é The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 7. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1889. NO. 314. HIRYH & KRAUSE, DEALERS IN Shoe e | | FRENCH TOILET, | SAFETY BARREL, GILT EDGE, | RAVEN GLOSS, | | BIXBY’S ROYAL, | | SPANISH GLOSS, | BROWN’S FRENCH. | Dressings Polish Blacking. New York (}offee Rooms. A bill of fare of over fifty different well pre- pared dishes to select from, at only 5 cents each. Ladies as wellas gentlemen have found that the New York Coffee Rooms is the place to eat. BIxXBy’s “3 8,” JACQUOT’S FRENCH, BARTLETT'S 46 " GENUINE 7. M. Try our eatables once and you will always there- after be a steady customer. F. M, BEACH, Prop, 61 Pearl Street. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT AND Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. References furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 186 EAST FULTON ST. The heading Lavndry IN GRAND RAPIDS. Any one wishing agency in towns outside will please write for terms. OTTE BROG., Props. Frank Cook, [Suecessor to D. D. COOK. | MANUFACTURER OF 'y SHOW CASKS. than those of Write for cata- Prices Lower any competitor. logue and prices. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. G. H. Behnke, } Wholesale and Retail Dealer in COAL, WV OO8), Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw, Ete, 30 East Bridge St., Corner Kent, WEST SIDE YARD: Winter St., one block south of Shawmut Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. To the Book and Stationery Trade: We are now State Agents for Messrs. Harper Brothers’ School Books and can furnish them at the publishers’ prices. Eaton, Lyon & Co, 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. Wm. Brummeler JOBBER OF Tinware, Glassware and Notions. } Rags, Rubbers and Metals bought at Market Prices. 76 SPRING ST., GRAND RAPIDS, WE CAN UNDERSELL ANY ONE ON TINWARE. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, hi CANAL SY, Grand Rapids, - Mich. Bartlett Pears Are in good demand and we have a large trade inthem. Send us what you have to ship to this market. Write for quotations to BARNETT BROS., Chicago. W arren’s “Klixir of Lite Cigar Will be ready Sept. 1. Price, $55 delivered. Send orders at once to GEO. ¥. WARREN & CO., Plint, Wich. WISiT ADAMS & 60,8 MILLINERY OPENING From Sept. 19 to 26. A Fine Display of Pattern Novelties. 90 Monroe Street, OPPOSITE THE MORTON HOUSE. Cherryman & Bowen, Undertakers and Kmbalmers, IMMEDIATE ATTENTION GIVEN TO CALLS DAY OR NIGHT. Telephone 1000. 5 South Division St. GRAND RAPIDS. Lady assistant when desired. W } { hi BUSINESS UNIVERSITY est Michigan “axp NormaL scHoot. (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) A thoroughly equipped, permanently estab- lished and pleasantly located College. The class rooms have been especially designed in accord- ance with the latest approved plans, The faculty is composed of the most competent and practical teachers. Students graduating from this Insti- tution MUST be efficientand PRACTICAL. The best of references furnished upon application. Our Normal Department isin charge of experi- enced teachers of established reputation. Satis- factory boarding places secured for all who apply to us. Do not go elsewhere without first personally interviewing or writing us for full particulars. Investigate and decide for your selves. Students may enter at any time. Address West Michigan Business University and Normal School, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. J. U. LEAN, Principal. S. G. Ketcham, Lime, Hair, Cement, Brick, Stucco, Sewer Pipe, Tile, Fire Brick and Fire Clay. 14 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Hats and A. E. YEREX, Sec’y and Treas. Business Practice at the Grand Rapids Departm € nt Business College. Ed- ucates pupils to transact and record business as {tis done by our best business houses. It pays to goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting also thoroughly taught. Send forcircular. Ad- dress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens berg. Muskegon Paper 6o,, Dealers in FINE STATIONERY, WRAPPING PAPERS, PAPERBAGS, TWINES, WOODEN DISHES, ETC. Mail Filled. 44 Pine St., Muskegon, Mich. Magic Coffee Roaster, The Best in the World. Orders Promptly Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 Roasters—capacity 35 lbs.—1 will sell them at very low prices. Special Discount. ROBT. S. WEST, 48-50 Long St., Write for CLEVELAND, OHIO. MANe coMPANY Show Case Prices hower than Ker QUALITY THE BEST. Write for Prices. 68—65 CANAL ST. ll “‘Tmitation the Sincerest Flattery.”’ CAUTION SMOKERS BEWARE of an imitation of our great REcORD BREAKERS Cigar, put on the market by a firm calling themselves J. L. Neebe & Co., and made under the name ‘‘REcoRD KEEPER.”’ They have had copied an exact imitation of our REecorp BREAKERs label in every particular excepting the name ‘‘Keeper.”” This is done to deceive the public and we caution all smokers and deal. ers to see that they get the genuine article when calling for ‘‘REcorp BREAKERS.”’ Our name appears conspicuously on every box. Don’t be deceived with this imitation of “RECORD BREAKERS.” the best 5-cent cigar sold in America, and be sure every time you see the name in box. GEO. MOEBS & CO., Manufacturers, WOODWARD AVE., 92 DETROIT. ) cst Pte (Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.) CONTRACTORS FOR Galuanized Iron Cornice, Plumbing & Heating Work, Dealers in Pumps, Pipes, Etc., Mantels and Grates. Weatherly & Pulte, GRAND RAPIDS, = - MICH. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) Manufacturers of BROOMS! Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. 10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids. WM. M CLARK, Manufacturer of Custom Made Shirts, Fit and Quality Guaranteed. Our cutting is done by Chas. R. Remington, who was for nine years cutter for Gardiner & Baxter, who will cordially welcome his many friends in the trade. 7 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. NO FARMERS THERE. Character of the Men who Originated the P. of I. As promised last week, THE TRADES- MAN begins with this issue a histcry of the movement commonly known as the Patrons of Industry. The narrative will comprise a series of six articles, treating the subject exhaustively under the fol- lowing general heads: ht . The originators of the movement. 2. Hatching the plan and how it was re- ceived. . The State convention. . The national convention. . Present status of the order. 5. Its effects on legitimate trade and how to combat it. Or wm OO a THE ORIGINATORS. It is asomewhat common remark that farmers are not, as a rule, originators— that they do not invent their plows, nor even their lightning rods; yet they are the constant prey of swindlers of all classes, from the alleged inventor of a tin washing machine to the fellow who secures a signature to a raised note. Considering the gullibility of the av- erage farmer, then, it is not at all sur- prising that three men should have gotten their heads together at Port Huron a few years ago and hatched a scheme by which the farmer could be made to bleed most liberally. Nor is it at all surprising that none of these men were farmers, nor that one was at the same time in the employ of a railroad—a species of employment which does not usually tend to promote the profoundest sympathy for the rural portion of our population. The wheel horse of the Patrons of Industry is F. W. Vertican, a superan- nuated Presbyterian preacher, about 60 years of age, whose last pastorate was at Tyre, Sanilac county. It is under- stood that the parting with his last charge was not of a particularly affec- tionate character, and quiet rumors are rife to the effect that the gentleman is a trifle too thrifty to bea consistent fol- lower of the Cross. The second member of the triumvirate sails under the name of F. H. Krause. He is a German by birth, but has enough Yankee blood coursing through his veins to render him a tolerably shrewd schemer. He is about forty years old, with a swarthy complexion, chin whiskers and thick-set frame. He does not attend church regularly and his reputation for profanity is as wide as the Detroit River. He formerly conducted a retail furniture store at Bad Axe, but report has it that the enterprise ended in disaster—for his creditors. Krause came out of the failure the same way he is coming out of the P. of I. movement—first best. His next eccupation was as agent for bronze monu- ments and tombstones, in which he was eminently successful, owing to the bogus character of the business. He next ap- peared in the field as a detective in Uncle Sam’s Secret Service, which bronght him a stipend of $120 per month. In less than a month after President Cleveland’s retirement, however, he was removed from office for reasons best known to his superiors, when he resumed active con- nection with his newspaper, the Port Huron Herold, a weekly publication in the German language. In the meantime he started a monthly paper in the inter- ests of the P. of I., the Patrons’ Guide. Probably the most mercenary member of the trio—or triangle, as it is called in the Cronin murder case—is I. R. Wads- worth, who is a decidedly slim individual of fifty winters. with black eyes anda swarthy complexion. Until April 1, of the present year, he was General Passen- ger and Freight Agent of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railway—and the lovea railroad man bears the farmer is proy- erbial the world over. Having spent several years, while in the employ of the railway, in devising methods of wringing exorbitant transportation charges from the farmers, he was well adapted to per- form his part in the work of orginating a scheme which would put Vanderbilt or Gould to the blush. He is inclined to be a little careless in financial matters, and is everlastingly ‘‘hard up,’? no matter how large his income may be. - << Smokers’ Freemasonry. From the New York Tribune. “There is a kind of Freemasonry be- tween smokers in the United States that [ have never seen in my own country,’’ said a Canadian visitor to a reporter, ‘sand the first time it came under my ob- servation it annoyed me. I was sitting on a Central Park bench smoking a cigar, when aman approached me and said: ‘Have you got fire there?’ ‘I don’t un- derstand you,’ I replied. ‘Will you give me alight?’ he said. ‘I don’t think I have a match left,’ I answered, feeling in my pocket. ‘I don’t want a match,’ he said, ‘your weed’ll do,’ reaching out his hand for my cigar. I felt rather an- noyed at what 1 thought his impertinence in trying to form my acquaintance and replied: ‘I have not the pleasure of knowing you, sir, and 1 don’t care to have you handle the cigar I have in my mouth, anyway.’ He seemed surprised at my refusal, but said nothing. “Since then I find everybody does it here. Men accost an entire stranger, use his weed to light their own, say ‘thank you,’ and pass on without the least inclination to start a conversation or anything like that. I have seen the newsboy borrow a light from a merchant, and a negro do so from aswell, and it has even come to be a point of etiquette for the lender first to give a strong puff on his cigar to make it burn brightly and then knock the ashes off before present- ing it. There is no reasonable objection to it, I suppose, as the part of the cigar that is put between. the lips is not touched; but I never saw it at home that lremember, probably because we look upon cigars there as rather extravagant luxury, anyway, nearly all the smokers habitually using the pipe. It surprised me at first in this city to see everybody smoking cigars, from the millionaire. down to the car driver.”’ | are | THE DRUMMER’S BABY. ‘‘Big time to-night,’ the drummer said, As to supper they sat them down: “‘To-morrow’s Sunday, and now’s our chance To illuminate the town.” r “Good!” cried Bill Barnes, the jolliest— The favorite of all; “Yes; let’s forget our trouble now And hold high carnival.” The supper done, the mail arrives: Each man his letters scanning, With fresh quotations—up or down— His busy brain is cramming. But Bill—why, what's come over him— Why turned so quick about! He says, just as his pards start forth: “T guess I won’t go out.”* His letter bore no written word, No prayer from vice to flee, Only a tracing of a hand— A baby hand —of three. What picture comes before his mind— What does his memory paint? A baby at her mother’s knee— His little white-robed saint. What cares a man for ridicule Who wins a victory grand? Bill slept in peace, his brow was smoothed By a shadowy little hand. Naught like the weak things of this world The power of sin withstands: No shield between man’s soul and wrong Like a little baby hand. Eg ge My Chum’s High Ideals. Wm. H. Maher, in the American Grocer. When I was nearly 16 years old, and had then been four years at work, an opportunity came by which I was able to go a term to boarding school; one known as a Literary Institution, in the catalogue and advertisements. ~ I look back at those days as the pleasantest of my life. The windows of the world were then opened for me. It was my first experience of life away from home. Eighty boys of us met almost upon a level, and each had a chance to measure himself with his fellows, both in the recitation rooms and in every place in school-life. The study and sleeping rooms were each intended for two scholars, and one’s chum was so much a part of one’s self that he either became very dear, or was hated most intensely. My chum and | were more than brothers to each other. How like a dream our life there seems! Nothing about the school in any way pointed towards luxury. Drawing its support from the sons of New England farmers, almost exclusively, it was necessary that the charges should be very small; and they were. The entire cost of board, tuition, books and all the et ceteras of a fourteen weeks’ term, was not much over $40. We made our own beds, built our fires, cut up our wood and took the en- tire care of our rooms. Our board was probably very plain, but that was of small importance, for there was enough! And, oh, how good it always tasted! 1 remembered there was complaint from some pampered few that we too often had hash for breakfast. Great Cesar, how ridiculous that seemed! There was an abundance of it: it was well cooked; and we sat down with such appetites that no roast duck in later years has ever tasted half so good to me as that hash did in those days. If I could have that appetite now what wouldn't I give for it! We were expected to be in bed by 10 o’clock, or very soon thereafter, but there were no rules about going to sleep. Chum and I often lay there and planned out our future till long after midnight. He was the only child of asmall village tradesman: his father was very ‘‘close’’ in his expenses, and Walter was as limit- ted in his spending money as any of us. But there was no limit in the great future for him. My career seemed to be very plainly marked out—office assistant of a factory in alittle village. But the whole world was before Walter, and he proposed to conquer it. First, he was going to get out of the village and con- nect himself with something in Hartford. What that something was to be he neither knew nor worried about. It would be in the line of his life work. Then, having got a foothold, he would work his way upward and onward. I used to watch him with wonder. In our village school he was a dull, heavy scholar, and he had no warm friendship with anyone. At Suffield he studied dili- gently, taking front rank in his classes, and he had as many friends among the boys as any one there. His nature seemed to develop every day towards making him the man he desired to be, and when I left the school and went back to work he was one of the leading boys both in his classes and on the school grounds. There are those at boarding schools who rejoice when the term or the year closes. I know this is so, but I do not understand it. In that time of life when it is so easy to swear eternal friendship and have it as real as anything is ever real in after-life. I dv not see how one can look at the parting hour with aught but sadness. Itis well that there are times in life when one can thoroughly believe in friendship and his friends. When grey hairs greet us all such faith has long passed away. Friends have been found to be friends so long as, and no longer than, we added to their im- portance or were their benefactors. But oh, the glow of first friendships, when the boy is merging into the man ! How painful were the last walks to- gether; how bright the promise of all we were tobe to eachother! What pictures of future visits; what frequent and long letters would pass between us; how fer- vently we promised to be true till death ! And these promises are not words merely. They are true when they are spoken, and they are the only frindships that ever continue to blossom through life. Thereis no bargain and sale in those golden days; no quid pro quo; they are forgotten awhile when one is in the busy world, only to appear again when you can creep away from busy cares and talk with the old friend over those happy days. Holmes is right; there are no times like the old times; but when you and ] admit this we are numbering our- selves with those who have passed out of the new times into the old. As I sat at my office desk, when school had begun, I enjoyed my chum’s letters even as I had before enjoyed him. Con- fidence in himself was growing, and his plans for his future were widening. Our village life to him was nauseating in its littleness and its narrow bounds. He was intending to soar high, but his let- ters harped upon the fact that men must learn to labor and to wait. He pointed out that most boys went to the city and were in too great hurry for success; they took up with the first thing offered them, and rarely ever went away farther. Not so with his plans. Life was long, he said. It was the first step that counted. To end right one must begin right, and there was alweys room at the top, once you had begun to climb. I never admired Walter so much as Ll did while reading these letters. My own soul echoed their sentiments, but I had been handicapped and compelled to get work at once; nothing better was ever expected of me. But it was good to see a boy who was going to be master of him- self, and would strive, first and last, for noble things. My work was not many miles from the school, so that chum and I had frequent meetings, but the only drawback to my pleasure was that | feared he was grow- ing away from me. I had helped him at school, both with his lessons and in his intercourse with the boys, but he had long passed the point where | could longer assist him. In fact, we both, almost unconsciously, began to talk of the time when he, having achieved suc- cess, would help me both financially and socially. He would secure me a better place in the city than I could ever have where I was, and he would, through his friends, place me on the highest social pinnacle. When he left school we spent several days together, and then he went back to his father. I knew he would be slow in striking out for himself, buta year passed and still he had made no beginning. His letters, however, had all the old ring of confidence, and my faith in him never wavered. When next I heard of him it was through a mutual friend, who told me Walter was at work in Hartford. I was not surprised at his silence, and I was overjoyed that he had begun his career in his own way in the capital city of the State. Months passed on. and still I heard nothing from him. I met one of our old schoolmates, and, in discussing the boys, we came to Walter. ‘‘Had I met him lately2’? he asked. ‘‘No;’’? and I told him of his beginning in the city; of the glorious future before him, and of the persistent and. patient way that he had set about his career. Douglass laughed as he said, ‘‘So you take stock in all that kind of gush, do you?’’ ‘IT take unlimited stock in Walter,’’ I said: ‘the is just the fellow to do what he sets out to do.’’ “Then he set out to be famous ina very modest way.’’ said Douglass: ‘‘he is doing work you or I would not touch.’’ ‘I don’t believe it,’’ I said, ‘‘or there is more to it than you saw; did he tell you of it himself?”’ “No: he acted as if he was ashamed, and I asked no questions; but I have an acquaintance in the same store and I questioned him.”’ ‘‘What store is he in?’’ “Brown & Thompson’s; packages.”’ i ‘What! Surely you are joking?’’ ‘‘Not a bit of it. I am giving you facts. His talk about high ideals is all bosh+ he is delivering dry goods packages at $4 a week.”’ It was tvo true. I carefully tied up his letters and laid them away with my school compositions, but we never after referred to the old fancies. Coming across the letters to-day, and Walter long since dead, 1am tempted to write this little sketch for the benefit of all the youth with noble ambitions and lofty ideals, who graduated a few weeks ago, and who intend to lift the world out of its dreary commonplaceness. Yes; there is always room at the top. So very few get there! ——$—$—_$_ + How a Drummer Learned a Lesson, ‘No more flirting for me, boys,’’ re- marked a drummer to some of his ac- quaintances as they sat smoking and chaffiing at the Morton, Sunday night. “JT used to go without smoking when IL was dying for a cigar, just so I could go into a ladies’ car. But ’'m cured. On my last runinto Lansing I met a nice young lady. She was agreeable, and of course | made myself as nearly so as possible. Had a pleasant half hour with her before we reached the station, and of course when we got off there I asked her if there were any parcels I could carry for her. She smiled bewitchingly and said I might help her if I would be so kind. Then she pointed to the seat right behind where we were sitting, and there were three babies, assorted sizes, asleep. She said they were hers. Well, I was in for it, so I picked up the biggest ones, one on either arm, while she took the kid. We marched out and found a carriage, and I put her in and was about to say good-day, when she smiled again so bewitchingly and asked me to get in. I eouldn’t refuse, you know, so 1 went along. We drove somewhere beyond the capitol and stopped before a nice house. A man came running out, lifted out the babies, kissed them, lifted out the young woman, kissed her two or three times and told the driver he could go. Would you believe it, she was so spooney on that husband of hers she never said good by to me nor looked in my direction at all; and that ain’t the worst of it. I had to pay the carriage hire myself and lost half a day’s time in the bargain. That woman cured’'me of flirting so long as I live.’’ he delivers The Michigan Tradesman AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Hilton & Osborn have engaged in the grocery business at Murgan. Ball, Barn- hart & Putman furnished the stock. The Telfer Spice Co. will give away 15,000 samples of tea and an equal num- ber of samples of spices at the fair. Ball, Barnhart & Putman furnished the stock for Blair Schell, who has opened a grocery store at 202 East Bridge street. L. E. Johnson, formerly of Pent- water, has engaged in the hardware bus- iness at Stetson. Foster. Stevens & Co. furnished the stock. Thos. Walker & Son have sold their stock of pickles to Williams Bros. & Charbonneau, of Detroit. and will not be in the field this year. Frank N. Cornell has lately moved his dry goods stock from Griswold to Sebewa and added a line of groceries. Ball, Barnhart & Putman furnished the stock. W. E. Barrett has retired from the lumber firm of Tucker, Hoops & Co. The firm name remains the same as be- fore. Olin M. Goold has sold his hardware stock at 675 Wealthy avenue to Walter A. Palmer, hardware dealer at 778 South Division street, who will remove stock to the former location. re- his Moseley Bros. have on exhibition a Hill’s Chili peach nine inches in ¢ir- cumference one way and ten inches the other. It is the largest peach of that variety ever seen in this locality. Henry Seegmiller has engaged in gen- eral trade at Kingsley. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the boots and shoes, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. the dry goods and Olney, Shields & Co. the gro- ceries. Christian Haller has engaged in the grocery, crockery and notion business at Lake Odessa. Ball, Barnhart & Putman furnished the groceries, H. Leonard & Sons the crockery. and P. Steketee & Sons the notions. E. L. Boynton, a pioneer merchant of Griswold, but who retired from the mer- cantile business about six years ago, has re-engaged in general trade there. Ball, Barnhart & Putman furnished the gro- ceries. The dry goods were purchased in Detroit. Frank M. Wood and Chas. H. Rowland have formed a copartnership under the style of Wood & Rowland and purchased the grocery stock of Seegmiller & Son, at 563 Cherry street. The Messrs. Seeg- miller will continue the meat business at their present location and also embark in the feed business at 595 Cherry street. A. E. Brooks, Wm. B. Edmunds, Henry Dawley and Geo. McKay propose to organize a stock company under the style of the Brooks Candy Co. to engage in the manufacture and jobbing of candy. It is understood that the house will be located in the vacant store in the Cody block, on East Fulton street. AROUND THE STATE. Jackson — H. L. Merriman has his saddlery stock. Griswold—Frank N. Cornell has moved his general stock to Sebewa. Lapeer—H. D. Pike succeeds Pike & Adams in the grocery business. Negaunee—Wm. H. Eddy has sold his grocery business to Mrs. GC. Lamar. Litchfield—J. Gidley & Son succeed Gidley & Hooper in the grocery business. Litchfield — Chester Cahoon succeeds Coon & Dickenson in the meat business. Detroit—Jas. K. Porter, dealer in fur- niture, has assigned’ to Wm. A. Hastings. Big Rapids—Geo. F. Fairman has sold his grocery stock to his father, F. Fair- man. Muskegon—Peter Asmussen succeeds Asmussen & Welton in the roofing busi- ness. sold Alpena—F. B. Franks succeeds Franks & McGregor in the boot and shoe bus- iness. Lowell—Robt. G. Bostwick succeeds Howk & Bostwick in the boot and shoe Dusiness. Shelby—Rosen Bros... the Muskegon clothiers, will put ina branch store at this place. Escanaba—F. T. (Mrs. W. J.) Coan’s grocery stock has been closed on chattel mortgage. Muskegon—E. A. Worden is succeeded in the dry goods business by John F. Murdock & Co. Flint—H. W- Watson & Co. succeed H. W. Watson in the wholesale cigar and tobaeco business. Ensley—K. L. Kinney has sold her general stock to Miss Ellen Kinney, who will continue the business. Shelby—Mr. Bennett has purchased the interest of J. Carpenter in the meat business of Carpenter & Pitts. St. Johns—The St. Johns Evaporator and Produce Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. Wayland—A branch clothing store will be started here by Vander Werp, Ben- jamin & Co., the Grand Rapids clothiers. Manistee—The Douville Bros.’ station- ery stock has been purchased by J. O. Nesson, who has moved it in with his novelty stock. Detroit—It is A. Krolik & Co. who foreclosed their mortgage on the J. W. Berns dry goods stock—not the reverse, as stated last week. Shelby —It is reported that H. L. Andrus will shortly retire from the firm of Paton & Andrus and engage in the mereantile business on his own account. Sand Lake—J. H. Brayman has consol- idated his hardware stock with T. J. Blanchard’s furniture stock and the new firm will be known as Brayman & Blanchard. Manistee—Rock & Goodrich’s grocery stock has been seized on chattel mort- gage. Mr. Rock left for Washington Territory without saying good-bye to his friends. which precipitated the failure. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Sterling—Jas Horne has sold his lum- ber business. Cedar Springs—A. G. Rose has sold out his shingle mill. Marenisco—Dunn & Jamieson gone into the sawmill business. Kalamazoo—It is understood Kalamazoo Cart Co. will soon Elkhart. * Deer Lake—H. Stowe has closed out his sawmill business and removed to Centralia, W. T. Manistique—The White Marble Lime Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. Standish—The Standish Manufacturing Co. is succeeded by James Norn in the lumber business. Plainwell—The A. G. Graham Manu- facturing Co.. manufacturers of wooden- ware, is closing out. Delton—F. Woodhams has pulled up stakes here and removed his harness business to Richland. Shelby—Paton & Andrus have put in about $1,000 worth of improvements and their mill is now in first-class condition. Ann Arbor—The Michigan Furniture Co. will set itself at work in its new shops soon, with greatly increased facil- ities. Midland—Samuel Sias, an old-time logger. has taken a contract to lumber 10,000,000 feet of pine in towns 16 and ic, 1 east. Kalamazoo—The American Cart Co. will soon begin the erection of a new building, 50x150 feet in dimensions and three stories high. Charlotte—W. H. Reynoids, of the dry goods firm of Reynolds Bros., has been elected president of the Michigan Knit- ting Co., of Lansing. Cadillac—Clary & Eaton have finished their shingle cut in this county and will shortly remove their mill to Benzie county, where they have a large tract of timber. Bay City—Thomas Toohey, who is lumbering on the Tobacco for Mosher & Fisher, has 6,000,000 feet on the skids already. The logs will come to this city to be manufactured. West Branch—French Bros., who re- cently built a sawmill here, are building ashingle mill. It will have a capacity of 35,000 daily, and will be ready to start early in October. Montague—The Montague Mil! Co. has been dissolved by the retirement of Geo. Hancock. D. D. Erwin will have con- trol of the business in the future, Geo. Gardner acting as manager under him. Cadillac — A representative of the Goshen Pump Co., of Goshen, Ind., was in the city last week and placed an order have that the remove to of large dimensions for screen doors, ete., with the Cadillac sash and blind factory. Manistique—The Manistique Railway Company is to extend its road about eight miles south of Seney. Shingles, lumber, ¢c., will be the principal freight hauled, and Manistique hopes to yet see the road extended to this place. East Saginaw—A change has taken place in the planing mill firm of Brown, Mershon & Co., J. G. Macpherson of the firm having retired. Brown & Mershon will continue the business, which has assumed large proportions. Shelby—The purchase of the Getty mill site by Alex. Paton terminates the plans of Mr. Getty to re-engage in the sawmill business. He has several schemes on foot, and is still undecided as to what move he will make. Bay City—Eddy Bros. & Co. have be- gun a replevin suit against John C. Lentz, of the Pine River boom, to gain possession of 2,100,000 feet of logs, the parties to the suit being unable to agree on rates and charges for rafting, booming and storage. East Saginaw—The Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co. will operate one camp on Fitz- william Island, in Georgian Bay. It purchased 20,000,000 feet of timber on that.island a year ago and put in about 4,000,000 feet last winter. This company purchased last spring 5,000,000 feet of logs put into the Whitefish by the Corning Lumber Co., but only 1,500,000 feet have been delivered, the rest having been hung up. out permission or any Detroit—The Huron Lumber Co., with a paid-up capital of $150,000, has filed its articles. William C. Colburn is Pres- ident, William H. Strong Vice-President, Ford D. C. Hinechman Treasurer and R. C. Faulkner Secretary and Manager. The mills will be located in Alpena and the business office here. East Saginaw—A large-sized land lit- igation is on the tapis. For several years W. R. Burt and Henry Gamble have been jointly interested in lumber mat- ters, operating a mill at Grand Marais¢ and timber and mining property else- where. Last week Mr. Burt began suit against Gamble far $200,000. Saginaw—The Saginaw Iron Mining Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $400,000. The incorporators are Levi Tillotson, C. W. Wells, F. C. Stone, C. H. Gage, J. K. Stevens and Congress- man A. T. Bliss. The company owns 200 acres near Ishpeming and will at once commence to put down a shaft. Bay City—McKeon & Glover, who are interested with J. W. Babcock in the ex- tensive timber purchase in the South, and are erecting a sawmill, do not seem inclined to let go their hold in Michigan. The will run five camps in this State the coming winter. and are building a short railroad to assist them in their opera- tions. East Saginaw—Merrill & Ring have sold to Midland parties 1,750 acres of pine and hardwood timber land in towns 16 and 17 north least. It is estimated that the tract contains 12,000,000 feet, and a contract has been taken by Samuel Sias to put in one-half of the timber the coming winter. Operations will begin October 1. Saginaw City—The N. & A. Barnard Lumber Co. has sold its entire lumber and salt plant to Bliss & Van Auken, of this place. The sale includes a sawmill of 20,000,000 feet capacity, salt works of 50,000 barrels annual capacity and thirty- five acres of real estate. The Barnard company will operate the plant until the close of the year. Manistee—Louis Sands owns 12,000,000 feet of pine about twelve miles from Baldwin, across which the Chicago & West Michigan Railway is building an extension, and the managers’ have slashed their way through the tract with- regard for the owner’s rights. They have done the same thing in other cases, and suits are likely to follow. Bay City—Some time ago McLennan & Son sold a quantity of pine to a lum- ber dealer named H. J. Bogue, but the claim was made that he failed to live up to his agreement, and the McLennans have begun suit against him to recover $1,500, the difference claimed on the selling price of the stock, they having sold it at $1.15 less than the price Bogue agreed to take it for. Oscoda—The mill of the Potts Salt & Lumber Co. is evidently working for a record. During the month of August it averaged 460,000 feet per day, which is remarkable work. If it continues to hustle the balance of the season, it will evidently crowd the 90,000,000 feet, at which figure the company set their stake at the commencement ofc the season. Pack, Woods & Co.’s mill here is no in- significant affair, having averaged 362,000 feet per day. East Saginaw—Two years ago J. T. Burnham sold a mill site in East Sagi- naw to A. H. Soper. No cash payment was made, but Soper agreed to erecta mill, which he did, and on which security was given to Burnham. The mill manu- factured only a small quanity of lumber last year, and has been operated only a portion of this season. Soper failed to make a payment, and a decree was en- tered Thursday setting the contract aside. W. O. Leonard furnished the money to build the mill, and about 5 o’clock Sun- day morning he went to the dock with a lighter and acrew of fifteen men, and began removing the machinery, boilers and engines. By evening all that was movable of the mill was on the lighter and started down the river in tow of a tug. Burnham procured the necessary papers and found the property the next morning and seized it. Litigation will follow. >_< The Putnam Candy Co. The negotiations pending between the partners of the firm of Putnam & Brooks came to a successful termination last Monday, when a dissolution was effected and a corporation formed to con- tinue the business under the style of the Putnam Candy Co. The company has a capital stock of $150,000, one-half of which is paid in, as follows: Ben. W. Putnam, $35,000; Fred. B. Aldrich, $15,000; Thos. M. Peck, Jas. M. Barnett, John W. Blodgett and Henry Idema, each $5,000. All the stockholders have been made directers in the corporation, which is officered as follows: President—Ben. W. Putnam. Vice-President—Jas. M. Barnett. Secretary and Treasurer— Fred. B. Aldrich. The corporation is the legitimate suc- cessor of the old firm, including the book accounts, formulas and good-will of the business, and will undoubtedly re- ceive the same confidence and patronage enjoyed by its predecessor. EATON, LYON & CO.’S EXHIBIT At the Michigan State Phar- maceutical Convention. The exhibit at Rooms 114 and 115, Plankinton Hotel, Detroit, in charge of Mr. J. L. Kymer, of the firm, George Raynor, Walter B. Dudley and Gilbert J. Haan, was one of the features of the meeting. Such an elegant display of comb and brush sets, odor cases, work boxes, smokers’ sets, collar and euff boxes, frames and mirrors, lap tablets, writing desks, bronze novelties, photo- graph albums, autograph and_ scrap albums, toy, juvenile and miscellaneous books, has never before been shown in Michigan, surpassing even their own fine displays of former years. Visiting druggists, as well as other dealers visit- ing the exposition, less aston- ished at the low prices named on the goods than at the extent and elegance of the display. Many new customers have placed their orders and their have exceeded their sanguine anticipa- tions. were no sales most -_—————~~>--- VISITING BUYERS. Eli Runnels, Corning 8S Cooper, Jamestown Geo A Sage, Rockford J F Mann, Lisbon R Purdy, Lake Griggs & Lyon, Fulton John Gunstra, Lamont John Smith, Ada J A Phelps, Ada Lamoreaux & Beerman, E E Hewitt, Rockford Fruitport C Gregory, Fennville L Maier, Fisher Station W CCramer, Harbor Sprgs G H Walbrink, Allendale GS Putnam. Fruitport Carrington & North, Trent Alex Denton, Howard City J Raymond, Berlin McAuley & Co, Edgerton W S Adkins, Morgan Vallier & Pearson, Fremont H Seegmiller, Kingsley AJ Haisted&Son,Muskegon H Van Noord, Jamestown Warne & Calkins, E Jordan John Damstra, Gitchell JN Wait, Hudsonville D W Shattuck, Wayland Walling Bros, Lamont L C Granger, Charlotte M Fordham & Co,Elmira DH Decker, Zeeland W H Hicks, Morley A Purchase, So Blendon Jacob Jesson, Muskegon JL Purchase, Bauer Dean Bros, Freesoil M Minderhout, Hanley Geo E Mills, Petoskey Maston & Hammond, S C Scott, Howard City Grandville - E S Botsford, Dorr Bakker Bros, Drenthe W ASwarts& Son,Fennville Wm Karsten. Beaver Dam L W Cole, Petoskey Dr E A Parkinson, DE Watters, Freeport Traverse City Dr CN Snyder, Shawtown H M Hemstreet, Bellaire J W Polland, Ashland Frank N Cornell, Sebewa Guy M Garwood, Petoskey G K Coffee, W hite Cloud T Armock, W right A L Dennis & Co, New Era FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCEs., OR SALE—DRUG STORE AND STOCK SITUATED IN a lumbering town; good farming country around, a very desirable place for a good physician. Address Box 442, Alpena, Mich. 509 re SALE—A CuUEAN STUCK OF GROCERIES, S1TU- ated in No. 1 location in West Bay City. Address Lock Box 92, West Bay City, Mich. 510 OR SALE—EIGHTY-SEVEN CORDS OF 18-INCH DRY beech and maple wood, cut last winter. Address Frank L. Fuller, Ashton, Mich. 508 | ggrre CHANCE—DRUG STOCK FOR SALE; WELL located. thoroughly established and doing a good paying business; stock new and well-selected; terms easy; willlease or sell fixtures; a fine opening for a physician. Address Lock Box 142, Hastings, Mich. 506 OR SALE—FANCY AND DRY GOODS STORE— Well established; invoice about $1,500; in the city of Grand Rapids. Address No. 503, care Michigan Tradesman. 