The Michigan Tradesman. * VOL. 6. e e @ GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889. NO. 276. BUY TE TT TER Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF_ YOU WANT THE BEST! Our complete line of Stationers’ and Druggists’ FANCY GOODS oes | ae Holiday Novelties are ready for inspection. Every dealer, when visiting Grand Rap- ids, should be sure and look through our lines. Raton, Lyon & Go, 20 and 22 Monroe St. REMOVED) THE GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX FACTORY, W. W. HUELSTER, Proprietor, Formerly located at 11 Pearl St., has been removed to 81 & 88 Campau St. Cor. Louis, where I shall have moreroom 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. 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GOODRICH & CO., With Satety Deposit Co., Basement o1 Wid- dicomb Blk. ss Sy bay OY eae A on yh 8 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. THE DRUMMER'’S DREAM. “Check her through to dear old Boston, Baggage-master, ‘let ’er rip.’ My last stop, sir; trip is ended, Quickly to the ‘Hub’ I'll skip. Pork and beans next Sunday morning; Ah, you’re smiling; you’ve been there. You say that you once lived near Boston, Down in Chelsea—Well, I swear!” Thunders on, the mighty trainlet. Destination—‘‘Boston, Mass.” ‘““Saved six dollars on the purchase Of a broker’s ‘cut-rate’ pass. But I'l charge the house ful All advantages are mine.” Thus the drummer sat and pondered; “Say, Conductor, what's the time?” assage, “Twelve o'clock, Great Scott, I’m sleepy; Porter, make my berth up warm; Put an extra blanket on it, Outside rages quite a storm.” Soon the drummer’s wrapped in slumber, Dreams he’s still upon the road 2ustling with his ‘grip’? of samples, Though it is a heavy load. Dreams that he is traveling Westward, Booking orders, day by day; Only ‘2-B"? countermanded Perhaps before he gets away. Dreams of hotels that are crumby: Meals quite home-like (in a horn); Then he dreams of home and mother, And the place where he was born. Dreams of wife and little children Who for ‘‘Papa” sadly yearn, Counting every day and hour, Praying for his safe return. Still the drummer sleeps on soundly ; Then a crash—his dream is o’er, For from out his berth he’s fallen, Headlong out upon the floor.” {The Boot and Shoe Recorder thought the above poem incomplete and prevailed upon its poetry machine to grind out the following se quel:] Then arose the maiden’s screamlet Out upon the air so shrill As the drummer in his dreamlet From his berth did thusly spill; And the porter loudly snoring, Snoring, sleeping like a rock, Heard his cheeklet strike the flooring, Felt the sudden dreadful shock. Sprang and fled in deadly terror: While the passengers did quake, Thought them of the switechman’s “error,” Of the tlagman’s dread ‘‘mistake.”’ 7 * * * * * Then they raved and cussed profanely As they walked them through the door, Cussed they drummers all—but vainly, For that car will run no more. o> — THE SPICE TRADE OF NEW YORK. Probably nowhere in literature, sacred or profane, is there more eloquent refer- ence to spices than in the wonderful Song of Solomon, where they form part ofa glowing picture of the graces of the Church. ‘‘His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers,’’? sings the sa- ered poet of the coming of Christ; and, elsewhere, ‘‘Awake, O north wind, and come thou, south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.’? The word sug- gests the Orient, with all the interest that attaches to that quarter of the globe. The spice commerce has features well worthy of note. Of course, the trade in pepper is enormous. It is universally popular as a condiment. Black pepper is the cheapest, and the importations at New York last year were 9,687,590 pounds, in bags containing 110 pounds each; of white pepper, the total was 685,- 490 pounds, in bags holding 130 pounds each; and of Zanzibar red pepper, 414,- 800 pounds. The common black pepper is a native of the East Indies, but is now quite extensively cultivated in other trop- ical countries. It was known to the Ro- mans, and was highly appreciated. It grows on a climbing shrub, with a smooth stem from twelve to twenty feet long; the leaves are tough and leathery, and the flowers grow in spikes; the fruit is about the size of a pea, and is bright red when ripe. In the Middle Ages this spice was so highly esteemed that a pound of it was considered a royal present. In cultivation, the common black pepper is suppprted either on poles or on small trees planted for the purpose; it thrives in a certain degree of shade. It is prop- agated by cuttings, bears fruitin three or four years after planting, and yields two crops usually for about twelve years. When the berries are gathered, they are spread on mats and separated from the spikes by rubbing with the hands or treading with the feet, and they are then cleaned by winnowing. [Berries thus dried are known as the black pepper of trade; they become wrinkled and_ black. What is known as white pepper is pre- pared from the same sort of berries soak- ed in water and rubbed until the skin and fleshy part are removed, leaving the seed to supply the white pepper, which is of about double the value of the black. The so-called white pepper is really of a whitish-gray color, but sometimes it is bleached by the use of chlorine, though this process is detrimental to its quality. Of the two, black pepper is the strongest, since that which constitutes pepper is more abundant in the outer parts of the berry than in the seed; pepper consists, in its essential properties, chiefly of an acid resin and acrid volatile oil. The chief use of pepper in these modern times is as a spice. Hippocrates, the celebrated physician of antiquity, who flourished some 2,200 years fzo, used it as a medicine, and even to-day it is used in medical practice; in a powdered form, moistened with an alcoholic spirit, it is sometimes used as an irritant or blister; it is applied in the form of an ointment to ringworm, and is also used for other purposes. In small quantities, pepper is an agreeable spice and a welcome addi- tion to the table, bnt if taken in large doses it is extremely irritating, and sometimes produces great pain. Natives of hot climates use pepper, however, to an extent unknewn in this country or in Europe. They use it apparently with the most reckless disregard of consequences; and yet, singular to say, the effects are beneficial rather than injurious. Singapore supplies Americans with} nearly all the pepper they consume. The | name means the ‘‘City of the Lion.’’ It; is the capital of one of the Straits settle- ments of that name, and belongs to: Great Britain. It has a town-hall, a court house, a jail, a custom house, a} cathedral, a college, a lunatic asylum and a hospital for lepers. It has a population of fifty-six thousand, and is protected by a vast system of fortifications. The pop- ulation consists of Europeans, Malays and Chinese. The island and peninsula which constitute the Singapore settle- ment produce in its exceptionally fertile soil spices, tapioca, gambier, cocoanuts and other fruits, not to mention tigers, which. by their numbers, fierceness and excellent appetites, form a very import- ant part of the population. Itis a swim of only a quarter of a mile from the mainland to the island, and a tiger with an empty stomach in search of a meal, possibly a well-fed missionary, can easily be induced to make the trip; in fact, the tiger immigration from the mainland con- stantly swells the tiger population on the island and is a constant source of uneasi- ness. Directly or indirectly, New York re- ceives a large quantity of spices annually from Batavia, which is a seaport of Java and capital of the Dutch East Indies. In the spice market here, the brokers talk of ‘(Batavia’’ pepper, or ‘‘Batavia’’ cas- sia, or ‘‘Batavia’’ mace, just as in the to- bacco trade *‘Havana’”’ leaf is a common expression, the product, in other words, taking the name of the port from which it is largely shipped. Batavia has a pop- ulation of one hundred thousand, and ex- ports spices, coffee, sugar, tin, indigo, hides, rice, rattan and arrack, the last mentioned being an intoxicating drink, distilled from rice or the cocoa-palm. The city has numerous churches, a mosque, a stadt-house, an exchange, a botanic garden, a hospital, a gymnasium, several Chinese temples, a large club- house, horse railroads and canals; its harbor is small, but of rare beauty, and may be entered by the largest vessels. There are a good many sailing vessels in the Singapore and Sumatra trade which tollow the old route around the Cape of Good Hope, and they bring large quanti- ties of spices every year, especially pep- per. It takes them from three to four months to make the voyage, and they dis- charge their aromatic cargoes at the large warehouses on South Street, New York, or over on the Brooklyn side of the river at the long wharves lined with other large storehouses. Bombay is a shipping port dnd famous mart, from which a considerable quantity of spices is received every year at New York. It stands onthe Island of Bom- bay, which seems to have been first occu- pied by the Portuguese in 1530. In 1661, it was ceded to Charles Il. of England, and shortly after was transferred by roy- al grant to the East India Trading Com- pany. The town was besieged in 1688 by Aurungzebe, the Emperor of Delhi, who withdrew his troops for the consideration of alarge sum of money. The city now has a population of 773,000 inhabitants. It was greatly benefited by the civil war in this country, which caused a cessation of the cotton supply from the South, and the exports of this staple from Bombay ran up to unheard-of figures. The impe- tus then given to its commerce has been of permanent benefit. Bombay exports comprise pepper, cotton, shawls, opium, coffee, gums and ivory. The spice-ships that come to New York from further East usually stop there on their way hither. It is a fine city, with splendid public works and a large variety of prosperous industries. Cayenne pepper, or capsicum, is anoth- er item in the New York trade in spices, generally known, however, as red pep- per. The plant is a native of the warm parts of America and Asia, and is quite generally cultivated in tropical countries for its fruit. which is decidedly pungent; it is employed in sauces, pickles and in other culinary uses, and is sometimes ealled by its Mexican name of chillies. It is declared to have valuable proper- ties. It aids digestion, improves the flavorof food and prevents flatulence. It undoubtedly relieves dyspepsia in its less irritable forms, if not used to excess. In tropical countries it is said to mitigate the enervating effects of the intense heat. There are a number of varieties of the plant, and the fruitis round, oval, conical or heart-shaped, varying from half an inch to four inches in length, and sometimes bright red, sometimes yellow. Cayenne pepper consists chiefly of the ground whitish, flattened seeds, which are the most pungent part of the fruit. Itis valuable in medicine, and is taken both internally, in combination with cinchona, as a stimulant, and with an infusion of water, candy, sugar, vin- egar and rosewater, asa gargle. Drug- gists sometimes sell the capsicum fruit as Guinea pepper. Cayenne is a district in French Guiana, and there is, also, an island of that name. It produces pepper, cloves, cin- namon and nutmegs. The French first settled in Cayenne in 1604. The British and Portuguese captured it in 1809, but restored it to the French in 1814. Itisa country of great fertility, but very un- healthy. It has an evil reputation asa place of penal banishment, and French politicians vary their abuse of one an- other in the National Assembly by threat- ening penal servitude inCayenne. This recently provoked a duel between an ad- herent and an opponent of General Boulanger. Zanzibar now furnishes a considerable portion of our supply of red pepper, however, as in the course of years the trade has shifted largely to parts of Africa and Asia. Itis an empire, ruled by a Sultan, and comprises the Islands of Zanzibar, Monfia, Pemba, and many smaller islands, with a narrow strip along the coast of the mainland of East- ern Africa. Arabians are the ruling class, The mass of the population is of African or of mixed descent. Zanzibar is the capital, and is situated on an island of that name on the east coast of Africa. The soil of this far-off island is ex- tremely rich. There is a riotous lux- uriance of vegetation, atoning. by its beauty for the lack of mountain scenery. The island is of coral formation, and rather low. It furnishes to the markets of the world cloves, red pepper, ivory, cowries, hides, gum copal, eocoanuts and timber. It produces about 7,000,000 pounds of cloves annually. The first clove-trees were introduced as late as 1840 from Mauritius, and the culture of that spice has almost superseded that of sugar and rice, which were formerly the chief products. The island has a pop- ulation of 300,000, and the capital, whence the spice and other exports are made, has about 80,000. It has consid- erable manufacturing interests. There are goldsmiths, silversmiths, copper- smiths, and manufactories where cotton goods and trinkets are made. There are shipbuilding, stonemasonry, and other industries. It has the fine cathedral chureh of the Anglican bishop, and a large French hospital. The late Sultan of Zanzibar died leaving an interesting household, consisting of twenty-seven wives and 232 children. to mourn his loss. The magnitude of the American trade in cloves is shown in the fact that the im- portations last year were 1,239,160 pounds, not to mention 99,060 pounds of clove- stems. The clove-tree is from fifteen to forty feet high, is a native of the Moluc- cas, and is now cultivated in the West Indies. The tree has a beautiful pyra- midal head; the leaves are large and evergreen; the flowers are small, but are produced in great profusion. The fruit is an oblong dry berry, with one or two cells and as many seeds. The ripe fruit is dark-red, and in shape resembles an olive, though a little smaller. It is the flower-buds that form the most important product of the tree, and these are what are known in commerce as cloves. In other words, cloves are simply the dried blossoms of the clove tree. They are gathered and dried by exposure to the smoke of wood fires, and afterward to the action of t@e sun, or to the latter alone. When first gathered they are red- dish in color, but later they become deep brown. The unexpanded corolla forms a little round head at the end of the calyx- tube, which is about half an inch long and thus the appearanee is not unlike that of a little nail; whence the name clove, which in French is clow, meaning anail. It is not altogether certain that eclovesare thekaryaphyllon of the ancient Greeks, but we learn from historians that before the discovery of the Spice Islands Oriental traders brought them, in their great caravans from Arabia, Persia and Egypt, to the marts of the Mediterranean, whence they were sent by the Venetians and Genoese merchants to all parts of Europe. Cloves are used for flavoring dessert dishes and confectionery, and do not appear to be unknown to the young man who goes out between the acts at the theatre. Oil of cloves, when pure, is of a light yellow color; itis used as an antidote for nausea and griping, and is also employed in the scenting of soap and by the distiller. Cloves are received here from distant Zanzibar in bales weighing 130 pounds each, of which 9,532 bales were received last year. For- merly the trade was carried on in large sailing ships, such as were long the pride of the merchant navy. Fifteen years ago there were no steamers in the traffic, but now they have taken the place of sailing craft, as in so many other branches of ocean business. There is a regular line from Zanzibar to London, where consignments for New York are transferred to other steamers, and the entire trip to this port by way of London takes about sixty days, the steamers leav- ing Zanzibar about once a fortnight. New York is associated with cloves in a curious way. In early times there was believed to be a channel across America by which the Pacifie could be reached. About 1521 the King of Spain sent out Estevan Gomez to reach the Spice Islands by this route. He discovered New York harbor, but did not get across the conti- nent. He picked up some Indians to sell as slaves and returned. On his arrival in Spain the report spread that he hada load of clavos (cloves) and all were in eestacies; but when it turned out that he had only a few esclavos (slaves), Gomez was pronounced a fraud. New York merchants imported 1,257,- 202 pounds of nutmegs last year in half- picul boxes containing sixty-six pounds each. Nutmegs are raised in the Banda Isles, in Penang, India, Jamaica and Trinidad. Up to 1796, the Dutch, being in possession of the Banda Islands, by rigorous laws and jealous vigilance, pre- vented the living plant from being taken elsewhere for propagation, but.when the British seized these islands care was taken to spread the culture of the nut- meg as one of the most valuable of spices. The ordinary nutmeg-tree is about twenty-five feet in height, and the fruit is of the size and appearance of a pear, golden-yellow in color when ripe; the fleshy part is not unlike candied fruit, and it is often preserved and eaten as a sweetmeat. Within is the nut, the ker- nel of which is the nutmeg. Nutmegs are exposed to the attacks of a particu- larly destructive beetle, and are there- fore often coated with lime before they are exported. The Dutch or Batavian are nearly always limed, but those from Penang are not, and for this reason have