

From a matter of simple regiet at the lass
of Satinet’s job, his ‘‘explanation” leaves
you disgusted and exasperated—disgusted
at his preferring Slather’s word to your
_. Own, and exasperated at his inducing other

}

FF) customers to leave you. And the Satinets

of various grades are unpleasantly numer-

ous,
3 ae * * * * * *

‘There are many people whose language
is never, in the remotest degree, irritating,
yet whe, unconsciously to themselves,
‘come to be regarded as human gnats. You
Sympathize with the man afflicted with lung

@ troubles, but his expectorations on your

floor are terribly distasteful to you. You
‘ear with the owner of the ancient clay
pipe, but under a mental protest. It annoys
‘you to have the party reclining on your
‘counter, but you don’t let him know it.
‘You are in-eonstant fear of the fellow’s el-
bows whois leaning on your show case,
but he’s too good a customer to-be caution-

ged; and yeu can call to mind a multiplicity

“Of petty annoyances, of a like nature, that
daily beset you, and whieh you know will
continue with you'in seme ferm or other
during life—unless you should conclude to
go into the hermit business, or hold your
converse with mankind, like the ancient
saint, from the top of a high tower.
' But while you are letting these petty an-
‘  Doyances keep your nervous system in more
, -™/.or Jess commotion, would it not be well to
‘occasionally investigate yourself, and to oc-
‘easionally ask yourself if your language and
-actions are not, at times, of such a nature
‘that you, unconsciously to yourself, can be
reasonably catalogued among those you

+. have condemned? A little investigation of
| 4xXhe mote and beam question, once ina

while, would, perhaps, do none of us any
injury. ae Se
* * * x7 & * *

_ After an exceptionally dull and depress-

ee . ing week, you strike a very busy day. Your

help is limited and you are consequently
‘@fy‘roshed.” By an unfortunate coincidence,

c "’ Mrs, Vantassel selects this day for pricing

"your goods and determining what she may
possibly select sometime in the future.
Mrs. V. isa very estimable lady, who re-
sides within afew rods of your place of
business. During any of the preceding five
" days, you would have experienced genuine
satisfaction in placing an hour or two at her

- phowing her your stock in the|,

interested her, and assisting her to |

 

dowt give me that horrid silver; give it to
me in two clean, new bills, that’s a dear,
good man! What, no bills of that denomi-
nation? Well, if that isn’tsingular! Why
don’t they print some, Mr. F—?”

**I really don’t know, but I'll write in to
the Secretary of the Treasury and inquire,
in the morning.”

‘Do! And just say that a lady—you
needn’t mention my name, of course,—
thinks it’s too ridiculously absurd for any-
thing! Just mention to him that you lost a
customer through his negligence, and I’ll
call in, in two or three days, and see what
excuses he has to make, It wouldn’t do
any harm, Mr. F—, to just hint to him that
if he expects to be elected again this fall,
he’ll get more votes by staying in his office
and setting type, and getting out such bills
as people need, than he will by neglecting
his business to go around the country mak-
ing political speeches.”

While it is possible that the narrator
somewhat exaggerated the lady’s ignorance,
there are very few of us but what have seen
the big or little wheels of business tempo-
rarily clogged, almost as absurdly.

¥ + 4 * * # *

The lady, in spending fifteen of twenty
minutes in useless talk before the casiilet’s
window, would probably be astonished at
the accusation of obtruding upon the rights
of, perhaps, a dozen other people. The
group of young people, whose talk and
laughter at the play drown the voices of
the actors, never imagine, for a moment,
that they are making themselves superla-
tively offensive to the majority of those
around them. The person who intermixes
his conversation with profanity or obscenity
would be indignant at being classified as a
trespasser on the rights of others; yet
these, and their multitudinous coadjutors,
in infringing upon these inherent rights, go
to make up no inconsiderable part of the
annoying features of existence.

 

 

---Cleveland............0... 7:15 5:45

m pm
6-20 3:30. ** ... BUMAalO:. ioe see ses ccccse 1:00 11:40
Tickets for sale to all principal points in the U.S.,
Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket Office, GEo. WIL-
LIAMSON, Agt., Depot Office, M. Bootz, Agt.
A. J. SMITH, Gen’l Trav. and Pass. Agt.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEST.

PEP STNSS Smog
& kebsSas ReRSE~

Leaves.
1:10pm

Arrives.
Morning Express...........secee. 1:05 p m
tThrough Mail. ............ccccee0e 5:05 pm
+Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm
*Night Express........ .....ces0-e 5:25am
PEON oe iicc cc caaeeecccacs ese siene
GOING EAST.
+Detroit Express................0 6:45 a m
tThrough Mail................20000 10:20 am
+tEvening Express...............6+ 3:25 pm
*Limited Express.................. 6:25pm
+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. z
Detroit Express has parlor ear t« Detroit, making
direct connections for all points East, arriving in New
York 10:10 4. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has
through sleeper Grand Rapid= to Niagara Falls,
connecting at Milwaukee Junctivn with through
sleeper to Toronto.
Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & 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 9#%'—1R,

The BEST CRACKER Made,
‘CILIOTIOS WICUO WTI

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

Jackson Cracker Co,

JACKSON,
MICH.

 

WEB aR
Grand, Square and Upright Pianos,

Weber Pianos,
Smith Pianos,
Estey Organs,

JULIUS A. J.

(Suecessor to Friedrich’ Bros. )

_. 80 and 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fischer Pianos,
A. B. Chase Organs,

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.

Hillstrom

FRIEDRICH,

rgans,

 

Lorillard’s New “Smoking or Chewing”

ELLOW JACKET LONG QUT.

| Packed in 3 02%, 8 oz. or 16 oz.. Handsomely Decorated Papers.
: ye ‘To be had of all Jobbers at the very low price of _

By

 

. {answer all communications regarding prices, etc. Convenient shipping
jquick delivery. For sale by *Hole rat ae

yon testing it

| for yo urself -
FIVE (ENTS A (CAKE. Made only by All grocers should keepit
N. K.FA

IRBANK & ©., CHICAGO.

 

Foster, Stevens & Co,

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

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE

W. ©. DENISON,

GENERAL DEALER IN

Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers. CAN YOU TELL
et Why Everybody who likes
good Pickles, Catsup and Fine
Condiments buy HEINZ’S
“Keystone Brand”?
YES!
Because they embrace QUAL -
ITY and FLAVOR combined!

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines, Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex

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

Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.
88,90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS§,0.MICH

wOFrFEE COFFEE

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IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION

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- Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk
all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to Give it a tial Wee eked ly
depots established at all prominent. cities, securing
ufactured by the Woolson Spice Oo., Toledo, Ohio.

- Grand Rapids, Mich. _

all the wholesale trade everywhere.

 

- tis one of the most wh¢

ne

fruit of this tropical

in tran
plants. Now that the
plant has become 2.

 gegard to using benana fibre in textile man-
ufacturies. This fibre extends the fill
length of the body of the trees,
‘which grow. without a branch from ten
4o fifteen feet high and has a circum-
ference at the base of two to three feet.
- Weare told the fibre may be divided into
threads of silken fineness, and in Central
America it is used, with no preparation ex-.
cept drying, for shoe-strings, lariats and
cords for all purpeses. .A banana tree only
“ives a year and bears but one bunch of
bananas when it dics, but from its roots
may spring from two to ten trees. The
fruit is worth from ten to fifteen cents at
home,
banana leaf, with stems of the toughestand
finest threads, is from two and onc-half to
three feet wide, and is used by the native
women of Central America as an umbrella
in the rainy season, as a carpet on which to
sit and a bed on which torest. The ques-
tion had long bothered men where they
should get ‘raw material from which to
make grain bags, cordage and to be used in
the various paper manufactories of this
country, and it is now believed to have been
solved in the use of banana fibre, as the
trees are in their native land worthless and
the transportation will be very slight. Itis
understood that this fibre can be worked up
with ease into.2 very strong fabric, and as
the fibre is largely suffered to go to waste,
there is every reason to believe that a very
profitable industry will be started in this
very soon. ‘
Snappy Merchants.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage.

We know people so genial that their faces
‘are always full of sunshine and there is no
night there. When they have trouble, we
ean scarcely tell whether they are crying or
laughing. ‘The wave of tears dashing
against a bank of smiles. But there are
others who are explosive and gunpowdery
under slight provocation.

You have noticed the snappy merchant.
After you have asked for a certain kind of
goods he halts before showing them, as
much as to say: ‘Do youreally want tobuy?
or are you among those who do nothing but
go a-shopping, and are you going to take up
my time for nothing?” He talks over the
counter in exasperating monosyllables.
When you point out a defect in the fabric. .
heasks: ‘Do you expect to find anything
perfect under the sun?” While you are
meditating whether or not you had better.

,take the goods, he says: ‘‘You need not
have it, if you don’t wantit.” As you quiet-
ly suggest that you saw something a little
cheaper at the next store, he howls at you:
“Go there and get it!” As you go out he
slams the door after you, and you go down
the street with irritations all over you just
because you came in contact with a snappy
merchant,

Suavity is an art that we all need to cul-|

tivate.

