2 The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1889. NO. 289. Raton, Lyon & Go. Base Balls, Rubber Balls, Marbles. Base Ball Bats, Fishing Tackle, Archery. BOXING GLOVES. STATIONERY. Raton, Lyon & Go,, 20 and 22 Monroe St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CREOLE STRAIGHT CUT. To all Merchin‘'s Handling Cigarettes: Anew ere re noel ere reached whereby all dealers selling cigarettes may now make a larger profit than heretofore on any other brand. The CREOLE STRAIGHT CUT. 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. The same 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 yeu will find it a big seller. Sold by all Grand Rapids jobbers, and manu- factured by S. F. HESS & CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Manaf’rs of High Grade Cigarettes. KDMUNDB. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, ih CANAL SY., Grand Rapids, Look Out For (sC0.4. Warren ae ©oO.s New a Cent Cigar. Ich. F. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF And Salt Fish. Mail orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BowNE, President. GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts af Country Merchants Solicited. WALKS - GOODYEAR and Connecticut Rubbers. THE PARAGON Misses’ and Children’s, Heels and Spring Heels. G. R. Mayhew, 86 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. DO YOU WANT A SHOWCASE? in Ladies’, SPECIAL OFFER-—This style of oval case; best quality; all glass, heavy double thick; panel or sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges; solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal corners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings; 6 feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price, $11, net cash. I make the same style of case as above, 17 inches high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot. Boxing and cartage free. 12.. 2. ANI. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. G. M. MUNGER & CO.. GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry. Mail and Express orders attended to with promptness. Nice Work, Quick Time Satisfaction Guar anteed. W. E, HALL, Jr., - - ~ DANIEL LYNG Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO,, Manager. Manufacturer of Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powder, Blhuing, Ete. And Jobber of Grocers and Draggists’ Stndries Call and inspect our new establishment when in the city. 19 8. IONIA ST. oT HE APOTHECARYS BRAND. alee CUBAN.HAND MADE.HAVANA.CIGARS 1088 Sof ae FREE PRESS EW Isfree from AR TIFICIAL FLA- VOR ING, is a ci- “1.08 Doctores’” rane: fire, contains one-third more pure Hav ana tobac- co than any ten-cent Key West or two for 25 cents imported cigar you can get. FREE SMOKING, MILD AND RICH. For Sale by 20,000 Druggists throughout the 1.3. a. 3. 1. Cigar. The Very Best Nickel Cigar in America. Haseltine & Perkins Drug C0., Whoiesale Agts.,Grand Rapids illers, 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., a S S q,, 9 yew o@k Sea ~~ o PN Os a. aS S 8 BEANS 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. “FLOR DE MOEBS,” Straight 10c. “BEN HU,” “Record Breakers” AND “Detroit Sluggers,” Favorite 5-Centers. 3 for 25c. Sold by Dealers Kverywhere, ASK FOR THEM. MANUFACTURED BY GEO. MOEBS & C0, 92 WOODWARD AVE., DETROIT. Show Case MAKERS. QUALITY THE BEST. WV rite for Prices. 65 CANAL ST. H. BRAGH, WHOLESALE DEALER IN GRAIN, SEEDS, BALED HAY, MILL FEED and PRODUCE. BALED HAY A SPECIALTY. HOLLAND, - MICH. “|WESTFIELD WHIPS. Save. Freight AND ORDER OF GRAHAM ROYS, Agt., 54 LAKE AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, . - = MICH. GRAND RAPIDS Paper - Box - Factory, W. W. HUBLSTER, Prop. Paper Boxes of Every Description Made to Order on Short Notice. We make a specialty of Confectionery, Millinery and Shelf Boxes, All work guaranteed first class and at low prices. Write or call for estimates on anything you mayjwant in my line. Telephone 850. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 81 & 83 Campau St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Prices kower than Ker THAT HONEST FARMER. [Dedicated to the farmer who packed my last barrel of apples—in hopes to get even with him.] Who, when he packs his apple crop, The biggest fruit puts on the top? That honest farmer. Who, when he makes a bale of hay, Hides rocks inside to make it weigh? : That honest farmer. Who, when we for pure butter yearn, Puts oil ef oleo in the churn? That honest farmer. Who skims the milk until its blue, And adds some chalk and water, too? That honest farmer. Who stuffs the turkey’s crop before It’s killed to make it weigh some more? That honest farmer. Who cuts the spurs from roosters old, And labels them spring chickens, bold? That honest farmer. Who sends bob veal to market so Health officers will never know? That honest farmer. Who offers board with bounteous fare, “Fresh from the farm” and free as air? That honest farmer. Who féeds canned vegetables few To boarders starved and roasted, too? That honest farmer. Who wants a dinner and some notes Of Uncle Sam before he votes? That honest farmer. Who goes to town to lay a trap To catch the bunco steering chap? That honest farmer. Who,when he’s caught himself, bewails The wicked world where fraud prevails? That honest farmer. ——————>_ -2 =< __—__ THE COPPERING PET. I was wandering through the suburbs of one of our smaliest and most vener- able seaport towns, when I came upon the graveyard. One of the graves par- ticularly attracted my attention. It was covered by a large and flat stone, which bore an inscription reading as follows: ‘*Here lies the body and worldly sub- stance of Captain William Mereen, a skipper of this port, and father of Polly Mereen, who sailed from here in the Coppering Pet, in July, 1869. In 1801 he was born in this town, where he died in 1871. The body shall remain here un- til resurrected by the last trump, and the worldly substance shall stay with it un- til his daughter Polly shall raise this stone and take from under it her own.’’ As I was turning away from the grave, lsaw on the road an elderly man ap- proaching. Ihad met him before. He was a weather-beaten personage, with a seafaring demeanor, and his name was Wonderment Sanchez. I saw he was in a hurry, but I stopped him and asked if he could explain the inscription on this tomb. ‘It’s cur’us,’’ he said, ‘‘that youshould ask me such athing at this time. The Copperiv’ Pet is a lyin’ off the bar; ve been a watchin’ fur her fur years, and I ean’t be mistook in her. She’ll come over at high water, and I’ve been to hunt our pilots, but all three of ’em have gone up the river fishing. [’m no pilot, but I’m goin’ out to the Pet in my boat. The captain ought to know the bar, fur he was raised here, and perhaps he’ll bring her im himself. Tf you like, FIl take you eut with me, and [ll tell you all about that tombstone on the way.”’ I replied that nothing would please me better, and in fifteen minutes we were rowing over the harbor toward the bar. “Billy Mereen,’’ said Wonderment, ‘‘was an old friend of mine. He made many v’yages and brought back many cur’us things, principally made out of whales’ jaw bones. He had a great liking fur such matters, and he’d a had his own bones made of whales’ jaws if he could a done it. He had one child, named Polly. and her mother died when she was little. Nine years ago, when Polly was about eighteen, she married young Alba, of this town, and sailed away as is stated on that stone. Two years after that the old man died, and he left all he had to Polly. As I’ve been told, everythin’ was turned into money, which was put into an iron box and bur- ied under his gravestone. _> Considerable confusion exists reference to the use of the term ‘‘base,”’’ it being quite frequently employed to designate forming substance, such fats, lard, petrolatum, etc., in ointments, suppositories, plasters, ete. It is | turing | not of | being preferred in the larger Some Points on Tea. From a Cup of Tea, by J. M. Walsh. The tastes of communities differ, and a dealer must study and learn the par- ticular kind and flavor of the tea best adapted to the locality or town he is doing business in. This can be accom- plished by a series of experiments with various kinds of tea, and noting the character and quality that gives the most general satisfaction. A tea that may suit one community will not sell at all in another. The dealer must learn himself what tea best suits his trade. It much easier to describe what flavors to avoid than to make known what will be best adapted to a particular locality. Generally in a manufacturing district, or among working classes in this country, dark-leaved, heavy-bodied Foochows and Amoy oolongs will prove the most popu- lar teas In a community where a great many Irish or English people reside, Formosas, Congous, Souchongs and the better grades of India teas will give the best satisfac- tion. Oolongs, of an herby, weedy or smoky flavor are to be avoided. These are principally mixed with Ankois. Japans of a fishy, metallic or musty flavor should also be shunned. is Pingsueys, Cantons and _ artificially- | colored green teas should be taboved al- together by the dealer. If cheap green teas must be had, procure a true Moyune hyson, of low grade, or a Twankay. These will give better satisfaction than the best grades of the above-named. Old teas, in particular, of all kinds should not be handled. There no profit in them for the dealer and no sat- isfaction to the consumer. In_ brief, keep good goods and get your price. It will pay best in the end. Teas should be kept as much as possi- ble from the light and air, and also far apart from any high or foul-smelling ar- ticle in stock, such as fish, coal-oil, spices, ete., as they very quickly absorb any pungent flavors that may be in their im- mediate vicinity. They should never be sold out of freshly painted bins or cad- dies. It is, in fact, much better at all times to deal them out from the original packages, replacing the lead and lid when throngh. The most successful tea dealers we have met sold their teas in that manner. Do not Keep your teas too close to a fire or stove. A dry, cool at- mosphere will be found the best. It is essential for retail dealers to pay particular attention to the kind and quality of the tea they serve their cus- tomers. Phere no commodity they handle that will draw trade as rapidly and retain it like a good tea. If the customers once contidence in either your ability or hone sty, or they should be driven off by selling them poor teas, it will be next to impossible to get them back again. A fine tea will create more comment in a neighborhood than other article used at the table. It does not pay a dealer to make a mis- take in the selection of his teas; it proves fatal to attracting or holding his trade. Poor teas will drive more cus- tomers away in a week than can be made ina year. Itis much better and more profitable in the long run to sell a good tea ata smaller profit than it would be to sell poor teas at a larger. Is is lose favorable any Some dealers make use of the argu- ment: “I bought so much cheaper and my customers do not appear to notice the difference; they do not complain.’? Peo- ple seldom return to complain; they try elsewhere and get better value. Every community becomes accustomed to drinking a partieular description of tea, and is quick to discover any change in the character and flavor of the tea that may be substituted, and become dis- satisfied. notwithstanding that a higher- priced or more valuable tea may be given them. For this reason, the dealer will do well to keep his teas as nearly uniform It remains for him to learn ean what kind and flavor of tea his trade prefers. This is best done by first trying them with varicus kinds until he has found the flavor best suited to the majority of his customers. Having sueceeded in this, let him stick :o that particular flavor eversafter. As any one tea will not suit all tastes, he can find the flavor adapted to the minority by the same method, and keep these two or three kinds, the case may be. A dealer can, however, educate his trade to a particular flavored tea, as the taste for teas of a certain flavor is, after all, only an acquired one. A dealer may, for in- stance, be selling, say, Foochow tea, and he suddenly change to Formosa, his trade would be very apt to find fault at first, notwithstanding that the latter might be choicer and better than the former, but by ignoring the complaints and continuing to give it to them they eventually acquire a taste for it and will have Foochows afterward. So it is with other teas. They may be educated to their use. Green teas are sold chiefly in the South; Japans in the West; oolongs are most in demand in the Eastern States, Formosa cities and provinces and manufac- districts. Foochow oolongs are the favorites in the Middle States and cities, where every effort to supplant as possib e. as near as he as Amoys in the i them fails. What little English breakfast and In- | dian teas that are disposed of are prin- with as | gen- | erally being conceded, however, that the | compound. ingredients of a mixture is the) base, as itis the medicinal basis of the | | cipally consumed in the seaboard cities of the East. ———_ An Egg Trust. The New York Shipping List, in view of the fact that the hens are laying too many . suggests that they get their herds together and form a trust. a tf an At the Bank of England they always keep a million pound bank note in the safe in case the president’s wife should come in and wanta little money for a eggs ! spring bonnet. 925 The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Offce. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1889. DOUBLE TAXATION. It is the stock argument of spread eagle orators that in this “land of the free and home of the brave’’ everyone contributes his proper quota to the sup- port of the government, national and state; that all are taxed fairly and equitably; that no preferred classes are permitted to exist. Such appeals to the pride of the patriotic sound well and tend to send the blood tingling through the veins. But when these statements are weighed and examined, it is found that they are—in one respect, at least—the veriest bun- combe. For instance, the State of Mich- igan imposes a tax of 3 per cent. of the premium receipts of all fire insurance companies not actually organized in this State. This tax is, therefore, levied on insurable buildings—not on the bare land. The result is, the owner of in- surable property pays taxes twice—once to the tax ecoliector and again to the in- surance company. The latter turns the tax over to the Insurance Commissioner, and that officer turns $130,000 a year over to the State Treasurer, who passes it to the general fund, where it reduces the annual taxes by just that amount. The objection still remains, however—the man who owns insurable property is sub- ject to double taxation. There is a bill now pending in the Legislature to remedy this evil, yet apathy on the part of the very men who suffer most from this abuse is likely to allow it todie. Again THE TRADESMAN asserts, without fear of contradiction, ‘‘Business men are too often blind to their own interests.”’ JOHN BRIGHT. The death of John Bright was an- nounced Wednesday morning. It had been anticipated for a day or two, and has been imminent for many weeks. The event is marked in this country as in England by an earnest expression of deep regret. John Bright made himself dear to America in her time of severest trial, by his splendid appeal to his own countrymen in our behalf, and he was at all times a hearty and brave advocate of those general principles upon which free government rests. He sympathized with the Republic, believed in it, hoped for it, and never despaired of it. When it came down to questions of policy he was absurdly intolerant of our protective system, as it prevented him securing a market in this country for the product of his Birmingham mill; and, when at the sane time, he broke away from Glad- stone and tied himself with the shoe- strings of the Tory opposition to Home Rule, we saw in that simply the decay of his mental powers. In the main he was right, and when he was right he was grandly and heroically so. His was the character which has truly the courage of its convictions, and when in 1882 he re- signed from the Gladstone Cabinet be- cause he would not share the iniquity of the bombardment of Alexandria, and the Egyptian war, he illustrated his own moral bravery, and his determination to preserve unbroken his consistent record as the friend of international justice. England has had few sons cast in so re- markable a mould as John Bright. AMERICA’S ADVANTAGE IN JAPAN. Japan is discovering a way to circum- vent her European oppressors without fighting them. The treaties of 1868, by which she was deprived of her autonomy in the matter of customs, duties and of all jurisdiction over resident foreigners, confined those foreigners to certain treaty ports, after the fashion of the treaties with China. But the Imperial Govern- ment now offers the freest intercourse with all parts of the country in exchange for the surrender of the two objection- able concessions of 1868. Already treaties have been negotiated with Mexi- eo and the United States on this new basis. The British trade journals are calling the attention of their own gov- ernments to these large concessions, and to their worth from a commercial point of view. They sav that with these ad- vantages Americans will be able to mon- opolize the trade of the Empire, especial- ly as their more generous policy com- mands the good will of the Japanese peo- ple and their government. It is hinted very plainly that in comparison with this larger liberty of intercourse, the advantages wrung from Japan in the treaties of 1868 are of very little value. We hope the European powers which are parties to those treaties will take this view of it, and that at an early date Japan will be acknowledged as possess- ing all the rights and immunities secured to the nations of Christendom by the rules of international law. ‘‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.’”” THe TRADESMAN was the first trade paper in the country to intro- duce the ‘‘ Visiting Buyers’’ feature, which has since been copied by several other trade journals. Purely Personal. Chas. E. Olney is’ expected back from Santa Barbara about May 1. John G. Shields will return to Colorado Springs the fore part of next week. N. B. Clark is making a tour of the Ohio valley cities, making