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YALE & 0, MANUFACTURERS OF Imperialand LaBelle BAKING POWDERS And all kinds of Extracts and Flavorings é JOBBERS OF TEAS, TOILET SOAPS,CIGARS and GROCERS’ SUNDRIES. Grand Rapids. F. J. DEYTENTHALER WHOLESALE Salt Lake Fish _ AND OYSTERS. ‘Packing and eee: 37North Division Street. - Office, 117 Monroe St., MICH. = jews me the small bey Well on in years, an eye severe, a beard of even length, a body not spare, and yet lean enough to uphold the austere face for- ever sitting on those shoulders, ‘justice of the peace, custodian of the township li- brary, retired doctor, with certain drugs for sale at retail, as emergency demanded, dea- con, farmer,—such was Cyrus Worthy Woodman, the ‘prominent’ citizen” of Woodman’s Corners, who wanted an orphan to “fetch up.” The orphan — to be had. It is wonderful how, on this earth, supply and demand seem to have been created for each other. So thought the people who were closing out the small boy. It is need- less to believe that he would have gone cheaper—that is, ifa less portentous per- sonage than Cyrus Worthy Woodman had reached, the small boy would have been handed forth. To tell the truth, this small boy was not a prime article. He was but nineyears old, not robust, a secretly egotistical little fel- low, with a sad consciousness of the hol- lowness of the merit upon which he based his self-love, yet mortally sensitive to the honest remarks of the world. Thus, after the great Cyrus had secured the orphan, and after the proper nfention had been elabor- ately made to him of the advantages of be- ing a boy in Squire Woodman’s family, it became necessary to examine the boy criti- cally, in order that there might thrive in his heart no excessive vanity or other hateful thing. _ There followed, then, the torture of this daily and conscientious exhibit of his lack of personal sightliness, his lack of promis- ing muscle, his lack of a deep, religious satisfaction with his lot as an orphan, whereby the Kind Father had exalted him tobe even a servant in the house of Cyrus Worthy. The little fellow’said ‘Yes” to all this with his lips, but he was not an able liar, and the womenfolk, with their sharp eyes, soon determined that ‘Squire Wood- man had a viper in his bosom. All the little triumphs of this unfortunate child withered in the Sahara of human feel- ings which it was now his fate to cross. His speeches at the Sunday-school festivals were as naught, for there was no Sunday- school. His great geography, with the wee boy seated among grown girls at school, was a memory which no one,slse would be- lieve, for there was no schooi—fererphans. There was nothing for this boy to do but to split wood; to carry it in; and when people asked him if he liked it at ’Squire Wood- man’s, to say that he did, and look happy. Already has this brief specimen of genus homo questioned with himself, ‘What is life?” And from the morning prayers of Cyrus Worthy Woodman, of course, has come the admonition that life is a blessing to the good, and a terror to the ungodly. There is a growing suspicion of ungodli-: ness in the child’s heart, for life rapidly terrorizes him. The spring floods have come. There is the usual gossip and guessing whether or not the dam will go out. On each side of the little bridge, built with so much ofa township noise—the fete of water-waders— there yawns a stretch of swollen stream that must be forded. Beyond this Pigeon Creek is the farm which Cyrus Worthy Woodman owns and rents to Beebee—Bee- bee, the base; Beebee, the ungodly, to whom life is very properly a terror; and when Cy- rus Worthy doth add to this terror, is he not merely the instrument of an all-wise Provi- dence? So ruminates Cyrus Worthy ‘Woodman, and if he say it aloud, so chime in his delightful family, for Cyrus is a great man, in whom they have their pride. Let us, then, behold the beginning of life in its reality, so far as this boy is concern- ed. The frugal morning meal has been eat- en; the household has gathered in the sit- ting-room, and before the glass doors of the township library the boy has kneeled and spelled out the titles of all Abbott’s bio- graphies, and all the ““Beechnut” yarns, and the ‘‘Rollo” stories, ‘Robinson Crusoe,” ‘‘Fox’s Book of Martyr’s,” ‘‘Pil- grim’s Progress,” “Thaddeus, ” and ‘‘The Children of the Abbey.” Phe prayer closes, and the menfolk go forthwith to the barn. There, as the morning light grows better, Cyrus Worthy repeats to the lad the hope that he will never whistle again on Sunday, as he had been apprehended in doing the previous day. The tonea man adopts to- ward a very small boy is always mockésol- emn, but with Cyrus this solemnity isa keen delight. There is to be built, vikin the tribute- paying realm of the despised Beebee, a new Yail-fence which shall run through a thick growth of timber, over a morass, and fur- ther along into terra incognita so far as the boy may. know. To a small boy, a rail- _| fence entering a piece of woods is often the sign of infinity. It shall be the beginning of real life for the Small boy to aid in cut- ting the way for this fence. The horses are hitched to the wagon- gearing, the lunch is grasped, Cyrus be- | strides the reach just for THE PHARISEE OF PIGEON CREEK, not to stay,” sings Cyrus, a as his mind nee: els-over thé church meetings of yesterday, and the boy in front of him, filled with the glory and humanity of Cyrus Worthy Woodman in adopting a small orphan boy, filled with the renown of Cyrus Worthy Woodman which so beswells the whole fam- ily, concludes that his own homesickness and his unhappiness, and his thoughts of his poor dead mother, who held even her little boy asa Cyrus Worthy Woodman, a joy in the world—concludes, I say, that these feelings must arise entirely from un- godliness, whereby life becomes a terror, that Providence may hide a shining face! And as the flood comes upon the vision of the distinguished magistrate, physician, father, landlord and orphan-protector, his hymn rises higher, as though it were Moses, Joshua, Elisha, or John the Baptist going down into the waters. The hymn, though it may depress the Spirits, still sustains the courage of the small boy. It is only the matter of a wet- ting, for the water sometimes comes over the reach. For- all this, to the lad, the whole proceeding is horrible. It is work, the Gorgon and Chimera of the world. For that small boy who wades for fun to-day, and goads his mother to despair, would cry loudly out to fate were he dredging ina broken dam, or going on an errand across a swollen creek. But to the despair of a wee child there happily enters the promptest of reactions. |The very bark upon the trees isa study. The bladder upon the neck of the bull-frog isa mystery. The plainness of a linnet, or the jaunty dress of a woodpecker, will cheer a child far off beyond the reach of any wagon or the chant of any hypocrite. And in the bottoms of any free little creek, Na- ture has her playground. There, ‘returning birds and waking frogs arouse the spring. There, sometimes, the national convention of blackbirds meets, spends three days in organizing, and takes fifteen hundred bal- lots without a nomination! And with the creek receding comes also the Spirit of mastery—for has not Cyrus Worthy Woodman, at last, thinking that the boy had life, spoken fitly of their suc- cess in crossing? And this so cheers the Protected that he begins in his mind to chop trees with his little axe, and already wishes he were at the point of work. It is a new country in Northern Indiana, The man and the boy pass many clearings. The blows of the’ax are heard in many di- rections. Let us notice this wood- -chopper, as Cyrus Worthy drives past: He stands on the log in his shirtsleeves, though the weather is very cold. He chops for a small chip, which flies out, and the little notch sharpens toa point. Then he spreads his feet still further apart, and ap- plies himself, with terrific blows of his keen ax, to a point perhaps fifteen inches to the right of the deep notch just finished. As he brings down the ax he gives utterance to a HUMH! that can be heard far into the tim- ber. A few such blows, and such emphatic, half-dumb ejaculations of the body, and the first great chip, or ‘‘carving,” almost a slab, loosens from the log, and is thrown out of the woodman’s way. The phonographers, as they write their short-hand, have their tees and their dees, their ells and their lees. If you say lip, you use a “‘labial”; if you say tooth, you ‘use a ‘‘dental”; if you say like, a “‘lingual”; if you say ink, a “nasal”; if you say Gog, or Magog, a “‘gutteral.” Thus the phonog- raphers preach you pedantically of your lips, your teeth, your tongue, your nose and your throat. Andif ever you pass the initial point of their analysis, you must have also their ‘“labio dentals,” their “linguo dentals,” and so on. But. this woodman’s phonetics goes beyond the lore of the short-hand men. His humh, his body’s inarticulate ery, is from the stomach and through the nose. It must be a ‘“pas- tro-nasal.” It has no name among Ameri- cans. But the Scotch, quicker students of hu- man nature than we are—the Scotch call it “‘pah-ing.” [Pronounced pah-hing.”] And here they are, bright and early, at Beebee’s; Cyrus Worthy Woodman, making first the little chip, and then the big one, though ona standing rather than a fallen tree. Chop—humh! Chop hurls! Chop humh! And on the small saplings the little boy strives to imitate his protector. It is the under-stroke the boy cannot get. So all his blows are delivered downward, many with- in a hair’s-breadth of each other. And when, at last, the sapling can ‘be bent over and broken off, the stump looks like a Splint broom. It is neither scientific nor rapid. {Itis simply work. That ‘was the object. The boy was learning to work. I have heard, in days gone by, when the N ew York printers waited for steamers to come in with the news, such as is now eabled, they ceuld either “loaf” or set “bogus.” “Bogus” was Bible copy, filled with “‘su- periors,” italic, genealogical tables, and very narrow in measure. This “bogus” was cor- g rected with scrupulous care—and then dis- ft tributed. It was ‘work, and work only. ne. ‘this bo: things he loved to chop were the blue birch- es—long, beautiful withes, without a branch, that could be cut down clean with one blow. They grew ten feet long, slender, erect— fine withes with which to whip oxen. Haw, there!—and an ox would haw! had you one of those magnificent withes to shake over his horns. “Chop down yon sapling, William,” quoth Cyrus as he examined the edge of his ax, There arose in the tired boy’s mind a countless number of downward hackings. “I can’t!” he whined... It was a sad moment to say ‘‘f can’t!” The skilled axman was filled with what Napoleon III. would have called elan—the blood of Cyrus Worthy was warm with the triumph of flesh over fiber. “O-ho! You can’t?” he cried, with a merry light in his eye. ‘‘I know just how to teach little boys never to say ‘I can’t Now you run over there, and bring me that blue birch—there, that longer one—that’s it. That will teach you, I guess. [Singing] ‘Jesus died*on Calvary’s Mountain.’ Now stand there till I get the lean of this tree. Now stand be- hind me.” And then a chop—humh!—and the creak, the crackling, the crash and the awful fall, such as you hear in the forest in the midst of the gale, at midnight. ‘*Now, where’s the birch ? Ah, yes. I'll trim it. You had better stand out there— right there! Inever knew a little boy to say ‘1 can’t!’ to me but once.” Reader, one world may come close to an- other world and know nothing of it.«.A few years ago, a half-dozen planets went by our Mother Earth, and beyond a sun- spot, or a voleano, or a cyclone, no one of us knew or cared; and no one is sure that either Java or Iowa owed her troubles to the stars. So, here in this forest, there were two worlds. The mind of Cyrus dwelt, prob- ably, on his greatness among men, the funds of his township, and the unworthiness of Beebee. The affair of the moment was to whip a little boy, as the affair of the pre- vious moment had been to fell a tough beech tree. What the little boy might think, could not arise as an inquiry in the judicial mind of Cyrus Worthy Woodman. But, there before him, like a murderer on the scaffold, tied hand and foot with the terror that only the ungodly have, the wretched little wrong-doer stood. Where now was his frog with the bladder, his saucy bluejay, his garter-snake, and his red wintergreen berries ? Down goes his fee- ble pulse. He hears the boys say the church-bell is at the depot. He sees it there. He watches all the operations that hoist it into the belfry. Hegoes home, and his mother, in poverty and misery, talks to him past midnight of his kind father, and the blindness of the destiny that took away that father. He sleeps late beside his mother, and wakes to find a neighbor in the house shrieking that his mother is dead. He goes into that neighbor’s house, and then comes the toll of that same bell—for all the villagers asked, when it first swung in the steeple, ‘‘Whom will it toll for first?”—and it tolled for his own mother! And here in the woods, with Cyrus Worthy before him, he hears the tolling of that bell, and in the blue sky he looks, to see the dove descending, or his mother, or something that shall take away the dread of all dying! But Cyrus Worthy Woodman has no no- tion of killing him! He is merely going to teach him not to say “‘I can’t.” He poses his little victim, who has fairly lost all vo- lition. He flourishes the long withe—a magnificent whip for oxen—and he adminis- ters the rebuke of a conscientious teacher of morals and protector of orphans. There are ten screams of the withe through the air and the adjacent leaves: One —humh; two—humh; three — humh; four—humbh; five—humh; six—humh; seven —humbh; eight—humh; nine—humh; ten— HUMH ! It is Cyrus Worthy Woodman, pah-ing! ‘*There! You will now never say ‘I can’t? any more!” No, no; that demoralized little fellow will never say the dreaded words again. It ‘is a question if he will dare hazard any other form of speech which the sweet- spoken monster may have possibly* inter- dicted. But, oh, the faintness and the aw- ful terror of the moments just passed through! Why had not his mother told him such men could live? He had himself once captured a meadow-lark that throbbed until it died of fright within his hand. Per- haps God has put him in this man’s ‘clutches for his wickedness in wishing to examine the brave little bird that would not leave her nest of speckled eggs in the fallow! But the, memorable day passes without another switching. In fact, the good Cyrus, accepting the office of correction as a sort , of Druid-ceremonial, an offering in ‘the woods, grows genial and less terrible, though by no means‘to be trusted. A. bun- dred years could not wipe out of that little brain the impression of brutality that a nsitive soul. screaming ox-withe and a hideous gastro- | beautiful blue birches had a J udas-like look . and prophesied countless corrections. The bullfrog croaked “I can’t!” The kill-deer cried ‘I can’t!” The quail taunted him: “O, I can’t!” The national convention of blackbirds, in session near by on the bot- toms, at once nominated Cyrus Worthy Woodman by acclamation, amidst a seene of indescribable enthusiasm. Alas! it seemed that even nature had hurled the poor boy from her Reart. But at night—may God be praised!—as they splashed homeward through the swol- len flood, a friendly bird, that had no fear of township authority, lamented: ‘“Whip- poor-Will?” ‘‘Whip-poor-Will?” Thus went the spring. On came the summer. The odor of sanctity hung about the man- sion of Cyrus Worthy Woodman. June airs, loaded with the bloom of the fruit trees, and carrying also the dew of an early and delightful day, could not steal joyously into that household that they did not meet the solemn accents of the good man haling forth the imprecations of holy writ upon them that did evil. Night could not close upon the little world, tired with the stern demands of toil, without first listening to the same line of Godly diatribe against alk them that persecuted the righteous or held the saintly not select and apart. Had not Hagar been cast forth into the wilderness of Beersheba, and had she not put her child: under one of the shrubs, and sat her down against him a good way off, saying “Let me not see the death of the child?” and as she sat over against him had she not lifted up her voice and wept? Andif Beebee: should be cast out, should he not lift up his: Voice, andif the angel of the Lord heard: that voice and succored Beebee, would not’. Cyrus Worthy Woodman ery, “It is the will: of heaven!” And had not a just and terri-- ble Ruler of the Universe also poured the-- vials of his wrath upon the people of Egypt, —the murrain of beasts, the boils and the - blains,—the hail, locusts, withal? And had not the Lord smitten the first-born, from the first-born of Pharaol: : that sat on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon? For the Lord whom Cyrus Worthy Woodman. worshipped was a jealous God, visiting the - iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation. And had not the Lord also smitten his servant : David with the chosen pestilence, the angels of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel? And was not this Scerip- ture that flourished upon the lips of the magistrate forever reeking with misery and bloodshed? Verily was it needful that alk those who sought that house should walk with circumspection, lest the vengeance of so frightful’ a Repayer and Smiter should fall upon all that dwelt thereabout! On the other hand must it be related that, recoiling with dread from the ministrations of the chosen servant of an exacting and suspicious Creator, the lad would climb to the garret of that house, and there, beside his cot, he would study the passages in his mother’s Bible, which that mother had marked after the death of her husband. Here was a God of Love. 1t could not be: that the Father of the Fatherless marked: in these verses was the same God sniting- the Egyptians and upholding Abraham in. the cruelest chapter of all history! Oh?! how like a stranger this little sojourner in-. deed felt as he read that the Lord preserv- eth the strangers; he relieveth the father- less and widow. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up; for a father of the fatherless and a judge of the widows is God in His holy habitation! Then, kneeling, this little- stranger at the gates of ’Squire Woodman’s. good hard heart, would pray to his God of Love to be taken away from that hateful abode; and in the sweet other words of that. Same psalmist would he petition: Lord, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble; thou wilt prepare their heart; Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear; to judge the fath- erless and the oppressed, that the men of the earth may no mote oppress. It grows clear to the reader that a secret. heresy was hatching under the shingles of that devoted roof—a heresy more danger— ous than the hornet’s nest that hung stoutly to the midway rafters. Why, then, should we. tarry to detaiy either the march of that summer across. the page of an obscure lad’s history, or the slow-eating canker of that secret heresy > (CONCLUDED ON EIGHTH PAGE) PERFECTION SCALE The Latest Improved and Best. DOES NoT REQUIRE DOWN ‘WEIGHT i: ’ = Will Soon Save its Cost on an eee Counter. “AEE = PERRY, ie shia inere ForSale - ae De one and darkness . ~ on Price—One Dollar per year. s, nae ae |, BE A STOWE, ‘Editor. “WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1888. THE STANDARD AGAIN. ‘With a shortage of front one to five gal- lons of oil to every barrel, outside mer- chants would appear to be justified in ‘ harboring resentment against the Standard Oi Co. Judging from the report of the proceedings of the last meeting of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Asseciation, however, - city oil handlers have quite as much to con- ' tend with as their brethren who buy in bar- ‘rels instead of in bulk, inasmnch as they have to watch the drivers to prevent their giving short measure; aiso to prevent their charging for from five to ten gallons of oil more than they actually put into the mer- _chants’ tanks. Tur TRADESMAN’S advice to the trade in dealing with the Standard Oil Co., or any of its minions, is this: Treat them as you would treat a thief, giving them no oppor- tunity to swindle you. If you buy from the tank wagon, watch every movement of the driver, satisfying yourself that he fills his measure honestly and gives youas many gallons as he collects for. If, on the other hand, you buy by the barrel, draw off the oil and measure it, pay for what you actually get and no more. You will find that every barrel is short from one to five gallons. The Standard Oil Co. never was known to put as much oil in a barrel as it is guaged, yet they have the brazen audacity to ask the trade to pay the same price for shortage as for oil. The poor man who steals a loaf of bread goes to jail, but the biggest thief on earth waxes fat on its steal- ings, simply because the trade does not arise as one man and insist on honest meas- ure and good quality of oil. France and Italy are the storm centers of Europe now. The ambition of each is to carve out an empire for itself in Northern Africa, The bitterness with which Italy resented the annexation of Tunis will be remembered. With nearly equal bitterness France regards the extension of Italian con- quests-on the lower Red Sea, the last being the annexation of Massowah. With Eng- land holding one shore and Itally the other, France would have very little real use of the Suez Canal at the upper end of the Red Sea, in case she fell out with either, So the two powers begin to talk of their arma- ments and their military and naval force, and their prime ministers attend the autumn manceuvres of their fleets, as though a war were actually impending. There have been too many of these diplomatic displays of teeth in the last decade for the world to take them very seriously. France, which would have to act on the aggressive, has good reason to believe that the old alliance of Italy with Germany is not at an end, and that in attacking one country she would have to fight both. The Inter-State Commerce Commission has decided to sanction a tariff of railroad charges to the Pacific coast by which through tates from New York are put much lower than from Chicago. The merchants of the latter city naturally dislike this arrange- ment, but it seems to be unavoidable as re- gards ordinary freights. There is water- competition for freights from New York to San Francisco, both by way of Panama and around Cape Horn. Goods can be carried ‘by these routes as low as 57 cents a ton, and in cases where time is a matter of com- parative indifference, the water route will be used exclusively, if the railway charges are made proportionate to distance. The * railroads know by past experience how low they must put their charges to make the more rapid transportation worth paying for. If they refused the freights offered at this lower rate, Chicago would gain nothing, and the roads would be the losers. So long as lower rates take from Chicago no advan- tage its‘natural situation entitles it. to, no . Injustice is done to it. Any of THE TRADESMAN’s readers who _ would like to have a printed copy of the ver- batim report of the third annual convention of the Michigan Business Men’s Associa- tion, held at Cheboygan last month, can be accommodated by sending their address to this office. Bank Notes. “sGacanet & Gardner have merged their pt business at Edmore into the ie- more Exchange Bank. Sault Ste. Marie Herald: On August _ 81 the directors of the First National Bank held their semi-annual meeting to consider dispose of the earnings of the bank for Six months. it was decided to pass “Rathbun & Ford succeed Rathbun &| Flory in the paint and wall paper business. Lemon, Hoops & Peters are busy re- moving the residue of the Arthur Meigs & Co. stock to their house. . Danaher & Bertran have engaged in the grocery business at Custer. Amos S. Mus- selman & Co. furnished the stock. J.S. Alden & Co. have removed their drug stock from Howard City to this place, locating on Cherry street near the city limits. Mrs. D. Dorman has opened a dry goods and notion store at Cedar Springs. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. furnished the stock. W. R. Brentner has sold his grocery stock at 40 Fountain street to G. D. Comstock, who will continue the business at the same location. : J. W. Herendeen, formerly engaged in the drug business on South Division street, is reported to be casting about for a new location on the same thoroughfare. ~ E. Bliven and O. Allyn have formed a copartnership under the style of Bliven & Allyn and engaged in the wholesale and re- tail fish and oyster business at 63 Pearl street. Sain B. Ardis, who lost his stock and store at Lake City by fire several months ago, has erected a new building and re- engaged in trade. I. M. Claik & Son fur- nished the groceries. - Otto Klein, late of Gloversville, N. Y., will shortly open a wholesale and retail glove store at 79 Pearl street as a branch of the celebrated factory of A. Klein, of Glov- ersville. He will carry a full line of both imported and domestic gloves and mittens. D. Seegmiller, formerly engaged in the grocery business on the West Side, has ar- ranged to start a grocery store at 563 Cherry street and a meat market at No. 561. Ol- ney, Shields & Co. will furnish the grocery stock, the intention being to open up for business on Saturday. Daniel Lynch, successor to Fred D. Yale & Co., has Jeased the store at 19 South Ionia street, formerly occupied by Thomp- son & Maclay, and is removing his stock to that place from his’ old location on South Division street. He proposes increasing his line as soon as he gets settled. The stock of the Tower Clothing Co., recently soldto J.L. Hudson by J. W. Rosenthal for $75,000, inventories $106,000. The liabilities -are $126,000 -showing a shrinkage of $20,000, in less than a year, besides the loss of such capital—if any—as Rosenthal put into the business. Mr. Hudson is compromising with such creditors as are disposed to take 75 per cent. in full settlement, and the indications are that all will accede to the proffered terms. A. M. LeBaron, formerly engaged in g en eral trade at Levering, and Geo. H. Cobb, formerly engaged in the dress goods depart- ment of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., at Traverse City, have formed a copartner- ship under the style of LeBaron & Cobb and engaged in the grocery business at the corner of South Division and Hall streets, purchasing their stock of Olney, Shields & Co. Both partners were engaged in trade at Saline before going North, and have the requisite experience to insure success. AROUND THE STATE. Quincy—V. Y. Bidwell’s grocery has been closed by creditors. Ionia—The Batson grocery stock has, been shipped to Big Rapids. Saline—Fred Henne has moved his gro- cery stock to Ann Arbor. Perrinton-—Brisbin & Cooley have opened a branch store at Middleton. ,Caro—J. M. Denyes succeeds Denyes Bros. in the grocery business. Carson City—B. F. Bremer has sold his hardware stock to D. L. Straight Carson City—E. J. Mason & Co. succeed E. J. Mason in the cider business. Burdickville—Samuel Berry has bought the general stock of J. R. Greenman. Bedford—Smith Bros. succeed C. D. Smith in the grocery and drug business. Mecosta—M. A. (Mrs. N.) Globensky has removed her grocery stock tu Lakeview. Iron Mountain—Lilly & Richardson -suc- ceed Verhalen Bros. in the grocery business - Jackson—I. N. Branch succeeds Mrs. P. Fisher in the grocery and bakery business. Saginaw—Carsten Gosen succeeds Gosen & Johnson in the grocery and liquor busi- ness. * Au Sable—Sarah M. (Mrs. Chas.) Fried- lander has removed her gee stock to Oscoda. Grand Haven—Edward Barnes i is closing Lout his grocery stock and will retire from business, Middleton—K. M. Richardson & Co., of | Z Maple Rapids, have started @ branch hard-| $ ware store here. - Battle Creek—T. B. Skinner & Son suc- ceed L. W. Robinson & Co. in the dry goods business. — - Sault Ste. Marie—The Dunning Furniture ; Co. has purchased the undertaking business | penne w. Kahn & Co, have| Hen eo ral G Ten H | J P Cordes, ipine ri Pat in a general stock about October 1. : - | STRAY ‘FACTS. - Ravenna—R. ‘D. Wheeler is ground for a new store building. Bradley—B. Burlington & Son are: hand- ling sixty bushels of apples per Cay in their dryer. : Bay ;City—The ‘Warren-Lewis. ‘Lumber Co. has been incorporated, with a B Dalen capital of $25,000. > aid Sherwood—M. R. Gwin & Co. gave a $3,000 chattel mortgage on their dry goods stock, when other creditors attached. East Saginaw—R. Weston, plumber and gas fitter, has made an assignment. His liabilities are $2,417, and his assets $1,638. Detroit—The New England Shoe Manu- facturers’ Association succeeds the New York and New England Shoe Manufacturers’ Selling Co. in the sale of boots and shoes on commission. Detroit—The Wendell Grain Co. has been incorporated, with a paid-in capital of $20,- 000, to deal in grain, fruits, vegetables, ete. The stockholders are F. William Lichtenberg, John H. Wendell, Christian H. Lichtenberg, Harvey D. Wendell, Eber Ward and Aaron A. Parker. - Menominee—John W. Blodgett, of Grand Rapids, and W. F. D. Davis, of Menomi- nee, have been elected directors in the Do- herty & Baars Lumber Co., to take the place of William A. Doherty and George S. Baars, who lately withdrew from the con- cern. C. D. Nelson was elected president, John W. Blodgett, vice-president, W. F. N. Davis, treasurer and superintendent, H. W. Nelson, secretary, The above and N. F. Avery, Grand Rapids, the other director, hold all the stock. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Muskegon—Partington & Perry have en- gaged in the manufacture of a combined flour chest and kneading board. —____- = -@ pe Purely Personal. Frank E. Drew, the’ Newaygo meat dealer, was in town Monday. B. W. Ellison, the Alma general dealer, was in town one day last week. E. D. Voorhees, the Ionia overall manu- facturer, was in town last Thursday. T. D. Inman, the Rockford harness deal- er, beamed on his Grand Rapids friends last Wednesday. Joshua Freeman, of Freeman, Ont., is spending a couple of weeks with his sons, Thos. S. and W. L. Freeman. George Starr, who stands behind the counter for M. Bailey, the Plainwell drug- gist, spent Sunday with friends here. J. F. Mann, the Lisbon boot and shoe dealer, is attending the annual reunion of the 4th Michigan Cavalry at Flint this week. Geo. Carrington, the Trent general deal- er, wasin town last Friday, on his way home from New York, where he spenta couple of weeks. H. E. Grand-Girard, the Big Rapids druggist, passed through the city Monday on his way home from Detroit. He was accompanied by his wife. Jas. D. Wadsworth, late with Arthur Meigs & Co., has taken the position of assistant book-keeper for I. M. Clark & Son. He began his new duties on Monday. W. H. Taylor, junior member of the firm of Taylor & Son, who succeeded John Eng- lish in general trade at Lucas -about four months ago, was in town a couple of days last week. F. L. Fuller, proprietor of the Northern Kent Bank, at Cedar Springs, was in town last Thursday. Heis arranging to erect a brick building for the reception of his bank- ing business. Dr. Chas. 8S. Hazeltine left Saturday night for Concord, N. H., where he will place his son in school, returning by way of Saratoga to attend the annual meeting of the National Wholesale Druggists’ Associa- tion. J. H. Aitkin, formerly engaged in trade at Flint, but more recently a resident of St. Johns, is now connected with the gen- eral store of the Oregon Construction Co., at Huntington, Oregon. He still keeps track of his many Michigan friends through THE TRADESMAN. Chas. C. Krizter, the Newaygo’ miller, suffered the loss of his dam on Sunday. Did Charley sit down and moan over his misfortune? Notany. He teok the Sun- day night train for Springfield, Ohio, and before many men would have decided what to do under the cireumstances, he will have a better dam than before. ——>_ a VISITING BUYERS. | The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: J C Benbow, Cannonsburg Kohlman & Hoffmaster, ' N F Miller, Lisbon egun Cc Roozenrand, Zeeland CL Graves, Conklin T VanEenenaam,Zeeland Jay Marlatt, Berlin H VanNoord, Jamestown E Drew, Newaygo S ABush, Lowell Chas C Kritzer, Newaygo e He boer ¢ . aes Drenthe B W Ellison, Alma W Mead Rockf kford jcacey,Cannons- 3a & Son, Lucas Clark, B: ee Rett Fremont JF Mann, Lis! eee Caledonia GK wuntley, Tak t, Watson & DeVoist le H Free iM ver eee eo n Dunning & Rogers,Hasting nets ee HN Bur ae, C G8 Putnam, Fruitp Y Ta Cornell, iswold L&L Jenison. Jenigonville 9 Exra Brot vn, Ei ‘ohn Homrich, No Dorr : breaking | Our ‘Comm Crop. Ee fat year a withering drought afflicted | | the: Northwest and West and ‘its impress ‘| was left on the country in the shape of de- pleted granaries and astricted crop yields. This season the case has been happily re- versed. Copious rains and frequent “heat waves are hastening to maturity a crop of corn of unprecedented extent. We know | that anything wrested from nature and thrown into the avenues of trade indirectly aids all men with whom it comes in contact and the ultimatum of the present corn out- look promises beneficial results to the whole country. The good newsof the golden harvest will scarce have been disseminated before we will feel its benign influence in the guise of lower priced meat and feed. The latter article of trade, especially, will improve in quality as the lighter grain will be crowded out to give place to the heat- producing, fattening maize. The abun- dance of this year’s corn supply means bet- ter pork packed in Kansas City and Chica- 0; more comfortable wintering of stock in the corn belt; sleeker sides and increased milk flow in Eastern dairy cattle; and, in fact, all that portion of the domestic animal world limited to the United States will lift up its head rejoicing at the bounteous lav- ishment with which it is favored. Men who elate at scant harvests because the high prices incurred seem to directly benefit them regard the commercial weal through a contracted lens which is focused on only present profits. Take a year of dearth, for instance, and the farmer sells his half-filled bins of grain for a sum equal to the price of an overflowing garner in a season of plenty. He is no gainer thereby, but really a loser, for the chances are that he robs that de- partment of his purse representing gains from his stable and fold to fatten the other side of the pocket book containing the grain profits. Let farmers, then, cease to be downeast at the golden blessing vouch- safed to them, for the generous hand of nature seldom over-estimates the needs of humanity, and the bulky surplus of 1888 will eventually accrue to the producer’s en- hancement through diverse trade channels. GEORGE E. NEWELL. qs Gripsack Brigade. Heman Barlow having returned from his trip down the St. Lawrence, Fred Ball is out on the warpath again. Dick Prendergast, who suffered a sprained ankle at the traveling men’s ball game, ex- pects to be able to get out again next Mon- day. Sam. Morrison, who has been laid up since the Detroit ball game with a sprained ankle, started out on the warpath again Monday—a little lame, to be sure, but with tinbounded ambition. Ed. Morgan has gone on the road for Curtiss & Co., starting out on his initial trip on Monday: He will cover the trade south of Grand Rapids on the line of the C. & W. M., Lake Shore and Michigan Cen- tral. If anyone thinks Hub. Baker will take a bluff, he better come in out of the wet with- out delay. Coming down fromthe N orth, afew days ago, there wasa young girl on the train without acentof money. She was bound for Peru, Ind., but was told by the conductor that she would. have to get off atthe next station. Someone dared Hub. to pass through the train and take up a collection—a challenge he was not slow to accept. Quarters, half dollars and dol- lars flew into his hat without unnecessary importunity, and when the rounds had been made it was found that enough had been collected to pay the girl’s