The Michigan Tradesman. ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1884. ¢ fo \ we fe a & " 4 a 7. s% v - _ GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. YOU CAN BUY Withers Dade & Co’s Old Fashioned, Hand Made, Sour Mash WHISKEY —ONLY OF— Hazeltine, Perk & CO. The finest brand of goods in the market, and specially selected for the Drug Trade. Their Drogeists’ Favorite Kye Also has a very large sale and gives univer- sal satisfaction. Send for Sample and Pri- ces. KEMINK, JONES & 00, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Ete. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF ES EI MIN EN’S “Red Bark Bitters” AND— The Oriole Manniacturing Co, 42 West Bridge Street, MICHIGAN. GRAND RAPIDS, - HEADQUARTERS! —FOR— Sporting Goods —AND— OUT DOOR GAMES, Base Ball Goods, Marbles, Tops, Fishing Tackle, Croquet, Lawn Tennis, Indian Clubs, Dumb Bells, Boxing Gloves. We wish the Trade to notice the fact that we are Headquarters on these G00ds And are not to be undersold by any house in the United States. Our Trade Mark Bats —ARE THE- BEST AND CHEAPEST In the Market. (@ Send for our New Price List for 1884. Order a Sample Lot Before Placing a Large Order. BATON, LYON & ALLEN, 2% and 22 Monroe Street, “SOMETHING CHEAPER.” The Greatest Obstacle to Mercantile Progress. The insatiable desire for “something cheaper,” which is the prominent peculiar- ity of these times, is worth the serious con- sideration of all merchants and producers. This condition proceeds from the necessity of having something to offer below the market price, before a sale can be effected. In other words the seller has to tempt the buyer. The result is that nothing is con- sidered cheap if there isa possibility of its being sold cheaper, and this holds good without regard to what the goods cost. But it is extremely doubtful if goods are cheap to the public when sold below cost of pro- duction. A panic in prices is simply the re- sult of selling goods below cost, and the public always suffers from a panic; only the few get any advantage. But the question will arise here, “What is Cost?” for after all cheapness is only comparative. ‘‘What is Cost?” and ‘‘What is Value?” are the same question, and from time to time immemorial the question of a measure of value has been discussed. Most political economists have argued that gold is the measure or basis of value; but recently Henry George seems to have created a strong doubt by making land the basis. It seems now to be tacitly ad- mitted that gold is not a measure of value. If a barrel of flour is exchanged for seven gold American dollars, it is a question of dispute whether the flour is bought with the gold or the gold is bought with the flour. Of course, whichever is the measure of value purchased the other. Which is value or which represents value? What is value? There is but one thing of value in the world to mankind, and that is life. ““Self-preservation is the first law of nature.” Therefore, what will sustain life is the first measure of value; this is “food.” The cost of a sufficient amount of food to supporta man fora day is the value of that man’s time for that day. If he bea married man the cost of sustenance for his wife and three children must be added to it. That is the average family. If enforced to idleness by sickness or lack of employment, the cost of sustenance must be added to the cost value of what he produces when at work. If he has to assist the orphans of a brother, if he has to help to support those who, either from physical weakness, the idleness that wealth produces, or the police service of government and armies, the expense of all these things must be added, and not one jot or title can be withheld without destroying some of the real value by starvation. If he lives ina land which requires more time and labor to produce sufficient for daily sus- tenance than would be gotten in another climate, a given quantity of what he pro- duces will be more valuable than if it were produced in the shorter time, or with less labor in the other land. Thus, if rice be the food of Asia and the yield from a day’s labor on a piece of ground be sufficient to sustain life for six days, and wheat be the food of America and the yield from a day’s labor be sufficient to give sustenance for three days, it would not be possible for Asia and America to compete in the same mar- kets, as the measures of value are primarily different. We could follow this further in regard to the absolute requirements of the man in the colder climate to make him as comfortable as the worker in the milder zone, all of which must be added to the cost of life; but it would lead us too far from our purpose. We wish to show .that it would not be well for the people of that colder clime to bring the goods from Asia to compete with their own productions, unless by some means they were made to cost the value of their own goods. Though the rice might be sold at half the price of the wheat, plus the transportation, and would sustain life twice as long as the same quantity of wheat, it would not be cheap to a people whom it deprived of occupation in the rais- ing of wheat. This inequality is found not only in international commerce butin the conditions of localtrade. Ifthe value ofa man’s subsistence is one bushel of wheat per day in New York State, anything that it will require of him one day’s time to make, will be worth that in his market, whether it be produced by human labor or not. If sold below that value it will not be cheap, for it will not secure sustenance to the producer. Thus, if one man with a machine would produce ten bushels of wheat in a day, that wheat would be worth the living of ten men and could not be sold cheaper. But if the nine, in- stead of standing idle, produce other things, they must be used as luxuries, still worth the wheat value of the time they require to produce, and if they introduced machines to préduce these luxuries the latter would still be worth the same cost and must be ex- changed on that basis, or would remain un- used, would soon block the market, would deprive the man of occupation, would react on the very necessaries of life and would re- sult in food being very dear to him at half the value of a day’s labor. Plainly when we over-produce we must over-consume, and what is sacrificed as cheap is in reality very dear to the whole people; whereas, if we attempt to over-conspme, so to speak, we are only enjoying luxuries; we are keeping the balance of trade among ourselves; we are », heads, “for a high pecuniary recompense,” i giving outward evidence of mental progress; | we are driving the curse of physical labor once more from the garden of the Earth. And cheapness, that is, selling below cost, is the greatest obstacle in the way of proper progress, for we do not live to labor, but we labor to live. —_—_<>- <> COMMERCIAL BUTTER. A Plea for the Inspection of the Manufac- tured Article. Grand Rapids, April 15, 1884. Epiror TRADESMAN:—Your exhaustive review of butter imitations in last week’s paper covers many points which had never come to my notice, but in my opinion there are several features which should be spoken of in this connection. Noone denies that fat or butter is a necessity for our system: the man who exercises his muscular strength needs it as much as the man who uses his brain power; but children need it most, for their growth depends on it. Inhabitants of some climates demand it more than others. Those of Michigan city are greatly in want of it, and consequently consume large amounts of butter. Butter in the first instance is made from the milk of the cow, and that was sufficient in former times for {the popu- lation; but the increase of cows has not kept pace with the increase of population, and the milk of a large number of the cows that are at our disposal is used up to a far greater extent for daily consumption. But- ter, therefore, rose in price and could not be had by the people, who gain but small rewards for their exertions. Paris, that cannot live without butter, cried out the loudest, and the Mege Mouries method was then invented to turn the consolidated fat of the beef back again into a fluid, fatty sub- stance, mix it with milk and make artificial butter from it. Any one who is without prejudice will own that there is nothing nasty or unhealthy about this. There were not enough cows in the world to supply the cream for the butter. Cows could not even be maintained at a cost that would allow butter to be made at a sufiiciently low cost to be bought by the poor or the moderate wage earner, and yet the system of both needed the supply of fat as much, if not more, than the rich. Why should the for- mer not have recourse to a healthy, artificial product at half the cost? That is the real economic position of the case. Oleomargar- ine and butterine have become a necessity for the people and no law can stop it. Neither the French President nor Bismark can stop American pork for all time, because the people need it and must have it, and Lyons is already revolting against the decree. Eng- land learned the lesson best. It allows American bacon to come in and oleomargar- ine and butterine to be eaten, because it dare not withhold necessary food from its people. So much for the economic part of the question; now for the scientific and sanitary. The adulterations of food and drink are abominable here and elsewhere, and demand the strictest inquiry, but butter is not the worst by any means—in fact, if butter is sold as butter, and oleomargarine be sold as commercial butter, which is not a disagree able name, the case is met. The fatty sub- stances in butter possess volatile oils that give it its aromatic taste. This cannot be given to oleomargarine and butterine, but these very volatile oils turn also sooner ran- cid. If clean beef fat or lard alone be used, and the proper method, such as the Mege Mouries, is employed for purification and condensation, if, then, this clean and healthy article is sold at a much lower price, and the poor man can get the fatty;substance he needs, the public is served well. But. the Legislature should enact that ‘Inspection of all manufacturing places for ‘commercial butter’ is necessary.””> And when about it the Legislature might inspect hundreds of other food, drink and drug articles, and par- tleularly some of the dairy farms whence we get our§ much-belauded butter. So great an interest as that of the dairy should be respected and protected, but not against the interests of the people. When England abolished the barn laws and ad- mitted American wheat free, and when it introduced American wheat, it did so against the interests of the farmers and for the interests of the people. America is just getting into the same position. If the farm- ers can produce a cheap butter from their cows, we need no artificial butter; but if they cannot, their interests must give way to those of the people at large. They can and should hereafter be protected by not al- lowing ‘commercial butter’? to be sold as real butter; andon the other hand the people’s interests can be protected by strict- ly inspecting the places where the latter is manufactured. Ciry SUBSCRIBER. —-—_—~<»—-9- <> ——__—_—— The Gazette Medicale de V Algerie calls at- tention to a great number of facts which ap- pear to show that cider drinkers are not troubled with stone in the bladder, and that patients having this affection are either cured or greatly relieved by that bever- age. f A patent medicine manufacturer advertis- es for bald men who are willing to ‘have ad- vertisements painted on the tops of their THE FRUIT TRADE. Some of the Frauds that Should Be Aban- doned, All kinds of fruit except those produced in tropical or semi-tropical countries, such as oranges, bananas, and pineapples, have com- manded a higher price in the market during the past few years than ever before. Even the common, large domestic fruits, asaapples, pears, and peaches, have brought very high prices. The like has been the case with most kinds of berries and currents. Few large cities have been supplied with them so plentifully that persons of small means could obtain good articles at anything like moderate prices. Enterprising traders have reached somewhat inaccessible places during the past few years in search of the fruit raised there. Most of the wild fruits of the country have had a fair commercial value, so that persons in the vicinity of cranberry marshes and patches of raspberries and blackberries have made money in picking and packing them. With the increasing prices of fruits of all kinds has come the dis- position to employ deception in putting them up to send to market. Sometimes dealers themselves have surpassed the raisers and shippers in the frauds they have practiced. The size of packages has been cut down. Apples and pears have been packed in bar- rels holding but two bushels. In fact some of the so-called ‘“‘pony’”? barrels have not held that amount. Peaches have been pack- ed in boxes much smaller than the regula- tion size, while the baskets that contained them have been of a shape to deceive the purchasers in regard to the amount of the contents. These baskets have generally been colored with red gauze so as to give the peaches a fine appearance. The boxes con- taining berries have been greatly reduced in size, so that those alleged to hold a quart in reality contain but little more than a pint. In the case of all these packages: a few large and fine specimens have been placed on top, while the remainder of the space has been filled with small and very inferior specimens. In many cases fruit partially decayed or worm-eaten has been used to fill part of the space. With some expensive fruits, as quinces and plums, paper has been employed to fill the bottom of the package. In no department of trade has fraud been so generally employed as in the trade in fruits. Similar frauds in the trade in flour, grain, fish, and meats or in other articles used for food would have called out legislation and caused litigation. Frauds have not been limited to fresh fruits packed in boxes, erates, and bas- kets. They have extended to fruits treated for preservation and placed in tin cans. Glucose has been substituted for common sugar, a large amount of water has been used, and in many cases unripe fruit has been put up. The canners in several cities purchase fruit in a condition to be condemned by the health authorities if offered to ordinary cus- tomers. The frauds in the manufacture of jams and jellies have been glaring. Gela- tine has been extensively employed to take the place of fruit pulp. Various dyes have been used to impart an attractive color. The people in foreign countries to which our fresh and canned fruit has been sent com- plain of its quality. Some of our consuls in Japan state that large quantities of Ameri- can canned fruit were formerly sold there, but that recently the trade has fallen off very greatly on account of its inferiority and the frauds practiced in packing. A like state of things has been reported in France. Amer- ican apples bring much less in the English markets than the same varieties packed in Canada. During the past few years many apples raised in the United States have been taken to the Dominion and packed before sending them to England. Few branches of business long succeed or continue to be renumerative in which fraud is practiced. There is little reason to believe that the raisers, shippers, or dealers in fruits gain pecuniarily by the frauds they practice. If they gain by a single transaction, they “José in the long run.” A gentleman who watched the markets in this city very atten- tentively states that he is convinced that honesty paid in the fruit business. Fruit of uniform size and quality that throughout the season was placed in packages of the dimen- tions required to hold a full barrel, bushel, peck or quart never failed to find a purchas- er on its arrival who was willing to pay a high price for it. Inferior fruit, packed so as to make it appear good, and placed in packages smaller than the regulation size, often failed to find a purchaser till it was in great danger of spoiling, and was then dis- posed of at a low price. It costs as much to ship and sell the poor fruit as the good, and the money received for it was much smaller in amount. During the seasons when there is a large amount of any kind of perishable fruit raised only that which is of good qual- ity and placed in full-sized packages brings a high price. Very superior fruit of any kind is almost certain to bring a high price, even if there is a large amount of common or inferior fruit on the market. Fruit-raisers who will use their best endeavors to obtain a reputation for honesty in packing and shipping fruit will not be losers. By putting their names on the packages they send to market they will be assured of steady cus- tomers. They will command the highest prices and be sure of steady sales. Produc- ers who wish to gain a reputation can find a promising field in the fruit tarde. Consider Thy Purse. Met L. Saley in The Current. Financial questions are not clearly under- stood by the majority. Few people even can handle money so it will make more than legal interest. Present ten men with ten thousand dollars each, and it migbt be possi- ble for them all to engage in trade, and thereby make fair profits, while not one of them might be able to operate outside of purely mercantile channels and make any profit at all. The best that most people can do is to permit others to handle their money and pay a percentage for its use. While all recognize the power of money, many, it is to be regretted, do not consider its worth. Its purchasing power should be more appreciated. It will buy anything from a toothpick to a town—clothes, “hur rah” at the polls, the best pew in chureh,- sometimes a wife, and at ‘anytime a husband. None of us would be happy unless we had some of these. It is often remarked that money will not buy friends. In one sense that may be admitted. One cannot obtain friends of a high type simply by paying for them with dollars and cents; yet a provident man wins friends who, by no means, are of a menial kind, when otherwise he would not have them. Wetake the most delight in helping those who help themselves. When a man has the proper self-respect he wins the respect and esteem of others, and no man hns proper self-respect who does not look out for himself. This fact, by the young is liable to be overlooked. It is a discredit to a man to spend his money foolishly. Many a young man thinks it gives him an elevated standing in the eyes of society if he scatters his money with a lavish hand. It does not, except in the eyes of the poorest kind of society. It is evidence that he is not rightly balanced. That for which we give our strength and youth we should retain, if possible. Money is the rec- ompense for labor, and labor consumes our youth. The result should not be frittered away. Both the ability to make money and the disposition to save itare highly commenda- ble. People say, every day: “If 1 were able, I would do so and so.” They then re- alize what they lose by not being able. Few men have reached middle age without having seen chances to engage in promising enter- prises except for lack of capital—capital that they would not stand in need of had they been saving. Every right-minded man must be sick of listening to the flings that are made at rich men, simply because they are rich. It is re- buking ecomomy and thrift, for few men, however large their income, became rich un- less they possess these qualities. Let it be retained in mind, too, that ;the profligacy of the many makes the few rich. If every man and woman would saveall that he or she could, there would be less money to flow in- to the coffers of the “bloated bondholders.” There are a dozen persons, who do not prac- tice the habit of saving, to one who does, consequently the money from the dozen pockets is gradually going into the_one. No matter how small a salary a man _ gets he should make an effort to save a portion of it, and, barring sickness or other misfortune, he can usually do it. The savings of one week may be small, but the savings of many count up. Saving may be an effort at first, but finally it becomes easy, and not only easy but a pleasure. It does not call for stinginess or meanness. It calls for self-denial and thoughtfulness. Money is the right-hand assistant of the nobler aspirations of humanity. The rich good man is of more account in the world than the poor good man. Theformer is he who builds hospitals, schools, churches and galleries of art. The plans and desires of the other stop short of fruition. It is to be regretted that there are no re- positories in which people can place small sums and feel their money is absolutely safe. There is a general feeling of distrust against savings banks, particularly in the West. A gentleman recently said to the writer that he made weekly deposits in an_ institution, now defunct, until he had nearly five hun- dred dollars to his eredit, but that since the bank went down, about ten years ago, he had not saved acent. He felt that he might better spend his money than give a default- ing bank cashier or president the benefit of it. This is a feeling that many have. Money in the pockets of some burn straight through them. It is only safe when it is out of reach. It seems tome that the Govern- ment could hardly do more for the people than by establishing postal savings banks. The Government could not pay more than a low rate interest, but the rate of interest is not the prime question. The object is for depositors to feel that their principal is safe. A high rate of interest cuts no figure with the careful investor if it hazards the princi- pal. Such an act on the part of the Govern- ment would not only encourage, but create, habits of prudence. Millions of dollars that are now squandered would be saved yearly. Somehow the belief is growing that years hence the average man will not be able to earn a dollar as easily as he can now.» Pop- ulation will increase. Competition will be sharper. The inventive genius of man is never at rest, and the more it is exercised ‘in pointing out the property which the easier the necessities and luxuries of life| Call and see us. Calkins Bros. are produced. There are not the chances of money-making in staid old Boston that there are in rushing Chicago; one reason being that Boston islike an old man’s frame— settled. So, in time, will be Chicago and the other cities in the West to a much great- er extent than they are now. The country is richer to-day than it ever was before, but the army of idle men does not decrease. There will be richer men than now, and poorer ones. This is not a pleasant belief, but it is one born of logic. The only time to catch water from the clouds is when it rains. ————~< -@-

