mt Zz ser Seah pepe Rk teeta et eS DEAE MET TO TI ee ERIE MR eS Fe The Michigan Tradesman, VOL. 1. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1884. YOU CAN BUY Withers Dade & Co’s Old Fashioned, Hand Made, Sour Mash WHISKHY —ONLY OF— Hazeltine, Perk & CO. The finest brand of goods in the market, and specially selected for the Drug Trade. Their Drngeists’ Favorite nye Also has a very large sale and gives univer- sal satisfaction. Send for Sample and Pri- ces. KEMINK, JONES & OO, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF ES EMIN EDS “Red Bark Bitters” —AND— The Oriole Manufacturing Co, 42 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. ‘ a Pry csar cua Nake 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 Goods 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, 20 and 22 Monroe Street, — Dace Fe OUR DRUMMER’S INVESTMENT. Stayville, Oct. 10th. Glamorgan, Checkup & Co., Cramptown, P. D. Spooner can’t pay. Suits pending. Involv- ed. Willing to give us stock settlement. Shall I accept, or press claim full amount? (Sig.) G. TWISTER. This is the wording of a telegram which a young red-faced messenger brought into our office about three o’clock in the afternoon of the day it was dated, and which he handed to Glamorgan, our senior, at the same time opening a small book and saying: “No. twenty-seven on that line, sir,” pointing to a line in the receipt-book. Glamorgan receipted the message, and calmly tore off the wrapper inclosing the ’oram. He then read the message, I should think, about three times, and commenced making a phrenological examination of his comprehensive powers as he walked over to my table and laid the paper before me, say- ing: “Well, here’s a message from Twister, but I can’t make out what the fellow means.” ‘ Now, Twister is the gentlemanly employe who represents our firm to the country mer- chants, and occasionly looks after collections. He had been sent over to Stayville to see why our customer at that place was so dila- tory about his remittances. 1 picked up the telegram and commenced reading. “Spooner—can’t—pay.——Creditors —urging—settlement.—-Suits—pending— Involved.——” “There,” said Glamorgan. “‘What do you suppose he means by ‘involved’?”’ “¢Involved,’ why,’ said I, ‘“‘ I -suppose Spooner has got mixed up in some specula- tion and is going to bust.” “Well, go on,” said Glamorgan, “read the rest of it.” “Willing—give—us—stock—settlement.— Shall—I—accept—or—press—claim—full— amount—?” Then I began to go through the familiar phrenological finger movement, and at last, “Humph, well, don’t know, Gla- morgan, but I expect Spooner has offered to secure our claim, tosome extent, anyway, by turning over stock;” and I looked up just in time to catch sight of a peculiar motion of Glamorgan’s face, caused by the eyebrows dropping and the upper lip quivering slight- ly as he twisted his fire-red mustache. “T don’t know what to say about this,” said the senior, and he turned half around to speak to the book-keeper. “Say, Carr, will you see how much Spooner, of Stayville, owes us?” and we paused for a reply. “Forty-six hundred seventeen dollars and twenty-nine cents,” promptly came back the reply. “Jerusalem !’? muttered Glamorgan, ‘‘does he owe so much as that?” “Oh, yes!” I said, “I supposed it was something near five thousand dollars.” “Jimmy, won’t you run up stairs and ask Mr. Clemens to come down here,” said Gla- morgan to the office-boy; and then turning to me he remarked, ‘“‘I’d like to see what George’s ideas are about this thing.” Clemens, although represented by the Co. in our firm name, was senior to both Gla- morgan and myself when it came to straiten- ing out complicated bad debts and carrying a general balance-sheet in the head. A few words only had been passed when Clemens came down from the second floor, where he had been superintending the selection of goods for filling orders. ‘Well, Clemens,” said Glamorgan, “Spoooner of Stayville is busted, or is go- ing to, and Twister wants instructions about securing our account. Here’s the dispatch.” Clemens read the message, and looking edgewise across the table at me said, half smiling: “I believe he’s your customer, is’nt he, Checkup?” “Yes,” said I, “he’s credited to me, but I haven’t known much about him for more than a year. He was all right then. I think we had better direct Twister todo the best hecan. If the can’t get money, to take stock; and if he has to do that, it ought to be shipped here immediately.” “Very well,” said Glamorgan, “then you had better wire him at once.” I hastily dashed off the following: Cramptown, Oct. 10. To G. Twister, Stayville. Make best arrangement possible. Accept goods, if that is best can be done, and ship im- mediately. [Sig.] “Here, Jimmey,” said Clemens, “run over to the telegraph office with this message. Be spry now, and get back here as quickly as possible.” And away sped the instructions to our anxious drummer at Stayville. “Spooner owes us about forty-five hun- dred, doesn’t he?” said Clemens, giving me a quizing look as he glanced over the tele- gram for the eleventh time. “Yes,” I said, ‘forty-six hundred and something, Carr told us a few minutes ago.” “Well, I suppose Twister will get it se- cured in some way,” responded Glamorgan with a sort of relief that gave Clemens and myself to understand that, perhaps, we were fortunate in being able to get something, even though he did not expect the account would be collected in full. “J think it would, perhaps, have been GLAMORGAN, CHECKUP & Co. Twister definite well,” said Clemens, “to have telegraphed and | nodded an endorsement. for some particulars as to Spooner’s debts and resources.” “Well, the message has gone now,” said Glamorgan, “and in the morning we will probably have from Twister a letter which will explain matters.” I nodded assent to Glamorgan’s remark, and we separated as quickly as_ possible, each seeming to have important business re- quiring attention just then; though, had Twister’s message reported a sale through which we were to clear five hundred or a thousand dollars, I presume neither of us would have felt so strongly disposed to be free from the other’s presence. The morning came, but with it no fur- ther news from Stayville. Another mail was due in the afternvon, and that was awaited with impatience, by me at least, and I imagined from looks and mutterings that Glamorgan and Clemens were both somewhat anxious. However, no letter came, nor did the wires bring us any fur- ther intelligence. Just what were the thoughts of my partners as to the long si- lence I do not know, but I consoled myself with the idea that our drummer was closing up matters with the Stayville customer, and that all was probably going right, else fur- ther calls would come for instructions. Tnat mysimaginations were, in a sense correct, you will presently see. The morning of the 12th came, and about nine o’clock a small black-headed youth came sauntering into the office with the air of a Vanderbilt, handing Clemens a telegram which he read, as follows: Stayville, Oct. 11th. Glamorgan, C. & Co. Shipped goods to-day. Finish herein morn- ing, and go to Buckton. TWISTER. This was indeed a true relief, and there was a more cheerful tone in and around the office of Glamorgan, Checkup and Clemens during the remainder of that day than were the articulations of the day that pre- ceded it. It was about five o’clock, and we were making preparations to leave, when Carr, who had just commenced balancing-up and checking his cash, sang out: “Mr. Glamorgan, will you step here a min- ute?” ‘Glamorgan opened the door leading into the outside office, and there we saw a long, country-like chap wearing a_ black slouch hat, with pants in his boot tops and | - fe i s : | was fashioning with minute chisels the mass | of meerschaum into a sculplured head of the a long pole in his hand. “Is this Mr. Glamorgan?” he said. “Yes, sir, that’s my name,” said Glamor- gan, eyeing the stranger closely, as if ex- pecting to recognize in his features some old acquaintance whom he had met in Texas, when he was living in the West. “I came through from Stayville with your goats that Mr. Twister shipped, and I s’pose they ought to be unloaded to-night” drawled out the stranger. “You came through with what?” inquisit- ively asked Glamorgan. “Your goats,”’ was the reply. “My goats, why I don’t know anything about goats; you must be mistaken.” And at that Clemens and I hastened into the room to get a good look at the stranger. “Well, yew telegraphed Mr. Twister that if he took goats of Mr. Spooner for what he owed, you wanted ’em shipped here immedi- ately, didn’t ye?” And the late arrival from Stayville twisted his long pole around, pok- ing Clemens in the ribs, and peering very emphatically into Glamorgan’s face. “Checkup, what do you suppose this means? Did you telegraph Twister any- thing about goats?”-and Glamorgan looked at ine as though I had possibly made a terri- ble blunder. “Goats,” said I, “why no, of course not I telegraphed him to accept goods, if that was the best he could do, and, as you sug- gested, ship here immediately.” “Well, gentlemen,” said the tall man from Stayville, ‘“I’ll tell ye how ’twas. Spooner got stuck on buying more’n a thousand goats to fill acontract, and the party couldn’t take ’em. Then, when your drummer got your message’ he said he’d take the goats, and got me to come over on the train with ’em. There ain’t only four car loads of em.” “My Heavens!” screeched Clemens, ‘‘what are we to do with fonr car loads of goats? Its an exasperating joke. You see the tele- graph operator has written the word ‘goods’ so that it looked like goats, and has misled Twister.” “Yes, that’s so,” said Glamorgan; “either that, or the operator here has mistaken the word in Checkup’s message and sent it ‘goats,’ ” “But now, since we have the goats,” said Carr, “‘what shall be done with them? They must be taken care of to-night.” “Yes,” said Clemens, “and to-morrow we will publish a circular, announcing in our business a department of masonic supplies and’ parphernalia.” Carr made the entry: Masonic Supplies, To Spooner. Glamorgan said something about his hopes that in the future, when telegrams were sent by the firm or its employees, they would be followed immediately with letters, giving particulars, aud repeating the exact wording of the message. Clemens said, “‘That’s so,” and we all CLAY PIPES. A Meerschaum Pipe for $500 and a Clay Pipe for a Cent. From the Detroit Free Press. Mayence is about as far up the Rhine as tourists go in the steamers. It has a cathedral remarkable for its ugliness to the ordinary observer and for its beauty to the architect. Going from the river front leading to the square on which the cathedral stands, isa narrow, winding street with tall houses anda slit of narrow sky over- head. At the corners are some of the most won- derful pipe stores in the world. These places are lined and hung and fes- tooned with pipes of every description. There are the long Rhine pipes with their chromoed China bowls and meerchaum pipes of every variety. Perhaps the most wonderful pipes to be seen there are those from the Black Forest with bowls as big as your head. These bowls are of the knot of some tree, and they are carved with all sorts of fantastic devices, the favorite being hounds and hunter chasing a deer. Leading from one of these pipe shops isa very narrow, creaky and uncertain stair- way winding up to the roof. As it nears the top it becomes narrower, creakier and more uncertain, and a rope dangling down is the only thing the climber has to guide him in his upward journey. In the very top room with a window projecting over the mossy, red, tile-steep roof sits one of the most ex- pert pipe-makers on the Rhine. He hasa little work-bench fixed almost in the win- dow, and attached to it is a small lathe and a vise. Chunks of white meerchaum are on a shelf, and the table is covered with the white dust that comes from the turning and carving. From that high window is a view of the muddy Rhine and'the long bridge of boats which stretches across it. This work man atodd times comes down to the ordi nary pipe the work—the Nubian’s head, the bowl in the claws of a fowl, and the other conventional shapes that meerschaum pipes in the tobacconist’s windows have mace us familiar with, but his general work is much ahead of that. He isan artist in his way—a_ portrait artist. Before him at this time was a por- trait of President Garfield, and with the bow] of the future pipe fixed in the vise he dead President. This particular pipe had been ordered form America, and it was to cost a big amount; just how much the American was to pay for it the German couldn’t say, and how much the carver was to receive he wouldn’t say. Anyhow, before it reached the smoker’s hands there were several large profits to be made, and no doubt the small- est was that of the artist who made it. It seemed that quite a large business was done in this style of portraiture. Some photos of handsome young ladies were there, and pipes were to be made with the features copied. It seemed rather a shady compli- ment to pay to the girls, as their faces were sure to become any thing but the lily color they would be when they left the carver’s hands. There were few specimens of this work- man’s skill in the little attic room, for it was a work-shop and not a show-room; but in the shops below could be seen his work —surly heads of Bismarck, the side whisk- ers and military mustache of the Emperor, the face of Unser Fritz, ‘‘bearded like a pard,” heads of Gladstone and Beaconsfield to catch the English tourist, and heads of dashing beauties with rakish Gainsborough hats for any one that wished to buy. The German was a worker and nota talker. He was silent and industrious, and while he carved he pulled away at avery huge and very ordinary pipe, that required to be filled at least once a week if he smoked incessant- ly. As the hatter never wears a good hat, so the maker of the most expensive pipes in the world smoked one of the cheapest. As near as could be gathered from his rather gruff remarks the meerschaum was quarried in the chunks we saw it anda large specimen was exceedingly rare. The lumps when soft could easily be pressed together like any other piece of clay, but the pressure would spoil the porousness of it and it would not color. Thechlps of the meers- chaum that were too small to make little pipes or cigar-holders of were kneaded to- gether and a sort of cheap meerschaum pipe made, that the dealer on the off streets in England could sell at a very low figure and yet be quite truthful in their assurance that they were genuine meerschaum, while as the time-honored pun has it they were a mere shan instead, and would under no provocation color. The nice thing about these pipes is that the ordinary smoker can- not tell the cheap from the dear. However, there are cheaper pipes made than those by the stolid carver of Mayence, who once made a pipe that cost $500. De- troit makes a pipe that sells at wholesale for about the fifth of a cent, and at fetail fora cent, which is somewhat cheaper than meer- schaum even in Germany. There are three of these clay pipe factories in Detroit. Amer- ica used to get its clay pipes mostly from Scotland, there being some large. factories in Glascow; but now all the cent pipes want- | ed are made in the United States. As may be imagined, the process of making ‘‘clays” is mechanical. There is no margin for nice ornamenta- tion on a one cent pipe. In the first place the clay comesfrom Woodbridge, New Jer- sey, where it costs $3.50 a ton. The freight then costs $5 a ton, and by the time the clay is at the factory it is worth $10. So far all attempts to find pipe clay nearer at hand have been unsuccessful. If any Michigan or Ohio farmer reads this and thinks he has pipe clay on his farm let him put a chunk of it in the fire. If it burns red it won’t do; if it turns white the pipe factories of Detroit will be glad to hear from him, and the chances are his fortune will be made. It is rather curious that no one has ever tried red clay pipes. They are used in Turkey and on the south shore of the Mediterranean, where they certainly know something about smoking. ‘There are six men and two girls working at the Joseph Campau avenue factory. One man takes the moist lumps of clay and with one lump in each hand rapidly rolls them into the shape of a club with a spindle handle and a heavy end. The dexterious manner in which he works with both hands at once would please Charles Reade, the champion of ambi-dexterity. Three men work at their machines and turn these soft clubs of clay into the shape of pipes with great rapidity. Each man makes about 2,- 440 pipes a day. They take the clay club; dip a long needle in a mixture of kerosene and fish oil; run the needle into the stem of the future pipe; rub the clay with the oil mixture; chuck it into the steel mold; squeeze down a lever that presses out the hollow of the bowl. When released it isthe blue semblance of a clay pipe, and all these processes together take about a second and ahalf. Next the pipes are partially dried and then turned over toa couple of girls, who give them a sort of finishing polish. They are next allowed to dry and are pack- ed in earthenware crocks. These crocks are placed in the furnace and about 50,000 pipes burnt at once. They come out pure white, and are then packed up in cases holding 288 pipes, which are sold for sixty-five cents. Put all this information in your pipe and smoke it. ~~ - 0 <> -—____- BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Conrts of Last Resort. Sale of Personal Property... The Indiana Supreme Court in a recent case (Dwiggins vs. Clark, decided March 8) laid down as follows the law regarding the choice of remedies at the option of the ven- dor in the case of a sale of personal proper- ty at a stated price where the vendee refus- es to acceptit: 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 agent of the vendee for this purpose, and may re- cover the difference between the contract price and the price obtained on such resale. 3. He may keep the property as his own, and recover the difference between the market price at the time and place of deliv- ery and the contract price. Chattel Mortgage—Rights of Assignee. To a bill to foreclose a chattel mortgage a defense was made by the assignee for the benefit of creditors of the mortgagor. He claimed that the mortgage was voidas to him because it was not recorded in the county where it was made before the assign- ment to him was delivered. In this case, Shaw vs. Glen, the Court of Chancery of New Jersey gave the complainants a decree. The chancellor, in the opinion said: The mortgage was clearly valid as against the mortgagor, when he made the assignment, notwithstanding it had not been recorded ac- cording to law; and the assignee took his title to the property, subject to the equities to which it was subject in the hands of his assignor. Such is the rule as to assignees in bankruptcy; he is not bound by the fraud- ulent conveyances of his assignor; but in cases unaffected by fraud he is bound by the equities to which the property assigned was liable when it came to his hands from his assignor. Partnership—Statute of Limitations—Ac- counting. In the settlement of partnership accounts it was attempted to shut out the claim of one of the firm for money paid by him on behalf of the firm, on the ground that he was barred by the statute of limitations. In this ease, Turner vs. Holloway, the Court of Appeals of Maryland decided that the claims should be allowed. Judge Bryan, in the opinion, said: 1. Partners have a lien on the partnership property for the pay- ment of the partnership debts, and it is in consequence of this lien that the joint credi- tors are paid, and not by reason of any in- dependent right whieh such creditors pos- sess. Whether the firm is solvent or insol- vent is not material; the rights of the part- ners do not depend upon that. It is only in subordination to this right of the partners that the claims of the creditors are permit- ted to be presented. 