fare through to destination, buy her dinner at Reed City and give her $4 besides. She accepted the gift with many thanks and more tears. —_— Oo Adulteration of Food. In reporting favorably to the Housea substitute for the Lee bill to prevent the mannfacture or transportation of adulterat- ed articles of food, drink and drugs, made in one state and intended to be sold in an- other, the House Committee on Agriculture, referring to the extent of adulteration, says: ‘This state of facts amounts not only to a premium upon dishonesty, but is a threat to national health. Honest manufacturers and dealers are placed at a disadvantage or are forced into.a reckless competition with fraud. Legitimate trade is handicapped and demoralized. It tends to maké an Ish- maelite of both manufacturer and dealer. Recent investigations in the department of agriculture of cheese deceptions, frauds in milk, adulteration in beer and spirits, in spices and condiments and other things in daily use as food and beverage, emphasize the necessity for prevention or repression of these disreputable practices stimulated by the greed of gain. Liquids, perhaps even more generally than solids, are subject to this sophistication. Aged brandies are made from diluted aleohol; cheap wines are mixed and manipulated todimitate expensive brands; beers are doctored to avoid the use of expensive hops, and to cheapen the pro- ‘| duct or simulate some desired quality. Teas ‘| are mixed, colored with poisonous minerals ‘and spent leaves are dried and placed a sec- ond time upon the market. ~The animal in- dustry which asks for the protection pro- posed in this bill reaches all the levels of life, from the millionaire to the day laborer. | It embraces more than all other industries in the country combined, the property of the poor.” —__ << ; A Simple Barometer. A very good and sensitive barometer may be made by glueing together strips of red cedar and seasoned pine. A strip of cedar about thirty inches long, one and one-half inches wide, and one-eighth of an inch thick, is cut with the grain, and to one side of it must be glued strips of pine of equal thickness, with the grain running across. f th This combination is set the cedar. end, and will, according to the | oe of | w e bi bent be found to ha "A. GQOD LRIGH P "BOWER s SLEGA\ aa EEeeSAMEEMELICAN. MAN? TH, THEECARDS) ES - Wa itHecamene Bip! ONDER STANDS doe * barat YS | He? POINTS THAT, rE} MADE. ‘Quir EYPRIGHTFULY PrOfsee’ Tit nerd a LAID ZOOWN, 1GH Bowen : xshie aN EASE A. EATON & 60., Sole Agents for Michigan, Grand Rapids. Too Good to Keep. From the Boot and Shoe Recorder. A shoe manufacturer recently visited a certain Western city, looking around among the trade. As usual, he had both eyes open for business. Entering one of the principal jobbing houses, he was soon extolling his goods and boasting how much cheaper he could make shoes than anyone else in his line. Hello!” he suddenly exclaimed, picking up a pair of shoes, ‘‘what are those?” “That’s one of a pair of samples that we’ye just ordered from,’ was the reply. The visitor examined the shoes critically. Then he asked, ‘*What’d you pay?” ‘*A dollar and thirty cents,” said one of the firm. “Buy many?” x ‘SA bout 500 cases.” The manufacturer gave the shoe a final and searching examination, threw it down and said: ‘‘Now, [ll tell you what I'll do: I'll make precisely the same thing for a dol- lar twenty-five.” ‘Just as good stock and finish?” ‘“‘Eixactly, or you needn’t keep ’em.” “If we countermand this order and give it to you, how soon will we get the goods?” “In a month.” ‘SAll right; the order’s yours.” The manufacturer was so tickled at hav- ing thus got a big order away froma com- petitor that he asked the members of the firm to dinner, and ‘‘set ’em up” liberally. Then the murder came out. ‘““We had a call from one of your sales- men a few days ago,” casually remarked one of the firm, as he puffed a good cigar, and winked at his partner. “Mr. Gripensacker?” ‘SY es. ”? % ‘Round him a nice fellow, eh?” “Oh, yes, but he can’t sell goods with his employer.” The manufacturer looked pleased. makes you think so?” he asked. ‘For the simple reason that he charged us a dolle. and thirty cents a pair for goods which you camealong and sold us five cents a paircheaper. That’s reason enough, isn’t it?” ‘‘Blankety—blank—blank!” roared the manufacturer, jumping up and tipping over his chair, ‘‘What do you mean?” ‘Just what I say,” said the jobber, jump- ing up in histurn. ‘‘And what’s more, be- fore we came to dinner I telegraphed your house to countermand the order we gave your salesman. Now, you’ve got to supply that 500 cases at a dollar twenty-five cents a pair, as you agreed. *If you don’t, the whole town will know of this transaction before night, and it might not be much to your credit, either.” Then the manufacturer realized the utter absurdity of the situation, and the fact that he had been underselling his own goods. He sat down and laughed till he cried. Then he shook hands with the jobbers on his agreement, and made them swear by all that was great and good, that they wouldn’t reveal the story to a living soul. They swore, but the joke got out, as such things always do. —_—— 2 The Tendency of Modern Trade. From the New York Shipping List. An apt illustration of the monopolizing tendency of trade at the present time is fur- nished by the rather prolific crop of .specu- lative corners that made their appearance during the month of August, which, taken in connection with the fact that these events have been coincident with the active discus- sion of Trusts tret. has been in progress, gives to them rather peculiar significance at the present moment. The speculative cor- ner is only another phase of the fundamen- tal principle of combination that underlies the Trust, worked up, it is true, in a some- what different manner and more ephemeral in its character, but, nevertheless, the same result is sought to be accomplished. Under these circumstances it may be interésting to group together the several corners that have been developed and liquidated in commer- “What ‘cial circles during the part few weeks. First in importanee, is perhaps, the squeez- ing of the August shorts in cotton, which is said to have realized a very large profit to the clique that manipulated the deal and forced the price of August cotton up to 11.48 cents, while at the same time Septem- ‘ber was selling at 9.90, and witnessed the unique spectacle of several thousand bales of cotton being imported here from Europe, It is scarcely necessary to point out that under Ree eee the cotton trade te thes fase it will be August oats was next discovered, being brought about by the fact that all the early receipts of new crop, graded below No. 2, and raised the value of that grade ten cents per bushel. London speculators worked up a corner in tin and copper, and during the last three days of August the price of tin was jumped over £5 per ton, while spot copper had advanced about £13 per ton, the effect of which has been reflected upon this market, but only in a subdued manner, be- cause the speculative interest here was com- paratively narrow. Then there wasaslight squeeze of shorts in August lead, which only created a small temporary ripple, and August went out and September has come in, with the coffee market in Havre and Hamburg excited over a corner in Septem- per, which has already established a rapid advance in values and bids fair to further de- moralize those markets before these specula- tive deals have been liquidated. The amount of money involved in these speculative deals runs up into the millions-—one branch of trade having been impoverished and another -enriched to that extent, while in eachinstance legitimate trade has been unsettled, if not demoralized, and a considerable margin of loss has been occasioned from indirect in- fluences that cannot be even approximately estimated. It is not our purpose, however, to preach upon the immorality of corners, for public sentiment has always condemned such op- erations as the worst phase of speculative gambling, but rather to point out that, not- withstanding this ‘well-recognized fact, speculation is continually endeavoring to accomplish this very result, and the gen- eral tendency of modern trade is toward the formation of such combinations by the use of enormous sums of money, as will create a monopoly more or less permanent in effect and wide reaching in its influence. The plethora of Trusts that have come into ex- istence within the last few months is quite as significant of the monopolizing tendency of modern trade as are these speculative corners in merchandise, railroad pools in passenger and freight rates and various other forms’ of combination that seek to centralize and control vast fields of industry in commercial, industrial and financial af- fairs. Each of these is only another phase of the same principle and a different method of accomplishing the same result. a 2 He Didn’t Know the Name of His Hotel. From the New York Sun. The members of the firm of Smith, Jones & Brown are very effusive when greeting country merchant who comes to town to buy goods of them. Yesterday Peter Robinson, of Amsterdam, walked into the store and was greeted by Smith, who, by the way, a sort of Anglomaniac: “Ah! Mr. Robinson, glad to see you; when did you arrive?” ‘““Hawdy!” replied Robinson, hands; ‘‘got in last night.” ‘‘Kiverything lovely, I suppose; where you stopping? ‘*At the St. Cloud.” shh?” **At the St. Cloud.” ‘Oh, you mean the San Clood.” **hh?” *“*The San Clood, corner of Forty-second street and Broadway. Hy ‘*Vaas. 93 Up came Brown, who also shook hands with Robinson: “Going to stock up for the winter, I .sup- pose?” ‘*Yaas.” “Get in this morning?” * “No, last night.” ‘*Where are you stopping?” **At the San Clood.” ‘““Auh?” ‘SAt the San Cloed.” ‘“Where’s that?” ‘*‘Why, corner Tidadway and Rorty-auednd street.” : ‘Ha! Ha! that’s the St. Cioud.” ‘*Yaas is it?” Jones now appeared on the scene: ‘Hello, Robinson, old man, how’s tricks up the country?” “Everything first class.” ‘“*When did you get in?” **Last night.” ‘*Where are you stopping?” ‘*At the St. Cloud.” ' **¥ou mean the St. Cloo, don’t you?” ; “Yaas. 2 Robinson was turned over to the business is shaking manager, who shook hands with him: ‘‘When | ae you arrive in town, Mr. Houinsout : . Got in last a To Preserve Eggs. The Magnet gives us an infallible pre- servative of egzs: ‘Take a,teacupful of salt, and lime to the sizeof an egg, and pour boiling water on them. When cold, drain off the liquor and put it on the eggs. If too strong, there will be a crust on top; if so, add more water. This is for two gallons of liquor. There is no receipt that beats this, and it can be relied upon. Eggs put down in August. and used in April are just as fresh and make just as nice frostings as newly-laid ones.” Tn contrast to the universal wail about calamity and cereal ruin, it is a pleasure to ~ note that the Manitoba Railroad has issued a circular advising its patrons who deal in coal and wood to supply the necessities of their immediate localities for the winter, and avoid the blockade that is sure to result from the movement of the grain crop. ——— Merchants should remember that the cele- brated ‘‘Crescent,” ‘‘White Rose” ard “Royal Patent” brands of flour are manu- factured and sold only by the Voigt Mill- ing Co. —e -- <> Buy flour manufaccured by the Crsacdnt Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. Voigt Milling Co. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. ° eee ee 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, j;OR SALE—WELL-ESTABLISHED IMPLEMENT BUS- iness, choice location, in rich farming country. Capital required—about 35, 000. Profits about $500 per month. A golden opportunity for liveman. Address Jno. T. Marriott, Agt., Wakefield, Neb. 283 OR SALE—GCOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF the most pleasant streets “on the hill.” Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, care Mich gan Tradesman. 286 {OR SALE—WELL-SELECTED GROCERY STOCK, situated on good business corner. Stoek and fix- tures will inventory about $3,000. Reason for selling, other business. Address Henr y, care Michigan Trades- man, Grand Rapids. 282 LIOR SALE—ONE 9x24 ROWNDS’ SECTIONAL ROLL- er mill, with elevators and scalpers complete; oné Webster bran duster; one OO Geo. T. Smith purifier. The above machines are allin good condition. Enquire of owner, D. C. Briggs, North Branch, Mich. OR SALE—BAZAAR BUSINESS, WELL ESTAB- lished in one of the liveliest and best. business townsin the State. Pr oprietor’s health failing. In- voice about $1,400. Now is the time to buy for fall and holiday trade. Address A B C office of this paper. 272 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. Roe SALE—CLEAN GROCERY, DRY GOODS < Crockery stock, situated in a railway town, with good line of customers. Stock will inventory about $2,000. Will take part cash and balance on time. Ad- dress A. S. Musselman & Co., Grand Rapids. 260 OR SALE—DRUG FIXTURES AND SMALL STOCK of drugs. Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford. 258 Fo SALE—OR EXCHANGE FOR STOCK IN TRADE, Grain Elevator, ten carloads capacity; horse & G. T. railroad; Write for particu. D. A. Co., Grand hee £3) power, large grounds; fine town on C. good wheat, and produce market. ia W.B. Tyler, care B. P. ic OR SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD TRADE, LONG or short lease of store. A bargain for some one. Must sell. Want to goSouth. Address Box 12, eo ville, Mich. OR SALE—THE DRESS OF TYPE NOW a "on “The Tradesman’’—600 pounds of brevier and 200 pounds of nonpareil. A good bargain will be given 206 purchaser. \ ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist of eight years’ experience. Speaks the Hol- land language fluently. Can give best of reference. Address, 136 Pine street, Muskegon, Mich. 285 V ANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN UNDERSTANDING the meat business, to buy an interest ina meat market in a good town. Address Cleaver, care Michi- gan Tradesman. ‘WV ANEED-SALESHEN TO SELL OUR CHOICE VA- rieties of nursery stock,either on salary or com- mission. Permanent employment to successful men Address, with references, May Brothers, Nurserymen, Rochester, N. Y. 278 ‘W “ber nat LIVE, ENERGETIC MAN WHO IS SO ber and honest, to consolidate stocks with me, in aNo.I location, where a trade of $20,000 a year can be done. Don’t write unless you are all ri ght and mean business. Address Lock Box 129, Collins: Mich. 275 ANTED—PART INTEREST IN DRUG OR GENERAIT, store by practical ce pharmacist. Ad dress Robert, care Michigan 271 W: ANTED—EVERY STORE KEEPER WHO READS ial aper to give the Sutliff coupon system a trial. will abolish your pass books, do away with all tine "beok: -keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basis and save you the worry and trouble. that usually go with the pass-book plan. Start the Ist ofthe month with the new system and you will never regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent — by adaroaeling (mentioning this pane J. H. Suse, any, N. ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT oT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe: & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 MISCELLANEOUS. i 2. 500 IN CASH OR GOOD PAPER WILL, SE- eure a thrivin ag. he hore business without compe ton nis Meredi cone Sack es er 25, Evart, M OR ee wo WELL LOCATED. STO. a ‘ON South Division street. Size 22 x 6g net GK. Xel- ; WANTS. -| 80n, 68 Monroe street. 6 2 « oe * @ @ ot e WE Crotty, Lansing erating under ‘Pope pepe r ope, : é Prade I 1 mith barnes, ‘Traverse .R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus- * ( rreen- n Stone, Flint. | ar! Committee on Trans: ortation—James Osborn,Owosso On Gouin, Grand Haplas; C. Bock, Battle Building i and Loan Associations—Chaun- jamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; Local Secretaty—P. J. Connell. Muskegon. Oficial Organ— Tax MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. eaxiliany associations are Op- | charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. Roberts. jt No. 2—Lowell #. M.A, ‘President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, _ T. King. os No. 3—Sturgis B. M.A. President, H. 8. Ghurch ; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, E: J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. ‘President, HH. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, , «President, Special Enterprises Wanted. President, No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer. No. 6—Alba B. M. A. President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No, 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. ; No. 8— rt B. M. A. President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Tharston. "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—K ley B. M. A. President, H. P. SS a Renae: C. H. Camp. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. B, M.A. -No. 13—Sherman Se No. 14—No. Muskegon 3B, M. A. President, 8. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15—Boyne City, B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins;#ecretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco. No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A. President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M.A. President, H. W. Parker; Secretary, 8S. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. “Wo. 21—Wayland B.M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. . 23—Carson City B. M. A. a Rockafellow: Secretary, C. G. Bailey. No. 24—Morley KB. M.A. _ President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Patio BK. M. A. President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew. No. 26—Greenville !-. M. A. President. 8. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell. No. 27—Dorr 8B. M. A. President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A President, Fred S. Frost; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. : : President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. : No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. o. 33—Charlevoix &. M. A. hciamie D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—Saranac Bb. 