° The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17%, 1889. NO. 304. Raton, Lyon & bo, Base Balls, Rubber Balls, Marbles. Base Ball Bats, Fishing Tackle, Archery. | STATIONERY. | BOXING GLOWES. Raton, Lyon & Go., 20 and 22 Monroe St. GRAND RAPIDS, Business at the Grand Rapids DepartMent Fasiness College. Ed- act and record business as It to ucates pupils tr it is done by our best business he | horthand and Typewritin houses. if to go to best. 5 j : ) § also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. i- ghiy t nt. : dress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swen berg. FJ, DEY YRNTHALER Lake 7 —AND=— (ean Fis * s A. J. BOWNE, President GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. | Transacts a general banking busi Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT AND Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. References furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. The Keonomy Combination Heater is no experi- ment. Having been on the market five years, it now has a National Reputation as the BEST HEATER in the World. WILLIAM MILLER, Agent, 24 South Ionia St. MICH. | Practice pays Read! Ponder!--Yhen Act! OFFICE OF KING & COOPER, Fancy Grocers. JOSEPH, Mick., Feb. 23, 1889. | ST | DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids: | DEAR SIR—Permit us to con- | gratulate you upon the trade we } are working up on your Imperial Baking Powder. We have had it tested by the most competent cooks in the city and they pro- nounce it fully equal to any powder on the market; Yours very truly, KING & COOPER. l0n Fruit Gommiss | | ‘BARNETT BROS. | 2 tor We are making a Middlings | Purifier and Flour Dresser that | will save you their cost at least | three times each year. | They are guaranteed to do ‘more work in less space (with ‘less power and less waste) ithan any other machines of ‘their class. Send for descriptive cata- logue with testimonials. ‘Martin's Middlings Purifier Co,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, hi CANAL SY. Grand Rapids, - ish FLOUR Owl, Grown Prince, White Lily, Standard, Rye, Graham. Bolted Meal, Feed, Ete. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS. BUY Muscatine | ROLLED OATS Will not turn bitter in hot weather. Best the year around. DO YOU WANT & SHOWCASE? SFECIAL OFFER —This style of oval case; best heavy double thick; panel or quality; all glass, c D sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges; solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal eorners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings; 6 feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price, $11, net cash. I make the same style of case as above, 17 inches high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot. Boxing and cartage free. 5m DD. Coce, 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. Muskegon Paper 6o,, Dealers in FINE STATIONERY, WRAPPING PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES, WOODEN DISHES, ETC. Filled. 44 Pine St., Muskegon, Mich. Mail Orders Promptly NAN? conrANY MAKERS. Priges Lower than kver QUALITY THE BEST. W/ rite for Prices. 63—65 CANAL ST. Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods "LE and FANCE. le LD Overal OUR OWN MAKE. LINE OF and | rpIETE , COMPLETE Fancy Srockery Monod i . vs ROT i AT B | i ancy WOCkERWare | OUR OWN IMPORTATION Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed FEEDS | PT If jn want of Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millett, Orchard or Blue Grass, Seed Corn—Early Yellow or Dent, Turnip or Ruta Baea, or, im tact, Any Kind of "Seed, send to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St.. GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX, Wm. Brummeler JOBBER OF Tinware, Glassware end Notions. Rags, Rubbers and Metals bought at Market Prices. 76 SPRING ST., GRAND RAPIDS, WE CAN UNDERSELL ANY ONE ON TINWARE. Hon Smoke That contains any in- ferior tobacco, ““ill- flavoring’ or other in- jurious ingredients. QUALITY COUNTS. Our “BEN HUR CIGARS have proved so popular over all other 10e Cigars in the market that the de- mand is overwhelin- ing. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. Ask for Geo. Moebs and * BEN AUR? you want GAT Wholesale and Retail HEADQUARTERS 92 Woodward Ave. Wm. R. Keeler, JOBBER OF Confectionery «Cigars, 412 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, Co. & if Penny Goods a Specialty. 1 have a complete line and will eall on all trade within reasonable distance of Grand Rapids. erpolsheimer & C0, i | | | ; only store Pants, Eic. Gentility---As Some Understand It. Genteel it is to have soft hands, But not genteel to work on lands; Genteel it is to lie in bed, But not genteel to earn your bread; Genteel it is to cringe and bow, But not genteel to sow or plough; Genteel it is to play the bean, But not genteel to reap or mow; Genteel it is to keep a gig, But not gent to hoe or dig: Genteel it is in trade to fail, But not genteel to swing a flail; Genteel it is to play a fool, But not genteel to keep a school; Genteel it is to cheat your t r ao but not Or, it is to eat rich cake, genteel to cook or bake; 1 it is to have the blues, genteel to we rick shoes; it is torollin wealth, genteel to have good health; it is to ‘cut’ 2 friend, genteel your clothes to mend; it is to make a show, enteel poor folks te know; Genteel But not Genteel But not Genteel 5 it } eenteel to shun all lit is to be a knave, nteel your cash to save; lit is to make a bet. I i . Sule, nteel tot C18 to curse a genteel old cloti ‘lit is to know a lord, 7 ) pay your boa i hop, 1 swear 1 Wear ; “ int.’/ 4 In hard, white pai the word had for years been on the window ledge of the in Tideville, a town on the sea coast. One morning ‘‘& Co.’? was pamted after the word, in awkward letters, and the sign in the window read, ‘Flint & Co After he printed the addition to his sign. Flint went into the store office and said to the book-kKeeper: *‘A new part- ner has been admitted to the business of Flint, and an inventory of the stock on hand has to be taken.”’ The book-keeper at his ployer in amazement and made no reply. “You forget your manners, sir,”’ Flint said, in a sharp, hard voice. ‘‘Yes. sir,’?? admitted the perturbation. : ce looked clerk, in his © Penfeather by name, the in- he book-keeper. To yare his papers for vegan ventory. ‘‘Ha, ha!’ he laughed. And Flint was softer every day. He was especially kind to Penfeather, whom he consulted frequently. * ““We,’’ he said to his customers, and it was known that he had actually renewed the mortgage on Gripe’s schooner, Gripe having had a disastrous cruise. ‘‘There’s somethin’ come over Flint,’ was the frequent remark among the sim- ple folk. ‘‘Mebbe it’s the pardner,’’ was the usual reply, and hearing this, Archi- bald Penfeather would say to himself: ‘““How they will bless me when is known !? He did not walk any more erect and was eareful not to put on airs. He was gravely kind, and Flint, in vielding good |nature, let him have his way. He, Pen- | feather, had more to say about the store, and in one or two instances Flint sent him to collect the rent of some build- jings. At last Flint’s confidence became so great that Penfeather was entrusted with the placing of a loan upon bond em- | and mortgage. Then, in the heyday of his exultation, Archibald could not re- frain from going to his room and con-| ora the truth |} | | ‘**There are many mouths and more}: jhands,’’ Penfeather observed seriously. ‘“*Twice as many hands as there are} mouths, and the Co. says you must learn | the exact number of both.’’ Flint replied. | Co.,’’ said the book-keeper. | ‘Precisely, and the Co. says you must lose no time.”’ Penfeather, with note book and pencil, | | went to work at once. : ‘The Co. wants to know how many | children there are in this family and their |mnames and ages,’? he said wherever he + Went. | Everybody e and Penfeather was soon with a complete Tideville. ““Fhe Co. will ients and ithem,’’ Flint said to receiving his report. Ves. Sir?’ lientiv: then a } iently:; then added, able to of the list mak + ‘ } make out a J city pres- pt ' \ Send you to the to buy his book-keeper, on replied the book-keeper, ylessin’s on the Co.’’ “So say LY’ exclaimed Flint, ; ried away wi he note memoranda beo ‘Tam a census taker, appointed by the) was eager to inform the Co., | return | children of | ‘Everybody says | and ‘Mr. Flint, won’t you show us the ! Co” ”? Penfeather was very nervous, but he managed to say: “‘Why not do it, Mr. Flint?’’ “i will, Penfeather, F will. Come along quick, Penfeather!’ He pulled the book-keeper bareheaded into the cold and | hurried him into the back door of the Flint residence. Then, without allowing the excited man to draw breath, Flint threw open the front door of the resi- dence and pushed his book-keeper out on | the porch. : Tell them, Penfeather, that I will in- troduce the Co.”’ Penfeather the crowd. sh b put up his hand to quiet Everybody was cheering and uting for the C When was fh f i » +} > eaid 7 a + Catner Said in a tt oO oO. order tained, Pen emulous voice: “Mr. Kiint wi with the Co., fairy to you and 10 ll make you who has been acquainted such a good who played Santa Claus for the children.”’ | Then Penfeather fastened his eyes on } gid: Janet to bring the Co.’’ gratulating himself on the good fortune | was recor he feathe wondering, went, and that had come upon him. He talked to; formed th about the childre on he the message, puzzled the looking-glass and in whispers. He | Tideville. ther 1 more by running up icame down stairs in the mood of light- | ‘‘There’s what the Co. says . Ina momentshe came back with someness that was almost feathery, and | buy,’’ Flint said to his eper, two] a indle in her arms. A mysterious his. footfalis were so soft that they iddys later. ge it was, unbound save by her | seemed not to touch the steps. He was} Penfeather w arms and covered with a cloud | going to execute hiscommission. At the! list and bough | door he encountered Flint, who was say- | learned he furniture om all spun ing toaman whom Archibald did not ville by f around poor Pen whe sud- know: jand so te denly grown d he rht at ‘‘T must consult my partner first.”’ + Flint re Janet for support. r arms | Penfeather heard the reply, ‘“Very| ‘The C Co fine linen and } well, sir; good-day.’’ | by express \ ily wrapped against the While on his mission of money lend-| Penfeather shipped them by express i ing on proper security. Penfeather was j and they got to Tideville as soon as he. ather s ~d by Janet’s side in the | upper heaven. He rehearsed his | The packages were opened and al! their | ! ken er to get into the lan eg ol — er | i artner | contents arranged in order in the ors ae Penfeather, [ have a matter in connec-|;oom of the storé Beside each p 4 ido the Co., Janet,’”’ said Flint, who tion with the firm that I desire to consult | which bore the name of the child for | Seemet i you upon.” When the words were | whom it was intended, a box contain id the bundle and held up spoken Penfeather would manifest sur-j ¢ ke and goodies g the sweetest baby—chubby, with bright prise aud then express gratitude—not too | y eyes—and all the spectators shouted with effusive, but correct. business-like, and | before Christ- | glad acc r j moment then in quiet dignity await the an-}, all around the}! and to houncement OF the Special Mater in | re Co softened j hand, ce : val i nts must up to-night, af the good He was so excited that he could have | the children are at This order must *s heart 1 + ty aT tO Greams, acknowledged it in the indirect way of | taking him into partnership. To the surprise of everybody, even to Pen- feather, from the time of the admission of the new partner Flint’s demeanor changed. He laughed frequently, lis- tened to complaints from his tenants, even going to the unheard of expense of repairing a widow’s roof. Gradually it became a belief among the villagers that the new partner had a good influence over Flint. As yet no one had even seen him. He had not appeared and the book-keeper was fairly riddled with questions. His only reply was that he had not been in- formed. He was careful not to say that he did not know. He was convinced that he would be lying if he said he was ignorant. ' The Co., whoever he was, by kind acts was winning the hearts of the villagers, and Penfeather was delighted, for every- thing suggested by the Co. would some day redound to the book-keeper’s glory. So he kepta silent tongue in his head and very diligently devoted himself to the interests of the business. Was he not building his own prosperity ? Who was the partner? Death would tell the tale, death and the will which would say, “My trusted book-keeper, Archibald Penfeather, is the company of the firm.’’ i down | tearing committed suici ed the But he consultation. Da ¥. 2 although Flint was | genii agreeable with everybody. and ‘ him, the announcement did not come. He was] not called into counsel in the affairs of Bling & Co.’* One day the stranger came again. Soon he went away satisfied, and Pen- feather heard Flint say, ‘‘My partner is agreed. A few days later there was a tearing in Tideville, and Penfeather was his hair. The villagers were astounded and glad. Penfeather was astounded and mad—crazed. Who was this partner that said the old buildings must go and new ones come? He, Pen- feather, had not been consulted. The villagers who had the temerity to enquire of Flint about the new dwellings were informed by him that his partner had or- dered that the old tenement houses should give way to new ones. The new partner had begun in a mild way, but he had become an autocrat. ‘‘I tell you,’’ said Flint to Penfeather, *‘that Co. is a tyrant.” The tenements were constructed and the rents were not raised, and the dwell- ers of Tideville were happy in the tyranny of the Co. They wore his yoke as Flint did, with a smile. Meantime, Penfeather moped. ever. One day it occurred to Penfeather that Fiint was merely pretending to consult a grew thin and His accounts were correct, how- partner. The book-keeper smiled and again believed himself astute. Like a detective he had shadowed Flint and could not catch him in secret conference with any one. So he came to the con- clusion that the senior member of Flint & Co. was carrying out his own ideas and modestly pretending that his partner had suggested the change in the conduct of the business. He concluded that the Co. was a myth, a pretense of Flint’s. The book-keeper regained his cheer- fulness and flesh. Flint continued to betray softness in the maiter of loans, geniality of manners and loquacity of speech. - Meanwhile, Christmas approached. It got within ten days of Tideville. ‘*Penfeather,’’ said Flint on that tenth day, ‘‘the Co. says there must be a pres- ent for every child in Tideville. Sir, the |Co. is going to enact the role of Santa Claus, and not in pantomime, but down- right earnest. And the Co. craves your assistance in the part, Mr. Penfeather.”’ This request for the book-kKeeper’s aid was accompanied by a wink and a nudge. Flint had never been so familiar before, and Penfeather was almost beside him- self with joy. He began giggling like a silly girl, while Flint let his own sides shake with laughter. ‘Won't it surprise Penfeather. ‘¢?Deed it will. Oh, that Co. is a queer chap. He just lords it over me,’’ gasped Flint. “They will be wantin’ to know who this Co. is. Children is curious to know things sometimes,’’ said Penfeather, and he leaned forward affectionately. “Guess we'd better tell them, feather.”’ Flint conveyed by a nudge an impres- sion that of course Penfeather was in- formed about the Co. ‘‘Everybody will be much surprised,’’ said the book-keeper. ‘‘Course they will,’’ replied Flint. ‘What does the Co. say the children must have?’’ inquired Penfeather, thus delicately ignoring himself and yielding entirely to the senior member’s views. ‘“‘Well,’”? answered Flint, ‘‘the Co. says them ?’? gurgled Pen- erime |; looked-for | Ww avs. fam in entire ignorance of any designs upon them by the Co., the children were sent ito bed, and the parents in eager curiosit lawaited any word from the Co. Snow jhad fallen in the evening just as dark- ness gathered, and the silence of the} streets was undisturbed by feotfall, yet there were two persons abroad, dragging ahand eart and perspiring in the cold air. They were Penfeather-e and Flint. The latter did the pushing, and in the order of their going is naturally men- tioned last. He had a dark lantern. When a pause was made before a house, he lifted the lantern and examined the tag of a pack- age, perhaps of several. Then Penfeather would take the packages and deliver them. He would open a door and walk in, just as if he was expected, and he was received without surprise. His in- variable speech was: *“*The Co. wishes youalla Merry Christ- mas and requests that you do not follow his wagon.’’ The gifts were received with gladness and gratitude. More blessings were be- sought for the Co., and no person was ungrateful enough to follow the wagon. At one or two houses, Penfeather dropped a hint that, if the request was made by the children, the Co. would probably be introduced to them. The rounds were made and every child in Tideville given a present. Then the cart was pushed back to the store. Flint shook hands with his book-keeper, who was so happy when he tumbled into bed that he thought his name ought to be Highfeather. Flint was so glad that he had taken a partner that he sat up all night. Never in any village was there a Christ- mas more merry than the one Flint saw dawn that morning. The morning was crisp and cold, but Flint felt so warm and good that he had to consult the thermometer to him it was not melting outside. It was not yet daylight when Pen- feather jumped from his bed and made a careful toilet. He was in a state of half suppressed glee and studied his face in the glass with pleasure. Although a book-keeper, Penfeather was rotund, and assure he was congratulating himself on the abundance of his flesh and fullness of face. There is dignity in fat when it represents an interest in a thriving busi- ness, and there would be a special suit- ableness in massiveness in this case, for fat is popularly supposed to cover a big heart. The Co. was a person of great gene- rosity, and was not this the day he (Pen- feather) was to be revealed to the vil- lagers as the junior member of Flint & Co. He passed the time intervening between the making of his toilet and breakfast in complacenitly estimating his |probable weath. Flint, being very rich, terest, would be a competence, and at |Flint’s death all would be the Co.’s. |Oh, the dream of riches was fascinating }—so much so that he forgot about break- | fast. | Atlast came a vigorousrap atthe door. ‘‘Merry Christmas, Penfeather, ’’ | shouted Flint from the outside. Penfeather replied: ‘‘The same to you, | sir,’’? and hastened to open the door. ‘What do you think, Penfeather— ;there’s a procession in front of my | j | | j | nself bore up appilaud- Ing 1} t oT ( in T } , Wi; ‘ f n Annet, Salad Filmnt, ind J obeved VI nanarh?! p : h . + } } Meanwihtiie F CHIEAtHE! Stood bare- Se ae ae es rp he n eold while Flint read a I d you ov ur 10US i¢ 1d Ff an so I giy 1 by SNIE Raw Lins Mrs. A ‘Then I got the baby and the letter ets } ; if ins died I was puzzled. Her sister brought the baby and left it with Janet. When Janet gave it to me I said. ‘I don’t know what to do with it.’ Janet said, ‘Take him into the firm,’ and L did:7? There was a great shout at this. “One word more,’’ said Flint. ‘“the Co. likes our book-keeper, Mr. Penfeather, and insists that he shall have a share in the business, because he is capable and honest. So the members of the firm are Flint, the baby Rawlins and Penfeather.’’ Penfeather ran into the house to kiss the baby partner, while all the villagers departed. cheering for Flint & Co. ALFRED L. KING. > © > —— Every Day Wisdom. Sleep in strength what it takes in time. There is nothing so bad as it might be, except A bachelor is about as a pair of scissors. Familiarity with danger, as with other things, breeds contempt. A thing of beauty is a joy forever— until it goes out of style. There’s only one thing worse than ig- norance, and that is conceit. The man who lives for himself alone is the meanest man in creation. It is better to know everything of a little, than a little of everything. ‘he ass and the owl are the soberest of beasts and birds: no one ever saw them smile. The labor of attending to other peo- ple’s affairs is always voluntarily per- formed. It is no wonder that the wives of some ‘“‘society men’? prefer the society of a pet dog. A kiss is the anatomical juxtaposition f two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction. gives useful as a half Ss There is areason for everything, and the small boy always wants to know what the reason is. People who work with a method ac- complish in a day more work than they expected when they started. ee Brick Paving. A very smooth, solid and comparatively noiseless road bed is now made in the following manner: Bricks, constructed from the refuse clay not suitable for reg- ular fire bricks, are laid endwise, with broken joints, in sand. They are then ; pressed down with a heavy roller, and { cee a ’ -~? | boiling tar is poured over them, so as to ithe Co.’s share, if only one quarter in-| F make a compact mass, as well as to ex- elude the water. A layer of sand is thrown over the tar before cooling. This paving has been in satisfactory use for some time in various cities. | nt pt Stopped Smoking, Sure. Mr. Mullin—Oi t’?ought oi’d shtop in t? say yure hushban’ has shtopped shmokin’, Missus McCann. Mrs. McCann—Saints be praised! It’s sivinty-five cints a mont’ he’ll be savin’. Mr. Mullin—Oi’m layin’ bets he won’t. there must be something to eat and some- , house—a big lot of children and their} He wor lightin’ his pipe in the powdher house, and he dropped th’ match. thing to play with.”’ ' parents—shouting ‘Blessings on the Co.,’ 2M aw The Michigan Tradesman AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Cc. H. Chadwick McQueen in the grocery business at 699 Broadway. ‘ succeeds Chadwick & Meloy & Rich have completed their warehouse at the corner of Fifth avenue and Hilton street. B. Kelly has engaged in the grocery business at Agnew. Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock. Colby, Son & Co. have just finished a handsome hose wagon for the fire depart- ment at Raleigh, N. C. D. D. Cook has invented and applied for a patent on a folding bed, combining the merits of a bed, dresser and wash- stand. The organization of the proposed water gas company has been deferred for the present, owing to the inability of the propagators to secure the necessary sub- scriptions for stock. Tucker. Hoops & Co. have removed their lumber office from the New House- man block to the northwest Monroe and Ionia streets, where have fitted up inviting quarters. corner of they The fire in the store of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. occurred the morning of the 5th. John K. Oakley, the adjuster for the Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co., of New York, reached the city on the morning of the 8th and the fol- lowing morning gave the corporation a sight draft for $3,329, in full settlement of the loss. The adjustment was as fair and equitable as the payment prompt. on was AROUND THE STATE. Croswell—E. F. Petterson & Co. have assigned their general stock. Berlin—Jay Marlatt has sold his gen- eral stock to Wellington R. Lawton. Detroit—F. Lorenz has assigned his dry goods stock to Ralph Phelps, Jr. Sault Ste. Marie—Chas. Lemon has bought the meat market of Walker Bros. Sault Ste. Marie—Henry Robinson has purchased the grocery stock of Wetzler Bros. Litchfield—Geo. W. Rogers has sold his grocery and notion stock to Stoddard & Gibbs. Muskegon—Charpentier & Co. succeed Le Bouef & Haase in the the grocery business. Croswell—E. F. Patterson & Co. have assigned their general stock to E. W. Robinson. Petoskey—H. W. Foy has purchased the fruit and confectionery business of H. 3. Lord. Menominee—R. P. House & Co. are succeeded in the meat business by G. L. Stevenson & Co. Cedar Springs—Mrs. M. A. Kidder has removed her fancy goods stock to West Superior Wisconsin. Nashville—E. J. Cox has sold his ele_ vator to J. B. Marshall and E. VY. Smith, who took possession last Monday. Muskegon—F. Vanderwerp has given a bill of sale of his stock of sewing machines and musical instruments. Sault Ste. Marie—A. Atkinson has opened a cigar, confectionery, fruit and stationery store at 57 Ashmun street. Allegan—H. M. Dunning has opened a flour and feed store in the building form- erly occupied by Marty Bros. as asaioon. Coat’s Grove—A. C. Wait has removed his general stock from Cedar Creek to this place, where he has resumed busi- ness. Swartz Creek — 8. N. Aldrich has bought the Salisbury store and business here, so that he now operates two general stores at this place. Reed City—Richards & Shaw, grocers and butchers, have closed their doors and inventorying preparatory to making an assignment. Z the meat market. Vermontville—Lincoln A. Lemmon and Chas. E. Demming haye engaged in the grocery under the of Lemmon & Demming. East Saginaw—John W. Gibson, a gro- cer and a conspicious G A. R. man, died very suddenly last Wednesday. Rheumatism of the heart was the cause. Paw Paw—L. Perrigo & Co.’s business has increased very materially since its removal from Allegan. A new remedy. Bartram’s Veterinary Elixir, is meeting with a wide sale. Paw Paw—A new brick store is in course of erection where the old Dun- combe, Stean & Co.’s store stood, to be oc- cupied by H. W. Showerman with a stock of furnishing goods. Owosso — Keeler Bros., who already conduct dry goods stores at Middleville and Charlotte, have engaged to opena store here. It will be under the direct personal management of J. H. Keeler. Mr. Shaw may continue business style MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Detroit—The Morton & Backus Lum- ber Co. has increased its capital stock to $100,000. Lansing—Wm. M. Elder and L. M. Todd have engaged in the manufacture of chewing gum. Muskegon—The Gilbert & Bennett Co. is succeeded by Bennett Bros. in the wholesale lumber business. Hastings — The necessary stock has been subscribed by interested citizens to establish a whip factory in this city, with a capital of $10,000. Grand Ledge—The Grand Ledge Coal Co. has suspended operations for the present, owing to the death of Jesse Hurd, of Jackson, a member of the firm. Bay City—L. C. Slade has concluded a deal with Sibley & Bearinger, whereby he is to handle at his yard here 6,000,000 feet of stock for that firm, cut at Tawas. It will be brought here on barges. Hastings—The owners of the Goble- ville furniture factory, which was recently destroyed by fire, are endeavoring to inter- est our business men in the organization of a stock company to engage in the business on a larger scale. Bay City—Charles Moore, who is put- ting in logs in Ogemaw county for Pitts & Cranage, of this city, has a force of forty men at work laying the rails for an extension of his logging railroad about two miles. He is working a total force of 130. Manistee—There is anew yard to be started here in the immediate future by G. F. Stearns & Co. They have leased the old Jamieson dock, across the lake from the State Lumber Co.’s mill, and will putin a stock at once. The mana- ger at this end of the route will be William Baker, manager for William Peter, of Toledo, for a good many years. Muskegon—The Muskegon Booming Co. expects to drive about 400,000,000 feet of logs this year, or about 117,000,000 feet less than last year. Over one-half the amount has already been sorted and rafted. The logs are now coming down, and the company expects to handle them satisfactorily. The lumber market at Muskegon has not been so sluggish for years as at present. Manistee—Over 81,000 barrels of salt were inspected at this place last month. The low price of this article and the talk of atrust have stimulated buyers. More salt has been moved from this point lately than for some time past, the four railroad boats having been kept busy. This is a great relief to the man- ufacturers at this point, as their sheds were getting very much crowded. Manistee—The sale of the Manistee Salt & Lumber Co.’s estate was confirmed last week, and the work of repairing the mill was begun at once. The new own- ers of the mill hope to get to sawing about July 20, and will probably run two circulars this season, leaving the band idle, as they have no great amount of logs of the quality that ought to be cut on the band. Lawrence Dempsey will be general superintendent. Bay City—A good deal of lumber is being sold at this end of the river for shipment to Saginaw, whence it goes into the yards there for the car trade. Within the last ten days Mosher & Fisher haye sold 8,000,000 feet to W. B. Mershon, Gebhart & Estabrook, Merriam & Kim- ball and the Linton Manufacturing Co., and a deal is pending for another lot of 3,000,000 feet. The growth of the yard trade is perceptibly seen in the gradual falling off in our lake shipments. West Bay City—L. L. Hotchkiss & Co. have sold their mill premises here to the Morgan & Parker Lumber Co., of Detroit, for a consideration of $40,000. The pur- ehasers will erect thereon a planing mill and box factory, which it is expected will be in operation early in the autumn. The salt works on the premises will also be utilized. The grounds are commod- ious, and the shipping facilities, both by water and rail, excellent. The fire that destroyed the mill did not damage the docks to any extent, and there are ample boomage facilities. Bay City—The Potts narrow gauge log- ging railroad, extending from a point on Au Sable river, three miles above the new city of An Sable, completed, and logs are now. being’ hauled over it. The road extends to Potts, the headquarters of the lumbering operations in the woods of the J. E. Potts Lumber Co., is about 35 miles long, and is incorporated as the Au Sable & Northwestern. It will carry passengers and general freight, as well as saw logs, there being eleven stations on the line. is East Saginaw—Sibley & Bearinger last week sold 50,000,000 feet of standing timber on Au Gres river to Green, Ring & Co. and L. D. Sanborn, the con- sideration being $325,000. The pur- chasers, it is understood, made the in- vestment for manufacturing purposes. Sibley & Bearinger also report the sale of 6,000.000 feet of lumber to Cleveland parties, the deal aggregating -$75,000. They also purchased last week 150,000 poplar trees in Kentucky, which, added to their previous purchase of poplarin Vir- ginia, gives them a total of 300,000 trees, representing an investment approximat- ing $500,000. A portion of the purchase is valuable for coal and mineral pur- poses. the ee Leonard Kipp, the West Side grocer, boiled a couple of hams for the Associa- tion picnic, when it was intended to hold itin May. Wonderif the hams will be on hand Thursday afternoon ? Purely Personal. S. E. Parish, the Ithaca grocer, was in town one day last week. M. M. Brooks, the Austerlitz grocer, was in town last Friday. Geo. F. Phelps, the Ionia grocer, was in town one day last week. E. E. Wooley and wife are arranging to spend the heated term at Onekama. Stanley E. Parkhill, the Owosso drug- gist. sailed for Europe on the 10th on the Servia. Chas. W. Jennings and family have gone to Frankfort, where they will spend the heated term. Alfred J. Brown and wife have gone to Traverse City, where they will spend a week or ten days in search of pleasure and recreation. Frank C. Hawkins, book-keeper for tha Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co., has settled his family at Macatawa Park for the season and puts in Sundays there himself. Bert. Belknap and family returned Sat- urday from Au Train, where they spent a month very pleasantly. Bert. has ac- quired additional skill as a fish liar dur- ing his absence. W. E. Thorpe. the Hart general dealer, and Dr. H. B. Hatch, the Hart druggist, were in town Monday on their way to the Upper Peninsula, whither they go in search of fish and mosquitoes. Joseph P. Cordes, the Alpine merchant, complains that his name seldom appears in THE TRADESMAN. He was in town Monday. and before two hours had elapsed was as drunk as a lord. The last seen of him he was reclining in the bottom of the wagon box, while his horses were wending their way home- ward. ———_—>____—_ Gripsack Brigade. Wm. H. Downs has engaged to travel for S. Simon & Co., of Detroit. Master Freddie Schneider is accom- panying Geo. H. Seymour on his trip to the Soo this week. P. T. Convis, formerly on the road for Randall, Hall & Co., of Chicago, has en- gaged to travel for Cummings & Yale. H. J. Craig, formerly of the firm of Colby. Craig & Co., has gone on the road for the Lilley Varnish Co., of Indianap- olis. By Gee Crip thought he was something of a wrestler until Dave Holmes threw him over a counter up at Woodville the other day. W. S. Horn, formerly on the road for Amos S. Musselman & Co., is now con- ducting an insurance, real estate and employment office at Muskegon. Dick Warner would have attended the picnic Saturday but for the fact that he was called upon to welcome another little Warner of the male persuasion. Jas. W. Morton, for the past year traveling salesman for the Michigan Overall Manufacturing Co., of Ionia, has engaged to travel for the Ionia Pants and Overall Co. Albert C. Antrim, after a six weeks’ rest, started out Monday on a trip through the South. He is headed for New Orleans, and expects to reach there about September 1. E. D. Ellis, city salesman for the Bel- knap Wagon & Sleigh Co., succeeds E. D. Whitlock as traveling salesman for the corporation. Mr. Whitlock has taken a position with the Grand Rapids Brass Co. A Paw Paw friend of THe TRADES- MAN writes as follows: You might ask Will Campbell if Landlord Brown of the Pacific, at South Haven, knows which room he has there. Let it be whispered in confidence that he gets no second piece of pie there. —_ -¢- <> The Mercantile Picnic--Complimentary Collation Tendered. The following communication was re- ceived by the officers of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association on Mon- day: GRAND RApips, July 15, 1889. To the Grand Rapids Mercantile Association: GENTLEMEN—Realizing the obligation under which we are to the retail trade, and desiring to show our appreciation of the same, we hereby tender you a com- plimentary collation at Ramona Park on the occasion of your annual picnic on Thursday afternoon. TELFER SPICE Co. LEMON & PETERS. I. M. CLARK & SON. A. S. MUSSELMAN & Co. HAWKINS, PERRY & Co. OLNEY, SHIELDS & Co. BALL, BARNHART & PUTMAN Curtiss & Co. ¥F. J. LAMB & Co. DPD. LYNCH. PUTNAM & Brooks. STANDARD O11 Co. MosELEY Bros. M. H. TreuscH & Bro. L. D. HARRIS. Wm. SEARS & Co. JENNINGS & SMITH. Wn. R. KEELER. This invitation will be acted upon ata general meeting of the committees ap- pointed to arrange for the picnic, which will be held this afternoon. The picnic will probably be more gen- erally attended than any previous picnic of the Association. Three ball games have already been arranged for—whole- sale vs. retail clerks, grocers’ clerks vs. butchers’ clerks, and East Side clerks vs. West Side clerks—with still more clerks to hear from. Games and sports will be the rule from 1 o0’clock until 6 o’clock, and after the collation dancing will be continued until 11 o’clock. Wool, Hides and Tallow. The wool market at the East is not so strong as it has been. The extreme prices quoted in sales have been obtained by making the quality better in condi- tion or grade, when in reality a strict grade of X wools will have to sell at one to two cents less than quoted, in order for manufacturers to take it. The man- ufacturers still pursue the hand to mouth policy, and take only such amounts as they are obliged to for immediate wants. They claim it is impossible to obtain further advances in the price for light weight cloth, as the mills which had stocks on hand have taken orders at prices ruling and they cannot go on the market and buy supplies at present prices and compete. On what they do take, it isaloss and they will not buy any more than they are obliged to have. Dealers cannot look for any higher prices until September, when orders are placed for heavy weight goods, and then prices for wool will be governed by the prices to be obtained for cloth, of which there were large stocks carried over from last year’s mild winter. The outlook is none too good and only the extreme high prices paid in the country keeps it where it is. Many of our wool dealers must let go profit or no profit from necessity, which will keep the wheels turning. Foreign markets are still firm and a light supply for a year’s demand makes hold- ers feel strong. The hide market is dull and quiet, with little demand, as tanners are still bound to curtail productions of leather. Prices of both hides and leather seem to be as low as they can go and keep business moving. If atanner can be found who wants hides, a fair price can be obtained. The same is true of the boot and shoe men, if they want leather. Your old customer does not want it now and takes his chance on the market when he does. There are no lack of supplies of either kind. In calf, supplies are large with no demand. Prices are lower. Tallow isin fair supply and demand, but the extreme hot weather makes it hard to handle without loss to shipper. >_< Scene in Peters’ Store, at Bangor. Lady Customer—How many pounds of granulated sugar for $1? Charley Peters—Ten pounds, madam. Lady Customer—You gave me fourteen pounds the last time. Peters—Yes, but sugar has advanced sinee then. Here’s a traveling man from Grand Rapids who will tell you that sugar is up three cents a pound. Will Campbell thereupon began to as- sure the lady as to the condition of the sugar market, when she exclaimed : “Oh, you’re the man I’ve been looking for. I want pay for those quinces you stole last fall.’’ Exit Will through back door. —__>+—__+— The First National Bank of Whitehall declared a5 per cent. semi-annual divi- dend last Tuesday. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. E. BROWN MILLING CO,, Merchant Millers and Grain Dealers. OUR LEADING BRANDS—Brown’s Patent, Browns Standard, Our Baker's, Vienna Straight. EVERY BARREL AND SACK WARRANTED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. OR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GRO- ceries and provisions; will also sell store building, 22x36, two-story, with cellar and store room and lot 4x8 rods; also dwelling house, with two. acres of land; building built within two years; reason for selling, poor health; no drug and medicine competition; terms i easy. A.D. Loomis, Levering, Mich. 463 OR SALE—GREAT BARGAIN, LARGE CARRIAGE | general blacksmith shop; | located in best part of Ann Arbor: good stock on hand; | sold reasonably in full or undivided half interest; rea- | Address Henry | manufactory, with son, death of one of the partners. Paul, Box 1322, Ann Arbor, Mich. 460 a =e S1,¢ YOO fixtures, stock and good will of the pres- ent owner; only restaurant in the city of Marquette; good reasons for selling cheerfully given on applica- tion; first-class ice cream trade a specialty. Address F. Heppner, 105 Superior St., Marquette, Mich. 464 HELP WANTED. yy S — FIRST-CLASS WOOD ENGRAVER—A good chance for the right man; would prefer a married, middle-aged man. Address Jackson Electro- type and Engraving Co.. Jackson, Mich. 7 ts SITUATIONS WANTED. WANTED, SITUATION AS BOOKKEEPER R BY MAN of eight years’ experience, who is familiar _ general merchandise. Address A. E. Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MISCELLANEOUS. OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FARM OF 80 ACRES— Splendid land, 344 miles from county seat; also house and lot, two blocks from business center of same city of 3.500 inhabitants, in Central Michigan; will ex- change for stock of merchandise. Address No. 465, eare Michigan Tradesman. 465 \ ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR | Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 4 OR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF the most pleasant streets ‘‘on the hill.” Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, eare Michigan Tradesman. 286 = A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- f pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y., for samples of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete and finest onthe market, and just what every mer- chant should have progressive merchants all over the country are now using them. 437 $620.00, SALES IN ONE Whe Chambers, 407 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 lessthan25cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—HAVING OTHER IMPORTANT INTER- ests, we offer for sale our stock of drugs, groceries, crockery, glassware, wall paper, paints, oils, etc.; one of the best stocks in best county seat in Michigan; will invoice about $7,000; will trade out $1,000. Address Bartram & Millington, Paw Paw. 468 OR SALE ON EASY TERMS—A STOCK OF GEN- eral merchandise in a small town in the best farm- ing country of Southern Michigan; profits on sales, $2,500 per annum, as per sales book; reason for selling, failing health. Address, No. 467, care Michigan Trades- man. 467 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 V ANTED— 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 35 cts. 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. S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN. Ss. K. Bolles & Co., 7% CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. “Ooo ir: We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of excellent quality, equal to more than the aver- age ten cent cigars on the market. BE LAA Let Others Follow. ’ Not a question of Who Can, but Who Will sell the Best Goods for the Lowest Prices. OUR NEW TEAS ARK NOW READY FOR INSPECTION. ‘Telfer Spice Company 1 and 3 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. WILL BUY RESTAURANT, FURNITURE, | LION @& . = COFFEE = Merchants, YOU WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them Are inuse 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 Every Wide- Awake Merchant Should Certainly Sell ON, THE KING OF COFFERS. An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. Packed only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of 120 une-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. Woolson Spice Co., TOLEDO, CFTIO. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. SCTeEws. Product of Our Factory at Dixon, Tl. In view of the fact that we have GREATLY INCREASED our FACILITIES for MANUFACTURING in OUR THREE FACTORIES and owing to the PECULIAR and CLOSE COMPETITION existing in MICHIGAN, C. M. Henderson «& Co. have concluded to MAKE A DECIDED CUT ON VARIOUS LINES of our goods, which will ENABLE ME to make it to YOUR ADVANTAGE to purchase vour 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 $2.50 and $3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN’S CALF, DON- GOLA, and KANGAROO Shoes of our own make, and all having the MERIT of SOLIDITY and STYLE—with satisfaction guaranteed—will be worthy your CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. Our heavier grades of SPLIT, GRAIN, KIP, VEAL, and CALF BOOTS are UNEQUALED, and the ‘‘Celebrated Red School House Shoes’? AS USUAL takes the ‘‘First Place.’’ G. M. HENDERSON & CO., Shicago. Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods Factories: Willard H. James, Fond du Lac, Wis. Salesman for the Lower Peninsula, Dixon, Ill. P. O. address, & Chicago, Ml. Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers, 344 ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—Frank Wells, Lansing. First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan. Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Seeretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer. oy, W. Sprague. Greenville. Executive Board—President; Ci. Whitney. Muskegon; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City: . B. Blain, Lowell; Chas. T. — Flint; Hiram "lane. Allegan; Secretary Gumi on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, | Green- ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint. ittee on Legislation—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; H. A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan. Committee on City: Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; Kegon. mittee on Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso; Cueto aD Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle Creek. e on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun- Commaniiciee a Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; W.E. Crotty, Lansing, Local Secretary—P. J. Connell, Muskeger. Officia) Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. associations are Op- the Michi- zs. Fargo, Mus- The following auxiliary erating under charters granted by -gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. "Ne. 2—Lowell B. M. ce _B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. ———"Ne. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, =. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, aa ‘A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. Whitney. Se No. 6—Alba &. 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. Thurston. No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J- H. Kelly. No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A. President. W. J. Clark; Secretary, A- } A.L. Thompson. No.11— Kingsley B. y B. M.A. President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. L Lennon. No. 13—Sherman n B. M. A. President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M.A. President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. Ne. 1 7—Plainwell B. M. A. President, Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M. Mal President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary, S No. 19—Ada B. M.A President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, cc. “Chapel. No. 20—saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. leis. President, N . Lamfrom. No. 21— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. ll President, A. B. Schumacher; Se Secretary, WwW. R. Clarke. No 23—Carson Ga ity ib. M. A. President, John W. Hallett: Secretary, L. A. Lyon. No. 24—Morley B. M.A . President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Paio B. M. A. President, H. D. Pew: Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. No. 26—Greenville I. MA. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. E. J. Clar rk. No 27—Duerr 6. M. President, E. 8. }. Botsford: ; Se cretary, TN No. 28—Cheboygan E. M.A President, A. J. Paddock ; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 39—Freeport B.M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A.J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana 5. mM. A. President, 4.G. Avery; S¢ ecretary, E. 8. Houghtaling. : pee ee ee eee ee ea ea NO. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. i President. Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. pitino a No. 32—Coopersville B. “mA. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. — Charlevoix B. M. A. Presi ident, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W No. 34—Saranac B. M. President, ‘i. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. ~ No. 35—Bellaire B. M. President, H. M. ‘Hemstreet; Secrets: Cc Ne. 36—Ithaca B. = President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, as M. Everden. " Fisher. 33- oo 7 ow Kane. — De nsmore. No. 37—Batti e Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, | E. W. Moore. Se No. 38—* ottville B. 3. M.A Sn President, H. E. Symons: Secretary y, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 —Burr — B. = A. S. Willer; No. io es ton Ra President, C. T. Hart r No. 41—Bree a B. = A. : Secretary, L. Waggo! Secretary Vresident B. resident, C. H. a 0. _ Reed City B M President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, . H. Smith. ie. President, Wm. Hutchins; Sec No. 4 7_Flint M. Pierce; Secretary President, W. C. 4 No. 48—Hubbardsion | Be x President, Boyd Red a eter erie ee No. President. "aL 5 President, A. O. Wh TT amen a + No. 51—Cec President, Grand I aan en B. M. = Secretary, ¥. D. Vos. SS vue B. M.A. President, Frank Phelps; Se cretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. No. 54—Douglas B. M.A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. Presidént, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. President, N. W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 5%7—Rockford B. M.A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake = x. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretar; , €.= Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, = E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neiharat. 61—Hartford B. M. A. President, : S. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No. 62—East Saginaw M. A. President, Jas. = _Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Ne, 64—Merrill B, M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A. President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. No. 68—Allegan B. M. A. President, H.H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. Powers. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding | ne AD 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, Osear P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. President, S. 8. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. President, / “No. 77—South Haven Bm A Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross. 78—Caledonia B. “A. President, ig O. Seibert; Secretary. J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—Fra-t Jordan and *o Arm Bp M.A. President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. No. 80_Bay City and W. Bay City %. ME, AL President, F. L. Harrisen; Secretary, Geo. Craig. No. $81—Flushing B. M. A. President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. $2 Alma BM. A. President, B. S. Webb; Secretary, M. E. Pollasky. No 83—Sherwood B. ". A. President, L. P. Wilcox: Secretary, W. R. Mandigo. No. 84—Standish B. M. A. President, P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President. J. M. he Secretary, C. H. May. ° brook and Blanchard B. M. A. Pieiidens. 1. W. ‘W. Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. o. 871—Shepherd B. M. i President, x D. Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst. President, E. J Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse | ON TO MUSKEGON. Fourth Annual Convention of the Mich- igan Business Men’s Association. The official call for the annual meeting of the Michigan Business Men’s Associa- tion was sent out last Thursday, as fol- lows: GRAND Rapips, July 12, 1889. The fourth annual convention of the Michigan Business Men’s Association will be held at Muskegon on Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday, July 30 and 31 and August 1, convening at 2 o’clock p. m. of the day first named. All local Business Men’s Associations are requested to send a full set of dele- gates, and a cordial invitation is extended all business men to attend the convention. Also please designate a delegate to make a three-minute report of the work accomplished by your organization dur- ing the past year and its present status. In accordance with a resolution, adopted at a previous convention, this report must be in writing, so that it may be incor- porated in the published proceedings of the convention. The reports of officers and committees will show that substantial progress has been made in several directions since the last eonvention—notably in securing a uniform fire insurance policy—and the coming convention will enable the organ- ized forces of business men to agree upon a plan of campaign for the year to come. Among the subjects which will secure special attention are the following: 1. The future policy of the B. M. A. How to deal with the Patrons of Industry and kindred organizations. 3. How to treat the jobber who sells at retail. 4. How to deal with the trusts. 5. The organization of a Business Men’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co. The State Association has reached a critical period in its existence—a period which requires the exercisé of the best judgment of the best business men of the State—and it is earnestly hoped that all interested in the success of the Associa- tion—and the principles it advocates— will favor the meeting by their presence. Recognizing the importance of the con- vention, and its influence on the business public. the Railway Association of Mich- igan has accorded a half-fare rate to all attending the meeting. Tickets must be used between the noon of July 29 and the noon of July 30, good to return until August 2. The Muskegon B. M. A. has madeevery preparation for the entertainment of the visitors. including a boat ride on Lake Michigan, banquet, etc. Come one. come all! PRANK Wuvs, Pres... Lansing. EB. A. STOWE, Seec’y, Grand Rapids. THE PROGRAMME. The programme will probably not be completed before July 25, but the follow- ing preliminary draft is a sufficient guar- antee of its general excellence: TUESDAY—1:30 P. M. 1. Call to order. 2. Prayer— 3. President’s address. tary’s report. 5. Treasurer’s report. Report of Executive Board. 7. Appointment of special Committees on Credentials. President’s Address, Secretary’s Report, Order of Busi- ness and Resolutions. Reports of delegates. secre TUESDAY—1:50 P. M. 1. Music—Opera House Orchestra. 2, Prayer— 3. Music. Address of Welco a. Response— rt 6. Music. 7. Paper— Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. 8. Music. 9. Address—‘*Legal and Business As- pects of the Bonus,’’ H. H. Pope, Allegan. 10. Music. 11. Paper—‘‘The Business Man and the Railways, and their Relative Rela- tion,’’? Chas. Clarke, Ovid. 12. Volunteer addresses. WEDNESDAY—9 A. M. 1. Report of Committee on Order of Business. 2. Report of Committee on Credentials. 3. Report of Committee on Insurance. 4. Report of Committee on Trade Inter- ests. 5. Report of Committee on Transporta- tion. 6. Report of Committee on Legislation. 7. Report of Committee on Building and Loan Associations. 8. Reports of delegates. WEDNESDAY—2 P. Excursion on Steamer Van Raalte on Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan; ex- hibition drill of life saving crew; visit to Interlake Park; returning to city in time for supper. M. WEDNESDAY—7:30 P. M. Consideration of report of Committee on Transportation. . Paper—‘*The Best Method of Secur- ing Manufacturing Enterprises,” A. O. Wheeler, Manfstee. Consideration of report of Committee on Legislation. Paper—‘‘How Shall We Deal with Jobbers Who Retail?’’ W. J. Clarke, Harbor Springs. Consideration of report of Committee on Building and Loan Associations. Paper—‘‘The Business Man and the Legislature,’’ Hon. Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. Paper—‘‘Why Not Become a Nation of Cheese Eaters?”? Hon. E. N. Bates, Moline. w THURSDAY—9 A. M. Paper—‘‘Insurance Legislation, Good Bad and Indifferent,’? Hon. J. L. Preston, Columbiaville. Consideration of report of Committee on Insurance. 3. Consideration of report of Committee on Trade Interests. Report of Committee on President’s Address. 5. Report of Committee on Secretary’s Report. . Address—‘‘How to Deal with the Pat- rons of Industry,’’ C. L. Whitney, Muskegon. THURSDAY—1:30 P. M. 1. Paper—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids. 2. Reports ef special committees. 3. Reports of delegates. 4. Election of officers. 5. Question box. 6. Unfinished business. 