# @ 6 The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889. NO. 283. BLANK BOOKS Stationery, TABLETS, STEEL PENS, — INKS. OUR NEW LINE OF Valenting Samples are ready for inspection. Raton, Lyon & 6o., 20 and 22 Monroe St. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. Overalis, Pants, Etc., OUR OWN MAKE. A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Grockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. F. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF And Salt Fish. Mail orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. CASH SALE CHECKS. Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of running book accounts by using Cash Sale Checks. Forsaleat50 cents per 100 by F. A. STOWE & BRO.. Grand Rapids. Wy Sterne Guaranteed Absolutely Pure. Orders from Re- tail Trade solicited. Newaygo Roller Mills NEWAYGO, MICH. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BOWNE, President. Gro. C. PrERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasa, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. D0 YOU WANT A SHOWCASE? $9 Cai 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, 1, 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. Db. D. COOK, 21 Scribner St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICE at the Grand Rapids Business College. Ed- ucates pupils to transact and record business as it is done by our best business houses. It pays to goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad im A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens- erg. RDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Wateh Maker = Jeweler, hi CANAL 8Y., Grand Rapids, - Mich. 1000 Cigars Free! On or about April Ist, 1889. we propose putting a new brand of cigars on the market which we shall sell to the trade at $33 00 per thousand. Now we want a NAME for this cigar, and want it badly. Hence we make the above offer of 1000 of these cigars (the first thousand made) to yny wholesale or retail dealer who will send us an original naue that will be acceptable, subject to the following conditions, viz.: ist. The NAME must be one that has never been used for a cigar and one upon which we can get a trade- mark patent. 2nd. The name must to us upon a letter head, bill head or card of the firm or member of the firm sending it. The firm must bea bona fide retail or wholesale dealer in cigars. Names from all others will be re- jected. 3rd. This name must not reach us later than March 15th, 1889, as the award will be made on March 3ist, or as soon thereafter as possible. 4th. The award or salection of the name will be left to a committee of three (3) consisting of the editors of the following papers published in this:ity: The Flint Evening Journal, The Wolverine Citizen, The Flint Globe. We shall accept tne name _ selected by this committee, and if upon investigation, we find it has never been used asa cigar brand, we will for- ward to the winner one thousand cigars by expres, charges prepaid. 5th. Should the committee select a name, that had been sent to us vy more than one firm or dealer, the thousand cigars will go to the first firm or dealer sending it, as all NAMES will be numbered in rotation as received. No firm or dealer will be allowed to send more than one NAME. A postal card containing the award or selection by the committee will be mailed to all contestants. Address, GEO. T. WARREN & CO., Mfrs. High Grade Cigars. Flint, Mich. G. M. MUNGER & CoO., GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry. Mail and Express orders attended to with piomptness. Nice Work, Quick Time satisfaction Guaranteed. . BE. HALLS, Jr., - - ~ Manager. WHIPS Rapids, Mich. J. W. Welton’s Commercial College This College offers the most extensive course of study in business college branches at the most reasonable terms. Do not fail tosend for a forty-page catalogue giving full information in regard to course,tuition,etc. Address Welton’s Commercial College, 23 Eountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. DANIEL LYNG Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO,, Manufacturer of Flavoring Extracts, Al Try sample order in 14 dozen packages. Prices, $1, $2, $3, M4, $6 to $24 per doz. For terms ad- dress Graham Roys, Grand Baking Powder, Bluing§ Ete. And Jobber of Grocers and Droggists’ Sundries, Call and inspect our new establishment when in the city. 19 8S. IONIA ST. WALES - GOODYEAR and Connecticut Rubbers. THE PARAGON in Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s, Heels and Spring Heels. G. R. Mayhew, 86 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Millers, Attention We are making a Middlings Purifier and Flour Dresser that will save you their cost at least three times each year. They are guaranteed to do more work in less space (with less power and less waste) than any other machines of their class. Send for descriptive cata- logue with testimonials. Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. + If you have any to offer send samples and amount and willtry to buy them W. T. LAMOREAUX, 71 Canal Street. BUY Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF_YOU WANT THE BEST! CREOLE STRAIGHT GUY. To all Merchants Handling Cigarettes: A new era has been reached whereby all dealers selling cigarettes may now make a larger profit than heretofore on any other brand. The CREOLE STRAIGHT GUT. Which has recently been introduced into the State is becoming very popular, it being the only straight cut sold for five cents, thus giving the dealer a cigarette with which he may please all classes of cigarette smokers. Thesame are nicely put up in packages of ten and packed with ac- tresses’ photos. There is also a variety of other inducements, a notice of which is contained in each package. Give the CREOLE a trial and you will find it a big seller. Sold by all Grand Rapids jobbers, and manu- factured by S. F. HESS & CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Manof’rs of High Grade Cigarettes. REMOVED THE GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX FACTORY, W. W. HUELSTER, Proprietor, Formerly located at 11 Pearl St., has been removed to 81 & 838 Campau St. Cor. Louis, where I shall have more room and far etter facilities for the manufac- ture of Paper Boxes. All work guaranteed first class and at the lowest rates. Write or call for esti- mates. Telephone 850. ° ms <4 S by > OY 3 Svs he WAR ty Ry S a Sy And all dealers are invited to send sam- ples and write for prices that can be ob- tained in this market. We do a COMMISSION BUSINESS and our aim is to obtain the highest mar- ket price for all goods sent us. Not only BEANS but also ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE. We can sell as well as anyone. We invite correspondence. BARNETT BROS., 159 So. Water St., CHICAGO. SAFES! Anyorte in want of a first-class Fire or Burglar Proof Safe of the Cincinnati Safe and Lock Co. manufacture will find it to his advantage to write or call on us. We have light expenses, and are able to sell low- er than any other house representing first- class work. Second-hand safes always on hand. C. M. GOODRICH & CoO., With Satety Deposit Co., Basement ot Wid- dicomb Blk. ‘sengers to do his work. “THE KING’S BUSINESS.” Slowly and aimlessly out of the village wandered poor, half-witted Nat that pleasant summer afternoon. He had no particular destination, ‘‘only goin’ some- where’’—his reply always to any ques- tion in regard to his movements. During the morning he had been parading the village street, his hat trimmed lux- uriantly with feathers, while he sounded forth his own praise through the medium: Of course, he had at- tracted attention. A small army of ur- ehins had surrounded him, front and rear, and he had taken their shouts and teasing remarks for applause and admi- ration. But now his grandeur was gone. One by one his followers had forsaken him, until at last he was “‘left alone in his glory,’? and with poor Nat, like the rest of us, what does glory amount fo when there are none to witness ? And so he moved onward in his drift- ing, uncertain way across the creek at the edge of the village, up the hill, un- til his stalwart form stood out against the sky—for Nat was strong in body though weak in mind; then he passed down on the other side to where the road entered a forest which stretched for miles away. It was here quiet and lonely, but Nat fancied this. He occa- sionally liked to escape from human voices and human habitations, to get away by himself and talk with the birds, the trees and the flowers. Here in the wood the wild vagaries of his brain found full play. Here no one disputed his claims to greatness, no one denied his being anoted general, a gifted orator or musician, when the fancy seized him to be such. In fact, Nat always had ‘‘great- ness thrust upon him;’’ he was never an ordinary man in his own estimation, and he was not now. But on this occasion a new fancy had taken possession of him—he was on bus- iness for the King. What King, or what was the particular business he did not precisely know, but he had derived his idea from various sermons he had heard at the village church and Sunday-school, which he attended with scrupulous pune- tuality through all weathers, and al- though he understood but little of the proceedings, yet chance sentences had fastened themselves on his sluggish brain. “Vm on business for the King,’’ he muttered, reaching up his great strong hand and wrenching a huge overhanging branch from its place and speedily con- verting it intoa walking stick. ‘‘Yes, I’m on business for the King, the King of all around here, the birds, the trees, the flowers and the bumblebees. He _ sent me, He did. Parson said so t’?other Sun- day. He said the King sent out his mes- He sent out twelve on ’em one’t, an’ they wasn’t to take no money in their purse nor nothin’ to eat. Guess He sent me, ’cause I hain’t got no money am’ hain’t had nothin’ to eat all day.’’ He strode onward, murmuring his thoughts as he went, until after a time he came upon a public road which ran through the wood. A placard fast- ened to a tree by the roadside attracted his attention, and he paused to consider it. He could not read, but as his eyes were fixed upon the printed characters the tinkle of a cow-bell was heard down the road, and presently a cow came into view, followed by the short, sturdy fig- ure and round, freckled face of Tommy Brock. Tommy was flourishing a large stick and shouting at the cow in his efforts to keep her in a proper homeward direction. As he came up, he exclaimed: ‘“Hello, Nat! What are you dom’ here ?”? “Pm on business for the King,”’ re- plied Nat, with dignity. “On business for — who?’’ Tommy, in surprise. ‘For the King. He sent me,”’ said Nat again. ‘*That’s his orders there, I take it,”? pointing to the placard. What is it, Tommy ?’’ “That? Why, that’s only an adver- tisement,’? answered Tommy, his eyes opening wider in his astonishment. ‘‘It says, ‘Go to Tracey’s Half-Way House for a square meal.’ ’’ “Yes, I know’d it! I know’d it!’ ex- claimed Nat, exultingly. ‘‘The King said take no money nor nothin’ to eat, an’? He’d take keer of me. He says, ‘Go,’ an’ I’ll obey orders,’’ and instantly his tall figure was moving swiftly down the road. Tommy gazed after him a minute in bewildered silence, and then exclaimed, emphatically, as he turned away: “My! but ain’t he cracked !’ With rapid steps Nat hurried fosward, swinging his huge stick and talking to himself. He had taken the placard as a veritable command to go to Tracey’s, and thitherward he directed his steps. It was not the first time he had beenthere. On previous occasions when he had passed that way he had been kindly treated by Mrs. Tracey, and perhaps that had some- thing to do with the alacrity of his move- ment, and he hastened down the road till it brought him to a small stream, on the bank of which stood a sawmill. Mr. Tracey, the owner of the Half-Way House, was engaged at work here, and he turned aside to speak to him. ‘T’m on business for the King, and ’m goin’ to your house,’? he announced, with the dignified gravity that belonged to his royal commission. “On business for the King, and goin’ to my house, eh ?’’? answered the person addressed, a good-natured smile crossing his kindly face. Well, Ireckon that’s a high honor to me. You’ve got a tramp afore you, though, Nat—a good seven miles.”’ “J must obey orders,’ replied Nat, simply. “That’s right—obey orders. Well, if you do go, tell Mrs. Tracey Vl] be home to-morrow night. Tell her, too, not to be uneasy about that money bein’ in the house, ’cause I’ll see to it when I come.” “What money’s that ?’’? asked a fellow- workman as Nat turned away. of a tin horn. asked “My pension. My claim was allowed last week, and I got my money—#500— yesterday. I was foolish not to put it in the bank right off, but I didn’t, and as I didn’t have time to go to town yesterday Lhad to leave it athome. I reckon it’s safe enough, though, till to-morrow night, and then—”’ “Hist !’ interrupted his suddenly. ‘‘What’s that ?’’ Tracey paused to listen. ‘IT didn’t hear anything,’’ he said. *“T thought I heard some one over there,’’ pursued the other, pointing toa large, high pile of boards a few feet dis- tant—the boards being piled in form of a square, with a large cavity in the center. **Most likely it was rats, though.”’ ‘*More likely to be rats than anything else, there’s so many about here,’’ an- swered Tracey. Then he added, joc- ularly : ‘‘Maybe, though, it’s them bur- glars that’s been playin’ mischief ’round these parts for the last week or so— maybe they’re stowed away in that pile of lumber. My! if I really believed that, ’d be uneasy myself, for the chaps would have heard all I said about my pension.”’ ‘What burglars is that ?’? inquired the other. ‘What burglars? Why, man, don’t you read the papers? Why, only yester- day, the Sheriif and his deputies rode by my house on the hunt for ’em. Last Saturday night they broke into Lawyer Burke’s house, in the village, and earried off about a hundred dollars, and then on Sunday night they got into the railroad station, broke open the safe, and made off with about three hundred more. That’s the biggest of their hauls, though they’ ve entered several other places.”’ The conversation was continued on this topic fora few minutes, and then dropped. Neitherof the men thought it worth while to investigate the cause of the noise, and they pursued their work for a short time, and were then called over to the other’ side of the mill. Just as they disappeared a face peered over the top of the board-pile from the inside, another followed a moment later, and presently two rough, villainous-looking men came into view, and seeing they were unobserved, sprang quickly to the ground and hastened into the forest. **‘Close shave, that, as bein’ as we was hid there all last night and all day till now,’’ said one as he pushed through the underbrush. ® “Yes; I thought as once them mill chaps was a comin’ to look,’’ responded the other. ‘‘Good for ’em as they didn’t, an’ took us for rats; ’eause the p’lice be on the look-out now an’ we don’t want to use no shootin’ irons an’ make things too hot. Wemust move out lively from 7ere, Bill.?’ “Not till we get that ’ere pension,”’ answered Bill, significantly. ‘‘That lay- out were as good as pitched at us, an’ it 7d bea pity not to take it. - Sides, the gov’ment owes me a pension for all the time I’ve lost in jails and prisons, an’ "this ’ere’s a good chance to getit. I knows where the crib is, ’cause we stopped there last week for somethin’ to eat, don’t you mind? This feller that owns it was there at the time. There is nobody but a woman an’ two little ’uns, an’ they’ie easy fixed, an’ there ain’t no other house nigh.”’ “But there’s that ’ere other chap as said he was agoin’ there ?”’ ‘Him? He’s ¢razy, an’ he goes there at all he’ll only stop a bit an’ move on. When He Ceased Talking. Customer—What an incessant talker that sandy-haired clerk of yours is! Merchant—Yes—but he’s always ready to shut up at night. ——~.