The Michigan * GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1885. Tradesman. NO. 108, b. ROYS & Ul No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. AAD (0 WE | TS Ny} = Send for new Price - List for | Fall Trade. | ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED | EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JEWELER, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. 0.0. A VOIGT & 60. Proprietors of the STAR MILLS, Manufacturers of the following pop- ular brands of Flour, “STAR” ° “GOLDEN SHEAF,” LADIES’ DELIGHT,” And “OUR PATENT.” $A, WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUMDETMAN'S SUpDLES FISHING TACKLE ——AND—— NOTION S! PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER- WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS- PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT- TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK- ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN STRINGS, ETC. Particular attention given to orders by mail. Good shipped promptly to any point. I am represented on the road bv the fol- lowing well-known travelers: John D. Mangum, A. M. Sprague, John H. Eacker, L. R. Cesna and A. B. Handricks. 24 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. THF PERKINS WIND MILL, th a | on 24:8 oh ao =) = ro oe It has beenin constant use for 15 years, with a record equalled by none, WAR- RANTED not to blow down unless the tower goes with it; or against any wind that does not disable substantial farm buildings; to be perfect; to outlast and do better work than any other mill made. Agents wanted, ‘Address Perkins Wind Mill & Ax Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman. EATON & CHRISTENSON Agents for a full line of SW. Venable & bo. PETERSBURG, VA., FLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. READ! READ! READ! HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO. have Sole Control of our Celebrated Pioneer Prepared} Paint! The ONLY Paint oo on a GUARANTEE. ead it. When our Pioneer Prepared Paint is put on any building, andif within three years it should crack or peel off, and thus fail to give the full satisfaction guaranteed, we agree to repaint the building at our expense, with the best White Lead, or such other paint as the owner may select. Should any case of dissatisfaction occur, a notice from the dealer will command our prompt attention. T. H. NEVIN & CO. Send for sample cards and prices. Address Haeltine, Perkil W U0. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BEANS. I want to buy BEANS, Parties having any can find a quick sale and better prices by writing us than they can possibly get by shipping to other markets, W.T Lamoreauy, bet, 71 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) SOLE AGENT OF HMermentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., ARCADE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the above. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. CEEIS Parties in want should write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO. 71 CANAL STREET. THE RICKARD LADDER! Two Ladders in one—step and extension. Easily adjusted to any hight. Self-support- ing. No braces needed. Send for illustrated price-list. RICKARD BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich. ARTHUR R. ROOD, ATTORNEY, 43 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty ! DRYDEN & PALMER'S ROCHE CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. AS clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. John Caulficld, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Cr is valuable. The Grand Rapids HIF Business College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send for Journal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, JOBBER OF Milwaukee Star Brand Vinegars. Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, full strength and warranted absolutely pure. Send for samples and prices. Arcade, Grand Rapids, Mich. ALBERT COYE & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF AWNINCS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Etc. %3 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. Pec ay the highest price for it. Address eck Bros., )ruggists, Grand Rapids, Mich JUDD cw CO. JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Summer Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. PATENT MEDICINES. Inside Information Regarding the Busi- ness. [Continued from last week.] STARTING A NEW MEDICINE. Astothe amount of money it takes to float a new remdy very few people realize what itis. Oneof the oldest manufactur- ers, still in actual business, talking the other day on this subject, said: ‘‘Even before the war, before the stamp tax had been imposed and when advertising was a deal cheaper than it is to-day, it used to astonish would- be proprietary men to learn the cost of estab- lishing a business. A man would come to me and say, ‘I’ve got such and such a medi- cine and I want to put it into the mar- ket’.” ‘ “How much money have you got?’ ” was the first question I asked him.” ‘“‘Oh, money enough.” ‘““*Well, how much do you enough?’ ” ‘¢ “Three to five thousand dollars.’ ” ‘¢¢You had better save your money then. Unless you have got from $20,000 to $50,- 000, a first-class article and the best stock of patience in the universe, you had _ better make your fortune in some other way. This generally was considered a slight exaggera- tion, and a good many men found out how near the truth it was by a dear exper- ience.” The newspapers, of course, get the major part of the advertising patronage, but there are many other mediume. Many of these were exceedingly remunerative while they were a novelty, but most of them have been so largely employed that they have ceased to be effective. It is estimated that up- wards of $5,000,000 has been expended in painting the rocks and fences of the coun- try. A Massachusetts firm began the issu- ing of almanacs as a method of advertising, a great many years ago, and for a while had the field substantially to itself, but it is now a common expedient. A man of position and knowledge of the business said; ‘You ask me how should a proprietor proceed. That is a difficult ques- tion to answer. But, generally, I would recommend something like the following: An advertising account of $1,000 a month should be opened to present the case, and if the article is one that is likely to be assisted by a system of sensational advertisements, then the sum must be increased to $3,000 or, perhaps, to as much as $5,000 a month, and at that rate it should be kept up for twelve months at least, if there were signs of the thing going.” As for the possibilities for new remedies, the field is very much narrower to-day than formerly. Many articles have not succeeded for the simple reason that there were already too many articles in the same line already in the market. It would be very difficult to make a new cathartic pill succeed, because there are sixty already in the field. It would be difficult to make a new sarsaparilla suc- ceed, because there are half a dozen or more in popular use. ‘The same may be said gen- erally of plasters and ointments. TRADE-MARKS. As has been said before, the term patent medicine isa misnomer. Patents are not issued for proprietary articles. The right, therefore, is not by law vested in the reme- dies themselves, but in the peculiar marking which the proprietor places upon the articles. The word “trade-mark” is the designation of those marks or symbols which are the ex- clusive property of the proprietor, and an imitation of which is punishable by law. ‘A trade-mark,” says Mr. 8. R. Pinkney. ‘may consist of a name or a device or a pe- culiar arrangement of words, lines or figures in the form of a label which has been adapt- ed and used by a person, firm or corporation in its business in order to designate goods of a peculiar kind manufactured which no other person, firm or corporation has an equal right to use. ‘*‘A person may have a right in his own name as a trade-mark, as against a person of a different name, but he cannot have such aright as against another person of the same name, unless the defendant uses a form of stamp or label so like that used by the plaintiff as to represent that the defen- dant’s goods are of the plaintiff's manufac- ture. “In the absence of a national Jaw govern- ing trade-marks the proprietors are left as a resort to the State courts for adjudication. This, to the wealthy, may be a boon, but to thosa@limited in means it becomes a burden, onerous and unjust. The unprincipled can roam from state to state, pursuing their dishonest calling, pirating on the hard-earn- ed rights of the legitimate portion of the trade.” consider TAXATION. It was indeed a curious anomaly that while the Federal government did not afford protection of the trade-mark rights it did not seruple for a long series of years, and until very recently to enforce one of the most onerous and burdensome systems of taxation upon the proprietors of medicines. The facts of this taxation form an essential part of the history of proprietary articles. It was one of the unequal burdens which this branch of industry had to carry for twenty years. The tax was imposed as a war measure under stress of publie necessi- ty in 1862. When taxed 15 per cent., sales of merchants 6 per cent., and even legacies and all other finan- cial transactions were placed under contri- bution, ‘‘patent medicines” were made a source of revenue by the imposition of what was known as the stamp tax. It required that a stamp issued and sold by the govern- ment should be purchased, cancelled and ap- plied to each separate item of goods before it left the possession of the manufacturer. The tax was also laid on cosmetics and per- fumery, and thus reached all goods of a pro- prietary nature, including those lost, de- stroyed by fire or otherwise, after leaving the hands of the manufacturer. The tax was assessed upon the nominal retail price; and ‘was supposed to be 4 per cent. of that price; but it is easy to see in view of what has been said, that it was fully 10 per cent. on the manufacturer’s price. In this way it hung like a dead weight about the neck ofa business already by the nature of it heavily remunerative to the general government. Thus one of the principal ingredients used in the manufacture of medicines, alcohol, pays the enormous tax of $1.80 per gallon. At this rate the pharmacy using only two barrels a week pays to the government $8,000 taxes a year on this article alone. Many of the other necessary adjuncts of the business come in for their separate revenues, and the whole formed a burden so onerous that it is no wonder the manufacturers ex- postulated from time to time. But the stamp tax became a law, the years went by, and the showing of the manufac- turers was not considered. Tie proprietors complained, but complained in vain, the war measure still continued in foree long after the exigency which created it has ceas- ed to exist. Unfortunately, it is not possi- ble to obtain the figures for the proprietary medicines alone, for since the establishment of the tax the revenue from all adhesive stamps is aggregated on the books; but from the report of the commissioner at Washing- ton we find the revenue on cosmetics, per- fumery and patent medicines during the designated years was as follows: Bcd ch cu cane ae cca wl pace enews s $1,836,678.22 BE nk enka es bade nade ce keaeeeeennns 1,843,263.90 TO 1,978,304.56 BIE occ eas kews tama nt ee secs ence 2, 186,236.16 These figures are not alone interesting, it may be noted in passing, for the light they throw on the subject under consideration, but because they show the steady increase in the consumption of the articles them- selves. Careful estimates show the propor- tion of the tax paid by the proprietary med- icines alone to the amount of about $1,800,- 00. per year. Nothing was accomplished until the man- ufacturers and dealers in proprietary articles of the United States formed an association for mutual protection and the general good. This association was formed four years ago, and is still in existence. Mr. C. N. Curtis has been and continues to be the president. It has a wide influence, and* embraces all the more noted proprietary men who have used the association as a means of joint and official communication with the wholesale druggists and other associations. The tax on alcohol still remains. This indispensable article to the manufacture of medicines is burdened in this country with the enormous tax of $1.80 a gallon, while abroad it is absolutely free of duty. This fact has prevented the foreign trade in pro- prietary medicines from assuming the pro- portions that it ought to have assumed. To be sure there is a rebate provided of this tax on aleohol used in goods to be sent out of the country, but practically it costs so much to go throngh the formula at the custom house that proprietors say it is actually bet- ter to let it go than to be at the expense and the delay necessary to collect it. One well- known firm had the foresight when the tax on alcohol was proposed in war times to make their manufactory a bonded ware- house, and during all these more than twen- ty years have been using alcohol at $16 a barrel while less fortunate competitors have paid $335. Sending out their goods free of duty they have amassed a great fortune, PUBLICATION OF FORMULAS. There is at the present time no legislative action pending on the subject of proprietary medicines, but a scheme of legislation is be- ing talked of. The scheme simply is that the manufacturers of patent medicines should be required by legislative enactment to place upon the outside of every bottle or package of preparation the formula of the ingredients, so that every purchaser of the preparation may know just what he is buy- ing. Atthe present time a committee of the pharmaceutists are preparing a report upon the advisability of such au action. It will be seen at a glance that such a require- ment would be of the most radical and sweeping character. ‘To force a man to give away the secret of his business, to the pre- paration of which he has given years of study, his thought and his money, is to in- stitute an arbitrary precedent, which would be utterly inconsistent with the spirit of our institutions. A proprietor says: ‘‘If the formula was marked on every package it would enable these dealers to say, when called upon for a advertisements were | ‘T haven’t it, but I know the formula and can mix itin an hour.’ * * The result would be this: The retailers would get to making our preparations. * * In the general ruin which would follow the men.who have clamored for the scheme which brought it about would be involved. Proprietary articles form fully one-half of their sales.” FOREIGN TRADE. The foreign trade in American proprie- tary medicines might well be made more extensive than it is. There is nodoubt that the tax on alcohol has been largely at fault in preventing this trade from assuming its natural proportions. The rebate provided for at the sia house is practically inop- erative and unavailable. Still there is al- ready a considerable field abroad which is being covered with American remedies. Twenty years ago there were only three American medicines of any repute being sold for actual use in England, but ‘since 1855 the trade has very largely increased, so that to-day there are at least calculation twenty-five American articles which have an extensive sale in that country. Since the Canadian government has been very strin- gent in the matter of duties on proprietary medicines, proprietors have established, and and are still establishing, separate manufac- tories in Canada, where they put up their goods, and thus avoid the duty entirely. If this will be found to pay in Canada it will be found to pay elsewhere. The very large field in this country has often taken so much of a manufacturer’s time and atten- tion that he has not had the disposition to turn his thoughts to the other lands which still remain to be conquered. REDUCED.PRICES. Cutting of prices is said to have originat- ed with Western jobbers. Chicago dealers in the range of St. Louis, were selling goods at cost and paying freight on the more staple articles in the hope of adding the St. Louis customer to their books, while St. Louis houses were offering the same inducements to Chicago customers. Western jobbers found that to extent of over one-third of all their sales they were transacting their business ata loss. No remedy was found until manufacturers were appealed to and the rebate plan adopted. This was simply a contract between manu- facturers and jobbers by which the former held the profits on the goods until they re- reet¥ed a Certificate’ fromthe jobbers that they were sold at full prices. It amounted simply to this: ‘‘When you will send us a certificate that you have sold these goods at the full price we will credit you balance on our books.” The result was inevitable. The prices were restored, and $600,000 profits before thrown away were restored to the jobbers. While the manufacturers could easlly deal with the jobbers, they found it some- thing more of a task to regulate the conduct of the retailers. Of course, to a certain ex- tent they did not care. They sell just as many goods and the retail prices are of no effect on their own profits; but inasmuch as large number of retailers to a district are considered more advantageous in the distri- bution of goods than a few, and as the ten- deney of cut rates is to reduce the number of retailers the manufacturers would prefer a fixed and uniform schedule. But thus far all attempts to secure such a schedule have been vain. The Campion plan, by which a very close union was to be made of the pro- prietors and wholesale dealers which should cut off the supplies of all whodid not sell at full prices was tried for a year or so, but was finally abandoned. The result of all this is that to-day the cutter’s prices, or a modification of them are being adopted. This will gradually assume a definite form and the prices of the future will be found to be 2 mean between the most scalping of the eutter and the full rates of yesterday. As for the depression of 1883-84 ithas not affected the proprietary medicine business adversely in the least. If it has any ten- deney at all in this matter ‘hard times” tends rather to inerease than diminish the sale of proprietary medicines, for it enforces a closer attempt of economy among the peo- ple than that which ordinarily prevails. So it is that the business has gone on steadily increasing since the beginning. een i Among the different branches of the furni- ture trade there are none in which the com- petition has been so strong, or prices redue- ed to so low a limit, as in that of chairs. Prices in some of the cheaper goods, in- deed, have been so reduced that goods are actually sold at less than the cost of original production. Why or how this can be done is no less a problem than it is an unfortu- nate fact, which, to some extent, explains the stagnation which has existed in this line for the past six months. Next to chairs in laggardness of improvement, are the more costly styles of chamber suits. The cause of this is more easily explained. It is be- cause of the only too manifest overproduc- tion of cheap imitation and painted soft wood suits, and the universal inclination, born of hard times, which induces all classes, in pursuance of a false idea of econ- omy, to purchase the cheapest goods that will possibly answer their purpose. medicine which they did not keep in stock, Spending Money on Merchants a Thing of the Past. From the Hotel World. About a dozen commercial travelers sat in the corridor of the Palmer House, Chicago, one night and exchanged stories of business experience. ‘The worst I ever got taken in,” remark- ed the representative of a boot and shoe house ‘*‘was about three years ago by a mer- chant from Ottumwa, Iowa. He was a very heavy buyer and I had for a long time been trying hard to sell him a bill of goods. Late in the evening I heard he was at the Com- mercial Hotel and I hurried around and met him. ‘There were two or three other drum- mers in the same lineof business with him at the time and I took the Ottumwa right away from them. After we had a couple of drinks anda cigar 1 commenced talking boots and shoes to him. He did not appear to be very much interested in the subject, so ITeoneluded he intended to buy from someone else, and I was determined he should not. -Westarted out to see the town by night. Well, we made a night of it. It was one of the worst debauches I ever was on. About 11 o’clock the next day we re- turned to the hotel. The gentleman from Iowa was delighted with his experlence and thanked me over and over again. In the afternoon I invited him around to my place of business. ‘I shall be delighted to ac- company you,’ he said, ‘but 1 am very sorry to say I have already purchased my goods at another house.’ This announcement al- most took away my breath. I was out very nearly $150 on him. That’s whatit cost me to see the sights of Chieago by night. It took a good while, but I finally made my money back in experience. Now, before | spend acent upon a man Task him if he has bought his goods.” “T got pretty badly taken in myself once,” chimed in a traveling man for a hardware house. ‘‘It was when I first entered the business, and immediately after making my first trip on the road. I was what all the boys ealla very fresh young man. Any way, I have never sinee had the same high opinion of myself. > 9.00 Generalineonvenience.................-0+5 5.25 The trouble with the corn cure is that it doesn’t stop at the corn, ‘bat keeps on eat- ing, and is particularly fond of toes. Mr. Fairchild, it is understood, will procure a patent for his remedy, and seek to introduce it to the use of surgeons. Instead of using saws or knives when amputation is neces- sary, alittle of the corn cure rubbed on the limb will answer the same _ purpose. There is undoubtedly a fortune in the dis- covery. ><> ee A Chicago Suggestion. From the Chicago Current. Following the recent National Convention of the trade, the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association will meet at Detroit. Druggists complain (1) that they stand between the patient and thé doctor, and often keep the doctor from carelessly killing the patient; but (2) that when a druggist makes an error it is all up with the patient, for there is no one to catch the druggist’s errors. This is the old cry of the proof-reader and the make-up, and there is a good deal of truth , in it. But mankind will have become nobler ere druggist, or proof-reader, or make-up shall receive charitable treatment. The druggists ought to present their remedial views to the Legislatures. Doubtless such a bill would pass. If a suggestion may be made here, it can be said that the prescrip- tion-clerk might invite the patron to watch him while putting up medicine, or, if the additional expense be profitable, a second clerk might instead assist. Thisis the way proof is read and papers are made up at late hours, when all mistakes are final and ir- remediable. In fact, that is the way the principal gambling-banks are carried on—a ‘“Jookout” being always at hand. >> > Hawkins’ Estimate Too Low. **! seethat Lew. Hawkins places the num- ber of barrels of sugar sold by Grand Rap- ids jobbers at 30,000 per year,” said Amos Musselman, the otherday. ‘‘In my opinion, his estimate is altogether too ‘low. I hap- pen to know that one of our local brokers sold 2,800 barrels last month for one manu- facturer alone, which would be at the rate of 33,600 barrels per year. When we come to consider that that broker represents other houses in the same line, and that there are three brokers here selling sugar, I think the actual transactions are nearer 60,000 barrels than the numberMr. Hawkins sug- gests.” ee —_—_—. -e The Union Pharmaceutique says that an eminent chemist prepared with great: care a mixture of manganese permagnate of potash, and oxalic acid, only to find that the _mix- ture exploded in a few minutes afterward in the patient’s pocket. It also gives an instance of a tooth powder composed of cachou and chlorate of potash exploding in the mouth of a person engaged in brushing AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. Daniel Lynch has moved into his new house at the corner of James street and Wealthy avenue. F. E. Cross has moved his stock of gro- ceries and drugs to this city, locating on South Division street. Gus. Begman, grocer at Bauer, has added a line of boots and shoes. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the stock. Hester & Fox have lately sold a saw mil! to Ed. Lillie, at Coopersville, and a boiler to L. Quackenbush at Pleasant Corners. A. C. Hydorn has engaged in the boot and shoe business at 23 West Bridge street. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the stock. Ludwig Winternitz, jobber of vinegar, yeast and imported cheese, has gotten in the fifth carload of vinegar within three months. H. Leonard & Sons have just issued a forty-eight page illustrated catalogue, which eclipses anything of the kind ever before sent out from this market. J. H. Parker, State agent for Chandler & Taylor, has lately sold sawmill outfits to Geo. T. Joslin, near Marquette, and E. W. Rose, at Stover, near Mancelona. D. W. Williamson, the well-known me- chanical draughtsman is closing out his bus- 4 iness here, preparatory to removing to In- dianapolis, where he will locate permanent- ly. Stow & Haight, in addition to their line of tables, have put on the market three suits in maple, ash and imitation mahogany, which will sell for $20, $25 and $28, respect- ively. Local jobbers have received notice that on and after next Monday they can offer 40 and 5 per cent. discount on standard rubber goods and 40, 10 and 5 per cent. off on sec- ond quality. All reports from Boston are to the effect that the Peninsular Novelty Co.