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The Michigan Tradesman.
VOL. 1.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1884.
Hazeltine,
Perkins & C0.
ANNOUNCE
0 CHARGE
—FOR BOXING ON—
Miscellaneous
Merchandise
In Future, to Take Effect February 13, 1884.
DRUG STORES FOR SALE.
Bo Bee ee Ses ee ee
RUG STOCK FOR SALE. The F. D. Caul-
D kins stock and business at Fife Lake.
Address H. B. Fairchild, Grand Rapids, Mich.
RUG STORE FOR SALE in Grand Rapids,
D for $2,500 or invoice. Owner has other
business. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.
RUG STORE FOR SALE at Otsego, Mich.
$2,000. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.,
Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ALBERT COVE & SONS,
—Manufacturers and Jobbers of —
Awnings, Tents,
Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers,
Flags, Banners, Etc.
All Ducks and Stripes Kept Constantly on Hand.
73 Canal Street.
GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.
tas” Send for Prices.
R. J. KIRKLAND. M. D.,
SPECIALIST IN DISEASES OF THE
Ear, Eye and Throat
WITH DRS. JOHNSON & BOISE,
72 Ottawa Street, Corner of Monroe Street,
Office Hours: 9a. m.to12m.;2to5p.m.
JOHN MOHRHARD,
—WHOLESALE—
Fresh & Salt Meats
109 CANAL STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.
PECK BROTHERS,
129 and 131 Monroe Street,
—WHOLESALE—
DRUGGISTS
Prices in No Instances Higher than those Quoted
in this Paper. Write us for Special Quotations.
FJ, DETTENTHALER
Successor to H. M. Bliven,
—WHOLESALE—
OYSTERS
AND CANNED GOODS.
Agent for Farren’s Celebrated “F” Brand
Raw Oysters.
417 MONROE STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS, - -
STEAM LAUNDRY
43 and 45 Kent Street.
A, K, ALLEN, Proprietor.
WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO
CHEMICALS.
[Orders by Mail and Express promptly at-
tended to.
Announcement,
No more trades! No more pine lands! No
more corner lots! No more speculating for me!
After years of study I shall resume the prac-
tice of medicine, and therefore make this pub-
lic announcement to my many former patients
and to the public generally. I claim to have
no specifics nor to perform miracles, but to the
unfortunate I promise a rational and conscien-
tious treatment, and having faith and confi-
dence in my new and improved treatment and
remedies for all private diseases, I shall make
all such a specialty. Consultation and treat-
ment free to er — - ver 4 be
hours: am, j
_ DR. G. A. CLEMENT,
No. 40 Fountain Street.
Unquestioned references given if desired.
MICH.
The Song of the Advertiser.
I am an advertiser great!
In letters bold, and big, and round,
The praises of my wares I sound;
Prosperity is my estate.
The people come,
The people, go,
In one continuous,
ee flow—
They buy my goods and come again,
And I’m the happiest of men;
And this the reason I relate:
I am an advertiser great!
There is a shop across the way
Where ne’er is heard a human tread,
Where trade is paralyzed and dead,
With ne’er a customer a day.
The people come,
The people go—
But never there:
They do not know |
There’s such a shop beneath the skies,
Because he does not advertise:
While I with pleasure contemplate
That I’m an advertiser great.
The secret of my fortune lies
In one small fact, which, I may state,
Too many tradesmen learn too late:
If I have goods 1 advertise!
The people come,
And people go,
In constant streams—
For people know
That he who has good wares to sell
Will surely advertise them well;
And proudly I reitérate,
Iam an advertiser great!
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The Advance in Cantharides.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.
Probably no other drug has shown so rapid
an advance in price in so short a period, as
has cantharides. Cantharides is another
name for Spanish flies, as some of our read-
ers outside the drug trade may not be aware,
We are in doubt as to why the name “Span-
ish flies” was first applied to it, but it was
probably owing to the fact that it was first
discovered in Spain. Now, however, it comes
from all parts of Europe, that coming from
Russia being considered the best, consequent-
ly the term ‘“‘Russian” has been applied by
common consent to cantharides of the best
quality. There is a cheaper grade in the
market, known as Chinese. About two
months ago the price of Russian, which had
been ruling at about $1.10, began to advance
on advices from abroad of a short crop. It
was ascertained later that it was not a short |
crop which caused the advance, but more par-
ticularly an extraordinary demand from
America. The stock here was small, and
shortly after the news was received, efforts
were made to concentrate it. This was not im-
mediately accomplished, however, though the
price continued to advance, until now $2.50
is asked,with the stock very light, and mostly
held by one house, the. few lots which have
arrived having been all bought up. Chinese
have advanced in sympathy with the Russian,
and $2.25 is now asked fora single case,
which is all the stock at. present available.
How high prices will eventually go is a
question. The extreme figures above quoted
have been ruling for about two weeks, but
should an active trade ensue, materially
higher prices may be considered among the
probabilities. In conclusion it may be re-
marked that the supply of Chinese has been
so short this year, that at no time recently
has there been more than one case here, in-
deed for a short time the market was en-
tirely bare. The extreme figure finally
brought a case from an interior market,
which was seld almost immediately on its
arrival.
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The Difference in Boys.
“Yes, there’s a heap ’o difference in boys,”
replied the old man, as he tied up a bag of
oats. “‘There’s my son, for instance. Every-
body beats him in a hoss trade, swindles him
on a watch dicker, and leaves him out in the
cold when he farms on sheers. He’s good-
hearted, but there’s no business about him.
If I had to depend on John, I’d die in the
poor house.” He wrestled the bag aside,
siezed another, and continued: ‘And there
was my son Philip—keen as a razor—eyes
wide open, and so smart that noman in New
Jersey dared offer him a pair of old boots for
a $300 hoss, for fear of being cheated.” “Is
he dead?” “Yes, he’s gone, and that was
the sharpest trick of all. He found he’d
got the consumption, and what did he do but
hunt up a life insurance agent, take out a
$5,000 policy, give his note for the premium,
and come home and fall off a load of hay,
and run a pitchfork clear through him. Some
sons would have hung on and doctored
around and wanted currant jelly and chicken
soup for eighteen months, but that wasn’t
Phil. No, sir! He didn’t even ask for any-
thing better than a $20 tombstone, and he
said I needn’t get that unless the marble-
cutter would trade even up for a blind calf.”
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Patents Issued to Michigan Inventors.
The following patents have lately been is-
ued to Michigan inventors:
Jas. B. Wayne, Detroit, mechanism for
driving dynamo-electric machines
Chas. H. Eggleston, Marshall, assignor of
one-half to Edward O. Ely, Grand Rapids,
button fastener; also button setting machine.
Geo. W. Bloodgood, Wyandotte, fastening
railway rails to metallic ties.
Geo. W. Smith, Milford, damper regulator.
Phillip H. Kells, Adrian, tile machime.
Ella Whaples, Jackson, attachment for
dresses.
John C. Bloom, Kalamazoo, assignor to
Hiram B. Miller, drive chain.
Daniel L. Johnson, Kalamazoo, process for
exterminating ground-burrowing animals.
T. C. Evans, Ludington, horseshoe.
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The beauties of a paper currency with an
inadequate basis of coin are illustrated by
the following anneuncement in a recent
number of the Buenos Ayres Herald: “Price
for this edition, $6 gold a year, or $150 cur-
rency, foreign postage extra.”
THE GROWLER. —
The Worst Enemy to a Revival of Prosperity.
Nature holds the universe in poise by
playing dangerous forces against each other,
and when one force fails the other begets
havoc. The same is no less true in trade.
The growlers and the visionaries meet half
way, and their equal combating influence
gives the health-flush to commerce. The
cool judgment is neither that of an optimist
nor a pessimist, but a blending of the two.
When one fails misfortune falls. Unfortu-
nately the visionary is of milder temper
than the growler, and yields more easily.
More unfortunately still, the growlers have
been in the preponderance of late in all
branches of trade, Confidence, or the lack
of it, is the outgrowth of innate conscious-
ness of fallibility, a consciousness so power-
ful that it fails to perceive that otherS are
also fallible in a greater or less degree. The
pessimist is always loud-mouthed and _peri-
patetic. He gets in the high places and
high-ways and bawls ruin in every man’s
face. He is strong-lunged ard makes a
great din. Like the visonary, he is open to
eonviction, but, like .the Scotchman, he
would like to see the man that could con-
vince him. The matter of confidence is like
the tide—never stationary, always ebbing or
flowing. The growler and the visionary are
alike always positive, the former a little
the more so. Both are equally dangerous.
The merchant or manufacturer meets one of
these horned cattle, and no matter how
much superior his own judgment may be and
how firm his convictions as to the present
and future of business, he more or less con-
sciously takes in, under an unconscious pro-
test, something of the feeling the growler
promulgates. He meets another and anoth-
er. Conscious fallibility says: ‘Maybe,
after all, these fellows know something that
I do not.” Soitgoes. He loses buoyancy
little by little. The change in him, and the
outery of the growlers, influence others who
in time yet reacton others. Every pebble
cast at confidenge, like one dropped in the
sea, begets wavelets that expand over the
whole surface of trade, each adding to the
waves that lash themselves into a storm. It
is never necessary that the lack of confi-
dence should be based on judgment or fore-
sight. Asa fact, it never is. It is the
weakness of human nature—the hysteria of
trade. Look abroad to-day. Consider fair-
ly all the elements that enter into our trade.
What has begotten and fosters the general
depression? Nothing but lack of confidence.
Where does the cause lie? in the national re-
lations with the world? They were never
more advantageous—more at rest. In our
foreigncommerce? Notwithstanding some
restrictions itis bigger than ever. In the
fallacy of the balance of the trade? It is
enormously in our favor. In the material
growth and development of our country?
These are unprecedented, eyen in our own
history. Shall we seek it in’ diminished
population? We have increased as_ rapidly
as ever. Have our mines failed? Has our
currency depreciated? To all these ques-
tions the answers are most positively in the
negative. Why then is our trade depress-
ed? Over-production has been given as the
cause, yetit is an indisputable fact that
stocks in almost all lines of goods are com-
paratively lighter than for many years.
Not only this but production has been large-
ly curtailed. To finance the fault cannot be
attributed. Our banks are burdened with a
plethora of funds. The investment of these
funds, lack of confidence forbids, yet money
is pouring into new enterprises at a gallop-
ing gate. Imposed upon by the visionists
for a period, men rushed into speculation,
fostered all manner of inflation. The re-
action came. Legitimate trade always suf-
sers for the crimes of illegitimate specula-
tion. The growlers got on top—howled their
reign of panic in everyone’s ears.
A man who is a thorough master of a trade
carries his capital in his head. He is inde-
pendent, and should be self reliant, as his
services will always be in requisition, un-
less, perchance, he has drifted into some
portion of the world where trade and manu-
factures are in a state of decadence. It may
be an excellent thing to endow a youth with
a splendid education, but often we find such
young men failures in a business way. But
there is no excuse for a first-class mechanic
or engineer ever being found in an unfor-
tunate plight. The man possessing a good
scientific or mechanical education who can-
not make his way successfully through life
must be composed of very poor material.
“Then, if I understand you,” said a mer-
chant to a customer, “‘you do not intend to
pay me the amount you owe?” “Your under-
standing is correct, Cap’n.” “And yet you
call yourself an honest man, do you?” “Yes,
sir; if I were not honest I would tell you
that I intend to pay; but being honest I do
not wish to deceive you.”