--+9 << The interest on the public debt now amounts to sixty-nine cents per head of our population per annum. Taking the average family to be five persons, this makes a total annual charge on each head of a household of $3.45. WHO IS TO BLAME? Advantages and Disadvantages Bazaar Stores. From the American Analyst. of There has been a tendency in our large cities, of recent years, to the establish- ment of large retail stores in which various branches of retail trade, hereto- fore confined to separate stores, have been united under one roof and manage- ment, though, perhaps, divided into de- partments. There can be no doubt of the convenience of such an establish- ment so far as it obviates the necessity of visiting many stores in search of a list of articles one wishes to purchase, but it does not really save time, because each purchase in such astore occupies fully as much time as it would in several stores. The only question we propose to consider, however, is that two-fold one in which the consumer is interested— quality and price. Both of these points open a wide field for consideration and lead on to other connected, though at first sight apparently irrelevant, sub- jects. As to quality much depends upon the knowledge and experience of the buyer for each particular department and upon the consideration given to main- taining the reputation of the house for keeping the best goods. Unfortunately, the public has been taught to look upon these bazaars as places where everything can be bought very cheap; and as some goods that are really of superior quality cannot be bought at less than regular prices, this publie expectation compels the proprietor of the bazaar to lower the quality of his goods. As the price at which they are sold is so closely connect- ed with the question of quality and puri- ty, we must stop for a moment and look into some of the methods of these stores and their effect upon the methods of other establishments in similar busi- ness. It will be seen at once that the most powerful lever of trade, competi- tion, largely influences here, not only in the business of other bazaars, but also in all stores selling any goods dealt in by the bazaars. The general idea held out to the public is that as the bazaars are large buyers and make rapid sales they can manage to pay their enormous ex- penses by the large aggregate of small profits. This, however, is only true toa limited extent. There are many staple goods on which the profit, even to the heaviest purchasers, is very small, and as no one can afford to retail goods with- out profit, it goes without saying that there must be some way out of such a dilemma. This is accomplished by an ingenious system of making a paying ad- vertisement out of what otherwise would be a heavy loss. Goods, with the prices of which the publie generally is perfect- ly familiar, are sold ataloss, but this loss is carefully limited. For instance, acertain magazine can be bought in one of these bazaars at three cents less per copy than its cost at the best trade dis- count. Here the loss is limited by the firm selling only five hundred copies, and thus losing only fifteen dollars. After these five hundrsd copies are sold, though thousands more might be disposed of, no “ore are offered, but the reason for this, though obvious, is not explained to the customer. In this way the firm at a trifling cost of fifteen dollars has im- pressed the public with the idea that owing to the magnitude of the business done they can undersell every other store by 10 per cent. As this does not pay when done very often, and as the lesson to be effective has to be repeated daily, other means must be resorted to, and here is precisely where the consumer is innocently helping toinjure himself. Job lots and auction goods aid to a limited extent to fill the gap, but where this can- not be done resort must be had to inferior goods, which frequently look justas weil, if not better than the superior goods. On such goods as these the bazaar makes enormous profits and the consumer meets with a corresponding loss. Again, while the innocent purchasers have been taught that these bazaars sell goods cheap, they will sooner or later learn that on goods, the prices of which are not so generally known, or where the value is concealed or depends upon the reliability and honesty of the house selling him, this apparent cheapness is a myth and the goods seld are really very dear. There is also a further evil consequent upon this system, the effect on other dealers in the same line, who, in order to hold their customers, have to cheapen their goods, which, as the manufacturer will not permit himself to be 1 loser, invaria- bly reacts on the consumer. A good ex- ample of this injurious result may be seen in the brush business. Only a short time ago the brushes sold in house fur- nishing stores and bazaars were well made by well paid free labor, now, it is impossible for a manufacturer employing free labor to sell to these retailers. Only prison-made brushes can compete for this eustom. Thus a large number of honest working people are seriously injured. Another evil effect of the bazaars that may be referred to here has shown itself in the collar business. Sharp competi- tion has so depressed this industry that those firms who dealt in imported collars were compelled to withdraw, and only domestic manufacturers who dealt in inferior goods, collars made with linen outside, filled with muslin, could main- tain themselves. As soon as they had ridden themselves of the competition, they immediately resorted to a combina- tion of the few manufacturers left and put up prices, secure in refusing to sell goods to any retailer who would not sign an iniquitous agreement to sell these goods at the highest prices. Of course this will last only until a better grade of collar can be imported again, but until then the consumer is made to suffer. No doubt this trouble extends to many other branches of trade. What is the best remedy? Is centraliza- tion alone to blame? How much blame rests on the consumer? * we The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, &. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year. Advertising Rates made known on application. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889. ~ SAVING THE SEAL FISHERIES. ‘The correspondence with the British government about the rights of Can- adians to take seals in Alaskan waters has been transmitted to the Senate by the State Department. Although it extends over several years, it shows no progress toward a settlement of the question, the Department merely showing a reasonable desire to avoid irritating severities in the enforcement of our rights, while waiting for a decision of the case from the court to which the cases had been taken. In ene respect there has been progress. Acting upon a suggestion made by Joseph Wharton, Mr. Bayard has opened nego- tiations for an international agreement to establish a close season in the seal fisheries everywhere, so that the mother seals may not be killed at the time of gestation and suckling their young. Only the governments of Sweden and Norway have shown any reluctance to enter into this agreement, which needed to prevent the entire extinction of the seal and of the polar people, who depend on it for food and clothing. The terms of the compact are still under dis- eussion, and there is some reason to hope that the fairness of the proposal and the general assent of civilized nations to it will secure the adhesion even of the Scandinavian countries. in the course of the correspondence, England recalls the fact that the United States in 1822 refused to assent to the Russian claim that Behring’s Sea was a iand-locked body of water, from which the ships of other nationalities might be excluded. But this ground was not maintained consistently by later Secre- taries of State, 2nd when the sovereignty of Alaska passed to us, Russia was as eifectively in possession of the control of Behring’s Sea as of the White Sea. Nor would our concession of a Canadian right to fish for cod and mackerel in those waters carry with it a right to take seals. The seal is nota fish, although we speak of seal fisheries. It is an am- phibious mammal which has its habitat on the land, and resorts to the water only to find its food. So little is it dom- iciled in the water that the young of many species have to be driven to it by their parents, and taught to swim by them. These seals in Behring’s Sea be- jong te the adjacent coasts and islands, which are United States territory. And while the natives of those northern re- gions are able to take them in the open sea by harpooning, the white fishermen— Canadian and American—take and kill them either on Jand or on ice-floes, more commonly on the former. In fact, the business could not be carried on to any advantage by the Canadians if they were bound not te land on our territory or to come within the three-mile limit; and their presence in Behring’s Sea is pre- sumptive evidence that they are poachers. is JAPANESE PROGRESSION. Japan at last is to have a constitutional government. It is true that the new Constitution, proclaimed last week, like the French Charter of 1814, is purely the act of the reigning sovereign, and might be revoked by the same authority at any time. Butit is valuable as the expres- sion of a wish to bring the empire still more directly into conformity with the methods of Western civilization, and to take his people into council with him as regards the needs of the country. Of course, the Mikado has nothing to fear from any change of governmental method. The attachment of his people to his person and his rule is too deeply rooted for that. But itis uncertain how it will affect the fortunes of the power- ful bureaucracy, which has controlled the country ever since the retirement of the Shogun and the disbanding of the Clans. in many respects this bureaucracy has managed affairs badly, and of late years there has been a growing alienation of the educated classes in consequence of this. Severe and repressive measures have beer taken to coerce its critics into silence, and more than one sincere and patriotic Japanese has seen the inside of a prison beeause he would not keep silence. With a freely chosen Parlia- ment meeting in Tokio, and the right of free speech and of the press guaranteed, this discontent {tis true that the new Parliament will not hold the strings of the national purse, and the ministry will not be re- sponsible to it for their policy. But the moral effect of free discussion cannot but | be felt in government circles, however eareful the bureaucracy may be to min- imize the expression of discontent. And then the ministers of a despotic soy- ereign, when they fail todo their duty by is sure to find utterance. | the country, haye nothing so much to fear as censure which may reach his ears. REQUIESCAT IN PACE. The interview with Samuel M. Lemon, published in another column, clearly sets forth the status of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association. It is as dead as though it had been burieda dozen years and no amount of agitation will be able to bring it to life again. On some accounts, THe TRADESMAN regrets its early demise, as the organization could have been made the vehicle of great good to the retail, as well as the wholesale, trade. As it was constituted, however, it could never have succeeded, as it possessed conflicting elements which could never have been reconciled, but would have been a perpetual menace to the well being of the retail trade. These shortcomings THE TRADESMAN forcibly pointed out last December, and sounded the alarm in time for the Association to have eliminated the evil features. That they did not act on THe TRADESMAN’S friendly advice, is due the non-success of their undertaking. NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME. The business men of Michigan have claimed for years that they have been paying too high rates of insurance, satis- factory proof of which is shown by the annual reports of the companies tothe Insurance The business men now have an opportunity to consti- tute themselves their own insurers, by organizing a company of their own, car- rying their own risks and dividing among themselves the profits annually disbursed to the capitalists of the Eastern States and Europe. If the business men are sincere in their professions, they will embrace the plan proposed and earry it into successful operation. If they do not improve the opportunity, they should forever after hold their peace and pay any rates the companies may impose without a murmur. Commissioner. In Maryland the White Cap business seems to have degenerated into a Ku- Klux organization to annoy and terrorize the colored people of the eastern coun- ties of the State. Thisis just the out- come we might have expected from this mischievous and quite unnecessary at- tempt to supplement the courts by pri- vate and irresponsible organizations. Purely Personal. O. A. Ball struck Grand Rapids twen- ty-five years ago to-day. H. F. Miner and wife, of Lake Odessa, attended the annual ball of the traveling men last Friday evening. C. H. Little, of the Michigan Dairy Salt Co., at East Saginaw, was in town a couple of days last week. W. N. Fuller, President of the Fuller & Stowe Company, has been called to Buffalo by the death of his mother. The handsome member of the firm of Brown Bros., the Charlotte clothiers, at- tended the traveling men’s ball last Fri- day evening. Walter and Geo. Keeney, formerly of this city, have closed out their grocery business at San Diego, Cal., and gone to Seattle, Wash. Ter. J. R. Harrison has closed out his bus- iness here and taken the management of the Converse general store—formerly known as the Clay store—at Newaygo. C. C. Philbrick, of the firm of Foster, Stevens & Co., leaves to-day for a visit to New York and Washington and a trip through the South. Heexpects to be absent about six weeks. Thos. S. Freeman received a proposi- tion from an alleged dealer in counter- feit money, one day last week. The ad- dress given by the rogue—who is prob- ably a ‘“‘sawdust swindler’’—is F. B. Fowler, Broadalbin, Fulton county, N. Y. Geo. P. Gifford, Jr., for the past three years manager of the provision depart- ment of Hawkins & Perry, has severed his connection with that house to accept a position as travelsng salesman for Armour & Co. He will cover the trade of Western Michigan, while F. E. Hig- gins will confine his attention to the trade of the Eastern portion of the State. a The Fifth Annual Ball. The fifth annual social party of the Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Associa- tion, which was held at the Ionia street armory last Friday evening, was well at- tended and proved to be one of the most pleasant events—some asserted that it eclipsed all previous attempts of the kind—ever given under the auspices of th2 traveling men. Supper was served in Elks’ hall, directly under the dancing hall, which was a decided improvement over putting on outside garments and going a block or two for refreshments. Like most of the winter entertain- ments of the boys, the party failed to quite pay expenses, the financial showing | being as follows: REORIPIS. ~ | | Admincion teker eee $ 81.00 | Supper HICKetS. |, 88.50 | Tote $169.50 DISBURSEMENTS, likens Of Armory fail os. 620 9 25.00 PR 24.00 Ce ee ee 24.00 Meat tine Han 10.00 ce 2 Chas. D. Richardson takes the place on | the road with Hugo Schneider & Co. made vacant by the resignation of Fred W. Powers. He will cover the same ter- ritory as Mr. Powers. IN “STATO Quo.” In Other Words, It is Ready for the Grave. A reporter of THr TRADESMAN, while tarrying at the wholesale grocery house of Lemon, Hoops & Peters last evening, accosted Mr. Lemon as follows: “Mr. Lemon, there are many conflict- ing rumors relative to the present condi- tion of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association. Will you be kind enough to tell me something of its present status?’’ ‘The Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ As- sociation is to-day in statu quo, the active operation of same being postponed some- what indefinitely.” ‘What causes have lead to this post- ponement?’’ “The success of any organization de- pends largely, in my estimation, upon the genuine ability, strength and un- swerving courage of the executive. And I regret to say that the Michigan Whole- sale Grocers’ Association was lacking, in avery large measure, in this particular. In perfecting the organization, it was deemed prudent to give to Detroit the presidency, that city being the oldest and one of the two largest jobbing points in the State, and as Mr. W. J. Gould at- tended the first meeting at Lansing, and was apparently very much interested in the movement, the honor of president was conferred upon him; but, alas! we had not gone far until we discovered our mistake—when it was too late—real- izing most unmistakably that our presi- dent was wholly unacquainted with even rudimentary parliamentary rules; and wholly unable, for several good reasons unnecessary to mention, to perform the functions peculiar to his office. He lacked push and stamina; he was too vacillating; apparently too insincere; and, in fact, did not possess the necessary moral courage; nor even the ability to inspire and retain confidence among his own neighbors—the jobbors of Detroit. This was the character of our executive, and this was the one great reason why the Association has not been as success- ful as might have been desired.”’ “What action, if any, will probably next be taken?’’ “That question, for my part, 1am un- able to answer.”’ “Will it ever be possible for Michigan jobbers to secure cartage?”’ “Most decidedly so. Nearly all large jobbing points throughout the country make a charge for cartage and boxing, and in purchasing goods at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and other points, we haye invariably to pay cartage and consider it a just charge, always adding the cartage and freight together as a part of the cost of the goods; and, in my estimation, retail dealers ought to so look upon this, adding freight and eartage together as a portion of the common cost of their purchases.”’ ‘What other points did you hope to secure through your organization?’’ “We hoped by honest and continued effort, well directed, to weed out of the retail trade of Michigan many irrespon- sible, illegitimate and dishonest dealers and thus improve, in general, the morale of the retail grocer of the State; because the honest retailers of Michigan would thereby have been placed on an equal footing with other honest men, who in- tend to—and in fact do—pay 100 cents on the dollar, and who are in business to stay:snot by cutting prices, nor by fail- ing in busiuess, nor by changing names of firms, nor by selling out to their wives and their wives’ uncles and aunts every six or twelve months. We say such honest merchants who pay 100 cents on the dollar would have been allowed to do business legitimately and with profit and pleasure. We, therefore, claim that the results of the workings of the Wholesale Grocers’ Association would have been to good legitimate grocers a lasting good and. J, personally, feel sorry that we were not allowed time to prove the beneficent results of the organization.’’ ‘Would it not have been better for the movement if you had let the retail trade more into your confidence ?”’ ‘“T have no doubt it would have been better, and Iam sure the wholesale gro- eers of Michigan had no secrets which they desired withheld from the retailers, and had both organizations met in joint session from time to time, better results might have been accomplished.”’ er -- Artemas Ward and John T. Burgess have incorporated the Philadelphia Gro- cer and the Market Journal in a single paper, under the title of the National Grocer. The new paper is issued from New York and is an improvement over its predecessors, good as they were. THE TRADESMAN expects to see the National Grocer take commanding position amon. trade journals. a Jno. R. Dougherty & Co. have placed a new safe in their bank at Lyons. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. FOR SALE. ee SALE—DRUG STORE IN FIFE LAKE DOING a good business; no competition; stock and fix- tures will invoice $2,000; proprietor has other busi- ness. Addresss, C. E. Blakely, Mancelona, Mich. 379 A GOOD CHANCE TO GO INTO TRADE—FOR ifs sale, ata bargain, a stock of boots. shoes and gent’s furnishing goods, and good will of the business, at 505 South Division St. Enquire of Kindge, Bertsch & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pear! St.,Grand Rapids. 382 OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN, THE OLDEST AND best established meat marke in the city, central- ly located and doing a good paying business, with slaughter house, utensils, ete. Also one new and com- plete set of butcher’s tools, cheap, if sold inside of thirty days. For terms and particulars apply to Wm. Henry & Son, 8 W Western ave.,Muskegon, Mich. 362 OR SALE—A WELL-SELKECTED STOCK OF GRO- eceries, doing a good business. One of the best lo- cations in the city. Owner wishes to retire from trade. Will lease store for term of years. Address No. 364, eare Michigan Tradesman. 