The Michigan Tradesman. » VOL. 6. @ @ GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1889. NO. 301. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. | i ' President. id GEO. C. P A. J. BOWNE, TIERCE, H. W. Nasu, Cashier | Te $300,000. Vice President. | CAPITAL, A 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 Ggesired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. RDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, 14 CANAL SY. Grand Rapids, - Mich. The Keonomy Combination Heater is no experi- ment. Having been on the market five years, now has a Nationa! Reputation asthe BEST HEATER in the World. WILLIAM MILLER, Agent, 24 South Ionia St. FLOUR Owl, Crown Prince, White Lily, Standard, Rye, Graham, Bolted Meal, Feed, Ete. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS, BUY Muscatine 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. Dealers SALES BY INTRO- CIGAR DOUBLE YOUR DUCING IN YOUR STOCK THE “Ben hur BEST SELLING 3 FOR 25c CIGAR IN THIS COUNTRY. GEO. MOEBS & Ub, DETROIT. Write us a trial order. Tradesman. MADE BY Mention ROLLED OATS Will not turn bitter in hot weather. Best the year around. Muskegon Paper Go,, Dealers in FINE STATIONERY, WRAPPING PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES, WOODEN DISHES, ETC. Mail Filled. 44 Pine St, Muskegon, Mich. Orders Promptly Au Ga SFECIAL OFFER-—This style of oval case; best quality; all glass, heavy double thick; panel or sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges; solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal eorners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings; € feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price, #11, net cash. : I make the same style of case as above, 17 inches high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot. Boxing and cartage free. D. DBD: Cool. 106 Kent St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Raton, Lyon & Go. Base Balls, Rubber Balls, Marbles. Base Ball Bats, Fishing Tackle, Archery. BOXING GLOVES. STATIONERY. Raton, Lyon & Go,, 20 and 22 Monroe St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Business Practice at the Grand Rapids Depa rtme nt Business College. Ed- ucates pupils to transact and record business as it is done by our best business houses. It pays te goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad- Gress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens berg. Read! Ponder!--Then Act! OFFICE OF KING & COOPER, Fancy Grocers. St. JosEPH, Mich., Feb. 23, 1889. DANIEL LYNCH,Grand Rapids: DEAR SIR—Permit us to con- gratulate you upon the trade we are working up on your Imperial Baking Powder. We have had it tested by the most competent cooks in the city and they pro- nounce it fully equal to any powder on the market; Yours very truly, KING & COOPER. BARNETT BROS. Fruit Commission 159 South Water Street, CHICAGO. SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS Fit) 7 &. Write for information on the markets, ete. 2 OF F.J, DAPTANTHALER! JOBBER OF | i | CS = —= aND=—= Ocean Fish orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. Fresh and Salt Mail illers, Attention We are making a Middlings Purifier and Flour Dresser that will save you their cost at least three times each year. They are guaranteed to do more work in less space (with less power and less waste) than any other machines of their class. Send for descriptive cata- logue with testimonials. Martin's Middlings Purifier Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wm. R. Keeler, OF JOBBER Fruits a Confectionery, 416 So. Division sSt., GRAND RAPIDS. I make a specialty of —FIRE WORK§— the trade to quotations. I Can Save You Money. MAN coMPANY Show Case And invite write me for Prices Lower than Kver QUALITY THE BEST. W rite for Prices. 63—65 CANAL ST. Voigt, Herpolshelmer & Go, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. Overalls, Pants, Etc,, OUR OWN MAKE. A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Crockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. SEEDS! If in want of Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millett, Orchard or Blue Grass, Seed Corn—Early Yellow or Dent, Turnip or Ruta Baga, or, in fact, Any Kind of Seed, send to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St. GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. THE DEADLY PARALLEL. This world is not so very bad, As some are prone to say: But we could make it much more giad, Could we but have our way. We very quickly would destroy Some foes to earthly bliss, And bores who now this space enjoy: We'd bottle up in this: You've met the individual, The hero guite unknown, Who oft his wondrous tales wil! tell Of doings aj] his own. His future fame he paints for you, Or pictures what he was, And this is what he’s going to do: While this is what he does: Then there's the dry goods salesman’s bore, A female, by the way. Who on her rounds from store to store Is sure to go each day. She lingers longest ‘opening days,” And the salesman’s patience tries, For here’s the goods which he di h he di And here is what she buys: The iceman is vexatious, too, And doesn’t care a pin Our comforts to enlarge upon, Our sympathies to win. And though we're forced to bow to him, Respect him, we cannot. For leaving this much ice-cold days: And this much when it’s hot: ——————q-~ -<—_—_ A STRAY. The red rays of the setting sun length- ened the shadows against the black, dead- ened hills, as the workmen swarmed out of the pit and dragged weary. stiffened limbs along the different paths leading to the habitations above. Very grotesque some of them were, with blackened faces, from which eyes gazed out with the weary pathos one sees in the eyes of oxen, with bent figures and stooped i shoulders from werk in rooms where the roof was often not four feet from the floor, where water lay in pools and bred rheumatism in joints, warmed by the sun all too seldom. The motley nature of the mining vil- lage was shown by the different dialects | in which the conversations are carried on, the broad slurred intonation of the En- glish miner: the round, rollicking tones with the note of a caress in it that is native to the land St. Patrick loved: the soft, decided voice of Scotland, and, as a background for this flotsam and jetsam that is drifted to us by the ocean, was heard the sharp, slightly nasal voice of the native of our Middle States. But different as was their nationality. their minds seemed to run much in the same groove. ‘There was some dissatis- faction with the record of the day’s work, and menaces ominous io the managers were exchanged with curses and clench- ing of black, hardened hands. Fragments of their conversation came to a woman standing atthe top of the rickety steps leading up the face of the cliff above the mines. Back of her was a row of bare, unpainted houses where the workmen lived; some of the women were about the doors, slouchy and dis- hevelled, calling out to one another and to the children in coarse, shrill voices, with now and then a laugh and a joke with the home-coming workmen. Only the woman at the steps stood alone silent. A few nodded to her, only one man spoke to her in passing, while many looked at her in a way that made her face flush and her teeth set. She was handsomer than anything they ever saw about the pit’s mouth, but the husbands, sons, and lovers knew better than to greet her be- fore the eyes of their women folks. Four years ago she had learned that and ig- nored them, men and women, ever since, only she could not but see the glances that needed no interpretation to bring a flush to her brown cheek and a cold stare of bravado into her gray eyes. The one man whospoke to her was not a good sight tolook at. He had partially washed the coal dust from his face at the tank by the pit—enough to show deep, blue sears furrowed in his face by a blast of powder. “Good evenin’ to ye, Kate,’’ he said, as he reached the level where she stood. *‘Here is the lad; ye’d better watch him about these steps, it’s a bad place for little chaps,’? as he swung from his shoulder a sturdy little yellow-haired boy of four years. “I ain’t scared.’’ he announced, with a isp. “I want Dan to carry me, carry me up.”’ ‘‘What’s the matter down there,’’ asked Kate, with a nod toward the pit. ‘Something wrong?”’ “Oh, yes; same old story, some o’ the men docked a half a car because a wee bit o’ slate happened in, an’ the new cars are short weight they say. The men won’t put up with much more, an’ some o’ them are maken ugly threats.”’ *“‘Who do they threaten?”’ ‘‘Mighty near all the officials, the new overseer, young Hepburn, in particular.” ‘*Why so?’’ “They think he might appeal for them to the company to have the rules changed about the weight measurements. But around her? a garden on the eliffs. tivate ground belonging to coal com- panies, as under existing rules, they are, in many places, ejected on four days’ notice for the most paltry of provoca- tions. pany boarding house she heard a voice say: ‘‘Hello, Dan! had a nice chat with Kate out there? Yer getting to be great friends.”’ ‘Friends!’ this time woman's. ‘Well, fF should ain't hard up as to pick among tramps and strays!’ ‘That's enough,’’ said the man called Dan. ‘‘I’ll not be lettin’ man or woman speak against her when I’m in hearen. The doctor says I have to thank her fer the sight o’ my eyes this minute. It was her nursin’ more than his medicine as saved ’em when I got burnt with the powder. I tell ye there wasn’t another the voice was a hope Dan so up friends me without gettin’ sick. But Why, she jest walked in and helped Doc take care of me as if I was handsome as a picture-book; an’ she’s done good turns to lots of the boys, though some 0’ them are too mean to speak up fOr her; an shes more learn- in’ than most folks here though she only a stray.’’ The girl walked on to her own door and sat down wearily on the wooden step. while the child scampered after a pet kitten. A stray! That was all. Four years since she came first, a big-eyed girl of seventeen, dusty and foot sore from long travel—from where, they never knew— and when she sank fainting on a door step and was carried inside the one tavern in the place, there was much wonder among the people as to who she could be; and when the doctor laid her child in her arms and asked if there was any word he could send for her to hus- band or relatives, she only looked at the babe’s pink fiower-like face in a half curious, half loving way, as if in doubt whether it could be hers, and then, draw- ing it close, she looked squarely at the doctor, and said: ‘*There is no one.”’ In asmall place gossip soon spreads, and ere Jong the community knew that the tramp was a mother but no wife—a thing to be shunned by the virtuous—to be pitied, after a fashion. but to be left alone. She was penniless and without friends. The doctor’s voice was the only kind one she had heard since the day the child was born, and he looked on her pityingly, perhaps helped to it by the memory of a little daughter's grave over the hill, whose occupant would have been this girl’s age had she lived. A sober man of forty years he was, a kindly, Christian gentleman who had settled among them years ago, when the wife and baby daughter had dropped into their eternal sleep while on a visit to this mountain of the Alleghanies. He was held in much respect by the people. His kindly hands had eased many a broken bone or crushed limb among them, and he did what he could to soften the harsh judgment of the villagers to- wards this girl, and his best was little. Two weeks after her coming he ven- tured on the subject of her destination and intentions. So far she had said nothing except her name, and when asked, she said, ‘‘Kate,’’ that was all. The doctor found her as usual looking with unseeing eyes across the hills, seemingly heedless of the yellow-haired, brown-eyed babe in her lap, for she had been in a sort of apathy ever since its birth. “IT have come to have a talk with you, Kate,’’ said the doctor. ‘This little fel- low is old enough now for you to take him home, wherever that is, and I have come to see what arrangements can be made.’’ *‘T have no home now,”’ a little break in her voice. ‘“*But there must be some one. Come now, my girl, tell me what you can. I want to be your friend. You need one, Heaven knows. There must be some one—the boy’s father?’’ ‘‘He is nothing—nothing to me or to it —the coward!’ she burst out, with more feeting than he had heard her express before. “But you must have some one to take care of you! How are you to live?’’ “I did not want to live. They should have let me die in the street that day; they had no right to touch me!’ ‘‘Hush!’’? said Dr. Hepburn, sternly. *-We should never question the decrees of heaven. Every life has a use of its own else it would not be given.”’ She laughed harshly: ‘Use! What use is my life now, the life of a nameless outeast?”’ ‘“‘You have your child to live for.”’ ‘““Ah!’ she breathed, with a half sob in her throat, ‘‘do you think I[ have not got Is she said, with he’s only a bit of a youngster himself, and hasn’t much backbone, though he is the doctor’s nephew. an’ they don’t much like the idea of a college-bred young man | over them. One o’ the men as has worked in the mine himself would suit them bet- | ter—not that I blame them much—| though for the doctor's sake there’d be many a manstand up for him,”’ he added, | as he walked on to the company board- ing house. The woman, leading the child, turned also from the steps toward the little: cabin she called home, around the un-| painted boards of which clambered | morning glories, while at the back could be seen tall sunflowers and hollyhocks | that bordered the little square of a gar-| thought of him? How am I to live through the shame of it when he grows older and understands? Better we should beth die now, now before he grows ashamed of his mother. One night this thought came to me as if some one had whispered it in my ear. It was dark but I seemed to feel the presence of forms pointing at us and whispering ‘shame.’ I can’t tell you how terrible it was. The only way to escape it was to die—both of us. I got up softly and lit the candle. I did not think how I was to do it, only in some way I was to end our lives. Ah! how afraid I was of making a noise that would waken him! I crept across to the bed so softly. I lifted a pillow. Its weight ona baby’s face would stop its As she passed a window ef the com-'! rich loam in baskets from the woods in | kissed it and cried over it! That was the order to have a bit of green in the midst | first time I had cried since this trouble of the red elay and the black coal dust |came to me, and it seemed to ease the It was the only attempt at | dull, aching pain in my heart. Tenants have;the candle burn all that night. small encouragement to improve or cul- | afraid to be in the dark for fear of that | i | | | | | | | ling to his feet and walking back and | forth, the tears in his own honest, kind- ; town to town, someti woods. { | |again beside her. jl never knew how wide before!’ woman in the place would a looked at} Kate! But I let I was temptation coming again. Do you think it ever will?’”? Her cheeks were quite flushed and her eyes wet as she clasped the child close to her and appealed to the doctor. “God bless me?’ he ejaculated, spring- What a scoun- Then he sat “God bless me! man must be!’ ly eyes. dre] that *‘Where were you going when you took EU or looking for him. He said once that his business was in the coal region. When no letters came I tried to find him. I walked from imes sleeping in the I walked until I would get dizzy and drop with fatigue: but I had no time to rest. My one thought was to find him in time, but the coal fields are so wide— Her face flushed: was lk *-Perhaps you can find him yet,’’ tured the doctor. ‘‘Wemightadvertise.’’ *“Now,’’ She answered. ‘‘No:; it was not for myself—only for the child, but it is foo late.’’ “You must think of your future. Hi you will not go home, or find him. who will take care of you and the child?’’ “Dwill i ean work.’ ‘‘But where, and what at?”’ -‘Here; it is as good a place as any other, there must some work for a woman here, enough to keep us and pay these people. The people seem buried here, shut off from the rest of the world. That is best for me, and I can work at anything. Some one wil! give me work, don’t you think so?”’ “God bless me! I hope soe.”’ he an- Swered. “L-—Fll try to fix it. but is 4 dreary place, child, and a dreary life for you here.’ “My life would be that anywhere, it does not matter.’’ And so it was settled. Sewing, house- work, nursing, washing, anything in the way of work she did well, and did cheap- ly for anyone who would give her the chance, but she made no triends and re- sented all overtures from the curious. They knew no more of her past now than they did the day she came among them. Kate was the only name they knew her by. Her boy she called Paul. ‘It was my father’s name,’’ to the Doctor. ‘-He is dead. grace cannot hurt him.’’ The boy grew and thrived, but it was almost as quiet as the mother, for it had no playmates—only a kitten and a few ehickens. The mothers of other child- ren resented the silence, so like pride in this tramp, and ealled the children to their sides when the baby natures would reach hands to each other all unknowing the social gulf between them. Even her kindness to the sick won her no hearts, for she did all so coldly though so well. Their sidelong, meaning glances when she first met their faces with her child in her arms had closed forever any sympa- thy between them. The child she wor- shiped. Her moody, gray eyes would warm and the closed mouth smile only for him, and once, when a fever among the children had laid little Paul low, the doctor was startled by the wild grief of this girl who seldom spoke among them. **Be quiet, Kate.’’ he said, putting her in a chair, *‘you must not give way like this, the chances are that he will recover, but should he not, we must bow to that higher Will; be sure what will be, will be for the best.”’ “The best!’ and she laughed, bitterly. “If he were to die to-night, you would try to console me by saying it was best. Don’t you know that this is a punishment for that other time when I did not want him? Andnow just when we have grown to be everything to each other you tell me itis amerciful God who would part us! People should love nothing if they wish to be happy, it brings a curse always. How can you understand? others have husbands. homes, children. I have only him—only him!’ and she sank beside the little bed in a passion of sobs that were stilled only by a narcotic from the doctor’s hand. But little Paul did not die, though the doctor was anxious for many days and very thankful when he could safely say all danger was past. Kate did not say much, it was as if she feared to give voice to her joy lest the pent up emotions would be beyond her control. But her glad eyes, as she kissed her boy and pressed the doctor’s hand, held in them more gratitude thsn words could express. ‘**You have done so much for me,’’ she said, ‘‘and my life is so useless, all I can do in return seems so little!’’ “Tut, tut! If it were my boy Hal, you would do as mueh if you could; bea good girl, that is all I shall expect in pay- ment, and in your gratitude for your boy, return thanks only where they are due to the Giver of all life!”’ He had in all things been her friend, | be she said The dis- ‘and. sitting on the wooden step in the| ‘deepening dusk with the miners’ words | | still in her ears—*'a stray’’—she dropped | her face in her hands thinking: thinking | ‘of his goodness since that first day, and | \ ithen she let her memory wander back | 'over the days of hard, joyless toil among | 'these people where only one voice had | been helpful and kind, back over dusty | ‘roads where she had dragged tired feet | 'in a hopeless search, back to the | days | ‘when her girl’s heart had beat warmly | \ | ! ables were coaxed into existence, show- | the babe, 1 saw it was not asleep. It| had been lying there quietly but its eyes ; ing to the curious that its owner must have | come from afarm. Otherwise how came! she with a knowledge of the needs of her ' plants or a patience that would carry were wide open. It smiled up at me, and for the first time reached towards me its arms. | ing soul in a child’s body, a welcome ray | den where a few sickly-looking veget-| breathing so quickly; but as I bent over | of light across the unloved, monotonous lat the gift of a love to which she re-| with a supreme contempt of self. Ah, how vile she was growing in her own eyes! How often, lately, had ske freed her mind from the fetters of the past and let her thoughts wander where they would in the sweet pastures of a longed- for present! How often she had checked herself on the brink of wild hopes by muttering to bitterly: ‘“A tramp—a stray! A thing lower in his thoughts than a lost dog, which he would shelter. —- ~— Pesce Personal. Alfred J. Brown spent Sunday Traverse City. Chas. W. Jennings house by illness. O. J. Knapp. the Howard City grocer, was in town Monday. Sidney F. Stevens and wife spent a couple of days in Chicago last week. Dr. ©. W. Tomlin, the Bear Lake druggist, is in town for a day or two. Frank Fisher, clerk for D. Wellbrook, the Rockford meat dealer, was in town last Saturday. J. W. Murphy, of the drug firm of An- | berg & Murphy, at Battle Creek, was in town over Sunday. on in is confined to his engaged |,’ ac- with a view | with a dog show} traveling Samuel M. Lemon and Jeff Keate re- turned from a flying trip through the Upper Peninsula Saturday morning. Harry Mercer, Michigan representative for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, is in town for a day or two. Smyth, with L. Winternitz, has Philadelphia, where he will spend a couple of weeks with his brother. G. G. Watson, of the firm of Watson & Brown, manufacturers of splint baskets at Detroit, was in town a couple of days last week. John gone to Jewell, billing irm Ernest for is to formerly of Clark, in town for a day or two, California. WwW. as the the old on his way who is nearly ot as a resident of Tustin. Belding and Spring Lake, at the same time—was in town Saturday. Milan Wiggins, chant, was in town for a few Saturday. his from [Lan- he is serving the State in the capacity of Representative. Osear D. Fisher, formerly manager for Arthur Meigs & Co., prietor of a hotel at Ft. spending a week Geo. Bevins. famous bones claimed hours on on way home where sing, Payne, .Ala., is among Grand Rapids friends. He will leave his family in the State until October. oe -2- <> The Proposed Salt Trust. The price of salt dropped to 52 cents last week. President Burt says it is due to competition at home and abroad. Ow- ing to the Kansas manufacturers’ compe- tition. the Michigan people were forced to meet it in the Southwest. and there are twenty-three manufacturers in the State outside of the Association who have been putting their product into the best territory, and a decline was the result. The only thing that will prevent the | price going still lower will be the forma- tion of the North American Salt Com- pauy (Limited). It is believed that this will be accomplished, although the own- ers of some plants are asking more for them than they were willing to accept before the syndicate was talked of. Itis understood, however, that the options of plants obtained aggregate less than $15,- 000,000, much less, in fact, than was ex- pected. In the event of the formation of the North American Salt Company, the main office will be located in New York, and it is understood that W. R. Burt will be the President and Manager of the trust. —e 9 <> The Drummer’s Way. ‘I say, Morse, can you tella young chicken from an old one ?’’ “Of course, I can.’’ ‘Well, how ?”’ ‘“By the teeth.’’ ‘Chickens don’t have teeth.”’ ‘““No, but I have.”’ Morris H. Treusch & Bro., exclusively wholesale tobacconists, sell the ‘‘Our Knockers’’ cigar 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. BUSINtKss CHANCES. OR SALE—SMALL STOCK OF DRUGS AND FIX- tures, with house, lot and store, in railroad town; no competition; big investment for right man; small — only required. T.P. Stiles, Chester, Eaton Co. is Mich 458 OR SALE-- FIRST-CLASS CREAMERY IN SOUTH- ern Michigan, capacity 1,500 pounds per day; will trade for merchandise. Address No. 459, care —€ Tradesman. OR SALE—DRUG STORE—FINEST WeCTION iN Detroit for family and transient trade; cash busi- ness; purchaser will require $2,500. Address, Eugene Ross & Co., Detroit, Mich. 457 OR SALE—A STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHAN- dise, also new store building; stock in good shape; best farming country around; good location for an active business man; amount of business done last year, $16,000; located ‘on C. & 1.C. Railway, in Benton county Ind., six miles from any town; $3,700 will buy me out; good reasons for selling. For terms, addregs, CER Sayers, Wadena. Ind. 453 RUG STOCK FOR SALE—BEST OPENING OFFERED in Michigan. Address, J. B. Quick, Howard oo Mich. OR SALE—DRUG AND STATIONERY OK = manufacturing town of 1,200 people; invoice about $1,000; small competition. Address, No. 449, care Michigan Tradesman. 449 7 EEP YOUR EYE ON THIS—PARTIES ABOUT TO engage in the drug business or any one wanting a stock of drugs and patent medicines, cheap, please ad- dress me, as I must dispose of them to inake room for other goods; will give some one a bargain, as lam going out of the drug business. Address, G. 8S. Putnam, Fruitport, Mich. dit [Tie RR SALE—AT PINGREE GROVE, KANE CO., ILL., seven miles west of Elgin on main line of railvuad, a good store and business, with full stock of gener al store goods; whole value about $4,700; postoffice in store; reason for selling, failing health. J. B. a den, Proprietor. OR SALE—FULL SET OF HARDWARE F Tune including shelving and drawers; also full set of tinners’ tools. Address 438, care Michigan mmr a OR SALE—IN CENTRAL MICHiIGAN—SfOCK OF drugs, medicines and fixtures, valued at $1,200; daily cash sales, $15; also store builaing, storehouse and residence combined, valued at $800; reasons, other business. Address, No. 420, care Michigan Tradesman. SITUATIONS WANTED. W ANTED—A POSITION AS CLERK IN A DRY goods or clothing store by a young man who speaks German and English; can furnish good refer- enees. Address Bernhart Perl, Fife Lake, Mich. 455 \ 7ANTED—SITUATION AS REGISTERED ASSIST- ant pharmacist; four years’ experience; first- class recommendations, Address, L. ). Pollard, Jr., Crystal, Montcalm County, Mich. 452. SS AS BOOK-KEEPER BY MAN of eight years’ experience, who is familiar with general merchandise. Address A. Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MISCELLANEOUS. TOR SALE CHEAP—ONE BRICK STORE, TWO stories and basement; will give time for most of the purchase money. Address, Lock Drawer No. 4, Charlevoix, Mich. 448 ¥ TANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 OR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF the most pleasant streets “on the hill.” Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, care Michigan Tradesman. 286 W 7 ANTED—SEND A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y., for samples of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete and finest on the market, and just what every mer- chant should have progressive merchants all ov . = country are now using them. $020.00. SALES IN ONE WEEK W: ANTED— GENERAL AND LOCAL AGENTS TO handle the New Patent Chemical Ink Erasing 1 Pencil. Greatest novelty ever produced. Erases Ink | in two seconds, no abrasion of paper. 200 to 59 per | cent. profit. One agent’s sales amounted to $620.00 in Six Days—another $32.00 in two hours. Territory abso- | lutely free. Salary to good men. No ladies need answer. Sample 35 cts. For terms and full particu- E. Chambers, 95 407 iars, address, The Monroe Eraser Co., Manufacturers, La Crosse, Wis. 456 clerk | Jewell & Co., | as | Dante—being | the Bloomingdale mer- | but now the pro-| S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN. S. kK. Bolles & Co., 77 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. holesale Gigar Uealers. A few of our leading brands: Hitter Sweet Don ——— | Two Sizes Two Siz Sen. and Jun. 2s—Sen. and Jun De Lorenzo Ventura Madge, Banko, Ruy Bilas, Hamilton’s, Tantalizer, Honey Queen (Look out for ‘Shes a hummer.’’) Cognac, Shoe String, | Set Up, TOSS UP = her. — ue —— ‘““Heads-I-Wi Ta TEN CENT SMOKE = 4 We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of excellent quality, equal to more than the aver- age ten cent cigars on the market. LION COFFEE Merchants, YOU WANT THISCABINET Thousands of Them Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so often seen on the floor of the average grocer. Beautifully grained anid varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Inside each cabinet will be found one cumpiete set of crstors with screws Kvery Wide - Awake Merchan! Should Certainly Sell An Article of Absolute Merit. Pack ets It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. ced only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabir of 120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. Woolson Spice Co., TOLEDO; ORLO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. ON, THE KING OF GOFFEKS. WHEN THECOMMITIEE MAN MAKESHIS SPEECH THE SCHOLARS FEAR AND TREMBLE EACH, WHILE BILLY HANGS UPON HIS COAT THE GREATEST TRUTH HE EVER SPOKE: Product of Our Factory at Dixon, Ill. 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 can buy at 2.50 and $3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN’S CALF, DON- P, $2 sp COLA, and KANG. AROO 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 House Shoes” AS USUAL takes the ‘‘First Place.’’ G. M. HENDERSON & GO., Chicago. Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods School Factories: | Willard H. James, " | Salesman fer the Lower Peninsula, Fond du Lac, Wis. q Dixon, I. | P. O. address, Chicago, M11. | Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers. ® Sd 22% ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—Frank Wells, Lansing First Vice-President—H. ‘Coaadeem. Cheboygan. Becond Vice-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. =e Flint; Hiram DeLano, "allegan: Secretary Committee on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green- ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint. Committee on Legislation—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; H. A. Hydorn, — Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan. Committee on Trad ¢ Interests—Smith Barner, Traverse City: Geo. R. mast, East Saginaw; H.B. Fargo, Mus- Eegon. i Committee on Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso; O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap ids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. Committee on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun- eey Strong, Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; W.E. Crotty, Lansing Local Secretary—P. J. Sieuetl, Muskeger. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The folicwing auxiliary associations are Op- erating uncer charters granted by the Michi- gan Business Men’s Association: —_—— , M. _ Milliken; Secretary, E. W. iil cm eta _No. ay Lowell B. M.A. _ in; Secretary, Frank T. King. Sturgis B. M. A. hurch; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. 4—Gr and Rapids x. A. x: Secretary. E. A. Stowe. M. A. Hastings. President. H Presiden Egon i) a LW Ww hitne y- oe a '. Baldwin. President obits President President. 2 Kay 3 ‘ ‘{3—Sherms Presicent. = No. Presi ident S.A. No. is >— Boyne City | 8. ML ae _M é tary. re. a igre ent. (rcv. fi- An¢ os No. i= aaeeee BD -I Ibert To ad; Secretary fc te 20—sSaugaruc = k BLN 4 . Henry: Secretary, L. ia = “Ne. 21— Wayland bb. dd. 2 President, C. H. Wharton: Secretary, M. v. et No. 22—Grat nd Ledge KB. M.A. a h er: Se las. im, © ‘larke. Presiaent, A. No 3 arson ‘ ity B. M. A. President, John Hallett: Secretary, L A. Lyon. ims sli ci on No. 24—Morley B. M.A. : President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Paio B. M. A, President, H. D. Pew: Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—Greenv iile 23. M. A. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. E. J. Clark. No 2 z President, E. S. Bo ary, L. N. Fisher. a (Ne. 2s heboy gan |B. M. A A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, AS. a ena: No. 30—Oceana Bb. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. President, L. D. Bartholomew: Secretary, No. 34—saranac B. M. A. President, *. 7 —— = Po. ¥ Williams. President. A. R. W. Kane. President, = M. Pimnbost Secretary C. E. Densmore. Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. O. F. Jackson: Secretary, John M. Everden. .37—Baitle Creek B. M. A. peace: ‘aon. 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. ). Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B,. M. A. resident. C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont 8. M A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun. ee No. 43—Tustin B. M. = President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary. A. Lindstrom. No. 44—Reed City B. == A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, i. Sai No. 45—Hoytville B. = President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. - Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B.M.Gould. No. 47—Flint M. U. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W.H. Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler: Secretary,C. Grannis. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon. No. 52—Grand Haven B. M, A. President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. Vos. ——— he 5S No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. No. 54—Douglas B. M. A. i 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. 57—Rockford B. M.A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake RB. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretarj, €.& Blakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M.A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No. 62—East saginaw M. A. President, Jas. = _Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Ne, 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. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67—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—Seotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers. Wo. 71 Ashley & ME: A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. “No. 73—Belding B. M. A. Presi dent, 4 A 1. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. Presto: *o. 74—Davison M. President, No. 75 —Tecumseh Me A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kualamazoo B. M. A. President, 8. S. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. | No. 77—South h Haven B. M. A. No. 78—( aledonia B, M. A. President, J. 0 Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. No. 79—Fta-t Jordananét So Arm 5B. M.A. President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. Bay City R.M, A. President. E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross. No. 80—Bay City and W. President, F. L. Harrisen; Secretary, Geo. ‘Craig. rresicen), . 