2. The plea of: limita- tions can not avail against a claim of one | partner for money paid out for the firm. ' After an account is settled by the partners and a balance ascertained, a right to sue arises, and from that time the statute begins torun. But when a decree for an account- ing between the partners has been made, all the claims existing between them arising out of the firm’s affairs must be brought into the account for adjustment. Suits in Equity. The assignee of F. Shaw & Brothers re- cently brought suits in equity for an injune- tion to restrain certain persons from prose- euting attachments made by them upon property of Shaw Brothers in New York and Maine. In one of the cases the attach- ment was made after the second assignment, and in another the attachment was made after the first and before the second assign- ment. Judge Devens, of the: Massachusetts Supreme Court, held in these cases, Wyman vs. Fogg et al., and The Same vs. Richard- son et al., that assignments relating to or affecting real property situated in other States must be construed according to the laws of those States, and that the assignee had a full, complete and adequate remedy at law to defeat the attachments if the assign- ments to him were good. The judge on this ground refused to grant the injunctions prayed, further intimating that the granting of an injunction might result in great injury to the defendants, to the benefit of other creditors outside of the State, if it were the fact that there is a large number of other at- tachments at suit of citizens of other States, both prior and subsequent to the defendants’ attachments. Attachment of Funds Held by Executers. The Supreme Court of Nevada, in the case of Norton vs. Haydon, wherein a credi- tor of a bank which had a judgement against an estate attached the amount due in the bonds of the executor, ruled that when no order for distribution to creditors has been made an executor or adminstrator is not answerable to the process of attach- ment. It would tend to distract and em- barrass these officers, if, in addition to the ordinary duties which the law imposes, of themselves often multiplied, arduous and responsible, they were drawn into conflicts created by the interposition of creditors of legatees, and compelled to withhold pay- ment of legacies without suit; to suspend in- definitely the settlement of estates; to at- tend, perhaps, to numerous rival attach- ments; to answer interrogatories on oath; and to be put to trouble and expense for the benefit of third persons, no way connected with the estate, nor with the duties of their trust. It has been decided that money in the hands of a prothonotary or sheriff can not be intercepted by a creditor of the party entitled to it; but it must be paid over to himself only. The case of an executor or adminstrator is analogous to that of a sheriff or prothonotary. He has the funds in his hands as an officer or trustee author- ized by law; and ifa new party were al- lowed tolevy on it by attachment, there would be no end of disputes and lawsuits; and no business would be certain of being brought toa close in a reasonable time. These funds must travel only the path pointed out by the laws relating to the de- cedents’ estates in their various branches, and can not be diverted out of that path without interfering with statutory regula- tions, and violating some of the most im- portant provisions of the acts of Assembly. ——————-2<____—_ Signs of the Times. From the Northwestern Grocer. While the business interests of the coun- try at large are by no means what could be desired there are indications which seem to point to better conditions in the future. One of the hopeful signs is the large number of corporations being formed for the prosecu- tion of large manufacturing business in var- ious lines. This is shown by the weekly re- ports of the Secretaries of State of licenses issued to parties to organize under general state laws for incorporations. Shrewd, far- seeing, practical men see that with cheap labor iteis a favorable time to engage in lines of manufactures for which our increasing population, with its ever new and increasing demands. Those who are taking the initia- tory steps in these new enterprises are not enthusiasts who go it blind, but see in the conditions a favorable time for the employ- ment of their capital in productive enter- prises. —<— 9 <—-____—- A well conducted trade journal is now an absolute necessity to each section of the country, whose well-being it voices and pro- tects; for is it not the medium for making announcements of all new manufactures, latest and novel proceses, changes in busi- ness arrangements, ventures, ete., with many other incidents peculiar to trade and com- merce? A curious anomaly is that potatoes can be laid down in Boston by carloads from cer- tain sections of the West at ten cents per bushel lower than they can be brought from Maine. This is due to through competition in freight rates. “No,” said a West Side grocér, “Brown’s trade doesn’t amount to much. The Victim of a False Report. _,;Acruel report gained wide circulation last week—not through the columns of THe TRADESMAN, however—that H. T. Reed, of White Cloud, town treasurer, was a default- er, in consequence of which his stock was attached by his bondsmen. The origin and utter untruth of the canard will be under- “stood by the following explanation from Mr. ‘Reed himself: In regard to my business trouble I have tided it over. It was maliciously reported on the Saturday before election that I was short, in order to defeat me for re-election. The new treasurer qualified on the 11th inst., and on the 14th inst., I paid over all moneys due the township and have the treasurer's receipt forthe same. AMONG THE TRADE, IN THE CITY. H. DeVries, groceryman, has sold out to M. Elenbaas, son of A. Elenbaas. G. Roys, of G. Roys & Co., has returned from a six weeks’ trip through Indiana and Ohio. John D. Mangum. traveling agent for Welling & Carhart, is working the Jackson trade this week. Sam Beecher, formerly with Ira C. Hatch, later with Clerk, Jewell & Co., has returned to Hatch’s employ. - C. L. Ballard has engaged in trade at a small settlement near Cadillac. He will buy his stock in this city. W. E. Harned, representing Cushman Bros. & Co., trimmings, New York, visited the trade here last week. Lee & Hoban have engaged in the grocery business at Muskegon. Shields, Bulkley & Lemon furnished the stock. Frank Leonard, of H. Leonard & Sons, is accompanying Joe Reed on a fortnight’s visit to the northern patrons of the firm. Hanink & Vruggink have engaged in the grocery business on Grandville avenue. Fox, Musselman & Loveridge furnished the stock. I. Gibson & Son, formerly at West Camp- bell, now lecated at Petoskey, purchased a complete grocery stock of Arthur Meigs & Co. this week. J. T. Avery, traveling representative for Jennings & Smith, left Tuesday for an eight weeks’ northern trip, Cheboygan being the objective point. It is rumored that Arthur Meigs & Co. and the Grand Rapids Packing Co. will oc- cupy the new Gilbert block on Ottawa street when completed. The D. R. Stocum stock at Rockford was bid in by his brother, Jonathan Stocum, of Sanborn, Iowa, who will continue the busi- ness in his own name, with D. R. as man- ager. H. Leonard & Sons have put in two new crockery stocks during the past week, one for Greenwood & Ball, Grandville, and the other for the Chippewa Lumber Co., at Chip- pewa Lake. Schepers & Schiphorst, the Holland drug- gists who recently assigned, contemplate offering their creditors a settlement on the basis of 40 per cent., providing their friends enable them to raise the wind. Martin L. Sweet states that the report that he is out $8,000 in consequence of the recent drop in wheat is wholly without foun- dation. THE TRADESMAN gave the report as such, assuming no responsibility as to its truth or falsity. B. D. Hawes and Fred E. Hall, book-keeper and shipping clerk, respectively, for Putnam & Brooks, have formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Hawes & Hall, and engaged in the egg business at 69 Canal. They retain their connection with the old firm for the present. Wm. Winegar and O. H. Simonds have formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Winegar & Simonds, and pur- chased the milling properties, store and stock of Dudley & Robinson—formerly Winegar & Peck—at Alba. Mr. Winegar will attend personally to the management of the busi- ness. Clark, Jewell & Co. furnished two new grocery stocks during the past week, one for Scoville & McAulay, who have just engaged in the grocery business at Edgerton, and the other for Bickford & Starr, succes- sors to Bickford & Shults in the grocery and meat market business at Harbor Springs. N. G. Burtt, of Cross Village, was in the city last week, conferring with his creditors. He has sufficient funds to meet all claims against him at 35 per cent., which offer has been accepted by the houses here on condi- tion that Hannah, Lay & Co. fare no better. In case Mr. Burtt is able to make an ar- rangement with the latter, he will resume business again in a few days. Richard Morgan, of Aurora, N. Y., was in town several days last week, visiting his son, Christopher Morgan, of the firm of Morgan & Avery. Mr. Morgan is the present pro- prietor of the famous Morgan store at Aurora, which was founded by his father in 1801, and with which he has been identified for about 35 years. He visited Grand Rapids for the first time 37 years ago. Frank Friedrich, who started in the boot and shoe business at Traverse City a little more than a year ago without a day’s exper- ience, and who has now the leading trade in that line in that city, was married. on the 17th to Miss Emma Brosch, one of Traverse City’s fairest daughters. The happy couple went to Detroit on a wedding trip, and cards received by the trade here announce that they will be “at home” to their friends on and after the 26th. Mr. D. E. Stearns, who was engaged in the dry goods business at Big Rapids for several Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, N. Y., for some time past, now has the super- | vision of five states for that institution, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Aside from the trade visited by him, there are four other men directly under his charge, the latest addition to the force being Vernor Wooley, of Big Rapids, who is making his maiden trip through Illinois, and meeting with exceptional success. STRAY FACTS.’ Muskegon has an $18,000 brewery in pros- pect. Marshall’s capitalists are discussing a door- knob factory project. Jas. Shepard has engaged in the dry goods business at Mancelona. Max Jennings has sold his jewelry busi- ness at Stanton to L. Corey. Imlay City citizens have subscribed nearly $4,000 for a cutter manufactory. Jas. B. Taylor, of Shelby, will engage in the manufacture of brick at Hart. Cromie & Chaffee, meat dealers at Elk Rapids, are succeeded by S. J. Cromie. Fenn & Stevenson, dealers in groceries at Stanton, are succeeded by Fenn & Earle. Howard City will have a cigar factory in operation by May 1, employing five men. The Pentwater Furniture Co. is shipping a carload of goods per day on the average. The washboard factory at West Bay City turns out about 2,500 washboards per day. New York parties will start a manufsctur- ing institution at Owosso that will employ 300 men. A fruit and vegetable drying establish- ment is to be started at Hudson by Messrs. Eastman & Brady. ' The King & Amphlett block at Lowell is to be converted to hotel uses, and L. W. Davis, of Muir, made landlord. The Elmira Gazette says that that place ‘“snossesses the best of natural facilities for the establishment of an iron furnace.” Chas. E. Bailey has removed his saw mill from Fife Lake to a point six miles north of Elk Rapids, between the lake and the bay. Ed. Bennett and D. E. Cooke have formed aco-partnership at Cadillac, under the firm name of Bennett & Cooke, and engaged in the jewelry business. . A number of prominent business men of Kalamazoo, having been interviewed by the Telegraph, report the prospects for a good trade the coming season as being excellent. At Reed City, S. E. Carmany has formed a partnership with L. D. Strickland, a Chi- cago capitalist, for the manufacture of wheelbarrows, handles, and other kinds of wooden ware. Richard H. Hughes, a prominent grocery- man at Flint, has made an assignment to John Van Vleet. He has been in business for a number of years and his failure was a great surprise. A commercial traveler tried to commit suicide at East Saginaw Tuesday night by springing in front of the ‘‘cannon-ball ex- press.” Railroad employes saved his life. He was subject to epileptic fits and wanted to die before passing through the one which he felt approaching. S. P. Creasinger, of Maple Rapids, is col- lecting in the amounts due to himas fast as possible, and paying his debts at 100 cents on the dollar. It appears that he did not fail from need of assets, but he had put his money into such property that he could not make a circulating medium of it. oO New Stock Company J. J. Adams, of Bellaire, is organizing a stock company with $10,000 capital, for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of the Harriman patent adjustable writing table, an ingenious contrivance that can be attached to any deskor table. The _ stock- holders are mostly residents of Chase, and the factory will be located wherever it seems most advantageous, to be determined here- after. It is the intention to push the manu- facture and sale of the articleas fast as its merits warrant. > -« > Spruce butter tubs are the best; hemlock makes a sweet tub; acids from the oak color the butter andinjure its appearance; white ash gives the butter a strong flavor if kept long, and increases the liability to mold; maple smells and cracks badly. Soak all tubs four to six days in brine before using. oO An easy way to detect oleomargarine is to cut the ‘butter’ with a smooth-bladed knife. Oleomargarine will, when cut, presenta per- fectly smooth surface, whereas genuine but- ter when cut with a knife will present num- erous small holes, from which water will be seen oozing. ———_>>-o-<___—_- Berlin has one drug store to every 16,266 inhabitants; Breslau one to every 13,000 and Cologne one to every 11,000. A Chicago writer expresses surprise at these figures, for his is a large German city, yet it sup- ports a drug store for every 1,500 inhabi- tants. ——————————>-2._ A Canal street storekeeper conceived and executed the plan of putting up the sign, *« Admission Free,” over the door of his store, and his place has been crowded ever since. The average human being does love a free show. ————$—$<——- + The match factory at Gainesville, Ga., is now turning out 300 gross of matches per day, everything from Georgia material ex- cept the chemicals, and part of them are Georgia productions. The best “Orange county butter” sold in New York markets comes from Illinois, Next to Illinois, Iowa ranks as the best but- ter producing state. New York leads in years, and who has been identified with the| cheese-making. — ee : oleo. SUCCESSFUL MERCHANTS—NO. 1. ae Ss Wim, G. Watson, of Coopersville, fer 25 Years a General Merchant. | _. Wm. G. Watson was born at Saratoga, N. ‘Y., in 1830; the fifth of eleven children. In 1831 his parents removed to Edwards, St. Lawrence county, where he lived until 1864. He received his education—“what little I got,” as he expressed it—in the common schools of the place, and in 1856 was mar- ried and engaged in business at South Ed- wards, carrying a general stock. He started with little capital, and without any previous knowledge of the business, but a three years’ career at that place found him substan- tially better off than when he begun. In June, 1859, he removed his stock and _ busi- | k ness to Edwards, a better trading point, oc- cupying a larger building and carrying a heavier line. In 1864, he again removed his stock and business to Hermon, a still larger town and tributary to a better trading community, where he remained three years, selling out in 1866, to remove to Iowa, where he spent the winter, coming to Michi- gan the following spring to engage in general trade at Coopersville. His brother, James, was a Silent partner for four years, and in 1871 he and H. W. MecBryer were admitted to general partnership. the firm name being changed to W. G. Watson & Co. In 1873, McBryer retired, and the firm name was changed to W. G. & J. Watson. Two years later, Jas. Watson sold his interest to J. E. Rice and W. E. Watson, and the firm name was made Watson, Rice & Co. Three years later, J. E. Rice retired, and for one year W. G. & W. E. Watson were at the helm. In 1878, he sold the business to I. M. Ferguson and W. E. Watson, and took a needed res- pite from business cares, improving the in- terval to settle up the accumulated accounts of years and erect two two-story brick build- ings. Sept. 1, 1881, he formed a co-partner- ship with his son, D. O., under the firm name of W. G. Watson & Son, engaging in general trade on an extensive scale, which business he still pursues, giving it the same scrupulous supervision that has characterized his life work, leaving the details of the bus- iness to be attended to by his son. Not content with the laurels gained in the mer- cantile busifess, he is about to engage in the banking business at Coopersville, having formed a co-partnership with another suc- cessful merchant from a neighboring town, for that purpose. The ratings of the mercantile agencies, and the reputation Mr. Watson bears among business men, are sufficient proofs that he has attained more than the ordinary success attendant upon an active business career. One peculiarity of his life is that he has never failed, and he has never embarked in an enterprise that did not bring about re- turns on the right side of the ledger, al- though there has been years when the profits were very small. He attributes his success to two reasons—economy and strict attention to business, and his advice to young mer- chants is “Get a start, and save what you make.’ These maxims, rigidly adhered to, have enabled many men to ascend the top round of the financial ladder, and a proper observance of them cannot fail to benefit any beginner in any business. ——————>> +> PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 10. William Logie, Better Known as “ Will.” Wm. Logie was born at Flambro West, Canada, in 1851, and about a year afterward removed with his parents to St. Marys, Can- ada, where he obtained his early education, removing to Grand Rapids in 1865 to enter the employ of the then firm .of Whitley, Rindge & Co. as “general useful.” He con- tinued in this capacity for some time, devel- oping into a first-class salesman, and gradu- ally getting an insight of the wholesale bus- iness. So valuable were his services to the firm that he was admitted to partnership January 1, 1878, at which time the firm name was L. J. Rindge & Co., although af- terward changed to Rindge, Bertsch & Co. A month later, he took the road, taking the G. R. & I, and theC. & W. M., north, the D., G. H. & M., west, and the Michigan Central. He has since changed his route so as to inelude all available towns on the G. R. & 1., from Sturgis to the Straits, the F. & P. M., east and west, the L. S, & M. S., from Otsego to White Pigeon, and the Michigan Central, as far south as Eaton Rapids. He sees his trade every 45 days, is always wel- comed as a friend, and seldom departs with- out an order —in fact there are but two days in his six years’ experience on the road in which he did not make a sale. Another pe- culiarity of his career as a traveler is that he has not been laid up a day by sickness. He is punctuality personified, making his ap- pointments rain or shine, aud disregarding difficulties that would baffle a less determin- ed spirit. He is an active member of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa- tion, and for three years past has held the position of chairman of the Railway Com- mittee, being highly esteemed by the mem- bers of the Association, and all the boys on road for that matter, for his courtesy, charity and uniform kindness. On the Easel—J. N. Bradford, W. H. Downs, L. M. Mills. ——_—<_-0- <> The exportation of oleomargarine oil in- creased last year over ’82 by 66 per cent., while the export of artificial butter declined 10 per cent. This would seem to indicate twothings. 1. That the Dutchmen are using a good deal of oleo to cheapen and en- rich their butter and so spoiling at once our foreign market for butter and butterine. 