7. Adjournment. THURSDAY—7:30 P. M. Exhibition of fire department chemical engine. and THURSDAY—9:30 P. M. Complimentary banquet at Occidental Hotel, tendered by members of Muskegon pM, A. THE ARRANGEMENTS. Some idea of the treat in store for the visitors may be afforded by the following report of the last meeting of the Mus- kegon B. M. A., as set forth in the Mus- kegon News: The Muskegon Business Men’s Asso- ciation held a special meeting last even- ing. Among the members present were President John A. Miller, C. L. Whitney, Jacob Jesson, Ernest Eimer, R. S. Miner, Wm. Peer, S. H. Stevens, W. H. Barney and N. B. Lawson. The meeting was called especially to take action in regard to entertaining the Michigan Business Men’s Association, which meets in this city July 30, 31 and August 1. A communication was received from the Merchants’ Corset Co., of Hyde Park, Ill. This company is looking for a loca- tion and is desirous of seeing what Mus- kegon will do in the matter. One of their propositions is that Muskegon cap- italists shall take $15,000 stock. The company proposes to employ sixty hands at the start, and within a certain time increase the number to 150. The matter was deferred until the next meeting. J. Olson was elected a member of the Association. When the order of new business was reached, the matter of entertaining the State Business Men’s Association came up, and a general conversation ensued, of which the following is the substance: The Association will meet in Muskegon as the guests of the Muskegon Business Men’s Association. The cost of enter- \taining the visitors is estimated at $600. This money is to be raised entirely by solicitation among the members of the Muskegon Association, and not among the citizens of Muskegon generally. The State Association to be the guest of the Muskegon Association, and not of the city. although the city will partici- pate in the benefit to be derived. There are about eighty-five active associations in the State, each association sending one delegate for each fifteen members, so that 200 to 300 delegates are expected to be present. The benefit to be derived from the State Association meeting here is considerable. and will redound to the welfare of Muskegon. The ‘Traverse City delegates are already appointed. Secretary Stowe, of the State Associa- tion, will be here Saturday and will con- fer with the local committee on the joint is programme for the meeting, the local committee on programme being C. L. Whitney, S. H. Stevens and R. S. Miner. According to an informal programme, the State Association will devote Tues- day afternoon to a business session in the Clay avenue armory and will be tendered a public reception in the evening at the opera house or some other convenient place. Wednesday will be given up to sight-sighing, to entertainment at the park and to business sessions, as best can be arranged. Thursday will be devoted to business sessions in the forenoon and afternoon and a banquet at the Occi- dental in the evening. No person outside of those belonging to the Muskegon Association will be asked to contribute a cent toward enter- taining the visitors. It was suggested that any Muskegon business man not be- longing to the Association, but being desirous to contribute and share in the benefit directly, might find it well worth his while to at once join the Association. Steps were taken toward forming a soliciting committee, and the names of the members composing this committee will be published as soon as Secretary Whitney is notified that the appoint- ments have been accepted. The mem- bers of the Committee on Finance will meet at the Association rooms to-night. The soliciting districts have been laid out as follows: from Ninth street to lim- its, from Terrace to Ninth street, from Terrace street east to limits. FURTHER DETAILS ARRANGED. From the Muskegon News, July 13. The committees of the Muskegon Bus- iness Men’s Association, having in charge the matter of preparing the entertain- ment for the State Association, held a meeting at the rooms of the Muskegon | Association last evening. As reported in the News yesterday, the money to be used in entertaining the State Associa- tion will be solicited entirely within the membership of the local Association, although it is probable that money from outsiders will not be refused. The esti- mates call for between $500 and $600. Secretary Whitney reported that half- fare rates had been secured on all rail- roads. This is a concession that hereto- fore has been granted only to the Grand Army of the Republic. This concession is of great importance and should insure a large attendance at the meeting. Secretary Whitney stated that the State Association has or will issue invitations to business men in every part of the State, no matter whether members of the organization or not, to be present at the meeting. ‘These invitations are sure to be largely accepted, and the effect will be to place Muskegon on exhibition asa business city. It should stir up the pride of every business man in Muske- gon, not only to contribute what he can of money and of services for the enter- tainment of the visitors, but to see that Muskegon puts its best foot forward. P. J. Connell. of the Committee on Hotels, reported that he had secured reduced rates. The Occidental will give a $2 rate, the Cadillac, $1.25 to $1.50, and the American $1 per day. The business meetings of the Associa- tion will be held in Good Templars’ hall, and the public reception will be given in the opera house. The banquet will be Thursday evening at the Occidental. The days of the meeting are July 30, 31 and August1. The railroad tickets to Mus- kegon will be good from Monday noon to Tuesday noon, and the return tickets will be honored until Friday night. The members of the Programme Committee are now at work preparing the detailed programme for the entertainment of the visitors. Governor Luce will be present at the meeting asa guest of the State Association. —_—_—_—_~»>-+<—.___—_—_ Association Notes. Hudson Gazette: Hon. M. H. Ford, of Grand fapids, who represented the Fifth District in the last Congress, has opened a correspondence with the Hudson Business Men’s Association regard- ing a system of water works for our village. He represents an Eastern syndicate, who build and operate water works solely as a matter of perma- nent inyestment, and he says they can build them cheaper and furnish water to the citizens atalessrate than if the citizens undertook to doit. The Secretary of the Association has written Mr. Ford that they would be glad to consider any proposition which he had to make. Hudson Gasette: The John A. Wright Furni- ture Co., at Gobleville, was burned out a few weeks ago. The company desires to start again in a new field, and the manager has written parties at this place, asking what the prospects are for forming astock company. The Execu- tive Committee of the B. M. A. held a meeting Wednesday and decided to invite the gentleman to visit Hudson and make his proposition to the Association. The factory at Gobleville employed fifty men, and was manufacturing aline of goods that commanded a ready sale. Similar factories at Sturgis and Adrian have proved to be profit- able. —____» 2°» ‘‘Working to a Charm.” BLANCHARD, July 12, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: _ DEAR Str—I enclose you express order for $1.75 for seven new names for our Association. Please send reports. It is working to a charm and all the merchants along the line want to come in. Yours respectfully, H. P. BLANCHARD, > -¢ << “Talking Electric Lights.’ July 13 Sec’y. Paw Paw, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Sir—Our B. M. A. manages to get out a quorum nowadays. We are talking electric lights and must have a new railroad. Yours, y , 1889. F. S. MiLuIneTon. — ~~ +3 > He Likes ‘‘The Tradesman’”’--Will At- tend the Convention. SAND LAKE, July 12, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DeEAR Str—lI' will add my testimony to the usefulness of THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. It has interwoven into Michigan business men’s daily lives a factor largely making up our business unabridged dictionary. ‘‘Success and prosperity’? is certainly the wish of every keen, thorough retailer in the State. Il am going to bill myself for the next State convention at Muskegon. Nothing will keep me away. I will occupy some remote, quiet corner among the ‘‘seekers of salvation.”’ Yours, J. V. CRANDALL. W. H. Tuller, Assistant Cashier of the banking house of Nielson & Co., at Pent- water, for several years, has resigned on account of ill health. A very desirable place. GOOD They ment. Close to the different railroads. In abundance. will We have City Improvement Committee, MANUFACTURERS Desiring a good location will find the City of Hastings, Mich The Common Council and the Citizens will furnish SITES take stock and give every encourage- Hard VVooede Lilnvber Address at once City of Hastings, Dry Goods. Prices Current. aoa COTTONS. ——" shirtings. piamaide As. so... 74|Armo Atlanta A.A... 2... on. long cloth B. 10% Archery Bunting... 444 . iy AGES so. Te, ‘* eentury cloth 7 7 ince AA... 3% 5 gold seal. a erwick Ei. 2 -: 644 3 urkey red..10% ae @, 2. 5 Berlin salids |. -:_ 5% SAT. 1. ks Se “Gir pre... 63% Cohasset A: 14 green... 656 porrae a 7 jCocheco — 6 Hifton CEC... .-.- 644 e madders... 6 Conqueror XX...... 434|Eddystone fancy... 6 — Star... os. 74 Hamilton — 2. 6 eeer Ac. 6% . StADIC | _. a Full — ate 8% Manchester ancy.. Great Falis B....... new era. oy — _— Eee 6% 4;Merrimack D fancy. 6% ererera A... 2... 5% : shirtings... 54% Integrity XX... 4% i Reppfurn . 8% King Be... 6 (Pacine fancy... .... 6 ewe os. 6 = rebew..c. 6% “| 2 sem. 5%|Portsmouth robes... 6 Lawrence ft... 5144/Simpson mourning... 6% Series. .......... 5% " Sreys ...-. Gs New Market B...... 5 . solid black. 6% Nome Ho... 5144}Washington indigo. 6% Newton... 2:5... .. 6% Turkey robes.. 7% Our Level Best..... 6% India robes.... 74% se ae am plain Tky X aa nen Isiand Ro... .. As ic x ow oor . ee caiee ic 5% = —- Tur- lop of the Heap.... 734) Eeyred......... .. Williamsville. ...... 7 |Martha Washington Comet, 40in........ 8 Turkey red %..--- V4 =e . eee 7% — —_— New Market L,40in. 7% hirkey red... .... 914 BLEACHED coTTONS. |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Blackstone A A..... 7%|Windsorfancy...... 6% Beats AN. 44| “gold ticket oe Soe es G indigo biue....-.. 10 Cepee............... 7M) TICKINGS Capos. %............ 6% \aetene WO Aa Dwight Anchor..... 9 |Hamilton N..--..... 7% . «shorts. 8%|Fearl River... ----- 123% Mawards, 6 DEMINS. =o See a eoeicec. ——— . - be cee aA SEWC 8 |Amoskeag, 90z..... 5 Fruit of the Loom.. eM | Awaover.....,...-... 11% Fitehvilie ......... Giwereth 000... .2.. 12 iret Prize... 7 “|Lawrence XX. . BY Fruit of the Loom %. 8 | GINGHAMS. Pairmoune...-._...- 4\4'Glenarven.......... 6% Lonsdale — 10%} ee op el 6% Lonsdale.. cE 4;Normandie. 6 Middlesex.......... oi Renfrew Dress...... 8 No Name... 744 Toil du Nerd........ 10 Oak View... .- L. © CARPET WARP. Our Own. 9...) 544 Peerless, white.....- 1844 Sunmlignt 0.0.2.2... 44! ‘ colored... .21 Vinyard. 0... 8 GRAIN BAGS. HALF BLEACH’D COTTONS| ‘Steck 194 Cabot... 6... ,\Franklinville.. 18% ae... Cis ae American..........- 1644 Dwight Anchor..... 9 |Windsor.... --..-...- 16% ‘ i JEANS. {Valley City..-....-.- 16 fOGCTOrG........ 2-3 G |G@eorem 3. 1...) 15% Bruswick. |... 6% Bee. ao. o dees Naumkeag satteen.. 7 |Burlap........-- 4 Rockport. . . 2 Gas SPOOL COTTON. PRINTS. Clark’s Mile End... .47 American faney....G iCoais, J. aE... - 47 indizo|. GlgiHolyeke 0)... 2214 L. R. Rogers, of the drug and grocery firm of Rogers & Sears, at Lawton, was in town Monday. HARDWARE. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. ives, did style, 60 es ee 60 oo... 40 Jemmames Senuine -.- pad Jennings, mitavion......--..-. 50&10 AXES. First Quality, S. B. Bronze........-......-. & 7 00 S Do 11 06 Ss. & Ss seer L.. 6 oO DB Steal. 13 00 BALANCES. dis. Sprig oe ee eee 49 BARROWS. dis. Railreed 22... ee & 14 00 Gamen net 30 00 BELLS. dis. Hand... 60&10£10 Cox... es. ee ee 70 Cn ee 30&15 Gone ...............-.........,... oe 25 WOOr, SAREE... . 66&10 BOLTS dis. NG Carriage pew st. ---.-..-- .---. 5 Pig. 40& 10 Sieion Snee es 70 Wrought Be Tae Be 60 Cast Burre: Bolts... 1-3... i 40 = Borrell braces Enots........-.......... 4 Cast Square Sprais._-...- — 60 Cast Chai 40 Wrought Barrel, ! 66 Wroug ght Sq — 60 Wirousht Gunk ios 60 Wrought ae and Plated Knob Flush... .60&10 ack... ............ 6010 BRACES, dis. Boavjer 40 Beckhos (oo 5010 Sporord eee 50 in oe net BUCKETS. Well pan € 3 50 Mel Swivel .....:..-0. 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis, Gast Loose Pin. figured... Tk Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed.......... a. .70& Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.......... 60& Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 60&10 Wrought Loose 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip........-...-... 60&05 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned ...........--- 60405 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped. 60&05 We rought Tames 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind.........-...........-. 60&10 Wrousht Brass.........-.- --....... 2... 75 Bied Clarks. 3. 7O0&10 Blind Porkers = ....-.. 70&10 Blind, Shepara@s 00. 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85..........-. 40 CARPET SWEEPERS. Bissell No. 5.......-0--+-++--+- e203 per doz. $17 00 Bissell No. 7, new drop pan ........ 19 00 Bissell, Grang 000. 36 00 Grand Rapids.......-.-.-.-.... -... a 24 00 Magic...) 1... eee o 15 00 CRADLES. Cran... Ce. dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Cast Seeel. .- per Ib 4% ivan. Steel Vemnts. 3% CAPS. Vi 10 ee per m 65 Miers FE... 60 on i ao oe ' 60 CARTRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 50 Bim Hire, United States....-.......-.._. dis. 50 Genieal Mie dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Socket Birmcr. .....-. 70&10 Socket Wearing. ....00--... 0.0.2.2 2. 7O&10 Gaeket Corner ...-....- 5... -- 70&10 Sachets Giices ge te 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..................- 40 Barton's Socket Firmers......--......... 20 ca... net COMBS. dis. Curry, Lawrence’s.......-.-.-.------.--.-.. 40&10 Hotcenbiss 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross......-..--. 12@12% dis. 10 cocks. Hrass, Racking s..-......2.. ... = Bibps.. .-....-....:-....-.--.. eee ee ects 40810 Poeue ee 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz Cut to size...... per pound 28 14x52 S556, 008... 2... sc. 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ..........- 24 Cold Rolled, fee eset 2 Boome 25 DRILLS. dis. Miorse’s Bit Stocks.....--....-..----...-...- 40 Paper and straight Shank............-...... 40 Morse’s Taper Shank..........---++---+-+++--- 40 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, ser pound ..... Meee cote ae ce mesa 07 Large sizes, per pound.........---+.-+ +++-- 64 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, Gim.........--.-.-...- doz.net %5 CORPERDRICG (00050 ol sae cao dis. 20&10&10 WORIAODIE. (So se, ened wn sot dis. %&10 The Farmers’ Friend. -|POTATO BUG AND This is the only practi- eal sprinkler for putting water and Paris Green on potato vines todestroy 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. | PRICE— PLANY SPRINKLER, Where this sprinkler is known it is regarded by Potato Growers to be as necessary as the self binder to every farmer. $7.50 Dozen Foster, Ste Wholesale Agents vens & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich | EXPANSIVE BITS. dig) p SAND PAPER. Clark’s, emall, $16: large, @26..............-. 30) Hist sect, 19,66... dis. 40 ives 1, G8: = 4:3 oe... 2a) SASH CORD. FILES—New List. dis. ilv er Lake, Whae se list 50 American File Association List............. 60&10 ee 55 Dison es 60410 Woe Fe . 50 New Americgy 66410 a . 55 MACHGOISOMW ES 60&10 Whie@. 1... oo 35 CUO ee. vee! 50 Sicscunt, 10. Heller's Horse Haspse.-... ._-- se. 50 SASH WEIGHTS GALVANIZED IRON. Soma Eves Tr . per ton 825 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 2%; 2% 28 _. _ . SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS. List 12 13 14 15 18 = “Challenge’’....per doz. $20, dis. 50@50&05 Discount. 60 erry... |. per doz. No. 1, $15; No. 0, He ae i ees eee eal $21; dis. SO@50&5 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... .......-- 50 | Draw Cut No. 4..-. 2.2.2... eee. each, $30, dis 30 ga oe Mie Co... dis. 20&10@30 ° y Ss i Naydole jan * Sivere dis. 40&10 ea is. 25 SAWS. dis. Yerkes & Plumb’s is. 40&10 | Disston’ GS Cireuiae 45@45&5 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................- 30c list 60 | aig Cut........ 2. eee eee. 45@45&5 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....36¢ 40&10| ey ae nea Rew cisina eaa &5 pecan o thins" : sometimes given ‘by jobbers. | a | NGES. oe ini Civecige oo dis. 9 fo Clarks, 2) 2,5... . 1... a dingo Silver Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot,.... ww WAT ce ccc ccc ccc ec ee er cccreccsons e di sm & ST Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and pnt — a = Cuts, per foot.... 50 Ce 3% “ 2... ss ~~ = Screw Hook and Eye, YB eect eee e ee eee aoe Jf Cuts, per fogs... . oe -. ine oe. 2% alae ee Cr Me oi tf ee net 7% TACKS. dis. i AE a NA ae a4 American all binds 60 eee te Oe etna Heese mann Ge 70 eee ee 60 [oweaes a Kenge 60 HANGERS. is.) ||| Game A Eee 60 Barn Door Kidder Mfe. Co, Wood trae... 50@10)| Ciear Box Naiis............ 50 Champion, anti-friction............-.....-- Coat) Wimiciine Nails 50 Ridder, wood traek .-... 40 — ond Patent Breads). ...........__. 50 A | Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ 50 a HOLLOW WARE 60&05 ( frounk and Clout Nails... 50 a cn a finned Trunk and Clout Nails.............. 45 mae 60405 | Leathered Carpet Tacks.... ......... : 35 Gray cmamcicd --... 50 | TRAPS. ae [Steel Game HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. ; Oneida Celasiaaiaalty. Newhouse’s........... One panned" oop nk ste eect e tee eens new list WOE10 4 = ida Community, Hawley « Norton’s ... 70 Jd annead Lik ware....... eae } Otcheing 7 Granite Iron Ware TO eng Fisk san 5410 ES. ik W. ee COS 70 HOES. Mouse, choker. ie wae tte en ce Oe DOE GEE, Grant... coon teal, Cee, GO Mouse, delusion. ................... 81.50 per doz. EEO 811.50, dis. 60 WIRE. dis. Ct eo dia G0) Drie Mareet 67% Annealed Maree: ew. 70&10 HORSE NaILg, Coppered Market 6: eee ee et “ tea dis. 5&10&214&2% | Tinned Market.............. soso eeeeeely 62% ieee a dis. — inned Broom... eae per pound 09 : > > ! s & P. STEKETEE SONS, WHOLES SALE Dry Goods : Notions, 83 Monroe St. and 10, 12, 147 16 & 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. New Line of Prints, Seersuckers, Toile Du Nord, Ginghams, Dress Goods, Hosiery, Underwear, White Goods, s Laces, Em broideries and Full Line of Neck W ear. oo Warps, Geese Feathers, AMERICAN, all Waddings, Batts ® BURLAPS i and Twines, Sole Agents for Valley City and Georgia Bags. Mail orders receive prompt and careful attention. CURTISS & C c Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON WHOLESALE | aper Warehouse, Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. PRING TIME IS DA'Sy TIME NICE THINGS GME TOGETHER, SUMMER TIME If ROSE TIME FAIR AND GOIDEN WEalHfe AuTi Time 1 FRos Time FORESr FIAMING HAVE IT. AL Sl . Way BE ROE ANDD ai TNE > Alvigs 1 IN YoUR = wom} as D WiTHouT A DovBr * DAISY TiME ANDRoSE TIME WITHIN iF Noy WITH z For Ge Seasons SANTA (vs Soap Made by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., CHICAGO, ILL. c= No Chemicals.23 Breakfast Cocoa Is absolutely pure and it is soluble. To increase the solubility of ‘the powdered cocoa, various expe- dients are employ ed, 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. a44 The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. The legislative branches of the gov-| ernment and State must have sunk toa very low status, in the estimation of the people, when even tramps, and quasi-criminals seek to pile upon their already overburdened shoulders the causes which have made them paupers and parasites, of their are with them an appalling collection of sins and allegations of Mr. Jobson, as narra | ae | i Written for THE TRADESMAN. | | | vagabonds and as a large proportion members earrying about} he of omission commission, the ted | by that gentleman in this article, may! reasonably with many grains of allowance, be accepted a great and a dispo- sition to believe that he is playing the | But, assertions regarding | Ananias role in a small way. truthful or not, his the idiosyncrasies of our salaried knaves be he | and imbeciles are by no means improb- i | abl | apie. se x% | About 10 o’clock on a warm evening in June, three business men of R were | ' seated around a little table. and three | partially filled glasses of lager, in Billy | bril- | conversa- McKeefe’s elegantly decorated and liantly lighted saloon. Their tion was desultory and quiet: touching on the weather, the condition of trade, and other common topics for filling up time without any serious strain on the brain, when, in reply to a remark per- taining to the subject, one of the trio, a gentleman named King, said, rather em- phatically : “I don’t believe that for a moment! There are hundreds of saloon men don’t want the custom of the chronic bummer element, and who take possible occasion to let it known ! And right here’s a chance to prove it! There’s Billy McKeefe, with his regular busy night grin, behind the there’s an unmistakable ‘bum’ tacking toward the tempting array of ‘wet goods.’ Now, [ll bet you the cigars for the party that, money or no money, he don’t geta nip of Billy without some outside inter- ference.’’ who every be bar, and “All might’? said Mr. Briggs, the doubter. The semi-vagabond was by this time anchored before the bar. He was a man approaching middle age, and still tained faint traces of having, at some former period, been the possessor of ahigh grade of intelligence: of hay- ing known the ways and manners of re- spectable and having had to comforts conveniences of life. the 2c some society, of the and He had passed far reasonable access beyond ‘“‘shabby genteel’’ period, but was evidently striving, painfully, to impress upon the observer that he was + L still entitled to rank some degrees above he professional tramp, but his decline fall were accounted for at a glance. eye, the purple and pimpiy nose, the trembling lips, and the ever- busy tongue, to see that his sole re- maining pleasure and enjoyment was de- rived from the effect of alcoholic stim- ulus. He carefully counted out ten pennies on the marble, and, shoving them across, called for some whisky. The proprietor looked at him a moment, and then, pass- ing the coppers back, remarked : friend, I don’t your money; better keep it for something ‘See here, my want you need worse; or, if you’re bound to put it in ‘budge,’ you’ll have to try some other place !’’ “T understand and appreciate motives!’ said the applicant, without any anger, ‘‘but I want the liquor more than anything else just now. I haven’t aperson in the world dependent upon me, and ’'m never noisy. Better pull back the money !’ King, who with his two friends had been watching the conversation closely, got up and said: “7’m going to help the fellow to a drink, boys, and, what’s more, I’m going invite him here to drink it! Come along, Briggs, and get your cigars, and bring an extra one for the gentleman who will honor us with his company! The man’s worth investigating, but he’s badly in need of a little stimulus.”’ In a few moments the man with his three new acquaintances. withstanding the anxious look he cast at your t to seated Not- was his liquor, however, he refrained from touching it until his companions had re- sumed the consumption of their when he turned it down at a dose drew a long sigh of relief. Then cepting a cigar, with a polite bow, he leaned back in his chair with an air of profound enjoyment. King led the conversation along until he got the dilapidated man to talking, which he did, fluently, intelligently and in a way that showed former educational advantages. Finally he was brought to making himself the subject of his talk, and when, among other remarks, he hap- pened to assert that the law-making powers of the country appeared to have 4 personal spite against him, and were beer, and ac- i fore | office. il was let | opening to present i | about | thing returns to the government, mainly responsible for his financial | status, he was fortified with another | ‘nip’? and invited to explain his reasons | i for the rather singular charge. “T served three years in the army, dur- | ing the war,’’ he began, ‘‘without being | off duty a day or suffering from wound | or sickness. So you see I can’t work up| any pension scheme to offset Uncle Sam’s | Some time after | by numerous drafts on me. the of the war I was induced the favorable representations of a friend | to go up North and engage in the tilleration of oils of cedar, hemlock, and had a lively elose dis- | sas- Safras, etc., soon and | well-paying trade established; but about |a year after I opened up, I was arrested by a deputy United States marshal, taken | several hundred miles and arraigned be- | the court for running four stills without registering them at the revenue After a couple of postponements, | off with nominal and a fine i costs, Which, together with my attorney’s fees, about used up my year’s profits. ‘Shortly after this, [sold out my plant, | for favorable | tself, was induced to | and, while waiting some | accept the administratorship of the large estate of a deceased relative, and just) the time I supposed I had every- | ready fora full settlement, I was | called before the United States Court | show cause why I hadn’t made sundry was then This mat- ter cost me several hundred, and the pro- bate judge wouldn’t allow mea cent, say- ing that the heirs were not to blame for to as required by the revenue laws. my ignorance. ‘About this time I bought a tract of land, adjoining the corporation line of a| new and red-hot where the taxation was simply ruinous. I antici-| pated a nice little speculation in selling to people who wanted to escape the ex- cessive assessments of the city, but, before I had got my property fairly plat- ted. the legislature put me inside of the city limits, and, instead of gaining nicely by the 1 found myself a heavy looser. In 187-, I went into trade with a stock of drugs, groceries and sundries, and opened up a paying business at once, but my unfortunate habit of ignorantly vio- lating some petty technicality of the rev- enue laws, or falling into some legislative spider web, still continued. For instance, it cost me over $100 to find out that I} couldn’t do business under my _ prede- revenue and as much more to learn that omitting to erase a revenue stamp was an extremely expen- When the law making the town, transaction, cessor’s license, sive luxury. affixing of stamps to all tobacco packages went into effect, ] got bled some fifty dol- lars for selling unstamped goods, and one year my remittance for tax stamp mis- an of fifty per cent.; and to cap the climax of carried and I had to pay advance these and sundry other matters of a like a small, bankrupt stock | the seller had no authority to sell the goods, fined nature. I bought of liquor, and as it was proven that was and from the government, he imprisoned and my purchase was confis- cated. ‘‘T had intended, gentlemen, to relate a state | Legislature contributed liberally toward | extinction, but, as | will | number of instances wherein the my gradual financial take, if gin, a usual custom of mine before retiring. “Havyine.”’ down to an extremely it is getting late, I wi you a Sass Of kindly permit, got said 5 the shabby man, ‘* low ebb in money | matters, 1 found what I considered to be | a golden opportunity for recuperation. | Under contingency, I had a bona fide opportunity to marry a fifty- 1s ia a certain year-old widow lady, fifty acres of sub- urban village property, a handsome house furnished, and $25,000 in notes and mortgages. And all this on the con- dition that [ should get my name changed by the legislature to that of my inam- orita’s matrimonial partner. I had supposed this to be one of the easiest | things imaginable, but, to my horror and indignation, my bill was reported back | adversely, and, probably for want of a| little timely ‘boodle,’ hardly received a complimentary vote in the House. ‘‘I worked every scheme to get the mat- ter revived, but without avail. I tried to persuade the widow to give me a couple of years more, or to let me assume the name on my own responsibility, but she refused me a ray of hope or encourage- ment, and from that time, gentlemen, I slowly nicely former have but surely sunk into the pitiable object you see before you, the} victim of a heartless, soulless, despicable | § Sr and ignorant Yes! many thanks! I will exceed my limits, for once, in honor to such pleasant Brandy and sugar, if tender!’ legislature. company. | you please, bar- | a rr <2 S > = Ey © /B o/- = = | OSCE EEESEERE § 5 Ss ee 3,8 iv? z é oe. F on: eo 5 = SS ee SS tht “a of" SSS Sy [=R\ © 09090006, 008) S | DIRECTIONS e We nave cooked the curnin this can : sufiicienti Should be Thoroughly Warmed “uot cooked) adding piece ot 42004 Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gil oe) ©? fresh milk (preferable to water.) XS, Season to suit when onthe table. None genuine unless bearing the signature ut Davenport Cannirg Oo, Davenport,' Ia. & Oo En AT THIS EN H. Leonard & Sons. Grand Rapids, Mich. Near Union Depot. Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts. The Old Reliable. * WE ARE Headquarters FOR Michigan, 26,160 Quick Meal Staves Sald THE Quick Meal Gasoline Stowe Has Satety Points Found in no Other Stove, Warranted to Give Satisfaction. List Price. Above Stove, with Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter - - - - $21.5 . ‘* Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - - - - 20.50 With Three Burners on Top, Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter - . 23.50 si . ms ' Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - - 22.50 Send for Complete Illustrated Catalogue and write for Factory Discounts, “Useful Hints to Dealers in Quick Meal Oil Stoves’’ sent free on request. Every dealer should have a copy. H. Leonard & Sons. MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED “At. ¢. €.°“Voaimyum The Best Selling Cigar on the Market. SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER. SHAFTING, HANGERS, AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY. FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Send Specifications for Estimates before Contracting. THE LANE & BODLEY CO. 2 t048 JOHN ST., CINCINNATI, O. The Most Popular Cigar, FIRE! FIRE! We are selling the BEST RUBBER HOSE in 3-4, 1, 11-4, 11-2, 2 and 21-2 inch. Cotton Mill Hose, Rubber Lined; also unlined Linen Hose, in all sizes, for fire protection. (Ur Priggs are Rock Bottom We have the Best Lubricators, Grease and Oil Cups, Lath and Fodder Yarn, Saw Gummers, and the best General Stock of Mill Supplies in this State. AGENTS FOR STEWART’S BEADY ROOFING, DEAFENING FELT AND SHEATHING, IRON FIBRE PAINT AND CEMENT. BES'1 OF THY KIND IN. USE. Seamer. LYON, LEAIGH VALLEY COAL? Will furnish at lowest circular prices Lehigh Valley Coal in car lots. All coal of superior quality. Order at once and save advance. A. Himes, TELEPHONE 490-1. PEARL ST. EDWIN FALLAS, JOBBER OF Batter, Hogs, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nuts, Figs, Ete. Eggs Crate Factory in connection. Price List furnished on application. Mail Orders Filled Carefully and Promptly at Lowest Market Price. Cold Storage at Nos, 217 and 219 Livingstone St. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ALFRED J. BROVN, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Foreign, Tropical and Galitornia FRUITS. MAIN OFFICE, 54 SSS Headquarters for Bananas. 16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Fiuckleberries Wanted! THEO. B. GOOSSEN, WHOLESALE Produce and Commission Merchant, IS MAKING A SPECIALTY ON HUCKLEBERRIES. If you are in the market to either buy or sell, or send on commission leased to hear 33 OTTAWA STEET, Telephone 269. an GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Frvit and Produce Go, HOWES & CO.) will be p (SUCCESSOR TO GEO. E. Jobbers of FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. MOSLEY BROS. —WHOLESALE——_ Fruits, Seeds, Oysters: Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., & < GRAND RAPIDS F. J. LAMB & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. C. A. LAMB, Grand Rapids, Mich. (. A. LAMB & CO. Wholesale and Commission Fruits ——anp—— roduce. 56 and 58 So. Ionia St., FRED CLOCK, Chicago, Ili. Our Specialties: CALIFORNIA FRUITS, ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS AND BERRIES. Grand Rapids, Mich. GROCERIES of the traveler i : W P “ , and the musical EK. A. St of ¢ : . A. Stowe begal S S <7 Si iti - a gan a response i i ve a ae p to *‘The | oceasion, all uniting in pronouncing the | PRODUCE MARKET == [monareh of the little eoop, dignified — 8s, cut it short on account of the} picnic a most unqualified success | Apples—Green, 88 per bbl hol i , ea monarch of the little coop, dignified PY jgteness of the howr: Chas. ss. Apricots—California, 81.50 olesale Fri = 3 ed by : a. Pp ifornia, $1.50 per crate merece [CONTINUED FROM FOURTH PAGE. | a beef in four ways, rare and told what he and his friends knew about ot es stock is scarce, but there is The quotations given bel : well done, tende : : t i s ‘ THE FINANCIAL § TING s ie ee nawee and Allegan county i “ | "one-half barrels: among whom are Johnson Bros., who = of problems, more difficult to solve where the party was warmly welcomed | Paid for speci oo bill their stock at 8¢, wivile eee se io ae 0 | Pare Sugar, b pee an ss te the most dash and have the most seven gates Steve Sears to do his|by Manager Whitney. After a brief in- Printing aad betes. Se m6 & * Sherries—#2 per b 2 3 a ve ee ee modern ideas of any of the Englis ' ed advertising double-trapeze act | s i Postage.. Co ea 4 1 gal. oe ee : ewe s any glish pot-| ¢ a peze act| spection of the grounds, d . "| Postage.....--.--.2220r0+ verres STIITITIIEE “ggg | Cider—10e per gal et ae a e mod | a oe sir g s, dancing was Use of boat.....-. 5 Coopera: Pi : SG 1 MOMES. 2 @25 | SWEET GOODS ie : ’ : s ; yi ; ~ ee 5% oe oo. @10 One-half barrels, 3¢ sare YEAST. veneered cheek, whic ae : » regions a ou undress i pa 7 | Bologna, straight..........-.-.0-seee eee errr 5Y% ‘ i Ue “Barrels ass page venee! ed cheek, which usually charac-| the hall and slip in sideways: in in ag, | Bolopna, thick. .....- -- -.---------------4- 5% spiced, %¢s:..-..- 10 Muscatine, Barrels .... 5 3 Fermentum, Compressed... ee Ga eek ee ee gitcdensdal e room ~ : Head sro horeg gpa a pe ee SHA RISE 53% ‘Trout. 3 lo: rook! .....-_- “ Half barrels.....2 ae | MISCELLANEOUS. st Ste sou mm hs ie ty i ct = — aap PIGS’ FEET. 72 CANNED GooDsS—Fruits. Cases......2 15@2 2 ee bulk eels 3% class of make up to convulse a greé cau SA ake an inventory. Can I ever of awtZ2Eef Tn hale barrels... 0.0.11... 3 ( Apples, gallons, stand. 2 25 _ ROLLED OATS 7 i ly, 30-Ib, pails....... 314@4 class of make 1 se a great forget the corn husk mattress, whose sur- In quarter poe es = a Stun 2c 30 Muscatine, Barrels... Pn ‘15 Se . ! ‘ace has so many times made suc ; . a ce erries, red standard...... 90 eo eae 2 “Po [ - ‘ustomer decease a = — such a deep Lif a , In half barreis......- oe ee 3 00 ae eee 2 00 Cases......2 15@2 25| PAPER & WOODENWARE a ee ee as akc ae een piss : it mp, fat anat- ce aa In quarter Ge \...1 %| Egg So abe aa 90 Michigan oe H PAPER. opened ee ee ae nea = es — —— for X 7 ee ae eae 85 Gooseberries ..........2.+--. : z Water White... |...........103 Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- —* pele yn a. ne 2 ¢ he dirty s 1eets ? Pe PICKI ceeete | lows: s Noes a =. 5 atra, | the pillows y ee Bd eee ae ay ium oe peti = ota aes | the 1 illows you pul out of your ears in cw77 CLA FRESH MEATS. ee le ae Medium.. ee 4 00 | Straw .... 165 Bic : 5 = e gs > a corkscrew ? + oor A aches, t -e 7,8 vis ie bot. 25 ight Weight.... ..... - Sis Raintree SS 2 iggy : You Swift and Company quote as follows: es 73 | Small, bbl.... ..... Se ea Light Weight.... .....2 om a ee ee = : a the ee ae C7: Beef, coneuee ee 5 @ 64]; Cece ee eS ee er 185 o believe he had a full furnitu aa al2zn emp carpet. nere is hind quarters.........--++---++++- 6 @7 PORES 38-2 nnn anak ae oe gee eae 7a Ce a é re car!no lock on the door ¢ : wat VY . fore eS 2G, A Pineapples .... ac, c, | Clay, No. ata... .- 1 60 5a :aliggril ae et a rmbgcat * - ee ee : 01 and you set your f Meee cee —_ Quinces aoe: ~— = 7 Te a 4 Samy 21g give away. I forgot the little piece I thi . gainst it. ou W ash in water so Pork loins........++++-++007+ a gale Raspberries, exira........-.1 35 ue aes ie Jute ‘inl Bas ac eng eon cnet : had learned by heart. - fish couldn’t swim in it. You Bol Se re @6 | strawberri Capea 1 6 | carolina head.... ° ea He paralized me. | ae . yourself in a 35 cent looking- oe Mada 2: oe a ee 5% ; ee ‘ ass, } os Gj awawe rr gl soaps a RU lies a | a ar 9 No. 2 Pe - “a es ce cae et g : uns ups ideways. You roast, : Frankfort. 00 ‘ i agus Over B | : fo was my first day out and that he ce ee you freeze, you fight bed bugs, fleas and - : seit : é 7 |i ethane as Ss < : ay L < € 2 Jas 276 |} Mos - aS "f . “ a a i Toe oe R Saat eee i ria beese tee ens eG apne Bret a ee a You come — in the uttor ee Ge ae, a a eo 80 Papen oo. an ‘| otton, No. HD . 20 = ind. oe ae ce a = a day and, with \ OYSTERS and FISH. i a @1 © ae ae Fine per bbl....... gg | No. ao assorted... ... 40 ee ee a ee mae agli — = Sighss wonder if it F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: Stringless, Erie...... 8 oS soa ia 56 lb. sacks..... 24] Nal a ge St aah lite ee neil Faeeaie é é d to ick that landlord as} ' FRESH FISH. Gor Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 | 60 *REL. oe ee eee eee eee 2 05 | Wool pe ee weeks on the road. Now, a word of ad it is John L. Sullivan. TAC SE ee ee @ ' a iy rophy .---- ee 2 40 WOODENWARE, 5 ce 0 hie ‘def ag-) | aaa i oe moked cscs sd nn TM } “© Morn’g Glory.1 00 | Asi Se en Saka vice to the young (and the old can take | x = toa kind Providence, and the Trout. Pe ei ig USMY Early Golden.1 00 fas Pe ~ he ees 6 25 it as well, as it is gratis) who contem- ae = progression, these things are sey ee oe ae Co Pt ee ee seen tees 1 68 | Warsaw * ae fee = plate taking a line they are not posted anges : and it is possible to stop where rogs’ legs, per dOZ.--..--++--++++++++++ 10@50 piers emt = - Fe Oe ee sa alae 2 | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 on: Go ae ae ad eke pase “7 = has given way to the CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS “ June, ay ee eae 1 35} Kegs SAL SODA. me i ae oe 1 %5 formation al +e > fails vou i | Ce ydious hotel: and whe 72 eOoM- | = ye - Sifted Be | ae a eee 1% | Clothespms, o gr. DOXes.-. - 0 Stowe’s nd if he fails you, read) pare the pictur ce when we com Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: French, extra fine... : ee Granulated. boxes.......... 2. | Bowls, llinch.............. j = Stowe’ Maxims. They are cold facts| fri picture we have drawn with STICK Mushrooms, extra fine ce Ki , SAPOLIO. | . i Lo. j : and will keep without embalming. | ace aged s famous Occidental, the Standard, 25 lb. poxes...... 