The Michigan Tradesman. VOL. 7. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889. NO. 317. G. H. Behnke, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in COAL, W OOD, Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw, kts, 30 East Bridge St., Corner Kent, WEST SIDE YARD: Winter St., one block south of Shawmut Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ye 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 &t., 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. HIRTH & KRAUSE, DEALERS IN a FRENCH TOILET, | | SAFETY BARREL, GILT EDGE, | | RAVEN GLOSs, BIXBY'S ROYAL, | SPANISH GLOSS, BROWN’S FRENCH. | Dressings BOM | coors sere Blacking, "28e"7. Me 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. Try our eatables once and you will always there- after be a steady customer. F. M BEACH, Prop. 61 Pearl Street. Business Practice di Department Sue Wollese Bd. ucates _—— to transact and record business as it is 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 Go, Dealers in FINE STATIONERY, WRAPPING PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, 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.—1l will sell them at very low prices. Write for Special Discount. ROBT. S. WEST, 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. RDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jewe 44 CANAL 8Y., Grand Rapids, - Mich. W arren’s “Rlixir of Lite Cigar Price, $55 delivered. Send orders at once to GEO. T. WARREN & CO., Flint, Wich. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. References furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 186 EAST FULTON ST. The Leading Lavndry IN GRAND RAPIDS. Any one wishing agency in towns outside will please write for terms. OTTE SBHOGS., Props. Cook & Bergthold, OF MANUFACTURERS SHOW GASKS, Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- logue and prices. Fine Millinery! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Bought Direct from Importers and Manufacturers. Adams & Co., 90 Monroe St., Opposite 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. West Michigan BUSINESS UNIVERSITY AND NORMAL SCHOOL. (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) A thoroughly oameres. 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 tous. 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, A, E. YEREx, Principal. Sec’y and Treas. S. G. Ketcham, Lime, Hair, Cement, Brick, Stucco, Sewer Pipe, Tile, Fire Brick and Fire Clay. 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. Bartlett Pears Are in good demand and we have a large trade in them. Send us what you have to ship to this market. Write for quotations to BARNETY BROS., Chicago. MANY conPANY Show Case MAKERS. Prices Lower than Kver QUALITY THE BESY. W rite for Prices. HO YOU 63—65 CANAL ST. EET Over 5,000,000--five million--of our Cigars were made and sold last year? Also that it will increase a mill- ion this year, for the demand has been un- precedented. If you want the TH AT best always ask your dealer for our “BEN mur” ae “RECORD BREAKERS, © HEADQUARTERS: GEO. MOEBS & CO., 92 WOODWARD AVE., DETROIT. (Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.) CONTRACTORS FOR Galuanized Iron Cornice, Plumbing & Heating Work, Dealers in Pipes, Etc., Mantels and Grates. Weatherly & Pulte, Pumps, 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. 14 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. REVISED FORM Of the Organic Laws of the Patrons of Industry. CONSTITUTION. PREAMBLE. Being impressed with the fact that all parties interested in commerce, manufactures and other enterprises of importance are organized and using their combined influence for the promo- tion of their own special interests, while the farmers and employees, upon whose labors de- pend the prosperity of the nation, are almost entirely unorganized, We, the citizens, farmers and employees of North America, believing that Almighty God, as the souree of all power and the ruler of nations, should be acknowledged in all con- stitutions of societies, states and nations, do hereby with due reverence to Him, associate ourselves together under the following articles, and dosolemnly pledge ourselves, one to another, to labor together for the promotion of the inter- ests of farmers and employees and the good of the nation, of which we are a part. ARTICLE I. Name. See. 1. This order shall be called the Patrons of Industry of North America, and its object is to secure the rights and interests of agricultur- ists and laborers, and shall be non-partisan and non sectarian. ARTICLE II. The Supreme Asxociation. See. 1. This order shall coftsist of a supreme association, grand associations, county associa- tions and subordinate associations. Sec. 2. The supreme association shall have jurisdiction over North America, and is the highest tribunal of the order. Sec. 3. The supreme association shall consist of a supreme president, supreme vice-president, supreme secretary, supreme treasurer, supreme sentinel and a board of three trustees, together with the delegates elected by the grand associa- tions entitled thereto, and shall hold biennial sessions at a time and place to be determined by a majority of the delegates present at the previ- ous session. Sec. 4. The basis of representation in the su- preme association shall be one delegate for each three thousand members or major fraction thereof, the number for each state to be appor- tioned by the supreme secretary on the basis of the last quarterly report received before issning the tae tae the convening thereof. Said dele- gates to be elected by the grand association of the state entitled thereto. Sec. 5. The term of office of the Supreme officers shall be for two years, provided, that at this first session the first trustee shall be elected for the term of two years, the second for four years and the third for six years, and that each succeeding supreme association shall elect one trustee whose term of office shall be six years. Sec. 6. The officers and trustees of the supreme association shall be elected by a majority vote of the delegates present at every regular session. They shall hold office until their successors have been elected and shall have qualified. See. 7. At all times when the supreme associa- tion has met it shall require at least one-third of all the delegates elected to form a quorum for the transaction of business, and the supreme president shall preside. and n his absence the supreme vice-president shall preside, and in case of the absence of both the supreme president and supreme vice-president or any other supreme officer, the supreme association may select offi- cers pro tem. Sec. 8. The revenue of the supreme association shall be derived from the charter fees, sales of supplies used by subordinate associations, the regular per capita tax, and quarterly dues from subordinate associations in states where no grand association has been formed. See. 9. The secretary and treasurer shall give good and sufficient bonds for the faithful ac- counting of all funds coming into their hands, and the delivering up at the expiration of their term of office of all funds, books, papers and other property of the order in their possession or under their care, to their successor in office or other authorized officers of the order. Sec. 10. Constitutional amendments may be enacted at any regular meeting of the supreme association, by a two-thirds vote of all the mem- bers present. ARTICLE Il. Grand Association. See. 1. A grand association may be- formed in any state within tbe bounds of which there are not less than six County associations in good standing. sec. 2. The officers of a grand association shall consist of a grand president, grand vice-presi- dent, grand secretary, grand treasurer and grand sentinel. Their successors shall be elected by a majority vote of the delegates present at every regular grand association, which shall consist of delegates elected by the several county asso- ciations, and shall convene on the last Wednes- day of February in each year at such place as may be determined by a majority vote of the delegates present at the preceding session. Sec. 3. All delegates to the grand association shall be elected by the delegates of the several subordinate associations of each county when in association assembled, such election to take place at the county association next preceding the grand association. Each county shall be entitled to one delegate to the grand association for every 400 members, or major fraction thereof. Sec. 4, Grand associations shall have the power to enact all by-laws for their government, providing the same are in harmony with the supreme constitution. See. 5. The financial condition of the grand association shall be forwarded to the supreme secretary immediately after each regular session. Sec. 6. The executive officers of the grand associations shall be a board for the submission and adjustment of all matters of controversy, by or between organizers or members in that state, and to pass upon all recommendations and appli- cations for commission from any person whatso ever. Sec. 7. The secretary and treasurer of the grand association shall give good and sufficient bonds for the faithful accounting of all funds coming into their hands, and the delivering up atthe expiration of their term of office of all funds, books, papers and other property of the order in their possession or under their Care to their suc- cessor in office or other authorized officers of the order. Sec. 8. The secretary of the grand association shall forward to the supreme secretary all dues, as provided by the supreme constitution. ARTICLE IV. County Association. See. 1. A county association may be organized in any county in which there shall be not less than four subordinate associations in good standing. See. 2. County associations shall consist of a county president, county vice-president, secre- tary, treasurer, sentinel, and one delegate from each subordinate association in the county in good standing. See. 3. County associations shall have power to make by-laws for their own government, pro- viding the same are in harmony with the su- preme constitution. See. 4. The county association shall meet the last Wednesday in January, annually, and at such other times as the county committee shall determine. Sec. 5. The secretary of the county association shall forward to the secretary of the grand asso- ciation all dues, as provided by the supreme con- stitution. See. 6. The secretary and treasurer of the county association shall give good and sufficient bonds for the faithful accounting of all funds coming into their hands, and the delivering up at the expiration of their term of office of all funds, books, papers and other property of the order in their possession or under their care, to their successor in office or other authorized offi- cer of the order. Sec. 7. The first county committees shall be composed of the first three subordinate presi- dents, all subsequent county committees to be elected at the annual county association, the number always to be three, all presidents of subordinate associations, and one of whom shall act as chairman of the county association. It shall be the duty of this committee to give notice to all subordinate associations of the meetings of county associations, and to secure a place and make arrangements for the meeting of the association. No subordinate association shall have the right of representation in the county association which shall not have paid all its dues. ARTICLE V. Subordinate Association. See. 1. The officers of subordinate associations shall consist of president, vice-president, secre- tary, treasurer, guide, sentinel, Minerva and Demeter. Sec. 2. No subordinate association shall be or- ganized with less than ten members and it shall require five members to form a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 3. All persons making application for membership shall be balloted for by the subor- dinate association where the application is made. Any applicant receiving a two-thirds vote of all members present shall be declared elected. See. 4. No person becoming a member of this order shall be required to take an oath, but shall be received upon their honor as a citizen. See. 5. All disputes and difficulties between the members of the order, including all disputes gen- erally settled by process of law, shall, if pos- sible, be settled by the court of the subordinate -association to which they belong, according to instructions in the by laws. Sec. 6. Subordinate associations may be insti- tuted by the payment of a fee of #13, #10 of which sha]] be paid to the organizer, and upon the for- warding of the number of charter members, male and female, with $3 as a charter fee, the supreme secretary shall issue tothemacharter. After the instituting of an association, the “fee of all initiations shall be in all cases one dollar for male members and fifty cents for female mem- bers. The quarterly dues shall be not less than twenty cents for each male member and ten cents for each female member, payable quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October, of which an annual per capita tax of five cents per member be forwarded to the su- preme association, twenty cents per member to the grand association, fifteen cents per member to the county association, the residue of quar- terly dues to remain in the hands of the treas- urer of the subordinate association. See. 7. All books, blanks and forms required by subordinate associations shall be purchased of the supreme association, and payment must be made therefor to the supreme secretary before the supplies are forwarded. Sec. 8 No subordinate association shall be in- stituted nearer than three miles of another, without the consent of the nearest subordinate association. Sec. 9. The age of admission of all applicants for membership shall be determined by the members of the subordinate association where the application is made. See. 1'. All dues shall be paid in advance. Any member of a subordinate association who shall not have paid his dues for three months shall be suspended, and may be expelled from the order by a two-thirds vote of the association to which the member may belong. Sec. 11. No subordinate association shall be liable for quarterly dues for the quarter during which it is organized. Any subordinate associa- tion that shall fail for three months to pay its quarterly dues shall forfeit its charter, unless satisfactory reasons can be given to the grand association. All dues, as provided by the su- preme constitution, shall be forwarded by the subordinate secretary to the county secretary. Sec. 12. All applicants for membership shall send in with their application the initiation fee, which shall be returned immediately in case of their rejection. Sec. 13. The secretary and treasurer of the subordinate association shall give good and suffi- cient bonds for the faithful accounting of all funds coming into their hands, and the deliver- ing up at the expiration of their term of office of ail funds, books, papers and other property of the order in their possession or under their care, to their successor in office or other authorized officers of the order. Sec. 14. Any member wishing to withdraw from an association may do so on payment of all charges against him on the books of the associa- tion, and shall be granted a withdrawal card by his association upon application therefor, and upon presentation of the card, and making an application for membership in another associa- tion, the applicant shall be balloted for by such association, and if elected shall be entered upon the books as a member of that association. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 2. Reports of the committees on candidates. . Balloting for candidates. . Receiving of members. . Proposals.for membership. . Is any member sick or disabled? . Reports of standing committees. . Reports of special committees. 9, Bills and accounts. . Unfinished business. . New business. BO 2S te C2 12. Suggestions for the good of the order. is. Receipts and disbursements. 14. Closing. Remarks by the president. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE LF. See. 1. It shall be the duty of all subordinate associations toappoint a relief committee, to visit the sick and report immediately to the president, who shall see to it that suitable watchers are provided each night, if necessary: and the sub- ordinate association may, by its by-laws, pro- vide for a sick benefit fund and for other extra- ordinary association purposes, ARTICLE I. Sec. 1. In the case of the death of a member of any subordinate association, a meeting of the as- sociation shall be immediately called, and adjoin- ing associations shall be notified and all the members of the association shall attend the funeral in a body; butin no case shall there be any funeral ceremonies performed by the asso- ciation, as such. Each member present shall wear crape on the left arm as a token of respect for the deceased member. ARTICLE Hi Sec. 1. No religious ceremonies are enjoined for associational meetings. If a minister or church member be present, the president may, if he wishes, call upon him to open or close with prayer. ARTICLE TV. See. 1. Any person making application for membership in the order must be of good moral character, and it will be expected that they will refrain from the violation of civillaw. Any mem- ber who shall be accused of the violation of civil law shall be cited to trial in the association of which he is a member and, if proved guilty, shall be reproved, suspended or expelled,as the case may require. ARTICLE V. See. 1. An accused member shall be brought to trial before a jury of not less than five members of the association. In the selection of the jury, the party may challenge for cause. If the president judge it necessary, he may select the jury from any other association in the same county. The president shall preside at the trial and cause exact minutes of the evidence and proceedings in the case to be taken; or, if he be personally inter ested in the case, the vice-president shall preside; or, if they both should be personally interested or absent, the president shall secure the presi- dent of some other association in the same county to preside in the trial. The rules and regulations prescribed by law for the govern- ment of the lower civil court (justice of the peace) shall be adopted by the presiding officer, with this restriction—that no one outside of the subordinate association shall be permitted to appear as counsel in behalf of either party. Sec. 2. On any disagreement between two or more members of an association concerning busi- ness transactions, which cannot besettled by the parties, the president of the association shall in- quire into the circumstances of the case and shall recommend to the parties an arbitration consisting of five, two cho-en by the plaintiff and two by the defendant, which four arbiters so chosen shall choose a fifth. The arbiters can be chosen from any other subordinate associa- tions in the same county. The president shall preside and the forms of trials shall be observed and an accurate record kept of the proceedings and testimony; but, if either of the parties be dissatisfied with the verdict of the arbitration, they may have a right to appeal to the county association. Sec. 3. In case of an appeal taken from an arbi- tration of any subordinate association to the county association, said association shall appoint a committee of twelve, to whom the testimony taken in the arbitration shall be given for their decision. If any excluded person shall feel aggrieved for reason of the finding of the county association tribunal, he shall have a right of appeal to the grand association, to which an exact record of the proceedings and testimony of the trial shall be sent, and their decision shall be final. Sec. 4. In all the foregoing cases of trials, wit- nesses not members shall notbe rejected. Affi- davits of distant parties may be taken as pre- scribed by civil law. ARTICLE VI. Sec. 1. Cushing’s Manual shall be the recog- nized parliamentary authority for the govern- ment of all associations of the order. RITUAL AND SECRET WORK. President—(Gives one rap with gavel to call meeting to order, and says:) ‘‘The hour for labor has arrived and the work of another day demands our attention.” Sentinel—( Will receive password from the president, take charge of the door, and admit no one without the password, except by permit of the president.) Guide—(Will get password from the president and proceed to collect the same and report if all members present are qualified. ) Guide—*‘Mr. President, I find that all present “iy qualified.” (Or otherwise, as the Case may e.) President—‘‘The association will now come to order and assist me in opening.”’ (By two raps of the gavel from the president the association will rise to their feet, under the voting sign of the order and assist in opening the association by singing.) {Singing at the discretion of each association. | President—‘‘I now declare the association open for business.”*” (Seating the association by one rap of the gavel.) INITIATION, Sentinel—(Makes a confused alarm at outer door.) Guide—‘‘Mr. President there is an alarm at the door.”’ President—“ Attend to that alarm and see what is wanting.” Guide—‘‘Sentinel, why is this alarm at our door?” Sentinel—‘“‘There are friends admitted.” Guide—‘‘ Are they of proper age, well qualified and duly prepared?” Sentinel—‘‘They are.” Guide—‘‘Mr. President, some friends wish to be initiated into this our association.” President—‘Are they of proper age, duly pre- pared and well qualified?” Guide—‘'They are.” President—‘'Let them enter.” Guide takes charge of the candidate at this time, and the president brings the association to their feet by two raps of the gavel and all join in singing the wishing to be INITIATORY ODE (Tune Greenville.) Welcome stranger to our ordez We shall need your help and care, In the haryest and the vintage You shall have a rightful share. Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome Heaven bless you, is our prayer. Guide, during this time, will conduct the can- didate around the room in frontof the president. At close of ode the president will seat the asso- ciation with one rap of the gavel, at the same time saying, ‘halt!’ (sharp) ‘“‘who dares attempt to pass my station in so careless and heedless a manner? Who are you and where do you come from?’’ Guide—‘‘From our occupation.” President—“You are laborers, sume?” Guide—‘‘We are.” President—‘‘By what right do you claim the privilege of passing my station?" Guide—‘‘I am a guide conducting a candidate in search of knowledge, wisdom and justice.” President—‘By what I have learned you are entitled to pass to the station of Minerva,” Guide—*‘I will now present you to Minerva, who represents one of the greater divinities of Roman mythology. She was regarded as the goddess of wisdom, the arts and sciences, or of the thinking, inventive faculty... (Now leads the applicant in front of Minerva and says:) “Minerva, I have the privilege of introducing to you this friend who seeks admission to our ranks.” Minerva— ‘My dear friend, we are about to enter into a mutualagreement to labor together for the promotion of the interests of farmers and employees and the good of the nation of which weareapart. The purpose of our order is to cultivate to the highest possible degree all those attributes and faculties with which the Creator has so generously endowed each and every one. There certainly can be no nobler object than for one to labor for the improvement and elevation of his fellow man. {We have entered into a mutuak agreement, to honor the imperishable element in man, which the power of the Creator has implanted within him and to excite and cultivate to the highest possible degree by an honorable competition the skill and efforts of man, for the improvement and elevation of his present condition of being. No object beneath the effort to secure and bless the immortality of men, can be considered greater or of more importance. | ~ Our prosperity, as a people, is not so much to be attributed to soil and climate as to the untir- ing industry of the toiling masses and the ele- vating influence of Christian education upon youthful minds, and society in general. These facts teach us to honor God’s word and to dig- nify that most honorable condition of man, free labor upon a free soil, making the cunning arti- ficer an equal with the eloquent orator, exalting the head that has humbly bent for many a weary day over the bench of industry, to preside with the dignity, which commands united reverence, upon the bench of judgment, and leading the feet that have followed through many a weary furrow in the field, to stand ona level with statesmen in the councils of the nation. To bring about this result, we ask your influence by precept and example. You will now introduce our friend to Sister Demeter.” Guide—‘‘We will now gall upon Demeter, the representative of ancient and modern agricul- tural industry.” and say:) ‘‘Demeter, I have the pleasure of pre- senting to you this friend, who seeks to become one of our members.” Demeter—‘‘Dear friend. Human talent, indus- try, wisdom and skill, under the favoring bless- ing of heaven, must now go forth to sow, and gatherin the harvest of the earth. It isthe province of this association to build not palaces, but men: to exalt, not titled stations, but gen- eral humanity: to dignify, not idle repose, but assiduous industry: to elevate. not the few, but the many. Itis to this work we ask your assist- ance. You will now conduct our friend to the center of the room, to receive further instruc- tions by the president.” Guide—‘:Mr. President, this friend, wishing to unite with us,and having passed the stations of Minerva and Demeter, I bring him (or her) to you, for further instructions.” President—‘‘My dear friend. It bee¢omes my duty, as president of this association, to inform you that it will be expected of you as a member of this association, that you will labor to bring within the fold of organization all agricultural- ists and laborers not generally included in trades unions and similar organizations, making knowledge a standpoint for action, and indus- trial moral worth, not wealth, the true standard of individual and national greatness; to use your influence to secure to toilers a proper share of the wealth that they create: more of the leis- ure that rightfully belongs tothem; more society advantages: more of the benefits, privileges and emoluments of the world; in a word, all these rights and privileges necessary to make them capable of enjoying, appreciating, defending and perpetuating the blessings of good govern- ment; todo what you can asa Citizen, for the reserving of the public lands—the heritage of the people—for the actual settler; not another acre for railroads or corporations, Are you satis- fied thus far, and do you still wish to become a member of our association?’ (if the candidate replies in the affirmative, the president shall say:) ‘I will now proceed to give you the final instructions. You will not be required to take an oath or affirmation, but you shall promise upon your honor asa Citizen that you will ob- serve the constitution and laws of the subordi- nate, grand and supreme associations, and that you will not reveal any of the secrets or unwrit- ten work of this association, in or out of the order, which may be received by you as such. Do you so promise?’ (An audible response to the obligation must be given in all cases.) UNWRITTEN WORK. 1, Raps of the association and how used. 2. Sign, or voting sign, and its use. then, [I pre- (Now lead in front of Demeter | 3. The hailing sign and its token. 4. Sign of recognition and its token. 5. Grip and words of recognition and how used. _6. That you will aid all needy brothers and sisters, if you can do so without injury to your- self or family. 7. That you will stand by, defend and protect all worthy brothers and sisters in everything that is right. “Are you satisfied thus far and do you still wish to become a member of our association?” (If the candidate answers in the affirmative, the president will say:) ‘I will proceed to give you the unwritten work.’ (Here to.be given the unwritten work of our association, after which there shall be an intermission of five minutes for congratulations.) SIGNS AND PASSWORDsS, 1. On entering an association give €«8k [four] distinct raps on the outer door. Guide makes xek+t [three] raps on the inner door and opens it, and upon your giving him the password, and producing a proper certificate of membership you will be admitted to a seat in the association, 2. The next which I shall give you is the sign or voting sign of the order, which is given thus: k£+—} xeet kt+|eex wLeg 4txwe xet fiLla t2xt6sts§ xeet cath | fle+6xt6]| xe xet t£k. [Raise the right hand, with the palm extended, the thumb pointing*to the ear.| It is under this sign that you come to order that you may assist the presi- dent in opening the association. It is also upon this sign that you vote. And in raising to ad- dress the president this sign is also used, and should you presume to address the president without first using this sign he should not recognize you. 3. The next which I will give you is the hail- ing sign, which is giventhus: Pkt) xw+ +6§+z S+6]tK &€ xet ktjex e£6§ +6 *le—+ fikaeztatx2 X& XB} FLK 4txe £ —It/ex acxteb &§ xt L£6§ “ck4£k§, [Bring the index finger of the right hand in close proximity to the ear, with a slight motion of the hand forward] then letting it drop to its natural position by your side. (Its token, LkF 2K £ fl\Lxke6%) [Are you a patron?] 4. The next is the sign of recognition, which is given thus: fll£*+ xet cflt6 kt+|ex we £68 Sfle6 xe§ PKPL—xX 4txe xet xeRaP tzxt9§t6) RAALKSE. {Place the open right hand upon the breast. with the thumb extending upward,| (Its token, t+ £a.) [lam:] 5. The next is the grip. which is given thus: £ £811 *1£—fl &* xwt ktiwex exL6s, fll £*+6) xeet +6§¢z Ptoitk Gtkal2 «6 xxe+t figi—+. [A full clasp of the right hand, placing the index finger firmly on the pulse. | The next is the password, or words, of recog- nition, which is given thus: I give you the first, you give me the second, and I give you the third, and as you are instructed your guide will prompt you. The words are flexke6— «© +é6§8—xk2. |Patrons of Industry.| Its use—when you ap- proach an associ tion, in order to gain admit- tance, you must give the password to the senti- nel, and upon receiving the same and a proper certificate of membership, h* will admit you. The next is the final test word, which is given thus: #e£6§ x& e£6§, [Hand to hand], (accom- panied by grip) mouth to ear and in low breath. It is given and received same as password. The words are, fikext*xté6 xe 1£PeKk. [Protection to labor. | eg Desirability of Doing a Cash Business. A good business man must be a prac- tical financier. It is not necessary that he should understand all about stocks and bonds, be acquainted with the ex- change markets in the great money cen- ters of the globe, and master the prin- ciples of quadratic equations, but he should understand thoroughly the differ- ence between profit and loss, know how to use his capital to good advantage, and see that his expenses are kept snugly within his income. A clearly defined purpose of honest money making should be his intent. With this object in view, and steadily pursuing it, success will crown his efforts. The capital may be small at the commencement, but its care- ful expenditure, diligent attention to profits, and necessary economy in living and details will cause it to grow year by year until it becomes sufficient to con- duct the business without the aid of eredit. Just here is the important point in any business career. When a business man can manage his affairs without the help of friends or credit, it is then he becomes truly independent. He is free to buy in any market, take advantage of the rise or fall of values and is enabled to compete successfully with competition in trade. The manufacturer who pays prompt cash for all his raw materials, and conducts his whole operations om that system, can make goods at less cost than the one who buys on credit. The credit manufacturer works ata disadvan- tage, and can only make both ends meet on a strong rising market. It is the same way with the merchant. The one who buys for strict cash is the most sought after by the trade; his money gives him importance and po- sition, and he commands the situation. He takes advantage of all discounts, secures the best bargains and occupies the lead in business. If he is opposed by those whe buy on credit, that kind of competition is not to be feared, as the advantage is allon the cash side. Itis important, therefore, for every business man to reach the point where he can con- duct his affairs on acash basis. This position reached, the worse half of the conflict over. To buy and sell for cash is the safe mode of mercantile man- agement. ‘This system relieves the mind of much worriment and anxiety, enables the active prosecution to become a pleas- ure and the man so engaged to be inde- pendent. This should be the aim of every merchant, manufacturer and bus- iness man; a fixed, steady purpose to make money, save it when made, con- duet all operations on a cash basis as soon as possible, so as ina certain sense to defy competition, dull markets or panic revulsions. Money is a great power in the commercial world, a sheet anchor in business panics, and an im- portant factor in the pursuits of life. It should be the firm purpose of every bus- iness man to make it honestly, spend it judiciously and thereby become inde- pendent. ee a ae A Kind Father. ‘‘What have you done with the money I gave you ?”’ Wife—‘‘I bought shoes for the child.”’ Husband — ‘‘Bought shoes for the child! Why didn’t you buy meat for the bull pup ?”’’ is i Secretary Blaine got a lesson in the use of the English language, while making a purchase in a London shoe store. He asked the salesman why he knew he was not an Englishman. ‘Be- cause,’’ was the reply, ‘‘your looks may be English, but an Englishman would not have asked the ‘cost’ of these shoes, sir—he would have asked the ‘price.’ ” 33 The Michigan Tradesman AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Chas. Baxter succeeds Baxter & Co. in the grocery business at 152 North Divis- ion street. J. F. Ranning has engaged in the gro- cesy business at Manistee. Lemon & Peters furnished the stock. John Bergthold has purchased an in- terest in the show case business of Frank Cook, at 106 Kent street. The new firm will be known as Cook & Bergthold. S. MeNitt, dealer in drugs, groceries and hardware, as added a line of dry goods and boots and shoes. Voigt, Her- polsheimer & Co. furnished the former and Rindge. Bertsch & Co. the latter. John S. Walker sold his cucumbers to Williams Bros. & Charbonneau, of De- troit, and has opened an office and sales- room at 323 South Division street, hand- ling a line of pickles, vinegars, jel- ee ee Mrs. F. J. Parker has purchased the dry goods and notion stock of Mrs. J. A. Logg, at 201 East Bridge street, and will add a line of millinery. F. J. Parker will use the warehouse in the rear of the store for his butter and egg business, having his office in the store. AROUND THE STATE. Bay City—T. C. Newkirk has bought Loranger Bros.’ drug business. Stanwood—E. Wilson has begun the erection of a new store building. Newberry—Frank Brabant succeeds A. Jones in the grocery business. Ithaca—G. D. Maxwell succeeds E. Davis in the millinery business. Muskegon—I. D. Lloyd succeeds Lloyd & McShannock in the tea business. Ishpeming—Geo. E. Voyer is succeeded. by J. P. Outhwaite in the hotel business Whitehall—Thos. Bennett has sold his harness and saddlery stock to Chas. Han- Effie isch. Burnip’s Corners—Adam Newell has sold his drug stock to Dr. C. W. Weaver & Co. Owosso—Murphy & Connor succeed Daniel L. Murphy in the wall paper bus- iness. Alpena—N. M. Eddy has sold his agri- cultural implement stock to Campbell & Nicholson. Bay City—Craig Bros. are succeeded in the grocery business by Brucker, Craig & Co. Athens—Robert H. Lewis succeeds G. W. Ensminger in the grocery and hard- ware business. Nunica—P. M. Cleveland & Son suc- ceed the estate of H. W. Cleveland in the drug business. Edmore—A. M. Kingsbury & Co. suc- ceed W. E. Kingsbury in the boot and shoe business. Manistee—Nels Olsen, successor to the drug firm of Holm & Olsen, has assigned to James Nelson. Republic—Kittle & Gamrad is the style of the firm succeeding Casper & Kittle in the meat business. Charlevoix—W. H. McCartney & Co. succeed the Litney Sisters in the ladies’ furnishing goods business. Newberry—H. Ingalls has sold his drug stock to Fred R. Fuller, son of R. Fuller, the Manton druggist. Manistee—J. O. Nessen has purchased the general stock of H. W. Magoon & Co., and will take it to Nessen City. Battle Creek—Amberg & Murphy have purchased the Edward J. Smith drug stock and will hereafter conduct both stores. Traverse City—G. Piltz has bought the Shadek undertaking stock and will run the business in connection with his mar- ble works. Stanwood—D. E. Reed has _ retired from the general firm of Van Auken & Reed. The business will be continued by J. B. Van Anken. Petoskey—R. T. Bower and M. A. Bar- ber have formed a copartnership under the style of Bower & Barber and will shortly engage in the drug business. Three Rivers—Wm. H. Shepard has purchased the interest of Fred Strutz in the drug firm of Shepard & Strutz and will continue the business in name. Blanchard—A. W. Stevenson succeeds Willis J. Mills as manager of L. M. Mills’ drug store. Mr. Mills will take the man- agement of Geo. A. McHenry & Co.’s drug store, at Chippewa Lake. Belding—Cooper & Putney have bought the dry goods stock of W. F. Bricker and will continue the business under the management of C. W. Putney as a branch of their lonia establishment. Mr. Bricker will continue the grocery bus- iness, occupying the rear portion ofjhis old store. Muskegon—The assignee and the Mus- kegon National Bank have filed a petition in the Circuit Court, asking for a re- opening of the S. 8S. Morris & Bro. as- signment matter, on the ground that valuable real estate was transferred by the Messrs. Morris just previous to making the assignment. his own Sparta—J. R. Harrison has removed his dry goods and boot and shoe stock from Byron Center to this place, his old stamping ground. He will erect a brick building for the reception of his stock next spring. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Saginaw—The Cranbery Lumber Co. has been organized, with a capital stock of $600,000. M. M. Cole spent last relatives at Schoolcraft. tarries there. Saginaw—E. O. & S. L. Eastman & Co. are erecting a large addition to their new planing mill, feeling the need of more facilities. W. F. Blake has purchased the res- idence of Chas. R. Remington, at 214 College avenue, and will take up his res- idence there in the spring. Coopersville — Lawton & Dorgan’s cheese factory ceased operations for the season last Saturday, having enjoyed a profitable year’s business. Bay Springs—E. M. Chase has retired from the firm of White & Chase, broom week among His wife still manufacturers. The business will be continued by A. M. White. Detroit — Negotiations are now in progress for the sale of the shoe manu- facturing business of H. 8S. Robinson & Burtenshaw to Pingree & Smith. East Saginaw—John G. Owen will ex- tend his logging road at Owendale two miles, and will put in a full stock for his mills there. His new planing mill is in operation, but the sawmill shut down last week. Shelby—Geo. B. Getty and Geo. E. Dewey have purchased the interests of J. H. Moore and Mrs. B. Moore in the Shelby Roller Mill, and will continue the business in company with the other part- ner, Alex. McLeod. Alpena—This is said to be the last season of partnership in lumber manu- facture for Fletcher, Pack & Co. Mr. Pack will probably run one mill and the Fletchers the other, but the partnership in the Hubbard Lake logging road will continue. Bay City—James A. Green has filed a petition in the Circuit Court to make a disposition of the Green & Stevens mill site and property at the south end of the city. The mill was destroyed by fire last December, and the firm dissolved last February. It seems that an agreement could not be reached as to the disposition of the property, which is owned equally by the members of the late firm. Mr. Green wants the property for the location of anew mill, and says that if he could have secured the interest of Mr. Stevens therein, he would have erected a mill thereon early in the season. It will probably take several months’ time to adjust the matter. - > ¢ > Bank Notes. John W. Wilson has been elected Cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Muskegon, vice W. B. McLaughlin, who resigned to accept a similar position with the Union Nationa] Bank. The eight national banks of Detroit have a capital stock of $4,400.000 and a surplus of $557,000, and the thirteen State banks have a capital stock of $2,619,600, surplus of $354,500 and undi- vided profits of $667,217. The savings deposits in State banks aggregate $17,- 763,356.08. The total deposits in all the banks amount to $32,979,112.16. The State and national banks have $3,425,989.