364 1OOD CHANCE—FOR SALE—THE ENTIRE STOCK 3 of goods of a well-established business. The store to rent, also the house; well adapted for hetel, if desired; a creditable custom has been enjeyed by the owner, who will be pleased to impart further informa- tion at the place, 137 West Bridge street, Grand Rapids, Mich. M. Bootz. § | pe SALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE; will invoice $10,000. including fixtures; business of 1888 was over $40,000; located in thriving town of 1,500 in Central Michigan; buildings for sale or rent; to parties purchasing, we will give our trades, which amounts to from $600 to $1,000 per month; reasons for selling, other business. Address M, care Michigan Tradesman. 376 OR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF the most pleasant streets ‘‘on the hill.’’ Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, care Mich gan Tradesman. 236 OR SALE—FULL SET OF TINNERS’ TOOLS, SAFE, show cases and kardware fixtures—all in good eondition and cheap forecash. Willselloneorall. J. Vander Veen, 122 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. 373 R SALE—STOCK OF CLOTHING AND GENTS’ furnishing goods, located in a good tewn of 1,300 people in southern Michigan. But one other place in town handles clothing For particulars address “C & T,” care Michigan Tradesman. 357 OR SALE—STOCK OF DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, boots and shoes, in live town in Central Michigan; will invoice about $7,500, fixtures included; trade of 1888 about $22,000; will rent or sell building; our trade will be given to buyer; reasons, too much business. Address B, care Michigan Tradesman. 77 A GRAND OPcORTUNITY AT A GREAT BARGAIN ee —The stock, store, residence, warehouse, grain and coal, at Moscow, is offered for sale; there ismoney to be made; one partner has to go west and the other lives eleswhere. Address E. Childs & Co., Hanover, Mich. 375 OR SALE—TH& FLUSHING FOUNDRY, WITH steam power, within eight rods of side track of Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railroad. Splendid lo- cation, no incumbrance. Stock, plows and castings in- cluded with shop and lots. Reason for selling, age and ili health. James Sammer, Flushing. Mich. 374 OR SALE CHEAP—TWO FIRST CLASS MEAT MAR- kets; one in North Muskegon and one in Muskegon City. Both in best locations, and doing good paying business. Will sell one or both. 52 Western avenue, Muskegon, Mich. 363 OR SALE—BRIGHT, CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES, crockery and glass-ware, in growing town of over 1,200; stock and fixtures will invoice about $2,500; business averages $1,500 per month; store building ie one of the finest in the State for business and will be rented or sold; reasons, other business needs our atten- tion. Address A, care Michigan Tradesman. 378 WANTS. ye PHARMACIST. FOR PAR- ticulars address Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners, 371 Mich. \ 7 ANTED—POSITION AS MANAGER OF STORE OR / salesmanby a young man of twelve years’ ex- perience. Address, A. Robertson, Martin, Mich. 383 Vy TANTED—SITUATION BY DRUG CLERK 19 YEARS old, who has had two years’ experience; can give best of referencs. Address 380, care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 380 i | eornenetip EXCHANGE—PRODUCTIVE REAL / estate in the thriving village of Bailey on the C. & W. M. Railway for house and lot in Grand Rapids, worth about $1,500. Address, D. B. Galentine. Cas- novia, Mich. 372 YITUATION WANTHD—A COMMERCIAL TRAVELEK is open for engagement. Large acquaintance with grocery trade in Michigan. Address Jackson, care Michigan Tradesman. $25 ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble that usually go with the pass-book plan. Start the ist ofthe month with the new system and you will never regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff, Albany, N. Y. : 213 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 20 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI- i 5 ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea- sons’ for selling. Address Chas. Kynoch, St.Ignace, Mich. 228 ‘ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 GRAIN BUCKET. Lemma a i. ~-AVERY® ; PERFECTION we) For Sale by EL LYON, Telg.|Width Projec| Capacity |Capacity| Elevat’g | Plain. | Gal. Code.'on belt. tion.| Cubic in. | Quarts. | bu. perhr) List. 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WRITE FOR DISCOUNT. .Wecan NEW DEPARTURE. We take pleasure in announcing to the trade that we have put in a full line of Yrups and Molasses - Which we offer at Bottom Prices. * No Charge for All Goods GUaranteed to Cartage. Give Satisfaction. TelierSpiceCompany. P. STEKETEE & SONS, JOBBERS IN Dry Goods : Notions, 83 Monroe St. and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. spring Line of Prinis, Seersuckers, Toile Du Nord, Ginghams, Hosiery and White Goods Just Received. STARK A, Peerless Warp Bags * FRANKLINVILLE A. AMERICAN A, GEORGIA & MARSAC, een ean HOOKER, BURLAP. Geese Feathers, Product of Our Factory at Fon du Lac, Wis. You can buy a better $3 Men’s Calf Shoe and other grades made by C. M. HENDERSON & CO. near your own door than other manufacturers can offer, and this is true of our Ladies’ Fine Dongola and Goat $2.50 Shoe and our $3 Henderson French kid, and other grades made at our Dixon Factory, where our celebrated “Red School House” Shoes are produced. We have special advantages for manufacturing them and make them all on the theory of merit and style. ‘The proof of the pudding is in chewing the siring,” and if you will test them we shall highly appreciate it and are sure it will prove to your advantage. Our heavier grades of goods made at our third factory are atso acknowledged to be unequaled, C. M. HENDERSON & CO., Chicago. Factories: Willard H. James, il Salesman fur the Lower Peninsula. Fon du Lac, Wis " Dixon, IL P.O. address. Chicago, 11. (Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers. BLIVEN & ALLYN, Sole Agents for the ees The devil, Jack! Shark. He’ll do for Bliven & Allyn. We've gota a ” th Celebrated “BIG F.”’ Brand of Oysters n Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS. We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time. We solicit consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, ete. H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. 63 PRARLSYREEY. # \AA © ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. ident—Frank Wells, Lansing. vires Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan. Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secre B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville. ive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon; oo Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, Allegan; Secretary Committee on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green- ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint. A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan. mmittee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse Ooty: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus- Kegon. itt n Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso; "S © one. Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. ne Committee on Building and! cey Strong, Kalamazoo; Ww io oe tty, Lansing, namtdeeey =. J. Connell, Muskegez. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. following auxiliary associations are op- acme under charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: No. t—Traverse City B. M. A. _ President, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Lowell B. M.A. President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M.A. President, H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. No. 5—Muskegon B. M.A. President, John A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. W hitney. No. 6—Alba B. M. A. i President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. President, F. H. Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No, 9—Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. No. 10—Harber Springs B. M, A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H. P. Whinple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. €ommittee on Legislation—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; H. Loan Associations—Chaun- ill Emmert, Eaton Rapids; No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. : President, i. B. Sturtevant: Secretary, W. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. President, 8. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco. No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A. President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. Y 18—Owosso B. M, A. President, Albert Todd; Secretary, S. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21—Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. A. President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. No 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, F. ‘A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. G. Bailey. No. 24—Morley B. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Paloe B. M. A. President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—Greenville 2. M. A. President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell. No 27%—Dorr B. M. A. | President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana Bb. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. President, &. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—Saranac B. M. A. President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, E. T. Williams. No. 35--RBellaire B. M. A. ca B. M.A. resident, H. M. Hemstre et; Secretary, C. E. Densmore. No. 36—Ithac President, 0. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. _ President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. 8. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaten Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, C H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No, 42—Fremont B. M. A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary C. J. Rathbun. No. 43—Tustin B. M. A President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. & President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gouid. No. 47—Flint M. U. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M.A. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. 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, F. D. Vos. No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York. No. 54— Douglas B. M, A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A, President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. xo. 57—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft: Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake R. M. A. President, L.S. Walter; Secretar3,C.< Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South 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—East Saginaw M. A. President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, OC. W. Mulholand. No. 63—ft vart B. M. A. President, ©. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Neo, 64—Merrill B, M. A. President, OC. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary, J. M. Hall. No. 68—Allegan B. M.A. President, H.H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M; A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. “o. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M, A: qu 8. S.McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. President—L. S. Monroe; Secretary, 8. VanOstrand. No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, C. F. Williams; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—Fast Jordan and So Arm B M.A, President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A. President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary. Geo. Craig. No 8!—Flushing B, M. A. President. L. A Vickery; Secretary, A E. Ransom. No. 82—Alma B M. A. President, B. S. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky. Ne 83—Sherwood B. M, A. Ss L. P. Wilcox; Secretary. W. R. Mandigo. Onekama business men have formed a B. M. President, S. Little; Vice-President, C. D. Stanley; Secretary, Geo. A. A., officered as follows: Barstow; Treasurer, J. J. Barnes. ° Association Notes. John E. Thurkow, President of the Morley B. M. A., was in town Monday. The Michigan Business Men’s Association has been invited to send five delegates to the National convention of business men to be held at St. Louis on the 28th to frame an equitable and acceptable bankrupt law. Cheboygan Tribune: At the meeting of the Cheboygan Business Men’s Association, Monday evening, a communication was read from E. A. Stowe, Secretary of the State Association, in which he stated that a letter from the Secretary of the Cheboygan Association was six weeks on the road before reaching him and he thought this demonstrated the necessity of direct rail- road connection between Grand Rapids and Cheboygan. The Detroit Free Press correspondent at Green- ville notes the following: The second annual banquet of the Greenville Business Men’s Asso- ciation occurred Friday evening at Hotel Phelps. About 100 couples were present, it being the largest social gathering held here yet this winter. The programme consisted of supper, speaking and dancing, and reflects credit upon the organ- ization. There are no flies on Greenville busi- ness men when they have anything of a social nature on hand. Charlotte Republican: The Business Men's Association held a special meeting at the council rooms, Tuesday evening, and elected the follow- ing officers: C.M. Jennings, President; C. A. Lamb, Vice-President; Geo. M. Fenn, Secre- tary; Executive Board, D. B. Ainger, E. 8. Lacey and George Huggett. An effort will be made to build up the organization and aid the business and manufacturing interests of the city in every possible way and we hope the Association may meet with success. Cheboygan Tribune: _ 4 a The Facts in a Nutshell. From the Cheboygan Tribune. The annual report of the Commissioner of Insurance shows that for the year 1888 the 107 insurance companies organized in other states received in premiums from the citizens of this State $2,352,035, while for losses in the State they only paid $1,135,484, an excess of receipts.over losses paid of $1,216,541. The Business. Men’s Association believes that it would be better to keep the profits of insurance in our own State, and atits annual meeting in Cheboygan a com- mittee was appointed to devise a plan for a State Business Men’s Insurance Co. The committee completed its work and a plan was approved by the Executive Committee of the State Associa- tion and also by most of the local associations in the State. Subscriptions to the stock are being solicited and every indication is that the stock will be speedily taken. The design is to give property-holders reliable insurance at the least possible cost. It is not proposed to cut insur- ance rates but to divide profits each year among the policy holders, > Good Report from South Haven. Soutu Haven, Feb. 18, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DeEaiR SrR—At our regular meeting, Feb. 12, the insurance matter, with subscription paper sent us, was brought before the meeting and the chairman of the Insurance Committee directed to canvass and see what hecould do. Weare all in favor of the scheme, but the fact that a large part of the insurance has been placed for this year and that money is close makes it somewhat hard to predict its success here. We are doing well as an Association. Three new hames were sent in at the last meeting. Our collection department is a success. Yours, S. Van OstTRAnp, Sec’y. KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP. The Objects of the Organization Suc- cinctly Set Forth. To the commercial travelers of Michigan: We have laid the foundation of an association in Michigan on which we have hopes of build- ing a grand organization and to which every commercial man in the State ought to lend his help. The cost of 50 cents per year is so low that all can afford to belong. It shall be theaim of the officers and Board of Directors that the affairs shall be conducted on a strictly cash basis. ‘‘Pay as we go,” will be our motto. We welcome all respectable commercial travelers to come into our Assoeiation. Do not come in as drones, but come in and do-your part. Remem- ber your officers can not do all the work, as they have their work to do as well as you, and you are not asked to pay any salaries. Every member who will add one or more will be helping to do his part, and we ask all who may have any grievances against the management to kindly make it known, in the proper way, and I am sure it will be promptly adjusted. To the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associ- tion we extend our hand in good fellowship and ask that the feeling existing between them andthe T. P. A. be laid away, always remembering that we are all Michigan traveling men, and that by combining our efforts we may do good for all. Our aim is to aid you and give our influence in your favor regarding matters of insurance. In return, we ask only that ‘‘you do unto us as you would like to be done by.” To all commercial travelers’ associations in the United States, we send greeting and will co- operate with you on all matters appertaining toa national character and directly interesting com- mercial men. We start out with a charter mem- bership of over 300 representative commercial men and at the rate the applications are coming in March first will find 1,000 names enrolled upon our list. The first and most important object to be attained is an amendment to the inter-state com- merce law and a resolution to that effect was passed at Lansing and a copy ordered sent to each Congressman of Michigan, asking his sup- port. When that is accomplished, we can be free to ask anything reasonable of Michigan railways, without being confronted with an ugly law. it is the intention of this Association to make the Relief Committee a prominent part of our work and its chairman w:ll appoint a member in each town of importance in the State, who shall be known to the hotels of said town, and the hotels are requested to notify the member of any unfortunate traveler who shall become sick and it shall be the duty of the committeeman _to attend promptly and furnish any personal aid, such as watchers, and see that they are properly cared for. | : Our Employment Committee has as its chair- man Geo. C. Cooper, of Lansing, who will endeavor to furnish a position to any member in good standing and who can answer satisfac- torily the questions that will be required to insure ourindorsement. Arrangements will be made with manufacturers and wholesale houses to aid and give our members a preference. These are some of our objects, but the social part of being a member only is worth the amount you pay. i With this statement before you, we trust it will meet your hearty approval and support. KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP, A. #, Peau, Pres. 2 Annual Banquet of the Greenville B. M (]REENVILLE, Feb. 16, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR SiR—Our second annual banquet sur- passed anything in the social line held here yet this season. ‘Hotel Phelps” did all in its power to satisfy us, but was not prepared for so many and gave out in the second round. The pro- gramme consisted of eating, speech making and dancing—principally the first and last. The occasion was twice the importance of our effort one year ago. Everybody enjoyed them- selves and the occasion reflects credit upon our Association, and particularly on the committee in charge. We apparently stand well with all except the dead-beat. Yours, Gro. B. CALDWELL, Sec’y, OO — They Were Short on Sizes. From the Boot and Shoe Recorder. “725 cases best quality ladies’ rubbers, 19 cents per pair.”’ This is the sign that attracted attention from a Washington street dry goods store the past week. To any person who knew the price at which rubbers are seld wholesale this was a remarkable bargain. In fact, it would pay any of our rubber companies to step in and buy up the whole 725 cases; they could make money by it. How could it be done? The writer stepped in the store and passed to the rubber depart- ment. “A pair of ladies’ rubbers, please,’ he asked of a clerk. ‘‘What size?’’ ‘“Three and a half.’’ A pair of first quality shoes was passed and accepted, the clerk wrapped them up ina paper and passed them to the writer, who in turn gave the clerk a quarter. “Fifty cents, if you please.” *“‘“How so?’’ ‘‘That’s the price.”’ “I thought you were selling first quali- ty of rubbers for 19 cents.’ “Oh, if you want those rubbers, here they are,’’? was the clerk’s reply, as he took up a pair from another lot. “They will do.”’ ‘‘What size did you say?’’ ‘‘Three and a half.’’ ‘“‘We have only twos and sevens in this lot at that price.’’ Tableau—Writer goes out without rub- bers. Clerk wonders hew long he has got to work at this swindling game. ne Art in Windows. From the New York Maii and Express. if you “‘Let me dress my window, and I don’t care who writes my advertisements.’’ Thus observed a shrewd Sixth avenue merchant, recently. Whether he was correct in his view of the importance of window dressing or not, a glance at the steady stream of humanity that stopped for a minute or more to gaze into his well-filled window, and only moved on in obedience to the policeman’s orders, seemed to give the color of truth to his observation. The show window has be- come an important factor in the retail trade, and the merchant who fails to grasp the point with both hands, as it were, is sure to realize his blunder sooner or later. In this big town window dressing has become an art, and a high art, too, and like all arts it takes its particular fea- tures from its surroundings. For in- stance, the window of Eighth avenue, beyond which meridian this art becomes amere travesty unworthy of the name, differs as much from the display made on upper Broadway as the gaudy canvas of an auction shop differs from the chaste production of a European master. The same diversity is noted between the hodge-podge windows in Kleine Deutsch- land, at the other end of the shoppers’ continent along the eastern borders of Tompkins square, and the artistic exhi- bitions made by the wealthy dealers of Fifth avenue. Between these longitudinal limits this art has as many phases as the people for whose tastes itis pursued. The skillful window dresser, true artist that he is, seldom errs in suiting his wares to his customers. It would not be profitable for him to blunder, and his is not the only case where artists’ lines have been drawn by golden rules. Carnegie’s Advice to Young Men. You are about to start in life and it is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subor- dinate positions. Many of the business men of Pittsburg had a serious responsi- bility thrust upon them at the very thresh- old of their career. They were intro- duced to the broom and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I was a sweeper myself and who do you suppose were my fellow sweepers? David McCargo, now Superintendent of the Allegheny Valley Railroad; Robert Pitcairn, Superintendent of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad; and Mr. Moreland, City Attorney of Pittsburg. Begin at the beginning, but aim high. I would not give a fig for the young man Lwho does not already see Ifimself the partner or the head of some important firm. There are three dangers in your path. The first is the drinking of liquor. The second is speculation, and the third is ‘‘indorsing.’’ When I was a telegraph operator in Pittsburg I knew all the men who specu- lated. They were not our citizens of first repute. They were regarded with suspicion. I have lived to see all of them ruined, bankrupt in money and bankrupt incharacter. Thereis scarcely an instance of a man who has madea fortune by speculation and kept it. The man who grasps the morning paper to see how his speculative ventures are likely to result unfits himself for the calm consideration and proper solution of business problems with which he has to deal later in the day, and saps the sources of that persistent and concen- trated energy upon which depend the permanent success and often the very safety of his main business. The thorough man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs ean he earn his reward, which is the result not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends. Nothing is more essential to young business men than untarnished credit and nothing kills credit sooner than the knowledge in any bank board that a man engages in speculation. How can a man be credited whose resources may be swept away in one hour by a panic among gamesters? Resolve to be business men, but speculators never. The third danger is the perilous habit of indorsing notes. It appeals to your generous instincts and you say, ‘‘How can I refuse to lend my name only to as- sist a friend ?’? It is because there is so much that is true and commendable in that view that the practice is so danger- ous. If you owe anything, all your cap- ital and all your effects are a solemn trust in your hands to be held inviolate for the security of those who have trusted you. Whenaman in debt indorses for another, it is not his own credit or his own capital that he risks. It is the money of his own creditors. Therefore I say that if you are ever called upon to indorse, never do it unless you have cash means not required for your own debts, and never indorse beyond those means. Assuming that you are safe in regard to these, your gravest dangers—drinking, speculating and indorsing—the question is, how to rise? The rising man must do something exceptional and beyond the range of his special department. He mustattractattention. A shipping clerk may de so by discovering in an invoice an error with which he has had nothing to do and which has eseaped the atten- tion of the proper person. If a weigh- ing clerk, he may save for the firm by doubting the adjustment of the seales and having them corrected. Your em- ployer must find out that he has not got a mere hireling in his service, but a man. Not one who is content to give so many hours of work for so many dollars in re- turn, but one who devotes his spare hours and constant thoughts to the business. Our young partners in Carnegie Bros.’ have won their spurs by showing that we did not know half as well what was wanted as they did. There is one sure mark of the coming millionaite—his revenues always exceed his expenditures. He begins to save as soon as he begins to earn. For every 3100 you can produce as the result of hard-won savings, Midas, in search of a partner, will lend on credit $1,000: for every $1,000, $50,000. It is not capital your seniors require, it is the man who has proved he has the business habits which makecapital. Be- gin at once to lay up something. It is the first hundred dollars saved which tells. And here is the prime condition of sue- cess, the great secret; concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are en- gaged. Having begun in one line, re- solve to fight it out on that line; to lead in it; adopt every improvement, have the best machinery and know the most about it. Finally, do not be impatient, for, as Emerson says, ‘‘No one can cheat you out of the ultimate suecess but your- selyes.”’ i - - Living Too Fast. A great cause of disaster in the careers of many bright young men is an unfor- tunate propensity for living too fast. In the majority of cases where young men turn out to be defaulters and embezzlers, we find that they were led into their evil ways by a passion upon their part to dress well, live well and stand wellina social way. Their legitimate incemes being insufficient to meet the necessary expenses of such a life, they draw upon the funds of their employers, sometimes with the intention ef repaying the amounts taken, but in most instances this good intention upon their part be- comes impossible. A young man in Philadelphia, holding a high and impor- tant position of trust and in receipt of a salary of $1,800 a year, has just turned out to be adefaulter for over $11,000. He had been with his employers many years and was implicitly trusted, hun- dreds of thousands of dollars having passed through his hands. It seems that he fell in love with and wanted to marry a most estimable young lady, and in or- der to keep up a show of prosperity which he thought would recommend him to her favorable consideration, he took various sums from time to time, expect- ing to replace them when pay-day came. He soon found to his amazement that his peculations far exceeded his resources. He found himself at last in imminent danger of exposure and disgrace. He made a desperate endeavor to raise the amount of his shortage by borrowing of his friends, but they failed to respond as he did not have the requisite security. At last he found further concealment impossible, and, taking a large sum of money he decamped. His employers are anxiously looking for him, and the American Security Company. who went upon his bond, are making strenuous efforts to put their hands upon him; and as they never compromise any cases, the likelihood is that the young man’s life will be hopelessly blighted by a sentence to the penitentiary. In speaking of this young man, one of his employers said that he has 3,000 or 4,000 men in his de- partment, and that if he had been asked to choose the most faithful and honest of all, he would have selected this young man who proved to be adefaulter. He further stated that there was a big moral in this defaleation. That he believed the young man to be inherently honest, but that he had attempted to live beyond his income; and that the failure young men make in trying tospend more money than they earn, is the cause of ninety per cent. of the embezzlements and rob- beries of employers. Keep your ex- penses within your income and you will always be happy, and the time will never come when your heart will stop beating at the approach of an officer, and when you dare not make new friends for fear of cultivating the acquaintance of a de- tective. —————q{qqy{V1V_ _. bia o Qa. td me 28 Fog | Every garment bearing the above ticket is mS) 8 GQ 2 = | WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as re- i oo | iaincoesry pera —— = = = to the ' 6 @ Merchant of whom it was purchased ¢ iv ~ Merchant'ét whom it was purchased and recelve PUTNAM & BROOKS, Packers. US 2 ANE ON, | Sat MPSGN | & | CO. | Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. Detroit Soap Co., 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 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from yeu. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BEROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. MICHIGAN TKADESMAN. itrand Rapids. ae ae tee To THE MERCHANTS OF MicHiGan — We offer Marble and Granite Monuments at a closer margin of profit than any concern in the State. Write for estimates on Building Stone or zemetery work. First class material and work- manship only. SAM'L MOPFETY, Manager. _ LECTROTYPERS, BAe tate Photo Zing Engr ay ix RETA eo cLU hee ee aa ae latt ats Teh: ated Sie, SSE DETROIT, MICH. Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of BEST BAG TRUCK We agree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars to any person pieey the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything SUAP but Havana Tobacco. DILWORTH BROTHERS. WL ha DB; . QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR, a. — TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, CZAR, MASCOTTE, , . MONDAY, PHENIX, WABASH, CAMEO, AND OTHERS, For quotations address W. G. HAWKINS, towsori7s GRAND RAPIDS 9 uts PUTNAM & BROOKS. HEAVENRICH he@ = BROTHERS Weighs only 16 Ibs, ; — stands up | Vv h olesale C ior 11ers Amos, Musselman & Co, SOLE AGENTS, We carry a large stock of all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Nuts and are prepared to sell in any quantity. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AND STRENGIS 3 So a ? ___—_ Where Our Lemons Come From. From the New York Post. A well-known fruit dealer in Vesey street was applied to by a reporter the other day for some information in regard to the lemon trade in this city. In reply he said: ‘Most of the lemons we get in this market come from Naples, Sorrento, 2odi and Messina. From each of these ports they are shipped by way of Liver- pool. Some are sent in sailing vessels, but not many, as such are not apt to arrive in good condition. Steamers, on account of their superior speed, carry most of the foreign fruits. Great quan- tities of lemons are sold here by auction, the sales of a single day often amounting to forty thousand or fifty thousand boxes. The price they bring depends entirely upon their quality and the quantity in themarket. Sometimes they are ‘a drug’ and secareely bring enough to pay the freight on them, and again $14 to $16 a box is not an unusual price. Dealers here do not keep regular agents at the points of shipment, but the fruit is shipped on speculation. An ordinarily good price is $6a box. The season for the gathering of Italian lemons is at its height between February and March. Some lemons will not keep over a month at the outside, while others that are firm and hard will remain in good condition for four months. The Messinas are the best Italian lemons and will keep the longest. The Palermos rank next, while the poorest, as a general thing, come from Naples. There is, however, no rule by which one can be sure that lemons from one place will uniformly be better than those fromanother. Naples lemons have been known to bring more than those shipped from Messina. Dealers know no special varieties of lemons, but simply lump them under the names of the places from which they come. Some people have an idea that lemons are colored and ripened by sulphur fumes and artificial heat. Such notions are entirely wrong. Lemons, when they are sent from home, are as green and hard as an infant apple, but ripen during the voyage, so that when they arrive they are as soft and juicy as if they had ma- tured upon the tree. “The best lemons we get in New York come from Florida. They are naturally of a prime quality, and then the distance they have to be sent is not great. The possibilities before the Florida growers are extensive, and, if care is taken by them in sorting and picking, they may in time run the Italian produc. out of the market. The Florida lemons are packed in boxes holding about 250 to 300 apiece. * * * They begin to come in November. We get very few South American lemons, because they are too tender to stand the voyage. Small quantities are sent from Jamaica, but the limes shipped from here are growing in popularity constantly and are a much mere important product of that island than the lemons. Limes must be packed tightly in barrels to pre- vent bruising. I suppose there are twenty-five barrels of limes shipped now where there were three ten years ago. In a general way it may perhaps be said that better lemons grow on high ground than on low. but, as I said before, each season, place and individual tree seems to be alaw unto itself. We can never tell in advance where we are to get the best fruit.’’ = ——_<—___— How to Guard Your Credit. The Canada Book and Notion gives the following good advice: 1. If you have any claims for shortage or damages, send them on the day the goods are checked. 2. When the monthly statement is rendered check it, and if wrong, write about the error at once. 3. If you cannot remit when asked to, drop a line when you reasonably expect to be able to do so. 4, If you are notified that you will, after a lapse of time, be drawn upon, at- tend to the matter immediately. See that the amount and terms are correct, and that your bill book will permit you to accept the draft. If not, write exactly what you want. Let it be your ambition for the coming year never to refuse a draft. 5. If you cannot meet a draft at ma- turity write or telegraph in time to save protest cost. A little care in these mat- ters will save much trouble. —_—__—> 2 The Biggest Pair of Shoes ever Made. A shoemaker of Atlanta, Ga., has just finished the largest pair of shoes ever made for actual use. It took a piece of leather containing 1,040 square inches to make the uppers, and 1,960 to make the soles. That is 3,000 square inches altogether. If that leather were cut into two strips an eighth of an inch wide, and made into one long string, the string would be 24,000 inches long. The soles weigh 8144 pounds. The soles are 14 inches long, 5144 wide and 834 inches deep. That doesn’t count the heel, which would Sun ARRANTED TO BE TH Ww. THE FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE For the meaner in the U.S. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask le dealer for them. Manufactured only by JO E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. Send for prices. _ H. BRAGH WHOLESALE DEALER IN GRAIN, SEEDS, BALED HAY, MILL FEED and PRODUCE. BALED HAY A SPECIALTY. HOLLAND, - MICH. AWNINGS AND TENTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete, Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Chas. A. Coye, Telephone 106. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giviig satisfre- tion. They are simp'e durable and econom- ical. Nu grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Over 73 Canal St. Address for Cata- logue and prices, » Robt. §. West, 48-50 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio, Why you should send us your orders. We handle 5 nothing but BEST and CHOICEST BRANDS; Sellat Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Prices; ' Ship at ONE DAY'S NOTIC}- you to receive goods day iol Fill orders for ALL KINDS "My ¥ GLASS, VIZ: “68 Tmported and American Polished PLATE, Rough and Ribbed | French Window, Amert- can Window, English 26 02. Enamelled, Cut and Embossed. Rolled Cathedral, Venetian, Muffled, | Frosted Bohemian, German Looking Glass Plates, French Mirror Plates. The quality, variety and quantity of our stock is exceeded by no housein the United States. WM. REID, 73 &75 Larned Street West, DETROIT, MICH. Grand Rapids Store, 61 Waterloo Street, 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 & CO. Real Estate Brokers Lansing Mich. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. No OSan: 50 he ee 55 No. 2 le i2 ‘ania... 73 LAMP CHIMNEYS. 6 doz. in box. No OSun ee 1 90 No. 1 2 00 No. 2 ae 3 00 First quality. No 0 Sun, crimp top... -___ .- 2 15 Not 7" ce 2 29 No.2 ° 3 2 XM Pint, No Osun. crim top... 2 Nek > na ee ee No.2 ' ee Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. ..._......-..3 7 No.2 ft a a | ee 4 70 Ne. 2tiznce -—UlUCi(<“‘“ “;;SC‘(‘CYSS!OUOUUCUUUUe 4 70 La Bastic. Wo. isun, plam bulb... 12 No.2 © us oe No ferenp. 1 40 Noo fe 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Buiter Creeks, pergal. 8. 06% dues, 4 eal. perdoz ....-...-. 65 ey igi eS 90 : 2 nn ce ae 80 Meat tubs 10ca). cnaeh =... ie se ee ge 7 ee een | 60 i 7 ee -1 6S a o oo ge 2 2 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 60 ° a 1 3 ' ( Se. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 9:05am 11:30am Krom Cimetnmati cts oe 7:30 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw City..... 3:55 pm 5:00 pm Saginaw Express. .........ssececess 11:30 am 7:20am ° Sr Geiccee eagle norecceied 10:30 p m. 4:10pm Saginaw express runs through solid. 7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City. 11:30 a. m, train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack- inaw City. 5:00 p. m, train has sleeping car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express..........:..... 7:15am Fort Wayne Express -10:30 am 11:45am Cincinnati Express... . 4:40pm 5:0 pm From Traverse City... ....10:46 pm 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 5:00 p. m. train connects with M. C. R. R. at Kalama- zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. All Trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & —, Leave. rrive. PO BB occ i ec ccc cc ccsewsccwosces es sesomscmas 10:45am ee ee eecodeascasccceees 4:45pm £220 PM... occ cccccccwcccccscccecsccccsccccccocs 7:45 p Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. +Morning EXPress......--..c.c-ee- 1:05 pm 1:10pm +Througn Mail..............- sce 4:55 pm 5:10pm +Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm *Night Express. ....... sescccseses 6:40 am 7:00am oO 7:45am GOING EAST. +Petrots MEPTesS....... <2. 6.0.5. 6:50am 77TnTouen Mai... 5... 10:20 a m 10:30 a m +Evening EXpress.........-ccccese 3:40pm 3:50 pm “Limited Express. ........-.cccere 10:30 pm 10:55pm +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls, connecting at Milwaukee Junction with through sleeper to Toronto. Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. have to deliver it. And then, to cap the add another inch to the depth. AS, CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. sufficienth Shoul “S| Season to suit w ett. FROM WATER - DIRECTIONS We nave cooked the cornin this can Wu med (uot cooked) adding piece of vof butter (size of hen’s egg) and gil . fresh milk — to waier.) 5 en on the tabie. Nune {| genuine uniess bearing the signasure ot Davenport Cannirg Co, Davenport, Ia. rs : EN AT THIS ENO FREE FRoy Sup be Thuroughiy GEORDIE) =a Wholesale Office mnder Nat'l City Bak. Telephone Call 490-2. Yards, COAL!--- COKE!--WQOD! A. HIMES... and Retail Shawmut Avenue, Winter and W. Division Sts. CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY, 4» Geo. Grand Rapids, The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. H. Reeder, Sole Agents, Mich. ORLISS| I 3 Jy TH LANE & BUULEY 60. AUTOMATIC CUT OFF _ NGINES _ Unrivattep for STRENGTH a DURABILITY AND —CLOSE REGULATION. 2 to 48 JOHN STREET, CINCINNATI, Oo. ® H.LEONARD ASUNS Sole Agents for Western Michigan for the wickmeal GASOLINE STOVE. HE SUCCESS OF THE 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, All Grocers sell SANTA CLAUS SOAP. Made by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Chicago, IIl. BELKNAP WAGON & SLEIGH G0 Manufacturers of BiLANAPS PAT SLEIGH Business and Pleasure Sleighs, Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material and have ev- | oe for making first-class Sleighs of all ! inds. i SHOP, Cor. Front and First Sts.. Grand Rapids. os The BEST CRACK Lk Made ‘CHLIOITIOS WACHO VIAL We also manufacture a full line of Sweet Goods. Write for quotations and samples. Jackson Cracker Co, JACKSON MICH. Shingles 33_OTTAWAoSTEET, Telephone 269. Stovewood THEO. B. GOOSSEN, | WHOLESALE Produce Commission Merchant, BROKER IN LUMBER. Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples, iu Car Lots, solicited. « Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty. OuTIOW GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. aso00yO © GEO.E HOWES &C0, | No. 3 Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. Uranges, Lemons and Bananas! Headquarters MESSINA FRUIT. SPECIAL PRICES TO JOBBERS. All kinds of Field 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., MOSEL.EY BROS. ——WHOLESALE—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters “ ; Produce. Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. GRAND RAPIDS. WM.SEARS & CO. Cracker Manvtactvrers, AGENTS FOR AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 389 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. CLE We Manufacture to Order Hose and Police THE BEST DELIVERY WAGON COLBY, CRAIG & CO. MANUFACTURE Patrol Wagons, Peddlers, Bakers, Creamery, Dairy, Furniture, Builders, Dry Goods, Laundry, and Undertakers Wagons. Repairing in all its Branches. COLLEY, CHAIG & CO, West End Fulton St Bridge. Telephone No. 867. Wholes GRAND RAPIDS, RMON, HOOPS & PETERS, ale Grocers AND -TEA- IMPORTERS. MICH. % \v: GROCERIES. VALUED INSURANCE POLICY. An Attempt to Pass Such a Measure Before the Legislature. Lansing Correspondence Detroit Journal. The insurance situation is becoming interesting. On the 26th of last Decem- ber the Policy Commission, appointed under the act of 1881 to adopt a standard fire insurance policy for the State, com- pleted their work, and last week Insur- ance Commissioner Raymond notified the companies that the new form of policy will take effect on the first day of next July. Senator Wisner recently intro- duced a sweeping insurance measure which—if it become a law—will repeal all conflicting acts. The new standard policy does conflict very emphatically with the most vital point of the Wisner act, and can never go into operation un- less the antagonistic bill is defeated. The first clause of the standard policy says: The company shal! not be liable beyond the actual cash value of the property at the time any loss or damage occurs, and the loss or damage shall be ascertained or estimated according to such actual cash value, with proper deduction for depreciation, however caused, and shallin no event exceed what it would then cost the in- sured to repair or replace the same with ma- terial of like kind and quality; said ascertain- ment or estimate shall be made by the insured and this company, or if they differ, then by ap- praisers. Right here Mr. Wisner’s sue. It requires that in loss the full face value of the policy shall be paid. It specifies that in recoy- ering for fire losses by legal action the amount of damages shall be the amount expressed in the policy or contract as the amount insured, ‘‘and no other evidence shall be admitted as to the value of the property insured.’?’ Whenever there is a partial loss the company shall pay a sum equal to the damage. In estimating the less, the foundation shall not be taken into account or treated as a part of the building. Nothing in the act, however, is to be construed as preventing the ad- mission of testimony to prove fraud and deception. This portion of the bill is modeled closely after the New Hampshire law. Nearly all of the foreign companies pulled out of the State after its passage, but recently they have commenced to re- establish agencies there. The Wisner bill has another radical feature in an anti-compact clause, which its sponsor is confident the companies cannot avoid. it provides that in case any company en- ters into any compact or combination for the purpose of controlling the rates charged for fire insurance, the Commis- sioner shall revoke the license of the compaiy to do business in Michigan and no renewal shall be granted for three years. The bill ignores the Insurance Policy Commission and directs that the Insurance Commissioner shall prepare a standard policy in conformity with the leading features of the bill. Senator Wisner will push his bill earnestly, but the insurance men will fight it with equal vigor and emphasis. They assert that the payment of the full face value of the policy will give an opening for unlimited fraud between dis- honest local agents and the insured, as it will give them opportunities to insure at exorbitant figures and then add the crime of arson to the fraud without fear of de- tection. The act of 1881 provides that the stan- dard policy provision should not apply to farmers’ mutual insurance companies, that insure farm property exclusively. Senator Holbrook has prepared a bill to so amend the act that the provision will not apply to the farmers’ mutual com- panies that are insuring city property. 2 No Cartage for Them. MANTON, Feb. 14, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Enclosed find copy of an agreement made by the business men of Manton. Will you be kind enough to publish the same in your paper and oblige the retailers of Manton? Yours respectfully, F. L. RoBERTs. MANTON, Feb. 14, 1889. To the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association: We, the undersigned merchants of this place, hereby pledge ourselves to trade with no firm charging cartage or boxing. F. A. Jenison, Frank Weaver, A. Curtis, Northrup & Williams, Ira E. Kibbe, Krohn & Alvin, E. W. Hubbell, J. C. Bostick, M. F. White, Rinaldo Fuller, Meyer Hardware Co., F. L. Roberts, F. R. Danberry, C. B. Bailey. ——___—>-_ -9 << The Condition of Trade. From the New York Shipping List. The new week opens more favorable auspices with respect to the general con- dition of commercial affairs than have prevailed for some time, the continuation of a lower temperature and more season- able winter weather in nearly all parts of the country having been a material factor in stimulating business in many localities, while the improved temper of a number of the speculative markets and a general display of confidence in the future has had a beneficial influence in expanding the volume of legitimate trade as well as speculation. The usual guide- posts that are accepted as affording a re- liable basis for estimating the volume and direction of trade all point to favor- able results, the clearing house returns last week having shown a considerable increase in the volume of business pass- ing through the banks as compared with the week previous and the correspond- ing week last year, and the railroad earn- ings are likewise showing important gains in the gross earnings reported from week to week. Then, again, the money market has continued in good shape, and there has been a considerable increase in the foreign trade movement, both imports and exports being in excess of last year. The depression that hangs over the iron industry is an unfavorable feature of the industrial situation, especially as there does not seem to be any chance of im- mediate improvement, and prices are drifting downward instead of upward, while the failure of a large business en- terprise in Boston caused a momentary feeling of hesitation in speculative circles. but there is a growing feeling of confi- dence in the stock market which seems to be imparting a more cheerful temper to commercial affairs generally. During a period of quietude and dullness, such as has been experienced during the past bill takes is- ease of total six weeks in nearly ail departments of business activity, Wall street is closely watched for the first evidences of im- provement, and the steady growth of a bullish sentiment during the past week or ten days has no doubt been reflected in the more cheerful feeling that has recently come to the surface in commer- cial circles. The money market has likewise given evidence of increased activity in the better demand for loan- able funds and the higher rates of inter- est that have been obtainable for call as well as time loans. The hardening ten- dency developed last week is likely to resultin a closer money market from this time forward, but the supply of loanable funds will nevertheless be ample for all requirements, especially as the large pur- chase of bonds last week by the Treasury Department indicates a willingness on the part of the Secretary to prevent any further accumulation of funds. ‘There has been important change in the grain market. Wheat has continued to fluctu- ate under the influence of speculative manipulation, which just now shows the preponderance of a bullish sentiment, and hence a higher level of prices has been maintained; but the most material factor respecting the future is the dull- ness of foreign markets, the heavy sup- plies that are being carried abroad and the relatively higher prices that prevail here and that preclude any thought of ex- ports except upon a much lower level of values. The sharp advance caused five loads to be taken on Monday for Lisbon, but they were offered again yesterday for sale in order to realize the profits shown. There is as yet no evidence that the world’s supply is short of the total re- quirements for the current cereal year and hence bull arguments lose much of their force. ~~» 2 A Glut of Eggs. From the Merchants’ Review. If there is any truth in the theory held by some people that a hen lays only a certain number of eggs ina year, there is likelihood of a shortage in the egg crop next summer and fall. The poor creatures have been laying at a warm weather rate during the past month, the unusual mildness of the season having apparently deluded them in the notion that winter is over. The receipts from all points at this market have been enor- mous and there is no prospect of a fall- ing off in the arrivals unless the temper- ature takes a sudden drop. For the month of January the average daily re- ceipts have been about 70,000 dozen above those of January, 1888, and the price has fallen lower than for twenty- five years at this date. The following table gives the price of fresh-laid eggs on January 30, 1889, and same date in the previous eight years: 1889. .Per Doz. . 26C. ies. ee _. Zac. a a . auc. os... o 23e, ee ° i 3514. 1893. Ee ia . doe. —...... : 28e, 1881. —. ue 50ec, ITE ETaTnnESInnTREEeninaetteaet caanaeeeanGae a eeeescaLnanInnaTaRRTRTETnG East Saginaw Jottings. W. F. Twelvetrees has purchased Frye & Wicklein’s stationery and wall paper stock. He takes possession at once. Mr. Gibbs will have charge of the news stand in the postoftice which Mr. T. also owns. There has been some talk of one of our leading dry goods houses purchasing or renting and enlarging and refitting the corner where O’Brien’s liquor store now is, owned by the Germania society, for a dry goods store. G. W. Stevens, of the firm of Stevens & LaDue, will move to Ashland, Wis., his future home, next May or June. Mr. Stevens goes there to look after the lum- bering interests of the firm, who own 200,000,000 of pine near Ashland. They expect that it will take ten years to lum- ber this tract. Mr. LaDue will look after their mill business. = -4- <> - Gripsack Brigade. A. F. Peake, President of Michigan Knights of the Grip, was in town last Friday to attend the traveling men’s bail. Fred W. Powers, for three years past traveling representative for Hugo Schnei- der & Co., has engaged to travel for the Widdicomb Furniture Co., taking the retail trade of Michigan, Ohio and Indi- ana, ‘Traveler’? sends Tue TRADESMAN a poetical effusion without enclosing his everyday name. It has long been the policy of all well-regulated newspaper offices to decline to publish any commun- ication without knowing the name of the writer, and THe TRADESMAN sees no reason for making an exception in this case. 2 Sharp Advance in Furs. The wool market shows a weaker feel- ing, with little doing. Small stocks, small wants. Hides are feir demand ai the ex- treme low prices. Tanners feel some better, as leather is selling at the low prices, which helps to clean up stocks on hand and make an opening for that com- ing out of vats. Tallow is in fair demand and steady. Furs are in good demand for export in time for March sales. We advance prices 15 per cent. above list for all goods re- ceived on or before March 1. ee, Excursion to Washington. All persons who go to Washington with the Traveling Men’s excursion can use the sleepers while there, as side track privileges have been secured for ten (10) Wagner sleeping cars. Those intending to join us please drop me a card, care of F. M. Briggs, General Agent Michigan Central railroad, 95 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. - Telephone 788. GEO. _— >.