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JOBBER OF

Fresh and Salt

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GRAND RAPIDS.

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AND
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The Keonomy

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five years, it now has a National
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the World.

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FLOUR

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OFFICE OF
KING & COOPER,

Fancy Grocers.

St. JosEPpH, Micb., Feb. 23, 1889.
DANIEL LYNCH,Grand Rapids:

DEAR SIR—Permit us to con-
gratulate you wpon 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,
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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,

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Tinware, Glassware end Notions.

Rags, Rubbers and Metals bought at Market
Prices.
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HEADQUARTERS
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JOBBER OF

Fruits ana Confectionery,

416 So. Division st.,

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THE GARDEN HOSE.

She’s fairer than a lily,

* And she’s sweeter than a rose,

And she knocks the neighbors silly
When she wields the garden hose.

She lifts her skirts from danger
With her left hand, while her right

Grasp: the nozzle, and the stranger
Gets a very pleasing sight.

The neighbors’ eyes all twinkle
Ang their interest daily grows,

For they like to see her sprinkle,
An4 they like to see the hose.

——“—»> a ____—_

THE BEGUIN OF MALINES.

When Alan McCormick was in Paris
he met a family of English people with
whom he used to go about the city. He
was all that an American abroad should
be. He was young, unmarried, rich and
full of an enthusiasm that knew no
shame. The Engl’sh people were of an
old family, but untitled. There wasa
mother, a son. a little daughter and a
cousin, ‘Sister Marie,’ the child called
her, her proper name, however, being
Marian Arnold. There was something
so unique about this young woman that
she puzzled McCormick. She was about
twenty-four, rather tall and slender. She
had soft brown eyes and wavy hair,
which was pushed back bebind her ears,
and worn without puff or curl. She was
bright and animated, yet about her walk,
her face, her very pose, there was an
air of intense quiet that was not the re-
sult of temperament. Alan wondered
now she came by it. He could not be-
lieve that she had suffered, and so come
to this strange tranquility, because there
was still about her the air of an un-
awakened heart and immature sympathy.

Making one of their party so con-
stantly, Alan, after awhile, found the
family would very naturally divide it-
self, the father and mother keeping the
little girl with them, and he going with
Marian. The young man, Hartley Ar-
nold, rarely formed one of the party, but
when he was with them he made no
secret of his love for his cousin, and his
manner to her was curiously colored by a
deep resentment and an apparent sense
of wrong.

Marian seemed annoyed by his manner,
but she never appeared to realize that he
was to be pitied or considered, and she
tortured him constantly by her very want
She looked at him with a
calmness that was exasperating, and, if
he upbraided her, she would laugh and
tell him he was ‘‘queer.”’? At first, Alan
thought her frank and confiding, but be-
fore long he found that in everything
that concerned herself she was deeply
reserved. Once she told him she did not
live in England.

“Where, then ?’”’ he asked.

“In Malines,’’ she replied.

“Is your family there ?”? he continued.

She shook her head. ‘‘I live quite
alone.’? she said, and then she walked
over toa picture, for they were in the
Louvre, and began to talk of Rubens.

They were in Paris together for a
month. and a month when one is young
isalong time. Then one day Alan re-
ceived a telegram telling him his father
was very ill, and he started at once for
home.

On the steamer he suffered from a con-
flict that made him moody by day, rest-
at night. could not forget
Marian. He felt he must, in some im-
possible way, turn and go back to her.
fHe had left her, and she did not know he
loved her. She. was free, and when he
thought of the possibility that young
Arnold might suddenly awaken and win
her heart, he grew desperate. And at
the same time he feared his father
might die before he reached home that
he was half wild. But his father, who
loved him as ardently, waited for him,
and died in his arms afew days after
Alan’s arrival. Then, as soon as
could make his arrangements, Alan went
back to Europe. He stepped in London
t the Arnolds’ town house and found
they were still abroad, so he at once went
to Paris. but he could get no clue to
them. He wandered around Paris: he
went to Antwerp, and then suddenly
found himself in Malines. He did not
say to himself that he meant to find
Marian. but never did a man more full of
purpose wander through the streets of

less He

s0

>

Malines. He haunted the great noisy
station where all the railroads of Bel-
gium center, but Marian came from

neither Ostend nor Antwerp, from Brus-
sels or any other city.

He looked up the few English people
in the town, but came upon no trace of
her, and yet, day by day, he became cer-
tain she was in Malines.

He fancied he felt her presence. It
occurred to him that she was probably a
governess, and he haunted the streets,
looking at every lady with a child, and
going through long and winding ways,
where the houses projected over the
street, nearly hiding the sky; where
there were old, corroded walls and ruined
facades and dim, bulging windows hung
like hods against the sides of the houses;
where stairways descended to the canals
and creeks intersected the city, and he
had crossed, he said to himself, the
thirty-five bridges that are in the town.
Over everything there dwelt a curious
quiet that reminded him of Marian, and
he fancied she must have caught and car-
ried away some of the atmosphere of the
city. Life was there, but it was like the
beating of a heart in a body that has lost
all power of motion. He was especially
fond of going to the Church of St. Rom-
baud, because he knew that Marian was
a Roman Catholic, and must sometimes
go there. He used to linger around the

great carved wooden pulpit, which rep- |
no one speaks loudly.

resented the conversion of St. Paul, and
look at the figure of the Saint who has
fallen from agreat Flemish horse. Above
him was a crucifixion, with life-size fig-
ures of the Blessed Virgin and St. John,
and on the other side stood Adam and
Eve. Surmounting all, above the sound-

ing board, was an apple tree, and in the
midst of all this carving an old monk
with flashing eyes
preach.

used to stand and

Alan wandered about’ the

he |

JULY 10, 1889.

 

 

church; he paused before the picture by
Vandyke, and before the twenty-five
scenes in the life of St. Rombaud, but he
always went back to the pulpit before he

left the building, hoping to find her
there.
There were curious buildings, the

House of the Prodigal Son, where eccen-
tric carvings prophesied welcome and
cheer to the wanderers who might hap-
pen in, and the House of the Devil,
where grinning satyrs warned the pru-
dent away. Over the House of the
Salmon, where the fishmongers met, was
a carved fish, and even here he dallied.
because, if Marian lived in Malines, this,
too, must be familiar to her. Along the
streets of the Eight Beatitudes. and of
the Twelve Apostles, he wandered, and
out the great heavy gateway toward
Brussels, where the market women
crowded in between its towers, he would
go into the flat, monotonous country
roads bordered by Lombardy poplars and
dusty hedges.

One day he passed a ghastly piece of

statuary representing Christ on _ the
Mount of Olives. The disciples, meager,
famished figures, lay asleep, and the

whole affair, daubed with color, washed
out with rain, was grotesque and melan-
choly. As he stood looking at it, he
wondered if Marian did not think it
frightful! Then suddenly he perceived
a number of little houses drawn up in
line, each one bearing the name of a
saint and on some a little image. In
each door was a little grating, and as he
passed one achild rang the bell anda
woman’s head appeared at the aperture.
The stillness of Malines was here inten-
sified, and only such faint domestic
sounds as a moving chair or the rattle of
a dish broke the silence. In one house,
differing from the others by having no
grating, no saint, sat a lace-maker. She
was about forty, but old and yellow.
Her large, dry hands, cold and inan-
imate, moved with dexterity among her
her bobbins, and on the cushion, where
her grandmother’s pale fingers had
worked, this woman, prematurely gray
and old. wrought a lace fit for a queen at
her court.

It was now near evening, when sud-
denly the doors all opened and out of
each house came figures robed in black,
and with swift and silent steps took
their way to the church near by. MeCor-
mick recognized these figures at once,
and he knew he was in the Beguinage of
Malines. and these dark and quiet women
were the Bequines, a sisterhood bound
by voluntary vows, consecrating their
lives to the sick and poor and to the ser-
vice of religion. He turned and followed
them into the church, where each one,
hastening to her own chair, took out of
the box attached to it a large white veil,
which she threw over her whole figure,
and then, dropping on her knees, bowed
her head in prayer. This congregation
of sheeted shadows, draped in folds that
were stiff and carven in appearance,
filled the soul. of the young man with
disgust. He wondered if Marian had
ever been there. and smiled as he thought
huw these smothered existences, these
walled-in lives, would repel her. Near
the altar were some ladies, and a sister
wearing a black veil over her white cap
went to them with a basin for alms, and
then turning came toward Alan. As he
put nothing in her basin, she raised her
eyes in gentle surprise and caught his
fierce, astonished stare at her.

She gently shook her head and went
back to her place. Alan went out into
the air. He felt as if ke would choke.
This, then, was the reason Marian lived
in Malines. She was a Beguin!

After atime the sisterhood filed
and she came to him and spoke.

‘Will you not go to my house ?’”’ she
said.

Her manner was as gentle and as quiet
as when they were in the Louvre to-
gether.

He could not speak, but he followed
her to a house, tiny as a doll’s, but gay

out,

and bright with flowers and pictures. In
the little parlor were easy chairs. There

were gold fish, and a bird gayly sang.
On the table stood a tea service for one,
and Marian, smiling, opened a little cup-
board and took out another cup.

“You will take tea with me?’’ she
said.
Alan shook his head. It seemed to

him that she was mocking him.

‘TI have looked for you,’’ he said.

She sat down opposite to him and
seemed interested.

“I felt you were in the city; I felt you
were:’’ and he faintly smiled.
she smiled in reply, he said what he
thought was the most atrocious thing he
could say.

‘Sometimes I thought it possible you
had married your cousin !’’

She laughed at this and said it was
very silly. Of course, she was not mar-
ried.

‘‘But you mean to be,’’ he cried; *‘this
is only a temporary thing, a retreat for a
few weeks. You will go back to your
aunt 27’

“Oh, no,’ she replied, “I ama reg-
ular Beguin. I was only ona visit to
my aunt. If I had been allowed, I
should have worn the dress of my order,
but that is against the rules.”’

“You never told me,”’ he exclaimed.

“We do not speak of our vows when
we are in the world.’’? And again she
looked at him gently, tenderly.

“Good Heavens!’ he cried, hastily
rising, ‘‘do you really mean this for
life ?”?

She nodded her head and looked at
him apprehensively; for in the Beguinage

“And why:

‘Because I like it.’’

“But, Marian’’—and he came nearer
to her—‘‘think of me! What am I to
do?
stand 2?—and I cannot have it.’’

“‘T am sorry,’’ she replied.

“And you! You will marry me,

‘Marian ?’’

“No,” she quietly answered. ‘‘If I

Then, as”

I love you, Marian, do you under- |
_of cedar wood.

| married

lwho, having $25,000 at command, is de-
i ficient of ability to secure or fill a lucra-

‘New York in the amount of her green

 

 

Mr. McCormick, it!
He has loved mea,

any one,
would be Hartley.
long time.’’

“But you do not love him ?”’

“NO.”

‘“‘And me ?

“On. no.”

Alan groaned and picked up his hat. |
Then he turned and looked at her.

‘How am I to move you?’ he said.
“You do not care. You have a heart of
stone. Do you love any one, ‘Sister
Marie’ ?’’

She laughed at this title.

“Yes, L love little Jeanne very much.
Have you seen her? And I love my
poor people.”’

‘“‘And this life! This horrible, stifled
life, do you love it ?”’

“It is a tranquil life.”? she replied. ‘‘I
am very happy. Ido not want anything
else. Wecan give up our vows when-
ever we please, but no Beguin has ever
done so.”’

rm 7 * * * *

And when Alan left Malines, a week
later, he had made no impression on her.
He stirred her to neither pity nor anger.
The air of the place seemed to have pet-
rified her heart, and there was no throb
of life to answer his passionate and eager

Do you love me ?’’

5

*

appeals.
She looked at him as she had at her
cousin, and simply wondered why he

cared so much.

He neglected her, he persecuted her;
he took her to the great pulpit in St.
Rombaud, and there, where he had
sought her, appealed to her, but with her
soft and tender eyes. she looked an un-
concerned answer, and when he left
Malines he could not hope that she either
regretted or missed him.

LOUISE STOCKTON.
‘“ What Is He Worth?’”’
From the Office.

This is a question so often propounded
that we pass it by. scarcely stopping to
consider whether or not the answer given
it is a proper one. But when we stop to
think of it, the question affords a broad
field for speculation in almost any par-
ticular case. What is aman worth? For
example, a book-keeper receiving a sal-
ary of $2,000 a year. Considering the
inquiry in a purely financial view, we
ealeulate that it requires $50,000 bearing
4+ per cent. interest to yield $2,000 a
year. If a man is worth the price he
commands—and men whoreceive salaries
are more apt to be undervalued than
overvalued—the book-keeper equal,
financially, to the capitalist who has
$50.000 which he loans out at 4 per cent.
and lives on his income. But some men
get much larger salaries. Ten thousand
dollars per annum is not an unusual sal-
ary in some branches of business for
managers of institutions or large indus-
tries, and that is equivalent to a capital
of from $200,000 to $250,000 drawing 5
per cent. in one case and 4 per cent. in
the other. Let. the man who receives
only a thousand dollars a year pause to
consider, before moaning over his hard
lot. that he commands an income on
$20,000. or perchance $25,000.

If he persists in considering his situa-
tion in life an unfortunate one, let him
imagine a reversed condition of circum-
stances. Let him ask, if he would choose
to be placed in the condition of some ac-
quaintance whom he may know, and

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tive position and one commanding honor
and respect. Is it not probable that the
annoyances likely to be caused overa
safe and prudent investment for the cap-
ital, with the chances of loss staring the
investor in the face, would fully equal
such as are ordinarily encountered by
those in responsible positions—liability
to dismissal or of place through
sickness or other causes ?
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The Fruit Trade of New York on the
Wane.
From the Fruit Trade Journal.

No fact is more apparent to wide-awake
fruit dealers of New York than that this
city is slowly but surely losing control of
the green fruit imported to this country.
For years the metropolis enjoyed practi-
cally a monopoly of this trade and, until
five years ago, nine-tenths of the green
fruit imported into the United States and
Canada came through New York. In-
porters, jobbers and brokers were all
located here, and foreign shippers thought
of no other American post as a distribut-
ing point for their product. Within half
a decade all this has been changed, and
now, instead of nine-tenths, only two-
thirds of the cranges and lemons received
in this country are landed in New York.
This is a heavy falling off, and at the
same rate this port will, ten years hence,
distribute only one-third of the receipts.
Owing to the increased demand for fruit
in this country of late years, necessitat-
ing heavier importations, the compara-
tive falling off has not been fully appre-
ciated by most dealers. Ten years ago
4.000.000 boxes of oranges and lemons
were received each year in New York.
Since that time the consumption of these
fruits has so increased that, notwith-
standing California’s large output, the
annual importations are greater by 1,000,-
000 boxes. Now, New York receives an
average of only 3,000,000 boxes per year,
while New Orleans, Boston, Philadelphia
and Baltimere, which, together, received
less than a half million boxes five years
ago, will, during the present year, han-
dle over 2,000,000 boxes. New Orleans,
especially. is rapidly becoming an impor-
tant fruit center and bids fair to rival

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fruit imports.
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Improved Leaad Pencils.
An improved covering for lead pencils
is said to be made out of paper instead

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The relation of ill health to evil be-
havior and crime presents a great field
for investigation.

 

NO. 303.

Co-operative Buying and Business.
From the National Grocer.

Just now there has been more or less
attention paid to the question of co-
operative buying, and there does appear
to be some justification for such action
under certain circumstanees; but to say
that it is a panacea for all the ills of
trade is unquestionably a grave error.
lf we may express an opinion broadly
upon the merits of co operative business,
we may at once say that it is not profit-
able, nor will it ever supersede individ-
ual enterprise, providing that individual
enterprise is allowed to have free scope
and fair, open competition.

To say that co-operation cannot at
times be of advantage to the retailer is a
fallacy, for in many cases there is an ad-
vantage to be gained; but whether co-
operative trading among grocers will
prove a success is yet an unsettled ques-
tion. If there is a combination among
jobbers and wholesalers which places the
profit above the legitimate standard,
then, and then alone, can this system be
profitable to those engaged init. There
is, however, no doubt in our mind that
individual enterprise will always come
out on top, providing it is allowed free
scope.

There is no business which stands in a
better position to pay than the Co-orer-
ative Wholesale Society in England,
which controls ths entire trade of its
members. The last report issued shows
that this society is doing a trade of over
$30.000.000 outside ef its banking de-
partment: yet all its affairs are not satis-
factory. The balance sheet for the quar-
ter ending March 23 shows sales for the
three months amounting to £1,537,307, an
increase on the corresponding period of
last year of £170,517, or at the rate of
123g per cent. The net profit on this
business is £19,633, which it is proposed
to apportion as follows: dividend on
sales to members, at 3d. per pound,
£16,960; dividend on sales to non-mem-
bers, at 14gd. per pound, £287; writing
off bad debts, £136; and the balance of
£2,249 to the reserve fund. The turn-
over in the bank department during the
quarter was £5,100,131, and upon this
there is a net profit of £1,077, the greater
portion of which it is proposed to divide
on credit and debit balances. The So-
ciety’s manufacturing departments show
the following results after interest and
depreciation are provided for: Crumpsell
biscuit works, a profit of £93 on a pro-
duction of £8,779; Leicester shoe works,
a profit of £2,299 on a production of
£44.479: Heckmondwike shoe works, a
profit of £977 on a production of £5,573;
Durham soap works, a loss of £365 on a
production of £5,657; and the Batley
woolen mill, a loss of £186 on a produc-
tion of £3.692. The shipping account,
after the usual charges for interest, de-
preciation and repairs, shows a profit for
the quarter of £540. The committee re-
port that they have placed an order for

another new steamship with LEarle’s
Ship-building Company, of Hull. The
report of the Scottish Co-operative

Wholesale Society for the same period
shows sales amounting to £510,137, an in-
crease on the corresponding period of
last year of £83,294, at the rate of 1934
per cent. The profit for division is
£14,145, out of which it is proposed to

pay dividends of 7d. and 3i¢d. in the
pound on sales to members and non-
members, respectively, and 7d. in the

pound on the wages of workersin all the
departments.

It will be seen that there were two de-
partments which showed a loss, and the
profit on a business of $30,000,000 was
barely $80,000 a year, certainly a very
small margin upon such a business, and
one which might be soon turned into a
loss. When it is considered that this
business is much larger than any two,
probably than any three, jobbing houses
in this country, it must be evident that
the margin is very small or that the ex-
penses of working are very large.

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A Remedy for Snoring.

Only the man and woman chained to
that rest-destroying angel, a snoring
partner, can appreciate its sinfulness.
The wicked emotions aroused in the soul
of the sufferer against the sleeper cannot
be transferred to paper. Could a manor
woman preserve their night thoughts of
the innocent offender during the entire
twenty-four hours, married life would be
a bleak, treeless, unwatered waste. For
this sort of affliction, if made public, a
man or woman gets only the same class
of sympathy accorded to malaria—a grin-
ning ‘‘That’s too bad.” There is a rem-
edy for ague; quinine is bitter, but it
breaks up chills. There is a remedy for
snoring, and that is bitter too. Scientists
have discovered that snorers are invari-
ably great laughers and talkers, who
exist principally with their mouths wide
open, thereby clogging the breathing ap-
paratus with dust and roughening the
delicate cords by contact with crude air.
To these good-natured and loquacious
sleep killers science says: “Shut up;
keep your mouth closed; better deprive
the world of your cackle and chatter than
turn honey into gall and make marriage
a failure.’’ If this does not cure snoring,
then Bob Burdette’s remedy for dandruff
is the only recourse—chop the head off.

California Seed.

The seed trade is looming up in Califor-
nia; in the county of Santa Clara alone
not less than 1,200 acres are now devoted
to the production of garden seeds. Over
60,000 pounds of lettuce seed and 120,000
pounds of onion seed have been shipped
east from California, in a single season.
The seed said to be of excellent
quality. and there appears to be every
probability that California will eventu-
ally be one of the great centers of the

seed business of the country.
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Insect Bites.

Chloroform is the best local applica-
tion for the bites of mosquitoes and other
insects; it quickly relieves the pain and
reduces the swelling.

 

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The Michigan Tradesman

 

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
J. Geo. Lehman’s new brick on
West Bridge street, has reached the third
floor.

oo
block,

Aberline White has engaged in the
grocery business at White’s Siding, near
Lacota. Lemon & Peters furnished the
stock.

John W. Sherwood has sold his grocery
stock on Lyon street to J. C. McKee, who
has removed it to one of the vacant
stores in his new block at South Grand
Rapids. The business will be managed
by his brother, Jas. J. McKee.

B. A. Hoxie has bought the Dr. W. H.
Ross drug stock, at 40 West Fulton
street, and will continue the business at
the same location. Mr. Hoxie was form-
erly a member of the firm of Stebbins &
Hoxie, general dealers at Lawrence.

A small fire in the rear room of the
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.’s store,
early last Friday morning, did about
$3,000 damage. The loss was adjusted
on Monday, but business proceeded in
the meantime without a moment’s inter-
ruption.

Wisner & Mansfield’s grocery stock, on
Plainfield avenue, was. oreclosed on
chattel mortgage by the Telfer Spice Co.
last Monday, when H. F. McCormick
paid the amount of the mortgage and
took possession of the stock on a bill of

 

sale, subsequently selling the stock to
M. K. Collins.
AROUND THE STATE.
Greenville—A. S. Mitchell is closing
out his grocery stock
Glen Arbor—Carl Walker will shortly

engage in general trade.
Climax—Pierce & Jibb succeed Warren
Smith in the drug business.
Gladstone— C. O. Collins has
chased R. W. Davies’ drug stock.
Coral—D. D. Holeomb will shortly en-
gage in general trade at Henrietta.
Lowell— E. R. Collar succeeds
& Weeks in the dry goods business.

pur-

Collar

Ludington — A. D. Culver succeeds
Lewis Costello in the grocery business.
Ishpeming — Jos. Sellwood succeeds

Trebilcock & Penglase in general trade.
Traverse City—Frank Stepan succeeds

E. R. Kneeland in the meat market busi-
ness.

St. Joseph—Rice Bros ueceed Z. Rice
& Son in the grocery and crockery bus-
iness.

Coral—J. A. and Will Barry are ar-

ranging to engage in
at Henrietta.
Detroit—Henry A. Harman

the drug business

has been

appointed receiver for the Hull Bros.
grocery business.
Parmelee—Dr. Ash has engaged to put

in aline of drugs and groceries, occupy-
ing the store near the depot.

Sparta—The report that S. H. Ballard
had sold his general stock to J. R. Har-
rison & Co. is denied by the former.

Coopersville—Roswell Lillie, formerly
engaged in business here, has purchased
a half interest in a general store at
Wesson, Miss.

Detroit — John Bell, Anibale Van
Bianchi and Henry D. McLean have been
admitted to partnership in the grocery
firm of G. & R. MeMillan, under the
style of G. & R. McMillan & Co.

Nashville—E. J. Cox has disposed of
his interest in the livery business
partner, Frank Stringham, who wi
tinue the business alone. Mr. Cox

to his
ill con-
will

 

devote his attention exclusively to the
elevator business.

Coldwater—A. L. Conger has sold an
interest in his variety store to W. A.
Townsend, late of Grand Rapids, the
new firm being known as Conger &
Townsend. The firm occupies a store

22x100 feet in dimensions.
Kalamazoo—A. L. Conger has
a copartnership with his brother, W. H.
Conger, under the style of Conger Bros.,
and opened a branch store at Mt. Clem-

formed

syil.

ens. The firm occupies two floors of a
new building, 22x80 feet in dimensions,
the establishment being styled Conger’s

Variety Store.

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Whitehall—L. W. Mapes has begun the
manufacture of cigars.

Edmore—aA. H. Farnhour has removed
his shingle mill to Ontonagon.

Iron River—The Wisconsin Land &|
Lumber Co. has discontinued business.

Detroit—Wm. Mitchell, of the feed

mill firm of Wm. Mitchell & Sons, is dead.
Detroit—Reuben Robinson, of the
lumber firm of Robinson Bros. & Co., is
dead.
Cheboygan—C. H. Hoffman has retired

from the shingle mill firm of Clark &
Hoffman.
Grand Haven—The Challenge Corn

Planter Co. has shut down for inventory
and repairs.

Lane—Lupton Bros. are cutting 25,000
feet of hardwood lumber daily for Suth-
erland & Co., of Bay City.

Farwell—J. T. Goff has taken charge
of the Suttlefield shingle mill and will
cut shingles by the thousand.

East Saginaw—E. O. & S. L. Eastman |
& Co. expect to have their new planing |
mill ready for business July 15.

Bousfield, Perrin & Co. are to consolidate.

2,500,000 feet this season, and the mill
has shut down for the present.

Hastings—The Powers Wagon Co. has
leased a portion of the Bentley Bros. &
Wilkins planing mill and will shortly
begin the manufacture of the Powers
buggy.

East Saginaw—The A. W. Wright
Lumber Co. will resume operations in
the woods in September. It will cut this
fall and winter about 50,000,000 feet, its
usual stock.

East Saginaw—Yates & Whipple have
established a local lumber yard for the
ear trade. They will handle stock they
manufacture, and will carry about 10,-
000,000 feet.

Muir—The efforts to establish a cream-
ery here are likely to be crowned with
suecess. It is designed to make it a
stock company, and considerable stock
has already been taken.

East Saginaw —A. N. Pinet has re-
turned from Dollarville, where he pur-
chased 3,000,000 feet of lumber for a De-
troitfirm. Itisnow being shipped. The
price paid was not learned.

Menominee—The Ludington, Wells &
Van Schaick Co. is reported to have sold
15,000,000 feet of standing timber to the
Girard Lumber Co. for $60,000. The
timber is located near the purchasing
company’s Dunbar mill.