11 searing Golden...... 85 a 3 oe ae | 13 ee oo pe a : Toe \ se we all enjoy s . = at Twist, 25 rT i Succotesh, standard... oS aes ssorted, Yi andi m6 i Mr. Be cla as aged poceer edie sb sAagecee pes ts Cut Loaf, 5 ne = Squash Ane — 10 Mixed bird SEEDS. | Pe assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 } e ‘ore me are many familiar faces and and ‘attentive girls arg . _— Oo pliging es = Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00 Gees. .. Ay: ena 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75 TR eae a a s, it is adeparture from Royal, 25 lb. pails at 1 ‘ Gadd Eucugh....1 @ | Gumary .............-.-.----- 10 { Baskets, — Ss 40 mele el ag apabapicine | : ne we all appreciate: and I am sure “ 200 1b. pple! i a posi-p es 1 00 Hemp....... pcre ‘ | re 1 60 : . : ; 1 , : : pie A 2 ie a eT IR Vs oo ee eer Y i ee on il —e == preserved and sup-,; Say teas NES of you all when I — — ST ena = a CS a Rape. ae ania. tenia their geod habits account for 2 ccidental ! French Cream, 25 1b. ee a. aoe Full Cream 8%@ 9 eee we i i « NosT Oo first, the Majestic J. H. McIntyre: our | Len. Remington then came in for his Cut boat. 25 ip. cages) 0/0000) oo. a s oe a ladder a Hers xed bs urbane President, Max : yre, a i Ge n for his eee ee CHOCOLATE—BAKER'’S. Scotch, in bladders 37 - 7s “Nos Geo. Seym ent, Max. Mills: handsome , Share of applause by a rendition of the eee German Sweet... ......-++- 23, | Maccaboy, in jars —s No.3 5 OD = i = HS ot ‘isch enn of Scere eee — ee 35 | French Rappee, in ey No.3 5 00 ay avg a etapa s Grip,’ Lemon Drops [ . POSE 5 38 SOAP i : 5 | . ey a : ee eee tae Break ; 3 *troit S ‘0. eee . ler; and the drummer’s friend, Stowe oo THe TRADESMAN will reprint iia — oe es a signi nenen 7 eons a So a THE TRADE IMAN: ‘ i a. / t y r 4 ip TmimMt DrOps..---.-----+e+-+-- coer es ooo ee a 3 0 - ee | ‘the drummer's friend, Stowe ale wih Chocolate Drops + CHEWING GUM German Family .--3 85 | White i sa i mn s I} ate DrOPs.........seeeeeeeesereeeererees 15 : i i —— BOT Red... eee : age so to mention, but time flies and After another selection by the quar . ——— DIOPS....seererececererereees 18 —— 200 — 35 Old Ger a aes a : 6 hi ke mein bt ie ; : Gum Drops..........--+++- . u Oe epee one 5 : Peran.......-... 2 70 : ae ss s fact on; tette, Thos. Macle ; . HE EOUR ee csc seston a 10 | Spr J.8. Bi GORA SBE 1 §7| Strai in sacks.” eg oe , s. } od pres : : Licorice Drops.. . 10 | Spruce.........--.-20+s+e0++ U.S. Big Barg si} ° sate your minds from this date to the last! of oe presented the claims A.B rica Wee 2 Eh 1@= ‘HICORY 4 a Floater. ...002 8 ae Masi: $8 sou mids from thi dai to bt So a ae = Balk CHICORY. ‘ Cocoa Joo ana es Patent ee 4 80 = of December, Alabastine w 1 be 40 ee areas etal Sengcatel printed... -..-- cua ea aan Hed... ... Peo nUH iu Cocoa Castile, Faney........3 36 6s ee = ys. ay aah : : a 15 cOFFEE—G Allen B.Wrisley's Brands. | piyigg MAE : cain Cae cept a aT GTEC 5 i _ COFFEE Green. . isley’s Brands. MEAL. The qua : Lie ; 3 yre pre- MOtLOCS.......-2----eerereereererer st ecee ees: qe | Uo fan Tg aoe Happy Family, %5 $95 | eae 3 then = iste from the Schubert Club! sented what he pleased to call an alle- os ann AMT 14 LD) See serra a ans 184020 Old Country, Wc’ % eRe NE a See a pcseeae abe tien | gory in lieu of an address cis eee ...18 prime, .......-..-- @21 | Una, 100............ --. 1... 3 GO MILLSTUFFS : ato call an alle ; sete ceeeweeeereeeeee sees 16@20 fancy, washed...19 @2z | Bounce , eee when W. H. Herrick responded to ‘‘The | Wag’’: Ee ™m — q — Made Creams. 20 golden 2 @2 oersprces—Whole. | Ships we ok apn wn | | ? & P t i See ae 18 Santos oid = — Le 10 SWIPS.o i, si inter ne * as cet pan : 2 i oe cc c ye meals... 22222... 2s 5 : ‘ci Bat te ee : ory. “There green ee ee 1D ‘ie eee = @29 =| Cloves, sAmbavaaess.s02.9 Coarse meal............... 15 7. were happy ar ; + : r who had three sons _ Fancy—In bulk. I , genuine....... 2 a anzibar............ 23 1 ¢ ee | 2 "Ai the sesponses | gon old farmers thee one Lozenges, plain, in Ee 13 kis ascertain cost of roasted | Mace aoa... Spall lete * obinson,cin excellent voice, paid his nice boys. One day, when i oii «in Dbis..........---2---e eee 12 | coffee, add ‘c. per Ib. for roast- Nutmegs, fancy.........-. moe eee = respects to *“" , "a ys. y, when in Detroit, «printed, in pails........--+++++++++- jay | 1B and 15 per cent. forsbrink-| os *0 Bee inn seen oles, ait nice vs: “One day, n ete, ack _ in bbls......--...----+++-+- 1214 age “ ‘ee = : OATS. cree ih ol genglnan met an oi acquit = — eae CE 13% correEs—Package. Pepper, Singapore, black ....18 — lots....... 32 y ow : ‘ ee BON eer rahe tetris 6} ‘ _ ‘ t aches ee a o To me has been assigned the happy boys, “Well,” sakl the father, “the reg DDS sccoocenneeenrieriess con ea oe co B85 35@ as well as the aia appy, | oldest one Is L. Max. He is doin a Moss Drops, in pails.......-.---- : 11% in OE —In Bulk or i = | ts ae s—Grour No. 7.....- re a ne the apps, |e om Ma sea . : Saks OO 10% a s XXXX....21% | Allspice pd ee Ba POC cere ces cen 40 oast, ‘The Country Tav ” cay ° Ss a ree @ | Sour Drops, GM ' ompson’s Honey B [oti | Gagan | Bates Se = nen vern.’’ | Methodist sher Se _ - See a I say happy, b Cn as st preacher and manages to jest pepesinis, pedis... ---..--- ---------- 1214 ogre a 2% ee Band Saigon 25 | Nod a - om 2 = *)Metuost yeacher aid manage to et oe 8 ge = AM 2314 ke eo Saigon.25 | No. De ; = Cea, . hough of about eat up hls wages. T note that ee 2214 | Cloves, Amboyna........... 2 i 1 response hae eared | Se Oranges, fancy Rodi ee / ( YNA......-.... 35 HAY : ‘ rly | fore he can s 5 SOLE Hm iy Medl:...--.+-.---:-—--- 5 50@5 73] vy dae —. ale forgotten a — = = SS together to get 0 AGENTS FOR Le Messina 2Ws..00... 36.5268. Zo +9) Valley City.......-. 20+. ++ v5 | Ginger, a oe aes ee 12 oe ine ban ie a commer tne nt ue : gh together to get ‘6 és 3008 ee Be 1 10 * — Cochin............. 7 uaa 10 50 e ee oe meen Se ave tough sledding. L i ae CLOTHES LINES. re a IN 18 | wpEs i ee atom wld have tough, sledding sale es & Cc : s ‘rescind SS EES EOS @Q5 50 ton, 40 ft....... per doz. 1 25} ns A eee a 90 S, PELTS and FURS hard day’s work, with e — a horas store down to the corners. He has a tip ' Oo, Ss OapPSs Vente ee ae ie z ea es, Mustard, — eo ee 22 Perkins & Hess pay as fol- = il ys , with its long drives | top trade, | Se s eee eet! co ee . oe “ee a ater mustang SS ae for - Dake og aig vp = small 1a S Dates, ap ae ea @ .. Lu = ee - —e ee Te Q7 lows: i s; and the us i s s et ahea ; N ates, frails, 50 ID.....-...----- @4%|_ ‘ SOft....... 2 25} ¥ oa. at ee os ¢ = fay ‘he doesn’t seem t xe athe any. g@ara tal ‘ch, Bag Py oe iE @ 5% | Jute peti ee ea 00 Pepper, Singapore, black....21 ee eee 4@4% i: rc ar eae ee ie “ es 2 oe “ 115 “ white..... 30 mm Cure@,.. 2.2.23... 4 @4 dust, cold, heat, rain, bai . or and send down & bushel of ee : ees 8 : ss Caye g Full “ % eo : short cashace @ . : shel of A Persian, 50- Be CONDEREE oo MP DIY gia ees eee 5 and long wind—after all eee See Seton and a ge of home-made brown mboy CheeCSE _| Bananas ....----- erences “a2 50 feeciai vircecsises 7001 Mystic, 64 piegs.--- Dry. ipa resents :: met, seen and conquered ese h ce in a while. But the y 4 ° SS SC: neio Swiss.) 0000001 cate es aie ins, green...... 3 @ 4 , with tir : . ; youngest ’ ES "me tongue and nerve all gone, we ae — a George F., that little sawed-off, red- Almonds, Tarragona. ......-.--++------ 164%@17 | Kenosh =" ae oe 7 c aa : Mg country tavern — our home — the ae — nya went down to Detroit and ( : i ranch oe ce 14 @i4% Seymour = eine é yop eevee a “Sot tors < " : : ee @i4%| Seymour “oo... aces } ) or NO. <. green spot in our desert life. We kno sell ov 1 to a wholesale store where they R. 4A ND RA P Brazils......... --------- +20 ere eeee * Ss aoue ae 5 Powdered 22220002..." a ; @25 . j : w | sell overalls, galluses, shirts - Walpat Gre co : aaa - we are welcome, same beings ’ ses, shirts and such e ’ Te 104 eee -§ is @ 3 : cm wf se _wrhme| mittee SS ae a @10% bineute 7 Granulated,H.&E.’s.. @ 95 Shearlinge, oo... 6.55.4 10 @ vision of $1.50 in the morning with-| on ’em—in fact, has mon etter than any i a ees te ee 8 7 ooo ee PO eee out any rebates or cash discounts: but| est, an’ you can bet i out at inter- etiam. —— Fo. sk a las ee i : Knight's. @ 9% et we sigh for the kindly smile of the good pie, cake and sass et he lives high, has ee 4 25@4 50| 8. Oyster Noo cole ST Connotea? Ae @ 8% | Grease bition <==. 3*@ 8 woman who presides over the destinies | i : ee City Oyster, XXX....00LL Seana ie i : ©" | Switehes venccs so So, : he good| pe, eake and * PEANUTS. ° Pienic pe a 6 | No. 1, White Extra C.. @9_ | Switches ..........--+. 2 5 CAROCRE Cee cee @s%4 ak * aaa 2 ao : or AOR a “GPs sateay SEER ag ROE MOE 3h ae eee ee @7% | Strictly pure..............- 3g | No.4, da Fees ; ae See ; eee eieee a AO cs wee @8& | Washed.......,...-...-+-- 25@30 ee Oy tere ee eee a @ 7% | Unwashed....}. ...-..-.-.T2@22 eDrugs % Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy, One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 5, 6 and 7. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. : First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles. Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. : Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas. sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson, Local Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson. ee a Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. KEPT NO REGISTER. Fate of a Muskegon Druggist Who Violated the Law. From the Muskegon News, July 12. iable to say, but judging from MIXED PAINTS. | Mutual Relation of the Manufacturer, P Dealer and Consumer.* | Whether the quality of the first brands |of mixed paints thrown upon the market | was of that particular grade of excel- lence known as strickly pure, I am un- prices 'asked and received at the time of their | introduction, the originator could not | have been void of offense toward God or man had he presumed to do less. Be | that as it may, there were soon found ‘upon the market a multitudinous num- Grand Rapids; W. A. | | the utmost satisfaction in their use. | was | i ber of brands, all claiming to be of the most superior quality, and guaranteeing It not long, however, before com- plaints, loud and deep, began to be heard, 'and, from the nature of the dissatisfac- | tion expressed, it required no expert to | tated, locate the difficulty as resulting from adulteration, indiscriminate, premedi- and with malice aforethought, with the sole object of gain as the prime incentive. It would seem that the tendency of such wholesale manipulation should have | been to put interested parties on their On the opening of Circuit Court, yes- | terday morning, Judge Dickerman ren- dered his decision, overruling the chal- lenge to the array made by F. W. Cook, ithe present attorney for the defense in the druggist | eases. After Judge Dickerman had an- nounced his ease ner, law. The first witness put on the stand was Harry J. Morris, Deputy County Treasurer, who produced the druggist bond of I. W. Feighner, of 1887, which was offered in evidence to show that Mr. Feighner had been licensed to sell intox- icating liquors only as medicine, not as a beverage. Morris also testified that a diligent search of the records for 1887 failed to show that Mr. Feighner had taken out any license authorizing him to sell intoxicating liquors as a beverage. Walter S. Devereaux, one of the Pinker- ton detectives who had been engaged in working up the cases against the drug- gist, was next called asa witness. He swore that in July. 1887. he. in company with another Pinkerton detective, had visited the drug store of I. W. Feighner, at North Muskegon. and had there ob- tained two drinks of whisky and a half- pint of brandy. On cross-examination by Attorney Cook, he stated that he, in company with Detective Connors, had been sent here by Mat Pinkerton, chief of the Pinkerton detective agency. of Chicago, for the purpose of werking up evidence against the druggists who were engaged in illegally selling liguor. He had been sent to Muskegon in accordance with an agreement entered into by Mr. Pinkerton and some Muskegon saloon- ists. He had tasted of some of the liquor that he had obtained at Mr. Feighner’s drug store, and the rest was now in his trunk at the Occidental. He stated that he is now in the employ of the Pinkerton agency, engaged for the purpose of closing up these cases. After some further questions as to what Devy- ereaux had been engaged in since he had been working on these cases, the prose- cution rested their case. F. W. Cook, for the defense, then called Herman Vos, a saloon-keeper, to the stand. Mr. Vos testified that he was a member of the Muskegon Liquor Deal- ers’ Association, and one of the commit- tee that had in charge the matter of en- gaging detectives to fix the druggists so that they would have to stop selling liquor as a beverage or else take outa license. August Luders was the other member of the committee. They had heard of the work Pinkerton did. and so wrote to him to send men over here to take charge of the matter. The pay was to be $8 per man a day, and, he thought, their expenses extra. It had cost the saloon men something over $200 to work up the evidence against the druggists. Mr. Feighner took the stand in the afternoon. He testified that at the time Devereaux bought the liquor he supposed that Devereaux wanted it for medicinal purposes. He had not the slightest idea that it was for any other purpose. No record of the sale was made, for the rea- son that he was busy and it slipped his mind. This closed the testimony for the de- fense. The case was given to the jury at 5 o’clock. It took the jury about three hours to arrive at a decision. The verdict rendered was: ‘‘Guilty, and the defendant is reeommended to the mercy of the court.’’ ee The Drug Market. Opium isa trifle lower. German qui- has declined. Morphia is un- changed. Golden seal root is higher. —_——_—— > 1 believe that both merchant and sales- man, to be good in their respective ca- pacities, must add to those blandish- ments the hard, cold, stern virtue of sincerity. With sincerity he treats every nan as if he were his own brother.—J. G. Powers, formerly with Wanamaker. nine ae ee aT VISITING BUYERS. J P Cordes, Alpine C H Loomis, Sparta G N Reynolds, Belmont J DenHerder&Son, Overisel Smith & Bristol, Ada J Kruisenga, Holland W R Lawton, berlin Brookings Lumber Co, C E Coburn, Pierson Brookings Spring & Lindley, Bailey O F Conklin & Co, Conklin Hyder & Dana, Dorr A MChurch, Englishville M F Tuck, Greenvilla N F Miller, Lisbon John DeVries, Jamestown DM Gee & Co, Holland W D Reynolds,Coopersville H Dalmon, Allendale Ward Bros, Harvard B Fisher, Cressey F E Campau., Alaska M A Side, Kent City Kingsley & Gardner,Luther S E Bush, Lowell Sisson & Livingston, Ada TH Condra, Lisbon E C Davis, Lakeview L M Wolf, Hudsonville Wright & Friend.LkOdessa H Meijering, Jamestown Geo A Sage, Rockford H Van Noord, Jamestown EE Hewitt. Rockford Smallegan & Pickaard, D Cleland, Coopersville Forest Grove Walling Bros,Lamont A C Barkley, Crosby H Johnson, Shelby E Heinzelman, Logan Woodard & Polland,Ashind John Damstra, Gitchell Chas Hitchcock, Reed City Geo J Stephenson, Bangor L Cook Bauer N Bouma, Fisher Rogers & Sears, Lawton L Maier, Fisher Station A W Fenton, Bailey DenHerder & Tanis §$ T Colson, Alaska Vriesland DeKruif, Boone & Co, Struik & Bro, Forest Grove Zeeland John Gunstra, Lamont CH Wagner, Big Rapids D W Shattuck, Wayland AC Adams, Ashton _ Lamoreaux & Beerman, L A Scoville, Clarksville Fruitport Maston & Hammond, John Smith, Ada Grandville G F Cook, Grove EAFerguson, Middleville John Kamps, Zutphen Osborn €Hammond,Luther M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe W H Hicks, Morley H J Fisher, Hamilton Ezra Brown, Englishville John Farrowe, So Blendon § C Scott, Howard City A Purchase, So Blendon G F Goodrich, Fennville Alex Denton, Howard City W E Thorpe, Hart F Narregang, Byron Center S E Parish, Ithaca E § Botsford, Dorr N O Ward, Stanwood Dr H B Hatch, Hart OB Granger. Plainwell Eli Runnels, Corning JLThomas, Cannonsburg E Durham, Douglas EH Foster, Fife Lake M M Brooks, Austerlitz F J Pomeroy, Lisbon J Vanderburg,ChippewaDk A SFrey, Slocum’s Grove H Brownyarn, land E58 Fitch, Wayland John Giles & Co, Lowell decision, Prosecuting At-}| torney McLaughlin proceeded to try the | of the People vs. Irving W. Feigh- | charged with violating the liquor | | | guard, but, strange to say, even up to time, mixed paints are bought and sold wholly upon the repre- sentations of the manufacturers or their traveling agents, dealers paying the price fixed almost entirely and often utterly regardless of the actual composition or the standard of measure, and relying upon the reputation established by the experience or advice of others. The result has been a constant changing of brands handled from year to year, often ending in utter disgust because of re- peated failure to secure a paint whose reliability could be guaranteed under any and all circumstances. If the materials entering into the com- position of good paints was a secret as dark and mysterious to the ordinary mind as the many new and unpronounce- able products of our modern pharmaco- poeia, there might be some excuse for this blind following on without a ques- tion to lighten the gloom of our surround- ings; but when the plain fact that all good paint is made from the well-known pigments, lead and zine, as a base ground in linseed oil, and shaded to suit the taste with various well-known colors, it is strange, I say, that a demand is not made on the manufacturer for a state- ment regarding the materials entering into the product he has to offer, and guaranteeing the absence of anything and everything not known to be of €és- tablished value for the purpose intended. It might be argued by some that the composition of their brand is the secret of their business, and to expose it would simply be giving away their stock in trade and educating others to compete with them. In other words, they would have you regard paints in the light of a valuable prescription or patent medicine containing some great and newly dis- covered property known only to them- selves, and which, if they can succeed in convincing the public to be a fact, would result, beyond all doubt, in large profits to the owners of the secret. This argument, however, carries no weight. Ido not mean by this to say that we have reached the limit of know- ledge or invention in the paint business. There may yet be discovered in the ad- vance of science and research some new product whose value shall exceed lead and zine as a pigment, but that no such discovery has yet been made is evident from the fact that all paint makers are careful to represent their best goods as composed of lead and zine, and if con- taining any other material, they pru- dently forget to mention ‘that fact, and remain silent as to its superior virtue in combination with these well-known and highly approved products. Whenever a new pigment superior to lead and zine