ichigan Tradesman. VOL. 3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1836. NO. 123. Askestes Insole, $1, Warmin LADIES saventne Shoes, 34.. W inter, and upwards, Pre- ‘ AND vent Colds, Croup. aor 7AXT. and kindred ills, in f* . 7, CHILDREN: [egans and children. | Wear How to make a Send postal guaranteed for cireulars CINTL=—— ] oS, | 219305“) And carbonate of Io- Adine Inhalent. A Lg cure for Catarrh, > Bronchitis, Asthma y U/mex and all diseases of f ty the throat and lungs a —even consumption a —if taken in season. break up a Cold at once. It is the king ot Cough Medicines. It has cured Catarrh when all other remedies had failed. Of the many who have tried it, there is not one who has not been benefitted. This is the only In- haler approved by physicians of every school, and endorsed by the standard medical journals of the world. All others in the market are either worthless substitutes or fraudulent im- itations. Over 400,000 in use. Sold by drug- gists for $1. By mail, $1.25. | W. H. SMITH & CO., Proprietors, 410 and 412 MICHIGAN ST., BUFFALO, N. Y, BATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of SW. Venable & Go. PETERSBURG, VA., FLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. PERKINS & MASON, Tnstrance aud Law Office, SOLICITORS OF PATENTS. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. PENSION, BOUNTY AND ALL WAR CLAIMS PROSECUTED. Correspondence Solicited. 75 Lyon St., Court Block, Grand @apids, Mich. lightsummer shoe “do” for winter. Mothers, do not fail to investigate this. Tt will Laundry soap OSBERNE, HOSICK & CQ. CHICAGO, ILL. ® DRYDEN & PALMERS SHEDS ROCH CANDY. Unquestionably the bestin the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. Jonn Caulfield, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids Ter PERE INS WIND MILL. ety, = Ota q 3 = TR tae] it has been in constant use for 15 years, witha record equalled by none. WaAR- 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 thangny other mill made. Agents wanted. Address Perkins Wind Mill & Ax Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman. Do not delay in ordering a case of SILVER SPOON BAKING POWDER, The best selling scheme on the market. A large fine dish or pitcher given away with each can. Price, bo $7.50 per case of 3 dozen. AROTIC MANUFACTURING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Sold by all Jobbers. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want should write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED (0, GUSTAVE A. WOLF, Attorney, Over Fourth National Bank. Telephone 407, COLLECTIONS Promptly attended to throughout the State. References: Hart & Amberg, Eaton & Christen- son, Enterprise Cigar Co. ARTHUR R. ROOD, ATTORNEY, 43 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty ! PINCREE &SMITH Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. = 2 i] s&a: Som 8 Sa § > m seis SOP 1 Qa km (@"Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company._&]J Office and Factory—il, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. TO THE TRADE. We desire to call the attention of the Trade to our unusually complete stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, School Supplies And a General Line of Miscellaneous Books, Stationery, Paper, Ete. We have greatiy increased our facilities for doing a General Jobbing Business, and shall hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly. We issue separate lists of Slates, School and Township Books, Blanks, Etc., which will be mailed on application. Quotations on any article in our stock cheer- fully furnished. We have the Agency of the REMINGTON TYPE WRITER For Western Michigan. HKaton é& Lyon 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. DETROIT FREE PRESS CIGAR. 10c Cigar for 5c. Brown Bros. MANUFACTURERS, DETROIT, - MICH. G. ROYS & CO., WAT Thips & Lashes 2 Pear! St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Money Refunded. The true remedy has at last been discovered, It was long known in his practice as Dr. Pete’s Lung Food for Consumption. ‘tis now called Dr. P@te’s 35-cent Cough Cure. ITtis the safest, the surest and the best. No other Cough, Cold and Consumption remedy is half itsequal. We warrant it, and will promptly reftuud the money paid for it if a beneficial effect is not exper- ienced by the time two-thirds of the contents of the bottle is used. Sold by Hazeltine, Per- kins & Co., wholesale druggists, Grand Bapids, Mich. JUDD &H CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102 CANAL STREET. ALBERT COYE & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF AWNINGS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Ete. 73 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich, CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address. Peck Bros,, Pruggists, rand Rapids, Mich, LEA D—OTHERS FOLLO W, os is valuable. The I Grand Rapids AMF FOC rxsi0005 College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send forJournal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) WE SOLE AGENT OF s Fermentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. ® Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., 106 KENT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM” can get samples and full 1 CANAL STREET. WEIGHT VS. COUNT. Cogent Reasons Why the Present Method Should be Abandoned.* To the Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rapids: GENTLEMEN—AsS the march of’ progress approaches the end of the nineteenth cen- tury, every clear-headed and thoughtful bus- iness man of any considerable experience ean look back and see plainly the changes which years have brought in their train, producing marked improvements in the methods and manner of doing business. Among. the most important is the tendency to purchase and sell goods for ready pay; the gradual discontinuance of the credit sys- tem in retail transactions; the increasing good sense of paying cash for all kinds of produce and labor; the shortening of the hours for doing business; the stimulating of the farming community to grow better qual- ities of pro@uce and make better butter, cheese, ete.; and the almost universal habit of buying and selling all products of farm or dairy by weight in place of measure. The merchant of to-day, whose memory and active experience run back over the seale of years—ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years—will corroborate this statement when he remembers the ehange which has oceur- red during his own years of toil, and it is hoped, sueecess. The relations existing be- tween the producer, customer, and the sell- er, have taken a more intimate form. The power of the Press has shown itselfin many ways, perhaps in no way more plainly than by educating the consumer in the matter of qualities, makes and prices. The dealer of to-day who hopes to make a marked suecess is much more assiduous, considerate, pains- taking and attentive to the needs and wishes of his patrons than was the merchant of twenty or forty years ago. The man of to-day who wins success in the tread-mill of merchandizing is pretty certain to have for his motto *‘Put yourself in his place.” Much more consideration is given to the selection and handling of good goods; ascertaining near as can be if they are pure; testing carefully to see if they are full weight and honest measure; and every live grocer has inseribed upon his shield, ‘‘Hold fast to that which is good.” Forty years ago, wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, buekwheat, potatoes, turnips and all root crops were generally purchased by meas- ure in the rural districts, and the most of the aforenamed were bought in the same way in commercial centers. ‘To-day all this is changed, and merchants at large purchase all their products by weight, finding it the one and only safe mannerto do. Andifthe principle be a correct one in buying, they find it the only rule to preserve them from loss in selling. The keener sense begotten by intimate contact with a wholesome competitive inter- est has engendered and fostered in the minds and brains of, presumably, every in- telligent dealer the force underlying the bus- iness axiom that absolute equity is or should be the basis of all honorable aommercial transactions. Granted the truth, and if truth, the importance of this axiom. If so, we must as a body of considerate business gentlemen, remember that when we buy of any citizen any article which he may offer that we are in justice entitled to pay one producer the same sum for his produce that we do another producer, where qualities and market values are identical. Also that the customer desiring to purchase merchandise of us shall be entitled to purchase the same quantity and quality of goods at precisely the same price as any other customer. To illustrate—if we sell a customer five pounds of sugar or fifty pounds of flour for a certain sum, it follows legitimately that that other customer should purchase the same amount for the same sum. If it be five pound of bacon or beef for fifty cents, we should not.sell the other man six pounds of either for the same sum. If this be hon- orable dealing in the selling of merchandise it is certainly no less binding in the purchase of products proffered for sale. Long estab- lished custom is too likely to be considered tantamount to law. The equities are too apt to be overlooked. Perhaps no custom of the day is more completely reprehensible than the one through the lines of which your correspon- dent voluntarily broke some twenty years ago, after having carefully looked it in the face for years and having become fully im- pressed with its injustice, unfairness and wrong; which custom is the one of buying and selling eggs by count in place of by weight. Having spent the early part of my life on a farm, there was abundant chance to see and feel the unfairness of carrying eggs of large size to market and receive no more than was paid an improvident farmer forthe same number of small ones; while later, when in place of seller I became a buyer, I could see only too plainly the unwitting fraud perpetrated upon myself and others in being called upon to pay from 10 to 50 per cent. more for this food product than the butcher or the grocer demanded for any other kind of food. Please notice the proof as prepare’ by Smith Barnes, of Trav- directions by addressing or applying to the above. soe A * in plain figures the result of careful an® re- peated tests, to wit: 1 dozen small eggs weigh 11¢ tbs or Lo lapea + ‘“* 1% tbs or showing a difference of 50 per cent. These are stubborn facts which any dealer can verify for himself. Now, gentlemen, can any one of us afford to go before our constituency—the publie— producer or consumer—and cloak such a gross injustice under the ery of ‘‘established custom”?—a usage which has nothing to commend it but its age, which is ‘‘stale and offensive,” and should be ‘trodden under foot.” Another consideration of no little weight is the liability to mistake in purchas- ing eggs by count, or the possible tendency to temptation to be dishonest,in tallying out and the liability to forget(?) to tally each half dozen as they are counted out. If an accidental or intended mistake oecurs, there is no chance for reclaimation after the eggs are mixed with other lots, while if weighed the chances for an error or the temptation to ‘‘forget” are, as we can all see, material- ly reduced. Again, in case whole pack- ages are to be sold intact, the seales are the only true index of value and amount. Another strong reason for doing away with this ‘‘abomination” is the fact that by doing so it will be a certain stimulus to the growth of finer fowls, as has been the case with us, and asa sequence the production of larger eggs. Coneeded, that if we di- rectly or indirectly take more than is just from either consumer or producer, we are a party to a wrong, does it not become us as high-minded business men to see that this wrong is corrected? I am eonfident, gentle- men, that if this matter is carefully revolved in your minds that the general concurrence will be in favor of asking our State and na- tional lawmakers to establish a national law for the purchase of all farm products by uniform weight in each state, so as to do away with the annoyance resultant from different standards in different states. This would simplify all transactions and reduce to a mininum the temptation to fraud; forever do away with this unrighteous custom, and give to every dealer the comforting sense of giving value received to both seller and buy- er. We cannot look for success in bringing about the desired legislation unless it be the result, first, of agitation, then of conviction, and finally combined effort in presententing this matter in its wrongfulness before the reflective minds of those whom we delegate to make our laws and to do away with every form of injustice. My friends will understand that in step- ping out from the old-time rut, worn deep by long usage, it was not an easy thing to do; especially when members of our own concern were opposed to my doing so and when it took not less than three years to overcome the opposition from various sources. There has never been a day in which we have not congratulated ourselves for this step. The daily contact with a community of buyers and sellers for more than forty years, in which the writer has been in condition to feel the public pulse and earefully note its variations and sensitiveness, has foreed up- on him the grave importance of being on the “right side” and in full sympathy with the requirements of the conservative, consider- ate, well-informed citizen. No truism car- ries more force than the one so well worn “‘Act well your part.” I hold that few pro- fessions offer so good an opportunity for 20 ozs. 50 OZS. moulding the publie mind for good or ill and demonstrating the worth of high, clean, hon- orable transactions, in which no trickery, misrepresentation, falsehood, or anything but pure, white-handed integrity becomes a factor as does the trade of merechandizing in the hands of worthy representatives. urged by their constituents to establish by national law a uniform standard for all and every kind of farm and plantation products, which standard shall be by weight and ask that eggs shall be included in the list of products. When this is done a custom whieh is un- just to both buyer and seller, and especially prejudicial to the poor man will be decently interred (as it should be) and forever buried from sight—a relic of the ‘dark ages,” when custom made right; and we, as mem- bers of the fraternity of business men, shall have made one more important step forward in keeping with the light we now have and in accord with the golden age of probity and justice in which we are permitted to labor, where we make, each one, our mark which is ineffacable, let it be hoped it will be as clear cut and distinct as are the facets of a diamond. | —_ 6 Crowding Out the Small Traders in Cities. From the Chicago News. ‘*The small workshops are doomed to ex- tinction,” said a well-known city hall polit- ical economist the other day. ‘The isolat- They Did not Write to His Wife. A party of traveling men were at a junction out in Minnesota recently, walking about the depot waiting for their train. Three trains were steaming and smoking, waiting for another to arrive. The traveling men were smoking and joking when sud- denly the biggest drummer looked toward a pile of baggage, where a beautiful woman was conversing with the baggageman. She was a Woman who would attract attention anywhere. The big drummer threw away his cigar, went up to the woman, raised his hat, and asked her a question. She looked at him in astonishment, and the other boys said their friend was a daisy, and was serap- ing acquaintance with a strange woman. After a few moments’ conversation with her, her face lighted up, and she smiled thanks as he began to pull the trunks around, and finally found her trunk and had it taken to the train she was to board. Then the two walked up and down the depot platform for a few minutes, engaged in earnest conver- tion, when the bell rang, and he eseorted her to the train. As she got on the plat- ed individual in his shop as a tailor, tin- | smith, shoe-inaker, or other artisan cannot | compete with the large dealers. The pro- | prietor of a small meat market cannot com- pete with Phil Armour, whoemploys 12,000 men in his packing houses here and in Kan- sas City. No small retail dealer can sell dry goods as cheaply as Marshall Field, who buys of the manufacturers, and employs 2,500 people. ‘The less there are of these small dealers the better it will be for the laboring people. The working people support 3,400 saloons, 2,500 grocery stores, 900 tailor-shops, 800 | boot and shoe dealers, and 850 meat mar- | kets. There are about 18,000 small retail | dealers, and their business provides for | nearly 54,000 persons. If the business of | all these small dealers were concentrated | in a few large houses the articles for home | consumption, the necessaries of life, would | be much cheaper. Suppose that instead of | 3,400 saloons there were but 300. The eost | of licensing and running the ether 3,100 would be saved to the consumers. If there | were but fifty instead of 800 dry goods stores | the laboring people could buy clothes at | much lower price. | ‘The American and English citizens have | discovered the advantage in buying of large | dealers. Take the residence districts of this class of citizens and you will not find a small | dealer in them. There are large stretches | of territory on the north side along the lake | front where there is nota grocery, dry goods | house or meat market for many blocks. The | same is true of the south side along the | lake, and in some portions of the west side. | The Americans are smart enough to go to large establishments for groceries as well as dry goods. These great houses, with their thousands of employees, can sell better goods at lower prices than the small dealers. “With other