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, 0. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, W. F. Baxter. No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. | President, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 —Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. 8. Willer; Secretary, ¥. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. ident, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. % No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. Breaiaent, W: O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President. Jos: Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun. -No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, G. A. Estes; Secretary, W. M. Holmes. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. 25. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith. No. 45—Hoyiville B. M. A. President, DE. Hallenbeck; Secretary; O. A. Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. 91. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. : No. 47—Flint M. U. President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M.A. _ President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. O'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. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 5%—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A. President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, E. C. Brower. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, P. 8. Swarts. : No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M. A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. ‘o. 62—EKast saginaw M. A. President, 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- President, 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 Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. ; . No. 67—Watervliet BK. 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 BK. M.A, ; H. M. Lee; Secretary, W.S. Powers. . No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. Be No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. rete No. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. P+ ar President, £ A. _No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M aa iE ‘President, 8. 8.McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. Rees Pr Ru AK, MICH.—WANTS A FACTORY TO Ts carer ten hands five years. Bonus, $1,000. 266 : d . All kinds of ity in unlimited quantities. Come-and we will IP eavees Sood BM ay 248 SKEGON-—WANTS A LIVE LOCAL rowsecy BMA. 8 RS UNEXGEPTIONABLE "IN- nery. Address Sec’y B. ae & $|rounds of the bill collector. ; n-members in the work. This ‘gubject. was discussed at some length, when it was de- H. + cided to refer the whole matter. to a special committee to report at the next meeting. The chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Goossen, Dunaven and Lawton. : Mr. Goossen then brought up the subject of | short-weight in fine cut tobacco, reporting that he had found a shortage in but one brand, which was put up nineouncesshort. Noother member had discovered any shortage in tobac- co, but Geo. Dunaven said that he had satis- fied himself that granulated sugar always fell from eight to eleven pounds below the weights marked on the barrel. : E. J. Herrick called attention 10 the habit the West Michigan Oil Co.’s teamsters have of not filling the measure full ‘when delivering oil. He advised the members to watch the mén who deliver oil and see that they get hon- est measure. ; The dishonesty of one or more of Manager Bonnell’s men in collecting for more oil than they actually put in the tanks was also re- ferredto. Several reported losses from: this source, which amount to a considerable in the aggregate. The restriction of the peddler was the next question taken up, when Thos. Keating re- marked that he knew of a number of peddlers who take out a license for a mohth and then peddle all summer. As a rule, the peddler >| charges more for goods than the regular deal- er, while the peddler demoralizes the mer- chant’s business by rendering it impossiblefor him to guage the demand, thus subjecting him to severe losses through unsalable goods left on his hands. Mr. Goossen thought the licenses were not worded right—that they should be the same &3 a government license, where the man pays for the balance of the fiscal year. Mr. Goossen thought the shortest way to deal with the ped- dler would be to organize a stock company among the memters of the Association, put a dozen peddling wagons on the street and freeze out the horde of peddlers. President Herrick said that a man could not stand on a residence street half an hour any forenoon without being able to count a dozen peddlers. The number is becoming so great that the consumer is crying for relief. Speak- ing from the consumers’ standpoint, Stephen Sears offered to spend two days’ time circulat- ing a petition to the Council to abate the nuis- ance. Mr. Herrick asserted that the only thing which would give both the trade and the consumer permanent relief is an amendment to the present ¢gharter, permitting the estab- lishment of a public market and compelling all growers of produce to go there to sell their products. A member calied attention to the prevalence of street stands, mentioning especially the oid fellow who Sells melons in front of Peck Bros.’ drug store. B.&. Harris thought that the two madea good combination —that water melons and pain kil'er go well together. L. Winternitz stated that in Germany all farmers are compelled to go to a public mar- ket to dispose of their products—that thé mer- chant has full sway until 10 o’clock, after which the consumer takes what is left. President Herrick suggested that the matter be laid on the table until the next meeting, in order that the special Committee on Peddling may see the Mayor and formulate a report, and requested THE TRADESMAN to give the subject due attention, that other associations throughout the State may see what the Grand Rapids branch is doing and govern themselves accordingly. The suggestion was adopted, when the fol- lowing resolution was offered: WHEREAS, The Standard Oil Co. has taken advantage of the lack of competition in this market to keep the price of oil upto extortion- ate limits; therefore Resolved, That we welcome the introduction of opposition o1] houses at this market and pledge ourselves to extend such competitiora cordial support. B.S. Harris said that he should vote for the resolution for two reasons—that competition would tend to lower the price and—more im_ portant still—improve the quality of the oil, Much of the oil furnished by the Standard Oii Co. during the winter is very inferior in quali- ty, and, so long as there is no competing house, complaints avail nothing. _ Others spoke in favor of the resolution— some asserting that they would give an oppo- sition house al) their trade—when it was unan- imously adopted. F The meeting then adjourned. — 2 _ Association Notes. The Kalamazoo B. M. A. is the first as- sociation in the State to remit the per capi- ta dues for the third fiscal year. Kalama- zoo sings to the tune of 160 members. On account of the extra labor involved in preparing for the State convention and get- ting out the report of the proceedings, it has been deemed advisable to combine the August Delinquent Sheet with the Septem- ber issue, which will be out'on the L5th. There are still a number of local secre- taries who have not sent in their lists of members, so that copies of the special edi- tion maybe sent them. Enough copies were printed to give every auxiliary mem- ber a copy and none should be deprived of the privilege of its perusal through the negligence or oversight of the secretaries. The Muskegon B. M. A. has adopted ex- President Hamilton’s idea of a B. M. A. Exchange by means of a large, specially- ruled ledger, in which is kept the name of every person reported to the Association, arranged in alphabetical order, the date of the Blue Letter, the date of the White Let- ter, the action of the Executive Committee, the date of publication on the delinquent list, the date the account is paid and the name ordered off the list, together with such other information pertaining to each case as ought to be known by members who wish to be made familiar with the matter. This ledger will be kept posted promptly | and will always be open to the inspection of members at the rooms of the Associa- tion. o : “ E ; ———-—>2 a Z Why the Days are Short. | The days always seem to be very short -wearied citizen conte: plates ‘ the early. toward the close of the month when the} easiness which’ is greatly exaggerate designing politicians.. 1t is a matter of re-, on | gret that somiuch acrimony and strife should r-|be propagated through the. length and breadth of the land every four years. Factional bitterness is more detrimental to the country than the quadriennial fancied displacement of our business equilibrium. | Men are not statesmen in the true and neble sense of the word who debase their genius to levels of ‘scurrility and viturpation. In law, as in legislation, it is not the vulgar and abusive advocate that is called to a pos- ition of honor and trust, but it is the attor- ney who ignores a low vernacular and lays his thought and talent alone on the altar of his profession. The most profound thinkers of the world never found time to vent spleen on their enemies. « They moved right, along in the course marked out by their judgment and were utterly oblivious to the javelins of hate, hurled at them by opposing forces. Futurity gives them the credit of the profundity of their wisdom, and our statute books, our national and state constitutions, are among their handi- work. We may well feel proud of the civi- lization we possess to-day, a civilization that sweeps war aside with the olive branch of arbitration and knits the races of the globe together into one seamless garment of international fealty. Then, to crown the advancement of the age, let political parties ignore obnoxious personal strife and confine their warfare to the living issues before the commonwealth. Young legislators, just stepping into the political arena, soon find that they can never gain a respectful hear- ing by a record of shallow repartee. That might do well enough to gain precedence among pettifoggers, but would ill become an embryo statesman. Thecampaign in which the nation is now involved is being fougbt on well-defined lines of battle and every effort made to present to voters ina fair and clear light facts of importance to the republic will bear legitimate fruit on the farm, in the shop and in the factory. GEORGE E. NEWELL. —— Oe Women Employed by Business Houses to Collect Bad Bills. The avenues of employment for women are constantly increasing. Already she has proved herself a good clerk, a good book- keeper, and a good type-writer, and the latest is a female collector. At least a dozen houses in Kansas City are employing women in this capacity, and their number seems to be constantly increasing. A woman may be a bookkeeper or a type- writeranud yet be the most feminine crea- ture imaginable, despite her business rela- tions, says the Kansas City Star, but the female dunner would seem to be another kind of business woman, and she brings forward very prominently the question of how much distinction must be made between a woman and a man in the same _ business. One thing is certain, one cannot kick a lady collector out of the office. The female collectors are for the most part young women, and according to their employers they are as persistent and as sue- cessful in their business as men. Their mode of operation, however, is somewhat peculiar, and they do not seem to go about the collection of a bill the same way asa man. A reporter happened in an office yes- terday where fifteen or twenty -young men were working. While he was talking with the manager a well-dressed young woman walked in and inquired for one of the young man. He was pointed out to her, and while the whole office watched her she walked over to his desk and began a conversation with him in atone so low no one could hear. After talking for a few moments she turned to go and, raising her voice, said: “If you don’t come in and settle I’ll be around again on Saturday.” When she was gone the young man came in for an unmerciful guying, and it is safe to say he made a desperate effort to pay the bill before Saturday. She was the collector for a jewelry firm. A merchant who’ has adopted the new scheme was asked about it and said: ‘‘I find that my lady collecter is persistent, faithful and trustworthy, and has great suc- cess in making some very bad collections, and I don’t see why a lady should not be permitted to ask for the payment of a bill, if she can do almost everything else about an office.” —————qjor0a A Good Resoulution. A prominent business man went intoa barber-shop Saturday afternoon. The bar- bers were all busy and he had to wait his turn, so he sat down in a chair and picked up a copy of one of those salmon-colored, illustrated police papers—not to read, but to wonder why they formed a_ por- tion of the fixtures of every well- regulated barber-shop. After a time, he heard his welcome ‘‘Next!” and at once proceeded to divest himself of his collar and necktie. And, by the way, why is it that a man who wants his hair cut puts off the op- eration until a Saturday and thereby delays the hurried ‘men who are seeking quick shaves? He himself never gets as good at- tention from the hurried barber as he would receive on a quiet week-day. Well, any- way, this particular individual had _ his hair cut, a shave and a shine before he discov- ered that he was ina hurry. Then he paid his check and rushed out. For two hours he cantered about town attending to his business and nursing the pleasing delusion that his slick personal appearance was at- tracting unusual attention. It was not un- til he ran across.a mirror late in the after- noon that he discovered the absence of his collar and necktie, and he was dreadfully mortified. _He resolved then that thereafter he would have his barbering done on an day excepting a rushing Saturday. — The Haughty Soaplady. ‘““You wanta position in my store, do you, miss?” said the kind-hearted merchant. “You don’t look as if you had had much experiencein selling goods. Fhaveonly one place vacant now. It’s in the soap depart- ment, in the basement, and the salary is only $1.75 a week. But my wife informed me this morning she needed another girl in her kitchen. If you would like that. place. she will give you $4 a week and a good home. Which would you prefer?” ‘‘]’l] | men just now seems to be discussion; of the subject, the probable out- rbing theme among business politics.. The come of the Presidential campaign and of| the tariff issue appear for the moment to exclude the more serious and pertinent mat- ter of business man, the merchant, the salesman or the clerk to properly. inform himself respecting the questions involved pean the fitness of the nominees which have een presented by the respective parties, to enable him to exercise intelligently the right of suffrage, yet there are proper times and places for doing this as other things. Mutual exchange of views between men on such subjects, in the spirit of amiability and fairness, with a view to the enlightment of each other, are laudable and are conductive in. the highest degree to good policy and citizenship generally, but there is always a proper time and place for the exercise of such privileges. The activities of trade and traffic in which men of all politics mingle and take part, however, are certainly not. adapted to the discussions of such subjects. In the main they not only tend to create unpleasant feelings and personal animosi- ties, but invariably detract from the well- being of business. Our advice to the trade is, talk as much politics as you please at home, in the club and at other appropriate times and occa- sions, but severely eschew political discus- sions in the marts of business, especially in your shop, store or office. . Do not try to convince at the latter place a patron, custo- mer, buyer or seller of his error, because his political sentiments are at variance with yours. Business is one thing, politics an- other. When you mingletwo together, one invariably suffers, and that is generally business. At best. the outcome of political discussions among opponents is generally the exhibition of temper, hasty words and oftentimes the loss of business and of cus- tomers. In your place of business let poli- ties severely alone, and attend strictly to your business. You will find that by doing so it will pay youin the end. It is an old saying that ‘‘one cannot woo the graces and court the muses at the same time,” which means that you cannot discuss politics with patrons and customers who hold opposite views with your own without doing both them and yourself an injury in business. A man can still maintain his party feality, be a good and patriotic citizen, performing well, when the time comes, his duty to the country and the community in which he lives without being a rampant, blatant blower for a particular party or candidate in his place of business during business hours. Again we say, let politics severely alone in your store, shop or office. —_——_—_ <> -9 The Division of the Hog. The New York Produce Exchange has certain rules governing the cutting the pork. The technical terms may be of interest to our readers: ‘*Mess” pork is cut from the sides of well fatted- hogs in strips; the hog to be first split through the backbone, sixteen pieces —not more—is packed in a barrel, the meat cut of reasonable uniform thickness; the sixseen pieces to weigh 190 pounds. ‘‘Clear” pork is the same as mess, but the backbone and half therib next the backbone to be taken out. In ‘‘extra” clear all the rib and backbone is removed. ‘‘Prime” mess is made of the shoulders and sides, cut into square pieces as near four pounds each as possible. ‘‘Extra” prime consists of heavy, ‘untrimmed shoulders, cut into three pieces, the leg to be cut off close to the breast. The “Cumberland” cut consists of a part of the neck and all the shoulder and side left to- gether in one piece; leg cut. off below the knee joint; shoulder, ribs and neckbone taken out; hench bone sawed down even with the face of side. ‘‘Long rib middles,”’ same as preceding, except that all the shoulder bones must be removed and leg cut off close to the brisket. ‘‘Long clear” middles are the same, except that all side ribs and breastbone are taken out. ‘‘Short clear” sides are made by taking out all the backbone, breastbone and ribs, and sawing down hench bone even with the face of the side. Shoulders are cut as near as possible between the second and third ribs; foot cut off above the knee joint. —_——__—_»--¢ << — All In Fun. Ed.