contracts for bark for the coming season. E. A. Mosely has returned from Mexi- co well pleased with his trip and the sights he saw during bis absence. Chas. J. Reed, Secretary of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., leaves for the Hot Springs on Thursday. Geo. H. Hess, Jr., son of the Chicago furnace manufacturer, was in town yes- terday, the guest of his uncle, Wm. T. Hess. Gaius W. Perkins, President of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., re- turned from the South yesterday. His wife accompanied kim home. The sympathy of the trade will go out to Henry Idema and wife in the loss of their oldest son, a bright lad of six years. The interment took place on Sat- urday. H. F. Hastings and JohnW. Blodgett sail from New York on June 12 on the steam- ship Aller of the North German Line, land- ing at Southampton and spending a short time in England. Four weeks will then be spent at Carlsbad, when a couple of months will be consumed in visiting the principal points of interest in France, Spain and Italy. Se Gripsack Brigade. Perley W. Hall, who has been ill at his home in Benton Harbor for about ten days, has started out on his route again. Ionia Standard: Emory W. More, of this city, is now traveling for a Grand Rapids fruit house. He carries his grip like a veteran. Louis Immegart, State agent for the Catlin Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, will spend the next two months in this city, having established himself on Summer street. He is accompanied by his wife. Merchant Traveler: Commercial men should not allow their agitation in favor of auniform and interchangeable mile- age ticket to cease. The subject has been brought up in many legislatures and is discussed by the press of the en- tire country. There is practically no argument offered by its opponents other than the old stock stories, which cannot be considered arguments at all. The proposition is an eminently fair one and the adoption of such a system would inure to the benefit of the railroads as much as of the commercial fraternity. Travelers have aright to ask consider- ation at the hands of the railroads and the latter will find it more to their ad- vantage to meet the mercantile commu- nity half-way. In no spirit of hostility to the railroads, it may be said that the commercial men have done a great deal more for railroads than railroads have ever done for them. (tt eg Status of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. GRAND Rapips, March 29, 1889. ~ the Members of Michigan Knights of the Tip: It is due to each of you to know the condition and progress of the work of our officers and members. For the short time of six weeks since our organization at Lansing, the results have far exceeded our most sanguine ex- pectations. The first membership blanks were issued February 25, and from that date until March 30, we have granted memberships to 333. Letters of instructions to our Vice- Presidents were promptly forwarded to each of them and in every instance prompt replies have been received, and letters asking advice and reporting pro- gress of each are continually being re- ceived, showing earnest work on their part and that our confidence in their ability was not misplaced; that when the final roll call shall be made on the amendment that is of so much impor- tance to every commercial traveler in the United States, the votes of the hon- orable gentlemen from Michigan will be found in our favor. Every Knight of the Grip can enjoy no small degree of satisfaction in knowing that Michigan commercial travelers did their part. The chairmen of the different com- mittees are promptly and systematically forming their plans and ideas for future work and soon good results will show the effectiveness and desirability of this part of our organization. Each member is earnestly requested to aid or suggest to any officer or committeeman any ideas that will be of benefit to our association. I would most earnestly urge upon every member the importance of keeping a supply of application blanks in your sample case and the securing of she name of every commercial traveler you meet on our application blanks, as it is their influence we need quite as much as their money. There is not a commercial traveler in our State but can afford to become a member. I will be pleased to forward any in- formation or blanks at any time. Very truly yours, L. M. Mruts, Sec’y. _—_—— SO Vermontville—Blair & Barrett, dealers in harness and agricultural implements, have dissolved, Mr. Barrett continuing. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. T. W. Greenley succeeds H. B. Huston in the hardware business. Wm. Robinson & Co. have purchased the meat market of the late Martin Mohr- hard, at 194 East Bridge street. Malone & Watkins succeed Alexander & Malone in the produce business and A. J. Watkins in the meat business. D. E. Lattin & Son, general dealers at Scottville, have added a line of groceries. Hawkins & Perry furnished the stock. J. P. Ferguson will shortly open a new drug store at Middleville. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. is putting up the stock. White & White expect to open their new drug store on Saturday, The Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co. having deliv- ered the entire stock. Amos S. Musselman & Co. have shipped a new grocery stock to Jas. Allen, at Ce lar Springs, whose stock was destroyed in the recent fire at that place. Foster, Stevens & Co. have finally fore- closed their mortgage on the Frank Rose hardware stock, which will now pass into the possession of E. H. Foster, Fife Lake. Caswell Bros. have removed their flour and feed business to 11 No. Ionia street, occupying the store vacated by Cary & Loveridge. The latter will office with the firm for a few weeks. Olney, Shields & Co. have taken pos- session of the M. P. Hedges grocery stock by reason of abil lof sale. Mr. Hedges has decided that the grocery bus- iness has no attractions for him. N. B. Clark has formed a copartner- ship with W. A. Phelps, of Whitehall, under the style of N. B. Clark & Co., to continue the hemlock bark business here- tofore conducted by each partner inde- pendently. They will make a strong team. Chas. H. Leonard has invented, and ap- plied for a patent on, acombined creamer and refrigerator. The invention involves a new application of an old principle, doing away with the pumping of water, which necessitates the use of expensive tank and coupling attachments, with the consequent liability of frequent repairs. The cans are easily lifted out of the creamer, when cleaning is necessary, and the entire device is as simple and com- plete as possible. AROUND THE STATE. Blanchard—H. H. Knapp has opened a harness shop. Mapleton—Alex. Lardie is selling out his general stock. Owosso—Dr. J. W. Kirtland has opened his new drug store. Bellaire—E. J. Childs will re-engage in the furniture business. Benton Harbor—A. L. Smith has sold his furniture business to Wm. Gates. Elk Rapids—W. A. Sprague has moved his harness stock to Detroit. Grayling—Maurice J. Finn has sold his general stock to L. Jensen & Co. Saginaw—F. C. Achard has sold his hardware stock to C. J. May & Co. Flint—Beal & Joslin succeed J. H. Shackleton in the hardware business. Flint—W. F. Todd & Co. succeed E. M. (Mrs. F. E.) Morse in the drug business. Boyne City—P. F. McIntyre succeeds Chase & McIntyre in the hardware busi- ness. Flint—Mrs. Hannah C. Livermore has moved her millinery stock to East Sag- inaw. Grand Haven—J. C. Vanderveen has sold his boot and shoe stock to A. Juis- tema. Mulliken—A. F. Shinkle succeeds E. L. (Mrs. Oliver A.) Halladay in the grocery business. Petoskey—L. G. Grimes succeeds E. Grimes & Co. in the furniture and crock- ery business. Chesaning—Adolph J. Perot succeeds Perot & Goetzin in the dry goods and grocery business. Kalamazoo — Dr. McKibbin, late of Marion, Ind., will open a drug store on the corner of Burdick and Water streets. Prairieville—A. H. Dodge and C. B. Robinson have opened a furniture and undertaking establishment. Greenville — Guild & Albertson, the dry goods dealers, have dissolved part- nership, Mr. Guild retiring. Nashville—A. R. Wolcott has sold his interest in the elevator firm of Wolcott, Smith & Co., to H. A. Brooks. The new style will be Smith, Townsend & Co. Manton—Frank Rose having relin- quished his hardware stock to creditors, will hereafter devote his entire attention to his brick and cant hook manufactur- ing business. Sparta—Fred Clifford and Cal. Crane are putting in shelving, counters and other fixtures and getting the store formerly occupied by J. R. Harrison ready for business again. Cadillac—The balance of the McAdam dry goods stock has been sold to Edson, Moore & Co., of Detroit, who are now ar- ranging to secure the location of another dry goods store here. Vicksburg—Barney Julius will occupy the store lately vacated by E. T. Trim- mer with his clothing stock. Hastings—Ira Van Valkenberg suc- ceeds Spangemacher & Van Valkenberg in the furniture and undertaking bus- iness. Hubbardston—L,. E. Gardner has re- moved his grocery and boot and shoe stock to Battle Creek and will take in a partner. Cheboygan—H. Chambers has removed his dry goods and carpet stock from Elsie and will open up in his old store room about the 15th. Hartland—G. W. Wallace will shortly open a general store. He has been a clerk for several years and stands well in the community. Newaygo—Frank Standish has retired from the book and stationery firm of Geo. E. Taylor & Co. The business will be continued by the remaining partner under the style of Geo. E. Taylor. Decatur—Chas. Schuster, who sold his dry goods stock some time ago, has lately disposed of his clothing stock and will spend the summer in Germany, re-en- gaging in trade ina larger town on his; return in the fall. Allegan—L. Perrigo has sold a half. interest in his extract and patent med- icine business to Bartram & Millington, | of Paw Paw, to which place he has re- moved. The business will hereafter be} conducted under the style of L. Perrigo ; & Co. Charlotte—The store lately occupied by J. Q. Thomas & Co. is to be over- hauled and repaired, a modern front put in and the building otherwise improved. Whencompleted it will be occupied by W. M. Davis & Co., with a line of undertak- ing goods. Manistee — Nelson & Waal have as- signed their harness stock to P. W. Niskern. The liabilities are about $1,300, which is about the value of the stock. Two exemptions and a $300 secured claim will probably leave the other creditors about 25 cents on the dollar. Vicksburg—E. T.: Trimmer, who has been engaged in general trade here for the past twenty years, has sold his dry goods and boot and shoe stock to C. Con- rad, of Woonsocket, Dak., and will go on the road for Myron F. Thomas, of Boston, traveling in the States of Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. He will make his headquarters at some central point in Iowa. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Reed City—E. Brooks Martin sueceeds Morris & Martin in the milling business. Reed City—Wood Jackson succeeds Jackson & Cavis in the manufacture of cigars. Moorestown—Moores, Weed & Co.’s saw and shingle mill burned last Thurs- day, with a loss of $2,500. Rodney—Gordon Earl has purchased a tract of pine and cedar near Glen Arbor and will remove to that place in about a month. Onekama—The Onekama Lumber Co. has decided to go out of the merchandise business as soon as the present stock is disposed of. Charlotte—Jno. D. Klock & Co. have engaged in the manufacture of cigars under the style of the ‘‘Purity Cigar Factory.’’ Holly—Geo. E. Pomeroy has sold his lumber business to the Holly Lumber and Manufacturing Co. He still retains his coal business. Saginaw—The Ring-Brady Co., manu- facturers of furniture, have uttered chat- tel mortgages and been burned out—and will probably as sign. Sparta—The Sparta Mills, which have been refitted with full roller process, will start up again next week under the management of R. A. Hastings. Detroit—J. B. Delbridge, N. Cameron and F. J. Dingeman have gone into the manufaeture of sash, doors and blinds under the style of Delbridge, Cameron & Dingeman. Muskegon—Hovey & McCracken are putting in two band saws to replace a circular. The Thayer Lumber Co. will put in acompensating gang, and a 10- blocker shingle machine. Woodland—The Woodland Roller Mill Co., Limited, has been formed for the purpose of erecting amill and carrying on a roller mill business. R. T. F. Dodds, of the Delton Mills, is President of the company. Detroit—The Detroit Cooperage Co. is succeeded by H. Doyle, the secretary, treasurer and manager, who will con- tinue the manufacture of coiled hoops, staves and head linings under the style of the Detroit Hoop & Stave Co. Wayne—C. F. Blackman and James! Johnson, composing the newly-formed firm of Blackman & Co., were recently arrested at the instance of E. R. Ayers & Co., of Saginaw, under the fraudulent debtors’ act, on the claim that Blackman & Co. had disposed of lumber obtained of them and quit business, without try- ing to pay their debts. Ayers & Co.’s claim is for $1,500, and the defendants were held in $1,500 bail each and placed in charge of a constable, who permitted them to go to their homes for the night, when they took advantage of his good | at an age when a boy’s nature and fled to Canada. Popular Courtesy Ignored. ‘There are very few smokers who will hesitate to ask an utter stranger fora match, and men who might pass each other on the street every day for weeks without even anod of recognition will exchange ‘lights’ in asmoking-car with- out the slightest restraint.’? So spoke a young man to a group of friends, the other day. ‘But,’ he continued, ‘I met a man yesterday on the cars who was an excep- tion to the rule. I was passing through the smoker with a cigar all ready to light, and felt in my pocket for a match. He gave meacold stare, and paid no at- tention to my request.’’ “Was he deaf?’? asked one of the crowd. ‘‘No, he was handcuffed, and I felt like a thief when I discovered it, too,’’ was the sad reply. 3 Pencil Portrait of a Detroit Jobber. From the Detroit News. Tall, full-bearded, thin-faced, with the students’ pallor, steady-eyed, grave but amiable, Mr. J. H. Thompson, of the firm of J. H. Thompson & Co., has a strong and stable presence; evidently marked for success in any sphere of life. That he sought a commercial career may well be doubted, since he began it choice turns un- erringly as well as lightly to fun and | frolic. He was born in Liverpool, Eng- iland, in 1848, and came to America with his parents when three years old. His : first venture in business was in carrying papers for the news stores in Windsor, ;and it is needless to say that he was | faithful in the small things and there- fore worthy of the larger trust. In 1865 he, like scores of others in the limited field of the slow-going Dominion, meved across the river and took up a permanent residence in Detroit. Here he clerked it for a short time with Dickerson, the hat- ter, and changed his place of employ- ment for the firm of Evans & Walker, in the spice trade, with whom he served three years. He was then secured by Johnson & Wheeler in the same line, and remained with them until he went into business for himself, a period of ten years. It was as the junior partner of the firm of S. M. Tyler & Co. that he en- tered business as a principal and in the line with which his long experience and close attention had made him familiar, that of teas, coffees and spices, In 1884 he became the head of the firm of J. H. Thompson & Co., formed in that year, and has successfully conducted the bus- iness until it now rests on a broad and ample foundation. Mr. Thompson isa member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and takes an active partin church affairs. He is amember of the A. O. U. W. and Royal Arcanum benefit associations; is happily married and is the father of three children. He is one of the best specimens of Detroit’s stable and con- servative business men. ee Bank Notes. F. W. MeKinney is endeavoring to or- ganize a State bank at Manistique with a paid-in capital of $50,000. John D. Wallace succeeds Dempsey as book-keeper for National Bank of Manistee. C. A. Hough, of Hastings, has taken the position of Cashier of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Nashville. Jas. E. the First FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. One 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 25cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. re SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF HARDWARE AT Rockford, Mich. ; will invoice about $2,000. Enquire of J. Frank ‘Mead, "agt., Rockford, or S. F. Stevens (Foster, Stevens & Co.), Grand Rapids. OR SALE—FULL SET OF TINNERS’ TOOLS, SAFE show cases and baraware fixtures—all in goo condition and cheap forcash. Willselloneorall. J. Vander Veen, 122 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. 373 OR SALE—HOTEL iN GOOD RESORT TOWN, WITH nineteen beds; house furnished complete; price $3,500, $2,000 down, balance on time to suit; poor health reason for selling; barn, 34x60; sample room and liv- ery office, 16x24; good livery; mail and Stage line in barn; house paying $100 per ‘month now. For partic- ulars, address ‘‘Hotel,” care Tradesman. 399 OR SALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE; will invoice $10.00. including fiatures; 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 trady, which amounts to from $600 to $1,000 per month; reasons for selling, other business. Address M, care Michigan Tradesman. 376 Fo SALE—STOCK OF beots and shoes, in live town in U ventral Michigan; will invoice about $7,500, fixtures included; trade of 1888 about $22,000; will rent or sell building; our trade wili be given to buyer; reasons, too much business. Address B, care Michigan Tradesman. 377 SNAP—GROCERY STORE IN EAU CLAIRE, WIS. that pays fer itself twice a year will be sold to the right party for cash, if it can be sold at once; it will pay to look into this. For particulars, address Box 485, Eau Claire, Wis. 4 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 is 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 Tracesman. 378 HELP WANTED. 7 ANTED—ACTIVE, HONEST YOUNG MAN WHO has had two years’ experience in the drug busi- Address No. 388. care Tradesman. 