It pays to be a gentlemen or lady. Poreu-
pines are fit for nothing but museums.
Most of us need to have a smoothing iron
Tun over our temples.

Many people get up a red heat at a mo-
ment’s notice and do not often cool off so
quickly. Some are like hot journals on the
railway cars—a little friction, and lo! they are
on fire, and it takes iceand saltand waste and
time to get things running sihoothly; and
then there is no saying when they will be
on fire again: If we had more of the ‘spirit
of Him concerning whom it is said, ‘‘Grace
is poured into thy lips,” we would all cease
being snappy. eee

———_2> 02>

Adjourned the Court.

‘From the Omaha World.

They have very
outin Nevada.

but the tree is valueless. - The

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fully known and its| .:
attention of thinking} -
1 called to the plant itself in |"

Write for Fall Prices and Discounts.

G. R. MAYHEW,

86 Monroe Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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

———

CAPITAL, - - - $300,000.
Transacts a general banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts
ef Country Merchants Solicited.

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 Rapide.

EDWIN FALLAS,

TALLEY CTY COLD STORAGE

JOBBER OF
and Egg Crates.

No. 1 egg crates, 3ic. No. 2 egg erates,
30c. No. 1 fillers, 13c. No. 2 fillers, 10c,

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

“~t 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.

SALESROO, - No.9 lonia St, Grand: Rapids.

 

 

 

‘fan of a witness, whom he was cross-exam- | 52\p

‘ining, on account of his deatness. The

“witness stood it with commendable patience | |

for about an hour, when, according to the
‘ Jocal paper, he requested the Court to ad-

journ. *
“What for?” asked the Court.
‘‘yY our Honor, I would like the court ad-

journed for five minutes while I go out and} ‘

~ Jick this infernal lawyer.” ~

. “L was just goin’ out

‘ pard,” replied the Court, ‘‘but if you won’t
‘be over five minutes I’ll adjourn.”

. he court was adjourned, and Jim licked

the lawyer,to the intense amusement of the

_ crowd, who now wantto make him Mayor} \

of the town.

The Bark Market.
Tanbark dropped 25 cents per cord last
" -week and the indications are that another
decline will ocour before the end of the
present week. The crop is larger than es-

timators expected earlier in the season,

years

S..

being greater than the peel for five

orders with the various houses:

NF Miller, Lisbon RB McCulloch, Berlin
A A Weeks, Grattan

the market during the past week and placed

8 Com , Frierson
M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe
Williams, Conklin .

9,

Dorr
itch Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland
wr hn y, Kinney

he ; ne = Martin Gezon, J:
es een ry, Cadillac R G Smith, Wa;
: _ OBGranger, Plainwell  84J Martin, 5S
“WH Brownyard, Ashiand JF
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Geo P Stark, Cascade _
y Stark, le
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land

AB Foote,
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to do it myself,

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hand Roaster in the
world. Thousands in

: satisfac-
tion. They are simple
durable and ecoriom-

cal. (7) ‘ocer
should be thout
one. Roasts coffee
and pea-nuts to per

fection.
Send for circulars.

» Robt. §. West,

150 Long St.,

 

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Apples,

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Victorian, 1 b (tall,)
Diamond, “bulk.’’.......-

Red Star 4 b cans 12 doz.. 45
oe oe ‘wy a6 es 6 > 5 85
be #4. . 150
Absolute, % Db cans, WO |
cans in Case..........:.. 175
Absolute, % wb cans, 5U__
cans in Case.........-.- 18
Absolute, 1-b cans, 5) cans

in case. :
Telfer’s % bb, cans, 6doz in
CABO. eels e os ae
Telfer’s % I cans, 3 doz in
CASO" °° Gene sees nese B
Telfer’s 1 h cans, 1 doz in
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No.1 Hurl. .-.--..5. ..- on. 25
No. 2 Carpet........5..5..-- 2 50
No.1 Carpet......-.--2-:.+65 275
Parlor Gem ...:......-...-- 3. U0
Common Whisk.........-.- 1 00
Fancy Whisk.......-...--- 125

le oa eee ee es 3%
3 00

Mi
Warehouse ..........------+ 3

CHOCOLATE.
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet 22
s «Premium... 33
Hom-Cocoa 37
Breakfast... 48
COCOANUT
Schepps, 18.........------+- CG:
“t 1s and %8.........28
SES aie ss teen 27%
1s in tin pails....27%
Ys ° 222 28%
96 en ee ace
ls and \s.

Soi. cea
pails..........- 20

18
Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18

COFFEE—GREEN
Mocha........:.-.+++ «» 25@28
Mandaling..........-.-«- 25@26
OG Java:.--..-......: 24@2% .
23Q@ZA
Maricabo.........-------16@19
Costi Rica.........---- « @19
Mexican...... cones tee @19

oe oe

Maitby’s,
os

%
Manhattan,

-4 Santos......... ne ooeewe 15@18

Rio, fancy..... ......18@19

Rio, prime...........- ec

Rio, comMON:........ H4@15
To ascertain cost of roasted

coffee, add %c per tb. for roast-

ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-

e.
COFFEES—PACKAGE.
30 lbs 60 Ibs 100 Ds

Ti0n.,2.:.:.-.- : 18%
Lion, in cab... 19
Dilworth’s.... 18%
Magnolia...... 173%
ACME. :......- 18 184 1liX%
German ...... 18%
German, bins.
Arbuckle’s Ariosa

” Avorica
McLaugblin’s XXXX

COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.
Arbuckle’s Avorica. .... .16

* Quaker City....... Mi

* Best Rio.........-.. 18
Prime Maricabo.. .2U

CORDAGE.

6u foot Jute..... eee osc d ao
72 foot Jute .........
40 Foot Cotton.......... cased OO
50 foot Cotton............ -..1 60
60 foot Cotton..............61 75
42 foot Cotton...........0.-6 2 00
CRACKERS.

Kenosha Butter...........0.6 Tu%
Seymour Butter.............6

Butter. 3. 2 os os boc Seine en enel 6

Family Butter...... ye ite.

Fancy Butter..............+.
Butter Biscuit......... .....
PROSTOR 2 oboe oe ce os cee ese

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Fancy Oyster... ...ceccssee a
CANNED FISH.

Clams, | b, Little Neck....1 35
Clam Chowder, 3D......... 2 15
Cove Oysters, 1 Db stand...1 00
Cove Oysters, 2 ib stand...1 70
Lobsters, 1 picnic. ......1 75
Lobsters, 2 BD, picnic........ 2 65
Lobsters, 1 ® star..........1 95
Lobsters. 2 BD star.......... 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauces 25
Mackerel, 1 stand........

Mackerel, 2% stand........

Mackerel,3 b in Mustard: .3 25
Mackerel, 3 ib soused...... 3 25

Salmon, 2 Bb 50
Salmon, 1 ® Sacramento. ..1 90
Salmon, 2 b .* seo 0D
Sardines, domestic 4s. .... 7
Sardines, domestic %8...10@11
Sardines, Mustard %s... 9@10
Sardines, imported 3¢8..12@13
Sardines, spiced, %8..:..10@12
Trout. 3% brook......... Ee

CANNED FRUITS.

Apples, gallons, stand.....
Blackberries, stand........
Cherries, red standard..
Cherries, pitted...... 1
Damsons............ l
Egg Plums, stand..........
Gooseberries.............. ‘
GTADOB Ses 2 sa cce ee csc ne A
Green Gages,..........-....-
Peaches, all yellow, stand.2
Peaches, seconds..........
Peaches, pie.......... 1 60@1 65
WOOIEs 265i. csenenes os es 30
Pineapples,........... 1 40@2 75
Quinces..............---. “150
Raspberries, extra......... 1 50
“ TOG. ois. o sc 150
Strawberries ......... 1 25@1 40
Whortleberries............. 1 20
af CA es in
par 8, Oyster Bay....
Benns, Lima, stand ........ 85
Beans, Green Limas.. 40
Beans, String...:....1 O@1 20
Beans, Stringiess, Erie.... 90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.1 60
Corn. Archer’s seed: ons
- ers ~ Morn G’ry.1 15
oe “6 Early
Peas, French..........s%e2

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DOD he :LOSLii,
RRSRKRSKSESES

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rary

Peas, extra marrofat.1 20@1 40.
P soak e

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fted.i.:... es

French, extra fine. .20 00

Mushrooms, extra fine...
Pumpkin, 3 b Gold
Gueceeh ainndant

6

DRIED FRUITS. -

evaporated..:8 @ 8%

sundried..... 64@ 7%
CHEESE. s

Michigan full cream...94@9%

DRIED FRUITS—FOREIGN.

Citron, in drum..... ..... 22
* in boxes...........»

) aaa one < @ 6%

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coat
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3.00]

12 00"
2 doz. 2 00+
15

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Gold.1 15

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isins,

Raisins. Imverials.
FISH.

Cod, Brole ie

ome ee:

- -@b%
Cod, boneless. ....2°.....7%
Beg eonolii nrg

tc ee Or on hg ‘
Herring, ro ~ % bbl.
Herring, round, bbl.
Herring, Holland, bbls.