—Allow me to offer you this extra fine cigar. A Cuban friend of mine, just from Havana, brought itto me. I’vekept it two days for you. Al.—Thanks! How much do you want to borrow this time? Absent-minded Business Man to Office Boy—William, go up to my house and tell Mrs. Jones I have again forgotten my watch. Bring it back with you.—He pulls out his watch and continues—Now, Wil- liam, it’s just nine o’clock; be back at ten. Little Mabel — Oh, mamma! Where’s Protest? Mamma—My dear child, I never heard of such a place. Why do you ask? Little Mabel—Because, I heard papa say this morning he’d have to go there this af- ternoon, sure’s shooting. Old Lady (to grocer’s boy}—Be them eggs on the counter fresh, young feller? Boy—Yes’m. Old Lady—How long have they been laid? Boy—Not wery long, ma’am. I laid ’em there myself less’n half an hour ago. Bertha—Oh, Reggy dear, look at this love ofa bonnet. It is the most exquisite one I ever had. [I hope you won’t think me mad when I tell you it cost $30. Reggy—Think you mad! Well, I guess not. I’m the one that’s mad, witha capital a Bee If You Are Dishonest. We know you are not an adulterant, but if you were, here are some rules for makin Quaker coffee: For Java coffee, use of the imported arti- cle twenty pounds, dry dandelion root seven pounds, and chicory thirteen pounds. Roast and grind well together. For West India coffee, use rye roasted with a little butter and ground very fine. For Turkey coffee, use rice or wheat, roasted with a little butter, seven pounds, chicory three pounds, and grind together. The essence of coffee is made by boiling down molasses until it is hard. Then grind to a powder and add one-half a pound of good Java coffee to each four pounds of the powder. It is put in tin cans or air tight packages for sale. Oe A Convenient Coin. It is stated that the nickel 5-cent piece may be used as a unit of measure in caleul- ating ‘by the metric system. lt is exactly two centimeters in diameter‘and weighs five grammes, Five of the coins placed edge take the soaplady position, sir,” was the | against edge give the exact length of a deci- ‘meter. Poe uk ‘ ey ve ‘dry goods stores not long si ladies ‘who were evidently sisters, were standing 1e of our large’ at a-counter examining rith “dress ‘fabrics. ‘One of them, who was, judging from her attire, in a more prosperous financial condi- tion than the other, made a selection, and as she did so, said: ‘‘Mary, I am sorry there is not more of this, for I intended to present you with a pattern just like it.” “I beg your pardon,” interposed the ready clerk, who was anxious to make another Sale, ‘‘we have plenty morein stock.” The first speaker made no reply, but pretended to be examining some other goods. 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RAGrORG joc cs see ea Be $ 14 00 Gardens oe oC a ans net 33 00 BELLS. TAN Se dis $ 60&10&10 COW ees o8 See ON Eee Cia dis 70 Calle srr poe ee ae ‘lig 80815 Gone oes ee es wis 25 Door, Sargent...............00.005 dis 60&10 0 BOLTS. SLOVO: se dis $ Carriage new list.................0006 dis 7%&10 OW ce a ee dis Sleigh Shoe. dis Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis Cast Barrel Bolts............¢........ dis Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis Cast Square Spring........2.......... dis Cast Chain) i Pe ae dis Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis Wrought Square ..................2.4. dis 60 Wrought Sunk Flugh................. dis 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob GN ee dis 60&10 EVO) WOO. ga ee dis 60&10 BRACES. Barber 2.205 ew dis$ 40 Backus ci Soe oe dis 50&10 SPOkOrds i dis 50 AY Bel ee dis net BUCKETS. Well plain i 2 a ee $ 3 50 Well, swivel 4 pa 70 60 40 40 60 40 60 BUTTS, CART. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed. .dis Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis Wrought Loose. Pin.................. dis Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvez CippeG ce ee dis Wrought Table. . 2. o.oo dis Wrought Inside Blind................ dis Wrought Brass......... Seietia sao agnnen dis 5 Blind: Clarks... ches dis 70&10 Blind, Parker's..:..06...065.. 20 dis 70&10 Blind, Shepard’s...................... dis %0 CAPS. MVS TAO ee Hicks G:F fe faa GO ee ee MUSKet Hoc: oo ee CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list....50 Rim Fire, United States -dis50 Central Fire..... poialsalee gees fees Oe osu. ood dis25 CHISELS. Socket Hirmer.. 00.05.0000 105504 eas. dis Socket Framing... 2.00.0... ..0.0.0005. dis Socket Corner: 3.0.0). 20. dis Socket SHeKS o.oo. oc oe dis Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis COld oo i es ee net Serene per m $ 65 60 Leeuate 2 60 70&10 COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s............... Hotehkisa 2005) Fe COCKS. Brass, Rackine’s... 020. ois oo. ibb’s eee dis 40&10 «aces dig 25 60 BOOP ee ee 40&10 PONNS cee ae Be 60 j COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size............. Rb 33 14x52, 14x56, 14 x60........... Hae titra gic wia Oh oi 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60................. 29 Cold Rolled, 14x48........00..0.0..000.00000... 29 BOLEOMS sees oc, ee Ne 30 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis 40 Taper and peraigne Shank... 006) .... dis 40 Morse’s Taper Shank....:............ dis 40 i _ ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 in.................. doz net $.75 PTURRLCE 5.5 oc eas dis20&101 &0 Adjustable EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $3000. dis FILES—New List. File Association List...... ee Bcraes co cece is New American............... cscceees dis Nigholson's: 233 oe oe ok, as dis Heller's. 0.20 ee a pesuunt dis Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16to 20, 2and 24, 25and26, 27 List 12 18 14 15. Discount, 60. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis : HAMMERS. | Maydole & Co.’s.. 0... ccc cece cee cee s dis Kip’s ..... Peed eth canal cots woe tags G dis Yerkes & Plumb’s.................... dis 40&1 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand..30 c 40&10 ’ HINGES. Gate, 80 State 30 American Disston’ Soke S SB S8SeS8 Olark’s, 1,2, 8......0...00c.0080% dis hesneeeeeeu eee ue ak per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and longer sore ee Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net Screw Hook and Eye %............: -net Screw Hook and Eye Screw Hook and Eye, %.. Strap and T.... _ = Barn Door KidderMfg. Co., Wood track ot long since.: Two ladies, |' ‘Kettles...... fae cvd Se Be boet Sheela eee is os TA 50| American, all kinds..... be eigtr aes ed sige ge dis 3&10| 7 ‘Walnut, log-run.... 2.0.2 eee cece ces Ge Gre * rs HANC 50% 60& Champion, anti-fri vicecest Kidder, wood track.........0...... «dis ae HOLLOW WARE..- Pots. ee ee eS cue Soe 40; BRIGOYS ceo ee Gray enameled........ 0.0.00 00.50.0500 0s HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.............. new list 70&10 Japanned Tin Ware.............0.2..05. 26 | Granite Iron Ware........... BG oe us iene : KNOBS—NEW LIST. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....... dis Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........ Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..... Door, porcelain, trimmings............. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ........... Hoemacite: 20.2, aes vane dis LOCKS—DOOR, Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list. .dis Mallor¥, Wheeler & Co.’s............. dis Branford’s..... gaa balocnd Mee cone eeck dis NOnWaIS oo e dis LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.............dis MATTOCKS. ‘ MORE NYO. ee i ss $16 00 dis 60 Hunt Hye... 2.0... sce costes $1500 dis & Bante oe $18 50 dis 20 & 10 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’8..............000.05. dis 40 Coffee, P.8.& W.Mfg. Co.’s Malleables ... dis 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry &Clark’s.......... dis 40 Ooffee, Enterprise................. ...dis 26 MOLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern .................... dis 60&10 Stebbin’s Genuine...... .............. Enterprise, self-measuring... NAILS —TRON. Common, Brad and Fencing. Od tO, 60d oe eo ee 8 keg Od ana 9 d dvi fo Gd amet Ady... io os ee es, 40ang 54 advise B@ RAVANCE2 eee. 3d fine advance............. 0 cee cece ee Clineh nails; adv)... cc Finishin i 1l0d* 8d 6d 44 Size—inches 3 2% 2 1% Adv. ® keg $12 150 175 200 Steel Nails—2 10, OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............. dis60&10 Zine, with brass bottom............. ss. dis 50 Brass or Copper... : i050 coc os.cececccecss dis 50 ROAPOE oes ogy oc oka per gross, $12 net Olmstead’s . _............... - . seers 50&10 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................. dis 40@10 Seiota Beneh o.oo. fe es dis @é60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ....... dis 40@10 Bench, firstéquality.............:...... dis @é60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. ...dis20&10 PANS. ry AGMOn celts dis 50&10 Common, polished................... - ..dis60&10 DEPP oe ees a Bb 6% RIVETS. Tron and Tinned.... 2.0.0.0... 0.00000. dis 5) Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 50 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24to27 10 20 “*B”? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to2%7 9 20 Broken packs ec # extra. ROPES. Sisal, 4% in. and larger..............0000000. 10 Manian co ee 12 SQUARES. Steel and Iron. 2/0. cs, dis 70&10 Try and Bevel... ..6 oe. i 60 20 KARR teen 2 ° $2 05 25 dis MAK co ee ee dis SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Nos: 10 tO: 14ers $4 20 Noso 15 (0 10 oc os 0 ee a 4 20 NOS: 18 fo 2: ee: INOS. 22 0.24.02 80 ee, Nos .25 to ¢ 4 40 2. INO DE oe 4 60 3 35 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 3 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 bbs, 3 Db.................. In smaller quansities, #@ fh.............. TINNER’S SOLDER. No.1, Refined............ Seg ee et recdeds : Market Half-and-half............. .... Strictly Half-and-half.................. CKS. eal ee es ees dis Steel all kinds... 0205.0) dis Swedes, all kinds. 2.000000 2.0, dis Gimp and Lace...........0....000.... dis Cigar Box: Nails... 2.02)... 062.5 dis Finishing Nails... 60. . oo. 6.00 dis Common and Patent Brads.......... dis Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis Trunk and Clout Nails................ is Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis TIN PLATES. 10x14, Charcoal................ 6 00@s 20 10x14,Charcoal................00.. 78 12x12, Charcoal................... . 685 bexb2s Charcoal... oooh 8 35 - 14x20) Charcoal. oo... 20 oo6 6 35 IX, 14x20, Charcoal...............0.006 7 85 IXX, 14x20, Charcoal..................... 9 35 IXXX, 14x20, Charcoal.................... 11 37 Com 6% 6% 14 16 00 | EX XXX, 14x20 Charcoal........... 200.2... 13 15 EX; 20x28, Charcoal.................... 16 10 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.............. ... 710 DX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 910 DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 11 10 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal ................ 13 10 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 7 35 rates. Roofing, 14x20, IC . Roofing, 14x20, IX ................ Roofing, 20x28, IC.............. Roofing, 20x28, IX............0.0... TIN—LEADED. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne... IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne. IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......... TRAPS. Steel; Gamer. 2.600 ice 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s......... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 60&10 Hotenkiga:. 6000 oe eee 60&10 S.P. & W. Mite. C078 02.06 g02 0 60&10 Mouce; choker a oo 18¢ 8 doz Mouse, delusion....................5 $150 8 doz WIRE. Bright Market. O00. 0030 colo) 2 02. dis 6714 Annealed Market,......... Peak dis 70&lu Coppered Market................0..0005 dis 62% Extra Bailing... <0 0... o.oo ... dis 55 Tinned Market.... ............. Tinned Broom...................... Tinned Mattress........... eae, ‘ b om Coppered Spring Steel................. 5 Tinned Spring Steel.................... dis 40&10 Plain Renee. 2.5.2. ...8b Barbed Fence, galvanized.... £f painted... Copper... oe VARS OO Ve WIRE GOODS. Brent yer eS es dis Serew Byes. ooo. foo. dis IOORS o i ae dis Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 4 WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.........; Coe’s Genuine... ...... 2... eee eee eee dis Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, di Coe’s Ptent, malleable.............. dis . MISCELLANEOUS. WEA CA ROG oe Gs Gee ge es Jumps, Cistern................... -.di rews, new list.......... cooes 1085 ters, Bed and Plate............. dis50&10&10 ampers, American ................00... Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d Copper Bottoms.... ...... ... 1.2... ae —— ee Sherer SSSs ssst ......new list net 70&10&10 70&10&10 (0&10&30 10&10&10 50 rt) 75&10 4 4 30¢ HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mi.. culls out; Basswood, log-run................... 13 00@15 00 Bireh, log-run 3.0... 15 00@16 00 Birch, Nos. l and 2................... 00 Black Ash, log-run...............0.0. 14 00@16 5) Cherry, log-run...............c0.005. 25 00@35 00 Cherry, Nos.1 and 2................. 50 00@60 00 Cherry, Calls i.e p oe @12 00 Maple, log-run........... pa ce ou 12 00@14 00 Maple, soft, log-run................. 1t 00@13 00 Maple, Nos. land 2................... @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring........:....... @25 00 Maple, white, selected........... ... @25 Red Oak, log-run..............c.00ce. 18 00@20 Red Oak, Nos.1 and 2..........0..... 24 00@25 00 Red Oak, 4 sawed, 8 in and upw’d..40 00@45 00 Red Oak, * “ regular.......... 30 00@35 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......:.; : o Walnut, Nos. land 2......... deceeree @T5 00 Walnuts, culls........... Weaetor saad: @25 00 Elm, log-run..... 2.0.0... cccc0es 12 00@18 05 » LOB-TUN.........5.5. tess 14 00@16 00 %| Whitewood, log-run...5.........:...20 00: White Oaks log-run.......... sesceseedd OO@IE 00 * 10 Weekly “Pointers.” Manual Education for Boys. Happiness in a boy is contagious. If your boy is a little fellow, you cannot please him better than by getting him a little hammer and a few wire nails. We have just the assort- ment put up ina tin box, about 500 nails of different sizes, just what older people will find extremely useful. Ifhe is large enough to appreciate some- thing better than pounding nails, get him a small tool chest. We have several kinds, from a little thing with a dozen tools, to one that has everything he wants and good practical tools, too, all that is needed about the house. You will be surprised to see how quickly he will learn to use them and how many little jobs about the house hecan do, besides having a constant source of pleasure. But if you want to see the happiest boy in the whole city, get him ajig saw. There is something about scroll sawing that fascinates every boy (and girl too) and the modern scroll saw is a marvel of ingenuity: An enthusias- tic boy will make his machine pay for itself in ashort time. The “Companion Saw” is the outcome of suggestions made by the publish- ers of the ‘‘Youth’s Companion” to meet the requirement of their subscribers and its recep- tion has well repaid the experiment. It com- bines a practical turning lathe, 24-inch bed, 5- inch swing, tilting table, automatic dust blower, chisel, gauges, etc. This is only one of several varieties, and we can suit-you both in price and quality. Foster, Stevens & Co. 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 3'7, 39 and 41 Louis Street. sffA@ NS e SIE G. fe Weekly ‘Pointers. A Great Literary Rarity! . Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Edition of 1609. Large, sound, beautiful and perfect copy. Net $5,000. As weread the above the other day, the thought came into mind how different are the lines of business. Suppose that we should advertise A GREAT STOVE RARITY! and ask you to buy of us at ahigh price a heat- ing or cook stove of the first pattern ever made because of its greatage. Would you do it? No, sir. You want the most recent and im- 5 | proved make. We aim to have always on sale the latest and best goods in our line and it gives us pleasure to hear people familiar with our business methods say: “If you cannot find what you want at Foster, Stevens & Co.’s, you need not look elsewhere.’ Some day when you are in town, ask cur salesmen to show you our new ‘“‘Solar” and ‘“‘Lunar Jewel’ soft and hard coal heating stoves. You will get some new ideas if you see them. Foster, Stevens & Co, 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. Weekly ‘Pointers, The Adjustable Strainer and Fruit Funnel. This is a recent invention which an enthusi- astic housekeeper pronounced the most vaiua- able combination ever invented! Read the following advantages: : First—By unscrewing the cap you have a perfect fruit jar filler or funnel. Second—By placing a piece of muslin over the end and screwing on the cap you have a 0 | perfect cloth strainer. Third—By removing the muslin and replac- ing the wire gauze you have a perfect milk strainer. Fourth—The perforated tin can be used for straining tea, coffee, vinegar, gravies, sauces, etc. Fifth—By removing the preforated tin you can replace the funnel end for filling bottles, jugs, ete. Sixth—By unscrewing the cap and placing in the wire gauze with the funnel end you have a perfect strainer and funnel combined. x Six useful articles in one. The low price brings it within the reach of all. Sells on sight. Foster, Stevens & C0 10and12MonroeSt, —s— 38, 35, 87,39 and 41 Louis Street. vid i wife ‘in the ease of Lit- ANSURANCE —COLLECTION sor ASSIGNMENT. The owner of an insurance policy placed ‘the same after loss in the hands of an at- ‘tomey for collection, and instructed the lat- _. ter to apply the proceeds of the policy in payment of his debt to a third party. The ‘United States Circuit Court for the District of Iowa. held, in the case of Aultman vs. ell, that this action of the owner of policy did not amount to assignment of ‘ito the tard party in question. ' SALE oF GOODS—MEASURE OF RECOVERY. - In a case where there was an agreement to purchase goods of a designated quality and to pay the price on delivery a portion of . the goods were returned as being inferior to the quality agreed upon, the New York Court of Appeals held [Gardiner vs. Schwab) that the measure of the seller’s re- covery in an action against the buyer was not the difference between the market value of the goods and the contract price, but the contract price for all the goods delivered less the amount not actually complying with the contract in quality. LEGALITY OF TRADE COMBINATIONS. Judgment was given recently by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Jus- ‘tice (England) in an important case, in which the legality of trade combinations was somewhat considered. The action (Mogul Steamship: Company, Limited, vs. McGregor et al.) was brought to recover ‘damages from a number of steamship com- ‘panies and others for an alleged conspiracy to boycott the plaintiffs, and to prevent, by wmeans of bribery and intimidation, certain merchants and others in China from send- ing goods to Europe by the plaintiffs’ steam- ships. The plaintiffs were a company of - Shipswners trading, or desirous of trading, between Australia and England, taking ‘China by the way. They were also desirous “of sharing in the carrying of the tea har- ‘vest of the late spring and early summer ‘months, the places for loading which were ~at Shanghai, the mouth of the Yangtzkiang River and Hankow, a place about 600 miles -up the stream of that great river. The de- ~fendants were a number of steamship com- ‘panies and private persons trading mostly. to China direct, and being desirous of get- ting this trade into their own hands, and of “preventing the lowering of rates, they en- ‘tered into what they called a conference, Oe Stinginess-to be Avoided. , It is astonishing to think what little “things will turn a customer against his grocer. Kor this reason the latter should be -@ careful student of human nature. Never -allow your customers to think you are stin- gy. There is a wide difference between be- ing stingy and economical, according to the : customers’ views, as is the case, although they are sometimes confounded. The gro- _. eer who is found to be what they call stingy - will have poor success in the neighborhood, “because in a man who has developed this trait they look for sharp dealing. Custo- amers form their opinions of a grocer by the _ egmall things in their dealings. ‘‘Mamma” -sgends Johnny to her grocer foran empty ‘box, but the grocer wants his boxes for ‘kindling, or he may see fit to charge for #+hem,and in either case tells Johnny in words _ that are characteristic of his bumor. Johnny weturns without the box, but with the gro- cer’s words, which he delivers with an em- - phasis that is likely to pervert the meaning, ‘‘Stingy old grocer can keep his boxes,” is oe the sentence likely to escape “‘mamma’s” |. .. lips. : ae good customer orders choice vegetables | from your clerk fora special occasion. The . > 2a _ The U. S. President. Fred D. Yale & Co., of this city, announce to the trade that they have secured from the manufacturers the agency for the celebrated ‘‘U. S. President Cigar,” which is leading all other brands in public favor. This cigar is a long, fine Havana filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made by hand, and guaranteed unflavored. Cigar dealers would do well tosend for a trial order of this brand. os “ ARRIVE. MOING EEPTOGS, oo 5.02 6c2 sc. csoncdacccescs coisas 6 oe am Local Passengér.......... Mail Grand Rapids Express. . eee MESROM ooh og ioe sos ce saa ng cs wee «cans ess badeeneaee > By :30 pm *Daily. All other dai sig except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and P. ress trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run sty ay sy eevee and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec- tions oe at Detroit with all ae trains East over M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div. O. W. Rucawes, Gen’l Pass. ne Ticket Agt.,Chicago. Cuas. H. Norris, Gen’! Agent Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. 2 ge 4 ao opt rwmonod ; sS S83 Beees ....Grand Rapids........... 9:45 -Allegan.............05000 8:28 ---Kalamazoo.......:.005- 7:10 .... White Pigeon........... 04s MARMNATC. 3 555502 esses e ces 4:45 pm 2 MOMICR BOs, cos co.cc es asine 11:30 Bae POLOOG oso 5s sewer ce 11:25 10:00 -.-Cleveland.........2c.0008 7:15 5:45 Pp 6:20: 3:30 **... 2 Bumalo. . oo. ccf p ce. c cece 1:00 11:40 Tickets for sale to all principal points in the U.S., Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket Office, Gko. WIL- LIAMSON, ee Depot Office, M. Boortz, Agt. A. J. ‘SMITH, Gen’l Trav. and Pass, A Agt., Cleveland, "Ohio. see Le} a ° Bests” Beeese 3 8 rs rpSgrpe aaned BeRE SES BStSs~ wee ~ & gS "8 Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. +Morning Express...............+ 1:05 p m tThrough Mail..................008 5:05.p m +Grand Rapids Express. . ..10:40 pm *Night Express........ ..cceccceee 5: WIR OD 5 oS sos os eins fo os'e cas oe 5 wicle GOING EAST. +tDetroit Express................0. +Through Mail............ tEvening Express................. 3:25 pm *Limited Express................02 6:25 pm +Daily. Sundays exvepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for att points East. arriv ing in New York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls, eonnecting at Milwaukee Junction 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. Leaves. 6:45am ARRANTED TO BE TH FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE For the money in the U. 8. (@-Put up 50ina box Ask our dealer for them. Manufactured onl JOHN E. KENNING & GO., Grand Rapids, Send for prices. VW. C. DENISON, GENERAL DEALER IN Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, 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, MICH qe / r Z | i If so, send for Ontalogus and Price-List to HEYMAN &CO. 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids. MOSELEY BROS., ~\Eruits, 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, a be ess 0 hear from yom Woolson FEE = MERCHANTS - Woason ¢ BPIGE CO: Increase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING PMV) MOCHA, JENA OFFEE WOOLSON SPIGE C2. TOLEDO-GHIO. LION COFFEE. IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION To Consumers, and is, Consequently.a Quick and Hasy Seller. » Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storek all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to give it a trial. answer all communications regarding prices, etc. Oonvenient shipping depots established at all quick delivery. For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere. Manufactured by the L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, We chee prominent cities, s Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sreete Pacxane & 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 a 50 pound cans, 20 pound cans, 3, 5 and ro pound LARD, 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. JHNNINGS “CELEBRATED” Flavoring Extracts. Are put up in all sizes, from 1 oz. to 1 gal. bottles. 1872 Sixteen Years on the Market. 1888 SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY JHNNINGS & SMITH, 38 and 40 Louis St, Granda Rapias, Mich. WHEN ORDERING Ask For ‘JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’ THE PENBERTHY IMPROVED Automatic Injector -—AS A— cant BOILER FEEDER 32%: 16,000 in 18 Months Tells the Story. WHY THEY EXOEL_2y Tey cogs. a a ear Plectors, he ou don’t have to watch them they break the will RE-START automatically. : 7 By sending the number to factory on the Injector you can have parts renewed at any time. They are lifting and non-lifting. Hot pipes don't bother them aud the parts drop out by Agents, HFSTER & FOX, newer ate yu nue ; Grand Rapids, Mich. Every man is made satisfied, or he don’t have to keep the Injector and we don’t want him to. PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO., Manufacturers, DETROIT, Mich. THE GENUINE ANTI-WASHBOARD SOAP , QUICK, EASY, CHEAP. Saves Rubbing, therefore saves Labor & Wear » Cheapin itself it more than saves its cost in sav- ing of the clothes. This Soap may be used in any way and for any purpose that any other soap is used and excels all. YOU will secure 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 wantto know it. Your grocer will get it if he hasn’t it. TheStaudard of Excellence KIN GSFORD'S “Silver Gloss’ Kingsfotd’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings, Custards, Blanc-Mange, etc. THE PERFECTION OF QUALITY. : har PLEASE You EVERY TIME! “ALWAYS: ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THESE Goops. MICHIGAN CIGAR CO, MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “MM. C. cj. The Most Popular 10c eigar, and “TUM YUM,” Send for trial order. MICFi. The Best Selling 5¢ Cigar in the Market. BIG RAPIDS, AMOS §, MUSSELMAN & (0, Wholesale Grocers, 21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA 8ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. Lorillard’s New “Smoking or Chewing” YELLOW JACKET [LONG (UT. Packed in 3 0z., 8 oz. or 16 oz. Handsomely Decorated Papers. To be had of all Jobbers at the very low price of 20 CENTS per POUND. IT IS THE Mildest, Smoothest Smoke Ever Offered for Less than 30 Cents per Pound. nt KOAL WOOD mi. A. ELAMILTON, 101 Ottawa st, Ledyard Block, Telephone, Sice- 9082. PHEREINS & HESS “DEALERS IN — Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122. and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. mS WH SAY A ROCE OF DAES FATROW FOR MILE CMe to every snap ‘that comes along—buy five or| ten boxes every time they can get an extra box—but they seldom think of giving a sec- ond order unless they can get the same ad- _ -yantage again. The result of this is, that the grocer has not got any great proportion of customers who demand the sdme brand every time they buy soap, but rely largely on the judgment of the dealer. While this is bad for the manufacturer, it is a good thing | for the retailer, as it enables him to cut down the sales of a brand on which there is little or no profit next to nothing. I see nothing to prevent Western Michigan main- taining her present position as ‘fighting ground’ for many years to come.” *‘How about an advance in soap?” asked ~ the reporter. “Unless tallow takes a downward turn, which is not at all probable, the manufac- turers will be compelled to- advance their prices to avoid doing business at a loss.” **How about the soap trust Bell is ener neering?” ®t can’t be worked. There are too many small men in the business. I under- stand the project is shelved for the present.” : —_ Oe The Wool Market. ‘There is less excitement in the wool mar- kets than a fortnight ago, though a steady volume of business is. under way, with prices sustained at the advance. On the whole, the outlook for the coming season is considered much better than there was reason to look for at the beginning of August. Buyers of clothing are placing con- tracts with great caution, but yet somewhat |’ more liberally than heretofore, and more or Jess machinery that has heen idle is starting up. The supply of choice fine fleeces, moreover, appears to be less than was an- ticipated, so that the market for this de- scription of wool is strong, particularly in the country. Holders of wool at Boston express the ut- most confidence in the steadiness of the market. While the manufacturers are op- erating rather less freely than during the latter part of August, their requirements for consumption are considerable. At the prices which prevailed before the advance they would, without question, buy liberally; at the present level they are inclined to operate with caution. —— OS New Fish-and Oyster House. ‘Elsewhere in this week’s paper will be found an announcement to the effect that Bliven & Allyn will shortly engage in the wholesale fish and oyster business at 63 Pearl street. The manager of the business will be H. M. Bliven, who has had over twenty years experience in the oyster busi- ness, having handled the Big F. Farren brand in this market for many years and acted as manager for the oyster department of Putnam & Brooks for the past five years. Mr. Bliven informs Tor TrapESMAN that he has secured the sole agency for Michi- gan for the above named brand and with admirable facilities for ling and long acquaintance with the trade, he proposes to do his share of the business | ; naturally tributary to this market. The firm will also carry a full line of ocean fish products, such as shell clams, | ————__. soft and hard crabs, fresh mackerel, fresh cod, halibut, lobsters (shipped alive), blue- fish, smelts, etc. See eae ’ Now It’s a Rice Trust. | From the: Chicago Herald. An extensive combination has been formed of Chicago, St. Paul, Pittsburg and New York capitalists for the purpose ot handling, milling and marketing rice, with the ultimate design of controlling the entire rice product of the South. Two million five hundred thousand doilars have been subscribed, and an immediate investment of $200,000 has been made in New Orleans in elevators ‘for the storage of rice, a mill for cleaning, and in facilities for handling it. The projectors of the company will-operate this year’s crop, and within the last three months several meetings of the share owners have been held inthis city. A. Leo Weil, of Pittsburg, the general counsel for the syndicate, is at the Richelieu. He has just returned from New Orleans. ‘This is a private business enterprise,” said he, “in which are engaged a number of gentle- men who have avoided notoriety, and sought to conduct their business without unneces- sary publicity. ‘They own stock created: by them for convenience in several companies.” ‘ 2 The Grocery Market. An advance in raw sugar has been fol- lowed by a corresponding movement in the , Tefined article. Tea is steady. _ Rio coffees are firmer, in consequence of which the package manufacturers have advanced their prices'yc. Cloves have advanced 3c. dur- ing the past ten days, allspice t4c. and cassia the same. Rape seed is up \c., hemp %c. and celery seed 2c. Fresh beef ‘is higher and firmer. Spot lard touched 10c. in Chicago on Monday. Soaps are ‘firm in price and are bound to go higher. © Dealers can, make a mistake in ‘ purchasing at present prices. Kirk & Co. have placed the sale of their goods exclu- -‘Sively with Hawkins & Perry. New sauer- kraut is. already in market, commanding | = : ($5.50 per barrel, according ae should or-. hand- | dy JOBBERS OF Teas, Cates § Grocery’ Sundries 4G Ottawa St, GRAND RAPIDS. OTTO KLKIN, Manager iloves ak teas Buckskin, Dogskin, Napha and Sheepskin, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC KID GLOVES A SPECIALTY. , Full Line of MISSES AND YOUTHS’ GLOVES. Mail Orders will receive Prompt Attention. 79 PEARL STREET, Grand Rapids, Millers, Attention We are making a Middlings Purifier and Flour Dresser that will save you their cost at least three times each year. They are _guaranteed to do more. work in less space (with less power and less waste) than .any other machines of their class. Send for descriptive cata- logue with testimonials. Martin's Middlings Purifier Co,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mich. cna MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfrc- tion. They aresim;:e ee and econom- Nou grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Send for circulars. s Roki, §.West me 150 Long St., Cleveland, Ohic. Packing Boxes, Shipping Cases, Sg Crates, eto. 4 and 6 Erie 8t., GBAND BAPIDS LUCIUS C. WEST, PATENTS snot ey at at Patent Law and Solicitor Foreign patente. 105 E. Main St. eahutaors “Mich, v. 8. A. Branch of- fice, ‘London, Eng. Practice in U. 8. Courts. Circulars ac ct co., Oe. of SADDLERY HARDWARE @ Full Line Summer Rocks, Mm gains one GL STREET. ‘SuaMVUa ONIa _ Fullline. Cash prices this month. ee ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich, s PLACE to secure B thorough education ‘and useful SBERG. No. DPR oe eS oss haw oe 2 is at Ds (Mich. ) Busi- Raisins, ode att ‘or Col-: 6 vies 1 D Arctic, : cy cans, 6 dga.. ig 4 % 2 os ] sé ; oe 5 “ 6s ee Victorian, 1b (ath) 2 doz. Diamond, “bu Red Sete : b » oan fo doz.. 66 ee * ot 4 ts : Absolute, 4 i cans, 100 cans in cas I Absolute, % i cans, 50 cansin case............. 10 An oase. 1 D cans, 50 cans $6 oa 2 ‘12 2 oo Bins so Sa Telfer’ 8 s1 b cans, 1 dozin CABO E666 1 £0 BROOMS. ve No.1 Hurl........... . 2 25 2 50 No: 1 Carpet ...3. 2.655...24 a 15 Parlor Gem,..............: 3 00 Common Whisk..... Saucon 1 00 id AN ABK i B = araioies ee a OO CHEESE. Michigan full cream. -.9144@9% CHOCOLATE, Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet. 22 Premium.. 33 Hom-Cocoa 37 Breakfast.. 48 COCOANUT Sche 8, ba wea. webs oe 27 “iat and 448;........ 3 : reg in tin pauls... 8 66 oe % Z Maltby’ 8, a Pes eae ues es aia a) and %8........ ies Manhattan, pails... POCKICSS . 6055 oe 18 Bulk, pails or barrels. .16@18 COFFEE—GREEN Rio, prime.. Rio, common.. 2 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ce per b. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—PACKAGE, 30 lbs 60 tbs 100 ths TdOW sv e5 os Lion, incab... Dilworth’s.... Magnolia...... Acme......... 18% German ...... German, bins. Arbuckle’ s Ariosa Avorica McLaughlin’s XXXX COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS. Arbuckle’ s Avorica. .... .1€ Quaker City....... ‘Best Rio... .... 