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Editor ‘‘Michigan Tradesman” DEAR Sir—In your issue of October 8, I notice a letter from Dr. Baker, Secretary of the State Board of Health, in which he says that my theory of cheese poisoning does not fit the facts, because at the factory at Fruit- ridge—where the most of the trouble arose from poisoned or poisonous cheese-—the patrons did not indulge in the filthy prac- tice of carrying the whey home in their milk cans. If that is the only reason the Doctor can possibly advance for stating that my theory does not fft the facts, I think that I may be able to convince you that my theory may be correct after all, and that the trouble at Fruitridge might have orig- inated from the whey tank. Ido not feel competent to carry ona controversy with the Doctor, for he has the advantage of me, being a scientist, and a statement from him, will go farther than facts from me. But there are certain facts that 1 possess in the knowledge of cheese making, which the Doctor does not understand. If he had I think he would not have made the statement | ae 25. he did in his letter of September As regards the theory of the Doctor and Mr. Horton, Ido not think they will fit the facts, although they both thought of the same cause, independent of each other, and even of the same plant, but have not named it, for fear they might be wrong. I do not blame the Doctor for being cautious under the circumstances, but I think Mr. Horton, being a practical manufacturer, ought to make his plant theory known, and then bring arguments that will give some facts of there being a possibility of such effects be- ing produced. Had they confined the poi- son to the milk, I would have to admit that they had ground for their theory; but when they take it to the cheese, I am compelled to make some statements to show that they are mistaken in their plant theory. Below I give an extract from an article from the pen of Prof. L. B. Arnold, which recently appeared in the New York Trib- une. The facts therein set forth will strengthen the theory advanced by Dr. Bak- er and Mr. Horton, but only as regards the milk. Probably one of the several plants named is the one they have in mina: “The statement published last month that two little children in Connecticut nearly died through drinking the milk of a cow that had been poisoned with Paris green, has been questioned as a supposed impossibility. The objector can not see how the poison could get into the milk, nor how a cow could give milk after being poisoned. These sup- posed impossibilities are facts of frequent occurrence in all dairy sections. Any sub- stance, poisonous, medicinal, or otherwise, that can be taken into the blood will at once begin to appear in the milk and become more and more intense as long as there is a sup- ply in the blood from which to derive an ac- cumulation. The presence of poison in the system tends rapidly to diminish the secre- tion of milk, but not so rapidly as to prevent the poison from being mingled with it. In cases of moderate poisoning the mammary glands, when the animal is giving milk, are the most efficient means of eliminating the poison from the system, and often the milk becomes so charged with it as to seriously poison persons—especially children—using it when the cow herself shows little or no indication of its influence. Numerous in- stances have occurred where cows from eat- ing cicuta, wild carrot, lobelia, and even rot- ten potatoes, have taken in poison enough to cause their milk to terribly sicken and distress those who used it, though the cows themselves showed no other effects than a falling off in the quantity of milk. A moderate poisoning with Paris green could hardly fail to operate in the same way.” I maintain that even should there be pois- onous liquid substances in the milk, as a re- sult of the cows feeding upon poisonous plants, that the chemical changes through which the milk passes in the manufacture of cheese tends to expel such foreign sub- stances, which are retained and carried off in the whey, leaving the caseine free. In my former letter I admitted that rank weeds and plants had their influence upon the caseine, by converting the sugar of milk into grape sugar, thereby producing alcohol- ie fermentation, which creates ammoniacal and carbonic acid gas in the caseine and causes it to float. But if theoperator knows how to destroy those gases, they will have no material effect upon the cheese. Stag- nant and impure water or milk from cows ov- er-heated, will produce the same effect. But should the sugar of milk be destroyed and the albumen be decayed, preventing a per- fect chemical change, then such poisonous substances will be retained in the cheese, and there is not a scientist but will sub- stantiate my statement; and I ask for proof if any of the plants named by Profes- sor Arnold will produce such effectsin the milk either before or after being drawn’ from the cow. I will give you two practical illustrations concerning effects produced by different causes—one by a plant and the other from putty: $ The Michigan 1 . Trade Sman @ PAGES. TEN Cin the season of 1875, in the month of September, I had a vat of milk which did not undergo the necessary chemical change. The coloring did not have the desired effect, and after using a double quantity of rennet, an unnatural coagulation took place. I nev- er had had any such experience before, and did not know what was the trouble; but af- ter a great deal of extra labor and anxiety I made it into something that resembled cheese. The next morning I was very care- ful to examine every can of milk, and the result was, that in one of the cans I found at the bottom a quantity of fresh putty. I then enquired of the patron how the -putty came there. He answered the question by saying that the can had sprung a leak the day before and he had applied that remedy to stop it. Irefused to take the milk, and informed him of my trouble the day before. He laughed at the idea of such a small thing as that making any trouble. The milk that day worked perfectly natural. A few days after taking the cheese from the hoop, I no- ticed a substance leeked from them, which, in color, resembled linseed oil, and after be- ing exposed a short time, it would become very waxy with a very sickening taste. In fifteen days three of those cheese were ship- ped to Liverpool, and one I kept fifteen days longer, and then cut it, and distributed it among the patrons. Some of them threw it away, but those who ate of it became very sick. This was may first experience with poisonous cheese. In 1877, I had changed my location, and being in conversation with the proprietor regarding the sensitiveness of milk and how easily it became tainted, he said that the sea- son before there was milk received at the factory, which as soon as it came to the tem- perature of 90 degrees an odor arose from it which made them sick to the stomach. On further examination I found that some taint was preceptible in the milk when it was re- ceived, but there was something strange about it, as it seldom occurred with the same patron twice; but he could not give me any information as to what caused it. After y= conversation, I took particular notice ofthe milk. It eameinas good as usual, until some time in July, when I received a small quantity of milk, not more than a hundred, pounds, which had a peculiar taint, but on enquiry found that it was from the same source as that which troubled them the sea- son before.. In manufacturing the milk, I kept a register and noted every change. The coloring had the desired effect. The rennet acted perfectly in coagulating this milk, but the taints were very sickening, and in the course of time an alcoholic fermentation tcok place and produced those foreign gases (causing the curd to float) which I did not destroy, as I wished to see what the result would be when the cheese was cured. The next day the milk came as good as_ usual, but a few days after the same taint- was pre- ceptible with another patron’s milk, and the same results were produced, only I destroy - ed those gases, which left the caseine almost free from taint. At that time I noticed there had been a rain the night before, and the owner of this milk told me that while milking the taint was quite preceptible from two of the cows—he had seven in all—but he could not tell what caused the taint. A short time after this, two of the patrons brought tainted milk, which I refused to take. Ihad not discovered, as yet, what caused it, but roticed that just after a rain some of the milk would be affected in that way. 1 examined the water, but conld not find anything which would produce such an affect. I then began to search in the pas- tures and found a strange-looking plant or rather a vine. [never sawa plant like it before. On breaking offa piece of it,a milky substance run from it, and it had the same odor asthe milk. I tasted of it, and I became sick to my stomach. I took some water and poured over this plant and found that the moisture enlarged it and that the supply of milk was greater. I have always thought that the plant was poisonous. I have never found a botanist who could give me any information as to what it was, or to what plant family it belonged. When the cheese made from this tainted milk were cured I cut some of them at the factory for the patrons. They were good and caused no sickness, nor was there any trouble in the curing process. You will see by these illustrations that there were different effects produced. First, where certain properties of the milk were destroyed, by coming in direct contact with foreign substances, and preventing the nec- essary chemical changes, the caseine retain- ed the poisonous substances. Second, where the trouble was produced by a plant, al- though an alcoholic fermentation took place, yet the cheese was not affected. I consider these tests to be sufficient proof that the poisonous substances were expelled. The Dr. takes the ground that because the patrons did not carry the whey home in their cans, it would be impossible for any trouble to arise from the whey tank. Again, he says that at the factory where they made a prac- tice of carrying the whey home in their cans there had not been any trouble known. Yet, I suppose the cows in the locality of Fruit- ridge have fed in the same pastures year after year, and that no trouble of poisoned cheese ever occurred there before. ‘Taking ea aL ae STIR RET ARTISTRY “DIUSRUEERA ee IDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1 884. such arguments, we could write many pages | | From the American Miller. and not come any nearer the facts. Where did those cheese get their poison-_ ous substances that were made in Wisconsin in the month of April? Surely not from | plants. But the patrons carried their whey | | tice in all dairy sections in the Union, and | let the cheese come from what state it may, they are more or less affected with that’ How was it I found the! home in their cans and it is a general prac- whey tank odor. same oils and acids and odors in the cheese | was it the hogs and calves were atfected | with symptoms of poisoning after drinking | the whey? I would like some one to answer | these questions. Ina private letter to Dr. | Baker, I stated that it was my opinion there | were impurities in the atmosphere at certain times and in different localities, and that) there was an affinity existing which would | unite with the poisonous germs left in the | milk cans undestroyed, and that these unit- | ed, coming in direct contact w would produce unnatural decay, preventing | a proper chemical change, and therefore | leaving the poisonous substances in the cheese. Whatever caused the trovble at Fruit- | ridge, I shall not attempt tosay. But in my} case, the poisoning was caused by the whey tank, and from no other sourez. This I am positive of, although there was not a gener- | al poisoning from all factories where the | whey was carried home in their cans. I have stated that there was a possibility that | the poisoning at Fruitridge might have orig- | inated from the whey tank. Itisa practice | with some cheese makers to use sour whey | for the purpose of producing an acid earlier, | and if they have neglected to save it before | it runs in the tank, they will take it from: there, and such might have been the case at'| Fruitridge. | T think 1 have said sufficient as regards my | theory. I hope all those who have a theory, | will write it up with arguments that they | can prove. I have proof that other factories in this State suffered from the whey tank, as several factorymen have written to me, giving me details as to the working of their milk, also saying that it made them sick to work over it, and asking me if I knew what caused it, and how to remedy it. I wrote them that the whey tank was the cause of all the trouble and that the remedy was to clean the tank thoroughly and induce the patrons, if possible, to discontinue carrying) the whey home in their cans, and they found that their trouble came from the tanks. Before I close, I will give some more facts that will not strengthen the plant theory. About three weeks ago, in conversation with a gentleman, he gave me the name of a fam- ily that had been poisoned by eating cheese, in this city. I called on the parties named, who stated that about July 1 they bought a piece of cheese. There were seven in the family and five ate of the cheese, and ina short time they were taken very sick, but did not call medical aid. L traced this cheese | up and found it was some of my own make. A few days after 1 heard of two other fami- lies that had been poisoned with cheese. I called on them, also. There were thirteen in all that were sick. This occurred in the beginning of June. Both cases were very severe, and, fortunately, employed the same physician. In my conversation with the doctor he said that his first impression was that they were attacted with cholera morbus, but on enquiry as to what they had been eating. he was informed that they had been partaking of cheese. He got some of the cheese and took it to a chemist, who made several analyses, which, each time showed indications of salts of lead. I asked the doc- tor if there were any signs of vegetable poi- son. He said there was no indication of vegetable poison, but would not say positive- ly that it was lead, as he and the chemist were not fully satisfied with the test they made, and intended making another test; but before they could do so their samples were destroyed. I endeavored to find out where this cheese was made, but have been unable to do so. These cases were not re- ported to the Board of Health. Now, if these facts will not establish my theory, I will leave it to the scientists to bring facts to prove to the contrary. Yours truly, C. B. LAMBERT. ———2- = A Ticklish Sign. From the New York Sun. “Now,” said the photographer, taking hold of the cloth over the instrument, ‘‘are you all ready?” “Yes,” replied the customer. “Well, just keep your eye on that sign,” he said, pointing to a legend on the wall which reads ‘Positively No Credit,’ and 9 <<. _____- After the Ceremony. “Thank heaven, the fuss is all over,” said the groom, “andI have you all to my- self.” : “Yes,” returned the happy bride, “and now let us take one last look at the wedding presents before pa sends them back to the jewelerers.” ——__ << There are said to be more than a million cattle in the different herds grazing in Mon- tana. A patent fence factory isa new industry at Coldwater. ith the milk,;. only be a matter of conjecture. | traditions. | it was fit for use. Tale in Flour. Through the columns of the Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., the fact is made known of con- siderable indignation on the part of a mill- ing firm of St. Louis, Mo., to whom a cireu- lar and sample of their ground tale was sent by a tale and soapstone company offering to sell, on board ears, fine, white, ground tale at from 114 to 214 cents per pound, accord- ing to the quantity taken. This was under- stood to imply that this mineral powder was : 7 : being used by illers of St. Louis as were found inthe whey tank, and why | g used by the millers of St. Louis for adulterating flour. The secretary of the com- pany admitted that they were scattering gen- erally through the country these samples, ete., of a very valuable article in manufac- turing, as a species of lubricant for machin- ery; that these samples and circulars iad been sent to milling companies, but not knowingly to flour mills, The secretary re- marked that it was a harmless powder, | seventy per cent. being magnesia, which is used in drug stores. But itis a perfectly indigestible silicate, and, although not a poison like arsenic, it is liable by insolubil- ity to clog up the intestines, and is much out of place there, especially in lieu of fiour. The St. Louis millers are rightfully indig- nant. While there are no grounds fora sus- picion of any adulteration in the famous winter wheat flour of that prominent milling center of the Southwest, the detection of the gross mineral adulterations of flour, when once suspected, is so easy, requiring no ex- pert knowledge, while once detected their ef- forts would be to utterly destroy the busi- ness of those so engaged, that it may be safely taken for granted that no flour leaves any of our reputable mills with this or any other adulteration. with unscrupulous middlemen, in its dis- tribution among the tower classes, such as What may be the ease inhabit the slums of our great cities, can The pulver- ized tale, above referred to, is made from a kind of soapstone, which is much softer than terra alba, pumice stone or any of that class of earths, and being often of snowy white- ness, might be mixed with flour by some contemptible, unprincipled small dealer without affecting the appearance of the meal and perhaps suit the stomach of a ‘“‘clay- eater.” So <> Bread From Acorn Flour. Correspondence San Francisco Chronicle. The Indians scattered along the foot-hills of the Sierra are a quiet, inoffensive people. They do not appear to be governed by any tribal laws, yet adhere to many of their old One or two men of superior abil- ity and industry form a nucleus around which others less ambitious gather. Hence they fence with brush and logs a tract suf- ficient for their requirements of hay-making, pasturage, ete. Although they often indulge in the food of civilized nations, the acorn is still a favorite article of diet in every well- regulated wigwam. The process of convert- ing this bitter nut into bread is curious. Un- der the branches of a grand old pine I found them at work. They had shucked and ground in the usual manner a large mass of the acorn meats. A number of circular vats had been hollowed out of the black soil, much in the shape of a punch-bowl. Into these was put the acorn pulp. At hand stood several large clothes-baskets filled with water, and into these they dropped hot stones, thus heating the water to the re- quired temperature. Upon the mass of crushed bitterness they carefully ladled the hot water, making it about the color and con- sistency of cream. Not a speck appeared to mix. A buxom ‘‘muhala” stood by each vat, and with asmall fir bough stirred the mass, skillfully removing any speck that floated upon the surface. The soil gradually absorb- ed the bitter waters, leaving a firm, white substance of which they made bread. I ask- ed to taste it, at which they said something in their language and all laughed. I asked again, and after more laughter I was handed a small particle on a fig leaf, and found it sweet and palatable. They began to remove it, and so adroitly was this done that but a small portion adhered to the soil. They spread it upon the rocks, and in a short time This, I am told, they mix with water, put it into thin cakes, and bake before the fire. —_—_—_——_>- a A Cocoanut Crop in Danger. From the Boston Advertiser. The attempt to account for the milk in the cocoanut may be postponed for a season, in view of the threatened danger to the cocoa- nut itself. It appears that the ‘‘cocoanut bug,” an old enemy, which first appeared five years ago in the western part of the island of Cuba, is again doing frightful damage to trees. Thousands of cocoanut trees have been destroyed, and the bug is slowly but steadily advancing east. Several ingredi- ents have been pointed out by naturalists as effective in checking their devastation, but little heed has been taken of the indications, and itis feared by many that the bug will eventually reach Baracoa, the consequence of which to the product is looked upon with alarm. <> -o-
One New York firm receives the bulk of
the alligator-skins which are shipped from
the south. Pocket-books, cigar and card
cases, satchels, and a great variety of arti-
cles are made of the skins. As these all
bring a round sum, and as the hides pay the
hunter only a dollar apiece, the tanner and
the manufacturer must divide snug _ profits,
even after the freights are paid.