a higher value in the market. Nutmegs are not only a spice, but are used in med- icine. Our supply of nutmegs is brought to New York in steamers trading directly or indirectly with the East Indies. Ceylon, last year, sent 67,300 pounds of cinnamon to this country. It came in gunny bags containing 100 pounds each. Cinnamon has been known from the re- motest antiquity; it is mentioned in the Old Testament. The cinnamon-tree of Ceylon attains a height of from twenty to thirty feet, and is sometimes a foot and a half in thickness. Its rather long, oval leaves have the taste of cloves; it bears flowers of a silky gray on the in- side, and a pale-yellow externally, and the fruit is in appearance somewhat like an acorn. It isthe bark which makes ‘the tree so valuable. The finest quality lis taken from the young brancbes, especially the shoots which spring up after a tree has been cut down. These are gut when about ten feet high and of the thickness of an ordinary cane. Usu- ally the branches of from three to five years’ growth are cut down, the epider- mis is scraped off, and the bark is cut lengthwise with a knife, and gradually loosened until it can be taken off. Itis then exposed to the sun, and as it dries it curls up into quills, the smaller ef which are inserted in the larger, and then it is packed in large bundles. There are two cinnamon crops gathered in Ceylon, the first in April amd the next in November. Cinnamon is examined and assorted by persons who are obliged to taste or chew it to ascertain its quali- ty, although this soon produces very painful effects on the mouth and tongue. The root of the cinnamon tree, by the way, contains camphor, and the fruit yields a concrete oil known as cinnamon suet, which has a rare, delicate fragrance, and in Ceylon it was formerly employed in making candles exclusively for the use of the king. Cinnamon, like other spices, is used in cooking and confectionery, and is also employed in medicine. The tree was introduced into the West Indies in 1782, and has since been cultivated to some extent. Cassia is often sold for cinnamon, though it is another species of the cinnamon family of plants. All or most of our imports from Ceylon are by way of London. Steamers stop at Colombo, the chief port of Ceylon, and get their cargoes, and then go to London, whence most of the American supply of Ceylon products are derived. Most of the vessels in the Ceylon trade are steam- ers, but some American sailing-ships stop atits ports for spices, cocoanut oil, plumbago, coir yarn, cinchona, and sweet- smelling essential oils; taking back to Ceylon our kerosene oil, manufactured tobaceo, cotton goods, cordage and clocks, these articles also going by steamer by way of England. Over three thousand steamers and sailing-vessels stop at Cey- lon ina year, mostly flying the English flag; though the Germans are greatly ex- tending their trade in this quarter of the globe, and they are now established on a firm basis in Ceylon. The lines in Bishop Heber’s well-known missionary hymn. “What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle,” have linked the name of that aromatic island with charming suggestions to many generations. There is a large trade in cassia every year. Cassia is a bark very sSmilar to cinnamon, both in its appearance and its properties. It is not so Sweet nor so delicate in flavor as cinnamon. It is more pungent. Tlie cassia tree is ex- tensively cultivated in China, where its produge is highly esteemed, and it is largely imported by Europe and _ the United States. More than 200 species of cassia have been described by botanists. They are trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, natives of Africa and the warmer parts of Asia and America. Cassia is much cheaper than true cinnamon, and is, therefore, much more generally used. It yields the oil of cassia in considerable quantities. Cassia buds are extensively imported. They resemble cleves in ap- pearance, and are much used ‘2 confeo tionery. Our supply of cassia is derived principally from China and the Dutch Hast Indies. Last year the total impor- tations at New York were 2,621,057 pounds, of which 12,100 bales were China Lignea, 27,167 bales were from Padang, and 2,802 boxes from Saigon. The China steamers bringing cassia to New York often come from Hong Kong, a name signifying ‘‘red harbor,’’? an island at the mouth of the Canton River and off the southeastern coast of China, It was ceded to Great Britain in 1842, and, together with a narrow strip of the mainland, ceded about twenty years Jater, forms a flourishing colony. There is a fine harbor on the northern side of the island, deep and safe, which is thronged with steamers from Bombay, Caleutta, San Francisco, Canton and Singapore, not to mention thousands of sailing craft, including Chinese junks. The population is 122,009, of whom only 5,000 are Europeans, the remainder being mostly Chinese, of whom some 13,000 live on boats inthe harbor. The city of Victoria, on the island, has a cathedral, the Governor’s house, the Exchange, the bishop’s palace, a hospital, a jail, large and elegant buildings of brick and stone, surrounded by fine gardens. There are beautiful public gardens, good free schools for the lower class of Chinese, and astrong police force, composed of Indian Sepoys. The exports are spices, tea, matting, and numerous other arti- cles. Pimento, or allspice, as the housewife generally calls it, is quite an important feature of the spice commerce, and last year New York merchants imported no less than 14,215 bags of 130 pounds each, or 1,847,950 pounds in all. Itis much employed in cookery, and is also used in medicine. It is the dried fruitof a small but very beautiful West Indian tree. In July the tree is covered with panicles of white flowers, which have arich odor. The fruit is aromatic, and so are even the leaves and the bark. The tree grows to a height of from twenty to thirty feet, and is much cultivated in some parts of the West Indies. Planters do not wait for fruit to become ripe, for by that time the aromatic property has, in a large meas- ure, disappeared, but as soon as the berries reach their full size—that is, about the size of peppercorns—they are gathered by hand and dried in the sun on raised wooden floors, the berries changing during this process from green to reddish-brown, and great care being exercised to prevent them from being in- jured by moisture. The plantation hands frequently turn and winnow the valuable berries to prevent their quality being in- jured by the dreaded moisture, and some planters even dry them in kilns. Why is pimento called allspice? That is a question that has often puzzled the house- hold noviee. Probably thousands of [CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE ] “ The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. ee Retail Trade of the Wolverine State. EK. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. iption Price, One Dollar per year. Sub 3 : tising Rates made known on application. Ady } ntered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. a E. A. STOWE, Editor. i At wr ue in WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889. = ol “PUT UP OR SHUT UF.” ¥gr years the business men of Michi- gan have groaned under the tribute levied on them by the insurance companies in the shape of exhorbitant rates. ‘Thanks to the Men’s position where they can secure the profit effort of the Michigan Business Association, they are now in a on their own business—become their own insurers—providing they will ad- vance $100,000 to enable the proposed company to comply with the State law governing joint stock insurance com- panies. The business men of, Michigan are every year sending a million anda half dollars out of the State more than | eomes back. if this money went to Michigan companies, or was used to de-| velop andmaintain Michigan enterprises, it would be different; but the great mass of it goes to enrieh the capitalists of the Eastern States and foreign countries. Tur TRADESMAN holds that this money ought tobe left here at home and ex- pended in building up the material re- The of the Michigan Business Men’s Fire In- sources of the State. organization surance Co. would be a long step in this direction. Itremains to be seen whether business men will take advantage of their .. present opportunity. In the language of the street, ‘Put up Shell out $100,000 or for- ever after hold your peace about the high er shut up.”’ rates and large profits of the fire insur- ance companics, THE EVILS OF POOLING. There is hard! y a man in the country, if, indeed, there be one, whose statements concerning the railroad situation heard with as great respect as those of Charles Francis Adams. exposing the Erie corruption, his pioneer are His services in legislation which suggesting with in deal work should the transportation probiem, his connection with the Govern- ment commission on the Pacific Railroad, of and his present position as President one of the most important of them, com- bine to produce confidence both in his ability and his integrity as a railroad man. In his recent ject before the Commercial Club of Bos- address on the sub- ton, he discussed the merits and demer- its of the Inter-State Law in @ way which already has made a pro- Commerce found impression throughout the coun- try. He said very plainly that the bad condition of the interest due not so much to any legislation, good or bad, as to the utter want of moral principle in the men into whose hands the control of the roads have fallen, and railroad was the absence of any high standard of commercial honor among them. The worst eifect of the Inter-State Commerce Law had been to intensify the abuses which already honey-combed the system, and its repeal would bring only a tem- porary alleviation. He showed that the clause of the law which forbids pooling had operated to break down the weaker roads and foree them into consolidation with the stronger. This tendency to unify the roads under single management existed before the Jaw was passed, but it had been greatly intensified by its passage. He have those clauses so modified as to al- low of pooling contracts, whose terms should approve themselves to the Com- mission. He also would be glad to see the establishment of a general Clearing House for railroad traffic, so as to take its contro! out of the hands of the irre- sponsible subordinates, whoemploy what he called ‘‘the sneak-thief and pick- ‘pocket methods of doing business.”’ ‘Se far, we go with Mr. Adams both in understanding and assent. But we neither follow nor assent to his objec- tions to the clause which forbids a higher eharge for ashorter haul. This, he says, has been crushing out the second-class business centers, by throwing the traffic **to the railroad having the longest haul to the most distant and largest center.”’ _ if This be true, it is most disastrous, and contrary to the purpose of the law, which was meant to check centralization, not to accelerate it. But how is it true? We have quoted the only words in Mr. Adams’ address which appear to state any reason fer the effect he deplores, but we find ourselves as much in the dark as before reading them. Whatthe ‘‘second- class business centers’? aim at is to re- tain the right to supply their own neigh- would | held on the edge of a voleano. borhood. Somehow the commodities for that supply must be brought by rail to them. If the law be fairly applied, how can it put them at a disadvantage ? PROGRESS OF FORESTRY. The National Forestry Congress at Atlanta was a very profitable and pleas- ant meeting, except that it was marred by the presence of a real black man among the delegates, and by his being entertained at the same hotel with the white visitors. Even this calamity was not observed until the convention had adjourned, so that its sessions were as amicable as though they had not been It was reported that thus far the standing com- mittee on legislation had not sueceeded in obtaining favorable action from Con- gress upon the bill toseeure the preserva- tion and management of the timber lands which constitute part of the public do- main. It was reported that Arbor Day isnow observed in thirty-one states and an inerease of ten within the In some states, notably South Car- notaday but a week was thus designated, and with better results. The forests of the far West especial attention, and it was stated that the establishment of Indian reservations had much to guard the trees from of About thirteen per cent. of the Rocky Mountain region, 95,060 territories, year. olina, received done one source danger. in all, is piniferous forests. or about square miles covered mostly with the to absence of national They lie on slopes of the ranges at from 4,500 12,000 But in feet of elevation. the legisla- tion, their disappearance is only a ques- tion of time. Would it not be possible to enlist a large part of Indians in this national law? It certainly would be a mode of life more our service under a congenial tothem than agriculture, and not less profitable to the country. THE DIRECT TAX BILL. The House has passed, with an amend- ment, the bill to refund the Direct Tax collected from the states under the Act of 1861, and paid in full by all the Northern and Border States and Territories, ex- cept Utah, but only in part by the states then in rebellion. The bill repays to each state exactly what it paid to the Na- tional government, and it also cancels the arrears charged on the books of the Treasury against the states which have not yet paid up. Unless the whole amount is to be collected from the other states, which would be very embarrass- ing to them, it is evidently fair to refund ittoall. Butit takes a slice out of the surplus, and it sets a sort of precedent for distributing that among the states, as in The Times of New York makes itself the organ of the Bour- was done 1836. and declares there is no equity in the proceeding, as the peo- pie from whom the tax was taken do not now exist. In amajority of cases, the paid directly out of the state treasuries, without any recourse to indi- viduals. It is currently believed that If the Times be right, there is more to. say for repudiation than ever have heard lf the lapse of time and change of individuals within a body politic limits bons in this ease, tax was those states are still in existence. we said. corporate claims, it also must limit cor- porate obligations, and debts incurred by one generation can furnish no claim upon the of another. must work both ways. estates The new rule AFTER THE AMERICAN. A Fennville correspondent writes as follows to the Allegan Gazette: The committee sent by the fruit-grow- ers to Grand Rapids to consult with the railroad company in regard to having cars furnished them and shipping their own fruit to Chicago, came home with a favor- able report, and it looks now as though our fruit raisers would dispense with the American Express Co. next season. This is amove in the right direction. Here- tofore, when peaches came in a little too fast they have been piled into the cars without shelves, as more peaches could be got into a car in that manner than if they were piled up as they should be. If the shippers get control of this matter, enough cars will be furnished, properly equipped, to carry all the fruit that comes and put it on the market in good shape. Under the old system the un- loading and placing upon the market of fruit shipped to Chicago has been con- siderably delayed for lack of interest in the matter, or some other cause, but un- der the new system it is hoped this will be remedied. Tue TRADESMAN is pleased to see the Fennville fruit growers take time by the forelock and provide means of trans- portation more acceptable than that af- forded by the American Express Co. The shortcomings of. the latter are so mani- fest to all who have occasion to depend on the organization that patience has long ceased to be a virtue. If the Fenn- ville shippers do not succeed in bettering themselves, they will have one satisfac- tion—they cannot possibly get worse service than that given by the American Express Co. THe TRADESMAN hereby enters its subscription for $500 stock in the pro- posed Michigan Business Men’s Fire In- surance Co., and will raise the subscription to $1,000, if necessary. It has confidence in the plan, confidence in the fidelity of business men, and confidence in the ex- ecutive and managerial ability of the men who have been enlisted in the work of organization. Manitoba has won its case before the Supreme Court of the Dominion against the Canadian Pacific Railwaf. The Court refused to sanction the arrogant claim that the grant from the general government of a monopoly of railroad construction in one direction carried with it the right to prevent the provincial government’s chartering a railroad to run across it. Manitoba is recognized as possessing the right of eminent domain over its own territory after as before the action of the Dominion government, and consequently the power to bestow upon the Red River Railway the use of the ground covered by the Pacific railway at the point of intersection, since this grant does not deprive the latter of anything the Dominion had conceded. This de- cision is more significant than appears upon the surface. The prosperity, if not the very existence, of the Canadian Pa- cific must depend upon its preventing the tapping of the territory through which it runs by lines crossing the American border. Itis a political railread, built to divert commerce from its natural bent to the Southward, and this decision bestows upon commerce the right to flow in its natural channels, without reference to the political needs of the very artificial structure called the Dominion. Not only the favored corporation, but the government which conferred favors upon it, is imperilled by this decision, which however must have inevitable. been forseen to be King Milan of Servia is in an’ awk- ward His divorce from Queen Natalie, although sanctioned by a commission of courtly prelates, has in- spired the country with such disgust for him and his doings that it has elected a majority of opposition members to the national Skuptschina, and the king ecan- not get his little project of a revised constitution adopted. Indeed, it is not unlikely that the country will give Milan his dismissal. There no lack of precedents. Since 1804, when the Serbs revolted against the Turks, there have been three forced abdications—to say nothing of two assassinations—in the series of six sovereigns representing two rival dynasties. And it is understood that the rival family of Black George, the liberator of Servia, has a represent- ative ready to step into Milan’s shoes whenever the Skuptschina thinks fit to eall him to the kingship. pickle. his is AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. W. T. Lamoreaux has handled 30,009 bushels of beans sinee October 1. Frost & Adams have opened a meat market at 781 South Division street. The Telfer Spice Co. roasted and shipped 2,312 pounds of coffee on Satur- day. I. Gibson has engaged in the grocery business at Petoskey. I..M. Clark & Son furnished the stock. Norton & Manning have opened a gro- cery store at West Troy. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock. Carpenter & Pitts have engaged in the grocery business at Shelby. Lemon, Hoops & Peters furnished the stock. The Grand Rapids Soap Co. will prob- ably be re-organized on the basis of $35,000 paid-up capital during the pres- cme me With the beginning of the year, Dan- iel Lynch discards the former firm style of Fred. D. Yale & Co., doing business enly in his own name. F. G. Ryder has removed his dry goods and notion business from 13 East Leon- ard street to Page’s new block, on the corner of Plainfield and Coit avenues. Hester & Fox have lately sold three sawmill outfits—one to DeWitt C. Free- man & Son, at Holton; one to Anthony & Stone, of Coopersville, who will operate near Sullivan; and one to Dick English, who will operate near Kent City. Wm. L. Freeman—better known as ‘“‘Les.’’—who has been a leading spirit in the wholesale grocery house of Hawkins & Perry and their predecessors for the past sixteen years, has been admitted to partnership in the firm, the style having been changed to Hawkins, Perry & Co. “es.’? is a hard worker and has richly earned his promotion. Gray, Kingman & Collins foreclosed their mortgage on the fish and oyster stock of Emery & Co. Saturday night. The creditors are mostly Eastern houses. The local claims will be met personally by KB. F. Emery, who has arranged to conduct an oyster department in con- nection with Elliott & Co., at 101 Monroe street. The Detroit Safe Co., which established a local agency here about a year ago un- der the management of Ed. A. Lee, has withdrawn from the field. The failure is commonly attributed to two causes— parsimoniousness of the management and the bad reputation the safe sustained a few years ago through the use of a filling which swelled the doors—a defect the company did not make good in too many instances, AROUND THE STATE. Benzonia—W. B. Mott has opened a drug store here. Detroit—W. G. Kernaghan has assigned his hat and cap stock. Holton—J. A. Slater has sold his gro- cery stock to Murphy Bros. Allen—L. E. Ransom’s grocery store has been closed by creditors. Otsego—C. Benson has ,removed his grocery stock to Silver Creek. Sparta—C. E. Manley sueceeds W. Buck in the billiard business. Detroit—Meyer Rodstein has assigned his clothing stock to E. H. Sloman. St. Johns—J. H. Graham succeeds Alex W. Morrison in the grocery busi- ness. é Quincy—Jas. H. Haynes succeeds Bar ber & Berry in the grocery and bakery business. Detroit—Bacon & Clapp succeed A. C. & Co. in the wholesale hat and cap business. Stanton—Pratt & Knight have closed out their dry goods and grocery stock and quit business. Muir—Town & Settle have decided to dissolve their copartnership and retire from business. Battle Creek—J. Howard Green purchased the ‘‘Health Home’’ property and drug store. Sheridan—M. Gray has given three chattel mortgages on his aggregating S800. Otsego—L. Srochaugast succeeds M. S. Temple & Co. in the bakery and con- fectionery business. i Jamestown—ZJ. B. Horton has sold his general stock to H. Van Noord, who will continue the business. Vicksburg—J. F. Young & Co. succeed C. H. Haines in the hardware and agricul- tural implement business. Charlotte—Geo. E. Woodbury has pur- chased Geo. S. Perry’s interest in the plumbing firm of Perry Bros. Belding—Henry J. Leonard has sold his hardware stock to T. Frank Ireland. He continues in general trade. Allendale—Sidney Stark will remove his general stock to Solon township, five miles northwest of Cedar Springs. McBrides—Boice & McLennon is the style of the firm which has bought the general stock of C. H. La Flamboy. Charlette—C. E. K. Baxter and R. H. Babcock have formed a copartnership and engaged in the plumbing business. Kingsley—J. E. Wincheomb has re- moved his general stock from Wexford to this place and has engaged in that busi- ness here. Manton—Chas. 8S. Dewitt, until lately with LaBar & Cornwell, has purehased a half interest in the furniture stock of J. H. Kennedy. Hudson—John H. Briggs was admitted to partnership in the dry goods firm of F. H. Brown & Co. on January 1. The firm name remains the same as before. Mason—E. M. Slayton has sold his dry stock to Reynolds Bros., who already conduct similar establishments at Charlotte, Eaton Rapids and Albion. Reed City—Mr. Richards has retired from the firm of Paine & Richards, hard- ware dealers, to go on the road for an Eastern house. The business will continued by the remaining partner under his own name. Orange—P. H. Kilmartin has retired from the firm of Tew, Kilmartin & Tew, dealers in general merchandise. The business will be continued by E. C. Tew and Chas. E. Tew, under the style of E. C. Tew & Son. Elk Rapids—Hill & Campbell have sold their meat market to the Farmers’ Mar- ket Co., Limited. The latter is officered as follows: President, John Carns; Secretary, Neil Munro; Treasurer and General Manager, Lowell Sours. Sparta—J. R. Harrison has closed out his stock and removed to Grand Rapids. The fixtures and a part of the stock were purchased by his brother, who will open a store at Harrisonville, a new station on the T., S. & M.Railway, west of Lisbon. Jacon has grocery stock, 5 goods be STRAY FACTS. Flint—Chas. M. Wagar, of the hard- ware firm of Hubbard & Wagar, is dead. Paw Paw — The .Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Co. replevined about $350 worth of goods from the Harris Oppenheim stozk, which were re-replevined by Oppenheim Bros., of Bangor, who held a chattel mortgage on the stock for $4,500. Ann Arbor—Toofang Bres. started a restaurant, fruit and candy store here several months ago. They went in debt for a big stock. Both partners disap- peared one day last week, leaving cred- itors innumerable, and also a chattel mortgage to Detroiters. Onota—Chas. H. Schaffer has sold out his store and kilns at Onota to Fred Bal- lard, Who has been acting as his clerk there, and Mr. Ballard’s father is here to take hold with him. Mr. Schaffer still retains an interest in the property to a certain degree and will continue to operate the kilns at Whitefish, besides his C. & N. W. kilns. Glenn—E. R. Hutchins’ house burned a few nights ago, together with all its contents. The house was only ten feet from the store of Hutchins & Seymour, and severest labor saved the latter build- ing. There was no insurance on house or contents, and none can be collected for injury to the goods in the store, which were all hastily taken out and necessarily damaged several hundred dol- lars’ worth. The origin of the fire is unknown. Sheridan—Fire started in_the office of the News last Friday, completely destroy- ing that building and also the buildings owned and occupied by A. M. Stebbins, Stone & Hemingway and Stearns & Gal- lagher. Stebbins had $700 insurance on his building and general stock, saving about half of the latter. Stone & Hem- ingway had $4,600 insurance on a $7,000 hardware stock, saving about a third of the stock. Stearns & Gallagher saved their meat stock. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Holton—DeWitt C. Freeman & Son have put in a sawmill, to cut oak timber principally. Menominee—Knapp, Stout & Co. have established twenty camps and will cut 100,000,000 feet of lumber this year. Reed City—W. A. Higby has retired from the cigar manufacturing firm of H. Hi. Freedman & Co. The business will be continued by H. H. Freedman under his own name. South Boardman—Perkins & Sons have purchased the water power here incident to Boardman River, which has never been utilized except to run a shingle mill, and will move their roller mill from Martin to this place. ——< -2 < Purely Personal. P. H. Hoonan, the Reed City druggist, was in town Monday. Sidney Stark, the Allendale dealer, was in town Monday. Geo. W. Albrecht, late of the Bank of Bellaire, was in town Monday. H. H. Freedman, the Reed City cigar manufacturer, was in town Monday. H. E. Hogan, the South Boardman gen- eral dealer, was in town last Friday. L. E. Hawkins started to Colorado Springs last Wednesday, where he will spend a month with his family. A. F. Bliss, the Rockford produce dealer, was in town Monday. He had just shipped three carloads of potatoes to Texas. Chas. E. Olney leaves about the 10th for Los Angeles, where he will spend several weeks inspecting his several in- vestments. ‘‘Les.”? Freeman assumes the addition- al responsibility incident to his assump- tion of the mantle of proprietorship with becoming modesty. Chas. W. Armstrong, the Bowen’s Mills general dealer, has gone to Hastings to assume the office of Judge of Probate, to which he was elected last fall. It is reported that Will Lamoreaux has in course of preparation a one-act com- edy entitled, ‘‘Beauty in the Bean Bin,’’ the scene of which is laid in the vicinity of his bean factory on Canal street. Ira L. Cotton, formerly billing clerk fer Arthur Meigs & Co., but more re- cently bookkeeper for the West Michigan Printing Co., has shipping clerk for tefrigerator Co. Scott Fisher, of the grocery firm of 4. Fisher & Co., at Lowell, died Christmas day of typhoid fever and complications. He was a genial fellow, possessing ex- ceptionally good business qualifications. The business will be continued by the brother, Ara D. Fisher. general taken the position of the Grand Rapids oe Gripsack Brigade. Mrs. Duff Jennings spent Sunday in the city with her husband. Foster, Stevens & Co.’s road force will remain without change another year. All of Hawkins, Perry & Co.’s travel- ing men have been engaged for the en- suing year. Frank H. Church, formerly of this city, but now Illinois representative of the Drummond Tobacco Works, with headquarters at Peoria, is in town fora few days. A. W. Peck, traveling representative for the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., spent Sunday at Ionia, the guest of his brother, H..L. Feck, who travels for Fletcher, Jenks & Co., of Detroit. THE TRADESMAN acknowledges the re- ceipt of an invitation to the wedding of Herbert T. Chase and Miss Lilian Marie Coburn, which will occur at the Revere House, Boston, on Thursday evening of this week. ‘The happy couple will take up their residence in Michigan, probably in the western portion of the State. ~~ -2 Owosso Correspondence. The Stever Car Oiler Manufacturing Co. isnot running at present, but ex- pects to start up again in a week or so. The Estey Furniture Manufacturing Co. is putting in new boilers. Our manufacturing industries in gen- eral seem to be taking advantage of the holidays to make repairs. L. E. Woodard’s planing mill and furniture factory have been shut down for about a week for repairs. The cas- ket factory is running at full blast, em- ploying about 100 men. Mr. Woodard has brick onthe ground to finish re- building that portion of the casket fac- tory which was burned last summer. a J. H. MeMurtrie & Son, druggists, Three Riv- ers: “We find your paper indispensable to our business,”’ FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise ment taken for lessthan 25 cents. Advance payment = ih FOR SALE, OR SALE—NEWS DEPOT, NOVELTY STORE AND ice cream parlor, cheap for cash. Also city bill pesting Stock, about $2,000. Sickness, cause of sale. M.E. Higgins, Mendota, IIl. S347 OR SALE—GOOD GROCERY AND CROCKERY store fer sale; will invoice about $3,500; salea av- erage $75 per day cath; good reasons given for selling. For further particula’s address 8. E. Parrish, Ithaca, ich. 348 OR SALE—SECOND-HAND MACHINERY. ONE eightinch four-side 8mith moulder: one Joslin re-aw; one Smith re-eaw; exhaust fan; shafting; pul- Jeys;, etc. ‘heap for cash. F. B. Wiggins & Co., machinery d+pot, East Saginaw, Mich. S41 OR SALE—CHEAP, SET OF TINNERS TOOLS machines. E. A. Hill, Coloma, Mich. OR SALE—ONE CHANDLER & TAYLOK &TANDARD saw mill, with saw, ete. Entire ontfit new. A bargain. Lock Box No. 6, Mancelona, Mich. 337 y] OR SALE—THE UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST ina hardware business in a lively town of six thousand inhabitants, situated in Northern Michigan. Now doing a yearly business of over sixty thousand dollars. Address J. B. Frost, Jackson, Mich. 334 A¥D 340 ood GOR SALE—AT A BARGAIN, A YOKE OF OXEN, medium weight, quick action and well trained. Address C. C. Rood, Grand Rapids, Mich. 832 FoR SALE—MILL “SUPPLIES. LARGE STOCK OF belting, packing and hose, give, sand paper. oile, varnishes, ete. Also new and second-hand machinery. Write us forprices. F.B. Wiggins & Co., East Sagi naw, Mich. $42 = SALE—THE ONLY DRUG STORE IN A LIVE town of 600 inhabitants on the Michigan Central Railway. In gcod farming coun'ry. Sto bout $2,- 600. Rentlow, with long !ease. P il give time on part with good security. B given for wishing to seil. Address “Good Luck, The Tradesman, Grand Rapids, Mich. d OR SALE—A CASHIERS DESK ADAPTED FOR OF- ice or store use. Willsell for $10, cost $25, W W. Hnuelste. 2t and 83 Campau St., cor. Lonis. 924 DG STORE FOR SALE — IN CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Popultion, 50,000. Good location, good trade. A bargain someone. For full particulars, those who mean bu P 1ddress P: O. Box 203, 1at- tanooga, Tenn. 314 rt SALE—OUI " GROCERIES [ Goods are ali new. the best location in town and can be le 3 Bros. 307 GYOR SAL AN, WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF “e q general hard , Stoves and tinware. in connection. Will inventory about $6,000. cerftrally and one of tl in the cit Good Tin shop Located e best points for retail business sons for selling. Address Hard ware, care Michigan Tradesman, 300 rr SALE CHEAP —48-HORSE POWER ENGINE, Good as new. Addre 9 2 98, this office NOR SALE—GOOD RE LO i rE - the most pleasant stree n the hil Will ex change for stock in any good Institution. Address 286, care Mich gan Tradesman. 286 WANTS, W A8TED-TO EXCHANGE 100 “ACRES OF TI¥- bered Iend in Southern Illinois tor horses or hardwoo' timber lands in Michigan or stock merchan- dise. Address G., 226 Michigan street, Chicago. !45 Vy JANTED—SITUATION BY A FIRST-CLASS SALES- man and stock keeper in general store. Ad- dress, W ©. B., Big Rapids, Mich. 346 V {As :EU—10 aN ENERGETIC MAN OVER 22, NOT afraid of work and able to give security, we will give permanent porition, good salary and rapid pro- motion. Address J. B. D., box 662, Chicago. 344 J ANTED—TO EXCHANGE OR SELL a GOOD BUS- iness property and stock of drugs. Real estate consists of two frame stores well located for business oncorner. One store, 24x 80, with nice living rooms above. Other store, 20 x 6@ (adjoining) one story. Large lots with garden spot, barn, ice house,ete. Title perfect. No incumbrance. The occupant is aw car- rying on a general store and doing a geod business, but is anxious te make a change. Satisfactory reasons given. Will sell or exchange for a good business prop- erty in some lively railroad townin thisstate. Corres- pendence solicited. Address, 338, care Michigan Trades- man. 338 V ANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK BY PHARMACIST who is registered by examination, Address Robert W. Hazeltine, 22 Henry St, Gramd Rapids. 380 J ANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMACIST. GRR- mea preferred. Must be willing to wort in gen- eralstock. Bert M. Brown, Stevensville, Mich. 336 Se WANTED—A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER k is open for engagement. Large acquaintance with grocery trade in Michigan. Address Jackson, care Michigan Tradesman. $25 PV ASTED-EXPERIENCED DRUG CLERK, GER- Y¥ man or S-andinavian prefered. Apply at once giving usual particulars. F.D. Paquette, Ludington. 319 31g \ 7 ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble that usually go with the pass-book pla Start the Ist ofthe month with the new system anc regretit. Having two kinds, both ki by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff, Albany, N. Y. 213 1 J. ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHA TO ADOPT OUR improved Coupon Pass Book System. samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 will never | will be sent ; | | Send for | i MISCELLANEOUS. crt WOND*RYUL ELECTRO-GaLViC POCKET Battery should be owned by every business man, clerk. traveling man, book-keeper. Positively re- lieves headache or catarrh in three migutes. Send ua one dollar for complete battery by mail. E. Clifton Fisk & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Agents wasted. 