Manistee—The notice of the removal
of the extra dollar a thousand log duty
by the Canadians will be welcome news
to some of our mill men, who have about
30,000,000 feet of logs that they cut last
winter. They will probably now be
towed to Bay City.

Ionia—The internal dissensions in the
management of the Michigan Overall
Manufacturing Co. have been quieted by
the purchase of Mr. Voorhees’ interest.
The latter will shortly engage in the
same business under the style of the
Ionia Pants and Overall Co.

East Saginaw—J. T. Hurst sold 15,-
000,000 feet of his Tobacco river tract
last week to Bay City parties at $120,000
or $8 stumpage, and this pretty nearly
cleans up his purchase made in the
spring of Whitney & Stinchfield. It is
said that he is negotating a 60,000,000
tract in upper Michigan.

Detroit—The Standard Electrical
has filed articles of incorporation and
will sell storage batteries, motors, etc.
John E. Wiles, trustee, Detroit, controls
39,995 shares, and John T. Liggett. John
E. Wiles, Frank T. Lodge, E. B. Weed
and C. A. Klawster own one share each.
The paid-up eapital is stated at $1,000,-

000.
East Saginaw—Lumber and _ shingle

shipments for June show a falling off as
compared with the same month last year.
And for the season of navigation to
July 1, while shipments are slightly in
excess of last year, there a marked
comparison with the five years preceding
i885. The increase in shipments by rail
will explain the discrepancy in the water
movement.

Bay City—R. G. Peters has contracted
to have 28,000,000 feet of Georgian Bay
logs manufactured here, and the first raft
is expected on July 10. Thos. Nester
and others are also said to be interested
in these logs. Of the total quantity,
5,000,000 feet will be cut at the Myers
mill, 8,000,000 feet by S. McLean, Son &
Co., and the remainder will be divided
up among several mills.

Ontonagon—Owing to
16,000.000 feet of Thomas
were in boom here ahead of those of the
Diamond Match Company, which has
been to supply its mill, a con-
tract was lately made by the company to
saw the Nester Both mills will,
therefore, be run to the full capacity the
remainder of the and
logs will be towed to Baraga.

Sault Ste. Marie—Charles Marthinson
has contracted with the Reid Towing &
Wrecking Co. to tow between 39,000,000
and 40,000,000 feet of logs from the Mis-
sissauga and vicinity in Ontario to Bay
City, to sawed on contract at four
different mills. The first raft of 3,500,000
feet was started a few days ago. This is
called largest towing contract ever
made from the Canadian shore.

Ishpeming—The directors of the Lake
Supericr Iron Mine Co. have been given
authority by the stockholders to sell or
lease the company’s gold property on the
Ishpeming range, where it isnow sinking
a shaft from which some exceedingly
rich gold-bearing quartz has been taken,
the Eastern stockholders being averse to
having the company itself undertake
working the gold property. This action
will doubtless result in the rapid and
thorough development of an important
section of the Ispeming gold field which
has long been lying dormant.

Co.

is

fact that
Nester’s logs

the

unable
logs.

season, no more

be

the

 

STRAY FACTS.
Frankfort—The Frankfort & South-

eastern road has its track laid as far as
Benzonia, and began running passenger
| trains last week. Two passenger coaches
‘were taken up the latter part of the

 

Bay City—It is reported that the wood- |
enware works of Bousfield & Co. and |
| Canadian

Lake George—J. E. Austin & Co., who
are operating a mill near here, have cut {having logs to bring over this season

 

| week, and regular trains will be run
‘from this on. Aboutamile of track a

| day is being laid.

East Saginaw — The report that the
Dominion authorities will take $1 off the
export duty on logs causes
littie comment here. Of course, those

will be pleased, but the feeling exists
that it should be entirely abolished, and
it is not likely that the proposed effort in
Congress to increase the duty on lumber
will be abated. Certainly there will be
a determined movement against any re-
duction of the duty on lumber imported
from Canada.

Manistee—The sale of the Manistee &
Luther Railroad, which has hung fire so
long. was consummated last week, and
the papers were signed at New York.
The Chippewa Valley Railroad Co. is the
purchaser, and the _ price about
$400,000. The road will run from Mount
Pleasant to Big Rapids, thence to Luther,
and from there to Manistee. A third
rail will be laid on the Manistee & Luther
road, which will make it both a narrow
and standard gauge. Logs will be hauled
on the narrow rolling stock.

—_—>_ <a —___—
Bank Notes.

The Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of
Nashville declared a dividend of 31¢ per
cent. on the earnings of its first
months’ business, besides passing the
percentage required by law to the sur-
plus fund.

“>a
Gripsack Brigade.

Edward Telfer is accompanying Dick
Savage on his trip up the Pentwater
branch this week.

Chas. S. Robinson has been selected to
act as marshall of the day on the occasion
of the annual picnic.

A. S. Doak is arranging to spend the
first half of August with his mother and
other old friends at Compton, Quebec,
his former home.

Landlord Barney, of the Occidental
Hotel, requests President Mills to see
that Steve Sears gets breakfast before
going to Muskegon Saturday.

A. W. McElcheran, formerly engaged
in the merchant tailoring business at
Traverse City, but for the past year en-
gaged in the same business at Ishpeming,
has engaged to travel for Schloss Bros.
& Co., the Detroit wholesale clothing
house.

D. A. Harrison, for many years on the
road for Farrand, Williams & Co., but
who has spent the past year in recruiting
his health, was in town a couple of days
last week. He is making Lansing his
home for the present, being undecided as
to his future movements.

E. G. Pipp, whose store and general
stock at Howard City were both destroyed
in the recent fire at that place, has gone
on the road for the Champion Machine
Co. His friends will be pained to learn
that his insurance was barely sufficient
to meet his liabilities, compelling him to
begin life again at the bottom of the
ladder.

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Purely Personal.

E. D. Voorhees, manager of the Ionia
Pants and Overall Co., was in town last
Friday.

Fred Beard, the Morley merchant,
sails from New York to-day on the City
of Paris.

D. D. Harris, of Shelbyville, was in
town Monday, selling cheese and buying
groceries.

Fred D. Yale has gone to Lansing on a
visit with friends. He is accompanied
by his wife.

Jos. H. Terrill has gone to Petoskey,
where he will spend the summer behind
the counter for J. L. Alger.

Les Freeman and family have gone to
Freeman, Ont., where they will spend a
couple of weeks wiih the former’s family.

M. L. Squire, formerly engaged in gen-
eral trade at Casnovia, has taken the
management of Arthur Meigs & Co.’s
general store, at Crofton.

The libel suit brought against Thos.
Walker by C. W. Shedd was discontinued
in justice court, the justice deciding
that he had no jurisdiction in the prem-
ises.

W. A. Townsend has resigned his po-
sition as foreman of the furnishing
goods department of H. Leonard & Sons,
to engage in the bazaar business at Cold-
water.

L. L. Loomis, Will Butts, Frank Kruse,
F. L. Blake and Les Freeman played
penny ante so long at the Lake, on
Fourth, they
walk in.

Will A. Fox, General Manager of the
yeast department of the Riverdale Yeast

the

that were compelled to

Co., of Chicage, was in town four days
last week, pushing the sale of Fer-
mentum.

John W. Cook, who has had charge of
the Goebel wall paper store, at Battle
Creek, for a couple of years, has returned
to Grand Rapids to take a position with
his old house.

M. K. Walton leaves Saturday night
for a three weeks’ absence in Upper
Peninsula. At Mackinac Island he will
be joined by Prof. Greason, Geo. Stan-
ton, and Herbert Montague, of Traverse
City, when the party will proceed to
Au Train and embark in canoes for the
pictured rocks region.

 

Annual Reunion of the Woolson Spice
Company.

For five years pastit has been custom-
ary for the Woolson Spice Co. to call in
all its traveling men once a year, give
them a banquet and accord them such
other courtesies as lay within the power
of the corporation. As the traveling
force of the house has increased in num-
bers, the financial burden has necessarily
become heavier, but Manager Woolson
appears to have paid little heed to the
enormous expenditure involved in sum-
moning his cohorts from the four winds,
having an eye solely to the enjoyment of
the men who have done so much to
spread the name and fame of the insti-
tution from Maine to California.

The fifth reunion was held at Toledo
last Friday and Saturday, and was, if
anything, ahead of previous meetings in
point of enjoyment. On Friday morn-
ing an excursion was taken to Middle
Bass Island, where dinner was served at
the club house. Some time was then
spent at Put-in-Bay Island, when a stop
was made at a wine house long enough
to inspect the enormous vats and other
containers. Saturday forenoon an ‘‘ex-
perience meeting’’ was held at the fac-
tory, and at noon a sumptuous banquet
was served at the Boody House. Man-
ager Woolson officiated as toastmaster,
introducing, successively, the following
responses:

“The Vacant Chair’’—Harry W. Ben-
nett, Kansas City.

“Energy and Self-Control
Seligman, Springfield, Il.

‘Little Things’’—George A. Dyer, De-
troit, Mich.

“Facilities and Difficulties’’—Charles
T. Arons, St. Louis, Mo.

‘‘Business and Men’’—B. G. McMechen,
Chief Accountant.

‘The Art of Fl
Philadelphia.

‘Application
W. A. Brigham,
Manager.

“The True Gentleman’
DesMoines, Iowa.

“The Contract System’’—Pliny Wat-
son, President Woolson Spice Co.

‘National Progress’’—E. C. Holmes,
Minneapolis.

‘Teaders of Industry’’—E.
Editor MicHIGAN TRADESMAN.

‘Masters and Men’’—J. B. Battelle.
Editor Business World.

77 — David

easing’’—Gus. Wolf,

and Perseverance’’—
Secretary and Assistant

’_J, F. Nunes,

A. Stowe,

“The Press’’—Elmer White, Editor
Toledo Bee.

‘Work’? —A. M. Woolson, General
Manager.

The traveling force of the house now
numbers thirty-six men, comprising as
bright a set of fellows as ever gathered
around a hospitable board,
o> ———

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 at Niagara Falls
with through sleeper to Clayton, where
eonnection will be made with steamers
to the Thousand islands, Alexandria
Bay, Montreal and Quebec. For full and
detailed information in regard to these
summer resorts, and the way to reach
them, send six cents postage for ‘‘A
Modern Pilgrimage,’’ and summer tourist
rates, to O. W. RuGaees, General Pas-
senger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill.

tl a << —$_—_——

 

 

A Business Mistake.

When a merchant has a regular set of
customers who trade with him altogether,
and to whom he gives credit, he is apt to
think that his trade issure with most any
kind of a store, so long as his customers
stick by him, and are compelled to do so
on account of the credit extended to
them. Butif he settles himself to think
that way, and lets his store run itself in
a great measure, he will find sooner or
later that he has made a great mistake.
For his old customers will soon see the
difference between his store and one that
is better attended to, and will make a
change whenever they can do so without
personal inconvenience or loss.

————V6————___-
The Tomahawk Lakes and Trout Lake
Are the very best fishing grounds in the
State of Wisconsin. These lakes are
located in Oneida county, along the
newly completed line of the Wisconsin
Valley Division of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Ratlway. and their
whereabouts is just being made public.

Museallonge, bass and trout in abun-
dance.
During the season of 1889, necessary

hotel and camping facilities will be pro-
vided for all sportsmen who are looking
for ‘‘greener fields and pastures new.”’
Buy tickets to Minocqua, Wis., via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
For further information, address
V. H. Carpenter, General Passenger
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.

~~? <——

 

Three Prescriptions for
Millionaire.
some one gave
scriptions for becoming a millionaire—
‘Hirst, spend your life in getting and
keeping the earnings of other people;
second, bave no anxiety about worri-
ments and losses and disappointments of
others; thirdly, do not mind the fact
that your yast wealth implies the poverty
of a great many people.’’
> +4

Becoming a

Years ago three pre-

Fast Trains.

Do you think of taking a Western trip
or of going West, Northwest or South-
west to locate? If so, write to Harry
Mercer, Traveling Passenger Agent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
way, 90 Griswold street, Detroit, Mich.,
for maps and other printed matter.
Name the place or section of country
you desire visiting and you will be fur-
nished the lowest rates of fare, by the
best route running fast trains.

ee

J. Cornwell, the Cadillac merchant and
miller, is arranging to spend a couple of
months in Europe.

 

 

 

DETROIT, July 1, 1889.

The following is the semi-annual state-
ment of the Michigan Commercial Tray-

elers’ Association :

Reserve fund.. Loe. $24,382 72

Advance death ‘assessment............-- 2,500 00

General fund ...... 2 cs. s 1,000 00
'Potal @esecs 66 dase... $27,882 72

In addition to the above, we have
$2,500 on special deposit, to pay the
death loss of C. D. Herrick, of Jackson-
ville, Florida, when his heirs are found;
said amount was taken from the reserve
fund as per article X., section 6, of the
constitution. This makes the sixth loss
paid out of said fund. Our membership
to date is 531.

THomMAS MACLEOD,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
E. P. KELLoee, See’ y-Treas.
— 0
The Fruit Jar Market.

Fruit jars are firm and growing scarcer
every day. All the factories have shut
down for eight weeks, so that it will be
impossible to augment present stocks.

 

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

RO eee

Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and onecenta
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

 

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

‘OR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GRO-
eeries and provisions; will also sell store building,
22x36, two-story, with cellar and store room and lot
4x8 rods; also dw elling house, with two acres of land;
building built within two years; reason for selling,
poor health; nodrug and medicine competition; terms
easy. A.D. Loomis, Levering, Mich. 463
OR SALE—A
doing a good business; good railroad town; would
not sell, but have other business. Address Mrs. A. C.
Calkins, Leslie. 461

re SALE—GREAT BARGAIN, LARGE CARRIAGE
manufactory, with general blacksmith shop;
located in best part of Ann Arbor; good steck on hand;
sold reasonably in full or undivided half interest; rea-
son, death of one of the partners. Address 7
Paul, Box 1322, Ann Arbor, Mich. 460

OR SALE-- FIRST-CLASS CREAMERY IN SOUTH-
ern Michigan, capacity 1,500 pounds per day; will
trade for merchandise. Address No. 459, care Michigan
Tradesman. 459
OR SALE—DRUG STORE—FINEST LOCATION IN
Detroit for family and transient trade; cash busi-
ness; purchaser wili require $2,500. Address, Eugene
Ross & Co., Detroit, Mich. 457
= 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 make room for
other goods; will give some one a bargain, asI am
going out of the drug business. Address, G. S. Putnam,
Fruitport, Mich. 444

1 ae SALE—AT PINGREE GROVE, KANE CO., ILL.,
seven miles west of Elgin on main line of railroad,
a good store and business, with full stock of general
store goods; whole value about $4,700; postoffice in
store; reason for selling, failing health. J. B. Shed-
den, Proprietor.

 

 

MILLINERY AND FANCY STORE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SITUATIONS WANTED.

W TJANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA-
cist; can give best of references. Address No.
452 care Michigan Tradesman. 462

‘W ANTED—SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER BY MAN
) of eight years’ experience, 7 is familiar with
general merchandise. Address A. E. Chambers, 95
Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 407

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ww ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR
esi ae i. 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. ee _
care Michigan Tradesman.
bgp siorg the ue A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COW.
pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N -, 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 eT —
country are now using them.

$620.00, SALES IN ONE WEEK

\ JANTED— GENERAL AND LOCAL AGENTS TO

handle the New Patent Chemical Ink Erasing
Pencil. Greatest novelty ever produced. Erases Ink
in two seconds, no abrasion of paper. 200 to 500 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 85cts. For terms and full particu-
lars, address, The Monroe Eraser Co., Manufacturers,
La Crosse, Wis. 456

 

 

FOR SALE!

The Drenthe Cheese Factory. Well
equipped for handling the milk of 400
cows. Termseasy. Address

F J. LAMB & CO.

Grand Rapids, - Mich.

LION |
COFFEE

Merchants,
YOO WANT THIS CABINET

Thousands of Them

 

 

Are in use all over the land. It does away with the unsightly barrels so
often seen on the floor of the average grocer. Beautifully grained and
varnished and put together in the best possible manner. Inside each

cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Kvery Wide- Awake Merchant

Should Certainly Sell

ON, THE KING OF COFFERS.

An Article of Absolute Merit.

It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees.
only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of
120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere.
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

VV oolson Spice Co.,.

TOLEDO, OFTIO.

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

 

Packed

 

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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 DECIDEDCUT 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

$2. and FINER GRADES of GOATS and DONGOLAS, which consumers can buy at
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VEAL, and CALF BOOTS are UNEQUALED, and the ‘Celebrated Red School

House Shoes’? AS USUAL takes the ‘‘First Place.”’

G. M. HENDERSON & GO., Chisago.

Headquarters for the Celebrated Waies Goodyear Rubber Goods
Willard H. James,

Salesman for the Lower Peninsula,
P. O. address,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

Factories:

Fond du Lac, Wis. |
Dixon, Il.

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THE BEST

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Furnished
by the

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Insurance

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President.

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Sec’y and Gen. Manager.

320-324 Broadway, New York.

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7% CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

Wholesale Cigar Dealers.

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excellent quality, equal to more than the aver-
age ten cent cigars on the market.

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sell the Best Goods for the Lowest Prices

OUR NEW TEAS ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION.

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ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT.

Michigan Business Men’s Association.

President—Frank Wells, Lansing.

First Vice-President—H. ‘Chambers, Cheboygan.

Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo.

feeretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville.

Executive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon;
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell;
Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, ‘Allegan:
Secret

Cosamitees on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green-
ville; W.8. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint.

Committee on Legislation—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; H.
A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, ‘Allegan.

Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse
City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H. B. Fargo, Mus-

zegon.
Committee on Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso;
©. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle

eek.
Gascaies on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun-

cey Strong, Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapides;

W. E. Crotty, Lansing.
Local Secretary—P. J. Connell, Muskeger.
Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

The following auxiliary associations are op-
erating under charters granted by the Michi-
gan Business Men’s Association:

 

 

No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A.
President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.
No. 2—Lowell B. M.A.
President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.
President, H. S. Church: : Secretary, We
No. 4—Grand Rapids M.
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. ak
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. i.
President. John A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. Whitney.
No. 6—Alba BH. M. a '
President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Eastport B. M. A.
President, F. H. Thursten; Secretary. Geo. L
No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. —— Springs 5, M. A.
President, V W.J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.
— rs 11—Kingsley Bb. M. A. iL
President, H. P. Whivple: Secret tary, D. Wynkoop.
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon
No. 13—Sherman B. M. A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Se eretary, W.
No. 14—No. Muskegon 5B. M. >.
President, S. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.

 

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No. 15— Boyne ‘City 8. M. A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A.
President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M.A
President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary. J.
No. 18—Oweosso B. M. A.
President, Albert Todd; Secretary. S. Lamfrom.
~~ 19—Ada B.M. A.

. Watson; Secretary, E.E

 

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President, D. F i Sa
a 20—saugatuck B. M. A.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary. L. A. Phelps.
No. 21—Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton, Secretary. M. V. Hoyt.
No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A.
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R.
No 23—Carson City B. M. A.
resident, John W. Hallett: Secretary, % A. Lyon
No. 24—Morley B. M. A.
_E. Thurkow; Secretary, W- i. Richmond.
No. 25—Paio B. M. A,
President, H. D. Pew: Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.
No. 26—Greenville lB. M. A.
Pyegident. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. E. J. Clark.
No 27—Dorr 8B. M. = ul
President, E. §. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
No. 28—Cheboygan B. M.A
President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
No. 29—Freeport B. M. A.
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A.J. Cheesebrough.
No. 30—Oceana B. 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
re W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
©. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
President, a D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Saranac B. M. oe
President. H. T. Johns Secretary, P.T. Williams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. i
President, } H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.
“Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M.A.
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary. John M. Everden.
A.
No. 37—Battle Creek B. MM. 2
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E W. Moore.
No. 38—Scottville B. M.A
President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W ‘Higgins.
No. 39 —Burr Oak B. M. ~~
President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, x “W. Sheldon
" A.
No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
No. 41—Breckenridge B.M. A.
resident, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner.
No. 42—Fremont B. M. A.
Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun.
No. 43—Tustin B
President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary,
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
No. 45—Hoytville B.M.4. |
DE. Hal ae: Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

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

   

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No. 47—Flint M. U.

President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.

No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President. Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

No. 49—Leroy B M. A.
President, A. Wenzell: Secretary. Frank Smith.
No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.

President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis.

No. 51—Cedar Springs B. MM. A.
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W.C. Congdon.

No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, ¥. D. ¥os.

No, 53— Bellevue B. M. A.

President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald.
No. 0. 54— Douglas B. M. A. i
Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M.A.
C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.
Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
No. 58—Fife Lake R. M. A.

L. S. Walter; Secretar; ,C.= Plakely.
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, S. E. Neihardat.
No. 61—Hartford B. M. A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—East saginaw M. A.
President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand.
No. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—Merrill B, M. A.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A.
President, “= G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.
o. 66—Lansing B. M.
President, oe 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. Pepe; Secretary, E. T. VanOertrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A.
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.
No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers.
No. 71—Ashley B. M. A,
President. M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbu ck.
BN cs 72—Edmore B. M. A.

 

 

 

 

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No, 73—Belding B. M. A.

President, A. L. ‘spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
No. 74—Davison M. U. |

President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.

No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraur.

No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.

President, S. S. McCamly; Se Secretary, Chauncey Strqmg.
No. 77—South Haven B. B. M. A.
President, E. J. Lock woed; Secretary, Volney Ross.

No. 78—Caledonia B. M.

President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders.
No. 79—Ffast Jordan and So Arm B. M.A,
President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison.
No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay c ity eM, A.
President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Geo. Craig.

No. 81—Flushing B. M. A.
President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

Ne. 82—Alma B M.
President, B. 8S. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky.

No 83—Sh-rwood B. ™. A,
President, L. P. Wilcox; Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.
2 84—Standish B. M. A.

ee Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
o. 85—Clio B. M. A.
President J. M. Sees Secretary, C. H. May.
No. Millbrook and Bisnchara B. M. A.
Predident W. Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard.

 

 

 

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President, P.

o. 87— Shepherd Ba x A.
President, * D. Bent; Secretary

Hurst.

Association Notes.

Muskegon News: The Muskegon Business
Men’s Association will hold a meeting Wednes-
day evening, to take action concerning enter-
tainment of the coming convention of the State
Agsociation here the lastof July. It is impor-
tant that every member should attend this meet-
ing.

Grand Traverse Herald: At the meeting of
the B. M. A., Tuesday evening, the following
gentlemen were elected delegates to the annual
meeting of the State Association, to be held July
30, 31 and Aug. 1, at Muskegon: F. Hamilton,
M. E. Haskell, E. W. Hastings, J. W. Hilton, J.
G. Johnson; alternates: S. Barnes, J. Steinberg,
F. Friedrich, J. K. Elms, J. R. Gowdy.

 

et ——————
Stirring Letter from Chairman Osburn.
Owosso, July 5, 1889.
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Dear Strn—The time approaches for our annual
meeting of the State Association. If Iremember
right, | was on the Committee on Transportation.
Am Tright? If so, I think we must make a bold
dash for fay orable rates, which I hope will be
successful, so that all can go to Muskegon.
think the door should be opened wide for mem-
bers to attend the meeting at Muskegon. It is a
live town and live men live there. They can
turn a back-handspring or stand on their heads,
when Called upon to do so. I want to see a —
The

full meeting. Get up a sort of programme.
meeting should be for fun and profit. Every

business man (members) should go to Muske-
gon. Much depends on the attendance of the
annual meetings, as well as the locals in
union there is strength.’ Yours,
JAMES OSBURN.
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Charter No. 87.
July 1, 1889.

 

Takes
SHEPHERD,
E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR SrR—Please find enclosed charter fee

and per capita dues of Shepherd Business Men’s
I ]

Association, also application for membership in

State organization.

Our constitution and by-laws are the same as
those of the State association, except that our
time of meeting is first and third Wednesday
evening of eack month. Yours truly,

A. W. Horst, Sec’y.

 
 

 

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How to Save the Eyesight.

Next to sunlight. the incandescent
light gives the best illumination for read-
ing, and all notions of the injurious
effect on the eyes of the electric light are
erroneous.

The vast majority of people who wear
giasses can see well without them. They
ise them to avoid a constant strain on
the eyes. The act of focalization is a
muscular one and uses up nervous en-
ergy.

The oversighted eve, in’ which the
focus comes behind the retina, has to
perform this muscular act continually.
The results are headaches, irritability
and nausea. The only remedy in such
cases is to wear glasses.

The nearsighted child should wear
spectacles, because they are the best pre-
ventive against increase of nearsighted-
ness, and also because he loses a great
part of his education in not being able
to see more than a few feet away.

For the eyes in a healthy state there is
but one safe wash—pure, cold water.
When the eyelids are inflamed, the
best lotion is a weak solution of salt
and water. Never apply poultices to the
eyes or use ‘‘eye waters’’ without the
advice of a physician.

At the first symptoms of nearsighted-

ness, spectacles should be worn. There
is a great deal of popular prejudice

against spectacles, but there are two
good reasons why they should be worn,
and only two. One is that we see better,
and the other that the strain on the eyes
may be relieved.

In reading, the book or paper should
be held at a distance of from ten to fif-
teen inches from the eyes. The reader’s
position should be such that the light
may fail on the book and not on the eyes.
The light itself should be sufficient.
Nothing is so injurious to the eyes as
poor light in reading.

> + a
His Faith Was Shattered.

The small boy had been only a day or
two at the kindergarten when he ap-
proached his father, showing a great deal
of indignation.

*‘Papa, that isn’tagood school. I don’t
want to go to that school any more.’’