nationalities it is different. They have a elannish spirnt and patronize the small shop in their neighborhood. The result is that they pay more for everything the They support hundreds of fam- ilies that live on the increased price neces- sary to sustain them over the cost price of the manufactured article and the added pro- fit of the wholesale dealer and jobber. If there are two hundred thousand Anglo-Am- ericans and English people in Chieago and they pursued the policy of the other nation- alities there ought to be at least one-third more retail dealers than there are. Their residence quarters would contain as many r get. small shops as those of the foreign pepale tion. In fact, there are hardly any. The chi dren of foreign parents soon become Amer- | icanized, however, and fall in with the Am- | ‘Trusting that in placing the result of my experience, coupled with conclusions which | have resulted therefrom and which have! hardened into convictions that have hoek| put into practice, [ may not have unduly taxed the patience of my honored contem- poraries, permit me to submit for your care- ful consideration the aforenamed axiom which I consider the real, true foundation of mereantile affairs. Absolute equity is the only true basis of all honorable commer- cial transactions; which should be supple- mented by therule, ‘*Hold fast to that whieh is good,” and to which also should be ap- pended the inspiration of Charles Reade, ‘*Put yourself in his place.” If a thing which is worth doing is worth doing well, then should not we as a body of | publie servitors combine our united exper- | ience with clear-headed business qualifica- | tions to place our calling entirely above the | suspicion of a possible reproach, and not) wait for noxious customs to reform them-'! selves, but deliberately look such mattersin| the face and combine as one man to banish | them forever from the realm which we hon- or with our life’s service? CONDENSED CONCLUSIONS. First—That all products of the farm, plantation or dairy should be bought and sold by weight only. Second—That the business men’s associa- tions of every town, in every state, should unite in petitioning their respective legisla- tive bodies to enact a law making the same imperative. * Paper erse read before the last meeting of ‘the Retail Grocers’ Association. | a Third—That both Houses of Congress be | this city has sixty-five departments. | the benefit in cheaper prices. erican idea. It is only a question of a short! time when the small shops will be doomed. ‘*Then these thousands of parasites will become useful laborers. They will not over-crowd the labor market. This is prov- en by the fact that the invention of labor- saving machines has not reduced the price | of labor. Workingmen themselves are to blame for the cheapness of wages. They ‘an organize and get living wages. The stone-cutters are so well organized that they fix their own wages. plumbers and plasterers do the same thing. Other classes do it if they will cease competing with each other. ‘“The great stores of the future will be combination stores. One establishment in The propriétor buys direct of the manufacturers. He has reduced the cost of running his store to a minimum. The consumer gets Under the present retail system we pay five cents fora glass of beer that costs one cent. The four cents go for clerk-hire, rent, andthe other expenses of the saloon-keeper. We buy ‘ yard of ealico, to the cost of producing which is added from 100 to 400 per cent. for profits and expeyses of middlemen. Water is furnished at cost by the city at a nominal price. The trunk railroad companies trans- port immigrants from the Atlantic coast to Chicago for $1. They don’t lose anything.” The of working people can _—_—-O- McAfee ‘& Martin have purchased the factory of the Michigan Stave and Barrel Co., at Lakeview. | husband’s sickness form he took out his pocketbook and hand- ed her a sum of money. She returned thanks | with eyes, voice and face and went into the car with a handkerchief to ber eyes, and the drummer returned to his companions with a serious face. The scene was too much for the boys, and they began to joke him about being a mash- er and getting acquainted with everybody. One of them said he drumimmer’s wife and tell her all another said he was a wicked wretch, and would bring the gray hairs of his childrer would write to the about it: | in sorrow to the grave; and they had lots of fun at the expense of the ladies’ man, as they called him. They looked at each other and winked, as he seemed annoyed at their hilarity, and when their train started the the smoking car and kept on making it warm boys followed the big drummer into for him. Finally one of them said: ‘You didn’t even know that woman when you | spoke to her. Now own up, you old ras- | eal.” *““No, I didn’t know her,” said the big drunmniner, as he knocked the ashes off his eigar. ‘“Thatis, [had never been intro- dueed.” ‘*Then what did you go and speak to her for, and what did you give her money for?” the thought of the and the boys all greaned at such wickedness in one so young as drummer. “Well, boys, seeing you have caught mé at it, I will tell you,” and the big drummer began to show interest in what was going Ile and Lused to travel forthe same house, and while I never met me her picture so often that J on. “I know that woman’s husband. his wife, he has shown her. This morning I read in the paper that my old comrade was stricken with typhoid fever knew no it inan Iowa hotel, and that his wife had been telegraphed for. Vhen I saw that woman looking over the baggage at the junction I knew who she was, and I went up and offered her my assistanee. She was a little annoyed at first, until I told her that her husband was my old pardner, and then, When we were walking on the platform she told me how for the past two years her hus- band had been out of health. He used to work on salary, but for the last two years he-has had to travel on commission, and he had of health, and she has been elerking in a store earned very little on account his to help along. They have two children, and when she got the dispatch announcing her hh . nel litéle girl was sick, and she had hardly money enough to pay her fare to where her husband was, but she oe ow i 27 art $ * 4 3. ° left her siek child with its grandmother, 1 pawned her winter cloak and started, and she expects to be with the old boy to-night. Boys, when I broke my leg four years ago, by being thrown out of a buggy up in Wis- consin, that man stayed by me two weeks and cared for me as though I was his | brother; and when she told me how she was fixed, and how he was inhard luek, I divid- when I get home I ain going to send my wife to help take eare > ’ e Now, if I have done wrong Lask your pardon, and ed my #oll with her, and of her sick girl while she is gone. if any of you want to write tomy wife about it, I will give you her address. laugh all you want at me. of you laughing any more? tobaceo man’s eyes? The whisky actually crying? Well, maybe you are thinking how it would be if you were sick and your wives were on the road to meet you, short of money and a sick child at But I get off here,” and the big drummer took his sample case to go out of the car, when all the boys shook hands with him, but never said a word, because they couldn’t; but they pressed his hands in such a way that he knew their hearts were in the right place. Now, boys, What? None Tears in the man home. > naman He Misunderstood the Question. Professor—Mr. Pestle, what is a base?” Pestle (inquiringly)—American + ——_——-- Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides are lower and weak. Pelts are un- changed. Furs are active. Tallow is lower and weak. Wool is firm. , Arthur Meigs & Co. sold 500 cases of Hillsdale tomatoes to a local dealer last week for 95 cents, cash, and refused a sub- sequent offer of $1 for 500 more cases. Formerly door-knobs were largely made of glass, but they have become unpopular and are rare now. ‘The metal and porcelain ones are handsomer and more durable. a = ae Purely Personal. John Otis, the Mancelona furnace man, is in town. Christian Bertsch expects to reach Lon- don by February 1; Paris by the 5th, and Florence by the 10th. Lloyd Vanetta, late of Easton, Pa., has been engaged by Amos S. Musselman & Co. as assistant book-keeper. Seward MeNitt, formerly with the New- aygo Manufacturing Co., at Newaygo, has entered the employ of Byron MeNeal, at Byron Center. Messrs. Frank E. Leonard and Joe F. Reed, of H. Leonard & Sons, are making the tour of the Eastern glass factories in the in- terest of the firm. John Shirts put in last week at Shelby, visiting his parents and brothers, and draw- ing his dividend from the profits of Shirts Bros’. business for last year. W. Seott, of Richmond, Va., has been in town for a week. chase He-has an extensive pur- under advisement, which, if con- | summated, will render it necessary for him to become a citizen of Michigan. In the departure of A. J. Little for New Orleans, Grand Rapids loses one of her most promising young business men—one who is bound to make his mark in the peculiar field which he was selected for the develop- | ment of his energies. EVERY DEALER Should write for sample sheets and description of the Complete Business Register, An improved CASH AND SA LES BOOK, which contains columns with printed headings, arranged to record the results of each day’s business, providing also for weekly, monthly and yearly totals. This book will show at all times exactly how the business is running. Over 35,000 Copies now in Use. For all particulars, address H. W. PAMPHILON, Publisher, 30 Bond Street, New York. WHOLESALE AT 138 and 140 Jefferson Ave. and 34 ~ Hgavenrich Bros. CLOTHIERS, MANUFACTURERS OF PERFECT FITTING Tailor Made LOWEST CAothing, PRICES. Mail Orders sent in care L. W. ATKINS will receive Prompt Attention. and 36 Woodbringe St., DETROIT. bers. The demand for our own RINDGEH, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BooTs AND SHOES. BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. We have a splendid line of goods for Fall Trade and guarantee our prices on Rub- make of Women’s, Misses and Childs’ shoes is increas- ing. Send in your orders and they will be promptly attended to. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Senp For SAMPLE Burt. AMOS S. MUSSELMAN & Ub Coocaveors 1) Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Wholesale Grocers. AGENTS FOR Knight of Labor Plug The best and most attractive goods on the market. SEE QUOTATIONS IN Price-List. FULLER & Autographs, Etc., on Short Notice. Address as above STOWE COMPANY, esigners Engravers and Printers Engravings and Electrotypes of Buildings, Machinery, Patented Articles, Portraits, Cards, Letter, Note and Bill Heads and other Office Stationery a Leading Feature. 49 Lyon Street, Up-Stairs, Grand Rapids, Mich. smiths. It is seldom called for now. JENNINGS Flavoring Extracts!* MANUFACTURED BY JENNINGS & SMITH, Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., |GRAND RAPIDE, . ? ) Drugs & Medicines | STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster. Bay City. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Ppresident—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 2, 1886. eee reesei etee Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, OFFICERS. .sident—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. Trat Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. Second Vice-President—A. ‘ Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and ohn BE. Peck. Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1886. B. Stevens, Detroit, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—Wm. L. White. Secretary—Frank a ein oasurer—Henry B. Fairchud. : Reord of cco President, Vice-President nd Secretary. : Board of Trustees—The President, Wm, H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. : Committee on Pharmacy—M. B. Kimm, H. E. Locher and Wm. E. White. Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Win. H. Van Leeu‘ven. Committee on Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, Isaac Watts and A. C. Bauer. ole Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening 1n each month. : Annual Meetings—First November, ; A Next Meeting—Thursday evening, February 4, at ‘The Tradesman” office. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. Thursday evening in a Organized October, 1883. ‘ OFFICERS. President—Wm. Dupont. : First Vice-President—F rank Inglis. Second Vice President—J. W : Caldw ell. Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. ant Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Salt- zer. : Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. ee oe aeeanne Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. OFFICERS. President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. Colwell. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. ol Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E. Foot and C. H. Haskins. Annual Meeting— First Thursday Regular Meetings—First Thursday month. alt eccrine Saginaw County Pharmaceutical So- ciety. TEMPORARY OFFICERS. Chairman—Henry Melchers. Secretary—D. E. Prall. in November. of each sa ca Aah aA RAISE OTT once cinta Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. OFFICERS. President—I. F. Hopkins. Vice-President—John Meyers. Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lioyd. ae Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Friday of each month. Next Meeting—Friday evening, Feb, 12. Formal Opening of the New Rooms of the Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. From the Detroit Free Press, 21st. The formal opening of the new quarters of the Detroit Pharmaceutical Society in the Cowie block took place last night, when an audience, comprising almost the total mem- bership of the Society, assembled to hear Prof. A. B. Prescott, dean of the chemical department of the State University, lecture on the subject of ‘“The Literature of Phar- macy.” In opening his address the lecturer stated that the helpfulness of any profes- sional body for the benefit of its members is justly measured by the value of the litera- ture it has created for the professional use. He dwelt at length on the usefulness of a library to the pharmacist, and gave a list of the representative professional publications and the especial fields covered by them, closing his address by stating that the lit- erature of pharmacy foreshadows some changes in the scope of its practice. It gives evidence that the pharmacist is to be an advisory and analytical chemist of the community and of the medical profession. At the conclusion of the lecture refresh- ments were served in the parlor adjoining the audience room. ——_—_—__~- <> Bunion Shields and Vaccination. Bunion shields are said to be in great de- mand for the protection of vaccination scabs. Happily this novel use of the shield is calculated to afford relief to the dealer’s pocket as well as the purchaser’s arm. —_——$—-- Cincinnati retail druggists, says a corre- spondent in that city, are once more united. All stores now exhibit a card stating that “Patent medicines are sold at regular prices by request of the Cincinnati Retail Drug- gists’ Association.” Cincinnati trade has been demoralized for a considerable time. Certain retailers have advertised ‘‘cut prices,” and defied any overtures from the Association. The trouble originated through a fancy goods dealer putting in a stock of patent medicines. This cause has long since been remoyed, and there existed no apparent reason why prices should not be maintained. Refining of tannic acid is said to be a newly-established business in this country. _ A German writer affirms that the whole pro- cess consists in mixing tannic acid witha certain percentageof gum substitute, sieving well and selling. Good tannic acid is quite soluble ‘in methylated spirits of wine, or leaves only a small residue; gum substitute is not soluble in spirits, it can also be read- ily detected by the microscope. Some tan- nie acids contain matters insoluble in spirit which are not gum substitute; it ap- pears to be the woody part of the galls from which the tannic acid is prepared. | v . Dr. Locher Replies to the Unjust Accusa- tion of Mr. Crandall. GrRanp Raprps, January 23, 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—Your correspondent, J. Vv. Crandall, of Sand Lake, takes exceptions to the proceedings of the Grand Rapids Phar- maceutical Society in their action to adopt measures tending to secure the repeal of the $25 annual federal tax on druggists as retail liquor dealers. Now, it will be conceded by all intelligent minds that the handling of spiritous and fermented liquors by druggists isan absolute necessity, being as it is an ingredient of nearly all the fluid extracts and tinctures, besides other officinal prepar- ations in the U. S. Pharmacopeeia. No one could conduct a drug store successfully without having in stock a supply of liquors, as a great many pfescriptions contain wine or liquor in some form or other. The tax is not only an insult to all respectable phar- macists engaged in business at the present day, who have no other thought of doing anything but a respectable and honorable business, and who for the reasons above mentioned resent the governmental imputa- tion of being saloon keepers, but it is op- posed to every principle of equity and right and should have been repealed several years ago. It probably was fully justifiable as a war measure when the government treasury enue, but its perpetuation in times of peace, in the face of an overflowing treasury, is wholly indefensible. That unprincipled druggists sometimes take advantage of the situation to sell liquors contrary to the let- ter and spirit of the law is undoubtedly true, and perhaps our friend J. V. Crandall, if, perchance, he be a druggist, may be such an one, as he assures us that he is posted, and knows ‘‘whereot he writes.” Now, for my part I generally judge others by myself, and even at the risk of being considered ‘‘ver- dant,” I will be charitable enough to believe that a large majority of the druggists throughout the country do observe, and are obeying the law of their several states, and should be relieved from the odium of being forced to procure a U. 8. liquer license in order to carry on theirbusiness. The social and moral status of druggists compares fa- vorably with that of any other profession, and I believe I am voicing the sentiments of my professional brothers in the country as well as in the city when I say that the state- ments of your correspondent are without any foundation whatever, and, as far as my observation goes, entirely wrong. 