2.254. 1 Prime Maricabo.. CORDAGE. 6u foot Jute.. Se eeete, %2 foot Jute . Coe Gt ae 40 Foot Cotton.......... seal 50 foot Cotton............... 60 foot Cotton............... 135 72 foot Cotton............... 2 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter. ..........0.+ 1% Seymour Butter. Butter.......... Family Butter. Fancy Butter.. Butter Biscuit. Boston ....... City Soda..... Sodas... 34 0.,. Sova Fancy... 18% os Fancy OVStOR 2. 0256552... is CANNED FISH. 2 Clams, | ib, Little Neck....1 35 Clam Chowder, 3 D......... 215 Cove Oysters, 1 b stand...1 00 Cove Oysters, 2 ib stand...1 70 Lobsters, 1 ib picnic. ..1 75 Lobsters, 2 Ib, picnic.. .-2 65 Lobsters, 1 b Star... 5... 1 95 Lobsters, 2 b star.......... 2 90 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25 Mackerel, 1 ib stand........ 1 35 Mackerel, 2 stand........ S Mackerel,3 tb in ae .3 20 Mackerel, 3 b soused......3 25 Salmon, 1b Columbia decisis Salmon, 2 b ¢ Salmon, 1 b epee naan a Salmon, 2 b “a Sardines, domestic ¥4s8.. Sardines, domestic %s.. “"@10 Sardines,, Mustard %s.. 10 Sardines, imported 4s. '12@13 Sardines, spiced, s..... 10@12 Trout, 3 brook CANNED FRUITS. ° ples, gallons, stand..... 2 25 ap ckberries, stand........ 1 20 Cherries, red standard.....1 60 Cherries, pitted...... i 85@1 90 Damsons......... .. 1 25@1 35 Egg Plums, stand.......... 150 GooseberrieS............--06 1 65 STADEB ee ee sco ce es «= 95 Green Gag 1 Peaches, a een stand.2 65 Peaches, seconds.......... 2 25 Peaches, pie.......... 1 60@1 65 POOTBy 2 oe ooo isee sc oss bs ccees 1 30 Pineapples,........... 1 40@2 15 MINORS ss ose Sinc npach =o oss ss 150 pberries, en pineiuea ate 1 50 50 Strawberries ........:; 1 25@1 40 Whortleberries............. 12 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster wile ..2 00 Beans, Lima, stand .i.... Beans, Green Limas.. _, @1 40 Beans, String.. Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.1 60 Corn, Archer’ 8 croph eer besly Gold is Peas, French al Peas, extra marrofat.1 20@1 40 oaked French, extra fine. .20 00 extra fine....20 00 ushrooms, Pu kin, 3. tm Golden...... 100] No S C: 00 185@1 30 Rae a Goal 0 | Raisins, Valencias...... | Raising, Imperials..../..:.. 3 % -Cuba Baking............. 22Q25 VBOR Roam 2... 2. cs csc eee set 5 50 Pepper, Singapore black. .22 1 00@1 20 | Corn. -Beans, Stringless, Erie... ‘Eclip Holy 1) Blue Blazes........ 00} Eye Opener....... eee ‘Star alate who D pay o. Oo ISH, =: Cod, Witle. SH aoey de aay @5% Cod, boneless..... .... TAOS, ee es a 4 min. Ss 3 erring, roun 5 Herring, round, bbl. 1 50 Herring, Holland, bbis. 10 00 -| Herring, Holland, kegs a Herring, Scaled Mack. cht tT, No. 1, 4 ae 8 a D kit..1 26 6s SG" 9 White, No. 1, 10 Bb kits..... 100 White, Family, ce oa se 15 65 | Rob Roy...... 0.0.0... .. cc 008s 26 FLAVORING Ney Jennings’ conn Maries D, c, ay oe: No. 3 Panel.. No. 4 Taper. "1 60 ig 8 panel... 2 %5 Py: mee d. te in r’ n TY P , 9 00 Standard Eenek Vanilla. per gross. English 2 eo Beis 72 9 60 BOZ....06 900 1200 4 re es 1200 1500 6 OZ...... 1800 24.00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 1u0 lb. kegs......... 04 Hominy, #® bbl 4 Macaroni, dom 12 ib. box.. ef as daa 10 @1 a Pearl Barley.. - @38% Peas, Green.......... @1 40 Peas, Split............ @ 3% Sago, German........ @ 6X Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl.. @ 6% Wheat, cracked...... @ 6% Vermicelli, import.. @10 domestic.. @60 MATCHES. G. H. No. 8, square......... 25 G. H. No 9, square, 3 gro.. .110 G. H. No. , parlor....... 1 65 G. H. No. 300, parlor....... 215 G. H. No..7, round......... 1 40 Oshkosh, No. 2............+ 55 Oshkosh, No. 8............. 1 50 BWeGISR -o oe foc 75 Ricbardson’s No. 8 8q...... 1 00 Richardson’s No.9 8q...... 1 50 Richardson’s No. 7%, rend. .1 00 Richardson’sNo.7 rnd..1 50 Woodbine, 300.............. 115 MOLASSES. Black Strap.............. 16@17 erm mre cnn SSSSaATAER os o6 Porto Rico.. . - -24@35 New Orleans, ‘good...... 25@30 New Orleans, choice..... 33@40 New Orleans, fancy..... 45@48 ¥% bbls. se extra OIL. Michigan Test......... ....-10% Water White............... 1256 OATS—ROLLED. BOTVOUS 26 6 ois. a ogee cs 8 Half barrels ...... ......... 3 25 WASEB eso es, 2 26@3 35 PICKLES. Medium../............0600465 50 Die ee 8 «5 Small, Db ee are a ae 6 50 PADD oe eee ues 3 75 RICE. MEDIO 28.6 cease a te 5Y4@b% ORGS oe cece ee 614 @6% DANG 2 ee os oosek eo eee Ae Japan..... 2 @b% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure.............. 5% Church’s : Taylor’s G.M..............: 5 DWirht 6. he cS 5. Cap Sueat 07 66s ees Sia a 5 4¢c less i in a box lots. 60 Pocket, F vr D. Pesce os 215 BE POCKOLS 6665. 1 o esi c0ks bs 2 05 1003 pockets............. 2 25 Saginaw or Manistee...... 83 Ashton, bu. bags........... 75 Ashton,4 bu. bags.......... 2 75 Higgins’ bu. bags.......... American, % bu. bags..... - Rock, bushels............ Warsaw, " bags Se ot sa’ London Relish, oe abe oe 2 50 SOAP. Dingman, 100 bars.......... 4 00 Don’t Anti-Washboard....4 75 POROW ee a 3 Queen Anne............... é German ABH Sele eee oteisles Big Bargain.. se SPICES—WHOLE. ANSPICO sok fas co ceks ces Cassia, China in mats...... TR “Batavia in bund....iL Saigon in rolls..... 42 Cloves, Amboyna......... 23 Zanzibar........... 42 Mace Batavia............... 70 Nutmegs, oe Bice sa isaieee o $ No. 2 60 Pepper, Singapore, olack. at “ SPICES—GROUND—IN caine. AMUSPICB. 686. 665 Pek 2% Cassia, Batavia Eve cnc cies 20 and Saigon. - f° SRIGON, 6 ooo Cloves, abosTia Soccer 30 Zanzibar........... 28 Ginger, APPICANG 506000 sce os 12% Coching:. 2.6.00 56.6 15 Jamaica........ - @18 Mace Batavia............... 80 Mustard, Enzlish... (Ty os and 66 Nutmegs, No. 2............ 70 white. .30 nt Cayenne.......... 25 Absolute Pepper, doz.. 2 Cinnamon ‘... Allspice ee "BB Cloves ae vl 10 «084 Cty “ oe “ Ginger Pies . Mustard “* STARCH. Kingsford’s Bilver Gloss, 4 b Db Boxes. a eeaes th s¢ ee “ ecceccee Pure ipakes Bue Dae oe 1 ib pkgs...... tov esoies Powdered............. Granulated, eee: Confectionery a: SWEET GOODS. x Ginger Snaps........8 ede Orentie ee eee 38 Frosted C Oatmeal ae. co ‘TOBACCOS—PLUG. Plank Ho no special........ pee rr ag ieas nae ecesee elects. @29 | Fairhaven Counts... ; Black DASE oso ie: oe ‘Trout Frantktor OWelee seca ts “ See dane “i Chipper. +89 ‘Red Sweet I Chae oisian Seg 30@32 TOBACCOS—FINE CUT. Sweet Pippin............. +.-50 ive aud seven... Pig f Pi ] 68 Sweet Cuba................5. 45 1 | Petoskey Chief............... 55 Sweet Russet............. 40@42 "EIISUO... oo6 0c she ee 42 Florida... -...... Sea gb Chey oak 65 Rose Veet. 9.0000 = Red Domino. ae oa. Ccoe eee esa Neale ANP oe tO TOBACCOS—SMOKING. Peerless........ este sa Sears at 26 Unele Sam... 602.0206 62625. 5, 30 sack PING: : be. 60 Oe 36 Sensation. «4... 33 Yellow Jacket................20 Sweet Cong ueror........ 2@25 TEAS. Japan ordinary.. Japan fair to good.. Japan fine Japan dust............... 12@20 Young Hyson............ 20@45 Gunpowder............... 35@50 Oolong...... Paced eee Congo........... VINEGAR. 40 gr. 11% Bee 30 gr. 9% Above are the no 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: a ae .. 40 bushel. . Soc ee ee ‘1 60 ** with covers 1 90 willow clothes No.15 50 splint ee MISCELLANEOUS. ie Pec: imported ...... 90 American anced: No. 0 do No, E os a a Cocoa Shells, bulk... 4 Condensed Milk, Eagie.. Cream Tartar 25 Candles, Star Candles, Hotel ll Camphor, 0z., 2 b boxes... Tneraet Coffee, vV.C elix Se Rubber 100 hee Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.. Gum, Spruce............... 80 Jelly, in 30 b pails.. Powder, Keg...... Powder, % Keg.. Sage CANDY, FRUITS and NUTS. Putnam & Brooxs quote as follows: Standard, 251 » boxes dente 9% Twist, 10 Cut Loaf os MIXED. Royal, 25 ib pails..... @10 Royal, 200 tb bbis........... 9 Broken, "5 Ib pails......... it Broken. 200 i bbls FANCY—IN 5 BOXES. Lemon Drops Sour Drops: ... os. 14 Peppermint Drops.......... 14 Chocolate Drops............. 15 HM Chocolate Drops....... 18 Gum Drops)... e506 10 Licorice Drops............... 1 AB Licorice Drops.. aie Lozenges, plain.............. 14 Lozenges, printed........... 15 Pmperiais (oc .5 6b oo... 14 MOLLOCS .o icc ees css os 15 Cream Bar... oo... 0.006000.) oe. 13 Molasses Bar................. 8 Caramelsic. cio... eS . 19 Hand Made Creams..........19 Plain Creams................ 16 Decorated one ne taeiney AG 26 String Rock.. 2 . 14 Burnt Almonds............. 22 Wintergreen Berries........ 14 FANCY—IN BULK. — Lozenges, plain in pails...13 Lozenges, plain in bbls....12 Lozenges, printed in pails. 18% Lozenges, printed in bbis.12% Chocolate rops, in pails..13% Gum Drops in pails....... 6% Gum Drops, in bbls........ 5% Moss Drops, in pails....... a Moss Drops, in bbls.......: Sour Drops, in pails.. ae Imperials, in pails......... 12 TImperials in bbls. ; il FRUITS. Bananas.............. 1 26@2 50 Oranges, choice ..... : 00@7 50 Oranges, Florida.. @ Oranges, Naples.. Oranges, OO.......... Oranges, Imperials.. Oranges Valenciaca. @ Lemons, ch’ce to f’cy3 50@4 75 Lemons, #........... Figs, layers, new.~...14 @15 Figs, Bags, 50 1 @ 6 Dates, frails do...... 4% Dates, 4do do...... 5% Dates, Fard 10 b box # b.. 3 Dates, Fard 50 b box # b... 7 Dates, Persian 50 ib box . . @6 NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona Ivaca...... California Brazile 62.0) 22000: Filberts, Sicily....... Walnuts, Grenoble.. ench.. Pecans, Texas, H. P. Cocoanuts, # 100..... PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw # b Choice do do Fancy H.P. do. do Choice White, Va.do Fancy HP,. Va d Extra H. P.Va OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as | follows: FRESH FISH. FRESH MEATS. Beef, earcass...:...... “8 . ae Huestis. Hows 68. Pork loins Boe tba: < ‘** ‘shoulders........ organ... 39 | Extra clear pig, short me 17 59 49 Extra clear, heavy........ aye eee Sac 17 50 ‘Boston clear, short cut --40 | Clear back, sh nkfort sausage.. oe rae 'dsaus’ “. a Lard kettle rendered. ' The Gran quote as follows: : PORK IN BARRELS. MésS 36, ; cee ede wey uae acta ie io 15 50 Ghorione Maine onashel cole wt :16 50 Short cut Morgan... ......2... 0000.0 0ces cee 16 &0 Clear quill, short cut.........20..002002277° 1 u > OPE OWE. es leer. oo > 17 50 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 17 50 SMOKED See OR hes sa Hams, average - Lek Cees: “e ee nie “best ponelosa Shoulders Breakfast Bacon, boneless. Dried Beef, extra ham prices.......... “be DRY SALT MEATS, Long Clears, meal 6. LARD IN TIN PAILS, 3 bb Pails, 20 in a case. 3 ‘ 5 bb Pails, 12 in a case. 10D Pails, 6 in & case seearaleg 9% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Is.............. 7 00 Extra Mess, Chicago Packing............:. 7% 58 ee. “* Kansas oily Fae 4 mo See TOD Extra Plate...7.777777. Boneless, rump butts.. SAUSAGE: FRESH AND SMOKED. Pork Sausage Ham Sausage Tongue Sausage ankfort Saugage..............0.0.... 20 . 8 Blood Sausage...................0... ee Lae 6 Bologna, cent hints oe goa vice esap cee saeec se 6 nae a, thick........ Uae cece s oe . Cheese ee ee: 6 PIGS’ FEET. HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess Tay Ae as ore: Green ....82 b 4% B Cait skins, green : Part cured.. - 5%4@ 6 or cured....5 @6 Fullecured.... 6144@ 6%|Deacon skins, yy a and ‘ ® piece..... 10 @20 OL. Fine mnehed 8 Ib 2023) Coarse washed.. Mediu oe Unwashed........ 12@16 MISCELLANEOUS, Sheep pelts, short shearing PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Buyers pay from 40ce@$1 per bbl. Beans—The new crop is coming in freely, commanding $1@$1.25 per bu. Butter—Good quality is scarce and high, Dealers pay 15@16c and hold at 18¢ no ee grown eaaiiand $2@$3 per Celery—18@20ce per doz. ao ull cream readily commands 9 4@ 9Ke Cider—l0c per gal. . Clover Seed—Mammoth or medium, $41.50 per u, Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce par- rels, 25c. Cucumbers—50c per bu. Dried Apples—Jobbers hold sun-dried at 7c and evaporated at 9e. co now pay 138%c and sell at Grapes Goncords: 4c per lb. __Honey—Seare, not equal to the demand. All open offerings are grabbed up quick at lic per Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No. land $14 for No. Muskmelons—Osage, £0e per doz. 25e per doz. Onions—Home grown dry stock command 40c per bu. Peaches—Barnards command %5c@$1 per bu. and Crawfords $1.25@$1.50 per bu. Pears—Bartiett’s or Flemish Beauties, $1.7 per bu. Plums—Damsons, ate 50 per bu. Pop Corn—2%c # b Potatoes—J obbing | generally at 35c for home grown. Squash—Hubbard, 1c Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, Jerseys, $4.50 per bbl. Tomatoes—4(c per bu. Turnips—25 per bu Watermelons—Indiana, 1@l1c apiece, GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—City millers pay 88¢c for both white and red. Corn—Jobbing generally at 58c in 100 bu. lots and 53c in ear lots. Oats—White, 45cin small lots and 40cin car lots. Rye—50c 8 bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 # cwt. Flour—Higher. Patent $5.80 % bblin sacks and $6.00 in wood. Straight, $4.80 # bbl. in sacks and $5.00 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.80 # bbl. Gran. $3.50 #2 bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 # ton. Bran, $15 % ton. Ships, $14.00 #@ ton. Middlings, $17 # ton. Corn and Oats, $23 # ton. Nutmegs, $3.50 per bbl. The BEST CRACKER Made. ‘CILIOTIOS VACUO TVIML e also manufacture a full line of Sweet _ Goods. Write for qunesen. and samples. J ack Cracker C0, < JACKSON, MICH. THESE GOODS ARE “PAR EXOELLENOE” ‘Pure, H ealthful and Reliable warmeited to give satis- faction in every particular “eo ‘or sale by. wholesale and retail rs throughout tht United States. Vouwin Bros., Stan pURORAES TE y eaererene ~ Chi E sey oe yee Rapids Packing & Peak Co, | Gand apis Bea State, BILL NYE CIGAR The Best Selling Brand on the Market! A, EATON & CO,, Sole Agents for Mich. Grand Rapids. J. 5S. FARREN & CO, Celebrated Baltimore OYSTERS We are Agents for the above well-known goods and claim THE BEST STOCK BEST FILLED CANS PROMPT ATTENTION AND AMPLE SUPPLY. ASK FOR PRICES AT ANY TIME. PUTNAM & BROOKS, 13, 15,17 So. Ionia Street, 13, 15,17 Railroad Place, GRAND RAPIDS. RHEDER, PALMER & CO, Wholesale Boots and Shoes. STATE AGENTS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER C0., 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich., ™L22Hoxe At Lowest SUmmer Prices ORDER YOUR COAL OF AZ Ja, FIM ES, Office under National City Bank. New Yards, Shawmut Ave., Winter and W, Division Sts. TELEPHONE CALL 490-2. GRAND RAPIDS Paper Box Factory, W, W. HUELSTER, Prop, soul Boxes of Every Description Made to Order on Short Notice. We make a specialty of fe Pigeon Hole File Boxes, Sample Trays Sample Cases. Also Shelf, Shoe, Confec- tionery, Millinery, Dress, Suit and Packing Boxes. Druggists’ Slides and all kinds of Fine Work. All work guaranteed first class and at low prices. Write or call for estimates on any- thing you may want in my line. Telephone 85Q OFFICE AND FACTORY, 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mick, = Su ¢ el uke Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should ‘write to or see the TL CANAL RARE BAUWMW’S (rastorin 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. Packedin3 doz. cases. Retail at 10 cts. each. Pints, Ber doz., $2.25. Packed in 1 doz. cases.. Retail at me cts. each. 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. advertising matter, lithographs, show-cards, etc, THE TRADE SUPPLIED BY OLNEY, SHIELDS RGD, msseria> G. M. MUNGER & CO, | GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry: Mail and Express orders attended to with alte Nice berber uick Time sfaction Gu a W. E, nae a ne “Manage! je Each case contains a liberal assortment of ‘/ : a 5 a , is ee A a | : At "Gens fo the Buprenie ‘Gada, ; vod : Le 4 4f ce a pee a | 3 a : 5 : a : r " : : : eS > _ _|.-The sixth annual meeting of the Mich-|Fromthe Muskegon News,Sept.4. Acme-White Lead & Co : , ft Ty My ‘Geen Bhatia | tic nada - Association, | The ‘‘druggists cases,” so-called, have| Dr ee oo 6 | lh lg oe : he ee LAr Oana ue eegiay gone to the Supreme Court. It will be re-| DETROIT, Cae WiriaA FE | Which. was held at Detroit: last week, was membered that Messrs. Quinn, Feighner, oe oe attended by fewer druggists than ‘any pre-| Moore, Havens, C. L. Brundage, Meyers, | eet vious convention of the Association—about | Bergeron, Eckermann, Sibley, Wheeler and ' | ae DR UC Cc Ce ; twenty-five less than attended the Petoskey “pier were complained of by Pinkerton : a eek p pbaeen. ee ee se ip etectives for selling liquors as druggists vember é. 7 and 6. Berrien Coun Spyerabeane Setaiae: beri meeting last year and less than half as contrary to the laws of: the State regulating ee ee ——— — = | many as were present at the Grand Rapids | the handling of spirituous liquors. After | meeting, two years ago. There are three | considerable delay the cases finally came on e “ - on for trial, the name of Dr. Quinn stand- harlevoix ’ Pharmaceutical Socie ‘or. 2. in- po BO SS : | « | President, H.W. W 5 Secretary, Geo. Goce. : pen for the meager attendance, fhe hos ing at the. beginning of the list. His case | -< p ae Tonia County Pharmaceutical Sdclety. | Cipal one being that the date of the meeting | was tried and a verdict of guilty was ren- — a : President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. G — | was inadvertently fixed for the first week in| dered. Jas. McLaughlin appeared for the Ne \ agree = en ; ? e Importers and Jobbers of nn is eres a Rocmctnty tamta Verior, Beton, | ‘Kalamazoo ; utice ext Meeting—At. Detroit, September 4,5,6and7.