9 >
Several prominent New York manufac-
turers of macaroni have been arrested and
fined for using chromate of lead, a poison,
to produce the yellow color which was for-
merly produced by eggs and then saffron.
Saffron is worth $16 per pound, eggs are
dear, and chromate of lead is only six cents
per pound.
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The achievements of the camera grow
more impressive every day. A Dakota pho-
tographer has succeeded in obtaining a good
picture of a cyclone.
New Lumbering Locality.
The new lumbering center about ten miles
west of Hobart in Lake county, is likely to
grow to considerable proportions, the popu-
lation already numbering 200 people. One
hundred and fifty men are employed by
John Canlfield, who is logging and trans-
porting about 50,000 feet of timber to Pine
River each day, over a narrow guage rail-
way, six miles in length. N. Slaght & Co.
have purchased the shingle mill of Mr.
Sprague, together with 1,200 acres of pine
purchased of them about a year ago, and are
running it on full force, turning out about
40,000 shingles per day. They have also
put in a general stock of goods for the con-
venience of their employes and other work-
men and settlers in that vicinity. W. F.
Stuart is also operating his shingle mill,
which has the same daily capacity as: the
Slaght mill. The product of both mills is
being piled, preparatory to the construction of
a spur railway track from Hobart early next
season. N. Slaght & Co. own 9,000 acres of
pine in one tract, and control 9,000 acres ad-
ditional, which they hold on contract from
John Canlfield. The settlement is fast at-
taining a position of business importance,
and steps will shortly be taken to secure the
location of a post-office there.
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Elmira Gazette: W. W. Middaugh has
been fixing up his store building to be occu-
pied with a stock of boots and shoes.
How the Hatter Made Money.
“You hatters mus av
of money out of the election.”
“How?”
‘Why, so many hats bet. It must have
made your business boom.”
“But it hasn’t. You see one man gets trust- |
ed a hat and pays a bet with it.” |
“Yes.”
|
“Then that man turns it over to another |
to pay his bet.”
“Oh! I see.”
“And then after it has taken a turn of the
whole community it gets back to the first
man, and he comes in and says _ he believes
he won’t keep it and wants credit for it on
his account. Oh, yes, we make a bushel of
money out of election bets, we do.”
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Purely Personal.
Harry Winchester, formerly of this city,
is now correspondence clerk for Lynn, Dun-
ning & Co., of Detroit.
D. 8S. Hopkins, the architect, has detailed
designs and descriptions, in the November
number of the Builder and Wood-Worker,
of a $8,800 veneered cottage.
John Caulfield, the veteran grocery job-
ber, left yesterday for a tour of the North-
ern trade of his house, to be absent about
two weeks. He is accompanied by Manley
Jones, his regular traveler through that ter-
ritory. Mr. Caulfield has not made an ex-
tended trip of this kind since two years ago.
OYSTERS
AT
WHOLBSAL E.
We are receiving daily, direct from Baltimore.
FRESH OYSTERS, in quanti-
ties to supply the trade of Northern Michigan. Our
Oysters are canned in Baltimore by the well-known
and reliable packers,
W.R. Barnes & Co.,
As soon as caught, thereby retaining the sweetness |
and flavor which makes this bivalve so palatable and
makes them far superior to the goods sold by other
dealers, which are shipped in bulk and canned in
this city, after being from five to ten days out of the
water.
We claim superiority for our goods, both in
Quality and Quantity.
“The proof of the pudding is in chewing the
string.” Send in your orders and they will receive
our prompt attention.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS.
EATON & GHRISTENSOK,
77 Canal street,
Grand Rapids,
Mich
Choice Butter a Specialty !
BANANAS, LEMONS, EGGS, CHEESE, VEG-
ETABLES, APPLES, CIDER.
Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.
M.C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids,
F.J. LAMB & COMPANY,
— WHOLESALE
Putter,
Cheese,
DEALERS IN-——
Eggs,
Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.
State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.
NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS. - MICHIGAN.
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Wholesale Grocer,
85, 87, 89 Canal Street,
GRAND RAPIDS - MICHIGAN.
I desire to call the attention of the trade to the fact that in the territory tributary
to Grand Rapids, I cannot and will not be undersold. There is no conceivable reason
why Chicago, Detroit, New York or Boston should be able to place groceries in Grand
Rapids’ territory. I certainly buy my goods as cheap as jobbers located elsewhere.
Many large houses still purchase extensive blocks of goods as in war times. I pur-
chase as the wants of my trade demand, and am, therefore, in the existing condition
of trade, better able to sell goods at the lowest prices. The difference in the percent-
age of cost to sell goods in Chicago, Detroit, Boston and New York, and what it costs
me would in itself make a handsome profit. I am anxious to obtain as large a share
as possible of the near-by and home trade; and shall be pleased to furnish samples
and quotations. Mail orders are especially solicited and lowest market prices on every
order received is guaranteed.
‘Teas.
The present is a good time to place your orders for Japan Teas. 1 have several
invoices in transit, including basket fired and sun dried, my own importations. Please
send for samples before purchasing elsewhere, or order a sample chest, subject to your
approval. I wish to have it understood that all tea orders will be filled subject to ap-
proval; and if not satisfactory, after examination, the goods can be returned andIwill
stand all expenses incurred, including outward freight.
Coffees and Spices.
I have already called attention in the columns of THE TRADESMAN to my new brands
of Roasted Coffees. The marked and deserved success of this department is the very best
evidence of the merit of the goods. I devote much time and attention to the selections
for roasting and blending, and GUARANTEE better values than are those furnished by
Eastern parties, or no sale.
