* flames were mounting to the sky. Then a} —__——. he Michigan Trades VOL. 1. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1884. Man. ¢ ‘NO. rn TOBEY’S FORTUNE. A Characteristic Story of the Late War. In 1862, Tobey was a small black boy liv- ing in Holly Springs, which was then a Southern town unluckily placed in the path of both armies, so that its war record soon became of the most exciting nature. But none had an experience to be mentioned in the same breath with Tobey, who had a fortune in his grasp and never knew it! It is too outrageous for belief, but it is literally true, and this is how it happened: It was the twentieth of December—‘ the glorious, glorious twentieth, the people of Holly Springs call it to this day. Tobey, whose other name was Kinkle, was awak- ened early in the morning by the sound of firing. “Git up, pappy!” he called excitedly, “don’t you hear de shootin’ ?” Uncle Jim Kinkle, who was snoring com- fortably in one corner of the cabin, under a great pile of dingy quilts and spreads, was slow in coming to the surface. “What’s de matter, Tobe?” growled he in sleepy tones. “Fightin’s de matter,” shouted ‘Tobey hopping up and down. “Don’t you hear de guns? Come out to de mound, an’ wake up mammy, so she kin come, too.” He was off with these last words, and Uncle Jim, now fairly aroused, jumped up and jumped into his clothes in about the length of time it was said to take the wife of “Billy boy” to make a cherry pie. Then he dashed out, headin front, asa bull charges. He was soon with Tobey on the top of an old mound, from which there was a good view. “Great gran’daddy!” cried Uncle J im, as he looked. “Jerusalem crickets! Pharioh an’ all his hosts!” A vigorous fight was going on; the sharp crack of rifles and occasional yells were borne distinctly to their ears. Suddenly a ringing cheer burst from a thousand throats; amounted squad tore like a whirlwind across the field, with another in hot pursuit. “Which is runnin’, Tobey?” cried Uncle Jim. ‘My eyes is gettin’ ole. I can’t tell tudder from which.” “Hooray fur de Ragged Rebs!” shrieked his offspring. “De Yanks is gettin’ over de groun’ like skeered rabbits. Whoopee! ain’t dis a sight?” By this time Aunt Betsey had waddled to the mound. “Js de worl’ comin’ to an end?” she asked. puffing between her words like an engine. “No, mammy,” said Tobey, “de worl’ ain’t comin’ to an end; but the Feds is whipped out, sho’s you bawn.” “J.ook at you daddy, Tobe,” said Aunt Betsey; “what in de lan’ is he doin’ a Sure enough, what was {he doing? He had stepped behind a magnolia tree growing on top of the mound and had turned his trousers wrong side out. Seeing this a ray of comprehension lighted Aunt Betsy’s face. “Go ‘long wid you nigger! Nobody’s gwine to notice an ole ijiot like you,” she said, with such a laugh as made her shake like a bow] of calf-foot jelly. It must be explained that some days back one of the soldiers had given Uncle Jima pair of blue breeches, and he had worn them proudly. But, like the Vicar of Bray, Mr. Kinkle had no particular principles, and meant to keep on good terms with both sides. ‘To-day the boys in gray had the vic- tory, and should he stand confessed a parti- san of the Union, betrayed by his breeches! Perish the thought! He could not change them, however, for in Aunt Betsey’s creed no man needed more than one pair at a time, and no sooner had-her husband donned the blues than she cut down his old ones and put them on the growing Tobey. Uncle Jim, however, was a man for emergencies. A born turncoat, he readily understood how to turn trousers as well, and when he _ step- ped from behind the tree it was with snowy legs and a face beaming with rebel enthus- iasm. “Pm gwin to town,” he remarked. “Don’t you go roun’ whar de fightin’ is,” said Aunt Betsey. “You'll get killed fust thing you know.” “J yeckon de fighttn’ is about over, ole ‘goman. Wehave whipped out de intrud- ers on our sile befo’ sunup,” said Uncle Jim with dignity. “Well, you’ll want some breakfas’ you git off.” “No,” smiling mysteriously. “T spec’ I kin git better in town dan you could give me.” “Kin I go wid you, pappy?” anien Tobe. “Yes, chile. Ireckon you won’t never learn no younger.” Aunt Betsey, as is the lot of women, had to stay at home. ' She fried some bacon and roasted an ash-cake, and ate her breakfast placidly. Then she beat up her feather bed and milked the cow and tied the calf; after which she waddled again to the mound. Seeing nothing, she leaned her broad back against the magnolia tree, shut her eyes, and placidly went to sleep. S. Suddenly she waked with a start. ‘atmosphere was heavy. In the distance befo’ windows broke into bits; a smell of sulphur tainted the air. Now Aunt Betsey knew the world was coming to anend! Falling on her knees, she prayed fervently that Tobey and Jim and herself, and ‘‘ole Mars’ an’ ole Mis’ an’ de chillen an’ Mars’ Abram Lincoln an’ Jeff Davis an’ all good Christians and miserable sinners might be brought inter de fold.” And she was still pouring forth this all-em- bracing prayer, when night came bringing son and husband home. Their day had been very eventful. They had found the town in an uproar. A certain wild young cavalry officer, with a name like that of a novel hero—Earle Van Dorn—had galloped into Holly Springs with his reck- less brigade, before the soldiers in® camp were awake, to their utter confusion and overthrow. Not much blood had been shed, put all the Federals were captured, disarmed and released on parole. Holly Springs— the pretty little wicked rebel town—was out of its wits with joy. Already in fancy the sanguine Southerners saw Grant bound hand and foot, and the Confederacy a queen among nations. Handkerchiefs and tiny flags—starred and barred—waved from every window. Houses were thrown open to chance guests in gray, and as few had time to enter, the gateways were crowded with children. Matrons and maids, laughing, weeping, shaking hands, asking a thousand questions, stopped only to regale their friends with the delicacies most enjoyed by these sons of chivalry—buttermilk and on- ions. Toward the middle of the day the foundry buildings and the old school-house were fired. These held army stores that could not be taken away—delicate eatables for the hospital, boxes of medicine, barrels of flour, coffee, sugar, tea, whisky, brandy and wine; so it was determined to destroy them, rather than leave them for the benefit of the enemy. The people of Holly Springs had known by this time what it was to suffer actual want, and they could but feel a pang on see- ing the fire lick up what would have been lifeblood toso many. The black pepulation found it too much to endure, and@for once, taking the initiative, they set an example, followed by all who had streagth for the venture; and so they hurried from all parts of the town with wheelbarrows, bags and baskets, and rushed, as it seemgd, into the very heart of the flames. They would come back laden with whatever came nearest to hand, and perhaps some angel of the Odd watched over them, for not a life was lost during thelr perilous work. Tobey and his father had their share in all the excitement. Uncle Jim skipped ayound in his white trousers like a patriot on an electric machine, and shouted, “‘Hoo- ray for Van Doran!” louder than anybody; and when the robbing or saving of the foundry stores began he was in his element. He went halves with a manin town who owned a go-cart, and together they worked like Trojans. Tobey soon escaped from his father’s eye, spurred on by his own ambition. He knew that firearms were stored somewhere in the building, and he determined to fit himself out in a way to strike terror to the heart of every other boy in the village. He ran up the stairs, though the smoke curled about him and little daggers of flame were striking with wavering menace at the steps. Run- ning through a passage he tried to dash into aroom where he fancied he should find what he sought, but the door was locked. Daunted for an instant, he looked about him wondering what to de. At this instant the thunderous explosion of the powder shook the building with frightful violence. Tobey fell, stunned, deafened and frightened half to death. When he picked himself up he saw that a window leading into the locked room was shattered into fragments, and, with a spirit worthy of blue blood, he jump- ed through. It was the paymaster’s room. Some one had evidently left it in a hurry, some one who had tried to save the money just receiv- ed for pay-day, as the chests were open and their contents partly gone; some one who had remembered to lock the door as_ he fled. Tobey was greatly disappointed. What a stupid thing to find nothing but boxes filled with green pictures, and not a sign any- where of pistol or bayonet. The little boy had never handled any money, never seen any, I might almost say. The crisp, new bills looked pretty, and with a sudden re- membrance of his mammy’s peculiar fond- ness for pasting pictures on the cabin walls, Tobey thrust a handful into each pocket and stuffed out the bosom of his flannel shirt with as many as it would hold. When posi- tively driven out by the heat, he bounded down the stairs, the last living being to leave the doomed structure, and worth much more than when he entered it. As night fell, Van Dorn galloped out of Holly Springs as hurridly as he had entered. The town grew quiet, the people dispersed to their homes. Aunt Betsey at her pray- ers, as I have said, was surprised by the re- turn of the wanderers, both in a state of met ee eard ere ac- her hands and said, “Bress de Lord!” And who wouldn’t have said the same thing who for two years had been drinking coffee made of goober peas and sweet potatoes! They feasted royally that night, and when supper was over Jim climbed the magnolia tree and tied the sack of coffee securely to its branches; the’bag of flour he hid under the house, and into every rabbit hole in the mound he packed a can of fruit. ‘What is you up to now, Jim?” said Aunt Betsey. “Never you mind, old ’ooman, tain’t no fool head on dis nigger’s shoulders.” In fact, Mr. Kinkle’s wits seemed preter- naturally sharpened; and the event proved his wisdom. The next day Grant’s army came pouring into Holly Springs, and men were detailed to search every house in town for stores that might have been saved. It was done thoroughly; those who had gained treasures lost them as speedily, and were warmly thanked by the jolly soldiers of Uncle Sam for their exertions in the cause of the government. They called on the *kinkle family. Jim met them at the door, a clay pipe in his mouth, his trousers blue, his sentiments loy- al. “Me got anything, gen’lemen?” he said in a tone of great surprise. ‘Why, lor! I was sick in bed with the rheumatiz all day, an’ wouldh’t a-been able ter hav’ acted like dem harem-scarem niggers in town ef I had a- wanted to. ‘Tobey here, he went in, an’ somebody gin him an ole powder flash, am a can 0’ pineapple. We done eat de pineapple las’ night; but I know Mr. Lincoln wouldn’t begrudge dat much ter a good Union nigger like me.” This eloquence was not convincing, and the soldiers made a pretty good search. But they did not think of looking under the house, nor up the trees, nor in the rabbit holes. So Jim saved his prizes, and he held his head very high all the rest of his life in consequence. Tobey said nothing about the pretty green pictures; he kept them for a rainy day as it were, when Aunt Betsey should be cross. His night dress was exactly the same as his iy dress; so the bills rested safely where he had placed them, and nobody suspected what a walking bonanza he had become. Van Dorn’s raid was on Saturday. On the Monday following, Tobey was hanging about the smoking pile that had been the foundry building, when two officers rode up and looked sadly on the ruins. “There’s no use lamenting,” said one ef them at last; “let us light our cigars and go.” The other felt in his pocket mechanically. “J have no matches,” he said; “have you?” “No, but we can light them from the fire —so much good it can do us, at least! Hear, boy! fetch me a coal.” Tobey neared the smoking heap cautious- ly. It did not seem possible to get a coal, but he could get the gentleman a light by twisting up one of his green pictures fora spill. He had strong hopes of receiving a dime in return. He took out one of the bills, twisted a long lighter and stuck it in the fire. It blaz- ed quickly, and he ran with it to the officer, who took it, lighted his cigar, blew it out suddenly, and cried: “What the dickens is this?” ‘Look, Foster,” as he spread out the rem- nant, “a greenback bill as I’m a captain! Here, you little seamp! how did you come by this? Have you any more?” “Oh! yes, sir!” said Tobey in all simplici- ty. Then he told the story of how he came by them, the officers flistening like statues of attention. When he had finished they turned and stared at each other, pulling their moustaches very hard. Then the captain said mildly, “Come to thecamp with me and ll give you some better pictures. These are all alike. You may just hand them over to me.” Tobey relinquished the bills, not so crisp and fresh as they were, but worth quite as much, while his captors grew almost speech- less with astonishment as they saw the value of the notes represented. They were careful not to enlighten Tobey, however, as to the value of his treasure trove, and he was sent off completely happy with a silver dollar and a pile of illustrated mewspapers. Uncle Sam got his own again, for the offi- cers were honest and loyal gentlemen. As for Tobey—he never knew that for two whole days he had been rich enough to buy out Holly Springs, or to found an orphan asylum, or to run race horses, or to owna yacht, or to start a daily paper. Aunt Bet- sey never knew—Jim Kinkle never knew, or, I fear, like certain old heroes in Roman history, they would have died of mortifica- tion. Tobey to-day thrives in the ignoble state of a barber, supporting his mother, who has grown too fat even to waddle, and his father, who is almost too lazy to breathe. He is industrious, honest, popular and gay —but what might he not have been had his fortune stuck to his fingers until he had found out its value! Six wholesale stores under the Brooklyn bridge are in ocak neta ae stores ares each | SPECULATION. The Merits and Demerits of Transactions. Speculation in produce, in its present or- ganized form, is largely a growth of the last ten years. Within that brief period, the commercial exchanges of New York, Chica- go, and most {other cities, have recognized transactions of this character by making for- mal regulations for their accomodation and control; and now by far the larger portion of this business of the organizations is of a speculative character. Itis not to be sup- posed that the several branches of ,the mer- cantile community would simultaneously for- getall that experience had taught them as to Speculative the best methods of business and by common: consent abandon legitimate trade for naked gambling. It may very safely be taken for granted that these men of experience well understood what they were doing in resort- ing to the new methods; and the unanimity with which the change has been adopted suggests a strong probability that it has been brought about by commercial reasons much more important than might be inferred from the feeling with which specu- lation is very generally regarded. It cannot be denied that some unfortunate results and some unmitigated evils have thus far attended this great expansion of specula- tive transactions. One of these consequences has been to drive out of business, in some cases with disastrous losses, a class of long established and much [respected firms, who could not readily exchange the methods which they had followed through long years of success for others which they naturally regarded as more or less revolutionary and possibly unsafe. These wrecked fortunes excite the more sympathy because the losers are generally men respected for their honor and conservatism and because their losses have struck them sojlate in life that recovery is almost hopeless. This, however, is an il- lusiration of the anomaly that the very qual- ties that merchants most depend upon to protect themselves may make them insensi- bie to the dangers that accompany great commercial changes. Another very serious evil has been the creation of a speculative craze among a class of people who have no sort of qualification for engaging in such transactions. This classare known as the ‘outside public,” who ordinarily know nothing whatever of the position of the article in which they take ventures, nor of the speculative situa- tion they have to encounter, nor of any of the points on which their success must de- pend. These people are drawn into the speculative currents simply by the inherent spiritof gambling, and without as much chance of success as they would have in challenging a professional poker player; for they are staking their money against men with whom speculation is a carefully con- ducted business and who possess the knowl- edge and the means necessary to success. This class become demoralized by the free indulgence of the gambling passion, and very serious social mischiefs result. They ordinarily lose their ‘margins,’ and then are tempted to replace their loss in illegiti- mate ways. Merchants stake assets that belong to their creditors; trustees pledge funds sacredly committed to their keeping; public officials put the public money into grain, petroleum or stock “margins;?? bank and mereantile clerks misappropriate the money of their employers; retired men of fortune lose the property on which their families are dependent; and even women are tempted to risk the all on which they are dependent for support. This catalogue of evils is so painful and so impressive in its effects that it is not surprising that the pub- lic should have learned to condemn specula- tion with such indiscriminate vehemence. The tricks and expedients to which pro- fessional speculators frequently resort have also contributed in no small degree to the popular feeling against this class of opera- tions. At present, speculation recognizes no code of morals and has its own peculiar ideas about honor. It suppresses the truth and exaggerates it; it invents rumors and circulates them as facts; it perverts and prevaricates and intentionally utters egre- gious falsehoods; it knows nothing of com- punctions of conscience; it is ruthless in its methods of warfare; it will exact every advantage within its power, and it slaugh- ters its enemy with as little merey as an Arab. Little marvel then is there that, in these days, such a method of conducting business should be regarded by many asa monstrosity. And yet the fact remains that merchants, including our best and most reputable citi- zens, find it necessary to conduct their busi- ness upon methods attended with these un- qualified evils. This fact implies that there are some imperative reasons for adhering to this system; and it is wise therefore to dis- criminate as to the just limits of our con- demnation. Speculation is in the untamed wildness of its youth, and its excesses have in them a tendency to self-correction. The “outside public” who take such reckless ventures will gradually learn from bitter ex- perience the folly of risking. their puny stakes against vee ones: a as. th as they do the gambling hells. may require time; but it may be calculated upon as an inevitable outcome of experience and of the instinctive indisposition of men to be twice bitten. Andwith a neutralization of the temptation will come an abatement of the serious social consequences that are now chargeable to speculation. We may therefore anticipate a time when these in- cipient excrescences of speculative business will disappear, and the transactions will be mainly confined to those whose time and capital are legitimately devoted to it. So far as respects the commercial branch- es of speculation, the chief cause of its large expansion during late years appears to have been connected with thefenlarged use of the railroad and the telegraph, and the exercise of a broader and closer scrutiny into the conditions, prospects and results of the crops, —and that not only in this country but in all others. These agencies have afforded much earlier and more trustworthy data as to the prospective supply and demand for the lead- ing staples than were formerly obtainable; and hence, instead of waiting until the har- vest, its products begin to be estimated with considerable positiveness three or four months in advance. In the same way, the ocean cable informs us in detail of the foreign crops and markets from one to four months earlier than we were accustomed to get such knowledge. This anticipatory in- formation, extending over an interval of some months and constantly varying with incidents of weather, ete., during that interval, affords scope for a wide diversity of estimate as to the ultimate outcome of in- cipent conditions. These differences of esti- mate lead to a corresponding diversity of valuations; and that again affects the pros- pective value of commodities during the in- tervening months. The diversity of opin- ion as to the valve of products during sever- al months to come necessarily gives rise to engagements to receive or deliver in speci- fied future months. Here, briefly, lies the basis of speculation; and, so long as mer- chants are in a position to estimate: the fu- ture of crops and values with what appears to them a reasonable probability, and so long as human nature remains what it is, no power can stop these transactions in ‘‘fut- ures,” as they are called. Nor is it easy to see why they should be prohibited. 