« The Michigan Tradesman. — \@4 VOL. 7. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0. Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods STAPLE and FANCY. Overalls, Pants, Etc,, OUR OWN MAKE. A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Grockery and Fancy Woodenware OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection ~ Solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. Cook & Bergthold, MANUFACTURERS OF SHOW GASKS. than those of Write for cata- Prices Lower any competitor. logue and prices. 106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich. Magic Coffee Roaster, The Best in the World. Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 Roasters—capacity 35 Ibs.—l will sell them at very low prices. Write for Special Discount. ‘ ROBT. S. WEST, 48-50 Long CLEVELAND, OHIO. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OF Imported and Domestic Cheese Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 161--163 West Bridge St., Telephone 123 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Raton, kyon & Go, JOBBERS OF Albums, Dressing Cases, Books And a complete line of Fancy Holiday Goods. EATON, LYON & CO., 20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. AWNINGS AND TENTS. St., es ey — i Shades, Large Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Flags, Horse and Wagon Covers. Seat CHAS. A. COYE, 11 Peart Telephone 106. Street. Something New Bill Snort 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 Co, CHARLEVOIX, MICH. Daniel G. Garnsey, EXPERT ACCOUNTANT AND Adjuster of Fire Losses. Twenty Years Experience. Keferences furnished if desired. 24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. SEEDS Write for jobbing prices on Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard Red Top, Blue Grass, Grass, Field Peas, Beans, Produce and WOOL. C. Ainsworth, 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. West Michigan ®Sb'NormansciooL. AND NORMAL SCHOOL. (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) A thoroughly equipped, permanently estab- lished and pleasantly located College. The class rooms have been especially designed in accord- ance with the latest approved plans. The faculty is composed of the most competent and practical teachers. Students graduating from this Insti- tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL. The best of references furnished upon application. Our Normal Department is in charge of experi- enced teachers of established reputation. Satis- factory boarding places secured for all who apply to us. Do not go elsewhere without first personaily 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. Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Suecessors 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. Learn Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Ets., AT: THE Grand Rapris Busuness Gallege Corner Ottawa and Pearl Streets. Send for Circular. auing bards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lyne, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Give Me a BAN HUK Cigar GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1890. Apples, Potatoes, | Onions. FOR PRICES, WRITE TO BARNETT BROS, SEEDS! Wholesale Dealers, CHICAGO. If in want of Clover or Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, or, in fact, Any Kind of Seed, send or write to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St, GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. GEO. C. PreRcs, Vice President. H. W. Nass, Cashier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. “Wake a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Mercbants Solicited. BEACH S New York Goffe Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. OYSTERS IN Al STYLES. Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. HOW BIG STORES FIND OUT WHAT RIVALS ARE DOING. The proprietor of one of the largest dry goods stores in New York sat in his: office looking over some marked adver- tisements in the Sunday newspapers. Presently he rang for the superintend- ent and that gentleman came in. “Mr. Johnson,’’ said the merchant, ‘these advertisements that I have marked here are worth inquiring into. It means that some of our competitors are offering special inducements at this time in the matter of seasonable goods. Aitend to this at once, please, and let me hear from you.”’ Mr. Johnson bowed, took the papers and walked out. He devoted about half the next hour to carefully reading over the advertisements referred to by his em- ployer. Then Mr. Johnson turned around and, nodding to one of the clerks in his office, said: “TI wish you would find Miss Williams in the bric-a-brac department. Tell her I would like to see her at once.”’ The clerk went out, and in a few mo- ments returned with a young woman. She was avery pretty, demure and in- telligent-appearing girl. She was well dressed and seemed to know what she had been sent for. She looked up at the superintendent with an inquiring glance as she said 3 ‘““You sent for me, sir ?’’ “Miss Williams,’’? said Mr. Johnson, we will have to send you out again to- fay.” Miss Williams simply nodded, smil- ingly, and then Mr. Johnson took the marked papers and spread them out be- fore her. A long conversation followed. Miss Williams made notes from the ad- vertisements as she read them and re- peated them over to herself a number of times, as though committing them to memory. The superintendent said to her: ‘‘Now, I would like to be able to re- port this matter to the firm by to-mor- row, andif you are very spry you will be able to get around to all these parties to-day before 6 o’clock.’’ Miss Williams now withdrew to the room in which the clerks -hung their wraps. Ina few moments she came out with bonnet, gloves and wrap, looking not unlike many of the stylish young women who were coming in to start their day’s shopping. When she stepped out into the street, she looked up and down for 2 moment as though undecided which way to go. Then she pursed up her pretty lips into a pout, nodded her head in a knowing way, and tripped off ata lively pace toward Fifth avenue. She had not gone far before she saw a throng of shoppers going into one of the big stores. She follewed in their wake, and although the crowd in front of her was very large, she managed in some way to get near the front at each counter with very little difficulty. At one of the counters she remained for some time. *‘T want to see some of that surah silk you have advertised,”’ she said. Theclerk took down several bolts of the silk and she examined it critically. “Thank you,’’ she said. A moment later she was at another counter where large wax dolls were being disposed of toa hungry crowd of shop- pers. There were several clerks at this counter, and the floorwalker, also, hap- pened to be standing there. He let his eye fall upon Miss Williams and he seemed to recognize her. He stepped up to her, standing so that he was between her and the counter, and said ina voice slightly tinged with sarcasm : FIT FOR A Gentlemans TABLE: | All goods bearing thename | of Thurber, Whyland & Co. or Alexis Godillot, Jr. i person. sir, ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. E,W. HALL PLAYING WORKS, ALL KINDS OF Brass and Iron Polishing AND Nickle and Silver Plating Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids. RDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, AA CANAL SY,, Grand Rapids, - Mich. | change in his mill will save money to use Remus ROLLER MILLS, Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890. t Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.: Gentlemen—The roller mill put im by you last August has run from twelwe to' fifteen hours every day since it started and is giwing entire satisfaction. Your Purifier and Flour Dresser are dandies. Ihawe used nearly all the best purifiers and bolting machines made, and can say yours discounts them all. : Any miller who intends making any your machines, for They Can Do the Work. Yours truly, , D. L. GARLING. ‘“‘Ah! how do you do, Miss Williams ? Very glad to see you.”’ Miss Williams drew herself up very rigidly, stared at the floorwalker in a most haughty manner, and said, very in- dignantly : ‘“‘Who are you, sir? I don’t know you, sir. What do you mean, sir, by addressing me ?”’ “Well”? said the floorwalker, ‘I thought I recognized you as the Miss i Williams who once was employed here | as a cash girl.” Laecash girl! lam not the at ali. I don’t know you. Am I to be insulted ?’’ “Oh, no; I did not mean to insult you.’’ said the floorwalker, taken some- what aback by her grand airs, ‘‘l must have been mistaken.’ Miss Williams bowed frigidly, in recog- nition of his apology, and pushed her way up to the counter. She bought sev- eral of the dolls, after examining them very closely, paid for them and ordered them sent to a house in West Forty- fourth street. She stopped at several other counters and bought other articles, which she had sent to the same address. In the meantime the floorwalker, whom she had so brusquely repulsed, had been talking with a young cash girl of more than usually intelligent appearance. Evidently he was not satisfied of his mis- take so far as Miss Williams was con- cerned, for he said to the girl: “You just follow her. Don’t lose sight of her, if it takes until to-morrow. If she goes into a house, wait for her. If she goes into a store, follow her. If she stays there, find out whether she is a clerk or not. If she don’t, keep on fol- lowing her until you run her down.”’ In consequence, when Miss Williams again went out into the street, the little cash girl was following her at a respect- ful distance. After her experience with the floorwalker, Miss Williams had be- come very wary. She had maintained with considerable success the haughty demeanor she had assumed, and even when she stepped out into the street she held her nose high in the air. But after she had gone about half a block, and had looked around several times to see if she was being followed, the success of her bluff tickled her so much that she burst out laughing. Inamoment the laugh “No, Sit. had departed and her face had resumed , its usual demure expression, for she was sharp enough and experienced enough to | know that such indulgence might prove fatal to her purpose. There were sev- | eral other stores along Fourteenth street in which Miss Williams stopped, and at nearly every one she purchased some- thing and had it sent to the Forty-fourth street house. She frequently referred, done on the street, and only with great caution within the stores. From Fourteenth street she started up town on Sixth avenue. One of the first of the big stores that she came to was more than usually crowded, because of certain advertisements that had ap- peared in the paper of the day before. Before entering this store, Miss Williams spent several minutes in studying over her notes. Asshe looked up from them and was about to put them into her pocket, her eye caught the young cash girl, who had been following her. There was hardly a change in her face to denote that she recognized the girl, and only for amoment did a shade of annoyance lin- ger on her brow. Then she pretended to resume her study of the notes, but all the time she was watching the little girl out of the corners of her eyes. She had seen the girl in the store, and recognized her from this. It was now her aim to {put the little one off her track. She put her notes into her pocket with a decided air and turned about as though to re- trace her steps. The little girl did not budge. Miss Williams walked half a block away, then turned around as though undecided, and saw that the lit- tle girl had still not moved. Fora mo- ment Miss* Williams was in doubt as to whether or not she had been mistaken. As she stood there outside the door, the little girl looked as though she were waiting for her mother to come out, and not as if she were playing the detective. To make certain, Miss Williams decided upon another test. She turned quickly and walked around the corner, stopping so she could see through the windows of the corner store on to Sixth.avenue. A minute passed and the little girl had not appeared. Miss Williams was about to return, when she saw the cash girl come slowly up the avenue, apparently with no special idea in mind. Miss Williams stepped back into a doorway and waited to see if the girl would pass, but she was too wise for that. After having waited several minutes, Miss Williams’ stock of patience was exhausted, and she came out. There was the little girl standing on the corner, calm as ever, with just a little hint of a confident smile on her face. “You little rogue,’’ said Miss Williams to herself, ‘‘you knew I couldn’t have gone to the other corner in so short a time, and so you waited for me to come out of hiding. Well, we will see.”’ Miss Williams walked right along now as though she had really had some bus- iness in the house from which she had emerged. and returned to the dry goods store she had started to enter when in- terrupted by the little girl. But all her unpleasant experiences were not yet ended. She was examining some toys when a clerk said, sharply: “See here, what store do you come from ?’’ ‘What do you mean ?’’ returned Miss Williams, again assuming the airs of a queen. “Oh, I know you,’’ returned the clerk. ‘‘T have seen you before.”’ ° ‘‘How dare you insult me ?’’ said Miss Williams. ‘‘I shall report you.”’ “Oh, that’s all right,’’ said the clerk. ‘“] don’t want to insult you, but I won’t sell you anything. You cannot buy any- thing here.’’ Several other customers who were standing near looked up in surprise, while the little cash girl, who had smug- gled herself in, leaned up against the adjoining counter and grinned from ear to ear. “Well, we will see about that,’ said Miss Williams. ‘‘Where is the superin- tendent ?’’ ‘*‘Here, cash,’’ said the clerk, calling up alittle cash girl, ‘‘take this lady to the superintendent.’’ The clerk said this in a very sarcastic manner, and for once Miss Williams’ anger and indignation were not feigned. She did not go to the superintendent, however, but tried to outwit the clerk by going to another part of the store. The clerk was apprised of the fact. however, and got around in time to balk Miss Williams in her attempt to purchase. The clerk could not, of course, refuse absolutely to sell to her, but overcame this obstacle by saying that everything was sold. Miss Williams was followed from counter to counter, and finally gave up in despair, having been able to pur- chase only one article of the many she had started to get in this store: With few exceptions, however, in the other stores she went to she found no difficulty in obtaining all that she de- sired. With the exception of a few min- utes for lunch, she was on her feet nearly the whole day. Several times she attempted to’escape from the little girl who was following her, but each time was entirely unsuccessful. She stopped for half an hour at the house of a friend. When she came out, she thought she had worn out the little girl’s patience, for she was not in sight, but several minutes later the little girl bobbed up serenely, having spent the meantime munching cakes ina bakery across the way from the house at which Miss Williams had been visiting. When Miss Williams finally turned up at the store from which she had started, the cash girl was close behind her. She saw Miss Williams go up stairs and re- port to the superintendent, and managed, through a shrewd question or two, to find out that she was employed there. Then, with a knowing nod of the head and a self-satisfied smirk, she gave up ‘the chase. Miss Williams had been com- paratively successful, and there were many articles awaiting her at home. Having announced this to the superin- tendent, she went home, and the next when her memory was at fault, to the; notes she had made; but this was usually | morning came to the store at the usual hour with a written report of her entire experience and the samples she had ob- tained. These were critically examined by the superintendent, and then taken to the head of the firm. Nearly every Monday clerks from the various dry goods houses go through the same experience, so that it has become a recognized custom. It is the only way in which the big retail merchants can keep themselves informed as to the in- ducements offered by their rivals. Mon- day is especially selected because the greatest bargains are usually advertised on the day previous. The object more particularly is to see whether the goods are really sold as advertised, and to en- able each merchant to see for himself whether he is being undersold by a com- petitor in any particular article. Rarely does the same clerk go out for more than two or three weeksin succession. When the articles he or she has purchased are brought to the merchant, he compares them with the announcements in the ad- vertisements, and if any of them are sold cheaper than in his own store, then the buyers of those particular articles are likeiy to be hauled over the coals. ‘Some clerks,’’ said the superintend- ent of one of the big stores recently, ‘‘eo beyond their orders. I remember a girl who had been buying up bargains o afirm up town some time ago. She came to us and secured employment for the mere purpose of getting our prices and turning them over to the other firm. Of course, no reputable clerk would do that, and neither would a reputable firm countenance it. ‘“‘Not only do the firms endeavor to keep track of the bargains offered by their rivals, but they are fully as much interested in the prices of the regular stock goods. These are just as apt to vary as the prices of special bargains.”’ — - 2 —<—_____— Industrial Partnerships. Nicholas P. Gilman, in the Arena. How far shall the partnership between master and men go? = It should be con- fined to the industrial department, and stop short of a voice in the management, inspection of the accounts and responsi- bility for losses. These three things stand together. Establish the third, and you must admit the first two; deny the advisability of tbe first two, and you must also reject the equity of the third. Gain sharing is probably tov logical an arrangement for the mass of employers; they would be unwilling to pay a bonus to labor in years in which the business, as a whole, including the productive and the commercial departments, shows no profit or a positive loss. The practical effect of the majority of profit-sharing systems in operation. to-day is that the workman takes the risk that the com- mercial departments will do as well as the industrial department of the manu- factory. The workmen have it fully in their power to make a reduction from the present average cost of production in an iron foundry or a cotton mill, and if they do not accomplish this, then profit sharing would be recommended to little purpose and with slight reason. Making their contribution to the success of the business as a whole, they must then depend upon the business ability of the firm for the payment of any bonus. But this dependence is probably the best arrangement for the producer. He allies himself, having industrial abil- ity, with one or two or three men of commercial talent. If the firm cannot succeed in selling goods at a profit, much less would a combination of simple pro- ducers be able to do it. The workman to-day depends for his wages, in the long run, upon the shrewdness and per- severance of his employer. It would probably be best in the great majority of cases where profit sharing is introduced that he should depend for his bonus also upon the same conditions. He then casts in his lot as a producer with the man- ager of the buying and selling depart- ment, and there is no separation in in- terests between the two departments, however logically desirable it might seem to be. Thus considered, the objection that is most commonly raised to profit sharing, that it does not involve loss sharing, will be seen to be a boomerang in the hands of its users. The workman in an indus- trial partnership shares profits only when the whole establishment makes a profit to which he has contributed his share in his department. He fails to receive a bonus, and thus shares losses, when he has actually done his part toward making a dividend, but the firm has not done as well, because success with them is notso simple a matter. Objection might be made from the work- man’s side with more consistency than from the employer’s side. But when we take both parties into full consideration, and remember that it is a partnership they seek, in which one department must not expect to profit when the other is losing, then the equity of profit sharing becomes manifest. tt Conventional Lies. Mr Sympathetic—I would sooner cough myself than hear any one else. Mrs. Spanker—I don’t understand how that woman next door can whip her chil- dren so. Miss Deceit—That new bonnet you’re wearing is very becoming. Mrs. Pecksniff—Good-bye, my dear. I enjoyed your call so much, and am only sorry you can’t stay to tea. Mr. Houseful—It breaks my heart to lose my daughter, but take her, young man, and God bless you. Miss Hifligh—George, you mustn’t spend your money on me so foolishly. —_—_———_»>-————_—— A Study in Repartee. Fenderson—What is the reason, I won- der, that fellow comes here every day or two to make a fool of himself ? Fogg—I don’t know, unless it is he be- lieves in doing in Rome as the Romans +> Good Opening For a General Stock. Anyone seeking a location for a general stock would do well to obtain from THE TRADESMAN the name of the town thus described by a local correspondent: At the present time there is a grand opening for a general stock of merchan- dise in this town. The facts are these: The Patrons of Industry arose, flourished and fell. They could not make contracts with any dealers in this town, so went to adjoining places, and were gulled and cheated at every turn. Now, they are anxious to return to trade at this town, but the only. general dealer here holds prices up and does not compete with reputable dealers in adjoining towns. The Patrons of Industry craze is ended, and the people want a general stock here, conducted on modern business principles. A well-selected stock, sell- ing goods at bottom prices for cash would do a good business from the start and steadily increase its volume of trade. ———- > -* > No Wonder the People are Destitute. A Grand Rapids firm recently received from a customer at Newark, South Dakota, a check for $1 on the Bank of Newark. As the check could not be han- dled to advantage by a Grand Rapids bank, it was sent to the bank on which it was drawn, accompanied by a stamped return envelope, with a request that the amount of the check be forwarded in postage stamps or currency. The re- turns were 75 cents, making the net re- turns to the Grand Rapids house 71 cents. So long as the people of the Dakotas are at the mercy of such Shylocks, it is no wonder that they are destitute and find it necessary to invoke aid from other states, in order to keep from starving. 2 te ~ It pays to handle the P & B. cough drops. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No adve ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—AT ONCE, CLEAN STOCK OF DRY goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, gents’ fur- nishing goods in a good town of 2,000 population; two railroads; low rent and insurance; waterworks; stock about $8,000: can be reduced to $5,000; if yon want a clean, nice business, look this up; will not want to sell after Aprill. Address No. 582care Tradesman. 582 OK SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, LOCATED IN A VIL- lage surrounded by a good country; good trade; object of selling, practice here. Address Dr. H. E. Hun- gerford, Stetson, Mich. 572. OR SALE—AT ONCE—A NEW, WELL-SELECTED stock of general merchandise in a live town and wealthy and prosperous farming community on the Michigan Centra] Railroad; inventory about $5,000; annual business $28,000; new, modern, double, brick store; best location; low rent and insurance; can re- duce stock; reason for selling, poor health. Address, Box 178, care Tradesman. 575 ARE CHANCE TO BUY THE ONLY DRUG STORE in Central Michigan railroad town of nearly 400, with fast-growing farming country; stock and fixtures invoice $1,300; half cash, balance on easy payments; good new fixtures; only drug, book, stationery, wall paper, paint and jewelry stock in town; splendid opening for young man; good reasons for selling. If you wantit, address for particulars, L. M, Mills, 568 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 578 { STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHAN- $10,000 | dise to exchange for city property, lumber’or shingles; we also have 3 drug stocks, 4 gro- cery stocks, 3 hardware stocks and 3 cigar stocks for sale orexchange. A.J. Fogg & Co.,3 & 4 Tower Block 576 pa SALE—$5,000 STOCK OF HARDWARE, STOVES, furniture and. crockery, with full stock of tools for tin, water and gas jobs; a bargain for cash or part eashand time; lowrent for building. Lock box 73, Greenville, Mich. 571. ‘ANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 ACRES OR village property for stock of goods, hardware preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan Tradesman. 57. OR SALE—HARDWARE STOCK, about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business; ean reduce the stock to suit purchaser; best of reason for selling. Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed City Mich. ~ 568 “F YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR STOCK OF goods for a farm, large or small, write to No. 563, eare Michigan Tradesman. 563 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO- eeries. boots and shoes, hardware and drugs, situated in good trading point; will inventory about $3,000; sales for past three years, $42,000; reason for selling, owner has other business. Address No. 559, care Michigan Tradesman. 559 HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHICH I WILL EX- change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids city prop erty, or will sell on easy payments; these farms have the best of soil, are under good state of cultivation, and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and Muskegon. O.F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich. OR SALE—WE OFFER FOR SALE, ON VERY favorable terms, the F. H. Escott drug stock, at 75 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Price, $4,000. 53 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED —SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHAR- macist, with six years’ experience; good refer- ence. Address No. 581, care Tradesman. 