The Michigan Tradesman. * VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888. NO. 274. CASH SALE CHECKS. Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of running book accounts by using Cash Sale €hecks. For saleat50 cents per 100 by E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. Our complete line of Stationers’ and Druggists’ TANCY GOODS AND — Holiday Novelties are ready for inspection. Every dealer, when visiting Grand Rap- ids, should be sure and look through our lines. Raton, Lyon & 60, 20 and 22 Monroe St. 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 ess 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. @ @#. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF And Salt Fish. Mail orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. wuitiPr sé Full line. Cash prices this month. GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids Mich G. M. MUNGER & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry. Mail and Express orders attended to with p:omptners. Nice Work, Quick Time Satisfaction Guaranteed. W. E. HALL, Jr., - - - Manager. BUY Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF_YOU WANT THE BEST! REMOVED. THE GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX FACTORY, W. W. HUELSTER, Proprietor, Formerly located at 11 Pear] St., has been removed to 81 & 83 Campau St. Cor. Louis, where I shall have more room and far etter facilities for the manufac- ture of Paper Boxes. All work guaranteed first class and at the lowest rates. Write or call for esti- mates. Telephone 850. EDMUND B. DIKEMA THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, WALES - GOODYEAR and Connecticut Rubbers. THE PARAGON a Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s, Heels and Spring Heels. G. R. Mayhew, 86 Monroe 8t., Grand Rapids. 4k CANAL 8Y., Grand Rapids, - Mich. TWO GREAT LEADERS The above head-line does not refer to the great leaders in the political parties, but to two of the GREATEST SELLING Cigars on the market to- day—namely: Warren's Spcekled Havanas AND THEIR RUNNING MATES Warren's Siluer Spots. The “Speckled Havanas” for a Ten Cent Cigar and the ‘Silver Spots’ for a Five Cent Cigar stand without rivals wherever introduced. Ev- ery dealer in Fine Cigars should secure these two brands, as they are TRADE WINNERS. Full particulars in regard to prices, terms, etc., can be had by addressing GKO.T. WARREN & CO. Mfrs, High Grade Cigars, FLINT, - MICHIGAN. ° REMOVED, The Telfer Spice Co, HAS REMOVED FROM 46 Ottawa Street, 08-05 Pearl St. s More Room! Better Facilities! ® The Inspection of the Trade is Solicited. Our old store, three floors and base- ment, with gas engine and elevator, for rent on favorable terms. DANIEL LYNG Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO,. Manufacturer of Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powder, Bluing, Ete., And Jobber of Grocers aud Droggists’ Sundries. Fine Line of Perfumes for the Holiday Trade. Call and inspect our new establishment when in the city. 19 S. IONIA ST. — WELTON’S —— Business College. Room 8 Shepard-Hartman BIk., Offers the most reasonable terms, the most_com- fortable rooms, the best disciplined school, and the most extensive course of study in commer- cial branches. J. W. WELTON, Prop., for 10 years Principal of Swensberg’s Business College. ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICE the Grand Rapids Business College. Ed- ucates pupils to transact and record business as it is done by our best business houses. It pays to goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad dress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens- berg. THE LEADING FOR CANADIAN YOUNG COLLEGE WOMEN ST. THOMAS, ONT. te Nearly 200 Students last year. 17 Gradu- ates and Certificated Teachers in Faculty. Grad- uating Courses with Certificates and Diplomas in Literature, Music, Fine Arts, Elocution and Commercial Science. McLAGHLIN WALL, $20,000 now open. t=" Thorough work. Low Rates. Good Board. Sixty pp. Announcement Free. Address PRINCIPAL AUSTIN, B. D. The elegant new addition costing : « ~ THE Industrial School of Business Is noted for THOROUGHNESS, Its graduates succeed. Write W.N. FERRIS, Big Rapids, Mich. Lean's Business College AND SHORTHAND INSTITUTE, Established SEVEN YEARS. Young men and young women taught Book- keeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting, Telegraphy, Commercial Law, Business Corres- pondence, Practical Arithmetic and other stud- ies, by nine professional teachers of established reputation. Send for College Journal, Address LEAN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Shepard-Hartman Building, Fountain Street, Grand Rapids, Mich, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BowWNE, President. GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. F ar Se Melita JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Pres., A. B. WATSON, Treas.. : S. F. ASPINW ALL, Secy. CASH CAPITAL, $200,000. SAFES! Anyone in want of a first-class Fire or Burglar Proof Safe of the Cincinnati Safe and Lock Co. manufacture will find it to his advantage to write or call on us. We have light expenses, and are able to sell low- er than’ any other house representing first- class work. Second-hand safes always on hand. C. M. GOODRICH & CO.., With Satety Deposit Co., Basement o1 Wid- dicomb Blk. LOT LAMAV A LISTE And all dealers are invited to send sam- ples and write for prices that can be ob- tained in this market. We do a COMMISSION BUSINESS and our aim is to obtain the highest mar- ket price for all goods sent us. Not only BEANS but also ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE. We can sell as well as anyone. We invite correspondence. BARNETT BROS., 159 So. Water St., CHICAGO. MISS HOITT’S HARVEST. Miss Hannah Hoitt lived alone ina wide old house that had sheltered the families of her father and her grand- father before her. Its square, low-ceiled rooms were peopled for her with precious memories and tender associations. She would not shut the sunlight quite out of any of them, so that they all retained some pleasant look as of occupancy. And the rooms she really lived in were bright, restful, sunshiny, with enough of the old-time quaintness to give thema peculiar charm, and sufficient subsery- iency to newer fashions and fancies of adornment to assure you that the owner lived in to-day rather than yesterday. Miss Hoitt was much esteemed in the little community of Millton asa woman of means, of sense, of character, of generous purposes and practices. The farm had dwindled from its once broad area of til- lage and meadow and pasture and wood- land, to less than sixty acres. Yet it was large enough for her to manage, for she carried it on herself, with as careful and capable an oversight as was exercised by any of her neighbors on their domains. It was the standing wonder of the neigh- borhood and of the little town, ‘Show Miss Hannah could ‘manage’ so well.’’ Every spring the boldness and magnitude of her ventures” astonished them. Every fall the quantity and quality of crops she produced therefrom amazed them still more. Her beans and corn, her cabbages and cucumbers and onions, her beets and her asparagus, nodded to one another from their weedless rows in triumphant luxuriance. Her _ berries blushed in exultation. Her little orchard dropped its rosy and golden fruit glee- fully. In truth, it was the garnering of her harvests that perplexed her. She reveled in the long days when she could dig and tend and water, and ‘‘see the things grow.’’ But when the days grew short, and the first frosts came, and the pumpkin vines grew black, and the potato tops died, and she began to fear for her ten- derer fruit, then despair and dismay began to fillhersoul. For then her housekeeping tasks were more onerous, her neighbors could seldom be hired to help, gnd “help,’? proper, was “searce.” And. | though Miss Hoitt was no scold, and didn’t know how to whine, her voice was apt to grow plaintive as she sometimes related her anxieties. Hers was a bright and busy life, in all its loneliness: and many a weaker or less hopeful heart shared its sunshine. She had not always expected to live thus alone. Once she had looked forward to a far different life. Perhaps it had been all the harder that her own hand had put aside her joys. But she couldn’t have done otherwise, she would remind her- self. There was only herseif..to take eare ofcthe aging father, the querulous grandmother, the invalid sister—all gone from her long ago. And he, Allen May- nard, had his own brave life to live. She would not let him waste any of it waiting. She had sen¢ him away, and perhaps she had not told him very clearly the reason why. But she had never ceased to: think of him and pray for him. When she read that pathetic story of Miss Jewett’s, “A Lost Lover,’’ it came to her suddenly that her lover might have been ‘‘lost,’’ to her, and the world, to goodness andafzod, as that man was. But she always said to herself that that could never have been. Wherever Allen Maynard was, she was very sure that he was still good and true and brave and genuine. Over her low threshold, above which hop-vines grew and morning glories hung from dawn till noon their dewy chalices of purple and crimson and white, came one late September afternoon her nearest neighbor, and one of her dearest friends, Mrs. Sterne. She was younger by a few years than Miss Hoitt, but loved, trusted, petted, even sometimes confided in, by the older women. ‘Come in, Lucy! What’s the matter, child? Something worries you; and you're tired out, too. Now, just go into the sitting-room and take the easy chair, and I'll be in in a minute, just as soon as I slip on my other dress.’’ ‘“*You see,’’ she resumed, a little later, coming back freshly attired,.‘‘?ve been trying to get in my grapes and pears, and some of my apples. I had to begin in season, and keep at it, a little to a time, and ’m woefully behind-hand now; and help I can’t seem to get, for everybody else is busy, too. Now, Lucy, what troubles you, and what can I do?’’ George Eliot remarks on the widely different meanings that may be given to those last four words by the tone and inflection with which they are uttered— expressing now heartiest sympathy and helpfulness, now the coldest of indifferent courtesy. But the words as Miss Hannah said them were full of the wish to help and to know how to help. “JT don’t like to tell you, Hannah; you have cares enough, without our rolling any of ours on to you. But Jotham’s sister Emily, she that married a Swift, is sick with typhoid fever, the real, raging typhoid. They live over to Easton, you know, and there’s nobody, hardly, to go, but me; and it seems asif I must go right off and stay until she’s better. And there’s only Mary Nelson, and she so young and heedless, for all I’ve had her a year and done my best with her to learn her to keep house. She could do well enough for Jotham and John, but Jotham’s got men a-coming right away— the threshers, and carpenters to do his barn. That can’t be put off. And the new superintendent in the mills, he promised certainly he’d board, because he used to know him, and it would be handy and homelike.”’ ‘And you want me to take queried Miss Hannah. ““Q Miss Hannah! we do hate to ask or let you. But what can we do? And Jotham says he’ll get all your apples and potatoes and things in, in good season, and beaglad to, and you shall have good pay for the men, if you only think you could do it. And you don’t know what jemi?’ a relief it would be. You see, we’ve got to take Emily’s children home until she’s better.”’ “Well, Pll try it, and if nothing hap- pens I guess I can carry it through.’’ ‘How is it, Hannah,’’ went on the other, ‘‘that most lone folks have enough to do to take care of themselves? They think people ought to do for them and look out for ’em, and especially when they get to middle age. But it’s always just the other way with you.’’ “IT don’t know,’ returned Miss Han- nah, musingly. ‘‘Yes, 1 do try to help other folks what I can. And I don’t see that ve ever been any the worse off for it. Really, I think it’s just that keeps me up and gives me courage to work. It’s something to think of and plan for, you know. Now, if I could only do for myself, I shouldn’t feel as though ’twas hardly worth while always to, though that’s something. But when I can do something for some one else, why, it makes me as strong again, and a sight hopefuller.”’ “T don’t doubtit. But now, Hannah, do take care of yourself, and get some- body to come inandhelp you. We can’t let you get worn out yet.”’ She did not leok worn out as she flitted about after her visitor had gone, getting her cosy tea and putting things in order for the night. Energy was in every movement of her trim, spare figure, and a kind of hopeful content and courage blended with the kindliness and humor that illumine’ the brown eyes. She was adjusting herself mentally to the new turn affairs had taken, with that ready willingness characteristic of her. ‘‘I couldn’t do differently,’? she was saying to herself. ‘‘There wasn’t but me to do it, anyhow; and the money will be a real help this fall. The house needs some- thing laid out on it, and I want to send Martha’s girls something by and by; and now I shall have alittle more for mis- sions, home and foreign, too; and I can get some of those books I’ve been want- ing.’? And she paused in her flitting to and fro, to look lovingly at the already well-stocked shelves of the massive sec- retary, and thoughtfully at the empty space in the newer bookcase beside it. “Yes, | am not so sorry as I might be. *T will be quite a piece of work, though, before it’s through. However, I guess I can manage.”’ ‘‘Quite a piece of work’ it proved in- deed to be. The threshers came, stayed a week and departed. Close upon them came the carpenter’s crew; and just as they were well settled, came the most dreaded of all, Mr. Sterne’s friend, the superintendent at the new mills. Miss Hannah had word that he was coming, and Mr. Sterne drove over with him at supper time. He was in haste, and stopped only to say that his sister was no better; the fever was having a long run. Lucy; was about worn out, too. **And this is the gentleman we spoke of, Hannah, that you said might stop here a spell. Ithink he’s an old acquaintance of yours.” And Mr. Sterne had driven off before she had had one good look at the man be- fore her. He lifted his hat then and held out his hand with a smile. “You used to know me, Miss Hoitt. You can’t have forgotten how many times we’ve trudged up the hill to school together, and how many times you did my sums and helped me out with my parsing, in the little red school-house over yonder. Or, if you’ve forgotten, I haven’ t.’’ *“*Allen Maynard! I had noidea it was you that was coming! I didn’t really know who.it was, come to think, but I didn’t dream it was you!’ ‘“‘But you'll takeme just the same ?’’ For answer she led the way into the house, with pink cheeks, shaking off her confusion as best she could. The little home was very cheery. The slant rays of the setting sun streamed in between the plants in the bay-window and gilded the bindings of her books and made great reflections from the polished andirons. And in the next room was spread the dainty tea-table, with its erimson cloth, its glittering glass, its tempting array,and its vase of flowers in the center. For Miss Hannah was per- suaded that even ‘‘those men’’ noticed and appreciated her flowers. And the fragrance of freshly-made tea, and in- viting odors of browning biscuit, of baked apples, and other appetizing scents, were in the air. And it was with pleasure not all concealed that the new boarder took the seat she assigned him. It chaneed to be opposite her own. It was natural that the days should seem to go by faster than ever, now. They were very short, anyway, and Miss Hannah was very busy. If any other element gave a new, sweet zest to daytime task and evening talk, she did not own it. Allen Maynard was still ‘‘good and true and brave and generous,’’ though his hair was turning gray, and he had been many times across the continent, twice across the sea, once even around the world. He had many things to fell of people and countries and customs known to her only through books. And he liked books as much as she did, too, and brought some of his own for her to read, and sometimes new ones that they read together. The work on the new barn dragged wearily, though Miss Hannah hardly no- ticed that October was gone and Novem- ber was going, till one night she heard the men say that they should just about get done when the ground closed up; in time, maybe, to get home before Thanks- giving. And Mrs. Sterne came home; her sister was convalescent, but she was well-nigh prostrated herself with watch- ing. And now the carpenters would go ina week or two, at most, and Miss Hannah began to realize that the old life would soon begin again for her, and that it would be lonely. For Mr. Maynard must go, too. How should she let him know it? Her hints fell unheeded, and though the men spoke of going home, and she of being alone once more, she did not see that he noticed. But it was her turn to be surprised a little later, when he spoke of his plans for the winter, and of business in Easton. He would not be near, then, even to drop in of anevening! She began to be a little lonely already. He had hada better position offered him, maybe. And then she heard the men say that Mr. Maynard was owner in the mills, both at Millton and Easton. He had acted as overseer here because he was needed. Some one less capable could do now, for affairs were running smoothly again, and the Easton mills needed his attention. And they said he had much other prop- erty there, besides. One mild, sunny day—an Indian sum- mer afternoon—he came with a carriage to take Miss Hannah over to Easton for a ride. They drove to the mills and around them; then about town. He drove slowly past a large, stately house, suggestive of gracious uses and gener- ous hospitalities. . ‘TI bought the place two or three years ago,’’ he said. ‘‘I have never rented it. It would make a pleasant home, would it not? Might it not be our home, Hannah? Ihave kept it for you. Ihave waited for you. Shall we not have our Indian summer at last ?’’ So the question was asked and an- swered, and a new life began, with brighter and warmer and richer joys, and larger opportunities. The neighbors had ‘‘always known that Miss Hannah was smart; she had done better than ever this year, too; but they hadn’t expected, with all the rest, at her time of life, too, she would be harvestin’ a husband.’’ a How to Judge Canned Goods. From Cassell’s Magazine, A hint now about canned goods, meat especially. Note, when about to pur- chase, the condition ef the tin; if bulged outward, don’t have it even as a gift! We will explain the process of canning to give weight to our warning. The meat is packed in tins while raw, then sealed and cooked in an outer vessel of boiling water, with sometimes the addition of chemicals to raise the temper- ature. When cooked, the can is pierced, and as soon asthe air and steam have been expelled, it is soldered. Experts know when it is ready for soldering; a moment too soon and the mischief is done, because if air is left in the tin bulges, and the meat will not be good. On the contrary, if the tin has shrunk, itis an infallible sign of goodness; it proves a vacuum, which is natural, as the meat shrinks when no air is in the can. Some say, what matter if the air be ieft in tin? Simply this: Nitrogen, an element of air, imparts to bodies with which it comes in contact a tendency to change and decay. Often, on opening a can of preserved goods, people are heard to say ‘‘the air is escaping,’’? instead of which the slight hissing sound is the result of the air rushing in, another sign that there was a vacuum. Well, we far as to say that, assuming the outward sign of good- ness above referred to a label bearing the name of a good exporter or importer, and also reliable vender of the article, whether meat, fish, milk, soup or vegetable, the chanees are a million to one against any being injured, much less poisoned, by tinned goods. Another caution, though, always look out for any little globules of solder that sometimes find their way inside of the tin: and take care, especially in the case of salmon and lobster, to empty the con- tents as soon as open into an earthen- ware vessel. This is necessary for every-: thing except milk. £0 SO <>< The Hotel Clerk’s Ingenious Idea. There was no mistaking his being a farmer. His hay-colored whiskers were unkempt, and one leg of his jeans trous- ers was crowded into his boot. He walked down the marble-tiled corridor of the hotel with a kingly air and placed $1.50 in small change, which he took from a shot-bag, on the counter, and asked for a room, requesting that he be ealled at5oclock. “Oh, yes, we'll set you up,’’ said the blonde moustached clerk, with a fiendish grin. ‘*Don’t mon- | key with the gas up there; you might | blow it out. Take this candle along and | light it when you goup. Good night, | Sir.”7 Very soon the rural visitor was tucked away in the blankets with his boots on. Down stairs the clerk was rubbing his hands in professional glee. Here was the man he was looking for, one upon whom he could test his new invention. Five o'clock came. There was a deafening report. The farmer twisted convulsively in his bed, and then sprang out. He put his legs through the sleeves of his coat, and then buttoned the garment about him in his excitement, and then ran his arms through the legs of his trousers, and, with his gripsack in hand, came down four flights of stairs ata jump. Witha look at the clerk that conveyed the idea of its being the ‘‘dying wail of a lost soul,’’ he flew down the corridor at the gait of a tornado, and never stopped going until he got tangled up in the run- ning gear of acable car. “Guess it aint a go,’’ ejaculated the elerk. ‘‘I invented candles with torpe- does in at different distances, so that when the wicks burned down to them they would explode at the hour at which the guests asked to be called. The ex- perience of that farmer proves that it won’t work, and that settles it.” — 0 <——_— Honest Butter. Col. Yerger (to grocer)—I want you to come around to my house some day and take a look at a goat I’ve got. ‘““Why do you want me to see the goat?”’ asked the grocer, somewhat mystified. ‘‘Because it’s the only honest butter in town, and you ought to see what it looks ike.” . A Tract-Distributing Traveler. A tall, full-bearded man, who sat be- hind a boyish-looking fellow on a Mieh- igan Central train the other day, slyly reached over the stranger’s shoulder and dropped acard in his lap. It had costa deal of caution to accomplish this feat without detection, and the tall man leaned back with a happy smile on his face. Two or three observers glanced at him with wonder, and to each of them in turn he passed a ecard with a quick motion, as if he wished nobody to see him inthe act. Then he smiled again with evident satisfaction. Of course, everybody saw him, and as those who re- ceived cards looked surprised and amused, he had presentiy to dive into his pockets and supply the earful with doe- uments. They were about as large as postal cards, and these words were printed conspicuously on the upper half of one side: [Please fill this up and place it over your bed before retiring to rest. | : Tf I die to nignt 1 will go to.........2...... 2. Pe ee On the lower half were scriptural texts, and on the other side a similar arrange- ment of matter, beginning with this: Thou art traveling to Eternity! ecciastined tienen: or to Endless Misery! WHICH! In spite of his secretive methods, the tall man talked freely about himself and his ecards. ‘“T am a commercial traveler,’’ he said; “TY live in Crillia, Canada. All my life I had been a wicked scoffer, much given to lying and profanity. Two years ago I was redeemed and regenerated, and I take this means, as I am traveling almost all the time, to atone as far as possible for the past. I never enter acar ora coach or a hotel without distributing my cards.’’ ‘Do you find that people pay any at- tention to them ?’’ ‘Oh, yes. You would probably be astonished to know how many fill up the blanks as requested. Most of them, of course, do it in a flippant spirit. At least half of the replies read that the person will go toChicago! That doesn’t ofiend me at all, though Iam grieved to see it. Young men, too, have a way of signing fictitious names. Last night a eard was soberly returned’ to me with Salt Creek written in the first blank and Grover Cleveland in the second.’’ The redeemed drummer smiled with condescending pity at the memory, and continued : “But the cards plish some good. undoubtedly accom- The language is start- lingly suggestive, isn’t it? A great many men take it in real earnest, and write hell in the first blank, and sigr their own names. Ihave no doubt that the ecards have been the meansof starting some sinners on the road to repentance and redemption.’’ ee Tumblers and Their Origin. The glasses we now know as ‘*‘tumblers’’ differ widely from the drinking-vessels to which the name was first applied. These appear to have been of metal or wood, and from their peculiar shape seemed to have served as perpetual reminders to ‘“‘nass the bottle.’’ One authority says they were called ‘‘tumblers’’ because ‘they could not be set down, except on the side, when empty,’’ and another de- rives their name from ‘‘their original shape, rounded at the bottom, so that they tumbled over unless they were care- fully set down.”’? Professor Max Muller possesses a set of silver tumblers which, when emptied and placed on the table mouth downward, immediately revert to. their original position, as if asking to be refilled. They must be constructed upon the same principle as the toy known as the Tembola, or Chinese .Mandarin, which, having the center of gravity in the base, will always try to regain its origin- al position, however much the equMibri- um is disturbed. Tumblers were probab- ly introduced into England from Ger- many, for goblets of wood, rounded at the base, that they readily tumble over, are still made in that country, and often bear an inscription which may be translated: Lay me down when empty, [ll stand again when full. ————- >_>. Chicory as a Plant. Chicory, with which coffee is and has long been mixed, both in this country and in Europe, is the product of a com- pound plant growing in ail European countries, and now largely cultivated for this purpose. Itis said to have little property in common with coffee, and to be useful only by giving color and a cer- tain body to the infusion of coffee; but there can be no doubt that it possesses an aromatie oil, starch, sugar, nitrogenous substances and salts; and, however in- ferior to coffee, the direction of the ae- tion of both is the same. The root from which the powder is prepared is long and tapering, and, after having been cut into pieces, is roasted precisely as coffee beans are roasted, until itis of a brown color and sufficiently dry to be ground into powder. Itis said tobe much adulter- ated with roasted rye and with substances which sometimes yield a disagreeable smell and flavor. ee ne ean A Novel Quarantine. Quarantine is useful in other ways than as a protection against yellow fever. The merchants of an Alabama town were be- hind in their payments, so they put their heads together and quarantined the town in order to shut out collectors. In this way they got time in which to make their collections, then raised the quarantine and received the outside collectors with open purses. so 8 < A new method has been devised for manufacturing the ‘‘all tobacco’’ cigar- ette, and its use is expected to be greatly increased by the improvement. The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State. &. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year. Advertising Rates made known on application. En ered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. | Vv EDNESDAY, DFCEMBER 19, 1888. | ALASKAN OUTRAGES. There is a disposition in some quarters to make light of the complaints which come to us from Alaska with reference tga the treatment the natives receive at the hands of the employes of the Amer- ican Fur and Seal Company. But those who have watched the history of that territory since its annexation to the United States must have reached the conclusion that the company and its servants are the principal obstacles to the civilization of the country, and that they mean to deal with it after their own pleasure as long as they are allowed. They managed to put off for decades that organization of the country under a térritorial government, which was our first duty after its becoming an American possession. They seem to have managed, also, that the organization, when it did come in spite of them, should amount to as little as possible for the benefit of the natives, and that its powers should be used to cramp the activity of the Chris- tian missionaries, who are working for the moral and spiritual elevation of the people. And all through the course of this miserable story they have succeeded in keeping the ear of the public through the newspapers, and in persuading the ayerage editor that the chief end of our occupation of the country is to collect from the company the interest on the sum we paid for it. In this case travelers and natives alike complain that the Company’s servants use their opportunities to debauch the wives and daughters of the Aleuts. In the defenses put forward for these white men the fact is camly admitted, and is asserted that the matter never would have been heard of if it had not been that some of the fathers and husbands had not been paid the price of their dishonor. The essential fact in this case is that the natives have practically no defense against such outrages or, if you will, no safeguard against such temptations. They were far better off under the Rus- sian government, which sent them priests and school-masters to work for their civ- ilization. We have been allowing them to sink back into ignorance and barbar- ism, and we leave them tothe uncon- trolled influence of a set of white men who certainly are not selected for their refining or elevating qualities. It no doubt is true that many of these savages will sell their own daughters to a lifeof shame. Even the Indians at Sitka are not all of them above that, a Mrs. Macfarland, the first missionary, found. But do we owe nothing to the girls thus ruined and destroyed through our The girls’ home at Sitka, built with the pennies of American Sun- day School children, was established ex- pressly to check the traffic of the white miners in Indian girls. In some cases those girls were rescued after their parents had sold them, and only by the exercise of firmness and determination on the part of the good woman who broke ground for civilization and Christianity there. We need the utmost watchful- ness along the whole line of our relations with the red race to put a check to these abominations; and it humiliating to see how coolly they have been discussed by the newspapers and even the Secretary of the Interior in the present case. = neglect? is There is a movement on foot to secure arepeal of the clause of the Inter-State Commerce Act which forbids pooling ar- rangements between railroads. We pro- nounced this clause the chief blot on the bill while it was still under discussion; but in the state of public opinion at that time, it was impossible to bring any gen- eral opposition to bear upon it. cently, however, there has been a growth of feeling and opinion adverse to the clause; and out of along list of public men who have been asked by Bradstreets for an opinion on the subject, a very large majority have been found favor- able to its repeal. It is admitted that the formation of pools should be placed under some kind of legal regulation, so that the interests of the public may be secured as well as those of the railroads. But it is seen to be impossible by law to prevent pooling, and undesirable if it were possible. Of course there are some people who conceive of the interests of the public as directly antagonistic to those of the railroads, and therefore be- lieve that restriction which hurt the rail- roads must prove a benefit to the country. But this is a very superficial view, and the intelligence of the people is coming to recognize the fact that in the long run there is nothing to gain by inciting ‘‘cut- throat’’ forms of competition among the great lines which convey the commerce of the nation. > ve- The successful resistance of the peo- ple of Queensland to the appointment of Sir Henry Blake as Governor shows how very slight is the authority of the mother country over her Australian dependen- cies. Blake is a young irishman, who had the wit to run off with a young lady shortly after her elder sister had been married toa Tory Duke. At that time he held a very subordinate place on ‘‘the force,’’? but his titled brother-in-law took him up to save the family credit, and pushed him on from one post to another, until he was Governor of Newfoundland and a baronet. But when he was nom- inated to the governorship of Queens- land, the Irish of that colony called to mind what sort of a magistrate he had been in Ireland in the earlier stages of his advancement, and they raised such a row that the colonial ministry was obliged to ask the home government to cancel the appointment. This would have been called ‘‘truckling to the Irish vote’’ if it had beenin America. But of course it is all right in Queensland, and Lord Sal- isbury hints to Sir Henry that he had better decline the appointment, as some- thing equally good will be got for him. The transaction also illustrates how completely England has been emanci- pated from ‘‘the spoils system’’ by the establishment of competitive examina- tions. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Albert Kuppenheimer has sold his cigar business to his brother, Augustus Kup- penheimer. A. Everse has opened a grocery store at South Blendon. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock. C. W. Prouty has engaged in the gro- cery business at Hartford. Lemon, Hoops & Peters furnished the stock. A. D. Hawley, late of Lake Odessa, has opened a confectionery store and bakery at 602 South Division street. W. R. Keeler furnished the confectionery. Jay Marlatt will leave his general store, at Berlin, in the hands of Geo. Cook and engage inthe grocery business in this city. His father will be associated with him. J. D. Brown, formerly in the employ of the Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co., has opened a boot and shoe business at Pent- water. Reeder, Palmer & Co. furnished the stock. It is stated that Mrs. Munson will erect a handsome business block next season, on the flatiron now occupied by the Pavilion stables, at the corner of Fulton and Spring streets. Matthews & Chappell, formerly en- gaged in the hardware and lumber bus- iness at Hart, are now carrying on a lumber business at West Troy, and have just put ina grocery stock. It was sup- plied by Olney, Shields & Co. In consequence of the failure of Tawes & Sterling, at Baltimore, Tawes & Dry- den, who have been carrying ona retail oyster business at 84 South Division street for several months past, have been obliged to suspend. Their stock has been absorbed by local dealers. M. B. Kimm is pushing the construc- tion of a three-story frame building, 26x50 feet in dimensions, at the corner of Spring and Cherry streets, which he expects to have ready for occupancy by May 1, when he will remove his drug stock to thatlocation. The vacated store will be taken possession of by W. H. Tibbs with his drug stock. AROUND THE STATE. Ludington—C. L. Tripp is closing his grocery stock. Tronwood—R. A. Harris is closing his jewelry stock. Imlay City—Brown & Palmer have sold their hardware stock. Deckerville—J. M. Pennell & Co. assigned their general stock. Harbor Springs—Harry Seger will en- gage in the bakery business. Fenton—A. Middlesworth has sold his grocery stock to Becker Bros. Marcellus—M. Marx succeeds M. Marx & Co. in the clothing business. Oxford — Chester P. Graff succeeds J. D. Hagerman in general trade. Dowling —Geo. T. Wilson succeeds Wilson & Eldred in general trade. Ovid—J. J. Bowen succeeds Bowen & McCarthy in the grocery business. White Cloud—Myers & Burton are cles- ing out their shingle mill business. Muskegon—Fred Stoner has sold his restaurant business to T. D. Bullis. Fremont—F. P. Hopper has bought the restaurant business of O. E. Scofield. Kalkaska—T. D. Hobbs succeeds Par- ker & Hobbs in the grocery business. Imlay City—Buck & Palmer succeed H. C. Wells in the furniture business. Ishpeming—Meilleur & Lavigne, gro- cers, have dissolved, each continuing. Leonard — Allen Hazelton succeeds Allen Hazelton & Co. in general trade. Memphis—Granger & Co., general dealers, have assigned to Fred Coburn. Kalamazoo—L. C. Langdon has bought the boot and shoe stock of Wm. Fagan. Borland—Charew & Wiltse succeed Fred. I. Nichols in the grocery: business. out out have Ludington—R. E. Wilson is succeeded in the restaurant business by Lewis Cos- tello. Three Rivers—Seekel Bros. succeed Armitage & Maxfield in the grocery bus- iness. Vandervilt — Geo. Skelton succeeds Berry & Skelton in the hardware bus- iness. Frankfort—The Frankfort Lumber Co. is closing out the balance of its stock at auction. Lansing—M. D. Rall succeeds Cham- bers Bros. in the bakery and restaurant business. Negaunee—Barabee & Sorenson suc- ceed Maynard & Sorenson