5. A. E. Ransom, President. L. fv Vickery; Secretary, No: $2—Alma BM. A. President, B.S. Webb; Secretary. M. E Pollasky. No 83—Sherwood B. M.A. President, L. P. Wilcox; Secretary. W. R. Mandigo. No. 84—Standish B. M.A. President, P. ~ _ Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. o. 85—Clio B. M.A. President. J. M. eens Secretary, C. H. May. No. 36- Millbrook President, T. W. Preston; Secretary, . Blanchard. H. P Uv. t, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary L. Gifford. and Blanchard B. M. A. Several Additions to the Roll. At the last meeting of the Grand Rapids Mer cantile Association, Chairman Goossen, of the special Committee on Roll of Honor, reported having secured six additional signatures, mak- ing the agreement stand as follows: We, the undersigned, wholesale dealers of Grand Rapids, hereby pledge ourselves to the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association not to sell any goods in our respective lines to families, restaurants, boarding houses and hotels. I. M. CLARK & Son, BaLu, BARNHART & PUTMAN, Hawkins, PERRY & Co., Amos S. MUSSELMAN & CO., Lemon, Hoops & PETERS, OLNEY, SHTELDs & Co., GRAND Rapips FRUIT AND PRODUCE Co., EpWIN FALLAS, C. A. Laue & Co., Putnam & Brooks, F. J. Lamp & Co., C, H. CORNELL, MosELEY Bros., Buntine & Davis, THEO. B. GOOSSEN, TAZELTINE & PERKINS DRt JENNINGS & SMITH, Te_rer Spice Co., ALFRED J. BRoWwN, Wm. Sears & Co., Curtis & Co., GRAND Rapips PACKING 1G (6.. & PROVISION Co., STANDARD On; Co., Granp Rapips TANK LINE Co., L. F. Swiet & Co., DANI i reEL LYNCH. ————- > + > Association Notes. The official call for the fourth annual conven- 1 of the State body will be issued in about a t week. Papers and addresses have been: assigned prominent association workers, the results of wh be known in about a fortnight. has become of our The Walters whip and unless an n it here, by procu men it will be moved to Union City or amounts bonus without de- such industries that she in Journal: What ess Men’s Association ? Bu factory has not been started up, is mé de to ret effort i ke stock, le where rege of are Someth should be done Allegan needs ail —————(»»> ee —_—_—_ Wanted About Hollow Brick. PENTWATER , Grand Rapids: 2aR Srrp—Referring to the item in your issue of June 19, about hollow brick. which are said to be coming into use in the Easturn cities, would you kindly give as some data, that we may learn the name of some of the manufac- turers ? We have seen the Pullman brick, which are not of clay alone. Yours truly, MIDDLESEN Brick ‘Tris Co. THE TRADESMAN’S readers information on above will be thankfully 1 dune 19, 1889. E. A. Stowe hollow AND If can } any of ive any the subject, the same “e- ceived. ———>-4+ << ___—_ How It Seems to the Customer. Although the power to see ourselves as others see us is so often invoked, there has never been a case where it was granted. But one of the contributors to Stoves and Hardware has detailed his experience with clerks im a very sug- gestive. if ungrammatical, manner: There’s two different kind of folks that Iain’t got no use for. One is the kind that slobbers all over you, as if you’d just been elected president of the United States, and they was after a post-office. Them kind of fellows always want to sel] me something I don’t want, and don’t never seem to have just what I do want, but they’ve always got something just a little better for lessmoney. When I get to dealing with them, somehow or other I can’t help putting my hand in my pocket and keeping a tight hold of my pocket-book. Then the other kind the fellows that’s too stuck up to talk to you. When you go into their place they look at you as if to say, ‘‘Well. I wonder what in the world you want?’ and it takes them, so long to make up their minds what it is, that you get tired of waiting before they’ve got it through their weary brains what you’re after. I got most of our stuff from one house that was not like either one of them kind of chaps. When Eliza Jane and me walked in, some one came toward us, as asked us what we wished, and when I told him who we were, he shook hands with us in a good old-fashioned way, just like we was acquainted, and told us to set down fora minute. Then he hunted up an- other chap, and introduced us to him, and told him what we was after. Now, this fellow was business all over. It didn’t take him long to find out just what we wanted, and he done it, too, without working his proboscis up toward his eyebrows, or giving us an emetic. He done the business in such a nice, smooth, cheerful kind of style, without any frills about it, that it done me good to deal with him. Now, I don’t know that everyoneis like me. I don’t like taiiy. and when I want a thing I want it, and net someihing else, and that chap secetncd to know it. He had the whole bus:iess at his fingers’ ends, knew where everything was. and what the price was, Witheui saying it was way below cost, either. and he dien’t keep telling me all the time thai inis, that and the other thing wax just what would sell in my neighborhood, but let me have a little say about that myself, for which I am very much obliged to him. After we'd got through with what was on my list he showed me some new things, and I took some of them, too, but he didn’t coax me to, but let me judge for myself. In fact, he treated me as if I’d come in there for something, and knew just what it was, and his business was to get it for me, and not like as if I was a greenhorn, and didn’t know nothing. Now, there’s one thing I’m ready to bet on, and that is if I want any more goods and send to that i house to get them, PH get just what I isend for, and not some cheap, job lot | stuff, and be told they’re a good deal bet- i terthan theother. When we got through | he told us where to go to get some things | they didn’t keep, and bid us good bye, is again sometime. —_——_—_~ -¢ <> --—__—__ His Only Course. **Did I ever say al] that?’? he asked despondently as she replaced the phono- graph on the corner of the mantel-| piece?”’ “Yon did.’’ “And you grind it out of that machine | whenever you choose?’’ ‘“Certainly.”’ ‘And your father is a lawyer?”’ “Yes Ss. 2? your finger and call you my wife?”’ | Just like he expected to see us come back | ix eagle air for the occasion, | } i ' | | | | { The Hardware Drummers’ Funny Grips. Not long ago a drummer for a hard- ware house started out. He was a giant in strength. He had two strong grips or hand-bags made, and in each he put up iron samples weighing about 185 pounds. He would alight froma train with his two innocent looking grips, and the hotel porter would make arush for him. “Right this way for the Hardcase House. Carry the grips up to the hotel, boss?”’ “Yes,”? Smith would say—his name was Smith. He would then hand the two grips to that porter, and let go as soon as he saw the unsuspecting victim had hold of them. There would be a wild flourish of feet, a loud crash, and the porter would go down as if he had been shot. “What are you throwing my around in that manner for?’? Smith wou yell, as if mad. The porter would jump up, thinking he had stumbled, apologize, and make a grab at the grips. Then he would pull away until his suspender straps would break. and would say- **B-b-boss, what are these things? I can’t lift ’em.”’ Smith would take hold of them lightly, gently lift them up and say: ‘Oh! well, if you don’t want to carry them [ll go to the other hotel.” Then calling another porter, he would give them to him. Of course, the other fellow would take hold of them with a smile and firm grip, only to go down on the platform in defeat - with a thump. Then he would rise, look at the yrip, gaze at Smith a while, then leave. mut- tering something about voodovism. Smith would then throw them into a wagon and ge up to a hotel. At the door he would and as he pushed his way through the erowd he would hard them to the poor, overworked boy, and the crowd would be astonished to see him go down with those grips. the fall making a noise that sounded like a freight train wreck and shook the house. Smith would pick them up himself, and remark to the land- lord that it was ashame to overwork his help in any such manner, and he would then walk toward the register, and the landlord would then rush up to him and say: “Why, them give me your take them. Of course, Smith’s remarks attracted all eyes, and as the landlord got a good hold of the handles Smith would let go suddenly. The spectators would be astonished to see the landlord’s back suu- denly hump itself like acat ona back fence, his eyes bulge out like marbles on amud wall, and then see him fall full length between those grips with a crash that brought people out across the way. He would get up slowly, rub his back walk around the grips and then go and swear, as Smith would take them up and put them on the counter. Then the fun would begin. grabbed one of them to set it off the counter and it wouldn’t move. He looked astonished, and then spit on his hands and tried to lift it, as his face turned red and knots swelled upon his forhead. But that grip wouldn’t move. Then all the crowd would try their hand, and finally swear it was some trick. Smith would lift it off gently and ask them what ailed them. This weuld make the crowd feel his arms, and they found he had muscles like rocks for hardness. Then it dawned on them that Smith had heavy grips for a sell, and they were correct. $< ) -...-2. 7%4|Martha Washington New Market L,40in. 7%4| Turkey red........ “% BLEACHED coTTons. |Riverpoint rebes.... 5 Blackstone A A..... 73%|Windsor fancy...... 6% Bests All... co... 434) ° gold ticket Cleveland ..:... ... a mdico blue. -:_-- 10 Capos. 2 1% TICKINGS, Cabot, %. 6%{'Amoskeag AC A....18 | Dwight ‘Anchor. 9 |tamilton Noo... : 714} | “shorts. Siyibearl River --... fem | | boawards...........- 6 DEMINS. ( Hipire 90.2. @ |Ampockeap. 1... tote i harwel = 2.1... § j|Amoskeag, 9 0z.....15 | Fruit of the Loom.. 8% Andover........----- 1144 | HunchVEIe -.. .. 8. Wigihivereti._..-- _.-. ie iret Prive. 0: 3. ” \Rawrepee XX. ._-.-.18%4 Fruit of the Loom 7%. § GINGHAMS. | { Farmount.:... 1... 4u\Glenarven.... ...-.- 6% i Lonsdale Cambric..10%4'Lancashire.......... 6% | Lousdale....... .... 84|Normandie......... 8 | Middlesex.... ...... 544/Renfrew Dress...... 8 two Name ct 7. Ton du Nord:....--- 10; | Ome View 2... 64 CARPET WARP. 1 Our Own... .......-- 514 Peerless, white......18%% | Sunlight............. a colored... .21 tVinyara... 29... 2: 8 GRAIN BAGS. i ; HALF BLEACH’D ( OTTONS ~ 3 19% | abet. 2 q14|\Franklinville.... 2. 18% | [Barwell .2° o's. 814|American. ..0:....-- 16% | | Dwight Anechor..... @ (Windsot. 2. 4... .7.. 16% | CORSET JEANS. Valley a eee 16 | Biddeford; ..... *3. 6 |Georgia .. 6.18. dope | Brunswick. | Gigirmeing.©..4. 2 = 13% Naumkeag satteen.. 7 \Burlap...... ---. a a [| ROGEPOrIL ..:... <-.. 6%! SPOOL COTTON. PRINTS. \Clark’s Mile End... .47 O Woes, dod F.....-- 4q | indigo .... 6%4|Holyoke............. 2214 | insisting | One of the gentlemen, Sine ; the i before now.”’ | he could not account | had never i good Lord | out of them.’’ A BRASS BUTTON. She told him that men were false, That love was a dreadful bore, As they danced to the Nanon waltz, On the slippery ballroom floor. He said that her woman’s face, The crown of her shining hair, Her subtle feminine grace, Were haunting him everywhere. He told her his orders had come To march with the dawn of day: A soldier must ‘‘follow the drum:” No choice but to mount and away. A sudden tremor of fear Her rallying laughter smote, As he gave her a souvenir, A buiton from off his coat. He went to the distant war, And fought as a man should do: But she forgot him afar, In the passion for something new. His trinket, among the rest, She wore at her dainty throat; But a bullet had pierced his breast Where the button was off his coat. _————.><—__—- Where the Old Moons Go To. An old letter contains the following retort of an American, which is worthy of Lincoln’s famous reply to the boast that the sun never sets on British soil, ‘‘Because,”’ he said, ‘God won't trust an nglishman in the dark.’”? Two English- men were disputing about the moon, one it was an inhabited element, the other contending with him: a Yankee standing by attended to their discourse and replied with confidence: ‘‘It is not.”’ being a little dis- with a look of disdain, said: ‘‘How do you know, ‘‘How do I know, sir?’”’ repeated American. ‘‘because. if it had been, the British would have had t! ily and presumption to have laid seige to it long The Frenchman’s explan- what became of old moons, in to the inquiry of a friend, always His companion said for the fact that he heard of old moons. ‘‘Why, you ignoramus! Don’t you know that the cuts them up and makes stars pleased at the interference, 1e f¢ ation of answer appeared ingenious. ——— 9 __—_ Electrical Clock. An electrical alarm attachment has been devised that can be applied to ordinary clocks. The hands can be set at any given five minutes of each hour. No winding is necessary; simply turning a switch allows the circuit to be completed at the time the alarm is to ring: and the ringing does not stop until the current is switched off. The device is compact, the battery being enclosed in the clock case. HARDWARE. Prices Current. Thesé prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. * dis. ives’ Gilad style =... 60 Ce 60 Coeks oe 40 Jennings’, genuine. as 25 Jennings’, imitation - oS aera AXES. First Quality, S B: Bronze & 7 06 D. Bm Breeze... 11 00 BS Stee. 8 50 D. B Sea 13 00 BALANCES. dis. Spree 40 BARROWS, dis. Roirosd 6.22... $ 14 00 Garden 220s. es 2 00 : BELLS. Bas@ eos0eea0 Con Cn 20815 ca... |... 2 ; Door, Sargent .........-.-.--.-.--.-.-------- 60410 BOLTS. dis. ee Carmase new HEE 8. Ce es 40&10 Sigten 6806 70 Wrought Barre! Botts: ..--- )--. 60 Cast Barrel Bolts............--..++--+5-- A 40 Gast Barrell, brass Emobs::.....-..........- 40 C ast Square Spring...-..- eee 60 Cacti Caan 40 Wrought Barrel, brassknob...... -........ 60 Wrought Square ee ee ee ee 60 Wrouettsuck Hinsh 0... 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60&10 Ives Beor.....-....-- ... -60&10 BRACES, dis. Barecr ee 40 Backus... ee 50k10 Spotere ee 50 Age Ba. net BUCKETS. Well pin € 3 50 Well, swivel. 6a BUTTS, CAST. dis. @ast Loose Pim, figured... ss 7& Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed............. T0& Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.......... 60& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10 Wrought Loose Pim..-.....-.--..--.-......_- 6010 Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip..-....-.....-.. 60405 Ww rought oose Pin: japammed ...:..-... 60&05 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped .60&05 Wirousht able 60&10 Wrought Inside Bling... -- 60&10 Wrought Brass... ..-..- ----.--.......... 5 Bima Clatks .... 70&10 Bling Parkers ....0-... 22:2... 70&10 Bind Shepard's 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85..........- 40 CARPET SWEEPERS. Bissell No. 5.......-..0--0++-+-2++- per doz. #17 00 Bissell No. 7, new drop pan ........ 19 60 Bissell, Grand ee. 36 00 Grand Hapias. 8.060.220 2 24 OO Mase “ 15 00 CRADLES. Cram dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Cast Sice, per mb 4% Tren. Steel Pomis:... 0... 3. 3% CAPS, Hivs110 perm 65 = Be Fos. 60 a a 35 Musket Oe ee eee 60 CARTRIDGES. Zim Fire, U. M. C. & chgpaeasials new list.. 50 Rim Fire. United States....... eR. 50 Central Fire. ___. .- Le dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Soeket Firmer . -.- : oe eee Sockeu Wramwime 0 7O0&10 Sceratcomcr eee 70&10 Seeket Sens. 20g 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Pirmer.............-.-_.- 40 Bartan 6 seckes HWirmers =. ---. 20 (Cold net | COMBS. dis. | Curry, Lawrence’s See 40&10 PAG ee 25 i CHALK. | White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 | cocks. Brass, —— ee 60 | Bibb’s ae ce oe eee oe 60 te eee -40&10 tWenne 8. 66 i COPPER. Plai nished, 14 oz Cut to size.....- = — 28 ‘i f$4u5e. 14x00, 14000 26 , | Cold Irovied, 1456 and 14x60.:-. .-.-.. 24 [| hold eT 24 | BOuGIS ee 25 DRILLS. dis. Moree’s Bit Stoces...---- 22s . 40 Paper and straight Shank.................-- 40 Morse’s Taper Shank..................-...... 40 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, ser POUNa i) 8. a. 07 Large sizes, per pound.........-...... «+... 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece Gimo::. 2... a doz.net ‘1% @orruweted oc. ib be ewe dis. 20&10&10 A@lontegle 0 dis. %&10: The Farmers’ Friend. POTATO BUG AND This is the only practi- | eal sprinkler for putting | water@ind Paris Green on potato vines todestroy the | beetle. This cut gives an inside showing the Agitator, lve and the man- ner in which the spring is view, also the Va PLANT SPRINKLER. Where this sprinkler is | known it is regarded by Potato Growers to be as necessary as the self binder to every farmer. Foster, Stevens & Co., Wholesale Agenis Grand Rapids, Mich -2 a Delays are Dangerous. From the Buffalo Express. ‘Doctor, just an instant,’’ exclaimed a caller at the office of a physician as he eaught sight of the physician disappear- ing in his private office. ‘‘’l] see you shortly, sir,’? was the curt reply, ‘But a second is all I want,’’ persisted the caller. ‘‘I’ll see you directly, sir,’’ with sternness. The visitor took a seat in the general reception room, read the afternoon paper through. looked at the pictures, played with the dog, and took anap. After thirty minutes or more had passed, the medicine man came out of his den, and with an air of condescension said to the visitor: ‘‘Well, now, my man, I am at your service. Your turn has come. What can I do for you?’’ ‘**Oh, nothing in particular,’? was the reply. ‘I just dropped in to tell you that your neighbor’s three cows have es- caped from the barn and are having a picnic in your garden and _ back-yard flower-beds.”’ Oe A Scheme which Didn’t Always Work. ‘*°Ow did it work?” said one small boy on the street to the other. ‘“*Ow did you do it?’’ ‘*See! The old man he dropped a dime. an’ I picked it up an’ runned after him, an’ I says: ‘Mister, ’ere’s a dime as you dropped.’ an’ he puts ’is hand in his pocket an’ he says, ‘You’re an honest little boy; here’s a quarter for you.’ ‘“‘Wal, I dropped the dime right in front of the old woman, wen she had ’er purse open, an’ I picked it up wen she walks along, an’ follows her an’ says: ‘Here, missis, is a dime you dropped.’ ”’ well !?? ‘‘Wal, she takes it an’ says: ‘Thank you little boy,’ an’ puts it in her pocket, an’ [’m 10 cents out.’’ ee The Summer Tourist Should, in his preparations, avail him- self of the full and detailed information given in the Michigan Central Summer Tourist Rate Book, which will be sent to any address upon application. Thesum- mer resorts of the East are fully described and illustrated in anew book entitled, ‘‘A Modern Pilgrimage,’ six cents post- age, and ‘‘The Island of Mackinac,”’ postage, four cents. Address, enclosing stamps, Mr. O. W. RuGGLEs, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, nt ——_ +. -¢ A man’s individuality is what brings him success in this world, and there have yet been laid down no set rules or regulations by which men are made to gain distinction among their fellow men. Wm. Brummeler JOBBER OF Tinware, Glassware and Notions, Rags, Rubbers and Metals bought at Market Prices. 76 SPRING ST., GRAND RAPIDS, WE CAN UNDERSELL ANY ONE ON TINWARE. G. M. MUNGER & CoO., GRAND RAPIDS. Successors to Allen’s Laundry. Mail and Express orders attended to with promptness. Nice Work, Quick Time Satisfaction Guaranteed. W. E. HALL, Jr., - = - - Manager. HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS Water Motors and Specialties Send for New Catalogue. Tuerk Hydraulic Power Co. NEW YORK: CHICAGO: 12 Cortland St. 39 Dearborn St. PHREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, F'urs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE- MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “At, C..C.”“YVum yam” The Most Popular Cigar. The Best Selling Cigar on the Market. SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER. Fuincge, mertsch & Co. Carry in stock the best line of Womens - and - Misses’ - Low - Gut - Shoes 12,14 &16 Se Rapids, Mich. AGENTS FOR BOSTON RUBBER CO. The Best Fitting Stock- ing Rubber in the Market. Geo. H. Reeder, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, - W. C. DENISON, GENERAL DEALER IN Stationary and Portable Kngines and Boilers, Mich. Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines. Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex ue —. haust Fans. SAW MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted. Estimates Given on Complete Outfits. line, carry a heavy stock, 88 90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ST., - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH and warrant our goods to be STRICTLY PURE and A D i first class. UTNAM & BROOKS. Bh A OWAVK 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. We manufacture a full , Ml The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in the market, being sold as follows: $ 2 Coupons, per hundred.......... $2.50 | SUBJECT TU THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS: $5 ‘ a 3.00 | Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per cent. $10 eee oes. . 4.00! B00 10 v $20 ra Ce 5.00 | i TT 20 ts SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS. KA. STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, Urang 8 | We are wholesale agents for the Fancy California Mountain Seedlings and headquarters for all kinds ef Messina oranges. PUTNAM & BROOKS, CURTISS & Co. Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON. WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse, Houseman Building, Cor. Pear! & Ottawa Sts., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co. ORGANIZED 1881. GASH CAPITAL $400,880. CASH ASSETS OVER $700,000. LOSSES PAID $500,000. D. Whitney, Jr., President. Eugene Harheck, Sec’y. The Directors of ‘‘The Michigan’’ are representative business men of our own State. Fair Contracts, Prompt Equitable Rates, Settlements, Insure in “The Michigan.” LKMUNS' 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. COLBY, CRAIG & CO. MANUFACTURE We Manufacture to Order Hose and Police Patrol Wagons, Peddlers, Bakers, Creamery, Dairy, Furniture, Builders, Dry Goods, Laundry, and Undertakers Wagons. Repairing in all its Branches. COLSY, CRAIG & CO. West End Fulton St. Bridge. Telephone No. 867. Basta & POs, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, ATLA ENGINE WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF =—491EAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock a for immediate delivery. pa Send for Catalogue and Prices- a = oa = = : 5 Wn Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Fac Simile of the Label of Write for Prices. The Best Scouring and Cleaning Seap inthe World Costs as much to manufacture as Sapolio, yet sells at about half the price ($2.75 per box of 72 cakes). Can be retailed for as much with equal or better value to the consumer, although it is generally sold at 5 cents a cake. Cut this out, and ask your Jobber to send youa - box of Pride of the Kitchen. It is worth trying. ° The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1889. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. That unit of humanjty that the lament- ed A. Ward denominated ‘‘an obtoos’’ is generally diversified wherever mankind congregates. Probably the majority of his species belongs to the uneducated, uncultured and but nevertheless he may be, in most respects, ignorant classes, the exact reverse of this. with nothing to mark him as an unpleasant. peculiar and annoying specimen of the genus homo but an unfortunate. and apparently in- eurable, inability to analyze and reason, when the most plain and easily compre- him. indi- are brought before often run hended facts Hence will viduals who, upon first impressions. ap- you across pear to possess all the requisite elements of intelligent manhood, but who, after a brief acquaintance, are. despite yourself, enrolled in mental catalogue of bores and nuisances. I am not going to argue the point for a moment, whether we have a moral right to label people. whom nature has de- prived of certain reasoning faculties, as bores and nuisances. I am afraid that the most of us are too fallible to endeavor to willingly distinguish between those whom nature rendered ‘‘obtoos,’’? and those who apparently cultivate the habit of making themselves disagreeable and offensive to their fellow men. * ¥ * * * Among the many instances of obtuse- neas, which I have noticed, as connected with business matters, was the case, a few years ago, of one W——. a wealthy and prosperous farmer, but one, unfor- tunately, ‘‘slower’n molasses’? when the adjustment of his indebtedness was brought into question. I had an old, and somewhat heavy account against him, which after an absurd and exasper- ating delay, I succeeded in getting into an interest bearing note, upon the under- standing that the principal could run any reasonable amount of time, and that I would give him at least three months’ notice when I wanted the money. After the expiration of over a year I ran across Ww——’s note, one day, and saw that some ten dollars interest had accrued upon it, and at once dropped him notice, calling his attention to the fact. In about twenty-four hours’ time W came in, and in a very excited manner, observed: “Say! I thought *twas a bargain that I should have three months’ notice, when you wanted that note paid?”’ “So it was!’ I replied. “Then what do you say ‘please attend to the matter at once’ fur?’’ “T mean that I want the last year’s interest, not the principal.’’ “Great Cesar! You don’t expect int’rest on that note, do you?’’ ‘Why, most certainly.”’ “Well, ’m blessed if that ’aint cheek! Int’rest on a store bill! Wd like to see you k’ lect it?’’ ‘“‘That’s what I propose to do,’’ said I, getting a trifle wrathy. ‘Just let me know when you git it!’ yelled W——. as he went out slamming the door. I sued him at once, but this thorough- bred ‘‘obtoos’’ persisted in investing $10 in an ignorant pettifogger, and about $9 in costs besides, and, after judgment was rendered against him, he paid up the principal, interest and costs in full. re- marking that he wanted to be ‘‘shut’’ of ad—d robber that was mean enough to charge interest on store accounts. your An individual recently went into-a drug store in my neighborhood, and, throwing down a dollar, called for a bot- tle of a certain patent medicine, which was given him. “Ts it genuine?’’ he inquired. ‘*Warranted genuine!’’ replied proprietor. ‘“‘And’ll do just what they say it will?” *T couldn’t say about that. It has a large sale, and always appears to give very good satisfaction.’’ ‘What's it made of ?”’ “TI really don’t know! It’s a secret preparation,’’ and nobody knows but the manufacturers.’’ ‘“What’s it taste like?’’ ‘IT couldn’t say. I never tasted it.’’ ‘“Well, here, give me back that dol- lar,’’ said the customer, with evident disgust, ‘‘Wen I buy goods I want to buy ’em of folks that knows what they’re sellin’ an’ has confidence enough in their truck to warrant it.’’ A man with a two gallon jug came into the same establishment, the other day, and had a couple of gallons of lin- seed oil put up. Upon its being de- livered to him he laid $1.10 on the counter and started towards the door. ‘‘Here!’’ said the drug man, ‘‘that oil is $1.40!’ “Why, I paid you $1.10 for the jug full last year!’’ “Yes, but oil has advanced very ma- terially the past few months.”’ “Well, if you can’t take what I offer you, youcan pour it back. I like to deal with folks that ’aint always dodgin’ the e on prices!’’ I once had a party walk into my store, | Crockery & Glassware and, throwing down a_ miscellaneous collection of hair, wire and wood, mixed together, remark: “Say! That brush that I gave youa) dollar for, last week, wasn’t worth acuss. Just look at it 1’ | ‘““What have you been doing to it ?”’ ‘Nothin’! Only soakin’ it to keep the) hairs from fallin’ out!’ “How'd you soak it ?”’ ‘Why, [put it in a pan an’ poured | bilin’? water on it. an’ let it soak all | night !’ And this individual felt deeply ag- srieved and outrageously plundered be- cause I wouldn’t pay him back his dollar. | A woman of my locality, and one of | considerable wealth and social intinence, once bought a bill of paper hangings of | and, when the workmen | had completed her work, she carefully | packed up every piece of the debris of | the job and brought them back to the} seller, and cooly requested him to credit | her with ‘‘their pro rata value.”’ | Some years ago a wealthy, well edu-| eated and prominent farmer came into | my place of business and, after a little a local dealer, preliminary conversation, remarked: “JT want to make a little bargain with you. Iam going to work at once put- ting up a large house and a couple of big barns, and I want to paint the work as fast as it is put up. Now I shall want acouple of barrels of oil, about 400 lbs of the best white lead, a barrel of yenetian red and about ten boxes of window glass, to commence with. Now what I propose is this. I want you to sell me these articles at wholesaler’s prices. adding freight of course, and your profit in the transaction will come from the colored paints, varnishes, dry- ers, graining colors, and the hundred little odds and ends that the workmen will want before the jobs are finished.”’ I readily assented to the proposition, and he paid me a hundred dollars on account and departed. In afew days the goods were at the depot. .and I notified my customer, who at once came down, paid the frieght, and then came into the store, and settled the bill from the jobber’s invoices. In about three or four days my cus- tomer drove up to the store with six or eight boxes of glass in his wagon. Com- ing in he said: ‘“‘About one-quarter of that glass I bought of you is broken, and the linseed oil is short about four gallons in meas- ure. Tve brought the glass back for you to look at, and when you adjust the damages satisfactorially we'll talk about further business.”’ There was no earthly use in trying to explain that the breakage was a matter belonging to the shipper or transporta- tion company, and that linseed oil was always sold by weight instead of meas- ure, and though I, very foolishly, paid back a portion of his alleged loss, I never sold him a cent’s worth of goods after- wards, and besides this he made it a matter of business to bring my ‘‘tricki- ness and dishonesty’’ to the notice of all his neighbors and acquaintances. And such instances of obtuseness— but, in many cases, undoubtedly mixed with ‘‘cussedness’? — could be indefin- ately supplemented by every trader of observation and experience. KG STUDLRY, Manufacturer and dealer in Leather and Rubber Belting, Rubber Goods, Sporting Geods, 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 for the 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 sportin Goods, and L. Candee & Co.’s seeds . boots and Shoes. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST. N 4 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, - Mich, MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practicai hand Roaster in the world. Thousands in use—giving satisfac- tien. They are simp:e — and econom- Le ‘ocer should be thout one. Roasts coffee Address for Cata logue and prices, Robt. 8. West, 48-50 Long St., ino.t * Ne. 2 = re Cleveland, Ohie, LAMP BURNERS. Noo0 Sao. oe 45 ee ee ‘8 Woo si OO Gypgiar 65s ee 7 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. O Sun 0 ee 1 90 mo.t _ 2 00 [Neo Se Oe First quality. No. 0 San, crimp top... --.. XXX Flint. No. OSun, Grimp t0p..-.)32. 200... ee oe Net = ee 280 No.2 = Ee 3 90 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun; wrapped and labeled..............3 70 Ne. 2 . ee _47 No. 2 Hinge, ~ 4% La Bastic. i NO. 1 Sun, plain bulb, perdez. -.----..... is No2 - : oe No. t crimp. per doz. ¢.. 1 40 Noe ea 1 60 STONEW ARE—AKRON. Batter Crocks, perieal. |... 06% dass 4 fal) per deze 65 sc 1 se oe ae : avn 2 ee 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 60 a te 7 oe oc ( ee 90e} : 78 FRUIT JaRS—Per gro. Mason's, pints =...) : ai Quwrts 1%4-gallon.. Se Ae bishtaine, guar (22 2 roealon ee HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mii! culls out: Basswood, log-run _......-.- 2. 13 60@15 00 Biren, leer 15 00@16 00 Birch: Nos dang 2.00.20 @22 00 Binek Ach lestum.........- 14 00@16 00 Ghermy logtun. 25 00@AD 00 Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2......:...-... 22. 60 00@65 00 Chery Cul. @12 00 Maple lopamn 8... 12 00@13 00 Maple sort lograun.......... 11 00@13 00 Maple, Nos tand2 2.8... 2 00 Maple, clear, foorme.........-..--..- @25 00 Maple white, selected... -.-....... @25 00 hea Oak locrun...... 20 00@21 00 Red Oak, Nos. i and2?................ 26 G@@zs 00 Red Oak, 44 sawed, 6 inch ind upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular............ 30 00G32 00 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank........_... M25 00 Walnut 108 Tar. 9) 255 00 Walnut, Nos. fand2?.... 75 00 Walnuts cull |. -............. 2... 025 00 13 05 Grey Wihie Aso logrun ...... Mise lop rum. ss 12 00@ 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log-run.. 20 00@22 00 Witte Oak fogran...... 17 00918 00 White Oak, 4 sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00 AG —WARRANTED NOT TO RiP.— - 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. & C O.. STANTON, SAMPSON Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. 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 Pear! St. $1,000 REWARD!! THE LARGEST AND BEST CLEAR LONG HAVANA FILLED SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR SOLD FOR & CENTS. We acree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars to any person the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything DILWORTH BROTHERS, e=| proving =! but Havana Tobacco. Amos $, Musselman & Co. SOLE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LECTROTYPERS ye <0) Bd ees ane lon wale Engr ay: | ng* vom Cal > ODac FADS pWES. Brass RULE ~ WOOD &METAL FURN NULL aad es i aig ve ae | H. Leonard & Sons. Mieh. Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts. Grand Rapids, Near Union Depot. The Old Reliable. WE ARE Headquarters FOR Michigan. 6,160 Quick Meal Stoves THE Quick Meal Gasaline Stove Has Safety Points Found in no Other Sold Stowe. in 1888, Wistented to Gire Satecction. List Price. Above Stove, with Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter - - - - $21.50 < aa Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - - - - 20.50 With Three Burners on Top, Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter - - 23.50 “ sh : Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - - 22.50 Send for Complete Illustrated Catalogue and write for Factory Discounts, ‘Useful Hints to Dealers in Quick Mea! Oil Stoves’’ sent free on request. Every dealer should have a copy. H. Leonard & Sons. Done in Good style. -33 A. HIMES. The following is an extract from a circular lately issued by a well-known Coal company: | Anthracite Wholesale: (} (} I i | Retail | ina a ‘All coal shipped from this mine is carefully Bituminous polished by experienced artists in their line, and every lump neatly wrapped in tiszue paper. Par- ticular care is exercised to have each nugget reach the consignee, sparkling in all its pristine splendor. If you are desirous of possessing any of these gems, fresh from our lapidary, an order to the writer will receive immediate attention. A reward of no small amount is offered for any paste specimens found after a strict microscopic search.” IF YOU WANT COAL IN CAR LOTS WRITE FOR MY CIRCULAR. LIME, CEMENT, ETC. MAIN OFFICE, 54 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THELANE & BODLEY CO. AUTOMATIC CUT OFF ENGINES Z UNRIVALLED forSTRENGTH DURABILITY anD “CLOSE REGULATION. 2 to 48 JOHN STREET, 43 CINCINNATI, O: NEW TEAS! Our own importation of Japan Teas—Crop of 1I889—will be in by July First. LAMON, HOOPS & PETERS. TER; eg, FROM WATER FRE Foy « We nave cooked the corn in this can sufticienti Should be Tahveroughly Warmed uot cooked) adding piece ot 2004 butter (size ot hen's egg) and gill = fresh milk (preferable to water.) Season to suit when on the table. None a genuine unless bearing the signature ot i Davenport Cannirg Oo, Davenport, Ia. Op i EN at THis EX° THEO. B. GOOSSEN, | WHOLESALE | gles Produce Commission Merchant, BROKER IN LUMBER. Shi Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples. iu Car Lots, solicited. Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty. ss Qurawa sper, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. rand Rapids Fruit and Produce (SUCCESSOR TO GEO. = O =) O 0) D Co Stovewood E. HOWES & CO.) Jobbers of FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. MOS ELexy 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, wil! pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., Cc. A. LAMB, Grand Rapids, Mich. F. J. LAMB & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. a A. LARP & CG, Wholesale and Commission Fruits sor ae Zz 4 be GRAND RAPIDS. FRED CLOCK, Chicago, Iil. Our Specialties: CALIFORNIA FRUITS, ORANGES. LEMONS, Produce. BANANAS BERRIES. 56 and 58 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. EDWIN FALLAS, JOBBER OF Batter, Eggs, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nuts, Figs, kte. 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. (. bs. CORNELL. (Successor to CORNELL & KERRY.) Wholesale and Commission Fruits and Produce. Agent for the Wayland Cheese. 30 NORTH IONIA STREET, GPINT) RAPIDS i a TELEPHONE 253, MICH. ALFRED J. BROVVN, WHOLESALE DEALER Foreign, Yropical and California FRUITS. AND LN re 7 Uy SS : or, eae el\y | 1 Headquarters for Bananas. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST. - = = FIRE! FIRE! We are selling the BEST RUBBER HOSE in 3-4, 1, 11-4, 11-2, 2 and 21-2 inch. Cotton Mill Hose, Rubber Lined; also unlined Linen Hose, in all sizes, for fire protection. (ur Prices are Rock Bottom We have the Best Lubricators, Grease and Oil Cups, Lath and Fodder Yarn, Saw Gummers, and the best General Stock of Mill Supplies in this State. AGENTS FOR STEWART’S BEADY ROOFING, DEAFENING FELT AND SHEATHING, IRON FIBRE PAINT AND CEMENT. BEST OF THE KIND IN USE. DAMUEL- LYON, GROCERIES. The Condition of Trade. ¥rom the New York Shipping List. Increased activity in speculative | trading in produce, a steady money mar- ket and moderate, distributive movement of merchandise, has characterized the | course of commercial affairs during the | past three days, with the tendency of , values generally upward. The crop sit- | uation has stimulated the wheat market, | a bull movement, which received its in- | spiration from Chicago, having been based upon less favorable accounts of the outlook for spring wheat, but the fluctuations have been feverish and ir- regular, and indicate that the market is | highly sensitive and quick to respond to | bearish as well as bullish influences. The harvesting of winter- wheat has already commence? and is. therefore, be- | yond the reach of serious damage, while up to within a short period, the condition | of spring wheat has been so exception- | ally favorable that its yield cannot be | seriously curtailed by the unfavorable | weather recently reported, the result of | which may have been exagerated for | speculative purposes. As already pointed | out in these columns. the progress of the crops during the next few weeks is the | most potent factor in the commercial sit- | uation. and it is almost literally true that a very large proportion of the trade of | the country is awaiting the result with | anxious expectation. An abundant} yield of all agricultural products and | +he obteining of remunerative prices. is | the toundation stone of an active fall} trade. and this is the formulative period for the development of these significant | and controlling features of the future outlook. After giving due consideration, | to the Jess favorable indications | } | | | OT however. that are given in some localities, the} general crop outlook must be considered | encouraging with the promise of a yield that in comparison with last year will rove abundant. and be marketed at rela- | ively higher prices than uring the season now drawing to a close. The stock market has reflected a more | buoyant feeling, and the belief prevails | that Western rate disturbances will be ultimately arranged in a way not to dis- the president’s agreement. The money market continues easy, and the July disbursement which will amount to about seventy millions is expected