‘Eome Reasted Rid. 60s bec ose 14
Prime A ee ee ee 16
Select MArAGAIDO. 7.0066 oe oe 6 ew cc ee es eee 18
Imperial Roasted (a blended Coffee)... 2.0.22... 0. cee cece cece eee 18
OG Roasted Java oo a cc ak. ee cane aig 23
Mandehling ee ee 25
Java and MOCHA 9.2.0 e eo wk es we ns oie 25
I exercise great care in selection and grinding of spices, and can especially recom-
mend my two brands of
J, Cc. Strictly Pure Ground.
sg. ©. Pure Ground,
Also my
Js. Cc. Best Einglish Mustard.
Can put up ground goods at any price to suit the trade, and will guarantee values.
Canned Goods.
I have a large and well assorted stock of Canned Goods. My Black Diamond brand
of California Salmon is especially fine. It is not a bad time to lay ina stock of the new
pack of peaches.
I have en route a car load of Country Standards, all Yellows, which I will sell very
cheap.
Imported Groceries.
My stock includes French and Turkish Prunes, Patras Currants, Loose Muscatels,
London Layer, Valencia and,Ondara Valencia Layer Raisins, Citron, Prunells, Figs, Olive
Oils, French Sardines, French Mustard, Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, Sicily Canary Seed,
Italian Maccaroni, Condensed Milk, ete.
Soap and Starch.
I keep all the well known and popular brands of soaps at lowest prices, including
Babbitt’s, Kirk’s standard brands, Fairbanks’, Schultz’s (Fatherland), Simon’s Con-
densed, ete.
I am agent for Gilbert’s Starch Factories, Des Moines and Buffalo. Their goods have
always been regarded as equal to any of the crack Eastern manufacturers, and have always
held their own in the Eastern States. I am now placing my second car-load within thirty
days, and have yet to hear the first complaint with regard to quality of the goods. I am
able to compete with Western manufacturers in price, and guarantee quality equal to any
in the market.
Cigars and Tobaccos.
This has always been prominent in my trade, and has required much of my attention.
I have the exclusive control in this State of some of the best brands of Cigars, Cigarettes,
Fine Cut, Plug and Smoking Tobaccos, including in Plugs Senour & Gage’s Celebrated
Red Star and Old Five Cent Time; Horseshoe and D. & D.; McAlpin’s Green Shield and
Chocolate Cream; Nobby Spun Roll and Ne Plus Ultra Black Spun Roll. In Fine Cuts,
Fountain, Old Congress, Good Luck, Good and Sweet, American Queen, Blaze Away, and
Hairlifter. In Smokings, Rob Roy, Uncle Sam, Mountain Rose, and Gold Flake Cabinet.
In Cigars, Glaccum’s Standard, Delumos, After Lunch, Our Winners, Little Hatchets,
Golden Spike, Josephus, Commercial and Magnolias, the champion cheap cigar.
Wours Truly,
JOHN CAULFIELD.
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Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association.
‘OFFICERS.
President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
sd li las M. McDonald, Kal-
Second Viee-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan-
Third Vice- President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d
Rapids.
gaceeiary<3 acob Jesson, Muskegon.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, = B.
Stevens, Gev. Gundrum, W. H. Keller, F. W.
Fincher.
Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday.
October 138, 1885.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884.
Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening
in each month. :
Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening
in November,
Next Meeting—Thursday evening, Novem-
ber 13, at “The Tradesman’”’ office.
THE PHARMACOPGIA,
Four Reasons Why It Should be Used by
Drugzists.
The following paper was read by Prof.
Prescott before the Michigan State Phar-
maceutical Association, at its recent meeting
in Detroit:
1. Because the Pharmacopeeia is the prop-
er and legally constituted authority for
standards of identity, purity and strength of
the principal medicines furnished by the
druggist.
Not indeed all medicines which the drug-
gist is to furnish are pharmacopeeial articles.
It comes within the province of the pharma-
cist to furnish to his patrons any articles
which may be called for in good faith as
remedies for the relief or prevention of dis
ease, and many such articles are not includ-
ed in the lists of the Pharmacopoeia. Never-
theless, by far the greater portion of the
medicinal material dispensed by the phar-
macist, and a stili larger proportion of the
material given by order of physicians, is
materiel legally defined, in its identity,
strength, and purity, by the Pharmacopeeia.
Its authority is not individual but represen-
tative of the organized physicians and phar-
macists of the country, and so far a profes-
sionally legal authority.
Ifit be true that certain of its standards
be not most wisely chosen, this is no reason
for inattention to them. It must be remem-
bered that uniformity is the most essential
feature of any standard, and uniformity can
be sustained only by consulting an authority
accepted by all. In the single feature of the
strength of galenical solutions, it is of the
first importance that this strength shall be
the same at the hands of each _prescription-
ist—the same in Maine that it is in Califor-
nia; and in order to have an authority that
shall be single and undisputed for the coun-
try, the authority must needs be representa-
tive. Many a man might be capable, in and
of himself, of making as good a pharmaco-
poeia as that of the United States; and we
might nearly say that one man could do it
with a twenty-fifth of the labor devoted to
it by the twenty-five of the Committee of
Revision; but, be it observed, as surely as
we should have a standard furnished by one
man, we should have various standards set
up by various men, and the prime object of
a single authority for uniform standards
would fail to be attained.
2. Again, in the mode of making the me-
dicinal preparations most used, a national
standard should be before the eyes of every
dispensing pharmacist, and every manufac-
turing pharmacist who undertakes to pro-
duce these preparations. It is not necessary
now to answer the question—Must the phar-
macist invariably follow the last Pharma-
copeeia in making every tincture and every
syrup called for by pharmacopeial name?
It is only here declared that if he does not
follow the directions of the pharmacopeeia,
he should have sufficient ground for the de-
parture, and should keep the text of the
national authority before his eyes as a
point of departure, if liberty of departure
be taken.
3. Because in this country the Pharma-
copoeia is a joint authority created and
adopted by the physicians and pharmacists.
It should be scrupulously regarded by the
latter as a daily hand-book—the guide in
judging the quality and fixing the strength
of the many articles which the pharmacist
furnishes upon the direction of the physici-
an. In scarcely a country in the world are
pharmacists so fully in possession of their
just, equal voice in the authority of the
Pharmacopoeia as in the United States. In
the fitness of things, physicians and phar-
macists are to unite in the compilation of
the Pharmacopoeia—the physicians to de-
cide what articles are worthy a place in
this national code, and the pharmacists to
elaborate the descriptions, the tests of iden-
tity, purity and strength, and the modes of
preparation of these articles. Now, asa
matter of fact, in the revision «of a Phar-
macopoeia, it proves to be a light task to de-
cide what articles shall be retained in its
lists, and a heavy task to complete its de-
scriptions, tests of identity and purity and
strength, and processes of preparation; and,
as a matter of fact, Pharmacopoeias of the
world owe little to the attention of medical
men, and much to the attention of pharma-
ceutical men. For the most partin all the
countries, the pharmacists make the phar-
macopoeias. This is as true in Great Brit-
ain as itis in the United States; but in
Great Britian our pharmaceutical brethren
have worked faithfully at the request of the
medical council (a body in which they have
had no representation), and they are now
striving earnestly to obtain what the phar-
macists of the United States have enjoyed
since 1840—an equal voice in the governing
body by whose direction the pharmacopoeia
. satory—the
is issued. Now, in the Pharmacopoeial
Convention of May, 1880, at Washington,
there were eleven pharmaceutical organiza-
tions represented, with thirty-five organiza-
tions of medical bodies, including the U. 8.
Army, Navy and Marine Hospital Service.