388 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—POSITION IN HARDWARE STORE OR TO travel; ten years’ experience in retail store; would prefer to travel; best of reference, if required. Address, Lock Box 13, Chelsea, Mich. ANTED—SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER BY MAN of eight years’ experience, who is familiar with general merchandise. Address A. E. Chambers, 95 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 407 V ANTED—SITUATION—BY A PHARMACIST, REGIS- tered by examination; best of references. Address No. 402, care Michigan Tradesman. 02 ITUATION WANTED—A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER is open for engagement. Large acquaintance with grocery trade in Michigan. Address Jackson, care Michigan Tradesman. 325 MISCELLANEOUS. O EXCHANGE—NO. 1 IMPROVED FARMS IN Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, for stock of mer- chandise. For particulars, address 8. Peck, oe ton, Ills. 411 O EXCHANGE—I HAVE A NEW, BRIGHT, WELL- selected little stock of hardware to exchange for afarm or city real estate. Address No. 401, care Michigan Tradesman. 401 $1, 20 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI- ness fet Lodge od 100 per cent. Best of rea- sons’ for selling. Chas. Kynoch, St. = ic DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ness. HAVE SOME FIRST-CLASS PROPERTY, WELL improved and nicely located. in South Dakota; also some other property to exchange fora = cot goods. J.C. McKee, 23 Fountain St. ANTED—TO EXCHANGE— PRODUCTIVE amaL estate in the thriving village of Bailey on the C. &W.M. ee ae for house and in’ Grand Rapids, worth about $1,500. Address, D. B. Galentine. Cas- novia, Mich. 372 ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 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. 286 ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a trial. It will spolish your pass books, do away with all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will brin | your business down to a cash basisand 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 regretit. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent Ss (mentioning this paper) J. H. — any, N. ONE OF A SERIES OF PICTURES REPRESENTING COFFEE CULTURE. oT WATCH FOR THE NEXT. AZo aS eT ———— bh d. =. c TIE Lit on BIO LU Ls Eg t f Yeas i J hE he 4 ie (cele oo a Ce agg lal COFFEE PICKERS. SCENE ON A COFFEE PLANTATION OPIAGE & SA N B 1 R N. ————CONTROLLED ByY——_— OUR COFFEES HAVE A NATIONAL RIPUTATICN REPRESENTING THE FINEST CROWN. JAVA and MOCHA, SEAL BRAND COFFF] surrassing all others in its richness and delicacy of flaver. Justly called Tha fristoeratic Coffse of America. Always packed whole roasted ccmaraumcs im 2 Ti. air-tight tin cans. A skilful blending of strong, fla- CRUSADE BLEND vory and aromatic kith grade coffees. Warranted not to contain a single Rio bean, and guaranteed to suit your taste as no other coffee will, at a moderate price. Always pecked whole roasted (unground), in 1 lb. air-tight parchment packages. RETAIL GROCERS fii waite senccatyity tnd doubled and trebled since buyivgand selling our coffees. What it has done for them it willdofor you, Send fer samples to CHASE & SANBORN, BROAD STREET, - BOSTON, MASS. Western Department: | HERBERT T. CHASE, Representative for Michigan and Northern Ohio, GRAND RAPIDs, LION COFFEE Merchants, VOU WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so often seen on the floor of the average grocer. Beautifully grained and varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Inside each cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. Kvery Wide- Awake Merchant Should Certainly Sell ON, THE KING OF COFFERS. An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. Packed only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of 120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. VV OOIsOmn Spice Co. | TOLLE CM), OFLiO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. 80 Franklin St.. Chicago. | C. M. Henderson & Co. Superior Manufacturers. 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 string,” and if you will test them we shall highly appreciate it and are sure it will prove to your advantage. Our heayier grades of goods made at our third factory are also acknowledged to be unequaled. C. M. HENDERSON & CO., Chicago. Willard H. James, Salesman fer the Lower Peninsula. P. O. address, Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Factories: Fon du Lac, Wis. Dixon, Ill. Chicago, Mil. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers. a ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Rusiness Men’s Association. President—Frank Wells, Lansing. First Vice-President—H. maabeon, Cheboygan. Second Vice-Presiient—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, —— —_ — Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Green Executive Boar a treaeets Cc: i. vey hitney, Maskegon; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, ‘Allegan; Secretar, Comuaitees on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green- ville; WS. Powers. Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint. Committee on Legislation—S. E Parkill, Owosso; H. A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan. Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barne , Traverse ee a R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; = 5. Fargo, Mus- keg Transportation—James Osborn, Owosso; Commitice ont: Gr ao Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. Committee on Building an or Strong, Kalamazoo; . E. Crotty, Lensing, ees Secret: ag P. J. Connell, Muskeger. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. d Loan Associations—Chaun- Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; The following auxiliary associations are Op- erating under charters granted by the Mi _ gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. _W. Hastings. _ No. 2—Lowell #. 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. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No 5— Wuskegon B. President, John A . Miller; § Secretary, | No. 6—Alba 4. ML President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. z. Baldwin. No. 1—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M.A President, F. H. Thursten; Sec’etary, Geo. 20. L. Thurston. Peceten, 2. ee No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A. Presieee oS. x. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. 10—Horbor springs B. M. 4. Pésaeak w. J. Clark: Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No i1l—hingsley vy B. M.A. President, H. P. Whivp!e: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. Ti) Ne, 12 Oelacy BM. A. President, C. M McKa Secretary, tary, Thos. Lennon. No. 13 sherman B. M, A. President, H. B. Sturtevant: Secretary, W. J. Austin. No. 14—*o. Muskegon 8 M. A. President, 8. A. H A; Howey: Secretary, G. Cc. Havens. No. 15 Boyne City BM. 4. President, R. R. Perkins$ Secretary, F. : F. M. Chase. No. £6—Sand Lake B. M. i AL President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. No 17—Plainwell B. MW. A. President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No 18—Owosso B M.A. President, Albert Todd; Secretary, S. Lamfrom. "No, 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Seerctary, E E. Chapel. No. 20—-augartuck &. M.A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, vil A. Phelps. M A. No. 21—Wayland B. M.A President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—iirand Ledge B. M.A. President, A. B, Schum: acher; Secretary, Ww. R. Clarke. "No 23—Carson ‘ ity 8. VM. A. President, F. A. Rockafellow- Secretary, C. G. Bailey. No. 24 -Morley KB. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow: Secretary, Ww. Richmond. No. 25—Paio B M A, President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—tsreenville «©. M.A. President, A. C ee Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell. Ne Al President, E. 8S. Botsford; ‘Secretary, z N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. Vi. 4. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana 6M ¢ President, A. ( ate Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. . 31—Charlotte B M.A. me, Thos J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. 32—Coopersville B, M. A. President, AW. G Barnes; Secretary, J B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix &. M. A: President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—saransc B. MA. President, H. T. Johnson; Secretz ary, P. T. Williams. N». 35--Bellaire B. M. A President, ox Hemstreet, Secretary, C. E. Densmore. Ne, 36—Ithaea B. M. A. President, 0. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. ~~ Ne. 37—Kaitle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F Bock; Secretary, E_ W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M AL President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D W. Higgins. No. 39 Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eart-n Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. N... 41—Brevkenridge B.M. A. President, ¢ H Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No, .2—tremont: 8 M A. President. Jos. € Gerber; Secretary Cc. 2. Rathbun. No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, a Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. ». 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, = 3. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith. No. 45—Hoy ville B. M. A. President, D. E Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M.A President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. . Gould. No, 47—Flint M. U. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham. No. 48—Hubhbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. No. 49—terey B M. A. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. : President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. No. 51—tedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon. No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. S. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. Vos. No, 53—Rellevue B. M.A. President, Frank ; Phelps; Secretary, A. EB. Fitzgerald. No. 54—Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—VPeteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary. A. C. Bowman. o. 56—Bsnzor B. ¥. A. President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. 57—Rockford B. M, A. . G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 5%—Fife Lake BR. M. A. President, L.S Walter; Secretar, ,C.2 Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No, 60—South Boardman B. M. %. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Har'tford B. M A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No 62—Fast - aginaw M. 4 President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C W. Mu! holand. No. 63—F vart H. M. A. President, C V Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. No, 64—Merrill B. M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, CS. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. President, Frank Wells: Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No 67—Waterviiet BK. M. A. President, Geo. Parsons: Secretary, J. M. Hall. No 68—AHevgan B. M.A President, H H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No, 69—Seotts »ud Climax B. M,. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8S. Willison. N» 7O—Nashville BK, 4. 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 } Bw. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. So. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary L. Gifford. No. 75—Tecumseb B, M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. eras: No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. President, 8S. 8. McCamly; Secretary, = aon idl Strong. No. 77—South Haven B M. A. President—L. S. Monroe; Secretary, § S. VanOstrand. ~ No, 78—! al- donia B. M. President, J. O Seibert; Secretary. J. W. Saunders. Ne 79_—*a tJor‘anand *o Arm BM, President, Chas. F. Dixon: S-cretary, L. C. Madison. gp President, Wm No. 80—Bay Citv «nd W. Bay City ®. M, A. President, F. L. Harris n; Secretary. Geo Craig. No 8!—Flushing B M A. President. L. A Vickery; Secretary, A E. Ransom. Nea —Alms B M A. President, B.S. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky. No 83—Sh-rwood KB “©.A President “ P. Wilenx: Secretary. W. R. Mandigo. o. 84—Standish B. M. President > M. Angus; Secretary, D W Richardson. . - A. ‘Hastings, . the Sparta ¢ druggist, was in town Saturday. Association Notes. L. M. Mills organizes Blanchard this evening. The Vicksburg B. M. A. held an interesting meeting at the corporation hall last Tuesday. State Secretary Stowe was present and delivered an address, after which six applications for membership were received. Two more were secured the next morning, giving the Associa- tion a working membership of thirty. A com- mittee of the Association is spending much time in securing leases of 5,000 acres of land, when the Grand Rapids syndicate will begin boring for oil or gas. Petoskey Independant: There will be a spe- cial meeting.of the Business Men’s Association on Wednesday evening next to adopt measures for the suitable entertainment of the Soldiers and Sailors, who will hold their encampment here in July next. It is hoped every one will be present, as the matter is one of great importance and requires the hearty co-operation of all. «>_< Communication from the State Insur- ance Committee. GREENVILLE, March 30, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEaR Srtr—The State Insurance Committee | would call the attention of all local associations | or their insurance committees to certain legisla- tion now before our State Legislature affecting | the interests of all purchasers of insurance. We | would suggest, in consequence of not being able | to hold a spring convention, that each local | association discuss these measures and then |} have its insurance committee or officers prevail | upon the local Representative to vote and work | to carry out such desire. This can be done and with more effect than for the Committee of the | State Association to labor with them alone. | Among the measures of importance are: 1. The valued policy bill, providing that in cases of total loss the insurance company shall | ay the full amount of the policies, whether the | | oss actually sustained is that amount or not. . House bill No. 202, authorizing mutual insurance committees of this State, possessed of | $100,000 of cash or assessable assets, to write on all classes of insurable property. This measure | is worthy of considerable consideration. At present our premium note mutuals are confined | to manufacturing business only, while the pre- | mium note mutuals of other states come in here | and write on all classes of property. This bill will help correct this discrimination against our own companies. 3. This measure is Senator Wisner’s bill, offered as a substitute for the Cole anti- -compact bill, passed two years ago. This bill is nearer a perfect measure for preventing compacts or unions of the insurance companies than the Cole law, as it corrects some of the omissions | and prov ‘isions of that law, as demonstrated by = Copies of these measures may be had by apply- ing to your local Representative or Senator, or to J. L. Preston, chairman of the Insurance Committee of the House, or Philip T. Colgrove, Chairman of the Insurance Committee of the Senate. We trust this mention of these matters will call forth some discussion and expression of | your desire, which you will make known to your local Representatives in the House and Senate. Gzo. B. CALDWELL, Chairman. One important measure is omitted in the above enumeration and that is the bill to reduce the 3 per cent. tax on all premiums collected in Mich- igan by companies organized outside of the | State. As this matter is discussed at some length on the editorial page, further comment under this head is unnecessary. ——————+—->___—_- Standish Organizes Branch - 84. STANDISH, March 28, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DeEar Str—The business men of Standish met on March 26 and proceeded to organize a B. M. A., which was done by the adoption of the regu- lation constitution and the election of the fol- lowing officers: President—P. M. Angus. Vice-President—A. H. Wells. Secretary—D. W. Richardson. Treasurer—R. MeGurk. Executive Committee—J. B. Davis, Groat, E. C. Thompson. Enclosed find $1. for annual dues on fourteen charter members and charter. We hope and believe that it will be the means | of doing good in many ways. Very truly ¥ ours, . RICHARDSON, Sec’y. ——————q.]—_.-2—____ The Tustin B. M. A. Raises Its Quota | of Stock. | Tustin, March 27, 1889. Geo. B. Caldwell, Greenville: | DeEaR Srr—We have at last secured the four! shares apportioned to us as an Association an trust it is not too late yet. Our business men | have taken lots of time to consider this little | matter, which should have been considered long | ago. We hope you will soon get the remainder of | the stock and that the new insurance company | will be in running order before long. Our firm | will take a policy among the first ones. Yours truly, J. A. LINDsTROM, Sec’y. 2 - Sherwood to Banquet this Evening. SHERWOOD, March 26, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Srr—Our B. M. A. is all O. K. and we are all well pleased with its workings. Wehope | to see Colon, Athens and Union City organize | soon, as we realize thatin union thereisstrength. | We have a banquet next Tuesd»y evening for members of the B. M. A. and their wives, and | expect to have a good time. Yours, W. R. Manpieo, Sec’y. oO Wool, Hides, Tallow and Furs. The wool market is quiet and firm. There is little to offer and but little is| wanted. eee RR i Oo Ssaa ms TO W-t-9 Wx2 IC 14x20 IC, . 14x20 IX, or 29x28 IC, . . 14x20 IC, ing | 14x20 i, r . . | 20x28 IC, c c . 20x28 IX, . 