in the grocery business. Stetson—Watson Carroll, the Luding- ton druggist, will soon put in a branch store here. West Bay City—Jas. A. McKnight suc- ceeds McKnight & Hawkins in the gro- cery business. Belding—J. M. Earle’s clothing store was relieved of $700 worth of goods a few nights ago. Manistee—Will Dunlap has purchased the fruit and confectionery stock of Frank Bostwick. Laingsburg—Cal. Whitney has removed to Ovid, where he will engage in the fur- niture business. Ludington —Jenson & Meiserheimer are succeeded in the grocery business by H. J. MeClutchi. Owosso—C. M. Chatterson & Co. have opened a general variety store on Ex- change street, west. Shelbyville — Briggs & Deuel have rented the Wheeler building and will use it for a flour and feed store. Vernon—DeHart Bros. have started a branch drug store at Lennon, under the management of Charles Allison. Grand Ledge—E. J. Stark, general dealer, has closed out his grocery stock and will also close out his entire bus- iness. Lake Odessa—Reynolds & Co, succeed John J. Millbourn & Co. in the crockery business. They will add a full line of groeeries. Boyne Falls—L. F. Davoll has sold his shingle mill and washboard factory to Mr. Judd, formerly landlord of the Boyne Falls House. Frankfort—A. E. Banks, manager for Bidford, Knox & Co., expects to run the Frankfort Lumber Co.’s mill night and day next season. Detroit—Kaiser, Webb & Co., manu- facturers agents for notions and proprie- tors of the ‘‘Queen’’ bustle, have assigned to Morris Rohnert. Battle Creek—J. S. Stauffer has sold his grocery store at the corner of Upton avenue and Washington street to a man named ‘Thompson. Eaton Rapids—F. E. ‘Turrell has traded his hardware stock to M. B. Field for 600 acres of land in Kalkaska county. Possession of the store will be given on January 1. Middleville Kirchner, Miner Kirchner and E. G. Brown have formed a co-partnership under the style of Kirch- ner Bros. & Brown and engaged in the meat business. Bear Lake—Jacob May has closed his branch store and removed the balance of the stock to Frankfort. C. P. Wegner, who had charge of the store, anticipates opening a store here in the near future. G. Coopersville—Ed. Ives, formerly en- gaged in the meat business under the style of Ives & Son, has purchased the grocery stock of Warren Reynolds, and will continue the business at the old stand. STRAY FACTS. Clarksville—Wm. Hatch has sold his grain elevator to Wagar, Nims & Co., of Lake Odessa. Manistee—Mr. Brinkerhust, of Kewau- nee, Wis., is endeavoring to interest the business men here in aroller mill pro- ject. He offers to. putin $10,000 and Louis Sands stands ready to add $25,000 to the fund. About $75,000 is wanted. Colon—The stock of clothing formerly owned by A. J. Nieman, and which was taken by a chattel mortgage by N. Frank, of Sturgis, has been replevied by Heaven- rich Bros., of Detroit, who claim that Nieman never paid them for the goods. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Casnovia—Armitage & Bunker’s new roller mill started up Monday. Dimondale—Springport business men offer E. W. Hunt a bonus of $3,000 to move his grist mill to that place. Muskegon—The North Muskegon Shin- gle Co. has been organized with a capital of $20,000, of which $18,000 is paid in. The new corporation has acquired the property known as the Hitchcock & Mer- nan shingle mill, with standing pine and logs up the Muskegonriver. The-officers of the corporation are as follows: Presi- dent, Alex Rodgers; Vice-President, J. J. Howden; Secretary, A. A. Wood; Treas- urer, F. Weller. Saranac—The Local notes: ‘‘F. E. Sayles has purchased the undivided one- half interest of M. B. Divine & Co. in the stave factory property in this village, also in the property at Ioniaand Belding. The fact that Mr. Sayles has purchased this is significant, as he is connected with the R. Stafford Company, of Milwaukee, and the indications are that the Company is interested in the concern. We have heard it hinted that the new firm will engage in other manufacturing in con- nection with the stave and cooperage business. The new firm will be known as Fitzgibbons & Co.”’ >_< Gripsack Brigade. J. Fearing Gill is in Boston. Gid. Kellogg, the elephantine belting agent of Chicago, was in town over Sun- day. L. W. Atkins, traveling representative for Heavenrich Bros., of Detroit, spent Sunday in the city. There will be fewer changes among the traveling men of this market this season than ever before. W. C. Harper, formerly engaged in the retail grocery business, is now on the road for Granger & Co., the Buffalo wholesale grocers. The project of a general traveling men’s association, outlined in THE TRADESMAN a couple of weeks ago, appears to be grow- ing in favor all over the State. Olin G. Tarr, formerly a resident of this city, but now on the road for Cooper, Wells & Co., of St. Joseph, with head- quarters at Portland, Oregon, is in town for a few days. M. Kerns, traveling representative for the cigar department of Dilworth Bros., of Pittsburg, is in town for a couple of days. Strange to say, Mr. Kerns takes no further interest in politics. Lewiston Journal: The drummers want the Inter-state act amended so they can ride at reduced rates as ministers do now. They claim this en the ground that they are commercial evangelists. The annual ball of the Grand Rapids traveling men will probably be held in February this time, experience having shown that the second month is the most convenient time for all parties concerned. There seems to be a feeling among the traveling men that, unless all the roads adopt the 5,000 mile ticket, there will be a general move among them to ask the Legislature this winter to make the rate 2 cents per mile in the Lower Peninsula. Geo. Hannahs, for several years book- keeper in the bank of Hannah, Lay & Co., at Traverse City, has gone onthe road for Franklin, MacVeagh & Co,, the Chi- cago wholesale grocery house. As he has the Northern part of the State as his territory, he will continue to reside at Traverse City. Bank Notes. John VY. Knapp succeeds Knapp & Joslin in the banking business at Mar- quette. A. D. Whipple, of Battle Creek, goes to Owosso on January 1 to take the posi- tion of Cashier of the Second National Bank. Charles W. French has been admitted as a member of the banking firm of Webber, Just & Co., at Muir. Mr. French has been their cashier and with them for the past five years. The firm name re- mains unchanged. The Contpeller of the Currency has authorized the First National Bank at Bessemer to begin business with a cap- ital of $50,000. The First National Bank of Linden has also been authorized to begin business with a capital of $100,000. C. D. Beebe, Cashier of the Hastings City Bank, is endeavoring to get the bus- iness men of Nashville interested in a bank project. It is his intention to or- ganize a State bank, with a paid-in capi- tal of $50,000, a majority of the stock to be held by Nashville business men. The project seems to meet with general favor. An exchange says the importance of publishing a dissolution notice in the | event of a change of firm is shown by a} case recently decided at Cleveland. -- > Purely Personal. A. Norris, the Casnovia merchant, was in town Monday. M. E. Pierce sueceeds Arthur Graham as book-keeper for Ball, Barnhart & Putman. Asa Fisher, the Lowell grocer, was married last week to Miss Hattie Power, of Saranac. J. G. Kirchner, of the meat firm of Kirchner Bros. & Co., at Middleville, was in town Monday. R. L. Willett, the Altona grocer, was in town one day last week. He was ac- companied by his son. C. P. Brown, the jolly President of the Spring Lake Clinker Boat Manufacturing | Co., was in town one day last week. R. B. Jennings formerly engaged in | trade at New Troy, is spending a few | days with his brothers, C. W. and W. H. | Jennings. Mrs. G. Miller, the Muskegon dry goods dealer, has returned from Germany, where she spent several months among old friends and acquaintances. Arthur Graham has bought the manu- facturing property at Plainwell formerly owned by the Ives estate and will engage in the manufacture of handles and cheap furniture. Frank E. Powers, book-keeper for I. M. Clark & Son, is disconsolate over the ex- tended absence of his wife and daughter, who are at Norwich, N. Y., to attend the wedding of a sister of Mrs. Powers. ——— <2 9 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI-} $1,200 ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea- sons’ for selling. Address Chas. Kynoch, St. Ignace, | Mich. 228 RARE CHANCE IN A BOOM-| ING TOWN. For Sale—A Crockery Store and Ba- zaar, doing a rushing business. Chance for other goods. Invoice about $3,000. Reasons for selling, other business. Address A. W. C., Box 256, Owosso, Mich. Fuint,. MICH. To THE MERCHANTS OF MicHIGAN — We offer | Marble and Granite Monuments | at a closer margin of profit than any concern in the State. Write for estimates or Building Stone | or 2emetery work. First class material and work- | manship only. SAM L MOFFEYY, Manager. East Saginaw Jottings. Owing to a complication of circum- stances, J. S. Smart, Jr., & Co., whole- sale confectioners, have been compelled to mortgage their stock for $10,000. They expected to sell out the business and thus realize ready money, but, failing in this, they considered the plan they have pursued the best way to close it out with- out a heavy loss. Mr. Smart is selling off the stock as fastas possible and hopes to be able to pay the firm indebtedness in full. McCausland & Co. report an unusually brisk trade. Sam Oppenheimer, who has been on the sick list for some time, is out again and attending to business. Citizens of the Saginaws are justly proud of ‘‘Jake’s’? management of the union street railway. He is building a cosy waiting-room on the corner of Gen- { esee and Washington avenues. ' ———— Two Annoying Errors. | 1 Two serious errors crept into THE! TRADESMAN last week—one on the edi-} torial, and the other on the association, | page. In the first case, the negative was | entirely omitted, completely changing | the meaning intended to be conveyed. The sentence should have read as fol- lows, the omission being supplied in italic: Fortified by the masterly opinion of Judge Cooley on the Coldwater peddling case, which was acquiesced in by all the other members of the Supreme Court, it is difficult to see wherein itis not pos- sible to secure convictions in any court, in case the ordinance under which the prosecution is brought is regular. In the other case, the Alma B. M. A. was referred to as ‘‘arousing from lethar- gy.’’ It should have read Alba B. M. A instead of Alma. oo Holiday Excursion Rates. The Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee and Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railways, and the Michigan Air Line and Detroit Division G. T. Ry. have arranged to sell special holiday excursion tickets at one and one-third fare between stations on their lines under the following arrange- ment: Christmas tickets will be on sale from December 24 to December 25, inclusive, and good to return up to and ineluding January 3, 1889. New Years tickets will be on sale from December 31, 1888, to January 1, 1889 inclusive, and good to return up to and including January 3, 1889. Special return tickets to all Canadian i points west of and including Toronto, Niagara Falls and Buffalo will be sold on the above dates and limited at one and one-third fare from all stations on the | above lines. 1 A Saco, Me., shoe dealer who was the recipient of one of those paste board farmers used as an advertising medium for arubber company, stood it up in his store, and stepped into the next store for something. On his return, having for- gotten his new acquisition, he mistook it for a customer, and was very profuse in his apologies to it for his absence. O. E. BROWN MILLING CO. s Brown's Patent Brown’s Standard (ur Leading Brands Our Baker's Vienna Straight Every Barrel and Sack guaranteed. Correspondence Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. ONE =: A SERIES OF — REPRESENTING hi pa ' ty ee TOUS * Ne ' \e —= ——— —s oe ale Bees ~~ SCENE ON A COFFEE PLANTATION —————_CONTROLLED BY————_— NATIVE-C Co CHASE & ‘SANBORN. COFFEE CULTURE. WATCH FOR THE esr FFEE PICKERS. ~~. OUR COFFEES HAVE A NATIONAL REPUTATION REPRESENTIN THE FINEST CROWN. SEAL BRAND COFFE in its richness and delicacy of fiavor. Coffee of America. Aiways packed whole roasted (unground) in 2 air-tight tin cans. CRUSADE ‘BLEND Warranted not to contain a single Rio bean, and guaranteed t: > coffees. suit your taste as no other coffee JAVA and MOCHA, surpassing all others o Justly called The Aristocr>7‘ic iG oy ih aU. A skilful blending of strong, fla- vory and aromatic high grado will, at a moderate price. Always packed whole roasted (unground), in 1 Ib. air-tight pa rchment packages. RETAIL CROCERS and selling our coffees. samples to CHASE BROAD STREET, Tell us that their coifee trade has doubled and trebled since buying What it has done for them it willfor you. Send for & SANBORN, - BOSTON, MASS. Western Department, NO. 80 FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAG Cp, . bbak.. IF YOU WANT THE BEST ACCEPT NONE BUT ver Thread Sauer Kraut. Order this Brand from your Wholesale Grocer. ¢ ¥ ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. sident—Frank Wells, Lansing. at Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan. Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, —— minal Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Green : Executive Board—President; Cc. L. Whitney, ——— i Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowe ; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, Allegan; ary. eumaee on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, sor ville; W.8. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, F nt. a Committee on Legislation—S. E.. Parkill, Owosso; H. A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan. Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H.B. Fargo, Mus- kegon. Committee on _ QO. F. Conklin, sportation—James Osborn,Owosso; = ound Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle dLoan Associations—Chaun- — ilding an Committee on Building om Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; cey Strong, eee ansing, eee = J. Connell, Muskeger. Official Organ—THB MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. following auxiliary associations are Op- ee under charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. x President, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Loweli B. M. A. President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President, H. S. Church 1; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. —No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, H. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer. No. 6—Alba B. ° President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. H. Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. Preset, he ee No. 9—Lawrence B. M. ae President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. . A So. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A. President, W. J. Clark; Seeretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, G. W. Chanfty. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. ai A. No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. President, HB. Sturtevant; Secretary, Ww. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco. Ne. 17—Plainwell B. M.A. President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M. A. ‘ President, Albert Todd; Secretary. 8. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. ov No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21—Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—trand Ledge B. M. A. Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. lice. eli No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. G. Batley. No. 24—Morley B. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, iW. H. Richmond. No. 25—Palo B. M. -. President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew. No. 26—Greenville #%. M. A. @resident. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell. s No 37—Dorr B.M. A. President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A President, Fred S. Frost; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. oko te Tia Mo. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. cle esi No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. ' President, A.G Secretary, E. S. Houghtating. Nv. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. eects in 3 No. 32—Coopersvilie B. M.A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charievoix 8. M President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secre No. 34—Saranac B. M.A. |. President, H. T. Joknson; Secretary, eee Williams. i No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, E. Densmore. Avery: Note tame as President, O. F. Jackson: Secretary, John M. Everden. No. Creek B. M. A. Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scoittville B. M.A. President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 -Burr Oak 5. M. A. President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W- Sheldon. ilies tle aati z No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, W O. Watson: Secretary, C. E. Scudder. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun. Ee —— No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. iH. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. &. President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B M. Gould. No. 47—Flint M. U. President, W. C. Pierce; 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, A. 3. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. Vos. 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. 57—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretary, G. G. Blakely. 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, S. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M. A. i; _ President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. * No 62—Kast Saginaw “?. A. President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith. 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. 8S. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. Bresident, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall. No. 68—Allegan B. M. A. President, A. E.Calkins; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8S. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. ~o. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford. No. 15--Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. President, 8. 8. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. President—C. J. Monroe; Secretary, S. VanOstrand. ava ary, R. W. Kane. | i t ae A | during their stay in Chicago, and the rep- _|resentatives of the Granger roads, when No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, C. F. Williams; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. ‘In Good Shape.” SavuGaTuck, Dec. 12, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Strn—Please send some blanks for re- porting delinquents to the State body. Our Association is in good shape. Our attend- ance is alittle short, but otherwise we are all right. Yours truly, L.. A. Pustes, Sec’y. There is ascheme on foot at Ionia to build a huge cold storage house and rent compartments in it to grocers, fruit deal- ers, produce merchants, etc. | Powerful } The Condition og Trade. From the New York Shipping List. The commercial situation continues in fairly good shape considering the season of the year, the general volume of trade, although of diminishing proportions, having displayed fair activity, stimu- lated to some extent by the requirements of the holiday trade, industrial affairs reflecting very healthy conditions both with respect to the orders in the hands of manufacturers and the feeling of satis- faction that appears to prevail in all de- partments of labor, and speculation re- flects a more confident tone than pre- vailed last week. The closing month of the year is usually devoted to closing up the operations of the campaign, and ac- cordingly the taking of stock and unwil- lingness to carry large supplies over into the next year has a restricting influence upon general business and has atforded but little opportunity for the develop- ment of new features. The announce- ment that all west-bound freights are to be advanced on and after the 17th instant has quickened the delivery of goods already under contract and in some in- stances stimulated fresh buying in order to reap the benefit of the low rates that are now current, but this has been in the nature of anticipating business that oth- erwise would have been spread over the entire month. Reports from the prin- cipal distributing centers in the interior indicate that trade has been fairly active in volume and satisfactory in character, which has been due largely to the open weather that has prevailed thus far and the activity of the crop movement, par- ticularly in the South, where the market- ing of the cotton, sugar and rice crops has brought a good deal of new business to the surface. Wall street continues to watch the progress of events in railway circles, and the stock market still fluc- tuates in sympathy with the many re- ports that have been in circulation as to the varying phases of the rate question. There is no longer any doubt that trunk line affairs have been substantially ad- justed and that permanent peace will follow, but there is a good deal of uncer- tainty respecting the Western situation, and operators doubt the ability of man- agers to harmonize the differences that have solong disturbed the situation. It will be utterly impossible for the Mis- souri Pacific to maintain advanced rates unless all the leading lines doing bus- iness in its territory co-operate. Up to the present time there has been no satis- factory evidence that such a result can be brought about—at least immediately. Several of the older roads which have branched out extensively within the past year or two seem disposed to let things run on as they are until new compacts can be enforced for a period long enough ‘to warrant them in making a new de- parture. One important faction is work- ing for a modification of the Inter-State Commerce law and is apparently indis- posed to enter into any new agreements pending developments in that matter. influences will certainly. be brought to bear upon the Commissioners ‘they meet on the 18th instant, will be | governed a good deal by the information | time. obtainable upon the subject in the mean- Under these circumstances the outlook for immediate improvement in | the stock market does not appear to be very promising, and speculation is likely ito be of anarrow and hesitating char- acter until some change of a much more | radical kind has taken place in the gen- | eral condition of railroad affairs, | every where, which ean searcely be until after the opening of the new year. The produce markets have undergone but little variation since the close of last week and are without new feature. Speculation in wheat has been rather tame, with the fluctuation of values irregular. The visible supply has increased on account of the shutting down of the mills, while the export de- mand has been almost at a stand as prices are too much above the limits of the few orders that have been upon the market. The foreign markets appear to have stocked up pretty freely from other sources of supply and have very little oceasion to look to this country so long as the present level of prices is main- tained. The marketing of the corn crop has been ona liberal scale and the ex- port movement has continued quite act- ive. Cotton has continued to come for- ward rather slowly, owing to unfavorable weather for picking, but the foreign shipments have been large. The world’s visible supply is about 537,000 bales less than a year ago, and yet prices are lower in allmarkets than they were then. As the world’s supply for this year is not expected to be any more liberal than last year, and as the cotton manufacturing industry is in a flourishing condition it is difficult to see why prices should be ona lower plane. Finan- cial affairs have undergone no important change, except to develop some little un- easiness on account of the possibility of disturbance in European financial centers and the probability that there may be a renewal of the export of gold, about one million and a quarter having been en- gaged already for to-day’s steamers. Tight money markets on the other side of the Atlantic would lead to a consid- erable liquidation of American securities, which would have a depressing influence upon the stock market and advance the rates of exchange to a point that would open the way for increased gold ship- ments to supply the urgent require- ments of Europe. —_———<> > The Owosso Association to Give a Ban- quet. Owosso, Dec. 10, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Stn—The political turmoil is now over and our prosperous commonwealth is again safe and returned to its proper channel of business. I am pleased to report the same of the Owosso Business Men’s Association. Our meetings and progress were somewhat retarded by the political excitement and strain usually characteristic of a presidential campaign, but we, as well as the country at large, have settled back to business and we will hereafter again lend our energy and enthusiasm to that branch of business, At our regular meeting, Dec. 7, the following officers were duly elected for the ensuing six months, from Jan. 1, 1889: President—Albert Todd. Vice-President—C. J. Stuart. Secretary—S. Lamfrom. Treasurer—T. G. Curry. Executive Committee, in addition to Bresident and Secretary—D. Burhans, J. Thompson and James Osburn. In order to bring the members of the Associa- tion together and induce them to lend their in- est for future prosperity, we have made arrange- ments for a banquet, to be held sometime in Jan- uary next. Yours truly, S. Lamrrom, Sec’y. The Chailevoix Assoc atioa Approves the Insurance Plan. CHARLEVOIX, Dec. 15, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—I enclose draft for $15 for per capi- ta dues for the Charlevoix Association, 30 mem- bers. If it could be done without too much con- fusion we would like our dues to pay and date from January 1 of each year; but, as I think of it, our dues are made payable October 1, so I suppose that order must hold. I find that date an unfortunate one with us as there comes an extra assessment to pay delegates’ expenses, and the members complain a little at our own quar- terly dues, state dues and an extra assessment coming all together. | Am very much pleased with the plan of insur- ance proposed by the Committee on Insurance. This looks like business. The plan is quite similar to one I had in mind and which I should have suggested at the convention, if the right opportunity had presented itself. It is a great mistake, in my opinion, to spend our strength fighting the board companies and attempting to manage their business for them. The success will only be partial and doubtful. As shown by the answers to my question at the last conven- tion, the smaller towns had suffered an increase of rates in consequence of the present law, while the benefits reported came from the larger towns. These companies cannot be legislated into fair rates. Rates will be fixed by competi- tion. Now, let the Committee push this scheme for all they are worth. If it proves a success, the old companies will come toterms. The back- bone of the plan is, in my estimation, the charg- ing for atime the same or nearly the same rates as the other companies charge. Then let the surplus accumulate until we have a good reserve fund, well invested. Then we could reduce rates to actual necessities. How would it do to make each member pay full rates for a few years and then gradually reduce them so that when a member has been in so many years he may get the lower rates, while the new members will all the time bear the largest burdens? No charge for these suggestions. Yours truly, Rk. W. KAne, Sec’y. Mr. Kane is not entirely correct in his state- ment relative to the eYcvt of the anti-compact law—that it has caused an advance of rates in the smaller towns in the same proportion that it has brought about reductions in rates in the cities. Recent reports show that radical reduc tions have been made at many small cities and towns, especially in Southern and Central Mich igan. <_< —_—_- Good News from Fiint Mercantile Union. Fim, Dec. 12, 1688. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sin—Your Circular Letter No. 4 to hand. I have just finished the collection of quarterly dues for quarter beginning with December 1, and am consequently prepared to renew our auxiliary connection with the Michigan B. M. A. Am sor- ry this could not have been accomplished earlier. Did we not send our per capita tax in November of last year, and did our year expire before that date this year? I noticed the difference in Letter No. 3, but thought it a mistake; but Letter No. 4 stoutly affirms that our time was up Oct.1. Our membership is now sixty, so enclosed please find draft for 330. We had a meeting a week ago. Mr. Stone could not be present, so all we learned of the new insurance scheme we got from comments in the article in THE TRADESMAN. We appointed a committee of three, composed of Geo. Hubbard, C. T. Bridgeman and Mayor Stone, to talk the insurance deal up with the merchants and endeavor to secure their presence at the next meeting, so as to learn their wishes in the matter, in order that their approvel or dis- approval of the work of the Jnsurance Commit- tee may be forwarded to the Executive Board. G. R. Hoyt has resigned the Presidency, on ac- count of his removal to East Saginaw, and W. C. Pierce is serving in that capacity, pending the annual election. Yours truly, W. HE. GRAHAM, Sec’y. The fiscal year of the State body is from Oct. 1 to Oct. 1 of each year, so that the per e7pita tax is credited up between those dates. The only exception to this isin the case of ‘associations seeking affiliation during the last half of the fis- eal year, which shall be admitted for 25 cents per capita.” All local bodies were notified by circular on Sept. 15 that their connection with the State Association would cease on Oct. 1, unless the per capita dues were sent in on or before that date, but some of the locals were not as prompt in re- affiliating as could be desired. Since the electioh excitement has abated, however, the remittances are coming in more freely, and the indications now are that by the end of the fiscal year the af- filiated membership will greatly exceed that of a year before. a The Greenville B. M. A. Tackles the In- surance Question. GREENVILLE, Dec. 12, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—We hada good meeting of the B. M. A. here last evening. A resolution was unan- imously passed to re-atiiliate with the State body and the Secretary was ordered to collect and re- mit $35 for seventy active members. The insurance question was afterwards dis- cussed and met with the general approval of those present. A majority of the good business here could be written in the Business Men’s Mu- tukl Fire Insurance Co., if it were in the field. Our citizens recently completed a good system of water works and were promised a reduction of insurance rates. So far, we receive no encour- agement from either the inspector or the com- panies doing business here. We have a paid fire department, 2,000 feet of good hose, a steam fire engine and a complete system of water works with fifty hydrants well distributed through the city. The class of buildings has greatly im- proved during the last year and no excuse can be made why the old rates of three and four years ago should continue, only as the special agents say the rates formerly were to low. A resolution was passed last evening by the Asso- ciation to appoint a committee of three to lay the matter before the inspector and State agents and endeavor to secure a re-rating. Geo. B. Caldwell, Wm. H. Bradley and W. W. Slawson were ap- pointed as the committee. Whatthe result may be we cannot say, but if treated as many other cities have been, we will continue at the same old rates, subjects of a trust or combine next in importance to the Standard Oil Co. Allow me to call ydur attention and the readers of THE TRADESMAN to an article in the Chicago Tribune of Dee. 11, explaigpiing the situation there and in- dicating how the/assured feel and what they are doing as a remedy. Respectfully, Geo. B. CALDWELL, Sec’y. er ee Association Notes. At the annual meeting of the Traverse City B. M. A., J. W. Milliken—the business partner of Ex-President Hamilton—was elected President and E. W. Hastings was selected to serve as Sec- retary. The present officers of the Flint Mercantile Union are as follows: President, W. C. Pierce; Vice-President, John H. Gotshall; Secretary, W. H. Graham; Treasurer, Samuel Moffett. East Jordan Enterprise: The Business Men’s Association held a meeting Tuesday night at L. C. Madison’s store. The attendance was good and three new members were balloted for. Con- siderable business was transacted and meeting nights fixed for the first and third Mondays in each month. Lansing Journal: Mayor Crotty has received a letter from John Allen & Co., a Knitting mill firm at Michigan City, Ind. The concern is op- erating 150 machines, employs 200 hands the year around and has a well-established business. They would like to remove to Lansing, and the Trade Committee of the Business Men’s Associa- tion has been directed to correspond with them. The editor of the Retail Grocers’ Advocate ap- pears to find peculiar satisfaction in maligning the organized effort of Michigan merchants. Such has been his policy for years and a recent issue of his repudiated ‘‘organ”’ bears further proof of his slanderous penchant, If Mr. Winter were to con- fine his observations to those things with which he is familiar, he would avoid making mistakes which have earned him the contempt of every one who knows him. Merchants should remember that the celebrated ‘‘Crescent,’’ ‘‘White Rose’’ and ‘“‘“Royal Patent’’ brands of flour are man- ufactured and sold only by the Voigt Milling Co. An Apt Comparison. An enthusiast on the subject of the Michigan Business Men’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co. writes Tue TRADESMAN as follows: I recently met an insurance man from the East who claimed to have helped organize the Mutual Fire of New York. He says they are doing a great business, writing large lines on the best Class of property with one-quarter the expense of the old stock fire insurance companies, declarin 6 and 7 per cent. to the stock holders and 8 an 10 per cent. tothe policy holders. He outlined the idea, in a simple way, as follows: In the old stock companies, 100 policies at $1,000 each, at 1 per cent., is $100,000 insurance for #10,- 000 premiums. With the Mutual Fire, 100 policies at 310,000 each, at 1 per cent., is $1,000,000 insurance for $100,000 premiums. Now, the loss ratio is no greater in the one case than in the other—say 50 per cent. Look at the result! The old companies have $5,000, after paying their losses; the new company, %50,000, and the old companies three or four times the ex- pense to do their small business that the new company would have. Can you answer this ar- gument? Isn’t it conclusive that it is more prof- itable for both capital and policy holder in the new company than the old? —— Flushing Moving in the Matter of Organ- ization. FiusuHine, Dec. 11, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Sin—About a year ago we made an exer- tion to organize a B. M. A. here, but did not sue- ceed. I am going to make another attempt to start one and would like to have you send mea copy of the regulation constitution and by-laws, samples of collection letters, and all other in- formation you can in regard to what steps to take to get the matter tomoving. Ido not expect our village will furnish any large amount of mem- bers, but hope to make it compare favorably with others of same population. Our creamery is in full operation. We are making 1,000 pounds a week of very fine butter. Yours truly, L. A. VickERY & Sons. SHOE STORE FOR SALE. A fine, complete and clean stock of Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, together with Fixtures, Furniture and lease of store for Sale, Productive Real Estate in Grand Rapids taken as part payment. The store is one of the best in the city, good loca- tion and doing a flourishing business. Good reasons for wishing tosell. For further particulars call on or address FRED S. 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Stanley Hule and Level @o7s.....°......... 70 MATTOCKS. A@ze Hye... $16.00, dis. 60 Bunt Bye $15.00, dis. 60 MUNG S 6 $18.50, dis. 20410. MAULS. dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handled...........__.. 50 MILLS. dis. Coec, Parkers ©o.6...0 0.0.0.0. 50.. 0.0... . | 40 « P.S. & W. Mig. Cos Malleables.... 40 « Panders, Perry & Clark’s...........- 40 -— Hecwmce 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Steppurs Pattern... 60£10 Stebbins Gepuine. 5. 60&10 Enterprise, sclfmenasuring.....-............ 25 NAILS Advance above 12d nails, FENCE AND BRADS. 50d t0 600.) oe. 25 OO 10 Sa and oe es. 25 CA Ou Pe 40 40 000 50 ce 60 Ce 1 00 =. 150 FINE BLUED. Ee 1 00 ee 150 =... 2 00 CASTING AND Box. eto Sa oo 50 ee 60 Sdtoge 2 vé5) Gd toga oo 90 a0 to5@ ts OO a ns 150 COMMON BARREL. a sen 25 Ee 2 CLINCH. 