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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1889.

NO. 277.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. J. DETTENTHALER,

JOBBER OF

 

OYSTERS

And Sait Pish.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
See quotations in another column.
GRAND RAPIDS.

RISING SUN BUCKWHEAT

   
   

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Orders from
tail Trade solicited.

Newaygo Roller Mills

NEWAYGO, MICH.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

A. J. Bowne, President.
GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President.
H. W. Nasu, Cashier.

CAPITAL, - $300,000.

 

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ef Country Merchants Solicited.

      

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JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Pres.,
A. B. WATSON, Treas..
S. F. ANPINW ALL. Secy
CASH CAPITAL, ®200.090.

DO YOU WANT 4 SHOWCASE?

SPECIAL OFFER-—This style of oval case; best
quality; all glass, heavy double thick; panel or
sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges;
solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal
corners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings:
6 feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price,
$11, net cash.

I make the same style of case as above, 17 inches
high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot.
@boxing and cartage free.

Dp DP. COOK.

21 Scribner St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

ean’s Business College
AND SHORTHAND INSTITUTE,

Established SEVEN YEARS.

Young men and young women taught Book-
keeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting,
Telegraphy, Commercial Law, Business Corres-
pondence, Practical Arithmetic and other stud-
ies, by nine professional teachers of established
reputation. Send for College Journal. Address

LEAN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Shepard-Hartman Building, Fountain Street,
Grand Rapids, Mich,

POTATOES.

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

Wo. H. Thompson & 60,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
166 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference
FELSENTHAL. Gross & MILLER, Bankers,

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Business College.
Room 8 Shepard-Hartman BIk.,
Offers the most reasonable terms, the most com-
fortable rooms, the best disciplined school, and
the most extensive course of study in commer-
cial branches. J. W. WELTON, Prop., for 10
years Principal of Swensberg’s Business College.

ACTUAL BUSINESS
PRACTICE #& te Grand Rapids

i Business College. Ed-
ucates pupils to transact and record business as
it is done by our best business houses. It pays
to goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting
also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad

dress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens-
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berg.

RDWIN FALLAS,

Proprietor of

Valley City Gold Storage.

Packer and Jobber of the Popular

Solid Brand

AND

Daisy Brand
OF OYSTERS.
Butter, Eggs, Sweet Potatoes,
Cranberries, Etc.
Sole Proprietor of

Mrs, Withey’s Home Made Mince Meat

Made of the best material. The finest
goods in the market. Price, 7 cents
per Ib. in 25 Ib. Pails.

Salesroom, No. 9 N. lonia Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

WALES - GOODYEAR

and Connecticut Rubbers.

   
   

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THE PARAGON

in Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s, Heels and
Spring Heels.

G. BR. Mayhew,

86 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

TWO GREAT | MEADERS

The above head-line does not refer to the great
leaders in the political parties, but to two of the
GREATEST SELLING Cigars on the market to-
day—namely:

Warren's Speekled Havanas

AND THEIR RUNNING MATES

Warren's Siluer Spots.

The ‘“‘Speckled Havanas” for a Ten Cent Cigar
and the “Silver Spots’? for a Five Cent Cigar
stand without rivals wherever introduced. Ev-
ery dealer in Fine Cigars should secure these
two brands, as they are TRADE WINNERS.

Full particulars in regard to prices, terms, etc.,
can be had by addressing

GRO.Y. WARREN % GO.

Mfrs, High Grade Cigars,
FLINT, MICHIGAN.

llers, Attention

We are making a Middlings
Purifier and Flour Dresser that
will save you their cost at least
three times each year.

They are guaranteed to do
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their class.
Send for descriptive cata-
logue with testimonials.

Martin's Middlings Porifier Co.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

EDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

Jeweler,
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Grand Rapids, - Mich.

 

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Big Rapids, Mich,

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Holiday
Novelties

are ready for inspection. Every
dealer, when visiting Grand Rap-
ids, should be sure and look
through our lines.

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20 and 22 Monroe St.

REMOVED,

THE GRAND RAPIDS

PAPER BOX FACTORY,

W. W. HUELSTER, Proprietor,

 

 

Formerly located at 1: 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.

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the lowest rates. Write or call for esti-
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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
hut also ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE.
We can sell as well as anyone.
We invite correspondence.
BARNETT BROS.,
159 So. Water St., CHICAGO.

SAFES!

Anyone in want of a first-class Fire or
Burglar Proof Safe of the Cincinnati Safe
and Lock Co. manufacture will find it to
his advantage to write or call on us. We
have light expenses, and are able to sell low-
er than any other house representing first-
= work. Second-hand safes always on
hand.

C. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With Satety Deposit Co., Basement oi wid-
dicomb Blk.

LWER STARS

No Equal in the State.
Wherever Introduced itis a Stayer!

TO THE TRADE:

Iguarantee “SILVER STARS” to bea long,
straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made
by union labor, and to give complete satis-
faction.

A. S. DAVIS,

Sole Manufacturer,

70 Ganal St., GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SPICE TRADE OF NEW YORK. |

[CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK. ]

Last year, mace was imported to the.

extent of 175,890 pounds, in boxes con-
taining 66 pounds each. “Mace is ob-
tained from the fleshy part which en-
veleps the nutmeg. It is the second coat

or aril, a thin, yellow substance, of wax-,

like texture, which covers the nutmeg,
and is very fragrant and aromatic, and
has a strong, but agreeable taste.
raised mostly in the Spice Islands, but
Penang and Singapore are the largest
shipping markets. It comes to New York
on the ships bringing general cargoes of
East Indian merchandise. Part of our
supply of mace comes from the Banda
Isles, a group in the Molucca Archipel-
ago. The Moluccas, or Spice Islands, as

they are generally called, are of voleanic |

formation and very fertile. They produce
cloves, nutmegs, mace and other spices,
not to mention sago, decorative woods,

and fruits, while the pearl and trepang)
known. |
The Banda Isles were produced by some |

fisheries have long been well
fearful convulsion of nature, perhaps
ages before man appeared on the globe,

and are among the loftiest of the group.

The Island of Goonong-Apee rises 7,880!

feet above the sea. The four larger of
these fruitful volcanic isles are devoted
to the production of nutmegs and mace.
The group isin constant danger of earth-
quakes, and the lofty island already
mentioned is known as one of the most
active volcanoes in the archipelago. The
islands are little more than an open con-
servatory bearing odorous spides, with
voleanic heat to stimulate the growth of
the wonderful vegetation. The houses
are mostly of wood, roofed with leaves,
owing to the danger of earthquakes.
Spices from the Banda Isles often find
their way to New York by way of Lon-
don, whence they are shipped on the reg-
ular steamers.

Mustard is a popular condiment, and
has been known for many centuries.
California raises a large crop. The mus-
tard-tree of the Scriptures still abounds
in the East, and though the seed has no
aromatic pungency, it is used like ordi-
nary mustard. The most important
species known to commerce are black
mustard and white mustard. The plants
are natives of all parts of Europe, and
are also cultivated in gardens. ‘The
white and the black seeds are ground to-
gether. Mustard is not only useful as a
condiment, but is valuable as a medicine.
It has stimulating properties, known to
every household, and it is beneficial in
some cases of indigestion. In England,
white mustard, in the seed-leaf, is some-
times used asasmall salad, having an
agreeable pungency. In India, the oil of
mustard-seed is much used for lamps. In
China, a species is cultivated as greens
for the table, as we.use spinach.

The bran of ordinary European and
American seed is used in making French
mustard, which is very popular. The
finest mustard-seed is the black, or, as
the brokers term it, the brown, which is
received from Trieste. The next in
point of quality is the English brown,
and then comes the Dutch seed, though
of the two last-named descriptions very
little is received here. Large quantities
of the white, or more properly yellow,
California seed are used annually by the
spice mills of New York. It is cheap,
and it makes itself felt. The Trieste
sells at 7 to 8 cents a pound at wholesale,
and the English and Dutch from 5} to
6 cents, but the California is obtainable
at 414 to 434 cents. When there is an
especially brisk market, the California
seed is sent overland by rail to New
York, but usually it comes in sailing
vessels that go around Cape Horn, as in
the ‘“‘good old days’? before regular mail
steamers to the Isthmus and the Panama
Railroad were ever dreamed of on the
Pacific coast. It takes from 80 to 150
days for these ships to make the Cape
Horn voyage, according to the wind, and,
besides mustard seed, they bring wool,
raw sugar, wine, and the salmon of the
Oregon, which assuredly hears something
besides its own dashings in these days
of feverish activity in trade and com-
merce. The foreign seed is often sent
from the Mediterranean to London, and
then trans-shipped to New York, though
it also comes’ direct from Sicily.
Some comes from Bombay. The fruit
steamers from Sicily bring considerable
quantities.

Curry powder is a preparation bor-
rowed from India. It is composed of
turmeric and various spices. In India
and elsewhere it is largely used as a
seasoning fora large variety of dishes.
It often consists of turmeric powder,
coriander seed powder, black pepper,
fenugreek, ginger, Cayenne pepper and
cumin-seed. Sometimes the recipes in-
clude scorched mustard, mace, cinnamon
and cardamoms. ‘This agreeably stimu-
lating preparation is largely manufac-
tured by the various spice companies of
New York.

Sweet marjoram is extensively used as
a seasoning in cookery. The plantisa
native of Greece and the East. Thyme
is ahalf-shrubby plant long known as a
flavoring for various dishes. The gar-
den thyme is the most fragrant. It
grows in all parts of Europe and in the
north of Asia, but is not indigenous in
this country. ‘I know a bank where
the wild thyme grows;’’ is a familiar line
from Shakespeare. It is an humble
plant, but grateful to the smell and the
taste. Weolesale houses here sell it in
powdered form in boxes and barrels.
Savory is largely sold here. The plant
has lilac or white flowers. It has a
strong and agreeable aromatic taste and
smell, and is used for flavoring dishes.
Winter savory and summer savory are
used for the same purposes. Sage in
powdered form flavors not a few dishes,
and it is also used in the leaf. It grows
wild, and is also cultivated. The whole
plant has an aromatic smell, penetrating
and peculiar, somewhat like that of
camphor, and it has also an aromatic
taste, rather bitter, but nevertheless

It is.

agreeable, and is more generally known
‘in the household kitchen than other sweet
herbs. It is much used in flavoring
meats and sauces. Italian sage is sold
here by the bale.

Pickles are really a condiment, and

are, therefore, worth a word in passing.
If used judiciously, they stimulate the
appetite; properly made, they are not
' unwholesome, and are often, indeed, de-
cidedly agreeable additions to the table.
There is the celebrated Spanish pickle;
| it is amixture of the red cabbage and
| slices of the large Spanishonion. Gher-
kins are very young cucumbers prepared
with especial care to preserve their green
|eolor. Sometimes in cabbage pickles, in
| which the red vegetable is always em-
| ployed, a few slices of beet-root are
iadded. Cochineal is sometimes used to
improve the color, and ginger, mace and
white and black peppercorns are used as
French beans, onions, eschalots,
walnuts, mushrooms, nasturtiums, cauli-
flowers, capers and other vegetables and
fruits are extensively used in pickling,
and the trade requires large quantities
of spices annually. Pickles are some-
times colored by boiling the vinegar in
| copper and thus forming the
green-colored acetate of copper, or even
| by direetly adding that poison—a fact
| that has led to serious results; but this
| paneful practice is believed to be much
| less prevalent than formerly.

Capers are the delight of the gour-
mand, and have long been used as a con-
diment and as an ingredient in sauces.
It is more particularly used with boiled
mutton, though also employed with other
meats. They are simply the pickled
flowers of the caper-bush, of a slightly
bitter and yet agreeably pungent taste.
The caper-bush is a native of Southern
Europe and of other countries near the
Mediterranean Sea. It is found on
Mount Sinai. It decorates ancient ruins,
clothing them ina trailing garment of
green as beautiful as the English ivy.
It is arambling shrub, in other words,
that flourishes most in dry places, and it
is often found growing on rocks and the
walls of ruins. It flowers from early
summer till winter. The caper, which
contributes so much to the satisfaction
of the epicure, is simply the half-opened
buds of the caper-bush. They are gath-
ered every morning and at once put into
vinegar andsalt. At the end of the sea-
son they are sorted according to their
size and color. The larger buds are
packed in small barrels, but the smaller
and greener, being the most prized, are
sent to market in bottles after having
again been put in vinegar. The fruit of
the bush isasmall berry, and that is
also pickled in some parts of Italy.
Sometimes acetate of copper has been
used to change the grayish-green color of
the pickled capers to a brighter or more
emerald-like hue, and this, of course,
makes them dangerous. The presence
of copper in a jar of capers can be de-
tected by thrusting a polished iron rod
into the vessel. If copperis present, the
rod will soon become coated with it.
The English and French steamers an-
nually bring large quantities of various
spices, condiments and sweet herbs to
New York to gladden the epicure and
satisfy the popular demand for stimu-
lants, which is unquestionably very great
in a nation of such restless energy
ours.

Olives are a condiment highly esteemed
after a taste for them has been acquired,
bat at first they are not specially agree-
able. Large quantities are imported
every year. The consumption in New
York is large, partly by reason of the
cosmopolitan population. The olive-
tree is indissolubly connected with sa-
cred history. The Mount of Olives is a
name as familiar as that of Jerusalem.
The tree itself is so hardy that the olives
now standing in what is termed the Gar-
den of Gethsemane at Jerusalem are al-
leged to be identical with those named in
tax-rolls as existing a thousand years
ago, and there is a tradition—regarded
by many as not altogether improbable—
which makes them date back to the time
of Christ. The tradition as to the ex-
treme longevity of these trees still to be
seen in the neatly-kept Garden of Geth-
semane, and carefully watched by a
sacred Order, is undoubtedly based on
the well-known fact that the olive-tree is
the hardiest fruit-tree that grows. It
survives the severest frosts, even sharp
scorching by fire, and almost any degree
of mutilation. It sprouts from the roots
if everything else is dead. It is known
to survive for centuries after the heart
and all. but the outer layer of young
wood are gone. Often a large trunk is
not only hollow, but split lengthwise into
several distinct stems, all healthy and
bearing fruit. Olive oil was known to
the writers of the Old Testament, in
whose time it was used for sacrificial
libations, for illumination, for food, and
for anointing the hair andbody. Homer
mentions the olive tree. It was conspic;
uous in Roman agricultural literature.
The Romans used olive oil in the kitchen
and at the table, instead of butter, which
was seareely used in the Roman cuisine.

In Palestine, and in some of the Med-
iterranean islands, the olive tree is as
lofty as the tallest oak, but in Europe it
does not often exceed twenty feet in
height, being kept down by pruning for
the sake of convenience in gathering the
fruit. It grows in Asia Minor, Syria,
Northern Africa, Southern Europe, the
Greek Islands, Spain, Portugal, France,
Italy, California, and even to some ex-
tent in the Crimea. Olive trees are
planted from fifteen to twenty-five feet
apart, and with careful husbandry will
bear every year. Italy produces an enor-
mous supply of olives and olive oil, and
the crop in California is steadily increas-
ing. The olives are gathered when fully
grown but still green; they are first
steeped for a day in weak limewater or
lye of wood ashes; then in fresh water
changed every day for four or five days,
or until they have lost their bitter flavor.
Then they are salted or pickled in a
strong brine. This is the practice when

spices.

vessels,

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the harvest is simply for the olives them-
selves. When it is for olive oil, the fruit
is allowed to remain on the tree until it
jis of a dark wine color. Then the olives
are dried a little, and then compressed
for the oil. The best oil is from un-
ground fruit, but it is also ground and
subjected to repeated pressure, some-
times with the aid of hot water.

Olive oil is adulterated with lard oil
and cotton-seed oil. There are large ex-
ports of American oils mentioned, and
they come back from Europe, notably
from Marseilles, traveling under the dis-
guise of the best olive oil of Italy or
Provence, really being largely an extract
of American lard and cotton-seed which
unscrupulous French and Italian mer-
chants foist upon us with smirking com-
placency. In.the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1887, no less than 744,766 gal-
lons of olive oil, valued at $662,197, were
imported into this country, mostly at
New York. Olives and olive oil come to
this port in the English, French and
Italian steamers.

The total importation of spices into
this country in the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1887, were 30,980,725 pounds,
valued at $3,481,412. Pepperis the most
extensively used of any of the spices
known to commerce, and nearly $2,000,000
worth is consumed in this country every
year. Spices are admitted free of duty
except when ground.

It is well known that spices are much
adulterated. Burnt crackers, buckwheat
and ground cocoa-shells are used to adul-
terate pepper. Ground almond shells
are mixed with cassia and cinnamon.
Flour is mixed with mace. Meal and
starch help to make full weight and good
measure of ginger. Pimento is too cheap
to make adulteration profitable. Nut-
megs have never been adulterated ex-
cept in Connecticut, where a very suc-
cessful imitation is said to have been
made many years ago by some of the
thrifty deacons who happened to keep
country stores. The late Erastus Brooks,
for many years one of the editors and
proprietors of the old Evening Express,
began his career as a clerk in a country
store. His employer was a hard-fisted
old Yankee deacon, who used to say to
him in the morning: ‘‘Well, Erastus,
wet the tobacco and sand the sugar and
then come to prayers.”

That particular pillar of the church
was intimately related, morally, to the
Connecticut Yankees who made wooden
oats, wooden hams and wooden nutmegs.

There are no wooden nutmegs now in
market. Cloves are adulterated with
clove-stems, which are very cheap. At
one time they cost only one and a half
cents a pound at wholesale. Mustard is
adulterated with flour and turmeric,
which is yellowin color, and gives it its
pungent taste. Turmeric itself is the
root of a plant found in the East indies
and in Cochin China. It is sold in the
form of dried root or powder, and besides
being used so extensively in coloring
mustard, it is employed in the dyeing of
silks and wool, as well asin medicine
and chemical analyses. As originally
used in Europe, mustard was simply the
finely-ground seed, but in time the de-
mand arose for an improved yellow
color, the natural tint being rather dull
and unattractive, and then the flour of
mustard was introduced, this merely
being the interior portion of the seed,
the bran being rejected as in the case of
wheat in making flour. The result was
a loss of the pungent taste peculiar to
mustard. which is largely due to the
presence of a bitterish oil in the husk of
the seed, and to supply this deficiency
the next step was to introduce turmeric,
Cayenne pepper and other foreign ingre-
dients, with wheat flour to increase the
bulk and the lightness of color. There
is little or no pure mustard to be had
anywhere; it is practically a druggist’s
compound, and in New York mustard-
seed is sold by drug brokers.

But the shipping element of the mighty
commerce of New York is always more
interesting than its formal array of sta-
tistics. Here, a wharf op the East
iver, near old Rutgers Slipyis the ship
Alice D. Cooper, with big tan-colored
spars and a brave array of rigging, pul-
leys, ratlines, cordage, chains and white
decks. The sides of the black ship are
barked and rusty with the long voyage
from Hong Kong. A companionway is
lowered to the wharf, and a notice close
by announces that there is no admittance
to the ship, though this warning is but
slightly regarded. A queer little floating
house on one side of the ship contains
the steam winch, by which the cargo is
hoisted from the depths of the somber
hold to a slanting skid, down which the
merchandise is sent toa platform sup-
ported by wooden horses. From this
platform the men take the bales of rich
goods and pile them up, according to
their marks, further along the wharf, or
else put them on trucks to be taken to
various parts of the city. On the dusty
and splintered wharf are bales of cassia,
bags of ginger, boxes of preserves,
chinaware, rattans and curios, bales of
straw braid, and rolls of netting bearing
such labels as ‘“‘Kee Ning,’’ ‘“‘Hong Kong
Faney’’ and ‘*Mandarin,”’ packed in bales
of native grass. There are boxes of
soys, a kind of sauce or flavoring made
in China from a small native bean; there
are cases of lacquerware, such as cups,
saucers, trays, pots and dishes. The
eargo contains no less than 500 cases of
native preserves, and nearly 5,000 pounds
of ginger. There is chinaware consigned
to a Chinese firm in New York, Lin,
Fong & Co., besides rattan chairs. In
all, the big ship will yield up more than
18,000 rolls of the matting, which is so
much neater and better than carpets for
certain rooms of the dwelling, and so
much superior to the cheaper carpets or
the chilling oilcloth for halls. Big red
trucks are being loaded with this mer-
|ehandise from the far East, and every
| few minutes a team of stout horses, with
| flanks and harness glistening in the after-
‘noon sun, rumble along the wharf out
|into noisy South street, where the stout-

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lunged driver is speedily reveling ina
wordy and profane warfare with the
driver of a horse-car, whose observations
on the truckman’s parentage, physical
appearance and mental characteristics
eall forth a vituperative deluge in re-
sponse from that maligned but fluent in-
dividual. Truckmen, as a class, are
probably the same all the world over—as
profane and abusive at times as parrots
with a bad ‘“‘bringing up’’—as, for exam-
ple, some falsely reported to have been
reared by clergymen—and yet in the
main as harmless as doves.

The big ship, we find, left Hong Kong
September 3, 1887, and arrived at New
York February 7, showing that the trip
required more than five months. The log
shows that she did not have altogether
smooth sailing, for, on October 2, in lati-
tude 11° 10’ North, longitude 110° East,
she encountered a violent typhoon and
lost or split some of her sails. Happily,
no lives were lost. Here is the stately
ship Governor Robie, named in honor of
a former chief magistrate of Maine. She
is owned in New York and Bath, Me., is
256 feet long, 41 feet wide, and was built
in 1882, costing ninety thousand dollars.
She is of 1,627 tons register, with a capac-
ity of 2,100 tons, commanded by Captain
Wm. Blanchard. She left Hong Kong
October 20, and arrived here January 29,
a trip of sixteen thousand miles made in
three months and nine days. She brings
Chinese ginger, as well as a miscellane-
ous cargo, including matting, fire-crack-
ers, fans and curios, which the crew are
helping to unload. Most of the men be-
fore the mast are Scandinavians and
some of them do not speak English. The
work goes briskly on, however, directed
by sharp-spoken ‘‘down East’? Yankee
officers, the maritime law requiring that
American ships shall be commanded by
American citizens. Thecases of ginger
coming from the Orient suggest Mr.
Stockton’s humorous story in which the
‘‘ginger-jar’’? plays so important a part.
The consumption of Chinese preserved
ginger in this country has been large for
many years; the blue earthen jars, in
their light rattan casings, are familiar to
thousands of households.

The big ship used to trade from San
Francisco to Liverpool, earrying grain
cargoes; then she would come back to
New York in ballast, and then take a
general cargo, consisting of flour, rail-
road iron, produce, and a hundred arti-
cles of manufacture, to San Francisco,
there to take on another grain cargo and
go the same round again. This trade
was not considered altogether satisfac-
tory, and she embarked in the commerce
with the Orient; but she will probably
go back to her former business on the
Atlantic and the Pacific, as the China
trade involves long voyages consid-
erable loss of valuable time.

It is a busy scene on this brown and
dusty wharf, splintered by the hoofs of
thousands of horses that have, in the
lapse of years, drawn away their heavy
loads of East Indian merchandise. We
may pause a moment to note, as a part
of the picture, a brigantine on the other
side of the wharf, which lately brought
a cargo of sugar and molasses from Port-
of-Spain, Trinidad, and is now taking on
a cargo for the return voyage, which
comprises big casks of oil-meal, presum-
ably for feeding cattle, barrels of flour,
bundles of staves and other merchan-
dise. She will be at least twenty days
on her return trip to Trinidad. Further
along there isa large scow loaded with
strange-looking volcanic rock, whieh was
brought as ballast from Barbadoes by a
trading-vessel. The rock is taken from
the mountains to the coast, and proves
very useful in ballasting vessels. At
present the scow is in command of a boy
of sixteen, who says that he will sell the
rock as dirt at sixty cents a ton, as it has
been somewhat injured by exposure to
snow and rain: but usually the ordinary
rock is worth$1.25 a ton. He hasa cargo
of 100 tons, and expresses a willingness
to sell it to the writer at the large reduc-
tion mentioned.