503 OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN—GOOD, CLEAN, FRESH stock of general merchandise, situated in the finest resort town in Northern Michigan; can be bought cheap for cash. Address A. Mather, care Michigan Tradesman. 5OL OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES—COM- plete and in good location; located in West Owosso; prosperous, paying business; stock will inventory about $1,500; will givea bargain for cash; This is an A 1 opportunity for a bright young man. Address Geo. L. Lusk, Owosso, Mich. 504 OR SALE OR TRADE—GENERAL STOCK IN GOOD location. Address No. 507, care Michigan Trades- man. OR SALE—GROCERY STOCK IN GOOD LOCATION Willinventory $700 to $800 and doing a business of about $13,000. Address No. 502, care Tradesman. 502 OR SALE—BOOT AND SHOE STOCK—INVOICE between $2,000 and $3,000; connty seat Gratiot; only two exclusive stocks in town; brick store; long lease; going out business. Call Box 99, Ithaca, ‘Mich. 4¢ 97 OR SALE — NEW, CLEAN STOCK OF FANCY groceries, having the cream of the trade in a city of 7,000 inhabitants; stock will inventory about $3,500; rent reasonable; best location in the city. Address No. 499, care Michigan Tradesman. 499 OR SALE—A GOOD PAYING oe a reason for selling out. Inquire of F. J. Detten thaler, 117 Monroe Sc. 490 SITUATIONS WANTED. YOUNG MAN OF \ ANTED —SITUATION BY A five years’ experience in the grocery business; is also a graduate of Prof. Ferris’ Business Jollege of Big Rapids; can give the very best of references. Address Lock Box 885, Big Rapids, Mich. 491 MERCHANTS You should not listen to overtures from persons who try to influence you to substitute inferior brands of coffee in place of the Lion Coffee, simply because they pay a larger profit. REMEM BER that “Around the tree that bears the best fruit, are always found the largest clubs.” CONSUMERS are entitled to the best that the market affords, and they know that “Lion Coffee” is superior to all other pack- age coffee, besides in each package is found a “BEAUTIFUL PICTURE CARD” for HOME DECORATION. MERC HANTS who continue handling Lion Coffee will certainly increase their trade, consequently their popularity as dealers in first-class family supplies. WOOLSON SPriCr, i @ 3 have arranged a ship- ping Depot at GRAND RAPIDS for convenience of merchants who wish to purchase their supplies there. Your orders will be promptly filled, LION COLT EE, and a full line of Bulk Roasted Coffee, Spices, &c., will be kept in stock at our Grand Rapids Depot. Vo. CAN Buy LION COFFEE from any Jobber in the following cities: BAY CITY .... BATTLE CREEK | CHICAGO .... DETROIT .... EAST SAGINAW . FT. WAYNE... JACKSON .... . . MICH. KALAMAZOO... . MICH. - ” LANSING ...... “ - - ILLS. LaPORTE ...... IND. . . MICH. MUSKEGON ..... MICH, oe “ SAGINAW ...... * - - IND. SOUTH BEND .... IND. - - MICH. MILWAUKEE .... WIS. And of all Jobbers Throughout the United States. ee So WOOLSON SPICE Co., TOLEDO, O. MANUFACTURERS LION COFFEE. GRAND RAPID3 BRANCH, 106 KENT STREET. Our Fall Stock Is now Complete and Ready for Inspection. F. A. Wurzburg | Go., (Successors to F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.) Exclusive Jobbers of DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, MISCELLANEOUS. OR HOOPS AND HEADING—GET PRICES FROM Crescent Manufacturing Co., Detroit. Mich. 496 V ANTED—A LOCATION FOR THE HARDWARE OR furniture business. Would buy out asmall stock or take a partner in good location. Address, S. A. Howey, North Muskegon, Mich. 493 oS A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y., for samples of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete and finest on the market and just what every mer- chant should have progressive merchants all over the country are now using them. 437 ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 re SALE- GOOD PAYING BUSINESS—BAKERY and confectionery; first-class location; reason for selling, ill health of owner. Michigan Tradesman. T PAYS TO SELL cuiars, terms. South Bend, Ind. Address No. 511, care 511 “OXYTOCCIA”—SEND FOR CIR- Address, Geo. L. Hager & Co., : 494 NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. JUS 0 Get an Idea What a First-Class Hat Establishment can do for you, we should like Visitors to Grand Rapids to make it their Special Business to call on us and take a look through our elegant line of HAYS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS. We are the acknowledged leading HAT HOUSE Of Grand Rapids, showing the many distinct styles, in elegant qualities, and of such reasonable prices that you will be thoroughly convineed that It Will Pay to Trade with BOR The Hatter, 54 MONROE ST. WHOLESALE , Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, China Mattings Draperies, and Parlor Screens Smith & Sanford, Ottawa and Pearl Sts., Ledyard Block. ESTABLISHED 1870. CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., Manufacturers and Dealers in Foreign and American Granite and Marble MonUments an Statuary Having erected a New Granite Factory with the Latest Improved Machinery, we can Guarantee all Work First Class and Fill Orders Promptly. WORKSHOP AND POLISHING MILLS: Cor. West Fulton and Straight Streets. OF¥ICE AND SALESROOM: 93 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, = MICH. C. M. Henderson & 0. ARE Superior Manufacturers. Product of Our Factory at Fon du Lac, Wis. You can buy a better $3 Men’s Calf Shoe and other grades made by C. M. HENDERSON & CO. near your own door than other manufacturers can offer, and this is true of our Ladies’ Fine Dongola and Goat $2.50 hoe and our $3 Henderson French Kid, and other grades made at our Dixon Factory, where our celebrated ** Red School House” Shoes are produced. We have special advantages for manufacturing and style. ‘“‘The proof of the pudding is in chew highly appreciate it and are sure it will prove to your advantage. made at our third factory are also acknowledged them and make them all on the theory of merit ing the string,’’ and if you will test them we shall Our heavier grades of goods to be unequaled. G. M. HENDERSON & GO., Chisago Factories: Fond du Lac, Wis. Dixon, Tl. Chicago, [ll. Willard H. James, Salesman for the Lower Peninsula, P. O. address, Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich. We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Oustomers. * b # » 4 I y aia st s ie ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—C. L. W ae: Muskegon. First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman. Flin Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, iiekae. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. "Freasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso. Executive Board—President; Frank Wells, Lansing; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint; O. | Rapids, Secretary. Commnitine on Insurance—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap ids; Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard, Owosso. Committee on Legislation—Frank | Wells, Lansing; HH. H. Pope, Allegan; C. H. May , Clio Committee on — Streets emai ‘Hamilton. Trav erse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw; L. W. Sprague, Greenville. Committee on Transportation—C. 7. Bridgeman, Flint; M. C. Sherwood, Allegan; A. O. Wheeler, Manistee. Committee on Building and Loan Associations—N. B. Blain, Lowell; F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs; P. J. Con nell, Muskeger. Local Becretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The following auxiliary associations are oper- ating under charters granted by the Michigan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President. J. ‘W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Lowell B. M. A. = Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. o. 3—Sturgis B. M.A. President. H.S eae Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No, 4—Grand “Rapids MA. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, John A. Miller; Secretary. Cc. L. Whitney. No. 6—Alba 8. 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. Ee No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President. H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay: Secretary, Thos. Lennon. No. 13—Sherman 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. es No. 15—- Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. z. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake aes M.A. President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A. President, Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle. No. 18—Owosso B. M, A. President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary,S. Lamfrom. ieee eee : No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, 2 F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. oO. 20—saugatuck BK. M.A. President, conn F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. No. 23—Carson City B. 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 KB. M. A, President, = D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson. 0. 26—Greenville l. M. A. President, = es Satterlee: Secretary, E. J. Clark. No £7—Dorr B. - < President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. a A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. “Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. * President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. * No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. « President, Ww. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. t No. 33—Charlevoix B. M.A. + President, a D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W- Kane. No. 34—saranac B. M. A. ” President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams. i No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. © President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Cc. E. , Densmore. “Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A. «, President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M. A - Tupresident, = E. Symons: Secretary, D. yw. Higgins. . 39 —-Burr Oak B. M. A. President, -=g 8. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. .. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. _ ” president, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. ‘President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary C. J. Rathbun. o. 43—Tustin B. M. A. “President, ok & Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. ' No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. smi No. 45—Hoytville B. M. President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. = Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. _Histehine: Sora M. Gould. No. 47—Flint M. U President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Bore Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. o. 49—Leroy B M. A. President, ry aa: Secretary, Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, ' W.C. Congdon. Ne. 52—Grand Haven B. = A. President, * 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. V ‘o, 53—Bellevue B. M.A President, ae Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. No. 54— Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey 4 A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, = Ww. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. o. 57—Rockford B. M. A. President, a G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake R. M. A President, L. 8. Walter; Secretar; ,C.¢ Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M. A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No. 62—East saginaw M. A. President, me H .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, S W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. o. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, = ie. 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. S. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M.A President, Wm. Boston; Secretary, Walter “Webs ster. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, ri L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. No. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. President, 8. S. ee Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No 77—South Haven B. M. A. President, E. J. hea ood; Secretary, Volney Ross. No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—Kaszt Jordan and so Arm B. President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. President, N - No. 80_Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A. President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Geo. Craig. No. 81—Flushing B. M. A. President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. S2—Alma B M. A. President, B. S. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky. No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A. President, % P. Wilcox; Secretary, W. R. Mandigo. o. 84—Standish B. M. A. President, 8 M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President. J. M. Beeman; Secretary, C. H. May. No. $6 Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A. President, =< . Preston; Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. - 87—Shepherd B. M. A. President, x i Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst. Conklin, Grand M.A, Association Notes. The Clio B. M. A. is negotiating with some brick makers for the starting of a brick yard at that point. There is said to exist there one of the best deposits of brick clay in the State. © Three local associations have already paid their dues for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 —Dorr, with thirteen members; Davison, with thirty-four members, and Nashville, with twenty-seven members. The Clio B. M. A. gave an excursion to Bay City and Reservation Beach recently, making the day a civic holiday. All places of businers were closed, and a watchman was left in care of the town. Such a good time was had that the experiment is likely to be repeated annually. oo <—__—_ Hl Good Report from Saugatuck. SauGATUCK, Sept. 18, 1889. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: Dear Srr—Our Association is in good shape. We have induced the village board to pass an ordinance against peddlers, with the result of having two new places of business opened. There was much talk and complaint at first, but it has died down and things are really in better shape. Yours — : . A. PHELPS, Sec’y. —————_——~<_+ +. << The P. of I. Dealers. The following are the P. of I. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: East Saginaw—John P. Derby. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. Gardner—J. B. Brice. Grand Rapids—John Cordes, Joseph Beries, A. Wilzinski. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, Fish, L. A. Gardiner. Sand Lake—C. O. Cain, Jas. man. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Morley—Henry Strope. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Kent City—R. McKinnon, M. ney. Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. Lee. Harvard—Ward Bros. Bellevue—John Evans. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Sparta—Dale & Haynes, Woodin & Van Winkle. Hubbardston—M. Cahalen. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, sions. Maple — S. Aldrich. > -2- <> The ‘‘Michigan Farmer’? Condemns the P. of f The Michigan Farmer, the recognized organ of the farming interests of the State, pays its respects to the Patrons of Industry in the following left-handed fashion: The Patrons of Industry seems, from its constitution, to be following the path first taken by the organizers of the Pat- rons of Husbandry. Since then changes have been made in that organization which have not only strengthened its hold on the farmers of the country, but have placed it in a position where it can much more efficiently aid the special in- dustry it was organized to assist. THE TRADESMAN, published at Grand Rapids by E. A. Stowe, also publisher of THE MICHIGAN DAIRYMAN, and Secretary of the State Dairymen’s Association, sends us a paper giving what is asserted to be the constitution of the order, its ritual, including the secret work. If this is correct as published, we see nothing to either condemn or praise in the organi- zation. It is simply traveling a well beaten path, over which kindred organi- zations have been passing for years, only to drop into ‘*‘innocuous desuetude”’ in a longer or shorter period. If farmers and laborers think the order will accom- plish any good for them, then they are justified in giving it a trial. The experi- ence will not hurt them a great deal, and the smafl amounts they contribute will help the ‘‘organizers,’? which, after all, is the strength of the game. As long as the ‘‘organizers’’ can make it pay they will keep right at the business—so as to benefit their fellow farmers and laborers; but when the funds run short the aver- age ‘‘organizer’’ will, very discreetly, let his fellow farmers look after their own affairs, while he turns his attention to more remunerative employment — which we sincerely hope will be both honest and productive. > +4 Undersold the Owner. ‘“‘Your reference to the bantering style ‘of doing business calls up many remin- iscences,”’ said an old merchant toa Utica Observer man. ‘I must tell you of one occurrence that took place in a neighbor- ing country store. The proprietor was noted for being particularly affable and obliging to his customers, and he had a clear-headed and smart young man for clerk. ‘One day one of the best custom- ers of the concern called to buy a dress- pattern. The price was 75 cents, and after a long talk the clerk closed the bargain at 70 cents. While the clerk was selecting trimmings, etc., in an- other part of the store, the genial pro- prietor came along rubbing his hands, inquired after the family of the customer, praised her taste in selecting that par- ticular piece of goods, and, as a special favor to a good customer, let her have it for 68 cents per yard. “The clerk returned and the lady told of the reduction the proprietor had made. The clerk was furious, but not in the least disconcerted. He saw that if the customers thought that he was selling higher than others in the store they would avoid him, and his discharge would follow. So he says: ‘**T just looked at the bill and can sell you that piece at 65 cents a yard.’ ‘When the deal was completed the proprietor was as angry as the clerk. ‘**Tyo you know that I made the price 68 cents?’ said the proprietor. ‘*¢Ves,? said the clerk; ‘but I want you to understand that no man can un- dersell me in this store.’ ‘‘He kept his job.”’ Notwithstanding the fact that the quo- tation price of salt is 55 cents per barrel, and manufacturers insist that there is no profit in its production, they continue to force it on the market at a remarkable rate. With the exception of the season of 1887, there has been more salt pro- duced in Michigan up to September 1 than ever before, the aggregate reaching 2,691,768 barrels. iB.) AL H. Bray- L. Whit- A. ¥. Ses- SUPPORT THE FAIR. Open Appeal to Business Men by President Ramsdell. That the West Michigan Fair Associa- tion, by its annual exhibitions, has been the means of drawing thousands to this city who would not otherwise have come, ! a large partof whom, through the ac- quaintance thus formed, have become permanent customers to the merchants , of Grand Rapids, no business man will | dispute. The management wish to make these annual exhibitions more attractive by enlarging the scope and raising the standard of excellence in every depart- ment. If they can do so, they are con- | fident that multitudes will be induced to visit this city annually, thousands of whom will thereafter become permanent. patrons of its business men. much the volume of trade during the fair that makes these annual fairs of great advantage to the merchants and business men of Grand Rapids as itis the steady and permanent trade which follows the first introduction that the fair induces. We need larger grounds and more commodious buildings, better arranged for the display of our agricul- tural and industrial products, art, science | and skill and the unequaled resources of Western and Northern Michigan in for- ests and mines. We also need the means to award larger prizes on a more varied and attractive premium list. To accom- plish this we must have the active co- operation of the business men whose interests we subserve. donations, we are not begging for help— we warrant an exhibition worth much more than the entrance fee at the gate. We ask you to patronize us by coming with your families to the fair and allow ing and encouraging your employes to, come with their families, also. This is not a private corporation, where the surplus earnings are divided | among the stockholders. Every dollar! received over the expenses of the fair must be used to make future exhibitions more complete, and, therefore, more at- tractive. If the business men of Grand Rapids will co-operate with the West Michigan Society by attending and urg- ing every other citizen to attend the fair, the management will soon be able to offer attractions that will bring an an- nually increasing attendance of the people. the fact that during the fair week ther are some days when the throng is so great and the customers drawn to the It is not so EL | fore, never had a wife. We do not ask! * | Advertising Run to Seed. From Sampson’s History of Advertising. It is well known that at the Pere la Chaise Cemetery, near Paris, there stands | in a conspicuous position a splendid mon- | ument to Pierre Cabochard, a grocer, with | a pathetic inscription, which closes thus: | ‘His inconsolable widow dedicates this monument to his memory, and continues ‘the same business at the old shop, 167 Rue Mouffetard.’’ A Parisian paper relates that a short time ago a gentleman who had noticed the above inscription was led by curiosity | C to call at the address indicated. Having 'expressed his desire to see the Widow Cabochard, he was immediately ushered ‘into the presence of a _ fashionably- dressed and full-bearded man, who asked him what was the object of his visit. “T came to see the Widow Cabochard, si oe IF “Well, sir, here she is.’’ ‘I beg pardon; but I wish to see the lady in person.”’ “Sir, 1 am the Widow Cabochard.”’ “I don’t exactly understand you. I allude to the relict of the late Pierre Cabochard, whose monument I saw yes- terday in the Pere la Chaise.”’ “T see, 1 see,’’ was the smiling re- joinder. ‘‘Allow me to inform you that , Pierre Cabochard is a myth, and, there- The tomb you admired cost me a great deal of money, iand although no one is buried there, it [proves a first-rate advertisement, and I ‘have no cause to regret the expense. Now, sir, what can I sell you in the way of groceries 2?”’ —— —< -9- <> - How and When to Drink Water. | According to Dr. Leuf, when water is _| taken city are so numerous that the merchants | are overwhelmed with visitors patrons and cannot, without loss, allow ; °F the pleasure of , ‘lated mucus from the stomach is prob- Every | ‘ably one of the reasons why taking soup his in-| at the beginning of a meal has been themselves or their clerks attending the fair on such days. merchant thus situated owes and! i may into the full or partly full stom- : ach, it does not mingle with the food, as we are taught, put passes along quickly between the food and lesser curvative toward the pylorus, through which it | passes into theintestines. The secretion of mucus by the lining membrane is constant. and during the night a consid- erable amount accumulates in the stom- ach; some of its liquid portion is ab- sorbed, and that which remains is thick and tenacious. If food is taken into the stomach when in this condition, it be- comes coated with this mucus, and the secretion of the gastric juice and its actions are delayed. These facts show The management are aware of | the value of a goblet of water before e | breakfast. This washes out the tenacious mucus, and stimulates the gastric glands to secretion. In old and feeble persons water should not be taken cold, but it be with great advantage taken warm hot. This removal of the accumu- creased custom directly to the fair and is | found so beneficial. in equity bound to reciprocate the favor to the full extent of his patronage. This he can do by attending the fair on Tues- day and Friday, when the throng is not | > o> ~ This Time it is a Shoe Dealer. From Lippincott’s Magazine. A man entered a shoe store and bought so great and the opportunities for in-'a $5 pair of boots, handing the dealer a spection best. | $50 bill. The dealer, not being able to We would also appeal to the manufac- | 'change th? bill, went into a neighboring turers and manufacturing corporations of, store, had the bill changed, returned, this city and ask them to close their factor- put $5 in the drawer, and handed the ies one day during the fair to allow their | workmen an opportunity to attend the. exhibition. While the pecuniary benefit to the manufacturers arising from the introduction of thousands of strangers | : Now, to the city is not as immediate and direct , | who visits their warehouses or sales-| For he keeps, in exchange for the boots, as itis to the merchant, yet every one rooms or the immense factories where these wares are made becomes a free ad- vertising agent for the manufacturing companies of Grand Rapids, and the granting of an annual holiday during the fair and the purchasing of tickets for those whose wages are too low to admit of the expenditure will go far toward establishing that friendly relation be- tween employer and employed which avoids misunderstanding and proves the strongest barrier to the influence and appeals of the ‘‘walking delegate’’ in times of trouble. We ask the patronage of the people of Grand Rapids, of all occupations and professions, that they come to our fair and bring theirfamilies-with them. The object lessons which your children will learn, by coming in contact with the best productions of nature, skill and art, will be of far more benefit to them in the struggle of life than weeks of hard study in the school room. We have been offered large sums for privileges of sel- ling liquors and carrying on games of chance upon our grounds, but have per- emptorally refused them, that your children might not be brought in contact with their contaminating influences. To give the children of the city an oppor- tunity to take these object lessons, we ask the school authorities to permit the closing of the schools on Friday of the, fair. We make this appeal to the business men and the people of Grand Rapids because, first, we are engaged in a public enterprise which is of great benefit to the business interests of the city and to all its people; and, second, because we are confident that the exhibition will well repay all who enter the gate, both in amusement and instruction. Feeling confident that you will be pleased with the exhibition and with its management, we hope to see you all on our grounds during the fair. Submitted in behalf of the manage- ment. . G. RAMSDELL, Pres. $$ <>—___ The First Ice Cream. The first ice cream was introduced into France about 1660 by a Florentine named Procope Cultelli, who founded a cafe in Paris, which is still in existence. It found its way into England somewhat later. The earliest reference to it we have been contained in the ‘‘Cooks tioners’ don in 1720. not identical, Here a very similar, but! compound is described, ! customer the change, $45 with the boots. it turned out that the $50 bill wasa counterfeit, and the dealer, of course, gave $50 to the one who had changed the counterfeit. How much did the dealer lose by the transaction ? The dealer loses $45 and the boots. $5 of the good money he received in change for the counterfeit $50 bill, and adds to this $5, $45 more, consequently losing $45 and the boots. —————» -. <> ___ Not Square. The Teuton who could speak some English went to his grocer and paid a i bill which had been standing for several weeks. “Now you are all square, Hans.”’ “3 vas Vai?” “You are square, I said.”’ “‘T vas square?’ ‘“‘Yes—you are all square now.”’ Hans was silent for a moment, then, with reddening face and flashing eyes, he brought his plump fist down upon the counter and said : “See here, mine frent, I vil have no more peezness mit you. Itreat you like a shentleman, I pay my bill, and you make a schoke of me—you say I vas square, ven 1 know I vas round as a parrel. I dond like such shokes. My peezness mit you vas done!’ ——————————> 2 Celery in Winter. To keep celery well during winter, it must be kept in a cool temperature, say 35 to 38 degrees, dry overhead and only slightly moist at the root. Where a large quantity is stored together, ventila- tion is necessary. Crisp and nice celery _depends a good deal upon the variety grown and the cultural conditions before storing. After storing, dryness wilts it, wet rots it, warmth sprouts and ‘‘draws’’ it and robs it of flavor. Celery stored when green will keep for months without bleaching crisp, but celery that is half bleached before storing will soon attain perfection after being stored; and the red celeries are better flavored than any white celeries. —_————>-_o<—__— Giant Diamond. The Giant diamond, lately discovered in Cape Colony, and now at the Paris Exposition, weighs 180 carats and is val- ued at $4,000,000. It is kept in a glass case by itself and guardians stand around it all day. At night it is placed in a big safe, which is similarly guarded all night. It is said to be of the first water and as pure as the famous Regent in the i C | French crown diamonds. able to find in any English publication is | and Confec- | Dictionary,’’ published in Lon-| though under a different name. Clermont, | in his ‘*‘Professed Cook,’’ published in} London in 1776, gives a process for mak- ing it which does not differ materially | from that in use at the present day, and | calls the dish ‘‘iced cream.’’ We do not| one of the dishes at the inaugural festiv- ities in 1789, and perhaps its popularity | dates from that time. come into very general use, however, | until the early part of the present cen- tury, when ice became an article of com- merce. La know when ice cream was first made in| this country; but it is said to have formed | ee His Idea of Modesty. Customer—Why are you so unassum- | ing that you never make comparisons | between your goods and those of other ouses? Manufacturer—Because modesty is the 'best policy in business. You see, we never admit that there is any comparison j at all. _————_o-__—- Bound to Be in the Swim. | City Nephew—What in thunder are It could not have | you standing in that water for, uncle ? Uncle Enoch (standing in a water trough)—I’m soakin’ th’ blackin’ off my | old cowhides, so as ter make’em look like them yaller shoes you city folks wear. | Dry Goods. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Atlantic sA os... 0... 7% |Integrity XX........ 54 Atlanta A.A... .. 6%|King, EF..... ..... 614 ‘Arehery Bunting... 2g)" Eo M........... 614 (ATAOEE oe. 74 “2 Clam... Big Beaver Dam AA... 5%|LawrenceLL....... 5% Merwiek Bo. - OM New Market B...... By Blackstone O, 32.... INOIDG Fe oo coaso-5% 5% Chapman. 3... ..-- q Newton...) 2. os Og — Ae: a Our Level Best..... 7 ae ayo cio Riverside XX.....4.°5 Clifton CCE... :.. 6% Sea island K....:._. 6% Conqueror XX...... S neon es... 6% Dwight Star.-.....-- i Top of the a 7% ee 6%| Williamsville. . 7. Full Yard Wide..... om Comet, 40in. ... . 2 84 Great Falls E....... Carlisle “ ....... %, Honest Width... ..... : New Market L,40in. 7% Hartford A... ..-:.. 5% BLEACHED COTTONS. Blackstone A A..... S thiret Prize. .-.. 5 5 a Beate-Al = 2.50.35: 4\4|Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Cleveland ...... :_- % (Patraount..... _-.-- 44 RBOG. oe 74%) Lonsdale Cambric..10% Cabot, %.. -... Se womsdule...- .. .: 84, Dwight Anchor Sea So Peiddtesex.......-.- 544 shorts. S¥INo Name... 3...) he Meawards, .......:... 6 (Oak View....- .... MOPABING 562 oo. 7, a Own... HY Farwen...- 3... S (Suntiene ..........- 4% Fruit of the Loom... §%/Vinyard............. 8% Mitenvilie. ...00 2.2 Ty, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Cabet 22) 22. :.. 7%4|Dwight Anchor..... 9 Farwell =). .7..- 84| UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, Tremont N. oo...) 5% Middlesex No. 1... 10 Hamilton Ne. 644 ee L. 0 a Middlesex Am 8 7 ”_.._18 ee. - 8). --19 No. "25... 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton N20... . 5. 7%4| Middlesex A A Cool 11 Middlesex P T.....- 8 yee 12 - Po : ss o a | : ee 17% eS Se. 194) ee ee 16 CORSET JEANS. Biadeford ........-- 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7% Bronswick..-_. .. GClciHRockport. 2... 5... 6% PRINTS. Allen, staple._..._.. 6 |Merrim’ck shirtings. 5% a fANey. 2... 2. 6% * | Reppturn : 84 . Tones. .:..... 614|Pacific fancy........ American fancy.... 6 et TGDeR. so. : 84 American indigo.... 6%|Portsmouth robes... American shirtings. ee Simpson mourning.. 6% Arnold - greys .. .:.. 6% oe long cloth B. 108 ee solid black. 6% : Cc: 8% Washington indigo. 6% century cloth 7 “« Turkey robes.. 7% * gold seal. _. 10%] “ India robes... 73% « Purkey red. .10%¢; plain a ky X x % 8% Berlin selids:..... .- Si x. 10 = on Die....- - 6% “ Ottoman Tur- ‘*) creer... Bie mewrede. 8. 6 Cocheco fancy... Martha Washington —— 4 Turkey red %..... 1M Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington Hamilton —s . 64%| Turkey fea... 2... 9% — 6 |Riverpoint rebes.... 5 Manchester ancy. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% new era. 64 = gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%) indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A.. -13%4| Pearl iver .... 2... 12% Hamilton Noo... Tj DEMINS. Amoskeag.. jG iEverett..... |... 12% Amoskeag, Sox! 1.15 jLawrence XX. 1221304 Andover... :.0.3.:...; dis¢jLancasier,.......... 12% GINGHAMS, Glenarven..-..._... 6% Renfrew Dress...... 8 Lancashive.._.....-- 63¢| Toil du Nerd....-... 10% Wormandie....:...- S | CARPET WARP. Peerless, white...... 1844|Peerless, colored. ..21 GRAIN BAGS. Stark)... 20 ‘Georcia... —-_.... 16 American. ....._.<: 7 (race... |... .14 Vatley City....._-.-. 16 (Barisp.:.. |... _.: 11% THREADS. Clark's Mile iind..:.45 |Garbour’s....... ...- gs Coats’, J- &P......: 45 i Marshal’s.... ....- 88 Holyore..... 2... : 2214| KNITTING COTTON, White. Colored.| White. Colored. No. 6... 36 (No: iM... Us 42 - 8 . 34 oo 1 16... oe 43 | 20 35 40 7... 28 44 ea 36 41 = eo. a0 45 CAMBRICS. Sinter..-..-. .-.. 4%, \Kad Gleve......._..- 4% White Star....._.-- 43;|\Newmarket......... 4% RED FLANNEL. Pipeman.-.... |... 5 See Wo 22% @reedmore .....-... rege A a 32% Talbot XXX.. . JHE, XXX... \ oo Mametess ..:.. 1. | 4\Buckey ses 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Uo 2% 2244 |W esternm Wo... 18% Windsor... 1.2: $B lg 6 oz Western........ 21 (Rlushing XXX... 2344 Union B........ Sie ManMitOne.... 20... 23% The Judge Wouldn’t Have It. Prisoner—Judge, I hope you will be easy with me. Judge—On what grounds do you ask for clemency ? Prisoner—Professional grounds, your Honor. V’ve spent ten years at the bench and bar. Judge—Officer, is this mana lawyer? Officer—Your Honor, he’s a shoemaker. He works at the bench when he works at all, and I understand he has ‘‘worked”’ all the bars in his neighborhood. Judge—Put him behind the bars for ninety days. HARDWARE. The Hardware Market. Notwithstanding the advance accorded the workmen, the manufacturers have not yet announced an advance in glass: Manufacturers of bar iron refuse to book orders for future delivery, which gives ground for believing that an ad- vance is by no means improbable. The jobbers are still selling nails cheaper than the manufacturers. Sisal and manilla rope have advanced a trifle. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. aves’, did style 8. Ce eae 60 Sieh 60 Coos). es. 40 Jenmings, CORUING 2 Jennings’, imitation ......___ - ee ee 50&10 AXES. First ese Ss. = Branse cs... 8 7 00 i SOO 11 00 - & B Sisco 8 50 ‘ 7 Sie oo a 13 00 BALANCES, dis. ee BARROWS. dis. eetereed. 2 Besa oe $ 14 00 Cire ee. net 30 00 BELLS. dis Wene 60&10&10 OM ee 7 ee ee ee ee eee ne 30&15 Gone 2 to ee z BOLTS. dis. SUGN C8 oe ere ere ee ce ee — Carctave ow ist. 03. Plow joo. ee 40810 BIGICT ROC! ce te ek as ey 70 BUCKETS. Well, pidgin... ..-0 050 g . 50 Well, BwWivel.... 2.2.2.0. ee 400 ere tow Write for Circular, THE RICKARD LADDER. SOLD BY FOSTER, STEVENS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. & COr, BRACES, dis Bareer Soest 50&10 SPOR OEG ee Ce 50 A Pee ee ee. net BUTTS, CAST, dis. Cast Loose Pin, figured: ...- 32... 2-22.27 TO& Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joing.......... 60&10 Wrought Loose TOS 60&10 Wrouget fable. 60410 Wrought incide Blind. .....--.......-..--._- 60&10 Wrought Drass. 3. cs 7 iraa Clare se 70&10 Blind, Pareere...... 5 70&10 Blind, Sheenra's oo 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85......-.... | 40 CRADLES. 7>_—_—— Dean Swift and the Shoemaker. A shoemaker of Dublin had a long de- sire to work for Dean Swift. He event- ually succeeded, the Dean giving him an order. adding, ‘‘When shall I have them?”’ “On Saturday next.’’ said the shoe- maker. “J hate disappointments,’’ said the Dean; ‘‘nor would [ have you disappoint others; set your own time and keep to it.” ‘“T thank your reverence,”’ said Bam- erick. for that was his name: ‘‘I desire no longer time than Saturday next, when you will be sure to have them without fail’? They parted. and the boots were fin- ished to the time: but, through the hurry of business, Mr. Bamerick forgot to carry them home until Monday evening. When the Dean drew the boots on, and found them to his mind, he said: **Mr. Bam- erick, you have answered the commenda- tion of your friends. but you have dis- appointed me.”’ ‘Indeed and indeed. sir.’? said Bam- erick, ‘‘the boots were finished to the time, but I forgot to bring them home.”’ The Dean gave him one of his stern looks, and, after a pause, asked him whether he understood gardening as well as boot-making ? Bamerick answered, *“Come,’’ said the Dean, in a good- humored tone, ‘‘] will show you im- provements I have made in the Deanery garden.’’ They the further end. as if recollecting “NO, Sir.’”’ walked through the garden t) when the Dean started, something. **l must step in.’’ said he: ‘*stay here until I come back.’’ Then he ran out of the garden, locked the door and put the key in his pocket. Bamerick walked about until it grew dark; and not seeing the Dean, he at last ventured to follow him, but found the door locked: he knocked and called several times to no purpose, and then perceived himself confined between high walls, on a dark and cold night in the month of March. However, he had not the least suspicion of his being intention- ally confined. The Deanery servants went to bed at the usual hour, and the Dean remained in his study until 2 o’clock in the morn- ing. He then went into the hall and drew the charges out of a blunderbuss and other firearms, then returned and rang his bell. He was immediately at- tended by one of his servants. ‘*Rob- ert,’’ said he. ‘I have been much dis- turbed with noise on the garden sid:: I fear some robbers have broken in. Give me a lantern and call up Saunders.’’ Then the Dean took the lantern and stayed by the arms until the men came. *‘Arm yourselves,’’ said he, and fol- low me.’’ He led them into the garden, where the light soon attracted poor Bamerick. who came running up to them. Upon his approach, the Dean roared out, **There’s the robber! Shoot him! Shoot him!’ Saunders presented, and Bamerick, ter- rified to death. fell on his knees and begged for his life. The Dean held his lantern upto the man’s face. and gravely said, ‘‘Merecy on us! Mr. Bamerick, how came you here ?”’ ‘‘Lor’, sir,’? said Bamerick, ‘‘den’t you remember you left me here in the even- ime 27’ ‘“‘Ah! friend,’’ said the Dean, ‘‘I for- got it, as you did the boots:’’ then, turn- ing round to Robert, who was butler, he said, ‘‘Give the man some warm wine and see him safely home.’’ or Liability for a Wife’s Debts. From the Chicago Tribune The wife of a wealthy resident of a Chicago suburb bought of a dry goods firm some costly articles of woman’s wear. When the bill was presented the husband refused to pay it. The firm sued and recovered judgment. The case was carried up to the Appellate Court, which reversed on the ground that the trial court had refused to instruct the jury that a husband could not be made liable for debts contracted by his wife in his name, unless she had authority to make such a contract, and a tradesman who sold goods toa wife without such authority did so at his peril. This is unquestionably the law. It is the business of the tradesman to find out whether the husband will pay, and it is for him to show the authority in case he brings suit. Such authority may often be inferred. If the husband has paid one bill without protest the assumption is fair that he will pay another, but it should be one for goods of the same kind or value. Payment for a calico dress bought on credit is not a promise to pay for a silk one if the wife should make such a purchase later on. Therefore, it is always the part of wisdom when a wife orders some specially costly article, for the seller to find out whether the husband will pay for it, even though he has been paying her bills without protest. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule that the wife may not pledge the credit of her husband. She can do it for necessaries when he refuses to furnish them, but even then the tradesman is not safe in taking her word for it. If he sells the necessary provisions on credit, and the husband can show that he had given her the cash with which to buy those articles, then the dealer has no remedy. The definition of necessaries, too, is sometimes amore limited one than women or tradesmen might relish. Food, lodging, clothing, medical attend- ance, fuel, washing, ete. are necessaries. It has been decided that a set of artificial teeth are. A church pew, however, an eighty-dollar ball dress, and pipes, to- bacco and cigars have been held not to be necessaries. There is no hard and fast rule to determine them. They de- pend on the apparent means and social position of the husband and wife. A washer-woman neglected by her husband can safely run into debt on his account for a cotton frock, but not for a satin dress. The wife of the wealthy suburb- anite, whose ease is under consideration, may have been justified in paying $5 for a pocket handkerchief, but not $5u. Nor is it allowable in such a suit to call in witnessess on behalf of the plaintiff to state that in their opinion the goods sold were such as families in the condi- tion in life of the defendant usually purchased, and were suitable for the wife of defendant. It is not permissible to eall in experts, who would widen the definition of ‘‘necessaries’’ till it em- braced every article of luxury under the sun. Therefore, it is well for the Chicage tradesman to keep an eye on the pur- chases of his customers, and if he thinks a woman is branching out in her expend- itures, to have a little talk with her hus- hand and see how far he is inclined to go. Noman, no matter how punctually he had been paying his wife’s bills, would be held liable for a 10,000-dollar cloak. unless he had given a sweeping authority for her to be given everything that she night wish. i +2-

_ 4 << Gripsack Brigade. W. N. Ford has engaged Frank J. Miller to handle Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s line in this territory. All of Ball, Barnhart & Putman’s men stay in this week to attend to the wants of visiting merchants. Graham Roys, in addition to his whip line, now carries a line of tinware from the Richard Brown Manufacturing Co., of Rochester, N. Y. W.N. Ford, general traveling repre- sentative for Jas. G. Butler & Co., has returned from a twomonths’ trip through Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis- souri. Geo. F. Owen was taken sick at De- troit last Tuesday and was brought home Saturday night. He is still confined to his bed, but hopes to be able to dance a jig at his silver wedding Saturday night. E. W. Crane, formerly traveling sales- man for the Worden Furniture Co., but of late engaged in the manufacture of pulleys at Kalamazoo, died at Kalamazoo last Tuesday. The interment was held at Paw Paw the following afternoon. ——_ 2 The Grocery Market. Sugars are lower, but the market is firm. Corn syrups are firm. Canned goods are looking up, especially corn and tomatoes, which are liable to sustain something of aboom. The recent storm in the East, followed by cold weather, has caused such a general decay among the tomatoes that asmall pack will re- sult. Ondara raisins area little firmer and higher prices are looked for. Cheese is higher and still higher prices are loeked for. New California raisins are beginning to arrive. New Turkey prunes are expected to arrive in about twenty days. ————_—~ -¢ —> For the Detroit Exposition. Thursday, September 26, the D., G. H. & M. Railway will run a cheap excursion to Detroit. Fare, only $2.50 for the round trip. __- Five exhibitions of the ‘‘Last Days of Pompeii’’ will be given this week and two next week. The exhibition in every way worthy the patronage of the people. is Meaninig of the Word ‘‘Limited,” as Applied to Corporations. It has become somewhat common now- adays to see the word “‘limited’’ in par- enthesis, after the titles of corporations, and it is safe to say that people generally do not understand the significance of this term, though, of course, business men do. Anexplanation of it, as stated in one of our exchanges. may, therefore, be of generalinterest. The old principle of corporation created by legislative act was that the entire property of every stockholder was liable for the whole of the company, as the whole property of every member of a general partnership is still liable for the debts of the firm. This system made every shareholder re- sponsible for bad management, of which he might not be guilty, and deterred wealthy men from becoming interested in the shares of corporations. To re- move this objection the principle of lim- ited responsibility was introduced, and in order to notify the public that only the separate property of the corporation was liable for the debts of the corpora- tion, the English law requires that the word ‘“limited’’ shall be used in every case by the company in connection with its title. Most American corporations are constituted on the principle of limited liability, and but few, if any, of the States enjoin the companies formed un- der their laws to append the word: ‘‘lim- ited’? to their corporate titles. The mat- ter is so generally understood in this country by business men, however, that it is not deemed necessary, though many companies do it of their own accord. The most noteworthy exception to the general rule is the case of the national bank, but even in this instance liability is limited to an amount equal to the par value of the shares held. That is, if the national bank fails, each stockholder may not only lose what he has invested, but $100 more for each share of the stock he holds, if so much is necessary to pay the debts of the bank. Until within a few years all the Scottish banks were or- ganized with unlimited liability, and when, some eight or ten years ago, a Glasgow ‘bank failed disastrously, there were cases of men who only owned a share or two, valued before the failure at not much more than $100, who were assessed thousands of pounds sterling to meet the debts of the bank. Since that time the Scottish banks have been al- lowed to reorganize on a limited liability basis. ————_>_-*____——_- Keep Your Credit Good. The importance of having good credit cannot be overestimated by the country merchant. This does not consist alone in being able to buy goods on time, but the ability to be judicious in purchasing as well. The dealer who is reckless with his purchases becomes at once the sub- ject of suspicion by the jobber. The latter reasens, and with justification, that the merchant who buys recklessly is not a capable financier, and while he may pay his bills promptly, there is a feeling of uncertainty that presents itself, whether there is really ground for it or not. The merchant who buys ¢carefully, who selects his goods for his trade and who does not take risks by buying too largely of any article, and with that pays his bills promptly, is generally pretty sure of having good credit, both at home and in the city. He is looked upon as a safe man. He keeps thingssnuggedup. His stock is in shape. He knows how many remnants he has and he does not allow them to accumulate. In that way his stock is kept clean, and old goods are not allowed to pile up. By buying in moderate quantities he has not had an overstock, and has thus been able to make fresh purchases often and thus present his customers with something new at each visit. The keeping of your credit means the keeping of a fairly clean stock, and that means better business. Customers al- ways prefer to buy where the stock is changing and they can get something new. The merchant who depends wholly on the farmer for support does not need as varied a stock as the village merchant, who has a limited demand for fancy goods. While the changing stock is not as necessary to the former as the latter, the clean stock is of just as much importance. It helps keep the credit good by not making a drain on the bank account to pay for goods not needed. Country merchants can well afford to give this subject their attention, as it will be of aid to them in making a favor- able showing at the end of the year. 2 < Buying Goods Right. From the New Jersey Trade Review. One of the most prolific sources of failure in the grocery trade, or as it might more properly be said, one of the principal reasons why so many grocers do not succeed in business, is owing to the fact that the selling of goods is re- garded by perhaps nine-tenths of the trade as of more importance than the buying. The truth of this was recently impressed upon us forcibly by a promi- nent member of the trade in this city, during a short though interesting con- versation. The old saying, ‘‘Well bought is half sold’’ has more signficance in it than is generally imagined. To illustrate, let us take the average retail grocer, possessing say a capital sufficient to carry on his business without pecuniary embarassment, and having at command sufficient ready cash to invest part of it in a desirable purchase, should the op- portunity offer. In how many cases is this surplus employed with the advantage that should attend its possession? How often is an investment made at the proper time and in a safe direction, which would yield a 20 per cent., instead of a 10 per cent. profit? Rarely, indeed, and it will be found that those merchants who are most successful in their business relations are those who are continually alert for opportunities to buy well, giving but secondary consideration to the sel- ling, by reason of their experience of the markets, gained through years of close study of the laws of supply and demand as affecting their particular line of trade. There is no reason why retail grocers should not give, proportionately to the magnitude of their business, as close an attention to these matters as those en- gaged in the wholesale trade; if the lat- ter were to relax for a single day their vigilant scrutiny of the markets, the consequences would be disastrous. THREE WISE BOYS. The One With Modern Ideas Got the Old Man’s Farm. Once upon atime an old man called his three sons to him in the dusk of the evening and ina faltering voice said to them: ‘‘My boys, ina little while you will have no father. Iam standing on the shore of the river of death, and soon I must launch my boat uponit. Now, I have, as you know, a fine farm, upon which one man can thrive, but, as there are three of you, I have been sorely pre- plexed as to which should have it. ‘ have, therefore, decided to give each of you two dollars that you must spend to- morrow, and to the one making the wisest purchase shall the farm be given. Come to me to-morrow evening and tell me how you have each expended your money. Now, good night, and heaven bless you all.’ The following evening the three sons assembled before their father. ‘‘Regi- nald, ” said the latter to the eldest, ‘“‘what did you purchase with your $22”? “Father.’”? returned the son, ‘‘I] pon- dered long that I might make wise use of the money, and at last bought a pair of strong shoes.’’ ‘Well done, well done. through life is rugged and hard, and the thorns are thick upon the way. You have shown prudence and forethought, The journey and I love you the better for it. And what did you buy, Augustus?’ “JT. too, thought long and secbac, ?? re- sponded the second son, ‘“‘that I might not purchase anything trivial or foolish. Since the cap that 1 wear is worn and ragged I bought a hat with a wide brim, which I show you, my father.” The old man regarded him with a glance of pride and affection, and said: “You, too, have done well, Augustus; often in this world the brow is fevered and the sun’s rays beat fiercely upon the aching head, and your hat will comfort you. Lrejoice that my sons are so filled with wisdom. And you, Theophilus, what did you buy?’’ ‘“My father,’’ answered Theophilus, *‘I didn’t ponder worth acent. As soon as I left you last eyening I blew in my stuff for five tickets to the base ball games.’ With tears of joy streaming down his furrowed face the venerable man em- braced Theophilus and murmured ina voice hoarse with emotion: ‘Had I a farm as large as Texas, with a windmill on it, it would be yours!”’ And then Reginald and Augustus moved sadly away into the gathering gloom, and. while the one tried to keep. the flies off himself with his hat, the | other kicked himself severely with his boots. —_—_—_———>-_ Artificial Cloves. In the Apotheker Zeitung for June 9, Dr. Hanausek announces finding in com- mercial cloves a manufactured article made of plastic material, moulded to shape. The resemblance of the spurious article to cloves is said to be sufficiently close to allow of their being overlooked in the mass. The color approaches closely to that of the real article, but when examined more closely ridges from the mold are perceptible, and there is an inherent dust that is yellow, conse- quently much lighter than the clove. In the mouth the spurious ‘‘cloves’’ soften to a gritty paste, coloring the saliva brown, and tasting slightly of cloves, with a remarkable ‘‘bark’’ flavor. When pulverized and the powder exam- ined microscopically, a very minute pro- portion of clove tissue was found. But the conclusion arrived at was that the spurious ‘‘cloves’’ are made from a paste consisting mainly of wheaten flour and ground oak bark, with asma!l proportion of genuine cloves powder, pressed into metal molds and roasted. ee i ea Foolish Competition. Competition in trade is often carried beyond the line of fairness, and ex- perience will teach rivals in business that the ‘“‘life of trade’? does not consist in petty schemes and small practices to injure each other. It is related of two merchants in an Eastern city that they are endeavoring to hurt each other by obstructing the other’s premises. One commenced by piling boxes and baskets almost in front of the other’s window. He retaliated by placing a large sign in such a position as to inconvenience his rival. The first merchant then erected a board fence about twenty feet high which completely shut off his neighbor’s view and his own as well. To what ex- tent the unbusinesslike methods will be carried it is hard to predict, but the mer- chants will certainly not popularize themselves by such warfare and they will probably realize this prediction be- fore their petty strife is over. —__—— >_< Honesty the Best Policy. A shoemaker hung out a new sign, and wondered what passers-by found so amusing. His sign ran as follows: “Don’t go elsewhere to be cheated. Walk in her.”’ Dry Mined Rock salt. 99 1-2 PER CENT. PURE We Have secured the sole agency for the Dry Rock Salt mined in the celebrated Retsof mines, in the Genesee Valley, N. Y., which we offer to the trade in 100-pound sacks. The superiority of this salt over the manufactured or evaporated article will give it a large sale, as it is the strongest salt in the market. i M. CLARK ¢& SON. Package Coffee, We are also sole agents for Grand Rapids for the celebrated “TIGER” He PutnamGBandyb SUCCESSORS TO PUTNAM & BROOKS. W holesale CANDY, FRUITS, NUYS OYSTERS, YG 18, 15, 17% South tous Street. com yeu 5 mae os Xie THE OLD RELIABLE POS GP if | Boxes, Cans, Pails, Kegs, Half Barrels and Barrels. Send for sample of the celebrated Frazer Garriage Grease The Frazer Goods Handled byjthe Jobbing Trade Everywhere. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Maiden Blush, Fall Pippin and St. Lawrence are in fair supply at $1.50@#1.75 per bbl. Strawberry command $2@82.10 per bbl. - Beans—Dealers pay $1.40 for unpicked and ! $1.60 for picked, a= ding at #2 per bu. Beets—40c per Butter—The ink is firm; dairy has ad- vanced to 14@16c, while creamery is in good demand at 17@1&e. Cabbages—Home grown, fine in quality, com- mand #1.25 per crate. Cheese—Lenawee and Allegan county makers bill their stock at 8c, while jobbers hold at 94@9%c. The market is firmer and advancing. Cider—10ce per gal. = =. oo Acme, 4% lb. cans,3doz.... 7% . 4b: ** . * .... oe . ii: © 2 3 00 5 Oe... 20 Red Star, 4 Ib. cans, 45 % lb. 85 iy tip “* 1 50 AXLE GREASE. revere 6. ss. $2 60 ee 1% Dineona.. 8 1 60 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 rae, 2 % American. 2 doz. in case... 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic Lia, = Oe 3 40 4 vt ee ees ee 7 00 a " oa TS 10 00 : e 8- a paper bot 7 20 _ Pepper Box No. 2 3 00 «ft oe as “ce 4 4 00 “ce oe oe oc 5 8 00 BROOMS. ue 2 Hurl ee ie No. 2 Carpet. ee 2 00 Net 2 2 Parlor Cem 2 60 Common Whisk .-.......--- 90 Maney = +l. 1 00 Mi 3 2 Warenouse........ -......- 2% BUCKWHEAT. Kings 100 Th. Gases... 5 00 SO 1b. cakes.........-. 4 25 BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed... ... 13 TOMS ces. 14 Creamery, solid packed. . 15 ‘ rolls 6 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes po 10% mor 46: Ce. 3% Parone 2 12 Wickoe ..... 25 CANNED Goops—Fish. Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 1 2 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib... .....- 2 10 Cove Oy sters, »J Ib. stand. : Lobsters, 1 Apt picnic.. ec) 4) Eb oe e 2 th. Star... .. Mackerel, Tb, stand Sauce. i [ stand... 1% o 2 | 3 00 eS 31b.in Mustard...3 00 e Sib. soused....... 3 00 Salmon, a Columbia.. -.1 90 Algeka.......- 1 80 Sardines, domestic 5... 5 Ms... : @ 9 . Mustard %4s.....- @10 - imported \4s..... 13% fe spleed, 468-...... 10 Trout, 3 lb. Brooke 000) CANNED GOoDsS—Fruits. 28s gallons, stand. 2 40 ckberries, eae 90 Cherries, red standard...... 1 35 - ‘pitted ee 2 00 Waemsons o.00 90 Mee Plumas. stand ....._.._. 1 30 GOOBENETEICH ........-. <- |. . 1 00 oe ee ee Green Gagcs....-..-..._... 1 30 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70 SCCGHAN 2.2.1... 1 45 ne Pie. 1b Pear 1 30 Pineapples .......... --1 50@2 50 Cuimeen ee... 1 00 Raspberries, extra ......... 135 red... cs. 1 60 Strawperries.... -..-. 110 Whoertleberrics......_.......; Dp CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... Beans, Lima, stand......... 90 . ‘Green Limas.. @1 Ou ec Steere... @ 9% “«< Stringiess, Erie.....-. 90 ‘* Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, Archer’ iB Propiy.....; 1 00 Morn’g Glory.1 00 Early Golden.1 v0 ‘ec Ts Peas: Prenen.. 1)... 1 68 ‘© ‘extra marrofat. . @1 35 ce SeumGG. ow. 80 << 20ne, seema@.. 1... 135 Fa ee eiteee 1 55 ‘’ French, extra fine... .1 50 Mushrooms, extra fine...... 215 Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden...... 1 OU Succotesh, standard........ 95 soo 110 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00 Good Enough.. --1 00 e Ben par... .. ... 1 00 stand br.. @1 00 HEESE Michigan Full Cream 914@10 Sap Sage... 16 @16% CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet............. 23 Lo 35 Cocos 38 Breaktast Cocoa........-. 48 Brame 37 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lumps........--. 25 - ef 35 Spence 2... 30 CHICORY. oe. 6 Bed ee. 1% coFFEE—Green. Rio, faite. <8... 7 @19 - —- cee te 144@20 (prime 8s. @21 . cane. washed.. @22 - golden cee ee ” @23 Santee 00... 17 @22 Mexican & Guatemala 12 @23 Poanetry ..---.-;-....- @23 Java, Interior.. @25 . Mandheling. . Mocha, genuine....... — To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. 100 Ibs $408 oe one on cammets .........--.- MeLaughlin’s XXXX.. aoe Do 2314 Thompson’ s Honey Bee....25% (Riger 2... 23% COFFEE EXTRACT. Wales City: s. 5 Metre 1 10 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40f...-... per doz. 1 25 1 oof: . 1 50 as Cote. :..... 1 60 - Wot... . 2 00 Mite: . es 2 25 Jute or... |. se 1 00 . foe... a 1 i CONDENSED MILK. LO ee 7 30 Anke ROWIRA oe 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter..........-- 8 Movmogr ~ =......-1.. 6 op 6 family 5. 6 IBCUAG oo cos ke 7 Hosen 8 iby SOG8. 002. 8 SGGe) oe 6% S Oyetem 2 oo26 5. a 6 City Oy Bier, SNM: 6. 24 2... 6 PiGnte 62...2...5 211-3... 6 CREAM TARTAR. Sirieuky PUrG. 2-6. 38 24 Greeere cs. ce DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. | Apples, sun-dried. .... 3 @ 3% | evaporated.... 6 @ 6% Apricots, - aS @15 Binckberrics“ .....---.- 5 Neeratnen ieee eee. 12 Peaches eee ce 12 Plums ee 9 Mespnermies = :.... .-- 20 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. mh OFM oe le < In boxes... ae @25 DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Zante, in barrels...... @ 4 - in less quantity @5 DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. | | | \ | meg ec 44@ 4% Boene. i. 54@ 6 Pmperiae 3.) DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. Walenciag. 22.05. 2.22. 814@ 9 Ondaras 00. JU @10'% | London Layers, Cali- | Moree oo @ | London Layers, for’n. @ Muscatels, California. @ DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Siemens. 13 Orenee. i. 14 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 100 Ib. kegs. .......- Hopuny, per Dbl............ 3 50 Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.... - imported... . @10 Fear! Baricy...._ .... @ 3 Peas, green = 8... @1 a @ 3 Saeco, German......_.. @ 6% Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl.. @ 6% Wheat, cracked....... @ 6% | Vv ermicelli, import. . @10 | “ domestic... @eo | FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ D.C. Lemon Vanills | | 2 o2. Panel, doz. 85 12! 402. 1 40 2 2 | 6 Oz. - ' 22 3 25} No. 3, °° * 100 1 60 Na. & ~ 2 eo 4 00 Noite, * * 450 6 00 No, 4, Taper, * 1 60 2 50 % pt, Round, * < 425 7 50 2 8 50 15 00; FISH—SALT. | Cod whole. ..........- . a = weneress............ @ % | Balipat 10@11% Herring, round, % bbl.. 230 POpeds.! |. 2 75 | . Ratlend. Dbis.. 1060} . kegs,new @ 85! - exied ||... 25 Mack. ch’ 8, No. 2, % bbl _ 1 00 " a2 ip xit.. 1 65 bay i - a 45 Trout, 2 = on see @5 00 Pa eee és) White, No. at ~ Obis...._...5 50 12 Ib, kits... .- 1 . - 0 Tp. Rite. .:.- 90 - Family, 2 ee -2 35 . ee... 50 GUN Bist Meee 5 25) Half keen. 2 88! il LAMP WICKS. No. 0 oe | Met) MO 2. 50 | LICORICE. rue... 30 i 25 es. 18 Blaek Strap. 0. 23 | Guba Baking. .9.0)... . .. 2R2@W Porto Rico.. - -24@35 | New Orleans, good. Cee | ‘ac fan One-half bgneae 3c extra. OATMEAL. Muscatine, Barreis . 2...) 5 Half barrels..... 3 12 ° Cases... .- 2 15@2 ROLLED OATS Muscatine, Barrels... 1S iS Half bbis.. @3 12 | Coes. ....- 15@2 25 OIL. Michigan Yest.....-.......- 9 Water White... 10% PICKLES. Medium. . Co ee ae Be 3 38 Small, bol.. oe ee 6 15 - oe... PIPES. Clay, Ne 2%... ........._.. 16 T. DD. falleount...._..- 75 Cob, No, See 49 RICE. Carolina =e os 6% Na.t:. 5% - —s oe ‘ Nas ..... ... Spee 5%@6% SALT Common Fine per bbl....... 80 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 28 28 pocket Se eee eee a 2 05 7 Le eed cle pislaralas scala 215 ee , 2 40 oa ee Page... 7 Higgins “ ee zi Warsaw ‘“ - ol... 37 : ie |) 20 seats. Deland s, pure.............. 5 Church’s, Cap Sheaf ae 5 Dwight’ 8, Bees ete 5 Saviors... ....... oe SEEDS. Mixed bird............ 2... 4% Comaway. 9... 10 SHOE POLISH. Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... %5 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maceaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in Jars..... 4B SOAP. Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. Saperor --. 7 3 30 G@iicen Anne)... 3 85 Germann Wamily.. .........- 240 Mottled German...........- 3 00 Sage Gemnan. 2 U.S Hie Baresi... ..... 1 Frost, Wiggser. :...2....2 =... 3% @beoa Caste 3 00 Cocoa Castile, Faney........ 3 36 Allen B. sr s Brands. Bore Wandiig, (230-0. 1o. 29 Country, 3 30 tna, Me 65 | Beaneer, 0000.0 3 15} sPicEs—Whole. | Allspice.........-.--++-0+++- 9 Cassia, China in mats....... 8 - Batavia in bund....11 se Saigon in rolls. -40 Cloves, Amboyna. bm Zanzibar. -20 Mace Batayima........._...-- 80 Nutmegs, fancy. i 80 Ne fe 75 wy No, 2. Be Pepper, Singapore, | black. ae hite..... 26 ' SGe 5. ‘atin a In Bulk. Atiepiee (20.3) .2. 3 = Cassia, Batavia a and Saigon. = 42 ry Saleem... Clov es, Avaboyna.........- 32 SApeieer. 2... = Ginger, griehenk Ce eee 12% bie ee 15 fe 5 arageee . 55. Mace Hatayia.(.......-.-..- Mustard, =. Se ee Bs nd Trie. .25 ii riesee. 2... 7 Wuemecs, No. 2.05.0... 2... 80 Pepper, Singapore, black....21 white..... 30 | . Cavenne. 0.00.00. ao Herbs & Spices, small... 65 | jarge_....3 25 | STARCH. | Mystic, CL pMGe 2... 4 48 | barrels. Soe SUGARS. | Cut heat... 8% | a 8% | Powderea ..... 834 Granulated, H. & E.’s.. .44 | Franklin. .44 | Knight's... Confectionery A...... Standard A. no we penennennncee > ~ 8 8 No. 1, White Extra C.. 7% No. 2ieua C.... -..- T% | No. aC, solden..>..... % No. 4C, OM it 6% No. 5 5C cite ashe wea ceees 64 SAL SODA. ORS pes ec sl 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 2 | SAPOLIO. Kitchen, 3 doz. in bex. ..:. 235 [meand, 3 aes 23 SYRUPS. | Corn, Derrels............-- @27 ; * one-half barrels.... @29 | Pure Sugar, ae 28@36 half barrel... .30@38 SWEET GOODS. | x 32m Ginger Snape. ......... 9 9% | Sugar Creams.. 9 9% | Frosted Creams. Bi 9% | Graham Crackers..... 9 ; Oatmeal Crackers..... 9 | SODA. ee. 5% ' Kenn, keatioh eed esl gies Gale pi 4% TEAS. JAPAN—Regular. ee ee 14 @16 Gee 3. 18 @22 Crore. i.e 24 @29 — ie .30 @34 SUN CURED. | Pair ela 14 eee... | Choicest.. BAS ET FIRED. | Fair ee eee @20 mene ss @25. Cheteest oc... oo .. @35 Extra choice, wireleaf @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair....... 25 @35- Extra fine to finest....50 @65 | Choicest fancy......_. 75 @8e IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 20 Superior tofine........ 40 @50 YOUNG HYSON. ‘ Common to fair....... 18 @26 ; Superior to fine....... 30 @4e OOLONG, Common to fair... ...25 @30 Superior to fine....... 30 @50 Fine to choicest....... 55 @65 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. «ae Gis ' Tea Pee 8 @10 TOBAccos—Plug. S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12........ 37 i Reception, 22-5x12, 16 og...... 36 Winco, 1x6, 4% to B.... 30 Big 5 Center, 3x12, 12 6z...... 34 Wheel steam... ... ... 7 Trinket, 209, 9 on... ... 5.2. 25 Jas. G. Butler & Co.'s Brands. something Good..............3¢ 3 Gupie Fedra ........ oe Reser Wie 3 | W edding Cake, bik........._. 37 VEOeaeeer 37 TOBAccos—Fine Cut. D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. Binwatha............. 62 Swees Caba......... 37 FRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS, 8 2, per hundred. . 2 $10, “ sé Subject to the following dis- eounts: a over. 5 per cent. me eee Oe er i. 9 fi i barrel. YEAS?. Fermentum, Compressed. . | _ MISCELLANEOUS. Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 7% Jelly, 30-Ib. pails........... 4 meee. le 15 PAPER & WOODENWARE PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- lows: Sec 8, 160 . “Light Weight... ..... 200 ee 180 re Were 24 eee 2A Dry Goods.. es cag ce Jute Mania 8 Red Express Net... 38 No. SEN 4 TWINES. a5 Colton... 8... 22 Cotton, Ne. 2... 20 nig OO cee eu, 18 Sea Island, assorted....... 40 Me Siem... ... 16 Ne ge. .. 17 Weal... 7% WOODENWARE woke Nee 7 8 09 ee 6 - Se 5 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. a No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... Bowls, 11 inch ee 13 “cc 5 é 7 « assorted, 17s and 17s 3 ' 158, 17s and 19s Baskets, Mise... 5... ‘é wonnwnwrre SASRSRSSRSSHRE ee 1 50 ‘¢ with covers 1 90 . willow er’ ths, No.1 5 %5 i No.2 6 2 : . « Nos7s ' splint mod S oo i a a No.2 4 25 “ Nes 5 0 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. New. Old. Witte = 80 Mee 80 All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test. FLOUR, Straight, in Seens.. 4 50 Darrels........ 4 80 Patents “ saeke......... 5 60 - Serene 1... 5 80 MEAL. Boetted:.. .. Gremubted....-..-........ MILLSTUFFS. Bram. -----...---e,. 11 00 ee 11 00 MeCrcenMmen oo... 10 00 Co 12 00 Mersed Weed:.............. 16 00 Cosrae macal..: 5... 16 00 CORN. Small lots Oe eae y cala sce 41 Cee 39 OATS. mamas 1ots 26 Car gS Ss 23 RYE OF 35@40 BARLEY. IG Be. 1 & ING So 110 HAY ee 11 00 Ge ee cs 9 00 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: 6 ; HIDES. POON ee ue 4 4 on Cured ee mo ” ae 5 @5% as eee oe ecu eae 5 @6 Dey Rips eli 5 @6 Calfskins, green...... 3 @4 eurea...... 44@ 5 Deneéon sking.....-.... 10 @20 44 off for No. 2. PELTS, | Sheariings 2.0.5... 10 @25 | Estimated wool, per b 20 @28 MISCELLANEOUS. aglow... ......2-.... 34%@ 4 Grease butter 3 @5 Switenen 2006... 8... 2 @x% Greene i... cl... 2 00@2 50 Drugs & Medicines. Staite Board of Pharmacy, One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. ‘Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—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—Frank Inglis, Detroit. First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing. : See’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J.C rowley. Detroit. Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Ra = Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower Detroit Pharmaceutical Societw President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Annual Meeting of the State Pharma- ceutical Association. The seventh annual meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa- tion, which was held at Detroit last week, was fairly well attended, but there was a manifest lack of interest in the proceed- ings which bodes no good to the organ- ization. The convention was ‘called to order Tuesday morning, when Hon. J. Logan Chipman welcomed the druggists to the city. The response was made by F. M. Alsdorf, of Lansing. At the afternoon session, the reports of officers and committees were heard. To the regret of many present, the Com- mittee Trade Interests made no re- port. In the evening a hearty reception was given the delegates at the residence of Mr. Parke, of Parke, Davis & Co. Al- though Mr. Parke was out of the city, his wife proved herself an able enter- tainer. Wednesday forenoon was given to the reading of papers and the election of officers, which resulted as given in the on roster of the Association at the head of | the drug page. The afternoon was devoted to visiting the Exposition and the evening to dis-| cussing the merits of a banquet kindly | provided by the Detroit druggists. Thursday forenoon was given to the, consideration of the reports of commit- tees. The meeting voted in favor of the metric system of weights and measures, and the President’s suggestion that the trade abandon the sale of patent med- icines was not adopted. A _ resolution providing that the names of three mem- bers of the Association be presented every year to the Governor and the lat- ter requested to choose one for member of the State Board of Pharmacy, was adopted and the following were selected : O. Eberbach (now a member of the Board): Hugo Thum, of Grand Rapids; Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. President Inglis then appointed committees on pharmacy, trade interests, legislation, adultera- tion, and unofficial formulary, and the convention adjourned to meet at Saginaw the third Tuesday of next September. Besides the Detroit delegation, which numbered twenty-six, the convention was attended by the following: Nelson Hower, Mendon; Henry J. Miller, Fort Gratiot; H. J. Coleman, Kalamazoo; C. B. Colwell, Jackson; G. Kinsley, Manistee; R. Platts, Port San- ilac; John Bell, Lexington; John Moore, Ann Arbor; M. 8S. Carney, Decatur; Frank E. Atchinson, A. J. Wilders, Ypsilanti; J. F. Maron, Warren; Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo; Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs; F. S. Smith, Saginaw; F. A. Sigler, Pinckney; W. F. Griffith, Howell; C. W. Vining, Lakeview; H. M. Dean, Niles; J. C. Bostick, Mendon; S. B. Calkins, Petoskey; Frank E. Brack- ett, Cheboygan; Guy M. Harwood, Petos- key; Geo. P. Harmon, Mackinaw City; W. W. Swinnerton. Niles; E. S. Swayze, Otisville; A. S. Fildew, St. Johns; W. J. Brown, Marquette; F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; James L. Spencer, Linden; George Gundrum, Ionia; T. T. Woods, Belleville; W. B. Reynolds, Eaton Rapids; Albert B. Prescott, Ann Arbor; John J. Orr, Tecumseh; C. M. La Rue, F. B. Glazier, Chelsea; B. D. North- rop, Lansing; G. S. Frenzel, Mayville; F.. P. Merrell, Ithaca; H. E. Hamson, Richmond; C. D. Wickes, Coldwater; Chas. M. Smith, Clarkston; J. E. Weeks, Battle Creek; N. G. Sprague, Flushing; RK. H. Dunbar, Parma: E. F. Phillips, Armada; W. H. Hicks, Morley; J: H. Vandecar, North Branch; F. J. MeMur- trie, Three Rivers; D. H. Hunt, St. Johns; H. A. Blackmar, Charlotte; L. Pauly, St. Ignace; Edward J. Rogers, Pert Huron; Mike Reidy, Corunna; E. G. Gleason, Richmond; George J. Ward, St. Clair: C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; C. C. Varnum, Jonesville; L. A. Goodrich, Hillsdale; F. E. Curtis, Napoleon; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon; H. A. Lyman, Manistee; H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor; E. T. Webb, Jack- son; C. W. Taylor, Loomis; G. D. Van Vranken, Cadillac; John Crispe, Plain- well; Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac; J. A. Barrett, Wayne; George J. Haenssler, Plankinton; F. M. Allsdorf, Lansing. o> Statement from Mr. Hall of Manistee. Editor Michigan Tradesman: I am glad to see your paper taking up and discussing the pharmacy law, as I hope good will come from it. I believed two years ago, and I am more thoroughly convinced now, that such laws are con- trary to the spirit of our government; that our government aimed at freedom, and that the majority shall always rule; yetafew greedy druggists, feeling their own lack of business capacity, and panic stricken at the thought of increasing competition, hastened to the Legislature and, under the pretence of protecting the people, had this restrictive law passed, offering to the. druggists who would be included in the law less com- petition and increased prices, as an offset for their expense and trouble. - Who did I say asked for this law? The people of Michigan? Oh: no! Only afew druggists. Not one person in a hundred to-day in Michigan knew of the existence of this law outside of those active in