Tobacco raising in North Carolina beats
gold mining. A Warrentown farmer refused
$1,000 for his crop on seven acres.
What Part of a Train is Safest. |
Four men hidden in the smoke cloud of a|
smoking box of a parlor car on the G. R. & I.
spent an hour discussing which part of a car
is the safest to ride in. They finally agreed |
to leave it to the conductor.
“Middle of middle car, right hand side,”
is what the authority replied.
The rapidity with which he spoke and the
mechanical way in which he made the reply,
led one of the men to halt him as he was
passing on and ask him to explain himself.
“Why,” said he, “everybody asks me that
same question, and [I ana so used to answer-
ing it that ve got it down to the fewest
words possible. I shouldn’t wonder if you
were to ask me that when I am asleep if I
wouldn’t answer it without waking up. The
middle car of a train is the safest, because
it is furthest removed from a collision either
in front or behind. Even if the engine
plunged into an open drawbridgde it might
not take more than a car or two with it.
Couplings would be likely to break, you
know. Always sitin the middle of a ear,
because when cars telescope they are apt not
to telescope many feet. As you can’t tell
which end will telescope, and as both ends
may telescope, take to the middle. What-
ever car you go in, sit on theiright hand side
of the car, which is to say, the side furthest
from the other track, because it sometimes
happens that freight projects too far beyond
a flat car and rips the windows out of pass-
ing trains.”
“Do railroad men observe all these pre-
cautions when they ride?’’
“They take no precaution at all. Those
that I have mentioned are sensible, but you
can’t always sit where you like, and there
are plenty of people unlucky enough to be
killed wherever they sit. Railroad men
never consider the possibility of accidents.
They could not be railroad men if they did.” |
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Don’t. :
Don’t go into the grocery business unless
you understand it.
Don’t enter -it anyhow unless you have
sufficient capital and experience to swing the
business.
Don’t let the business swing you; the
swing might break.
Don’t fail to get, in your partmer, a man
whom you know and can trust.
Don’t fail to select a good location in a live
town.
Don’t fail to buy in that market where you
can buy to the best advantage.
Don’t overstock; buy light until you know
what your trade demands.
Don’t fail to discount your bills.
Don’t neglect to count, weigh, gauge and
measure everything you buy.
Don’t buy a lot of goods you can never sell
because the price is low.
Don’t fail to display goods to the very best
advantage.
Don’t fail to do a little judicious advertis-
ing, to let the people know you are in busi-
ness.
Don’t be adead merehant; people hate
to buy goods that have been handled by a
corpse.
Don’t deceive your customers by selling
them goods that are not just what you claim
fer them.
Don’t sell them antiquated butter and an-
tediluvian ‘eggs.
Don’t fail to make your customers your
friends; keep candy for the babies.
Don’t fail to make entries of sales in your
sales book; if the store is afire—charge!
charge and run!
Don’t fail to be sharp and prompt in mak-
ing collections.
Don’t fail to keep track of your own books
and cash account.
Don’t fail to keep your scales right, and to
give fair weight; no more, no less.
Don’t keep around you any saucy, un-
obliging or untidy assistants.
Don’t fail to keep your store and your
stock of goods bright and clean.
Don’t fail to keep your windows clean, so
that the dear public can stand out and look
in, and be tempted to come in and look out
—and buy.
Don’t let the cat sleep in the sugar barrel;
some customers hesitate about buying that
kind of sugar.
Don’t let tobacco quids lie around on the
floor, that a customer may stumble over and
break aleg.
Don’t smoke or eat around the store when
waiting on customers.
Don’t fail to keep well informed as to
where, when, what or how to buy.
Don’t fail, for the sake of $1, to keep
posted as to all things of interest to the
trade; therefore
Don’t fail to subscribe for THE MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN.
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“Well,” remarked a young M. D.,“‘T sup-
pose the next thing will be to hunt out a
good situation, and then wait for something
to do, like Patience on a monument.” “Yes,”
said a bystander, ‘‘and it won’t be long after
you do begia before the monument will be
on the patients.”
A pedagogue complimenting one of his
little pupils on his deportment, observed:
“You are a good boy; your mother must
have taken pains to raise you.” ‘Yes, it
was quite painful,” said the pupil; ‘she
raised a blister every time.”
South Water Street Honesty.
‘Speaking of that paradise for produce and
commission dealers, South Water street, Chi-
cago, a Canal street merchant recently asked
of THE TRADESMAN’S cabbage reporter,
“Did you ever hear how Horace Tompkins
sold one or those fellows a ecarload of eab-
bages?”’
The reporter confessed ignorance on the
subject, and the merchant continued: :
“You see Horace owns a cabbage farm up
near the D. & M. crossing, and frequently
has more kraut fruit than he can convenienlly
handle. A year or two ago he wrote to a
leading commission house on South Water
street, soliciting an order for a carload of
eabbages, and was informed that as there
was a scarcity of the article on the market,
eight cents a head could probably be real-
ized. He forthwith consigned a carload,
purchasing about $20 worth to complete the
car. Unfortunately for himself, he did not
accompany the eonsignment to Chicago, but
trusted to the honesty of the dealer. As a
consequence, he received a check for $80,
when he should have been allowed at least
$500. After figuring up his freight, cartage,
and the amount paid for the cabbage he
bought, he found he had just enough left to
buy seed for another year. He does not sell
to Chicago dealers any more, and if you
should ever want to get him boiling, just
mention the fact that South Water street is a
good market for cabbage.”
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Won't Fail Again, if He Can Help It.
A Northern merchant recently met an ac-
quaintance, and after some general remarks,
the latter said: “I hear that you have fail-
ed?”?
“Yes, I went by the board.”
“Very bad?”
“Yes, pretty bad.”
“Outside speculation, 1 suppose?”
“Partly.”
“Creditors willing to give you a chance to
recover?”’
¥ies.””
“Glad of it.
right?”
“Yes; 1 tell you what, it is a very disa-
greeable business. I had to plead family
extravagance, and my wife, who hadn’t had
a new dress for six months, was as mad as a
hop. I proved that I had given too much to
the church, and the minister called, and
raked me over the coals. I hada clerk ab-
scond with a lot of cash, and the creditors
made me own up that he was my brother.
I supposed that I had lost five hundred dol-
lars by a fire, but they figured that I was one
hundred dollars ahead. I figured on having
enough to pay thirty cents on the dollar, but
somehow they got hold of enough to pay
ninety-eight, and put all the costs on me. I
lost four weeks of trade on top of this, and
I’m feeling awful blue. It hardly pays to
fail, unless you’ve got a partner to bluff ered-
itors.”’
I suppose you’ll soon be all
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The Corset Must Go.
From the Cincinnati Herald.
Hebe told me, with a sadness in her charm-
ing voice that she was collapsing. Hebe is a
relative of mine, a mother of a family, anda
sensible woman of the world. She always
had a pretty wit, and I smiled in echo. But
she said I was thick-headed not to see she
was in earnest, and immediately I gave her
my attention. “I said collapsing, and T
meant it,” quoth she. ‘Women who have
used the merciless corset for so many years
as I have, collapse. No! They do not be-
come round-shouldered, but they just sink
down by a weakening of the muscles that
support the frame. Stays do the work by
falsely supporting the frame and refusing
the natural strength that would have gone
to those muscles had they been allowed to
develop. We must throw these vile eom-
pounds of duck and whalebone or silk and
steel away in the end, and I received an
idea from the Jersey which I shall urge up-
on suffering womanhood as their substitute.
My plan is to substitute an elastic band for
corsets, and I am confident it will be a suc-
cessful substitution.” I write of this with-
out permission from Hebe, but shall find a
return for the rating I shall receive if it
drives the corset out of a dozen houses. It
is not calculated to improve the form, but
has become a false standard by long use and
suffering.
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Any housekeeper ean prove the henesty of
her grocer, or his butter, by melting it. Pure
butter melted produces a pure, limpid, golden
oil, and it retains the butter flavor. Melt
oleomagarine and the oil smells like tallow,
and a scum rises to the surface. Butterine
is a mixture of dairy butter and fats. Melt
that and the butter oil will rise to the top.
Pour this off and you will find the fats at the
bottom, whitish in color and giving off a dis-
agreeable smell.
The sale of small articles is not to be de-
spised. A box of matches, costing a cent, but
sold at two, seems a petty transaction, but it
is 100 per cent. profit on the capital invested.
The same is true or other articles. It is not
the bulk or quantity sold that renders profits
large, but the articles, their quality, and the
prices obtained as compared with the cost.
The man who married a girl because she
“struck his fancy” says she strikes him any-
where that comes handy now.
Boralumine—Buy it and try it.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, |
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.
E. A. STOWE, Editor and Propricior.
Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1884.
(= Subscribers and others, when writing
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub-
lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver-
tisement in the columns of this paper.
Selanne
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS--THE LAW.
1. Any person who takes a paper regularly
from the post-office—whether directed to his
name or another’s, and whether he has sub-
scribed or not—is responsible for the payment.
2, If a person orders his paper discontinued,
he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher
* may continue to sendit until payment is made,
and collect the whole amount, whether the pa-
per is taken from the office or not.
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RETIREMENT OF THE TRADE DOLLAR.
The recommendation that trade dollars be
exchangable for two years for standard dol-
lars and made a tender for government dues,
and that they be recoined into standard dol-
lars, the bullion contained in them being
counted as a part of the monthly purchase of
silver required by the provisions of the
Bland bill, is probably the best measure that
could be expected of the present Congress,
and much better than the composition of the
Committee on Coinage has led the public to
fear and expect. Of course, it would be in-
finateiy wiser and safer, if both trade and
standard dollars were outlawed, and the em-
ployment of silver limited to the strictly
subsidiary coins. But if this cannot be had,
the next best thing is to use the trade dol-
lars as a part of the bullion supply. The
redemption of the trades is defensible on
one ground, and on one only—that of remov-
ing at least one element of chaos from our
currency, and reducing by one the number of
United States coins. Moral obligations on
the part of the government to accept these
coins there are none, as has been clearly
enough shown. Those who took them did
so with full knowledge that they lacked legal
tender quality, and were liable to deprecia-
tion at any time. As far as the case of the
present holders is concerned, there is every
- reason to believe that they are mainly spec-
ulators, whose losses or gains are no partic-
ular concern to the nation. But since the
trade dollar is an anomaly and a nuisance,
since it has got into cigenlation at home con-
trary to expectation and intention, and since
the same speculative hue and cry for its re-
demption may at any time be raised by an
interested clique, it may be well enough to
get rid of it. The great danger heretofore
has been that, in doing this, the silver men
in Congress would insist upon the direct
substitution of standard for trade dollars,
without any reduction from the monthly bul-
lion purchases and coinage of standards.