It is a tempting offer, but we pass on
to acanal-boat which is loaded
with 7.000 bags of bran. The bags are
emptied in the hold, and a man so covered
with bran as to suggest Father Time, is
distributing the load here and there vith
a wooden shovel. It will take nearly
five days to load the boat, and then it
will be towed to Harlem, where it will
be unloaded by an elevator in about a
day. It seems a primitive way of taking
the bran to a point so near as Harlein,
but the owner of the merchandise is also
owner of the boat, and it is cheaper to
utilize this antique method of transporta-
tion than to pay the cost of cartage. The
buyer secured the meal on the tloor of
the Produce Exchange, and then had it
brought to this wharf, near ancient Rut-
gers Slip.

and

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pemg

Ata wharf close by is a steamer en-
gaged in the East India trade, which

often brings considerable quantities of
spices to New York. She has now dis-
charged her cargo, however, and is wait-
ing for another load before making a
yoyage to London. She will take what
is termed a ‘“‘general cargo,’’ which may
include a hundred different items, such
as flour, sugar, machinery, eotton goods,
agricultural implements, leather, hard-
ware, lubricating oil, furniture, beef,
pork, bacon, hay, etc. On discharging
her cargo at London she will, an officer
says, coast up the German seas, taking
coal and assorted merchandise to Ant-
werp, Hamburg and other German ports.
The officer says that she will probably
coast for about ninety days, so that the
crew can be near home. Officers and
men have, as usual, signed a contract for
two years’ service, but they do not like
to be in the East India trade for the full
time, as it takes them too far from home,
and they wish to have an opportunity of
seeing their families. It is an error to
suppose that poor Jack is indifferent to
those domestic ties which are so potent
with right-thinking persons. Nothing is
more absurd than to suppose that the

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The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

ae ce ee

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State,

KE. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year.
Advertising Rates made known on application.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.

 

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

ee

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1889.

 

 

DO YOU WANT IT?

The business men of Michigan now
have an admirably conceited insurance
plan before them, for adoption or rejec-
tion, by means of which they can save
at least 40 per cent. of the money now
paid to Eastern and foreign capitalists in
the shape of a fire tax. If they wish to
see the plan carried into execution, they
must raise $100,000, in order to obtain a
charter from the State to do business.
That money, for which certificates of
stock will be issued, will bear an annual
interest dividend of 10 percent., making
it The
amount raised

a good investment. necessary

could he in two days
among the wealthy men of Grand Rapids
or Detroit, but an e’ement of mutuality
which commends the plan to business
men would thus be defeated—the insured
would not be their own insurers.

t rests with business men, then, to say
whether they want the plan as presented
by the Committee, and to act without un-
necessary delay.

ANOTHER VICTORY.

For years the insurance companies do-
ing business in this State have been
working for the appointment of an In-
surance Policy Commission and _ the
adoption of a standard form of insurance
policy. The former was accomplished
a couple of years ago, when Governor
Luce announced his intention of carry-
ing the plan into execution. The point
at issue was, Who should be the third
member of the Commission?—the Insur-
ance Commissioner and Attorney General
being the other two members. The
President and Secretary of the Michigan
Business Men’s Association visited Lan-
sing and asked Governor Luce, in behalf
of the business men of the State, to
appoint a representative business man.
As aresult of this request, and others of
similar character, the Governor named
Chas. Buncher, whose long and varied
experience in insurance matters peculiar-
ly fitted him for the duties devolving
upen himin such connection. The in-
surance companies then began clamoring
for the adoption of the policy known as
the New York standard form. As this
policy contained several technical points
which would work manifest injustice,
to the of the State,
the Michigan Business Men’s Association
engaged an experienced attorney to give
the form a careful reading and point out
the objectionable features, and, later on.
to appear before the Commission at its
final hearing to defend his objections and
answer the arguments of those who ap-
peared to criticise his objections. What
is the result? The adoption—not of the
New York form, but of a form from
which most of the objectionable features
are eliminated—a form which must now
be used by all the insurance companies
doing business in the State, so that here-
after a person who has read one insurance
policy has read them all—a form which is
devoid of the ingenius technicalities
which frequently deprives the insured of
justice. This work—which was prosecut-
ed so unselfishly for the benefit of 25,000
business men by the 3,000 members of
the Michigan Business Men’s Association
—will save the insuring public thousands.
of dollars, besides curtailing the necessi-
ty for much expensive and unsatisfactory
litigation.

And yet there are some men who won-
der, ‘‘What good the Association ean do?”?
and there are others—members of local
bodies— who begrudge the per capita
payment of 50 cents per year to the State
body on the ground that they can secure
the same benefits by acting ina local
way. Such men are ‘‘penny wise and
pound foolish,’’ and the future will dem-
onstrate the truth of the statement.

insuring public

 

 

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THE NEXT CENSUS.

In one important matter the House has
been more prompt than the Senate. The
bill providing for the taking of the cen-
sus of 1890 in June of that year, has
been before the Senate’s committee since
early in the summer, but without action
thus far. There are some nice questions
to be settled in that connection. There

 

is a very general feeling that something
less than twenty-four volumes should be
enough to contain what the people need |
to learn from our national statisticians;
and yet new lines of profitable investi- |
gation are suggested constantly, while |
none of the old ones are without interest |
and value. Perhaps it might be possible |
to pass over the matter of the location of |

of diseases this time, the census of 1880)

having given the doctors all they need
or can digest. And there may be found
some other branches of inquiry, good
enough in themselves, but not requiring
repetition every ten years.

On the other hand, no census has shown
the American people exactly what are

the costs of the state, county,
township, and municipal  govern-
ments for the census’ year, and

we submit that no point can be of greater
importance as a guide to national legisla-
tion at the present time. At the same
time the sources from which these many
governments derive their revenues should
be carefully ascertained, as should the
costs of collection, the amount of bonded,
floating and repudiated debt, and the
rate of interest paid. Nexttothis should
come the statement of the objects of
local government outlay, the number of
persons employed and in what capacity,
and the like. Asany one who has looked
into the matter must know, there are few
subjects about which it is harder to ob-
tain authentic statistics.

The Senate Committee favors follow-
ing the lines of the last ecensusin the
main, as indeed does the House bill, but
italso thinks of conferring a large dis-
cretion upon the Secretary of the Interior
as to limiting or increasing the minor
inquiries, while indicating in the bill the
things which are indispensable. This is
a very sensible proposal, but it would be
still better if the Secretary were given
discretion as to the years in which other
parts of the census than the enumeration
of the population should be taken. A
permanent census bureau, with its work
spread over the whole decade, is what
we now need.

 

ADVANTAGES OF INSURANCE.
The town of Marblehead, now one of a
which closely lines the upper
coast of Massachusetts, will have sorrow-
ful reason to remember the Christmas of
1888, a fire which broke out in the even-
ing of the day having laid the business
district in ashes. Asit was one of the
shoe-making towns, a considerable num-
ber of working-people were thrown out
of employment. But the people at once
set themselves at the work of replacing the
old wooden structures which had been
burnt with others of brick and stone, and
ten years hence Marblehead will be a
finer and probably a more prosperous
place than ever. Itis one of the great
advantages of the insurance system of
modern times that the losses of a great
fire are widely distributed, whereas they
once fell upon a single community with
unrelieved weight. Towns were burnt
down as frequently in the north of Enu-
rope two centuries ago as they now are,
and perhaps even more frequently. In
that case the people had nothing to fall
back upon except the Christian charity
of their neighbors, which in those days
of imperfect communication was a very
meagre source of relief. Insurance
against fire, if it included all the property
affected, would reduce the loss toa tem-
porary inconvenience. Even as it it
enables any burnt-out Marblehead to
draw largely upon the capital of the rest
of the country for rebuilding, without
incurring an obligation of any kind.

series

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Michigan is quite a State after all. It
furnished a man who was cunning enough
to wring a half million dollars out of the
credulous capitalists of England and New
York, by pretending to have discovered
a process for refining sugar by electricity.
Like Mr. Keely, Mr. Friend found it
advantageous to keep the ‘‘process”? a
secret until the pockets of his dupes had
been emptied.

 

 

The Buginess World speaks of the
work done by the ‘‘chemist of the Mich-
igan State Dairy Commission.’”? The
World is a little premature. There may
be a “‘State Dairy Commission”’ after the
present session of the Legislature, but so
far the idea exists only in the aspirations
of those who are seeking the creation of
such a body.

 

Saginaw Jottings.

J. S. Smart, Jr., has closed out nearly
all his stock.

2%. Phillips’ stock is being sold for the
benefit of his creditors.

Our lumbermen have ‘‘invited com-
pany’’ for the 23d and will havea big
time. Lumber dealers from all over the
country are expected.

A. D. Haight, of the Palace Laundry,
goes to Jackson to manage the Jackson
Laundry, recently purchased by E. E.
Russell, of Tecumseh.

Gawcekey & Corbyn have sold out their
hardware business to T. B. Spencer. We
understand that Mr. Gawekey intends
going into the lumber business.

The Jas. Stewart Co. is now fairly set-
tled in its new store—and it is a beauty.
There is a cellar under the entire build-
ing. The first floor is occupied by as
fine a set of offices as there is in the
State, and the three stories above—con-
nected by heavy, water-power elevators—
are piled full of goods. The building
and enterprise of this company are a
credit to our city.

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celebrated ‘‘Crescent,’”’ ‘“‘White Rose’’ and
‘Royal Patent’’? brands of flour-are man-
ufactured and sold only by the Voigt
Milling Co.

 

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AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
P. H. Vander Byl has opened a meat
market at 374 West Leonard street.
Hawkins & Perry have sold a grocery
stock to Perry & Griffith, at Boyne Falls.

 

Wm. Rogers has opened a meat market
at the corner of Henry and Sherman
streets.

J. R. Harrison & Co. expect to open
their new dry goods store at 143 Monroe
street by the end of the present week.

 

Wm. H. Ross has engaged in the drug
business at the corner of West Fulton
and Mt. Vernon streets. The Hazeltine
& Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock.

C. E. Pennock has sold his drug stock
at the corner of West Fulton and Mt.
Vernon streets to a gentleman named
Cummings, who has removed it to Flint.

W. D. McMullen and J. R. Crane have
formed a copartnership and engaged in
the boot and shoe business at Grand
Ledge. Geo. H. Reeder furnished the
stock.

White & Co., the Reed City druggists,
have started a branch drug store at the
corner of Fourth and Stocking streets.
The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. fur-
nished the new stock.

 

A number of men of means have un-
der consideration the fermation of a
company to engage in the manufacture
of water gas,on the same plan as the
Jackson establishment. The Central City
company furnishes gas for forty eents
per thousand for the first 5,000 feet and
all over that at thirty cents per thousand.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

Ashley—M. Netzorg has assigned his
dry goods stock.

Harrisburg — Wm. H.
opened a general stock.

Kentville — Albert K: nt
added largelyto his stock.

Sparta—J. O. Norton has assigned his
grocery stock to L. B. Lull.

Saline—Martin S. King succeeds C.
King in the grocery business.

Mason—Longyear Bros. sueceed
Woodworth in the drug business.

Hickory Corners—Mr. Francisco has
sold his meat market to Wesley Lawrence.

East Saginaw—T. B. Spencer succeeds
Yawger & Corbyn in the hardware bus-
iness.

Stanten—S. E. Reams succeeds J. C.
Bradford in the grocery and restaurant
business.

Hastings — Houghtaling & Co. will
shortly remove their general stock to
Lake Odessa.

Lapeer—Grover & Crankshaw succeed
Thos. F. Dunn in the agricultural imple-
ment business.

Ann Arbor—Walter Toop has sold his
bakery and confectionery business to
Thos. Caswell.

Bay City—Geo. W. Mansfield has as-
signed his grocery and meat business to
teuben Ferris.

Saranac—Dudley & Titus is the style
of the firm which has bought the cloth-
ing stock of Brown Bros.

Eaton Rapids—Sterling & Co. have sold
their boot and shoe stock to E. V. Bow-
ers, late of Mt. Clemens.

Charlotte—Church & Fenn have pur-
chased the balance of the L. F. Mikesell
grocery stock and consolidated it with
their own.

Traverse City—Carl Howard has sold
his grocery stock to John Helm, for sev-
eral years past engaged in trade at Bur-
dickville.

Detroit—J. A. Murray has retired from
the wholesale dry goods firm of Allan
Sheldon & Co. The firm name remains
the same as before.

Hartford—M. C. Conkling has sold his
grocery stock to Giles Cook, who will con-
tinue the business. M.C. has gone to
Colorado in quest of better health.

Detroit—John B. Crosby, for many
years in the employ of Root, Strong &
Co., has been admitted to partnership in
the new firm of Strong, Lee & Co.

Coopersville—Dell Wright has assigned
his general stock to Thomas Hines, Cash-
ier in the bank of Watson & Co. The
assets and liabilities are about equal.

Harrison has

has lately

E.

Boyne Falls—J. H. Perry has sold a
half interest in his grocery stock to Mil-
ton Griffith and the two will continue the
business under the style of Perry &
Griffith.

Kalamazoo—C. A. Overocker and E.
Curtenius have bought the grocery stock
of Richard Loveland and will continue
the business under the style of Overocker
& Curtenius.

Traverse City—Isaac Winnie and Geo.
F. Steven have bought the grocery stock
of Perkett, Lardie & Co. and will con-
tinue the business under the style of
Steven & Co.

Fennville—P. S. Swarts & Son have
bought of Mr. O’Brien the drug stock he
recently purchased of H. D. Purdy. Dr.
Andrews will officiate behind the pre-
seription case.

Bandola—H. C. Meyer, the merchant

| who disappeared mysteriously a couple

i | of years ago, is now reported to be en-
Merchants should remember that the See I

joying himself in his native land on the
other side of the Atlantic.

Orange—P. H. Kilmartin & Son have
purchased the general stock of Hinds &

 

Bessy and will continue the business.
The elder Kilmartin was formerly a mem-
ber of the firm of Tew, Kilmartin &
Tew.

Portland—The Review says: ‘The at-
tachment upon the goods of Willis M.
Elder, levied by Jas.. Tuft & Sons, of
Boston, and the events in connection
therewith are fresh in the minds of the
public. It may not be generally known,
however, that at the time of issuing the
attachment, a mortgage upon the entire
stock and fixtures, amounting to $4,920.50,
and running to Mrs. L. K. Showman, was
on file in the office of the township
clerk. After the attachment proceed-
ings had been commenced, Mrs. Show-
man began a suit for damages against
Sheriff Hiram N. Lee and Deputy Sheriff
George Van Wagner for seizing the goods,
claiming $5,000. The suit has been set
for the January term of the Circuit
Court and will probably come up before
Judge Smith some time this week. The
officers mentioned a remerely the nominal
defendants. If Mrs. Showman wins her
ease, the Tufts will be the losers, and
big losers, too.’’

STRAY FACTS.

Detroit—Elliar, Gregory & Co. sue-
ceed Elliar Bros. in the commission grain
business.

Detroit—C. V. Bryan & Co. succeed
J. W. Flynn & Co. in the commission
grain business.

Traverse City—Walter Hardwick suc-
ceeds S. W. Perkins & Co. in the manu-
facture of mince meat.

Detroit—Several commercial travelers
have organized the J. G. Moore Cigar
Manufacturing Co., with a capital stock
of $10,000. The factory is at 243 Michi-
gan avenue.

Petoskey—Connable & Sons will build
a fish dock here this winter and establish
a branch fishing station at St. Joseph.
The firm had 140 tons of frozen fish on
hand at the beginning of the season.

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Charlotte—Dolson & May succeed Ward
& Dolson in the manufacture of carriages.

Au Sable—The J. E. Potts Salt & Lum-
ber Co. cut 81,343,418 feet of lumber in
1888.

Saginaw—The Ring-Brady Co. sueceeds
Chapin, Ring & Co. in the manufacture
of furniture.

Evart—Cowan & McLennon haye pur-
chased the shingle mill formerly owned
by Keeler Bros.

Detroit—The Dry Dock Sheet
Works is succeeded by the Detroit
Metal and Brass Works.

Detroit—The name of the Bingham
Hoop & Thin Lumber Co. has been
changed to the Cresent Manufacturing Co.

Luther—Fred I. Nichols started up his
sawmill, two miles west of this place,
last Friday. He will cut hardwood ex-
clusively.

Muskegon—It is reported that Hovey
& McCracken have recently purchased
29,000 acres of timber lands in Ashley
county, Ark.

Scottville—Albert Vogle will build a
new sawmill to take the place of the
one lately burned, the capacity to be
10,000 feet daily.

Petoskey—David Seibert has sold his
stave and heading factory to Mrs. Eunice
Allen, of Caledonia. She will manufac-
ture staves, heading and bowls,

Tecumseh—A. W. Slayton has sixty
mills cutting basswood for him, located
in twenty-nine different counties, and his
freight bills amount to about $10,000 a
year.

Manistee—White & Friant, of Grand
Rapids, have purchased the sawmill,
shingle mill and planing mill of Tabor &
Sons. They have about 30,000 feet of
timber tributary to the headwaters of the
Manistee.

Detroit—J. E. Bolles & Co. have be-
come a corporation with $59,000 capital
stock, of which $30,000 is paid in. John
E. Bolles and Erastus H. Chamberlain
hold 400 shares each; Merritt Randolph,
200; and Horatio Barr and Charles M.
Chamberlain, 120 each.

Detroit—The American Store Railway
Co. has been organized, with a capital. of
$300,000, to manufacture patent eash car-
riers. Morse Rohnert and James R.
Turner each hold fifty shares, while
11,900 shares stand to the credit of Cyrus
D. Reeves, of Wausau, Wis.

Ossineke—L. R. Sanborn & Son, who
recently assigned, show total liabilities
of $93,739.17, of which $36,169.40 are
secured, while the assets are only
$3,934.49 as against $57,569.77 in unse-
cured debts. Alger, Smith & Co. are se-
cured for $29,295.43 by real estate mort-
gage and notes.

Detroit—The Frost Lumber Co. plant
was appraised at $66,500 and sold for
$38,425. Several unsecured creditors
think that this was not enough, and that
more could have been realized if better
notice of sale had been given. They
asked Judge Garjner not to confirm the
sale, and he has granted their request.

Hudsonville—Thos. Curry is getting
timber on the ground to rebuild the saw-
mill recently burned. The building will
be 28x100 feet in dimensions, two stories
high, and the machinery will be driven |
by a 25 horse power engine. The mill |
will be located a mile and a half east of |
town, where Mr. Curry has 150 acres of |
elm and ash timber.

Metal
Sheet

 

Masonville—Benj. F. Bridges estimates
that the five streams entering Little Bay
de Noquet are tributary to 250,000,000
of standing pine Bridges, Snell & Co.
and Gardner & Booth are each cutting
about seven million per year, Mason &
Davis are cutting about four million and
the Flat Rock company is cutting about
ten million. Present indications are that
eight or nine years will see the extinc-
tion of the pine tributary to the Bay.

———“qqg€9- +2
Gripsack Brigade.

H. B. Carhartt, of Detroit, was in town
over Sunday.

Everything points to a pleasant out-
come of the annual ball on February 15.

C. B. Lamb, traveling representative
for Adams & Ford, the Cleveland shoe
jobbers, was in town Monday.

“Hub”? Baker is rejoicing over the
receipt of a gold watch which came to
him as a present from his employers.

J. Will Richards, the Reed City hard-
ware dealer, will represent the Bingham
Hardware Co., of Cleveland, on the road.

J. L. Anthony, traveling salesman for
F. J. Dettenthaler, is spending a couple
of weeks among the trade of Ohio and
Pennsylvania.

W. F. Wurzburg, of the firm of F. W.
Wurzburg’s Sons & Co., has returned
from his wedding trip and resumed his
visits to his trade.

Scott S. Swigart, traveling represent-
ative for the National Tobacco Works, of
Louisville, is spending a couple of weeks
in the Upper Peninsula.

O. M. Benedict, traveling representa-
tive for Broome & Co., of New York,
received a china tea set from his em-
ployers as a Christmas token.

Siegmund Florsheim, junior member of
the firm of Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co..,
is accompanying Frank E. Chase on his
initial trip this week with the new house.

The coin collection of the late James
A. Crookston is valued at $2,000. It was
left to his daughters, who are having it
catalogued for the purpose of effecting a
sale.

Geo. F. Owen has been laid up since
New Year’s day by a surgical operation
involved in the removal of a small tumor
from his back. He will be as chipper as
ever in a few days.

John M. Sweeney, formerly with

teeder, Palmer & Co., succeeds Chas. E.
Morgan as traveling salesman for Jen-
nings & Smith, taking as his territory the
trade of Southern Michigan and Northern
Ohio and Indiana.

W. F. Wilson, for several years past
traveling representative for the American
Co-operative Shoe Co., of Stoneham,
Mass,, has engaged with Adams & Ford,
of Cleveland for 1889, taking Eastern
Michigan as his territory.

W. H. Downs left Monday for Boston,
whither he goes to pack the sample trunks
of Wheeler, Conant & Blodgett, with
whom he will be identified the coming
year, covering the same territory former-
ly traversed by John Fearing Gill.

John F. Gill, for the past year trayel-
ing representative for Wheeler, Conant
& Blodgett, of Boston, will this year be
identified with Brezee, Storms & Gil,
also of Boston. He takes the New En-
gland states as his territory, spending
most of his time in the house.

Byron Yant, a worker from Workville.
who has traveled over about half the
country, has been assigned the Michigan
trade exclusively by Hiram W. Davis &
Co., of Cincinnati. He will make his
headquarters at Grand Rapids, basking
under the smiles of the genial Harry
Dibble.

Fred. E. Angell, for the past year
traveling salesman for Ball, Barnhart &
Putman, has engaged to travel for L.
Ladd, of Adrian, with whom he was
associated for two years previous to his
coming to Grand Rapids. His territory
will be the same as before—the jobbing
trade of Michigan. Ohio, Indiana anda

part of Illinois.
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Bank Notes.

Wixon & Carpenter, bankers at Me-
costa, who recently burned out there, are
said to be contemplating removing to
Luther.

The new Home Savings Bank, at De-

troit, has begun business in the MeGraw
building. Ex-City Treasurer Schmitt-
diel is Cashier.
"A new bank has been organized at
West Bay City, to be known as the Peo-
ple’s Savings Bank. The officers are:
President, George L. Mosher; Vice-Pres-
ident, John Bourn; Directors, George K.
Mosher, E. T. Carrington, H. W. Web-
ber, John Bourn and C. E. Pierce, of
West Bay City, and C. E. Chapin, L. C.
Butler, J. E. Stahl and E. F. Butler, of
Lansing.

 

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A Marvel at Figures.

Cassius Manigold, who clerks in the
general store of H. P. Whipple, at Kings-
ley, is said to be a marvel in the way of
lightning calculators, inasmuch as he
can solve the most intricate mathematical
problems without recourse to mental in-
strumentality. No sooner is a problem
propounded to him than he is ready with
the answer. He says it comes to him
without mental effort, the answer ap-
parently appearing before him in the air.
The faculty is a source of constant won-
der to the possessor, who is unable to

account for it.

 

Purely Personal.

Chas. E. OIney leaves for Santa Bar-
bara on Thursday.

Lou A. Pelton, the Luther hardware
dealer, has been in town several days.

C. D. Spaulding is expected back from
Mexico by the end of the month.

Frank E. Leonard celebrated New
Year’s day by welcoming a new boy at
his house.

C. H. Pelton, who is building the new
Catholic church at Manistee, spent the
holidays with his family here.

Frank Sanford will have the manage-
ment of White & Co.’s new drug store at
the corner of Fourth and Stocking streets.

Geo. H. Blackmar, for some time past
manager of the People’s Store, at 333
Canal street, has resigned to engage in
other business. *

Jas. T. Watson, shipping clerk for
Foster, Stevens & Co., is rejoicing over
the advent of a614 pound boy. He ar-
rived Dec. 30.

J. A. Haak, whose mill is located at
Haak Siding, has cut up all his stock and
will remove his mill in the spring. He
manufactured 1,000,000 feet the past
season.

H. E. Hesseltine has been granted a
patent on his newspaper and Dill file.
The patent was dated December
which is probably a mistake, as govern-
ment employes are not given to laboring
on holidays.

Or

wD,

3enj. F. Bridges, of the firm of
Bridges, Snell & Co., sawmill operators
at Masonville, was in town a couple of
days last week. It is the first time he
has visited Grand Rapids since the firm
removed from Lumberton, four years
ago.
(2-9
Michigan Dairymen’s Association.
The fifth annual convention of the
Michigan Dairymen’s Association will be
held at Jackson on Feb. 12, 13 and 14.

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

PAR AAR APRA PR PPR PAAR ADAP PRPRAARAAAAAAA AL
Advertisements will be inserted under this head for

two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a

word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise.

ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

Ee

 

 

FOR SALE.