1 had the pleasure of attending the last meeting of the State Pharmaceutical Society, and met rep- resentative druggists from every parts of the State of Michigan and question was dis- cussed during the sessions of that body and the same action taken. as regards the ques- tion of U. S. Revenue. It does not seem right to me that a large majority of drug- gists should be blamed for the wrong doing of a few, and that evil magnified by the croaking of certain individuals who find pleasure in parading the faults of their neighbors before the public, and who are so entirely wrapped up in their own righteous- ness that they see notthe beam in their own eye. Toall such I would say, study care- fully the errors and conduct of your own life and you will have plenty to do. H. E. Locuer. ~~. Vigorous Protest Against Mr. Crandall’s Sweeping Charge. 2 23, MANTON, Mich., Jan. 1886. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DEAR Srr—I have read a communication in your last issue from J. V. Crandall with a good deal of indignation. I have been en- gaged in the drug business over five years and a half in this place and no man or woman, alive or dead, has ever had a drink of liquor behind my prescription case, in the back room, or anywhere about my store. There may be druggists who do that kind of business, but I am not one one of them and want to enter my protest against such a charge; and as faras I am concerned, will say the license which I have to pay the Government bears heavily on me. The profits from a legitimate medicinal sacra- mental and mechanical sale of liquors will barely pay the tax at the end of the year, and were it not that as a druggist I am obliged to keep them in stock for honest customers, I would be better off, financial- ly, to throw them out, and for one would re joice to have the burden of such an unjust tax lifted from my shoulders. Yours, very respectfully, RiINALDO FULLER. Pp. S.—Like the paper first-rate, and was dorse Mr. Crandall’s communication. F. —___~— The British Pharmacopoeia directs that all preparations of cinchona shall be made from the red cinchona bark. The United States Pharmacopeeia directs the red bark for com- pound tincture, but names the yellow bark tincture, while the infusion can be made from any species of cinchona not containing less than 3 per cent. of its peculiar alka- loids. The tincture of opium of the new British Pharmacopoeia is directed to be es- sayed and standardized so as to contain about 0.75 per cent. morphine, which is about equivalent to 3 grains to the fluid- ounce. The preparation of the United States Pharmacopceia will contain about 1.4 per cent. if opium of medium strength is employed. The difference between the two preparations is, therefore, almost 100 per cent. Order a sample package of Bethesda Min eral Spring Water from Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. See quotations in another column. ae was crowded to the utmost in raising a rev- | for the extract, fluid extract, and simple | glad to read that, editorially, you don’t en- | | THE DISCOURAGED BOOK-KEEP- ER’S SONG. Written Expressly for THe TRADESMAN. With brain aweary from work, With care-worn face and eyes, Heavy from want of sleep and rest, And striving so long to devise Some method whereby his books Might balance, from day to day, A book-keeper sat, with dejected looks, And these words I heard him say: “Seratch, scratch, scratch, From early dawn till dark; And scratch, scratch, scratch, For hours before the lark Has sung her greeting hymn To the glowing, gladsome sun; And still to toil, by the midnight oil, My work is never done. “Write, write, write, Till my pen falls listless down, And add, add, add, Tillit seems that the heavens frown. It’s add, add, add, And never make a mistake, By day or by night, still, still to write, For my stern employer’s sake. “Column on column above, Column on column below, Till figures and lines confused by blend, And into each other flow; And I see the expanse of heaven Spread o’er with unbalanced books, Journals lower and burn, ledgers threat- ning and stern, And the cash-book with horrified looks. “My daily tasks I pursue Till my mind seems fated to lose Its center of gravity quite, and I see Visions that appall and confuse Great ciphers with bodies and wings,@ Leer at me out of the dark, ‘ Fives and sevens that walk, Nine and sixes that stalk, Like specters, grim, ghostly and stark.” With fingers inky and worn, With cyelids heavy and red, A book-keeper sat with dejected looks. Murmuring these words of dread. “Add, add, add, For the book-keeper there’s no rest. If patience and faithfulness win a reward, Hereafter we'll sure be blest.” A.L. J. Lakeside, Jan. 25, 1885. ————$——>- << Cocaine and Chloroform. At a recent meeting of the New York Pathological Society, President John A. Wyeth called attention to the peculiar lia- bility to fatal accidents from failure of heart-action, following the use of chloro- form or ether as anvesthetics, when the use of them has been preceded by the adminis- tration of ecocoaine. This should be borne in mind when operations are to be under- taken, and after unsuccessful use of cocaine recourse is had to inhalations of chloroform. —_——_—»>-?->_— Good Words Unsolicited. M. W. Mills, hardware, Otsego: “The paper is all it calls for.” F. Salisbury, grocer, Harbor Springs: “Your paper gives good satisfaction.” O. W. Avery, general dealer, Edmore: “ think Tur TRADESMAN a good paper.” Fred L. Corbin, commission merchant, Hart: “T value your paper very much, especially the market reports.” Johnson Bros., general dealers, Lakeside: “THE TRADESMAN continues No. 1. Declined a Chicago trade journal the other day. Con- sider THE TRADESMAN better.” 9 Cincinnati wholesale houses have adopted a postal card scheme by which to keep track of their travelers. Postal cards bearing the address of the house, and printed for mak- ing daily reports, are furnished the commer- cial tourists, and every day, rain or shine, sales or no sales, one of these cards has to be mailed to headquarters, giving the point mailed from and next destination. The Magazine of Art for February con- tains a practical article by Lewis F. Day on the profession of art; also one by R. A. M. Stevenson on the art of sketching, which is full of suggestiveness. Wm. Holmden con- tributes more about art in Assyria. The sketch of the life and work of the American artist David Neal is handsomely illustrated, the reproduction of his Nuns at Prayer be- ing especially attractive as a study of white upon white. The Magazine of Art is well worth the price of subscription, $8.50 per year. 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R. must be sold at once on easy rms. 1 OOD location on the Lake Shore in lumber- ing town. Stock about $1,500. ARGAIN—Fine drug store in north-western Michigan, on railroad, in growing town. Building for sale or rent on easy terms. Fine chance for physician. Stock about $2,000; buildings, $3,000. Part on time. pee drug store in western Michigan on Lake Shore R. R. Stock about $3,600, $1,000 cash, balance on easy time if secured. Good paying store. Good reason for selling. EY E STOCK in western Michigan on C. & W.M. Railway. Stock worth about $1,500. Good location. E HAVE several competent registered pharmacists on our list and can supply druggists ee eater assistants with well rec- omended assistants on very short notice. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Linseed oil, turpentine, serpen- taria, ergot, Deciined—Ergot. a o POCHC, NO. Bice ss cee cece cents 9 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 RRP DONG sia oon ace ce nese oeae 34 65 3 2SR w= LO D9 OTS ON al a ces Flas aemeen Muriatic 18 deg. . .. .. 5's. saescseces PEUTIC BO COG. 665 ci ck een enssasees ; OUR oe ee i nese chin we eles Sulphuric 66 deg.......-...-.+ Maks Yartaric powdered...........-.--- Benzoic, English............- B Oz Benzote, German........-.sseeeeee PPRWIIG . ica doe e ca ca asaessemccneees AMMONIA. COrNONBUE, |. oc casas be pace cece eh 15 Muriate (Powd. 22¢).......--.s0e0es Aqua lé6 deg or 3f... ....-.+- ee eee 3 Aqua 18 deg or 4f.....-..--+++++++- t BALSAMB. Copaiba ...... cc cece ee eee eee ences Fi ond peat 3 52 12 12 €8 © €8 GOHHOOHSO Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢c).......- Cinchona, yellow.........-+-++++ Elm, select...........- ee eeee ee eeeee Elm, ground, pure.........--+--++> Elm, powdered, pure.......-+-++++ Sassafras, Of roOt..........---seee Wild Cherry, select..........+--+-- Bayberry powdered............++- Hemlock powdered........-..+-+++ WARGO 225i cca seccnctnseacesctocess Soap ground, . .......eeeeeeeeeees BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 1 05c)........ PUIDOCL . 55. cnc ns scaceecscetees * Prickly Ash........- © ey cack ewes EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 24 boxes, 25¢c)... Licorice, powdered, pure..... Gas Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).....----- Lgowood, %s do Logwood, 48 do Logwood, ass’d_ do Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. ATTICA. ... 2... eeeeeee eer ererereees 122 @ Chamomile, Roman......-.+¢+++++ Chamomile, German........6ee8+- GUMs. Aloes, Barbadoes..........++e+++++ Aloes, Cape (Powd 20€).......--+++ Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60¢)....... PAPAMONIAG |... oo cc ck cc ce cece eens Arabic, powdered select........-. Arabie, Ist picked...........+--++- Arabic,2d picked...........++++++- Arabic, 3d picked..........+..+ee+- Arabic, sifted sorts...........-0+++ Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... TROUSZOID «oo. oo one ce heen cone cesses CAMDHOL .. . 6... - 05 se ewsessetersen a Jatechu. 1s (% lie, 48 16c) ...... - Euphorbium powdered.........--- Galbanum strained............-+-- Gambog@e........ cece erseeseccsesees Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢).......-- Kino [ Powdered, 30¢].........++++- EI i cn oda as cent enks ences Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... Opium, pure (Powd $5 25).......+-+ 8 50 Shellac, Campbell’s...........+++-- 30 Shellac, Enghsh..............-2e+ 26 Shellac, native..........6..eeeeeeee 24 Shellac bleached.........-.+eeeeees 30 Tragacanth ........ ....ceeeeeeeees 30 @1 00 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Hooarhound 2.2... 2. cece cece cece ee teen eer eces TOUR | 5. 5 on bs cs ce be sen etar es cane enceteees 25 Peppermint..........cceeeeee cece cee eeeeeces 26 ER Spearmint ......... eee ec cece ee ee ee ec seer ecces 2 Sweet Majoram............e. eee e renee ee eeee 3 MOOG ccc ceca as cece ae on cssecs seen eceeaseenes t PPI oak cnn wenn nn cect ence cect neceseeness t WOrm wood ......5.0.606-4 IRON. Citrate and Quinine..........--+++ Solution mur., for tinctures...... Sulphate, pure crystal............ oe ee Phosphate ..........-.-:eeseeeeeees LEAVES. @ @ Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)..........- 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (148 & 48, 12ce)... Senna, Alex, natural.............. Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. Senna, powdered...........++.++4- Senna tinnivelll........... eseseces Ys inde eee e ce se ees BelledOnMa .. ..5.o 5s iain ss wns so ec eet WOXGIOVE. «ooo. 5s oss nek san nceese css MOTO oc ek s once en an sentences PED. TOG. oa obo a cas on ak ence an ees LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 Druggists’ Favorite Rye........-. 175 Whisky, other brands...........-- 110 Gin. Old TOM: po ion cso c sec ene dene 1 35 Gin, Holland............-.-.seeeees 2 00 Brandy ........cccececcseceveccccees 1 75 Poatawhs WiO8.. 2.1... sccscnsse ae 1 25 POG WOR. coc vec k ce wes tne ncnees 1 35 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02Z........ Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... OOOO 5s an os Ga sicnwe nets OILS. Almond, SWECL........ 02sec sence Amber, rectifled..............-+00 cee as cp ncna bs wane caneaes Bay B OZ.... cece cece cece eee eees Bergamont..........cececeee erences 2 2 ee cis ua ac aeneekes 17%@ TIS kc cs ca wh ac ab ac as cess don ees 2 00 Cajeput .... 0... ceeseeceesccccencece eck cs ce beret seeens Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... UPA 5 oko vs pw ka wae we see eeccees COCOE ec cca de noe near cannes nees Cod Liver, NiPc ceeds -® gal Cod Liver, best......... eas Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 Puveps, P. & W....-.-:- FOriGOTONn .... 2. se ceccceeteresecess IO WOOO oi cc oak 0s ce Sa nee s cekes es Geranium ® OZ...........6seee0ee Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. Juniper WOOd..........ceeeeeeseees Juniper berrieS..........seseeeeeee Lavender flowers, French......... Lavender garden do Lavender spike do Lemon, N@W CLrOPp........e eee eeee Lemon, Sanderson’s...........+-+- LOEMONBTASS.... 2... cece seer ceececes Olive, Malaga..... ..... : Olive, “Sublime Italian. Seas Origanum, red flowers, French... Origanum, No. 1........--..00eeee Pennyroyal ...... 20.5... ce se es eens Peppermint, white............++-. ROS W OF, ooo kc aes san ese enescnents Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) Salad, W wal... 2... cece ececces eens ei awe ck et ka ea ncaee Sandal Wood, German............ Sandal Wood, W. I CER AMAC OIE o.oo hed ina ncanwcahendae Spearmint. . TO os has ah eens cc teoekseens os 4 00 Tar (DY GA) BUC)... 2... .0sccccenoses 10 Wintergreen... ..2....cecesscscees Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... WE OPERBOCG ooo cic cock cess nc ce sesines POTASSIUM, BRIGVOMOAUC. «oc ceidu ends eas cones 8 tb Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... Chlorate, eryst (Powd 25¢)......... Iodide, eryst. and gran. bulk..... Prussiate yellow... .....,.-.eeceeee ROOTS. PT OSOE riko aed ed hh arnt es nnndae AYUBOR, GUE ae sce ca eeccts noane Arrow, St. Vincent’s............4. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and % 8.... Blood (Powd 18C)..........cceeeeee ‘ Calamus, peeled..............ee0. Calamus, German white, peeled.. Elecampane, powdered............ Gentian (Powd 15e)............ A 10 Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ hi @ WB Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 17 Golden Seal (Powd 25c)...........- 2 Hellebore, white, powdered....... Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. Jalap, powdered... .............00+ Licorice, select (Powd 15)...... .. Licorice, extra select...........+6+ Pink, true............ heeds Reuhhues Rhei, from select to choice.......1 00 Rhei, powdered E. I................1 10 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 45 @ » ~ @9 00 @A 2% @ 2 2 35 3 50 2 00 R@M4 40@43 23 3 00 28 20 25 17 33 12 20 35 20 ~ SSEs RSESSSES wwe Be oo oie os hens na oe bao ‘ Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28ce)... SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... Bird, mixed in b packages........ Canary, Smyrhda.............. ue Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). Cardamon, Aleppee............... Cardamon, Malabar................ Celer Coriander, pest English........... sas ah cadh ce kanus OO, gcc iden cesscacs en ese Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%4)............ Foenugreek, powdered............ PROTA. TAOMIIIR 6 5 oi cc a ceaaes ss Mustard, white Black 10¢)........ OO ga oon oe doen wa cn cdeenaess TE, es ee si ev issencenases WOVE, EVOIE no 5 tac cdnsecsndwsens SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 Nassau do do 2 00 Velvet Extra do do ac ae 1 Extra Yellow do do Grass do do Hard head, for slate use........... Yellow Reef, do MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) ® gal.... Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. Anodyne Hoffman’s............... Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ URGES © Pi POLS. cose so ce da scence TN eo. kc dsccdse sues «s 92 Ib Alum, ground (Powd 9c).......... I INO 5k ona ok do bc on be Antimony, powdered, com’l... .. Arsenic, white, powdered......... Pe PT, gc ide vs cawne Bay Rum, imported, best......... Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. Balm Gilead Buds................. TAOS, POMME ik Gi cc cn dcnea ces PIOMILE, VOU: oo ii cicccccececneds 7 00 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. Blue Pill (Powd We)... ....ccceee MG PIBNI oo oes us ca beans con cees 6 Borax, refined (Powd 12¢)..... ... Cantharides, Russian powdered.. Capsicum Pods, African.........: Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... Cre TO, goon ok cs vce ce cece CR EO, ie oc dacivtcceveveus Calomel. AMO@PICAM.. .. 6... cse.sece Chalk, prepared drop.............,. Chalk, precipitate English........ Chalk, red Angers... ........+.0.0-+ Chaik, white lump................. Chioroform, Sqiibb's............. COLOGYIED GDDIOR. ..6 <6 5.0556 nc cose Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. Chloral do do cryst... Chloral do Scherin’s do ... Chloral do do crusts.. Chloroform ..... Ve ceas cukicsceneie Cinchonidia, P. & W......2........ Cinchonidia, other brands......... COVES (POWGE ZUG)... occ ccc cecaceas NE ka edd oho ce csc ae se CH FO onda od koa ccs ab aess Copperas (by Dbl Ic)............... Corrosive Sublimate............... Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. Ck oe cca cedenas Cudbear, pe ie casas boda deuaswas Cuttie Fieh Bone. ....- ...se0ccceass oc ic cas cectcueness Dover6 POWGGrs.. .........66.00<- Dragon’s Blood Mass.............