835 34 20 CA8H BUYS MANUFACTURING BUBI- D> 9 ad ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea- sons’ for selling. Address Chas. Kynoch, St. Ignace 228 WANTED! ~ We want stocks ofg: ods in exchange for $100,000 worth of productive real estate in Lersing city property and im- proved farms. RA CIAEK & GO. Real Estate Brokers Lansing Mich. RARE CMANCE IN A BOOM- ING TOWN. For ®ale— A Crockery Store and Ba- zaar, doing a rushing business. Chance for other goods. Invoice about $3,000. Reasons for selling, cther business. Address A.W. C., Box 256, Owosso, Mich. A Rare Bus For Sale— consisting of grocer ete. Best business s bear the closest invest Stock can be reduced to dead or shelf-worn ¢ LARDIE & CO., iness Shanee, ablished cash business, rovisions, hay, grain, 1 Traverse City. Will $5,000 required. desired. No PEKKETT, Attentic Manufacturers Attent FOR RENT. brick I , 1889, the ALSO FOR RENT On Marcl , 1889, all or part of what is known as Comstock’s I ind Tu to eorner of Can al and Newberry streets. All the pail and tub machinery will be removed previous to that date, Vhis factor 220 feet long by 60 feet average width, d ed into different depart- ments with Fire Wal 1d Tron Doors, Abun- dance of St } : , Kilns and Sheds rticulars and terms C, C, COMSTOCK, 331 Canal street, Grand Rapids on the plant. apply to Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. Overalls, Pants, OUR OWN MAKE. Fic. A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Crockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chieago and De- troit prices guaranteed. ONARENDERSON & CO.CAVEIGP THE CELEBRATED “Red School HNouse’” Shoes ¢ ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES. . Weare Extensive Manufacturers Wehave three Western factories, in each of which we make Special Lines of goods on the theory of merit, without Eastern shoddy. In one we make Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Shoes; in another, Men and Boys’ Fine Sewed Shoes and, in the third, Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ heavier grades of Boots and Shoes, It will prove to your advantage to give our goods a trial. aft Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, FACTORIES: Fond du Lac, Wis. Dixon, fll. Chicago, II1. WILLARD H. JAMES, Salesman for the Lower Peninsula, P. O. address, Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties for Customers. HEAVENRICH BROTHERS WV holesale Clothiers MANUFACTURERS OF Perfect-Fitting Tailor-Made Clothing AT LOWEST PRICES, 138-140 Jefferson Ave., 34-36 Woodbridge St., Detroit, MAIL ORDERS sent in care L: W. ATKINS will receive PROMPT ATTENTION. @ ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. _—Frank Wells, Lansing: ee ee Chawbers, Cheboygan. Second V ice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secretary—E. o oe — — asurer—L. V rague. Gre 1 iacoutive Board—President; Cc. L. Whitney, — Frank Hamilton, Traverse C ity; N. B.Blai Ne we Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, egan; ary. Gales on Insurance—Geo. B. negenonaaing rtd ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, nt. . Committee on Legislation—s. E Parkill, —— . A. Hydorn, Grand 1 Rapids; H. H. Pope, A “ge Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Tr: - City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus- ae James Osborn,Owosso; tee on Transportation—James * : CO. F. Conk, Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. Committee on Building cey Strong, Kalamazoo; Wil tty, Lansing i : Aer the P. J. Connell, Muskegex. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. and Loan Associations—Chaun- 1 Eroamert, Eaton Rapids; ry t ations are op- following auxiliary associ ‘ alte under charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: Wo. 1—Traverse City B. M. President, J. J. W. Milliken ; Secre tary, i. Ww. a "No. o. 2—Lowell & M. A. . B. Blain; Secretary Frank T. Ki King. M. MOA Jorn. President, N No. 3—Sturgis President, B.S. Chureh; Secre tary, Wm. Ne. 4—Grand Rapids M. but good the mer- and pay business men, yourselves -onomi- moral and material risks are Tnsur: ince Commissioner’s report for $3,312,000 paid out for premiums for re insurance alone in this State, while only #1, 892,000 are returned in payment for losses. By this plan $1,590,000, now sent out of the State, this can be kept in the State and returned to the policy holders. Willwe do it? Now that this plan is detatled, the i. surance Committee hope to hear from you and. if possible, fnd out how well this plan meets your wants for an insurance com- pany. to what extent you will paironize it and 1ow far you will co-operate with us to complete the organization and make the company asuc- Articles of incorporation are already pre- pared and, providing the organization is imme- diately taken up, we will be able to secure the services of practical insurance men and members of our association for its officers. You can readi- ly understand that it is imperative for the Insur ance Committee to hear from you that they may convey to the Executive Board, at their meeting to be held January 16, i889, the facts in the case. If we find the majority of the associations ap- prove this plan and will give us their organized support, your association will be canvassed, at which time subscriptions to stock will be solicit- ed, payable when the $100,000 is secured and your application for insurance taken and risk in- spected. It is expected this year will see some insurance measure that will bring us practical and bene- ficial results as the result of the combined ef- fort of our associations. To do this, we must de- mand the co-operation of the officers and insur- ance committee of each association. If this plan does not satisfy you, and you can amend or offer a substitute, let us hear from you. The questions, V Will at pay?) asia safev? “Is the management cess, correct?’ are questions you must settle in this case as you do forany or xl] business invest- ments, Your Executive Board and Insurance Com- mittee cannot guarantee this and they have considered your interest, and offer you + this plan in preference to others because it seem- ed safest and most practical. We will do what we Can to carry out what we have recommended or what you may desire, and await your answer to this circular, which will be final to us, in au- thorizing the expenditure of more time or money in this direction. Address Gero. B. CALDWELL, Chairman, Greenville. OREN STONE, Flint, W.S. Powers, Nashville, Insurance Committee. FLINT DOES HER DUTY. The following letter from Chairman Caldwell explains the situation at the present time: GREENVILLE, Dec. 29, 1588. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR StR—I inclose you a corrected copy of our insurance plan. I went to Owosso, Friday, and thence to Flint, where I met _ the B.M.A. They will raise $15,000 or $20,000. oa with some discussion of the Flint B. A., we have decided not to make it obligatory aa every pol- icy holder should own a share of stock. This would bar out many good risks of $1,000 and $2,- 000 among the small dealers, while it would be an extra charge on our part over what other stock companies ask, not fully made up by our participating policy. We aim, therefore, to raise the stock as best we can and, if we can raise the $100,000, there isno end tothe good business we can do on the strength of this participating pol- icy. Yours, GEo. B. CALDWELL, —— a 9 Meet Organization by Organization. Michigan merchants are now called upon to meet another unreasonable de- mand in the shape of an organization called the Patrons of Industry, which is getting a foothold in some parts of the State. They band together for the pur- pose of getting goods at the lowest pos- sible notch, off local dealers, and if they cannot get satisfactory terms they start a store of their own—or threaten to. Ee a Association Notes. Y Two charters were issued last week—No. 79 to East Jordan and South Arm B. M. A. and No. 80 to Bay City and West Bay City R. M. A. The Retail Merchants’ Protective Association of Pennsylvania will probably reduce its per capita tax from $1 to 50 cents per annum at the April meeting. NO MONEY IN FIRE INSURANCE. The Ott-Repeated Assertion of Insurance Managers Put to the Crucial Test. It isa common remark with insurance managers that there is ‘‘no money in Michigan business,’’ from which the uninitiated is led to infer that the losses and expenses are equivalent to the premiums paid. That such is not a fact is conclu- sively shown by the reports of the Insurance Commissioner, made up from reports furnished him by the insurance companies themselves. That there is money in ‘“‘Michigan business,’”’ providing the expenses are kept within reasonable limits, is shown by the following table, compiled from the Commissioner’s iness done in 1887: report of the bus- Premium Received. Losses oe 98 PC brett EO Steck Eee es 8,352 8 36,781 rari) Sony eee ee eee 51,709 27,628 Michigan Fire and Marine. fetid 35, Companies of other States. . 2,307,299 1,296, ‘450 Matial tire OF CliGaee 2 6 18,560 4,991 Wester, Magnetic cre Mutial... _........................_...._....... 14,154 3/801 Horeign Companies oe ele 731,541 450,510 Ce ee ee eee ee $3,298,786 $1,855,367 It will readily be seen that the receipts exceeded the payments on account of losses $1,443,419, making the percentage of losses 56 per cent. When this fact is made plain to the average insurance manager, he will casually remark that such a condition may actually exist for a single year, but that other years show for a moment. an entirely different record. From 1860 to 1887, inclusive Let us look at this phase of the subject a period of eighteen —S paid $44,582,109.23 for insurance, receiving in return $25,081,996.32. In other words, Michigan paid out in eighteen years $19,500,112.91 more than she re- ceived in return an average of over a million a year. And in the eighteen years the losses have averaged 56 per cent. on the premiums. What are you going to do about it? » HE SAW THE SIGHTS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The other day Jeff Williams drove his mule team over Stagville and brought along his little Jimmie. And thereby hangs a tale. Jeff is one of those good-natured, easy- from going fellows whom we all know, and are with. He likes a or a piece of always on good terms good joke or a good story prime plug tobacco as well as anyone you | ever saw. On this particular day, his chief mission was to get his mules shod. wanted to Jeff set him up on a big dry the postoffice, tell- and went to the While there, he a kindred spirit, Jimmie see the sights in the village, goods box in front of i ing him to stay there, blacksmith shop alone. ran across Lew Collins, sO and the two, who hadn’t seen each other for six months or a year, had a fine chat. After the mules were shod, Jeff insist- ed that Lew should go home with him and make him a little visit—stay over with the ole and to- night, and Joman.’? Jem finally gether they drove ofi. anyway, “pas consented, The way to Stagville lies over hills and through deep swamps, where the hand of man has vainly endeavored to make roads by putting in what people are pleased to eall corduroys. A corduroy is made by placing poles and logs side by side across the road. The progress over these primitive high- rather slow. By the a mile or so of vays is necessarily time one has ridden over this of thing, he is pretty badly shaken up. But then one always has an alternative. if he is tired of riding, he get out and walk. sort may Jefi and Lew sat in wagon seat, co, spat on the heels of the slowly-plod- ding mules and were happy. By and by, they sighted the farm at Stagville, and Lew snuffed his nose expectantly in an- ticipation of the generous supper which | he hoped Mrs. Williams would have pre- pared. Jeff expatiated upon the excel- lence of this and that little patch of land and its respective merits as to ‘‘growin’ wheat or taters,’’? and how he was ‘‘goin’ ter summer foller that strip jess below the hill next year an’ seed ’er down.”’ contentedly the swapped lies, chewed tobac- Then, as his large, blue eye caught sight of a little brindle heifer lowing for her supper, he told how the ‘‘ole ’oman’’ brought her up by hand when he sold the old cow to Billy Thompson the summer before. There were a great many things which | pleased Jeff that evening and, as his wife appeared in the doorway when they drove up, he shouted: ‘‘Hello, Ma! How be ye, anyway? I’ve brought Lew Collins home tew supper. Steep an extry drawin’ o° tea af send Jim out tew put out the mewls.”’ *‘J—i—m~?”’’ faltered his wife. **Ves: send him out.’ ‘Why, Jim went to town with youw.’’ Then, with some asperity, ‘Jeff Wil- liams, are you drunk?” Jeff scratched his head. ‘Then he whistled. Then he scratched his head} again. Then he whistled a little longer than before and finally remarked: ‘““Wall, dog my taters!”’ So Jeff told Lew to go and make himself ccmfortable for awhile and then, turning his unwilling team around, he whipped up and started for town. Iam authorized, by people who live between here and Stagville, to say that into the house no such time was ever made before by a} mule team over such roads as did Jeff Williams’ make on the evening when he drove to town after his forsaken boy. Visions of things-.dire and of various kinds flitted across his mind, and the lateness of the hour at which he finally arrived made him dread that could not be easily found. Up the main street of the village he drove and, when at last he reached the postoffice, he saw, sitting on a large and | conspicuous box in front of the postofiice | —in fact, the identical box—a very sac boy. ‘‘Jim?’’ queried Jeff. “Yep.” Jimmie | hadn’t a been for one thing. | iin the majopity of retail ‘*Want er go home?’’ ep. 7 “‘ o- ~—+o<—_$___—- Agitation of the Insurance Subject at Flint. Fiint, Dec. 27, 1888. 2 ws E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—The citizems of our fair city are again aroused from their lethargy and are alive to their interests on the subject of fire insurance. Our meeting at the council rooms last evening was largely attended by the representatiy e busi- ness men of Flint, w ith a goodly sprinkling of insurance agents. The report of the work ac- complished by the Committee appointed to draft a plan for the formation of a fire insurance com pany for merchants and business men, as read by Oren Stone, was listened to with marked inter- est and a free and full discussion of the subject followed, which showed but very few vulnerable points in the recommendations of the Committee. Much credit is due Mr. Stone for the indefatiga- ble mannerin which he has labored with our merchants in the interest of our embryo insur- ompany. The meeting was a good one in point of interest and, on request of many mer- chants who had not heretofore given the subject the necessary consideration, it was adjourned to Friday evening, December 28, in order that they might canvass the matter more fully and be bet- ter able to judge of the feasibility, in every par- ticular, of the recommendations of the Commit- tee to the Executive Board. Yours very truly, Wa. H. Grawam, Sec’y. or - 0 “Preferred”? Accident Insurance. Additional instances of duplicity on the part of the Preferred Mutual 8NI7139.200293 oy t Phe Finest Sample Room in the State. EXPANSIVE BITS. : Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26 30 Ives’, 1, $18; 2. , R24: S20... 25 FILES—New List. dis. American File Association List............ .60&10 STO 6U&19 NGw SMermCH 60410 MIGHOIMOMS oo 60&10 Se 50 ieller's Horse Rasps...) 0.00 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 List 12 ns 14 15 15 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Enie and Eeyel @o.'s............... 50 HAMMERS. Naydole G Cojsi dis 25 A ee os. 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s. peace ce dis, 4010 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . . .30¢ list 50 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30¢ 40410 HINGES. Gute Clarkes 1 22 . .e.. dis. 69 Se per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and De 38% Screw Hook and E We, 36-22... 1... net 10 ue big zo A en net 8% ai . Me net e “ Fe ee coe net 7% HEAP OHO Te dis. 70 HANGERS dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....50&10 Champion, anti friction.........._......_.. 60&10 Kadder: wood track... ..... 40 HOLLOW WARE ee ie Kettles... Peewee | eile Spiers 60&10 Oray CUAMCIGCG. 50 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Sinmped Tim Ware... new list _ Sapenie UW Grankme iron Ware... .., -. ts 2 HOES. Cet $11, dis. 60 Cre $11.50, dis. 60 Grabs $12, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. Age SAOIe. 063... dis. 25£10@25&10410 Eisai dis. 5&10&244&215 Nortmwestern. =... 6. dis. 10&10&5 KNOBS—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. immings .............. 5D Door, poreelain, jap. trimmiings......._ _. - 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 5D Door, porcelvin, trimmings.... 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... 70 Picture, WH. bE. dudd & €o.s.............__. 40&10 eeacic................__.... ee 45 LOCKS—DOOR. dis Russell & Irwin Mfv. Co.’s new iist 5) Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s..'....... 55 Bragfora Ss oo ee. 55 Norwames So LEVELS. dis Stanley Rule and Level Co7s...........___. 70 MATTOCKS, Adze Bye £16.00, dis. 60 ume HVE 6. .. $15.00, dis. 60 Memes oe .50, dis. 20&10. MAULS, dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled. : 5 MILES. dis. Coffee, —— Co.'s... P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s / Malleables 40 anders, Berry & Clark’s............ 40 BMACMBEISe 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stepburs Pattern == = 60&10 Stebbins Gesuineg. 