OR SALE—NEWS DEPOT, NOVELTY STORE AND

ice cream parlor, cheap for cash. Also city bill

posting Stock, about $2.000. Sickness, cduse of ‘sale.
M. E. Higgins, Meadota, Ill. 347

OR SALE—SECOND-HAND MACHINERY. ONE
eightinch four-side Smith moulder; one Joslin
re-saw; one Smith re-saw; exhaust fan; shafting; pul-
Jeys;, etc. Cheap for cash. F. B. Wiggins & Co.,
machinery depot, East Saginaw, Mich. 341

OR SALE—CHEAP, SET OF TINNERS TOOLS AND
: machines E. A. Hill, Coloma, Mich. 340

OR SALE—ONE CHANDLER & TAYLOR STANDARD
saw mill, with saw, etc. Entire outfit new. A

bargain. Lock Box No. 6, Mancelona, Mich. S37

OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN, A YOKE OF OXEN,
medium weight, quick action and well trained.
Address C. C. Rood, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2

Foe SALE—MILL SUPPLIES. Ki

 

 

 

 

 

LARGE STOCK OF
belting, packing and hose, gine, sand paper, oils,
varnishes, ete. Also new and second-hand machinery.
Write us for prices. F.B. Wiggins & Co., East Sagi-
naw, Mich. 342
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, eh. 334
RUG STORE FOR SALE — IN CHATTANOOGA.
: Tenn. Population, 50,000. Good location, good
trade. A bargain forsomeone. For full particulars,
those who mean business, address P. O. Box 203, Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. 3l4

 

 

 

 

R SALE—OUR RETAIL STOCK OF GROCERIES

at 110 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. Goods are all
new. The stand is in the best location in town and
can be leased. Bemis Bros. 307

Z\OR SALE—A CLEAN

 

WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF
general hardwa stoves and tinyare. Tin shop
in connection. Will inventory about $6,000. Located
centrally and one of the vest points for retail business
in the city. Good reasons for selling. Address Hard-
ware, care Michigan Tradesman. 300

      
  

| ag SALE CHEAP —i8-HOKSE POWER ENGINE,
Good as new. Address 298, this office. 298

- SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF

the most pleasant streets “on the hill.” Will ex-

Address 286,
286

 

 

change for stock in any good institution.
care Michigan Tradesman.

WANTS.

\ 7JANTED—BY AN EXPERIENCED TRAVELING
man, a position with some good house or fac-
tory. First-class reference. Address, 348 this office. 348
\ JANTED—TO EXCHANGE 100 ACRES OF TiM-
bered land in Southern Ij!inois for horses or
hardwoo. timber lands in Michigan or stock merchan-
dise. Address G., 226 Michigan s reet, Chicago, #45
V /ANTED—1O AN ENERGET.C MAN OVER 22, NOT
¥ afraid of work and able to give security, we will
give permanent position, good salary and rapid pro-
motion. Address J. B. D., box 662, Chicago. 344
J ANTED—TO EXCHANGE OR SELL a GOOD BUS-
, ness property and stock ef drugs. Real estate
consists of two frame stores well located for business
on corner. One store, 24 x 80, with nice living rooms
above. Other store, 20 x 6@ (adjeining) one story.
Large lots with garden spot, barn, ice house,ete. Title
perfect. No incumbrance. The occupantis» w car-
rying on a general store and doing a geod business,
but is anxious to make achange. Satisfactory reasons
given. Will sell or exchange fora geod business prop-
erty in some lively railroad town in this state. Corres-
pondence solicited. Address, 388, care Michigan Trades-
man. 338

\ ANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK BY PHARMACIST
who is registered by examination, Address
Robert W. Hazeltine, 22 Henry St ,Grand Rapids. 380

{7 ANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMACIST. GER-
man preferred. Must be willing to work in gen-
eral stock. Bert M. Brown, Stevensville, Mich. 336

QUITUATION WANTED—A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER
0 is open for engagement. Large acquaintance
with grocery trade in Michigan.
care Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

  

 

Address Jackson,
825

 

W 4ANTED—EXPERIENCED DRUG CLERK, GER-

man or Scandinavian prefered. Apply at once

giving usual particulars. F. D. Paquette, Ludington.
319

 

yy Aa Ey ERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS
this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a
trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with
all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the
expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to
a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble
that usually go with the pass-book plan. - Start the ist
of the month with the new system and you will never
regretit. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent
by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff,
Albany, N. Y. 213
ee MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR
Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for
samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214
MISCELLANEOUS,
( yuk WOND®*REUL KLECTRO-GaLVIC POCKET
Battery should be owned by every business man,
clerk, traveling man, boek-keeper. Positively re-
lieves headache or catarrh in three mimutes, Send us
one dollar for complete battery by mail. E. Clifton
Fisk & Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. Agents wanted. 335
S1 200 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI-
* 5 ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea-
sons’for selling. Address Chas. Kynoch, St. Ignaee,
i 228

“WANTED!

We want stocks of goods in exchange
for $100,000 worth of productive real
estate in Lansing city property and im-
proved farms.

R.A. CLARK & 00.
Real Estate Brokers Lansing Mich.

Manufacturers, Attention,

FOR RENT.

On January 1, 1889. the brick factory, 50 x 104
ft.,4 stories, next north of the Berkey & Gay
Furniture factory on East side canal and now
occupied by that company. Best water power of
any factory on the canal.

ALSO FOR RENT

On March 1, 1889, all or part of what is known as
Comstock’s Pail and Tub factory, corner of Can
al and Newberry streets. All the pail and tub
machinery will be removed previous to that date.
This factory is of brick, 220 feet long by 60 feet
average width, divided into different depart-
ments with Fire Walls and Iron Doors. Abun-
dance of Steam Power. large Dry Kilns and Sheds
on the plant. further particulars and terms

apply to
C. C. COMSTOCK,
331 Canal street, Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

 

For

 

GAARENDERSON & CO.OW/CIGP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ec a es
“Red School House” Shoes
ONE OF OUR

SPECIALTIES.

 

We are Extensive
Manufacturers

We have three Western factories,
in each of which we make Special
Lincs 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.

 

Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales-Goodyear Rubbers,

 

FACTORIES:
Fond du Lac, Wis.
Dixon, Ml.

Chicago, Il.

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

 

W/ 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 PROM “lt ATTENTION

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ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT.

Michigan Business Mon’s Association.

President—Frank Wells, Lansing.
First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
Seeond Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo.
Seeretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
im W. Sprague. Greenville.
Executive Board—Presideat; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon;
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, L Lowell;
Chas. T. — Flint; Hiram DeLano, ‘Allegan;

Committee. on Insuranee—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green-
ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville, Oren Stone, Flint.
Committee on Legislation—S. Parkill, Owosso; H.
A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; a x Pope, Allegan.
teee on Trade Inter ests—Smith Barnes, Traverse
Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus-

 

 

desi
kegon
mimi Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso;

= F. aeain, Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle

Creek. :
Com e on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun-
omy van Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids;

W. B. Crotty, Lansing. |
Loeal Secretary—P. J. Connell, Muskeger.
Official GQrgan—TH& MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

e following auxiliary associations are Op-
wtioe under charters granted by the Michi-
gan Business Men’s Association:

 

 

No. 1—Traverse City B. M.
Presidant, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. is
No. 2—Lowell &. M, A.
President, N. 1} N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.

No. 3—Sturgis B. M.A.
President, H. S. Church; Becretary, W m. Jorn.

———Ne. 4—Grand Bapids M. A.
President, E. J. . J. Herrick: Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A.
President, John / iller; Secretary. C. L. Whitney.
N 3—Alba B. M.A.
President. | c. Sloat; Secretary, Pp. T. Baldwin.

 

 

 

 

 

Nee 7—Dimondale 7. Me A.
President. T. M. Sloan; Sec retary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Hastport B. M. A.

President, x. Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L.

 

Thurston.

No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A.
eres HM. Marshall; Secretary, J. jo. Kelly.
o. 16—Harber Springs B. M. A.
President, ¥ Ow. J. Clark; Seeretary, - A. L. L. Thompson. __
~ No.tl— Kingsley y B.M
President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, G.
————~Wo. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
Wo. 13—Sherman B, M.A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Seeretary, W. J. Austin.
Ne. 14—So. Muskegen 8. M. A.
President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, | G. C. Havens.
No. 25. Boyne city y B. ML. A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
hae

 

 

 

 

 

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Ne. 16—Send Lake -s M.A.
President, J. V- Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
Mo. 15—Oweneo B. M, A.
President, Alb Albert Todd; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
i Wo. 19—Ada B. M. A.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
Mo. 20—Seugatuck B. M.A
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
‘Wo, i— Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
Ne. 22—Grand eB. M.A
Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
No. 23—Carson City B. ~
President, F. = Rockafellow; Secretary, C
o. 24—Merley #. M. a
President, a. << Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
No. 25—Paie B. M. A,
President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.
No. 26—Greemville it. M. A.
President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
No #?7—Derr B. M. be
President, E. §. Boteford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
Wo. 23_Chebeygan B. M.A
President, Fred S. Frost; Secretary, i. = Dozer.
No. 29—Freepert B. M
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A.J. adeserove
No. 30—Oceana B. M.
President, A. G. Avery; Secretary, E ‘s Youghtaling.
Ne. 32—Charlette B-. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, Ww. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
o. 33_—Charlevoix B. M.A.
President, E D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Seranac B. M. A.
President, i. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. W illiams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A.
President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. . Densmore.
in 6 ne oe, 2
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden.
No. 37—Battie Creek B. M. A.
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore.
No. 38—Sco ville B. M.A.
President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
No. 39 —-Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, W.S. Willer; Secretary, F. W- Sheldon.
No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
No. 41—BGreckenridge B. M. A.
President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, C. E. Scudder.
No. #2—Fremonts BD, M, A.
President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary C. J. Rathbun.
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A.
resident, G. A. Estes; Secretary, W. M. Holmes.
No. 44—Keed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Seeretary, W. H. Smith.
Mo. 45—Heyrville B. M. A
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. rv Halladay.

No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
President, Wm. Hutchins; sedan aes M. Gould. —

 

A.
G. Bailey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“No. 47—Flint M.
President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. ‘i. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbaréston B. M. A.
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W.J. Tabor.

No. 49—Lerey BM. A.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith.

No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. O'Malley.

No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A.

President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, FE. D. Vos.

 

 

 

 

 

Bellevue B. M.A.

 

 

 

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President, Frank Phelps, Secretary, John H. ¥ York.

No. 54—Deuglas B. M. A
Thomas B. ait Secretary, C.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A.
Cc. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. oes
ae eee B. Ne.

; Seeretary, Geo. c ——

 

Rresident, B. Waller. |

President,
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President, N. W.

No. Sa B. M.A.
President, Wm. G. Tetft; Secretary. E. B. La apha am.
” No. 58—Fife Lake B. Mt. A.
President, L. S. Walter; Secretar; ,C Pigkely.

No. 59—Fennville = M A. |
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. 8. Swarts.

No. 60—Soath Boardman B. M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

” No. 61—Hartford B. M.A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—Ez
President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith.
No. 63—S8vart B. M. A.
President, Wet ; Secretary, C. E. Bell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Association Notes.

The Charlotte B. M. A. holds its annual meet-
ing this evening.

Two associations have re-affiliated with the
State body during the past week—Breckenridge
B. M. A., with thirteen members, and Boyne
City B. M. A., with twelve members.

R. A. Stevenson, Secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania State Association, has resigned to go into
the bakery business. Mr. Stevenson is a royally
good fellow and deserves success, no matter
what path he treads.

The Executive Board of the State body will
meet at Lansing on Wednesday, January 16, for
the purpose of talking final action on the insur-
ance matter; also to consider the subject of

| holding a special session at Lansing latter in the
| winter.

Manistee Democrat: The Business Men’s As-
sociation held a special meeting on Wednesday
evening, when a resolution was adopted, pledg-
ing the members to close their stores at 6.30 P. M.
from January 1 to April 1. An effort is being
made to get the merchants who are not members
to close their stores at the same hour.

Dorr correspondence Allegan Journal: We no-
tice that the Michigan Business Men’s Associa-
tion Insurance Committee is ready to begin op-
erations, provided all the associations of the
State give the new committee their supportin the
way of subscribed capital and policies. Every
business man should give them a lift and save
part of his premiums for his own benefit.

Evart Review: The annual meeting of the
Evart Business Men's Association occurred
Wednesday evening, but asit was thought bet-
ter to try and have a larger representation of
those interested than were present, an adjourn-
ment was had until next Tuesday evening, at
the village hall. This organization is one of
great value to all interested in the future of
Evart—in fact, the real good that can be accomp-
lished through it, cannot be fully conceived, as
none can tell the results when a solid body of
citizens put their shoulder to the wheel as one
man. There is no disguising the fact that Evart
needs several things very badly, one of which is
a flouring mill with sufficient capacity to at least
supply flour for home consumption end the other
is to provide for a market where all farm pro-
dnuee can be disposed of for cash at their full
value. We hope our citizens will, at least, at-
tend the meeting next Tuesday night, thus show-
ing by their presence that they are alive to their
own interests.

Ss.
Flushing Takes Charter No. =
FLUSHING, Jan.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Str—We send you herewith application,
constitution and by-laws of the Flushing B. M.
A., with the request that the — may be made
a chartered auxilary of the M. B.

We send per capita dues of 25 cents as we
understand this to be the last half of the fiscal
year. If we are wrong, write usand we will
forward the other 25 cents.

We send §$ for charter. Would like the mat-
ter hurried along as fast as convenient.

Yours truly,
L. A. VICKERY & Sons.

The fiscal year of the State body is from Oct. 1
to Oct.1, so the Flushing Association will be
compelled to defer the date of their affiliation
until April 1, or remit the additional 25 cents
per capita.

2

Annual Meeting of the Bangor B. M. A.

Jail.

, 1889,

BANGOR, 5, 1889.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Srmr—The Bangor B. M. A. held its an-
nual meeting at Steven’s Hallon Friday evening,
January 4, for the election of officers for the en-
suing year, as follows:

President—N. W. Drake.

Vice-President—A. B. Chase.

Secretary—George Chapman.

Treasurer—Silas DeLong.

Your Official Circular No. 4 was read before
the meeting and it was voted to pay up our State
dues, which you may expect in a few days.

The insurance Circulars were circulated
among the members and it was expressed by all
= to be a good thing and one that is need-
ed.

There was a good attendance and everything
passed off nicely. Will let you hear from us oc-
casionally. Respectfully yours,

GEORGE CHAPMAN,
Se 6 =
Cadillac Considering Re-Orgavization.

Jan. 5, 1889.

sec y-

 

CADILLAC,
E. A. Stewe, Grand Rapids:

DrEar Srr—Sometime next week aneffort will
be made to organize our business men, manu-
facturers and Capitalists into an association for
the advancement of the interests of Cadillac.
Will write you particulars later.

By the way, lam glad you are so strongly ad-
vocating the new insurance scheme. It is the
most important matter that has been taken hold
of by the State Association. If organized and
conducted in a careful, business-like and Con-
servative manner, the company will surely bea
success,

I shall never give up until we again have a
local branch of the State Business Men’s Asso-
ciation. We can’t afford to be out of the fold.

Yours very truly,
VINDEX.
——____»-e-—

Clio all Ready to Organize.

Cio, Dec. 31

 

; 1888.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Srr—I enclose a list of our business men,
asking connection with the State Business Men’s
Association, as a chartered auxiliary.

T also enclose a guarantee by the Committee of
the payment of your expens ses and feein con-

nection with our organization.

Please let us know several days in advance of

 

| the day you can be here—any day but Friday or

Saturday. Respectfully,
J. W. SuirHson, Chairman.
oO
Oxtail Soup.
soup, Which is now such a fa-
was originally the humble fare of

Oxtail
vorite,

| Protestant refugees who fled from France

at the revocation of the edict of Nantes

No. 64_Merrill B. M.A. iin 1685. In the extremity of want they
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. _ | purchased from the tanners of Bermond-
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. |sey the oxtails, which were there sold

President, a G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

 

President, Suak Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

No. 67— Watervliet B. M. A.
President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall.

 

 

President, A. E.Calkins; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A.
President, Lyman Clark: Secretary, F. 8. Willison.
Ne. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. ets
No. 71—Ashley B. M.

 

 

 

 

No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.

 

 

No, 73—Belding B. M. A.
President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
No. 74—Davison M. U. |
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
No. 75—Tecamseh Bb. M. A.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.
President, | 8. S.MceCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.
No. 77—South Haven B. M. A.
resent J. Monroe; Secretary, S. VanOstrand.
78—Caledonia B. M. A.
President, = oF Williams; Secretary, J. W. Saunders.

No. 79—Bast Jordan and So. Arm B. M. A,
Presiden’, Chas. F. Dixon; Seeretary, L. C. Madison.

No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A.
President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Geo. Craig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Brother!
From the Saranac Local.
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is no
building of three floors. The proprietors
have added largely to their material and
will shortly put in the best power press
in the State. Their machinery is all run
by electricity.

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President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. 4 Clutterbuck.
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, from
iby Judge
| McAdam having

 

| with the hides, and made them into soup.
Se | Accident brought it under the notice of
ia philanthropic epicure, who was on a
mission of charity
No. 68—Allegan B. M. A. |
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to the homes of the
poor foreigners, and he proclaimed its
virtues, so that it very soon became a
fashionable dish and source of revenue.
pe an
Final Action in the McAdam Case.

The $20,000 libel suit brought against

|} the publishers of THE TRADESMAN by
; James C. McAdam, formerly

engaged in
business at Cadillac, was ordered stricken
the calendar of the Circuit Court
Grove last Wednesday,
failed to file the re-
quired security for costs.
ne

The men who succeed most in life
are those who throw into their work,
whether in the store, or factory, or rail-
way, or mine, as much zeal and enthu-
siasm as the crusaders carried under their
banners. Even if they are only hod ear
riers, they identify themselyes with the
architect and take pride in the building.

Ww Such men are happy in their work and
nicely located by itself in a commodious |

cannot fail to succeed in it.
_— SO
‘A baby,’’ quoth a philosopher, gazing
on one with his toe in his mouth, ‘‘is a
good financier, because he can make both
ends meet with ease.’’

 

EXPECTORAT:ON.

Ramificaticns of a Characteristic Ameri-
can Nuisance.
From the Medical Classics.

Are we a nation of spitters? Is the
American of the present and the future
to be recognized everywhere as the expo-
nent of powerful expectoration? More
and more do the streets of our cities flow,
not with blood, but with saliva. Its
ejaculation, variously tinctured with to-
bacco, ete., seems to be a favorite mani-
festation of vulgarity and offensiveness.
American expectoration is a by-word
among all nations. Persons otherwise
sensitive and refined, who would scorn
the performance in the presence of ott ers
of any act of a purely personal, private
nature, such as cleaning or cutting the
nails, are quite content to spit in public.
In the street, at church, concert, theatre
or lecture, in all manner of public con
veyances, and too often in private dwell-
ings, the hateful custom prevails. Lives
there a woman who has not—and fre-
quently—spent time belonging to mere
serious duties, in the frantic and some-
times ineffectual effort to remove from
garments of silk, satin, velvet or fine
wool, the stains of variously compounded
saliva? Where is the careful housewife
whose furniture, woodwork, marble, car-
pets or rugs, are entirely exempt from
such blemishes? The absence of cus-
pidors is no excuse, for it is always
possible to improvise a substitute, and
use with care and modesty the handker-

chief. Indeed, this is invariably the
better way in the presence ef an au-

dience, for the spitting process fails on
the wsthetic side under the most favor-
able circumstances. Lord Chesterfield
boarted that no one, since he was a very
young man, had ever heard him laugh
out loud. Happy the man or woman
who can say of a friend that, in spite of
the easy terms of friendship, in his case,
expectoration has ever remained a pri-
vate and personal matter! It is impos-
sible to exaggerate the objectionable
features of this national peculiarity.
Bad form is no name forit. Something
must be done, on the grounds of esthet-
ies and hygiene. In amemorial lately
addressed to the Mayor by the Ladies’
Health Protective Association—a docu-
ment that has borne fruit in the matter
of garbage collection—it modestly
asked if it would be objectionable for
the Association to place signs about the
city, ‘requesting the avcidance of ex-
pectoration on the sidewaiks.’? The an-
swer made, if any, is not known, but it
is the earnest hope of every person with
cleanly instinets that this characteristic
American nuisance may be mitigated in
some way. When this free and easy
habit of depositing saliva anywhere, ac-
cording to the promptings of the moment,
comes to be universally considered an
evidence of coarseness and unpardonable
ill-breeding, the custom will die out of
itself. No man voluntarily announces
that his origin has been among the scums,
or that his earliest companions have been
vulgar associates of barbarous habits.
Pending the arrival of this happier day
of public sentiment, the situation can
surely be made better than itis. If our
free born citizens persist in retaining the
national custom—infinitely more hqnored

is

in the breach than the observance—let
things be done decently and in order. An

ordinance might be framed to read some-
thing like this: ‘‘Be it enacted thatevery
car on the surface of American earth or
suspended in American air, every cab,
coach or other public conveyance shall
henceforth be generously supplied with
receptacles for public saliva, bearing the
inscription ‘Spit Here.’ And be it fur-
ther enacted that any violation of this law
shall result in the prompt expulsion of
the offender from said car, cab, coach or
other public conveyance.”’ The owners
of public buildings must enforce habits
of decency as they may see fit. Let ev-
ery theater and church be clean after its
own fashion. When the national need of
cuspidors for the home, the street, for
aces of amusement and divine worship,
is more seriously appreciated, doubtless
various patent and improved articles will
suddenly flood the market, ssa the
names of men and women already f famous
along certain lines. Is it utopian to gaze
with prophetic eye into the future where-
in the spotlessness of theatrical surround-
ings is due to the Charlotte Cushman cus-
pidor, the improved Macready or the pat-
ent revolving Kemble? Or in which the
purity of the sanctuary remains intact
through the agency of a white and gold
St. Cecilia, a wrought-iron St. Swithin or
an ingenious St. Sebastian of quaint de-
vice? As the busy crowd hurries along
in that more fragrant time, may not the
cure blossom with cuspidors here and
there, of some light, inexpensive mater-
ial which bonfires at night would quick-
ly dispose of? As things are now, report
says that when a man goes to the curb-
stone to deposit superfiuous saliva, the
spectators know at once that he is from
Boston. Are we to be outdone in cul-
ture? Perish the thought. Rouse up, ye
men of Gotham, and while engaged at
this festive season in ringing out the
false and ringing in the true, give a few
extra pulls to usher in, with resonant
welcome, the era of decent expectoration
and the esthetic cuspidor.
i
John’s Country Customers.

From the Wide Awake.

John Harvey had been a clerk
country store in Vermont since he
15 years old, and he was now 20. He
had been reared and educated by his
mother, who was no longer very young
when John was born, and consequently
entering upon the infirmities of old age
when her boy had arrived at the years of
manhood. Her husband was long since
dead.

John was a handsome country lad, ac-
tive, obliging and courteous. These
qualities attracted the attention of a
New York merchant, who was spending
a summer month in Vermont, and he
offered him a situation in his store. |
Although John’s mother knew how more
than lonely she would be without her
boy, she felt how valuable this chance
would prove to him, and so gave her con-
sent to his going.

“IT know my boy will not forget his
mother,’’? she said. ‘‘And one thing, my
child,’ she added, ‘‘let me impress upon
you. You will be surrounded by giddy
fellow clerks, many who will look with
eontempt upon humbly-clad people who
come to buy, and only serve them with

m 2
was

| D C Collier, Gilbert

 

reluctance — perhaps rudeness. Never

forget your mother, and that the humblest
woman may be somebody’s dear old
mother. And remember, too, what you
have many times read in the school read-
er, that ‘Appearances are often deceiv-
ing,’ and that a well-filled purse may lei
in the pocket of a rusty coat.”’

There was the mother’s advice, and it
turned out that John heeded it. The
great iron dry goods shop in Broadway,
with its white facade, and its counters
inside heaped high with marvelously
beautiful fabrics, was indeed a change
to John, and the richly and astonishing-
ly dressed women in great contrast to
the country dames in sunbonnets and
gingham gowns that he had been accus-
tomed to serve. But now and then came
customers from the country; there was
no mistaking them. Their dresses had a
home-made look, and their bonnets utterly
lacked the peculiar audacity of city hats.
They preferred their requests in a timid
way, as if feeling lost and strange and
uncertain if they had any business in so
grand a shop; the clerks snubbed them
or were insolent. But to John the
country faces were always pleasant, and
he was invariably so noticeably kind to

rural customers, that his counter very
soon became the center of country cus-
tom. His fellow-clerks would sing out,

when there was an appearance of ‘‘count-

ry cousins,’’ ‘‘Customers for you, Har-
yey!’ or, ‘‘Here comes some of Harvey’s
friends.”’