> The Paw Paw National Bank recently paid a draft for $40 which was issued to a New York man six years ago. in F. OWEN. CLERKS AND THEIR WORK. Their Community of Interest Limited --Some of Their Difficulties. “To speak of clerks in a general way as though there were much of anything in common among them in point of work, requirements, interests, and the like, would be utterly wrong,”’ said one of a number of employes, representing dif- ferent kinds of establishments, when questioned about their calling. ‘‘The members of the various crafts have a much greater equality of work, a much stronger bond of union, and less striking differences of social standing than we. The most casual observer can readily understand that, when the kind of goods handled vary from jewelry to hardware, from books to junk supplies, from silks and laces to meat and groceries, and that) different types of character, dress, and | manners are practically necessitated by | there can be} different kinds of business, no unanimity of interest among us save only the dollars and cents we get out of our work. We have acalling merely in the sense that we are instruments of transfer between widely different classes of proprietors and patrons. Hence our cliques, in so far as we have any, are mostly of personal friendships and limit- ed to the employes of a single store. ‘“*A peculiar feature of clerk life is that we naturally grade off by steps, accord- ing to the kind of store we are in, from | easy, semi-professional positions to the) positions of ordinary laborers. Apart from a few stores where some special | skill or aptitude is necessary I think that the annoyances incident upon clerking | lessen and the pay improves as the work | required becomes more laborious. This, of course, is easily explainable. annoyances spring largely from people’s uncertainties and whims, and these crop . out more in matters of taste, dress, and, the luxuries of life than in the necessi- | ties. It is also observable that employes gravitate toward easy places and lessen the demand in that direction. ‘“‘People rarely go into a grocery, a hardware store or a wholesale house without wanting to buy, and they usually Know what they want. The work done by the employes of such stores is usually hard, but it almost invariably results in a sale and is not attended by the endless answering of questions and taking down of goods so noticeable in some other kinds of stores. In other words, the work all counts, and when nothing is actually wanted the clerk is not needless- ly kept busy. In many stores, like dry- goods, millinery, and fancy goods estab- | probably nine-tenths of the who enter don’t know just what | they want and the clerk has to help them lishments, people decide, and probably half of those who pester the clerks don’t want to buy at all. Still they cause as much trouble and work and consume as much time as cus- tomers who buy freely and thus help salesmen to make a good record for effi- ciency. I have known people to go into a furniture store or acarpet house and kill time simply from the desire to see pretty things they can’t and don’t mean to purchase. Then again, in some kinds of stores there is less chance for trouble and an- noyance to clerks from people’s bringing back goods soiled and otherwise damaged and asserting that they were so when de- livered. Few people, perhaps realize the amount of confusion and trouble to us resulting from these practices of im- position on the part of the curious or un- scrupulous, and I should advise those in- tending to take up clerking as a business to shun the stores of pretty things and nice surroundings and choose the stores where necessaries of life are sold and people who come in mean business. “Class of patronage, too, makes all the difference in the world with us. The more transient the custom the more trouble we experience. There are many stores which certain families always pat- ronize. The clerks soon become ac- quainted with them, know their whims or tastes, and how topleasethem. Then the worst part of our experience is over. The same old course of feeling ene’s way, of catering to foibles, of making mis- takes, and the like has to be gone through with almost every purchaser at a store whose trade is largely transient. ‘“‘Much has been said and written about the inappropriateness of certain clerks in certain places—a gentleman at a glove counter, for instance, or a lady behind a cigar-case of a resturant. Now let me tell you that those things regulate them- selves better than is generally supposed. The one thing that aclerk wants to accom- } plish is to create a reputation in point of | Sex helps in this to an appre- One sex prefers to be wait- large sales. ciable extent. ed upon by the other, and as a rule you will find an obliging gentleman behind the glove or silk counter of a store more valuable to his employer than a first- class lady clerk. In the same way many of the incongruities of clerking are readily explained. level than some people would suppose, to see us in our surroundings. What is more, store-keeper are just as well aware of this natural or sexual fitness of sales-) people to special places as we are. It would be well for those who are not to post themselves on the subject. “The next thing, from our point of view, toa place where there is lots of work and little trouble is a place where by some element of natural fitness we can make the annoyance subserve personal suecess in the matter of sales.’’ nea — 2 <> -—— The Grocery Market. The anomaly in the sugar market, re- ferred to under this head last week and week before, still continues. The pros- pect of an oil war grows more imminent. ee VISITING BUYERS. GH Remington, Bangor Dr Van N Miller, Fremon4 A Purchase, So Blendon W A Swarts & Son,Fennvile LM Wolf, Huds -nville Adam — :Burnip’s Cors JS Toland, Ross Station W O Lake, Mo: ley H Van Noord, Jamestown Wolcott & Hill, ee H Dalmon, Allendale L Cook, Bauer Gs Putnam. Fruitport H C McFarlan, Manton F Goo man & Co, Gus Begman, Bauer Burnip’s Corner’s : id Degan, Cannonsburg J T Pierson, Irving Walling Bros,Lamont Ezra Brown, Englishville TM Sproat, Leroy Smallegan & Pick caard, HA Dailey, Lumberton Forest Grove JS Barker, Morley DenHerder & Tanis S MecNit. & Co.ByronCenter Vriesland RT Parrish, Grandviile G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove J lary pesca Berlin W McWilliams, Conklin RG Lamoreaux, Fruitport John DeVries, Jamestown CH Hunt, Manistee AC Barkley, Crosby S J Martin, Sullivan 2 oO verse Mfg Co, Newaygo W N Hutchinson, Grant M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe C S Comstock, Pierson John Smith, Ada © H Loomis, Sparta T H Condra, Lisbon Teachout & Roedel, John Damstra, Gitchell White Cloud H Meijering, Jamestown A Steketee, Holland C M Shaw, Sparta Paton & Andrus, Shelby JC Benbow, Cannonsburg Pere Marquette LumberCo, Dr HC Peckham, Freeport Ludington C F Williams, Caledonia EJ Roys, Lake George E S Botsford, Dorr The | thus | Our heads are more! Advertising in Season. : An unidentified writer on advertising aretail business has written afew pat words on the time to advertise: “There is nothing on earth so mys- teriously funny as anewspaper or period- ical advertisement. The prime, first. last and all-the-time object of an adver- tisement is to draw custom. It is not, was not and never will be designed for any other human purpose. So the mer- chant waits until the busy season comes, and the store is so full of customers that he cannot get his hat off, and then he rushes to the business office and puts in his advertisement. When the dull sea- son comes along, and there is no trade, and he wants to sell goods so badly he ean’t pay his rent, he discontinues his That is, some of them ‘do, but occasionally a level-headed man puts in a bigger one and scoops in all the trade, while his neighbors are making /mortgages to raise money to pay the gas bill. There are times when you couldn’t stop people from buying everything you ‘have for sale if you planted a cannon | behind the door, and right then is the | time some business men send their ad- vertisement out on its holy mission. It makes light and easy work for the ad- vertisement, for a chalk sign on the side- walk could do all that was needed, and | have half a holiday six daysin the week; but who wants to favor an advertisement ? |They are built to do hard work, and ‘should be relentlessly sent out in the dull days, when a customer has to be struck between the eyes with hard facts, kicked insensible with startling bank- rupt reductions, and dragged in and laid | on the counter with irresistible slaughter of prices before he will spend a cent or buy asaw. This is the sole end and aim of an advertisement, and if you ever open aconcern to manufacture milling supplies and wood working, don’t try to get customers to come when they are already sticking out of the windows, but | give them your advertisement as a square knock-down right in the dull season, and thereby you will wax rich end own Proctor Knott or some kindred fast horse to enable you to throw dust from your wheels on your less sensible neighbors and win shekels thereby, and perhaps be able to smoke a good cigar on the Fourth of July and Christmas. Now, just write this down where you will fall over it ' advertisement. every day. The time to look for and draw business is when you want bus- iness, and not when you already have more business than you can attend to.’ ——— + eg Cultivation of Nutmegs in New Guinea. Paddling into a little cove, says Capt. John Strachan, on the south side of the bay, we landed beside a clear, rippling stream, and, having ordered the whole of the men to march in Indian file in front, we started by a little rugged path into the mountains, with my interpreter im- mediately behind me and the Rajah just in front. Every foot of the journey, which was laborious in the extreme, dis- closed fresh scenes of verdure and trop- ical splendor. Winding along the sides of deep ravines, sometimes dragging our- selves up by the creepers and under- growth, we ultimately attained an alti- tude of about 1,000 feet above the sea, and then entered the nutmeg country. Here we halted and rested. The Rajah pulled some of the nutmegs, and ex- plained how far they were from being ripe. Having rested sufficiently, we again started forward, and after scrambling along for about an hour, we gained a fine piece of table land, over which we tray- eled for about another half an hour, when we reached three houses erected in the very heart of the forest. These were used by the natives for drying the nut- megs. The country was everywhere magnificent, and the aroma of the spice- laden air delicious. Nutmeg and other equally valuable trees were everywhere growing in great profusion. The fruit of the nutmeg in appearance resembles a pear, and, when ripe, opens and displays the nut covered with a beautiful red coating of mace. The nuts are then picked from the tree, put into baskets and taken to the houses, where they are husked and placed onshelves. They are then partially roasted over a slow fire until all the moisture is extracted. After this they are cooled and carried down to the village in nets ready to be bartered to the Bugis, Arabs, and other traders who frequent the Gulf in their small prows or junkos at the proper season. { ————_—_—< >.< Why They Walk on Their Heels. From the Chicago Tribune. ‘Stand here a moment and watch,’ said an observer of human oddities at Clark and Madison streets yesterday. He was peering intently at the procession of feet through the slush of the crossing. *‘Notice the men first.’’ His eompanion did so. | +*How do they tackle the soup?’’ asked | the observer presently. | ‘Nine out of ten,’’ answered the com- 'panion, ‘‘come across on their toes. The | tenth plunges ahead in a devil-may-care, flat-footed style.”’ “Now watch the women.’’ A puzzled look of surprise spread over the face of the novice as he followed the movements of the smaller set of feet. ‘*‘Well??’? asked the observer. ‘“‘Why,’? was the response, ‘‘they all come across on their -heels—even when they wear rubbers, as most of them do.’’ “‘Now,’’ said the observer, ‘‘you have seen the best possible, because uncon- scious, illustration of the leading dif- fétences between the sexes. The men follow the natural promptings of the muscles and walk over in the way to throw them least in the slush. The women come across on their heels to preserve the appearance of the front of their shoes or rubbers.”’ a A at A Maine grocer, who has just ‘‘ex- perienced religion,’? acknowledged in meeting that he had been a hard sinner, cheating customers by adulterating his goods, etc., but, being converted, would repay any one he had wronged. Late that night he was awakened by a ring at his door bell. Looking out, he saw a man. ‘‘Who are you, and what do you want?’? he asked. “I’m Bill Jones. You said to-night you would repay those you had cheated. Give me that $100 you’ve owed me so’long.’’ ‘‘Can’t you wait till morning?’ ‘‘No, I ain’t going to wait till then and stand in line all day.’? He was paid. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—In poor demand at #1.25@$1.50 per bbl. Beans—Handlers are paying about $1.25 for un- picked and getting $1.65@31.75 for hand-picked. Butter—Creamery is in fair supply at 25@26c. — is in good demand at 18@2Ic, according to quality. Cabbages—Home giown command $3@ per 100 Celery—18@20c per doz. Cider—8@10ce per gal. . ee eenee ee barrels, $1.25; produce barrels " Candiagtion te 50 for Bell and Cherry and $7.25 for Beli and Bugle. Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried at 44%4@5c and evaporated at 6@614c Eggs—The market is still wnecrtata, handlers not daring to pay above 13c, for fear of a further downward movement, —— —More plenty, being easy at 15c@17c per Onions—Buyers pay 18@20c for good stock, and hold at 25@30e per bu. Pop Corn—2%¢ per Ib. Potatoes—The market isremarkably quiet, few shipments being made—and those at no particu- lar profit. Squash—Hubbard. 1c per Ib. a Potatoes—Kiln-dried Jerseys, $8.59 per Turnips—25e per bu. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provi- sion Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, new. BOE CI RIOR 13 00 Wxtrs clear pip, short O86... 000). 5 14 50 xara Clear, HEAVY oe. 14 50 Clear quill, hostent. 14 50 Howton clear shore@ut. 3.00... 14 50 Clean back shorbent. 2.0 14 50 Standard clear, short eut, best.............. 14 50 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 1 934 1G Mia 10% igi : te t4ibs.. 103% PONG ee 8% ' RCRG POMCICSS ee. 10 Shoulders ee 9% Boneless ee Breakfast Bacon, ponueiens ny 10 Dried Beef, eae aon 7% | Bem prices. 0020 9 houg (tears Heavy z Briskets, med Ty . ee al Dy LARD—Kettle Rendered. a 815 ee 814 solb Fig oy LARD—Compound. ee 7g soana obi Pubs. 4 3 lb. Pails, 20in a case. eee ae 5 Ib. Pails, i2in 2 Gace. 334 10 Ib. Pails, Ginacéase 753 20 Ib. Pails, im werse 7% wip tsa: Ty BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ips..)..........._ 6 73 xtra Mess, Chicago packing...............- 7 00 CE 2 xtra Plate US Boneless, rump butts eee ee 9 % Se BO. 5 50 SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Heck Sausaee % Pen SAMNAP ee 12 Tongue Sausage........_.. beep 9 Frankfort Sausage See ce eee eee 8 Bigod SaUss ee 5% Bolerna, Scraiene. 8 ee Bologna, ee 51% eee 516 PIGS’ FEET. In half barrels, 0 LS oe In quarter bartels. ....- 0 a 2 00 TRIPE. a alt) Darrel ..3 00 a 1% a 85 FRESH MEATS. IBGet, Garenss 2 SS eG hind quarters Se. 6 Gb% . fore eee sl 34@ 4 Be ee G6 Fork: lds... @ 8 o shoulders =...) se @ 6% Beroona @ 5 Hrankfort causace. @8 Blood, liver and head sausage.......... @5 Mutton =) oe ea 64@ OYSTERS and FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS IN CANS. SeAMGAPGS 90 @16 Anche... @18 Sercets ee 21 @2z Wairhaven Counts... ................ @35 OYSTERS IN BULK. SGMNGREGS 1 00 sercces. 1 40 OTOTR ee. 125 FRESH FISH, Binek Bass: @1214 PEC ee @ 8% WiienaR @ 8% Smoked Finnin Haddie, ........_...... @8 Pere @ 6 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as foll ws: STICK. Meandard: 25 lb boxes. 0. 9 Twist, = Se 914 GuskEost 2% | 2 10 MIXED Royal, 25 Ib. pails... ee lhl aol bbls 84 Extra, = ID pale: 10 eth bis 9 ici steno 2oib: pais. 11% Cut Loaf, 25 ere a gt NER Broken, aa Ba 94 OID BOIS 9 FANCY—In 5 Ib. boxes. Demon Props. 13 SOME Drone 14 PeppCemint TOPS. 14 Checoiste Prope.) ee 15 i Mt Chocormte Props. 18 Gum Prope 10 Hiconce Props. 18 AB. Bicoree Prope 2508 12 Lozenges, i 14 printed.. ee Ieperais 14 MGtiOes 15 Cromm Be 13 Motsssen Bar i 13 Carmen 19 iiand Mace Creams ooo ee 19 iain Crewms. 3... Cee Heeoratea (reams, 2 Serine HOw 14 Bernt Almonds. 22 Winterereen Berries... 00000) 14 FaNcy—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, ae 12 Ie 11 . printed, in pas es a 12% es fe oe DS 11% (Chocolate Dropeain pati. 12 Gum Drops, We pas 6 . PBS ee 5 Moss Drops, ti pate. 10 _ a mpeis 9 Nour Drops, Wi patia. . ss. oe PMmperiaig: In paws i 11% . PS 1044 FRUITS. Oranges, Hioridag, Messina re 2 a2 85 . Pe @2 %5 . es 5 soe eee ace @3 00 = Oo @2 %5 Lemons, choice as a 2 75@3 00 PARC oe 3 00@3 50 Figs, avcrs. BOW 10@15 mE OO ee @ 6 Dates, fraiis, 50 Ib........ Coe ee @ 4% - % frails, Be 1 @ 5% “ Fard, 10-lb. box eee ce. @ c ee ee 8 @ a Persian, 50-1, Dex. 202000... 6 @T% NUTS. Almonds, ——— Le eos oie es @1i7 ec , @15 . California De cee ease 14@16 DEAS 7 @%% Pperta, SHC Ye i @i1% WwW alnuts, Grenoble. Lo @12% . Mreney |... wt. @10% Reeann. texan MP. 8 @I12 Cocoanuts, er... 4 25@4 50 OHCHGOTES oe @2 5 PEANUTS. Hicctric Pighte oe @8% PORCOCES @l%, Re ae iy [oe SE Snare scene Men eiieane Rel ia @5% OC EE @6 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. 95 1. = 31 .. oe 3 OO _. 4 aoe io @ 2% 36 -22 20 45 es a if Ib. “2. 1s . . Tb. 2 ’ ao * £ * a Absolute, 4 Ib. cans, 100s..11 75 1b ™ | bs. 10 60 : 1b 50s..18 7% Telfer’s, % Ib. cans, 6 doz. 2 70 lg Ib. 3 2 ae oe 7 lb. “ 1 “oc i t 50 Acme, 44 Ib. cans, 3 doz. _. @ e Y% |b. 2 .-.. LO . ib. * "ae . a 20 Red Star, 14 Ib. cans, _ 2 > doz 45 14 Ib. 85 . tip 4 1 oO BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case. 80 Bete 2 jo American. 2doz:in ease... 65 BLUING. Gross Arctic Liq, 4-02 es _—. 2 oO ie... 7 00 ee, 10 80 r i 8-0z paper bot 7 20 - Pepper Box No. 2 300 7 4 400 é 5 9 00 BROOMS. vo 2 Hurl Oe ec. 2 00 Ce 2B 2 Carpet eee. 2 50 I No Bee coer ae ce 2% Parlor Gem... 3 00 Common Whisk............ 90 Fancy ee 1 00 a. 3 50 Warehouse. ......: 3 00 BUCKWHEAT, Kings 100'Ib. eases... |. 5 00 80 TD: eases. 3. 42 BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed... ___. 13 POMS 14 ceteenee, solid er 15 > rolls... 16 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes..... oo) ee Star, 40 ee 3% Perseme oo. 12 Wicking (6. 25 CANNED GOODs—Fish, Clams, 1 Ib, Little Neck..... 12 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib.._.. .._. 3 00 Cove Oy sters, a Ib. stand.. -1 00 2 Ib. 1.1 60 Lobsters, 1 - picnic Sec 150 1 oa 2 65 Cc 1 ib. ar... 1 90 c 2 fo. Star. 2 90 Mac ‘kerel, in Tomato Sauce. 1 Ib. stand. . 25 oe J) ae . 00 . 3 Ib. in Mustard.. .3 00 - Sib. soused...._.. 3 00 Salmon, 11b. Columbia..... 2 00 . 2 Ib. se 32 ° 4 Ib. Sacramento. . 1 30 2 Ib. 2 eo Sardines, domestic 748 os. 5 Mustard ys. . imported V4 : spiced, igs. oe 10@12 Trout, 3 lb. brook......... CANNED GooDs—Fruits. Soames. gallons, stand... .. 