‘““Why, my boy?’’

‘‘Well, do you know what the
that school say?’’

‘““What?’’

‘“‘Well papa, they say there ain’t any
Santa Claus: that its not true; there ain’t
any such thing. Papa, there is a Santa
Claus, isn’t there?”’

The father thoughta moment. Then
he concluded he would tell the child the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth. So he took him on his knee
and told him how it was a pretty fabri-
cation, made up by fathers and mothers
who loved their children to make them
happy, and the fathers and mothers were
the real Santa Claus. The small boy lis-
tened in silence. This was a shock to
him, because, I suppose, like older and
more inexcusable people, he felt he had
been making a painful exhibition of his
ignorance. He slid down from his fath-
er’s knee and walked across the room to
the door. He opened it and stood hold-
ing the knob for a moment, in a kind of
deep thought. Then he turned and looked
at his father.

‘‘Say, papa, have you been filling me
up about the devil, too?’’
—_ --. —

Substitute for Glass

English exchanges note a new trans-
lucent substance intended as a substitute
for glass which has been satisfactorily
adopted in some of the public buildings
of London. It possesses such a degree
of pliancy that it may be bent backward
and forward like leather and be subjected
to very considerable stensile strain with
impunity: it is also almost as translucent
as glass and of a pleasing amber color,
varying in shade frem a very light golden
to palebrown. The basis of the material
is a web of fine iron wire with warp and
weft threads about one-twelfth inch apart,
this being inclosed, like a fly in amber,
in a sheet of translucent varnish of
which the base is linseed oil. There is
no resin or gum in the varnish, and once
having become dry it is capable of stand-
ing heat and damp without undergoing
any change, neither hardening nor be-
coming sticky. Briefly, the manufacture
is accomplished by dipping the sheets
edgewise into deep tanks of varnish and
jthen allowing the coating which they
| thus receive to dry ina warm atmosphere.
| It requires somewhat more than a dozen
'of these dips to bring the sheets to the
required degree of thickness, and when
this has been aceomplished the material

boys in

 

is stored for several weeks to thoroughly |

set.

Rules for Governing Credit.

“The credit system is the curse of
trade’’ is a quotation oftrepeated. This,
however, can scarcely be regarded as a
fact. Tous, it is in the abuse of the
system that reposes the evil. Fire kept
within proper bounds is amost useful and
obedient servant; give it free rein, and
it becomes an arrogant and destructive
monster. So is it with the credit system;
keep it within proper bounds; give credit
to none but those who are competent to
be trusted with it, and the system, in-
stead of being a curse to trade, may be
made a useful servant, and in some in-
stances even an adjunct to the extension
of trade. On the other hand, give credit
with a lavish hand, and it will fasten it-
self to the throat of business with such
tenacity as to eventually choke it to
death, no matter what the financial
strength of the institution may be.

While, as we have no hesitation in say-
ing, it would be preferable were business
of all kinds conducted upon a purely cash
basis; yet, seeing that this cannot be, it
behooves all merchants to specify under
what conditions credit may be obtained,
and then religiously avoid deviating there-
from. He who does this, we venture to
say. when the stock-taking period comes
round, will not be over burdened with
bad debts. Every merchant, in com-
piling a code of laws governing this
matter, will necessarily be guided to some
extent by circumstances. It may, how-
ever, materially help in the premises by
our referring briefly toa ferm of ques-|
tions, etc., which is submitted by one of
the leading and most enterprising grocery
firms in this city to those seeking for the
first time to open an account with them.
On one side of the form are several ques-
tion relative to assets and liabilities.
The opposite side asks:

What capital did you start with?

What is the amount of annual
ness ?

What insurance have you en stock ?

What insurance have you on buildings?

When did you commence business ?

From whom do y you buy dry goods ?

From whom do you buy boots
shoes ?

From whom do you buy hardware ?

If tenant, what is amount of rent?

What are the average profits ?

Do you buy on time or for cash ?

What are your business expenses ?

Do you give accommodation paper ?

Do you keep a set of books ?

Do you Keep a cash book ?

 

  

busi-

and

When was stock last taken and books
balanced ?

What line of credit do you want from
us ?

Who are your references ?

The difficulty of refraining.
ing questions such as the above, from
invading upon matters purely private in
their character obvious, but there is
nothing, it seems to us. irrelevant in the
above queries; and those who, while ask-

in compil-

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| different neigh orhoods i

| goods
| the eareful

Items of Interest.
It requires a great flow of language to
discuss current topics.

The diligent care of an earnest, perse-
vering man is seen in the number of
friends round about him, and whether
his business is large or small, ‘‘the mas-
ter’s eye is for his steed.”’

To be over-confident and forward in
doing things without instructions, is no |
proof of ability or efficiency on the part}
of aclerk, but often mere thoughtless-
ness, which is sure to lead him sooner or
later into trouble.

Every dealer is by right entitled to a fair
profit, and when he sacrifices it to meet |
competition, or in a spirit of spite, he
weakens himself and advertises his
neighbor, and sooner or later he is forced
to come back to the old established meth-
ods of keeping trade.

In Asia the population is 795,591,000, |
there being 44.0 to the square mile; in
America it is 109,416,400, being 6.5 to the
square mile; in Africa it is 205,823,200,
being 17.0 to the square mile: in Europe
it is 327,743.400, being 84.0 the square
mile; in Australasia it is 4,232,000, being
1.1 to the square mile: in the polar re-

!

gions it is 82,500.
Buyers who have fine taste and excel-
lent judgment in styles and qualities

often fail in selecting goods adapted to |
the locality where they are to be sold.
Some sections of the country, and even
in the same town,
have some peculiarities in respect to the |
they consume, which appeals to
-discrimination of the buyer.

A successful country merchant who is
backed by many years of experience is
thoroughly equipped for any sort of mer-

Good judgment and quick
perception are of great importance to
aclerk in assisting him to understand
the likes and dislikes of people. and en-
abling him to exercise firmness and dis-
cretion and an air of interestedness for
others. e

The merchant should be a master of
accounts and know for himself at any
moment precisely his financial standing,
and not, on such vital points, trust en-
tirely information at second hand.
‘He should also be thoroughly posted
regarding his stock and its value. The
man who engages in his business ina
half-hearted way, leaving its responsi-
bility to others, ignorant of half of
what is done under his own name, ought
not to expect to succeed.”’

Dry Goods.

Prices Current.

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Another Way to Make a Living.

“How much?’ inquired a tall, sty-
| lishly dressed man, holding up adiamond
searf-pin and addressing the principal of
a Broadway wholesale jewelry firm.

‘‘Thirty-five dollars—bottom price; it’s
cheap at that.”’

“Good until when?’’ queried the man.

‘Not later than 2 p. m.”’

‘Then she goes,’’ and the stylishly
dressed man placed the pin carefully in
his case, deposited it in his inside pocket
and walked out.

To a reporter the principal said:

“That’s one of our many customers
who takes jewelry to sell on speculation.
At this time of year it is quite a common
thing for such persons to buy articles on
speculation in that fashion.

‘I shall know that if he dves not re-
turn that pin by 2 o’clock he has sold it,
and will bring me $35. He may get $45
or $50 for it. That, however, is his
aiair.’7

*“‘And a commission besides?’’

“No; we don’t allow any commission
on such transactions. See here.’’ and he
brought out a memorandum book, ‘‘we
have no less than fourteen transactions
entered. precisely of the same kind, vary-
ing in amounts from $25 to $150.’

When asked if he lost any articles by
letting them out inthis way, the princi-
pal responded:

‘It is so rare that I cannot
when the last case occurred.

*‘Men like him make $2,000 and $3,000
a year quite readily.”’

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HARDWARE.

The Hardware Market.

Bar iron continues firm. The steel
nail men have withdrawn the quotations
they made acouple of weeks ago, and
prices are now more stiff. There is talk
of a syndicate among the barbed wire
manufacturers, to advance prices for the
fall trade. Tin has advanced on the
other side of the water, which tends to
stiffen the marketin this country. On
account of the closing of the glass fac-
tories, held firm, both by the
manufacturers and jobbers. Manilla
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ing credit, refuse to answer them, are. Amore ee —— mee? oes peeks aad bag le packages.
ce a a forties nf Fes eaver m 34 | Pod seal..... yi yay promptly a may im ru pac s
we should consider, unworthy of being | perwick L.......... 64; “ Turkey red..10% psa gue de
granted the privileges they are seeking. | Blackstone O, 32.... 5 {Berlin solids. ....... SL Uven Gd style 60
Chapman 0 334 ‘onl bine. Dee
i Cohasset £ 74 ‘ ‘ ereen ||. 100k’
Eight Hours Under Water saan Bree rennin 7 “Ico es eae : ; —- po =
: ~ Or ete ee ‘ far a I iS ee ac ee ce wa
During some interesting experiments | Clifton CCC........ 634] madders | 6 | | Jennings’, tmaitation 01000) 00 56410
at Cherbourg, France. recently, two hon cor gga nig 3g | Hamilton ¢ rnc 6 ao wee as
sailors belonging to the French navy|ExeterA. 0)... = ae Se
were under water at a de pth of 16 metres | Full Yard Wide..... 6 # Manchester fancy. SS 8 50
from 9 in the morning til] 5 in the even- aed oo) Qachaneeetadaeee yew cr D. B. Steel... tote eee eee eee z 00
: . eee elo ’ i é ai is,
ing, on board the submarine torpedo} Hartford A.......... Syl «| ghirtings _- Speing | o Ci 40
boat Goubet. The commission of exam- | Integrity XX.. - oa ie —— BARROWS. dis.
a e . : . I\Panig Seno d 4
ination were enabled by telephone. min- | ®i2¢, = ee aaa ae : |Pacific hee ” romney A---.---. sss. -..8 = _
ute by minute, to receive the impressions| « - % ¢32in_.”. 5% {Portsmouth robes. 6° | mae pink ag
of the two men, who were quite fresh | LawrenceLL....... Dee Seen ee eee Ce ee a 6010410
when they came up. Not a drop of a 8 sete 28 a a oe pe; a a 2088
eee ee v « 2 | eR ll nh eh i ah gp ba y
water had entered the boat, and there Noibe Bo 514|Washington indigo. 634 Be ng
was not the faintest odor perceptible. | New = ee Hes i ess a robes.. 7% Door, Sarreeng 6oe10
ME orp 6 : ey Take bee : Our Leyei Best. ._.. 634 India robes.... 714 BOLTS dis
seems every oC d sub-| 5! . 1% LTS. is.
There a : re likeliho 1 — a Riverside XX....... 43 plain rr "ky Ee Oe EO 50&10
marine navigation, either by electricity | Sea Island R......]! 614 6 | Camisee mew tit
or by means of oars worked from the in- ee B es 64 : Ottoman Tur- Sea een
rior which ¢¢ > laced on a hoat’s op of the eap.... a4 eyreag. 3... 6 Mcipn BhOe TO
sei \ ‘hic h sn be i , Rao a s2g95 Williamsville... . 7 |Martha Washington Wroueht Barrel Bolts. -....... 60
sides, will soon be generally adopted for Comet in § Turkey red %..... Gast Barrel Bos a 40
torpedo use. Carlisle ‘ 744|Martha W ashington Cost Barrell brass Eneps:.....) 1.0. 40
! eT New Market L, 40in. 74 Turkey red...) : | 9% | Cast Square Spring....... eee cee cee 60
Le BLEACHED CoTTONS. |Riverpoint rebes.... 5 COSt Chee ee, }
What Papa Said. Blackstone A A..... 7%|Windsor fancy...... | 6%1W rought Barrel, brass knob...... ......... 60
‘“‘How funny the town will look to- Poesia __ 434) a one tick Wrought oa _..... 60
: Og eee < ee ak pevelgmd 2 || a modiro Dine... _ ) freufhs supe Hine 60
Ore OW, Said a — boy to his mother. ) Gapot..... 22)... TW, TICKINGS. Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60&10
Why, my dear ?77 Cabot % 0 Gu Amoskeas AWA io [ives Boor 6010
« *‘T heard papa tell some drummers to ae wees Si a an N. aoe ae BRACES, dis.
i E eee atta. ae ane ; "|| shorts. Sa Peart Hiver....._._ ee Beer 4
— > oan after dinne Me ane | Hidiyeueds) i DEMINS, ieee 50&10
1ey would paint the town red. Hrapire. y Amoskeag....0..... foye | SPOOL 50
ie sa a rorec.... S \Amoskeag, 9oz..... 15 a eo.....tCtCtssCi‘(‘(‘C#;SNSNCNCNC!COUCU net
VISITING BUYERS. a = oom... §%|Andover............. 11% BUCKETS
Hiecnyiie |. |. 4 Everett... |. _-- 12 7 eee coe r,
RB Gooding oer ans M M Robson, Berlin First Prive ” |Lawrence XX. 13k — ae vette terete tee ee eee eee : =
EE Hewitt, Rockfor Kruisenga, Holland mi ie i we 8. 11, 8 ZA e silos eit) ois isile! eS) a 9 missin e 4 ei¢i's 01 wie ise! 6 oui 6
Geo A Sage, Rockford Caspar Shutt, Howard City “harem the Loom %. Wy eens GINGHAMS, a BUTTS. CAST. dis
Thos Quinlan, Petoskey W G Tefft, Rockford MIRO = 14 yi€narv en a tcl 0% last Loose Pin. figured T0e
M Heyboer & Bro, Oakland D D Harris, Shelbyville Lonsdale Cambric..10%4 Lancashire......-... 6% | Ca L ria Be aay “ae
J DenHerder&Son, Overisel Kingsley & Gardner,Luther | Lonsdale........... 814|Normandie......... 8 Cast oose Fin, berlin bronzed............. is
Brookings Lumber Co, Mrs J Hoovinga, Grandville | Middlesex.... ...... 534|Renfrew Dress...... 8 ee sori peace penny lesen aa ee
Brookings John DeVries, Jamestown NonN E 74 |\Toil y rougat Narrow, Drignht cast joint.......... HOK10
P Kinney, Altona Wm Karsten, Beaver Dam ee “cma i ae ata pace ge Wiroutht Poose fr 60&10
G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove Wm Abbott & Co, Our Own 514/Peerless. white......1814 | Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip 60405
H Meijering, Jamestown West Campbell | & ls ee me SS, WHile...... Se ee ciehe Base Pin. famanned "60805
JLThomas, Cannonsburg Sisson & Livingston, Ada Suniieng. 3. Y...... 4% : colored... .21 ee o Jap a ea a eae
CS Comstock, Pierson C Davis, Lakeview Vinyard. 8 GRAIN BAGS. Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silv ertipped. 60&05
MrsbDDorman, CedarSpres = —— HALF BLEACH D COTTONS|Stark................ 19% ——, ore ee ease ea pone
randa. mobile N Parker oopersvi e€ c abot. CS 7%, Franklinville.... fa 18% ci ougDh s 1 BA i so ll gl w1U
pete pti od bo cdleeaaie rice epee Farwell. i 8i4|American........... 1634 | W rought Brass oo. Ss (i)
H Thompson, Canada Cors Chas Drury, Cadillac Dwight Anchor..... 9 |Windsor....-......- i eI
Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland Cutler & Wright, Morley CORSET JEANS. Walley City 2.3. 16 Zest ore Sa a vo
C K Hoyt & Co.Hudsonville John Giles & Co, Lowell Biddeford........... 6 — Less sereee .-15% | Blind, Shepard’s ... prrrnll PRN eta 70
Smallegan & Pickaard, CH Deming, Dutton Bruniswick..... ...; 544 Pacific.. es : ae;
Forest Grove Dole & Haynes, Sparta a rs / be 44 | Ordinary Packie, Hat April 17, 85......... .. 4(
ae asia ay A HTATierake Aenea Nauimkearsattcen.. 7 |Burlap......_._. 11 :
policing abhen ag Me adt enangaetne || Rock por. |. 614! SPOOL COTTON. CARPET SWEEPERS. i
H Van Noord. ee Walling Bros,Lamont _ PRINTS. Clark’s _ fnd....47 | Bissell No. 5 ....... per dom Sr7 OO
CH Francis, Sheridan Carrington & North, Trent | American fancy.... 6 (Coats’, J. &P....... 47 Bissell No. 7 ‘new drop. pan _... . 19 60
R McKinnon, Kent City John Farrowe, So Blendon m@ico.... G4 |Bolyeke........... || 22% | Bissell, Grand ll. 36 00
— Grand Hapids. =. 24 00
ic... ' 15 a
RADLES
Se Gis. 50&02
MANUFACTURERS a
CASE SCC per ib 4%
Tron, Steel Poms =... 3%
CAPS
Desiring a good location will find the City of Bly’s 1-10 .... 2.2... eee eee eee perm 65
Foe ea C Fs 60
Gp. 35
Maskce. ‘ 6
e e CARTRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list. 50
a S l tT} S l Raw Hire, United States... 0.555 dis. 50
Central Hire dis. 25
9 CHISELS. dis.
BOGKCE DITHHCr 26 70&10
MOCECEHTammine oo 70&10
SOCKEECOMCT 70&10
: f i . a DOCKEG ICR oo 70&10
A very desirable place. The Common Council and the Citizens will furnish Butchers’ Tanged Mirmer..) 02) 000. 1) 40
: g
Barton's Socket HWirmers.....0....0.. 0... 0
Cog net
COMBS.
Curry. Eaverence’s |... 6...) 8 40810
Ore 2
CHALKE,
White Crayons, per grogs.._......- 12@12% dis. 10
COCKS.
Beane. Hacking eo =
Close to the different railroads. They will take stock and give every encourage- — BT ee a TR Tn TIRE ‘ean
ment. We have eR ey 66
COPPER.
Pe lanished, 14 oz Cut to size... .. per pound 28
coc, 16a, ieee... ... C... 26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x00.... ........... 24
a r f) O | l Y } eC Pr Cold Rolled. HatS oe. 24
Bottoms...) ...), ea al ee 25
DRILLS. dis.
Morse’s = ose. pate reese sreatiet 40
/ Paper ond saaight SRAME 40
In abundance. Address at once owes WiperGShank 0 40
DRIPPING PANS.
Small sizes, ser pound ..... epee a oat 7
: 2 a 1 Berge sizes, per pound: 2.62... ck. 6%
‘City Improvement Committees,  -  Gity of Hastings sunows,
’ Goma 4 meee Gin. lol iG doz.net 75
p
Corruseted. 00) :.56. 600.0. ages dis. 20&10&10
&
Adjustable..... Sas a es ue eg dis. 4&10

 

The Farmers’ Friend.

POTATO BUG AND

This is the only practi-
eal sprinkler for putting
water and Paris Green on
potato vines to destroy the
beetle.

 

This cut gives an inside
view, showing the Agitator,
also the Valve and the man-
ner in which the spring is |
put in the tube, ete.

 

PLANT SPRINKLER.

Where this sprinkler is
known it is regarded by
Potato Growers to be as

necessary as the self binder

 

to every farmer.

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PRICE_ ial 50 Dozen.

Foster, Ste

Wholesale Agents

vens & CO.
Grand Rapids, Mich

 

EXPANSIVE BITS.
Sic: laree We.
@, Oe; 3, 8a...

FILES—New List.
American Wile Association List...........
Disston’s .._. ee
Wew American =... ..
Nicholson’s
Heller’s
Heller’s Horse Rasps......

GALVANIZED IRON.

Clark’s, small,
ives’, 1, $18;

 

Nos. 16 to 20: 22 and 24: 2 and %: 2 28
List i2 13 i4 15 i8
Discount, 60
i GAUGES. dis.
Neanicy Rule and Level @o’s..... .....__.. 50
| HAMMERS.
Wavdele &@Cas.. . Gis, 2
Re .dis. Zo

Yerkes & Plumb’s...... .dis, 40&10

 

 

Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . .30¢ list 60
Blacksmith’ s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30¢ 40410
HINGES,
Gate, €larke 1:22... .dis. 60410
Se. “per. doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and
ONCE 3%
Screw Hook and Eye, % o -net 10
%. ee net %&%;
7 Y -_...........,... al
is a ie % le a ol al net i%
Serapand F. . _ Gis: 70
ANGERS. dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wi _ track... .50&10
Champion, anti-friction.. -- 60&10
Widder, wood trace oo, 40
HOLLOW WARE
Pee 6005
Mctties 60405
Spiders ____ ee eee
Gray enameled.......... ee 50
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stamped Tin Ware... 1... new list 76&10
Japanned Tin Ware....... 25
Graimite iron Ware .............. new list 3334 5&10
HOES.
Grup 1. es . $11, dis. 66
Cape 811.50, dis. 60
Grubs... i ... 12, dis. 66
HORSE NAILS,
A sanle. ..2in. 2 25E1VSHK10&10 |
a. Ce dis, 5&10&21 4 &21

 

dis. 1061065
dis

Namnwestern 0 Gn,

KNOBS—New List.
mineral, jap. immings ........_ 2...
porcelain. jap. trimmings ....._.._.
Door, porcelain, plated aaa Le ee
Deor, porcciuin, trimmings.................
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. See.

  
 
 

Door,
Door,

Picture, H. f. Jadd & Cas... ........ 40a

45

Hemacite .
LOCKS—DOOR. dis.
Russell & Irwin Mie. Co.’s new Hst ....._.

  

 

 

 

 

Mallory, Wheeler & Co's...
Bromierd ss os
OO
LEVELS. s
Stanley Rule and Leyeil Co’s...........__.. 70
MATTOCKS.
Ae@ze Hye $16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye ee $15.00, dis. 60
Hanes . $18.50, dis. 20&10.
MAULS. dis.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled.. : a0
MILLS, dis.
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s . 40
PS: & We. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 4()
La nders, Herey & Clarks... |. 4
Enterprise ...... ws 25
MOLASSES GATES. dis.
menbiics Pattern 6010
Stebbin’s Genuine.. es . 60&10
Enterprise, self- “measuring. Pee ee. 25
NAILS
Advance above 12d nails.
FENCE AND BRADS.
matotd =... 25
a 10
saanadd = se 25
OE ae ee 40)
60
ane 1 50
FINE BLUED
Lh, 1 00
aa..... 1 50
a 2 00
CASTING AND BOX.
ates 50
Mee .... 60
Hatoca oo 75
Gdtiovw..... se 90
4at6o0 a
eS ey 1 3
COMMON BARREL
WBC or
Se nr
CLINCH.
iv and 1% inch ee. 1 35
De 115
See AMG 1 @0
5 85
oe ane a6 ance, 75
Bach haif keg 10 cents extra.
OILERS dis.
Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent. -C&i0
Zinc, with brass 6... 50
Brass or Copper. . 50
Reaper per gros 2 net
Olasicae’s Prat
PLANES. dis.
Ohio Teel Cos fancy 40@10
Setoss Benen GOO
Sandusky Pool Oo.'s, famey................ 40@10
Henen fret quality @6O
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.. 20&10
PANS.
Fry, Acm ee ae . dis. oO
Common, auued. eee ee dis. 70
RaVETS. dis.
heron ang Tianed. ........ ... iO
Copper Rivets and Burs..................... 50
PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
““A°’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 2% 27 10 2
“B” Wood's Loose planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 2
Broken packs 4c per pound extra.
ROPES,
Sieal *C ien and iareer 1334
MT 1634
SQUARES. dig.
Steel and fron....5 J T0&10
Ory and Sever .«. 60 |
Mie ee 2
SHEET IRON,
Yom. Smooth. Com
Moe 1046 14.2 #4 20 $3 00
GH A540 te 4 3 00
WOS8.) 18 102120 000..0 0... eae 4 2 3 10
GG Sete ce 4 3 15
a 25 to 26 .44 3 35
lo eeu de eeal cues ga kies 4 60 3 35

an sheets No. 18 and lighter, “over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra

 

SAND PAPER.

 

"86. 3 _-- 10... ag, 40
Pi SASH CORD.
silver Lake White A... et 50
C aps. Ce 55
5 | : Wee a
| ae 55
a winec 35
Discount, 10.
i SASH WEIGHTS,
Seu Evee per ton 825
i SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS.
Miles’ ‘Challenge’ . per doz. $20, dis. 50@250&05
Ferry per dae No. 1, $15: No. 0,
l .- $21; dis. 50@50&5
Draw Gono a each, $30, dis 30
Enterprise Mfg. Be dis. 0&10@30
a dis. 40&10
SAWS, dis.
Disston's Ciremiar 45@45 45
' Coors Cae. po mre
iaeg lr 2525:
*Extras sometimes giv en ‘by ‘jobbers.
Atkins’ Creme dis. 9
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. 50
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 30
‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X_
Cass, per fom 28
TACKS dis.
minerHecan aii kinds |... : 60
Secel ali kinds, 60
Sweces a einds 6
cmp and Page 6
Cieet Hom Nas: 50
Finishing Naiis ._._. ee 50
Common and Patent Brads................. 50
| Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ 50
| Trunk and Clout Nails.. ee 50
| Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails . 45
eatnered Carpet Packs. (00). 35
TRAPS. dis.
| ee Game, 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35
| Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s ... 70
| Hotchkiss’... ... __ __. 7
(Pee Oe cee 70
Mouse Choker 18¢ per doz,
Mouse, delusion. ie . -81.50 per doz.
| WIRE. dis.

q | Bright Market.. 14...
Anmesiod Merces 70&10

| Copperca Market. 2h,
(Extatahns Cl . 36
Dd ee 62%

| Tinned Broom.

ee per pound 09
| Tinned Mattress

= — 8%

Coppered Spring Steel. oe

 

 

| Tinned =n eee 40&10
iain MeNCe per pound .
Barbed Pence, galvanized... 6. €3 7

parma 3 00

Copp ew list net
ee - «
WIRE GOODS dis.