But one day the country women missed
the ‘‘yery obliging clerk,’’ and upon in-
quiry were told that he had been trans-
ferred tothe cloak department. Very
well! one oldclady, who had a young girl
with her, said she wanted to buy a cloak.
So up stairs they went—a quaint-looking
pair that set the clerks in a giggle, and
they slily winked and blinked at each
other as they sent round the password:

‘“‘Harvey’sfriends.’’ ‘*Good luck to you,
Harvey, laughed one. ‘““Now’s your
chanee to get rid of those last year’s
beaver sacques! Maybe they will go as
high as $10!’

But if the old lady and her niece had
been dowager and princess, they could
not have been more courteously treated
than they were by John. ‘‘She is some-
body’s dear old mother, Ill warrant,”’
he said to himself, and then in a pleasant
manner asked her what she would Ike to
see.

**Velvet cloaks,’ she replied.

John took from the hooks of the ward-
robes cloaks varying in price from $50 to
$300. The clerks kept up their fun at
John’s expense, but he did not care.
After considerable delay in making up
her mind the old lady said she wanted
some furs, and would like to see how
such and such furs would look over a
velvet cloak valued at $250. John readi-
ly gratified her with dressing up a lay
figure with the cloak and a $400 set of
furs. After a little his custemer said
they suited her, and asked how much all

would be. John made a feint at count-
ing: up the figures, and said $650.
‘““Wery well; - will take them,? she
said, and drawing a_ rusty - looking
pocketbook from her petticoat  pro-
ceeded to count out the money.
As the bilis were mostly fves

and tens they made a noble pile, and as
John took them from her hand he held
them purposely so as to exaggerate their
appearance and skipped around among
the clerks with great gusto.

‘*Nearly $700 from my ‘rooral’ friends,’’
he exulted. ‘‘No last year beaver for
them, if you please, and the girl is as
sweet as the roses and pinks in my moth-
er’s garden.’’

That day’s sale was a coup de bonheur
for John Harvey. It gave him an im
portance in the eyes of his employers
who increased his salary, and placed him
at the head of the department. Two
years later he wooed and won the girl
‘“‘sweet as the pinks and roses,’’ who
brought him besides her sweetness and
beauty a snug little fortune which seemed
all the better from having been accumu-
lated where the pinks and roses bloom.
He then returned to Vermont to remain
with his mother during her remaining
years, not as aclerk in the old country
store, but ‘as its owner and proprietor,
and which is to-day, becanse of its neat-

ness, tasteful ordering, and abundant
furnishing, noted the country round as
the ‘‘best store in the State.’’ The vil-

lagers, too, like John’s wife, because of
her sweet and simple ways; and it was
her aunt—the old lady herself—who told
me the story of John’s good fortune,
which all grew out of well-directed po-

liteness to‘ ‘‘country-folks.”’
a ee a

Connecticut Savings Banks.

The annual report of the Connecticut
3ank Commissioners for the fiscal year
notes a falling off of several millions of
dollars of savings bank deposits during
the year 1888. Most of the money with-
drawn is said to have been invested in
western mortgage securities. This move-
ment, which is said to be a new depar-
ture for many of the investors, is due
jargely to the low rate of interest paid
by the banks. <A large number of deben-
ture bonds based upon second mortgages
have been sold in this State. The com-
missioners cannot prevent loans upon
them as collateral. It is alleged in some
quarters that such investments are eva-
sions of the law restricting the amount
of loans made on real estate outside the
State. Some bank officials act as agents

for the sale of the bonds.
ee ee ee
VISITING BUYERS.
F DCleveland,Shepardsvlle M Heyboer & Bro,
C Hirschberg, Bailey GN Reynolds, Belmont
Bridges, Snell & Co., O A Rowland, Hesperia
Masonville G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
Frank Jenison, Manton Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland
C H Adams, Otsego John Smith, Ada
8 T Colson, Alaska Wooden & VanWinkle,
RA Hastings, Sparta Sparta
DrJohn Graves, Wayland RB Gooding & Son, Lisbon
White & Co, Reed City Cole & Chapel, Ada
L Cook, Bauer Geo Robson, Muir
A J White, Bass River S Brautigam, No Dorr
RB McCulloch, Berlin Richard Purdy, Fremont
Walling Bros, Lamont Perry & Griffeth,BoyneFlls
CL Martin &Co,Elk Rapids H S Beman, Alans
E E Rice, Croton eo Booth, Byron Center
E Stinchcomb,Sunfield Eli Runnels, Corning
JC Benbow, Cannonsburg Munger,Watson & DeVoist,
Dr Peter Berer, Sullivan Sullivan
JL Purchase, Bauer JL Thomas, Cannonsburg
Gus Begman, Bauer
AC Barkley, Crosby J E Edwards, O’Donnell
Morley Bros, Cedar Springs Calkins & Frey ermuth
Mrs C W Barton Big Rapids McCord
RG Smith, Wayland H Johnston, Shelby
8S J Martin, Sullivan DenHerder & Tanis,
MrsM A Side, Kent City Vriesland
H Meijering, "Jamestown RT Parrish, Grandville
A Yates, Allencreek C H Deming, Dutton
Mrs A H Barber & Co, W Karsten, Vriesland
Saranac J Raymond, Berlin
E R Hutchins, Glenn M M Robson, Berlin
H Van Noord, Jamestown GH Waibrink, Allendale
N F Miller, Lisbon C Bergin, Lowell
L M Wolf, Hudsonville Smith & Bristol, Ada
T VanEenenaam,Zeeland Wm Karsten, Beaver Dam
CS Comstock, Pierson G P Stark, Cascade
J V Crandall & Son, Sand Lk N O Ward, Stanwood
W MeWilliams, Conklin CH Loomis, Sparta
C K Hoyt & Co, Hudsonville Lon A Pelton, Luther
JohnMcKelvey,MapleGrove J L Barker, Morley

Drenthe

 

The Preferred Mutual Accident Associa-
tion.

There are three Grand Rapids men—
W. T. Lamoreaux, Geo. I. Quimby and
Asa Burech—who hold unpaid claims
against the Preferred Mutual Accident
Association of New York. As the com-
pany is not authorized to do business in
this State, suits cannot be instituted in
Michigan, as there is no one to receive
service. Whether the courts of another
State would hold the policies valid isa
question, but the Insurance Commis-
sioner—who stands ready to prosecute
any one caught soliciting applications
for membership in the Association—is of
the opinion that the courts of New York
would so hold. He writes as follows:

LANSING, Jan. 3, 1889.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR Sirn—In reply to yours of yester-
day, I have to say that it would be very
difficult to bring the Preferred Mutual
Accident Association into any court of
this State, for the reason that service of
legal process could not easily be had on
the Association. I presume the courts
of New York would hold its contracts
valid, even if made ina State where it
had no license. Yours truly,

HENRY S. RAYMOND.
oO
A Conscientious Bankrupt.

“Tm afraid Bill Hustlum is a bad lot,’’
said Major Battledore, the other morn-
ing.

“Why
pouring
Major.

“This is the third time he’s failed and
stuck his creditors badly, his father-in-
law among ’em. They’ve agreed to let
him settle for twenty cents on the dol-
lar.7?

“T should think his conscience would
trouble him.”’

“If does. He’s sorry
offered ’em more’n ten,’’

SOio?

out

asked Mrs. Battledore,

a cup of coffee for the

now that he
said the Major.

 

 

HARDWARE.

The Hardware Market.

Wire nails are off 10 cents per keg.
Steel nails are firm at the advance. Glass
is without change. Rope is still being
sold by jobbers less than by the manu-
facturers in New York.

 

 

 

 

Prices Current.

 

These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGURS AND BITs. dis

ives|. Ola style 3 60

Smeg. 60

Cooks... 49

Jennings, Senuine. 3... 25

Jeniines|, BtbAOn .. 5010

AXES.
First Quality, = . Bronze... $7 00
B® Bronze. 11 00
“ 8 Bw Sec 8 50
- DIB Sea 13 00
BALANCES, dis.
eee :
BARROWS. alls.
PTORG $ 14 00
Garden net 33 00
BELLS. dis.

ke 60&10&10

OOM 70

Oo 30&15

Cone 25

Door Sargent... 6010

BOLTS. dis.

SGOVG Ss 68

Warrawwe new Hist. —_

IO

mleies SHOE. 20

Wrought barme! Bolts. -.... ... 60

Cast Barre: DONS. 40

Cast Barrell, brass Enobs........... 6... |. 40

Cast Square Spring. 60

@ast Cuge ee 40

Wrought Barrel, brass knob...... ......... 60

Wrogebt Squarc 2) 60

Wrought Sunk Hiush 0... 60

Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush...60&10

ives Door... ss 60£10

BRACES. dis.

Barber 40

DOCKS ee 50&10

Speterg Pelee 50

Am Bae net

BUCKETS.
Well plam $ 3 50
Wel swivel. - e 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.

e ast Loose Pin, figured.. Le eee
‘ast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed............. T0&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.......... 60&

Wrought Narrow, “bright SaSG JOE... 60£10

Wiroueht loose Pim oo 60&10

Wrouzht Loose Pin, acorn tip..............- 60&05

Wrousht Loose Pin, japanned ............. 60&05

Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped .60&05

Wreuckht Table 60&10

Wirouchs biside Blmi@ =o... 60&10

Wrought Brass 3 75

Blind, Clarks 0 ee

Bind, Parkers) TO&10

Binid Shepard's: 70

BLOCKS.
Ordinary Eackle, list April 17, 85._....__... 40

CARPET SWEEPERS.

3issell No. Boece ene cece eee e eee per doz. $i7 00
Bissell No. 7, new drop pan... _. 19
Bissell, Grand Lee 36 00
Grand Rapids... . 24 00
Marie . 15 00

CRADLES.
Glam dis. 50&02
CROW BARS.

Cast Steel. per ib 04
ron, Steel Poms... 6... 3%
CAPS.

Biv st 10 perm 65
— cr....L.LCLL 60

oo... FE 35
eckel __.... . 60
CARTRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 50

tim Fire, United States........-........ dis. 50
Central Wire dis. 25

CHISELS. dis.
Seeket Wirmer  -- 70&10
SOCECEE Taming 2... ee 7O&10
SocketOormer 70&10
SOCKEG SHGES oe 7O&10
Baneners Paneed Wirmer. --............ 40
Barton's Secket Wirmers...--. 20
OO. net
COMBS. dis.
Curry, Tawrence’s ... 6 40&10
MIG(ICHEISS 22 oe. 25
CHALK,
White Crayons, per eress.__..... . - 12@12% dis. 10
cooks.
es MaCkIne Re 60
ET 60
ae Se ee eee oes ee ase ae 40&10
ee a 60
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz eut to size...... perpound 33
ifcoe, 14256, T4500 2... 31
Cold Rolled, 14x? phenesexcas. 28) 00 29
Cold Rolled Piety. 29
GtGGIS ee. 30
DRILLS. dis.
Morse’s Bit At0GRR es 40
Paper and straight Shank =... 40
Morse’s Taper shanks... ie. ol. 40
DRIPPING PANS.

SME HIZO Ker POUR 2806 07
Daeee SIZeR, per PONG oo.) 4%
ELBOWS.

Com. 4 piece, 6 in. 2020 doz. net (is
Cormeared 6001 ss .. dis, 20&10&10
POOVEREARIG os dis. 4%&10

 

The Leading Hardware House in West-=
ern Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Finest Ae

 

Room in the State.

 

EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’ S, ae Sid; farce, WG... 30
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24: See 25

FILES—New List. dis.
American File Association List............. 60410
DSSEOM 60419
New AMereen 60&1D
DhenOlson sa 60410
Beer 50
metiers Horse Haspe...: 0.00.20. 0 4.2 50

GALVANIZED IRON.

  

 

Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24> 2 and 26; 27 28
List 12 13 14 15 18
Discount, 60
GAUGES. dis.
Stanley ituleand Eeyel Co7s.........._.__. 50
HAMMERS.
Waydole & @O78. 0 8 dis 25
eee dis. 2
Werkes & Biumivys .....0. 2... dis. 4010
Mason's Solid Casé Stecl....... 2... 30¢ list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate, Clark's, 1.2.3 .....0. 023 dis. 60
SGMGC. 8s r doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and
HOOPCE ee. 34%
Serew Hook and Hye, '4............. net 10
. = oe net 8%
i o i ee met 7%
c ic ee net 7%
Strap iad ee dis. 70
HANGERS dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
Champion, anti- Peston ne 60&10
Kidder, wood track bene ee cee cette sence ee ees 40
HOLLOW WARE
Oe ee 60&10
Meticg. 60410
no 60&10
Cray CMaAMICICG ee 50
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stumped Tin Ware.........:...._.. new list 70&10
Spe EE a
Granite iron Ware... 25
HOES,
Gian i... $11, dis. 60
Groans $11.50, dis. 60
Gnosis.
HORSE NAILS.
Ane Sable. 6... dis. 25&10@25&£10&10
OO dis. 5&10&214&214
INGrtiweséerm. 65... dis. 10&10&5
KNOBS—New List. dis.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings... 5
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings oo Be
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 5
Hoor, porcelwin, trimmings. ................ 5

 

 

 

ID

Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70

Pieture, WH. bo dudd & Cos... ........ 40510

Hemeeie 45
LOCKS—DOOR. dis.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ......-. 55

Mationy, Wheeler d@ Co's... 55

ISEMEROEO SS 5S

INOEWOER Se 5
EVELS. dis.

Stanley Rule and Lev al Con. rn

MATTOCKS,

Ag@ge Hye... 8 $16.00, dis. 60

Hunt Hye $15.00, dis. 60

PASS $18.50, dis. 20&10.

MAULS. dis.
Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handied..........._.. . 50

MILLS, dis.
Coffee, OEE OO See tee sees cele i

P.S. & W. Mig. C 0.°8s Malleables.... 40
| Wanders, Perry & Clark’s...........- 40
 Malterpaae 20

MOLASSES GATES. dis.
Seepbin s Pattern oo. 60&10
Mebbpins Genwinme 60&10
Binterprise, selémessurmp.....-.......... 25

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.
FENCE AND BRADS.
pom dO GO 25
ee 10
Ba ad oe oo
ba and ee 40
4@ ard 5¢@ 0... 60
1 00
1D
1 00
t 50
2 00
CASTING AND BOX.
120 tO SOG 50
1 .. 60
SOtoCg "5
el EC ee 90
Atom ee. iw
oe... 1 50
COMMON BARREL.

im men. 25

Se ee 2

CLINCH.

1% and 1% ; inch ee 1 35

= and + — | ip

Seama ee 1 00

Sine a 85

oS ae Se 7
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

OILERS. dis.
ine er Gur, Chases Patent. ................. 60&i0
Ame. witn brass DOOM 50
a... 50
Reaper per gross, $12 net
Oimtesas 50&10

PLANES. dis.
Oni Poa! Co.'s, fanmey ...2 40@10
Seleta Bence oe @60
Sandusky Toot Co.'s, faney......... 2... ... 40@10
Bene frstanality. 0 @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.. 20&10

PANS
re, A@me dis. 50&10
Common | posned dis. 6010

RIVETS, dis.
irom and Pinned... 50
Copper Hives and Burs. =... 50

PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 = 27 10 20
“B*? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20
Broken packs 4c per pound extra.

ROPES.

Sisal, +6 Inch and lagper.-...2 1... 12%
Nee 14%
SQUARES. dis.
So 7O0&10
ey amd Devers oo 60
1 eS eae eee 20
SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth. Com.
os: 1006 $4000 oe 4 20 $3 00
NOR: beeO 8G... le 4 20 3 00
Nos. 3 10
Nos. 3 15
Nos. : 35
Oe 3 35

4 60
over 30 inches

All sheets No. 18 and lighter,

SAND PAPER,

it dec ie dis. 40
SASH CORD. j es *

Silver ‘Lake, Whee A... list™ 5O
ae A. 55

Wine & . 50

S| se... So

-“ Lo 35

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.
SObG Mees = ton $25
SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS

 

  

 
 

 

 

 

 

Miles’ ‘“‘Challenge”’ ....per doz. $20, dis. ‘soe W&05
Perry. ...... 1. per doz. Xo. 1, 815; No. 0,
ee. .$21; dis. 50@ 5
Draw CutNo.4 each, ‘a
mserprise Mig Co.............. dis. 20&10@30
Meyers dis. 40&10
SAWS, dis.
Disston ss Cimeular 45@AS&5
te Cross Cot... a 45@45&5
PONG 2525 &5
*Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
Atkins Cirenlar. =. 7... dis. 9
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70
‘* Special Steel Dex X C uts, perfoot.... 50
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 2
«Champion and Electri¢ Tooth X
Cuts, per f00b se 28
TACKS. dis.
American, all winds... 60
mecee alt Kinde = 60
DWeEGES alliagnds =... 60
CE A eee 60
Cigar Box Nails 50
Finishing Nail pees. 50
Common and Patent Brads... 50
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks... 50
frunk and Clout Naiis |... 50
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....__.... 45
enthered Carpet Meeks... 35
TRAPS, dis.
Stecl Game Ss. _ ..60£10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35
Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s vl
Peonebass = 70
ro. & Ww. oo pa ad Ea aa : 7
Mouse, choker. ieee per doz,
Mouse, delusion..... __ . 1 .50 per doz.
WIRE, dis.
Bright Marker... 674
Amnenied MArHEL 2. 0840
Coppered Market... 62%
Mora eee 55
mined Margee 6244
immed broom... per pound 09
Timed Mattress. per pound 8%
Cappercd Sprims Steer 50
cmmed Spans Steel... 40410
Pat ence per — .

Barbed Fence, galvanized

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ee oo
WIRE GooDs, dis.
Beet TOKIDK10
Neraw yes... 70&10K10
Hook's _.. Le en oo ae
Gate Hooks and Eyes, -70&10&10
WRENCHES. dis.
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeied ........... 30
Coe’s Genuine. =
Coe’s Patent Agricultur: al, W rought,. ol.
@oe’s Patent,malleable === |. 75&10
MISCELLANEOUS, dis.
mire Cases... _..... 50
Pops, Cidierm. '
Serews, wew Bisel -T0&05

Casters, Bed and Plate == 06106610
Parpers; AMeMeke
Forks, hoes, rakes and ali steel goods......
Capper Bottoms...

Pe
300

M ETALS.

iG Tin,
CO
Pip ars... -.

    

ee . 30¢
COPPER.

Duty: Fig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old © opper, 8e

Manufactured (including all articles of which

Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per

    

 

cent ad valorem. For large lots the follow: ng
quotations are shaded:

INGOT.
ee 18%
“Amehor’” Brand... __ 18

: ZINC.
Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound.
GOO pound €aske. = eee
Fer pound Ta
a LEAD.
Duty: Pig, $2 per 100 pounds. Old Lead, per
pound. Pi ipe ‘and Sheets 3¢ j per pound.

Aitcrecan oo

Negax:

Be
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Extra W Ce ee eu

The prices of the many other qualities
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.

ANTIMONY.
Cookson per pound 6
Hales

TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xi4 IC, C harcoal

 

  
  

 

wide not less than 2-10 extra

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12x12 — ee ee 6 2
14x14 IC, oe (
10x28 IC, ee en
10x14 Ex. ee el Be ‘6
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12x12 TX, Oe 8 00
14x14 IX, ee. 12 50
20x28 IX, ee
Each additional X on this grade, $1.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal ee ae $5 40
ae 5 40
I2xiz IC; Oe 5 65
14x14 Ic, OO 92
2ex28 IC, ee 1t 80
10x14 IX, ee 5 90
14x20 IX, OCC 6-90
12x12 IX. ee 7.15
14x14 IX, Ol 11 65
20x28 IX, eee —.. oO
Eayh additional X on this grade, $1.50.
ROOFING PLATES,
14x20 - Terne M. ae & 7.60
20x28 J OO 15 %5
14x20 1c r WOreester.... 2... 5 50
14x20 IX, u dc ueeee sus 7 00
29x28 IC, . ee. 11 BO
14x20 IC, — | Abeaway Grade... 5. 450
14x20 IX, . . eS al 6 40
20x28 IC, ia Bi eee. 10 5O
Wx2IX, “ ‘ a 13 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE
eee ee $12
— ix, es saree 8 80
14x56 or No. : oilers,
14x60 Ix, ‘6 t per pound..... 09

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The Michi igan Tradesman

THE SPICE TRADE OF NEW YORK.

 

 

 

{CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE. |
average sailor enjoys the life on the sea.
Tyrannical captains, brutal mates, rough
weather, danger of shipwreck, hard
labor, all may contribute to make his life

anything but enviable, and the sight of
the evening lamp at home is a welcome

exchange for the dingy light of the fore-
easile or the beacon on a far-off coast.
(ver on the Brooklyn side of the
East River, at Harbeck’s Stores, we find
the ship Blair-Athol, of 1,700 tons reg-
ister, which has just arrived from Cal-
cuita, after a voyage of 107 days, though
usually she makes the trip in eighty or
ninety days. When she left Calcutta, on
January 9, it was very pleasant weather—
in the winter season, the most agreeable
part of the year there. She sailed from
Liverpool for Calcutta with a cargo of
2,318 tons of salt, but about 100 tons
drained or melted on the way, the loss
in salt cargoes on long voyages always
being large. The hull ef the ship is
white, but the paint hasrusted off here
and there, and her general appearanee
suggests a long voyage and far-off seas.
A white band is broken by black squares,
in imitation of the port-holes of an old-
time man-of-war. She is anchored ata
loug, dark, covered wharf, the gloom of
which is slightly relieved by shafts of
afternoon sunlight streaming in from an
xccasional broad door. The planks are
strewn with bits of cotton, indicating
that a vessel laden with that commodity
has been unloading here, and in one cor-
ner are large iron buckets, similarin ap-
pearance to those used in dredging riv-

ers, which have been employed in
lifting brimstone from the hold of
a Mediterranean steamship and_ still

contain a little of it. We climb over the
bulwarks of the Athol, without waiting
to find the ladder that is usually swung
over the side of a vessel when in _ port,
and a brusque stevedore diricts us for in-
formation to the mate on the after-deck.

He has a broad Scoteh face, framed
with whiskers, after the manner of the
traditional British tar. He is a quiet

no inclination
but very civilly
The voyage had not been
eventful, though there were several
rather severe gales. He had not yet re-
ceived a permit to unload, but the work
would probably be commenced in a few
days. the earso did not contain any
spices proper, but comprised 2,000 pack-
ts of turmeric, which is practically the
same thing. Without turmeric there
would be no pungency to mustard or
eurry powder: it would be almost like
coffee without chicory, or sugar with-
out glucose, or cli¥e oil without lard oil
or domestic cham-
French label, its

Down in the hold
10 pounds of turmeric,
ion of which cer-

into the spice-mills
of New York. The cargo, also, com-
prises saltpetre, bamboo fishing-rods,
eutch, used in medicine and fur-dyeing,
indigo, and jute which resembles hemp,
and is used in making carpets; mats,
sunny bagging, brown paper, and an
imitation of human hair. The ship is
owned in Glasgow, and when she is char-
tered for another voyage it will probably
be to some port in the United Kingdom,
or on the Continent, but eventually she
will, doubtless, find herself again in the
waters of the far East.

On the other side of the wharf a large
steamer is entering the slip. It is the
Castle Hill, just arrived from Sicily with
ae Er fruits and other products.

‘“‘Look out for that rope!’ says a warn-
ing voice.

We have been standing by a pile te
which a rope is tied, the other end being
on the deck of the approaching steamer,
which lumbers into the slip likea puzzled
leviathan feeling its way along a narrow
creek. As the steamer swings to and fro,
now on one side of the slip, now to the
other, rubbing its nose occasionally
against the wharf-shed, the strain of the
rope, which is intended to guide the
steamer to the hither side, is tremendous.
A custom-house officer, in blue coat and
brass buttons, says: ‘‘The rope around
that pile is only 214 inches thick, and it
is not 100 feet long, but if it should
break and snap back and strike you, as I
have seen ropes do on these docks, it
would break an arm or a leg as quick as
it would a pipestem.”’

Most of the ’longshoremen, watching
the scene with the idle curiosity of their
elass, Withdraw to a respectful distance
from the danger. though a stolid Nor-
wegian stands close by the pile, eyeing
the alinost smoking —_ with small

piggish gray eyes, and apparently indif-
ferent to the risk.