The importance of this point lies in the
number of trade dollars to be redeemed;
which is probably very much greater than
most people suspect. A recent careful in-
vestigation has shown that the amount of
trades likely to be presented for redemption
is, perhaps, equal to two-thirds of a year’s
standard coinage under the Bland bill. The
United States mints originally coined $35,-
959,360 of trade dollars. As early as 1877
the government officials reported a practical-
ly complete cessation of demand for them
for export purposes, and they were then
chiefly used as currency at home. And a
comparison of the coinage repotrs with the
satistics of the imports and exports of coin
and bullion leads pretty directly to the con-
clusion that on a moderate estimate, there
are to-day twenty millions of trade dollars,
mostly held by speculators, ready to be pre-
sented for redemption. The unlimited ex-
change of trades for standards would inflate
the silver currency by about that sum, the
trades being out of circulation, It is chiefly
these speculators, who originated the trade
dollar panic, and bought them in at a heavy
discount, who will be benefieted by the
redemption act. The hypocritical pretense
that it is in the interest of the people is not
worth a moment’s notice; except in as far
as the people’s interest may be promoted by
legislating out of existence a supernumery
and confusing coin. But it will, at least, be
no worse to coin standard dollars out of
melted trades than out of bullion purchased
by the tax payers; and the speculating
broker who has bought up the discredited
coins deserves to have a government market
provided for his wares just as much as do
the owners of silver mines in Colorado,
Nevada and elsewhere, for whose sole profit
and benefit the evil silver eoinage act re-
mains upon the statute book. In fagt, if as
seems probable, the supply of trades should
be sufficient to keep the mints running fora
good part of a year without any outside pur-
chases of bullion, it would be interesting to
watch the discomforture, for the time be-
ing, of the silver rings whose product is now
purchased by the United States. To the
feature of the redemption bill which provides
that the trade dollars recoined shall be count-
ed as bullion in the monthly purchases re-
quired by law—a feature which is its one re-
deeming quality—the agents of the mining
interests in Congress will offer a determined
resistance.
TS
The weekly list of failures continues un-
pleasantly large in number, though compar-
atively small in amount of liabilities. The
clearing out of so many weak firms must
neecessariiy have a good effect on the busi-
ness of the remainder, though temporary
embarrassments may arise from sales of
prankrupt stocks. .
The tendency of the iron, cotton and wool-
en markets are stronger, and the consuinp-
tive demands are fast catching up to the pro-
duction. The lowest point has evidently
been passed, and the progress in future will
be in the line of improvement all around.
A. Northern dealer writes: “After 10
years of observation and attention to mar-
kets, I do not hesitate to pronounce your
quotations in their entirety the fullest, fairest
and most satisfactory, and see little room for
improvement in that department of your
paper.”
LE TIS
The recent curtailment in the production
of cotton goods has been followed by a small
advance in the price of unbleached cotton by
the New York and Boston agents for a num-
ber of the New. England mills. It is con-
tended by some of the largest commission
houses that ninety days of good trade, with
the present output, would clear the markets
of what now appears to be an excessive sup-
ply.
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“Tt is just what we want.”
Sid. V. Bullock, with J. B. Quick, drug-
gist, Howard City; “Find it very interest-
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R. E. Young, with M. Palmer, general
dealer, Mackinaw City: “‘A very useful, in-
structive and amusing paper. I show it and
recommend it to every tradesman I see.”
A. Shook, general dealer, Coral: “THE
TRADESMAN is just what I want. I could
not think of doing without it. Any dealer
who thinks he can is wanting in good judge-
ment.”
J. R. Odell, drugs, Fremont: “It is only of
late that I have taken notice of the paper,
having so many. On examination, however,
I find itto be an interesting sheet and am
mueh pleased with it.”
F. C. Selby, general dealer, Volney: “We
have learned to look for and welcome the
visits of THE TRADESMAN. Believe it to be
not only a pleasant visitor but a profitable
one. Success to THE TRADESMAN.”
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TIME TABLES.
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.
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Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division.
DEPART.
+Detroit EXpress..........-...+2.---0-- 6:05 am
+Day EXpress..............--------20-- 12:20 pm
*New York Fast Line.................. 6:25 pm
+Atiantic Express..............-.------ 9:20 pm
ARRIVE.
*Pacific EXpreSs.............-2-2.-20-- 6:45am
+Local Passenger..........-..-.-+--+5 11:20 a m
BORN ee oe Be i. ee 3:55 p m
+Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 p m
+Duily except Sunday. *Daily.
The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving
at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at 10 p.
m. the next evening.
Direct and prompt connection made with
Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:05 a. m. has
Drawing Room and Perlor Car for Detroit,
reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30
a. m., and Boston 2:40 p. m. next day.
A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv-
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.
J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’! Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING EAST.
Arrives. Leaves.
+Steamboat Express....... 6:15 am
+Through Mail...... ..-.10:10am 10:20am
+Evening Express.. .. 820pm 3:35pm
*Atlantic Express... .. 9:45pm 10:45pm
+Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 a m
GOING WEST.
+Morning Express......... 12:40 p m 12:55 p m
#Through Mail............. 4:45pm 4:55pm
+Steamboat Express....... 10:30 p m
AREROG : os cas foec pee eee 8:00 am
*Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am
+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.
Passengers taking the 6:15 a. m. Express
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
oo Cars on Mail Trains, both East and
yest.
Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has
a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express
has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.
PD. Porter, City Pass. Agent.
THOMAS TANDY, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Detroit.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
GOING NORTH.
: Arrives. Leaves.
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 pm
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:22 am 9:50 a m
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex.. 3:57pm 4:45pm
G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. q:
GOING SOUTH.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. :
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05pm 4:32pm
Mackinac & Ft. Wayre Ex. 10:25am 12:32pm
Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7 40pm
All trains daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS,
North—Train leaving at 4:45 o’clock p. m.
has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and
Mackinac City. Trainleaving at 9:56 a. m. has
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac
City. ;
South—Train leaving at 4:32 p.m. bas Wood-
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.
Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Pass. Agent.
Chicago & West Michigan.
Leaves. Arrives,
#Mail..%.....2.--20 ---- eee 9:33am 4:00pm
+Day Express....---------- 12:50pm 10:45pm
*Night Express.....-.-.--- 8:35pm 6:10am
*Daily. +Daily except Sunda
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.
Through parlor car in eharge of careful at-
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on
12:50 p. m., and through coach on 9:35 a. m. and
8:35 p. m. trains.
NEWAYGO DIVISION.
Leaves. Arrives.
Mixed. ....-.ccee eee ee ec eeee 5:00am 3:00pm
EXDPIeSS....- -eeeee seer eceee 4:00pm 4:00pm
EXXPLeSS .....- cece cece ec eeeee 8:30am 12:42pm
The Northern terminus of this Division is at
Baldwin, where close connection is made with
¥. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and
Manistee.
J. H. PALMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
We manufacture all our stock
Candy and can always give you the
best goods.
We buy in large lots from
Orang es first hands and ship only in
full car lots. We handle 20,-
000 boxes of Oranges and
Lemons in a season and our
J.emons facilities fog buying and han-
dling are unsurpassed.
Nuts We carry a heavy stock of Bra-
: zils, Almonds, Filberts, Walnuts,
. Pecans and Cocoa Nuts, and will
sell against any market.
We lately bought eight car 4
Peanuts loads of the best re-cleaned
and hand-picked . Tennessee
and Virginia Nuts, and are
prepared to fill the largest
orders.
PUTNAM & BROOKS
F. J. LAMB & COMPANY,
——WHOLESALE DEALERS IN——
Butter, Cheese, Eggs,
Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.
NO. 8 IONIA STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.
A BENOWLSON,
——WHOLESALE DEALER IN——
AKRON SEWER PIPE,
Fire Brick and Clay, Cement, Stucco,
LIME, HAIR, COAL and MWrooD.
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.
Office—7 Canal Street. Sweet's Hotel Block. Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan
Central Freight House.
BARLOW BROTHERS,
Boo RBIN DENS,
Blank Book Manufacturers
PAPER BOX MAKERS,
S11 Pearl St., Hrouseman Block.
Send for Catalogue and Prices’ First Class Work Always.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
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Dealers in Crockery and Glassware
Having finished our inventory, we have resolved
to offer a large amount of our Crockery, Glassware,
Lamps, Trimmings and Miscellaneous Goods at a
Great Sacrifice to close out patterns and lines of
goods that we do not intend to buy hereafter.
Here are positive bargains.
H. LEONARD & SONS,
Crockery, Glassware, Stoueware,
Lamps, Chandeliers and Pendants.
Buy “Our Own” Brand of Lamp Chimneys; if good ones are wanted. Note the Special
Prices we quote in another column.
16 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
THE DEAREST TOBACCO
Is a Poor, Common or Low-Priced Article,
As It Gives Neither Pleasure
Nor Satisfaction.
THE PUBLIC IS NOT SLOW TO LEARN THIS FAGT
WHENEVER IT DISCOVERS AN ARTICLE THAT COMMENDS ITSELF £205)
TO THE TASTE AND OTHER SENSES. 7
*———THE REMARKABLE SALE OF———
LORILLARD'S PLUG TOBACCOS
Ix Ample Evidence of This. This Concern will Sell over 20,000,000 Pounds of their
Favorite Brands this Year; or About
One-Fourth of All the Plo Tobacco Used in this Country’
AND AS THERE ARE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 OTHER FACTORIES IN
THE U.S., IT FOLLOWS THAT THEIR GOODS MUST GIVE
Beller dalistaction or Represent Better Value for the Money
| THAN THE BRANDS OF OTHER MAKERS.
“CLIMAX,” with Red Tin Tag, is their Best Brand.
SPRING & COMPANY
-WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—
FANCY AND
STAPLE DRY GOODS
CARPHTS,
MATTINGS,
OIL, CLOTHS,
BTC. HTC.
Gand 8 Monroe Street,
Grand Rapids, . - - Michigan.
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Supplement to
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TRADESMAN ---F
--rebruary
27, 18s. —
s roceries. Deland’s SALERATUS.
oe pure :
pring & Company quote as tonuwo: AX: RUE Sons 4° o Ba Dwi ae @ oe Drugs & Med ici Sarapariin: §
WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Modoc 8 doz ® — Taylor's G.M. @ 54| eae @ 5% Ines copoeenne Hondurus....-..-... 40 PROVISIO
ss canrimesnn one oe: aragon.. eo doz 60 TEAS. Advaneed—O Ss rsaparilla, Mexican...........-. The Grand R NS.
A : See wa . |Frazer’s .........- 85 | Japa pium, Oil Bergamo quills, white (Powd 35c)........-. 18 apids Packin :
Papereh ea 8-4. = Pepperell, 11-4.. 2 8t - pies Soe pote 2 2630 oem Long Hyson.... ..25@50 Fee Ammonia, Gon a Valerian, English a ae re 10 oe = ere: & Provision Co. *
Pepperell eo * So lt ae 1s Bee Sag : Pee ea eae doz 25 spot fair tog’ a SO3T Bi Oolong en oe 35@50 | 1 ee Root, Sarsaparilla Root alerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).... 2% eo ec ou
e «HN \Fequot, O-4........- aa 8k oe f Hs anfine........40@50\Congo ........ :38@55@60 . ER... ¢.
pperell, 9-4...... 2214|Pequot, 9-4........- 4 poe 4 a Sa hea gas 6 aes : —— bs Japan ee ONgO ..........-- @30 menor Perkins & Co. quote as follows f Anise, Italian (Pow Sa Family a aged Beg oe se 00
CHECKS. gee al ae ian os oes antities usually wanted—tor | ws for | Bird, mixed in packages........ 13 Cl ar Pork, very cheap.........