__| President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDoral dnuiiad demand for school bobké. The ether |: oe 7 ba : Grand Rapids Pharmacentical Society. Mason County: Pharmaceutical Sofiety. : ? ee in the Cireuit Court and the case will appear yj if Jj =a ° ; e ‘ = op ORGANIZED OCTOBED 9, 1884, . or. — Latimer; Secretary, aL ay ae = | Teasons, sufficient in themselves to play a|on the calendar of the Supreme Court at = [ car : Chemicals and Dr ug = 1Sts Sundries. _ ‘Vicobresident—3- Y. Hayward. oe Pee. a Wasco EL Withee” | considerable feature, are sufficiently plain vy oe. oe et ses i —— a _Troncuree—Honry B.Feigehtla, Monroe County Pharmaceutical Society. | to every member to necessitate no further | p> 2° - ireui - : Pi poe ore A Vice-President and See-| President, 8, M. Sackett: Secretary, Juline Wolke : trial, in the circuit court. It recites that : == Ni == _ setary. fae | "Musi m County Pharm. Association, explanation. , ; the prosecutor placed Martin Waalkes, \ iP = Dealers in , Noprdot Cae ee ee ent et Woriens, (°° | President, Wm. B, Wilson; Secretary, Geo. Wheeler, The convention was called to order by | County Treasurer, on the stand, and pro-| / oie "wen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White and Wm. 1. White. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ eee President Bassett on Tuesday morning, | duced the druggist bond of the respondent apede Matters—Jonn Peck, ¥. J. Wurz-| President, O. 8. Koon; Secretary, Geo.,L, LeFe to show that he was in business as a drug- = burg, W. H. Tibbs. . N. Cc Pharmaceutical Sori when prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Bar-|_. : : ty A 8 ! ' 1 - Committee on Legislation—J:' W. Hayward, Theo.| Newaygo County aceutica. ‘ety. ; : ist, aud that he had not paid the ‘tax d Bil -Kemink, W. HY an Leuwen. ws eae eai ae a ee Fn area = clase clay and an address of welcome delivered Paceaved against “persons saatiiainiue a sa- | } d ll g, | 5, aris BS, {a S Kiam ioe Ree Co gaa President, F. W. Fincher, Secretary, Frank Ooay 7” | by ex-Congressman Maybury, representing | loon. The attorney for the defendant ob- eo Ve co Provident Joy Gath; So emacoutical Seciety./the Mayor of Detroit. H. J. Brown, of |Jected to the admission of the bond in evi-| aowx PREPARED PAINTS, _ « Annual Meeting—First Thursday evening in November. ' President, Jay Smith; Secretary, D. E. Prall. \ A Arb ded in behalf of th dence for the following among other reasons: : Eee ee : Vj Ann ena TORR ON n penalt o © | Because it is not alleged in the information Which for Durability, Elasticity, Beauty Association, eulogizing in eloquent terms | that respondent sold the beverage in his| and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. _|ite late Bishop Harris, wno opened the last | capacity asa druggist or as a drvegiet 1 qs re Bole Propattetete ef : Lo : . ‘ any manner whatever. He is described in | | |eonvention held in Detroit. the fore part of the information as being E. J. WURZBURG, Savant sassafras, white lead, red lead, linseed oil. At the afternoon session the annual ad- engaged in that kind of business, but when WHOLESALE AGENT, | WE ATHERLY'S MICHIG AN 0 AT ARRH REMEDY v 8 dress of the President was presented and | it comes to the allegation of selling, the in- : Grand Rapids, - Mich. Potass Nitras, opt... 8@ 10 Capsici Fructus, af.. _ 15| other routine work was transacted. Tue eae omer Maine. ane otass Nitras........ apsici Fructus, po.. : : 1 , ae Prussiate ............ 25@ Capsici Fructus, B po ‘14 TRADESMAN regrets that it was not Top rf gist, or in any other capacity. Again, ‘“‘It : Sulphate po.......... 1b@ on a 25) 2. sented on the occasion—for the first time | js immaterial whether he sold as a druggist |: i — 7 Cera Alba, 8.& F.... 50@ 565 Since the Association was born—and is con- | or not, from the fact that it is not alleged | akStity. Tah ; i : ae ee cance eters ea) » | 0 aang | Cassia Fructus...: 2 the proceedings, which were reported to | P:ace , BB ISt, ‘| Le, ar be ; , Phosphorioum dil... See ores ener have been unusually interesting, in spite of oe Lr ee mie, (ay loa i Whiskies, Brandies, Salicylicum .......... 1 70@2 05 entiana, (po. 15)... Cetaceum ............ y ’ tribute to him, he would be amenable to ot G 40 fel Vexpcie. (iw. eae \e i 1%@5 15). Chloroform .......... 50@ 55 |'the small attendance. another statute, one that confers exclusive| /#lv™ a Vii 1 2 . 1 Hyaragds "Otonden, Ohlone at peeps 5001 7% | Geo. Gundrum, of Ionia, was elected jurisdiction upon justices of the peace to, jj xczaatnn i — Gins, Wines, Ft UMS; Helishore, Aiba, po: 15g Cinchoniaine, 6.8 W ipg a |P¥esident of the Association and Stanley x. | 1; if the sale was unlawful, and if he had Ipecac, po............ 21 Ce ie ae 32} Parkill was re-elected Secretary, but re- sought to show, then the justice would have rs oD (po. ee peu Ce fused to serve, when H. J. Brown, of Ann | jurisdiction and not this court. But it is Maranta, ijs......1.. @ 35 aoe oo 50| Arbor, was selected to fill the vacancy. ony oS he. es ee es a a 00} Bele PO---: TRG, Og | Creta’ prep... 2222.7. The next meeting will be held at Detroit | 2" time» iad the ease (a braaen otha ‘“ *Si 15| Creta, precip......... @ | ‘he first week in September, 1889, it being | the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court: it fol- Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & Co., : Creta Rubra........ 1. jurisdicti Spigetia 222002010. IgG 83| Crocus ....- : 20 | expressly stipulated that no elaborate en- | lows that the Circuit has not jurisdiction of | sees Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash *Cubebae (po. 1 6)... Sanguinaria, (po. 25). oe Cudbear.... The capacity in which he acted Bi ¢ : < tertainment be prepared for the occasion. | the case. : ne My f ‘ | ! ae aie h: : ; : ; ee Cupri Sulph ps : a A ee |, W 7 * ‘Kanthoxylum ....... sq 9) | Serpentaria.......... 3@ Dextrine.... “2 10o F. M. Allsworth, of Lansing; Jacob Jes- Ba ce ee ae focen Ae ae a Pe hisky and Druggists’ Favorite ty on Smilax, Officinalis, “4 @ ices all wasatons “. g|son, of Muskegon; Geo. McDonald, of| of the jurisdiction and confers it upon the} fj ay iG i i a Rye Whisky bay sec: aa es Scillae, (po. 35)....... 10@ icon oo ee 100 Kalamazoo; F. J. Wurzburg, of Grand Circuit Court; therefore, being one of the] 7 ii ie . ‘Terabi n, sess Syme oearnUe, scant o Flake White.......”” 2@ Rapids, and S. E. Parkill, of Owosso, were essential elements, it should be specifically Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ Galle @ ue alleged. It is not even indicated that the Abies, Canadian..... oun Goeman.. 16@ 9| Gambier... 2222.77. 7@ ‘| Clected delegates to the uext convention of | sa1e was made at his place of business. The Cassie aa eos Zingiber a ee 16@ Gelatin, Coopor...... @ the American Pharmaceutical Association, allegation in the information should show -Cinchona frava...... ingiber j............ Gelatin, French...... 40@ 860 2 2 . : es = Haonymus atropurp cone Glassware flint, 70810 by box. | to be held at San Francisco. oe ern Eapiichat eae Sane ae o We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. ‘ Cerifera, po. : 60&10, less. > a oN - was to be used as a beverage, and that he eae BY THE : : / . “erat Vireini...... Anisum, (po. 20)...... Glue, Brown......... 9@ 15 Meron fy Boeuiins, oi New York, made such sale as a druggist, at his place of We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- @ } a 8 apm (graveleons). 13 eine, White.......... B8@ ea awarded the prize of $25 for the best | pusiness.” Havelting u Parkins In (i antee Satisfaction 9 18..........-..-. yeerina............ 2@ 26) wepeps ‘ = ; aoe 12 | Carui, (po. 18)........ 122@ 15] Grana Paradisi... 7” @ 15 | exhibit. In reply to these reasons Judge Russell J ’ ‘ . re Ulmus Po(Ground 12) Cardamom URSA OETESS or 1 at a Humuluts ..... ...... 25@ 40 Jas. Vernor was preser ted with a very remarked: “Well, gentlemen, this question GRAND RAPIDS ff MICH. © ao Shipped and Invoiced the same day we " EXTRACTUM. Coriandrum.......... 0@ 2 | Hyararg Chior. Mite! “@ 60 fi 1 ee is not entirely free from difficulty, and the ; ceive them. Send in a trial order. Glycyrrhiza Glabra.. oo ns: Boe ey i. Byars Roe ber: @ a ue gold watch by the exhibitors, te token ease will go to the Supreme Court anyway, And the Wholesale Druggists of Detroit Haematox, bP pox. 1@ enopodium ....... 10D 12] pears Aninomo. of his invaluable services in their behalf, | without doubt.” Thebond was then received | 2nd Chicago. e 48. . 243352 Inglis, | p,Jgokeon ve. ee ss’"- | September, when a large proportion of the | People, and F. W. Cook, H. L. Delano and - R. E. Bunker for the respondents. : auto tk on drug trade is severely taxed to supply the Yesterday~ a bill of exceptions was filed ae Oxalicum ............ Bevo RBVSe Be ih obs NaSRR CSSRALS Ie Hydrarg Ammoniati. @1 10 : me i ' 13@ Dipter)x Odorate....1 75@1 85 HydrargUnguentum 45@ 55|and Frank Inglis came in for a handsome | in evidence. The respondents excepted to ‘6 hs ...... M@ gaat Haan peice aie @ bb Hydrargyrun ....... @ 65 upholstered hair the remark of the court about “the case go- THE IMPROVED * 48 ...... 160 Foenugreek, po...... Ichthyocolla, Am.... 50 : ing to the Supreme Court anyway.” FERRUM. BON ee 3%4@ Indigo 7%5@1 00; The entertainment feature was on a plane 8 P eye AMERIC AN POCKET B ATTERY ig Lini, gerd, (bbl, 3).. .. 34@ Iodine, Resubl....... The bill ot exceptions further recites that qi es octin. Lobe Todoform ............ @5 15 | Of excellence never before attempted in this | the people put W. S. Deveraux on the stand, ‘Citrate and Q gos Citrate Soluble....... Ferrocyanidum Sol.. Solut hloride paves Sulphate, com’l...... 1% sed Ppure.....<4 FLORA. Anthemis ........:... Matricaria............ : FOLIA. Barosma ......-....-.. Cassia Acutifol, Tin- MYT nyo Salvia officinalis, 48 i MB. sn one rs 100 Sh SB & SSE an kSees = oe Canarian... 8%@4%/ Lupuline 1.1.1.2... oe State and was carried out with great credit | who testified that on the 19th day of July GRAND R APIDS MiCH Age 8 to the hosts and their worthy represent- | the oe did sell him Pate an of : : ceaueiiia Liquor “eas ot Hy: atives, Messrs. Vernor and Inglis. spirituous liquor. ‘The respondent and Geo. Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50| Liquor Potass Arsini- —— sell the respondent a «8 I, J glass of spirituous ee eB. +s d Ie : # Cloves and Clove Oil. liquor on the 19th day of July. Juniperis Co. 0. T...1 ae 2 ea Se oa - 7 annia,S.F.......... = x * . io Saacharum N.E..... 1 75@2 09] Morphia, S,P.& W 2 25@2 50 been an almost continuous decline in the THEY WERE THERE. fy ; ~ Spt. Vini Galli....... 1 %@ Moris, 8S. N. Y.Q. price of Zanzibar cloves; starting in at a : "4 : le 0b... Vini Alba.......... f Moschus Canton .... @ 40]; : r : sonuias Myristica, No. 1...... since at fourteen cents. The reaction Pharmaceutical Convention. aiecee Sinoen wet Os. Sepia........... : 29 | has carried prices up about two cents per| AS has been their custom for several Nassau sheeps’ wooi Pe ane. Bee. @2 00 | 2° carriage............ 2 00 Picis Lig, N.C. eal with the total shrinkage since the market hibit at the annual convention of the Mich- ad OF. ee es ae . : on Brien Yellow sneepe" 110) picis Lig, quarts." attending -circumstances, to encourage the | 42 State Pharmaceutical Association, held 5@ 6! Lycopodium |.......! IRITUS. drarg lod McAvoy testified that respondent did not : HB Frumenti ............ 1 10@1 © she aaa Sulph, (bbl ite 15 Since the beginning of the year there has 2 ~——____ ini Oporto.......... 1 2 16@2 40/ twenty-one cents and ending a few days|Eaton, Lyon & Co.’s Exhibit at the Nux Vomica, (po. 20) S 0 which has taken place within the past week carriage.......... 0.2 20@2 50 pound—not much of an advance compared | years past, Eaton, Lyon & Co. made an ex- Velvet Extra sheers’ @270| began to decline, but enough, in view of Fon SS we | Gf t, ; 866e carriage.......... 85 | Picis Liq., pints... .. belief among holders that the period of de- | at Detroit last week, and all who saw the For Physicians’ and Family Use. G sheeps’ wool Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). 4 se i : 4 i : : Tass P Piper Nigra, (po. 22). pression is at an end, and that the market display made are loud in praise of its ex-| This Battery has the advantage over any inthe mar- i a | - if K ieee sau Foe i i i ket in the followi oints of superiority: A Patent | iam ; : ; ; ; , e Piper Alba, (po. 35).. will go much higher. There are some tent and variety. Being unable to secure Hard Rubber, Removable Sorex Top Cell Gike a pocket oe A f 1 \ He iq X mn Rt A net) ot é DD. 5 coo se oe Aloe, Barb, (po. 60).. C 20 aS Follow Reef, for slate Pix Burgun skeptics to this view, who base their ar. inkstand), containing the Carbon and Zine elements ellow Reef.forsiate §&~—&_+ obSEeEe Sau sesessssseseeasessuansss 8 SaASS SSRLAESRERSES ie @ Be etevce ee OR te etre om Wahoos ecasvccesees Valerian........ erersee * Veratrum Veride.... i : 60 days, 244 per cent. cash in 15 days. povener: In ine eee ae the eben: kind is indicated feat’s Foot, winte ; 3 SE functions are exhausted, an ere is a loss 0 . eee ee ee USE uic(R OUP | Bere SH. Bat, MD. o ie consumption, which has materially lessened He Was Getting Ready. — CKH nb an) EI AR OMEN, LD. i ary hee Bol Lb er a ee the The market for the | rrom the Jewellers’ Weekly. F Q ed ee ann ica whee eee ea April 6, 1888, enetian,.......1 3 | oil is still irregular and val ia—Joh: , ioi r ; ork-House Hospital, ae we a Ochre, yellow Baie In one ba anid to ‘s values: can sagnatd Maria—John, won’t you Join the chure Ds Y 5 ron EM ED a Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10, 1888 GENTLEMEN—Having tried your “Best” Bally: Source 8 a8 |son for this is that sous of the oll mana-|%°Xt Sunday and become a Christian ? You) ficulties, as your vagrom. dog clings to the ~ Hope of an asylum in a house where he has _ attracted enough attention to be kicked. _ . This state of mind, mildly as the boy had depicted it, made a decided commotion in _ | the household. The daughter who had oo worked up the case was forced to substan- *\ — . tiate her statements. In a horror, fortified ES with a few firm whippings, the good Cyrus a visited the relatives who had passed the wretched youth upon him, and announced that the boy must be returned. The rel- atives, now knowing more of Cyrus than they had once known, accepted his ulti- matum in good spirit, and the die was cast. ES ‘Rear by. He was called to the house and a asked if he still harbored the base .discon- tents which neither mildewed pieplant pie £ _ nor blacksnake horsewhippings had seemed P to eradicate. in the dawning light of faith in prayer, ‘The boy was stripping sorghum in a field |_ DILWORTH BROYHERS, Proprietors, Oo s "EN AT Tus EN RETAIL GROCERS with GOOD COFFEE would do well to avoid Brands that require the support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom- ises or Lottery Inducements. Sh DILWORTH’S COFFEE, Which Holds Trade on Account of Superior Merit Alone. 4 Unequaled Quality. Improved Roasting Process. Patent Preservative Packages. For Sale by all Jobbers at Grand Rapids, Detroit, Saginaw, East Saginaw and Bay City. PITTSBURGH, Penn. f ——! the boy, with a thousand saving: clauses, admitted once more that he might possibly be willing to abide elsewhere. * There came an I-can’t sparkle in Cyrus an Worthy’s eye, which nearly brought the boy to beg to stay on any terms, but the demon- stration ended in a hymn, and the boy was sent to the garret. to pack his little box. He came below again. His: good cousin was at the gate. The bad child walked down the pathway, and the good family honored him with a scornful glance. Their minds traveled to John Milton’s picture— As when a prowling wolf, Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at vi In hurdled coetes, amid the fields secure, Leaps o’er the fence with ease into the fold So clomb this first grand thief into God’s fold. So had this prowler also clomb into God’s fold. So clomb he now into the wagon of his own sinful generation, and the maledic- tion of the chosen house went vith him and all his. No. 4 Monroe Street, - E, 6. STUDLEY, Wholesale Dealer in RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOKS Manufactured by Candee Rubber Co, Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. Telephone 454. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a But the boy took naught for granted until . he was a mile out of that hamlet. Then, as the four corners are sinking on the hori- zon, his heart leaped forth in thoughts of indescribable joy. - The God of Orphans had harkened unto ‘his supplication. Alas! how was it to go with that blessed fhhome whence he had been ejected all too late. The harm was done. The heresy ‘had hatched along with the hornets. The wrath of the God of the Ishmaelites, of the ; Egyptians, of Judah’s pestilence and of a4 Herod’s massacre was gathering over Wood- . man’s Corners. Such is the sublime justice ofa jealous God. Such isthe reaping where the sowing has been the seed of heresy. Let us briefly speak of the storm: |. A fire breaking out in the premises, burned the mansion to the ground. In the 4lifficulties and afflictions arising from this disaster, the goodwife died and made no sign. This, being interpreted, led toa somewhat unexpected second marriage within nine or ten months, whereby the Saintly man took for a helpmeet a vixen of resolute mould. The church would have none of it, and put out the shining light forthwith. Cyrus waschurched. The peo- ple ef the township affirmed the finding, and took away his dignities and their library. The second wife was in no way fitted to hold a position so exalted in a household previously so distinguished. The previously never failing psalm of Beebee’s Jandlord, refused todo their perfect. work; gréen and yellow melancholy of complete _. subjugation, she henpecked Cyrus Worthy _~ Woodman with precision and effect! > = A ‘son went to war, to escape in battle - father’s household. oe - The daughter was driven out of the house, as Hagar had been driven into Beersheba. _. ‘Whe ‘Worthy Cyrus was ingloriously forced -_, ’0 allow her to go “at work flagbottoming solemn visage, the unctuous dogma, ay, the 3 and the wife!—instéad of pining into the| | ‘the turmoil that was rending his revered 5 ' PRODUCE COMMISSION 7/33 Ottawa Street, - - CURTISS & CO,, Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON. WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. wae ‘THEO. B. GOOSSEN, [iS MERCHANT _ Dealer in STOVEWOOD and Jobber of FOREIGN, TROPICAL and - QALIFORNIA FRUITS. 5s GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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