is discovered, there will be no attempt to keep it secret, but its praises will be sounded far and wide, and its virtues extolled, and even exag- gerated, to a degree that will leave no room to question the faith of its advo- cates. We find no manufacturer of good paint at the present time disposed to praise any of the component parts of his brand other than lead and zine and oil, and it is reasonable to conclude that, so far as the knowledge of the manufacturers is concerned (and I believe their advantages for acquiring information on matters concerning the paint business to be su- perior to any others), they are agreed on the point of value as to the material com- posing the best paints. I do not mean to say that a paint made entirely from ochres, oxide of iron, and other materials is of no value, or to be classed among adulterated products. These paints have their relative value, and when truthfully represented and sold for what they are and for their reason- able worth are legitimate articles of com- merce, and fill their place in the marts of trade as cheap paints, and have their value only as such. Many shades, nota- bly high colors, can only be produced by the use of color altogether, but whenever a base is necessary, nothing has yet been discovered that can take the place in quality, covering capacity, and durability accorded by general consent to strictly pure carbonate of lead and oxide of zinc. It is therefore a matter of supreme im- portance to the dealer that the material of which any brand of paint is made should be no matter of doubt, and a re- fusal to impart this knowledge on the part of the manufacturer is a cenfession on his part that its composition is of cheap material or mere adulterants with- out value as pigments, or that he is seek- ing to secure a price for his product not justified by the cost of the material used. Another point I desire to make, and one indirectly of great importance, is this, that, unless the dealer is willing to make some effort to uphold the standard of quality and to encourage the manufac- turer in his endeavors to furnish the trade and the consumer with goods of high grade and strictly pure quality, nothing can result but uncertainty and confusion and consequent dissatisfaction to all parties concerned. It is just and proper that you should know what you are getting for your money, and those who are willing to pay the price of lead and zine for barytes, whiting, china clay, silica, ete., or to give an additional price for some high-sounding name supposedly giving a quality or durability not to be *Paper read before Missouri Pharmaceutical Associa- tion by Walker Evans. proven either in theory or practice, have only themselves to blame, if, after sev- eral years of experiment. they are obliged to look further for that reliability which might have been secured at first by simply investigating the composition of ‘the brand, instead of resting solely upon the representation of others, thus losing time in establishing trade, not to speak of the damage resulting to the dealer because of the reputation made by handling un- reliable and impure grades. The con- sumer purchasing from you expects you to know what you are selling him, and will hold you responsible fully as much as he will the manufacturer, if you fail to post him as to the quality of the goods he has confided in you to furnish. If your customer wants goods of su perior quality, he ought to be able to pro- cure them, and it is the office of the dealer to assist him to that end. It should also be the pride of the manufacturer to make at least one brand whose purity and ex- cellence should not be hampered. by mer- cenary considerations, and_ its quality maintained under any and all circum- stances as the highest compliment to his ability and the best advertisement of his goods. Unfortunately, the number of manufacturers at the present time who make a brand of mixed paints as good as their knowledge and ability would permit are so limited in numbers that I verily believe they might be counted on the fin- gers of one hand. Itis because of this condition of things that I speak as I do. You may be led to infer, from my dis- position to distrust any representations whatever made by the manufacturer not substantiated by actual proof, that I am ungenerous or suspicious to a degree not warranted in honorable business trans- actions, but it has been my experience, and, I doubt not, your own, that strict business principles accept nothing for granted, and, while I have as much con- findence in friendship in business as any one, until that confidence has been estab- lished by frank and honest dealing, gov- erned by asense of business honor and strict integrity, removing all doubt or fear of designing or mean advantage un- der circumstances favorable for the exer- cise of such natures, I should advise the withholding of such confidence untila more intimate business acquaintance would justify a more generous estimate of character. Recent investigations have proven conclusively that the largest and most reputable manufacturers in our line have been guilty of the falsest representa- tions and the most generous adulterations of their products under a guarantee, which, though apparently truthful. was misleading, and intended to dupe the un- suspicious, and all for the sake of profit, irrespective of business honor or business friendship. My remarks have’ been directed more especially to the best quality. When purchasers want cheap goods and buy with that understanding, they cannot ex- pect (although, I admit, some are un- reasonable enough to demand anything), and they are not justified in expecting to receive anything more than they pay for. They are entitled to that much, however, under any circumstances. To meet a legitimate demand for cheaper grades, the only way possible is to keep one brand of undoubted relia- bility in quality, and another which, although offered at a less price, is of full value for the money demanded and will satisfy the consumer for the pur- pose intended. By faithfully represent- ing the quality and value of each, a trade can be established and maintained for years, and although in the beginning competition may seem hard to evercome, yet, in time, quality, like blood, will tell, and the reputation of the house for keep- ing first-class goods will share with the manufacturer who honorably seeks to make his business not only a means of profit, but also to establish a name for honest goods and areputation for true business principles faithfully performed, which, after all, bears a compensation even in this age of adulteration and humbug not counted in money value, but which, nevertheless, results in a re- muneration more highly prized by true manhood and honorable business integ- rity than the gathering of wealth through questionable means of profit. I have been reasoning from a business standpoint asa manufacturer, appealing simply to your business judgment to lend your encouragement to the uphold- ing of a standard of purity in but one simple product of labor, but, sirs, the subject of my remarks dwindles into in- significance when I contemplate the evils to which this practice of adulteration leads in the various other products of our State and country. The loss and damage caused by this kind of deception and fraud in any particular branch of business affects simply the arts and sciences, materially speaking, and al- though it retards advancement in these schools of progress, it leaves man him- self physically unimpaired and able to cope with his fellows in the busy walks of life; but when we think of the im- measurable injury that must result from this base practice carried into effect in the manufacture of the various articles for human consumption, we stand ap- palled at the increased possibilities for suffering and the enhancement of means for the destruction of life. Has it come to pass that honor, justice and truth must give way to this insatiate greed for gain; nay, but must we go further and endanger the lives and healths of the dearest objects of our hearts’ affection, while we stand with our hands folded and our tongues silent in the face of these human monsters of destruction? The time has come when to remain passive and silent in the face of such impending evil must stamp our lethargy as next to criminal in character. But I speak to men of high professional ability and experienced in business habits and principles. I speak to those who have been educated and cultured in the re- finement of the best society, and reared under the helpful and moral influences of schools and churches, breathing the sweet, pure air of homes filled with love and light, and dearer than the richest jewels of the monarch’s crown. I be- lieve that to such men a question of such momentous interest needs but the sug- gestion to call forth the energies of their better natures and impel them to action. It becomes no longer a matter of bus- iness advantage and gain, but a question that calls for the protection of life and the preservation of all that we hold dear and sacred. Arsenical Poisoning. Physicians should never lose sight of the fact that in obscure cases simu- lating arsenical poisoning, there may really be such poisoning gotton from wall paper, printed goods, labels and the like. An article in the Medical Press and Cireular calls attention to the fact that not only is more than a safe amount of arsenic frequently found in wall papers, but that it is also found in dress stuffs such as cretonnes and muslins. A patieat who made a number of curtains out of certain cretonne was afflicted a few days afterwards by boils, which broke out on her arms and face. One of the ecretonnes examined by a chemist yielded 1934 grains of arsenious acid to the square yard. The writer appended this list of articles in which arsenic has from time to time been found: Paper, fancy and surface, colored: In sheets— for covering card-board boxes, labels of all kinds, advertisement cards, playing cards, wrappers and cases for sweet- meats, cosaques, etc., the ornamentation of children’s toys, covering children’s and other books, lamp shades; paper hangings for walls and other purposes, artificial leaves and flowers, wax orna- for use as garments; printed or woven fabrics intended for use as curtains or coverings for furniture, children’s toys, particularly inflated India-rubber balls with dry color inside, painted India-rub- ber dolls, stands and rockers of rocking horses and the like, glass balls (hollow), distemper color for decorative purposes, oil paint for decorating purposes, litho- graphic color printing, decorated tin plates, including painted labels used by butchers and others to advertise the price of provisions, japaned goods gen- erally, Venetian and other blinds, Amer- ican or leather cloth, printed table baizes, carpets. floor-cloth, linoleum, book-cloth, and fancy bindings. TE MOST RELIABLE FooDpD ‘ For Infants and Invalids. Used everywhere, with unqualified Isuccess. Not a medicine, but asteam- cooked food, suited to the weakest stomach. Take no other. Sold b druggists. In cans, 35c. and upwa! | OOLRICH & Co. on every label.| CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address We are Sole _antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Dealers in Patent Medisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. We have in stock and offer a full line of | Whiskies, Brandies, | Gins, Wines, Rums. ‘Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co., Henderson*County, Hand Made Sour Mash Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite Rye Whisky. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- Invoiced the same day we re= ceive them. Send in a trial order. Harelting & Perkins Drvg 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OILS! Snow Drop. A Fine Water White Oil, High Gravity and Fire Test, and recommended to those wishing a High Grade Burning Oil. Red Cross. (SPECIAL.) Water White—A splendid oil. Gasoline. Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled. War- ranted to Give Satisfaction. Naptha. Sweet and Free from Oily Matter, and has met the approval of many of the largest consumers. Red Cross Paint Oil Is full of merit and needs but a trial to convince all of its great value. For mixing with Linseed itis without a peer, as it greatly reduces the cost of same and without injuring its quality. Mineral Turps. Its peculiar composition is such that it can be used with turpentine in fair proportion, the lat- | | } | | ter retaining full possession, and with perfect results. ALL KINDS Lubricating Oils Constantly in stock, all at our Cleveland prices, thus saving you time and freight. Grand Rapids Yank Line 6o., WORKS—D. & M. Junction. OFFICE ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block. Scofield, ,Shurmer Cleveland, Ohio. LIQUOR & POISON RECORD COMBINED. Acknowledged to be the Best on the Market. 100 Louis St., Branch & Teagie, EB. A. STOWE & BRO., ckand Rapids Polishina This is the Time to Paint. The Best is Always the Cheapest. WE HAVE SOLD THE Pionger Prepared Paint For many years and GUARANTEE Same to Give Satisfaction. Dealers in paints will find it to their interest to write us for prices and sample cards. HAZELTINE & PERKINS§DRUG\CO., ments for Christmas trees and other pur- Wholesale Druggists, poses, printed or woven fabrics intended PECK BRO 1) GRAND RAPIDS. s Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Golden Seal Root, Golden Seal Root (po.) Declined—Opium, German Cuinine. ACIDUM. Carb ee 12@ a5 Antigeria. 0... 1 35@1 40 NecouT Ls i iat s@ 10/© 2 orate, (po. 18)...... 16@ 18 Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 68 Benzolcuni, German. 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BOG, Faiviopeba 50| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Bedeoma i Hees eo ee 50| Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 Sunipert 0000.) lo. 50@2 00 | Nux Vomica................ 2 ae gt | Lavendula . 2 OO | Opii ....- 2... ee eee cee ee S51 5 yt aaa cae -++ 214 2%4@3 Pimonis 1 50@1 80} ‘ Camphorated........... __ Strictly pure..... 24 2%@3 Mentha Piper.......... 2 35@2 40! “ Deodor........ Vermilion Prime Amer- Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 | Auranti Cortex..... iam ........--. curt 13@16 Morrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 | Quassia .................--.. p Aeaige — TO0@75 Myrcia, ounce......... Rebate reen, Peninsular..... W@75 Giye ogee Rem Lead, red.............. 6%4@74 Ficis Liquida, (gal..85) 10@ 12 | Cassia Meith... 2... Srdiies ereccen. 64@in CME foe. A@ oo CO |. See ne ety Rosmarini......... 75@1 00 | Serpentaria ................. | 90 Rosae, ounce.......... @6 00 | Stromonium................. 60 ite, Paris American 100 Succini ee = % Tolutan ee bh Paris Eng. 4 fae 2. perrami 200222.) Oe ee eas Sees co. Rantala 3 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride............ 50| P sre ge Paintl 20@1 4 Sassafras.............. 55@ 60 i a Villa Prepared ee ess, ounce.... °. = MISCELLANEOUS. wre 1 00@1 20 ee Ather, Spts Nit, 3 F.. ~@ B VARNISHES. —a.. “"4F\. 30@ 32] No.1Turp Coach.....1 10@1 20 PINOT es 24%@ 344| Extra Turp............ 1 170 15@ 20 . ground, (po. Coach Body..........- 00 POTASSIUM. My ee ccc cee et 3@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Bi Carp.............. co SOG 36 | Apmaite:. 55@ 60| Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@i 60 Bichromate ........... 15@ 16} Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5| Japan Dryer, No. 1 Bromide..... Sees caus w@ # ' et PotassT. 55@ 60 OCW oo 70@ 75 GRAND RAPIDS? MICH, MOND YEA CURES Liver and Kidney Troubles Blood Diseases Constipation AND RPemale Complaints Being composed entirely of HERBS, it is the only perfectly harmless remedy om the market and is recommended by ali who use it. Retail Druggists will find it te their interest to keep the DIA- MOND TEA, asit fulfills all that is claimed, making it one of the very best selling articles handled. ® Place your order with our Wholesale House. Diamond Medicine 6o,, PROPRIETORS, DETROIT, - MICH. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., WHOLESALE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. ““THE OLD ORICINAL.” RE-PAINT 7 me Your B ealso™™ ([arige MADE ONLY BY > nom aints White Lead and Coler Works, DETROIT, MICH. 35) The Michigan Tradesman MUST BE MODERATE. License Fees for Peddlers Must Not Be Excessive. The Supreme Court of this State has almost invariably sustained the prosecu- tion of peddlers for neglecting to obtain the wherever the fees required were not so excessive as to be point being the which has twice appeared in these columns. When- ever a municipality has put the license fee high the regulation of the peddler been lost sight of, the Supreme Court has frequently taken the The stance shown taken from eounty, follows: It is alleged damus that one of said village of 26th day of January, about from place to place and from street to street selling fresh meat beef and swine in pieces and quantities less than a quarter of such animals, on the public streets in said village, contrary to the provision of said by-law 16.” On the sth day February the re- lator. as President of said village, made acomplaint in writ and on oath be- fore Fayette S. Day, respondent. a justice of the peace for the town- Allegan, in which township the age is situated, praying for the a warrant by said justice for said Schermerhorn for vio- by-law; that the charter of requires all prosecutions for the ordinances and by-laws of said vi to be brought before some justice of the peace for the said town- ship of Allegan, and authorizes such ju proper licenses, prohibitive, a case in celebrated Coldwater decision, so that has however, ground. latest in- of the latter in a case to that tribunal Allegan the opinion of the court being as opposite is Charles Schermerhorn. Allegan, 1889, did, on “ZO of of ing the in and ship of said vill issuing of the arrest of lating said the village violations of o lage eal tice to issue a warrant for the arrest and apprehension of any offender against said by-laws. and it is further claimed that there is no other method of enforc- ing the provisions of said by-law No. 16 except by complaint and warrant. The said justice of the refused to entertain said complaint, refused to issue a warrant. The writ mandamus peace and asked to is of compel the said Fayette 8. day to enter- tain the complaint against said Scher- merhorn for the violation of said by-law, and to issue his warrant for the arrest and apprehension of said Sehermerhorn. that he may be apprehended and bel ld to answer said complaint and further dealt with in relation to the same as law and justice may re = The respondent makes answer to the order to show cause, heretofore issued by this court. in which he admits that relator is President of the village of Allegan, and authorized to see that its ordinances and by-laws are enforced, and that the by-law in question was adopted by the President and trustees of said village, alleges that said by-law was never published in any newspaper printed and circulating in said village of Allegan. required by the charter of said village. Admits that relator made complaint as stated in petition. Admits that he refused to entertain said com- plaint. Avers that he refused be- cause he believed and still believes that said by-law is illegal and void because the President and Board of Trustees had no power or authority under the charter of the village of Allegan to pass said by- law, and that said by-law is void because it unreasonable and in restraint of trade. and that the only object and effect of said by-law No. 16 is torestrain certain persons from selling fresh meats in quantities less than one-quarter of an animal, so as to protect those selling at retail in their shops. He also submits that the by-law is void because not pub- lished according to law. as heretofore stated. He further answers that there has never been any public market fixed or established in said village, and no rule, ordinance, regulation or by-law has ever been adopted or passed by the Board of Trustees establishing or regulating a market or markets in said village, and submits that said by-law No. 16 does not provide for regulating or licensing ‘‘hawkers, hucksters or peddlers’? under the power given in the charter of said village, and that its effect is to discrim- inate unjustly in favor of a certain class of persons in the business of selling fresh meats and against other persons in the same business, and that said by-law provides for an unjust tax and not fora license. We do not consider it necessary to determine whether the by-law was prop- erly pubfished under the law. It is claimed by counsel for the re- lator that this by-law No. 16 within the powers granted to the President and Board of Trustees of the village of Alle- but as so is is gan, under its charter, and such coun- cil places it asa by-law regulating and licensing peddlers: that see. 2 subdivi- sion 10, art. 6, of the charter, authorizes them to license and regulate ‘‘hawkers, hucksters, and peddlers within the limits of said village, and to require the pay- ment of reasonable license fees.’’ By an examination of the ordinances and by-laws of the village of Allegan it appears that the subject of licenses is treated under by-laws No. 11 and 19. No. 11 being entirely devoted to auc- tioneers. But the amount of license fees, and the regulations relative to ‘shawkers, hucksters, and peddlers’’ are found entirely within by-law No. 19. Peddlers and hawkers of any article ex- cept fruit, food, or feed are charged a license of $5 per day; stand licenses are placed at $1 per day. No license is any- where required for, or any tax placed upon, the sale of food except in the quantities on the street as mentioned and prescribed in by-law No. 16. We do not think this by-law can be sustained as a regulation of hawkers or peddlers, as itis evident it was not so intended by its framers. Indeed, it ap- pears to be open to the charge of the respondent that it was passed in the in- terest of the persons in said village en- gaged in selling fresh meats in shops, and in restraint of trade. It is quite common in these latter days for certain classes of citizens, those engaged in this in the petition for man- | | position. the | or that business, to appeal to the govern-| ment. national. state. or municipal, to} aid them by legislation against another | Gry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls class of citizens engaged in the same business but in another way. This class | legislation, when indulged in, seldom | benefits the general public, but nearly always aids the few, for whose benefit it is enacted, not only at the expense of the, few against whom it is ostensibly di-| rected, but also at the expense and to, the detriment of the many, for whose} benefit all legislation should be, in republican form of government, framed | and devised. This kind of legislation | p should receive no encouragement at the} hands of the courts. and only upheld | when it is strictly within the legitimate | power of congress, or the state or =unici- | pal legislatures. | In the present case the argument is| strenuously made that the village has the right to regulate the selling of fresh meat under the authority of subdivision 10. and that such regulation is not in restraint of trade: that the imposition of the $10 monthly is not a tax but a li- cense: that it is not in restraint of trade, and that the license fee is not unreas-} onable. The counsel for relator cites a} large number of cases in support of his a} | It is conceded that no public market has ever been e a in the village! and that there have never been any mar- ket regulations, and it is not pretended | that by-law No. 16 was intended as a} market regulation. It is not passed un- | der any authority to regulate the use of} the public streets, nor yet can it be said to be an exercise of the police power in} theinterest of the public health. Itdoes not prohibit the sale of fresh meats in the streets in quantities above the quart-| er of an animal, and has no reference whatever to the character or condition of the meat sold. It must be sustained, if it can be tained, under the 10th subdivision 2 of the charter heretofore quoted, and the counsel for relator substantially admits this in his argument. i A sufficient answer to his plea would} be that it manifestly was not intended as an exercise of power under this sub-; division. It is evidentthatit was simply | ; an exercise arbitrary and unauthor- ized class legislation for the benefit of a few shop-keepers. and an unjust dis- crimination against those who desired | to sell from carts or wagons about the, village. It is difficult perceive how law could be of public benefit. Its ten- dency would be, if enforced. to increase the price of fresh meat to the consumer, | while it could serve no useft benefi- cial purpose as an offset to this increased art daily and necessary sus- of sec. of to such a i] it OF cost of an icle of food. In almost every cited by lator’s counsel *o sustain this by-law, | there was a publie market in the village or city. and such a by-law was adjudged valid upon the ground that it was a mar- the re- case ket regulation. | _But in ¢ present case there is no market es shed in Allegan, and, con- sequently, no market regulations. The business engaged in Schermerhorn is an innocent and useful one, and sanc- | tioned by the general laws of this State. | And if it be conceded that the village authorities under the charter havea right} to exact a license fee, as a compensation for the expense of the supervision of the} trade, yet the fee proposed to be exacted | by by-law No. 16, to-wit: $10 per month | is excessive and unreasonable, and there- fore void. Nor can it be sustained under any ¢ laim| of the exercise of the police power, for| the benefit of the public health, or in the preservation of good order in the com- munity. And there is no showing any- where in the record that the by-law was passed for the benefit of the health of the people of the village or in the mainte- nance of good order. And itis not easy to see how the business of selling meat, as carried on by Schermerhorn, would be any more prejudic ial either to the health or good order of the community than if he was selling in a butcher shop. Nor would the exaction of such a license or tax as the one prescribed in this case be the proper method of police regulation in case either the public health or order was liable to be imperiled by this method of selling fresh meat. The control or regu- lation of the business to guard against either the danger to the public health or good order of the community, would, of any benefit, have to be be exercised in other ways than by the imposition of a license fee or tax upon all dealers from carts or wagons alike, without reference to anything save the business they were to engage in, and so heavy as to be in effect a penalty rather than a license. This by-law, as before said, had its purpose, which was not in the direction of a police regulation, but in the restraint of trade. The law will not allow the right of property or business to be in- vaded under the guise of a police regula- tion for the benefit of tlfe public health or good order, when it is manifest that such is not the object or purpose of the enactment or by-law. The by-law in question here in effect gives’the right to sell fresh meat to a few in exclusion of all others. It would tend to greatly enhance the price of a neces- sary article of food and to compel a loss of time by forcing all the people of Alle- gan to resort to the butcher shops to pro- eure their daily supply. If all fresh meats may thus be controlled in their sale, all kinds of meats, breadstuffs, vege- tables and fruits may be brought under the same restriction. If this may be done, the business of selling food would fall into the hands of the few and all competition outside of the shops and stores would be destroyed and the people oppressed. Such a by-law is not reason- able and, in this case, the license fee or! tax, whichever you may eall it, is so ex-| tortionate as to make it almost prohibi-| tory. The writ must be against the relator. Sherwood, C. J., did not sit. justices concurred. HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS Water Motors and Specialties Send for New Catalogue. Tuerk Hydraulic Power Co. NEW YORK: CHICAGO: ~ WY Cortland St. 39 Dearborn St. by ODIO PLD LPP PALL LAPP, { denied, with costs The other | FADED/LIGHT TEXT } with fully ; carrying on her | especially for ca | attent HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for out: Basswood, log-run .......... 3 00@15 00 Birch, loesue 3... 15 0O@16 = Bireh, Nos. 1 ae ee Black Ash, 1OR-TUM. a 14 00@16 ( iuerry lor run to 25 00@40 00 erry, NOs. tana 22020000 60 00@65 00 Cherry, Or ee ee @12 00 12 00@13 Maple, foc rue fe 11 00@13 Mapio, Sof, log-tun. (2.0) 2. Maple: Nos i ang 2) 06 @20 00 Maple, Clear toorine. .6 0.2 @25 00 Maple, white, selected. ............... @25 00 Red Oak tee tm 20 00@21 00 Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2 - 26 OO@28 00 Red Oak, 44 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d da.38 00@40 00 Red Oak! 4 SAWOU, PeSUIAr 2.062. 30 Red Oak, No. 1. step plank... ...:-_.. Walugt log rug): 2. f Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2 Walnuts, cull oe ! | Grey Him toe-Tun. 12 00@13 0 White Aso lop-ran......0 ..14 00@16 Whitewood, log-run. .20 OO@22 White Oak, log-run. ....17 00Q18 00 White Oak, 4 se awed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@AZ 00 J.P. TROUT S Cc. Real Estate, 5 1-2 N. DIVISION STREET, ROOM PORTER BLOCK, Grand Rapids. 55, Realty is the basis of all security and the basis of security in real estate transactions is the knowledge and probity of those whom they are conducted. Holding, by of prudence, integrity and signal ability, a posi- tion of prominence among the real estate dealers of Grand Rapids, J. F. Trout & Co.. wh¢ menced operation in May of this present year, are deserving of individual mention. The interested Trout and L. Taylor, and found in through reason » €om- principals are J. H: they conduct a general real estate busi in city and suburban pr farming a1 nd tim- ber lands, ete. They are agents for the sale of 40,000 acres of excellent pine and farming lands in Southeastern Missouri, n ear Doniphan, Ripley county—a region which supplies Kansas Ci two-thirds of the lumber used manufacturing enterprises, be of ttle the and " finest stock sectio hogs—to be fou y Mr. _Trout res of fi ine sides being one where in the owns some 2, and offers genuine barg lands hi iing a double cde ve ene natural timber growth, h esides being ¢ fertile ag ricultural sections J.F Trout’s Addition to = Rap ids ¢ omprise s the most desir properties in the suburb is for ment. The plat is most delightf level, 1 rnd dry, convenient to 1 ing located Sout y eighty rods from he Grand Rapid , which rut 1s sul perso 20 most sash payment those who da at once. ose who desire homes ¢ or do weil to. ) consult this r tic is § ive ih burb: n propert y of all renting of ee Iso ¢ to nd to the ows PANTS —WARRANTED NOT TO RIP.— ie + ar rf Pree ove, ' Ti tteeeees ou 47 Price nat tay Every garment bearing the above ticket is WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as re- presented, you are requested to return it to the Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive anew garment. SLANTON SAMPSON & C Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER The most practical hand Roaster in the world. Thousandsin use—giving satisfac- tion. They are sim;'e durable and econom- ical. No grocer should be without one. Roasts coffee and pea-nuts to per fection. Address for Cata logue and prices, Robt. §. West, 48-50 Long St., Cleveland, Uhio, O., TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am 7:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw........ 9:30am 11:30am (Praverse City Exprese.......... . 3:05 pm 4:20pm Petoskey & Mackinaw..... ....... 8:45pm 10:36pm 7:30am and 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. Cincinnati Express..... Fort Wayne Express Cincinnati Expre Chicago and Stur : 10:40 Pm 11:05pm 7:00 a mtrain has parlor nir 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, Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 7:00am 12:45am 6:00 pm Petoskey or Leave Arrive. pO a 10:15am 11:15 @ MM... eee eee eee eee 3:45 Oe ee ee ee eee wae 8:45 Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. ¢Morning Express... .. 12:20pm 12:25pm Prnroven Me... 4:25pm 4:30 pm +Steamboat Express..............10:40 p m 10:45 pm gOS PSPOSS. 6... S36. 6:50am 7:00am ee eee eee ee 7:30am GOING EAST. ‘Detroit. Hxpress...... 2... 6:45am 6:50am +P hrouer Mead 11:35 a m 11:40am | fEvening Expr cae 3:40 pm 3:50 pm "Limited Hxrpress......<...:... sco, 6:40 Dp En 6:50 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. 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 a connec- tion with steamer for Milwaukee and the W Te Hee tickets and sleeping car berths aan at 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 a oe at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., connections at Toledo with evening trains = Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin- nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and ail promi- nent points on ‘connecting lines. A. J. Patstgey, Gen’! Pass. Agent. of city | RETAIL GROCER THEN HAPPY PAMILY OF YOUR WHOLESALE GROCER. Seventy-five Bars in a Box. Only $2.95 per Box. iT WEIGHS NEARLY A FULL FOUND, F OR 5 Boxes, 5c a Box Less. BEST AND PUREST LAUNDRY HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES, AND THE ALL 10 Boxes, 10c a Box Less. SOAP IN THE MARKET BUY A BOX OF OAP MANUFACTURED ONLY BY Five-box lots and upward delivered free of freight to any railroad station in Michigan. LKMUNS: Our ree are all bought at the eargo sales in New Orleans and are as free from frost or chil] as in June. PUTNAM & BROOKS. DETROIT SOAP CO., Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: For quotations in single box lots, QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, MASCOTTE, CAMEO. PHOENIX, AND OTHERs, see Price Current. quantities, W, G. HAWKINS, » OCK BOX 173, RAEN AERO, GORE I MEE a For quotations in larger address, Salesman for Western Michigan, GRAND RAPIDS. NELSON Bios. & Ci. Wall Paper and GRAND RAPIDS, Window Shades, MICH. N utS: Putnam Wecarry a large stock of Foreign | and Domestic Nuts and are at ai | times prepared to fill orders for | car lots or less at lowest prices. & Brooks. The Best Fitting ing Rubber in the Market. Geo. H Reeder, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, - Mich.! TRAV ENR 1 BRUS. Wholesale Clothiers MANUFACTURERS OF Perfect-Fitting Tailor-Made Clothing AT LOWEST PRICES. 138-140 Jefferson Awe., 34- MAIL ORDERS sent in care L. W. ATKINS 36 Woodbridge St, Detroit. will receive PROMPT ATTENTION. ranges | We are wholesale agents for the Fancy California Mountain Seedlings and headquarters for all kinds of Messina oranges. PUTNAM & BROOKS, WHO URGES YOU TO BEEP SAF Ost. LO’? ae PUBLIC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. ANY JOBBER WILL BEGLAD.TO FILL YOUR ORDERS LARGEST AND BEST CLEAR LONG HAVANA FILLE? SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR SOLD FOR & CENTS. [we agree to forfeit One Thousand Dollars to any person | provir:g the Filler of these Cigars to contain anything =| bots Havaua Tobacco. DILWORTH BRUTHERS. i: Soins Amos S, Musselman & Go. SOLE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. THE ACME oF UTILITY ano | - | | IS REACHED E SAME in. J, o 1S Liberal dis- count to the trade. Special Inducements to parties intro- ducing this system of store- fitting in any locality. 00 00 © © 0 } Manufactur- 0 0 d by KOCH A. B. CO., 354 Main St., PEORIA, ILL BORDEN, SELLECK & CO., Agts., 48-50 Lake St., Chicago; 114 Water St., Cleveland tock-| e oN J ennin LEL w maued! xe FRA AXLE EUT UP iN Barrels and Barrels. Trade Everywhere. Send for sample of the celebrated Frazer Garriage Grease The Frazer Goods Handled bythe Jobbing Do You Wanta Leader? ALLEN B. WRISLEY, Chicago, IIL THE QLD RELIABLE Boxes, Cans, Pails, Kegs, Half DY TNAM & BROOKS. We manufacture line, carry and war @ first class. a fall a heavy stock, ‘ant our goods to be STRICTLY PURE and DEATH To the Pass Book. ‘Such i is the fate of the Pass Book System wherever it comes in contact with the Tradesman Gredit Covpon Book, Which is now used by over 2,600 Michigan merchants. the market, being sold as follows: 1$ 2 Coupons, per hundred... 0)... oD Ce Se ee ee $20 an . . .92.00 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING 5.00 | Ordersfor 200 or over....... .. 4.00 re oa °hmhmhlhUlUL 10 5.06 1000 ee ®@ The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in DISCOUNTS: 5 per cent. SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS. KA STOWE & BRO, Grand Rapids, Fingge, Berisceh & Co 4 Carry in stock the best line of Women's - and - Misses AT 12,14 & 16 Pearl Street, AGENTS THIS MARKET. Low - Gut - Shoes rand Rapids, M ich. FOR BOSTON RUBBER CO. Seventeen Years on the Market With a steady increase in demand. Jennings Flavoring kxtrasts ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE AND UNIFORM MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW ¢ IN QUALITY AND PRICE FANNOT BE OTHERWISE THAN THE FINEST FLAVORS PRODUCED. Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable goods to add to their stock. Order through your Jobber or direct from Os & Smith Grand Rapids, Mich. SEE QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER. BEING Baa Tar d& FO, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILI MACHINERY, ATLA INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. Send for Catalogue and 2 gor ENGINE WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Cazry Engines and Boilers in Stock jm for immediate delivery. Pineda, tin Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample ley and become convinced of their superiority. Write for Prices. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,