—in which several Grand Rapids capitalists are inter- ested—is literally coining money, and that Bell telephone dividends wil! be in order during the next few years. A Grand Rapids member of the Chair Manufacturers’ Association, which met in secret session at Chicago, October 1, 2 and 3, states that an agreement was effected to advance the price on wood seat and cheap and medium grade cane chairs from 5 to 33}¢ per cent. The advance takes effect on the 20th. Creditors have attached the safe, office furniture and some land owned by the late firm of Smith & Barrett, who carried on a lumber business in the Houseman block. The liabilities of the firm are about $2,000, and the general impression is that they will not be able to pay in full. Mr. Smith came here some time ago with $10,000 or $12,000, most of which is supposed to have been sunk in the business. Edward W. Locke has invented and ap- plied for a patent on a machine for making grease boxes, measures, etc., which can be turned out at the rate of fourteen per min- ute. An automatic arrangement bends the rim, puts the bottom in place, and fastens ‘the rim by means of clinched nails. Noth- ing of the kind has ever before been placed upon the market, and the — probability is that the inventor will receive a reward commensurate with the value of his device. AROUND THE STATE. J. C. Schaub, grocer and feed dealer at Boyne, has assigned. M. J. Goss succeeds M. J. Goss & Co. in general trade at Prairieville. S. W. Kramer has removed his dry goods | stock from Cadillac to Boyne. | Geo. Bryant succeeds Balmer Bros. in the | grocery business Port Huron. Razek & Winsdor succeed Razek & Irwin in. general trade at. White Rock. Waldron & Walker succeed R. Waldron in the grain business at Jackson. Chas. Treat succeeds Treat & Redden in _ the grocery business at Buchanan. | Warren & Baker succeed Clark & Trigg | in the hotel business at Bronson. T. M. Crane succeeds A. J. Bartlett in | the notion business at Eaton Rapids. | Brandes & Scharbring, grocers at Carle- ton, have dissolved, Brandes retiring. | Archie McKinnon has bought the hard- | ware stock of Joseph Tyler, at Shelby. C. F. Phillips sueceeds Phillips & Cole in _ the hardware business at Eaton Rapids. Hadley & Salvin sueceed Van Lew & Por- | ter in the hotel business at Cedar Springs. | Kd. S. Lewis is building an addition to | his store at Eckford, 18x82 feet in dimen- ' sions. Carl Sorenson, cigar dealer at Shelby, has closed out. His creditors mourn the loss of small amounts. McDonald & McCrea succeed John Goul- den & Co. in the wholesale and retail liquor business at Cheboygan. S. C. Darrow, formerly engaged in gener- al trade and the manufacture of hardwood ‘Iumber at Bingham, has closed out his bus- iness at that place, and removed to Traverse City where he proposes to re-engage in gen- eral trade “as soon asa building now in course of construction is completed. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. T. R. Lyon’s salt block, at Ludington, is under construction. L. W. Crane is making large investments in land in Benzie county for lumbering pur- his teeth. poses. Blanchard & Co. are putting in'a péw boiler and engine at their shingle mill at Rodney. | The property of the St. Joseph Paper Pail Co., at St. Joseph, has been sold under trust deed. The Kirby-Carpenter Company has 14,- 000,000 feet of lumber in pile at Menom- inee, and 20,000,000 feet of logs in boom. P. H. Hamlin, formerly of Reed City, has leased the Mt. Vernon grist mill, at Evart, of P. B. Lemert. The lease runs five years. Hopkins & Co., of Bear Lake, have this year shipped 1,800 cords of hemlock bark, and 8,000,000 feet of hardwood lum- ber. Chase Eclipse: Rumor says that Grand Rapids parties have secured a large tract of pine north of town and will at once erect a big saw mill to cutit out. : A village called Petersville has been plat- ted in the northwest part of Lake county, on R. G. Peters’ railroad. Twenty families have already located there. The Grand Haven Lumber Co. has 45,- 000,000 feet of pine lumber north and east of Cedar Lake, which will be put into Flat river during the next two years. J. P. Clark, of the firm of Clark Bros., manufacturers of sawmill machinery at Bel- mont, N. Y., was in the city several days last week, visiting his agent, W. C. Deni- son. Bessemer, the new town near the Gogebic region, is said to be growing and rapidly assuming the aspect of a city. Buildings are going up on all sides and a new hotel is be- ing built. i Salling, Hanson & Co., recently sold to the Manistee Lumber Co. 3,500,000 feet of logs at $10.70 afloat in town 29—4. It is estimated that it will cost $1.50 a thousand to bring the logs to Manistee. Wright & Ketcham, having completed the construction of the main line of the Tittaba- wassee & Hope railroad, are grading two branches, one four and the other two miles carry the case to the Supreme Court. The suit is an important one and as its decision will in a measure determine the validity of chattel mortgages when given for similar security, its final settlement is watched by business men the State over with more or lets interest. nee >- > —__--— Purely Personal. Mrs. Emma E. Hurtle and son, of Petos- key, are the guests of J. H. Parker and family. Jas. Fox and L. L. Loveridge left Tues- day morning for Louisville and Cincinnati, to be gone four or five days. W. E. Holbrook, editor and manager of the Cincinnati Furniture Worker, was in the city several days last week. F. Raniville,of the belt manufacturing firm of F. Raniville & Co., has gone to New York to purchase the necessary machinery to increase the capacity of the factory. Dr. C. B. Dickson, of Detroit, is in the city looking over the ground with a view of establishing three lines of manufactures. He will locate here, if properly encouraged by men of capital. S. E. Wait, the Traverse City druggist, was in the city over Sunday, the guest of his former partner, L. M. Mills. Mr. Wait was on his way to California, where he will spend a couple of months. John Wallace, who has managed C. Mears’ interests at Mears for a number of years past—to the satisfaction of all con- cerned—has resigned his position, and leaves shortly for Chippewa Falls, Wis. Among those who will attend the third annual meeting of the Michigan State Phar- macutical Association, at Detroit this week, are Frank J. Wurzburg, Frank E. Escott, Dr. W. H. Ross, Dr. H. E. Locher, Wm. EF. Osborne and E. A. Stowe. Dr. C. S. Hazeltine leaves next Monday for Philadelphia, where he will attend the an- nual convention of the National Wholesale Drug Association, to be held in that city from October 20 to 23, inclusive. He will WO, * F LADY TRAVELERS. | Monopoly and Anti-Monopoly. | he aco ™ — on oy magonyclsa about the life of a commercial drummer as = ee many be just a0. cbmoxions ae 16 ts he; but I do think that I know as much of eo “ies dees — mn Gis tnstinets and feelings of a lady ashe! nanneenty say that monopoly is not of it- | Self an evil, and, like many other things in sone Foes Kenw, and feel tally aa com this world, it is only when abused that con ’ ¢ . etent to judge what a lady may bear eg eenk GUE Giant oe that ie feeterne as een fon. Goaverty atiy of Ge of feeling and refinement of manner” which | a or nee tea — woe nyere hee constitiiins one.’ Aimone other titi + the exclusive enjoyments of to ladies as commercial travelers, he very — e least t or a time, had not been as- pathetically alludes to the snubs which | — a = - ——- 7” drummers have sometimes to endure from | @2°® have put their money in gas com- merchants with whom they deal. Now, in - gs * ~ — - ~~ -” male had an article of this kind, I do not approve of s ay — ner yee py: Seen . age fine flowing periods or soaring ‘flights of| a ae weet never have been built had fancy. so I will simply say that in my ex- | “a - ; 7 - ” — a — — perience with this class of people, namely, | aa bow . . exclusively under thet con- drummers, the man who is a gentleman is | wt a _" coy wn erery observer that cop invattably treated as one by the seeedeciess. | —— not be invested in enterprises in- and, ifthe agent were a ledy, no dealer! volving tisk unless the promises of profit would treat her otherwise than as one. | — at - my’ many instances the se- Phat cin ends ‘Whens ¥ have seen whe, | surance of profit depends almost altogether undoubtedly, deserved snubbing. You take | Meee tne eustaninn of oe peryieges, that class who sail into a man’s place of Momapely, ae a as ay Incentive ta business as if they owned the universe, or pages — Cherefose an important tae- were traveling fors firm that furnished | tor in civilization. Monopoly, moreoyer, is passports to eternal felicity and had the ' often absolutely unavoidable. There can be monopoly of these same desirable articles, | = en Se 8 Strand Line Econ, obtainable only from him—let him thrust his | and it is simply idle to denounce the com- wares into a dealer’s face, whether the deal- pany that has the privilege of running cars er wants them or not, talking all the time | rece Tr mampory. nes bs he aniey: like an improved phonograph wound up for ian o its privilege it disregards public a week, warranted not to rust or wear out, | yeep ‘ Eves when monopoly. be- and a dealer will sometimes mildly suggest | comes an evil it is questionable whether it that he will not buy of him; and I have seen does as much mischief as unrestricted com- those who deserved that the suggestion pasion, which everywhere is destroying ' profits and consuming capital. Competition Advanced Ideas on the Subject by a Mer- chant’s Wife. should come from the toe of a No. 9 shoe; long, and thee iron will soon be laid. The Case & Willard Mannfacturing Co., be joined by Capt. C. G. Perkins and wife, | who go direct from their home at Hender- at Battle Creek, will start up its works, with a full complement of men, on Novem- | 8°; Ky. ber 1. Nichols, Shepard & Co., of the same place, will start up with a reduced force on | November 2. —_—_~-¢- 2 -—______- Can Never be Wholly Superceded. From the Commercial Enquirer. . : The credit system can never be wholly Dimmen den Bleyker and Edward Mc- | superceded, particularly in the broader Caffrey, proprietors of the den Bleyker fields of commercial life. It is the direct Manufacturing Co., at Kalamazoo, have dls- course of much of the evil which affliets our solved, Mr. McCaffrey retiring to engage in | people, second only to those of the rum other business. The business of the old | traffic itself. company will be continued under the same | To institute and make cash payments a style by Mr. den Bleyker. : | success would be to bring about a most mar- The Cadillac & Northwestern Railway, | velous result, changing the whole current of owned by the Cummer Lumber Co., of Cad-| mercantile life and effecting an equally mar- illac, now completed and in operation from 'velous change on the face of society. that place to Komas park, - Muskrat lake, | Think of it. How it would simplify busi- in Missaukee county, will be immediately ‘ness. The process would consist almost extended five miles further north, passing solely of buying and selling—taking in cash around the lake, and thus making ferriage anq paying it out—no charging, no book- unnecessary in reaching Lake City. This keeping, no worry, care, anxiety or concern extension will reach a large tract of pine! regarding bad debts, and no trouble collect- hitherto inaccessible. STRAY FACTS. | stables, judgments and executions. Half of A. D. Rork has started a meat market at | the merchants’ energies now frittered away Hastings. } and lost would be saved and concentrated 1, F. Evans & Son have opened a tinshop | upon his business. at Nashville. And then the effect upon society, compel- A. G. Fox will engage in the sale of gas ling and encouraging thrift in families fixtures at Marshall. where improvidence, with allits shiftless- E. D. Beach has engaged in the commission | ness, has been the rule, instituting economy and brokerage business at Adrian. for extravagance, honesty for dishonesty, A. G. Butler is erecting a grain elevator and bringing into play and practice the at Bellevue, with a capacity of 10,000 bush- ‘whole catalogue of virtues following in the els. f _ wake of upright dealing. Hannah, Lay & Co. have issued a neat. ee memorandum book, with advertising on al- | The Gripsack Brigade. ternate pages. Harry McDowell is ‘‘doing” Boston and W. J. Black, who has been buying grain | suburbs. and potatoes at Sand Lake, contemplates Leo. A. Caro and wife have gone to Jack- erecting a warehouse and_ elevator at that ‘son for a ten days’ visit with A. F. Peake place. and family. Grand Haven Herald: About 150 tons of | Now rehearse the latest gags carefully, so east-bound freight and twenty carloads of | as to spring them on unsuspecting dealers west-bound freight is handled daily at the | in good style. railway docks in this city. | John L. Joseph, Michigan representative A Sand Lakecorrespondent writes: There | for S. J. Foree & Co., of Covington, Ky., is some talk of S. L. Ware buildinga large | left Tuesday fora week’s visit with his store east of Butler’s block. If he does he; house. will open a general store. 