146 and 1% inch.....:.. a 1 35 2 and 2% ig 24% and2% ‘ 1 00 SIMON. coe ee 85 Se ang 406 tice 75 Each half keg 10 cents extra. OILERS, dis. Hine or tin, Chase s Patent... ...... 2... +. 60&i0 Zinc. with brags Poulos. 50 Brass orCopper. oc 0 0 50 Reape. 0... .-.+---per gross, $12 net PRISLCRO R00 Sek 50&10 PLANES. dis. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy «2. --.. tt 40@10 EE @60 Sandusky Pool Co.'s: fancy... 000-5... 0. 12: 3 40@10 Bench, Arst quaity. 2 @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... £10 PANS. ee, Bee ee dis. 50&10 Common, polished |: 206. dis. 60&10 RIVETS. dis. trom ane Fined... 0262 5 Copper Rivets and Burs... :-... 0-02.60. 0... 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “‘A*? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos, 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. ROPES. minal, % neh and lgteer.... 11% Mean 13% SQUARES. dis. eee. ane Troms 70&10 ry Stee DOVEIS. 60 ARR a 20 SHEET IRON. i Com. Smooth, Com. Wes Wi 4 %2 800 eee $5 6O ET oe ee 42 3 00 MON S0COee 4 20 3 10 a 4 2 3 15 os Fate es 8 4 40 3 35 NG 4 60 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra ° SAND PAPER. Eigt sect 19, 86... et . dis. 40 SASH CORD. Siiver bane White A list 5 . tren A... ........ o 56 o White B... coe a eS 50 - Drab eS .... ee oe Se im 55 . Pte ©. ‘ 5 Discount, 10. i SASH WEIGHTS. Solick Eyes... per ton 25 / SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS. Miles’ “‘Challenge’’....per doz. #20, dis. 50@50&05 PCIEy per doz. No. 1, $15; No. 0, ee $21; dis. 50@50&5 Draw Cut No, 4..................- each, $30, dis 30 Hterprise Mig €o.....- 2. ot. dis. 20&10@30 Sivers..-2 7 dis. 40410 SAWS, dis. PHastoms Ciredlar. 0000.0 45xG@45&5 . Cross Cut: ...... 45@45&5 a Hand 25H@QRLS *Extras sometimes given by jobbers. Atuing CMCWIAL dis. 9 * ‘Silver Stee! Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... @ © Special Steel Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 “ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 ‘Champion and Electric Tooth X @uis: per foe, 28 TACKS. dis. American, all kinds. .......................- 60 pecel all Einds 60 Swedes, qb ER 60 Gheponag lace. 60 Cigar Box Nails 50 inrsniee Nesig 50 Common and Patent Brads................- 50 Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ 50 Siren: ane @1Ont WALIS. 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.........._... 45 eatncred Carpet iaeks.... 35 TRAPS. dis. Steel Game 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley &« Norton’s ... 70 aceease 2 70 POS & W. Miz Co's ............-.. 2... 40 Mouse, GCHOMEr 6 |. 18¢ per doz. ouse, detusion.... $1.50 per doz. WIRE, dis. rion Wareet 2. 67% Asmealod Market ok . 70&10 Copperca Markee 62% Heeiin BOHIBe 8. 55 Winned Mearecs. 62% finned Breem.-...-...- per pound 09 Pimed Waitress... per pound 8% Copperea Spree Steel. ss... 50 einuged Spmue Sicer. 40&10 Pinte Fence |... per pound 03 Barpea Wence, salyanized..........._....._. $3 75 . Painted 3s 3 00 Copper... Wee eeecs new list net oe 2 oS WIRE GOODS. dis. Ite FO&10K10 merew Hyves. =. 2: 70&10&10 Moomes ee Gate Hooks and Byes...) 70&10&10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter's Adyustapic, mickele@........_.. 30 2. Cece... :.s.sti‘“‘(éasyy;.......iC«Cw 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ G5 Ooe's Patent malicnuble...................) 1aa0 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. pra @ASCS 0 8 50 Pumps, Cistern -. ee 75 Serews, Wwew bint... .. .T0&05 Casters, Bed and Plate.............-.. E1010 Peanpers, American = = -.-_-- 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6625 Copper Booms 30¢c METALS, PIG TIN. ic Lotce tl Cc tC“‘“‘ CCC. 28¢ ee COPPER. Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper. 3c Manufactured (including all articles of which Copper is a component of chie: value), 45 per cent ad valorem. For large lots .uhe following quotations are shaded: INGOT. ee 18% “Anebor’ Brang................................ 18 ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 214c per pound. Cm penned Casket. 6% Per pouna I@i% LEAD. Duty: Pig, # per 100 pounds. Old Lead, 2c per pound. Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound. Avseriecam _.................-. @5 Newark.......... . @5 ae 6 MhCeG 8c, dis. 20 SOLDER. FEE Te a ae 16 Extra Wiping ................-.--+20++-+ 22-0 13% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. Cecksen . per pound 144% ea i 114% TIN—MELYN GRADE, r 10xif 1, ©hareoel. 1. $ 6 00 14x20 IC, 6 00 12x12 IC, ee. 6 2 14x14 IC, — . 10 00 10x28 IC, Ce 10x14 IX, ee 7 14x20 IX, CO lo 12x12 1X, eo 8 00 14x14 IX, "te... 12 50 20x28 IX, ee Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. J0c11 IC. Chateoal .....................2.... $5 40 14x20 IC, 7 5 40 12x12 IC, ' 35 14x14 IC, . 29x28 IC, c 10x14 IX, . 14x20 IX, . 12x12 IX, e 14x14 IX, . 20x28 IX, _ |. ll. 14 80 Earh additional X on this grade, #1.50. ROOFING PLATES, ete, Ferme Me. $7 60 20x28 IC, . a . 15 7 14x20 IC, [ wereene 5 50 14x20 IX, ee 7 00 29x28 IC, . _ .... .... . 11 50 14x20 IC, . Allawey Grade........__.. 4 90 14x20 IX, a a 6 40 20x28 IC, ae C ge 10 50 20x28 IX, . " _ |. 13 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. foams PAs... $12 00 cae a a a Oe eee ae 13 50 I x, for No. oilers, } 14x60IX, “ “9 a ; per pound..... 09 HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, méasured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood, lop-ran _................-.. 13 00G15 00 ree lene: 15 00@16 00 Bireh, Nos. land 2....._.. ead eee @22 00 Black Ash, log-run...... -------14 0O@16 00 (nem leet... se... 25 00G35 00 Cnermy, Non fand? .._... 50 00@60 00 emerry, Cit... @12 00 Miaole toe 12 00@14 00 Maple. soft: log-run..................- 11 00@13 00 mogie Nos fants |... @20 00 Mapic, clear, feermg:................ @25 00 Migete write Notcecea @25 00 hea Onm, Ie sug 7... 18 00@20 00 ed Osk, Nos. fand?.......:........_ 24 00@25 00 Red Oak, 14 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00 Red Oak, i sawed, reptiiar............ 30 00@35 00 Hea Oak, No. 1, step plank... ........ @25 00 Waldoe eran... @55 00 Wearaus. Nos. Land>....:............. @75 00 Warmuts €@i 2 @25 00 Grey Elm, top-ran...-. ee 12 00@13 05 Maite Apo perm. 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log-rum - 3.0.5... 20 00@:22 00 White Oak, logrun... 2. ce. 17 00818 00 ER® cyS fos & Or Weekly ‘Pointerg, PIBREWARE INDESTRUCTIBLE. Have you ever investigated this ware? It is made of wood pulp and then pressed into shape, and cannot be broken or used up. We have it in Water Pails Milk Pails Stable Pails Milk Pans Keelers Bowls Wash Basins Cuspidors An investigation would be to our mutual interests. Foster, Stevens & Co,, 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. Weekly ‘Pointers. When in the city, don’t fail to call and investigate the mer- its of the Timby Barglar-Proo! Sash Lock. Its simplicity, automatic ac- tion, strength, ventilating qual- ities and adaptability to vary- ing thicknesses of sash or in- side stops, render it more de- sirable than any other sash locks we offer for sale. It locks either or both sash in any posi- tion desired and is absolute 5e- curity against burglars. Foster, Steves & GO, 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. Aste NS @ & (0; Weekly “Pointers.” “T had rather part with my piano than : Van Range They take so little fuel; they burn coal so nice; so little trouble to run them and I can depend on it to do nice work.’? This is what a Sheldon street lady says of our Van Range. We have sold over two hundred of these Ranges in the cify, and as many more in Western Michigan, to whom we refer. They are used and conceded to be the best in the world by all hotel and restaurant men. They re ceived the highest awards at Philadel phia, Paris and Cincinnati, and are the best that money can buy. Not ho cheap a range we can sell, but how go a range, is our motto. Foster, Stevens & GO, 10 and 12 Monroe St., 38, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. \o7 The Michigan Tradesman Coins of All Nations. Austria-Hungary issues a florin guilder, equal to 100 kreuzers, and an 8- The florin is worth about 40 cents of our money. The Neth- erlands count the same, only they call their Mfeuzers cents and their florins guilders, and they issue 10-guilder gold pieces. Denmark, Sweden and Norway have a decimal currency, 100 being equal to 1 krone, worth about 27 cents. Ger- many counts 100 pfennigs to a mark, which is worth about 25 cents, and issues thalers (8 marks), 5, 10 and 20-mark gold pieces. France, Belgium, Italy, Switzer- land and Roumania use fractionally the same currency of 100 centimes to the frane, worth about 19 cents; but the Ital- ians call their franes liva, the Rouman- ians lei, and the Swiss call their centimes rappen, and have 10 rappen coins called batzen. Greeks count 100 -lepta to the drachma, worth about 16 cents. The Servians use the French currency, but eall the franes dinars, and issue a gold milan, worth 20 francs; a silver para, worth 20 centimes, and copper and nickel coins of 20, 10 and 5 centimes. The Spanish coins are, 1 real, worth 100 cen- times; 1 peseta, worth 4 reals, and 1 es- eudo, worth 10 reals—the real is worth a little less than 5 cents. The Portuguese chief coin is the milreis, or 1,000 reis, worth about $1. The Russians count by rubles. One hundred kopecks make a silver ruble, which is worth about cents; they issue now a great deal of pa- per money in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 and 100 roubles. The large coins of Turkey are the lira or gold medjidie, worth about $4.37: the piaster. of which it takes 100 to make a lira; and the beck- lik and altilik, 105 to make the lira. They keep their large accounts by the *‘purse,”’ equal to 5 liras. The Egyptians have dimes, 10 of which make a piaster, worth 5 cents. Algeria has a pretty gold coin ealled a sequin, worth a little more than $2, and a monzonnah, worth about a cent and a half. Morocco issues a blankeel or muzoona, which is equal to 6 floos, equal to one-fifth of a cent; an ounce or okia, equal to 4 blankeels, and a mitkal, equal to 10 ounces. In Tunis, 16 kornuks make 1 piaster, which is worth about 10 cents. In China, the unit is the Haikwan tael, worth about $1.25. It is equal to 10 mace, or 100 candareeds, or 1,000 cash. Persia issues a silver kran, worth about 15 cents, copper and silver shahi, anda gold to- man, worth about $1.75. The current coins of India are a pie, worth abouta quarter of a cent; a pice, equal to 3 pies; 1 anna, equal to 4 pice; 1 rupee, equal to 16 annas, and 1 gold molnir, equal to 15 rupees. The molnir is worth about $7.- 25. The Japanese count 1 yen equal to 100 sen; the yen is worth about 75 cents. The South American countries generally count by dollars, sometimes called polsos er soles. The Australian and South African colonies use the British currency. > -9—>— — ibe Post. The postman, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, made his presence known by blowing a horn whenever he delivered letters from the court. If his letters were not official, he seems to have marked the distinction by delivering them in silence. The horn marked the royal missive, fhough the postage of aletter was too costly to allow of any except the wealthy maintaining a regular correspondence, the post at the end of the fifteenth cen- tury already gave promise of its future importance in the social and political economy of the nation, and at the begin- ning of the reign of Henry VIII., though the postefiice was yet in its infancy, it was far established as to be a recog- nized institution in England. The carriage of letters was by this time intrusted to a department of the government, and was placed under the direction of an officer, who was styled ‘‘Master of the Posts,’’ and had charge of the roads of chief political impor- tance—namely, that leading to the fron- tier of Scotland, and that between the Court and the garrison at Calais. ‘To these two roads were added, when the state of the revenue permitted, the west- ern road running to Bristol. Messengers were stationed here chiefly in order to maintain the intercourse with Ireland. The towns which lay near these roads were invited to pay the costs of local posts, which would insure a safe and regular intercourse between them and London. Various towns lying on the read to the capital availed themselves of this invitation, and placed their interests in the hands of the Postmaster General. The proportion of the cost of delivering these letters in the towns between Lon- don and the termination of the postal dispatch was distinguished from that of the carriage over the main road. This latter was borne by the Crown; the former, or local post. was to be paid for by the towns which had obtained the privilege of having a delivery of letters. Bt What is Patent Flour. From the Millstone. Patent flour is not any particular part of the wheat berry, it is not as strong as the baker’s clear flour, and stronger than the low grade. We frequently hear it said that the patent flour is only made up of the harder and more glutinous por- tion of the wheat. The low grade or the flour from next the bran would come as near meeting this definition as does the flour from the middlings in the present system of manufacture. In the old sys- tem of grinding with the millstone, and especially the low grinding system, the middlings were that portion of the wheat which was best calculated to resist the action of the millstone, the hardest part; the present system of making middlings by corrugated rolls dves not depend upon the varying hardness of the different portions of the wheat to make middlings. Where the wheat is harder it will be more brittle, but this is merely an inci- dent. Middlings making is the principal object in reducing wheat by corrugated rolls, and by this method the wheat is broken into middlings, not ground into flour, with a portion remaining as mid- dlings because of its hardness. For this reason patent flour made according to the present methods does not necessarily mean flour from any particular part of or florin silver piece. fas sO The Traveling Man. The true character of the commercial traveler is being better understood and the profession more appreciated every day. You will not find a merchant prince anywhere—that is to say, one who takes an active interest in his affairs—who is not ready to deliver you a glorious trib- ute {to the thrifty, enterprising gentle- man who extends his name and pushes his business, who, in reality, is the sub- architect of his fortune. The commer- cial traveler of the better sort possesses the full confidence of his employer and rarely betrays it. He is a man of tact, intelligence and of eminent discretion, a trained business man and the merchant of to-morrow. He is nota paid hireling. He is a representative, and he is always thoroughly aware of the fact that in his representative capacity he is the trustee of the honor, the dignity and the stand- ing of the house with which he is con- nected. He knows that men judge of his house by his actions, manners, appear- ance, business methods. ete., and he would rather lose the little finger of his right hand than do anything to bring the shadow of disgrace upon the firm whose card he carries. His name is on that card and it is as sacred to him as is his coun- try’s flag to the patriot. One hears of few defaulting or absconding agents, al- though many of them are intrusted with heavy collections. ‘Travelers are often promoted to membership in the firms whose business they have extended, and it is an accepted truth that the best mer- chants are those who have faced success- fully the fierce competition of the road. The junior members of many firms now make periodical trips to keep posted, to sell a certain trade or to cover unallotted territory. Among sensible people, there- fore, there is no more prejudice against a traveler than there is against a well-reg- ulated millionaire. = WARRANTED TO B E Te BE FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE For the money inthe U.S. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask your dealer shrek Manufactured only by JOHN E Send for prices. NING & CO., Grand Rapids. BOOK-KEEPING WIPED QUT! No Pass Books! No Charging! No Posting! No Writing! No Disputing of Accovnts! No Change to Make! TRADESMAN Credit COUPON Book! THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM ON THE MARKET. We quote prices as follows: S 2 Coupons, per hundred... 0... $2.50 26 | ee 3.00 oo . Se a. ee 5.00 Subject to the following discounts: Orders for 200 er Gver.... 60.22... 5. 5 per cent. i. " ooo go ee 10 rl - Oe eee 2 i Send in sample order and put your business on a cash basis. EK. A. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, TS Cones Siereoty per’s 4 Neots Zing Engravyiy Py O ZA SPS TCs SiC eae Aare WiSoD &METAL FURNITURE race SW SAL es Why you should send us your orders. We handle % nothing but BEST and CHOICEST BRANDS; aa Sellat Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Prices; z Ship at ONE DAY'S NOTICE, enabling ; you to receive goods day following; ; Fill orders for ALL KINDS of GLASS, VIZ: indow, Ameri- ys w, English 26 02. Cut and Embossed. dral, Venetian, Muffled, | Frosted Bohemian, German Looking Glass Plates, French Mirror Plates. The quality, variety and quantity of our stock is exceeded by no housein the United States. WM. REID , 73 &75 Larned Street West, DETROIT, MICH. Grand Rapids Store, 61 Waterloo Street. 5030-30 : Poe oO WARRANTED NOF TO RIP.— ae Every garment bearing the above ticket is WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as re- presented, you are requested to return it to the Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive anew garment. STANTON, SAMPSON & €CO., oe Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. REEDER PALMER & Co. Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, - pa Mich. alr GRAND RAPIDS TANK LINK 6O., Distributing Agents for inte and Prima White Mummating Ou Works, GR.& TL andD. & M. Jane. Office, No. 4 Bladgett Blk. American and Stark A Bags Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. QUOTATIONS FURNISHED on APPLICATION P, STEKETEE & SONS, JOBBERS IN Dry Goods £ 88 Monroe St. & 10,12, 14,16 % 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Notions, vA Specialty. sufficiently. the wheat berry as ordinarily understood. ON WATER - FREE ae DIRECTIONS We have cooked the cornin this can [4 Shouid be_ Thoroughly Warmed (not cooked) adding piece of Good Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gili of fresh milk (preferable to water.) Season to suit when on the table. None genuine unless bearing the signature ot Davenport Cannizg Qo, Davenport, Ia. fs) S Sep Responsible Commission Houses. — PIP MOSLEY BeOS. Fruits, Seeds, Oysters All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., ND ; Produce. GRAND RAPIDS. Shingles 33 OTTAWA STEET, Telephone 269. Stovewood THEO. B. GOOSSEN, WHOLESALE Produce Commission Merchant, BROKER IN LUMBER. Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples, iu Car Lots, solicited. Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty. oulloWw GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. osooygg Florid GEO.E. LOWES & 00, Grand Rapids. Oranges FANCY FRUIT---The Cele- brated Alligator Brand, direct from Florida in car lots by If you have any to offer send samples B and amount and willtry to buy them W. T. LAMOREAUX, , “71 Canal Street. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapide. BEANS Parties having any Beans to offer will] please send sample and we will try and | make you satisfactory prices. Alfred J.Brown Seed Store, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. | } | | | | | Alfred J.Brown ——JOBBER IN—— Foreign, Tropical and California FRUITS Cranberries, sweet Potatoes] and Grapes. Bananas, Ovr Specialty. 16 and 18 No. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. POTATOES. We give prompt personal attention to thesale of POTATOES,APPLES,BEANS and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best facilities and watchful attention. Consign- ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash advances on Car Lots when Cesired. Wn. H. Thompson & Ch, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference FELSENTHAL. GROSS & MILLER, Bankers, Chicago. HESTEMR & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY. ATLA INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF Sena for Catalogue &£ and G ENGINE WORKS = 4 STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Write for Prices. Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock By = for immediate delivery. a Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Saws, Belting and Oils. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44,46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Machinery, mea LHL ‘ee by all ~~ 6 gy et i") Ay > — — <4 af LE LO > ae 7 CET pe at ' Cae bi To NY MUTT — ms N-K.fairbank&Co, Chicago. "WHEN IN MUSKEGON ‘ —CALL AT— Fletcher’s City Creamery For the BEST LUNCH to be had in the State, W.H. FLETCHER, - 54 W. WESTERN AVENUE. Nuts PUTNAM & BROOKS. KLAVATORS We carry a large stock of all? kinds of Foreign and Domestic Nuts and are prepared to sell in any quantity. Morse Elevator Works, Philadelphia, New York # and Detroit. Morse, Wil- liams & Co., proprietors. (FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.) — Detroit office, Ql Jefferson ave. Telephone 1032. H. MIDDLEBROOK, Agent. Tra einse & haBsSS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,® NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE-TALLOW FOR MILL USE. UYOTARS 2P.4B PUTNAM & BROOKS, Packers. COAL! --- COKE!---WOOD! Wholesale A. HIMES. and Retail (fiice onder Nat'l City Bank. Yards, Telephone Call 490-2. CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY, | Buy the GREAT SSIQOUN Ut SuBO pelt qsoq OUL s Shawmut Avenue, Winter and 6 W. Division Sts. LORILLARD’S STANDARD FIRST GRADE PLUG TOBACCO CLIMAX Can now be bought at the following exceptionally » LOW FIGURES: Less than 56 lbs. Ass’t’d lot Packages. any quantity POUNDS, 12 x 3, 16 0z., 6 cuts, 40, 28 & 12 Ibs. CLUES, 12 x 2, 16 ox.,6cuts, 42,30& 12 “* 1 ‘ a CLUBS, 12 x 2, 8 oz., 6 cuts, 42,30 & 12 * AS Al Al FOURS, 6 x 2, 4 02., 42, 30 & 12 ** TOO GOOD TO LAST. FIV Es, 6 x 1%. 31-5 02z., 45, 25% & 16 ‘* TWIN FOURS, 3 x 2,7 to Ib, 41,27 13% “ FIGS, 5 x 1, 14 to lb., aS“ Graranteed Absolutely Pare, ORDERS FROM RETAIL TRADE SOLICITED. i Newaveo Rouen Muu, Mich, MOS §, MUSSELMAN & (30, Wholesale Grocers, 56 lbs. or over. Newaygo, “~ 21&23 SOUTH IONIA 8T., - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, WHO URGES YOU ee OO Ea EO? Ce SU SLC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. ' ANY JOBBER WILL BEGLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. THE PENBERTHY IMPROVED Automatic Injector ie cant BOILER FEEDER 32%): 16,000 in 18 Months Tells the Story. l=" WHY THEY EXCEL_&}3 1 testa Piacnns <= than — an. 2 You don’t haveto watch them. If they will RE-START automatically. ae 3 By sending the number to factory on the Injector you can have parts renewed at any time. : 4 They are lifting and non-lifting. 5 Hot pipes don’t bother them and the parts drop out by removing one plug nut. § 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. Agents, HESTEK & FOX, Grand Rapids, Mic), 8 | 2% The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1888. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. There various pursuits and’ professions, who seem to regard it as a necessary adjunct are a great; many people, of of their business to chronically exag- gerate its volume and importance. The most of us regard the amount of our average day’s Sales or profits; the monthly or yearly balance of gain or Joss, and our financial standing generally, as mat- ters of a private and personal nature— supposing, of ‘course, that our relations are amicable and sat- may, with our creditors isfactory. We times converse with friends upon our personal affairs, but, if we do, the inform- ation that we volunteer, usually approximates truthfulness, and is not given for public circulation and comment, and, from our own standpoint, we have come to regard the parties who, practically, publish a daily or weekly statement of their business transactions, as foolish braggarts and prevaricators. But it is debatable whether this ‘‘fool- ishness’’ is always as foolish as it looks, superficially. If Jackson and Johnson are competitors, and Jackson can make the public believe that he is doing four or five times the business of Johnson, it is more than possible that-he may suc- ceed in drawing custom from that party, although Johnson’s reputation for honor and integrity is a great many degrees above that of his rival. The ‘‘floating vote’ is altogether too liable to be cap- tured by noise, bluster and braggadocio. x * : x * % * to be sure, some- solicited, or But, if Mr. Slimmer, for instance, wants it heralded around the country that he is double-discounting his compet- itor in the way of sales, why should he choose me as an accessory to the unwar- ranted and unjustifiable claim? It has, let us say, been a depressingiy dull week, with hardly a semblance of business vis- ible in any quarter. I can look into Slimmer’s door and see him almost solus hour after hour, and day after day. Yet, as we wend our way homeward together, Saturday night, and I feel myself im- pelled to grumble about the state of trade, Slimmer remarks: ‘“‘Yes, there has been rather a bad look to business, on the surface, for the past few days, but, really, ve no reason to complain! Tve on my feet so much this week that they’re actually blistered, and if I hadn’trun out of some lines, ’'m afraid I'd have had to call my- self worked out before noon, some days.”’ been And then Slimmer gives me some sta- tisties with that make me regard him formidable rival of the his house saved $1,500 a year in ink by his affairs as a gentleman who asserted that connected merely omitting to dot the ‘‘i’s”’ in its cor- respondence. I can, perhaps, account for the brag- garts of business unloading their prevar- ications of this nature upon those who have no means of ascertaining the facts, but what can possibly be their object in dumping them upon people who have every reasonable opportunity for know- ing their absurdity and “true inward- ness ?”’ * + * ¥ 9 x %* fool of myself, down in Injiana, oncest,’? remarked Brown, a day or two ago, while the subject of bus- iness braggarts being discussed. **You see, jist after the war, I was lookin’ 7round fur some kind of an openin’, w’en I see a notice in a Chicago paper that a store an’ stock would terr’ bly down near Evansville, >cause the owner was sick an’ wanted to go to Californy. SoIconeluded to go down an’ investigate. I didn’t fancy the place *tall, but after hangin’ ‘round fur two er three days, an’ seein’ the feller that wanted to sell terr’bly rushed with cust’mers all the time, I fin ly madea dicker fur the hull thing. ‘It didn’t take long to fin’ out that the Hoosier had hooked me fur a sucker. He had a hull swarm of relations ‘round the kentry, an’ w’ile I was talkin’ trade they wur workin’ the snide customer racket fur all it was wuth. The town was duller’n a buryin’ groun’, an’ un- healthier’n aswamp in Floridy. There wasn’t two-thirds of the stock repre- sented, an’ haff of that was mos’ sp’iled. ‘Well, I hung on fur a year er so, an’ a mighty mis’rable year er so, too. I wasn’t makin’ profits ’nuff to pay for my board an’ quinine, an’ I fin’ly concluded to unload on some one like the Hoosier did on me. Sol advertised in four er five papers an’ waited fur a bite. There wur always a lot of loafers hangin’ *roun’, an’ I ’ranged with ’em to pitch in an’ make things lively in the tradin’ line wen I giv ’em the wink. “One mornin’ wile eight er ten of them there shiftless cusses wur settin’ ’round on the counters an’ boxes, squirtin’ to- backer on the floor, an’ talkin’ ’bout rass- lin an’ sich like, a mighty slick, smooth- lookin feller kim in an’ I spotted’im at oncest for a victim. ** ‘Mr. Brown ?’ sez he, mighty perlite. ‘ | Common to fair.... .-.18 @2 i Holland, “bbls. _ Superior to fine....... 30 @40 _- € | OOLONG c Sealed......... 30 Common to fair.......25 @ Se ee air.......209 Gon Mack. sh’s, No. 1, %4 bbl. ...9 50 | Superior to fine.......30 @50 ih i : Ib kit. 1 4 = | Fine to choicest....... 5S @65 oo Trout, % bbls......... ia 32. ce 1 oe ae a White, No. A ee epee C08 see 2 Fs ic i i 12 = es sees 1. = en We 8 G10 ie Famil % bi an 3 aan ToBaccos—Fine Cut. i a DIS. ... cst | owees Pippi. 8... 30 / Kits........! 55@65 | Five and Seven....... 50 ices GUN POWDER. ~ o- | Miswatha .........._._. 68 Half a 3 251} Sweet Cuba........... 45 a — vetecees iain 88 | Petoskey Chief........ 55 No. 0 AMP BURNERS, _. poweet Russet... .._.. 40 5 "<2 Oo Whistle 42 No Sena a Florida.... 65 a ls Me sec eros ccinne se cic 4 6a)0 4] e4 3 > d Sa | Rose teat... 66 mae oe tS | Bed Demine...1.:..... 38 7 ; ve 3¢ 1 Swamp Angel......... 40 ae 40| PRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONB. a ie cael aa 30 | 3 2, per hundred SS . 2 59 No. 0 ' 30 | Ee 3 00 No Poo es * = “ce ULL 400 NO. 1... ee eee eee eee eee eee 4 82 _. 5 OO me 2... | Subject t he 1 : sai os : | oe o the following dis poe is scree cece tees eres cece os, | — or over......... 5 per cené. ee. | wo - eee . ci 18 | 1000 * a _ “ MINCE MEAT. N 2 ee Ted 6% | 30 gr arin 9% Hat Pig CE Pig _ MOLASSES, ae 12 ak Se. ee we i Above are the prices fixed by ae ee mane oo the pool. Manufacturers out- New 0 a Br ooo ~HOo) side the pool usually sell 5 gr. ew Urieans, a erat stronger goods at same prices. ‘ . ria “Sa. 18 $1 for barrel. ae ‘ MISCELLANEOUS _ One-half i - 3@ extra, | Cocos Shells, bulk. ......_- 33% . Baa as : Muse pean Bae ae a S01p. patis........... 415 Mittens 25) ° eee ‘i Cases......%: 35 PAPER, WOODENWARE. PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as follows: eee 1% Light Wei . PUSOe ne Siar... hore... 5 Bakers er Dry Goods... Jute Manilla.. aa | Red Express, So i Oo 2... 4 TWINES. i... 2 | Cotton, No. Se 20 | >... .... 18 Sea Island, ‘assorted el 40 | No aetemp , | Bo. ee | WOODENWARE, Tubs, Nect ce qa PU cee eee oe ee Oe = NG ge 5% | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop...... 1 60 * Ne 1, three-hoop.... 1 7% ; Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60 ; Bowls, ii inch ee esc nn a 1 00 i = « att ee tee eeee es i= | patel e ee wale esie oe ee 3% ‘¢ assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 fia* *¢ 15s, 17s and 19s 2 7 Baskets, Maree... 40 bushel . : 1 60 . “With covers 1 90 i willow er’ ths, = 5 50 No.2 6 00 ay ac“ “ce No. 37 00 - splint ' New 3 50: . v “ Now 4 . ‘ * ~=so No.3 5 00 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT, WHice.. |... 97 Hed... |... 97 FLOUR. Straight, in SAGia 2... 5 30 Darrels........ & 7 Recent “ sagen... .....- 6 50 ' © Derrels ....... 6 70 MEAL. Boued... .....-....... 2 80 Granuiated......_......... 38 60 MILLSTUFFS, st . 14 00 aT 16 00 Bercenines 0.2) 14 90 Middlings. icc. ae Oe Mixed Feed.. ee eet acc ote i & CORN, Smaul ioig............. 50 ee 47 OATS, Small 1O0S.- 32 Car ee 30 RYE. ING. f, per 100 Iba .......... 2 00 BARLEY. a 1 30 Noe. 1 10 t HAY Se Ee 13 50 WO. ee 12 530 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES Green... .. Part Cured............ a ee. Dy ite ereen...... 5 cured 4@ 6 Deacon skins.......... 10 14 off for No. 2. PELTS, SHnearitiee 4...) 4. Estimated wool, per b z FURS, Mie 65 Eee 5@i 00 Sime 5@1 10 Meeres. wl. . 1 16 Moe rod........:....; nat 50 Y GHORS. 50@5 00 ol Cut, House. ..........., 4 = wee 5a 5O Wegner... 1 00@6 00 7... 50@3 00 Martin, dark... |... 23 OO ba pale. 10@1 00 OGG a 5 00 WOM 50@3 00 eer W@20 00 Beaver ........ be iieee 50G6 00 Baieee 5@1 00 Deerskins, per Ib...... 5@ 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow. so... Sg Grease butter ie aecs 8 @ ae Suvenee wee 2 @w% Ginseng... 63.6: «e-- OOG@Z 10 1} Drugs & Medicines. Staie Beard of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Three Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Four Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. President—Geo. McDonald Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Next Meeting—At Lansing, on November 6, 7 and 8. Candidates will please report at 9 a. m. the second day of meeting. Michigan State Pharmaceuti cal Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. ‘ First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Second Vice President—H. M. Dean, Niles. Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. : Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas- sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; W. A. Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson. Loeal Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Asseciatien. President, Geo. L, LeFevre. Secretary, Jno. A. Tinholt. The Stores of Pompeii. M. F. Vallette gives the following inter- esting description of stores and business methods as they existed in Pompeii be- fore its destruction: On either side of us are low-terraced houses of one story; shops, with the an- cient signs cut in the stone over the door, still plainly visible, and telling us the na- ture of the business carried on in them centuries ago. As we proceed, we come to mansions of a superior order, telling that, as to-day, wealth and poverty dwelt side by side, and that labor and capital played their partin the great drama of life. A chalecidicum, or market-place, showed us where the truck gardener of 2,000 years ago sold the fruit of his labor for the sustenance of the townspeople, while theatres, temples and baths remind- ed us that amusements, religious exercis- es and cleanliness, which is ‘‘next to godliness,’’ occupied the minds of the un- fortunate inhabitants. * * * When it was desired to practice economy, they cut off some strips from this plot of ground, which they rented out for a goodly sum, and, as‘in the first house we described, we sometimes find shops occu- pying the whole exterior of the house. With us, the front is always reserved for the best rooms; in Pompeii, when not given up to business purposes, it was closed by a thick wall, in which there was no opening. The whole of the do- mestic part of the house, instead of look- ing toward the street, as with us, faced the interior. * * Visitors were nev- er received in the same part of the house to which the master retired with his fam- ily, and it was no easy matter to pene- trate into this sanctuary, separated as it was from every other part by corridors closed by doors and hangings, and guard- -ed by porters. The owner was not re- quired to receive unless inclined to do so; and if, perchance, some troublesome creditor or collector, more obstinate than usual, persisted in lingering in the vesti- bule to pounce upon him on his way out, there was always a back door, opening upon a narrow street, which permitted his escape. * * * Herea pillar still re- tains the inscription scratched upon it by the idle Pompeiian; here a piece of wall on the street, set apart for posters, pre- sents in large letters the announcement which ages ago gathered thousands of people to witness some grand public spectacle. or proclaimed the candidature of some citizen who, like those of our own day, was ambitious for public office. As we wander through the Forum, we come to what must have been the Mer- ehants’ Exchange, where transactions took place in the portico or in the crypt. In the smaller exchange may still be seen cated the abode of the lean and slippered apothecary, while the recent discovery of a wooden case containing a complete set of surgical instruments, many of which are similar to those in use at the present day, tell us how the ancient Pompeiian, like the modern New Yorker, sought to alleviate the ills that flesh is heir to. This collection goes to show that the ancients were quite skillful in surgery, and had invented many instru- nents thought to be modern. ——————».» ee _—_—_ Queer System of Bookkeeping. From the Chicago Journal. A little man who runs a prosperous drug store on Cottage Grove avenue has a system of bookkeeping that is probably without a duplicate from one end of the city to the other. His distinguishing trait is an inability to remember names. He has a score of customers whom he has traded with for years, and whom he knows by sight as well as he does his own brother, but whose names he could not call off tosave himself from hanging. The consequence is that when three or four of these eustomers have called in one evening and have made small pur- chases which they wished chalked up, his little book contains entries something like this: “Man with the Black Whiskers, cigars 2oC.” “The Short-necked Man, 1Gc:77 “The Handsome Man with the gray dildalls, 50c. worth of Jamaica Ginger,”’ and so on. This isthe only set of bookkeeping that the little drug store man indulges in, and he says his creditors are all good and never let him lose money by it. But it would be interesting to know how he’d address his envelopes if any of his debt- ors let their accounts run long enough to necessitate the sending out of bills. ———_——>-+?