There is a commotion at the next pier,
which now attracts the crowd. An am-
bulance from the Homeopathic Hospital
of Brooklyn has driven up, and it is sur-
rounded by “‘longshoremen, who watch
th-2 physicians’ assistants carefully place
an injured sailor on a bed in the spruce-

man, with manifestly
spin a yarn,
questions.

to
answers all

or cotton-seed oil,
pagne without ihe
‘rowning excellence.
there are some 55.0)
a considerable port
tain to find its way

is

looking wagon. He has just had one of
his legs broken in two places. He was

in the hold helping to unload the Clifton,
one of the big Mediterranean steamers
close by. and a large iron bucket, used
in hoisting brimstone to the wharf, had
swung against him with such foree as to
disable him for months: a most unhappy
accident for poor Jack. Accidents are
ef common occurrence on the. great
wharves of the two cities, and this one
excites little comment. The driver of
the ambulance whips up his sleek, strong
horse, and moves rapidly out through
the Belgian paved roadway in Watson’s
warehouse to Furman Street, and the
incident seems to be almost immediately
forgotten. The ill-fated sailor’s ship-
mates go back to the same hazardous
work; trucks loaded with boxes of oranges
and lemons go lumbering off toward the
street; the idlers turn their gaze toa big
seow, laden with bright-looking cordage,
which is to be unloaded for storage in
the warehouse, or to men who are piling
up bales of jute on the wharf.

Most of the steamers in the East Indi-
an trade take their cargoes to London or
Liverpool, and consignments for Ameri-
ca are there trans-shipped in the regular
steamers plying to New York. A new
line of steamers between New York and
Calcutta was established some months
ago, and cargoes of East Indian mer-
chandise are now more frequently brought

hither direct. Some of these steamers |

also go to Bombay, Madras, and Colom-
bo in Ceylon. ; hey bring cinnamon,
ginger, coffee, indigo, jute, cinchona

Seven steam-
in the trade.

bark and other products.
ers of 4,000 tons each are

ta to New York in about thirty-five days,
although oceasionally it takes longer.
The steamers have a great advantage in
this trade, as they always go and come by
way of the Suez Canal, that wonderful
engineering feat which connects the Red
Sea with the Mediterranean, whereas the
sailing-vessels, by reason of the high
tolls on the canal, are obliged to go
around by the way of the Cape of Good
Hope—certainly a commercial misnomer
in this case. Every Anchor Line steamer
pays four hundred pounds sterling, or
two thousand dollars, to go through to
India, and the same amount coming back,
making four thousand dollars in canal
tolls for the round trip. The famous
Peninsula and Oriental steamers pay ev-
en more—four thousand dollars each way.

“There is one interesting fact about
the spice trade,’’? said a large importer,
‘“‘and that is, the consumption of spices
is increasing in this country out of all
proportion to the increase of population.
This is true not only of the staple spices,
but of all kinds of fancy condiments.
The increasing wealth of the country ac-
counts for the enormous demand. An-
other thing: it would be a very import-
ant matter to us if the Prohibitionists
should be more generally successful. In
states where the Prohibitionists have the
strongest hold, itis a curious fact that
the consumption of spices is proportion-
ately the largest. There is a certain class
of persons who are determined to have
something to warm them up.

OscAkR WILLOUGHBY RIGGs.

$1,000 REWARD{\

THE LARGEST AND BEST
CLEAR LONG HAVANA FILLED
SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR
SOLD FOR & CENTS.

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MEDICATED

 

HOG C im cscs

Cure and Prevention. Cir-
culars & Testimonials Free.
For sale by Druggists, Gro-
ces, etc.

Gives Universal Satisfaction for
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep,
Colts,

Has the finest line of illustrated advertising
and most attractive Lithograph Label. List
price reduced August 1, 1888. A 75 cent. cash
guaraptee on every box you se?l, 1,000 illus-
trated circulars in each case. Rubber stamp and
self-inking pad free with your first order through
—— special directions for building upa
arge trade with every shipment. Our new circu-
lar, ‘‘Hog Cholera—Cause, Cure and Pre-
ventive,”’ is attracting universal attention.
Contains the most scientific and practical facts
in regard to this terrible diseuse, and only known
positively successful treatment. Gives valua-
ble information ip regard to swine-raising
for large profit. ‘See other circulars for all
kinds of stock. The facts contained in these

THE GERMAN

dOoow

circulars are worth many dollars to every enter-
prising farmer or stockman. Dealers! We have
withdrawn our salesmen and solicit a continu

ance of your trade through promine nt jobbers.
Send to them for their special circular “TO THE
TRADE,” for full information in regard to rub-
ber stamp—free—and also our GRAND CASH
PRIZES. See ae for testimonials of reli-
able dealers from all parts of the country. This
trade is — equally divided between drug-
gists, general dealers and grocers. A good trade
for one insures a satisf: netory trade for the other.
Order at once, save freight and commence turn-
ing your money every thirty or sixty days, at 71
per cent. profit.
SOLE MANUFACTURERS:

The German Medicine Comp’y
Minneapolis, Minn.

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For sale in Gr and R:
& Perkins Drug Co.

sale Be rOocers.

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nz the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything

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Tobacco. Dit

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Amos $, Musselman & Co,

SOLE AGENTS,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
CASH SALE CHECKS.

Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of
running book accounts by using Cash Sate
@hecks. For saleatd0 cents per 100 by E. A. |
STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any of the above goods to
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let
us hear from you. Liberal cash advances
made when desired,

KARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

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

   

 

 

 

BELKNAP

WAGON & SLEIGH 0

Manufacturers of

 

BELANAP'S PAY. SLEIGH
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Business and Pleasure Sleighs,
Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs,
Lumbermen’s and River Tools.

We carry a large stock of material and have ev
ery facility for making first-class Sleighs of a ll

kinds.
Grand Rapids,

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To THE MERCHANTS OF MicHiGcan — We offer
Marble and Granite

Monuments

at a clcser margin of profit than any concern in
the State. Write for estimates on Building Stone
or 2emetery work. First class material and work-

SAM L MOPFETY, Manager.

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If you have any
to offer send
samples

and
amount and

willtry to buy them

W. T. LAMOREADX,
71 Canal Street.

DANIEL LYNG

Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO,,

 

Manufacturer of
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powder,
Bluing, Ete.
And Jobber of

| dru and Drnggists’ Sundries

Call and inspect our new establishment
when in the city.

 

retail grocers throughout tht United States. VouWwIE

 

Bros., Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

19 S. IONIA ST.

Calves, Pigs, Lambs..

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Business

ATTENTION, RETAIL MERCHANTS! \

Increase your Cigar Trade by selling the

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Men’s’' Association,

RETAIL GROCERY TRADE.

 

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PRICE, $30 PER THOUSAND.

 

The Telfer Spice Company

MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS

gar on Kar

GRAND RAPIDS.

And especially adapted, both in Quality and Price, to the requirements of the

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BOOK-KEEPING
WIPED OUY!

No Pass Books!
No Charging!
No Posting!
No Writing!
No Disputing of Accounts!
No Change to Make!

 

 

TRADESMAN

Gredit COUPON Book!

THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM
ON THE MARKET.

 

 

We quote prices as follows:

$ 2 Coupons, per | hundred Es $2.50
5 = SLC 3.00
$19 . Ce 4.00
$20 . CS 5.00
Subject to the following discounts:
Orders for? = OF OVEF.......-- +--+ _ per. cent.
a 5 c

 

** 1000
Send in sample order and put your business
on a cash basis.

E. A. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids.

'\Alfred J.Brown

——JOBBER IN——

Foreign, Tropical and California

FPRUITS

 

 

 

Cranberries,
Sweet Potatoes(]
and Grapes.

Bananas, Our Specialty.

16 and 18 No. Division St..

GRAND RAPID§, MICH.

 

 

Nuts

PUTNAM

We carry a large stock of all
kinds of Foreign and Domestic
Nuts and are prepared to sell in
any quantity.

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The Best Fitting Stock-
ing Rubber in the
Market.

Geo. H. Reeder,
Sole Agents,

Grand Rapids, .

 

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WHO URGES YOU

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By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre

the trade to keep the goods in

stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort
on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas-
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.

ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

 

WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

 

 

68 Monroe Street,

NELSON BROS. & GO.,

Grand Rapids.

 

 

KUBWA TURS

(FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT.)
ave.

WHEN IN

—CALL

Telephone 1032. H. MIDDLEBROOK, Agent.
MUSKEGON

Morse Elevator Works,
Philadelphia, New York
and Detroit. Morse, Wil-
liams & Co., proprietors.
~ Detroit office, 91 Jefferson

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Fletcher’s City Creamery

For the BEST LUNCH to be had in the State,

W. H. FLETCHER,

54 W. WESTERN AVENUE.

 

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DEALERS IN

Hides, H'urs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREE

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WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAK

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DETROIT, MICH.
Manufacturers of the following well-known
brands of
QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR,
TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, CZAR, MASCOTTE,
MONDAY, PHENIX, WABASH, CAMEO,

AND OTHERS,

W.G. HAWKINS.

Lock Box 173,

For quotations address

Salesman for Western Michigan,
GRAND RAPIDS

 

COAL! --- COKE!---WOOD!

Wholesale A. HI

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Office ander Nat'l City Bank.

Telephone Call 490-2.

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Shawmut Avenue, Winter and
W. Division Sts.

Yards,

CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY,

 

LORILLARD’S
STANDARD FIRST GRADE PLUG TOBACCO

CLIMAX

Can now be bought at the following exceptionally »
Low FIGURES:

Packages.
POUNDS, 12 x 3, 16 0z., 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, 42,30 & 12 “*

FOURS, 6 x 2, 4 02., 42, 30 & 12
FIVES, 6 x 1%, 31-5 02., 45, 25% 16 *
TWIN FOURS, 3 x 2, 7 to lb, 41, 21 = & 13%
FIGS, 3 x 1, 14 to lb., Lact *

Less than 56 lbs.

Ass’t’d lot

56 lbs. or over. any quantity

43 Al Al

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Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

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INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A:

MANUFACTURERS OF

ENGINE
WORKS &

 
  

 

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.

 

 

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock pay:
for immediate delivery.

 

Pisa es Moulders and all kinds of Wood- Working Machinery,
Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley.

Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

Write for Prices.

44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

 

 

 

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The Michigan Tradesman

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARYY, 1889.
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LEISURE SOUR JOTTINGS.

 

 

Written for THE TRADESMAN.
BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT.

A gentleman who inflicted a large
amount of poetry on the public of some-
thing like a couple of hundred years ago
gave us one of the most unquestionable
truisms ever embalmed in verse when he
asserted:

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,

Man never is, but always to be, blest.

Young people, who are thoroughly sat-
urated with the romance of life, can
easily cover themselves with the figments
of fancy to that extent that they fondly
imagine themselves as having reached
the acme of human bliss, and, while
under this illusion, would of course re-
gard the couplet of the past as an ebulli-
tion of cynical bile, but it only needs a
few years. and an ordinary experience,
to convince them that his words convey
a truth that is simply incontrovertible,
and that, among the millions of intelli-
gent beings who inhabit this planet, it is
doubtful if one exists with a perfectly
self-satisfied assurance that heis in a
gratify every desire, and a

4

position to
position to satisfy every personal ambi-

tion. i J :
I think it would be extremely difficult

find country of
perience, who expects to witness anything
like an overflow of his cup of happiness
eareer. There

satisfactory,

to a trader, any ex-

during his business is

something eminently of
course. in conducting a lively and profit-
able trading enterprise, but the work is
ordinarily only a means to accomplish an
end. The better the business, and the
tewer the losses, the sooner will arrive
adieu

when the trader can bid
of

plexities and drudgeries, and the sooner

: :
the time

routine anxieties, per-

to his

will come that welcome period when he

2 1 oe ‘le
and ample

on a well-earned

nee to a life of ease and enjoy-

But watch the course of, say, 2 dozen of

these individuals who are always to be
blest—sometime—and see how many of
them overtake the blessing, er are over-
taken by it. Averaging them with the
dozens. and thousands of dozens, like

them. two or three will continue to en-

large their ideas of a ‘‘competence”’ un-

til ineurabie disease or death overtakes

them. ‘Two or three will become grasp-
ing and never-satisfied usurers: two or
three will find idleness, after years of
active labor. almost unbearable. and

drift back into some more or less active
and the balance will become the
the

who

pursuit.
chronic
community.

erumblers and growlers of
And to this
were successful. financially, add a dozen

dozen

dozen who by no means in their power
ean possibly arrive at the ‘‘competence”’
status, with
nothing but the hope that ‘‘springs eter-
nal in the human breast” to cheer them
on their t

and who struggle along

iresome journey.

*

Of all the overdrawn and exaggerated
characters of fiction that of Wilkins Mi-
The
party who is always complacently and
hopefully ‘waiting for somet@ng to turn
up,’? and who plunges into, and emerges
from, depths of despair with sky-rocket
velocity, is found in every community.
I havein mind an individual, who, within
a few years, ha¥ from comparative wealth,

* % % * = *

cawber is. perhaps, the most real.

gradually sunk into comparative poverty,
yet, except on the
‘face’? is deemed insufficient for procur-
ing the necessities of life—-when he is
briefly plunged
temporarily, inclined to speculate on the

oceasions when his

into gloom, and is, very
most desirable and expeditious way to
leave the world—I never saw him more
hopeful, or confident in the belief that
something was speedily go-
ing to “turn I don’t think he
every borrowed a dollar with the delib-
erate
itor,

favorable
ap.’

intention of defrauding his cred-
eall to mind that he
many and yarious-sized amounts, secured
ona distinct assurance that something
had “turned up;’ which ‘‘something’’
resolved itself into the promise of a
commercial traveler to try and find hima
situation; or the announcement of an
importuned politician that perhaps he
‘might find a place for him;’ or the
statement that some one of a like name
had died, leaving an immense fortune
which was looking for heirs, or something
equally as practical and suggestive of
means for adjusting indebtedness.

His last business transaction resulted
in the loss of the remains of his
property—a little house and lot. A de-
linquent debtor of his palmy days came
to see him; acknowledged with contri-
tion his dilatoriness, and stated that he
had determined to devote one-ha!f of his
farm of 160 acres, in a Northern county,
to redteving his conscience of its burden.
He had an abstract of the property, and
could give aclear title. The creditor
was in ecstacies at once, but on figuring
up the debt and interest it was found
that the estimated valuation of the prop-
erty exceeded the amount by something
over a hundred dollars, and rather than
let the golden opportunity pass, the lit-

yet I owes

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tle homestead was mortgaged for the
balance. Immediately after receiving
his deed the hopefnl man wrote to a job-
ber, with whom he had had a former ac-
quaintance, asking him if he would sell
a stock of goods on the security of an
eighty-acre, unincumbered farm. Re-
ceiving a favorable reply, he at once
rented a building, hired a clerk, issued a
vast quantity of advertising matter, **set
’em up” frequently and liberally and
then went to market for his merchandise.
On being shown the deed the wholesaler
looked a little surprised and disgusted.
Going to amap, he ran his finger down
the section lines, and, after a brief re-
flection, said:

“Why, bless you, my friend! Your
eighty acres isn’t worth eighty cents!
It’s in a section that hasn’t got a tillable
acre or a cord of wood onit! It’s abso-
lutely worthless for any purpose what-
ever.””

The depression that followed this an-
nouncement, however, was speedily dis-
pelled by the fact thata salt-well, some
miles from the ‘‘farm,’? was a partial
success, and the owner is How hopefully
looking for capitalists who want to in-

vest inahole some thirty miles from
railroads or navigation.
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An abnormal development of the organ
of hope, in an individual, may some-
times lower our estimate of his mental
capacity, but, when it is about his only
capital, who would deprive him of the
full enjoyment of its possession ? } have
also regretted that Dr. Wells didn’t live
long enough to complete his scheme for
elevating and depressing the phrenolog-
ical organs. Had he made the “*seience’’
practical, what a vast amount of gloom
and misery could be dissipated, and how
the volume of suicidal statistics would

diminish, by making the ‘‘bump’’ in
question a prominent feature on the
craniums where it is. unhappily, de-

ficient.

— 4 —
Mental Loafing.

It is considered a disgrace to be lazy.
He who is too indolent to work for his
own living becomes a by-word and re-
proach. But there is avery common form
of laziness which is not always noticed.
It is that of mind. We first become con-
scious of it in our young days, when we
“don’t feel like study.’”? We dawdle
over our thoughts, half asleep, and, as a
result, give a fine exhibition of stupidity
in the recitation room. It is true that
disinelination to study sometimes grows
out of fatigue and illness. The liver is
responsible for much of it; but in the
majority of cases it is pure laziness, as
young people will discover if they will
shake themselves up and go resolutely to
work.

This sort of indolence in youth is very
dangerous, for it becomes a habit, and
the mind grows rusty and dull in the
very prime of life, when it should be at
its best. And onthe heels of this form
of laziness comes another bad habit, that
of intellectual loafing.

What loafing is in the common sense
all know. It is hanging about with no
definite aim or purpose, idling away the
time without method and without profit.
Well, there is mental loafing as well, and
it is known in the dictionary as reverie.
It is a dreamy state of mind, when the
thoughts go wool gathering. The fancy
sails away into fantastic zeal, and revels
in unreal things until the wits are fairly
benumbed and unfitted for sober work.

This habit, so common to young people,
is fatal tomental growth. Many @ prom-
ising youth is ruined by over indulgence
in it. It wastes time and enfeebles the
mental powers. It is really a form of
laziness, and it should be steryly cor-
rected at the very outset. The action of
the mind should be kept under control.
When the thoughts begin to wander, it is
time to whip them into order. <A reso-
lute will will do it.

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There is perhaps no one article which
more generally enters into the domestic
consumption of the world, than coffee.
In some countries, tea is more largely
used, but in all countries where tea is
eonsumed, coffee is also; while in other
countries, coffee is largely consumed and
tea is not usedat all. The essential
principles of each, however, which make
them both popular beverages, are very
similar; the theine of tea, and the caffeine
of coffee, both being stimulating to the
nervous system, and furnishing a com
forting drink which ‘‘cheers, but not in-
ebriates.’’ It is interesting to note, how-
ever, that, while the effect on many per-
sons is the same with both beverages,
there are some people whose physical
idiosynerasies are such, that they can
use one, but cannot use the other. For
instance, if some people drink tea at
night, it prevents them from sleeping
but they can drink coffee with impunity;
while with others, precisely the reverse
is true. But. with the majority of peo-
ple, either coffee or tea, drunk sufficient-
ly strong, will stimulate the nerves of
the stomach and brain, so as to produce
sleeplessness. One of the earliest legends
regarding coffee is that a Mahometan
priest, in charge of a monastery, found
that an infusion of coffee beans made
his sleepy monks much more alert and
ready to receive and remember his in-
structions. And from this small begin-
ning, the use of this fragrant berry soon
spread throughout Arabia, and ultimate-
ly to other countries.

Coffee is grown in many countries
lying within the tropical or semi-tropical

zone, the largest producing countries
being in South and Central America,

although considerable quantities are also
produced in both the East and West In-
dies. Coffee trees in bearing vary from
ten to twenty feet high. The slips or
suekers are usually set about ten feet
apart, so that an acre will hold about 500
trees. It takes three or four years for
a coffee orchard to begin bearing, and six
or seven years to produce a considerable
erop; after which they will bear contin-
uously for perhaps twenty years.

The coffee berry grows on the branches
near the stems of the leaves, and when
ripe, is red, and looks very like a cherry.
Inside of the skin is a sweetish pulp;
and within the pulp, two coffee beans,
each inclosed in a tough, horny skin, or
parchment, lie face to face. Within the
parchment is the greenish bean of com-
merce, surrounded by a thin, tissue cov-
ering, called the silver skin.

When the berries are gathered, they
are put through a pulping machine,
which removes the pulp. The beans in
the parchment are tken spread out to dry,
which is sometimes done in the sun, and
sometimes in drying houses by artificial
heat. When dry, they are run through
a machine, to remove the parchment and
silver skin: then winnowed, picked oVer
to remove pieces of branches and defec-
tive beans, and the coffee is ready for
market.

From the importer it goes tothe whole-
sale grocer, and by him is sometimes sold
green to the retail grocer, but more often
is roasted by the wholesale grocer or
eoffee merchant, and sold in that form to
the retail merchant.

The process of roasting, although ap-
parently simple, is one of the most deli-
eate and difficult things to do well. As
in acompetitive trial of firemen for steam
engines, a youth of nineteen won the
first prize by getting the largest number
of revolutions out of a given quantity of
coal, so some persons seem to have a gift
for roasting coffee perfectly. All coffees
do not roast alike. <A slight variation in
the heat of the fire, or a moment’s inat-
tention, may result in the coffee being
roasted too much or too little. The hap-
py medium, in this even more than in
other things, is a very difficult thing to
attain.

After roasting,
sumed, the better,

the quicker it is con-
as the delicate aroma

technically known as the. coffeine,
gradually evaporates or passes away.

lndeed, there are three things in the pro-
duction of perfect coffee for the table,
which cannot be too tmesh, Viz:
fresh - roasted, fresh - ground, fresh -
made. This brings as. to the
wis quite an important process. If ground
ioo course, the strength of the coffee is

not readily extracted, and it will not be
-enough; if ground too fine, it is
rptt. ve muddy. Here again the happy
mies. otis best. It should not be ground
tintii just before it is made, as, after
xriuiine, the aroma passes off very rap-
idly. iionee, itis best for every family
to asmall coffee-mill,, and grind
thei, 1 coffee. Where this is not prac-
tica ihe ground coffee should be kept
in ati htly-closed tin can or glass jar.
We are now come to the important part
ot making the coffee.
As before stated, it should be fresh-
mace. Fifteen minutes will dissipate
the delicious aroma, and render it com-

paratively worthless slops. This is the
reason why it is so difficult to get good
catiee at many hotels and restaurants.
The persons charged with the duty of
making the coffee do not like to take the
treuble to make small quantities often.
There are many different methods of
inaking cofiee. The simplest of them
are good enough if the coffee is fresh-
roasted, fresh-ground, fresh-made. The
ordinary French filtering coffee-pot is
perhaps the most convenient; but good
coffee can be made in an ordinary tin
coffee-pot, pail or cup, if the foregoing
conditions are observed. A favorite
recipe, which I have long used, is as fol-
lows:

Grind moderately fine a large cup or
small bow] of coffee: break into it one
egg with shell; mix well, adding enough
cold water to thoroughly wet the grounds;
upon this pour one pint of boiling water;
let it boil slowly for ten or fifteen min-
utef, according to the variety of coffee
used and the fineness to which it
ground. Let it stand three minutes to
settle, then pour through a fine wire
sieve into a warm coifee-pot; this will
make enough for four persons. At table
first put the sugar into the cup, then fill
half full of boiling milk, add your coffee,
and you have a delicious beverage that
will be arevelation to many poor mortals

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who have an indistinct remembrance of,
and an intense longing for, an ideal cup
of coffee. If cream can be procured so
much the better, and in that case boiling
water can be added either in the pot or
cup to make up for the space occupied
by the milk as above; or condensed milk
will be found a good substitute for cream.

Coffee which is sold ground, is often
adulterated with various substances.
Hence, it is always safer to buy coffee in
the bean. Ckicory is perhaps the sub-
stance most frequently used for the adul-
teration of coffee, and some persons pro-
fess to like it. Butitis safe to say that
there can be no improvement upon pure
coffee.

An anecdote is told of M. Grevy, when
President of the Republic of France:

Some years ago he was invited, witha
friend, M. Bethmont, to a hunting party
by M. Menier, the celebrated manufactur-
es of chocolate, at Noisiel. It happened
that M. Grevy and M. Bethmont lost them-
selves in the forest and, in trying to find
their way, they stumbled upon a little
wine-héuse and, tired out, stopped for a
rest. They asked for something to drink.
M. Bethmont found his wine excellent,
but, as usual, M. Grevy would not drink.
He wanted coffee, but was afraid of the
decoction which would be brought him.
He got a good cup, however, and this is
how he managed it:

‘Have you any chicory?”’ he
man.

“Ves Sin?’

“Bring me some.”’

Soon the proprietor
small can of chicory.

‘Ts that all you have?’ asked M. Grevy.

“We have a little more.

‘“‘Bring me the rest.”’

When he came again with another can
of chicory, M. Grevy said:

‘““You have no more?’’

“NO, Sit’?

‘‘Very well.
cup of coffee.’’

The other adulterants commonly used
in ground coffee are roasted and ground
peas, and rye, which perhaps are not so
pungent and objectionable in flavor as
chicory. But none of these adulterants
possess the same stimulating properties
as coffee, and hence have no merit ex-
cept that of cheapness.