In the committe of twenty-five for the re-
vision and publication of the work, not less
than fourteen are pharmaceutical represen-
tatives; and it is fair to say that by far the
heavier and more responsible labor of the
revision has been in that division devolving
upon those counted within the fourteen
pharmaceutical representatives? It is true,
however, that all the radical changes in the
Pharmacopoeia, including the use of weights
for liquids and other changes which have in-
curred severe criticism, were determined by | 7
the convention, in which medical delegates
held a very large majority. On the score of
a professional interest in a representative
work, then every pharmacist should assured-
ly take an active interest in his pharmacop-
oeia; an interest in its merits and in its de-
fects; an interest in the improvement of
the next revision, which will be upon us be-
fore we are aware of it. That the physician
should be neglectful of the National Phar-
macopoeia—a neglect not to his advantage
—is certainly no good reason for the much
more unfortunate neglect of the pharma-
cist.
4. Pharmacists should use the Pharma-
copoeia asa separate book, because no other
work gives us the entire pharmacopoeial
text unmixed with other matter. It is true
that we have very useful @nd excellent
works in the dispensatories, and there is an
impression that the dispensatory contains
all that is in the Pharmacopoeia, and a great
dealelse beside. It is just this impression,
with the fact of the great value and conven-
ience of the dispensatories that accounts for
the truth that American pharmacists have
made less daily use of their Pharmacopoeia
than the pharmacists of any other country.
Until lately there has been but one dispen-
“United States’—and every
druggist has had it, and it has held almost
the place of an official authority, while it
was but the authority of two able men,
Messrs. Wood and Bache. In this state of
affairs ithas been especially unfortunate
that the text of our Pharmacopoeia was
quoted in the dispensatory only for conven-
ience of the work, along with quotations
from the British Pharmacopoeia, mostly
without separation of paragraphs, without
difference ot type, and often without quota-
tion marks; so that the credit, though al-
ways given, was often overlooked «by the
reader. The druggist often remarks that he
makes this or that ‘‘according to the Dispen-
satory,” with hardly discrimination whether
he took the “U.S.” or the “Br.” process,
when both were quoted by the Dispensa-
tory. In the latter work the tests of the
Pharmacopoeia, as well as its descriptions,
have been given only in part, and intermix-
ed with voluminous matter. In this way
the national code has lost its distinctive
character as a representative authority with
a large portion of the pharmaceutical pro-
fession. At present the very fact that there
are two competing dispensatories, also that
new authors have re-issued the United States
Dispensatory, will do much to suggest to
every pharmacist that he should have the
Pharmacopoeia by itself—aside from all
commentaries, however excellent.
And your committee willingly give their
word that any pharmacist who once enters
upon the habit of daily use of the Pharma-
copoeia, as a work by itself, will never again
consent to be destitute of the latest of the
decennial revisions of our national code of
pharmacy. The revision of 1880, whatever
be its defects, certainly surpasses all other
pharmacopoeias inthe fullness of its de-
scriptions, and has received high encomiums
at the hands of the pharmacists of England,
Germany and France. It is for the cultiva-
tion of exactness on the part of the pharma-
cist, and of improvement on the part of the
Pharmacopoeias of the future that the
recommendation is given to make it a daily
hand-book in every drug store.
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The Drug Market.
Business has been fairly good during the
past week, and increased activity is looked
for from this time on. Iodine and the
iodides have advanced, and manufacturers
will name no prices on account of the report
that the producers of iodine are about to
form a pool, in which case a still further ad-
vance is looked for. Other articles in the
drug line are about steady.
—— oe -?- -2 > ___-
O. H. Richmond states that the linseed
oil and turpentine, which was recommended
as an antidote to alcohol stains, has failed
to work the desired reformation, and he
would be glad to hear from any druggist
who has an unfailing preparation for that
purpose. Will some of THe TRADESMAN’Ss
readers please come to the rescue?
——___ <-> :
Members of the Grand Rapids Pharma-
ceutical Association shoulg not fail to at-
tend the annual meeting of the organization,
to be held at Tur TRADESMAN office Thurs-
day evening of the present week.
a
F. Hibbard & Co., the Evart druggists, of-
fer to credit their debtors five cents for ev-
ery good promise to pay. .
WHOLESALE Pe CURRENT,
Advanced—Serpentum Root.
Declined—Oil Pennyroyal.
Acetic, No: 8. :... 2. .i55.2-.5. 8 Ib
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)......
Oarbelic ooo cigs ss ess.
MUTA oe i tea os MS
Muriatic 18 deg....................
a, BO GOR er ees eaa
Sulphuric 66 deg...................
Tartaric powdered................
Benzoic, English............. ey A
Benzole, German.............-.66-
PRWWIC oe oo as 25 os cco sevens see
AMMONIA.
Marbonate 6.660. Sse eb 1 @
Muriate (Powd. 22
Aqua lé6 deg or 3f.. a
Aqua 18 deg or 4f...........-...-.-
BALSAMS.
Copaiba .......... 0. esse eee ee eens
WOT es ee se
POU ee oe aes ‘
EUS UA eer ee
BARKS.
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........
Cinchona, yellow................-
Mil, SCICCE. . o.oo cones cece cee ces
Elm, ground, pure.................
Elm, powdered, pure............--
Sassafras, of root...............-.-
Wild Cherry, select................
Bayberry powdered...............
Hemlock powdered...........-...-
WVANOO 606 oa oes ee oe leew
Soap ground... ..................-
BERRIES,
Cubeb, prime (Powd 70c)..........
SUBIPCR: 6 oe oa as oo eo se oe
Prickly Ash... 20... .520..cas ek 1
EXTRACTS.
Licorice (10 and 25 ib bite 25C)..
Licorice, powceret. Fu
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 1 b doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes)..........
Lgowood, 48 do
Logwood, 44s do
Logwood, ass’d do
Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list.
FLOWERS.
AIMICH. 0... ee eee eee eee ee eee
Chamomile, Roman...............
Chamomile, German..............
GUMS.
Aloes, Barbadoes................-:
Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢)...........-
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c).......
ATOMONIRG 2.2.2.5... ss ce ee ee -
Arabic. extra select...............
Arabic, powdered select..........
Arabic, Ist picked.................
Arabic,2d picked..................
Arabic,c8d pickod.................-
‘Arabic, RitteG SOLUS. .:. <5... 225.6. --
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)...
BONZOW ooo. os. es oe ce case sce cs
COIMDNOL 20.6. ces ee cee
Catechu. 1s (% l4c, 148 16c) ...... Zs
Euphorbium powdered pees a
Galbanum strained................
Gamboge...... -..- <<. 3... esos
Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c).........
Kino [Powdered, 30c]..............
MIASTIC oo ee ies oes
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.75)..........
Shellac, Campbell’s................
Shellac, English...................
Shellac, native....:...:...........-
Shellac bleached................... _ 30
WrAPACANtH .........62. 6.65. esse 30 @1 10
HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES.
Honrhound ©: 2.2. os. 5 63. es. ws ae
NOD OA eee a ee ese ee ees
Peppermint........... eae eae ee d
ARAN, ee reach case cles ec ce ace clea s
PPOHMIMAND .2 68 ss cae ee
SWELG MAIOTAM. «ooo... oc. csc coc a Me wee
OMG oe ee aac lee
MUAY ee ene bes. cs é
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Citrate and Quinine............... 6
Solution mur., for tinctures...... Q
Sulphate, pure crystal............
(CUGraLe ee eo,
Phosphate .. 22.0522. 1.2.5... 2 ee
LEAVES.