2. That butterine is principally consumed at home, spoiling our home market for butter. Butter is whip-sawed between butterine and ® COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples-——Stock light, and market not very well supplied. Baldwins and Russets readily command $4@$4.50, and extra fancy find frequent sale at $5. Bailed Hay—Firm at $14 ton. Barley—Scarcer and firmer. Best quality now readily commands $1.35 4 100 tbs. Beets—In fair demand at $3 ¥ bbl. and $1 ¥ bu. Butter—Good dairy rolls are firm at22@ 25e and packed from 10c up. Elgin creamery, 25@30c. Butterine—Active at 18@20c for choice. Beans—Handpicked are a trifle firmer at $2.25 and unpicked are not much moving at $1.75@$2. The market is looking up to a considerable degree. Barley—Choice $1.30 # 100 tbs. Buckwheat—None moving. Out of mar- Ket. 4. Cheese—Skim 11@12!¢c. Full cream is active and firm at 14@15ce. 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 4 bu. and mammoth in fair demand at $6.75 4 bu. Corn—Local dealers stand in readiness to supply carload lots of Kansas corn at from 45@60c # 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@9c # Tb, and sliced 8@9c. Evaporated dull and slow at 1214 @14e. Eggs—Jobbing at 15¢, and tolerably firm at that price. Picklers are picking them up at 14¢, as they are better at this time of the year, and are kept more easily, than when put down during warm weather. Green Onions—30@40c # dozen bunches. Honey—In comb, 18c # Ib. Hops—The Michigan crop is almost completely exhausted. Good command 20@ 22¢, and fair 15@18c P tb. Lettuce—Hothouse stock selling readily, with good demand, at 20e P tb. Maple Sugar—In consequence of a light crop, the price is up 1c, and is scarce at that price. Choice pure readily commands 14c. Onions—Firmer and scarcer. Choice yel- low command 75@85e ¥# bu. in sacks, and $2.50 42 bbl. Bermuda stock brings $2.50 @ erate. Pieplant—Hothouse stock in fair demand at 10c ® 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@35ce. Peas—Holland $4 # bu. Parsnips—Moving slowly at $3 bbl and $1 8 bu. Poultry—Chickens and fowls are firm, and readily command 16@17%c and 15@16c, respectively. There are no ducks and geese in market, anda few turkeys, which find ready sale at 16c. 2adishes—50e # dozen bunches. Ruta Bagas—Selling readily at 65c bu., and $2 “ bbl. Seed Oats—White English Sovereign, 75c. Seed Potatoes—White Star, $1; Selected Burbanks, 50c; Early Ohio, 50c; Beauty of Hebron, 50c. Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.50@ $1.75 PB bu. Vegetable Oysters—50e # dozen bunches. Wheat—Loeal dealers are paying 75@80e for No. 2 Clawson and 95¢e for No. 1. Lan- chester commands $1@$1.05. a VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: J. L. Handy, Alton. J. J. Adams, Bellaire. H. C. Smith, Chase. T. Statford, Ravenna. S. L. Alberts, Ravenna. H. M. Bleacher, Chase. Fred Ramsey, White Cloud. C. G. Jones, Olive Center. R. G. Beckwith, Hopkins. Geo. Carrington, Trent. F. O. Lord, Howard City. Jessie McIntyre, Fremont. David Cornwell, Monterey. Geo. Thompsett, Edgerton. Geo. S. Curtis, Edgerton Graham & Sweeney, Hopkins. W. F. Stuart, Sand Lake. F, E. Davis, Berlin. D. E. MeVean, Kalkaska. Payne & Field, Englishville. A. J. Belcher, Manton. G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon. Wisler & Co., Mancelona. A. Giddings, Sand Lake. Wm. Parks, Alpine. W. E. Watson, Mancelona. A. W. Stickles, Cadillac. S. Biteley, Pierson. F. C. Brisbin, Berlin. J. Marlatt, Berlin. I. Glupker, Zutphen P. O. S. S. Holcomb, Coral. Walter H. Struik, Forest Grove. G. Bron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Dr. S. J., of C. E. &S. J. Koon, Lisbon. S. M. Geary, Maple Hill. Waite Bros., Huasonville. G. P. Stark, Caseade. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. B. McNeal, Byron Center. E. L. Van Ostrand, Allegan. O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake. Dr. J. R. Hathaway, Howard City. J. B. Quick, Howard City. R. B. MeCullock, Berlin. Blakely Bros., Fife Lake. J. D. F. Pierson, Pierson. Dr. J. Graves, Wayland. Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners. A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. C. E. Clark, Lowell. F. O. Lord, Howard City. T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs. Geo. W. Sharer, Cedar Springs. N. G. Burtt, Cross Village. {. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. S. N. Wright, Big Springs. John Smith, Ada. C. E. Blakely, Coopersville. Mrs. A. Carpenter, Ludington. C. F. & R. C. Dewey, Cedar Springs. Mrs. C. F. Bosworth, Lowell. Mrs. M. Hiller, Lowell. Mrs. Frank Torrent, Chase. Mrs. S. A. Colby, Rockford. Mrs. Mattie Sprague, Grand Haven. Mrs. N. P. Haskins, Middleville. Mrs. C. Slade, Wayland. Mrs. M. B. Schryer, Manton. E. Smith & Co., Big Rapids. Mrs. F. E. Hoyt, Petoskey. H. Minderhout, Hanley. W. W. Mokema, Graafschaps. F. Den Uyl, Hollard. Green & Green, Byron Center. Paton & Andrus, Shelby. C. Cole, Ada. S. Frost, McBrides. G. 8. Putnam, Fruitport. S. T. Colson, Alaska. Henry Koopman, Falmouth. C. H. Deming, Dutton. S. C. Fell, Howard City. Fox & Fisher, Zeeland. Mrs. M. E. Snell, Wayland. Mrs. Mattie Sprague, Grand Haven. Mrs. 8. A. Colby, Rockford. Mrs. Ada Gardner, Sparta. Mrs. Frank Torrance, Chase. Mrs. M. A. Morrill, Sparta. Lane & Bolter, Caledonia. E. S. Hipkins, Blanchard. R. Carlyle, Rockford. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, ° The Newaygo Company quote f. 0. b. cars as follow: Uppers: | ineh:... 4... ccc. per M $44 00 Uppers, 144, 1% and 2inech................ 46 00 Selects, Pineh. o.oo sok oe co ce cca cons 35 00 Selects, 144, 1% and 2 inch................ 38 00 Fine Common, linch..................... 30 00 SHOW PimGh es. ree cc ck, 20 00 Fine, Common, 14, 1% and 2inch........ 32 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12in., 12,14 and16 feet ... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 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. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet........... . 1700 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 4 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 5 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 4 00 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet... 22720222027: 15 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 12 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 13 00 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet.............-.. 14 09 Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and lengths......... ........... 9 00 A and B Strips, 4or6in .............-.... 35 00 @ Strips, £0nGineh. .....-..-.. 52.2... 28 00 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 feet.......... 2 00 No. 2 Heneing, 16 feet: ....... ...... 2. ee. 2 00 No. } Peneing, 4 inch.............2....... 15 00 No. 2 Beneing, 4 ineh.......... 222.252... 12 00 Norway C and better, 4 or 6ineh...... ... 2000 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, A and B............ 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C................2..: 14 50 Bevel Siding, 6inch, No.1 Common..... 9 00 Bevel Sidlng, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16 ft. inl1 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, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C................. 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4or5in., No.1 com’n 16 0C Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. (XXX 18 in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 AX MIS In. Phin. . 3... 2... eos 3 40 POON IGM. ec uk. 3 00 No. 2 or 6 in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... 2 00 No: 20rd in. ©. BIG im... .-... .:..55.. 222. 1 75 WOR oe, ee oe sca 2 00 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. FOR SALE. XOOD BARGAIN. lwantastock of either dry goods, clothing, groceries or furni- ture. Ihave a mortgage for $1,300 and real es- tate to exchange together. O. W. Kibby, Bell- 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.. Fine, large house, nearly new, large barn. best hen house in the county, 1,000 bear- ing peach trees, 500 apele trees, one acre straw- berries, grapes and all kinds of fruit. C. Craw- 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 property. Will sell or rent barn and grounds. The best location in the best livery town in the State. Address, P. O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich. SITUATIONS WANTED. YS - situation in atin shop. Can work in store if necessary. North of Big Rapids preferred. Address, Box 42, St. Louis, Mich. A? TYPEWRITER OR COPYIST, by a young i lady well qualified for such a 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 man of 27, strong, active, and willing to work. Address A. M., Care “The Tradesman,’’ Grand Rapids. MISCELLANEOUS. NOOD SECOMD-HAND SAFE wanted at this office. Must be cheap. Address, stating size and price. A. EX. FOoOw ue, HOUSE DECORATOR —And Dealer in— FINE WALL PAPER Window Shades, Room Mouldings, Artists’ Materials ! Paints, Oils, Glass, Ete. 37 No. IonrtA STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE. Special designs furnished and Estimates given for interior decoration and all kinds of stained and ornamental Glass work. TRY OuR RAW HIDE WHIP ! SELLS FOR $1. OUR TWO SHILLING WHIP IS SURE TO SELL. Do not sell our goods at cost. We will DO BETTER BY YOU Come and see us. We are here to stay. G&G. ROoyYs ck CoO., No. 4 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS, = - MICHIGAN. the event. Peruvian bark was for a time 2 a2e0 a [Speak of it as the “cardinal’s powder.” WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Sarsaparilla, Mexican............- 18 Drugs & am edicines Among the learned, however, it was known | more fashionable in Paris than it had ever} ~~~ eee Se ue ee en ae” me a LATHST e been at Madrid, and its properties became Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c).... 20 as the Pulvis febrifugus orbis Americani, Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. quote as follows for , The Discover, f Peruvian Bark. . es . or the Pulvis peruvianus, or the Cortex | gradually known throughout the greater quantities usually wanted—for larger amounts SEEDS. j et Henry M. Lyman in the Atlantic Monthly. : ce ; : : write them for quotations: Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 13 eo hundred and fifty years ago. the city peruvianus, as it is called in a controver- part of Europe. Many years, however, Advanced—Balsam Fir; Oil Almonds, bitter; ae mixed in packages. ..... 5 @ 6 é e : sial pamphlet of the year 1663, of which the | seem to have elapsed before its value was Opium. a n44@ 5 ¥ of Lima was the splendid capital of the ait : Declined—Morphia, Powdered; Acid, Citric; | Gata ay, best Dutch (Powd 190)... 11 @ 18 Spanish empire in South America. Full of Latin title page may be translated: The re- | generally acknowledged, for in the year 1740) Borax; Gum Arabic; Oil, Cod Liver, best; Bis. ereeeon Aleppee............... 2 v0 . ; habilitation of Perwvian bark, or the de- | another conspicuous example of the ignor-| Muth, sub nitrate. ro i Malabar. bee dees 7s convents and churches,—monuments of y Coriander, pest English...... . imidi : ; ACIDS. the age of faith,—it was the principal office fense of China, against the belchings of | ance or timidity of the medical profession meetic; No. 8.0... 220... 2.0.6 Sib 8 @ 10 | Rennel ooo ee. = iB Sage John Jacob Chifflet and the groans of |regarding the use of the bark was present-| Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 | Flax, clean................... 3%@ 4 of the Holy Inquisition, the seat of the Vovi PL : ed in th f t illustri Caruc lien o2 5. eee. 35 | Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ 4@ 4% Archbishop of Peru, and the home of the optscus Fortunatus emp, eminent In Fie e a@most UlustriouS peYSON~| Citric... ce ee eee ee 5b Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 9 ee : : physicians. For the drug was not univer-| age. Frederick the Great, riding hither and | Muriatic 18 deg.................... 3 @ 5 | Hemp, Russian.................... 5 @ 15% Spanish viceroy, whose authority was recog- : : : ane Nitric 36 deg). .....-.8 04-5... 2. 1 @ 12 | Mustard, white( Black i0¢) 8 stad dios Patagonia: to-the Settoniw ot sally received as the heaven-sent blessing | thither, from one end of his kingdom to the} Oxalic .... 0-00. ......sseeeseeseees 14%@ 15 ROG 1 00 A [ j H I H} iD ayo which its enthusastic friends would have it | Other, during the months of a rainy summer, Sulphuric 66 deg..............-.+-. 3 4 ape, Lnglish...................... ™%@ 8 Panama. Here were the costly buildings of : j Tartaric powdered................ 48 | Worm, Levant................... 14 ee . appear. Some of the most learned profes- | was suddenly seized with a fever. It prov-| Benzoic, English............. 8 02 20 a the oldest university in America, founded ; ; . deb ee 5 a ne » , | Benzore, German........---e-. 2 @ 1b rors. : i 4kvs eiothe seus of the Antes sors in the medical schools of Italy decried | & ean “aguish, feverish distemper,” @| Tannic...... 0.0.0... .0cecccceee sees 15 @ 11 | Floridasheeps’ wool, carriage.....2 25 @2 50 Sica : : . its use, probably because of the variable | “‘quartan ague, it seems; occasionally very AMMONIA. ue a do do ..... 2 60 . = that towered above each other behind the : . : : : een calS Peruana oe oa css en 16 @ of | eee eo GO sees 110 ° . : ? ° OC eee Oe me ON mM al Ne hk ee : quality of the barks that were sent “from | bad; but Frederick struggles with it will not | Muriate (Powd. 22c) Extra Yellow do do 85 city; a. continual procession of slaves’ and Peru, and the crude methods of tion | be cheated of any of his purposes by it.| Aqualédeg or af... 0. 6 @ 7 eee da GF teens 65 beasts of burden brought to the royal treas- 2 i ic pata ac purp ie Aqua 18 deg or 4f.........s0sss000- 7@ 8 Hard head, for slate use........... 15 : : Co. : oe d bine Contamhor | *dua 18 deg or 4f.......... 6c eee Yellow Reef, do ......... 1 40 ury silver and gold from the mines of Potosi then in vogue. At any rate it is certain We accordingly find him writing, September Sara: es I Set, Gis willed Gk that the reputation of the drug did not make | 6th, to his friend Voltaire, whom he had in- Copaiba Pe ess | chor acai for ee 2 : y us BT ee aces es cae ee wen . 1 2 dt ve upon the shore of the great Pacific on great headway, and the remedy seemed | tended to visit:— Peru.. a 200 | Alcohol, ae 95 per penn ee WE. i 50 x ay the saiut io. of Callao whites ak likely to fall into disrepute. In London it My DEAR VoLTAIRE,—In spite of myself, PROM ae he 60 Anodyne Hoffman's. ........ Weewes - i tte ee had encountered great opposition, for the | I have to yield to the quartan fever, which cee BARKS. Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 5 ed the galleons, laden with silver and gold : ! : A 4 : Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ 2 | Annatto 1b rolls 30 and precious stoned, bound to'Aéapuleo and reason that it had been introduced to notice, | is more tenacious than a Jansenist; and/Cinchona, yellow...............+. 18 | Bic gohible...... 9... 0. 50 Mani : not by the leaders of medical opinion, but | whatever desire I had of going to Antwerp no BON ssa se ibe 1% | Bay Rum, pepeete pe ae 2 75 Manilla and the Spice Islands beyond the oh : : f : m, ground, pure................. Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 25 Geiecoca: trindng back ii arn thib by a practitioner of inferior rank, named Tu- | and Brussels, I find myself not in a condi- a powdered, pure.............. HG: {Alam Bb 24@ 3% ao ie 6 eum {dor or Talbot. Originally an apothecary in | tion to undertake such a journey without Re ee ha arte atts: aD | Rope, Braun Crowd Yo).....--.. '@ 4 89, 87 and 89 Canal Street silks, teas, and costly wares of India, China, : : : , ild Cherry, select................ 1 | Annatto, prime.................... 32 uy Sd Uallal Sree € ae ee Cambridge, this man had learned the value risk. 1 would ask of you, then, if the road Bayberry powdered............... 20 Antimony, powdered, com’l.. 44@ 5 and Japan. Within the narrow limits of : : Hemlock powdered................ 18 | Arsenic, wh , of the newly discovered ‘Jesuits’ bark,” | from Brussels to Cleve would not to you) Wah Guin core Rata se co 3 the capital was concentrated an amount of y . : aa ¥ s anoo ..... eee eee 30 Balm Gilead Bifds................. 40 - wealth at that time unsurpassed by any of and had devised an improved method for | seem too long for a meeting; itis the one| °C#P sroun ee 12 Beans, Tonka oo er 2 OB —HEADQUARTERS FOR— , s e4e s . . : s s : ? a ee eee ne %5 the royal cities of Europe. It is recorde d that the exhibition of its remedial virtues. He}|means of seeing you which remains to puree , prime (Powd $1 20) ane @1 00 | Bismuth, sub nitrate. e 7B : . ., - : : s WIMIPED (2025 25... eee wo a i 7 5 in the year 1681 the viceroy rode through removed to London about the year 1670,|me...... Let us deceive the fever, my dear Prickly Wek Be on 1 60 0 ol ul Blue Can a. ™%u@ “ Choice Balter Hackleherries the streets over a pavement of solid silver and was soon embroiled with the leading | Voltaire, and let me at least have the pleas- EXTRACTS. Borax, refined (Powd 0 OO j }s ingots, on a horse whose mane was ‘strung physicians of that city. In those days the | ure of embracing you.” Ticetoe Oat ined. p a a Capsicum ods, Afnctn 05. : 18 ] Fs < : : : Oc oan se cains sc : & with pearls and whose feet were shod with privileges of the College of Physicians were} Whereupon Voltaire “fat once, decided on| Logwooa, bulk is 2 and 2 i dexes). 0” Con count Pods’ vance nd fs i8 Dried Peaches Apples . gold. To this center of luxury came the so jealously guarded that an apothecary ... Arrives, sure enough, Sunday eee a pO aie es 12 | Carmine, No. 46 | ie earns 400 3 A ee : ‘ ne | who treated fevers with more success than |night (September 11th); old Schloss, of Toewoet ea de 15 | Cassia Buds... .... ee. ee eee 14 . Spanish grandees who had found favor with : : ied: : Logwood,ass’d do ......... 14 | Calomel, American................ 70 their sovereign, for the avowed purpose of the regularly anointed doctors was looked Moyland, six miles from Cleve; soe hay Fluid _Extracts—25 @ cent. off list. Chee ek pass 4s Wi*@ 1 ASE 165 f ( enriching themselves as rapidly as possible upon as a wild beast, to be slaughtered | I find,—the harvest moon.” . FLOWERS. Chalk, precipitate I nglish........ LB 4 ; , a : 2 ee : Be apa = ‘ rT PMICW eo ee 10 11 | Chalk, red fingers................. It was a ruthless system of legalized robbery ese ung fae nies a . . i. ca into eee a : Chamomile, Roman a. cs Chalk Poe Oa ee s - : os . lary a conversation WI 1e arquls 0 writes oltaire. othalm uu our, bare amomile, CYMMan........--..--- 25 Chl fi hie oe 0 and oppression, coining the life-blood of the | 2 ee as ihe i. eee a . ao ate 1¢ Maple Syrup... : : ee : y “concerning the Quinquina | walls there. By the light of the candle, I Kioc : * enslaved people into glittering pieces of : a : : ; : Aloes, Barbadoes..............+++5 60@ 75 | Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60 We have a few 5 and 10 gallon kegs of : eight and shining doubloons, with which, so which the physicians’would not give to the perceived, in a closet, a little truckle-bed, | Aloes, Cape (Powd 24c)...........- 18 Gio ae 5 see cryst... a) hoi ee ganen Seer? ' * . . “he i ri . 1 4 +, hii sas ek Wesel 8 ee when in a{two feet and a half broad, on which lay al Arnes,cocottine (Powd We)------- 94, 3) | Chioral do MgO orusta.. it vi cava ee pet «, {dangerous ague it was the only thing that | little man muffled up in a dressing gown of| Arabic. extra select............... Gy | COROROEED oo won aes ners c 115 @l am | We will close out at the following ‘low what appeased, the adventurer hurried : : : ; Arabic, powdered _select.......... 6) | Cinchonidia, P. & W......0........ 6¢ @ 65 | prices: home te Europe, only to make room for an- could cure him (out of envy because it had | coarse blue duffel: this was the king, sweat-| ‘Arabic, Ist PROG. oc. esse 50 | Cinchonidia, other brands... .....1! 60 @ 65 : : gs been brought into vogue by Mr. Tudor, an | ing and shivering under a wretched blank- Arabic,2d picked............++.-+. 49 | Cloves (Powd 28¢).........000.0.00, 20 @ w | 5Gallon Kegs..................'...93 10 ‘ other tyrant, more eager, more rapacious, ca : i Arabic,c8d pickod.............-+++ or tb @ochineal 6 ese oo: 30 and less merciful than the first apothecary) till’ Dr. Short, to whom the | et there, in a violent fit of fever. I made ae see ee ee 30 reeled ee ce See 45 | 10 Gallon Kegs..... - 6 00 $ . . E oe ° ° ; pe : ssafoen , pri DC)... Oy <<. + -s-- é In the year 1638, the Count of Chinchon held King sent to know his opinion of it private- | my reverence, and began the acquaintance | Renzoin. oa ai area ae S a 55@00 Corrosive Sublimate........ 