to| recruit the resources of the were obtained | rin? banks and | materially increase the supply of funds} available for all purposes. Foreign ex-| change continues firm, and accordingly jarge gold exports continue, but thus far without causing any disturbance in finan- eial affairs. The distributive movement ot general trade has been of moderate proportions, and a quiet feeling has pre- vailed. as is usually the case at this sea- | son of the year. The movement of dry | goods has been light, especially with im- porters and commission men. There has been only a limited demand for staple cotton fabrics. while dark prints and ginghains, also fall dress goods have been in fair request by buyers on the spot and | through the medium of orders, while | printed challies and sateens continue in | steady demand. Men’s wear wool- | ens, quiet, but flannels and blankets im fair request. The iron and steel industries continue to reflect an improved feeling, and the demand for | both crude and finished material is slowly expanding. and while the buying is in no instance active. the steady ab- sorption of pig iron and increasing or- ders coming to the foundries and mills is strengthening confidence in the future, and establishing the belief in higher prices. The tendency for steel rails is decidedly upward, and #28 is being de- manded for forward deliveries. The feature of the grocery trade has been the fluctuations of the coffee market. The sharp decline early in the week has been followed by a moderate reaction, and operators on the bull side claim that liquidation by long holders has been completed, but the distributive move- ment dees not improve, and the country appears to be of opinion that prices are still too high in view of the available and prospective supply. Large jobbers and yuasters are pretty well stocked, while the retail outlet is slow. Raw sugar is firmly held at prices above buyers views, the small lots that are occasionly effered for sale being eagerly bought up at the prices last paid. The demand for refined has slackened, but only because dealers are waiting to distribute the large supplies recently purchased. The metal market is generally quiet, with tin lower, in sympathy with the de- cline in London; copper steady, with the pool prices maintained, and lead stiffer in expectation of a favorable Treasury ruling on the Mexican ore question. There has been a fair demand for anthracite coal, but dealers say that the absorption of supplies has not been sufficient to war- rant an advance of prices on the first of July. —~<--2 <—_—_—- Looking a Long Ways Ahead. Mamma (to Johnny, age five)—Johnny, I don’t want you to play with that Gup- ton boy. He’s not a nice boy at all, and his companionship will do you no credit. Johnny—But, mamma, you don’t seem to remember that we shall be men one of these days. I shall probably go into business, and Bill will be a mighty good customer, he’l] always be so reckless about money matters, you know. Of course you women folk can’t understand these business matters, but I assure you that it may be a good thing for me one 'MICHIGAN KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP. | been secured during the past week, mak- of these days to keep up a sort of ac- quaintanceship with Bill. ——>—o The Grocery Market. Soft sugars advanced ge last Friday and hard sugars sustained a similar movement on Monday. Coffee is weaker, package goods having declined another 1ge. Cheese is lower in price, locally, but is firmer and higher in Chicago. Gallon apples area little firmer. Corn syrups are firmer. —_ . > ‘rn these days of sharp cempetition the merchant must not only sell the best goods. buy close and turn over his stock rapidly, but he must employ salesmen who will draw custom by their own per- sonal attractions—salesmen who are ever ready to oblige, dress neatly, and are prompt to attend to the wants of those upon whom depend the mercbant’s finan- cial success. President—A. F. Peake, Jackson. Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. Official Organ—Michigan Tradesman. Eleven additions to the hotel list have ing the entire list stand as follows: We. the undersigned proprietors of Michigan hotels, do hereby agree to make no charge to members of Michigan “Knights of the Grip’’ for their wives accompanying them on regular trips, not oftener than one trip each year. Mears Hotel. Whitehall. Moore’s Hotel, Shelby. Exchange Hotel. Baldwin. Western Hotel. Big Rapids. Train’s Hotel, Lowell. De Haas Hotel, Fremont. St. Charles Hotel, Fremont. Elliott Hotel, Ludington. Imus House, Pentwater. Wigton House. Hart. Phenix Hotel. Charlotte. Commercial Hotel. Vermontville. Sherman House. Allegan. Hastings House. Hastings. Hotel Miner, Lake Odessa. New Tinkham. Grand Ledge. Hotel Exchange, Otsego. ret A Sure Sign. First Drummer—How are you doing on your maiden trip? Second Drummer (indignantly) — How do you know this is my maiden trip? First Drummer—!I noticed that you carry a gilt edged order book. LWER STARS No Equal intthe State. Wherever Introduced itis a Stayer! TO THE TRADE: wg guarantee “SILVER STARS” to bea long, straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made by union labor,jand tojgivefcomplete satis- action. a The SUMMER TOURS. PALACE STEAMERS. Low Rates. During Jul d August Leave CHICAGO ee ay Chicago, 9 A, M., 6.30 PLM AND St. Joseph, 2 P.M., 11 P.M — St. Joseph- During Balance Season Leave -~. Ss. DA. L = i 9 A.M. Denial Benton Harbor | ©2234; pu, | Cwatt. Solef[Manufacturer] MAMMOTH STEAMER CITY OF DETROIT. Four Trips per Week Between DETROIT, MACKINAC ISLAND PETOSKEY and SAULT STE. MARIE. Every Day Between DETROIT AND CLEVELAND 127 ovis 8t., GRAND RAPIDS ATTENTION I RET ALLE GROCERS | Sipe Orders— regal. bbls... 1.2¢¢ count, Mediun: Fickles, $3: 600, 4-bbls..®&. Ci —606 Medium Pickles, #1: 1.2¢0 Small ‘Pickles. ee 81.50, Gther grades accordingly. Send trial QUR ILLUSTRATED Oe order, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. by your Ticket Agent, or address Ree W alker & Son, C. D. WHITCOMB, Cen’ AGENT, CHICAGO, ILL. @etrolt and Cleveland Steam Nav. co BON 456, ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS, } ty Orders | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | PRODUCE MARKET. Apricots—California, $1.50 per crate. Beans—Firmer and higher. Dealers pay £1.50 for good stock and hold at $1.80. Bermuda Onions—#1@#1.25 per crate. Butter—Fancy creamery is in fair demand at 16c, extra commanding 15¢e. All the markets ap- pear to be flooded with dairy, for which there are few takers, except among the cold storage men. Offerings are made on the basis of 10c¢ for fair stock, extra and fancy commanding a little higher price. Cabbages—Southern stock is more plenty and lower, the ruling ES being £1.25 for small erates and £2.50 for large crates. Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county makers bill their stock at 7c, while jobbers hold at 46. Cherries—#3 per bu. forsour fruit and #2 per bu for sweet. Cider—10ce per gal. Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels | ic. Cucumbers—40e per doz. Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried at 3@3%4c and evaporated at 5@514c per Ib. Eggs—A little firmer and in better demand. Jobbers pay 12@12'se and hold at 134.@14e. Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $.20 per bu. ; mediurr. 2:9. Timothy, $1.70 per bu Goos.-berries—tz per bu. Green Keans $1.50 wax, $? per bu. : Green Onionus—!0@ ise per doz. bunches. Honey—Eusy at 12@14c per Ib. No demand, Lettuce—10¢ per i. ‘ oo per bu. crate; at Onions—Southern. § Peas—Green, #16 Pieplant—'9c¢ per i r crat e. atoes—New Southern stock, $2.50 per bbl. Radishes—1l0¢ per doz. bunches. R $250 per bu.; red, $2.75 ispberries—Black, e Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. BAKING POWDER, ‘ = —— SALERATUS. Apples, sun-dried..... 3 @ 3% Deters, Mute 2.1.0... . 5 “* evaporated.... 5 @ 6 Church’s, Cap Sheaf.::......5 10c cans.... 95| Apricots, | .---14 @15 Pwsgnes a 5 ae Biserverrics:: ss... oe... 5 Weyiee 6...) 0.222) 5 soz. ** 2 oS a alg 12 SYRUPS sat, Ib. * 2 ¢9 | Peaches eae 2 6 t 1s i or 4 lb. re Dorn, DATFGIS 1.0... 42... @25 Woz. ...389}Plums © +9 “" one-half barrels.... @27 ilb. “ |.. 495|Raspberries “ —..... 20 | Pare Sugar, bbl. 0o 0.0...) 28636 eee iD. .. 1h ee DRIED FRUITS—Citron. i half barrel... .30@38 3 9 es oo - re ee oe @2 SWEET GOODS ay | ie We) a boxes... @25 2 : KX ys Mas lb. “ ...2220| DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Ginger Snaps 9 xxx ‘y b Zante, in barrels...... GG aeons ain a in Jess quantity @5%4% F Be ee a ae ———— 1 3 @ "4 Frosted Creams gi4 = = DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. Goahara Geaemers| a Arctic, % Ib. cans, 6 doz... 45 — oe 43400 416 Gapneal Crackers. .... 9 TT eg tes eee 5406 . aoe ad “4a 2 | ee lie 2 4 40) iraperial.<.°.. .. 2. |... @ : SODA. 1 1b. 2 2 ae DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. és a 6c ‘ ¢ a Hh i 7S : ‘Mactan, Ib cians 1008. + e Valencias..........--. sami” Pen 10 » @ 10. Cans, y.-22 §) | ONGAras...........<...- 9 @9%4 > i % lb. ‘‘ 50s..10 00) London Layers, Cali- | Eee A eee _ -50s..18 75) fornia........ .....-. 235@240'_. JAPAN—Regular. Telfer’s, 14 ]b.cans, doz.. 45] London Layers, for’n. @ ae 14 @1 i %lb. “ ‘“.. 85) Muscatels, California. @2 00 GoOd .......--- +. seeee. 18 @ ra -. 150 DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Choice..............--- 24 @29 Acme, 4 > cans, 3 doz.... , . Tone 1g | Choicest.......... .... 30 @34 Ye ib. ace Oe OPaee oo. esd) eae 14 SUN CURED. : 1 Ib. 1 5 8 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. aie... ee, See 7 ee ane sana 201 Barina 460 1b) keps..../. 00. 04) Goggin 16 @w Red Star, 14 Ib. cans, = Hominy, per ppl... ........ 400 Cagice .-.). 24 @2 c ve lb. © _ §5 | Macaroni. dom 12 1b box.... 60 Choicest............+.. 30 @33 a ae 1 ob : i imported... @10 BASKET FIRED. AXLE GREASE. Pearl Barlev.... @ 3 ee ee ee Aurora. erect 1 pe “© split. i @ 3 i Necceak ce ENE ee eee @ 64 ‘Extra choice, wire leaf 34TH BRICK. Tapi :or pri Agi. 4 shih : English, 2 doz. in case..... } Se gic GUNPOWDER. Bristol 2 “ “ Hi import... @i1o. Common to fair.......25 @35 Ameri ae C art Extra = to finest....50 @65 Choieest fancy........70 85 ve Arctie Lic FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Cee et ----% @ avi : : ne / “4 y PROVISIONS To et | s° D.C. Lemon Vat IMPERIAL, Williams House. Battle Creek. / / 1 ae ! ua : , doz. 8d 1 Common to fair.......20 American House, Kalamazoo f ao" 4 - e Phe Grand Rapids Packb < and Provision Co. i“ 55° Superioriofine. | 40 t c Isc, Mak . quutes as Tonows: i P = ANT a Kalamazoo House, Kalamazoo. PORK IN BARRELS, Pepper | Gale ee a ae ‘Wirain House. Vieksburz- NECKS, HOW 12 or este ae ape ea al oe pase ti : : Aes ok : z. ft O tf} a F : Il i | —— = Mareun |... 2.0. 13 00 N 4 : rperior to fine.......c0 @A0 x00 SG. VassUyy : i | Extra clear pig, short cut.....-..-.-..--+--- 1400; BROOMS. a Mona « pe OOLONG. Three Rivers House. Three River. © / 2€1 =) O Ow e | Hxird Clear Heavy. .......0.60.5.. 11.2 14 50| No. 2 Hurl......---.---+---- a yeah i os? ue =~“ Common to fair.......25 Hotel Belding, Belding VOTES, EAI eC ease ema i Goi Not | ...---------.--.-- Ot ee 7 a _{ 2. Superior to fine.......30 a ne es iba OO | Boston clear) shore cut.) .00 001002202 ss 14 50| No. 2 Carpet..............-. 20)" ma -59 New Com mercial. Lonia. a aot | ¢ rbeaek shore Gut. . 620000) 6s 4m) Not | -----.-.- 2 2 i FISH—SALT. / ENGLISH BREAKFAST 3rackett House. Big Rapids. " i Pi : | Stuncard clear, short gut, best........-..... 14 50 Srconcinage ee 6 fot x e. @ 48 ae Ce eee ae = oF oe ee . s : 60 Ss. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands. Cushman House, Petoskey. | eg a 74 “7 60) Tb eases.) 02) 2. 45 ( Nimrod, 4x12 an i 2x12 a . ith Tes { . Siete 4 . sl sa -~Villll by ee BO CURNGE CoM Bs ous cee Forest Hotel, Fennville. | | i: prGIGSS .--. =... st a 8 1 eee Te ll Mack. sh's, No. Reception, 2 2-5x12, 16 oz......39 Smith’s Hotel, Grand Junction. | OUR NEW 7 7 AS ARE NOW REANY FOR INSPECTION Hi boneless 10 7 packed.... — V ing. 4 &......... 2 il oe pe | eee eee PES. we et eee ee i . enter, 3x12. 12 02 9 Central Hotel, Goblesville. | XB = 0 N ce U - ' Wan PCtees 8) gi4 | Creamery, solid packed.... 15 Trout, % bbis... 50 i a cake 2 Higbee House. Benton Harbor. —_ Clears. WOAGy Fo ee 6% 7 rene lo) Ee aap 10 Yb. ae oe Ses seal diag a= Cky use, Paw Paw i Se Briskets, 1 ee a CANDLES. ite, No. 1, % bbls... | Tea a ce een peony 2 aw I - = Th eal eel "TTTTITT gag | Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes. ......-.. jog) 49 ib. kits | J. G, Butler & Co.’s Brands. pennet ouse, Mt. Fieasant. | © geile Bede: Star, 40 aoe 3% ‘ 20 1h Kits... .. | Comer Siome... 1... oe oe Ty T i -y S Te Le < Biecs Larp—Kettle Rendere:1. gi, | Paraffine .. ..---..--ee 12 Family, % bbls.... | Double Pedra............ i a Lo i _ 2 = } € r ’ q -e & [ } a l ? ae Ce ey aor Wiemmie -... 25 es cits. Pesen Fie... The Vice-Presidents are requested t0| / / pl Bw O 1 P ‘ ae ee es ee nei mg i 8% CANNED ——— : GUN POWDER. Wedding Cake, blk.......... 37 Sa eae eal | a eae a 2] Clams. 1 1b. Little Neck..... 12; Kess. 5 29| Something Good............- 29 hay e eneir Teports Or ards Tor Hote i Bul i i and 3 Pearl St. Grand Rapids. Tierces Larp—Refined. 634 Clam Chowder, 2 1).........2 0 Half kegs a % Go ‘Topaceo” .. r Hf Se ues alder ot letin all in before July i, as we wish no| a > aul Mabe oo ee 4 | Cove Oysters, - —— % ane LAMP WICKS. i Pretest ele Glee Sra Led rad a a. : | ae | aa : ee ra en eam ri - 2 -* Saaeintoe CL . x T tee Laas te Veale delay in publishing and distributing | a oe - = _o ee (%6 | Lobsters, 1 Ib. de 1 50 No. Pe 40 rornacoseagg & Co.’s Brand 4 a = cee ae : SS ae se 2 lb. . 2 65 No.2. ee MM Maoh a oe a t ce | 7 } J N | = 20 iP. Pale’ 4 - a oe Ce te tie, Star. 2 00 LICORICE. sweet Cuba........... a = = * | a Ge YE f h EA Th Coe a os or bh is 3 ib Star... Sire 30 ToBAccos—Smoking. : / : Lo 1€ i aAG — O 1C igan 30 Ib. ¢ ee a : Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce. Caserta... CS Catlin’s Brands. : Every member is earnesuy requested | = “ BEEF : BARRELS. . 116. stand... .- 1 75] sicily... twee 18 Meerchaum, 4s 24 | ee ee ee xtra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs..........-.- 6 75 Sip oS ob : MOLASSES. =o nie pene aha RRR Cees —-— i Extra Mess, Chicago packing...........-.--- 7 00 3 1b. in Mustard...3 00 | Black Strap......- oe Pen nes ot emer tae 19@20 his grip, and solicit the name of every | tA See i eat EN CoN : FE ee eet 7 25 i 3 1b. soused.......3 00 | Cuba Baking......... . TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPO is grip. — y| HAS COME TO RECOGNIZE US AS ee 7 75| Salmon, 11b. Columbia.. ..2 00| Porto Rico...... .......-. # 2, per hundred........... 2 50 commercial traveler in the State, as we, Boneless, rump song tomer ee eae 8 75 ot Oe Ae 1 80 | New Orleans, good....... Si ou 3 wo aa ; S lepoect an ct activ cag | saAUsAGE—Fresh and smoked. Sardines, domestic 14s.....-_ 5 i chee... 1 ee ee ee 4 { are now the largest and most active asso- | ork Sauseee 7 a a 8..-.-.-@ 9 a fancy.......45@48 | ™ eee acs 271 5, 00 ciation of commercial travelers in the | == ER. 12 ————S g 10 One-half barrels, 3c extra. i. — to the following dis- : ca i | enone Sansece lS : imported 34s..... 13% OATMEAL. | phan c State. and our infiuence and usefulness | Wrecntoat Sa ce eT 8 “ mae, es. ee 101 Museatine, Barrels .....-_- 5 50 ane over. 3 per cent. ! $3 51 : “ alf bi gs Ba ee sotte tees nl is augmented by the support and endorse-| FF ee a wee ee eee ee reer ee ete test ee tees 5% Trout, 3 Ib. brook. --. -.- a a 2 TT 0 « Se : ae \ ologna, straight............-----eeeeeee ees: OR CANNED Goops—Fruits. eg Ss | VINEGAR ment of every hame you can secure. AD: | a iaek 5% Apples, gallons, stand.2 10@2 25 oe ri ie c rs 20 or NEGAR. a ee a a VA eng Gbeere «..... 1. .f.....- 8 5% | Blackberrie-. stand....... go | Muscatine, barrels ni aaa eae ee plication blanks will be promptl} for- | a eae Cherries, r« bo “ I } ’ a - 8% warded, upon request, by the Secretary. | = penny Saar nace eer eccsenetee en cre tee es : . a = 7 < Riifor barrel ta . eee ee ee ee ee “e BAGG oo OH i ‘ ae £ £ & TRIPE. Wee Plums stand. 00/0 1 99 | Michigan Test...........--. oT. MISCELLANEOUS. ee ae au be “ted tol Iba halt barrels 3 00 ak Tries 1 00 Water White................ 10% | Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 8% Gur new cerGtemes I ee In quarter barrels ics Cane Aa mn REE RN i PICKLES Jelly, 30-lb. pails a." j i | PLEVEN oo ‘ EMPCS 2000000224 : ori: | delly, 30-1b, eles every member the coming week. Ge 8 | Green Gases Td ae Medium... aa c = Sage......-...-.---. eee ee 15 oe ae Peaches, all yellow. stand..1 75]. cea ae a 2 a + = ; - > ee ~ er CET : NA FRESH MEATS. ‘ seconde 000 4s Small, b Re 2-5 oo F APER, WOUODENWARE. Members are requested to make all re- € propose to Swift and Company quote as follows: Pie sr Oe ha ae ooo 3 0 PAPER. ‘ oo ue i fl . Peas 0 1 S01 | eee Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- > ~ aye ° 1 . ra ‘ o1¢ 1¢ . _ ° 4 mittances to the Secretary in postal notes, BREAK THE RECORD Beef, oa ; - 64 | Pineapples ........---. i hee ee & | lows: express orders, postage stamps or cur- i s geece eee I a cence oni ieee wie ee 8 eee eee 165 : aa This Year eo > 6 Raspberries, extra... ... +35 7 NO. O..-.--- aca | e Light Weight . ae rency, and not in postoffice money orders, ; Sosa TMT GL @ i re 1 OU em St aaa oe H : Pork lois. a @ 8 Se 1 10 | Carolina head Gig SUEAT eee eee eee eee eee as slight clerical errors in the issuing Se ee @ 641 a So a ae s Ra (ps2) Rag Sugar e : ce Bolegene 0 @5i eee i No.2 .._......54@ 0 | Ae eet ees 3 offices have caused us considerable diffi- Sausage, blood or head.......... ...... @ 5 CANNED VEGETABLES. aoe eee os ee pe [ee ee ci iver bie q@ 5c | Asparagus, Oyster Bay.--... | gupan.-)./..) ei. | Py GO@GR.. 1.8... wl. 5 culty in obtaining payment of several « | prenkeore ee @ “ig Beans, Lima, stand......... gg | Pe ie ie EN § orders received. are 3 W ies : : Se ee TE ae @7 i =. = - Common Fine er bbl. oe ss Red Express _: a 5 4. M. MILLS, Sec’y. at t Oy A J i t W ks d sare ce) purine’ | eta oe ae of your pills on my premises. Do you ie Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. _—— @ecea 8: 48| Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. i " " + Nos i 0 say 99 a if bemon Props... ee 13 TON 37 5, | ‘| Spl No.1 3 dare say that I w rote that MANUFACTURERS OF Sour ae ee 14 CHEWING GUM oe ‘gen tes = ae No.2 4 os He opened the circular at a marked Hamme + lees aces ae eee ae a “ No.3 5 00 ay ee i eee , 100 lum ps....-...--- Mo eS 33 NO. page and thrust it into the face of the ae 7 , 7 an 7 @hocolate Dropey 15 SS Sn ae eee ice 35 | Old German ae — man sitting at the desk. Perfect Fitting Tailor-Made Clothing H. M. Chocolate ae 18 eee 30 10.8 Bie Barsain..... vi] @ GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS “Great Scott!’ ejaculated the official. AT LOWEST PRICES. ee ea ee Frost, — 13D) ae WHEAT. “We have made a mistake, sir. We 138 140 h| ff Ay 3h 36 ( : ; A Paes Mpa 14 ara eee a 2 understood that you were dead, sir. B Brson We., i 00 Il (je 1 B rolt, Lozenges, Pented ee re Allen B Wiistews Brands FLOUR Here, James!’ calling to his clerk, ‘‘See : 1 . ee a re ead aa een a cnet i ane Tn ol a Seat Seg. in eRe 5 ’ S- s ] msi y sate eal ascnare EL! AM etl gs oe ; r 7 Fee ae es a ta ele 15 Re) a ee Sect it 4 50 that the name appended to testimonial MAIL ORDERS sent in care L. W. ATKINS wilt receive PROMPT ATTENTION. Matteeg 15 old Daas te. severe 3 30) p U ciaralday pace <4 No. 268. under the head of ‘The Evidence ogee ~ ee = — mcg ee ee ee : . | atent | roxas : 50 : : So aa a as Molasses Bar... -...0.:...-..----. cancer 100... 0 SI ‘ of | the Public, is changed in the next Gaeumelg 16@20 |g; ae sPtcEs—W hole. | MEAL. edition! 3 Hand Made Creams... . ee 18 | Mexican & Uuatemala19 ANspice.....-..-0- 22-2 eee ee 10 Bolted... ........-s-e eres. 2 20 ——$$—> 4 49” _— ee eS ee es a 16 Peabery 20 Cassia, China SS | -+ + TR | GCranuies...... ._....... 2 45 Babies Barred. ce Decorated Creams.....--........-- sete eee ees * | Save interior... 20 «« Batavia in bund....11 MILLSTUFFS. i a : ERAZER'S- Strme Hoek eee eee Db “ Mandheling....26 * Saigon in rolls...... ee o Mr. Jones—Can you go sailing this tt sf . PUT UP IN Sen eo eesti ne sar 22 | Mocha, aie @zz_| Cloves, Amboyna...... a 2 00 afternoon, ny love? Wintergreen Oe a Pens 15 To ascertain cost of roasted |... 4, a aT ap | Sezeenings ....---.-------- 12 00 Mrs. Jones—I¢ I may take the baby. 3 _ Fancy—In bulk. coffee, add ¥%c. per lb. for roast- | ~° a a Middlings...:............. 13 00 f im J c - I : cdl i : aby Boxes, Cans, Pails, Kegs Half | Lozenges, plain, in pails............... 12%@13 | ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- Nutmegs, fancy......------- oe | Mixed Peed 0. 14 50 Mr. Jones—Well, you mayn’t. I’m not i can ebis 12 | age eae Coarse meal 14 50 iL i mA i i a oe - + = oa ee . ‘“ ~ 9 } AOL eee ee meme neuen J going to assume the responsibility of a Barrels and Barrels. fh printed, in a ee .138@13% cCOFFEES—Package. Pepper Fsnscbon black....18 D ; CORN. squall. fey “in bbls..............-..---- 4) 100 lbs a rs Ronee ee | Small lots...............-. 37 See Sg peo kimctaterteien = eee ee) eels ae et ee . VISITING BUYERS. - e ee 5 MecLaughlin’s XXXX....23%4 sPicEs—Ground—-In Bulk. | Suaall iota... 3 ae RPurdy. Lake | John Damstra, Gitchell 1 Moss Drops, in pails........--------0 e+ sees eee i Acme... mies | AllSmee oo... 15 Car «2. +4 £li Runnels, Corning 8 H Ballard, Sparta s . aS 006s 10 Thompson’s Honey Bee... .26 @assta, Batayin .._.._._..-. 20 RYE Gus Begman, Bauer Matthews & Chappel, Sour Drops. fm pats 13 in Tiger oul) 24 + ft one Saisen 25 | NOP 35@40 AD Farling &Co,Millbrook i W Troy Imperials, in pail O12 N All on “ Gat 2 i i nina § T Colson, Alaska N Scott, Upper Big Rapids mpe S, IN PALS. .....-------2- oee cece ener ee 12% NOX AL....... xo ' RN ee ieee ale 2 BARLEY. H A Jenne, Deer Lake a T Pierson, Irving PmDDIS 11% oO e.. 2... 24 Cloves, _—o Ce 35 No. 1 7 oF, Chas Hunt, Lagrange, Ind J M Cook, Grand Haven i ; ; ee : . Zanziper......_._.. 26 = 4 40 - : a John Smith, _ The Frazer Goods Handled by'the Jobbing Oranges, fancy nea 450@5 00; Valley an roe es | Ginger, African............. 12% NO. 2.2.2. 1 10 ole Chapel. a s ush. Lowe a E i $, Le a ae ee ae @) VOI a eS Yn sone an eee ewe te a alle 15 - HAY S C Sibole. Breedsville H Dalmon, Allendale ae err Messina 2008. esta 1 eae raceeena ast 110 ‘ Facaicn Tac eag Wet. 12 00 DenHerder &Tanis eons. Coe ————— pi eee er ere sas CLOTHES LINES. Miso Makasar ING isa 10 50 i riesland Brookings Lumber Co, — " cy SG | Cotton, 40 ft per doz. 1 25 cs ee ne } Ye oe F D Hopper, Fremont Brookings i Lemons Ghoee 6 es: Pe eee coz. 1 | Mustard, English......... 22 a , . ee aon City — oe So Blendon WH O tT TER \ [ es 5 , O U we ° fancy te — i 60 i i) — ~ a arncekghgopleainee } olf, Hudsonville G Ten Hoor, Forest Grov : ee ee ie ol ice-* 4 i Trie Perkins & Ass DAV 5] Jehn Homrich, No Dorr RG Smith, Wayland a | cleo layers, ea ea ot | a gfe 3c... a 20in rs i ae Lee ae an ee oo & Hess pay as fal CK Hoyt & Co.Hudsonville E § Botsford, Dorr | Bags, 30 1b cage gs ES AGTH TGR | f SO fe. <4... : 22 are ee oa ie ioe cons Ward Bros, Harvard | M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe <> i ESE | Dates, frails, 50 1D.... 2.2... -- eee eee eee Jute 60 ft “ 100 Pepper, Singapore, black...-21 : sa ae EM Smith Cedar Springs J DenHerder&Son, Overisel ce to frau GI ek a. ce ‘“ mee “ 115 : oe white. .... 30 eo... 4 @ 4% $ J Martin, Sullivan L Hoeksema, Holland “ Herd dom pex ee ( i ee coe ~ Cayenne... ......20 Part Cured... ..... 5. 4 G@4% ee . ee. Pierson i? ‘* solb., * 8 @ | CONDENSED MILK. TARCH Pie 41. @, Wg ersian, 50-lb. DOX.............-. 54@ 6 | Sse ee ( | Mystic, tip pags... -...-. % ee 7 =: L & L Jenison, Jenisonville N Bouma, Fisher = PORN ibe eso ee ea i 25@3 00 | Anglo-Swiss ie 6 00 rT barre cl 6 Dry Kips :--.------ 3 @ 6 See —— Dam H Meijerigg, Jamestown | NUTS. i CRACKERS, SUGARS Calfskins, ae . . = bol » GRAF... 22s oes vas i eg! A th attuc aylan iddleville Beh 2 me Le Nacsa sien ne eel SP BEE A @6% Grocers’. .2.......5..,..--- M4 )NO.S Co... eeeeee eee @ 7X Unwashed... 0:).......... 13 : Drugs © Medicines. Staite Board of Pharmacy, One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Geo. McDonald Secretary—Jacob Jesson. T Treagurer—Jas. Vernor. Next Meeting—At Star sland House, Tuesday and ow ednesday, July 2 and 3. near Detroit, Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, . Second Vice- President—H. M. De ice-President—O. Eberba¢ ch, Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. xecutive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee A. Bas sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Gr and Rapids: Ww. A Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. nae Arl por. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. Fresident. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower Vetroit Pharmuaceaticul »ocie’y President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. Muskegon Drug Cler ks’ Association President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Care of the Soda Fountain. From the New England Druggist. To most pharmacists, during the sum- mer months when the presc = busi- ness slacks up a little and trade is more or less transient. with people traveling in search of recreation the soda fountain is a source of profit, withal the irksome labor needed to ensure success. In ad- dition to the profit derived from the sale of the soda, it is undeniable that it draws QUININE AND DEMENTIA. The One Invites the Other and Horrors Follow. From the Detroit Journa A party of men, including a doctor, vere in Swan’s recently, and when all had ordered, one asked for the quinine bottle which is now found in every bar- room. He spooned out 12 grains or more, mixed it withsyrup and water. and drank it without a pucker. “There you go again,”’ “Can’t you quit that habit ? whisky every trip.’’ ‘J know it.’? said the young man, ‘‘but for 10 years [ have taken the stuff, and I actually crave it just as you crave a smoke or a drink. It stimulates me longer and better than liquor and does not make me drunk, nor does it destroy the mucous membrance of my stomach.” “You think so, but time will tell you differently. Your stomach may not suf- fer, but God help your brain and your nerves,’’ said the doctor. The conversation became general and the physician held that the quinine habit was growing to be more general than the use of opium or morphine and was in time more dangerous than either because its action was more insidious and it was said the doctor. Better take taken in larger doses. The young man was asked his experience. By this time the drug had taken effect and he began to talk with animation. There was a sparkle in his eyes, an eloquence in his | «Y don’t deny it, for I know of cases myself. Women who use morphia soon show it, and they generally use liquor with it. Butif jealous of their beauty, they prefer quinine, which certainly purifies the blood and drives away pim- ples and blotches. It increases the growth and softness of their hair and makes them brilliant in conversation. And then, a woman, whose life is not so active as that of busy, nervous men, is not so dangerously affected by it. More than that, her peculiar glandular construction protects her from its physical ravages Nor is the simple quinine alone to blame, but the sulphuric acid employed in its preparation is bound to de compose the albumen and colored corpuscles of the blood just the same as nicotine, alcohol and other toxics. “But is there no good in the drug?’ was the query. “Of course, for, besides being good for malarial complaints, it is a moderate an- tidote for the liquor habit, almost a case, however, of similia similibus curantur. In small doses it isa valuable tonic, in moderate doses a stimulant. in large doses a potent sedative. You would appreciate all. I have said if you could have seen a victim die as I did some time ago. His disease was consumption, but he had been a quinine user for three years. When dying he suffered the tor- tures of amartyr. No bodily pain, but, as he described it, his mental paroxysms were terrible. Every thought of his life, every face he had known, every word he prosecution. Any doctor in the neigh-| profit of 500 to 700 per cent. The ordin- borhood who dared to do it would in-| evitably be ruined, as the public would | say that the doctor knew that the drug-| gist was the better man, as, in fact, he, sometimes is, and was in consequence | afraid of him.”’ ‘But doctors often dispense their own; medicines don’t they, and so take busi- ness out of the druggists’ hands?’’ “They do, and though some are legally | entitled to do so, there are many more who are not. It is after all, a case of tit! for tat, and I don’t think that the drug- gist is very greatly to be blamed.”’ “But druggists do not receive any strictly medical training, do they? “No, but by the constant dispensing of medicines they get hold of certain for- mule for certain diseases, and work on them according to theii | father a risky business after remark. ‘Well, that is a matter of opinion. | do it—we all doit more or less—the or- dinary druggist more. the fashionable druggist less. The latter has, however. the less need to do it, as he can charge heavily for dispensing. Eighteen-pence and two shillings for an 80z. bottle of} medicine will leave on the average, tak- ing one prescription with the other, a r li izht. all’? Ey ithe drug | Humbugs of society.” ary middle-class druggist has to be con- | | } i tent with eightpence to a shilling a bot- | put it down as professional jealousy, and | tle.’ “And that doesn’t it?”’ ‘Yes, pretty fair, as things go. Well then, ‘‘as things go.’ I think I have shown that Iam justified in giving gist a place in my gallery of leaves a big profit, too, —_—___—~_>_4=—__ The Sale of Paris Green. LAKEVIEW, June 22, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. DEAR Str—Is there anew law confin- sale of ing the to any lit paris green or bug poison rade ? Yours truly, MACOMBER & BALE. law There is no new on the subject. | The Pharmacy Law of 1885 provides that any one can sell paris green, bug poison, ete., providing the same is put up in| packages, with antidotes attached. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., Wholesale Druggista, | GRAND RAPIDS. | Wholesale Press Gein t. i | | | { ' Dealers in Polishina This is the Time to Paint. The Best is Always the Cheapest, WE HAVE SOLD THE Pioneer Prepared Paint For many years and GUARANTEE same to Give Satisfaction. it to prices paints will find interest to write us for and sample eards. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.,| GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A Fine Water White Oil, Test. and recommended to those wishing a High | Grade Burning Oil. OILS! Snow Drop. Hig h Gravity and Fire “THE OLD ORICINAL.” RE-PAINT a a | cals”, Your -_ es 7g ee arriage Paints DIAMOND ThA | £ MADE ONLY SY ACME | White Lead and | fe Coler Works, DETROIT, MICH. in a goodly amount of other trade, par-| conversation which made the members a Te | ticularly cigars. Howtomake afountain|of the party wonder at the sudden had read, every word heard or spoken Red (¢ ir SS s : ee a! © Z — eae oe a. siccah aati ——e Aceticum ete 8@ 1 coe (po. re I Nitras, vo 83 SPECI oe CURES the many it is how to make it pay better. ‘When a boy I was bilious, but never 7 oe een Coase. 30@1 00 a oe —— aye ae eee ae 2 Water White—A splendid at! a It goes without saying that in this,as}had an ague attack. However, [hada The Druggist as a Humbug. Bomce -...----...- Oe ek, wigs —— “open — sud.....° 33 # Gasoli Liver and in most other branches of trade, it costs fear of typhoid fever, because some’ The Chemist and Druggist reproduces SS oe a = Potassa, Bitart, com... Calcium Chlor. img asoune-. Kidney Troubles but a comparatively little more to do ajfriends died of it. Having read that from one of the Sunday papers an imag- | Hydrochlor ..........- 3@ 5 | Petass Nitras, opt..... oe 9 Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled. War- RB a Di large business than a small one. With jquinine was a specific, I began to use it inary interview between a reporter who | Nitrocum ........---+- 10@ 12 ——. ae Sommaire —— lood eases an increase of sales amounting to 100]every time I felt bad. Soon I took is looking up materials for an article on | a 3@ 1%! Sulphate po..........- 15@ 13) Capsici Fru tus,af... @ ti N sti i ne 3 : Phosphorium dil...... 20 I I I B ° onstipation per cent., the cost would not increase | three grains every day and was surprised the humbugs of society and a pharma- | Salicylicum .........-- 1 40@1 80 Bia if 0.. @ 16' Cweet and Free from Oily Matter, and has met probably more than 10 or 20 per cent. at my happiness for a time and corre- cist. It is concluded, from the facts | Sulphuricum.......--- ; 14@ B ee = ae Ganesan as Pega a of the approval of many of the largest ae. a a — the first place secure a good ser-|sponding depression at other times. It elicited, that some of those practicing as nara RRR on ge Althae 0) lea 30) Carmine, No.40....... @8 5 Red Ss P ° t Oil viceable fountain, it need not necessarily | was up and down with me and | was pharmacists deserve a place in the gal-|00 Anchusa .............. 15@ 20! Cera Alba,S.&F..... 50@ 55) ross ain i Fe male be an expensive one, so that it be adapt-|regarded as a curious compound of lery of humbugs; with what degree of AMMONIA. a ee an = hares LV 2 @ = ee merit and needs but a trial to convince ed to your needs. Give it a good, at- hilarity and melancholy. So I took it truth we will leave our readers to judge. | 494 = = = Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Cassia Fructus... @ 151 it nish 26 ag — 7 SS ae < ‘om la mm ts tractive location where it may easily be] habitually to keep my reputation as a’ This is how the supposed interview is re-| Carbonas .......----+- 11@ 13 | Glychrrhiza, (py. 45) to@ 18] Centrarial (0) 0/1.) @ 10/| cost of same a2 without injuring its quality. Pp I seen from the street and see that it is] gay and happy fellow—but | have suf-: ported: Ghionidum 00 12@ 14 _—. Canaden, Sat a ‘hloroforma eee Hh 33 | Mi 47 i i ms a RD ) eronn |... ..-- 5 kept in the best order, not only without, fered when alone, with the most gloomy; ‘You ask me to tell you something of ANILINE. Hellebore, Ala. po 15@ | See Can el poet inera uTrps. but within as well. : | and terrible forebodings which had no! the humbug of the druggist, but don’t] piack............-..5+- 2 00@2 25 | Inula, po.............- , 5G 20 | Chloral Hyd Crag. 0... 1 50@1 75 | ——— composition is such that it can be Being composed entirely of HERBS, it We have seen fountains that we had | foundations in fact save in my high ten- you mean rather the humbug that lies in| Brown......-----.-+++- 30@1 00 oo Peni 40@2 50 | Cinehonidine, B — — ce ag ea ae cee pee ee a is the only perfectly harmless remedy on as soon drink from as from a swill pail. |sioned imagination. Butthis same vivid | the much-vaunted virtues of the medi- = . a ae 2 W@3 0 Jalapa, "seat ‘ German 1 19 | results. a ” pertect | the market and is recommended by all Next in importance is the matter of|imagination made me so quick of com-| cine or ‘cure-alls’ he sells?’’ Se a a oe 4s. oe | Corks, list, dis. per | ALL KINDS who use it. syrups and flavors. prehension, so untiring in my energy,; “I include both the humbug of the man ~~ odophyllum, po...... [Micsinal Gadeagea ain oo = S 7 ; Oi In alleases where possible use genuine | sleepless in my zeal, scheming in my | | /and the humbug of his wares, so if you aaa oS 1 — . Pee @1 75! Greta, (bbl. 78) A ee : SS oapgien sete ils Retail Druggists will find it te S : Ss Geniperus 8400-62... Sai 35 | ~ = “-77---* SS ©| Constantly in stock, all at our Cleveland prices, cre ce fruit juices. a eo 3 ventures. that like a flash I went up like | tell me something of each I shall be} xanthoxylum.. 2 30]. a eee aaa se e353 ee ee is deine cau tee anal ficiont — their interest to keep the DIA- There are many in the market of es-|a parvenu in my profession, attaining a glad.”’ BALSAMUM. See as Ge @ 2) = eaten “6 7 aL ny MOND TEA, as it fulfills all that Se oe ee : : fe J 2 > 2) * Rubra........... @ 3! ' ‘ aeeii — . tablished reputation, and no trouble need | prominence at 21 which most men are! ‘Well, the chief trickery is in the Copaiba .. ... 65@ 70 | Serpentaria............ 25@ 30| Crocus ................ 3@ 38] Grand Ra ids Yank Line Cg is claimed, making it one of the be caused in obtaining them. We recom- glad to have at 30. made-up compounds, sold literally on] Peru...?....--.----+++ @1 30 | Senega .............--. (0@ 65) Gudbear @ A! y very best selli ti 3 d ) — We recom- | g I re peru... 45@ 30 | Smilax, Oaicinali i asl Gea ck | very best selling articles handled. mend no particular make, but only satis-| ‘For three years it continued. So did | false pretenses to an ignorant and prob- Terabin, Canada... =a !ClUlhe oS eo am oa WORKS—D. & M. Junction. : fy yourself that you are getting the best. | the habit, w hich by this time had been | ably prejudiced public. A few instances? pee ee mi Scillae, (po. oe 10@ 12! Et aoa 6a 2 OFFICE ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block. Place your order with our Wholesale Don’t expect. however, to get the best at|noticed by my intimates, also by my |Certainly. Just the minute before you ieee i Symplocarpus, Feeti- gg | Emery, all numbers. @ 3/ a a the price of the cheapest. Let not the}enemies, who started the lie that it was| came in a woman came in for a penny- | Abies, Canadian. ...------- ei valeriana, Eng. (p03) = =] at (pO) eo se Z SS ll ee - ae matter of a small advance in cost prevent | morphine, not quinine, a story borne out | worth of castor oil pills, because castor ee eae 18 | ‘ Ger mad. tea O08) Bn no White. Besa oe 15! Cleveland, Ohio. Diamond ( your getting the best. somewhat by my frequent ‘blue’ spells’ oil was so ‘mild and safe.’ Now, as a|Euonymus atropurp.....--- 30 | Zingiber a 10@ bs as Q 23) "7 Rock candy syrup makes a good base, | and moody reticence. | matter of fact, there is not a drop of cas- | Myrica Cerifera, po....----- = Zingiber j...... 2 a eee S@ 9] i | but we have always preferred to make] Well, Lam human and naturally had i tor oil in a hundred weight of these.”’ — = 2 SEMEN re eee 06 a LIQUOR k POISON RECORD PROPRIETORS, our own from fine granulated sugar, in| my love affairs. A woman begged of me! ‘What is the active ingredient, then?’’ RE 2| Anisum, (po. 20)...... _@ 15 Glassware, Hint. 75 & 10 per | COMBINED DETROIT, - MICH. the proportion of ten or twelve pounds|to give up the stimulant which had be-| *Calomel, or, in other words, mercury.” | Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 ae (graveieons) = ah Soo i | : Te Tae to the gallon. While hot add a solution | come a daily necessity. I did it for} ‘But is not this indiscriminate taking EXTRACTUM. naa. so gio wee. an 33 3 Se Hazeltine & Perkins Dr CG of French gelatin in the proportion of | months, and gradually lost any desire for of mercury very hurtful?’’ Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ eee 1 oo@t So ibis -cerina a 2G Best on the Market. ug Ou, one-half und to ten gallons of syrup. |i 2 “ so a ' ae ape ge i . 33@ 3 orlandrum 10 12: Grana aradisi ol @ 15 : 7 g a = —_ : ast ail ig ge —_— it. — in the midst of hard work [| a Most assuredly it is, and [have known Haematox, 15 1b, box. 11@ 12| Cannabis Sativa...... 3%4@ 4| Humulus 250, 40 | E A STOWE k BRO 100 Louis St., WHOLESALE AGENTS, his es a good body, an¢ ch| needed something and so I drank spar-| it to cause untold misery; but the people |" «"4s.......... is@) 14) Gydonium.... |... !. 73@1 00 | Hydraag © hi or Mite. @ esl 14) GRAND RAPIDS GRAND RAPIDS, = MICH, preferable to soap bark. The syrup | ingly at first, then to excess, until in less | want castor oil pills and—’’ ‘s ve a 14@ 15 Chenopodium ........ 10@_ ix, | OE @ i should always be carefully strained be-| than three months I was again ahabitual, ‘Don’t get them,” I interrupted. ee im? * —— sete i . Rabrum @ %} ( £ ( lu} fore transferring to the fountain. drinker of the silent kind. Quinine had! ‘Well, for the matter of that, there FERRUM. l —alorantie pen Po 3 ah ey ee o 35 A good tumbler washer is indispensa-| become a mental and physical food. | are a good many things they don’t get Carbonate Precip.....- @. 50 Lini .......... ne ccee ees 4 @ 4% Hydrargyrum eee @ 75 / ve ble where city water is to be had. It]|Whisky to me was deadening—a poison | when they ask for them. For instance, on — @ 30 es oe, - Sa 5 — ammanine = le ell) / Te canal sappy We asc? | Citrate Solupie......-- & = | Lopelis.......-...------ ( ISO T5@1 00 | saves time and w etting of hands, a great which robbed me of energy and self-re-! olive oil is cotton-seed oil in the majority Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 | PharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4%| Iodine, Resubl........4 mi : desideratum while tending the fountain, | spect—and when a man loses respect for of cases: powdered rhubarb and syrup of Solut a aces 1% a ae 5@ 6| lodoform.............. @5 15 and it certainly gives a pleasure to the | himself, people fail to render it. Discour-' the same root are not always what they ee 7 a eee tera eae ne ee Saal 00 a) V customer to see each glass washed in} agement, disgrace and remorse drove me | seem: iced weceet = ll Re oe 300 3 clean running water instead of a rinse]deeper into the slough, and I became’ chemists, made from methylated spirits ae _— u@ 16|p =. x oa Liquor Argon et Hy- basin, where the water is thick with th ass siness, friendships | inste: ‘ spirits of wi i iS aes 3 5 | Prumenti, 0 ee ee = re | e is thic : * e careles of business, friendships and _| instead of spirits of wine. Laudanum 18 | qaninemis 0/00)... W@ 35 De B| 1 75@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 103 49 repeated washing of a hundred glasses. | privileged society. | extensively sophisticated, and the pop- | Matricaria ...... ----- 30@ 35 10@1 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl mf ” They can now be put in at small expense “It was the old story, and I lost every- | ular sweet spirits of nitre is often com- FOLIA. ae Go. 0.7T....1 oe %5 = a 2@ 3 and take up but a smallamount of room. | thing—save my debts and disgrace A | posed in a way little thought of by the|B 10@ 12 ; A gina = ~ - eg a ce U is s : | arosm “41s NE... TH@2 XM ke 5 it will increase your trade as much as} few friends stood by me and I recovered. | taniiees of the Pharmacopeia. But | Cassia “Acutifol, ‘Tin - She Ca alli. i ; a6 = ee i ee & 2 55@2 30 Importers and Jobbers of any one thing, to permit a customer, | But I began again on small doses of qui-| what would you have? The pub- et Alx. = 59 | Vini Oporto ........... 1 25@2 00} C.Co. 2 55@2 70 | tired and hot. to sit down while quaffing| nine. 1 use it now in small doses, and I/lic have got a craze for cheap | Salvia officinalis, 4s Wee eee a Moschus aio gerne = your cooling beverages. — They will walk} have no desire for liquor. In fact, I| stuff, and they have only themselves} and }48.--.-----+++-- 0@ = SPONGES. ugraten So “= re uw good bit farther for this privilege. The|never had before; to please a woman’s| to blame for what they are served with. eam eT ene 8@ Florida sheeps’ wool | Os Seat BQ = me matter of a few seconds more in time of | whim, I gave it up.”’ | Where the humbug comes in is mainly at ! ara carriage.. 2 50 — ee 2 or crinking is of small consequence. “A very pretty story,” said the doctor; the cheap druggists’. They advertise a = —- o 90 Nassau sheeps ‘woo! > 90 Picis ‘Liq, N. C., % ge = Keep the counter neat and clean, and | ‘perhaps true in acase and temperament certain drugs for sale, retail, at less ee | sag ee os @ 80| Velvet extra sheeps’ a don @2 00 see that there is plenty of ice on the]|like yours; but with others the use of | prices than they can be bought wholesale, ie es io = sing oo coolers: a warm glass of soda is far|quinine would be a crime. First, the| and of I bli bbed. DON oda a “Oe Extra yellow sheeps’ @ 5 ( ; m : “ f i e L L @ : St, j;and of course the public are ropbe 0. 60) . 50@ 60 : =| Pil Hydrarg, (po. 30). @ 58O h 1 . a D S i ad from being acceptable. It will often] physical results are bad, and deafness is, There is a man I know who sells more = tas oe a @ 12 Grass sheeps’ wool ear: - Piper Nigra, ee 22). @ 13: € icaiS an ruggists unaries give the store a bad reputation. very often ascribed to its use, even when | cream of tartar in a week than | sell in| Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50) riage .. = a ——. Se i ie a ate i rapa a i F L " Pee be Give the customer a good. solid drink, | prescribed in sickness. Quinine is a good | six months, and in every pound he wraps Catechu, 18, (448, 14 48; @ 1 Pillow es! for slat ‘9! Plumbi Acet .......... 14 15 stirring with a bar spoon. so that it will] servant, a terrible master. It is nearer a) up there is not more than 25 per cent. of | Ammoniae ........---- 2 SO une 1 49| Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 w Deal in not be all foam on top and all syrup at| specific than any drug known to ther-/ the genuine article, yet the buyers go | Assafetida, (po. 30)... @ ib ae oS ai gy eee — the bottom. apeuties. But let me tell you some of my again and again. The great public is a FEE Fo os ie aici sy | PY rethrum, pV..-..... a. We have seen soda drawn that we had observations upon its habitual use. When ' nothing, if not gulled, and if A does not Eapherbiam we 35@ 1o Gee Ce eae Quassiae ... I 3G, 10 a as soon drink asa glass of south wind. | younger, I was an under physician in a do it, B and C will, therefore A, if he is|Galbanum. .......---- on a ee. 60 Quinia, S B&W —— = | Don’t be afraid to give your customer | private asylum. Some members of a wise and anxious to keep out of the Pesaie ei a. "e 40 ae TT 33| Rubia Tinetorum..... Re 1 d all 161088 ail § | § aris BS, = age — ? 7 vgupbise oxic Ee , (po. 45)... @ 40| Auranti Cortes......00..00.. ’ ’ ’ “ ~~ amd F epee ae = prominent church came to consult about bankruptcy court, will join in the Swim. | Kino, (po. 25) -.-.----- @ Ai phet Arom. 00). 3 59 | Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 3 Another good point to observe. Kee i stor > i -eminds -dote anc fea 00 | Simi inali oo ~ns+ +c Se SS i i | er “gal a their pastor. He had been preaching That reminds me of an anecdote anda Mastic | — S 40 | Smilax ae aaa 6 seein Draconis... oo os Sole Agents for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. up to the times in the way of new drinks. | strangely and had been found on a true one, mind—of a tradesman, who put Oni, ( ae 3 25@3 30 | Seneca Scar = Santonine a i GA People tire of the same drink as quickly | crowded street preaching to a lot of down the cause of his insolvency to | ee ie. cal Sepe, Wo 14 as of the same food. toughs and gamins. He was givenavaca- ‘honesty.’ And, very possibly, he was], “ bleached...... 2G, 28 Co............ wD a se Again advertise. Let the people know | tion and secretly brought to the asylum. | correct.’’ Tragacanth |....-.---. 30G, (oO) Polucan 0... ee Hap Ses ea eee WwW i : a ' . C ( on UL) g1 J S o ure... @ 2 r riet that you are doing business. If you run | We watched him and discovered a pecu- “Let me say a word abont quack medi-| | 2#884—I0 ounce packages. | Prunus ee Tag @ 18 ee oe a milk shake, (and we contend that if|liar phase of dementia, which wasa mys- | cines, though the retailer, is of course, ee a canRnat oe e* - apply . , erp jc 2 ay lee - ee . : ig t . ee oe ee a ee oe 2, snui, z adboy properly drawn there is no better drink, | tery until he came to the dispensary so not responsible for their sins. A few, Lobelia ieee 25 | Aconitum Napellis RB seeeeee 50 Vous . peace a i @ 3. WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARKH REMEDY and it pays handsomely, with no more|often for quinine. He had no physical’ of course, are really good, and deserve Majorum ......-.----++-+-->- 28 a a 50| Snuff, Scotch, De, Voes @ 35° " trouble than drawing soda), don’t be|ailment which required it, and we soon their reputation, but others are frauds | Mentha — MORI a ee 60 Se * ee niggardly and stand upon the expendi- discovered from his own admission that! pure and simple. A man pays 9}4-cents | Rue.............--- Fe eee TE ae 50 Soda aa ce —— 33 ture of a few dollars. Get a suitable | he had used it habitually for years. We: for a box of pills with a government | Tanacetum, V.....-.-------- id 7. ae cee 50} Soda, Bi-Cart 1) 4@ apparatus and such as in your judgment deceived him by mixing his doses with a| stamp on, that he could buy loose for 2 eee Ve a Benzoin 7 ee ne a ea 3@ is the best. See that the milk is kept| harmless drug and gradually he became cents over the counter. The basis of ce ER 50 ee a ae We have in stock and offer a full line of sweet and clean and your containers | better, but still very incoherent in his; nine-tenths of the pills is aloes, and agen age Oey a = a =| < Merce Dom..... @200 pt a cee L oe oul 5 ees ‘ i iH : ; ica a i i‘ arponate, ral.....--- , wh BOR le ob thoroughly SC alded every day. Much conversation and ideas. He was dis- | sometimes a little colocynth or gamboge | Carbonate, K. & M.... 200, 25 faaatee Wed ce _— — = @2 0 WT u depends upon the way you present it to| charged as ‘improved,’ but there was no); is added, together with some carminative | Carbonate, jennings.. som S0| Capsicum ................... 50|. 2 05) aly Sea ea hiskies, Brandies, your customer. Finally, do not keep a}hope for him. He began again on the | that will prevent pain.’’ OLEUM ———- trrtssesssecess 45) Less 5e gal., cash ten days eustomer waiting. Oftentimes he has | drug, ¢ ‘or a ti "ef ery bril-| ‘*The | mixtures are ¢ sed of anid : 5 50 | Caste rroteresrsetertt ty ga] Strychnia Crystal... @ in M7in. RuUmMS. Ae a aa € - aa = - Z = for a time | preached very bril a ‘The blood mixtures are composed Of | Apsinthtom ././ 00.0. .2 5 O0@5 50 | Castor... 1 00 al iaiy. Sai Cll saepisig | G S; es, I a moment to spare and i ept wait- iantly, put one day he was crazy again, iodide of potassium and sarsaparilla, and | Amygdalae, Dulc... .. _ 4G 15] Catechu............-.. 0-5. 50 6 a 240 ing prefers to go without. and died soon after in the asylum. There may be bought fora tenth of the price r= mated ne a = ai = ee a aaa 50! Tamarinds ........---. ‘SO : i : = Ss 39 Amp 0. 0c... (H@1 89 Ce... | ao 1 Teni os —_*»_¢—.>__ may have been contributing causes, but charged for the patent medicine.’’ Auranti Cortex. .....- @e |) Columba 00. 5) ee or = To Cure a Felon. he hastened his death with quinine, which | ‘‘Quinine tonics often contain quassia Bergamii .........---- 2 50@3 00} Conium .........-...--..--+- 50 | Vania 02228 OG The following treatment is said to be a|is most dangerous to a man of mental | in place of quinine—a saving of 95 per Cees aaa — = _- Tee 50| Zinci Sulph........... 7@ 8|/ sure cure for a felon: activity.” |cent., whilst other tonics are made up of a ee meee, eo omLs. ‘Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. &C Make a strong syrup of Indian turnip ‘‘But this is only an exceptional case,”’ | hops, gentian, etc. But why continue? Chenopodii ........... = @i ii Gentian 501 whale. winte Bbl. Gai! 24 2g » * O., and tobacco; add aspoonful of turpen-| ventured the young man. | Enough is as good as a feast.” eee ee rr a, Soe 90! : M ur M ; 4 i e : , s | s S St. 4 i 75 ; a} werd, extra. ......... 86 ox if tine, and make into a poultice with| ‘Oh, but I know of even worse cases, ‘‘Now forthe other part of my subject. a a ee = Ge ee 50 55 | Henderson,County, Hand Made So ash bread or bran. Bind on the felon and | than the one recited. Quinine produces! A druggist is often looked on by the | Copaiba........-.---:- S0@1 00 |} Zineiber 50 a es 64 | “ ! ! i smug ara wa i . | a oe ce Sew | panebae ut ite a at zy} Lindseed, boiled .... 6 7 1 j you will have relief at once and a cure |a predisposition to suicide. You will ad- | lower middle classes and the poor, as Se eas ’ os ——o = eR a 20 | Neat’s oak ale we Whisky and Druggists Favorite yery soon. mit yourself that in the gloomy hours’ something of a physician, and if he be in| Erigeron 0G Saas soul @oloressn (000i pail (pecemmee yeu aD 63 A you mention there was a desire for. a middle-class neighborhood, will often | Gaultheria ............ 2 00@2 10| Ferri Chloridum............ 35 SpiritsTurpentine.... 44 5) Rye§ W hisky Quiet Missionary Work. death!’ make more by prescribing than the fully Geranium, ounce..... @ 5 | Kimo ..-.. .....-.----------- 50) peg y. gues ae : en in a : tives 2 the v u iusitied- ne eae ie na 2 | Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75 | Lobelia.. 59| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2%@3 Literary critic (laying down a new Se 1e young man admitted; ‘put qualified practitioner round the corner. | Hedeoma ............. 1 15@1 25 | Myrrh. pe Oca, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 book) —1 wish every maid, wife and that is common to everyone who has mis- , True, he does not often go out visiting | Juniperi...........--.- 50@2 00 | Nax Vomica......22 20.22... 50 a . oe eee 1% . Poy sar dic : oF 1 . ee : : , 2 0 ii = oe i mother in the country could read that | fortunes or disappointments.” | patients, but this is chiefly owing to the oa eee oe Be 4 ae ‘caer wee. oe book. a so = —— Hage teased —— | fact that —e a cay = Soil as to Mentha Piper 2. 0..20-2 352 eet | IPO spars sce ANN — Prime a ‘aun We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. i : ‘tor—Well. run in a line tc 35 who, with every advan age , require visitin e enths Verid......:.- 2 o0@2 OO | AnurantiCorex.....-........ ee ee ee 6 | Able editor ell, run in a line to the |man OF 3> wis | eve nntag 1 siting at home, there is sure to | Mentha Verid 7 anti Cor 50] vermilion, English... 70@75' We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- effect that that book is one which no|@d a good fortune, was found dead by | | be a certain amount of risk attending it. | rein, 2 geet a aoe 1 Spee A a gE "* 35] Green, Peninsular..... nai antee Satisfaction.1 woman should be allowed to see. his own hand. He had been a quinine- | If the patient happened to die there would | Olive ... il aad wie 50| Lead, red.............. 6%4@T i : i Ouve........ 1 00@ he. ... ee 4O4 All d ea itd: but had those terrible, desperate | be a rumpus, and possibly an inquest, ae Liquida, (gal. 35) ae 12 Cassia Acutifol. ee 50 ee Ae | oraers are Shipped and | Invoiced the same day we ré- emt 2 2 ee 5 tung, We n @ i es ee ek. an ———— of depression which | because the chemist could not give a| RIME joc ga EO eee 30| Whiting. Gildes =a Ceive them. Send in a trial order. sick dae go Gapeden cunnee make living a burden. He could sleep, | death certificate. A prosecution for | Rosae, ounce.......... @6 00 | Stromonium................. 60| White, Paris American 1 00} . om Ro | 8 has a that, too, was misery. He had hal-| illegally practising as a surgeon might | Suceini.....-.-....---- es ee ee oe i. te this week. uinine is a trifle|Iucinations, became angry easily | . rk abina 2.2.00220.22.22) 9@1 00} Valerian o-oo. esas SO! piaaees Propecod Beaad sg : ie - | lost : ll se iia . A | easily, and | also follow, and that would be awkward, | Cantal 1000.0... 3 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride............ 59| Pioneer Prepared Paint 20@1 4 t firmer. Opium and morphia are steady. | lost a ambition. nd so the victim! to say the least of it. Of course, he is | Sassafras. ... ... 5B@ 60 Swiss Villa —— | : Linseed oil is very firm and an advance dies either a suicide or by a gradual | acting illegally by prescribing at all, | Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 sea NenRTN NIDA cuueneaten ae --1 oat 20 asthenia—a general debility which makes | even at his own shop, but still, as it is a — ec ene : 3) | Ather, Spts Nit,3 F.. %@ 2 Loum ihanieraanie is probable. him prematurely old.” | very paying game, he is willing to run sis ol eS wee oe Bet ee ee + ool 2 7 Morris H. Treusch & Bro.’s ‘Our Well, I never noticed it,’ defended the ; the risk on account of the profits he can Theobromas........... 15@ 2 — ground, (po. —— each be pei 2 2 TOs ted nants : _-,__|young man, ‘and I know some of the, make. And then, again, there is often POTASSIUM. Decererceereceseesese 9@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn......1 00@1 10| Knocker” cigars are money makers for|most fascinating women, who use it! great indisposition on the part of anyone ee wt neceserece ion S —— a = 60 —— Damar....1 55@1 60 | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - : ae S, . oo j a q . : 7 omate ........-.. MOMMONT, PO... 2... 