-4 <> -—— Proposition to Settle in Anticipation. Benj. T. Halstead, attorney for N. G. Burt, of Cross Village, writes the latter’s ereditors as follows: N. G. Burt, of Cross Village, insolvent, is expecting some assistance from friends, and instructs me to propose to his creditors a settlement on the basis of 35 per cent. cash on all claims against him. I do not think the assets of the estate will reach that sum, as the stock must necessar- ily be sold at a great sacrifice, and many of the notes and accounts are hardly worth the expenses of collection. I shall be pleased tohear from you with reference to this proposition at an early day. As this is considered a fair offer, all things considered, the proposition will prob- ably be accepted. >_< —_____ To the general press the public go for news. To the trade organs the producer, the dealer, the commercial traveler, and others, turn for information in regard to trade and commerce in which each is partic- ularly interested, and all are posted accord- ing to their needs. ———_—_ >_< The druggists of Charlotte, N.C., have entered into an agreement not to cut the prices of proprietary goods, but to sell at the regular rates. AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. J. H. Toren, formerly in trade at Jenni- sonville, contemplates re-engaging in trade in this city. Eno F. Brown has engaged in the grocery business at Grant Station. Arthur Meigs-& Co. furnished the stock. Chas. Miller & Son have engaged in the drug business at Douglass. Hazeltine, Per- kins & Co. furnished the stock. H. Van Kammen has engaged in_ the gro- cery business at Grandville. Shields, Bulk- ley & Lemon furnished the stock. John Otis, of Pine Lake, was in town last week and purchased a carload of groceries of John Caulfield for the Pine Lake Iron Co. F. J. Lamb & Co. have purchased the block in which they are located, and now oc- cupy both stores, Nos. 8 and 10 Ionia street. It is stated that Martin L. Sweet dropped $8,000 on the recent decline in wheat. All the millers here were caught for considerable amounts. The boys on thg road are authority for the statement that M. UH. Treusch offers the Morton House block at a low rental to a de- sirable tenant. A. A. Watkins has bought the store build- ing of A. C. Bachelder, at Clarion, and pur- chased a grocery stock of John Caulfield this week. In the eight years that H. F. Hastings has been in the grocery brokerage business in this city, he has sold over $15,000,000 worth of goods, and made but one loss, $200. D. C. Underwood is building a $4,000 dwelling on the corner of Wealthy and Paris avenues. He expects to have it completed and ready for occupancy about June 1. Graham & Sweeney, formerly engaged in the grocery business at Wayland, have en- gaged in the same business at Hopkins, pur- chasing a complete new stock of Arthur Meigs & Co. Dr. A. J. Collar and W. D. Neville, of Detroit, have formed a co-partnership under the firm name of A. J. Collar & Co., and en- gaged in the drug business at Reed City. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. furnished the stock. Frank L. Orcutt, formerly with F. J. Lamb & Co., later with Iva O. Green, has formed a co-partnership with the former un- der the firm name of Orcutt & Co., and en- gaged in the wholesale produce business at Muskegon. The “A. Giddings, Agt.”? stock at Sand Lake was sold on John Caulfield’s mortgage, and bid in by that gentleman at $1,875. The amount of his claim is about $1,100, and the balance will be held to the credit of other creditors. The attachment levied against the stock and real estate of Jackson Coon, at Rock- ford, by R. & J. Cummings, of Toledo, was dissolved in the United States Court here Monday. Motions for dissolving the other attachments will be argued to-day and Fri- day. Grand Rapids boasts the only clergyman on the road, in the person of Rey. George Whitworth, an ofdained Methodist minister, who is now a traveling representative for Foster, Stevens & Co. He was eompelled to leave the ministry on account of ill health, which his new life has nearly restored. J. A. Crookston, the veteran traveler for Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., has relinquished a portion of his territory, in order that he may cover a number of Northern towns in- stead. Under the new arrangement, L. M. Mills will hereafter visit Muskegon, White- hall, Montague, Shelly, Hart, Pentwater, Ludington, Manistee, and intermediate towns, in addition to his former territory. Assignee Robinson assures THE TRADES- MAN that the statement given publicity through the local press to the effect that Chickering & Kysor’s mill at Fife Lake has been started through an arrangement with the creditors, is untrue and that the mill is still idle. Negotiations are in progress, how- ever, which are likely to be consummated, in which case operations will be resumed. AROUND THE STATE. J. Hoare succeeds A. Tuttle in the bakery business at Pentwater. J. C. Dingman will shortly engage in the grocery business at Owosso. Mrs. A. Cooper has engaged in the millin- ery business at Cedar Springs. J. E. Rice, general dealer at Coopersville, is sueceeded by Rice and Lillie. Kellogg & Potter succeed to the business formerly operated at Jennisonville by J. H. Toren. T. J. Knowles has purchased the grocery stock and business of Hugh H. McKenzie at Volney. J. A. Smith succeeds C. R. Smith and Smith Bros. in the boot and shoe business at Cadillac. D. C. Griffith is closing out his stock of clothing at Nashville and filling up with a full stock of groceries. C. W. Smith has sold his grocery stock at Nashville to W. E. Buel and E. R. White, who will assume possession May 1. C. E. Ramsey, of the late grocery firm of Selkirk, Ramsey & Morrill, at Kalkaska, has purchased the book business of A. A. Ab- bott, at that place. Smith & Deitz, druggists and grocers at Cadillac, have dissolved, Albert E. Smith succeeding. Mr. Dietz will remain in the store for the present. I. N. Harter, of Woodland, has purchased the Warner Bros.’ stock of groceries at the same place and moved his stock of drugs to the building lately occupied by them. C. Crawford, of Caledonia, has sold his drug stock and business to Nagler & Beeler, formerly of Barry county. Mr. Crawford will take a needed respite from business cares, and re-engage in trade again in the fall. STRAY FACTS. Cahoon & Dane have engaged laundry business at Ionia. H. O. Rose, of Petoskey, will burn 40,- 000 barrels of lime this year. Cody Bros., hotel and saloon at Lake City, are succeeded by John Cody. Torch lake is to havea shingle mill and a stave and handle factory this summer. Gale Bros., Eaton Rapids, have sold out and will start a hardware store in Owosso. Elk Rapids is to have a new hardware store, grocery store, several millinery stores, etc. Robt. Donovan has purchased the furni- ture stock of Ruggles & Weston, Charlotte, from the assignee. The D. P. Beckwith Stove Works will likely move from Dowagiac to Battle Creek. Kalamazoo lost them by not putting up a bonus. An Elmira correspondent writes: ‘Elmira is booming. Much property is changing hands, and there is more building than ever this spring” Stephen Haight has sold a half interest in his furniture store at Saranac to O. J. Bretz, of Odessa. The firm name will be changed to Haight & Bretz. Charlevoix Sentinel: The harness shop of J. E. Wood & Co. has been sold out to E. B. Hodge, of Traverse City. Mr. Wood re- mains in the shop. W.S. Mesick, a Mancelona attorney, has purchased a tract of land and a number of business lots at Bellaire, and is throwing his influence to boom the town. The Michigan & Ohio Railroad will run its cars into Muskegon from Allegan, over the Chicago & West Michigan track. This will give Muskegan direct connection with Toledo, and a new outlet for lumber. Petoskey Democrat: lL. Bauerle, of Chi- cago, has been in Petoskey the last week looking up a location for a factory to manu- facture wooden vinegar measures, faucets, tunnels, ete. He thinks of locating here within the next two months. A. I. Beckley, a cabinetmaker at Battle Creek, has applied for a patent on an ingen- ious cot bedstead. Its principal point is the remarkably small space in which it can be folded up. In the fall Mr. Beckley will erect a factory in which to manufacture. Traverse City Herald: C. A. Hammond, cashier of the First National Bank at Whitehall, has been here during the week, looking over the ground for the establish- ment of a national bank at this place. De- troit parties would be largely interested. ——_——— i oe _ Friends of Prof. C. G. Swensberg write him in.a sympathizing strain, the tenor of their letters being that as it is incompatible with an honest man to be a miller, he must of necessity have deserted the habit of his boyhood and the ruling principle of his life. Mr. Swensberg, however, proposes to dem- onstrate the fact that there is not inconsist- ency between a miller and an honest man, and his management of the Valley City Milling Co. will be watched with interest. in the White Star Potatoes. We have a quantity af choice White Star Potatoes, grown by D. M. Ferry & Co., which we offer to the trade at $2 per 3 bush- el barrel, and no charge for barrel. SEED STORE, 91 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. I am handling a choice grade of butterine, at 20 cents a pound, which I guarantee to give satisfaction. Orders promptly filled. E. Fallas, wholesale dealer in butter and eggs, 125 and 127 Canal street, Grand Rapids. C. E. Watson, formerly with Eaton, Lyon & Allen, now with S. A. Maxwell & Co., Chicago, same line, will be at the New Eagle, Apr. 21st, 22nd and 23d. Blobson speaks of butterine manufacture as a great and growing oleogarchy. Calkins Bros. can supply dealers with fishing tackle at bottom prices. The best finish for walls is Boralumine. Buy it and try it. ee He Took the Whisky. From the Philadelphia Call. Doctor—Have you got the better of the ague yet? Patient—-No, sor. bad as iver, sor. Dector—Did you get that whisky and qui- nine I prescribed? Patient —Yis, sor, but it did no good at all, at all. Doctor—That is strange! You took it ac- cording to the directions, I suppose? Patient—Yis, sor; ye know a man and his wife are one. Doetor—What has that to do with it? Patient—Well, ye see, sor, bein’ as we are one flesh, I tuk the whisky and gave Betty the quinine. Me and me wife is as SLOW PAYING DEALERS, The Indifference of Some Merchants to Their Credit. A Canal street confectioner was recently seen by THE TRADESMAN’Ss credit reporter pouring over a number of letters he had been writing, and looking very red in the face, as though he might have felt like swearing, but was kept from it by a strong moral determination. Upon being question- ed as to the occasion of his agitation, he -re- plied: “T am often ashamed of myself for the kind of letters I have to write to some of our customers, but I can’t helpit. There are any number of country merchants who pay no attention to a statement and have to be written to from one toa dozen times before we can geta reply. These letters you see here are to men who have been written to seven and eight times, and, as you would suppose, they have completely exasperated us. I sometimes feel like firing a 40 pound cannon about 10 feet from their ears, to see if we can make them hear us. A business man who has not enough busi- ness in him to reply toa statement in one way or another is not a desirable customer, and we drop all such as soon as _ possible. If a dealer writes us that he is too poor to pay an account, or is busted, we charge the amount up to profit and loss, and that ends it. But when aman compels us to spend time and postage to get some sort of an an- swer from him, we generally give him pretty sharp talk before the matter is set- tled. Such inexcusable and unbusiness- like delays tell on any man’s credit, no mat- ter how much he is worth.” “One of the worst features of the produce business,”’ said a prominent dealer in that line, ‘‘is the habit some of our customers have lately fallen into of returning goods after they have been in stock for several weeks. It is not infrequent that we are ask- ed to take back perishable goods after they have spoiled. Everything we send out is intended to be in good condition and will keep for a reasonable length of time. If it is not in proper condition when received by the party ordering, it can be returned at our expense. But after it has been in stock for a week or ten days, and allowed to spoil in the meantime, there is no good reason why we should be asked to bear the brunt of the buyer’s carelessness. And yet there are dozens of dealers who buy at this market, who are just as unreasonable as this, and who become offended if we insist upon pay- ment. To draw on them is looked upon as a mortal offense, and to place the matter in the hands of an attorney subjects us to their eternal enmity. Nevertheless, we invari- aby take the latter course, preferring the ill will of the dealer to a compromise over what we consider to be right. “Another evil in our trade is the disposi- tion of many dealers to allow a bill to ma- ture without paying any attention to it, and neglect to make any excuse for the non-pay- ment. Nine times out of ten such persons allow a draft to come back unpaid, without giving any explanation. We are always willing to accomodate a man when made aware of his circumstances, bui there is no reason why we should wait indefinitely on adummy. In dealing with our creditors, there is one invariable rule to which we are compelled to conform—the rule that we must honor every draft. We have no friendship shown us, and are seldom allow- ed rebates of any kind. The nearer we can educate our trade to this standard the better it will be for all concerned.” How To Have Good Credit. From the Commercial Enquirer. The next best thing to buying for cash is to have good credit. Itis not always those who possess the most capital that are pos- sessed of the best credit. A young man just starting in business on a limited capital can readily establish himself upon a solid foundation in this respect. Although many may differ with us in this opinion, we deem ability to buy well the first essentialin obtaining the desired standing. A man who discriminates in his purehases and only buys such goods as are readily salable, notwithstanding the tempta- tion of larger profits upon less staple arti- cles, is sure to impress those from whom he buys with a firm belief in his business abili- ty. They will naturally argue that he is as careful and conservative in other respects, and therefore a safe person to be given credit. Ifhe supplements his good buying by promptly meeting his bills at maturity he has made a further stride toward secur- ing confidence. Many men who have the money at their disposal think that it makes no difference whether they delay payments for a day or two. This isamistake. It gives them the reputation cf ‘‘slow pay,” and no matter how sure they may be itis an element of distrust of them. At some time when they may really be in financial straits it will come against them. Then, again, when a merchant sells a bill of goods on say thirty days’ time toa man whom he knows will not pay until he has been sent a statement or two asa gentle reminder, it is clearly evident that an extra charge must be made for the goods. The “slow pay” man is thus placed at a disadvantage as compared with his prompt competitor. Under the present system of buying in small lots for temporary requirements, a man of limited capital is afforded an excep- tionally good opportunity. If he cannet meet his bills promptly, it argues that he is not sufficiently acquainted with the wants of his customers and is carrying a load of unsalable goods, is doing too large a_ credit business, or else lives beyond his means. Any of these would, of course, injure him seriously in the eyes of those from whom he buys and his credit would become im- paired. We would, therefore, urge upon all those desiring to establish a good credit the neces- sity for buying judiciously and always mak- ing a point of meeting their bills, no matter how small they may be, upon the day of maturity. Bearing these two factors in mind, they are sure to gain a strong hold upon those from whom they purchase their goods. <_< _____- The T.ck-Makers’ Combination. From the Boston Commercial Bulletin. The manufacture of tacks is practically a Massachusetts monopoly. There are three large tack factories in Taunton, one in Sand- wich, two in South Abington, onein Brock- ton, one in Holliston, one in Orange, one in Haverhill and about as many more concerns in various towns in this State. They are combined under the title of the Central Manufacturing Company, with headquarters at Boston. The production and selling prices of the factories are regulated by this company, and the trade is thus controlled. There is very little opportunity for any competing concern in Massachusetts, as the outside manufac- turer could be crushed out by the combina- tion. Western competition has been some- times met by the purchase of the competing work. The purchase of the tack factory of S. P. Hollister, of Pittsburg, Penn., a few weeks since is a case in point. It has been erroneously stated that the purchase was made by a syndicate of East- ern capitalists, who intended to abandon the works and take the machinery East, and that a number of Pittsburgers were interest- ed in the purchase. The works were bought by the tack combination of this city. The machinery has not been removed, but will, it is understood, be allowed to remain idle at.the works. A double purpose will be served by this course. The closed fac- tory and the idle machines will undoubtedly have a tendency to discourage the starting up of another factory; and should another factory be started, the machinery could be used by the combination to make the compe- tition unprofitable. ——___ > ¢-_—__..___ The paragraph ‘“‘We Solicit the Dealer’s Trade, not the Consumer’s” was omitted by mistake from Foster, Stevens & Co.’s adver- tisement last week. This is a cardinal prin- ciple of the house. If they cannot sell the dealer, they will not sell every consumer, preferring to take their chances at securing the dealers’s favors in this manner in the fu- ture. HARDWARE GOODS, Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. inves Old style... 020.2. dis 50 ING EE ©. CO.) 03... ole dis 5b IDOUGIASA oo oe dis 5 0 IRIGECOS) oo dis 50 Smeliges ea eo ce dis 50 @OOk Ss 22.5... et nee -dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine................ eee dis 7) Jennings’, imitation...,...:......2....- dis40&10 BALANCES. Sri ese ae dis 25 BARROWS. RIGOR 6s $ 15 00 Garden. 2... 188 net 36 00 BELLS. TEU ee dis $ 60&10 COW oe dis 60 @ia ee eee dis 15 Gone ee, dis 20 Door, Sarwent..... a dis 5d BOLTS. BCOMCt es ee dis $ 40 Carriage and Tire, old list............ dis 80&20 WIOWE ee oe ee dis 30&10 Sleieh Shoe. ge. dis 50&15 Cast Barrel Bolts.:...........:....... dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts............ 0... dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square Spring................... dis 55 @ast Chaim dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&1 Wrought Square i... ............ 26. dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob HMWISR 22s... eee es 50&10&10 Eves OOr 2. oe a a dis 50&10 BRACES. Barber soo dis $ 40 IPGCIUS fc ae. dis 50 SPOMOrd ooo ek. dis 50 TS ee esses dis net BUCKETS. WOH pla se yee $ 400 Well BWIVEl (3 203 eee 4 50 BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 7 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht Loose Pin.................. dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver tipped 6 dis 60& 5 Wrought able. ...0.-. ccc... ee ce dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wroneht Brass. : 26... lo ee. dis 65&10 Blind: Clowes... 5.0. dis 70&10 Bin Barkers o.oo eke dis 70&10 Blind; Shepard's: ......... 7060... dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 CAPS. by Sg ce per m $ 65 FRGIIS @ UR i ee 60 Gees 85 IMNISICCG 22 a 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 Central bire.... 5c se ee dis ly CHISELS. BOCKSE HIPMOP. foo. dis 65&10 Socket Praming. .... 0.0.0.5 5. cece cess dis 65&10 Soewet Commer)... 6... sic eS dis 65&10 Socket Slicks....:.......... Eoceveu cos dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 OO eee net COMBS. OGurry, Lawrence's... .. 2. 2206.) dis: 33% HIOCERKISS . oes) ee dis 25 COCKS. Brass, Racking s—. ...... 6.6... coe. ee ke 40&10 SIDI ee oe crea ae 49&10 BBCP ee a 40&10 UGUS. c5 toot aie os oes ea cee dee hue es 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ es 49 tb 37 14x52; 14x56, 14 X60... 5. eo ee a 39 DRILLS. Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk................. dis 30 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 in...... coesy gcse doz net 31 10 COPTURREOE 6.5 ies ie cdc a dis 20&10 Adjustable’. ........ 06. ec ee ceee esses Gis 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 FILES. . American File Association List...... dis 40&10 PUSAUNES 202 ee dis 40&10 New PIBGMICAN.. ... dis 40&10 INIOHOINOIN Ri occ dis 40&10 HOUGES 0.2 dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 3346 , | GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. Mayerle & COs. dis 15 Kip Beas sn ig oe dis 25 Wermes & Plumb’s...... dis 30. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......... 30 ¢ list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand “wo wet HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction is ¥ lampion, anti-friction.............. Ss Midder. wood tra k=... dis 0 HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2.3... 5..0 000000 dis 60 f State ean te ee no seen per doz, net, 2 50 f Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 54 14 und longer... a 4 25 Screw Hook and Eye, WG a net 10% Screw Hook and Eye %....0.0001 0! net 84 Screw Hook and Eye %............_. net er Screw Hook and Eye, %........... . net "i Perap and Eee dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware....... 30& gupduned Tin Ware............ ee Granite Iron Ware..................... ; 25 HOES. Grub 1 cae ee ioe $11 00, dis oe Grub Hee 11 50, dis 40 GURU On oes ge 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... &2 00, dis 60 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- Mings... .:. a eee ase list, 7 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 60 HVGMIRGIEG 2230000 dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfe. Co.’s reduced list dis 60 Mallory, Wheelng & €o-s...... 2. dis 60 BEAMIORUS 8 dis 60 INOEWaIKis:. 0 2 dis 60 LEVELS. Stantey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.......... dis 45 ~ Coffee, P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 45. Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45 Gotiee, Hnterprise:.. dis 25 MATTOCKS. WS ONG ons eyesore ee cs $16 00 dis 40&10 Hunt Eye Oe ue ay eu $15 00 dis 40&10 é RUS $18 50 dis 20 & 10 js NAILS. Common, Brad and Fencing. MOchit® G0... 