Of course, one necessity for the making
of good coffee is the coffee bean itself.
Of these there are many different varie-
ties, chief among which are those pro-
duced in Brazil, commonly known as Rio
coffee; that which comes from Java; and
the Arabian coffee, known as Mocha.
Of these, the two latter are most highly
esteemed; and a blend, or mixture, of
Mocha and Java, is considered perhaps
better than any other, although there are
many favorite blends and mixtures suited
to different tastes. Some varieties of
coffee are strong and somewhat acrid in
flavor, and others are milder and richer:
and there is great scope for an expert in
coffee to produce good effects by care-

said to the

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fully blending and roasting. This is
probably the reason why most of the
coffee now sold by retail merchants is

purchased by them in a roasted state,
while formerly it was sold to the con-
sumer green. Naturally, wholesale mer-
ehants doing a large business in coffee
can employ the most expert blenders and
roasters, and produce the best average
results, although any careful and intelli-
gent person, who can give the necessary
time to it, can, with a little study, per-
form this delicate operation very well. ,
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Hurried Shopping in Guatemala.
A Grand Rapids man who is now so-
journing in Guatemala writes as follows
relative to the trading habits of the peo-
ple there:

They are avery polite people, and on
coming into the store will pass some re-
mark about the weather and ask how
business is. Then, if I am well, and if
my wife is, and my Sister and my cousin,
and everybody connected with me; and
when I say they are well, they say they
are extremely glad of it, and hope we
will always be well.

Imust ask the same of them, even if
it consumes an hour or more to do it, and
must wish long life and prosperity to

 

them. Then we smile all around, and I
ask if there is anything I can do for
them to-day. They say they hadn’t

thought of it, but will look
or the other.
I get down

at this, that
goods of every grade, and
they examine them all, and price them,
and discuss them very sociably, aud,
after spending a good deal more time,
they thank me with many pleasant words
for the kindness and consideration Ihave
shown them, and say, ‘‘Yo voy avisa,
that is, ‘“‘We will go and advise,’’? mean-
ing that they will now go home and con-
sult all their other folks about it.

With many bows and polite words we
separate, and the next day they come
back, accompanied by the whole family—
men, women, children, cousins, and who-
ever else may constitute the household.
The same formalities as to health are
gone through with, and then the goods
are all brought forth again, until ¢he
counters are all littered over, the fabrics
and cost are discussed thoroughly again,
and then it is possible they may buy.

However, perhaps they will say, hav-
ing selected something, that it is very
fine and beautiful and cheap, but that
they will eall for it at some day soon, and
thank me for the kindness I have shown
them. I see then that they have not the
money just ready, sol say that I shall
be more than pleased to have them take
whatever they want, and hope they won’t
bother themselves at all about the mere
matter of compensation.

Well, then they say they will be
pleased to take the goods, and will pay
me in thirty days, or whatever time may
soonest suit their pupose. They thus at
last accept the goods, and with many
polite bows take their departure.

This is the way business is done here.

SS LS

The baking powder infamy has as-
sumed proportions which should eall
forth active and rigid interference. If
brazen assertion and audacious lying
could be made passports to heaven, then
many of the baking powder people would
have no difficulty in passing through the
golden gate.

The first thing a new born baby does
is to scream in a burst of anger and dis-
pleasure at the unwelcome change. It is
the first sign that there is a human soul
within. No animals cry when born, not
even the new born monkey.

 

The Talkative Drummer.

How dear to the ear of the Drummer it soundeth,
“We've goods enough left for six months to
come.”’
But still he hangs en; with hope he aboundeth
To scoop in an order, or talk the man dumb.
He knows that his customer hard is to tackle,
That he ‘“‘buys very cheap,” isa tough one to

sell,
And that, as he listens, he’ll inwardly cackle
At the nerve of the Drummer who hangs on so
well,

CxHo.—The much-abused Drummer,
The persistent Drummer,
The talkative Drummer
Who hangs on so well.
(what could be more

Einstein’s ‘ a stock ;’

grating’)
‘When your ‘round again, call in,” says

Grimes;
Smith’ s buyer is “out,” and ‘tis ‘quite useless

Ww aitin 1.
And Jones will not purchase these ‘‘very dull
faies
But ae whether cheerless or bright be the
weather,

No matter how cold or how wet is the spell,

He goes on his way with a heart like a feather, (7?)

The determined Drummer who hangs on so

well.

Cuo.—The much-abused Drummer—ete.
2
‘“‘Drumming” Back in ’50’s.

“It amuses me,’’ said the white-haired
head of a jobbing house in a conversa-
tion, ‘‘to hear traveling men nowadays
complain of the hardships of the road,
the taking of late trains, traveling in
cabooses, and such like inconveniences.
Lord bless you, they should have seen
the ‘drummers’ of old days and heard
their experiences, and then they would
have known something about the woes of
the traveling man. Thirty years agol
was young, ambitious, full of energy,
and went onthe road for ajobbing house.
When I could not travel by river—and
that could be done only in going through
acertain portion of our trade—stage

coaches and horseback were the only
means of travel. Many a cold and
weary winter’s day have I passed in the

saddle, starting eut early in the morning,
going through snow or rain, fording
ereeks, and half-frozen all the time until
IT could hardly dismount when my day’s
journey was over. And then there were
no banks or collection agencies through
the country to facilitate the collection of
debts, and the ‘drummers’ had all of that
work todo. We traveled with old-fash-
ioned valises, which could be used as
saddlebags when we had to ride horse-
back, and these were the receptacles for
what money we collected. It was some-
times pretty ticklish work stopping at
lonely country taverns with saddle-bags
filled with good, hard money, but it had
to be done. I slept on the floor ina little
tavern office one winter’s night, with my
valise under my head for a pillow, con-
taining over $1,500 cash. It was a hard
pillow, but I felt safer with it there, and
slept quite soundly. The drummers of
to-day don’t know what hard traveling
They should have frozen or half-
drowned or starved with us of the old

is.

school back in the ’50’s.”’
ee et
The Grocery Market.
Sugar is without material change.
Matches have been advanced 50 cents

per case by the Diamond Match Co., ex-
cept in the case of the Woodbine “ficht-
ing’? brand, which has been withdrawn

from the market. The oat meal and
rolled oats men have gotten their pool
into working order and will advance

prices 380 cents per barrel onthe 15th.
Crackers and sweet goods have declined
1¢e@ except in the case of X, or low grade
goods, which have been dropped from
the list by order of the combination.

——__$_$_$_$__—< >_< ——_

Not in Debt.
“T make it a rule never to goin debt,

no matter how much I need a thing,”’
said Gracie.

“But I don’t see how a young lady can
help going in debt. However do you
manage it ?”’

‘““Why,’’? replied Gracie, ‘‘I have the
things charged to pa.’’

——___—_4 <<.
Oil Was Up.
From the Jackson Patriot.

In looking over the old files of the
Patriot, we notice that in April, 1859, the
grocery house of Burr & Thurber, which
many of the older residents of the city
still remember, was selling kerosene oil
at $1.50 per gallon.

Wool, Hides, Tallow and Furs.

The situation of the wool market does
not change. Manufacturers are busy
with the past year’s invoices and in no
hurry to buy at the advanced prices of
wools, prefering to wait until they see
how the market for manufactured goods
opens, while many of the larger manu-
facturers are well supplied with earlier
and cheaper wools.

Hides and leather are dull and low,
with little doing. Boot and shoe manu-
facturers want lower prices, which tan-
ners cannot stand. Leather dealers say
they must come in and buy soon, as their
supplies are light, and their orders fair
for the time of the year. Hides being
the poorest of the year’s take-off, are
not likely to advance until they come
good again. Look for lower prices.
Tallow is in fair demand, tendency down-
ward. Furs are unchanged, until reports
from January sales, at which higher
prices are looked for on rat and skunk,

which have been anticipated in last
month’s purchases.
> _-
Burial by Machinery.
An Austrian inventor is said to have
devised a means of interment by ma-

echinery. The coffin, instead of being
lowered by the more or less clumsy means
now adopted, is placed on a platform
(the grave being concealed by black
drapery), and, by pressing a spring, the
platform and coffin sink into the grave
with measured dignity.
When a Man is oe

A recent judicial ruling on this ques-
tion is as follows:

When consciousness becomes modified,
in any degree whatever, through the in-
fluence of alcohol, and when, or as long
as, no exercise of independent nervous
force is adequate to restore it to a nor-
mal state, the man so affected is drunk.

 

 

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories here pay as follows for
dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls
out:

 

 

 

AMP BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun eee 50
7“ t”lmrtw””UCCCOC:CO™:C:COCi‘CSSCOW#WCKSNSNSNTS”.CCi‘i‘«# 55
[Noe ce
repre v5
LAMP CHIMNEYS.

6 doz. in box.
oan: :stst—i‘C i‘“CRCO™COCC 1 90
NOt oe. 2 00
Neo ee 3 00
First quality.
No. 0 Sun, crimp top _........ 215
No. 1 eee ee 22
No 2 = " eee ee le
XXX Flint.
No. 0 Sun, crimp top eee 2 58
No. 1 Be 2 80-
No.2 — = he CL... 3 80
Pearl top.
No. i Sun, Ww rapped and le abeled.... __...--- 3 @
— ----- =e 470
2 Hinge _ . = LULL CC 4 70
a Bastic.
No.1 Sun, plain bulb Oe 1 2
Co i 50
No. 1 crimp ee eee 1 49
‘.slm”mlrté~«C~CCSC..tCi‘(‘CNNCO(#C(Oi*#;# 1 60
STONEWARE—AKRON,.
Butter Crocks, pergal....... 0614
Jugs, % gal., per doz pee eee e ecco ee aces 65
ee 90
_ 2 eee 1 80
Meat Tubs, 10 gal exeh io
a io 2 ee 1 00
iD Co ee 1 65
i S re oe 2 25
Milk Pans, % gal., per r doz, —— 66€) . 60
a 7 t - 90c) . 78

 

 

 

{LEONARDESONS

Sole Agents for Western Michigan

for

the

Quickmeal

GASOLINE STOVE.

 

 

THE SUCCESS OF T

 

 

 

1 SEASON JUST PAST.

 

Has eight separate and important improvements for 1889.
Now is the time to arrange for the selling agency for your
town, and we invite correspondence from previous agents
and from those who would like the agency for the coming
season. Discount, terms of delivery and dating of invoice
given on application. Catalogue for 1889 now ready.

H. Leonard & Sons,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Jobbers of Crockery, Yinware and Lamp Goods,

Basswood, lop 6... 1... 13 00@15 00
Biren, loetae) 15 00@16 00
Bireh, Nos fand?................... @22 00
Black Ash loeaum =... 14 00@16 00
Cherry, 10e tum: 25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. i and 2... | 50 eba@ée 00
Cherry, Cm @12 00
Mame joctm == 12 00@14 00
Mapic sots lozrun =.= 11 00@13 00
Mapic Nos fand2. @20 00
Maple: clear foerme. ==... @25 00
mate white, seleeted................ @25 00
hed Gk leeran 18 00@20 00
Bed @ak, Nos tand? =...) 24 00@25 00
Red Oak, 44 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00
Red Oak, 4% sawed,regalar............ 30 00@35 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank. .....-._ @25 00
Walnut loe ram oe: ee @SS 00 |
Walnut NOs fand?.................. @%i5 00
Walnuts, call -.: .......2..,........ G25 00
Grey Him. logcraun.......-... 12 00@13 05
White Aso. logaum...................% 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-rim.... 2.2... 20 00@22 00
White Oak lop-rum. 6. 3c. 17 00818 00

 

ee & Glassware

PRODUCE MARKET.
uae oe fruit is in fair demand at

Beans—Handlers are paying — $1.25 for un-
picked and getting 91. eas .0% for hand-picked.

Butter—Creamery isin fair supply at 10.
—" is easier, No. 1 readily commanding 22@

Cabbages—Home girewn command 83@ per 100
Celery—20@22c per doz.

Cider—8@10c per gal.

ee aie: $1.25; produce barrels

Ceanberriecs—97: 75@%8 for Bell and Cherry and
$8.50@29 for Bell and Bugle.

Dried Apples—Commission men ele sun-dried
at 5@5%c and evaporated at 64@6%

ggs—Strictly fresh are more cane: com-
manding 20@21¢c. Pickled and cold storage
stock arein fair demand at 19c.
Grapes—Malaga, $6 per keg.

Honey—17@18c. per Ib.

Onions—Too low to a
made only speculatively.

Pop Corn—2%%¢ per lb.

Potatoes—The market is looking a little bright-
er, but not enough soto make any change in
quotations. Buyers @re paying 25c per bu. here
and 20@22¢ at the principal buying points out of
town.

Squash—Hubbard. 1c per lb.
‘ a Potatoes—Kiln-dried Jerseys,
VDI,

Turnips—25c per bu.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids Packing and Provi-
sion Co. quotes as follows:

.
purchases being

$3.50 per

 

   
    
   

PORK IN BARRELS.

Mess ew. es 14 50
Sort Gut Morran 15 00
xtra Clear pie, short cut........-.......... 162
Hutre €lCar, HEAVY =o 0 16
Clear quill shortcut... 16 :
Boston Clear, Short Cut... .  .l 16
Clear back shorteut.¢- ts 16

Standard clear, short cut, best.. . 16 25

SMOKED MEATS—Canvy ned or : Pisin.

 

Hams, average ene 10
ee a 1014
. Ptea4ips: 10%
eee eee.
' MESSE MOMCIGSS (0 1 oy
Shouieer oe. 8%
Doneless .....- 9
preaktast Bacon, boemcless......-......-. 10%
Dried Beet Cre. 8
ham aaa eee 9
Long Clears, heavy. es
Briskets, ameduam 0) 0 oo . ¢
. rehg a oS
LARD—Keitle R ade
IIeGrces ee 9
es. 914
Seth fis. ee. G15
LARD—Compound.
(Bierees 8
S30 and 501b Pups |... 8... 814
Sib Pals, Aina €ase 834
Sib. BAe: $2 ID EAGe 853
#0 th. Pails Gin @ease, 8%
DOtD. Pails 43m a ease 84
wip Cans. 81g
BEEF IN BARRELS,
Etre Mess, warranted 200 Ibs... 7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.............._. % oO
ce % 2
etre ete ee ie
Boneless, rump butts a... i... 10 60
Os
SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
Ot SAUSASC 7%
iam SeGeeee.. 2
Tongue Sausage............ See 9
Frankfort Sausage Ce 8
Blood sauseze. 5%
Beloena, strmieht |. 54
Bolosna thick... .. tee oe BS
Head <@heese: oe 54
PIGS’ FEET.
in alt barrels... 3... 2 00
im quarter barrels, 30.0 2 00
TRIPE.
Ta talt barre CL 3 00
in quarter barrels... 1%
inkits 85
FRESH MEATS.
beer, Caress 0 4 @6%
hind quarters. ee 4@6.
! fore i oe hes ee
(AIG 24D 6
| Pork lgims 0) @. 8
shoulders....... ee @ 7%
OE @ 5
Praocrtort saueare.............._....._. @ 8%
Blood, liver and head sausage @5
Mutton 2.0. , 4 @5

 

OYSTERS and FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
OYSTERS IN CANS.
Seandaras: = = @16
Am@ChGrs si @18
SOlICGEe at @2i
Mairmaven Counts: 3... @35
OYSTERS IN BULK.
Stamdards 0 1 00
Selects 1 40
Clams es. 12
FRESH FISH.
Bisek Bass | G@1213
arom ee @ x
MWhiteish  .... @8
= Smoked. @10
Perch @ 4

 

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as foll ws:

 

  

 

STICK.
Saeee,2 25 Ib. boxes eee 9
wis 2 7 914
Cuthe 6 a 1014
MIXED.
Hoya Zip pais... le
: Sei DPS: 84
etre 2 Pas 10. |
- AOI Doge 9
French Cream, ZOIp. pabigs sl aes
GitiPoat Sob cases i aga
ete ee 914
ee Oe 97
FANCY—In 5 Ib. boxes.
Hemou Props. 13
BOHE Drops 14
Peppermint Props. 14
Chocolate Drops) 5
LM Chocolate Props... 18
CTO 10
Ereoriee Props. 18
A. B. diecerice Props... = a
Lozenges, eae i4
Bree 15
Imperials.. a 14
MOULOPR 15
Cream Bar. 13
Molasses Bar. 13
Caramels: 19
Hand Made Creams. -.. 1... 19
Pismn Creams... 16
Decorated Creams 2.0 20
ati MOCK ee 14
Burnt Mimenide = 22
Wavterercen Berries... 14
FANcY—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, im pas. .-.- 12
= mbps 11
- printed, in — feces ce 13
. . mes 12
Chocolate Drops, in paiigi ss 007700000 8 12
Gum Drops, in os 6
TBO 5%
Moss Drops, tn pats 10
- mos 9
wour Props, im pails. 3... 11
PENDErIAIS im PARIS 12
imps iH
FRUITS
Bananas.. ee
Oranges, Floridas, - ee cee. 2 a 50
Hemous cuciee 27
. fo 3 5
Figs, — — See ee
e Bae Oe @6
Dates, frails, BOTB se. @ 4%
4 mas SID @ 5%
c Fard, 10-Ib. box SE @

a Se : @ 8%
7 Persian, 60-1b. bow... 1.2... @t 7
NUTS.

Almonds, om: ee Q@17
a @15
California a —_—
BEAMS @
uber, Sicily i1 @1i%
WwW alnuts, Grenebie is = he 3%
HOECNGR es a
Peeans. Texas HOP. s. lc. 8 = 12
Gocenuuts per 100 3 22 4 25@4 50
CHCEUIUIS ee 2 25@2 50
PEANUTS.
Hlectrie Lights... 26. es TE@ivs
PCHEOCKS 0 @7t
POOR es ee @6
Meee ee et @5
Ne @5

 

 

Wholesale Price Current.

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.

BAKING POWDER.

 

 

2 20

 

Aretic, % Ib. cans,6 doz... 45
ee ee ee ce
1% lb. 2 1 40
‘ 1 1b. 2 =<
ae > Ib. oe 1 ae ie 00
Absolute, 4 lb. cans, 1008. ft 7
2 Ib. )s..10 00
ey 1th. i ope 18 ©
Telfer's i Tb. cans, 6 doz. ra,
4 Ib. 3 2 oo
ae t oa OO
Ac ‘me, 44 Tp. cans, 3 doz... (a
Agiss 2 4 1 oo
ip. : _30
La a 20
Red Star, 14 lb. cans,12doz 4
«c 6b = 5 - &5
i | " io
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in case Le. 80
oh hlUvfkm”lrté~<C COC. D
American, 2 doz. in case... 65
BROOMS.
mo. 2 Mar. 2 00
not. 22
Ne ocCatpe:. 2 50
No. OO 23
ParlorGem......0........-. 3 00
Common Whisk............ 90
Fancy Ce 1 00
Me 3 50
Warchouse 3 00
BUCKWHEAT.
Kings HID. cases... ..._5 O08
S| ) 80 Ib Gases. ........ 4 25
BUTTERINE
Dairy, sobd packed....__.. 3
ROMS oo 14
Crea rmery, solid packed... i5
Trolls .... 16
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes... .. . 10%
Star, 40 eo 3%
Paraffine .. _....... 12
Wiens 25
CANNED GoopDs—Fish.
Clams, 1 ib, Little Neck. __.- to
Ciam Chowder, 3 Ib.........3 60
Cove Oysters, J Ib. stand....1 00
2b, = oo a 60
Lobsters, 1 . pie me... |. 1 50
Sree cc ue 2 65
1 ib. laa Lo, 1 90

ai 2 ib. Star......_... 2 80
Mac Kerel, in Tomato Sauce.

Ib. stand eteaee 12
ro 2 00
31D, in Mustard...3 00

. 3 1b. soused.......3 00
Salmon, i nb. Columbia... .2 00

21 2s 23

a i. Sacramento.. 7

Le
Sardines, domestic 178)... o
tas a @ 8
Mustard %s @10
imported 14s.....10@I11
spiced, 148. ee 10@12

Trout, 3 Ib. brook. .

CANNED dices esis
Apples, gallons, stand...... 2 00
DBiackperries, stand......... 100
Cherries, red standard...... 2 50

pitted =... 2 60
DasOns 1 00
Boe Pit diane. i... 1)
Goeseberrices ....-.-.. 2... 1 40
GEADCS ee %
Green Gages
Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 45

secones 00001. 12

ee. 1 00
B@ars. oe 130
Pineapples... .....- 1 10@1 25
Cuauces 1 50
InSspperrics, xtra. _- __ 1 25

a. nose oo
Strawherries ..........1 10@i 6
Whortleperries...........:-. im
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay.....- 1 80
Beans, Pima, stand......._. 1 00
Green Limas.... @i
Sere... @ %
Stringlesg, Erie |... 90
‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 45
Co orn, Areher’s Trophy......
. Morn’g Glory. ; 10
cy Early Gold...1 10
Peas. Wrench...) 00...) ... 11 25
extra marrofat. .. @1 10
sonked 0c. (0
| June, stand. __ 1 40@) 50
re SECC 1 55
«© Freneb, extra fine... 14 uo
Mushrooms, extra fine..... 18 00
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 85
Succotash, standard.... @ 85
Squgse 2 1%
Tomatoes, Red Coat. @1 10
Good Enough. = 10
i BenMar. 1 £6
i stand br....1 05@1 10
CHEESE,

Michigan Full Cream 12 @12i4
Sap Sag 0. ... ce 17@18
CHOCOLATE.

Runk <el Bros.’ Vienna sweet 22
" Erenvium..__. 33

Hom-Cocoa... 37
m  Bredakiast.... 48

CHEWING GUM.

Rubber, 100 lumps. _.-._-- 2
200 Poet eo
Sprice.
CHICORY.
Bale 6

 

  

Prsie, |. 18 19
fancy, washed...19 @20
folden, |... ... 20 @21
Santos. 15 @18
Mexic an & Guatemala Mm @ig
POAPeOry 0008.00 1% @19
Java, Interior......... 20 @22
Taney... 23 @2
Mandheling @28

  

Mocha, genuine. @:

26

‘s ad
To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add 14c. per Ib. for roast-

ing and 15 per cent. for shr
age.
COFFEES—Package.

 

ink-

100 lbs
Hon 224
“ip eabinets .............
Dilworth’s
Magnolia... 22
30 Ibs 60 lbs
Aeme ae DING 21% 2144
German 8 22
. DMs ou... 22%
Arbuckle’ S ATIOS&...... 2... 2214
Avorica. 2114
McLaughlin’s MOON! 2244
Honey Bee Sai
a Re 2314
B > by
2214

 

COFFEES—50 Ib, bags.
Arbuckle’ BS AVOMCA ......;

Quaker City..

  
 

- Best Rio........ 22
- Prime Maricabo 25
COFFEE EXTRACT.