Bright. ee. -70&10&10

Screw Eyes. Sees -70&10&16

a ao. eee. -70&10&10

Gate Hooks and Ey ee -70&10&10

WRENCHES. dis.
Baxter's Adyustabie, nickeled..... ..... 30
Coe’s Genuine . 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,. eve caes 75
Coes Patent, malicable. 0. 75&10

MISCELLANEOU: dis.

Cee Oe 50

Pompe, Cistern..... .. . eee cll. a

metews New laat

Casters, Bed and Plate... 0000 00/0///). *50&10&1 50

Dampers, AMCTICHA | 40

Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65

METALS,

PIG TIN.
Fe ee
ie Bees. . oe

COPPER.

Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3c
Manufactured (including all articles of which
Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per
cent ad valorem. For large lots the following
quotations are shaded:

INGOT,

Lake el. eee.

Ce ee ee i8
ZINC.

Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound.

COON BG Ce 6%
Fe DO 7%
LEAD.

Duty: Pig, & per100 pounds. Old Lead, 2c per

pound. Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

| Saetieae

1 EA @5

| ee 6

Dee 8e, dis. 20

j SOLDER.
OO 16
Extra St 13%

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

ANTIMONY.
COORSOM. per pound ee
ey ee 114%

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

d0xi4 ©, CHaredat --8 6 06

14x20 IC, eee - 6G

12x12 IC, ee . Cz
14xi4 IC, ee .- Ba
10x28 IC, ee

10x14 IX, ee 7%

14x20 IX, cs 7%

lexi? 1X, ee. 8 6

eerie ClUCCtCdidC 12 530

eee

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

erie CHARCGGE le, 85 50

14x20 IC, ee 5 40

12412 IC, ee 5 65

14x14 IC, a . 9 25

29x28 BO, Ee 11 80

10x14 IX, Ce 6 90

Se 6 90

12x12 IX, CS 715

14x14 IX, a coed ae 11 65

20x28 IX, Ce 14 80
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

ROOFING PLATES

F 14x20 IC, Terne M. F.. ..8 7 60

Ce eo 15 %5

| 14x20 IC, Worcester 2000, 5 50
14x20 IX, ' ee 7 00
29x28 IC, - Se se 11 50
14x20 IC, Aliawaey Grade........... 490
14x20 IX, eee sae. 6 40
20x28 IC, a . ee 10 53
20x28 IX, < * FT sete ea 13 50

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE

Re ee ee ea $12 00

14x56 1X, for N ans Boil Ooh cs uclee vues Vetus 3 50

jane 1X” nee § baste * | per pound.... 09

 

339

 

 

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State.

E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable

strictly in advance. a
Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

 

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 13889.

 

 

 

ROYAL ALLIANCES BY MARRIAGE.
That the eldest daughter of the Prince
f Wales is to marry a Scotch peer, the
Earl of Fife, instead of finding a consort

among the princelings of Germany,
shows that the Prince is a man of

‘“lucidity,’? in Matthew Arnold’s sense of
the word. He has his eyes open to the
fact that there but one
house in Germany, and that apart from
the Hohenzollerns it is a question be-
tween marriage with the subject of a
foreign sovereign and marriage with a
This the Queen declines

,
her
Her

sovereign

is

native subject.
to see. Thanks to the influence of
mother and her husband, she still
gards the Coburgs as the chief dynasty
of Europe, and the houses similar
rank as equal to the best. She
old in 1871 to take in the fact that all
these houses abandoned their place in the
royal caste when they created Wilhelm
as Kaiser in the grand saloon at Vetr-
sailles. To her, Germany
Germany of her youth, w

re-

of

was too

: oe
is still the

it}
ata

pendent states, each accredited with sov- |

ent |
ent

ereign rank, and their rulers compet
to aspire to royal alliance. But the

Prince sees differently. He is willing to

have his eldest son make a Hohenzollern |
match, but he prefers a British to a Ger- |

man subject for his daughter. And in
course of time the new order of things
in Germany must affect powerfully
position of royalty in England, by bring-
ing the reigning family into kinship with
and ma

+}
til

e€

.
King

their own subjects, it
tional to a degree it has not been since
the time of the Tudors.

Sir Edward Sullivan, the
Englishman, thinks the best quarter in
which to find wives and husbands for the
royal children would be America. Tha
no doubt, would avoid the technical dif-
ficulty. Every American being a sov-
ereign, and none of us subjects, we may
aspire to royal alliances on a footing of
entire equality. But for the sake of
American society itself, and to prevent
our being deluged by snobbishness, we
hope the day will never come when an
American will make that sacrifice. We
have had harm enough from alliances
with the alleged ‘‘aristocracy”’ of Great
Britain and of France.

LT

eminent

i
Ly

A letter
gives a very good account of the railroad
system of India. The country is covered

. 2 : ne |
with a net-work of 16,000 miles of road. |

Although it is as far from Bombay to
Caleutta as from New York to Denver,
there are several lines connecting t
two cities, and others run up to the foot

}
ne

of the Himalayas or down towards Cape |

Comorin. <A great drawback in the con-

struction of the roads is the white

ant
ant,

which lives on dead wood, but is kept

off ties actually in service by the jar
of

   

graph poles are of iron, generally hollow
tubes. As the roads pay for labor from
three to five cents a day, the cost of
management is very low. For the same!
reason the fares have to be put low for
the common people. The third-class
passenger pays at the rate of ten cents

¢
L

for going thirty-two miles, so

hataday’s

4
ten

wages will carry a laborer between
and sixteen miles. In the first-class cars
the charge is 24
cheap labor of Indiaemployed throughout
the construction of these roads, the

cents a mile.

fares
could be put as low proportionally as in
England or America, where no man would
think of paying aday’s wages for ten
miles of transportation. But bit
of metal work of the roads,

and telegraph poles to

every
from

is

locomotives,

made in England and taken out to India. |
Although India has millions of tons of)

good iron ore lying on the surface of the
country and unlimited supplies of good
coal beneath it. not
is smelted, and the
of railroad

ton of iron

whole

a
business
construction is  man-
aged for the benefit of English iron-
men. And, as this correspondent no-
tices, nearly all these roags are under
government control, many having been
built directly by the government, while
others were constructed under a govern-
ment guarantee of dividends. It is not,
therefore merely a private matter that
every kind of supply is bought in Great
Britain. It is part of the system by
which India has been robbed of her
wealth and prosperity for the benefit of
the country which controls her destinies.

 

Delogoa Bay is the southern limit of
the Portuguese possessions on the east
coast of Africa. A company of Portu-
guese entrepreneurs obtained concessions

137 inde-|

na- |

to the Denver Republican |

the trains. On his account, the tele-|

Were the |

rails |

at Lisbon for a railroad from that point
into the interior of Africa. When they
began to construct their road, it at once
appears that the Portuguese company,

T

with which alone the Lisbon government
had dealings, was a mask for an English
company, which furnished the capital
and had taken entire control of the work.
As the bay is an object of British long-
ing and lies close to the British frontier
since the conquest of the Zulus, the
| Portuguese naturally did not relish hav-
ing John Bull’s hand thurst into the cov-
|eted territory in this fashion. They
| therefore cancelled all the concessions
made for the construction of the rail-
road, took possession of the works, and
appointed appraisers to estimate the ex-
| tent of the compensation due to the com-
pany. The disturbance made over the
matter in England. and the wild mis-
representations of the occurrences at
Delagod Bay, show this to be one of those
oceasions in which John Bull finds his
political and commercial interests both
|at stake, and therefore makes all the
| noise possible. But even the Salisbury
government cannot be got to promise to
| wage war on Portugal in maintenance of
concessions obtained by false pretenses,
and in revenge for pecuniary injury
| which Portugal promises to compensate.
| Yet it would be no worse than the an-
nexation of Burmah in punishment for
made to a French trading
company, and because of disputes about
the cutting of timber in the Burmese
forests.

|

| coneessions

 

Between Germany, Austria and Italy,
it seems as if Switzerland might have to
fight again for its independence. These
countries have virtually put forward a
claim to set aside the autonomy of the
Swiss Republic, and to establish on Swiss
soil a foreign police for the suppression
of Dynamitard conspiracies against their
own governments. Naturally, the Swiss
object to the proposal, declaring their
entire competence to deal with the Red
| factions without the aid of either police
lor spies from abroad. And they produce
evidence that the persons employed in
an underhand way by the German gov-
| ernment for this purpose had been active
in inciting violence among those whom
they had been spying upon. There is no
doubt that France will give support to
Switzerland in this juncture, and prob-
ably Russia will follow the lead of France
out of dislike of Germany. But England,
under Tory rule, committed on the
other side, and Lord Salisbury makes no
secret of his sympathy with the demands
of Germany. Still we do not look for
a new battle of Sempach at the foot of
the Alps.

is

Cane ne ne UTERINE

There has been no greater factor to
the sum of our national success than the
fostering effect of our cheap and wise
patent laws. We are apt to attribute to
ourselves, as a nation, superior inventive
genius: and while this may be true to
a certain extent, still we should not for-
get that the facilities for protecting in-
| ventions were peculiarly favorable to
the consequent rewards
were ever stimulating the minds of our

people to achievements in this way. It
| stands us in hand to guard with unfalter-
ing vigilance this great element of suc-

 

| such efforts, and
|

| cess, and as soon as demagogues attempt
to enact laws crippling the scope and

| efficiency of our patent laws, to properly

that such the inter-

few

i notify them
th
many, will

serving

ests 0 e at the expense of the

not be countenanced.

I

my

rreat mistake men make is this:

   

| ine ¢

| They strive to increase their earnings,
but they do not try to increase their earn-
ing capacity. They complain of the
selfishness of employers when, if they |
were wise, they would see that in this

 

| selfishness lies their greatest opportunity.
The selfish employer is always on the
4

} ee i. ee | ena *
lookout for the man that will serve him

| best and bring the
He
where he can secure

reward

most money into his

treasury. lies awake at night won-

i dering such a man.

| He
| fidelity liberally,

is willing to

mt

not because he is gen-

+

t is his interest to
| secure better service and better returns.
| Many of our young men have been quick
| to understand the situation, and they
have risen in

|erous, but because i

+
L

he world.
The metal aluminum is fast becoming
the
i bronzes formed by mixture with copper
have the true gold color and are remark-
ably free from tarnishing. The native
ore of this metal is common clay, which
is, as every one knows, abundant enough.
| It is only recently, however, science has
been able to produce the metal at a cost
sufficiently low to warrant its extensive
use. Mixed in a small percentage with
east iron, the iron flows into intricate
molds with astonishing facility.

@ necessity in the arts. Some otf

 

A new law goes into effect in Maine
this week, which provides that all ped-
dlers must file with the Secretary of
State a certificate that they are of good
moral character from the mayor or se-
lectman of the town where they intend
to sell their goods. Such a law would
be a godsend in this State, as fully half
the peddlers here are. scamps too low for
the recognition of decent people, but
sharp enough to keep out of jail.

capacity and |

THE TRADESMAN heartily approves of
the action contemplated by the grocers
of Big Rapids, as foreshadowed by the
agreement published in another column.
If a jobber insists on selling to the cus-
tomers of a retailer, there is no reason
why he should receive the patronage of
the retailer. The sooner retail mer-
chants everywhere take a decided stand
on this question, the better it will be for
them.

CE

Men of ordinary ability succeed oft-|
ener in business than those of pro-!
nounced talent. The reason is evident)
enough—they are satisfied with a hum- |

}

bler commencement, and while genius is |
looking about fora site for his castle, |
plodding mediocrity builds a house. And |
so on, when night or death comes, one |
has realized a competence, while the}
other has accomplished nothing.

 

The Condition of Trade.
from the New York Shipping List.

The second half of the calendar year
begins with commercial affairs in ex-
cellent shape and the present outlooking
seems to be unusually promising for the
development of progressive prosperity
during the next six months, which will
witness the harvesting and marketing of
the crops and the expansion of trade)

 

 

and industrial activity which result
therefrom. The crop situation is gen-
erally favorable, and there is every

reason to believe that an abundant yield
will be gathered, fully enough to satisfy
all requirements and leave a comfortable
surplus for unknown contingencies, trade
conditions are satisfactory, having been
characterized in the past by a conserva-
tism that forms a substantial basis upon
which to build up an active fall trade,
the industrial outlook is promising, the
recent improvement in the iron and steel
trades being an important factor, and
financial affairs reflect no feature that is
likely to unsettle the money market or
disturb the progressive movement of
trade. The distribution of supplies has
steadily absorbed production and there-
by maintained healthy relations with re-
spect to supply and demand, so that there
is no burdensome accumulation of unsold
stocks to carry over, and there has been
no over trading that will handicap the
future with liquidation and its attendant
evils. The recent activity of speculation
in several departments has presented
some unfavorable features and caused
apprehension that it might be carried to
undesirable excess, and in several in-
stances the danger signals have been dis
played, but thus far the bounds of reason-
able restraint have not been overstepped
and a healthy reaction has followed the
excitement and held itin check. Take
for instance the trading in trust certifi-
cates, which has been the most promi-
nent manifestation of this tendency, for,
while the interest in them is still active
and likely to so continue, the trading has

recently become more _ conservative
and healthy. Wheat has also executed

some wild and wide fluctuations in
values as the result of unreliable re-
ports respecting crop conditions at home
and abroad, which, however, have been
ephemeral in their influence and dis-
proved by more careful inquiry. The de-
velopments of the next few weeks are
likely to be of unusual significance in
financial circles, not only because of the
heavy disbursements that are incident to
the half year period and the beginning
of anew fiscal year withthe Government,
but likewise on account of the fact that
it will involve the adoption and opera-
tion of the fiscal policy of the adminis-
tration. The unusually large payments
that have been in progress this week for
account of all kinds of corporations, rail-
road, banking, municipal, state and indus-
trial, will not only be an important factor
in recruiting the reserves of the banks,
increasing the volume of money seeking
investment and active employment in
other ways. but is also a highly satisfac-
tory indication of the prosperity of the
country, as well as the earning power of
capital which this prosperity has aiforded.
The re-investment and re-employment of
these earnings will play an important
part in the progress of commercial and
financial affairs during the next few
weeks. So far as clearing house statis-

| to
| taking the fatal step.

/ collateral security;

fight here, as many of the poorer class of
farmers are indebted to those they pro-
pose to fight and who have carried them
from year to year. Of course, the mer-
chants will want their pay, and just how
the fighting farmers will meet their bills
is a mystery not easily to be solved. Of
all the years this is the worst for farm-
ers to get money, and it would seem to
an outsider that many of them are

| placing themselves in a very undesirable

position, and it would be well for them
carefully estimate the cost before

 

 

NOTICE.

Whereas, Default has been made in the con-
ditions of a certain contract made by and be-

| tween Burrell Tripp, of the first part, and Olney,

Shields & Company, of the second part, whereby
the said Olney, Shields & Company have become
entitled to a Certain certificate of bank stock in
the Carson City Savings Bank, of Carson City,
Michigan, which was assigned to the said Olney,
Shields & Company by the said Burrell Tripp, as
said bank stock being cer-
tificate No. 49, of ten shares of one hundred dol-
lars each; the amount due to the said Olney,
Shields & Company being $400 and interest for
three months and the cost of this sale.

Now, therefore. notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, the 13th day of July, 1889, at 10 o'clock
a. m. at the office of Olney, Shields & Company,
wholesale grocers, in the city of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, the said Olney, Shields & Company
will sell said bank stock at public sale to the
highest bidder.

Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich., this 28th day of
June, 1889. OLNEY, SHIELDS & Co.

J.F.THROUT &@ CoO,

Real Estate,

5 1-2 N. DIVISION STREET,
ROOM 55, PORTER BLOCK,

Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

Realty is the basis of all security and the basis
of security in real estate transactions is found in
the g@nowledge and probity of those through
whom they are conducted. Holding, by reason
of prudence, integrity and signal ability, a posi-
tion of prominence among the real estate dealers
of Grand Rapids, J. F. Trout & Co., who com-
menced operation in May of this present year, are
deserving of individual mention. Theinterested
principals are J. F. Trout and L. Taylor, and
they conduct a general real estate business in
city and suburban properties, farming and tim-
ber lands, etc. They are agents for the sale of
40,000 acres of excellent pine and farming lands
in Southeastern Missouri, near Doniphan, Ripley
county—a region which supplies Kansas City
with fully two-thirds of the lumber used in
carrying on her manufacturing enterprises, be-
sides being one of the finest stock sections—
especially for cattle and hogs—to be found any
wherein the country. Mr. Trout personally
owns some 2,200 acres of fine landin that section
and offers genuine bargains:to purchasers, the
lands having a double productive energy in the
natural timber growth, besides being one of the
most fertile agricultural sections of the Union.

J.F Trout’s Addition to the City of Grand
Rapids comprises the most desirable of residence
properties in the suburbs for homes or invest-
ment. The plat is most delightfully situated, is
level, high and dry, convenient to railroad and
street car lines, being located Southeast of the
city and only eighty rods from Oakdale Park
depot, on the Grand Rapids, Lansing and De-
troit Railway, which runs suburban trains on
regular schedule, requiring but six to eight min-
utes toland you at Madison avenue, which leaves
you only eighty rods from Trout’s addition. The
plat contains 128 lots, is splendidly shaded with
native trees, and in the center of the platisa
flowing fountain of living water. Lots are sold
at from $200 to $375. Terms, $50 down, and bal-
ance on long time and at low rate of interest.
No cash payment is required from those who
build at once.

To those who desire homes or the most advan-
tageous of investments, J. F. Trout and Co. can
offer the most notable inducements, and parties
will do well to consult this reliable firm. Special
attention is also given to the handling of city
and suburban property of all kinds and to the

ROASTER

The most practical
hand Roaster in the
world. Thousandsin
use—giving satisfrc-
tion. They aresimp:e
durable and econom-
ical. Nu grocer
should be without
one. Roasts coffee
and pea-nuts to per
fection.

 

MAGIC COFFEE

Address for Cata
logue and prices,

Robt. §. West,

48-50 Long St.,

Cleveland, Ohio,

 

 

HYDRAULIC
ELEVATORS
Water Motors and Specialties

Send for New Catalogue

 

 

ties and traffic returns from the railroads
are concerned, the volume of general
business in progress has been in excess |
of last year, while reports from all im- |
portant interior centers point to unusual |
activity in trade for this season of the}
yerr. This is no doubt due to the satis-|
factory feeling existing respecting crop |

 

prospects and the encouragement it!
affords dealers in replenishing their}

stocks, while it also has a tendency to}
stimulate consumption. The production |
of wool from this year’s clip seems likely |
to be the largest in the history of the}
country, and whatis still more important |
is the fact that it comes upon a market |
comparatively bare of supplies and other- |
wise situated so as to assure growers re-
munerative prices. If to this is added
the prospect of a larger wheat crop than
has been harvested and marketed for sev-
eral years, the promise of a full supply
of cotton and corn, so far as present con- |
ditions can be relied on to foreshadow
the yield, and an abundance of other farm |
products, such as hay, oats, barley, rye}
and potatoes the, outlook is as cheer-|
ing as it could well be at this season of |
the year. Nothing fresh has transpired}
respecting the iron industry, except the)
signing of the wages scale by a majority |
of Western mills and foundries, which is |
an important event since it virtually set-

 

but there seems to be trouble brewing in |
the Carnegie works, several thousand |
workmen employed by that concern being |
unwilling to accept the terms offered.
The coal market is quiet, with a moder-
ate demand for anthracite and prices
irregular, but dealers look for an im-
proved inquiry this month. There is!
some difficulty among the miders of soft!
coal, with rumors that a general strike |
may result.

|

Should Look Before They Leap.
From the Detroit Tribune.

The Patrons of Industry are organiz-
ing numerous lodges in the vicinity of
Morley, and have declared war against
both the merchants and the professional
men because of what they call their ex-

 

 

orbitant charges. It will be a bitter|

| +
tles the labor question for another year, t

Tuerk Hydraulic
Power Co.
NEW YORK: CHICAGO:
12 Cortland St. 39 Dearborn St.

TIME TABLES.

 

 

 

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.
Arrives. Leaves.
Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am 7:39am
Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 30am 11:30 2 m
Traverse City Express.......,..... 3:0) pm 4:20pm
| Petoskey & Mackinaw... .. -...... 8:45 pm 10:30pm

7:30a 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.

  

 

Cineinmati Express..........._..-- 6:25am 7:00am
Fort Wayne Express 11:45 a m 12:45 a m
Cincinnati Express. - 5:40pm 6:00 pm
Chieagoand Sturgis...) 10:40pm 11:05pm

7:00amtrain 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.
eo erp eee cee sere 10:15am
11:15am. Lee eeae ol oe
ee cea epee ote tear eine siete cine 8:45 pm

I : : :49 Dp
Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEST.

 
   

Arrives. Leaves.

JMorning UXPress. . 2050... 5... 12:20 pm 12:25pm
Pihwrouen Mai oe, 4:25pm 4:39pm
Steamboat Expres: 10:40 p m 10:45 pm
*Night Express..... 6:50 am 7:00am
OG 5. 7:30am
+Detrow, Bxprerss.:. o.oo... 6:45am 6:50am
+Through Mail.... 11:35am 11:40am
#Evening Expre: 3:40 pm 3:50 p m
*Limited Pagress...............- . 6:45 pm 6:50pm

+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. next day.

Limited Express has parlor car to Detroit, making
close connections for all points East, also makes direct
connections at Durand with special Pullman through
cars to New York and Philadelphia. Steamboat express
has parlor car to Grand Haven, making direct connec-
tion with steamer for Milwaukee and the West.

Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail-
way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G@. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi-
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. PaisLey, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

 

LVER STARS

No Equal in the State.

 

Wherever Introduced itis a Stayer!

 

TO THE TRADE:

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

A. S. DAVIS,

Sole Manufacturer,

127 hovis $t., GRAND RAPIDS
THE “EDITOR'S CHOICE.

 

 

| FLINT, Mich.. April 9, 1889. |
; To Whom it May Concern:
| We, the undersigned committee, 8e- |
| 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 - |
| selected the following, viz: EDITOR’ |
| CHOICE, sent in by Sig Wolf, of |
| Toledo, Ohio. |
Joun J. Coon, Editor Flint Journal |

|
| F. H. RANKIN, JR , of Wolverine Citizen
A. L. ALDRICH, of the Flint Globe.

 

 

OUR NEW BRAND OF CIGARS,

“SOI TOR’S CHOICE”

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 & Co.
20,000 Sold to the Yrade

In Grand Rapids in the past 30 days.
Over 150 retail dealers in G and Rapids
are handling the Famous Five Cent
Cigar

“THE WHITE DAISY"

This cigar we guarantee to be the best
nickel cigar in the State, all long Havana
filler with a Sumatra wrapper. It is sold
to the trade for $35 per M. Remember,
you take no chances in ordering, for we
guarantee the cigar to give entire satis-
faction or they can be returned.

Beware of Imitations.

The genuine will have our signature
on inside of cover of each box. Send
in your orders by mail. The White Daisy
Is manufactured only by

MORTON & CLARK,

462 S. Division St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

H. SCHNEIDER & GO,

Manufacturers of the famous

Disk and George,
Elks’ Social Session

And other Popular Brands of

Jobbers of All Brands of

Fine Cui, Piug and
Smoking Tobaccos

21 Monroe St., Grand Rapids.

FIVE DOLLARS FINE,

pen-

 

 

ny form to a minor

 

the parent or

Gonform to the kaw,

Merchants should procure

a supply of blank

orders, which will be sent postpaid on receipt of
postal note, as follows:
250 TOBACCO ORDERS -_ .75
500 - e - 1.25
1,000 . . - 2,00
All orders must be accompanied by remit-

tance.

KE. A. SYOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

 

 

Sanna

The Best is the
Cheapest.
We offer you a first-
class article. Cut shows
our No. 62, in Antique
Ash, Air-tight Locks,
Padded Doors, Patent
Interior Circulation of
Dry, Cold Air, seven
feet high, shipped in
sections, constantly in
stock for immediate
shipment. We pay
freight. Send for cata-
logue. Mention paper.

Also a
LIQUID COOLERS
= for milk, iced tea, etc.

rand Rapids Refrigerator Co,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

  

 

PERMENTUM

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

Grocers and Bakers not handling our yeast are requested to write for samples -
and prices. One trial will convince all of its superiority for freshness and strength.

L. WINTERNITZ,|

State Jobbing Agent, | . isiting mer
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 106 Kent St.

P. STEKETEE & SONS;

WHOLESALE

Dry Goods ? Notions,

83 Monroe St. and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St,,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

New Line of Prints, Seersuckers,
Toile Du Nord, Ginghams, Dress Goods,
Hosiery, Underwear, White Goods,
Laces, Embroideries and Full Line of
Neck Wear.

Special care given outside shipments.
chants are invited to call at

 

STARK, -
FRANKLINVILLE. Warps, Geese Feathers,
AMERICAN, :
HOOKER, | § Waddings, Batts
someones i and Twines,

Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia Bags. Mail orders receive prompt

and careful attention.

CURTISS & CO.,, .

Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.

 

WHOLESALE

Paper Warehouse, ¢

Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

MICHIGAN.

 

oe Eee SANTA
AS BORN
HE HAD RISEN EARLY To Te:

WAS
: Hie. WOMB ERFUL SOAP To
vy — SEEK AND To FIND.
Fy

  
  

 

by ~ &
A KFrpanr hom
CHICAGO.

 

c= No Chemicals.23

W. BAKER
& C0,’S

Breakfast Cocoa

Is absolutely pure

 
 
 
  

and it is soluble.

To increase the solubility of
the powdered cocoa, various expe-
s 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. rm"

 

PEREINS & HESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, ,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

 

 

 

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 18389.

 

 

LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS.

