| F * i | | A _ a rs The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889. NO. 293. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. Gro. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. References furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. The Keonomy Combination Heater is no experi- ment. Having been on the market five years, it now has a National Reputation asthe BEST HEATER in the World. WILMIAM MILLER, Agent, 24 South Ionia St. LVER STARS No Equal in the State. Wherever Introduced itis a Stayer! TO THE TRADE: Iguarantee “SILVERSTARS” to bealong, straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made by union labor, and to give complete satis- faction. A. S. 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But ‘“‘there’s many a slip Twixt the cup and the lip,” And his foot struck the stone with an ominous thud; The stone rolled around, And his sweetness sat down On the floor of his pants in six inches of mud. ———_——»>> <> MR. HEFFERNAN’S RIDE. ‘“Whin I wor on the ould dart, byes,’’ said Mr. Terence Heffernan to his mates in the dinner hour, ‘“‘I had no occasion to work at such ondignifyin’ employmint as hod earryin’. Me father wor a shmall farmer in the County Clare, and his uncle on the mother’s side wor cousin to a brother-in-law ay the Mayor of Cork. Indade, if it worn’t like boastin’, I moight say that me ancisthors claim discint—’” ‘From Brian Boru an’ the kings av Connaught, I s’pose,’’ interrupted Teddy M’Gee. ‘‘An’ so, for the matther o’ that, do mine. But, sure, in this counthry we're all Raypublicans—that is to say, Dimmicrats; an’ ’m not the man to be flauntin’ me ryal pidigree in the faces av the free citizens of this great raypublic. I’m contint to submerge me prayroga- tives ontil the time whin ould Ireland is free from the yoke of the Saxon toyrant.”’ ‘““As I wor saying,’’? went on Mr. Heffer- nan with aslight accession of dignity, but not otherwise noticing the interrup- tion, ‘‘me father wor a shmall farmer—’’ ‘It?s thrue as ye’re aloive, Terry, me bye!’ interrupted the irrepressible M’Gee; ‘‘an’ wasn’t it me own father as wor his landlord, an’ didn’t he charrge him a raysonable rint, an’ niver throuble him whin he was in arrears?’’ ‘“Hould yer whist, ye lyin’ blather- skite!?? said Mr. Heffernan. ‘‘Ye didn’t belong in Clare at all, but in Donega | ye’re father niver owned a scrap av estate at all, but what he carried around] wid him on the sowlsof hisbrogues. But, as | wor sayin’, me father wor a shmall farmer—”’ ‘I?m yer witness for that, Terry, niver fear,’’ said Teddy M’Gee; ye’ve tould us that twice afore, an’ be the time ye’ve made up the round dozen, these jintle- men ’]] be afther wakin’ up to the fact.”’ ‘Did ye iver hear, byes,’’? resumed Mr. Heffernan, in desperation, ‘Show I came to be comin’ to this counthry?’’ “Sure an’ we did,’’? answered M’ Gee; “the Immigration Society gave ye a free steerage pass on the City of Brussels, an’ ye came, as all the rest of us did, be wather.”’ ‘“‘Bad cess to ye intirely, ye spalpeen,”’ said Terence, in a rage, ‘‘ye’ve no man- ners at all, at all, but what ye sthole from the pig pen. An’ if the jintlemen here don’t want to be listenin’ to me nar- rative, ’tis meself as can resarve it for a more apprayciative audience!”’ And he relapsed into a dignified silence, and refused to be appeased. At length, after profuse apologies from Teddy, and due representation from the others that no weight should be given to the wander- ings of such an irresponsible character as he, Mr, Heffernan consented to pocket the affront and resume: ‘‘As I wor sayin’, me father wor a shmall farmer—’’ ‘Ye did,”? murmured Teddy. Buta warning look checked him, and the nar- rator was allowed to continue without interruption. —‘*An’ kep’ his nag an’ jauntin’ car wid the best av ’em. Faith, ’twas the iligant times we had. Wakes an’ wed- din’s an’ christenin’s, an’ fairs, wid good atin’ an’ whisky galore, an’ wid more broken heads at the ind than yez could shake a shtick at! Ah, byes, but thim was the days, wid twinty-four hours av sunlight, an’ a glass an’ a song an’ ajoke an’ a kiss for ivery wan av ’em. “But Il was tellin’ ye. There was a weddin’ over be Ballyduff, an’ me an’ Patsey Gahagan wor invited. It wor to be arale gintale affair, wid lashin’s ay good atin’ an’ dhrinkin’, an’ wid the best fiddlers an’ dancers in the county, an’ bein’ as it wor sivin miles or more away, we didn’t want to be futtin it, but on the conthrairy, to be doin’ the thing in style; so says I to him: ‘¢*Patsey, don’t ye think we’d betther be takin’ yer father’s pony an’ jauntin’ ear?’ *““*Ay ye’re axin’ me opinion,’ says Patsey, ‘me answer’ll be in the nigative.’ ‘* ¢An? what for, now?’ says I ‘* ‘Becase,’ says he, ‘we’ve been afther mindin’ the cabin chimley wid the flure av the car, an’ usin’ the sate for chairs, an’ me father lint wan av the whe€éls to a neighbor who’d had a misfortune wid his’n, an’? the ’tother wheel is wantin’ a tire, an’ most av the spokes, an’ the pony is as lame as acripple an’ has got the—’ ‘Say no more, Patsey,’ says I, ‘yer excuse is sufficient.’ *“*Why not use yer father’s shandry- dan, Terry ?’ says he. ‘““*Ay he consints,’ says I, ‘’tis not meself as’ll raise anny objections.’ “So the nixt mornin’ says I to father: ‘* ‘Father, me an’ Patsey Gahagan is afther goin’ to Aileen McMurtagh’s wed- din’ to-morrow.’ ‘© *>Tis an iligant time ye’ll be havin’ there,’ says he. “<“An how i says I. ‘**¥e can go be the turnpike,’ says he, ‘or on the pad road round be Drum- shambo, or, av ye plaze, ye can take the short cut across the bog, though I’d not advise it.’ ‘“**°Tig along thramp, father,’ says I. ‘©¢?Twill be good exercise,’ says he, ‘an’ ’twill give ye an ixcillent appetive for the atables whin ye git there.’ we be goin’ father ?’ ‘* ‘We'd rather be ridin,’ says I. ** ‘Sure, an’ I don’s blame ye,’ says he, ‘av ye can 1 wan that’s fool enough to lind ye the loan av their con- veyance.’ | ‘¢ ‘Father,’ says I, ‘I wor thinking *twould be a good idea to be takin’ our nag.’ ‘“*¢Amn’t Lafther usin’ the same,’ says he, ‘to be visitin’ the high sheriff in the county town, an’ would I be insultin’ his honor be goin’ afut ?’ ‘**Thin,’ says I, ‘there’s nothin’ for it but borryin’ Tim Dooley’s mare.’ “The upshot av the whole matther wor,’’? remarked Mr. Heffernan, ‘‘that we borrowed Tim’s mare an’ convaniency an’ set out wan fine mornin’ in June, me in an iligant blue swallow-tail coat wid brass buttons which belonged to me grandfather, an’ him in a pink shootin’ jacket which the squire giv’ him for run- nin’ errands. An’, be the powers, there worn’t in all Ireland two happier byes than we wor! ‘Now, Tim’s mare wor a quare crathur —whin she started ye could niver shtop her, and whin she shtopped ’twor the divil’s own work to git her goin’ agin. She wasn’t what yez would call a beauty, but a dacent-lookin’ roadster, barrin’ the spring halt, an’ ringbones on her forrad feet, an’ a blood spavin on her off hind- leg, an’ a thrifle av a hump on her back. But, saints preserve us! whin she laid her ears back an’ tuk the bit betune her teeth, she made the road disappear un- dhernathe her like wather down a mill- race. ““¢The sate’s slippery, Terry,’ said Patsey. whin we got fairly on the road. ‘© *?Tis because Tim has been afther varnishin’ it, to make it luk nate and tidy,’ said I. *sAn’? it slope’s oncomfortably,’ said he. / ***\ down-grade’s the aisiest thravel- ing,’ says I. ‘¢‘7?]] be fallin’ off, sure,’ said he, as the mare wint off wid a tare; for the convaniency, bein’ widout springs, jolted up an’ down wid ivery rut an’ turn av the road. ‘““*Yee won't, if ye hould on tight,’ said I. ‘“Whin she fell intil a quieter gait, I says to Patsey, ‘If the traces hould, an’ that splice in the shafts don’t come asundher, we’ll do the sivin miles as gin- talely as possible in less nor an hour,’ says I. ** ‘We'll be shook to splinters in less time nor that,’ says he. ‘* ‘We'll pull ourselves togither at the ind of our journey,’ says I. ‘* ‘Tf we iver rache it,’ returned Patsy. «¢ (We're bound to do that,’ says I, ‘on- liss we’re struck wid perpetual motion.’ ‘¢Tt?s thrue for ye. But, Terry,’ says he, ‘what’s that thing lyin’ in undher the hedge there ?’ ‘‘T turned to look. pitbag,’ says I. ‘It is that,’ says he. ‘An’ how did it come there wid no man to be lookin’ afther it ?’ ‘© *No doubt,’ says I, ‘’twor left there by some traveler who’s gone on an’ for- got it.’ ‘-‘J wondher what’s in it?’ says Pat- sey. ‘““*The aisiest way to be findin’ out is by goin’ an’ seein’,’? saysI. ‘An’ be the same token, ’twill be a charity to be lavin’ it wid ould Gannon at the toll- gate, for some wan’s sure to be makin’ inquiries afther it,’ says I. “ssAn’ widout more ado, Patsey jumped off the car and’ wor back agin in a minnit wid the carpet-bag. But jist as he sated himself an’ wor in the act of openin’ it to make an invintory of the contints, all of asuddint, wid nayther word nor warnin’, away wint Tim Dooley’s mare, like a cork out of a beer-bottle. “Just thin, a man jumped over the hedge at the place where the bag wor lyin’ wid a big shtick in his hand, which it afterwards turned out he had gone into the woods beyant to cut, lavin’ his bag the while be the roadside. Whin he seen it were gone, he tore along the road, afther us, wavin his hands an’ yellin’ at the top of his voice: ‘*Tis amare,’ hollered Patsey, ‘an’ we'd be thankful to ye if ye’d shtop her yerself, for we can’t.’ “On wint the mare asif all the bum- bailiffs in Connaught were afther her wid a warrant; an’ on come the man behind us, bawlin’ an’ yellin’ an’ behavin’ alto- gether more like a maniac nor a Chris- tian. Manewhile Patsey an’ me had all we could do to kape our sates, jumpin’ from side to side, an’ bobbin’ up an’ down like a battledore an’ shuttlecock. ‘‘‘She’ll smash in the front of the car, Terry,’ says Patsey, in a fright; for the ould mare wor batin’ the rogue’s tattoo on the dashboard wid her heels, an’ ivery thump she giv’ made the timbers creak an’ the whole conearn shiver like a ship in a shtorm. ‘‘‘Sorra a bit dol care,’ says I, ‘if 1 get out o’ this wid me head on right side uppermost.’ “Terry, honey,’ says Patsey, ‘‘can’t| ye spake her gently, an’ be sootherin’ her down a little, for this wheel won’t hould out long,’ says he. ‘The shpokes is rat- tlin’ about like pays in a bladdher.’ ‘““‘Sure me arms is broke a’ready houldin’ the reins,’ says I. ‘¢*An’ be the same token me _ back’s broke intirely, houldin’ me sate an’ the carpit-bag,’ says Patsey; ‘so we’re aven.’ ‘*sBad luck go wid the carpet-bag,’ says I, ‘and all its belongings.’ ‘¢ ‘Be jabers! says Patsey, ‘bad luck ‘*Tis a leather car- enough an’ to shpare is afther goin’ wid it as it is, let alone wishin’ for more.’ ***An, here’s plenty more of it, right atop of us,’ says I, ‘widout the trouble of wishin’; for here comes Corny Flynn’s hay-cart wid a big load of turf on it; an’ how we’re to mate an’ pass on this bit of a road widout a smash-up is more nor.I know.’ ‘It?s the truth ye’re shpakin’,’ says Patsey, ‘and’ the nixt time I risk me neck goin’ to a weddin’ behind this mur- dherin’ baste, I'll shtay at home and walk there.’ “At that we both of us give a hurroo loud enough to waken the Sivin Sleepers: an’ whin Corny Flynn heard it, an’ seen the plight we were in, he did his best to turn the cart out of the roadway. But the ould mare wor too quick for him. Jist as we got forninst the cart, an’ he wor in the act of turnin’, wan av his wheels wint intilarut, and upset the whole load of turf about the mare’s ears. ‘One pace struck me on the nose an’ flattened it intirely,’? continued Mr. Heffernan, fingering that organ musingly, ‘‘which accounts for me being slightly pug-nosed. Afore that unlucky day me iligant Roman nose wor the admiration of all the barony. Now, ’tis thé wreck ye see. Howsomever, that has nothin’ to do wid me story. ‘“*¢Ye blunderin’ omadhauns,’ shouted Corny to us, ‘where are ye goin’?’ *““*To Sandy McManus’ weddin’,’ says Patsey, ‘an’ good day to ye.’ o** ‘Don’t ye think,’ says I, whin Id gotten the turf-dust out of me eyes, ‘it’s time this thing come to a shtop ?’ ‘“**T do that,’ says Patsey; ‘purvidin’ it don’t shtop too suddint, I’m contint.’ “At that | giy’ the Fems an Gxiry twist round me wrist for a better pur- chase, an’ braced up agin the back av the sate, to make ready for pullin’. ‘“*-Throw yer arm ’round me waist to hould me tight,’ says I to Patsey. <-Al} might,’ says he. “Now, pull for yer life.’ ‘An’ [I did pull—so hard that no mouth in the worruld, barrin’ it wor the mouth of the Mississippi, could ha’ stood it. But, begorra, that shiftless egiot, Tim Dooley, had been afther mindin’ the reins wid a pace of cord, an’ ina moment snap they wint, wid part of ’em danglin’ about the mare’s legs, like to dhrive her distracted, an’ the lave of ’em hangin’ loose from me hands. An’ if it worn’t for the grip Patsy had av me waist an’ the back av the sate, we’d ha’ been afther lavin the convaniency wideout shtoppin’ to get off. ‘“*sSaints betune us an’ all harrum!” says Patsey; ‘but what'll we do?’ says he: for if the mare wor wild afore, she wor frantic now. ‘**‘Hould on as long as we can, and thrust to luck for the rist,’ saysIl. An we wint down onthe flure of the car an’ held on be the sate. ‘¢ ‘Sure, there’ll be nothin’ to hould on by afore long,’ says he; ‘an’ as to the luck, bad’s the best av it ‘““¢At all evints,’? says I, to comfort him, ‘av she kapes on at this rate we'll be at the weddin’ in good time.’ ‘¢‘Berorra,’ says Patsy, ‘we’re more like to be afther attindin’ two buryin’s.’ ‘Arran, thin. Says, —, “they ll be givin’ us an iligant wake.’ “2s a poor relish I have for the whisky they’ll be drinkin’ at it,’ says he. “‘Kape up yer spirits,’ says I, ‘an’ don’t lose yer courage.’ ‘¢*1’?d sooner lose me courage futtin’,’ says he. ‘‘All this time the mare wor gittin’ worse instid of betther, and it wor only a question ay time which would go first— the wheels or the shafts or Tim Dooley’s rope harness. ‘¢ ‘Lord save us!’ says Patsy, afther a bit, ‘we’re close to ould Gannon’s toll- gate, an’ what’ll we be doin’ thin ?” ‘**Tf the gate’s open we'll go through it,’ says I, ‘an av it’s shut we’ll go over iy ‘¢‘Be jabers,’ says Patsey, whin we came in sight av the toll-gate, ‘here’s ould Gannon runnin’ to’rds us snortin’ like a stame-ingine.’ ‘¢¢He’s comin’ for his toll, the mane ould nager,’ says I; ‘sure he’d skin a toad for a farden an’ shpoil a knife worth sixpense.’ “**Terry,’ says Patsey, ‘the gate’s shut, an’? he’ll niver let us through without payin.’ ‘¢*+All the worse for his gate,’ says I, ‘for ’tis ivident that Tim Dooley’s mare has an app’intment to kape, an’ don’t mane to shtop till she raches the ind of her distination.’ “In a minute or so up came Gannin widin shoutin’ distance. *‘ ‘Hello, there!’ he yelled, ‘shtop yer horse!’ ‘““sSure we’re only passengers on this vahicle,’ returns Patsey, ‘an’ have no conthrol over the movements av it, more’s the pity,’ says he. ‘**The toll’s thrippence,’ says Gannon. «©¢?Tis chape for the money,’ sis I, as we wint whirlin’ past him, ‘an’ av I had the time I’d be for shtoppin’ to pay ye.’ ‘¢ Tl] arrest ye,’ he shouted afther us. “¢Av ye could do it gintly, so as to avoid unplisint consequences,’ hollered Patsey, ‘we’d thank ye kindly, for ’tis what we’re achin’ for.’ ‘¢sBlissid saints!’ says I, ‘we'll be on the gates in a minnit, so shut your eyes, Patsey, an’ prepare for the worst.’ ‘¢‘1?m prepared for worse nor that, Terry,’ says he, ‘av it’s only that Pll be thankful.’ ‘Byes? added Mr. Heffernan, after an impressive pause, and with a solemni- ty befitting the theme, ‘’tis no use me describin’ to ye the ivintuation of the collision that attinded that catastrophe, for ’tis impossible to be done. Av ye wor inatundher shtorm ata boiler ex- plosion in an iron foundry on a Fourth of July ye might undhershtand it, but not anny other way.’ ‘*There wor a rush an’ a roar, a clat- ther an’ a jump, an’ thin—darkness, wid more sky-rockets an’ mateors an’ shoot- in’ stars rushin’ through me head than thin, than me all the asthronomers in the worruld iver saw in a twelvemonth. ‘* Patsey Gahagan wint head first through the toll-house windy, scarin’ ould Biddy Gannon out of her wits, which wor aisy seein’ she hadn’t anny, knockin’ the table, wid a big skillet of boilin’ wather on it, over the pig, an’ seattherin’ the turf fire all about the cabin.’ ‘**God save all here!’ says he, whin he got his breath. ‘**Ye murdherin’ vagabone,’ screamed Biddy, ‘what d’ye mane by invadin’ da- cent folk’s homes in this manner, an’ turnin’ ’em out of house an’ harbor?’ says she, an’ she wint for him wid a broom. ‘* ‘Will ye hear me Misthress Gannon,’ says Patsey. ‘¢*Niver a word,’ says she; ‘I’ve heard enough of ye to last one’s lifetime, ye disthroyin’ reprobate. Look at me poor pig, as ye’ve scalded to dith, an’ who’s squalin’ his lungs out,’ says she. ‘¢*oTis thrue for ye,’ says Patsey in a sootherin’ voice, ‘but thin, ye know, honey,’ says he, ‘a pig must be scalded afore he’s fit for the aitin’ annyway, an *tis only anticipatin’ matters a bit.’ ‘¢¢?Tis anticipatin’ the lock-up ye are for this day’s worruk, ye rascally Rap- paree,’ says Biddy, in a towerin’ timper, as Patsey for very fear av her, hobbled out av doors as well as he could, wid a siperate ache an’ pain in ivery bone av his body. ‘ “As for me, whin I come to meself, I wor sated in the middle av the road, Patsey houldin’ me up, wid them wisps av reins in me hand, an’ wid little bits an’ tatthers av Tim Dooley’s convaniency seattered all round, permiscous like, but sorry a plank av it big enough to make a mortar board out av. The toll-gate wor shatttered to shplinters, an’ the mare wor nowhere to beseen. An’ worse than all, byes, an iligant bottle av mountain-dew, that I’d put in the pocket av the tail av me coat to mate the ixigincies of anny contingint emergencies, wor dashed to pieces an’ me clothes soaked wid the liquor. ‘There wor ould Gannon stannin’ over me wid a blackthorn ready to bate the life out av me the minnit I opined me eyes. ‘“¢Terry Heffernan, ye good for nothing,’ says he, ‘a nice pace of worruk ye’ ve been afther doin’, wid yer reckless, tearaway diviltries, deshtroyin’ property an’ breakin’ the law. ‘© *?Tis the toll gate an’ me head that’s broken,’ says I, ‘and ’twas not me that done it at all, but Tim Dooley’s mare, bad scran to her.’ ‘**>Tis meself that’s sorry to see the son av adacent man like yer father takin’ to avil ways. Sure ye’re on the high road to the gallows.’ ‘¢¢?Tis nothin’ av the sort,’ says I; ‘we’re on the road to Aileen MeMurtagh’s weddin’, an’ we'd be there now but for ye obstructin’ the highway wid yer toll gate.’ ‘““*Thin she’s afther choosin’ a quare place to be married in,’ says Gannon, ‘for I do be thinkin’ ye’re both av ye bound for the county jail as straight as legs can carry ye.’ ‘*¢Arrah, Misther Gannon,’ says I, ‘ye’d niver be for bearin’ malice agin a couple av poor byes becase av a misfor- tunate accident, whin ’tis well known that in yer young days ye were the loife av the whole counthry side wid yer rale ould Irish spirits and divilment.’ ‘¢ ‘Faith,’ says Gannon, ‘I wor niver the dith of an innocent pig, which is more nor ye can say, wid yer reckless slaugh- terin’.’ “But I could see that me blarneyin’ had tickled him, forall he looked so sour, whin, as bad luck would have it, who should turn up but the man that owned the carpit bag. ‘**Where’s thim two thavin’ robbers,’ says he, ‘as shtole the carpit bag ava dacint man as niver wronged a neighbor out av a farden?’ ‘“*‘Ts it so bad as that?’ says Gannon, a lookin’ mighty serious; ‘an’ are ye afther addin’ highway robbery to yer lawless- ness?’ ‘*‘Indade, Misther Gannon, honey,’ says Patsey, ‘we niver shtole his carpit bag at all, more be token it’s been the cause av all our throubles,’ says he. ‘* ‘Sure, here’s the bag wid me name on it,’ says the man, ‘to prove the worth av yer word,’ an’ he fished it out av the re- mains av the conveyance an’ held it up afore us. ‘¢¢As J’m a livin’ sinner,’ says Patsey, ‘we did but take it to be lavin’ it wid Misther Gannon here, in case anny man should be lookin’ for it.’ “¢*Tis a likely tale,’ says Gannon, ‘an’ yez had betther be tellin’ it to the magis- thrate, As to lavin’ the bag wid me, *tis an impident excuse to be offerin’, whin ye’re well aware that av me gate had been opin, divil a bit av me toll ’d ha’ seen, let alone the gintleman’s carpit bag.’ “¢oTis the truth we’re tellin,’ says Patsey. ‘“ ae ___—_——— Slightly Profane. Waiter—Have some Edam cheese a your dessert ? Drummer—Yes, Edam or any other d— cheese. i ‘Our Knoecker’’ cigars are sold by all first-class dealers. M. H. Treusch & Bro. supply the trade. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—GROCERY AND BAZAAR STOCK, AND brick store to rent; good location. Inquire ; Ww. F. Gardner, St. Johns, Mich. 419 OR SALE— SMALL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE; cash required, $500; a good living and some more; can be extended; correspondence solicited. Box 14) | Forest Hill, Mich. 416 OR SALE—IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN—STOCK OF drugs, medicines and fixtures, valued at $1,200; daily cash ‘sales, $15; also store building, storehouse and residence combined, valued at $800; reasons, other Address, No. 420, care Michigan Tradesman. 420 business. OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND PRACTICE IN WEST- ern Michigan; an unusual bargain for a physician and druggist; reason for selling, change of climate; terms reasonable. Address No. 423, care Michigan Tradesman. 423 y man. HELP WANTED. 7 ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST FOR COUN- try town. Address No. 424, care Michigan Trades- 424 SITUATIONS WANTED. eS PHARMACIST. GERMAN preferred. Must be temperate and willing to work in general store. Mich. \ J 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 MISCELLANEOUS. V 7 ANTED—FRESH, LIGHT, BANKRUPT STOCK OF /Y general merchandise; terms eash; correspond- ence confidential. Address, O. D. Cleveland, Stanton, Mich. 421 | \ 7 ANTED—AGENTS IN EVERY TOWN AND TOWN- | ship in the United States; it is bright, shining and new, and sells on sight; everybody wantsit; one agent cleared $118 last week in six days; another, $98 in five days. If youare open for a good thing, and mean business, address, for particulars, W. L. Harris & Co., 51 and 52 Porter Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ 42 Bert M. Brown, eo 418 a“ EXCHANGE—I HAVE A NEW, BRIGHT, WELL- selected little stock of hardware to exchange for afarm or city real estate. Address No. 401, care 401 Michigan Tradesman. HAVE SOME FIRST-CLASS PROPERTY, WELL improved and nicely located. in South Dakota; also some other property to exchange fora stock of : goods. J.C. McKee, 23 Fountain St. 392 eS. EXCHANGE—PRODUCTIVE REAL estate in the thriving village of Bailey on the C. & W.M. Railway for house and lot in Grand Rapids, on about $1,500. Address, D. B. Galentine. Cas- novia, Mich. 372 ws TED—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. care Mich gan Tradesman. \ ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO EADS ; this paper to give the Sutliff coupon systema trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with all your book-keeping, in many instances save you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble that usually go with the pass-book plan. Start the Ist of the month with the new system and you will never regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds oe be sent by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff, Albany, N. Y. 213 Address 286, 286 ing clip, but the outlook is for no higher Product of Our Factory at Dixon, Tl. In view of the fact that we have GREATLY INCREASED our FACILITIES @ for MANUFACTURING in OUR THREE FACTORIES and owing to the PECULIAR and CLOSE COMPETITION existing in MICHIGAN, C. M. Henderson & Co. have concluded to MAKE A DECIDED CUT ON VARIOUS LINES of our goods, which will ENABLE ME to make it to YOUR ADVANTAGE to purchase your stock NEARER HOME the coming fall season. Our LADIES’ FINE GOAT, DONGOLA, GLOVE and OIL GRAINS to retail at and FINER GRADES of GOATS and DONGOLAS, which consumers ean buy at -50 and $3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN’S CALF, DON- GOLA, and KANGAROO Shoes of our own make, and all having the MERIT of SOLIDITY and STYLE—with satisfaction guaranteed—will be worthy your CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. Our heavier grades of SPLIT, GRAIN, KIP, VEAL, and CALF BOOTS are UNEQUALED, and the ‘“‘Celebrated Red School House Shoes’? AS USUAL takes the ‘‘First Place.’’ 6. M. HENDERSON & GO. Chicago. Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods $2, $2 Factories: Willard H. James, @ Fond du Lac, Wis. Salesman for the Lower Peninsula, Dixon, Il, P. O. address, Chicago, 11. (Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers. ONE OFA ee OF ee REPRESENTING COFFEE CULTURE. WATCH FOR THE NEXT. yi Pt a Se : i US Axe a ai ee es ee a - ee Pe 2 AAs nae ae. COFFEE eee St SCENE © ON A COFFEE PLANTATION oe CHASE & SAN BO R N. OUR COFFEES HAVE A NATIONAL REPUTATION REPRESENTING THE FINEST CROWN JAVA and MOCHA, SEAL BRAND COFFE} gee all others in its richness and delicacy of flavor. Justly called The Aristoeratic Coffee of America. Always packed whole roasted (unground) in 2 Ib. air-tight tin cans. A skilful blending of strong. fla- CRUSADE BLEN vory and aromatic high 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 packed whole roasted (ungroundg), in 1 Ib. air- -tight parchment packages. RETAIL CROCERS selling our coffees. What it has done for them it will do for you, samples to CHASE & SANBORN, BROAD STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Tell us that their coffee trade has doubled and trebled since buying and Send for Western Department: | HERBERT T. CHASE, Representative for Michigan and Northern Ohio, GRAND RAPIDS. LION COFFEE Merchants, TOU WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them ® 80 Franklin St., Chicago. | 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 UN, 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. VWVoolson Spice Co., ZOLEDO, OHIO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. aanamnnedl ain ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—Frank Wells, Lansing. First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan. Second Viee-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville. Executive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, Allegan; Secretary. Gomeuieee on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green- ville; W.S. 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 Barnes, Traverse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus- kegon. ittee on Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso; s Conklin, Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. : ittee on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun- ra eee, Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; W. E. Crotty, Lansing. Local Secretary—P. J. Connell, Muskege®. Pfficial Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The following auxiliary associations are Op- erating under charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse chy B. M. A. President, J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Lowell B. M. A. President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No, 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, John A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. Whitney. President, John A. Miller; Sectevety: = No. 6—Alba B. M. A «President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. H. Thursten; ecretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No. 9_Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. —————— : No. 10—Harber Springs B. M. A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. No. 12—Quincey B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. No. 13—Sherman B. M.A H. B. Sturtevaat; Secretary, Ww. J. Austin. President, No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A. President, 8. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M.A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M.A. President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W- Rasco. Ne. i17—Plainwell B. M. A. President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 13—Owesse B. M. A. President, Albert Todd; Secretary, S. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 2@—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Seeretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. President, A. B. Schumacher; Seeretary, W. R. Clarke. No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. @. Bailey. No. 24—Maorley 8. M. A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Riehmond. No. 25—Pale B. M. A. President, H. D. Pew: Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—Greenville B. M. A. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. i. J. Clark. Erosident, 2. a No. 27—Derr B. M. A. President, E. 8. Botsford; Seeretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Chebeygan B. M. A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Doser. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 8S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersvillie B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. es cediiaks D. Bartholomew; Seoretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—Saranac B. M. A. President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams. No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. KE. Densmore. No. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39—Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, C H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont B. M A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun. ivi. No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W.H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. 4. 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, Ww. H. Graham. ee i: No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M. A. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. _ President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon. _ “No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. S. Kedzie; Secretary, ¥. D. Vos. No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. No. 54—Dougelas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 5%7—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake BR. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretar} LS Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. 4. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt. N President, V. No. 62—Fast Saginaw M. A. President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Noe, 64—Merrill B. M. A- President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. N 7—Watervliet B. M.A. President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. No. 68—Allegan B. M.A. President, H. H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville RB. M. A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. So. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. President, S. S. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. 31—Hartford B. M. ca Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. — President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Voiney Ross. No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. No. 79_ts-t Jor¢an and so. Arm B. M.A, President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A. | President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Geo. Craig. No. 81—Flushing B. M. A. President, L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. 82—Alma B. M. A. President, B. S. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky. No. 83—Sh-rwood B. Mm. A. President, L. P. Wilcox; Secretary. W. R. Mandigo. No. 84—-Standish B. M. A. President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President. J. M. Beeman; Secretary, C. H. May. Blanchard—Stevens & Fancher succeed Stevens & Peak in the drug business. jin it already, except one, Association Notes. Muskegon News: The question of the forma- tion of a mutual insurance company, with head- quarters at Muskegon, will probably be decided Wednesday evening at the meeting of the Busi- ness Men’s Association. The Insurance Com- mittee digested the replies of the members to questions regarding their insurance and will present the result at the meeting. Every mem- ber who carries insurance is urged by the Asso- ciation to be present. Hudson Gazette: In answer to an enquiry, the Secretary of the Hudson Business Men’s Associ- ation has written L. G. & EB. T. Smith, manufac- turers in wood at McComb. Ohio, that soft maple, basswood and black ash timber can be found in abundance in this locality, at from 37 to $10 per thousand, delivered at the saw mill. The Messrs. Smith were assured that no more feasible point, as regards shipping facilities, could be found for an industry like theirs than Hudson. The Association expects to hear from the gentlemen again. —_——_—_— 0<—____ A Year’s Work by the South Haven Swe e Soutu Haven, April 24, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR SrR—Our annual meeting, which should have been held on April 9, was delayed on ac- count of the indisposition of your humble ser- vant two weeks, and took place last evening, with a fair attendance. The election of ofjicers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President—E. J. Lockwood. Vice-President—T. E. Tompson. Secretary—Volney Ross. Treasurer—S.*Van Ostrand. Executive Committee—E. J. Lockwood, Vol- ney Ross, L. 8. Monroe, Jos. H. Johnson, M. V. Selkerk. The annual report shows good success for the initial year. There has been over $800 collected by the Blue Letter, which had been given up for lost, About $105 was collected through the medium of the White Letter. The delinquent list shows 81,200 that has gone where the wood- bine twineth; but we have the list for future reference and feel compensated. We have had quite a number of reinstatements to date and more will get from under as soon as they can. We have, sinee starting, been successful in getting the Novelty Works, formerly of St. Joseph, to locate here, and will be in operation this summer. We have also secured a fire department, the first we ever had. We are now reaching for another railroad, with good prospects. We have thirty-eight as good men on our rolls as stand up in any city or village in Michigan and three more just came in, all splendid addi- tions. Mr. Loekwood, our President, is a very successful business man and will very ably fill Mr. Monroe’s place, whom we disliked very much to lose: but circumstances prevented his accept- ance for this year. Vice-President Tompson and Secretary Ross are also able men. : Weare proud of the South Haven Business Men’s Assoeiation for what it has done and will do for South Haven. Truly yours, S. Van OstTRaND, Ex-Sec’y. —_——__—»> o<—__—— Flushing Takes Eleven Shares. Fiusuixe, March 10, 1889. Geo. B. Caldwell, Greenville: Dear Stn—Enclosed you will find the names of those taking stock in the new insuramce 6om- pany. This is not quite our proportion, but it is the best we can do at this writing. Respectfully, A. E. Ransom, Sec’y. The list of subscribers is as follows: L. A. Vickery & Sons, A. E. Ransom, Herriman & Fox, H. H. Chatters, Perry Bros.& Co.. F. A. Niles, Ira T. Sayre, Monroe & Glynn, B. Turner, Franklin P. Sayre and W. G. Sprague—one share each. ——6j5>. 2 —__—_ Window Dressing---A Unique Method. In dressing windows, the two primary objects in view should be displaying goods and attracting the publie. Of the two objects the latter is undoubtedly the most important, and, therefore, should receive the greater share of attention, for, if properly and artistically done, it can be converted into a most useful and profitable advertising medium. When dressing a window with this object in view, nearly all authorities agree that it should be done with a view to attracting the ladies and children. To do this means something more than a mere artistic dis- play of goods; it means that there must be something both odd and unique, that will immediately catch the eye of every passing child, call forth his or her admira- tion or curiosity, and send the prattling juvenile to the home of the parents and friends to tell what Brown, Smith & Co. have in their window. This, of course, means that the parents must go and see it, too: but, even if it is not convenient to go just then, depend upon it, the curi- osity which permeates adults as well as children will attract their footsteps toward the store which has attracted the child’s attention, when an opportunity oceurs. The cogitation of schemes for the at- tractive dressing of windows must be left largely to the fertile brains of window- dressers, but a true account of the mode of procedure by a gentleman who has had considerable experience in that line in the United States, may materially assist in the premises. He first went to the school house and asked every child that possessed a doll to bring it to the store thenext morning. The next morning he had a collection of dolls numbering about 200. Then he made a large shoe of paste- board and covered it with black cambric. The largest doll he dressed up as an old woman, and putit in the shoe. Holes were next made in the shoe, and out of each was thrust the head of one of the dolls. In the background dolls were strung from one side of the window to the other. He then putasign in the window reading: ‘Can you find your doll??? and another reading: ‘‘A new lot of towels that will sell for 25 cents a pair. Don’t you want a pair of them?’’ Before night he had sold 100 pairs of towels, and upon enquiry at the time of selling, learned that the children of 89 of the 100 he had sold to had a doll in the window, and that, had it not been that they heard of the doll window through their chil- dren, they would not have come to the store on that day. —— —9—<-— The Champion Snorer on the Road. From the Buffalo Express. A commereial traveler who has just returned from a small town in Michigan relates a funny incident that occurred in alittle hotel in that burg. The hotel was crowded, and a weary traveler who came in and enquired for a room was told by the clerk that every room in the house, where it was possible, had two beds and that one was occupied by an old farmer who snored loud enough to killa horse. ‘‘Is that all 2’? exclaimed the traveler, jubi- lantly. ‘Why, man, [ want you to know that I am the champion snorer in my town, and anybody who can beat me at it must be a cuckoo. Just put a bed in that room for me.’’? The clerk told him that it was useless, but the traveler in- sisted. ‘‘I’ll tell you what [ll do,”’ said he: ‘“I’ll just bet you five dollars my snoring drives him out of the room.’’ The clerk was looking for cinches, and snapped the bet up quick. Time wore on until the hour for retiring. Singu- FADED/LIGHT TEXT larly, both men wended their way up- stairs together. The clerk awaited fur- ther developments. About an hour after- ward a rustling was heard up above, and the traveler, half-dressed, with his coat, vest and shirt on his arm, came shuffiing down the steps. Suddenly he walked over to the desk and planked down a V. “T told you so,’’ said the clerk, who fairly rolled over with laughter. “What's ailing you, you gilly ?”’ said the traveler, with a string of oaths. “I'd have won the bet all right, but the son of a gun got to sleep first.” He sleptona hardwood bench for the rest of the night. ——_—_—_>-—>___—- A Pretty Fair Liar. Two men, originally strangers to each other, were seated side by side in a train that was rapidly approaching St. Louis. One of them, as could be seen at a glance, was unmistakably a drummer; the gripsacks and his hardened cheek gave him away. It was difficult to de- cide what the other party was, but he was, comparatively speaking, quite a young man. “I guess we will be in St. Louis in about an hour. Ever been there?’ asked the drummer. “Well, I should say so. I was cashier in a St. Louis hardware store for more than ten years,’’ replied the other party. ‘‘How Chicago has taken the wind out of the sails of St. Louis!’ “T should say so. I was in the pork- packing business in Chicago for seven years. For push and energy Chicago takes the cake, but the eciimate is some- thing fearful. I couldn’t stand it, sol went to New Orleans, where it was mild. You see, my lungs are weak. I was a cottom broker there for eight years.” ‘Isn’t Atlanta, Georgia coming to the front? There is twice the git in Atlanta that there is in New Orleans. I sell $50,000 worth ef goods in Atlanta every year,’’? remarked the drummer.”’ “Talking of ‘git up and git’ in At- lanta, I reckon there was more ‘git up and git’ in Atlanta during the latter part of the war than there has been since. I know when I was in the Confederate army I had to ‘git up and git? away from Atlanta pretty lively.”’ “So you were in army ?”’ “Served four years. After the warl went to California and was in the fruit business for six years. Made lots of money.’’ After some further talk, the drummer looked quizzically at his companion and asked him his age. “T will be twenty-four next June,’’ was the reply. ‘Were you not rather too young to be in the war ?”’ “Oh, no, you remember the Confed- eracy robbed the eradle and the grave.’’ “It could not well rob a cradle before there was anything init, but, of eourse, you belonged to the infantry.’ “No, I was Captain in acavalry reg- iment.’’ ; “You seem to be a very mysterious person.”’ ‘How so ?”’ “Well, besides being a Captain in the Confederate army before you were born, I find on calculation that, although you are only twenty-four years of age, you have been in active business for thirty- one years. Isn’t that rather myster- ious ?”’ “That is rather mysterious, particu- larly as you have not counted two years that I have been employed on a New York daily paper.”’ “So you are on a New York daily paper,’ snorted the drummer. ‘‘That explains everything. I suspected that you were not a mere amateur liar. Un- der the circumstances, you come nearer the truth than I deemed it possible for a New York journalist. You ought to be a great deal better liar, when your oppor- tunities are taken into consideration than you are, but you will improve, no doubt.”’ The brakeman called out ‘‘St. Louis,” and the two men got into a’bus for the same hotel. Cellular Cloth. The new cellular clothing now coming into use in England is said to be a suc- eess. It is woven out of the same mate- rial as the common weaves of cloth, being simply, as its name _ indicates, closely woven into cells, the network of which is covered over with a thin fluff. Its porous quality allows the slow pass- ing of the inside and outside air, giving time for the cutside air to become of the same temperature as the body, obviating all danger of «atching colds and allowing vapors constantly exhaled by the body to pass off, thus contributing to health and cleanliness. ‘The common objection to cotton clothing. that it is productive of chills and colds. is removed if woven in this mariner, and the invention can certainly be said to be strictly in accord- ance with hygienic and scientific prin- ciples. the Confederate —_——=>_o<>—___——_ A New Swindle. The people who never read the papers are just now contributing to the ex- echequer of a swindler, who offers a bot- tle of medicine, a box of salve and a bottle of perfumed disinfectant for a dollar. He specially commends the dis- infectant, and says that when the cork is left out of the bottle, a pleasant and healthful odor is diffused. He leavesa sample bottle, from which he purposely removes the cork, and when he calls a few days later to take his property or its price, half the contents of the bottle have evaporated. Unless he gets a half a dollar as the value of the goods, he is troublesome. He usually gets the money, instead of which he should be treated to a red-headed reception. —>—_o>— Philosophy of Apples. One day last week, according to an Al- bany Argus correspondent, a_ certain Boston lady had ocassion to send anewly greenhorn servant girl to the corner grocery for a dozen apples. “Be sure to get me the best you can,”’ she said, ‘‘and remember the pretty ones are not usually the finest. Those which look the worst outside are apt to be the sweetest flavored.’’ The young woman trotted off confi- dently with the meney in her fist, and presently returned with twelve of the most deplorable rotten apples imaginable. “They were the worst lookin’ ones I cud find in the barrel, mum,’’ she re- marked triumphantly, and so they ought to be the very best of eatin’.’’ STARTING IN LIFE. Schemes Adopted by Fakirs to Raise the Wind. “Speaking about humble starts in life,’ said a traveling man the other night, “I metatraveling man recently who can draw his check for $15,000, who owns 2a comfortable little house in the suburbs of Boston, and he told how he got his start in life. He was advance agent for a cheap show, and got stranded in a New Hampshire town with 25 cents in his pocket. He was then some two hundred miles from home, and what to do he did not know. Finally a happy idea struck him. He had a magificent yoice and was an expert on the banjo. “There was a clerk in the hotel who had a banjo, and this chap, whose name was Dawson, said he would give the clerk lessons on the instrument if he would loan it to him for one night. The clerk assented. It was in the afternoon, and the drummer skirmished around town, ealling at every tobacco store. ‘“‘He returned to the hotel just before supper time with a bundle of tin foil, such as is wrapped around tobacco. He went te his room and took out two bars of common yellow soap, which he paid a grocers 18 cents for, and then he began work. “In an hour he had about 300 nice little cakes of soap, neatly wrapped in tin foil, and a sponge saturated with ammonia. ‘After supper he borrowed a dry goods box, a torch, which a fakir had left in the hotel some months before in default of board, and with the banjo went out into one of the squares ‘He struck up some of the popular songs of the day, and in five minutes had a crowd of two or three hundred around him. Then he began to sing sentimental songs, and finally started to talk, but the crowd wouldn’t listen. They wanted to hear him sing and play. He played and sang, and was more than surprised to see a big, strapping fellow in the crowd pass his hat around. The dimes rolled in, and then the big fellow emptied the hat on the box beside the astonished singer. There were $15 in silver. “He then offered to take out stains from any one’s clothes, stating with re- markable sauvity that when a boy he was thrown among a crowd of strolling gypsies and by accident learned that the juiee of a certain root had the power to remove all stains from clothing. Two or three of the crowd stepped up with big grease spots on their clothes, but the soap together with the ammonia and water in the sponge, dampened the cloia, and the stain was removed (fora time). He sold 300 cakes for 15 cents a piece and received $45, about forty-four dol- lars and seventy-five cents of which was profit. He made $59, or over, in an hour and a half, paid his board and jumped the town. He is to-day one of the best drummers of woolens on the road, and that was how he got his start.”’ One of the best fakirs I ever saw stood up in a wagon in Market square one night and sold $200 worth of blood puri- fier, which cost him about $10, bottles and all. His speech was a revelation and the crowd evidently swallowed it, for they bought his stuff as fast as he could make change. He worea ‘Wild West’’ hat and had flowing locks, which must have cost him $15 at a wig maker’s, and the sketch that he told of his life, how he spent years among the Indians and stole one of the medicines which they distilled from roots and herbs, and they alone knew their properties, how he made his escape and was bound to spend the re- mainder of his life in administering to the ills of the human race. As a matter of fact he got out of town about one hundred and seventy-five dollars ahead and next turned up in Bangor where he sold handkerchiefs and cologne. Another one of the Nomads, in some way or other got hold of a lot of harmo- nicas that had been damaged by fire. He bought the lot of 25 gross for $1 a gross. He took them home and began fixing them up. Each one was wrapped and when the paper was were just as good as new. The fakir couldn’t play a note, but he sat down and inside of a week had mas- tered ‘Home, Sweet Home,’’? ‘Sweet Heather Bells,’’ and other popular airs. He went out on the road, and in two weeks had sold the 25 gross for over $14 a gross, and cleared $250. The king of dentists was another big fakir. This man pulled teeth without pain, but the truth of the matter was the individual who stepped up before an audience would not yell for fear of the crowd laughing at him. The footh powder fiend is one of the worst fakirs on the road. He will take a boy out of the crowd whose teeth are in mourning, and with the aid of pow- dered pumice stone, some acid and elbow grease. will make them whiter than snow, but the enamel of that boy’s teeth is ruined. Then after accomplishing this task he will calmly address the audience as fol- lows: “Ladies and gentlemen—There is noth- ing under heaven so bad as decayed teeth. I have known families to be separated and divorces granted for that very cause. “The little child, which every one kisses, has a breath as pure as snow and is nearly kissed to death,. but I have known women to drive up to my dental parlors, on Chestnut street, in Philadel- phia; come there, ladies and gentlemen, in silks and satins attended by powdered footmen, but, bless you, their breath would draw a freight train. ‘‘Everyone likes to kiss a little child. Even a cat will crawl to the little one’s crib at night and suck their breath, and those children die on that account, but, gentlemen, if a cat crawled into your bed at night and caught your breath, the cat would die. “Walk right up everybody now and take a bottle, only 25 cents each. There are only a dozen left,’’ and he dispenses a coneoction of flour with a dash of checkerberry in it. Moral—Patronize home industry where you can get pure goods. ——_—<> 2 <=—_____- The chemical] journals announce as newly discovered solvents of Prussian blue. molybdie acid, which dissolves it in large quantity, and molybdate and tungstate of ammonia, which also dis- solve it very readily. in red paper, removed they VISITING BUYERS. ChamberlainBros, Plainwll Geo P Stark, Cascade E Roberts, Sparta W G Tefft, Rockford J H Kepner, Lake Odessa Munger,Watson & DeVoist. Geo E Marvin, Clarksville Sullivan J L Handy, Boyne City DenHerder & Tanis GH Walbrink, Allendale Vriesland F L Burdick & Co, Mendon J R Cameron, Sherman John Smith, Ada Dr Peter Beyer, Sullivan RD McNaughton, WNHutchinson, Ashland Coopersville G S Pusnam, Fruitport ES Botsford, Dorr W H Hicks, Morley CA Clark, Wiley M V Wilson, Sand Lake AJuistema, Grand Haven CH Adame, Otsego Sevey & Herrington, Berlin L Cook Bauer S J Martin, Sullivan A W Fenton, Bailey R Craven & Co, Elmira Bang & Co, Rodney C Gregory, Fennville J B Watson, Coopersville T Armock, Wright Goodrich Bros, Fennville Chas Eddy, Grattan Hessler Bros, Rockford E I Hewes, Newaygo Adam Newell,Burnip’s Cors H Brownyard, Lake JN Wait, Hudsonville CS Comstock, Pierson GM Huntley, Reno N F Miller, Lisbon Steketee Bros, Holland JC Benbow, Canronsburg Gus Begman, Bauer F A Moore, Fennvile C Steketee, Holland C H Deming. Dutton J Beavis & Co, Hart Walling Bros,Lamont Watson & Devoist, W N Hutchinson, Grant Coopersville JLThomas, Cannonsburg John Gunstra, Lamont H Meijering, Jamestown R Purdy, Grant JJ Williams, White Cloud Myers & Dudley, JJ Gee, Whitehall Isson’s Mills A&E Bergy, Caledonia S T McLellan, Denison AJ Provin, Cedar Springs Plato & Renwick, Rodney H Brownyard, Ashland S T Colson, Alaska C H Loomis, Sparta Eli Runnels, Corning John Farrowe, So Blendon Faets for the Public. Any company having a paid up capital of $100,000 can gain admittance to doa fire insurance business in Michigan; no deposit is required in this State and there is not one company that has any deposit with the State authorities for the protec- tion of its policies. Any company with only $100,000 capital can be impaired $14,999.99 and do business in Miehigan under the law. Why will business men pay the same rates to small irresponsible companies with little or ne surplus, when they can procure policies in the following com- panies at the same rates? The first five companies have the largest surplus to policy holders of any companies doing business in the United States: Assets. Surplus. @tns of Hartford........_- $ 9,781,752 $ 7,606,515 Home of N.Y... -.- 8,961,657 4,502.463 Insurance Company of North America of Phila- Gelphig. 6) oe... Hartford of Hartford....... German American of N. Y. Continental of N. ¥.-...-.- 8,696,957 5 5,750,080 3,483,983 Franklin of Philadelphia... 3,202,802 Springfield F. & M.of Mass 3,200,142 1,867,992 Pennsylvania of Phila- delpnim .-.40 06.0 2-62: 3,106,553 1,691,076 Niagara of N. ¥_.........-- 3,58 379,540 Netronal of Hartford... ... 1,507,126 Queen of England... .. 2,133,802 845,438 Underwriters of N. Y..-...- 3,586,894 2,055,173 Woetal: 02 1 oes $63,524,233 $36,842,646 H. EF. Burrer, 54 Pearl street, Grand Rapids. Telephone No. 732 HARDWARE. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. fyes', old style 620s. 60 ee 60 cs... ee. 40 Jennings’, genuine .................. oe ae 25 Jennings’, imitation .............-2:-eeeeee 50&10 AXES. First Quality, S. B. Bronze................-- $ 7 00 . m BB Brome... 2)... 11 00 ey SBS Steel)... 8 50 - D. & Stecl |... ..-..t.. 13 00 BALANCES. dis. STI oe ee encase cnenicininc a sine 49 BARROWS. dis. MamroeG. $ 14 00 Gergen es net 30 00 BELLS. dis. Mand 8 60&10&10 en eee 70 Ce 80&15 Gear: ee 25 Door Sargent..-.....-..0 2-7. 60&10 BOLTS. dis. lowe ee 50&10 Carriage new list.....-....-.-- 75 PIG 40&10 Sleigh shoe...... ee ce ce 70 Wroueht Barre: Bolts. 23... 60 Gast Barrel Bolts. ....--- .:. See 40 (ost Garecli, brass kmebs...-.-.....-...-... 40 Cast Square Spring....... .. -...-.....-...- 60 Gast Chain oo 40 Wrought Barrel, brass knob.. 60 Wrouecht Square ............ 60 Wroueht sunk Hinsh.......--..-....<... 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60£10 ives’ Door. 2 60&10 BRACES. dis. Bae ee 40 O_o 50410 Spoirerd: --. 006 6s 50 Rie Ba ee oe net BUCKETS. Well ga ee $ 3 50 Well swavel -... se 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. @ast Loose Pim: feured 2... ¢.- Wk Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed_............. T0& Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed........., 60& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10 Wroucht Loose Fin. -...-..-. 60&10 Wrouehs Loose Pin, acorm tip.-.....--...__- 60&05 Wrought Loose Pin, japamned .............- 60&05 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped .604&05 Wrouetet fable 60&10 Wroushs imside Blind. -..-.-- 60&10 Wrought Brass.............--.---sccececeeee 75 Blind, Clark’ 70&10 Bling, PAreers.....2-.-....-02.0..0. 00 70&10 Blind Shepard's ........-..0 9... 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 CARPET SWEEPERS. Bisse) No.5: . 0.2... per doz.#17 00 Bissell No. 7, new drop pan ........ 19 6 Bissell Guaia..-.......__-......._.. . 36 00 Grand Rapids. ...0........-... es 24 00 Masie. 0... ° 15 00 CRADLES. Grain. ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. iast Steel. 2 perh 4% Iron, Steel Points..................-...- e 38% CAPS. Py st 10 perm 65 Pies ©. Fg. ° 60 en Ch. na 3D Maskce .... ... 60 CARTRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 50 Rim Mire Umited Simtes..-...-..... 7. 8. dis. 50 Central Wire. dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Soekes Parmer... 7O0&10 Socket Mramime....,....0....-..0 1.1.0.1... \ Soeket Corner.<.... Soekes SlicKkS 2-2: 5 ee Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... Barton’s Socket Pirmers.................... 20 Cola... eee. net COMBS. dis. Curry, Lawrence’s.......-.....--..--es0e0-- 40&10 Moienkiss . 6) cs. 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gTross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 cocks. Brass, Hacking s.-.... 2000-20 ss. 60 BS ee ee 60 Beer.) 40&10 Le et 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 33 hi 4x52) 14x56, 14x60.-...-.--. - 31 Cold Rolled, 14556 and 14x60.... ........... 29 (old Rolled: 14x48... . 0)... 29 Bouoms 0 es 30 DRILLS. dis. Morse's BiH Sioeks.:. <2... 2s. 40 Paper and straight Shank................... 40 Morse’s Taper Suank....:..-....... 40 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, SSF POUNG ©... .......2....-.. 72. 07 Large sizes, per pound................ -+++- 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6in.... 2.2.52... doz. net % Oerrugaied 20:5. 5..0....0.- 2. 2... dis. 20&10&10 AIaIG oe dis. 14&10 The Favorite Ghurn LEADS THEM ALL. Write for Price List and Discounts. Foster, Stevens & Co., 10 & 12 MONROE ST. 33, 35, 37, 39 & 41 LOUIS ST. EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; laree, §26.............-.. 30 ives, 1. S18; 2 det. 5 25 FILEs—New List. dis. American File Association List........-.... 60&10 SRC ee 60410 mew Awmcricgn oe 6010 MICH OINOI SG oe en 6010 eters ee 50 Heller’s Horse ee aU GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 4; % and 26; 2 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......... 50 HAMMERS, Naydole & Co.’s............ -.2.2- eee: dis. 25 Oe dis. 25 Wernes é Eimmps.... 0. dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. .............-.. 30¢ list 50 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢ 40410 HINGES. Gate Citrkes 12S dis. 60 Sate per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and os ee 3% Serew Hook and Hye, %4................. net 10 . Y 5 SD pean a ei net 8% * . = eee se net 7% he : . ee a net 7% Strapand © dis. 70 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anG trieuen. ..--...-.. 60&10 Migder Wood (rhem oo. 40 HOLLOW WARE Pots... 60&05 Ketticen 9... «os. 2. + OOGUD I ee .. 60&05 Gray Cnamered. 50 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware. ....-.....-.... new list 70&10 japanned Pi WATE... 8k 25 Granite fron Ware ....-....- .., . |. new list 7310 HOES. Gr. $11, dis. 60 Gripe ..-.. ee $11.50, dis. 60 Gras oe $12, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. Le on dis. 25&10@25&10&10 Eucigm .....2.... 1... dis. 5&10&2%&2% MOrehwWesterh.--...--)---k dis. 10&10&5 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, poreeliuin, trimmings... -............ 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............- < Preture, o. l. gudd & Co7s...:............- 40&10 eCmaeHe foe 45 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Waeeler & Coys... -.-. se... 55 VAMEOEOS oo see 55 IOrWwaEE RS 55 LEVELS. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Cog... . 3... 70 MATTOCKS. Wa7e Bye: $16.00, dis. 60 Muac ye $15.00, dis. 60 GG Se $18.50, dis. 20&10. MAULS. dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Pest, handled ............. 50 MILLS. dis. @otree, Parkers Cos. .-...--.-.. 40 « P.S. & W. Mfz. Cos Malleabies..-. 40 « Bander, berry @ Clarks............ 40 | PGeEprIne 322 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebbins Pattern... 6010 Stebbins Geumine 5 60&10 Hnterprise, self measuring... 2.8. es, 25 NAILS Advance above 12d nails. FENCE AND BRADS. 0 25 HG. See eee eee eee 10 Sdianed G0 ee. 25 tdandda 40 Wa and 5a. 6 60 oh... 1 00 eee 1 50 Te 1 00 Seo ee 1 50 ee ee es 2 00 CASTING AND BOX. 120 fo SOG 50 Me ee 60 Sete % 1a... 90 Ad i@od...... cs iw a... 1&0 COMMON BARREL. | Renee 23 ee. 2 CLINCH. diane '56 meh ee. 1 35 2 and 24% as Lp Sanh 8. 1 00 ee 85 2 ane 66 TGA ss 5 Each half keg 10 cents extra, OILERS. dis. Zine or tin, Chases Patent. ................. 60&i0 Zine. wite prass potem.__.......-....5..... 50 Brass Of Copper... 50 a a a per gross, $12 net Olmstead ss 3 50&10 PLANES. dis. ito Tool Cos fancy. =. ss 40@10 Sciota Bement @60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy..............-.- 40@10 Bonen. hirscquahcy..-. 5... @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... ....20&10 PANS. Hry, AGme dis. 60 Common, polished..........:..........- dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. brop and Piomed..... (: 50 Copper Rivets and Burs................-..-- 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. *‘A*? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2 “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. ROPES, Sisal, % inch and larger .................... 13% eo ee 16% i SQUARES. dis. Sioet aml POM cs. | oes ee ee ee cs 70&10 iPey and Bevyels.......-...5.... 18... 60 Mite 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Nos. 1046 14......00......... 4... #4 20 $3 00 Wis) M6 d? oe es 4 W 3 00 ed eee 4 3 10 TC ee Oe ae ah ce a 4 2 3 15 Ge Se tO OS ooo ese en 4 40 3 35 oo a ee occas ool 3 35 No. 27 4 60 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches SAND PAPER. fist sect. 19, SG... ew dis. 40 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A-................... list 50 ° Drab A . 55 . White Be . 50 “ ene |... iy 55 - Wate @ 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Solid Hyess......... ae per ton 825 | SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS. Miles’ ‘“‘Challenge”’....per doz. $20, dis. 5}0@50&05 Perry..........._ per doz. Ne. 1, S15: No. 0, Sea Sees stelle Cee: Ces Draw Cut No. 4.-.......... 2... each, $30, dis 30 Mterprisa Mip €o.. 10... dis. 20&10@30 Sverre. 3 dis. 40&10 saws, dis. Disstoms Cireular. 3.0.06). 45@45&5 . ORs @ie. 45@45&5 - Honda. 25@254&5 *Extras sometimes given by jobbers. Ateine Cireuiar.....° 0.00: .....1....... ea So * ' Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 7 ‘** Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 «¢ Speeial Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot.... ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X Cuts: per tect. 28 TACKS. dis. Aynerican sli hinds. ......:..............-.+ 60 Steck all kuids. 60 See end ek 60 Campond iace... 60 Cisar Box Nails... 50 Mimnienine Mats 50 Common and Patent Brads................. 50 Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ 50 rank ave Clout Wats... -. 8 .. 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.............. 45 beathercd Carpet Packs... ........:....... 35 TRAPS, dis. sreel, Game. 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Comraunity, Hawley & Norton’s ... 70 Betenkise a 70 Pos & WwW. Wife Cos ............. MGsne, €CHOMGE 8 2 18e per doz. Mouse, delusion... . $1.50 per doz. WIRE. dis. Brigit Marmee. 67% Annealed Markee... 70&10 Ceppered Market... ... ts 2 OO eee ¥ a: mined Maret. oe 62% Nipned Brogm. =... per pound 09 Minned Wiattress. per pound 8% Coppered Spring Steel. ........ 50 Ginned Sprme steer... 40&10 Pim Wenee 7 per pound 03 Barped Fence, calvanized................... $3 75 . painted 1... 3 00 Coppce.... .... aew list net BERS. es de i WIRE GOODS. dis. Bright...........-..-- sss cceeee cess -70&10&10 werew Hyves... 0. os -70&10&16 eee a sea elas atid -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Fyes...........:... -70&10&10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter's Adjustable, niekeled..... ..... Cees Genme oe 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ 75 Coes Patent, malleable. ................ 75&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. O_O ee " 50 Pumipe, Caster... .... 0... 7 perewse, New [ing........................ “ 50 Custers. Bed and Plate.............2.. 4. 50&10&10 Dae pers, AMICTICAM =. 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 Copper Bottoms. 3. 30¢ METALS, PIG TIN. Fie Large... 28¢ Mio Bars bees eae a 30¢ COPPER. Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3c Manufactured (including all articles of which Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per cent ad valorem. For large lots the following quotations are shaded: INGOT, UO 18% “Anmenor’ Branmd............-........... ce 18 ZINC, Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. COO Pound GHkee ee % fer gould. 3 I@T% LEAD. Duty: Pig, $2 per 100 pounds. Old Lead, 2c per pound. Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound. ASMCetCee oe eee ) Ce eee @5 Ce ne ae eG ee 6 CCG ee. 8e, dis. 20 SOLDER. 0 ee ae 16 okra: Whee 13% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. CoOnSOn..................... 1. per pouma 14 Hallett s..0...5...-...0. re 1 é TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 1C, Charegal..... 2.2... 14x20 IC, Oi 12x12 IC, ne 14x14 IC, . ieee ic, = &* 10x14 IX, e 14x20 IX, . 12x12 IX, . 14x14 IX, 20x28 IX, " Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. $0c145C. Charedal: 5.002 $5 14x20 IC, a Oe 5 xP Ic, TE ee ce eee cee uc eect cee. 5 14x14 IC, Ee 9 29x28 IC, wide not less than 2-10 extra 10x14 IX, a 6 14x20 IX, SF eS 6 ete % CO EE EO 11 20x28 IX, ee 14 Each additional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES i4aic Teme Mo $ 7 60 20x28 IC, 4 pe Se SO st 15 7 14x20 IC, FO WROMERBUER, o.oo it cola, 5 50 14x20 IX, © — 7 00 29x28 IC, - ess es Side 11 50 14x20 IC, ‘« Allaway Grade... ..:.... 4 90 14x20 IX, ’ = ee 6 40 20x28 IC, [ a ANS yee eee 10 5U 20x28 IX, u . a te 13 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. SO a as ee $12 00 ene = eke Jette nents eee e eee ee nent ene cess 13 50 : aan ix’ for No. : Boilers, } per pound..... 09 54 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, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. KE. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889. PRESENTING DRAFTS. A member of the Grand Rapids Mer- cantile Association recently sent the New York Journal of Commerce the follow- ing enquiry: Our bankers here, when they have drafts te collect, are in the habit of noti- fying by telephone or sending mail no- tices to the effect that they hold the draft, and if not paid by a certain date it will be considered a refusal to pay. Im all cases, the payer is expected to walk to the bank and settle. The question is, are they not bound to present the draft to the party or parties whom it is against before they can decide or report that pay- ment has been refused? This question came up at arecent meeting of our Mer- cantile Association, and it was voted to refer to you for final decision. To this enquiry the Journal of Com- merce replied as follows: If the address of the drawee is known, the draft cannot be protested until it is presented to him for acceptance or pay- ment, as the case may require. A demand for either cannot be made legally, by telephone or mail; a personal presenta- tion is required. The statement of facts made in the above enquiry is not entirely correct. Itis the custom of the Grand Rapids banks to present all drafts drawn on houses within convenient distance of the bank. It has not been the custom to present drafts drawn on suburban mer- chants or factories on the outskirts of the city, but to notify such houses by telephone or mail and then wait a reason- able length of time before returning the drafts. The banks argue—and the argu- ment seems plausible enough—that they cannot afford to send a clerk a couple or three miles to collect a draft on which they can deduct but 10 cents exchange, especially as the trip has frequently to be repeated. A COVER FOR FRAUD. The recent decision of the Supreme Court, in which that august body takes the ground that county clerks have no right to disclose the nature of any papers placed on file in their offices, is found to serve as an admirable cover for fraud- ulent practices. One of the abuses the decision is likely to foster is thus out- lined by the Detroit Journal: ‘The first indication of a firm’s failure is usually found in the county clerk’s office, in the shape of a writ of — in, attachment, or petition for a receiver said a lawyer recently. ‘‘The commer- cial agencies immediately notify their clients and the newspapers notify the general public. Other creditors thus learn of the matter and are enabled, per- haps, to secure themselves or force an assignment, and thereby gain an equal chance for the recovery of their prop- erty. The publication of these matters also serves as a warning to dealers to give the firm no more credit without am- ple security. Under the new dispensa- tion neither the commercial agency re- porters nor newspaper reporters are in- formed of the tumble. A few favored creditors may possibly be notified and allowed to put on attachments, which the clerk of the court will dutifully sup- press. The other creditors may thereby be swindled out of their just due and the firm may even go so far as to obtain new goods on credit, the public being meanwhile kept in ignorance of what is going on.’’ It is very evident that the Supreme Court must recede fromits present posi- tion or that business men must find some way of avoiding the inconvenience and loss incident to the attitude assumed by the county clerks. One or the other is an absolute necessity. California has a new law relating to assignments which provides that all as- signments shall be made to the sheriff of the county in which the assignor does business. The sheriff then calls a meet- ing of the creditors, who select an as- signee to take charge of the estate. The assignee thus becomes the agent of the creditors, instead of ‘‘standing in’? with the assignor, as is too often the case under our laws. The law is said to work well, so far as it has been tried, several Grand Rapids creditors having been the recip- ients of dividends from estates in San Francisco which would otherwise have yielded no retnrns to outside creditors. Every reputable druggist — that is, every druggist who does not sell liquor by the glass or as a beverage—should im- mediately write his Senator, requesting him to use his influence to defeat the Damon bill in its present form—not to permit it to pass the Senate until the present obnoxious clauses relating to druggists are stricken out. Now is the time to act. To-morrow or next week it may be too late. THE TRADESMAN is pleased to note the steps the members of the Muskegon B. M. A. are taking relative to the organ- ization of a mutual insurance company. Such activity indicates an abiding faith in the subject of mutual insurance which presages the eventual supremacy of that | system of indemnity over the present more clumsy and expensive method. Editor Dexter, of the Albany Mer- chant’s Mail, isa philosopher. If you don’t believe it, read this dripping of wisdom, taken from = last issue of the Mail: It is easier to manage a surplus than it is a deficiency. What Invention Has Done for Milling. In the course of a recent speech, Hon. H. A. Hayden, the Jackson mill owner, | gave some interesting personal reminis- | cences. It seems that he started in the milling business in 1845, in a little cus- tom mill three miles south of the city of Jackson. He had enlarged gradually, and within a year or two had been able to turn out 8,000 barrels of flour a year, which he considered a big business. He then increased his capacity to fifty bar- rels a day by the addition of three runs of stones—the old flat burr stone, capa- ble of grinding five or six bushels an hour with one half-chest of reels. The best cloths used in those days were No. 10, and the bulk of the flour was made with No. 9. But the product was good for those days, and feund a ready market. Then came a demand for better flour. Up to this time the millers had considered middlings as offal, and it was run through the flat stones and made into a low grade flour which was hard to sell. After a few years he had purchased other mills and adopted modern inven- tions as rapidly as they were offered, but always with a feeling of distrust in ‘new-fangled fixin’s.’? Millers in those days worked from daylight until the day’s work was done, be it 9,10 or 12 p. m. They were not afraid of work, and to this labor the speaker largely attributed his suecess. When the new process was talked of, he had considered it foolish, but he was finally forced to acknowledge that with it the best grades of flour could be made from material thrown away in the old methods. He reluctantly adopted the rollers instead of stones and remodeled his mill. The success was far greater than had been thought possible. Other improvements followed, and to-day the finest grades of flour are made where the best flour of years ago could not be sold at any price. ————__—~» +2 <> Cotton and Wool. The crop of cotton is reported as being very large, possibly greater than that of any recent year. Yet the demand for the staple continues, and the size of the crop seems justified by the demand. The manufacture of cotton goods is now pro- fitable, and new mills are in course of erection in all parts of America, and in this movement the South is conspicuous. Soon the raw material will be manufac- tured on the large scale near the place where it is grown, and the New England mills will be handieapped by their dis- tance from the cotton fields,in the compe- tition with their Southern rivals. The outlook for cotton is therefore a bright one. Wool, the other great textile staple, cannot be so well placed in the economic sense, owing to the great deficiency of reliable statistics. Ata recent conven- tion, the National Association of Wool Growers took steps for establishing a better system, including the organization of a central bureau of statistics. When this is carried out, the wool producer will be greatly benefited, not only by accurate statements and forecasts of the market, but by a better gradation of qualities. It is proposed to have this matter, the grading of wool, taken up by the Association. Few staples need grad- ing more imperatively, as wool suited for one branch of manufacture may be quite unadapted to another; the carpet maker needs a material totally different from that required by the manufacturer of zephyr worsted. SSS Start in Right with the New Clerk. At the commencement of his engage- ment, let there be a free and candid statement of what is to be expected of him; the rules of the store, and what delinquencies will not be tolerated. The employer can always say, at the start, things that later on will be difficult to reach. A full and free understanding at the beginning is sure to save trouble in the future. Take time and exercise patience in making the new-comer acquainted with the stock, the peculiarities of trade, the whims of customers, the policy of the management, their views regarding the details and methods of keeping accounts, and many details, simple in themselves, yet more or less puzzling to a new clerk. Establish a community of interests, making the clerk feel that the prosperity of the proprietor means the prosperity of the clerk. A word of encouragement is a wonderful lever to develop work in an ambitious youth. -— Glad He Took the Mine. Frem the Philadelphia Press. A well-known Philadelphia business man took in part payment for a bad debt two years ago the title to a lead mine in Southern Colorado. He took the mine because he could not get anything else to show for his $8,500. The mine was neglected until eight months ago, when some properties near it ‘‘panned out’”’ well and the Philadelphian began to investi- gate his own property. He went to Col- orado, formed a company, and last Octo- ber began to work the mine. Before Christmas it had paid him over $20,000, and since then his dividends have aver- aged about $1,200 a week. —\j.- A Fleshy Subject. Grocer—Fleischman is all broke up. The sheriff has seized his meat market. Fish Dealer—Is that so? I saw him this morning, and I though he leoked as if he’d lost flesh. — 2. Tit for Tat. ‘‘T’d hate to be in your shoes,’”’ said a woman, quarreling with a neighbor. “You couldn’t get into them,’’ was the answer. WHIPS AND LASHES. Lowest Prices for Mail Orders, GRAHAM ROYS, 54 Lake Ave., - Grand Rapids. FLOUR Owl, Grown Prince, White Lily, Standard, Rye, Graham. Bolted Meal, Feed, Ete. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS. H. SCHNEIDER & GO. Manufacturers of the famous Disk and George, Klks Social Session And other Popular Brands of Cigars, Jobbers of All Brands of and Fine Cut, Pileg and Smoking Tobaccos 21 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. BUY Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF_YOU WANT THE BEST? 20,000 Sold to the Trade In Grand Rapids in the past 30 days. Over 150 retail dealers in Grand Rapids are handling the Famous Five Cent Cigar, “THE WHITE DAISY” This cigar we guarantee to be the best nickel cigar in the State, all long Havana filler with a Sumatra wrapper. Itis sold to the trade for $35 per M. Remember, you take no chances in ordering, for we guarantee the cigar to give entire satis- faction or they can be returned. Beware of Imitations. The genuine will have our signature oninside of cover of each box. Send in your orders by mail. The White Daisy Is manufactured ouly by MORTON & CLARK, 462 S. Division St., Grand Rapids. ‘CULIOLIOS WACHO TWILL The BEST CRACKER Made We also manufacture a full line of Sweet Goods. Write for quotations and samples. Jackson Cracker C0, HARWEY & HEYSYEK JOBBERS IN Wall Paper and Paints, Dils, kts. 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. JACKSON MICH. Detroit Soap Co., DETROIT, MICH. Manufacturers of the following well-known SUAPS brands of QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, MICHIGAN, ROYAL BAR, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, CZAR, MASCOTTE, MONDAY, PHENIX, WABASH, CAMEO, AND OTHERS, For quotations address 8 i i . W. G. HAWKINS, voce sex't73, GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “At. C.. C.. “Yum um The Most Popular Cigar, The Best Selling Cigar on the Market. SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER. RINDGE, BERTSCH & Co., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS and SHOES AGENTS FOR THE Boston Rubber Shoe Co., 12,14 &16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 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. taue Warps, Geese Feathers, AMERICAN, | § Waddings, Batts BURLAPS. : and Twines, Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia Bags. and careful attention. EDWIN FALLAS, Batter, Eggs, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nuts, Figs, Ete, Eggs Crate Factory in connection. Price List furnished on application. Mail Orders Filled Carefully and Promptly at Lowest Market Price. Cold Storage at Nos, 217 and 219 Livingstone St, Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich, W. C. DENISON, GENERAL DEALER IN Stationary and Portable Kngines and Boilers, Mail orders receive prompt it 2 ag G Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines. Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex haust Fans. SAW MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted. Estimates Given on Complete Outfits. 88 90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ST., - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ALFRED J. BROWN, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Foreign, ‘Tropical and Galitornia FRUITS. Headquarters for Bananas. 16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST. - - - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AKAVENRIGH 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 CURTISS & Co. Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON. WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse, Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts., GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICHIGAN. WM.SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. WHO URGES YOU TO BEEP SA POLIO‘? Tae FPuUBLAC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. LKMUNG! BESTE & FO, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, 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. aloe MG ATL A ENGINE ete. | WORKS | - = = INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S.A. & a MANUFACTURERS OF =) STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. ws Le Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock jy; _—— for immediate delivery. : Planers, ataleans Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Sadhineey: 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. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHY Bh A SbAVE To the Pass Book System With its attendant losses and annoyances, when you can supplant it by so inexpensive and labor-saving a system as the Tradesman Credit Covpon Book, Which is now used by over 2,000 Michigan merchants. Write for Prices. The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in the market, being sold as follows: $ 2 Coupons, per hundred. ta ale) so) case eee | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS: $5 Ee ee se 3.00 | Orders for 200 orover....... 5 per: cent. $10 ee 4.00 a Se ei a 10 $20 a eC 5.00 ST ee a 20 i SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS. KA. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, Nuts 222 and Domestic Nuts and are at all Putnam & Brooks. times prepared to fill orders for car lots or less at lowest prices. # ® The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. On general principles the farmer, who, after a life of hard but reasonably suc- cessful labor, finds himself in circum- stances to discontinue his avocation, and to live in comparative idleness on the earnings of his modest accumulations, is a desirable addition to the population of our country villages. To be sure he is not usually an open-handed capitalist, 2 who causes activity and rejoicing among the local dealers, because the yearly sum that must suffice for his expenditures is generally a very modest one, but he is an individual with whom business rela- tions are pleasant and satisfactory, and an individual whose life and deportment marks him asa good neighbor and up- right citizen. @ Yet, notwithstanding this, I have heard, among the would-be ‘‘hustlers and boomers’’ of more than one community, far more disparaging than approving comments, when the status of the small, retired capitalist is canvassed. And the reason for this is obvious. That large class of gentlemen who make it a duty to devote no inconsiderable proportion of their time in devising ways and means for the disposal of other people’s money, are rarely appreciated or encouraged by these same small capitalists. The chronic speculator’s scheme by which Ex-Farmer Timothy’s capital of $4,500 can be doubled, and his income of $300 quadrupled, within a year, fails to awaken the remotest interest or enthu- siasm, and hence the professed bene- factor of Farmer T. feels himself justi- fied in pronouncing that graduate of the hay-field an ignoramus, a penurious, pig- headed, penny-squeezing fool, and a man of no possible benefit whatever to an en- terprising town. And the circulator of subscriptions, the high tax advocate, and the multi- tudes of other people who indulge in various semi-communistic theories re- garding the distribution of wealth, also naturally look upon Ex-Farmer Timothy and his class with coldness, because he and they, with their expenditures rigidly limited by their financial circumstances, are not habitually given to investing in anything that doesn’t closely approach the necessary and indispensible. Of course we suspect, and have almost positive proof, that a great many people are unreasonably niggardly, selfish and uncharitable, in not devoting some part of their accumulations to objects which do not gratify, solely, the personal tastes and habits of the giver, but, after all, who has a perfectly moral right to de- cide what any individual shall do about matters of this nature, unless he i equally posted with that individual re- * nh @ garding his financial and business mat- ters? When thousands of people, in os- tensibly affluent circumstances, are to- day existing only by the tolerance and good nature of their creditors; when multitudes more have to study the closest principles of economy in everything per- taining to the outlay of money, and when there are doubtlessly great num- bers whose surplus means are yearly swallowed up by family charities, and other private but almost imperative de- mands upon them, what a gross injustice we are liable to commit, and what gross injustice is hourly commited, by publicly condemning and abusing people who per- sist in using their personal property ac- eording to their own will and judgment. * * * * * = * But there are almost countless num- bers of people who assume the right to arraign, try and condemn individuals a who are not disposed to pay the various assessments made upon them without protest, and many of these people, with- out the remotest attempt to get at the ‘‘true inwardness’’ of a single case, seem to feel themselves justified in pillorying their neighbors under every inscription that pertains to miserly meanness. Speaking of this defect of character, an old resident of my locality recently re- marked to me: ‘Watch these fellows for years, as I have done, and you will find that they eventually divide up that class of indi- viduals who have a little property, or at some period of their lives had a little property, into exactly two lots—d—d hogs or d—d fools, and almost anybody with any brains can arrange for himself which way he will be labeled. My own ex- wPerience will partially illustrate this. ‘-About the close of the war I sold my farm for about $5,000, ‘and about the same time my brother Jim, who had made a few thousands by sutlering in the army, came home and persuaded me to go into a general trade with him at M i We struck a good business, and fora couple of years I imagined we were making money. Jim and I were of ma- terially different dispositions. He was free, open-hearted, and could hardly say ‘no’ to anybody, and I suspect I was nearly the reverse. He was always in active demand as a salesman, while I " seldom called into requisition except ‘Why you should send us your orders. We handle . " 1 in cases of necessity, and I couldn’t help nothing ar one, ae noticing that, while the dead-beats of the locality hardly ever noticed mé, they were loud in their approval of my part- ner, and pronounced him ‘one of the best fellows in the world,’ and ‘a thor- ough business man.’ at Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Prices; Ship at ONE DAY'S NOTICE, enabling you to receive goods day following; Fill orders for ALL KINDS o GLASS, VIZ: an Son Polishe LAT! Rough and_ Ribbed French Window, Amert- can Window, English 26 oz. Enamelled, Cut and Embossed. ‘Jim had done all the book-keeping Rolled Cathedral, Venetian, Muffied, Frosted Bohemian, German Looking and attended to money matters, and as we appeared to be perfectly easy I never} Glass Plates, French Mirror Plates, ce : Th lity, variety and quantity of our troubled myself about the financial part of | is ancedied by no house im the United Statese the business. But at last a notice of protest WM. REID, on a $1,500 bank note was served on me| 73&75 Larned Street West, DETROIT, MICH. during his absence, and then I began an Grand Rapids Store, 61 Waterloo Street, investigation, and that investigation o $1,000 REWARD! showed that my partner, by his reckless personal extravance, his indiscriminate endorsement of other people’s paper, and his indulgence in dead-beat custom had THE LARGEST AND BEST CLEAR LONG HAVANA FILLED SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR SOLD FOR 5 CENTS. evaporated all of our profits for two years, and sunk nearly half of our cap- ital besides. “Well, to cut the matter short, when my brother returned we divided up the remaining property, and each chattel- mortgaged for his share of the indebted- ness. After long and anxious months of turning, and twisting, and struggling, I finally found myself on safe ground again. Then I got a chance to trade my stock for a farm, and in a few years managed to work back to about my former financial standing. Jim continued to bea ‘royal good fellow’ for several months, and then the sheriff closed him out, and he is, and will always remain, next door to a pauper. By hard labor and the closest economy, I have managed to ar- rive at a comparatively old age without owing a dollar, and with enough prop- erty to probably see me out of the world in the same shape, and, in consequence, I have the reputation of a d—d hog, while the fellows who, by various pro- cesses, swindled my brother out of his goods and money are unanimous in the outspoken belief that he is a d—d fool. =} proving the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything f=} but Havana Tobacco. DILWORTH BROTHERS. Amos S$, Musselman & Go. SOLE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Crockery & Glassware ia in ii ial - 7 : LAMP BURNERS, When any doubts arise in the mind of | XO 9Sun-----.-..----- = an individual resardme the rights ef) Ne.2 7 22.0...) _-.. oo : ‘ if WaDGIAT oe q others to dictate to him regarding the eae LAMP CHIMNEYS. i A . : : oz. in box. disbursement of his money, he gen oC ee 1 90 haps derive some benefit by hunting up 2 Ce 2 = Ec INO ca the old story regarding the man, his son First quality. and his ass, and his unfortunate habit of No. Osun coimp top... 2 15 : ce ae ee Ei le le NE Ee SUG 2 25 trying to please everybody. No.2 “ Ce 3 25 XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top..............:..........: 2 58 Ned . ee 2 80 WAN i $99 Pearl top. . POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED hg San, wrapped and tabeled............ |. 37 No.2 . e ee 4 7 FRUIT, BEANS No. 2 Hinge, ‘“ ae oe 47 i La Bastic. and all kinds of Produce. Ne. teu, pale bulb. 1 25 If you have any of the above goods to — : Biss ean eM ata ; = ship, or anything in the Produce line, let | NO} TIMP-+------erteerteere etre teeeee eres i. us hear from you. Liberal cash advances/| ~~ STONEWARE—-AKRON a ade when desired. . Es m ° Butter @reeks pergal. 06% EK A R L B R O S JUSS, te eal per deg. 65 e9 an ; " " Seee ees ou ae Meat Tubs, 10 gal., each... a Lees COMMISSION MERCHANTS | Mest Tubs, 10 sal.,each...-....0 ee, = 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. ee eet eee 1 = Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapide. Michigan Fire and Mare Insuranee ORGANIZED 1881. CASH CAPITAL $400,800. CASH ASSETS OVER $700,000. | LOSSES PAID $500,000. D. Whitney, Jr., President. The Directors of ‘‘The Michigan”’ are representative business men of our own State. Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y. Fair Contracts, Equitable Rates, Prompt Settlements, Insure in “The Michigan.’’ PEREINS & Hass 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- SWIFT’S Choice Chicago Dressed Beet Can be found at all times in full supply and at popular prices at the branch houses in all the larg- ger cities and is retailed by all first-class butchers. The trade ofall marketmen and meat dealers is solicited. Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift & Co., located at Grand Rapids, always has on hand a full supply of our Beef, Muttonand Provisions,and the public may rest assured that in purchasing our meats from dealers they will alwaysreceive the best. Switt and Company, Union Stock Yards, CHICAGO. The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. Geo. H. Reeder, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. MOSELEY 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., GRAND RAPIDS. THELANE & BODLEY C0. AUTOMATIC CUT OFF NGINES sUNRIVALLED forSTRENGTH 2. DURABILITY AnD “—-CLOSE REGULATION. 2to 48 JOHN STREET, =— CINCINNATI, O. H. Leonard & Sons. Grand Rapids, Mich. Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts. The “GEM” Trieyele This is the most perfect tricycle on the Near Union Depot. market for Ladies and Children. Itis reecom- mended by Physicians as the First and Only Machine invented that Ladies and Girls of a delicate constitution can ride with benefit. The GEM has Steel Wire Wheels with Grooved Steel Tires and Forged Steel It alse has an Adjustable Spring Seat Upholstered with plush, filled with Japanese hair, which retains its elasticity, making it easy for the rider. . a] Prices quoted without fenders: Axles. No. 1—20 inch Rear Wheels, for 3 to i years of age, $6.67 Each. No. o- 94 ee ee ee ee ie to it oe ee ee 8.00 ee Nea s-35 + < [awa Ss eee No. 4—32 ‘ ee a “t+ teas | oe 12.00 . Same with rubber tires: No. %—20 ineh Rear Wheels for 3 to 7 years, $11.34 Each. No. 8—24 ‘ a eo on cent | 8 eS rh Nie: 9-95) ) + i “6 eo) it Gog 66 14,00 & No. 10—32 <«“ sé ‘< > The Grocery Market. This is likely to be an ‘‘off’’ week for business, on account of the centennial holiday. Sugar has walked ahead with a headstrong movement during the past week, but wlll probably now rest on its laurels until next week, when further advances are anticipated. Corn syrups are a trifle higher. Oatmeal has de- clined, on account of the abandonment of the pool. The outlook for cheese is not particularly good, owing to the great amount of stock which will be thrown on the market before the price becomes so low that the people have come to eat cheese freely. There is still no price on oil, the jobbers taking whatever the dealer is inclined to offer, ranging all the way from 8 to 814 for Michigan test to 10 to 108 for water white. ——_—>_ 9 Sounds About Right. Teacher—Now, children, I will give you three words—boys, bees and bears— and I want you to compose a sentence which will include all three words. Small Boy—I have it. Teacher—John McCarthy, give us your sentence. John McCarthy—Boys bees bare whin they go in swimmin’. you may * +> F. J. Dettenthaler sold his eagle to Wm. K. Vandervilt, of New York. \ The Experience of a Chicago Debt Collector. From the Chicago News. If credence is to be put in the reports of debt collectors, Chicagoans have an unenviable reputation for bad debts. It is said that credit is more diffeult to get from our local merchants than from those of most Eastern cities, and that there are now over 500 commercial lawyers in Chicago whose firms are little more than collection agencies. The tendency is to minimize credit, yet the collectors are kept busy. *‘The public has no idea how widely the bad-debt nuisance prevails,’ said a lawyer the other day in reference to this phase of business experience. ‘‘I do not think it is an exageration to say that fully one-half the people of Chicago have or have recently had accounts in the hands of collectors. The ratio of such losses to the total sales of our bus- iness establishments would, of course, be small, but Iam sure that an accurate statement of the number of accounts turned over to the collectors and the amount of money they involve would be astounding to most people. “Retail dealers suffer most, though wholesalers are victimized fully as much as the nature of their business would lead one to expect. Country merchants are the especial bane of the wholesale dealers. Their accounts are as a rule not very large, but altogether larger than the capitalization of the storekeepers warrants. I should say that about 50 per cent. of the wholesale aceounts that are put into the collectors’ hands are actually collected. Retail accounts are more numerous and not so easily col- lected. Ten per cent. for liquor bills, 10 per cent. for teamsters’ bills, 50 per cent. for tailors’ bills, 75 per cent. for grocery accounts in fashionable neighbor- hoods and 25 in poorer districts, would be about correct for the collectable por- tion of retail bills, and would represent the wide difference in value between dif- ferent kinds of accounts. It was a com- mon custom to buy up so-called bad ac- counts at 10 cents on the dollar for spec- ulative purpeses, but, considering the cost ef collecting, I doubt if such traffic would now pay at that rate. ‘‘In general terms, the poorest pay in the city are the genteel salaried people who live beyond their means. Working people—barring only those who drink— are prompt in payment, and im case of trouble or hardship will make desperate efforts to wipe out old scores and get straight with the world. So far as the professional dead-beat is concerned, I think he is more a creation than a reality. I speak from eighteen years of ex- perience in collecting bad debts, and I firmly believe that the man who delib- erately sets to work to beat another out of his pay is one of the rarest things in the world. The dead-beat would not ay- erage more than one debtor in 250. The great cause of the bad-debt trouble is not willful dishonesty, but people’s in- ability to ealculate what they can do, and then, too, procrastinating about pay- ment. Probably 99 per cent. of the debtors whom a collector calls upon have the money on the first visit, but defer payment to a more convenient time. “No scheme or cut-and-dried policy can be adopted and systematically fol- lowed in collecting. Circumstances make all the difference in the world. There is in Chicago comparatively little making over of property to wives, since husband and wife are responsible for debts contracted for domestic purposes. Judgments are often secured and as often made worthless by our cerrupt constab- ulary. Garnisheeing is very often resorted to, but chiefly when the debtor is em- ployed by a corporation. Such concerns, as arule, pay only once or twice a month, when the wages often run beyond the $50 limit. As a rule, however, nothing is gained by unnecessarily crowding men. Every successful collector has his own methods. which he carefully guards, since there is no patent on ideas in our line of business, and every man wants to keep his secrets to himself.’”’ —— <2 The Mercantile Agency From the United States Economist. The basis of modern civilization is modern commerce. The basis of modern commerce is credit. The basis of credit is knowledge. Before two individuals or two business houses can enter into commercial relations above the retail plane, the seller must know something of the buyer’s means and character. If both live in the same town this ledge is easily gained. states or on opposite sides of the ocean, the difficulty and uncertainty of obtain- ing it are proportionately increased. Still the information must be had, and that of the best possible quality; for com- petition is always keen, and the more the merchant knows of his customers the cheaper—because the more safely — he ean sell his goods and the more custom- ers he will attract. Were each merchant obliged to rely upon his own independent investigation for his knowledge of credits, his business would have to remain restricted within narrow geographical limits. But this, in an age when rails and steamships and wires make of the world one country, could not be tolerated; so natural selec- tion, through modern specialization of effort, evolve the mercantile agency. The germ idea of making the collection of information about eredits a distine occupation was probably of European origin; but it never attained the rank of a great enterprise—a seience and an art— until that idea was adopted by this coun- try, touched by the practical genius of America, the genius which takes so much more kindly to new suggestions with possibilities in them than does that of the Old World,and thereby was devel- + oped into the truly magnificent and wholly indispensable adjunct of the world’s commerce which it now is. {~~ ~-—_- Wrapping Paper for Metals. A new method for preparing paper for wrapping metallic articles to prevent tarnishing, consists in incorporating with the paper or applying to its surface a fine powder of metallic zinc in such a manner that it will adhere, so that when silver, copper, brass, or iron articles are wrapped in the paper, they will be pre- served from rusting or tarnishing by reason of the mere affinity of the zinc for sulphuretted hydrogen, chlorine or acid gases or vapors, and preventing them from rusting or tarnishing the metallic articles wrapped in such paper. This is done by sifting on the sheet of paper pulp, while it is in the process of manu- facture, and before it is pressed and dried, a metallic zine powder, known in commerce as blue powder, in convenient quantity, about to the extent of one-half the weight of the dried paper. The paper is then run between the press rolls and over the drying cylinders in the or- dinary manner. The zinc powder will adhere to the paper and be partly incor- porated with itin greater or less quan- tity, as the sheet of paper pulp is more or less thick or more or less wet. The paper may also be sized with glue or starch and then dusted with the zinc powder, or the zinc powder may be mixed with the size or starch, and then applied to the surface of the paper by well known methods. The Drummer Gets There Somehow. ‘Look out, young feller; what are Lyou about?’ said the policeman in a certain Southern town to a young travel- ing man who was tapping with his cane with the evident intention of smashing in the glass around a street lamp. ‘Ah! there you are,” said the travel- ing man, asthe glass gave way with a crash. ‘“‘Now, if you will be good enough to arrest me, I will be obliged to you.” ‘¢You seem to be mighty anxious to get arrested,’’ said the ofiicer. “Yes; I was a little bit afraid you wouldn’t notiee me. I’ve got to stay here about three days until Il hear from my firm on a business matter.” “Well, you don’t want to spend that time in jail, do you?’’ ‘“Yes: I’ve tried both the hotels here.” G. Ho. CORNELL. (Suecessor to CORNELL & KERRY.) Wholesale and Cemmission Fruits and Produce. Agent for the Wayland Cheese. 30 NORTH IONIA STREET, TELEPHONE 253, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. Fac Simile of the Label of The Best Scouring and Clesming Seap in the World Costs as much to manufaeture as Sapolio, yet sells at about half the price (82.75 per box of 72 cakes). Can be retailed for as much with equal or better value to the consumer, cake. although it is generally sold at 5 cents a Cut this out, and ask your Jobber to send youa box of Pride of the Kitchen. It is worth trying. We Are Headquarters —== FOR Pare Cider aud White Wine Vinegar, Consult your own interests by getting our prices before purchasing elsewhere. Telier Spice Company know- | h If they are lo-jf cated in different counties, in seperate | <. WHAT 1 SHAL THE OLD RELIABLE PUT UP IN | Boxes, Cans, Pails, Kegs, Half Barrels and Barrels. Send for sample of the celebrated Frazer Garriage Grease The Frazer Goods Handled by the Jobbing - Trade Everywhere. M. CLARK & SUN If our Travelers WE ARE HEADQUARTERS ——FOR——_ Teas Syrups Molasses do not see you reg- ularly, send for our Samples and Prices before purchasing elsewhere. Wewill surprise you. Mail Orders al- ways receive prompt attention and lowest possible prices. Wholesale Grocers PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Choice stock is hard to get; fair stock commands $2@$2.50 per bbl. Beans—Handlers are paying about $1.25 for un- picked and getting 81. 1.75 for hand-picked. Butter—Creamery is in plentiful supply at 4@ 25c. Dairy is in fair demand at 16@18c, with price well maintained, on account of the unsea- sonable weather. Cabbages—Home grown command $3@% per 100; New Orleans stoc, $1.50 per crate. Celery—Scaree and hard to get. Cider—10e per gal. Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produee barrels Cranberries—Bell and Cherry in fair demend at 21.45 per bu box; good Bell and Bugle steok readily commands $6.75 per bbl. Cucumbers—75e per doz. Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried at 34%@4e and evaporated at 5% @ee per b. Eggs—The market has ruled stiff, om aceount of the cold weather. Jobbers pay 944@10%e¢, holding at 11@12c. A few warm days, however, would send the price as the country is full of stock. Green Onions—15c per doz. bunches. Honey—More plenty, being easy at 15e@17c per Ib. Lettuce—12c per lb. Maple Sugar—10@11c per Ib. Onion Sets—82 per bu. Onions—Buyers pay 18@20¢e for good hold at 25@30c per bu. Parsley—30c per doz. Pieplant—38e per lb. Pop Corn—24c per Ib. Pork—Hogs bring 54@5%c on the streets and sell for 5%@6c from jobbers’ hands. Potatoes—No market. Zadishes—25¢e per doz. bunches. Spinach—40c per bu. Strawberries—82.50 per box. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln-dried Jerseys, $4 per obl. Turnips—25e per bu. Vegetable Oysters—25@30e per doz. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. stock, and Mess, n6W. .-:-.........- --. --- canoes oe 12 50 Short cut Morgan. ..........-...0. sec cceees 13 50 Extra clear pig, short cut........--..-+-+-+- 14 50 Extra clear, heavy.........--. sees seee eee es 14 50 Clear quill, short Cut.........--.--ee esse eres 14 50 Boston clear, short Cut......-.-.----+-++e-+ 14 Clear back, short Cut..........-..-+ee eee 14 53O Standard clear, short cut, best........-....- 14 50 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 20 lbs............-- bee wees aac 9% a << sibs... ...-.. ee. 10% " = 13 to 14 The..........-.--,....-- 10% o Ome ee eee 8% ‘ est boneless...........-..--------cr+s-- 10 SHOWI@OES 0.5000 oo sow oe ee oe 1% oy Boneless .............-.. eee OF Breakfast Bacon, boneless............-+-++++ 10 Dried Beef, extra....-.....-.--....:-.------.-- 6 . ‘bar prices........ oe 2 Long Clears, heavy.........--. esse eeeeeee _« Briskets, medium..........------s sees eee eres TH CE I Te et sla Td, Larp—Kettle Rendered. WMOr@GS .... co oo oe te we wn ene nnn c= 835 THOS... .-. 8% GOib, Tims. .......---...----.... ee cece ececece s LaRp—Compound. PACRCCH 0 on ee se cece mean ™ 36 and 50 Ib. Tubs ...............- so M4 3 1b. Pails, Win a Cas©........-.--ee cere eee es < 5 lb. Pails, 12 im @ caseé...........-2+-eeeee aoe Oo 10 lb. Pails, 6in a case............. eee ee eee es 1% 20 Ib. Pails, 4im @ Cas@.........-. eee eee eee ee es TH Sl COBB) 0 ee a icici imme ae Tq BERF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........-.--- 6% Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........------- 7 00 Piste. ee 7B Wictra Prat@..... 0)... -. 2... - 1% Boneless, rump butts.............seeeeeeeee ee 9 00 sausace—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausage............--..---.---2---- eon 7 Ham Saheaee.............-.-... -...-----. ---- 12 Tongue Sausage.........+- pee eee cee aos 9 Frankfort Sausage. ......--..- eee ee cece ee cees 8 Blood Sausage........ 220.0 eee e cee ee ce cece cess 5% Bologna, straight...........++-eeeeceeeee ee eee 5% Bologna, thick........-. .+se+eeeeeeee Lsoecee. 5% Head Cheese. 1... -. 2. eee come ce wens 5% PIGS’ FEET. im half parrels...._.--_._.:-.----..-..--_.....- 3 40 In quarter barrels....-..---++eeee ee eeee eee ees 1 90 TRIPE. In halt barrels. .......-.-- 2 +--+ 2. es wn 3 00 In quarter barrels..........---.-eeeeee eee tees 1% inks... eee FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, carcass. °.........-..- 7... 5 @6 sc hind quarters.........-...-------- 6 @8 . fore a 8%@ 4 eee sae 26 Pore joins |. ee @s8 te solgere.........--..--.-.-.------ @ 6% BOlOgN A ee ee @5 Sausage, blood or head..........--..-+- @ 5 Hyer... 2:5 5 Loe @ 5% . Po tio tt... @ 8% Motion @s OYSTERS and FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Whonefel.......-.. ......- --_7.......- @7% ropb oe ee ene @7 Isecoes. ..-....-.-.-- Be ecco oe ae @ 4 Mtibue ..... . 02 ee @i15 Meming.......2..-....---+----------- om @4 Pereh, skinmed....-.....-.../-....-.-... @5 Frogs’ legs, per d0Z...-..-- ee errr reece 25@1 00 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 Ib. DOKES........--.. sees eee ee eee 10 Twist, 25 eee 10 Cut Loaf, 25 eee ccs ene w= onl MIXED. Royal, 25 1b. pails.-.-.-....-------.------- . 10 - 200 Ib. PDIS.... .. ee 914 Extra, 25 1b. pails........-.----.-.-ecereer ees 11 900 t> Bbis........---.-:-...-.---.--... 10% French Cream, 25 lb. pails......-.-...2++++ 12% Gut Lost, 2o ib. Gases.-..---- .-- --.-- Broken, 40 Ib. Bask.......--..-eces er ceee reece 10 . Sob bbls... .--. pes. ene Fancy—lIn 5 lb. boxes. Lemon Drops.....-..-------- to. eee en ens 13 Sour DrOps ..... ...--------- 4s cee ences --- 14 Peppermint DropS.......--++ee+eeeeerse ee erees 14 Chocolate Drops.-...-.....--------e-eeo+--ee-= 15 H. M. Chocolate Drops.......----seereee cence 18 Guia LOPS! ee cee 10 Tdcoriee Drops......... .-------..---------- 18@2z A. B. Licorice Drops......--..-..-...--.---.-- 14 Lozenges, plain.........--+ +202 ce eeee ee eeee ee 14 as printed... os 15 Imperials..... . le. cee Motioes.......----. Gorames. 0... _ 418 Hand Made Creams .-_........-..---....-...- 18 Plain @resms......-.-......................-.- 16 Decorated Creams.........----.-2+----seceeee- 20 Sirme Hock ......-...-2.0.. 22. 14 Burnt Almonds... -.-...01.-..-... 0.0. es 22 Wintergreen Berries.........--- +--+ eee erence 14 Fancy—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, in pails.........-..++-+++eee- 12% = oo 11% fs printed, in pails..........---+++++-- 13 = . fp es. 3. 1244 Chocolate Drops, in pails...........+-++-eeeeee 12 Gum Drops, in pails. ......-..-ee seer cece eee e es 6% te - am bls... ..2.....--...-- Moss Drops, in pails........-..2. eee ee cece ees 10 S ie ee 9% Sour Drops, in pails......-...-+ seers eee e eee 12% Imperials, in pails........-.. sees eee eee e cece es 12 . mobs ae 114 FRUITS. Oranges, fancy California..........---- 3 25@3 50 “ Messmia 2008........-2---.. 5. 3 25@3 50 . in ro) a ae @3 23 e - S003 2. 22.6 oe ee. 3 40@3 50 Lemons, choice..........--.---.------+ .8 50@3 75 - nS a 4 00@4 25 Figs, layers, M€W.....-... eee eee eee tees 10@15 7) Bags, 50 to. ieee = == - @ 6 Dates, frails, 50 1b............- eres ee eee @ 4% fe ig frais, 50 Ib.....-.....-..-----. @ 5% . Ferd, 10-ib. box.....:-....-.--+-- @ s Pie 8 @ . Persian, 50-Ib. box.........-.---- 6 @T% Le ee ee ee 1 50@3 00 NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona. . ee Ivace....... - GCaltfornia....-. 10... .... a Vee... Ces. 7 @e Hilberts, Sicily: .......-.----..----..---- @l1 Walnuts, Grenoble. ........---.--++ 0+ @i2 MyenGn ae. @10% Pecans, Texas, H.P......:.. .....---<-- %4@12 Cocoanuts, per 100. .........-.-.--eeeeeee 4 25@4 75 CembniEa oe ees ae @1 50 PEANUTS. PORCOCKS |... 6-555 -b 6s eee ct wc es ween ces) @8%4 RE ce ed a ce ee ee @7% Weohe 8 ee @6%4 downward at a rapid rate, Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. wh 09 tom VITSRSSSER i iy min 6 Sl 40 oe t ib, oe 2 “oc = 40 . Sip * £ ie Absolute, 14 1b. cans, 100s. .11 7 . ich. o 50s..10 00 . Jib 6 SOs. 18 Telfer’s, 14 lb. cans,6doz. 2 7 n ip. ee Se ob . Jib § 1. 2 oe Aeme, 4 lb. cans,3doz.... 7 “ ip 6 2 oe . iin * =f ©... Se eee 20 Red Star, 4 lb. cans,12doz 45 66 c lb. “6 “c 85 “cs qd lb “ce 4 “cc 1 50 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... ‘ Bristol, 2 Se oe % American. 2 doz. incase... 65 BLUING. Gross Aretic Liq, 4-0z..........-. 3 0 - cor ag De... 7 00 . fe i pt. 10 80 ' “ -8-oz paper bot 7 20 ° Pepper Box No. 2 3 00 os “ “ce “ee 4 4 00 “cc “ce ae “ce 5 9 60 BROOMS. Me tmur.... 2 00 Met 2 25 No 2 Carpet... ... .__- . 2.50 0 ee Gases... 4% BUTTERINB Dairy, solid packed........ 13 el 14 Creamery, solid packed.... 15 ia rous... . :. CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.......... 10% Star, CS a% Paramus ..........: Wiese .-.. et 25 CANNED e0ops—Fish. Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 1x Clam Chowder, 3 Ib........- 22 Cove Oysters,11b. stand.... 90 fe ' 45 -« =... Lobsters, 1 Ib. pieniec........ 150 “ i 2 6 . 115 Siar..........- 2 00 ny 2% ip. Star........... irs" Maekerel, in Tomato Sauee. ' tip stand.......- 16 ts Si | 3 00 bg 3lb.in Mustard...3 0 - Sib. soused....... 3 00 Salmon, 11b. Columbia..... 2 00 . 2 Ib. - 8 10 . 1 lb. Sacramento...1 8 fs 2 lb. - 2% Sardines, domestic \4s...... 6 ce. .-..- 9 " Mustard {(s:..... 9@10 " imported 3¢s..... 9% iy spiced, 348....... 15@16 Trout, 3 lb. brook CANNED eoops—Fruits. soe gallons, stand.2 15@2 2 Blackberries, stand 90 Cherries, red standard...... 90 - pitted... 2 00 Damsens ...................- 90 Egg Plums, stand... 12 Gooserer es .:.............. 1 00 Grapes... Green Geece...............-. 1” Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 75 i seconds ...-....-._. 14 Bi Pie. ............_.- 1 00 MOArS eo 130 HANeapples --....-....- 1 10@1 25 Gamers... 1 00 Raspberries, extra.......... 1 . Fea)... 1 60 Strawberries .... ........... 1 10 Whortlenerries....-......... Wiss CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... Beans, Lima, stand........- 80 ‘¢ Green Limas.... @l Ov ee @ 8 Stringiess. Erie.....-- 90 ‘« Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, Archer's Frophy...... 1 60 . e Morn’g Glory.1 00 a . Early Gold...1 00 Pens, Prenen 2102... 1 68 « extra marrofat. .. @1 iu “< soakea.........- et eeee 70 s June, stand... .... 1 35 : | sisteg@ 0 o.. if So s French, extra fine... .1 50 Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 iS Pumpkin, ib. Golden.....- &5 Succotash, standard...._..- J vw Saqash =... ......... 2. Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00 C Good Enough....1 00 ' hen tiar......... i 00 “ stand br..-- @1 00} CHEESE. i Michigan Full Cream 1144@12 Sap saee.....-..._.-.- 16 @l7 CHOCOLATE. Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet 22 . ‘ Premium... .. 3 - «< Hom Cocoa... 37 “ f« -Breaktass.... 46 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lumps........... 2 , a 35 SpEeeee 30 CHICORY. COFFEE—Green. mio faic 17 @19 < goOd. 6.00) 6. 1814G@20 = prime... 6. @21 “ fancy, washed...19 @22 < goidem,--.- 12... 20 @23 Samtos . 05000100 17 @22 Mexican & Guatemalal9 @2: Reaperey «0... 2s 8. 0 @23 days, iiterior........- 20 @25 - Mandheling....26 @23 Moeha, genuiné....... 2 @2i To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ce. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. 100 lbs hee 2414 in cabinets .........-..: 2434 Diwortas................... 2414 Macnolia... .....-.....-..-- 24 30 lbs 60 Ibs Aome oo. 2314 2314 2356 McLaughlin’s XXXX....... 2414 Honey Gee........-..- ao eer ee 24 Wow Ales 25 oOo 6. 24 COFFEE EXTRACT. Walley City.........---..... %5 Wel el 110 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 401t....... per doz. 1 25 . 6O te... 2: ’ 150 " GOfs....... . 1 60 . wott.. i 2 00 ' 80 ft e 2 2 Jute Oh...-.. . 1 00 ey ane... . 1 CONDENSED MILK. Mage a Anglo-Swiss.......-..-.---- 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter. .....-...-- 8 Seymour “~~ ----.c. a... 6 Ce 6 ie a ee 6 - Dmeuis-....-.. -.------ ‘ MORGOH 250 os oe. ie eee oe 8 iby SOGR. oo jc le os oe 8 Mage ee 6% SOWIE. ooo oso 5 tsa 6 City Oyster, XXX............ 6 Picnic... ..:2..-. . oe ewes 6 } { | } : CREAM TARTAR. SYBRUPs. — a = | Cord, Darras... 3... -... @2%6 eee 2 .. one-half barrels.... @5 DRIED FRUITs—Domestic. Pure Sugar, bbl.....-..... 2 O34 Apples, sun-dried..... 4 @ 4%} half barrel... .27@38 “ "evaporated.... 6 @ 6% | SWEET GOODS. Apricots, . a do (eu x XXX Bi ackberries“* —......---- B | GingerSrape.........- 9 9% Neetaren) uli. 14 | Sugar Creams......... 9 9% Peaches i Se ee eens 14 | Frosted Creams....... 9% Plums | fe. 10 | Graham Crackers..... 9 Reapeerrese = =... 22 | Oatmeal Crackers..... 9 DRIED FRUITs—Foreign. 4 Citron, in drum....... @23 | FRAS. ‘| | iin BORGES. ....... @5 | i JaPaNn—Regular, Curae 4%4@ 5 a... 12 @16 Pomon Peel... 13 Gee@ @l17 Orange Peel..........- 14 | Choice.............. .. 24 @29 Prunes Turkey....... 4%@ 4% | CHGICORR | as 30 @34 . Emperial .....- @ 6%! SUN CU Raisins, Valencias..... @ 8%! Fair een manasa @15 «’ Ondaras...... 8 @ 8% | Good ..........2.20...16 @Q * Domestic Layers...2 10, Choice... an - Loose Californias. .1 65 | Choieest_............. 30 FARINACEOUS GOODS. a0 BASKET FIRED. Farina, 100 lb. kegs......... 4 | Bete @20 Hominy, per bbl............ 4 00) Choice................. @25 Macaroni, dom 12lb box.... 60, Choicest........ sitet: @35 : i! 2 imported oe @1 | Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 earl Bariéy.........- as | GUNPOWDER. Peas, green.......-.-- as a + weseees 25 @35 geet... Ss } a Gne to finest....50 55 Sago, aaa on 3 6% | Choicest fancy........75 Tapioca, f’kor pl... @6%4! IMPERIAL. Wheat, cracked....... @ 6% | Common to fair....... 20 @35 Vermicelli, import. -. @io | Superior — aN 40 @50 se omestic... @60 | OUN@ HYSON. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Common to fair.......18 @26 Jennings’ Lemon Vanills , Superior to fine....... 30 @40 2o0z. Panel,doz. ™ 35 | OOLONG. nag ie “4 2 25! Common to fair....... 25 @30 ea ‘co Oe 3 25 Superior to fine....... 30 @50 No. 3, “ ‘“ 14 0 1 60 : Fine to choicest.......55 @65 No. 8, : : 2 & 2 Fair BNG€LISH BREAKFAST. No.10, «4 oi fee. ee 2 @: No. 4, Taper, ‘“* 1 60 2 50 Cueiee 30 oa % pt, Round, 425 7 50| A 55 @65 <2 66 “ 950 15 00 Tea en - ai Fig 8 @10 | os—Plug. FISH—sALT. eee 2 Cod, whole.....- ee eas @44\ coeds. 40 pOnGlens............ (ela ae 35 Halibut 10114 | — ace. 37 Lis ak La e Zi eac e.. ae Herring, _— % bbl.. : = Wedding Cake, blk........... 37 BAP. wee eee oe vj a] 7 a Sama, Sle Ob | ce te eee 39 c Hand. hace | 70 | Ce 37 iu Scuiea” 8 @ alc ToBacces—Fine Cut. medias uel. 50 “c “ee oe & ee ea eee ee ae ce er a a am a ehit.16 so ~ “ce “ce “ce 10 “oe i Ja 35 t eo Trout, % bbls... ©4 3) Potoekey Chiat. . ¥ | oe ei64. fll” White, No. 1, % bbis.......- Hee = c Ip, Kite... . [ola sae - «40 Ib, kits... 90 | Saag ary = Family, % bbls.... .2 0| Red Domino......: La 32 oy | ToBaccos—Smoking. GUN POWDER. | Catlin’s dethnnns fs.” 31 aan... 5 25; Kiln Dried 160z., “ — ..1 Matt wege....-..._.....-..--- 2 88 TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS. LAMP WICKS. | 3 2, per Handred........... 2 50 ee 30 | - Dr | uae mne ras 3 00 ee ’ eee cee aoe 00 MeO. ag TE oe ad oO ae oe to the following dis- Oe Lc : Calera... 25 | oe a tt ee = Sicily... ......_--.-.-..._... 18 | oo ; es eee 20 ey MOLASSES. | VINEGAR, Biack Strap... .......- 1G 120 Ge, 9 a. . ee Pore mice ee Se New Orleans, good........ 25@30; 81 for barrel - choice. ..... 33@38 | MISCELLANHOUS, C fanc eeteee 45@A8 | Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 3% One-half barrels, 3c extra. i pea S@tb: pails. |. ..... 4 OATMEAL. j sage... 2.6... tee ee oe 15 Muscatine, Barrels ......... 5 80 | oa wc Half barrels..... 3 00, PAPER, WOODENWARE. . Cases... -- 2 2%G@2 35} PAPER. ROLLED OATS. | Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- Muscatine, Barrels.......... 5 80: lows - Half barrels..... 3 00;:¢ a ao 2 2 35 | | Jute Manilla... ............. 8 Smet Pl 2.0)... ..... oO 50 | Red Hupress No.1..........5 Cae 3 25 | ‘ Nore 4 PIPES. i TWINES. Clay, No. 216.0000. 1 60 | 48 Cotton... ....... ss... 2 = TD. fall count. ....... 75 , Cotton, No, 2....... : Cob. Nos. 49 i oe | Sea Island, assorted....... 40 a Ne 5 Heme 16 way NGO BR a | Wool 8 | WOODENWARE, j fuse, Wot... ........... 12 é i = Nee. 6 25 SALERATUS. } . Ses |... 5 25 Debkand’s, pure.............- 54 : Pails, No. 1, two-hoo 1 C “h’s. C Q} e | ae we ? p.- 60 Lurch’s, Cap Sheaf.........5 | No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 %5 Dwight’s .....-...... 0 sees: 5 | Clothespins, 5 gr.boxes.... 60 Waves i ff. & |} Bowls, tlineh........ 1 00 sant JB II 13s Common Fine per bbl....... Ma Sore 2 0 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... eect ant sn a 27 98 pocket..-.....0-.--...----205| (¢, Ssssorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 a 2 215! * 153, fis and 198 2 7 100, ‘ be hege 2 40 Baskets, ee 40 Ashton bu. bags ........---- ris a USDEL .... ss sere ee 1 60 Higgins ‘ — . 5 iL Cf with covers 1 90 [Warae fo 37 i willow cl’ths, No.1 5 50 i % bu oe 20 Hp i i No.2 6 00 aoe SAL SODA ia | ‘ —— + ae 3 = Meee 4 | ; ‘ ‘ nenri | Granulated, boxes.......... 2 &“ ‘ c —s 45 : SAPOLIO. : Ros 6 @ Kitehoen, 3 doz. in box..... z oO GRAINS and FEEDSTUF “ ie 4 és ® ar SeeecA Ane EEDSTUFFS mond, = = | |... 2 35 c WHEAT. 3EEDS. Wie... 90 iMeecd titd .... 4 Rea 88 ee 10 FLOUR. Canary .--...... 1. 4 Straight, in sacks......... 4 80 HEMP... +. eee cece eee eee ee 4 | “ Darrels..... 1. 5 00 ase |. ee 844; Patent “ sacks......... 5 80 Bape 4% . © barrels... ... 6 00 ac... T% MEAL. i SNUFF. Bord 2 20 Scotch, in bladders.........37 Granviated.-..........,:. 2 45 Maecaboy, in jars._......-- do MILLSTUFFS., French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 — es 13 00 soap. ; SNIPS. 2+. sees e seen eres eee 14 00 Dingman, 100 bars.......... 400 ' Screenings ...... 12 00 Don't Anti-Washboard..... 475 et ee reir i tae = ro es Sil ee COU. ese eee eee e ees 14 ( Queen Ammes oi) 4 oo | Coarse meal) 000000107 15 00 German family. ..........._- 2 49! CORN. Big Barca 1 97 Small lots............-..., 37 a SODA. : Car i) see Nes eee ae 36% exes ..............._..-..-.- a4 8. Ross Baetiee ee 494 — 1OtS.. 2. see sees renee a ele. | oe ee sas 2814 MMMM cca neneas 10 | No.1 ro 540 Cassia, China in mats....... See wikeEy | “a «Batavia in bund....i1 No. 1 rece 9 « 4 Saigon in rolis...-.- Tr - 7 Gloves, Amboyna.......-... 30 be ane ale aa nie 110 a Fanzipar........-..- 24 |No.1 ony 2 iis a, Sig. ae Nutmegs, fancy............-. Oe ” ee Oe ie "| 3S. PELTS” TRS A eee {) | HEDES, PELTS and FURS. Pepper, Singapore, black....18%4 i Perkins & Hess pay as fol i i ‘White... 28 | (OWS- Ob a HIDES. sprc—Es—Ground—-In Bulk. | ee a is 3 ae “ioe 1? oe Cassia, Batavia : OO 44@ 5 carr re 3 ‘Saison 25 _s ‘ki w ters tesa neeces 5 e ; ' Saicon............48 | eas es le 22 Cloves, Smipoya........... 35 | Canenine, ad iat . 2 Ke! eae os | 28 , ae ee Ginger, African. 20... 2.2... 12% | a a a 10 Gn ecb. 0. to Te ig [ - Jameted 18 ig a nace , Mace Batavia..........00... A creatine page - ied Balik, 2 | stimated w — tb 20 @% st glish....... 22+ 22 URS. : cae Trie..25 | Mink «1.2... -2+0sseees 5@1 00 Nutmegs, No. 2 ........----- 70 — tn = > Pepper, Singapore, black....22 | Wuskrat.......... =e : a ade. ae joe PE ce ‘ 1@ 23 ne Cayenne 25 Pos tel... ._..... 5@1 50 sees ” , |*. Groae............. . Oe oe STARCH, o> Oey cs , 5@ 7 Mystic, 1 Ib..pkgs....--..--. 7 Gas, Wedse 0.020. 5@ 25 a es el e | ‘os WE 5@ 50 rk oe 1 00@6 00 SUGARS. = Sot woae une @10% ee pada pe 2 Gapese a, BU a a? wale aes jo@l 50 Powdered 660500040. 0 5. Beet ees op Granulated, H. & Es. @9 se decease eau elude 50@10 00 - Cone? Se a4 Bears... eesssisiac 50@30 00 ce Knight's... @9 | Beaver... .. W@ Confectionery eo @ 83% ei Suc wteee coud ewe 5@ Seeadend A... ..;. @ 8% | Deerskins, per Ib...... 5@ No. 1, White ExtraC.. 8 @ 8% |, MISCELLANEOUS, No. 2 Extra C......-.. @ 8% | Tallow ................ 38%@ 4 No. 3C, golden... . @ 7% Grease butter....,.... 3 @5 No. 40, dark........-- ® 7% | Switches .............. 2 @2 M66 Gi)... 20. oes @ 7% | Ginseng.......... --. 2% OO@S I 2 ® 263 Drugs #& Medicines. Staie Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Gee. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four acob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Geo. McDonald Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Next Meeting—At Star sland House, near Detroit, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles. Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. —_ sett, Detroit; F.J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; Hali, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson. Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. — President, F. s. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower Detroit Pharmaceutical society President, J. W. Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C.S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Meeting of Druggists at Lansing on Wednesday. President Gundrum, of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, sent out the following letter to several mem- bers of the Association last Thursday: Ionra, April 25, 1889. The Legislature adjourns Friday, April 26, to go to Ann Arbor, and, conse- quently, the Damon liquor bill (already passed in the House with all the objec- tionable features) will not likely come up for consideration in the Senate before Tuesday or Wednesday, or possibly not at all next week. The best thing for us. to do in the meantime is, to apply ourselves individ- ually (and our friends collectively) in persuading our Senators, with our yoices or pen, or both, to oppose the Damon liquor bill as it stands toward the drug- ggist. The Damon bill will only bea terror to those that are observing the present liquor law, and the druggists that are disgracing the profession now will slip through under the clause, ‘‘and any such druggist, clerk, or employe, who shall in any manner or respect will- fully make a false or fraudulent affidavit in relation thereto, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and subject to the pain and penalties therefor.’’ The con- scientious druggist will be appalled with the great oath he takes every full moon, ‘‘And said affidavit shall declare that the applications and orders, sales and gifts of spiritous, intoxicating, malt, brewed, fermented or vinous or mixed liquors re- corded within the record book to which the affidavit is attached include all the sales or gifts of any such liquors afore- said, and the full names of the persons to whom sold, together with the purpose to which the same was to be applied, made at the store of the affiant during the month last past.’’ This bill, in my opinion, will, if passed. bring forth no better results than the present liquor law, as it is left, like the present law, to enforce itself; it will depend entirely on the character of the druggist. It will add expense and an- noyance to the already poorly-paid pro- fession of pharmacy. Yours truly, GEO. GUNDRUM, President. Frank Wells, of Lansing, has since arranged with the Senate committee having the Damon bill under consider- ation to give the druggists of the State a hearing on Wednesday evening, May 1 President Gtindrum has accordingly named Wednesday afternoon as_ the proper time to meet and decide upon what plan to pursue. THE TRADESMAN would urge every druggist who can possibly leave home to attend the meeting and make a personal appeal to his Senator. Those who can- not spare the time to go to Lansing should surely write a letter to his Sen- ator, soliciting his friendly action in the premises. CL ‘‘Let There Be Light.’’ SHERWOOD, April 25, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—A letter from Corwin F. Miller, in the last issue of THe TRADES- MAN, attracts my attention. I have been in the drug business for several years and I have tried to avoid the sale of liquor in various ways: I give bonds and try to live up to the lawin all ways. I have had books arranged and would sell no liquor to any person, unless they would sign their name as requiring it for medi- cine—but that did not work. I tried by selling none only on prescrip- tions—but that did not work. I have black-listed (made for myself a list of persons whom I would not sell to under any circumstances)—but they get | it often in some unknown way or through some person not on the list. Now, Lamonly one of many who do not like the liquor trade: but how can a/} druggist keep a drug store and not keep | liquors in stock for prescription trade? I have many prescriptions that require | liquor, either brandy, gin or whisky, to | say nothing of the uses in making the | preparations according to the Dispensa- | tory. Then, again, there is a legitimate | trade that honestly requires liquor. I would like an expression from others | who are truly temperance men. I never sell by the drink, nor do I allow tippling | in any form. ‘I do not use it myself. I} know the improper use of it is acuise. | } If any one can give any light upon the question, let them do so for the benefit | of the druggists who are temperance men. Yours eos W. R. MAnpico. The subject above i to is so} important in its bearings on the drug trade that THE TRADESMAN has request- ed Mr. Miller to supplement his article | in last week’s paper with a full explana- | tion of the methods he found it necessary | to adopt in order to carry the reform | into effect. ea Some hints regarding the China tea crop of 1889-90 are said to be coming to hand more or less ambiguous in charac- ter, and probably not altogether reliable as yet, though they generally indicate a larger yield, and, in some cases, have suggested as much as 25 to 30 per cent. over the present season. | committees, i dered | Association, | dent, , vouchers. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Associa- tion. About thirty of the drug elerks of the city have organized a society under the style of the Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. The Association is officered as follows: President—Frank D. toe: Vice Presidents—W. E. Osborn and V. H. Middleton. Secretary—Albert Browe. Treasurer—W. S. Temple. Executive Board — President, Secre- tary, Adolph Wilson, Wm. Wolf and Earl Allen. The constitution aud by-laws of the Association are as follows: PREAMBLE. Knowing the benefits to be derived from a union of the drug clerks of this city, and believing that a degree of social feeling among its members, and a famil- iarity with pharmaceutical matters other- wise not atrainable, can thereby be secured, we do hereby resolve and consti- tute ourselves into a permanent organ- ization, to meet at such times and places as will be decided hereafter. ARTICLE I. Name and Objects. Section 1. This organization shall be known as the Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. Sec. 2. Its objects are to advance the interests of drug clerks; the cultivation of a greater degree of social harmony; to promote sociability and good feeling among its members by uniting them into closer fellowship with each other; and the acquisition of pharmaceutical knowl- edge by the discussion of subjects per- taining to pharmacy and its branches, and the reading of scientific papers and essays. ARTICLE I. Members. Section 1. Any person, not a proprie- tor of a pharmacy (wholesale or retail), residing in Grand Rapids or vicinity, who is a registered or assistant registered pharmacist, of good moral character, is eligible for membership. Sec. 2. Any person desiring admission to the Association shall make a written application, signed by at least two mem- bers in good standing, and shall be bal- loted for, as directed in the following section : Sec. 3. A vote of two-thirds of the members present at any meeting elects a candidate for membership. Sec. 4. Each member pays into the hands of the Treasurer $1 initiation fee and $2 annual dues, payable semi-an- nually. Sec. 5. After having paid the required dues, and signed the constitution. such member is entitled to vote and hold office. Sec. 6. No member shall have a right to vote or hold office who has not paid his dues. Sec. 7. If any member should be charged with conduct unbecoming a mem- ber of this Association, the charges shall be investigated by a committee appointed for the purpose; and, if substantiated, he may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting. Sec. 8. Any member being absent two or mcre consecutive meetings will be fined 25 cents for each meeting, unless he shall be excused by a committee ap- pointed for that purpose. Sec. 9. Any member who becomes a proprietor of a pharmacy may be elected an honorary member. Sec. 10. Any person of eminent scien- tific standing may beelected an honorary member on the recommendation of the executive board. Sec. 11. Honorary members shall be exempt from payment of dues. ARTICLE Ti. Officers. Section 1. The officers of this Associa- tion shall be a President, Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Treas- urer, and an Executive Board consisting of five members. Sec. 2. The officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting, and remain in office until their successors are elected. Sec. 3. At the regular meeting next preceding the annual meeting, a commit- tee of five for nomination of officers shall be elected by ballot, and report at the annual meeting. Sec. 4. Vacancies occurring by resig- nation or otherwise shall be filled by formal election at any meeting. ARTICLE Ly. Duties of Officers. Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association, maintain order among the members, and appoint all special unless it is otherwise or- by a majority of the members }present. At the annual meeting he shall | present a report of the proceedings of ‘the Association for the year, with any | Suggestions for its future management that may be gained from his experience. Sec. In the absence of the Presi- dent, = duties of the chair shall de- volve upon the Vice-President. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Sec- ond Vice-President shall preside: and if |the Second Vice-President be absent, a igre pro tem. shall be chosen. Sec. The Secretary shall keep a cor- rect iba of all the proceedings of the keep a complete list of members, and give them three days’ no-| tice of all meetings. He shall make out | ‘all bills and deposit them with the Treas- | urer and take areceipt. draw all orders on the Treasurer, render a report at the annual meeting, or as often as required, have the custody of all reports, essays, and communications belonging to the | Association, receive and answer all cor- |respondence and keep it on file, and no- , tify committees of their appointment, officers of their election, and members of | their acceptance. Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall keep all the funds of the Association, keep a cor- rect account of all receipts and expendi- tures, collect all money due the Associa- tion, pay all orders drawn on him by the Secretary, countersigned by the Presi- and accompanied by the proper He shall present a statement at the annual meeting, or as often as /may be required by the Executive Board, who shall retain the right to examine, at any time, the books of the Treasurer. He shall deliver to his successor all books, papers, etc., belonging to the Association. Sec. 5. The Executive Board shall have the general management of the affairs of the Association; appropriate such funds as they may deem necessary; levy special assessments when necessary; provide suitable rooms for meeting, and report at every regular meeting of the Associa- tion. ARTICLE V. Meetings. Section 1. The Association shall meet on the second of each month during the year, for the purpose of social and in- tellectual advancement, and for the transaction of business. Sec. 2. The regular meeting in April shall be the annual meeting. Sec. 3. A special meeting of the Asso- ciation may be called by the President, at the request of three members of the Exeeutive Board. Sec. 4. A meeting of the Executive Board may be called by the President, at the written request of three members of said Board. ARTICLE VI. Amendments. No amendment or alteration shall be made to this constitution, except by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any meeting, and notice shall be given at a previous meeting. BY-LAWS. Article I. Section 1. Nine members, the presid- ing officer and Secretary shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Associa- ne 2. Three members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Execu- tive Board. Order of Business. 1. Roll call. 2. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting, correcting, if necessary, and adoption. 3. Election of candidates for member- ship. 4. Reports of committees. 5. Unfinished business and new busi- ness. . Reports of officers. . Election and installation. 8. Reading of essays and written com- munications. 9. Queries, debating, and conversation. 10. Adjournment. — -©- Detroit Drug Notes. Detroit druggists are looking forward with pleasant anticipation to the next game of base ball with their Cleveland brethren. The game will probably be played in the early part of June. It is proposed to give the Cleveland boys a royal welcome and a good trouncing. A. W. Allen will captain the Detroits. F. W. R. Perry, the popular Woodward avenue pharmacist, has gone on a two months’ trip. Wecan’t all afford to go for that length of time, but no one grudges Mr. Perry all the pleasure he can have. There is no man in the busi- ness thought more of by his competitors than Ff. W. R. &. Mueller’s new drug store, corner of Woodward avenue and Congress street, is a handsome one. The article published in Toe TRADEs- MAN some time ago, suggesting an occa- sional change on the Board of Pharmacy, is favorably commented upon by many druggists of this city. The impression seems quite general that if a change was made each year there would be no trouble in securing the services of good men for the place. The members of the Detroit Pharma- ceutical Society are more than pleased with their new quarters, they are airy, light and centrally located. ee te Violet Copying Ink. According to the Journal de Pharmacie, the following makes a most excellent writing and copying fluid: Hxtract of campechewood..:............. = parts Oxaiieacid. ee. : Alum, in fine powder.. Giyeerm Rain or distilled water... Potassium: bichromaue.. 2.02.0. 6 of Wood vinegar, oS Add the glycerin to 800 parts of the water, and dissolve the extract, oxalic acid and alum in the mixture. Dissolve the bichromate in the balance of the water, and after letting the solutions stand for twenty-four hours, mix them. Let stand for another day, and then pour the mixture into a copper kettle, bring to a boil, and while boiling add the wood vinegar. After allowing the liquid to boil for a minute, remove from the fire and let cool. Set aside to settle, after which rack off into suitable bottles. This ink gives a brilliant script, and copies made therefrom are bright and legible. ——@o 2 >_—_ Mineral Wax. The first car-load of mineral wax, a substitute for beeswax, and which will be largely used by electricians, recently arrived in New York. Itis called ozer- cerite, and is found about 414 miles east of Salt Lake City, where there is the only souree of supply yet known except in Galicia, Austria. Ozereerite contains | from 85 to 90 per cent, of pure wax. Its color varies from a light yellow to dark brown or black. It requires from 160 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit to melt it, and it is claimed to be the bestinsulator known. It possesses the greatest resistance to an electrical substance and is acid proof. It has been used by blacking manufac- turers and in the manufacture of sealing wax. When it is refined it is called cer- esin, and can be used just as beeswax is used. It costs just one-third as much as beeswax. Candles and dolls can be made with it. a The Drug Market. There are no changes to note this week. Opium is firmer. Quinine is easy. Morphia is steady. ———- > -6- <> The Home Savings Bank, of Detroit, has opened its branch bank on Junction avenue. -Another Drug Store in Kalamazoo. Will McDonald, for several years in the employ of his brother, Geo. McDon- ald, at Kalamazoo, has concluded to em- bark in the drug business on his own account as soon as the necessary prelim- inaries can be arranged. Grand Rapids acouple of days last week, looking up the subject of fixtures. —__ 2a No Registered Pharmacist There. The carelessness of the the Grange store at Allegan was exem- plified reeently. A Cheshire lady bought what she supposed was After taking one dose she was seized and but for a promptly administered emetic might have died. The drug was saltpetre. or with terrible pains, Every druggist should Knocker’”’ cigars in his showease. sale only by M. H. Treusch & Bro. He was in managers of Epsom salts. “Our For carry Polishina The Best is Always the Cheapest, WE HAVE SOLD THE Pioneer Prepared Paint For many years and GUARANTEE Same to Give Satisfaction. Dealers in paints will find it to their interest to write us for prices and sample cards. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG 60,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address » Wholesale Druggzists, GRAND RAPIDS. PECK BROS vo Send $1 to - Stowe & Bro. GRAND RAPIDS, DRUGHIS TS: 2" LIQUOR & POISON RECORDS Wholesale Price Current. ACIDUM. ACGeHeHM 0s 8@ 10 Benzoicum, German.. 80@1 00 poeacie =. 30 Carbolicum....... 0... . 40@ 45 CIPiCum ..°. 25... 2... 50@ 55 Hy@rochior ........... 3a. 5 NMrOCiM ...5°......< 10@ 12 Oxeelicnm 2.050. ..06.5. 13@ 14 Phosphorium dil...... Salievyiicum ........... 1 foe 80 Sulphuricum.......... 1%@ 5 Mannicnne. ..... 01... - 1 40@1 60 Dartarteum. ....-_--..- 45@ 50 AMMONIA. Aqua, = =< Lei ae 3m «5 4 dee 2... .. Hie s jaca Be coerce Chicridum .-...:.--.-- 12@ 14 ANILINE. Bleek. 2 00@2 25 IBPOWM.....---.-..--:s< 80@1 00 Oe eee: 45@ 50 Wellow ...........-..73 2 50@3 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 1 60....... 1 85@2 00 JuUMIperUs .--..-.--...- 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum......... 2@ 30 BALSAMUM. a Copaiba —s : 7 con ep en = = Terabin, Canada Tolptan .......--..... 45@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian. ....-....- 18 ICGSRIAO .......-....-+e.-.-5s 11 Cinchona Flava .«..........- 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 Promos Vireimi. 90262) 12 Quillaia, grd.............--- 12 Sassarras ........-..--.-.--- 12 Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 EXTRACTUM. hiza aN U@ % sci aaa) Sant 3@ = = Tb. bex.. H@ i eae aes cme oe 13@ 14 a a oe 14@ 15 e ago. 8. 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 30 Solut Chloride.... .... @ 15 Sulphate, COnrl......: 1%@ 218 pure. -... -- Q FLORA. Aretes 2... ..0.... 2... Anthemis .... Matricaria .-..-......- FOLIA. Barosma =... .. ee 12 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- nivelly a 28 . Alix. 5@ Salvia officinalis, 48 i and 266...) 7 12 Ura Ges... 8@ 10 GUMMI. i ieked.... 1 0c Acacia, = picke a 2 . a 3d oes @ & a sifted sorts.. @ 65 PO) los 75@1 00 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60 «| Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12 ce Socotri, (pe: 60) . @ 30 Catechu, 1s, (48, 14 4s, , ee Ee AvamGniae 20.0.2... B3@ 30 Assafcetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 Bensoum............ @ 55 Camphore.......-.-.. 35@ 38 Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10 Carenum. ._........ @ 80 Gamboge, po.........: 95 Guaiacum, (po. 45).... @ # Kino, (po, 25)... - @ w =, - ee a . Myrr (po Dicceeceas G Opii, (pe. 450)... 3 00@3 10 Shellac. |... .-. 25@ 30 . bleached... .. 25@ 28 Prarecanth ..|........ dQ@ 0 HERBA—In ounce packages. Absinthinum .......-.-.-.... 25 apart os 20 Bovelia. ... oo. ss 25 Majorgm -- 0 se. 28 Mentha — Sa eeeie esate) ce = ee 30 Manaectiim, ¥......-...-.... 22 (Pinyamgs, Vio... 2 MAGNESIA. Caleined Fat..|...__.: 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat... -- 2@ 22 Carbonate, K. & Me 20@, 25 Carbonate, JenningdS.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthivnm.....-....- 5 00@5 50 Amygdalae, Dulc...... 45@_ 75 Amy dalae, Amarae....7 25 Qi 3 Anisi . 1 75@1 85 Auranti ‘Cortex... @2 50 Bereumn .... |. 8... 50@3 00 Cajiputt ...-. 3. 6s 90@1 00 Caryophylli......- 25. - @1 80 Cedar ....... . ae & Chenopodii ... @1 7% Cinnamon ..... 1 10@1 20 Citronelia -.:....). i. @ % Contum Mae. .....-..- 35@ 65 COnape 0 22k: 90@1 0C Cupebac....... 2.0... 15 50@1 16 00 Pxechthites.....5.....- 90@1 00 ETIperoeg . 2.60)... 5 1 W@1 30 Gauitheria......: 00: 2 15@2 25 Geranium, ounce..... @ Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75 Hedeoma (0, 1 15@1 25 SUBIpeT oo. . o 50@2 00 Eavenaguia o 2.2... 222° 90@2 00 smOnis oo cs 1 50@1 80 Mentha Piper... ....- 2 35@2 40 Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 Morrhuse, gal... ... 80@1 00 a punee: 2... -: @ 50 Olive ee 1 00@2 75 Picis Liquida, (gal. = i a> Ries oe 1 28 Rosmarini.. meus 1 ot 00 Rosae, ounce. 00007) @6 00 HOGS os 45 Saping 20200. oo. 90@1 00 SANtHE oo. ce = 50@7 00 Sassafras. .... 55@ 60 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 WAC et @1 50 40@ 50 pt Lc: we @ 60 Theobromas........... 15@ 20 POTASSIUM. Bi Carb... oc 18 oe Saute Sige 15@ 16 Bromide... os cec ws 02.5, CO 40 Carp 1a@ 15 Chiorate, (po. 20) ...... 18@ = Cyanide... 50@ fodide. 0.2. 2 85@3 oO Potassa, Bitart, — - 2@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Potass Nitras, opt ee 8@ 10 Potass Nitras. 20: 2... ee 9 Prussiove 25@ 28 Haiphatce pe--......... 15@ 18 RADIX. COMItHRE 26.0605. 20@ 2 Althae.. 25@ 30 meanness 0c 15@ 2% Arum, pO... .......... @ & Calamus... 0000... 20@ 50 Gentiana, (po. 15)... . 10@ 12 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, aay @ 40 Hellebore, Ala, po 15@ 2 PATA, PO... 15@ 20 fpeeae, pe...) 2 40@2 50 Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ 2 Cote WE. 2@ 30 Maranta, 3A.......... @ 35 Podophyllum, Pel... 15@ 18 ene T5@1 00 “ oo Sees @l 7 - = Be ea ce 75@1 35 Spisela 8... 48@ 53 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2 BeRpeHOATIA 0@ 35 Sele T@ 80 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 “cc oe I @ 20 Serllae, (po. 35)......... 10@ 12 Saree Feti- He, PO 8s. @ 35 y aleriana, Eng. (po. ~” @ % German... 15@ 2 Memeaper a... .. 10@ 15 Mnpiper ji... 22@ 2 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20)...... @ 15 Apium (graveleons).. 10@ 12 Bird is.) om «& Carni, (po. #5)... . |. 