2%
150
10 00

ae 68 ha

. - FLAVORING EXTRACTS. |
Jennings’ Lemon. Vanilla.
D.C.,2 02.....%8 doz 1 35
Tees BOE: y des ovens 140 2

bY
No. 3 Panel...
No. 4 Taper..1 60
No. 8 panel...2 %5
No.10 ‘* -...4 50
¥% pint, r’nd..4 50
oe 1 iT} oe 9 00.

Standard

oe
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Lemon.

English 2 0z......
* BOS... 22 9 00

FARINACEQOUS GOODS.
Farina, luv lb. kegs.........
Hominy, ® bbl............. 40
Macaroni, dom 121b. box.. 60

i.uported...10 @ll
Pearl Barley........0. @ 3%
Peas, Green..........
Peas, Split............
Sago, German........
Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl..
Wheat. cracked......
Vermicelli, import...
ss domestic..
MATCHES.
. H. No. 8, square........
. H. No 9, square, 3 gro...1 1
+ H. No. 200, parlor..
. H. No. 300, parlor.
. H. No. 7, round..

Ricbardson’s No. 8 sq
Richardson’s No.9 8q..... 1-50
Richardson’s No. 7%, rnd..1 00
Richardson’s No.7 rnd..1] 50
Woodbine. 300.............. 115
MOLASSES. :
Black Strap...........- - 17@18
Cuba Baking..... aoe RD25
Porto Rico.......... o AAQ@SS
New Orleans, g00d.... ..338@40
New Orleans. choice..... 44@50
New Orleans, fancy..... 5N@52
% bbls. ve extra
OIL.
Michigan Test......... Seies OM
Water White............... %
oe OATMEAL
Barrels |... 5c ocehacss ss se 6.25
Half barrels .........5..---- 3°25
Wases...¢:---- oe mee een 2 35
: OATS—ROLLED.
PBRITOIB Gs oi cs oo ce ee ot oes 8 00
Half barrels ...... ...-. kee. 29
Cases 20.25. eoioe cose 2 256@3 35
PICKLES.

Medium..:.........--.sccee-- 6 00

* BDL. oc. oc <5 oe os 3 50
Small, bbl..........-...---- 7 00

S Ve DD ck kee tes soe 4 00

RICE.

PAD IOs. 2 205, ads aks vo oe 54@5*%
HOGG... 2.5. 2. cs ee
JAVRc. 0k. sae
Patna.......
Rangoon...

BrOKCW o.oo ino s os ae cee nee
JAPAD.... 02... oe es ee sree @6%
_BALERATUS.
DeLand’s pure........... ---b%
Church’s ....- eeenseeeres gy!

i Sea
Cap Sheaf........5 --.-.-+-0 5
%c less in 5 box lots.

SALT.

60 Pocket, FF D........... 215
28 Pocket .........e.s02- ++ 05
1003  pockets............- 2 25
Saginaw or Manistee...... 85
Ashton, bu. bags...........
Ashton,4 bu. bags........«. 2 75
Higgins’ bu. bags.......... 75
American, % bu. bags....., 20
Rock, bushels..............- 25
Warsaw, bu. bags.......... 36

2 Pee ae ciclo 19

SAUCES.
4 London Relish, 2 doz... ... 2 50

SOAP.
Dingman, 100 bars.......-... 4 00
Don’t Anti-Washboard....4 75
JRXOU... boxes teense 3
Queen Anne.............-- 3 85
German Family...........- 2 49
Big Bargain.......eceseeees 18)

SPICES—WHOLE.
Allspice ..........cscceeeees 8
Cassia, China in mats...... 7%

«Batavia in bund. ll

‘ No, 3.5.52... 560
Pepper, Singapore, plack..18%
*e ‘ white.

‘s shot.
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
All8piCe......... -2e2s200--
Cassia, Batavia............. 20

ie se and Saigon.25
Saigon.............. 42
Amboyna.......... 30
Zanzibar..........- 28
Ginger, African............ 122%
Seo) SCOCniINn «2.52. ess 1.
Jamaica....... ace @I18
Mace Batavia............... 80
Mustard, English... 22
oe st and Trie.25
PETIOBLO oi. cic sin'e's 27
eens NO. eats
epper, Singapore black..
2 * white. .30
Cayenne...... 00e2D
Absolute Pepper, doz...84
of Cinnamon“...
Allspice Bee
Cloves Hees
Ginger Ses
Mustard BS
STARCH.
Kingsford’s
Silver Gloss, 1 b pkgs...... 7
a * 6 Db boxes..... 1%

os ae. eK os. os
Pure, 1 pkgs......... psi
Corn,1  pkgs...... Oe ee ek

A “2

be

Cloves,

Oty

“
Ty 0

ot
“

H2 G4

Granulated, Stand...
Sk y | aes Off ’

Standard A.......... :
No. 1, White Extra C.

0. 2, Extra C........
No. 3 C, golden.......
No. 4C, dark.........

SYRUPS.
Corn, barrels.............
Corn, % bbis........... -. @3l
Corn, kegs....... Sel anaes aoe
Pure Sugar, bbl...........d8@42
PureSugar.% bbl .........35@44
xxx

ENNGQHESEES

oda}
RRR ME wok &

g

SWEET GOODS.

Ginger Snaps........ 8.
Sugar Creams........3
Frosted Creams..

Grah:

8%
8%
es 8%
am Crackers.... 8
Oatmeal Crackers.... 8
-TOBACCOS—PLUG.
Brea Head special......

Eclipse...:.

 

Double Ped:
| Sweet Russet.;..<...

j Herring, Holland, kegs. .65@70

22-20 |. Herring. S¢ <owaiges 1 te BE

| ~ge4 Maek. sh’r, N

*. ny eee sO-2 3
1501.

0| Rob Roy.............

tac ae

; Pedro... oS
Whopper........... ape
Peach Pie........... Sole sae 0
Wedding Cake, blk..........
Hed POR oo 4
TOBACCOS—FINE CUT.
Sweet Pippin...

Five and i

85 Sneup Angel...

Capper....... petie ees let e swe
TOBACCOS—SMOKING.

Peerless........ ence wary waver’ 26
Unele Sam... 2... oo ccc ol ces 30
Jack Pine... 2... oo ees cco 8 80
Sensation.............2. fo2ie.80
Yellow Jacket................
Sweet Conqueror........ 20@25

TEAS.

Japan ordinary..... .... 18@20
Japan fair to good....... 25@30
Japan fine.......... . -80@45
Japan dust....:.. :

Young Hyson............ 20@45
Gunpowder............... 35@50
Oolong...... Ba cs 75
Congo; iis. oe Se 25@30

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

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

reo. Noe ease 5
Pails, No.1, two hoop......

2 ** three hoop....1 65
Clothespins, 5gr.boxes.... 60
Bowls, 15s, 1%s and 19s...... 2 50
Baskets, market........... 40

es bushel.....2.....: 1 60
** with covers 1 90
: willow clothes on A a

ue * 37 00
splint ** 13 50

ce 2425
* 35 00
MISCELLANEOUS.

Bath Brick imported ...... 90
do A

06
66
‘

66 06

do No.2....0.00000.0796
Chimneys, No. - PE ee 38

40
a Se aaiee soc cases 52
Cocoa Shells, bulk...:...... 4
Condensed Milk, Eagle. ...7 60
Cream Tartar.............. 25
Candles, Star............... 10
Candles, Hotel.............. 11
Camphor, 0z., 2 Ib boxes. ..35
Extract Coffee, V. C....... ta
_ do Felix ..... 11
Fire Crackers, per box....
Qum, Rubber 100 lumps...
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps...35
Gum, Sp
Jelly, in
Powder, Keg........
Powder, % Keg..... es
SAMO ees ees oe ee 15

CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as
follows:

STICK.
Standard, 25  boxes....... 9%
Twist, do 10
Cut Loaf do

Royal, 25 0b pails.

oyal, 25 b pails..... @10
‘Royal, 200 i bbis........... 9
Extra, 25 ib pails........... ll
Extra, 200 ib bbis........... 10
French Cream. 25 b pails. .12%
Cut loaf, 25  cases........ i
Broken, 25 i pails......... ll
Broken. 200 b bbis.........10

FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES.

Lemon Drops................ 13
Sour Drops: ... 0 s.- cc. o.a2 as: 14
Peppermint Drops.......... 14
Chocolate Drops............. 15
HMChocolate Drops....... 18
Gum Drops... eo.) nce see 10
Licorice Drops..... sees vig ae 18
AB Licorice Drops.. . 12
Lozenges, plain.............. 14
Lozenges, printed........... 15
Fimperigis-:. oc: 23-65... 08. < 14
MOLOCE: 6. <5 oo soo ee ec eee nD
Cream: Bar.::.. 2... ..255..55 13
Molasses Bar...........6s00: 13
Caramelsee o.oo. oe eS 19
Hand Made Creams.......... 19
Plain Creams................ 16
Decorated Creams....... ...
String Rock................... 14
Burnt Almonds............ 22
Wintergreen Berries........ 4

FANCY—IN BULK.
Lozenges, plain in pails...13
Lozenges, plain in bbis....12
Lozenges, printed in pails.13%
Lozenges, printed in bbls.12%
Chocolate Drops, in pails..13%
Gum Drops in pails....... 6%
Gum Drops, in bbls........ 5%
Moss Drops, in pails.......10
Moss Drops, in bbis........ 9
Sour Drops, in pails....... 12
Imperials, in pails,........ 12
Tmperials in bbis........ HU

FRUITS.