ee . CCO—FINE CUT write them fo arger amounts | Can packages........ @ ear Pork, A. Webst P..-...... 195
Caledonia, XX, 0z..1 BROOMS. a : ’ r quotations: ary, Smyrna........ 6 |S. P. Boot er packer........ 2
Caledonia, X, oz. “HO a Mills, No. 90..14 | No.1 Carpet.......... oe AWAKE. 510-020. uses eeceeees ACIDS. Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19¢).. 44@ 5 | Extra ooth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City... a 2
Economy, 0z S ete 106.15 | No.2 Carpet... icici cs a ee oe ee a eb 9 Co mee ee! ae we ea 21 00
ee Mills, No. 30.. i ae agk it ee re 2 lS ee perc, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040). @ 10 amon, Malabar.............--. 2 Stand xtra quality....... 39
Park Mills. on ve pron......... 10% | No.2 Hurl ....... ee 2 00 a Be eee aes os Pod Carl apes grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 GG ee 2 50 Soa ad ee the mee 3 £0
Park Mills, oe og pet oe 10% weet Whisk ee i i fee Leer Cee 2 70 Citrn La ee 85 Coriander, pest English........... 20 Clear Back ee ee 21 50 4
nt i ; , German crusts.. 1 I Bae cos ss :
Cocheco robes 7 St ond........... S RS 105 a ed @48 | Arabic.2 PICKEG........----+---- Be oral do do 60 n quarter barrels.......................... $3 85 f
wae teel River...... ee ate _ SMOKING. ic,2d picked........ 55 | Chloral oo Oren 1%e | Inkit tenet cece eet tesa ee 2 O 4
Conesoes fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... BY : MATCHES. Dime ...... = meee a | Cldoral > Soler s do... 1 90 Bo 2 9
a 6 |Washington fancy.. Richardson's No. 2 square a. oo a 24@25 es sifted sorts................ 40 | Chloroform crusts.. 1% : TRIPE. oS
agle fancy........- 5 |Washingt 5 ee pe ere 25 ssafcentida, prime (Powd 35¢)... ae ee ies 100 @105 | i half barrels
Garner pink......... 7 = ae Richardson's No. nich ere cette 2 55 nos Soe oo ac tess taco ok 29 Benzoin......... eevee) 30 | Cloves (Powd Se 60 @ 65 In quarter barrels......................... $3 75
ae aeons Richardson's No.6 - oe iwi ee oo 21 eo cnad ee ones cana Te 0 @ 2 Lice dee ee 1 90
ace A 44 TTONS. auehardson'e No. a : a J ee et ae 24 | Wn ony As it % ide, M8 16c) 600... e Cocoa Mater - Prices named are lowest at ti cd oh aes .
#....6 ee a 7 ee a 2 powdered.......... e pperas (by bbl le).............- press. ime of
gon Sea Grae | Hata SM oS pee 2 ere ee ee a ie, b | pre ubjot always fo Market obanges.
aa. 8 |Lac ichar sov’s N Y “i pai eas ae 2% ey @26 e Se orks, X and X see ccc cc eeee = 60 : aa NG
Continental ¢, 43... 7%{L ent inn ..16% | Kichargdson’s No. 7% aS 2 55 ace ao weecevecenes 27 ee prime (Powd 45c)......... 1 00@1 10 | Cream Tartar, ee oe list...... FRESH MEATS. @
Continental J D. ‘in Ie Mase. BB, oe 10% | Electric Parlor No.11..... ee et yt Monti [Powdered, 30¢]......-...+.+- 35 | Cream Tartar, nae g, 10 DD Ox. 3 @ 40 John Mohrhard quotes the trad ew:
Concstoga "¢ (Nashua & ae &% an Pare I... 3 Gold Block. See 25 M . a. sc Mish Bownaccea Hah 1 Creasote.......... b Ox. 15 Fresh Beef, sides ade as follows: '
Conestoga D.78... 5%|Nashua - oo Grand Haven, No. jee Ss 5 ee 39 ani rh. Tux€ish (Powdered 47c)... 10 | Gudbear, prime..................-- 59. «| Fresh Beef, hind whi ° 3
Ce nestoga G, 30-in. 6% coe ee 7% | Grand Mm es 2 25 » ope. pure (Powa $5.50)....... ‘ - Cuttle Fish Bone.......002.0.00000. 24 | Dressed Hogs.. er @10
Dwight Xba 6 Newmark iB... i 20 arose cae oe 1 60 19 Seca’ a bell’s Pe a S e a wanes De = Magen, tea 9 3 9%
1 20 2 3..-- «eee 7 9 ’ plish 4... x 7 cade Roehl veces. z
Dwight Z, 4-4.. sf epperell E, 39-in.. 744 MOLASSES. 5 Shellac, native...000.... 2... 38 | Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. vo | ee Chiemsee
Dwight 2.44... 7 (Pepperell Rutt... 2 | Bovto Rico. soa Syrups, corn... S138 @ | Sheliae bleached 2.000000 = |e eee [Ss elec aclniee eee Ra ee
Ewirht Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell N, tam m4 New 0 shee ores ess 32@35 Sy rups, corn... 31@32 55 @hoanth... oc. OSE 10 Ether Squibb’s................. 45 | Pork Sausage.. oS : 14@lds
Enterprise EE, 36.. 5%|/Poe 6% rleans g’d. 45@501S¥ rups, sug 27@: Holland .. 51 HERBS—IN ‘ Emery, Turkish, all No.’s.. 110 | Pork Sausage in bulk. 3.2.0. Io waar
Great Falls E, 44... 7 4, oe” oe 7 OL ees oo @22 | Hoarhound OUNCE PACKAGES. Epsom Salts... OoSec.. 26k. g | Bologna........ Ue 10%
Farmers A: 44. ci 6% aoe im Kerosene W. W sae toms Tom. i 2 2 o i os Lobelia pe 25 a oe — wee . : ; : : a : Las 24@ a Se
rd, ete eee 5% ae ‘ EES ig guanine 8 UE» uric, U8. P.......... CAN
: - seo eae cei J ee be pe ee @26 OS aecaay eee eres ees secs ane 33 Flake an Giles eo 69 > NY. ERUETS SNE NURS
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. noe Sac ne me | Aeove's Dred... es eee ae (ee 40 (Gelatine Coopers. Se 35 Pureauy & Brodky quote as follaws :
Amoskeag ......... 8 jRenfrew, dr Castor, 2 02. SQUare.......0-...eseeeee 10 | onaneror SS ee @28 | Sweet era a oe Cooper's... ..-..--...... 90 —
Amoskeag, Persian cc. , dress styll0% | Castor, pcr 5 aaa ee a @23 ee 35 atine, French ... .............. = STICK,
styles........--- 10%| Bo ey SS Ee pee a ee es 95 | Glassware, flint, 60 off by bex 50 off 70 | Straight, 25 b boxe
Bates.....--.--.- 7% see ae setseeees 12% Q OATMEAL. Seal Skin......°° Seer ee eee @32 ween 30 ae green, 60 and 10 dis off Twist, do Serer ee eee eee eee ees @ll
Berkshire ......... 614) dress st elas Co, heker® 2 th cases, 48 Ibs # case.. 2 30 Dime Durham ..... oe JU il co ee 25 Gis cabinet.............. a oe Cutest do 1oO4@lls
Giasgow checks... 7 Slatervill yles......12% | 1,90 5 cases, 60 bs # case.......... -» fe OF ac isecs Gaiman G ee. lee a 0) a 2 @l2i4
Glasgow checks, iy ul ooh ille, dress tte 2 50 Poe, @26 | Soluti and Quinine.............. 6 40 lycerine, pure...........-... +--+ i @ 8 MLXED.
Glasgow checks * Wh C6 eR SoS | een te @28 Is ‘ion mur., for tinctures ‘ Hops 48 and 4S.....0..0ccc cece ee i ge & | Hove > pals.
ore val styles. he White ty Co, stip 134 73% . a A ate 6% ae cS @26 ei age pure crystal............ " Todoform 7g {ae meee a 23@ a Hoyal. = “alm 104On
eee. - i ; Co, fane 8 i Tee @3% ae ee os 35 ra, 2£ |S EES alienate
on a 1ew 2 White | Mant Se. Choice i _ barrels oe 6 59 | Good eo vieteeietinererieteees a Poapiete a Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 8 @1 00 Extra, 200 D BAILS... esses eeeee eee eeeees 1 =
Plunket ...........- 74 |Gordor ees 9% | Dingee’s 4 ee a Home Comfort, 48 and 48............ @23 LEAVES a Iodine, resublimed... ian... 32 @ 34 | French Cream, 25 b SEA OC ernae enue 11%
os. : 4] “Ke wees ee ec cence 8 tees sk do grand ee 5 00 Old Rip, long et ANG YS). 22... 5. @25 Buchu, short (Powd 25c) ES. Isinglass, American..............- 2 30 Cut loaf, 25 tb cases Malis... ok. eee,
Langdale ........... 734 ee” “— Dingee’ . ce glassfancy............-...-4 25 Durham, Pact ee. @eo | Sage, Italian, bulk (348 & 48, 12¢)... mou. Wem co | Beoken, GoW pala. 13
BACB 2 +e. = ere 12% | Saur ey ® bbl a0 > 59| Lwo Nickle, pale ene eee @eo Senna, ‘Alex, natural....... C).. 8 os acetate... 1... ee 9 Broken, 200 bbls..................... veces 11%
WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. We 7 50 Two Mego es @25 as Alex. sifted and sated . 12 @ 2 psa chloride, (148 2s 10c & 8 lic 15 ES Sane Hl
Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pe SUGARS. ie PM ene @26 Sona. powdered a ee wy ee pares - 8 nee
i iepene nae Oe a epperell. 104 21% Granulated........ Golden Flake Cabinet.................- @2% Senna tinnivelli........... .......- 22 eed: ee 1 00 emon Drops..........