Vairey City 00... 75
Me 1 10
CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 401f....._. per doz. 1 35

[ DO ft... .. e 150
e Gf... . _ 1 60
. Wt... |... . 2 00
— oe ..... eo 2 2
Jute @Qr...... . 1 00
- We fe. o 16
CONDENSED MILK.
Maelo 7 60
eee Wass: 6 00
CRACKERS,
Kenosha Buiter...:......__. 8
Beyeour Fe se 6%
Pueee. 64
re SOO 6%
c BRee a
BOSOM. cee 8
Cay Seda 8
ee a eT ee 6%
me, Geter 6%

 

lig Oyster. Ree. 6%

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    

 

 

 

   

SYRUPs,
PreHte G2 | Corn, barrels... 24@25
ae Ds
ee ae eee nar gaia barrels... —
Strictly pure............... 28 | Pure Sugar, bbl........... --25@32
oo ......:............ a4 half barrel... .27@34
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. SWEET GoOODs.
Apples, sun-dried..... Soe 6 |. a EXX
evaporated....7 @ 7% | Ginger Snaps..........$ } 9%
Apricots, oe 36 | Sugar Creams........ o 9%
ac re ee Frosted Creams....... 9%
Bisekueries: = = =... i =
Nectarings ¢ 14 Graham Crackers..... 9
Peseicn | 34 | Oatmeal Crackers. 9
Plums ee Topaccos—Plug.
~e “ 2. Clas ee 39@41
Raepoerres ~ = gt 24 : ;
Worcs | Corner Stone... .. ae
DRIED FRUITS—Foreign. | Double Fedio...........-:.. 5. 40
Citron, in drum....... @z Peach Pie: |... 40
in boxes.. @ {| Wedding Cake, bIE.........-.- 40
Currie. .............. @ 54 | 5 me Good. - ......... 9
pee Peer... 7 POORCCe 40
Orange Fee... sl. _ |
Prunes, Tarkey....... @ 4% LAS.
. Imperial ...... @ 64 | sAPAN—Regular.
Raisins, Valencias.. io ie) OA 12 @15
Opdaras..... |... 26 Geet @I16
Domestic Layers... .2 45| Choice.................24 @
Loose Californias. .2 05 | Choicest............... 30 @33
FARINACEOUS GOODS. | Fair a toe ie
Farina, 100 Ib. Kees. ...._.-. 04 | bad Leen 16 G20
Hominy, per bhi. 4 00} ¢ OIE. o-- sa. ee 24 @28
Macaroni, dom 121b box.... 60 ¢ ‘hoicest. Te Boe | gpa
imported..... @io | BASKET FIRE
0 i 3ASKE ED.
Pearl Barey 0...) _- @ 3 Baie... G20
Peas, ereen 00000004. Gt Choice GX
Se eee eae ee Fe | Choreeshe ie @35
Sago, German......... @ 6%} Extrachoice, wireleaf @d40
Papioca, fi'k or p’rl... @ 6% } GUNPOWDER
te heat, ao oe @ 6% | Common to fair....... 25 @35
ermicelll, Hnport.. @10 | Extra fine to finest....50 @65
domestic... @ov | Choicest fancy........ 7 @s
FISH—SALT. | IMPERIAL,
ad whale Common to fair.......20 @as
oe | Superior tofine........ 40 @50
eee. ing vga laage
Hoes round, | ; Common to fair.......18 @%6
fe 2 4 Db b | Superior to fine....... 30 @40
Holland; bbls gta
c - ; Common to fair 2 @a0
Holland, kegs.. 1 ee °
Sealed oF 20) | Superior to fine. @50
Mack. sh’s, No. 1, % bbi....9 50 | Fine toc hoicest.....--5 @65
"12 Ib kit..1 45| ' ee ee
“ ‘ | Fair i: 25 @30
“390 14 95 | Hair..-.-..---.- 2... 25 30
Trout, % “bbls @5 001; @35
te hes i | 2 65
10 Ib. Klis Leo... SO | fe ee ; @10
Ww hite, No. i, %bbis....._.- 6 00} a a
i2 1b ala wae ToBaccos—Fine Cut.
“ ine | aa | oweet Pippin... ...... 50
se a as Five and Sever ‘
Family, % bbls... ee ee a
bel ae CRED | Hiswalia 68
co en | Sweet Cuba). 45
GUN POWDER. | Feveckey Chief... ___. oo
Hees ___5 95 | Sweet Russet... .. 40
Malt kepe 6 | 42
7 | Florida. .- 65
ae ee ay ee a i
i cana eee eee tee 66
ee 30 | ed foming........... 38
ee 40 | Swainp Angel.__.____. 40
ee 30 | TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
LICORICE | 8 2, per hundred ea 2 59
>
pee ap | 8 S06
Calta 25 | mu. Oe as : =
Saat. ee 5
ICHY. 2... ee eee ee eee 18} Subject to an following dis-
MINCE MEAT | counts:
Bee iene S00 er over. 5 per cent.
Ce CN etd i
caiciaaes ito Cis 2%”
- ee | VINEGAR.
Bisek Strap... 16@17 | ; 30 g e Oe
Cubs Baknie 22@25 405 gr Beet eee et soe ae 11
Porte Hieo ~.. |... 2435 ae... 12
New Orleans, soo0d........ 2HO30 a Above are the ‘prices ‘fixed by
ehoice.__. _.3 33@40 | t the pool. Ma nufacturers out-
fancy. -A5G48 side the pool usually sell 5 gr.
One- zs lf barrels, 3¢ extra. | stronger goods at same prices.
OATMEAL. j  &1 for barrel.
| MISCELLANEOUS
t 4 i
Muse at ine, Half ba nels. | Cocoa She is ole.
caciaah parr S. - | Ip. patis...........
peas errant
Mu scat tine, Barrels... _. | PAPER, WOODENWARE
Half barreis..__. | PAPER.
Cases... = 2a Fo Curtiss & Co. quote as
Or. i follows:
Beelioan est... 1014 |
Wretee Whats =. ll lLlU

PICKLES.

Medium...

Small,

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   
 

    

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PIPES i Jute Manille
Clay No 2 Ss 160} Red Express
= 7. D. fall count.......- re
GOon Nos... 49
RICE. 48 Cotton
Carolina head................ gaz | Cotton, No. 2........ 2.0.0...
‘ No. 1 “ets : Os ila gs ol lial eal we :
Woo 5% (@6 Sea Island, assorted....... 40
No, 3. a No. 5 Hemp ee 3
Soe 5 . 8B
P Sea Ce Ty,
= YOODENW!
DeLand’s, - pure ee. 514 bs. iaccouas wm
1 4 Tub - f... 1%
Church's, ‘Cap Sheaf..... 1.2! 5 No. 2 6 Tb
a es af. Ue
oe ere Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 60
No. 1, three- hoop.... 1%
Common Fine con Dbl... Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60
" ef cCerlots.. Bowls, 11 trek 1 00
Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... c Ss: 1%
= pocket ee 2 Oa 2 00
Soest. a Seeceeeeeacece a aa
$00 SS assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50
Ashton bu. easel 1... S| (lo ‘* 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Higgins ‘ a. Baskets, ager... 8... 40
Warsaw: = -...... | Bushe! ..7 |... 1 60
SAL SODA. 1 with covers 1 90
a . illow cl'ths, No.1 5 50
Granulated, boxes.......... 13%, | 4 No.2 6 00
SAPOLIO | ti mea oe
Bro ee splint 35
Kitchen, 3 doz. im box. ... 2 “ er “ ea - : =
2 ae é we we
Hand, . 3 3 2 “ ‘ ‘© WNo35 00
SAUERKRAUT. { rer
Silv er Thread, = gi Al... ....8 75 | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
eee 5 00} yHEAT,
; ay tt \~
SEEDS. | Wate «~~. ~~~ one enon enn 95
Mixcdtia = | 41% |} Red.......... ao a5
Caraway Oo | (
Cc ee CO ul | Straight, in sacks.........
ae : *- barrels..... > 70
eT CTE gi, ; Patent a 6 50
Reape 4% |
War 7,
SNUFF.
Seoteh, in bladders.......

Maceaboy, in jars.........
French Rappee, in Jars.....4

 

 

    

 

   
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

SOAP. Sereenings ....
Dingman, 100 bars... .___4 00 | Middiings......._._.. 12 66
Don't Anti-Washboard..... 4 75 | Mixed Feed ee ti @
RON | CORN,
Queen Année. ...............3/85| small lots... 50
German family..........__.. 2 40 | Car oo 47
Bie Barsami 1 a7) i. OATS
SODA. smal TO oo
Boxes a | Car 30
Kegs, Engl a : RYE,
sPICES—Whole. . a, PEF een assert 2 06
oo BARLEY.
a ae a _ | a Cen 1 30
aseia, China in mats....... 736 No.2
‘ec Batavia in ats | Oey a ee I 0
- Saigon im roiis......42 | ., ? |
Cloves, Amboyna. a 1 eae 14 00
Zanzibar |... C es.  . . .... 138 06
Piso ee a | HIDES, PELTS and FURS
utmegs, famey i eae a .
ee 65 | Perkins & Hess pay as
’ No. 2......--....... 60 | follows:
Pepper, Singapore, Black. 18% | HIDES.
white.. Green 44@ 5
a. |... | Part Ciea @ 5
sPicEs—Ground—In Bulk fa: 5 @ 5%
Alismice 3c)  , 15 (oy: 6 @7
Cassia, Batavi a... .......... 22 | Dey Hips 5 @T
and Saigon .25 | Calfskins, erecen..__.. 44@ 5
: Saeed 2 | cured...... 54@ 5%
Cloves, Amboyna...........35 | Deacon skins.......... 10 @25
Zanzipar.......... 98 | 144 off for No. 2
Gincer, African... 3... 12% | PELTS.
Cogn co 15 | Shearlings.............
. Jamaica ...........18 | Estimated wool, per b <
Mace Batavia........_... 80 FURS.
Mustard, English eee cae. | Oiiee sl  ,
and Trie. POC
Trieste le g | ee
Nutmegs, ie. ltCiisis PeeISEG
Pepper, Singapore, black. | Fox, red...............
- ef white. . 29 Groen. ..........., (
ee Cayenne... ..... 5 - oe 5G 80
FI s 5 a Or
M lb a ~ | = ae LL aaa = 50
a oe 1 we :
¥ stic, eee gs aie 6 oe 1 00@6 00
(ives... 50@3. 00
SUGARS. Martin, dark......... 26@3 60
Cut Eoat. - . @ 85 | - pale... 10@1 00
Cunds 45... - 2. @S | Ofer... |... 50@8 00
Powdered ............. aS | Wot... 50@3 00
Granulated, Stand.... 714@ eee 3020 00
ts Of. @ (Beaver ae BOGE 00
Confectionery A...... T14@ | Pateer 5@1 00
pena A... @ 7 | Deerskins, per Ib..._.. 5m 40
No. 1, White Extra C.. @ 6% | MISCELLANEOUS. _
No. 2 xera Cl... @ 0. Valiow .... 1... 4144@ 3%
No. 3C, golden........ @ 6% | Grease butter......... 8 @ 814
No.6 C, dark... .._- @ Gi | Swatehes............... 2 @2%
NOS Co sete. @6G ' Ginseng... 0.0... 2 W@2 10

 

 

 

 

 

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Staie Beard ef becianie.

Qne Year—James Vernor, Detroit.

Two Ye ttmear Eberbach, Ann Arber.

Three Years—Gee. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Feur Years—Stanley B. Parkill, Owosse.

Five Years—Jaocob Jessen, Muskegur.

President—Geo. McDonald

Secretary—Jacob Jesson.

Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. L

Next Meeting—Grand Rapids, March 5,6 and 7.
Mickigaa State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.

Presideat—Geo. Gundrum, lenia. :

First Vice-President— BP. M. Alsdorf, Lamsing

Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.

Third Vice President—O. Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor.

Secretary—H. J. Brown, Aum Arber.

Treasurer— Wm Dupont, Dewoit.

Executive Coaamittee—a. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas.
sett, Detreit; F. J. Wuraburg, Grand Rapids; W. A.
Hall, Greenville; B.T. Webb, Jacksen.

Local Secretary—A. Basset, Detreit.

Grasd Rapids Pharmacentical Scociety.
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.

Detroit Pharmaceutical Seciety.
President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Aseociation.
President, Geo. L, LeFevre. Secretary, Jno. A. Tinholt.

 

 

Gum and Eyesight.
A prominent physician has been inter-
viewed on the subject

hurrying a great many of us to untimely
and unwished-for graves. The penny
cud of gum, it appears, partakes largely
of the character of the well-known upas
tree. To chew gum and climb a upas
tree looking for vampires’ nests are about
equally hazardous.

The pursuit of happiness via the gum
route produces chronic dyspepsia and
wrinkles. The doctor merely mentions
this in passing. These things are noth-
ing. It also has a tendency to encourage
the idle habits of a naturally too easy-
going liver; but this is far from being
the worst. It ruins the eyesight—that’s

what gum-chewing does. Says the doc-|
dor:
“The muscles of the jaw connect with :

the spine, and from the spine there are |
little fibrous tissues running in all direc-
tions.
eyes
Now,
you will notice a palpitation of the tem-
ples when the lower jaw moves up and |
down in the process of mastication. This
is caused by the working of the optic
nerves, which keep the inner part of the
eye in motion and exercise the nerves as
much as needed to keep them in
healthy condition. These nerves are
more tender and sensitive to a degree
than you would imagine. When they
are overworked they become shrunken
and enfeebled, and then the _ pro-
cess Of deterioration in the eyesight
begins. Of course the

and are called the optic nerves.

and as it is connected by slender threads
of tissue to the pupil of the eye, this
also becomes affected. The consequence
is that the eye becomes weak and loses
its color; it becomes an unnatural-look-
ing gray, and the vision is so much im-
paired by it that eye-glasses must be re-
Sorted to.’

This is really considerably worse than
a great many persons had supposed.

Some of us had thought to toy with the}
gum habit and retain our eyesight. We!

we could chew
our
our

that
It seems,

had fondly supposed that
spruce gum and though
fell by the wayside and
tracted habits of idleness,
hope to keep our
ever, that the doctor had
erwise.

To persons unacquainted with man as
constructed by this doctor the connection
between a slight and gentle
the lower jaw and the permanent injury
of the organs of sight is not apparent.
But it is little that these
about how the muscles of
around to the back of
theyare attached to the spinal column;
how little fibrous tissues ealled optic
merves run from
how, when the jaw moves, from some
unaccountable reason these optic nerves

livers con-

how-

eyes.

the

the

cead the eyes around for exercise, as we |
may put it. Gum chewers may have
jong had an idea that their optic nerves

svere sensitive to a degree, and some may
have had a sufficient knowledge of anat-
omy to suspect that there was a more or
less close connection between the eye
and the pupil of the eye, as the doctor
intimates; but to learn that as the jaw is
moved the eye declines, will astonish a
great many.

>> <>

 

A Remedy for Price Cutting.
rom the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

A meeting of wholesale dealers and
manufacturers of proprietary medicines
was held recently in London, at the in-
vitation of the former, for the purpose
of having concessions granted by the
proprietors. Cutting of prices is more
general in England than elsewhere, and
all sorts of remedies have been sug-
gested. The manufacturers realize the
benefits derived from the American asso-
ciation and the adoption of the rebate
plan by proprietors, and it would not be
surprising to learn of similar steps being
taken abroad to meet the growing evil,
but no definite action has been taken, for
the reason that very little confidence is
entertained in such organizations since
the disbandment of the Bristol Oilmen’s
Association twe weeks since. This so-
‘ciety was established only a few years
ago for the purpose of preventing com-
petition, the idea being that the members
would bind themselves not to sell certain
goods under a fixed price. At the last
meeting the Secretary said that one
reason why the Association had not been
a success was that the members had
withdrawn from the Association and
adopted the cutting system. They sub-
scribed to the agreement and_ subse-
quently violated faith with their fellow-
tradesmen. The rebate plan forfeits the
right to purchase goods when contracts
have not been observed, and a strict sur- |
veillance of the plan foratime would
remove the mountain of trouble under
which our English friends are laboring. |
We would recommend them to place their |
goods on rebate and enforce all obliga-
tions.

_ Oo
The Best Lie Yet.

A grocer of Lewiston, Me..
sesser of a sleek Thomas cat which, in
addition to numberless other evidences
of brilliancy, has lately learned how to!
weigh himself. Every morning when the |
tin tray is removed from the scales he
jumbs upon the empty platform and with }
his paw carefully slides the weight along |
the beam till it balances him.

of chewing gum; |
and it seems that the pernicious habit is |

A number of these extend to the! |

if you will watch a person eating, :

al

shrinking of the |
nerve draws the eye back into the socket, |

stomachs }
we could |
arranged it oth-|
movement of |

sersons know}
jaw run}
neck where |

the spine to the eyes; |

is the pos-|

FACE POWDERS.

i

| How to Make Eight Exquisite and Non-
| Injurious Kinds.
a

FORMULA I.

Orris root, 1 part.

Zine oxide, 2 parts.

French chalk, 2 parts.
FORMULA II.

| Precipitated chalk, 2 parts.

French chalk, 3 parts.
FORMULA ITtI.

Bismuth oxychloride, 1 part.

Precipitated chalk, 3 parts.

French chalk, 5 parts.
FORMULA IV.

Bismuth subearbonate, 1 part.

Zine oxide, 3 parts.

French chalk, 4 parts.

Precipitated chalk, 4 parts,

Corn starch, 5 parts.
FORMULA V.

Bismuth subnitrate, 1 part.

French chalk, 25 parts.

Corn starch, 35 parts.

Terra alba (powdered gypsum) 40 parts.
FORMULA VI.

Bismuth subearbonate, 1 part.

Zine oxide, 3 parts.

Magnesia carbonate, 3 parts.
Tale, 5 parts.
FORMULA VII.

Zine oxide, 1 part.
French chalk, 3 parts.
FORMULA VIII.

Tale, 4 parts.

Zine oxide, 1 part.
- Starch, 1 en

Formula i., 1. and vil. represent the
| cheaper enone like swan-down, etc.,
| though they do not differ very much from
| some of the better powders. Formula
[iit fv. and vy. represent the better grades
| of face powders, as seen in the case of
| Pozzoni’s, Saunders’ and others. Form-
ula vitl. is modeled on Pinaud’s and
| Rimmel’s.

 

RICE POWDERS.
| This form of toilet-powder is usually
| put up in small, square, tinted paper
| cartoons, holding two or three ounces of
powder. As based on Lubin’s, Rimmel’s
Jacques’ and Atkinson’s, the following
starches could be perfumed and tinted to
suit: Wheat starch, corn starch, potato
starch. Many of the French rice pow-
ders contain zine oxide and other inor-
ganie constituents. If it is desired to
imitate them, almost any of the formule
from No. 1 to INo. 8 could be used, sim-
iply altering the style of package,
name, ctc.
PISTACHIO POWDERS.

Take a fine tale, color a light lavender,
perfume nicely, put ona French label,
and put up in a fine German-wiliow box,
charge an exorbitant price ($1 and $1.50,
; according to customer and location), and
you will be supplying a so-called pis-

tachio—nut face powder.
| Pink and brunette powders can be ob-
| tained from the foregoing formule by
| using carmine for the pink and fine qual-
ity of levigated burned umber, burned
| Sienna, etc., or very small amounts of
Armenian bole for the brunette.

Perfume will depend on taste and cost.
It is the most expensive part of a pow-
der if it is nicely done.
| > © —_——

(Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.

The regular annual of the
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society
!was held at THe last
| Thursday im-
portance having been transacted.

|
|
|
|

 

meeting

TRADESMAN Office
evening, no business of
At the previous meeting of the Society,
J. Dayton was elected to membership

;and President Hayward announced the

j following committees for the ensuing
year:

On Trade Matters—John E. Peck,
| H. B. Fairehild and W. E. White.

On Legislation—F. i. i.
Locher and R. B. Bochove.

On Pharmacy—W. L. White, ° R.
McWilliams and John D. Muir.

A et
The Drug Market.

Quinine is dull and very low.
is firm. Morphine is steady. Gum cam-
phor is very firm. Cream tartar is lower,
on account of a breakin the combina-
tion. A further decline is looked for.
Oil sassafras has declined. The whisky
war has unsettled the price of alcohol
and the article has been quoted at a dif-
ferent price in every market. Values are
now more settled. and we believe our
quotation is the general one. Salicylic
acid has declined.
>

Pleasant Event at Detroit.
From the Detroit Journal.

Fifty members of the Detroit Pharma-
ceutical Society met in their parlors in
the Cowie building Thursday night, when
Leroy Webber delivered an address on
‘**Pepsin,’’ after which the company went
to the Wayne Hotel, where they were
banqueted by Parke, Davis & Co. Toasts
were made by Messrs. Wetzel, T. H.
Hinchman, James Vernor, Bassett, Web-
ber, Martin, Purvis, Allen and others.

ao a
An Excellent Appointment.

Governor Luce has re-appointed James
Vernor a member of the State Board of
Pharmacy, for the full term of five years.
Mr. Vernor has been a valuable member
of the Beard and his continuance in the
Same position will give general satisfac-
tion.

J. Wurzburg,

 

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Board of Pharmacy
The next of the Board of
| Pharmacy will be held in the lecture
| room of Hartman’s Hall, Grand Rapids,
}on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5
and 6.

session

— <2 -6 <2
The particular office of flies appears to
be the consumption of those dead minute
| animals whose decaying myriads would
otherwise poison the air. It was a re-
mark of Linneus that three flies could
consume a dead horse sooner than a lion
;could. He, of course, included the fam-
ilies of the three flies.

 

 

Wholesale Price Current.

Declined—Alcohol, Oil

 

 

  

  
  

     

 

 

 

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ACIDUM. Gute. ee ea Ee 120 15 Antipyrin . te eeeeeceee 1 ma 4 40
: : Chlorate, (po. 20) .... .. 18, rgenti Nitras, ounce GZ 68
sedan gael ter ae Sane 3 50@ 55! Arsenicum............ a 7
ae eee Oe eee 2 85@3 00| Balm Gilead Bud... 38@, 40
ei a 45 | Potassa, Bitart, — 35@ 38} Bismuth S wo- 2. oe 1B? 25
oon ER BGA 69 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 —- Chior. 1s, (48
Cltricum «-------.-#--+ “3g 5 | Potass Nitras, opt..... s@ 10] 11; ey @ 9
Hydrochlor .......-... 106 2 Potass Nitras.......... ™]® 9 canihatriaes Russian,
aa serene ce be is tee BQ 2% ee @1 7%
Cece ce eee ee 6 . yy Ss c 1, ‘
Phosphorium dil...... 20 | Sulphate po........... ae a “i ate ae a is
Salscylicum::......:..- 1 46@1 80 RADIX. ee
SUlppuUrCHM......._- 1%@ é Aconitum .............. 0@ 2% ili cidiestieas (po. 30) 25@ 28
Tenotewm......-.....- 1 40@1 = AMRASe 25@ 30| Carmine, No. 40....... @3 %5
Wercasteuwa 0c... OQ & eRe Leal 15@ 20| Cera Alba, S.&F_.]! BO@ 55
AMMONIA. Aram, PO... @ 2) Cera Maya @ 30
qa 5 | Calamus. (0 2 50) Coceus 2) @ 40
Aqua, 16 deg sete eeee es 1 8 Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12/ Cassia Fructus........ @ 15
18 deg.......... 11@ 13| Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 16@ 18| Centraria.....20000.01, @ 10
Carnes... 1@ i Hy drastis Canaden, * Getaccum 3 @ 35
Chloridum .......--... — Oe @ 60} Chloroform ........... Q@ 55
< cE He lebore, “Ala, 15 Ww yuibbs . @1 00
ANILINE. as a ie 15@ 20}] Chloral Hyd C rst ae 50@1 75
Black............-+-++- 2 00 ce we) 8 152 30) Chondras. (0/07) 10@ 12
Brown.....----+--++++ i. = Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 14@ 20; Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 20
i a 9 3 Oo joeaps, pre Ll 25) | 30 German 5@ 12
Vetlow -.......-..--..- 2 50@3 Marantal agg.) @ 35] Corks, list, dis. per
BACCAE. Podophyllum, po...... jog S|) Cone ee @ 60
Poon Raer 75@1 00; Creasotum ............ @ 530
Cubeae (po. 1 60......- 1 85@2 eo ee @i 7 | Creta, (bbL. 7)... .. a 2
Juniperus ...-.-.------ 8@ : Dee T@1 35 prep............. 5a 5
Xanthoxylum ........- “a = Seicctin ee 48@ 53 ECCI. &@ 10
AMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25). @ 20) ° | Beubri. @ 8
Copaiba oe ee “o@ % | Serpettarin.. 2203. |. |. Som 351 Crocus se 22@, 25
Be @i 30) Senega . oo... toa So Cudbear i) | @ 2%
Terabin, Canada ..... 50@ 55} Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| CupriSulph........... 1@ 8
= area oo 45@ 50 “ “ M  @ S|) Dexteme (| 10@ 12
er aT Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Ether Sulph.... 1/2217! 68@, 7
CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feeti- ae Emery, all numbers.. @ °
Ab} ‘ fan a8) Gus, po. a re pe... a2 G
—— ren 11 Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ 25| Ergota, (po.) 45....... 40G 45
Giinhona mings an 18 German. 15@ 20 Flake Waite 12@ 15
a ea ae Htinsibera 10@ | Gallas @ . 23
Euonymus atropurp........ reed recreate 220, 25| Gambier "@ 8
Myrica Cerifera, po.......-.. 20 Aimpiper jo... 4... 2X 25 pare mins Poee ce - Bi
Prunus Vireint. 00.02.60 0.00 = SEMEN. a ee meena 40@, 60
ee =rd.. oe 12 Anisum, (po. 20) ....-- @ 15 — —— 7S per cent.
ee oe 4 a ) r > 0@ 12 ay box 6624, less
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 ——— i = " aa maa. 9@ 15
EXTRACTUM. Carui, (po: 18)... 120, 15 : . W Hie 13@ zo
Stim 8 tOardamon 0. 1 O6@1 25) Glycerma.... 23@ 2%
sash A . — 2 eae 10@ 12] Grana Paradisi........ @ 15
| | a 21 Ce bis Sativa... ._. Siz, 4] Eumuigs. 23a, 40
Hecmatex, a ee = a een sae ee Tx@1 00 Hydraag Chior Mite.. @ &
“ We tae aS | Chenapodiae | 01/50!) 10@, 12 Cor... @
eel _. 16@ 17 | Dipterix Odorate.... .- 1 7x@1 85 Ox Rubrum @ 90
on i Foeniculum..... oo @ 15 i Ammoniati.. @1 10
FERRUM. Foenugreek, po....... 6@. : 8 ~ . Unguentum. = 5d
»P @ io) bat 4 @ 4%} Hydrargyrmum......... BW
Carbonate oa i 2 = sae gerd, (bbl.4 )... 44%@ 4% | Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50
Sel = ig -Ma| Endigo. es 75@1 00
eee idumSol.... @ | PharlarisGanarian.. 6@ 414 | lodine, Resubl........ 4 00@4 10
oS artsy @ toikapa so 5@ 6 | dodotora 000 @5 15
Sn os aT a 14%¥@ 2 Sinapis, _— ol So) 8) Up 85G1 =
Sulphate, com’l..-.--- @ 7 ‘ Nigra 11@ 12} Lycopodium .......... KD,
= pure. .....- | 0 Misra ea 300 =
FLORA SPIRITUS. Liquor ae ch et Hy-

a . : enti, W.. D. Co..2 00@2 50 rare ion Qa 2
Arnica wetecneeecese es 14@ 16 Frumenti, = - oe 4 iin 00 L ieee otessArsiniis 10m 12
Anthemis eee oo ee Magnesia, Sulph (bbl
Matricaria ......-....- 30@ Juniperis Co. 6. ma a en 2@ 3