- 09 in actual cash on hand. th 8 - Wool, Hides and Tallow. Wool has not sold freely the past week, but there has been considerable enquiry by manufacturers to find choice lots and bargains. Sellers say they have out more sample bags than ever before, indi- cating that manufacturers are ready to buy, if they can find a margin by werk- ing it. They evidently are in need of wool to run their mills, but claim that there is no profit in running on present prices. Itisaloss to dealers to sell on present prices and but little will be offered, as it is strongly held, and justly so, by prices ruling in foreign markets. Wools must necessarily go higher before the of October. Manufacturers decline last year’s prices heavy weight cloths and are asking an advance. Their samples are out, ready for the trade, when there is a disposition on the part of clothiers to buy. Hides are in large supply, with a light demand, except for choice selections in light weights, with a fair demand for heavy and harness selections. The un- usual decline of last month on light hides is fully warranted by the slow de- mand for light leather, with a large sup- ply, but mostly of an inferior tannage. Both hides and leather seemingly are seeking the low levelof prices with other commodities. Tallow isin fair demand at unchanged prices. close on i ee In consequence of the decline in sugar, prices on candy are lower. Nuts of all kinds are firm. New chestnuts are in market. They are fine in quality and prices will be lower soon. New figs, new Malaga grapes, new citron, orange peel, lemon peel, etc., are also now in market. P. of I. Gossip. lt is reported that C. O. Cain and the Sand Lake P. of I.’s have parted com- pany. F. S. Porter, Grand President of the Patrons of Industry, will lecture at the opera house, at Nashville, on Wednesday evening. Lyons Herald: ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Classes the Patrons of In- dustry schemers with lightning rod and Bohemian oat swindlers, with whom hon- est men should have nothing to do.’’ The Nevins Lake Lodge of the Patrons of Industry ordered a boycott on the Stanton Herald, and the net result was that the Herald lost one subscriber who owed the paper $4.25 and hasn’t paid it yet. O Hesperia News: ‘‘The P. of 1. store, which a little dried-up, consequential man from somewhere has been trying to start at this place, is having hard work to catch a first breath. Our merchants claim they cannot take hold of the scheme and do it honestly.’’ Evart Review: ‘‘The Patrons of In- dustry, through one of its agents, en- deavored to organize a society at the Osceola school house on Tuesday even- ing, but did not succeed, from the fact that the people failed to see the good re- rults as represented.’’ Newaygo Republican: ‘‘The Patrons of Industry would stand better with the public if they would send better men out to organize lodges. The records of Water- house, Payne, et al., follow them wher- ever they go, and it is needless to say does not inspire respect for the cause they represent.’’ Stanwood correspondence Big Rapids Current: ‘‘F. M. Carpenter has opened his new store, which is known as the P. 1. store. He is said to have a large trade. Just what the future of this or- ganization will be, it is hard to tell. It is hoped that it will finally result in a benefit to the masses, but farmers must look out for the cash to buy with, as it is designed to do no credit business.”’ A Flint merchant writes as follows: “Our merchants are well pleased with your style of dealing with the P. of IL. nuisance. We feel that in exposing the fraudulent character of the movement, and unmasking its originators, you have done us a service which we can never re- pay. Any merchant who would refuse to take THe TRADESMAN, after doing what you have done, must be a mighty mean man.’’ Flint Daily News: ‘‘There was quite a flurry at Flushing Saturday, about forty members of the Patrons of Industry enter- ing the village with their teams to do some trading at the Patrons’ store. Many of the farmers came from Burton and vicinity, passing Flint on their way. After making their purchases, all de- parted in a body, bearing uplifted brooms in their wagons, and attracting great attention as they passed through the vil- lage.’’ A Flint correspondent writes as fol- lows: ‘John B. Wilson, hardware dealer, is the only man whom the P. of I.’s have been able to induce to trade with them. He runs a little one-horse concern in the west part of town; but they say he is quite aschemer and is cutting some of the P.. of I.’s wide open. The better class of farmers have left the P. of L.’s, are denouncing the order as a swindle and are doing their trading with the reg- ular merchants.”’ Port Huron Times: ‘‘A correspondent asks the Times to notice the fact that Rey. F. W. Vertican, Supreme President of the Patrons of Industry, is a minister in connection with the United Presby- terian church. He did not go with others in this State who recently entered the Presbyterian fellowship. Our corres- pondent says the United Presbyterian church claims to be opposed to secret orders, but it would seem to be getting away from that idea, when one of its clergy is leader of such an organiza- Hon.”’ Adrian Times: ‘‘We understand that an agreement has been reached by the Patrons of Industry as to what profit will be paid the dealer over his cost price. It ranges, as we understand, from 10 to 1214 per cent., but on certain stan- dard articles, such as cotton cloth, for instance, which is universally sold at just about cost, no such a profit will be allowed, The Patron proposes to pay spot cash for everything he buys. It is the professed intention in many quar- ters to compel the entire bulk of the Patrons’ trade to the selected stores, and to allow no skirmishing to other places, and no blandishments of the skillful and shrewd merchant are to be allowed to divert the patronage of the order from its chosen channels.”’ > _- Purely Personal. Perry Barker has taken the position of shipping clerk for A. A. Brooks & Co. A. S. Davis contemplates the erection of a $3,000 residence early next season. B. Fisher, general dealer at Cressy’s Corners, was in town one day last week. Frank Hamilton, of Traverse City, was in town last Friday on his way home from Chicago. Geo. E. Steele, of Traverse City, was in town for a few hours last Friday and favored THE TRADESMAN Office with a eall. He is now engaged in buying right of way for the C. & W. M. Railway on the line of its Traverse City extension. S. S. Morris has taken the position of traveling representative for Swift & Company and Friedman & Swift in this State. Wm. H. Hoops stumbled over a skid in front of Olney, Shields & Co.’s, Satur- day, sustaining severe injuries to a hand and leg. J. R. Abbott, the Howard City furni- ture dealer, was in town one day last week for the purpose of securing legal advice on the subject of his arrest for building a wooden addition to his brick store, which is loeated within the fire district of the place. F. A. Smith, Cashier of the Charlevoix Savings Bank and proprietor of the Charlevoix Cigar Manufacturing Co., was in town a couple of days last week. Mr. Smith is a hustler from Hustlerville, being interested in most of the active enterprises of his town. Badly Twisted. Customer (rushing into hardware store)—I’ve just got time to eatch a train. Give me a corn-popper. Facetions Dealer—Don’t you mean a pop-corner ? ‘“*‘Yes, a cop-porner. Hurry up!’ ‘“*Don’t you mean a pon-corper !’’ ‘“‘Hang it (excitedly), I said a porn- copper, didn’t I ?’’ ‘““No (also excited), you said pon-cor- per.’? “T said corp-ponner.”’ ‘*You said porp-conner.”’ “t didn’ t.”’ “Vou did.’ “You lie.” ‘“*You’re another.’’ ‘“‘Take that.”’ ‘And that.’’ (Five dollars or thirty days next morn- ing.) Chance to Recover. ‘‘Smither is going to marry that rich Miss Cunker—a million dollars cold.”’ ““HOOray 0" ‘‘l’’m surprised to hear you rejoice, I thought you disliked him.”’ “I do; but he owes me a hundred dol- lars.”’ SAFE FOR SALE. A nearly new, fire-proof safe, with burglar-proof chest, made by Cincinnati Safe and Lock Co. Will be sold at two- thirds first cost. E. A. Stowe & Bro., EK. W. HALL PLATING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass and Iron Polishing AND Nickle and Silver Plating Corner Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids. IF YOU WANT The Best ACCEPT NONE BUT iver Thread Sauerkraut. 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. Order this brand from your wholesale grocer. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. a 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— WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF DRY o0ods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps, clothing and hardware, situated ina lively lumbering town of 1,500 population; stock will invoice about $6,000; rent of store reasonable; purchaser will be favored with the trade of over 100 men, employed in the mill of present owner. Address No. 521, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 521 OR SALE—THE FINEST DkKUG STORE IN THE city of Muskegon at 75 cents on the dollar; reasons other business. C. L. Brundage, Muskegon Mich. 5 OR SALE—A GOOD GROCERY BUSINESS HAVING the cream of the trade; best location in the city; stock clean and well assorted; thisis a rare chance for any one to geta good paying business; poor health the only reason. Address S. Stern, Kalamazoo, Mich. 51 OR SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE—WITH OR without store building; an excellent chance fora wide-awake party; good reasons given for selling. Address at once Box 99, Fowler, Mich. 516 OR SALE—DRUG SIORE AND STOCK SITUATED IN a lumbering town; good farming country around, avery desirable place for a good physician. Address Box 442, Alpena, Mich. 509 re SALE—GROCERY STOCK IN GOOD LOCATION Willinventory $700 to $800 and doing a business of about $13,000. Address No. 502, care Tradesman. 502 ARE CHANCE—DRUG STOCK FOR SALE; WELL _ located. thoroughly established and doing a good paying business; stock new and well-selected; terms easy; willlease or sell fixtures; afine opening for a physician. Address Lock Box 142, Hastings, Mich. OR SALE—A GOOD PAYING BUSINESS—GOOD reason for selling out. Inquire of F. J. Detten- thaler, 117 Monroe Sc. 490 OR SALE OR TRADE—GENERAL STOCK IN GOOD location. Address No. 57, care Michigan Trades- man. 507 SITUATIONS WANTED. \ 7 ANTED—POSITION IN DRUG STORE TO FINISH learning pharmacist t ade; one year’s experi- F. J. Hill, Howard City, Mich. 519 MISCELLANEOUS. OR SALE—A CINCINNATI SAFE, WITH BURGLAR . proof chest; will be sold at two-thirds first cost. although used but two months. 100 Louis St. OR SALE—DRAFT TEAM 5 YEARS OLD — DARK gray; well matched; weight 3,100 pounds. Address M. W. Millard, Kinney, Mich. 522 V ANTED—TO EXCHANGE KANSAS LANDS AND real estate for a stuck of groceries and general merchandise. Address No. 517, care Michigan Trades man. 517 LO portent ng Amie nen MERCHANTS TO COR- respond with the “Gobleville Sign Works;” high- way signs a specialty. Address Gobleville Sign Works, Gobleville, Mich. 515 S$ = OO — THE COMPLETE MACHINERY OF A 1 oO first class custom grist mill; two run of stones, one feed, the other for feed; all in good order; ready to deliver on cars. Address Geo. M. Sayles, Attorney-at-Law, Flint, Mich. §14 ANTED—SEND A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- pon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y., for samples of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete and finest on the market and just what every mer- chant should have progressive merchants all over the country are now using them. 437 \V ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 14 OR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF the most pleasant streets ‘‘on the hill.” Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, care Michigan Tradesman. 286 ence. E. A. Stowe & Bro., 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, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. Mal = (15 The Best 5-Cent Cigar on the Market. MANUFACTURED BY J. K. DELBRIDGE, 341 So. Division St., Grand Rapids, —= : B ee “VALLEY CITY ENG-PRINT CO. 7 ~~ Ifyou want the Best Bread, ask your grocer ior Browns standard. Always Sweet, Moist and Good Color. 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 BERK 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. M iD R io HA N ToS who continue handling Lion Coffee will certainly increase their trade, consequently their popularity as dealers in first-class family supplies. WOOLSON SPICE 6). 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 CORFE EH and a full line of Bulk Roasted Coffee, Spices, &c., will be kept in stock at our Grand Rapids Depot. You CAN BUY LION COFFEE from any Jobber in the following cities: BAY CITY .... BATTLE CREEK CHICAGO .... DETROIT ... . EAST SAGINAW . FT. WAYNE... JACKSON .... Telfer Spice Co., Grand Rapids. . . MICH. KALAMAZOO .... MICH. a ” LANSING ... +6 -« “6 . - ILLS. LaPORTE ...... IND. . . MICH. MUSKEGON ..... MICH, 2 ” SAGINAW ..... > “ - - IND. SOUTH BEND .... IND. . . MICH. MILWAUKEE .... WIS. And of all Jobbers Throughout the United States. SS WOOLSON SPICE Co., TOLEDO, O. GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH, MANUFACTURERS LION COFFEE. 106 KENT STREET. * ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. President—C. L. eS Muskegon. First Vice-President—C man, Flint. Second Vice-President—M. © : iearwecd, Allegan. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso. Executive Board—President; Frank Wells, Lansing; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint; O. x Conklin, Grand Rapids, Secretary. Comtnalites on Insuran F. Conklin, Grand Rap ce—O. ds; Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard, Owosso. Coceumaee on Legislation- Frank a Lansing; H. H. Pope, Allegan; C. H. "May, Cli Committee on _ Scenes aa ‘Hamilton, Trav erse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw; L. W. Sprague, reenville. coaumainae on Transportation—C. T. 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 *Secretary—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- ._ 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President. L w. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Lowell B. M. A. President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. No. 4—Grand Rapids M. AL President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President, John A. Miller; Secretary, C. 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. ©. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. H. ‘Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A. President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly. No. 10—Harbor springs B. M,. A. President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson. No.11—Kingsley B. M. A. President, H. P. Whivple: 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, 8. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M. A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. President, J. V. Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. 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. No. 19—Ada B. M. A. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel. No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps. No. 21—Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. President, rl B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, John W. Hallett: Secretary. = A. Lyon. No. 24—Morley 3B. M. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. at Richmond. No. 25—Palo B. M.A President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. ‘Johnson. No. 26—Greenville bs. M. A. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary. E. J. Clark. No 27—Dorr B. M. A. President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. No. 28—Cheboygan B. M.A President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B.M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough. No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. President, A. G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix KB. M. A. President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—Saranac B. M. A. President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams. "No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. , Densmore. No. 36—Ithaca B. ™M. A. President, O. ¥. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Baitle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M. A. President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 —-Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. 8S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. Ta 2 aaa .41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, °S H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. J. Rathbun. ltrs dtetanhctthieiie No. 43—Tustin B. M. A. President, Frank J. Luick; _ Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. iim nd mi No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. a President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, oO. Fv Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. "No. 47—Flint M. vu President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. a Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston n B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor. ee ee eee No. 49—Leroy B M. A. President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. eee ee aia No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. Cc. Congdon. No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. S. Kedzie; Secretary, £. D. vs No, 53—Bellevue B. M. President, Fi Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. ae No. 54—Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M.A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. Cc. Bowman. No 56—Bangor B. M. A. _W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 57—Rockford B. M. A. wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake BR. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretar; ,C.= Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, = E. an Secretary, S. E. Neihardt. —Hartford B. M. A. President, = <=. aia Secretary, I. B. “ No. 62—East saginaw M. President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. Ww. a No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, c. ¥. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Ne, 64—Merrill B, M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom. No. 66—Lansing B. M. A. President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles. No. 67— Watervliet B. M. A. President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield. No. 68—Allegan B. M.A. President, H. H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand. No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison. No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, Wm. Boston; Secretary, Walter Webster. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. = 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. x Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. o. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. = Tame: 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. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross. o. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—EKast Jordan and So. Arm B. M.A. President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A. President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Lee E. Joslyn. No. 81—Flushing B. M. A. President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. 82—Alma B M. A. President, B. 8. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky. No. 83—Sherwoed B. M, A. President, & P. Wilcox; Secretary, W. R. Mandigo. o. 84—Standish B. M. A. President, 8 i Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. President, N President, No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President, J. M. Beeman; Secretary, C. H. May. No. gegen and Blanchard B. M. A. President. T. W. Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. No. 87—Shepherd3B. A ° President, H. D. Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst. Gripsack Brigade. Jas. A. Morrison is passing around the cigars in consequence of the advent of a brand new boy at his home. Messrs. Edmunds, McKay and Dawley, of the new firm of A. E. Brooks & Co., start out on the warpath next week. Greg Luce is the happy father of an 81s-pound girl, which put in an appear- ance at the paternal home, at Holland, a few days ago. Christian Bertsch is expected home from Boston to-night. Wm. Logie, who accompanied Mr. Bertsch East, will probably return home Saturday. Geo. F. Owen is flat on his baek again, a relapse having overtaken him. From present indications he will not be able to get out-on the road again under three or four weeks. Secretary Mills reports that the Knights of the Grip now number 700 members, with every probability of the number reaching 1,000 by January 1. Three additions have been made to the hotel list during the past week, as fol- lows: Anderson House, Eaton Rapids; Palace Hotel, Milan; Stadden’s Hotel, Centerville. ———$_$_—< - <_—__ Trick of a Grasping Jeweler. “JTt?s seandalous the way folks are robbed in some branches of business,’’ said a young man who knows a good deal about things in general. ‘‘There’s dia- monds, for instance. There ain’t one person in a hundred knows anything about diamonds. I once had a friend in the business, who used to tell me all about the tricks of the trade. Once, I remember, aman came to him to buy a diamond ring. My friend showed hima ring the stone of which was worth about $175, and offered it to him for $250. The man said he didn’t like it, and after look- ing at some others, went away, saying he would look in again. My friend took the stone, had it reset in a manner to show up prominently, whereas it had previously been set deep, and kept it to spring on the man when hecamein. He happened along in a day or two, and my friend dragged forth the ring. ‘**You didn’t like that other stone,’ he said, ‘but here’s one that will catch you. Just got it in and had it set. Its a beauty. Of course, it’s worth a good deal more money than the other, but it’s worth the difference.’ “The man looked at it and was cap- tured at a glance. He went into raptures over it and finally asked the price. ‘““‘Four hundred dollars,’ said friend, ‘and dirt cheap, too.’ “And VU be doggoned if that chap didn’t pay $400 for a ring he had refused at $250. Oh, I tell you this thing of fall- ing into the hands of the jewelers is worse than running against highway- men.”’ my —~—e <—___—_ A Lesson to the Engineer. From the Chicago Herald. The recent railroad disaster on the Rock Island has recalled a number of stories regarding the carelessness of engineers and other men in the operating department of railroads. An old rail- roader was telling yesterday of the time when he used to be conductor of a freight train. It was his misfortune to have an abnormally lazy engineer, who would go to sleep on the slightest prov- ocation. Whenever the train was side- tracked to wait the passage of an express train the engineer would lie down on his seat in the cab, prop his feet up against the boiler head and go fast asleep. He would remain that way until the noise of the flying express awoke him. Then he would yawn and prepare to pull out. The boys in the train crew did not like this. “Why can’t he stay awake and watch for signals as we do?’’ asked one of them one night, as the long train was ona siding waiting for the arrival of *‘No. 6.” “Well, why don’t you see that he keeps awake 2”? asked the old railroader., who was in charge of the train. ‘‘I will,’’ said the brakeman. With the assistance of the other boys he firmly set the brakes along the train and then hung a red lan- tern from the roof of the engine cab so that it was hanging in front of the win- dow just in front of the slumbering engineer. These preparations made, he put his foot on the old-fashioned crank whistle and there was an awful shriek. The engineer jumped up and saw the red light. Confused for the moment, he thought he was about to run into the rear end of another train, so he reversed his engine and jumped into the ditch, nearly breaking his neck. Of course, the engine did not move a peg. The boys were all back in the way-car by this time, and when the sleepy engineer re- covered himself and limped out of the ditch, he thought he must have been dreaming. However, he lost a year’s growth and never went to sleep at his post after that. He was cured. —_—___—~. + << VISITING BUYERS. Jno Smeenge, Hollana F Pfaff, Grand Haven C F Sears, Rockford H B Wagar, Cedar Springs WmVerMeulen,BeaverDam C 8 Comstock, Piersun L M Wolf, Hudsonville Granger, Plainwell H Van Noord, Jamestown Jno Fitzgerald & Bro., H J Fisher, Hamilton Baldwin Dr H B Hatch, Hart H D Plumb, Millbrook W W Peirce, Moline 8 A Bush, Lowell Hessler Bros., Rockford Frank Smith. Leroy CS Keifer, Dutton Wm Black, Cedar Springs Walling Bros., Lamont B Gilbert & Co., Moline Bissel & Flansburg, John De Vries, Jamestown Hickory Corners N F Miller, Lisbon G@ Ten Hoor, Forest Grove C K Hoyt&Co.,Hudsonville J W Runner, Shelby Lambert & VanNorman, GH Walbrink, Allendale Baldwin John Crispe, Plainwell SH Ballard, Sparta CH Adams, Otego W McWilliams, Conklin D W Cook, Fulton Brooxings Lumber Co., Geo L Coryell, Gd Ledge Brookings J H Manning, Lake P O S MecNitt, Byron Center Hughston & Read, Owens M Heyboer & Bro,, Oakland Byron Fisher, T Van Eenenaam, Zeeland Smallegan & Pickaard, Forest Grove Ella Kinney, Ensley Cressey’s Corners C F Miller. Woleottvile, Ind Wm H Shepard, 3 Rivers HC Clapp &Son,Mendon W H Harrison, Harrisburg OL Hall, Wolcottville, Ind = Seegmiller, Kingsley J Coon, Rockford E L Boynton, Griswold Maston & Hammond, H Dalmon, Allendale Grandville Mrs M A Side, Kent City John Damstra, Gitchell AL Burtsch, Sturgis H Meijering. Jamestown John Blass, Sturgis J Raymond, Berlin P Long & Co.,Brighton, Ind E White, L AS Burch, Sturgis L Cook, Bauer N M Davenport, M M Robson, Berlin Shipshewanna, Ind R a Byron Center White Bros., Lagange, Ind WE&JW Yeager, Ballou & Rowe, Lima Ind Lagrange, Ind H G Cobbs, Rome City. Ind R B Gooding&Son, liccting Maier, Fishers Station J L Ash, Parmelee ae Shepard & Bro.,Martin Welt Bros. , Lagrange, Ind W HStruik, Forest Grove CB Milliman & pe 9 i te T Armock, Wright Burr Oak H Thompson, Canada Cors J Kinney, Kinney CC Tuxbury, Sullivan Champion & Hayward, S J Martin, Sullivan White Cloud W N Hutchinson, Grant ‘sessions THIRTY-THREE MEN Meet and Call Themselves a “‘National” Convention. CHAPTER IV. About two years ago twenty-seven men assembled at Washington, voted to call themselves the ‘‘National Pure Food As- sociation,’ and proceeded to instruct Congress what sort of a measure the sixty millions people of this country needed to protect themselves from being imposed upon by the manufacturers and vendors of sophisticated food and drink. The proposed law endorsed by that con- vention is covered so deeply with dust that it is doubtful whether any of the framers of the measure could put their hands on a copy of the document. Both the convention and its work have long since passed into obscurity and forget- fulness. So it will be with another so-calied “National’? convention, held at Port Huron on May 1, 2 and 8, 1889, and at- tended by thirty-three persons. The original constitution of the Pat- rons of Industry, which was prepared in Krause’s house by Vertican, Krause and Wadsworth, contained the following provision: The national convention shall meet on the first Wednesday in May, 1892, and every four years thereafter on the same date. In placing the date of the first conven- tion so far in the future, the conspirators imagined that they would be able to line their pockets with the contributions of the farmers before being compelled to render an accounting; but the victims of the conspiraey were not so green as the trio supposed them to be. They argued that the hand which made could also un- make—that if three men could make a constitution, thirty men could unmake it and make it over again. Acting under this belief, the lay members of the order demanded a ‘‘National’’ convention, to the end that such revisions in the consti- tution be made as to curtail the perqui- sites of the three men who had up to that time received all the ‘‘benefits’’ which had resulted from the inaugura- tion of the order. The convention convened on the morn- ing of May 1, but immediately adjourned until afternoon, when the following res- olution was adopted : The National convention shall be com- posed of the officers of the Grand Asso- ciation, with the Grand Auditing Com- mittee, together with two delegates from the state and two delegates from each county the said delegates having been elected by the state convention. Under this rule, the following would be entitled to seats in the convention : Officers of Grand Association—F. S. Porter, North Branch; A. F. Partridge, Flushing; Peter Scott, Romeo: Joseph J. England, Caro; H. A. Daniels, Elva. Grand Auditing Committee—H. B. Gillard, Redman; Louis Baker, Lexing- ton; M. D. York, Millington. Delegates at Large—H. M. Buchanan, Lapeer: John Chalmers, Sparta. County Delegates — Lapeer, Carlton Peck, James P. Smith; Calhoun, F. A. Stark, M. A. Lamb; Huron, Henry B. Gillard, John Hunt; Tuscola, Robert Smith, M. H. Smith; St. Clair, David Quail, Wm. Mason; Genesee, B. F. Long, A. W. Whipple; Sanilac, John Nicholson, John Mitchell; Isabella and Gratiot, A. Townsend; Oakland, G. W. Scott; Eaton, Clinton Hockenberry, C. H. Whittum: Livingston, Chas. Abbott, Chas. Whited: Kent, Charles J. Rice; Lenawee, B. E. : Howard Dowell; Newaygo, Wm. R. Wolfe; Macomb, Peter Scott. =a all the above were present at the of the convention, but the Supreme President and Vice-President, Supreme Secretary and Deputy and Su- preme Treasurer were on hand at all times, so that at one session there were as many as thirty-three men who an- swered to the roll-call of the first ‘‘National’’ convention ! The sessions of the second day of the convention were given up wholly to amendments to the constitution, leaving it in the revised form published on the first page of this week’s issue. During the last day’s session. the report that Secretary Wadsworth was a defaulter was denied; each delegate was voted three cents per mile milage and $3 per diem; it was voted to hold the next convention in Lansing the third Wednesday in March, 1891, and the following officers were elected : Supreme President—F. W. Vertican. Supreme Vice-President — John An- drew. Supreme Secretary—I. R. Wadsworth. Supreme Treasurer—F. H. Krause. Supreme Trustees—H. B. Gillard, B. E. Niles, C. H. Whittum. Taken as a whole, the convention was chiefly remarkable for what it failed to accomplish, as the amount of work actually effected was next to nothing. ————>-+-—_—_ Unfortunate Procrastination. From the Buffalo Courier. Mr. Phiggins bought a pair of russet shoes last night, put them on, and went to call on Imogene. He has known Imogene long and familiarly, and he calls her by her first name—when her parents are out of hearing. The moment she saw the shoes a deathly pallor overspread her cheeks, and murmuring hoarsely, “Too late! too late!’ fell fainting intoa chair. On her revival, fifteen minutes later, she told Mr. Phiggins that she could no longer receive his attentions. “J endured you as well as I could through the summer,’’ said she, ‘‘hoping, even so late as the 1st of August, that you would buy a pair of russet shoes and at once assume a prominent position on one of the top rungs of the social ladder, But the strawberries came and went. The oyster season closed and the clam season opened. The harvest moon shed her rounded luster on the warm earth, and yet the russet shoes came not. The ground became parched with August’s drought, the locust droned, and the frog croaked in the fens, but your heated feet still displayed to my aching, weary vision the somber covering of winter. “But now,’’? eried the beautiful girl, rising from the gorgeous chintz cushions on which she reclined, and fastening her glittering orbs upon him, ‘now, when the haze of September softens the land- scape, when the city people are facing homeward, when the farm houses are getting lonely, and the leaves are begin- ning to curl and drop from the twigs, and winter is near at hand; now, at this eleventh hour, you appear before me ina brand-new pair of russet shoes! Go?’ The unhappy young man tried to ex- plain that he had not had $3 at any one time before this year to spend for russet shoes. But she would not listen. “Go!? she cried, with asob. ‘Go! I have no use for such a laggard in fash- ion ?? So he went out, weeping bitterly. > ee Time of The Arrival of New Goods in Market. From the Merchants’ Review. From the beginning to the end of the calendar year, new crep groceries of one kind or another are to be expected in the markets, and it may be of interest to the retail trade to know exactly when cer- tain goods are due. The following sum- mary will inform them: January — Foreign molasses, marmalade. February—Mild coffees, olives, truffles. March—Olive oil, Brazil nuts, cocoa- nuts. April—Maple sugar, domestic sardines. June—Camned salmon, asparagus, lob- ster and peas. July—Japan and Souchong tea, citron, French peas, imported sardines, French brandy cherries. Southern honey, Roque- fort cheese, Louisiana rice, fruit butter. jellies and canned cherries, pineapples, strawberries, beans and = mackerel, Palermo oranges and lemons. August—Pingsuey green and Oolong tea, Rio and Santos coffee, lemon and orange peel, French brandy peaches, salt mackerel, Carolina rice, fruit butter, jel- lies. and canned blackberries, peaches, raspberries and okra. September—Edam cheese, State and California honey, jellies, fruit butter, currants, French prunes, foreign raisins, Jordan almonds, French vegetables, French brandy prunes, and canned apri- cots, blueberries, corn, succotash and tomatoes. October—Domestie molasses, Moyune green tea, figs, Turkish prunes, various descriptions of almonds, mince meat, fruit butter, preserved fruit, jellies, and canned apples, grapes, pears, plums, quinees, pumpkins, clams and oysters. November — Persian dates, Sicily shelled almonds, walnuts, pecans, pea- nuts, filberts, bird seed, dried julienne, and eanned turkey, chicken and duck, Malaga oranges and lemons. December—Fard dates. >_< The P. of I.. Dealers. The following are the P. of I. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: . Altona—Eli Lyons. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Bellevue—John Evans. Big Rapids—C. A. Verity, A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses- sions. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, Fish, L. A. Gardiner. Charlotte—John J. Richardson, & Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock. Cora . Newell & Co. East Saginaw—John P. Derby. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. ' Gardner—J. B. Brice. Grand Rapids—John Cordes, Beriles, A. Wilzinski. Harvard—Ward Bros. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Hubbardston—M. Cahalen. Kent City—R. McKinnon, M. L. Whit- ney. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. nings. Maple Rapids—L. 8S. Aldrich. Mecosta—Parks Bros. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Morley—Henry Strope. Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. Lee. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Remus—Geo. Blank. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Brayman & Blanchard. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sparta—Dole & Haynes, Woodin & Van Winkle. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. ee Paisley B.A. Daron Joseph H. Jen- Test for Blood. A simple test for blood, and one easy of application, is made by the addition of tincture of guaiac and ozonized ether to a weak solution of blood, when a bright blue coloration is produced. If a drop of blood be mixed with half an ounce of distilled water, upon the addi- tion of one or two drops of tincture of guaiac, a cloudy precipitate of the resin appears, and the solution has a faint tint. If to this solution one drop of an ethereal solution of hydrogen peroxide is added, a blue tint appears, which, upon a few minutes exposure, gradually deep- ens. This testis very valuable for minute quantities of blood, and one experimentor has succeeded in obtaining impressions from a stain upon cloth where the micro- scope failed to show any blood. ———_—__—_ 2 Time’s Changes. In courting days we sometimes strolled Within the gloaming fair, And oft I stooped and gayly plucked A flower from out her hair. But now since wed I often look With sadness on that hour, As eating home-made bread I plucked A hair from out the flour. ———-s__— Good Words Unsolicited. Charlevoix Cigar Manufacturing Co., Charle- voix: ‘We must say that you have an excel- lently made-up, well-printed, and as nicely dis- played a sheet as anything in this State. We admire a clean job and a nicely made-up paper.” Dry Goods. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS., Bilantic Ao...) elintegrily XX... .... 54% Atlanta AoA: ..... — Mane, Ww E..... ..... 6% Archery Bunting... 44; “ BX... ..-...- 6% Amory.. ae "6 CORE Se... :. bis Beaver Dam AL - oa Lawrence LL....... Berwick i... 1... 84 New MarketB...... Pg Blackstone O, 32.. Noeipe Boos. 5% Chayman:..... -.... 4 Newton ...... ... -. 6% —. Ans. Oa Our Level Best..... z Comet... : ..2... 2). Riverside XX... .... 5 Clifton CEC... .:.. i Sea Island R........ 6% Conqueror XX...... 5 (Sharan & 1.0... 6% Dwight Star 74|Top of the Heap.... 7% Exeter A..... 6%%4| Williamsville. ...... z Full Yard Wide..... 6%/Comet, 40in........ 84 Great Falls E....... 7 jOaetinie ~ ....-.: 7% Honest Width....... 7 |New Market L,40in. 7% HartforaA......:..- 5% BLEACHED COTTONS. Blackstone AA..... S iitirat Prise... ....... Deas Al... 4% Fruit of the Loom %. 3 Cleveland ..:... :.- Wairmount:.... _.... 4 Come... 25... ce .. 7% Lonsdale Cambric..10% Cube. %.--...-. 4... 6% Tons@@ic.....:. --.. 84, Dwight Ancho OF... Middlesex: -. 3.1... 54 shorts. bs mo Nemes... oe. Tm Mawards....-.2.:... Oak View.....:.... 5 Mmpire:.....55.:...- c Oce Own. ...:...2. 5% Marwell.... 3.:.,..-: Sunlignt . 2.2.5.2. .:- 4% Fruit of the Loom.. ax WVinverd -..- . 8% Miteayine - 2... 0.7: 7%, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. abet: ... %74|Dwight Anchor..... 9 Barwell. .33. ....- Bi! UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. ‘Tremont Nooo 20. = Middlesex No. i... 10 Hamilton NN. Ee 90.) ee ; - fo ...8e Middiesex AT...... 8 < [8 Neos. . <7). 8... 09 o Ne 25... 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilten N..:...<. .. Swen A A oe 11 Middlesex cr. 8s; = Uc § ATs | “ ce oe 12% tf x ¢ nee a | id 4.13. 17% ers. 10% o a. .0.. 16 CORSET JEANS. Biddeford. ...-.....- 6 . Os Branswick .... -.-- 6%4|Roekpoert........... 6% PRINTS. Allen, siaple-..._.-: 6 Merrim’ - shirtings. 54% es faneg...¢..-. 6% Reppfurn . 8% POpOS.......: 6%|Pacifie fancy........ 6 Ameriean fancy.... 6 — soves.2-..... 6% American indigo.... 6%|Portsmouth robes... 6 American shirtings. 5144|Simpson mourning.. = Arnold - . 6% . eye. ; er [ long cloth B. 10% ol solid black. Bie Hh 8} Washington indigo. 6% “ Turkey robes.. 7% India robes.. 7% plain r "ky XH % 8% "Ss . century cloth 7 7 “gold séal..... 10%} ‘‘ ‘« “Porkey red- — - Berlin solids. ....... . e * OFF blue... _-- ee “« Ottoman Ea fe ereen - = Eeyred...-......- 6 Cocheco fancy...... Martha Washington . madders. . ae —. rea 4 - 7% Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington Hamilton fancy. ... 6%| Turkey red........ 9% . staple... 6 |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Manchester ancy. . 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% new era. en gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%} indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A....13%|Pearl River.....-...- 12% Hamilton N..-...... TM DEMINS. Amoskear .--.. ..-- wsiEverett.....-. <---: 12% Amoskeag, 9 0z..... 15 |Lawrenee XX. .....- 13% Anaover.. 14 iBaneaster.-.....-..- 12% GINGHAMS. iGienarver.... ...... 6%|Renfrew Dress...... Tanceshire ........- Gx) Got du Nerd... ... .- 16 Normandie..... .-.-. CARPET WARP. Peerless, white...... 