pootereth gt 2 ] es 4 | Py owt ad saa ae aes ae tS @8 — o North Carolina, 20Z........... e Bell ve Se ee i Mada LS 60 ouer ee :
@ OTR s 0255 4 mot Gt 2 “5 Oa pa ae etre ng gli ae a 834 Seal of Nor Mecsas g WH OZ.... 2.20 e ee D2 SS Sie he adder, best | SE res a o eae oe A Db
Sa oA oe BBY) Pequot, aaa 21 ee ee eee : @ 8% | Seal of ae oes OZ. ae. on Foxgl ae oe 35 | Manna, ’s. ay Des ee R%4@ 1B Chocolate 5. ae 5
ert le 8% | Seal of North Carolina. B Of. ea @50 | Henbane -...... sesteteteeeesgeees ay | Mereury. ss... 125 |HMChocoiate Drops...... 0.000022 0000022. li Ys
ee ee OE re @7% 1602 boxes... @p0. | BOSe, red......... oe, a5 | Merpais, culph.. iw a, oe (oe i ee ae 20
: NS. pe Tiel. Pe 2 35 Musk, Canton, H., P. & C ty B OZ 3 50 Wate Vv
Atlantic A, 4-4..... 7% (lawrence KK,4-4.. 8% SRI anaes 7 @i%| Mule Ear o ae LIQUORS. Moss, Iceland.......... ee. dg | 2 bleowee Prope. = 2... 20
Pepere 5 2 pee a, ere yee Y, a. a wae oo Se Sa ee eae ee 2 Dr See e Sone ae 200 @2 25 bal ae ee baie a ppetie neal a Se ete fe
lantic D, 4-4..... er pee omens » rite Rye.. 5 af stard, English.................. “ feises weinted. oo ss... 6
Ranta P 14 64 ance ik. 6 a DA PONgTeSS.......,.- 23. | Whisky, other brands "175 @2 00 | Mustard; grocer’s, 10 cans...... ete 3 W
Atlantic LL, 44...- Be eases Dc: 7 | Kirk’s Americar ee Se Gin, Ol ti a 110 @L50 |Nutgalls. 10 cans...... 18 Imperials .........0.0000 8
Adriatic, 36......... rielPequot A. £4 4-4... 644| do. India ati ey oS # b 6% p . VINEGAR. Gin, Holland. ..... Vee ae > 3) @l 75 Nee Not O UOle ies yoke 16
Angnsia, +4 aes 6 Piedmont, ph. 8 ie Beynon 6ig | Pure Cider..............+.+: ae dy @3 ee Me 1b
oott wat. 74 Stark ree 2 pene 7 1 ak 6 foo 2 - awba Wines oe | 25 . 50 Ointment, Mercurial, ed ee aa ees 10 Capac 6 14
Boott FF, 4-4....... 73% ‘Tremont CC, 4-4.... 73% | ee ee 12 ort Wines.......-......... ee = 00 | Pepper, Black ie ag | Hand Made Creams. .2 oe .. 20
Granitev iile, 4-4. 1.1 634|Utica, 4-4 4... 5% | ae: White Russian........ re (ee ccice __ YEAST. et eee 35 @2 50 || Pepsin............... oo 18 | Plain ie, c. ,.s. sant -_—
atin Head, 4- 4 Tif | lWachusett, . — ie ek 9 Git cc slele ole sce o 40 pon a Falls ‘* Rising Sun”’.. Sa honate: Pathianns 2 2 : Pitch, True Burgundy : a 3 00 orb fone ld a :
ndiana Head 45-in. 12i4| Wachusett, 30-in.. 1% ell’s German Family.. ao ms 50 win Bros eh: LS ae 1 15 Carbonate. fone ay Ofn icc. 2 Quassia Pee ee 3 i ji meee o
-in... 6% fas 514@5% Gillett’s......... ie eo 1 75 Citrat H. Jennings, « OT eae. oss Or Quinia, Sulph, P, & eee 6 @ 7 cert AMnOnas 16
TICKINGS. Goodrich’s English Teeatiy: ete Gee 4 00 cious : nor! ene as 1 8 Calica ., P.& Co.’s solution.... » 25 Quinine, foreig (oe th 02 a 1 45 Wintergreen Berries... an sree Sains sae cies wee Ga
Amoskeng, ACA...16 (Falls, K do. Princess ...... be sae 6M | iackin ee oe "0 Geitnis Mectaee. 135 @l1 40 Tons : 16
Amoskeag * acted gs KXXKX 18% Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ........... : 4% [eee Cea. 30, : OLLs. Strychnia, cryst............. spots. 28 : ae y—in “Bulk. 4
pee woud . 4-4. : Falls, ARX.... 15% do. J Aoshi ice 6 75 cone ; ae. proof... 40, a ae ae sweet ae Silver Nitoate as Ce 1 50 pene plain in pails
skeag, A..... ean Japa oS ee mber, rectifi ree 5 @ 350 Red Precipi SICRVSU. 60.0500 - oats 79 30 zenges, plain in bbis..............-....--- 14
Amoskeag, B B Falls LB. 114 | do. Town Talk #b ae AG a norted os 2 hate Cds = ed Precipitate.. @ & | Lozen spies. <0. Fe
coca Co . tralie’ BBC, 36...... 19% | do. Golden Bar Ox 3 Barle oon Jo oe ee a es ; 45 | Satfron, American. .......... Bb 80 | Lezer Bes, printed in pails... .-...... 5.2... 2
Amoskeag. D...... il ‘Ha Ss, awning...... 19 | do. Arab 4 20 Burnes, 5 ee ea 24@ 3 Bo. be 210 | Sal Glauber.... Pees 40 Chacok ges, printed in bbls................... = s
*Amoskeag, E......103 amilton, BT, 32..12 do. a: 3 45 a pee be. ere sergamont. a » | Sal Nitre, large Se ee @ 2? lee olate Drops, in eis, 2 14
peste A oi 10” Hamilton, De10 | sigatts Mottied German. 420 Baye? amontea A ee ee 20) | Sal Nitve, medium crysis #00." | Gum eee as &
-mi gat {Hamilton’ fancy.” Sidalls eos eeeseeseeeeceeeeee ‘> Bee Se i ee 25 aS Ne ee ea: 30 oss Drops, it pe 8
Betratt Pe 16 Methuen aS 14% oe 5. ie oe ee 0@22 | Cedar, commercial (Pure 75¢e)..... 135 ee 2 @ OM Moss Drops, in ret ae
a5 Ce re 18 ae BE eee ieee 4 25 eans, hand picked.................-.. @2 10 ae onella 0 ...!. Pe eee ee. 2 50 foes ee iy ;
Bid Medal eae, EGS ee: 11 eee ee Se SlOVES ......- 0... ee. 85 | Snuff's, Maccoboy or Scoteh....... 6 75 rials, in ae 2
Gold Modal ..115, jomexa A 44, New Freie Piodeae 000000000 420 | Cream Tartar 5 and 10 B cans. Gubebs, B. & Wl. ie | sone Aner ecg dol 5 | Imperiale, in Dbis..00.020100.0.0.000000000 in
Ret ‘Omega ACA’ 44.16 SPOON oo ecee ne ceee renee $50 | Candles, States-cssscresssresc co) ee aS 800 | Spermaceth ran a at ws .
BF 1s Omens SE, ag | Vaterland . ee 5.00 | Gandles, Hotel..0.02. 0.000000 @i5% | Geranium B 02.002 200 | Soap; White Castile Dekands 44@ 1B | ¢ en ee ae
AF L4.. He Giese SE 3 Beene er: 3.00 | Chocolate, Baker's nc Gib | Hemlock, commercial (Bure ie). ae ee 5 | Oranges # box......... dhigher.
ge Omega M. FB os. 35 | Pittsburgh ee 10) | ones German sweet.......... . oy Juniper wood................ — 40 | Soap, Mottleddo 2.2... 17 | Oranges OO ® fee 3 50@3225
. Cordis ACA, 32.....15 Omega M, 4-4....... NB 4 00 Cateun full cream choice..... “4 Juniper berries................-.+- M (Wee de do te 9 | Oranges, Florida, @ box.........-.-.--. 3 20@3 25 Lo
Gondis No.1,22..... 2 ‘Shetucket Ssassw 11% “on ad ne rg 6 7% sup quarts @ dozen............ ... 44%4@14% | Lavender flowers- French......... 225 18 was a Lee Veneta oe ‘
Condi “a 1, Bo 15 Shetucket, S & SW. 2 ‘| Mottled eastile Wee ee 13 oer Schepps’ ‘Lb packages. ---1 40@1 60 Lavender garden oo es 2 40 Spinits a. Pe eae. 14 Lemons, choice.... COR @6 00
Cordis No.3.......- : Shotucket, SFS.. Oe 6 2 Canoes, Schepps’1&%1%b do . es Lavender spike a bee foto ee 26 @ 28 Lemons, Pee. ee, & Ona
Cordis No. coupe rat ann ae 2. - OiGounky —......5..-- 6. @ 5% a otfee, :. Ce oe eg pou new Grop............. oe 1 ” Sugar Milk powdered.............. 28 @ 8 ae Pench 00 3 50@4 00
: § widge frney. 8 | SE 5’ | Flour, Star Mills, age Se 1 30@ Pomane Se Boe. > 00 Sulphur, flour..... oo eae . Mal: fon Grapes Gohl eeitetatetieess
GLAZED CAMBRICS. | Ground Pe ae : 8. ado Se eee ese 5 75@ Or & BB oa aN up ur, roll...... isteisireeeteens A Fics. Sih
Garnet... 5 1E | Ground Al a boxes and cans... 16@22 | Gum, Rubber son Sacks ae 5 50@ Herp aay aps flowers, French.. 1 Be oe Emetic.......... ee 3 Figs. — * DB .. 2 . 12@16
Hookset es smpire ............ Pa 12@20 | Gum, Rubber 2 DS. @25 |P SOMO. Tes cee, | Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 65 | Figs. MEO aga aes 18@20
set... 5 iW ashingion.. JimNaMON...... +... 0. seer eee 2X per 200 lumps... ennyroyal ...... 50 Tar do aes Cee B doz 2 70 gs. baskets 40 tb 8 ib = 20
Red ee. e Bawens he Clov eee oe ee gpa Gurion. re _G@ 40 | Peppermint, white. 6 oe 200 | Tar, do carol in tin....... 1 40 Dates. frails Spe ee M4@15
crest Grove....... |S. S. & Sons... Pe ET a ee 1 ye Ce cae a bere R ar. 8 2 85 Turpentine, ve Pe Se feo — ee o
ee 5 ustard........ er 7@20 o§= No. 2... -.. -@35 | Rosemary, Fre - vetgyet es 9% |W ee ee o | Dates, skin ee &
ee ce 15@35 | Indigo. I ie he @46 | Sandal te, ene Overs $5)... 65 | Zine. Sita bead. ay | Dates, 4 Pe @6 :
cialis as Fepper % th 8 TOG Bees ee 2535 Ze MSderen box... is i 00G Sandal Wood, Turkish Dark...... 00 : Re 7 @ 8 | Dates, Fard 10 ® box @ D.. eo @ i%
a. x | yld Ironsides......15% a! spice Oe. 15 elly oa 00 Geeitrae 2 8 00 OILS. Dates. Fard 50 ® box @ D.......:.-.... @12%
Ree $344\Wheatland ...... nn Cinnamon, %4 - Pe. "5 io Sires sic oo @ 64 ‘Tansy ee aa 60 ae Cylinder aKa Se | GAO
aes .-.21%-| Cloves 4 b........ as es 5 loorice, BIGHY ..2.6...+5-. 05-0108 ces @%t5 | Tar (by ul nee 37 odel © OF oo ener ies ANUTS.
peNIMS, Pe bot ge Pp cieeteeeeeeeeeeteceteces i5 | Licorice, Coeur Pee @20 Tar (by gal 600)... Bee se aes wee 10 @ S Shields ae Pee ere ea aus "60 Without change.
~ tn poe _. TY4\O0tis CC a Al Ete nhs. i : : : ee als @I18 | Ficovice Root... . : ees 28@3 30 Wormwood, No. i (Pure #6 suet 2 25 Eldorado Engine. ee 50 Prime Hed, raw e DB
- hate blue.......14% Warren AXA...... 1074 | Const Se oe ee 2 dor. cases. .... 2.2.2.5: @12 |Savim........ 6.50)... 40 | Peerless Machinery.....0002000 00 ooo Ppeme de Ge
mie brown... 14%|Warren BB ee Cloves See : @12 acar oni, Imported Vo ee 1 55@ Se ORES ae ao oe r 00 Challenge Machinery Macleans sc Gas gangs ce eee ns 30 Fancy do to oe @8
Bue MA ot, 12% Warren OC ee 11% | Nutmegs, oo 20 me Reems me @13 Cod Liver, filtered ape tr AeNeer ary Seer 2 50 Backus Fine Engine eee ee ee cece ence cree etace 25 Choice White, Vado 2 84@ 9
tis BB.............11%| York oe 10% : piste! “0 @i5_ | Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, # ca eae @ 5% | Cod Liver, een - 8 gal 790 | Black Diamond Gi Sn| Fancy HP, Va do ....-.0....0...... 94@10
cE ney........15 | wugzy Gl STARCH. French Mustard, 8 02 ® a cae Cees @6 00 | Cod Liver, H,, P. & Co.’s,16 400 | Castorine......... BON ae 30 | Se W4@ll .
: PAPER CAMBRICS. | Stiieey oe : 2 package.............. ar On do "Large Coie ; woe Olive, Malaga. ) 6 00 Paraffine, 25 deg. ee ee 60) sf NUTS.