4 eae BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, 14x20 IC, T F wow cee cece cc erenne | 14a28 IX 14x31 IX — IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 4x60 I x, “ 9 2 St SSS SFSSSSSAS SRUSSSRRES >| per ET Eg “) 4 The Michigan Tradesman BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. PROPERTY — INVENTION — PATENT. In a case where an invention is put in as part of the capital stock of a partner- ship, a patent granted on the invention becomes partnership property, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of California in the case of Hill vs. Miller. PARTNERSHIP LIABILITY — FELLOW SER- VANTS. According to the decision of the United States Circuit Court for Colorado in the case of Mealman vs. Railroad Company, a section boss and a section hand are not fellow servants, within the meaning of the law relating to the liability of em- ployers. EMPLOYERS’ CONTRACT—STIPULATION—WAIVER. A contract for the building of a house contained a stipulation that no charge should be made for extra work unless the same should be ordered in writing. The Supreme Judical Court of Massa- chusetts held, in the case of Bartlett vs. Stanchfield, that evidence that the owner had orally requested the performance of eertain work might be held to show a waiver of the stipulation. MORTGAGE—MACHINERY—REAL ESTATE. The Supreme Judical Court of Massa- chusetts held, in the recent case of the Southbridge Savings Bank vs. Mason. that as between mortgagor and mortgagee all machinery necessary to the business for which a building was erected. resting upon stone foundations laid as a part of the construction of the building especially for their support. or for the accomoda- tion of which places were fixed in the floors, as well as other very heavy ma- chinery fastened to the building or rest- ing in position by its own weight, would be held to be part of the real estate. BANK—COLLECTION—AGENCY. The Superior Court of Kentucky held, in the case of Armstrong vs. National Bank of Boyertown. that when paper is delivered to a banker for ‘‘collection and eredit’? the banker becomes the cus- tomer’s agent to collect, with authority to pass the proceeds to the customer’s account by acredit after they are col- lected, that he cannot terminate his re- sponsibility as an agent until he has fully discharged it and has substituted in its place his unqualified obligation as a debtor, and that until then he acquires no title to the proceeds of the paper be- yond the banker’s lien. EMINENT DOMAIN-COMPENSATION—CROPS. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held, in the case of Lafferty vs. The Sehuylkill River East Side Railroad Com- pany, that the mere location of the lines of a railroad over an owner’s land is not notice of the time when actual possession will be required, and that crops planted by him in the meantime before notice of possession or bond given by the railroad company were proper Subjects of com- pensation. The court said: ‘‘When a railroad company locates its lines of road over the lands of private owners it there- by secures a right to enter upon and occupy the land covered by such location. The actual entry cannot be made until the damages accruing to the owner shall be paid or secured, but the means for ascertaining the damages are provided by law, where the parties cannot agree upon them, and the owner cannot pre- vent the exercise of the right of emi- nent domain by thecompany. But while the owner has notice, by the location of the road over his lands, of the purpose of the company to appropriate so much as the line of the road covers, he has no notice of the time when actual possession will be required. He may doubtless abandon the land covered by the line as located to the company and proceed to have his damages assessed; or he may wait for the company to take the initia- tive and continue in the meantime to occupy and cultivate it. If he takes the latter branch of the alternative, crops planted after the location and before notice or bond given by the railroad com- pany are proper subjects for compensa- tion. The reason for this is that it may be months, or even years, after the loca- tion of the line before the company will be ready to enter upon the land for pur- poses of construction or to take the steps necessary for the assessment of damages, and the owner has a right to remain in possession until actual appropriation of his land by the company.’’ ee i Liability of the Merchant for Goods Lost in Transit. TRAVERSE City, March 20, 1889. B. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DrAR StR—I would like to have your opinion on a question of law. Suppose a merchant, living here in Traverse City, orders a bill of goods from a jobber in Chicago, giving ship- ping directions. The goods are shipped, Dut never reach the consignee, and the goods are nowhere to be found. The consignee notifies the shippers that the goods did not come. Upon this informa- tion, the shipper sends a tracer after the missing box through the main office of the transportation company for indorse- ment by their agent at the place of des- tination. The agent indorses on said tracer that the goods were never re- ceived at Traverse City. Now, who does the shipper look to for his pay for the lost goods or missing goods—the transportation company or the merchant ? Yours truly, JoHN HELM. ee j Cherry, Nos. fine 2. 50 00@60 00 As a general principle of law, the Cherry {cull Paci Mega nna ee 00 liability of the shipper ceases when the | Maple, log-run .........---..--+--++++- 2 0@1: : ab . a Maple, soft, TOP TU ee 11 00@13 00 goods are receipted for in good condition. | Maple, Nos. 1and2..................55 @2 00 : oo | Maple, Clear, foorine....:........... @25 00 The transportation company is in duty Maple, w hite, BEICCIOG eo es alee 00 liver the goods to the con-| Red Oak, log-run...........2..0.2..-2. 2 @21 00 ——— - - oie: 6 i" a Rod Oak. Nos 4 and 2000.3 24 00@25 00 | signee and in as good condition as when | Red Oak, 14 sawed, 6 _— and upw’d. = oon 00 | be ees : : = Red Oak, 4 sawed, regular. ne ©35 00 received. If the company fails to do Red tek Re i step plank fk G 00 ither, signee has aclaim against |} Walnut, legen ke dd ( either, the consignee ie Walnut Nos tand 2.000 g 00 the company. Walnuts cull a ool ia 5 © . G nn. | If the jobber from whom you pur- White. eg sae ee ee 14 000716 00 | chased the goods sent you a bill of| | Whitewood, log- CS 20 00@22 00 | amount of the invoice, as you have ample recourse against the transportation company. Make out your claim in item- ized form, and present it to the agent of the transportation company, with bill of lading attached, for adjustment and set- tlement. This is the proper method to pursue. As a matter of fact, local agents gen- erally make poor work of pushing such claims through, and the jobber frequently volunteers to father the claims and ex- pedite their adjustment—not because of any liability to do so, but because he values the retailer’s trade and is willing to go out of his way to help him. If the jobber failed to send you a bill of lading, you have no evidence that he ever sent you the goods for which he now claims pay and you are not bound to pay the claim, unless you see fit to do so. a 0 The Retail Salesmen. There is the chap who unbends to no- body. His own importance can not be sacrificed. He is somewhat of the wooden image order, and treats all comers with uniform stolidity. He may have some ability, but he isnot pleasing. He pushes his own choice upon customers, rather than seeking to learn theirs and satisfy them. He has too slight an epinion of other people to be able to respect their wishes, and if he does not actually bull- doze them, he opposes to their views a degree of inertia, which quite overcomes some sensitive people, but is agreeable to none. The contrast to this bumptious fellow is the chap who is all receptiveness and exerts no centrifugal power whatever. He is asort of putty man, shows a dim- ple wherever touched, and is bound to let everybody have his own way, right or wrong, Survive or ‘perish. He makes just the same mistake the other fellow does, that of treating everybody alike. In one case the treatment all ice, in the other it is all mush. He will dance anxious@ attendance for any length of time upon any sort of customer who cares to abuse his services. He will correct no error and resent no slur. His one notion that a customer must be humored and that only. He is unable to impress with a positive opinion or guide is is his choice for the geod, either of the buyer himself or the business. If his views are asked, they will be found of little value, for he is accustomed toa total subordination of self, so that he really has no convictions. His alleged mind is in such a cronie condition of flighty suspense as to be incapable of calm decision and influential advice. Really able salesmen are not all con- fined to the largest towns and the biggest establishments. It was our fortune once to observe a case of the most refreshing character, in a clothing store in a small town in Ohio. The salesman was a tall, slim, pleasant looking young man. We watched his treatment of various orders of mankind. To some he was defferen- tial, to others courteous merely; to no two exactly alike. Finally, there came in a young farmer and his wife in search of clothing for the former. Our young man seemed to measure both mind and body at the same time. He began opera- tions in a familiar and friendly way. The young wife called her spouse by the first name, and lo! ina few minutes our young man was doing the same. ‘‘There!’’ said he, as he pulled a coat around his manly breast, buttoned it up, yanked the wrin- kles out of the skirts and smoothed the back, ‘‘there, D’rius, just step over there, so she can see how nice that becomes you. Never saw you look so well be- fore.’’ Which was true, as he never saw him before. Such familiarity would have been dangerous with many people, but with ‘*D’rius’’ and his tittering help- mate it was just the right medicine, and it succeeded. a A Salesmen of the Past and Present. From the Dallas Mercantile Journal. Marriage is not a failure, but the busi- ness lie is. Some years ago the pert, flip salesman who could talk all around a credulous customer and sell him an over- coat in August was in demand. Custom- ers have come to know apiece of gall when they see it, and, while they rather enjoy as a matter of social refreshment the argumentative talkativeness of the old-fashioned solicitor, they are more apt to tumble out than in when he talks to them too much. Of course, all customers are not alike and are not to be treated as if they were. It is better in trading with some merely to state the price and answer briefly any question they may ask. With others something in the way of friendly over- ture and inducement may be offered. But we believe it is generally agreed that mis- representation and extravagant bidding, while the same may be practically harm- less, should not be resorted to. Such methods are deceitful and unsuccessful. A salesman may be sociable and still not talk too much. He may put out his goods and prices to the best advantage without misrepresentation of any kind. The best merchants are convinced of this, and the ‘‘one price’”’ rule is a good result of their conviction. Tricks of trade and business lies that were in very general use twenty-five years ago would not be tolerated now in respectable houses. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood, log-rmn 13 00@15 00 Biren teen 2 15 00@16 00 Biren Nos tana? @22 00 ine Asm foe run. 3 14 00@16 00 Cherry, log- G8 25 00@35 00 White Oak, log- A ce 17 0CQ@18 00 | lading, it is proper for you to pay the’ White Oak, 4% sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00' A Woman’s Reason. Jane—I hate to have the policeman take hold of my arm in crossing the street. Ethel—Yes; it is very impertinent of him. Jane—Oh! I don’t mean that; but I almost die of mortification, my arm is so thin. ‘“Qur Leader’ The Finest 5-Cent Cigar on the Market. MANUFACTURED BY J. E. Kenning & Co, CANAL ST. ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICE 2 the Grand Rapids Businwess 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 — Ad dress A. S. “PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens- berg. 56 aliens We also manufacture a full line of Sweet Goods. Write for quotations and samples. Jackson Cracker C0, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS | Water Motors and Specialties Send for New Catalogue. Tuerk Hydraulic a | Power Co. =4/NEW YORK: CHICAGO: = —= 12 Cortland St. 39 Dearborn St HARWRY & HEYSTER JOBBERS IN Wall Paper and Paints, Oils, bts, We are Offering to the Trade some SPECIAL BARGAINS in Wall Paper at Less than Manufacturers’ Prices. Your Correspondence is Solicited. 74 and 76 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Volgt, Herpolshelmer & Go, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. The BEST CRACKER Made ‘CILIOTIOS WU at JACKSON MICH. Overalls, Pants, OUR OWN MAKE. Pic... A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Crockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. BUY Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF YOU WANT THE BEST? WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances | made when desired. | EARL BROS., » COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manufacturers, AGENTS FOR AMBOY CHEESE. 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. ALLE TCE J. VV IN, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Foreign, ‘Tropical and Galitornia FRUITS. Headquarters — Bananas. 16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST. - a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SUAPS MICHIGAN, Detroit Soap on. DETR IT, MICH Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of QUEEN ANNE, MO'TTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, CZAR, MASCOTTE, MONDAY, PHOENIX. WABASH, CAMEO, AND OTHERS. For quotations address Salesman for Western Michigan, W.G. HAWKINS. Lock Box 173. - GRAND KAPIDS P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE Dry Goods : Notions, G3 Monroe St. and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St,, Grand Rapids, Mich. New Line of Prints, Seersuckers, Toile Du Nord, Ginghams, Dress Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, White Goods, Laces, Embroideries and Full Line of Neck Wear. STARK, PRANKLINVILLE, Warps, Geese Feathers, MEH. d § Waddings, Batts BURLAPS. I and Twines. Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia Bags. and careful attention. PBErai NS 2 HBhaesS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. Mail orders receive prompt WHY BR A SLAVE To the Pass Book System With its atterdant losses and annoyances, when you can supplant it by so inexpensive and labor-saving a system as the Tradesman Gredit Govpon Book, Which is now used by over 2,000 Michigan merchants. The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in the market, being sold as follows: 3 $ 2 Coupons, per hundred. dais a, oe Oe | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS: - i . 3.00} Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per cent. 310 a 4.00 * OO ee 10 -* 20 « oe ee a ee, 20 «+ 1 SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS, Wecarry a large stock of Foreign and Domestic Nuts and are at all KA. STOWE A BRO, Grand Rapids, N ut ea Putnam & Brooks. TRAVENRIGH BROS. WV holesale Clothiers MANUFACTURERS OF Pertfect=-Fitting Tailor-Made Clothing AT LOWEST PRICES. 138-140 Jefferson Ave., 34-36 Woodbridge St., Detroit, MAIL ORDERS sent in care L. W. ATKINS will receive PROMPT ATTENTION LAMUNS BESTE HM & FPO-., Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND CRIST MILLI MACHINERY, ATLA ENGINE WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF Our lemons are all bought at the cargo sales in New Orleans and are as free from frost or chill as in June, PUTNAM & BROOKS. Send for SS Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock Him for immediate delivery. Ptanabs, Sentchen, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working ‘inciiiaies Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.,. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATTENTION, RETAIL MERCHANTS Increase your Cigar Trage by selling the BE BMA. ES. MM. A. BEB BMA. Yl Michigan Business r..% Named in Compliment to the & Men’s Association, And especially adapted, both in Quality and Price, to the requirements of the RETAIL GROCERY TRADE. Absolutely THE BEST O Gent Gigar on Karth! PRICE, $30 PER THOUSAND. The ‘Telfer Spice Company, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS. @ [he Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1889. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. When a boy I remember of hearing an anecdote of a very popular Lord Mayor of London, who filled that dignified office during the earlier half of the last century. He was born and passed his | early years in one of the New England States; went to sea while quite young, and with true Yankee economy began the collection of the nucleus of what was afterward a colossal fortune for | those days. One intensely hot day, however, while on a West India trading voyage, he de- termined to seek some relief from the exhausting temperature by a salt water bath, and, notwithstanding the protests of the older and more experienced sea- men, he stripped and jumped overboard. At first he heeded the advice of his com- rades and eontinued close to the vessel, but finally concluded to take a half- mile’s swim before going on board; but had completed only a small part of his undertaking when he found himself sud- denly antagonized by an enormous man- eating shark. His actions at once showed | his peril, and a boat was hastily manned for his rescue, but, notwithstanding the dexterity of the swimmer and the rapid rowing of his friends, he was seized by the monster, and one of his legs bitten off close to the thigh. Thanks to good health and a vigorous constitution, he rapidly recovered from the injury; turned his attention to small mereantile ventures in the colonies; gradually became wealthy, and tually found himself one of the mer- chant princes of London, and at the head of its municipal affairs. Of course, the New Englanders were proud of their compatriot, and about every Yankee visitor to London made it a point to call on him. hospitable and social; treated every re- spectable caller with friendly considera- tlon, and was exceptionally tolerant in answering the floods of questions which the conspicuous ef Yankee curiosity was but, after a time, it became a matter of cur- rent comment among the Americans that in no instance had it ever transpired how his lordship was put to the necessity of wearing a wooden leg. As this im- portant matter must be decided before the voyage home, a couple of new ar- rivals, who had just been invited to dine with their distinguished were enjoined to procure the informa- tion at all hazards, and solemnly prom- ised to do so. The two New Englanders were royally entertained by their host, and as soon as dinner was over at once opened their battery of interrogations. His lordship answered cheerfully and cordially until their ammunition was about exhausted, and nothing suggested itself but the momentous question they were delegated to ask. After a pause, one of the visit- ors drew a long breath and observed : “And now, will your lordship, to de- cide a dispute, have the goodness to in- form us how your lordship happened to lose his leg ?’’ The Mayor looked very grave for a moment, and then replied: “Gentlemen! I think you will concede that I have been more than liberal in re- sponding to your multituninous queries, but I will answer your question on one condition. It is that you execute a bond in the sum of £5,000, providing that said amount shall be forfeited to me if, after the said question is asked and answered, you shall, in any manner, interrogate me further during your stay in London !’’ The Yankees agreed to the proposi- tion. The Mayor’s clerk drew up an iron-clad bond, which was properly signed, sealed and witnessed and depos- ited in a desk. “Now, gentlemen,’’ said his lordship, I am ready for your question !’’ “Then will your lordship inform us in what manner your lordship’s leg was taken off ?”’ “It was bitten off !’’ ‘Who’ ‘““How—’”’ The Mayor put his fingers to his lips and pointed to the desk that inclosed the bond. The inquisitors looked at each other hopelessly, and for days the anxious inquiry among the American visitors in London was: ‘‘Who do you *spose bit off the Mayor’s leg ?”’ * even- He was always ‘bump’? always suggesting; countryman, * * * * * * For a prefacatory narrative, that was merely intended to show that the general prevalence in the belief that the Amer- ican organ of curiosity is abnormally and unreasonably developed, had its origin generations ago, I suspect that the above is unnecessarily voluminous, but, luck- ily, the subject has at last been launched, after a fashion. * * + * * * * Those numerous American writers who periodically volunteer to defend their eountrymen from the charge of un- this is a very illiterate country, and cites as proof the blacks, ‘“‘sand-hillers’’ and ‘‘elay-eaters’”’ of the South, and the scum of our large cities, it is of as much value, to me, as evidence as is his bringing witnesses to the absence of obtrusive curiosity in people’s private affairs from the ultra-fashionables of our society centers. Is it strangé when the obtrusiveness and, probably unintentional, imperti- nences of a large class of our people are the common subject of comment among their own countrymen, that the traveling foreigner frequently feels impelled to characterize the habit as almost a na- tional evil? And is it not strange that the volunteer inquisitor, after his ef- fusiveness has been ventilated for years in about every conceivable manner, should continue yearly as ubiquitous as ever. Why cannot he learn from observa- tion and experience that a person’s indi- vidual affairs are as much his private and inviolate property as the contents of his safe, desk or pocket-book, or the ma- terials he packs in his trunk or valise? * * * * * * * It is a lack of the use of ordinary common sense that makes the ultra- curious man effusive. Of two individ- uals, with an.equal development of the organ of inquisitiveness, one may be catalogued as an intolerable bore and nuisance, and the other be regarded as a rather pleasant and desirable acquaint- You have a materially different feeling for the man who wants to know how much you have made or lost the year, or the one who inquires whether youg last year’s business was satisfactory or not. One casual ac- quaintance, on arailroad journey, may disgust you by his minute questioning regarding your reasons for leaving home, while another may voluntarily learn your reasons during a pleasant conversation. Perhaps the passing acquaintance, on a railroad excursion, who develops into an inquisitor, would be regarded with much more tolerance if he didn’t, uncon- sciously to himself, suggest the profes- sional confidence man, with a confed- erate waiting to be posted on the infor- mation extracted from you. 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. ance. past TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am Traverse City & Mackinaw... 11:30 a m From Cincimnati.........-. .. For Petoskey & Mackinaw City. 5:00 p m Saginaw Express...............- 7:20am - ie ceetea setae 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 a m 11:45am Cincinnati Pexpress....-.- 2... 4:40pm 5:00 pm From Traverse City............-.-. 10:46 pm 7:15a mtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 5:00 p. m. train connects with M.C. R. R. at Kalama- zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. All Trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave. Arrive. TS Ro eee ceecasecimascwes 10:45am OG 98 sete cp pec ceccesccceeoscesios 4:45pm 4:20 PM... cc ceccccccccsccsccccccccccccccoccs 7:45pm Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. ¢+Morning EXpress........cccccceee 1:05 pm 1:10pm Throuee Mai..................... 4:55pm 5:10pm +Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40pm *Night Express........ .-.0--seeee 6:40am 7:00am MEPRO 6 oc ecee cc cwinccscmincemme 7:45am GOING EAST. Detroit Express..........ccccecee 6:50am Through Mail... 2-8... 10:20am 10:30am t+Evening Express..........sssse0e 3:40pm 3:50 pm *Limited Express. ...............<. 10:30 pm 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making irect 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. JAS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. TO MONTANA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON. If you are going west bear in mind the follow- ing facts: The Northern Pacific Railroad owns and operates 987 miles, or 57 per cent of the en- tire railroad mileage of Montana; spans the ter- ritory with its main line from east to west; is the short line to Helena; the only Pullman and din ing car line to Butte, and is the only line that reaches Miles City, Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, the Yellowstone National Park, and, in fact, nine tenths of the cities and points of interest in the territory. The Northern Pacific owns and operates 621 miles, er 56 per cent of the railroad mileage of Washington, its main line extending from the | Idaho line via Spokane Falls, Cheney, Sprague, Yakima and Ellensburg, through the center of the Territory to Tacoma and Seattle, and from Tacoma to Portland. No other trans-continental through rail line reaches any portion of Wash- ington Territory. Ten days stop over privileges are given on Northern Pacific second class tickets at Spokane Falls and all points West, thus afford- ing intending settlers an excellent opportunity to see the entire Territory without incurring the expense of paying local fares from point to point The Northern Pacific is the shortest route from, St. Paul to Tacoma by 207 miles: to Seattle by 177 miles, and to Portland by 324 miles—time corres- pondingly shorter, varying from one totwo days, according to destination. No other line from St. Paul or Minneapolis runs through passenger ag of any kind into Idaho, Oregon or Washing- on. In addition to being the only rail line to Spo- kane Falls, Tacoma and Seattle, the Northern Pacific reaches all the principal points in North- ern Minnesota and Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Bear in mind that the Northern Pacific and Shasta line is the famous scenic route to all points in California. Send for illustrated pamphlets, maps and books giving you valuable information in reference to the country traversed by this great line from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Ashland to Port- land, Oregon, and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash- ington Territory, and enclose stamps for the new reasonable inquisitiveness are rarely to | be congratulated on the success of their | efforts. If an individual alleges that | 1889 Rand McNally County Map of Washington Territory, printed in colors. Address your nearest ticket agent, or Cuas. S. FEE, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Paul, Minn. LVER STARS No Equal in the State. - Wherever Introduced itis aStayer' 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, 127 Lovis St. GRAND RAPIDS ©0005 £08 o® z ss OIREC TIONS We nav’ cooked the curn in this cau sufficient. shuuid be Thvrvughly Warmec ..wt covked) adding piece uv: 100? gutter (size of hen’s egg) aud xii . fresh milk (preferabie to wacer., , Season to suit when on the tabie. Nove genuine uniess bearing the signature: MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tion. They aresim;p:e durable and econom- rocer should be without Roasts coffee ical. No one. and pea-nuts to per fection. logue and prices, Robt. §. West 48-50 Long St., Address for Cata- Cleveland, Ohio, Davenport Cannig Qo, Davenport, Ia. e oO EN at ruis EN Wholesale ee. HIMES | Reiai. : Coal and W ood Office under National City Bank, Corner Monroe and Pearl Streets. Cement, Lime and Hair. FIRE BRIGK. FIRE GLAY. Why you should send us your orders. We handle nothing but BEST and CHOICEST BRANDS; Seliat Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Prices; i Ship at ONE DAY'S NOTICE, enabling you to receive goods day following; Fill orders for ALL KINDS of GLASS, *mported and American Polished PLATE, Rough and _ Ribbed Wis French Window, Ameri- can Window, English 26 02. Enamelled, Cut and Embossed. Rolled Cathedral, Venetian, Muffled, | Frosted Bohemian, German Looking Glass Plates, French Mirror Plates. The quality, variety and quantity of our stock, is exceeded by no housein the United Statese WM. REID, 73 &75 Larned Street West, DETROIT, MICH, Grand Rapids Store, 61 Waterloo Street. Sewer Pipe and Drain Tile. Special Prices to Builders. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. .Geo. H Reeder, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. Crockery & Glassware THELANE & BUULEY CO. AUTOMATIC CUT OFF LAMP BURNERS. —_—— No. OSGR (0 eee 50 See a ee 55 Re G \ yj FS es oie cauelere secs ee a Sac Wapular V5 ue . t LAMP CHIMNEYS. ‘ ENGINES 2 UNRIVALLED forSTREN ee eee oy geiey B 2 DURABILITY AnD Re ee ee ny 3 00 ‘ So —~—- CLOSE REGULATION. _First quality. a 2 to 48 JO HN STR EET, No. e uh erin COP. rr |THE LANE & BODLEY CO. UP NCinNNATZS, o! No. 2 ee 3 25 XXX Flint. H No. 0 Sun, crimp top...-.... 2+ -.2+ sees ee sees e258 CO ra A So S Re eK ee 2 80 | la fae fe 3 80 e e Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. Y ° se ae ay ec Le es No: 2 Hinge, “ ° ee La Bastic. h ) i NG. San. DIRE) Oe ete 1 25 oe bry assware all [OGerS Un les No. jcrimp...--.-..--. 1 40 y : Noe 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. —_A T———_ Butter Crecks, per cal........-.-.. 06% : gups, % gal, per doz....-. >... 65 e f | Oa 90 cee CE 1 80 wa Hane wesisetibencnnenee : Ro ] rH Ar Prices C . = ce eee eee 1 00 . : 5 * a... 1 65 ie _ 2a ee ee 2 2 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 60 “cc 66 1 “cc 6“ ( 6c 90¢) i q $1,000 REWARD!! THE LARGEST AND BEST CLEAR LONG HAVANA FILLED SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR SOLD FOR & CENTS. ee a ee ee We agree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars to any person proving the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything but Havana Tobacco. DILWORTH BROTHERS. Amos, Musselman & Go. SOLE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ask for our Price List on the following goods. Staple Goods. Don’t pay fancy prices for our We are Headquarters for Grocers’ Notions: Baskets. Blank Books. Stove Polish. Blacking. Composition Books. Perfumery. Liquid Dressing. Cash Books. Pins. Brushes. Day Books. Rat Traps. Playing Cards. Ledgers. Toilet Paper. Combs. Pass Books. : Tacks. Clothes Lines. Student Note Books. Wicking. Butter Bowls. Butter Ladles. Carpet Sweepers. Time Books. Writing Paper Tablets. Note Paper. Curry Combs. Cattle Cards. Candy Jars. Harmonicas. Fools Cap and Legal Cap. Stoneware. Jelly Tumblers. Lead Pencils. Clothes Pins. Fruit Jars. Pens. Keelers. Lamp Chimneys. Papeteries. Mop Holders. Lamp Burners. Pen Holders. Mouse Traps. Lanterns. Funnels. Pails. Street or Mill Lamps. Measures, Tin & Wooden. ___ Sieves. Lantern Globes. Oil Tanks. Step Ladders. Marbles. Tea and Table Spoons. Tubs. Oil Cans. Slates—Noiseless. Slate Pencils. H. Leonard & Sons, 136-142 FULTON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wash Boards. Window Cleaners. Knives and Forks. Pocket Cutlery. Friends, Washerwomen, House- AWNINGS AND TENTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy Send for Illustrated Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc, Catalogue. Chas. A. Coye, Telephone 106. 11 Pearl St keepers, Y Lend me your ears, and hear me for my cause. The Soap I come to speak about is the Great Santa Claus. ’Tis good for every purpose, For which a soap is needed, And joy will bring to LECTROTYPERS mL d ase aa cleter aaa deat RIS LEADS SWSS, BRass RULE S272 eae ade Saale aL ee it 3 Seema A MAPLE. every one Who has wise counsel heeded And spent a nickel, just to prove What wonders it will do, To lighten labor, save expense And make things brightand new. Extract from Prof. Soap’ em’s lecture on \ “The Moral Influence of Soap.” j / : SANTA CLAUS SOAP is the best in the market for washing, scouring, cleaning, scrubbing, &c. N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Manufacturers, Chicago, II. For sale by all grocers at 5c. a cake. LEMON, HOOPS & PETERS, Wholesale Grocers AND IMPORTEBS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICd. 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. 33 OTTAWA STEET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas| GBO.E, HOWES &CO,, | No. 3 Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDs, - - oUuTTOWN LO | Shingles Stovewood |S | © % | © Headquarters MESSINA FRUIT. SPECIAL PRICES TO JOBBERS. MOS. y BROS. —WHOLESALE— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - MICH. GRAND RAPIDS. COLBY, CRAIG & CO. MANUFACTURE THE BESY DELIVERY WAGON ON EARTH. We Manufacture to Order Hose and Police Patrol Wagons, Peddlers, Bakers, Creamery, Dairy, Furniture, Builders, Dry Goods, Laundry, and Undertakers Wagons. Repairing in all its Branches. COLBY, CRAIG .& CO. West End Fulton St Bridge. Telephone No. 867. Buy the Best. It Is the Cheapest. And you can always find the BEST Belting, Hose, Packings, Saws, Files, Emery Wheels, Shingle Bands, Band Nails, Oils and Greases, Lath Yarn, Cotton Waste, Oil and Grease Cups, Lubricators, and Any- thing Else in Mill Supplies that you may desire at the LOWEST PRICES For the Quality. Saminel i. yore, - Corner Waterloo and Louis Sts. GRAND RAPIDS, MICE. 22" ye GROCERIES. The Condition of Trade. From the New York Shipping List. The distributive movement of trade has been a progressive character and in various departments the outlet has con- tinued to expand, stimulated by the mild, spring-like weather that has pre- vailed in nearly all parts of the country and the quickening of the demand for nearly all’ kinds of merchandis3 that comes with the resumption of out-door activity. The early opening of river and lake navigation has also been a fac- tor in the increasing activity of general trade, and in some sections of the coun- try itis said that agricultural work is fully a month in advance of last year. The result of these favorable weather | conditions is found in the active demand | for dry goods, while they also account to | some extent for the heavy demand for} refined sugar that has been experienced | during the past ten days. There is no) longer any doubt as to the strong posi- | tion of raw sugar in all parts of the | | world, and present indications point very distinctly to a further steady advance in prices as a result of the shortage in sev- | eral of the most important cane-growing | crops and asmaller yield of beet than | was estimated at the beginning of the | year. The speculative situation does not | seem to have undergone any material | change since the close of last week. Wall Street continues to be influenced by the little speculative catspaws that ruffle i the surface from day to day and are | created for the most part by professional | | manipulation, and for this reason it is} much less an exponent of the present sentiment of financial circles than when | a large outside interest is engaged in active speculation. The disturbed con- dition of financial affairs in Paris has caused the liquidation of a good deal of | stock for foreign account and the bears | have taken advantage thereof to ham- mer the market, but the railroad situa- tion is undergoing constantimprovement, not only because rates are being main- tained and traffic is of greater volume and steadily increasing, but because | there has been scarcely any interruption from severe winter weather and conse- | 1 quently an avoidance of the heavy ex-| penses that are thereby entailed. A comparison of earnings and tonnage with last year is not specially significant, because of the interruption to traffic last year on account of the severe storms that were experienced during the month of March. The money market has contin- ued to reflect a much easier temper than had been expected during the last week of the month, and loanable funds have been available at comparatively low rates of interest. The recent exports of gold | are not an important feature, for the reason that they have been in the nature of special transactions and not regular exchange operations, as present rates do not admit of shipments ata profit. In- terest still centers upon what action the Secretary of the Treasury will take re- specting the purchase of bonds. The fluctuations of the wheat market are still due to the adjustment of speculative deals. Last week the shorts became alarmed and rushed pell-mell to cover their contracts, with the result of bid- | ding up the prices of options, but as} soon as this demand had been satisfied | the market commenced to drift down-| ward, because of the absence of any sup- | porting influence, and hence the reaction | has been almost as sharp as the advance. The export movement of both wheat and | flour continues phenomenally small in} comparison with last year, but there has | | been a heavy gain in the outward move- | ment of corn. For the eight months of the government fiscal — ending with | February 28, the total exports of wheat | and the flour aint amounted to | 61,729,567 bushels, against 90,025,103 last | year, while the exports of corn are very | nearly double what they were last year. The cotton market has presented no new | features and the fluctuations have been | comparatively narrow, but the crop movement has been remarkably large for | authorities. |; news | will shortly occur. | the face. are rapidly diminishing, and the whole stocks do not go over 130,000 bags, al- though I think that certain growers are holding back to get higher prices later on. The outlook for next Central Amer- ican crop looks well, and I think if speculation does not spoil business (as some commisionistas have already began in offering 20 cents per pound for fruit from the next crop), we will have good luck next year.”’ Extract from South American letter, dated Feb. 11: ‘‘It will be impossible to secure Peruvian coffee from this crop, as it would cost over 30 cents per pound, and the supply is not sufficient for home consumption. Itis asingular fact that the estimates of the growing Brazil crops, which are rendered while the coffee trees are in blossom and some six months prior to the development of the fruit, have in the majority of cases closely approxi- | mated the actual yield of this country. The present crop, however, has been subject to many unforseen and unusual conditions. and even now, when within three months of its conclusion, various reports of a contradictory nature are being received from different Brazilian In this connection we be- lieve that the following advices from perfectly reliable constituents who them- sélves are not interested financially in the course of the market can safely be accepted as very closely representing an actual count of the present available coffee now awaiting shipment.’’ Extract from letter from Brazil, dated Feb. 12: ‘After a very careful personal investigation, together with uninterested information from correspondents in the several Provinces, I should say that the apparent stocks in Brazil would range from 2,400,000 to 2,650,000 bags, although it might possibly go to 2,800,000 bags.’’ With the aid of the above figures it is an easy matter to settle the long debated question as to what is to be the coffee production of Brazil for 1888 and 1889, (crop year from July 1 to June 30). —— Rio July 1, 1888, to Feb. SS 11 Oe — ,000 bags. | Receipts at Santos duly 1, 38 Pep a ise * 590,000 ‘‘ Estimated amount to come forw ard) to June 36, 1550... A ARECO “CU 7,401,000 The recent decline of some %¢ of acent per pound in values at Rio is now gen- erally considered as a politic move on the part of operators located at this point, and this opinion seems to be % reasonable conclusion in view of the fact that large buying orders for Brazilian account have been filled on the New York Coffee Exchange. The Santos market has shown no evi- dence of weakness, and the latest cable from this place reports an advance of 14 cent per pound with strong advancing tendencies. The significance of such may be better appreciated when taken in connection with the fact that 2 values at this point are already 114 cents | per pound above the parity of the United States. Judging by the advices received from Batavia, the March sale of Java (now about taking place) will realize very high prices and as a result, a higher ' market for spot and afloat coffees of this description may be anticipated in the near future. <_< The Grocery Market. Business continues fairly active, while collections are quite as good as could be |expeeted. The sugar market is a good ‘deal of a conundrum, some predicting higher prices, while others are equally confident that a downward movement Willett & Hamlen, - are considered conservative author- , Geseribe the situalion as follows: "The developments of the week all over ‘the sugar world have brought to more / conspicuous view the strength of the ‘sugar position and the poorly prepared state of the United States markets to ‘meet such an issue as now stares us in Refiners have secured all the this season of the year, and the exports! spot ecentrifugals and all the afloats, but are likewise excessive. being 108,000 bales! the quantity is insignificant when com- greater than last year; but although the’ pared with the requirements of the ap- quantity ef cotton that has come in sight, proaching large season of consumption, is somewhat in excess of last year, the | increased exports and enlarged domestic consumption have more than utilized the excess, and stocks at the ports and interior towns are 148,000 bales less than a year ago. Speculation in coffee has been | rather tame and there is a feeling of hesitation among operators that shows a; lack of confidence in the present level of prices. There has been no improve- | ment in the demand for anthracite coal. Production during January and February | shows a decrease of only 63,800 tons, and | on March 1 the stock at tidewater had | run up to 837,200 tons. ————> -6 The Coffee Market. Chase & Sanborn describe the situation ' as follows: The market has steady during the change transactions may show a higher range of value, no special changes have occurred in the prices for actual coffee. In view of the threatened financial | troubles in France, together with the} easier tone of the market at Rio, and the | exceptionally dull trade experienced by the jobbers, the fact that the market has about held its own is ample evidence of the inherent strength of the coffee situa- tion, the statistical position of fair grade | Rio, estimated at cargo cost prices, being | as follows: ruled comparatively week and while Ex- 1888 ag Mepruary fe $14 55 $17 45 Marce 2... ee 19 15} Maree 26 12 55 e * Net increase in roasted cost in 1889, cents per tbh; net increase in roasted oa over 1888, 734 cents per fb. The above prices are based on change quotations, which are ¥ cent, per pound below the present value of | actual goods. In the absence of new features pertain- | ing to the prospective Brazil crops the) following informatior respecting some | of the minor producing countries may be | of general interest to the trade: Extract from Central American letter, dated March 8, 1889: ‘‘Your belief ap-| nears to have been well founded, as the crop is quite short here, and prices are on the advance. Your advance of limits | will allow me certainly more latitude to, buy good lots when found. The stocks i which cane slightly | Ex- | and it remains to be producing countries will part with their moderate supplies, a considerable por- tion of which are already in the hands of local speculators. The beet countries are advancing prices rapidly, thus put- _ting out of reach the only competition producers fear. Under these circumstances, we have to record for the week the remarkable advance of /14e. per pound on raw sugar, leading seen at what prices also to an equal rise in refined, with such / an increased demand for the latter that , on some days refiners refused to meet it, lor were unable to do so. With stocks in | United States decreased 7,744 tons for | | the week, and now reduced to 47,358 tons | total, or, say, 71,496 tons less than at the same time last year. we have to note on ' the other hand an increased consumption of say 11,606 tons, thus far this year, over the same time last year. Raw and refined are now le. per pound higher than at this time last year, and the con- | ditions are certainly indicative of a much more considerable advance before new crops, not yet sown. can come to the 'relief of the market. The present con- | dition is more or less due to, or is the | material result of, the depressing policy ' pursued by refiners since the formation ‘ef the ‘‘Trust.”” This great power ig- i/nored the existence of a well-organized | sugar business which heretofore included | consignees, consignors, merchants, im- | porters, bankers, brokers and agents, | who, in their combined capacities, he!ped the producer to carry his sugar and dis- | pose of it, and naturally created a sur- | plus of available stock always existing in the consuming markets. But now, | without this assistance, the producer is forced to curtail production, as has been notoriously shown in Brazil, for exam- pie, this season. But for this policy, a | shown in the Brazil crop, the si amount of sugar from that country alone would have gone far to prevent the | present dearth in the United States. Planters have learned a lesson this year, and from being forced to curtail produc- | tion, because of the absence of the former mercantile machinery to help |them to carry and market it, they may | hereafter voluntarily curtail production and find their profit in the enhanced prices obtained for their smaller crops. | Total stocks in all the principal coun- { tries are 1,062,234 tons, against 1,174,120 tons at same time last year. Coffees are a trifle weaker, inducing a decline of 4c on the part of the package manufacturers. Nutmegs are higher. Jelly is lower. Other articles are with- out material change. Status of the Orange and Lemon Crop. Granp Rapips, April 1, 1889. Editor Michigan Tradesman: From the Grand Rapids Fruit and ed duce Exchange report, posted in the Board of Trade rooms, there are held in this market at the present time, in the hands of the members of the Exchange, 1.382 boxes oranges, 1,599 boxes lemons, 1,095 bunches bananas. We also find by reference to the cable reports, as reported by the Fruit Exchange of New York, that there are now afloat, bound for all Unived States ports, 9,350 cases of oranges, 164,000 boxes oranges, 154,000 boxes of Jemons. One year ago at this time the record showed 6,600 cases oranges, 185,000 boxes oranges, 235,500 boxes lemons; thus showing a heavy falling off in supply from one year ago. this fruit, together with the California stock which is coming in freely, is to supply the demands of trade for nearly or quite four weeks, and it is predicted that with favorable weather prices will naturally advance more or lcss during that period. Itis believed, however, that the Sicily crop is large and that the increased prices in the American markets’ will immediately stimulate heavy shipments from Sicily and eventually supply our markets lib- erally. There was sold in the various fruit auction rooms last week a total of 8,750 cases oranges, 127,400 boxes oranges, 81,400 boxes lemons; which, to- gether with the receipts of California and Florida fruit, would make a grand total of at least 275,000 boxes fruit for one week’s distribution. Surely we are a great people. Yours truly, B. W. PuTNAM. | te VISITING BUYERS. JL Purchase, Bauer J P Degan, Cannonsburg Munger, Watson & DeVoist. JL Thomas, Cannonsburg S llivan EA Hansen, Greenville R D Wheeler, Ravenna AD Farling, Millbrook W H Watts, Bowne Geo Hirschberz, Bailey F J Clark, Lacota E E Hewitt, Rockford J W Robinson, Stetson Myers & Burton, Lillie P O H Van Noord. Jamestown MM Robson Berlin Meauley & Co,Edgerton T VanKe.enaam, Zeeland W G Tefft. Rockford John DeVries, Jamestown John Farrowe, So slendon E Hartgerink, H Dalmon, Allendale New Groningen LM Wolf, ‘Hudsonville J Vanden Bosch, Zecland GH Walbrink. Allendale Mrs M A Side. Kent City F Na-regang. Byron “enter B Volmari. Fillmore Carrington & North, Trent DenH.rder & Tanis W H Hicks, Morley Vriesland RA Hasting-, Sparta John Damstra, Gitchell D D Harris, Shelbyville John Smith, Ada Ezra Brown, Eugli~hville J DenHerder&Son Overisel J B Watson, Couversvile Jorgensen & Heminesen, A&E Bergy, Caledonia Ashland LPerrigo & Co,Paw aw SJuistema, Grand Haven Gus B-gma", Bauer Smallegan & rickaa'd, W Ver seulen, Beaver Dam Forest Grove G Ten Hvor, Forest Grove John Kamps, Zutphen Drws Hart, Lak Odessa EG Pipp, How. rd City DrAGGoouso ,Pierson BA Fish, Ced+r Springs Walling Bros,Lamont RT Parrish, Grandville ET Van Ostrand, Allegan F E Campau. Alaska Geo J Stephenson, Bangor John Gunstra, Lamont M V Wilson. Sind Lake W E Hinman, Sparta Woodruff & Sam-,KkeedCity L N Fisher, Dorr Sevey & Herington, J Raymond, Berlin Herington J S Tuland, Ross Station os Retail Grocers! Buy your pickles at wholesale prices. Basis, $3.50 for mediums, guaranteed 1,200 count and quality guaranteed. WALKER & SONS, Box 456, Grand Rapids, Mich. EAN SW Molasses and 8 We have arranged WHITE WINE WINEGAR, Stimulated by the success of our yrvp Department, to handle a line of Pure Apple Winegar Which we are putting on the market under, the following brands: DOUBLE STRENGTH CIDER VINEGAR, CHOICK CIDER WINEGAR. See our goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere. Telfer Spice Company, 1AND3S PEARL STREET. BROWNS KEE We carry a large assortment of all kinds fresh, and if you want anything in the w fred J. Brow GRAND RA We have taken great pains to have our seeds pure and reliable. Clover, Timothg, Alfalfa, Alsike, Red Top, Hvngarian, Millet. of Seeds, Onion Sets and Seed Potatoes. Parties wishing anything in this line please write to us. Our stock is ay of Garden or Field Seeds, you can get i them of us cheaper than sending out of the State. ns seed Store, PIDS. MICH. CANDY PUTNAM & BROOKS. We manufactere a full and warrant our goods to line, carry a heavy stock, ® first class. et dt . Phas a ~ td THE AMERICAN BANNER OAT. ao — a ik LS! If you want Medium or Mammoth, Alsike, Lucerne or White Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Orchard, Kentucky Blue Grass, Spring Wheat, Rye or Barley, Field Peas; or, in fact, Seeds of any Kind for the Field or Garden, write to Grand Rapids Seed Store, We have also a limited supply of the AMERICAN BANNER OATS I offer to the trade at prices that ought to induce many merchants to handle a large quantity of them. They are certainly The Coming Oat And should be introduced into every section of Western Michigan. WRITE FOR PRICES TO W. T. LAMOREAUX. 71 CANAL ST., Grand Rapids, Mich. 4 be STRICTLY PURE and: PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—In poor demand at $1.25@81.75 per bbl. Beans—Handlers are paying about $1.25 for un- picked and getting $1.65@81.75 for hand- picked. Butter—Creamery isin fair supply at 25@26c. Dairy is in good demand at 18@20c, according to quality. Cabbages—Home grown command $3@%5 per 100; New Orleans stock, $1.50 per crate. Celery— —Scarce = hard to get. Cider—10ce per g: »,Cooperage Pork Sancl $1.25; produce barrels Cranberries—#5.50@6.50 for Bell and Cherry and $7.50 for Bell and Bugle. Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried at 44%4@5c and evaporated at 6@6%%Cc. Eggs—No change since last week’s quotations, jobbers still holding the buying price at 10c. Honey—More plenty, being easy at 15e@17e er Ib. Lettuce—15@17c per lb. Maple Sugar—10@12c per lb. Onion Sets—#3 per bu. Onions—Buyers pay 18@20c for good stock, and hold at 25@30c per bu. Pieplant—éc per Ib. Pop Corn—2%¢ per Ib. Pork—Hogs bring 54@5'%c on the streets and sell for 54%@6e from jobbers’ hands, Potatoes—There is practically no market, buy- ers being able to pick up all they can use at 13¢ er bu Sweet Potatoes—Kiln-dried Jerseys, $3.50 per i ob Turnips—25c per bu. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mcss: NEW. ...00..02..05.) 6 es 13 25 Short cut Morgan. ........-+-. esse esse cere ee 14 25 Extra clear pig, short Cut............-+++--- 15 00 Textra Cléar, HEAVY... -. .. ce ee not seen a 15 00 Clear quill, short Cut......-..-0.--ee eee eee 15 00 Boston clear, short Cut...........-0+se+eee 15 00 Clear back, BROT COG 15 00 Standard clear, short cut, best..........--.-. 15 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average Be ihe. g ee. 9% g¢ IBA es 1014 a = 12 to 14 ibe... 10% - Se 814 « Pat Penelcss. 2.2. ce 10 Shoulders Oe ee cee ee ao houticse Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............--.-+-: 0 Dried Beet extra z is ham prices..........-.-.---.-+---- 9 Long Clears, heavy.........+---2-seserece cece a Briskets, ee %% . Te eee ee oe 7% LARD—Kettle Rendered. MMOTGCH 0062 ee pee ene we ee == 844 ce ees ie aie ed oe 814 Solo fins .............. ey LaRD—Compound. Miprees Gt 30 anid bo th. Pubs. .......--.-----. 22. 5-8. (ey 3b, Pails, Min & case.................-.----- 5 ib. Patis, 12 in & Case......-..-.-..-.-...--.-- 4 10 ID. Palla, Gin a ease:.....-.......-.-...-.-.- 75g 20 1b. Pails, 4in 8 case... --. 7% Fam) @eus. tl ee ee D4 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............-- 6 75 Extra Mess, Chicago packing............---- 7 00 Piste 7 25 xtra Plate. ee 7% Boneless, ramp butts....-........-.....-.....- 9 00 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausage 6 x | Ham Sdusape 2) Monpue SAHSASE._-.. ..-. oe. 8 cine weno oe 9 Hrankfort SQUSARC....-..-......--.-- 2c. 8 Blood sauseee..--.........-------.-.-. 5% Bologna, straight............ 2.222... 5% Boloona., thie 6 5 Mead Cheese... .--.-..- es 5% | PIGS’ FEET. ip half barrels... ........-:..-..- 3 50 In Quarter Darvel 00 TRIPE. im Half barrels. ee Oo | In quarter barrels...........-.-........-...... 16 in Sis... ee 85 FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Bect Careaes......--.-.- 3. 5 @5% . lnend Quasreers..........-..-.-._._. 54@ 7 ia fore a ee @ 4 Oe eee a 6 Poe tome... T4@ 8 i shomieere. ..-00 @ 6% BOGOR @5 Sausage, blood or head................- @ 5 re ver. ee @ 5% Mrammerore......-..... 2.2.2... @ 8% Mutton 8. ee @7 OYSTERS and FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: | OYSTERS IN CANS. Rinm@aeGs oe @i7 io... ltisti‘i‘(‘(é‘j#(N... @19 Selecis, 22 @27 Rambaven Commis...) 2... @35 OYSTERS IN BULK. Standgaegs...0 8. 1 00 Selecta. oe eee 1 40 FRESH FISH. Wiiteash oo @7 Troug 2.2... @i7 Ciscece ee. @ 4 Wietipee.... (2.2. @I15 Merete @ 4 Peren sianmed. 8 @5 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK, Standard, 25 lb. boxes betes cells cette oe Twist, 25 Cut Loaf, 25 MIXED oval) 2a 5p patie. ke — oe... 8% Extra, 2 nD Pe 10 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. BAKING POWDER. LL WEIGHS RO’ NYALI rating 5 Scents ' a 9% ee 8 _ 20 ? SE4 | 0z. 1% fib. 2 oe 202.) ... oa io. A meip:* .:.14 18 Fin... Ee ae re ee 7. * a oo Arctic, 4 +g iD, cans, : doz.. 45 < a2 0, % oe i lb. “ec : “ec 1 40 es = 2. ae “cc “oc “ fo < 00 Absolute, Ps oe cans, 1008..11 7% 50s..10 00 e a ib eg 50s..18 75 Telfer’s, 1% lb. cans, — 2 70 “ lb.“ . 255 ee tip. @ : <1 oo Acme, ? 44 ib. cans,3doz..... 7 Min 2. .... 2 be te ib 8G 3 00 is We 20 Red Star, % ¥4 Ib. cans, 12 doz 45 \% |b. 6 85 ane 1b * 4° 200 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 Bring So "5 American. 2 doz. in case. 65 BLUING. iTOSS Arctic Liq, + “02... 3 60 wy pt. Le ecole ne 7 00 . . ive... 10 80 . a 8-0oz paper bot 7 20 ne Pepper Box No. 2 3 00 ‘ a “oc oe 4 4 00 “ee “ec ee “ee 5 9 00 BROOMS. We, S Hat oe 2 00 NO fF 2 2 No. : Carpet ee 2 50 Nee oe oo 2 ao Gem. 3 00 Common Whisk....-....... 90 Fancy ee 1 00 i 3 50 Warehouse.........._.._... 3 00 BUCKWHEAT. Kings $00 Ib. cases... .... _- 5 @ 80 lb. cases. 429 BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed... .... 13 rolls 14 Creamery, solid packed... 15 rolls . _. 20 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes Jee 10% Star, 2S. Fy Peraeine .. | Wicking... ... 2... 25 CANNED Goops—Fish. Clams. 1 Ib, Little Neck. .:.. 