60&10 nterprise, sele-measuring.. .. 25 NAILS Advance above 12d nails. FENCE AND BRADS. Bdio Ga 25 Me ee .. 10 Sand Go 25 titnd a. 40 a a 60 ee 1 00 a4 eee 1 50 FINE BLUED. se. e. 1 00 See 1 50 ee ee 2 00 CASTING AND BOX. EE 50 a... .. 60 mic % Store 90 ee 1 te eS el 150 COMMON BARREL, a. oc... Cs 25 OO 2 CLINCH. 1% and 1% creche ee 2 and 2 ee 1p 2% as 2, eee ee. 1 00 SimCn ee 85 ou snd 4'4 men 7 Each half keg 10 cents extra. OILERS, dis. tine or tim, Chase's Patent... |... ... 60&i0 Zine, with brads Dottom....-.. -.-...... 50 Brass or Copper. 5 OAwer per gross, $12 net Oimsteag ss... 50&10 PLANES. dis. Olio Teol Caos, fancy... 40@10 mciow Benen @6 Sandusky Tool (Co.'s, fancy.............._. | 40@10 Bench first quality 0 @ Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.. 2&10 PANS. Hey, AGwO dis. 50&10 Common, polished......-......_. ee dis. 60&10 RIVETS. dis. iron and Pinned... 50 Copper Rivets and Burg......-......... 62... 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. **4°’? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 23 “‘B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 14¢ per pound extra. ROPES. Sisal, 34 inen ane larger... 2.2.2.8. 12% Manilla ee 1414 SQUARES. dis. Mece: Ad I6OM 70&10 EM Gilg OVERS 60 Wire ee 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Mes 1010 14s $420 8698 00 MOS T5607 4 20 3 00 MeOs, Pt ct... oo «. £20 3 10 Mos SG ee i ee a es, 4 20 3 15 NOS. 25 tO 26 .... 202.2222 eee eee eee 4 40 3 35 PG os eo 4 60 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. List acct. 19, °86 eee. . ais. 40 SASH CORD. eae Siiver Lake White A.........._.- 1. Se no ‘ Mra Ae . 55 Waite 5... ' 50 : iy 55 ' Whee... " 35 Discount, 10. a SASH WEIGHTS. Solid Myeg per ton $25 SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS. $f Miles’ “Challer nge”’....per doz. $20, dis. Sen 505 Perry.. -per ‘doz. No. 1, $15; No. 0, ee eee B21; dis. 5O@ 0&5 Draw Cat Noe each, $30, oS Punterprise Mie €o.................. dis. X 20&10@30 Sivers dis, 40&10 SAWS. dis. Disston’ [ots «sit... ......,. 4545825 Cross Cie... ..........,...-.... SCAES Hand .... : B2BKS *Extras sometimes giv en by “jobbers, Ateins Cireatar dis. 9 Stiver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,. _- 70 ** special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 30 Champion and Electric Tooth X Cuts. per foot... . a TACKS dis. American, all iinds............._... 60 Becel ail Kime =... 60 mw edes ail mands. ....... |. |... 60 Gimp and Lace........ ee 60 (i Pos Naie....................... 50 Finishing Nails. aa 50 Common and Patent Brads.............. 5) Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks.... 1) Sronk and Clout Wails.............. 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails 45 Lestnered Carpet Tacks... ......__- 35 TRAPS, dis. Stcel, Game... De 60C10 Oneida Comi munity, New house’s........ \ 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's . 70 Motch 70 Eo @ Wo Wie Cove .................. 70 Mouse, chaker |. ........ Je pe r doz. Mouse, delusion..... _ $1. 50) per doz. WIRE. dis. Bricks Market... ......... oo 67% Aealed Maret... .................- 70&10 Coppered Market... 62% Extta Bane |... St. (Pinned Market... . 62% @inned Breom............- 3 "per pound 09 finned Mattress........_..- das — &% Coppered Spring Steel..... ae L 0 Tinned Spring Steel. ee 40&10 Wiss Wenee. Lo per pound 03 Barbe 1 Fence, galv rani Bey . 03 3 00 parted ...... Cones, ..new list net. le ee ee oe WIRE GOODS dis, Bright. -70&10& 10 Serew Ey aS -70&10K10 a ee ik -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Bees... FO&IWEIO | WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.. 30 Coe’s Genunic. ..-. 30 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, : TS Coe’s Patent, aaa -T5&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. bird Cares... ........ ee. = Pumps, C — Cee ee ee Serews. Wwew fist... 70&05 Casters, Bed and Piate................ -50&10€10 Deonpers, Ayeriean sc. ! — hoes, rakes and all steel “em _-.-.. Gaae Copper ote ae: 30e M ETA LS. PIG TIN. Fie Egrece ss ss... ee Pie Bars... .. le _...c08 COPPER, Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3e Manufactured (ine luding all articles of which Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per cent ad valorem. For large lots the following quotations are shaded: INGOT, Lake.. ee. 18% “Anchor” ‘Brand 8 ZINC, Duty: Sheet, 2%c - pound, 600 pound casks..... oes ...6% Fer pouna en LEAD. ‘ Duty: Pig, & per 100 pounds. Old Lead, 2¢ per pound, Pipe and Sheets 3c dan — American Le ' -...o Neg @5 EE i Sheet Se, dis. 20 SOLDER ——............... a Wiping See ee cece eos cece a he prices of the many other or wuanet in the market indicated by private brands. vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. COGrsOn per pound lat Palette e 3% TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10xi49C, C harcoal CO .....6.6 OO aie | ‘6 00 12x12 IC; i 5 25 14x14 IC, CE 10 00 10x28 IC, ee . 10x14 1X, a i Ce 4% 12x12 TX, ee -8 00 14x14 IX, Ee ica Rw» 20x28 IX, . a. Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 1Oxta eC, Ciisrcomt $5 40 14x20 IC, ee 5 40 12x12 IC, C—O 5.65 14x14 IC, TE 9: 20x28 IC, ee 11 fo 10x14 IX, ne 6 14x20 IX, ee 6 % 12x12 1X, ba ee 14x14 IX, Ce 31 65 20528 IX, Ea 14 8 Eayh additional X on this grade, $1.50. ROOFING PLATES, 14x20 - Terne M. Pe. oe oe Ee ed 15 %5 14x20 ie’ < Worecstet. 8. a 5 14x20 1X) Nia Ce een ie ee 7 i 29x28 1G, « ey 11 50 fi «6 “tC Aliway Grade) 4% 14x20 IX, ' ea 6 40 ae,“ “ Se 10 BO 20x28 IX, e . ° 13 5 14x28 IX 00 14x31 = ae 50 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 14x60 IX, ry; “ g ‘“ { per pound... .. 02 \25 The Michigan Tradesman THE CANAL AT NICARAGUA. It did not need the collapse of the en- terprise of De Lesseps to show the neces- sity and fitness of a canal at Nicaragua, but that want has emphasized facts already familiar, and has freshly sum- moned the energies of the United States to x work which is of the highest impor- tance toits interests. The situation at Panama and Paris notifies this country that the time for it to move has arrived. The plan of the Central American isthmuses, at one of thrde im- portant points—Panama, Nicaragua, and Tehuantepec—is old. The apparently slight obstacle which Nature has placed in the way of passing the commerce of the world through the Western Continent, and realizing the thought of Columbus, that the route from Europe to the Indies lay westward, has suggested to mariners and engineers for centuries the cutting of such a canal. That it has been so long deferred was due to circumstances which now have substantially yielded before the pressure of the great design. The improvements in all the mechanical forces which will be called into uge, the advances in engineering skill, and the accumulations of capital, join to render feasible and almost easy the execution of the work. The power of explosives has been developed many fold, the capabili- removal, of dredging, have been prodig- piercing is ties of hydraulic of power drills, etc., iously increased, and from the construc- tion of works like the canal at Manches- ter, and that across the Corinthian isth- mus, and from the gigantic but imprac- ticable work Panama, perience are drawn worth untold values in money, and available in practice for the sure attainment of the most valuable results. at lessons of ex- No one has been so well acquainted with the exact topographical features of the Central American isthmuses American engineers. De Lesseps was a tyro on the subject when he resolved upon scheme. He was earnestly warned by Americans against it. ° They knew many times better than he could have done the obstacles of Nature which forbade the attempt to cut through, the ocean level, the isthmus of Panama. There has never in fact, tion this count the subject. From the first, the engineers and capi- talists of the United States have felt satisfied that the Panama was doomed to failure, and that it was folly to embark init. Asa consequence, there is but a trifling amount of American money involved in the present collapse. Our resources have not been thrown away in the fevers, floods and follies of the French operations. as his at peen, any ques- in Ty, on plan The route across the Nicaraguan isth- mus has wonderful advantages. Had De Lesseps begun there he would now be in full view of a great success, in- stead of in the depths of disastrous fail- ure. The total distance is greater, but Lake Nicaragua furnishes a large and deep suzmmit Jevel and feeder which so far devcleps and aids the whole eon- structias as to make it simple, easy and comparatsrely inexpensive. At Panama the prowism of supplying the summit level is certainly tremendous and prob- ably insurmountable, while at Nicaragua, Nature bountifully provides all the con- ditions the engineer can desire. So, too, in the advantage of the trade winds which blow at Nicaragua, instead of the ealms of the lower isthmus, commerce is wafted to the one place and warned away from the other. Health is all in favor of the northern route, and the terrible com- panion of the Panama route, the Chagres River, has no counterpart at Nicaragua. And finally, if the Panama canal were possible of construction at all, it must beat a cost of five, ten, possibly twenty times that of a canal at Nicaragua. What will be done at Paris—what can be done, in fact—no one can now safely predict. But practically nothing will be done. The money spent has been wasted, and sums so vast that they stagger ordi- nary estimate would have to be expended to carry on the work with even a fair hope of final success. The situation is, therefore, plain enough. Itis now the turn of the United States to proceed with the plans which scientific surveys and studies, covering many years, have shown to be practicable. We are im- mensely interested. Our commercial in- terests on our own Pacifio coast are very great, and the trade we should have with the countries of South Amer- ica, with Australia, with the eastern coast of Asia, with the islands of the Pacific, demands that there shall bea short, easy and safe passage through the Isthmus. No other nation, in fact, great as is the world’s commerce interested in such a construction, can be so deeply and directly concerned in it as the United States. Other great nations are remote; this, upon both oceans, overshadows the very gates of the canal. Our ships, whether freighted with the cargoes of peace, Or equipped for defense of our just rights, seek such a passage in going from our great seaports upon one coast to the corresponding ports upon the other. The canal to us is almost a do- mestic institution. In the epoch of its history upon which a few weeks later the nation will enter, an enterprise like this is appropriate. We shall begin afresh to demonstrate the constructive of the United States, and to mark bya robust, but not aggressive policy of foreign affairs, the attitude we hold toward other countries. The great canal of the Isthmus will be a fit work to signalize the beginning of the new era DS. energies a The History of Tobacco. It is asserted that tobacco was in use in China from the earliest times, but we have no certain knowledge that this was the case. If it was so, the knowledge of the plant and its uses must have been carefully guarded by the Chinese, for it was not introduced into any other Orien- tal nation until after its discovery in America. When Columbus first landed on the island of San Domingo, in the West Indies, he found tobacco in use among the natives there, who smoked it when made into small cylindrical rolls and wrapped in maize leaf. The Indians on the continent smoked itin a pipe, and among all the tribes, from Peru to Upper Canada, the first dis- ecoverers found the plant to be in use, and to have been known to them from so early a period that the time of its first discovery was unknown. The smoking of tobacco with the Indians partook large- ly of the nature of a religious rite. The seeds of the tobacco plant were first brought to Europe by Gonzalo Hernandez de Oviedo, who introduced it into Spain, where it was first cultivated as an orna- mental plant, till a traveler who had noted its use among the American In- dians, called attention to its narcotic properties. The name is said to have been taken from Tobacco, a province of Yucatan, an island in the Carribean Sea, and yet others from Tobasco, in the Gulf of Florida. The practice of smoking the dried leaf of the plant became general in Spain,and its manufacture into snuff fol- lowed soon after. It was introduced into Italy in 1560, and about the same time into France. The first to bring the seeds of the plant into the latter country was Jean Nicot, the French embassador to Portugal, in whose honor tobacco received its botani- eal nicotiano whence the name nicotine, applied to a poisonous extract from the plant. Tobacco is said to have been first introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh. From these beginnings the use of the weed spread over the entire East- ern Continent. It did not become known in Asia until the seventeenth century, but was taken up by the Orientals with great eagerness, and they are now the greatest smokers in the world. ———o— Question of Hands. Wealthy physician—I supposed you wished me to look at your hand. I see it is all boun@up. Unknown caller—No-o, sir; I—I wish to see you about your daughter’s hand.”’ ‘SEih?’? ‘“‘We love each other, sir, and I hope—’”’ “Great Galen! Idon’t know you. How did you hurt your hand, eh? Get hit with a beer bottle, or—’ “¥ cut my hand yesterday while clip- ping coupons.’’ “Oh! Bless you, my children.”’ ~~ <> Interest as a Civilizer. At a recent banquet of the New En- gland Society of New York, Congressman Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, responded to the toast, ‘‘The Mighty West,’’ in the course of which he paid the following tribute to a well-known commercial fac- tor: It isahard thing to say, but it is the truth, that an honest and persistent desire for six per cent. interest, with a willingness to take ten, has done more to civilize the world than all the courage of the crusaders.* BOOK-KEEPING WIPED QUT! No Pass Books! No Charging! No Posting! No Writing! No Disputing of Accounts! No Change to Make! TRADESMAN Credit CUUPUN Book! THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM ON THE MARKET. We quote prices as follows: S 2 Coupons, per hundred................ =. $2.50 Sb * Ce 3.00 $16 a ee 4.00 oC ee 5.00 Subject to the following discounts: Orders for? a OF OVET.......- +6 eee es 5 per cent. RO 10 66 oe 6s rh) 20 Send in sample order and put your business on a cash basis. K. A. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, Season to suit w M WATER - FREE Fm oy Warmed (not cooked) adding piece of Good Buiter (size ot hen’s egg) and gill of fresh milk (preferable to water.) ie: genuine unless bearing the signature vi Davenport Canning Qo, Davenport,’ Ia. PEN AT THIS ENO Poe COPERE2 DIRECTIONS STRENGW Lo | by) | | XTRACT BIKA pth | cxrrAcT SST y en fn | THESE 5B GOODS “ARE ca EXOELLENCE” Pure, Healthful and Reliable, warranted to give satis- faction in ev ery particular. For sale by wholesale and retail grocers throughout tht United States. Bros., a VOUWIE Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago. aaine MICH. To THE MERCHANTS OF MICHIGAN — We offer Marble and Granite Moauments at a clcser margin of profit than any concern in the State. Write for estimates on Building Stone or zemetery work. First class material and work- manship only. SAM MOPFETY. Manager. ores PAINS Cree av ry nee Uae Yt Cems pe ccrt tera eT 4 SEANAD Sw Lea Pe Ue peter ARR ANTE! D TO BE THE FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE For the moneyin the U.S. ("Put up 50ina box. Ask your dealer forthem. Manufactured only by JOHN E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. Send for price 3. CASH SALE CHECKS. Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of running book accounts by using Cash Sate €&recks. For sale at 5% cents per i060 by E. A, STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. O. BE. BROWN MILLING CO. Brown's Patent Brown’s Standard Om Lead : Brant. ‘ SOTTEN 2ZUBvYOIOW Our Baker's | Vienna Straight Every Barrel and Sack guaranteed. Correspondence Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. GENERAL haust Fans. SAW MILLS, Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines. W. C. DENISON, DEALER IN Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex any Size or Capacity Wanted. Estimates Given on Complete Outfits. 88,90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH | | KUBWA TORS. (FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.) Morse Elevator Works, Philadelphia, New York and Detroit. Mose, Wil- liams & Co., proprietors. — Detroit office, 91 Jefferson lave. Telephone 1032. H. MIDDLEBROOK, Agent. @ PEREINS & BESS DEALE RS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOs. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAK WHEN IN eae, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, MUSKEGON GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, E TALLOW FOR MILL US# AT—— Fietcher’s City Creamery For the BEST LUNCH W. H. FLETCHER, to be had in the State, 54 W. WESTERN AVENUE. COAL! --- COKE!---WOOD!- Wholesale A. HI MES. and Retail (fice mnder Nat’) City Bank. Telephone Call 490-2, Shawmut Avenue, Winter and W. Division Sts, Yar CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY, The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. SEEDER PALMER & 00. Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. AND OTHERS, 9 Lock Box 173, @ a ts C Detroi oap Co., DETROIT, MICH. Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of QUEEN A SLUE, MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR, TRUE BLUE SUPERIOR, CZAR MASCOTTE, MONDAY, PHCNIX, w AB. 4SH, CAMEO, For quotations address W.G. HAWKINS Salesman for Western Michigan, GRAND RAPIDS MOSBY BEtOs. — WHOLESALE Fruits, Seeds, Oysters Produce. 4 < All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, pleased to hea 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., Beans or Potatoes r from you. , will be GRAND RAPIDS. VV BLS! AGENTS FOR CARS & CO., Gracker Manufacturers, AMBOY CHEESE. 387,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. Florid GEO. E. OWES & CU, FANCY FRUIT--The Cele- brated Alligator Brand, direct from Florida in car lots by Oranges Grand Rapids. D ~~ aN y a eo THEO. B. GOOSSEN, s La o ef | WHOLESALE | pm ‘ . | mio © = | Produce Commission Merchant s Bs 16 Ot BROKER IN LUMBER. '~o @ oe 5D Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples, iu Car Lots, solicited. | rr 6 Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty. | a 4 33 OTTAWA STEE i o z Telephone 269. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | 4 | TWIN FOURS, axe. Tio lb, “- & 13% FIGS, 3x1, 14 to Ib LORILLARD’S STANDARD FIRST GRADE PLUG TOBACCO CLIMAX Can now be bought at the following exceptionally LOW FIGURES: Packages. L POUNDS, 12 x 3, 16 02z., 6 cuts, 49, 28 & 12 Ibs. CLUBS, 12 x 2, 16 Ox., 6 cuts, 42, 30 & 12 * CLUBS, 12 x 2, 8 0z., 6 cuts, 2.3:* . FOURS, 6 x 2, 4 07.. 2, 30 & 12 ** FIVES, 6 x 1%. 3 45°: 25% & 16 * oe 41,31 & 17 Ass’t’d lot ess than 56 lbs. 56lbs.orover. any quantity 43 Al Al " THESE PRICES LOOK TOO GOOD TO LAST. Iv is QUICK, EASY, CHEAP. It’s worth trying. | SAVES MONEY, TIME. LABOR, STRENGTH, CLOTHES. 5 Cents 1S, ALL. IF COSTS. That’s not much if it’s bad, and is mighty cheap if it does what is claimed for it. ay a “50 USE. 9 \29 The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889. BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. TELEPHONE CHARGES—POWER TO REG- ULATE. The Supreme Court of Missouri has just rendered a decision holding that the city of St. Louis has no power or au- thority to regulate telephone charges. AGENT—PRINCIPAL — VOLUNTEER TIES. Where an agent pays money out of his own pocket to protect the estate of a principai that is in his charge, he cannot be regarded as a volunteer, and he is en- titled to all the equities that his princi- pal would be entitled to had he paid his demand himself. So held by the Ken- tucky Court of Appeals. EQUI- BICYCLE HELD TO BE A VEHICLE. A bicyele is a vehicle and entitled to all Try sample order in ¥% dozen packages. Prices, $1, #2, $3, #4, is to $24 per doz. For terms ad- dress Graham Roys, Grand Rapids, Mich. : G. M. MUNGER & CO.,, GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry. Mail and Express orders attended to with piomptness, Nice Work, Quick Time Satisfaction Guaranteed. W. EF. BALL, Jr., - - - Manager. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfic- tion. They aresimp:e durable and econom- ical. No grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee P and pea-nuts to per fection. Address for Cata- logue and prices, Robt. §. West, 48-50 Long St., mee Cleveland, Ohio, Spi uasg Why you should send us your orders. We handle nothing but BEST and CHOICEST BRANDS; Seliat Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Prices; Ship at ONE DAY'S NOTICE, enabling you to receive goods day following; Fill orders for ALL KINDS of COLBY, CRAIG & CO. MANUFACTURE _, Repairing in all its Branches. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. Rel you —e any Pongpcong _ —* >», or ing e ine, let ear a oie: el ae aitiacea Fresh and Salt Beef, made when desired. a EARL BROS Fresh and Salt Pork, 3 Pork Loins, Dry Salt Pork, COMMISSION MERCHANTS Hams, Shoulders, 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Bacon, Boneless Ham, Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. Sausage of all Kinds, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. Dried Beef for Slicing. Strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, one-half POTATOES ; barrels, 50 pound cans, 20 pound cans, 3, 5 and ro pound a pails. i ALE Packie & Provision C0, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 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 desired. Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class 5 i sy Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc. the protection afforded to other vehicles, ! CO nae according to a recent decision of the G L, AS 5, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, When in Grand Rapids give us a call and look over our establishment. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. The : VIZ: 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. Wilocsterglcn Importe ease was one in which an expressman named Collins was convicted of a viola- tion of the law requiring him to drive reasonably to the right of the traveled eenter of the highway, he having run into and injured a bicyclist using the road. PARTNERSHIP—LAND—EJEC IMENT. The Supreme Court of Georgia held, in the case of Baker vs. Middlebrooks, that land conveyed to a firm but never used in the partnership business could not, asa whole, be recovered in ejectment by the surviving partner where the partnership was dissolved before the death of his co- partner, but that the most that the sur- vivor could recover would be his due share as a tenant in common. BILL OF EXCHANGE—ACCEPTANCE. A written order by one person to another to pay the bearer of the order a certain sum, but without specifying the time of payment, was held by the Su- preme Court of Georgia to be a bill of exchange and due as soon as presented and American Polished PLATE, Rough and Ribbed French Window, Ameri- can Window, English 26 02. Enamelled, Cut and Embossed. Rolled Cathedral, 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 Statese WM. REID, 73 &75 Larned Street West, DETROIT, MICH. Grand Rapids Store, 61 Waterloo Street. ANTED NOT TO RIP— shag ere = Vs Sh LPAI PLE A MS AA rae tA 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 & CoO., COLBY, CRAIG &@ Co. West End Fulton St Bridge. Telephone No. 867. ! King to the Iron sTOTIOS POOD Reference FELSENTHAL, Gross & MILLER, Bankers, Chicaxo. GRAND BAPrIDS, MICH BELKNAP wna siatco |W GLARK & SON ec ' ' J If our Travelers do not see you reg- WE ARK HRADQUARTERS | wens, sena tor ow Samples and Prices ————— BAMA FAT. ALR), SPN a Teas before purchasing Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs, elsewhere. Wewill Lumbermen’s and River Tools. , and accepted. The court held, however, Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. We carry a large stock of material and haye ey- ; that an apparent aeceptance thereof, veel a for making first-class Sleighs of all surprise you. ag written upon the bill by the party di- rected to pay, but not signed, was not binding as an acceptance. RELIEF ASSOCIATION—INABILITY TO LA- BOR. The phrase ‘‘total inability to labor’’ in the constitution of a relief association was construed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the case of Baltimore & Ohio Employees’ Relief Association vs. Post. The court held that the phrase did not mean simply ineapacity to per- form the specific kind of work in which the member had been employed at the time of his accident, but an inability to earn money in any other employment, and that where a member was able to earn as much or more money in another employ- ment he was not entitled to benefits from the association. Your Best at All Times. It was an early resolution of Dr. John- son to ‘do his best on every occasion and in every company,’’? and no one can do more than this. But most are content to do much less. They save their best speech, their best manner and best efforts for rare occasions, when they feel that it The BEST CRACKER Made. ‘CILIOITOS WICUO 'TWIML e also manufacture a full line of Sweet Goods. Write for quotations and samples. JacksoL CPaCker UO, "*scn. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. < No Sti Best Laundry Starch in the World? OIG Pooy i We are also agents = anes TA Ge== Brand FANCY Oranges grown and packed by VV. &. Hillyer cor. Froutund First sts. @Fand Rapids, Mail Orders al- ways receive yrups AlfredJ.Brown prompt attention —JoBBER IN— A OQ I a ) ) Cs and lowest possibie Foreign, Tropical and California PRUITS prices. Wholesale Grocers BLIVEN & ALLYN, i i Sole Agents for the The devil, Jack! We've gota Shark. He’ll dofor Bliven & Allyn. will tell most for ar | AFeSES. ic GOING NORTH. = I ell most for, the it inte re t - uch EE Ne for the habits never fit easy when so rarely used. | traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am f J (; fis Good speech for one thing must be habit- | Traverse City & Mackinaw.........- 9:05am 11:30am |O ' : amor E i. : : 0 From Cincinnati........... .......-. 7:3 ’ ual, or it will never seem like one’s na-j For Petoskey & Mackinaw City.....3 50pm|/CAUXS Orange Crop . b j dive fonurue. Mortifyine Slips jof | the) Ssettew Bente ia See eee Se re 10:30pm. 410pm|'[ Qis fruit will be care=- tongue will come in at unsuitable places, | Saginaw express runs through solid. revealing a great deal about one’s history and &ssociates. An elegantly dressed woman was once watched by a clerk who was waiting upon her from the simple pronunciation of ‘‘walenseuns lace.’’? He knew that if she was the lady she per- sonated, she would have known better. His watchfulness was rewarded by de- tecting her in secreting a valuable piece of lace in her mantle; just a word placed him on his guard. As one has well said, ‘‘many a clerk in his first interview with a shrewd em- ployer has evinced business capacity by his clearness of experience, his thought- ful hesitation, or his aecurate readiness in responding.”? No person is likely to make this good business impression who is not in the habit of doing his best in conversation at all times. If he has a loose-jointed way of expressing himself when he is off duty, andamong the boys; if he falls into the dime novel style of slang, or even worse, it will tell strongly against his chances of rising up in the world. Clear expressions must have their seat in clear, deliberate methods of thinking, and those are tne bricks out of which fortunes are built up. So cull over your language and choose simple, forcible words to express your meaning, and try the effect on the boys when you are by yourself. It may incite others to do the same, and there is really margin for im- provement among our very best boys. Good language does not necessarily mean long, high-sounding words. Dean Alford says, ‘‘Where a short word will do, you always lose by using along one. You lose in clearness; you lose in honest ex- pression of your meaning, and in the opinion of men qualified to judge, you lose in reputation for ability.’? The man who reserves his coarse speech for in- feriors is not a true gentleman, however he may put on polish in other positions, and yveneering is always in danger of being clipped off. But we may make our words more than ameans of securing advantage for our- selves. They are the chief method by which we act upon other minds. Surely there is a great responsibility attending the many volumes we send out from our lips every year. They are more imper- ishable than if they had been sent through the printing press. They are eut deep in the hearts and minds of those who hear us, and their influence is imperishable. et et Buy flour manufactured by the Cres- cent Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. VoigtMilling Co. 7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City. 11:30 a. m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack- inaw City. 5:00 p. m, train has sleeping car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnats Fixpress.......:........ 7:15am Mort Wayue Express. ......-... 1 - 10:30am 11:45am Cincinnati Express......... ... 4:40pm 5:00 pm Krom traverse (iby...) 10:40 pm 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 5:00 p. m. train connects with M.C. R. R. at Kalama- zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. All Trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. ave. en Arrive. Fe eee oe ee cle cemicineloaccimemelcisics omc 10:45 am Ce eee tee eenieie seen s aieaeis 4:45pm i eee wine aisle 7:45pm Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent. MICHIGAN CENTRAL The Niagara Falls Route. DEPART. DGtrots Xpress ee ewecememn 6:45am Day BEXpPress..... ... ccc crow ccccersscongesccece 1:10pm New York xpress... : Seetes esse ccs, seo Im PA GatIe PXPTORS. ee occa 10:45 p m ees series mecmce cas 6:50am ARRIVE. MPacthe @XGrOss..... 3. oe ee eee 6:00am TGCAE PRSRC ee cece ceive 10:00 am Newari ene neee 3:15 pm Grand Rapids Express..........csecccseccsscees 10:15pm is rece is cis tection min aimee 5:30 pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run of Atlantie and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct_connec- tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) O. W. RUGGLES. Gen’! Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago. FRED M. Brices, Gen’! Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. Arrive. 19 3 Z 2 4 pm pm am am pm 1:10 3:00 7:45Dp....Grand Rapids. - 9:45 6:10 $25 4:18 9:02 ....Allogan... 8:28 4:55 Frt 5:03 10:00 Ar....Kalamazo 7:10 3:52 6:95 11:35 “* .... White Pigeo 2:25 pm S00 16:50 ~ ... Bikhart.................. 4:45 1:e0 am pm am 7-50 7:10 “ ....Chicago...........-.-..< 11:30 8:50 pm 10-25 5-65 “ ... Zolede....... -- 11:25 0:00 am 236 9:40“ _._ Cleveland... .-. ft -. 7:15 5:45 am pm Coo 3:30 “ ... Huialo ... ee 1:00 11:40 oe Cle. Tickets for sale to all principal points in the U.S., Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket Office, GEO. WIL- LIAMSON, Agt., Depot Office, M. BooTz, Agt. A. J. SMITH, Gen’! Trav. and Pass. Agt., Cleveland, Ohio. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. +Morning Express. .........cccees 1:05 pm 1:10pm +Through Mail...... .. 4:55 pm 5:10 p m +Grand Rapids Express. ..10:40 pm Nagi Xpress... 5.05. -... 6:40am 7:00am eRe ee ere 7:45am GOING EAST. Detrot Mxepress.. coe. 6:50am SUnrouge Mall. wae 10:20am 10:30am ¢Evening Express............. .. 3:40pm 3:50 pm *Limited Express.......cseccseores 10:30 pm 10:55 pm +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls, connecting at Milwaukee Junction with through sleeper to Toronto. Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. 48, CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. fully packed by Mr. L. and will besold in lots to suit No. 4 Monroe Street, K. & STUDLKY, Wholesale Dealer in RUBBER BOUTS AND SHOKS Manufactured by Candee Rubber Co. Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. Telephone 464. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Sweet Potatoes] and Grapes. Bananas, Our Specialty. 16 and 18 No. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. DO YOU HANDLE IT? SL NZhinas 1 SSSA ia [HeGrenwan MOICTED | STocsfooy S== eg TT , _ Celebrated “BIG F.’*® Brand of Oysters In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS. We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time. We solicit consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc. H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. _ 63 PRARL STREET. Week RR Grand, Square and Upright Pianos. The Weber Piano is recognized beyond MOOLS MEDICATED } fs uit Grp p NE Ry : Ree cle” EDN a c ctw AN M LIS. FirTy << HOG CHOLERA.—Cause, Cure and Prevention. _ Cir- culars & Testimonials Free. For sale by Druggists, Gro- cers, etc. Gives Universal Satisfaction for Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Colts, Calves, Pigs, Lambs. Has the finest line of illustrated advertising and most attractive Lithograph Label. List THE GERMAN adoow RINDGE, PER Fach é6 Cc... Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS and SHOES AGENTS FOR THE Boston Rubber Shoe Co., 12,14 &16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “. [ 4 vis ly Ib. 2 aia 40 c tpn = Sse ee Sip. © oo 12 00 Absolute, V4 Ib. cans, 1008.11 75 iy lb. 50s..10 00 a in 50s. .16 I> Telfer’s, %4 Ib. cans, 6 doz. 2 70 - 6 ib. _2 oo 1 lb. e 1 > 2. oo Acme, 14 Ib. cans, 3doz..:. % 1% Ib. 2 oo oe i lb. . - © 3 Oo Dole... 20 fed Star, 44 1b.cans,12doz 45 ae 4 ib. 6 85 in 2" io aan BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 Bristol, 2 * re t American, 2 doz.in case... 6 BROOMS. Sur. 2 00 ig 1 eee. No. # Carpet _. 2 50 ee 2% lace. eT Common W hisk oe. 90 Fancy a 1 00 Mil. le Warehouse 0 3 00 BUCKWHEAT. Kings 100 lb. cases . US Oe i eo ap exses. 1 ae BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed...._... 13 eros oF 14 Creamery, solid packed.... 15 oy TOS .... . CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes... .. . 1014 Star, 40 oe a4 Eeraeene oo 12 Wicking 2. 3... 2 CANNED Goops—Fish. Clams, 1 1b, Little Neck. ._.. 1z Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 3 00 Cove Oy sters, 1 1b. stand....1 6 ‘ 2lb. “* 14 60 Lobsters, 1 Ib. pic nic od 150 | Ct Ip Star.._.-...._. z ¢ Mac ‘kerel, in Tomato Sauce. < ib. stand eee cee 12 3 me 2a 3 Ib, in Mustard...3 00 ' 31D. soused.._.._.¢ 3 00 Salmon, 1 1b. Columbia cea. 2 00 . 2i.rti“‘<‘ ;:;t:*:C 3 25 1 Ib. Sacramento...1 70 D. by ft Sardines, domestic 4S. ees Mustard % —s fe spiced, S Trout, 3 Ib. i. ee CANNED GooDs—Fruits. Apples, gallons, stand...... 2 00 Blackberries, stand...-... .. 1 00 Cherries, red standard...... 2 50 paced. 2 60 Damisoms 1 00 Bee Plums, stand... 1 20 Géeseperrics ~...-. 1 40 Cane .................._ 2. oD Green Garces... ...:. >. 1 40 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 45 . seconds ........... 