8@ 12 a 1 O@i 3 Corlandram..-........ 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... 384q@ 4 Cydonium... _.... |. 75@1 00 Chenopodium 00...) 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 Foeniculum....: beans @ Foenugreek, po..... _ 62 8 BAS ee ee 4@4% Lini, grd, (bbl. 4 )... 44@ 4% Lobel PA ees i 40 Pharlaris Canarian.... 34@ % 8@ SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 De Ry 1 75@2 00 oe : 10@1 50 Sacichs Co. CO. T 1 @1 cco ee 1 75@3 50 Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 Spe) Vent Gali. 2 1 75@6 50 Nini Oporto ..-..-.. 1 25@2 00 Mini Alba oo oo. 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool €arriage 2 25@2 50 Massau sheeps’ wool Garmiace ..). oo. . 2 00 Velvet extra sheeps’ wool Carriage....... i Extra yellow sheeps’ earriage..... 22.1... 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- fee 65 Hard for slate use. % Yellow Reef, for slate Co 1 40 SYRUPS. FACCARIA 50 PAMSIDEr 2. 50 epcese se 60 Merri fod. . 50 Aairanti Cortes...--....... |. 50 ithe: Arom.. 30... 0.0.25 00 50 Similax Offeimalis.......... 60 cy Oo... 50 SOnGfa oe 50 Seillge. el. 50 | COL... eee ee 50 TOMAR 50 Prunus virg................. 50 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 “ y. 50 Aie@es ee 60 Sng payer oe 60 Armiee (i. - te 50 ASHEOCUIGR 50 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Benzoin: 60 a Coc. 50 Sanguinaria. 20... . 50 Barosms ....... ec. 50 Centnariges, 00000 75 Capsieum oo... 50 Cardamoa... 2.0.2... Le a Co... CORtOT 1 00 Careenu oe. 50 Cig@hona 50 oc i 60 50 50 50 -- 30 Oe 50 GCeomaan oe. 50 " OOo... 60 Guaies 50 ie Seeeon.........._.. 60 MERSIDEE oe 50 HyOseCyamius 0.2. ke 50 Hoagie Ce .. 75 . Colorless. 2... ao Herm Chioridum:........... 35 Mane 50 MOpela oo 50 Ree 50 Nax Vomiea. 2.0...) 2... 50 Ont 85 R Camphorated........... 50 f Meader. 2 00 Amrantt COrtex. 62 0... 50 meRRIA 50 CERRY 08 50 RCE ee: 50 Cassia: Aeutifor..:. 50 ss OO... 50 MGRMOHGATEA 5.20. 50 SerOmOrmm. 22s 60 COO se 60 Waterian ices oe Verstrum Veride.....-...... SD MISCELLANEOUS. Asther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ ‘ “6 “a7. 30@ Alun Secs a iar 24@ 3% ground, (po. see ees ee 3@ 4 Annatto ee = 60 Antimoni, po.. fu. 5 et Potass T. se 60 AMtipyIin 1 35@1 40 Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 68 APSCHICHM (0050.0. 5a & Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Bismuth S. N.. -2% 15@2 25 Calcium Chlor, 1s, Gs ai: 468, 9 caninariaes ‘Russian, eee @1 75 capsici Fructus, ae. @ 18 ae @ 16 ‘ce 6“ @ 14 oS oe 28) 23@ 2 Carmine, No. 40._.._.. @3 75 Cera Alba, s. ar... 50@ 55 Cera Blava..0 00/1.) , 28@ 30 Co€ens,. @ Cassia Fructus......., @ 15 Centrang. @ 10 Cetacenm - 20.2... @ 35 Chloroform See sece oe6 50@ 55 squibbs. @1 00 Chloral Hyd ‘Crst Hee os i 50G@1 75 Chondrag 10@ 12 Cinchonidine, P.& W 15@ 2 German 4@ 10 Corks, list, dis. per Cone 2, @ 60 Creasotum ...... @ 50 Creta, (bbl. 75) . @ 2 ‘ _— 1... 5@ 5 Precip. ss. @ 10 = SERRE — 8 Crocus 35@ 38 Cudpear . | @ x Cupri Salph........... &S@ 9 Dextrine: 10@ 12 Hither Sulph |... 68@ 7 Emery, = numbers.. @ s§ a @ 6&6 Ergota, ( Cpa os . 40@ 45 Higke Witte |. 122@ 15 Gala @ B Gambier “@ 8 Gelatin, Cooper... __. @ 9 French Lee 406 60 Glassware flint, 75 & 10 per cent. by box 70 less Glue, Brown... ' 9@ 15 1 WHRG 13@ 2 Glycering, 2@ 2% Grana Paradisi ..._ |... @ 15 Humaiulys.... 2. 2@ 40 Hy draag ae — @ 80 @ @ . Ox aca @ 8 = Ammoniati.. @1 05 c Unguentum. 45@ 55 Hydrargyrum =... |... @ 65 Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50 indice 20: 75@1 00 Zodine. Resor. 4 v0@4 10 fodeform. 3)... | @5 15 upuln 8H1 00 Lycopodium .......:- 55G@ 60 MQGIS 80@ 85 Liquor Arsen et Hy- rare lod... |. 27 oe 106 12 Magnesia, Sulph (bbl Pe) .. 3 Mannia, Se 45@ 50 Morphia, 8. Pew... "2 5o@2 80 i SN. Y¥. Os © Co -.... 2 55@2 70 Moschus Canton...... @ 40 alga Net... > @ Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Os Sepia... 27@ 29 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. COe ‘ — Lig, N. C., % gal = See ae @2 70 Picis Lig., quarts :.... @1 00 pints . 4 @ 70 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ 50 Piper Nigra, (po. ae @ 18 Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. @ 3 Pix Burgun .. ' a 7 Elumbi Acet 144@ 15 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes H “&P.D. Co., doz..... @1 2 Pyrethrum, pv leceees 55@ 60 Quassae 27 8@ 10 Quinia, Seaw . 41@ 46 . S. German.. 27@ 35 Rubia Tinctorum _ 12@ 14 Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 3 Sole 2 2502 35 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Sameooine — |)... @4 50 Sapo, Wo 12@ 14 oe 8@ 10 r Gy... @ 6 Seidlitz Mixture es @ SURADIS @ 18 Ope... 6.5. #1. @ 30 Snuff, an De Noes @ 35 Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 Soda Boras, (po. 12}. . 11@ 12 Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 Soda Carp... 2@, 24 | Soda, Bi-Carb......... 4q@ 5 Soda, LS 3@ 4] Soda, Sulphas.. @ 2) Spts. Ether Co . 50@_ 55) “ Myrcia Dor : @2 00 “ Myrcia mp... .. @2 50 «Ving Rect. bbl. 20D). @2 15 Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Strychnia Cry Stal... ‘@1 10 Sulphur, Sage) 24%@ 3% Bee ok. 24@ 3 Wamarinds oo. 8@ 10 Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 EHeObronIAe _... |. 50@ 55 Vania. 9 00@16 00 #inei Sulph |... 7@ 8 OILs. Bbl. Gai Whale, winter....._.. a q Lard, extra.._.. 86 90 Bard. No. 1... .. 55 Linseed, pure raw.... 57 60 Lindseed, boiled .... 60 63 Neat’s Foot, winter Strained ............ 5 69 Spirits Turpentine.... 49 53 PAINTS, bbL Ib. Red Venetian. -.1.1% 23 Ochre, yellow Mars.. - 1% 2@4 ber... 1% 2@3 Putty, commercial....214 24%4@3 strictly pure..... 24 24%@3 Vermilion Prime Amer- SCAM 13@16 Vermilion, English.... 70@%5 Green, Peninsular..... TO@T5 Meng, red oo oe 64@7% i Me ear 4 | Whiting, white Span.. @70 | Whiting, Gilders’.._... @90 | White, Paris American 1 00) Whiting, Paris Eng. | Glee es 1 40 Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4 Swiss Villa Prepared Peete 2 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach.....1 10@1 20 | Extra Turp.......... 2. 1 60@1 70 Coach Doay..-. o... 2. 2 75@3 00 Hot Tarp Warn: -.. :. 1 00@1 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. i WEP co 0@ Colts, HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of —~DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY, We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, CGins, Wines, Rums. Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co., Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re- ceive them. Send in a trial order. faxelting & Perkins Drug Go, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DO YOU HANDLE IT? GIVES UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION FOR Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Calves, Pigs, Lambs, Has the finest line of illustrated advertising and most attractive lithograph label. A 75 cent cash guarantee on every box you sell, 1,000 illus- trated circulars in each case. Rubber stamp and | self-inking pad free with your first order through jobber. Special directions for building upa large trade with every shipment. Our new circu- | lar, ‘Hog Cholera—Cause, Cure and Pre- | ventive,” is attracting universal attention. Contains the most scientific and practical facts in regard to this terrible disease, and only known positively successful treatment. Gives valua- | ble information in regard to swine-raising for large profit. See other circulars for all kinds of stock. The facts contained in these circulars are worth many dollars to every enterprising farmer or stockman. Send to jobbers for their special circular “TO THE TRADE,” for full information in regard to rub- ber stamp—free—and also our GRAND CASH PRIZES. See circulars for testimonials of reli- able dealers from all parts of the country. This trade is about equally divided between drug- gists, general dealers and grocers. _ A Sly Salesman. Standing in a prominent hardware store the other day, a stroller watched a lady purchase a pair of shears. She de- cided upon the size and style desired, and tried four or five pairs, rejecting them all because, she_ said, they ‘“‘squeaked.’? But she was finally suited with a pair that didn’t ‘‘squeak’”’ and went her way. As the accepted pair happened to be one of those first refused, the salesman was asked how the meta- morphosis was effected. ‘‘That,’’ said he, ‘‘is one of the very simplest secrets of the man who sells shears. Observe this.”’> He picked up a pair of scissors which ‘‘squeaked’’ wofully when worked. Then he ran his thumb and forefinger thoughtfully down the side of his nose and rubbed them over the scissors, which came together as gently and noiselessly as though saturated with oil. ‘‘That’s all there is of it, he said. ““You see, there is always a little oil collected in the corners on the outside of your nos- trils. Serub your nose as hard as you will, the oil will be back there in five minutes. So when a customer comes in, tries a pair of shears and complains that they squeak and come together hard, we ean oil them up and make them run smovth without exciting suspicion. What was the oil put on your nose for ?”’ “To help the hardware man out, I suppose. But then what I told you is a good thing for all nervous people, who don’t like squeaky shears, to know.’’ —_——_—> +a Telephones in Sweden. In probably no country in the world, says an English exchange, has the tele- phone come into more general use than in Sweden. Not only can Stockholm boast the most perfect telephonic ar- rangements of any capital, in addition to the largest percentage of telephone subscribers, but the east coast and the west coast will soon be in telephonic communication, a line between Stock- holm and Gothenburg being in course of erection. Many small towns are in tele- phonic communication with each other, and the number of subscribers is con- said stantly increasing. In Malmo, for in- stance, which has about 40,000 inhab- itants, there are 600 subscribers. This town is connected with about thirty smaller towns and country places, with subscribers ranging between 200 and ten. > -.s__——_- A Great Australian Railway. The government of western Australia has come to definite terms with the pro- moters of the gigantic railway project for the construction of a line from Eucla to connect with the west Australian sys- tem, a distance of 800 miles, which, when completed, will bring into railway communion Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. It is expected that the work will oceupy ten years. The contractors have agreed to construct the railway on the understanding that for every mile completed they shall re- ceive from the government the gift of 20,000 acres of land. Should they keep their promises, the contractors will be- come the owners of an estate of 16,000,000 acres, equal in size to one-fourth the ter- ritory of Victoria. 6. R. IGE & GOAL GO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers, Now—Before any Advance—Write for Prices on Coal. Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co,, 52 PEARL ST. HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS Water Motors and Specialties Send for New Catalogue. Tuerk Hydraulic Power Co. NEW YORK: CHICAGO: 12 Cortland St. 39 Dearborn St. 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. K. 6. STUDLRY, Manufacturer and dealer in Leather and Rubber Belting, Rubber Goods, Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies We manufacture the VERY BEST Pure Oak Tanned, Short Lap, Leather Belt that is made, and make them either Riveted, Pegged or Sewed. Belts repaired, made endless and put on. Agent forthe New York Belting and Packing Company’s Rubber Belting, Hose and Rub- ber Goods for mechanical purposes. Lubricating Oils and Greases of all kinds, Cotton Waste, Lath Yarn, Hay and Hide Rope, Lace Leather, Belt Fastenings of all kinds, Babbit Metal, Emery Wheels, Disston’s Saws, Nicholson’s and Black Diamond Files, Hancock Inspirators, Brass Valves of all kinds, Steam and Water Gauges, Lubricators and Grease Cups, Packings of all kinds, Boiler Com- pound, Sole Agent for A. G. Spaulding & Bro.’s sporting Goods, and L. Candee & Co.’s rubber boots and Shoes. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST. N 4 Monroe Street, t ' Grand Rapids, - - Mich. 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, or 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. Noother 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, thusafford- 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 cars of any kind into Idaho, Oregon or Washing- ton. 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 | 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. ' ; : 4 “s = 3 ey e: LECTROTYP Lt min ipd aac Phoio& Zing Engraving” ASAE S-VINPS ees U We 5s Sneed oars B WoOoD Ss METAL FORNITURE Ronse creeta TILT Va 0S se HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood, fortnnm 4... 0:20¢.0 2... 13 00@15 00 Biren, los ran 2... se 15 00@16 00 Bireh Nos. 1 and 2.000.030 @22 00 Black Agh feogrun ..........--....-- 14 00@16 00 Gherry) log-run i. t e 25 00@35 00 Chery, Nos. 1: and 8.0.0 0000. es, 50 00@60 00 Chery. COn @12 00 Maple, logrun ..-.....-....--.----_... 12 00@13 00 Maple, soft, log-run.........--...-.--- 11 00@13 00 Maple, Nos. 1 and2..........-......... @20 00 Maple, clear, flooring................. @25 00 Maple. white, selected. .............-. @25 00 Red Oak joerun ... 20 00@21 00 Read Oak Woes tang? o.oo... 24 00@2» 00 Red Oak. % sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular............ 30 00@35 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank............ @25 00 Walnut, top man Ye @55 00 Walnut. Nes land 270. 2.0.02... @75 00 Walnuts can . st @25 00 Grey Elm, log-run..................--- 12 00@13 05 White Aso, lOprHa <2... 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, Og Tun..-...-...-.... 20 00@22 00 White Oak logame. 0-0. 2.5. 17 00818 00 White Oak, 4 sawed, Nos. 1 and 2....42 00@48 00 AWNINGS AND TENTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc, Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Chas. A. Coye, Telephone 106. 11 Pearl St. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use*giving satisfric- tion. They aresim;:e durable and econom- ical. No rocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Address for Cata logue and prices, Robt. &, West, 48-50 Long St., Cleveland, Ohio, ie. . : aba ‘ | : f ra 110 | 5 i if ae i < i esci GE F a ae | Every garment bearing the above ticket is WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as re- presented, you are requested to return it to the Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive anew garment. STANTON, SAMPSON & CO, Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. WHY WEAR PANTS That do not fit or wear satisfac- torily, when you can buy the Detroit Brand, that are perfect in stvle and workmanship. ae od 1d ao a Superior Make ND ee ASK FOR THEM! : ' ‘ ' Advertising Gards and Specialties. We carry a larger stock of these goods than any other house in this country. Are Manufacturers, Importers and Publishers of 7,000 styles. Catalogue free. Samples we charge at cost and allow a rebate after we receive orders sufficient to justify us. AGENTS WANTED. Novelty Card and Advertising Co., 103-5-7 Monroe St., Chicago, Il. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 9:05am 11:30am rom Cincinnati... 22... 6. 7:30 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw Cit ..3:55 pm 5:00 pm Saginaw Express... . 11:30 am 7:20am - s¢ -+.40:30 Pp 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. Oincinnati Mxpress...-..-......... 7:15am Fort Wayne Express. 11:45am Cincinnati Express.. 5:00 pm From Traverse City.. 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati. 5:00 p. m. train connects with M. C. R. R. at Kalama- zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. All Trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave. Arri FOB PI ioc cc cceresememereccserecceecceces 10:45am 11:15 a m.. -. 4:45pm £290 DU... on enero er ewe nrecenncocsoess 7:45pm Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Leaves. +Morning Express...... 1:10pm +Through Mail.......... ‘ 5:10pm +Grand Rapids Express = 80 *Night EXpress........ sesscssecee 6:40am 7:00am EE ne ieee nee 7:45am GOING EAST. Detroit Express......... 2-02-00 6:50am +THrOUgH Mall... on ew en 10:20am 10:30 a m tEvening EXpress.........sccesss- 3:40 p m 3:50 pm *Limited Express. ........--.+++.0- 10:30 pm 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls, connecting at Milwaukee Junction with through sleeper to Toronto. Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. For Toledo and all points South and East, take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and connections at Toledo with evening trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin- nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- nent points on connecting lines. A. J. PaisLEy, Gen’l Pass. Agent ES BMA. AX. Abs0 Yrade-Mark Registered, No. 16476. “THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LEATHER.” EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. PINGREE & SMITH, DETROIT, MICH. Six Unsolicited Testimonials from as many States. Dawson, MINN., Feb. 18, 1889. I have a strong preference for your goods, which has been acquired by seven years’ handling, and all the shoes of your make handled in 2 that time I have warranted every pair without a single pair coming back to me. Cuas. HALVORSON. Monrokg, Micu., March 19, 1889. We have received goods and looked them over and must acknowledge that this is the cleanest and nicest lot of shoes you have ever sent us. It affords us great pleasure to receive goods in this way. E. YAEGER & SON. : Oconomowoc, Wis., March 15, 1889. Your goods are satisfactory in every way. _L- J. STONE & Co. * SAVANNAH, Mo., March 14, 1889. The goods all opened satisfactory. THoMAS. J. BIER & Co. CuHIcAGO, InL., March 22, 1889. The goods are very satisfactory. } CoMAN & MUNGER. CARLISLE, Ky., April 16, 1889. Your goods are always good and your treatment always courteous. é J. A. CHAPPEL. PINGREE & SMITH, Detroit, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF —=FINE AND MEDIUM GRADE SHOk§— WE USE NO IMITATIONS. CHICAGO OFFICE, 221 FIFTH AVE. ATTENTION, RETAIL MERCHANTS! Increase your Cigar Trade by selling the EB BB. MM. A..| BMA. fm. Named in Compliment to the Michigan Business Men’s’ Association,, And especially adapted, both in Quality and Price, to the requirements of the RETAIL GROCERY TRADE. | THK BRST o Gent Cigar on Karth! PRICE, $30 PER THOUSAND. The Telfer Spice Company, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS. CANDY PUTNAM & BROOKS. Clover, Timothg, Alfalfa, * Alsike, Red Top, Uvngarian, line, carry a heavy stock, and warrant our goods to be STRICTLY PURE and B first class. We manufacture a full W. STEELE SEEDS © We carry a large assortment of all kinds of Seeds, Onion Sets and Seed Potatoes. Packing and Provision Co. Parties wishing anything in this line please write to us. We have taken great pains to have our seeds pure and reliable. Our stock is stance. prices. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fresh and Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt Pork, Hams, Shoulders, Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage of all Kinds, Dried Beef for Slicing. LARD strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 50 1b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 10 lb. pails Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc. Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class in every in- When in Grand Rapids, give usa call and look over our establishment. fresh, and if you want anything in the way of Garden or Field Seeds, you can get them of us cheaper than sending out of the State. fred J, Browns Seed Store, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, Arctic Manufacturing Go, Grand Rapids, OFFER .TO THE TRADE WHO BUY * Write us for Thompsons J, A. THOMPSON & GU. ‘Teas, Cofrrees DETROIT, MICH. 1g-lbs Reward Baking Powder, 4-dozen Cases, with 48 Premiums—Glass Dishes, Assorted, All Large Pieces, for - - PRIZE BAKING POWDER | The quality of Reward Baking Powder is unequaled and warranted to make light, nutritious bread, biscuits and cakes. Saves eggs, milk and shortening and makes 40 pounds_more bread to the barrel of flour. ranges: Sold Only by $0.00 | O17.00. 1-Ibs Reward Baking Powder, 4-dozen Cases, with 49 Premiums, Decorated China Dishes, All Large Pieces, for - - - The above Prizes are Very Attractive Goods and New Assortments. IMPORTERS OF AND ? We are wholesale agents for Spices, the Faney California Mountain Seedlings and headquarters for all kinds ef Messina oranges. PUTNAM & BROOKS.