2 00 Blackberries, stand......... 1 00 Cherries, red standard...... 2 50 . prea -% 60 Datisens 1 00 ee Pins, stand. .......... 1 20 GOOSCBCEFIES 0.0... ts. 1 40 Grapes 90 Green Gases... 5. 1 40 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 45 eel eee on is ' re... oe Pears.. oe 1 30 Pineapples Ss... iW “1061 20 Quinees. 1 50 aspberries, extra... _ __. i 25 - Wee 2 2% Strawberries ..........1 = 25 Whortieberries,........ 4 | 12 CANNED VEGETABLES, Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... 1 80 Beans, Lima, stand........_ 1 00 © Green Eimas... @i i Saige... @ % Stringlesg, Erie. |... 0 ‘** Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 45 Cc orn, Archer’s Trophy ooo ot Morn’g Glory. ; 10 . Early Gold...1 10 Peas, Wrenen 1 25 ** (extra marrofat. @1 lu SQGke@ 7 (0 ‘ dune, stand. .... 1 40@! 50 - ee 5p French, extra fine... 14 v0 Mushrooms, extra fine..... 18 00 Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 85 Succotesh, standard... @ & Squash .. 2 Tomatoes, Red Coat... @l 10 Good Enough.. = a " Ben Har... |... ° stand br... .1 O51 10 CHEESE, Michigan Full Cream 1244@13 Sap Sago...) 8. 16@17 CHOCOLATE. Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet Premium. .... Hom-Cocoa... 37 22 : “ SBreakfast.... 48 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lumps S88 2 ee 35 Spruce 3 CHICORY, ‘apleieeier” Rio, fair, |. @18 Feed my 4@19 : prime... @2 ancy, washed 9 @2 * golden... @22 Nantes... W @21 Mexican & Guatemala19 @22 Peaberry ....:..0: 1... 0D @2 Java, Interior......... 20 Gr - Mandheling....26 v Moeha, genuine....... 25 @26 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ec. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. 1 00 Ibs Rion 2234 E im €abimets. 2314 PAlworts. 2... 223; Mapnolia 22% 30 Ibs 60 Ibs Acme... 21% 21% 22 German ee cee tec cee a 22% ee 23 aeons Ss MX 22% Money Hee. 244 7 aD 23% See 226 Tiger oe 22% COFFEE EXTRACT. Valley City................. 75 elie: oes... 110 CLOTHES LINES. Cotten, 40 f£....__. per doz. 12 . BO fe... 150 * oD f... o 1 60 . Wott... a 2 00 . SOtt...... es 2 25 Jute or... : 1 00 - i ey 1p CONDENSED MILK. Mego 7 60 MITC SWHRS. 2s 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter... .... 8 Sever 644 Weer 6% yo) 6% ao: z BORON ee 8 Cy SOG 8 Oe 614 Me OPRIEE ss le 6% City Oyster, _ 2 ee Tico... ... Ce ee CREAM TARTAR. | SYRUPs, Serictly pure... 0...) a6 | Com, barrele:. (|... .- 2U@2W CpOCern 24 | i ae half barrels... —e DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. q eae eT Apples, sun-dried..... 5Y4@ 6 Pave Sugar, Oe Ba evaporated.... 7 @ 7% | half barrel... Apricots, Oe eae 16 | SWEET GooDs, ties a. 2 x ze Mertarides: fc 14 | Ginger Snaps..........9 9% Peaches Se. a Sugar ream. ...:....9 9% Plums a | Frosted Creams....... 9% Monppermecs © =... a Graham Crackers..... 9) DRIED FRUITs—F oreign. Citron, im drum....... @23 in boxes.. @25 Carranis @5 Hemon Peel... |. 14 Orange Peel... 14 Prunes, Turkey... ._. @ 43; . Imperial... .. @6 Raisins, Valencias....714 @ 8% Ondaris:.. 84 . Domestic Layers...2 40 Loose Californias. .1 90 FARINACEOUS GOODs. Hara, 100 Ib keos..... O4 Hominy [Her Pel 4 Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.. 60 - imported... ... @10 Pearl Barley... @ 3 Peas green |... @1 40 See @ %% Sage, German......... @ 6% Tapioca, iE or pri.. @ 614 Wheat, cracked ...._. @ 6% Vermicelli, import.. @10 r domestic... @60 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ Lemon VYanills 2 oz. Panel, doz, “ 35 4 Oz. 1 22 6 oz. 2 & 3 25 No. 3 ae 1 60 No. §, “ 2 4 00 mo.10, “* ~ 200 6 00 No. 4, Taper, * 16 2 50 *% pt, Round, 4 25 7 50 a: a — 8 oo 15 00 FISH—SALT. Cod. whole |. ax (| OMMEHORA 0. Qi, Haliont 3. 12% Herring, round, \% bbl.. 2% DbI.. 1 50 Holland, "bbls... 10 00 bi Holland, kegs... @S0 = Seated |. 30 Mack. sh’ s, No. ", 1 ppl. ¢ 9 50 ' 2 Ib Kit. ft 45 ac oe ios = 4 35 caarane’ 16 DDis.... @5 50 ) Ib. kits. Se le ah ue _ 8 White,” ~ 1, te BES... |... : 12 Ib. kits... ies 0 Ib, Rigs. _ a Family, ‘“ ‘ 6 DbIS.... ¢ a eee GUN POWDER, ere os mote Kees 2 88 LAMP WICKS. NOG 30 nO a No. 2. 50 LICORICE. fae 30 Cuabra oo Se 18 MINCE MEAT Buckets . eee ee Bob 6 MOLASSES, Bisex Sivan. 16@17 Cuba Baking.. . . Sees Porto Rico.. co 24035 New Orleans, ‘good.. 1.2... Sage | choice.... ..33@40 fancy -45@48 One- half barrels, 3c extra, OATMEAL. Muscatine, Barrels .... 6 00 Half barrels.....3 15 Cases 2 232 35 ROLLED OATS Muscatine, Barrels |... 6 00 Half barrels...._3 15 Cases. = 252 35 OL. Miehiran Pee ag Water White... 108g PICKLES. Medium. ------ oe ar ) bl ee 2 i Small, bbl. oo 14 bbl... eo oS So PIPES | Cray) Noe: 216. 1 60 ' ©. B inilcount..._._. 7 Cop. Ne 3... 40 RICE, Carolina head i 6% an vO. ee No. e.-- Oeee Be: 5 ee SALERATUS, Deband’s, pure. ..: |... | Sig Cturch’s, Cap Sheaf.... «5 Dywients.-. oS MAviors:.. 3... oS SALT Common Fine per bbl....... 39 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 25 = pocket ee 2 6 el 215 — eee 22 Ashton bu. bags i ys" Hic = is Warsaw ‘“ ee 37 SAL SODA. er 1% cae. pexes.... 1% SAPOLIO. Kitchen, 3 doz. i bOx..... 2 25 Hand, 3 a 2 35; SAUERKRAUT. Silv er Thread, = gal. __.. SS oe Ses 4 50 SE ee Mexed bird = 414 Carawey 10 Canary 4 Meme 4 mee. . 8% ape 4% Mustre rer SNUFF. Scotch, in biadders.........37 Macecaboy, in jars... ..._.. 35 French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SOAP, Dingman, 100 bars.......... 400 Don’t Anti-Washboard..... 475 AMO 3 a} Gucen Anne... 3 85 German family...) 00... 2 40 Big Barca 1 87 SODA, Hoxee 54 Kegs, English.. 434 aa ee, TInee oe 10 Cassia, China in mats....... 7% . Batavia in bund....11 “ Satgon in rolis...... 2 Cloy es, Ampbeyna......_...- 30 Daneibar oi 24 Mace Batavia... ... a INutmegs, fancy...:......... 70 . NG fo. 65 _ Nae 60 Pepper, Singapore, black....18% white..... 28. sn ShO6.. 0. 21 sPicEs—Ground-—-In Bulk. AIRIOG 15 Cassia, Batavia Stee el eee a. 20 and Saigon.25 fe Sateen. 42 Cloves, Ayabeyna.........- 35 28 Ginger, i 121% Coen 15 ie Semiagen 18 Miace Batayea. 80 Mustard, English ecco ces se 2 and Trie. 25 _ Cie ee 27 Nutmers, Noe 70 Pepper, Singapore, binck. .. 22 WHite. .-. 30 -: Cayenne. 0... 25 STARCH. Mystic, - 1b. ge 2 barrels 6 SUGARS, Cat toat. o: 2... @, 8% Ces @ 75% Powdered . a @ 75% Granulated, H. &E. 8, @ 74 Knight’s..7 06@ Confectionery A...... @7 Diageo 4. ......... 64@ 6% No. 1, White Extra C.. @ 65% Wo. 2 extra C..... |. @ 6% No. tC, poigen........ @ 6% No. 4 ©, dari... .... @ 6 Nese @ 5% | Oatmeal Crackers. . TOBACC os—Plug. Cerna oo eeaes Commer Sone... 2... 3s Double Pedro Pench ie 46 Wedding Cale, bik... 40 Something Good... 4p VPOUSeCO 4 TEAS. e JAPAN—Regular. el ee 2 b15 le . = Choice. . --24 @28 Ghotees 30 @33 SUN CURED, et 12 @I5 Coe 16 @20 CNeiee 24 @B Cheese iy 0 @33. BASKET FIRED, __ Fair . : @20 ae @2- Choicest,... ||. @35 Extra choice, wire leaf @40° GUNPOWDER. i Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest... 50 @65- Choicest fancy......__ 7 @B85 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 20 @35. Superior tofine........ 40 @50 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair.. -18 @26 Superior to fine....... ..30 G10" OOLONG. Common to fair....... 2 @30 Superior to fine....... 30 @50 Fine to choicest.......55 @65 ENGLISH BRE ‘AKFAST. ee 2 @30 Choice. -.80 @35 cee 55 @65. Tea Dis 8 @10 TOBACCOs—Fine Cut. Sweet Pippin... |. 50. Five and Seven... 50 Hiawatha 68- mweee Cuba. 45 Petoskey Chief.. 55 Sweet Russet........_. 40 ese 42 Florida eee ee. 65 mone teat 66 Hed Domino... 38 Swamp Angel... .... | 49 TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS. $ 2 > per hundred eee ecu, 2 59 EE 3 00 $10" oa ee 4 OU $20, ‘ Se 5 06 Subject to the following dis- counts: SeOrever ____. 5 per cent 500 oo ee P “a 10 et 20 - VINEGAR. Se 9 ee 16 0) jg eee il MISCELLANEOUS, Cocoa Shells: bulk. .....__. Jelly, 30-lb, pails. oe Sage PAPER, WOOr DENWARE. i PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as follows: eee 13g © dent rT Cen eue Dugar |... os — Rag Sugar . 2% Hardware. eee ee Bakers ...__. ee Dry Goods.. 5 Jute Mania 8 Red E -XPTeSS, No. 1. 9 No. 2.. eee 4 TWINES, 48 Cotton. i Cotton, No. 2.. uo oe oo soe Sea Island, assort deg 0 40 Mo. GHemy 16 Nase... 7 Woe 7% WOODENWARE. i Tubs, BO.4. « & NG. Be 6 75 ". Nes... -o % Pails, No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 60 - Ne iq three-hoop.... 1 %5 Clothespins, 5 Ser DOMGH.... 60 Bowls, 11 inch eee ce. 1 06 So es 1 23 i * - 200 ee 2 assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 - - 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75 Baskets, WGEweE 40 Guster... 1 60 ‘* with covers 1 90 . willow cr ths, No.1 5 50 No.2 6 06 “ “ “N03 700 splint " Not Ss te a Co No.2 4 & ’ . “« Nas 5 6} GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. White 1 0 cee 98. FLOUR. Straight, in saeks......... 5 00 . ' Gerels........ & 2 Patent “ sdeks... |. 6 00 _ ' Berrels....... 6 26 MEAL, Bete oo. 2 oo Granulated... . 3 00 MILLSTUFFS, Bae 14 00 oe 15 50 Berceniics 14 00 Meigiings. 8... 17 OO Mixed Weed 2... : . 17 % CORN. Seal lote. 36 Car ge ot OATS. small 1oms 30 Car a 28 RYE, No. 1, per 00 lbs... .:.... 2 BARLEY. —7..... 1 30 ie 1 10 HAY. Nee 14 00 MO eee 13 06 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. Green 4@4% — Cmred oo. @ 4% Fu a 446@ 5 a eee 5 @6 — ips . s, 5 @6 Ca. fskins, ereen...... 3 @4 cur 144@ 5 Peaconsking........._ 10 @ 46 off for No. 2. PELTS. SHAE 6)... 10 @30 Estimated wool, per ® 20 @2S FURS. Mitek 3... 1 08 y 50@5 00 Martin, dark.......... 25@4 00 pate...) .. 10@1 50 ier. 50@9 75 War... 50@4 00 Pa... W@30 00 Beaver. oo 50@8 00 eeerer sk, 5@1 00 Deerskins, per lb...... 5@ 40 MISCELLANEOUS. TO 4 @4% Grease butter.........5 @8% S@Hones 6... a a ae Ginseng... ...... i "2 00@2 10 \%2 Drugs s Medicines. State ‘Board oo Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Geo. McDonald Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Next Meeting—At the lecture room of Hartman’s Hall, Grand Rapids, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles. Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; W. Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson, Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. A. Bas- A. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Derroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. Musxegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, Geo. L, LeFevre. Secretary, G. W. Hoye. The Apothecary. David T. J. Fuller in Pharmaceutical Era. The majority outside of the retail drug business have a very erroneous idea of it. They behold a store full of handsomely gilt labeled bottles and large show cases containing beautiful fancy goods, toilet articles of all kinds, such as cut glass bottles, pungents, ivory sets, and a hun- dred other things that please the eye, with the neat, gentlemanly and often handsome clerk to wait on them, and think, ‘‘well, what more could one ask in the retail business?’’ ‘*Then, the profits,’ they say, ‘‘why you buy goods for a dollar andsell them for two or three hundred per cent. more, not to speak of prescriptions which are nearly all profit.’ That is how it looks to most outsiders, but to those within the circle how very different! In the first place it is now almost as difficult to become an apothecary in a city asto be a physician. The would-be- apothecary must go through a regular course of study, pass his examination and obtain his diploma, just as in any other profession, and to do this requires a good preliminary education, part of which must be actual experience in a drug store. Then, after his college tourse is ended, and he procures a situation he finds himself in a business where the greatest care, most assiduous attention and longest hours are exacted, and at the same time the smallest salary is paid, sometimes so small as te barely furnish the necessities of life, and putting out -of the question entirely the chance of ever getting married if he has to support the wife. Promotion is very slow, and usually amounts to but little except an increase ef responsibility. I have known a clerk with wife and family, live on ten dollars @ week, but after buying his own clothes (for the clerk must always look neat, even nice), the family were compelled to live very poorly. Now, of course, if the business was as profitable as many suppose the proprietor, for his own sake, would pay his clerks better, for most proprietors have been clerks and know how it is themselves. But it does not pay well, and I know many owners of drug stores who keep up a little show of good living and even style, just ‘‘by the. skin of their teeth,’’ and find it very hard to ‘‘keep their heads above water.’’ There are many reasons for this: ‘To begin with, they have large rents to pay. They want their stores as conspicuous as possible for they depend largely on tran- sient trade. In order to accomplish this they try to get a store on some good cor- ner, and they need a showy front, some- thing to attract. the passer by. Every one knows stores of that kind command the largest rents. Then the fixtures are a very great item, and it takes the profits often of more than a year, yes, sometimes of two or three to pay that, and the patent medicines and fancy goods are sold in so many places other than drug stores, and at such low prices that the profits are cut down to, in some cases, a mere nothing. In prescriptions there is avery good profit, not as much, though, as many im- agine. There are about 700 apothecary shops in New York City, and only a very few of them do a large prescription bus- iness, the balance is divided among so many as to give to none enough to get rich on. Suppose a store puts up twenty-five new prescriptions a day (and that is more than most of them do), and gets fifty cents each for them (that is a large aver- age, too), the amount realized is $12.50, make it very large, and say 150 per cent. of that is profit, $9.38 it is not much of a sum, say the sales‘of everything amount to $40 (and this is placing it high) a day, -deduct rent, gas, fuel, the wages of two clerks, one boy, and a porter, interest on money invested in fixtures and dead stock, and you will have very little left. The store that manufactures proprie- tary articles naturally makes the most money, for the salesman can often sell them when other things for the same pur- pose are asked for, and he has no middle- man’s profit to pay on them. Generally, { would rather take a nostrum prepared by the apothecary than those that are so largely advertised, for the former are made by more skillful persons and ina ‘more careful manner. Ialways feel profoundly sorry for a young man who chooses the profession of apothecary. The, hours are so contin- uous that he has hardly any time thas he can call his own. In many cases in the city he has absolutely no time, for he sleeps in the store, and is liable to be rung out of his bed any hour of the night, buteven when not so, his hours are from 8 in the morning until half-past 10 or 11 o’clock at night; what time, pray, for recreation in the intervening hours ? As he inereases in years, he is almost sure to become narrow minced and cyn- ical and has little ambition beyond his daily routine. If, when a young man first enters the business, he discloses a taste for chemistry, itis promptly nipped in the bud by his employer for fear he may waste drugs in gratifying that taste. Certainly, the business side, what has not ? has its bright | The strangest char- | acters are always dropping in, and the} remarkable tales from old women and | young damsels poured into the ear of the | sympathetic clerk give the student of | human nature a good chanee to study. But sometimes after he has heard the} most woeful tale, he is almost willing to | exchange life with them, for an apoth- | ecary’s life as a general thing is a pleasant nor remunerative one. | the neither | A Word of Caution. From the Druggists’ Bulletin. We have authentic advices that the country is shortly to be flooded with a supply of spurious cascara sagrada bark, gathered at an unfavorable season. It is unfortunate that the well established and enviable reputation of this, one of the foremest drugs in the materia medica, should be menaced by such a danger, and it is therefore but just that the matter be directed to the attention of every thought- ful pharmacist. The fact that those manufacturers who are dependent upon the open market for their supplies of the drug are now seriously embarrassed owing to the scar- city of it, is well evidenced by the in- crease in the price of the fluid extract which they have recently made. ‘Their endeavors to obtain supplies have stimu- lated inexperienced collectors on the Pacific coast, and this inferior bark is foisted upon the drug trade as a conse- quence. Those who are instrumental in procuring the drug, do not hesitate to say that it has been peeled from the trees since the sap accumulated in the roots. Now as the remedy is generally supposed to be to a great extent, dependent for its action upon a glucoside, even if these supplies were from the true purshiana, they would lack this principle, for most of it will remain stored in the roots either as such, or in a nascent condition, until the sap again begins to flow. Fur- thermore, cascara sagrada should never be used within one or two years after gathering, for like other representatives of the rhamnus family, objectionable and griping effects result from the use of the fresh drug. This fact has been es- tablished beyond a peradventure, and pharmacists and physicians should there- fore look well tothe brand of fluid ex- tract which they hereafter purchase else disappointment will certainly result from its administration. — << ____ Sophistiscation of Gums. Referring to sophistication in gums, a contributor to the columns of an exchange has the following: The distinction between gum Arabic and Senegal is difficult and chiefly made by the eye. When gum Arabic is pow- dered and mixed with starch, the latter is detected by adding a drop of iodine, which then produces a_blackish-blue eolor. Senegal Arabic, which is sub- classified as Turkey gum, Indian gum, etc., is more apt to turn sour in solution, and the inferior gums form ropy masses instead ef a smooth, uniform mucilage. Cherry gum is used to sophisticate the more valuable kinds. It clots and dis- solves slowly and imperfectly. Traga- eanth possesses the peculiar property that it is only made imperfectly turbid by the addition of alcohol, in which it differs from the true gums. If asample is dissolved in hot water, and adultera- tion with gum Senegal or Arabic is sus- pected, tincture of guaiacum produces a blue color. Gum Mezquite, the product of Western Texas and New Mexico. seems to be looked upon with favor by some authorities; but surely it cannot now be classed as ‘‘the product of an unknown tree.’’ Yellow gum, it seems, has almost entirely dissapeared from the London market, where it was known as ‘*Botany Bay resin,’’ and largely used in making varnishes. It was also used to make pic- ric acid from, but those yellow crystals are now mostly produced from carbolic acid, which is cheaper for the purpose that silk waste, leather clippings, and erude coal tar. ~~. Kauri Gum. The workers in the Kauri gum fields of New Zealand use a spear in their opera- tions in order to ascertain if gum be present. It isin the form of a steel rod with a wooden handle. The rod is thrust into the ground, and if gum is discovered the whole spot is dug over until the find is exhausted. The gum usually occurs in rough pieces of the size of ahen’s egg, looking like a piece of very rough clay. This, when the outside is scraped off, is the Kauri gum usually met with in trade and worth 535 cents per hundred weight on the spot. The smaller pieces are only washed and dried and do not bring nearly such a good price. The scrapings are used for making fire lighters and are worth 20 cents for a large sackful. The gum fusing and burning soon sets the sticks and logs on fire, and gives off a white smoke and aromatic smell. Some- times lucky finds are made of pieces weighing a hundred weight or more, of transparent and almost colorless gum. They are generally found near the de- cayed roots of a tree, probably the gum of the original tree. ‘This is worked into ornaments for personal adornment. It is easily worked into shape with a knife, and polished with a soft rag and kerosene oil. Large masses of the gum are at times found exuding from the living trees, but this is not so good for varnish making asthe fossil gum. The Kauri gum industry gives employment to three or four thousand men, who earn in dis- tricts where the gum is fairly plentiful $8 to S10 per week. —__-—— 2 a> Unwarranted Delay. THe TRADESMAN agrees with the Phar- maceutical Era in the following criticism of the Secretary of the State Pharma- ceutical Association : Five months have passed since the an- nual meeting of this Association, and as yet the proceedings have not been issued. In this vicinity considerable speculation is being indulged in anent the reason for the delay. If the Association wishes to hold its own with other similar bodies, it must not delay its reports so long that they become of no value, fit only for the waste-basket. a The Drug Market. Chlorate potash has declined and the tendency is still lower. Shellacs are ad- vancing. Opium is easier. Quinine, foreign brands, have declined. Cassia buds are advancing. —_— 9 << is your family physician, Freddy ?”? asked Mrs. Hendricks of the Brown boy. ‘‘Weain’t got none,’’ said boy. ‘‘Pa’s a homeopath, ma’s an allopath, sister Jane is a Christian Scien- tist, grandma and grandpa buys all the quack medicines going, Uncle James be- lieves in massage, and brother Buillisa horse doctor. “Who Science in a Nutshell. The movement of glaciers in summer is found to be four times that made in the winter. One ton of coal is capable of yielding an amount of force equivalent to that of six and two-thirds men. The preservation of rails in use is due to the formation of magnetic oxide pro- duced by the compression of the rust on the metal. In testing forty-two boys between nine and sixteen years of age for color blind- ness, not one made an error in matching the colors Cryolite for making candles is brought from Greenland, where important and little known mining operations are car- ried an. Experiments carried on at Astrakan show that the culture of the silk worm eould be carried on as far north as the mouth of the Volga. Recent researches show that the elec- trical organs are really modified muscu- lar organs of the terminations of nervous structures in muscles. The vegetable matter in the sea to the westward of the Azores has been found to contain a large amount of fish and other life-sustaining substances. The New England Meteorological So- ciety proposes a loan exhibition of me- teorological apparatus, photographs, ete., in connection with its fourteenth regular meeting in Boston. The danger from gases only in connec- tion with house drainage are said to be comparatively to avoid, the main consideration being a continuous thorough ventilation of the pipes. There are propositions in France to construct canals from Bordeaux to the seaboard of the Atlantic and from Nar- bonne to the Mediterranean: total length, 330 miles: cost, $130,000,000. To the changed condition of a vessel’s magnetism by induction during a lengthy voyage may be attributed the loss of more vessels than is usually thought to be the case among maritime men. Dr. Rutgers, of England, after an ex- tensive series of dietetic experiments, declares that a vegetable diet can easily be lived on, and that vegetable albumen is, weight for weight, equal to animal albumen. Professor Geddis calls attention to two tendencies in organic evolution—the veg- etative and the reproductive—and asserts that evolution is the result of the uni- versal subordination of the former to the latter. In the new process of metal plating the inventor does away with batteries and dynamos and depends upon a double electrical composition; in copper plating east iron an alkaline bath is used in place of an acidulated one. One of the chief features of the use of paper fabric for building purposes is the ease with whichit can be worked into sheets of any required width or thickness that will not be affected by changes of temperature or humidity. At arecent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, the Prince of Monaco road a paper demonstrating the possibility of shipwrecked people, who have taken to the boats and are without provisions, being able to sustain life with what they could catch ina drag net trailing over- board over night. ~~~ The Claims of Competition. From Scribner’s Magazine. Nothing is clearer than that rivalry and competition are not merely actual but inevitable elements of human life. And, therefore, is it our wisdom not to pretend that they do not exist, and even less to pretend that there is something so naughty in them that they ought not to exist, and, least of all, to pretend that though they are naughty, they are never- theless necessary, and we must compete and strive and struggle to excel and out- wit our neighbor just as hard as we ¢an, only taking care not to let anybody see what we are doing, or suspect in us the competitive spirit. In a word this just one of those questions which wants to be ventilated with astrong breeze of candid and courageous common sense, and there could be no fitter moment for opening the windows and letting sucha breeze blow through than just now. Let us understand, then, that competition—a strife to excel, nay, if you choose, down- right rivalry—has a just and rightful place in the plan of any human life. A prize fight is probably the most disgust- ing spectacle on earth, but it has in it just one moment which very nearly ap- proaches the sublime; and that is when the combatants shake hands with each other and exchange that salutation as old as the classie arena, ‘‘May the best man win.’’ It is the equitable thing that the best man should win. When we turn to the most august and eventful conflict which human history records, we find it described as the winning of a prize, the reaching of a goal, the conquest of an adversary. Of course, it is possible to suppose such athing as a life without rivalries and competitions, and to look forward to a time when, amid other con- ditions, they will be at once needless and ineongruous, but in such a life as ours is now—in a life, that is to say. which so plainly has discipline and education for its end—to take all rivalry and competi- tion out of it would be to rob it of one of the mightiest and most wholesome agen- cies for the ennobling of human char- acter. easy is Ee Salicylic acid is used in certain parts of France to preserve eggs, it being claimed not to penetrate the shell, but simply to act as an antiseptic on the egg surroundings. It-has been proven, how- ever, that it does penetrate the shell and soon permeates the albumen and yolk of the egg. In the white it may be de- tected by beating the albumen with a little water, the liquid afterward being acidulated and shaken with ether, when the acid may easily be identified by the usual tests. The yolk should first be coagulated by heat, when the same pro- cess may be employed. i Couldn’t Attend to Everything. “ve got a complaint to make,’ said an office boy to his employer. ‘“What is it??’ “The bookkeeper kicked me, sir. I don’t want 10 bookkeeper to kick *me.’’ “Of course he kicked you! You don’t expect me to attend to everything, do you? I can’t look after all the little de- tails of the business myself.’’ icin am Price — ACIDUM. CCCI 2k. 8@ 10 Benzoicum, German.. 80@1 00 PORROIe 8 oo ‘ Coc ........_.. 40@ 45 Cigiewm 622... 55@ 60 Hivaroehior.....:...-. SQ 5 Natpoeum ...-.... 2. 10@ 12 Oxareren ool se 13@ 14 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Savevncum §...-...2.. 1 46@1 80 SHiphuriewn —...-...- 1y%@ 5 Paneewm 1 40@1 60 Tartaricum........-..- 4x 50 AMMONIA. Aqua, 1G dee... -- 3@ - 5 a8 dese. .:. 4@ 6 @arbenas ...-_.:....- uN@ 13 Chioridum ........_..- 122@ 14 ANILENE. Bigek. 2-2 2 00@2 25 Brown 2...-. 0-0-2... 80@1 00 mee 45@ 50 Vellow ..... |... 2 aes BACCAE. Oubeae (po. 1 60. .-.--- 1 85@2 00 Juniperie ae 1 Xanthoxylum.....--.- 25@ 30 BALSAMUM. Copaiba .. eee Perm... 4...) Terabin, Canada ..... (omtan |... 5... -. -- CORTEX. Abies, Canadian. Cassiae Cinchona Flava .....------- Euonymus atropurp......-- Myrica Cerifera, po......--- Prunes Vireini.......-. -- oe Quillaia, See Sassafras Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ a po.- BQ Haematox, 15 Ib. box.. 11@ cnt 18@, ue es... 14@, 6.....--.- 16@ FERRUM. Carbonate Precip...... @ Citrate and Quiniz.... = Citrate Salubie.....--: @ Ferrocyanidum So!.... @ Solut Chierime.....--- @ Sulphate, com'l....... 14@ ue pure... ‘ G@ FLORA. Armies... - 14@ Anmtpermis (200-0... -. 30@ Matricaria ...........- 30@ FOLIA Barosma .......-..--- 10@ Cassia Aci a“ Tin- aL nivelly,. ee 25@, Lb. 35G Salvia offic inalis, 1448 gm 168...--.. 2... 10@ Ura Urs... .-_._... s@ GUMML. Acacia, Ist — oe 2d a vk . 3d 0 @ : sifted sorts.. a ey pe..:... _-..- eG Aloe, Barb, (po. 60) . DOD, t¢ © Cape, (pe. 20) -. - a & Socotri, (po. 60) . @ 580 Catechu, 1s, (8, 14 45, fey Te @ 13 Ammoniae .... sense 25H 30 Assafeetida, ’ po. Shh @ 15 Benzoinum _ 0@ 55 Camphore ......---- 35@ 38 Euphorbiu po.....-.- 35@ 10 Gains. ..........- @ 80 Gampore, po.......--- S0@, 9% Guaiacum, (po. 45)..-. @ 44 Kino, (po, 25)...------ @ 2% Mastic . ee @1 00 Myrrh, (po aya @ 40 Opii, (pc. 4 7%) - 3 20@3 30 Shella¢g |. |... 2.5, * 20@ 35 . bleached...... °3qG 320 ‘recnenmcl .--...-_-- - 0@, 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. Abeintpium.2..-.......-4.-- 25 Eupatormm _....--_- 1. Popes ..:.2...-.. - 4. 25 Majorum.... oe 28 Mentha Pipe ee es a Vir... oe mo o, ........ 30 Tanaceium, ¥.:.....--.------ 22 Minynds, Vo... 25, MAGNESIA. Calcined, Pat... 5@, 60 Carbonaic, Fat ....- 0@ 2 Carbonate, K.& M.... W@ 2% Carbonate, Jennings... 35@ 36 OLEUM. : ADsinthium._.. |. - .5 00@5 50 Amyedalae, Duic...... 45@ Ta Amydalae, Amarae....7 20@7 50 As 2 0O@2 10 Auranti Cortex....... @2 50 Bergamii __.....2 as oO Cajiputi ... - 90@1 00 Caryopnylli ...... as G2 OO Cedar. -... 2 Som be Cnenopoai 6040.0...) | Ge Cinnamon .......-_.- 95@1 00 Citronella: @ Conium Mee... .-. -. 35@ 65 Co —- Ce 90@1 OC Cupebsae, 15 0G16 00 Execcninitos.....-.- 90@1 00 ice _...._........ a 20@1 30 Gaultheria . ...- nice Jo Geranium, ounce. _—e @ @® Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 0G, TD Medcoma ............. 1 15@1 25 Jeniper:...-........ hae OS avenduia ........ 90@2 GO Eimonis. 0.0.2. 1 WO@2 00 Mentha Piper...._... .- 2 15@3 7 Mentha Verid.........3 O@3 3 Morrhnse, cal... ._. 80@1 00 Murcia cuirce....____. a 50 Clive 1 00@2 %5 Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) 10@ 12 ici |... e. 9@1 10 ROSIBREIN 0 6 TH@1 00 losae, ounce........_. @6 00 Secemr 40@, 45 Sepina 9O0@1 00 BOMeAL 0 8 3 SOG 00 Sassafras. ... || 55@ 66 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 ee @1 50 aiygme ..-. 40@ Bw i po @ 60 Pheopramas........_. . 1 Ww POTASSIUM. Po a 5 18 Bichromate ......._.. . 156@ 16 Bromide... .....:..... 31@ _Declined— Opium. Cer 2. 120 35| Avtipyrin: (2: 7.* 1 35@1 # oe (D0: 2)... =. :. 18@ 20| Argenti Nitras, ounce @ Cyvemee oo... SOG, 551 Arsenicum ............ 5, . POGIGCS es. 2 85@3 00] Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 28@ 36] Bismuth S. N. ..2 15@2 25 Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15} Calcium C hlor, ‘Is, “(és etass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 i. es, Ae a 9 Potass Nitras... Cantherides Russian, PYUSSUte ce. DOC @1 % SULpHALG PO... 6... Cc apsici Fructus, at. @ 18 0. @ 16 RADIX. “ = ( $2 14 COU amy @ 25} Cary yophy llus, (po. 30) 28 ASCO R 25@ 30] Carmine, No. 40....... @3 wo AMeHURA LL. S@ 20] Cera Alba, 5S. &F..... 50@, 55 ATM BO. ® 2| Cera Biava 0 28@ 30 Calamus.. 0 20 50) Coeems @ 40 Gentiana, (po. 15). pe 10@ 12} Cassia Fructus........ @ 15 Gly chrrhiza, (py. 15)... 76@ 18) Cemtrarm =... @ 10 Hydrastis Canaden, perpen oa @ 35 Ce Boy @ 60 oro OFM oo 50@ 55 Beles, Ala, po 15@ W -. : @1 00 Inula po 1x@ 20] Chloral Hyd Crst. 50@1 75 Inecse poe 00.) 2 40@2 50} Chondrus .... 10@ 12 os plox (po. 20@2z: 13@ 20 Cinchonidine, rb ‘EW + I 20 Jalapa, _ es he lau se 1@ & rerman 5@ 12 Maranta:) %6..).. 01): @ 35| Corks, list, dis. per Podophyllumn, pO)... 1K@ 18 ; Cen G 60 4. Brench. (7. 40@, 60 Anisum, (po. 20)...... @ 15; Glassware flint, 75 per cent. Apium (graveleons).. 10@ 12 by box 6624, less Bicd is... 4@, 6| Glue, BrOW nM (00/001. 9@ 15 Carui (po. 18). .2. PQ 15 ee 1L3@ 25 Cardamon 00... 1 06@1 25) Glycerina 18@ 22 Corlandram........... 10@ 12 a a es @ 15 Cannabis Sativa....... 34@ 4 Cio) a 25@ 40 Cyontnia 22: Ta@1 00 Hydraag Chlor Mite. . @ 8 Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 Cor a @& Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 Ox Rubrum @ % Foeniculum........... @ ny Ammoniati.. _ @1 10 oe po... .: 4 © = a 45@, = Me @ 4% ae > 65 Lini, grd, (bbl. 4 )... 44@4% ee obolla, Am..__. 1 = B1 50 Mopelia. 8 som 40) Indigo... 1 00 Pharlaris Canarian.... 34@ 4% _ Resupl.......2 4 00@4 10 Ape om Gi eacrom............. @5 15 Sinapis, Albu... __. S 9) Enpalin: 85@1 00 “ Nigra 000! 11@ 12 ao ee — = Ree @ 8 SPIRITUS. Liquor Arscn et Hy- Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 Grere TOG. 06... @ 2 a DF ei. Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 1 ee 1 os, Sulph (bbl Juniperis Co. O. re Mae ia SF eee. en. é : an Siete I ee a Saacharum N. E...... 17% Morphia, S. ae 2 W...2 55@2 80 Spt Vini Gali... __. 1% ao SN. ¥. @. & eee Vani Oporto... 1 EO I@Q2 7 Vint Ape 1 Moschus Canton...... @ 40 i Myristica, No.1... 7 SPONGES. Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Os. Sepia... = 29 Florida sheeps’ Woo! | Si cee nen “i ‘ carriage. 2KR2 50 — Saac, H. & P. D con Nassau “sheeps’ Ww or ee ce ae Sees enreiage 00 0 2 00 Piels Lig, N. C., % gal ee Velvet extra ‘sheeps’ es - zt wool cCarriage....... t 16 Picis Lig. aia Ln S 0 y - a yet . ( ‘ eo sheeps . vi Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ 3 CO: i 2 pont 5 — sheeps’ wool car- ie Pines Alba (nee g = PIGS i) : pi Hard for slate use.... 7 Pix Burgun. | G [ Yellow Reef, for slate Plumbi — 14@ 15 rape : ae 1 40 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 es ae Pyrethrum, boxes H SYRUPS. & PE. D. Co. doa... _. @1 2% heHerh 50 Eyrethrim py....... 55q@, 60 Per | 50) CSS 8@ 10 hi a 6 Quinia, RPeew.... 45@ 50 oe Pa le aa ep S. German. 31@ 40 er en a . tubian Tinetorum.__._ 12@ 14 : 7) So) Saccharum LACtis Dy. 35 | he ArOm 001.0 1.1... | OO Saiaein 2 50@2 75 Similax Officinalis, weet es 60 Sanguis ‘Draconis....._ 40@ 50 Bee Co...... po Santionime ........._. @4 50 Bee eee 5 Sapo, eo ae SOIC 50 M. @ 10 Oe 30 : a 15 os. Oe han Mec) | a of : ay econ ae eidlitz Mixture...... G@ B Prunus ying... .-.. | op ade @ 18 TINCTURES. ee @ 30 : ee Snuff, Maccaboy, De Aconitum Napellis R:...... 60 Weee 2. @ 3 o " Ho oO | Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 Aloes. |. 60/ Soda Boras, (po.12). . 11@ 12 " and my a a 00 | Soda et Potass Tart... 33@ 35 rica nn D0) BOGH CAPD: 0.660... | Sey ee Agatetida. lt tttit(‘##NCWC Wr SsedaypiCarp...:... 4@ 5 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 | Sods. Ash: 3@ 4 Benzoin. a 60} | Neda, Srlghas | 0). |. @ 2 a C 0. eee oO 1 Spts. Ether Co ......_. 0G 55 Sangulnaria... a” Myreia Dom..... @2 00 | Barosma ..... 50 | Miyrcia Imp... _. @2 30} Cantharides... ase Vini Rect. bbl. | Capsicum ...... 20 | Se W211 Cardaimon... me) Less 5c gal., cash ten is . Ce -. ((9| Stryechuia C rystal __.. — Ses ..1 00) Shtphur, Subl....|.... 234 = OCatecau .... eae op as Roll Cmenons 20. 8 50 aes oe oe ve a... 60} Terebenth Venice..... Columba ee 0) Theopromac _........ 50@, Comiam .......: eee | EO 9 00@16 OD ee 50] Zinei Sulph ee eee 1@ 8 Bistalis = | Oe aes a Lee = Bbl. Gai ae Coan Ps Whale, winter... __. 70 q unee eee ime) exeea ee 90 ARSC 50 = pa bade re ea 60 tord Net... 50 55 ee ee | Linseed, pure raw.... 58 61 Zimerper ... 0... oe : ; . : Her ene 30 Lindseed, boiled..... 61 64 iodine ae 5 Neat’s Foot, winter és Galatea “5 Strame@ 000. a. 50 69 4 PT |i ee) io | i es Yo de ~ in = y. 7 re) na Ferr: Chioridunm......_.._.. 35 Spirits Turpentine. --. bbl. - Miso. 50 PAINTS. D : Popeia 50} Red Venetian. ---.1% 2@3 Ms y = ee 50 | Ochre, yellow plats... 1m es Hx Vomicn. 50 I...... i TE g5| Putty, commercial....244 2%4@3 < Camphorated. |...) 50) | Steletiy pure. ___. 216 24@3 ve Deoder ce 200} ¥ — Prime Amer- ia Aumener Cortex = 50 Se ID nase 59| Vermilion, English.... T0@7%5 Rhatany .................... 50] Green, Peninsular..... T0@i5 en a 50 | Lead, pee ee CxGT ib Onssia ACutifol...... |... o...LlUL.lU eee ‘A “ “ Co x) | Whiting, w mite Span. . @ Serpentaria (0000 59} Whiting, Gilders’.... .. @9% Siramonirn 60| White, Paris American 1 00 Tolatan 60} W. hiting, Paris Eng. cud Valerian .._. .. 50 Ch a Veratrum Veride.. 50 dias coigest genta — 20@1 4 wiss Villa Prepare MISCELLANEOUS, Faings ........ . ae 1 1 20 Ether, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 26@ 8 VARNISHES. : a " 25. S0@ 321 No. 1 Turp Coach... - 1 10@1 20 A lame@n 20... a So acee. | 24@ og | xtra Purp... |... 66@1 70 oy groun (po. 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