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 12° @4
Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 4s, i
Senna, Alex, natural..............
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled...
Senna, powdered.................-
Senna tinnivelli.. .°....... 0.0.0...
Wye Wes eee:
BevedOnNA 2... oe. as eke
HMORPIOVO., oo oso. coh, Sh ec ra es
PIOMNENE C8 ee
PROSE, YOR) ee
LIQUORS.
W., D. & Co.’5 Sour Mash Whisky.2 00
Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 1%
Whisky, other brands............. 110
Gin, Old Tom . . oie 3 Vb incest 135
Gin. TAOUONO.: oc ese ee. 200 @3 50
BVanGy «oo. ke eee. 1%
Catawba WineS.....5.....5.0.00 oe 125 @
Ort WAMCS os os, oes ses 1 35
MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........
Carbonate, J enning’ 8, Bon
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution..
ORICINEW, 90. ee eee: ence:
OILS.
Almond, SWeOt:... oo. ee. nce es
Amber, rectified...................
45
COI DUE oe es
MORE RI ee ee ec oN,
Cedar, commercial (Pure %5c).....
Citroneua <2... oe oo. ee See ee
Cloves
Cubebs, P. & W..........
HID OTON ee a es:
HIPOWOCRGS oy ee ho oe cc acs
Geranium: B OZ. 2565
Hemlock, commercial (Pure %5e)..
JUnIpeCr W000... 2... 5. cece ees e ses
Juniper berries..............c0cce8
Lavender flowers, French.........
Lavender garden do
Lavender spike
Lemon, new crop
Lemon, Sanderson’s...............
TOT OROTASS. 2080. ooo a cae ss
Origanum, red flowers, French...
Origanum, No.1
PODRVTOVOL oo oo os ccs cc cca es
Peppermint, white................
TLOSO P07. eo
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)...
Sandal Wood, German............
andal Wood, W.7..2. 22 cies 8.
SHESAITAS. 08 eee es
Tansy
Tar ee PANDO) os a Ss ey
Winterproen oo .8. 66s kee.
Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $6.50).....
SAVIN se ce
Wormseed ..............
Cod Liver, filtered..... :
Cod Liver, best......... oe
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co. 8,16
Olive, Malag :
Olive, “Sublime Italian . .
Salad
Rose, Ihmsen’s............... B oz
POTASSIUM.
BICrTOMmate: ..: 5... ca cs coke 2 Ib
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28e).........
Todide, cryst. and gran. bulk.....
Prussiate yellow..................-
ROOTS.
PIANO U cca ooo aes cali ge nies
PathOa Cut... os occ ee eee
Arrow, St. Vincent’s..............
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and s....
Blood (Powd 18&c)
Calamus, peeled...................
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered............
Gentian (Powd l4c).......
Ginger, African (Powd 16c). a
Ginger, Jamaica bleached........
Golden Seal (Powd 40¢)..... Sols
eer: white, powdered.......
Ep tage Rio, powdered..... aces o \
alap, powdered...................
Licorice, select (Powd 12%)......
Licoriee, extra select..............
PAN UO oe oes ie sive ea ee vos
Rhei, from select to choice....... 1 00
Rhei, powdered E. I 110
Rhei, choice cut cubes............
Rhei, choice cut fingers...........
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Sarsaparilla, Hondurus...........
sites gchar Mexican.............
Squills, white (Powd 35c)..........
alerian, English (Powd 30c)......
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)..
SEEDS.
Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)......... i
Bird, mixed in ib packages........
Canary, PIV UNG oe ec
Caraway, het Dutch eels —
Cardamon, Aleppee.. . .
Cardamon, Malabar.............. Be
Celery
Coriander, pest English..:........
Fennel
Flax, pure grd (bbl 33%{)............
Foenugreek, powdered............
Hemp, Russian....................
Mustard, white Black 10e)........
Quine® 22s
Rape, English 0.
Worm, Levant:...023..5.....5.. 2.
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage. .... 22 e 50
Nassau do do 2 00
Velvet Extra do
Extra Yellow do
Grass do
Hard head, for slate use
Yellow Reef, do
MISCELLANEUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) @ gal..
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Anodyne Hoffman’ Bo cece le.
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution......
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........
Annatto Li rolls..................
Bine SOluplOs. 2.65.06
Bay Rum, poporied J DESH. 25. 22.
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
ANI oe Roe ee ce Ib
Alum, ground (Powd 9c)..........
Annatto, prime....................
Antimony, powdered, com’l......
Arsenic, white, powdered.........
Balm Gilead Buds.......... Se
Beans, Tonka.) 0.2000
Beans: Vanilla. 2. ook 7 00
Bismuth, sub nitrate..............
Blue Pill (Powd 70e)...............
Bie Viwrinl 6.0022)
Borax, refined (Powd 138¢).........
Cantharides, Russian powdered..
Capsicum Pods, African..........
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d...
Capsicum Pods, American do ...
Carmine, No. 40
Cus Mads
Calomel, American................
Chalk, prepared drop......
Chalk, precipitate English
Chalk, red fingers.................
Chalk, white lum
Chloroform, Squibb’s.............
Colocynth apples Be es
Chloral hydrate, German crusts..
Chloral do do eryst...
Chioral do Scherin’s do ...
Chloral do do crusts..
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Cinchonidia, P. & W
Cinchonidia, one br ands.
Cloves (Powd
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Corrosive Sublimate...............
Corks, X and XX—35 off list
Cream Tartar, pure powdered nea
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box..
OVGRROLOE oe ee.
Cudbear, prime. ..-...............
Cuttle Fish Bone...................
Dextrine..... eee se
Dover’s Powders........
Ergot powdered...
Ether Squibb’s.........
Emery, Turkish, all No.
Hpsom Salts...
HESOt, fresh:
Ether, sulphuric, U. 8. P..........
Flake white
Ganuice. Counae Boe
Gelatine, French ..................
Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis..
Glue? cabinets)...
Glue, white
Glycerine, pure
Hops Ms.and 48.....2.. 61.8... ,
Iodoform #8 oz
ANGISO |
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
lodine, resublimed................
Isinglass, American...............
SPADONION GeoC 6 a ee e:
London Purple
Mead acetate... 6,
Lime, chloride, (4s 28 10¢ & 44s lle)
EUUPUNNO
Hycopodium.........5..5........ 22.
Mace
Madder, best Dutch
Manna, 3. F
25
Morphia, sulph., P.& W..
Musk, Canton, HH. P. & Co.
Moss, ieoand (0 “g bb
Moss; Ttishe ea,
Mustard, English..................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 h cans
NOT e ARIS ee
NUGMOrS INOW foe
Nux Vomica.. =o. .....i....
Ointment, Mercurial, 4d.....
Pepper, Black Berry..
PGDBIN 5...
Pitch, True Burgundy.............
Quassia ee eee. ee
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ ib 02
Quinine, Geoman 3.
Seidlitz Mixture...............:...
Strychnia, cryst..... Bee ee
Silver Nitrate, cryst:.........2....
Hed Precipitate............... 8 ib
Satfron, American.
pal Glauber... ..-. 2...) .-.. 6...
Sal Nitre, large cryst..............
Sal Nitre, medium cryst..........
Gal Recmrlie
Sel SOR ie
BaCM a. S
BABlLORI oo. ee, 2s
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch.......
Soda Ash [by keg 3e]..............
PPCMINACCH i.
Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s....
Soap, White Castile................