——_—_ Good Advice to Travelers. John T. Shayne, the Chicago furrier, was for many years a traveling salesman. A young man who was just starting out on his initial trip asked Mr. Shayne for some advice, based on his own experience, and received the following in reply: Tell the truth on subjects requiring the truth. Don’t borrow any money. Don’t play cards, billiards or pool, or buy pools. Take a drink and smoke with a cus- tomer only. Don’t be too social with traveling men. Catch flies with honey, not vinegar. Go fishing when fish bite. Always stay at the best hotels and pay your bills. Always take a sleeper; rest is required to do good work. : Always kiss your customers good-bye. Sell goods on their merits. Make no promises and do much. Be obliging, but always maintain a manly independence. . Never tell one customer what the other fellow said: get you in trouble, sure. Never quarrel with a baggageman or porter. Do your business as quickly as you can, but do it well. qq,» 2 How the Massachusetts Laws Define i Adulteration. According to the Massachusetts Adul- teration Act, an article of food is deemed Paregoriec, / to be ‘‘adulterated’’? within the meaning of the act: 1. If any substance or substances have i been mixed with it so as to reduce or low- the niches that must have been the stands | ' been wholly or in part abstracted from it. of the auctioneers. On July 3, 1875, there were discovered, in a wooden chest. several hundred little wooden tablets. They were originally tied together in twos or threes by strings | passing through holes. The faces, which were slightly hollowed and protected from rubbing by a border or frame, were covered with wax, into which letters were cut with some sharp instrument. Most of these tablets refer to auctions which Jocundus held as bro- ker, and contain receipts made to the banker. Nor are traces of factories tries wanting in Pompeii. a beehive of artisans and mechanics. Bakers, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, smiths, dyers, tanners, potters, masons, earvers, and a host of others, once and indus- It was truly my modest living. he wonderful skill of many of these mechanics is known from interior | busi- | ly plied their trades and earned their | er or injuriously affect its quality or strength. 2 If any imferior or cheaper sub- stances have been substituted wholly or in part for it. 3) If any valuable constituent has 4. fit is an imitation of, or is sold under the name of, another article. 5. If it consists wholly or in part ofa diseased, decomposed, putrid or rotten animal or vegetable substance, whether manufactured or not, or in the case of milk, if itis the product of a diseased animal. 6. If itis colored, coated, polished, or powdered, whereby damage is concealed, or if it is made to appear better or of greater value than it really is. 7. If it contains any added poisonous ingredient, or any ingredient which may render it injurious ta the health of a per- son consuming it. se VISITING BUYERS. John Crispe, Plainwell Conrad Bros, Otsero Wm Mines, Nunica V Sinz, Conklin | AG Clark & Co, White Cld A Norris & Son, Casnovia the specimens of their art, which have | been preserved for us not only here in Pompeii, but also at Hereulaneum. Nor is the idea of the subdivision of labor a thing of our day. If we take the tailor’s art alone, we shall find, besides the tailoresses, the general tailors, shirt- makers, breastband-makers, menders and slave tailors. Shoemakers were divided into six varieties, and even the seulptor branch of his art. Tradesmen who were not slaves had their guilds or trade unions with corporate rights. Their aim was not merely to protect the business interests of their members, but also to provide them with congenial amusements. We have no records of their influence on business life. We have spoken of the shops and their peculiar signs. They formed quite a feature along the narrow streets of the little city. They all opened out upon the street, offering to the gaze of the passers- by a broad marble counter, and leaving only a small space free to the right or Severance&Rich,Miadlevllie John Farrowe, S80 Blendon Jacob Jesson, Muskegon Alex Denton. Howard City RB McCulloch, Berlin Horning & Hart, Woodville Geo Gokey, West Olive A Purchase, So Blendon E 8 Botsford, Dorr JL Purchase, Bauer Geo P Stark, Cascade A House, Rockford Dan Rankin, New Era LM Wolf, Hudsonville ! JC Benbow, Cannonsburg John Gunstra, Lamont | A E Gates, Crystal ; O_'W Messenger Spring C S$ Comstock, Pierson Lke W H Struik, Forest Grove Carrington & North, Trent W E Hinman, Sparta Roger Bros, Gd Junction D J Peacock, Grant J Raymond, Berlin JN Wait, Hudsonville RT Parrish, Grandville Chas Young, Allegan CW Peters, Bangor JC Drew, Rockford | M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe Wm Fagan, Doliarville | G M Huntley, Reno restricted himself to but one} L left to allow the vender to pass in and} out. In these counters were hollowed | cavities, ¢n which the grocers and liquor- | dealers kept their merchandise. Behind the counters and along the wall were stone shelves, upon which their stock was stored. Festoons of fruits and veg- etables swung from pillars; drygoods | were displayed to the best advantage, and customers made their purchases from the sidewalk. Paintings and carv- ings, still visible upon some of the pil- lars and walls, tell us what was sold on the adjoining counter. A goat, in terra- cotta, indicates a milk-depot; a mill, turned by an ass, tells us where the mill- er was wont to grind his grain; while the wine merchant was represented by two men carrying an amphora between them, suspended from a stick. The serpent, oone of the symbols of Asculapius, indi- RG Lamoreaux, Fruitport Howard Mosher,Cloverdale J W Vos & Co, Muskegon Robertson & Son, Lowell J J Wiseman, Nunica RL Willett, Altona > JD Adams, Alpine Weary of Worryment. G. Steketee, the Monroe street druggist, has taken outa regular liquor dealer’s license for the remainder of this fiscal year, so that from now until May 1 he is certain to enjoy immunity from sus- picion of violating the law. Thisis a pretty expensive way of obtaining a re- spite from annoyance, as it costs him $41.66 per month for the privilege of possessing a big red ecard. oOo The Drug Market. Gum camphor is steadily advancing. Manufacturers are asking more than out- side holders. Gum opium is dull. Mor- phia is steady. Cloves and oil cloves are higher. Oil anise has advanced. Flax seed and ground oil cake continue very high. Geo. A movement is on foot in Russia look- ing toward the elevation of the standing and qualifications of a Master in Phar- macy, making him the equal of the Doc- tor of Medicine. The candidate for the diploma of Master of Pharmacy will have to spend eight semesters ai a uni- versity, and the two sexes will have equal rights and privileges. Acme White Lead & Color Works, DETROIT, MICH. Manufacturers of the Celebrated ACME PREPARED PAINTS, Which for Durability, Elasticity, Beauty and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpass: ¥F. J. WURZBURG, WHOLESALE AGENT, Grand Rapids, - i IN&€O$s Mich. APOTHECARYS BRAND. Doclowes FLAVoRINGZ Y LU MN A TS ( LY ‘4 ))Isfree from AR- TIFICIAL FLA- VORING, is a Ci- gar that will hold fire, contains one-third more pure Havana tobac- co than any ten-cent Key West or two for 25 cents imported cigar you can get. FREE SMOKING, MILD AND RICH. 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Ee a 12@ 15| Antipyrin............. 1 35@1 40 ‘acces 8@ 10 | Chlorate, (po. 20)...... 18@ 20 _ Nitras,ounce @ 68 ee sce ‘yani 5} Arsenicum oo. 0000. .... 7 Benzoicum, German:. 80@1 00 | CYNIC -----------""79 Seg3 00| Balm Gilead Bud... So 4 ee 40@ = Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 35@ 38| Bismuth 8. N......... 2 15@2 2% ee ag TITIEIIIED go@ 65 | Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 —— Chis, #5, Oe - Hydrochlor «.2.2..---. 3@ _5| hotass Nitras, opt..... 98 19) cgniharides Russian, Nitrocum ...-....----- 10@ 12 peetase re a swe ee Oxalicum ...... ann 12@ 14) Sulphate po......-- 15@ 18| Capsici Fructus, af... @ 18 Phosphorium dil...... pee e one a a te es ee Salicylicum eos selec o 1 (0@2 05 RADIX. 6s “ po.. @ 14 Sulphuricum.....----- cae >| Aconitum ........-.--- 20@ 25| Caryophyllus, (po. 30) 2@ 2% Tannicum...-.-------: 1 = ees 25@ 30| Carmine, No. 40....... @3 7% Tartaricum......------ 50@ Mines aa 15@ 20} Cera Alba, 8S. &F..... 50@ 55 AMMONIA. Aram, po ee @ > = eee tos “— . : PAO 2 WE! SB eee cess eee eee Aqua, 16 deg ae a : Gentiana, (po. 15) ..... 10@ 12| Cassia Fructus........ @ 15 Com. a Oe eee o> ae 12@ 14 Hydrastis Canaden, = eee — > ahtbee his po me Bl gee. al ANILINE. ge | Inula, po’... .-2-.-...4.18@ 20) Chloral Hyd Crst...._1-9@t% IBigek ...:........---3-- 2 rt = Ipecac, Dol 2 15@2 sy} Chondrus .....4....... 10@ 12 —— ee ise = 59 | Iris plox (po. W@22).. 1°@ W Cinchonidine,P. & W 15@ W OG ese arr aan Jalana pri. i ae a German 5@ 12 Wellow .....--.-+---/+¢ 2 50@3 00 eee “ea = oe Corks, list, dis. per BACCAE. a po... Ss TE @ . ee masotUmM ........-.-. Cubeae (po. 1 60..--.-- Se ae, Greta, (bbL. 7%) ......-. @ 2 SUTEDEL OS eee oe oe Se RE eee cla f prep ce. ee! 5@ 5 Xanthoxylum ..-.----- — ein 490, 03) % precip........... 8@ 10 - Sangui i g 20 Bie co @ s BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 20 : E @ 8 Copaiba .......----+-++ 70@ 7% | Serpentaria..........-- 30@ 35 oe . Be ee we inn —— = Pert oo... .... 5 — 30 a ee ee — = Cael Suiph seee cece ees De ; rabin, Canada ....- 55 | Similax, ci ; @ 4 ulph......----- ¢ é Pape ee | if M @ 20| Dextrine .............. 10@ 12 Scillae, (po. 35).....-.. 10@ 12} Ether Sulph........... 68@ 70 CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feeti- es Emery, bes numbers.. s : i adian......-..--- 18 US, PO.....-+2 +--+. @ 35 ee 6 —— ee ll Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 25 a. ea Me — = Cinchona Flava ....----+++- i571. - German... — = Eola tect eeeees e Z Euonymus atropurp....---- 30 | Zingi es = = ke 2s Myrica Cerifera, po... 20 @eneieer j..:.:. 5... @ »% poscsiors ws ses @ - Prunus Virgini = ean cen epneuee 40@ 60 —_—. Rt ------ 7" St ate, Goo @ 15 eee 7 per cent. UC (Ground 1 Se 10| Apium (graveleons).. 10@ 12] by box 66%, less Uinsas Pe (Greene *) ae ee. 4@ _6| Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 EXTRACTUM. Garai, (po. 18) 0... ... — 15 cs aie _ eee 13@ 2 rrrhi ... 24@ 25} Cardamon..........--- 1 00@1 25| Glycerina ............. 23@. Glycyrrhiza —— = 35 Corlandrum ie oe 2 eS occ ees. ae : pox... i 42 | Cannabis Sativa....... n(Q sereccenacceces AA ape eas ee Ho 13a 14| Cydonium............. 75@1 00} Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ 8 ) ee ae aD Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 Cor.... @ % “ Ts 16@ 17} Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 i Ox Rubrum @ 90 ' i Foeniculum..........- @ 15 Ammoniati.. _@1 10 FERRUM. Foenugreek, po....... 6@ 8 “ ‘ Unguentum. = 55 : ini NanaEe yun. ..<-... | 75 Carbonate Precip....-- @ 15)Lini.................-- 4 @ 45 | SC reres te @ Cann | at Se) Linked, (abl 4). ae | Sees, Se ee Citrate Soluble.....-.-- @ 80 | Lobelia. renee eens sete cs 39@ 20 toate aa , caeee o Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50| PharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4% aoa tS sees = Solut Chloride.....-.-- @ 15 | Re ee 5@ 6} lodoform.......... -- @5 15 Sulphate, com’'l....... 14@ 2]|Sinapis, Albu......... s@ 9| Lupulin............... 85@1 00 DI — eng @ 7 cs Niera: 0 11@ 12 ——— Se — = FLORA. SPIRITUS. — —" et Hy- : 46 | Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 0@2 50| _ drarg Tod....... econ |B ee rately Te pe 35 “ ‘pie 1 73@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 Maiaeadia || SaaS ee. 1 101 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl Te een es Juniperis Co. O. T....1 T5@1 T5| 174). +e esee eee eee 2@ 3 FOLIA. “ ee 7x3 50| Mannia, 8. F.......... 90@1 OF Baresma —.....--..--- 10@ 12] Saacharum N. E...... 1 772 00 Morphia, S. P.& W...2 55@2 80 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- | LE Spe |View Galli... 1 736 50 a NM ee i mivellyg.......--.--.- 290 281) Nani Oporte |...) 2. j Sse 60] ©: €o..-.... |.) bom co se Ab | 36@) OO FM AR De 1 25@2 00] Moschus Canton...... @ 40 Salvia officinalis, 4s Ce Myristica, No.1....... O@ 70 and 148......----.-.. 10@ 12 SPONGES. Nux Vomica, (po 20) .. @ 10 7 aa ; Ss. Sepia... 4 a Ure Orst 8@ 10} morida sheeps’ wool Popes ee 21@ 29 GUMMI. Carriase. 2... -- 2 25@2 50 co nn cr oe a @2 00 Acacia, 1st picked.... @1 00| Nassau sheeps’ wool Picis Liq, N. C., % gal : re een Seal ae @ 9} Carriage .... ....-- f BOO aa ln ue tc @2 7 “« 834 * |... @ 80| Velvet extra sheeps _ ..| Pieis Lig., quarts..... @100 “gifted sorts... _@_ 65] wool Carriage....... 1 10 “ ms. @ 70 CeO eee cece 75@1 00 | Extra yellow sheeps ,. | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60 a a Eee aan 851 Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 18 i Cee oe)... @ 2 eer vee .. | Piper Alba, (po €>).... @ 35 Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Hardt Seen a OO Pix Boren @ « Catechu, 1s, (48, 14 48, Yell ae | sae ret igo pS 1M4@ 15 ee 2 2S 8 aka 1 49 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 Ammoniae .......----- BO a Se naa 01 Pyrethrum, boxes Assafcetida, (po. 30)... _ @ 1s SYRUPS. & PDI Co. doz) Benzoimum...-...----- W@ 55 biel ny| Pyrethrum, pv........ Camphore.....-..----- 35@ 38 ~Saine md ee 3] Quassiae ............-- 0 ——- po... 35@ 10 ees aaa go | Quinia, S.P.& W..... 47@ 5% Gaibanum../! 0.0... -- @ 80 Poni fi ae oo cc 8S) German... 356@ 45 Gamboge, pO..-------- Q@ % een o fe 59| Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@, 14 Pe a eS ss VT 2 eR cal hr "’! Saccharum Lactispv.. @ 35 Kino, (po. 25).-.-+---- @ 2) Rbei Arom.......----------- OU Sataena 0 2 50@2 75 Mastic... a @1 00 | Similax Officinalis.......... 69} Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Myrrh, (po. 45).....--- @ 40 EG Co...... = Santonine (0050)... ._ @A 50 Opii, (po. 4 75)....---- 3 15@3 z9 oer a oe on ee Sa) Sap, Wie ss). ae Sheliae 000 OO) So nn SET ee H RLY QeASAE GEE 8@ 10 «“ pleached...... ee ae Se @ 15 Tragacanth .......---- 30@ 75 oo. ea eae - Seidlitz Mixture... @ 8 HERBA—In ounce packages. ah ™ | Sinapis. =e ave @ = 2 * on TINCTURES. 7 Ge... @ a Absinthium .....-..-.+--+7++ 5 Snuff, Maceaboy, De 7 eS “~ | Aconitum Napellis R....... 60) Mees a @ 3 Lobelia.......--------+-+-+>- oe : . Woo: 50] Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 MA Ort cece | 93 | AloeS........ eee eee eee eee 60 | Soda Boras, (po. 12). 1 11@ 12 Mentha oo Pee ee = “and myrrh........ 2... Oo} Soda ee Potasa Gari. |s5a@ | Se aa eo Arnica DO Soda Care 000000. 2@ 2% Rue... ..---5 presse reser eree es i Aaiedie 50| Soda, Bi-Carb......... mS Tanacetum, Vee ree << | Atrope Belladonna.........- 60] Soda, Ash... 3@ 4 hymis, V--.-.-.2--------- > Pe Benzony ee GO| Soda Sutphas.... | @ 2 MAGNESIA. fe Co. 50} Spits: Hiher @e ....._.. 50@ 5p} @alcined Pat. 00... 53@, 60 | Sanguinaria...............-. 50 Myrcia Dom. ____ @2 00! Gasbonate. Pat 02... 20@; 22 | Barosma ........-.-...++---- oe Myraa imp... .- @2 BD} (ae oabe: ec Me ||| Bog) > Cantharides................. fo. | Nomt | Reem, bE \ Jarb . cee ee Se CERIO 50) a G2 37 ee ere : | Gardamon..)000000...1000.1) Wl hess 5e eal.) cash ten days. ; : Se | ae a Co... 1 io) Stevennia| Crystal. -.- @1 10 Absinthium ....-.-...-§ ° 00@s Wigastor. 0 eo Sige Seon. Sg oie Amygdalae, Dulc...... ee PO estec see ae RoW 3 Amydalae, Amarae....§ 2G. 50 Canehons 0 5)| Tamarinds 0000.00.01 10 | Se ais 2 00@2 10 ts Go 4.11) 6a) Wercbenth Vemree..__ . 28@, 30! Auranti Cortex...-..- uf ae fe Columba (0 0 SO Gieppromae (600) 50@, 55 Bergamii ........-.-+-2 5G Comm SO) Vania 9 KOK@16 00 | Gajipoti 4 OO enema ot games Sule 4@ 6&| Carvopayvill __.... @2 OO | Hicitalis a ph.... : @ ' Cee ee ee ee OILs, ' Chenopodii .........-- eee : Bbl. Ga Cinnamonii ........--. Seo ens go | Whale, winter........ v0 iO Citronella ............- 6 Sie er 86 90 eas ac Sea 6st Coe wi pard) Ne. to 5) 5D Conium Mac........-. @ 65 ‘ ammon eat ae 0 Gjcabe 200 OO) gst eeH “| Linseed, pureraw -.. o¥ 60 U { Da. a a > On) Zing) ber eee ae aac 30 Lindseed, boiled..... 60 63 Coperac....._....... 15350@16 Hyoseyamus Sa oe e Bienen... Mee 20 Neat’s Foot, winter ieee ieee | strained ........---. 50 «69 Gaultheria ...........- 2952 35 | orci Chioddam. 20. ap) SpiiteTurpentine.... 30 5s Geranium, ounce..... MO Bie oe paints. bbl. Ib. Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75 Fg} ed Venetian... 1... 1% 2@3 Hedeoma .......--.... 1 59; Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 gunipert.....-.- : 50@2 00 | Nix Vomica................ at . Ber... 1% 2@3 Payenaula ......-.___. Oe OO Oe g5 | Putty, commercial....24% 2%4@3 Pimonis.... 2.02... -. 1 60@2 00 “© Gamphorated........... 50 strictly pure... - 24 2344@3 Mentha Piper......-..- Zines | mepder 2 09} Vermilion Prime Amer- Mentha Verid......... 30003 25) An oonetes (0 58 aa eT 13@16 Morrhuae, gal........- Wat OT onasea | 501 Vermilion, English.... 70@75 Myrcia, ounce......-.. @ Ciera 5)| Green, Peninsular..... T0@75 Ee 1 oo@2 % ae Ue ee BOM. 6474 Picis Liquida, (gal.35) 10@ 121] Cassia Acutifol............- 5 white) 64@71 aaa ae ee ee en ROBINEEIONT) 000.0002 5. 75@1 004 Serpentaria ................. 50 Whiting, Gilders’.... -- @9” Rosse, ounce ....--. -- G6 OO lceamoninm oo, 69 | White, Paris American 1 00 Suecu. 400 45) matntan | ...!. go| Whiting, Paris Eng. SHpimg 60000001. s ee Cat CO es Chit 1 40 Santal |... ..[..... 3 50@f GO) warairam Verde 6.0). |. | Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4 Sassafras. |.........-. S0@ So i Swiss Villa Prepared Sinapis, ess, ounce.... @ 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Ramis 05.21.10... 1 O@1 2 Tiglii...........---+--- @1 50} ather, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 26@ VARNISHES. Thyme ........-+--++-- 40@ 30 : " ~ 45. som | No. Tarp Coach. __.. 1 10@1 20 HORE eee ee oe @ e Alomen 2000. 244@, 344 | Extra 7? eee a 1 60@1 7 Theonronias..... +22... 1K@ 20 - ground, (po. | Coach Body...... ..2 75@3 00 POTASSIUM. Do 3@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Bi Caro. ....-°_. .-...- jo@. 18] Amato ........... 5x@, 60) Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Bichromate _......-.-- 14a i>] Antimoni po... --..- 4@, 5) Japan Dryer, No. 1 Bromide |. ..... 0-2... 37@ 40 ee Bt PotassT. So) G8) Turp..... 4... ... 10@ 7% Do You Keep a Record? Are you living up to the letter of the law by keeping a record of all liquor sales? Have youa book for that purpose? If not, send $i to E. A. Stowe & Bro., and receive one of their Improved Liquor and Poison Records by return mail. ie E> ic(R OUP Te 5 Baal ed clashed Oe BEBO) cic. os | owen bocce ee. per doz, $2.00 auc * “ 3.50 Peckham’s Croup Remedy is prepared es- pecially for children and is asafe and certain cure for Croups, Whooping Cough, Colds and all bronchial and pulmonary complaints of childhood. For attractive advertising matter address the proprietor, Dr. H. C. PECK HAM, Freeport, Mich. Trade supplied by whole- sale druggists of Grand Rapids, Detroit and Chicago. ' Should send $1 to E, A. Stowe & Bro. GRAND RAPIDS, for one of their Improved LIQUOR & POISON RECORDS a3 i Je Pl SS ee IRCULARS, TES TIMONIALS AND GUARANTEE .. (FOR ALL KINDS OF STOCK) FREE ee. HOG CHOLERA—GAUSE. CURE & PREVENTION WORTH MANY DOLLARS TO EVFRY BREEDER. THE GERMAN MEDICINE CO.MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. & FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. GROCERS. ETF. Tock Koo? Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Wholesale Drug- For Sale to the Trade by gists; Hawkins & Perry, Wholesale Grocers; Mc- Causland & Co., Wholesale Grocers, E. Saginaw; W. J. Gould & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Detroit; D. Desenberg & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Kalamas ZOO. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS., “Guano ravfbs.” For Physicians’ and Family Use. This Battery has the advantage over any inthe mar- ket in the following points of superiority: A Patent Hard Rubber, Removable Screw Top Cell (like a pocket inkstand), containing the Carbon and Zinc elements, ean be carried in the pocket charged ready for use; water-tight, no ieaking; for durability, compactness, and strength of current it excels all others. Two nickel-plate sponge electrodes with each battery. No small wire connections on bottom of this machine, as in all others, that rust easily and are difficult to repair. Sold by the trade. Price, $10, and every Battery warranted. Send for Circular 49, giving special price to physicians for a sample battery prepaid. Address ELECTRO-MEDICAL BATTERY 00., KALAMAZOO, MICH., Or HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG co., Grand Rapids, Mich. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CoO. Importers and Jobbers of —~-DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rumse. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co., Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re- ceive them. Send in a trial order. Hazelting & Perkins Drug 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ena aia Mids) ena FOR SALE BY ALL DRUG 78 Congress St., West, Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888. Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN—I duly received the case of your ‘‘Best’”’ Tonic and have since had a great many in this institution. I must say that the beneficial effects on weak and debilitated patients have been most satisfactory, espec- ially to those in a stage of recovery after se- vere sickness. I write this thinking you might like to have my opinion on its merits. I certainly shali prescribe it in future, where the system re- quires building up. either from constitutional weakness or otherwise. Yoars truly, Wm. GRAY, M. D. Medical Sup’t. Midville, Geo., Feb. 24, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN—I think the “Tonic’”’ a splendid medicine for all forms of Dyspepsia and Indi- gestion. It is giving me great satisfactiou. Very respectfully, J. M. JOHNSON, M.D. Yardley, Pa., March 18, 1888. Ph. Best Brewing Co., DEAR Sirs—I have given your ‘‘Malt Tonic” a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion and General Debility, especially in the aged, where the whole system seems = rostrated, with very satisfactory results. ave used many of the so-called “Malt Ex- tracts,’’ but believe your preparation to be superior. In the aged where the digestive functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of the nerve vital force, I found its action to be rapid and permanent. ELIAS WILDMAN, M. D. Work-House Hospital, Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10, 1888. Ph. Best Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN— AS a matter of personal inter- est, I have used your “Best” Tonic in several cases of impaired nutritition. The results in- dicate that it is an agreeable and doubtless, highly efficacious remedy. 1am, Very truly yours, E. W. FLEMING, M. D. 3 P Gis kSis Troy, New York, January 26, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,, DEAR Srrs—Your nt left me a sample of your liquid extract, Malt, and as I use much such in my practice,I thought to compare 7 product with some from another house had on hand; and finding yours superior in the great essential, the itable nutriamt as well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx- ious to know about what it can be furnished the dispensing physician. Yours truly, E. JAY Fisk, M. D. East Genessee Street, Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN—I have used the “Best” Tonic with most gratifying resultsin my case of dyspepsia. My case was a bad one,1 had no appetite; headache in the morning; sour stom- ach; looking as though I had consumption, and after taking this tonic I never felt better in my life. I think it will cure a bad case of dyspepsia. You may recommend it for that case. Wo. O. JAEGER. 322 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1888. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of “Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and Hops” you sent me, and find in my humble judgment that itis a very pure and safe arti- ele. I will not hesitate to recommend it in every case of debility where a Tonic of that kind is indicated. Respectfully, E. H. BELL, M. D. New Orleans, La., Apri! 6, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN—Having tried your “Best” Tonic to a great extent amongst my practice, I will state in its behalf that I have had the best results with nursing mothers who were deficient in milk, increasing its fluids and se- ereting a more nourishing food for the infant, also increasing the appetite and in every way satisfactory for such cases. Very respectfully, D. BORNIO, M D. For Sale By a HAMELTINE & P Grand Rapids, INS [RG (0 Mich. wii a IONIORTI Cseh, Vv The Michigan Tradesman BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. WOTE — FRAUDULENT ALTERATION—RE- COVERY. No recovery can be had even by a bona jide holder upon a note, check or draft which has been fraudulently altered by increasing the amount, according to a deeision of the New York City Court in the case of Flannigan vs. National Bank of Dover. CORPORATION—RESTRAINING TRADE. The New York Court of Appeals lately held, in the case of Leslie vs. Lorillard, that an agreement by a steamship com- pany to pay a certain summonthly to the owner of a competing line in considera- tion of his discontinuing running vessels over the same route and agreeing not to sell or charter his vessels for use on it nor to be in any way interested in steam- ships running over it, was not ultra vires as being a contract in restraint of trade. BANK-—-INSOLVENCY—DEPOSITORS’ CLAIMS A number of creditors of The Traders’ Bank of Chicago lately made application to Judge Shepard, of the Superior Court of that city to have money, checks and drafts to the amount of $50,000 returned to them because they were deposited with the bank when it was known to its officers to be insolvent. The Judge granted the application in cases in which the checks were deposited before the ac- tual failure of the bank, but payment was stopped before collection, and col- lections were made by the receiver after the bank had closed its doors, but denied the applicatian in all cases in which the checks were deposited and the money collected before the actual failure of the bank. DEBTOR — ASSIGNMENT — CONSTITUTION- ARITY. A Minnesota law provides that where- ever the property of a debtor is seized on an execution against him he may make an assignment of all his property not ex- empt by law for the equal benefit of all his creditors, who shall file releases of their debts and claims, and that his property shall be equitably distributed among such creditors. The claim was set up in the case of Denny vs. Bennett, just decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, that this statute was re- pugnant to the Constitution of the United States, in so faras it affected cit- izens of other states than Minnesota. The court has affirmed a decision of the Supreme Court of Minnesota holding the act to be constitutional. The court says that the statute could not of course ap- ply to contracts in existence before it was enacted, but that it must be eon- strued to be a part of all contracts made after it was enacted, and that, therefore, it could not be said to impair such con- tracts. ee It’s Good Enough. “There! I cuess that will do,’ said John, as he took a shovelful of ashes out of thestove. ‘‘The pan isn’t empty, but it?s near enough; nobody will see it. If Ican get the store swept in about five minutes, I can finish the story in the Fireside Companion before any one eomes.’’ The floor was swept very much as the stove had beencleaned. The open space presented a good appearance, but out-of-the-way corners and underneath boxes and barrels told a different story. However, John said it was good enough. The story was finished and the paper hidden out of sight before the clerks ar- rived. Then Mr. Willis, th@ proprietor, came in and bade them all ‘‘good morn- ing,’’ glanced around the store, and went into his private office. Presently he ealled John: ‘‘Take these letters to the office as soon as youcan. They will be just in time for the 9 o’clock mail. Come right back.’’ John hurried to the office, as he had been bidden, but, having de- posited the letters safely, saw no more reason for haste. Indeed, he even in- dulged ,in a game of marbles before re- turning™*to his work. When he entered the store again, Mr. Willis made no com- ment on his tardiness, but remarked, “Well, John, ve almost learned my les- son.’” John stared. “What lesson, sir ?’’ “Why, the one you’ve been teaching me lately.” John was more puzzled than ever, and all day long wondered what lesson he could possibly teach Mr. Willis. The next morning John’s work was done as speedily, and no better than the day before. Mr. Willis came before the ¢ sent John out on anerrand. While he was gone, the gentleman, with a quiet smile, began to investigate the corners lerks, and that John thought nobody would see. When he returned, Mr. Willis said: “John, I told you yesterday that I had almost learned my lesson. To-day I know it thoroughly. Would you like to hear it ?’’ noes, Sit. ’? *“You have been teaehing me how well I could get along without you. I thought the stove needed cleaning and the store Sweeping every morning, but it seems they don’t. So I shall not need you any longer.”’ —— i 8 =< The Significance of Railway Signals. The following signals, taken from the “Standard Code,’’ are in use on a major- ity of American railroads. Explanation: O means short, quick sound: — means jong sound: Apply brakes, stop...... O Release brakes, start.... OO Se 000 Highway cros’g signal——_O_ 0, or O O Approaching stations—blast lasting 5 sec. (Cail for switchman...... OOoCO Jattle on track..........— — — — — meas has parted...-.. - - O ee O0000 Bridge or tunnel warning O O — ire alarm —QO 000 Will take side track..... — — — a -& The manufacture of beet-root sugar in California has proven a genuine success so far as producing a good article is con- cerned. How profitable it may be has not yet been stated. M. CLARK & oN, If our Travelers ———-FOR——— Teas WE ARK HEADQUARTERS Syrups Molasses do not see you reg- ularly, send for our Samples and Prices before purchasing elsewhere. Wewill surprise you. Mail Orders al- ways receive prompt attention and lowest possible prices. Wholesale Grocers take the Cake. Nothing sold in Michigan that equals them. Send in your orders. Putnam & Brooks. J YOU NOVICK THIS ¢ ) For this Month only? = Heyman & 63 and 65 Canal Street, A LARGE V ! STYLE NO. 3. We will sell, FOR THIS MONTH ONLY, our No. 3 Show Case = our No. 1 Oval Front Show Case No. 1 or 3, 6 ft. long, 15 in. high, 28 im. wide, $10.75 Ne. 1 or é 3 15 - 28 - 14.50 Our No. 3, 17 in. high, 28 in. wide, 6 ft. long, 12.00 Our No. 3, 17 28 Se 16.00 Remember, this is for this month only, to reduce stock. Take advantage of it. Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NOVELTIES IN IN——— PERPUMERY. FARIETY IN China and Glass Stands, JUgs and Vases, Also a full line of Fine Colognes All sizes, 14 and Handkerchief Perfumes, oz. to 10 oz. bottles, in large variety. Send for sample lot ef Ten to Twenty-five Dollars, and increase your trade for the Holiday Season. JENNINGS &-SMITH, PERFUMERS, 2&8 and 40 Louis-st., Grand Rapids. DETROIT, MICH. brands of AND OTHERS, 12, 14 & 16 Pearl Street, Detroit Soap Co., Manufacturers of the following well-known QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, MONDAY, PHENIX, SUAP MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR MASCOTTE, WABASH, CAMEO, For quotations address W. G. HAWKINS, Lock Box 173, = RINDGE, BER SUH 4 CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS and SHOES AGENTS FOR THE Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Salesman for Western Michigan, GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, Mich. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in wuse—giviig satisfre- tion. They aresim;:¢ durable and econom- ical. Noe grocer should be _ without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Address for Cata- logue and prices, Robt. 8. West, 48-50 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio, IS REACHED E SAME 1S z Oo z f cael = rr Liberal count trade. dis- to the Special Inducements to parties intro ducing this system of store fitting in any Ul 0 locality. Manufactur- 0 it ed by KOCH A. B. CO., 354 Main St., PEORIA, ILL. BORDEN, SELLECK & CO., Agts., 48-50 Lake St., Chicago, 114 Water St., Cleveland DO YOU HANDLE iT? (AEN SURES Wis TSW A dHeGe MAN || footed Se} ‘ Ss MEDICATED MOoOL cia Hc 3 4 HOG Sena. tenes, Cure and Prevention. _ Cir- culars & Testimonials Free For sale by Druggists, Gro- ce:s, etc. Gives Universal Satisfaction for Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Colts, Calves, Pigs, Lambs. Has the finest line of illustrated advertising THE GEAMAN dood and most attractive Lithograph Label. List price reduced August 1, 1888. A 75 cent. cash guarantee on every box you seti, 1.000 illus- trated circulars in each case. Rubber stamp and self-inking pad free with your first order through — Special diree tions for building upa arge trade with every shipment. Our new Circu- lar, ‘Hog Cholera—Cause, Cure and Pre- ventive,” is attracting universal attention. Contains the most scientific and practical facts in regard to this terrible disease, and only known positively successful treatment. Gives valua- ble information in regard to swine-raising for large profit. See «ther cireulars for all kinds of stock. The facts contained in these circulars are worth many dollars to every enter- prising farmer or stockman. Dealers! We have withdrawn our salesmen and solicit a continu ance of your trade through prominent jobbers, Send to them for their special circular“TO THE TRADE,” for full information in regard to rub- ber stamp—free—and also our GRAND CASH PRIZES. See circulars for testimonials of reli- able dealers from all parts of the country. This trade is about equally divided between drug- gists, general dealers and grocers. A good trade for one insures a satisfac tory trade for the other. Order at once, save freight and commence turn- ing your money every thirty or sixty days, at 71 per Cent. profit. SOLE MANUFACTURERS: The German Medicine Comp’y Minneapolis, Minn. For sale in Grand Rapids, Mich., by Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. and Hawkins & Perry, w hole- sale grocers. AdBKSTUS C2OODS. Cover Your Steam Pipes EITHER WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT, ASBESTOS SHEATHING HAIR FELT, or REMOVABLE PIPE COVERING. All of which we have in the BEST QUALITIES and at FAIR PRICES. SAMUBL LYON Cor. Waterloo & Louis Sts GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SWIFT'S Choice Chicago Dressed Beéetf -~AND MUTTON--. Can be found at all times in full supply and at popular prices at the branch houses in all the larg- ger cities and is retailed by all first-class butchers. The trade ofall marke'men and meat dealers is solicited. Our Wholesale Brasch House, L. F. Swift & Co., located at Grand Rapid., always has on hand a full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions,and the public may rest as-ured that in purchasing our meats from dealers they will alwaysreceive the best. Swift and Company, : e Union Stock Yards, CHICAGO. KINGS LEMON, HOOPS & PETERS, Wholesale Grocers AND IMPORTERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. J. H. THOMPSON & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS TEAS, COP FEES SPICES SPECIALTIES: Honey Bee Coffee Our Bunkum Coffee Princess Bkg. Powder Early Riser Bkg. Pdr. BEE Mills Gd. Spices. BEE Mills Extracts. BEE Mills Bird Seed. SPICE GRINDERS and manufacturers of BEE Mills Starch. BAKING POWDERS, BEE Chop Japan Tea. 59 Jefferson Ave., DETROIT, MICH. MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “A; 6). Cw" Yum Yum” The Most Popular Cigar. The Best Selling Cigar on the Market. SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER. WM.SEARS & CO. Gracker Manufacturers, AGENTS FOR AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. H. LEONARD & SONS 134 to 148 Fulton Street. Grand a Mich. NO. 10 MAMMOTH ROCHESTER. A Marvelous Light! 300-candle power! It takes the lead over all others. Fount holds3 quarts—will burn 8 hours. EACH Complete, as show n, Ww ith ro in. tin shade.. . 33.90 . 4.00 Gi with 26 in. w mabe —_ reflector... 7.50 Also a great variety of Rochester Lamps in al} grades. WE ARE HEADOTARTERS FOR ‘SNWVO TIO LANTERNS, ETC. The following oil caus + packed 14 doz. ina erate. No charge for cr: tes. PER DOZ. Pins ifore, = wood jacket. $12.00 . 14.40 10 : ee 19.20 ' 3 eee 9.60 C 5 “ 4... 1260 “The Adams” Steel Plate Oi] Can is the same construction as the Pinafore, only made of steel insteed of tin and warranted not to rust, hand- somely finished in colors red, blue and black . ‘The’ ‘Adams”’ : gi al. steel oil | can... $15.00 18.06 The Cheapest Wood Oil Cans in the market. The‘ ‘IMPERVIOUS” oil and gasoline cans. War- ranted not to leak or get jammed, will outlast ail others. 2 gal. Impervious oil cans, per doz .__._.__-...o10.50 3 gal. Impery ious oil cans, per doa........_ 1). Se 5 gal. Imperv ‘ious oil eans, eee ee io $13.50 gal. Impervi ious ofl cans Oe dae . ...818.08 THE IMPERVIOUS S g \ew/ Py } mat g a y tte = eS Q Perey, = ~ %y » 2 . ib . @ GLASS, WITH TIN JACKET, per doz. “4 s gal. Home oil ¢ sans, 1 doz. in Ok... ae i | 1 dae ae ce Tin ope n stoc ee 1.60 Ca 2.00 a COO ee 4.90 e “ss “ce bd rv er CCC laa ae ae ier aie 7.50 The “Invincible” 1 gal. oi] cans, per doz....$3.00 Attractively finished in assorted colors and has a glass cover ed guage on the side show ing quan- tity of oil in the can, and is havinga large sale. No. 0 Lift Wire Lanters, see cut..... per doz. $4.50 This has all the latest improvements, the guards being stationary, yet simple and easily adjusted. 1doz.ina Dox. No charge for boxes on oil cans or lanterns.