FOLIA. ae 73 50; Mannia: 5. F......... 90@1 60
Barocma 600000 10@ 12] Saacharum N. E...... B22 00 Morphia, | Ss. = & W...2 55@2 80
Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Spe, Vini Galli... | 1 73a@6 50 _ ve Q. &
nivellyj....-- +--+. 20@ 281 Vini Oporto ........_.: Sa 0 CO 2 55@2
“ Ax. 306@ OlWans Aiba. |. 1 25@2 00} Moschus Canton...... @ 40
Salvia officinalis, 4s a Myristica, No. 1. - HB
and beg 002. eT 10@ 12 SPONGES. Nux Vomica, (po 20). @ 10
“ aNd 2 OT) 2
Gra Ure ae) Ot aorda) she eps’ wool a Sepia. ee 2%@ 29
GUMMI. carriage 2 ce oo Pg ose - B. @2 00
Acacia, ist picked... a au sheeps* ‘wool ig Picis Liq, N. C.,

ae rn oe i Pate A a 7 @2 70

ee sa a Velvet extra oer ps’ 1 19| Picis Liq., quarts .....  @1 00

‘gifted sorts.. = be i a ae pints. @ 70

* (pO...) D apace : : g5 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ 50
Aloe, Bath, (po. 60) . XD PP nica calleoerierne a Piper Nigra, (po. 22) @ 18

Cape, (po. 20). 2) ed eee cee oe g5| Piper Alba, (po g5). @
“ Socotri, (po. 60). G 50 ee oo} Pix Burean... 0.0... a
Catechu, 1s, (4%s, 14 45, Yell OR singe! eo ie ‘| Phombi Meet 0.00. 14@ 15
Be 1 eae mee een en 1 49 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 |
Assmonime ............ 25G 30 USE 1... eee ee eee eee Pyrethrum, boxes H
Assafoetida, - 30). _@ Bb SYRUPS. & PD. Co. doz... .. @1 25
Benzoinum.. -- W@ 55 A - 50 Pyrethrum, —e ee 55@ 60
Camphorm........-.--- = 38 | Z = ee = Quassiae . &@ 10
Euphorbium, po......- —- eee go | Quinia, SP. & W_ W@ 52
Gaibannm 00.0.0.) .. @ 80 = args aA a ALOE UR AU 7 ee groom im... 33m Bi
Gamboge, po... .... 80@ 95 a Cee: Sa 2 + Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14|
Guaiacum, (po. 45).... @ 40 R a Mies so | Saccharum Lactispy.. _@_ 35 |
Roane, (po. 25).-..-.--- @ w re ee 5 Off tree 3 sitter eee 60 Saincin 2 50@2 75
Mastic eo. @1 60 | Similax Oficina oe a an ~,| Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50
Myrrh, (po. 45).....--. ea Caan | Semtenine @4 50
Opii, (po. 4 75).....-..3 =— x ae eel ao re Sapo, Wiis .-aint.... 12@ 14
SHElIRG ... 0... Sea ee ae ees 5 M oe 8@ 10

: bleached... ae) CO... eee eee eee eee 50 Co a

Qragscantp |... 30@ 75 peer eae ate eG a eo a 50 eae Mixiire @ ®B
HERBA—In ounce packages. 7 Sa Sinapis.. Oe @ 18
wu 25 * TINCTURES. i opt. oe - @ 30

Absintaiim =... . = Sraithl | Maceub oy, De

Eupatorium ........--.------ 95 | Aconitum NapellisR....... 60} Voes ................ @ 35

Lobelia.......--...--+--+-++- 3B : i 50| Snuff, Scotch.De. Voes @ 35

Majorum See ai eenne a ra Aloes a 60] Soda Boras. (po. 12)... 1@ 12

Mentha = ae = ‘and my ee Mn 60} Soda et Potass Tart. 3@, 35

Vir... eee ee eee eee 30 Araceae oO; Soda Carp | 2@. 24

RUC. ....-- 2-22 e sees eee eee Ba Asemcetiea oO Soda, Be@arb.. 1.1! 4G 5

Tanacetum, V.....-----+-+-- oe | Atrope Belladonna. ....._... OO) sedan, Aga. 3@ 4

Thymus, V......-------.---- eee 60} Soda, Sulphas......... GQ 2

MAGNESIA. o C m1 Spts. Hither Co ...._.. 0@ 55
Caleined, Fag... -___- 5o@ 60} Sanguinaria................. 50 | Myrcia, Dom... . G2 00
Carbonate, Pat........ i 22) SALON KO)! Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50
, eo ol A ie ptie BI :

Carbonate. K.& M.... 20@ os Cantharides................. Vint Bect. bbl.

Carbonate, JenningdS.. 35@ 36 Cardamon tettte eet eee eee) BOT 29!

ardamon iD |

ee ee es

Absinthium ...........5 00@5 50} aa. foe oe ;

Amygdalae, Dule...... 45@_ 75] ¢ sae a : 00 | Sulphur, subi... a i

Amydalae, Amarae....7 2ADT BCC eT EAE ee ee

ee ee . pe ‘ CO 60! Terebenth Venice..... 30

Auranti sCortex...._.. 4 oe 50 | Columba . | Maeobromae | |||. 5O@, 55

Bergami “a ia aon [ 4 My Contam 0 c OO Vanilla 9 GO@16 00

Cajiputi’............... W@ J oO Culeia 50} Zinci Sulph ee T@ 5

Caryophyllt. . @2 00 | Hivitalis a 50 |

Ce Ty 35@ 6 fee ee OILS, oe

Gn eua soni esi li agin a Cs oe Cee | i ep Di. ras

Games a 95@1 00 ar ge ee a Whale, winter... 7 70

CUO GS Oe ny} Lard, extra........... 86

| Contum Mae... 85K 65 ean 60 fared No to 50 55

Consibs 0 SET OC Higa ESOL V nn tle 50 Linseed, pure raw.... a7 60

Cavebae 0) 000 01 15250K@.16 00 ee a 59 | Lindseed, boiled..... 60 63

Exechthitos...._.. at OO ae a ws; Neat’s Foot, winter _ |

Brigerom .2.02.....1. ie W@1 30 |< Gales “5 l strained os ee 50 69

Gauitheria 000 2:25@2 35 na. ll 35 Spirits Turpentine.... 50 5d

Geranium, ounce. .... C Oia 50 PAINTS. bbl. Ib.

Gossipii, Sem. gal..... OO Opera 50| Red Venetian. 1% 23

Hedecoma 2.0)... |: ee ee an 50 | Ochre, yellow Mars....134 2@4

Juniperi............-- eae | ux Vouita... |. 50 Ber...... 18g Be

Layenaula 3)... 92 00 OOS Gere Comm erential i etal ue ays

Limonis .......+-...++- 1 G0@2 00 Camphorated........... 50|__\ Strictly pure....- 214 23; <@3

Menta Piper.........- 2 CaS |) icc aye 2 00} Vermilion Prime Amer-

Mentha Verid.______- 3 COGS 29) A urandi@orter (0 0 sal dean —_

Morrhuae, gal.. @ @aassia 0 a emearzon: Bimedieh ||)

Myrcia, ounce.. — >, nneteny 501 Green, Peninsular...

Ohve 1 vs Rhei. eh ead red

Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) D Cassia ‘Acutifol. eT SO Ee ee 6

Ricini ................- D Coa 50 | Whiting, white Span..

ROSmATING 00... @i Berpeniaria oo 50] W hiting, Gilders’

ROSAe, OUNCE.......... @6 00} Stromonium................, 60 | White, Paris American

SC 400 25 para 60! Whiting, Paris Eng.

BAaDiNA Wet Oe 50 Cie 1 40

Santal .... --3 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride..._.. 59 | Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1 4

Sassafras. ... OO Oe Swiss Villa Prepared

Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Paes 1 W@1 20

Ss laa ete cas = Gl = Aather, Spts Nit, : a - B@ 2w VARNISHES.

Thyme a @ 60 e : ooo 221 No.1 Turp Coach. ____ 1 10@1 20

fe eee ete ete aces a on | Ae a 372) xtra Purp...) 2): 1 60@1 70

Theobromas........... 1Ib@ 20 + ground, | Go, Coach Body ee 2 75@3 00
i POTASSIUM. Ce 3@ 41 No. 1 Tarp Bur: 1 00@1 10

Bi Carb... a | Annatto Lee 55@ 60] Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60

Biehromate ....-...... B 6 Antimoni, Boe 4@ 5]/ Japan Dryer, No. a

Bromide. 00) 31@ 40 et Potass ©. so@ 60! arp WG %5

 

 

 

That Society Again.
From the American Analyst.

The famous American Society for the
Prevention of Adulteration of Food,
whose membership is made up of thirty-
five retail grocers and some shining lights
of the Philadelphia bar, threatens to
hold its annual convention this month in
Washington. As none but the actual
members are to be invited, there will
probably be some funny proceedings, but
happily no public damage can ensue.
The yearly demonstration of these retail
agitators remind us of the flies on the
revolving wheel exulting over the dust
they are raising. They hold themselves
in high esteem. When they have finished
their palaver, however, they go compla-
cently home again, and the world re-
sumes its accustomed diurnal rotations.

—_————< +4 <a -

H. L. Day, druggist, Farwell: “I am much
pleased with THE TRADESMAN. It is becoming a
necessity to my business.”’

 

 

Should send $1 to
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PRU GGIST Ss Sess

kIQUOR & POISON RECORDS

     

WHITE LEAD

6 Mi & COLOR WORKS

DETROIT,

MANUFACTURERS OF

LATEST
ARTISTIC
SHADES

OF

       
         

 

FOR

interior
AND

4 EXTERIOR

DECORATION
F. J. WURZBURG, Wholesale Agent,

GRAND RAPIDS.

        
    

 

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price forit. Address ‘

PECK BROS., Wholesale Dru

GRAND RAP

 

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oehLEAS
CARD
IN THIS SPACE

    
    

This Handsome Plush

Show Case Stand

and other attractive advertising matter giv-
en FREE to Druggists who order 2 dozen

Peckham’s Croup Remedy

FOR CHILDREN.

Retail, 25c. bottle. Wholesale, $2 dozen, Ad-
dress orders to eC. PECKHAM & CO., Free-
port, Mich., naming your jobber.

A. W. Stev enson, "558 Western ave., Muskegon,
writes Dec. 19, 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 ney-
er knew it to fail.”

 

 

AMOND YEA

CURES

Liver and
Kidney Troubles
Blood Diseases
Constipation

——_AND—

 

FPematle
Complaints

 

 

3eing composed entirely of HERBS, it
| is the only perfectly harmless remedy on
ithe 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.
i

| Place “holesale

House.

‘» Diamond Medicine Go,,

ROPRIETORS,

DETROIT. MICH.

your order with our

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

  

 

 

 

PRES PRESS Enc Ol.

))Isfree from AR-
TIFICIAL FLA-
VORING, is a ci-

“Los Doctores ihr’

fire, contains one-third more pure Havana tobac-
co than any ten-cent Key Wi est or two for 25 cents
imported cigar you can get.

FREE SMOKING, MILD AND RICH.
—— Sale by 20,000 Druggists throughout the

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co,

Wholesale Agts.,Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

CIRCULARS, TESTIMONIALS AND GUARANTEE
(FOR ALL KINDS OF STOCK) FREE _,,
Hoc CHOLERA—CAUSE. CURE & PREVENTION
WORTH MANY DOLLARS TO EVERY BREEDER.
THE GERMAN MEDICINE CO.MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

OT SALE BY. DRUGGISTS. GROCERS. ETc.

Tock Koo?
| Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

For Sale to the Trade by
Wholesale Drug-
| gists; Hawkins & Perry, W holesale Grocers; Mc-
Causland & Co., Wholesale Grocers, E. Saginaw;
W. J. Gould & Go., Wholesale Grocers, Detroit;
BD: “Desenberg & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Kalama.
zoo.

 

 

 

 

antee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and

HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CoO.

Importers and Jobbers of

—~DRUGS-~

Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,

 

We are Sole Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN OATARRH REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rums.

 

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

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

Invoiced the same day we re-

ceive them. Send in a trial order.

rlazelting & Perkins Drug Go,

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 after se-
vere sickness.

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

Yoars truly,
Wma. GRAY, M. D.
Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
GENTLEMEN—I think the “‘Tonic’”’ a splendid
medicine for all forms of Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion. It is giving me great satisfactiou.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Seneca, M. D.

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

DEAR Sirs—I have given your “Malt Tonic”
a trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion
and General Debility, especially in the aged,
where the whole system seems completely
—— with very satisfactory results. I

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, [have used your “Best” Tonic in several
cases of impaired nutritition. The results in-
dicate that it is an agreeable and doubtless,
highly efficacious remedy. 1am,

Very truly yours,
E. W. FLEMING, M.D.

 

 

 

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

DeAR Sirs—Your agent left me a sample of
your liquid extract, Malt, and as I use much
such in my practice,I thought to compare
_— product with some from another house

had on hand; and finding Fp superior in
the great essential, the palitable nutriant as
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx-
ious to know about what it can be furnished
the dispensing physician.
Yours truly,
E, Jay Fisk, M. D.

East Genessee Street,
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1888.

Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,
GENTLEMEN—I have used the “Best’’ Tonio
with most gratifying resultsin my case of
dyspepsia. My case was a bad one,1 had no
= headache in the morning; sour stom-
; looking as though I had consumption,
a after taking this tonic I never felt better

in my life. I think it will cure a bad case of
dyspepsia. You may recommend it for that
case. Wo. O. JAEGER.

322 South Fifth Street;
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1888,
Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. Y.,

GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of
“Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and
Hops” you sent me, and find in my humble
judgment that itis a very pure and safe arti-
cle. I will not hesitate to recommend it in
every case of debility where a Tonic of that
kind is indicated.

ees.
E. H. BELL, M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6, 1888,
Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,

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

Very respectfully,
D. BornIO, M D.

For Sale By

 

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Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in

Court- of Last Resort. | GRAND RAPID S, MICH.

 

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Brand FANCY Oranges PRRPBPUMER y,

A LARGE VARIETY IN

 
  
   
 
 

The Michigan Tradesman W. STEELE a We are agents for the Celebrated NOVELTIES IN

 

 

EXEMPTION —STATU TES — HOUSER EEPER. \

 
   
 
 
  

 

The Kentucky Court of Appeals held, | ee also agents 7 by VV : et . Hillyer | i
in the case of Stirman vs. Smith, that a} ins, D Salt
debtor who was a housekeeper with a| Fresh and Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loi yey fo r th € sa le Orange L’ke fla all dss all g, ([$ all ases,
ee —— — Pork, Hams, Shoulders, Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage of J. G. Lamor- ee
to another state sent his wite and ¢ — | eaux’s Orange Crop ¢ Florida.
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ee - aaieeegor tm of all Kinds, Dried Beef for Slicing. Eis freak all be Hues o Also a full line of Fine Colognes and Handkerchief Perfumes,
: aig — : te “All SIZES, 7% 02. lO z. bottles, in large variety

was still a housekeeper with a family, : Send for sample lot of Ten to Twenty-five Dollars, and increase your trade for the Holiday Seas¢
within the meaning of the exemption LARD fully packed by Mir 1; 4) or sample lot © oer } ollars, and increase your trade for the Holiday Season.
statutes. Strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 50 Ib. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails and w ill be sold P) jots to sult ;

: : re My ]

— _ i ee one JENNINGS -&-SMITH,
Be ee sk for quotations before buying. AY

— a corareeggemesed Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class in every in- 2 y g PERFUMERS,

Mee as a ae Te ge! / > | Stance. When in Grand Rapids, give us a call and look over our establishment. Write us for ; ‘
a ee SS PUTNAM & BROOKS 88 and 40 Louiss-st., Grand Rapids.

public market, was
Supreme Court of the State for construc-
tion in the case of the State of Louisiana

>
vs. Burthe. The court said that the provi- OQ | v BR O WN
sion in question did not contemplate or jus- . a e

tify the prohibited distance to be measured : : Lf '

on an air line, but that its true meaning

Ld
is to prohibit private markets in all di- MANUFACTURE MILLI N ‘
rections projecting from the nearest pub- . a ¢ r é ‘¢ ».
lic market within a distance of six Daeg I

squares over which customers would be
able to walk from one market to another.
INSURANCE—COVENANT—INCUMBRANCES.
We have this day admitted asa part-
ner in the firm of Hawkins & Perry,
Mr. W.L. Freeman, who has been in
the employ ofthe firm and its predeces-
sors for the past sixteen years. The
new firm of

Hawkins, Perry & Co.

PRIVATE MARKETS—LOUISIANA LAW. Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Betc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A covenant against incumbrances ina
policy of fire insurance is broken the
moment an ineumbrance falls upon the
property, whether the insured has or has
not actual knowledge of such incum-
branee, according to the decision of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the
ease of Hench vs. Agricultural Insurance
Company of Watertown. The court said:
An assured who covenants against in-
eumbrances must keep his covenant pre-
cisely as every other person, and it is his
business to see that no incumbrances fall
upon his property. If an additional in-

ice y
cumbrance does so fall let him notify the
company and pay the increased premium,

   

,Iivy LY
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ad Rg = N RARTH. will continue the Wholesale Grocery
if demanded, or make his peace with Te :
them in the best way he can. Upon his and Provision business at the old stand

failure to do so we cannot help him. nen ce in the Hawkins Block, COFNner of Ionia
BANK—FRAUD—DIRECTORS—NOTICE. Repairing in all its Branches. and Fulton Streets.
A national bank, which was a deposi-

tory of the funds of a municipality (New HA V V KINS, PERRY & CO.

York), sees by. its president, — . LEWIS E. HAWKINS Grand R ; ? eo Paleat — : Our aker’
absolute good faith and in pursuance of C10 Y : CRAIG AL )., GEO. R. PERRY apids, Dec. QA, 88. Baers Standard Or Leading Brands. die Straight

 

   

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a custom of the banks of the city, ad-

 

vances not authorized by law to a com-

mission for building a court#house upon West End Fulton St Bridge. Telephone No. 867. Every Barrel —A a eemsomace. Grand Rapids Mich
checks regularly drawn and indorsed, Correspondence Solicited. ? .
and the legislature by a subsequent act
authorized the repayment of such ad-

vances. The New York Court of Appeals J. H. THOMPS ON & CO., é
held that the bank could recover the full P GC} ' i BE & SONS ou i si
amount, with interest, although it ap- ' 5 IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS : SPECIALTIES: °9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
   
   

— that a oe uk —- So . TEAS Honey Bee Coffee

vanced was fraudulently misappropriate JOBBERS IN ; aac Bite, Che Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.
by certain of the city officials, who were COFFEES ur Bunkum VUolee

also directors in the bank, inasmuch as Princess Bkg. Powder

their knowledge of the fraudulent char- a :

acter of some of the transactions, when Dr Y Goods a N OtlO ! ) = SPICES Early Riser Bkg. Pdr. NAS HOLESALE

they themselves perpetrated the fraud Ee TTT &

and enjoyed the fruit of it, could noc be :
imputed to the bank in such a way as to 88 M St ® 10 12 14 16 k 18 F 1! } St

charge it with bad faith as to the advance Onrde ' ’ ; ’ 0 iH ali y
of so much of the funds as were misap-

: P ,

ropriatec SUE SME a ee ee is ) f . a = )
pe Grand Rapids, Mich. aper YW are D OUSE,;
GOODS IN TRANSIT—TITLE—CONSIGNOR. SPICE GRINDERS BEE Mills Gd. Spices.

 

 

i . a 2 — Ss = _§ BEE Mills Extracts.

just been rendered by the Philadelphia and manufacturers of BEE Mills Bird Seed “17°

Court of Common Pleas, in the case of . 2 r ‘ Ss

American Oil Works (Limited) vs. Penn- BAKING POWDERS ee = a Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,
1 op Japan ea.

sylvania Railroad Company, It appeared Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers 1A § ecjal
that the plaintiff had shipped a quantity American and Stark A Bags I :

of oil to a Philadelphia company, but GRAND RAPIDS i MICHIGAN.

before the goods were actually delivered 59 Jetferson AVECr, DETROIT, MICH. ? &
the consignee failed, and the plaintiffs
stopped the goods in transit. The rail-

road company set up the claim that under

the bill of lading it hada right to hold Ss %

the goods for the payment of a prior debt WW TRF &

of the consignee toit. This claim was i

based on a clause in the bill of lading to i a 5
the effect that ‘‘said merchandise may be

Ss @
detained for all arrearages of freight and Ch O1CeC Chica Fo
charges due thereon, and also on any If our Travelers
other goods by the same consignee or
owner, and such arrearages and the i 5 " Dressed Beet

freight and charges of said goods and do not see you reg- *

merchandise shall be a lien thereon until WK ARK HEADQUARTERS ularly send for our
the same shall have been paid.’? The . “i
Wholesale -- AND

court decided against the claim of the M U Tr Tr O N ad ‘ i
Samples and Prices

 

 

 

 

railroad company. It said that in ordin-

 

 

 

ary business the consignor is the owner . : . —

and the shipper under such circum- Can be found at all times in full supply and at before purchasing
stances assumes no responsibility. Under Trocers popular prices at the branch houses in all the larg-

any other construction of the clause than ger cities and is retailed by all first-class butchers. elsewhere. Wewill
that given the owner would become re- AND r ,

sponsible for the debts of one to whom i
he had consigned the goods in commis- The trade ofall marketmen and_meat dealers is

sion or for storage. If the railroad com- solicited. Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift
pany, the court said, intended the con- & Co., located at Grand Rapids, always has on hand Mail Orders al-
tract to reach such special cases they — — a full supply of our Beef, Muttonand Provisions,and \ ] ups

should have set them forth specifically, the public may rest assured that in purchasing our ways receive

so that the responsibility of the ner : .
might be Seer it. ee imc IMPORTERS meats from dealers they will alwaysreceive the best.
——__ <_< .

surprise you.

 

prompt attention

How Glass — Were In- Switt and Comp anys Mola Ss c ) and lowest possible

Why is it that the glass lamp chimney GRAND RAPIDS Ht MICH
. 3 e

makes such a difference to the light given
by a lamp? Bdcause it increases the
supply of oxygen to the flame by pro-

Union Stock Yards,
ducing a draught, and concentrates and

reflects the heat of the flame, in conse-

quence of which the combustion of the CHICAGO. V V olesale ( ; rocers *
earbon is more perfect and very little ' /

escapes unconsumed. Lamp glasses were
invented by Aime Argand, the inventor

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some time to increase the light, but to brated Alligator Brand, direct
no purpose. On the table before him

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Nutmegs a Poison.

“To our already formidable list of
poisons,’’ says an English journal, ‘‘may
be added, as a source of occasional dan-
ger, the fragrantnutmeg. Itis not likely
that adults will ever die of eating nut-
megs; but the inquisitive fingers” of
ehildren find their way to the spice-box
and thence convey many things to their
curious palates. At least one fatal case
has occurred, where a boy of eight, hay-
ing eaten two nutmegs, fell into a coma-
tose condition and died within twelve
hours. The symptoms were similar to}
those of opium poisoning.”

 

THEO. B. GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE
Produce Commission Merchant,
BROKER IN LUMBER.

RINDGE, BERTSCH &CO., (\VWWM.SEARS & CO.,

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

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AGENTS FOR THE

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