7. P. S. Hampson will have charge of an Ovid Union: C. C. Taylor has closed his exhibit for the Anti-Kalsomine Co., at the business relations with the grocery firm of | State Pharmaceutical Association’s meeting Bowen & Taylor. Mr. Bowen will continue | at Detroit this week. the business alone as heretofore. Max Mills is by no means a handsome The Bank of St. Johns has been organiz- man, but since he has become the patron of ed under the State law with $50,000 capital. | a barber shop his features disclose a Celtic The officers are: O. W. Munger, president, | appearance which was heretofore unsus- Geo. F. Marvin, vice-president; and Alvin | pected. Shaver, cashier. | Geo. F. Owen has rented his farm and Fletcher E. Turrell and Geo. W. Albrecht, disposed of his horses, cattle, hogs, geese, proprietors of the Bank of Bellaire, and | ducks, chickens, dogs, etc., and removed to owners of ‘real estate at Bellaire, have the city, where he is located in the Bemis dissolved, Turrell retiring. The business of | block. As a relic of his agricultural life, he the late firm will be continued by Geo. W.'| has brought to town a pumpkin nearly six Albrecht, Chester Thomson and Egbert F. | feet in cireumference and weighing 105 Albrecht under the firm name of Albrecht, | pounds. This goes to show that he is ea- Thomas & Co. pable of grasping fame as a} pumpkin raiser Mecosta Sentinel: We hear it rumored as well as a canine cultivator. that Wm. H. Smith, the Big Rapids clothier, | > + > has purchased a lot east of Parks Bros.’ | A Chicago Druggist’s Suicide. store and will proceed to erecta building; -- << —__—_— More Business Activity. From the American Machinist. Every day we hear reports of the starting of idle mills, shops and Business has been depressed, but there is something more than the perennial ‘‘bet- ter feeling” observable justnow. Manufac- tories are starting up because they have or- ders to fill. In most eases profits are small, but they are large enough to make it more desirable to run the establishments than to remain idle and keep customers away. In parts of New England, cotton mills are eas- ier than they have been for months before. Rolling mills are resuming work in many places, but the iron trade needs a strong im- petus to get into activity again. Rails are in better demand, and there has been a stif- fening up in price. Danbury recently made hosiery mills in Philadelphia afe working full time with a full complement of hands, and the demand for goods is said to be fore. Transportation lines are having an a Ended in a Grand Tableaux. Mother—Ella, go to bed. to the governess and give her a kiss. her a kiss. Mother—And why not? kiss she boxes their ears. doesn’t. wn AO A. C. Dowse, editor of the New England Grocer, favors Tot TRADESMAN with a copy of the Malden City Press, of which journal he is also the editor. A recent issue Deacon Converse, who has something like amillion dollars invested in and Grand Rapids. Durham, N. C., a tobacco manufacturing town, shows remarkable development. with but 90 inhabitants, and the total valu- ation of property was only $10,000. A re- property is given at $3,000,000. A young Cincinnati woman recently used $10 in railroad fare, $15 board in the coun- less than 50 cents. bought with a pound of tea, this looks like extravagance. ‘‘What is the worst thing about money?” asked a Sunday-school teacher. ‘‘Its scar- city,” replied a boy promptly. importance in the article I read, I conelude , these are his only fears regarding lady trav- | suits her best. | ease to standing all day behind a counter, | aches and her brain reels, with that other | sublime alternative staring her in the face— | any of these, it is her privilege to choose it, | factories. | the largest shipment of hats on record. The - heavier than it has been for two years be-| inerease of freight and there are daily stron- | ger indications of greater busines activity. | Say good night | Ella—No, mamma, I don’t want io give) of the latter contains an account of the ded- ication of a memoral building erected by E. | ; ; | S. Converse and wife, who are relatives of around | Twenty years ago it was a small hamlet | cently-completed census shows a population | of 6,370, and the assessed valuation of the $5 worth of paint, $2 worth of canvas, paid | try two weeks, and painted a picture worth | When chromos ean be! | cannot lawfully be restricted, and within proper limits it is advantageous, perhaps necessary; but reckless competition is really 'a greater evil than monopoly even at its worst; aml in each case it is not the thing | itself, but certain obnoxious ‘only, that is censurable. seeietiauie . Already lumbermen are actively preparing for the winter campaign in the pineries, and contracts are being made for enormous quantities of baked beans, pork, beef, but- ter, coffee, sugar, flour and the other solid _articles of food that are devoured by the hungry loggers. Men are being engaged to swing the axe and to haul the logs to the streams, and there are plenty of applicants at rather low wages. The log “crop” will forms of it not be nearly as large as in some recent years, for lumber manufacturers are be- coming more conservative, and they are at last finding out that it is better not to overstock the markets of the country. _ or? -O oa Are Pills Essential to Life? From the New York Tribune. Judge Chipman, of Detroit, has just de- cided that a contract made by a drug firm not to sell certain pills below acertain price is valid. ‘This decision is based on the view that pills, unlike wheat and coal and similar articles, are not necessaries of life. To as- sert that pills are ‘‘in any sense indispensi- ble to the human race,” says Judge Chip- man, ‘‘would be a violent presumption not to be entertained judicially, and only to be established by evidence which every sensi- ble man knows has no existence.” We must differ wholly from the learned judge. Piils are absolutely essential to the lives of druggists; for without them the druggist cannot make a living. Without them the homeopathic physician cannot keep body and soul together, nor can his pa- tients; without pills as a foundation many a printer and lithographer would starve for want of business; many a quackman would find his occupation gone; the bill-poster would not flourish; innumerable factories given over to globules for the heart, the liv- er, the head and the stomach, would shut down and the many workmen would suffer. Above all, the man who trusts in his pill box far more than in his physician would fill an early grave. Most learned judge, the manufacture, sale and distribution of pills have reached such proportions as to rank among the most important industries. The higher court should reverse the decision. a il Sulphurous Oxide. From the Sanitary News. Sulphurous oxide is a very interesting chemical substance, The general public are more familiar with it as they occasionally in- hale it from a burning mateh, and as associat- ed with hell fire and brim stone, in that local- ity where matches arenot made. It is a color- less gas, formed by the combustion of sul- phur, with a pungont, suffocating odor. It extinguishes combustion and, because of this property, is often placed in stoves to extinguish the soot burning in chimneys. When liberated in the air it forms white fumes with its moisture, and a piece of ice placed in the gas will be instantly liquified. The gas may be condensed into a liquid by pressure or by cold, and in this form evap- orates so rapidly that the cold generated will freeze water in a red hot crucible. It is very often used as a disinfectant. It is familiar to milliners as a bleaching agent. Woolen or straw goods, when moistened and hung in the gas, part with their color, or, rather, change color by the union of the gas with the coloring matter of the fabric. If a red rose be held in sulphuric acid gas for a time it is made white, but its color may be restored by a bath in weak sulphuric acid. <> Drug store insurance js one of the live is- sues in which all druggists are interested, and the pharmaceutical and trade associa- tions should take the matter in hand with the object of securing more equitable rates of insurance. A novel and timely invention is that of a Rochester, N. Y., druggist who constructed a safety jar from which to dispense mor- phine. It is opened with great difficulty, and on the last obstruction are the words: ‘“‘Are you sure this prescription calls for morphine?” HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO. A Wholesale Drug House Second to None. Although Grand Rapids ranks among the | most healthy cities on the continent, it is nevertheless the center of a considerable portion of the jobbing trade of the State for the sale of drugs and all goods used for medical purposes. As in many other lead- ing lines of business, however, its prestige is mostly due to its geographical advan- tages, and the enterprise of those who are engaged in the business. Prominent among the jobbing houses of Grand Rapids and the wholesale drug estab- lishments of the West is the well-known wholesale emporium of Hazeltine, Perkins &Co. Founded about twenty-five years ago, and coming under its present manage- ment only about a dozen years ago, the pres- ent proprietors have steadily increased the range and volume of their business until it has now reached truly marvelous propor- tions. Stimulated by the curiosity which he al- ways feels to learn the modus operandi of a large establishment, a reporter of THE TRADESMAN recently obtained permission to make a tour of the premises. They com- prise a four-story brick structure, situated on the corner of Ottawa and Louis streets, and covering an area of 42x104 feet. The premises are spacious and the interior ar- rangement is perfect, the store being a model of artistic elegance and neatness. The stock carried embraces a fine assortment of pure drugs, chemicals, proprietary medi- cines, toilet and fancy articles, and every- thing usually found in a first-class wholesale drug store. The first thing which strikes the observer while walking through the various floors and departments is the order and system which obtains in every branch of the busi- ness, in spite of the fact that thousands of articles are included in the stock, and that it is essential that every article be assigned a place by itself. Another feature which commends itself is the extreme care used in the filling of all orders, as well as the rap- idity with which they are executed. These features have been brought to perfection through years of continued effort in that direction, and to this careful attention to their patrons’ interests is largely due the large and influential trade which the house now enjoys. The basement is used for the storage of heavy goods, such as paints, oils, varnishes, white lead, gum camphor, gum shellac, oil meal, ete. Conspicuous among the special brands of paints are piles of the celebrated “Pioneer Prepared” and ‘‘Swiss Villa Mix- ed” paints, whose superiority is everywhere conceded. One corner is occupied by a gas engine, which furnishes motive | power for the elevator and grinding machine, through which many of the drugs used for manufac- turing purposes pass. The first floor contains the office, sample and sundry rooms, patent medicine and liquor departments. The druggists’ sun- dries department is an especial feature of the establishment, containing, as it does, a line of goods second to none in the country. It comprises such articles as comb and brush sets, with or without musical attachments, gentlemen’s and ladies’ necessaries, glove and handkerchief boxes, collar and cuff boxes, manicure sets, card boxes, work boxes, infants’ sets, ete. Many of the arti- cles are handsomely dressed in plush or Russia and alligator leather, and the line includes all the novelties suitable for the holiday trade. This branch of the business is well worth a careful insdection. The second floor is occupied by the pack- ing and distributing departments, each of which is as complete as careful study and intelligent assistants will allow. The third floor comprises the glassware department and the laboratory. In addition to its business of importers and jobbers of drugs and druggists’ stock, the firm does a large and growing trade in manufacturing a general line of pharmaceutical preparations, which, owing to quality and price, have re- ceived a warm reception at the hands of the trade everywhere. The laboratory is one of the largest and best equipped in the United States devoted to the production of pharma- ceutical preparations. _ The firm has availed itself of every improvement in machinery that cannot be advantageously employed in the operation of advanced pharmacy, and we feel warranted in saying, that in extent, convenience, and every desirable detail, that a long experience could suggest, or an un- grudging investment could furnish, it has now facilities unequalled for the purposes of its business. The H., P. & Co. line of fluid extracts take rank with those of any other manufacturer as regards quality, and in point of size and shape of bottle and gen- eral attractiveness of label, they are super- ior to any other line on the market. The firm also puts up ‘‘Henry’s Kentucky Stock Powder” and ‘‘Henry’s Corn Cure,” both of which have reached a large sale. ‘‘Weath- erly’s Catarrh Cure,” a specific which has been before the country for several years, has come into the possession of this firm, who find it difficult to supply the rapidly increasing demands of the trade. This rem- edy is finding favor all over the country and is destined to give the firm a National repu- tation. —_—— OO — - A Minneapolis Opinion. From the Northwestern Miller. We often wonder if the telegraph service is as bad elsewhere as itisin the North- west, as well as why, such being the case, press and people do not rise up and smite the Western Union Company hip and thigh. "WHOLESALE PRIOE CURRENT. Advanced—Oil bergamot, oil sassafras, oil lemon. Declined —Nothing. ACIDS. Acetic; No. 8........6.eceeceer cence 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 CORI oe co cha x sews £5 tte bs cae 34 @ 36 oak dock ook as weaeeactne 60 @ 65 Muriatic 18 deg.........