Soap,Green do
Soap, Mottled do
Soap, do do
Soap, Mazzini. .. 2... .... 0.5...
Spirits Nitre,3 F....... Se
Spirits Nitre,4F...................
Sugar Milk powdered..............
Sulphur, four. 6... 22... oe,
Sulphur MOU eke
Tartar MimMOue,. . 22). 6es.s ences
Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans ® on
Tar, do quarts in tin..
Tar, do pintsin tin.........
Turpentine, Venice........... 8 b
Wax, White, 8S. & F. brand........
Zine, Sulphate oe tl. aac Go Se are
OILS.
Capito! Cylinder:.......:..... 02)...
Model CylindOr, o.oo. ie eee cci ii cece eee.
Phields Cylinder. oo. teh ks el ae,
MIGOTAdO WHVING. 65 a ee
Peerless Machinery................00.cccevees
Challenge Machinery..............cccccccecces
Macks HiNG PNPING: 0. ok eo ccc cee ee a. é
Black Diamond Machinery....................
@ustor Machine Ol... 2 oe. so. eo 6C
PaAMHIHNG. 20 COR... oo. ek coco cas Seis bee cae eek ks
Paramne., 48 GOS. ee oe cc eek 21
Sperm, winter bleached cece eee ener 1 40
er Gal
Whale Winter... eo oe oi ee 85
Ord: OMOlB col. ee ea eee eL 75
PE NOs fore ce Be ce ee 55 65
Linseed, pure raw.............eeeee: 53
Linseed, boiled De 56
Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 90
Spirits Turpentine SE oe oes ee cence Se 30 40
VARNISHES.
No, 1 Turp Cogceh....-....5.:2........- 1 10@1 20
OM GVH UE. oaks cc dgio sca Vas coos wees
Coach poey
No. 1 Turp Furniture
Extra Turp Damar.................... 1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ 5
PAINTS.
Un BAS we Bo SwhSkSE
eed eed
RN
BERR
7 @
Bb]
Boralumine, White bee) eras
oralumine, ‘“
oralumine, Tints bulk.
Beralumine ‘
Red Venetian............0...6.
Ochre, yellow Marseilles......
Ochre, yellow Bermuda.......
Putty, commercial ............
Putty, strictly pure............
Vermilion, prime American...
Vermilion, English.. :
Green, Peninsular.. weeaack
Lead, red strictly MXC. ...4
Lead, white, strictly pure.....
Whiting, white Spanish..
Whiting, Gilders’..............
White, aris American
Whiting Paris English ‘cliff...
HAZELTINE,
PERKINS
& CO,
Wholesale
ruggists
2and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and
95 Louis Street.
{IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Pants, Oils, Varnishes,
and Droggist's
Glassware,
MANUFACTURERS OF
ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS,
FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS.
GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR
Worr, Parron & Co., AND JOHN L. WHIT-
ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE
PAINT AND VARNISH
BRUSHES.
—Also for the—
GRAND RaApips BrusH Co., MANF’RS OF
HaAtr, SHOE AND HoRSE BRUSHES.
Drugeists’ Sundries
Our stock in this department of our busi-
ness is conceded to be one of the largest,
best-assorted and diversified to be found in
the Northwest. We are heavy importers of
many articles ourselves and can offer Fine
Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng-
glish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive
prices. Ourline of Holiday Goods for the
approaching season will be more full and el-
egant than ever before, and we desire our
customers to delay their fall purchasers
of those articles until they have seen our el-
egant line, as shown by our accredited repre-
sentative who is now preparing for his an-
nual exhibition of those goods.
We desire particular attention of those
about purchasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES
to the fact of our unsurpassed facilities
for meeting the wants of this class of buyers
without detay and in the most approved and
acceptable manner known to the drug trade.
Our special efforts in this direction have re-
ceived from hundreds of our customers the
most satisfying recommendations.
Wine aud Liquor Department
We give our special and personal atten-
tion to the selection of choice goods for
the drug trade only, and trust we merit the
high praise accorded us for so satisfactorily
supplying the wants of our customers with
Pure Goods in this department. We con-
trol and are the only authorized agents
for the sale of the celebrated
Withers Dade & Co’s':
Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND
OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP-
PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not
only offer these goods to be excelled by No
OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but
superior in all respects to most that are ex-
posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect
and complete satisfaction and where this
brand of goods has once been introduced the
future trade has been assured.
We are also owners of the
Drnggists Favorite Rye,
Which continues to have so many favorites
among druggists who have sold these goods
for a very long time. Buy our
Gins, Brandies & Fine Wines,
We call your attention to the adjoining
list of market quotations which we aim to
make as complete and perfect as possible.
For special quantities and for quotations on
such articles as do not appear on the list such
as Patent Medicines, etc,, we invite your cor-
respondence.
Mail orders always receive our special and
personal attention.
HAZEL TINE, PERKINS & CO
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
Influence of a Change in Administration
Over the Former.
THE TRADESMAN is in no... sense of the.
word a political paper. During the cam-
paign just closed no utterance can be recall-
ed referring directly or indirectly to either
party in the struggle. Now that the contest
is ended, however, it claims the privilege of
making such general observations as the oe-
casion seems to warrant. Whichever way
the presidential tide turns, a large number
of people in every branch of business will
be disappointed, and some will allow their
feelings to run away with their judgment. In-
cluded among the latter are those who imag-
ine that the “country will go to the d——1,”
or words to that effect, in case Cleveland is
elected. The utter absurdity of such an as-
sertion is patent to any one who will give
the subject careful consideration. Country
is stronger than party, every time, and no
matter how radical the change in administra-
tion, the business interests of the country
are too stable to be seriously affected by any
governmental innovation. The-following rep-
resents the opinions, briefly stated, of sever-
al jobbers, relative to the question under
consideration: :
Henry Spring—People must eat and have
clothes to wear, no matter who is president.
A change in the administration would have
no visible effect over business. :
L. J. Rindge—General business would not
by interrupted. The only difference would
be that great interests—such as iron, cotton,
wool or leather—would not make extensive
investments until the policy of a Democratic
Congress is made plain.
Wilder D. Stevens—The fact that overa
quarter of a million people declare their
faith in the ability of the Democratic party
to control this government seems to me to
be the best evidence that the country would
be safe in new hands.
L. E. Hawkins—I look for a steady im-
provement—a healthy trade—no boom—no
rush. The mass of the people are better off
now that the election is over, and as soon as.
the present overproduction is, consumed we
shall have better times. :
John Caulfield—I do not look for any of
the ultimate bad effects on the business in-
terests of the country which the friends of
the opposite candidate prophesy. To be sure,
capital—which is always timid—may await
until the new administration policy is devel-
oped, before engaging in new enterprises ;
but as the present Congress has defeated both
the extreme views of the free traders and the
high protectionists, there is no reason to be-
lieve there will be any radical change. And
the Congress which succeeds after the 4th of
March will be still more conservative. With
the Senate in the hands of the opposition,
there is every reason to expect good legisla-
tion, good government and a speedy restora-
tion of confidence.
Said a well-known Republican lIumber-
man: Ifthe Democrats persist in giving
us free trade, it can affect the lumber busi-
ness in only two ways—either it will lower
the price of stumpage in this country or
raise itin Canada. And Iam more than
half inclined to the opinion that the Canadi-
an lumbermen will act in concert, if occas-
ion offers, to raise the price of their own
property, thus preventing any depreciation
on this side of the line.
—_—>—o >. —
List of Creditors in the L. A. Dunlap Mat-
ter.