8 keg $2 60 s 8d and 9d a : »5 al 1g Giamdkid adv. 50 MOON OG AV. 75 Se ROVENCG. 8 1 50 SENG AGVENEE...... 2... 3 00 Clmehuails ade... 1 %5 Finishing (Wd 8d Ga 4a Size—inches { 3 2% 2 1% Adv. ® keg $1 25 150 1%5 200 MOLLASSES GATES. Scenbin Ss Pattern = = dis 70 Stebbin’s Genwine .. dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. 2... dis 50 Brass OF COPPEP...../.........2..5. dis 40 IRGRNG@E 26.0 per gross, $12 net @lrStead’s .... 6... 50 PLANES. 4 @bio Nool Co's; fancy... ........ dis 15 SeiokwBeneh.-......... dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, faney.... ......... dis 15 Beneh: flusiquality.................. 4. dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS, Fry, Acme.. ee dis 40&10 Common, polished. ....... 22... 2.2 dis 60 PEEL D DIM 22 oe oo cee oc ce: B b 8 RIVETS. ¥ Iron and Tinned....../2.............. dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40&10 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. ‘“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 1014 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 Broken packs %ec # fb extra. ROOFING PLATES. TC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75 LX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 75 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 Ae LX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 + ROPES. Sisal, 46 In. and larger... ...-.......0..- RP 9% ESN i 15 s SQUARES. : Steel and EON... .:. 2.2. 6 8 dis 50 uyand Revels... 1.1... oe dis 50 IWEGE@: a eo26 2. dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com, > INOS 10 fo 14... $4 2 $3 26. INOS. 15 tO) Mi 62... es 4 20 3 20 INOS: 18.60 20... 2. no 2 0 3 20 INOS, 2260 28... ob ccc cee, 4 20 3 20 INOS 20 £0 26... 6. oo. ee ct 4 40 3 40 INO. SEs ooo oe os ek es ck 4 60 3 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of.600 Ibs, 8 Ib......... 22.0. , 614 7 In smaller quansities, ® fb... 2.220.002. TINNER’S SOLDER. y ING: Fe Rete... 0.2. eo 15 00 Market Half-and-half............. 2... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-halft............... 22. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Chareoals, $6 75. IC, 10x Tf, Charcoal... .........-.- 20.3: 6 50 1X, TOel4 Charcoal ...... 2.22... 5.23. 8 50 i a ood Go oe ceca, eons. 6 50 IX, mele, ONAPEGOR .. 0. ol occ 8 50 IC, 14x20,Charcoal.............. FE 6 50S IX, Tamed, Charcouwls. 3. osc e. 8 50 Pex. J4e20; Chareoal..:.. 22... a, 10 5u IXXX, 14x20, Charcool.............. . 12 50 IX XX X, 14x20, Charcoal........... soe 44 50 IX, gees. Chureoal. 9... 20... 18 00 De. 106 Plate Charcoal. ......2...... 2, 6 50 Dx, 100Plate@harcoal................2. 8 50 PPX, 100 Plate Charcoal: ... 20... 2.50. 2. 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. TRAPS. 4 \ Seee Game... . Onvida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 1% Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 ' MOtCh ISS 3 ee 60 SPS We Miz Gols. 9 ee 60 * Mouse, choker... . 2... csc. 20ce 8 doz Mouse, dehusion.... 0.222.022. 2. $1 26398 doz WIRE. Bright Market ..... 2.2.0... 228. dis 60 Annealed Market. ... .. 2... <0. cc ee dis 60 Coppered Market. ...... 2.2... 6-222 scene dis 55 Wixtra Badling. 0.0.0.2 o sci oo dis 55 Minned Market:..:.. . 2.2 22. 22... ea kis 40 Minne Broom. .: 21.2055. 2 .5 tee, Bh 09 Pinned Mattress: ...... 2.2. 2.0. se ak Bb 8% Coppered Spring Steel.................. dis 37% Tinned Spring Steel...................2.. dis 37% Pian RONGG oi. 6 ons ova oe os 8 ib 3% Bmrned MENCC.. . 8... kas CORNERS... ooo. ee. osc new list net PS oo ooh on one es wo cs new list net WIRE GOODS. : ee dis 60&10&10 © Screw BVOCs. oe os dis 60&10&10 NOOR Se oe dis 60&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes:............. dis 60&10&10 WYENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... . fOOS GONQMG. oe ee dis 50 Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65 Coe’s Pat., malleable. ................... dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS. + Pumps, Cistern....................... dis 60°* PEPOWR orcs coin oe ase Soe ues 70 Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 50 Dampers, American...................-. 3314 ft » . ey é \34 Drugs & Medicines Ginseng and its Magical Powers. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Dr. F. H. Terrill, past assistant surgeon of the United States steamer Monocacy, which, with the Ticonderaga, is now cruis- ing in Chinese waters, has procured an in- teresting specimen of a root which is much esteemed by the Chinese. It is of the species of panax and belongs to the natural order of araliace, and is commonly known as ginseng. The specimen in question was procured from Corea, and is worth in China about $200. Not quite as large as a man’s thumb, it is yellowish in color and hasa dried and wrinkled appearance, looking something like a Chinese idol, with the feet curled up under the body. The root was shown to the Pharmaceutical Society at its last meeting, when quite a number of inter- esting remarks were made on the subject of ginseng by Professor A. L. Lengfeld. The study of the root, apart from its traditional aspect, has little in it of interest, but when the great value set upon its medicinal prop- erties in China is considered, one finds one’s self attracted to the plant and its character- istics, so dissimilar are they from those of most other botanical species. Botanically, then, ginseng has a perennial root whieh sends up annually a smooth round stem, about a foot high and divided at the summit by three stalks, each of which supports a compound leaf, consisting of five leaflets. It has small greenish flowers and bright red berries at certain seasons of the year. Although widely known in China, both in a cultivated and a wild state, it is not wholly confined to that region, being in- digenous, to the hilly regions of our north- ern states. A certain species (Panazx Cali- fornium), is native to the soil of this state. It is as yet unsettled whether the American ginseng is identical with the Chinese pro- duct, but possesses the external appearance of the latter variety. The root is generally about the size ofa . wild artichoke of average growth, though _ a in length from two to ‘four inches, often being forked. Sometimes,several ir- regular cylindrical or bulbous roots are found joined together by wire-like fibers. Its imagined resemblance to the body ofa man when found two-forked was possibly what first caused the supernatural power of healing to be attributed to it. This shape is also an indication that the root can restore |" vigor and power to the aged and enfeebled. Such roots vary in price from $25 to $400, and are only possessed by the wealthy class —mandarins and others. Ginseng from Manchuria was once esteemed above all other kinds, and, in consequence of the im- mense exportations, it became so scarce that an imperial edict was issued prohibiting its collection there. Professor Lockhart, of London, is authority for the statement that ginseng is imperial property in China, and that it is sold to those having the privilege of dealing in it, at its weight in gold. Panaz quinquefolium is the pharmaco- pee name for the American ginseng. In some of the lake states in 1860, the gather- ing of ginseng for the Chinese market de- veloped into a positive mania, people leav- ing their homes and camping for weeks in the hills of Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- nesota in search of roots, the supply of which ran so short thatit is now rarely foundin sufficient quantities for exporta- tion. The first cargo shipped from Ameri- ca to Canton yielded enormous profits. Rus- sians on the Chinese border took to the cul- tivation of ginseng a few years ago, but the ultivated variety, which requires six years Mio attain perfection, is not valued so highly in China as the wild roots, requiring about thirty years in which to grow toa market- able size. Even in Japan, noted for the rapid and gigantic growth of its vegetation, the ginseng root does not thrive much faster than in other climates, and Japense ginseng, being coarse grained and not so sweet in taste as the Chinese variety, is considered to be of an inferior quality. >_< —__ How to Take a Pill. With many patients the swallowing ofa pillis a very difficult matter. Why this ghould be so is somewhat difficult of expla- 4 ‘ nation, inasmuch as these same patients will readily swallow a pea of the same size as the sugar-coated pill, in the deglutition of which they experience so much difficulty. Dr. Wills suggests a method in the Medical and Surgtcal Reporter, which he says he has used for several years with success, and , Bi nich may be new to many of our readers. Having noticed that if a person at meals in- cline the head backwards, as in laughing, while there was food in the mouth, he was pretty sure to be strangled from the ‘food going the wrong way,” Dr. W. instructed those of his patients who had difficulty in ee pills to keep the head in the 4 sition it would occupy if they were eating and swallowing food at the table—that is, the head inclined forward and the chin near the breast, and kept in that position. Ifa small portion of saliva be on hand, or a small quantity of water taken after the pill is in the mouth, it will surprise the patient ‘Wd gratify the doctor, he says, to witness the facility with which it will be swallow- ed. He has found that to direct the patient to keep his eyes on his toes while swallow- ing, will succeed in keeping him from throwing his head back. . a »& A drug house in this city recently receiv- an order for “‘too pounds of linseed meal for brown kitecks.’ To polish tarnished nickel, use chalk. or rouge mixed with tallow. this year. Warin the Drug Trade. The war in the drug trade in the East has become interesting. It is chiefly about the retail price of patent medicines, and one of the effects will probably be to break upa good many of the small drug stores where these are sold at high prices. The retailers have a “Protective” AsSociation for keep- ing up prices, but a number of druggists who do not belong to it have been “scalping” patent medicines for some time past. Some large fancy goods and dry goods houses have within a couple of vears added patent medi- cines to their stock, and also cut low on the price list. The wholesale druggists also have an association, and the retailers lately appealed to them to protect the trade which was being ruined by the scalpers and the dry goods men, by refusing to supply any dealer who undersold the price list. The whole- salers decided to do so, but there are some wholesalers who do not belong to the asso- ciation. These are not bound by the agree- ment, and as yet the low priced men have found no difficulty in getting supplies. They hre confident, too, of being able to get all they want, one way or another, in the future. Drug trade prices have always been considered exhorbitant. The difference be- tween regular and scalpers’ prices at pres- ent may be partly shown by a few compara- tive figures, the first in each of the follow- ing being the regular and the second the general price: Tarrent’s Seltzers Aperi- ent $1—75 cents; Warner’s Kidney Cure, $1.25—85 cents; Hyatt’s Life Balsam, $1— 85 cents; Hop Bitters, $1—85 cents; Col- den’s Beef Liquid, $1—85 cents; Coever Beef Tonic, $1—75 cents; Gastrine, $1—65 cents: Lydia Pinkham’s Compound, $1—‘%5 cents; Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, $1—67 cents; Hegeman’s Sarsaparilla, $1—50 cents; Fel- low’s Hypophosphites, $1—75; St. Jacobs Oil, 50 cents—35 cents; Pond’s Extracts, 50 cents—30 cents; various fancy soaps, 20 and 25 cents—12 and 15 cents; Alcock’s plasters, 25 cents—12 to 15 cents. It goes without saying that people who want these things prefer to buy from the scalpers and save 20 to 50 per cent. A war similar to the pres- ent one was carried on in England a few years ago, and the scalpers won. _>-2 << ___— Hand and Machine Made Putty. How the two kinds are made, and the difference between them, is related by an old painter to the ubiquitous reporter as follows :— The best is made of raw linseed oil and whiting, the latter being simply chalk, ground in a mill like flour. It comes out with a fine flint grit init. Before making putty of it, a few old fashioned men who believe in making the best of everything, wash the grit out. The fine flour is then dried. If it is not dried perfectly, it takes up more oil than is desirable or profitable. From 500 to 600 pounds—about 15 per cent. by weight of raw oil to 85 per cent. of whit- ing—are put in a chaser and thoroughly mixed. The chaser isan annular trough, 10 feet in diameter. From a vertical shaft in the center two arms extend, on the ends of which are heavy iron wheels which rest in the trough. When the shaft revolves, the wheels chase each other around the trough. When mixed, it is packed in blad- ders for convenience in handling. The adul- teration of putty is effected by mixing marble dust with whiting. It costs about a quarter of a cent a pound, and whiting costs twice that. to 30 cents a gallon, are used instead of lin- seed oil at 60 cents. The marble dust makes the putty gritty, and the cheap oil makes it sticky. Cheap putty is decidedly cheap. Putty in bulk, wholesale, is worth $1.75 a hundred pounds. The other window glass cements run from $1.45 to $1.50. They are dear at that. They take longer to put on and longer to dry. Putty is neither export- ed or imported. A lot was brought over a long time ago, but that was when oil was very high. A superior article of putty is made, how- ever, by the further addition of white lead in oil, japan varnish, anda small quantity of turpentine, which makes a hard cement that does not shrink, and when dry can be rubbed down with pumice stone or dusted with sand paper, so smoothly will it cut. Even in the common sorts of putty itis well to use some white lead ifa hard putty is desired. —- > ___— Rancid Castor Oil. Rancid castor oil can easily be purified in the following manner: 100 pounds of the rancid oil are heated to 30° C.in a boiler; then a mixture of 14 pound of alcohol (96 per cent.) and 1g pound of sulphuric acid is added and crutched in. The mixture is then allowed to settle, and the oil is drawn off from the impurities which have settled at the bottom. The oil is again washed with water, by boiling it uninterruptedly for at least half an hour. The mixture is then allowed to rest until the oil has been collected on the surface, when it is carefully removed. Rancid oil, after having been treated in this way, is again fit for use in the manufacture of transparent soap. a An Old Joke Revamped. A man went into a drug store and asked for something to curea headache. The druggist held a bottle of hartshorn to his nose, and he was nearly overpowered by its pungency. As soon ashe recovered he be- gan to rail at the druggist and threatened to punch his head. “But didn’t it hélp your headache?’ ask- ed the apothecary. “Help my headache!” gasped the man. Paraffine oils, at from 26; p “T haven’t any headache. It’s my wife gorpe WHOLESALE PRICH CURRENT. — Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows for quantities usually wanted—for larger amounts write them for quotations: Advanced—Opium, Manna. Declined — Quinine; Ammonia, Carbonate; Gum Shellac; Cantharides, powdered; Alkanet, root; Oil Juniper berries; Cardamon seed; Hemp seed. ACIDS. Acetic, No.8... 3. 2... gb 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 CArbOliC eee, 35 WG ee ee 57 Muriatic 18 Geg...............62-.. 38 @ 5 Nittie 30 der. oe. ll @ i OMRIC 14%@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3@ 4 Tartaric powdered................ 48 Benzoic, English.... -- 202 20 Benzotc, German.................- 2 @ 15 URMIG ee i ae oe 1 @ lt AMMONIA, Carbonate... 2.26.6 oo: Bb 16 @ 20 Muriate (Powd. 22¢).............00. 15 Aqua 16 deg or 8f...............005 6 @ 7% Aqua 18 deg or 4f.................. 7 @ 8 BALSAMS. Copaiba 2... 6 eos cance @ 50 BU ee ee eae 40 PON ee a a 2 00 OUI eee 60 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20e)........ 12 Cinchona, yellow................. 18 HMilm, select. 2.025 606... ose 15 Elm, ground, pure................. 13 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15 Sassafras, of root.................. 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered............... 20 Hemlock powdered................ 18 WAHOO 3. ee... Se urs w sakes 30 Soap ground... c os. 12 BERRIES, Cubeb, prime (Powd $1 20)........ @1 00 SUMIDOR ce esas. ek ~ 6 @ 7 RICKI AGM: fo ks 1@ @lul EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 tb boxes, 25c)... 2 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 387% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tb doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 ib boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, %s GO 2. ssi e. 13 Logwood, 4s GQ oe... 15 Logwood,ass’d do .......... 14 Fluid, Extracts—25 ® cent. off list. FLOWERS. PATIO ess ee ee. 10 @ ill Chamomile, Roman............... 25 Chamomile, German.............. 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.......... 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24c).... 18 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c 50 AMMONIAE .........5..5.. 28@ 30 Arabic. extra select..... 60 Arabic, powdered select 60 Arabic, Ist picked....... 55 Arabic,2d picked......... sais 45 Arabic,c8d pickad.................. 40 Arabic, sifted sorts................ 35 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 30 BSOUZOUMI OR ee ees ls 55@60 AAIMPNON «8 ce esc e sss. 23@ 25 Catechu. Is (% 14¢c, 4s 16e) ...... : 13 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 Galbanum strained................ MGATIDORC Foe ee ccc 90@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35 Kino [Powdered, 30e].............. 20 MASIIC ee ses 110 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.50).......... 415 Shellac, Campbell’s................ 35 Shellac, English................... 30 Bheac, native.....:...........5.6¢ 25 Shellac bleached................... 33 Wrapaeanth 2. os cies oo. 30 @1 10 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Hoarnound = 8 ee 25 WODOUA oe ac. 25 BOCRBVCIIMING 6... 45 ae eee ee 2k BPO ose ae eee eh cee a 40 SPCAMIMING - 2 2. ok aes ees 24 Pweet Majoram. oi... 6s... sick: 35 ANT i es ec 25 WANG 8 ss oe ee es es see oe 30 WVOTINWOOO 22 o.oo o.oo ose cs os sao eee hee 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tincture 20 Sulphate, pure crystal....... fas a MOUMBTO ee 8 ka. 80 PNOSPMACO 6.2 se 6 ee. 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢e)........... 2 @ 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & %s, 12¢)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 18 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered................6- 22 Senna tinnivelli........... ........ 16 Wa Wrst: .......0..... Gee. 10 Belledonng Esa oie eco se oho 35 MOR@IOVO. <2... 6s css ose). ss 30 MAQDDANO. (oo. oc ccc cece cece ccc. ec: 35 MOS; TOG. co occa bee ek es 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1 50 Gin: OlQWom | oss eee ces 135 @l1 %5 Gin, Holland.......:......2.....:: 200 @3 50 MY a a 1% @é6 50 Catawba WinesS................. .. 125 @2 00 Port WARES... 0.5... os. 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA, Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 23 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20zZ......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 WMICINOOE oto eee. 70 , OILS. AUMONG, SWeCL..<:...5....-..25.005 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified................... 45 ATMS Oe eo ss ace 2 00 WAY OD 50 MBOmeAMOnt: 2 ek. 2 00 MPI. ee ee 2, 2 00 MCOSCDNG 715 COSSIA es ., 1 25 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40 Citronella. oo se. 85 SHOWER ee ei ee, 1 2 Cupepse. 6 OW. . soo. eee. 8 00 MOAGOTON . oo. 65. o oss e oce ock ce, 1 60 BUTOW REO os oo eo 2 00 Geranium FOZ... 26.00.06... 53. 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40 JUNMIPCr WOOd.. 2.2... 6. ....0.0505.. 50 Juniper berries.................605 2 00 Lavender flowers- French......... 2 40 Lavender garden GO ol: 1 00 Lavender spike 02 230. 90 Lemon, new crop.................. 1 85 Lemon, Sanderson’s............. ras 3 00 TOMONPTASS.42. 66.8 os 30 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 2 Origanum, No.1.................. 50 PONUVTOVON eo. oasis ace 2 00 Peppermint, white................ 2 85 ROSC P OZ... 2 osc ick... 9 75 Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)... 65 Sandal Wood, German....... . 5 00 Sandal Wood, Turkish Dark. 8 00 BSsspiras.... 6.2... 5.6.5.0... 60 MBMBY. oo soe cases kee ae 3 75 Par (BY. Pal COC). 2 ok ese ccs se 10 @ 22 WintereTeen .. oo. 5 ois es ce 2 2% Wormwood, No. t (Pure $6.50)..... 4 50 Say oo eee i 1 00 WOVIDBCEG 8. os oi os occ cc cess ce 2 50 Cod Liver, filtered..... . .8 gal 1 90 Cod Liver, best......... Saas 4 00 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga........... 2 @1 20 Olive, “Sublime Italian ...... 2 50 SAIN oe ee 6 @ 6% Rose, Ihmsen’s............... 8 0z 9 75 POTASSIUM. Bicromate.... 6s cious cess oe 15 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 35 Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 1 40 Prussiate yellow...............0008 30 ROOTS. AIRONOD ooo. 5 os as: 15 AAUNORS OMG. 5 5 ood oh ob ca sca es 27 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 1% Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and %s.... 45 Blood (Powd 18¢e).............. enc LR Calamus, geet Sipe chess. ona ce 18 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38 Elecampane, powdered............ 23 Gentian (Powd 1%oe(................ Ginger, African (Powd 16c)........ Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powd 40c)............ Hellebore, white, powdered Ipecac, Rio, powdered... alap, powdered..................- Licorice, select (Powd 12%)....... Licorice, extra select.............. PU AO os aka si is cs es ad Rhei, from select to choice....... 1 00 Rhei, powdered E.1................1 10 Bhee Gaaine out ee es Rhei, choice cut fingers....,...... - I ote be ® eesecace eee ereeses _ SSSRs ow —PSRSSSRES eeee (Oe eeseee %| Putty, commercial ............ Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 10 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c).... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c).......... 18 Bird, mixed in ib packages....... 5 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna................... n44@ 5 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c).. 1l @ 12 Cardamon, Aleppee...... sooo. 2 v0 Cardamon, Malabar.... 2 25 COlODY. os 20 Coriander, pest English.. 