22... 65 = : : : ; ly, he being reputed a Papist (but who was | by feeling his pulse, as if I had been his Campmor...) 000-2. -..0 22 --o0-- + 23@ 25 | Corks, X and XX—35 off list...... . his court in the vice-regal palace beside the |. ae hief physici : Catechu. 1s (1% 14c, 48 16c) . - 13 | Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 SUGARS * * * . ’ uphnorbdlum powadered............ » Srocer s. OX... oO river Rimac. The countess was grievously in truth a very honest good Christian) sent ce hie physician The fit over, he dressed E ph bi 1 Po dc d 353@ 40 creas care ocer’s, 10 b 15 = «idk, prostrated by one of the miserable cal- word to the King that it was the only thing himself, and took his place at table, (where Chee strained................ woes ay | Oe Bee etnias nati 50 Gitit@is 3.0 81 = : Ca | which could save his life, and then the King | We) discussed, naturally in a profound man-| Guaiac, prime (Powd Be) a. Cuttle Fish Bone......... ; 23. | Powdered Standard.... 8i¢ enturas of the country,—an ague, which;.. . ,|,. 3 : : : thot sclite of tie Soul : Kino [Powdered, 30c]...........-65 99 | Dextrine..... aa 2 Sool ee, 4 would not yield either to the ministrations injoin’d his physicians to give it to him, | ner, the Immortality of the Soul, Liberty,| Mastic.........00..0..c..eeeseee es 110 | Dover’s Powders........ 120 | Granulated Standard.... ............. V4 of the physicians, or to the prayers of the which they did, and he recover’d. Being | Fate, the Androgynes of Plato, and other ok. Turkish uBouderct 47e).. 2 ee pods Is --- 59 | Granulated, Fine Grain..............-. 1396 7 8 asked by this Lord why they would not pre- | small topics of that nature.” Shellac, Campbell's. ae SS 35 | Ether Squibb’s...... 1... oe. 110 | Standard Confectioners’ A............73¢ archbishop and all his clergy. It was a ser- ibe it, Dr. L ‘dit 1d +] thei Some talk the a . £ Ghollae Baaich . 30 Emery, Vurkisb, ag ae eto ‘4 * ious matter, for the noble lady had _ lost all ee as? pi ie ee ae oe mane ante aye Pee OP OF | Geile, BRUNO. 6.2 staces--- o> . 25 | Epsom Salts........ ............... 24@ 3 Standard A ..........seee sere eens 6%@7 ; her bright color, and was visibly wasting to practice, or some such expression, and at|the experience of the Grand Monarque Betas esahed ee - 33 Papo; Pe arnt as bO | Extra White C....... 2.26.0 eee. 65 @6% a : ‘ o | LYAMACADNTD 2... 2. ccc ee ee cece ccvene ’ Tic, oe WDe Dec cccccvcs . . ce dhidlow of bet fonher cok “Ehet ne” confessed that it was aremedy fit only | with the ague, and of the manner of his|“"*80°* TT 7 7 ea Gr | wake white... ee O \ Beaten Brig, .... 22.0 ok ec eds 6% @6% : for Kings.” According to Stille, the jeal-|cure: but if so, nothing came of it then, for} Hoarhound ...............:scceeeeeeeeereees oy | rune PAR Raise... -. .-~-s---9-0+ po 1 ee 646 @614 court doctors, the surgeon-general of the é : i : 2 Lobelia 25 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90 ; Be am army, and the chief surgeons from the ships ousy excited by the success of the despised | we find Frederick impatiently shaking Bee alae ae pee no | Wellow ©. =. 0... 2.0.22. ce 55@6 7 " 7 3 . 7 9 ’ x : of war at Callao had been summoned in jen aap A was so great that he was a tae a une te ee and far Be is FORE Biiese Cane Nene Ae a eS ee nce cae s Glassware, ereon Gl -S 10 aa : “to seek the protection of the court, and the | along into October, begging for “quinquina,” | Sweet Majoram 1112.00. 35 ue, CabMet.......... 2... eee ee 12 @ frequent consultation, no doubt; but the ’ : ee > i 9 sweet IMS ORAM oe. es eg 35 Gl it ie ee ns aumotheidics Boekel: actually issued a mandate to the Col-| and bitterly reviling his physicians because Thyte Pc renee? hesperse sy snaranrs Tenia: a ee gee BO CANNED GOODS - > oifier candies may have iivaght that the | 1&8 forbidding them to molest or disturb | they would neither give him the drug of Sones ULL ee oe eng Me a 25@ We continue the : ae ees im in his practice.” iaris -| which he had _ heard, nor cure hi : _, TRO “oA SNS SR me aes . case was not without hope, for it was him in his practice But the diarist com ; cure him of the Girateena Gumiue. 6 Betis oe as _ a CLOSING OUT S A L Bi memorates another occasion when the reme- fever, having nothing better than Pyrmont} Solution mur., for tinctures...... whispered abroad that there were native 40 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 | iodine, resublimed 80 65 SRSonRoSSRSRERER remedies, sometimes in use among the Indian dy was administered without avail. On| water to offer for his relief. ee Lea aes AMOPICAB. ..... 22... Of our present stock of canned goods. Blank slaves “= such which distempers might be Monday, February 2, 1865, King Charles} Thus the weeks dragged wearily on, the| Phosphate ............ ae London nae... he quotations indicate the line all sold. ; n dis E oe E : king growing “lean ar ae ay LEAVES. ead, acetate...........-.... ss eens healed. But the situation was delicate. Span- had been eaEpeees. inks bed-chamber with : da 6 ~ ae prekee Owe, gIv Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 12 @ 13 | Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10c & 4s 1c) aS = “es a : a2 '. @ ) age ta ian, bulk (48 & 4s, 12¢ 6 REDUEUINIG fe ok ee eae ek. 1 ish etiquette was exceedingly punctilious, - apoplectic ft He was immediately of uP cous oe ane ane Ene FeEURe 5 ge I a . wet a ae, te). L Panel ’ ® and when the court doctors and the surgeons bled by his attending physician. “This | in his country-seat at Reinsberg, when, says aa an Oe ea and ‘se a 18 @ 20 Mee ese ie sternereres: JOB BACON’S TOMATOES from the army and navy had pronounced an rescu’d his Majesty for the instant, but it} Carlyle, one Tuesday forenoon, October 25,| Senna, powde sd bei eeeeee 22 Mudaei, best Dutch............... 12%@_ 13 | Have the Highest Endorsement of the best opinion, who might gainsay their doc- was only a short reprieve...... ‘On Thurs- | 1740, express arrives, “direct from Vienna eta MS tes ose i0 Mercury oes aS q BS dealers in the country. ’ i 5 ome : , : iedri i Relledomnas 6.00.00 el. 35 | Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... 3 65 trine? day pes of recovery were signified in the five day e ago; finds Friedrich under eclipse, Foxgl ee ee 2 Musk, an ten Mp & Go” pe oe 3 40@3 a 3 tb Job Bacon’s Tomatoes, Standard. .1 05 : oe ._. | publiq Gazette, but that day, about noone, | hidden in the interior, laboring mnder his] Henuane ........5.-.--.ccsess5s2-- 35 | Moss, Iceland................ Db 10 i ee : In themidst of this dilemma the chiet ae ee : ’ : ; Bore ted o 2 Piensa. inish -8 0 | 3 tb Smith & Wicks’ Tomatoes........ magistrate of the province of Loxa made his the physitians thought him feaverish. This ague-fit: question rises, Shall the express | OSC: PEC.--- +--+ sertertr esse sees 2 3 Majeed Mosh. a ai Sues Con Blo... 4.20 appearance at court. Eight years before he they seemed glad of, as being more easily be introduced, or be held back? The news W., D. & Co.’s ce ws 200 @2 25 Nut ae ROE Te CAE ss 18 | 2 tb Sweet Corn, Riehland ........:2; 1 05 soa tilsanelt wnestiad ith this came malig. }°0t 6 02 methodically dealt with than his | he brings is huge, unexpected, transcendent, Driggists’ Favorite Hye......--,. 17 @200 | Nutmegs, Novi... 7 a ae tb : nartabne,and had been heated by the al- former fits; so they prescribed the fam-| and may agitate the sick king. Six or seven aa a eee ee 7 a i eee ica age 7 (a Come, 0. SDs. ...<,. cons : e : i : i i I aggi i int. "Phay de-| Gin, Holland........-.........<..+« 2 3 50 ris Gree Magna ae aise Oa he coe ew wise: ee Bea a laeesnanston emcee a ferris a ete Bene iae sie Iudinus wih Gaclt auese 4b6 and some very able doctors who were pres- | cide, “Better wait! Catawba Wines................. 125 Mop 300 | 2 Ib Peas, Platts’ Erie................ mountains in his province. The pious monks ent did not think it a fever, but the effect of | ‘They wait, accordingly; and then, after| Port Wines........ ee 135 @2 50 a Burgundy............. a : 2 ib Peas, Equity Brand, Extra....... 1 25 of the convent at Loxa, moreover, had long his frequent bleeding and other sharp oper- | about an hour, the trembling-fit over, and | Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ Quinia, Suiph, P, & W........ boz 1 "5001 35 | 2 tb Peas, Ex. F. V. Canning Co...... possessed the secret of this remedy having ations ns A by Som aout Bis heed, Ss fot elcecom having cautiously ‘prelnded a Geeta. : BeOS eS a 2 os Gates, chon brands one oe oe es 2 tb Lima Beans, Standard 90 ‘ § < ,, 25 | Seidlitz Mixture................... < Mg, ACE te ate seee Ghd kin wittans os fac bak 08 th owen probably the powder might stop the circula- | little, and prepared the way, the dispatch} Calcined.............---+-ses eee 70 Steven, GUY BB, noone nets saver ee 1 50 2 tb Lima Beans, Extra 1 00 : j ; i i i i y r i ilver Nitrate, cryst............... 9 8 oe a 7 1600, when one of the brethren had been tion, and renew his former fits, which now | is delivered.” The Emperor of Austria was} ona, sweet one 15 @ bo | Bed Beciie 8 D 19 @ & | 2 tb String Beans, Shawnee,white wax. 90 , cured at thehands of an Indian disciple made him very weak. Thus he passed |dead. “Friedrich kept silence; showed n0| Amber, A IGA: oe & Saifron, . Sean He ea, a 40 | 3 tb Climax Pumpkin, Standard....... 1 20 ic nd ith thle oxpenionce, Sao ebrsagier | Pe OPN! SS enate ditwaliy, when | how transfixed he was to hear such tid-| BSG g77 007 UTIIIII, aie Sal Nitre, large ORVGE.. coo isss 10 | 2 tb Succotash, Standard............. 90 oe | : ae Boece . cod ee seem ona Tue Tere ( al Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 > : went straight to the viceroy, and urgeda complaining of a paine in his side, they ings; which, he foresaw, would have im Reon ee 2 09 noe oe oe 3 | 2 tb Succotash, Yarmouth............ 1 48 trial of the remedy which he had used with drew 12 ounces more of blood from him; | measurable consequences in the world.” He Beet ae "5 a Boda 2 @ 2%|18 tb Boston Baked Beans .1 60 as . ‘ : ‘ . aera km a Ae CN 26 ee eee yee such advantage. Of course this raised a this was by 6 in the morning on Friday, and | arose from his bed, dressed himself, and ae ea qe 1 = ey es a | apples, Gallons, Eria.......... is if ser cet orc ec me ote] ax, White, ‘. Drand.=...... 60 os 4 ae cane” Gach eensouine ‘oversanes shop [tne Ores 16 Wott ok down et Sir bic oe on pea ot ere Pe ek Mason. Ma | ere, SulRato.. <6. 7 @ 8 | 1 bh Lobsters, Standard............... bo position, at last. ‘The countess received the ding. When every one was in despair, there | progressed but slowly. The frightful wars| gandal Wood, German............ 5 00 1 Ost OILS. AS a ieer dvaught and was healed, It is not (came an Englishman, from London, who which sundered the different nations and) Sandal Wood, Turkish’ Dark...... 800 | Model we ee : dificult to imagine the triumph of the man |®#d that he had that in a little bottle which | the backward state of chemistry and phar-| ‘Tansy ....00.000 00s Oe ee ee ee ee ee » of laws: let us draw a veil of decent sym- would cure his most Christian majesty. It | macy were, no doubt, the principal eauses yo” pe eee 40 @, i Pearls nas “a ton’s celebrated brands of Fountain, : pathy over the features of the fashionable | “#5 the apothecary Talbot, whose fame | of this delay. The extreme bitterness and | Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)..... 4 50 eae Bee eae Series = Old. » Congress, Geod - Fucly Gos ae shiditidea ok Taman, Setriun than ta ibaa OOS Him stentedion to. the: chamiber bulkiness of the dose as formerly given] Wormseed 1.00.0.0.00.00IIN 100 | Ginek Diemnond Machineyy...)......-.1.-..- ap] Sweet Bima Cat Tobecoog. se land to justify their ignorance and their dis- of the king, where he obtained permission | must also have constituted no inconsiderable God ae orate ae oe 3 a Paratine, 38 deg. Se Ee ees — ee ig meee anes Ness awanced high- comfiture. No doubt they were equal to the to administer the secret remedy which he | barrier to the general recognition of the vir- Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.3,16 6 re penne. 28 deg. waa agteeecseesseeneneeeenas 51 | est prize at the Centenial Exhibition in 1876. sea he carried. His majesty drank and was/|tues of thedrug. It was not before the ete Malaga... greg @1 20 | *P° cua ee ee Tam also factory agent for Shot Gun and aces aan ad iv oe Be oes sc 8) °#5| Butternut Plug Tobaccos. Valuable prizes In due course of time, the Count of Chin- ceed: ” pee crowned he 9 a0 Timinen'’d.. (50s. --.555 #02 o 67 | Lard, extra 78 80} oj ith each b f : : : Age. oe . OMIM, oo vac ceed kc 2 ; chon had filled his coffers, and another| What was the medicine which had accom- parte PeDRENNE VE Meee Fre (he Wer POTASSIUM. : : Linseed. or We aa st a . oak, ou a . be nee = grandee reigned in his stead. Returning to plished such a marvel? It was liquid, fiery, constituents of the bark. I well remember) Bicromate........-........... oD tb 15 | Linseed, boiled ....................-. 60 63 7 er ee ee ter, ; : ; : : ; : the curious interest with which, wh Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk.. - 35. ‘| Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 g3 | Duck, Champion A, Green Shield, D. & D. his estates in Spain, the countess carried | dark, and very bitter. More than this no 1 which, when 4) Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20 | Spirits Turpentine 39 5| Ri ; ; ; a. ‘ost | Very small boy, I watched the good family | Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... ta | pee See 45| Big Chunk or J. T., Red Star, Sailor’s Sol- with her the strangly bitter powder that | one could tell. The curiosity of the king . 8 y P is te yell 3 VARNISHES. : Locdlsion ad Hic weeded at ther’ russiate yellOw.............eeeeee 30 ace, Good Luck, Nobby Twist, Anchor, Ten had made her whole Whenever any one was thoroughly roused. Dr. Talbot shrug- phy prepared at my mother's ROOTS. No. 1 Turp CORO 60 ee. 1 10@1 20 : J : : i bedside her first dose of the’ FE fe AEBOR ee se nes eee ee ence ena We URSA PUPP oe ss cs cen Tle ee ets cee vee 1 60@1 a Cent Lunch, Spun Roll. Largest and most of her friends was prostrated with the calen- ged his shoulders, and hinted that the ae es e ver ehrnes ANtHORy OU ahs os ce eos ec cece cones 27 | Coach Body............... ss eeeee ee ee es 2 75@3 00! complete Stock of Smoking Toe in’ thi tura, she would bring forth her store, and knowledge might be had for a sufficient pretiving: Gene At ee ee eee ee AetOw Ta Jove, i 8 an ds... i Beira Tee mans heh eee i Bo 60 k t apes 5 : : : * * : x ow, Ta r’s, es r MAP... .. ccc nee beeecenes ° would recite the narrative of her wonderful |compensation. After considerable haggling | S°1Nt10n, illuminating the water into which) jiGoq (powd oo. #2 | Japan Dryer, No. 1 Purp 2200000000 00 15; we ® cure. The pious Jesuit fathers, also, sent | the secret was purchased for the sum of was ahobped He Pepe el aah ene white, peeled. . 38 ven Fenders. ee ae r sdailatha af fie notion otha eoecal ot forty-eight thousand livres, and an annuity of fluorescent blue,—but oh, how bitter! Hlecampane, powdered........+... 23 | Boralumine, White bulk) Soe a it to their interest to keep a business eye Seale sdin, oy whee tt-auke properis: inves-| of 2FO thousand francs, a large remunera- Even after this great pharmaceutical victory, Ginger, African (ss Leas z aa a Borabniaae, ao. pone Be i. 10 on this column headed STANDARD QUO- tigated and accredited; so that during the | tion when we take into consideration the | 22cient prejudices lingered long. But these Gin nger, Jae po ss 20 Borelumine «6 Bast... 11 | TATIONS. Mail orders solicited and care- lifetime of the next generation the substance value of money at that time as compared | 27@ DOW for the most part traditions of the Hellebore, white, powdered... vs = a ey ed aero 2 ao iH ful attention given them. Special quotations becaine tolerably well knewn as the with the present. The title of Chevalier past, and, after a trial of two hundred and es . ic peeered sdasbikavees 1 a wot Local Seas is 1% 5G 8 mailed on a general line of groceries when “Jesuits’ powder.” In aristocratic eircles | WS also conferred upon the doctor, and his fifty years, we have exalted the once-despis- Licorice, select (Powd 12%)....... ie Peek cee care an aoa : requested. it was commonly called the “countess’ pow- | Tecipe was given to the world. It was an ed pulvis ignotus into a panacea for almost] Bet" tie ee eit hoe pone * 7 . oe ae alcoholi vin tin ._ | every ill to which flesh is heir,—a great and Rhei’ £ from select to ‘choice... 100 @1 30 Geen, Betti oe : der;” and after the year 1670, when Cardinal ra 0 fee a eture of Peruvian | | ble telah, lowly bah wear wenn Rhei, powdered E, Jos esseeteeereod 10 @1 20 Load, ted strictly ‘pire... ar Lugo sanctioned its use in the treatment of | k, official description of the medi- ’ . Hhel, enoies bet ee: ales 2 ° Lead, white, strictly ‘a 6 malarial fevers at Rome, it was considered | cize was published by order of the king, andj Calkins Bros. can supply dealers with SMAATIG, scp ccgie cs sidece nee 60 | Whiting, Gilders? Bh e : the proper thing among all true believers to | 4 Fontaine composed a poem in honor of | fishing tackle at bottom prices. — Sarsapai ri ii, Yiondurus | whitke aris Ameri | The Michigan Tradesman. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. [Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1884. TRADE FICTIONS. Where the Blame for Counterfeit Brands Rests. The fictions of trade are numerous, and by no means the least singular in its charac- teristics. Thousands upon thousands of articles are dealt in and pass current among dealers, who thus sanction the lie they bear upon their face. although able to controvert its every statement. The dealer contracts with his local packer for Chicago hams and lard, and straightway they are laid at his door, labeled Chicago, though packed and cured in some suburb of his own city; French mustard, Crosse & Blackwell pickles, aud genuine Worcestershire sauce are put up in every city in the union; French sar- dines are packed in Maine; Russian caviar is prepared in large quantities in Salem, N. J.; and Holland herring are no longer ex- clusively derived from the land of Scheldt; sardelles may be put up anywhere, and re- semble nothing else than old fish bait done over. The list is susceptible of continuance almost to infinity, as there is not an article which achieves popularity, or a brand which is not seized upon by the trade and counter- feited, so as to profit by the high reputation the genuine article may have won. The protest against this petty form of fraud should come from the consumer, he being the real sufferer, being made to pay for an imitation brand the full price at which the genuine article is sold; while the difference in quality and consequently in value is quite marked, as that between a genuine coin and the base metal of its counterfeit. There are several reasons why the consumer does not avail himself of his prerogative of protest— one of which is that he does not suspect the trick until it is too lateto return the goods, and the pettiness of his purchase would in- vest a complaint with an appearance of meanness, and rather than to appear in so unpleasant alight he suffers the injustice and changes his grocer. The manufacturer turns out the goods frequently to actual order, and the dealer who orders them does so in deference to the requirements of his trade; as the retailer will not pay the price demanded for the genuine article while he can obtain the spurious at a figure so much smaller to swell his profits. —— ii) The American Corn Crop. While we are in the midst of a wheat panic, attention is called to the singular fact that there is rarely a surplus of corn in this country, and that a deficiency in this crop is really more seriously felt than a deficiency in any other crop. The corn crop of the United States, declared by the Commission- er of Agriculture “the most valuable of all crops of the country, next to grass,” in the year 1882 was 1,617,000,000 bushels, two- thirds of it raised in the Western States, and three-tenths in the Southern. Lilinois heads the list of States with 182,000,000 bushels; then come Iowa with 175,000,000 bushels; Missouri with 170,000,000 bushels; Kansas with 144,000,000 bushels; Indiana with 107,000,000 bushels; Ohio with 93,000,- 000 bushels; Nebraska with 82,000,000 