E. B. Hammond, assignee for L. A. Dun-
lap, the Vermontville druggist and grocer,
favors THE TRADESMAN with the following
complete list of the creditors, together with
the amounts owing each:
Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.,Grand ee _ 60
S. Tyroller & Co. 30
H. Leonard & Sons “8
Jennings & Smith = ‘
Chas. Whetmore & Co., Detroit..........
L. Cattrin & Co. .
Banner Tobacco Co. se
Evins & Walker -
Detroit News Co. =
Mannon, Preston &Co. ty
B. Dessenbury & Co., Kalamazoo........ 410 00
W. J. Hickock, Olivet 25 00
Central City Soap Co., Jackson ee es 36 80
Kellogg & Baker 72 35
H. G. Barber ‘6 Sou eS See
H.C. Haskell, Marshall... 2.53 150 00
Robinson Bros., Lansing
€. Dp. Warner, Reading. 0.2...
Bellman & Handy, Three Rivers.........
Edwin Dunlap, Chariétte..-... =... 600 00
R. D. Wheaton SO 800 00
J. B. Tascott & Sons, Chicago
pone Higgins
C. A. Morrill & Co. s*
.F. & C. G. Henderson, Watkins, N.Y.
Irlung & Vanetta, Lexington, Ky.. :
R. Brund & Sons, Tod... - 100 00
E. Levering & Co., Benne eee cea ae 15 00
Lloyd, Yagan & Co., Cincinnati ss. :..... 35 00
Underwood & Robinson, Worchester, O. 20 00
Jones, MeDuffea & Straton, Boston..... 65 00
Santford Whip Co., W esttield, Mass..... 21 00
Total liabilities. . . $2,983 58
The stock was appraised at $2,200, which
comprises the total assets, with the excep-
tion of a few small book accounts, and out
of this amount is to be deducted one exemp-
tion. Considering the showing made, the
assignee will do well if he enables the ered-
itors to net 50 per cent. of their claims.
ae
The following recipe is said to produce a
perfectly colorless cement: In an air-tight
bottle 75 grammes of india rubber cut into
little pieces, are mixed with 60 grammes of
chloroform. After complete solution of in-
dia rubber, 15 grammes of mastic are added,
and the mixture warmed eight days till the
latter is dissolved also.
24
Locate the factory near the farmer—with-
in a hundred miles of him, where railroads
reach him—and he will raise and sell arti-
cles which he cannot export and would not
otherwise produce, sufficient to buy all the
manufactures he needs.
= ess
In the death of E. B. Escott, Grand Rap-
ids loses a pioneer druggist, as well asa
pleasant gentleman and good citizen. The
obsequies on Sunday were attended by twen-
ao 56
19 44
30 00
25 00
él 57
ty-two brother druggists.
~The Michigan Tradesman
' A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.
E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.
OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR.
{Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter.]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1884.
. Smoke Consumers.
po WANTED—A SMOKE CONS UMER oo
C Such was the sign hung out by a promin-
nent firm. In about three minutes in walked
a man and applied for ajob. ‘‘Sur,” said he
“Pye been a dock wholloper anda coal
heaver, and I think I might learn to be a
smoke-consumer.”’
But the boss thought he wouldn’t do.
An hour passed by and the office was fill-
ed with agents of smoke consumers.
They all beseiged the senior partner and
began to talk.
“Ours is the oldest firm in the market,”
said one; “our consumer can be attached to
a cigar or a bon-fire. It saves about fifty
per cent., and—”’
“That’s nothing,” spoke up another, ‘‘ours
gathers in the smoke from the air around,
and so saves—”’
“Ours was once attached to a house afire,”
yelled No. 3, “and the fire burned steadily
for three weeks. You can estimate the sav-
ing for yourself.”
“Gentlemen,” put in another, “the con-|
sumer which I have the honor to represent |.
saves so much that after it is once put on
you never have to replenish the fire.”
“And mine,” shouted No. 5, “is a condens-
er also, and if you feed your furnace with |
something that makes plenty of smoke, it
condenses the surplus into coal. Guaranteed
to start a coal-yard in five weeks.”
“George,” gasped the senior partner to one
of the clerks, ‘“‘take in that sign, and run up
town and get me a gatling-gun.”
—_____—<> -@ <>_---
Promise to Pay Another’s Debt.
LTsold A. B. a bill of goods amounting to
$200, and took from him a due bill, or ac-|
knowledgement in writing of the debt. |
Afterwards he offered me a note signed by
C. D., payable to my order for $200; 1 ac-
cepted it, and gave him up his due bil He
promised verbally that if C. D. did not pay
the note when it became due, he would do
so, but he did not indorse the note. C. D.|-
became insolvent about the time the note)
became due, and I shall get buta small
sum, if anything, from him. Can I collect |
the balance from A. B.?
C. L. H.
You can collect nothing from A. B. on his
verbal promise to pay the note of C. D. if
C. D. did not, as the statute of frauds, as it
is called, provides that no one shall be lia-
ble, on a promise to pay the debt of another,
unless the promise, or seme memorandum
or note thereof, is in writing, and signed by
the person to be charged. If you took this
note in settlement of the account you can-
not recover anything from A. B. The giving
up of the due bill would tend to show that
you both regarded the account as settled,
and, if so, you will lose your pay. If it was
understood or agreed, however, that this
note was merely a convenient way of letting
you get your pay, and that the account was
not paid until the note was paid, you can
still sue on the account. Is is impossible to
say which is the case on the facts you give,
though they bear against you. If A. B. will
not pay, consult some lawyer to whom you
can tell the entire talk you had with A. B.
when you took the note.
—_—__—_—<»> 2 >
Bound to be a Revolution.
From the Indianapolis Grocer.
More deserters from the ruinous, debauch-
ing credit system, as it how exists, are com-
ing to the front every year. It is slow, this
educating dealers to see the disadvantage of
so much unlimited eredit, but assure as_ the
Mississippi runs southward, just as certain is
there bound to bearevolution ; every retailer
is interested in this seriously ; long accommo-
dations to the consumer are the source of
great dissatisfaction, bad blood, disputes, and
no end of annoyance and worry. Why con-
tinue in this way? Why net come squarely
to the cash system?+ If you haven’t the
courage to say ‘‘No”’ to everybody, then se-
lect only the best of your customers and ac- |
commodate them and drop the rest. ‘There
are great possibilities in this suggestion, if
the retailers will only work them out.
—— oo
A Distinguished Individual.
“Yes, gentlemen,” he said, I’m a well-
known man. I’ma New Yorker, and my
name is a familiar one to the American peo-
RETAILERS,
If you are selling goods to make
a profit, sell
LAVINE
WASHING POWDER,
This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a
larger profit than any in the Market, and is
put up in handsome and attractive packages
with picture cards with each case. We guar-
antee it to be the best Washing Powder
made and solicit a trial order. See prices in
Price-List.
Hartiord Chemical C0.
HAWKINS & PERRY
STATE AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICHIGAN.
ple.”
“Were youa general in the war, stran-
ger?”
“No, sir. I fit in the war, but not as gen-|
eral.”
“Congressman, perhaps, or governor of
some state?”
“No, sir. I’m not a politician nor a states-
man. Iam a private citizen and am proud
to say it.’
“Well, if you are nota great soldier or
statesman, what is it that has made your
name so familiar throughout the country?”
Who are you?”
“T am John Smith.”
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sugar, or perhaps ten barrels of salt, on he thereupon set about to see the world, We Clam Chowder, RAD ied cane eicse sao