1t is in the nature of business to discount probabili- ties; intelligent merchanting cannot be done without it: and the only question is what is a safe limit to such operations? which must be left to each'individual to determine for himself. Speculation has some very beneficial in- direct results. It acts asa direct regulator or production. It announces to producers the earliest indication of an over supply or of a deficient yield, and thereby helps them to an intelligent regulation of their prepara- tions for future snpply, as well as to a better judgment of what may be the value of their present stock at any time during the next few months—information which, from their isolation, they greatly need. It leads to a closer scrutiny into the conditions affecting values, and so far contributes toa more in- telligent management of business. The sharp outlook on commercial movements thus maintained and the constant conflict of opinion on future values have the very im- portant effect of producing a steadier course of prices. Sometimes, extreme fluctuations arise at the crisis of a sharp contest; but those are only momentary, while the gener- al effect is to produce an evener mean than would exist under other conditions. Strange as it may seem, the very operations that feed upon fluctuations tend to check oscil- lations. The regulation alike of production and of prices which results from these an- ticipatory operations is of vastly more ad- vantage to business at large than is general- ly understood. The absence of extreme oscilliations in prices and the non-appearance of a commercial crises during the last eleven years may perhaps be attributed to this vig- orous speculative regulation of the markets more than any other cause. The course of values has been so closely serutinized and checked by.the speculative interest that, in- stead of prices being permitted to fluctuate between the wide extremes that have been the chief causes of our panics, those ex- tremes have been obiviated; and it would not be surprising should it prove that this new element has the effect of materially ex- tending the interval between our commercial crisis. When the present excesses and ex- crescences of speculation have disappeared through a process of self-cure, and the new methods have fallen more into the hands of men of judgment and adequate means, it will be found that the change which has been scouted asa mere demoralizing craze is really the introduction of an improved way of conducting the world’s commerce. . —— iO On the way by rail from Oregon is a car containing 20,000 pounds of fresh salmon, which is fo be delivered in nine days from the time of starting at New York. Should the experiment be successful, fresh Oregon salmon will be a feature of the markets of that city. | This result IN A LOGGING CAMP. Bill Nye’s Description of a Recent Visit. “T put up at Bootjack camp, on the raging Manistee, where the gay plumaged chip- monkand the spruce gum have their home. Winter in the pine woods is fraught with fun and frolic. It is more fraught* with fatigue than funds, however. This winter a man in a Michigan lumber camp could arise at 4:30 a. m., eat a patent pailful of dried apples soaked with Young Hyson and sweet- ened with Chicago glucose, go out to the timber with a lantern, hew down the giants of the forest, with snow up to the pit of his stomach, till the gray owl in the gathering gloom whooped and hooted in derision, and all for $12 per month and stewed prwies. I did not try to accumulate wealth wiitie was incamp. I just allowed others tv ca- ter into the mad rush and wrench a fortune from the hand of fate while I studied human nature andthe cook. Ihad a good many pleasant days there, too. 1 read such liter- ary works as I could find around the camp, and smoked the royal Havana smoking to- bacco of the cookie. Those who have not lumbered much do not know much of true joy and sylvan smoking tobacco. They are not using a very good grade of the weed in the lumber regions this winter. When I say lumber regions Ido not refer entirely to the circumstances of a weak back. (Monkey wrench, oil-can and screw- driver sent with this joke; also rules for working it in all kinds of goods.) The to- bacco used by the pine choppers of the northern forests is called the Scandihoovian. I do not know why they call it that, unless it is because you can smoke it in Michigan and smell it in Seandihoovia. When night came we would gather around the blazing fire and talk over old times and smoke this tobacco. I smoked it until last week; then I bought a new mouth, and re- solved to lead a different life. I shall never forget, the evenings we spent together in that log shack in the heart of the forest. They are gravenon my memory where time’s effacing fingers cannot monkey with them. We would most always converse. The crew talked the Norwegian language, and Iam using the English language mostly this winter. So each enjoyed himself in his own quiet way. This seemed to throw the Nor- wegians a good deal together. It also threw me a good deal together. ‘The Seandinavi- ans soon learn our ways and our language, but prior to that they are quite clannish. The cook, however, was an Ohio man. He spoke the Sandusky dialect with a rich, nut-brown flavor that did me much good, so after I had talked with the crew a few hours in English and received their harsh, cordu- roy replies in Norske, I gladly fled to the cook shanty. There I could rapidly change to the smoothly flowing sentences peculiar to the Ohio tongue, and while I ate the com- mon twisted doughnut of commerce we would talk on and on of the pleasant days we had spent in our own native land. I talked to him of his old home until the tears would unbidden start, as he rolled out the dough with acommon Budweiser beer bot- tle and shed the scalding tears into the flour barrel. Tears are always uuavailing, but sometimes 1 think they are more so when they are shed into a barrel of flour. He was any easy weeper. He would shed tears on the slightest provocation or anything else. Once I told him something so touchful that his eyes were blinded with tears for the nonee. Then I took a pie and stole away so that he could be alone with his sorrow. He used to grind the coffee at 2 a.m. The coffee mill was nailed up against a partition on the opposite side from my bed. That is one reason I did not stay any longer at the camp. It takes about an hour to grind cof- fee enough for thirty men, and, as my ear was generally against the pine boards when the cook began, it ruffled my slumbers and made me a morose man. We had three men at the camp who snor- ed. If they had snored inmy own language I could have endured it, but it was entirely unintelligible to me as it was. Still it wasn’t bad, either. They snored on differ- ent keys, and still there was harmony in it —a kind of chime of imported snore, as it were. lusedtolie and listen to it for hours. Then the cook would begin his cof- fee mill overture, and I would arise. When IT got home I slept from Monday morning until April Fool’s Day, without food or water.” _—___—~ - <> -—— Following is a list of the prominent mil- lionaires of the United States: William H. Vanderbilt, $200,000,000; Fair of California, $50,000,000; Flood of California, $50,000,- 000; Mackey of California, $50,000,000; August Belmont, $30,000,000; Senator Shar- on, $15,000,000; Senator Jones, $20,000,000 ; Astor of New York, $75,000,000; James G. Bennett, $30,000,000; Jay. Gould, $75,000,- 000; S.J. Tilden, $25,000,000; Solon Hom- phreys, $15,000,000; Sydney Dillon, $15,- 000,000; Edward Clark, $25,000,000; Oakes Ames, Jr., $15,000,000; Perry H. Smith of Chicago, $15,000,000; Pierre Lorillard, $15,- 000,000. The dealer who understands how to secure — the confidence and esteem = the are is 2 person who will succeed, other The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercaulile anPManulaciuring Interesis of the State. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1884. tS Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. Referring to the recent failure of the Ma- rine National Bank, consequent upon the collapse of Grant & Ward, the Industrial World pertinently remarks: This is an excellent illustration of the ill effects upon illegitimate industries of the failures of legitimate enterprises. Specula- tion is the canker-sore of all our commercial enterprises to-day. The Detroit Free Press relates the follow- ing episode relative to a grocery jobber of that city. The Free Press does not say whether such “slips” are characteristic of all the wholesale dealers at that market: An absent-minded wholesale grocer wrote a letter yesterday afternoon, went to the mail box on a corner near his store, dropped in his gold-bowed eye-glasses, and didn’t discover his mistake until he attempted to to make the letter straddle hls nose. Sensible Suggestion. A level-headed dealer writes as follows to the Boston Journal of an evil that is as pre- valent in Michigan as New England: The great hindrance to fair trade in the retail department is the custom now in vogue which enables a dishonest man to suspend payment and compromise with his creditors at about any per cent. he happens to name, after which he is not only permitted to go on, but to go on with a stock of goods which he had compelled those of whom he got them to take 25 or 40 per cent. of their cost for. Very often he has a good stock. These goods he can sell at a much lower figure than can the man who pays the market price for them, and, as a matter of fact, he does sell them below the figure for which others can afford to sell similar goods. Morever, the man who pays 25 or 40 per cent. can get credit on as good terms as the honest dealer. I know of an instance where the ready-made clothing business has been demoralized by creditors taking 40 per cent. of a dealer who had a good stock of goods on his shelves.. As soon as he compromized for 40 per cent., he began to sell the goods below the whole- sale cost, and has been able to add to his stock. Something should be done to stop this kind of swindling. a ee The Gripsack Brigade. On the Easel—B. F. Parmenter, Stephen Sears, C. H. Bayley, Manley Jones. Geo. A. Smith, formerly with A. A. Crip- pen, now on the road for Spaulding & Tay- lor, Boston, will visit friends here until the arrival of his fall samples in July. “Dick” Warner, late with I. E. Messmore, has engaged to travel for Clark, Jewell & Co., taking the D., G. H. & M., east and west, the Michigan Central, east, and the several towns on the G. R. & I. If any dealer detects Wm. H. Jennings in tacking ona little extra price on his goods, it can be set down as a fact that he is endeavoring to make up for the loss sus- tained in accidentally falling through a show window up at Fremont the other day. 9 Haslett Bros., proprietors of one of the largest dry goods houses in Charlotte, have just placed in their store an electric cash car. It is the third instrument of its kind now in use in the United States, and the first with all the late improvements. The car is run by means of electricity on a minia- ture railway suspended over the counters, the motive power being furnished by a small battery of five Leyden jars. The motion of the car is absolutely perfect. It can be made to stop at any point of the track and movein either direction. Ifaclerk in any part of the store wishes to use it he simply touches a rod connected with the battery when the car approaches him, receives his cash and check, goes to the cashier’s desk, rings a bell, waits for the correct change, then rushes back to its startihg point. All the clerks along the line may use it, and each in his turn will receive his correct change. It is the most rapid and perfectly accurate in- strument of its kind ever invented. ee ee While the United States has some very large debts hanging over it, it also has some very small ones. Fora long time a debt of a single cent was carried on the Treasury books from year to year, but the annoyance ef continuing this account finally became so great that it was in some way finally dis- posed of and canceled. But another small debt is carried on the books because to pay it would cost so much that itis not worth while to attempt it. When the war tax was collected from the States in 1861 New Jer- sey paid seventy-three cents in excess of her share, to the repayment of which she is legal- ly entitled. The principal and interest now amount to $1.70, but the money can not be repaid without an act of Congress, and as the necessary printing would cost several hundred dollars, the matter is from year to year ignored, which is about the wisest course to pursue. ———_ > -o <> “You see how bald I am, and I don’t wear a wig.” ‘True sir,” replied the servant, ‘‘an empty barn requires no thatch?” AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. Telephone No. 95. M. Brooks succeeds Frost Bros. in the grocery business on South Division street. Andrew Dick has engaged in the grocery business at Muskegon. Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished the stock. Barry & Co. have engaged in the drug business at Rodney. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. furnished the stock. Mr. W. A. Smith, of Jennings & Smith, is expected home this week from a fortnight’s trip through Central Indiana. Kryger & Oom succeed John Hoogerhyde in the grochry business at 551 Ottawa street. Arthur Meigs & Co. furnished the new stock. Shields, Buldley & Lemon furnished the new stock for Farnham & Willemin, who have just engaged in the grocery business at Wetzell. Christian Bertsch, of Rindge, Bertsch & Co., left Monday for a three weeks’ visit to the Eastern shoe markets. He is accom- panied by his wife. Miss Flora McDowell, late of Traverse City, succeeds to the position of entry clerk at Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.’s, in place of Albert F. Hazeltine, resigned. M. C. Russell left last night for Chicago, where he will make the rounds on South Water street. If he escapes without losing his sealp, he will be home on Thursday. Ed. A. Lincoln, with F. J. Lamb & Co., left Sunday night for Chicago, where he will remain during the next month, in the inter- est of F. J. Lamb & Co. and Orcutt & Co., Muskegon. TuE TRADESMAN is pleased to announce that it is finally in possession of a telephone —No. 95—which it hopes will be the medium of many pleasant communications with its friends and patrons. Congressman Houseman assures THE TRADESMAN that in spite of the monstrous petitions that have been sent to the House protesting against the passage of the Na- tional Bankrupt bill, that the measure will undoubtedly pass the House before the close of the present session. In Mr. Houseman’s opinion, the President will sign the bill. AROUND THE STATE. J. W. Fearns, Big Rapids, has sold out. I. E. Allen will engage in the clothing bus- iness at Elmira. H. H. Bunyea, grocer at Pentwater, is suc- ceeded by D. B. Gardner. Fred Merritt, of Eaton Rapids, has opened a drug store at Diamondale. J.C. Paris succeeds J.C. & G. W. Paris in general trade at Kent City. Clark & Sample succeed Carrie E. Clark in the grocery business at Lowell. I. C. Bacon, of Winneconnie, Wis., has opened a grocery store at Charlevoix. W. E. Kelsey & Co. succeed .D. H. Baker in the grocery and bakery business at Ionia. W. A. DeHart, general dealer at Vickery- ville, is succeeded by DeHart & Carpenter. R. Tinkler succeeds J. A. Ernsberger in the grocery and provision business at Hastings. J. C. Wilde, crockery and variety dealer at Petoskey, has sold out to F. H. Corson, late of Detroit. Henderson & Walkema succeed Hender- son & Peterson in the flour and feed busi- ness at Muskegon. J. E.Gumm, of Detroit, will engage in the dry goods and boot and shoe business at EI- mira about the 25th. James McCue, dealer in groceries and crockery at Diamondale, has sold out to N. H. Widger, late of Eaton Rapids. Pat Lee, of Spring Lake, and Mr. Hoban, have engaged inthe grocery business at Mus- kegon under the firm name of Lee & Hoban. J. Vandenburg, late manager for Wyman Bros.’ store at Wyman, now occupies the same position in the Chippewa Lumber Co.’s store at Chippewa Lake. Mancelona Herald: Mr. J. L. Farnham and W. F. Willemin expect soon to open up a general store at Wetzell, under the firm name of Farnham & Willemin. The firm of Howell & Bowen, general dealers at West Kalamo, has changed to Howell & Blackmer, Mr. Bowen having sold his interest in the store to W. H. Blackmer. G. W. Sly, formerly engaged in the drug business at Milan, has purchased the drug stock of C. E. Stevens, at Muir, and will continue the business there. Mr. Stevens continues in the dry goods and grocery busi- ness, The drug firm of C. F. & H. Wheeler, at Hubbardston, having been dissolved by the death of H. Wheeler, the business will here- after be conducted by Wheeler & Holbrook. The latteris Fred H. Holbrook, who was for several years in the employ of C. E. Stevens, at Muir. STRAY FACTS. Miss Mary Colton has engaged in the dressmaking business at Elmira. The Michigan overall factory at Ionia is run by a fifteen-horse-power water meter. E. W. Hastings succeeds Hastings & Chip- man in the music business at Traverse City. A Brighton furniture dealer, about to re- tire, offers a coffin to every purchaser of $40 worth of goods. The daily capacity of the planing mills at Muskegon, of which there are nine, is said to be 970,000 feet. There is some talk of starting a wagon fac- tory in the near future at Battle Creek with a capital of $50,000. Dundee wants a roller process flouring mill, but the cost is not in sight just now. It is not improbable that it will be before long. It is reported that H. S. Hevle, of Chi- cago, will begin manufacturing paint at Swan Creek, Pineplains, from the mineral deposit near there. A gas arises from RK. G. Peters’ salt well, at Manistee, which burns as well as manu- factured gas, and will be used to light the drill house and Peters’ store. Luther Lance: The chemical works are running full blast, turning outa vast amount of valuable products every day. Itis the largest institution of the kind in the State, or the Northwest. The new woolen mill of Hoxsie & Scrip- ture, at Acme, has been completed and will be ready for operation by June 1. The building is 30x60 feet, three stories high. The firm will manufacture yarn, cassimeres, tweeds, full cloth and flannels. Greenville is to have a barrel factory with a cash capital of $25,000. The officers are: T. J. Northup, President; E. Rutan, Vice- President; E. H. Leaming, Secretary; and S. R. Stevens, Treasurer. They expect to commence business September 1. W. E. Barnhard, sen of S. P. Barnhard, the Fremont general dealer, evidently has journalistic aspirations, as Tur TRADES- MAN is in receipt of a little publication en- titled the News Letter, about the size ofa “ereat-grand-son to an auction bill.” E. W. Traver & Co., manufacturers of hoops and staves, at St. Louis, employing about fifty men, have made an assignment to Darragh & Co., bankers. Their liabilities are about $13,000. The bank was a_prefer- red creditor to the amount of $8,000. The firm were doing a large business. ———-_2 <> ____ Good Words Unsolicited. Jesse McIntyre, druggist, Fremont: like your paper.” C. Glascow, general dealer, South Cass “Like it first-rate.” J. R. Harrison, general dealer, Sparta: “I must have the paper.” A. T. Linderman, general dealer, White- hall: ‘‘Suecess to you.” P. Monroe, general dealer, Hesperia: “I want the paper, of course.”’ Geo. H. Bailey, grocer, Elk Rapids: “Have read it profitably since its first issue.” Sampson & Drury, hardware, Cadillac: “You publish a good paper for the money.” living F. Clapp, grocer, Allegan: “I find THE TRADESMAN to be ali you claim for it.” W. S. Devlin, general dealer, New Rich- mond: ‘Would not be without it for the price.” Wm. Hewitt, general dealer, Campbell: “J like the paper, and would not like to do without it.” ute C. A. Lockinaw, grocer, Kalkaska: “ey oT am well pleased with your paper. Itisa great help to me.” Edwin Medes, general dealer, Coral: “Your very excellent paper has been of in- estimable value to me, which has been duly appreciated.” C. E. Eaton & Co., grain, pork and general produce, Mason: ‘“Think we can get at least a dollar’s worth of general information out of it in a year.” Kellogg & Wooden, groceries and provis- ions, Kalkaska: “We like the paper very much, and shall continue to take it as long as it continues to come to the front.’ R. R. Hewson, general dealer, Coloma: “T like the paper and could not do without it for twice the price. I have taken trade pa- pers before, but have never found one I like as well as yours.” Robinson & Adkins, general dealers, Rothbury: ‘‘We cannot well do without your paper, and we have no hesitation in rec- ommending it to the trade atlarge. No live merchant in Michigan can well afford to be without it.” H.S. Phillips, drugs and groceries, Mill Grove: ‘I find that Tut TRADESMAN is worth $1 ayear for the news it contains, aside from the commercial reports. I have on my desk a copy of the Detroit Commer- cial and also the Chicago Commercial Bul- letin, but I prefer THE TRADESMAN to both.” ——_—___—-2 <<. ____ Telephonic Episode. 125—C. E. Belknap. “ >Morning, Mayor.” “Same to Tok TRADESMAN.” “Anything new over there?’ “Tet me see. Ihave just received notice from Washington that I have been granted a patent on a sleigh knee, an invention that will revolutionize sleigh making. The patent consists of a runner with a single knee, each runner being flexible, and the sleigh being perfect tracking, and easy to repair. The cost will be one-third and the capacity twice as great. It would take a large-sized fortune to handle this patent profitably, and I have not yet decided whether it is best to sell territory or organ- ize a big stock company here for its manu- facture.”’ ——-_—~ -9 << The Farmers and Mechanics’ Clothing Store has been closed on four chattel mort- gages, aggregating $12,800, as follows: One of $5,000 to secure indorsements, one of $4,300 to Wm. Houseman, one of $2,500 to Chas. W. Wooding, president of the Lowell National Bank, and one of $1,000 to Julius Houseman, The stock of goods it is said, will not invoice that amount. we a “Where is my boy to-night?” is the title of a popular song. Probably with somebody’s girl at one of the skating rinks.~- é A CHAPTER ON CHEESE. Visit to Three of the Factories in Holland Colony. Accepting the invitation of Mr. Frank Lamb, of the firm of F. J. Lamb & Co., a re- porter of THE TRADESMAN improved the occasion last week to visit three of the five cheese factories in the fertile region known as the Holland Colony. The first stop was at Zeeland, the location of the Amber fac- tory, which is owned and operated by F. J. Lamb, S. Brouwers and J. N. Louckes. This factory was erected last year at an ex- pense of $3,000, and enters upon its second season with flattering prospects. The amount of business done last year is best expressed by means of the following com- pilation, furnished by Mr. Brouwers: Num- ber of cows, 150; pounds of milk furnished, 570,000; pounds of cheese made, 60,000; average pounds milk to each cow, 3,800; average pounds milk to each pound cheese, 91¢; total receipts from sales, $6,900; ex- penses, $1,045. This is considered an ex- cellent showing. The present season, about 300 cows have been promised. The factory went into operation April 22, several ship- ments having already been made. A drive of four miles brings the pilgrim to Vriesland, where the Fairview factory is located. This factory was built by Mr. Lamb in 1878, and has been in successful operation each season since that time. John Borst is the present owner and manufactur- er, C. Den Herder is secretary and treasur- er, and Gerrit John Van Zoeren salesman. The following figures represent the business done during 1882 and 1883, respectively: pounds milk, 666,323, 526,344; pounds cheese, 66,481, 52,263; total sales. $6,575.24, $5,- 962.93; expenses, $1,206.05, $1,004.95. The factory began operations this year on April 16, and has a prosperous season in prospect. Drenthe is reached by a drive two miles further. The factory at this place was erected in 1881. It began operations this year on May 1, and has made about five tons of cheese to date. It is owned and operated by Van Regenmorter & Damstra, both prac- tical cheese makers. A. Riddering is secre- tary and treasurer, and S. Op’t Holt sales- man. The official figures for the years 1881, 1882 and 1883, respectively, are as follows: Number cows, 300, 275, 300; pounds milk, 872,026, 652,451, 793,984; pounds cheese, 83,490; 62,2913; 74,510; total sales, $8,619.21, $7,492.23, $7,804.55; ex- penses, $1,478, $1,275.68, $1,447.33 This year, something over 300 cows are promised, and the prospects are good for an increased yield. The drive from Zeeland to Drenthe is through one of the finest pieces of farming land to be found anywhere. Here the Hol- landers settled upwards of 30 years ago, and the changes they have wrought are wonder- ful to behold. Worthless swamp land has. been converted into fertile pastures and im- mense patches of onions are grown on ground where formerly echoed the hoarse croak of the bullfrog. Much of the produc- tive land has been brought under cultivation only through the most strenous and persis- tent effort. Pretty Holland cottages line the thoroughfares, in every one of which one may imagine he will find that prettiest of shome-mottoes, ‘Wel te vrede’’—well contended. the WHAT ONE MAN HAS DONE. “Frank Lamb has rendered the Holland Colony a service they can never repay,” said a prominent Holland merchant, the other day. ‘But it must be a satisfaction to him to known that he received sufficient re- muneration in all his ventures and that our people appreciate the fact that he has en- grafted a profitable industry among them. Coming here from Jefferson county, Ohio, with an experience of eight years in cheese making, he persuaded our farmers that there was money in the business, although it was uphill work to begin with. In 1877, he built the Hudsonville factory—now remoy- ed to Jamestown—and the result was so profitable that the next year he built the Vriesland factory, which he operated two years. In1880, the North Holland factory was erected, the next year the Drenthe fac- tory, andin 1883 the Zeeland factory, in which he still retains an interest. This de- parture from the methods which had been followed by our farmers for so many years was at first looked upon with distrust, but now they could not be prevailed upon to give up the dairy business. An average cow will bring in from $30 to $40 during a season, and I have known of instances where a cow yielded $60. The money re- ceived from their milk is a great help to the farmers, as it enables them to pay their store bills promptly, and last year—when their crops failed—it was their only salva- tion.” A PROPHESY AS TO PRICE. ‘“We’ll see cheese down to 7 cents before the summer is over,” said a leading jobber. ‘“Why so?”? asked the reporter. “Because every factory in the country is arranging to make more cheese than last year, and besides, look at the number of new factories that are beginning operations! Our cheese makers do not understand how to manufacture the product for export, con- sequently it has got to be all consumedjhere at home.” “Ts there any money init for the farmer at that price?” “Yes, they tell me that with cheese at 5 cents a pound the farmer still makes a re- spectable profit on his milk.” —_—__— 2 <—_____— “Something must be done to reduce the taxes on the poor man,” wrote a country ed- itor, and next week he received a communi- cation reading: ‘‘That’s it old fellow; keep up the fight for 3-cent beers.”’ a at The Perplexities of a Young Business Man. A business man sometimes begins his life of toil with exceedingly limited means for trade or professional skill. He is compelled to feel at the outset the truth of the prov- erb: “The destruction of the poor is their poverty.” He has little, perhaps, no capital of his own, on the basis of which he may | traffic or with the provisions of which he may labor. He starts in hiscourse under a pressure of want which, if it sharpens the wits for calelation and the contest, also tends to blunt the conscience and persuade him to excuse and palliate many a conscious wrong. ‘Lest I be poor and steal,’ was the reason given by one for his prayer against poverty. And its application remains for- ever. But poverty is a relative word. Its adap- tation to man’s condition is not actual and abstract, but contingent and proportional. The young man in business without ade- quate capital may not be actually destitute of food and personal comforts, but he is without the means of carrying on the trade in which he has engaged with encouraging or compensating success. To this extent he is poor and must live by his wits. He must keep up in skill and sharpness of calculation and in toil and perservering industry what he wantg in means. And hereis founda very severe pressure of perplexity and temptation.. A thousand anxious thoughts arise and schemes and visions of possible gain or of triumph over the adversities of his condition, occupy and excite his waking and sleeping meditations. An old writer has said that itis easy to drive a long team on a large common; but to turn it safely through the narrow lanes, and to guide it round the sharp corners of a city, requires great skilland care in the driver. Doubtless such an experience vast- ly promotes the individal skill, and when rightly guarded and governed, becomes the mother, however severe, of valuable traits of excellence and usefulness, and of a prosper- ity in after life which is more than a recom- pense for all the process of education. But many a young man in the fairest openings of trade, under the pressure of anxiety in long-continued contemplation, from this one source, is driven either to sink beneath the load of despondency or to hazard in unwar- ranted acts the integrity of his character, the peace of his conscience, and the prosperity of his life. It is a contest in which tried strength and honor grows with permanent confidence, but under which feebleness of principle, or fickleness of purpose, is sure to fail. In every class of business, the princes of the trade are men who began with nothing, and who look around on all the attainments .of their age with the honest gratulation that Rhicy had been dependant for their success and prosperity upon their own integrity, fidelity and skill. And the cireumstances of the commencement of active business life should not be regarded as a reason for re- gret, or cause for sorrow, for there is no other process less painful or harrrassing, which will so surely stir up the gift which may be in a man and bring out for circula- tation and use the veins of gold which may be imbedded in his hidden mines. If he be faithful, honest, honorable, his early strait- ness of condition will be an everlasting bles- sing. It is a soil that will yield to appropri- ate cultivation the richest and most lavish fruit. But it will involve care, thought, la- bor, purpose, and unshrinking honor to pre- vent its becomming not merely a perplexity in occupation, butea poison to the soul. 2 A mode of hanging paper on damp walls has been patented in Germany, and is be- lieved to possess some special merits of adap- tion. Lining paper, coated on one side with a solution of shellac in spirit, of somewhat greater consistency than ordinary French polish, is hung with the side thus treated towards the damp wall. The paper hanging is then performed in the usual manner with paste. Any other description of resin that is of equal solution in spirit may be used in place of shellac. According to the repre- sentations made of this process, a layer thus saturated wsth resin is found equally effec- tual in preventing the penetration of damp, and the practical value of the method would seem to be unquestionable. 2 More than 100 tons of human hair are an- nually bought and sold. Four ounees is an average clipping froma human head; so that 100 tons represent the product of from 800,000 to 1,000,000 heads. In Europe the heads of female criminals are shorn, and they supply a large market, but the greater part is bought by traveling peddlers. Be- tween the ages of 15 and 40, a woman will grow about seven crops of hair. 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JAPAN OrGIMNALY..-.... 20... 0.620. --e = + - LOR Spam Pato a 32@35 Japan fair to g00d.... 2... .. 0. eee eck 35@37 SUD IG ee 40@50 APE GLa ee 18@20 WOuUNe EVSON. 8.2. 25@50 Gum POweer..- 2.0.2 ol 35@50 OoOloney 3d@O45@55@60 CONS oie 30@35 SYRUPS. Corns Barkeis <. 03... ee @ 33 Gon: te Dbis.. 3... @ 3d Corn. 10 gallon kegs................... @ 36 Corn,5 gallon kegs.............. 000... @1 90 Corn, 4% gallon kegs.................. @1 85 Pure Sugar Drips, bbl................. 30@ 37 Maple Syrup, 5 gal kegs............... @3 10 Maple Syrub, 10 gal kegs.............. @6 00 SUGARS. Out Uae i ke cea 8 Powdered Standard... ... <.... <0 e.. ce. 8 Granulated Standard.... ........ fe oS 744 Granwnted, Of... 6... 2 ee W3¢ Standard Confectioners’ A............ ve 4 Standard Ae. oo8 oe oe oe < Bites Wie ©. eo oo. sco ccc kc co cs 63, @616 Extra Bright C...... cece cence ese OM @b6K iste Os. oe 534 @6 VOHOW Ci osu. chee os aE: - 54 @5K We call the especial attention of those de- siring to purchase new stocks to our superior facilities for meeting their wants. Our guar- antee is first-class goods and low prices. Careful attention given mail orders, Spec- ial quotations mailed on general line of gro- ceries when requested. ohn Cauligld. Ay " Drugs & Medicines Some Old Prescriptions. A certain General who was careless in re- gard to his person, although very brave on the field,- complained to Judge Bushe, of Ireland, of the intense rheumatic pains which he had to endure. Mr. Bushe claimed to have a remedy which would benefit his friend. After telling him to have his ser- vant bring him every morning, a tub shree- quarters full of water, he gave the following prescription: “You will then get into the tub, and having previously provided yourself with a pound of yellow soap, you must rub your whole body with it, immersing yourself occasionally in the water, and at theendofa quarter-of-an-hour the process concludes by wiping yourself dry with towels and scrub- bing your person with a flesh-brush. It is said that the General thought the matter over a few seconds, and then remark- ed, “It seems to be neither more nor less than washing one’s self.” Whereupon the Judge confessed that the prescription was “open that objection.” Another striking prescription, or, more properly speaking, antidote, was that sug- gested by Charles Mathews the elder, the commedian. During his last illness, a friend attempted to give him some medicine, and by mistake gave hima drink of ink. This frightened the friend, but upon telling Mathews of the mistake, the latter took the news cooly, saying, ‘““Never—never mind, my boy, never mind; I'll swallow a bit of blotting-paper.” . Still another prescription, equally as good, was given by Sir Richard Jebb, a physician of renown, who, when asked by a patient what he should and should not eat, said: “You must not eat the poker, shovel or tongs, for they are hard of digestion; nor the bellows, because they are windy; but eat auything else you please.” It is not always safe to follow prescrip- tious, as is shown in the case of one of Dr. Cheyne’s patients, for whom the latter wrote a presiription. Calling the next day, the Doctor asked if he had followed his pre- scription, and was answered in the negative; “For,” said the patient, “if I had I should have broken my neck, for I threw it out of a two-pair-of-stairs window.” D. Cheyne’s patient showed perhaps more sense that did the man who, when told to take his medicine in the ‘‘vehicle most con- venient or agreeable,” sent his servant to call a close carriage, so that he could get in it and swallow his medicine. A prescription safe for old or young, but nothing new to many ears, is the following: “Early to bed and early to rise Will make one healthy, and wealthy, wise.” Somewhat similar to this is an old one known in France during the reign of Francis I., which reads: “Rising at five, and dining at nine, Supping at five and bedding at nine, Brings the years of amanito ninety-and-nine.” and —————_2* > __ The Uses of Coal Tar. It is no longer than thirty years back th at coal tar was almost entirely valueless. In London it was sold at a halfpenny per gal- lon, and that was considered a very good price for a product which, in most of the towns in England, was given away by the mafiufacturers of illuminating gas for noth- ing, only to get rid of the ‘‘nuisance and en- cumbrauce.” Up to1856 only small quan- tities of benzine, naphtha and creosote oils were distilled from it. In that year the dis- covery of Perkin’s aniline violet attracted the attention of the industrial and commer- cial world, and coal tar entered the list of regular articles of commerce; the demand for it increased rapidly, and with it the price rose proportionally. At present the color industry consumes the entire production of benzine, the greatest portion of the naphtha, all the anthracite, and a part of the naphtha- line which are produced from coal tar. The value of coloring material annually produc- ed in England alone, from coal tar, is esti- mated at £2,200,000. Besides there are pro- duced over 1,000,000 tons ammonia and 95,- 000 tons sulphate of ammonia, worth more than £20 per ton. ‘The value of these side issues of the English gas works is said to tar exceed the value of the coal consumed by them, and which is estimated at £3,000,- 000 annually. This profitable utilization of the so-called gas works in England occupy themselves, in fact, mainly with the manu- facture of coal tar, ammonia, etc., and there- fore furnish the gas, as an incidental pro- duct, at a price only a little above the cost of making it. ——-+-—~ -. Glycerine and Glue. A German chemist named Puscher, a na- tive of Nuremberg, reported to the trades- union of that place, that he met with great success in using glycerine together with glue. While generally, after the drying of the glue, the thing to which it is applied is lia- ble to break, tear, or spring off, if a quantity of glycerine equal to a quarter of the glue be mixed together, that defect will en- tirely disappear. Puscher also made use of this glue for lining leather, for making globe frames, and for smoothing parchment and chalk paper. He also used it for polish- ing, mixed wax with the glycerine is not used. ‘The glycerine has also some proper- ties in common witn India rubber, for it will blot out pencil marks from paper so as to leave no mark whatever. A paste made of starch, glycerine and gypsum will maintain its plasticity and adhesiveness longer than any other cement, and therefore recommends bd The Advance in Pepper. From the Gil, Paint and Drug Reporter. After a long period of dullness the black pepper market shows signs of increasing strength and activity, both of which promise to become intensified in the near future. This condition of things is the work ofa syndicate, the operations of which have greatly aided their natural course. Several months ago the leaders of this syndicate, whose sources of information are evidently superior to those of the trade gen- erally, learning that this year’s crops were to be exceptionally light bought up the article, both spot and to arrive, quietly but so effectually, that they nqw hold almost en- tire control of the market. It is only within the past ten days that the situation has be- gun to be generally realized with the result of raising the market to steadily increasing figures. Despite the material rise shown by our market report, only limited quanti- ties are obtainable at ruling figures, the syn- dicate being evidently inclined to increase its profits. The season of the largest con- sumption of pepper is just opening and with this concentration of stocks a sharp advance is more than probable to figures far beyond the present market. The crop conditions on which the present movement is based are briefly as follows:—The Malabar and Lampong yield is reported to be nearly 7,000 tons short, while the Acheen and West Coast sources of supply are temporarily and practically closed. The Singapore crop will perhaps reach the average figures but the amount of it available for this market will be very much less than usual as is plain from the fact that Italy and in fact all south- ern Europe which has been in the habit of drawing its supplies from the sources first mentioned is obliged by the present scarcity of the white article to draw upon Singapore. It follows from the condition of affairs as thus outlined that an active and excited pepper market may be expected for a con- siderable time. ———_—~<+_4+ <> In addition to the artificial soda imported into Greece and the Orient for the use of soap makers, the carbonate of soda from the soda lakes ner Memphis, in Egypt, are im- portant. These lakes are dried up by the action of the burning sun during the period from June to September, and form a crust at their surface, which increases from week to week. The plains surrounding these lakes are saturated with the water, and also become covered with a crust of soda. It is for this reason that the incrustation was called natron—la natron, latroni—from the Arabian verb nathar, neither, that is, rising from the earth, sprouting, efflorescing. The soda is fished out of these lakes with iron hooks and filled into baskets, which are al- lowed to remain in the sun for several days. When completely dry, they are transported to Alexandria. The bones of animals (cam- els, sheep, asses, etc.) are thrown into these lakes, and the soda soon crystalizes about them. ——————(q@7 2 —__—_ A curious report is in circulation among the drug trade of New York,—that the chief official of the Republic of Venezuela is about to embark in mercantile pursuits, or to speak more definitively, as the prime mover in an attempt to control the crop of tonqua beans in that region. According to current rumor, he has made overtures to that end, and proposes to advance prices of the goods 100 or 200 per cent. as opportuni- ty may offer. If he embarks in this specu- lation he may “get left.” |©Tonqua beans, though not of as good quality as the Vene- zuelan product, can be obtained in consider- able quantities in Para. Ata wide differ- ence in price, an inferior article is likely to find a preference with the general consumer. Three dollars per pound for Angostora ton- qua beans, which is now talked of, would be apt to induce consumers of them to use substitutes, as brewers were said to have done when hops were $1 per pound. —————qoq@©8§ 2 — Where several hundred envelopes are to be sealed by moistening the gummed flap, or a large number of adhesive stamps to be at- tached, the ordinary method of moistening by the lips has been found to be impracti- cable. To meet this difficulty a new devise has been made of a wick enclosed ina tin box which supplies it with moisture. The old-fashioned way of counting money with the thumb and finger moistened by the lips has long been obsolete from the conviction that the handling in that way of bank notes long in circulation often leads to the propo- gation of disease. —__>_8 <> ____ A clerk in Smith & Pratt’s drug store at Blissfield recently gave Mrs. Chas. Kurtz tartar emetic in the place of rochelle salts, which were called for. The lady took a tea- spoonful of the emetic and came near dying from the effects of it. Dr. Eccles was sum- moned and by hard work succeeded in bringing her out of danger,’ after a great deal of suffering. Mr Kurtz says it is not yet settled between him and the druggist, although the woman is now all right. ——————————-2 A Surprised Doctor. The simplest remedies often prove the most effective cures. ‘‘Well, how are you to-day?” asked the doctor of a young mar- ried lady the other day. “My rheumatism has gone. I rubbed my knee for an hour with your lotion,” replied the patient. “Your knee! But you said it was your arm.” ‘Yes? but the exercise cured me!” ————-_ 9 A Wall street millionaire has received a begging letter asking for $26,000 to establish a home for decayed “point givers” on the WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, won eee eee eee eee ry Advanced—Balsam, Peru; Cuttle fish bone. ACIDS. Acetic; NO. 8000.20 gh 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 MEBEOCUG ©. es cacti ween es 35 OTe es ae cee 55 Muriatic 18 deg..............-0000 3 @ Nitric 88: dOR. 2.5.0 255i. 255. 8 ll @ Oxalic...... See cea vase ae snes 4%@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg................45. 38 @ 4 Tartaric powdered..............-- 48 Benzoic, English............. # Oz 20 Benzoie, German...............-5- 2 @ 1b Mannie. = 6 6.20.45. 5... 28s eee 1b @ Ii AMMONIA. MATDONRLR] 2s. .255 5.555. Rh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22¢)..............6- 15 Aqua 16 deg or 38f...............64- 6 @ 7 Aqua 18 deg or 4f...............005 7@ 8 BALSAMS. (Copia 2... .- 1... ss... -:------- @ 50 BR ee oa ee 50 MOV os es ieee oc ass ces 3 00 OW a 6 ae cen 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ 12 Cinchona, yellow..............++- 18 Hil, Select. ......:...-..2--5-.2--- 15 Elm, ground, pure...............--- 1 Elm, powdered, pure.............- 15 Sassafras, Of root.............-.06 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered..............- 20 Hemlock powdered..............-- 18 WWanOO 3.5.2... 3s se ee ees 30 Soap Zround... .......... cece eens 12 BERRIES, e Cubeb, prime (Powd $1 20)........ @1 00 SUMIPCR : 50 6s ees so . & @ fF Prickly Ash.-...-..........:...¢ 100 @111 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 ib boxes, 25c)... 27 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 tb doxes). 9 Logwood, 1s (25 ib boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, %Ss GO) oy... 13 Logwood, 4s GO 2 oes .. 15 Logwood,ass’@ do _.......... 14 Fluid_Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. PAMIVICR. 6 os Ss cs es ee os 10 @ il Chamomile, Roman............... 25 Chamomile, German........:..... 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes..........+.--+-++ 60@ %5 Aloes, Cape (Powd. 24¢).....-....++ 18 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 AQnIMONIAG.: 2.5.5. .5---. <5 sss. o-s 28@ 30 Arabic. extra select..............- 60 Arabic, powdered select.......... 60 Arabic, Ist picked..............--- 50 Arabic,2d picked............---6+. 40 Arabic,c8d pickod.............-.+.- 35 Arabic, sifted sorts................ 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 30 BenzZOiw.. 5.05.3... ssc ween so = 55@60 Camphor ..............22-ceeeeeeeee 22@ 24 Catechu. 1s (% 14c, 45s 16c) ...... . 13 Euphorbium powdered.... 35@ 40 Galbanum strained... 80 Gamboge.........-0--ee2: 90@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)......... 3d Kino (Powdered, 30c]............-- 20 INIA eyH Oy Ree Aeon ben Bnos ano go cddn 110 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $5.50).......... 415 Shellac, Campbell’s.............-- 35 Shellac, English.................-- 30 Shellac, native.............+s.eeeee 25 Shellac bleached..........--.seeee- 33 Tragacanth ............ceceeseecoes 30 @1 10 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Hoarhound .........cc ccc cs ce cccccccssccccces 25 MGC secs ns cs coe eee 25 PepperMint.......... ee cece eee ee cere e eee eee 25 WRAIO?) oe ee ww ee wes 40 Spearmint .......... cee cece cece eee en eee ceee 24 Sweet Majoram..............sserceecscececes 35 MANZY. .. 00. cc acc e cc ec cect este cee en eser eres 25 MPVINe 5... 23. ose eo eee nena eee = 30 WVOUVMWOOU 6 6c c bees. se scene oe cere = 3s 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 Cigmate 2 6 a a rene as 80 Phosphate ............---e+- eee eee 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25¢c)........... 122 @ 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 48, 12¢)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............- 8 @ 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered...............+6- 22 Senna tinnivelli....... 16 Wwe mae le. ca. ees os 10 BeiwledOnnas. 2.2. 65505562. 6. aes = 35 WOXPIOVE. «2 -.: 6. +3. 323s ss ss es 30 Temvane 6.6.6. ees. 35 BOSC, ted...) ... <.--.-.------«--- 2 3d LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1 50 Gin, Old Tom....................+-. 135 @1 %%5 Gin, Holland.....................-- 200 @3 50 Brandy 502s. es wees 175 @6 50 Catawba Wines..............605 6 125 @2 00 Mont WINES. 6.2 36.5... ws ce ee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ 23 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 Gameimed. «oo. tcc ss eine 7 OILS. : Almond, SWECt........-.--ce eee eees 45 @ 50 Amber, rectifled...............-6-+ 45 PNB as eo eee tess 2 00 Bay 8 OZ........ 2 cece ce eee ceececes 50 BerZaMont...........-sseecesceeees 2 00 WaStOI 2 oe soe = oe 18%@ 20 OrOvons =. 25s aes eee 2 WORJODUL «.,....-:..--..2---............0--2-- 65 Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 270 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Ib 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 60 Zinc, Sulphate.................2.5- 7 @ 8 OILS. Capitol Cylinder................se se ee eee ences 75 Model Cylinder...............ccecceccesscoeses 60 Gitelds COHMOCr...........-2.. 22sec cote ne ee ss 50 Bldorado Engine.............cccce cece cece eces 45 PeerlesS Machinery... ..........cccccccccecsces 35 Challenge Machinery.............ceeereeeees 2.20 Backus Fine Engine................cceeeeceees 30 Black Diamond Machinery...........-..0+0-+- 30 Custor Machine Oil.............. cece cece ee eees 6C Paraffine, 25 deg.............- Boudec es enoceaecs 22 Paraffine, 28 Geg.......... 2s ceccccccsessceccs 21 Sperm, winter bleached............ aut ec ese 1 40 Bbl = Gal Whale, winter..............c.ssee0s os 85 Tard, OXtra...... cece ccs e ces escee 75 80 Ward, No. §...:..5.......2-.--.5.--:.- 65 70 Linseed, pure raw..........eeeeeeee .- 59 62 Tanseed, DOUed .....5...----.....6-<- 62 65 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95 Spirits Turpentine..................- 389 45 VARNISHES. No. 1 Turp: Coach............ceecceeees 1 10@1 20 Mxtra GUGD.. 0. 22.525. coc cette ees 1 60@1 "0 Coneh BOGy: ... . 22... chsses ce cence _2 <> Smoke the celebrated Jerome Eddy Cigar, manufactured by Robbing & Ellicott, Buf- falo, N. Y. For sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids, Mich. Strawberries are selling in Charleston, S. C., at five cents a quart. —_————__ i> -)- - 6 only Scollops.......... 5inch —08 48 ASSORTED CASK. 6 only Scollops.........- 6 inch 10 60 ENGRAVED GLASSWARE NO. 145. 6 only Scollops.......... 7 inch ll 66 6 only ee. a 8 on es 1 e don Beis, Engd36 720 340 pony Covered Dishes. inch 45 —«90| 4 doz 4 gal Pitchers....Engd36 600 2 00 1only Sauce Boat...... 15] %4 doz 4% gal Pitchers....Engd 36 400 100 2 only Pickles i 22] 3 doz Goblets........... Engd36 110 330 ’ ‘. 0) Rens 28 i 5 Soni a asia os on aa A A - 1-6 doz Tin Casseroles...Engd 36 3 00 50 6 only Sugars........... No. 24 25 1 50| 1-6 doz 8 in Casseroles...Engd36 4 60 yi 6 only Creams.......... ae a tn 72) 1-6 doz 7 in cov’d bowls..Engd36 600 100 é ORI ora: ge 08 4g | 1-6 doz 8 in cov’d bowls..Engd 36750-1125 6 only Bowls...........- No. 36 06 36 | 14 doz Sm. Celeries...... Engd 36 ~— 3:00 id 4only Jugs...........-- - . - 3s "i eb ¥% doz Molasses cons....Engd36 350 1:75 wand 0 eee t 38 | 2 doz No.8 Wines....... Engd10 = 70:1: 40 Aonly JUGS............. No. 80 1 44) 3doz4in Comports............. 40 120 6 only Jugs.............No. 36 10 > 00| 1 doz Oval Salts................. 5 eee he gk ay | 2 G02 individual Saits.......... ee 6 Soap Slabs............. 07 1 doz Shaker Salts.............. 55 5 Se ae 07 : esti peur : Tierce $1 10. $19 81 Crate $2 50. $a2 65 Less Discount 10 per cent. + English White Granite Ware, English Decorated Ware, Chandeliers and Library Lamps, THE SUN LAMP, 86) lan Great Light. —With— 45 CANDLE POWER —AND— No More Broken Chimneys, Made of Brass and Nickel-Plated. —AND— Tt Cannot Break Wf it Falls. Fositively the Best Lap Made! " Net Prices Table Lamps, Nickel, 10in por shade doz $42 00 Table Lamps, Brass, 10in pore shade. doz 36 00 Founts, Nickel, for store fixtures....doz 30 00 Founts, Brass, for store fixtures ....doz 27 00 RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO., MANUFACTUREES AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOBKS, iver Boots and Drive Shoes, Calf and Kip Shoes for Men and. Boys, Kid, Goat and 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. CLARK, JHWELL & CO, WW ELOLESAILIsE: Groceries and Provisions, 83,8) and 87 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, . - MICHIGAN. Choice Butter a Specialty ! Also Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Cheese, Eggs, Jelly, Preserves, BANANAS and EARLY VEGETABLES. Careful Attention Paid tor Filling Orders. MC. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids, TIME TABLES. Michigan Contral— Grand DEPART. Rapids Division. +Detroit HXpress..:...........-..-....% 6:05 a m #Day Hxpress.-......225..5.-..2.252 35. 12:20 p m *New York Fast Line.................. 6:00 p m tAtiantic Hxpress..-..................- 9:20 pm ARRIVE. *Paecific EIXpress........5.....:....5.25 6:45 am tiocal Passenger..:..........-3......- 11:20 am PMGAAN sce ees 3:55 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 12:35 a. m., and New York at i0 p. m. the next evening. 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 Pesrlor 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 +Evening Express......... 38:20pm 3:35pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 a m GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40 ppm 12:55 p m +Through Mail............. 4:45pm 4:55pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35 pm PMEXROGC. 0525506 sss k 8:00 am *Night Express............. 5:10am 5:50am +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. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. THOMAS TANDY, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Detroit. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 p m tineinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:22 am Ft. Wayne & MackinacEx.. 3:57 pm G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. GOING SOUTH. Leaves. 9:50 am 4:45 p m 7:15am G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 6:32 am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05pm 4:32 pm Mackinac & ft. Wayre Ex..10:25am 12:32 pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 4:45 o’clock p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Castor Machine Oil The Castor Machine Oil contains a fair percentage of Castor Oil and is ig all re- spects superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or No. 3 Castor Oil. The OHIO OTL 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. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Grand Rapids, Mackinac City. ‘Train leaving 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, *M All 5c cc See 10:15am 4:00pm +Day Express.............. 12:50pm 10:45pm *Night Express............ 8:35pm 6:10am MAKOG) (5 os Says esses oe See 6:10am 10:15pm *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:50 p. m., and through coach on 10:15 a.m. and 8:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. ; Leaves. Arrives. MiXO0 905. 35 ee es 5:00am 5:15pm MIMDTOSS. 05. oe te) eas 2 4:10pm 8:30pm PORDVORS 0c i-5 bss sce ses 8:30am 10:15am Trains connect at Archer avenue for Chicago as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m The Northern terminus of this Division is at. Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P.M. trains to and from Ludington and PEHEREINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN—— Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Manistee. J. H. PALMER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. JOHN MOHRHARD, —WHOLESALE— Fresh & Salt Meats 109 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort, Free Pass No Bar to Recovery of Damages. According to the decision of the New York Court of Appeals, a railroad feompany is responsible in case of death by accident on its road of a person traveling on a free pass. Life Insurance—Assignment, The assignment of a policy of life insur- ance as collateral security for advances made to a third person vests the title to the policy in the assignee. The interest of the owner of the policy only extends to what remains of it after such advances have been paid. Until such advances have been paid, the owner of the policy, although he is under no obligation to repay the same, is not entitled to have it surrendered to him, or to receive the amount due thereon.—California Su- preme Court, case of Gilman vs. Curtis. Liability for Injury Occurring on Sunday. In Wisconsin the fact that an injury to a passenger in a street car, arising frem the negligence of a railroad company, occurred on Sunday, is not a defense to an action by an injured passenger against the railroad company; at least it was so held by the Su- preme Court of Wisconsin in the ease of Knowlton vs. Milwaukee City Railway Com- pany, the court declaring that the plaintiff did not by the fact of traveling for pleasure on Sunday become an outlaw, but was as much within the protection of the law, and was entitled to the same degree of care by the defendent to protect him from injury, as if he had postponed his ride on the defend- ant’s car until the following day. Assignment for Benefit of Creditors—Pow- er Retained in Assignor. B. conveyed his stock of goods, fixtures, ete., to A. to secure his creditors, but in the deed he directed that a certain bond giy- en him for the property assigned, but not payable for three years, should first be paid, and there was provision as to the disposition of thestore, fixtures and goods. In fact, the assignor continued in possession of the store, and sold and supplied the stock. A creditor filed a bill to set the assignment aside on the ground that a full and complete delivery of the assigned estate had not been made. In this case, McCormick vs. Atkin- son, the plaintiff sueceeded, and the defend- ant took the decree to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, where it was affirmed. Lewis, the presiding judge, in delivering the opinion, said: The deed for creditors is void, because the assignor has retained substantial control of the property assigned, for a deed of conveyance professedly to secure credit- ors, in which the grantor expressly or implic- itly retains a power inconsistent with and adequate to the defeat of the avowed object of the deed, is void as against purchasers or creditors. —____—.