bush- els; Kentucky and Tennessee with 75,000,- 000 bushels each; Texas with 63,000,000 bushels; Pennsylvania with 43,000,000 bushels; Georgia with 36,000,000 bushels; Virginia with 35,000,000 bushels; North Carolina and Arkansas with 34,000,000 each, and other States with smaller amounts. The highest yield per acre was in Montana, 36 bushels—a fact which will probably sur- prise some of our Mississippi Valley corn growers. Next to Montana come Nebraska with 35 bushels per acre; Kansas, 34 bush- els: Vermont, 34 bushels; Minnesota, 32 bushels; Pennsylvania, 31 bushels; Ohio, 31 bushels; Indiana, 31 bushels; Michigan, 30 bushels; Wisconsin, 29 bushels; Missouri, 29 bushels; California, 28 bushels. The smallest yields per acre were in Florida, 9 bushels; South Carolina, 12 bushels; Georgia, 13 bushels; Alabama and North Carolina, 14 bushels. Corn, like grass, is raised al- most wholly for home consumption. It is the staple grain of the country, and consti- tutes the chief living of the domestic ani- malsof the land. Forty-four per cent. of the crop is fed to cattle and swine for meat- making in the counties where it is grown, twenty-eight per cent. is fed to work ani- mals; eight per cent. is used for human food. Only about twenty percent. is ship- ped from the counties where it is raised, and only about five per cent. is exported. —————__——»>+- > A Mistaken Policy. From the Traverse Bay Eagle. The dealer who marks his goods above his regular selling price and then advertises to be selling out at cost, when he really only falls to his old price, may catch a few, but only a few, and may safely calculate he will never catch that few again. > A recent private meeting of the barbed wire fence manufacturers is said to have re- sulted in a consolidation of all the makers in the country, under the name of the Na- tional Barbed Wire Company: The an- nouncement caused an advance of one cent per pound on the price of wire as fixed my. NOVEL SWINDLE. Time the Perpetrator Was Gathered In. From the Petoskey Democrat. A man representing himself to be an agent for Butterick’s patterns, was in town last Saturday and swindled Mrs. Passage, Mrs. Butler and the Misses Boynton out of eleven dollars each. Since then letters have been received by the parties from Grand Rapids stating that he could not forward goods until the 18th and asking them to be patient. On the outside of each envelope was written, “Sent here under cover to be forwarded.” The same game has been played upon un- suspecting dressmakers in other portions of the State, probably by the same human being, and it is time he was gathered in. Another Field of Operation. From the Hart Argus. A very neat} swindle, although on rather a small scale, was perpetrated on one of our merchants last week. A party representing himself to be the general agent for Butter- ick’s patterns at Toledo, called on different parties in town and proposed to send a case containing patterns worth $250, with an agency, and to allow the party fifty per cent. for selling; the only money to be paid being $3 for advertising matter. Mr. W. E. Thorp, who has had the agency for Butter- ick’s patterns for Hart, upon hearing of the transaction, suspecting that the party was not all right, wrote the general agent at De- troit and received a telegram as follows: “He isa swindler. Arrest him!” But, alas, it was too late. The bird had flown. —_—_——_—.>_—._____- Patents Issued to Michigan Inventors. Elizabeth Bateson, Detroit, ash sifter. A. 8. Croxton (deceased), Cedar Springs, stump extractor. Benjamin Field, Dinley, balanced steam engine. E. H. Hague, Jackson, paint. Jacob Howell, Jackson, vehicle spring. Joseph E. Hunt, Jackson, locomotive ash pan. J. Krehbiel, Detroit, capsule machine and capsule drying rack. P. Kutsche, Grand Rapids, dust arrester. M. A. Ladd, Springwells, attachments for anvils. J. G. Livingston, Bowne, hay and grain el- evator. C. E. Mask, Flint, car coupling. P. H. MeWilliams, Detroit, shifting truck. Arilla D. Ordway, Reed City sash fasten- er. H. E. Stover, St. Louis, shade fixture. J. J. Travis, Carson City, carriage top fas- tener. >_< ___—_ Dull Times. From the Philadelphia Cail. Canadian Hotel Keeper—I don’t see how we are going to get along. The house is about empty, yet it is impossible to reduce expenses. Look over the American papers and see what the news is. Hotel Clerk—I have looked over them. There has not been a big defalcation in the United States for two weeks. Canadian Hotel Keeper—My stars! we will be ruined. I never knew the times to be so dull! — lt is the usual practice to serve potatoes in a porcelain dish with a close-fitting cover. In ten minutes the best potatoes, however carefully cooked, are thus utterly spoiled. They should %e placed in a wooden dish or served in a porcelain dish with towels above and below to absorb moisture. —$_—__—_—> 0 How Lines Increase Height. A fact which has had great influence upon the appearance (as regards size) which an object presents, is the presence of lines on it. Ladies understand this, and by the judicious employment of stripes influence their ap- parent figure to a remarkable degree. The annexed illusion shows a square space di- vided horizontally by a series of lines. The height and width of this space are precisely equal, as may be proved by measuring them with a pair of compasses, but to the eye they appear very unequal: ALBERT GOVE & SOND, —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. (ee Send for Prices. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- THIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR ARTHUR MEIGS & CO, Wholesale Grocers, 55 and 57 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, PROPRIETORS OF THE CELEBRATED BRANDS Ret Fox & Big Drive Ping Tobacco, 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 Candy and can always give you the best goods. : We buy in large lots from Orang CS first hands and ship only in full car lots. We handle 20,- 000 boxes of Oranges and Lemons in a season and our facilities for buying and han- 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 Lemons Nuts Butter, F. J. LAMB & COMPANY, —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—— Cheese, Eges, Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDPsS. MICHIGAN, A BENOWLSON, ——WHOLESALE DEALER IN— AKRON SEWER PIPE, Fire Brick and Clay, Gement, Stucco, LIME, HAIR, COAL and MWrooDd. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. Office 7 Canal Street, Sweet,s Hotel Block. Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan Cen- tral Freight House. SPRING & COMPANY --WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS CARPETS, MATTING, OIL, CLOTHES, ETc. ETC. G6 and 8 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, - Michigan. FOX, ee . & LOVERIDGE, WHOLESALE GROCERS, 44, 46 = - South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. RE FACTORY AGENTS FOR—— Nimrod, Acorn, , hist Crescent & Red Heal Plage Tobaccos. Our sock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups is Always Complete. —WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR— Tobaccos, Vinegars and Spices !! OUR MOTTO: " SQUARE DEALING. ae WEEN MANCOAND MAN.” THH 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 ITSELF TO THE TASTE AND OTHER SENSES. ——THE REMARKABLE SALE OF LORILLARDS PLUG TOBACCOS Is Ample Evidence of This, ‘This Concern will Sell over 20,000,000 Pounds of ther Favorite Brands this Year; or About "| One-Fourth Of All the Pine Tobacco Used tn this Country’ AND AS THERE ARE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 OTHER FACTORIES IN THE U.S., IT FOLLOWS THAT THEIR GOODS MUST GIVE Batter Satisfaction or Represent Better Value for the Money THAN THE BRANDS OF OTHER MAKERS. |“CLIMAX,” with Red Tin Tag, is their Best Brand. + # a aaa a : r a ; | | | | { J, J. VAN LEUVEN, WHOLESALE Millinery FANCY GOoDs LACES, Real 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, = WESTFIELD WHIPS | Lu.o.BEALS Sey HN MICHIGAN. ! & SON, MANUFACTURERS. —AND-— SALES ROOM NO. 4 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. GROYS & 00, Gen! Agents, PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN ES 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. Cc Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. TORDAN Pneumatic 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, : Ho, CrLOF =", Grand Rapids, Mich. Town and county rights for sale. MOSELEY BROS., Wholesale Clover, Timothy and all Kinds Field Seeds Seed Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Oranges and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, etc. GREEN VEGETABLES AND OYSTERS. ALABASTINE! EGR GRRE gs A -abastine is the first and only prepara- ©) made from ealeined gypsum rock, for .) jieation to walls with a brush, and is i yeovered by our several patents and }«.1eeted by many years of experiments. sthe only permanent wall finish, and ©: its of applying as many coats as de- .1« done over another, to any hard surface \ihout danger of scaling, or noticeably .. cing to the thickness of the wall, which -trengthened and improved by each ad- onal coat, from time to time. It is the : y material for the purpose not dependent «n glue for its adhesiveness ; furthermore s the only preparation that is claimed possess these great advantages, which « essential to constitute a durable wall ish. Alabastine is hardened on the wall age, moisture, ete.; the plaster absorbs e admixtures, forming a stone cement, ile all kalsomines, or other whitening “parations, have inert soft chalks, and ae, for their base, which are rendered it, or sealed, in a very short time, thus vessitating the well-known great incon- nience and expense, which all have ex- rienced, in washing and scraping off the 4 coats before refinishing. In addition the above advantages, Alabastine is less pensive, as it requires but one-half the unber of pounds to cover the same amount { surface with two coats, is ready for use y simply adding water, and is easily ap- . ed by any one. Ree eek ek bee — —FOR SALE BY——— 4L4 Fain Dealers. —MANUFACTURED BY—— THE ALABASTINE COMPANY M. B. CHUROH, Manager. GRAND RAPIDS, - - - MICHIGAN. FJ. DETTENTHALER Successor to H. M. Bliven, —WHOLESALE— OYSTERS AND CANNED GOODS. Agent for Farren’s Celebrated “F” Brand Raw Oysters. 117 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - rc Grand Rapids Wire Works MICH. EVER BER Manufacturers of All Kinds of SATIRE VA ORK! 92 MONROE STREET. JOHN MOHRHARD, —WHOLESALE— Fresh & Salt Meats 109 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. 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 CAMOREAUY, Agent, 91 CANAL STREET, ’ Growth of Our Exports for a Decade. The marked business feature of the day is a general awakening regarding the great un- derlying facts of the Nation’s industry and trade. It is seen that outside forces must be reckoned with as never before in rela- tion to the position of that primary indus- try, agriculture. Nothing possesses so wide an interest as the state of the bread supply. Ordinarily cheaper bread only brings good cheer. In the long run this will be true of the present situation, but for the day a deal of disturbance is possible owing to the very close interdependence of all industries. As the Northwestern farmer has come to be primarily a wheat grower so the great rail- roads are in great part wheat carriers, and all industries are more or less directly de- pendent upon the condition of railway busi- ness. At this time it is worth while to re- cal) just what part the food products of the farm had in the growth of our exports in the decade from 1870. The total goods exports of the country in 1870 were $455,000,000, and in 1881 the total was $883,000,000, an increase of $428,000,000. The exports of wheat inereased from $68,000,000 in 1870 to $212,000,000 in 1881. Over 33 per cent of the total increase in exports for the decade was wheat. Forty-six per cent was made up of bread stuffs, and taking other things into account, over 78 per cent of the increase was made up of food products. From 187: to 1883 about one-fourth of our agricultural exports was wheat and flour. As showing the growing interdependence of nations as regards the sttpply of food, ithas been stat- ed that one-half of the world’s carrying trade is engaged in transporting food. This further shows the need this country has of paying closer attention to its foreign trade relations. >_< ___ The Spruce Gum Trade. That there is something substantial be- hind the numerous jokes of chewing gum and boarding schools is seen in the fact that the annual yield in Maine of spruce gum merely is reckoned at $125,000. The gum is chiefly obtained in the region about Moosehead Lake, although some of it comes from Aroostook, Canada and Mirimichi. Numbers of men make a business of gather- ing gum during the winter months. With a toboggan loaded with a camp outfit they strike out into the forest and are often gone from home weeks ata time. The gum is hauled to some central point from the log- ging camps and from thence is sent to the markets. The gum is not sold raw to any large extent to druggists for medicinal pur- poses. By far the largest portion is manu- factured into chewing gum. Two methods are commonly employed. One is to mix the raw gum with resin by a secret process, and the other is merely to refine the gum by steam. One Bangor concern is said to manufac- ture and ship out of the State ten tons of gum annually. It makes one’s jaws tired to think of it. A Portland manufacturer caters to the wants of the elastic-jawed youth of the land to the extent of over $70,- 000 per year. The gum business is also car- ried on in Lewiston and Rockland and a few other places in the Dirigo State. Maine virtually monopolizes the spruce gum busi- ness. Compounds of questionable character known as white gum and elastic, or india rubber gum are made elsewhere. The lead- ing gum markets are Boston, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota. Failed to Corner the Rubber Market. Another illustration of the folly of one man trying to control any one of the world’s industries is found in the failure of Vianna, of Havre, a man who tried to corner the rub- ber market and in this way manipulate for his own selfish ends the trade of two conti- nents in one of the most useful of all arti- cles. Ever since 1879 he has been at it, buy- ing up the whole visible supply, squeezing the shorts, and pulling the old wires that now have turned and strangled him. It was in October, 1882, that the beginning of the end came. The world’s supply of rubber was held by “Baron de Gondoriz”’—a title purchased by Vianna, of the Portuguese Government. He demanded of the Ameri- can manufacturers an exhorbitant price for his rubber. The Americans objected, form- ed an association, and resolved to close their mills until the corner was broken. Although the price reached $1.20 after January 1, 1883, it soon began to decline, and by the close of the year had reached ninety-six cents. It was impossible for Vianna to withstand such a heavy depreciation as this, and he failed. ———- -9- << What a mineof gold the telephone patents have proven to those who hold them! The annual meeting of the Bell Telephone Com- pany was held in Boston the other day. The earnings for the year were $2,295,594, against $1,576,031 for the previous year. Dividends have been paid of $1,051,479, and $334,441 has been carried to the surplus ac- count, leaving a balance to the income ac- count of $348,884. The chief source of revenue is still from the rental of tele- phones, the receipts from which were $1,- 695,678. In addition to the cash purchases of interests of local companies $9,998,850 has been received in the stock of those com- panies for licenses issued. The holdings in those companies now amount to about $19,- 000,000. The business of nearly all licensed companies is reported to be fia prosperous condition. The Bell Telephone Company’s affairs in Canada are in good condition, and 6 per cent dividends are paid upon its capi- tal of $1,000,000. Try the celebrated Jerome Eddys. The finest 10 cent cigar in the market. For sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveri¢ The exports of cotton goods from New York during the month of February amount- ed to 7,939,445 yards, against 7,289,015 last year, an increase of about 9 per cent., which was effected mainly in colored descriptions. A considerable fall in prices is shown in the class from the fact that the total value of the increased shipment of colored goods was nearly 8 per cent. less than in the same month last year, the rate per yard being this year 7ig¢ as compared with 8c last year. The total shipments since Jan. 1 differ but slightly from those of the previous year. ———-e While escorting a lady home the other evening a popular doctor attempted to relieve her cough and sore throat by giving her a lozenge. He told her to allow it to dissolve gradually in her mouth. No relief was ex- perienced, and the doctor felt quite chargin- ed the next day when the lady sent him a coat button, with a note, saying he must have given her the wrong kind of lozenge, and he might need this one. a 2 A young lady while visiting at Jackson ville, Florida, painted a plaque, which, she remarked to a friend, she would have to send to Boston to be ‘‘fired,”? as there was no place in the vicinity of Jacksonville where such work could be done. Said the gen- tleman friend: “If you think there isn’t any place for firing china in this town you’d better take a look at Henry Parker’s back yard.” a Subscriptions to THE TRADESMAN may be handed to any traveling man out of Grand Rapids, left with any wholesale house at this market, or included in a remittance to any house here. The best way, however, is to enclose $1 in currency in a sealed letter, properly directed to this office. In several hundreds of dollars remitted to us in this manner not a single loss has yet occurred. —-9- Mr. Jas. Jeffries states that he has pre- served, uninjured by long keeping, the es- sential oils of orange, lemon, ete., by adding to each fluid ounce of the oil1 dram ag. destill and 1 dram glycerine. He says this mixture works better as a preservative than alcohol or anything else he ever tried, in fact he has found alcohol to fail entirely. 9 They are using paper instead of wood in Germany in the manufacture of lead pencils. The paper is steeped in an adhesive liquid, and rolled around the core of lead to the re- quired thickness. After drying, it is colored to resemble an ordinary cedar pencil. The pencils thus made sell in London at 75 cents & gross. TIME TABLES. Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. Detroit PXPLress.....-....-6c ec cece ee 6:05 am TDAV TXDEOSS oes fs ras 12:20 pm *New York Fast Line........... .... 6:00 p m tAtlantie EXpress...............2....-- 9:20 pm ARRIVE. MEACING EDpPEOsS. 255 ct 6:45 am tlocal (Passenger... 2... 2s kb, 11:20am MES es ee a as 3:55 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at 10 p. m. the next evening. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:05 a. m. has Drawing Room and Perlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J. T. SCHULTZ, Gen’] Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:10am 6:15am *Through Mail............. 10:10am 10:20am tEvening Express......... 8:20pm 3:35pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40 pm 12:55 p m *Through Mail............. 4:45pm 4:55pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35pm TMAXGd oo a 8:00 am *Night Express............. 5:10am 56:30am +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. Train leaving at 10:35 p, m. will mak con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday and the train leaving at 4:55 p. m. will connect Tuesdays and Thursdays with Good- rich steamers for Chicago. 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. PoTTER, City Pass. Agent. THOMAS TANDY, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Detroit. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 pm Cincinnati & MackinacEx. 9:22am 9:50am Ft. Wayne & MackinacEx.. 3:57pm 4:45pm G’d Rapids & Cadillae Ac. 7:15am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 6:32 am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05pm 4:32pm Mackinac & Ft. Ways eEx..10:25am 12:32 pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40 p m All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS, North—tTrain_ leaving at 4:45 o’cloek p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Mackinae City. Trainleaving at 9:50a.m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac City. South—Train leaving at 4:32 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car tor Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWooD, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, MMOL Sei Ne eeu es 10:15am 4:00pm +Day Express......... -..12:50 pm 10:45pm *Night Express....... .. 