- TEVPOt POWGGIOEG.. o. .... 00sec iceaes og a ee Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... Epsom Salts (bbl. 13¢)............4. 2 OUR, FOO oo inc co vacua concn ceases Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... Ws ocean k cecconcseecuns Cpeing VRrAe, ....< os sc cc scenes ClOlRTING, COCO B. «oo ci ce ncccccess CLOINTING, PVGHGN 6 os ois cts cccc ces Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue, ca pinet...... Leu Gane eudeanes I WEN, 6 ok oo ks cs dacs aceseewceus GIVGGRING, HUTE, . .5 0. cscs sen esases HOPS 345 GI 4G... 6.20 2c cece sees ROOT TE OB oo od vi cece cs cascans al aucun cs cena Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes LOdine, YOSUDHIMNO.. .. 2... ...e0ces Tsingiase, AMGPriCAM, ..... 6.00050 MUA oi oo oh da de Anesdeccenane ROO PUIG. ooo 6 sic s a dceencccne TOG, GOCUREO. ooo oc ce ween ceeds aces Lime, chloride, (%s 28 10e & 4s lle) DNS oi ooo dae ce nes ca ccennss ROHL 6 oka odds ceases ccacaus ae a a ow cece tycacss Madder, best Dutch............., TA ee ai vo ok cece ed ccna ncsaes ON a oo cba ca sd nn ce cages Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... B 0z Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... MROHE, TOGIONG, «os 6. as cc ceceesse 8 Ib TRO TOO 8c. sono h oc cca cc encas Mustard, Mnguen....i............- Mustard, grocer’s, 10 cans...... Ce ck aaa ce sa ncacenns PeCOOE NO. Bio cic sce cacceeceses PE VORIIOR oa oi os os wa ee cc anene Ointment. Mercurial, 4¢d.......... PV GCC noon wdc c ntsc cssccss Pepper, Black Berry.............. LC ea a ee ee Pitch, True Burgundy............. CBSE oo owe eee sens erncees Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ tb 02 Quinine, German.............-..-: Red Precipitate............... 8 ib Bite BEERUIEG, . oss cs de cec sens Strychnis, Cryst... .......s0secceees Silver Nitrate, cryst..............- Gastron, AMOFICAN. ..... 2.0 s0es600 Ce Ce oo cs ac echceedaecs Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... Bee PRO ooo ie be decd ccncas eT ee isc cdacaueserdnne oie ei ik ca ee cn ae as nace I oy ek cc a niasnudencnsas Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... Slioda Ash [by Ko@dce]...........-.; Spermaceti........ 2.2... seco sees cee Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... Soap, White Castile................ Soap, Green do Soap, Mottled do Soap, do do Soap, Mazzint...........esseececeee Spirits Nitre, 3 F Spirits Nitre, 4 F Sugar Milk powdered.............. Sulphur, flour............-...seeee- SUTTER, SOL. 052.5. eee e sc eees cence eae MEIO, 6 ooo. v4 co ds ss ce en esas Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans $ doz do quarts in tin....... do pintsin tin......... Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Ib Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ Jind, SUIPBALE, << coc as ne sceeees 7 OILs. Capitol Cylinder... ........ cece ee ee cece cence eens 7d Model Cylinder... .......c.cieceesceeceecsaceess 60 SGid CVTNGON. 5c in ev assjadsccaeeees sheennasceOe Hldorado HNGine... .. 2.2... ccccnvccccccvececenes 30 Peerless Machinery. ....<..scoccscasccccnceees 30 Challenwe Machinery... .........cccccnreceesees 25 Dae PINs MIO. fo osc ecceccaccaanccdasess 30 Black Diamond Machinery... ........ccccceees- 30 Custor Machine Oil... 2... cece cesses cnc cocnns 6C WONG ON GOP... kn iccecicnsaseaseeacouss 15% WAVING OR GOR, oc os is in cons cons caes chececens 21 Sperm, winter bleached............--..eee+s 1 40 Gal 15 60 45 48 90 50 6 @ 63 2) 18 18 45 988 6880 © i 8 — Stotet Sa ow RK@ ou DT et Ot ROSS Cr Ss 2 95@3 2 Af @ Whale, Winter. ........2cccccesecsaees TPG, GRUCB. «0555 oc essa cic eveceeeeess Tel, WO, Bac ick sce cccasecedcenanetees Linseed, PUTC TAW........2e ee eeeeees Einseed, DOME .. .. 2... cee scccesces 45 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 70 Spirits Turpentine...........-+..2+6- 45 VARNISHES. No. 1 Turp Coacd.........cccccsessenses 1 10@1 20 Werte PUG. on cnc ce seer cece neenancass 1 60@1 70 CTs HOGG. oo. os oe veas sak nc eccneenes 2 75@3_ 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture............seeees 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar...........ceeseees 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp........-.-+++ 70@ 75 PAINTS Bbl Red Venetian... .......-cceree Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... Putty, commercial ........ ey Putty, strictly pure............ Vermilion, prime American.. Vermilion, English............ Green, Peninsular...........-- Lead, red strictly pure..... Lead, white, strictly pure..... Whiting, white Spanish.. enna Whiting, Gilders’.............- White, Paris American........ Whiting Paris English cliff.. Pioneer prepared Faints..... illa Prepares oe Swiss V Paints un HAZELTINE, | PERKINS & 00,, Wholesale Druggists, OFFER TO THE TRADE THEIR EN- TIRE STOCK OF HOLIDAY GOOD, COST! Until January 1, 1886. THE LINE INCLUDES Brash aul Comb Sets in Celluloid Diatite, Florence, Odor Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Gents’ Dressing Cases, Cut Glass Bottles, Fancy Perfumes, Manicure Sets, Jewel Cases, Infant Sets, Work Boxes, Game Boxes. AT COST! AT GOST! Until January Ist. HAAEL TINE, PERKINS wD. The Michigan Tradesman. WEDNESDAY. EK. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, {Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1886. RETAIL GROCERS’ ASSOCIATION OF GRAND RAPIDS. ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 10, 1885. President—Erwin J. Herrick. First Vice-President—E. E. Walker. Second Vice-President—Jas. A. Caye. Secretary—Cornelius A. Johnson. Treasurer—B. 8. Harris. Board of Directors—Eugene Richmond, Wm. H. Sigel, A. J. Elliott, Henry A. Hydorn and W.E. Knox. Finance Committee—W. E. Knox, H. A. Hy- dorn and A. J. Elliott. Room Committee—A. J. Elliott, Eugene Rich- mond and Wm. H. Sigel. Arbitration Committee—James Farnsworth, M. J. Lewis and A. Rasch. Complaint Committee—J. George Lehman, Martin C. DeJager and A. G. Wagner. Annual meetings—Second Tuesday in Novem- ber. Regular meetings—First and Third Tuesday Evenings of cach month. Next meeting—Tuesday evening, Feb. 9. On the Road. The enterprising drummer comes With grip and sample-case, And very vigorously drums Each calm, bucolie place. He meets the merchant at his door r‘O SO SWEET Lie ee Tr a " sd And buttonholes him straight, And funny chestnuts by the score He smiling doth relate. The merchants’ children with a smile He chucketh ’neath the chin, With artful wile, he doth beguile With beer, and eke with giu He takes the merchant for a drive O’er muddy rural roads, And with cigars at three for five His pockets full he loads; He flirteth with the merchant’s wife, And with his daughter coy; And gives a dizzy pocket-knife Unto the merchant’s boy. In manners very rash and brash Expenditures he guides, He spendeth his employer’s cash And eke his own besides. * * ES * * And when he learns (oh, hapless fate! He can’t express his pique,) The merchant will the drummer wait, Who comes along next week. > -0- >> Regular Meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association. At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, held on the 19th, applications for membership were re- eeived from Martin Huisenga, T. J. Han- lan, C. Moelker & Co. and James Farns- worth, all of whom were elected to member- ship. A. J. Elliott, of the Committee-on Rooms, reported a corrected lease for the rooms of the Association, which was accepted and adopted. President Herrick stated that the Law Committee had had the huckster question un- der consideration and asked that the Com- mittee be given further time to prepare a report, which was granted. The chair appointed James Farnsworth chairman of the Arbitration Committee, vice G. H. DeGraaf. E. A. Stowe then read a paper—which is reproduced entire in this week’s paper—on “Eggs by Weight,” by Smith Barnes, gen- eral manager of the Hannah & Lay Merean- tile Co., Traverse City, prefacing the same by reading the accompanying letter from the same writer: : Being unable tocomply with the request so kindly sent me to meet the Retail Grocers’ Association on the 19th inst., and to lay be- fore them my convictions on the subject, ‘Kegs by weightin placeof eggs by count,” ITean do no Jess than to hand you a pen photograph of the same, instead of doing myself the pleasure of meeting the gentle- men who represent an interest of so much importance to the citzens of your live city, as do the grocers of Grand Rapids. Will you namemy hearty thanks to your Association for the compliment tendered me by the resolution passed, and my earnest wishes that, in the near future, we may all join hands in adopting the same measure which we have found so satisfactory. I trust that I have made my meaning plain, even if my manner of setting it forth has not been as happy as I could wish. If my convictions should strike a chord in sympathy with my respected co-labora- teurs, and united action follow as a sequence, resulting in the near future in re-modelling this portion of our business structure, I shall be very much gratified, as at the present time I believe we are the only house in the union who have put into practice what we believe to be due our patrons in this partic- ular direction. If I have not covered the entire ground I shall hold myself in readiness to add thereto such conclusions or facts as I am possessed of from time to time. Milo G. Randall moved that the thanks of the Association be tendered Mr. Barnes for his contribution, which was unanimous- ly adopted. W. C. Harper moved that the subject treated in the paper be made the special or- der of business at the next meeting, which was adopted. Jas. A. Coye moved that the report of the special committee on honorary members be adopted, which was carried. Milo G. Randall moved that those whole- salers who sign the agreement not to sell at retail be made honorary members of the As- sociation. Jas. A. Coye movedas an amendment that they be invited to attend the meetings of the Association, either personally or by repre- sentative, which was adopted. A. J. Elliott moved that 300 copies of the constitution and by-laws be printed, which was adopted. The Association then adjourned, to meet again Tuesday evening, February 9. >.> A railroad station is to be erected on the site of ancient Babylon, and patent medi- cine advertisements will be the handwriting THE LEADING BRANDS OF TOBACCO Offered in this Market are as follows: PLUG TOBACCO. - RED FOX ee ee oe 48 BIG DRIVE ee ee ee PATROL Se ee 46 JACK RABBIT ee ee eee ‘SILVER COIN eg 46 SN BLACK PRINCE, DARK - - - -. 85 Big TM 8 ee PS ee a 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand. FINE CUT. THE MEIGS FINE CUT, DARK, Plug flavor STUNNER, DARK oe eee RED BIRD, BRIGHT Ce ee ae OPERA QUEEN, BRIGHT - - - - FRUIT ee he ae c less in 6 pail lots. SMOKING. ARTHUR’S CHOICE, LONG CUT, BRIGHT RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL ow # GIPSEY QUEEN, GRANULATED - - OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH . + * SEAL OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH DIME SMOKER, IN CLOTH - - - - 2c less in 100 pound lots. These brands are sold only by Arthur Meigs & Co. Wholesale Grocers, antee every pound to be perfect and all right in every particular. We cordially invite you, when in the city, to visit our place of business, 77, '79 and 81 South Division Street. It may save you money. SPRING & COMPANY. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL, CLOTHS BTC. ETO. 6 and 8 Monroe Street, on the wall. Grand Rapids, ~ PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, J. H. THOMPSON & CO. BHE SPICH MILLS, WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS OF ‘tees & Spices, MANUFACTURERS OF The Celebrated Butterfly Baking Powder, ‘Teas, Co! Dealers in Trobaccos, Cizars, Ete., 09 JEFFERSON AVENUE, GMo Aah 39400 338 AINOH DETROIT, MICH. » NEE Who warrant the same to be unequalled. We guar-| boy 4 poundof TOBACCO ani FUE ME a pen-KNIFF * Sw ‘wae Peace eee ‘ \ ‘ - ft PAINE + Chicaga—— Tobacco is packed in 30 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough and Ready Clubs, 16 oz,, full weight. A case of 30 knives packed on the top of each butt. The butt of Tobacco with case of Pocket Knives is branded “ Pen Knives;” the one with Jacks, “Jack Knife.” The consumer gets a 16 oz. Plug of the Finest Tobacco that can be produced by purchasing a GOOD KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money: Big thing for the Consumer, equally so for the Retailer. Send us your order. W. J. GOULD & GO., Detroit, Hich. A Simple Cure for Dyspepsia. Probably never in the history of Proprietary Medicines has any article met success equal to that which has been showered upon Golden Seal Bitters. Why, such has been the success ot this discovery, that nearly every family in whole neighborhoods have been taking it at the same time. Golden Seal Bitters combines the best remedies of the vegetable kingdom, and in such proportions as to derive their greatest medi@inal effect with the least dlsturb- ance to the whole system. In fact, this prep- aration is so well balanced in its action onthe alimentary canal, the Liver, the Kidneys, the Stomach, the Bowels, and the circulation of the Blood, that it brings about a healthy ac- tion of the entire human organism that can hardly be credited by those who have not seen the remarkable results that have followed its use. Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., whole- sale druggists, Grand Ragids, Mich. 123 PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN BS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outfits. ww. GC Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. HOUSE & STORE SHADES MADE TO ORDER. 68 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. Nelson Bros. & Co. JHWELER. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. CESS, GUARANTEED PURE, EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, HENRY KRITZER, PROPRIETOR NEWAYGO MANUFACTURER OF THE AEM GHLAT WATCH MALL, Roller Mills “Crown Prince” BRAND. ALWAYS UNIFORM IN QUALITY. FINEST GRADES OF WHEAT AND | BUCKWHEAT FLOUR A SPECIALTY, ‘BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ROLLER PRO- BUSINESS LAW. — Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. REVENUE STAMPS ON MANUFACTURED TO- BACCO. A commission merchant engaged in the sale of manufactured tobacco is not liable to be taxed for the revenue stamps required to be affixed to the tobacco before the removal thereof from a bonded warehouse unless they were at the time of such sale so affixed, whereby they entered into the value of the tobacco and formed a part of the price there- ® of. So held by the Supreme Court of the United States. SALE OF GOODS — DELIVERY — ACCEPT- ANCE. When a vendor sells goods of a speeified quality, but not in existence or ascertained, and undertakes to ship them to a distant e buyer, when made or ascertained, and de- livers them to the carrier for the purchaser, the latter is not bound to accept them with- out examination. ‘The mere delivery of the goods by the vendor to the earrier does not necessarily bind the vendee to accept them. On their arrival he has a right to inspect them to ascertain whether they conform to ¥ the contract, and the right to inspect im- plies the right to reject them if they are not of the quality required by the contract. Pope et al. vs. Allis, decided by the Su- preme Court of the United States. RAILWAY COMPANY HT OF WAY. am A railway company, in enforcing its right of way over the lands of others and in con- structing its road, is bound to leave the ad- joining lands and fields which it crosses in the same condition as regards the facilities of cultivation and as concerns the utility of those lands to their owners as they were be- fore the entry of, the company. IHlence < railroadcompany which constructs an em- . a bankment on the lands of a planter, and thereby stops up his ditches and other arti- ficial drains, is responsible to such owner for all losses of crops and other damages occasioned by such interruption of his drain- age. So held by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case of Payne vs. Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroa@ & Steamship & Co. : TRADE MARK-——DENTIST’S SIGN. In the case of Sanders vs. Jacob, decided lately by the St. Louis Court of Appeals, it appeared that in 1871 the plaintiff opened an office for the practice of dentistry in St. Louis under the title of the ‘‘New York Dental Rooms.” He advertised under that ® name and had it registered. In 1880 the de- fendant opened a dental establishment two doors from that of the plaintiff, using a sign in size and style similar to the one used by the plaintiff and bearing the inscription ‘Newark Dental Rooms.” The plaintiff brought suit to enjoin the defendant from | using this sign, alleging that it was devised to deceive his customers and deprive him of business. The court granted an injune- tion, holding that it was apparent that the | defendant used the sign to deceive the pub- lic and to attract the customers of the plain- tiff. —--- o> -_——— An Attractive Sign. From Carpet Trade and Review. Some years ago there lived in a basement on T hompson street, in New York, a car- . pet beater of African decent, whose name was Adam Strong. At the beginning of his professional career he considered it unnec- essary to go to the expense of having a sign painted, but after losing several jobs through would-be patrens being unable to find his place of abode, he decided that a sign must be obtained, and believing himself to be fairly proficient in the art of making let- § ters. he undertook the task of painting the sign himself. His intention was to have the first line read ‘‘Adam Strong,” and the second one “Carpet Beater.” But he made the mistake of allowing too much space between the first and second Jetters of the word Adam and to get in the eight other letters on the same line it was necessary to place them closer togethe The result was that the 6 sign when finished appeared as follows: A DAM STRONG CARPET SWEEPER. The sign was a success as regards at- tention, but it did not suit the brethren of < the Zion A. M. E. Church, of which Mr. Strong was a member, and they finally in- duced him to have it altered; but he al- ways regarded the first sign as the best, be- cause it brought him the most business. 