581 MISCELLANEOUS. OMPLETE HISTORY OF THE PATRONS OF IN- dustry, from the inception of the organization; only a few copies left; sent postpaid for 10 cents per copy. Address The Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids EGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE annoying Pass Book System and adopting in its place the Tradesman Credit Coupon. Send $1 for sample order, which will be sent prepaid. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. AMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR retailers will be sent free to any dealer who wil] write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Albany. N. Y. BASEMENT TO RENT. The large, light and dry basement under the Steele meat market, in the McMullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division street. Large doors in rear open even to alley. Apply on premises to W. G. SINCLAIR & CO. INVENTORING Co., 564 FA, Worsburg & Go., Exclusive Jobbers of; DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR, 19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. PURE GOLD no more standard than the Is good, but celebrated TRAD ah Which holds it own against all opposition. Manufactured by JACKSON CRACKER CO. Jobber of Candy and Nuts, Cigars and Cheese. JACKSON, MICH. Wholesale Jewelry! Messrs. W. F. & W.M. Wurzburg have returned from Providence (the jewelry center of the world) and will soon call on the trade with the most attractive line of jewelry ever shown in Michigan. Our line comprises all the new novelties in Ladies’ Lace Pins, Bar Pins, Brooches, Cuff and Collar Buttons, Hair Orna- ments, Chains, Bracelets, etc. A full line of Children’s Jewelry, and an elegant stock of Men’s Cuff and Collar Buttons, Scarf Pins, Chains, Charms and Lockets for the Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods trade. Wo eo. mM. W URZBURG, EXCLUSIVE JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF JEWELRY, NEW YORK— 202 Broadway, Room 7. Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Will send dealers small sample line, if desired, on approval. Grand Rapids. $1.80 Per Foot—6 Feet or Over. We still continue to sell our HEYMAN & CO,, oval or square front show cases with metal corners for Made means a great deal. It means that extra care is taken in the cut; that great pains throughout is required in the stitching; that every portion of the work must receive the closest attention; that the garment when completed shall be perfect. You do not often get these qualities in the shirts you buy. It is just that fact that gives us (Michigan Overall Mfg. Co., Ionia, Mich.) such a trade on our shirts. We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO. Our shirts are immense in size. Large enough to fit a double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too. Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt. These qualities, when combined in a well-made, neatly- fashioned garment, make shirts that sell--sell easily and at good profits. Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4.50 to $7.50 per dozen. The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring. We should like to have you ask us to send you, at our expense, samples of our line, that you can compare them with your present goods and see the difference in every way. Will you? LION @ Merchants, YOU WANT THIS CABINET Thousands of Them Afe in use all over the land. often seen on the floor of the average grocer. varnished and put together in the best possible manner. cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws. Kvery Wide-Awake Merchant Should Certainly Sell ON, THE KING OF COFFERS. An Article of Absolute Merit. It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees. Packed only in one pound packages. Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of 120 one-pound packages. For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere. Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States. Woolson Spice Co., TOLEOO, Giilo. L. WINFERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids. f H N U Y represented, pure and first-class ASK FOR PRICE LIST. The Putnam Candy Co. It does away with the unsightly barrels sc Beautifully grained and Inside each We manufacture all our Candy. Use only the best ma- it as terial. Warranted \1\ ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. L. Whitney, Muskegon. Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint. Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. W. Parker, Owosso. Board—President; Frank Wells, Lansing; Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint; O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Secretary. . Committee on Insurance—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap ids; Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard; Owosso. Committee on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing; H. H. Pope, Allegan; C H. May, Clio. : Committee on Trade Interests—Frank Hamilton, Trav erse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw; L. W. Sprague, Greenville. : Committee on Transportation—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint; M. C. Sherwood, Allegan; A. O. Wheeler, Manistee. Committee on Building and Loan Associations—N ie Blain, Lowell; F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs; P. J. Con nell, Muskegen. saad seapebaey— 2 as. 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 * Ne. 1—Traverse City B. M.A. President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings. No. 2—Lowell 8. M. A. President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King. EE 2 No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. "No. 4—Grand Rapids M. 4. President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. President; Secretary, C. L. Whitney. No. 6—Alba &. M.A. President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin. —— ed No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. MM. 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. Se ae a No.11—Kingsley B. M. a. President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop. No. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, Edson Blackman: secretary, W. H. Lockerby. No. 13—Sherman B. M.A. : President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, Ww. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M.A. President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens. No. 15— Boyne City B. M.A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase. No. 16—Sand Lake B. M.A. President, J. V- Crandall: Secretary, W. Rasco. 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—asaugatuck b&b. M.A. President, john F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe. oS a ae No. 2i1— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. A. President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. —_———__ 55 : No 23—Carson City B. M. A. President, John W. Hallett: Secretary, L A. Lyon. No. 24—Morley B. M.A. President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond. No. 25—Palo B. M. A, President, F. A. Hargrave: Secretary, I. 8. Jeffers. No. 26—Greerville %. M. A. President. A. C. Satterlee: Secretary, E.J.Clark. President. 6. Ne 27—Dorr &. M. A. President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. ITA > 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. i President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 8. Houghtaling. Nou. 31—Charlotte 5B. M. A. President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. 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. ——_—~ Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. President, 0. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Battle Creek B. M.A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. | President. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 -Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. 8. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B.M. A. President, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun. 5a cc alae eS ear No. 43—Tustin B: M.A. _ President, Frank J. Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom. No. 44—Reed City B. M. A. President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith. No. 45—Hoytville B. M. 4. President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould. —— No. 47—Flint M, U. President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W.H.Graham. No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A. President, Boyd Redner; Secretary,!W. J. Tabor. No. 49—Leroy B M.A. | President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith. No. 50—Manistee B. M.A. | President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis. Eesti i il ii ais eS SSS No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M., A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W- Cc. Congdon. No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. Vos. No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A. President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. _ No. 54— Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, Cc. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M.A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, Silas DeLong; Secretary, Geo. Chapman. No. 57—Rockford B. M. A. resident. Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, H. 8. Holden. No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A. President, L. 8. Walter; Secretar3 ,€.= Plakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. 8S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. 4. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M. A. President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No. 62—East saginaw M. A. President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell. No, 64—Merrill B. M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, 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, 73—Belding B. M. A. President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. No. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoc B. M. A. President, 8. 8. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, VoIney Ross. No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A. President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. Ne. 79—Hast Jordan and so. Arm B. M.A, President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison. No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City K.M, A. President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Lee E. Joslyn. No. $1—Flushing B. M. A. President, L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom. No. 82—Alma B M.A. President, B. 8S. Webb; Secretary, M. E. Pollasky. No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A. President, L. P. Wilcox; Secretary, W. R. Mandigo. : No. 84—Standish B. M. A. President, P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. i No. 85—Clio B. M. A. President, J. M. Beeman; Secretary, C. H. May. No. 86—Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A. President. T. W. Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard. No. 87—Shepherd B. M. A. President, H. D. Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst. No. 88—Ovid B. M. A. President, J. A. Andrews; Secretary, L. D. Cooley. Association Notes. . Plainwell correspondence Allegan Journal: “We regret to state that the meeting of the B. M. A. and citizens to raise $3,000 for the starting of the Lyon paper mill resulted in a failure. It seems to me this was an opportunity which should not have been lost and that the money donated would have soon been returned a hun- dred. fold. I also regret to see the Graham works, on the east side, standing idle. They ought to be running and furnishing employment to a number of workmen. Here we have a fine water power, three good railroads and one of the best farming communities in the State sur- rounding us, yet our village is stagnant for want of a little more push.” Owosso Press: ‘“‘A special meeting of the Owosso Business Men’s Association was held Monday evening to consider a matter pertaining to the Estey Manufacturing Co. The company is now contemplating the erection, the coming year, of a large brick building, five stories high and 205 feet long, to take the place of the wooden building south of the present large brick build- ing. The company asks the city to exempt this new building from city taxes for a period of ten years. The present wooden building will be converted into dwelling houses, and it claims that the taxes on this building will off-set the taxes on the new building. The new building will also enable the company to employ a larger number of men. The business men were unani mously in favor of granting the request, and at a special meeting of the council, last evening, the request was granted.” > ———___—_ The P. of I. Dealers. The following are the P. of I. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle, L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros. Allendale—Henry Dalman. Almont—Colerick & Martin. Altona—Eli Lyons. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. Belding—L. S. Roell. Big Rapids—W. A. Verity,A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Raincuard. Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce & Son. Capac—H. C. Sigel. _ Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses- sions. Casnovia—John E. Parcell. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish, B. Tripp. Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron & Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- chek & Bro. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, Stev- ens & Farrar, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. Fremont—Boone & Pearson, J. B. Ketchum. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wil- zinski, Brown & Sehler, Volmari & Von Keppel. Hart—Rhodes & Leonard. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City — O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. Cahalen. Imlay City—Cohn Bros. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, McCartney Bros., Fred Miller. Lakeview—H. C. Thompson. Langston—F. D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Israel) Glicman. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jen- nings. Lowell—Patrick Kelly, Chas. McCarty. McBride’s—J. McCrae. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep- per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler, John Fletcher. Mecosta—Parks Bros. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. 8.) Knight. Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Milton Junetion—C. A. Warren. Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son, F. H. Cowles. Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. Lee. North Dorr—John Homrich. Ogden—A. J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—John Sillik. Orono—C. A. Warren. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—Knight & Cudworth. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Brayman & Blanchard, Frank E. Shattuck & Co. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sheridan—M. Gray. Sparta—Dole & Haynes. Springport—Powers & Johnson, Well ington & Hammond. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Trufant—l. Terwilliger. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haver- kate. Williamston—Thos. Horton. —_—__+___<<-—@- Grape Syrup. A syrup is being manufactured in Cal- ifornia containing 75 per cent. of saccha rine matter. This syrup is made by concentrating grape juice in a vacuum pan. One ton of grapes yields 160 gal- lons of juice, which is reduced to one- fourth of its bulk. At the price which this syrup ought to bring, it seems a good outlet for the over production of grapes. Mission and Malvoisie grapes principally are used. Etta (Mrs. P. of I. Gossip. | Dividends Paid by Some Fire Insur- L. D. Wait has severed his connection | ance Companies. with the P. of I. at Blanchard. No more ' The Insurance Chronicle has compiled contract for him. ‘alist of the dividends paid by most of B. Tripp, the Cedar Springs druggist, the fire insurance companies of the coun- has signed with the P. of I. on a 25 per try oe profits of last year’s busi- : fe : ness, as follows: cent. basis. As Tripp’s stock is mort- | : . ack aon gaged for all it is worth, he is on a par Albany, Albany ................000++ ee . eos , Agricultural, Watertown..........----.--+-+--- 25 with the majority of the contract dealers. Broadway, New York _........... Cotes ate 10 “Where will the P. of I. be in the Buffalo German, Buffalo............---++++-++- 20 i Commerce Fire, Albany................-.--+04- 50 spring, when they get out in the fieldand City, New hd ct ee 8 z : Commonwealth, New York........---+-++-++++- 6 must have credit to help them through one nang aa Bag ee ee ee 14 from lantin to harvest??? asked a' Exchange, New York.........-.-------+- seee+- < ae ‘aoe Wee tee Wek 10 grocery jobber, the other day, and — City, New io Bo ee es 6 , | Empire State, Rochester........ ------- ++++++:- echo came back, hollow and empty, | Farragut, New ka Oe al ee ae as 10 ‘Where ?”’ | Firemen’s, New York.........---+-++e+eee eee es 6 3 a. lobe, New VOrke. oe oon Se eiae 10 Angus Rankin, the New Era general See, Ree. Wore 6.2 10 ee a, Ee Guardian, New York: ......- 2.006002 nesses ce : dealer, writes as follows: “I see you | Germania, New York .......-..-0-+-++e eee eee 1 have my name down in your list asa P. | German-American, New York ..........------- 20 J ee ee & ©. | Glens Falls, Glens Falls, N Y |...0000000- +++ 10 of I. dealer, which is a mistake which I — Fira, New YOrm 2000202012000. ae . Z -. | Jefferson, New. York.............-2--22+-%--20- 10 would like to have you correct. It is Kings County, New York....-.-..-0.00- +5 0--+ 10 time enough to brand a man as such Kniekerbocker, New York. -........-....-........ al L fayette, Brooklya: (2 ee oe ess 6 after he has fallen from grace. { via Agere a ae: os eae . me Manufacturers an muilders’, New York. :.-- 6 Detroit Journal: ‘‘Frank M. Fogg, of New York Bowery, New York....... -.....-. = 9 Lansin who has been a re ubli , | National, New Werk. 5 oes es 8» 5 . : Pp nae | New York Fire, New York......-.. ...2....... 8 greenbacker, democrat, anti-monopolist, | North River, New Were Ao 6 . he | Nasspu, Brooklyn <.... 2.5 2. -) 2. --.- = 10 labor reformer, union labor, whig, feder- : Niagara, New York —.....-e. eee ee sete eee cess 10 alist. Girondi ibitionist ;_ | Peter Cooper. New York......-..--. ---+-++-+-- i0 Se i one: ——— and aboli Park Fire, New York?..- 0 020...00 7.0002) 32. tionist, is now lecturing to Patrons of Pacific, New York... ......--+-+++ereeeeeceee: 12 i ple’s Hare: New YOrK --..... 1.2.2.5 22---. Industry and seems to have struck his phehix Brooklyn. N.Y 00 oo 4 gait.”’ | Rochester German, Rochester, N. Y ......-.--- 10 d : 1 | Standard, New York ........---.-------------+ U Three Rivers Tribune: ‘“‘If, as is re-| Stuyvenant, Now Mork 6 7 1 timo. Bubalo. ON. Y=)... ported, Patrons of Industry have to ee Work 0 ledg hemselves s anly .| tna, Connecticut ... ..---.-+-.--+ sees re svly 7 “6 . 2 . / : Spring Garden, Pennsylvania..........---++--+ 16 the Patrons bring in—only such as he| security, New Haven, Conn............---.-+-- 7 can handle at a profit—n rj | Teutonia, Louisiana. ...........---+--++es-+ ees 5 : P . x58 _— - — United Firemens, Pennsylvania............--.- 6 mit the Patrons to squint at his invoices. | Western, Pennsylvania........+---++-+++6+++255+ 6) : s Fire Association, Pennsylvania..............-- 40 | He proposes to conduct business the Firemens, New Jersey.....----------- ssesesee> 12 same asin the past—in his iega | Baremens.) BOStOM. 600. . 2.) c ee a oe ee < = cE re — Wragers. NOIS..........------.--.----+=----" 1 and the man who does not like his style} Union, California.......-..--+ +--+ +--+ sess srrees 4 can go elsewhere to trade. All are to P a Rati ve i + Musk: a i ropose ating System at Muskegon. have the same deal—P. of I., Q. I. or Z. | 4.0m the Muskegon News, Feb. 7. I. Just where the Patrons get any bene-| The Muskegon Business Men’s Asso- fit out of such a contract is more than] ciation met last evening in regular ses- THE TRADESMAN is able to discern. sion, with President Jacob Jesson in the : : hair. After the transaction of routine A Gilbert corres Faeries: (f° — : : p —— writes 7 business, the report of the committee on . of 1. and la grippe have been ranging | a new system of collections and the em= here for the past ten days, but the first} ployment of a collector was called up. real ease of the P. of 1. broke out last) CWE © the small attendance, as com- . it : : 1 with the large membership of the night, when tw ?)s i : ; 8 a two intelligent (?) sees Association, it was decided to postpone of Kent county appeared and explained | action on the report to a future meeting. to an audience the business ability of the | The report as prepared by the chairman P. of I, which the writer would con-| 0 the committee, Dr. C. P. Donelson, . yas av horough review of the pres- sider about 3 s expecti wees ory * - : out the same as expecting plums | ent system. and set forth quite clearly the | to grow on a dead tree. They told how| merits of the one proposed. Briefly, it is| the farmers of Gilbert and Manton could | proposed to obtain for the members of send to Cuba for their sugar, and thus | the getegh ete oe poe! . s0 hae : into the scheme, the ratings of each an eaus l ++ = Good-Bye to the P. of I. The following are among some of the merchants who have been under contract with the P. of L, but have thrown them overboard : Bellevue—John Evans. Blanchard—L. D. Wait. Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof. Clio—Nixon & Hubble. Dimondale—Elias Underhill. Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & Kotvis, John Cordes. Harvard—Ward Bros. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Kent City—R. McKinnon. Millington—Forester & Clough. Minden City—I. Springer & Co., F. Hetfield & Son. Nashville—Powers & Stringham. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co. Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler. Rockford—H. Colby & Co. St. Louis—Mary A. Brice. Sand Lake—C. O. Cain. Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle. Springport—Cortright & Griffin. Sumner—J. B. Tucker. Williamston—Michael Bowerman. Ce One on the Drummer. Waiter Girl (to commercial traveler)— There’s roast beef and roast duck. ‘ . . RB McCulloch, Berlin RG Smith, Wayland Commercial Traveler — Canvas-back | pr 4 Hanlon & Son, Struik Bros, ‘ason Center duck ? Middleville GC Baker, Labarge * H Meijering. Jamestown N Bouma, Fisher Ww. G Ge S T Colson, Alaska Smallegan & Pickaard, Moni : Maston & mecuaons ‘ . Forest Grove C. T. (facetiously)—Is it shirred down | tcoox,Bauer* OH ee the front with laced cuffs turned back over the sleeves, Mary ? W. G.—The same C. T.—I will try some of it, I guess. W. G.—Very well, sir. Will you have it with or without ? C. T.—With or without what? W. G.—Buttons. in time, there will be fewer bad debts contracted—the new system is to act as a preventive. There is also to be acol-| lector, who for a certain sum will collect | the bills placed in his hands, his books | to be subjected to the supervision of the | Executive Board of the Association. The intention of the designers of the | new system is not that the Association | shall pose as a ‘‘collector of bad debis | association,’? but rather act in such a re-/| lation to the business men of the city; that bad debts will not be allowed to be; made. With the rating of a would-be : customer before him, the merchant, allows him to contract a debt at his own | peril. | The plan proyoked quite a lively dis- | cussion, and will come up at a meeting | to be held later on. The matter is the | subject of much interest among the members of the Association, and if they | succeed in solving the ‘‘bad debt’’ prob- | lem, they will be entitled to universal thanks. ——__—_ >_< Safe Rules for Intending Litigants. Mr. Selwyn, a very sagacious and ex- perienced citizen of London, used to say that a man who deliberates about going to law should have . A good cause. A good purse. An honest and skillful attorney. Good evidence. Able counsel. . An upright judge. . An intelligent jury. . Good luek; without which, with all the other seven, it is odds, but he mis- earries his suit. MWD TIP 9 Wp +> VISITING BUYERS. Mercantile Walling Bros., Lamont E E Hewitt, Rockford John Gunstra, Lamont J Kinney, Kinney E Heintzelman, Logan SW Perkins, Traverse City Myron H Cooper, Clark ¥ Narregang, Byron Center Jas A Gale, Parmelee Chas McCarty, Lowell Frank Jenison, Manton J HShields & Son,Muskegon John Damstra, Gitchell DO Watson, Coopersville GTen Hoor, Forest Grove AJ White, Bass River DenHerder & Tanis, D E Watters, Freeport Vriesiand Rockafellow Co., Carson City Hamilton & Mulliken, Traverse City Frank Obiits, Greenville Spring & Lindley, Bailey W R Lawton, Berlin Colburn & Carpenter, Caledonia JB Watson, Coopersville W H Hicks, Morley T W Boven, Graafschap $ C Scott, Howard City RA Hastings, Sparta H Dalmon, Allendale A Purchase, So Blendon S J Martin, Sullivan East Jordan Lumber.Co., East Jordan Geo A Sage, Rockford Eli Runnels, Corning 8 Cooper, Jamestown N F Miller. Lisbon L Maier, Fisher Station Geo Meijering, Vriesiand Lee Deuel, Bradley L™ Wolf, Hudsonville FA Moore & Co., Freeport J Meijering. Noordeloos J Raymond, Berlin M Heyboer & Bro,, Oakland W S Adkins, Morgan F J Kobe, Freesoil Gus Begman, Bauer Dry Goods. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Atlanie Auss os. ... 2g Clifton CCC........ 6% se H2.!., 7 (Conqueror SA... 5 ee oe 6 |Dwight Star......... 7%, - Decree 6% lexeter A 2... 2... 5... 6% ae Wie ee 5%: Full Yard Wide..... 6% Atianta A. A........ 6% Great Falls E....... 7 Archery Bunting... 44% Honest Width....... 6% Amory.........-.--. Tq4iHartford A.......... 54 Beaver Dam AA... 5% Integrity XX........ 5 Bérwick hie.... ....< Gyiking, 6... .c. 6% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 at Xo . 6% Biack Hock. -:...-.- . 9G cae Es oo 5 Boat, EEO... 3. 6%|LawrenceLL......- 5% ay Mes ee eee 6 |New MarketB...... By « See Bau iNoibe Ro o.0....--..- BE ac 00. eee @4| Newton ..-... ..- =. OF “ PL, 40 inch... 8%4|Our Level Best..... rie Continental, C.....- 7314’ Riverside XX....... 4% ef D, 40-in 8%4|Sea Island R........ 6% . m inti isharon & ... 2.2... 6% - W,45-inl11 /Top of the Heap.... 7% a H, 48-ini2 |Williamsville. ...... . Chapman..:... -.... 4 jComet, 40in........ 8% Conasset A... ..2. -- TigMOmeriie 7% Comets. .:. 3... - % \New MarketL,40in. 7% BLEACHED COTTONS. Amsburg ... -..:... « (Glen Milla. -.....--. < Blackstone AA..... & jGold Medal..;......- 74 Beate Alco. 27. 4%!Green Ticket....... 