Manville........ 6 (S.S.&So _ | Muzzy Gl package.......... @64 il Tanks, Star 60 gallons........... 1 i 5@ Olive, “Sublime Italian — @1 20 | Paraffine, 28 We 22 Brazils are. lower.
Raw Ss | ita oe Marcy eee 2 ee oie Ol Tanks, Patent 60 gallons......... . es oe Ae eee an’ ae eo 50. «| Sperm, winter os cn Amon’: Terragona, #1 2 b @20 .
i 7 ee en ae @6 mported Clay 32T0ss......... > 2G, | Rose, Ihmsen’s. ............. # 02 5 Po ae monds, loaca, Loe Dr
eae | OT. _ do a 25@ | See # oz 9 %5 Whale, winte . Bbi ae 18 @19
Red Cross ts eo 55 i666 wigitiong: | OTH | Beppen Samco. eo ne nnn GO | Bicromate.._ a ome Oe (Ee to ne 2 @12%
ad eae (Thistle Milis........ Kingsford lid Git 6. @8% 7 Green Bush............. 4 se 00 | Bromide, cryst. and gran. bul 16 | Lard, No. 2 ee i8 80 | Filberts, Barcelona do +10 GM
ee re , eo Go | Powaer, K Grapared. oc. De ene eek an pean oe S Linseed, ere thW ee Sb vert ore Oe. Wels
eae Oswego Gloss... rae vedeas 5uB9 2 po ee a sae 4 | Prussiate yellow. gran. oa 1 30 Linseed, oiled oye 59 63 Walnuts: eee ics . - So aaa
Brooks r Pe ee ee 3 Spirit Da ea eer 90 95| Walnuts, California do. . 1.2... 15@16
os sae 50 |Eagle and Phoenix poring ie it Sn @i i ee 6@64@i% Alkanet .... ROOTS. 0 pirits Turpentine.................+- 41 50 | Cocoa Nate @ 100" 0 57. <2... @12% »
J.&P. Goats... .. 155 La mius Dall sewing.20 BPM es. +g Shot, Ap0b. 8 eee ; @6 Althea, cut... ee lea VARNISHES. Hickory Nuts, large ®@ bu............. 5 00@
Willimantic 6 cord 55 opin - Daniels...25 | 60 Pocket SALT. cs eee ee eis te ee Vics 27 | Bxt Te COORG eee 1 10@1 20 Hickory Nuts,small do - tis :
Willimantic 3 cord .40 ‘Stafford Pe ae Fp ees ow umm se a tee ee 2 60 awe Pr ee 5@ Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s Se 17 Coach ae oe bao bs Peet cue oe ‘1 60@1 70 IL do... ster ee ees 1 50
me ores sew, Hall & Manning. "30 caginey ee 2 45 an cone a ee 12 20 | foe oe 180). <..2:). is 43 | No. frarp Furniti a tne) CORE ANS BUILDING MATERIALS
nread........ 30 |Holyoke,.. ee ee 110 |M Se fan, Weel. 2 | Bxt BO oe y oes. eees ce 100@110; A. B.K : S.
o Be l ee ae @45 |Calamus, German white, peeled. 18 ra Turp Damar....... s- nowlson quotes as f: ..
os danieaian 5 | Standard Coarse... eas eeeeetntes a : » Leora ‘utters peek el : 50@ Slecampane, powaered peeled.. : Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp. eee 1 sal 60 Ohio White ani. gee WE ollows: a
Wie ee é EDS. a . Bo oe a 25@ entian Pov Ro are eee ey a ee , ~ ite Lime, - oo see 0
No. oe Sicianeay nd a” oe cna ee ee ee 5M, ChimneyCleaners® doz............... 18@23 | Ginger, Meciean (Powd sa B PAINTS. Louisville Ge ocak ae 95
Anchor bet ne ebeeeees 10 |Lonsdale ........... 16 oe ie 4% Fruit Gagan ‘ a0 oeeteenerneeete 3 2. Gola ey amaica bleached........ io 20 Red Venetian ak eo Buttalo G ment per Dbl..-......... +: 1 4p
er ee | ee ae 2 settee een etn eee ne eres eeetes Ww rs each.... tg en Se teens 2 SoC erste ats cae «- 2@ : ement, settee rece eens ;
nl aa 1 Lonsdale Aa. -.....) 16 eas cacagh | BEPNOOR cess cainccc seca bp | Golick ee We) one » | eerie Marseilles. aS 1% 22 9) Car ‘alo Cement, per bbl.........«-.-) ot '’
Blackburn . Aa OYy 2s 6 STONEWARE. 5A@6 Washing Cryst 1, eee OUT ea at @5 Tpecac Ri ie wdered....... 18 » YELLOW Bermuda... . 1% 6 Plastering hair. Be Seen Fe aes o 1 15@1 20
neal ea 2 Victory 7 sl Jugs @ galloa...... E. Wicking Nod 2 Peg S DOK. 06455. 1 50@1 65 Taan. _ Feo Dowered PO eee 1 10 aed lgarcia a. estes 214 one : Stucco per bbl. POU... -......-..- 33@ 38
Tene jo. 124 etory D.......... i @ do No.? en ““7*" ""@40 | Licorice, select (Powd 12%)....... 37% 7 Ver. ahi Higgee! iced Genenr aa 2% 2%@ 3 Land plaster, per ton........ 0.00.22... 1%
ee ee : ae B33. Dy uit inieks " do ae a Cres che Cr pee c er eetas @65 Licoric : (Powd 12%)....... 2 milion, prime American.. Land plaster, vet tay cence cae os .2 50
Sees P ee 7 See e, extra select... Vermilion, 18@16 . Car lots............ 5
a Oe eee 10 Ponte B ee 9% | Rising Sun STOVE POLISH. i | Washing Powder, 1716 @ oss... 1 50@ Wk (ie 15 | Green, Sere auiee. ek ae 55@57 fire brick, per M....--........ cee. $27 mw
ocial Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX..... . 10% Ualversal STOSS.. : oe . gross...... 5 50 ao 7 let's @ Ib....... ois Rhel, from 7 ect gore ar is ia & 3% Toad tan ctvlotly pure; 16@11 ire clay, per DDI.........seeeeee cece ee os
Tx L eee ee a ove dozea.. 50 Seite tn oapine pkg eee " A, owdere BE I Se oe Gee | ee COAL : & {
a ee: e ®box...... eves 1@10 Rhei, choice cu vesseees-L 10 @1 20 | Whiti ewt :
Poasding ® WOR, 6.5.5.0. jecccosy vee) 3 @ -Rhei, choice out pie co 2 00 Whiting. we pee Bp aysehe . z
ie 2 e oF wo
into the legislatures of several States to| 3 72 216
a Oey 9
compel employers to pay their employes 7 = 48
weekly. Itis gratifying to observe the in- 2 Se o
creasing tendency among manufacturers so a a 69
to pay, and the custom is now the prevailing : ‘ 1 =
one; but such subjects are scarcely within 4 * ne ad gph comeaa 5 inch 3 85 96
Fe - . 2 s ? “ “cc 92
ie province of legislation. Such matters % ‘ Covad Chambers.N No. 9 5 63 9 cS
adjust themselves by the laws of intelli (, Uncov'd 3 85
J : y ve te gent ue) Cake Plates... 26.6... 3 85 96
mutual interest. The weekly payment gives] %4 “ Restaurant Creams....1 ||! v6) 38
: or @up BIQt@S. oe... ska. 30 90
to the employe advantages that ready cash|y" « Gagseroles 000201! tinch "468 «117
commands over the credit system. He may M4, e . ae Se 8 + 5 - 1 31
2° Dishes lle. S 6 36 32
buy where and what and as he pleases. He we ee 7 “ 1 = : 48
is not confined to such placés as he can get : Mena nnn teres: a on 67
credit, does not pay an extra percentage or| i-¢ “ Bw ers and Basins. No9.....900 1.50
‘ ses % * Barrell Mugs....No. 36 G7 38
take unsuitable or inferior goods for the| 3 « Pruit Saucers.) danch 35. «18
sake of the eredit, and, above all, does not/ 2 “ Eber ste : 60 12
over-buy, as is too often the case when the - “ ‘ eee “ : 1 a
payment does not come at once. Hehasno|,} “ ..-.e eee i 5 es
: - : Wy 96
debt, no perplexity, is better fed, clothed| i, « 58
and contented, and consequently gives more : . =
valuable services. While the benefits are os c ed a >
obvious, there may be some industries, as, 14 “ phe Dig ea 73
rha r 14 = oon Holders. ............ i 80 45
perhaps, the railways, -in which weekly pay 6 sets Unhandled Coffees,.. 022.0... 50 3 00
ments are impracticable or inconvenient and | 36 Meas o28 ooo, 36-12: 96
2 “ce oe ry x
annoying; and to force all alike soto pay ee ee * pe
would work hardships. The interests of sat Ga
labor and capital are identical, and such leg- aes =
islation, by disrupting the natural gravita- ASSORTED PACKAGE GLASS SETS—NO. 35.
‘ : 5 4,.Victoria Sets, plain.. .-19 76
tion to that which is best for both, only | 4 Sippo Sets, Dain eee 30 120
tends to throw fresh fire-brands between the| 4 ao a figured..................4. 3k 1 36
: rn A < rr oO ——
two, neither of which can exist without the $ 32
other. S CHANDELIERS.
7 No 52 light for store comp.ete with 7
M. C. Russell has secured the agency for| inch shades, each...................0-.005. 15
Grand Rapids and Western Michigan of the ae
celebrated Sand Refined Cider, a very choiee He iy nevt ce eee
article, which he is prepared to furnish to No 1 aad ao e Ce ey eae he
dealers at $6.75 per barrel. Not Ge do 2. ae
oe GLASSWARE.
i Lagi mane is the best and cheapest Heavy Figured “ Horseshoe” Pattern,
hish fOr walis. Sete; @ dozen. a $3 00
: | | Pitchers, gallon... 3.0 3 00
Decorate your homes with Boralu-| Geleries’..........00JU 2 00
mine. Bowls, 7 inch, and covers....... 3 00
IBOWIS)S = 6 fee _ 8 85
Bowls?) = no © |... 3 60
CARPETS AND CARPETINGS. ap men... ... 5... .
Spring & Company quote as follows: fee ee
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. Sta ers.. Pee in ee Uerne oe wee eae a 3 00
Roxbury tapestry................. appics. POG ce ee ® gross 2 25
pe eS ee
Smith's extras. ....5.......-.0.... @ & op
Smith’s B Palisade................ @ 7% aC wc. es SEAS OFE CANE,
Smith’s C Palisade................ @ 65 | “Queen” or “ Daisy.” No charge for box.
Wenn @ 82% TA al POE dOA.. ce a 3 50
Higgins’ ee eee @ 0 1 gal Go ee Mec esc c ss ese 4 50
ee ORGEAe Sc ee @ R% PURGES powennke.
orgs Comets. ..7.. 0.02222.) 35
oe ee i : q® No 0 New wire lift for lighting, per doz....8 50
THREE-PLYS. No 0 Hinge for lighting, per doz............ 7 50
Hartford S-ply.....f..0.3.0.. 0. @1 00 See
Howell Soplya to. oe sk @1 00 LAMP CHIMNEYS.
Migeins S-ply.. 2... ee @1 00 | Anchor, Star or Diamond br and, which means
Dantord s S-ply.. 6...) @ 9% Second Quality.