Bananas .............- 1 256@3 00
Oranges. choice.....
Oranges, Florida...,.
Oranges, Naples....
Oranges, OO..........
Oranges, Imperials..
Oranges Valencia ca.
Lemons, choice to fancy
Lemons, .:..;..---.:.
Figs, layers, new.....
Figs, Bags, 50 ib

Dates, frails do...... 4
Dates, 4 do do...... 5
Dates, Fard 10 hb box # b.. 3
Dates, Fard 50 b box # b.. 7
Dates, Persian 50 bbox .. @6

@

@6 50

@

@

@
4%

@15

6
%
%

NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona @l1%

os Ivaca...... @l6
California 18@14
Brazils ...2- ...«..-.. @8
Filberts, Sicily.......
Walnuts, Grenoble..

ss Sicily......
French....
Pecans, Texas, H. P.
Cocoanuts, # 100.....
bees PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw # b
Choice do do
Fancy H.P. do do
Choice White, Va.do @ 5%
Fancy HP,. Va. do § @6%
Extra H. P.Va....... @ 5%

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as
follows:

8@12
@4 50

OYSTERS.
Fairhgven Counts.......... 40
FRESH FISH.

Black bass..............---- 2%
Rock ‘Dass..........55--ee eee 4
Duck-bill pike.:..........--. 6
WPROUG oo ooo. iss s cece oe holes :

46

Frogs’ Legs ..........--+ 20075
FRESH MEATS.
Carcass.......... 444@614
-hind guarters....6 @8
fore aM 3

Beet,

os

rtsausage.....
h’dsaus’g ..

eco eters

 

' av aotwaecte
_ offered cash buyers, who-pay

5 | Standard clear, short cut. best........
‘Bean eee
| Bone Clears,

vencensectO | Lt

20 | 10 Pails, 6 in a case ...................

_ ‘The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
"PORK IN BARRELS.

ecesece oc © oe oe.

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.

,Hams, average ee SEAS Se dew et de eveote 13

| Shoulders .......... ee
| Breakfast Bacon, boneless

65 | Dried Beef, (OX.

8
Haim PriGOs. ce... oes... 9%
DRY SALT MEATS.
heavy......... GE ep eee Gust Sa,
peer Neuere coe ene

8%

Cees eee eee cn k 834
LARD IN TIN PAILS.

3 Pails, 20in a oa Secu

5 ib Pails, 12 in a case. .................. on

94

93
20 Ib Pails, 4 pailsin case............... 4
BEEF IN BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.............. 7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago Packing........ ecb 7 5S
Cc fe ** Kansas City Packing..:..... « 7 25
Plate 2.0.0... . 1:25
Pextea PIANC. lc. She Obes ote eee 7%
Boneless, rump DUS... 0.50.) cele +..-. 10:00

. ss oe eae % bbl. 5 50

SAUSAGE-—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork: Sausage. 2c. es. ee ic acc ee 1%
EAM SOURAR OU ces hoes es dees ae 11
Tongue Sausage...... 2.0... ccc cece we ees 9
Frankfort SAUSAGE... 2... occ c eee cose 8
Bl0Od SRusage |. oi .6s eee iee bocce cae eke 6
Bologna, straight... 2.0... 060 coke cece ee cee. 6
Bologna; thick... 2.067008 oe ese 6
Head Cheese. oo 6
PIGS’ FEET.
In half barrels... 2.05 oe eee ccc seek elec ns 3 50
In quarter barrels..............ccceecceeeee 215
: TRIPR.

Pee meer ee er cc cscs cc cc es ceescee

BO in 6 Bb eee ee eke oes 3 00

bei
mie a oe %

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

HIDES.
Green ....@b4 @ 4%|Calf skins, green
Part cured... or cured....5 @6
yu ees 54%@ 614|Deacon skins,
n iece.....
Kips 22.2022. 6 @8 - oo

: WOOL.

Fine washed % b 18@22|Coarse washed. ..18@23

Medium ......... 20@25|Unwashed........ 12@16
: MISCELLANEOUS.

Sheep pelts, short Shearing....... ..
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated.......

PaO wWee occ cea ao wee ran ee
Grease butter... 2... cee os

Ginseng, £00d..:. a... ccc C

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—$1 to $1.50 per bbl.

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

Beets—New, 25c per bu.

Blackberries—1l0c per qt,
Kos ee is mol supplied. Large

ndlers pay ¢ for choice, selli i
at 15@16c. : ee

Cabbages—Home grown command 4(@50c
per doz.

Celery—20@25e per doz.

Cheese—The market grows stiffer each week,
the stocks in jobbers hands being kept closely
sold. Fuilcream readily commands 94@9%c.

Cider—l0e per gal.

bu.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;
rels, 25c.

Corn— Green, 6c doz.

Cucumbers—ic per doz.

Dried Apples—Jobbers hold sun-dried at Tc
and evaporated at 9¢.

Eggs—Jobbers now pay 12@18¢ and sell at
18@l4e.

Honey oplonuie supply at 4@l5e.

ay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No.

land $14 for No. 2. Bees

Mushmelons—$l per crate. -

Onions—Home grown dry stock command
$1 per bu.

Peaches—Clingstone, $1.50@$2 per bu.

Plums—California, $1.25 per case.

Pop Corn—2%c # b.

Potatoes—Jobbing generally at 40c for
home grown.

Squash—Summer, 2c lb.

Tomatoes—$§$1.25 per bu.

Turnips—25 per bu.

Watermelons—Missouri, 15@20ce apiece,

Whortleberries—$3 per bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—City millers pay %9c for old white
and 79¢ for old red, 79¢ for new white and 79c
for new red.
Corn—Jobbing generally 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 8 cwt.
Flour—Higher. Patent $5.60 8 bblin sacks

produce bar-

94] and $5.80 in wood. Straight, $4.60 # bbl. in

sacks and $4.80 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $3.00 # bbl.

Mil! Feed—Screenings, $16 @ ton. Bran, $15
*® ton. Ships, $14.00 @ ton. Middlings, $17
® ton. Corn and Oats, $23 8 ton.

<UL WE/GHF
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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. :

 

BAUWS

} (asloria

AXLE
| OIL

THE ACKNOWLEDGED KING of AXLE
LUBRICANTS. Neither Gums nor
Chills, never runs off the axle
and outwears any other
known oilor grease.

PRICES TO THE TRADE.

Ponys, per gross, $10. Packed in3 doz. cases,

Retail at 10 cts. each. :

Pints, per doz., $2.25. Packed in 1 “doz. cases.
Retail at 30 cts. each. 2
Quarts, per doz., $4. Packed in 1 doz. cases.

-Retail at 50 cents each. :
Gallons, each, $1.20. Packed 6 cans in case.
Retail at $1.50 each. So :
Each case contains a liberal assortment of
advertising matter, lithographs, |

oy show-cards, ete.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED BY |

 

“Shi OLNEY,

‘rendered. 1014

ot
le

Clover Seed—Mammoth or medium, $4.50 per |:

Ata mm

-~/ORDER-YOUR OOALD OF = = *

Office under National Oity Bank. New
Yards, Shaw nt Axe. Winter and

‘W, Division Sts.
TELEPHONE CALL 490-2.

 

‘GEO. -E. HOWES. | |g, A, HOWES. ©. N. RAPP,

“GEO. E HOWES & 00,

Potatoes 2 Onions.

| SPHOLAL TIES:
Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.
3 Ionia St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

MOSELEY BROS.,

WW HROoLEeSAE

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce, *
ALL KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS A SPECIALTY.

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

26 28, 30 & 32 Ottawa Street, © GRAND RAPIDS, +

Apples,

 

 

E.G. STUDLEY,

Wholesale Dealer in q

RUBBER BOOTS
AND SHORS

Manufactured by

Candee Rubber Go,

oltcom i Letous
onthe
Sel or

i on

an a
A
TT ao Slr

WS

JENNINGS

“CELEBRATED”

FLAVORING EXTRACTS,

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

@

 

SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

JENNINGS & SMITH,

88 and 40 Louis St., «
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

_ ASk For SSENNINGS’ EXTRACTS?

The Stuadard of Excellence

KINGSFORD'S ,

 

bo

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

|WILL PLEASE YOU EVERY T

 

SHIELDS £60, “sane!

"ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE GOODS...

 

Sani

miperue, - iy
2 Xan: oxylum - elas ee
ALSAMUM.

PB carvonate. Precip..

Os. 1s, (%8, 14

cd

| Secretary—J it.
_ Next Mocting At Detrot t, September 4,6, 6 and 7.

© Viee-Presiden: :
. Secretary—Frank H.

Board of Censors--President. Vice-President and Bee.

Tetar; e ego

*| President, E. C. Bond; Secretary,Geo. L. LeFevre.

y: nivelly..

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
RGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884.

= Vey

‘Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild.