84 Cleveland..:.... -.- % 'Great Patts... 2... 22: 64 Cabot 3... 3 PlHOpe 2 5. ct % Capet, % 2... -3..-- 6%iJust Out...... 4%@ 5 Dwight Anchor..... 9S (King PRiiip. ...2. %% . « shorts: 8% ie OP. 5-: % Mawards: ........... 6 |Lonsdale Cambric..10% MGpiPe......~--<--- iC. PEOneeeIe. oc. 8h, Harwell... 2. ....-- Ve MIGGICREX 2. 22... 5% Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|No Name............ T% Mitenvile-<.... .-.; eG ak View 6. oo. 6 Wiest Prize: ...<- 4 jOur Owe oo... 5% Fruit of the Loom %. 8 |Prideof the West ..12 HWairmount..<..-..-- Per hosahnd:. 2. 05... 26 Mort Value... 52... 6%|\Sunlight .. -- 4% Geo. Washington... 84|Vinyard............. 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Capot... 23... .5.-.- 74|Dwight Anehor..-. . 9 Warwell......- ocd eke UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Premone N.......--- §14(Middlesex No. 1....10 Homilion B......-.. 6% . - 2... . . ‘ . ee Middlesex AT...<-- 8 ce oe sas cx eae 9 - Se ’ No 2s. c.) 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton N-...--- -. 7%4| Middlesex AA...... 11 Middlesex PT.....- 8 - Boe 3 - ACE: 9 AOL. os: 13% ‘ CA... 9 a Aes 17% . me 10% . Se 16 DRESS GOODS. Hamilton. «2 .:: & (Nameless... 0... 20 Se cause ue cen 9 Se ae 25 ee ts eens uiie 10% el 27% GG Cashmere...... 21 - poses ce Nameless.... .....-- 16 ee 3214 ccd boas 18 | SATINES Simpson... <-..---- 20 ee ca ctine 18 A Se CO cl 10% Coeceneo -...-= --2..- 10% CORSET JEANS. Bidaeford. ......-..- 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7% Brunswick. .... .--- O56, ROCK port... 5. 5. 6% PRINTS, Allen, staple...-..-- 6 |Merrim’ckshirtings. 54% fancy... 6% . Reppfurn . 8% & FODGS 32. 2... 6%|Pacific fancy........ 6 American fancy.... 6 TOHGS (0... e: 6% American indigo.... 64%|Portsmouth robés... 6 American shirtings. 534/Simpson mourning.. 6% 6% Area s ” co. Oop . greys....... 6% “long cloth B.10% Li solid black. 6% _ “©. 8%4|Washington indigo. 6% ‘century cloth ‘* Turkey robes.. 73% «gold seal... 3034) “.. India robes... :. 736 “ Turkey red..10%| ‘‘ plain T’ky KX % 8% Berlin senas,.:...-. si). = : oe Ol DIME... ..- 6%! “ Ottoman Tur- “| * eroen |. 64) wey red... 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha Washington hes madders... 6 Turkey red %..... t Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington Hamilton fancy. ... 6%| Turkey red........ 9% is staple... 6 |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Manchester fancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 = new era. 6%) ] gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%| indigo blue....... 10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A....13%|A C A............... 2% Hamilton N ..-...--- 74%|Pemberton AAA....17 “ Be PVvorn oo 10% 1 Awning..11 (Swift River......-.. 6% Harmer. .-. 22.2. .:.- S jbear Hiver..._._.. 12% Hirst Prive. .-:--_-.. di36, Warren occ: 14 DEMINS. Amoskeag......--.- ize iJatrey.).: 0 11% “ Son. .... 1444 baneaster ......._.- 12% “ brown .13 |Lawrence,9o0z ..... 13% Andover. ..:.....-..- 11%) ie No. 220... .13 Everett, blue.. .... 12 - No. 250....11% Lig Brown. ..-.12 his No. 280....10% COTTON DRILL. Atlanta, D........-- Ox (Stark. 2: 7% Moe... ek, 5. Co ee . Cifton Ke 8. se: % ee eee et eat Ste 10 GINGHAMS. Glenarven .-.. ....-- 6%| Lancaster, staple... 6% Lancashire.......--- 6% He fancies iC Normandie.......-. 8 a Normandie 8% Renfrew Dress...... & (Westbrook... ...... 8% Toil du Nord... 10% “ Amoskeag..... oe lYork Se a 5a - ANC. ..... 10%4|Hampton........... Pereit. 20.222 5. 844) Windermeer.... .... 5% Bates: co 202. 3st. 6%iCumberiand.... .... 43% Warwick... :....- Sig) Wane sag CARPET WARP. Peerless, white...... 18%4|Peerless, colored. ..21 GRAIN BAGS. | Amposkear........-.-; id [Valley Ciy 3.1... 16 Harmony... - 5s... TOM UOOTeIe 26 6. 16 Sige se. -. Ol Peerne (5... 5.3.22, 98 American. 20, 622.0: 17 Burlap. le 11% THREADS. | Glark’s Mile Hind....4> {Garbours...:... .... 88 Cone, J. &P..-..-: 45 |Marchalrs,... 2... 5. 88 MobWone.- 22.2.2 ....2 2214 KNITTING COTTON, White. Colored.| White. Colored. Noe. 6 ..:..33 oe ENO. $40... 37 42 oe 34 So. 46... 43 oto a. cee 40 | 18 39 44 eae oo 36 i ee 45 \ CAMBRICS, } Sitter. 4% |Washington......... 43% White Ster.......-. 4%\Red Cross........-.- 414 Kid Glove. .........- 4 (bOck wood...) :.-..- 43% | Newmarket..... au Wood @.... ...: .2.. 434 | Edwards.........-.- 4%|Brunswick ......... 456 RED FLANNEL. Fireman..-... -...- See We RY Creedmore.. .-.--- ieee Poi oso 32% Talbot MAN... 5. oo jo RE Ree oC. 35 Nanicless 2.5 .- ... Pit, | BuCkKOye.-.. ........ 52565 MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% nsen oo: 2 201¢| Western W ......... 18% Windgsor...... ..- :- TSG Ohne se. 18% 6 oz Western........ 2 6 |Plushinge XxX... . 2. 234% Union B.....-..---. oe | Manitopa.... 2...... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 @ 9%4| oe 9 @10% ee 8%@10 ee 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 914113 13 13 10% 1u% 10%} 15 _ iS 15 11% 11% 114)17 a + 12% 12% 1244/20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 0Z........ 9%4|Greenwood, 8 0z....11% Mayland, 8 0z....... 11 |West Point, 80z.... 9% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9%! . 10 oz....10% WADDINGS. White, doz......... 2) |Per bale, 40 doz....87 2 Colored; doz-.....-- 25 | SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 814|Pawtucket.......... 10% ss Red Gross. ....9 |Pandie. (0... ..:. .: 9 " Beast: :.. 2 We bedrera. .. ... : .. 10% “ Best AA.....12%| Valley City......... 10% CORSETS. Coraline.......-..-- 89 56|/Wonderful.... ....84 %5 Shiling’s...... --.- 9 O0|\ Brighton... ....-.-- 475 SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .42 per %oz ball...... 50 yd, doz. .42 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No 1BIl’k & White.10 {No 4 BI’k & White..15 o 3 % 2 iS . . 20 is - ae Pie - 25 PINS. No 2-2, M C.:...:. 50 ee 4—15, F 3%...... 40 © 3—18,8 C.......- 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & Bl’k..20 “se 4 “ce Be } 6¢ 10 se f 23 oe : 1.18 “2 ee ee: SAFETY PINS. ING 2255s ets OS Verde asic, cesses 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A, PACKS. oo. css 1 50\Steamboat.... ...... 40 Crowely’s.... --1 35\Gold Eyed.......... 1 50 Matehaire: .-.2-. 5: 1 00) TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5-4....2 4 6—4...2 95 oe 1 ee RUPE | ROPE The rope market is high and advancing, and the price at present is as follows: SISAL - MANILLA - - 13c pound. - 16c pound. If you cannot stand these prices, we have in stock what is called New Process Rope Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal. We have the following sizes and quote: 1-4, 5-16,3-8—- 7-16 and 5-8 ~ WILL YOU TRY IT? - 9 1-2c pound. - 9c pound. Foster, Stevens & Co., Wholesale 10 and 12 Monroe St., Hardware, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HARDWARE maura. ats e Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handied............... 50 MILLS. dis. eis. og a a eee er . 40 ‘ . . 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 Prices Current. “Landers, Ferry & Cl &'s............ 40 ‘« Enterprise : nics oe 25 seis aliiie tate MOLASSES GATES. dis. 3 : i MCP These prices are for cash buyers, who Stebbin’s Genuine.......... es Seale pay promptly and buy in full packages. | Enterprise, self-measuring.................. 25 AUGURS AND BITS. ~ayee™ NAILS Sneles ce ee 60 | steel nails, base. 9 9 > an eee menace 40 | Wire nails, base......-... ssseseleg. 101218 20 Jennings’, imitation ............----e.0e-++ 50&10 a ance over base: Steel, Wire. em a as ie ae ee ee pe - First Quality, S. B. Bronze........--.--++-+-- 87 00) 4 Cab ee .. Base 20 “ Do Grose 11 00 20 Dei ce, el eee ec esw oo Scuca eu, Base 30 ‘“ eS Steek eee ealeas Base 35 & eS 13 90 = ee oe eee ee eee, Gok ace oe 10 40 BARROWS. yo See mn eae mea S 40 io Ballraad. 2.0... 22... ee 60 90 Gare oie es ne a MOG) S000 te ee 1 00 1 50 BOLTS. dis. 4 Peele Nasa alist oscgl ee Gaga Sola aiccaiulge 1 50 2 00 ie a ee i.e ed 2 00 Carriage new list. ......-.--++2+-seeeeeeee es 70 8. 60 90 ee ae ee ee eee ee wee 40&10 “ e000 20 1 00 Sleigh shoe...... ...-..--. ee esse eee e ener cers Raskin OO ee ; = BUCKETS. Boece cece eee cece e cette eens 1 00 12 Welk plain 060 ou ee BS 50] Gee eee eee eee eee oes 1 15 1 50 Well, swivel...... ee 4 09 | Clinch = Ce 85 % ee e2- S 113100 iis Lane Pl Beueedc..c. ) ssa ae idee Bc i oe 2 50 Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast GOnIG. ..,...--- 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin........--.+-eee eee e reer 60&10 PLANES. dis. Wrought Table........-.-.---eee sees eres eee Gis} Ohio Toot Co.'s, fanéy .. 2.8... @30 Wrought Inside Blind.......-...--++++++++++ Cia | SCIOte DCTOM a @50 Wrought Brass........-.-- ssseereeree cress 7a} Sandusiy Tool Co.'s, faniey...... 22.6202. 5. @30 Bitnd, Clark's. ....)--.-2 +1 ..e Homo | Benel fitot qualita @50 Blind, Parker’s.........----ceseeeeseeccceees 70&10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... &10 Blind, Shepard’s .......--..-++eeeeeeeeee ees 70 PANS, BLOCKS. Ee Sstagen or eee Oe 60 Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85......----- 40 er eee - s ™ CRADLES. fron ane Toimed ew. "40 Ce ee dis. 50&02 | Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. CROW BARS. ‘“‘A*? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2 @ant Steel... 6042-2... perb 5 “BY” Wood's = planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 apa Broken packs 4c per pound extra. : ROPES. = - = = ake epee eee per m a Sisal, % inch and larger .................04. 13 6D eee ein die ceainee oer aces Te me 35 OE ee 6 eee : SQUARES. PEUERGN Sts s asec ennst cata : 60 | Steel and Iron..... : Bes eee cece ese: wen CARTRIDGES, ry seed BOVOla se, 60 Te ee a 50 =... dts. 20 extra re oasis ,dis. 2 ee CHISELS. Ge Nos 10te 140 aa 10 Sorat warmer a a COe1Ot Noe! iste 10 oe ag Socket Framing..........2---020---ccescceeee Gut | Nos IS tz 4 20 3 20 Socket Corner... .. eon ene eee ow one eel Noe 2a tee 4 20 3 Gaeiet SHOES (260g cee ela os WOGIG | Nos. 2 feze.. es... -- 44 3 35 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer..............++0: 40 kO oe. ee 4 60 3 45 COMES dis All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches : . wide not less than 2-10 extra Curry, Lawrence’s.......-.. 02sec ee errr ee ee 40 SAND PAPER o : ' IGUCH BARR aaa Siete wecs 19 OG dis. 40&10 CHALK. a : __ SASH CORD. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | Si er Lake, hia sec teeee cece eee eees list 50 oorenn, < s oeeaee Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... perpound 2% a Dray Bose. oe . 55 “s f4zo f45568, 14x00... 00... 26 ao Whitee .. se. - 35 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........ ... 26| Discount, 10. Cold Rolled, 14x48. ........-..2---+02+0 bs 26 SASH WEIGHTS. Bee aes 97 | Solid Hyes....................seeeeeee ee per ton 825 DRILLS. dis. 6 Hand Fame 95 on 9 Morse’s Bit StocKs...........--.sseeeeeeeees 40 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts. ‘per foot, 70 Taper and straight Shank............ he 40 ‘¢ Special Steel Dex X Cuts per foot.... 50 Morse’s Taper Shank........-.-.-+---se0e: : 40 ‘6 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 DRIPPING PANS. io Cc — and Electric Tooth X Small sixes: sen pound 62.605. 62 22.0 07 ee ee see res ee eee Large sizes, per pound..............2. sere $6 | dtecl Game... ae aii ELBOWS. Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 om. 4 pioee: 6m doz. net 75| Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s.... _ 70 Gorcnpetee dis. 20&10&10 | Mouse, choker... ...................18¢ per doz, REN dis. 40&10 | Mouse, delusion.................+..- 1.50 per doz. EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. | Bright Market....... een ees % Clark’s, small, 818; large, $26...........---.- ou) Annealed Market... 7 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, $0 ............--20 ese oot CoppereG PEARCE os 60 FILES—New List. dis. deceoee Gace a eceserie ners an a : : red Spring Steel..... os ee meal eo poe Barbed. Wenee, galvanised. .-. 0.6.62). es 4 00 MICHOIROR 8 oe ae eine aa es ee 60410 — aoe 3 40 } i ops. dis. Heller’s..........---.e:--ee ee -- 501 Bright 70&10&10 Heller’s Horse Rasps.......-...--+++eeeeeees 50| Screw EyeS......c.cccscccccessecee sees 2 %0G10810 GALVANIZED IRON Hoo ee a Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27) 238 Gate Hooks and Kyes.................,. 70&10&10 List 12 13 14 15 18 : i WRENCHES. dis. Discount, 50610 Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..... See es 30 : GAUGES. dis. Coe’s Genuine ............ 2-2. neces cess eee 50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..........--.-. 50 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ % aeueiies Coos Patent, malloabie 6.6.0... |. 75&10 . MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Maydole & Co.’S........--+5 -eeeeeees 1 oi. oo: Bird Cases 35... Be | cepces. caveceeese 50 BV eee ates wae dinn sects aaa s dis. 25 | Pumps, Cistern.... ae TB Yerkes & Plumb’s..............+---.-..- Gin. 40610) Serews New Hist... a. 50 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................- S6e Hat 6) | Casters, Bed and Plate.................. 50&10&10 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10 | Dampers, American..............2++.eeeeee> 40 HINGES. | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 .--..- Sees es cena dis.60&10 th ce ee re per doz. net, 2 50 METALS, Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and PIG TIN. TON COE 3% | Pig Large..............ecee see ceeeeeeeeeees 26¢ Screw Hook and Eye, %4................- net 10 ee ee secon 28¢ ss ~ ee Me gees aso. ee. Se ZINC. ea ee CE a cea net 7i4| Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound, ‘6 “ “ a ua een net 7% | 600 POUNe CARER 6% Strapand T2022 See dis. 70,| Per pound...........--. ste eee cece eee ee eee es 7 HANGERS. dis. ¥@'¥ — Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....506:10| fixtra Wiping 2200000000, Prnc4 —<. ee @ eos eee ls aan 60&10|° "The prices of the many other qualities o Kidder, wood track ..........-...++-seeeeees 40 | solder in the market indicated by pri b HOLLOW WARE ; y private brands Pots 60 vary according to composition. MM ee eo ven eet ynu es 60 | Cookson aera 4 Mie ee a ae 60 a per pound 16 1 aa & ARMPGE A i co ce ae. a 13 Gray enameled .......... 2... se cece ee cern eeee 40&10 TIN—MELYN GRADE. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. 10x14 IC, Charcoal.... 60 Stamped Tin Ware.............-+-- new list 70&10 | 14x20 IC, ae 60 Japanned Tin Ware....... eds TOMER EN ee ieee teen eaes a uneeoes 8 35 Granite ron Ware .:....-...-..-. new list 334%.&10 | 14x20 IX, Oe seta oucdainaseueie es coss 8 35 HORSE NAILS. Each additional X on this-grade, 81.75. Au Sable.............-0+- +++. G8, 25410Q25&10405 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE i dis. 05 10x14 1C, Charcoal : 8600 North westerD.....-..sseeveesseeeee dis. 10&10 14x20 Ic, i ce ee te Soe oo wie Bee ee ree 6 00 —_ ananerel. jap. —— cei ictia ees 55 | 44x20 TX. “ aoe : . oor, porcelain, jap. trimmings..... Cues 55 7 Ati aaal ¥ ras th oo eo oe Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Each additional X on this grade $1.50. Door, porcelvin, trimmings .....: ete i 55 : << BOOTING ELATES Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 | 14x20 IC, Worcester........ ctsceres es LOCKS—DOOR. dis. 14x20 Ex, a i pc a it a Hdccuee Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 | 2OK2S IC, nesta nt enc ea cence Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s............000000 55 | 14x20 IC Allaway Grade........... Bratord'e ee 55 ae 1X, 4 i : Sees OE ae ne ie RC : , . LEVELS. ao" 20x28TX, “ ff a Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... oa 70 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. MATTOCKS. Se Pe ae cde ot tans +... 813 Oe eo ree eee i st ieuweewe wees faces aeecouen ccce cee Oe RANG MEVO os coi ibe hee eee e's i 8. 14x56 or No. 8 Boilers, MatGa cu ee 818.50, dis. 20410. |14xc0IX, “© “9 * | per pound.... 9% WY The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. 4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, KE. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. spree aaa Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. 3 Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1890. HANDSOME MARGINS. A summary of the forthcoming report of Insurance Commissioner Raymond shows that the 115 foreign stock fire in- surance companies doing business in this State during 1889 received $2,414,085 in premiums and returned to us in payment of losses, $1,116,846—about 46 per cent. The mutual fire insurance companies of other states received $75,357 in pre- miums and incurred losses of $41,541— about 55 per cent. The three stock fire insurance com- panies of this State—all of them a credit to the enterprise of our citizens—received $248,675 in premiums and paid losses of $96,877—about 35 per cent. A million and a quarter dollars seems like a large yearly tribute to pay to out- side capital, but as the same people who enjoy the dividends earned from our insurance are compelled to buy our iron and copper, our lumber and salt, our furniture and plaster, perhaps they grumble as much at us over the large profits they imagine we exact we do at them. As the State grows richer, how- ever, more insurance companies ought to be organized within her borders, to the end that men may make the profit on their own insurance. As THE TRADES- MAN looks at it, there are few more in- viting fields for investment than that of fire insurance. belief, the compilation of the Insurance Chronicle, published in another column, is placed in evidence. The suit brought by the United States against the Bell Telephone Co. is gradu- ally bringing out the truth of the charge that Alexander Graham Bell has no right to the telephane patent, because it was obtained by fraud in the Patent Office, and, even if it were obtained without fraud, he has no right to it, because Daniel Drawbaugh was the prior inventor. In a recent hearing before an examiner, at Harrisburg, Penn., several neighbors of Daniel Drawbaugh testified that they used the telephone in Drawbaugh’s work- shop between 1873 and 1874, before Bell had even announced such an invention. The indications are that Bell will spend his last days behind prison bars, in spite of the great wealth he has wrung from the people through exhorbitant charges for a device which is rightly the creation and property of another. An organization of young ladies in Massachusetts has begun a movement to establish libraries in small towns in that State which have no such advan- tages. Their method of working is to visit a locality and get the people inter- ested in the enterprise by means of visits and public meetings. The townspeople contribute according to their means, some giving a site, others money or books, and still others day labor. In this way a number of small places have been supplied with good working libra- ries. It is proposed to ask the Legis- lature to help by appropriating $100 to any town which shows a disposition to help itself with a library. This isa com- mendable movement and might be copied elsewhere. Residents of cities, with their many literary advantages, are apt to forget how easily they could relieve the cramped and meager intellectual life of the people in small towns if they were only willing to make the effort. Worth Mentioning. From the American Commercial Traveler. It should not go unnoticed that the Michigan Knights of the Grip refused a donation of a case of fine wine tendered them by a prominent hotel in that State. The traveling men are setting the coun- try an example in this direction which may well be followed by many other or- ganizations. It is seldom, indeed, that wine is served at one of their banquets. Within the past year we have had @c- casion to notice this fact several times. Since the organization of traveling men’s clubs and associations, it is an indisputa- ble fact that the standing of traveling men has been materially raised, in the eyes of the world. In their ranks may be found the most successful of business men, representatives in our legislative bodies, ardent temperance workers, earnest, consistent Christian men, who are not afraid to proclaim their princi- ples, and, it must be confessed, some few who are a disgrace to their class. But there are black sheep in every flock, and before criticising too severely, con- sider the temptation to which he is daily subjected, the lack of the restraining in- fluence of homé for so much of his life and the strong competition for business which he must constantly meet, and say then, would you, in his position, do bet- ter® The proportion of this latter class is small. indeed—not larger than can be found in any profession, business or calling. The time when the world looked with suspicion upon a ‘‘drum- mer’? because he was a ‘‘drummer”’’ is past. Now aman may well be proud to say, ‘I belong to a generous, open- hearted, jolly, honest, honorable class—I am a traveling man.’’ In substantiation of this STORE-KEEPING IN THE COUNTRY. Written for THE TRADESMAN. In the country store the loafer ques- tion is one which is very perplexing at times. To have a lot of fellows congre- gate in your place of business on stormy days and night after night, regardless of weather, and ‘to be obliged to listen to their sickening yarns and more or less idle gossip is, to say the least, very vexa- tious. But when you couple this with the never-ending ‘‘tobacco business,”’ you get it to where it is a positive nuis- ance. In districts far removed from the railroads, it is hard to have any fixed and definite time for closing the store. You have customers situated at points equi- distant from your own town and another trading point, and if your men get an idea that they can’t get into your store after 7 o’clock in the evening, they are very apt to go to the other place, where they know the stores are open until 9 o’clock. So you find that it pays to keep late hours, and, while you do, how are you to prevent people from sitting around and talking, if they want to. * & * There is, perhaps, no one commodity which the ‘‘general dealer’’ in the coun- try handles which is so certain to waste as kerosene oil. Guard it ever so care- fully and you will find that it dwindles away faster than the legitimate demands upon it will justify. It leaks from the barrels. It evaporates from the tank. It is almost sure to be spilt upon the floor of the oil room, and, last but not least, you generally buy short measure. Do you make a practice of gauging your oil into the tank? LIalways do, and I find that when there are no accidents or special cause for extra leakage, for every twenty barrels I buy and pay for, I get less than nineteen barrelsof oil. Not so very long ago a business acquaintance discovered that his tank was running low, and procured the assistance of a stout man to help in rolling a barrel into his warehouse. But he found upon in- spection that no help was needed. The barrel was empty. Every bit of oil had leaked out. I will venture the assertion that no business man of two years’ per- sonal experience in handling oil but will endorse, in the main, what I have here set down, and yet, in the face of all this, the grocers all over the country make a ‘leader’? of kerosene, and, in many cases, cut the price right down to cost, with, perhaps, freight added. In the case of the city dealer, where compe- tition is close, and anything is done to draw trade; where he can roll the oil from the wholesale trucks into his own store and sell the empty barrel for enough to cover loss by evaporation and slight leakage, there may be some excuse for this policy. In the ease of merchants way back ‘‘in the woods,”’ the case is slightly altered. If we are going to cut prices, and must knock the stuffing out of something, let it be om goods that do not shrink so, that are more agreeable to handle, and on which the freights and cartage do not count up so confoundedly fast. ££ st I was talking with a Grand Rapids gentlenian one day last summer about matters in general and the country retail trade in particular. Smith is a pretty good name to call him by. so I will call him that. Smith carried the impression through all he said that the business of a country merchant was something that any one could handle, and as well as need be, too. The stock was not a very large one and was arranged in small compass. All that one had to do was to buy a few goods occasionally to keep the shelves full and everything would run along almost of its own accord. . While we were speaking, however, the son of one of my customers came in. He wanted a variety of articles and among those which he required were a bolt 2345-16, a pane of 8x10 window glass, a fine comb, a can of pine tar, a bottle of Castoria, a lantern globe, prunes, 2 0z. senna, a broom, mosquito bar, a bottle of ink, two slate pencils and a thimble. Healso enquired the price of pork and flour and asked what I was paying for butter. After he had gone, Smith asked: “Do you always keep such a variety of goods in stock?”’ “Sure. Keep everything that anybody wants. If you will sit here for halfa day, you will probably see that there will not be more than one or two things called for which are not in stock, and these we make a point of getting on the shortest notice.”’ ’ ‘J should think you would always be getting stuck on a lot of goods that you couldn’ t sell.’’ “Stuck? Well, did you ever know a merchant who never did? Yes, I get stuck once in a while; but it is very sel- dom. __I will guarantee that there is not 2 per cent. of dead stock in my store. My long experience with the trade in this locality has taught me what I can sell, and in matters where my instinct guides me, I am proof against the seductions of the drummer.”’ ‘Well,’ said Smith, ‘I begin to see that it must take a man with a head to run this sort of thing. Why don’t you go into the city, though? A fellow like you could do ever so much better.”’ “Thanks,’? Lreplied. ‘I’m very well suited where I am.’’ Gro. L. THURSTON. Incongruities of the P. of I. From the Three Rivers Tribune. The Patrons of Industry mean busi- ness. They are picking out merchants with whom to deal and to whom they propose to give their exclusive custom. They select a merchant in each class of business: for instance, one grocery firm, one hardware firm, one dry goods firm, one clothier, one druggist, and possibly one harness or wagon shop, six in all. On Monday evening a committee was in town trying to arrange with a grocer, and said they had come to an agreement with the other classes of merchants. They met with more difficuly in getting a grocery firm to go into it, and, indeed, we do not know that they had any suc- cess. We know they made propositions at two places which were not accepted, and they went out saying that if they could not do otherwise they would start a grocery of their own. Their plan seemed to be to make Three Rivers headquarters for the county and establish branch concerns at other points through the county which would get their supplies through the merchants here, thus making it a sort of wheel within a wheel. This part of it we like. It would make business brisk here while it lasts. The 500 Pat- rons whose natural market place is Three Rivers would make it lively for one grocery man, especially on Saturday, and if he buys all their truck, which he will be obliged to do under their pre- posed contract, he would pretty soon have to pull down his ware-houses and build larger. But the grocer’s greatest trouble would be to dispose of the truck so as to get his money back. The Patrons lay much stress on per cent. They seem to have conceived the idea that the merchants realize enor- mous per cent. profits on everything they sell and the committee were some- what astonished when told by a grocer that if he could get from 10 to 15 per cent. on everything the farmer buys he would make more money than he does now; if he sold them sugar and coffee at that rate it would cost them from 1 to 2 cents per pound more than other peo- ple paid. The committee asserted that Arbuckle coffee could be purchased at wholesale for 17 cents per pound when the merchant told them to buy all they could get and he would engage to take it off their hands and allow them 20 cents for every pound of it, as it cost him over 24 cents. Our readers have doubtless all heard of the German trader, who, when asked how he could afford to sell his wares be- low cost as he claimed he was doing, said itis this way, ‘‘I sells so many of them.’’ It seems to be something after this fashion that our farmer friends are figuring. ——————_—>_2. << __—_ How a P. of I. Organizer Feels Toward the Order. From the Manton Tribune. One day this week a reporter of the Tribune chanced to overhear a conversa- tion between a young man who claims to be one of the chaps who are at present engaged in organizing lodges of the P. of I. in this county and the clerk of the Central House. The organizer is a young man about 22 years of age, with a fair dress suit and a very seedy overcoat. When asked if he was doing well, he re- plied: “Oh, yes, 1 am doing well enough. This world owes me a living, and I am going to have it, if I have to steal.’’ He then stated that he had succeeded in organizing nine lodges in this county and received $10 for each organization. He has been in the habit of doing his traveling on foot from place to place, and said he had walked from about twenty miles beyond Sherman to this place. ‘Why do you not get a rig ?”’ was next asked. ‘‘You are. certainly making enough ‘stuff’ to eastly afford it.’’ “Oh, it costs too much to feed a team while out in the country among the farmers.”’ ‘‘] should not think the Patrons would charge you anything for board and lodg- ing and horse-feed.”’ ‘Well, you bet they do. You can’t trust these farmers. They ‘stick it on to? you harder than the city people. They charge you 25 cents for every meal and lodging you get out of them, you bet. But,’’ said he, ‘‘some of them are, of course, all right. I was speaking of the general run of them.”’ Our reporter was called away at about this stage of the conversation, but as he thought about the matter and the young organizer, he arrived at this conclusion, that if the farmers would do away with the ‘‘general run’’ of these sharpers who, for $10, promise so much and do so little, and use their own good common sense more, they would be far better off in the long run. Let the farmers organize, for by organization there is strength, but don’t allow this class of men, ‘‘who can’t trust the farmers,’’ do business for you. ee A Representative Farm Journal on tae P. of L From the Western Plowman. We have been requested to advocate the claims of anew farmers’ organiza- tion, yclept the Patrons of Industry. Thank you, we prefer not to do it. There are enough organizations now. The Grange, the Alliance and the Wheel are enough for all purposes, and the organ- ization of anew one weakens instead of strengthening. Whatis needed is nota new organization, but the extension of those we have, and working them for all there is in them. There is a hankering for leadership im certain men and, if they cannot lead in the organizations already made, they stand ready to form new ones in which they may assume leadership. All this scatters the strength which, gathered in one compact organization, would accomplish all that has been de- sired by farmers. The Plowman believes that the oldest of these organizations, the Grange, is the best, that no subse- quent one has improved in its methods, or produced new ones by which more could be accomplished. It is unfor- tunate that in the Western States it has been suffered to grow so weak as it is, yet, if we mistake not, it is to-day as strong in numbers and influence as any organization, and its revival would ac- complish more good than the organiza- tion of any number of new societies. for. FULFILL YOUR PROMISES. The Value of a Good Reputation to Young Business Men. There is no lesson the young business man needs to learn more thoroughly than the value of a good reputation and good credit. These cannot be won and kept by false pretenses of any kind, but must be earned by a strict observance of con- tracts, agreements and promises. The man whose word is ‘‘as good as_ his bend’”’ is the man who has inspired con- fidence in himself by always doing that which he has promised to do. He is also, as a rule, cautious about entering into obligations, chary about making promises which he may not be able to fulfill. If too prodigal in the latter re- spect one cannot hope to keep faith at all times. A man who is or intends to be honest sometimes loses credit and repu- tation simply because he is too hopeful. Counting with too great confidence on uncertainties, he makes promises that he cannot fulfill because of the failure of the event on which they were predicted. He voluntarily fixes the date for the pay- ment of a debt, and finds too late some- thing has gone wrong, so that he cannot meet his obligation. Such an accident may happen to any man. Upon the way in which he meets the unexpected trouble depends how his reputation shall stand afterward.- If he can fulfill his promises at any personal sacrifice he should so do; failing that, he should endeavor to keep his word by borrowing elsewhere, thus gaining time for the final dischdatge of his obligation. But if he cannot do either, he should go as soon as possible to his creditor and secure an extension by frankly telling him the state of affairs, thus renewing instead of breaking his promise. The one essential thing to do is to keep good faith, or come as near to it as pos- sible. The worst possible course is to let time run on until his creditor begins to press him on an obligation long over- due. It is too late then for explanations or renewals. His credit is gone, his rep- utation is broken down. His after promises are distrusted, though they may be grudgingly accepted. He may for years after thus shattering faith in himself pay promptly and keep his word, but there will remain the lingering feel- ing of distrust born of one failure to keep faith or to explain in advance the reasons why it should not be kept. An engagement of any kind should be held sacred, and thus good reputation, which is of slow growth, may be gradually built up, for he who keeps his word at all times becomes respected and _ is trusted. The young man cannot learn too early in life his responsibility to himself and to others. He is to make his reputation by what he says and does, and at the outset should have a high regard for truth, which carries with it honesty and in- sures a prompt and complete fulfillment of allengagements. He should not allow a eareless habit in money matters to grow upon him, but should pay all his bills promptly. There is an implied promise to pay at the end of the month, or when the bill may be presented, even though there has been no engagement to do so made in so many words, and it is a good practice to keep these implied as well as all other promises with scrupu- lous eare. Such a course will in time establish a reputation whose value can- not be measured by money, besides de- veloping useful habits and keeping one free from oppressive and grinding debts. Over-Stocking a Frequent Cause of Failure. The temptation to buy too much is constant. The rivalry of trade, the de- sire to be the first in the market, the im- portuning of traveling salesmen, the constant expectation of ‘‘better times,”’ the demand of customers for variety and novelty, are constant spurs goading on the tradesman to an undue increase of stock. It is no doubt a praiseworthy ambition and a legitimate advertisement to be first in showing new goods and to be the heaviest buyer, but wise old heads in business do not judge entirely of the amount of profits by the number of empty boxes upon the sidewalk. It should not be so much a question of how much ean I sell, but how much can I pay Calculation should not be made for filling the largest possible demand, but should be witha view to what can be paid for should there be a dull trade. It is not now as in the days of our fathers, when the visits of the sales agents were at long intervals, and goods enough had to be bought to-day to last for months, owing to the difficulties of transporta- tion and travel. A merchant now, be he in what line he may, has only to step on the cars at his door, and ina few hours he is in the heart of the wholesale trade of a large city. He has all the advan- tages of buying right at his door. Let him then buy only such quantities as his business experience tells him even ina bad season he ean sell and pay for, then, if the bad season comes, he has, per- haps, been enabled to discount his bill and is able to get rid of his moderate stock, while his neighbor, who looked for a great trade, was unable to take advan- tage of the discount offered on his large bill, and goes over the season with his counters piled high with unsalable stock, which still must be paid for. Should a good season come, the merchant who has bought moderately has, perhaps, been compelled to purchase again—and,° per- haps, to a better advantage, for the sea- son is well spent and he may have the chance of buying at a reduction on early prices, and with a knowledge of what to buy. He, of course, runs the risk of a higher market and scarcity of the goods, but the risk is slight in comparison with that of buying immoderately. As a rule, the oftener a man turns over his capital in business, the faster will it accumulate. Stock that is held over is eating itself up in insurance, wear and tear, change of style and demand, handling and in- ertia of capital. The careful buyer will not buy with a view to the largest trade possible, but to the smallest trade probable. Why is it necessary for a hardware man in Mich- igan, in buying stoves, to load the store with shining metal, though it presents a handsome appearance, when he is in speaking distance of the stove center of the West? Some men buy stock as if afraid all business but their own will suspend and they be left to supply the universe. We recently had occasion to see the business method of an imple- ment and buggy dealer, who, on the ap- proach of July 4, burdened the U.S. mail with orders—great fat orders—bug- gies — buggies — buggies — all for the Fourth of July in a little rural village, which orders, had they all been filled, would have given nearly every one in the town a buggy. The merchant had gone wild over a celebration on foot for the glorious Fourth, and evidently dreamed that every one who came to town that day would need a vehicle to carry him home. Failure followed. No one is surprised. He bought for a trade which could exist only in his imagination. The man who selis is frequently as greatly to blame for this undue stocking up as the man who buys; and yet we need not go into figures to prove that this is as disadvantageous to the jobber and manufacturer who sells, as to the merchant who buys. What affects the latter unfavorably must likewise affect the former. No traveling salesman should be a party to unwise buying, and the careful credit man of a house will refuse an order manifestly beyond the legitimate wants of the merchant—un- less the merchant be so amply responsi- ble as that he can be prodigal with his capital and can afford the risk incident thereto. A careful credit man may well view with suspicion and alarm an order out of proportion to the conditions of trade and the buyer’s means of selling and paying for the goods. So often does an unseasonable order or an unusually large order precede a scheme on the part of the buyer to defraud the seller, it is well for the jobber to see that the mer- chant have just enough of his goods that they may be carried with comparative safety to both parties. It is to the ad- vantage of the jobber that the salesman continue in business, and anything which tends to weaken the merchant and ren- der him less able to use his capital to keep his business afloat, is just so much to the disadvantage of the jobber. Traveling salesmen are not always so deeply interested in the fate of the mer- chant’s business. ‘True, they may losea customer by his failure, but that isa long way in the future, and may not oc- eur, while the advantage to the salesman in the additional salary, commission or credit to him, by an unusually large sale, is in the present and deemed desirable. Whether or not the man pays is a ‘ques- tion for others or for the future. The satisfaction and profit to him in a large deal is now and for him, and is the only tangible fact often considered. So that merchants are continually being led, coaxed, driyen into the trap by buying too many goods. Suppose he run out of acertain line of goods and lose a few sales before being able to replace them, what is the disadvantage in the loss of the profit on afew sales in comparison with the disadvantage of locking up in old stock not only profits but capital as well as profits. If you have one wagon less in stock than you can sell this season, you lose the profit on one wagon, if, indeed, it cannot be furnished your customer by a special order. If you have one wagon too many, you will lose the use of the capital invested in it until the next season, and run the risk of the entire loss of that capital, or a portion thereof, by its being then old stock and perhaps superseded by a better article in the market. There is profit in buying as well as in selling, and you may lose more in the former than you make in the latter. << Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail- road Co. will be held at the general office, in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday, March 5, 1890, at 1 o’clock p. m., for the election of thirteen directors constituting a board to serve for the ensuing year, and for the trans- action of such other business as may be presented at the meeting. J. H. P. HueHart, Secretary. 9 ep “Well, now,’’ said an old farmer, when his cow had kicked him, the milking stool and the pail in different directions, “that’s the worst fault this cow has got.’’ Nelson, Matter & Co., FOR Urniture. See what they can do for you. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the copartnership heretofore existing between Leonard L. Conkey and J. H. Goulding, under the firm name of Conkey and Goulding, veterinary surgeons and publishers, has been this day dissolved by the retirement of J. H. Goulding. The business will be continued by the said Leonard L. Con key, who now owns all the tools, books, copy- rights, cuts and publications of the former firm. LEONARD L, CONKEY, J. H. GouLpine. Dated at Grand Rapids, this 27th day of Janu- ary, 1890. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. A.D. Spangler & Co oo ieee Ceca ver Ss eu Gee pow ees eed ee = WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Ra 8) a a RUDUIAE 3. 2. os. sae ot ec ee %5 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 dog, in box. F RUITS AND PRODUGK NO. 0 San 2650.3... Secs ee ee ee — : De boas deb Os cee ged aude est dee 2 00 ee oe ae ict cone eaaes 3 00 i tit acnitag, And General Commission Merchants ao 0 San Crap 600)... = 2 as es ees 7 EAST SAGINAW, MICH. or ae gg Ne ani Eee 3 4 nt. ‘ He. :. Sun, crimp top.........-....-se6ee2 ees 2 2 We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and No, 2 = ‘“ oe (TTT i itttsst 55" ga) produce and solicit correspondence with earl top. 7 g No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 3 70 both buyers and sellers. No.2 © e ioe i i a as 470 No. 2 Hinge, “ eee eee 470 La Bastic. s No, 1 Sun; plain bulb, per deg: ......-...-..- 1 25 \ ae Se Oe es uesseeess 1 50 wh NG. 1 GCrinip. per G07. 22 1 Mi NOS: Os BS Sue ee Weenies 1 60 aN STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Croeks, per gale 06% G : Jugs, % gal., per doz... a %5 ek . — “se — Se 8 te Be ie aes eee 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 65 anf “ “cc : 1 “ 7 “ce € “ a vied AND Cs e Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Brooks’ Hand Force Pump, In- stantaneous Water Heater, Hot Air Furnaces, Mantels, Grates and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Etc. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Plumbers’ Supplies. 184 Rast Fulton St, Head of Monroe, Telephone No. 147. 21 Scribner Street, Telephone No. 1109. GRAND RAPIDS, - WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. BLIVEN & ALLYN, Sole Agents for the Celebrated “BIG F” Brand of Oysters. In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH, SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS. We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time. We solicit consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc. H. M. BLIVEN, Manager. 63 Pearl St Wall Paper and Window Shades House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON BROS. & CO.,, 68 MONROE STREET. WM.SEARS & CO., Cracker Manvtacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. MICH. GEO. H. REEDER, State Agent Lycoming Rubbers and Jobber of Medinm Price Shoes. Grand Rapids, Mich. NEW NOLASSES| 1oqqny Zuryooyg But -I80 M 2% 3013417 880g OUT, We have received large shipments of molasses, direct from the planters in Louisi- ana, which we are offering to the trade at our usual low prices. Telfer Spice Company, IMPORTERS OF TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES. 1 AND 3 PEARL STREET. STEKETEE & SONS; Wholesale Dry Goods. %4 Our new line of fancy prints are all in stock for coming season. 1 Allen’s, Hamilton, Washington, Indigo, Merrimac, Simpson’s, Gar- ner’s, plain and satine styles. Also our new imported fine Satines in new colors and patterns. Dress Ginghams, Seersuckers and Fancy Flannels, Zephyrs, Toile du Nord, Amoskeag, A. F. C., Cotton Hosiery, Underwear, Overshirts, Jackets, Overalls, Pants. A large line of Notions, Neck- / wear, Windsor Ties, Etc. Correspondence solicited. > We Import AllOur Fancy Buttons and Laces, 88 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fovntain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS, Putnam Candy Co., HEADQUARTERS FOR FLORIDA ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS, ETC. rr. # The Michigan Tradesman WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1890. € ‘Business is Business.” There lives in the city of New York a man who has accumulated quite a for- tune by simply advising people what to do. There always will be a large num- ber of persons who are unable to rely on their own judgment; others come to a eonclusion with ease and certainty. A young man had accumulated a thousand dollars, and was debating whether he should buy a small candy ‘tore with it, or whether he shouid lend it on amortgage. This latter he knew was the secure way; the other promised great profits. In this perplexity he saw an advertisement: “Advice given to those going into business.’ After stating his case, the counsellor said, ‘‘My fee will be $5 in advance.”’ When this was paid, he asked: “Do you understand the candy bus- iness ?”’ “No; I did not think it was necessary oh expect to supervise it tenderly.’ “Then you will lose all your money in three months.’ ‘You’ think I had better money on the mortgage ?”’ ‘J do not say that. What is your bus- iness—that is, what do you perfectly un- derstand ?’’ ‘‘] know the pickle business through and through. I can make pickles of all kinds, but I do not like it.”’ “Never mind what you like. Go and get asmall place and make pickles; go from hetel to hotel, restaurant to res- taurant, and sell them. In ten years come back and see me; you will have $10,000, at least.’’ As the young man was going away, he was called back. “Here is a card; I want you to put it where you can see it a hundred times a day.’? These were the words on the card: ‘‘Business is business. Men don’t Yo what they like: they do what they can.”’ The card had a strange fascination for him; he read it with care, as he walked along the street. As he studied it, new light seemed to enter his mind. He found adingy basement, and be- gan to arrange for his operations. Of course, vinegar must be got, several bar- rels of it; some was offered him at ten cents a gallon, some more was shown at five cents. ‘‘Which shall I take?’ He thought of the words on his card. He , seemed to see people testing his pickles. and, not liking them, depart without buying. ‘‘They will know good vin- egar,’’ thought he, and so he bought the honest stuff. In a few days several tubs of materials were ready, and he knew he must market them. Now, he greatly dreaded to face strange people and push his goods upon their notice. He never had courage when a boy, and now as a young man he felt more timid, it seemed. But he “hought of the words of the card, and entered a restaurant. The evident man- ager was a blooming young woman, and the pickle dealer was more afraid of women than men. But ‘‘business is business’’ repeated itself over and over in his mind. The answer to his statement was that his pickles would be tried, and if found all right would be purchased. ‘Glad I got that good vinegar,’’ thought the young man; and he began to feel that there was I certain power in the maxim his adviser had given. He “began to feel a courage he had never ex- pected in meeting people and trying to sell his goods to them. Calling atastore to get. if possible. an order for pickles in bottles, he was quickly and rudely met with, ‘‘Don’t want to see any suchstuff.’’ Noticing the utter dismay on the roe man’s face, the merchant said, short and sharp, “Don’t you know enough of busin ess to put up your goods attractively ? As he retreated, ruffied and disheart- ened. the maxim repeated itself over and over. with this additienai sentence, ‘‘It is business to put up goods attractively.’ He sought out alithographer and had some handsomely colored labels printed. lend the “They will buy the bottles,’ said a friend. ‘‘just for the picture you have on them.’’ When he had gained sufficient courage, he sought out again the merchant who had rebuffed him. ‘‘I have come to make you a present of a bottle of fine pickles.”’ “Why do you make me a present of them 27’ *‘Because you gave worth a great deal.’’ The morning of one Fourth of July came, and he pondered whether to go to his store or not. All at once he thought, people going on picnics will want pickles; it was the magic words on the little card that ran through his mind. He found, as he had thought, a large number of buyers waiting for him. The little card was consulted in all sorts of weather. If a man made a proposition to him of any kind. and he was in doubt. he wauld go and look at the words. though he knew them by heart already. One day a cheese mer- chant came to persuade him to buy his stock. “People,’’ said he, always buy cheese; you will do a big trade.’?’ It wasatemptation. He went and looked at the words and studied them intently, trying to think out their application to the case in hand. *‘Men do , what they can,’’ he reflected. ‘‘I would ike to sell cheese, but I know I can sell pickles:’? then he returned. Now he was resolute and firm, although by na- ture easily bent and swayed by the words of others. ‘“‘Business is business,’? he said. ‘‘I am in the pickle business; if I cannot make money in this, I-shall quit and go into something else; but I will not have two kinds on my hands.’’ It- was aturning point; after this he could refuse all influence to go into something that seemed at the time more lucrative. He was not only industrious. it was plain, he had a fixed principle of action. Of course he was successful; all men who put industry and mind to their work are bound to be successful. When the ten years were up. of course he had the $10,000, and more, too. ———»> 2 ____—- The P. & B. cough drops give great Batisfaction. E me advice that is “who buy pickles JO BRANT’S ‘TRIAL, Written for The Tradesman. You want to know how the case was tried, you say, and the sentence of the court, A sort of a summing up of the case, kind of a brief, short-hand report. Well, sir, can’t give you all of the details, but enough T'll give you of them To show you there’s something yet left that’s about right in the hearts of men. The charge, you know, was for kidnaping #nd looked for Jo rather bad, For he, by a kind of a bargain, had made conditional sale of the lad; On trial he owned up to the charge and there wasn’t very much for to prove, And so the old court just rattled along without getting out of her groove. But the case was an uncommon one, and some nice points of law were involved, And the lawyers had come from the towns all around to hear their intricacies solved. The trial itself was but brief, and the hour for sentence leaked out, So the people from country and town forthwith for the court were en route; For every one knew of Jo Brant, his misfortunes were everywhere known, And interest was keen his sentence to hear and whether the child he should own. The Judge had taken his seat, as dignified, stern and cold as you please, And he who acts for the people smiled with a sort of self-satisfied ease. The seats were all crowded with women, and men packed the halls and the aisles— A sight, sir, I tell you, they were—the rich and the poor, all grades and all styles; And the Judge, says he, ‘Mr. Sheriff, bring the pris’ner at once to the bar.” And he came, with the cuffs on his wrists, came, just like a murderer, there. You could hear a pin drop, as he entered, and a shudder ran through the crowd, For Jo was a rough-looking fellow and a tough one, as was mostly allowed. And then said the Judge, “Joseph Brant, you’re convicted of a heinous crime By twelve of your peers, but the duty of pronouncing your sentence is mine. If you've anything to say in the case why sentence on you shouldn't be, You now have the chanee, sir, to say it, and the court will list to your plea.” “J thank you, Judge, Ihave, sir,” said Jo. ‘I'll commence away back at the start— *T will give you a better chance for to judge than if I give only a part. It’s been a long time since I came to this county—twenty years, at the least, This town was nothing but woods, then, given over to Injuns and beasts. I settled out there in my town, sir, the first settler by more than a year, And no one laid claim to the land, sir, and no one had ever come near. “Well, sir, I built a house there, such as it was, and worked with all of my might A clearing the land and earning my bread like a man that’s honest and right. l own ‘twas rather hard pulling, sometimes, in getting through safe to the shore, A pretty hard battle, sometimes, out there, in keeping the wolf from the door. “But I kept right on, and my wife was as willing and as true and as good To help at the clearing and planting as, being a delicate woman, she could, Till at last we were proud of our prospects and the crops were growing and fine, When complainant came out there and said, ‘This land you're a clearing is mine. You must leave it or buy it, forthwith, or I'll call the law to my aid. I'll sue you for the timber you've cut and collect the damages laid.’ “Well, Judge, that man he had bought it unbeknown and, sir, in an underhand way— There was nothing for me but to buy it, if on it I wanted to stay. ‘Twas hard and wrong, I acknowledge, ’twas worse, in my mind,.as often I’ve said, Than relieving a man of his wallet by holding a gun to his head. And my wife, sir, she was sick, right down sick, and sleep wouldn’t come to her eyes, Through fretting and worry and suffering over a wrong that none can deny; For our children—we had four of them then—were small and winter was near, And there wasn’t much for a man to do and living that winter was dear. “But, sir, there wasn’t much use of us kicking—poor folks have no business at law, And it’s risky paying out money to lawyers, just for picking a flaw. So we just came down for two hundred, turning out everything that we had, With eight hundred more hanging back under contract, ten per cent., iton clad. And it wasn’t an easy thing paying—eighty per year’s quite a sum— And a hundred more on the note, with nothing to help "bout a thing to be done; For wife she wasn’t very healthy—through worry she seemed to lose heart— But still she always was willing and did as well as she could her own part. ‘And the children they kept right on coming until seven sat at our board, But, Judge, they were the sweetest of blessings that ever came straight from the Lord. They blessed us, cheered us and helped us on a dark and discouraging road; They gave us new heart, in our trials, to carry a heavy and difficult load. And we worked on for years and for years, keeping straight along with that debt in our sight, A mountain before us forever that haunted us by day and by night, Till, at last, sir, we had but three hundred still back on the contract to pay, When wife came down with the fever that with her had come determined to stay; So, whatever there was then of work was depending on me to be done, And a year went by without payment—then, sir, it was this trouble begun. “The complainant then came to my house, with his smooth, villainous face, And told us on what terms we could settle, or else we must vacate the place; For my contract was forfeited then, but he ‘would make things easy,’ he said, ‘If we chose to keep the old home—and would give him our baby instead At that, sir, Isprang to my feet and the blood ran hot through my veins— Perhaps, had I followed my heart, I would sooner have been in these chains! “Why, Judge, I could have killed him, and justly. I ordered him out then and there, But he parleyed and begged and promised so much, so strong and honest and fair, That we told him, at last, we’d study a week and decide on what we would do; And, sir, as God is above us, that week was an agony of pain to pass through. But, sir; the complainant was rich, had promised the advantage of wealth, We, sir, were poor, disheartened, struggling against debt, bad luck and ill health. “And so, at last, we consented, providing that sometime we might Take him back to es es, by the payment of a sum that was right. His name, sir—the baby’s—should never be changed, to which the complainant agreed, Nor allowed to his parents forget, nor taught to believe in a different creed. The name that we gave him was Benny and that was to stick to him still, But, would you believe, sir, he robbed him of that and then re-christened him Phil. “He was to bring him home for a visit, every now and then, fora day, But never a once for a twelve-month had he done so since he took him away. No, sir, he took him away and his whereabouts to us were unknown— He gave us to understand, by his actions, that Benny was his’n alone. Well, sir, perhaps he was right, but, sure, it was nowhere what he agreed} And the eurse of God has followed us close since the day we accepted that deed! Yes, sir, a curse, I believe it, a curse for giving God’s blessings away; A curse for bartering what He had intended, when he gave it, should stay; A curse, and a merited one, but, God knows, a terribly hard one to bear, A erdss on our shoulders so heavy it seemed full more than our share. “Yes, Judge, I see you’re uneasy and it’s rather a long story, I know, But I'll make it as short as I can and feel better when with it I’m through. You see, Mr. Judge, the first of this curse came on us just a week from the day That complainant gaye us the deed and carried Benny, our baby, away. Yes, just a week, sir, when Emma, our oldest, was stricken down to the bed, Just a month and the fever had left her and Emma lay pulseless and dead. “Yes. sir, a week and a month, to a day, and that beautiful, sweet, loving girl Had gone to her God, and I cut from her brow, as a sort of memento, this curl. And, sir, we laid her away in her grave, and half of life’s sunshine was hid When we bathed her with tears and bade her good-bye and screwed down the lid, And then we laid her just over the hill where the snow first melts in the spring, And the birds build their nests in the boughs and the robins stay latest to sing. “And the next of this curse that befell us came in its most horrible form, Making the death of our Emma a prelude, just a cloud preceding a storm. Yes, sir, three more of our children were stricken with that night shade of death, That scourge of all scourges most awful, that stifles and poisons the breath. That scourge, the diphtheria, was on them, and wife with the fever was low, And ‘twas just at a time when they needed a mother to doctor them through. “But I was alone to attend them (the neighbors to come in were afraid), And Harry and Tommy died in a week and by the side of Emma were laid. And Ralph, he seemed to be better, he was up and around fora while; His cheeks, though, were hollow and pale, but his lips bore faint hints of a smile. But ’twas only a lull before danger, a pause for the taking of breath, A sight of the gates into heaven, that came as a warning of death. And one night, after saying his prayers, he kissed us and went up to bed. When I went to him in the morning, poor boy, he was lying there dead. “Twas a thing, sir, to freeze a man’s blood, to drive reason off of her throne, To cause wonder if God was justice and right in all that was done. And my wife, Oh, God! how to tell her, already o’erburdened with grief, With death almost on her features and threatening to bring her relief! *Twas awful, sir, awful! I hadn’t the heart nor the courage to speak, And, somehow, I came near a falling, everything darkened and I was so weak. “But, thank God, He had mercy, after all, through that horrible season of pain, For she became unconscious and nothing was steady and clear in her brain; And, sir, how it all happened through the funeral and burial of Ralph I leave to the neighbors, for, of a truth, I didn’t realize half. ‘Twas all like a dream, sir, a horrible dream! The first I remember was when Some of my neighbors sat by my bed and said that a week had passed then; And my wife had suffered the shock with the strength of a martyr, they said. ‘Yes, sir, she bore it that way, bless heaven, and went to God with her prayer, And, perhaps it is foolish in me, but I lay our recovery there; And, sir, I was getting along pretty well, might say I was getting quite smart— Still, something was pressing my temples and a goneness hung hard on my heart. And wife, she kept on improving and gaining in strength till we thought, at the last, That mebby we'd atoned for that deed, and hoped that the scourge of vengeance had passed; For we made out a deed to complainant and begged him to take back the place And give us our child, but he laughed a mean insult square into our face. “Yes, sir, scoffed at our anguish and said, ‘The old farm is valued too high. It’s worthy a solid two thousand, no doubt, but Benny it never can buy.’ And then, sir, our hearts were so heavy we thought our misfortunes would cease, And God from the scourge of his vengeance would grant us aseason of peace. “But ‘twas scarcely a month when our Robert, just fourteen years old on that day, And Mary, the youngest save Benny, returning from meeting one day, Had stopped a while at the maples, where are sleeping those darlings éf ours, To pay them their tribute of tears and drop on their graves some flowers, When a wind, without warning, came down, terrific and awful in force, Straight down from the heavens at noonday, and the scourge was marked in its course. And Robert and Mary, oh, how can I tell it! on the graves of the others they lay. Crushed by a limb, our last children for that deed had been taken away! ‘And wife, how she lived through that nightmare of death and came back almost from the dead I know not, sir; but she did, poor thing! And for weeks, when asleep or awake, I thought surely her heart through weeping and mourning for Benny would break. Yes, sir, she just laid there and called him, and doctoring could do her no good, And no one could lighten her sorrow, though I did the best that I could. “So, one day, I came to this city for the doctor to go with his skill. Had just got to complainant’s—to the track just at the foot of the hill, When, who but our Benny was playing in the sand there, square on the track, With the lightning express a thundering dewn grade and just at his back! There wasn’t no time, sir, to stop for a thought nor ask what ’twas duty to do, Only just time for the child to be snatched and the jaws of death to jerk through. ‘“‘And that, sir, was mighty soon done, and I ran like a deer with the kid, Didn’t stop to look back nor to ask if ’twas a brave act of duty I did. No, sir, ran straight home to his mother and laid her own babe by her side, And, Judge, if you had been there, you would with that mother and baby have cried. Never before was such meeting, never before was suchjweeping for joy As when she clasped to her bosom and smothered with her kisses that boy! And a happier child and happier mother than they were never were seen, And I guess, sir, a sight more affecting and touching in this world has seldom been. “No, Judge, I didn’t stop to enquire, when that train had vanished from sight, Whether Benny was ours or whether a father to his child has a right; I came for the doctor to help that mother, poor, sick and suffering, through, And knew when I came to Benny that he could do more than all doctors could do. ‘‘When complainant came down the next morning and said that Benny must go, We offered the deed, but he furiously said that ‘nothing but Benny would do.’ ‘The farm and five hundred,’ said I, ‘but spare this poor mother’s heart. This child is her last and her only—have mercy—don’t tear them apart! Go over the hill ’neath the maples and list with humanity’s ears, And the voice of God will be heard through the prayers of a mother in tears!’ ‘But the wretch, sir, scoffed at our plea and demanded the child as his own. Then I thrust him out of my house, as a king would a thief from his throne. And next, this sheriff came down and carried me off in his chains; But his search for our Benny, thank God, has not rewarded his pains. Be my sentence whatever it may, e’en should death the sharp penalty be, That child should be ours till God calls it forth from his mother and me! And that is the way of it, Judge, just the facts, fair and true, *twixt you and me, And, God helping, I’m ready for sentence and I thank you for hearing my plea.” Well, sir, that was the case of Jo Brant, the roughest of the old pioneers. He made his own plea, and the court and lawyers and all hands were in tears. Says the Judge: “Mr. Sheriff, take the cuffs from his wrists! Mr. Brant, your sentence will be That you shall go home, that Benny be yours and you draw for five hundred on me!” Well maybe there wasn’t spatting and cheering and shaking of hands all around, And mebby no one was glad to see that villainous complainant get downed; Mebby there didn’t some dollars find their way into Jo’s pockets, right there, And mebby that night went by without Jo’s receiving some blessings and prayers: And mebby that mother and baby and Jo didn’t pour out blessings on high, And mebby to them, in their fullness of heart, God didn’t seem very nigh; And mebby there wasn’t as much of real love left in that poor mother’s breast Because Benny was all that she had and because she had lost all the rest; And mebby that mother grew worse—but, if I was to judge, I should say She grew to good health, though sad was her eye and her hair was sprinkled with grey; And I’d say the old Judge won a worthier crown than e’er graced a king or a czar, And something far nobler shone on his broad breast than glittering royalty’s star. M. J. WRISLEY. HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood loe1un ......... 22.58: 13 00@1i5 00 Birch, log- ee 15 00@16 00 Bireh, Noes tana 2... ct @22 00 Biser Ash lop var... 35.0... -... 14 00@16 00 Cherry, log- PAR 25 00@40 00 Cherry, Nos 1 and 2... sce 60 00@65 00 nergy Cm ee @12 00 Maple, ‘log- OR 12 00@13 00 Maple, soft, log-run.. J ioc... 0. Ona OO Maple, Nos 1 sgnds. 000.2 ss 8.S:.. @20 00 Mapic., Clear toering. -..i..... o. @25 00 oe fe. write, RelecroGg. 5. 25 00 Oak, TOR TUR 20 00@21 00 ea Oak, Woe. 1 an@ 2250.5. 2 26 00@2s 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, % sawed, regular............ 30 00@32 00 Hed Osk, No. 1, step plank. ...-......- 00 Walsrt, lop run. 0 @55 00 Walnut Nos. t and 2... oo: ss: @75 00 Walnuts, cull . eee @25 00 Grey Elm, log- cen ey 12 00@13 05 White ASO, loge ran... 2... ...14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log-run........... .- 20 00@22 00 White Oak, log-ruH...... 01.003... -. 17 00Q18 00 White Oak, 4% sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00 MANTLF OLD oe IPPING ee SAMPLE SHEET* oy PRICES "fe =FAtO) ORe aera ed Creamery Ontiit For Sale or Trade. I have on hand acomplete creamery outfit, consisting of the following: One 200-gallon square churn. Two 200-gallon cream vats. One Mason butter worker. Six galvanized gathering cans. One Reids’ shipping box, to hold 120 pounds of butter in trays. One I. X. L. butter print machine, 1-pound prints. Two skimming pails, covered. One strainer pail. One buttermilk strainer. A quantity of glass testing tubes. Lot of pointed skimmers. About 100 544-gallon Fairlamb setting cans. Will sell the whole outfit at a bargain. It is all practically as good as new, hav- ing run but four months. The country here is too new for the business. I will sell this ata big discount for cash or good security, or will take in tradea good team of work horses. Would take a good Perkins or Hall shingle mill ora planer and matcher, but machinery must be in good repair, practically as good as new. If parties have a good shingle mill without power, will pay the differ- ence. Is I can not sell all together, will sell any of the articles separate. JOHN KoopMAN, Falmouth, Mich. COUGH DROPS TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 17, 1889. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave Traverse City & Mackinaw. : 7:10am Traverse City Express.... . 9: 20am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw ..3:15 pm 4:10pm From Gimemnasi.......<... . 8:50 p m Cagiiac (Mire?) ...:.... 6:30 pm Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10a mand4:10p m train. GOING SOUTH. Cinciinall Express... ............. 7 Fort Wayne Express. ............- -11:45a = 12: Cincinnati Express 5:30 p 6 From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 P = rom Cagnine. 66.6.6 9:55am Trai leaving for Cincinnati at6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in- cluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0a.m. and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for "Mackinaw City. South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 10, 1889. Sec BBB a p Dp Leave Arrive. i: :00 MN oso as caer s eee Sadoes ese sc esc ans 10:15am pm Lavine time at Bridge street depot7 ee lane: Through tickets and full information can be had by ealling upon A. Almguist, ticket agent at depot, or Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. Portas pronn.(.... 2... 12:50 pm 1:00 p m Ree OU MEME ceca ces 4:10pm 4:20pm +Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm SNight EXpress.....c22 cccccccecce 6:40am 7:00am BR onc cee eee em oeermens 7:30am +Detroit Express. 6:50am +Through Mail.... 10:20am +Evening Express 3:35 p 3:45pm *Night Express........... : 10:30 : m 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. ‘Daily. Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor cars attached and make direct connections in Detroit for all points East. Morning express and Grand Rapids express have par- lor cars attached. Night express has bagi sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. Through railroad tickets and ocean aati tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D., G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. 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 = connecting lines. A. J. PaIsLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent MICHIGAN CENTRAL “The Niagara Falls Route.’’ DEPART. ARRIVE Detroit Express.......---++-+++e+ee++ 6:45am 10:15pm cose shee enene 6:50am 5:30pm Day Express... .—.....-10s2.s *Atiantic & Pacific Express.. New York Express..........+- ee 5 * aily. Al! other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. Brices, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. = S$. Hawx1ns, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RUGGLES, 4. P. & T. Agent., Chicago 0. Grand Rapids Frvitand Produce bo, JOBBER OF FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. 3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. MOSELEY BROS. ——WHOLESALE—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - - Alfred J. Brown, Poreigubruts Nas, Dats Figs E 16 and 18 North Division Street, Grand — EDWIN BALLA S; JOBBER OF Butter, Egos, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Mince Meat, Nuts, Etc. Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast. Dairy Butter. GRAND RAPIDS Special Bargain in Choice Let your orders come. Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. BUILT FOR BUSINESS Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way ? Do you want to do your customers justice? Do you want the confidence of all who trade with you? Would you like to rid yourself of the bother of ‘‘posting’’ ‘patching up’’ pass-book accounts ? your books and Did you ever have a pass-book account foot up and balance with the corre- sponding ledger account, without having to ‘‘doctor’’ it ? Do not many of your customers complain that they have been charged for items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as to whether they have or not? Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, that yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge ? Then why not adopt a system of crediting that will abolish all these anda hundred other objectionable features of the old method, and one that establishes a CASH BASIS of crediting? A new era dawns, and with it new commodities for its new demands; and all enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt the Tradesman Credit Covpon Book, Which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants, in every case giving the most unqualified satisfaction. PRice . LIST. $ 2 Coupons, per hundred. . ....-$2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS: $5 “ weeeesee-s 3.00] Ordersfor 200 orover....... 5 per cent $10 ioe “f A i oon" (iia. ie - $20. “ i Awe Gvods prepaid to destination where cash accompanies order. WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO SEND ANY NUMBER OF ANY DENOMINATION OF BOOKS, AT REGULAR PRICE, AS A TRIAL ORDER. The Tradesman Company, SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH, Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. F. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF > Uysters ~~ i Salt Fish. See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED. \14 A ETI ti, asin a GROCERIES. Purely Personal. O. A. Ball put in Monday at Milwau- Kee. Cc. J. Rumsey, of Muir, was in town Monday. & Wm. G. Herpolsheimer is back from Herriman, Tenn., where he proposes to make extensive purchases of real estate. C. A. Barnes, the Otsego grocer, is down with a relapse from la grippe, and grave fears are entertained as to his re- covery. : Frank Hamilton is in town for a day or two on his way to his home in Traverse City from an extended ‘visit of the East- ern cities. Arthur Meigs and Geo. N. Davis have secured a patent on their new folding bed, which they confidently expect to see revolutionize the trade in that now indis- pensable article. Abe Stein, who has stood behind the counter of Sherwood & Griswold, at Allegan, for the past ten years, is there no lenger, having decided to embark in business on his own account. H. Matthews, the Chase druggist, is spending a couple of weeks in charge of his Grand Rapids store, while his man- ager at this end, Ben. F. Schrouder, is putting in a fortnight at Chase. Chas. F. Nevin, President of T. H. Nevin & Co., paint’ manufacturer at Pittsburg, was in town last Saturday, taking the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.’s order for ‘‘Pioneer Prepared’”’ for 1890. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Wells will sympathize with them in their grief over the loss, from diph- theria, of their pretty little two-year-old, Ethel Maran, who died on Monday, after an illness of but three days, and was buried on Tuesday. Tacoma West Coast Trade: ‘‘Frank Jewell, Secretary of the Puget Sound Hardware Co.,is to be congratulated. The house he so ably represents is build- ing up a prosperous jobbing trade, and now Mrs. Jewell presents Frank with a handsome baby daughter.”’ A. L. Conger, the Kalamazoo bazaar dealer, writes THE TRADESMAN that he has sold his stock at Battle Creek to N. H. Hammond, for the past eleven years engaged in the bazaar business at San- dusky, Ohio. He has also sold his South Bend stock to L. Nellis & Co., who will designate their business the ‘Owl Store.’ Mr. Conger has now but two stocks on his hands, the one at Kalama- zoo and the business at Mt. Clemens, conducted under the style of Conger Bros. ————qxoxr--4 a __— Wool, Hides, Pelts and Furs. “The wool market is dead,’’ so say commission houses at the East. It is disgusting, and all feel blue. Wools are too high in England for this market, and our manufacturers take only such of our grades as they can use in place of foreign wools. Such grades (fine delaines and combings) have been bought freely, while low, and heayy shrinking wools are lower and dull of sale. Hides remain fairly firm, with few buyers, the larger tanneries being well stocked with early hides, and are not anxious buyers now on account of poor quality. No advance need be looked for before June or July. Pelts are dull, in sympathy with wool. Tallow is lower again and slow sale. There is no export demand. All the call is for soapers and pressers and they want it low. Furs are flat, with large offerings. The demand is good, if the price is low enough, which is so much below prices before the London sales that parties holding are loth to let go. A loss was expected by the exporters, but it came heavier than anticipated. They now will not buy only at reduced prices and strict selection. ———__——— 4 The Grocery Market. Sugars are lower. Granulated was offered at 63 Monday, but an advance in the market later in the day forced the price up to 6-44. Starch declined 4c per tb, but advanced again to the old figure before the end of the week. Turkey prunes are higher and are sure to go still higher, as the crop is short and the supply very limited. Boneless cod- fish is higher. Oranges are coming in freely, and prices on Messinas and Valencias are a shade lower, while Floridas are scarce and firm, and Californias are held stony. Lemons are also more plentiful, and prices are somewhat reduced, with large arrivals for the coming two weeks. Ban- anas are not much sought for, on account of the poor color and. general appear- ance, occasioned by the cool season. Figs are steady and reasonable in price. Dates are cheap and fine in quality, and are moving freely. Nuts of all kinds are steady in price, with light demand. oo Not Thoroughly Posted. Customer—lI say, uncle, how long have you had these new-laid eggs in stock ? Rastus—I dunno e’zackly, boss. You see I’se only been wu’kin’ heah a month. ae The Ruling Passion. ‘“‘What were his last words ?”’ ‘He didn’t have any. He was a Bos- ton man, and died trying to think how he’d put it.”’ MODUS OPERANDI OF THE P. OF I. | Written for THE TRADESMAN. Being desirous of procuring for THE TRADESMAN a correct report of the prac- tical working of the Patrons of Industry, and knowing that they had been organ- ized at Howard City a sufficient length of time to be fully tested, I, accordingly, investigated the matter at that place with the following results: The first to sign contracts there were Henry Henkel, dry goods and groceries, and Herold Bros., boots and shoes. In talking with Mr. Henkel, who was run- ning a grocery store there and put in the dry goods stock for the special accommo- dation of the P.’s of I., he said that, when he first started, there was an in- crease in his trade, but afterward it be- came annoying and unprofitable. As an illustration, he said that other merchants there had always sold calico at cost. He met their prices, both to P.’sof L. and outsiders. A female member of the or- ganization came to his store and ordered a calico dress, and when it was cut off asked for the reduction. The clerk tried to explain to her that it was already at cost, but to no avail—she refused it and left the piece on their hands. Similar cases became so frequent that he was glad to be relieved when the time of his contract expired and would not renew it. Asking several leading members why Mr. Henkel quit, I was told that he did not deal honestly with them and they threw him overboard, showing that they will try to injure the character of a mer- chant who discards them. As the dry goods business is overdone there, Mr. Henkel is trying to sell his stock at cost to get rid of it. About a year ago, J. Herold went there with a stock of boots and shoes from A. Herold’s store at Grand Rapids, and, under the firm name of Herold Bros., commenced business. Like all other branches, the shoe business was over- done, and, finding the picking rather thin, they accepted a contract with the P.’s of I. in hopes to get started. They, too, were favored with a little rush, which evidently has not held up, as Mr. Herold has gone to work in the furniture factory by the day, leaving the store in charge of his wife, who has a sewing ma- chine in the front end of the store and seems to spend most of her time in sew- ing. O. J. Knapp signed recently, for gro- ceries. On account of his wife’s illness he was at his home, and I could not learn how he was pleased with his contract. His clerk evidently had orders to ‘‘keep mum,” but, judging from what I did learn, Mr. Knapp had been doing a large credit business with members of the order, and, doubtless, hoped to make some collections by signing with them; but, as the farmers have very little money, anda great portion of his city trade has left him, his cash trade has fallen off. C. E. Pelton, who contracted for hard- ware, is more talkative. He is a tinner. Was working at his trade in Iowa. While there, received a proposition from the P.’s of I., who said that they had 1,200 at ‘hat trading point and asked him to come there and start for them. He came about a month ago, and his fa- ther-in-law, a livery man there, furn- ished the money to start with. Mr. Pel- ton’s appearance and conversation are not such as to inspire a person with the utmost confidence in his ability as a merchant. His trade averaged $5.60 per day for the first month. He agreed to sell at 15 per cent. above cost, which would give him a profit of about 13 1-20 per cent. profit on sales. Assuming that he deals honestly with them, his daily profit was 74c, out of which he pays rent, lights, wood, living, ete. These cold figures do not compare very favorably with the talk of the organizers, but then they say they will ‘‘deal more in the future.”’ There does not seem to be any particu- lar feeling against the organization, but itis not natural for anyone to want to buy an article at a_ store when it is known that others buy the same article over the same counter for less money, and so, as a rule, the town people avoid the P. 1. stores, making them rely en- tirely on Patrons for trade. The leaders claim harmony, prosper- ity, ete. Among the members there seems to be a feeling creeping in that the leaders are ambitious and are trying to hold them together in hopes to get them- selves into office. The trade scheme is beginning to play out and the leaders know they must work some other scheme. They are now promising that they will make the government pay the mortgages on their farms and let them have the money twenty years at 1 per cent. A few actually believe that this will be done, and as soon as the P.’s of IL. get in power they expect they can cover their farms with mortgages and make something out of it. they were making such promises, but I see by the report of their county conven- tions that they passed resolutions to that effect. LIalso noticed that they passed a resolution that it be made a penal offense for anyone to forma trust or combina- tion for financial gain that would be a detriment to farmers and laborers. But they said nothing against the farmers I did not think it possible that! & trying to form a trade combination for their own gain, which, if it proved suc- cessful, would be a detriment to mer- chants and all others. The bitterness of feeling does not ex- ist that I have heard of elsewhere. They all say that trade is dull, at present, but, as they get a valuable part of the P. IL. trade, and as the P.’s of I. merchants do not seem to do any more business than they do, there is no- need of apprehen- sion and they feel satisfied. Wishing to learn something regarding the financial standing of the farmers and to see if they were really any better off, I talked with a gentleman who goes through there buying cattle. He stated that very much of the stock is covered by chattel mortgages, and accounted for it by saying that when the idea first struck the farmers they were so enthu- siastic over it that they mortgaged their stock for money to trade with. (This accounts for the little rush at the stores on the start.) But now the mortgages are becoming due and they are hard pressed and ready to sacrifice on stock to meet their obligations. While sitting in the rear of one of the stores, a tall, lean young fellow came stalking in, with a grin and a rather frank expression on his face. He hada package of coffee sticking out of one pocket, soda out of another and soap out of another. Istrueck him for an inter- view, and, when once started, he was chuck full of talk. His drawling tone became somewhat monotonous, but it was information I was after and that I got. He said that he didn’t **b’ long,’ but his step-father did, and that he came to town for the groceries. I suggested that he doubtless got them at the P. L store. ‘No,’ he said, and, by way of explanation, added, ‘‘Most on em don’t think they need trade at the P. I. store if they don’t want ter, but step-dad does. He thinks they orter hang by each other, so he won’t buy nothin’ to no other place hisself. But he didn’t have me jine, so’s when anyone else sells cheaper’n the P. I. store he can have me go and buy there, an’ as he says’at Knapp didn’t come down on nothin’ but tea, he had me go to John Collins an’ git these ’cause he sells ’em cheap.’? Asking him if he knew anything of the future policy of the order, he replied that ‘‘step-dad said this trade part was only a triflin’ matter; they would keep spreadin’ till they got hold of the govermint.’? He also stated that ‘‘step-dad”’ thought they would elect the President in 1892, and that it was the belief ‘“‘up their way’’ that Elder Paine, of Cedar Springs, would be the next President, as he was ‘‘a good organizer.’’ Their figures seem more inflated than the average affidavit to the circulation of a daily newspaper. They claim 1,200 adjacent to Howard City, 1,200 to Sand Lake, 1,200 to Morley, 1,200 to Newaygo, etc., making it appear that there are 4,800 adjacent to these four points. But every man within reach of every town is figured to that town. A farmer living west of Howard City occasionally goes to the four points named, and so he is fig- ured to all four. If the hardware man’s trade really came from 1,200, each of them bought only 12 cents’ worth a month. Soit is safe to figure that their actual subscription listis only about one- fourth of ‘‘sworn circulation.”’ NEMO. > He Bought Everything. From the New York Sun. “J pay you dot cold cash for your store, and now Moses Grapenheimer say he hafe a shattel mortgage on it.”’ “Vell, you puy eberytings on dose shelves un counters, don’t it ?”’ ‘Yaw, dot vas so.”’ ‘Vell, dot shattel mortgage vas on dose shelves un counters dot fife years.” $$$. Blue soap, rendering the employment of bluing in laundry work unnecessary, is made by incorporating with ordinary soap a solution of aniline green in strong acetic acid. By the action of the alkali of the soap, the green is converted into blue, uniformly coloring the mass. A Grocer Does Not Understand His Business From the New York Retail Grocers’ Advocate. When he buys on credit; when he can save money by buying for cash. When he tries to palm off Peaberry for best Mocha or Java coffee. When he keeps goods he ought to sell and sells goods he ought to keep. When he hangs his table celery on hooks in front of his store, where the wind, sun and dirt can reach it. When he spreads his spinach or sprouts where it will get sun cured, or leaves his salad uncovered. When he gives more potatoes for a quart than he ought to fora small meas- ure. When he buys teas and coffees and de- pends upon others for the selection ‘of quality. When he pays eight cents a pound for granulated sugar and sells it for seven. When he takes it for gospel truth that there are as many oranges in a box as marked, and sells them accordingly. When he spends ten minutes selling a head of cabbage, when in the same time he could have sold a pound of tea. When he takes goods on sale and ac- cepts a bill for same, as if purchased 6ut- right. When he tries to persuade a customer, against her will, that what he has to of- fer is better than the article she wants. When he gives credit to those who ap- ply without strict inquiry as to their financial standing. : When he looks after the horses in the stable, while his clerks neglect patrons in the store. ——__—_<>>-o<.—_—_—- Do to Bet On. From the Chicago Herald. A traveling man who is on the road for a Chicago boot and shoe house spent a Sunday recently in a small Western town, and as he had nothing to do, he ac- cepted the invitation of the landlord of the small hotel where he was stopping, to attend divine service at the local church and listen to the sermon of a cel- ebrated Eastern brother who was to oc- cupy the pulpit. The little church was crowded with country folk, all anxious to hear the popular preacher, and the latter evidently thought it a good chance to awe the people with his erudition. Accordingly, he employed all the poly- syllabic words he could think of in his discourse, and his congregation was ata loss to know what he was getting at. It put the traveling man to thinking hard, too. Finally, wishing to impress his hearers with the omnipotence of their Maker, the clergyman, said, solemnly: “God made me;’’? and then, after an im- pressive pause, he added: ‘‘and he made a daisy.’? And the traveling man nudged the landlord and whispered: ‘‘That’s a good betting point.” ——— -9- <> Gripsack Brigade. - Jas. B. McInnis, formerly with Ricker & Co., of Milwaukee, is now on the road for Cummings & Yale. Clarence J. Peck and wife, now resid- ing at Grass Lake, were called upon to mourn the death of their four-year-old daughter, Lucy, on January 31. The little one was born in this city the day before Christmas, 1886, and the memory of her merry ways still lingers in the minds of many friends of the family. oa East Saginaw—T. N. Smith has 6,000,000 feet of logs skidded at his camp on the Molasses, which will be put in, provided there is enough cold weather. He has two other camps, and, if there is any winter at all, hopes to bank 20,000,000 feet. EB. J. Mason & Co., Proprietors of Old Homestead Factory GRANT, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF Preserves, Evaporated Apples Jellies and Apple Butter. Our goods are guaranteed to be made from wholesome fruit and are free from any adulteration or sophis- tication. See quotations in grocery price current. The Grand Rapids trade can be sup- plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South Division street. Telephone, 1150. Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, GRAND Amboy Cheese, RAPIDS. PRODUCE MARKET. _ApolesDealers hold winter fruit at 250 Wholesale Price Current. .50 per bbl., , te aes Q 2 ore ar Phot aa and The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash bwyers won Beets—40c per bu. ; ears pay promptly and buy in full packages. Butter—There is no improvement in the mar- ket and no prospect of any improvement. While 7 fancy grades of creamery are scarce and in APPLE BUTTER. DRIED FRUITS—Raisins, SHOE POLISH. active demand, low grades are as common as BE. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 5 | Valencias..........-.. 844@ 8% Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... -% mud and about as sluggish and useless, so far as AXLE GREASE. Ondaras...........+-.- 10 soDa. business is concerned. WeasOr Bo ss eee 2 60 BUN oo ea ee 104%@10% as cbc de der eue ie ceenes 5% Buckwheat Flour—# per bbl. for New York AUTOTA.. 20... eee ee vere eee 175| London Layers, Cali- ee Se 4% stock. Diamond....... ain ae oa 1 60 oo Se gues 2 5O@2 75 Cabbages—$5@86 per 100. - BAKING POWDER. ondon Layers, for’n. @ i TEAS. Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands Absolute, 4 Ib. cans, 100s..11 75 | Muscatels, California.1 75@2 2% jaPan—Regui 11@i2¢. “ ‘wz lb. “ 50s..10 00 DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. Fai ange? Cider—9@10e per gal. . 1lb. “ 50s..18 % |} Turkey................ 44@5 Sout ee a4 Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels Acme, 4% Ib. cans, S008... Mt DORMS ica cs, 54@ 6 i oS maa 18 25¢. se ib. * &o.... 1) California..-...-...2.. ee cavern s*-7"*-**" 707° Cranberries—Bell and Cherry isinfairdemand| Pib. fe DRIED FRUITS—Peel. Serer tts ss 2 @% at $4 per box or $12 yer bbl. = i eee rt en eo, oe anes 18 4 SUN CURED. Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 8@| Our Leader, lb, cans..... SV Oranbe 2320 1g | Fair.~..........++---- 14 @15 ge and sundried at 5@5\¢. mi lb.“ ..... 9 _ FARINACEOUS GOODS. el 16 @20 Eggs—The market is dull and sluggish. Deal- : ilb. PS ses 1 60 Farina, 100 Ib. MORASS ie cies 04 Choice,................ 24 ers pay 12¢ per doz. for most offerings and hold Telfer 8, 4 lb. cans, doz.. # Hominy, per ee 3 50 Choicest............... 30 at 14¢. “ ‘i “|. 85] Macaroni, dom 121b box.... 60 BASKET FIRED Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $4.35 per bu.;| “ eS Ee “ _, imported..... eee) Pair ................. " @20 medium, $3.75. Timothy, $1.50 per bu BATH BRICK. Pearl Barley.......... 24@ 2% | Choice........:........ @25 Honey—Quiet and slow sale. Clean comb com- English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 | Peas, green............ 110 Choicest............... @3%5 mands 15¢ per Ib. : ByiatOL,, Seo ete. (6) BME ee ct @3 Extrachoice,wireleaf @4 Maple Suger—Genuine, 12%e ] American. 2 doz. in case... 70} Sago, German......... 6 p g , 124¢ per lb. B @ 6% GUNPOW Onions--Good stock is scarce, dealers freely i BLUING. ozen | Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl... 6@7 | Common to fair —, . offering $1 per bu. and holding at $1.25. Spanish | Mexican, 402....-.------- 30 | Wheat, cracked....... | tone bas to dno 25 @35 stock is in fair demand at $1.50 per 50-lb. case. ei E OZ------ eee rene 60 | Vermicelli, import.... @10_—s Choicest f.: nest....50 G05 Pop Corn—4e per Ib. te AG Oe co sae 90 " domestic... @é60 eres att % @85 Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 4%c. BROOMS. ie FISH—SALT. Ml ad apap Potatoes—The market is weaker, dealers not| No.2 Park... ee 1 75 | Cod, whole............ 5 @6 Common to fair....... 20 @35 offering over 30¢e, except where competition is ING s 8 oc oa we ie gees 2 00 3 DoaviCgs ois. 2, 74@ 8 Superior @iine......:. 40 Qs strong. No, 2 Carpet... ....-. -..---<- 2 | Seu 8... 94%@10 YOUNG HYSON. Poultry—Dressed is falling off in demand. Med ee a 2 50} Herring, round, % bbl.. 275 Common to fair....... 18 @%6 Squash—Hu: bard, 2c per Ib. Parlor Gem......----++++-+- 2% a aBDCR: oo. s ss. 275 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands #4 oS Whisk.........--- ‘ - C ——— bbls.. Ps 00 diane per 2 an y Peo gal arti acala< alae ie - egs, new cs i ae Tomatoes —Early Southern stock commands $1 sos os bee na a Se 3 25 eB Scaled :... ‘ 22 ae = . ae 2 GH per peck (7 qts.) box. Warehouse........ -..-.+-- 2% Mack. sh’s, No.2,% bbl 12 00 Fine to choice . ci wana 30 on Turnips—s0e per bu. : _BUTTERINE o . “* 12 Ib kit..1 30 scorns _ os Dairy, solid packed.... ... 16 - 2s _ ENGLISH BREAKFAST. PROVISIONS. ROHS. ee hee oe 13 | Trout, % bbls......... 4 00@4 50 FS aed wetter eee eee eens 25 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. —S ne a ee a White a _ es ong la = Best ees = = quotes as follows: CANDLES ee Bip it ae oo Tee Dust.............. 8 ot PORK IN BARRELS. o Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes. 10%| « o Be i Benen ee @ Wa ee ee a 10 50 a is : Poc- abe a 80; | .. ToBAccos—Piug. Gamtee oy ee st SO ae a W Veneble & Co.'s Brande. Extra clear pig, short cut.......-.-.+--++--- 12 00 Wickine. oe oe 2 GUN a” ee ee 2 Risten Clonr, HOACG pele es es create 12 00 é ae Goope—Fish. Kegs cabipagany on | Peception, 2 2-5x12, 16 oz...... 36 (hap OM MR es 7 la fe te nok eet bene Sm Vinco, 126, 4% to B.-......... 30 Boston clear, short cut...........-..----.--- 12 00] Glam Chowder, 3 Ib.....:..- 2 10 SB.-.-....-+-...---- BG Big 5 Center, 2x12, 13 os...... 34 Clear back hort Cub. 2300 oo stn 12 00] Gove Oysters, 1 1b. stand....1 10] Sage aga | Wheel, 5to b.... ............ 37 Standard clear, short cut, best.........-.... Se. os Se Ae a 9 | Trinket, 3x9, 9 om............ 2 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Lobsters, 1b. pienic........1 7 sue: aoe % {| Jas. G. Butler & Co.'s Brands. Hams, average 20 lbs......... ee aa 8% oS — ee ke 26515. J3.M See _ | Something Good.............. 38 tia Sees 9 : fame ee CG ben Fe 38 “ ct eto abe ee 9% it Ga eee lg Boece renet es | Peach Pie ....... 22... ee eee 38 eee ro! (pee a eee Se Oe ------ 38 “i beat poncless. 008s s . 41h stand imines Tobacco” ........-..-.. -..-.- 88 Breakfast Bacon, baneless............--+-+++- 8% “ Sip Ce oe She Se ee * | ronaccos—Fine Cut. teed beet Gas ee 8 m Saad set ease nte nt nn Scotten & Co.'s Brands. Long Clears, heavy....-...--2.22seeeeeeceeeees 5% “ 31b. soused.......2 85| Pure........... sk 30 | nouns Coke. Hn a7 Briskets, ae pe cln se aisiee omecinme ecm: aaa ; Salmon, 1 lb. Columbia.. ..2 00 | Calabria......... 2). ae Our Leeder........ -. 3 LARD-_Kettie Rendered. 5 pe ee ca eee 1 " Bicily...-.. pee metre 18 | ~ ToBaccos—Smoking. NHGEGGR oo. oe tee sac sde Senet vane celen eee % Ge ee ee ee oe call seo Leader..............-.. 16 oe ee 7% oo . Be 148.2 cs. @ 9 ee o wenn, io. Sl 2 00 oe... v7 Bip ie DS oo Sees oo ake ste se ces ee ao ceue W%, “ ae ae : 10%@16 on woe eco es : s i Plow Boy,2 oz.... ........ 32 LARD Refined. eo oon a Te ‘| 10 Ex, ee ) i c ee a1 CRORE eo Sr ew wen ce Se seuss pinieec es acs 55¢| Trout. 3 1 a rey Oe son I 15 ila ly woes BR 30 and 50 Ib. Tubs .......-.-+---++ sae eee eee sin 5% CANNED GooDs—Fruits Black is. 20 | 8 a our band ee 3 lb. Pails, 20in a CAaS€..........-262- eee eee ee 656] A ples, gallons stand “2 %| Cuba Bakiny eee qo |8 5. Porto red........... 2 50 5 lb. Pails, 12 in &@ CAS€..... 2.2... cee cece erence 6418 ackberries stand : 90 | Porto Rico Serres * 30@035 | 810, x oe 3 00 = - — : Ri Clie ares hen esnane eto 6% | Cherries,red standard 1 10@1 20 | New Orleans, good... ... ‘agpes ee ee 5 00 Eadie, £1 @ CORO ;.---~- «> +>-+2osn0nr-s 6 eS BERL «oss es sasens 1 40 “ choise... 30@35! Subject to the fe oa el eg 50 Ib. semugennae = pin oS ot ea aaa 5% | Damsons .........-----<-.--- 1 15 c fare iL. 42@45 | counts: — ae Egg Plums, stand..... 1 15@1 35} One-half barrels, 3c extra 200 or over. ....... 5 per cent. — — brine ~~ IDS..-2- ++ e-2- +e: : = Gooseberries . 0... .00...,.-- 1 00 OATMEAL 500 “ “ ixtra Mess, Chicago packing............--.. j ¥ aii ts Boneless, rump butts........-....+22+e2eee+e- 8 50 Soon Gakce ee 115@1 35 — eo oo ; a _ vied i sausaGe—Fresh and Smoked. Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70 tt Cases 2 15@2 25 | 40 gr acs 7 Pork SaUsage..+.4.---eecovnvesseveseeeet ttt 634 | POO seconds .-----1 101 45 oe lees Si dine a6 0 tO0 6.0 60 6:6' 66:6) 00 ob 8 0:0'¢ o8:00:6 4 “ce 7 7 | TONG SAUSHRE. «6 5_.-- sce. t os cos costo ns aac iid are eS ;: = supe “waamee cee, 0 Se berrel Wraviktort AdueneG. eee a 8 | Pineapples ......----. "4'10@1 50 é cos - ‘9 1993 a aan on ce ‘ Blood Sausage....... ..eeeseeeeeeeeeee rete eres 5 | Quinces .. ee 1 00 Ge : i enone Ai aa ata ee par —— vest teen eneeeeeeen es seeeee sees 5 | Raspberries, extra.......--. 1 75| Michigan Test.............. 94 | PAPER & WOODENWARE saci le rea cha eal aah lg al 5 . FEO.) orcs 1 40) Water White... 04.2.2... 10% PAPER. Head Cheese.........-+-+ereesereeeecereeee cers 5 | Strawberries ........-- 1 15@1 35 PICKLES. *| Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- FRESH MEATS Whortleberries............-- % | Medium............ ..5 50@$ 00! lows: i . CANNED VEGETABLES. See to IR a ole, ok .. 2 4 | Straw .......- ter secsercceee: 160 Swift and Company quote as follows: Asparagus, Oyster Bay Small, DOP ce. ks 6 7 ‘“* Light Weight.... . 200 Beef, CALCASS......2.-- 0+ eeee cere tere ees 4466 | Beane Lima stand......... & % i | oe . 180 «hind quarters. :-...------------..- 54G@ 6% «~’G@reen’ Limas.. @1 2% IPES Hapawerc......,........ 2% $6. FORE Fea n neces Tene nn on oss 34%4@ 4 “ Strings.......... .-@ 90 Clay, No: 216......-..-.. 5... | Sener... .. 2% ts JOINS. 22. oe ee eee ee eet ee ee eee es 84@ 9 “ §tringless, Erie....... 90| _‘ T.D.fullcount........ 7% | Dry Goods........ . .. ra Ee aes ois cies oa wa cininee 4 ore 7 @™% * Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Cou, N66... ..2.. 44:2... oe eute Manilla........ oo. 6 ROMRUBS ook oS.) penne cee ene @10 | Corn, Archer’s Trophy...... 1 00 PRESERVES. Red Express No.1......... 5 ee See eevee tang neem cite aerececens i= aa “ “ — Morn’g Glory.1 00 E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 8 “ ae ‘or ee a is Seat eee Cacao. v 66 6“ ¥ RICE. s ‘ghoulders......:. .-.--+---22+--+0-- @ 4%| Peas, French _— : —* . Carolina head...............- 6% 22 Bologna ......-.---2 ee eee cree teen ceees @5 ‘© ‘extra marrofat... @1 2% = INO. Foo i es ccs i 20 Sausage, blood or head.......... ...-- @5 i EAC aA a Ol 54@ oe . BEV OE se Sw cle sees os ace @5 ¢ June sand 0... 1 40 ie INO: Se iss: aie acs . 0 of Mra krone. ... 2-6. nes oes cans oe @ 8 “ “ sifted Cae 1 65@1 85 SRDAD fo oss ome) See od 5%@6% 16 Mutton oo 2.c ose. ss eases coe e eS “ French, extra fine... .1 50 aE iio it el a OYSTERS and FISH. Mushrooms, ox aiden. 8@1 Ov | Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 - F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: Succotash, standard....90@1 40 | 8 POCHCE. 6.000.227... 1 90 No. 7 00 i eae FRESH FISH. ao Squash Toe aa ec een ee) So eae seg 2 0 — -- 6 00 FOGG hb te eas aa) wes... a " mowed. |... 4... su: tied eee @ 8% coats, a Cost. chee a ‘Aenion bo. DAgS ...- 2... 7% | Pails, No. 1, tw0-hoop.. i 6 OPPO oo oo Shae cee een: a een ba he gis a 'aee ee @8 66 Ben Har 95@1 00 Higgins ‘‘ Oe asige eccaeaiele 7 - No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 7% — De ee te ode el as cada es @15 “ stand br. aa 95@1 00 Warsaw ie ey * 3 a 5 gr. boxes.... cee eee epee see es tikes Gale we bees by 5 re. eles pict gun eo 4 PTA, 32 RIE. as svi Ciseoes. ee eases g3 ; CHEESES. a . eiaaaaoe ” . 3 i! } 2 oYsTERS—Cans. Michigan Full Cream 11%@12_ | Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. 5% We en cic RE ET 2 00 Fairhaven Counts.....-.....-5.2.--.2.. @35 | Sap Sago......-. ----- 16 @16% | Dwight’sCom........ Ses 5M oe ae SAIGCHE. cc se eco ese cocina rae cee a ene 22 @27 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. ewe oo cs 5 “assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50 PPA ieee ieee Meanie args a ee @20 | German Sweet.. .......--- 23 | DeLand’s Cap Sheaf......... 5 r “ 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75 WRC NOER 8 ok. os sehen cee peepee 2 cle @18 | Premium.........-..-----.- 35 nee _ ee eae 5% | Baskets, market...... ae 40 SeaNGArOS. oo... -osecsewscceccee gence es @16 CeCee 2 sia, oe 8 | Our Leader... - 2.2... 5.55. 4% c pases. ............ 7 WAVOPITGN 5s ace ene esa sie sen ca ese @14 | Breakfast Cocoa.......... 48 SEEDS. i «with covers 1 9 eysTERS—Bulk. Biron 2. ee or t Mixed bird. 020000... oo s 4% willow cl’ths, No.1 5 7% Standards @$1 15 CHEWING GUM COTO A oo s oo cae a ee 9 7 * Nos6éS —— .. : = Rubber, 100 lumps..... a 5 oer educa’ 3% C ma ; . =e : 25 : ‘6 66 A cece c pains c splin . Yo.1 3 50 Scrimps @1 50} spruce gg oan ene: = Ie ee : c No.2 4 2 Scallops Gime CHICORY aaa eee ess 4% i " “« Foss @ Horseradish ee eee ola ane leas @ } Bulk... rus 6 Mustard. 2:1... 5... oo oe 7% | GRAINS and FEEDSTUEFS Shell oysters, per 100....-.-... --- ++++- 1 00@t Bite ee ee 1% SNUFF. WHEAT. tT GIRS, EF aves nice a sceneseeee 75 ae Scotch, in bladders......... or ji Wweete... ............. 78 — : _ COFFEE—Green. Maccaboy, in jars........... a 78 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Rio, = cee etee en eeee Ly French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 | All wheat bought on 60 lb. test. : ck sonia gia rate id eine ’ SOAP. FLOUR. The Putnam ay as follows: : as ee 3 @21 Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. | Straight, in sacks 4 20 : : ancy, washed...19 @22 | Superior................-+---3 30! " ‘“« barrels 4 40 ——S WOROCR: 566685.) so oe 9 $6) SONG Ce oo do as 20 @23 Queen Anne 385; Patent ‘“ sacks 5 20 wist, — ' Fp atanac corres evenseress ee Santos........-.-..---- 17 @2 iG aie 0 Cer ser Ae i Cut Loaf, 25 ee cap bdea es cask we en eeee 10% | Mexican & Guatemalal9 @23 Spe 4 Family ear | barrels shea aa 5 0 MIXED Fantecct 20 a2 Mottled German............3 00 | MEAL, Mel, ie ee ee sinc oes oe co | Geemekanel ‘3 Omen Wi cos ae al Eee ee ie eee rannlated................ 1% Extra, 25 lb. PAIS. ... 2. cece eee eee cece eee eeee 10 Mocha, genuine...... 25 @27 rost, LOatee wereeeeees oe | MILLSTUFFS. “ SON Th bbls eo os % aa oa ce ceameed oe — ee : 00 — a yh 00 French Cream, 25 Ib. pails...... ...---..+-. 1154 | coffee add Me. per Ib. for roast- | Ajien B. Wrisley's Brand ee recat aarersteee rss eee 11 50 laa, C ’ 720. . : en B. Wrisley’s Brands. | Screenings ..............-. 11 00 . oo In 5 lb. boxes. ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-| Happy Family, 75........... Saal! Middlings................. 13 00 oe a e age. ek Old Country, 80 a & a) | Mixed Feed............... 13 50 Peppermint Drops. ey ee ee a vue 14 COPFEES—Package. ie WO a 3 65 | Coarse meal............... 18 50 Clic emesis soe oe sc ae Homncer, 100..---. cece cea $15 | veer iy Me Chacolate Droge... ...5.