EXTRA SUPERS. ae 0 Sun a DOM eee eee 1 o
PPROM oe de @ Ti%! No. Pe ae
HOWel ek @ 82% ae L. & S. brand, First Quality Annealed’
Other makes. ...00055000 0 7 @ %%41No.0Sun DOxX... 2 210
Best cotton chain.................. 60 @ 62%1No.1 My 68 eo ae
ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. No. 2 GQ 3 25
Beat ply. se 57%@ 60 —
Other grades 2-ply................. 524%4@ 5d OYSTERS.
Awool Dpen: z oa ae basue @ 55 F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Extra heavy double otien chain. 42%@ 45 New York Counts, per can................... 40
Double cotton chain............... 30 @ 4) | Extra Selects... 2)... ee . 35
Heavy cotton and wool, doublec. 30 @ 82%] Plain Selects.... é
Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, ply 27%4@ 32%) H.M.B.F..
Single cotton chain................ 19 @ 2 { FavoriteF..
HEMPS. Prime: .:o::.. oe a
8-ply, 4-4 Sila extra heavy........ BECO BO | XR cal 15
Be At wide. @ 22 New York Counts, per gallon....... @2 a
Im erial, plain, 44 wide........... @ 18%} Selects, per gallon Denese Gue ces a "503
D, 3 oe @ It Sante 1 00@1 15
OIL CLOTHS. Can prices above are for cases and half cases.
No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4............ @
No. 2, do, 0° 4... @
No. 3, GO eo. @
No. 4, GO. a @
M&aTTINGS.
Best all rattan, plain............... @
Best all rattan and cc¢oa, plain... @
NBDION PAC ee @ ©
Napier Bio oeise @
CURTAaINS.
Opaque shades, 38 inch............ @
Holland shades, B ae AeA ls, @
Pacific Holland, 4-4................ @
Hartshorn’s Pee. per gross... @36
Cord fixtures, per gross........... @10
HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows:
HIDES.
Green ce a. Rhé6 @T
Bart Cured. (oo. 0. o.028 7 @7%
MNP Cured. 220k cc ecco TH%@ 8
Dry hides and kips..................... 8 @12
Calf skins, green or cured............. 10 @12
Deacon sking............... 4. #8 piece20 @50
SHEEP PELTS.
Shearlings or Summer skins # piece..10 @20
Fall pelts ee gt Cs cB seen sce es oe 380 @50
Winter pelts. 020...0-036. 46.00 505.: 100 @15
WOOL.
Hine washed 2D... oc 30 @32
Coarse washed... 22 @25
Wnwashed..... 06s. ee
FURS.
Mink, large... 60.00... eee sk 86
6. 8, YALE & BRO,,
—Manufacturers of—
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
BAKING POWDERS,
BUOIN GSS, ETCc.,
Mink, SMA esc ec cc ee ee 40 40 and 42 South Division St., @
Muskrat, Le ied Goes tages Sees 15
Muskrat, ON ee eee ee ie 8@ 11 } AP . = D
Muskrat: Kite... 6: ices cee e ek cee. 3@ 4 GRAND RAPIDS, ‘kgs
ISCCOOR Fos ee ee 40@1 00
BRUNE, DIAC ee 90@1 00
Skunk, half stripe.....:...3..5.2.2.... 60@ 70
Skunk, narrow — See eec ee sot 25@ 35
Skunk, broad.. ee ares ce 10@ ao
eave we 0G@1 2
GYAY POX a oe rhe ee 60@ 85
Marten, yellow... io... 0m. ie: 75@1 00
MSDOD Coe i eee eee Sie on 00
Oster. .cc5c4. 5s: I ee ee, 00@7 00
WMedr e fk 5 Sonos 00
Deer skins, red and blue, dry.. b 30@ 35
Deer skins, gray and long paired ae 12@ 25
Baaver, clean and: dry @ 1D... .5...:.. 2 00@3 50
Above prices are for prime skins only—un-
prime in proportion.
MAN OW oo. eo cee a ee ae 6@ 6%
EXTRACTS.
JENNINGS’ DOUBLE CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS.
Packed in 1 Dozen ee or 2 Dozen Wood Box.
mon.
2 ounce B. N. Panel e GOZOR oc. ec 1 00
do do QO e 1 75
6 do do GOs 275
8 do do G0) 3 75
No. 2 Taper Panel GO ee 1 25
No. 4 do
¥ pint round
do
No. 8 Panel
No. 10 do
2 ounce B. N. Panel # degen Melicin a ees
do do
6 do eo
8
0
No. : Taper Panel
No. 4 do
¥% pint round
1 do
No. 8 Panel
No. 10 do
JENNINGS’ TRUE FLAVORINGS.
Full Measure—Wrapped.
stantial.
For an Excellent Chew,
All White Burley # itl-
er, Very Soft and
Sweet, Use
DUCK TOBACCO
i Look Out for a Tag‘tin the
Tobacco Calling for
One of Thomas’
Alarm Clocks.
—FOR SALE BY—
Rice & Moore,
H. Schneider & Co.,
and John Caulfield.
See THE TRADESMAN for Price List.
8 on i
Pint 2 ounce OZON ss ees oii ce. 50
ie Pint4 do OO ie ak 2 50
¥% Pint 8 vs e Peers hen ed eae : t
int 12 do oO Vaya ee udags seu csv e5
a* aonen..- ek
¥ Pint 2 ounce # dozen.....................
“Pints dO GO... .. cies ices seus 4 00
%Pint8 do ce Dees gee Ce eae euaeoan 8 00
% Pint12 do AO ee Aaa oes 12 00
LATEST
a1 Quotations
JOHN
CAULFIELD
Wholesale
Grocer
8, 87 and 89 Canal Streedg
All in a Nutshell
The best goods for the least money ¢an be
had only at such places where expenses are
in proportion to the amount of business done
and this is where THE OLD RELIABLE
has the advantage over competitors. The
secret of our success is that we buy goods as
low as cash can produce them. We are thus
prepared to place staple and fancy Groceries
onthe market at such prices as obtains the con-
fidence of the CLOSE BUYER who is desirous
of getting full value for his money. Then,
again, we are under no extravagant exe
penses, nor enormous rents, nor supernums
erary expensive ageuts to tax and annoy
customers with, besides not having the profit
to divide between three, four or six partners,
we can afford to be liberal sellers.
—HEADQUARTERS FOR—
Choice Butter, Cheese, Mince
Meal, Jellies, Buckwheat
Flour, Maple Syrup,
Dried Peaches, Apples
Blackberries, Huckleberrigs,
AR EE
SUGARS.
Out Raat Calis... oc. 5... 5. 8
Powdered Standard............. 0.000. 81¢
Granulated Standard.................. 8
Standard Confectioners’ A.......... ol G
Standard Ao ee ow 64
Rostra White © ~.-. oo... 2. v
lixtra Bright ©... -.......2.. 2... 63, @6%K
Wetran@. oo) 5 kos 614 @63¢
AG) ONE Re 61g @63¢
CANNED GOODS
Are still the absorbing question. Our friends
are taking them liberally at our close figures
and making LEADFRS. Remember gallon
apples will surely go higher. We continue
our
CLOSING OUT SALE
for the Next Thirty Day. @ OOO
Cases Canned Goods of Staple and Standard
Brands, 1883 packing, quality guaranteed.
JOB BACON’S TOMATOES
Have the Highest Endorsement of the best
dealers in the country.
3 tb Job Bacon’s Tomatoes, Standard. .1 10
3 tb Smith & Wicks’ Tomatoes........ 1 00
2 tb Sweet Corn, Erie.............. 1 121g
2 tb Sweet Corn, Mitchell’s -.. 08 16
2 Ib Sweet Corn, F eedanty.- es ees 1 00
9 Com, FW. & Is... eo. oo ck, 80
2-16 Peas, Extra Harly............. 85
@ Ib Peas, Platts? Erie... ..........- 5. 1 10
21) Peas, VanCamns. .. ....... 6.24. 1 00
2 tb Peas, Ex. F. V. Canning Co...... 1 20
2 tb Lima Beans, Standard........... 85
2 tb Lima Beans, Extra.............. 1 00
2 Ib String Beans, Shawnee,white wax. 90
3 Tb Climax Pumpkin, Standard....... 1 20
2 tb Succotash, Standard............. 90
2 tb Suecotash, Yarmouth............ 1 48
3 Ib Boston Baked Beans............. 1 60
Apples, Gallons, Erie. . oe 00
Apples, Gallons, Extra Erie Connie. 3 00
8 Ib Peaches, Standard. .............. a 75
3 Ib Peaches, All Yellow......;...... 2 00
2 Ib Peaches, Kensett’s Standard... ... 1 20
3 Ib Erie Pie Peaches. ............... 1 25
2 Tb Blackberries, Madison........... 1 05
2 tb Blueberries, Detroit.............. 1 35
2 tb Red Cherries, Standard.......... 1 10
2 tb Green Gages, Extra.............. 1 50
21h Bee Plows, Extra. ... 2.2 ..<. 0.45 1 50
2 tb Strawberries, Extra........ 1 25@1 50
3 tb Bartlett Pears, Echert’s Standard..1 25
The response to our advertisement in
the late issues of THe TRADESMAN from
country merchants for canned goods was lib-
eral beyond our expectation. Several of the
orders were from localities where we are
not represented by an agent, and for other
goods in our line. Mail orders on this ac-
count, are all the more appreciated, with care-
and prompt attention given them.
Readers of: Tok TRADESMAN will find
it to their interest to keep a business eye
on this column headed STANDARD QUO-
TATIONS. Mail orders solicited and eare-
ful attention given thereto.
Jou Caultield,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,
A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.
E. A. STOWE. Editor and Proprietor.
OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR.
LEntered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter.]
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1884.
AMONG THE TRADE.
IN THE CITY.
It is rumored thataglue factory is soon
to be started here. Whew!
A. Coye & Sons are getting out an illus-
trated, twelve page catalogue.
.
J. C. Watson left yesterday for a trip
over the C. & W. M, north, in the interest
of C. S. Yale & Bro.
M. C. Russell shipped a carload of Michi-
gan apples to Louisville Saturday. He has
received two carloads of fresh vegetables
from Chicago. :
The death of the venerable Heman Leon-
ard, founder of the house that bears his
name, removes another landmark of the
commercial growth of the city.
J. H. McIntyre left Saturday for Elliotts-
ville, N. Y., to attend the funeral of an un-
cle, Rev. Courtney Smith. He is expected
back the latter part of the week. ’
L. R. Cesna, traveling agent for Welling
& Carhart, returned Thursday from a six
weeks’ Southern trip, and started Friday for
a tour of the Northern customers of the firm.
Theo. M. Kemink and W. J. Jones have
formed a co-partnership, under the firm name
of Kemink, Jones & Coe., and will engage in
the manufacturetand sale of perfumes, flavor-
ing extracts, etc. :
“ A. B. Long and Isaac Phelps were unin-
tentionally omitted from THE TRaDESMAN’S
list of wealthy men. The former is worth—
no one but himself knows—and the latter is
probably good for $200,000.
Jas. Fox and L. L. Loveridge will here-
after cover the Northern trade of Fox, Mus-
selman & Loveridge, in addition to their
other territory, A. N. Leslie having severed
his connection with the house.
Mr. Adkins, of Robinson & Adkins, gen-
eral dealers at Rothbury, was in town Mon-
day. He stated that he would retire from
the firm about June 1, and that Mr. Robin-
son would then continue the business alone.