12 o PAG 1 00 Pears ee eC 1 30 Pineapples .-.. 1... |. 1 “106 Ol 2 Cuamees. 1 50 taspberries, xtra...) 125 TOG 225 Sirawherricn ......... t 10@1i 25 Whorticterries.............. 1 2 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... 1 80 Beans, Luna, stand... ._._. 1 00 Green Eimas.... @i & Sirmie @ % Strimpgiess, Brie... .... » Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 45 Corn, Archer’ Ss Trophy... .. : Morn’g Glory. : 10 . - Early Gold...1 10 Peas Freneh 125 ' @xtra marrofat. .. @I1 10 SOneeG (0 June, stand... .. 1 40@1 50 7 ro SUGCG 0 2 i 55 * Freneh, extra fine... 14 00 Mushrooms, extra fine..... 18 00 Pumpkin, 3 tb. Golden... _. 85 Succotesh, standard.... @ & SGUGSH 1 25 Tomatoes, Red Conat.. @1 10 . Good Enough....1 10 a Ben tar. ...._.. 110 . stand br....1 0o@1 10 CHEESE, Michigan Full (ream 12 Sap SaeO 0.00 CHOCOLATE, ros.’ Vienna sweet 22 - Premium, .. .. Ze Hom-Cocoa... 37 . Breakfast.... 48 CHEWING GUM. 100 lumps LS 25 200 @1214 17@18 Runkel “ 6s Rubber, Spruce.. CHICORY. Be 6 Rea 7% COFFEE—Green. Rio, fair. 1... 16 1 Bod. 7 - pre... < fancy, washed.. 49 “elem. 20 SO ee 15 Mexican & Guatemala17 eaberry 1% Java, Interior......... 20 e SANEy. 8. 23 ° Mandheling. ...26 Mocha, genuineé....... 25 @26 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add 4c. per 1b. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. 100 Ibs Tien... ae % " 30 Cabinets... Pilwertns.... =... ....... Mapnolia | 30 lbs 60 lbs Meme Diag Slag 2136 as eee 22 See ee 22% Arbuckle's ae ei ce 2214 AVOrIGn...... 1. 2144 MeLaughiins XXxXX |...) 2214 Honey Bee... 24, Nex A 23% os. 224% Mager. 5). tS ee COFFEES—50 Ib. bags. Arbuckle’ Ss Avorica. |... 1... 19% uaker City.. - 20% . Best Hie ||... 21% - Prime Maricabo 24 COFFEE EXTRACT. Walley City. ....5...... oo Wer 10 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft fs per doz. 1 25 oo ea 1 50 ‘ 80 1c... - 1 60 . ih... 2 00 ° Sot :.... : 2 2 Jute cor... - 1 00 o ote... oe £m CONDENSED MILK. ee 7 60 IANIPIO SWiSH 2 c0 0s 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter. .........-. 8% MesMOGr Z Peer a ge a me PO 6% ee ol a | 7% PORE 8% ee ee 8% EN 7 ION ce 6% Be OVSLeE eo z City Oyster, "XXX Soe Cues: a Pee i WaueyvOvster. (00002001... 644 CREAM TARTAR, RwetCey QUEE. 38 MAFOCOR co ke. 24 DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. App les, sun-dried. 514@ 6 cy aporated.. 7 @1% a 16 PAGCHPeIMIGH:: |. t). a Neetoriges 14 Pocnes 14 Plums oe ae Hasphersies “* |. ... | DRIED rRuiTs—Foreig Citron, in drum: ...... @23 . im boxes... @25 Currants 0 @ 5% Eemon Peel... 14 Orange Peel... 14 Frones, Turkey. ...... @ 4% GI eperial. @ 6% Haisins, Valenciag........__ 1% Ongaras .:.. |. Ri, Domestic Layers...2 45 Loose Californias. .2 05 FARINACEOUS GOODs. j Hartas, 10) 1. keeps. ........ 4 Hominy, per pbE............ 4 00 Mac ‘aroni, domizibbox.... 60 r imported lo @10 Pearl Barley... _.. @ 3 Peas, green. a @1 40 ‘split ee. @ 34 waco, German... __. ( 6% Tapioc a, 1 E or prt. Wheat, cracked....._. @ 6% Vv ermice lli, import.. @10 domestic. @60 FISH— SALT, Cod whee ......... [| BOMEICSS 0...) Halibut ..... oo f Herring, rouns d, Lg A bbl... 2 " 4 bbl. 1 &3O o Holland, bbls 10 00 . Holland, kegs.. C85 ' Sealed. 30 Mack. sh’s, No. i, 14 bbl... .9 50 nny Ni 12 ib Kkit..1 4% “ “ “ 40 ees rout, %~ bole. ss... @S 00 | 40) Ib. kits. . 0 White, No.1, % Mote “6 00 - . 1b Gita... _. i i 19 Ib. Eits.....1 00 Family, 4 bbis......3 60 GUN POWDER. eee » 20 | Hoan Bess ... 2 oT LAMP WICKS. No. 0 30 No. I 40) NO 5D LICORICE. uc... 30 Calabria. . 25 Sicily. 18 MINCE MEAT BHCKCIN 6 8 Gi] EPAlf DOR. 8. 6 MOLASSES. piaek Stray 16@QAT Cuba Baking. 22 Porto Rico. ' New Orleans, ‘good. _ eheice. faney.... |. 45048 One- “i alf barrels, oc xtra. OATMEAL. ‘3300. 10 | @ 6344 | cits........55@65 | | SYRUPS, Com: Dare ec BQ2w ‘© one-half barrels... .28@39 oe OS aay, 1 30 Pure Sugar, ee: 29@33 half barrel... .31@35 SWEET GooDs. =x 25% Ginger Stiaps.<-. | 9 914 Sugar Creams.........9 914 Frosted Creams....... 4 Graham Crackers..... 9 Oatmeal Crackers..... 9 | ToBaccos—Plug. Clipper ee Climax cr ee Corner Stone... ....... te | Double Pedro 0 ~® LWhepper ee 40 reece Figs 40 Wedding Cake, bik._........- 40 TEAS. a JAPAN—Regular. eo COO G16 Chee. ee ae CHOMGSE. 0.20... .. SO. Gases Ll SUN CURED. Pat ee Gis Goon. 16 @20 Choice i 24 @28 Choicest. . 30 G33 i BASKET FIRE D. Pes @20 Cheteo @25 Choicest. @35 Extra choice, G40 GU NPOW DER, Comimon to fair.......25 @36 Extra fine to finest. 50 @65 | C moicest fancy... ._ 195 @S5 | IMPERIAL, | Common to fair... ._.. 20 @35. 1,:| Superior tofine......__ 4) 0 2} YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair.......18 @2%6 Superior to fine.......30 @40 OOLONG. Common to fair.......25 @30 Superior to fine.......3 Fine to choicest... 5 (50 (Go nae. a Choice 3. Lo, ee Tea Dust.. & ¢€ TOBACCOS—Fi ine Cc ut. Sweet Fippm 50s Five and Seyen.\..... 50 Hitwathe 68 owee. Cubs........... 45 Petoskey Chief... _... 55. | Sweet ee 40 iiiege 2 Pieuda : 65 | Rose Leaf.. oe. 66 Red Boming 000000) 38 Swamp Angel. 40 ‘elena SMAN C REDIT COUPONS. % 2, per hundred ie eee 2 59 Oe 3 On | 4 00 oo 5 00 | the pool, Subjec t Pa the following dis- co unts: 200 or over. 5 per ¢ent 10 ‘ i -. ou VINEGAR, 12 Above are the prices fixed by Manufacturers out- side the pool usually sell 5 gr. stronger cate at same prices. #1 for barrel. MISCELLANEOUS, oe » & lis tke 2a, Muscatine, Barrels ...... . .6 00} en ns =~ _ Half barrel aoa es Gage is Le i ROLLED OATS | PAPER, WOODENWARE Museatine, Barrels..........6 00 PAPER. . rose barrels. . 223 15 Curtiss & Co. quote as Se ciel a oo follows: OIL. | Straw Micipun Hest... 1) | te ae Weaehe Water White. . 1256 | Soar | aa FICK LES, a Medium. el 175) Bataware ....... _. > She bakers | lS Small, >| Dry Goods... .. . ; Jute Manilla oe PIPES | Red ix b ll 42 ' cured...... 54@ 6 Cloves, Amboyna........... 35 6«6| Deacon sking........__ 10 @25 ae Zenzivar.... ||...) 98 16 off for No. 2. Ginger, African ........... 19% PELTS, te Cochin... 7 {| Siearlines ........... 10 @30 . Jdamaied 18 Estimated wool, per fb 20 @28 Mace Batavia... ....... 80 FURS, Mustard, English........... 22 | ee 5@ €5 and Trie. 25 ai, 5@i 00 “ _Trieste............. 27 | Skunk................. 5@1 10 Nutmess, No.2 0000): 7o | Muskrat........ a a ae Pepper, Singapore, black....22 | Fox, red............... 5@1 50 . White. .... 30 || GEORS.-...-......, 50@5 00 Cayenne 7... .... 25 ces 5@ 80 e a — = — aie iy = = Mystic bh pESe... 02... GF se e ace hae ea 6 ong ee 1 Was co eT 50@3 00 SUGARS. Martin, an 25423 00 Cut Heat. @ 8% pale 10@1 00 Cubes oe Sie poten SOS 00 Powdered 2, Qe Woe 50@3 00 Granulated, Stand.... 2{@¢ 56} Bear................ ||. 5020 00 . OFF oi. @ Beaver 3). .. |. 50@6 00 Confectionery: A...... te oe ewer 5@1 00 standard A. ......... Gi Deerskins, per Ib...... 5@ 40 No.1, White Extra C.. Q@ 6% MISCELLANEOUS a No.2 Extra C. ro @ G4 | Vabow .:... 4M @*\ No. 3C, golden.. eur @ 6% | Grease butter......... 8 @G Sig No. 4 Cae @ 6% | Switches 3). 2 @% O0S Coe, @6 Gisene oc -2 00@2 10 ® \27 Staie Beard uf “harmacy. | One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. | Two Yeare—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. | Three Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamasoo. i Four Years—Stanley BE. Parkill, Owosso. i Five Years—Jaceb Jesson, Muskegon. | President—Geo. McDonald | Secretary—Jacob Jesson. | Treasurer—Jas. Veruor. 1 Next Meetieg—At Lansing, on November 6, 7 and 8. | Candidates will please repert at 9 a. m. the second day } of meeting. a Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ase’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Lonia. } First Vice-President—¥. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. { Second Vice-President—H. M Dean, Niles. ' Third Vice-Prestdent—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. j Secretary—H. J. Brown, AmB Arbor. | Treasurer— Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—a. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas. | sett. Detroit; F. J. Wursburg, Grand Rapids; W. A. Halli, Greenville; &.T. Webb, Jackson. Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. i t } | Sraud Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Ibstroit Pharmaceutical Seciety. wW.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. | | President, J MLu~kegon Drug Clerks’ Asseciation. Presiden:, Geo. L, LeFevre. Secretary, Jno. A. Tinholt. Prof. I. C. White. Professor of Geology | in the University of West Virginia, and the mest noted natural gas territory ex- pert in the world, was in Pittsburgh re- eently, and on being asked by a Com- mercial Gazette reporter whathe thought of the rumors afloat concerning a failure to the natural gas supply, he said: “Such rumors are most idle and have no | foundation whatever in fact. They were gotten up by persons who wished to bear the gas stock market. ‘There is no indi- eation whatever of a failure of the sup- ply—in fact, there will be more gas pro- duced in the next few years than ever before. This is a statement that can be easily verified by taking an unprejudiced and common sense view of the situation. ‘fake, fOr the Northern field—I mean that which supplies-Titus- ville, Oil City and towns in their vicinity. The supply there is as abundant as at first, and yet these towns have been using the fuel for twenty years. There is no evidence of failure there, nor does any person anticipate any such event, unless it be the croakers. Now, take the Mur- raysville field, the wells there have be- eome reduced in pressure, but it is only such holes as have been in operation for a long time. The immense demand made on that territory on account of the large increase in the number of con- | sumers is sufficient to reduce the pres- sure of those particular wells, but there | is an immense stretch of other equally as | good territory in that same district, which will last as long as the Titusville field. | ‘After all the gas from the present | strata of rock is exhausted, then the wells can be drilled deeper and another abundant supply obtained. That may become a necessity in after years, but is not an immediate one. Why? Simply because we have the Grapeville field, which has just been tapped. This terri-| tory is much superior to the Murrays- ville, and the product to be obtained | from it will last years. I consider that} that the Grapeville field alone shuts out | the possibility of a scarcity of supply, | but the Philadelphia and other companies | are not dependent on it solely by any | means. The Bridgewater Company’s wells in the Milliscent territory are also doing well. The proper management of gas producing territory and care on the instance, part of manufacturers to prevent the enormous waste of gas are what is re- quired. There is any quantity of fuel wasted now in the mil! furnaces that could with a little care be saved. ‘Tam thoroughly conversant with the qualities of the fields I have spoken of, | because I have surveyed each one of them. Ihave made a careful study of she geological formation of the land, and for that reason am prepared to state that there is not the slightest foundation for the panic about the failure of supply. Underlying all the wells now in opera- tion is other rock in which equally as great quantity of fuel as has been pro- duced can be found.”’ not employed by any gas company at present, nor was he financially interested in any territory. He was attending closely to his business as a teacher at the university at Morgantown, W. Va. had found time to pay ashort visit to friends in Wheeling, and while en route | to that city he stopped over to call on} certain friends in this city. 2 ] fami... 9) 4iyarareyruim ........- @ © SS Gare a @3 50 | Lini, erd, ¢ Ichthyobolla, Aa. 1 25@1 50 Gieate Saiaiiel la Ab | wotehe 0 indigo ol 1X1 00 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... 50 | PharlarisCanarian.... 3% be De ll rat Roane ni = > 5 hk @ Solut Chieride.....-.. qo Rapa ........2----e0--- 7 — al Sulphate, com'l......- 2 | Sinapis, — a — ; — L a = = i = és , . higta..__... @ ie, .YCOpodium .......... vw ) Sn ' 7 i | MipeisS se SU0@ 85 FLORA. SPIRITUS. i tiquor Arsen eb Hy- iy Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 9@2 50| _ drargTod............ @ 2% a ae em ena a “ D. F. R.....1 73@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 Anthemis seeee - i. he. - : : ‘khicte ar mae Se 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl ce ce en duniperis: CoO) i "5 114). .... 0... eee eee 2@ 3 FOLIA. ‘ ee S50) Mania, SH 90@1 00 Barosmig 46.0... --- 10@ 12] Saacharum N. E 22 00} Morphia, S. P. & W...2 5o@2 80 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- | | Spt.) Vini Galli.) 2. 1 7a6 50 See ee ee mivellys...-.-..5. 2. -- 29) 231 Vini Operte ........... 1 25Gz 00} ©. CO.........--- ++: 2 55@2 70 re i Alx, Som O08} Vani Alba...) 1 25@2 00| Moschus Canton...... @ 40 Salvia officinalis, 4s Myristica, No. 1....... HOM 7 and $68......-.....-. 10@ 12 SPONGES. Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 + -s a ¥ : ne 29 Ura rst 8@ 10 ny 3 A ( oe Os. Sepia ee ae oe 2Q® & oe X — — 252 50 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. : ARIAS 25@2 50 Rea ee A 5 Acacia, 1st picked.... @100| Nassau sheeps’ wool Picis Liq, N. C., % gal =" 2d . @ | carriage .... ....... 2 00] doz : Vlas @27 « 3a © 1) @ go] Velvet extra’ sheeps’ oe @i 00 &“ sifted sorts... @ 65| wool carriage....... 110 ‘“ "pints a @ 7 ‘s De ea 75@1 00} Extrz yellow sheeps’ _.| Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)... @ 580 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60| Carriage ............. 85! piper Nigra, (po.2).. @ 18 ‘| Gape, (po. 20)... @ i Grass sheeps’ wool car- ..| Piper Alba,(pog5).... @ 35 “| Socotri: (po. 60). @) SO See ay ena ae 65| Pix Burgun........... @ 7% Catechu, 1s, (48, 14 }48, Hard for slate use... ‘} Plambi Acet 00.00. 1M4@ 15 ip lanes aha @ 13] Yellow Reef, for slate 4o| Bulvis Ipecac et opii.'1 10@1 20 Ammoniae ........---- a 140) byrethrum, boxes H Assafoctida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 SYRUPS. & Pid. Co. doz... @1 25 Benzoinum.....-..---- 0@ 55 ct 50 Pyrethcun, pV. :.-...- 55@ 60 Camphore.......------ 35@ 38] SCcacin .--.--..------------- oO) Quaseiae &@ 10 Euphorbium, po....--- 35@ 10|Zingiber ..........-..-.-+.-. 50! Quinia, S.P.& W .... 47@ 52 Galbanum | 0/02... .-. @ 80 ing “ "S. German.... 3@ 43 Gamboge, po.--...---- Oo ee aT o*| Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 Guaiacum, (po.45)..... @ 40] Auranti Cortes.............- 0] Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 35 Kano) (po. 25) 00 @ 2} Rhei Arom...-.-..---------- OO Salaena i 1.2.2 50@2 75 MSS @1 00 | Similax Otficinalis........-. 60} Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Myrrh, (po. 45)....---- 2 —. 40 oat a Santomime (000030) wat == Sees WMS WH | DCNEES ..-- eee ee eee e renee eee “ aw ay oe ' Ng oo Qx@, 3B] Scillue.........------e ee eee 5U ae 3 _ Ca ‘ bieached...... 7 30 iL 7 “oO... ---. = ee @ 15 Tracacanth ..-..--_-. 15 oe 5 Seidlitz Mixture... .. @ 2 HERBA—In ounce packages, ae | Slmapis.....----------- @ 18 Absinthiur ......-....-.-. 2 TINCTURES. | cescoee u a ne @ 2 a eee rea Aeonitum Napellis Ro) 60) Voes) 1. a @ 35 asda Lee oe ciel athe alo | oleate me 38 és “ FE BY | Snuff, Seotch, De. Voes @ 30 Majorum ea Be | ALOCS ee. 60| Soda Boras, (po. 12)... 11@ 12 Mentha perita __.... 23 SG 601 Soda Gb Potass Part |. i 35 ca aaa | Re ee 50) Soda Garb 0.0 214 a ae “VDL Asatosidar ii) 02 cs. 50} Soda. BeCarb.). | .- 4@ 5 Lee paneer a Naa aT Atrope Belladonna.......... GO| Soda Nene 3@ 4 EYE Mee ce a Benzo. ....00. 2 ek. j : 2 MAGNESIA. co... 5 “= @aleimed. Pat.......... Bag) Go| pauseiaaria. ' Carbonate, Pat ......- 290@ 22] Barosma .........-...-..---- Carbonate, K. & M.... 2@ 25| Cantharides................. Carbonate, JenningdS.. 35@ 36 Capsicum ee OLEUM Cardzmonm... .............1. se . a Ce Absimihiam |.) 0016. SOROS tae Amygdalae, Dulc...... 45@ | Gatechu.... ' a (aa mca ay Peet Se en il Amy en n0a2 a Ginehons 000000 oot eins 10 ce Seo me ec a @2 50 is Co 60| Terebenth Venice. .-.- 30 a ee . no 3 00 Columba le 50 | Pheobromae oo a 5d seen seen OA gg | Conium .... 0... sere oo) Meas ) 0016 00 ee Ge op | Cibeba..-.-ccccrecereeeee + SO] Zinel Sulph 5...) @ 6S gar om 1.---.- osc 95 | Digitalis ......-....-.02--++5 50 | que Seung ae oe Oy oe in ‘ Ohenopodi ...... @1 75 aa Bit : Bbl. Ga. Crmmamonin....--.--. 951 00 Se 60 | Whale, winter........ vO vO Guronelal UT Oe ieo e ciard,) exer, 207 2-4. 86-9 hae ac [i san 640 tac me} lard Novi... 50 5D Coninm Mac. ...._--- SL “ ammon 60 : , } ibs Gad ON er ee | lanseed, pureéraw ... 31 60 Oopaipa -.. 3... 1 Zingiber 0) : ? x @upebsae. | 010. Seas CO fe 50 Lindseed, boiled..... 60 63 Hxeehthitos.........._. 90@t 00 5 Neat’s Foot, winter _ | Hrigeron ...-.-.......- 1 26@1 30 ~2| _ Strained ..... pee. 5) 69 Gaultheria ............2220@2 35 35 Spirits Turpentine.... 50 55 Geranium, ounce..... @ 1 Kino 50 PAINTS. bbi. Ib. Gossipii, Sem. gal..... SOQ 75 r| Red Venetian... 1% 2@3 - 1 Ope AQ | a oe Hedeoma ...........-. 1 1x@l 2 agen ep) Ochre, yellow) Mars. 4% oa Semiperdt 2.8 0s SOG Owe Vouies 0 50 | 7 a Ber 1% 2@3 Lavendula ..........-. 9G2 See a5 | Putty, cormmmercial....5 Limonis .....-+-++-+++- 1 ae i 6Camphorated........... 50) ] 2 Mentha Piper.......... 2 THG3 75 Neogene 2 00 | Vermilion Prime Amer- Mentha Verid. ....... 3 00@3 25) 4 | Cor Se 13@16 Morrhuae, gal go@1 oo | Aurantl Mme eee TOT Morrnuac, fal... -.-. - D1 VY oe Ray ermilion, English.... TOTS Myrcia, ounce......... @ 50 —— pecenererrrhre te ay Green, Peninsular..... T0@%5 Y ? oe PERN 50 toe ; ae Olive ..... pee cece cee tO Dieppe 5a] bead, req. 634@71%4 Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) 10@ 12) Cassia Acutifol............. A a O%4@i%4 ce %@1 10 “ co 59 | Whiting, white Span... @70 Rosmariag (00.02... (5@1 00} serpentaria .............