18%4| Peerless, colored. . .21 | GRAIN BAGS. Stack: ) iGeorsia .__._..... _. 16 American... -...- Ty jPaemic ._- -..... .14 Valley City...:...--- 16 (Burlap)... 11% THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour’s. _ 2.88 Coats’, J Pe 45 |Marshall’ St 88 Holyore..-.......- -- 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. a cco 38 Coa 42 No. He No. 14.. re 8...... 34 39 |" 16...) 38 43 10... Se 40 os 39 44 — 32.2... 30 41 oo... 40 45 CAMBRICS, Slater 434|Kid Glove........... 434 White Star....-.. -- 4% ;Newmarket......... 43% RED FLANNEL. Wireman. ¢.... ... | an SL 22% @reedmore.... ....-- read 32% Palpot Mem... =. TRE, ON... ae Nameless ..:......- A BUeKeye.... ........ 382% MIXED "FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid. -40 iGreySRW-......_. 17% Union B..-..: 20. a4 | iWestern W .......-- = 314 Wingdeor....-. .... |. pee. 18% 6 0Z Western........ a \Flushing XXX......23% Union B. _ 2244 Manitoba... 21... 23% DUCKs. Severen, 8 oz. ae 4|Greenwood, Goz....11% Mayland, 8 oz... eae 11 | West Point, 80z.... 9% Greenwood, 714 . 944) WADDINGS, White. doz... ..... 20 Per bale, 40 doz....87 25 Colored, doz. ..:.__. | SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Gross... 9 (Pawtueker........-. 11 ed Cross.... 9 De ie 9 . Best __ .1014| Bedford _. ii Best AA.....12%4| CORSETS. Coraline. .:.._...- _.29 S| Wonderful... .-. $4 75 Shilling’s ......... 9 OO|Bripiiton.< .....-__ 475 SEWING SILK. Cc orticelli, Goze. io... 85 (Corticelli knitting, twist, doz..42 | per oz ball...::. 30 ' 50 yd, doz..42 } HARDWARE. The Hardware Market. The advancing tendency in the hard- ware market still continues. Jobbers have advanced steel nails to $2.40 rates and wire nails to $2.70 rates, and the indications are that all articles made of iron and steel will shortly follow the recent advance in pig iron and steel bil- lets. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy im full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. ves 1G Style ooo. 60 CN 60 OGGR Se 2 = J ennings’, Sengmme..) 222... Jeuniuge, imitation .......---..-_.-.. 50810 AXES. First Quality, SB Beane... 8700 1D BBall 11 00 e S. B. 8. Steel.. 8 50 ri DB Steer... 2... ss 13 00 BALANCES. dis. PU see ee ees a seem eee 40 BARROWS. dis. Matieog@ 8... $ 14 00 Garden 0.0 232. net 30 00 BELLS. dis. ae ee “es OE eee ee ee 30815 ee 25 BOLTS dis. GOMGs ee a 50&10 Gena Ow MG sce 5 ee oe 40&10 Sleigh shoe...... oaslanst oe eeepc adda acs uae 70 BUCKETS. Well piste $3 50 Well, EC ee 400 THE RICKARD LADDER. SOLD BY FOSTER, STEVENS & CoO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Write for Circular, BRACES, dis. COMMON BARREL, RC ee ee a aes ee ol eae ga oe 2 2 pouore ...... CLINCH. (Ain Bee E 1% and 1% inch |... tts. 1 35 BUTTS, CAST. dis. 2 and 2 eee 1 15 Cast Loose Pin, igured........ ...........:- & 24% and ee ee 1 60 —— Narrow, , bright Saat joint.......... ra i 85 Pete R A ener eed names UU Ce See ee a 6010 +n half keg 10 cents extra. Wrought Inside Blind................-.-.-.- 6010 Pio cue Dee eo a na ie ie ma: Cred ee ‘0&10 : 1 Se . -70&10 SS 8, fANCY .-.-.--. essere eee eee 40@10 Blind, Snepere ss 70 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy................. whio 10 _ BLOCKS. Benen first qualey. Ordinary Tackle, © 85... - ee eee ee 40 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s, wood... ...- 20&10 ; : PANS. Pe seh erie oO eaeaag: ae ee ees dis. 60 Ne pert 4% | Common, polished...................... dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. Ely’s 1-10 va per a 65 a Te...lrtiiCi«iCi.................,., 50 Mee 2 ny 60 Copper Hiveta and Bursa... 50 7 ee “ 35 il PATENT FLANISHED IRON Musket ee “ 60 ‘‘A*? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 eae cides caiai on H — 8 pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 roken packs } Rim Fire, U. ; 7. Winchester new = 50 —o — — Rim Fire, United States................. a 6 SN i . CE oon cokes iudeetee note dis. 25 a inch and larger ........-..+..s..++ es ie Ri Rec rnrre nett trere ces inne sententtns 4 SockCURMEIICT oo 70&10 SQUARES, dis TE 70&10 | Steeland Iron..... .........2- 2.22. .- ee eee 5 ee ee Bait | Sak ee el 60 SDE Eee 70810 | Mitre ......... 0... ee eee eee eee e ee eter ee eee 20 Butehers’ Panged Firmer..................- 40 SHEET IRON. COMBS. dis. . Com. Smooth. Com. Curry, Lawrences 40&10 — = rer = wee cncce cee wenn en cce eens - = . 00 iD ee ea 2 fovemkiss .... Serer 25 Nos. 18 to 21 Cc re 3 2 ; = White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | NOK- <2 tO ae .--------. we we 4% 3 15 ee ee man | Nos, 25 to 26-022. 440 3% Planished, 1402 cut to size.-.... per pound 38) “21 siieeis No. i8 and lighter, over 30 incbes Cold Rolled, 14x56 pe tee =e rns — ‘0. pice (46450 wa oe . Boe 65) EABC SECE 19, Bee dis. 40&10 DRILLS. dis. SASH CORD. Morse’s Bit Stocks 49 | Silver Lake, White A.................... list 50 Paper and straight Shank................... 40 l Drab A... ... eee eee eee eee 55 Morse’s TaperShank 000000 40 L ak been e eee e teen eee es : 50 DRIPPING PANS. =. Small sizes, ser pound .......... a 07| Discount, 10. Large sizes, per pound................ ..-.. 64 SASH WEIGHTS. ELBOWS. P Solid Wye per ton $25 Com, 4 piece,6in.....-....--....... oz.net 70 SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS — ais ie. 4010 | Miles’ “Challenge”.....per doz. 820, dis. 500250405 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis, | POtry---.-----.42. per doz. No, 1, $15; No. 0, i Clark’s, small, SiS Jere OO Oe not ie tae ie oe Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 830 ......------.-20- _ *5| Enterprise Mfg. Co........--.....e-. dis. 20810@30 FILES—New List. dis, | Siivers 0. “dis. 40&10 isos te COC i i New American............0--+0eee eter trees 60&10 be ian SAWS. Bosks Hee IIE OSo |. Silver Steel ‘Dia. Cuts, per foot, "70 Heller’s Horse Rasps...........2..-2.005+ oo. eS. Cuts, per foot... 50 ooo a . a. Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 GALVANIZED IRON. - ampion and Electri¢e Tooth X Wos. 16 to 20: 2 and 24: 2 and 26; 27 2S| Cues, per foo... el. List 12 13 14 15 «18 aii dia. Discount, 60 ( Be Ce UN — a GAUGES. dis. Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ........... Stanley Rule'and Level Co.’s..... -.....-.. 50} Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s ... #0 HAMMERS, lll... Tl Maydole & CO.'8........-024 -eeeeseeeees fi) 5) Be a CO es 70 eT dis. Gt MOUHC, CNOMCE 18¢ per doz. Vorkes @ Plumb 00000 dis. 40&10 | Mouse, delusion..................... $1.50 per doz. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...............-- 30¢ list 60 WIRE. dis. Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10| Bright Market.................0.20 0 cece seen 67% Annealed Market... % en 70&10 Gate, Clarke fa = .dis.60&10 se oe a Ce 62% See ce er doz. net, 2 50 wee e ee cece econ ee eens se Screw Hook and Sirap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and’ : os "ARR ARENDS az enece «ee Wg | FAMIM HENCE........ ee ee eens cece eens er poun = cence Hook and Eye, {0 Barbed Fence, galvanized.......... . cab 83 4 ‘6 e _ 8% POee 2 80 : . . 1% / WIRE GOODS. dis. ; -~ Bright i... .. 70&10&10 Strap ena eo eee ee 70 —. ee 70&10&10 Oe 70&10&10 HANGERS dis. * Bam Shine Kidder} Mfg. Co., Scee i. 5010 Gate Hooks and — ee oo Champion, anti friction...........-.......- 60&10 : ENCHES., is, Kidder, Sl 40 sss ae gga MERON sl 2 ee aca eT a Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ is FO aa em neces eas Coe’s Patent, malleable......... 7 75410 a oor ae ae TE sarin ATE _ Cee eae ee et, Bird Cages .......... 0.2005 cece eee ee seen Pompe, Cistern 15 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Screws, WoW Fant. es 50 Stamped Tin Ware......-........._ new list —_— Cassers, Bed and Piate.................. & Japanned Tin Ware.. Dampers, American — eS 7 EO eee 40 Granite Iron Ware .....-.....-..- new list 3334 &i0 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 acne -. -dis, 256:10@25410810 se Au Sapie.........--_...-. is. aoe dis, 5&10&2%4&2% en Northwesterm. 602000000 dis. 10&10&5 ee Kec PIG TIN. Sig aera pi Ee iow cle lea ea Door, ——— , jap. trimmings ...........--- 55 | ee ere Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 | Duty: Sheet, 244c per pound. Door, porcelvin, trimayien. 8... 55 600 pound casks —> “ cs ie 7 THE PUTNAM CANDY COMPANY. or trashy the novel may be, if the author | s-om ponderous tomes and folios, monu- NE ee ee eet eie ts cba sean 75 poe ee — — ; uNEYs.—P . = had _—— spies what is about} ments of human industry and stupidity, pena ae a H CO l ard ne him and of faithfully recording his ob- ae a ee 1 a e It will cost you only ONE CENT To order a box of either size BENJ. W. PUTNAM, A. BE. BROOKS, H. C. BROOKS. Annovngemen GRAND RAPIDS, SEPT. 21, 1889. We take pleasure in announcing to our friends and patrons that the Putnam Candy Company, Incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan, succeeds to the business of PUTNAM & BROOKS, and will continue the Wholesale Manufacturing and Jobbing Business Formerly carried on by the late firm. We hope, with increased facili- Importers and Jobbers of STAPLE and FANCY. GLASS, cleaned and wrapped in white paper. A COMPLETE LINE OF . : The Minimum of Breakage and The Maximum of Satisfaction ! Made from Heavy Galvanized Iron with Wood Bottom and Improved Pump. ties, to retain for the new firm the same generous patronage, confidence Send for our Lamp Goods Catalogue now ready. and pleasant business relations heretofore enjoyed, and to this end we pledge renewed and redoubled exertions. not from volumes of statistics and cen- | No.0Sun..........-. 90 a servations and impressions, he has un-| cy. reports or from long series of blue = : ee Fac Simile of the Label of consciously assisted to make the history First quality. books and Congressional records, but ae 2... ee No. (Sun. ctimp top... 2 15 oe ntl —_ ee from that source which best holds the = a DL tett sete eter ttt seen sete es : 25 s hardly fair s : is elai - oe No.2 | ee eee oad) eo @ t is hardly fair to support this claim) mirror up to nature, the fiction of the| XXx Flint. by areference to the novels of Walter age and time. MM No. 0 Sun, crimp top..-.---.+-+--+sseeee ee vee 2 58 Scott, as it is conceded that most of us| a oe ee ees. ROM WATER - FREE Foy o a i 2 a Lea ! Pearl t / e es =" ee of = lives and char Brooklyn boasts of having the largest | No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 37 e acters of Louis a of France, James L., bread bakery in the world, 300 barrels of a c rc ee -7 te cae i ry NO. Ee eit tale! abl ilgili i ‘ Elizabeth and Oliver Cromwell, of Eng- flour producing daily 70,000 loaves of |__LaBastic. — land; Duke Charles, of Burgundy; Rich-| } eaq ag 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz................ : = . ! : : Oe ac i ge ard Cour de Lion, and many other his- No. 1 crimp, per G0Z.....-- 06-110 s00e sree seen ee 1 40 toric personages from the Waverly ee tee ears — S ry. ‘ . ¢ i STOD oc iis ane oY novels. The domestic life of England, KK. KNUDSON, Butter Crocks oe ase 06% Ss @ i 7 » DOE Sie ccc oes cc wee a s Scotland and France, in the days of EE Jugs, % sc “iscsi gmictlu pte a eRe = = which he wrote, is, too, impressed upon ’ a “« 2 4 ae Onan mae = tc tn & ey asc: Minters Gould not ae Gents Furnishing Goods. Milk Pans, 4 gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 60 = [ z 7 ee Fine stock of Woolen Suitings and Overcoat- . Te aaa en te S © ceed in accomplishing. We prefer to | ings, which I will make to order cheaper than any FRUIT JARS—Per gro. 2 es or eon -elists. ¢ other house in the city. Perfect fit guaranteed. Mason’ iS DMR eee 9 50 S deal with m ie recent _ elists, — 20 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids. Been See ee “ = 3 make our claim good, if we can, by in- oe ee a eee 13 00 z ; “3 £ 4s. na : SA t ightning, quarts eee el 12 = - Ss Bs SC ‘ 2: — not so familiar and universally Or exchange for stock of general merchandise, a yo-Ballon.... 2-0 sees e test eee 16 00 2 recognized. a perfect title to 240 acres of clay and clay loam 3S DIRE ™h, + : soil, 160 acres of which is in a first class s ’ STIONS The only difficulty is to know where to | £9... ich is in a first class state of * We nav cooked the corn in this can i ‘a cultivation. The land is slightly undulating, begin. Illustrations of the position we | free from stumps and can all be operated by ma- £ o ut eet ig Ca : chinery; is well fenced with board fencing and have assumed are sO numerous as to — by ——— of spring water, filled H : ae 7 . with trout, planted about 8 years ago. Comfort- make a choice embat siroiotta We might able house, good and peed ct eg auto- solve the difficulty by taking the novels | matic water works in stock yards and stables. of Trollope for a picture of English life is ge pte ag oN - ne ee and well provided with shade trees. 3 " " This farmis situated in the Michigan Fruit and manners in the cathedral towns, Or] poy and is vagy gray Hes an tte: those of Dickens for his wonderful por- | towns with first- Class Lake Michigan harbor an i a good rail accommodations, is a model farm for a trayals of lower-class life in England, or retiring a interested in stock os fruit . S| be . +, 99 | raising. e present owner is young and acti- Balzac, with his ; Comedie Humaine, vely engaged in business with a a to devote giving the domestic history of France, | to its management and will dispose of it at a low : A figure and on easy terms. Enquiring parties will @ o Auerbach in Germany, or Tolstoi or! please address No. 474, care Michigan Tradesman. sutticienti Should be Thvroughly Warmed et cooked) adding piece vi ee Butter (size of hen’s egg) and gil * fresh milk — to watery.) Racal to suit when on the table. None genuine unless bearing the signature vt ‘Davenport Cannirg Qo, Davenport, Ia. ° * "EN aT vais ©" The Best Scouring and Cleaning Seapinthe World Costs as much to manufacture as Sapolio, yet sells at about half the price ($2.75 per box of 72 cakes), Can be retailed for as much with equal or better value to the consumer, although it is generally sold at 5 cents a cake. Cut this out, and ask your Jobber to send youa box of Pride of the Kitchen. ‘It is worth trying. Siereoty pers 5 Bale Zing, Engr ay new PN su STUTOAY BRASS ras Woods METAL FURNITURE Bo Dea a aap GROCERIES. NO IMITATIONS ALLOWED. A Few Things Advertisers Will Make Money by Learning. Washington Correspondence Detroit Journal. “If you choose, you could save the merchants of this country a cool quarter of a million a year,’’ was the somewhat startling remark made the other day by John §S. Bell, the chief of the secret ser- vice division of the treasury department, to the Philadelphia Times correspondent. **How so?’’ he was asked. ‘By letting them know that it is a vio- lation of the statutes to make any color- able imitation of United States bonds, eurrency or stamps, no matter how inno- cent their intention may be.”’ *“‘And do you mean to say that $250,000 a year are spent for this purpose?”’ ‘Without question. Come into my chamber of horrors and I will show you.’ The chief’s chamber of horrors is a good sized room, commanding a very pretty view of the White House, its grounds, with the Washington monument in the rear and the silvery Potomac as the background. The walls are covered with pictures of noted counterfeiters, forged bonds and securities of all kinds. The law is very strict, forbidding pri- vate individuals to make anything which should legitimately bear the government imprint. The statutes, and there are many of them, are explicit, and briefly it may be said that all such imitations are regarded as counterfeit and are treated accordingly. Technically the manufac- turers can be prosecuted as counterfeit- ers, but that is never done when it is evident that there was no criminal intent. The majority of these imitations of money and other government securities are used for advertising purposes, al- though some of them are made for the edification of children. The commonest kind of an advertisement is a fac simile of a dollar with the card of the firm dis- tributing it on the back. Most of these are very cheap affairs and are printed from coarse wood cuts, the lettering as well as the printing being of a very in- ferior description. No one, it would seem, should ever be deceived by them, and yet all the time ignorant country people are swindled by sharpers with these so-called ‘‘tiash’”’ notes. Especially is this so among the colored people of the South, and every time a circus visits that section the number of victims is only limited by the size of the community. Another and more costly medium of in- forming the public of the address of a certain house is by the use of reduced photographs of United States and national bank notes. These are three inches long by an inch andahalf wide and are pasted on cardboard. On the back is the name of the firm. One inventive genuis who also wanted to convey a moral lesson got up what he ealled the ‘‘Mighty dollar advertising series.”’ On the face of the one dollar bill is a representation of a cell tenanted by a young man in the regulation striped suit. Below are the words: ‘‘Stole $5 only.”’ The face of the ten dollar bill has the picture of a man calmly enjoying a good cigar in a well-furnished room. The legend below is: ‘*Took $50,000.’’ The fifty dollar bill shows a portly in- dividual in a handsome library. A pomp- ous footman has just handed him a scroll on which are the words: ‘‘You are nom- inated for governor. Will you accept?’’ The inscription below reads: ‘‘Appropri- ated $1,000,000.’ The borders and cor- ners of these notes are made to represent eurrency, and on the backs are the ad- vertisements. A newspaper not long ago printed what at a glance might be taken for a bond and ornamented it with pictures of President Cleveland and his cabinet, Insmalltype those whorun might read that the pro- prietors of the paper would pay $1,000 to anyone who could prove that the paper did not have the largest circulation in America. A German immigrant who landed at Castle Garden was induced by a sharper to believe that the paper was a bond, and he parted with his hard-earned savings in exchange for one of them, whereupon the secret service officers swooped down on the enterprising paper and gathered the whole issue in. Perhaps the prettiest article that Mr. Bell has in his whole collection is a sheet of stamps issued by all the nations of the world. The stamps are most artistically arranged and represent a beautiful blend- ing of colors. A steel die was used to make each impression, and the whole formed a really clever piece of work. But stamps cannot be counterfeited any more than money, and the sheets were eonfiscated. A cigar manufacturer got up anew brand of cigars and called it the ‘‘Dollar Mark.’’ Inside of each box was a loose sheet of paper containing a big $ sign surrounded by bay leaves, and on either side was the reverse and obverse of the silver dollar. This was held to be illegal. The manufacturer claimed that no one could be deceived by it, as the impression was much larger than the real silver dollar. But the se- eret service people thought that as he had to make a die there was nothing to pre- vent him from making it the regular size, and in that case it might be. used for fraudulent purposes. Considering an ounce of prevention to be worth a pound of cure they broke up the die business before any harm had been done. The making of foreign money is re- garded as just as serious an offense as the manufacture of domestic currency. Chief Bell has in his collection some very good specimens of Brazilian notes which came under the ban. The business of making imitation confederate money sud- denly became very brisk about a year ago. The patent medicine people used them more than any other, and put their advertisements on the back. Strictly speaking, it is doubtful if the printing of imitation confederate currency is illegal, but the secret officials hold that it is. They do soon the general ground that ignorant people may be swindled by believing that it is genuine money and has a value. There is no readier way of attracting the attention of the general public than by the use of the representa- tion of money, and the numerous devices would surprise one who has not given the subject some little study. For in- stance, a well-known story paper of the dime novel order not long ago printed a story with the novel title, ‘“‘The Half of A cut representing a Five-Dollar Bill.” the mutilated portion of a $5 note formed the background on which was printed in large type the title. But the govern- ment officers, who never seem to sleep, came down on that publisher and told him he was violating the law and must destroy his cut. He did so. ! “How to invest your savings. Save the dimes and the dollars will take care of themselves,’’ was the sensible advice contained on the card of a Western mortgage company. But the concern lost several dimes and not a few dollars by ornamenting their card with the im- pressions of the elusive dimes and dol- lars. A clever advertisement was a bank book with a bank note sticking out from the end, and another scheme that had a big run before the treasury officials took it under their all-protecting wing was a plaque containing a folded $5 bill, a $5 bank of England note and a $10 gold piece. In the center was the name of the firm giving these plaques to their customers. Another class of these goods is used for the amusement of children. A short time ago a Chicago toy house imported 40,000 little tin boxes, about the size of the box used for the ordinary wax match. On the lid was a reduced fae simile of a $10 treasury note. The box contained $10 in ‘‘gold’’? and ‘‘silver,’’ everything from a cent to $20 being represented. The whole was confiscated. Another pretty toy was a little keg of silver dol- lars, and a paper-weight made of a whole collection of silver and gold coins would have been a handsome addition to a desk could it have been put on the market. There are lots more things of the same sort, but enough has been said to show that it is a waste of money to get up any- thing bearing any imitation of money, as it will be sure to be confiscated by the government. ——— The Condition of Trade. from the New York Shipping List. Reports from all important distribut- ing centers in the interior continue to represent active trade movement. Sea- sonable weather, satisfactory crop condi- tions, an increasing movement of produce and general industrial prosperity com- prising the prominent features that con- tribute toward establishing the healthy commercial situation that everywhere prevails. In this and other seaboard cities, the volume of business, although very well maintained, is beginning to slacken as compared with the activity witnessed last month, but the current demand for all descriptions of merchan- dise is large and indicates that consump- tion is considerably in excess of last year. Cooler weather has prevailed over a wide expanse of country, and this fact has stimulated the demand for seasonable goods and many staple products, and the outlook in all directions is promising. The substantial improvement that has taken place in the iron industry contin- ues to attract attention, not only because of the significance attached to an active and buoyant iron market, but further- more, on account of the phenomenal pros- perity that has been developed in the iron and steel industry in Great Britain and on the Continent. The demand there for all kinds of crude and finished prod- ucts has been so urgent that supplies have been rapidly absorbed at hardening prices and are now difficult to obtain for prompt or near delivery. In this country there has been a distinct improvement in the demand for all kinds of steel, and steel rails are now held at $30@$31 at Eastern mills, with the available produc- ing capacity pretty closely sold up for the remaining months of the calendar year. The financial situation is still un- settled, with the money market in this city active and firm, and working within comparatively narrow limits. The sur- plus reserve of the associated banks in this city has fallen considerably below the legal requirements in consequence of the active absorption of funds by the interior and gold exports last week. All financial institutions have raised their rate for loans to 6 per cent. and in specu- lative circles much higher rates have been paid for money on call. This con- dition of affairs has necessarily restricted speculative operations, but has thus far caused but little inconvenience in com- mercial circles. The export of $1,500,000 of gold last week is now explained as for account of the Rothschilds, who in the negotiation of a Brazilian loan found it to their advantage to buy gold here at a premium, rather than cause an advance in the rates of interest in London, which would have resulted from a further drain of the gold reserves of the Bank of Eng- land, but it is said there will be no more shipments of gold from here on this ac- count, especially as there has been a further drop in the rates of sterling ex- change. The stock market still reflects a strong undertone, but the narrow and professional character of the trading and unsettling influence of the money market has resulted in irregular fluctuations and prevented the development of the normal features of the situation. The produce markets are without new features of spe- cial significance except the heavy out- ward shipments of corn and cotton and an easier feeling for wheat. There has been an improved demand for anthracite coal. Staple groceries are quiet and dry goods fairly active. There has been an improved demand for wool at slightly lower prices, but consumers are paying more attention to the cheaper descrip- tions of foreign wool because of the com- parative high cost of domestic. ~. cans, 1008.11 75 % lb s..10 00 ee 1lb. “ ie 75 Telfer’s, x = cans, doz.. = ae = “ oe Le 50 Acme, x 1b cans, 3 doz.. 5 2 -. 1 oe fg itp eee ge - ek: 20 Red Star, 4 Ib. cans 45 lb. 85 a 4 ib 1 50 AXLE GREASE. : Mragers ...00...51.. 2... #2 60 caorea. --. 1% Miamend 2... .0:.......... 1 60 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 Base. 2 = -... 75 American. 2 doz. in case... 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic Liq, £04 8 3 40 BG Pt..3---..--s 7 00 ar ve Tri See ee ee 10 OU ce ni 8-0Z — bot : = : Pe r Box No. 2 of zPPE ae “ce 4 4 00 “ “ “ “ 5 800 BROOMS. No.2 her... s.. . 1@ Bet | ow = No. > Carpet... - |. 2 N 5 oe 2% PeriorGem 2 60 Common Whisk. ........... 90 Fancy ee 1 00 Mill . _ a2 Warehouse.. . 2% BUCKWHEAT. Kings 100 lb. cases . .-5 00 80 Th. Genes. 8: 425 BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed.... ... 13 Orig cs 14 Clemens: solid packed. . 15 . rolls : 16 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes aco 10% Sige 400 3% Paraffine . Loe 2 Wicking........._:...._..... 5 CANNED Goops—Fish. Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck. ...- 3 20 Clam Chowder, 3 1b Cove Oy sters, 4 -~ stand.. 21 eee IP Wo Lobsters, 1 1b. picnic eo nee .1 50 Si .....8 2 65 . 11 oeer........... 2 00 o 2 i Siar 3% Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce. 1ib. stand......_- 1 75 2 ib ee. 3 00 . 31lb.in Mustard...3 00 = Sib. soused....... 3 00 Salmon, = Columbia... ..1 90 Ib. Alaska. ......- 1 80 Sardines, domestic 7an.-.. 5 wGS. 21... ‘@ 9 . Mustard %s...... @10 e imported ages... ~* e spiced, 148... ..- Trout, 3 1b. preex....._.-- CANNED coops—Fruits. | a gallons, stand. ckberries, stand..... Cherries, red standard.. a pitted se 2 00 DOARONG ooo. 90 Ege Plums, stand.......-... 1 30 Gooseberrics _...........-... 1 00 Grapes... ee. Green Gages.........-...._. 1 30 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70 eeconds............ 1 45 fr Pie... 1 Ge 1 30 Pineapples _--...--_. .- 1 50@2 50 Quinees .. 6.5.2.3... . 1 00 Raspberries, extra. 1 oo = red......._. - 1. & Sicmwmperrics =... 1 10 Whortleberries..........-.-. 7 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... Beans, Lima, stand........ - 90 « Green Limas.. @1 0b i SerMmueA oo. @ 9 . Stringless, Erie. .....- 90 “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, Archer’s Trophy...... 1 00 oF Morn’g Glory.1 00 in . Early Golden.1 00 Peas: Preneb.. 0.01000. s: 1 68 * extra marrofat. .. @1 35 — ‘sented... ......... 80 < June. stand ..........- 1 35 al sifted.. 1... oo Sreneh, extra. fine.. 1 38 Mushrooms, extra fine...... 215 Pumpkin, 3 1b. Golden...... 1 OU Succotesh, standard........ 95 Seugen .--.... ....-...-...- Zt 10 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. = 00 Good Enough.. 1 00 . Ben iar... _.. ia 00 . stand br...- @1 00 CHEESE Michigan Full Cream 114%@12 Sap sago........ ._-.. 16 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. @16% German Sweet.. .......... 23 Premiia.....-.......... 2. 35 os... 38 Breakfast Cogoa.........- 48 roma... .-.. 1... te: 37 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, 100 lumps ae 25 26 7 35 Spree: 30 CHICORY. Bak... 6 Hed |... 7% COFFEE—Green. Hie. fake. 7 @19 kes — ee 1844@20 peace... |. @21 - foe washed.. @22 . golden eo oe ‘2% @23 Samted 0... @22 Mexican & Guatemala 16 @23 Peanerry .. .. 18... @23 Java, interior.) .....- 2) @25 . Mandheling.. @29 Mocha, genuine....... “2 @27 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shr age. ink- COFFEES—Package. 100 Ibs oe a 23% ‘* in cabinets . - 24g McLaughlin’s SN . 23% Die... 23% Thompson’s Honey Bee....25% " igen. 3... 23% Good Moraing.............. 23% COFFEE EXTRACT. Wamey City... 5 See 1 10 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 46%1......- per doz. 1 2 . BOiG...- S 1 50 - sett... . 1 60 . wot... .. es 2 00 . oot. ..... “ 2 25 Jute ee ' 1 00 Gate... . 1 15 CONDENSED MILK. Meee. 7 50 Angig-Swiss...05..-........ 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Butter.........<..- 8 Seymowe © ese. 6 WUMGE. 6 6 < foie... e 6 - DIsemis 6.8. z oe ee 8 Civ SOGG 8 SUR oe ee a. 6% 8, Ogater 3... cs... 8 6 City Oyster, X25 2....2...:..,, 6 Peemie.. os. 22. dee ous eg 6 CREAM TARTAR, Sterletiy pure... ..... 05.252: 38 TOGCIE ooo. cL: 24 DRIED = pee SAL SODA, Apples, sum-dried..... S4@6 | Regs... ic. a“ ee Granulated, boxes.......... 2 . meots, « * SAPOLIO, Blackberries “ | Kitchen, 3 doz. in box..... 2 35 Nectarines ‘“ ae ee 2 3 “cc oe iC j e SAUERKRAUT ‘aetna: * Silver Thread, 25 gallons....2 95 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. i =r i ar Corn, barrels - hie =} halg a DRIED FRUITS—Currants, | Pure Sugar, bbl e @28 Zante, in barrels...... @ 5% | ts Half tare --28@36 ‘© inless quantity @6 | SWEET arrel. . . .20@38 DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. | ee Ys Turkey................ 4 @ 4% | Ginger Snaps.......... 9 or a. 5, s@ 6 { Sugar Creams... .. 9 3% Ositfornma. 22... .... 9% @10 Frosted Creams.....__ oe DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. Graham Crackers..... 9 Waelenciag. (2.2... . 2... @ 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 9 Cuidaran (8... 10 soDa, London Layers, Cali- POR 5% SORA 8. @2 65 Kenn Semen 43g London Layers, for’n. CC Muscatels, California. @2 10 TEAS. teu FRUITs—Peel. - - ee teak lar. cece ete air . ‘ -14 @16 Orange re 1 os FARINACEOUS GOODS. Choice.. tt 18 = Farina, 100 Ib. kegs......... 04 Choicest. 320 @34 Homing, per bbl... -..... 3 50 SUN CURED. ee Macaroni domizibbox:... @0 Fair... 14 @15 ss imported Se @10 Goa... 16 @w2w Peart Barley... @ 3 Cheese @28 Peas, green............ @1 40 Choicest.....2.......1130 @33 a @ 3 BASKET FIRED, Sago, German... ..:.. @ Oe Bete @20 Tapioca, fi’k or p'rl.. @ee Chéiee @25 Wheat, cracked....... Gig Cheicest @35 V ermicelli, import. @10 | Extrachoice, wire leaf @40 - domestic... @6 | GUNPOWDER. FLAVORING EXTRACTS, | Common to fair....... 25 @35 Jennings’ D.C.Lemon Vanills EXtra fine to finest....50 @65 2 oz. Panel, doz. 85 1 25, Choicest fancy........ 7 @85 fon, | * 1 40 2 Commons’ ye RIAL, 6 oz. ‘“ “ 225 3 25 i SE 20 Qs No. 3, “ “ 400 1 60, Superior tofine........ @50 _ . [ 2 oe 4@ Common - Gl serene @26 Yo.10, ‘ * 450 6 00 jo Terr... .. 18 9 No. 4, Taper, “« 1 60 2 59 | Superior to fine @40 % pt, Round,“ 4 25 7 50; SOLoNe, 72 “ “& 8 50 15 09 ; Common to fair... ...25 @30 wae ae | Superior to fine....... 30 @50 Cod, whole.............. @5_ | Fine to choicest....... 55 @65 ! Haneless. 0... @ 7% | Mae 10@114 | Herring, round, % bbl. a gibbed.. 5 3 . Holland, bbls.. 10 00 . ‘* kegs,new @ 8 c peslcad _.._... 25 Mack, sh’ 8; No. 2s % bbl 11 00 12 Ib kit. 1 “ “ “ 10 1 45 Trout, 1 pbs...) .. @5 00 10 Ib. Elie... ........ 15 White, No. 1, é bbls... 5 50 2 1b. eifs..... 1s i ' 10 Ip. Kite... . 90 . Family, ve a -. - Sie... 50 GUN ak Halt bees... 2 88 LAMP WICKS. Ne OC. 30 Of 40 a 50 LICORICE. Pee .. 30 Calapem = . O ee 18 MOLASSES, mises Serap...._......... 23 Cuba Baking. ..... | i. 22@25 Porto Rico.. ea - -24@35 New Orleans, ‘good.. Loe a ehoice...... 33@38 . faney..... .. 45@48 One-half barrels, 3c extra. OATMEAL. Muscatine, Barrels... .... 5 75 Half barrels Rees 3 12 on Caeee...... 2 15@2 25 ROLLED OATS. Muscatine, Barrels.... @5 75 Half bbls.. @3 12 ' Cases......2 15@9) %& om, Michigan Test.. 1.12.28 Water Witte... 103 PICKLES, MeGmwin 1. Se ae ‘pee: Se Small, bbi.. ed oes. oe «6 eT 3 50 PIPES Clay, No 216... 16 7. =e fulleount.... .... 15 Cob, No. aa 49 RICE, Carolina hea@ .. |... 6% Mer... 8 53% igs Neg... 5% *@. e ee cape... 5iG6% i SALT Common Fine per bbl....... 80 Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 28 28 pocket ee ce ees ees oe 2 05 ee 2 15 100 ee 2 40 Ashton bu. bags ee. fis Bisons ~~ Css... 5 Waren: © oo. 37 o oe | oo 2 SALERATUS, Deland's, puré........... 5 Church’s, — Spear... .. 5 Dwight’s .. _ Taylor’s. ee 5 SEEDS. Mixed bird -- |... ....... 4% Camweay 10 Camary 4 Hemp 4 ee ee ee ek ne 4% MIRIREARG: og 7% SHOE POLISH. dettine, 1 doz. in box...... bees SNUFF. Seotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars......-._.. 35 French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SOAP, Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. Superior... 2c: se GQucen Anne... .-.... 3 85 German Vamily.. .........- 2 40 Mottled German............3 00 Old German... 0. ......... 27 U.S, Bie Bargain..... . ... 1 Bros, Wieater.... 1°... |. 3% Cocoa Castile. ...- -..8 OO Cocoa Castile, Fancy.. ed a oe 3 36 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Happy Haniily, %..........- 2 95 Old Country, 90..............3 90 Una 168... ee 3 65 Bouncer, ee. 3 15 sPicEs—Whole. ieee ce 9 Cassia, China in mats....... 8 o Batavia in bund....11 Saigon in rolis...... 40 Cloves, Amiboyna........... 26 . Pamibar........., |. 20 Mace Batavia... |... Nutmegs, fancy.. No 1..... ss NO 2 70 Pepper, Singapore, —.- es white... .26 = Shot... 22 20 sPicEs—Ground-—-In Bulk. Allspice .............+2..-0-. 15 Cassia, Batavi i. 20 and Saigon .25 So a ee 42 Cloves, ae 32 Zanvipar.... 600. 25 Ginger, AAUICOM 12% Cecrn... |. oe “ eames 2. Mace Batayia........ TOBAccos—Plug, | S. W. Venable & Co, *s Brands | Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12..... | Reception, 22-5x12, 16 0z......36 | es 1x6, Seto ia 30 | Big 5 Center, 3x12, 1202...... | Wheel Ste BH . . Te a pa | Trinket, Se San 25 Ponape ania tne Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands, Something Good.... Houte Pedra 0c 3 ReSCR Eie 37 ae. Cake, DT 37 “Tobace Te cia nag Fine Cut. D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. Piawathia. 0. 62 swees Cuba... 37 TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPO 8 2, per hundred eee. 2 50 $5 eT 3 00 $10: a 4 00 =, . TE 5 00 ubject to the following - ee ollowing dis 200 or ov ier. 5 r ------- & per cent, a 10 & se: 20 . VINEGAR a 7 $1 for barrel, a YEAST, Fermentum, Compressed. . MISCELLANEOUS, Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 7% | Jelty, 30-1. pails... 5 SAGe ee 15 PAPER & WOODENWARE PAPER, Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- lows: | Straw leila eee dialed a ala ou 160 a Ww — 1. Sugar. ee oe aos eee 2% Se 24 Dry Goods.. Nee ce HOA gy Jute Manilla ggg 8 Red Express No. 1. pen BC 4 TWINES, 45 Cotton. ......... Cotton, No. eases cc. Sea Island, assorted. No. 5 Hemp .. : No. 8B. ‘ Oe WOODENWARE fabs, Wet... 74 NO 2 an “ No. z.. . | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 60 No. 1, three- hoop.... 1% Clothespins, ef. Dexes.... 66 Bowls, i inch eee eee 1 00 i i 1 2 15 . 2@ Te 27 ‘* assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 “158, 17 s and 19s 2 7 Baskets, market. ny Meee eee 5 . o T OS 1 50 i ** with covers 1 90 willow cr ths, No.1 5 % i No.2 6 25 i o r os % il splint Ned 3 oo i i Nes 4a : "No.8 S OO GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. Ne Witte 0 8 a Oe 80 All wheat bought on 60 ib. test. FLOUR. Straight, i SAeES. 4 70 " MAErOIs,......) 4 90 Patent " saeme (|. 5 70 - " Dereeis. 2... 5 90 MEAL, Seutca.. ee Granniated 00000000), 2 45 . MILLSTUFFS, en 11 Sie... 11 00 Screenings .. 11 Misi 12 00 ree Peed. 5... 15 00 Coarse meal....... Le ee ce 15 00 CORN. Small lots Reed ae eas 38 ee ee 36 OATS. Rimais ote 26 Car eee eee. 24 RYE NGF, 35@40 _ BARLEY NOD 110 MO Be 106 es HAY, Mee 11 00 ING ee a. 9 00 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: Mustard, English.. + ee and Trie. -25 “ arieste. 27 umes, WO 2 a cs 80 Pepper, Singapore, black. ...21 white..... 30 . Cayenne... ........ 25 Herbs & Spices, Amal... 65 laeee. ...- 1 2 STARCH. Mystic, Ot pen... 4 48 WAbiele - 1. 6 SUGARS. Cut Eeat os. @ 8% Capes i.e .. @ 8% Powdered .:........ @ 8% Granulated, H. & E.’s.. 7%@ 7% Franklin.. T54@ 7% “ Knight’s. 56@ 73% Confectionery A...... 63@ 64% No. 1, White Extra C.. @7 No. 3 Bee iC......... @ 6% No. SC, solden........ @ 6% MO 2C, Gate. ........ @ 6 Ne 6 C..... 2... ...... @ 5% “ HIDES. ON ed coc cc 4 4 Pars Cured... ...... .. $ 4 oo i. @5i y «0 @6 Day Mine ............. 5 @6 Calfskins, green...... 3 @4 Cured. ..... 44@ 5 Descon sking.......... 10 @20 14 off for No. 2. PELTS, BHATT... to... 10 Estimated wool, per ib 20 oss MISCELLANEOUS, i ae a ee 3 4 Grease butter......... . 5 Switehes a 2 @% cue cL 2 00@2 75 WooL, Weaned... ........:...., See Dnwenked...... 2.0.5.5... Drugs & Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Arn 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 and 6. 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; =. f. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit. Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. ). Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. The Drug Market. Quinine has advanced, both foreign and domestic brands. Opium is very firm and likely to be higher. Morphia is unchanged. The following articles will freeze, and cannot safely be shipped in cold weather: Acid, Carbolic, Solution. ‘¢ Phosphoric, Solution. ‘* Phosphates, Horsford’s. ‘ ra Phillip’s. Ale, Bass. *¢ Ginger. Ambrosia, Ring’s. Aureoline, Pozzoni’s. ce Robare’s. Balm, Hagan’s Magnolia. Beer. Bitters, Hop. “ Walker’s Vinegar. Blacking, Liquid Shoe. Blondine, Elliott’s. _ Freeman’s. Bloom of Youth, Laird’s. Blueing, Liquid Laundry. Bonkocine. Bromo-Chloralum. Butter Coloring. Capsules, Mathey Cayles’. Carbon, Bisulphuret. Catholicon, Graefenberg’s. " Marchisi’s. Cementine, Freese’s. Comedone, Perry’s. Compound, Pinkham’s. Crab Orchard Salts, Jones’ Liquid. Cream, Funk’s of Roses. Gouraud’s Olympian. . Oriental. Cure, Ballard’s Asthma. . Benson’s Skin. " Miller’s Asthma. " Sanford’s Radical. Syke’s Catarrh. Warner’s Kidney and Liver. Warner’s Rheumatic. Damonia. Drops, Lyon’s. Dye Colors, Liquid. Extract, Colden’s Liquid Beef. nt Hayden’s Viburnum Comp. Herold’s Malt. Hoff’s Malt. ee ae re Kennedy’s Pinus Canadensis. - Maguire’s Malt. nh Nicholson’s Malt. - Pond’s. oe Witch Hazel. Fluid, Darby’s. Food, Moxie,s Nerve. Murdock’s Liquid. Glycerine, Pearl’s White. Hair Dye. Bachelor’s. ‘* Renewer, Hall’s. ‘© Restorer, Allen’s. Vigor, Ayer’s. Hydrastis, Fluid. Hydroleine. Hypophosphites, Winchester’s. Injection, Brou’s. G. ° Matico. Inks. Iron, Dialized. Lactart. Lightning, Horner’s Rheumatic. Liquid Pearl, Champlin’s. a Stoddard’s Peerless. Lotion, Grafenberg’s Eye. Perry’s Moth and Freckle. Magnesia, Phillips’ Milk of. Meat Juice, Valentine’s. Mucilage. Oleo-Chyle. Ongaline, Pray’s. Panacea, Graenfenberg’s. Papillon Remedies. Pepsin. Shaffer’s Liquid. Phenol Sodique. Porter. Guiness’ Stout. Remedies, Liquid Catarrh. Shoe Dressings. Solution, Citrate Magnesia. a Fowler’s. ee Labarraque’s. Specific, Crossnjan’s. - Swift’s. Syrup, Mother Noble’s. Tar, Forrest’s Juniper. Tonic, Coca Beef. Wilhoft’s. Tricopherous, Barry’s. Wash, Helmbold’s Rose. Water, Cherry Laurel. ° Chlorine. * Congress. a Distilled. . Florida. sé Gregg’s Constitution. = Hathorn. Orange Flower. ni Rose. “sé Thompson’s Eye. Waters, Eye, all kinds. . Medicated. sa Mineral. > +> ___—_- The Folly of Cutting Prices. Edward C. Pfingst before Kentucky Pharm. Ass’n. What is to be gained by cutting the prices of patents and toilet articles ? Probably, for a short time, sales may increase, but the cutter’s neighbor is sure to meet his prices. Patent med- icines are not like groceries, dry goods or clothing; the consumer will not buy them because he can get them cheap. They are never bought until actually wanted, and persons wishing a bottle of sarsaparilla will pay $1 as quickly as seventy-five cents; they will not pur- chase your ‘‘Anti-chill Mixture’ at even less figures unless they are having chills, while the consumption of paregoric, arnica and camphor remains very much the same, whether the price is ten cents an ounce or five. Nor do the sales of postage stamps and | telephone nuisance add either to the! revenue or amiability of temper of the druggist. The undue lowering of prices may attract customers from other stores, but such advantage will be short-lived: | as the ‘‘cuts’’ will be met, the final re-' sult being a general loss of profit, with- | out any corresponding gain. While this | lowering of profits is going on, expenses | usually remain the same with remark-| able pertinacity—the landlord more apt | to raise than lower the rent, and the assessors of taxes are anything but ‘‘cut- ters.’ There is another item of ex- pense, too, which must be taken in ace | count—‘‘dead stock.’’ The most careful and economical buyer will find himself burdened with some unsalable goods, and those who are less careful will ac- quire a considerable quantity in a few years. No way has yet been invented by which the attractive ‘‘bargain counter’’ can be adapted to the drug business, and when things in that line die they are apt to remain dead, indeed. Then there are leakages and breakages and other wastes which are usually not taken into consid- eration as expenses; they are so, practi- cally, nevertheless. When these items are added to those customarily put down in the expense account, the figures will yield quite a respectable total. It stands to reason that the gross ‘profit on the business done must bear sucha relation to this total that the man doing business may have enough left to live on. If this relation does not exist, the result is easy to foresee. The pharmacist will struggle along, perhaps through a short lifetime, at the end of which it will be found that, in the process of making a poor living. he has sunk his capital, and, perhaps, left his family unproyided for. Such unhappy results, it can safely be predicted, will become the rule if the modern notion of ‘‘Cheap John’’ drug stores is permitted to work itself out in general practice. ’ No doubt some one will say that the estimate of twenty-five per cent., as the expense of conducting a retail business, is too high; but itis easy enough to con- vinee yourself that the estimate is not everdrawn, and if you sum up the differ- ent items of rent, clerk’s hire, boy or porter, insurance, light, fuel, taxes, tele- phone, charity calls and other incidental items, you will be surprised at the sum total. In conclusion, I will say that, even where full, legitimate prices are realized on all sales, the average retail druggistis but poorly paid for his time and services; that while your neighbors, the butcher, groceryman, baker or even shoemaker, are gradually accumulating money and getting rich, the poor druggist is becom- ing gray and remaining poor; and, were it not for the love of his profession, would be better off in conducting some other business which would not be dependent upon the ailments of mankind for a liy- ing, and wherein his capacities as a mer- chant would find a more extensive and luerative field of labor. —> > No Taxation Without Representation. From the Pharmaceutical Era. The Board of Pharmacy of any state is, or should be, the servant of the phar- macists of that state. Itis created and maintained for the sole purposes of con- serving the interests of pharmacists, pro- tecting them against unlawful encroach- ments and onerous restrictions, prose- cuting wrongdoers, in these and many other ways watching over, elevating and lending dignity to the chosen calling of its constituents. Therefore is it proper and eminently just that the druggists should be the persons to choose those who are to represent them. In most states this privilege is theirs, but in Michigan it is otherwise. The chief ex- ecutive is at liberty to appoint whom he may. His appointments upon the Mich- igan Board of Pharmacy have been wise, have given universal satisfaction, and upon the character and amount of the work accomplished by this Board have been heard no adverse criticisms, yet druggists, the ones most interested in the operations of the Board, feel with justice that they should be allowed some choice in the selection of members thereof. It is a repetition, in miniature, of the little fracas that occurred in Boston Harbor a trifle over a hundred years ago. ‘‘No taxation without representation.’’ The M.S. P. A. at its recent session, wisely considered this subject and took decisive action which will meet the ap- proval of the body of pharmacists. In a petition to the Governor, His Excel- leney will be respectfully requested to choose from the three gentlemen whose names are presented, one to succeed, as member of the Board or Pharmacy, Ottmar Eberbach. of Ann Arbor, whose term of office expires with December of this year. The name of Eberbach him- self heads this list, the others being Hugo Thum, Grand Rapids, and Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. The Association realizes it has no legal right to dictate the appointment of any one of these geatlemen, but confidently believes the Governor will consider its request, expressing, as it does, the desires of the organized body of druggists of the State. Legislation is proverbially slow and uncertain, but the time is not far distant, it is hoped, when the druggists of Mich- igan will be accorded the legal right and privilege of selecting the men who shall serve them upon the Board. ———2-<- The Wizard’s Predictions. Thomas A. Edison asserts that in a few years the world will be one gigantic ear. Nobody will then dare to gossip, for fear of being overheard by a con- cealed phonograph. Surely such a con- dition would mark a long step towards the millenium. If the harm done in the world by indiscreet tongues could be es- timated, it would be found that the mis- ery of the human race is to a great extent due to the misrepresentations of people who would rather talk malicious non- sense than remain silent. or 9- Every Man to His Trade. Tramp—Madam, will you please give me something to eat? Lady—Yes, I will give you something if you will work for it. Tramp—Certainly, madam; I will be pleased to work for you in the line of my trade. Lady—What is your trade? Tramp—Grave digger. EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. Of the Nebraska State Board of Phar- macy. THEORETICAL PHARMACY. 1. What are vapors? How many are officinal ? 2. What acid is used in making fluid extract ergot? 3. Name a few officinal plasters ? 4. When, and how are poisonous drugs administered ? 5. Give the theory for the color in chemicals ? 6. What action has light upon nearly all alkaline-drugs ? 7. What menstruum is employed in pharmacy when percolating drugs that contain but little gums, resin or oil ? 8. How many kinds of turpentine are officinal? Name them. PRACTICAL PHARMACY. 1. Give formula and preparation of Tr. Ferri -Chioride, U.S. FP. 2. Give formula for one Seidlitz Pow- der. 3. Give formula for 4 oz.’ Chalk Mix- ture. 4. What is the difference between Spts. Ammonia and Aqua Ammonia? 5. What is the difference between Spts. of Turpentine and Oil of Turpentine ? 6. Give the exact difference between one dram ‘Troy and one-eight ounce Avoirdupois. Givethe number of grains in one pound Avoirdupois. 7. Name the best solvent for (1.) Ilod- ine. (2.) Phosphorus. (3.) Gutta Percha. (4.) Strychnia. 8. What is meant by an officinal pre- paration? Name a few of them. 9. What proportion of the crude drug does an ounce of fluid-Extract represent? 10. Criticise the following prescription: Sal Quinine =: .... grains, 39 Elixir Gentian and iron... .-....-... ounces, 1 Miaid Exiract bicorice:-(.- -.: ounces, % Finid Extract Aconite. 2.) ounces, 1% Sine SVEND. 2 os ounces, 1 Mix. Two teaspoonfuls every three hours. MATERIA MEDICA. 1. Name five vegetable astringents, and state average adult dose of each. 2. Give the pharmacopeeial name and therapeutic action of the following plants: Boneset, Ladies’ Slipper, Ele- campane. 3. Liquor Sodae Chlorinate. Give the common name and state medical uses. 4, Give the average adult dose of the following officinal preparations, viz: 1. Fluid Extract Pulsatilla, 2. Sulphate At- ropine, 3. Oleum Tiglii, 4. Sulphate Strychnine, 5. Resina Podophylii. 5. Name five vegetable cathartics, and state average adult dose of each. 6. Scilla, state medical properties, and officinal preparations and average adult dose of each preparation. 7. What is Oil of Vitriol, White Vit- riol, Blue Vitriol and Green Vitriol? Tell what you know about each and how they are obtained. 8. What parts of the following plants are used in medicine? Arnica, Cubebs, Catechu, Capsicum and Dandelion. 9. Axungia Porcia. With what is it largely adulterated? State tests to de- tect adulterants and give the officinal preparations of which it is a constituent. 10. Identification of drugs, ten varie- ties. TOXICOLOGY. Give antidote for poisoning by each of the following, also how you would treat the same: 1. Morphie Sulphas. ' 2. Belladonna. 3. Cantharides. 4. Creasote. 5. Tr. Gelsemium. Give maximum doses of the following: 6. Sulphate Atropia. ”, Tr. Nux Vomica. 8. Chloral Hydrate. 9. Liquor Potassa Ars. Give maximum dose of all preparations eontaining Opium. CHEMISTRY. Give the chemical name for Prussian Blue. What chemical would you add to make it soluble? Why? 2. What is essential for the generation and production of Volatile Oil of Mus- tard prior to the process of distillation ? Why? 3. Give the best antidote to poisoning by Oxalic Acid. 4. What is the chief source of Am- monia? Give its chemical formula. 5. How would you determine’ the point of neutralization when an alkali is added to an acid ? 6. Give the chemical and physical dif- ference between Calomel and Corrosive Sublimate. : 7. What decomposition takes place when Chlorate of Potash is heated ? 8. Name the acids of Sulphur. 9. What reactions and changes take place when Seidlitz Powder is mixed ? 10. What action has Permanganate of Potash upon organic matter ? 11. What action has Nitrate of Silver on organic matter ? qq» - o> __— Who Wants this Customer? Putnam, Conn., Correspondence New York Sun. Arnold Thompson is only sixteen years old, but he is over six feet tall and his feet are famous. ‘They are bigger than any other feet in Windham county and perhaps in the New England States. Young Thompson stepped into Eli Tracy’s shoe shop at Central Village the other day and said he would like to have the shoe man make him a pair of boots. All right,’? said Eli, ‘gust put your foot on this measure and I'll get your size.’ Thompson tried to do as he had been bidden, but found it impossible to com- ply with the request. Although Tracy slipped the marker out to the jumping- off place on the measure, there was not nearly room enough to accommodate the young man’s extraordinary foot. “Well,” said he, looking up aghast, “TI never! You beat the record. What size boot do you usually wear ?”’ “Oh, generally I can get on sixteens,’’ replied the youth, with ingenuous com- placeney, ‘‘but latterly they’ve pinched my feet some, and I guess I'll take a size or two larger this time.’’ Tracy then made an approximate esti- mate of the big foot, and found that it called for a boot one inch and a half longer than his measure. ‘‘I can’t fill the bill for you,’’ said he, ‘‘for you take a boot that is bigger than any last that is made.”’ So young Thompson had to go away without hope, and he is in a dilemma. The prospect is that he will have to go | unshod during the remainder of his life, unless he can persuade some liberal- soled contractor to make a last especially ““THE OLD ORICINAL.”’ for his use, which will be expensive. RE-PAINT Thompson is not the only six-footer and 3 Your B big-footer in his family. He has a sister Our buggy who is six feet tall, but it wouldn’t do fi for any one to draw further conclusions. or ee ee —————— He Knew. 75 cts. Teacher (toclass in arithmetic) : ‘John goes marketing. He buys two and a e quarter pounds of sugar at eleven cents , a pound, two dozen eggs at sixteen cents a dozen, and a gallon and a half of milk at twenty cents a gallon. What does it all make ?”’ : Smallest Boy (hugging himself ecsta- gape ony By tically) : ‘‘Custard.”’ a CINSENG ROOT. ql nis We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BRO Wholesale Druggists, Coler Works, ASE NEN IEEE AOKI TEE RELL as GRAND RAPIDS. DETROIT, MICH. AAAI COMBINED. THE MOST BELEABIS FOOD ; or Infants ids. Acknowledged to be the f i Used everywhere, with unquaitiedl isuccess. vot ine, | Best on the Market. cooked: food, sulted to’the weakest 100 Louis St seapiees. Ix cen Soe anlage St. Sts. of + u ‘ard.| K A. STOWE k BRO, GRAND RAPIDS ' WoorricH & Co. on every label, SSS —— Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Quinine, Opium, Opium (po). ACIDUM. ea See ee ae — 15 ——. ee ee 1 35@1 40 ee jo | Chlorate, (po. 18)...... 16@ 18) Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 68 Benzoicum German.. sng oo | Cyanide ..........-.... 5O@ 5b| Arsenicum............ @ 7 Bases oe 39 | Iodide. ...............- 2 80@2 90} Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Carbolicum . 40@ 45 | Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 29 DisMth SN 2 10@2 2 Citricum i 50@ 55 | Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15]| Calcium Chlor, 1s, (%s Hydrochlor . ‘7. “gq 5 | Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10/ 11; %4s, 12).......... @ 9 cae ae 10@ 12 Potass Nitras.......... %@ 9| Cantharides Russian, Oxalicum ;..-:..-.---- 13@ 14] Prussiate ............-. ee 2 DO ee eee eee @1 75 Phosphorium dil...... 29 | Sulphate po........... 15@ 18 Capsici Fructus, af... @ 18 Salicylicum .......---- 1 cee 80 ae i rm a 2 = 5 ie... 2S o . “ 0 oe 2 ea 1 40@1 60 | Aconitum ............. 20@ 25) Caryophyllus, (po. 28) 23@ 25 Tartaricum. "7" 4o@ 43 | Althae...........--.--- 25@ 30| Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Se Amehuss 0000000000072 15@ 20| Cera Alba, S.&F..... 50@ 55 AMMONIA. — Lae can 51 Core Binva ...:.. 28@ 30 , Calaminae oo 00.. 4 mo) Coceus 40 Aqua, = - a rn Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@° 12) Cassia Fruetus.....:.. = 15 yy i Se ai 11@ 13 Glychrrhiza, (py. 15).. 16@ 18] Centraria”.....-.... |, @ 10 aa oo a a i2@ 14|Hydrastis Canaden, Cetacenm @ 35 ee re (po. 50)... =.= @ 45| Chloroform ........... 32@ 35 ANILINE. Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 iu squibbs.. @1 00 dail _, 2 00@2 2 mais, po... .2 6... 15@ 20} Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 7 ee 80@1 00 | Ipecac, po.........-... 2 40@2 50] Chondrug.....--. 10@ 12 eee er 45 Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ 2| Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 2 eolana, pres 6. as 23@ 30 na German 4@ 10 Marania, %8.....:..-. @ 35] Corks, list, dis. per BACOAE, Podophyllum, po...... 1 48) | GONG ee @ 60 85@2 00 Fe ieee eee) saul 75@1 00| Creasotum ............ Cubeae (po. 1 60....++-1 Bn eat @1 %5| Creta, (bbl. 75 77 esgerue oe 8@ 10 eee he = : : ae @ 2 ee 25@ ee eae es Ua i: oD . OT eo cs 5 Xanthoxylum ..-.----- - Spigelia ee oy sor preety = 10 BALSAMUM. Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ Ww — ) Sabra: @ s Copaiba .......- +--+ 55@ 60 | Serpentaria............ 40@ 45! Crocus ................ 35@ 38 Sree @i Di Seneca |. 60a) 65) Cudbear 0000 @ 24 Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50] Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| CupriSulph........... 8@ 9 Tes 5@ 30| “ “ M @ 2| Dextrine.......000... 10@ 12 penne, (pO. do) -..... -- 10@ 12) EtherSulph.......... 68@ 7 CORTEX. es Symplocarpus, Feeti- @3 Emery, all numbers... @ 8 i meadiafi..-.-.-2..-- BS, DO)... 8: re 35 ol Boo 6 oe Ea bia oes cinco isi « 11 | Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 25| Ergota, (po.) 45....... 00 45 Cinchona Flava ...--------- SS German... 15@ 20| Flake White.......... 122@ 15 Euonymus atropurp...----- 30 | Zingiber a............- 10@ 15 Galla . Bete eee oe @ Myrica Cerifera, po..-.----- 20 | Zingiber j..........-.. 22@ 25| Gambier............... 10@ 11 Prunus Virgini....---------- 12 Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 9 ee 42 SEMEN. er ea Quillaia, grd......- _ c oie 40@ 60 ee igi aay ee en ee J Ground 12)...... ¢ S).. ( sent. by box 70 less Ulmus Po ( Band, iss... 5... 4@ 6] Glue, Brown. : eee eu. 15 EXTRACTUM. Cur, (po. 75) -....---- &@ 12 Wee 13@ 2 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 2%@ 2%] Cardamon............. 1 OO@1 2) Givecerina .:..... 2@ 2 oc pee. 7 - pweer eee Cee ccs =a = — oe @ 15 = 45ib. box.. 1 12 | Cannabis Sativa. . 3%@ Wee 23@ 40 Haemato ee 13@ 14|Cydonium.... .. 75@1 00} Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ W - $e cece 144@ 15| Chenopodium ........ 1u@ 12 “ Gor |! gg. BO “ ee 16@ 17 | Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 . Ox Rubrum @i 00 FERRUM Moenicuium..-........ @ 15 af Ammoniati.. @1 10 : : 15 Foenugreek, po..... | t@ § ff Unguentum. 45@ 55 Carbonate Precip....-- @ FQ | Lind ..-.-- cose serene: 4 @ 4%| Hydrargyrum......... 80 Citrate and Quinia.... @350/Tjini, grd, (bbl. 4 )... 44%@ 4% | Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50 Citrate Soluble.....--- @ = Bopela Soa 40 Indico 00 75@1 00 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50| pharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4% | Iodine, Resubl........3 75@3 85 Solut Chloride.....--- Uo e ee 6 7) Yodotorm. QA Sulphate, com’l.....-- 1%4@ 7 | Sinapis, Albu......... fapale K@1 00 “ pare 22-2 c.. @ “ Nigra. 10... 11@ 12 Lycopodium oo 55@ 60 Mace 85 a SPIRITUS. Liquor Arscn et Hy- Acaten 0 cee 14@ 16) Prumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50) _ drargIod...7........ QT (Ampnemis .......---.-- 30@ 35 < DE RR. .: 1 7%5@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 Matricaria .....- ----- 30@ 35 A + ae be 50 ——. Sulph (bbl EA. uniperis Co. 0. T....1 T5@1 75 ee | ae Fo wore gers} 3@3 BO Mania, eo . 45@_ 50 ee ee es Saacharum N. E...... 75@2 Morphia, S. P. & W...2 65@2 90 Cassia Acutifol, Tin a5@ 28 | Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 ce SNe GQ — nivelly .--:7- --455° 35@ 50 | ini Oporto ........... Pewee) ie Con 2 65@2 90 ers Vint: Aspe. 1 25@2 00| Moschus Canton...... 40 Salvia officinalis, 44s ‘icitica. & and %48....------+++- 10@ 12 SPONGES. ND istica, No.1....... 60@ 70 Gen Ore 8@ 10 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 - Florida sheeps’ wool Os. Sepia.............. 28 30 Soe Carriage. 0000), 2 25@2 50| Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Acacia, 1st picked.... @1 0C| Nassau sheeps’ wool Co... vine ten teens ees @2 00 cer oa ee TC GA OOH eerie ce wT 2 00| Picis Liq, N. C., % gal as « .... @ 80] Velvet extra sheeps’ eee @2 00 “sifted sorts... _@_ 65} wool carriage....... 1 10| Picis Lig., quarts ..... @1 00 Oe ae 75@1 00} Extra yellow sheeps’ i DES on. @ 70 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60) carriage............. g5| Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50 “’ Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12] Grass sheeps’ wool car- Piper Nigra, (po. 22)... @ 18 ‘| | Goeetel, (po. 60). | @ Sl | gikge .. 65| Piper Alba, (pog5).... @ 35 Catechu, 1s, (45, 14 48, Hard for slate use.... is ie Pome ae 1 @ 1 | Yellow Reef, for slate Plumbi Acet ....... .--- 14@ 15 Ammoniae ........-++- 2o@) 30 ues em 1 49| Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 Assafeetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 Pyrethrum, boxes H Benzoinum.....------- W@ 55 SYRUPS. & EP. B. Co. doz... @1 25 Camphor®......---+-++ wom 35 | Aeeacia tsi 50| Pyrethrum, pv........ 35@ 40 Euphorbium po ....-- SoG 301 Zineiber ..0 600). 00... 590 | Quassiae ........ seeeee 8@ 10 Gains) ee peer 60} Quinia, S.P.& W..... 2@ 47 Gamboge, po.....-- / S0@) Sher lod. 0 50 _ S. German.... 33@ 45 Guaiacum, (po.45)..-- @ 40} Auranti Cortes.........--.-- 58 — Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 Kine. (po. 25) 0004.4. @ 2 pret Aroma 50; Saccharum Lactispv.. @_ 35 Master ee @1 00 | Similax Officinalis..... ... 