5} Japan ryer, No. 4 i the druggist They are quick sellers habitually. to make amove in the direction of a! Bromide............... 7@ 40 et Potass T: So 60) Top 70@ 75 The Michigan Tradesman A STRAY. {CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. | but on she ran, with the one thought up- permost in her heart—his safety, his life depended on her speed. Oh, how slowly the road moved under her feet!, But she could tell that, despite her load, she was gaining on her pursuers. Their voices grew fainter. She gained the hilltop above the mines. There was still a half- mile of road to cover. She could see the groups of men around the pit’s mouth. Oh, how far away it seemed! Could she ever reach it? Her breath came in short gasps: her head was filled with a buzzing that was maddening: she could not tell if it was the murmur of far-off voices or only the rush of riotous blood in herown veins. Perhaps she was too late! She tried to ery out to the people below. Oh, were they blind that they could not see her? She reached the straggling village street. Down its length she ran, a wild figure with streaming hair, and the fright- ened child clasped close in her arms. Women and children scattered in terror as she passed. Nothing but amad woman could ever look like that. Down among the crowd she sped. heedless of out- stretched hands of men to stop her, heed- words of question, on, on, until she dropped, blind and dizzy. at the pits mouth. so. while rough, kindly hands lifted the sereaming child. Then she staggered to her feet. ‘Doctor *“Where—”’ **He has just gone down the shaft with visitors. What's the matter?’ It was the sear-faced man. Dan. who an- swered her, holding the child in his arms. ““Quick!’’’ she gasped. “The eage! Take me down it. It is life or death.”’ --Ajl right. Get in. Do your quickest,”’ he said to the engineer. “1 1] ado it, Dan,” Said the man, turn- ing into the engine room. ‘‘Good God! What's this?’’ ‘““What?’’ came from a dozen throats. ‘The ropes are cut with acid. Look here. It is not three minutes since Lleft the engine. Something is up. The cage tan’t work’ A thrill of horror went over the crowd. Clearly the plot was not a general one. All were sullen and dissatisfied, but only a few had been in the horrible conspir- acy. To the woman’s senses was carried the thought. *‘too late!’ when some one mear her said: ‘Well. the stairs are left.’’ “The stairs!’ She had not thought of less of their Hepburn!’ she gasped. the that. ‘‘Where are they?’’ she asked. --Here,’’ answered aman standing near the black-looking aperture. She turned swiftly to Dan. **Be good to my boy.’ she said, and, kissing the ehild, she turned, before they were rightly aware of her intention, and plunged into the depths of the narrow stairway. From landing to landing she staggered, feeling her way as best she could in the intense blackness. falling, at times. against the slimy, oozing walls, straining her eyes in hopes of a gleam of lamps. Down, down, down! Oh, would she ever get to the bottom? Her breath was going, a dizziness was coming to her. She tried to stand erect, but she stum- bled gropingly against the wall. and felt a strange weakness growing onher. Oh, to fight it off until she could reach him! to silence for one moment that drip. drip. drip she heard from the roof—could hear growing into a roaring torrent, nearer and nearer it came. Another step and it would engulf her. Down she staggered, her whole remaining strength collected in a wild scream as those black, phantom- like waves closed around her. A party of men, just entering a car at the main entry, stopped, appalled at that shriek. They looked at one another in questioning amazement. ‘Is the mine haunted?” asked one of the visitors. ‘‘That certainly sounded like nothing earthly.”’ “Come,’’ said young Hepburn, picking up alamp; ‘‘there is something wrong. That sounded from the stairs. Come, uncle!’ And. there, in the bend of the stairs, they found her. Five steps more would have brought herin sight of the lamps she had struggled so to reach. Blackened and wet from the dripping walls, she lay unconscious, and from her lips trickled a red stream that formed a pool on the black floor. **This is serious, gentlemen. A broken bloodvessel,’’ said the doctor, bending over her. ‘‘Hall, ring the bell for the cage. Wemust get her above ground at once!”’ The bell was rung, but no answer re- turned. The wire had beencut. Young Hepburn looked grave. *‘There is some- thing wrong, seriously wrong, here. We must return by the stairs.’? While he spoke they heard the voices of men, who had followed Kate with lights, and in another minute the two parties of men met in the narrow passage, with ques- tioning wonder in their faces and the blackened, blood-stained form between them. In afew minutes the cutting of the wires was told, and the men slowly carried the unconscious form up the drip- ping stairs, followed by the party of vis- itors, who said little, but felt, in a vague way, that some danger and mystery were in the air. Up into the light of day they carried her, while the people stood about awe- struck and fearful. They wiped the black from the still face, and watched eagerly the faint signs of life struggling back, until the heavy lids quivered and opened to see Dr. Hepburn bending over her. A gasp for breath, and then she whispered: ““You safe? Iiwas in time.’’ ‘In time! What do you mean?’’ ry “The nitro-glycerine—on the track by —entry number nine. My life kas been some use—at last. Call Jim Mason.’’ The doctor repeated the name, and a man from the crowd came forward, his face white, and his mind sobered by the unexpected turn of the plot hatched in the brains of a few drunken, desperate men. ‘‘Jim,’’ she gasped, ‘I heard all. Once you said you owed me a debt. ray i now.”’ The sight of her face, with death in it, brought him to his knees beside her, while great tears stood on his rough cheeks. “Td a died before I'd a done a harm to you, Kate, after the kindness to my old Only for a moment she lay- mother, as you tended on her deathbed. what can I do?’’ ‘‘Promise no harm to the mines, they keep so many souls alive; no harm tothe doctor.”’ “J swear it by the memory of me mother! I’1] do no more such dirty work!’’ She tried to raise the hand nearest to him, but the arm was powerless—broken by the fal]. She struggled for breath, but could not speak further. A work- man told lowly of her bursting among them saying it meant life or death to reach them. The visitors crowded near to see the face of this woman now that the black from the walls had been wiped from her features. Among the rest was a tall, handsome man of about thirty years, with blonde hair and brown eyes, who leaned over to gain sight of her. As he did so his face was one of horror, as he ejaculated: ‘Kate!’ Dr. Hepburn glanced up quickly. ‘*You know her?’’ he asked. -J? Why. no—that is—’’ ‘“‘Hush! She is trying to speak.”’ That ery of ‘Kate’? seemed to have reached her. The grey eyes opened once more. *‘How long have 1 to live?’ she whispered. ‘Not an hour. Kate, my poor there anything I can do for you?’’ She looked assent. ‘‘My boy.”? They brought the little fellow, and she tried to look around as if for some one else. *-What is it?’’ asked the doctor. ‘The voice—that said—Kate.”’ -She wants to see you.’? And he made way for the tall gentleman, whose eyes and hair were the color of little Paul’s. He came and stood silent beside her. his face very pale. She looked at him long, then turned her eves to Hepburn, and whispered: ‘“‘“My boy is mine—none other’s—all mine. Will you take him? Teach him to forget—the shame—his mother. He has no name—’’ ‘He shall have mine, my poor girl. Don’t fret about his-future. He shall be as my son.”’ ‘“‘Your—son.’’? And she tried to smile. “That is best—your name. Ihave none —you hear?’’—and her eyes turned to the tall, pale gentleman—‘‘no name—only Kate—ever—you hear?”’’ ‘‘T hear,’’ he said, in a low voice. **Go—where I can’t see you—outof my sight.”> And as he stepped back the doctor held the child up to kiss her. 9 <>—_____—_- A Jewel of a Clerk. A New York dry goods house recently advertised for aclerk who understood shorthand and typewriting. to whom they would pay the munificent sum of $4 per week. The advertisement happened to fall under the eye of amember of Ply- mouth Church, answered it as fol- lows: “Gentlemen: In answer to your adver- tisement of this date for a youth familiar with shorthand and typewriter to assist with correspondence, salary $4 per week, I would say that I know a youth who, be- sides these qualifications, possesses a critical knowledge of six modern lan- guages, as well as drawing, painting, architecture. telegraphy (land and sub- marine), can play asnare drum, teach roller skating, isa promising light-weight scrapper, in religion a strict Calvinist, in deportment a Chesterfield, and is seldom in liquor. ‘This lad is anxious to work for your firm for $3 per week, for the reason (as he asserts) that in case you should fail at any time to pay him, he will not lose so much; so he will not accept your too lib- eral offer of four dollars. *‘T have suggested to him that in case he should accept this latter and larger sum, the possession of so large a sum of money every week might prove a tempta- tion for people to rob him, and perhaps lead him into dissipated ways. ‘In this he concurs with me. He is perfectly willing to scrub out the store, hustle building material around the yard, lick postage stamps and run on errands, when not engaged in shorthand writing. as he believes these to form a part of the stenographer’s duties. *‘Should he come, will vou please dis- charge your janitor and one teamster, and allow him to fill their places in his leisure hours? He would like this. ‘“‘Meet me at the entrance of Calvary Cemetery at 12 o’clock to-night, and I will introduce you to this youth, when you can tie a rope around his neck and drag him to your place of business.’’ a White Mountains and Bar Harbor. Commencing June 29th, the Michigan Central and its eastern connections will run a through line of elegant, new buffet sleeping cars through from Chicago to Bar Harbor, via. Niagara Falls and the White Mountains. without change. Con- nection will be made who at Niagara Falls | with through sleeper to Clayton, where | connection will be made to the Thousand Islands, Bay, Montreal and Quebec. detailed information in regard to these Summer resorts, them, send six cents postage for ‘‘A Modern Pilgrimage,”’ rates, toO. W. RUGGLES, senger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill. ~~ 9 _< ——___ She Needed No Thermometer. Anxious mother—"‘I wish, Susan, that when you give baby a bath you would be eareful to ascertain whether the water is at the proper temperature.”’ Susan—‘‘Oh, don’t you Worry about that, ma’am. I don’t need no’mometers. Iffthe little one turns red, the water is too hot: if it turns blue, it’s too cold; and that’s all there is about it !”’ . . ‘ ' Advertising Cards and Specialties. We earry 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 Cce., 108-5-7 Monroe St., Chicago, U1. WHIPS AND LASHES. Lowest Prices for Mail Orders. GRAHAM ROYS, 54 Lake Ave., - Grand Rapids. THE “EDITOR'S CHOICE.” FLINT, Mich.. April 9, 1889. To Whom it May Concern: We, the undersiumed committee. se- | lected by Geo. T. Warren & Co. to can- | vas the list of names and select one for a | | Cigar Label from the many names sent | in by the contestants, have this day | 1 selected the following. viz: EDITOR'S ; | CHOICE, sent in by Sig Wolf, of | ; Toledo, Ohio, JOHN J. Coon, Editor Flint Journal} R H. RANKIN Volverine Citizen ! hy R,O of the Flint “SB DITOR SS CHOLeE” Will be ready for shipment in about two weeks, Price, Thirty-Three Dollars per Thousand. We shall be pleased to receive a sample order from you. Yours respectfully, Geo. Y. Warren & Go. 20,000 Sold to the Yrade In Grand Rapids 31 Over 150 retail deale are handling th 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 $85 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 on inside 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. H. SCHNEIDER & CO, Manufacturers of the famous Disk and George, KIKs Social Session other And Popular Brands of end Cigars, Jobbers of All] Brands of Fine Cut, Plug and Smoking Tobaccos 21 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am 7:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 9:30am 11:36am ‘Traverse City Boopress. oo... 2.0... 3:05 pm 4:20pm Petoskey & Mackinaw..... ....... 8:45pm 10:30pm 7:30 a mand 11:30 a. m. trains have chair cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 10:30 p. m, train has sleeping car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. GOING SOUTH. o. O22 7:60am -11:45am 12:45am - 5:40pm 6:00 pm Chicago and Sturgis ..20:0p™m 11:05 5m 7:00am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 6:00 p m train has Pullman sleeper for Cincinnati. 11:05 p m train has Wagner sleeper for Chicago, via Kalamazoo. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Chicago, Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave Arrive. 10:15 am ) i 5 Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. LocKwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leares +Mornine Mxpress...0.00005.... 0. 1:05 yp m i:10 pm PP hroae Mass. 5:00 p m 4:10pm 4Steamboat Express............-.10:40 p m 10:45 pm *Night Express. .. 6:50a m 7:00am eee ee 7:45am GOING EAST. petra Memers.........0........ 6:45am 6:50 am —C eee 10:26 a m 10:30 a m +Evening Express. ................ 3:40 pm 3:50 pm *Limited Express...........---.--- 6:25 pm 6:30 pm +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has Junction with through sleeper to Toronto, and at De- troit for through sleeper to Niagara Falls. Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at b.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 28 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’) Pass. Agent. RETAIL GRUGKRS °° You Wanta Leader? TREN BUY A BOX OF HAPPY FAMILY SOAP OF YOUR WHOLESALE GROCER. Seventy-five Bars in a Box. Only $2.95 per Box. IT WEIGHS NEARLY A FULL POUND, FOR ALL 5 Boxes, 5c a Box Less. 10 Boxes, 10c a Box Less, AND THE BEST AND PUREST LAUNDRY HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ALLEN B. WRISLEY, Chicago, Ill. SOAP IN THE MARKET Five-box lots and upward delivered free of freight to any railroad station in Michigan. MICHIGAN, OUR MICHIGAN! Yo the Retail Distribvters of Foot-wear in Michigan: GENTLEMEN:—Michigan our home state and we take especial pride in the reputation our goods have right here at home. Our production over ONE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY (Shipments for last six months being $519.468) and of this fully one-third is sold in Michigan. We are repre- sented in nearly all Michigan towns of any size by first-el enterprising dealers (you know we only sell to the best), but we will not be satisfied until our goods are EVERY CITY AND VILLAGE IN THE STATE, so if dealers we will W1li to take their is is ass, ld ; SOECE TEI reliable write in places where our goods are not sold convince them that we can make it to hold of our line. WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR to give proper us, aavahtage service, and, believing in the old adage *:T Nothing Like Leather,’’ we use no imitations. Yours traly, PINGREE & SMITH, Detroit, Mich here’ s MANUFACTURERS OF Reliable Foot—- Wear In fine and medium grades. All styles. Ladies’ Boys’ and Children’s. . Gents’, Misses’, Ww. STEELE Packing and Provision Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fresh anc Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt Pork, Hams, Shoulders, Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage of all Kinds, Dried Beef for Slicing. I. Ak ®D strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces. barrels, half-bbls., 50 1b. cans, 201b. cans, 3,5 and 10)b. pails Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc. Our prices for first-class goods are very low and ail goods are warranted first-class in every in- stance. prices. When in Grand Rapids, give us a call and look over our establishment. Write us for DETROIT SOAP Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: MOTTLED GERMAN, SUPERIOR, HENIX, ROYAL BAR, MASCOTTE, AND OTHERS, ETT QUEEN ANNE, TRUE BLUE, For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current. quantities, address, CO., ZAR, CAMEO. For quotations in larger ND RAPIDS. Ww, ea HAWKINS, coisas game see. ete aa Old Woman, so high ? because fA 4 Santa Claus. a is the best on Earta for Five(ENTS acake, _ All good housekeehers use it. Allgood grocers sell it,and N.KfAirBANKeCo., Cuicago, make it Old Woman whither To sweep the cobwebs from the sky. On such mission of cleanliness hasten The sun, moon and stars need the Soap P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE Dry Goods AND Notions, 63 Monroe St. and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. New Line of Prints, Seersuc kers, Toile Du Nord, Ginghams, Dress Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, VVvhHe G oods, Laces, Embroideries and Full Line of Neck Wear. and Ywines, STARK, FRANKLINVILLE, Warps, Geese Feathers, AMERICAN, ’ HOOKER, dl] Waddings, Batts BURLAPS. i Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia and careful attention. Bags. Mail orders receive prompt WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manufacturers, 37.39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. c= No Chemicals.23 W. BAKER & CO0,’S reakfast Cocoa Is absolutely pure and it is soluble. = To increase the solubility of ; yr the powdered cocoa, various expe- = dients are employed, most of them being based upon the action of some alkali, potash, soda or even ammonia. Cocoa which has been prepared by one of these chemical processes can usually be recognized at once by the distinct alkaline reaction of the infusion in water. W. Baker & Co.’s Breakfast Cocoa is manufactured from the first stage to the last by perfect mechanical processes, no Chemical being used in its preparation. By one of the most ingenious of these mechanical processes the greatest degree of fineness is secured without the sacrifice of the attractive and beautiful red color which is characteristic of an absolutely pure and natural cocoa. W. Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass. Seventeen Years on the Market With a steady increase in demand. Jennings Flavoring Kxtracts ALWAYS RELIABLE AND UNIFORM IN QUALITY AND BEING MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT BE OTHERWISE THAN THE FINEST FLAVORS PRODUCED. ARE PRICE, Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable goods to add to their stock. Order through your Jobber or direct from senmngs & Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. SEE QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER. Wecarry a large stock of Foreign | T times prepared to fill orders for car lots or less at lowest prices. and Domestic Nuts and are at all Putnam & Brooks.