8:35pm 6:10am MIXG@ oso, 6:10am 10:15pm *Daily. +tDaily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach on 10:15 a.m. and 8:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. MEKOG. oo 05 ioc Ge ace 56:00am 6:15pm FIRWTORG. 0. eed hsi eee cents 4:10pm 8:30pm MIXULORS ee ck esl ease pes, 8:30am 10:16am rains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 2 m The Northern terminus of this Division is at. Baldwin, where close connection is made with ef. M. trains t ee, Se J.H o and from Ludington and RINDGEH, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTUREES AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOHS, 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 Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. JHNNINGS & SMITH, PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF fa Py Cakes erences wt TCR NI fia°) 7, iat i ay 5 i a ATID Jgonnings’ Flavoring Hi=xtracts AND DRUGGISTS’ AND GROCERS’ SPECIALTIES. 20 Lyon Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. CLARK, JHWELL & CO, WECOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83, 85 and 87 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - e : MICHIGAN. NOTING ad Sommer Hats and Caps —I WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF MERCHANTS TO MY— Spring Styles of Fine Hats, 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 Gents Furnishing Goods, Cottonade 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. xo LBV I, 36, 38, 40 and 42 CANAL STREET, -_ - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, Fruit & Produce af 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. M,C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., 6’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 OI: 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. Groceties. It Has No Equal. ‘May I have this seat?” asked a young lady of a genteel-looking grocery drummer onaG. R. & I. train the other day. “T don’t know ma’am,” he answered po- litely. “It belongs ‘to the railroad, you know; but I’ll see theconductor, and may be he ean give it to you.” She grew purple and said: “You don’t understand me. I take it?” “Well, I don’t know that, either. You see it is fastened very firmly to the car floor, and would be troublesome to get up; however, I’ll have acarpenter come on board at the next station and ask his ad- vise.” “JT don’t want to take the old thing,” she howled. “Is this your traps’on it?” ‘“No’m,” blandly answered the drummer; “they belong to the firm I travel for.” “Well, can I sit down here, she finally sereamed, after shifting from one foot to the other. “J don’t known, madam; you are the best judge of your muscular powers.” “Where do you travel from?” she scream- ed. “Chicago,” he replied. “That settles it,” she said meekly; ‘will you please move your valises, and permit me to occupy a small portion of this seat?” “Certainly,” he replied, “why didn’t you say that at first?” The train sped on toward Big Rapids, while he sat counting up his expenses, and she wondering if Chicago cheek had any equal under the sun. —_—__—~_2— Back on Time. “As soon as my forty-eight hours are up I'll be back,” said John McIntyre whena clerk in a retail grocery business when a young man. He hurried off to catch the train, and that was the last his employer saw of him for six solid days, when he walked in, gripsack in hand, and a beaming smile on his face, remarking: “Back on time.” “Back on time!’ roared the exasperated employer. “Do you call six days forty- eight hours?” “Of course I do. it?” ‘Have you lost the use of your mental faculties, or are you trying sir, to take un- warranted liberties with me?” “Why, I am surprised, I told you I want- ed forty-eight hours’ recreation, didn’t I?” “Certainly, and I gave it to you.” “Just so. And I work in the store eight hours a day, don’t I?”’ “Of course.” “Well, eight into forty-eight goes six times, and I’ve been gone eight hours a day for six days, so you see I’m on time.” —>—9- <> Features of the Week. Coffees are down 4c, both green and roasted. Sugars are a trifle easier. Currants are weaker. Valencia and Ondara raisins are higher, and cotton twine has advanced 2e. Domestic rice has advanced ec in the Eastern markets, and is very strong, with light supply. Imported rice is firmer, out of sympathy. Box oranges remain about the same, quality good and prices unchanged. Valen- cia oranges are rotting so badly, wead- vise our friends to let them alone. Lemons remain plenty and very cheap. . They can- not go lower, but may not advance just at present. Brazils are lower. Bananas are plenty. I mean, can What else do you call a Not Superstitious. “Suppose we walk over into the ceme- tery,” said a friend to his companion. “No, I believe not.” “Come on. It’s a pleasant place, for the flowers are blooming.” “You'll have to excuse me. mon is buried over there.” “What difference does that make?’’ “Well, you see I owe him a little balance when he kept a grocery store, and don’t care to hang around where he is. I am not superstitious, you know, but Tom was a ter- rible hand to dun a fellow. Oe Butter Threatening Oleomargarine. From the New York Herald. If the oleomargarine men do not look to their rights, bad butterine may drive their goods out of the market. A few days ago a Brooklyn man bought for butter something that was not to his liking, so he sued the seller for giving him oleomargarine. He might have gained his suit, for two dealers pronounced the stuff oleomargarine, but a number of experts pronounced the stuff gen- uine dairy butter. ——_—»>-2-<___ Tom Bess- The beet-sugar industry in Denmark is very profitable. Three extensive new works are tobe built with a capital of 6,000,000 crowns, subscribed to a great extent by the beet-root growers themselves, who are un- der contract to supply the works with beet- roots for the next ten years. The three new works will supply the home consumption of the whole of Denmark, and are a flattering exhibit of successful co-operation on the part of the farmers. Coffee, as an article of commerce, only began to be known in Brazilin 1722. By the year 1780 that country exported 14,000,- 000 pounds. Cuba at that period was ship- ping 25,000,000 pounds. Toward the end of the last century, however, large sugar and other estates in Brazil were converted into coffee plantations, and as early as 1880 the ax OH - 985 es A New York View of the Wheat Problem The market reporter of the New York Sun, whose bright articles on commercial and financial topics are attracting much at- tention, writes as follows on the subject of the wheat problem: “It is surprising how Wall street, with all its reputation for smartness, and gift of dis- counting events,.proves to be, in some cases, blind and sluggish. Intelligent observers foreshadowed the present condition of stock speculation three years ago. But they were only abused and laughed at. Last spring again, when the progress of India and Aus- tralia became so pronounced, thoughtful men began to talk about the probability of an- other grand collapse in the grain trade of this country. They were abused and laugh- ed at. Yet to-day everybody begins to talk about wheat exports. Everybody says that what we want now, to relieve general busi- ness is lower wheat and lower rates of trans- portation. They learn that wheat from other countries cau be delivered in England about 5 cents cheaper than from the United States, and they think that all that is want- ed to have our surplus wheat marketed is to cut down these 5 cents. “They forget that Calcutta, Bombay, Odessa, Melbourne, Sydney, and every other wheat shipping point onthe face of the globe have daily New York, Chicago and San Francisco quotations, refigured into shillings and pence, with freight interest and other charges added. If our prices go down or up, theirs do the same. Liver- pool and London take care of this average record, and not a fraction of a cent is over- looked in the relative values of the differ- ent grades of wheat at different ports. If our Chicago gamblers are so conceited and ignerant as not to pay attention to the condi- tion of distant markets, the European specu- lators (the majority of whom are Greeks and Jews) belong to quite a different school of business men. There is no exaggeration in saying that the grain merchants of Russia and of the Argentine Republic are better posted on the world’s market than our Chicago speculators. “Jay Gould is credited with saying that the time is not far distant when the United States will have to consume all of its wheat at home, and his words will prove prophetic unless the very foundation of our business community is changed. A farmer who wants a piano, silk dresses and dollie dee hats for his wife and daughter, cannot com- pete with the wheat-grower of Russia, India or Egypt, whose family live on a handful of rice or a slice of rye bread. The merchant who has to use over captilized and over ex- tortionate railroads to transport his grain, cannot compete with the merchants who use railroads built by the English or Russian government, for the sake of developing the country. This grain question is a formid- able one, and the sooner and more thorough- ly it begins to be discussed, the better it will be for everybody. There can be no ques- tion that over-capitalization, over-specula- tion and over manipulation have been so far the main causes of the collapse of Wall street business. anew era. Stocks and bonds will have to stand not on the basis of speculative pros- pects, but on the basis of foreign demand for our staples. ‘We have immense regions which so far produce only one crop—wheat. If there is no export demand for it, there will be no freights for the roads. Local traffic, the transportation of cattle, emigrants, timber and ores, are all very agreeable in their way but there is not enough of them to pay the fixed charges upon the gigantic network of parallel roads with which this country has been gridironed.” ———_—>_2<____ All Sorts. Choice butter can always be obtained at M. C. Russel’s. Americans now hold the trade with China in kerosene and cotton. Eggs are sent by mail in England under the parcel post system. To clean hairs from butter: First, catch your hair. Next, use butterine. ‘ One hundred and fifty thousand pounds of butterine are made in Chicago daily. In Mexico flour is $20 a barrel; corn, $2 a bushel; beans, $2 a bushel; and potatoes $3 a bushel. Vermont produces annually a half pound of butter for each man, woman and child in the United States. Syria has 95 silk factories, which give employment to about 18,000 men, boys and girls, whose daily wages range from 8 to 27 cents. Horse radish yields from five to ten cents per pound. The worst drawback to its cul- ture is the difficulty of eradicating it when once it gets a firm hold on the land. Purchasers of canned goods would do well to make their selections immediately as John Caulfield is rapidly closing out his stock of those goods at very low prices. eg 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. Se Genuine White Star Potatoes. I see someone is quoting the White Star potato at $2 per 3 bushel barrel, alleging them to be grown by D. M. Ferry & Co. In- asmuch as the latter is holding his stock at $4.50 per barrel, it is barely possible that the dealer is palming off something pealdp the genuine. But we have entered upon WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Higher—Valencia and Ondara Raisins; Rice; Cotton Twine. Lower — Coffees; Currants; Sugars trifle easier. AXLE GREASE. Modoc .... #@doz 60 |Paragon... # doz fe Diamonda......... 60 |Frazer’s.......... BAKING POWDER. Arctic % Deans.................0006- 8 doz. 45 AFVOUO% WCADS co oes, ses sce e acess sees 15 PADOUIG 56 WICADB. coc ceive i calc nse eciee oot eee 1 40 ANCHO 1 CANS... 8, oo ede ccs ct cece eens crs 2 40 AYCUCS WD CANS. 0... 5.5.6.5 0.62502 ees cess ve 12 00 BLUING. Wry NO. 2 os sees ate tee: doz. 25 DOTVUNO. 820521 eee eens doz. 45 Diquid, 4.07;..........5.3% bolas see doz. 35 MAG WIG, 8.02.5 0. ie es oes cee es doz. 65 APCUC A OFiio sb oc os ee ccc css os ve # gross 4 00 PAPOTIO BOT 55 oe aS oo So Sees eel os ase 8 00 PAMCUIC ADIOS 6 ee eet Sees ee chs eee cs 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box SoCs ses tr cones 2 00 ATCHIO NO: 2 See os bes asec 3 00 Arctic No. 3 cf Oe Pe Pua cage sce 4 50 BROOMS. NO. 1 Carpet?) .2..5.2.52....206- 2 50 NO; 2 Carpet. 6.3 ssc. es 3s ase 2 25 NOM Hurl. . cos... sess Sana -- 20 ING 2 PY oo ect. 20d. ieee ok 1% MIANCY, WHISK A. 5s ..oc ssc sn osc cee asisiees 12 Common Whisk... 05 0565.5. eo. ck cess 85 CANNED GOODS. Apples, 3 ib standards ..................0-. 1 20 Apples, 6 i standards ...................- 2 00 Apples, gallon standards................4. 3 00 Apricots, GUsk’s... 22... 2... ss ese ee oe os 2 95 MRCS MI 6s 5 ss ee sic tee wes ces ces 85 LOTS Gey e bol eg ae a A 85 Beans, Boston Baked.................0-e+- 1 75 Blackberries, standards................06- 12 (HOMTIBS, WHITE... 66... cose. eee ot ice 1 90 (Chemies, Teds soe cos ee eae ce ace 1 05 Condensed Milk, Fagle brand............. 8 10 Gor: EWG) 6 ch eae ol ene: 115 MOVE ROVOTC.. .. 265. o ees cece swt oe 1 20 Com, Neypran .. 2... - 22. 6.3. cs es... 110 Corn “Yarmoutn. ...4..-.5 2.3. 3... ees 130 COTA TROPAY. 236. oes ee ee cee 115 Corn; 2) Onandago......-.:-.2........-.: 1 50 ROOTASOUS 32 oe ck os os so ce cee cweees 1 20 Egg Plums, standards................--+6. 1 60 Green Gages, standards..........-.....55- 1 60 HOPRGEIS: SUNES .........-...---5--- 558s os 2 00 Topsters, PICNICS... 6c. /.5......5.52..-.- 1 75 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 tb........... 40 Oysters, 1 standards..................4. 110 Oysters, 1 slack filled...........-....... 03) Oysters, 2 Ib standards.. - 185 Oysters, 2 tb slack filled.. od 25 Peaches, all yellow standards. .-2 10 Peaches, 3 ft Extra Yellow Heath 3 00 Peaches, white standards 1 90 Peaches, seconds........ 1 65 Pie Peaches.............. .--1 20 Pears, Bantieth 000). 20... 02.52 sec kek. 1 35 Peas, standard Marrofat.................. 1 50 Peas, good Marrofat......... es 8 a 1 35 CAS SOAKCO - so... ase oe ec ee ws 65 PINCAPDICS: oe a see wee ne 1 60 Pine Apple, 2 t Sugar Loaf............... 2 50 Raspberries, Hrie................---.+.---- 1 50 Raspberries, other brands..............-- 1 20 Salmon, standard. .................2...-- ..1 60 Sardines, imported 448................+..- 15% Sardines, imported 4S..............6.2 000 20 Sardines, domestic 148.............0--ece0. 8 Sardines, domestic 4S...........-00ee eee. 12% Sardines, Mustard..................eseeeee 15 Strawberries, standards................... 110 Succotash, standards................0eeeee 1 05 Succotash, other brands.................. 85 Succotash, 2 Ib B.& M............ ee ee ees 175 Tomatoes, standards...........5.<.¢ 1 00@1 05 Tomatoes, Hi: Wrie.......2...-...... 22006 3 25 Trout, 3 DLOOK,................---.-s0--- 3 00 CAPS. Go Deseo sc 35 |Ely’s Waterproof 75 MaIBKeD.::....--s. vt5) CHOCOLATE. German sweet...:..:..:.-..-25. 63-5 -2.- @25 Bakers ......56. 5.5266. ocs ess Sees @40 RUBRICS... ....5:)-52:-----.----- ss @35 Waenna Sweet. 6... 22. ce sess cscs se ses @25 COFFEE. Green Rio....12 @14 |Roasted Mex.174@19 GreenJava...17 @2 Ground Rio.. 94@17 Green Mocha.25 @27 |Ground Mex. @16 Roasted Rio..12 @17% |Arbuckle’s....... @15% Roasted Java24 @34 |XXXX........... @15% Roasted Mar.17 @19 (|Dilworth’s ....... @lb%4 Roasted Mocha @34 CORDAGE. 72 foot Jute ..... 1 35 «(60 foot Cotton....1 75 60 foot Jute..... 115 (50 foot Cotton....1 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Jennin 8’ ae Pee eee ae wae 8 doz. 1 00 ae ee 1 50 ide 6 et Beg eS. Sacsieiy oesislaine 2 50 as Bit. el ee ee. 3 50 ft INO: 2) PAPOr 22.2... o ss ee 1 25 + No. eee eee acne 175 - % pint | round Ba ae get as a t 50 se We ee § 00 * No. : pe en eS tate 3 00 se INO )10 es es 4 25 Vanilla. Jennings’ POD ie eee ke #8 doz. 1 40 AOD aes ee ee ee os 2 50 - COZ ec 4 00 & BOD eee okie coc eg roclse he os care 5 00 a No: 2 PANSr:. 0.2 i... cee es 1 50 of Noi 4 Taper... 2.22.55 ee. ce ce 3 00 s¢ Y% pint POUT 525 ceo sos tse 7 50 os doping round. ..........---...--. 15 00 sf NO. Be eos beaks eect ee cede 4 25 ef No. NO isk eee. ee 6 00 FAUCETS. Faucets, self measuring..........5... @2 50 Faucets, COMMON...............ee eens @ 35 FISH. WHOS COG). 6.5.6 o esses sets cn see 4344,@6%% Roneless COG...:.6. c2.s-c. 50s cepese 54@T%@8 42 Herring % bbls. HOO. 2... 2 75@3 00 Herring Scaled. ...............0-ss0c6- Z Herring Holland...................06- @1 15 MIORTOIS 2 cers oe ek te ccc sce ee @1 00 White, No.1,% bbls .................- 8 00 White, F amily, AC DIAG coco eb ac 4 00 White, No. 1, 10 kits................ 110 Whise, No. 1.12 kits..25.. 2.55... 25 12 Trout, No. 1, Be DIS: oe he eo est eee 4 75 Trout, No. 1,12 ib kits................ 90 Mackerel, No. LG DISS... foo ec ones 7 00 Mackerel. No. L 12) Kits... ....55:-- 115 FRUITS. London Layers, new.........-.....+2++ 2 %5 Loose Muscatels Raisins, new........ 2 50@2 60 New Valencias Raisins............... T4@i% GARTAS 05 ses beens ees @lil Turkey PIUNES .-.. 2... 6k sce ee se oe ce 64@6% MOUTON i oe oo oe ssw oa os oo hos tice ae 54%4@6 CRON os oe as eee ees 18@20 Dried AMPICK. 0 oe 2c te ae sk. wens oe 8 @8% MATCHES. Richardson’s No. 2 square.................- 2 70 Richardson’s No.3 dO ...........0ee eee 2 55 Richardson’s No. 5 GO coer ees oe eae 1 70 Richardson’s No.6 dO. ..........-...008 2 70 Richardson’s No. 8 GO i eivees cn sees 170 Richardson’s No. 9 MO ie ee wea sae se 55 Richardson’s No. 4 round ................60. 2 70 Richardson’s No.7 dO ............-.20e- 2 55 Kichardson’s No. 74% dO... . cee eee eee eee 1 70 Electric Parlor No. 17..............-. cece eens 3 80 Electric Parlor NO.18.............eseeveeeees 5 70 Grand Haven, No. 9...........c.-ccceeeeeces 2 40 Grand Haven, No. 8....5.......c.s2ccseceoes 170 20 gross lots special price. MOLASSES. Black SEvay.$. 6k cee sos 5, on oe oe @20 POMO. BIOO oak hs ios oils oe sess cose 80@35 New Orleans, 2O0d............ceccceseenes 40@50 New Orleans, fancy................eeeeeee 56@60 Syrups, SUBAL.........csececeeecesceoes 27@35@A45 OATMEAL. IBS DROS. oii as os ese @3 5 DOS DROS. 6. or. EM iiss oc bene eee Snes = @3 25 Imperial Dbis STE Ras ames Seen es 5 %5 Quaker bbIs...........2-. cee seeeeseees 6 75 OL. Kerosene: We Work ore i cee Fess 15 do. Legal test 12% Sweet, 2 oz. square.. "5 Sweet, 2 oz. round.. 1 00 Castor, 2 0z. square... ie oe doz. gh Se Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 : pr’d Ham, 1 doz. incase 4 00 Oarlote, soc 1 15@1 20 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Plastering hair, per bu............ Ty 35@ 38 ork: Sausage... ose ec ae 10% Stucea, perbbl................-.s.0-0.. 1 75 | Pork Sausage Meat, 50 fb tubs............... 10% Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 7h | elt SAMARAS Ee... 8. coc cee Land plaster, car lots.............-.... 3 00 | Fongue Sausage.............. ccc cece eee ees ii Fire brick, per M...................... $27 @ $35 IVOE SANSALE = <5... 8... ee ciel Pe Fire clay, per bbl....................., 309 | Frankfort Sausage.......................24. COAL. IMOOG BAUSHRE.. oe. 8 ose Oe Anthracite, egg and grate............ * 50@6 % PIOIORMR. FING oo 6 obo og oh sk as os Anthracite, stove and nut......-..--. Tai Bologna, straight... .. 2. occs. coc ede so. 8% Gaunslicosk oo ee a HMoloona. thick... oi e c c cas, 8% Ohio Boal oe ae 40@3 60 Head Cheese..... sib Araceae Fis acne ma 8% sburg or Cumberland ........... 5 25 S’ FEET. ossburg or Cumberland We saa $3 85 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. ¥ guarter DAEKGIS. os os 3 = Perkins & Hess ee as fol.ows: ae: ’ HIDES. be het HAEKGIS..... oo... oo. kc cee. $3 70 Grog .8bT @ 7% | In quarter barrels......................00. I 86 Pall cured a ee 8 pe ee a ete 85. cured...... ce Obee eee cece tee 8%@ 8% | Prices named are lowest at time of going to Bey wane ree iae Saas a es press, subject always to Market changes. Dec SINS: Go) ooo et ee ee iece20 @50 sorte see e FRESH MEATS. Pal pelea or Summer skins # piece. @20 John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: ie cence Nec tn tines teen ows eyes: @50_ | Fresh Beef, sides................cc000s ue M% . i Winter ples... 2.0.0.5 .5.. 