its passage. Then it must bea Let us examine the pretense under in by many who have only thought on the surface of such _ subjects. thought is, which will force men to be intelligent: and yet your Board, if they will only | think, will tell you that the drug trade lhas gained its present intelligence | through freedom, not restrictions, and, as aresult, we are sending our goods to restricted Europe, where they rank, as they do at home, as the very highest. in hand. Were such men as Edward R. Squibbs and his products the result of any pharmacy law, or do Powers & Weightman manufacture chemicals which will just pass the law? Did our present Pharmacopeia, which is said to be the best on earth, eminate from men under restrictions or under no pharmacy law ? We have gained our present high stand- ing in pharmacy without any law. It would seem that no other argument would be necessary for asking for its re- peal. Our present Board of Pharmacy— a majority of whom, it is said, are unin- formed on some of the subjects which they are supposed to examine in—would do well to look back to monarchial Europe, where some of them fied from and where this law was copied from, and see the effect of restrictive laws in al- most every line there. Or, perhaps, they could refresh their memory by watching the arrival of steamboats at Castle Garden. We have lived from 1492 until within a few years without any pharmacy law and have been steadily progressing. Have we reached a point where progress can no longer be made under freedom? One would think it al- most a miracle thatthe druggists had not annihilated the whole population of the United States previous to the passage of of this law. It would give one a nervous chill to look back and see how close he came to being poisoned with some deadly lotion before we had this self-assuming intelligent board to select the competent from the incompetent. Who is it that makes the mistakes to- | day ? It is the man whose familiarity {makes him careless? Who blow up our | powder mills, or cut their fingers on the buzz saws? It is, nine times out of ten, the man who is familiar. The people are the best judges of the 'competency and accuracy of the men with whom they deal and not the answer- ing of any questions that any board may rack their brains to conjure up. Let any person go into any store to trade, and in one hour’s time he knows whether the person with whom he is trading knows little or much about his business. He makes a better bargain, if posted, in which case he and he alone is the one who suffers by ignoranve. The present law presupposes the ignorance of the masses and borders on paternalism, tending to the disuse of their own judg- ment, and asks the buyer instead to look foraframed certificate. The Board of Pharmacy is simply a parasite on the drug trade and will grow larger as they meet with no opposition. I would ask every druggist who is man enough to stand up and meet his brother in open trade to put his shoulder to the wheel and have this law repealed, when our next Legislature meets, and let us go there shouting the battle ery of free- dom in the drug trade, and allow those to conquer who are the most competent and attentive to business, saying, We ask no law to shield our incompetency or lack of business application. Such a law would be expected in Russia, but it is a disgrace on the statute books of this ‘land of the free.’’ Wiis RK. Harr MANISTEE, Sept. 21, 1889. a = ltt A Sharp-Witted Drug Clerk. American drug clerks are generally admitted on all hands to be about as sharp-witted, as a class, as any other similar set of men anywhere, but the following from the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy for July shows that their brethren, out among the men who are so rapidly building up a newer England in the islands of the great South Sea, are not a wit behind them in this quality. Says our contemporary: ‘‘One of our surburban chemists had a narrow escape a forthnight ago of figuring as witness in acase of poisoning by laudanum; but, owing to the perspicacity of the youth who supplied it (and who at the time was alone), a tragic result was prevented, he having instructed another youth to watch the man, and, if he attempted to take it, to knock the bottle out of his hand or otherwise adopt some means to prevent him taking it. The youth hav- ing followed him some distance, saw the man pull the bottle out of his pocket and prepare to take it, and he (the youth) acted up to instructions so well that he managed to entirely upset the contents of the bottle, he having come upon him in the undignified manner in which a goat amuses himself when he has some timorous children to scare. A detective came on the scene in a few minutes and escorted the man home, and at the same time administered a warning. It ap- pears the man has lately had some ser- ious family and pecuniary troubles, which had undoubtedly unsettled his mind.’’ —_——__ >>? A Pleasant Tonic. A chemical friend of THE TRADESMAN furnishes the following prescription for a tonic: RR Spiritus viii otard!......- 1 dram. _ | Spitites vini Jamaies ........... .. 1 dram. Sugarum whitum.. ............... 4 scruples. Reis BER --...2 OUNCES, Slicum pineappleii................ quant. suff SCTE as M Sig. ‘Shakitis violenter. Suckite dulciter cum strawum. ee The Drug Market. Gum opium is steady for prime. Some low test on the market is offered lower. Morphia is steady. Quinine is a trifle lower for foreign. Domestic is un- changed. Oil eassia is higher. Gum shellacs have advanced. Balsam _ co- paiba is tending higher. Turpentine has advanced. Freedom and intelligence must go hand } which the law was passed and believed | class law and, assuch should be repealed. | | The Night Bell--A Plea for the Drug Clerk. G. H. Scheel in the National Druggist. Every druggist, proprietor as well as_ clerk, knows what a pleasure it is to be called out two or three times at night to sell 5 cents’ worth of castor oil. a guitar | string, or to telephone for some one to) find out where the fire is, without com-| pensation or even thanks. The public, it seems, has come to the conclusion that | the druggist is not only their servant! ' every day in the week, but must be ready | The | you can pass restrictive laws ' at all times at night, also, to serve them | with whatever they may happen to want; | ‘and as they not only resort to the night bell in cases of sickness, but for common | purposes also, I think it is about time) that the druggists should stop this nuis- ance—I can not call it anything else. for I think it should be done away with. and) that Ll see a way out of it. There is no! | physician in this broad land who would think of getting up at night and waiting on his patients without an extra fee, and | why should not the druggist have at, least something for waiting on customers at night, and for being disturbed from his much-needed rest? I therefore offer the following: That every druggist charge 50 cents extra for every night eall, and that this extra shall belong to the clerk answering such a call, to at | least partly pay him for his trouble. | This, I think, would do away with the, unnecessary calls, since people would: not be willing to pay the fee in such eases as I have mentioned: and let it be said here that this is true, and has been | my actual experience, and every drug- | gist, no doubt, can call to mind similar; eases where there was no more need for | calling him out than there would be to} call out your grocer at night because you happen to feel like eating a sand-| wich. This plan could be easily adopted | if every druggist would put up a sign | under his night bell. thus: Night Calls, 50 cents extra. | I would like to hear from the drug-| gists (proprietors and clerks), what they | think of such a plan, for I at least think | that this night bell nuisance should and | can be stopped, for the best interest of, all concerned. | —<—<—<—<$_ >_< ——————— Two Extremes of Druggists. Some retail druggists seem to make it | arule never to become acquainted with their customers. We do not mean ac- | quainted in the sense the word is used by | society going people, but we refer to the | proprietors who spend the most of their} time inapriv ate office or =a the desk, and | the trade. Such nee usually keep | close watch of the trade, and they know when anything goes wrong, but it takes ¢ very prominent customer to eall the! proprietor to the ‘‘front.’? Then there is another equally large proportion of the | trade who seem should be kept in the background as! much as possible. The proprietor either | does a large amount of the waiting on customers or he stands around and tries to become personally acquainted with each customer that comes in to trade. These are the two extremes, but they in- clude a larger proportion of the drug- gists than the number forming the inter- mediate class, who come nearer striking the golden mean. The man who never becomes identified with his store and the trade is always at the mercy of his clerks, who can leave and take with them a trade which they have built up at the expense of the store. The druggist; who pushes himself forward on all oc- | casions does not get the full benefit of | his clerks, for every customer will form | preferences as to whom they trade with. If the druggist seems to be the only man of importance around, they may change} their trade to another store, when a clerk in the same store might have suited just as well if they had been given an oppor- tunity to trade with him without the} ever present proprietor coming up to make himself disagreeable. ae A Rainbow Show-Bottle. The Druggists’ Bulletin gives the fol- | lowing directions for making a botile | which is exceedingly attractive for win- dow or counter exhibition, and which ' serves to illustrate to the ordinary ob- server how perfectly the pharmacist con- trols the elements with which he has to deal. Ascertain the capacity of the bot- tle and divide by seven, to find the vol- ume of each liquid to be employed. The fluids should, in the order named, be earefully poured down the side of the bottle, held in slightly inclined position, | or through a thistle funnel. First, one volume of sulphuric acid, | tinted blue with indigo sulphate; second, : one volume of chloroform; third, one volume of glycerin, slightly tinted with caramel; fourth, one volume of castor. oil, colored with alkanet root; fifth, one volume proof spirit, slightly tinted with | green anilin; sixth, one volume of cod-, liver oil, containing one per cent. of tur- | pentine; seventh, one volume of rectified | spirit, slightly tinted with violet anilin. By thus selecting liquids which are held in place by the force of gravity, and alternating with fluids which are not} miscible, the strata will remain clearly defined, and will not mingle by diffusion, ; as is the case when miscible liquids such direct contact with each other. —_—— +--+ A Drug Clerk With a Bad Record. | Cedar It will be remembered thatafew weeks ago an account was given of the farcical trial of one Pastre Beaussier, a French, drug clerk, charged with the murder by poison of a large number of persons, among them his employer, the pharma- cist Decamp, the latter’s wife, a fellow clerk or two, several servants—in all about nineteen persons, and who, al- thought the testimony would have hung him anywhere else in the world, got clear. Well, Pastre is in jail again—this time for stealing exhibits at the great Paris Exposition. He was caught in the act and the stolen wares found in his posses- sion, and will scarcely get off from con- viction this time, though the vagaries of French criminal law are past the under- standing of the average Anglo-Saxon. It was a French jury that found ‘‘exten- uating circumstances’’ in a case where a man had murdered his father and mother, and commended the criminal to the mercy of the court on the ground that he was an orphan. ““THE OLD ORICINAL.”’ RE-PAINT ? nr Your B ea] S ao ——— 7 [irriage MADE ONLY SY ACME White Lead and Coler Works, DETROIT, MICH. dl aints 5 cts. Give CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. PECK BROS., "2st Breese” | Address | I nae | LEE MOST RELIABLE FOOD Polhshina The Best is Always the Cheapest, WE HAVE SOLD THE Pioneer Prepared Paint For many years and GUARANTEE Same to Satisfaction. Dealers in paints will find it to their interest to write us for prices and sample cards. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. For Infants and Invalids. bY Use everywhere, with unqualified bY sete Not a medicine, but asteam- cooked food, suited to "the weakest B ) stomacn: Take no other. Sold b Bs ists. In cans, 35c. and ued OOLRICH & CO. on every label.| Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Oil Cassia, Gum Shellae, Turpentine. ’ ACIDUM. ae es do} Antipyrin. 1 35@1 40 Wooten ei. 8@ 10 trams’ = eo: wen ne i e are Nitras,ounce @ 68 Benzoicum, German.. 80@1 00 | Cyanide 3 bi ESCHICUIA ¢00) 0.2... 5 7 pee v an 30 lodide. Oe so @2 9 | Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 ce 40@ 45 | Potassa, Bitart, —- “@ 29; Bismuth SN... 2 10@2 Ww Cerbolicum -...-. 2 B @ 1 . 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Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 —_ 75 [Brows g0@1 00 | Ipecac, po............. 2 40@2 50} Chondrus . ! 1 i2 OT 45@ 50 | Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ 20 Cinchonidine, PL& Ww ine 20 fe 2 G3 00 ae ag eee oa German 4@ 10 4s. sees @ Corks, list, dis. per BACCAE. Podophyilum, po. foe = COne fo @ 60 Cubeae (po. 1 60......- 1 85@2 so a ee a = io amis et @ 50 Juniperus -....-.--3:-- oe ce ea a T5@1 35] « ig Pies = 2 Xanthoxylum........- 25@ bate Be T5C = : ee eee. oe - BALSAMUM. __ _. | Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2 oe @ 8 | Copaiba .. ! — = a ee ane z — ee. 35@ 38 att pol ni ka = = SENEZa .....- 22-2. eee > 3] tr CAE 24 | Sarabin. Canada ...-- so . Similax, Officinalis, 2 G@ = Capri Salph. 2... af 9 4 @ se se h 7 ;j © were Scillae, (Do. 35)... ia cee | ae CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feeti- Emery, all numbers.. @ § Abies, Canadian. #8] i@us, (poll. bs @ % Dee @ 6 | Cassia€ ......--.22--2222 +++: pa Valeriana, Eng. 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Morphia, Se s Ww. “' 55@2 30 mivelly ---:2----yy2- 3B FB | Vini Oporto ..........-1 35@200| C. Co... 8 S5Q2 70 ali e Vint Alba... 1 25@2 00; Moschus Canton...... @ 40 — officinalis, %4 10@ 12 Myristica, No. 1 60@ 70 an Scan ee ee ee eee ee et . Ura urd ees 8@ 10 a ocgg el —— (po 20) .. 5 @ 10 Cua. Florida sheeps’ nae P pl@.............. carriage... 2 25@2 50| Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Acacia, ist picked... @1 © | Nassau sheeps’ wool CO ee seca @2 00 e = ‘ carriage Sa 2 00 —_ Liq, N. C., % gal aie 66 “* feiget Guara Sucenps ....-—«s«t— Sez... sce a “ gifted sorts... _@_ 65] wool caniege.. 1 10 Picis Liq., = @1 00 . PO ...--- seeee 75@1 00| extra yellow sheeps §§§ |_. ‘i. pints....... @ 7% | Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60] Garriage............. g5 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50 oh oles e & Grass sheeps’ wool car- pee Miers, (po. a @ - ° oco fase oe + po ¢5 3 Catechn, 1s, (48, 14 4s, as Hard for, a use. vs) a ee tte eeee ees , @ . Se uc eels a cin eel e ti ee ee Ammoniae ............ 25@ 30 ro rt 1 40| Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1 10@1 20 Assafcetida, (po. 30)... — 15 Pyrethrum, boxes Benzoinum...........- 55 SYRUPS. Co., doz... @1 25 Camphore........---+- So) 33'] Accacia 0.00000 :. 50] Pyrethrum, pv...022.: B@ 10 Euphorbium po .....- 20 101 7imciper 00 Sp} Gaassiag ooo 8@ 10 Galhanym .........:- @ Wit ee 60 Quinia, Paw... . 39@ 44 Gamboge, po.....-.--- OOD 99) Merri Tod. 000) 50 S. German.... 32@ 40 Guaiacum, = 45) .. @ 40/ Auranti Cortes.............. 59} Rubia Tinctorum..... 2@ 14 Kino, Go. 25) ....-.-..- @ 20} Rhei Arom.. . 50! Saccharum Lactis pv.. @ 3 Mastic ad @l a Similax Officinalis.. = 60 a - aoa wena 2 25@2 = yrth, (po 45).....-.. 0 50 Faconis..__. 40@ Opii, (pc. 4 85)...----. 45 Senega . 50 Santonine _ a @4 5O Shellac |.) ..0 2... 38 | Scillae... 50| Sapo, W............... 12@ 14 Hee bleached SE ee ea BO) Meee eee eee eee 8@ 10 | Tragacanth .. Tolman eee a ell cance @ 15 ees eiauee packages. Prunus view 50 Sinapis. Mixture. - = a ial bocca alia tle eel ao = TINCTURES. eee ase @ 30 Lobelia. vre.22000000001112 35] Aconitum Napellis R....... oj Naceabey, wee Majorum .. cece tc cea = POE a Hn a eigen = Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 Mentha Piperita. De ace = 7 oe ned so ce ccc cees a Soda Boras, (po. 12}. . 11@ 12 Vir ae Avedon eee 59 | Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 Rue... pec ad cine = sie cin oat Acae ia oe Sina else eicialie ates a6 Soda Carn 0 2@ 2% Tanacetum, V 2 | Asafcetida................... 50] Soda, Bi-Carb........ 4@ 5 hgmtis, Vb 25 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Soda, ean 3@ 4 MAGNESIA. Benzoin ia ag . Soda, —— oe @ 2 : Calcined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 Sie 50 — ee _ = Carbonate, Pat ....... ma Se | Habeemma 50] « oat a nn @2 00 Carbonate, K. & M.... 20@ 25/ Cantharides................. yc. menage Pia @2 50 Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36 Capsrcam (0000000) 5 05)... if OLEUM. Car 3 oral = geet Be gal., cash ter ten aon Abeinthinm ..........- 5 00@5 50] Castor....... ‘1 00| Sttychnia Cryst @11 Amygdalae, Duic... .. oo Sita. ele ee ie 34 —_ alae, Amarae.. | : = = ee MO qamarinds | (| — _. 85@. ia a a ae Cortex. @2 50] Columba ............ oe 50 a ae 28@, = Bergamii ....... 2 80@5 00) Contum 2001). ls, SO aaa lg 9 00@i6 P | Cajiputi co... 2 OOOE OUT Cubebac oo ee Oi gia isaigh 8 Caryophylli...... .... ae ee 50 oe %@ Dees eet ate = CS ee SO OILs. ‘ Chenopodii fee BiGentiag 50 Bbl. Gai | Cinnamona 0 (0000.7... 1 a 40 CO 60| Whale, winter........ ov 68 ——— See == Guates 50 —- mt tite eeee ees I 8 . } BC... cece a aoe. a os a. 9@1 00 dee er SD Linseed, pure raw. 58 «61 =| ee OO Zanginer Lind Gupepae 00 16 00@16 50 | Hyoscyamus ................ 50| Lin seed, boiled . Gf Ge Exechthitos........... POV rode 75| Neat’s Foet, winter Wriperon | 00000000000.) 1 20@1 30) ‘“ ~ Colorless..>.......... 7] g strained ............ 50. 69 Gaultheria ............ 2 10@2 20} Ferri Chloridum............ 35| SpiritsTurpentine.... 5214 56 Geranium, ounce..... BQ rine 50 PAINTS. bsg Ib. Gossipii, Sem. gal..... Me Witobeta 50| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Hedeoma ............. 1 106@1 % Myrrh. ooeveoeveee ves ees ee oe Lavenduia 222.200.0001, 90g2 00 | Opti veces Sls 8] Patty, em 2403 Timon 1 50@1 80} ‘“ Camphorated....... ... 50 strictly pure.....244 24@3 Mentha Piper.......... Smgli © Heoder................. ee Amer- =—- a Saeco 2 ae >. Aaa COree 50 — ation, : a. oe wore OTLRUAG, ZAl....-.... 80@ MAMEAR Soo eS 50 Myzcia, Ounes!.0) 01)! ; @ = Khatany NE 50 Green, Peninsular stees exare ete ey eee ee Lani. 00@2 7: Dies oe Kaletig sows Jace) ae ’ oa ees Picis Liquida, (gal. = i Cassia Acutifol............ 