The President, John &. Peck, Geo
A. F. see and F. J. Ae pee SEO
Wm. E. White and Wm. L.
le Matters—Jonn Peck, ¥. J. Wurz-

burg, W.
Somniacs on. tne Legislation—J. W. Hayward, Theo.
-. Kemink, W. H. Van Leuwen.
Committee - cag Pharmacy—W. L. White, John Muir,
B.
beue Meetings—First Thursday evening in each

 

: Neway, oO

 

th. —
Annal Meeting—First Thursday eveningin November.

 

 

 

 

ate HM. Dean; Secretary, Henry Kephart.
iten County Druggiste’ Association.
er yA. 0. Hunt; Secretary, A. 8. ‘Wallace. .

ix County Pharmaceutical Societ
‘Predone, Ww. Oriana Beare tary, Geo. W. Society
- Ionia Cou: Pheceaeeation Society,

President, W. te Cntier: Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
kson County Pharmaceutical Ass'n,

i 0. B. Colwell; ; Seeretary, C. E. Foote.

mazoo Pharmaceutical cal Association.
President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDo:

"Mason County + eemmsecutions ae :
President, ¥F: N, Latimer; Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
Mecosta County Pharmaceutical Society.
‘President, O. H. Wagener; Secretary, A. H. Webber.

onroe County Pharmaceutical Society.
o | President 8. M.. Sackett; eecretary: Julius Weiss.
8: mn County D ts’ Association, |

 

 

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.
unty Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A. G. Clark.
Oceana County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw County Priori ep ae Seciety.
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall.

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

Declined—Linseed oil.

ee

Aconitum...

Phos ocibaan. ‘dil... ;
Saliceli licum .......... -1 70@2

acm

Gentians

CAE.
usta cg . 60.1 %Q1 85 Spigetia Sugg
25@ ao | Serpents

Pe aeplocarpus,
tidus, po

Cassiae ........

_ Cinchona Flava...... PRED 8...

Zingiber j.....

Bird,

Ulm

Ulmus Po (Ground 12)
EXTRACTUM. :

Glycyrrhiza --aggheale UQ

33@ 35
Haematox, 1b ® ‘pox.. 11@

‘ i Foeniculum...

Linden PO. <3...
ee : 840
ni, erd, (bbl, 3)..

Poeiacis ‘Canarian..

Citrate and Quinia..

Citrate Soluble...

Ferrocyanidum ‘Soi.

Solut Chloride.......

Sulphate, oo "1. ents 1%@
pur

@ 15
G3

Frumenti, D.
Anthemis ............
Matricaria.. nos ts Sis
FOLIA.

Baro!

» Caacin | Acuiifol, ane
apres officinalie, 4s
gpd sheevs’

carriage
Nassau sheeps’

part

Acacia, lst picked...
se ngs Fs
sek ee
*  §ifted sorts.
os po

Aloe, Barb, (po, 60)..
“* Cape, (po. 20)...

* Socotri’, (po. 60)

esee 88 “ 8 868 6 ©08

Se

earriage..
Grass sheeps’

48, 2 2
Amm
Seattle: (po. 30).
Benzoinum
Camphorae ..........
Euphorbium, po.....-
Galbanum............
Gamboge, po........
Guaiacum, (po. 45)...

uSC..... fecsece

Accacia........
Zingiber.......

erri lod..
Rbei Arom

ssolclfBele -

Senega......
Scillae..

Co.
co
Prunus virg..

Merrh, (po.45). .
Opi, (po. 4 50)..

oe ounce partes.
= a ee hans «
iu

“Majoru:

Rue Benzoin

Tanacetum, V.. “

Thymus, V..........-
MAGNESIA.

Capsicum......

AS SVs Resrnsewie’

Todine..........

NiMH, 5... 8c 5 <0
esiptl, Sexasiai.... &

ceeerwe

 

Potass Nitras itras, opt..:

Rulphate. peer rn
RADIX,

po. 15)..
ean abt py. 1b).

Sanguinaria, (po. ”:
taria

Smilax, Otiteinaiis, fi 2
BS Scillae, (po. 35).......

Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) .
German.. ;
i
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20)
ee (graveleons).

10@
Cannabis Sativa oad 34@ 4%
donium............ %5@1

enopodium .
Dipterix Odorate..

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W. ae 2 00@2 50
Frumenti............
Juniperis Co. 0. T
Juniperis Co......... ss 75@
Saacharum N.E
Spt. Vini Galli......

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

SPONGES

carriage......
Velvet Extra sheers’
wool carriage......
Extra Yellow Bneeps’

CATTIAgZE......
Hard for slate use...
Yellow Reef. for slate

SYRUPS.

eeercce

SUCOCRG. ooo i es ccc cone
Auranti Cortes...
Smilax Officinalis. .

TINCTURES.
Aconitum N: apellis =

Asafcetida..... :
Atrope belladonna... ;:

Sanguinaria ........
Barosma.......
Cantharides.........

Cardamon............
® “ Co

Zingibe :
Pee ees bs
Hyoscyamus ..:.

icing
fon 8 Chi: pee

, yrr
# Nux Vomica ...
0" “Gatnphora

: Verairut Veride..

| zen Sots Nit, a. Base
er. os:
ther, 8 Rta ta Nit, UF

Capaiet weeds af..
Capsici Fructus, —
Capsici Fructus,
Caryophyllus, (t (po. 35)
Carmine, No. 40
Cera Alba, 8. & F..
Cera Flava...........
COCCHB 2. 53... 22.25.
casei Fructus.......
Centraria

ener

Chieroform ..,.......
Chloroform, Squibts i
Chloral Hyd Crst...:.1 50@:
Chondrus ............ 1
Cinchonidine,P.& W 1b@
Cinchonidine, Ger’an 5@
cel list, dis. per

Sosaete
icttas.|

HSS aoBrtandkbakSabanSS BECASRESRSSTANR SE

Creta. prep aig
Creta, ittbra. Se vee eae
Creta att Bock dhe oe
Crocus . sbbeeseees a
Cudbear........ aces
cape Sulph..........
PMexrtrine.............5 10@
Ether Suiph Bs cone
Emery, all numbers. @

Bled

Boe RWERRR puegneee

Foe-

b=
© 686

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1@
Gelatin Coopor......
Gelatin, French......
Glassware flint, 70&10 by box.
60&10, less.
Glue, Brown......... 9@
Glue, White.......... B@
Glycerina ......:..... 23@
Grana Paradisi...... - @i
umulus ..... ...... 236
Hydrarg Chior. Mite: @ 80
Hydrarg Chlor. Cor. @ 70
HydrargOx.Rubrum @ 90
----+- 10@ 12) Hydrarg Ammoniati. @1 10
-.1 75@1 - Hydrarg Unguentum 45@ 55
@ 15| Hydrargyrum ....... 65
Ichthyocolla, Am .
Indigo

BRE

BR
Ba

@1
- 4 00@4 10
@5 15
85@1 _
55@

800 83

| Iodoform ............
Lupuline ...0........
Lycopodium €--ch-...
Macis=. (620000250...
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod...........
eh uor Potass Arsini-

: T5@2 vl

10@1 50
: T5@1 5

Moshe. Canton ....

Myristica, No. 1..

age Vomica, (po. 20)

Os. Sepia...........

Pepsin Saae, H. & P.
-D. Co

wool

wool

picks LL” pints

Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).
Piper Alba, (po. 35)..
Pix Burgun..........
Plumbi Acet...:..... 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.1 i001 20
Pyrethrum, boxes, H
&P.D.Co., doz..-:
Pyrethrum, pv..

Quassiae .>.......

uinia, 8, P. & W....

uinia, S, German...

Rubia Tinctorum..

Saccharum Lactis pv

Salacin ......... ..... s 40@3
Sanguis Draconis. .
Santonine............

‘wool

coe

Sapo, G

Seidlitz Mixture.....

Sinapis...............

Sinapis, opt..........

a » Maccaboy, Do.
oes

oda,

Soda Suiphas........
Spts. Ether Co..

Spts. *: vrcia, aan

epi.
ta Vint Rect. Rect. Pit.

eet TENG oh bls of as cn @2 3
Less 5c. be. gal. gash om anys.
Strychnia rs 1 10
Sulphur, Sub! ....-.. By
Sulph Roll... koh @

weeeceene

anilla .
Zinci. Supt

cece bee

OILs,

Whale, winter.......
Lard, extra.......

eeccocee

-Btrained.......... 00.
Spt. — Re sen

PAINTS Bbl .

Bet eine ad onesie
ellow
Ochre yellow Be ‘1%
Putty, Gommoroinl, ‘2 24@8
Putty, strictly pure..2% 2%@3
enon D e Am-

CFIGAN 5.05.55. 6. :
Vermilion, English..
Green, Eonar... --  16@17
Lead; ré -s5%@5%

WIG. i. si eo. 25 :115Y4@5%
‘Whiting, white Span 3

, Gilders’.

Lb
2@3

wi 3
SS e Baerea  GEEREEEE tee SSSESSESSSSSE 6 as &

2Q3

18@1
10Q75

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, Bey ;
eae pee esatee

eels

_| the following ap
: tain well known proprietary ~preparatic

‘| Recamier Cream, Tnanntagtyred by Har- 8
a riet Hubbard Ayer:

= Geanity = PRktnacsutioal Society.

| contains no other

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oe - Formulaty ad Propeciasy A Articles.

_H. W. Snow, in The New Idea, presents
nate formule for | ha
ns:

Zinz oxide...... a eras Soin: 2 tr ozs.”

shows itto be simply an ointment geen

consisting wholly or chiefly of lard, with.

Salicylic: acid as a: preservative agent. It
ingredients having posi-
tive properties. ;

Tolu chewing gum:
Balsam ofstolu.........0 00000000500. eee 4028.
WHite TOMB: 2c 6c 365. see eaue ee. 12 ozs.
MU UIAG WOKS oo hie ee eee loz.
Parafiin........ ee eres Siena cases «- loz,
If too. sticky, increase the proportion © ‘of
white wax and paraffin.

Warner’s Safe Cure—C. O. Baker says,
“There is a domestic recipe said to be iden-
tical with Warner’s Cure, that we quite fre-
quently compound here.” (Hamilton, Ont.)

Liverwort 1. 0z.,,.glycerine and alcohol
each 234 ozs., saltpeter 3/.0z., ess. -winter-
green 40 drops, and sufficient water to make
1 pint finished product.

Solution of Roses suitable for giving a
rose color to either acid or alkaline mix-
tures:

Carmine 1 drm., water q. s., lig. ammon-
fort, q. 8. Rub down the carmine with
about 1 oz. water and ammonia until the
color is well developed, and. heat to drive
off the ammonia; then add simple’syrup 2
028., aq. rosar. conc. 2 ozs., and make up to
‘20 ozs. with distilled water.

Martin Fire-proofing. Process—Prof. H.
A. Mott has recently reported the results of
a series of severe tests of the efficiency of
the Martin process of. fire-proofing as ap-
plied to various inflammable materials.
Articles which had been kept after treat-
ment.seven months ina drying oven were
found to be still as absolutely incombustible
as ever. Such materials as paper, cotton
wadding, exelsior,- etc., after treatment,
cannot be set on fire, although they may of
course be charred by the direct application
of flame... The following is the composition
of ‘one of the mixtures employed:

Glycerine 28°B.........s...c0cceees 9.71 per ct.
Ammonium ye als al peaday sc asa 4.85

Ammonium chloride.. ‘ 138.84 86 86
Potassium bi-tartrate.............. B04. 6%
Potassium oxalate................2. B-8i ss 6
BOracie KCIGS. of. c ccs cee eske essa: 38.84 * “¢

The materials to be treated are dipped in-
to a solution of the ‘‘glycero” (above): and
left there about 15 minutes, after which
they are allowed to dry, or ironed dry, if
desired.

Malto—A formula recommended by Leo
Eliel as equal if not superior to malto is:
Extract maijt (Trommer’s)........ ...... 2 ozs.
Acin qpeenaric Glee oo eel Gas 2
Syr Sumpleke 3 oo, ge
Aqua aurant. flor.,...............2000 cee % OZ.
PIRtPACE VININA 2.8 oo ck ok Se. 10 m.

Zine 2 er ges Mt. Dr.)

WimevOxide — 4... ee oo cs ES parts.
Gelatine........ ;

Glycerin .2.2.....5..2...

Ely’s Cream Balm—The Medicat "Record
states that this preparation consists of vase-
line 1 ounce, thymol 3 grains, carb. bismuth
15 grains, oil. wintergreen 2 minims.

Quina Laroche Ferrugineux, a wellknown
French specialty, is said to be nothing more
than a good bitter wine containing one per
cent, of pyrophosphate of iron with am-
monium citrate. A good formula is:
Cort. Cinct., Succirubree jav..........:....... 50
Aq. depuratee Bee ae cae emesis akc ss ete 1000
Win: TAYSPRNICl es os se 1000
Spiritus (60 per cent.).................. cece ees 500
Sacchariaibi- .. i2 3. i 800

Infundatur lege artis; fiat vinum.

Furniture Paste.—Hard paraffin 7 ozs.
vaseline 2 ozs., yellow wax 3 ozs., alkane,
root 1 oz., turpentine 12 ozs. Place the
first three ingredients with 5 drachms solu-
tion of potash in a vessel and melt with
gentle heat, then add the others, digest an
hour and strain.
FORMULAS FROM THE NATIONAL FORMU-
LARY:
Elixir aramaticum.-—( Aromatic Elixir. )

50 Arommaais BPI0 ee ee cee k 16 fl. oz.

yrup 94 se 66
Water

7 Purified Paloum ses ltr. oz

Mix the aromatic spirit with 12 fl. oz. of
syrup and add the water. Incorporate the
purified talcum thoroughly with the mixture,
set aside a few days, if possible, occasional-
ly agitating, then stir it well and filter it
through a wetted filtsr, returning the first
portions of the filtrate until it runs through
clear. Finaly mix the filtrate with the re-
mainder of the syrup.

If it is desired to color this elixir, two
fluid drachms of compound tincture of cud-
bear may be added to each pint.

Spiritus Aromaticus.—(Aromatic Spirit)
Compound apiris of orange.. .8 fi. oz.
Deodorized alcohol.. :-. enough to make 1 gal.

Keep in well stoppered bottles, com plete-
ly filled, and stored in a cool dark place.

{The following alternative formula ‘may

35 | be used if fresh essential oils cannot be pro-

eured. ‘The product, however, cannot be

emgqloyed in mixtures or elixirs containing

iron.

Sweet orange peel, fresh and deprived of the
white inner portion................... 14 tr. oz.

Lemon peel, fresh. ........... .c.....0cs me fe

Coriander, bruised.............:......5.. Bor tt

7 | Oil of star anise....................5. 16 minims.

Deodorised alcohol, enough to make 1
gallon. Macerate the solids 4 days with
one gallon of deodorised alcohol, then add
the oil of star anise, filter and pass enough

55 | deodorized alcohol through the filter to

make the product measure 1 gallon. |
Tinctura Perstonis_ Composita.—(Com-
pound Tincture of Cudbear. )

COUGDRAT cs oleic k os Sout cp uees eeasa cs! 120 grs.
Caramel.. Shs aay sa bees ee Se 1% tr. oz.

Water..... Fe -of each sufficient.
Mix one volume of alcohol with two vol-
umes of water, macerate the cudbear. with
12 fi. ozs. of the mixture during 12 hours,
agitating occasionally,- and then _ filter
through paper and add the caramel previous-
ly dissolved in 2° fl. ozs. of water.~~Then
pass through the filter enough of the ate
menstruum‘to make up one pint.

721 Alcohol..

Elizir. Taraxacit Compositum. —(Com-

pound Elixir of Taraxacum. )

16 Taraxacum............:. «++. Sis os ieee 1tr: oz.

Wild Cherrys.io5.5 0 ee. Ae 58
Sweht orange peel, recently dried...... ce ss
Glycyrrhiza, Russian, peeled........... ace tt
Cinnamon’ Saigon. ..... 2.50... ee econ ae 120 grs.
Cardamom...:...... has (yo. 120 S
Canada snake root................... 4. 120.“
raway : 120 *° -
ClOVES...... 26605. pe ece yeas seus les +++ 40.“
Alcohol....:....... eS a ee
WVRUGD ce i ae of each sufficient,
BPP R es ere a 32 fl. OZ.

Reduce the solids to a No. 40 powder and

percolate with a mixture of one volume of |

alcoho! and two volumes of water until six-
teen fluid ounces of See are. obtained,
ly ad let t

 

ette Mixture-—Dr. Keyes ‘modified : las aes

Lafay
the: oats as follows;

Bitrate of p potastum. . a 2 gpiaes,

8,
Fluid Se henbane..
yr. a 1% fl. oz.
Berpennnawaiceta: s.tomake.3 fi. oz,

M. Sig. Shake. A teaspoonful in

water. oe
ee :

Detroit Drug Notes.

At the last meeting of the M.S. P. A
it was decided to present a gold medal to
the firm making the most instructive ex-
hibit at the meeting to be held in 1888. The

officers of the Association also decided to | Sum
| present to the person obtaining the most|%

new’ members a gold medal. The mudals|
| have just been completed and are on. exhi- Sy
‘bition at the drug store of Frank Inglis.

They are beauties, worthy of being worn
on the manly bosom of any druggist.

THE TRADESMAN’S suggestion of Mr.
Vernor’s name for the Presidency of the
M. S. P. A. is.a good one. If he would be-
come a candidate, he would undoubtedly be
elected by a rousing majority and fill the
position to perfection; but, with his usual
modesty, he positively refuses the use of
his name in this connection.

The committee of Detroit ladies ap-
pointed to look after the interests of visit-
ing ladies held a meeting at the Hotel
Cadillac last Friday.

It will be well for Michigan meinber® to
make application for rooms at hotels at an
early date and avoid trouble and confusion

at the last moment.
—_—_— sa

Presentation Medals.