12 Benne ee ee. 15 MiaxcsCleagn: cog 053) eo 38y%@ 4 Flax, pure grd (bbl 33%{)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 9 Hemp, Russian. (6.1). 5 @ cr5% Mustard, white Black lUc)........ 8 Oainee 1 00 Rape, Eoplish. ee T4@ 8 Worm, Levant..2. 2000s, 14 SPONGES. 6 Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do do ...., 2 60 Velvet Extra do dO © ..... 110 Extra Yellow do do 2... 85 Grass do do. 3... 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, GO oe. 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.27) # gal.... 2 35 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan's solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 Annatto 1 tb rolis.................. 30 Blue Soluble... 0.0.5 2.0.02..8.. 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 %5 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 25 AMUN ee Bb 24@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9c)......... . & @ 4 Annatto, prime.................... 32 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7% Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beane, Tonka... ee. 2 25 Beans, Vanilla... 0... 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 2 30 Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... 45 Blue Vinrriol T%%@ 9 Borax, refined (Powd 15c).......... 18 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 50 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 20 Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18 Carmine; No. 40:......0...0.05. 4 00 @assia Buds...) 8... 14 Calomel, American................ 70 Castor Ole Ww%@ ly Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ IZ. Chalk, red fingers................. 8 Chalk, white lump................. 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60 Chloral do do__eryst... 1 7@ Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do __crusts.. 1 %5 Chloroform 9). 115 @1 20 Cinchonidia, P. & W...... Sse. 6C @ 65 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 60 @ 65 Cloves (Powd 28¢).................. 20 @ 2 @Cochineal 30 Cocoa) Butter... 45 Copperas (by bbl 1c).......... 2 Corrosive Sublimate.......... 3 65 Corks, X and XX—35 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 box.. 15 Creasote, 50 Cudbear, prime. |... 24 Cuttle Fish Bone................... 23 Wextrine 5 12 Dover’s Powders.................. 1 20 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot pondered eee ee ae 45 HtherSquibbis ce 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Epsom Salts. 6 24@ 3 reo fresh. 25 50 Ether, sulphuric, U. 8. P.......... 69 Hake white... 0009 ee 14 Grains Paradise...... 2.2.2.0... 0... 3d Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 Gelatine, French .................. 45 @ 0 Glassware, flint, 65 off,by box 55 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Gine, cabinet... 2.15, Zz @ Iw Gluewwnite,, (8 =. If @ 28 Glycerine, pure............... 23 @ 26 Hops %s and ¥s.............. 25@ 40 Todoform # 02.............. 35 Wndigo -.- 8 @l1 00 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 32 @ 34 Iodine, resublimed................ 2 30 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 SONOMICR ee 9 London Purple... 10 @ 15 Lead, acetate...) .. 8... ese... 15 Lime, chloride, (%s 28 10c & \s lle) 9 HMMM 1 00 MyeOpodinuM ..... 25... .3..66 02.60. 35 MACG 60 Madder, best Dutch............... RK@ 13 Manna S: We 1 35 on oe eae 50 Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... oz 3 N@3 75 Musk, Canton, H., P. & ia ce 40 Moss, Iceland.................. 8 bb 10 Moss; Prise. 36600. 12 Mustard, English.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 cans...... 18 Nutella 20 Nutmegs; No.1. 6.6... 75 INAiXe Vomica: 2.000 ee, 10 Ointment. Mercurial, d.......... 40 Paris: Green... 164@ 24 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 OPRING eo eee oc ee 8 00 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 Quassia se i. 6 @ 7 uinia, Sulph, P, & W... -boz 1 80@I 35 ...130 @1é uinine, other brands.. @1 35 Seidlitz Mixture........ ‘ 28 Strychnia, cryst........... 1 Silver Nitrate, cryst........ . 9 @ 8 Red Precipitate.-:............. 8 Ib 80 Saffron, American................. 40 pal Glawber. 2)... ck. @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 al Rochelle...) os. oe 33 Wal Soda 2@ 2% ACI 2 50 PANCOMIN oo 6 %5 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 8c].............. 4 Spermaceti |. ee 25 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 4%@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Soap,Green dO. |: ....252..2522. 17 Soap, Mottleddo................ 9 Soap, GO. dO 2... ae. ll Soap, Mazzini........ 3... 6.6... 14 Spirits Nite, dR... ole 2 @ 28 Spirits: Nitre, 4F oo. ..... 66... se 28 @ 82 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 380 Sulphur, WOUL . el.. . 384@ 4 Sulphur, rol. se: 3 Dartar Hmetic,. 2... 22.6... eles. 65 Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 270 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 ib 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 60 Zinc, Sulohate.. ..2........5.20..; 7@ 8 OILS. Capitol Cylinder: iro. cc ool. 75 Model @ytinder). 0.2.06. ec, 60 Buicids Cylinder... oe 50 M@OradO BNPING. . 8. oo ce occ be cco cls 45 Peerless Machinery... ..... 0.60... .. ce occ sc cce 35 Challenge Machinery................c.ccccceee 25 Backus Fine Engine......................0000- 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 CUStOTING 22 ec oe 6C ATanIne, 25 GO... bo. ea, 22 Warmine: 28 AOR. os eb eck oe cs os 21 Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Bbl = Gal Whale, winter. ...060.02520 0. 80 85 ised: OxGEA. oe) s 82 eee si a. 78 80 Wiprde NOt) oo. oo. k, eee, 65 70 Linseed, pure raw................6.% 57 60 TaNSeCM, DOME 26.0. oo oe oo oe. eee 60 638 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95 Spirits Turpentine................... 38 45 VARNISHES. NO. 1 Purp Coach. . 2.56. .65) 6.05.5 cee 1 10@1 20 Mixtec. 1 60@1 70 COBCH BOY oi keels ese ee Se, 2 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar.................... 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ %5 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Boralumine, White bulk 9 Boralumine, ‘“ 13-0 re Boralumine, Tints bulk. oe Boralumine ‘“ 5 bs.!........ Red Venetian.................. 1K Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1 Putty, strictly pure............ Vermilion, prime American.. Vermilion, English............ Green, Peninsular............. ad, waite, stretly pure... Lead Le Whiting, white Spa a ers Whit Gilders' 1 White. - 0 AAs FOSTER, STEVENS & CO,, —WHOLESALE— HARD WARE! 10 and 12 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE SOLICIT THE DEALER’S TRADE, And NOT the Consumer’s. All Orders Promptly Shipped Correspondence Solicited and Quotations Given. Freights are Largely in Our Favor. We dolict Orders or Inguir- 16S {Or ANY Of the Fol- lowing, Goods: Nails, Riverside Brand, Jewett’s Bird Cages, Wheel Barrows, Barb Fence Wire, Agricultural Tools, Road Scrapers, Wire Cloth, Screen Doors, Step Ladders, Grind Stones, Bar Iron, Sheet Iron, Alaska Refrigerators, Horse Pokes, Cow Bells, Farm Bells. We are Carrying To-day and Filling Orders as Com- Dlete as Any House In Michigan, all ( Quotations JOHN CAULFIELD Wholesale Grocer & 8, 87 and 89 Canal Street —HEADQUARTERS’ FOR— Choice Butter, Huckleberries. ried Peaches, Apples (esse, Jellies, et. Maple Syrup. We have a few 5 and 10 gallon kegs of choice Vermont Maple Syrup on hand which we will close out at the following low prices: 5 Gallon Kegs. ..........<......-. $3 10 10 Galion Kegs... ......... 5. . 6 00 SUoGcARs. Cut Poel Ouiies. -. o.oo oes cs. 8i¢ Powdered Standard... .......... 0.006. 84 Granulated Standard.................. 75¢ Granulated, Fine Grain. ............... 7-44 Standard Confectioners’ A............ WG Standard: A 7-19 Mxtra Witte ©. 2... 6 ck. 6% @63¢ Bextra Brent ©. 2... 2:.5.... 0... 63, @64¢ Patra © 61g @61¢ NeGh Oy) On I a 5X @6 CANNED GOODS We continue the CLOSING OUT SALE Of our present stock of canned goods. Blank quotations indicate the line all sold. JOB BACON’S TOMATOES Have the Highest Endorsement of the best dealers in the country. 3 tb Job Bacon’s Tomatoes, Standard. .1 05 3 Ib Smith & Wicks’ Tomatoes........ 2 Tb Sweet Corn, Erie................ 1 20 2 Tb Sweet Corn, Richland ........... 1 05 2 1p Sweet Com... .... 2-2. 0..5. 00.2. 7 2b Com, B SPs. .- 2.2... 3. 2 1b Peas, Extra Harly........-...-.. 5 2 ip Peas, Platts’ Wrie: .. 22.006... 2 fb Peas, Equity Brand, Extra....... 1 25 2 Ib Peas, Ex. F. V. Canning Co...... 2 Tb Lima Beans, Standard........... 90 2 tb Lima Beans, Extra.............. 1 60 2 Tb String Beans, Shawnee,white wax. 90 3 Ib Climax Pumpkin, Standard....... 1 20 2 Tb Succotash, Standard............. 90 2 tb Succotash, Yarmouth............ 1 48 3 tb Boston Baked Beans............. 1 60 Apples, Gallons, Erie................ 3 00 Apples, Gallons, Extra Erie County...3 00 3 Ib Peaches, Standard............... 1 75 3 Tb Peaches, All Yellow............. 2 00 3 Tb Erie Pie Peaches................ 2 tb Blackberries, Madison........... 2 tb Blueberries, Detroit.............. 1 2 2 Tb Red Cherries, Standard.......... 2 Tb Green Gages, Extra.............. 2 Ib Egg Plums, Extra............... 2 Ib Strawberries, Extra.............. 3 Ib Bartlett Pears, Echert’s Standard. .1 25 1 tb Salmon, Standard.......... 1 45@1 55 1 Th Lobster’, Standard............... 1 75 Sole agent for Lovell & Bluffing- ton’s celebrated brands of Fountain, Old Congress, Good Luck, Good and Sweet Fine Cut Tobaccos. The twe first named brands were awarded the high- est prize at the Centenial Exhibition in 1876. I am also factory agent for Shot Gun and Butternut Plug Tobaccos. Valuable prizes given with each butt of above brands. We carry in stock, Horse Shoe, Hair Lifter, Duck, Champion A, Green Shield, D. & D., Big Chunk or J. T., Red Star, Sailor’s Sol- ace, Good Luck, Nobby Twist, Anchor, Ten Cent Lunch, Spun Roll. Largest and most complete Stock of Smoking Tocaccos in this market. Readers of THE TRADESMAN will find it to their interest to keep a business eye on this column headed STANDARD QUO- TATIONS. Mail orders solicited and care- ful attention given them. Special quotations mailed on a general line of groceries when requested. d The Michigan Tradesman. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. [Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1884, THE WHY AND . WHEREFORE. The Reasons for Annulling the Assign- nent Law. The Northwestern Reporter, a legal jour- nal devoted chiefly -to the publication of court decisions, contains ih its last issue the opinion of the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Risser vs. Hoyt, from the Kala- mazoo cireuit, declaring the insolvency law passed at the last session of the Legislature unconstitutional and void. The facts in the case were, briefly: Mumford, in business at Kalamazoo, on Aug. 21, 1882, gave a chattel mortgage on his entire stock to Dayton, cashier of Kalamazoo City Bank, to secure $2,500, which mortgage was not filled until Oct. 2, 1883. Oct. 6, 1883, Mumford convey- ed to his wife a stock of goods at Battle Creek and other property to the amount of several thousand dollars, in payment of an alleged indebtedness to her, and two days after gave and filled another chattel mort- gage to Dayton for $2,372, covering all his stock in Kalamazoo and elsewhere, to secure same debt covered by first mortgage. Oct. 16 Mumford made a general assignment for benefit of creditors to Henry E. Hoyt, sub- ject to the Dayton chattel mortgages, but not including the Battle Creek stock. It was claimed that Mumford was insolvent at the time of making the transfer to his wife and the second mortgage to Dayton, and was legally indebted to various persons, among them Risser & Reitz, of Chicago, and Peter Hayden, of Detroit, who began suit by peti- tion before Judge Mills, of Kalamazoo, in chambers, claiming that the transfer to Mrs. Mumford was fraudulent, and that the pre- ferred Dayton mortgages were preferences prohibited by the insolvent act, and asking for the appointment of a receiver under the provisions of the act. After hearing {the court granted the petition and appointed a receiver. The secured creditors contested these proceedings, and after the order was made appointing receiver took the case to the Supreme Court on certiorari. The case was fully argued in the Supreme Court and the new insolvent law was held constitution- al, Judge Champlin giving an exhaustive opinion which would fill nearly six columns of THE TRADESMAN—Judges Sherwood and Campbell concurring fully, and Judge Cooley holding the law fatally defective and there- fore void, but notassenting fully to the anti- constitutional view. Official Syllabus of the j Opinion. Act 193, Laws of 1883, relating to insol- vents and creditors, being in derogation of the common law, and conferring extraordi- nary powers on courts and officers, should be strictly construed, and the authority con- ferred closely pursued. Section 2 of this act confers on the judge in vacat on power to hear and determine, summarily and conclusively, the questions of the insolvency of the debtor, his prefer- ences made, and his refusal to assign. If the decision is adverse to the debtor, the judge must appoint a receiver, who is com- manded to seize all the property of the debtor, including attached or garnisheed property, and convert it into money to dis- tribute among creditors releasing their claims. No record or minute of the pro- ceedings need be kept, nor need the petition of the judge be filed anywhere. Section 10 authorizes the judge to hear the complaint of any creditors in opposition to the debtor’s release; he may allow the debtor to appear, or may proceed without the allegations be- ing controverted, and he may, in his dis- cretion, order all the debtor’s property, not «x mpt by law, to be distributed among the creditors without their filing releases. These ’ provisions conferring such judicial powers on a judge at chambers are in conflict with Article 6, Section 1, of the constitution and are void. The intent and object of the statute could not be carried out without Sections 2 and 10, and hence the whole act must be held to be unconstitutional and void. The questions of fact as to whether the petitioners are creditors of the debtor, whether the debtor has given any prefer- ences or has refused to assign, involve val- uable property rights, and are proper to go toajury. Theact providing no such re- course, conflicts with the constitutional right of trial by jury. It is no defense to the foregoing objection that the party holding the attached property may defy the authority of the re- ceiver, and put him toa suit to recover it. If the law is valid, the receiver has right to take the property, and resistance to his authority would tend to provoke breaches of the peace, and subject the parties to the penalties provided by law for such acts. The facet that courts may send every such case as this by a general rule toa jury, does not secure the right of jury trial to the parties; they only hold it at the discretion of the court. The hearing before the judge can not be said to be merely preliminary; property is wrested from the debtor, and from attaching creditors, converted into money tobe dis- tributed to other parties, and at no later stage in the proceedings is there any final adjudication upon the issues submitted. Under our constitution, defining the courts and their jurisdictions, and prohibiting them from exercising legislative powers, the cir- cuit courts cannot supplement defects in legislation by a liberal exercise of judicial power and vigorous construction. In adopting a law from another State it is not necessary to follow always the construc- tion put upon it by the courts of the state from which it is taken. Judge Campbell’s Opinion, In his coneurring opinion, Judge Camp- 7 fective—employing illegal methods and not providing legal methods, yet I also think with the other members of the court that the statute is radically bad in all its mater- ial purposes. It aims at destroying rights which are beyond legislative discretion, and leaves important interests to be governed by no fixed rules, subject to the unregulated will of persons who cannot be lawfully em- powered to make their will obligatory on others. The general purpose of this scheme of legislation is beyond the competency of a state legislature. There is no reason to be- lieve that any legislature would designedly “| adopt a system which would put domestic creditors on a worse footing than foreign. It is manifest, however indirectly it may have been attempted, that a principal pur- pose of this statute is to discharge debtors from their contracts and to cut off creditors from their rights of action. I think it is at least extremely doubtful whether it is possi- ble in this state to provide for such insol- vent proceedings as are substantially bank- rupt laws, as it certainly i is not possible to evade the provisions forbidding imprison- ment for debt. There is no doubt that foreign debts and debts owned by citizens of other states are beyond the reach of any state insolvent.laws. Neither can debts al- ready existing be discharged at all in the hands of any one. The suggestion that this law does not impairthe obligation of con- tracts, because it only acts on_ willing creditors is not even plausible. Creditors are authorized to be brought in whether they will or no, and being in they must lose all their adv antages and lose all dividends also, unless they choose to give up their rights as well as their securities. To call such a submission voluntary is an abuse of language. I prefer, therefore, to rest my objections to this law mainly, as my _ breth- ren Champlin and Sherwood ‘hay e, on those radical faults which make the whole theory of the statute a violation of fundamental rights. ————>-2 << ____ A Flood of Counterfeit Currency. Notice has been sent out from Washing- ton to the effect that counterfeiters are pre- paring to flood Western cities with bogus silver certificates of the denomination of twenty dollars. The Secret Service divis- ton of the Treasury department has been successful in securing one of the counter- feit certificates, but nothing is said in refer- ence to thwarting the designs of the forgers beyond putting the public on its guard. The paper on which the certificates are printed is represented to be rough and greasy, and the issue is an imitation of the series of 1880, and is signed James Gilfillan, treasurer of the United States. The fol- lowing is a description of the certificate re- ceived at the Treasury Department. ‘There are no distributed fiber or parallel silk threads inthe paper, as in the genuine. The words ‘Silver Certificate’ appear in the panels twice in the upper border on the face of the note. In the panel to the left in the counterfeit letters ‘R,’? ‘T’ and ‘F’ in the word ‘certificate’ are engraved wrong side up. In the counterfeit there are no periods dividing the initials in B. K. Bruce. On the ower left hand corner check the letter ‘C’ is without the accompanying number, and in the name ‘Gilfillan’ only the first ‘i’ is dotted. On the back of the note the word ‘taxes’ is plainly spelled ‘taris’ and the word ‘engraved’ is spelt ‘engravod.’ The color of the seal is brick red; it should be verging on brown.” Those well acquainted with the genuine certificates will not be easily de- ceived, but in the hurry of business might be imposed upon by the general fair appear- ance of the bogus issue. By paying atten- tion to the foregoing description, business men and others may guard against loss. — oO Japan Teain Disrepute. From the Cleveland Herald. “Japan teais not a favorite in these days,” said a grocer. ‘“Ten years ago a rage in its favor set in, and the Japanese tea was called for on all sides. But it fell out of public favor as speedily as itcame in. Why? It had not enough of merit to keep it in. The first lots we got from Japan were choice because the growth was small and great at- tention was paid to its culture, with hopes for the future. But the demand increased in a few jumps, care was abandoned by the growers and the only object sought was to fill the orders. Consequently the Japanese tea that found its way to the American market was a sorry lot. Tea lovers soon found it out and the Chinese stimulant was taken again and found much better. Not only were the old and tough leaves of the tea plant picked at all times of the year, instead of the young green ones of the spring sea- son, but Westeria leaves were mixed in with them. When the Japan tea first came here the dried leaves had a delicate olive tint and were long and wiry. Now they are broken and range in color from black to yellow, the result of artificial colorings with various blues, gypsum and soapstone. ee A fine lithograph of the celebrated trot- ting stallion, Jerome Eddy, with every 500 of the Jerome Eddy cigars, for sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN HS 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. cS, Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, Tobaccos, THIS SPACE IS RESERYED FOR ARTHUR MEIGS & CO. Wholesale Grocers, oo and 57 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, PROPRIETORS OF THE CELEBRATED BRANDS Red Fox & Big Drive Plog Tonacco, The Best in the Market. WE SHALL SOON FILL THIS SPACE WITH QUOTATIONS OF INTEREST TO ALL DEALERS. WHEN IN THE CITY DON’T FAIL TO CALL ON US. Arthur Meigs & Co. We manufacture all our stock and can always give you the best goods. We buy in large lots from Oranges first hands and ship only in full car lots. e handle 20,- 000 boxes of Oranges and Lemons in a season and our Lemons facilities for buying and han- Nuts Candy dling are unsurpassed. 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 Peanuts loads of the best re-cleaned and hand-picked Tennessee and Virginia Nuts, and are prepared to fill the largest orders. PUTNAM & BROOKS | FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE, WHOLESALE GROCERS, 44, 46 a 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. E ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR—— Nimrod, Acorn, Chih Crescent & Red Seal Ping Tohaccos. Our sock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups is Always Complete, —WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—. OUR MOTTO: “ SQUARE DEALING. 1 Om Ae es XER CI. oe Is) F. J. LAMB & COMPANY, ——-WHOLESALE DHALERS IN Butter, Cheese, Eges, Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. a NO. 8 IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDsS. - MIcHiGaAn. ry A BENOWLSON, ° — WHOLESALE DEALER IN——- 7 AKRON SEWER PIPE, Fire Brick and Glay, Cement, Stucco, BIiME, BAIR, COAL and Wood. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. Oftice 7 Canal Street, Sweet,s Hotel Block. Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan Cen- tral Freight House. SPRING & COMPANY’ --WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— PANCY AIND STAPLE DRY GOODS CARPHTS, y MATTINGS, OIL, CLOTHES, | ETc. ETC. Gand 8B Monroe Street, 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 FACT WHENEVER IT DISCOVERS AN ARTICLE THAT COMMENDS TO THE TASTE AND OTHER SENSES. ———THE REMARKABLE SALE LORILLARD'S PLUG POBACCOS: Is Ample Evidence of This, This Concern will Sell over 20,000,000 Pounds of ther Favorite Brands this Year; or About g One-Fourth of All the Plug Tobacco Used in this Country! . AND AS THERE ARE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 OTHER FACTORIES IN THE U. S., 1f FOLLOWS THAT THEIR GOODS MUST GIVE Batter Satistaction or Represent Better Value {or the Monet THAN THE BRANDS OF OTHER MAKERS. with Red Tin Tag, i is their Best Brand. ITSELF ‘$9 & 41 ii ie i arti Mut fi 3 - J, J, VAN LEUVEN, WHOLESALE Millinery —AND— FANCY GOoDs LACES, 2eal Laces a Specialty. Gloves, Corsets, Ribbons, Fans, Hand Bags, Pocket Books, Ruchings, Yarns, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Embroidery Materials, Plumes, Flowers, Feathers & Ornaments, Stamped Goods. STAMPING PATTERNS 70 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, — - TIME TABLES. Michigan Central—-Grand Rapids Division. MICHIGAN. DEPART. *Detroit Express......-.+----+++-eeeee: 6:05 a m +Day EXPYess......---200--ee eee eres 2:20 pam *New York Fast Line.........-.---+++- 6:00 p m +Atlantic EXpress......--.-----ee sere ee 9:20 pm ARRIVE. *Pacific EXpress.........------2+e-e eee 6:45 am +Local Passenger........------+eeeee ee 11:20 am oT 3:55 pm #Grand Rapids Express......-.---.--- 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at i0 p. m. the next evening. g 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 11:45a.m., New York 10:30 a. mn., and Boston 8:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’l Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:15am 4+Through Mail.........--.- 10:10am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3:20pm 3:35 pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45 pm 10:45 pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 am GOING WEST. +Morning Express.......-- 12:40pm 12:55pm 2:5! +Through Mail.........---- 445 pm 4:55pm +Steamboat Express......- 10:30 p m eMiwend oo 6. ee 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. Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and West. 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. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. THOMAS TANDY, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Detroit. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 pm Leaves. Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:22am 9:50am Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex.. 3:57pm 4:45pm G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:15am GOING SCUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05 pm Mackinac & Ft. Way) eEx..10:25 am Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac, 7:40 pm 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. combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac City. South—Train leaving at 4:32 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car tor Cincinnati. C. &. LocKWoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. 6:32 am 4:32 pm 12:32 p m Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, WUE oo cence ee |e eee 10:15am 4:00pm +Day Express.....-------+> 12:50pm 10:45pm *Night Express.....------- 8:35pm 6:10am MK Oe 2 cose ese ee ee 6:10am 10:15pm *Daily. +Daily except Su nday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach on 10:15 a.m. and $:35 p. m. trains. WEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. WOE ese 5:00am 5:15pm EXXpress..... -.-eee sere eeeee 4:10pm 8:30pm BPS H TOES 5 oo. ce no nn oe coer eens? 8:30am 10:15am rains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago. as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 Pp m The Northern terminus of this Division is at. Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. ie J. H. Paumer, Gen’l Pass. Train leaving at 9:56a.m. has | Agent. iy Se Rte ee ee ALABASTINE! SUPT TTT TT RG Alabastine is the first and only prepara- tion made from calcined gypsum rock, for application to walls with a brush, and is fully covered by our several patents and perfected by many years of experiments. It is the only permanent wall finish, and admits of applying as many coats as de- sired, one over another, to any hard surface without danger of scaling, or noticeably adding to the thickness of the wall, which is strengthened and improved by each ad- ditional coat, from time to time. It is the only material for the purpose not dependent upon glue for its adhesiveness ; furthermore it is the only preparation that is claimed to possess these great advantages, which are essential to constitute a durable wall finish. Alabastine is hardened on the wall by age, moisture, ete. ; the plaster absorbs the admixtures, forming a stone cement, while all kalsomines, or other whitening preparations, have inert soft chalks, and glue, for their base, which are rendered soft, or scaled, in a very short time, thus necessitating the well-known great incon- venience and expense, which all have ex- perienced, in washing and scraping off the old coats before refinishing. In addition to the above advantages, Alabastine is less expensive, as it requires but one-half the number of pounds to cover the same amount of surface with two coats, is ready for use by simply adding water, and is easily ap- plied by any one. mh beeekeeas ———FOR SALE BY ALL Paint Dealers. MANUFACTURED BY—— THE ALABASTINE COMPANY M. B, CHURCH, Manager. GRAND RAPIDS, - - - MICHIGAN. WESTFIELD WHIPS Nad oH. BEALS / & SON, : MANUFACTURERS. OF ri CE —AND— | SA LESROOM | NO. 4 PEARL STREET, | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. G.ROVS & C0, Gen) Agents. CRIPPEN, A. A. WHOLESALE Hats, Gaps and Furs 54 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices as Low as Chicago and Detroit. SHEDS FIELD AND GARDEN, pees, eee WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WAL LAMOREAU, Agent a HH. FOw LE, | PAINTER AND DECORATOR, —AND DEALER IN— Artists’ Materials ! FINE WALL PAPERS AND ROOM MOULDINGS, WINDOW SHADES, PAINTS, OILS, AND Glass, Plain and Ornamental 37 IoNIA STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE. JOHN MOHRHARD, —WHOLESALE— Fresh & Salt Meats 109 CANAL STREET, | GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. MOSELEY BROS., Wholesale Glover, Timothy and all Kinds Field Seeds Seed Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Oranges and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, ete. GREEN VEGETABLES AND OYSTERS. | 122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. oy by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. . What Grocers Should Know. Grocerymen, whose business is to buy and sell, who are obliged often to work upona close margin, who give credit, and who, more or less, buy on time, should have as thorough a commercial education as possi- ble, and should supplement this with a rigid training in the fundamental principles of commercial or business law. Even the most humble grocer should be familiar with the statutes of limitation; he should understand what contracts may be oral and what contracts must be written; he should be familiar with the principles of law governing the negotiability of bills of exchange and promissory notes, and those for the prevention of fraud; he should be able to define constructive fraud as opposed to actual fraud; should understand the legal nature of a warranty, in order to protect himself against any breach of the same, or to demand and obtain his rights in cases of a breach; he should make a point of know- ing something of the statutes of exemption, and should certainly know what are the legal requirements in the formation of co- partnerships, together with the {mutual ob- tigations and liability of partners. There are but few business men, however, who devote much time to studies calculated to tender them better fitted for commercial pursuits. We have known hundreds of them who thought that, in an action for the collection of a book account, they had a per- fect right to add interest charges; and ye believe that there are thousands to whom a proposition involving a discount and prem- ium would be, as Mrs. Partington might ex- press it, an insoluble problem. oa ____ The Boy Was All Right. From the Detroit Free Press. A clothing dealer on Jefferson avenue was dancing around the door of his store ina great rage yesterday when an acquaintance halted and asked him the cause of his ex- citement. “Why, dot new poy of minesells a mana hat for a dollar dot vhas marked twelve shillings.” “And you lose fifty cents?” “Keefty cents! I discharge dot poy so queek his head doan’ haf time to shwim!” In the course of an hour the pedestrian was re-passing the store, and, seeing the the man at the door with a smile on his face. he asked: “Well, did you discharge the boy?” “Dot poy vhas all right, sir. Vhenl comes to inquire into it I doan’ let him go if I haf to pay him more wages. He makes a mistake on price, but when he gifts back der change for a ten dollar bill he get me rid of all my trade dollars und pieces mit holes in ’em. oe OO The Indiana Supreme Court in a recent case laid down as follows the law regarding the choice of remedies at the option of the vendor in the case of a sale of personal prop- erty at a stated price where the vendee re- fuses to accept it: 1. The vendor may store or retain the property for the vendee and sue him for the entire purchase price. 2. He may sell the property, acting as the agent of the vendee for this purpose, and may recover the difference between the con- tract price and the price obtained on such resale. 3. Hemay keep the pruperty as his own, and recover the difference between the market price at the time and place of delivery and the contract price. The value of the porpoise, from a commer- cial standpoint, is about $25 each. They average in weight about 300 pounds, nearly all of which, it is claimed, can be utilized. The blubber yields a fine quality of oil, suit- able for tanning and lubricating purposes, said to be superior to that of whale. There is alsoa still more valuable oil extracted from the jaw of the fish used by watch-mak- ers. The skin makes an excellent leather, soft, pliable and waterproof, more durable than the best French calf. The refuse yield a valuable phosphate. A company is being organized at Cape May to engage in the catching of porpoise. Percale shirts will be much worn this sea- son. Some of these are shown in delicate shades, such as pink, with plain besoms. Small plaits, a quarter of an inch in width and slightly overlapping are seen. This is a revival of an old fashion. Colored shirts show an infinite variety of effects, the de- signs in many cases bearing a strong resem- blanee to the handkerchief patterns. The demand for these shirts has opened well, and bids fair to be better than ever. The Freneh designs are the most sought by the best trade. To clean buckskin mittens, chamois skins, and like articles, the following will be found useful: Make a weak solution of weak soda and warm water, rub plenty of soft soap in the leather, and let it remain in soak for two hours, than rub well uutil quite clean. Rinse well in a weak solution of soda and yellow soap in warm water, but not in wat- er only, else it dries hard. After rinsing, wring well in a rough towel and dry quickly, then pullit about and crush it well until soft. Starch may be made to give a gloss to linen in several ways. Ifa lump of sperm from the end of a sperm candle, as large as a hickory-nut, be put in the starch the linen will show a fine finish when ironed. Some use gum arabic. Dissolve an ounce of the white gum ina pint of water, strain and bottle it. A tablespoonful of this added to the starch will give ita laundry gloss upon ironing. Try the celebrated Jerome Eddys.. The finest 10 cent cigar in the market. For sale Soe ate A General Merchant. From the Allen Advocate. L. C. Tucker will trade lumber for any kind of produce, would also trade for a plug horse. —————— >< ‘How do you like the squash pie, Al- fred?” asked a young wife of her husband a few days after marriage. “Well, it is pretty good, but—” “But what? I suppose you started to say that itisn’t as good as that which your mother makes.” “Well, yes, I did intend to say that, but—”’ ‘Well, Al- fred, your mother made that very pie and sent it to me.” It is believed that malaria on the banks of streams where saw mills are located is largely caused by the decomposition of the sawdust, bark and small fragments of wood that are thrown into the water as the easiest way of disposing of them. In New York it is proposed to prohibit by statute the throw- ing of these articles into streams by mill- owners. Many of the mills throughout the coun- try are changing their business from the manufacture of cotton and woolens to wors- teds. It is said that there is more money in the latter business, and the manufacturers canalways secure a market for their pro- ducts. “No,” said Fitskin, “I don’t think I shall ever try to join the Masons. It’s too dangerous.” ‘Dangerous! How?” ‘Oh, you see we hear about so many murders in the first, second and third degrees that ‘T don’t dare to try it.” Boralumine is unexcelled by any other wall finish on the market. The newspaper columns headed “Born,” “Married,” and “Died,” have been various- ly paraphrased in the Far West. One paper has it “Hatched, Matched, and Despatch- ed,” and another “Buds, Blossoms, and Cypress.” Complete assortment of fishing tackle at Calkins Bros., 97 Ottawa street. Advertisements to the effect that certain tailors have full stocks of “fall and winter woolens” should now be changed. Some papers have them still standing. Smoke the celebrated Jerome Eddy Cigar, manufactured by Robbins & Ellicott, Buf- falo, N. Y. For sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids, Mich. The trade of the Boralumine Co. is in- creasing very rapidly showing that the mer- its of the article are appreciated. Send for samples and prices. St. Louis will turn out 25,000,000 pounds of manufactured tobacco this year, on which it is said the jobbers will make more than $1,000,000. Reduction in wages of the operatives in the Canadian woolen mills are the order of the day. Mississippi cane fishing poles $4 per hun- dred at Calkins Bros. Good length and se- lected. Try Boralumine. Any one can use it. JTORDAN Preumatic Washer The best thing of the kind in the market! Washes clothes in half the time of other machines. Simple in Construction and Op- eration. For sale for $5 apiece by the man- ufacturer, Ex, CLUF),"’, Grand Rapids, Mich. Town and county rights for sale. FJ, DETTENTHALER Successor to H. M, Bliven, —WHOLESA LE— OYSTERS AND CANNED GOODS. Agent for Farren’s Celebrated “FF” Brand Raw Oysters. 117 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, = a Grand Rapids Wire Works WW i ri MICH. a \ I 85 IN SES nal" RSENS RBS oes IN SNPS OOESOSIS EVER BERD Manufacturers of All Kinds of SATIRE ‘ATORK! 92 MONROE STREET. MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS? ASSOCIA'N. Incorporated Dee. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for Thirty Years. * LIST OF OFFICERS: Ppresident—RANsoM W. Haw Ley, of Detroit. Vice-Presidents—CHAS. BE, SNEDEKER, Detroit; L. W. ATKINS, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALEXAN- DER, Lansing; U.S. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H. E. MEEKER, Bay City. Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH, Detroit. Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C. Pon- TIUS, Chairman, 8. A, MUNGER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTUREES AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOBS, River Boots and Drive Shoes, Calf and Kip Shoes for Men and Boys, Kid, Goat Calf Button and Lace Shoes for Ladies and Misses are our Specialties. Our Goods are Suecially Adapted for the Michigan Trade, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ° JENNINGS & SMITH, PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Fenningsgs’ Flavorings Ei=xrtracts AND DRUGGISTS’ AND GROCERS’ SPECIALTIES. 20 Lyon Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. CLARK, JEWELL & CO, WW ELOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 3 §5 and 97 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, : 2 MICHIGAN. Sarin ad Summer Hats and Laps —I WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF MERCHANTS TO MY— Spring Styles of Fine Hais, Spring Styles of Wool Hats, Spring Styles of Stiff Hats, Spring Styles of Soft Hats, Wool Hats $4.50 to $12 per Dozen, Fine Hats 13.50 to $86 per Dozen, Straw Hats for Men, Straw Hats for Boys, Straw Hats for Ladies, Straw Hats for Misses. Hammocks Sold by the Dozen at New York Prices '' ——LARGE LINE OF—— Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods, ottonade Pants and Hosiery. DUCK OVERALLS, THREE POCKETS, $3.50 PER DOZEN AND UPWARDS. Call and get our prices and see how they will compare with those of firms in larger cities. rc UuBV I. 36, 38, 40 and 42 CANAL STREER!, - - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Fruit & Produce at Wholesale Choice Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Buckwheat Flour, Maple Syrup, Jellies, Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Vegetables, and Sand Refined Cider. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. N.C, Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids, Castor Machine Oil. The Castor Machine Oil contains a fair percentage of Castor Oil and is in all re- spects superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or*No. 3 Castor Oil. The OHIO OIL COMPANY | Is the only firm in the United States that has succeeded in making a combination of Veg- etable and Mineral Oils, possessing the qualities of a Pure Castor Oil. It is rapidly com- ing into popular favor. We Solicit a Trial Order. 4 ofthe Amoor River and China, and the Groceries. - PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 9. William J. Price, Better Known as “Dic- tator Bill.” W. J. Price was born in New York City August 18, 1839, and lived there for five years, when his parents moved to Plain- well, Allegan county, where he spent his time until fifteen years of age. The next five years were spent in “‘seeing the world,” during which time he visited a dozen differ- ent states, and sailed on the lakes. The breaking out of the war found him at Green Bay, Wis., where he enlisted as a private in the Fourth Wisconsin Infantry, and served in that capacity eighteen months, taking part in the engagements of Franklin, and Baton Rouge, the Red River campaign of 1862, the seige of Port Hudson, in which he was wounded in the leg, and the battle of Clinton. In June, 1863, the regiment was changed to cavalry, and Mr. Price was _rais- ed to the rank of sargeant. The regiment was thenceforth detailed on frontier duty, where they did gallant duty. Serving the time of his enlistment, Mr. Price was dis- charged at New Orleans, where he remain- " ed one year, when he came North, locating at Kalamazoo, where he engaged in the grain business, entering the employ of Mer- rill & McCourtie, millers. He was with this firm until 1870, when he engaged in the grocery business at Kalamazoo under the firm name of Haines & Price. The follow- ing sears disposed of his interest to his partner, and took the position of steward of the State Agricultural College at Lansing, which position he filled for two years, re- signing in 1873 to engage in the grocery business in this city. He formed a partner- ship with Mr. M. J. Ulrich, under the firm name of Ulrich & Price, and established a fine business on the corner of West Bridge and Front streets. The great fire of June 19, 1875, swept away their stock, on which they had but little insurance, and the _part- nership was dissolved. On the completion of the new Worfel block on West Bridge street in the fall, Mr. Price resumed the same business, continuing until 1877, when adverse circumstances compelled him to lay down. May 1, 1879, he entered the employ of Eaton & Christenson, taking the trade on the G. R. & L., as far north asSt. Ignace, a territory he has covered ever since, and in which he is as well known as any traveler out of this market. He attributes his suc- cess on the road to arduous labor and close application to business, as well as to a jov- ial disposition, either of which qualities en- able him to attract men and hold them. ————@2> a They Paid Their Fare. “Did you ever hear how Johnny McIntyre turned pale, and begged not to be put off my train up at Westwood three or four years ago?” said Freight Conductor Brisbin, of the G. R. & I. Railroad, a few days ago. The train reporter of THE TRADESMAN expressed his disbelief in the ability of Mc- Intyre to turn his Indian-like aspect to an ashy white, and Brisbin continued: “John McIntyre, W. J. Price, Frank Par- menter and the late lamented Frank Thomas tried a bluff game on me when I was run- ning on the Northern division, but their little dead-beat scheme failed to work. I called ina couple of burly brakemen, and we put the entire party off at Westwood. They begged hard to be allowed to proceed, offering to pay double fare, and Johnny ap- pealed to meso piteously that I finally al- lowed them to go on. McIntyre was so seared at the prospect of spending a night in the woods that he turned milky white. His teeth chattered, his knees knocked to- gether, and he was altoghther the worst frightened man you ever saw. So you see his usual lion-like boldness is always put on.”? oo 2 Will Probably Hit It. He was a Chicago manufacturer of but- terine. He reached home from a trip down south, and entered his office with the re- mark to his partner: “Smith, all is lost!’ “No! What’s the matter?” Why, we have got to use at least 10 per cent of pure butter in our article, or find our- selves driven from the southern market!” “Ts that all? Then cheer up. If we must increase the per cent of butter from five to ten let us find a substitute for the tallow. Let us experiment with asphalt or glue.” > +9 Features of the Week. The grocery market has been almost fea- tureless during the past week, the staples having been exceptionally steady. Sugars weakened the middle of the week, but sub- sequently recovered, and prices are about the same as last week, with a firmer feeling. Coffees are a little easier and a trifle lower, although there is no appreciable decline. Oranges and Lemons are in good supply and steady in price, with a good demand, Nuts, dates, etc., are ali without change. a The Czar of Russia is favorably entertain- ing a project to extend a complete system of 12,000 miles of rail communication through the distant parts of the empire. With an annual expenditure of about $38,000,000 ex- tending over a period of twenty years, it is proposed to carry on gigantic railroad con- struction that will connect St. Petersburg with the remote cities of Siberia, the region centers of Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan and India. nen A ner : A voter, praising a candidate at a recent mn, said: “He is as fine a fellow as ever ene pmdeaaaae At) @ boot to a scoun- The Adulteration of Sugar. From the Detroit Journal. Public interest in all adulterations of food products has been awakened somewhat in this city by the lectures of Dr. Clark, and greatly stimulated by the rezent develop- ments made by a committee of the New York Legislature respecting the manufacture and sale of unwholesome butter. What is true of butter is equally true of sugar. The principal question, as far as the people who use sugar are concerned, is in regard to the healthiness of glucose, now used so exten- sively in its adulteration. Itis claimed by the manufacturers of glucose or starch sugar that it is of exceptional purity and contains no injurious substances, though having at best only two-thirds the sweetening power of cane sugar. This may be true, but the peo- ple prefer pure sugar to an article adulterat- ed with glucose. They are not satisfied as to its wholesomeness. Glucose is employed in the manufacture of confectionery, in canning fruit, in making jellies and in adulterating cane sugar. It is also used in making arti- ficial honey nnd in beer brewing as a substi- tute for malt. Few will quarrel with any one of these uses except that probably of the adulteration and its substitution fOr another article. Itis a conceded fact, both in law and morals, that a man is entitled to receive what he buys and pays for, and certainly when sugar is purchased, however pure it may be or free srom injurious elements, if there is a lessening of its saccharine strength there is a deception and a loss. There are some who will not object to the substitution of oleomargarine or butterine for butter, ata low price, but if they are required to pay the value of first-class creamery butter, they will look upon it as a swindle. So with sugar. Let the dealers in lowering the grade lower the price and purchasers will understand what they are getting. This should be en- rorced by law. There is but one step be- tween the use of innocuous glucose and the employment of articles that have no commer- cial value whatsoever. ~~ +6 << A Modern Maple Sugar Grove. From the Detroit Free Press. A very touching description of a modern maple sugar camp appeared some weeks ago in the columns of The Free Press. The writer was disappointed at finding the sap gathered in patent buckets instead of in the old-fashioned trough and boiled ina patent evaporator set on a bricked furnace instead of in the old black iron kettle of huge di- mensions bubbling over a great hickory fire. The writer must have been an old fogy in- deed, for the so-called modern camp he speaks of has long since given way to the still more recent methods of making maple sugar. One of the finest maple sugar camps of the west is situated right herefin Detroit. The camp, which, when first started, occu- pied one room in a basement, has now ex- tended over the entire underground floor of a large building. A reporter, on visiting this maple grove, found the horny-handed farmers hard at work sugaring off. Great barrels of the poorest sort of Cuba sugar, damp, dark and clammy, stood in the cellar, like executed Cubans, with their heads off. Shallow copper tanks simmered over coal fires. “Yes,” said the bronzed agriculturists, “now is our busy season. We use up sever- al barrels of Muscovada sugar a day. We dump the sugar into the pans and stir it up with hot water. Then we add the sand and ground leaf and twigs——” “T don’t twig,” said the reporter. ground leaf do you use, and why?” “Oh, we get maple leaves and break ’em up. Nothing pleases aman so much as to find a bit of maple leaf ora snapped off twig in his lump of maple sugar.”’ “And the sand?” “Oh, well, sand is cheap enough and helps big in weighing out the chunks. People are sort of educated up to expecting sand in their maple sugar.’ ‘“You use real maple sugar to give the flavor I suppose?” “Bless you, no; that’s the old-fashioned way and it’s expensive. No, we have flay- oring extracts in them carboys and we can turn out any brand of maple that’s called for.” The boy was ladling out the dark-looking fluid into molds that held about a pound each; some molds held five pounds. An- other poured the more liquid stuff into cans labeled: ‘PURE VERMONT MAPLE Syrup; Beware of Imitations.” “T suppose you sell most of it in the city here?” : “No. very little. The greater part goes to farmers in the country, who bring it in again in farm wagons and sell it around the streets at houses where the people will only have the pure article and who won’t buy from the regular stores.” This is the real modern maple sugar camp. None other is genuine. ———————-2— “What Cigarette Paper as a Cause of War. lt is not improbable that as trivial a cause as cigarette paper may kindle a religious war in Thessaly. The Thessalian legislature, not long since, passed a bill authorizing the government monopoly of cigarette paper. The poorer classes, to whom the sale of the paper would be a source of livliehood, com- plain loudly that they have been cruelly robbed; while the followers of the Prophet are furious because the new government pa- per bears the symbol of the cross, which they take to be a deliberate insult to their relig- ion, for how can a true believer in the cres- cent enjoy a cigarette which bears the hated sign of the rival faith! And the government | will allow them to use no other. s .. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. SALERATUS. : ae DUO re ieee cessed ay ee @ 5% tao ones Se ee a br Nothing. Cap eo oe @ Bie Declined. ee eee Nothing. Om MOSM co es @ 5% AXLE GREASE. SALT. Modoc .... #doz 60 |Paragon... ®doz 60 OOTPOCRKOt ce 2 60 Diamona......... 60 |Frazer’s.......... PO OGROG he 2 40 BAKING POWDER. A ~ — Stee ert va ce sce cede : a Arctic 4 Ibcans.....................- ®doz. 45] piamond C.....) 1% APCHIC34 MCANS.. 206s. ce eee see eee 75| Standard Coarse.......... 1.” 1 55 AVTCUC 7,1) CANS: 20)... sce ood eke 1 40 eo SEEDS. po es Arctic (ib cans.) oc 60255. ese 2 40 H ae ABOUOD DCANS.... 25.02.2650 2s 12 00 Canary ee te : 5 BLUING. Me 7" More NOLe hse doz. 20. jy Mixed Bird: (00 bee 54%@6 BONN NO es 8 ee as G08. ao SOAP. ee “don: 6 | Kirk’s American Family.......8D 6% Aehie £ oF %® gross 4 00 dO: Anda ee 634 Rie a. 800} G0. Savon ........... ese eeeeees 6 PGGhHCIBO2) 6 12 00 ue. aed ttt tte e tee e ee eee ee es ne ae 6 | INOVONUO (oo. ce eee 5 Artic No.2 een MONIT 8 00 | flo, White Raia 2220000007211 540 acetic NO. fh 4 59 | Goodrich’s English Family .......... 5% do. PYINGOSS (oe 4% BROOMS. Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory Bese cle 6 %5 r NO. A Campet i... 252.6. ee. 2 50 do. Japan Olive...... 5 INO; 2 CARPOE. occ co vce ss coc ec scene's 2 25 do Town Talk #8 box 3 70 INO ee ees ha : 00 - Golden Bar........ 4 20 Pe ee ae oo eee ae Common WHISK...........-........-...< 85 do. Mottled German.. 4 20 CANNED GOODS. Pioote Ramune Goat eek EN SO NUE UU Be ee eee (Gs we Apples, 3 standards ..................... 120 | Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 15 Apples, 6 Ib standards ...................4. 200) | Badger oo ee 60ibs @6% Apples, gallon standards.................. Sp | Galvanic. @A 20 APIICOIS; VMISE'S. = o.oo oc ee eo oe oes 2 95 PEMXOMIGCHNIG. 6 @6 50 PROAMS, MING ee i oes os cece SD 7 | See BOTA @A 20 Beans, oe ee ; 85 Aen & Stover’s New Pree oH by @ 21 Beans, Boston Baked.... 75 ADUROD cece ee ene é ar @ 16 Blackberries, standards. 1 25 Ward's White Lily.........5.5........: @6 75 Cherries, white .......... 1 90 iandkerchief 0 @A4 20 Cherries! red... 6. es. ..-1 05 SIMS 3 00 Condensed Milk, Fagle brand............. S410 | Bapbites. 5 50 (orm, Hyie oe es oe 115 Wisn Rag 410 Orme ROVCrC....-.-..-....-.----.----.----- AO | Bing 5 00 Com, Heya. 22.0... 23. se LAO. | Maenetie: oo 4 20 Corn, Yarmouth...........: 2... 0... 52.23. 130 | New French Process.................. 4 50 Corn TVOpRy. «3. 6.2... oo. l cs. See cc cs 115 SPOOM 28 oo EE 5 00 Corn, 24> Onandago...........-:;......-.. 150 | Anti-Washboard....................... 5 00 TPAMSONG 26 kt ee ees 120) | Waterland?) 3 25 Egg Plums, standards..................66- 160) | Magic.) .........: beens eee cecc ue 4 20 Green Gages, standards..........-........ 160) | Bittsbureh css... 4 00 BGODSLOES, OATS — 555625 le ences cues 2 00 OCMC ee 6 75 Lobsters, Picnics... ..... 4. cs ujyju.-... . ss 1%” + White castile bars..................... 13 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib........... 400) | Mottledicasti¥fe:. 0.) 12 Oysters, 1 ib standards.................... 11g, | Old Style ek @ 5% Oysters, 1 i slack filled................... ho] Old Coumtry. 5% peaks ; = “pean har sos3 4058 0s oSoaacse> il S SPICES. ysters, slac OG Fe ec 2 | Peaches all yellow standards............ 210 | Ground Pepper, in boxes and cans... 16@22 Peaches, 3 b Extra Yellow Heath......... 300 | Ground Allspice....................... 12@20 Peaches, white standards................. 1 90 nen Settee teen ee eee eee ee ee ee eee 16@3 PCAOHOS, BOCONES....... 2... 20. .2000. 0000s, Bere ares ee Re esi ee earseees cose 2 ee eee Vi@20 Pears, Bartlett.:.....0.... 2.0.0... 0600-8. 135 | 6 PRS a2 wane e tence etn eee enn asin anae 15@35 Peas, standard Marrofat................+- 1 50 ee ee ee 25@35 Peas, good Marrofat..............000e sees 1 35 epper.%4 b ® dozen.................4. fo Roas soaked 2 65 | Allspice % Ib... eee 15 Pueippies. aN 1 60 Enemion Does ce ee eece ee eee ee 1 00 Pine Apple, 2 i Sugar Loaf............... 2 50 ides % 1 ee eee be Raspberries, Hrie.................-+.----+- A ren eek Raspberries, other brands...............- 1% |6 BECO terest er sete s esate esta nn cee nes oie Salmon, oe co ee 4 a pe a @l2 Sar ines, impor A 43 BO (hog ot ee eaah Dog | Set ts acres) Sis cee s wee coi s ss cie e.¢) sie a0 S done Sardines, imported %8........... .. 20 Nutmere, NOU ee 10 @i5 Bardines, domestic 4s Ries sess c ot ace ou STARCH. Sardines, domestic 48.................... b Baines Westied ee ae eS Strawberries, standards................... 110 | Muzzy Gloss 6 i boxes................ @14 Succotash, standards...................2. 105 | Muzzy Gloss bulk................0000 @6 Succotash, other brands.................. B | Mierw Comit- 7 @I% Succotash, 2 B.&M...................... 1 75 Special prices on 1,000 orders. Tomatoes, standards................ 1 00@1 05 Kingsford Silver Gloss................ @s% Tomatoes, Al WIC ee ; 25 Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 box....... @o%e Trout, 3% Drook................@......... 00 | Kingsford Corn........................ 8%@9 CAPS. eo Pa eee ese sca. . ae Qe ’ 7 Y irror Wee te ck. e... es ae - eo noon ve GOED oc sei eo a Ses HORS BOAT ee ce @ CHOCOLATE. Americad Starch Co.’s German sweet... 2. 22 .-2 es 8 @eb | lb Gloss @b% BRAROUIS oi ses ee @40 | 100z Gloss............. ase as @3% PRIOR 62 oe ec oe oc se @35 Om GIOSS se: ee es. @6 Waennea Sweet... -. 2... 55.2803. s @25 g Tb Gloss, wood boxos. @i corer. ee aR Ge Green Rio. ...124.@14%|Roasted Mex.1714@19% | Banner, bulk.....................00000% @A Green Java.. .174@27%|Ground Rio.. 94@174 | Hovey’s 1 ib Sunday Gloss............. @i% Green Mocha.234%@27%|Ground Mex. @16% | Hovey’s 3 ib Sunday Gloss............. @i% Roasted Rio. .124.@17%|Arbuckle’s....... @15% | Hovey’s 6 ib Sunday Gloss, wood box. @8 Roasted Java24%@344 |X XXX ........... @15% One Mrs. Potts’ Polishing Irons given free Roasted Mar.17%@19 |Dilworth’s ....... @15X | with each box or crate of Sunday Gloss Starch. Roasted Mocha @34% ‘ STONEWARE. CORDAGE. a uss ® PROM ee ec ee @8 72 foot Jute ..... 1 35 {60 foot Cotton....1 75 fee Oe * 60 foot Jute..... 115 [50 foot Cotton....1 50 | Milk Crocks.... pate eee ate re: ' FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Rising Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s gross...... 5 50 Lemon. ae Seales ea 5 88) Above # dozea..... 50 JCDNINgGS 2 OZ%....:..-2..2.0630.5.2.5- #2 doz. 1 00 XL........ oe BO ROD eee cece ee eee eee eee ce eeees Br Gee arate noone ox noses @i% a at ORE eae ee ese aeaee a ae MIDOS Ce eee Bs \y : eee scree Boe ered Be eee UO el 8 ‘@8i4 “ Mepint round... A nae A ae Se a ee b4@6% et No. 10... Noes sce e ces cae eee o 4 25 Yellow PO a oe 54 @6 _ Vania | COW ee ee ee senna cis 14 6161p oie oie ya JONMINGS 2 OZ:. 5... 2s lee. @ doz. 1 40} Gorn. Barrels p @ 30 Be OB sans vn nee eer ee terterecerseceees i. one... Oe ere eee ieee rere py Gorn, egalloniregs. o.oo. 02. @ 83 Wo. Bapers see co se sc sccscso A BOY GOMMs BEWMOR BERS. o<.- ses eos eons Ql i o Me ter 6 5G ee es oo C # tard zoned Re crg +> tenho sane 4 . = Pure Sugar Drips....... veserseee Dbl 35@ 40 ie ~ TOUNG.... 2.2... 02 sss esos 495| Pure Sugar Drips........... 5galkegs @l1 8 cA Soe ee A PO MAIC... ee nee %bbis @ 80 O. WW... eee eee ee eens Que e oe Ge Pure Maple............ ..10galkegs @ 80 FAUCETS. Pure Maple......... .dgalkegs @ 85 Faucets, self measuring.............. @2 50} Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... *bbl @ % Faucets, COmMON.............20+00000+ @ 35| Pure Loaf Sugar............ 5gal kegs I 00 TEAS. Se FISH. bak Japan ordinary. 23@30 zoung Hyson. . . .25@50 OlC COGr see as “A | Japanfair........ 32@35|Gun Powder..... 35@50 Boneless:\Cod....-.. ........-.-....- 54%@74@8-2 | Japan fair to g’d.35@37\Oolong ....... 338@55@60 Herring % bbls.7100 b................ 2 75@3 00 | Japanfine........ 40@50\Congo............ @30 Herring Scaled....... 28@30 | Japan dust....... 15@20 Herring Holland @1 15 TOBACCO—FINE CUT. Bloaters............ @100 | Diamond Crown....................00 @57 White, No.1, % bbls ... 8 00 Med Bind eo ero. so cess... @52 White, Family, % bbls. 4:00 | Opera Queen... ese, @A40 White, No. 1, 10 ] kits................ 110 MWCEOL HOSG 505. @45 Whise, No.1, 12 tb kits................ 1 25 Green Back. oo... 000200550002. e. @38 Trout, No: 1, 34 Dbis....:............. 415) |G eee @33 Trout: No.1, 12%. kits.......:....42.. - 90 OSo Sweet.......625.... 2. @31 Mackerel, No. 1, % bblis....... cea e 7 00 Prairie Wower. | .... 00.5050. .02.0.00005. @65 Mackerel. No.1, 12 i kits............ 115 Climber [light and dark].............. @62 FRUITS. Lee De tica ce ccc ccs ce cclce iss cee ce es London Layers, new............. rote ees 2 75 Globe, Ph Nene rae rm Loose Muscateis Raisins, new ..-2 50@2 60 May Wower (0 ee "0 New Valencias Raisins............... 7 | Hero Oe @45 Ondaras ...... 2. sees eeeee sete eee cere es Pee aes ie ci. ee Turkey PPPAINIOS 665 os ek eh. ea ces 64@6% Royal Game ee @38 So tithe treeeeerereeeeee ence en ens saan Silver Thread............ sees: @67 Dried AMPICS 2 3... .6 kee ce sae es 8 @8% onteey . @60 MATCHES. ae ea Pee pokelatcaseMce secs c a. tee 5 @67 Richardson’s No. 2 square.................. 2 70| Peek-a-Boo...... 1.2... see sees eee ee eee @32 Richardson’s No.3 do... seseeeeeee2 55] Peek-a-Boo, % barrels............ oo @30 Richardson’sNo.5 do. .................. 1 70| Clipper, Fox’s........ 0. sees eeeeeeee ees @32 Richardson’sNo.6 40. ..............000- 2 70| Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels......... @30 Richardson’8 No.8 dO. ...........cee0- ee 70} POMBORID oc: oe sce cece d cent eee co @i4 Richardson’s No.9 do By Old CORGress | 8... ee ees sce. @64 Richardson’s No. 4 round.......... oes 2 70; Good Luck............ 6. sess ee eee eee ees @52 Richardson’s No.7 dO. ..........:.0c0s ees 2 65| Good and Sweet.................. ++ @45 Kichardson’s No. 74 dO ...... eee eee eee 1 70| Blaze Away.............+.- @35 Electric Parlor NO. 17.............0cce0ce esos 3 80| Hair Lifter................. @30 Electric Parlor No. 18..............0...0s0005 5 70| Old Glory, light............ reeeee @60 Grand Haven, No. 9................eeeeceee: 2 25| Charm of the West, dark.............. @60 Grand Haven, No. 8............ccccceeceeees 1 60| Governor, in 2 oz tin foil.............. @60 20 gross lots special price. Red Fox PLUG. @50 MOLASSES. ee ae BIBCK SUID... soos see esa scares coke -- @20| Seal of Grand Rapids................6. @48 Porto Rico............ po OBS Ce ae ee es @50 New Orleans, good........... ss AOODU | UE AIN soca see lo cc yee eee ccc. @48 New Orleans, fancy...................0005 MAGO | Silver Coins... ....2.. 62652 ..4...00..55. @50 SYLUNE, SUGAT. . o.oo os. se 27@35@45 | Buster (Dark].....................0006 @36 OATMEAL. oe aoa tax girls siesta Sel ae Ss cle he oe ac acer REM oc Orc ates ag O36 AB DAD Pees oo ke. @3 75| Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @50 Be IO ee ee cee ee S70) OWES ois ese el ec cee: @50 TINPOMIAI DIS 0. iss... ee gs et B10 | Old PASE esl es @A8 (uaker Pols...) 2... 566-5 obec saciesss.> 6% | McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @A8 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 cads....... @51 canta Cook of the Walk OB hice eek as or WW. 5 pun Rou... 5... cca nonsense Legal ABU oi ee Ox MIIYOR i oe @50 Sweet, 2 oz. MIPGGRE. . ooo eases "5 PGOTE eee as cae: @50 Sweet, 2 OF. FOUN... oes a 1 00 Red Seal h Riad 0 60.0 <4.65'0 odie Soe 8.6 b'ce Sub besa « @A8 Castor, 2 0Z. SQUATC......2. 2... cece eee 15 a gg Stee eeeeeeee teense ee eeneeeenaes @A4 Castor, 2 0z. round........... ..2...06. 1 00 lack Xi... ee sete eeeee ee eee ees tresses @35 PURO BAAR oe. sc. . coos vide dese cates he @40 : PICKLES. MNO Gib ei @35 Choice in barrels med........... ........ -...4 25| Nobby Spun Roll.................00005 @50 CHOIGG IN 2 OOo oi ices cess, AD BOYNE sss oe k ei @50 Dingee’s % do Snail... 2.56! Be eas 4 25| Grayling, all styles.................... Dingee’s quarts glassfancy....... secceepee 4 28| Mackinaw........ Tigi pueee aes Di ’s pints (ls Se rere .--. 2 50 English qt. in Glass............ Spek ayaa Nea iae 3 50 English pt. in Class.................. wegen 2 00 American qt. in Glass................0000005 2 00 American pt.in Glass............. Sagevaa es 12 black poe 7 i. een Shield..... . ce BOR) cies. Imported Clay 3 gross.,...............2 25@3 00| Ghamplon An 000 American T. D...... serescesseees 90@1 00) Sailors’ Solace..... @50 @48 @18 @40 SMOKING. Chai ee @22 Arthur's CHOICG.. 02. ok s lc. ce se @22 Seal of Grand Radids.................. @25 WOU ae @30 IEG Be ea ee ee, @28 WAS a ee @30 Ten Penny Durham, % and \.. @24 Amber, % and 1fb............... @15 Dime Smoking.............. @22 Red Fox Smoking....... @26 Lime. Kiln Club................ @A7 Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut. a @90 WONICY Hain 2 ge @90 ne 24@25 IBECTIGSR a 25 Stamdard = 00 0 22 Old Pome ee 21 Dom & Jerry. .62.50.0 0 24 OROU ee 25 PEYAVCIOR. 005 e 6s SL 35 Maiden: (0) ee @26 RODS ce rouse ee 27 Navy Clippings 9.606. 24 Boney Per See eee eee ee 25 Gold Bloek 32 Camp Bire 2.0 22 Oronokoe ee ee 19 Nigger Head: 6.0). 26 Wurnam eI 60 do Mee 57 do SGD or ee 55 do BD 51 MIOUOMG oe @22 German oe ee @16 ons Tom. oe @30 Nationale ee @26 PEIN @26 Moves Dream 0. @28 COngUGrOn ak ee @23 OMG ee ee @22 Gravis @32 Pear Skies @30 Dime Durham 8 @25 ROD ROY role @26 mele Samiceo e . @28 DTumberman .. 0.000003... @26 Railroad Boy. .... 0.66...) @37 Mountain Rose................ @20 Good Enough............... @23 Home Comfort, 4s and %s. @25 Old Rip, long cut........... @60 Durham, long cut...... @60 Two Nickle, 45..... @25 wo Niekle, 368). ooo... @26 Star Dunham... @25 Golden Flake Cabinet.................. @40 Seal of North Carolina, 2 0z........... @52 Seal of North Carolina, 4 0z............ @50 Seal of North Carolina, 8 0z........... @48 Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz boxes... @50 SHORTS, Mule Pare. 23 PMAWRUNG 23 Old Coneress oo. 23 VINEGAR. ure Cider 10@12 WHILG Wine) 10@12 WASHING POWDERS. UG ARID ee @10% Gillett’ 2 3.0 @ 4 SOMMING DRS 7@10 BOraxine wa DOX.. 6... @3 %5 Pearline @ pOXi 6.0.0... ..6) 2. @4 50 YEAST. Seneca Falls ‘‘ Rising Sun”’.............. 1 65 Twin Bros....... 165 |Wilsons.......... 1 65 Gillett’s......... 165 |National......... 1 65 MISCELLANEOUS. Blacking 22053... .... 6... 30, 40, 50@60 dQ, | WAlCEDrOOE 13.6. 6 1 50 Bath Brick imported .................. 95 . fo AWMCTIGAM 60. 5 8 ., 75 LOY seo eo @sy Burners N@. Boe me do NOD Fee 1 50 Bags, American A..................... 20 00 Beans, medium ...... ......5.5, 1... 2 10 Beans, hand picked.................... 2 40 Butter ee 18@20 IUGEEEING 2 18@21 Curry Combs #@ do0Z........ 0.605... 1 4@ Cream Tartar 5 and 10 ib cans......... @25 Candies; Star... @15% @andles: Hotel. 60.) @16% Cheese full cream choice.............. 144@15 Catsup quarts # dozen............ ... 1 40@1 Chimneys NO. Foe, @35 do INOS So @46 Cocoanut, Schepps’ 1 b packages. @26% Cocoanut, Schepps’1&% ib do . @27% Evaporated Hulled Corn 50 ib cases... @ iu Extract Coffee, Vi GC... 8: 95 do elie 1 80@ Flour, Star Mills, in bbls .............. 5 75 do ID SACKS... 5. 1... 5 50@ Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @25 Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......... a. @40 Gum, Spruce) 35@40 Horse Radish, pints................... @1 40 Indigo: 0 1 Ink ® 3 dozen box................000.. 1 Jelly in Palle es @6 do Glass Tumblers # doz............ @B icorice; Sicily... @20 Micorice; Calabra ..............5....... 28@30 RAGorICe NOOR sc. 6es 12 Bye @2 doz. cases... 1 55@ Macaroni, Imported......... ......... @13 DOMCEUC @ 5% Mince Pies, 1 gross cases, # case...... @6 00 French Mustard, 8 oz #% dozen........ @s0 do Large Gothic........ 1 3@ Oil Tanks, Star 60 gallons........... 12 00@ Oil Tanks, Patent 60 gallons.......... 14 00@ IRCPpPeOr Sauce... 90@1 00 Peas, Green Bush...................... 1 50@ do_ Split prepared................... @ 3% Powder, Keg 5 50@ | GO We Weg ee 3 00@ RiCe 6@64%@T% SABO cose oie ee a ae 5@6 Shot, Crop... 1 GQ buck <3 e, 2 15@ SOg@ @15 Tobacco Cutters each ................. 1 2@ IBWIM@ foe 18@23 ChimneyCleaners# doz............... @50 Flour Sifters # doz .................... 3 00@ Fruit Augurs each..................... 1 2@ Mapiges ee ee 5@6 Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box........ 1 50@1 65 Wicking No. 1 # gross................. @40 do. Nose @65 GO Argand 2200.00. 1 0@ COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B, Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 10 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 95 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 @arlote oe ee 1 15@1 20 Plastering hair, per bu................ 35@ 38 Stticeo, perbbl. sc 1 %5 Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 75 Land plaster, car lots.................. 3 00 ire brick, per Mics. 6... $27 @ $35 Fire clay, per bbl. 3.2.2... 3... el. 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate............ $6 50@6 5 Anthracite, stove and nut............ 6 75@7 00 Cannell coal ooo ec ccc ck, 7 00 Ono coals. oe 40@3 60 Blossburg or Cumberland ........... 00@5 25 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. Gro. o2 ss ioe ssc BHT @T% PANG CUPCOe oe. 8 @ 8% Pull Cured... ek --. 8%@ 8% Dry hides and kips............. 8 @12 Calf skins, green or cured... -10 @12 Deacon skins.................. # piece20 @50 SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Summer skins # piece. -10 @20 Mall pelte. oa, 30 @50 Winter pelts. 6 ees ek 100 @1 50 WOOL. Fine washed @.... ........ 5.26.5. .-. 30 @32 Coarse Washed: . 0.0.5 .0.0 05 cc ce ccc ccs 22 @25 Unwashed ¢o0 05.2 oe 2-3 FURS. Mink, lange. ee ce ccc ee 60@ 75 Mini GMa 626. ce oe. 25@ 40 Muskrat, Spring. ... 6.60... 6c. bcc. .c5 Lb@ lw Muskrat. Winter... 6... 65 ob coche ees ck 1@ 14 Musitvat. Parr... . ccc. ee cece cess 8@ 10 MUSKIAM BIS... cc cee. -- 8@ 4 Raccoon...... pot eseaencut ou eh accviacs 40@ 85 PRG, DIAOK. oo os cece. ees 80@ 90 Skunk, half stripe..................... 50@ 60 Skunk, narrow stripe................. - 2@ . Skunk, broad.......... Red F 90 | New York Counts, solid meats, per gal..... 2 50. Pee scree eee nas ere eeee, ee . 6 00@8 00 BOQR joc scutes CO eae tue ca sce ud %,.5 00@12 00 Deer skins, red and blue, dry.... @ b 25@ 30 Deer skins, gray and long haired..... 25 Beaver, clean and dry # tb........... 25. Above prices are for prime skins only—un- prime. in proportion, CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Straight, 25 I boxes................... @10 Twist, €05 5 ee @10% Cut Loaf OG8 ce @12 MIXED. Royal, 25 Th pails... 2... oc. eee een cee 104 Royal, 200 tb bbls Pind acon cic oe cose ee bet Jistra, co M pels... 11% Extra Cm Gis.) 2k a ii French Cream, 25 fb pails.................... 14 Cut loaf, 25 th cases.......................... lt Broken,20 M pails... 11% Broken, 00 bbis........-........., 10% FANCY—IN 5 Ib BOXES. Remo Props... 2... 5200.5... 14 Soux Prong 15 Peppermint Drops...... .....2........0 16 Chocolate Duds. -............6.0 i H MChocolate Drops....................... 20 Gye Props. 0000.5 12 Eneorice Drops... -. |... 8... ees 20: AB Hiceriee Drops.. _.....25..2. 14 Hozenges, plat. -.............. 6 Hozenges, Printed: .... 4... 17 mmperiaig ee 16 MOQUROCR ee 16 OCVOHIR BAR i 15 IMOIRSSGS Far oo ee 14 CaEsGln ee 20 Hand Made Creams.......................... 23 int @reamse oo... 20 Decorated Creams..:.... ................... 23 UMNO HOCK oo oo. oe 16 Burne Almonds. - 800.0... oot 24 Wintergreen Berries........... ............ 16 Fancy—in Bulk, Lozenges, plain in pails..................... 14 Lozenges, plain in bbls...................... 13 Lozenges, printed in pails................... 15 Lozenges, printed in bbls................... 14 Chocolate Drops, in pails.................... 14 Gum Drops, im pails... ......-... 8 Gum Dreps, in bble:........... 8. 7 Moss Drops, in pails......................... il Moss Drops. im bbIS .... 2... cw. 944 Sour Drops, in pails...:................ 12 Emperiais, in pais.............0... 14 Emperigigin Obis.. 0... 13 FRUITS. Oranges @ibow @4 00 Oranges OO @ box........... S Oranges, Imperials, # box............ 4 00@4 50 Oranges, Valencia # case............. @8 59 Lemons, choiee................... 3 00@3 50 Pemons, faney. =. i @4 00 Bananas % bunch...................... 2 00@4 00 Malaga Grapes, # keg................. Malaga Grapes, @ bbl.................. Wigs, layera @B........-.. 12@16 Rigs taney dq ..... 1... 18@20 Figs. baskets 40 ®@........12 02077! MU@l15 Dates. frails GQ ®D 6 Dates, 4 do QO: @7% Stes SIM @6 Dates, te -skin 2... @T™% Dates, Fard 10 box ® fh..........11! 10 @ll Dates, Fard 50 ib box @ .............. @ 8 Dates, Persian 50 bbox #D........... @% PEANUTS. Firm. Erime Hed, raw @............ Choice do dO @8 Fancy do GO... @9 Choice White, Va.do .................. 93%@10 Haneyipe. Va do... |: 10%@11 NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, # Ib................. 9 Almonds, Ioaca, be Neos soca a. oi Brazils, dQ i0@14 Pecons, dQ @10 ao Hajesiona dO) 22.6 ilberts, Sicily dO ....0.5.00 14@15 Walnuts, Chilli GQ 2... Gis Walnuts, Grenobles do ............. @15 Conte Ceiionnia OC ee ecou Nute, 2100 |... @4 5 Hickory Nuts, large ® bu............. or Hickory Nuts.small do ............. 1 25 PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co quote as follows: PORK. Heavy Mess Pork........................ $18 25 Back Pork, short eut..................... 18 50 Family Clear Pork, very cheap........... 19 00 Clear Pork, A. Webster packer........... i9 50 8. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City.... 20 00 Extra Clesr Pork... |... 20 00 otra Clear Pork... 2. 20 00 Clear Back Pork, new..................... 21 00 Boston Clear Pork, extra quality......... 20 75 Standard Clear Pork, the best............. 21 50 All the above Pork is Newly Packed. DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 fb. Cases....... 10 oO. Halt Cases......... 10% Long Clear medium, 500 Cases....... 10 do Half Cases....... 104% Long Clears light, 500 tb Cases.......... 10 oO. Half Cases.......... 104% Short Clears, heavy..................... 10% do. WNGCHNEM: 1... 8... 10% do. USHG. 6. 8G 10% Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 fb cases.. il Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 b cases.. 114% Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. ny Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 i cases.. 11% Bellies, extra quality, 500 ib cases...... 10% Bellids, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... 1034 Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 cases...... 1L LARD. IMIONCGR oo ee 9 S0-and 50 Th "Pubs .-... 0... 914 LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 ib Round Tins, 80 f racks............ 91g 50 i Round Tius, 100 racks.......... 94 3 Id Pails, 20 in a case................... 10 5 Pails, 12 in a case ................... 9% 10 } Pails, 6 in a case................... 934 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 18% Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 44 do. light 144% Hams, California............. ll Shoulders, plain.......... 944 Extra Clear Bacon...................... ls Dried Beef, Extra........... aoa ok. 16 Dried Beef, Hams...................... 17 BEEF IN BARRELS. Rolled Beef, for family use.............. 18 00 Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fbs...... 13 00 CANNED BEEF. Libby, MeNeil & Libby, 14 cans, % doz. PIGHSG. oo 20 56 do. 2 I cans, 1 doz. in case.... 3 20 Armour & Co., 14 b cans, % doz in case 20 50 do. 2% cans, 1 doz. in case.. 3 20 do. 2 Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. incase 4 50 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED, ork Sausage... 10% Pork Sausage Meat, 50 i tubs............... 10% FES SAUsaee 2. 15 mOns@UG Savsnge..... .... 1.6... il Piver Sausgye.. es 8% Frankfort Sausage.......................... 10 Hiood SaUsHge..... 8... 8% BOlOGNS, Tne 6... 8% Bologna, straight..........02....-05........ 8% HOORHA, CHICK. >...) ck, 8% est CHEERG. 8%, PIGS’ FEET. In halt barrels... 8... uc $3 8&5 In quarter barrels....................-..... 2 10. Lay a a ee 1 00. TRIPE. MM GIL DAEKGIS: |... co. 6.88 2 $3 7 In quarter barrels... .... 2.2.2. oo... 1 80 In kits 5 ee ee are lowest at time of going to: press, subject always to Market changes. FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef, sides..................000. TY%@ 91 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 9 se ot Mressed HOSs: 2.6.6. 9 9%. Mutton, carcasses...............2000.. 9 @10 VC ee ot ec 9 @10%. Spring Chickens....................... 16@17 aa Due Son ee cca gcecs sc cee ko caace eG 5@16 DER SAUSARO.... . coo oie occa 10 11 Pork Sausage in bulk.................. aon MROWOMOS ee eee Soo os Loses hcl ccs, @I1 OYSTERS AND FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. New York Counts, per can.,................. 38: Rixtee Selecta... oe. clo cccac oe 33 Plain Selecta... o.oo... ee... aeeensase cue 28 H.M.B.F..... oodeeUocuscc peso i 2 BAVOGRIG Roo eS , SO 0 Bee € Oe Oe C066 46 kw cd Selects, solid meats, per gallon...._.. Standards, solid meats, per gallon... e i Can prices above are for cases and half cases, FRESH FISH. Codfish .............. aoe 8 Haddock ................ ta eae Sra: OOM to. so, Necves ae seem Mackinaw Trout....................5........ 8 Mackerel .............. : Whitefish se seee Pet eer es eeseee PP OP em ee ewe ee esas ee nmene TPO Re emer ewes ene an Carefully Wote the Specialties Bellon, nrhich Yale Quote for Your Benefit This WWreek: SEWER PIPE | TO GET THE BEST, Buy the Leonard Clean- able, with Movable Flues, Hard wood,Carved Panels, Warranted First Class; Elegant and Durable. PRICH LIST Leonard’s Patent Clean- able Hardwood Re- frigerators. No. 0, 27ei8582.1 Door... 22.52.25... $13 50 No. 1, Sixg0x44, 1 door.........-..-....... 18 00 No. 2, 34x22x46, 2 Goors...............+.5 23 00 No. 3, 36x21x48, 2 doors.............-..... 26 00 No. 4, 40x25x54, 4 doors..............-.05 30 00 No. 5, 48x26x59, 4 doors................--. 30 00 Less discount to the trade, 30 per cent. This advertisement appears but a short time. CROCKERY, H LEONARD & SONS, SZ OBBARS OF GLASSWARE AND SILVER Headquarters for Akron Stone Butter Crocks, Jugs and Churns, by the Carload or from Stock. os White Granite Ware, English Decorated Ware, Chandeliers and Library Lamps, Cut showing the movable flues for cleanli- ness in our refrigerators. OlL sSlOVES SOMETHING NEw. CS { Jaren Emmmnnry We MG pO ; SSS he Lite Oli, RAN @ EB A Double Stove, Containing the Oven. Bakes, Boils and Frys at Once. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Price to the Trade, $7.50. AKRON WARS, And Grand Rapids Drain Tile. Large Stock Constantly on Hand. Price Lists Sent on Application. Mail orders receive careful attention. Dry Goods. Spring & Company quote as tuuuwo: WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... 27% Pepperell, 7-4.....- 16%4|Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 2 Pepperell, 9-4......22%|Pequot, 94......... 24 CHECKS. donia, XX,0z..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14 Se X,oz...10 |Park Mills, No. 100. . Economy, 0Z.......- 10 {Prodigy, 0z......... : Park Mills, No. > .10 (Otis Apron......... 10% rk Mills, No. 60..11 {Otis Furniture..... 10% park Mills, No. 70..12 |York, 1 0z.......... 10 Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, AA, extra 0z.14 OSNABURG, Alabama brown.. Alabama plaid..... 8 Jewell briwn....... * Seclaceasin plaid...... 8 Kentucky brown. "10% Toledo plaid.. . 1% Lewiston brown.. 4 New enn. ylaid.. i Lane brown.......- % New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid... [Utility pinid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. vondale, 36....... 844/Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% an cambrics, 36 “T1144 /Hill, Ree oa Androscoggin, Ane Bie atl 3-8... 2... 5... 1% Androscoggin, 5-4. 12% Hope, 4-4........... 1314 Ballou, 4-4......---- iy mine Phillip cam- ‘ Ballou, 5-4........-- bric, 4-4........... 11% Boott, O. 4-4.....--- 844 Linwood, 44....... 9 Boott, E. 5-5......-- 7 Lonsdale, es 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9% Lonsdale cambric.11% Boott, R. 3-4....-...- 5% |Langdon, GB, 4-4.. "9% Blackstone, AA 4-4. 74%4\Langdon, 45........ ‘14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6% Masonville, 44..... 9% Conway, 4-4.......- 73 |Maxwell. 4-4........ 10% Cabot, 4-4.......---- i New York Mill, 4-4. 10% Cabot, 7-8 eo eco ce 64%4|New Jerse ee 8 Canoe, 3-4.......-.--- Pocasset, P. M.C.. 7, 4 Domestic, 36......- 744|Pride of the West. ee Anchor,4-4.10 |Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8% ae as eee 914 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 9 IV ictoria, AA eee 9 7 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 844|Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, +4... 7% ecambric, 4-4...... 12 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 |Wamsutta, ae Bee - 16% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6% Williamsville, 35 . 10% Gilded Age.......-. 8341 CORSET JEANS. IZ) Asvmory .-:..-..-.--: 14 |\Kearsage........... 8h a nee sat.. oi Naumkeag satteen. 8% o BMIVOL...--->; 6 \Pepperell bleached 8% ication. Sees 6% Pepperell sat....... 9% Hallowell Imp..... 634|Rockport........... 1% Ind. Orch. Imp..... 6% Lawrence sat....... 8% Taconia......-..-... 7% \Conegosat.........- 7 PRINTS. Albion. solid........ * Gloucester ....... 6 Albion, grey.....--- Gloucestermourn’g.6 Allen’s checks......: 5% Hamilton fancy... .6 Ailen’s fancy.......¢ 5¥|\Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink......... 6¥_|Merrimac Les eee 6 Allen’ 's purple eoeuss 6%|Manchester ......... 6 American, faney....5%/Oriental fancy...... 6 Arnoldfancy......-- 6 |Oriental robes......6% Berlinsolid........- 5% |Pacific robes........6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 'Richmond........... 6 Cocheco robes......- 7 jSteel River..........é DY, Conestoga fancy....6 [Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone ..... ---- 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy......-- 5 Washington blues..8 Garner pink........- i FINE BROWN COTTONS. perieten + A,44.... 8 {Indian Orchard, 40. 84% Boott M, 44........ rh tneion, Orchard, 36. 8 Boston F, 4-4....... Laconia B, 7-4......16% Continental C, 4-3.. 7m Lyman B, 40-in..... wis Continental D, 40in o% Mass. BB, 4-4....... on Conestoga W, 4-4... Nashua E, 40-in.. Conestoga D, 7-8.. BY% Nashua R, 4-4...... Og Conestoga G, 30-in. 6144|Nashua O, nS a yy Dwight X, 4. udes 6 |NewmarketN...... 1% Dwight Y,7-8.. 64%4|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7%4 Dwight Z, 44....... og Pepperell R, 4-4.... 7 Dwight Star, 4-4 . 7%|Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 3-4.. Of Enterprise EE, 36.. 534;/Pocasset_C, uw 7 Great F ‘alls E, 4-4,..7% |Saranac R.......... es Farmers’ Af 6% Saranac E.......... Indian Orchard, t-4 7% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ........- 8 Renfrew, dress styl 9% Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, BUVIGS.. .-.- <5 --s- 10% Bookfold......... 123 OE eee er Ae 74, Johnson Manfg war Berkshire .......... 64) dress styles...... 12% Glasgow checks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress ‘ Glasgow checks, f’ y 946) Styie8.. 42... +. 5 os Bisssow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gioucester, new {| White Mant’g Co, standard ......... 7%\| Earlston.......... 9% Plunket ............ 7%) Gordon ..........+++ 8 Lancaster .......... 8% | oe dress Langdale ........... 74\ Styles ..2.5505-065 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androseoggin, 7-4. .2] ‘Pepperell. 10-4..... 21% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... 824% Pepperell, 7-4......20 |Pequot, oak Pepperell, B4.....: 22% poate B4.. ae Pepperell, 9-4...... 25 |Pequot, 9-4.........27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... * Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 814 Atlantic H, 4-4..... Lawrence Y, 30.... 7 Atlantic Dz 4-4..... oy Lawrence LL, “ey 5% Atlantic P, a 53% |Newmarket N...... 1% Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 5%|Mystic River, 4-4.. 6% Adriatic, 36......... 7%|Pequot A, 4-4....... Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... ; Boott M, 4-4........ TiqgiStark AA, 44....... 7% Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% |Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5% Graniteville, 4-4.... 634|Utica, 4-4........... 9 Indian Head, 4-4.. . T%|Wachusett, 4-4..... Th% ndiana Head 45-in. ‘12% Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...14 Falls, XXXX....... 18% AERne “4-4 19 |Halls, XXX. ........ 15% Amoskeag, A...... 13 Falls, BB... o....... 11% Amoskeag, B......12 |Falls, BBC, 36...... 19% Amoskeag, C...... ll Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, D...... 10% Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... Hamilton, D....... 10 Amoskeag, F....... ve Hamilton, H....... 10 Premium A, 4-4.. Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B........ — Methuen AA....... 13% fixiratt.........--- 16 |Methuen ASA...... 18 BURGTA ToS). 2c. tse 144% Omega A, 7-8....... 11 Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 |Omega A. Ah Ss 13 CU Eas 12% Omega ACA, 9-8....14 Cis 8... 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4....16 BC 73... .--: ee 14 |\Omega SE, a 24 B88 eB oe ee 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 Omega M. i: peek 22 Omega M, 44....... 25 Shetucket ssasew 11% Shetucket, 8 & ey . Cordis AAA, 2.....14 Gordis ACA, 32.....15 Cordis No. 1, 32 Bee 15 Cordis No 25... 14 |Shetucket, SFS.. Cordis Moe: 13 {Stockbridge A..... y Cordis No. 4........ 1% Stoekbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. Garner ...........-- 5 Empire ............- Hookset...........:. 5 |Washington........ 434 Red Cross.... :6& (|Hdwards.....:...... 5 Forest Grove....... S.S. & Sons......... 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 19 |!Old Ironsides...... 15% Stark A.............23%|Wheatland ......... 21% DENIMS. Boston ...>....:...: (4iOtis OC..3:.... 1... : Everett blue.......144%)/Warren AXA...... 2 - Everett brown..... 14%|Warren BB........ 11% Otis AXA. ......:.. 12%|Warren CC......... 10% OlS Bh... fk 1144| York PANCY -. 5 5.5: 15 PAPER CAMBRICS. * Manville............ 6 |S.S.&Sons......... 6 Masgnville......... 6 iGgrner Soest eeea lise 6 WIGANS. Red Cross.........- 7 (Thistle Mille... c Berlin .....-.3--)... S AMOBD, eyes esse 8 Garner .......-..-- SPOOL COTTON. Breoks..........--.% 50 j|Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F..... 55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats....... 55 iGreeh & Daniels... .25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 (Stafford ............ 35 Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... .30 ing thread........ 80 |Holyoke............ 25 SILESIAS. Orowa. 5... ie... \Masonville TS...... 8 Ne. 10...2...:.-.5.- 12 Masonville S....... 10% Coin oo ies Lonsdale ........... 9% BMCHOY.. 5. 6s..15-- 5 Lonsdale A......... 16 Centennial ......... Nictory O.. poe 6 Blackburn ......... 8 {Victory J. Sd DAVOL. os. 525528 14 |Victory >. oy TORGON .3...-%. 225-5 12%) Victory K.......... 124% PRCORIA §... 6... ss; 1 iPhentx A... 7: ..:... 9% Red Cross.......... 10 |Phoenix B.:....... 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX..... .. 15 MILLINERY GOODS. J.J. Van Leuven quotes as follows: HATS. Cantons: (2022 og. perdoz 2 25@ 3 00 MUONS, 2.65 eee. 4 00@ 6 00 Hine Milans . 5... es, 9 00@12 00 Superfine Milans..................... 15 00@18 00 OOD osc ooo oo eo Sse ee os 5 00@12 00 BLACK CRAPE. Samuel Courtland & Co.’s brand. Oh ea ee oss oe per yard = 45 Be ae oc he ie oa Pea ces 85@1 25 re era re 1 50@2 00 ek so eee i 1 75@2 50 Bee ace 2 75@3 00 a se ee 3 25@4 50 RIBBONS. Satin and GG, all silk, extra heavy, all colors. 150 S CARPETS AND CARPETINGS, Spring & Company quote as follows: TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. Roxbury tapestry................. Smith’s 10 wire....... : Bs Smith’s extra............ os Smith’s B Palisade................ Smith’s C Palisade................ BUGS PING ei ccc. ce oes PAIS RIS: Oh cae. Santora Ss Oxira.:.,..:...:.....2.:. Sanford’s Comets.................. THREE-PLYS. @ONHOOOSO a Hartford s-ply.................-... @1 00 Lowell S-ply. . os. 5 os ces ece ae. @1 00 HiSPINS, SD... 0... 2... 5. ces te ss @1 00 Santord’s S-ply..:.. 52.25. ..5-. ce. @ 91% EXTRA SUPERS. PiarefOrg .......2.22...0.. 55... 2... @ %%% TGOWOU id cc oe es ees eee _ @ gaig: Other makes........i0.2...:..-..-. 75 @ Ti% Best cotton chain.................. 60 @ 62% ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. Bost 2ply.. 2.06 iee ee 57%@ 60 Other grades 2-ply........4....-205 52%@_ 5d WOOL FILLING AND MIXED. All-wool super, 2-ply.............. 50 @ 5d Extra heavy poche cotton chain. Double cotton chain............... i Heavy cotton and wool, double c. 80 @ BY% Half d’1 chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply 27%@ 32% Single cotton Chala 19 @ 2% HEMPS. 3-ply, 4-4 wide, extra heavy........ T%@ 30 Se ae WAGO ee . e Q@ 2 Imperial, plain, 4-4 wide........... @ 184 ADSB8 ANCHES 02060522. se @ li OIL CLOTHS. No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, i and 6-4.......:...: @ 45 NOw GO | 2)... @ 37% No. 3, ae Sete eee @ 30 No. 4, QQ @ 2% MAaTTINGS. Best all rattan, plain............... @ 62% Best all rattan and cocoa, plain... @ 52% Napior AU) 3). 3... @ 50 NepIOD We ee @ 40 CURTAINS. Opaque shades, 38 inch............ @ 15 Holland shades, B finish, 4-4....... @ 18 Pacific Holland, 4-4................ @ 10 Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... @36 Cord fixtures, per gross........... @10 MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. One cent for each additional word. Advance payment. ieee = FOR SALE. {OOD BARGAIN. 1 want a stock of either dry goods, clothing. groceries or furni- Thavea mortgage for $1,300 and real es- O. W. Kibby, Bell- ture. tate to exchange together. aire, Mich. OR SALE—A stock of drugs, groceries, hardware and agricultural implements, located at New Troy, Mich. Will invoice $3,500. Loss of health the reason for selling. Terms easy, or will exchange fora good stock farm. Address Jennings & Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. 36 ACRE FRUIT FARM to exchange for ) livery or drug store, 2% miles west of Holland. ii ‘ine, large house, nearly new, large barn, best hen house in the county, 1,000 bear- ing peach trees, 500 apple trees, one acre straw- berries, grapes ‘and all kinds of fruit. C. Crw- ford, Caledonia, Mich. RUG STORE FOR SALE in Grand Rapids, for $2,500 or invoice. Owner has other business. Address Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. ARE CHANCE to purchase a first-class Livery Stock including one of Cunning- ham’s best hearses. Will take as part payment good improved farm ae sede Will sell or rent barn and grounds e best location in the best livery town in the State. Address, P. O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich. SITUATIONS WANTED. AS TYPEWRITER OR COPYIST, by a young lady well qualified for such & position, both by education and experience. Address, XXX, care Miss Sila Hibbard, 35 First street, Grand Rapids. S PORTER OR ASSISTANT in the ware- house of some business house, by a young 00 | man of 27, strong, active, and willing to work. Address A. M., Care “The Tradesman,” Grand Rapids. MISCELLANEOUS. OOD SECOMD-HAND SAFE wanted at this office. Must be cheap. Address, stating size and price. HROMO CARDS 10 cts. Address W. D. Hollister, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars as : the market during the past week and placed follow: Dippersstineh: 060. per M $44 00 Uppers, 14,1% and 2inch................ 46 00 Selects, 1 inch. Eee 35 00 Selects, 144, 1% and 2 inch................ 38 00 Fine Common, Minehe. 