>-+2. It is surprising to be told what an amount of trade is still done on the strength of the war. Veterans are usually men who save little and enjoy life as they go along. To- baccos and pipes frequently bear names sug- gestive of war times, and there are legions of trinkets devised for sale exclusively in the soldier trade, such as army sleeve-but- tons, badges, officers’ photographs, and things of that sort. ' NOTIN and Summer 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 18.50 to $36 per Dozen, Straw Hats for Men, Straw Hats for Boys, Straw Hats for Ladies, Straw Hats for Misses. Hammocks Sold by the Dozen at New York Prices ! ! ——LARGE LINE OF—— Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods, 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. zt G&G Ea EV I. 36, 38, 40 and 42 CANAL STREET, - - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. JENNINGS & SMITH, PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Jennings’ MIavoring HE -xtracts AND DRUGGISTS’ AND GROCERS’ SPECIALTIES. 20 Lyon Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Groceries. Potato Starch Depression. The potato starch situation is just now an unsettled one. The price has been; weaken- ing for some weeks just at the time when it would naturally begin to gain strength. It now turns out that a few manufacturers have been, and are now making more starch, hence the stocks in manufacturers’ hands are not decreasing as they usually do. The whole stock of potato starch consumed by mills‘and bleacheries during the year is gen- erally made from September to December when potatoes are cheap. The starch man- ufacturers need to buy their potatoes at 25 cents per bushel in order to make starch at an average low price and usually this can only be done in the fall of the year. Pota- toes are so plenty this year, however, that manufacturers who are now running their mills are said to be getting their potatoes at 22 cents per bushel. The usual yearly product is about 10,000 tons. In 1880 the exceptional amount of 15,- 000 tons were made. An average amount was made last year and there is plenty in store to carry the market through at steady rates without the extra spring product which may amount to 1,000 tons. It is hard to tell what the course of the market will be. The leading starch man- ufacturers, as might be expected, are far from pleased at this innovation which so un- settles trade, and which will probably cause a surplus stock at the close of the year and tend to depress prices for the next season, They may retaliate by reducing the price to four cents per pound, in which case the situ- ation would become decidedly interesting. This will probably depend upon the course pursued by those who are manufacturing. Wotld Not Be Undersold. A few days ago the house manager of a certain jobbing establishment needed five cases of a certain brand of tomatoes which were ordinarily kept in stock, and stepped over to the store of a retailer in the neigh- burhood for the purpose of borrowing the same. The proprietor was engaged in con- versation with the house manager of a rival jobbing concern, but excused himself fora moment, to grant the request made. This proceeding aroused the suspicions of house manager No. 2, who imagined that No. 1 had come over to undersell him on that brand of tomatoes. Returning to No. 2, the mer- chant found that gentleman exceedingly wroth, and was informed that if he wanted any tomatoes hecould buy them now for less than cost, as No. 2 did not propose to be undersold by No. 1—not by a jug full. The merchant then and there struck up a bargain for 25 cases at 90 cents—10 cents lower than he had ever paid before—and congratulates himself that an unfounded suspicion saved him an even $5. ————)> o> Status of the Messmore Matter. It is now believed that the claims against Messmore, held by jobbing houses, will ag- gregate $25,000 instead of $13,000, as new claims are coming to the surface every day. It is thought that the assignment of his book accounts and other receivable bills to his wife was without proper consideration and consequently void, as he is alleged to have made a statement to a Detroit dealer, recent- ly, to the effect that all the money in his business was his own, and that in case of trouble he would have no preferred cred- itors. Harrison Harringer & Co., Phil- adelphia, have brought suit against Mrs. Messmore, by garnighee, on a matured claim for $1375, and other suits of a similar nature will be brought shortly. a A Bridegroom on His Dignity. On one of the Southern railroads there isa station called “Sawyer.” Lately a newly married couple boarded the train, and they were very loving indeed. ‘The brakeman noticed the gushing groom kiss the bride about two hundred times, but maintained a serene quiet. Finally the station in qnestion was reached, and just as the whistle sounded the groom gave the bride a rousing smack on the lip, and the brakeman opened the door and shouted: “Sawyer! Sawyer!” ‘What's that?” responded the groom, looking over his shoulder at the brakeman. “Sawyer,” replied the brakeman. “Well, I don’t care a d——n if you did; she’s my wife.” ——————>_ Mexico, for the purpose of extending her foreign commerce, is subsidizing steamship lines to European ports, and also to ports on the Pacific coast of Mexico and the East In- dies. Inducements are also offered for steam- ship service to ports in Central America and the United States. Mexico, with her deplet- ed treasury, is going ahead under the make or break policy. ————_—>_ 4 One thousand pounds of strictly “gilt- edge” butter are sold every week in the Bos- ton market at from 60 to 80 cents per pound. New York takes from 3,000 to 4,000 at the same price, and in both cities the demand is not equaled by the supply. ——_—~< +24 _> __—_ How to Make Cider Vinegar. A French method for converting cider into vinegar is a follows: Seald three barrels or casks with hot water, rinse thoroughly, and empty. Then scald with boiling vinegar, rolling the bar- rels and allowing them to stand on their sides two or three days, until they become thoroughly saturated with the vinegar. The barrels are then filled about one-third full with strong, pure cider vinegar, and two gal- long of cider added. Every eighth day thereafter, two gallons of cider are added until the barrels are two-thirds full. The whole is allowed to stand fourteen days longer, when it will be found to be good vin- egar, and one-half of itmay be drawn and the process of filling up with cider be begun again. In summer the barrels ore allowed to stand exposed to the sun, and in cold weather kept where the temperature is 80 deg. ——_—_——> 0__—_ The Genuine Brand. From the Philadelphia Call. Customer—Where is Mr. Blank? Boy—He has just gone out. Anything I ean do? Customer—I want five boxes of Key West cigars, just like those I got last time. Boy—I remember the brand. Here they are. Shall I do them up? Customer—Are you sure they are the gen- uine Key West cigars? Boy—Oh, yes! We made ’em ourselves. ——_—_—_—__—~<+ -<——____—_- White Star Potatoes. I see our friend O. W. Blain, at 152 Ful- ton street, agent for Mr. Ensley’s White Star Potatoes, takes some exceptions to my offering the genuine White Star Potatoes for $2 for a 3 bushel barrel, and no charge for barrel, claiming that they may be some- thing else than the genuine. If any one has any doubt of their being such, we refer them to D. M. Ferry & Co., of De- troit. Granp RApimps GRAIN AND SEED Cc., 91 Canal street, W. T. LAMOREAUX, Agt. —_—__—~.2<—___- _ A clock has been invented and is coming into use in Europe which is warranted by its manufacturers to run for five years with- out either winding or regulation. The Bel- gian government placed one in a railway station in 1881, sealed with the government seal, and it has kept perfect time ever since. : ————_—_—>_4 << ___ Of twenty-five samples of so-called butter analyzed in the District of Columbia more than twenty were adulterated, and a can of alleged milk was composed of sheep’s brains, chalk and water. a White Star Potatoes. We have a quantity of choice White Star Potatoes, grown by D. M. Ferry & Co., which we offer to the trade at $2 per 3 bushel barrel, and no charge for barrel. SEED STORE, 91 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. —————_—> > Shippers of butter and eggs would do well to correspond with E. Fallas, whole- sale dealer in butter and eggs, Grand Rap- ids, Mich., who is pickling eggs, as well as selling on the market. —_—_—__—._2<——___—_ A. Kuppenheimer & Co.’s new brand of “ Boquets” is out. He is now making 50,000 cigars a month. ee 185 | 36 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. PEEP ADS eee Declined—Kerosene. AXLE GREASE. Modoc .... #@doz 60 |Paragon... @doz 60 Diamond......... 60 |Frazer’s.......... BAKING POWDER. Arctic % Ihcams.............----e200: @doz. 45 Arctic 14 Tb CAMS........ 2... ee ewes ee ce ee ee eee 75 Arctic % DCANS. .. 2.2.2... cece cece eee eee 1 40 Arctie 1 GANS....:....3..-..2 25.005 ee ee es 2 40 Aretic 5 Cans. ........2:....2-.-+ 2+ -- +--+ 12 00 BLUING. BINY, NOge. 605-52 ie oes oe nd ce nt ena doz. 25 Bory, NO. 3.630. 2s ac oie g- se doz. 45 Liquid, 4 0Z,...... 0.2. .e ceed e eee ee ee doz. 35 Liquid, 8 02. .......:..50.------ 202-2 doz. 65 Avec 402... .5.26 oe ee ee 8 gross 4 00! ATetiC 8 OZ...... 2... eee cece cee tects eens 8 00 Aveticl6 02... ..:.-.....3.. <4 es eich aces 12 60 Arctic No. 1 pepper DOX..........-6-2 ee eee 2 00 Arctie No. 2 - BR ee ck a. foc os ss 3 00 Arctic No. 3 ee OO ras ets cleo ee as 4 50 BROOMS. INO: 4 Campet.......2..-.-..-------+-----+ 2 50 Io: 2 Carpet................-2.-----<---- 2 2% IO UN oe oe a see ee -e 2 00 NOs 2 girl 2.6... 8... 1% Fancy Whisk................ eee cece eee 1 25 Common Whisk..............2.c+esseees 85 CANNED FISH. Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............. 110 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 8 Jove Oysters, 1 i slack filled............. 1) Cove Oysters, 2 tb slack filled.............. 1 25 Clams, 1 th standards........-..-..+++eeee- 1 65 Clams, 2 f standards.............--.-+++-- 2 65 Lobsters, 1 f standards. .1 65 Lobsters, 2 i standards......... 2 70 Lobsters, Picnics......... ....-- 1 50 Mackerel, 1 ib fresh standards............ 1 20 Mackerel, 5 i fresh standards........,...6 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib........... 8 50 Mackerel, 3 bin Mustard.........-.--- ..-8 50 Mackerel, 3 i broiled.......++++- Sees gs 00e 0 OU Salmon, 1 ih Columbia river............... 1 60 Salmon, 2 Columbia river............... 2 60 Salmon, 1 tb Sacramento.................. 1 50 Sardines, domestic 148..................005 8 Sardines, domestic %48................6--. 12% Sardines, Mustard %8..................4. 15 Sardines, imported 148...................- 15 Sardines, imported 4S.................5.5- 20 Sardines, imported %s, boneless.......... 32 Sardines, Russian kegs................5-- 50 Trout, 8 brook...........4. eee. 3 00 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 standards ......... ee 1 10 Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......... 2 80 Blackberries, standards............--..++: 1 20 Cherries, red...... 6... cece cece cece eee eens 1 00 Cherries, White ...........00.ee cece ee ee eens 1% WDAMSONS 6.50662 622s Mew soe 2-20 1 20 Egg Plums, standards.........---+s+eeeeee 1 35 Egg Plums, Erie..............-:eeeeee eens 1 45 Green Gages, standards 2 ib. weasel 40 Green Gages, Erie........... ..1 50 Peaches, 3 ib standards.... 1% Peaches, 3 i) Extra Yellow.. 2 09 Peaches, seconds.............- 1 65 Pie Peaches 3 tb..............-+4-- soeec sl 20 Pears, Bartlett 2 I. ..... 6... eee ee eee ee eee 1 30 Pineapples, 2 Ib stand..............-..+--- 1 40 Qiimees ........-........----------------..- 1 45 Raspberries, 2 Ib stand..............----- al 25 Raspberries, 2 Ib Erie................--+05+ 1 40 Strawberries, 2 Ib standards............... 110 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Apricots, LUSK’S............. eee cere eee eens 275 Egg Plums...........2ceceeese eee e rec ecees 2 85 Green GageS........-....20+---eeeee «2.2 8D PPOGAA oo ee se eta ete 3 00 QUINCES 22... cece eee eet eet eens 3 00 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...............00e-- 8 25 Beans, Lima ...........- 2. cece sees cece eee 80 Beans, String .. .ccece cece cece cece cece ees 90 Beans, Boston Baked................---+5+ 1 65 Beans, Stringless...............0---- see 1 00 (orn, HMC... ........--.4....------..-::+.-- 115 Corn, Revere...........2 ee ee cece cece ecee ees 1 20 Corn, Egyptian...............------2see5e 110 Corn, Yarmouth............-2-- esse eee ees 1 20 Corn Trophy..........2-.e2ee2-- scence eens 115 Corn, 2% Onandago.........-.-----..-e5- 1 50 Gorn, Acme. ---.....-.....:--..----- =: 1 25 Corn, Winslow....-......-...-.---.- ----:-- 1 25 Corn, Excelsior................-.-.-.....-. 110 Mushrooms, French..........-...-0-.e++: 22@24 Peas, standard Marrofat...............-+: 1 40 Peas, 2 Ib Early, small (new).......-....-- tbo Pens, 21) BEAVEr...............------------ 45 Peas, French 2 th.............-.------- +200 23@26 Pumpkin, 3 t Golden..............---+-+-- 1 iv Succotash, 2 fb standards.................- 85 Sueccotash. 210 8.& M.............:-.-.-.- 175 Squash, 3 tb standards................-+--- 1 20 Tomatoes, 3%b Dilworth’s...............+-- 1 05 Tomatoes, 3 tb Jab Bacon................-- 1 00 Tomatoes, gal. Hrie................-- eee ee 2 95 Tomatoes, Acme 31D............-2---- 200s 1 20 CAPS. GoD es es 35 |Ely’s Waterproof 15 Musket........... 75 CHOCOLATE. Gorman SWeet.-.......:.......-4--+ =:-- @2 Pakers ks. ce eee @AQ MAINS ce ss ee @35 Wienna sweet........-2.2.....-....-+...- @25 COFFEE. Green Rio....12 @14 |Roasted Mex.174@19 GreenJava...17 @27 |Ground Rio.. 94@17 Green Mocha.25 @27 |Ground Mex. @i16 Roasted Rio..12 @17 |Arbuckle’s.......@15% Roasted Java24 @34 |XKXXX........... @15% Roasted Mar.17 @19 |Dilworth’s....... @15% Roasted Mocha : Leverings........ @15% CORDAGE. %2 foot Jute ..... 135 160 foot Cotton....1 75 60 foot Jute..... 115 |50 foot Cotton....1 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. JCMNINCH 2 OZ.........-:.----------4- # doz. 1 00 : MOF eae 1 50 2 OOF 8 i ee: 2 50 “e BlOZ8 ea es ce ns = 3 50 a INO. 2 Taper... 6... .. 5.6: 1 25 ne No 4 ees: 1 75 a ¥% pint round...............-.--- 4 50 ce 1 ee eee 3 00 * WO. 806. es eee 3 00 ee IWO10 ee 4 25 Vanilla. Sewmings 2 O%...:.-..--.-5..--45..-s: # doz. 1 40 - A022. 5 foe ss ee ee se 2 50 es OOF. ar ee, eee 4 00 “ BOW. oe ee ccc ae eee eee 5 00 a No.2 Paper ..5:. 03 5..5 62. .- s 1 50 ‘s No. 4 Taper. .....?:-2..-.--2----- 3 00 ‘6 1% pint round..........-.......-- 7 50 . Ipint round ................:.-- 15 00 ss NO. So se ee 4 25 se No. 10.) 00... .2....-5 boas ise. 6 00 FAUCETS. Faucets, self measuring.............. @2 50 Faucets, COMMON............. 22 e eens @ 35 FISH. Whole Cod............. wo. 4% @6% Boneless Cod..........- . HA@TY@8% Herring % bbls.100 b.. .2 75@3_ 00 Herring Scaled.................0.. 000 28@30: Herring Holland..................6655 @1 18 PRIOATOUS. 5.5 oe hcg cas cas oo oes @l White, No. 1,% DbIS .............. sees 8 00 White, Family, % bbls................ 4 00 White, No. 1, 10 kits............. bo 110 Whise, No.1, 12 i kits.............. os 1 2 Trout, No. 1, % bbis..............068- 4 %5 Trout, No. 1,12 kits................ 90 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbis............... 6 50 Mackerel. No. 1, 12 Ib kits............ 110 FRUITS. London Layers, NeW.........-.--..+++- 2 %5 Loose Muscatels Raisins, new........ 2 50@2 60 New Valencias Raisins................ 74@i% MOBO es ee ae cee @3 25 (SUGATAS ole ee ee oe ee @li1 Turkey Prunes ...............-0++ 64@6% MUINTONIS 62 ia ee se 54@6 RETO ao ost ie i we see ces; 8@20 Dried APPICS 25.56.55. a see ce wesc ees 8 @8% MATCHES. Richardson’s No. 2 square............--+++: 2 70 Richardson’s No.3 dO. ............--e0 55 Richardson’s No. 5 QO 66 ee 1 70 Richardson’s No.6 dO. ..........-+.200- 2 70 Richardson’8 No.8 dO. ..........-.eeeeee 170 Richardson’s No.9 dO. ............ceeee 55 Richardson’s No. 4 round .............--.+6- 2 70 Richardson’s No.7 do .. Oe hs fase 2 55 Kichardson’s No.7% do .. .1 70 Electric Parlor No.17......... .3 80 Electric Parlor No. 18............... 5 70 Grand Haven, No. 9...........+.-00+- .2 40 Grand Haven, No. 8..........--..seeeseteees 1 70 20 gross lots special price. MOLASSES. Bigok SHAD «3.5 oie oc resect pe cc esses neeess @18 POvto. BlG0 653 obs kes Fike a 8 New Orleans, good ae chance ees oo sien iis) New Orleans, fancy..............--+++2++° Syrups, Sugar....... vee oa a coc ee ees 21 @B5Q@A5 OATMEAL, 2b, os OL. Pure Maple... 0.2. 6.2. } Bic Pour, 2xil2........-....-.- : ae @50 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ TSU Bie Rour,3xt2 1.6.0... 026... 2. :... 2. @50 Pepper Sauce, green...... a . @ 9} Darby and Joan, all sizes.............. @50 Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... @! 30 (Durkey,; 160z., 2xl2...........:........ 50 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 60 | Blackbird, 16 0z., 3x12................. @34 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @Q OO PRea Hox ee, @50 Catsup, Tomato. quarts .............. @l3s01Bio Drive a @52 Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00 | Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @48 Horseradish, pints............202.0006 Gi aiGlorg @50 Capers, French surfines............... @Z 25 WDM NAM oo... e ce coe c oe ee coins ee @48 Capers, French surfines, large........ @3 50 {Silver Coin... ..............-.... 55 cS @50 Olives, Queen, 16 0z bottle............ @3 85 | Buster [Dark]..................--++--- @36 Olives, Queen, 27 02 bottle............ @6 50 | Black Prince [Dark]................... @36 Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... @7 00] Black Racer [Dark]................... @36 Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co,’s...... @4 00 | Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @50 Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... @2 50 U@ltmax... 6.2.82... esto. eee ee @50 SEEDS. OIG RASt oe coco cn een Se @48 Hemp Bi, McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @A8 oe me e a ee Meee eee te on SOAP. Mea 2 @50 Kirk's American Family ........3 6% noe er Bee chee ue. se sae Out oO. MOG ee 614 VECSCOING 65 6 6c coco aic nee ccc ecese reece « do. Savon Oe ea Gos | black Oe ee. --- oo do. Satinet. 6% Black Bass.........1......e0csssesecees Gio Wo. Revenue (ies 5% | True Grit..... SUC c ws eee ee ano, @35 do. , White Russian................ 540 |Nobby Spun Roll..............-....++ @50 Goodrich’s English Family ..... ae 5% | Spring............... @o0 do. IPrinC@SS .......55...5..02. 414 | Grayling, all styles @50 Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ........... 675 | Mackinaw....................eeee seen @A7 do. Japan Olive ...... 5 Horse BNOG cle @5 do. Town Talk % box 317 Good Luek.....................