Messrs. Roehm & Son, jewelers, Wood-
ward avenue and Grand Circus Park, De-
troit, have just completed two unique and
handsome medals. These medals are
for presentation, by the Michigan
State Pharmaceutical Association, to
the member obtaining the largest number
of new members and tothe one making the
most instructive exhibit. The latter is
made of heavy 14 K. gold, Roman finish,
a wreath of red gold overlaid in recess
made by projecting rim around disc. In
the center of this is a skeleton monogram,
“M.S. P. A.,” of red polished gold. The
other dise contains the inscription, while
the bar is left plain for the winner’s name.

The medal for adding largest number of
members, etc.,.is of same general style, the
left disc bearing inscription, and bar plain
for owner’s name. The right disc has the
letters, ‘“‘M. S. P. A.,” handsomely en-
graved upon a raised polished gold ribbon,
this surrounded by a raised red gold wreath.

Both are neat, heavy and of finest hand
workmanship—not struck up by machinery.

Messrs. Roehm & Son announce that they
will issue, tor distribution, a complete list
of all members in attendance upon the
meetings of the two associations, stating
where each is from and at what hotel each
is registered upon day of arrival.

22

Opium Assay Methods.
From the American Druggist.
Prof. Cornwall concludes a paper on this
subject with the following summary :

Squibb’s method, owingto the limited
washing, is liable to give too high results.

Stillwell’s method provides ‘the means of
arriving with certainty at correct results
with opium of any grade.

The U. S. P. method, while open to
theoretical objections, appears to be well
adapted to opium of average quality, if very
carefully carried out. Error is less liable
to occur with extracts and tinctures of
opium.

Dieterich’s methods, as improved by him-
self, are accurate for extracts and tinctures,
but too low for opium itself.

Dietrich’s method, with the complete ex-
traction finally adopted by the writer, gives
accurate results with opium, and is the
method least liable to error in unskilled
hands.

Kremel’s method gives too low results, and
is much inferior to Dieterich’s.

oor Oo
Attend the Convention.

The Pharmaceutical meetings in Detroit
next month will undoubtedly bring together
a larger number of druggists than have ever
before gathered in convention in the United
States. The Secretary of the Michigan As-
sociation earnestly urges all druggists of
the State to attend the convention and give
to the visitors a reception that will make
the meeting memorable. Leading men in
the profession from nearly every state in
the Union will be present, and a thousand
or more Michigan UBS s are wanted here
to welcome them.

TS OS
Study of Objects.
From the Fliegende Blat.

Examination. — Professor — How many
legs have insects ?

Candidate—Sixty-five per cent. of insects
have no legs at all, eleven per cent. have
one, fourteen per cent. two or three, ten
per cent four or five, but one six.

Professor—How in the world did you
get this answer ?

Candidate—By carefully examining the
collection belonging to the university.

Gem :
The Drug Market.

Opium is quiet but unchanged in price.
Quinine is without change. Borax has ad-
vanced a fraction. Balsam copaiba is very
firm and advancing, on account of scarcity.
Oil wintergreen is hardening in price. Oil
sassafras continues scarce. ‘Linseed oil

has declined.

D. D. COOK,

PROPRIETOR OF THE -

Valley City Show Case Factory,

SHOW CASES

Prescription Cases,

 

 

‘| My Prices are Lower than any of My Compst-

itors.. Send for Catalogues.

21 Scribner Street, Grand Rapids.
TELEPHONE $74. _

 

- Should send $1 to

E. A, Stowe & Bro. |

Ho 9

|PIONEER PREPARED PAINTs

4 Cneerr.

 

Manufacturers of the Ce ebrated

ACME PREPARED PAINTS,

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

¥. J. WOURZBURG,

WHOLESALE AGENT,

Grand Rapids, - Mich.

TRADE SUPPLIED BY THE

Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co,

GRAND RAPIDS, - . MICH.

And the Wholesale Druggists of Detroit
and Chicago.

THE IMPROVED

AMERICAN POCKET BATTERY

For Physicians’ and Family Use.

This ae has the advantage over any inthe mar-
ket in the following points of superiority: A Patent
Hard Rubber, Removable Screw Top Cell (like a pocket
inkstand), containing the Carbon and Zine elements,
can be carried in the pocket charged ready for use;
water-tight, no leaking; for durability, compactness,
and strength of current it excels all others. Two
nickel-plate sponge electrodes with each battery. No
small wire connections on bottom of this machine, as
in all others, that rust easily and are difficult to repair.
Sold by the trade. Price, $10, and every Battery
warranted. Send for Circular 49, giving special price
to physicians for a sample battery prepaid. Address

ELECTRO-MEDICAL BATTERY 6O.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.,
Or HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

HEAD! READ! READ!

The ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

When two or more coats of our PIONEER
PREPARED PAINT is applied as received in
original packages, and if in three years it
should crack or peel off, thus failing to ive
satisfaction, we agree to re-paint the building
at our expense, with the best White Lead or
such other paint us the owner may select. In
case of complaint, prompt notice must be giv-
en to the dealer.

Write for Sample Cards and Prices.
have Supplied our Trade with this

Brand for more than eight years and it
is all the manufacturers. claim for it.
We sell iton a GUARANTEE.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co,

GENERAL AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

See
xHAns( ROVE
a Sivan

easton
--per doz, a.

BGG SIZ6 eC. es
50c *

Peckham ’s Croup Remedy is prparct re
pecially for children and is a-gafe and certain
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough, Colds and
all bronchial and pulmonary complaints of
ehildhood. For attractive advertising matter
address the proprietor, Dr. H. C. PECKHAM,
Freeport, Mich. Trade supplied by whole-
sale druggists of Grand Rapids, Détroit and
Chicago.

CASH SALE | CHECKS .

Encourare sous us. SOue Lia BG tos ay pay cash instead of
running hook »eequtts by using Cash Sale
Bor snle at 5% heents per 100 by E. A
STOWE 1 & BRO.. sot Rais.

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Importers and Jobbers of

~DRUGS-—

Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Gils, Varnishes,

We are Sole Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whisikies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rums.

Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & Co.,
Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite
Rye Whisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar-

antee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and

Invoiced the same day we re-

ceive them. Send in a trial order.

fazelting & Perkins Drug Go.

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Tad aaa eee Te i

MALT KRKHOPS

MOS ah = DRUGGISTS.

78 Congress St., West, .
Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888.
Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I duly received the case of
your “‘Best’’ Tonic and have since had a great
many inthis institution. I must say that the
beneficial effects on weak and debilitated
patients have been most satisfactory, espec-
ially to those in a stage of recovery after se-
vere sickness. :

I write this thinking you might like to have
my opinion on its merits. I certainly shall
prescribe it in future, where the system re-
quires building up. either from constitutional
weakness or otherwise.

‘ Yoars truly,
Wm. GRAY, M. D.
Medical Sup’t.

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-
gestion. It is giving me great satisfactiou.
Very respectfully,
M. JOHNSON, M. D.

Yardley, Pa., March 18, 1888,
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
DEAR Srtrs—I have given your ‘Malt Tonic”
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion
and General Debility, especially in the aged,
where the whole system seems completel
prostraves: with very Satisfactory results.
ave used many of the so-called “Malt Ex-
tracts,’’ but believe your preparation to be
superior. In the aged where the digestive
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of |'
the nerve vital force, I found its action to be
rapid and permanent.
ELIAS WILDMAN, M.D.

Work-House Hospital,” “
Blackwell’s SRA, Feb. 10, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing'Co., :

GENTLEMEN— AS a matter of personal inter-
est, I have used your *‘Best”’ Tonic in several
cases of impaired nutritition. The results in-
dicate that it is an agreeable and. doubtless,
highly efficacious remedy. 1am,

_ Very aes yours,
: EW. ocmsee M. D..

Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,

 

Troy, New York, January 28, 1888,
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,,

DEAR Srrs—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
T had on hand; and finding yours superior in
the great essential, the palitable nutriant as
well as in tonic stimulant roperties, felt anx-
ious to know about what it can be furnished
the dispensing 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 resultsin my case of
dyspepsia. My case was a bad one,1 had no
appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom-
ach; looking as though I had consumption,
and ‘after taking this tonie I never felt better
in. my life. I think it will cure a bad case of
dyspepsia. You may Sec ueee it for that
case. Wo. O. JAEGER.

822 South Fifth Street,
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y.,
GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of
“Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and
Hops” you sent me, and find in my humble
judgment that it is a very pure and safe arti-
cle. I will not hesitate to recommend it in
every case of debility where a Tonic of that
_kind is indicated.
Respectfully.
BE. H. BEuL, M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6, 1888,

GENTLEMEN—Having tried your “Best*™
Tonic toa great extent amen my practice,
I will state in its behalf that I have had the
best results with nursing mothers who were
deficient in milk. increasing its fluids and se-
creting a more nourishing food for the infant,
also increasing the appetite and in every way:
satisfactory for such cases.

Very respectfully,
, D. BORNIO,M D.

For Sale By

 

a De

 

editor of the Philadelphia
_. Grocer, spoke as follows on the subject
’ given in above caption : ee ae
J would like to have spent an hour.in pre-

_ paring to address you on such a wide sub-
_ Jeet, but I have been confined to minutes
taken out of 9 busy life. It was the trend

of the grocery movement which was sug-

gested to me by your worthy Secretary as
the subject, and as 1 came rattling down |

here in the train—one of the highest
achievements of modern progress and force,
facilitating . commerce, revising freight
charges, saving time, coming all the way
fran New York here in alittle over an
hour—TI could not help thinking that the
trend of that train should be to me some-
thing of an inspiration with regard to the
trend of the grocery movement.