Written for THE TRADESMAN.
BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT.
Among the multitudinous
and semi-nuisances that are constantly
besetting us, during our earthly pilgrim-
age, the chronic borrower is by no means
the
The wants and demands of himself and

nuisances

least conspicuous and ubiquitous.

his clan cover such an amazing
extent of territory; his excuses,
which are so. diversified, and his

requirements, which are made with such
a plainly expressed belief that a requi-
sition for the use of his neighbor’s prop-
erty or money is acommon, necessary
and legitimate feature of existence, are
almost daily reminders of the extent and
perennial vigor of his class, and the
party who has gone through any ex-
tended number of years without having
to associate the chronic borrower with
he undesirable side of his ‘‘profit and
loss’? account is either miraculously for-
tunate, or exceptionally deaf and indif-
ferent to his importunities.

= * * .

It is safe to say that the average inde-
pendent trader, who habitually keeps
himself supplied with the numerous lit-

tle appliances for cleanliness and con-
venience, devotes of his ex-
penditures in that line to the benefit of
borrowers. His window and floor brushes
will steadily lose their bristles in other
His force p
the

two-thirds

will
His

bent

people’s service.
come home minus
oil pump. will returned
and demoralized. His
will disappear among a multitude of bor-

ump
valve.

be
box opener
rowers, and his various tools will slowly
but surely become edgeless or useless or
And to have the subject of
eases

invisible.
compensation mentioned in such
would surprise him nearly as much as
the draft for an outlawed matter from a
professional dead-beat.

And the borrower is
far from being uncommon. There are
times when you can accommodate him
without material injury to yourself, but
there are also other times when he hon-
estly secures a footing on the debit side
of the aforesaid profit and loss account.
He comes in and wants to borrow a couple
of hundred dollars for twodays. You
tell him, truthfully, that you can spare
the amount for forty-eight hours, and
not a minute longer. Your reason
that you can, at that time, discount a
$250 bill at4 per cent., avery pleasant
and desirable business transaction. He
makes you a solemn promise and leaves.
The time of payment arrives, but the
money doesn’t materialize. Your last
mail is nearly due, and you hurry over
to his place to remind him of his broken
promise, but he has gone to the city. and
the clerk knows nothing about the cur-

You never, under any
borrow money yourself,

x

business money

is

rency question.
circumstances,
and your little matter of accommodation
has cost you exactly $10. And when
that man hands you back your $200, the
next day. you ean safely bet that he will
act as if he had conferred a favor instead
of receiving one.

And the
borrowers is sometimes almost

*‘cheekiness’’ of these money
superla-
tive. What else but ‘cheek’’ can you call

it when. at a period when small change is

excessively scarce. a party rushes into
your store and wants the loan of 35 in
silver? you inform him that you have

only $4 on hand, after counting up dimes
and

‘Well,

try and make it do!’

ais. and he remarks:
that! Pil

nicke

let me have have to

I remember once ef a chronic borrower
coming into my place of business just as
a party was handing me some $50 or $60 to
pay over for him toan individual who re-
quested him to leave the money with me
until called for. The ec. b. wanted $50 for
aday or two, and | informed kim I hadn’t
the funds to spare just then, whereupon
he coolly proposed that I should loan
him the money just left with me, and
my decided refusal to do so disgruntled
him so seriously that he refused to allow
me to assist him in his financial matters
for several months thereafter.

One night,
mer rushed into the store and requested
the loan of $10. I said to him:

“John, these are very close times for

several years ago, a custo-

money. and I need every cent I can raise,
butif it’s a matter of necessity I will
try and accomodate you ve

“Pye got to have the money, some-
how.’’ replied John, ‘‘and there isn’t the
remotest doubt but that I can pay you
the next time I see you!’

I heard the next morning that John
had put $15 of his own, my $10, and an-
other borrowed $10, into a fakir’s ‘‘soap
game,’’ which explained his urgent need
for financial assistance.

The individual whose habit of money
borrowing becomes chronic gradually
drifts into the belief that his constant
demands upon his friends and acquain-
tances are proper and legitimate business
transactions, and that when his own ex-
chequer becomes unresponsive he has a
steady and never-failing source of

revenue With the habit
fully confirmed no occasion is too trivial,
or no want too frivolous, to afford an ex-
cuse for annoying and discommoding his
And the natural sequence is

in reserve.

AWNINGS

AND TENTS.

ay

 

   
   

neighbors.

The gratitude and appreciation of the

that he, not infrequently, evolves from /N

the chronic borrower into the chronic f |

dead-beat fe he
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Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Burzy
Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc, Send for Illustraved
Catalogue.

| Chas. A. Coye,

Telephone 106. 11 Pear! St.

borrower, for favors rendered,

 

habitual
brings to mind the youngster, who stuck
his face into a neighbor’s doorway and
observed:
‘Say! Maw wants to borrer a cupfull |
of flour, an’ a couple of eggs, an’ a | EWARD
spoonfull of sodaif yer ’aint got bakin’ $1 ,000 F {{
powder: and ’f you’re got any decent tea
she sez sen’ her a little: the las’ she got}
‘ere wasn’t fit fur a hog to drink. An’ |
she sez fu don’t want yer hens scalded
you'd better keep ’em to hum, cos she’s |
been 7em ’bout all she’s}
goin’ to be?’ |
There are persons to whom you may |
lend your garden and lawn appliances
until their usefulness is about exhausted,
yet who will wax woefully indignant if
you refuse to turn over to them the im-
plement you are at the time using’ Di-
vide your last measure of flour with
them, and they will grumble at the qual-
ity. Donate them, for their momentous
party, the use of your wife’s favorite
table ware, and you’ll never hear an ex-
cuse or apology for the cracks and nicks
returned with it: but, if you don’t want
the neighborhood to comment on your

 

 

 

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

bothered with

it One Thousand Dollars to any person

- of these Cigars to contain anything
obuceo. WORTH BROTHERS.

Set uavaus
poverty or penuriousness in using in-
ferior plated goods, if such is unfortu-
nately the case, make some excuse for
not loaning your table cutlery.
* * ~

Anos §, Musselman & Go.

GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

Crockery & Glassware

7 * * *
As arule level-headed—or at least those
who try to be level-headed—business men,
are not in the habit of commenting very
freely on their business matters with

those who have no personal interest in

 

 

 

 

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them, but I have ocassionally known a —— ee 45

: . oe - Net ee ee oe oe
little ‘“‘slip of the tongue’’? to work ma-j No. 2 i a
terial advantage to the apparently indis- Tubular a eee 75
creet speaker. As a little illustration of | _ 6 doz. in box. ae i
Las : -_ [No osnn hl. 1 90
this Leall to mind an individual who, | No.1 eS ag

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some years ago, used to favor me with Pe, cannes aren acerca Mace nea 3 00
a : NG First quality.
frequent applications for loans, and, as I Bie, OGan, chump fop........ 00.205... 215
considered him ‘‘good,’? and he always —. i i = 25
repaid me with reasonable promptness, 1] XXX Flint
always used to accommodate him when I 7 oe 2 =
could consistently do so. But finally he} No. 2 .-3 80
6s ee? ZR. : . a Pearl top.

Si Y : : :

_ in’? to me $150; let the promised No. 1 Sun. wrapped and labeled..............37
time for payment pass by some days, | No.2 * oe 4 70
ie uo 6 eae eel eee a ES No. 2 Hinge, ~ . ee 4 70
g nd, as egan o hear rumors regé so S| La Bastic.
his ‘“‘shakiness’”’ [ began to get a little | No. 1Sun, plain bulb, per doz................1.25
uneasy. One day aman with whom Tl wal dermmp. per deg..008 1 =

° ° : y; 2 ee és ig
was negotiating some kind of a trade No.2 eee eee 1 60
offered me, in part payment, a note | ButterCrocks, per gal......... -.........+- 06%
Q : JUGS, 4% Bal. perdez 3... 65
against the borrower, which I refused, } 1) 7% a a
oe ° ae oe c

e , ca a ee it Re ea 1 80
Ww = some ill-natured observation per Milk Pans, +4 gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 60
taining tothe money I had loaned the; “ “ 1 © [ . | DOG). 78

i E FRUIT JARS—rer gro.
signer, and in less than an hour the de-| Mason’s, pints...............-..- see $10 50
liquent came into the store, violently « on aaa Le a aT po

V2 BAlLION .. 2. 2.22 ss ees cece er teee een i.
flung down on the counter a roll of bills Lightning, quarts.........................-. 12 00
Loe ea . e Ue AOR ee ee 16 00
containing $150, and, after abusing and
excoriating me for some fifteen minutes HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories here pay as follows for

for ‘attempting to injure his character,”’ q
dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls

announced a perpetual casus belli be-

   
   
  
 
   
  

 

 

out:
tween us, and left me to my reflections. | Basswood, log-run ........ a 13 00@15 00
2 oc 4 ae in | Biren foe run 15 00@16 00
—_ as he left the country within : week: || cecnl Nos sana enn aii @2 00
owing about everybody whom it was oe Sn Oe 14 00@16 00
. : i Macery. (Oo-ren 6 25 00@40 00
owt) : at i. ee a 2 JS : D

possible to owe, I readily forgave the Cherry, — and ee Saabs 06
1. aoe oe ee eae ote / an. | Cnerey, Call... eee ees @12 00
om beare r, and never regretted my ac Rea 12 00@13 00
cidental digression from the customary | Maple, soft, log-run.........--........11 00@13 00
ee Mapic Mes taad2 @W# 00

rules of business. Maple. clear, flooring... ---..

EE Maple. white, sciected..-.

. / ea Oak ioe rom
A Connecticut Scheme. Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.....

Daniel Corthell, a New Haven shoe | Red Oak, 4 sawed, 6 inch ant
a ie : | Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular... .-. |
dealer, has been fined $20 and cost On 4 | Red Oak, No. 1, step plank........ i
charge of using a lottery scheme in con-| Walnut, logrun...................--.
nection with his business. He advertised | ee — Land 2...........s sees
that the persons purchasing the largest | Grey Elm, log

 

   
 
  
  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: : Grey Elm, log-run 12 00@13 05
amount of goods between certain dates | White Aso, log-rui 14 00@16 00
should receive at the end of that time Whitewood, log-r - 20 00@22 00
S95) j as Sea a as a ag . | White Oak, log-r .-4.1'7 OOD18 00
B25 In goiad, alviae a into pre mniums of White Oak, 4 sawed, } ..42 00@43 00
$50, $40, ete.. according to the relative | i
| size of the purchases. Mr. Corthell ex- | a
1 . 1 ? . { 1 4
plained that the cards were simply a L i$
record of the amount of purchase. He/ 3iE 196 if
did not keep a duplicate, nor could hej g)o fa Te
tell, until the cards were returned to the} 3) 7 8
store after the specified time had expired, | 3:2] an 3
the chance that a customer had to] }'a} 5280-30
get any one of the premiums offered. | 5 i3
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He could not see that when a customer | $'= 1g
had purchased goods he had any in- | ; = Dee 3
terest in the premiums. Whatever | ; = 3
interest he had would be shown when | eo
all the cards were examined. The con-| Every garment bearing the above ticket is
stitutionality of the law will be de-| WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as te.

presented, you are requested to return it to the
Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive
anew garment.
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The Population of the United States.|STANTON, SAMPSON & €6.
The present estimated population of | Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.

the United States is 64,000,000. The|
rate of increase, exclusive of immigra-|

TANTED
tion. is estimated at 1.8 per cent. per| WY A e

annum—about 100,000 a month. By im-| i
: POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
- ’

migration the increase of population |

averages over 43,000 a month, or over | FRUIT BEANS
half a million yearly. The aggregate : ;
annual growth from both causes will not | and all kinds of Produce.

fall much short of a million and three-| If you have any of the above goods to
quarters. The estimated foreign popu- | * or ——— mg a —— let
lation is not far below 14,000,000. ae Gila ek ek. Ce

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

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

cided by a higher court.
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The Commercial Traveler at Lunch.

Guest (to restaurant table girl)—What
have you got for dinner?

Table Girl—Roastbeeffricasseedchick-
enstewedlambhashbakedandfriedpotatoes
indianpuddingmilkteaandcofiee.

Guest—Give me the third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, eighteenth and nineteenth syl-
lables.

 

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A farmer entered a store at Pottstown,
Pa., and enquired the retail price of
nails; then the price per keg of 100
pounds. The latter being much less, he
asked if the storekeeper would take back
what he had left if he did not use the
whole keg, and was told yes. He took
the keg and some four days later re-
turned it minus four pounds of nails,
which he offered to pay for at keg prices.

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He was accommodated.

 

W. STEELE

Packing and Provision Co.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Fresh and Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt
Pork, Hams, Shoulders, Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage
of all Kinds, Dried Beef for Slicing.

LARD

strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 501b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails
Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class in every in-
stance. When in Grand Rapids, give usa call and look over our establishment. Write us for
prices.

 

 

 

    

    
  
    
 
 

 

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COREE EEE

 
      
  

DOIRECTIONS

We hav~ cooked the corn in this can
sutticienti shouid be Thoroughly
Warmed uot tL adding piece of
00° Huiter (size of hen’s egg) and g.1.
Jj 2. fresh milk (preferable to water.)

; Season to suit when on the tabie. None
genuine uniess bearing the signature?

   
      

  

 

Davenport Cannizg Qo,

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H. Leonard & Sons.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Near Union Depot. - - Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts.

The Old Reliable.
WE ARE

Headauarters

FOR
Michigan.

46,160

Quick Meal

Stoves

 

THE
Quick Meal

Gasoline
Stowe
Has
Safety Points

Found
in n0 Other Sold
Stove. in 1888,

Warranted to Give Satisfaction.

List

 

 

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Above Stove, with Self

Russia Iron Oven,
Tin Oven, Self Lighter

iree Burners on Top, Russia Iron Oven
a Tin Oven, Self Lig
Send for Complete Illustrated Catalogue and write for Factory Discounts,
Hints Dealers Meal Oil
Every dealer should have a copy.

 

With Tt

  

cet oe aT ; niel 5+ r 9? ar = y . i .
‘Useful to in Quick Stoves’’ sent free on request.
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H. Leonard & Sons.

MICHIGAN CIGAR CO.,
Big Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

“ALC. C.”"“Vum Yum

The Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

 

The Most Popular Cigar.

SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER.

TE LANE & BODLEY C0,

AUTOMATIC CUT OFF

NGINES

UNRIVALLED for STRENGTH
=o. DURABILITY AND
= CLOSE REGULATION.

THE LANE & BODLEY CO., 210,28 J0HN STREET:

WM.SEARS & CO.,
Cracker Manvtactvrers,

37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

 

 
 
 
    

 

 

 

FIRE! FIRE!

We are selling the BEST RUBBER HOSE in
34, 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 Prigas 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.

 

BEADY ROOFING,
FIBRE PAINT AND
THE KIND IN USE.

ee LYON,
ALFRED J. BROWN,

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WHOLESALE DEALER IN

Foreign, Tropical and Galitornia
FRUITS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headquarters for Bananas.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST.

THEO. B. GOOSSEN,
WHOLESALE
Produce Commission Merchant,
BROKER IN LUMBER.

Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples, iu Car Lots, solicited.
Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty.

33 OTTAWA STEET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Telephone 269.

Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce bo,

(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. E. HOWES & CO.)
Jobbers

FOREIGN FRUITS.

Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty.
NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

 

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MOSELEY BROS.

——W HOLESALE—

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters: Produce.
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

1

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes,
pleased to hear from you.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,

 

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GRAND RAPIDS.

F. J. LAMB & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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mica.

C. A. LAMB, Grand Rapids, FRED CLOCK, Chicago, Ill.

cc. A LAMA & CO.

Wholesale and Commission

Fruits

AND

Our Specialties:
CALIFORNIA FRUITS,
ORANGES, LEMONS,
Produce. BANANAS AND BERRIES.

56 and 58 So. Ionia St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

EDWIN FALLAS,

JOBBER OF

Bitter, 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.

C. 9. CORNELL.

(Successor to CORNELL & KERRY.)
Wholesale and Commission

Fruits and Produce.

Agent for the Wayland Cheese.
30 NORTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS,

TELEPHONE 253,

 

 

 

MICH.

 

 

 

 

 

GROCERIES.

 

 

The California Raisin Crop.

The California Fruit Grower says the
quantity of foreign raisins imported into
the United States for the season of 1887
and 1888 was 40,476,763 pounds, equal to
2,023,838 boxes of twenty pounds each.
We place the consumptive demand at
62,756,753 pounds or 3,137,838 boxes, for
the season of 1887 and 1888. The pack
of raisins in the State of California for
the year 1888 we place at 1,166,000 boxes,
divided as follows: Boxes actually
packed, 904,000; car loads of sacked |
goods 262, representing 282,000 boxes of
of raisins. These sgures have been
arrived at after extensive correspondence
with raisin growers, packers and ship-
pers in all the raisin districts of the State.
As to the acreage, at present devoted to
raising grapes in California, after spend-
ing considerable time and carrying on an
extensive correspondence, we are able to
place it at 19,556 acres.

Few, if any. of the raisins imported
from Spain reach this country as packed
by the producers or growers in that coun-
try. The raisins are cured in the pro-
ducing districts, packed after a fashion
and shipped to the importers, who main-
tain Jarge warehouses or repacking estab-
lishments, where the goods intended for
export trade are regraded and repacked
under immediate supervision of the
porting merchants, who thoroughly
anderstand the wants and requirements

 

 

 

 

of the various markets and countries to
which they ship their goods.

see h ealthy, well- cared- -for vineyard of
the Muscat variety will produce, when in

 

full — an average of five or Six tons
f <aigetthe to an acre.
vards in the State that average,

1d year out, even better returns

 

  

not exceed
In a good

does
acre.

which
tons to an

ae
Or

year, under favorable conditions, it is
safe to calculate four tons to the acre of

raisin grapes. Figuring on the basis of
20,000 acres of vines in bearing in this
State. the annual yield would be 160.000,-

is

000 pounds of grapes, out of which

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it

possible to make 50,000,000 pounds of
raisins of all grades, which, if boxed,

would produce 2,500,000 boxes of twenty
pounds each. While it may be possible, |
it is not probable that any such g juantity
of
very many reasons why such a produc-
tion from the present acreage will not be
realized for some years to come.

 

i mittee, has made the

im- |

ai
There are several |
man Owen hé
; ates on the Rail
s, while there are many vineyards | Frazer, Lansin

- | Huron.
|on the Hotel Commi

raisins will be produced, as there are |

| event

In 1873, California produced only 6,000 |

since then the increase
until, in 1888, we find

bexes of raisins:
has been gradual,

that we have produced the respectable |

quantity of about 1,000,000 boxes.
to say. the demand has kept equal pace|
with this increase in production up to}
the present time, and, taking the past as
a guide, there is little to fear as to the
As new machinery and labor
sav ring appliances are introduced in the

future

busi ness ¢

Strange! On returning in

and freight rates reduced, prices |

will gradually seek a lower level. thus |
placing raisins, which were at one timea |}
great luxury, within the reach of the

masses, as a common article of food.

SN

#& Pian Worthy of Emulation.

Chas. H. Slack, the leading Chicago |
grocer, makes a net price for goods in
his store For delivering he charges in |!
proportion to the amount. and for credit |

 

he makes an additional charge of
tain percentage, according tothe amount,
and the same is renewed for
These terms

all purchasers,

that the credit exists.
plainiy made known to
who are told to ‘“Take your choice.”’
There isa heap of common sense in
this method of doing business. There is
no reason why the man who pays cash
over the counter, and carries
home. should have to pay the same price
as the man who has his purchases sent

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a Ger-j J

each month |
are |

goods |

i rison, 0.

home by the merchant and takes his own |

time to pay for them—possibly not pay-
ing at allin the end. The sooner mer-
chants come to look at this subject in the
proper light, the better it will be for all
concerned.
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Big Rapids Grocers Take
Stand.
We, the undersigned
Big Ra apids, agree not to buy goods of
any wholesale house which sells goods
in our line of business to hotels, board-
ing houses or private families in Big
Rapids or Mecosta county.
GEO. F. FAIRMAN,
J. FRANK CLARK,
N. 8. Beppe,
W. J. SANDERS,
L. 8. PRESSBURG,
CHARLES B. LoveJoy, Ag’t,
DALE GARDNER,
JAMES SMITH,
CC A. Verrry,
a MEGARGLE,
. E. HANEY,
Fuqua & Co.
—————_— -¢
Wool, Hides and Tallow.
The wool market all over this country
and England is strong and higher, while

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Decided ,

business men of,
' flesh towel.

If, after having a tooth pulled, the
; mouth is filled with salt and water it

| will allay the danger of having a hem-

|

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manufacturers are still holding off, ex- |

cept some of the larger ones, who have
gone into the market and bought through ,
force of necessity, not wishing to chance
their whole purchase on the future. |
Their 5 per cent. advance in eloth is only

a quarter of what is necessary to meet

the advance in wool. Buyers now await!
the outcome with considerable misgiving,
knowing their wools have cost too much

‘your supplies when the market was most

money.

Hides are still dull and weak and, in
absence of sales, nO prices can be
quoted.

Tallow is quiet at low prices.

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The Grocery Market.

Hard sugars are a trifle higher. Some
of the refiners advanced Saturday and |
the remainder swung into line on Mon-
day. Cheese is higher, in consequence |

of a strong export and home demand.
Vinegar continues very cheap.

| water.

MICHIGAN KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP.

 

President—A. F. Peake, Jackson. |
Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids.
Official Organ— Michigan Tradeeman.

The following additions to the hotel
| list have been received during the past
week:

Mancelona House, Mancelona.

Sherwood House, St. Ignace.

Gilbert House, Reed City.

Depot Dining Rooms, Reed City.

Hote] Jackson, Cadillac.

Commercial House, Manton.

Park Place, Traverse City.

Park House, Portland.

Cook’s Hotel, Ann Arbor.

Hotel Cadillac, Detroit.

Welch House, Portland.
xx

Every member of the association is re-
quested to secure signatures to our hotel
forward the

list and promptly names
each week to the Secretary.
a oe: ae

oagland. of the Relief Com-

following appoint-
lmembers of his committeee:

eaux, Hastings; E. M. Parks

Yhairmay :
Chairman Ef

 

ments of loca

E. E. Lamoy

Qualities Necessary in Salesmen.
Be industrious, exert yourself actively

to show goods to customers and to find
what will suit them.

Be patient; preserve perfect equanim-

ity, even though your customer appears
trifling, fastidious or exacting.
effort on your part to please him will

Sincere

win in the long run.

Be polite; under no circumstances
speak to or treat a customer with impo-
liteness. Todoso is to make a mistake
inexcusable in a salesman. Your polite-
ness to customers is money to your em-
ployer, and is one of the considerations
for which you are paid a salary.

Be considerate of property; do not try
to sell apoor person a more expensive
article than he can afford to buy. By so
doing you may wound his feelings, and
cause him to avoid you in the future.
Rather try to suit him with an article
within his means. If you succeed, he
will try you again.

Be sociable;

cultivate a general and
friendly acquaintance with the custom-
ers you wait npon, for they will prefer
to make purchases where they are ac-
quainted.

Be truthful:
in representing

resort to deception
the goods

never
the quality of

you sell. Truth fulness i is in a salesman,
a virtue which will soon begin to tell in
a pecuniary as well as amoral way, for

flock to the clerk whose word |

an depend upon respect-

people will
they know

they

 

|

ing the value they are getting for their |

money.

Be honest; not merely because honesty
is the best policy, but because without it
life is a failure, though wealth flow in to
the amount of millions, and the world
lavish its honors and applause.

i

The New Rubber Trust Forming.

The movement to combine eight of the
largest rubber concerns in the country
into a ‘trust,’ which has been under
consideration for two years’ has made
steady progress within the last few days.
The companies in question include the
Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., of
Naugatuck, Conn., the Meyer and the New
Jersey rubber companies of New Bruns-
wick, N. J., the Woonsocket, Para, and
Beston rubber companies and L. Candee
& Co.. of New Haven. Most of the de-
tails of the trust have been arranged,
and the remainder will be settled ata
meeting, to be held in Boston shortly.

en ee eran
The True Measure of Success.

Be alive; be open-eyed; work hard;
take medium recreation: watch oppor-
tunities; be rigidly honest: hope for the
best, and if you fail to achieve the
amount of success upon which you have
set your heart, which is possible in spite
of the utmost efforts, you will have the
consciousness ot having done your best,
which, after all, isthe true measure of
any man’s success.

 

 

Hudson: T. A. Hazlett, Reed City; C. W.
Gilkey, Lansing; E. S. Kelly, St. Joseph;
Harry West, Eatc —— s; S. E. Parkill,
Owosso: C. F. Mar , Charlotte; M. Mat-
son. i orter, Jackson; W.
iH. M: Parks,

farshall. Chair-
as his associ-
mittee: EL W.
towley, Port
ch has appointed
Roswell Mott,
Wm. Connor,
of the Bus
appointed

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Lapeer;
Hunter,
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Chairmar
iansme: ©. RI mia;

Marshall. Chairman Peck,
and eae Committee, has

 

Geo. Jenks, Fenton, and F. M. Doug-
las, oe
i. Mc Minus, See’y.

All Ready for the Picnic.

All the arrangements for the annual
| picnie Rapids Traveling
| Men’s ave now been com-
pleted een but the co-operation
of the weather clerk remains to make the
Transportation has
been arranged via the G. R. & I., leaving
the union depot on a special train at 8:30
a. m., and arriving at Muskegon at 9:45.
evening, the train
| will leave M S o'clock, 2
ing at the union depot at 9:15.

of the Grand

Association h
and
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a success.