-....... @50 do. Golden Bar........ 4 20 Big Chunk or J.T... ce... ce ce @40 do. Arab 3 45 Pigin PACOr seo... se @37 do. Amber.... es 3 75 D. and D., black...... Perec dccwe ues as @37 do. Mottled German... 429 | McAlpin’s Green Shield............... @48 Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ @3 40 | Ace High, blgelke 6 oo cas, @35 Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... @3 25 | Ghampion A.............. eee eee ee ee @48 Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 15 MARLOES) SOIMGE: ooo. oe coals @48 Badger 2 ee 60 tbs @ 6% Saeed Ss eet ech tee ccc. bea. cease @50 Bvanie 4 2) | Shot Gun....... gue. eeeeee cece cece eens @48 XXX Mlectric. 2. Gs . DUGK . 2... s oe @ ou oucuulaee, Ju cece cee @i8 MOMN Borax oe @4 20 NOR oe ee ec @40 Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ib br @ 21 Apple Jack claire efile « Souci wlats cc aeia Slee oe @50 Tip Top Ce 3 i bar @ 16 oaek Rabbit. ...................55...... @A2 Ward’s White Lily................00008 @6 5 | As M.. 2... ee eee eee ee eee eee es @35 eo erebiet Beate scence cat @A 2 SMOKING. Sidall’s Pee 3 00 Chain .... @22 Be eee 6 50 | Arthur's Choice... ...... 2 ee oe 5 00 Seal of Grand Radids.................- @25 we ee ee ke New French Process...............++- 4 50 ee teres ge ea 5 00 PUG... ee sae ee ae eee eee ee se deel use @30 Rorewaskioacd 0 op | Pen eet Daham, 4anad.......... Ge Vatorland 3 D5 Amber, +6 and bib... ...... 0... 3... @15 ee 4 30 Dime Smoking. .........-............6: M22 Pi Peis UR eta. eee 400 | Red Fox Smoking...........- +2022 00+ @26 noe, weet eee eee ee eee eee eee eens 6% Pame Kaln, Clube. 0... 6 6t2 6.5... @Ai Coe eo B Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut........ @90 Moiedeailie. 2 Ce ounee eee ee DIC ee ee ee 4@25 ee a Peerless ........: Silas eee eh ice ga a @25 : : eo bee BOG. Ae ee es ; ox Ree ee ge SO SIO ee Naster, 109 % tb cakes.................. @5 00 ee rice ee ae Stearine, 100 3 t) cakes............... GG wea a @35 Marseilles, white, 100 % T cakes...... Gee a Sotton Oil, white, 100 34 Ib cakes...... @6 2 eee es Ay Mapkin, 25 bars....... ase GE | ene RITES «yi mesg det srr nke eset oo (Rowel. 25: DANS. 2 ke acs. @5 25 Gold Block Oe a> Best American, 691 ib blocks.......... Ge i gee: oo Palma 60 1 I blocks, plain............. @ 5% Gon oks ne aay @m Lautz’s 60 1 tb blocks, wrapped........ @ i inggran Head @19 German Mottled, wrapped............ @ 6% Buia on ee @% Savon, Republica, 60 fb box............ @ 5% do a am Blue Danube, 60 1 Ib blocks............ @ 5% do iy no Qs London Family, 601% blocks......... @ 5 do Sc oe Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped........ GsiOveaovand 0 oo Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. Ge oe Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped............ enw, oo Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped. : @3 25 Waites ie ee @30 Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped..... a 2 oa x A @26 Marseilles Castile, 3 doz in box....... Gay. ha ae bo SPICES. GCutea ae Ground Pe per, in boxes and cans... 16@22 Fox’s De ee eee acct eee eect ee ee eres @22 Ground Alanice.......6..0 us 12@20 | Grayling ......--.--..4.-.............. @32 PPAMAON 6. i, 16@30 | Seal Skim... eee ee eee @30 Cee ea 20@25 | Dime Durham ....................6.45- @25 Ginger. . CO : pee Dees so ey cece ee @26 ustard.... 5 MOG OHPN cust @28 Cayenne. ey 5 Dis Oe @26 Pepper 34 Ib ® dozen............0 00006. pe i allrowd BOY.) 66) 8 oe @37 Allspice 4% D........ 75 | Mountain Rose........................- @20 Cinna on. \ tb 100 | Good Enough a 23 oer ich | se fens Sguen. 2. cos c. @2' Cloves 4 oa oa 75 |Home Comfort, 4s and 48............ @25 Pepper, whole. @1s | Old Rip, long cut..............-....--. @60 Allapica @10 {| Durham, long cut..................... @6 GHRSTAR ee ee es @12 pau ee 45 Rae seca ey cea s gees oo are @25 Pie ee. 2 @2 WO Nickle, %8.......- +00 se sees eee ee @26 Nutmegs, No. 1.........--.ccececeees 70 @is | ctar Durham. ..-.........--.......-... @25 STARCH. Golden Flake Cabinet.................. @A0 .., | Seal of North Carolina, 2 02.........4 @52 ee con : 7 paonnee oe @6% | Sear of North Carolina, 4 0z........... @50 y package.............. @6% : ee Seal of North Carolina, 8 02........... @A8 Muzzy Gloss 6 ib boxes................ Qt Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz boxes @50 Muzzy Gloss bulk...........-..+-++++0 , 28 | Big Deal, 4s longcut..............0.0. @27 Muzzy Comm Us. .c 6 o.os ee 64@7% A le Jacek a ] 9 Special prices on 1,000 ib orders. pple Jack, 48 granulated. .......... Gee Kingsford Silver Gloss............... @8 King:Bee, longcut, 4s and 74s........ @z Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 Ib box : @y, | Milwaukee Prize, 48 and \s.......... @24 Kingsford Corn...........00c0e0s0eee es sy@s, | Good Enough, Sc and 10c Durham.... @24 Oe ee a | ee 8 BB, es and Me... at Mirror GIOSS... 2.2)... eee ees. @6i% |v rr ates ee @28 Mirror Gloss, COrn.............222eee08 @6x% | Windsor cut plug...... @% Pics Pearl. o.oo. oi ee oe @4 nee Niagara Laundry, 40 box, bulk. 1.1. Gs, | Per Soe 3 Niagara Laundry, bbls, 186 tbs........ @5 Oia co Beans since: 2 Niagara Gloss, 401 ib packages........ Gye a ONRECES 6-2 e ee aoe oees 23 Niagara Gloss, 363% packages....... ,@6 eme EEG oe eo ada eos a 23 Niagara Gloss, 6 b box, 72 Ib crate.... @7 VINEGAR. Corn, 401% packages................. G@UA | Rure Cider... 25. oie oe, 10@12 American Starch Co.’s White Wine... .. — 10@12 “Pe ae eee Gai WASHING POWDERS. SW GlOSS) ie kas @6 1776 Pg bb chenee eee cece eter e eet eeenenee @10% 6 Gloss, WOOd DOXOS...............45 @7 | Gillett’s PD ............ cece eee ee @ 1% Taple Gorm... oa es 40 tb @bY, | Soapine pkg...........-.. cee eeeee eee eee 7@10 Mahle GOL 6.5.0.0 ee 20 Ib @1 IBOLPa xine DOK...... 2... eee e scene @3 75 Manner: DUK. 2.0... ccc ssc os ces ses ce @4 | Pearline ® box.............. 0... e ee eee @4 50 Hovey’s 1 m Sunday Gloss............. @i% YEAST. Hovey’s 3 Sunday Gloss..,.......... @1% | Seneca Falls “‘ Rising Sun”’.............. 1% Hovey’s 6 Sunday Gloss, wood box. @8 | Twin Bros....... 7 |Wilsons .......... 1% One Mrs, Potts’ Polishing Irons given free | Gillett’s......... 1% |National......... 1% with each box or crate of Sunday Gloss Starch. STONEWARE. MISCELLANEOUS. Pee SOR ee ence cetecaseranaece se 3 30, 40, 50@60 Poa 7 do _—-waterproof.................. 1 50 Sow POLISH. Bath Brick imported .................. 95 Rising Sun gross..5 88|/Dixon’s gross...... 5 500i p os PEI EE n= ann sete een sss fo Universal .......... 5 88; Above # dozea..... 50 Bor ee ae etree t Hosen hatte tt ss @3% ee 5 50 es a ; es ag a hee ewe caste « e SUGARS. Midge Aviecegt Ao. Granulated... .... 26... 65.0.) ceeds @'7 44 | Condensed Milk, Eagle brand............. 8 10 Out Oat. 6. iste sari sce cen cee tosis @85 gue ata e on Ve 1 B@ oe ream Tartar 5 an GANS....<.... @25 Candies, Star... 65. s Sse c oso aad esse @15% Candles, Hotel........... @16% Sree ee doz. or : imneys No. 1............ oO ee ‘ do NCS oc icccs state oc cress asi @46 VOUOW Ou. oins6 se od ee ece. Cocoanut, Schepps’ 1 b packages. @26% SYRUPS. Cocoanut, Schepps’1& % tb do. @2i% Cc B 1 OFA, BAITOIS. oo. cisco cacee esate @ 30] Evaporated Hulled Corn 50 cases... @ Il Corn, % bbis........... @ 8 tract Coff Com, if es Sh eseeres orks Ex MOGs Ve Oe sooo. coca cete ges cs 95 phy gall Wee sie Sep sicss Uoeekete do GUS cio. nas = tous porn, : gallon kegs..........2- 2.06.00 Flour, Star Mills, in bbls ..........:. 5 HO Gort Fs ee one a in Sacksi...... ......5 0@ ‘0 | Flour Sifters @ a Fowls....... | Pork Sau Gum, Sornee. sc. ok 35@40 Ink # 8 dozen bOx......-.......... 000 1 00@ GUY WY POU oon ee cs eed @ 6 do Glass Tumblers # doz............ @i5d Bye @ 2 doz. CASES... ..... os ces cee 1 55@ Macaroni, Imported......... ......... @13 DomMestiG: =) 0 6 @ 5% French Mustard, 8 oz @ dozen........ @80 _ do Large Gothie........ 1 35@ Oil Tanks, Star 60 gallons........... 12 00@ Oil Tanks, Patent 60 gallons.......... 14 60@ Peas, Green Hush... 2... 2.5. o.oo c as 1 @ do Split prepared................... @ 3% Powder, Keg... 5 50@ do te Oe 3 00@ Sago 5@6 SHOU, GROOM... - 5.2... 68. gies ek. 1 NH@ GO PUCK. 2... ee 2 1b@ BAGG Ls @i Tobacco Cutters each ................. 1 25@ wiles 2 18@23 Tapioca ..... ee aes ss ose ee 5@6 Wicking No. 1 gross... ..-.. 0.55.05. @A40 do INOS2 2 oo. eo oe ce ce, @65 G0: Areand .2.5002. 6.25.6. 1 50@ CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. pealent, a0 Th DOMES... 22... 5.222. . k. @16 wist, G0 500 ee @103 Cut Loaf @O. 62 an MIXED. Royal, 20 pails..................... 10% Royal, 200 tb fe Wtra. on ib pals... .......... 11% Teen 0 ns... - French Cream, 25 i pails.................... 14 Cit lhae 9h oused.. -............-.. 50s... 14 Phen 20 0 polls ...._.........,..-...... ee IBSBOROR, 200 ID DUIS: .. coo. ce 10% FANCY—IN 5 ib BOXES. IOMOM PRONS <2. oo ooo. ooo oe oc cc ko oc. 14 SOUP DFODS «0... oe oo ek 15 Peppermint Drops... . oo. .5 ce cc cece couace 16 @HOCOIAEE DLONG. - .. 2. oi. ccc cl ecccececs se 17 H M Chocolate Drops...... 2.2.0. ccceucceess 20 Gum Drops 2.2... ose 8 oe 2 ICORICG DRONE | oo oo coe co oe once cease 2 BB Hieorice Drops... =... 2... cee ck; 14 Mozenwges. pla... -.:. 2... .52. oe cee. J6 HOZGnRGH, Printed. . 6... eo oo eon ce. 17 WIOWOMIAIS o.oo 16 Mien 16 Cream Bar......... Re 15 Molasses Bar................ : 14 Caramels. <. 8... 20 Hand Made Creams............---s+-ss0000e. 23 Blain @reams 9 2 2 Decorated Creams....... ..........-...2..., 23. String Rock........ oe 16 ieee Almonds... oe oO 24 Wintergreen Berries........... .... ie Fancy—in Bulk. Lozenges, plain in pails..................... 14 Lozenges, plain in bbls...................... 13 Lozenges, printed in pails................... 15 Lozenges, printed in bbls................... 14 Chocolate Drops, in pails.................... 14 Gun Drops, in pails... 2. 6... cece ce ccc 8 Gum: Drops i DBIE...... 2.2.5 225. eee kk 7 Moss Props, in palls....-..... 2.2.5.2 ck ll Moss Drops, in DDS... 2... 2... co es ee ce ce ke 9% Sour Drops, i patls...... 2. .c co cccc eee on 12 Imperiaiswin parls.................. 2.2.2... 14 periaisc im ODIs... 2.0... oe ck es ek 13 FRUITS. OFAN en WOK... <0... oe. e ce es cece @4 56 oon — We WOM. oc... ok ranges, Imperials, #2 box............ 45 75 Oranges, Valencia ® case............. — EOmOnS, CHOICE... ... 22.6.5 cnn os eee 3 00@3 25 Hemons, fancy... ............. ......e- 3 50@4 00 Bananas @ bumeh...-.......:......-.<. 2 00@4 00 Malaga Grapes, ® keg................. Malaga Grapes, @ bbl.................. Bigs ayers @ Me... ....-...2.... 12@16 Bigg tameéy do ..................2.... 18@20 Figs. baskets 40 Ib ® tb... 0... @l4 Dates. frails 00: 1 6 Dates, 44 do G0). e 7 Dates, skin..... Be ack @6 IBVREGR, Se SIM |e Dates, Fard 10 tb box ® ............. 0 Dates, Fard 50 ib box # b....... = Dates, Persian 50 Ib box # bb..... PEANUTS. Steady. Prime Red, raw @ Ib... .....2....2.25 5. Choice do Oe oe... @ & Fancy do QQ 20. @9 Choice White, Va.do .................. 9%@IO ancy EP Va *dq .... 2.2.2.2... 10%@11 NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, # Ib......... uc. 18@I& Almonds, Ioaca, Go. 16@17 Brazils, G0 26 9@10 Pecons, QQ 2-2-5553: 10@14 Filberts, Barcelona do ............. Filberts, Sicily GO 2.66. @14 Walnuts, Chilli do 2 @12% Walnuts, Grenobles’ do ............. 14@15 : b Rca See GO. 2 2 .8., Ocoa Nutss@ 100. ke eck. 50: Hickory Nuts, large ® bu............. oe Hickory Nuts.small do ............. 1 2h. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co quote as follows: PORK. Heavy Mess Pork. ..............+..5....; $17 374 Back Pork, short cut................0005 7 5e Family Clear Pork, very cheap........... 19 00 Clear Pork, A.. Webster packer........... 19 %5 S. P. Booth’s Clear Pork, Kansas City.... 19 75 Pixtes Cloak POE... 66. oo. ek 20 00 @lear Back Pork, new..................... 20 75 Boston Clear Pork, extra quality......... 20 59 Standard Clear Pork, the best............ ». 21 25 All the above Pork is Newly Packed. DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 fb. Cases....... 914 do. Half Cases......... 9% Long Clear medium, 500 Ib Cases....... 94 do Half Cases....... 9% Long Clears light, 500 tb Cases.......... 9144 do. Half Cases.......... 9% Short Cleanse, heaivy....... 0... 0.62. c 00s. 934 do. TREC 2... 2. 8. oe cs 934 do. Hong 934 Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 fb cases.. 10144 Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ib cases.. 10% ixtra Long Clear Backs, 300 tb cases.. 10% Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ib cases. . 10% Bellies, extra quality, 500 ib cases...... 9% Bellids, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... 10 Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 Ib cases...... 1014 LARD. MICRCES 2.62. 6c 856 Mianacem Tube... 2... 3... 8%. LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 tb. Round Tins, 80 fb racks............ 8% 50 i Round Tius, 100 Ih racks.......... 8% 3 Ib Pails, 20 in a case................0.. * 95¢ 5 i Pails, 12in acase................... 9% 10 Pails, 6in a case ................... 936 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 134% Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 138% do. Heht...... 4 Shoulders. plait... .....---22 2c. 9% Extra Clear Bacon........ 0... cc ccc nes 11% Dried Beef, Extra............c0c.0c000% i4 Dried Beef, Hams...............-...... 16 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 fbs...... 12 00 CANNED BEEF. Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 cans, % doz. DWCGHSG: (5... ee, 19 00 do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case.... 3 00 Armour & Co., 14 ib cans, % doz in case 20 00 oO. 2 Ib cans, 1 doz. in case.. 3 00: do. 2 Compr’d Ham, 1 doz.in case 4 00: SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. IPORW SHUSARO: oo ooo. boo ne ic wen ce cee 9 fQa SAUSHOO. ||. oo occ et ce ec ce ee 15 TONn@UCG SQUSHEEC.. 2... 0.0 ccc. e ce es cceceeie ll WAVON BOMSSIO. oo. oo. ok nce vosceccnccuuee 8 Frankfort Sausage.........ccccccccccecceess 10 BiIOGe Savegte. oo... cso cee oe tee 8 OIOOMA. LIN. 6.5... ook. occ e oo eke ce 84. Bologna, straight.................eccseee eens 8% WROlORR: CHICK. «ooo co coc sve ccce cccces bcese ss 8% rOaer QNGCHG.. cco e ee oe 8 PIGS’ FEET. Weert Darrele. 2.5. ce ce cs oe oe a 3 90 In quarter barrels... 2 PREMIER oo cs oo os eee le ws nb he ccc cca: TRIPE. Er Nake DOPEOlG ci... oo oe cc $3 50 Im quarter barrels... ...... 6c... cece ce ceee 1 70- We oes i 75 Prices named are lowest at time of goin press, subject always to Market ghanieee. e“ FRESH MEATS, John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef, sides.............0..000.. ‘ Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 10° Ont Wresked Hogs. 5 ic. so. cone hoe ccc ce 8 9 oa GALCASSES. 66 6. oe cece cece -«.10 @l1 PivasGevseGasucesseces cl BHM eee fe neeeeee er eesces 10: cat am) , A a . ov \%% Phoenix XK... 115 + » G d CARPETS AND CARPETINGS. Hardware ‘PLANES. ry 00 S. Spring & Company quote as follows: ce i = La Bi fanGy. oe a dis 15 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. - : is a “e va ewee sete c eee eeeeeeee eee eens dis 25 t ; : Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, famcy.... ......... dis 15 Spring & Company quote a fuuuwo: ae ee Soyo seata ts foals 2 90 aed kaw Bee Bench, first quality...............00..0..0. dis 20 Smith’s 10 wire... ..-....3..2...2:.- 90 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, a WIDE BROWER COTIORE: areal Sg. oe eee é 85 gly ee aia LOL Coane ae cae a ke one « ae 50 : mt west eae j 5 droscoggin, 9-4..28 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Smith’s alisade.......... Le NOt HIN 00) oon iis oon. bc ss est we is 55 se en GA 8. Wopporel 114 9, | Boslth’s © Pallende............. @ 65 | Douglass’ ............eeeceeereeeresee a fe dis 40810 Pepperell, 7-4...... 16% Pequot, 7-4......... GR o | Spee ae es iO Sei, | Pierce: =) 8 eee, oe 50 | Common, polished...................... dis 60 & Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 21 eee, re pee ee @ ae eae s gi eee es 50 Dee ee. ® b 8 % Ti es 22% |Pequot, 9-4......... 24 Butord Ss OxLPA, 52... ws se 3244 | Cook’s RIVETS. eeppere : oe. Santord’s Comets.................. @ 65 Jennings’, genuine.............-.-++++- dis 25 dion and Tiened = dis 40 CHECKS. THREE-PLYS. Jennings’, imitation............--.+-+-. dis40&10 | Copper Rivets and Burs..............dis 40 Caledonia, XX,0z..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14 | Hartford 3-ply...............202006 @1 00 BALANCES. PATENT FLANISAED IRON. Caledonia, X,0z...10 |Park Mills, No. 100.15 Lowell Sey: Dee babar ob tee 100 1 Spring. 22.22... 8. sss... ot dis 25 | «a» Wo04d’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to? 27 10% Economy, OZ....... 10 Prodigy, OZ....4.06. ll Hige: ins’ ply, Fic emai 6 au 600 os A ols oe @l1 00 BARROWS. “B”? Wood’s pat planished Nos. 2 25 to 27 9 Park Mills, No. 50..10 (Otis Apron......... 10% Sanford’ soo 6 @ 9% Pancoad $ 15 00 Broken packs 4c 8 Bb perieaty . Pare Mille Now. |ork, ton. 0” EXTRA SUPERS. oe ee eee eee ae * ‘ L * Park Mills, No. 80..18 |York, AA, extra oz.14 reat 2 aoe BELLS. ae ve choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 5 OSNABURG, (itier makes: |. oS eo es WD @ W7% Hand ene ee Wisligis os p's S's alee ¢isicie's woe sleisis's mse dis $ 60&10 8), ry choice Charcoal Terne.......... a to ff dis 60 | 1¢; poe ‘8, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 Alabama brown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 | esac edaieieas eannneasiegdte sams menc atten 0 @ &% 1p | LX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Ternée.... 22... 16 90 Jewell briwn....... 9% Suemite isis se ocas 8 eat eas ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. 514u@ 60 20 ROPES. 1 j w1 PLY 2. cc ere c cere cere ceenvccses ‘ , en! nad cabal aie o- » “on a us Gihex an oe Se ae en ee 5246 5B Door, Sarepat... dis 55 | Sisal, % In. and larger.................. 99 99 3 es Lane brown........ 914|New Tenn. plaid...11 WOOL mane AND MIXED. BOLTS. Mena Louisiana plaid.... 8 |Utility plaid........ 61% | All-wool super, ? ely Pisce cece: OO 8 ifieve. dis$ 40 SQUARES. —_Aa WIID— Extra heavy double cotton chain. ie 45 Carriage and Tire, old list............ dis 80&20 | Steel and Iron dis 50 BLEACHED COTTONS. Double cotton chain............... Be 80 | PIOW: 5g s so eo ee dis 30&10| Try and Bevels.................. 00... ic 50 : Heavy cotton and wool, double c. 30 @ 32% | Sleigh Shoe......... foe Gis BOSD Mitre ais 20 Avondale, 36... .... 84|Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% | Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply 214@ 324 | Cast Barrel Bolts... ........-.-..-.-. dis ee oS = os ese “ek et oS ts eee o Single cotton chain................ @ % Wroueet Bon rel BOltA 30.52.25. ss. dis 55 SHEET IRON. s * ndroscoggin, BU) UB oe sk e es 7% HEMPS. ast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Com. Smooth. C Androscoggin, 5-4. “1246 Hope, 4 Becta ces 7% | 3-ply, a ee extra heavy........ 27%@ 30 | Cast Square Spring................... dis SS NOS: 10 to 14.0... $4 20 $3 20 Ballou, 4-4........-. 7%|King Phillip cam- B: 44ovide. 2... : 05. ass sess. @: 72 1 Cast Chain 6)... dis 60 Nos. 15'to 17... es... 20 3 20 Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 bric, 4-4........... 11% Teel, Nisin, 4-4 wide........... @ 18%} Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... Gis: foalO | NOS. 18 to Zr... 4 20 3 20 Get 4 a wa: Bs Ne +4. —---- Ae 2,33 anches? 5 ee @ ji ae Square, De ee ats 55&10 a ONO RA 4 20 3 20 oot ee onsdale, 4-4....... OIL CLOTHS. rought’Sunk Flush................. dis 30 | ANOS °25 60 26..0.0.05.0..5...0. 00. 4 40 3 40 Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9% Lonsdale cambric. 1% No.1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4............ @ 45 | Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob NOT ee, 4 60 3 60 Boott, R. 3-4........ 5% Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% | No. 2, G0: @ Bie) Wish Fe ee 50&10&10 | All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches Blackstone, hae 4-4 ae : _— ot £ reese cn . ° 00) = 30 | Ives’ Door...........- 0.2: seceeeee ees dis 50&10 | wide not less than 2-10 extra. apman, asonville, 4-4..... 2 o4 = do 8. 2233... .: @ 2% ‘| - . ay, AA os. .: 7% Maxwell. na 10% ; M&aTTINGS. BRACES: : : oe 5 2 Gabot, 1-4.......:--. 714|New York Mill, 4-4. — Best all rattan, plain............... : @ 62% WAGE «6. neces oe oe cs ek dis $ 40 | In casks of 600 ibs, 8 IDE See cece eee 6% ’ Cabot, i-8....:..-.-- 6144|New Jersey, 4-4.. Best all rattan and cocoa, plain.. @ 52% Backus Be one ee ee ee se dis 50 | In smaller quansities, ® fh.............. 7 Canoe, 3-4........-. 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. iM Neer A... @ 50 | Spofford............-.. eee sees eee e ees dis 50 TINNER’S SOLDER. Domeatic, 26...:... 7% Pride of the West. es Miter Be @ 40 Am Balle 6. ee eG dis net No.1. Refined 13 00 Dwight Anchor,4-4.10/ |Pocahontas, #4.... 8% CURTAINS. BUCKETS. Market Half-and-haif../2022712222°111! 15 00 Davol, st... “i fe6 Slaterville, 13...-.- bis Opaque shades, 88 en. rasa e 19 | Well, plain 6 fa ce Beceem 15 ruit of Loom, 4- | Vie » AD... -o0- olland shades, nish, 4-4....... Wollawivel gone a Ree rooted cee rr eee ae Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. $14 |Woodbury, a5... Be Pacific Holland, 4-4................ @ 10 Oe ees oe ee ea career: tosis 2 TIN PLATES. Fruit of the Loom, /Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% | Hartshorn’s fixtures, per gross... @36 BUTTS, CAST. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. CORNER IONIA & ISLAND STREETS. pe oo 2 ¥ caanete nage 7-8. “108 Cord fixtures, per gross........... @10 Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60&10 | Ic, 10x14, Charcoal.............. So 6 50 ' Gold Mogall £8..... 6%4| Williamsville, 36:. 105g Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed. dis 60 [{o; — wpeiseharcoal 00 630| Pat i=H Cc i eae Bi MILLINERY GOODS. Wrougie Navrow,omight fase Join. aie sosio 4G, yaw gpareagy so 88 EEL ent Bee Cases & Fillers CORSET JEANS. J. J. Van Leuven quotes as follows: Wrousht SS ag ae oo 60 < ' = Bro oS Debt teeeee seen ee ee ee 6 & Armory ...-.---.--- 714|Kearsage........... Si HATS. Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........dis 60& 5 TX xX, 1400, oe ee i eS 30 Messrs &™. J. LAMB cc CO. ‘Androscoggin sat... 84 Naumkeag satteen. Ss Cantons Be per doz 2 25@ 3 00 woo Loose Pin, japanned, silver ek IXXX, 14x20, Charcool.............-.+-.-. 12 5 Canoe River......-. epperell bleached 8% | Milans................ 2.00 cece cece eees 0@ 6 00} _tippe i cD XXX, 14x20, Charcoal.............0.... 14 50| Have been appointed3manufacturers’ agents for Western Michigan for the Lima Egg Clarendon.........- 6 Pepperell sat....... 9% | Fine Milans,................ a 2 00@12 00 | Wrought Table..... o- 60 : 20x28 (Charcoal... 0.00.0 .5..00 2. t , i ot ia” 634 aiosd igs. 15 00@18 00 | Wrought Inside Blind? 2222202220221. dis 601 DC ox a ait : » Case Co., manufacturers of the best, strongest @ and most durable cases and fillers in the ind. Orch. Imp..... 6% Lawrence sat.. 8 OND 5 00@12 00 eet ae ste ence eee cece cece ees dis 65&10/DxX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. 8 50 market, and will quote prices on application, both for fillers and egg cases complete. A 4 Conegosat.......... aide @lamls. so cies dis 70&10 | px ee 5 ons eg a ee Wind, Parkers. cc fo oe ee a oo PRINTS. Samuel Courtland & Co.’s brand. Blind; Shepard’s.................62.4. dis 70 | Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 150 to 6 4B VISITING BUYERS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. 53 G | Abe ccc ec eect et ee eect et ee ee eee eee per yard 50@ 15 | Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00] rates. : ‘ : wu - a ‘ Albion, solid........5 Meee oa Bigg [bb ccc eee eee erect eee teetseees 85@1 25 | Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 eae The following retail dealers have visited ae of market. Deaiers cannot ion, grey.....--- Sa! 28 * Me ee ea eo bec aceunee alee cae 1 50@2 00 CAPS. the market 1 *j tl st x orders. 5 : 4 50@* ! arket during the past week and placed oe Boots eee a Boh ee eee ee eeeee eee tetete tetas 1 3@2 ee ee ees Steel, G ee i oo eae To “a Asparagus—60¢e doz. bunches. Allen’s pink......... ae D.......-. ee 3 25 ic ek 60 | Oneid Hawley & Norton’s. 60 : : ge Bailed Hay—Searcer and firmer at $15@ Pp Ba 25@4 50 neida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 60| George F. Cook, Grov icon on Allen’spurple....... 614|Manchester ......... 6 ee MD ee Cee Spilemotehiica. ee 60 xeOre< . Cook, Grove, Newaygo Co. $16 $ ton. American, fancy.. ..5% Oriental fancy...... eo : : ae - Musket . eo oes 60) S' Pl S Wi Mics. Cows... 60 KF. Dodge, Stanwood. Barley—Searcer and firmer. Best quality Arnold fancy......-- = oe oe 6% Satin and GG, all silk, extra heavy, all colors. CATRIDGES. Mouse; Choker) 0). toi 20c 8 doz Gideon Noel, Palo. now readily commands $1.35 # 100 tbs ena 8 Rahm, ae Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 | Mouse, delusion........ + -----.----. $1 262 doz} Hi. E. Grand-Gerard, Big Rapids. Butter—Choice dairy packed,is worth 20@ Cocheco robes......- % |Steel River.......... 5% 1No. rk = ie orton States. .........5....5 as 50 WIRE. ae Chas. McCarty & Co, Lowell. 22e. Elgin creamery 25e. : Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s we ec eee Big is 6 | Bright Market...................0...000. dis 60) A.B. Sunderland, Lowell. Butterine—Best quality is still in good de- Eddystone ........-- 6 |Washington fancy.. No. 1 CHISELS. Annealed Market,-....:.................- dis 60 M. Carman. Altona mare > C Eagie fancy........- 5 |Washington blues..8 |x," Ss Fi oo orig Coppered Market............-........2... dis 55 Bae eee anette “ mand at 18c@19e. agle y 2 | No. OCKEU HINMeCT, . 5.6. ee. dis 65&10 rE cae Ae Geo. S. Curtiss, Edgerton i : = : a : Garner pink......... C4 Socket Framing....................... dis 65&10 Fee Be Be a ae 2 CG poe oe ae are a trifle firmer at : aa ce . Siket@ormeh 6 i CI oe ea neers reese re ett e nee) a = a Det, NO ee $2.85 and unpicked are not much moving at FINE BROWN se teh 1a). 8 No. Socket Slicks.... Ug es ge i eT eee entra Oi si| & ©, Brisbin, Berlin. $1.75 @$2. . Boot See at -ylindian Orehard, 36. No. | Barons Sooke Wataers, Sa dis 20 Coenen See ee Higel ce. dis 3 ay : - y ve a oe ee new, $8.50 @ crate bier ee at : N ‘ oe cat Ae os = g ee dis xle Jonnso wusley. of about 4 dozen Boston F, 4-4....... 5" “\Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% No Oe net Plain Foate.- teel S 32 : Yee : L0Z€R. ! Continental CG, 43.. 1% | Ly man B, 40-in..... 10% | No COMBS UN HENCE. ... 01... esse eee eee eee eee 8 ib 3) Fred Ramsey, White Cloud. Cheese—Skim 10c@1le. Full cream No MBS. marbed Bence. 2.0... es. De 7 ‘itv. fe ean en - come E 4 Mass. BB. 44... mee Oe (urey, Lawrence's... @is 336 | Copper: ee new list net J.C. Paris, Kent City. IS active and firm at l4@l47ge, | an D’ 7-8... 5%|Nashua R,4-4......' 1% ca Nowhits fie ee Ac ea. new listnet| Sisson & Lilly, O, ia. Clover Seed—Choice medium firm at $6 Conestoge 7 join. 64 | Nashua, O,7-8....... ve 1e Merchants Who Succeed. aan peenuk. J. V : Crandall & Son, Sand Lake. @36.50 @ bu. and mammoth in fair demand Dwight X,3-4...... 6 Newmarket ‘ai 74 | An Eastern journal remarks that financial | Brass, Racking’s..................0..0645 40810 | priont se auetiea = . babes & Son, Coopersville. at $6.75 @ bua g eS Se epper o ‘7 4 i %% A = OE es ee ee ee ee cee See ae «a GIS GUe a a: . Ree , TSVi Yorpn— 2 sqlare < ; = * cs Doren 7-1 ie 7 *| Pepperell a4 7 | failures are of frequent occurrence among BPP * -------*---------- == 22-22 Oe Sere Ben cement) oe eee Come -Decah dealers stand in readiiee Daere ae ao ig Pepperell 878.02. by Cp ce das a 4 Bice ae se Bee eee pe10 fe ee dis 60810810 ee oe oo : supply carload lots of Kansas corn at from Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64 : : So oe oe Y | Gate Hooks and Byes.............. dis 60&10&10 . A. Gardiner, Cedar Springs. 45@60c G bu. It is all of the same quality. Enterprise BE, 36.. 5% ‘Pocasset O11. of which they were familiar, and subsequently COPPER. WYENCHES. J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. but the former price is for damp, and the = 7 anac IN.........-- 7% * : : 2 2 /, be " “aD ae _ oT fee ce at : : : Groat alle BH. §saranae Be -- § Hiost it in one they knew nothing about. | PRUE 35 94 SOM BM BS | masters Adgustable, micKeled. a H. C. Burrill, White Cloud later for dry, stock. — Indian Orehard, £4 714) Such events are within the knowledge of all DRILLS. Coe’ 5 Genuine. a se i ee ee ee . ee ee Lisbon eae ee ae — a vat Be! ‘3 ae i s a : ee ie a, | Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65 e Sh, WO. a. 2, : ed Apples—Quarters active a c Ag DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. business men of extended experience. Mer- Te cua cipsicne aoe ce a Coe’s Pat., malleable. ................... dis 70} G. C. Baker, LeBarge. Tb, and sliced 8@9c. Evaporated dull and Amoskeag .......-- 8 Renfrew, dress styl 9% | chants who have been in any degree success- | Morse’s Taper Sodnk.....2. 2.0.02... dis 30 MISCELLANEOUS. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. slow at 124 @14e. Amoskeng, Persian, Jonnson Mants Co. | sat, are almost every day{solicited to venture ELBOWS. ek ais go) Lotenzo Falk, Orangeville. Hggs—Jobbing at 15e, with good demand. eee ee we Johnson Manfg Co,” | the whole or portions of their capital in en- Com. 4 plece, 6 in.............. 000 Monmcl El Wl SOe eS ke cote eden 7o| G. P. Stark, Cascade. In fact, jobbers are unable to accumulate Berkshire ......... 6i4{ dress sty ipa BR TS ecaanaaiticelc dossion 4a dio line otaasd Corrugated a Pe dis 20&10 asters, Le and Plate................. dis a Mr. Graham, of Graham & Sweney, Hop-| more than enough to supply the city trade. Glasgow checks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress erprises entirely foreign to the line of trade GMRtADIC 6s dis 40&10 | Dampers, American..................-.. 3334 | kins. Green Onions—25@35c 4 dozen bunches. eee cet checks,” y Maaaeattr a a in which they have prospered. So promising EXPANSIVE BITS. J ohn Vaneenan, Zeeland. Honey—In comb, 18¢e # Ib. nl styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 | are some of these schemes that it requires ne $18 00; large, $26 00. — dis 20! ‘The horse-power of a boiler, says the} 4: W. Blain, Dutton. Hops—The Michigan crop is almost Gloucester, new ||White Mant’g Co, oy AA Gadi Ok Saw lak Gs cles ves’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 Ainet wenevtise | eee Andrew DeGroat, Vriesland. completely exhausted. Good command 20@ >. ania ......-.- m4 Rarinton 2 9% sme 0 self-restrain 0) steer FILES. merican Machinist, is a meaningless ex-} Carlyle, Rockford. 22¢, and fair 15@18¢ @ tb. a oo ee oe seeee ates 8 clear of them, but in most cases this is the a File Association List...... dis 40&10 | pression, because there is no agreement as|_ §. C. Fell, Howard City. Lettuce—In fair demand and firm at 20e PB Sangialo........... Tal SUFIER, «..-.---.. 12% | wisest course to pursue. To let well enough | yew Amoriean es i. to what evaporation of water shall be con- e e eos Cane Springs. . s : é : as Bien tec rine s 222s ec 2 + == 1 ‘ X o aN = . = os a OV a alone, as the saying is, is a maxim often NICKOISONS 2250550 te, dis 40&10 | sidered a horse-power, and hence no stanc- ye SOF x nenneey- Maple Suga ar—Dull and plenty at 1274¢ ea oe ee ee 4.....20% aeled but ask ee gn leastot all | Gclnrs Hors Wace dis 3x4 | ard in law or silos The expression is ea pe a eater ge Androscoggin, 7-4..21 /Peppere eee 21% | dl ’ Se ac »¢ ze é eller’s Horse Rasps..........-..--+- dis 33% |° Peas 7 ES C. E. Clark, Lowell. Onions—Old out of market. Bermudas es. i Penta er te 32 “% by those who have no well definee ideas as GALVANIZED IRON, properly enough used by boiler-makers as J. R. Wylie, Wylie Bros., Martin. have advanced, and are firm at $2 # erate. Pooper cll, 84....._22% Pequot, 8-4......11124 | to the limits of their mercantile capabilities. Api 16 _ 20, Be ae ane 26, au - expressing the relative capacity of different Bo S | tockford. ee stock in fair demand Pepperell, 9-4...... 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% see, as ee oe. Aa Z fo € a eye she ee bas : m. Toan, Ionia. at 38e # tb. a Saws unicua GOTEDAE! ie. ae see = rest ict ae oy to Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. oe 2S itis a Ze of Decay for Ell Runnels, Corning. Dae sate off easily at 40@45¢ for EG 1 tees ma A Ok 1e channel which experience has shown to GAUGES. them to use some form of expression, and Mr. Wolfe, of A. & L. M. Wolfe, Huds) ie ond dic fox Bauhaus auntie a tl... 7 \Lawrence Y, 39.... 7 | be the most likely to bring success is one of Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s......... dis 50/in the absence of something definite this is} ville. Peas—Holland $4 # bu. Atlantie D, 4-4..... 6% Lawrence LL, 4-4. . . 5% | the first duties of the trader. HAMMERS. erhaps as good as any. The horse-power| H. E. Clark, Lowell. Parsnips—Moving slowly at $2.50 # bbl ‘ ae ores Bs powine S 5: ee 0 fs cic vatint clone) hao Daan uane vyole SOON dis 15 an in: can only be a aa by L. B. Farr, Hopkins. and 80c 4? bu. ~ et S ee < SAO oe ses ae ae dis 25 a a i oe Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Poultry—In seant supply. Fowls readil oe Bese oa eon ‘Accs Bl special line, is by no means an indication Nerkes & Plumb's. 20. -.eccssessee gis ate actual trial; but if the dimensions of cylin- H.DeKline. Taiestawn, saat 16@18e. = y Boott ays eA eee 4 Stark AA, 44 gore a that the same good fortune is to be found in | Blacksmith’s ae eae Steel, aa 30¢ Se der, valves and ports, character of valve mo-|_ E. S. Botsford, Dorr. Radishes—40c # dozen bunches. ie ti 636 Wise, ae. 9 | other departments. The desire to increase HANGERS. tion, speed at which the engine is torun,}_ Mr. Powers, Northern Mfg. Co., Boyne} Strawberries—Jobbing at $3.50@$3.75 @ a Indian Head, 44 oe aA tagcat a Ro vs one’s accumulations is commendable, but the Pe a ee Wood orks dis a boiler pressure, length and diameter of Es Fowle, Greenville piciohued rae ee Se ate 2 | I m1. é . ,| Ghampion, anti-friction.............. dis : . q ‘ » UTee te ° : 23 W ea risks which often attend the extension of | Kidder, wood tra.k................... dis 40 | Steam and exhaust pipes, and use to which} Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton. or three days hence. : : of mercantile operations into new and un- HINGES. engine is to be put are known, the horse- id. Roys, Cedar Springs. Seed Oats—White English Sovereign, 75c 2 \Fal r 31 : : i ‘ ; : Thita @ fn ey 7 So oe 7 Reus 2 tried fields should not be lost sight of. In ser Clark’s, 1,2, 8............-.-. 45. dis, 60} power that it will satisfactorily develop can J. W. Spooner, Cedar Springs. Seed Potatoes—White Star, $1; Selected Amoskeag, A...... 13 |Falis, BB........... 11% political affairs the versatile man whose at- Screw Soak and Strap, to 12 Pe ae be approximated C. E. Kellogg, Jennisonville. Burbanks, 50c; Early Ohio, 50e; Beauty of Reese. oe ii ‘Falls’ aeatag.. 0" | tention is divarted b ti and longer...... - y Se : ee Horton & Bills, Saranac. Hebron, 50c. moskeag, C...... Falls, awning...... ¢ s diverted by every new question | screw Hook and Eye, Dh a ee 10% C. L. Howard, Clarksville. Squash—Southern white readily command Amoskeag, D......10%4 Hamilton, BT, 32..1° | that arises has little infl ing, | Serew Hook and Rye 9.00000... t 8¢| Ina file 12in. long the first 6in. fromthe] Reigler Rousch & Co., Freeport $1.75@82 PB box of 40 tbs "Ainobkene, E..... 10 Hamilton, D....... 10 iat arises has little influence or following. WYO Pas, ne ov et ein. . teigler Rousch & Co.. Freeport. g Li5@82 Y box of 40 ibs. net : Amoskeag, F....... 94% Hamilton, H.... .. 10 | But the public man, the man of one idea Sook Hook cat Eye, i Ne A a ig point do the most of the work. Ina ma-| Wm. Hewitt, Campbell. : oe is Syanly held ak The ie Premium A, --+-17 |Hamilton jfancy..-10 scl abwer cyneives toni die adeooauy of ein | Seren To scale 60810 | chine-cut file the teeth of this part are short- i a ange & oS aa aie P bu. ey ws scald ete e ere 2 a : i . : : : : T. J. Jennings, Cadillac. omatoes—Bermuda, wrapped, selling Lor ? > - : : oe = HOLLOW WARE. : ; 4 : s ’ Beets. ldaglOmega A, 78... 11 | Measure or policy he desires carried out, sel- | stamped Tin Ware... oe | Wm, Net Mevien, Heacen Dom. 4.25@$4.0 "BP crate of 40 Ths net. Gold Medai44......15 Omega A,44....... 13 |dom fails of popularity and success. The] Japanned Tin Ware..................065 30 | they will further up. This is becauseof the} Mr. Nagler, of Nagler & Beeler, Caledon- eae Oysters—40e dozen bunches. a ee ‘Te Omega va oe same is true in commerce, and its rewards Granite Iron Te bo 25 | shape of the files, in many instances making Ue valting aa, Bh Beans——$2.50@$3.50 % box. Green BORO. ooo 14 |Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 fe US ine ae ES. it possible for the machine to work on all ee wad po. ; ae 3 lOmega SE, 4-4...... |e nesally eoerre yee oe os es et ae sith the same effectivenesss. Out of Hutty & Dickinson, Grand Haven. _ Wheat—Local dealers are paying 75@80e BUA pocent + -- omens os... 22 | sagacity to stick to the business with which He ee 11 50, dis 40 | Parts Wi : : a Of| E.S. Botsford, Dorr. for No. 2 Clawson and 95¢ for No. 1. Lan- ee ACA! 5 amc teu +f they are familiar, and who do not waste; oo 77777" re 12 00, dis 40 | a dozen or more machine-cut files you will Holland & Ives, Rockford. chester commands $1@$1.05. Cordis No. 1, 32.....1 [Shetucket, §& SW.12" | their capital and energies in new and untried | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. .....82 00, dis 66 not find more than one that is. perfect lool: oe a aie aoe To. oe ae fa [Stockbridge ee 4 fields. ot poreolain, Jap. tri tromings. .. 2 50, dis 60 | ing, and very few machine-cut files will bite Barry & Oo. Rodney. : The frisky store-box loafer now improves Cordis No.4........ 11% Stockbridge frney. 8 eo a ee ee as well as the hand-cut article. For this he eels each shining hour with his pocket knif gel : oe ss, list, 7 25, dis 60 >_> ach shining hour with his pocket Knive, GLAZED CAMBRICS. A large dry goods firm in New York en- peor ‘porcelain, frimmings list, 8 25, dis 60 | reason their teeth break out lesg easily—be-| 4 physician was badly hurt the other day Co : “ nad? * ‘ cca er, porce Gin. oc. is 3 : : Aas ce : Garner - Sst ib eae 6 Empire peers a oo aL. a pa eh . its 8 Picbaro, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d gg | cause they will not bite. by the caving in of a well. He should have| 4 trade dollar is something one cannot OowKsEL,.. 2.25... f 10a... .. 4 ied for situations through the agent o MACHO oo os eee ees dis 50 ae oe trade with Red Cross.......... 5 |Edwards............ 5 Sa : oop : : : _ | attended to the sick and let the well alone. . Powet Grove... Scag... 5 |a Philadelphia dry goods heuse who was LOCKS—DOOR. The rate at which things are found out in % sate wane. sent there to hire salesmen. In every case Mallory, Whoelur & Eo a oessied Ney en 6) | this country may be inferred from the fact MISCELLANEOUS. HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. : where it was learned that a clerk had made | Branford’s..............0.ccccccesusceeeee 60 | that the list of patents granted by the Gov- Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: American A....... ol Wh oe a gaa --15% licati : 3 NOIWAUER. 63 ee dis 60} — ‘ : P : Ae : s _| Advertisements of 25-words or less inserted HIDES. \ iark A. .....