But there was a day when the train did
not travel so fast. There was 3. time when
the facilities were not so great, when men
shook their heads and said, If they try to
go faster there will surely be an accident;
if they attempt too much, surely there will
follow disaster. Now, gentlemen, the gro-
cers’ movement is in an earlier stage. Its
tendency is onward, always progressing;
but as yet the resolutions have not been
very strong and the results not very consid-
erable, and many of us should not attempt
too much. That is good advice. Don’t go
toofar. Very good advice; but when for

-one moment. you let such advice as that
make you think that there may after all be
nothing in this movement, and that you
may afterall be just as well outside of the
ranks, that is a great mistake.

I feel sure that you arepractical men. I
feel sure that your business makes you so.
Now, if you are practical in the affairs of
your associated work, surely you will get
the benefit of Association work.

New Jersey, I think, may be addressed
in one sense as one of the younger children
in the grocery movement, profiting, there-
fore, by the experience of others; and I can
say, after having visited many of your asso-
ciations, that I have found none that
were less tinged by any personal feeling. I
have found several of our gentlemen unite
in the remark that there seemed to be a har-
mony beyond all experience in the grocery
movement of this place. This is the birth
of a young idea, this grocery movement.
It is new in the grocerymen, and it remains
a question, just as it does when a child is
born, will it grow to maturity? Now, I
know that there are many years of uncer-
tainty with that child; many weaknesses to
overcome; many things to impart; many
mistakes made; many tumbles and falls;
many rough usages of the world; but, after
all, when the child. comes to full growth
and stature, then there is strength—there
is power. ‘

In the same sense it is with you. 1 wish
you would put out of your hearts doubts
with regard to the future of this movement,
and what the future of this movement may
be. Other movements of the kind have
done great service for their respective
trades. Little bodies of merchants met to-
gether, and have finally developed into
great exchanges of our city, so that the
whole business world finds this system rev-
olutionized. Would it have been possible
to have believed a century ago that men
would rush madiy into that exchange and
cry out at the top of their lungs that they
would take 28,000 shares of St. Paul for so
much money, and other men simply slap
their hand and say done, and it would be a
‘Dargain? No paper signed and good faith
holding the whole. Well, this is the record
of the Stock Exchange. In a similar way
itis the record of the grain exchanges to-
day. In the old days, when business was
done. more deliberately; when men signed
and sealed everything they did; went slowly
and carefully and crossed their t’s and dot-
ted their i’s with great exactness, such a
thing would not be possible.

Now, in the same sense, there are things
in this grocery movement that seem impos-
sible to-day. There are many impossibil-
ities that will come—many improvements,
many rights that will be acquired that it
would be only foolish to suggest to you
mow. Time will develop them if you are
only men and stand together in the earnest
work that you have begun.

The grocery trade for many years was.
almost the only one that had no organiza-
tion, and up to the present month the
‘wholesale grocery trade has never had any
national organization. ‘They have been in
small bodies in the different cities.

Lhad the privilege of speaking to the
eonvention of wholesale grocers, and. re-
minded them inahumorous way that the
waiters who waited on them at the banquet
-had an organization before they had, and I
think it is a proud matter for the retail
grocers to realize that they have been in
this thing in advance of the wholesale gro-
ers of the country. Yet, how much easier
it would have been for them to have organ-
ized. being but some 2,000 strong where we
are 100,000 in number.

That is a movement from, which I think
you will need entertain no fear, if it results
in a permanent organization. I believe that
aif you put fear out of your hearts and meet
the wholesale grocers in their organization
‘through your organization, such things as
wholesalers and retailers—such questions as
there are between them will resolve them-
selves into their equity.

Now, in organization you understand

_ that you can accomplish very many things
that you have been unable to accomplish in
the past—many things you have. already
‘accomplished. f
erything that is undertaken, and I think
that there is nothing good in life that is ac-
quired without a great effort except it may
be forgiveness; and if the grocery trade is
forgiven for the past neglect and improves

- the present opportunity, then I think there

- ‘will ‘be forgiveness meted out to it, and
‘that you will be able to go on prospering.

_ (here are many things that I would suggest

to you as benefits to be derived from this
movement—one is the necessity of being

‘somewhat liberal. I mean liberal with

your Association. Don’t, when you put a

_ @ellar, or whatever the tax may beupon you

‘> Gndividually, don’t say, What doI get for
_ ‘that dollar? and then look at the thing, and

ie = if your own profits have not been imme-
oe ihereaaad

ly increased, begin to think that you
been in some way injured. I have
‘men to subscribe a dollar to the

d then wonder that the mission- |

eg clid not all go out at once and go rig

impo

1 hah of Persia had an
|sician who once found it necess

There are advances in ev- |

he Shah of P b ph
un essary to pre-
scribe for the Shah.a seidlitz powder, and,
in telling ‘him ‘how to take it, he told him

to put this powder in one glass and that in|
another, and pour them together and drink |

them. The Shah was quite a well-leitered
man and said: “I know that this mixed
food is a terrible ‘evil and I am not going to
take it in that way.” So he took one of the
mixtures first.and then the other, and the
explosion occnrred inside. He thought it
was dynamite, and in the morning that.

‘English physician had his head ‘struck off.

All occurred about a little misunderstanding
of impure food. —

‘This is only one of the questions that might
come before you in a deserving way. When
it does come, stand for the purity of food;
stand for the honor of your-trade; stand
for right at all times, and don’t trouble
yourselves with conundrums. - The world
looks to the grocer for it. 1s the grocer
equal to the trust imposed ?

The New York associations have been
very active with regard to the question of
oleomargarine. When Mr. Van Volkenberg
started out, he stated that the farmer is the
most honest man in his handling of the
milk, the middlemen were the next honest
men, and the grocers were the biggest ras-
eals ot all. That is the sort of comfort that
you will get in working up this question,
where your side is not the side that the oth-
er fellow represents. Now, [believe in that
very question—that it is time for you to
consider whether, under the laws that per-
tain to food products in the country and
food-selling in the city, you sre not liable to
find that the granger is arrayed against the
grocer. If the granger is a friend of the
grocer, I have yet to learn it. I believe that
the granger is conducting himself in such a
way as to crowd out the middlemen, and
tbat includes the grocer. I know that in
my correspondence 1 receive letters to the
effect that granger stores are being estab-
lished. What would you suggest? It is
the granger, you see. Well, now, when
the granger comes to you and tells you
about his produce and about his rights as
the producer, I think it would be very wise
for. the grain of the grocery movement to
turn its track away from that direction, and
rattle on on its own business, letting him
take care of his. But there will come a
time when people will sit in judgment on
what has been done, when those grocers
who succeed these before me will say: Well
this Association made a mistake in 1888
that they did not do such and such a thing.
And they will say: In this it was very suc-
cessful; in that it was lame. I think of a
story of a dervish who was going across the
desert, anda man came running up and
asked him if he had seen a camel astray
around there, and the dervish said, Was he
blind in one eye? Yes. Had he losta
tooth in the upper right side? Yes, one.
Lame in one foot? Yes. He was loaded
with sugar on one side and grain on the
other? Yes, yes, Well, I have not seen
him.

Well, the strange man was perfectly as-
tounded. He sought his brethren and had
this man pulled up before the nearest jus-
tice that he could find and demanded how
it was that he could explain all about this
camel and had not seen him. Why, he said,
I have been out before and I have watched
the road and found he had gone across to
the right side of the path and knew he was
blind in the left eye, and wherever he bit
the grass he left one tuft, and I knew that
he had lost one tooth, and the prints of his
tracks made a stronger imprint on one side
than the other, and I knew he was lame on
one side, and on one side the flies gathered
and on the other the ants, so I knew there
was sugar on one side and on the other side
grain. :

Now, I don’t want anything of that sort;
don’t want any camel in the grocery move-
ment; you want just that shape that I first
gave you to-day, the express train that
brought me here; it came with force and
unity of purpose, and to which you can add
harmony, and I believe you are here to pro-
gress; you want to take pride in your sphere
in life just as any other sphere; let the gro-
ceryman believe that he is equally good and
equally strong with anyone else. Don’t
forget that you are a power in the land.
Often and often I come back to it again and
again with pleasure, telling grocers that
they must remember that they are the best
located men to influence the popular mind;
perhaps the certain assurance of having on
his side thrift and honesty and intelligence
the groéer has the advantage over any other
society. 1 believe that if the grocer under-
stood how to use this power it would be
greatly to his advantage; that, located as he
is, he can be a power of good not only to
himself but to others, and I would very
much like to see the grocery movement ed-
ucated above the idea that it wasrun simply
for the pockets of those concerned. I think
it is for their hearts, it is for their mind. It
is, I think, for the good-fellowship; I think
it is for their good pleasure, and as such I
trust that its future, its trend, will’be all
that you can expect of it.

 

 

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