-... 59 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @9 Rosae, ounce.......... @ 00} Stromonium................. 69} White, Paris American 1 00 Nace 40@, 45) Tolntan g9| Whiting, Paris Eng. poe aa r eee 6 eee : a le : <= - aia cen a 50 | _ chit yy ga 1 40 Santal ...... -...+-+-- 3 50@7 00! Veratrum Veride............ 50 | Pioneer I repared Paint! 20@1 4 Sassairag. ......_./... | 80g & i Swiss Villa Prepared Sinapis, ess, ounce.... @ 6 MISCELLANEOUS. aoe... 1 00@1 20 aa 5 > o vs x a on oo aa _ ther, Spts Nit, 3.F.. 26@ 28 V ARNISHES. a = 60 : coe 4H. Sa@ 32) No.1 Turp Coach. |. 1 10@1 20 ous Opt .....-.---- seen 20 Alumen 0.01... | St6@) 3%. | xtra Vurp |... 1 Gea CODTOMIES----------- Z « \ ground, (po. | Couch (Body 2 T@3 00 POTASSIUM. es 3@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 BiCarb. 73... Se 18] Annatte........._..... 55@ 60} Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Bichromate ........... 14 15; Antimonl, po.........- 4@ 35 | Japan Dryer, No. 1 Bremide.. 2... 37@ 40 . et Fotass f. So@ Gf)! Purp ....:.... 7... 70@ 75 DAN K YN 6 Mi pases I lk (5 & COLOR WORKS Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO,, DETROIT, MANUFACTURERS OF LATEST ARTISTIC SHADES QF Manufacturer of Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powder, Bluing, Ete. And Jobber of Grocers aud Droggists’ Stndries, FOR interior AND EXTERIOR { DECORATION F, J, WURZBURG, Wholesale Agent, GRAND RAPIDS. Call and inspect our new establishment when in the city. BELLAS SS 19 8. IONIA ST. The Drug Market. There are no changes to note in the drug market, everything being stationery and likely to remain so until after the annual inventories are completed. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., Wholesale Dru; is GRAND RAP. _ 8. et ERS CARD IN THIS SPACE Ba SAVES LIVES | TRADE MARK This Handsome Plush Show Case Stand and other attractive advertising matter giv- en FREE to D ists who order 2 dozen ree rugs Peckaam’s Group Remedy FOR CHILDREN. Retail, 25e. bottle. Wholesale, $2 dozen. Ad- dress orders to Dr. H. C. PECKHAM & CO., Free- port, Mich., naming your jebber. A. W. Stevenson, 558 Western ave., Muskegon, writes Dec. 15, 1888: ‘‘Have never found a med- icine more true to its name than your Peckham’s Croup Remedy. I always use it for my own chil- dren and recommend it to my customers. I nev- er knew it to fail.” AMOND YKA CURES Liver and Kidney Troubles Blood Diseases Constipation AND—— Female Complaints Being composed entirely of HERBS, it is the only perfectly harmless remedy on the market and is recommended by all who use it. Retail Druggists will find it to their interest to keep the DIA- MOND TEA, asit fulfills all that is claimed, making it one of the very best selling articles handled. Wa lace your order with our Wholesale House. Diamond Medicine Go,, PROPRIETORS, DETROIT, MICH. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co,, WHOLESALE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FREE PAESS EAC DED. tf })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. — Sale by 20,000 Druggists throughout the se Hazelting & Perkins Drug Co., Wholesale Agts.,Grand Rapids CIRCULARS, TESTIMONIALS AND GUARANTEE , (FOR ALL KINDS OF STOCK) FREE se, HOG CHOLERA— CAUSE. CURE & PREVENTION WORTH MANY DOLLARS TOEVFRY BREEDER. THE GERMAN MEDICINE CO.MINHEAPOLIS, MINN. OT SALE BY DRUGGISTS. GROCERS. ET. Tock Foo! Hazeltine & Perkins Dru For Sale to the Trade by Co., Wholesale Drug- gists; Hawkins & Perry, Wholesale Grocers; Mc- Causland & €o., Wholesale Grocers, E. Saginaw; W. J. Gould & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Detroit; D. Desenberg & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Kalama z00. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. 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 Wrhiskies, Brandies, CGins, Wines, Rums. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co., Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. _ All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re- ceive them. Send in a trial order. Harelting & Perkins Drvg Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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 atter se- vere sickness. I write this thinking you might like to have my opinion on its merits. I certainly shall prescribe it in future, where the system re- quires building up. either from constitutional weakness or otherwise. Yoars truly, Ww. 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 ae aed . M. JOHNSON, M. D. Yardley, Pa., March 18, 1888. Ph. Best Brewing Co., DEAR Srrs—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 —— _———— 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, Troy, New York, January 26, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,, DEAR Strs—Your agent left me a sample of your liquid extract, Malt, and as I use much such in my practice, I thought to compare _ product with some from another house had on hand; and finding yours superior the great essential, the palitable n 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. in 88 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 results in 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, 1885. Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y., GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of “Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and Hops” you sent me, and find in my humble judgment that it isa very pure and safe arti- cle. I will not hesitate to recommend it in every case of debility where a Tonic of that kind is indicated. Respectfully, E. H. BEwx, M. D. New Orleans, La., April 6, 1888. Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co., GENTLEMEN—Having tried your “Best” Tonic to a great extent amongst my practice, J will state in its behalf that I have had the best results with nursing mothers who were deficient in milk, increasing its fluids and se- creting a more nourishing food for the infant, also increasing the appetite and in every way satisfactory for such cases. . Very respectfully, D. Bornio, M D. E. W. FLEMING, M. D. For Sale By ete HAZELTINE & P Grand Rapids, INS [ave {0. Mich. The Michigan Tradesman THE SPICE TRADE OF NEW YORK. [CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.] housewives really suppose that it isa mixture of all spices, as the name would seem to imply, but it owes its puzzling designation toa supposed resemblance in flavor toa mixture of nutmegs, cloves and cinnamon. In other words, it has the fragrance of a number of spices. It is brought to New York by the vessels which also bring the fruits of the West Indies. It is largely used in the berry in fashionable restaurants as a perfume for the breath after drinking liquor. The trade in ginger is very large. The importations here last year were 18,855 bags of Calcutta, 8,880 bags of African, 6,246 bags of white Cochin and 3,535 barrels of Jamaica. These figures are given in detail because they are not gen- erally known, even among importers. The total was 4,286,160 pounds. The ginger plant is a native of India and Southern China, but is extensively culti- yated in tropical America and West Africa, as well as in its native soil. Most of the ginger of commerce comes from Caleutta, but considerable is also ex- ported fron. Jamaica. There are like- wise large exports of preserved ginger from China and the East and West In- dies. This consists of the young roots preserved in sugar after being boiled. What is known as black ginger is first sealded and then dried; it is scalded to prevent sprouting, since it is only the root of the plant which is used as a spice. White ginger is the root scraped and washed, and sometimes bleached with chloride of lime. White and black ginger are merely relative terms; the white is not perfectly so, nor is the black perfectly black. The ginger plant either lasts two years or else consider- ably longer, according to the particular species. It is herbaceous, with creeping and somewhat tuberous roots, and is gen- erally three or four feet high, with smooth, arrow-shaped leaves, and flowers about the size of aman’s thumb, of a whitish color, with the tip streaked with purple. In a suitable climate it is an easy plant to cultivate, and is seen at an altitude of 5,000 feet in moist soil on the Himalaya Mountains of India. Ginger is used as a flavoring for food and med- icines; it has valuable medicinal prop- erties. It generally reaches the con- sumer in a powdered state, and is said to be considerably adulterated. Various compounds are prepared from it. For example, essence of ginger, much used for flavoring; syrup of ginger is used ehiefly by druggists; gin- ger tea, an infusion of ginger in boiling water, a domestic remedy for flatulence: ginger beer, a far-famed beverage, which, like another famous plant of Asia, *‘cheers but not inebriates;’’ lastly, there is ginger wine, a cheap liquor, to which aleohol is often added. Ginger comes to New York in bags holding from 110 to 120 pounds, and in barrels containing 130 pounds. Vessels regularly engaged in the West India trade bring Jamaica ginger to New York. English steamers bring the other kinds. Many of the spice-vessels stop at Cal- cutta on the way to New York, and there they take on what is termed in the trade ‘Calcutta’? ginger. It is a great city of the East Indies. with a population of nearly 900,000. In a single year 658 sail- ing-vessels and 301 steamers have arrived in its harbor. Its exports are numerous and large, and the city is the headquarters of the Governor-general of India. The name is derived from two words, Kali-Ghatta, signifying the land- ing place of the Goddess Kali. It has an eventful history, and is identified with the rise of the British East India Trad- ing Company and the establishment of British supremacy over a wide tract of India. It is sometimes called the ‘‘City of Palaces’’ because it has so many fine buildings. The Government edifices are especially imposing. The dwellings of the English residents are spacious and attractive, but most of the large native population live in houses built of mud or bamboo. Ina cyclonein November of 1867 no less than 30,000 of these misera- ble dwellings were destroyed. There is a fine town-hall, a Jesuit college, a med- ical college, various churches, mosques, Hindoo temples, a university, a theatre. and many other resources of Occidenta civilization. Calcutta will always be known, however, as the scene of one of the most horrible occurrences that dis- figure the pages of history. It was fin the “‘Black Hole of Calcutta,’ on the night of June 18, 1756, that the garrison of the fort connected with the English factory at Caleutta, who had been cap- tured by the Nabob Suraja Dowlah, were eonfined. The unfortunate English pris- oners numbered 146, and the apartment in which they were confined was only twenty feet square. Thecell had only two windows, and these were obstructed by a veranda. A more diabolical act could not have been committed. The prisoners, in their struggles to get to the windows, trampled each other under foot in a horrible fight for life. After a night of fearful agony from fierce pressure in a terrible human hive, heat, thirst and suffocation, 123 of the total 146 persons thrust in the night before were found dead, and the 23 survivors were de- scribed as ‘‘the ghastliest forms ever seen on earth.”’ [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. ] i How to Forget Sorrow. A druggist recently received a visit from a lantern-jawed, hollow-eyed man, who asked in cadaverous tones if he could give him any remedy that would drive away a nightmare-like care that was preying upon his health. The man of drugs nodded, and compounded a mix- ture of quinine, wormwood, rhubarb and epsom salts, with a dash of castor oil, and offered it to the despairing patient, who apathetically gulped it down. His- tory avers that for six months he could not think of anything except new schemes for getting the taste out of his mouth. ee The Fatal Letters. “IT say, Jones, that was a shabby trick you played me about those trousers.’’ *‘What’s the matter; didn’t they reach vou all O: K.?’’ “*No; they came C. O. D.’’ An Hour in a Pawnshop. “No, it hasn’t been a good winter for overcoats,’ said a pawnbroker the other day. ‘If aman gets along until Christ- mas without an overcoat, he generally manages to get along in the same way the remainder of the winter.”’ The money lender stopped talking as a tall, gaunt man, with unkempt hair and a seedy appearance generally, stalked into the store and handed his ticket across the counter with as much com- posure as if he had called for a glass of ale. ‘“*Three dollars,”’ ‘and six months’ to. 04.” The seedy-looking man dived into his pocket and counted out the cash, seized a rusty overcoat which the pawnbroker pushed toward him and left the store with a look on his face as if he had met a long-lost friend. Then an old weather-beaten creature, who ekes out a scant living by peddling spectacles, offered a bunch of his stock in trade and requested the loan of $2 for a week. “T’l] let you have $1,”’ said the pawn- broker. “‘Can’t you make it $1.50 ?”’ ‘“‘One,’’ was the metallic response. The forlorn old man departed with his dollar. said the proprietor, interest—54 cents— A buxom Irishwoman, whose good humor shone all over her Celtic face, stepped up to the counter and spread out a parcel containing faded coats, sacques, etc. ‘The ould mon under the weather,’’? said the woman, cheerily, ‘“‘and says plaze sind ’im phwat ye can spare on th’ pile.’? She got $1.50 and went away, her face beaming with smiles. A dried-up, dark-visaged Italian limped into the place as the door closed behind the Irishwoman and asked the proprietor how much she could get on a wooden leg. “No,’”? said the pawnbroker, shaking his head, ‘‘we draw the line at wooden legs.’? A woman of fragile form and respect- is able appearance laid some bracelets, rings, etc., on the counter and asked for $30. The money was handed to her with- out a word. ‘When women begin to pawn their jewelry,”’ said the pawnbroker, when she had closed the door behind her, ‘it is only after all other expedients have failed, and nine times out of ten they eventually lose it.’’ A young man of quiet mien took his place before the money lender and handed him aticket and four $10 notes. The pawnbroker handed him in return a handsome gold watch. He fastened it in his waistcoat and went out whistling. “JT have tried for years to get that watch,’’ said the man behind the counter, “but he comes in at the last minute always and redeems it.”’ Next on this list of impecunious vis- itors was a little girl hardly ten years of age. There was an air of cleanliness about her thin clothes that bespoke re- spectable parents. She unrolled two chil- dren’s dresses, a woman’s dress and a cloak. ‘Please, sir, mother says send her $1,”’ said the child. ‘‘She’s too sick to come to-day.”’ ‘Fifty cents these.”’ A look of disappointment clouded the innocent young face, and after wrap- ping up the miserable pittance several times in the folds of her apron the child walked out. is all she can get on And so the scene kept constantly changing. Surely one-half the world does not know how the other half man- ages to maintain an existence. a Bad Streak of Luck. Doctor (despondently)—Just my luck. I have only recently succeeded in be- coming the regular family physician of the Westends, and now they have taken steps to render further employment of a doctor unnecessary, or nearly so. Wife—Why, my dear, what have they done? “They have bought a filter.’’ P. STEKET am nH & SONS, JOBBERS IN Dry Goods: Notions, 88 Monroe St. & 10,12, 14,16 % 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers American and Stark A Bags 1A Specialty. Our “P25. Brand and SOLipD Pitt. Cans that equals them. Send in your orders. ~ THE Dog AND THE SHADOW other Soaps that cheaper; but such bulk is made up with rosin. When quality is sacri- ficed for quantity, such soap is not cheap at any price. A Dos, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own insize, He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him, He thus lost both. —Zsop’s Fables. IT ALWAYS PAYS to hold on toa good thing. People who have tried Santa Claus Soap hold on to it because it is =good. Some may think that because there are give more in bulk for the money, that they are Santa Claus Soap is the best, and is sold by all grocers. It is made only by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Chicago, Ill. GRAND RAPIDS TANK LINK 60, Distributing Agents for Water White and Prim White [limmnating Oil GASOLINE and NAPTHA. Works, G.B.& Land D. & M. Jane, Office No. 4 Bledgett Blk. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. QUOTATIONS FURNISHED on APPLICATION We carry a large stock of all Nuts and are prepared to sell in any quantity. Nuts PUTNAM & BROOKS. NMOVELTIES IN IN PERPUMERY. China and Glass Stands, Jug and Vases. Also a full line of Fine Colognes and Handkerchief Perfumes, All sizes, 14 oz. to 10 oz. bottles, in large variety. Buy the GREAT OYSTERS P48 PUTNAM & BROOKS, Packers. CuRTIssS & Co. Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON. eSIYQOUA Ul saVQ Perit qsog ou, WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse, Send for sample lot of Ten to Twenty-five Dollars, and increase your trade for the Holiday Season Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts., JENNINGS -&-SMITH, ‘ PERFUMERS, MICHIGAN. 2&8 and 40 Louissst., Grand Rapids. 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