-..-: 23% eatland ......... 21% a application he was peremptorily discharg- vate a ernment a reached the astonishing cee in this .eolumn at the vate of 25 cents per week, Green... oe 98 tb i @ ie DENIMS. ed. Ce ea Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 | Of Beonly Sy There has been no less) oaaitional word. Advance payment. willsied =. fae pes. : Boston ... ee iw |Otis CO. i 10% The hosiery and glove department at MILLS. than 6,686 patents obtained on the plow| — : Dr y. Bits and kips....... ae a er verett blue....... arren AXA...... - : : : 5 3 1 7 Calf skins, green or cured............. é Everett brown.....14% Warren BB........ 11% | Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.’s is replete with Gomee. oe We ates Go."s ‘iailéabies dis 45 | alone, about as many on the harvester, and FOR SALE. Plesoot deine. .........-55.5--- ® piece20 @50 me gag enc ewer-7> elves tamay aecense. 7" everything really new and desirable in both Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45 | over 8,000 on stoves and furnaces, But the GENERAL STOCK, dry goods, clothing, | gpoariings or Susanor china @ piece..10 @20 sree cee eceeee 2 secccece 2 : 3 c < i S Coffee, Enterprise. ORueeseceel orege wes. 2 GIs” 2p most si lar thing of all erhaps is that boots and shoes and grocer ies, with store | 7, lines. Those in want of anything in either ost singula § » DP ps; Pe a 30 @50 PAPER CAMBRICS. : ; MATTOCKS. : ee ‘ s . | building and dwelling. I have also shaved NGintor polis 100 @150 y : A line are cordially invited to inspect goods | adze Eye $16 00 dis 40810 the inquisitive genius of the nation has dis-| shingles and pine eee and a quantity of POMS le ee eis 4 ctind natal Bye tiee: Shae prices Hunt Bye. 202022002227200 $15 00 dis 40&:10 | covered 869 separate and distinct ways of stove wood for sale. noes , care THE WOOL. Masgnville......... iGamer.......2.-42 ; hae ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 jaracws TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids, Mic Hine washed We a - o WEGAME, The extensive line of summer silks, all NAILS. BAS Sage OER BIG BARGAIN. A = of groceries, Wises ee Red Cross.......... 71%4|Thistle Mills........ : ‘ ‘ at Common, Brad and Fencing. : : . dry goods, oa etc,, for sale cheap for I an coe g | Shades and prices, at Voigt, Herpolsheimer | 494 to 60d... .-....----.--.....# keg $2 60| Hold your soiled files against a jet of| cash. ‘Apply to A. Mulholland, Jr., Aakeen, nese FURS. “ae riz) %e j : ; on : i Oe 2) yo ee TE Garner ............ = : % Mi & Co.’s, is well worth careful inspection. e ant : - ay poy ee ee een = steam, and they will be thoroughly cleansed | ™4¢2- Mink: ne Serer re st arena cares 25@ 40 SP. iL re N. mm INA CHEER ENR CENA V cee ere es eres esreeer errs eses ence ro a os : : ; ; ‘ : AA mode SAV. ee i i ARE CHANCE to purchase a first-class | Muskrat, Spring..........-....+.-.++-. 5@ 17 Boos a a 50 Bagic ana, — ae ao - fans at vhs meine 3d eee. ee ee eo. 1 a my 8 fow Baneice R Livery Stock including one af Canning: Mookeat, Santer ue 5 r -N.F..... 55 | Mi wing. sheimer & Co.’s is one of ‘the finest and | 3d fine advance : ne 3 00 am’s best hearses. Will take as part paymen uskrat, Fall..... 2 J.& P. Coats....... 55 iGreeh & Daniels...25 hia Sate tae ee re ‘DL DO? ’ ood improyed farm property. Will sell or} Muskrat, kits....................5. Se 4 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 49 | most complete every seen in the West. Clineh nails, advo ose ceeceaeeee> 175 | MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’N, | Font barn and grounds. ‘The best location in| Raccoon... ene age 40@ 85 ee a os pee poo eeee- é “ A full iceichaie someon: Size—inches { 3 2% 9 1% the best livery town in the State. Address, P. eee ao Peace. Co oo cale cece 80@ o jan es ee ee ull and comp ete assortment of sum-| Adv. @keg $125 150 175 200 Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for O. Box 318, Big Rapids, Mich. Peal hoe i art 0 o . Ge Te mer shawls, all sizes and prices, is shown MOLLASSES GATES. Thirty Years. S Medak Waaes ee bb SILESIAS. at Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.’s. ies ee Gey ets os eases oka se pa a SITUATIONS WANTED. es Fox eo ee Nne cals ool eun cu eeeveeee 1 ine a ew 8. 17 |Masonville TS...... tebbin’s Genuine...... Se bareersece sere is 7 LIST OF OFFICERS: TAY FOX... 6.1. eee cence cece cee ne eens eS ie as \ ay ‘ Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 | President—RAnsom W. Hawuey, of Detroit. ANTED—A situation in atin shop. Can| Marten, yellow................0:6..05 75@1 00 chee ” ae a ea . re 104 Patnam & Brooks are getting in a full : wena Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit; work in store if necessary. North of | Fisher... ...........-....eeeeeeee eee ee es 4 00@8 00 _ Apehor........... iB Lonsdale A......... 16 | line of fire crackers, fire arms, torpedoes | gpopry & Co.’s, Post, handled dis 59| U. W. ATKINS, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALBxAN-| Big Ra apis preferred. Address, Box 42, St. | Otter .............. cece cece cece e cence es 6 00@8 00 Centennial........._ |Nictory 0.......... 6 h pi alba etl he irae: ache anand pr, Lansing; U.S. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H. E.| Louis, Mich. Oe a al 5 00@12 00 * Riekktara . @ lVietoryd........07: and other 4th of July goods. OILERS. MBEKER, Bay City. Deer skins, red and blue, dry.... 8 bh 25@ 30 we MMOL. 66 ids sons 14 {Victory D.......... 10 ; : is Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.............++ dis 55| Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH, AS TYPEWRITER OR COPYIST, by a young | Deer skins, gray and long haired..... 2@ London............- 12%|Vietory K.......... 12y%| Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. exhibit the | Zinc, with brass bottom............. vos 50| Detroit. iady well qualified for such a position, | Beaver, clean and dry @ Ib........... 2 00@3 25 Paconia............ Pheonix Boe 9% | largest line of 1 in this cit eae or Copper........200000s ““*""" *"“"aig 40| Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C. Pon | both by education and experience. Address,; Above prices are for prime skins only—un- Red Cross.. Phoenix Bl... ,.2/10% | A7BeSt Une o eas cee lol tee, Poa amimaneiay EO EGS RAT s vehn ness DOr gross, $12 net| TIUs, Chairman, §. A. MuNaER, H. K. Warr | XXX, care Miss Sila Hibbard, 35 First street, ae Bocial Basel. y ey before this season. Onnstead’s. bea peed hao eP sag Var tene! 50 ‘For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. Grand Rapids. OW vs eer cesescctereceecrcccessseseee O@ 6% The Mishican Tradesman. PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 14. William H. Downs,.with gypring & Com- pany. William Harrison Downs was born in Car- rol county, Ohio, July 13, 1851. His father was a farmer,and young Downs was reared on a farm, obtaining the most of his education at country schools. In the spring of 1865, his parents removed to a farm near Teconsha, Calhoun county, remaining there about three years, when they again removed to the vil- lage of Burlington, same county, living there one season, when they made a final move to a farm near Union City, Branch county, which is still the family homestead. Mr. Downs attended school at Hodunk, and after- - ward at Union City, supplementing the edu- cation so obtained by a short course at Hills- dale College. While at the latter institution he was subject to a severe attack of typhoid fever, which compelled him to give up his studies, and for several months he lived on the farm, doing light work, and teaching a term of school the next winter. During the coming summer, he worked on the farm, dropping his cradle in the midst of the oat harvest to accept the position of clerk for S. P. Bedell, groceryman at Union City, re- maining there a little over a year. He then improved a short vacation by making peach baskets at Benton Harbor, subsequently en- tering the employ of W. E. Shumway, dry goods dealer at Union City, where he re- mained ayear. He afterward'worked for Carborn & Tucker and J. H. Gulliford, at the same place, and still later for R. F. Watkins, and in January, 1877, he formed a co-partnership with his brother, under the firm name of Downs Bros., and engaged in general trade at Sherwood, Branch county. In 1880, he traveled through Southern Mich- igan a portion of the year, selling goods on commission for a New York grocery house. March 15, 1881, he engaged to tray- elfor S. A. Welling, of Jackson, selling notions from a wagon. He remained with this house nearly two years, disposing of his interest inthe Sherwood business in the meantime to his brother. Feb. 1, 1883, he entered the employ of Spring & Company, taking all available towns on the D., G. H. & M., D., L. & N., M.C., C.& W.M., L. S. & M.S. and G. R. & L., south, geing his trade every five or six weeks with unusual regular- ity. Of Mr. Down’s personal characteristics, none but intimate friends are able to speak authoritavely. Heis a quiet, unassuming man, and not easy to get acquainted with, but is able to retain friends indefinitely. He is deservedly popular with his customers, who have learned to respect his opinions and rely on his promises, and is working up an exceptionally good trade for the house he represents. 4 <.___—_- Representations to a Mercantile Agency. According to Bradstreet’s, a person fur- nishing information to a mercantile agency as to his means and pecuniary responsibili- ty is to be presumed to have done so_ to en- able the agency to communicate the same to the persons interested, for their guidance in giving credit to him, and so long as such in- tention exists and the representations reach the persons for whom they were intended, it is immaterial whether they passed through a direct channel or otherwise, provided they were reported by the agency as made by the party, soheld bythe Supreme Court of Michigan in the recently decided case of Omesee Savings Bank vs. Michigan Barge Company. In this case an untrue report made to a mercantile agency as to the busi- ness and property of the declarant, and upon the faith of which credit was giveu him, was held admissible to show a fraudulent repre- sentation. The court quoted with approv- al the decision of the New York Court of Appeals in the case of the Eaton, Cole and Burnham Company vs. Avery, in which the same point was involved and a like conclus- ion reached. $< -¢- <> -__--— The Man who Hurries. The bustling, hurrying man, as a matter of fact, isa poor worker. ‘Too much of his steam is expended in kicking up dust. The habit of hurrying and of feelingtin a hurry is fatal to good work, and diminishes the amount of work a man can do. The friction is too great. So little of practical value is accomplished that he cannot go home at night with’a sweet consciousness of a duty done, or a day’s work completed. The inen who accomplish most never seem in a hurry, no matter how much they have to do. They are not troubled for lack of time, for they make the most of the minutes by working in a cool, methodical manner, finishing each job properly and not expending their nervous force in bustle. They never complain of overwork, but are more likely to hunt up new work in order to give their faculties more varied employment and to exercise some which are not sufficiently used. A singular discovery of money was recent- ly made at Racine, Wis. Mr. John Daniel, grocer, was cutting into a ham, when his knife came into contact with a hard sub- stance not far from the bone. On searching he found embedded in the flesh, several inches from the surface, an American dollar dated 1785. It is supposed that the pig must have taken up the coin with its food, but how it could have passed from the intes- tines is a mystery. A lady with five pair of twins boarded a dbin Iowa, ne day recently. e “MY VALISE—THROW IT—OUT.” Comical Complications That Followed the Request of an Old Traveler. “Well,” said conductor Jones, “oneof the funniest things that ever ;happened on my train occurred one day at Coldwater. An old man whom I had noticed in the drawing room ear as a very lively and talkative tray- eler, got off at that station. I was standing at an open window of the car just as the train was starting off, and whom should I see but the jolly old man rushing toward me from the outside. He pointed frantically to a window just back of me, exclaiming as well as he could while trying to catch his breath: “ ‘My valise—left it—there—throw it— out.’ “Turning quickly, I saw a large black va- lise in the seat indicated, and, seizing it, I rushed to the rear platform of the car, where there was quite a number of gentlemen. Tossing it to one of the men, as they block- ed the way so that I couldn’t get through, I shouted: ‘*« 'Thsow it to the old man there.’ “Without a moment’s hesitation the man did as{directed. As the valise left his hand he made an ineffectual effort to regain pos- session of it; then, with a muttered exclam- ation which I couldn’t comprehend, leaped from the tiain, seized the ill fated baggage and was just in time to board one of the rear cars. It was all done in an instant, al- though it takes time to tell the story. Ina minute he made his way forward and an- grily asked: “ ‘What did you tell me to throw this va- lise off for?’ * ‘Because the old man wanted it.’ “ “Well, then, he’s a thief. That valise is mine.’ “Then,’ said I, laughing, for the whole situation seemed so perfectly ridicu- lous, ‘why under the sun did you throw it off at all? Didn’t you know your own proper- ty? ““¢Yes: but then it was all so sudden, and you told me to throw it, and——’ “But the roar of laughter that greeted his explanation, broke short his sentence and he was voted a leather medal by the passen- gers. “JT was convinced there was some explan- ation for the old man’s conduct, for I was personally acquainted with him, and knew that he was as honest as the day was long. About three weeks after I saw him at the depot and questioned him on the subject. “_9<__ Weertman & Fisser, the wholesale bakers at Zeeland, are working up a large business throughout Western Michigan with their cel- ebrated coffee cakes, cookies, ginger and lemon snaps, which are as fine goods as can be found anywhere. The firm also makes a specialty of cigars at wholesale. They so- licit the trade of dealers everywhere. Send for sample order. <_< A fine lithograph of the celebrated trot- ting stallion, Jerome Eddy, with very 500 of Jerome Eddy cigars. For sale by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, Grand Rapids. ——___—_2 <> ___- Oh, yes, we know how to pass a gloom overaman. If we just want toagonize him we say: “I cut a mighty pleasant notice of you out of some paper this morning, but [ve lost it.” And then he frantically wants to know what paper it was, and we can’t remember, and it drives him nearly to madness. ——_—__—<—_o-S—— A camel will work for seven or eight days without drinking. In this he differs from some men who will drink seven or eight days without working. Try the celebrated Jerome Eddys. The finest 10 cent cigar in the market. by Fox, Musselman & Loveridge. ——————~».-2—__ Blackberries in Jacksonville, Florida, are plentiful and selling at retail for 12}¢ cents per quart. - A. . Fow rpit, HOUSE DECORATOR —And Dealer in— FINE WALL PAPER Window Shades, Room Mouldings, Artists’ Materials ! Paints, Oils, Glass, Ete. 37 No. IontIA STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE. Special designs furnished and Estimates given for interior decoration and all kinds of stained and ornamental Glass work. ALBERT COYE & SOND, —Manufacturers and Jobbers of— Awnings, ‘Tents, Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers, Fiags, Banners, Etc. All Ducks and Stripes Kept Constanily on Hand. 73 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Ge Send for Prices. A. A. CRIPPEN, WHOLESALE Hats, Caps and Furs 54 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. OWe carry a Large Stock, and Guargntee Prices as Low as Chicago and Detroit. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. TET WE DO ONLY PIRST-CLASS. WORK AND USE NO te For sale GRAND RAPIDS Flower Pots Hanssing Vases MANUFACTURED FOR H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICK. HAND OR MACHINE MADE POTS FOR SAE BY THE PACKAGE OR RE- PACKED TO ORDER, Sold at Manufacturers’ Prices. Send for Price List at once for the Spring Trade. SHEDS FIELD AN D GARDEN, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. LAMOREAUX, Agent. SLABASTINE! PURER RR EReY Alabastine is the first and only prepara- tion made from calcined gypsum rock, for application to walls with a brush, and is fully covered by our several patents and perfected by many years of experiments. It is the only permanent wall finish, and admits of applying as many coats as de- sired, one over another, to any hard surface without danger of scaling, or noticeably adding to the thickness of the wall, which is strengthened and improved by each ad- ditional coat, from time to time. It is the only material for the purpose not dependent upon glue for its adhesiveness ; furthermore it is the only preparation that is claimed to possess these great advantages, which are essential to constitute a durable wall finish. Alabastine is hardened on the wall by age, moisture, ete.; the plaster absorbs the admixtures, forming a stone cement, while all kalsomines, or other whitening preparations, have inert soft chalks, and gluey. for their base, which are rendered soft, or scaled, in a very short time, thus necessitating the well-known great incon- venience and expense, which all have ex- perienced, in washing and scraping off the old coats before refinishing. In addition to the above advantages, Alabastine is less expensive, as it requires but one-half the number of pounds to cover the same amount of surface with two coats, is ready for use by simply adding water, and is easily ap- plied by any one. PRB eekhe kee ALI, Faint Dealers. MANUFACTURED BY—— THE ALABASTINE COMPANY M. B, CHURCH, Manager. GRAND RAPIDS, - - - MICHIGAN. Grand Rapids Wire Works SKE SRK SOK RK AY XX Si Reatesetaterorasese | vs SO Ss Manufacturers of All Kinds of VATIRE SA7 ORK | 92 MONROE STREET. —Manufacturers of— FLAVORING EXTRACTS ° AKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, E'TC., 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, - HEADQUARTERS! —FOR— Sporting: Goods —AND— OUT DOOR GAMES, Base Ball Goods, Marbles, Tops, Fishing Tackle, Croquet, Lawn Tennis, Indian Clubs, Dumb Bells, Boxing Gloves. We wish the Trade to notice the fact that we are Headduarters on these Gods 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. t=" Send for our New Price List for 1884. Order a Sample Lot Before Placing a Large Order. EATON, LYON & ALLEN 20 and 22 Monroe Street, GRAND RAPIDS, U. FRETER, 36 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN. 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. KEMINK, JONES & UO, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF EREMInN Es “Red Bark Bitters” —-AND-— The Oriole Manufacturing Co, FOSTER, TEVENS & 00, —WHOLESALE— HARDWARE! 10 and 12 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALER’S TRADE, And NOT the Consumer’s. We are Manufacturer’s Agents for the aye | —— 0 ae Crown Jewel Vapor diove! And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue We are Manufacturer's Agents for ve FEEL EE il t Ma UL i \ Jewett’s Bird Cages And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue We are Manufacturer’s Agents for a a Joewett’s Filters, And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue We are also Headquarters for Grand Rapids Wheelbarrows and acon & Priestly Express Wagons, Allof which are sold at factory prices. would be pleased to send catalogue to those wishing to buy. * in Michigan. We We are carrying to-day as large a stock, and filling orders as complete, as any house: s