12 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib. ........ 2 50 Cove Oy sters, 4 Ib. stand.. ee 21 ... 1 60 Lobsters, 7 . picnic Asso 1 50 eee. 2 6 ii +. co Lowe cl 1 90 ia 2 ih Star 2 90 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce. - 1 Ib. stand Sete el. 1% ee 2 Tb. o 31b.in Mustard.. . 3 1b. soused < Salmon, 1 lb, Columbia.....2 00 . De 3 10 o ib, Sacramento.. 10 fe 2 Ib. _.2 Sardines, domestic *48 cee ee 5 s5......@ 8 ue Mustard 14s. . ‘o@ 10 . imported 4s... eee 10@11 . Spiced, 345.-.__.- 10@12 Trout, 3 ip. brook ........- CANNED Goops—Fruits. Apples, gallons, stand.2 00@2 2: Blackberries, stand......... 75 oo 2 Cherries, red standard...... 1 00 : Pattee 1@ Damsons . eases a Egg Plums, lean ey 1 GOOSEDErFICS .. 0. .....220 215. i 10 Groep, 90 Gicen Geres................ ; 30 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 45 - secones a. 1 2 . re... 1 00 Rear... 130 a 1 10@1 2 Guinges 1 00 aspperrics, xtra.......... J 10 . red... 2 00 Srtwwerrics =. 6... 1 Whortieberries.............. 90 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... 1 80 Beans, Lima, stand......... 1 00 © Green Eimas.... @i tu i String... : |: Oo & © Stringlese, Erie... ._/- 90 ‘« Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 45 Corn, Archer's Trophy... .. . Morn’g Glory. : . - Early Gold...1 10 Peas, Prenem. 0.2.5... ‘1 25 * extra marrorat. . @1 lu * soaked.. ee, ~ une, stand...... 1 40@1 50 ae Se 1 55 “* ®reneh, extra fine... 14 uo Mushrooms, extra fine..... 18 00 Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 85 Succotesh, standard.... @ 85 DqUASN ee 110 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00 = Good Enough....1 00 C Ben Bar... .. 1 00 . stand OF... @1 00 CHEESE, Michigan Full Cream 1244@13 Sap SAO ...-.-....-.-. 16@17 9 CHOCOLATE. French Cream, 25 1b. ae ec ee 11% Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet 22 Cut Loaf, 25 Ib. cases. Pe <0 * Premium 33 Broken, 4010p. Ba 9% “ ‘“ sal 2 Hom-Cocoa... 37 Soot PPIs. 9 ‘“ * Breakfast... 48 FaNncy—In 5 lb. boxes. CHEWING GUM. Hiemon Drops 13 | Rubber, 100 lumps........-.. 25 Sour Drops i 14 ee 35 Peppermint Dope. 00 4 | oorce ee Chocolate Prope oe 15 CHICORY HM Chocolate Drape. i Baie i 6 Cae 10 wy, Picorice DLODs. | Sn 7 AUB) Bicorice Drone 12 f comras Green. Lozenges, = De cece eine eee cates 14 Rio, a oe isa @I19 prctea .- es 15 Se oe { perme SS a ee se OPE Oe es 13 golden............ Molasses Bar 13 | Santos. 7 1 @8 Bar... ........2.22seee reese nese sees 5 MexieHi ‘is Gasiousiais Caramcie 19 Pa Hand Mace Greats 19 Se Gee cain cece sian 20 Ht. s tL ave, Baterior. 100). z Pini Creams 20 ¢” Mandhell ee Cot 20 | ene eee Siri BOC 14 focha, genuine....... 3 @z Burnt Almonds 22 To ascertain cost of roasted Winterereen Bermdess 0000 0 00 tee 14 Papi hes sig ao spre oac Francy—In bulk. ue 85 eT Lozenges, plain, - —_ Ea ae 12 ” corrEEs—Package. Aes oe iH 8 . printed, in cm Oe cle eee eae 12% : ya ‘i 20 gen ite Eis oan pega he 2% Chocolate Drops, in aaa eaee oe ae oe ee 938% Gum Drops, = of ag Ce eee ee eee alee ec 6 Magnolia 23.4 Se ee eee 5 30 lbs 60 lbs Moss eee in DOES. cot 10 heme Le. R23 2 2314 WOR 9 German 2354 Sour Drops, i: ee a a 11 a a 2414 Imperials, = POMS. ck ee 11% McLaughlin’ s RX. "233 MPS. Se 10541 Honey Bee.........-- oe FRUITS. OTSCE 8...) 24 Oranges, fancy California. . ......8 25@3 35) Nox Al.....--..-... 222. 25 Messina 2 3 25@3 35 oO 5... ee. 24 i COFFEE EXTRACT. a zf Walley City................. : _ I ee I Lemons, choice.. eee cet eee ene ced Felix. PRey ee. 3 50@3 7 eS ae Figs, a: fei De eee eee eee ore 10@15 Cotton, =n CEE per doz. : = g Boece Deceeecce esc. @ 6 — SOE... ... ie Dates, fenite 50 Me ae @ 4% . Gof... .. . 1 60 : frail B56 18. ce. es @ 5% [ ae eect : 2 = ‘ © ; ee oe ee lee eA ee . Peratan, 50-1b. box. oo. 5.5.5. 6 @T% . (0) ™ 1 15 a 7 a aie aie aisidie die sce © 1 50@2 50 CONDENSED MILK. a 7 60 Mane, eT II «Gap | Anglo Swiss... 6 00 * a California .....0:..04 2... - CRACKERS. WOMNO oe ks oe 8 Witte, Silly... Loe @ll Scone? oe Walnuts, Grenoble. eae tee Giese! Sitios ee, 6% Le @10% (amb 6% Pecans, Texas, HP. .2.-.... 1. noe oe 734@12 a ee 7 Cocounuta, per 100.03. ..2 2... 6225s. GSpot 8 CROs oe ooo ee ee es Gi 08) Giessda, eg PEANUTS. . ee ee ee 6% PORCOGK oo wie |S Oyster... cose. k a 6% mc) City Ovster, MOK 6% Wa ee ee @6%4 i Piemte. | 2)... 6% CREAM TARTAR, Herietiy pure. 2.60... 38 WN st oe a cian 24 DRIED FRUITs—Domestic. Apples, sun-dried..... 4@4% r ev oC 6 @6% 4 ricots, o 115 = Ereceerrics tu . DGCCASRIBCR 8) Bos. 14 Peaches ie Maule pees 14 Plums Oe la wes 10 Mespoerricn “8. Le 22 DRIED FRUITS—Foreign. Citron, in drum... .. .. @23 “ in DOWER... ... @25 oe @5 Hemon Peel... 2.2.2: 13 Orazise Feel; ... 14 Prunes, ‘Turkey....... @ 4% ' imperial... .. @ 6 Raisins, Valencias....7144 @ 8% . Ondaras...... 2... . 84 - Domestic Layers.. 12 40 . Loose FARINACEOUS GOODS. Warsaw ‘“ " yy bu “ce Kegs Granulated, boxes.......... Californias. .1 65 | Farina, 100 Ib. kegs. ........ 04 | Homimy, per obi... ........ 4 00} Macaroni, dom 12 1b box.. 60 _ imported. Pees @10 Pearl Barley. _— @ 3 Peas Preen.... |... @1 30 Ee @ 3 Sago, German.. @ 6% Tapioca, fi’k or p rl. @ 6% Wheat, cracked... @ 6% | Vermicelli, import.. @10 " domestic... @B0 FLAVORING EXTR ACTS, Jennings’ Lemon Vanills 2 02. Panel, doz. % 35 4 0z. . 12 2 25 6 0z ° “25 3 25 Nas) "2 1 60 No. s& “ 2 4 00 now, * 8, 6 00 No. 4, Taper, © i @ 2 50 ly pt, Round, " 225 7 50 = 3 56 16 00 FISH—SALT, Cod, whee. |... @ 5% ' BOMGICES............ @ i Halipos 11% Herring, round, % bbl.. 2% . ee . Holland, bbls.. 1000 . Holland, kegs.. @ 70 ‘ pemea. .... 28 Mack. sh’s, No. 1, % bbI....9 50 cc i2 Ib kit... 1 45 a " 4 35 Trout, % “pbs . @4 7D | 20: bh. kits _. 78 White, No. ft, % Dbis...._... 6 00 é ID. Kite... . 1 15 ie 10 Ib. kits..... 90 a Family, % bbis.... .2 50 > its... 55 GUN POWDER. Kees. ee i so... 2 88 LAMP WICKS. moO ee 30 “7... 40 Gee. 50 LICORICE, Pure. . le Caleb ee Seg 18 MINCE MEAT Buecker... 1... OG Half bbls.. eect. Ss MOLASSES. Biack Strap... .... 16@17 Guba Baking. ..-..... _. 25 Porto Rico. _..... oo New Orleans i ‘good. ee, 2530 ' choice...... 33@40 “ fancy..... ..40@48 One-half barrels, 3e extra. OATMEAL. Muscatine, Berels 1. . 6 00 Half barrels. -o 19 it Cases. .-% 20@Z 35 ROLLED OATS Muscatine, Berreis. 6 00 Half were oe - Cases... _. z OIL, Michigan Pest... 1... 9 Water White...........: W.... 1036 PICKLES. Medium ey ce a cl 4 50 %y Small, bbl “HD Ciny, Ne 216... 1 60 < ©. D fall ecount........ ie Cop. Ne 3... 49 RICE, Carolina Head... No t... . NG eo. ‘ Neg... .. e SORA 54 SALERATUS. Deland s, pure........_... 54% CE irehs, Cap Sheaf....... 5 Weeds 5 fasiers.:. Ss. Common Fine per bbl....... 88 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 24 a pocket. 3... 2 05 0) ae eo 215 1 ye 2 40 Ashton bu. bags oe i repens Ce se. % % | SAPOLIO, | Kitchen, 3 doz. im box... 2 35! Hand, 3 — 225. SAUERKRAUT. Silver Thread, 30 gal.... _...0 oO ae 4 50 SEEDS. Mixed bird... 4% Caney... 10 Camary 4 Hemp... s. : + Re 8% ape te WENEATO 00 7% SNUFF. Seotch, in Diadders.........37 Maeccaboy, th jars........... 35 French Rappee, in Jars.....43 SOAP. Dingman, 100 bars..........4 00 Dom’t Anti-W ashboard..... 4% WOEGH «8... ie 3" Gueen Anne... 4 00 German family.............. 2 40 Big Gergai ................ to SODA. Boxes Lo. Kegs, English. ee . 434 sPicEs—Whole. AVCG 10 Cassia, China in mats.. . 1% ' Batavia in bund....11 o Saigon in rolls.. 2 Cloves, Amboyna...... ee re Bangin... tk. 24 Mace Bateyia.....-......-.- 70 Nutmegs, foeey......... 8. 80 ae ee ae 70 Pepper, Singapore, black. ...18% white. .... 28 “ ot ..... 21 sprces—Ground--In Bulk. eee 15 Cassia, Batav i. 20 te and cae: 25 e Saigon ....... .42 Cloves, Amboyna........... 35 - Zanzibar.. . 20 Ginger, Attica... 0.1.60... 124% Cochin oo... 15 . anmaeiew 0... 18 Mace Batavia.. ece.. -OG Mustard, English... eect ee 22 and Trie. .25 - TAeR6O oo. oo 20 Nutnecs. No 2..-... 70 Pepper, Singapore, bisek.... 22 White. .... 30 re Cayenne. ...:.....: 25 STARCH. My stic, 1 Ib. — ‘8 bemeeig. 6 SUGARS. ee @ 8% Cubes... 2... @ 8&4 Powaered o..2 0.54... @*\% Granulated, H. & E.’s. @ 8% Franklin... @ 8% ’ Lakeside. . @ 8% “ Knight’s.. @ 8% Confectionery A...... @ 7% Sian A... .... @ 7% No. 1, White Extra C.. @ 7% No. © Bxtes C2... @7 Wo. 3C, golden...... -- D 6% Bo, 20, dere... ...... @D 65% Se @6% SYRUPs, Corn; Batrela. 3 @22 “one-half barrels... @24 Pure Sugar, or ae —— half barrel.. 2G: SWEET GOODs, Ginger Snaps.......... 2 ae Sugar Creams........ 9 94 Frosted Creams....... 9% Graham Crackers..... 9 Oatmeal Crackers..... 9 a > @16 @17 @29 @34 @15 Goon ere eames! 16 @20 ees. 24 @28 [ChGieet 380 = BASKET FIRED. 2 nae @20 Chee @25 Chiles @35 | Extra choice, wireleaf @40 a *GUNPOWDER. ommon to fair.......25 @g5 Extra fine to finest... 0 Ges Choicest fancy. _B @S5 IMPERIAL. . | Common to fair....... 20 @35 Superior tofine......_. 40 @bo YOUNG HYSON, _ | Common to fair.. 18 @26 | Superior to fine...) |. 30 @40 | OOLONG, Common to fair.. -29 @30 Superior to fine...... 30 Ga Fine to choicest. 55 @U5 | ENGLISH BRE. AKF AST. Fair . ‘ 25 @30 Chace i 30 G35 Ce 55 @b5 Yea Das 8 @10 TOBACcOs—Plug. COMMAS 40 Corner Stoel CD ad Bowne Pedra. 00 Peach Pie.. a 3 Wedding (¢ Cake, blk. os ‘37 Something Cee 39 VPOMSCCG@? 37 TOBACCOS—Fine Cut. Sweets Pippi... 50 Five and Sevyen....... 50 Hiawatha . 68 Sweet C uba.. 45 Petoskey C hee U0) 5D Sweet maces fed 32 @34 Thistle . ee 42 Florida.. _ 65 ese bear... 66 ead Domine. | 32 TOBACC -os—Sm ki Merchaum, 4s, cloth... Fess 31 Kiln Dried 1 oz., 19 @20 pare SMAN CREDIT cou PONS. S 2, per hundred eee. 2 50 a. 3 00 10, ae 4 00 $20, “4 . 500 Subiect t to sabe fol owing dis- counts: 200 or over. 5 per cent 500 “ se =: Le VINEGAR. ete 9 ee 10 50 gr Be eee ce at. i $1 for barrel MISCELLANEOUS. Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 3% Seliy eb. pede a a 15 PAPER, WOODENWARE PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- lows: a 1% ' Tagiet Weleat. ___.. g “or... z > Oe SEA ee we 216 a ry Goods. ........... La aute Mails... 5 Red Express Not... 1s 70. 2 ......,.. 4 | TWINES. 45 Cotton. 22 Cotton, No.2... 20 . oe. 9d Sea Island, assorted....... 40 No. 5 Hemp... -16 NG ob... cl, 7 Woot... ss 8 WOODENWARE. Tubs, No. 1 Poe eeeee eee. No Pails, ote 1, two-hoop.. 1 66 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 7 Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60 Bowls, 11 inch Deca ee amee ee Bere cee ae 13 ae oe 2 00 . 2% assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 ' 15s, Tip and 19s 2 7 Baskets, WinERGt.. io. 40 Dusbel.. 3...) i 60 ** with covers 1 90 iu willow cl’ths, No.1 5 5 i a | NGS 6 06 a“ “cc “cc No.3 7 " 00 c splint ia No.1 3 50 : i No.2 4 25 ie ' — | Nos 5 00 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. White... 94 Hea 94 FLOUR, Straight, in sacks. 5 U0 " parrels........ 5 20 Patent Sacks... .. 6 00 = barvelg... 2... 6 20 MEAL, Botea ee GCranulated............. 24 MILLSTUFFS. oa ............... 13 00 SHI 14 00 Perceuiiies................ 12 00 Midd ies................. 1 Misca Feed. -............ 14 00 CORN. Small lots. el Cae | 34% OATS Small lots....--_- 30 Car el 284 RYE, No, td, per Othe oil... 208 BARLEY. Not... 1 30 Ge ee 110 HAY Not... Cll 12 00 NG ee 10 60 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as fol lows: i HIDES. Green . ee Part Cured.. fae 88... 4%@ 5 ee 5 @6 Dry Kips .... 3 6 Calfskins, green. » 4 : Cured... . 44%@ 5 Deacon skins........ 10 @20 44 off for No. 2. PELTS. SHeAP Nes... ..... 10 @30 Estimated wool, per h 20 @28 FURS. Wiis ee. 5@1 00 Cooe sos... Lonaed 5@i 00 Stig 5@1 00 Muskrat.... oe, oe oe Hox. red......-......:.) S@ae oO a Ee ea 5O0@5 00 GOT ye ea. 5@1 00 Cot owee....., .12.... 5@ %w P Wee. 5@ 50 oo a nS ie 1 00@6 00 yee, 50@5 00 Sata. Gaek.. . i... Sagas 0b ‘ WAG. -... 2... 10@1 50 Ome Ce 50@10 OO wor................... ao eee, 30@30 00 ever... ...,........ H@8 00 Beg 5@1 00 Deerskins, per Ib...... 5@ 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow . ~e+e- O%@ 3% Grease butter ls. 5 @i Switches .......... @ 2% Ginseng ........:.. s “G2 10 e * @ Drugs & Medicines. es State Board of 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 Star Island House, near Detroit, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. First Vice-Presid-nt—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles. Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Trea urer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. : Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; W. A. Hall, Greenville; &. T. Webb, Jackson. Loca! Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. fzrand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Pharmacal Education. The changes in pharmacy, as in other trades and professions, though of differ- ent origin, have a common purpose, namely, todemand that they shall occupy a higher plane. The selling of ready- made medicines and fancy articles re- quires no skill or educational attain- ments beyond that of the ordinary mer- chant, and as such must share trade competition. Pharmacists, like other persons, do best when under pressure, and in this instance it is the force of ruinous competition which is driving it into its proper channels. Asin other branches of industry, the one sovereign remedy suggested is edu- cation. This is held out as the only factor to lift up struggling humanity into a haven of prosperity and contentment. While there is no denying the correct- ness of this as an abstruse theory, yet it may be desirable to have the question, “What constitutes education as applied to pharmacy ?”’ defined. From the time Paracelsus made his concoctions down to the present time, the novice has stood beside the master to learn the art, so that through gradually ascending steps he should become famil- iar with the methods of pharmacy by actual observation and instruction. By earcful application through an extended period a point is finally reached when the learner, a novice no longer, has sur-| mounted all the mechanical or manip- ulative difficulties, from putting up pack- ages to dispensing prescriptions. By this very practice he has observed that there is a great deal yet to learn about crude drugs, chemical compounds, and even the preparation and dispensing | of pharmaceutical compounds, and that | he requires a more definite and system- | atic knowledge than he can obtain | through his own resources. At this | stage can the knowledge gained from a} college course be best appreciated. Such | is the idea of a pharmacal education, | such the curriculum which would pro-| duce men who are students, after as well | as before attending college. This is | what we would call education. << _—_—— The Druggist’s Specter. Among the many things that detract | from the pleasure of the druggist’s life | and have a tendency to make him rest- | less, is the ever-present thought that he} is liable to make a fatal mistake while} filling a prescription and thus ruin his | business, if not cause him to spend the} remainder of his days behind the prison | bars. It is the duty of each druggist to} take every reasonable precaution to pre- | vent dispensing accidents in his store. Each person has his own idea as to which is the most reliable method of guarding | against using one drug or preparation in| the place of another that has been pre- scribed, and the subject has been thor-| oughly discussed in all its bearings. | There is, however, another factor that) enters into the question of safety and | accuracy in dispensing as practiced in many stores, and it is frequently over- looked. Werefer to the habit of con- verting metric weights and measures into apothecaries’ weights and wine measure when a prescription comes in that has been written by a physician who uses the decimal system. No mat- ter how familiar a person is with the principles involved in changing a denom- ination in one system to the correspond- ing in another, there remains a liability to make an error. In addition to this} the relative denominations are only ap- proximate, and frequently, as used by the druggists, very roughly approximate. Sets of metric weights and measures are not expensive and can be readily pro- eured from any wholesale firm. We ad- vise those of our readers who have been following the careless and dangerous method of conversion to order an outfit with the next bill of goods and see how convenient they are compared to the old method. ————_——>> = A Provision Which Should Be Enforced. From the New York Shipping List. There is one of the amendments to the Interstate Commerce law which ought to be brought to the attention of shippers— and that is, the penalty provided for misrepresentation with respect to the contents of packages in order to obtain a lower classification and, therefore, a lower rate of freight. This is one of the ways in which the old law was evaded, and this kind of deception was winked at by the roads in erder to induce ship- pers to patronize their roads and thereby stimulate competition. Now the law not only punishes the road for such eva- sion, but likewise provides a penalty of fine and imprisonment for the shipper who is guilty of such practices. Now that the proper machinery for carrying the law into effect has been provided— the question is, will it be put in opera- tion? In other words, will a complaint be made against the law breaking ship- per by the very agency that has hereto- fore encouraged him in the practice of this deception? This question, as well as a number of others with respect to the recent amendments to the law, will de- pend for their solution upon the manner in which the Interstate Commission dis- charges its duty; or, in other words, the integrity with which it lends its support to the enforcement of the Interstate Com- merce law. The best interest of the railroads are now found to be in putting forth efforts to enforce the provisions of this law. The evasion of its provisions resulted in the condition of affairs that reached their climax last Autumn. Then and Now. “It’s a heap of fun to be a traveling man,” said a knight of the grip the other day while sitting in the lobby of a hotel near the corner; ‘“‘at least those who haven’t tried it think so. Itisn’t all that it is cracked up to be, even by the most enthusiastic of the boys who lug big sam- ple cases around with them and jump from town to town, making the quickest time and biggest sales possible. A few years ago the drummer led a happy life, but in these days of competition more work is expected of us and we have a harder time to sell our goods. Our ex- penses are watched closer than in the days of yore and we are expected to make better time in getting over our routes. But withal the right kind of a fellow can have ‘oodles’ of fun on the road. Qgca- sionally, when several of the boys meet at the same town, they ‘whoop ’er up’ for a few hours, but depend upon it, they never go so far as _ to ‘miss a trick’ when it comes to making asale. No, I have never written any of my experiences, but had I the time I could tell you of some adventures that would make your sides split with laughter and the next moment cause you to shed a silent tear of grief. Pdont like the business, but I guess that is because I have a darling wife and two small children. They are all well and so on, but you know I hate to be away from them somuch. Sometimes I think I will quit the road and settle down, but blame the luck I ain’t fit for anything else. I wish I was a butcher or anewspaper man or something else besides a worthless drummer. Let’s smoke.’’ ———_—> -s_—_——_ How He Brought the Factory to Time. An amusing incident is related in the rubber department of Boots and Shoes. It seems that a certain jobber gave a large order to a leading factory for rub- ber boots. The order was not filled as promptly as it should have been and the result was that large shipments of goods began to reach the jobber long after all call for them had ceased. So the jobber notified the factory not-to deliver any more goods on theorder. To this reason- able request the factory replied that the order was given them to be filled during the season and that as the season did not expire until April 1, and as the jobber’s credit was perfectly good, they should continue shipping until they had deliv- ered his full order. The jobber said nothing more, but sat down and wrote an advertisement, which he had printed on postal cards, and flooded the territory throughout which he sold goods with the announcement that he was ready to accept orders for the next season’s sup- ply of boots of this factory’s make, at 50 per cent. off, payable Decembey next. It took about 24 hours for those postal cards to reach the retailers and then to get into the hands of competing jobbers handling the same line of goods, and it took about two hours more for those jobbers to telegraph the factory and have a representative of the factory eall upon the jobber and offer terms of settlement. The matter was soon settled upon the jobber’s terms, and the next mail carried out postal cards withdrawing the offer. qq »_— ee The Boy Who Says “We.” From the Springfield Union. Don’t laugh at the boy who magnifies his place. You may see him coming from the postoffice with a big bundle of his employer’s letters, which he displays with as much pride as if they were his own. He feels important and he looks it. But he is proud of his place. He is attending to business. He likes to have the world know that he is at work fora busy concern. One of the Lawrences of Boston once said : “J would not give much for the boy who does not say ‘we’ before he has been with us a fortnight.’’ The boy who says ‘‘we’’ identifies him- self with the concern. Its interests are his. He sticks up for its credit and rep- utation. He takes pleasure in his work and hopes some day to say ‘‘we’’ in earn- est. The boy will reap what he sows, if he keeps his grit and sticks to his job. You may take off your hat to him as one of the future solid men of the town. Let his employer do the fair thing by him; check him kindly if he shows signs of being too big for his place; counsel him as to his habits and associates, and occasionally show hima pleasant pros- pect of advancement. A little praise does an honest boy a heap of good. Good luck to the boy who says ‘‘we.”’ ———_—> > How to Treat Rude Customers. When the customer professes to know so much and to be so positive in his as- sertions, and when there is nothing really in the character or price of the goods warranting the invidious remarks he may make, the best way to parry them, if it be desirable not to give offense, is by alittle gentle raillery, which he can- not take amiss, by which he is given to understand that he is saying what he does not truly think about the goods, so that he may have them offered cheaper. The extent to which this resource can be availed of must depend upon the ac- quaintance and relative position as to age, etc., of the salesman and the cus- tomer. It is at best adangerous remedy, and unless there is a fair certainty that it will answer the purpose in any partic- ular case, it is best to avoid risk by a silent submission to the remarks, with perhaps a simple expression of regret that the articles do not suit. Still there will occur instances when the salesmen’s self-respect requires that the customer should be informed, in the politest way possible, that his unjust assertions and remarks are without influence or effect. ———————_—=> 2 Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. MUSKEGON, March 28, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—A regular meeting of the M. D.C. A. was held March 26, with a full membership. E. Johnson and Walt. Glover were admitted as members of the Association. The following officers were elected for the coming term: President—C. S. Koon. Vice-President—Emile Johnson. Secretary and Treasurer—Jesse W. Hoyt. A social meeting followed, at which questions were given each member to answer at the next regular meeting, April 9. J. W. Hoyt, Sec’y. ——_—»> 7. Stockbridge—Brown & Nichols have sold their grocery and drug stock. Too Weak Vinegar -- Warning to the Trade. GRAND Rapips, March 30, 1889. Editor Michigan Tradesman: We wish to call your attention to the reprehensible practice of putting up pickles in watered vinegar, which is practiced by many pickle manufacturers, in order to save a few cents’ worth of vinegar on each barrel of pickles, in order to undersell those manufacturers whose first aim is a reputation for first- class goods. That this practice is at the expense of the retail grocer and his cus- tomer is shown by the weak vinegar soon ceasing to do its duty of preserving the pickles, when the pickles scum over with a fungus, caused by decay. That it is a decay of the pickles is proved by the fact that after pickles commence to scum, they soon become softer, until finally the grocer is obliged to throw them away. The instruction of the manufacturers, to shake the barrel when the pickles com- mence to scum, is also bad, as the fungus is precipitated to the bottom of the bar- rel, where it gives off its decaying and injurious properties to the goods, while the top pickles, thus relieved of its tell- tale decay, are made to appear sound and wholesome. The only proper way to treat such goods, should a grocer be so unfortunate as to have them, is to rinse them well and put on fresh vinegar at his own ex- pense and trouble. Some of these manufacturers acknowl- edge that they can manufacture pickles that will not scum and spoil, but their excuse is that the trade will not pay the additional price. But as buyers expect, when they buy goods, that they will keep in good order, the trade should pro- test against such practices, which are to the advantage of the manufacturer and the expense of the trade, as the sight of such goods hurt their sale, besides the loss in many cases in having to be thrown away. Respectfully yours, Cuas. W. SHEDD & Co. —_—_»->__——- The Unpardonable Sin. Penitent Printer—I have been such a terrible sinner that I fear there is no sal- vation for me. Minister—Cheer up, my friend. There is hope for even the vilest. : “But Ihave been such a great sinner. Ihave worked on Sunday papers, put- ting in type accounts of prize fights, murders and all manner of crime, thus helping to spread its influence all over the land.’’ “But there is still hope for youif you truly repent.’’ “T am glad to hear you say So. I have often put your sermons in type and thought how full of love they were, and—’’ ‘“‘Are you the fiend who, when I wrote of ‘Pale martyrs in their shrouds of fire,’ made it read: ‘Pale martyrs with their shirts on fire ?’ ”’ “Tam afraidIl am. I—’ “Then I am happy to say that I do not believe the hereafter holds any hope for you.’’ ———_—»>-+>_-—— Value of the Pharmacopeia. It is not every druggist who realizes what a fund of information is to be found in the United States Pharma- copeia and just how valuable a work it is for study. The dispensatories are en- cyclopedias of general information for the druggist, and tell everything about a drug—from how it happened to come into the materia medica down to how it was used to cure the cancer in some emperor’s throat. In fact, it tells so mueh that when a boy is to study the dispensatory he soon has his head filled with disconnected facts about the method of catching whales, making citrine oint- ment, administering the antidote to arsenic, numerous chemical formulas and any number of botanical and zoolog- ical names. The United States Phar- macopeia gives short and concise de- scriptions that are easily understood. When the eleventh decennial revision comes out with the doses stated, as it is likely to do, the work will be still more useful. >.> The Drug Market. German quinine has again declined, with no present prospect of a change either way. Domestic makers have not as yet changed their price, but will un- doubtedly do so soon. Opium has de- clined and is dull. Morphia is un- changed. Cinchonidia has declined. Cit- ric acid is lower. Golden seal root is tending lower. Chlorate potash is de- clining. Gum camphor was much de- pressed during the work, but rallied on Saturday and is very firm at our quota- tion. Salacine has declined. Turpen- tine is lower. —_—» +> “Just What They All Say!” BALL, BARNHART & PUTMAN, WHOLE- SALE GROCERS. GRAND Rapips, March 30, 1889. W. H. Herrick, St. Agt. Pacific Accident Ins. Co., Grand Rapids: I wish to acknowledge the receipt from you of seventy-five dollars, being amount due me from your Company for five weeks’ disability on account of a fall. The amount was promptly paid and I can heartily reeommend your Company for prompt and fair dealing. Respectfully, ANTHONY J. QUIST. > A Queer Sign. A placard placed in the window of a shoemaker’s shop, near Cripplegate, London, many years ago, is said to have read as follows: “Surgery performed on aged boots and shoes; broken legs set and bound upright; disordered feet repaired, and the wounded heeled; the whole constitution mended, and the body supported by a new sole.’’ —s +-o>__——_ The Price of Quinine. The low water-mark for quinine was reached last week when that drug sold at 25¢ an ounce to the regular trade in jobbing quantities. Foreign manufac- turers are free sellers for future delivery at this price. The low price of bark is the moving cause of the present depres- sion in this line. Wholesale Price Current. Declined—Acid Citric, Gum Opium, Gum Opium (po.), Cinhonidine (German), Quinine, Salacine> Turpentine. AcCIDUM. | Garb a 12@ 15| Antipyrin............. 1 35@1 40 Aceticum ° te 10 | ———— 0. 2... 18@ | ——, Nitras, ounce @ 68 a WANIGG, 0... 55-8 PpArsenmicuin 6220-5. 3.) St — ae eS ee 2 85@3 00; Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@_ 40 Carbolicum a lie 40@ 45 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 2@ 30) Bismwith 5, No... 5... 2 15@2 2% Mads se 52@ 55 Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15' Calcium Chlor, 1s, (%s it drochlor oe sa 5 Petass Nitras, opt..... Se 10 Ts Wis 12s. Le oo... @ 9 ieee Potass Nitras........-- 7@ 9| Cantharides Russian, Gabe nse 13@ 14} Prussiate..........---. “6 we... @l1 7% Phosphorium a 99 | Sulphate po.........-- 15@ 18 Capsici Fructus, ae: @ 18 Salicylicum ......----- 1 40@1 80 ais se =7 Sulphuricum........--. 14@ 5 ce po.. @ 14 T San cc 1 40@1 60 | Aconitum ...........-. 20@ 25! Caryophyllus, (po. 28) 23@ 25 ee a Aneel, 25@ 30} Carmine, No. 40....... @3 7 Par se ©O ©) Anchusa... 15@ 20} Cera Alba, S. & F BO@ 55 AMMONIA. — BO es, oat a5 — Winve........... 2@ 30 5 | Calamus...........---- @ | Cocems 2. @ 4 Aqua, = — ae = ¢ | Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12) Cassia Fructus........ @ 15 ue 11@ 13 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Cemraig 52°. 2: @ 10 Galant = oiled saat 12@ 14 | Hydrastis Canaden, oe ———- a @ 35 eee css) a ec 5 O©Lororm ....:...... We ow ANILINE, Hellebore, Ala, po.:-- po = an a “ Py gee se @1 00 § Mun. PO. ....-...-.- 3 oral Hy s...... 1 50@1 75 —, ae - ae = Epeeac, po.......-..--- 402 56) Chondrens ....-.-. 2. 1 12 — Recerca eee 45@ 50 | Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 12@ 2) Cinchonidine,P. & W 15@ ioe **"2 50@3 00 a a Se 7 = eae ; cag 4@ 10 ee ect aranta, 148..-...-.;.- orks, list, dis. r BACCAE. Eee: PS coe. od = i Vo. = @ 60 _...1 85@2 00 te : SeRSOCEEA 6062...) . @ 0 a el acca : 8@ 10| ‘ CUt....--.eeere ee @1 75 | Creta, (bbl. 75)........ @ 2 — on oo ceee 25 30 “ = ee comes T5@1 35 o erep. 2. 5@ 5 anthoxyium ----+:--- Snigalan |)... se dao BS precip. 8@ 10 BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 2).. @ 20 fo I @ § Copaiba .....--- .... 65@ 70|Serpentaria...........- aug oo) CroeHs (200) os. 35@ 38 Peru.......----- @1 30 | Senega ........... eee To@. 50) Cudbear.. 30... @ #4 Terabin, Canada 50@ 55 | Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40) CupriSulph........... 8@ 9 Tolutan ...-..---+++ 45@ 50 . . M @ 20) Dextre —.......: 5... 10@ 12 Scillae, (po. 35) ....-.--- 16@ 12} Kther Suiph.....--._-. 68@ 70 CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feeti- Emery, all numbers.. @ & Abies, Canadian.....------- 18: (aus, pee. os. @ 35) i @ 6 CassiaG ....---.--------*--°" 11 | Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 2) Ergota, (po.) ny 40@ 45 Cinchona Flava ..-----++-:- 18 se German... 1@ 2} Hiake White.........- 12@ 15 Euonymus atropurp...----- 30 | Zingiber a......-..---- eg 107 Gallas. @ 2 Myrica Cerifera, po.-------- 0 Zinpiber j..0....... + 22@ 25| Gambier............... 1a 's Prunus Virgini.....----+---- 12 Gelatin, Cooper....... @ #9 Quillaia, grd....... 12 SEMEN. e) Rrene@b 60 Sassafras ..-------:+:2°°°"""° 12| Anisum, (po. 20)... @ 15; Glassware lint, 75 & 10 per Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...--- 10 — (graveleons) .. = = con ae box 70 less oe ue, Brownh.....:°. .- EXTRACTUM. Carui, (po. 18) ....--.-- ae oy) | Winite. 6.0.2. 13@ 2 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 2@> 2 | Cardamon.......--.--- 1 O0G1 25) Glyeerina |......._..-. 2QQ Tee es on = a ae a = —_ Paragisi........ @ 15 15 lb. box.. 2| Cannabis Sativa.....--. RUNDE B@ 40 — ce 18@ 14|Cydonium.... .......- T5@1 00} Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ 80 “ ek 14@ 15 Chenopodium Ce 10@ 12 - ‘efor. a ‘“ Oe 16@ 17 | Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 8 $6 Ox Rubrum @ 85 Woeeniculum .......... @ 15 “< Ammoniati.. @l1 05 FERRUM. Foenugreek, po...... 6@ 8 “ Unguentum. 45@ 55 Carbonate Precip...--- @ 15) tint oo. @ 4%! Hydrargyrum......... 65 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 | Lini, grd, (bbl.4 )... 444@ 4%/ Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50 Citrate Soluble..... @ 80| Lobelia.............--- dam 40] Indigo... 75@1 00 Ferrocyanidum Sol. @ 50| PharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4%/ Iodine, Resubl........ 4 00@4 10 Solut Chloride... @ 15) Rapa ........-.-+-+-+-- 5@ 6! Jodoform.............. @ 15 Sulphate, com’l.. .1%4@ 2} Sinapis, Albu........- SQ 9) Eapulin 85@1 00 ve pure......- @ 7 Nigra......-- 11@ 12) Eveopodium (0°... 55@ 60 FLORA. sPIRITUS. ae Arnies .. .-...-- 14@ 16} Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 race log. (27)... 27 Anthemis ......-- . 380@ 35 . Df Ro 1 75@2 00: Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 Matricaria .....-.----- 30@ 35 eee 1 10@1 50, Magnesia, Sulph (bbl eel Juniperis Co. O. Pe =, = Se 3 3 : - = ok foe M it, SF... 5 Barosma ....------ .-- 10@ 12) Ssaacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 maces, Ss. P. & W...2 Bee = Cassia Acutifol, Tin- — = | | Spt. Vini Galli.......- 1 T5@6 50! =) SNe ¥. Oo & nivelly ---,:----,y5° = = ee 1 252 00] C. Co oneness 2 55@2 70 . c A+x. jini Aipe 4.3... 25@2 Moschus Canton...... eer i ea ae eee ee a (and Y48..-...eeeee - . SPONGES. | Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Ure Urei......--------- @ Florida sheeps’ wool | Os. Be ei M@ 29 GUMML. @amiaee 0/002. ree 2 25@2 50| Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Acacia, ist picked.... @1 00 Nassau sheeps’ wool ae ty tig WE. ial @2 ee .. eee @ 90| | carriage ..- ....-.- 2 00; #1CIs »N.©., 2 ‘“ = eee @ 80! Velvet extra sheeps’ | Ce) ee @3 70 | “gifted sorts... _@_ 65|_ wool carriage......- 1 10| Picis Lig., quarts ..... @1 00" i eee 75@1 00| Extra yellow sheeps’ Pa pints....... @ Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60] carriage .-.-.--.---.. 85 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50| «’ Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12) Grasssheeps’ wool car- | Piper Nigra, (po.22).. @ 18 « Socotri, (po. 0). @ SO] riage ........---.---- 65: Piper Alba, (po g5).... @ 3 Catechu, 1s (148, 14 4s, Hard for slate use.... 7% Pix Burgun.........-.- @ i 1 ae aa ne @ 13| Yellow Reef, for slate a ee ae eed = oT may Sk GE... 140 Pulvis Ipeca ii..1 10@1 : Ammonia «565.2. = | Pyrethrum, boxes H ae : " 50@ 55 SYRUPS. a PD. Co., doz._..-. @1 25 Camphore TTTITIIINT] 38@ 35 | Accacia .......-------+--++-- 59 Pyrethrum, pv........ 55@ 60 Euphorbium po....--- 35@ 10 | Zingiber .........--------++- 50 0 Quassiae ..... eect ee ee 8@ 10 a @ 80| Ipecac..........----2.-eee ee 60, Quinia, S.P.&W .... B@ 48 Gamboge, pO.--------- 80@, 95 | Ferri Iod.........--.-----+-- 50 _ §S. German.... 27@ 35 Guaiacum, (po.45).... @ 40} Auranti Cortes 0 59 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 ca, oe. @ 20] Bhei Arom.........-...-.--- 50 Saccharum Lactispv.. @ Nee @1 00 | Similax Officinalis._........ 60 ine See 2 25@2 35 “echoed aig ves am 40 “ ‘ peo 50 S 8 is 5 age" sO) cc 3 wee qi SCRegR 59 Santonine ............ @4 50 eS 25@ 3H) | Scillac........-----sseeeerees 50 | Sapo, W....-..--+2-++ 12@ 14 we bleached. ....- ee 50 oe 3a : Po Molata Fe aes oe tieaas ee “= pee wie 50 Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 28 | HERBA—In ounce packages. [Sin ee @ 18 Absinthium .. 25 TINCTURES. | OPE. @ 30 Eupatorium -. 3p | Aconitum Napellis R.. oe re + ae 50 | Tena D 35 Te Eee 28 y) Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 Mentha Piperita........---- 23 | Aloes eae = Soda Boras, (po. 12). . 11@ 12 ee et ie | ee a 39 Soda et Potass Tart... 33@ 35 Rue. Seats ba = Asafetida.........- 50 — govlerg a