 

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|

|

The programme for the after dinner|
responses has been revised somewhat,
standing now as follows:

  
  
   

a. Rapids Traveling Men—
|

2. s—dJas. N. Bradford. |

a. sh Liar—Frank oa

4. . L. Livingston.

5. Traveler — Albert C.

6. ‘ic iartette.

. Dry Goods—E. E. Wooley.

‘
8. Taffy—Win.

   

   
  
 

B. Edmunds.
9. The Dining Room Girl i. Her-
rick.

10. The Sawdust City—D. G. Crotty.

1. Flour and Feed—Geo. H. Escott.

12. —Quartette.

13. The Country Tavern—Hi. Robertson.
14. Recitation—L. C. a

15. The Kick ae . Cole.

16. The Wag—J. H. a

17. The Press—E. A. Stowe.

18. The Ladies—Chas. M. McLain.

19. The Occidental—T. P. S. Hampson.
20. Music—Quartette.

The quartette comprises Jas. A. Mor-

B. Wilmarth, B. A. Beneker

H. Loomis.

tt te

Salt for the Feet and for other Uses. '
If the feet are tender or painful after |

long standing cer walking great relief

can be had by bathing them in salt and |

 

and Wm.

water. — andful of salt to a gallon of |
water is about the right proportion. |
Have the water as hot as can comfort- |

ably be borne. Immerse the feet and)
throw the water over the legs as far as
the knee with the hands. When the
water becomes too cool rub briskly witha
This method, if used night
and morning, will cure neuralgia of the
Leet.

Carpets may be greatly brightened by
first sweeping ‘thoroughly and then going
over them with aclean cloth and clear

salt and — Use acupful of coarse
salt to a large basin of water.
Salt as a tooth powder is better than

almost anything that can be bought. It
keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the
gums hard and rosy.

orrhage.

To clean willow furniture use salt and
Apply it with a nail brush, scrub
well and dry thoroughly.

When broiling steak, throw a little sait
on the coals and the blaze from dripping
fat will not annoy.

Damp salt will remove the discolora-
tion of cups and saucers caused by tea
and careless washing.

Brass work can be kept beauti
bright by occasionally rubbing with se
| and vinegar.

Wash the mica of
salt and vinegar.

Salt in whitewash w
better.

oat
cued

the stove doors with

ill make it stick

—_——— +4

She Didn’t Consult the Market Reports.

“Do you ever consult the market re-
ports, Mrs. Steakpounder %’ Smith
asked, addressing the boarding missus.

“Ne, sir, 1 do not.”

“TI thought so.”’

‘‘For what reason 2”?

‘Well, you see, if you consulted
market reports you would

the
purchase

favorable, and I see that you don’t.’’
‘“‘How do you know that I don’t ?”’
“T will tell you. Butter is sometimes
quoted weak; you do not buy it then.’’
"2 dont?’
“No. You always buy butter when it
is strong.’’

 

 

  

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bd GROCER.

o@ 27 Deocust Strest.
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+ Shipper of Fruits, Butter, Eggs, and Vegetables. <

 

DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

GRAND Rapips,

July 1, 1889.

Ve beg to announce that the wholesale grocery
firm of Lemon, Hoops & Peters has this day been
dissolved by mutuml consent.

SAMUEL M.

LEMON,

WM. H. HOOPS,

RICHARD G.

PETERS,

ANNOUNCEMENT YO THE YRADE.

We take pleasure in informing our friends and patrons

that the undersigned have th

under the firm name of

1is day formed a copartnership

Lemon & Peters.

(SUCCESSORS TO LEMON,

Continuing the wholesale grocery business

HOOPS & PETERS.)
at the old stand.

All debts owing the old firm of Lemon, Hoops & Peters are
due and payable to Lemon & Peters, and all debts owing by
the old firm wil! be paid by Lemon & Peters.

We hope

to retain for the new firm the same generous

patronage, confidence and business relations heretofore en-

joyed, and to this

exertions.

end we pledge renewed and redoubled

SAMUEL M. LEMON,
RICHARD G. PETERS

 

    
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Wholesale Price Current.

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who

 

 

 

  
  
   

 

  

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

  

 
 

DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. 8ALERATUS.

Apples, sun-dried..... & @ 34 Delance ware... ........ 5
. evaporated....5 @ 6 Church's, Cap Sheaf......... 5

Apricots, - Va @15 Pwieete ........ oo

-—ptiece sk Sag ee, 5 Tepe 5

N s s | i

Peaches oe | —

Plums - i Es 9 Corn, perc barrels... -

5 ““ 9 ‘

Raspberries wees -20 Pure Sugar, He " 28@36

DRIED FRUITS—Citron. half barrel... .30@38
in Gram... @23 | i
In boxes 3. 2s... @2 | rau rioniria e

: xxx

DRIED FRUITS—Currants, . | Ginger Snape, 0)... } 9%

Zante, in barrels...... @ Su C se ce
‘« inless quantity @5 ne oe o%
’ © Frosted Creams....... 9%

DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. i Qe .

: ., | Graham Crackers... .. . 9
Turkey................ 44@ 4% Oatmeal Crackers 9
aa 54@ 6 Datmeal Crackers..... g
Pmperial =. 8... @ SODA.

DRIED FRUITs—Raisins. Boxes .. vette cece esse lg
Valenesa 0400 6... 8 @ 8% Kegs, English .-2. 002002002... $%
Ondaras.... .... © @& & >
London Lay ers, Cali- . a TEAS.

fornia. : .....% So@2 40 ee
London Layers, for'n. @ Fair... . : @16
Muscatels, California. @200| Good.................. 18 @22
DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Choice. . teeeees --24 @20
Lemon.. 13 Choie est a 30 @34
Orange. 14 SUN CURED,
FARINACEOUS GOODS. at. ai
Farina, 100 ee ee Oe er ae - -
Hominy, per bt SOO ae on ae 24 Gon
Mac aroni, dom o pov erina etter a

; imported ie @1 PERBCCRGe ce OU W535
Pearl Barley.......... ‘ BASKET FIRED.

Peas, green. Pair . eee Q@20

Spite ot .. Boies a @25
Sago, German.. @ 6% | Ch oicest. @25
i oars a, Wk or p rl. @ 64 | Extra choice. wire ‘leaf @A
Wheat, cracked....... @ 6% : oe
i ciel thet apo’. | @it F eee tt aL aie

FF auweaiel Gel Common to fair....... 25 @35

: - Extra fine to finest. @65
-AVORING Choicest fancy. .-..10 @So
Jennings’ C 7
4 oz. “4 ommon to ‘fair Da eala 2 @35
Fay 2 ‘ wuperiortgmne........ 40 @s
No. 3, 1 ¢ q YOUNG HYSON,
No. & « 2 75 4 00; Common to
No.10, 4 50 6 6G, Superior to fir
No. 4, Taper, 1 60 2 50 OOLONG,
% pt, Round, 425 7 50} Common to fair.......25 @Xx
i 8 50 iS 00 | Superior to fine.......30 @KX
FISH—SALT. Fine to choicest.. 55 @65
Codi waeie @ 4% | ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
~ oencless . ... 1 74] Fair... _ @x
Be a i Choire ........ ___. oF
Herring, round, % bbl 2 50 Cx :
es a 2 (0) Tea Bust.......... 8

a ollan¢ bbls... 10 00}

e Holland, kegs.. 3 70 | on ToBaccos—Plug.

‘ — ona 25| S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands
Mack. sh’s 3 % bbl. 11 00 | Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12........39

"12 Yb kit..1 4 zeception, 22-5x12, 16 oz......39
i 7 a0 . i 3 | Vivco, 1x6, 414 to A 82
Trout, % ae. @4 50 | Big 5 Center, Sato) 1962.) 36
10 Ib. Ret ny 4S) Wheel Ste mo. 0.) oe
White, No. 1, % — a G00) Prinkes, 20) 96000000010), 25
‘ een, "gg ae ToBaccos—Fine Cut.
‘| Family, % bbis.... 235| DU. Seotten & Co.’s Brands.
“s 7 ats. 50 | Hiawatha . 62
GUN POWDER. | Sweet Cuba 37
>| TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
| 2, per hundred.. .. 2 oe
| 2
i $1 10; Se 4 00
#20, seta 5
Sainte Subject to the following dis-
Pe ee 30 oe a ®
Oaiabta es. 25 = nai a ‘‘G one
oo) 18 | 4 ea an
MOLASSES. ae 20
—— Seep. VINEGAR,
Cuba Baking.. “2@25 Ser... a
Porto Rico... .. | -24@35 | 9 a ae os
New Orleans, good.. es ewe 25@30 50 gr ee. 4012
choice... ..33@36 Sifter barre i
' fancy ..45@48 a
One-half barrels, 3¢ extra. A
OATMEAL Fermentum, Compressed.
Muscatine, Barter... MISCELL
Half barrels. Cocoa Shells, f

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Muscatine. Bi arrels
: Half bbis.. i
Cases.<... 2
OIL.
Michigan Vest... ...... 9
Water Witte. |... 103
PICKLES. |
Medium. .. 4 00 |
Bee oo. 2 50}
Small, bhi. ae 5 00]
ae yp, 3 50 |
PIPES,
Clay, NO. AG. 1 60
Er. D. full cou 75
Cob, No. 2... 46

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 
  

capa... . 5%
SALT |
Common Fine per bbl && }
Solar Rock, 56 1b. sacks..... 24 |
eo pOcHKeE. 2 05
60 Cee eee cae ac 215
yee eee ce Sad
Ashton bu. bags .......... 75 |
Higgins * ae. 75 |
Warsaw ' oe |
eM ee 20
‘n..hCtCtCsCsCsCsCis;t . 1%
Granulated, bexes.........- z
SAPOLIO.

Kitehen, 3 doz. in box. .... 2 35
Hand, 3 * cs 2 3
SEEDS,

Mixed bird =... 2... 8... 4%
Corwen 1671

Comey 4
Bea -
Po . &4%
a eee 4
Mastara.... 8. 7%

SNUFF.
Scoteh, in bladders........ 37
Maccaboy, in jars... |
French R: appee, in Jars.

SOAP.

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.
(ueen Anne... |... Ss Ba
German ce Sees 2 40
Mottled Ge n.. os
og G Jerman. ee 2 70
U.S. Big Bargain 1 87
Frost, Piogter 3... 3%
Cocoa Casiiic ... -2 88
Cocoa Castile, F aney. .3 3

Allen B., Wrisley’s Beinde.
Happy Wamily, 7... ....._- 2 95
Old Country, $8.00. |
Uns 10 35 |
Bouncer, 100... i

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PRODUCE MARKET.
Apples—Green, $2@$2.25 per bbl.
Apricots—California, $1.50 per crate.
Beans—Dry stock is scarze, but there is
scarcely any demand. Jobbers pay $1.75 per bu :
' and hold at $2. pay promptly and buy in full packages.
Beets—25c per doz.
Blackberries—%3 per bu.
Butter—Dairy stock is a drug in the market, Ceoece i. ae mann
those not having facilities for handling the sta-
ple begging for opportunities to store their
stocks. Cold storage operators are finding no 95
difficulty in getting all they want at 10@1ic, -_1
while creamery isin plentiful — at 15@16ce. . 190
Cabbages—Southern Illinois st is in plenti- _ 260
ful supply at $1.75 per crate. . 3 80
Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county makers . 4%
bill their stock at 7c, while jobbers hold at 1
T4@8C. ..13 iD
Cherries—#2 per bu. for sour fruit and £1.75 per ig 7%
bu for sweet. -22 20
Cider—i0c per gal.
- —— barrels, $1.25; produce barrels
25
Cache ee per doz. Arctic. 4 Ib. cans, 6 doz. 45
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried % Tb. 4 + ao
at 3@3%c and creer at 544.@é6ce per b. - % lb. 2 _14
Eggs—Jobbers pay 12¢ and hold at 18¢. 1 Ib. 2 ; 240
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $5. per bu.; ; 5 > i 12 00
medium, 4.85. Timothy, $1.85 per bu Absolute, 3 4 lb. cans, 1008. 11
Gooseberries—#1 per crate of 16 ats. “ib = ~=65Os 10
Green Beans—String, $1.50 per bu.; wax, $1.75 ' 2 Ib. 50s. .18 75
per bu. Telfer’s, 44 WD: cans, doz.. p
Green Onions—10@12¢ per doz. bunches. i lo fib. '
Honey—In small demand. Clean comb com- 4q Dm & \
mands 15@16c per Ib. Acn me, ¥4 Ib. ¢ uns, 3 doz.
Lettuce—&c per Ib. 6 1b. ‘ 2 2
Onions—Southern, $8 per bbl. 1, 1 2
Peas—Green, 50@60c per bu. : Dele:
Pieplant—74c per Tb: Red Star, 44 lb. cans
Pop Corn—214¢ per lb. as iy
Pears—California, $3.25 per crate. 11b d
Potatoes—New Southern stock, Sc per bu. AXLE GREASE.
Radishes—1(c¢ per doz. bunches. ravers #2 60
taspberries—Black, $2.25 per bu.; red, $2.75/ Aurora..... )
per bu. i ...
Spinach—30e per bu. 3ATH BRICK.
Tomatoes—#1.25 per 30-1b. crate. , 2 GOz. in case..... mt
Whortleberries—%8.50 per but 2. eS 7
daily | Melons, 2 doz. in case. 70
PROVISIONS Arctic
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.| ,
quotes as follows: ‘ 8-02 pap er pot 7 20
PORK IN BARRELS. Pepper Box No. 2 3 00
Mess new. oS ee : a - £ 40
Short cut t Morgan. . - . oo 8 0@
ie e ee pie, short cut... BROOMS,
Extra clear, heavy 2 Hurl a 1@
Clear, fat back. ee eee cee Re i ee 1 90
Boston clear, shocueut( ie No, 2 Carpet Sue cu. 2 00
Clear back, short ut)... ] No. 1 oe eo a 2 2
Slandard clear short Cut, best....._ 5. Parlor Gem... eee oe Oe
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Common Whisk............ 90
Hams aversse sips. 11 Fancy Se. 1
. i 16 1Ds Do 32
: iAtoifiba oe  Warebeuse. 3... 2. 2%
niche. ¢ ee. $1 BUCKWHEAT.

« best boneles oe. 10 Se eases ......._ 5 66

Shoulders ee 714 } ib eases) 8. 4 25
" Honeiess .-.__- 8 BUTTERINE
Breaktast Bacon, bonciess.....00. 006... 16 Dairy, solid packed.. 13
Dried Beer €xtra eee. Tolis. - 14
“bam — a 9 Creamery, solid pac ked.. 15
Long Clears, heavy. So 63% rolls . ie 16
Briskeis, MCGMIM 2) 6 a4 CANDLES.
' feht. - 6% Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes Pee 10%
Lanp—Kettle Rendered. ona bette eres 3%
RICTC Ce ee. & araffine .. -....-.. 2s... eee e
ae ee ORES ENB 00 7
OG LO Tg oy CANNED Goops—Fish.
LarRD—Refined. Clams. 1 ib. Little Neck. .... 1 20
WiCtCee ce 65 | Clam Chowder, 3 Ib........- 210
wand ain Tobe... 6G%IC ove Oy sters, 1 Ib. stand.. 90
ob Pate 200m @ G€08e 0 7% 21h. | 6
3 1b. Pails, i2in a case... 2k) Eobsters, i 1b. pienie.....___ 1 30
a0 lb. Parte Gimacase: 3 wy . 2 ib CO... 2 Go
wip: Paris in gesse 0 7 21D Star... .......: 2 00
oOib, Cane 63 2 lb. Star... 3 7
BEEF IN BARRELS. Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. _6% u p 2 Ib, stand........ : 00
E ss r ve x i Ha ese e se
a ee PQ) 3 ib'im Mustard 773 0
Tee 7 a 3 3 Ib. soused....... 3 (
Boneless, rump butis....... | 9 60} anmen, t ‘Tb, —-- --2 00
SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. eee ae
: : Sardines, domestic % 168... 5
ee 7 “ a @ 9
Sen Se a +122 ‘* Mustard \s. @10
Tongue Sausage........... ee 9 imported 3 13%
Frankfort Sausage. ee 8 ‘ spiced, %s 10
Oo) SaueAee 5% Nici 3 lb. brook.
Bolopna straisht. . 5%
Bologna, thick....... 5% Sead ee coops—F ruits.
Head Cheese.............. i 534 | Apples, gallons, stand. ....2 25
: Pies’ FEET ““ | Blackberries, stand. tet H
Bg Ba ee 3 oo | Cherries, red oe a es
} + 9F i WT a la ~ J
jn quarter barrels... Oe es 135 ee Cee .
bib hee 2 ga) See see e+
i Guster pamela De ee eo ea aaa 1 00
Inte 85 ee aa ee ae
xreen Gages... . 2 10
FRESH MEATS. Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 %5
. seconds... 6. i 45
Swift and Company quote as follows: Re 1 00
Beef, carcass. ee 5S @ 64, | Hears 1 30
— brnd quarters. . Lee. 6 @i Pineappies _.........._.1 46@2 50
Oe 344@ 4 Quinces ... ee OO
Hee @6 Raspberries, Ome... 1 35
Pork t6mi8 0 @ TI]. a Reo . 1 60
- socese sl @ & Srrawwerriee ... ........... 1 10
Belpesa @5 Whorsleberries....-. V5
Sausage, blood or head! @ 5 CANNED VEGETABLES.
ayen ee @ 5% | Asparagus, Oyster Bay......
0 ee _@8 | Beans, Lima, stand......... 80
NT a 6%@ 7 Green Limas.... @1 06
- SuEMIeS. 2... @ &
OYSTERS and FISH. Siringless, Hrie....... 90
J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows : Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 46
FRESH FISH. Corn, Archer's s Trophy...... 1 00
W) 3 Morn’g Glory.1 00
bi itefis B @ 6 ; : Early vad :
smoked.. @ 7% arly Goldei-1 be
Beatin ae oa French oo . 1 68
T a rein ae * extra marrofat... @1 10
Halibu t eee eee @15 Seael =
Frogs’ legs, per don 10@50 Fuel sea al se
- es a co . - Sirtee 1 55
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Brench. Gxira fae... 456
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: Mushrooms, extra fine...... 215
STICK. Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 85
Standard. 25 tb boxes. 000000000 10144 | Succotesh, standard........ 1 v0
Pwist. 25 “ nic | Sauese 10
Cut Loaf, 25 ‘ Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00
; Good Enough. aT
ee a oT Penta: ........ 1 00
moval, 25 ipmpails “ stand br.... @1 00
_ 200 Ib. bbls. CHEESE.
Extra, 25 lb. pails. Michigan Full Cream 8 @ 8%
‘ 200 Ib. bbls eee %41 Sap Sago 16 217
Hrench (ream, 2910. pais... 00 2.) 8. 124 a oa oe
Cut Loaf,/25 tb. cases)... eT Ce ee
Sikes OR Bee German Sweet........ --. 33
Cee OES ee een Premium... ..---+.-+-+ 2-55 35
i =... 38
i FaNcy—In 5 |b. boxes. Breakfast Cocoa.......... 4
hemon Drops. 13 Brae 37
Sour Drops 14 ee
Chocolate Drope: 222.2202. scLleceiiI3 | Rubber, 100 umps....-2....25
HM. Chocolate Draps.... 0. 18 s eect 35
Gann, Bone 1@ ae 3
eo Drops... 18@22 CHICORY.

| & bieonee Drops .....3. 14 mee... 6
Lozenges, Pe 1 (hee. 74

Be 16 COFFEE—Green.
Ee 15 Rio fir | 17 @19
ie. 12 es 18%@20
Cree Ber 14 ‘epee “@21
——— Bar 1s ‘* fancy, washed...19 @22
ate 16@20 poder i 20 @23
Hand Made CECA 1 tsa @2
Plain Creams..............2... 2222.22 +e. ---16 | Mexican & Guatemala 3 @23
BRCCOTAUCEE CC eee ee 20 @23
UEP 15 | Java, Interior......... 2 @25
Burnt Almonds. . ee 2 ‘ Mandheling....26 @20
Witllerereen Berrien 15 | Mocha, genuine....... 2 @27

FaNcy—In bulk. To ascertain cost of roasted
Lozenges, Pisin, in patis 1244@13 coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast-
(ta Opis 12 ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-

printed, an pas 13@13%% | age.

: in bbls. Bee cee 12% COFFEES—Package.
Checolate Props in pails...) = 100 Ibs
Gum reps, ii patis. OA! Liens .. 21%

. . mbps... oO en €apanets .... 00... ee
MOSS Drops i pals. a McLaughlin’s XXXX....21%
. _ a 10 Thompson’s Honey Bee....24%
peur Drops, mt pars... 3... as . aiger.......... 2214
mperigis. in pale 12% . Nox All:..... 23%
5 HBOS ee ..-11% a 22%
FRUITS. COFFEE EXTRACT.
Oranges’ fancy Kodi. |... |... +5 Sogo i>) Valley City 75
. Messina A _... £10
ee es.

- SA 6
Memens, CHOICE 4 25@4 — e ft tp — i =
te ee @ « ee
Pige, ayers yew... 8@11 “ mee. ‘“ 2 00
oe eee SOI @ 6 “ eee “ 2 25
Dates, frase, be 1b 2.2. @ 4%! Jute On 6 1 090
o ag feerin, OO 1D @ 5i% “6 wee “ 115

Nard ioib box ao te i"

‘ “ mie a § @ | CONDENBED MILK. 3
+. (Permian, 5030 boxe. 54@ 6 | Eagle... 2.0.0... eee ees 7 68
Banenes 1 25@3 og | Anglo-Swiss................ 6 GO

NUTS. j CRACKERS.

Almonds, Wawravowea oo g04@1(, | Kenosha Butter............ 8

WACR Se 14 @14% , Seymour )

- Camternig:  . fs ae | Bateer
Cg ee aE UR SSE eae Aap sn! % @s | + fami}
miborte Sic aiete | Rinees
Walnuts, Me a __ | Bowen

ik co | City soda... 8
Pecans. Texas 4. P....:.... ceeeegsaee gee PO 6%
Coecanuis, ver 02.6 epee 001 5 Oyster i 6
Cr eal | City Oyster, MXR...) 1.2... 6
PEANUTS. i | Picnic a Sate socal anal ion gia! iw 6
PCGCGGKG icici ss See hae ene @84 CREAM TARTAR.
Meira... S. .. pat eines c ee ors Stzighiy pure... .... 2.5. .:. 38
MCN ee ae a | GROCert ooo 24

Allspice. : a
Cassia, ¢ ‘hina in mats L. oe
Batavia in ene i
Saigon i rolis.....- 40
Cloves, Amboyna...... _-) oo
Zeeeier............00
Mace Batavia. ............ 80
INutmess, fancy............. 80
ial Lo go "5
a eee ce eee 70
Pepper, Singapore, biack....18
white.._.. 26
e Abel... =
sPicEs—Ground-—-In Bul
Alieee 5
Cassia, Batavia eee 20
and Saigon .25
ba MAIC 42
Cloves, Aymbpoyna......... 5
Zenvines. 2... 26
Ginger, ——— na 12%
Cochin. Leu ee
: Jamaica . ue. 3
Mace Batavia.. ew ca
Mustard, English.. ee 2%
: and Trie. .25
[ aq rieste. 27
Nutmers, No 2... 80
Pep per, Singapore, black... .21
white. ....30
= uae. ee 25
STARCH. |
Mystic, Gt pies. ._... 4 44)
“ Warreie 2) 6
SUGARS.
Cut. Lost...) @10
Cubes (20. @ 9%
Powderea ...:..... @10
Granulated, ma. s.. @ 95%
i Franklin.. @ 95
Lakeside... @ 95%
Knight’s... @ 9%
Confectionery A...... @ 9%
Standard A. ... Ve @ 9g
No. 1, White Extra C.. @ 8%
NG. 2 Pree C.... 2... @ 8%
No. 3C, spiden...:.... @ 8&4
(NO. 40 Gar: 12... ® &
Res ©... . Se @ 7%

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PAPER.

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Hardware... ,

   

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Is, No. 1, two- hoop..
No. 1, three-hoop... ]
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes
Bowl iS fi meh... 1

assorted, 17s and 17s
15s, Tis and 193
Mmiareet. ..... i
busher
with covers
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FLOUR.
Straight mm seeks... 4 60
: r DOEPelg, |... 4 8
Patent SACRA) 0... 5 60
- OMIreis........ 5 86

i MEAL.