0. ¢.. 0: 100 @1 50| fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 4 10%, WOOL. Dressed Hogs Bens Soet cae ue coe ces rece 3 $ 9% Fine washed ® D...........2...0eceee0 28 @30 Mutton, carcasses.................. 008 9 @10 Coarse washed..........ccccccccccccuee D2 @2H | Veal... cece cece ee ee cece ee cece eee 9 Sus Tnwashed 5 2-3 aoe Chickens...........+....+..0055 pole FURS. Pork omnes coo oo. MIDE Ae G. ooo ce ee bac ec 60@ 5 | Pork Senne t i balk... 066 PTE ABN. os oc os ok s ees wc Cae ues DG) 40 § HOIOGTIR: . oo o.oo oe ce ne es hea sob booms sGaeeas Spring Pe ice ee 15@ 17 omen : uskra ee. Scie cic e cee cee wes Lk 14 r. Muslerat, Fall... .........-s.ciccccee 8@ 10 ee ee Muskrat, Wie orca as 3@ 4| F.J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: Biss ba Ca eae occ crude eb ee ouwaee 40@ 8 OYSTERS. Seanke hase Beet aus eis cess Saas be ..... 80@ 90] New York Counts, per can.. bac ceucca ces Ge Skunk, half stripe.. Sco GO: GAL extra Selects... icc 83 kunk, narrow stripe.. be ee 25@ 30 Pipi SOlOts oes occ es oo oa oes ce ara 28 Skunk, DEORE 6. 5655s co. cccpe neice es 0G 16) HOM. BB... ceeds. uses. ot Bet Ok seas ccececs Baauea aa 1 OO@t 15 DANONE rccsesccverinic 18 Gray Fox.. Wiggin cen 60, 90 90 New zork Const, sud meats, per gal....._ BPLON, YOUOW. 005i sc ccc ks ce see ee elects, solid mea er gallon...._.. WOSNGE So fo seek kok casas 4 00@8 Standards, solid iments, or gallon. grer SEE EC ess Cues wees sauu ues cess scent 6 00@8 00} Can prices above vhs or cases and half cases.. pocwhs ct ueke ss FRESH FISH. d Deer skins, red and blue, dr bt Codheh co ek. -. | Deer skins, gray and long haired.. a clean and Bh, On ckas es & 25 _ Above prices are for prime skins only—un- UCC eee oe y rime in proportion A eee ee ee eee Pie Gelb beg 355s ka ves 0 f W hitefish a eeees A eee eeccee Ve + Dry Goods. Spring & Company quote a5 2y..0 v0? WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... ‘Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... oi Pe Spensle v4... nee 16%|Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pepperell, 8-4......20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 21 Pepperell, 9-4...... 221%4\|Pequot, Y-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,o0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X,0z...10 (Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 02Z....... 10 |Prodigy, 0z......... ll Park Milla, No. 50..10 Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12 |York, } o7.......... 10 Park Mills, No. 80..138 |York, AA,extra 02.14 OSNABURG, Alabama brown.... 7 {Alabama plaid..... 8 Jewell briwn....... 9%|Augusta plaid...... 8 Kentucky brown..10'4/Toledo plaid........ 7% n brown... 94%|Manchester plaid.. 7 oo own oS 914|New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid.... 8 |Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. vondale, 36....... 84% |Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% an cambrics, 36 9934 SAT), 4-4... 22... - 84 Androscoggin, 4-4. 8% Hill, 98.2. eos 1% Androscoggin, 5-4. 12% Hope, 4-4........... 14 Ballou, 4-4.........-. 744\King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.......-.- 6 pric, 4-4.........-- 11% Boott, 0. 4-4........ 8% | Linwood, 7 Se ses 9 Boott, 7: B).....--- 7 Lonsdale, 4-4 Bia ia 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%|Lonsdale cambric.11% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5% ‘Langdon, “e 4-4... a” Blackstone, AA 4-4 74|Langdon, 45 es . Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6% Masonville, 4-4..... 9% Conway, 4-4.......- 7% Maxwell. 4-4........ 10% Cabot, 4-4........--- 714|\New York a 4-4, a abot; 7-5.....--.--- 6144|New Ji aie a Canoe, 3-4.......--- 4 |Pocasset, M. C.. my Domestic, 36....... 744|\Pride of the West.. ae Dwight Anchor, 4-4.10 Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8 % Davol, 4-4......---- 91% |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 28 a bleed oti ae. oe , i ¥4|Woodbury, 4-4...... 4h ek ' Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% Fruit of the Loom, ecambric, 4-4.....- 12 Whitinsville, 7-8.. .% |Wamsutta, 4-4...... "16 "* 7) 6%4|Williamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age......-.- 8% CORSET JEANS. 7 eee ee 7% i\Kearsage.......,..- 834 Androscopsin &8 ses 84 Naumkeag satteen. Bis Canoe River.. : Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon. ....---- a Pepperell sat....... 9% Hallowell Imp..... 63% |Rockport........... a Ind. Orch. Imp..... 6%|Lawrence sat....... 4 Laconia .........--- 74% |\Conegosat.......... PRINTS. , solid........ * Gloucester .......... 6 aioe, BTCT...---- Gloucestermourn’ e 6 Allen’s checks.....-. 5M Hamilton fancy.. Ailen’s fancy......- 514|Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink........-. 64_|Merrimac D......... 6 Allen’spurple....... 644|Manchester ......... 6 ‘American, fancy....54|/Oriental fancy...... 6 Arnold fancy......-- 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid........- 5%4|Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Richmond........... 6 Cocheco robes......- . ala River eee ; Ye stoga fancy.... impson’s.......--+- Hae ED cid ...6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy.......--5 Washington blues..8 Garner pink.......-- 7 FINE BROWN COTTONS. ton A, 4-4.. Indian Orchard, 40. 8% Bee M Indian Orchard, 36. - Boston F, a... - 8 |Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. Lyman B, 40-in eee 10% inental D, 40in 83;|Mass. BB, 4-4....... 6% Gonccisae WY; | 4-4 7 \Nashua E, 40-in.. 9 Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%|Nashua R, ce i % Conestoga G, 30-in. 6144|Nashua O, 7-8....... 7 % Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |NewmarketN...... 7 yy Dwight Y, 7-8....... 61%4|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 4 Dwight Z, 4-4......- 7 |Pepperell R, 4-4.. Dwight Star, 4-4.... 7%4/ Pepperell O, 7-8.. . 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64% Enterprise EE, 36.. 534/Pocasset_C, i. a Great Falls E, 44... % |Saranac R.......... 7% Farmers’ A, i... 6% Saranac E.......... 9 Indian Orchard, 47% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ........- § Renfrew, dress styl 9% Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, BbgAGS..---.-..->-- 10% Bookfold ......... 12% Bates ....-..-...---- 7% Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... bi | dress styles...... 12% Glasgow checks.. ‘ 7 ae ille, dress . hecks, *y 7% | SHVIOS...... 0. 2... con . cks, fy 7 i\White Mfg Co, stap 73% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new oe Manft’g Co, standard ......... %%\| Earlston.......... 9% Plunket .........--- 74%4|\Gordon............. 8 Lancaster ........-. 83 |'Greylock, dress Langdale.........-. 7c) BEVAOS (28... 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. .21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 \Pepperell, 11-4..... 32% Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 (Pequot, 7-4......... 21 Pepperell, 8-4.....-. 22% Pequot, 8-4......... 24 Pepperell, 9-4...... 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 44..... 714\Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 84% Androscoggin, 7-4. Atlantic H, 4-4..... 7 * Lawrence a D..y Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6%4|Lawrence iA, Anh. . 5% Atlantic P, 4-4...... 5%! ‘Newmarket No is Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 5%'!Mystic River, 4-+4.. Adriatic, 36......... 7% ‘Pequot A, 4-4....... Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... rf Boott M, 4-4........ 4 Stark AA, 4-4....... [3% Boott FF, 44....... 7% Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5% Graniteville, fee 6% |Utica, 4-4........ |) Indian Head, 4- , 1i4|W achusett, 4-4..... 7% ndiana Head isin. '1244|Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...14 ;Falls, XXXX....... 184% Amoskeag ‘“‘ 4-4..19 (Falls, MER, os cnowe 15% Amoskeag, A..... 3 iFalis, BB... -...- 11% Amoskeag, ee Falls, BBC, 36...... 19% Amoskeag, C...... Falls, awning......19 Amoskeag, D...... 10%,| Hamilton, BT, 32.12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 ‘Hamilton, 35: 10 Amoskeag, F....... 9% Hamilton, H.... .. 10 Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B........ 16 ‘Methuen AA....... 13% Extra44............ 16 ‘Methuen ASA... 18 ietra i-6..--.2 .-:-- 144% \Omega A, 7-8....... ll Gold Medal4-4...... 15 \Omega A, 4- 4. aecoee 13 CCA 7-8 rial Omega ACA, 7 ..14 iOmega ACA, 4-4 . 16 iOmega SE, TA 24 Omega SE 44.2. 27 Omega M. - 22 Omega M, 44....... 25 Sinttisteot SS&SSW _ Shetucket, 8 & SW W44...........-...19 Omega M. 7-8 ...... Cordis AAA, 32..... Cordis ACA, 32..... Cordis No. 1, 32 Cordis No. 2 ee 4 Shetucket, SFS.. Cordis No.3........ 13 |Stoeckbridge A..... u Cordis No. 4........ 11% |Stoekbridge frncy. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. GATTICR <3... -522%5 5 |Empire ............ Hookset...........- 5 |Washington........ 43% Red Cross........-- 5 \Edwards...........-. 5 Forest Grove....... S. &Sons......... 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 19 |Old Ironsides...... 15% DUAR Ac se osss 23%|Wheatiland......... 21% DENIMS. AOR... . 3. sss. os 744 \Otis CC............. 10% Everett blue....... 14% Warren AXA...... 2% Everett brown..... 14%|Warren BB........ nu Otis AXA.......... 124%|Warren CC......... 10% Ong BB .........--. 11%|York fancy........ 15 PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville............ 6 |8.8.&Sons......... 6 Masgnville......... 6 4Garner. 3:25.25: 6 : WIGANS. Red Cross.......... % |Thistle Mills........ | Se ee -iNGOSC.. 0.52.5 sss--- 8 EAMEWOE 5.05 bs 55.555 7 SPOOL COTTON. Broous ........---+- Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F..... 55 Mills ball sewing .30 J.& P. Coats....... Greeh & Daniels.. .25 Willimantic 6 cord. 56 Merricks ........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 (Stafford ............ 35 Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... .30 ing thread........ 80 |Holyoke............ 25 SILESIAS. COOWD 0 65-65 e odes 17 +|Masonville TS...... 8 MG. 40 ee 124%|Masonville S....... 10% We ieicee ences 10 jLonsdale........... 9% The Detroit Free Press thus relates a cir- cumstance which every dealer will recognize at ‘true to life’: ‘A few days ago a lady entered a Grand Rapids store and asked to be shown some dress goods. She was shown a piece at $1.25 per yard, but this not being good enough another at $1.50 was handed down, but she still objected. The clerk then took down the first piece shown her, telling her it was the best in the store at $1.75 per yard. She took ten yards at that price and left perfectly satisfied that she had received the best.” Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. have lately been having a big trade in the wholesale line, especially in the carpet department. They carry all grades, styles and qualities of carpets and carpetings, and prices are always rock bottom. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. respectful- ly call the attention of outside merchants to their general line of dry goods, embracing everything kept in a first-class dry goods stock. The motto at Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.’s establishment is ‘‘Sell goods at the low- est possible prices,” and jthis policy is hay- ing a telling effect upon their business. “Close prices bring customers.” Such has been the experience of Messers. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. A Big Rapids Bits. Condensed from the Herald. Barton & Morton succeed T. G. the confectionery business. E. Vieit and F. C. Klady’s extension table factory will be in operation within the next ten days. Two Eastern capitalists have purchased the Hayes & Falardo mill, and will organize a $30,000 stock company. W. W. Smith, John G. Martz, Chet. W. Comstock and W. A. Smith have purchased a half interest in the Big Rapids Iron Works of E. Cannon. The concern has been thrown into a stock company, with $24,000 paid-up capital. ++ +29 Good Words Unsolicited. J. E. Gruber, druggist, Altona: ‘‘Valuable paper.” Glenn & Porter, general dealers, East Jordan: ‘“‘Can’t keep shop without it.” Wood & Thayer, general merchandise, McBride: ‘It is a good paper and worth the money.” Dr. John Leeson, Cadillac: ‘I like your paper for its brevity, accuracy, and diversity of subjects.” M. Fordham & Co., druggists, Elmira: “We think THE MicHigGAN TRADESMAN should be supported by every business man.” Powers & Hightower, general dealers, Ferry: “We are well satisfied with your pa- per. It is just what we tradesmen need in our business. J. R. Abbott, grocer, Howard City: Laur in AT |deem it agood thing for all eugaged in trade, and particularly so for those not so well. versed in ae and who have not CARPETS AND CARPETINGS. Hardware Spring & Company quote as follows: a Review of the Market. Roxbury tapestry..............+.+ @ # Saati : aang Beer sr et secre estes = 4 As announced in a previous issue, we Smith’s B Palisade... @ 70 | hope to make the hardware department of ae — @ %,|Tue TRapEsman satisfactory to those Hi wt a sete vee o Bu more especially interested in this branch of ts: Ga @ 65 |trade. Weare emboldened to speak thus, THREE-PLYS. . because of our increased facilities, having Hartford 3-ply.............----+e:- @1 00 : 3 Lowell ply. wh Seu ae @1 00 secured the services of an experienced man Higgins’ 3-ply........----+++-2++++- @1 00 | to give it special attention. Pee Re cen crete toate * re? @ %%! Nails. If, as traveling salesmen say, a EXTRA SUPERS. s iit @ 1% dealer can scarcely, if ever, be approached MOWGll .......--2+-----+-<---- 22 -- 2 é . a without the question being asked, “What Other rakes LL 6 @ Gey |are you making nails now?” then the ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. subject is of sufficient importance to lead in Bitty Yeas ee “a4 = this editorial. A few days since the follow- : ae a AND MIXED. 55 ing despatch was sent tothe press: ‘The iz ey RW ae eee ee 5 5 gaia fixirm heavy double e cotton chain. 24@ i meeting of the Nail Association (held at Double cotton chain............... ‘ Heavy cotton and wool, double. 30 @ 32% Pittsburg) to-day was one of the largest and Half ’i chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply ae 32% {most important ever held. All sections peecuugtiadaies chain... a aoa @ were fully represented. The chief business ah 4-4 Pane extra heavy........ ie a of the meeting.was the discussion of a plan Tapes aaain 4-4 wide........... @ 18% | for pooling sales and controlling production inches...... eet @ 1M |and prices. After a meeting lasting all day, No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, os and 84............ @ -, a plan was adopted unanimously by those \fe) 7 j 7s 3 ae ee é 31% | present. ‘This was one of the most impor- No. 4, do eee @ 2% {| tant moves ever taken in the nail trade West. MAaTTINGS. E Best all rattan, plain............... @ 62%1!Some mills have not yet agreed, as they ok en pine... g . were not at the meeting; but those present Nopier 8. . 0 5.20.8... @ 40 | are of the belief that the agreement will be Opaque shades, 38 con enue cae @ 15 | perfected.” Then followed the informa- Holland shades, B finish, 4-4....... @ 18 | tion that several gentlemen, prominent and Pacific Holland, 4-4................ @ 10 . c Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... @36 representative of the nail trade, were chosen Cord fixtures, per gross........... @10 to take this matter into consideration and still further develop the plan. At the pres- MILLINERY GOODS. ent writing, nothing definite has been given to the trade. The effect upon the market a. J. Van envemancree es flows: has been to hold nails firm, attended, how- HATS. : — ses : ever, with considerable: activity. The pre- Gantons,. perdoz 2 25@ 3 00 os o : eee Pp Milans 2 4 00@ 6 00| vailing idea is self-protection against the mane Mame. 08. Ses 9 00@12 00}. -. Superfine Milains..0..000.000...00000 15 00@18 00 | Success of the pool. They are quoted fairly MD ee 5 00@12 00 | at 2.65 @ 2.60 with a small rebate for large BLACK CRAPE. lots or car loads. Samuel Courtland & Co.’s brand. _| Glass. This commodity has moved very ve ae eran eee oe 93 | Slowly this season, owing to its high price. ee cee ee 1 50@2 00} The long “‘strike’’ ended and mills in opera- ee ee oc ks ee eae 1 75@2 50},. 5 : Bo 2 75@3 00 | tion again have been gradually forcing the Be eee. ee 3 25@4 50 price lower. Dealers have been buying ee ‘only as necessity required, hoping soon to ieee and GG, all silk, extra heavy, all wee buy at “old time prices.” Certain rumors No.5 III 25 | and influences of late have sprung into ex- __-——— “J don’t think much of that,” said a waiter scornfully, as he picked up a two cent piece given him by a customer. ‘ Neither do I,” replied the customer, “‘ otherwise I shouldn’t have given it to you.” HARDWARE GOODS. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. Ives" Old style. 6 ee dis 50 N. H: @UCOn ee eos Nes dis 55 WOURIASS = 55 ee ke dis 50 PIOLCCS (soe i oe ed Se ace es dis z SMOMEG Ele eee ai eo oceans swe ae dis MOORS) | TiS40840 Jennings’, FEnuUINe.................-..- dis 25 Jennings’, imitation.................... dis40&10 BALANCES. PN ee a ea dis 25 BARROWS. aTOSG (ook oe ae a ae $ 5 00 Cardoen oe eo. net 36 00 BELLS. MNO fee es: dis $ 60&10 COW eee. Co ona ceva ey Gace dis 60 CR ee ee ee dis 15 Gong . Se Saeko eS Os ee i eee tee dis 20 DOOr, SATSCNE, oo... ee cee, dis 55 BOLTS. DUOVE. 08 bec as ob dis $ 40 Carriage and Tire, old list............ dis 80&20 OW 8 cee, dis 30&10 Sieign SHOG. 6c dis 50&15 Cast Barrel Bolts... .300.. 22.6.2... dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square Spring................... dis 55 Cast @nain 2) 26. dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square ..... .......0 25.5. dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob PMSD oe ee a 50&10&10 Veg? DOORS eo. ee oa dis 50&10 BRACES. Bacher. 05.2) dis $ 40 SOCKS (0005 be eee eee ea dis 50 SPOUOId essa oes ok dis 50 PE SA ee ee dis net BUCKETS. Woll, plain... 200. 6.22. eas $ 400 WOH RwWivel: .. 60.65. io. es BUTTS, CAST. 4 50 Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 70 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 vi Loose Pin, japanned, silver tipped oo ee, is 60& 5 Wr peat Table eo NeNa kde ss orca oy fee dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wrought Brass..............0....00..: dis 65&10 BDO OIRE Book... cack cece bases dis %0&10 iad PATROLS. ooo. bop ucieas ecg dis %0&10 Blind, PHOpATA'S! oto dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x8....pergross 18 00 CAPS. Ely’s 1-10....... Pee eee ges al per m $ 65 Wigk’s ©. Fe eee 60 Ge a ee ee 35 INSROD 55s SE ees ae 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 @onbral Mire.) cesses cece ieee se cee dis 14 CHISELS. BOOKGt MINING? 66560. e es os ek dis 65&10 Socket Framing..................00036 dis 65&10 BOGE CORNELIS: 56.5 obec sick oc oe ee cs dis 65&10 BOekKet SUCKS... eo.8 ies cece ee ae dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20° CHOI ee ee es a ee net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s................ s...dis 3334 MIOtGHKISS 60.0026 7- edhe es ce dis 2 COCKS. Brass, Racking’s. 2... 0602. ea, eas 40&10 BIO 8 5.62 Sieve ae ee 49&10 PROGT Oo nas cc op boa se aires Canes ys baled 40&10 HOM RAG ee oho oo es oe ak COPPER. Planished, 14 07 cut to size....... eorenes #8 hb 37 14x52, 14x56, WE SOU oe osc hee hed keke 39 DRILLS. Morse’s Bit Stock. ................... dis Taper and Straight Shank...0 0.20022. dis Morse’s Taper So5nk................ -dis EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, ig 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 DISMOMS 00... os oo oo dis 40&10 New American.......:.........-...<: dis 40&10 NIGHOISONR oe ee dis 40&10 HeNCNS fee ae dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 33% GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and26, 27 28 List 12 13 14 1 818; Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s..... .... dis 50 HAMMERS. eyede We CONS. ec a dis 15 Ip ee ee ee dis 25 Vevies @& Plumb’s. 32... c2 0... dis 30 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis o Champion, anti-friction.............. dis Kidder, wood tra.k................... dis 40 HINGES. oo Clarks, ¥,.20 80.7.0 2 5 ee dis SEGGe ee ee 8 per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to i in. 54 14 ane TOnger. vos... ae: 4 25 Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Kye %.............. net 8% Screw Hook and Eye 4 eee cus a4 net 7% Screw Hook and Eye, %............. net i Strap and "2. 