002.6. . 30 00 Shop, bimeh: ee, 20 00 Fine, Common, 144, 1% and 2inch........ 3% No. 1S8tocks, 12in., 12, 14and16 feet.... 15 00 1 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 6 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet................ 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet................ 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 16 00 No: I Stocks, 8 in., 20feet................. 17 60 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet...............% 14 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 15 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 43 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 4 00 No. 2Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet... ............ 45 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., LP, 14 and 16 feét...... 2 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., teat. 43 00 No. 2 Stocks, Sin.. ZOPeet 4 09 Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and leneths,........ ..2........ 9 00 A and B Strips, 4or6in .................. 35 00 © Strips, 40r6 inch... .................... 28 00 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 fecha. 12 00 No. 2 Fencing, 16 P6CG ee a 12 00 No. 1 HPencind: 4 inch... 8... e. 15 00 No.2 Bencing. 4 inch... ....;............ 12 00 Norway C and better, 4or6ineh......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, hand. 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Ce een 14 50 Bevel Siaing, 6inch, No.1 Common..... 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear. ec ... 20 € Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16 ft. inll 50@12 00 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in. C................. 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6in. $1 U0 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., O................. 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1 com’n 16 OC Dressed Flooring, 4 ordin., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. (2 XXX 18 in. Standard Shincles......... 3 50 te ome US i EM se 3 40 l oS a 3 00 No.2 or6in. C. B18in. Shingles......... 2 00 «| NO. Zoroin. ©. B16 ino... 8.5.2... ... 1% MUNG a 2 00 The Allegan Grange Store. From the Gazette. The amount, $18,000, deemed necessary by the grange store management to the continuation of business, has nearly all been taken in new stock, and it is all but certain that the institution will be continued. Ata meeting of directors, Thursday, $16,000 in stock subscriptions were reported, but $3,000 were conditioned upon erection of a build- ing down town. It is the intention, how- ever, to continue in the old Exchange build- ing. if the directors still refuse to place in- surance upon the stock, some of the mem- bers mean to insure separately. The buck- ers and kickers of various sorts have as yet effected nothing, and the councils are be- coming more harmonious, but there are a number of nice legal questions which may yet make trouble. ——- -4 <= Few people who have not given the sub- ject particular attention appreciate the im- mensity of the cattle interest in the territor- ies. In October, 1883, the number of cattle assessed in Montana was 475,000, which, at a valuation of $30 per head, gave a total of $14,250,000. There were 700,000 sheep, val- ued at $2,200,000. The grand total of valu- ation in grazing wealth was $16,350,900. The cattle now in Montana and Dakota num- ber 650,000, which will increase by next winter to 850,000; valuation $29,850.000. Numerical statistics of sheep in the two ter- ritories are hard to get, but there are fully a million head on the plains and in the val- leys. _— oO The reason why so many men are so very fresh is merely because they are not able to earn their salt. VISITING BUYERS, The following retail dealers have visited orders with the various houses: John Graham, Wayland. L. E. Paige, of Paige & Anderson, Sparta. C. R. Smith, Cadillac. ER undels, Corning. S. C. Fell, Howard City. Nelson Pike, Morley. Mr. Wells, of Wagner & Wells, ville. S. Frost, MeBrides. Geo. A. Sage. Rockford. C. R. Bunker, Bailey. Mr. Houghtaling, of Houghtaling & Sack- rider, Hart. C. L. Gray, of C. L. Gray & Co., Evart. O. D. Chapman, Stanwood. J. J. Wiseman, Nunica. G. P. Stark, Cascade, S. Sardder, Cedar Springs. Jorgensen ‘& Hemmingsen, Ashland P. O. Byron McNeal, Byron Center. W.S. Root, Talmage. Colburn & Carpenter, Caledonia. Kellogg & Patten, Jennisonville. C. L. Howard, Clarksville. E. LaGrange, Mecosta. Hadley Bros. Manufacturing Co., Kings- ley. F. C. Brisbin, Berlin. Wnm.. Parks, Alpine. Darling & Smith, Sparta. Thos. Cooley, Lisbon. J. Bartz, North Dorr. I. J. Quick, of L. J. Quick & Co., Allen- dale. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Baker & Son, Grand Haven. Paton & Andrus, Shelby. D. Ford, Horton’s Bay. H. Freeman, Mancelona. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Geo. W. Shearer, Cedar Springs. Fred F. Taylor, Pierson. S. C. Fell, Howard City. D. H. Lord, Howard City. F. E. Davis, Berlin. E. Roys, of Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. Jerome Dickerson, Belmont. Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton. M. Carman, Altona, C. E. Kellogg, Jennisonville. Porter & Webber, Chauncey. Graham & Sweeny, Hopkins. Eno F. Brown, Ashland P.O. E. W. Pickett, Wayland. A. E. MeCulloch, Berlin. F. E. Davis, Berlin. Fred Ramsey, White Cloud. C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. J. B. Crandall & Sons, Sand Lake. Rice & Lillie, Coopersville. J. Hullinger, Big Rapids. A. G. Chase, Ada. W. W. Woodhams, Plainwell. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. Rk. B. McCullock, Berlin. Green & Green, Byron. W. P. Dockeray, Rockford. C. Stocking, Grattan. A. W. Fenton, Bailey. Walling Bros., Lamont. Fred Hotchkiss, Hastings. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood. B. R. @ Areambal, Kalamazoo. Waite Bros., Hudsonville. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. C. Crawford, Caledonia. B. N. Pettingill, Rockford. Hunter Bros., Springs Springs. M. G. Woodward, Lake City. Dr. F. C. Williams, Ada. a A Cruel Blast, From the Elmira Gazette. Five commercial travelers assailed the merchants of Alba at one time last Tuesday. They struck the town with fond anticipation, and joyous hearts, and songs and carol, but left without selling to any great extent. One of them on telling us of their success said that when one merchant offered to swap his entire stoek of goods for his sample case Eastman- COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples-—Stock light, and market not very well supplied. Baldwins and Russets readily command $4@$4.50, and extra faney find frequent sale at $5. Bailed Hay—Firm at $14 2 ton. Barley—Scearecer and firmer. Best quality now readily commands $1.35 e 100 tbs. Beets—In fair demand at $3 @ bbl. and 31 QB bu. Butter—Good dairy rolls are firm at 22@ 25¢ and packed from 10e up. Elgin creamery, 25@30c. Butterine—Active at 18@20e for choice. Beans—Handpicked are a trifle firmer at $2.25 and unpicked are not much moy ing at $1.75@$2. The market is not looking up to any considerable degree. Barley—Choice $1.30 # 100 tbs. Buckwheat—Hardly any has been han- dled during the past two weeks. An oceas- ional sale of New York patent is made at 33.25 P 100 Ths, and $6 FP bbl. Ghee he week has been characterized by a sudden advance in skim to 11@12}ée. Full cream is active and firmer at 14@15e. Cider—Difficult to fill orders. Ordinary stock is entirely exhausted, and sand refined has advanced to $7.50 @ bbl. Clover Seed—Choice medium weaker at $6 @$6.50 @ bu. and mammoth in fair demand at $6.75 PB bu. Corn—Local dealers stand in readiness to supply carload lots of Kansas corn at from 45@60c F bu. It is all of the same quality, but the former price is for damp, and the latter for dry, stock. Dried Apples—Quarters active at 7@9e # tb, and sliced 8@9c. Evaporated dull and slow at 121¢@14e. Eggs—Down to 15e the day after Easter, with a further decline of 1e a day later, and a still further decline in prospect. Green Onions—45@50e ¥ dozen bunches. Honey—In comb, 18e # Ib. Hops—The Michigan crop is almost completely exhausted. ond command 20@ 22¢, and fair 15@18e B tb Let.ace stock selling readily, with good demand, at 2 tb. Maple Sugar—In einem of a light crop, the price is up le, and is searce at that price. Choice readily commands 14e., Onions—Firmer and scarcer. Choice yel- low command 75@85e WY bu. in sacks, and $2.50 G bbl. Bermuda stock brings $3 9 erate. Pieplant—Hothouse stock in fair demand at 12¢e PB tb Potatoes—Still a drug and likely to re- main so. There are vast quantities in the market, and large amounts still lie in pits. Burbanks are sold in small quantities at 40c, and Rose at 30@35e. Peas—Holland $4 # bu. Parsnips—Firm at $3 % bbl and $1 # bu. Poultry—Chickens and fowls are firm, and readily command 16@1%e and 15@16e, respectively. There are no ducks and geese in market, anda few turkeys, which find ready sale at 16¢. Radishes—50e ¥ dozen bunches. Ruta Bagas—Selling readily at 65¢ # bu., and $2 9 bbl. Seed Potatoes —White Star, Burbanks, 50e. Timothy—Choice i is firmly held at $1.50@ $1.75 PB bu. Vegetable Oysters—50e ¥ dozen bunches. W heat—Local dealers are paying 75@80c for No. 2 Clawson and 90@95e for Fo. 1 Lanchester commands $1. ——___—_<_ 0 $1; Selected After the Hubbardston Fire. Arnold & Capel, hardware, loss $4,000, in surance $3,000, will continue and pay in full. L. W. Robinson, general store, loss $4,- 500, insurance $4,000, resumed business. Harden Bros., hotel and saloon, loss $2,- 000, insurance $1,000, will pay in full. E. M. Barber & Co., grocers, loss $7,000, insurance $3,400, will probably continue business. Carnham & Wyman, livery and stage line, loss $4,500, insurance $1,300. Business will and contents they thought it time to move. j be continued as heretofore by W. Carnham. | The Michigan Tradesman. BAD POLICY. The Plan of Selling So-Called ‘Leaders.” “Give me seven pounds of brown sugar,” said an old lady to a grocer, in whose _ store we happened to be, the other evening. “Anything else?” asked the grocer. “No, not this evening,” was the reply. “Then I can’t sell you the sugar,” he said. The old lady seemed to have met witha similar experience bofore and went out without a word. “What on earth did you do that for?” we asked of the grocer. “ Cause its business.. Why? Well, ?’m not merely selling sugar at cost as nearly every one in the business does, but have cut prices down below my competitors and am making a leader of it. So you see there is no use in my selling a person nothing but sugar.” Now, this we regard as extremely bad policy. It may drive away custom instead of attracting it. In the present instance, it is true, the dealer said that the old lady who he so sharply refused was in the habit of shopping around and buying only such articles as were used by the different gro- cers for leaders. Of course, under the cir- cumstances, there was nothing to be made by selling her. But we maintain that a grave mistake might be made in this way. For instance, a newcomer to the neighbor- hood receiving such a rebuff would assured- ly never enter the store again, and thusa profitable customer might be lost. The whole plan of selling so-called “lead- ers” is a mistaken one as carried on by most grocers. Just here is where many grocers make a mistake. They will cut down on one article in order to draw new trade, but mark up on others which, of course, repels buyers. The main idea ofa leader is to bring strangers into your store, and this is a strong point to gain. But they must see something more than the leader there to bring them back again. Ifa custo- mer can seeno advantage to be gained by changing from one dealerto another it is only natural that he will cling} to his old grocer. It may be advisable to make a slight re- duction en one article in order to attract buyers, but it will totally fail of good re- sults if other goods are not sold at propor- tionately low rates. The article offered at a special bargain should be sold only in specified quantities, but under no circwn- stances should that amount be refused. To refuse it not only subjects the grocer to the charge of impoliteness, but is also extreme- ly bad policy. 2 oa —_—_ Took an Inventory. In January last a good old-fashioned deal- erin dry goods, groceries, hardware and pretty much everything else, in the central portion of the State, decided to take an in- ventory for the first time in twenty-one years. About the time it was completed a commercial traveler for a house in this city happened along, and asked him how he came out. “Well, it’s kinder dubious,” was the re- ply. “How?” “Why, I fell short of my estimate of stock by about $3,000.” “And don’t you know how to make your figures come out even?” “1 confess I don’t.” “Well, all you have to do is to mark every- thing up twenty per cent.” “Gineral Jackson!” gasped the old man; “but I kicked around in bed for three straight nights and never thought of that? That’s the way, of course, and up goes the the price of caliker and flatirons.” ——___—»>-—>___—_ Too Thin for Anything. Anew kind of advertising has lately come into vogue among the drug trade, which is as ridiculous as it is sensational. The peculiarity ot the new method is that the advertiser announces the quantities of a few items in stock, which invariably amount to more than the entire stock carried. For instance, a Detroit jobbing house occupies the entire page of a local trade publication with an enumeration of the paints, oils and painters’ goods in stock, whereas the aggregate of their worth is more than the entire stock carried by the house. The craze seems to have spread to the retail trade, as a small concern in a neighboring town is advertising the amounts of patents in stock, claimlng that the balance of the stock is ascomplete in every respect. Asa matter of fact, the patents advertised amount to more than the druggist paid for the whole stock about a month ago, and he has-not added much since the purchase. Brag is sometimes a good dog, but there is such a thing as carrying it too far. >_> Take to It as a Necessity. From the Northwestern Lumberman. THE MICHGAN TRADESMAN, published at Grand Rapids, Mich., comes to us in a quarto form. The paper is young, but the business men of Michigan already take to it as a ne- cessity. The news it contains is of an ex- ceptionally reliable character. All of this is easily accounted for, from the fact that its editor, Mr. E. A. Stowe, is a bright, consci- entious newspaper man, and doesn’t know what it is to let work alone. ——__ 6 One of the Best in Its Sphere. From the Fremont Indicator. ‘Vue TRADESMAN, published at Grand Rapids, is one of the neatest printed and best in its sphere to be found anywhere. Every business man should take it. ® Fremont Facts. From the Indicator. Stephen Gross has abandoned the harness business. William Gerber started for Washinston Territory last week. Agents of the wholesale houses are coming in on almost every train. Our grocers have shipped away a good deal of hen fruit lately. : John Dubois is preparing to erect another building, 24x30, east of the brick. A new stock of groceries is to be opened up in the Freehling building next week. Angus McDonald will have his hotel in good running order by the first of May, larger and better than before the fire. James Gibson sold about 300 car loads of staves last week, to Boston parties, realiz- ing something over $10,000 by the transac- tion. a ss Good Words Unsolicited. H. Freeman, grocer, Mancelona: “It is a good one, and what all merchants want.” Parkhurst & Clark, druggists, Middleville: “Your paper is read with more than ordinary interest by us.’ A. C. Lewis, general merchandise, Lake City: “I think your -paper is a good one. Wish you the best of success.” F. B. Watkins, general dealer, Monterey: “Nice, spicy little sheet, but not good to get in the hands of h Grangers.” R. W. Coy, general dealer, Spencer Creek: “J take several other papers, among them the Free Press and Inter Ocean, but I find myself picking up THE TRADESMAN to read first. As 1 could not well spare it, I enclose the dollar, which I should have sent before.” ———————»,>->____ P. Van Riper, druggist at Onondaga, has sold out. A. B. Bossman, hardware dealer at Hamil- ton, has sold out. There is a great demand for store build- ings in Charlevoix. John A. Swan, of Kent City, will shortly open a harness shop at Newaygo. The Rockford Register refers to Henry Spring as “the dry goods prince.” Mr. and Mrs. W. Dockerey have engaged in the millinery business at Rockford. Hardwood timber is arriving at Howard City by rail for shipment to Europe. Miss Kate Jones, formerly at Baldwin, has engaged in the millinery business at Big Rapids. A. O. Van Dyk, general dealer at Moor- deloos, Ottawa county, has sold out to John Meijering. Dexter & Noble, Elk Rapids, have pur- chased 64,000 cords of wood the past winter, mainly for furnace use. T. Veenstra has engaged in the grocery business at 149 Spring street. Fox, Mussel- man & Loveridge furnished the stock. D. P. Clay will erect a brick warehouse, near his pail and tub factory at Newaygo, to be used for storing purposes. It will be 40x 100 feet in size. The Tecumseh Herald thinks that nine- teen out of twenty farmers in Lenawee county must buy seed corn for this spring’s planting. Constantine boasts a wealthy citizen who steals his newspaper reading and buys a fur cap or other winter garments in the spring because they are cheapest at that season. “Will you have an orange or a fig?” in- quired Dr. Jackson of a fine little boy some- what under the weather. ‘A fig,” answered the child with alacrity. ‘‘No fever there,” said the doctor, ‘‘or he would have certainly said an orange.” qq» > —___—_ Calkins Bros., wholesale and retail dealers in gun goods and fishing tackle. Agents for gun and blasting powder, fuse, ete. P SHED CORN We offer a choice lot of Early Red Cob Dent Corn, and the Round Yellow or Yankee Corn, Clover and Timothy, Hungarian, Red Top, Millet, Spring Wheat Seed Oats, Peas, Beans, Genuine White Star Seed Potatoes. In fact every seed usually kept in stock at a Seed Store, at whole- sale and retail. W.T, LAMOREAUX, Agent 91 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. HAZELTINE, PERKINS & G WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, 49 and 44 Ottawa St., and 89, 91, 98 and 95 Louis St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, slassware, Ana Drusgsists’ Sundrics. Also Manufacturers ofr e IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ; Fine Pharmaceutical & Chemical Preparations. U. FHEETER, 36 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dealer in All Kinds of Country Produce —Also— STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS. EGGS AND BUTTER A Specialty. Pays Cash on Receipt of Prop- erty. Buyers of Eggs by the Crate or Barrel will be supplied at the lowest Wholesale Price with Sound, Fresh Stock. This House does not handle Oleomargarine, Butterine or Suine. Telephone Connection. ALBERT GOYE & 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. (2 Send for Prices. GRAND RAPIDS Flower Pots Hanging Vases MANUFACTURED FOR H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HAND OR MACHINE MADE POTS FOR SALE BY THE PACKAGE OR RE- PACKED TO ORDER, Sold at Manufacturers’ Prices. Send for Price List at once for the Spring Trade. —Manufacturers of— FLAVORING EXTRACTS | BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, ETTC., 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “WHITE FF 2a STAR POTATO. flavor, as to the merits of the White Star Potato, all qualities. patrons: We will furnish the to what railroad station they wish to have the White Star Potatoes. To Gardeners and Harmers. About two years ago, Mr. Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Newaygo County, Michigan, sent to D. M. Ferry & Co., the well known seed firm of Detroit, for one-half bushel of the celebrated White Star potatoes, for seed purposes. . and planted by the undersigned, and the result was one gratifying beyond measure. The second planting yielded 7,000 bushels of as fine potatoes, for size, color and quality, as were ever seen in the State. ; New York draft, money order, or registered letter. Readers are cordially invited to refer to Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Mich; C. J. Burtch, Postmaster, and N. W. Mhther Banker, Howard City, Mich., for the truth of all of the above statements regarding the superior quality and extraordinary yield of the We warrant these potatoes, all that has been represented, and true to name. x B. BNSLBY & SON, Growers, Ensley Postofiice, Newaygo County, Michigan. The potatoes were procured, They were pronounced by all who tried them of the very finest YIELDING FAR BETTER THAN ANY OTHER VARIETY KNOWN = to this section of the country, never troubled with blight, and very seldom showing a bug of any sort. : ) Such is the universal testimony agreeing that they have never met its equal for endurance, productiveness, and fine eating qua : All farmers and gardners are interested in these facts, and all who have seen the White Star Potato, and tested it, are united : in its praise, and others will find it to their profit to make inquiries. We are now making a sbecialty of handling this splendid potato, and are prepared to supply patrons at a price which, a reference to all seed catalogues and the regular price lists, a will show to be a great reduction from the ruling prices. We make this liberal offer to a ‘ White Star Potatoes at the rate of $1.00 per bushel, and will allow a liberal diseount to dealers. We will also furnish, at cost prices, all barrels sacks or bags, or patrons may send their own, adressed to Ensley & Son, Maple Hill, Mich. Orders may be sent to either Ensley & Son, Ensley Postoffice, Mich., or to O. W. Blain, General Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. All addresses should be written out plainly, to prevent mistakes. i ; Patrons should also furnish us with their names and postoffice addresses, and state ir shipments made. Orders will be filled promptly, and must be accompanied by the money, & Os FOR FULL PARTICULARS AND TERMS TO DEALERS, ADDRESS O. W. BLAIN, General Agent, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT, Eagle Hotel or 152 Fulton Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Co. P. BIGELOW, —WHOLESALE DEALER IN— SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND—— APPLIANCES, NO. 8 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- NO tended to. _ | | | " BEST ON THE MARKET. EVERYONE USES IT. Sold by all Wholesale Grocers. Factories, Seneca Falls, New York. PHREINS & HESS ——DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, *# NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. ie, 0 YEAST |!