-.-.-d-ceies2-- 18 a || gle - aaa SRRO NER = Jrncatnngy ae PS ee Ce re ee = Cassia, China in mats.. oe | a OATS. a a Ee dentine DO oie es cece 14 i ! Botautd in tad. ..42 || Small lots.................. 28 Se aa 14 “© Saigon in rolls...... 40 Car CC 26 = aaa oe ee Cloves, Amboyna eee, 26 | RYE aie 4 tne Geeta ces ee eBD | NOD eres once 10 scones Mace Batavia....... ......4 BARLEY, fo ummees, fatiey ves - +002 eh $2 Molasses Bar /... 22. 25s oc cc cec eo saces cesses 13 sa healing mate ager ani 5 sshuaiasimea come ‘li atl ie 105 Papanol oo e eeae 16@18 P a heey baat’ y" < No.1 ARR Hand Mado Creams: 2). 2.5000., 555.8 sa ee 18 : j Spee, Cae. ee en ee ee tin ners nvenenet eset 16 0 TE OEPRTGN Coe aa 16 Lion. wens ines ecdesnsucenasees 2414 y “ white.. 26 ———————— eo 9 Haenrated CrOAMA Sec. cl cell ob bd 20 in cabinets ...-.--..---- 24% shot.... iia Baik 20 HIDES, PELTS” String Rock. 2.65. secs coe eee. jp | McLaughlin’s KXXX....24%4 spices—Ground—-In Bulk, ‘S, PELTS and FURS. Gad Ate a ee 22 Durham.. metgines seaetscees 24 Allspice ...... econ de caes saene 6 | Perkins & Hess pay as fol Wintergreen Berries..............0..eeeeeeeee 14 | Thompson’s Honey Bee....26 | Cassia, Batavia............. 20 | lows: FANCY-—In bulk. s a Bg Semler oats poi a aon eS | sisieae HIDES. — Lozenges, plain, in pails..............--+0e++ 12 Oe Se ee heer 2 Ba rete seas “Sk aaa cdl ' oe oe ii COFFEE EXTRACT. Cloyes, Amboyna........--. me || Part Cured............ @ 4 f printed, in ao De oye cosa. 12% _—< CN cae ees 85 | Ginger ae "Fug | eel sia ae 4 @ 4% - - in ies 146 1 MOMS. oii. o ce ese cee eee ee 1:10 haa ee ts ers : ’ se i Chocolate Drops, in pails..........2..-2+eeeees 12 CLOTHES LINES. i —_— aint Ae eit aaehie 15 et ee te tenseeoceeeene 5 @é6 Guin Drove, ivpaiien ea 6% | Cotton, 40ft....... per doz. 1 25 ee ae ats i | Dry Kips ..-....--.--- 5 @6 ts “ in bbls By 66 50 ft “ 1 50 Mace Batavia............... 90 | Calfskins, green...... 3s @S ee a ee a re Pc | peecon inn. -. 0 Om CAE RADI is sy as snn bean aan estes neds 9 «OR... 2e0 a4 : es ee m0 Sour Drops; ts patie... 500.06. ee +f Ste ou ee TEGRUO. oo 04s 4 teens ar % off for No. 2. Imperials, in pails 1i |Jute 60ft « 7 99 | Nutmegs, No. 2 .........---. oF |} PELTS gttals, SR on eens ne verted TE ae | 1 am Peeps Simanpame, Weak. || Shearlings. 10 3m FRUITS. CONDENSED MILK. eo 6 white.....30 | Estimated wool, per ® 20 @28 Oranges, Florida, choice............--- Maple 7 50 spud chet gti 25 rune a ee @ 00 Anglo-Swiss.........- (e7Oce @ 7% | Mink, dark........ ... BQ B se “ ancy, eclncre eh 4 (elon 0 eee ee | “ ’ 2 - . golden russets....... @4 00 Rens. Buer. 0.5. 6s. 7% cat See ne em 3 a eat ee THAT on = * $ “es iz | FOWGECTEC .......-+---- oe. mld mlm Ue ae Lemons, Messina, choice, BOO ccc dacs 4 25@4 a — Sn peaks a one 3 Standard Granulated. @6.44 | — a 75@ = : ee BUD. Wea TEL... eee cere eens eset ees 5 : oes @6.44. NN : : fancy, = Sie 4 ei : - rsa § eae eee *% | Confectioners’ A...... @ 6% | Fox, ee aa 1 25@1 50 - ee ee US ee ee 5x@ 5% | 99 Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 14 @is | CltySoda.....2...55.-4, a Big | eee Gunes: crest tenes 5@ 5% | Badger 00 Ge wen SRM cc css Gh aeiees | Sis nee see ie aa ee ore! bee 84 | Cat, wild % a ee ere @ |S. Oyster.............--- a Ae %@5 | Fisher 00 Dates, frails, 50 Ib..........-2-.-02+-b-+s @ City Oyster, XXX............ 5M cx meee | i 00 Sg aki, SM occas eee es se a ml | Siesta. daxk... .. 00 « Fard, 10-1. box.....-+.2000++++- @10 CREAM TARTAR. Granulate oe aa =a\°"« ae 5 . hehe 5 Boag | eerily Pures---v-vors+ Bt) Ritohen, 8 doz, in box..... 8 80 | err 4 00 é wae DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. Hand, 38 thee 2 50 | one = Almonds, Tarragona. ........++01+++++- @16 | Apples, sun-dried..... 5 @ 5% ome canae = | Beaver ... : EV OCA: ie eee ee tect ise ene @15 “ eyaporated.... @ 8% | Silver Thread, 15 gallons. [nn | Geecsum...... . go - Californie sis. <0 cess sender 15 @16 | Apricots, “ -...15 @16 “ — © 4a | peickine per lb... oe Pens as @i1% | Blackberries‘ —......---- i SYRUPS. "sae ae das in 7 Walnuts, Grenoble. .........-..-. a @15i4| Nectarines “ .....--..- 14 |Corn, barrels...........--- @27 | onl Pp No. 1 skins . “ qonitems Se Ne as a) @13 Eeaches He deeeereee 14 oa omnes pesrels.... @x9 y- ecans, Texas, H. P........- seeeeeeeees 10 @i3 MO i ene seer oe re Sugar, bbl.........-- | WOOL. PEANUTS Raspberries“... ..= --- - half barrel....30@38 | Washed... ...........-++- 30 Fancy, H. £., Bells... 2... -. 2... 2.05 -- BB% DRIED FRUITS—Citron. SWEET GOODS. | Unwashed...... ......-.. 12020 “ * * Roasted....... ha awe ee @10% Evra skies ees e Ginger Snaps Lao wile a ae 8 MISCELLANEOUS. Fancy, H. P., Suns........---...sseeeeee @ 844 | In boxes.......-.--.--- Sugar Creams......... 8% | Tallow ............--+: 3 @ 3% «Roasted ..........5.. @10% DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Frosted Creams....... 8% | Grease butter......... 2 @3 @hoice;, HP. Oo. 5. 5 ogo ipo sts nse @ 7%| Zante, in barrels...... Graham Crackers..... 8 ae 1%@ 2 se MSS ROMSUOE 65s es see cca @9%!' “ inilessquantity @ 6% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8 las iad 2 Be. £0 Drugs & Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Y eo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Pevvrs Sec Vernor, Detroit. asurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. eetings during 1890—Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5; Star Island, July land 2; Marquette, Aug. 13 and 14; Lansing, Nov. 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; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, EastSaginaw; 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. nd Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. sident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmacentical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Questions Propounded South Dakota Pharmacists. At the recent examination session of the South Dakota Board of Pharmacists, the following questions in materia med- , botany, chemistry and pharmacy rere used : 1. What is meant by an impalpable powder ? 2. Define analysis? Synthesis? 3. What isa sulphide? asulphite? a sulphate ? “TOOKING FORWARD.” NOT BY BELLAMY. From the Formulary. [The conversation reported in this chapter was not recorded by Mr. Bellamy in his book ‘‘Looking Backward”’ but is supposed to be a truthful statement of the condition of Pharmacy in the year A. D. 2000.] When I awoke the next morning, after taking the draught Dr. Leete had pre- pared for me, I felt very much refreshed, from the peaceful slumber I had enjoyed, and had none of those peculiar feelings | which usually result from a hypnotic | medicine. After breakfast was over the Doctor invited me into the conservatory which opened upon a beautiful garden in which were a great variety of plants entirely new and unknown to me. T remarked to the Doctor of this, and asked him to explain tome why it was that the plants and flowers’ with which I was familiar were nowhere to be seen— but in their places varieties entirely dif- ferent than anything I had ever noticed. He answered my query with a smile, saying, ‘‘O, this is my botanical garden. The plants you see here are all Medicinal plants from many quarters of the globe and I raise them that I may become better acquainted with their properties and medicinal uses. I have an abun- dance of time at my disposal for such work and am much interested init. My investigations in this direction have already been of considerable value to their greatest pleasure is derived from its study, and as it is fascinating to those who are interested in it, they are promptly on hand when off duty, making experiments, componnding preparations, listening to instructions from the pro- fessors, ete. Chemistry, Pharmacy, Botany and all the allied sciences are regularly taught by the professors in each pharmacy, and it is considered by the students a great hardship to be de- prived of any of the opportunities af- forded them to gain instruction in this manner.”’ “In former time, students attended Colleges of Pharmacy for that purpose,”’ Iremarked. ‘‘Are there no Colleges of Pharmacy now?”’ “No, the pharmacies in the larger cities-and towns, as I have described take their place. The instruction is much more thorough and practical than it formerly was in the Colleges. Each student is required to do his practical; | work in the pharmacy which gives him a much better understanding of the busi- ness than would otherwise be acquired.’’ “But how do those engaged in the business in the country gain their know- ledge,’’ I inquired. ‘That is what I was about to explain,”’ he answered. ‘‘Those who wish to be- come pharmacists in smaller places where there are no advantages as I have described, are privileged to learn the business at the pharmacies of the larger towns and cities. It is the aim of every student to become a manager of a phar- retailers should get more in the habit of borrowing from their interior banks and discounting their bills with the jobbers. The retail dealers would then soon ascer- tain the fact that banks do not loan money without interest, and this should teach them that the charge of the jobber is perfectly correct and just, and that it should not be objected to, but paid with- out question. There is another point in relation to the above that retailers should not overlook, and that is that many job- bers are compelled, from the lack of capital, to borrow money from their city banks, in order to carry their customers and meet their own bills, and interest must be paid on every dollar they bor- row. If retail dealers would borrow from their local banks and discount their bills, jobbers could run their business on from 25 to 30 per cent. less capital. Dis- count all your bills for one year and see how much money you will save. It will be enough to pay for a good clerk. If all retail dealers would adopt the plan of sending out monthly statements, the same as jobbers, it would facilitate their making collections. Most retailers send out statements twice per year, and frequently an account gets very large during that time, consequently it is much harder for the consumer to pay, and, to go still further, it is just so much harder for the jobber, who suffers from lack of collections on the part of the retail dealer. I note with pleasure that some retailers have already started in the good work of sending out monthly state- ments, and reports have reached me that it works splendidly, that it makes col- lections better, and that it is growing in favor with the consumer, who was at first inclined to take exception to it.. If every retailer in the United States would turn over a new leaf on the ist of Janu- ary, 1890, and send out monthly state- ments, such a revolution would take place in collections that both retailers and wholesalers would be astonished. The small dealer would make more money by discounting his bills, and the jobber would save interest by running his business: on less capital. Do not wait for your neighbor and competitor to start in this good work, but commence yourself and others are sure to follow. <2 << Sideboards. Lady (in furniture store, to new clerk) —Where are those handsome sideboards that you had last week ? Clerk (embarrassed) — Oh, I—er—I shaved them off day afore yesterday, ma’am. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Gum Opium—(po), Gum Camphor, Ergot—(po). Declined—Balsam Tolu, Turpentine. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of —-DRUGS— Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries, Dealers in Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints We are Sole Proprietors of WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY. 4, What are confections ? our profession by proving and introduc- | ™4cy- Those who attain that end are ACIDUM. Antipyrin ...... 1 35@1 40 5. Why should acids never be pre-| ing severalnew and important remedies.’’ looked upon with great respect by the} aceticum...... ...... 8s@ 10 oan ak wtetes tees @ % scribed with licorice ? We had stopped before a sort of vine | People. The profession of pharmacy | Benzoicum German.. 80@1 00 nae ee ee ie ‘ hi : ae var with | stands as high as any of the professions; Boracic ....-.-------- 30 : aap - 5@ 7 te 06. What is the common name of liquor! which bore an immense OV al flower with r : Garpolieus (003 00 40@ 45 i i 3: | Balm Gilead Bud . B8@ 40 jodi compositus? Ceratum plumbi sub-| five cream-colored petals ranged around and those who attain to that honor are) Gijricum ...........--. B0@ 55 hee careag Paar com... @ 15) Bismuth S. N.........2 10@2 0 aa ig i i +,.| Supposed to be very well informed, not| Hydrochlor .........-- 3@ 5) Petass Nitras, opt. 8@ 10| Calcium Chior, 1s, (% : tat a center filled with countless, long vio y vee ae if is $ ’ : : : : Potass Nitras WS) 1s tgs, 1) 00. We have in stock and offer a full : an . only in their business but Nitrocum *........---- 10@ 12 : 3, 748; on ae eg offer a line of 7. What is an alkaloid? a glucoside ?| let-hued stamens. The flower was many | 004) : — own business but ON SCleN-| 9 oiicum .......sse+- 10@ 12/| Prussiate.... 25@ 28| Cantharides Russian, 8. What two ointments should not be| times larger than any I had ever seen tific subjects generally. They must pass Phosphorium dil...... 20 | Sulphate po........... 15@ 18 re Se @1 75 made with an iron spatula? before—nearly as large as a carriage | 4 VeTy rigid examination before a Board gc cae in ag 1 — - RADIX. paici a g 18 Whiskies, Brandies, 9. What is a volatile oil? a fixed oil?| wheel—and | was speechless with amaze- | appointed for that purpose and none are} 7 icum.......-.....1 40@1 60 | Aconitum ............- 20@ 2% - “ Bo ae 10. What is a neutral principle ? ment as the Dr. continued. ‘This is a| @llowed to assume the duties of manager} Tertaricum..........-- 40@ 43 ooo po = ae (po. 28) 23@ 25 Gins Wines, Rums 11. What is comminution; desiccation; | native of the Phillippine islands, where of a pharmacy until they are perfectly ee Sin, po. @ 25| Cera Alba, ee -. eg 5 3 ie deliquescence; distillation; destructive | it flourishes at an altitude of 2,500 feet competent to do so. ! Aqua, 16 deg.........- 3@ 5|Calamus......... -. 20@ 50| Cera Flava........ 8@ 30 distillation; digestion; decantation; di-| above the sealevel. Itis called Rafflesia “You will readily understand that by| “«''’ 4g deg.......... -4@ 6 Gee ae ite e cat ore @ 40 alysis; efflorescence; elutriation; exsicca- | Schadenbergia, the largest flower known. this system only thorougly educated Ecos le cue 4 = Hydrastis an a. g 5 tion; emulsion; effervescence; fractional| A single blossom weighs from 20 to 25 — are in _— = ae ae eT hoe cai OT if 46 Cetaceum ... @ 35 distillation; filtration; granulation; ley-| pounds. It was from this flower that the assistants as are interested In an € ANILINE. ehepore, Als, po.--- oroform ........... 50@ 55 : : ° @etion: maceration; precipitation; per-| draught you took last night was pre- for the work are engaged in it; therefore | Black........--..------ 2 —-s ee ms ea —— of 00 Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & Co.. colation: solution; sublimation; tritura-| pared. It has no equal as a perfectly the public can depend upon intelligent ee 45@ 50 | Iris plox (po. 20@22).. 18@ 20/ Chondrus ............. 20@ 25 tion ? harmless soporific.”’ service wherever they may go for their] yanow 1222122121 11..5-2 50@3 00 meer ager see = = —_— z&W Lb@ Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash 12. What action takes place in mixing| ‘‘I have been wondering Doctor,’’ said medicines. ! ae Podophyllum, po...... 15@ 18| Corks, list, a os 4M 10 : : a salt with a strong acid ? I. “how the Pharmacy business is*con- In my day, owing no doubt to compe-| 1 fo) Repel has 00) cent... ; Whisk and Dru t : EF it a . 2 . titi = b * i d ll ki t t Cubeae (po. 1 OO; =o... 85@2 a ii @ 60 Y ggis S&S avVoril e 13. Why should alkalies never be| ducted under the present order of things: | ° 1on in business and all see ing to get| Juniperus .......------ s@ 10| * = oe ee = och oe eee @ 50 mixed with the salts of the metals} When I was here before, I was quite a their share, cutting of prices was quite) Xanthoxylum........- 2@ 30 Gpieelin "" as@ 53| —— @ 2 Rve Whisk proper ? frequent customer of the druggist, trying prevalent and adulteration of goods very siteeuun, __| Sanguinaria, (po 25).. = @ 20| ees = _ YY SKY. 14. How many minims in an ounce of | all sorts of prescriptions for insomnia, ae requiring legislation by the = See == —— eee ee 40@ e oa oe @ 8 B : He i : g : : Sr Lt 30) | Seneca... 2... 60@ 6b! Crocus i 35@ water ? before I finally hit upon Hypnotism as a = a “ail ~~ — — Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50 | Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Cudbear........... @ = 15. What is meant by assay ? remedy, and to which I owe my present | Peop!e Dy supplying interior OF SOPAIStI”| Tolutan ......----++++- 40@ 45, “ “ M @ 2| CupriSulph..........: 8S@ 9 i 16. — E used in liquorice prepara-| appearance anes: o- relic of the oa ee ee oe el . CORTEX. Scanian Bat piece Ether Sulph oe — = We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. tions, and why ? past century. Vhen we were at the ee ) 2 : 5 ; i $5) Hinery ail fumes _ 68@ W i nal i 4 Gua 17. From what is carbolie acid ob-| general store yesterday, I saw nothing that such was the state of affairs in the Soo aeeaae a oT a _ Goi te oe $ = See: _ oe: @ : ee Siena tclaga Attention to Mail Orders and - ined? Gallic acid? Salicylic acid? | that corresponded with my ideas of a| Nineteenth century. But with the aboli-| Cinchona Flava _-.-------- a a ee 50@ 55 Al . : 18. Name a preparation incompatible| pharmacy, and, in fact, I do notsee how tion of competition in trade this was en- a. a no as == — - = ae ! 3S 15 : 1 orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day We ré= with Fowler’s solution ? such a business could well be conducted, | titely done away with. The Nation, Paces Gig eas 12 Gambier........... 7%@ 3y, | COlVe them. Send in a trial order. 19. From what is citric acid made ? on the same basis as other mercantile sian o stage cin Pe - ope Quillaia, BIG. ... eee eeeee eee ce egg as Gelatin, Cooper... @ 9 20. What is blue vitriol? White} pursuits.” quality that can be obtained, and as all) Sassaras cand 12)...... ium (graveleons) .. ee ee vitriol ? “You are right,” saidhe. “Under the|Who are engaged in business, have | Ulmus Po (Ground 12).....- - — “3 = eke 10 per ; 21. To what does cherry laurel water | improved order of things Pharmacy is a assured support, and business is not done La Carui, (po. 18)....-.--. &@ 12/ Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 owe its activity ? profession. to make money but to supply the needs| Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25) Cardamon.-... — - SE dgg viens 13@ 25 99, What sait of iron is formed when| “I understand that in your day the|°f the people, it naturally follows that] yaematox,15Ib. box.. 11@ 12 Cannabis Sativa.......3%@ 4] Grana Paradisi....._.. = = 3 iron is dissolved in hydrochloric acid? | Pharmacies, or Drug stores as they were | there is no incentive to furnish inferior AB. eee ee eee i > a oe a ’ i “ a ad : oa Q Q 7 cc aie 23. How is ferric chloride made? ealled, not only sold medicines and pre- drugs and as the managers have no profit i ee eo 7 Dipterkx Odarate ‘ fot = ydraag sca eee » @ % a W : a «os : oe | e in the business, everything bein up- 4 i ‘ 2 = GRAND RAPIDS »4, What is adeodorizer? Disinfec-| pared prescriptions, but kept a large ule s 8; y g & sup pte Foeniculum..... @ 15 ° Ox Rubrum = @i1 05 : MICH. tant? Antiseptic ? variety of toilet goods, sundries, fancy | Plied at the price named by the Nation, face @ 15| Focnusreek, po..... - 8 “« Ammoniati.. _@1 15 25. What is an acidulous radical ? goods, cigars etc., from the profit of = public secure the benefit of the best earns mal a @3 50 an ‘grd, (bbl. 4)... i = i = = 26. Why are some salts acid in re-action | which they derived a large share of their | SCT Vice and best goods that can be ob-| Citrate Soluble........ @ 80| Lobelia.”...... ec, 35@ 40| Ichthyobolla, Am. _../1 a1 50 ce R while others are alkaline ? support. When the order of things was tained, at a nominal cost.”’ ———— Sol.... = az Pharlaris Canarian.... 344@ 4% | Indigo........... . %@1 ‘ gogue; a diaphoretic; a cholagogue; an| articles as were necessary for their pro- assured of the purity of the drugs they) sinica ..........ee 14@ 16 | Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 tx ken a = Your Bugey a A : : f eas ea sae 6 i, W., D. Co.. I : a emollient; an astringent; a tonic; an| fessional wants and uses. You can purchase, and physicians can depend | Anthemis ..........+++ 30@ 38 i D. F.R.....1 %@2 00} drargiIod.......... : @ Nn i emetic; an alterative; a demulcent; anj| readily see that the business of dispens- | UPOD uniform results from their use. I| Matricaria ...... ..-.. 30@ 35 wae ee 1 10@1 50| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 for anesthetic ? ing drugs and preparing medicines and| Would like to inquire, however, what FOLIA Juniperis Co. O. T....1 — % Magnesia, Sulph (bbl spereeeecnatemuine iB oa c 2 < ig =e sys l,l cc Ul ........,.mlmtrt ri isCOsOs—sOs—SCsOCOCOr re OO ..LCU...rtrtCtC i‘ i é FE ek A noo olnl ono oa g e 30. What are anthelmintics ? prescriptions, could not well be included | disposition has been made of Patent ee cata. tin 10@ 1?) ssacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00| Mannia, §. F. 1.217177 Fe Es 75 cts. A sure cure for the #31. What poisonous impurity is often| in the general mercantile business of the Medicines which were very extensively ee capes 25@ 28 | Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50| Morphia, S. P. & W.. 2 85@3 10 : : und in crude antimony ? nation. It required closer contact with|USed in our time.” Q « Alx. 3@ 50 Bt = ee i 25@2 00) C. Co ae 85@3 a Russian Malady 1S 32. What acid is contained in oil of | the purehaser than is admissable under ‘I know but very little about them,” Salvia officinalis, _ et 2 Moschus Canton... ; @ ” : . bitter almonds ? the general system, and it also requires | the Doctor answered, ‘‘as they have not as 8@ 10 giccraciy Myristica, No.1.....-. 70@ 7 selling like Hot Cakes. 33. To what class of oil does coca but-| thoroughly experienced and competent | been in use during my life, but I am ‘ ES Florida sheeps’ _— oo oe (po 20).. @G@ = 9 ira E ie eos . i , 2 rec : Carriage 2.028. 25Q@2 I - HEpla............-. ter belong 2 Pharmacists to conduct it, therefore, in- | informed that when the change was] 4 cacia, ist picked.... @100| Nassau eee wool Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. i i . 34. Is ferri phosphas a ferrous orferric| stead of the great multitude of Drug|™a@de, transferring all the trade to the eer oa eee a iage - 2 Se 2 Order a sample dozen of your jobber. g ee : earmage (2121.62... 200) ee ee @2 00 y J salt ? stores prevalent in your day we now Nation. that a few of the leading patent oS “©... @ 80} Velvet extra sheeps’ Picis Lig, N. C., % gal : Price $8 d Ors i It : J J ‘OL : oe ee eat @ 6 a E oa. ot u e $8 per doz. Or sent prepaid to any 35. Is ferri sulphas a ferrous or ferric} have but a very few Pharmacies, which medicines were retained to supply the M ieee Bg eee eee oe ; tis eke 2 ee ls recei 2 i a i ae fe : i j : PO eee ae 75@1 00| Extra yellow sheeps iq., quarts ..... . @1 00 part of the U. S. on receipt of $1 or six salt? are devoted entirely to the dispensing | Wants of the people, but, when they] Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60] carriage............. SSP ping @ 7 ACME a f 36. What is meant by colation ? and preparation of medicines.”’ ceased to be advertised, and crammed; ‘ Cape, (po. 20)... @ = Grass sheeps’ wool car- i = ne (po. 80).. @ 50 or $5. 37. From what are antipyrin and anti-| ‘“‘How many Pharmacies are there now | down the throats of the people, so to Catecta, ts, Cae 14 8; Odense #8 | Piper Alba, (D0 $5) @ 3! f White Lead and febrin prepared ? in Bosten?’’ I inquired. speak, they soon died a natural death| 6) ..0..0.. 0.0... @ 1 | Yellow Reef, for slate "| Pix Burgun.......005. @ 7 Coler Works i ha Gri e" Medicine Co 38. From what is lanoline prepared ? “There are eight besides one large|@nd ceased to be known except by the} Ammoniae .--.-..-..-- @ = USC oe. esses cece eee 1 40 ——— fore --, M@ 15 : eee eerie Pp ? ; 39. What is produced if hydrogen is| general supply store from which all ar- legends written on the rocks, some of — sinha a % keiecctinl. Pyke bene a 10@1 20 DETROIT, MICH. STREET ES 252 Grandville Ave., burned in oxygen ? ticles required by the Pharmacies are which even now, remain, to tell the| Gamphore...........-- bo@ SC | Aeeacia joe ss ol 50| , & P. D. Co., doz..... @i 25 GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. 40. Distinguish between a chemical! obtained.’ dweller of the present age how credulous| Euphorbium po .:.... 35@ 10/ Zingiber ..............+.+++- 50| Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ 35 element and a compound ? “Why, in my time there were over| Were his predecessors of the past cen- os es woe op ee . Quine 8b 6 W Pd Ge =. 41. What is understood by water of| three hundred,” I exclaimed. ‘How is tury.” Guaiacum, (po.65) ... @ 50| Auranti Gortés.............. 50|, \, 3 German... 37@ 417 erystallization ? it, that only eight pharmacies are now | ‘But, Doctor,’? I replied, ‘‘in our day | Kino, (po. 25)...------ - . Rhei Arom.............+-... 50 _—— Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 P OLISHIN A 42. What preparation of arsenic is| sufficient for the wants of the people?’ patent medicines were a great boon to| svn (po 45) 1.22... @ ee 50 Salacin sd sop 00 5 < REGIS COMBINED contained in Fowler’s solution ? “You will understand,’ he answered, |the poor. A great share of the people} opii, (pe. & 50)... ...4 1004 25 | Senega ...........-.. Ort! 59] Sanguis Draconis... 6 50 Se etscsctistnshad ste ts 43. What are herbaceous plants? Ar-| ‘‘that in your time the drug business was | could not afford thedical attendance and| Shellac .. ........--+- TR TO SING ss oo see soe ens ae] SRO 2. 6s 5s. @A 50 Sa eee Oma borescent plants? carried on aS a mercantile business, | had todepend upon patent medicines to ma a aa an - * CO... eee eee cere ees = a Race — a The Best Furniture Finish in the Market. Best on the Market. 44. What is a pepo; a drupe; a pome;| The profits were supposed to be large, | Cure their ailments.”’ ae nasopeduaes a a 6 ae Specially adapted for Pianos, E A STOW 100 Louis St. a seed 2 and many more engaged in it than were | ‘‘Yes, that might have been the case Abeuibioe "95 Seidlitz Mixture... @ Organs and Hard Woods. » Ay K h BRO., GRAND RAPIDS 45. What do plants absorb from the| necessary. When the Nation assumed’ then,” he said, ‘‘but now there are no Eupatorium .....-....------- 20 ae ee Ee 2 = a: — do they give off ? the business it was conducted only for| Poor. With an ample and equal income Lobelia. Ee pac eaass ceikeae, 2 Aconitum Napellis R poeta 60 | Snuff, Maccaboy, De < Polishina Wit somovye tease and dirt, and 46. What is meant by the nascent state| its legitimate use—the dispensing and | for each, there isno reason why people; 5 Sc easy aT lta VO@Ss ..--- 2 ee @ 35 will add a lustre which for beauty | ->>>= s s s s s : as 3 Menta Pipeiie. 08... ge hie 60| s “oe: aa a : of an element ? preparing of medicines. The toilet and | Should be sick from lack of medical at- oe oo LI) 25] “and myrrh.. 60 Sats ces Ge ae & ee =P ere “For Infants and Invaligs- 47. From what is iodine obtained ? sundries trade was transferred to the| tention. The first symptoms of disease} Rue..........--..-----.s000+ 30 = ae 50] Soda et ri Tat san 33 Polishina Se aes a — P GE SY Used everywhere, with jinaualifio _ 48. What is Monsell’s solution ? What} general business. | are promptly met by intelligent and ex- oe = ‘Atrope Belladonna... 80 oes =. Seca 2@ 2% ‘hing is put up in LARGE BOTTLES, || cooked. food, eulted to’ the weakend is Turlington’s balsam ? ‘A few Pharmacies, conveniently dis-| perienced physicians, people do not have y ; Ss aes Benzoias oss. 60 Soda’ — tas = = Polishina and is sold at the moderate price o 3 qh , aes Ee goon, doe aad ea ‘ 49. What is an element; a molecule; tributed. were supuli 4 ith es |to wait for fear of the expense of the : d . ! GO... 2... 50 Soda, Solphass 0/0000) @ 2 Twenty-five Cents. Wooxricy & Co. on every labe an atom ? ’ pplied with everything | neice a : Calemed, Pat.......-.. 55@ 60} Sanguinaria..... 50 is iS ' ' — ie : ee ith 1: known in the line of medicines and physician, consequently, there has been! Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 22| Barosma ............ 50 _ 2 Phat rr? = > Polishina a = ae Ig 50. What salts are formed by the action | chemicals, and put under the charge of | * 8T@4t decrease in sickness and mor-| Carbonate, K. & M_... — 29 | Cantharides......... 7 « Myrcia a e 3 | furniture nuk Gok senor — oo - —- : : competent, experienced pharmacists. | tality. Al being well housed, well fod, en . een oe Ge = « Vini Rect. bbl. oh is for sale by all Druggists, Furni- AYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK 51. What acid do sennaleaves contain?| The chemicals, and galenicals ws ee clothed, not overworked and well OLEUM. ‘ SP i 4 ee ; Polishina ture Dealers, Grocery and Hard- d DETROIT, MICH. r 52. What is phenol ? ee ; ‘treated when sick, you can readily see} Absinthium. ......... 5 O0@> 50 Castor ee 1.00} gp °8s 5¢ sal. cash ten days. ware Stores. IVEST IN 7 oS me . / 10stly prepared at the General Phar-. h y : pa Strychnia Crystal..... 1 500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS 53. To w hat class of preparations do macy or supply store according to stan-| what improvement there would be in the oe “4 45@ = oe te esas vag 50] Sulphur, Subl......... 24u@ 3% BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis- nnin and santonin belong ? aia ed aetek ae ooae ee | general condition of the public in the — ne, er oe = ine! ane a _ 8 cee 24@ 3 HOR SALE WHOLESALE — ~ ae —— a ae municipali- = € : isp Ss she 3 ; | : iV | Anisi ..2......-+-+-00-- me Wee ee : » * ais 4 t 38 3 i i —— bake: class do quinine and mor- therefore uniform throughout the land. | course of afew generations. Why; if} Auranti Cortex....... ‘ @2 50 Commande 50 ee ee ae = secant a ulae ta es bee ae ine p egg a tent i This isaves the Phacmacisin but Hite 6) things keep on improving in the future Gaiiatt foresee er Oar 00 re tose cece teretee tees = Theobromae ...... 2... BOQ 55 HAZELTINE Pi PERKINS DRUG GO,, = — for proceedings supplied without 55. 7 - at 3 a j a as : ee a ee Pe aisle ee ¢:6)9\0'ai 86:6 « U | CUDEDS. ... ce eee cece econ ee 7 ; t i i i iri i Fe Fe phat oxtont ie camphor soluble| do except the furnishing of ernde drugs | 28 they have in the past it will not be} Caryophyili::......... 1 35@1 40 | Digitalis ...0..0000 000 See 9 00@16 00 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 2... in water ‘ : and chemicals and the compounding ot | 1008 before the services of physicians] Cedar .......-......... Sa Gwe 50 Beet ss 7 3 January, 189. S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer 56. Is the tincture of, chloride of iron ocecculies bak el, oF eee | will seldom be required.’’ Chenopodii Sua oe ‘ @! > Gentian Diced cole sipciaolen Wowie s 50 Bbl. Gal . : . a ferrous or ferric solution ? qaived milks « eke fans Wt Gach eee | Our conversation on this subject was/ Ginemelle o las ca 7 eee. 70 = 70 Begin the New Year Right ! ov. OW _ effect has solution upon tem- macy, which are kept busy day and night | prolonged for some time until finally we} Conium Mac.......... 5@ 65) “ ammon.......0..00 60 = a ess = o By using the “Complete Business Register.” SUSPENDED! perature ¢ and are relieved every six hours by re-| Were called by the ladies who were going Copaiba ......-..--++5- 1 20@1 30 | Zingiber ....-...... .....-.- 50| Linseed, pureraw.... 61 64| the best arranged book for keeping a record of 58. May saturated solutions be used as} jays,”? ° Y T€-| to the Art Gallery and wished us to ac-| Glcchthitos 220207. ss “mu toa oy | Lindseed, boiled .... 64 67 a ee ee ee Ae 0D What is the difference bet . “Does the six hours work, then, con- | ey Se mone. eed 2 ane 30 Fer ee 35 w strained... a = the books. Se 2 - g 78 3 og. s rence between Sim-/} ct} oe s : ue | ee ee aultheria ...........- 2 3 erri eo irita Paronnt ete Sa i sae o “ aj and chemical solution ? ee ae St oe Collecting Interest on Overdue Ac Gossipil, Sem. gal bee 50 . a 50 a eee es ee a fa Ze 60. How many solutions of solids can| ‘yes ry : * San i... Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 as Boo LAC any Soi ‘Yes, that is all that is required. | counts. Hedeoma ............. 1 60@1 75 | Myrrh......................- 50] Ochre. vellow Ma: R BS be facilitated ? a Connected with each pharmacy Sa lab-|. When an account is not paid when due, aa 902 00 Opi cam Glee Om i v* OY Ber... 1a 23 CINSENG ROOT. A ih 3 | The Drug Market oratory and library designed for the use| interest should be charged on all excess ro sinc a 5 ee Gamphorated 12.11.7.0._ 50] PSF Woe << 2s ee ee S . e Pom ; : . Ee _ lof the Professors and their students or|time taken. This is right, perfectly | Menthe APE. -..- +++ 0@2 25) “ Deodor.............-..- 2 00) Vermilion Prime Amer- Wholesale Druggists, | + AS yj = : _ se Smee a nor assistants. When they are not on duty, | legitimate and good business logic. Still, nate ee eons . B01 00 —— eens 30 eg ee —— PECK BRO ma__GRAWD RAPIDE. ° => hae fs S is as yet unchanged. Quinine is in large} they are privileged to use the laboratory ™any retailers, for one reason or another, | Myrcia, ounee......... 50|Rhatany .....0..-.....-.---. 50 con tee TOD Sas. ta a M 22 te 5 =e demand and the price is firm. Gum|and library as they desire for experi-| 40 not pay their bills when due, and even Sets fis a, (ga i'35)' 0o 2 sai a ER OE 50| Lead, 'red.............. @U4 She * = we. me camphor has advanced and is very scarce. | Mets or acquiring information.” |in some instances after taking thirty,| Ricnl te etd 2a se ee Whiting, white Span... Gs SN ma 3h — . a z ss x crtnee eee ererees e 3 cae “ : j ae ° x oo) Ht me It can only be had of refiners in a limited| _, But I suppose they do not make use| ee Se ee ee | eee 50| Whiting’ Gilders’...... @90 ae} eB gs . Bals ae | of them to any great extent without be- St©@t complaints if interest is added. eo 00 45 Tae 60 | White, Paris American = 1 00 = < Gv. Balsam tolu is lower. Ergot is| ing required todo so. Having performed Now, there are of course many retailers] Sabina .222122211122111_ 90@1 Oivies "Bo a D> : aoe higher. Turpentine has declined. Lin-| their days’ work I presume they are | WhO, when their bill is about due, if} Santal ...... ......... 3 50@7 00 | Veratrum Veride............ 50 piantes Prenased Pinel ogi 4 See AO 58 seed oil is very firm and another advance | Satisfied to find amusement in some other | they cannot meet it, will write, stating areata, ‘ounce... @ 6 MISCELLANEOUS, Swiss Villa Prepared ar See . o. ce eibsbic Gules ‘acid i ddedinn | SE | they are hard up, ask for a slight exten-| Tiglii......!...... S - @l | tthe Sos WEY. BO 8 aints ..............-1 OO@1 20 | Hi Of Ee : : ns) «There you are much mistaken,” the | $107 and request the jobber to add inter-| Thyme v.00... v...- 40@ 30) 7 °N SES Sug ge 30@ 32) No. 1 Turp Coach..-. 1 10@1 20 ‘a ae a J BG 1 1 LT IN EG higher. Bi-carbonate of soda will be Doctor replied “Those ae S aelant est, but these are the exception and not wien cL aa = Mee a, Se ee Puen ei “711 6e@1 70 ae Cie), cae ama Sessa sae ta: Patek a Be id te : oe a ci . b a he eee ce ak” cg | SRSODEOMAS. .. 047.25 Ge ae pe ee ieee cise | ere Cro hee ae ee aa ni oO icken, Sour or Mo higher. Borax is scarce and tending| Pharmacy as a profession do so because | the rule. However, as that may be, the POTASSIUM. 7) ol 3@ 4 ent tae eon ee, i woot 10 | eae MES LG any climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury upward. Antipyrin is still in small sup-| they like it, not as a means of acquiring wholesale merchant is not a banker, and | Bi Carb..........3...1. t5@ 18] Anneli’ 2700000001. s8@ 60] Butra Turk Damar....1 5501 60 | Bg anna rents |P,' "Sec acotation MARTELL BLACKING ply. a livin i . ae , "Extract from paper read by Jas. H. Davis before the | Bichromate ........... 18@ 14] Antimoni, po.......... 5| Japan Dryer, No. 1 roy aed APIDG NAICH: die on _ | ving, as in your time: Therefore! Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. ee 8 MMMM co ccc cee 37@ 40 C bt Potess 7. sob 60 orp boa = a. 10@ 75 eee Sei ye bene O0., Sole Manuiactarers, Chienge, it. * The Michigan Tradesman LA GRIPPE. The Experience of a Grand Rapids Newspaper Man. Considering how much I am exposed to the variations in temperature of a Michigan winter, is it any wonder that that distinguished foreigner, la grippe, laid, respectively, his icy and his burn- ing hand upon me? I confess with proper humiliation that I had made a joke of la grippe, and His Highness seemed to think I was a good subject for taking a joke. At any rate, whatever the primary and moving cause,I dis- covered one day that my voice, instead of having the soft, lute-like characteris- tic of a man who is afraid to call his soul his own, because he is in the newspaper business, had assumed for its expression arich bass. It soon became necessary for me to make the preliminary remark, ‘“ahem,’? before making a further ob- servation. Then a sense of fullness ap- peared in the region of my nose and forehead, which 1 could not by any stretch of the imagination take to be ideas. At this stage of the march of la grippe I was still disposed to laugh at the puny misery he was inflicting, but the next day the monster, instead of gingerly pinching me with his fingers, grabbed me with his two powerful hands, planted his two massive feet on my breast and took my whole head into his capacious jaws. One minute he was an iceberg and the next a red-hot, writh- ing dragon. I would stand with my back to the stove until I could hear the fat commencing to ‘‘siz,’? and all the time my front elevation would seem to be in Greenland’s icy mountains. Then I would reverse my position until I was warned by the warping of my ribs that I was getting warm, even if I did not realize it. If a person had solicited me for a dollar in aid of indigent Congress- men I couldn’t have been colder. This state of affairs continued until it termi- nated. Then I took an erial flight from Greenland to Africa. Instead of an ice- berg I was a veritable living pillar of fire. Hot? Why, it seemed as if my two feet were being used for furnaces, and into those furnaces were cast the most combustible material. f could seem to feel the flashes of the heat as a few shovelfuls of resin, a bucketful of tar and a pailful of kerosene were thrown upon those fiery beds. To add to the horrors of my situation, I sunk off into a partial doze, and then new troubles assailed me. Just before deciding to go home for repairs, 1 was engaged upon some mathematical calculations—my ex- pense account, or something that re- quired a good many figures. Well, the moment I closed my eyes, hundreds, thousands and millions of figures rose before me. They arranged themselves in all sorts of problems demanding im- mediate solution. For instance: If a person has an annuity of 197-9 cents per day and invests it at 7 14-27 per cent. interest compounded daily, how long a time will it take to accumulate money enough to get a divorce ? Then the figures got to cutting up all sorts of monkey shines. A great fat fig- ure 9 put a little fraction 1-9 on his shoulder and dared any other figure to knock it off. Figure 6 accepted the chal- lenge and then aring was formed and the combatants sailed in with an utter disregard to the Marquis of Queensbury rules. After the scrimmage, 9 had lost his body and 6 his head, and the most in- timate friend couldn’t distinguish one from the other. It wasno use to try toshoo the swarm of figures away. They came through windows, they crowded in solid columns up the stairway and they roosted on the bed posts and made faces at me. How fervently I wished that figures had never been invented. Al! night long these unwelcome guests remained tor- turing me with their ten million combi- nations. My head all this time was a blacksmith shop and great brawny Smithys were pounding and pounding. Did mortal head ever throb, crack and alter- nately swell and contract as mine did? My eyes were not eyes, they were simply little balls of something with a temper- ature raised 1,000 degrees above white heat. But the next day my fever subsided. I was happy then! O, yes, for then la grippe seized me and proceeded to break every bone in my body into a million pieces, and after that was done to rub the broken ends together. Then some sort of milk shake machinery was at- tached to my wrecked body, and after racking me for a few hours one way, the erank would be reversed. I didn’t call for any encores, the forces of la grippe didn’t wait for any invitations, but took complete possession of my human frame divine and made themselves completely at home. After exhausting all the com- binations of physical agony, la grippe gradually loosened his hold and I got up from my bed weaker than my bank ac- count in its most overdrawn condition. The doctor kindly assured me that I was subject to only one dangerous condition. La grippe was likely to mass his forces against the weakest part, hence it might go at once to my brain; but he would drive it into my feet, if possible, where the misery would be more widely dis- tributed. At this writing, with the ex- ception of my nose, which, on account of handkerchief friction, conveys the impression that it is about time I was reforming, I am convalescing and able to be out and to do justice to three meals a day. But let me issue a few solemn words of warning. If any person, male or fe- male, white or black, Republican or Presbyterian, alludes to la grippe asa joke in my presence, I will lay violent hands upon him, her or it, and, standing said offending object in a corner, I will inflict the direst torture that ever made death welcome. I will not pour molten lead -adown his, her or its back; I will not apply the thumbscrew or the rack: 1 will not engage two politicians to discuss the tariff; but I will, yes, I will, read some of my earlier poems, in which I made hogshead rhyme with dog’s dead, and described that muscle known as my heart as an ‘‘aching void filled with ecstatic’? love and all such things. I would show no mercy, for I would con- tinue to read until the hapless victim went to another world where youthful poets do not abound or sank into a mer- ciful condition of lunacy. << —_______—_— The Short-Weight Man. I was reading inthe papers the other day that the ‘‘short-weight’’ man had been arrested and held to bail in Chicago on acharge of swindling. It was all of nine years ago that I saw him play his game in Toledo, and he has not only been at it ever since, but must have laid away a snug little sum of money. Iwas in a large retail grocery house one day when the man came in, briskly enquired for the proprietor, and said: “In connection with the Government effort to shut out all adulterated goods, we are compiling tables to show that 90 per cent. of retail buyers are defrauded in weight. These tables are classified by states, counties and cities, and I re- spectfully request the privilege of exam- ining your scales.’ “But -they have been tested by the city sealer,’’ protested the merchant. “Then so much the better,” replied the stranger, as he took several weights, each of which was stamped ‘‘U. S.,”’ from his satchel. ‘“‘But—I—I—come in later, when I am at liberty. I want to understand this matter more thoroughly.”’ “Oh, certainly,’’ and the man replaced his weights and bowed himself out, to return at another hour and ‘‘arrange mat- ters in a satisfactory manner.”’ I met him fifty times in three years, and, up to that date, no one had ques- tioned his identity as a Government agent, while he had ‘‘fixed matters’? with hundreds of men whose scales had been found short. It was in De Witt, Iowa, that Isaw him last. He entered a gro- cery there, tested a scale without having said a word, and then explained his mis- sion to the proprietor. ‘Is my scale short ?’’ grocer. “Two ounces to the pound, sir.”’ ‘“‘And for seven years I have been giv- ing customers only fourteen ounces to the pound ?”’ **Hxactly.’’ ‘Well, durn my hide. I’ve dropped $300 a year right along, even while doing that, and this satisfies me that I had bet- ter go back to my old trade, which was prize fighting! Now isa good time to begin!’ And he hauled off and knocked the agent clean over a broom rack and under the stove, and then lifted him up and booted him into the street. <9 —<——_———_- A Word With the Merchant. The selling end of your store is prob- ably all right. Your clerks are undoubt- edly polite and anxious to please. Your stock is probably kept in perfect order. The windows shine with elbow grease. The floor-is spotless in its cleanliness. Your show-cases are polished until they shine like the faces in a Sabbath school at Christmas time, But how about the office end? Have you any oflice to which you can retreat for a little private busi- ness chat, upon occasion? Is there any particular place in your store to which all your clerks do not have free access ? Are not your papers scattered about without order, and can you, ata moment’s notice, put your hand on any bill you have received during the past six months? We hope that you have a neat little office, and that you are as systematic in caring for it as we would like you to be, but we are, nevertheless, going to preach to you about the necessity of having such a place and tell what should characterize it. First, we would have it so arranged, if possible without saerificing light and space, that it would be screened from public view. Here we would receive all traveling men, and, so far as possible, look at the samples. Here we would have a desk sacred to the affairs of the head of the house, in which could be sys, tematically arranged the correspondence- bill-files, letter-files, price lists, cata- logues and other papers which one may need at any moment to secure some de- sired information. 'Thedesk should per- mit of locking, and the proprietor should teach the clerks to look upon it as his special property and that it is not to be disturbed by them. We cannot speak too strongly of the importance of pre- serving the catalogues sent by manufac- turers and jobbers. Though they may not seem to contain information which is useful to you tu-day, they will prob- ably be wanted badly beforelong. They will save you from saying a great many “*T don’t knows’’ to your customers. The bill-files are of great importance, too. It may seem to many that a bill has sur- vived its usefulness when the goods have been checked off and the bill paid. It will frequently prove valuable, however, to re-order by, or to settle some point on which memory is not to be trusted. It will often save embarrassing discussions with wholesalers, if you preserve copies of all orders. With the great abundance of cheap and serviceable office furniture to be had, this feature of the store can be made a comfort and a joy. inquired the Successful Salesmen. In June last a large pottery and glass- ware jobbing house in Chicago, says an exchange, sent a circular letter to each of its commercial travelers and offered a prize for the reply which should be deemed best by the majority, the writers remaining unknown to all but the firm, except by number. The following is the substance of the circular: ‘“DeAR Srr—Believing that every salesman has acquired, in his experience on the road, certain facts and methods which have proved most successful in selling goods, and realizing that, as no two men’s experience can be the same, we think if the combined experiences of all ean be brought forward for the benefit of all, that the experiment would lead to decidedly practicalends. Every success- ful salesman on the road has some strong points peculiar to himself, and it would seem as if something new could be found in the experience of twenty men. Inthe majority of cases, the costly experience of years dies with its possessor. ‘‘We, therefore, ask your co-operation in the plan of writing an article cn the following points, ete. : ‘‘First—What constitutes a successful salesman on the road ? *“‘Second—What qualities do you deem most essential to become such ? Respectfully, ete.”’ A few extracts from replies to the above letter are given below: “The successful salesman is the man that knows how to talk, what to talk about, and more especially when to stop talking.”’ “The faculty of holding trade or sell- ing repeatedly to the same people,.is the highest attribute in the condition of a successful salesman.’’ ‘“‘A man who is honest in his transac- tions with his customers, who can make plain to them, in the fewest words, the superior quality of his wares, keeping himself thoroughly posted in the line he represents.”’ ; ‘*Modest in demeanor, neat in appear- ance, energetic, truthful and reliable; of temperate habits; not argumentative; a student of human nature.”’ “The power of entertaining men ina business way and getting them interested in what you have to sell.’’ ‘‘A salesman is the firm’s represent- ative, and should, therefore, be a gen- tleman.”’ “Every man has some article which is his favorite hobby. Get on to that and eater to it for a starter, and lead him on to other goods.”’ ‘When an intemperate man traveling as a salesman, his trade is of the poorest, and his ity is in cor respondence with sonal condition.’ “The country is found class of prosper- his per- merchant is a conun- drum. If you guess him right at first meeting, you will miss him the next time. Never try to ‘stuff’ him with an order or attempt familiarity with him.”’ “Do not present too many various samples at once; it confuses the buyer. A book agent does better with one book than with many.” ‘‘Refrain from any but business talk with busy men.’’ “A common fault is that salesmen, as a rule, give merchants credit for know- ing a great deal more about goods than they really do.’’ “Tell him it costs no more for rent, light, clerk hire, etc., to carry a full line of goods, and as he is also spending his own time, he may as well have the in- ereased profits. A man cannotsell goods if he does not have them.’’ “The practice of usiug ‘leaders’ has several objections. One of the chief is that it gets the same article into too many stores and tends to make dealers cut prices among themselves. It is bet- ter to look over the stock, see what is short, and make some article a leader or nucleus for other sales.”’ “Do not forget the connecting links; that is, when one article is ordered, bring to notice such other articles as will match or complement it.’’ ‘‘Never speak of a competitor in any way. Get the good-will of the clerks, for they can help you.’’ ‘‘When trade is brisk, harder.’ ‘“‘Never abuse competing firms. Leave slow buyers till the last in a town, and let them know the limits of your time.’’ “If a merchant tells you he can buy any article below your price, do not argue with him; try something else. Do not ask if he is in need of any goods, for he will generally tell you he is ‘full up.’ The better wayis to carry some small article and introduce yourself with that before you are told that noth- ing is wanted.”’ ‘Nothing is gained by traveling nights, and the same is true of working Sun- days.’’ The opinion of at least one success- ful commercial traveler (in another line) differs entirely from those given in the last paragraph. He says: ‘‘To succeed nowadays as a traveling salesman, a man must sell days and travel nights when- ever he can save time by it. He must not expect to have things easy, for he eannot do it and win. He must score every point he can, and work like blazes. He is no pleasure tourist, and selling goods on the road is not a pienic.”’ ———_—_—_2 Ae BROOKS & CC. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF Candies. The Only Hovse in the State which Puts Goods Up NE? WEIGHT. = GRAND RAPIDS, mucel” ALWAYS ON TRACK READY FOR QUEEN ANNE, TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, PHEENIX, quantities, sufficienti, Shouid Warmed (not cooked » Goo Butter (size of of fresh milk MOTTLED GERMAN, AND OTHERS, For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current. address, Salesman for Western Michigan, K BOX 173, W, G. HAWKINS, wc Di RECTION = We nave cooked the cornin this can [f d be Thoroughly iB adding pieee of [FS en’s egg.) and gili referable t) water.) Season to suit when on the table. Noue genuine unless bearing the signature vi “Davenport Cannizg Qo, Davenport, Ia. DETROIT SOAP CO., Manufacturers of the following well-known brands: ROYAL BAR, CZAR, MASCOTTE, CAMEO, For quotations in larger GRAND RAPIDS. Rindge, selling the line. 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., Bertsch & Co., MICHIGAN AGENT SFOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. * We carry a full line in stock and guarantee terms and prices as good as any house Correspondence solicited. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. x