40. bo dis 60810 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware....................... 60&10 Japanned Tin Ware..................... 30 Granite Iron Ware............25........ 25 HOES. Grube boo ee $11 00, dis 40 Grab 20 11 50, dis 40 Grub 3. Re eee as uae ae 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings oe. 8 00, dis 6( Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- TOS oe list, T 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & ia... d 60 fem aAcite 2.620). dis 50 ' LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 60 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s................ dis 60 BPAMEORGS 0000 oles. cel dis 60 INOEWalle geo cee dis 60 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Cowvs..... 0.00006. ..0.025.. dis 45 Coffee, P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Matleables dis 45 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45 Coffee, Enterprise Be ane dis 25 MATTOCKS. AGZG HVC) oes. eo eee. $16 00 dis 40&10 Hunt By@:. 0.0 sos os $15 00 dis 40&10 FRUmG Se a: $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Brad and Fencing. MOd tO: GOQ. oe. oo ® keg $2 et SG and OG Advis ce Gd-and {di adyv............... fas cea a 40nd Od advo ss oe SO AGVANCO 02... ce 15 50 PNG AAVANCE 3 00 Clinchmails: AV. oo. oc 1% Finishing ( 10d 8d 6a 4d Size—inches { 3 24 2 1% Adv. ® keg $125 150 17% 75 2 00 MOLLASSES GATES. Stebbins Patter (200 dis 70 Stebbin’s Genuine...... ................. dis 70 Enterprise, self-mfeasuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. .... dis 50 Brass Or COPper..s.... 2... ses ee dis 40 ORDO ol per gross, $12 net Olmstead Set 50 PLANES. Ohio: Tool Co.'s, fancy. ... 3.0.0.0... dis 15 Sceiota Benen.) ce dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Boneh, firstquality .; 06.5000. se. oo dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. ry, ACmei ee, dis 40&10 Common, polished. .............0.0... 6. dis 60 Dripping. Dec eee ete GU @ bi) 8 RIVETS. Tron and Tinned.......... dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40&10 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. “*A’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 Broken packs 4c # b extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... IX, 14x% Ng choice Charcoal Terne.......... tor Sates Stor . IC, 20x28 . choice Charcoal Terne........... 2 0 tx, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 ROPES. Sisal, % In. and larger.................. BR 9% Manilla Ug ee eek oe 15 SQUARES. Steeland Tronic ore eo, dis 50 HES SUCMCVGIS| 6 dis 50 IMSGEG (ee dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. NOs. 10t0 4... 52... 8: $4 20 $3 20 INOS: I5 CO UE. oo 8c. 2. 4 20 3 20 INOS: ISO Sb ed oa, 4 20 3 20 INOS. 22 tO 28. bo oc oe 42 3 20 INOS 2D CO 2600. 5 oe. ce. 4 40 3 40 ING CT 65) es oe 60 3 60 4 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 380 inches wide not less than 2 -10 extra. SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 ibs, @ th.......... 2.2.0... 6% In smaller quansities, ® fb.............. 7 TINNER’S SOLDER. INNO}, Refined. ...525.02.2. 0.22. 1... ae 13 00 Market Half-and-half............. 0... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards tor Charcoals, $6 75. IC, 1OxI#, Charcoal... ...o....:........ 6 50 Ix, IO Chareoal. 0.0.00. ..6065. 0c 2. 8 50 IC, 12x12, Gharveoal 02.0605. . 6 50 IX, 12x12, Charcoal ........ a. S50 IC, T4xn0;Chareoal .... 0.2... 6... ec ae 6 50 Ix, 14x20, Charcoal. . 22.0. 0e..5 60065. 8 50 EAS, - 14x20) Charcoal... . ccc... oes 10 50 IXXX, 14x20; Chareaol.... .. 2... 5... 2... .. 12 50 IXXXX, 14x20, @harcoagk 26ers: 14 50 IX, 20x28, @narcegl 6... 18 00 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 6 50 DX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. 8 50 DxXX, 100 Plate Charcoal........... ees 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 7% rates. TRAPS. procl, Game. 20.6 oe eee, Onovida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis % Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 LOUCHIISS 05 ee oe: 60 Bor. Weta. COUR 60 MOUSO, QHOKCE.. oe. coo 20e 8 doz Mouse, delusion..................... $1 2688 doz WIRE. | ripe Markot (oo oc. cate ue. dis 60 Annealed Market. ... 0.2.0.0... 0.0. ce ec ees dis 60 Coppered Market... ...... 0.0. cece cece ces dis 55 Fixer Baines. i ce ee dis 55 Tinned Market........... bal ses cece cs Eee kis an THMNGG BOOM. oo. oo ccc cs cose acec is ca cas 8 tb Minmed Mattress. :.. 2. oe ce. ® tb ae Coppered Spring Steel.................. dis 387% Tinned Spring Steel...................00 dis 374% thi BONGO co. oss ens ese ce see ce 8 Ib 3% WRAEDOG HONGO) oes ain e coc ie seek cccc cack CODDORG oo scat Cosi oa se ie ee ccak beck new list net RRR cei new list net WIRE GOODS. MPION Goo SG a eee cas dis 60&10&10 Berew HyGs: ...3 82.8 ey eas. dis 60&10&10 ROOK Se ae ee dis 60&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes.............. dis 60&10&10 WYrENCHES, Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......,.. One's Genuine... esi ce eco ees oot dis 50 Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65 Coe’s Pat., malleable. .............. -....dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS, Pum 8, Cistern a eee ts Seva iuns ace dis | Scre : ae an in Michigan. FOSTER, TEVENS & C0,, —WHOLESALE— HARD WARE! 10 and 12 MONROE STREET, GRAND. RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE SOLICIT THE DEALER’S TRADE, And NOT the Consumer’s, We are Manufacturer’s Agents for the Crown Jewel Vapor Stove We are Manufacturer’s Agents for lowot’ Bi Bird I Cases And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue We are Manufacturer’ss Agent for Jewett’s Filters, And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue We are also Headquarters for irand Rapids Wheelbarrows and Bacon & Priestly Express Wagons, All of which are sold at factory. prices. We woutd be pleased to send catalogue to those wishing to buy. We are carrying to-day as large a stock, and filling orders as complete, as any house \o\ The Michigan Tradesman. PEOPLE WHO TASTE. How a Grocer Divides His Profits With Careless Customers. From the Philadelphia Times. “Does this sort of thing go on all day?” “All day? Yes, and all the week and all the year.” “Can’t you stop it?” “No more than I can turn a wheelbarrow into a coach and four. It’s part of the busi- ness and we’ve got to grin and bear it, though it costs us a deal of money.” The reporter had been standing ina Market street grocery store for twenty min- utes or so, talking to one of the firm. Dur- ing that time six or eight persons had come in, ostensibly as purchasers. Near the door was a tray filled with white grapes, all in fair condition but off the stems, and a pla- card on the tray bore this seductive line: “Only 10 cents a pound.” A keg stood on one side, in which could be seen delicious bunches of the same delicious fruit peeping out of their ground-cork bed. The reporter had noticed that every person who came in had taken from one to three of the loose grapes, which they munched with the utmost coolness, while three or four of them had ex- tended their raid to the keg and broken off one of two grapes from some of the hand- somest bunches. ‘Then, with an of-course- you-know-its-all-right air, they turned to the clerks and inquired the price of the best “ Mocha and Java, mixed,” or “ Extra sugar.” “Have you ever made an estimate of what this costs you in a year?” inquired the re- porter. “Never; but I should say at least a hun- dred dollars.” “A hundred dollars! Lucky if you get off with ten times that sum. I’ve got half an hour to spare and as this thing is becom- ing interesting I’ll take a seat and make a note of everything taken in that time. Af- terwards youcan give me the prices and we'll see just what you are losing by it.” The reporter was hardly seated before a small boy entered. Strange to say, he passed by the grape tray and approaching the coun- ter asked for a gallon of molasses. While the clerk went to fill the jug the boy sidled up to a barrel of crackers standing open be- fore him and began his lunch. He ate fif- teen crackers by actual count and as the clerk returned hastily rammed a handful— say twelve more—into his pocket. The next customer was a gentleman of color, who wanted a box of shoe blacking. To amuse himself while he waited for his change, he * gnawed at an apple taken from a barrel near him. Ashe left the store he added three grapes to the apple. A well-dressed man and a little girl now came in, though not to- gether. The man had heard a good deal about their California champagne and was thinking of buying a case. Would they mind opening a bottle? He was somewhat fastidious in the matter of wines and would hardly feel like buying a whole case without first sampling it. The bottle was opened, a glass was produced and the man speedily ’ got on the outside of half a bottle. He pro- nounced the bouquet exquisite and the flavor prime; would call ina day or two and take the case—a clear beat. In themeantime the little girl went for a stack of dates and ate half a dazen while waiting to be attended to. She mixed three white grapes with her dates as she left. The next visitor was a stout lady in a seal-skin, who had with her a girl of sixteen and a boy of eight. She stopped at the grape-tray and took a taste of three. ‘“These grapes are very cheap, Lucy,” she said; “see? only ten cents a pound. Try ’em.” Lucy ate four and Johnie was not to be left—he ate six; total, thirteen. A box of fancy knick-knacks stood open on the coun- ter and Johnnie captured an elephant and a pear. The old lady went the round of the store with the young tasters in her wake, and it was all the reporter could do to keep track of their sampling. He set it down in round figures at twenty-five cents’ worth; it was not a penny less. A German who came for cheese ate two Moravian pretzels; another small boy, who asked for a pound of sugar, deftly transfer- red a handful of almonds from a keg into his pocket; two handsome young ladies, who ordered preserved peaches, took each a punch of raisins, and a young swell bought a box of cigars and nibbled at two knick- knacks, pulling off two big round grapes from a bunch in the keg as he sauntered out. The half hour was now up and the report- er and the grocer figured up the losses. Here is the result: Small boy—crackerS......----+-s-+++02+09+ 07 Colored gentieman—apples and grapes.. 03 Well-dressed man—bottle champagne... $1 00 Little Se and grapes.......------- 04 Stout lady—miscellaneous........-------- 25 German—pretzels ......-.-+-+-ereerereeee 02 Small boy, No. 2—almonds...........----- 05 Young ladies—raisins........--- -----.--- 10 Swell—knick-knacks and grapes [a fine bunch of the latter spoiled].......-.-.-- 2 ss hone wees dope ce corp es7 t+ $1 76 “There,” said the reporter, ‘“‘you have a loss of $1.76 in half an hour and the figures are your own. Of course, the champagne beat does not come around every day and we'll deduct $1 for him. That leaves 16 cents—a pretty good half hour’s leak. You have a fair run of business for, say, eight hours a’day. If the sampling is as brisk every half hour as I have just seen it your loss is $22.16 a day, or $3,793.92 a year of 212 business days. But we'll say this esti- mate is just double what it should be—that will be resonable, will it not? Well, your “Tm blessed if I don’t believe your right, though I never figured it up before. But what can we do? We must show our goods in a tempting way, in order to sell them, and we’ll simply have to stand the loss for the sake of the advertising it gives. Do we ever say anything to the samplers? Oh, we can’t well do that. Sometimes it develops into downright stealing and then we speak quick enough. There was a very nice old gentleman, a sort of friend of ours—he’s dead now—who used to come in here every day or two to have a chat. He always man- aged to get near the ginger-snap box while talking and the whole time he stayed he munched ginger snaps. One day we caught him filling his pockets as well as his mouth and after he was gone we wrote him a line about it. He never entered the store after- wards. “How about the holiday season? Your losses by tasting must be considerably above the average, then?” ‘Yes, We have a greater display of goods then and the tasting and sampling are enor- mous. We always have some extra fine raisins fer Christmas and their sale depends on the ‘style’—that is, the neat attractive ar- rangements in the boxes. Somebody comes along and pulls two or three raisins from the. upper layer and the whole effect is ruined. That is a loss to us of fifty per cent. of the price of the box. It’s the same with the finest bunehes of grapes—pull one grape off the stem, it mutilates the bunch and the price falls at once. The people who do it don’t think about is, of course, but that don’t help us. We’ve got to put up with lots of things we don’t like and, as 1 said before, we must grin and bear it. Don’t go yet; you’ve forgotten something.” “What?” “Take a grape or two?” —_—_—»>_0.____—_ All Sorts. Grayling is having quite a business boom and is growing rapidly. Complete assortment of fishing tackle at Calkins Bros., 97 Ottawa street. E. McNamara has engaged in the boot and shoe business at Traverse City. ug ee Irvvig Force succeeds C. W. Ives in the meat business at Cedar Springs. Mrs. Chettie Phillips has engaged in the millinery business at Elk Rapids. pe Baker & Loomis, druggists at Harbor Springs, have dissolved, Loomis succeeding. Mississippi cane fishing poles $4 per hun- dred at Calkins Bros. Good length and se- lected. Mrs. W. E. Hardy and Mrs. Lamson have engaged in the millinery and dressmaking business at Harbor Springs. Calkins Bros., wholesale and retail dealers in gun goods and fishing tackle. Agents for gun and blasting powder, fuse, ete. A hundred different styles of spoon baits and hooks, lines and rods in endless variety. Call and see us. Calkins Bros. The salt industry of Manistee is assuming gigantic proportions. Several new wells are now going down, and a number are being contemplated. Smoke the celebrated Jerome Eddy Cigar, manufactured by Robbins & Ellicott, Buf- falo, N. Y. For sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids, Mich. a ae 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. Harbor Springs Independent: We under- stand that Mr. Cox, brother of A. A. Cox, will open up a grocery in the building next to Eaton & Co.’s hardware, before long. It has been suggested that the most ef- fective way to ruin the Mormons would be to send out a score of milliners to set up a mag- nificent establishment filled with expensive finery for women. M. B. Lang, who has been connected with the grocery department of Dexter & Noble’s store at Elk Rapids for several years, will engage in the grocery business on his own account about May 1. “Do you paint yet?” asked an old friend of a feminine artist, whom she had not seen before for many years. ‘“ Yes,” was the answer, “I still paint. 1 paint the children red and I put it on with my slipper.” An experienced married man of Muske- gon says: “If there is one time more than another when a woman should be entirely alene, it is when a full line of clothes comes down in the mud.” “Yes, Lam really sorry,” said the hen- pecked husband; ‘“‘sorry to know that our forests are being so rapidly destroyed. When they are gone I’m afraid they’ll make broomsticks of iron.” San Domingo has a mountain of salt four miles long, and supposed to weigh nearly 900,000,000 tons. The salt is pure, and so clear that print may be read through a block of it a foot thick. Next! 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. One gentleman had laid the foundation of a fortune by planting 100,000 cocoanuts in Florida; among the features of this enter- prise was the pug¢hase and importation to his plantation of aga the rats and HAZELTINE, PERKINS & COMPANY, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, 49 ond 44 Ottawa St., and 89, 91, 98 and 95 Louis St., Grand Rapids, Mich. « ’ a } | IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints Anda Drugssists’ Sundrics. ALISO Manufacturers of IS, Varnishes, Glassware, Fine Pharmaceutical & Chemical Preparaticns. U. FEETER, 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. SHEDS FIELD AND GARDEN, en. as WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. 1. LAMOREAUX, Agent GRAND RAPIDS Flower Pots 2 Haneine: 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. 8,000 cats to be turned CS, YALE & BRO,, —Manufacturers of— BAKING POWDERS, 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, = FLAVORING EXTRACTS | BLUOUINGS, ETC., MICH. “W H POPATO. ' ie 2s ITE STAR’ About two years ago, flavor, all seed catalogues and the regular price lists, patrons: may be sent to either Ensley Banker, Howard City, White Star Potatoes. To Gardeners and Harmers. YIELDING FAR BETTER THAN ANY OTHER VARIETY KNOWN to this section of the country, never troubled with blight, and very seldom showin i i 1 i ; ’ ga bug of any sort. Such is the universal testi as to the merits of the White Star Potato, all agreeing that they have never met its equal for endurance, productiveness pea pyar qualities. AJjl farmers and gardners are interested in these facts, and all who have seen the White Star Potato, and tested it : it di in its praise, and others will find it to their profit to make inquiries. : oe We are now making a sbecialty of handling this splendid potato, We will furnish the White Star Potatoes at the rate of $1.00 per bushel, and will allow a lib i é 31. shel, 4 e eral discount to dealers furnish, at cost prices, all barrels sacks or bags, or patrons may send their own adressed to Ens ill, iC Da d a os sle & S : ¢ Mi t ; & Son, Ensley Postoffice, Mich., Y ae at hago be written out plainly, to prevent mistakes. © what railroad station they wish to have their shipments made. Orders will be filled pr i 5 ae ani Be arte aes cricn or teeter ae illed promptly, and must be accompanied by the.money, Readers are cordially invited to refer to Marshall Buchanan, Mr. Marshall Buchanan, Postmaster at Ensley, Newaygo County Michigan, sen ‘erry & sue? ate acl she pe ~ pete bushel of the celebrated White Star potatoes, for seed ee Ve and planted by the undersigned, and the result was one gratifying beyond measure. The sec anti - yielded ' potatoes, for size, color and quality, as were ever seen in the State. , seeond planting yielded 7,000 bushels of as fine The potatoes were procured, They were pronounced by all who tried them of the very finest L and are prepared to supply patrons at a price which, a reference ; will show to be a great reduction from the ruling prices. We make this’ liberal volice he We will also 7 Orders or to O. W. Blain, General Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. All addresses Patrons should also furnish us with their names and postoffice addresses, and state Postmaster at Ensley, Mich; C. J. Burtch, Postmaster, and N. W. Mhther, Mich.. for the truth of all of the above statements regarding the superior i : i i : g ord superior quality and extraordinary y We warrant these potatoes, all that has been represented, and true to naa re tian ala aetna B. HENSLEY & SON, Growers, Einsley Postofiice, Newayso County, Michigan. 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. A. A. CRIPPEN, 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. MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’N. Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for Thirty Years. LIST OF OFFICERS: President—RANSOM W. HAWLEY, of Detroit. Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit; L. W. ATKINS, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALEXAN- pER, Lansing; U. 8. LORD, Kalamazoo; H. E. MEEKER, Bay City. Secre and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH, Detroit. Board of Teo For One Year—J.-C. PON- Tr1us, Chairman, 8. A. MounGer, H. K. WHITE | For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W, WALLPAPER & WINDOW SHADES * At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. EIouse and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids. NELSON BROS. & CO. , PERKINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN—— Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, * Li NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.