69| Salacin.......... ee 2 2@2 35 Myrrh, (po 45)....---- @ 40 “ “s fe 50 | Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Opii, (pc. 5 10).....--- SUGt emer 50; Santonine ............ _@4 50 Shettac Cia. 306) SS) Sciae 50| Sapo, W.............-. 12@ 14 - eet. Se § pe ee 8@ 10 Tragacanth ....-...---- BO) Pole 50 aan gee G@ 15 HEne~A-In ounce packages. PUES WaES ooo 50 aa ea = = Abeinthium ........--------- = TINCTURES. ope @ 30 i ec 3 s oe a 25 | Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 _ Maccaboy, Be @ 35 relia... 2. - sees fs a a an 50| « ttt tee teens eee @ 35 Majorum..... soseeeeee -- 28 1 0} Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 Mentha Piperita........---- 23 | AloeS....-... ++. +--+ esse eee 60} Soda Boras, (po. 12}. . 11@ 12 “ ee a i Ue RAVER ol oo 60} Soda et Potass Tart 30@ 33 ee ee 50| Soda Carb............. 2@ 2% Tanacetum; V.....-------++- oo | ASMICEHIGA 50| Soda, Bi-Carb......... 4@ 5 Thymus, Vo. ee ee 25 | Atrope Belladonna.......... Cl Sede Agno 3@ 4 MAGNESIA, SiG memebers | o-oo 2 Galemed, Pat... ..---- bo@ OO | Sanguingria. 6.0.20... 50 int oo mane saan "os 0D Carbonate, Pat ......- Sia) el Barsemie - «fee @2 a Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25) Cantharides oy ee ger Bill Carbonate, JenningdS.. 35@ 36] Capsicum .... Sot ee ae ae OLEUM. ee 73 | poss de gal., cash ten days. eee Strychnia Crystal..... 0 iADSinthinm 000.0222 5 00@5 50) Castor 000200010). 100] sui “Ans, S Amygdalae, Dulce... .. a5 Wo @ateenm 50 — aa ao i Amydalae, Amarae....7 25@7 50 | Cinehona ..............-.--- SO) aacnae ta, 10 Anim... 5)... - 1 85@1 95 fe Co... 60| Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 Auranti Cortex....... @2 Columng 50. SOlignuenheamag 50@ 55 Berpami ©)... 0... - 2 0@s 00 | Conium .......... ee 50] Vanilla ae 9 00@16 00 Cajioute 28 ce 9@i 00) Cubebi.!)2 01-08 OO ganet Sulph) 010177 7@ Caryophyili .....-.-... at oO | Paewslie ii). eee een ere ' Cedar 200 @ Gi Meeot 21 oe OILs. i Chenopodii ........--- @i ts Gentian 50 i Bbl. Gal Cimnamont ..-..... 2: 1 35@1 40 * Coo 60| Whale, winter........ “ 70 Citronella) 02.6 252)00. @ BDiGuaica ei 50| Lard, extra.... 5560 @onium Mae... 2. 35@ 65 cc gan 60| Lard, No. 1....... -+ 4 50 Copaiba so. isc)... 0g 0G) Ampiber oi) 6 6.2) ed 50| Linseed, pureraw.... 58 61 Cupebae oo... 16 00@16 /0 | Hyoseyamus ................ 50| Lindseed, boiled .... 61 64 Exechthitos.........-- ai lade. 75| Neat’s Foot, winter HMrigeron 21105070 * at 30)" | | Coleriess) 0c) 0.0... 75| , Strained ..... conte 5069 Gaultheria. 0.010000 2 20@2 30| Ferri Chloridum............ 35| SpiritsTurpentine.... 53 58 Geranium, ounce..... Blmnoe 50 i _ PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Gossipii, Sem. gal..... mg to | tebela 59 | Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Hedeoma 2000/0 030u. fhe 25 Meyer 50 | Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 Junipertic. 00) bo@s 00:| Nux Vomiea........2-.5..-: 50 Ber..... 1% 2@3 Tavendulea..00)) 02 Oia i 1Opn I a ee g5| Putty, commercial. ...2%4 24@3 Tamiowia 0... 1 50@1 80| ‘ Camphorated........... 5O| A pure..... Ze 2%@3 Mentha Piper.......... & 55@2 40) “ Deodor 026.0... 2 00| Vermilion Prime Amer- Mentha Verid........: 2 50@2 60} Auranti Cortex.............. SO Ce ese ara cates 13@16 Morrhuae, gal......... gi OO | Guassig 50| Vermilion, English.... 70@% Myrcia, ounce......... Wrpnateng 50| Green, Peninsular..... 0@% RE i eee. 50| Lead, red.............. 4%@14, Picis Liquida, (gal..35) 10@ 12] Cassia Acutifol............. 50 _,. White ......-..-. 64@1% Pita 1 20@1 « (a 50| Whiting, white Span... @70 Rosmarini..... %5@1 00 | Serpentaria ................. 50 ——; Gilders’...... @9 Rosae, ounce.. @6 00 | Stromonium................. 60| White, Paris American 1 00 Succini....... ae 40@, 45 wolutan 60 = Paris Eng. “ Pee 90@1 Walerian 2.) ..-/.... 11... GOL ones ee os ss ne 3 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride............ 50| Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1 4 Sassatens) (000000000 55@ 60 Swiss Villa Prepared Sinapis, ess, ounce.... @ 65 MISCELLANEOUS. i 1 00@1 20 Wigle.....-s @1 50} atther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 26@ 28 VARNISHES. Thyme ...-.-..-.-+2+++ ps ee 0 4B.) 30@ 32| No.1 Turp Coach.....1 10@1 20 aa. 1s 60 | Alumen ..........--... 24%@ 3% | Extra Turp............ 1 70 ee «© ground, (po. Coach Body........... 75@3 00 POTASSIUM. Wy 3@ = 4) No. t Tarp Furn.....: 1 00@1 10 Bi Carb... ...:-..... 15@ 18} Annatto............... 55@ 60} Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Bichromate ........... 13@ 14} Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5 _ Dryer, No. 1 Bromide............... 3@ 40 . et PotassT. 55@ 60 ee, 0@ 7 HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of —-DRUGS-— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, Dealers in Patent Medigines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Sole Agentsifor 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, W7ines, Rumse. 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 giv our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- antee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re= ceive them. Send in a trial order. Haxelting & Perkins Drug bo, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POLISHINA (TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) The Best Furniture Finish in the Market. Specially adapted for Pianos, Organs and Hard Woods. 1 ‘ will remove grease and dirt, and Polishina will add a lustre which for beauty and durability cannot be excelled. Polishina isclean and easy to use, as full directions accompany each bottle. iohi is put up in LARGE BOTTLES, Polishina and is sold at the moderate price of Twenty-five Cents. Pp li hi is the Best Furniture Finish in the 0 18 1a market. Try it, and make your old furniture look fresh and new. 1 : is for sale by all Druggists, Furni- Polishina ture Dealers, Grocery and Hard- ware Stores. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. FOR SALE WHOLESALE HALELYINE & PERKINS DRUG 6O., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MOND YEA CURES Liver and Kidney Troubles Blood Diseases Constipation —_AND— Female Complaints Being composed entirely of HERBS, * is the only perfectly harmless remedy on the market and is recommended by al 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 Wholesale House. Diamond Medicine Go., PROPRIETORS, DETROIT, - MIOH. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., WHOLESALE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH, 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 who 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, SUSPENDED! uo UT Aq PSOCMIT 0} OVOP OT} SUIMOTIV IO UB) TaYJO SUIssoidg Uy AuUT[[os By His “Better Half,” aoyg aie. 2 1S ee Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Moldin any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury by Freezing. All others worthless after freez ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, D1. WATCH FOR LYNGH'S BEAUTY, Best $25 Cigar on the Market, D. LYNCH, Sole Owner, GRAND RAPIDS. 49 ~~ The Michigan Tradesman eee amen The Manufacture of Glucose. From the American Analyst. The process for making glucose will be best understood by following the corn from the time it enters the factory until it runs out at a spigot, a clear, odorless liquid. The shell corn is first soaked for several days in water to soften the hull and prepare it for the cracking process. The softened corn is conveyed by ele- vators to one of the highest stories of the factory and shoveled into large hop- pers from which it passes into mills that merely crack the grains without reducing them at once to a fine meal. The cracked grain is then conducted toa large tank filled with rinsing water. The hulls of the corn float at the top of the water, the germs sink to the bottom, and the por- tion of the grain containing the starch, becoming gradually reduced to flour by friction, are held insolutionin the water. By an ingenious process, both the hulls and the germs are removed, and the flour part now held in solution contains noth- ing but starch and gluten. The liquid is then made to flow over a series of tables, representing several acres in area, and the difference in the specific gravity of the two substances causes the gluten and the starch to separate without the use of chemicals. The gluten is of a golden eolor, and the starch snow-white. By the time gluten has been completely eliminated the starch assumes a plastic form and is collected from the separating tables by wheelbarrowfuls and taken toa drying room, where it is prepared as the starch of commerce. or is placed in a chemical apparatus to be conveyed into glucose. The conversion is effected by submitting the starch to the action of a minute percentage of dilute sulphuric acid, which, without being a constituent part of the compound, produces by its presence merely a miraculous chemical change. This change from starch to glucose is a gradual process, and has four or five well-defined stages. On the addition of the acid the first change re- sults in the production of what is known to the chemists as dextrine. If at this stage the acid is neutralized by the addi- tion of lime water, the process is checked and dextrine is the permanent result. If the process is allowed to go on, the acid, however, works asecond change, and maltose is the result. Here the pro- cess can, if necessary, be interrupted by neutralizing the acid by means of lime awater, and for some purposes in the art of brewing this is sometimes done. The third and important stage in the chem- ieal change wrought by the action re- sults in the production of glucose. and just here is where the greatest skill of the chemist is required. The product must show by test that it responds to the chemical formula C6, H12, O6. By comparing this formula with that of starch, which is C6, H10, 05, that is, six parts of carbon to ten of hydrogen and five of oxygen—it will be seen that sulphuric acid has not added to the starch, but has taken up two parts of hydrogen, and the only gin in the starch is one part of oxygen. The lime water introduced to neutralize the acid forms with it a product called gypsum, which can be removed from the glucose without leaving any appreciable trace. The fourth stage in the chemical pro- cess results in crystalizing the liquid, and then the product is called grape sugar. This is a fifth stage, in which caramel, or burnt sugar, could be pro- duced were it of any commercial value. The gypsum or sulphate of lime, formed by the neutralizing lime water and sul- phuriec acid, sinks, by gravitation, to the bottom of the vessel and the supernatent saccharine liquid is drawn off from the top. This is almost pure chemical glu- eose, but itis still subject to a filtering process through bone black, and refined in the same way as cane sugar is refined. The bone black has anything but the appearance of a purifying agent, but possesses the peculiar property of at- tracting to itself all coloring matter. The glucose, passing through a laby- rinthine system of filtering, is drawn off through spigots in the lower part of the building, and is ready to be shipped away in barrels. To give the glucose the appearance of cane syrup, as well as to impart some of the characteristic taste, a small amount of that syrup is added to suit the fancy of buyers. To make grape sugar, the glucose is dried in rapidly revolving vessels, from which much of the moisture escapes by virtue of the centrifugal force. Neither the glucose nor the grape sugar is used for domestic purposes, although either one is about two-thirds as sweet as the sweetest cane sugar. Glucose is chiefly used for fermenting purposes, and of late years has become valuable to the the brewer in making beer and pale ales. It is also, largely used in mixing with cane syrups and molasses, and esteemed more wholesome than the cane product, which is at best only aside product or residue in the manufacture of sugar. a a we The Honest Farmer Again. From the Muskegon News. A Montague township farmer has been detected in an ingenious trick to make pork return profits. In selling to White- hall butchers, it was found that the re- turns fell short and a watch was kept on ‘the old man, resulting in the discovery that after delivering his pork he would empty a five gallon jug of water and weigh his wagon minus the water, which had been weighed before delivery of the pork. He was compelled to discount his hogs $1 a head on his last delivery, and probably will not repeat his water trick in that town again. —_—~ -4- <> -— There is no event in life which does not carry its own lesson; and that lesson ought to be recognized by us as the best we can learn at that particular moment. Failure in any enterprise is just as much a fact as success in that same enterprise would have been. But it rests with each person to make every fact in his experi- ence a factor in his progress. a A good many merchants are getting down to the fact that cheek and bravado in commercial travelers is a poor substi- tute for tact and discretion. Talmage once said: ‘‘The fish must be enticed; there is no use of baiting with a piece of pork, and then splashing the line into the water with the exclamation, ‘Bite or be damned.’’’ S. P. Bennett, The “Live GOAL Man,’ Wilkesbarre and Pittston Anthracite Coal, Cumberland Blossburg Smith- ing Coal, 72-hour Connelsville Coke. A large supply of the above coals on track the year around. Write for prices. §. P, BENNETT, Grand Rapids, Mich. Special Notice! All smithing coals sold by us we guar- antee to be mined from the BIG VEIN in the Georges Creek District. This is the coal so favorbly known as Piedmont or Cumberland Blossburg, and stands unrivalled for smithing purposes. AWNINGS AND TENTS. Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc, Send for Illustraved Catalogue. Chas. A. Coye, Telephone 106. 11 Pearl St. Grand Rapids Fire Insnrance Co. Cash Capital, $200,000. HISTORY—Commenced Business Novem- ber, 1882: > 5 Ss . Year. Pini il ee uses Surplus. 1882 $100,359 $ 2,578 S200 § 88 -:.. . 1883 109,793 25,216 tlt 1884 115,670 40,933 ee eat ee 1885 126,257 51,054 aos 1886 239,501 57,759 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, Martin L. Sweet, L 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 O. M: Barnes, Lansing; W. R. Burt, East Saginaw. Haven: F. B. Stockbridge, Kalamazoo; JULIUS HOUSEMAN, President. S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary. WHY WEAR PANTS That do not fit or wear satisfac- torily, when you can buy _ the Detroit Brand, that are perfect in stvle and workmanship. _ JacoB BRowNn &Cos. + PERFECT Fir, -: Superior Make. OVERALLS. ASK FOR THEM! TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Oct. 6, 1889. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am 7:20am Traverse City Express...... 9am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw.. --.5:05 pm 4:10pm rom Cimento 8:45 pm GOING SOUTH. Cincinnats Express....... 20: . 7:00am Fort Wayne Express.. .11:45am 12:45am Cincinnati Express... - 5:30pm 6:00 pm Kalamazoo and Chicago .10:40 pm 11:05 pm Train leaving for Cincinnati at6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 7p. m., runs daily, Sundays in- cluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:20 a.m. and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—i a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati; 11:05 p. m. train has Wagner sleeping car for Chicago. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave . Arrive. ae cece eee. 8:45 p Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later. Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Leaves. +Morning Express....... 1:00pm Trhrougn mail... 4:20pm +Grand Rapids Express. *Night Express........ - 7:00am ee 7:30am GOING EAST. (petro Raprems,.,.....,...,..... 6:50 a m ¢+Through Mail.... . 10:10 a m 10:20am tEvening Fxpress -. 3:35 pm 3:45 pm *Night Express..... --.10:30 p m 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making direct connections for all points East, arriving in New York 10:10 a. m. next day. Grand Rapids express has parlor car Detroit to Grand Rapids. Night express has Wagner sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. m. Through railroad tickets and ocean steamship tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. 48. CAMPBELL, Citv Passenger Agent. JNO. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit. 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 The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of Delivery Wagons of all descriptions. Also manufacturers full line of Delivery and Road Sleighs. Write for illustrated cata- logue and price list. Good Morning !? I have just eaten a delicious dish of Muscatine ROLLED OATS FLOUR Owl, Crown Prince, White Lily, Standard, Rye, Graham. Bolted Meal, Feed, Ete. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS. Something New Bill Snort L We guarantee this cigar the best $35 cigar on the market. Send us trial order, and if not ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY return them. Advertising mat- ter sent with each order. Charlevoix Cigar Mfg Go., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. BE SURE, MY FRIEND, TO CET THE ELOPEME after the painting by Kaemmerer, issued by GOW. ANS & STOVER, Buffalo, N. Y., at a cost o over 5,000 dollars, a copy of which they send free . any address on receipt of 25 wrappers from the (UAK-[EAF Soa * WARRANTED NOT TO RIP.— wr Every garment bearing the above ticket is WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and, if not as re- . you are requested to return it to the erchant of whom it was purchased and receive a new garment. STANTON, SAMPSON & CO., Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich. lonia Pants & OverallCo. E. D. Voorhees, Manager. MANUFACTURERS OF Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, Rts, Warranted Not to Rip. Fit Guaranteed. Workmanship Perfect. Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. Samples and prices sent on application. IONIA, MICH. K. G. STUDLRY, Wholesale Dealer in Rubber Boots and Shoes Manufactured by CANDEE RUBBER 60. Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue ‘and Price List. TELEPHONE 464. No. 4 Monroe Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CURTISS & Co., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. We carry the VEBY BEST double or single bit, hand-shaved ax handle ever made. Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich. Job Printing! We desire to call atten- tion to our facilities for producing first-class job printing for the trade. If you live in a 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. BF. J. DETTENTHALER, OS i Salt Fish, Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. W™M.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manufacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. BROWN & SEHLER, DEALERS IN ENGINES, Boilers and Mill Machinery, Farm Machinery, Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Carriages. = fl Corner West Bridge and North Front Sts, GRAND RAPIDS. P. Steketee & Sons, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. Sell the following well-known brands of calico: ALLEN’S, AMERICANS, SIMPSON’S, HAMILTON’S, WASHINGTON’S, WINDSORS, MERRIMAC, COCHECO, RIVERPOINT, STEEL RIVER, ST. LEDGER, EDYSTONE, CHARTER OAK, ANCHOR, FRANKLIN, HARMONY, IMPERIAL BLACK, BERLIN SOLIDS, SLATER SOLIDS, COCHECO SOLIDS, SUTAN SOLIDS, SATIN STYLES OF SIMPSON & GARNER. Also Comforts at All Prices. 83 Monroe and 10, 12,14,16 & 18 Fountain Sts. Grand Rapids. Rindge, MICHIGAN AGENTS Bertsch & Co., 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 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Seventeen Years on the Market With a steady increase in demand. Jennings Flavoring Extracts 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. 12, Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable goods to add to their stock. Orderthrough your Jobber or direct from Jennings & Sinith, Grand Rapids, Mich. SEE QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER. WHO URGES YOU TO BEEP oA ECOL. FO*? ‘base EU SIC! 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. Puinam Candy Co. JOBBERS OF HOTEL PTUs, Nats and Oysters, CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED. 13, 18, 17 South lonia St, Grand Rapids,