“We have sold more goods so far this
year than during the same period last sea-
son,” said a prominent grocery jobber, who
has sought in vain for a realizing sense of
the “prevailing hard times” so much talked
about.
Wm. M. Robinson, assignee for the New-
mans, has gone South for a view of the
Mardi Gras. Nearly all of the Newman
creditors have filed their claims, and on his
return, Mr. Robinson will draw checks for
the pitiable pro rata accorded each creditor.
Senator Bliss, of East Saginaw, the author
of the obnoxious assignment law, which was
annuled by the Supreme Court, was in town
Monday and Tuesday. He stated that the
business men of the Saginaw Valley were
much taken back by the decision, and that
they proposed to secure the introduction
of a similar bill in the next Legislature, tak-
ing good care that the unconstitutional fea-
tures be eliminated.
‘What are the candies we make composed
of?” repeated a local manufacturer, in re-
sponse to an inquiry. “Well, sugar is the
principal article. It is mixed with glu-
cose to break the grain, for you know as
goon as sugar becomes hard it crumbles the
same as before it was melted. Before glu-
cose was invented we used cream tartar, but
you see glucose is sweet and helps to make
better candy and is also perfectly pure and
harmless.”
“You estimate Joe Martin’s property al-
together too low,” said a prominent business
man the other day. ‘Not long ago his clerk
showed me a list of live mortgages held by
him aggregating $167,000, to say nothing
of the property he has scooped in by fore-
closures. Including his bank and other
stocks, he must be worth at least $300,000.
Another authority, who formerly represent-
ed his ward in the Common Council, stated
that when the city was easting about for the
location of a pest house a few years ago, he
was on the committee for that purpose, and
was interviewed by Martin, who at that time
owned nearly 100 places in and around the
city, some of them quite valuable.
AROUND THE STATE.
R. A. Cannaga has engaged in the boot and
shoe business at Nashville.
J. P. Anderson will erect a new store at
Saranac the coming season.
Frank E. Willett, clothier at Flint, has
made an assignment to H. C. Spencer.
Chas. Sackrider & Co. sueceed J. K. Flood
in the dry goods business at Hart. @
Darling & Roberts have engaged in the
grocery and boot and shoe business at Sparta.
Jay Knudsen has purchased the meat mar-
ket business of Hanton & Forbes, at White-
hall.
Jacob Jesson & Co. have moved their Cen-
tral drug store at Muskegon to the Landreth
block. ‘
Van Ort, Witvliet & Beenwkes, hardware
dealers at Holland, are succeeded by Van
Ort & Beenwkes.
Er. Garrison, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has
purchased the grocery stock of L. W.
Galloway, at Hudson.
i
Angell & Blakeslee have sold their meat
market at Saranac to Blakeslee Bros., late of
Belding, who will continue the business.
W. C. Tuttle’s drug stock, Albion, in-
voiced at $7,000, was bid in by J. W. Shel-
don, one of the principal creditors, for
$2,000, :
A. H. & A.V. Ayers have formed a co-
partnership at Howard City under the firm
name of Ayers Bros., and engaged in the
grocery business.
Chas. Deska has rented the Pentwater
Lumber Co.’s old stand at Pentwater and
put in a complete new stock. Clark, Jew-
ell & Co. furnished it.
the general grocery business at Howard
City, under the firm name of Knapp & Wals-
worth. :
Contrary to previous report, I. M. Pattison
& Co., druggists at Millbrook, have not gone
out of business, and do not contemplate such
amove. They will remove to Mecosta, how-
ever, about April 1.
Mancelona Herald: Judge C. S. Edwards
has purchased the new store at the furnace.
We learn that a stock of drugs’ and _grocer-
ies will be put in when the building is com-
pleted. The store is one of the best and the
location all that can be desired.
A young man by the name of Cudebeck,
son of R. Cudebeck, of Ashton, has been
arrested and. taken to the county jail at
Hersey for burning the store of A. C. Adams
at Ashton last week. The young man had
some $200 worth of goods that he had _ stol-
en from the store before setting fire to it,
and was preparing to start out peddling.
His father is one of the wealthiest men of
Osceola county, being a heavy money lender.
The young man’s reputation for honesty has
always been good, and no cause is known
for this act of which he is accused.
STRAY FACTS.
Dennison is talking cheese factory.
“Hen aigs” are advertised by a Baldwin
dealer.
The Kalkaska Manufacturing Co. has be-
gun making packing boxes.
Webber & Farnsworth have started a new
wooden bowl factory at Shelby.
The Mancelona Herald says that another
handle fectory is contemplated at that place.
The Sheffield Velocipede Car Co., with
$100,000 capital, has just been started at
Three Rivers.
The Mackinaw Lumber Co. has begun the
erection of a large planing and shingle mill
at West Branch.
Heneka & Tousley, the Petoskey furni-
ture dealers, recently assigned, will probably
pay not to exceed 75 per cent.
Efforts are being made to establish a hard-
wood mill to cut the beech and maple to be
found in abundance near Manistique.
Cole & Stone, manufacturers of shirts,
collars and cuffs at Paw Paw, will remove
their business*to Muskegon next month.
A very heavy lumbering business has
been done in Cheboygan county this winter.
One lumberman alone employed over 500
men.
The Saginaw Manufacturing Co. has lately
turned out 100,000 grease boxes in one week,
and the factory’s capacity was not more than
one-half tested.
Messrs. Billings and Coburn, of Chicago,
and B. Hunter, of Keystone, have formed a
co-partnership and will engage in the manu-
facture of brick at the latter point.
Blume & Co., proprietors of “The Fair”
and ‘The Peoples Clothing Store,’’ at Dow-
agic, have made an assignment to John T.
Tyron. They had a branch store at Decatur.
A Saginaw grocer named Guyde set a
spring gun for burglars inside his store door.
There is evidence that somebody received a
full charge of buckshot, and the police now
have their eyes on a suspecf, who has -been
mysteriously shot in the face and hands.
The American Lumber Co., which recent-
ly failed, has commenced operations again
at Dollarville. The men have been paid off
and have gone back to work.
Druggists Protecting Themselves.
The New York Druggists’ Union have re-
solved to stand by and protect the manufac-
turers of proprietary and pharmaceutical
preparations who agree not to sell their
goods to pharmacists and druggists known
to undersell the retail price as established
by manufacturers. Under these conditions
the druggists agree to support such manu-
facturers by doing all they can to further
their interests, by refusing to sell any imita-
tions of their preparations, to notify them
promptly of any imitation which may be
offered, and to furnish the names of whole-
sale druggists who violate the agreement,
and of brokers who may sell to or purchase
for “‘sealpers” and ‘‘cutters.”’
| house walls and floors with juice.
Late Furniture Gossip.
The furniture for the new hotel at Santa
Fee, N. M., will be purthased in Grand
Rapids.
Henika & TYousley, retail furniture dealers
at Petoskey, have made an assignment to H.
C. Peister.
A. E. Palmer, chair manufacturer at Read-
ing, will move his factory to Hillsdale in the
course of a month.
Thomas Rollinson, of Watertown, N. Y.,
will open a furniture and undertaking busi-
ness at Port Huron. :
The following wholesome advice, volun-
teered by a valued correspondent of the
American Furniture Gazette, of Chicago,
is particularly applicable to this State, where
the craze to create new furniture factories
has lately developed into a mania: ‘I think
there is a good deal more danger to be fear-
ed this year from over production than from
politics. The calm joyousness and confidence
with which the owners of back-woods saw-
mills are rushing into furniture making, will
soon, it appears to me, create a large de-
mand for sack-cloth and ashes. This*is’a
>| big country, and can take a great deal of
furniture, but there isa limit to its furni-
ture absorbing capacity, which limit must
be pretty nearly reached. In the meantime
dozens of men who have a water power, a
circular-saw, a planer, and a cheap lumber
supply, have got an insane notion that there’s
millions in the furniture business, and are
rushing into it by wholesale. Their aggre-
gate capacity isn’t so very great, perhaps, but
they are turning out enough poor goods at
cheap prices to demoralize things if the game
is kept up. Those thinking of enlarging or
of starting new in furniture making—espec-
ially common goods—and who are at the
same time in search of good advice should
not overlook Punch’s advice to those about
to marry :—’ Don’t.’ ”
See ra
Influence of a Political Year on Tobacco Con-
sumption.
“There will be 25 per cent. more tobac-
co chewed this year than ordinarily,” said a
jobber whose cognomen is suggestive of
physical prowess.
‘How do you make that out?” asked THE
TRADESMAN’S tobacco reporter.
“For the reason that during periods of ex-
citement people use more of the weed than
usual. Old duffers who would under other
circumstances be at work at home, and do
without tobacco altogether, or at least use it
sparingly, seek the corner grocery or the
village tavern to discuss the political situa-
tion with associates—and ‘chaw’. Rural
patriots who goto bed at 8 -o’clock three
years out of four hie themselves away toa
‘perlitical meetin’? and ornament the school
In this
way, they chew about three hours longer
than usual, and being under more or less
excitement, chew vigorously.”
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Fruit and Nuts.
On account of the ruinously low prices
ruling on oranges for the past two or three
weeks, the imparters have nearly stopped
shipping and the result is a scarcity of fruit;
and a sharp advance and better prices are
now looked for from this time forward.
Lemons are also doing better and prices are
firm at a small advance. Nuts are firm and
steady, with the exception of Brazils, which
are lower.
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Dealers or others in want of a fine car-
riage, buggy or delivery wagon should not
fail to call and see specimens of the work of
the Spiral Spring Buggy Co., at the corner
of East Bridge and Ottawa streets. Those
who are unable to come to the city will
be supplied with descriptive circulars
and price lists, on application.
Rare Opportunity.
I offer for Sale my Entire Stock, consist-
ing of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Grocer-
ies, etc., together with the Good Will of a
Thriving Business, and will Lease my Store
to the purchaser of the Stock at a reasona-
ble price,—the best location in the village.
Lalso offer my Grain Elevator,—size 20x
44,—with Steam Power and Cleaner, with a
capacity of 4,000 bushels, all in good condi-
tion and doing a paying business.
My reasons for selling are entirely satis-
factory, and this offer presents a rare onpor-
tunity for an energertic man with moderate
capital to invest in a well-established busi-
ness.
M. A. HANCE,
Bellevue, Mich.
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ESALE GROCERS.
44, 46 and 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
—WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR
Nimrod, Acorn, Chel, Crescent & Ret Seal Plug Tobaccos.
Our stock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups is Always Complete,
—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—
Tobpaccos, Vinegars and Spices
OUR MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN AND MAN.”
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
GOOD FUR CAPS, $22.50 PER DOZEN,
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EVERY ONE
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Hat and Gap Store!
FRICES GUARANTEED
AS LOW AS CHICAGO AND NEW YORK!
WOOL HATS, $4.50 AND UPWARDS
GENUINE FUR HATS, $13.50 AND UPWARDS.
——LARGE LINE OF —
EZEmported Scotch Caps,
umbermen’s Goods,
Mackinaw Shirts cw Drawres.
——AGENCY FOR THE——
Pontiac Fulled Mitts, Socks and Boots!
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Clothing and Gents Furnishing Coods.
DUCK OVERALLS, THREE POCKETS, $3.50 PER DOZEN.
(ts Terms—7 per cent. off in 10 days; 5 per cent. in 30 days; net in 60 days.
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Fruit & Produce at Wholesale
Choice Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Mince Meat, Maple
Syrup, Jellies, Buckwheat Flour, and Foreign and
Domestic Fruits and Vegetables.
Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.
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