--++-+-++++ 3 @ 5 Nitric 36 deg.......--.-20+2+00-+5 u @R ORAM ee enna cee ua es ee anee 122 @ 14 Sulphuric 66 deg.......------++++++ 3@ 4 Tartaric powdered.............-+- 52 @ 55 Benzoiec, English..........--- ey 18 Benzoie, German,.....-...++eseees 122 @ bb MANIC ...... cece cece cece ee ee ee ecees 122 @ 15 AMMONIA. Carbonate... ......-.ee seer eres gh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢).......---+-++++ 14 Aqua l6 deg or 3f... ..---+-+++eees 5 @ 6 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.......---++++++- 6 @ 7 BALSAMS. Copaiba .........5 cece eee er er etetes 40@45 Ts he da dawns oe aap aeeens® 40 POP. oo on oo oc sce detec nee ees cele eee 2 Teas .. boca cas cas ace coe meneee + ekse 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c).......- ll Cinechona, yellow.........seereees 18 Elm, sclect.........-eeeeeeeeeeer ees 13 Elm, ground, pure.......--+++++++5 14 Elm, powdered, pure.......-++++++ 15 Sassafras, Of rOOt.......--2e+-seeee 10 Wild Cherry, select.......------+++ Bb Bayberry powdered.........--+++: 20 Hemlock powdered.........--+++++ 18 Wahoo ...... cc cecccccccecsscereeess 30 Soap ground. . ......seeeeeeeerees 12 BERRIES, Cubed prime (Powd 95c)......---- @ ” JuMiper ...... cece cece ence eeeeeees 8 a 4 Prickly ASN.........eee eee ee ener ee 50 @ 60 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 24 ib boxes, 25c)... 27 Licorice, ——— _ cae leks 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tb doxes). 9 Logwood, 1s (25 ib boxes)......---- 12 Lgowood, %8 MO pendinds en 13 Logwood, 48 GO aecchivess 15 Logwood, ass’d GO ........-- 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. AINICR..., occ eee cece ect eee ee tees 10 @ ll Chamomile, Roman......--.-++++: 25 Chamomile, German.......--+++++ 25 GUMb. Aloes, BarbadOes........++++-e2++ 60@ 5 Aloes, Cape (Powd 20¢).......++++- 12 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd GOG). cas on 50 AMMONIAC .....- ee eee eee eee ee etene 28@ 30 Arabic, powdered select........-- 68 Arabic, Ist picked aces acauenes 60 Arabic,2d picked.......--+++++-+++5 50 Arabic, 3d picked.......--+++++ee+- 45 Arabic, sifted sorts.......... eee 35 ‘Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35¢c)... 25 BenzOin.......... cece cree eeeeeeeees 55@60 Camphor ........--eseeeesserereeeee 2 i Catechu. 1s (4 l4c, 48 16c) ...... . : 13 as powdered.........--- 35@ 40 Galbanum strained.........-----++ : 80 Gamboge.......-seeesessceereert 80@ 90 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢c).......-- 35 Kino [Powdered, 30c].......-++++++ 20 WASHC. ... 0c. scccccenarccccenesses Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... Opium, pure (Powd 7 rae 3 5 Shellac, Campbell’s.......-----++++ 30 Shellac, English.........---+-+++++ 26 Shellac, native.........-.eeeereeees a Shellac bleached..........++---+++ 30 Tragacanth ............ee cece e eens 80 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Hoarhound ........ cece eee e cence cece ee ceceee 25 TADGUA . os co nace ncscsscsaserencsoccoseesecees 25 PeppermMint........-...eeee cece ee cee ee eres: 25 Te cack wa aanadansaecgacencecngeresns 40 Spearmint ..........-e cece ee ceee eer eect eees 24 Sweet Majoram.........sseecerecesereeeeeees 35 MANZY 2. .cccccsccccceccecsccecacenssseeceneees 25 MTNYME .......-ceee eens cc en seen nsec eeseneseees 30 WOrmWwoO0 .....---ce ence es ceeeeee cereedeee 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine...........-+-- § 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal...........- 7 Citrate .......ccc cece cece cece ee eees ' Phosphate ........-+-eeeeeee erences 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25c)......-.... 13 @ 14 Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & Ys, 1c)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural..........-... 18 @ 2 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered...........++-e++ 22 Senna tinnivelli..........- ----+e+ 16 TYG VPRL occ osc ce cacs cnc ss rtecers 10 Belledonna..........-. cece cece eeeee 35 FOXglove........-eee cece erececenees 30 FHenPane .... 2-20 se cc cc cecnescccecce 35 Rose, VEd.... 2.255 coceccecssececces 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 Druggists’ Favorite Rye........-. 1 75 Whisky, other brands............- 110 Gin, Old Tom...........--eeeeeeeees 135 Gin, Holland...........--+eeeeeeeee 2 00 ewes a wa awh awe 1% Catawba WineS...........--02+ o 1 25 Port WiNES. ........cececceesceecese 1 35 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0Z.......- Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 0Z.......-. Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... Calcined........cccecececesccnerees OILS. Almond, SWECU.....-.- 2 eee eee eres Amber, rectified..........2+++++e+5 IBS 6 oa ig co cae donne anne ewes sews ces Bay @ OZ... .. 6. eee ee cece eer ee eees Bergamont..........ee cesses ee eeeee CASTOR oo. cca e cece cc ceecereccenences 17 CLOTON... 2... cece cece ee cece cece ences Cajeput ......-- ee er eeeeee cece eee es CASSIE occ cose n occas cen sessecesscecs Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... Citronella .......... ce cece ee ceecece CIOWOR o 5 oc ci chun ck otcnncteectuceces Cod Liver, N.F.... . 9 sees 8 gal Cod Liver, best......... a as Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 Cubebs, P. & W.........- EVigeron ...... 2. ee ee cece eee ee cree FirGWOOd..... -- aa cs vc cade cccnneseces Geranium #8 OZ.......-..+-+++e2++: Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. Juniper WOOd.........:ee cece eens Juniper berries....... Tanuvases anes Lavender flowers, French......... Lavender garden do Lavender spike do Lemon, MGW CLrOp.......-..eeeeeeee Lemon, Sanderson’s............+++ LOMONGTABS.....--+ sree ees eee e tees Olive, Malaga........... : Olive, “Sublime Italian . one Origanum, red flowers, French... Origanum, No.1 Pennyroyal,.......-.-eeer cree ee eens Peppermint, white...........----- ROSE FP OZ... . eee eee e eee et eee nes Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) A. cae us cdascenawecnsencaeans Ns ass nha be wake eheees cans cee Sandal Wood, German...........- Sandal Wood, W. I SaSsatraS........cccecscececccecsces Spearmint. . 45 65 ner eet anak bees ee weae bake 4 50 Tar (by gal 50C)........-. eee eeeeeeee 10 Wintergreen ........ eee ee eeee eee Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... Wormseed .... 2... ce ceccceesceseces POTASSIUM. Bicromate..........0- sees sense 8 b Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... Chlorate, cryst (Powd 27¢)......... Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... Prussiate yellow........seeeseeeeee ROOTS. AUADOD 0 oacn 5 os ces ene ce dene cesenens Althea, CUt.... 00... cee cece eee ween Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and \s.... Blood (POW 18C)...........ceeeeeee Calamus, peeled.........-.....-.+ Calamus, German white, peeled.. Elecampane, powde Gentian (Powd l5c)...........-+++- Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ ll Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powd 25c)............- Hellebore, white, powdered....... Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. alap, powdered...............++++ Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. Licorice, extra select............+. Pink, true... 2... 0.00 eee cece eeee Rhei, from select to choice....... 10 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 10 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ Rhei, choice cut fingers........... ee ee ere eeene - ESSERE geezases to RRAW > w Ww 8 _ DO DS CO et et wet Roto BERASES wooo 22S te _© Owe ee o® @ - wee 25 3 eRSSES SSLSTRUSSSSSSEARERSE 3 x o or = SERRSSSSSSARES 14 40 dD S 28 REMSRSRSSESAHSESSEEIRS Serpentaria 50 RD ni anh ck ok hb vce cede ene 60 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus..... 49 Sarsaparilla, Mexican......... o 20 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 15 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢c)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... 15 Bird, mixed in b packages....... 5 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna.............-. < -2 << ——— ‘So you admit having stolen the box of blacking,” said a justice toa little colored boy, who was up for stealing a box of black- ing froma grocery. ‘‘Yes, sah; I tuck de blackin’.” ‘You ought to be ashamed of ourself.” ‘Jes what I tole him, Jedge,” 3 spoke up the father of the boy. ‘‘I done broke up a barril stave on him for bein’ so stupid. Dar was a pair ob high-price boots on de same shelf, an’ de fool boy tuck a cheap box ob blackin’. Sock it to him, Jedge, I hain’t got no sympathy for dot kind of a offspring. I’se afeered he am gwinter grow up an’ disgrree de hull family.” v d for - Write for Prices. HESTER & FOX SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, ATLAS iia ES INDIANAPOLIS, y WORKS : ieee) STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Sg Sank: atchots, Dosis i naeets sa Soi deec ace Saws, Belting and Oils. OYSTERS! When in want of a good brand of OYSTERS, don’t fail to get the famous PATAPSCO, which is guaranteed both as to quality and price. Sold only by W. F. GIBSON & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE, JELLY, MINCE MEAT and PAPER OYSTER PAILS, Jelly, Mince Meat Eitc. 0) tt Ei El 0 Ef BUTTER! é et “LAL G” Best 0c Cigar in Michigan, “Common Sense,” Best Se Cigar in Micha. CLARK, JEWELL & CO, SOLE AGENTS. The Well-Known J.S.Farren & Co. OYSTERS ARE THE BEST IN MARKET. PUTNAM & BROOKS WHOLESALE AGENTS. E COMING to GRAND RAPIDS IN CAR LOADS! D. W. Archer’s Trophy Corn, D. W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn, D, W. Archer's Early Golden Drop Corn EVERY CAN BEARING SIGNATURE OF The Archer, Packing Co. OMILLICOTHE, Ir... F. J. LAMB & CO, WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR THE Ie Cut Chewing Tobacco is the very best dark goods on the Market, D. D. Mallory & Co. Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters In Cans or Bulk. Write for Quotations. 8 and 10 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. STEELE & CoO., Wholesale Agents at Ionia for DETROIT SOAP CO'S Celebrated Brands of Soaps. QUEEN ANNE. The most popular 3-4 pound cake in the market. MICHIGAN, | The finest of 1 pound bars. — 4k elegant and cor. et map of the State with every Ox. Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished on application. Lots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to al! railroad points. Orders respectfully solicited. STEELE c& Co. IONIA, MICE. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. = M Di pe chin a ~ wanise spice Ww. CC. Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. CURTISS, DUNTON & CO. WEOLESATLE PAPER, OILS, CORDAGE, WOODENWARE } CURTISS, DUNTON c& co. 51 AND 53 LYON STREET, - ‘ i Y FF. ADAMS .& CO.’S DARK AROMATIC GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "5 Mich, Hall & Christel i, Ag Grand Rapids. RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. We have a splendid line of goods for Fall trade and guar- antee our prices on Rubbers. The demand for our own make of Women’s, Misses’ and Childs shoes is increasing. Send in your orders and they will be promptly attended to. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. onsxexcer V(/fT MILLING C0, HBERPOLSHEIMER Proprietors of & CO. | STAPLE AND FANCY pry aosas| VRESCENT oveRALLS, PANTS, Eto, FLOURING MILLS, our own make. A complete: Lake, op CPOYS, PRNCY) “Seis CROCKERY, and FANCY . wescenr WOODEN-WARE, our own ““WHITE ROSE,” importation, for holiday trade, a Inspection solicited. Chicago and De-| . ENT,” and troit prices gurranteed. | “ALL WHEAT,” Flour. a TIME TABLES. f Michigan Central. DEPART. WEPOGNOIN PERDEGOB oo ooo concn cecess cs, 6:00 am tee MOTO... 6 ccccsc ssc... 12:45 om PMMUMMNNS MER UOUB Sooo. occ dohe ccc hcl 9:20 p m meV eee. a 6:50 a m ARRIVE. Were TARDNOOM as 6 ook coda sci eee ecck 6:00 am OR he oo aia cc es es, 3:50 p ma *Grand Rapids Express............... 10:50 p m a a es ceseses OF108 *Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantie and Pacifie Express. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Parlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a.m.,and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p.m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:50 p.m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. 4 Leaves. Arrives, NN ec icns ccc cckcuscs 9:15am 4:25pm Tey Bepregs............. 12:35pm 10:45 p m *Night Express............ 8:35pm 4:45am *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and 9:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. TOON, snc gh can ouac enna 4:15pm 4:04pm Express...................-. 81068 mM ll:bam All trains arrive and depart from Union De- pot. The Northernterminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. MEMO, osc od ssa ccndueess 7:15pm 7:30 a m WN i coe on ages che scecaci 9:50am 4:00pm All trains daily except Sunday. The train leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic vonenn on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:30 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving onehour for dinner) with special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches can be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. McKenney, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee, GOING EAST. Arrives. +Steamboat Express. ..... 6:l7am Temvoueo WOM ........5cce 10:10 a m *Evening Express......... 3:20 p m *Limited Express.......... 8:30 pm +tMixed, with coach........ GOING WEST. Leaves. 6:25 am 10:20 am 3:35 p m 10:45 p m 10:30 am *+Morning Express......... 1:05pm 1:10pm +Through Mail............ 5:19pm 5:15pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:40pm 10:45pm RM acc idedccesshdua. 7:lvUam *Night Express............. 5:10am 5:20am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. Train leaving at 10:45 p. m. will make con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. Reeve, Traflic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30a m- 11:30a m Ft.Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm _ 5:00 pm G’d Rapids & Cadillae Ac. 7:00a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cineinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. §:00pm 5:30 pm Mackinac & Ft. Wayt cEx..10:30am 11:45 pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.11:30 p m All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:00 o’cloeck p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Traverse City and Mackinac. Train leaving at 11:30 a.m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw City.” South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. C. L. LOCK Woop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Trains connect with G. R. & I. trains for St. Ignace, Marquette and Lake Superior Points, leaving Grand Rapids at 5:00 p. m., arriving at Marquette at 1:35 p. m. and6:1U p.m. Returning leave Marquette at 6:30 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., arriving at Grand Rapids at 9:30 a. m. Con- nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad for the Iron, Gold and Silver and Copper Districts. Il’. MILLIGAN. Gen’! Frt. & Pass. Agt., Marquette, Mich. mo gee a —_ Sky WA WANA < “ PARRA w RRA WALA, WAY NR Ul even MALL Neue RA ot eR = Ww . . wen. s ae | ’ 5 ' ! ' W oY = © wr Ww wr ait Ww \ Vea ww SY - *) ie NTHALER, DE QUOTATIONS IN PRIGE-GURRENT. | Ma erel i fresh Soong 1 95 Pu Sugar Dri gettereneceeeetiees 3@35 ain C eee 15 mnati ithin si : sent against or presi he mi sidenecy AN TRAD M ckerel in Tom stand eget = 95 P re Su ee @ 35 Deco ream pene is@14 must k ion, or six m out of t st a sto sident w: stake I y Th PR ESMAN 3 ackere 3 fin — Sau ATde. ees 2 90 enon Ty gar Dehn ee @l 7 Stri rated C -"hpegoee prneniseararengs . have j the onths ‘ the ple in ne wal as lik mad qu e Gra OVIS N. 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U@is w is cour adulter great 1 eno of th to tl es in Ext , Chica packi RREL Oe ardi s, dom ic 4s IVER esos scenes) 1 40 Japa Sa @l oD nges ain in IN BUL 5 ered?” s the doc try.” rated t ugh to e ages 1emselv Cl ra Fan Ago Eoin. S. otaines ™M ee 2 25 Ja n fai ary. ceweegeeeeeeeeine 85 zenges, plain i pail Seo a <4. t ~ . Ae : Ss. o cca mere sc a pa rto aa 8. ae @& ges. 1in in b io K. “ é ‘torin ea grown think But I es. It E ear, A wit Cle ee ke Tro ines, ee 1 aactttcensennsennses 1 25 Ja n fine good herp em @ a Cc zen ’ print ul — 15 “Ty g of t wiser that was xtra . Webs eKIMI oso noo ut, 3 ib port PAB ceccerecess Benassi 90 ‘hoe es, pri ed in Pen . he te: he t progr and b > th as fo Bo Clea me 9 br Bee rcs 1% You cae Gu olate B inted MB goons ec ess @ famili a lea ea di essed i etter: e pe ol- ston C r, heav. aseag 50 ook Tene 28) G i . im D ro oe BAZ niliar t f has discov: ed in th er; that ople 1 ‘A. Web lear avy. coseteseetesenee 11 50 Apple CA ee : 14 un Po sm 15@20 Gum Drope ops, in HIB. oceans ens recogn! 0 €} a very di oe e directi the’ w rad | Gle ig Pa ila 8, 3b wont 7 Oolo ee aeaae ite cone. ie pai! BIB. once a2 ecogniz xperts ery disti : cer id unders ection world Stand back i ee 13 00 B ples, gal standar owen eeeeeereeee 14 Con gle 9 M re teens in Pole Dalls...0 2c: nuke” the te wv by criti and it ¢ inetive fo ntration. I standing of human k had ndard Cle hort ie. Snare San "14 00 Bhteeirrie. reste i 8. _, £08 Le. saaeen Bean Drops. in pails ceseenceeeetenenee Kes > tea-cus itical | Can en . Ith and snow ar, the best SIMS 8. Ths is onpost ot board of Hans, anes Herring. ft sige co a Seana ee is Tallow. Bona ia : 0 shi e ~ Sig ikon a Aco wi Sb oeas oo” ee onic caag ape 20 the ae the ree A cieciice, 7: eceine Se cal domestic, Soe ee Crescent anne ” : — kay cs Fine oe _ on... 20 es the er. ector. : Ss, 0) ° N ckerel aled mport ’ new Hes 9 12 Sages i 51 oar 3 shed wo Chi lie she @: a othe yo 0 » one ap- Macker penny bois iG, MEW... st toe spor @3 se W eb: oo Or fin ier tw 1 the th ‘ ne cho ap a kerel, amas. ere 85 Bote cocci @ 7 ashed.. =e 44@ au al.” o. Thei nird sen by : 10Fe, ee on C Be east @AB 18@22| nwash by “What heir rep selected y “i . o. 2% iat sites 19023 Grayling es bsdepeenensent Gas on a — shed.... tea qualificati ort is by o oa ne jg ooo eee 5 50 in ae erat _ Ox prices Moh ESH M +0 de cations are always Ar e oe ne 6 ee BM kits ss... 5 00 aki oe oi Fresh Be ee yh EATS el are necessary 1 n Shad, ¥ bbl. SD kits... aes ae G40 | Prose Beet, sites tes the an 2 yuld be sary f OW ° 4 out, % . coo 70 McAlpi Bs @46 ee aa hi -_ . trade acecur, a mé or a bal “ ‘3 a 3 50 Ac pin’s G ee @45 Mutt Ho nd quarters e selli The fi ate k ian of h “ 12 bb ki cae ate 62 Sg e High reen Shi seateetetee ase @A5 Vea on, aes Cee uhane 0... ing as efirst qué mnowledge characte t . t em White . ny i cia cesseeeeeeees 55 mane a: Shildon on Pork weseees cats 5 @ 6% — . ot ae ois win their FE arket ti piskectccs G38 oS 64@ 7 knowl nd. Ti is quite as usines: 2 Wi oS 20 Ola T aren @46 Plaga apaesens @ 5% j edge 1e 0 ease 8. 1 h nite, F 1,10 aseensrengeetieen 69 | Ar ar. se maaek ink @35 eee %@ 5% in it.” of the busi nly way : ee OUS » Family, = oe poets 5 = Arthur's ‘Choice ace tt lots. Gib Ducks Chickens... semen ; ao” ‘ eon eS f , gee ares ° ~ nan 7 ‘WI ness is 0 FI Boseceeeeeteinei ee rl guaesss ge Clk 7 @8 iat is is by get a Jenni eae 0B | Bernas » C ‘adi os ki 8 os ss s th y experi nings’ ear : sold Dust... e Se i a oe aoe e position perience : gs : OZ... cen ok 2 = Gold pea sehen ees 2 Grayling. Rie 30 A. . spaeLeel nas 2 And the asand dollar wena” oe O8.s-- ah sate Lemon Vv oe OC eas 38 Rob Skin... eae 23 | Apple ; amas eseshtuses aut 7 p Z 8 ri Pepsi eae 3 + 1 ee eere st we ie il ea se eeeeet r P ~~ > ey acl aL ‘There perquisite an a year s oer ec doz.1 eae erie th).. . eg. note ahonanacene = or fruit — shi PRODUC @l An exa are no perq ar” salary.” | . No 3 Paper bettas seeties Lt 1 40 Ruby ae 3 eter “5 {aumubermt veeeeeeees = are sateen g ie ita pit E. Xé . sos : ‘ : es or 2 ’ Mo 2 « a n= ma a at 1.25 asite ts ort gress minatic uisites | ne Y% 4 ee 5 100 Peck ne avendis "40/M ilroad ea Ae 28 about $ 2. L gh sor ring 8 ss establi on of t —legiti ‘ tee 50 5 Peck’s Sun. isis spl taome Ot sea, | 0° $1.50 4 onal deale outsic $1 bi specti lishiz he s " imately : round seeeeeetsteed 1 5 00 Miners gaat tier sense 1 ome rin Rose ee 38 : ans—De 2 bbl dealer side t yl. dis tion and ig the pr eet ly.” , _ 8.. none Oe 16 Morning Dew ably 18 Ns — arene 8 picked an ealers . rs hold f a iscloses creati esent 8 of Cor Ch td iret 4 50 3 00 hain... Dew lers.28) eal of Spe RR als not d sell ci pay 50¢@ all fruit all ses the f ng the : systen = Cc Ci ee ae 8 00 ‘ 50 Peerle tre. 25, "ina. North teteee oe las nearly s city pic Qe RB ' p examiners act that it . office of a of in- ANN oan aaa pitt FRUITS (eT . 00 ” 00 Standard Reda see eeeee ——— oi aes i Caro- -00 . season y so large a for 81 bu. for rovisi 's wou was - exami E P wants. new. ed. Coos 25 25 mane al oreaa aes 24) ina, 4 wth Garo- 48 |S iene » OF aS $1.25. T un- sion ld be Ss assum * ner DD each OW aa eessessseerets 6 00 Tom & a oa Seal . £0Z ‘aro- . Sw r—Michi : fine i hee consi enabli e hon med IN Pru i eg fe Jo & Jerry... 2 RR) hi of North ¢ eet dai chiga in quali rop signn ing ins est that B R unes i oo. ker we 21 ina, 8 sth: Garo. 46 ma iry is v an eres ality the nents inspec men : A 3 aisins, oa @16 JOKer oo eosecse oe 21 Seal cas. nd at 15 very amery i as ; consi of te : ctors , The TT Raisi is, new eageeent states 28@! Mai Pocserstesesseess 2A) li of North Gai mar 15@16 y scarce y is fi aes ani simply dies nies . * B IMOR Raisins ti ass see orth Caro- 41 | ply oo _— ol oe oe ae ' § ; . anne eee 2 7 Se ii 35) > ral. xes 3@8e yo ek etiv e passit 0 prevent i , ‘in hi uires ‘th = EB ae: ieee at ee ead. ---30\ Apple Jack. Y ol c. grades Se alae a de sing an i nt its his opini that = aisins, «on emcee a@ 5% Holla a OIMine B ee. 40 | Gai tterin 8 are i eadily a upon t 3 1 IMpo s release f pinion ” Raisi 5, Lond Bonar ecceseees @ 934 Ge ur Head........ 40, Milw Jack oo aes wi dairy HG e—Cres n plen . com- he rtati se fro ,” be ns, Cali ion La signe %IS ee ce 26'R vauk : onge. ooo . 4@lée eamery tiful s fact exami on tl m bon iforni jeatels. o.oo... ™% German ose... oD attler ee Priz it.. .22 Cabwus Ec. ry co sup- prob iiner but hi ere is ad. In Wate Layers eee @ 8% Red | Comfort a 76 Windsor cui he. 8 ed inges—N mman ation ably e it his ¢ einen r Whit KEROS on Layers.. @2 % Lon oa... . 16 Zerc sor cut plug 02. New st ds 18e t i xplai onsei chee ae OSEN nye . 15 g TT oe 1. BO) ee pl . . ockis i ea officer ae it is aa Mr. aan en © Grand Ha 10% rTeeal a TS... $3 * National sere ebice sean ies ~~ 5 ieee is in fair der nd The should be : important may decla a Grand Haven, 7 ‘ scm. Test.. A, eee at aio ” ao factori or : > exami ma hat r- y coe 0X qua Bae 8 Ecad =a] nigh alia fs 7 83% c 9e, alth es now his di aminer i n of su rand ven. 10. 200, re \% May 26) Fr Pouch «ess. WD 10! xe. I ougl yw h distri er in Chi char cha Oshk Haven, No. 300, parlor... G yfiower a Cc o tatoe.... a Jealers a’ 1 Aug old Se strict hic acte . 0. ed ae de a alge a: SHORTS ee 25} Ci ers « gust is epte of th consi ago | r. shk , No. 2 0.%, ATION. 000.0 s. 00 1 Globe, +s... TS. ipe Jf ‘der— juote f is sti m- iy e Roc ignme nas il ene No. ~ , round eR T 1 00 Dea eeeeseecese oe pt Ce We B full er till sol ineludi cky Mour mts to icluded i Rich ish. se - * eehgosmmnitit 2'O iawath oil, elery—2 gal. an eam at 9% d nace t] untains all poi in Ri pete cs OT cia aaale aveeCe re z00 or G 20@2C 3 a $l for 9%4@ olis at cit is and V ints € ichards fcc 1 50 lard’ ‘cae ngress...... o . Gra 2B doz or bt De y wes aS Ri son’ eg ats a “ s Ameri SNU oe 2 Cloy nd Hav Ze 1. San Pha ive of the - aula = Detrol Hchardson's No. & square... ere iw Gail & Ax’ foneriee® a 23 on rapa nnahae foo K of ancisco di Rocky ¥ ig Min Z ais son’s No. hy ion veteeeeeeeestses 75 | Rai ey oe lemen and F air t emand f alama- Detroi istri Mo nea la it Dg ilro eas choic og for f 4 roit rict untai p- P ck St ee 100 Lotz ad Mi Co tees @ at $ vice r good ¥ fall Cc goes to Nev while ever ins is the New oe eee De :2 ok Seoteh.. NOE oy es a. recleaned Medium ¢ seeding ide eee ythin Ne Hic. ns : bindeadoasie 00; Ss Acneae ee? beoeeeetetenee @ 44|Wi ranberri $6.50. ommands all ae aaa fee ~ New ora go use 1 80 | Star brand, wi ee ear io eee the. 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Fowls : ' eee bil ta ng ace ew York Go sels, B 100, ceeteeeeetinnnseeses 30 Timot pos Plencitu a %e . cok . ba a 2 unt ’ ip Sagres tt. is +S t at 4 a Parisia See 8 cas: = Macki ae ? 100. ceeeeeeeeese ree 22 a y $1.90 eb 0@50e 8 b Mr Pep n, % cieees an a f naw T ere 1 50 wh RAINS bu. . op = Pepper kates rd sec 2 OW eaaney Scene | glow a sax mit - aeenee Sauce, small..... ee 50 |e : cee” iT NG PRO ep: —— a Co amet. ine ¢ DUCT per Sauce, as ee nue Sg Pulse, & 8. uce, lar; Re a 00 accace d 5le »bbin: . 7 ‘ulse illers gre e rin 0 in £ 85¢ en, a a 7 " ats— carlo gener » 8c; C pay as ‘ 5 a Cc ge ring...... 90 Walle lots. White a lly at 55 seeds i Pece 1 35 smoked Pike Rye—45@ , 5¢e in sm cin 100 b > 1 70 — weer Rages Bariey- tre #@ bu alllots and : u. lots oked to oe ee ned in jour No chang : 30¢ in cies a ae ack cha: pay i car- ‘geon seaneeseeeessiens oo 7 bbl. i s and nge $1.25 Se es M n sac $6 . Fan 8 cw apes cy aaaen i 1 e ks in c t. ; as 0 al— a w yP ae caaesaeeds 10 Mill ae ot eer 4 mney Oe Se eg to Feed— , 82.7 wood traigh 158 6 n. Sh Scree 15 ® bbl. t, $4 ) bbl. a0 Oana 8 nings, $1 ne Oa 48 ton. $15 $3 $22 8 101 8 ’ # ° Mid ton ton. dlings Bran, sis. * \ \ | f a7 (irocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon, OFFICERS, President—H. B. Fargo. ee First Vice-President—Wm. B., Keift. Second Vice-President—A. Towl. Recording Secretary—Wm. Peer, Financial Secretary—John DeHaas. Board of Directors—O. Lambert, W. 1. McKen- zie, H. B. Smith, Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Finance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. Tow] and E. Johnson. Committce on Rooms and Library—O. Lam- bert, H. B. Smith and W. 1. McKenzie. Arbitration Committee—B. Borgman. Garrit Wagner and John DeHaas. Complaint Committee—Wm. B. Keift, D. A. Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot, R. S. Miner and L. Vincent. : Law Committee—H. B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift and A. Towl. Transportation Committee—Wm. B, Keift, An- drew Wierengo and Wm. Peer. Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday evenings of each month. Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Oct. 21. Meeting of the Association. MUSKEGON, Oct. 11, 1885 Editor MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: DEAR Sir—According to promise, I send you herewith the proceedings of the last meeting of the Grocers’ Association, held on Wednesday evening, Oct. 7. I also en- close copy of our newly printed constitution and by-laws. The meeting was called to order by Pres- ident Fargo. The roll call of officers show- ed all present but three directors, O. Lam- bert, H. B. Smith and Wm. B. Kelly. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The committee on précuring hall were granted more time, to report at the next regular meeting. The treasurer re- ported that he had had 200 copies of the constitution and by-laws printed, according to instructions at the last meeting, also re- ceipt books for the use of the Financial Sec- retary and ,treasurer. A bill for same amounting to $10, was ordered .paid. The Secretary read an ordinance regulating the licensing of peddlers, which was at present adead letter, and on motion of Mr. Borg- man, and duly recorded. The Secretary was instructed to write a communication to the mayor of the city asking him to instruct the marshal to enforce the ordinance ‘‘Reg- wating the Licensing of Peddlers and Street Vendors” as approved July 10, 1875. The President appointed the following standing committees, subject to the approv- al of the Directors: Finance Committee—Wm. B. Kelly, A. Towl and E. Johnson. Committee on Rooms and Library—O. Lambert, H. B. Smith and W. I. MeKen- zie. Arbitration Committee—B. Borgman, Garrit Wagner and John DeHaas. Cemplaint Committee—Wm. B. Keift, D. A. Boelkins, J. O. Jeannot, R. S. Miner and L. Vincent. Law Committee—H. B. Fargo, Wm. B. Keift and A. Towl. Wm. B. Keift made some remarks in re- gard to appointing a Transportation Com- mittee and the duties devolving upon it; and he made a motion for the President to ap- point as such committee three members of the Association, which on motion was sec- onded and carried. The President appoint- ed as such committee, Wm. B. Keift, A. Wierengo and Wm. Peer. On motion the meeting adjourned until the next regular meeting, the third Wednes- day of this month, Oct. 21, at the’ same place. Wo. Perr, Secretary. Muskegon Matters. J. Stolt & Son have opened a hardware store and tin shop on Third street. Geo. H. Cook has bought out L. O. Beer- man’s interest in the harness shop on Pine street. Linde & Danelson have just completed’ their new meat market on Houston avenue. F. 8. Dorenbecker has returned from a three months’ trip’ through the Western States in the interest of the Muskegon Val- ley Furniture Co. i. OUT AROUND. News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own ' Correspondents. Otter Lake. John W. Webb, ofthis place, whose stock of drugs was burned the night of Aug. 28, is preparing to return to Toronto, Canada, where he intends to make his future home. L. Bathrick, having disposed of his stock of general merchandise, will retire from business. C. C. Sherman will occupy the building vacated by Mr. Bathriek, with his stock of drugs and groceries, H. C, Haseall, of this place, and Mr. Me- Cartny, of Lapeer, are buying potatoes. The competition induces many of our farmers to part with their surplus potato crop‘ Fostoria, John W. Webb, of Otter Lake, has sold his stock of drugs to Mrs. Mary E. Lloyd, wife of S. Lloyd, who has had charge of the stock for Mr. WIbb previous to this time. The prices paid for grain at Dawson’s ele- vator is drawing the grain from the surroun- ing country to this place, to the detriment of some of the larger towns, and business is booming. Otisville. Parker & Dunston, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements, will move into their new double brick store. They have re- covered from the effects of the fire which burned them. out about one year ago and their new building is an ornament to the town. . r Luther. liunters from all parts of the State are coming to Luther after deer. Will Slade, clerk at the Pacific, left last week. Win. Everets takes his place. Mrs. Maxim is building a photograph gal- lery just north of the Sabin House block, W. B. Pool, hardware merchant, has re- turned from his business trip to Jackson. Big Rapids. Sumner Stickney & Co, succeed Stickney & Gould, druggists on East Maple street. Arrangements have been make by which Freiberg Bros., the merchant tailors, will continue business as usual, although one of the brothers retires from the firm. D. L. Garling, formerly of the firm of Shankwiler & Garling, millers at Big Rap- ids, but now proprietor and owner of the Murphy mill at Remus, is doing a fine busi- ness. Crocker & Hudnutt assert that the state- ment that they will lose $5,000 on the court house contract is untrue. The firm which was reported in last week’s issue as Chub & Trebair is Trebair & Garwin. Big Rapids is having a lively time over a project to change the present water? works ‘system from steam power and river water to water power and pure water from wells, and instead of locating the works at or near the lower dam gs they now are, and pump- ing the water all up hill, to locate them at the upper dam and force the water down hill. The question is to be submitted to the people on the 14th. The firm of Lindbloom Bros., dealers in groceries and feed at Upper Big Rapids, consists of Fred and Jake Lindbloom. The Big Rapids Wagon Co. shipped a carload of wagons last Friday to Gage coun- ty, Nebraska. They have had a wagon on exhibition at twenty of the county fairs in this State and at the State fairs in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Michigan. Christen Preysz, dealer in drugs dry goods and notions at Upper Big Rapids, has purchased the building he is doing bus- iness in of Wm. Hungerford, and will en- large the same. ——————>_- 9 VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. A.L. Power, Kent City. E. H. Foster, Fife Lake. QO. F. Conklin, O. F. & W. P. Conklin, Ravenna. T. H. Peacock, Reed City. R. R. Perkins, Boyne City. J.M. Carr, Chippewa Lake. Dr. A. Hanlon, Middleville. Thos. Hefferan, Eastmanville. Aaron B. Gates, Rockford. W. L. Heazlit, Wayland. L. G. Ripley, Montague. E. B. Wright, Woodville. S. E. Wait, Traverse City. ' Elmer Chaple, Cole & Chaple, Ada. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville. Gus Begman, Bauer. J.D. Champion, Mecosta. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. — 8. H. Ballard, Sparta. E. F. Belden, Sparta. F. H. Spencer, Saranac. R. A. Hastings, Sparta. J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson. W. W. Peirce, Moline. R. B. McCulloch, Berlin. E. H. Foster, Fife Lake. C. C. Bailey, Fife Lake. Neal MeMillan, Rockford. H.G. Hale, Nashville. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Louis Kolkema, Holland. I. J. Quick, Allendale. Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. Mr. Reigler, Reigler & Roush, John Kamps, Zutphen. A. Purchase, South Blendon. Mrs. Jacob Debri, Byron Center. 8. C. Darrow, Bingham. M. B. Nash, Sparta. C. G. Jones, Olive Center. Paine & Field, Englishville. Joshua Colby, Colby & Co., Rockford. H. B. Irish, Lisbon. John C. Scott, Lowell. Thos. Sourby, Rockford. T. J. Smedley, Lamont. Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake. Geo. T. Cook, Grove. Geo. Carrington, Trent. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. A. J. White, Bass Biver. 8. H. Ballard, Sparta. W.S. Root, Tallmadge. A.M. Church, Alpine. John W. Mead, Berlin. M. J. Howard, Englishville. C. O. Bostwick and C. L. Bostwick, C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. B. M. Denison, East Paris. Frank O. Lord, Howard City. J. Barnes, Austerlitz. J. H. Moores, Moorestown. J. H. Moores, Lansing. Cook & Sweet, Bauer. G. H, Walbrink, Allendale. Wm. Karsten, Beaver Dam. T. B. Haines, Cedar ar G. B. Chambers, Wayland. 8. A. Watt, Watt & Calhoon, Saranac. F. E. Campau, Alaska, E. J. Roys, Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. Aaron Zunder, Zunder Bros., & Co., Bangor. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. Howard Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. Good Words Unsolicited. Parker & Simmonds, butchers, Traverse City: “May her good qualities and circulation never grow less.’’ W.H. Benedict, grocer, Vermontvyille: “Of the four or five trade journals which we re- ceive, we prize THE TRADESMAN the most.” On - ialiale Freeport. How the Make Careless Engineers. From the Mechanical Engineer. The best way to make careless engineers is for employers to discourage all their at- tempts to economize or improve.. We are frequently in receipt of confidences from en- gineers, wherein they speak of the indiffer- ence of their employers to saving. One in particular, now before us, says: “‘It is dif- ficult to make the change I desire when my suggestions to my employers are met with the answer: ‘It has run as it is for six or seven years, and we can’t see the necessity of changing it now.’” Another engineer, when reproached for using grate bars that dropped half the coa! into the ash pit, said: “The bosses don’t care; if I saved two tons of coal a week they wouldn’t even thank me for it, much less pay me any more money.” So far as good engineering is concerned this is certainly discouraging; more than this, it is apt to extend to the man himself, so he becomes indifferent to his own individ- ual advancement. This is the gravest fea- ture of the indifference of employers, for a man will not always be in the sarhe place, and if he allows himseif to grow careless, all things are possible. Economy in managing steam engines and boilers should be practiced for its own sake, and because that is the way to become pro- ficient. If it is not recognized in one place it will be in another. The foreman will see itifno one else does, and if a man leaves, every one will have a good word for him and help him along. This, provided he is the right kind of a man. “We used to have plenty of coal before you came,” was the remark we overheard once, in answer to a request for more: and we also heard a foreman ask an engineer why it was he didn’t want more coal. ‘Be- fore you came we used to be wheeling coal all the while; now we are going to send one of these trimmers away. One man can wheel all you want.” This is not idle gossip, but it is live testi- mony to the value of care and attention to one’s business. We should not think our efforts are useless because our employers do not recognize it in so many words. Econ- omy is valuable to us individually, and shoule be