Bolted. |... 2 ae
Granulated. a —... 2
MILLSTUFFS.
Bean. ee ee
ae 12 00
| cercenimes ........ 12 00
Mradings.. 4S 68
Mixed Weed............... 15 60
Cearse meal .............. 15 66
CORN

Pee IGE ae
Coe 39
OATS
Ce
Car : ay
RYE.
Not... 35@40
BARLEY.
CS 1%
WG. 2... 1
HAY
WO Fo 12 6O
De 10 50
HIDES, PELTS and FURS
Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
lows:
HIDES.
Green -. 2... é 4@4%
Part Cured:........... 4 Q@4%
Pe a 444@ 54
Dyce 5 @6
Dry Hips 1.00.0... 3 Gig
Calfskins, green...... 3 @4
: eared... 4%4@ 5g
| Deacon skis. ......... 10 @20
44 off for No. 2.
PELTS,
Shearlitige .......... 10 @3
Estimated wool, per hh 20 @25
MISCELLANEOUS.
MeUOW os. a, 344@ 335
Grease butter, ........3 @5
WAUCMOS . 00. 0. ec 2 @*%
CORAORR 6. cc. -..2 00@2 25
WOOL.
WEOHEG. og a, 25@ 30
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” Tuas? edicines. I Hints to Drug Clerks. the plaster and made it serve for another basket. I f
| have e j re i= i . nafew moments
State Board of Pharmacy | shape ee re the uae gril The thing worked beautifully | sponge smaller that either agony strana 7 deal on the one that drinks iB 343
° i xims. ese rea | an : 31-78 0 i :
sl Wits eat Eckel Bed dle | ee ack Sei aad Weel oie have rere was no waste. oe “How much for this one?” he inquired. | s : em it goes hard with, and
oe a | The first is. * Be sa as it oe A = in regard to prescription read- ‘“*You can have that one for 45 cents,”’ _—. - ng seem to git well right away
anley E. Parkill, Owosso. Sa snthusiastic:”’ the sec-|ing, and then I have d 3 —gener’ly it goes | i .
Four Years Sacob Josion! Musk cy ran : | ec , e done. Do not be} said the clerk, a is goes hard with fat folks
ae ee ond, | Be observant: the third, ‘*Be criti- content with merely copying a prescrip-| Then th : i ao like you. I told the boss this mornin’ w
ioe vee be jeal; the fourth, ‘‘Be practical.” tion in its usually abbreviated form. You | from th aa a roar of laughter|orter have a antedote to go with this
—Jas. Vernor, i. | , - S + : i s
eas. rernor, Detroit. | Beenthusiastic. “Nothing great was | May enter it so, but make a practice of | two bn be sponge purchaser and | sody-water, sody and antedote five oe &
Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 5, 6 and7 ever done without enthusiasm,”’ says one mentally declining your Latin in full; The clerk | ~ ts m9 watching him.| but he—’ a
pias ; ook s
aia 4 eas cond A, | writer, and he spake wisely and well. We | and if you have not got an abundance of Then he aise a ed fora moment.; The benevolent old lady hurried out
eee a one = much to be enthusiastic about. The! prescriptions to copy, a good deal of laughing at aie ode ie arch were| gazing about for a doctor's sign.
sident— Alsdorf, Lansing. | pro ession of ch t E . a een holdin ee '
Second Vice-President—H. M. D: N chemistry and pharmacy Is atin and pharmacy al a y S . gs
a ee ieberbach, Ann Arbor. }agreat and important one, and ae right ea = A =<. a aa Paes sponge each time. By The smell of paint, which is fre- ®
a rov . -_ cc as rene i ‘ B
Treasurer—Win oe —— pec of it. It affords scope for the | 02 the shelves in the morning it he a ee ue ne — a 2 Ss
xecutive C | ke ati 1 str i is us ~ 2 ne
— ive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee: A. Bas. | enest intellect that can be brought to ik Be. oe ad cea ee “ei gy _in his : a and one that has been freshly done Importers and Jobbers of
Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson. pids; W. a.| bear upon it. Its toils and difficulties sieaiee 3 ept his face| UP, 1S easily removed by means of a few
Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. | are Many, but its triumphs are great. . th re be would have Tam te price of armfuls of thoroughly damped hay
: Grand a aes | I searenty need. 1 think, tp ack yon ts The Testing of Glass Vessels. oe to 15 eents before the| Which should be laid loosely about the
a. Wi Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. De enthusiastic over chemistry. It has a Those who are in the habit of handling ee rooms and passages and left for twenty
n 2 ~ : . . i v, mt Q bi : . eu
ee ids Drag Clerks Association. | fascination all its own. If you are not — that ¢ will have frequently no- —__ +. __ — hours, after which it may be taken on a
~ Detroit Pharmaceutical Society oy enamored of botany, start to col- i nat colored organic selutions, Deowing tue Heda Parsee. om [co
President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. | ect a herbarium, and I venture to pre- = pe ong kept in them, alter their color. “Boy,” said an old lady with a benevo- nother lot.
a oe Clerks’ Association. | dict that ere long a “‘primrose by the < is way red litmus becomes in time | lent countenance, as she finished a three- SSeS ESE
eeretary, J. W. Hoyt. |river’s brim’ will be something more | ?)"° and solutions of phenolphthalein | cent glass of soda water, ‘Sonny, is this THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD Ch : ‘
ae | than simply a ‘yellow primrose’’ to you. = hematoxylin purple-red. These | here sody-water healthy?”’ ee oe nape oe ee emicals and Druggists’ Ss d i
y ut of One Hundred and | If materia medica has no charms for you, changes are due to the separation of “Dunno,’? answered the boy, as h success. ‘Not a medicine, escent id ua ries.
Twenty. | begin to construct a cabinet all your own, alkali from the glass by the action of | backed up against a shelf and aisee ee Soid by
At the regular meeting of the State | 24 very soon you will come to regard a and in many other cases appar-| bottle of cholera medicine. “Guess So druggists. In cans, de. cat epee
Board of Pharmacy, held at Star Island | ; your specimeas with quite an affectionate ry Pierincguan tina sanagt pd rien mid'lin’. One man died, though.” a oe a
from June 28 to July 3, 120 persons were | | interest, and be eager to find out all you of chemical preparations may be caused| ‘‘Right away after drinkin’ it?”’ CINSENG ROOT
present for cman OC thie them. Then there is the B. P. |!" the same manner. In a paper re-| ‘Bout ten minutes. That's when the w r
ber 102 took the registered pharmacists’ | But I fancy I hear some cane eal a ak od aed read before the Berlin Chemical | critercal stage comes on—from seven to e pay the highest price for it. Address . os 1 : ,
examination and eighteen the registered | ‘e mention of this much-talked-of vol- Society, this subject has been discussed | ten minutes after swallerin’ it. It de- PECK BRO WORAND RAP - d ell 16188 p
assistants’ examination. Seventy-four | baw ae solemnly avow that he can see yoda = ue determination of the : . eee uv I y g, aris Bg
persons passed the registered o beauty init. Yet Ican ass r racters of glass for certain tech ’
pharma- | 7 ssure you, nical Sole A ;
cists’ examination and twenty-eight) | gentlemen, that I found few books so in- | PUTPOSES: and in the first instance it was Wholesale Price Current a i ee eee Fe See See
failed. Thirteen passed the assistant | teresting as the B. P.  “‘And what made attempted to effect that object by the use . :
pharmacist’ s examination and five failed. jit ing attractive?” oe = ee 4) ee ee ee
This is the largest class that has ever! “a SS seeker | 1 rie prea gg Ga gst a
been before the Board for examination. oe truth, you will constantly be asking mation of iodide of starch requires the ea Carb Antipyri We are Sole Proprietors of
The following officers were elected for | the question, ‘Why is this so?’’ Tosome ata of hydriodie acid or an iodide. | Aceticum ...... ...... 3@ 10 | Chlorate, (po. 18).. heaceel Wik ras, ounce —_/_-*
ae ensuing ae | | such queries research will furnish a more aye the color ation of iodine and starch = German.. 80@1 00 oo ae 50@ Arsenicum vt cana a $ WEATHERLY’S M
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. | = speedy answer: to others no reply ea take place on the addition of asub-|Carbolicum ........... 40@ rn Potassa, rr gg ao 29 Bien ay Bud..... 38@_ 40 S ICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY
Secretary—James Vernor, Detroit. = come; but to the earnest and intelli- |; ance capable of converting iodine into | Citricum ..........-.-. 50@ 55 | Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 Caletum Chto a 2 15@2 25 ?
Tecpcacce Gos MeBonald, Kelamaret. the study of these problems hydriedic ackl, sad He ome «et a Se a ae "‘Saphieg
_ The following persons passed the 200. | will afford keen delight. Let me then re- ee Nitrocum «.....-----+7 1B 2 | pousetate nnn .occ cc i@ 3 caninuariaes Russian, :
istered pharmacists’ examination : a and emphasize my first maxim—‘‘Be s ali. Thus, when to a mixture of | Phosphorium dil...... 99 | Sulphate po........... 15@ 18 Capsici “Fruct set haao @! 7:
J. E. Allworth, Ann Arbor; C. E. Arm- | ee clear starch solution and iodine solution ar aa Generar: _—_—* RADIX 3 ps 3 = We have in stock ne
strong, Ann Arbor; F. W. Baker, Sag-|-p y second maxim is, ‘Be observant.’? |S0M© | Very dilute solution of silver ea 1 6 Aconitum .. .. 20@ 251¢ s 0. @ 14 ees Se reef
ae Earicee. Bekesk ©. Gees. ake note of small things. This habit is ,| acetate is added until ihe sebkinre is cou ee ie a 30 Casropiylius, fe PS8) 23@ 5
Jackson: J. B. Boyes, Hillsdale: J. D. | of inestimable value. Familiarize your- ered colorless, or only yellowish, and AMMONIA. caso ee ar 15@ 2 | Cera pcay Sai => W'hiskies, Brandies
Birney, Eaton Rapids: E. F. Boden, oe | with the various chemicals which then some powdered glass is added, there Aqua, 16 deg 30 pala TT we 2% Gerd mage ial ao - % ’
Te T. W. Bowen, Ann Arbor; Sam- | aily pass through your hands. If your oe immediate blue coloration. In this 18 deg.......-.. 4@ 6| Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Cecia Bias aa a Gi
uel R. Boyce, Brooklyn: F. J. Brainerd, | examiners see you plunging wildly overa : ay comparisons may be made with dif- eaters weleseceseees 1@ 13 _— (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 aa < - ae Vines, Rums.
Eaton Rapids: Rk. G. Bremingstall, De-| simple erystal of borax or alum or oxalic | “72 kinds of glass in regard to their ee — 0. 35) .. mina @ 2 Cetaceum ........ ee 33
troit; R. C. Brown, Detroit; Charles H. ne and asa last resource take it through ecm ai to decomposition, but the — Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ ao ne eae 0@ 45
Bryan, Detroit: E. CG. Clark, Battle|- e chart, that sheet anchor of the de- oe iculties attending the application of — Se alee ata lal 2 00@2 25 Samet De aaa 15@ 20 Chlofal Hyd os —=
Creek; W. A. Converse, Morenci; S. J. spairing candidate, they cannot help com- this method are too great for mest patigea ie 30 Iris plox (po. 30622 a Bo 20 Chondrus «<=... 10@ 12
Colter, Detroit; C. F. Crowley, Detroit; | ing to the conclusion that you have eg Weber’s method of exposing | Yellow ...... ITI 2 50@8 00 | Jalapa, pr.-.......-.-- 25@ 30 a is W t@ » Weare Sole
x 7 ae . . : r oof : 35 i E , ' ‘ -
C @W Crowe fonts: & E. Davis, Hills. | neglected to lay the very foundation stone | ? ass to the action of hydrochloric acid i a Pea @ 35| Corks, list, dis. = 4@ 10 | Agents in Michigan for W. D. & So
dale; Julia E. Emanuel, Antwerp, a- | of your pharmaceutical training, namely gas is also uncertain, except in the hands | cubeae (po. 1 60 1 85@2 00 Rh “i Rie op a — eee ae geise sales @ 60! H d “9
Neil E. Fergusom, Detroit: AL'S. Fling, observation. , of very experienced operators. | In place | Juniperus 1 60. onn ao 85QR OD) BRL Si rere BGT aa | Greta, bl 75). @ | enderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
agg N. Y¥.: J. A. Forbes, Detroit; | a as to the examiners. Some — sami Te it is proposed to fake | == anaes Spiga So T5@1 35 prep. samt = 2 as
i. se kk oe SS | students appear to regard them as their dvantage of the fact that glass is hygro- Ce aa § ae F 5 |
=i : A 7 AL A sisler, De-|- : ara th Scher aera : giass 1s hygro i BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25 E Ce 8@ 10| W isk a
= = tn —— Detroit: J. D. ion ~~ — hear them de- se pores to hydrated ether, and = Loe eee gis . _ Serpent eos. 250 = ee nt 38 3 7 nd Druggists’ Favorite
ilton, Martin; F. L. Hankinson, Detroit: |; ‘ibed as a body of men who are cruelly 1ake the absorption of water, as well | Terabin, Canada ..... 30 | Senega .......... 0@ 65| Cudbear............... 5@ 33)
son, otroit: | i ‘ 1) d } f ie i L an 211 | Terabin, Car ee SR ees seenetrtss Bo Cudbeari oo. | D4 | W ;
R. M. Heath, Howard, Dak.: B.C. Hesse, ee in trapping unwary candidates in | °* the simultaneous liberation of alkali ea — ao 50 =o Ee @ 40) Cupri Sulph.. peat 80 5 | Rye hisky.
East Saginaw: L. Hermanau, Detroit; = = same way as the cunning and perceptible by the use of a material that eae Scillae, (po. 35)........ ion S nls a ET eas
S. M. Hoeyer, Detroit; R. M. Honner, | relentless spider entangles the unfortu- is colored by alkali. For that purpose | abies, Canadian 18 = [Bie = =
Detroit; Theodore Hug, Detroit: R. i fly in his web. Iask you to reject uinioe ren been employed. The alkaline fee ee Valeriana, ‘Eng. (0.30 @ 3) — g “4
Janney, Mackinac Island: C. G. Jenter | this view as wholly unjust and erroneous. compound of eosin is insoluble in ether, | Cime¢hona Flava .......----- 18 German... : 16 >) | erat, (P0.) 45... 0@ 4) We sell Liauors for Medici
dan See EL. ee, a ‘It generally emanates from the preju- but eosin is soluble: and as the coloration es wr ee = —— a 10@ 15 a White. 2000.0... 1 15 | We as qu > S$ for edicinal Purposes only.
ee : : St Sag o | as : . : E i oe... ... 2 ingi j 2 rebel ||| DS ore a eg a Q =
H. S. Kergan, Detroit: L. L. Keyser, — of some unlucky stu. | Produced by the liberated alkali is equiv- aed ea SS me 2| Gambier 000) se) antee S e our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar-
mingham; W. C. Kirehgessner, Manches- | eS — has made aserious blunder a to the quantity liberated, a means =. ee 12 SEMEN. eau. Cooper ween QB | ee Satisfaction.
ter; L. G. Kramer, Crown Poi S-; and has been ‘‘plucked”’ i : is thus afforded of 1 suri -,.. | Sassafras ...... (11) 2 Amisnm | (po. 2 15 | Pei: 40@, 60 a i
Li. G. i oint, Ind.: W. | on “‘p ed’? in consequence. | ~~, measuring the quality | Ulmus Po (Gro ais ry isum, (po. 20)...... @ 15/ Glassware flint, 75 & 1 orders are Shipped and j
H. King, Cleveland, Ohio: Otto ot i | = the candidate has ‘‘crammed,’’ and has of glass. In carrying out the operation, 1 round 12)...... 10 — = 12 | cent. by box 70 =. ) per ‘ceive them. Send in ape i alae the same day we rée=
—— W. S. ee Coldwater: A. | ; — only a superficial knowledge of — glass vessel to be tested is filled with | g), ee ene ee | oe eo white, , = =| aus
P. Lincoln, Oxford: B. P. Mills, Detroit: | Bis subjects, he will occasionally catch a ——- ether and some weak eosin lycyrrhiza Glabra... 4G = ——s es 1 00@1 25 | Coe = 2 |
A. G. McIntyre. Fort aoe &. C. Me. “tartar” in his examiner, and deservedly solution added. It is then left for | Haematox, Pi 11@ 12 ae eo "i ast Paradisi........ “@ 15!
Cracken, Adrian: RB. L. Parkin, Romeo: | 80; but if he exhibits a sound grip of his tw enty-four hours, and at theend of that}; $$. 22 is@ 14) Cydonium. =. ........ sal oo! Hydraag Chi 25 40 |
J. F. Pearson, Detroit: J. B. Richards, — no one is more ready and pleased ag washed with ether, when there will ‘ Hs 168 tt Di enopodium = ....... 10@ 12 cag? =e =>
Pismsick 3. 4 Eobtecen. Pontiac: A. 3 | to acknowledge it than his examiner. o ange on the surface of the glass a —— aa 4 Ox Rubrim @ 9) by IN8
0 “ a + oa hae : < tt eolor ] r eS oe R. cs ..hr.lhCrm ( 15} 66 \
—_ Hancock: Y. M. Schettler, Deroit; In my third maxim, I ask you to be | to ‘the a of intensity proportionate | Carbonate Precip. ..... .. @ 3 foo. an i
J. R. Shaffer ia Hi: Berk eel critical. Re ack co oe hog es that has taken] Citrate and Quinia....  @3 50 oe] er aah ime ) ea LTR @ ml J
ronson: m. J. Sloan, New Market, | tis very fashionable with s i ace. In all cases the glass vessels Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 i 4@ 4%2 | ichthyobolla, Am 1 25@1 50 |
: id Stl Me : y tas é some people i He » glass vessels ane 3F Seamer an nn @1 50 | MI
Ont.; Chas. Show, Lansing: Wm. J. Stone, | to make a great fuss over errors of micro- oS = SS Solut Chloride. sag g tS Pharlaris Canarian... se 454 | eae Resubl........ a =| GRAND RAPIDS, CH.
Ypsilanti; Edna Swayzee, Otisville: G. | scopical dimensions, simply because they a with water, alcohol and ether, | Sulphate, com'l-. -144@ 2 sina is arpa 3@ 6 Io joform. ay . os 15 |
- Tappan, Vassar: H. §. Taylor, Detroit; | Wish to say something. This is not true oie ees must, while still moist with meme a apa a . a ts a 09 |
[i J. Taggert, Marlette: John Thompson, criticism, this is conceit, and conceit is | yw; = e brought into contact at once ee eT Sse taat @ 12) Lycopodium 55@ 60 |
ong ars €. M. Thorsten, Thee|*? of ignorance. True criti-| rags oe ee SS 13@ 16 | Frumenti WD, Co is wor Anica ei Hig: | O I
nara nS. an Pitta, Orland, ind.; 5. —* the simple and reasonable demand aa sti = veka by water so rapidly eee ca ae 30@ 35 os D. << 4 Poae oD ae 2 | e
Verbury, Detroit: E. Von Nostitz, De- of the mind that assertions or deeds at they are colored immediately by the atricaria ..-.-. ----- 3@ 35 oa | 10@1 50 | Magnesia, Suiph (bbi 10@ 12!
troit: A. F. Watkins, Grass Lake: A. M. | should stand the search light of properly eosin solution, but with the glass of bet- FOLIA. | Juniperis Co. 6. P..01 B@l | 1%)....... u P (bbl is
Lyra East Tawas; James A. Webster | conducted investigation. f ae oy i eS Cassia Acutifol, ‘Tin: 1%@ 1°) saacharum N. B.. I ee 00 | — eS 3 Snow Drop
: i ‘ ‘ . oe , Warum N. ih.....- ( ; ar rr
iE. Wa “> C. Wheelock. Ann Arbor:| Prove all things. Do not rush to con sie 2; after several hours. The; nivelly ...;7----,y5° 2 ee roa 50) EN. Ve 0? | 4 Fine W :
es ry S ms Ss Ss 0 ig eae 6s poy (OR i one oe . . ie y a
2 ‘clusions. This hint applies especially to | prepar eae ee i ee — eo 2 ssq@2 70 | Test, ana pee a eee wee eee
: = - ae passed the Regis-| practical chemistry. Be calm, be observ ee ce ‘ = = jodoeosin in 1,000 | “and y48.--.-- = a 2 pean re aay Myristic. ae 2.2." eeneemmeeas
e Assistants’ examination: ~ | ant, be critical. If i Ta eae water. e application of this | Ura Ursi.......0--.---. ae a SPONGES. pee ee one ese rs 60@
ae : : ° i you get a strong rai. " ine i : {nis | Ura UTSl.-....--------- 8s@ 10 Nux Vomica, ( 9 |
A. P. Breitenbach, Dente J. X. Dow-| low flame coloration from your evar — . — glass has been found GUMMI. Florida sheeps’ wool ; Os. Sepia..... piss a 10 Red Cross.
nee aS = E. Earle. Albion: J. F, | do not lose your head with delight pm abe = — glass instruments | Acacia, 1st picked.... @1 ue Sassau -sheeps! “Woot san omy Eee eee, SS FB at (SPECIAL.)
Holbrook, Coldwater: L. A. Iveson, De-| the simple “sodi 5 ies s kinds, and it is considered by nM oa re Le ae aa iG a eee @2 00 | Water White—A splendid oil
Be a sisal gic iy eson, - | g sodium salt you think y pe : sidered Dy e carriage .. 2 99} Picis Lig, N. i; | 2 ite—A splendid oil.
troit: E. C. Lee, Flint: W. H. D. Moir,| have got, for something else ee the —s- in many instances it may sifted eT g = Velvet extra sheeps’ . doz — Loe “a @2 00 | Gasoli OURES
Brantford, Ont.; M. S. MeNitt, Byron | blending its weaker color there. If yo see useful in chemical and physical} ||“ |, PO-)-.-- + | TG 00 a =o: apt 19 Picis Lig.,quarts..... @I1¢ 00 | — Li
Center: W. Munaw, Detroit: E. F. Owen, | Salt on heating gives off the ea ur | laboratories, where the quality of glass Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50% 60 rena gate tiara 5| Pil Hyd ap ea @ Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled. War- iver and
Vestaburg: M. L. Ols Biz ‘lee ce eo » grateful odor| tubes and vessels is frequently Cape, (po. 20) .. @ 121 ¢ Pe cunts ia 35 yorarg, (po. = @ | ranted to Give Satisfaction. -
a. ees ao on, Bis Rapids; | of burnt sugar, and that soft, beautiful | of importance o y a matter Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 oo wool car- —— _— (po. 2 @ 18) Napth ney Troubles
has. sternocki. Detroit: F. D. Simp-! cieiek enles 20 feivedia ya yortance. Catechu, 1s , pe. i 65 | Piper a, (pO $5)- ig a t Y a
i . Simy S reshing to the eye of melange ute u, 1s, (48, 14 48, Hard. for late: 2 eae ye . @ 35 | e a
on, Flint. ithe student. forbear ee ee ge eer tr @ 1 | Yellow Reef, yee | aad Bk -- _@ 7%/| Sweet and Free from Oily Matter i Blood Diseases
a ‘ aucal a ecstacy, be| Bicachine the Hai ll Amamoniae 0.000000. 2@ 30 raed ip ae .. 14@ 15)| the approval of 7 atter, and has met cS : °
q = | critical, be suspiciously so; a powerful ce air and Its Results. | Assafetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 DS ec ecan aa aaa tT 1 40 Sel a et opii..1 10@1 2 >| Pe of many of the largest consumers. onstipation
M. Pasteur’s Plan a Failure. | drug may be lurking there and you may Recent analyses have shown that the a Sees ees Sr = SYRUPS. = P. D. Co. ee : @1 2 | Red Cross Paint Oil
M. Pasteur’s plan for the a i miss it, and woe betidey . ee preparations for bleaching ag yAMPNOTB..-.-.------- 35 A ; ni ah Dt a ee
S$ ple or the extermina-' , our marks if you ee r bleaching the hair to i = ACCACIA ....-.-. 21+ eee eee Pyrethrum, pv.... 5@
tion of rabbits in Australia has oe ido. I think I have said enough to ‘the delicate golden shade SO ee oe — Pet a = —— Ey 30 | Quassiae bead ses | aii of ita great value. For mizing al rola ince
i z en > a i ut C - a Pe g a H 20— | etree ee 5U Ca see ng wit
failure. The commission appointed ei ou that a truly critical spirit is a mired by the court circles of Europe and a . eae ead 50 | vee nada 30g 44 it ia without peer, as it greatly cee ee Female
report progress declares that, although Se of great importance to the], the best society of the United States’’— regime fee @ 0 igre Cortes. 2... eee. 56 | naigreinbimp paar 1B i Se
the virus is fatal to bunny when 1... | pharmaceutical student. @ quote from label on one of the bet-| Mastic... ..---..--- @ 0) Rhei Arom........-...---.+- 59| Saccharum Lactis py.. = | ( ; I im
inoculated, he a t ae ae he In my fourth ee I ask you tles—al! depend for their fee ghee Myzzh, (po 45) Jeers @. “0 ee eee ne 6 a raconis. a 22 3 Its ——— Turps. omp al ts
3 na Ha a et sk you to ve | ti solorizin: nee O By 2 i O.... 50 | Languis Dre .. 40@ 50! peculiar composition is such that it
that necessary operation. And so, w hile Practical. This applies to all your sub- a decolorizing and corrosive influence a es ae —— = ee rena oni as 50 | Santonine iu eo 0 ; used with Se petas Ce eben ee oe
the corn grows, the bunny imereaues aise, | 100 Of Shady, Set very apceadly ad = nascent oxygen or nascent chlorine. bleached...... 25@ 28 Seillae nt oe = i ao. full possession, and with’ perfect} Being compose tirelvy of E
and the experiments with chicken cholera | POtany and dispensing. You cannot learn Aenea used in the various nostrums | TT#88c#nth ----------- 90@ 7%) Tolutan ......-- 2.2... aS @ oy i. — ALL KIND is inna i ence igre? of HERBS, it
have only succeeded in making the Aus- botany from books alone. The eas for bats purpose are peroxide of hydro- HERBA—In ounce packages. Pranns vitg.... SEN Seidlitz Mixture...... @ = f e the m: . pe mene scm remedy on
tralians y auselves choleric. The rab-|™ay, and sometimes does cram Pee gen, aqua regia, ad beet es Absinthium Se 25 ate | Sinapis................ @ i8| Lubricating Oils aden ket and is recommended by all
— no doubt, consider that they have tions and descriptions to save the a — of hydrogen is the mildest and Lobelia... a = Aconitum Napel R a Sn uff, Mugcaboy, De @ 30; Constantly in stock, a ‘leveland prices ig ee ae
been sabineiod to foul treatment, and de-|0f carefully examining the plants but ee the trio named. It is | Majorum. 23 | eS BO | OOS @ 35! thus saving you time and freight. Patai]
cline to play at this new game of chicken the knowledge thus acquired adil te S = colorless liquid which destroys the Mentha Pi Aloes. oo dno 60 | Snutt, Scotch, De. Voes @ ul tetail —— will find it te
hazard. The Australians will have to short-lived as the bloom of the immortal renege cee tek the hair, and which, if} Rue.......... Arni = napneenaranes 50 | Soda et Poiass art. : a0 3 Grand Rapi ds Tank Line 6, MON TEA. wee a
seek ‘*fresh woods and ‘Pasteurs’ new.’’ | poppies of Robert Burns. Your energetic — ee g enough, turns it an unnatural Tanacetur ‘Asafoetida.. ee = oda Carb. r ae = ae ay MOND TEA. as it fulfills all that
t+aanher wi a Se é sh ¥ > $ are : dl a "hymius. Z ee eewsese UI ee AD we yr ak netio fa eElaime nabs op i
oo | teacher will be able. Ihave no doubt. to _— — it is rather expensive, Thymus —— Belladonna.......... 60 | —— Bi-Cart Bo 4@ 5 cue ati _~ = = — “ is claimed, making: it one of the
“Doctored” Glycerine. apes you with the striking verse to a - a t - ogee used much less than , “saonesia oe - ee eis oa 3@ 4 a 0 ock. very best selling articles handled.
It has been rec ently observed abroad | oe peli tl : ar one It produces sores | ¢ nonin Pal a so 60] Sanguinaria.... 0.2.2.2... 50| SPE a Co ........ 50@ 55; Branch Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, Place your order with our Wholesale
that inferior grades nag tence rey basins c When I come to dispensing, I believe I| compl - = =P, and gives rise to skin | Carbonate, K. & M.... 2G 25 a ee ' te cous sa @ 00 | Cleveland, Ohio. House. [ ee
a yellowish color, have been doc tored by i. a sore point with many students. | rhev 1m, sta — resemble better, salt- | Carbonate, Jennings. 35@ 36 per rine ia a | fini see - * ;
the addition of aniline blue, which, neu- f candidate is weak in this most essen- ae i gf oo ———- The two acids ecru Gardamon... preereetrs ttn ag ee @2 | 1 a
tralizing the yellow shade, pr ee tial subject, it tells heavily against him rm ee eel They attack and eat} Absinthiur ee Ce | Shaciarsh 5c gal., cash ten days.
> ) shade, produces a| a) nee y 45 thim,!the hair and skin alik = : Bee 5 00@5 50} Castor 4 Strychnia ( ‘rystal it
water-white appearance ae Ge POOR (mas very reasonably so. Proficiency 3 a i na SKin alike. The former | Amygdalae, Dulc.. 2 leswecne 100/s Sulpht ir, Sub! a aan ay
ie . : o% stat eric 3 a rf 2 . t rtiv bleact ee + Omar OR JACCCDU .... eee reer eeererees BO} ’ DL. ees eee e e A oY
that this sophistication may be detected Pecans demanded in the preparation | h; a J ae n, and partly burn to a Amydalae, ‘Amarae....7 —_ i) Clnaieden 2 = Roll... cues 246 3 i COMBINED, PROPRIETORS,
py looking down at white paper Suicaciek - ! eeapeuni= alia pills, emulsions, supposi- Pe : a ng color. the latter they i Ql = Bee 66S 60 | ee es 3@ 10) Acknowledged to be the DETROIT i MICH
a column of the glycerine in a test tube, Se ete., and how is it to be | Tight pine 8 ee does a|G 2 50@3 00| Conium -.......... esse: 3 | Theobromae ee Best on the Market _—_____
when an adulterated article will ay ube, got? Let me venture a plea for such stu-| derma plication of iodine. 3esides the | cat! Mat MO Cabebe zy, Vanilla... ......... "'9 00@16 00 | i
pa airy ill appear! dents. I would appeal to their employ- — troubles named, they cause | Cedar — - oa ee 50 | Zinc) Salph. 3)... 7]@ 8 E, A. STOWE k BRO u bpp St., | Hazeltine & Perkins Dru g Co,
oe ‘ers to try and smooth their thorny sei — vi ies hardly distinguishable from Chenopo a @1 73 \ Ergot.-..-.-.....-.......---. BO OILS a 1} GRAND RAPIDS | Be ae ane a
Where F ; : | somewhat. A little spare eT i a eczema and erythema. One curious dis- Cinnamonii .......- ‘pape oe 50 ae | “AGE
st igminatad } i. ee time comes aco that th eee oe ° i . vn ‘ bf a mm +R
Ty : So occasionally to every student, if he puts ——e ee inflammation ! ea — 2 PGusica ..-. 5) | L a = & : ® | — i —
the ae seis whence came) apres nin kcscae Weel hack ie Pine | the hair follicles. The Las SE oe. ll go | Lard, No. Sgt 6
ne id FUsTIan, Was irst given in Syain | 4 voon if in these short intervals e| cellular walls break down and ly shy a : ai ee 50 Linseed, pure raw ... 62 65 |
oe oe : ses ervals the stu- |; ee : . > a lymph, MAD | Hyoseyamus ........ soe 5 | Linds 1 Y ‘ ~ st | sé
to the W eavers of cotton goods of a stout dent, with the ‘Art of Dispensing” : ms and often blood, is extravasated in ap- Exechthitos. 11 .--++ 90@1 00 ae Bau eaca oo 65 68 THE OLD ORICINAL.”’
make, as the Spanish word means sul plies Ta ai wis Sing at nis preci iable quantities All t PeIPerPOR 0.2 1 0@1 30 | ¢s ‘ ee i eee 75 Ce t, Fi j
chantial means sup-| * WN) WEG permitted to operate with | produce alli i oe Le three bases y sarees si & ...........-2 00@2 10! Ferri Chioridum.. be Spiri its" oh entine.... = 69 | This is the Time to Paint. RE- PAINT
a tbo, were, permitted to operate with produce falling-out of the hair and pre- | Gomi et gol, s, | Lahaa ae es
oe ally acquire skill and confidence ag aaa paldness. Gossipit oe. eS Lobelia... sce) zo | Red Venetian..........1%  2@3 | The Best is Always the Cheapest Your hig
Effect of Antipyrine on the Teeth. | most important branch of his education Te Tea Juniperi........-..---- 502 00 | ty Tonic cnn 50 | Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 '
A French dentist, Dr. Galippe. has re-: I venture to say that the gain would not A Good Way to Buy Sponges peso pig a a2 00 | Opli ..... aes 35 | Putty, a WE HAVE SOLD THE
cently discovered that antipyrine shows be altogether on the side of the student,} ‘‘Say, how muchis this sponge?” i ee 3002 o te bangs weet eee aes 50| _“< strictly pure... 2% 33 | ee
a tendency to‘ blacken teeth, especially | but that the employer would very s« a man in a Monre se sponge?”’ called | Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 | RE nbs ont een stents 2 99| Vermilion Prime Amer- a ' shone
econ aa Be J vet ery Soon e Monroe street drug store the | Morrhuae, gal ae | Aarana Corex...-. 1.5... 5} _ ican ............ 13@16 | i “a
when they have lost the enamel. cover that his generosity had sec other day + Scones oa 30@1 00 | Quassis =o} Vermili ee ren
i : is ban a f y had secured 1er day to one of the clerks, at the Myrcia, ounce. 6.40. @ 3 ny Te 50; Vermilion, English....  70@75 |
—__—. ++ <____ n earnest and trustworthy | Same time holding up a good-sized s G8 oc oo 1 00@2 75 a en a, eee, Sn 10@75 |
The Drug Market. | a one who would be able to tackle | Which he had picked out of a eich tel: Biels Lai (gal..35) | 10@ 12 Cassia Acutifol..-.. ee 50 = white TEEN See Mor | ¥F : :
oe : | ystinate s , ie : t : i.) c.f... awl a ee TT ee et ea eee. @7% | or ry S
Quinine, opium and morphia are ‘aie | dee ce cc: of pills or a tricky mix-|The clerk was behind the counter busy- Rosmarini....... ‘| CO.....-.--. 50 | Whiting, white Span.. *"@70 | —
. i : 1- ture whenever it came. If you cannot] ing himself with somethi eer DUSY— | Bosse. ounce + — 00 | Serpentaria ................. 59| Whiting, Gilders’...... @9 | GUA
changed. Borax is very firm. Linseed | Spread a plaster with facility, do not lose | veyed the sponge panier ogee he sur-| Suceini......---- <<... oh UU ee 00 | RANTEE
i ‘ : Se IG ; a y; s 5 s g > from ae f r ee |G itin Pa | ee
oil has advanced. Turpentine is higher. sight of the matter. Ah! but there is| tance and then answered: y a dis cary a a = OO | Valerian i000). ee 50 cliff = ee sacl 1 40| Same to a
a | where os difficulty lies,’ I hear some oa . : Sassafras. . See oe ee coe = Veratrum Vere. .....:..... 50 a Prepared Painti 21 4} Give Ss ° .
. [one €xtlaim, ~* i a a7 ents. ‘ot wiss Villa P
Of 800 patients under the care of a skin ad sinter sheep-| The man dived in the basket again and — ounce... 2, 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Paints .... paceaiane 00@1 20 | atisfaction. enone
pease chiropodist of Philadelphia, | a passable article.” a — oe — soon held up a smaller sponge for Thyme eae 40@ 50 ther, Spts es 24Q 228 VARNISHES. ne in paints will find it to their ACME
j F rr ay ee wl’ ee i EE a ST ee eee eee |e | cae } E - so We 2 v y i 2 rr au : :
ie ae = oT. Ww cad | spread the plaster on thick paper. After ' ee cae thi 97 } Theobromas Sette estes 13 20 Alumen ......-.....-.. 248 304 ia ee = a 70 | interest = Ww —- for prices White Lead and
» heels an ad critically survey is this one?’ he asked “ground, (po Coach Body... a and sample cards.
the contracted toes of the shoes. y surveyed my work and; ‘Oh, 60 3,” sai ns coe 1)... ag : Cal
| praised or condemned it, I , 60 cents,”’ said the clerk Se aii 3@ No. 1 Turp Furn i | ler Works
seraned off ae : ee i ns Annaito Tirtty ts ''" sq 60! Eutra Turk Damar.... 00@1 10) : '
p Again the man fished’ around in the oe ee 15@ 16 Antimoni, po.......... = 80 i ee ee 2 55@1  HARELTINE h PERKINSEDRUG CO,,
Laide ib oil Cel lal gs 6 et Pota 5 za. ‘
ssT. 55@ 6 Pore 0@ 75 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :

 

 

 

 

benefit. It appears in every branch of
business. It is applied to every article,
it is a moving with the manu-
facturer, the importer and every kind of
merchant. Prices which are fair cannot
! stand against it, plans which are seem-
ingly are overthrown by it,
| and, is the master which
i controls everything. It looks like energy
ec pencicesiin gf a and shrewdness to engage in it, but it is
bie Geek! | not wise to carry it to the extreme of de-

which then must! | moralizing the markets and producing
the ruin of competitors. Looking over

the field of business to-day, we can see a
great many instances where this com-
petition in lines of goods andin branches
of industry is resulting most disastrously.
Where fair prices for all would be ob-
tained, they are sacrificed in the desire
to make speedy sales, and where work

The Michigan Tradesman

a.
spirit

 

 

PUT. UP IN

6, STUDLKY,

Manufacturer and dealer in

Leather and Rubber Belting,
Rubber Goods, Sporting Geods,
Mill and Fire Department Supplies

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

That is a good is going the
rounds about the settlement effected by
one of the shrewdest men in the jobbing
trade, with a debtor. The|
failure, so far as this particular creditor |

DEATH

To the Pass Book.

story that | Boxes, Cans, Pails, Kegs, Half
Barrels and Barrels.

judicious

in a word, it

judgment Send for sample of the celebrated

Frazer Garriage Grease

The Frazer Goods Handled by_the Jobbing
Trade Everywhere.

DETROI T SOAP CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

 

was concerned,
hardship,
bill sold to the concern,
have been upon the verge of collapse.
The head of the house thereupon made a
vow that he settle the ac-
count at a doliar’s Fifty cents on
the dollar was offered and most of the
creditors signed off. Those whoheld out
were finally coaxed into an acceptance of

Such is the fate of the Pass Book System wherever it comes in ”

contact with the

Tradesman Credit Covpon Book,

Which is now used by over 2,600 Michigan merchants. &é

as it was

inasmuch

 

 

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.

 

would never

loss.
Agent for the New York Belting and Packing

Company’s Rubber Belting, Hose and Rub-
ber Goods for mechanical purposes.

 

 

 

 

the compromise. One creditor alone was Lubricating Oils and Greases of all cK INE q
: i "I oe 8 ses QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR
stieets. The ire. was anxies le It) kinds, Cotton Waste, Lath Yarn, Hay and TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, . MASCOTTE, CAMEO.
is ewes ek cs ee without any just value, because| ide Rope, Lace Leather, Belt Fastenings PHENIX, AND OTHEKS, | uw|)=6| The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in

 

In many of all kinds, Babbit Metal, Emery Wheels,

Disston’s Saws, Nichoison’s and Black

: : a 3 ate for the whole of it. : oo : i : .
were offered quietly to the tune of 60 and all compete fo ce ' i i For quotations in single box lets, see Price Current. For quotations in larger the market, being sold as follows:
eases there could be a reform in this

 

 

70 per cent. ‘‘No,’? the answer always : a5 as ug Diamond Files, Hancock Inspirators, quantities, address,

nae. “i reaily &¢ t ard 142? | SREt, Gee Mere shew or without de- ass Valves of kinds, Stea and 17 7. ng Salesman for Western Michigan, $ 2 Coupons, per h undred. 2 | sup T 3 TOWING .
was made, “I really camnet aiferd 67] ucanterinnanend acct aay Brass Valves of all kinds, Steam an W, G. HAWKINS, voce’ 50x73. GRAND RAPIDS. |g = up per h - $2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS?
Winally 75 and then 80 per cent. was — Ta cet i J Water ‘Gauecs; Lulriediots an Qscase qe a a oma erese see 3.00} Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per cent.
etierca ead then. with teers in his eves protect themselves with all kinds of bar- Cups, Packings of all kinds, Boiler .Com- “ SE 4.00 | “ ee ae ee 10 ‘

rea, a wnen, itp ars lis € S, &6 66 _
*S| riers but they win t] yous LEHIGH VALLEY COAL !* ee eee Cae

the debtor pleaded on the basis of 85 riers, but they will find that the greatest T 9 |

enemy to their permanent prosperity is

 

per cent. Then the jobber seemed to ae i tt i in this | Soe Agent for A. G. Spaulding & Bro.’s sporting SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS.
1: _— 1 : o be found among nemseives in 1s eo i s ) : : : ° . H
gather himself for one of those crowning i g Goods, and bc a ge ace Will furnish at lowest circular prices Lehigh Valley Coal in

very method of competition which they
so constantly and energetically. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

————<__—_—. -. __ N
Mich.

which
line of business

acts of magnanimity occur so
seldom in the
life, as he exclaimed,
‘1 will not be
cents net.”’

car lots. All coal of superior quality. Order at once and

| practice
save advance.

prosaic
in hi

brutal; I will

4 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids, - -

isky tones:
Where Slippers Sell Slowly.

New York Merchant—I notice that or-

KA. STOWE BRO, Grand Rapids,
sehen York Merchant—I notee that or A. Himes,

Fac Simile of the Label of
50 per cent. in Georgia. ee TELEPHONE 490-1. MAIN OFFICE, 54 PEARL ST.
erk— vont you kno VV 1 . z \/

Indeed, I do uct. Advertising Cards and Specialties.

“It?s because a machine has been in-
We carry a larger stock of these goods than any
Putnam & Brooks.

accept 90

 

Ce ae oe

 

It is common to say that ‘‘Business is

pusiness.”? This means that everything
must turn upon the practical! fact of dol-
lars and cents. There must be no senti-
ment, no friendship—nothing but the
rigid rule of buying when and where the
goods are found the cheapest. From the
standpoint of gain, and, no doubt, of
strict business, the rule is right enough;
but we do not advise any individual or
firm to stand by it in all cases. Suppose

Wecarry a large stock of Foreign
and Domestic Nuts and are at al]
times prepared to fill orders for
car lots or less at lowest prices.

7 i i i 3 rns out 5,
vented in Georgia that turns out 5,000 Saas Eo ae Genie

shingles in an hour. Slippers last longer | are Manufacturers, Importers and Publishers of
now than formerly.”’ 7,000 styles. Catalogue free. Samples we
charge at cost and allow a rebate after we

receive orders sufficient to justify us.

The papers are speaking of the castor
oil trust as though it were something
new, but it isn’t. The original castor
oil trust dates aon way back. It was
the trust which the boy put in his
mamma when she told him that he

AGENTS WANTED.
Novelty Card and Advertising Co.,
103-5-7 Monroe St., Chicago, Il.

G. M. MUNGER & CO.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

an instance where a party has bought a
line of goods from season to season of
the same house. He has been considered

wouldn’t taste the castor oil which lay
like a sick jelly-fish on the surface of
the cup of coffee which she proffered

Successors to Allen’s Laundry.

Seventeen Years on the Market

 

Mail and Express ordere attended to witb
promptness. Nice Work, Quick Time
Satisfaction Gua ranteed.

him so generously. It was, however, a
short-lived trust. It burst immediately

With a steady increase in demand.

a regular customer, and whenever any

 

 

 

 

advantage. any reduction in price, any| the boy swallowed a sip of that coffee. W.E. HALL, Jr... - - - #£=xManager. E ‘ E
first look at new samples, etc., could be : fl | {l dl | (] Ill KY | }
given. he has been allowed to benefit by
them. At length he finds prices a little 7 se
higher oe ED an dh We are wholesale agents for

ase : ee the Fancy California Mountain ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE AND UNIFORM IN QUALITY AND PRICE, BEING
way. when he tosses all consideration of

MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT

Seedlings and headquarters for
BE OTHERWISE THAN THE FINEST FLAVORS PRODUCED.

all kinds ef Messina oranges.

PUTNAM & BROOKS.

these acts of favor to the winds
that and goes
elsewhere to buy of some one who, for
probably an ulterior

> mutters

‘-Business is business,”’

Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable
goods to add to their stock. Order through your Jobber or direct from

ranges!

 

purpose, is willing

 

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 Ki‘chen. It is worth trying.

Rindge, Bertsch & Co. *

Carry

to sell under the market. ‘‘One good ¢ 1) 7 l } I Y } j

turn deserves another’ isan adage which * o 1. : ] Qs 1 The Best Scouring and Cleaning Seap inthe World

should not be forgotten. And in nine tk - ire dll ariie asuranee ( 9 Costs as much to manufacture as Sapolio, yet sells at
» a

cases out of ten, the man who will show
his appreciation of the

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SEE QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER.

AKAVENRIGH BRUS.

W holesale Clothiers

fair and liberal ORGANIZED 1881.
treatment which
ward him in the
chases by

with

has been displayed to-

 

CASH CAPITAL $400,620.
GASH ASSETS OVER $700,000.

sOSSES

course of various pur-

 

continuing his transactions

the same house when he finds there

PAID $500,000

is a rising market will not in the end lose
by it. ‘‘Business is business,”’ it is
but the is conducted with cold

selfishness left out, the

true,

in stock the best line of

e D, Whitney, Jr., President. Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

more honorable,

 

as well as successful, will it be. Itis
often a shock to the better nature of a The Directors of ‘*'The Michigan’’ are representative business men of

i : — oe ee ir own Stat ANUFACTURE
merchant to find how little his friendly our Own state. v TU

efforts have been
other hand, when
understood
coura
stead of adding
too numerous
make trade

appreciated. On the
he finds that they are
and remembered, he

Fair Contracts,
Prompt

Insure in “The Michigan.

Equitable Rates, Perfect-Fitting Tailor-Made Clothing
Settlements, AT LOWEST PRICES.

ys, 138-140 Jefferson Ave., 34-36 Woodbridge St., Detroit.

| MAIL ORDERS sent in care L. W. ATKINS will receive PROMPT ATTENTION.

REY } I GROCER De Wen Wants bead «| Womens - and * Misses: - Low - Gut - Shoes
eo 12,14 &16 Pearl Street, rand Rapids,M ich. ®
HAPPY FAMILY SOAP

WHOLESALE GROCER,

is en-
uged in the same liberal course, in-
another to the
class of
sordid and

 

already
merchants who

 

harsh in all its

—

aspects.

Ail merchants everywhere must ex
pect some fluctuations in
business, even in the course of
Every cannot be a
dull days are only the followers and pre-
cursors of ones.
of general prosperity,

the state o

a

a Season.

FOR BOSTON RUBBER CO.

The Best Fitting Stock-
ing Rubber in the
Market.

Geo. H. Reeder,
Sole Agents,

Grand Rapids, -

day busy day, and

 

bright At this period

complaint is more
like the growls of a dyspeptic individual a
m other afiairs of life, than of any
reascnable convictions. Little halts and
checks anywhere in the
from first hands to the retailer seldom
have any influence on the aggregate of
business, and while there are days with
greater expenses than profits the seasons
and years result in an increased business
in the end.

 

10 Bexes, 10c a Box Less.

SOAP IN THE MARKET

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

ALLEN B. WRISLEY, Chisago, Ill.

Five-box lots and upward delivered free of freight to any railroad station in Michigan.

5 Bexes, 5c a Box Less.
LAUNDRY

Only $2.95 per Box.

POUND, AND THE BEST AND PUREST
FOR ALL HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES.

: : Seventy-five Bars ina Box.
line of trade
iW WEIGHS

NEARLY A FULL

 

 

Mich. @

 

A List of Retail Distributers of Fine Foot-Wear in Large Cities, of which any Manufacturer Might be Justly Proud. 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.

a oe

It is true to say of some men in trade,
they have never-wearying energies; they
never seem to grow tired or to halt, but
go on from month to month and year to
year a human illustration of ‘‘perpetual
motion.’’ We feel sad when we see a
man of this class. Who can fail to ad-
mire his intelligence, his enterprise and
his success? But does he not know that
he is hurrying as fast to the grave as
anywhere? ‘“‘Overwork’’ is a word
whispered in this day over the coffin of
many a merchant who would have lived
longer with less energy, or, at least, its
application with some consideration to
the limits of human endurance in mind
and body.

 

PINGREE & SMITH, Detroit, Mich.

All styles Ladies’, Gents’, Misses’, Boys’ and Children’s
eKay Sewed and Standard Screw.

LKMUNS:

BES TeaH & F’Oo:k, *

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

Lf Tad ENGINE

WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A.
MANUFACTURERS OF

Manufacturers of Fine and Medium grades of Reliable Foot-wear,
Hand Sewed, Hand Welts, Goodyear Welts, M

 

N. B.—We sell nothing but our own manufacture and exclusively to the Retail Trade.

Because we do so large a business, catering to the wants of dealers in Towns of All Sizes throughout the South and
West, and making so great a variety of kinds and styles, it is sometimes thought that we cannot compete with manufac-
turerers of small lines, it being forgotten that Each Division of Our Business is Under the Supervision of Separate Fore-
men, each of whom devotes His Entire Attention to the line that comes under His Special Care, so, while we reduce the
Cost of Manufacturing to a Minimum by concentration of management, Each Line Is a Specialty.

 
  
  

  
 

We take pleasure in referring by permission to the following leading retailers of fine goods in cities of the West and South, who, among hosts of others,

é efer Ca>ry Engines and Boilers in Stock Rim
are handling some of the specialties we make.

: oro ee for immediate delivery. em
ae. ieobclices: Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Mnchinets
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,

CANDY

* % % CHICAGO—C. W. Lapham (Palmer House Shoe
Store), N. B. Holden, DeMuth & Co., Chas.
Gossage & Co.

ST. LOUIS—C. I. Aber & Co., Wm. Barr Dry Goods
Co., D. Crawford & Co., J. H. Clements (Fam-
ous), J. G. Brandt.

CINCINNATI — Mabley & Carew, F.
J. M. Potter.

DETROIT—R. H. Fyfe & Co., Mabley & Co., Val-
pey & Co.

CLEVELAND—A. H. Marsh & Son, N. O. Stone.

TOLEDO—Wachter Bros., G. F. Tanner.

OMAHA—A. D. Morse, Hayward Bros.
BUFFALO—Barnes, Hengerer & Co.
MINNEAPOLIS—C. A. Heffelfinger.
MILWAUKEE—James Morgan.
PITTSBURG, PA.—D. Carter.
TORONTO, ONT.—H. & C. Blachford.
INDIANAPOLIS—Pettis, Basset & Co.
BURLINGTON—H. A. Brown & Co.
TOPEKA—McLauchlan & Co.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Miller & Powell.
MADISON, WIS.—A. Blind.

CLINTON, IOWA—Raymond & Abbott.
PORTLAND, OREGON—Eggert, Young & Co.
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.—R. Hay & Son.
DES MOINES—C. L. Kahler & Co.
ATCHISON—Bradley & Ostertag.

LINCOLN, NEB.—B. Parker.

COLUMBUS, OHIO—O’ Hara & Sims.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA—L. B. Martin.
CHEYENNE, WYOMING—S. Bon.
LOUISVILLE, KY.—J. C. Lewis.

Competitionfis a very important word
in the trade history of the day. It is
both the life and death of trade. It
sounds at one moment like the bugle-
call to enterprise and wealth, and at a
later time itis the knell of markets and of
hopes. Recent failures in the iron busi-
ness are due to competition, and the ef-
fects of it are seen for fgood and evil
throughout the whole business field. No
doubt something less of it would bea

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line, carry a heavy stock,

and warrant our goods to.

be STRICTLY PURE and @
H first class.

We manufacture a full:

 

 

 

 

PUTNAM & BROOKS.