2 << — He Expected too Much. “See here,” said an angry citizen to a quack doctor, ‘that ‘wonderful discovery’ of yours for. preserving$the scalp is a fraud.” s “Why so?” : ‘‘Look at that,” removing his hat; “since using it I have lost all my hatr.” “Oh, it doesn’t pretend to preserve the hair.” answered the doctor, ‘‘only the sealp. You’ve got your scalp left. You musn’t expect too much of medical science.” A new e xplosive, known as kine tite, is at present being studied in Germany. It con- f sists, it is said, of a mixture of oils and gun cotton, and is superior to dynamite, as its manufacture and manipulation are absolute- ly without danger. It will detonate only under certain peculiar and well-defined conditions of shock. Only the part exposed to concussion explodes, and when fired it burns quietly with a brilliant light. The LPI INI ES I TON TT TTS n z = = ge ‘The Oldest and Most < ij ia ve come aae ee sinks LAN. PUTNAM & BROOKS Wholesale Manufacturers of PURE CAND ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, FIGS, DATES, Nuts, Hitec. OYST The Well-Known ARE THE BEST IN MARKET. PUTNAM & BROOKS WHOLESALE AGENTS. NR CN OC A CEE EL NE NE ITS GRANELLO, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, LOT Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, AND Overcoats for Everybody. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOL- ENS AND WORSTEDS, THE BEST MANUFACTURED. FINE AND SER- VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. Michigan Dairymen’s Association, Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885. President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. Vice-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C. Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City; Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage; John Borst, Vriesiand; R. C. Nash, Hilliards; D. M. Adams, Ashland; Jos. Post, Clarks- ville. Secretary and Treasurer—E, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Next Meeting—At Kalamazoo, February 16, 17 and 1s, Membership Fee—$1 per year. Official Orgun—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. TIME TABLES Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express. .... 6:25am 7Throvuen Mall........-.... 10: (tam 10:50am +Evening Express......... 340pm 3:50pm *Limited Express.......... 8:30pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 11:00 a m GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 1:05pm 1:10pm *Throvugn Mali...........- 5:00pm 5:10pm +*Steamboat Express..... .10:40 pm WO i ova cnc as eeeess ee 7:l0am *Night Express.........-.-- 6:10am 5:35am +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. Sr the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car ar id loeal Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Traflic Manager, Chicago. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves Arrives, tMail. . Dec aee Gene eec 9:00am 4:30 pm *+Day NE cs csluys 2:35pm 9:25pm *Night PEP TOGG. oc ccnscues - {0pm 5:45am Muskegon Express......... 4:20pm 11:20am *De Lily. +Daily except Sunday. Pullman Slee ping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. MNOS. occ we cncccccuecess 4:20pm 7:30pm PE og hens cc ncaeccecess 8:00am 10:50am an trains arrive and depart from Union De- pe 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. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30 am Ai: 30 a m Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 5:05pm G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 7:00a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinae & Cincinnati Ex. §:05pm 5:40pm Mackinac & Ft. Way: eEx..10:3;0am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 10:30 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’clock p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac. Trainleaving 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 Slee tT Car for Cincinnati. . L. LocK woop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. TEXDNOGE, . . «500 ccceesn aces 7:15 p im 7:30 a mm true composition is being carefully kept , See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. Weare prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. A.B. KNOWLSON, 3 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. WM. SHEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. IN CAR LOADS D. W. Archer’s Trophy Corn, D, W. Archer’s Morning Glory Corn, D. W. Archer’s Early Golden Drop Corn ‘e888 EVERY CAN BEARING SIGNATURE OF The Archer Packing Co. OHILLIcoTHE, Itt. COMING to GRAND RAPIDS Fos cis os eee cess cx senna 9:50am 4:00pm All trains daily except Sunday. The train leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, w hich 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 one hour for dinner) with special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches ean be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street - depot. J. W. McK ENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Michigan Central. DEPART. Petit TEXDTOGR. . «2 «65sec cna dec cased ce 6:00am TOY EEX DTGRE. 05 osc cece cree ns ecccces 12:45 9 m PA tiantio EXDreus. ... . 25.2005 ceccsccess 10:40 pm Way Freight... .. 2.2... eee cece ce se ceees 6:50 am ARRIVE. PPaerO TEDYGGS. «25 <6. cccssccensinens 6:00 am WO cick cwauccecelssde aeedaces 3:30 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:35 p m We FVCIOTE. ow cece ce encecnsncessae 5:15pm +Duily exce pt ‘Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express. Direet 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 Psrlor Car for Detroit, Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at ‘Grand Rapids at 10:35 p.m. CHaAs. H. Norris, Gen’l 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 2:05 p. m. andji:30 p. m. Returning leave Marquette at 7:00 a. m. and 1:40 p. m., arriving at Grand Rapids at 10:30 a. m. Con- nection made at Marquette with the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad for the Iron, Gold and Silver and Coppes pao, ALLEN, Gen’! Pass. & Tkt. Agt., Marquette, Mich. eral Spring Water from your grocery job- Groceries. Grocers’ Association of the City of Muskegon, OFFICERS. President—H. B. Fargo. 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. Towl and E. Johnson. Committee 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 Heroic Husband. “So you have given up smoking to ac- commodate your wife,” said Judge Penny- bunker to Kosciusko Murphy. “Oh, yes, she wanted me to give it up, and I did so.” ‘Pidn’t you find it pretty hard to give it up?” “Yes, { suffered a good deal during the first week, but after that I felt all right.” ‘What did you do to allay thecraving for tobacco?” “J took to smoking again. the craving right off.” >> A plausible explanation-“‘Mr. Dusenberry, sand soap has gone up two cents a pound. What’s the reason?” ‘‘Because of the war in Burmah, my dear. The papér says 10,000 rebels are scouring the country.” Order a sample package of Bethesda Min- That allayed ber. See quotations in another column. MISCELLANEOUS. © Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25.cents per week, or _ cents for three weeks. Advance. pay- ment. Advertisements directing that answers be sent in care of this office must be accompanied by 25 cents extra, to cover expense of postage, ete. yee buy an interest in a good paying mercantile business. Have some money to invest with services. References ex- changed. Address E. M., care the TR eee AOR SALE—Desirable store building and clean grocery stock, situated in growing railroad town. Present owner has all he can do to attend to other business. Anyone with $3,000 can secure the opportunity of a lifetime. Address X, care THE TRADESMAN. 124* yar TO RENT—A centrally located store in some thriving town aeons roe afer, first-class drug store. Address Lou J. Sh 141 South Division St., Grand Rapids. \ [ITUATION WANTED—By a man of long ex- perience in mercantile business, to man- age a general store or lumber supply store, Can furnish unexceptional references, Ad- dress, XXX, care THE TRADESMAN. 121tf pases WANTED—A good regular phy- scian, who can come recommended, can hear of a good location, good pay, little oppo- sition, in splendid farming and fruit growing section which ean be obtained by renting prop- erty of retiring physician. Address, W. Ryno, M. D., 251 Gold St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 121tf ee SALE OR RENT-—Store in the livliest manufacturing town of 2,000 population inthe State. Splendid opening for grocery, drug or clothing business. Possession given March 1. For further particulars, address Lock Box 116, Muskegon, Mich. 119tf JARTNER WANTED—A general merchant doing a good business ina thriving lumber town desires a partner with two thousand dol- lars capital. For particulars address, “Part- ner,” care the Tradesman. itt XOR SALE—The font of brevier type for- merly used on THE TRADESMAN. The font comprises 222 pounds, with italic, and can be had for 30 cents a pound. Apply at the office. CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 Tb boxes.............-.-5- 84@9 Twist, HO oa eee es eee 9@ 9% Cut Loaf do eae 104%@11 MIXED Royal, 25 pails.................--2+-- @9 Royal, 200 ib Dblis.... 2.2.2... ee eee eee @8% Textra, 95 0) DAIS. . 6.5 o0500-- 2+ sees get ee 10@10% Bowtyy, O00 WIG... 55 cos. cise sess ese 9 @ 9% French Cream, 25 th pails...............- @12% Cut loaf, 25 D CASCS.... 5. 2.2220 see cesess 2u@ Broken, 25 ib paiis.......-...-....-5+-+5+ W@1l0% Broken, 200 bbis..........-.......5.-+. 9@ O% FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES. Remon TOS. ooo ik oe oe knee snes eee R@13 PU ad ee hess awe cns B@14 Peppermint Drops...... .......++++s-: M@l5 CRIGDOIBIO DPODE oo oko eas eos as es ane 15 H MChocolate Drops.............0...+se0+- 20 WUT TOPOS oss oo ei eos cs eo dace sens case 10 TAOOVICR POPODK, «ov oes k be wo eo peas nns 20 AB Licorice Drops.. —.......-.+-+seeeees 12 RAVORMOS, DUBIN,» os ed ee ok pce ee ok anon ne 45 LOZENGES, PINGET............ 0 vccrecnecnecs 16 COS De SIR ye ny Pi 15 PUTT oi oy sho se vin oh oh aes oo ae closes 15 Rr PO ik ss os ona ne ee eee 18@14 UG TR ag oo eke ei coos chee 13 CRITI ce oe bs oes case casa ened +o e 1L8@20 Hand Made Creams..............-...s0e0ee0 20 PUR CIDE hk ake nceeh sso ees cesas 17 DoOoVATEd COORG... 0... o. 0.55 es ceesececacs 20 BOPP UNA TR os inka nn oo ne be be ee nes eae M@i5 PRUUNERE STING. os cook coca ess beskbn «seen. 22 Wintergreen Berries........... .. oe FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... @12 Lozenges, plainin bbls...........-.... 104%@I11 Lozenges, printed in pails............. @12% Lozenges, printed in bbls............. My4%e@lk Chocolate Drops, in pails........ ca @ik% Gum Drops in pals.............-....-.- @7 Gum Drona, in obis. ~........-. 2012+. @ 5% Moss Drops, 19 PAS ......55 06.0 -scne0> @W Moss Drops, 10 DVIS... ... 2 conse sas eeeecss ee 9 RO TONE, 1 HAUG 6 6 coos os sca se oes cee ene 12 Tmperials, i pails.............5.-2. 0-5 @12% Imporiais in DbIG... ....-..-...-- @ll FRUITS Bananas Aspinwall................... Oranges, Jamaica, bbls...............- Drangwos, Floride.. .::.:-..-....-0.55- .4 00@4 50 Oranges, Valencia, cases..............7 00@8 00 Dranrwes: MeBBIDE.......0...655- 052260 @4 00 Oranges, NADIES.......5.5.5.05-0000-05 TPIMONE, HNOI0G sc. 65 chicos ce. e as sees 3 75@4 00 TOMODR, TOROY. occ. cos oe ne enes dacs 4 25@4 5D Figs, layers, new, @ D................- 144 @l6 TOBHOR THAIS GO o.oo esi cess eet ee een D TRGOR A AO 8 ook oe ke ee es SONG OREN oo ik ce cscs wow gs eee nee> ARATE AN ee co fa oon coc ssc Seen oe Dates, Fard 10 th box ® b............. @10 Dates, Fard 50 t box ® f.............. 8%@ 9 Dates, Persian 50 th box # b.......... TRE 8 Pine Apples, # doOz..............-.0+- PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw @ B...............06 @4 Choice do Wy coe esc cecc a SO 8 Faney do Mee 15 @5H% Choice White, Va.do .................- ®5 Paucy HP. Va GO ......12..55.+---- @ 6 NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona...............-.+ 17@18 es BN es io ene can 16@17 Te cies cece as bebe atess 94A@L0 Chestniits, per DU... 0... ..20200--200e00s BED ONEG, HAOUI oo ins eos ose neo es aches 114@12 ” SEOPOOIODB., ooo 505 och acer eses @W Walnuts, Grenoble.................++- 14 @uU% si Ne ee i kek sie ceee o French......... A soca ee 8 @ll “ CORTON. ; ow. 5. 52055 -don. @il2 Penang, TEMG, Fis Fs ia os neo cn ees case 10 @is8 ” DORR SOUEL os ikea ee eenceese 9 @ 10 Coocgantts, TA)... 5 osc) se visas cases @A 50 FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Preah Beet, RIGGS... 6 o.oo. sss e vs ec en se 44@ 6% Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6 @T% POUR FIGS ooo ic no noo o's knee ae se 44%@ 5 Mutton, Carcasses...............-.-00- 44e@ 5% RN iui vb ies cee co so oe as heee 8 @9 Prick GAUGABO, «650s Soc occ ecce ect nans ce 6%@ 7 IA oe kc ds ba oo ks book es et ues seen 640 T oS oa aoa ook owsds caee oe keoe® 10 @ll Spring Chickens............--.0+.s000. ll @l12 Ducks GiB TUAS RI fag cies ca vince cor ese cctes ens @i1 COOPERAGE, Quay, Killen & Co, quote as follows, f. 0. b. at Grand Rapids. STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M 6 0@ 7 00 Elm © - ae wie cess M 5 W@ 5 75 White oak tee staves, s’d and j’t.M 20 00@23 00 White oak pork bbl. “ * MM 18 50@20 00 HEADS. Tierce, dowelled and circled, set.¢.. 1b@ 16 Pork, - . eS R@ 2B Basswood, kiln dried, set............ 4@ 4% HOOPS. White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t. M 11 50@13 00 White oak and hickory ** AE toe 10 00@I11 00 Hickory flour bbl................ 6 50@ 7 50 AGU, POUNG cae acasckyees M 6 25@ 7 00 Ash, fiat racked, 6% f't........... M 38 50@ 4 00 BARRELS. White oak pork barreis, h’'dm’d.M 1 0@ 1 10 White oak pork barrels, machine.. 90@ 1 90 White oak tard tierces............. 20@ 1 30 Beef and lard half barrels......... HQ 9 Custom barrels, one head.......... 1 00@ 1 10 MUiGise TIA Fo cs voc sb sos nda cae 30Q@ 387 Produce barrels..... Decade a yenes 23@Q 25 COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 00 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 85 Louisville Cement, = DDL sss i foseee 1 30 Akron Cement per bbl...............- 1 30 Bifalo Cement, per bbl........... ke 1 30 Carlots ‘“ Ogle oseades 1 056@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ 30 Stucco, per Dbl. ... 2... ces e ee cee we ces 1 75 Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 50 Land plaster, car lots.:....... ise seks 2 50 Fire brick, per M..............0.s+++05 $25 @ $35 Fire clay, per bbl........ csbeuasevsrcns 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and a car lots..$5 7 00 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25 , car cecds Wada ceettepecee 00 ots.. 4 00 Ne acie ea 00 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. FYAZOr'S. 0.065. oe 90|Paragon ........... 1 80 Diamond X........ 60; Paragan 25 b pails.1 20 Modoe, 4 doz....... 2 50|Fraziers, 25 ib pails.1 25 BAKING POWDER. Thompson's Butterfly, bulk.............+.- 25 of ~ 6 or 10 Ib Cans...... 27 “ * 4,4 doz. in case... 5 ry se Y%, § oe oe a me 95 J. H. Thompson & Co.’s Princess, 48....... 1 2 *s at > * WOR. as ss 2 25 “ i " ay 4 25 ne ee of - bulk..... 2 Arctic, 4% Tb CANS.........-6. eee tee eee ee 45 essai cesn ses nnentecbncts 15 BE wy ee en asns eee ces Ab ase bones 1 40 * 1 Wee tated aa ecetee as hb ane 2 40 _ 4 oe ee ne err oer dea 12 00 Silver Spoon, 3 dOZ..........6.ee sees cece eee 7 50 BLUING. Dry, NO. 2....... cece cece eee eer en es doz. 25 Dry, NO. 8........ ce cece cece npn ences doz. 45 Liquid, 4 02,..... bois ee doz. 35 Liquid, 8 OZ. 2.0.6... cece cece eect ees doz. 65 APOC 4 OB ow oc 5s ccc cw Sn ss nee cn odes # gross 4 00 DEIGR OB so oo ok vce ba ne ce cee sek seencena seas 8 00 GIES TG OES wooo vn bv aks Sak ara caer cas 12 00 Arctie No. l pepper DOX.............eeeee ee 2 00 Arctie No. 2 * Oe ihn eens ewan 3 00 Arctic No.3 a. RO eae aa ces . 400 BROOMS. No. 1Carpet.......-. 2 75|No. 2 Hurl.......... 200 No. 2Carpet........ 2 50/Fancy Whisk....... 100 No. 1 Parlor Gem..2 90;CommonWhisk.... 75 NO: 1 Harel, . ak... o> 2 25 CANNED FISH. Clams, 1 i standards............+---++-++- 115 Clams, 2 tb standards..........+.-++seseeee 1% Clam Chowder, 3 Ib.........-----4 es 2 00 Cove Oysters, 1 standards.............. 1% Cove Oysters, 2 I standards............. 1 90 Lobsters, 1 th picnic. ..........---. sees *..1% Lobsters, 1 star...........-ceeeeee ee eeeee 2 00 Lobsters, 2 star............ceeceeeec eens 2 90 Mackerel, 1 fresh standards............ 110 Mackerel, 5 i) fresh standards............ 3 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... 5 25 Mackerel,3 thin Mustard..............0++- 5 25 Mackerel, 3 tb broiled............0.--..e00+ 3 25 Salmon, 1 th Columbia river............... 1 55 Salmon, 2 t Columbia river........... ee Salmon. 1 hh Sacramento...............05: 1 45 Sardines, domestic 348.............. 0.00 eee 9 Sardines, domestic 148............05-- 26 15 Sardines, Mustard 148........-.-.-eeeeeee 12 Sardines, imported 148...........-.-..e06- 14 Mryrst,, BD WEI. F6 cos ase oe cee hes 4 50 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 t standards ............22ee eee 90 Apples, gallons, standards...............- 2 30 Blackberries. standards..................: 95 Cherries, red standard...............+-- 85@1 00 WOR a ci ccc s ne tenes 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ........-..-.s.55:- 1 40 Green Gages, standards 2 I........--.--45 1 40 Peaches, Extra Yellow .........-...-.+2.- 2 40 Peaches, standards...............+-- 1 T5@1 95 Peaches, SCECONdS............ sce ce ec esscee 1 50 Pineapples, Erie... ............ece5 seeeees 1 75 Pineapples, standards.............+-seeees 1 50 MOULDS 5 os ass see hws as ten neg eee eek + 1 45 Raspberries, eXtra.........-....ee ee ee ee -110 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Lusk’s. Mariposa. APTICOtS .. 0.2... c cnn e ewe cece ee 2 2d 2 00 Wie PIAS. oo 5 cos eins ae ce os 210 1 85 GFPAOS oc ee cn eee te cee ses 2 10 1 85 Green GAGES. ............seesee 2 10 1 85 TON a eases wens 2 65 2 25 WORINOGE c 5 cea oc cee wenn te dans 2 5 2 2d PODOUOR ook chs ae ates 2 55 : 2 20 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay.........--.-.+.4--: 8 25 Beans, Lima, standard..............-- 90@1 10 Beans, Stringless, Erie.................... 80 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............-. 1 65 Ori, TROY. oko eee cc econ bers ees c esos: 1 05 Oe OR os oc cares dean coun pe once 90 Oh RIOR os a ka ck cp een kes cues 1 00 Peas, FPrONCH. .... 22... os. eke ee cece ee erence 1 75 Peas, Marrofat, standard..,.........-.2+++ 1 60 PORK, TOAD OR ooo oo ao 5s cic een cn wes seen 70 Pumpkin, 3 t Golden............0..+2. 2-0 8d Succotash, standard...............0 eee eee 90 TOMBIOCS, TODD . «vse .o0 5200 ccsegses 1 05@1 10 Tomatoes, Hilisda@ie.........-.. .scescecees 1 05 Pomntoes, ACTION... .. 2525002060 c2805s0s 1 05 Tomatoes, Three Rivers................... 1 05 CHEESE. Michigan full cream................-. 1] @i2 BURAE BRIO) cio ee eck Hike ok ceases 9 @10% Re he ee oaks Cr ese 5 @6 CHOCOLATE. Basten.) 36|\German Sweet....... 25 ROR ee hb es se ck 38) Vienna Sweet. .......23 TREIOS oa, ce oa Ok COFFEE. Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mar...17@18 GreenJava..... 1i@27 | Roasted Mocha.28@sv0 Green Mocha. ..23@25 |Roasted Mex... @l6 Roasted Rio....10@15 |Ground Rio.... 9@16 Roasted Java ..23@30 | COFFEES—PACKAGE. 100 Tbs. 60 Ibs. MBELAUAIID'S .. oe ie hese essen 1344 1334 ATOUCKIOS. . winter fr s B17 Peas, Green Bush................. 7 a 35 | @$1,90 pn or ee Peas, Split Prepared.................. @ 3% | aby eae BO ie cas @3 00 | Beans—Local buyers pay 50c@$90 @ bu. for Powder, Oe > of unpicked and hold ordinary hand-picked for { ae hac ee cee ian onerous ® 18/¢ 279 ' Baers, DUNN. ok. i 5s tesco e eens. @5 00 | $1.10@S1.00. ee ok @2 75 PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. quote as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, Chicago packing, new...............- ll 75) Meas, Chicago pacKinir.............-cccenes 10 75 Clear, short pork, Chicago packing....... 12 50 Back, clear short cut, Chicago packing... .13 25 Extra family clear, short cut.............. 12 00 Clear, A. Webster packer, new...........- 12 75 PORCPG PIG, BAOTU CUE. die es cess ce way 12 75 TEXUVO CHORE, ROWVS «wos on occ ins eeccew 250 13 25 Clear DRG, SHOPE GUS. . 5.6 cis cc edsecsscas: 13 50 DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy..........---.+++++++ 5% “ PROGID coc cc ncc ces tanes 51g “ WG ioc evi cecec nent Hl¢ Short Clears, HEAVY... ........-ccecceenee 65 do. WRI fc ek dc eh cas ee 65 do. ye iceclsivecans 653 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. DEA WRI ib nhs cc ccee Lecbecuewcnesnsees 914 WP WOON ois cn oon c cane se edee esate ness 9% ON os cag cnc eoes ccuneveneans neous 934 | PROM GIOR FEAUIB io ic ncaa nes cacces secucaceds 16 Boneless SHOULGELS...... 66.5 0c es ce ceccccnees 61 | Breakfast Bacon..............ccecceeees eens 7% | Dried Beef, extra WORE asc ack cs ccecedees 9 Dried Beef, Ham pieces..........-.....0-++- 104% Shoulders cured in sweet pickle............ 6 LARD. icc ick cake ccdeaneuca bac 6% Ty ON Te EU io oi ns och s ck ce anvees 6% 50 t Round Tins, 100 cases.............. 6% LARD IN ‘SIN PAILS. 20 Pails, 4 pailsin case............... 7 BD Pe. Der Ui CONG, goons na oc cnc eeacse 1% 5 tb Pails, 12 in a case. ............ 2220s: 758 10 Pain, 6 10k & CORO . 5 05 cc cc cececcccess 1% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Ibs........ 9 25 TROD AIOGR. ORIG se cis oc 4 cred cke ches cacanes 13 50 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. ON TR voice ce chee dass: cocseke 4 WE as oc ok bss cane ck cn ee ses inne Tongue SAUSAGE... 1... .cccccccecsceccenes WemrietOrh BAUHAMO. ooook ccc ccs cece ees. cane Bee Go ie oe ci ha oss sn cs ve secu cuca Bolomna, Straight... ...o.ace ne cencceceseeess Bologna, thick.... BEOME CONG obo ck dc cde eas da specinesedeceeedss PIGS’ FEET. Tey OIE VAPTOIG: sok sc ncaciees ced deccedccencnnss 375 In quarter barrels.............-00.eeeeeeees MISCELLANEOUS. Hemlock Bark— The local tanners are offer- ~ $5 per cord delivered, cash. inseng—Local dealers pay $1.59@1.60 @ tb for clean washed roots. Rubber Goods—Local jobbers are authorized to offer 40 and 5 per cent. off on standard goods and 40, 10 and 5 percent. off on second quality. i Butter—Michigan creamery is easy at 25@28. | Sweet dairy is in sharp demand and firm at 16, | while old is dull at 5@8e. | | Butterine—Creamery packed commands 20e. Dairy rolls are he!d at 4@l5ec and solid packed } at L@l4e. Cabbages—In fairdemand at $8@$10 ® 100. Cheese—The best grades of October and November make are selling at 11@12%. Cider—l0ec # gal. and $! for bbl. Celery —20@22¢ # doz. bunches for Kalama- | 200 or Grand Haven. | Cranberries—Cultivated and wild Michigan | command $1L75@$2 @ bu. for choice. New | Jersey $2.25 2 bu. box. | Eggs—Fresh are slow at 18@19e, and pickled | are moving slowly at 16@17e. | Honey—Choice new in comb is firm at Me. Hay—Bailed is active and firm at $16 per ton | in two and five ton lots and $14 in ear lots. | Hops—Brewers pay s@l0ec ® b. Lettuce—25e ® Ib. Onions—Home-grown, 75c # bu. or $2.25 ® bbl. | Pop Corn—Choice new commands 24¢ ® b | and old de # bb. Potatoes—Burbanks command Late Rose are in only oceasional demand at 35e on account of the “red streaks.” Poultry—Fairly well supplied. Fowls sell | for l0W@lle; chickens, 11@l2c; ducks, 18¢; and turkeys, Lie. Squash—Hubbard, quoted nominally at le ® tb, although very little is moving. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $4.50. There are few Jerseys in market and no Balti- mores. Turnips—25e ® bu. 50e. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—Lower. The city millers pay as follows: Lancaster, 83; Fulse, 80c; Clawson, 80c. Corn—Jobbing generally at 44@45e in 100 bu. lots and 38@40e in carlots. Oats—W hite, 38c in small lots and 33@34e in car lots. Rye—48@50e # bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 ® ewt. Flour—No change. Fancy Patent, $5.50 ® bbl. in sacksand $5.75in wood. Straight, $4.60 8 bbl. in sacks and $4.80 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $2.75 8 bbl. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #@ ton. Bran, $14 ® ton. Ships, $15 @ton. Middlings, $16 9 ton Corn and Oats, $20 ® ton. e ’ ~ of iron rails annually from Great » OUT AROUND. News and Gossip Furnished by Our Own Correspondents. ' Cadillac. C. N. Adams & Son, blacksmiths, are succeeded in» business here by Glen E. Adams. Jno. Dalton has his mill at Hobart in motion, manufacturing hardwood. lumber for Chittenden & Herrick, lumber dealers of this city. O. Webster & Co. are a new firm in the manufacture of lumber and timber. Their mill is located on the Traverse City branch, about three miles from Mayfield, which is the nearest shipping point. A good sized order for ear sills is now being worked out. F. A. Clary & Co., the principal shingle dealers in this locality, report fewer shingles in sight here than one year ago. Inquiries are active and prices are stiffening. Very few shingle mills are now operated here- abouts. Isaac Murphy, long foreman in Cobbs & Mitchell’s mill, has accepted the superin- tendency of J. H. Hixson’s barrel hoop factory. Fred Paquett has resigned his position at Cummer’s drug store and returned to his home at Ludington, where he contemplates a business venture in which he will be prominently interested. L. E. Finn, of Allegan, succeeds him here. Fostoria. H. D. Miller has changed his line of busi- ness by trading his stock of general mer- chandise with Mr. Kelly for his half inter- est in the grist mill. Hudson. The seven poultry shippers here shipped 442,337 pounds of poultry during 1885, an increase of 140,052 pounds over the previous year. Muskegon. The annual report of the Muskegon Val- ley Furniture Co shows $100,000 capital, of which $81,000 is paid in. The sales for 1885 aggregate $69,000. The Doherty & Baars Lumber Co. was or- ganized here January 18, with a capital stock of $60,000, $50,000 of which is paid in. The stockholders, who are also the di- rectors, are W. A. Doherty, George 5. Baars, C. D. Nelson, H. W. Nelson and R. MeDougall. The directors have elected the following officers: President, W. A. Doherty; Vice-President, C. D. Nelson; Treasurer, George S. Baars; Secretary, HH. W. Nelson. The company owns a two-cir- cular sawmill at Menominee, and will add a gang and other improvements. Otter Lake. Fred Schott has commenced manufactur- ing furniture at W. C. Cumings’ planing mill. The Knights of Labor have concluded to start a co-operative coffin and casket factory here and are now circulating a paper to give citizens a chance to take what stock they wish. Mr. A. W. Kellogg has charge of the papers. - Roads are practically blockaded by snow drifts at present, making trade rather dull. Ryerson, J. B. Barlow has sold the Fletcher gro- cery stock to H. M. Gilman. The entire property of the Muskegon Car and Engine Co., consisting of the real estate, material, buildings, machinery ete. was sold at assignee’s sale to the Chicago & West Michigan Railway for $35,000. , The pur- chasers will improve the property and en- gage in the manufacture of rolling stock on a more extensive seale than formerly. No further particulars have been received regarding the whereabouts of Thomas Robertson, the abseonding ‘*Pinchtown” grocer. The creditors intend trying to hold his former partner, Mr. Coutz, liable for the firm’s indebtedness. He withdrew from the firm some time ago, but did not take his name from the books. Anderson’s méat market, one of the fea- tures of this place since its infancy, is to be eonducted in the future by John Smith, one of Mr. Anderson’s former employes. Mr. Anderson is an owner in the stock yards near here, and in the future will devote himself exclusively to the wholes@e trade. The largest hog on record in Muskegon county was raised and butchered by him a few weeks ago. It weighed 863 pounds dressed. A. O. Halstead, junior partner in the firm of A. J. Halstead & Son, druggists of this place, has received the appointment of post- master. Traverse City. Hannah, Lay & Co. are making extensive preparations to complete their new doek in the spring. Large quantities of elm spiles are being hauled for that purpose. J. EF. Greilick is having a large stock of logs and lumber hauled to his mill. Win. MeQuisten, who has been with Frank Brosch for the past two years, has gone to Buffalo Park, Kansas, where he will engage in the meat business. Hamilton & Milliken, to inerease their show room, have had an elevated platform, 23x23, putin on the south end of their store, which is reached by aflight of stairs. It is used for the display of boys’ and youth’s clothing. ae eo Hard to Please. From the Shoe and Leather Review. Lady Customer—I want to see some shoes. Salesman—What style and size? Lady Customer—French kid, two’s. Is shown French kids two’s. Lady Customer—What is the price? Salesman—Four dollars and fifty cents. Lady Customer—That very high; haven’t you some for $4? Is shown shoes for 54. Lady Customer—Haven’t you something better for the same price? Salesman—No, ma’am. Lady Customer—Haven’t you them with French heels? Is shown shoes with French heels. Lady Customer—What price did you say they were? Salesman—Four dollars. Lady Customer—They don’t suit exactly, but I guess [ll take a pair. Salesman—Two’s did you say? Lady Customer—Two’s is my size, ‘but as L have a high instep and don’t like to cramp my foot, I guess you had better give me four is and a half. oe — : At one time America imy > 50,000 tons The Manufacture of Nails. From the National Labor Tribune. How many of us who have driven nails, from the first essay at miniature shipbuild- ing to the period when our lacerated fingers bore evidence of ill-temper when we at- tempted to mend a broken gate ewith a round-headed hatchet and a refractory bit of iron called a nail, ever stopped to think of the vast amount of ingenuity brought in- to use to supply us with the above-named article? Upon entering the nail works the first thing that strikes one is the arrangement of the puddling furnaces, they being built so as to form a hollow square. Each furnace is double; that is, one stack is divided into two parts, making two puddling furnaces. In the space within the square are placed the squeezer, the train of rolls, and the en- gine, the latter furnishing the power to drive the machinery and supplying the blast for the furnaces. The pig iron is brought from the blast-furnace in ears and carts, and at a certain place is broken in halves, weighed and apportioned to the puddlers. The iron is placed in the furnaces, a blast of hot air is driven over it by means of a fan, and as it melts the puddler stirs it con- tinually with a long iron instrument eall- ed a puddle tool. This process is kept up until every vestige of impurity has been driven out. Then the workman gradually cogls down his furnace by damping the fire, being careful to note the consistency of the mass. This he rolls into a ball shape, with- draws it from the furnace, and by means of a ponderous pair of tongs, running on an overhead railway, conveys it to the squeez- er, a piece of mechanism worth describing. In former times the squeezer resembled the jaws of a monster crocodile, from which it derived its name. Now the apparatus is called a coffee mill squeezer, and, indeed, it looks very much like a big coffee mill. The ball is tossed into the squeezer, which seizes it and sends it ‘rolling round add round, the space becoming narrower as the outcome is approached: When at last the mass emerges it has taken the shape of a roll of cotton batting. A man on the lookout for it grasps it with tongs, and the overhead rigging is again brought into play to carry the bloom as it is now called, to the rolls. The rolls are con- structed with numerous grooves graduated to the size of the bar desired to be made. The bloom hagyiow gone through the pud- dle rolls and is flat, say four inches wide, three-quarters of an inch thick, and twelve feet long, and it is termed puddle or muck bar. When used for nail-making it must be cut into lengths of a foot. These are piled in a certain manner, weighed and taken to the sheet mill. This mill has within it sev- eral heating furnaces and two wrains of rolls, one train to break down the pileand another to finish the sheet. The heaters arrange the piles of iron in the furnaces precisely as the baker does his loaves in the oven. When itis sufficiently heated it is conveyed by means of the ever-useful over-head railway to the rolls, there to be again flattened and drawn into long thin sheets. Now we have come to the nail factory. The sheets are taken to the slitter, who cuts them into the different sizes as the kind of nails desired to be made requires. The nail plates are then packed in numbered boxes to be delivered to the nail cutters. The larger-seized nails are cut hot, and for the purpose of heating the plates a furnace is at hand in charge of a man whose business it is to supply the nailers with iron. Now we have reached the last process of this rather intricate manufacture. We hear the busy hum of 120 machines, which in the course of eleven hours cut 1,100 kegs of nails. An invention of recent date, at one time threat- ening to revolutionize the cutting of nails, has been introduced in the factory. It is ealted a self-feeder, but, as it only cuts mid- die sizes, the trade of the nail feeder is not yet jeopardized. These ingenious machines are almost human in their working. An at- tendant takes up anail plate, pries open the stiff jaws of his nippers, places one end of the plate within, and by a skillful thrust has set the machinery going. It certainly is more accurate in its action than any feeder ean be. One person can, if diligent, attend to two self-feeding machines. Each machine consists of a cutting knife, a heading ma- chine, bed-plate, fly-wheel, and split and mis-cut separator. The last is the inven- tion of one of the workmen in the factory. There is another process to be told about, and that is blueing. This is done in an in- clined revolving cylinder, pierced with holes and kept at a dull red heat. The. nails are poured in at the elevated end, and as they slowly roll down the incline take on the pretty blue tint we have so often admired. The nails are now taken to the packer, who weighs them, packing 100 pounds in each keg. The packing is done by means ofa machine which, by an ingenius application of mechanics, has a vertical as well as a re- volving motion. The keg is placed between the knees of the packer, and as it dances up and down he gradually fills it from a large iron weighing-scoop. ‘The keg is now turned over to the header, who deftly inserts the head, applies the top hoops, drives a nail here and there into the chimes, gives it a whirl, and away it goes to the brander, who numbers it and stencils the firm’s name and trade mark which latter is an anchor. And now our nails are sent to the warehouse to be put into cars destined for every part of our own country, and, indeed, as far off as Australia. —_—-O-O Horse-shoes in Japan are simply clogs of twisted straw, and on a journey a number of them have to be carried to be bound on as fast as a 8 ae oot out. . ; i Bar on. CURRENT. FLAN CURRE bed Wire Manufacturers’ Association WHOLESALE PRICE : sgt tende pateed ee ee, ws DRY GOODS PRICE NT. CuHIcAGao, Jan. 15, 1885. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 ore ” At the meeting of the licensed manufac-| PromPHy and buy in full packages. ee rolntits valuns but they may be considered, 66 : : : . ° ’ . * E D ? a . Oo turers of barb wire held in this city yester-| yes ola styl tai AND BITS. aaa Sisal. Se aa WOO ick cs sckerascenst 84 some extent, “outside prices,” and are not as : ‘ » OLA BUYLO. 2... eee ee renee cree ercces F PERRIER sos o's nce eas cence mseaccaneds baste 406.48 vers B ] ities ¢ day, the following report of the committee | N. H.C. Go-....0....0.ssseesesecesee disé0s0 | SQUARES. Pe ees ceenin gina ¥0 Wik va on price-list was unanimously adopted: rhe een a oe tga s ce dh ea ae de aun kee ee | Steel and Tron.................202 eee: dis 70&10| every merchant to make frequent visits to : . OB eee eee ee es ence ee ee tere eee ne eens dis6010 | Try and Bevels................00++00++ dis 50&10| market, not only in respect to prices, but to “That, notwithstanding the fact that} Smell’s ..........-.-....-sseeseseer ee erees Gis60&10 | Mitre ..............--.-00 000+ di 20 | keep posted > ever-c i tyle . : Soaks Gis408c10 : fb onteeeee 5 ee ww rere re price of ‘thick set? wire. We would there-| Hand .........0..00.c:cceseeeee Kincasseenae. CHECKS. fore advise that ‘thieki set? be advanced !1¢ cn bs dae 40 45 65 Mood nodes uaa ro on* fe ca eam bee D ZINC. ‘ Caledonia, XX,0z..10 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 : a | CAM coe cece cece eee teen n een e ee cee 44 ras ee Me iis ss ac euae lale ia. X. 07 ¢ 2ark Mills 5 cent per pound over price for ‘cattle’ wire, toe Apa eas a ete roaches dis ” 25 In smaller quansities, ® .............. 6% ins aes [pendiny a ae and that, with this exception, the present or, er Sie dis 60&10 No.1 oo SOLDER. 12 50 — cise ay 22 ees one hacwdeaaa 8% : : : UTS. wl, Refimed...... 2.0... cece eee e eee eee 2 50} Park Mills, No. 60.. \Otis Furniture..... 8h rice-list be affirmed. And asa further ad- PROVO. ele eie nes abeneonsaccancrescns dis $ 49 | Market Half-and-half............. .... 15 00 | Park Mills, No. 70..12 | ros 4 ie Pp Carriage new list i Strictly Halt-and-half 5 50) P atte ao.aa {Tock Ad cone we aie vanee in plain wire is anticipated, we would — i : Ane pa * - sa oe bonne y 1¢ one afc ceeweduanae 16 50 | Park Mills, No. 80..13 | York, AA, extra 02.12% : : : Yat urea ale lalla teil chan aale hare : a ' Ca oe we OSNABURGS. recommend that a meeting of the manufac- er Gee gre irths teen on nn it cu tae apeaata $6 75. a ath lta “ Ay Dh BMPR ine swans tae aces 1 y ’ Add, PCOBL wwe cee cen cceneseses 5 75) 4 : ) abs : ; turers be held January 29, with a view of | Cast Barrel Bolts................... dis 60&10 | LX, 10x14,Charcoal FO ree no scenneee: + pnp ah ee 6% ; : =, seem >| Cast Barrel, brass knobs an 69 | 1c 12x12, Charcoal..........+.+-+ “see oe | GOOREIA .......-<- ++ Bq) AUSUSEM »..- 00-000: 6% making such advance in the price of barb} Gast Square Spring................... dis 60 IX, “ae thee: ” 1s LOWELL ooo ccecscess © (GOQORMIG <- cc cacseace 6% ‘ . ‘ MEO PELE oo ee wee ec en cee evene a MWR hey UNAPCORL 2... cece weer ener wrens 4 obe Te Vcleow RZ iaj ¢ 534 wire as the present and prospective price of Chet COMM cis de caslale dis 60&10 | 1C, BOSD CUBOOUEE oo. ok oss cde dvncn ss 6 S| ene verse eess 8% Louisiana .........- 6% : ts Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 60&19| 1X, 14x20, Charcoal...... 96 | LE «cere rere eens 844 Tenneenee ....---- 10 wire may require.” Wrought Square... 3. .....eceeesee i an ok a ne A 1%) Toledo .........--+- OM -The following is the present price-list: Wionent — piactuteceee “ TERK. tease ‘eee ee 2 lA vondale a. 8 ‘alreand we 4-4 54 : ‘ oe aa Ce x , ee, PAU, CAPCOGL, 2.55. scccccceaess 3 %)| > 2, DW... 2. 54 \Greene, A oe. Painted wire, 2 and 4 point “cattle,” 50 coe. ee eg dis 60&10 ie a aaa WRN das oan cdacedeces 15 50 1 wane tg ves 9% a OA: cclisisias " : ‘ re OP ede alata es cat eanden eons dis 60&10|DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 6 5) | Androscoggin, 4-4.. 844 Hill, (8-......- +++: 6% ton lots, 4 cts. per pound. : BRACES. : DX, ee ee a Oe a 50 Androscoggin, 5-4..124 Hope, 4-4..........+ 6% -ainted wire, 2 and 4 point “cattle,” less! Barber ; | DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal... 00.0... coe. 10 50 | Ballou, 4-4. ........ 54¢/King Phillip cam- 7 dle cae eee dis$ 40| DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal... .. 0.0.0.2... 12 50 | Ballou, 54.......... B |g DENCs Shinn «wenn 9% than 50 tons, 414 cts. per pound. BOGRUS, 0 -s0vessusseesesssseseesecees dis 50810 | Redipped Charcoal ‘Tin Plate add 1 60 to 6 75 Boott, O. 4-4......-. 8% Linwood, 4-4....... 1% Painted wire, 2 and 4 point ‘“‘thick set,”| Am. Ball... 0.000 “ais int photne 14x20, IC f ooat Be ci ey 9% aaa wt icis wie ' ee ON aii osc ance scene 5 26 » AGC, £4..... 0%4\Lonsdale o >. 50 ton lots, 41¢ ets. per pound. os BUCKETS. Roofing, Me ea a 6 73 oe R. d4....... 544 Langdon, GB, 4-4... 8% . Ady ; : : OU, PINON 1m Og | i, MIO, Fo on oes oc bnass ccc ees 1 slackstone, AA 4-4 644 Langdon, 46........ it > ‘ — 66 ak 9 7 ae i A “9 ly Bides ec ed deed seoeee nents eeeees bd 2 = . Painted wire, 2 and 4 point ‘“‘thick set,”| Well; swivel............. ol sscseeeee ee OY ae ME, WMI OR i oso cn cone cdi anaes if 0) | Chapman, X, 4-4.... 544 Masonville, 44..... 1% less than 50 tons, 43¢ cts. per pound. BUTTS, CAST TIN—LEADED. Conway, 4-4... . .. 6%|Maxwell. 4-4........ 8 ; ena ah —s Cast I ‘ asim cecal : IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne 5 59 | Cabot, 4-4......... ‘ 6% New York Mili, 44.10 Galvanized wire, 1 cent per pound ad- Gest ee Say ee Sees os 70&10 | EX’, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 00 | Cabot, 7-8.........-: 6 |New Jersey, 44.... 8 . : : , Berlin bronzed...... is TO& 1 20x28. choice Chare ions i C . & {Pocasse 4 vance over price for painted wire. Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed dis bos10 1X 0x28 m9 sice Caaceoad "Te mo if 00 Taneeiie a ety a eiinat tho Weet. ‘ 1084 " . a . . Troucht Narr ne ae aan ae mane LX, 20x28, choice rc 1 Peertis Gntes ss c3s (4 | Pride OF Go W Css. F. 0. b., Chicago and East St. Louis. Wroueht oe weniengae es AP v TRAPS. Dwigst Anchor, 4. 8 (Pocahontas, 44.... 74 ay 8) davs: § ry Ce ee ° et ee as Creer ts 1S OUS IRON IG ees sac ce cece esas a. 10K Javol, 4-t........- 8 Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Terms, 60 days; 2 per cent discount,for Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 | Oneida;Communtity, Newhouse’s.......d o Fruit of Loom, 44.. 74 Victoria, AA geasece 9 Wrought Loose P ~ ; y, Ouse s....... dis 35 cash in 10 days. ; Wicerhi ae ee ...-dis 60& 5 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's. .60&10 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 634) Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% . zs en e Pin, japanned, silver _ PAGCOR iii ey cee ss ceases sua10 | Fruit of the Loom, iWhitinsville, 4-4... 6% Yours respectfully, Zi = 7 poe inn bovusdintunaolaes dis cos 5 S. PGW. Mie. GO.'6.. 6.6.0. 550 5.0555. 5 SOR gctmbric, ets ll |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6 : a a g Cae inbdnee Wisin anssce i ead | Mouse choker.........................18¢ ay “ old Medal, 4-4.. .. 6%|Wamsutta, 44...... 9% a smi : s i NOG | MEOMINE, CHOROR. <6... cc co. s cee occas 18 ’ 4| We , we CHA O. CoLi INS, Sec y aoeee ace We dis 1OK60 Meee Galion §.. 0... $1 50 4 = Gold Medal, 7-8..... 5% Williamsville, 36... 8% pe a ca ee Sita Clark's Ree anat cee k ok kee oe an iain WIRE, Gilded Age......... M4! s ogg ea a a te alas WM daa li J v MIT MEAP MOE. Lo. 5k occa cae ces Ais6C&1ICKS ISIAS Furniture Facts. Rind, Parker’s............... dis 80&10, Annexicd Mark a 9 a hes... dis di Annexied Mar Wei cyeese Gesu eo dis TT CROWD. 5 cos cc secs 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 2 rn ¢ DERCVAIA B.... wesw erence ccccvcce ) sred Marke ig 5 a r 2 4 ‘ J. O. Smith succeeds J. O. Smith & Co. i. i a . Rane Bcc ea, dis ee a ly uc ce se euaces a pecs Baiccesee a sitie eee ipeics ates senate at . sober cae ell aa i al a aie la cl + PE us ceaequasee | hi S F scueaneeses d in the furniture and undertaking business at | Ely’s 1-10....... . 2... 2... ..-see ees per m $65 Tinned Market...................0seeeees Gis 401} ANGROr.. ......5.+5 1h iLonadale A........; 14 ? aoa mi TMoried Broom....... ...-....-- *8 > 09 | Centenni i Vietory ! 5 Be eR ACh 2 FARMER Bw es ents ts en ntenn nd sctdbo sens 60 | an A BLOOM... ..... cece cece cece ee ee ees a Centennial......... Wietory On, dc cesses 5% Lapeer. ye ee 35, SP UIEIOG, DEMEOTORG, - Foo. ccc kee cc cneccues tb 8% | Blackburn 8 |Victory J 6% Foster, Charles & Co. sueceed Stenglein MEAkOE ee 60 ation a Spring PROGE. eos sc. ces dis 40@40&10 | Davol.........-..-+- 14 |\Victory Dic acesesss 84% oa : ee ee a, CATRIDGES P) ink Spring Steel Diae seh dasascee aces dis 37% | London...........-- 12%| Victory K.......... 10% & Noland in the furniture business at Sag- icc hee VC oa ES eros a ee. ee a # bb 3% Fass betesdes esas Pheonix A.........: 19% eee i ans Sie Bee er ste st50& 3 Boe aes os ca neee ca ceevececaeaces Red CrOGH....+..--- 7%| Phoenix B......... 10% inaw. a : aon Fire, ated ENIGA a dis50&10 Conner kei sea atacand new list net | Social Imperial....16 |PhoenixXX..... .. 5 T. Dennison succeeds W. E. Jarvis & Co, | COMEPAL BIO... ee eee cece eee ee eee eee dis40&10 | Brass............. natin cisbstsant ins) new list net PRINTS. - . ae te CHISELS. i: /IRE GOODS. : Albion, solid........ 54% |Gloucester .......... 5% in the furniture and undertaking business} oo o.et Firmer...................... ae Bright... NA EES ERS I dis 70&10&10| Albion, grey........6 Gloucestermourn’g.5% at Richmond. De eee... aa dis Letra jaune os eases Be Hentel tu Set a ee oe ee eres Ne 5 ee ee rene ta WER ; S vee cece eee ce scene eens eeeee dis 70&10&10} Ailen’s fancy....... 5%4/|Hartel faney........5 Hunt, Craine & Co. have purchased the - esr oo ee pe eet reat og _—— Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70&10&10 Allon’s pink... ...-.5% Merrimac eS 6 factory and business of the Union Chair Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 ; ; WRENCHES, Allen’s purple.....-. 534| Manchester .......-. 6 : ? ” : Barton’s Socket Firmers....... dis 20 Baxter s Adjustable, nickeled.......... American, fancy....5'4 Oriental fanecy...... 5% Works, at Detroit. The new firm Is mak-| Cold....... 2.0.0... c.ccecevssesceecees mts eee ag griculturai, wrought, oe eat Seat. rece eee e eee eer wa —- : ate al ahe, oe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis * 75410 3erlinsolid......... § |Pacifie robes........ 6 me es ntire change In the sty les and quali eae _ COMBS. Coe’s Patent, malleable.......... dis 75810810 Cocheco fancy......6 |Richmond........... 5% ties of chairs, and will have their spring line| VUrry, Lawrence Bocca cous Sia ae dis 40&10 MISCELLANEOUS Cocheco robes......- 6%4|Steel River.......... 4% . anion PES oy cess vehi sees canes dis 25 | Bird Cages ee a Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 out in about two weeks. eocKs. a sie sta 25 stseccecceceesccesenss 50] Eddystone ..... ..-. 6 |Washington fancy..6 The Keck Furniture Co., at Ann Arbor, | Brass, Racking’s 60 Recea’ nae “hiat Dek a cuesecueaeucue dis TORI Beek: revere sD \Washington blues. 6 : z eee es } SB, LACKING 8... .- see cece eee eee eeeee y sage ee teen eee een eenees he 73 yUrner PlNe.....--++# 72 \ has changed its name to the Michigan Fur- a a, 60 ee se EN NO cca ees c as diss0X10&10 FINE BROWN COTTONS. . OP ERORE sak nen aces cetenneeacntaaecasss anne ee x10 RPG, UOPIORN gs. oie ccc we cc aves WN 4 , A, 4- 534 rc 7 niture Co. W. D. Harriman has beenelect-| Femns’.................:..ccecseeesceeeees —r Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. “eos l0K5 Beet Soe “ae Li é . een Srotuend 36. 6% ed president, C. F. Hiscock secretary and COPPER. TS NR ons tno sr assoc nansasre ws) Say apd ey SN 644 Laconia B,7-4......13 : oe oes ta aaa A Planished, 14 oz cut to size.. a — Continental C, £3.. 6%4 Lyman B, 40-in..... 9 bee oy . caer : Maxie, Maxs6, oT ° acesnn ve = LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. Commons D> im iM penae. TAM 6-8. «534 bi of 6 per cent. was declared on last year’s Yold Rolled, 14x56 x6l : ne ‘ : Jonestoga W, 4-4... 534 Nashua M, 40-Im.... 6% ° per cent. was deciared on last year's) (ia Rolled 14x48 and 14x60................. ee The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. 0. | Conestoga D, 7-8... 4% Nashua R, 44...... 6 business. . a Anat he we asm hh aa as 5/2 | b. cars as follows: Conestoga G, 30-in. 5 |Nashua O,7-8....... 5% } 2 Ta € sca} P > rate We =] “LS re Uppers, DOU. oo cn eaee ar M $4 Dwight X, S-4...... 4% Newmarket N...... 5% oe =: _— _- es - ~ Taper oe eaia Shank dis 40 | Uppers, 144, 14 and 2inch.......... _ “ 0 Dwight Y,7-3....... 544| Pepperell E, 39-in.. 6% Western Chair Manufacturers’ Association, | yoyse's Taper a = = Selects, Linch... .. 1 we eeee eee ee ees 35 00 Deinkt St a tg pepperet O18. Py ree I ee ETS 40 | Selects, 14.1% and 2 ine od right Star, 4-4.... 6 |Peppereil O, 7-8.... 5% held at Chicago on the 20th, the Committee ELBOWS. Sine Cartes i eee neu cs po o Ewipht Stan, O-in.. 7 Pepperell "84... . on Prices recommended that no change be Com. 4 piece, 6 Se ccs cece civeusc. doz net $.85 Shop, [oe a a aerrtae 7 ree 1% Pocasset A 4-4..... 3 : PPM OR ie i056 f94 0 oon cease eee ey ee dis 20&10 | Fine, Common, 14,1% and 2inch. ...... 82 jreat Falls BE, 44... 64 Saranac R.......... j made on walnut and maple chairs, and that} Adjustable ..................ee eee dis 14&10 | No. 1 Stocks, 2 in., 12, 14 and 16 _. & = Farmers’ A,44..... 54/Saranac E.......... 1% an advance of 5 per cent. be made on com-| gave gmall. $18 UUs lareo, 826 Ot oe min wie Be | ae a Ey : A ars, » oid 3 large, $26 00. is ag | NO- 4 QLOCKS, iw ID., 0 POs vache lencadenns i ee nes | ree ’ mon chairs, which was adopted. In order | Ives’, 1, $18 OO: 2. $24 O08 3, $30 00, is 35 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, M4 and 16 teet..... 15 09 | Amoskeag, Persian 9 J a unfg Cc ase iach Pantie » Asanctation each mem- FILES—New List. “ | No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet. ...........+0+. 16 00 | _,St¥1€8.---+---++++- , Johnson Manfg Co, to secure fealty to the Association each mem-| 4 merican File Association List...... dis @0&10 | NO- 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20feet........... .... 17 00 | Bates ........ esse ee 6 | dress styles...... 10 ber is required to give a bond. DOR oe ean dis 60a10 | NO- 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 09 | Berkshire ......... 6 |Slaterville, dress ? New American..........-.... ........di8 60810 INO, 1 StOCRS, & imh., IG TECt... 2... 6. cee wees 16 9 | Glasgow, fancy.... | StY]ES. « ..-- essere . ——_—_—.-.<.___— BAMINOI WA. oi os cess csasecs dh ons cals CORIO Feat eng 20 feeb.» .. 0. eee eee 17 00 o res royal... Si ve ae oo —_ te The Hardware Market. AMMO ince di aeicskadssscakuknd dis 30 | No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... i 0p] Cluccser, EW hie Manta Oo. | Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 30&10 | NO- 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet. ...........++. 13 00 | ,, Standard .......-. 14|White Mantg (0, . Siness ¢ ine Anne folie GALVANIZED IRON, No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 14 09 | Plunket ........--+ 7%4| Eariston... ....-. ‘ paninnes and collections continue fairly | Nos. 16 to 2, 22and 24, 2and2, 2 28 | No-2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, and 16 feet..... 12 09 | Lancaster ........-. i |Gordon............. t good. The nail market remains about sta-| List 12 13 ‘4 UUs. oS ee L0Win., 18 feet... .....e seen 13 00 ns on lg 9 oa sito a : ae : . a... Discount, Juniata 50@10, Charcoal 6 io. Shiooks, 10 tn., feet... .....6..4... 14 00 | Rentrew, cress.... + BUY LOB .0 oon eneees tionary. Those axe manufacturers © who ° » Charcoal 60. No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12 5 f ‘ é a é GAUGES. No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 1! 00 WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. went home mad from the recent conference | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... Qin 59. | NO S Srocks, Gin. leet. .........-....+. 12 00 | Androscoggin, 7-4..15 |Pepperell, 10-4.....22 f fs ers. because ; eneaianin HAMMERS. No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., MEE oss cesinsasss " 13 00 | Androscoggin, 8-4..16 |Pepperell, l-4..... 24 of manufacturers, because an agreement Maydole & Co.’s di i Coapee Common or shipping culls, all Pepperell, 7-4......15 |Pequot, Ws i deac 16 could not be effected, are independently ask- | Kip’s ns Se aes es sa dis 25 scot US iarion tov ain a : “eS OO Nc epost o4 i . Hponaer’ o4 ce * : : : : : ha ew Senet ee etme he eee hale ; | A and c Sy Lec iedueccuiee co) ie epperell, 9-4...... ¢ eauat, G4... .ccccem ing higher figures. Barbed wire is stronger cones te an settee cece ees hoy Rong aoa be 4or6 inch............6.e2e0e =. 27 90 . HEAVY BROWN causal : : ns Mas Solid Cas a as eae ¢ list 4 Yo. 1 Feneing, mngths...... 5 - r ee . and sales are slightly improving. The meet-| Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10 No. 2 Fencing. ot if and 18 OOM, oii. ts ss 2 00 Atlantic A, 4-4..... 644 Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 64 . ; See NE a ak ag : HANGERS. ro. &toneing 16feet.......-........ > Atlantic H, 4-4..... 64% | Lawrence XXX 40. 7 ing of manufacturers at New York advanced | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 50&10 No. 1 Foncien, 4 inch oe ao abate D a, bu lLawredes Li. . i“ prices to 42¢¢ for 10-ton lots, 47¢¢e for 3-ton ee, anti-friction See ee ces ieaes dis 60&10 | No.2 Demitda 4 MAO oes oc co okcks oes 12 qo | Atlantic P, G4. asus 5 Newmarket N...... 5% lots, 5e for 1-ton lots, and 53Xc for lotsgf idder, wood CR eae dis 40 Norway c and better, ¢ or : inoh Ce 29 00 oo ig 44... 4% + ear ee +4... ox o toate tee . : sevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 8 FRQTIAEIOs Uw oo so ses 7a Le earn ee test on) > less than a ton. A meeting of manufactur- ae: Clark's, 1.2, Qe a t.2 = Wovel Siding, 6 inch, G...,.5 5.2200 2000000) 14 50 Bost Me ta acces 6° aark AA it siaeeal 64 we : ; : State.............. te esesesen cscs per doz, net, 2 50 | Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No.1 © § Oott M, 4-4........ j Stark AA, 44....... 6 ers was held on the 14th inst. and an asso- a and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 ; Bevel Siding, 6 soon Taye to peapeae eo a Boott FF, 4-4....... 64 ‘Tremont CC, 44.... 4% oe care od . a, ats OE acces cltsacek ves ea asees 3% | Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 “ans as 1 Graniteville, 4-4.... 5% |Utica, 4-4........... 10 atio d. ule S¢ , en a 9 iece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ i : , < ’ oo : formed. A circular was authorized, Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% | $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft — Indian Head, 4-4... 6% Wachusett, 4-4. .... 6% advising an advance in values, which is Screw Hook and Kye MBecscocencseses net 844 | Dressed Flooring, 6 in., A. 36 96 | Indiana Head 45-in. 114% Wachusett, 30-in... 5% given in full in another column. "tooo dedkaseiee Ko net 17% | Dressed Flooring, 6 in. C..........,...... 29 00 TICKINGS. aires ana T YY OC, Bereseeeeccens ” ’ 4 ee ore: 6 in., No. 1, cgmmon.. 17 00| Amoskeag, ACA...1244) Falls, XXXX....... 18% Ses a ee ia es 35 ressed Flooring 6in., No.2 cof#mon.... 1400} Amoskeag “* 4-4..154% Pale, Aa. cca 1b% , HOLLOW WARE. Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal Amoskeag, 4 ‘alls me “ f ones : uy ss oe : & i 1 Ce g, : al. Amoskeag, A..... 1h Te Bee cc 11% Measure for measure,” as the patient Seed tan We ae. ee 3U Dressed Flooring, 4 in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 | Amoskeag, B...... 10 |Falls, BBC, 36.... ..19% said when he poured out his tapeworm | Granite Iron Woon Ge teeuss apekl cece 26 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C ile wttscte ees : 6 00 | Amoskeag, C...... 10 Falls, awning...... 19 ee = : Q a : rials eetaadsan’ see 25 | Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No. 1 com’n 16 0¢} Amoskeag, D...... 9 ‘Hamilton, BT, 82.. 9% medicine. All’s well if this end is well,” | qiyy 4 8. ain te ees preased 2 sowing, 4 or a ae 2 com’n 14 00} Amoskeag, E...... 8% Hamilton, D....... 8% oe . sige : ee i tas si Ri nssasnseriscerecsreseserivasere v » dis 6 eaded Ceiling, 4 inch, 00 additional. Amoskeag, F....... 8 |Hamilton, H....... 8% said the tapew 7 as he buried his head in a - Sa ee: i 50, dis 60 | ( XXX 18 in, Stondard Shingles. ........ 310] Premium A, 44....17 ‘Hamilton’ fancy... 8% a follicle, of Lieberkuhu, while the ‘sver- RUE) 0.8 we oka hh nae s - pb neebadaee 12 00, dis 60 see . in. Thin daxvanesewanes ae ueetedes 3B 00 Premium ek iueeds 16 |Met ren AA... css; 11% y S. 5 i > Th 7 . 5 » > 5 mifuge” swept by. oor, mineral jap. trimmings.......dis 0) Noor 8 ine G. WW. Shlinwiea! “0. extra fo Msplomege Ay-1-c cg eg lane easiest teteetiean eee fe — § in. C. BH. 1G Ui... 5s ccc ccsceences 1 40 | Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 j;Omega A, 4-4....... 2% ’ , » PlacCa CPIMATNITIES..... t or 6 " 7 2h neg } ve i a RFA aa. porcelain, a = a evi wc knee hen euesveeuaes 1 75@ 2 00 Oe eres cane on Seen wees a : : : Draw ex and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 70 HARDWOOD LUMBER RC 1-8... oneness ences 14 Omega SE, 7-8......24 Perkins & Hess pay as follows: oe HM. UL. PUG & COS. 5 oo. cc ccs 40&10 i BF 7-8 16 Omega SE, 4-4 27 sienna. ODOME Was wacacel, aesb acess dis 50| ‘The furniture factories here pay as follows | AF 4-4...... “00950 Omens a. £6 ...... o Green....@b @i7 |Calf skins, green _ LOCKS—DOOR. for dry stock: Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |\Omega M, 4-4....... 25 Part cured... 8 @ 8%|_ or cured.... Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list. .dis 50 | Basswood, log-run............0.0e0+% @13 00 | Cordis ACA, 82..... 15 |Shetucket SS&S3w 11% Fulleured.... 8%@ 9 |Deacon skins, Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s...........-. dis 60 | Birch, log-run.... 2.0.6.6 .-eeeeeeeeees 16 Qu@20 00 | Cordis No. 1, 32.....15 |Shetucket, 8 & SW.12 Dry hides and %8 piece..... 20 @50 | Branford’s................6 cesses sees dis Kj | Biron, NOG. PANG 2... sade neces @25 00 | Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SPS ..12 ies... 8 @12 BOreee S ee aad. dis 50 Black Ash, MAMMA. oycck cil che ds sakes @I13 00 a ao , wteeeees J oe eae a seees 7 ‘ ! LEVELS. OUOLES, LOM. 1. ace nc ycen sees eee 25 00@35 00 | Cordis NO. 4.......- i4|\Stockbridge fancy. 8 5 re _._ | Staniey Rule and Level Co.’s............- dis 70 | Cherry, Nos. 1 and 2.........++-++++: @55 00 GLa Ce Old wool, estimated washed ® b...... @25 MILLS. Ca Oo sec Cac caea cee nent 10 00@12 00 | Garner .....-..+--++ & [ROWING .... 0. ssceses ys aes vod ace cheese @4 | Coffee, Parkers Co.’s...............++. dis 40&10 | Maple, log-run...............++- **"""14 00@16 00 | Hookset............ 5 |Washington........ 4% aie Coffee, P. 8. & W. Mtg. Co.’sMalleables dis 60 ae GOT, IOMHPD. «oo cians uscedees 2 WwW@14 00 ee CHOGE. «os 40655: 5 |Edwards So i 5 , ‘ oun | Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...... dis Maple, Nos. land 2...........eeceeees @I1s8 00 | Forest Grove....... |S. S. & Sons........ 5 Fine washed # b 24@27| Unwashed jas oan 2-3| Coffee, Enterprise......................-- dis 25 | Maple, clear, tlooring.............+++ @25 00 GRAIN BAGS. Coarse washed... 18@22) MATTOOKS. Maple, white, selected............... @25 00 | American A.......0t [Oi rroaeee...... 15 FURS. Adae hve. oe : $16 00 dis 60 Baa Oak, 100-00... oc ce cg nes cece cas @I15 00 | Stark A.........+. .214| Wheatland ......... 20 hice a et Mee le $15 00 dis 60 Red Oak, Nos.] and 2.......... ahi @20 00 DENIMS. BEAL. ee ee ee eeeeen eens tereseseeeneees 1 0@l2 00 Beek ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.......... @25 00 | Bostom .... ..- 6. eee: enidtia CO... ...sccisics 9 Fisher . ..... Mido sec ow Ae es ss bunauasal s 2 00@6 00 piston aide ar de ue Wralnut, ODSPUN. «5. cccccccscuseckuens @i5 00 | Hverett blue.......11% Warren AXA...... lu Red FOX...........0e0e ee eee cree ener ees 1 00@1 2% NAILS, Wainut, Nos. } and2....:-.....+.<++, @75 Wo | Everett brown..... 11%4|Warren BB........ 10 Grey FOX.......-0crecocsecsecseessenes 1 00@1 20) 15 +6 60 cores Bra and Fencing. Walnte: GOB oc iis occ cord aevlnaes @25 00 | Otis AXA........-- 1) |Warren CO......... 9 Martin ....... 0 ceeseseceeeeeeeeeeeeenes 25@1 00 a oS . meseie aries con terasys rss @ keg $2 50 | Grey Elm, log-run. .........-.0.0++++ @13 00 | Otis BB..........-.- 10 |York, blue......... 12% Mink ...... ween ecee eens ee ettteeeeceeeeee 05@ 60 ed an ra ae Dik cp cane eenee ence uke taue ues 25 | White Ash, log-run...............56- 14 00@16 00 PAPER CAMBRICS. Muskrat, winter Nee cds eee cua = 18 po “e = . 4 Pel agie Gh ea eso tsar ehepen eens 50 | Whitewood, log-run........-+--+++++ @23 00 pr a neen es 44@5 e S. & Sons..... 434@5 ‘ AL... ee ee eee ee ee ee cee eens ‘ Be WY is ccc cs saciepesicceed cevuana es 75 Nee asonville..... 44%@5 |Garner .v....... 434 @5 “ Sil ee a @ 2 | BA AAVANCE. ... 1... ee cece eee ee eee eee ees 1 50 , oN x WIGANS iber iieeo e 4 00@5 00| 3d fine ONO rad sie wea ee dens ant 3 00 WOODEN WARE. Red Cross...... 6% |Thist Mi a ARANN i ee eens 10@1 00 es nails, ng ge amare ie 1%5 Pranterd Ea ao De hues boas be eeanes 7 00 Berlin a Ra heise a fnee le Milis........ a DMM kite ek 10@1 20| Finishing t ; 8d 6d 4d Standard Tubs, No. 2......-.0.eeeeeeeeee tees Dees ct ee Beaver, 8 D....... 205 0c0s veescseces ens 1 50@2 50} Size—inches f 3 2% 2 1% Standard Tubs, NO. 3.0... cee ceeeee cess eens 5 00 esol aia: "seOGL, COTTON. The Wisi cs dese oes ees 10@ 30| Adv. ® keg $125 150 175 200 Standard Pails, two hoop.............-+--+++ 1 40 B k F . ‘ decison Steel Nails—2 65. Standard Pails, three I os 1h 4s oi nelann- 165| Garces ONT... 8 Pe Mfitis ball sowing a rere: remix aes a White Cedar, three hoop .............+0++++ 20014 cette ge . OYSTERS AND FISH. Stebbin's Patt enASSES GATES. oe a wR. COMte,...... 55 (Green & Daniels... .25 F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: ae in’s Bee aia Weck a bed ukpenis + dis WO) Trall Pub, WG. 4.... .05csscccessoccons cece g og | Willimantic 6 cord .55 |Statford < emancteeel 25 . 2a bin 8 Genuine...... 1.0... eee eee e ee dis 70! powell Tubs, No.2 par Sanna 7 00 Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Hall & Manning....28 2 OYSTERS. nterprise, erie Layee dis 25 | Howell Tubs, No. ee 00 Charleston ball sew HOWORG:... 3. 545685 25 New York Coumts..........s0seseeseeeersreees 33) gperry & Co.’s, Post Tandied dis 5 | White Cedar, NO. 1.........-seeseererseseees 7} imathread........ * | nee Selects...... 6.6. cee ee eee cece ee seenees = fa waa White Cedar, NO. 2... .. 0.602. ccncecensegerss 6 50 CORSET JEANS. | Selects «......srsssercrreersrisrirssss 48] Zine or tim, Chase’s Patent.......-+-++- ei Gee ee ee Fe | oan eee anal % eee ig| Zine, with brass bottom............. +++ Me ME oo ae chat ccces “) | Androscoggin ..... 6% Naumkeag satteen. 644 Peeemensee Maxims for Merchants. No one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings. Hume, the historian, says the habit of looking at the bright side of things was bet- ter than an income of a thousand a year. Exert your talents and distinguish your- self, and don’t think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. Mere surface culture is as thriftless in ed- “Plough deep,” satisfactory ucation as in agriculture. says Cobbett, “if you crops;” and the remark applies to business men as well as farmers. Let honesty and industry panions; spend one penny less than your daily gains, will soon begin to thrive, and creditors will not insult you, nor want oppress, nor hun- ger bite, nor nakedness freeze you. Pay your debts, and you will not have the wherewithal to buy a costly toy a per- nicious pleasure. Pay your debts, and you will not have what to lose to a gamester. In short, pay your debts, and you will of necessity abstain from indulgencies. There are moments that are worth more than years. There is no proportion between spaces of tiie in importance nor in value. A stray unthought of five minutes may con- tain the event of a life. This crisis in life, in business, disproportionate of all other moments, who can tell when it will be upon him? A man’s appearance falls within the cen- sure of every one that sees him: his parts and learning very few are judges of; and even upon those few they cannot first be well intended; for policy and good breed- ing will counsel him to be reserved among strangers. The outward habit gives us a taste of the spirit of the inner man. We imagine no harm comes of our inde- zision, while in fact, the underthrow of fashion, or interest, or inclination, is bear- ing us away with it: and when we awake to our danger, it may be too late to insure our Hence, no matter how apparently strifling the thing may be that is put before ms, if it involves a principle in it, we ought td settle at once what our duty in the case is, and do that promptly and with all our might. want be your com- then your hide-bound pocket or many unnecessary oo A German chemist has ascertained that _ prussic acic, corrosive sublimate, and sul- _ phuretted hydrogen destroy the germininat- ing power of seeds. a? ABOLISH YOUR PASS BOOKS. GROCERS! Start in the New Year by Introducing the SOTLIFF CUPON SYSTEM. The only Complete Coupon System in existence, making busines# safe both for the merchant and his customers. A CARD. In presenting to the trade my COUPON SYS- TEM, which has been revised and improved, I claim that I have the most complete, safe and cheapest system for simplifying business on the market. Customers can send their ser- vants with the Coupon Book to the store wit no danger or discrepancies, as by the recor which is kept on inside covers, amountof each sale is recorded. All. books are numbered when so'd, and when not paid for in advance, are secured by note, one of which is in every book. Every Coupon has engraved signature of the merchant, together with the card; cov- ers have the merchant’sadvertisement on, and their size makes them desirable to the custom- er as well as the cashier. As they are now made the smaller numbers below the five cent can be detached, same as the larger ones, thus obviating the necessity of a punc -h and stamp. MERCHANTS CONTEMPLATING CHANG- ING FROM CREDIT TO CASH, ean still hold their old customers by introducing this sys- tem, which I claim is the only system where both customers and merchants are absolutely protected against all loss. Send for sample. J. H. SUTLIFE, Proprietor a, x. ALBANY, STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY BES? -ALASS WORK AMD USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, JOBBER OF Milwankee Sta Brand Vinegars. Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, full strengthand warranted absolutely pure. Send for samples and prices. Aliso dealer in Sauerkraut. 106 Went st., Grand Rapids, This Baking Powder makes the W HIT EST, LIGHTEST and most HEALTHFUL Biscuits, Cakes, Bread,ete. TRY IT and be convinced. Prepared only lg the Arctic Manufacturing Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MERC ii. FRED. D. YALE. DANTEL LYNCH. HED. YALE & GO. SUCCESSORS TO CHAS.S. YALE & BRO., WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF } 1 Wytneata Dining Baking Powders, Extracts, Bluings, AND JOBBERS OF GROCERS’ SUNDRIES. All orders addressed to the new firm will re- ceive prompt attention. 40 and 42 South Division St., P STEKEEE & SONS JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, S383 Monroe St.. AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers a Specialty. aioSo lt HR & FO x, MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR er or GRIST MILI MACHINERY, & ENGINE wD) WORK » IND., U. S. x IND! ANAPOLIS MA ANUPACTURERS OF cme STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS. Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock for immediate delivery. i rit : Lh ara 5 Pines. Matchors, Moudlers and all kinds of Wood-Working sdtoare Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pniley. Large stock kept on hand. I : a, " Cf on and become convinced of their superiority. 130 OAKES SrREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Send for’ sample pulley Write for Prices. CLARK, J HW | ML & CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AGENTS FOR ELASTIC STARGH It requires no cooking. Makes collars and cuffs stiff and nice as when new. One pound of this starch will go as far as a pound and a half of any other starch in the market, and all we ask is an order for a trial box of blastic Starch. We have in stock a fine line of Foreign and Do- mestic Dried Fruits, Raisins, Prunes, Currants, ‘Peaches, Apples, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, Figs, Dates, Etc. We are sole agents for “COMMON SENSE” Cigar, the best five cent cigar in Michigan, I. M. C., the best ten cent cigar in Michigan. CLARK, JEWELL & CO. “WARREN'S GRIP.” This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the market guaranteeing SOLE | 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 furnish 500 We want | one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale. MANUFACTURED BY Geo. T. Warren &Co FLINT. MICE. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. BETHESDA MINERAL WATER H. F. Hastings quotes as follows: Barrel, 42 gallons............... acetic aee i Half bare Pe MOUONR os op Sis sak eens TOG, FT) DRUOIE oo. oi ois bos cos caeles ene aesy i Carbonated, cases oo cunete piace ieshne wes. a This water will be ioneuel to the trade any wholesale d rug or a poaes inG ie Beebe | 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 from you, and we will _keep you posted on market price and prospects. Liberal cash advances made on dried | fruit, also on apples in car lots. EARL BROS., Commission MERCHANTS Reference—First National Bank. 157 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Proince Commission Merchants, DEALERS IN—— ‘Horeign aud Domestic Fruits, Southern Vegetables, Etc We handle on Commission BERRIES, Etc. All orders filled at lowest market price. pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. Te rei NS & 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. DEALERS IN RAW FURS AND DEER SKINS. PERKINS & HESS nt W. iy LUN Green and Dried Fruits, Write me for prices, POP CORN A SPECIALTY. WW. TT. LONG, VICKSBURG, MICH. CHOICE BUTTER A SPECIALTY! CALIFORNIA AND OTHER FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Care- ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M. C. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids. BFA LLAS, Wholesale & Gommission--Butter & Hoos a Specially, Choice Butter Corres- NO. 9 IONIA ST, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., Corner Fulton, Grand Rapids, Mich. WHOLESALE DEALER IN Butter, Eggs, Pop Corn, always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Aitention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 97 and 99 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Michigan 50 cents each. G R. MAYHEW, JOBBER OF ALASKA WITH CRESCENT HEEL PLATE. Wears three times as long and keeps trom slinpi The Trade Supplied with Arctics, Alaskas and Sandals with the Crescent Heel Plates. Agent for Woonsocket, W ales-Goodyear and Meyer Rubber Companies. SS Monroe St,, Grand Rapids, Mich. CURTISS DUNTON & CO, HEADQUARTERS FOR WOODENWAI A LINE OF WRITE CEDAR TUBS AND PAILS, THE BEST GOODS IN THE ELKHART PAPER PAIL, THE OIL TANES, 2 AND 3 BARRELS. DIAMOND and KING Oil Cans. “GOOD-ENOUGH OIL Cans, all Sizes. 51 and 53 Lyon St., Grand Rapids. F.J. LAMB & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Hsgess, Cheese, Etc. 8S and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. hea ATTENTION GIVEN TO FILLING ORDERS. Me. > MARKET THE BEST PAPER PAIL MADE.