practiced regardless of recogni- tion. >. ____ The penalty for selling a cigaretie to a boy or girl under sixteen years of age in New Hampshire has been made $20 for each offense. Dardware. Locating Line Shafting and Pulleys. From the Scientific Press. When a line of shafting is to be driven from another line in a room above or below, the placing ofthe shafts and pulleys is a mat- ter of no small annoyance to some, and a few words to the point may be acceptable. One of the most important factors to be looked to in locating a pulley is the direction in which the pulley will deliver the belt. When a pulley once gets a fair hold, it will **pull” for all itis worth, but in order to get a fair hold, the belt must be delivered in a proper manner from the other pulley. Bearing this in mind, then, the main thing to look to in placing shafting for a ‘‘quarter- turn” belt is the manner in which each pul- ley delivers the belt to its mate. The shaft- ing must be perfectly level, and the pulleys, as near as can be of the same size. Then if the center of the delivering faces of each of the two pulleys is brought to touch the same plumb line, the belt will ‘‘track” in good shape. The position of the pulleys may be slightly changed from the above to suit cer- tain conditions, such as a short distance be- tween the centers of the two lines, or a great difference in diameter of pulleys; but if the shafting is placed with reference to the plumb-line, a very little adjustment will suit most any case. The best results, how- ever, will be obtained when the pulleys are of the same size, and are not greater in di- ameter than twice the width of belt, the dis- tance (vertical) between centers of shafts being not less than three feet for every inch in width of belt. When the distance between centers comes within 18 inches for each inch of belt width, it does not pay to use such a belt. It will not be out of place to remark that the two lines of shafting may be at any angle (horizontal) when the plumb-line prin- ciple is made use of, though with an acute angle the direction of revolution may be re- versed. —~<---9- ~- -2- The Chicago Way. Little girl from Chicago—“‘Our family is a more aristocratic family than yours.” Little girl from Boston—‘‘No, itisn’t. My mother can boast of her forefathers for the past two centuries.” Little girl from Chicago—“‘Oh, that is nothing. My mother can boast of four hus- bands in the last two years.” <0 «a Matrimonial Agency. Agent: ‘ti have one lady twenty years of age who has $30,000 in her own name.” Customer: ‘‘Is she good looking?” Agent: ‘‘No, but she has got the con- sumption.” Customer: ‘Just the kind of a wife to make me happy. Trot her out.” eee Since California began to import ostriches, the Government of the Cape of Good Hope has imposed an export duty of $500 a head on ostriches in order to keep the birds and the ostrich feather business at home. Cincinnati is, by a kind of tradition that has outlived its day, called the hog-packing city of the West. It used to be familiarly known as ‘‘Porkopolis.” But it is now at the bottom of a list of eight great packing cities. Chicago packs two-thirds of the hogs treated in this way, and Cincinnati less than 3 per cent. of the whole number. An important industry for Michigan may develop from Mrs. J. B. Gaylord’s efforts at silk culture. This lady has at her home in Charlotte 30,000 silk worms in all stages of existence, and a thriving condition. The cold spring retarded the growth of the mul- berry and osage orange leaves, on which the worms feed, and delayed in consequence the hatching season. Somebody remembers that Morse once predicted that talking through a hundred miles of wire would become common, and that ocean steamers on a voyage would keep up communication electrically with the shore. The first prediction having come true, the second is hopefully regarded, though regarded as wild when made. Paris is cleared of rats by her municipal council offering a premium for their skins. Two years ago the premium was $3 per 1,000 in order to get the city rid of the pests. or can be considered as low when they are | The rats are of the Norway kind, and breed the result of enormous combination of capi- | four times a year. tal and great manufactories and very small | rewards of labor, It is a deplorable state of things when a few make all the money, and the great ma- jority of people suffer. When we turn to | The skins when collect- ed are sold to glove makers for four cents each, and 20,000 skins are said to have been,mace into “renuine kid” gloves last year. The merchant tailors of Cincinnati have our census and read the enormous accumu- | just organized a_ protective association, lation of wealth small number of persons who enjoy that wealth, we are inevitably lead to exclaim: There is something wrong in our civiliza- tion! Great wealth and great poverty do not harmonize. And it requires but little study to find out precisely what change has occurred in society, what has happened, whereby a few, either legally or illegally, or in some cases by accident, have become enormously rich. In the case of the great factorie, sproducts are often sold low, and we are asked: Is this not a gain to society? But right here we must interpose. Suppos- ing the products are sold low, the aggregate | will be 3,300 pounds. sales enormous and the owners become im- mensely rich out of the enterprise, then it is certain beyond all question that they have not divided fairly with their employes. Low as the product may be to the consumer the | | and the comparatively | which includes all the leading firms, and is designed to weed out fashionable ‘‘dead beats.” A. solicitor is to be employed to make a register of non-paying customers, copies of which are to be furnished to mem- bers who are bound to supply information in regard to them under penalty of suspen- sion or expulsion. The largest cheese ever manufactured in this country was made recently at East Aurora, Erie county N. Y. It was ordered by a prominent grocer of Buffalo, who, during the process of its manufacture, threw ten $5 gold pieces into ‘the milk. Its weight The milk was taken from 2,600 cows, which it took 300 hands to milk. An excursion of between 400 and 500 prominent citizens left Buffalo to witness the construction of so huge a- mass of cheese. Chinese Veracity. From the Alta California. If we did not know, on the authority of Bret Harte, that the Chinaman is childlike as well as bland, we should be compelled to believe that some of the Chinese who testify in the United States Court in this city are chaffing justice and trying to reduce the proceedings toa faree. The testimony of some of them has been grotesque enough. Several have recently sworn that sears and other permanent physical marks, which, as holders of descriptive certificates, they ought to be wearing, were removed in China by surgery or witeheraft. One who, accord- ing to his statements, wore an ineffaceable India-ink mark on his arm during two years in this country, informed the court that it had washed off in China, and when asked why it did not wash off in this country, stated, without change of countenance, that he had never washed his arm in the United States. But the most humorous, if not the boldest, perjurer was the one who explained the loss of his quene by saying that the rolling motion of the ship in which he came over caused it to fall off. For examples of perjury which are amusing by reason of their hardihood these cases would be difficult to beat anywhere. No Time to Spare. Gentleman—Unele Rastus, I’ve got a job of whitewashing for you. Uncle Rastus—Well, I kain’t do hit ter- day, sah. Gentleman——What’s the matter? Ithought you were anxious for work. Uncle Rastus—So Lis, sah. But yo’ see, boss, de Colored Workin’men’s Amulgumat- ed ’Sociashun fo’ de perteeshun ob de labor- in’ man frum the encroachments an’ inroads ob eap’talists meets terday, and ise been ‘lected Cha’rman ob de oecashun. So, yo’ sees, boss, I hain’t got no time to spa’r. omnes ly Alien met Ask your grocer for Talmage Table Rice. It is equal to the best grades of Carolina and is 1¢ per pound lower in price. Always packed in 100 pound pockets. Dan Tal- mage’s Sons, New York. The prominent sheep raisers in Tennessee have resolved to abandon the business, ow- ing to the want of a dog law, asserting that 300,000 sheep cannot be maintained against 500,000 dogs. ‘SALVUVddY DNILSV'Td HERCULE FUSE, CAPS, AUGURS OED The Great Stump and Rock ANNIBILATOR | Strongest and Safest Explosive Known to the Arts, ~ Farmers, practice economy and clear your land of stumps and boulders. Main Office, Hercules Powder Company, No. 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohio. L. 8. HILL & CO., AGTS. GUNS, AMMUNITION & FISHING TACKLE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DOUBLE THICK A BALL |e Ordinary Rubber Boots always wear out first on the ball. The CANDEE Boots are double thick on the ball, and give DOUBLE WEAR. Most economical rub- ber Boot in the market. Lasts longer than any other boot, and the PRICE NO HIGHER. Call and ex- amine the goods. VE E. G. Studley & Co., Manufacturers of LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, and all kinds of RUBBER GOODS, Fire Department and mill supplies. Jobbers ot “Candee” Rubber Boots, shoes and Arcties, Heavy and Light Rubber Clothing. Salesroom No. 13 Canal street. Factory, 26 and 28 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. C. S, YALE & BRO,, —Manufacturers ot— FLAVORING AXTRACTS ° BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, ETC., 40 and 42 South Division, St. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN SHERWOOD HALL. MARTIN L. SWEET. ESTABLISHED 1865. Brown, Hall & C0 JOBBERS OF Wool Robes, Fur Robes, Horse Blankets, Write for Special Prices. “Nos. 20 and 22 Pearl st., Grand Rapids. OYSTERS! State Agency for Wm. L. Ellis & Co.’s } BRAN BALTIMORE OYSTERS Onanéd after Sept. Ist., we will be prepared to fill all orders for this well-known brand of Oysters, canned fresh at the packing-house in Baltimore. No slack-filled or water-soaked goods handled. B. F. Emery will attend to the orders tor Baltimore shipment as usual. Spec- ial Express and Freight rates to all railroad towns in Michigan. We have exclusive con- trol York River Brand. COLE & EMERY, Wholesale Fish and Oyster Depot, 37 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. H. LEONARD & SONS, W oOLESALE Crockery, Glassware, Etc. Cond for Tilustrated Price-list sent freely on application A. Geiss & Co. New “Chicago” Electric Lamps and founts sold at prices which we guaran- tee. Send for Circular and Price-Lists. Positively the Best Iron and Brass Pendants in the market. Every one war- ranted to please your cus- tomer in every particular. IRON LIBRARY LAMPS. With 14 inch White or Decorated Shade, com- plete. We quote: Ebony and Gold fin- ish,each . : French Bronze, fin- | me ; ; 1.65 Decorated Shade 25c more. O8ST ‘ON JO ND rt) U } | | | | | | | ' ‘epeyg Youl PT 10g sdure'T Arelq Fuli Illustrations of LI- BRARY LAMPS includ- ed in our new Catalogue. Each complete. White Shade..........0.eee cree eee ee erect $5.50 Decorated Shade... ........--- cece cece eer eeee 6.00 THE CRAND RAPIDS ROLLER MILLIS NEW IMPROVED PATENT ROLLER FLOUR FANCY PATENT “ROLLER CHAMPION.” Prices are low. Extra quality guaranteed. Write for quotations. VALLEY CITY MILLING CO, EAST END BRIDGE ST. BRIDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. APPLES! We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear fromm you, and we will keep you posted on market price and prospects. fruit, also on apples in car lots. EARL BROS., COMMISSION WIERCHANTS, Reference—First National Bank. 157 S. WATER ST., Liberal cash advances made on dried. CHICAGO, ILL. “WARREN'S GRIP.” This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price. “Gutter Snipes” advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them. We want We furnish 500 one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale. MANUFACTURED BY Geo. T. Warren é& Co FLINT. MIOFL. market guaranteeing PEREINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, . WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Prodace Commission Merchants, ——DEALERS IN—— Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Southerl Vegetables, Ett, We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. All orders filled at lowest market price. Corres- pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. NO. 9 LONIA ST. MEALULAS, _. Wholesale. & Commission-Butler & EGOS a Specially. Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. 97 and 99 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan CHOICE BUTTER A SPECIALTY! CALIFORNIA AND OTHER FOREIGN AND ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M. C. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids. DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Care- ¢ a tf?