50 whiting. waite $ wees eee — 501 00 | Serpentaria ...... en 50 waiting, Gilders’...... @6 00} Stromonium................. 60| White, Paris American 1 00 40@, = Pete ee 60 Whiting, Paris Eng. ae Gt 00 | Yalerlan sida. 1...1111 $B] ploneer Prepared Paints s0@a‘4 Sassafras. .... 55@ 60 i Swiss Villa Prepared ao ess, ounce.. .. S MISCELLANEOUS. PORE 1 00@1 20 BATE. ie ccc cee see cscs Ather Spts Nit, 3 7. 2@ 28 VARNISHES. Thyme eee 08 = o ' 30@ 32] No.1 Turp Coach.....1 lem 20 Theobromas. 2.0.2... 1B 3] Atomen ap, MO 98 | Baie Mane Sa POTASSIUM. Wee 3@ 4] No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Bi Care ses 16m 18 | Annatte.-.:..... 2... 55@ 60} Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Bichromate -.:.....:.. 13@ 141 Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5} Japan Dryer, No. 1 Drones. 22: ooo 37@ 40 «et Potass T. 55@ 60 BPO 0@ 5 AMOND TEP CURES Liver and Kidney Troubles Blood Diseases Constipation ——_AND— Female Complaints Being composed entirely of HERBS, is the only perfectly harmless remedy o the market and is recommended by a’ who use it. Retail Druggists will find it to 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 Wholesa): House. Diamond Medicine Go. PROPRIETORS, DETROIT, - MICH. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co, WHOLESALE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Millard’s Hair Glossomer, A sure cure for Itchy Sore Scalp, Dandruff, Ecze- ma, Dead or Fall- ing Hair and all Scalp Diseases. 75¢c To wash the hair and cleanse the scalp with- outinjury use MILLARD’s HAIR FOAM, 50c a quart. Prepared by H. E. MILLARD, 73 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Drug- gists and dealers, ask your jobber, or send to us for prices. LIQUOR & POISON RECORD COMBINED. Acknowledged to be the Best on the Market. K. A. STOWE & BRO, rand rarri 1s GRAND RAPIDS THE LATE IMPROVED JETTINE Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mould in any Climate. Guaranteed, Quality Guaranteed Against Injury by Freezing. i JETTINE has been so thor Caution oughly advertised the world over, thereby becoming such a household term for Ladies’ Shoe Dressing, that many consumers and even dealers themselves fail to recognize the distinction between it and other brands. AVOID CONFUSION Therefore, and note that the genuine has ‘Jettine’ blown in every bottle, or ‘“‘Late Improved Jettine”’ printed on the label. Choice and Instructive Advertising Cards furnished dealers ordering in cartons. Priee, per gross, $9; in cartons, $12. Special discounts to the trade. See quotations in this paper for dozen rates. Martell Biacking Co., Sole Man- ufacturers, Chicago. WATCH FOR LYNGH'S BEAUTY, Best $25 Cigar on the Market, D. LYNCH, Sole Owner, GRAND RAPIDS. War Claims a Specialty. PENSIONS FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS, their widows and children. INCREASE PENSIONS for those whose dis- abilities have increased, and for those who have become entitled toa higher rate by a depart- mental ruling, or by act of Congress. VETERAN BOUNTIES to all soldiers w ho re- enlisted on or before April 1, 1864, during the war of the rebellion, having previously served in the army at any time ‘for a period of (or periods aggregating) nine months. OFFICERS’ TRAVEL PAY now collectable in every instance where a discharge or resigna- tion was based upon a disability incurred in ser- vice. ALL KINDS OF CLAIMS diligently and per- sistently prosecuted. Sixteen years experience. My fees and other charges are moderate and in accordance with the law. ADVICE FREE and CHEERFULLY GIVEN. REFERENCES in every County in Michigan on application. F. I. DARLING, Attorney, Late Special Examiner U.S. Bureau of Pensions, 46 Old Houseman Building, Grand Rapids, Mich, antee Satisfaction. ceive them. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of -DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Sole Agents for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. We have in stock and offer a full line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Rumesa. 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- All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re= Send in a trial order. Havelting & Perkins Drvg Go, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \5 | The Michigan Tradesman How a Shoe Firm Advertises. Worrespondence Boot and Shoe Recorder. Our chief item of advertising expense is yet tocome. A little over two years ago we commenced a gift scheme, which, with some improvements and modifica- tions, we still continue. With every sale of $1 or more, we give a linen towel. We do not give two towels with a $2 sale, but one of a better grade, and with $38 worth a better grade still. We buy them at wholesale, of importing houses, and, of course, save a good deal thereby. Our $1 towel costs us abi ut eight cents: the one we give witha $2 sale. eleven cents: the $3 one, thirteen cents, ete. Orif preferred, we give checks for the amount of sale. which, when a person holds to the amount of $15 worth, he or she is entitled to a good 2's-yard linen table- eloth, costing us not far from ninety cents. Many of the checks given out are lost, lessening expense somewhat. It seems but alittle thing, but it is sur- prising to observe what a little thing ean turn the tide of trade toward your door. The heads of families, especially those who have six or eight pairs of shoes to buy every month, often think that as long as the shoes we sell are as good as those sold by other firms, that a present of a good tablecloth occasionally will not come amiss. and being in a man- ufacturing town, many a young fellow eomes to our store for a pair of shoes be- cause he knows he will get a good shop towel with them. It is expensive. cost- ing over $800 a year, but this sum comes back to us many times in increased trade, directly due to this plan. I know there are many merchants who would turn up their noses at such a scheme for booming business, characterize it as illegitimate, unbusinesslike, ete. We, however, are not in business for sentiment, but for money, and as long as the scheme pays— and by looking at our sales-book we know it does pay—we consider it legit- imate enough. It has been a success with us. although it probably would not work as well with those whocater mostly for fine trade, but with a medium line of goods and in a manufacturing town, | should recommend it as worthy of at least atrial. We have made a thorough test of the lottery system. With us it was only a partial success. We think there are other ways of advertising which yield better returns than this. Of course, in some places, I presume, they are suc- eessful, but in this city lotteries have been run to death, and are but very. little profit, and a cause of much dissatisfac- tion among the many who get nothing. ——___ ~~» -¢ Outlook for Savings Banks. from the New York Shipping List. The general shrinkage that is taking place in the rates of interest paid upon all kinds of investment, especially those that are more or less of a permanent character, is awakening a good deal of interest and discussion among financiers, as to how the savings banks will be affected thereby. The laws under which these institutions exist prescribe certain limits with regard to the investment of their funds, but the steady decrease in the rates of interest which such invest- ments return is seriously curtailing the earning power of these large aggrega- tions of capital and constantly diminish- ing the rates which they are enabled to pay their depositors. Then, again, the large amount of capital from trust com- panies, insurance companies and other financial institutions, that is constantly seeking to secure profitable investment within the very lines to which the sav- ings banks are limited, creates so keen a competition that the latter institutions experience no little difficulty in finding employment for their funds, even at the lowest rates of interest. The level for good bond and mortgage on improvement city or suburban property is slowly drop- ping to 4@41¢ per cent. and it is safe to say that renewals of old 5 and 6 per cent. mortgages are constantly being made at lower rates, while city and state bonds are readily placed at 3@3 per cent. and a constant shrinkage in the national debt displaces 4 and 4!5 per cent. invest- ments of this character, for which there is no alternative, but to seek lower rates of interest. Deducting the running ex- penses of these institutions, cost of man- agement and administration and loss of interest upon idle capital and what is left for the depositor must necessarily be a diminishing percentage, especially as every year witnesses a large increase in the deposits that savings banks are carry- ing, and for which they are endeavoring to earn a profit. It is quite evident that the most favorably situated of these in- stitutions cannot much longer continue to pay 314 or 4 per cent. to small deposi- tors, and the present course of events would seem to indicate that in a few years, not more than 214 and possibly 2 per cent. will have to be established as a maximum rate for the strongest, while the younger and weaker will find it im- possible todo more than make a living and hence be driven out of business. a tp A Costly Chronometer. In the early days of the direct tea trade with China, importers were anxious to secure the earliest cargoes of a new crop. The fastest clipper ships were en- gaged in the trade. Great haste in load- ing them was followed by a hot race to reach New York first. The first cargo brought the best price and large profits. The successful captain was always re- warded, so every known aid to naviga- tion was adopted. The young captain of one of Mr. Astor’s clippers bought, on one of his trips, anew chronometer, and with its aid made a quick passage and arrived first. He put the price of it into the expense account of the trip, but Mr. Astor threw it out, insisting that such items of expense for new-fangled no- tions could not be allowed. The captain thereupon resigned and took service with arival line. The next year he reached port long before any competitor, to the great delight and profit of his employers and the chagrin of Mr. Astor. Not long after, they chanced to meet, and Mr. Astor inquired: *“*By the way, captain, how much did that chronometer cost you ?’’ “Six hundred dollars; and may I en- quire, Mr. Astor, how much it has cost you ?”’ ‘Sixty thousand dollars.’’ The moral is plain. FLOUR Owl, Grown Prince, White Lily, Standard, Rye, Graham. Bolted Meal, Feed, Ete. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS. WHY WEAR PANTS That do no: fit or wear satisfac- torily, when you can buy the Detroit Brand, that are perfect in stvle and workmanship. _ dacop BRown &Cos + PERFECT Fir. -: Superior Make- “ANTS and OVERALLS. ASK FOR THEM? FOR Lowest Wholesale Quotations ON BEST Scranton Coal! Call om or address A. B. Knowlson, 25 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. FOR SALE! The Drenthe Cheese Factory. Well equipped for handling the milk of 400 cows. Termseasy. Address F J. LAMB & CO. Grand Rapids, - Mich. THE ALDINE FIRE PLACE ae SSS SED Sesh y Before Buying Grates, get our circular, Sent Free. The Aldine produces Warm Floors, Perfect Ventilation; keeps fire over night, and is cleanly. Burns coal, coke, wood or gas. Can be piped to com- mon chimneys, or set like other grates, andcan be run at half the 2 cost ofany other. AddressALDINE MFG. CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. AWNINGS AND TENTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc, Catalogue. Chas. A. Coye, Telephone 106. 11 Pearl St. Send for Illustraved TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am 7:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 9:30am 11:30am Traverse City Express....... . 3:05 pm 4:20pm Petoskey & Mackinaw..... ....... 8:45pm 10:30pm 7:30a mand 11:30 a. m. trains have chair cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 10:30 p. m, train has sleeping car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express... - 2. 6:25am 7:00am Fort Wayne Express... -11:45am 12:45am Cincinnati Express...... dccceces OO me 6:00 p m Chicago and Sturgis................10:40pm 11:05pm 7:00a mtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. 6:00 p m train has Pullman sleeper for Cincinnati. 11:05 p m train has Wagner sleeper for Chicago, via Kalamazoo. Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Chicago, Petoskey or Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave Arrive. oe re tees 10:15am De ee coe 3:45 pm Fe ae eee eee 8:45 pm Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. Sorsing Muprere.....-.. 2.0... 12:20 pm 12:25 pm PEMTOUNN MOM. os te 4:25pm 4:30 p m +Steamboat Express..............10:40 pm 10:45 pm WRignhs xprers...-.--- 8. 6:50am 7:00am ee. 7:30 am GOING EAST. +peworw, Express... 6:45am 6:50am +Through Mail...... i 11:40am #Evening Express. . : 3:50 pm “Eamited Mxpress....... 6 6:50 pm +Daily, Sundays excepted. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. next day. Limited Express has parlor car to Detroit, making close connections for all points East, also makes direct connections at Durand with special Pullman through cars to New York and Philadelphia. Steamboat express has parlor car to Grand Haven, making direct connec- tion with steamer for Milwaukee and the West. Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. AS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern. For Toledo and all points South and East, take the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and connections at Toledo with evening trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin- nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- nent points on connecting lines. A. J. PaisLEy, Gen’! Pass. Agent BK. W. HALL PLATING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass and Iron Polishing AND Nickle and Silver Plating Corner Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids, THE ACME oF UTILITY xo ee IS REACHED E SAME let o z 1S Liberal dis- count to the trade. Special Inducements to parties intro- ducing this system of store- fitting in any 00 locality. © 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 BE SURE, RiY FREEND, TO CET at Se. THE ELOPEMENT after the painting by Kaemmerer, issued by GOW. ANS & STOVER, Buffalo, N. Y., at a cost o over F,00) dollars, a copy cf which they send free : dress ou 1 ceipt ci 25 wrappers from QAK-[EAF SOAP aS tO ay HANISH & KIPERY, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Trunks made to order or repaired on short notice. Truaks, Traveling Bags HARNESSES, SADDLES, COLLARS, BRIDLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES. 74 Waterloo St., - GRAND RAPIDS. Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. Cash Capital, $200,000. HISTORY—Commenced Business Novem- ber, 1882: Assets Total Total Year. pec. 3ist. Income. Expend’s SU*Plus. 1882 #100,359 $ 2,578 S265 <2... 1883 109,793 25,276 16.506. ae. 1884 115,670 40,933 lll 1885 126,257 51,054 el 1886 239,501 5%, 759 45,660 $ 5,378 1887 275,595 102,181 66,558 20,695 1888 300,227 123,240 99,249 35,983 DIRECTORS: Julius Houseman, George W. Gay, Martyn L. Sweet, I. M. Weston, H. Widdicomb, J. W. Champlin, D. A. Blodgett, S. F. Aspinwall, James Blair, T. Stewart White, Philo C. Fuller, E. Crof- ton Fox, A. J. Bowne, Thos. M. Peck, Francis Letellier, Grand Rapids; C. T. Hills, Muskegon; R. A. Alger, Detroit; Dwight Cutler, Grand Haven; F. B. Stockbridge, Kalamazoo; O. M. Barnes, Lansing; W. R. Burt, East Saginaw. JULIUS HOUSEMAN, President. S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary. The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 34 Ss SS Manufacturers of Delivery Wagons ofall] descrip ions. Also manufacturers full line of Delivery and Road Sleighs. Write for illustrated catalogue and price list. Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Amboy Cheese, GRAND RAPIDS. Job Printing! We desire to call atten- tion to our facilities for producing first-class job printing for the trade. If you live ina part of the State where you cannot get satisfactory work, write us for estimates. Samples and prices sent on applica- tion. Wecarry a complete line of stationery, papers—in fact all kinds of printers’ stock. Send sample of what you want. Fuller & Stowe Company, 100 Louis St., GRAND RAPIDS. BROWN & SEHLER, DEALERS IN Engines, Boilers and Mill Machinery, Farm Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Carriages. F pa Pats K. G. STUDLKY, Wholesale Dealer in Rubber Boots and Shoes Manufactured by CANDEE RUBBER CO. Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. TELEPHONE 464. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 4 Monroe Street, DETROIT SOAP CoO., Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, MASCOTTE, CAMEO, PHENIX, AND OTHERS, For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current. quantities, address, Sal I W. G. HAWKINS, woce 50x13. "GRAND “RAPIDS. P. STEKETEE & SONS, Notions, For quotations in larger N Dry Goods : 83 Monroe St, and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fall Line of Hosiery, Underwear, Yarn, Comforters, Blankets, Flannels and Woolens Complete. New Line of Prints, Ginghams, Dress Goods, Tricots and Sackings. We always carry afull line of Pants, Overalls, Jackets, Shirts, Lum- bermen’s Hose and Drawers, and Complete Stock of Notions. en Warps, Geese Feathers, ee ( § Waddings, Batts BURLAPS. i and Twines, Agents for Georgia and ‘alley City Bags. FLOOR OIL CLOTH—ALL WIDTHS—FOR FALL. Rindge, MICHIGAN Bertsch & Co,, AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. We carry a full line in stock and guarantee terms and prices as good as any house selling the line. Correspondence solicited. 14 AND 1I6 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, 12, MICH. Seventeen Years on the Market With a steady increase in demand. Jennings Flavoring Kxtracts ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE AND UNIFORM IN QUALITY AND PRICE, BEING MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT BE OTHERWISE THAN THE FINEST FLAVORS PRODUCED. Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable goods to add to their stock. Orderthrough your Jobber or direct from Jennings & Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. SEE QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER. WHO URGES You TO hEEYP SA POLIO’ THE FU BLIC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help sell less known goods. ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. HBESTER & FOX, Manufacturers’ Agents for SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, ATLAS iii 4 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF Send for Catalogue and Cerry Engines and Boilers in Stock for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WM.SEARS & CO.. Cracker Manvtactvrers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. CURTISS & Co., WHOLESALE | Paper Warehouse. We carry the VEBY BEST double or single bit, hand-shaved ax handle ever made. Write for Prices. Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich.