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The Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

 

 

VOL. 1.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1884.

NO. 41.

 

 

UNEDUCATED MERCHANTS.

 

The Disadvantage Under Which They La-
bor.

To the average man it appears as though
it required but little ability to conduct any
retail business.

In fact, we conclude that many of
those who go into retail trade conclude that
it is a mere question of a moderate capital,
and that once embarked in it the business
will take care of itself, so far as any ulti-
mate difficulties or losses are concerned, and
if they but exercise a rigid personal econ-
omy, will take care of them as well. It
matters little if they know anything about
selling goods, and still less do they imagine
that a long experience is requisite to enable
one to purchase to advantage. They also
rely on always being able to atone for their
own ignorance of the business by engaging a
clerk whose business knowledge and experi-
ence will supplement their stupidity. This,
although they do not so regard it, is a virtu-
al descending from the frying pan into the
fire, except in extreme cases where they are
fortunate enough to find an employe blessed
both with a knowledge of the business and
exceptional honest principles. Even in
this case the position is not a pleasant one
for the employer, as the clerk has the ap-
pearance always of being the proprietor of
the establishment. This often leads to the
discomfiture, if not to the humiliation of the
proprietor, as it is not pleasant for men to
submit to be underrated in importance.
But in the relations between employer and
employe, where the latter is the real head
and front of the business, the former soon
finds that he cuts but an insignificant figure.
It is always necessary to use extreme cau-
tion and the best of judgment in the selec-
tion of clerks; but it becomes doubly nec-
essary to do so where one has the conscious-
ness that he lacks the knowledge necessary
to conduct his business himself. Should his
clerk chance tobe dishonest, he has his
employer at his mercy, since his superior
knowledge of all pertaining to the business
easily enables him to deceive his ill-inform-
ed patron with impunity. There is great dan-
ger that the proprietor will become careless
and inattentive in such eases, and will de-
pend too much upon his _ better-informed
clerk, from a realizing sense of his own im-
potency in the business. Without any spur
upon him, the clerk attends to the demands
made upon him by the daily routine of
the business but he does not possess the
same interest he would were he the ac-
tual owner. Heallows many little things
to go unattended to on a plea that he is pre-
vented by want of time, or some other
equally plausible reason; he finds no time
to re-arrange, brighten or dress up the stock;
he has no time to attend to the thousand-and-
one things by which the general appearance
of a store is so much enhanced, and which,
by their neglect, at once indicate the reign
of shiftlessness or indifference. The pro-
prietor who is stretching his morning nap
an hour or two longer,does not know what a
difference would be made in the appearance
of things generally about his establishment
if his eye was upon his clerk a little often-
er. The proprietor of a business house
must be attentive and alert himself if he de-
sires his clerks to exhibit those qualities. A
clerk nearly always reflects the qualities dis-
played by his employer. This may be re-
garded as an indisputable fact, and it is cap-
able of verification at any time upon any
hand. <A cheerful, accomodating and thor-
ough-going business man is not cursed with
stupid help; and, on the other hand, a slip-
shod, easy-going, shiftless numbskull, who

’ eumbers the retail trade because circum-

stances have jostled him into it, and he
hasn’t energy enough to get out only
through becoming ‘“‘played out,” always at-
tracts a clerk made up after his own pattern
precisely. Unfortunately the man who en-
ters into a business without understanding
its “ins” and “outs,” is not generally the
kind of a man to go to work and make up
for his deficiencies by close and severe ap-
plication. He isnot one of those natures
which kindle with the fire of zeal in the
presence of something which offers an ad-
vautage to accomplishment. He could do
much toward acquiring both the art and the
science of his business were he so minded.
But, incompetent to take the helm, he dis-
dains the oar, and prefers to float aimlessly
down the stream. While many contend
that a practical mercantile education can
only be acquired in youth, it by no means
follows that a man cannot acquire consider-
able knowledge about any business in which
he may chance to engage at any time of life,
if he sets about it in right good earnest.
He had much better not embark in a
business without the necessary qualiftcations
to make it successful from the start. The
possession of a sum, the needed amount to
capitalize an enterprise, is no argument
whatever. No capital is judiciously invest-
ed, whatever the nature of the business in
which it may be employed, if the investor
be not thoroughly at home in the business.
Youth is certainly the time for obtaining
business knowledge. The mind isin amore
receptive. condition; the senses are all more

Ms acute and active, and application to one ab-

sorbing occupation is easier than at a later
period of life. Nevertheless, there are in-
numerable iustances. of men who have

 

achieved greatness in a business pursuit or

profession first undertaken after middle age
have dawned upon them. Few men have
the massive energy which, outlasting youth
and young manhood periods of trial and
struggle, holds them unswervingly to one
purpose, and fits them to win distinction
when the fires of young ambition and youth-
ful hope are both extinguished, and even the
vital fire itself smolders low.
—— a
Coal as a Fuel.

Those who believe coal gas is to play a
small partin the economical processes of the
future are likely to find themselves much
mistaken. Even if superseded by electric-
ity as an illuminant, which is by no means
certain, coal gas will, there is reason to be-
lieve, occupy a still more important position
in the future as a fuel than it has in the past
as an illuminant. Recent experiments have
shown it to be by long odds the most efficient,
economical and convenient of all fuels. To
compare the cost of coal gas with the cost of
the electric light or even with other fuels is a
task as unsatisfactory as it is useless, be-
cause, as is well-known, the sale of residuents
when the market is good, is often sufficient
to defray all the expenses of gas manufac-
ture, and thus it might almost be given away.
Indeed, at many points outside of the great
cities, large quantities of gas are thrown to
the four winds during the progress of coke
manufacture. There is a coke making center
in Pennsylvania, where, it is said, as much as
twenty-four million cubic feet of gas are each
day permitted to escape in smoke. Ovens
have recently been set up which enable the
coke manufacturer to make from the bi-prod-
ucts a good eight-candle power gas which,
though of no account as an illuminant, is of
great value as a fuel, for it is cheap, requires
no stoking as coal fuel does and leaves no
ash and clinkers behind. The fuel gas, it has
been found, may profitably be sold at ten
cents the 1,000 cubic feet. A careful esti-
mate shows that such fuel would cost the
proprietors of a puddling furnace not more
than $3 a day, the boilers costing $1 for the
same time; and ordinary dwellings could be
furnished with fuel both for heat and cook
ing purposes for ten cents a day. Wherever
gas has been used as a fuel it has given sat-
isfaction. It readily generates an intense
heat, leaves no soot and requires little if any
attention. For domestic use, both for heat-
ing and cooking, it is likely to prove invalua-
ble. As now made, fuel gas is charged for
at the rate of from thirty to forty cents per
thousand cubic feet. This in a restaurant,
where a whole range is used for fifteen hours
a day, would amount to about twents cents;
a domestic stove used by a small family
would consume only a few cents’ worth of
fuel gas per day. In many parts of the
country arrangements for the manufacture
and distribution of fuel gas are now being
made; notably at Yonkers, N. Y., where al-
ready its sale has begun. In short, there is
reason to believe that, in the future, gas, as
a fuel, will prove invaluable, as well to the
small housekeepers as to the great manufac-
turers.

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Packed in Glucose.
From the California Grocer and Canner.

Several weeks ago a number of agents for
Eastern concerns made their appearance in
this city, and nearly drummed the canners to
death in an endeavor to market a large quan-
tity of glucose. At that time the industry
was congratulated upon its fortitude in with-
standing the arguments of the traving trad-
ers. It was thought that the good example
of the honest and public-spirited canners had
brought their erring brothers to a sense of
their degradation, and all were willing to
forget the past, confident in the hope of a com-
plete reformation in the tricky packers.
Since then a large quantity of glucose has
been imported, and it is openly admitted that
it is the intention to use it in this season’s
fruit-packing operations. In defense of the
use of the stuff, it is said by those to whom it
was consigned, that prices of sugar have
been so high that canners could not afford to
use granulated sugar in making syrups. A
large majority of the canners will use grau-
lated sugar, and they say they cannot afford
to allow any canner, or canning company, to
send out goods prepared with glucose to com-
pete against their own straight goods; and
the probable result will be that they who hope
to gather illegitimate profits this season will
be foiled in the attempt, for the trade will be
fully advised as to the different brands in
which the glucose has been used, and the ex-
tent of the pack of each; so that in point of
fact the goods might as well be sent into the
market bearing the token “Packed in Glu-
cose.”

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“Ten years ago,” said Gath, “i knew a
man who had $11,000,000 and seven children,
One day I asked him why he did not retire.
His answer was: ‘I have $11,000,000, I
want just 12, because I have seven children.
My wish is to give each a million and keep
five for myself.’ That man died: in a tene-
ment-house, and his children are working
for $1 a day.”

OO

The menhaden oil works on the Atlantic
coast employ 3,000 men. Last year the catch
equalled 6,000 fish, making over 1,000,000

‘gallons of oil.

 

BENEVOLENCE AND BUSINESS.

 

How the “Bon Marche” of Paris is
ducted.

Comparatively few are unacquainted with
this wonderful dry-goods store of Paris, but
I think not many know ‘that it is a benevo-
lent work as well as a succescful business
undertaking. Mr. Boucicaut, the founder,
began life as a poor boy, and when able to
have a little store of his own, his attention
was directed to the welfare of his clerks,
and he?gave them. as soon as he was able a
home in his own house. From this small
beginning the work has grown wonderfully.
Mr. Boucicaut died afew years ago worth
millions of dollars, and to-day the ‘Bon
Marche,” carried on by his widow, em-
ploys 3,000 people.

Two thousand of these people live in the
building and the 3,000 take their meals
there. The first thing to be noticed bya
party makinga tour of inspection of this
great concern is a hall filled with desks,
where a great many boys and young men
are ‘studying book-keeping. They review
all the books of the store, and are paid a
small amount for every mistake they find.
In the evening lessons are given gratuitously
in English, German, instrumental and vocal
music and fencing. Concerts are given by
the store in the summer, in the square by
the side of the building; in the winter, on
the ground floor, which can be cleared by the
porters in twenty minutes of counters and
goods, when it is needed for that purpose or
for balls. There are four dining-rooms, one
for the men clerks, one for the girls, one
for the workwomen, and one for the porters
messengers and drivers.

The menu for dinner of one day consisted
of soup, one kind of meat, one kind of veg-
etable, and dessert, and for each persona
half-bottle of wine. Coffee is extra; it costs
two cents for a small cup and three cents
for the large ones. Three hundred people
are employed in the kitchen and as waiters
inthe dining-rooms. The kettles are im-
mense, three feet high, and no man can
meet his arms around one of them. Of
course, when full and hot they are beyond
the ability of man to move, so pulleys are
arranged which lift the kettles from the fire
and place them where they are wanted.

For the clerks there is a room for amuse-
ments, where there are billiard tables, chess,
checkers, dominoes, ete., but no card play-
ing.

The lady clerks have a pleasant little par-
lor, where there is a piano, and where they
can spend their evenings when they choose.
Each girl hasaroom entirely to herself,
which is plainly but very comfortably fur-
nished. ‘There are rules to be observed by
all, but they are not burdensome, or oppres-
sive; the doors are not closed on week days
until 11, and on Sundays until 12:30 at night
but the occupations and entertainments
make it more enticing toremain at home
than to go out.

Every onein the service of the ‘Bon
Marche” receives a certain commission on
everything sold or delivered, and after a
number of years’ service, each acquires an
interest in the store that increases yearly.
It is one of the most complete works of be-
nevolence known. It would be almost im-
possible to think of any details that are not
attended to. There is a barber’s shop in the
building for the use of the employes, a phy-
scian is employed by the store, and his ser-
vices are free to all; moreover, there is an
infirmary in another part of the city where
those who are sick are cared for; a pair of
boots is blacked for every member of the es-
tablishment every day. When asked if any
board was paid, the answer was “no,” but I
suppose at least some difference is made in
the salary. A peep at this famous estab-
lishmen is always included in the program
of those visiting Paris.

2

Con-

Tobacco Culture in Brazil.

Tobacco cultivation in Brazil began about
the year 1600, in the province of Bahia, and
from thence extended to all the other dis-
tricts along the coast. In 1881-2 the tobacco
exports had reached an aggregate of 52,000,-
000 pounds, of the value of $3,402,000.
Large quantities of the leaves in bales are
exported to Hamburg. Cigar factories are
established in all the large cities throughout
the tobacco growing regions. The methods
employed in the cultivation and preparation
of the plant are very much the same as they
were 200 years ago. The tobacco of Brazil
is characterized by its strength and dark
color.

The seed may be germinated in any sea-
son of the year, but the winter months of
June, July and August are gener-
ally preferred for planting the seed, because
germination and transplanting are brought
into or near the rainy season. Tobacco
plants, when planted in this season, are con-
sidered the best growers and produce larger
leaves. Those, however, which are germin-
ated in the dry season, and sustained by ir-
rigation, grow with greater vigor and pos-
sess a better aroma. The land selected for
the plants is cleared and surface-worked
with a hoe, after which it is marked off into
parallel rows about three feet apart, accord-
ing to locality and size of mature plants.
In transplating, the young plants are set
from two to two and a half feet apart, and
are manured heavily in the pits opened for

Peer Gis ahs Sea abt

 

them. Care is necessary fora time to pro-
tect them from the sun and to irrigate plen-
tifully when the transplanting occurs in the
dry season. The work of cultivation and
keeping down the weeds is done entirely
with the hoe. The work of cutting out the
suckers is performed once a week.

In gathering in the crop the planter usual-
ly waits until the plant is fully mature, as
determined by doubling and breaking one of
the top leaves. In Bahia and many other
places, however, the lower leaf is often
picked by itself, andthen ina few days
the next, and so on as long as the plant will
develop the lower leaves into what is called
the first quality. These leaves are hung up
two and two, under cover and across poles,
twenty-four hours after picking and sweat-
ing. In curing, the tobacco grows darker
and darker, until it becomes jet black.

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Clothespins Twelve for a Cent.

“To look at that clothespin,” said the
dealer, you’d scarcely believe that the man-
ufacturer could make and sell twelve of ’em
for acent, and havea profit of more than
fifty per cent, at that, would you?’’

“No,” replied the reporter, ‘but I don’t
know anything about clothespins.”

“Well, said the dealer, “they whittle them
out at the rate of eighty a minute. A beech
or maple log, afoot in diameter and ten
feet long, will whittle up into 12,000 clothes-
pins. That log won’t cost more than $2. The
clothespins they cut out of it will be worth
$96.40. It will take them two hours and a half
torun that log into clothespins, which is
whittling out 4,500 an hour. At ten hours a
day they get away with four logs and have
on hand 48,000 clothespins, worth $385.60.
Now, the lumber for these pins has only
cost $8 or so. If that was all the expense,
a man with a clothespins factory might
snap his fingers at the Standard Oil Com-
pany or Grant & Ward profits. But then
those logs must be sawed up by four differ-
ent kinds or saws.
into lengths of sixteen inches; another
saws these into boards three quarters of an
inch thick; another cuts the boards into
strips three-quarters of an inch square.
These strips are caught on a wheel that hur-
ries them toa gang of saws which chop
them into clothespin lengths. These
lengths are carried by a swift-moving belt
to a machine that seizes them, sets them in
a lathe that gives them their shape in the
twinkling of an eye, and throws them to an
attendant, who feeds them toasaw that
moves backward and forward as if it were
madder than a snake. This saw chews out
the slot that the washwoman shoves down
over the clothes on the line, and the clothes-
pin is ready, all but kiln drying and polish-
ing. :

“The latter is done in a revolving iron
cylinder the same as castings are cleaned.
All these processes cost money, and when
the manufacturer comes to put up his goods
for sale he finds that his profit on the 48,000
pins, his day’s work, is only $193. We pay
the manufacturer a cent a dozen, or a trifle
more than $8 a thousand. We are compelled,
in these close times, to sell them for 4 cents
a dozen, or $32 a thousand.”

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No Hod-Carriers in Germany.

As there are no hod-carriers in Germany,
for the simple reason that a hod is as un-
known there as an Irishman is, each brick
must be passed from hand to hand again.
The higher up the brick-layers are the more
men are required to toss the bricks. Two
men toastory is about the average, with
enough more to lead from the front of the
building to the place where the bricks are
needed. Thus, says a writer in the San
Francisco Chronicle, I have seen three men
on the ground, eight on the front of the
building, and five on the top, making sixteen
men through whose hands each brick passed
before it reached its place of destination. I
have frequently seen and watched a single
brick go climbing up the front of a building
leaping from hand to hand, and I have won-
dered all the time why in the world hods,
horse-power, or steam engines were not
used.

> _- a ______
Sun-Poisoned Potatoes.

No grocer should allow potatoes to stand
in front of his store in the sun, as they be-
long to the “Solanum” family, of which
the deadly nightshade is one of its full
brothers. All branches of the family con-
tain more or less of that poisonous narcotic
called “solanine.”? ‘The bulb, or potato, con-
tains the least of this unless they are expos-
ed to the sun, which rapidly develops this
element. Long exposure to the light, with-
out the direct sun, will develop the solatine
in the potato, and make an article unfit for
food. But exposure to the sun is so injur
ious to the potato, making it not only un-
palatable but actually injurious to health,
that any grocer, for the offence of selling
potatoes which have been exposed two or
three days to the sun ought to be indicted
for selling unhealthy and dangerous human
food.

THE TRADESMAN is in receipt of samples
of the luminous goods manufactured by the
Enterprise Manufacturing Co., of Akron,
Ohio, which possess points that readily com-
mend themselves to the business public.

One separates the log |

PEANUTS AND FRUITS.

 

Some Observations of a Loquacious Dealer.
From the Detroit Times.

Everbody meets the man whose pockets
bulge with peanuts at all hours of the day
and night, and each epoch in whose exist-
ence is marked with exclamation points of
peanut shells. It is this well defined penchant
on the part of humanity which enables the
street corner merchants to drive a profitable
trade and revel in the luxuries of macearoni
and cheap cigars with a Spanish brand.
Women peanut fiends are not so common as
masculine munchers, yet shapely fingers and
pearly teeth have been known to crush the
indigestible luxury with more or less em-
phasis and with considerably more than less
publicity.

“There has been a great change in the
peanut industry during the past ten years,”
said a prominent vendor of small fruits and
nuts yesterday. ‘I can recollect the time
when peanuts were worth 17 cents per
pound at wholesale, and when every man of
intelligence considered that day a total loss
which did not include a peanut banquet.
These banquets formed the principal indus-
try of some men that I could name. Iam
speaking now of the years 1875-1876. About
that time I bought an automatic machine for
roasting peanuts, which went with a crank,
much the same as some of my leading cus-
tomers. I paid $225 for the piece of mech-
anism, and I don’t in the least mind telling
you that I cleared on an average a profit of
$10 per day on my instrument.”

“Who were some of your leading custom -
ers in those dark ages of peanut history?”

“Well, first and foremost, I must place on
record as an old time peanut champion John
Logan Chipman, the great Michigan jurist.
Of course, [am hardly prepared to say that
his brain owes its judicial greatness to pea-
nuts, but peanuts once played a prominent
part in his daily walk and conversation. He
could flip a peanut shell a greater distance
and with greater precision than any man on
record. If the space beneath his desk is not
littered and carpeted with peanut shells at
the present time it is owing to the fact that
time has worked a decided reformation. Do
you see that man who just came through, on
his way back to see another man on impor-
tant business? That’s Joseph Cook, one of
my old time peanut regulars. No, not the
Boston rattler—the Detrvit level head. He
has bought several tons of roasted peanuts
in his day and generation. I think he
could get more solid comfort out of a fat
and deceptive peanut than any man I have
ever known. About the only peculiarity
that I recall in relation to his methods was
found in the fact that he carried his supply
in his trousers’ procket. It made consider-
able of a circus when I rung a measure in on
him that had just come out of the roaster
piping hot. It’s a good deal easier to pour
a pint of peanuts into a man‘s trousers’
pocket in a compact volley than to fish them
out single-handed afterwards. E. S. Bar-
bour, of the Detroit Stove Co., is another
chap who has pulverized a great many pea-
nuts against time. One peculiarity of my
peanut customers is that most of the leading
ones have since become great and good men.
S. D. Miller and John G. Irwin must be
placed upon the champion list. I don’t like
to say anything about George P. Goodale,
otherwise I might tell you how he wrote all
his “Signor Max” articles while under the
influence of peanut inspiration. If you
have read them you will readily recognize
the points where the shells got mixed up in
a grapevine twist with the kernels. When-
ever I got a poor roast on my peanuts he got
a poor roast on his readers. Ah! those were
great days. I have dropped the peanut bus-
ness since. You can’t sell peanuts for 20
cents per quart in this misguided age. If
you get half that now-a-days you are doing
well.”

**How about the street merchants?”

“Well an Italian on the corner of Wood-
ward and Larned buys his stock in New
York and buys the best goods he can _pro-
cure. He has been in the business here for
the past ten years and is said to have ac-
cumulated a goodly supply of material
wealth. Of course a man of that sort saves
about everything he makes, living entirely
on maccaroni, a brand of sustenance that
comes cheap. Thatclass of trade is alto-
gether of the five cent order, and such deal-
ers buy nothing on which risk is likely to
be incurred. Unless they can purchase at a
bargain with the certainty of getting back
promptly their money—and a good deal
more on top of it—they wont touch what is
offered them. It is different with those fel-
lows who peddle about the city in wagons
and breed colic and pestilence by the infer-
ior qnality of their wares. They buy only
when the market is glutted, and buy the re-
fuse. When a large merchant finds himself
stuck on a lot of half decayed truck he sells
it off to these chaps for whatever they will
pay, and they turn it over again to children
and persons who arenot judges of good
goods for about threee times what it is real-
ly worth.”

“How about the fruit trade?”

“Well, there are some feautures about the
business which might prove of interest.
Now, take grapes for instance. I could
handle grapes, all the year round, but I

 

hardly think I could find many victims at

shes

|$7 per pound. Thatis the rate of tariff in
New York at certain seasons of the year. I
jhave gotas high as $3.50, but my con-
'science refused to stretch beyond that
figure. Peaches also run up to $1 each in
eastern markets. Strawberries readily
bring $7 per quart in New York during the
month of January. I have introduced man-
goes in the Detroit market season, and I am
cultivating quite a relish for the tropical
delicacy among the more luxurious of my
customers. I have a call for mangoes now
almost every hour of the day. I shall soon
bring onasupply of West India limes, as
an experiment. JI have a very large banana
trade, which is steadily on the increase. A
taste for bananas, I think, is acquired by
cultivation. Most people prefer the yellow
brand, of which there are two varieties, one
coming from the Isthmus, Aspinwall, and
the other from Jamaica. The former is the
most popular brand. The red varieties of
bananas are known to the trade as Barra-
coas. The most satisfactory point for the
purchase of foreign fruits is California.
From there I receive black and white cher-
ries and appricots. The leading peculiarity
of Californian fruits is found in the fact
that they seem to keep longer and better
than any other. Those cherries that
you see out therein front have been on
hand for five days and are just as fresh as
the day they arrived.
> -9-
The Soap Caper.

A very successful swindle, operated by
street peddlers, is what is technically known
as the “soap caper,” For the purpose of
the swindle two fellows will buy a lot of
cheap soap and cut it up into small pieces,
which are daintily perfumed and _ nicely
wrapped in fancy colored paper. This is all
the stock in trade needed, except a generous
allowance of cheek. One of the fellows
dresses himself up like a dude, and general-
ly conducts himself so that everybody to
whom he appeals makes fun of him. Per-
haps he does sell a few pieces of the soap,
for it appears to do what is claimed for it,
but he purposely makes such an ass of him-
self that nobody wants to trade with him.
Soon, when he is boasting of how much soap
he can sell in a day, a common-looking fel-
low in the crowd calls out, ‘‘Well, why
don’t you sell it then?” and at once they get
into a wrangle, which is ended by the plain
fellow betting that he can sell more soap in
ten minutes than the proprietor of the stand
ean sellin half an hour. The bet is gener-
ally quite a large one, and as sympathy is
entirely with the common-looking fellow,
the crowd comes to his support, and he rap-
idly sells out his share of the soap, and
finally also disposes of the greater part of
the other’s packages. It is needless to say
that the fellows are confederates, and are
playing into each other’s hands. ‘Two good
operators can make tremendous profits by
working this game, and they run no risk of

being arrested.
—————<__

Served Her Right.

A certain pretentious shopper at Albany,
atter teasing the clerks of a dry goods store
beyond the forbearance limit, pompously or-
dered a spocl of thread to be sent to her
house. It was agreed that she should be
made an example of and a warning to her
kind. She was surprised, and her neighbors
were intensely interested, shortly after she
had arrived at home. A common dray drawn
by four horses proceeded slowly up to her
door. On the dray, with bare arms, were a
number of laborers. They were holding on
vigorously to some object which she could
not see. It was a most puzzling affair. The
neighbors stared. After a great deal of
whip-cracking and other impressive cere-
monies, the cart was backed against the curb.
There, reposing calmly, and, in the center of
the cart floor, was the identical spool of
thread which she had “ordered.” Itseemed
to be coming all right. With the aid of a
plank, it was finally rolled, barrel fashion, to
the sidewalk. After a mortal struggle it was
“up-ended’”’ on the purchaser’s door-step.
The fact that the purchaser came out a min-
ute later and kicked her own property into-
the gutter detracted nothing from the moral
of the undertaking.

oe
A New Article of Food,

A Norwegian speculator, says the British
Trade Journal, has been turning his atten-
tion recently to the introduction of whale
meat as an article of food. He was induced

to do this through a belief that it
was both  nutricious and _ palatable,
and the knowledge _ that immense

quantities of it are annually thrown away,
notwithstanding large quantities of it are
eaten each season by those engaged in the
whale fisheries. He concluded that:if some
preserving process were adopted it could be
profitably used on shore. He accordingly
made arrangements with several captains of
whaling vessels and two meat-preserving
firms, and some time since he gave a whale
dinner. At this dinner he claims to have

dozen different ways, aud that it forms a
delicious as well as a wholesome article of
diet. It is said that some parts of the fish
supplied material for, and excellent imitation
of, turtle soup; other portions resemble beef;
while other portions again, are almost as
white and tender as chicken.

 

proven that whale flesh may be cooked in a_

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The Michigan Tradesman

 

 

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.

Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid.
Advertising rates made known on application.

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1884.

 

 

POST NO. 1.

 

Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884.

 

OFFICERS.
President—Wm. Logie.
Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.
Committee on se esa ae and By-Laws—Wal-
lace Franklin, Geo. F. Owen, Geo. H. Sey-
mour.
N ext Meeting—At Reed’s Lake, Saturday, July
5, at 3 p. m.

 

 

(= 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.

LS

Post No. 1—May you live long and pros-
per.

 

Saturday, July 5, promises to be a red let-
ter day with the traveling men of Grand
Rapids.

 

eS

 

Concentration and organization are the or-
der of the day, and the traveling men of
Grand Rapids propose to be no exception to
the general rule.

 

The wholesale grocers of New York City
have followed in the footsteps of the jobbing
trade at this market, by agreeing to close
their places of business at 3 o’clock on Sat-
urdays.

 

In hardware, there has been a new bolt
list adopted, and the discount is now 75 per
cent. New lists are now in the hands of
jobbers, who are mailing them to their cus-
tomers.

 

The arrangements made by the officers for
the reunion and picnic at Reed’s Lake on
Saturday are all that could be desired,
and are sufficiently elaborate and attractive
to secure the presence of every Knight of the
Gripsack. All travelers are cordially invited
to be present and to bring their ladies with
them.

 

A new feature is added this week in the
shape of synopses of all decisions rendered
by the Michigan Supreme Court in any way
relating to trade and commercial matters.
Tur TRADESMAN has also arranged witha
well-known lawyer to answer all legal quer-
ies concerning trade that may be propound-
ed by our subseribers. Questions coming
under this head must be brief and pointed,
and have a direct bearing upon the subjects
discussed in this journal.

eel

THe TRADESMAN is requested to extend a
cordial invitation to every traveling man,
whether a resident of this city or only here
temporarily, to participate in the picnic to be
held at Reed’s Lake Saturday, July 5, under
the auspices of Post No. 1. Every traveler
is expected to bring with him his wife, or
sister, or some other fellow’s sister; and, if
convenient, a well-filled basket of eatables.
Those who are unable to comply with the
latter requirement can obtain suitable accom-

-modation of the caterer at the Lake.

 

A Parting Shot.

‘Dirty Dunlap’ is particularly apropos,”
said a leading jobber, “for he is one of the
foulest mouthed men I ever met. Some
time ago—before we knew him as well as we
do now—he proposed that we borrow $5,000
of him at a fair rate of interest, which we
agreed to do. But as we did not make any
calculation on the money, we were not disap-
pointed that is never came to hand.”

One of the most amusing stories told of
Dunlap’s cheeky pretentions is his brief but
spirited career at a certain Ohio town several
years ago. Going to the place an entire
stranger, he represented himself to be the
son of a bank president, and readily obtain-
ed access to the best society of the_town.
The acquaintanceships thus formed enabled
him to ply his vocation as a beat to good ad-
vantage, and it was not long before he had
succeeded in borrowing money from nearly
every young man in the place. His dashing
manners, coupled with his pretentions to
wealth and social standing, caused him to be
dubbed “Count Dunlap,” and this appellation
still clings tohim wherever his connection
with the episode is known.”

If any dealer is so foolish as to give Dun-
lap credit, after the wholesale exposure he
has received, it will beno fault of THE
TRADESMAN.

————_ > __—_
Good Words Unsolicited.

H. Whiting, druggist, Traverse City:
is a good paper.”

Geo. A. Thayer, general dealer, Carson

“Tt

City: ‘‘Valuable.”
B. J. Goodsell & Co., hardware, Luding-
ton: “A very good paper.”

Ball & Co., grocers, Grand Haven: “We
think your paper first-class in every respect
and up to the times.”

Met. L. Saley, of Chicago, one of the best
newspaper men in the West, writes: “It
gives me pleasure to know that Tur TRADES-
MAN is booming. It deserves to boom.
When cause and effect are considered there
is no other thing for it to do. The fact is,
the majority of newspaper men don’t work.
They fill in in the easiest possible manner.
It don’t pay.”

AMONG THE TRADE.

 

IN THE CITY.
John Winkler, baker, has sold out to Chute
& Stynbaugh.

 

Barth & Co., planing mill operators, have
dissolved. They are succeeded by Johnson
& Co.

The Cappon & Bertsch Leather Co. are
the purchasers of Geo. Metz, Jr.’s, tannery
at Holland.

Provin & Andrews have engaged in the
grocery business on Plainfield avenue.
Clark, Jewell & Co. furnished the stock.

 

Rindge, Bertsch & Co. announce another
decline in rubber goods, in consequence of
whieh the discount will hereafter be 35 and

5 per cent.

 

“Ts there any money in fish culture?” said
Charley Holt, the Cascade pisciculturist,
‘well, I should say there was. There is more
money in it for me than in raising wheat.
My trout pond covers two acres of ground,
requires about one-third of my time, and
yields about $600 net profits each year.
That’s better than any branch of legitimate
farming that has ever been brought to my
notice.”

 

As TuE TRADESMAN predicted, Judge
Montgomery refused to allow the claim of
$250 for legal services in the Kendall case,
put in by Turner & Carroll, instructing them
to put in an itemized bill. The case was
then adjourned until next Monday. It is
said that the claim is for services and ex-
penses incurred in taking two trips to New
York in behalf of John C. Kendall, for the
purpose of attempting to effect a compro-
mise with the creditors. If so, the bill should
be paid by the assignor, and ought not to be
put in against the estate.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

A. A. Manning, furniture dealer at Evart,
has sold out. .

H. Withey has engaged in the restaurant
business at Freeport.

C. H. Clement succeeds Clement & Clem-
ent in general trade at Sheridan.

Saginaw business men are going to put the
needed capital into a woolen mill.

W. A. Kibbey has engaged in the meat
market business at Hopkins Station.

20se Bros. & Co., of Petoskey, have open-
ed a branch grocery store at Bay View.

T. C. Prout, general dealer at Furnace,
near Mancelona, has sold out to H. E. Wat-
son.

L. Straus & Co. ,succeed Straus & Rosen-
field in the boot and shoe business at Mus-
kegon.

Stiles & Pray are closing out their stock of
dry goods at Vermontville, and will hereaf-
ter Gevote their attention wholly to the hard-
ware trade.

J. W. Fearns, formerly engaged in the gro-
cery business at Big Rapids, has invented a
barrel cover, which he calls the “Chief,” and
which he is placing on thejmarket ,in this
State.

Tur TRADESMAN stated last week that
Fink & Knight succeeded Will A. Coon in
the grocery business at Edmore, whereas it
should have read drug business. The gro-
cery business will be carried on by N. Fink.

A legitimate effect of making too many
ind@ucements to secure trade—such as paying
the fare of outside customers—is the disas-
trous failure of Cohen Bros. & Brownstein,
general dealers at Ludington and Ridgway,
Pa. The firm was supposed to be worth
from $20,000 to $40,000, and easily obtained
credit for about $70,000. H. B.-Claffin &
Co., of New York, were given a chattel
mortgage for $29,000, and {| subsequently se-
cured a bill of sale, the nominal considera-
tion being $30,000. The whole matter looks
like a Claffin trick to shut out the other
creditors.

 

STRAY FACTS.

The Marshall shirt factory is in full blast.

Bellaire is talking of a big sash and door
factory.

S. R. Van Drezer has opened a lumber
yard at Saranac.

H. J. Leonard’s new elevator at Belding is
nearly completed.

Sisson & Lilley have bought 8,000,000 feet
additional pine in Newaygo county.

Post’s planing mill at Coleman, is to have
an addition in the shape of a stave and head-
ing machine.

A factory, 30x100 feet, two stories high, is
building at Bellaire, and its principal pro-
duct will be scoops.

Mr. Gibbs, of Fife Lake, .has leased the
shingle mill of H. Lucas & Son, at Richland,
and will operate it in the future.

Petoskey Democrat: A building 30x90
feet is being erected by T. K. Winser near
his bowl factory, part of which will be used
in the manufacture of woooden bowls, and
the balance leased to a gentleman from Chi-
cago who is about to engage in the manufac-
ture of wooden faucets, measures, etc.

David Ward, at Manistee, is constructing
a track from the railroad to the little lake,
by which means he can convey his logs to
the Flint & Pere Marquette track for ship-
ment to East Saginaw. He expects to thus
transport 4.000,000 to 5,000,000 feet, to be
sawed at Saginaw mills.

John Canfield, at Manistee, has not gone
short on logs this year to any great extent.
Besides running his own saws, he has em-
employed a portion of the capacity of the
mills of the following named concerns to help
him dispose of surplus logs: Rudock, Nut-
tall & Co., Louis Sands, Filer & Sons, Brooks
& Sweet, Dempsey, Simpson &Co., and C. B.
Lewis & Son.

 

POST NO. 1.

 

Organization of a Local Branch of the M.
C.T.A.

In response to the call which appeared in
THE TRADESMAN of last week, for a meet-
ing of commercial travelers to consider the
subject of effecting a local organization,
about twenty representatives of the frater-
nity assembled at the reading room at Sweet's
Hotel Saturday evening, among which were
the following:

Wm. Boughton, Wm. Logie, L. W. At-
kins, Geo. F. Owen. L. Max Mills, W. H.
Downs, W.G. Hawkins, J. L. Bradford,
Geo. H. Seymour, Wallace Franklin, Jas.
McSkinmin, N. S. McCornell, Ed. P. An-
drew, W. S. Horn, E. P. Dana and Fred Sel-
leck, all of Grand Rapids, and Samuel F.
Poorman, of Detroit.

The meeting was called to order by L. W.
Atkins, Second Vice-President of the Mich-
igan Commercial Travelers’ Association,
who stated the objects embodied in the
call. First and foremost it was thought ad-
visable to organize a local post of the M. C.
T, A.—membership in the parent body be-
ing requisite to render one eligible to active
connection with the local association—com-
posed of traveling men who reside in this
city. Numerous questions are coming up
at various times, relative to concessions and
rebates from the railways, etc., which the
Grand Rapids boys are unable to discuss and
act upon, on account of lack of organization.
Moreover, they are not cultivating that soci-
ability that marks the fraternity in several
other cities. Many of the boys are not ac-
quainted with more than two dozen travel-
ers out of the same market. It is difficult
to find a half dozen whose families are inti-
mate. Visiting salesman have no general
place of resort where they can make the ac-
quaintance of local representatives of trade.
This condition of affairs calls for organiza-
tion, for concerted action, both in business
and social channels. The best means at com-
mand are to organize a post of M. C. T. A.,
to be governed by officers and an executive
board. Included in the plan, would be the
proposition to rent and furnish suitable
rooms, where the members and visiting
travelers could always find a welcome, with
an opportunity to read, write and smoke or
seek diversion in games or conversation. A
letter was read froma member of the
Rochester post, detailing the advantages
that had accrued. from a similiar organiza-
tion in that city. The post there is an in-
corporated body, numbering 131 members.
They have the finest rooms in Rochester,
four in number, elegantly furnished, and
containing a piano, billiard table and card
tables. Every Saturday evening the rooms
are crowded to their utmost capacity, at
which time music and refreshments are an
especial feature.
except on special occasions, such as ban-
quets, ete.

Billy Logie spoke of the concessions.that
could be obtained from the railroads enter-
ing here, in case of united action. At pres-
ent there are no committees representing the
traveling men outside of Detroit, and asa

consequence the railroad most used by the
Grand Rapids boys—the G. R. & I.—is behind
several other roads in the State in point of
rebate on baggage. As there are fifty-seven
members of the M. C. T. A. residing in
Grand Rapids, it is time that some under-
standing was reached, in order that they
might act in concert on all points involving
the advancement of their business. Of course
those who are not members will have free
access to the rooms of the organization, and
enjoy nearly all the privileges accorded reg-
ular members.

Samuel F. Poorman, of Detroit, related
some of the social pleasures that attend the
annual festivities of the resident members of
the M. C. T. A., and urged the Grand Rapids
boys to form:a bond of union.

After a rambling discussion pro and. con
the measure, it was declared the sense of
the meeting that preliminary steps be taken
to effect such an organization, and Messrs.
Boughton, Logie and Mills were appointed a
committee to draft an agreement for signa-
ture. The resolution reported was accepted
and adopted, and the following names were
immediately appended: L. W. Atkins, Wm.
Boughton, J. N. Bradford, W. J. Hawkins,
J. McSkimmin, Geo. F. Owen, Geo. H. Sey-
mour, W. H. Downs, E. P. Dana, Wm.
Logie, Wallace Franklin and Lloyd M. Mills.
The election of officers being in order, the
following were unanimously chosen to fill
the positions mentioned:

President—Wm. Logie.
Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.

Messrs. Wallace Franklin, Geo. F. Owen,
and Geo. H. Seymour were appointed a com-
mittee to draft a constitution and by-laws,
to be submitted for approval or amendment
at a future meeting.

The question of a picnic was then broached
and discussed, the result being that it was
decided to hold a reunion and_ basket picnic
at the pavilion grounds at Reed’s Lake next
Saturday. All traveling men are cordially
invited to participate in the pleasures of the
oceasion, and bring with them such lady
company as may be most agreeable. No es-
pecial effort will be made to meet at any
central location and go in a body, but the
general rendesvous will be at the pavilion at
10 o’clock. A meeting of the post will be
held that at place during the afternoon, at
which time it is expected many new mem-
bers will be added to the roll.

Tuer TRADESMAN bespeaks for the new
association the full measure of success it de-
serves, and trusts that the benefits derived
will more than exceed the sanguine expec-
tations of its founders.

Regarding the picnic, THE TRADESMAN

 

urges every traveling man to lay aside the

No liquors are allowed |}

 

cares of business for a day, and enjoy a few
hours of recreation, association and union.
Let the occasion be the foundation fora
broader and deeper friendship and fellow-
ship, a rejoicing over;what has been accom-
plished in the past, and a preparation for
greater triumphs in the future!

 

PICNIC NOTES.

Ben. F. Parmenter will whistle a solo.

A. S. Doak will point out the merits of
his running horse.

Hub Baker will demonstrate his ability to
lead a class meeting.

Wm. H. Jennings will indulge his appetite
for strawberry lemonade.

Geo. F. Owen will have a fund of new
stories at command. Fact!

A. C. Sharpe will deliver a discourse on
the subject of grape culture.

Ed. Frick will confine his remarks during
the day to exactly sixteen words.

Charley Drew will be on hand, if he can
possibly spare the time from Ionia.

John D. Mangum will expatiate upon the
political virtues of Sammy Tilden.

Philo B. Newtan will give a discourse on
scriptural and philosophical subjects.

Wm. B. Edmunds and Wm. Boughton will
appear in the role of the ‘““Twin Giants.”

D. C. Underwood will endeavor to sell
every one present a corner lot at Elmira.

The annual picnic of the M. C. T. A. will
be held on the same day at Sugar Island, De-
troit.

D. S. Haugh will give a dissertion on the
manly art of self-defense, with practical il-
lustrations.

Ben Hollister will be on hand with his
horse fiddle, which he got in exchange for
his base viol.

Dick Mangold will perform his great act
of talking 10,000 sentences in fifteen con-
secutive minutes.

Charles Wilcox will be compelled to put
in the time in Muskegon, as he has an en-
gagement with his best girl.

Jas. A. Morrison will explain his method
of training runaway horses and take a bass
part in the musical programme.

Dr. J. B. Evans will entertain those who
have literary inclinations by reading and in-
terpreting the manuscript of his new play.

John Read will walk around the Lake
quicker than the steamboat can make the
trip, in case he gets home from his northern
trip.

Frank Collins will drive out with his fast
horse, and he and R. B. Orr will get up a
shake purse and determine the fleetness of
their flyers.

Geo. Seymour, the champion fisherman,
will succeed in hooking enough blue gills to
supply the entire party,and have several
baskets left.

Wm. B. Collins will only have time to
shake hands with the boys, as a recent addi-
tion to his family monopolizes almost his
entire time and attention.

Crookston will distinguish himself. by
wearing a pair of shoes made especially for
Chang, the Chinese giant, having soles ex-
actly an inch in thickness.

Algernon Edmund White, Cody Ball &
Co.’s giant, will perform feats of muscular
development and offers to run a foot-race
with any man in the crowd.

Jas. E. Ireland will go on a hunting trip

around the Lake, and hit everything except
the objects aimed at. He may, possibly, lose
a thumb in the undertaking.
(Max Mills has brought his yacht down from
Traverse Bay and will give all the boys an
opportunity to test her fine sailing qualities
and admire his seamanlike ability.

lf Joe F. Reed seems morose and preoccu-
pied, his friends may attribute it to the fact
that he is contemplating another investment
in mining or Honduras timber stocks.

L. R. Cesna will trade horses with any
man who is the possessor of a nag with the
heaves, and, as usual, will allow the other
fellow to get the better of the bargain.

Manley Jones prefers the company of his
best girl at Traverse City to the pleasure of
meeting so distinguished an assembly, all of
which goes to show that he must be pretty
badly ‘“‘gone.”

If any one hears a deafening sound at the
Lake on the day of the picnic, let him not
imagine it to be a thunderclap, a dynamite
explosion or an earthquake. It will only be
Hawkins, talking.

J. N. Bradford has been laid up, tempor-
arily, with an affection of the throat, but is
nearly recovered, and will take the latter
part of this week’s trip. John McIntyre has
taken Brad’s place in the interim.

John McIntyre will be on hand as usual,
and in order to keep up his previous record
will probably beg, borrow or steal some one
else’s dinner. As he was once convicted of
horse-stealing, the farmers in the vicinity
would do well to keep their animals at a safe
distance. He will probably not undertake
to run off with the dummy, however.

All the other boys will act perfectly natur-
al.

———__—~_2- <>
The Gripsack Brigade.

Wm. Boughton, of this city, is one of the
fourteen original charter members of the M.
C. T. A.

C. W. Mansfield, traveling representative
for Bradner, Smith & Co., left Monday for
Chicago. He will return Friday.

Geo. F. Owen, formerly of Spring & Com-
pany, now on the road for Brewster & Stan-
ton, of Detroit, is taking his summer vaca-

tion here at home, and will not terrorize his

trade again until about the 15th.

Valda A. Johnston, formerly with the
Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.,
has accepted a position as traveler for Ham-
ilton Carhartt & Co., of Detroit. He will
make Grand Rapids his headquarters, and

 

 

cover all territory contiguous to this city.

A. D. Baker, northern traveling represent
ative for Foster, Stevens & Co., has gone to
Lockport, N. J., for a fortnight’s rest and rec-
reation. His territory will be covered in his
absence by John Read, with whom the trade
will be glad to renew their former acquaint!
ance.

Samuel F. Poorman, the Detroit traveler,
who spent Sunday in this city, has a novel
scheme in the way of a combination railway

ticket, which he confidently expects to see}
His |

in general use at no very distant day.
idea is to issue 5,000 mile tickets, good on
any road in the United States, the tickets to
be sold at a uniform price of $100 each, or 2
cents per mile. The accounts between the
various railways would have to be kept by a
sort of clearing house, which would ascertain
the amount due each road, and settle accord-
ingly. In making purchases, the ticket buy-
er would willingly pay an extra 25 cents for
the purpose of maintaining the clearing
house. As there are 100,000 commercial trav-
elers in the United States, 25 cents on each
ticket would yield $25,000, an ample amount
to earry on such an undertaking. This plan
would prove advantageous to the commercial
men, as it would enable them to avoid the
trouble incident to the purehase of tickets,
and as it would also put an end to the sealp-
ers’ business, the railroads would also be the
gainers in the end.

“Did you ever know how we came to eall
Ireland the ‘Irish Sportsman’?” said Geo.
W. Watrous, of Coopersville, the other day.
The sporting reporter of THE TRADESMAN
confessed ignorance on the subject, and Mr. |
Watrous continued: ‘You see Ireland was
always talking about the wonderful shots he
had made, and the success that always attend-
ed him whenever he went hunting,so one day
a couple of us agreed to lay off and spend a
day with him inthe woods. Hehired a gun
and loaded himself down with ammunition,
and although the old fellow had any number
of good shots, he couldn’t bring down any
game. The rest of us filled our bags with
squirrels, but for some reason none came to
his share. After tramping all day, and get-
ting thoroughly tired out, we started home.
On the way back, Ireland spied a chipmuck
sitting on a rail fence about the length of
arail distant. He drew up his gun, took
eareful aim, and fired. After the smoke
had cleared away, the chipmuck still sat
there ascalmasan iceberg. Ireland has
not mentioned the subject of hunting
since that time, and whenever we want to
plague him all we have to dois to make
some reference to the matter.”

—_—_————_»> aa __—_
Purely Personal.

Le Grand Peirce was last heard from at
Liverpool.

M. C. Russell gladdened the hearts of the
South Water street fellows Monday.

Wm. H. Allen, for the past year book-
keeper for 1. E. Messmore, has engaged with
the Star Union Line, which has established
an office at No. 7 Canal street.

Mr. E. J. Keate, well and favorably
known in business and railway circles, has
accepted the position of local representative
for the Star Union Line, which has _ lately
established headquarters in this city. Myr.
Keate is well qualified to perform the duties
devolving upon him in this connection, and
will undoubtedly work up a business, profit-
able alike to himself and the company he
represents.

 

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows:

HIDES.
GROCH 2 io255 5 eee 8 Ib @7
IPARG CURCO. ooo. o 2) 6 oo. oe 8 @8%4
UE GUC oe eo a 84@ 84
Dry hides and kips..................-.. 8 @l12
Calf skins, green orcured............. 10 @l2
Deacon skins:............-.-.. 8 piece20 @50
SHEEP PELTS.
Shearlings or Summer skins # piece..10 @20
Fall pelts ae Coe eee gc cue. cae 30 @50
Winter pelts: -.....:. 65.2.2... ok 100 @1 50
WOOL.
Hine washed @ip.............-.....:... ee
@oarse washed... .. 2... . 62... 18 @20
Wmwashed... 6.002.502. eo eke ee 2-3
MPallOws....-2.5. oc. =. eo ues aaa 54@ 5%

FRESH MEATS.
John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:

 

Iresh Beef, sides. ..-.......... 2.6.0.8: T%@ 9
Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 10 @u
Dressed Hogs..............6...-- a ~~ 8
Mutton, CarCasses..............2.00005 @ 8
Weal 8 bo uO 9%
IRGWIS 66 ea ee. 15

IPOtk SQUSAGO... 0... o. sc ese nce: 10 @10%
Pork Sausagein bulk................4- @10%
Bologna... 2... ce ease @10

 

 

MASON'S
FRUITJARS

Write or Telephone us for

BOTTOM PHltss

—ALSO—
Jelly Cups,
Ice Cream Freezers,

Refrigerators and
COMPLETE STOCK

CROCKERY & GLASSWARE

at

H, Leonard & Sons,

16 Monroe Street,
GRAND RAPIDS -.

 

MICH.

LATEHST

AG QUOtatLONs

JOHN
CAULFIELD

WHOLESALE GrocER,

—AND JOBBER IN—

Teas, Tabaccas, Spices Etc,

89, 87 and 89 Canal Street
FACTORY ACCENT

For the following well-known brands of To-
baccos and Cigars:

FINE CUT.

Went a. se os ee 8 a ek. 74
@ld Consress. . .:: 5. 2. 2... se 64
Good Tmek.. ............... 22.2.2... 3d
Good and Sweet... 2.5... ee cdc cn cee 45
American oo oe i ee a es
Blaze Away.. os Sac oe be os bee
Hair Lifter. : ec aes ee aU

Governor, 2 02. ‘foil... Be oo oo ae ob co 60

In half barrels or four pail lots, 2c # tb off
above list.

| east

Horse Shoe. .

 

ee ke

MeAlpin’s Green Shield. . ee oo arcsec oes 48
McAlIpin’s Sailor’s Solace.. Soo. 2 ao
MeAlpine’s Chocolate Cream. ood. oe. 48

ted Star, extra quality, same style as

Sailor’ S SOIEGG. Ree 48
Big Chunk or J. T. Mahogany Wrapper. .40
Hair Lifter, BTahouany Wrapper .......- 37
D. & D. Dark, ! lf and 16 oz. pounds.....37
SCO) HMI a ie ew ce cece cee 35
Dueck Qet2 and flag... 2... enc cee uc 48
Nobby rat ROM cc. a. 48
Bldek Spun ROW... 2. ooo cl eo. ec: 38
Canada Plug (Virginia Smoking)........50
@resent Plus. 6 ib cadg................. 45

In 60 tb quantities 2¢ per tb off.

oo

Peerless. . 2 oo
Rob Roy.. ecco
Uncle Sam.... Be ie Se eG
Pont and Jerby.: ..... 2.0... 25. 2... . 28
Good Bnoueh. . 2... or 28
MoumbaiMN ROSE... 1. oes ac ee ce cw ee ac oe 20
Lumberman’s Long Cut................26
Home Comfort. .. .. 2... 2. 5 cee ee es ws 24
Green Back, Killickinieck...............25
Two Nickel, Killickinick 14............. 25
Two Nickel, Killickinick, 4 See eee 26
Star Durham, Killickiniek, } Fe aoa ae

Rattler, Killickinick, 1 My, ooo ces
Honey Dew, Killickinick, i“ el
Posey, Killickinick, 144, paper.

Canary, Killickinick, Extra ‘Vi irginia. eee ce 36
Gold Block, Killickinick, } ia fee 32
Peck’s Sun, Killickinick, 1s and Ibs..... 18
Golden Flake Cabmet.. 0... 505-6 le 40
‘Rrayverer. 3 O42. foil... 2... eee. 3D
Rail Road Boy, 3 07. foll................8¢
Nigger Head, Navy Clippings........... 26

Seotten’s Chips, Navy Clippings, paper.
Leidersdorfs’ Navy Clippings, cloth bags

26
26

Old Rip Fine Virginia Long Cut.........55
ime Koln @lab. . 0.2... 2-2. . eo. on bee. 45
Durham lone Cut.........-.-........: 60
Durham, Blackwells 1¢......0......4:- 60
Durham, Blackwell's, 4................50
Durham, Blackwell's, ¥¢.........<...:..00
Durham, Blackwell’s, fd................51
Seal of North Carolina } - Do ole oe coe
Seal of North Carolina &...............! 50
Seal of North Carolina 4¢..............- 48
Seal of North Carolina fb............... 46

Special prices given on large lots.

CIGARS.

Smoke the Celebrated ‘“‘After Lunch” Sigan:

Aten, PUNCH. ...........52.22.20-3 $30 00
@laneissa oS. se ce, 45 00
Oana... 3.. 3.2... cs . w. .. -38 00
NEMONS 8 oo, ool ec eee ce 35 00
Q@uden Marys... .....- 6. ..5k 23.2 ee: 25 00
Josephines .. be Soe ee eos se cc. cee OU
Little Hatchets. Bee Le a 30 00
Old GIORES:. . co. 6. we ee ke 23 00
PRWER SISECES. soo 006 cul gnc oneness os 23 00
MOSS Amato. 2... 1c. cc cc ce 18 00
INFROMOND oo... oes cee 12 50
@ammercial.. . so... occ se ce oe ok 5 00
PIQIUMOS 5. os ok. ow es os ek ck 60 00
Mark Twain....... Bie ee i ee 55 00
Golden Snikes.. 22.0520. 55 00
Stomrs Boquet. .... 2-20. Ue. cco. 65 00
Owl Captam.. ..-. oe ee ee 60 00
S: @S. Capadura. . 2... .00 5.6... 5 32 00

In addition to the above brands of Tobac-
cos and Cigars, I keep in stock an ample
supply of all other well-known brands of
Plug and Fine Cut. Our stock in the Tobac-
co and Cigar line is one of the largest and
best assorted to be found in the eity.

TEAS,

sapaly OVGIMAPY .. 2... 50 se. oes ee. os ek 238@30
RUPEE EAE ss ee ee 32@35
Japan fair to 200d: :.. .. sss. 3. <2 55 ese 35@37
ROMA NOs 2 5c. oa 0 sc ow eee ee eee 40@50
gipaly GUS. 622.206. ea as 1b@18
Woumne: EVHOR:. 2. 5. oes eos cn cece 25@50
Gunpowder. 35@50
GONG oe ose eee 35@45@55@60
Cone... 30@3d

SYRUPS.
Corn, Barrels Bods Co oak eee @ 31
@ornm: 66 DIS... 6 eo os a csc. @ 33
Corn: 10 gallon kegs. ... ...... 6c. es- @ 36
Corn,5 gallon ORS eos oo oes ic ewes @1 90
Corn, 4% gallon WORMS. 5 cc @1 85
Pure Sugar Dri rips, Rib os oe, 30@ 3T
Maple Syrup, 5 gal kegs............... @3 10
Maple Syrub, 10 gal kegs.............. @6 00
SUGARS.
Sugars firm at following quotations:

Cut Loaf. . Sao eee %37@8
Powdered Standard ke eas 724@8
Granulated Standard. ............ a Grd
Standard Confectioners’ A....... 634 @63
Standard A ......... cece esc eeee @6%
ten Whittle C. 2... 0... 34s cas cs 634 @635
Extra Bright Cy... 5 eects. ee 6 @6%
Pett Cosco ce ee cs 53{@5%K
Wellow Ce 065s 0. s es cee ci ca 54 @5%

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.

Join Caulield.

 

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Drugs & Medicines

The Kentucky Oil Field.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

Developments begun last winter and re-
cently pushed with vigor in the “blue
grass” region of Kentucky for the purpose
of obtaining oil, have now reached a stage
when some definite idea may be formed of
the petroleum deposits in that section, and
how much of a factor they will prove in the
American field of production. Oil has been
found in sufficiently large quantities and un-
der sufficiently favorable conditions to war-
rant the statement that Kentucky affords a
profitable field for operating of well borers;
that the area of deposit is extensive and the
supply abundant. The character of the oil,
however, and its freedom from spirituous
properties forbids expectation that any
“usher” will be found or flowing wells
abound. Operations begun last fall in a
quiet way under the auspices of a stock com-
pany, with Col. Andrew C. Ferris, the pe-
troleum pioneer, in charge of matters in the
field, have been continued as fast as practi-
ble to the present time with assured success.
The oil belt extends through Kentucky from
northeast to southwest for a distance of
about one hundred and fifty miles in length
and fifty miles or more in extreme width,
and the rocks-and shale are so saturated
with oil, that during the late war they were
freely burned for camp fires, and now are
utilized by laborers constructing or grading
railways, both by night and day, building
for the purpose of light and warmth great
bon-fires of the oil-impregnated rocks. The
Devonian shale is rich in bitumen, but is
somewhat compact, hardly more than fifty
per cent of oil being found in its recesses.
Underlying this, are the Chertro and Keo-
kuk sandstones, almost fissureless, followed
by the Cumberland stone, containing some
oil. Then comes a course variety of sand-
stone and conglomerates, in which the great-
est deposits exist. Here is the real reser-
voir of the oil. ‘The oil is heavy, is meas-
urably from odor, and by distillation and
chemical analysis is found to contain 71 per
cent of dense substance (lubricating prop-
erties), 15 per cent of earthy matter and
coke, a trace only of benzine or naphtha,
with no paraffine or gum.

The abundance of subteranean gases how-
ever is attested by the important fact that
only a week ago oil borers, while boring for
oil between Paris and Mount Sterling,
struck an immense gas well; the force of
the gas being so great as to force the tools
several hundred feet in the air. The gas is
rushing from the orifice with tremendous force
and great volumes in quantities ‘sufficient in
the estimation of those onthe ground to
supply the two important settlements men-
tioned with a natural illumination; whether
their conjectures are correct however will be
determined by the continuous outflow. At
any event the discovery is an important
one.

The knowledge of oil deposits in Ken-
tucky antedates the rebellion. Enterprises
in oil boring were being carried on in 1860-1
and were interrupted by the outbreak of the
war, and the open hostility manifested to-
ward efforts made by Northern men. Some
of the wells had progressed far enough to be
moderately productive. The oil obtained
then was noted for its superior lubricating
properties, and was in use on several lines
of railway, as wellas for machinery, and
commanded at the wells at that time tliirty
cents per gallon or (when barrels held only
40 gallons) $12 per barrel. Col. Ferris, af-
ter having opened up the Pennsylvania oil
field at Tarentum in 1857 (two years before
Col. Drake bored the Oil Creek well) and in
1859 having operated successfully in the
Kanawa Valley, conducted operations in the
Kentucky field in 1860 until driven away by
the confederates. Taking advantage of his
knowledge of that section, a number of cap-
italists last fall induced him to obtain leases
for them of 10,000 acres of the territory
where surface indications were still abun-
dant, and which have been free from opera-
tions since the ante-bellum well-borings.
The territory is in Bourbon County, about
thirty miles southeast of Paris, and on ac-
count of improved railway and river naviga-
tion is fairly accessible. The distance from
which tools and machinery have had to be
transported to the seat of operations—Cin-
cinnati being the nearest available point—
have made progress necessarily slow, and
while it is evident that none but pumping
wells may be expected (for reasons already
given), yet itis amply demonstrated that
oil exists in very large quantities. In writ-
ing of the matter recently, Col. Ferris, who
has never been charged with being an en-
thusiast, said: ‘Indications are such and
demonstrations have been made that render
it a certainty that Kentucky will become the
oil field of the future. And while foreign
competition and production may lessen our
export trade, joined to possibly depleted oil
deposits near the seaboard, yet for home
consumption we may rest satisfied that in
Kentucky alone oil enough exists to supply
all these United States for generations to
come.”

Making allowance for the natural en-
hancement of views of one interested in its
developement, it may safely be assumed
that a much needed and valuable deposit of
heavy oil is being exhumed in Kentucky;
but as all the indications forbid the expecta-
tion of any light gravity oil, the supply for
illuminating purppses is not apparently
menaced. Itis questionable whether this
fact is one to be deplored in view of the
present abundance of that grade in Pennsyl-
vania and the low range of prices; while it

 

   

_ ig not doubtful that the decreasmg quantity

 

of Pennsylvania lubricating oils will render
the development of the Kentucky field ad-
vantageous to the trade and to the communi-
ty at large.

The Position of Glycerine.
From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

For a year or more there has been a grad-
ual decline in the price of both German and
American glycerine, and last week the low-
est price was reached which has been quot-
ted for the past five years. As a conse-
quence, there is considerable uncertainty felt
among dealers just now as to the future of
the article. The generally accepted reasons
for the decline in values are, that the com-
petition to-day is much greater than ever be-
fore, there being many different processes
among manufacturers which has led toa
material reduction in the price of the crude
article. On the other side the quotation for
erude has declined from 120 francs to 95
frances in the past two months. The ques-
tion at present is whether manufacturers
can continue to make a profit under the low
prices now existing. (In the spring of 1882,
owing to the scarcity of the crude article
abroad, prices advanced and ruled as high as
200 frances, producing a like advance in
this country. These figures continued to be
quoted until the fall of thesame year when
a decline took place, since which time prices
have gradually fallen off until now the very
low figure of 19c. to 20c. for both German
and American have been reached.

The majority of dealers are inclined to
the opinion that no higher prices will rule.
On the contrary, they seem to regard it as
probable that the markets will either remain
stationary or show a further decline. But
the future course of prices will necessarily
depend upon the ability of makers of crude
by the various new processes to work profit-
ably at the current or lower prices. It is
unlikely that there will be any improvement
in prices until there has been a reduction in
the output, and that will only occur when
values reach a point. below which some of
the producers‘can operate their particular
processes. In other words, itis believed
that the present excessive competition will
continue until it results in the survival of
the fittest.

——_____—._ +=. __-
Prospects of the Indigo Crop.

According to the present condition of the
indigo crop, the finer qualities will be in less
this season. Recent reports from the supply
producing countries confirm this statement
In Reinhold’s Calcutta review of the market
it is stated that the sowings were very back-
ward, and the severe draught caused by un-
usual heat in March and April checked all
field work. Some districts had only com-
pleted their sowing by the middle of last
month, while work was still being prosecu-
ted in other localities at the first of this
month. In Lower Bengal the bright pros-
pects have been shattered by too much rain,
whilst the condition of the plants in some
parts have been improved by the light rains,
notably in Tirhoot, where the planters are
more sanguine ofa fair output. In the
northwest Provinces reliance is placed upon
the irrigation works, and reports from that
district are favorable. Better growing
weather is expected during the remainder of
the month, and it is hoped rapid progress
during the remainder of the season will off-
set the generally unsatisfactory results thus
far. A fair approximate opinion of the crop
cannot be formed until the latter part of
next month. A bad beginning may make a
good ending. The stock in London on June
1st was reported to be 20,999 chests, against
15,004 chests atthe same time last year.
The New York indigo market has been de-
void of activity for some time, and without
any special movement to influence a fluctuat-
ing tendency. The limited consumptive
wants are being supplied at steady figures.
and the feeling, although quiet, is one of

confidence in the stability of values.
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A New Antagonist to Alcohol,

From the Medical Record.

The kola nut of Guinea, or gara nut of
Soudan, the fruit of the sterculia acuminata,
cola acuminata of Daniell, has recently as-
sumed a new importance by its remarkable
property of antagonizing the effects of alco-
hol. It has long been known that the kola
nut contains caffeine, to which may be at
tributed the lessened desire for sleep and
sense of physical well-being caused by the
consumption of it; for which reasons it has
long been extensively and highly valued
throughout a large portion of Africa. Un-
like the coffee bean, however, it contains no
tannin. It has recently been discovered
that when chewed, it antagonizes the effects
of alcohol, and constant use of it is said to
dissipate the desire, even in old drinkers.
Whether it is superior to the aromatic
spirits of ammonia for the treatment of an
“acute drunk” is not yet definitely known.
The nuts are much more available for con-
stant use, however, than any liquid, and if
the claims put forward be true, the ‘‘diner-
out,” by taking a few of them along with
him, need not be disutrbed by thoughts of
the next morning’s headache.

oO
Cologne.

A choice, fragrant cologne, of lasting and
delicate odor can be made as follows:
Henry’s Cologne Oil, 6 oz.
Alcohol, 95 per cent, 7 pints.

Mix. Let stand for a week or more, then
add:

Rose Water, 1 pint.

Shake well, letting the mixture stand for
one day, then filter through paper. -

 

a
The Dupont Powder Co. has paid $75,000
to the Vulcan Powder Manufacturing Co., of
Catasauqua, Pa., upon agreement that it sus-

 

pend operations for one year.

A Useful Table of Reference.

There is in an ordinary half gallon acid
bottle:

Acid, Muriatic, C. P., 6 pounds.

Acid, Nitric, C. P., 7 pounds.

Acid, Sulphuric, C. P., 9 pounds.

Acid, Muriatic, Commercial, 53g pounds.

Acid, Nitric, Commercial, 684 pounds.

Acid, Sulphuric, Commercial, 9 pounds.

Sol. Mer. Tin, 7 pounds.

Liquor Palassa, 5 pounds.

Sulphuric Ether, 334 pounds.

Acetic Ether, 4 pounds.

Acetic Acid, 5 pounds.

Spirits Ammonia, 4 pounds.

When ordering from your wholesale drug-
gist, govern yourself accordingly, and save
expense and trouble.

One bu. rape seed whighs 50 Ibs.

One bu. millet seed weighs 50 lbs.

One bu. hemp seed weighs 44 Ibs.

One bu. canary seed weighs 60 Ibs.

One bu. flax seed weighs 56 lbs.

Here and There and Everywhere.

An Erie druggist labeled a new liniment
‘‘Phiz,” because a learned friend told
him that was a popular name for human
lineaments.

The difference between a druggist and a
farm hand is said by an exchange to be, that
one is a pharmacist and the other a farm as-
sist.

The candy and corrosive sublimate were
kept on the same shelf in a Nebraska store.
One man found it out two days before his
funeral.

The louder the quack, the longer the bill.

A local drug clerk has ascertained for a
certainty that a man can marry on $10 a
week—that is, if the girl’s mother keeps a
boarding house.

-_—»> -9- <> -—

Outlawed Accounts.

I have an open account with A. B. extend-
ing over a period of about twenty years, on
which $88 isdue me. A. B. claims that all
items more than six years old are outlawed.
if this is the law and it is applied to our ac-
count, but $40 is due me. 18 A. B. right?

i: BS:

Answer—If your account is mutual, that
is, if there are entries on each side, a settle-
ment must go back to the beginning. If all
the charges are on your side—that is, if the
total on your side is $88 and on his nothing
—you can only recover from him for items
less than six years old. As we under-
stand your question, $88 not $40, is due. It
is well for all dealers to bear in mind this
principle: To keep an account alive, there
must be a payment, with consent, within six
years.

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Paste! Which Will Adhere to Any Sub-
stance.

Sugar of Lead, 114 ounces.

Alum, 11 ounces."

Gum Arabic, 214 ounces.

Wheat Flour, 1 pound.

Water, sufficient.

Dissolve the gum arabic in two quarts of
warm water. When cold mix in the flour
and add the sugar of lead and alum dissolved
in water. Place the whole on the fire, stir-
ring constantly, and take it off when it shows
signs of ebullition. Let it cool and the
paste is made. If too thick, add some gum

water to bring it to:the proper consistency.
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Turned Wood Boxes.
No. 1 turned wood boxes contain 1 drachm.
No. 2 turned wood boxes contain 2 drachms.
No. 3 turned wood boxes contain 4 drachms.
No. 4 turned wood boxes contain 1 ounce.
No. 5 turned wood boxes contain 2 ounces.
No. 6 turned wood boxes contain 3 ounces.

No. 7 turned wood boxes contain 4 ounces.
> _- 9

THE TRADESMAN has arranged with an
experienced and practical chemist to answer
any queries? that may be propounded by the
traderin regard to pharmaceutical prepara-
tions. All queries should be written plainly
and briefly, to insure reply.

 

 

DELINQUENT DEBTORRS.

 

Scotts.
E. L. Carbine reports the following:
E. L. Boardman, removed to Grand

PRO DINS eg hee ee es $6 12
Lewis McCracken, moved to Muskegon... 8 66
Frank Kelly, moved to Kalamazoo, paint-

BY DY (Ade! se ore ieee 16 22
Wm. Shaver, gone north with another

MGS WALCO. 2, oss eek ee. 6 06

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted
in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week,
each and every insertion. One cent for each
additional word. Advance payment.

 

 

 

Lege A position in a first-class drug
store by a young man of experience.
Address A., care THE TRADESMAN.

 

ANTED.—A number of traveling sales-

men to handle a line of shirts in connec-

tion with their other line. Liberal Commission

paid. Address, Marshall Shirt Manufacturing
Co., Marshall, Mich.

AVING WITHDRAWN from the business
formerly carried on under the firm name
of Graham & Sweeney, at Hopkins, Mich., I
will not hold myself responsible for any debts
contracted under the above name.
June 11, 1884, N. SWEENEY,

{OR SALE—A stock of new, fresh staple gro-
ceries and fixtures complete. Willinvoice

$500 or $600. This is an extra chance for some
young man, with a small capital to make mon-
ey. The town has 3,500 inhabitants, one rail-
road, and will have a cross road within four
months, and new water works. The place is
growing fast. Very low rent. Reasons for
selling, Ihave business in another town and
can not be at both places. Ioffer this chance
for two weeks only. Would take a good trusty
partner. Address for one week T, 33 Clinton
street, Grand Rapids, or Box 10, Hastings, Mich.

 

 

    

 

 

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
OYSTERS.
New York Counts, per Can...............000 38
MORtOA: HEIOCUS. oi oss oes lve ke soso es oogenesis: 35
FRESH FISH.

Mackinaw TOU oes ic dessa s Sob sacs Ye
MACKCIO! 36s oo sa ek io pi puericatosile
Whitefish ese ck cee t
Smoedk Whitefish and Trout. . Sore ee ee

 

Smoked Bt urged!

Pho nt 9g pee ene ae

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT,

 

Advanced—Paris Green.

Declined—Glass warf flint, morphine, cu

bebs, shellac.

  

   

  

ACIDS.
Acetic, NO. 8. 28. esse e. um 9 @ 10
Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 80 @ 35
Carbelie. 35
Citric Dei epicceleeise at 66 ees oa tisise ec aca 5D
Muriatic 18 dee... ......5....2...4.- 38 @ 5
NItMIC 36 GEOG 22... nese c cess ll @ 12
Oxalie. 62986 4%@ 15
Sulphuric 66 deg................... 383 @ 4
Tartaric powdered................ 48
Benzoic, English............. 8 oz 20
Benzoic, German.......---.--.-. + 2 @ Ib
WaMme <5) 1b @ Ii
AMMONIA,
Carbonate... io. ci. Bh 1 @ 18
Muriate (Powd. 22¢)............006. 14
Aqua lé6 deg or 3f...............6- 6 @ fT
Aqua i8 deg or 4f.................. 7@ 8
BALSAMS.
@opaiba @ 50
ee ee 40
POE ee ee ose cecs ccs 3 00
(0) LV ee eee 50
BARKS.
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........ 12
Cinchona, VellOow.....2..05....5.. 18
Him, select: 2 3... 15
Elm, ground, pure................. 183
Elm, powdered, pure.. 15
Sassafras, of root...... 10
Wild Cherry, SGlCCH Le 2
Bayberry powdered.. Boat cease 20
Hemlock powdered................ 18
WiSDOO) oe ceca. 30
Soap ground. 2. .2..:...2. es... 2
BERRIES,
Cubeb, prime '(Powd § 85)........ . a
Juniper Meee be Coes ee Gea cca cae a
Prickly: Ashi. 6 isos se ‘1 60 gi 10
EXTRACTS.
Licorice (10 and 25 tb bares 25C).. 27
Licorice, powdered, pure......... 3iK%
Logwood, bulk (12 and eB b doxes). 9
Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).......... 12
Lgowood, %s QQ | ees. 13
Logwood, 48 GQ.  .2e1..0.: 15
Logwood,ass’d do .......... 14
Fluid _Extracts—25 ® cent. off list.
FLOWERS.
PTCA ee cece: oe 10 @ il
Chamomile, Roman............... 25
Chamomile, German.............. 25
GUMS.
Aloes, Barbadoes................6 60@ 7
Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢)............ 18
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50
AMMONIAC.. oo 020.656... ese ces 2B@ 30
Arabic. extra select............... 60
Arabic, powdered select.......... 60
Arabic, Ist picked................. 50
Arabic,2d picked................-. 40
Arabic,c8d pickod............c0se0% 3d
Arabic, sifted sorts................ 30
Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35¢)... 30
CNZOIN ce bch eee sees s 55@60
C@aMPpPhOr 2.6 eee. 22@ 24
Catechu. 18 (% 14c, 4s 16¢) ...... A 13
Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40
Galbanum strained................ 80
Gamboge. 0665506 a soo... $0@1 00
Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 35
Kino [Powdered, 30¢].............. 20
MWOSUIC. occ 110
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40
Opium, pure (Powd $5.50).......... 415
Shellac, Campbell’s................ 30
Shellac, English..... 26
Shellac, native......... - 24
Shellac bleached................05. 30
Tracaeanth (00.22. .2.5 0: 6.55.65. 380 @1 10
HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES.
MOavhOUNG 20 ee ee eee 25
10) of ee ee 25
IBEPDEMMING. 6... ee oi ct ee 25
Rue Be oes coc Sse sciccs cues eee 40
SDCRPIMING 2.0... sec ee cele 24
BPweebh MajOram...... 5... ce ct ee etc e ee ce 35
PRAT ca 25
MEIVANG te ae ee a é
WOrMWOOd -. 60.25.5220 ee cee cae 25
IRON.
Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40
Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20
Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7
GitRAte oe eee eee 80
PRORDHETG . joe ees sates. ees 65
LEAVES.
Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 122 @ 13
Sage, Italian, bulk (4s & 4s, 12¢)... - 6
Senna, Alex, natural.............. @ 20
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30
Senna, powdered.................- 22
Senna tinnivelli........... ........ 16
ive Uirst es 10
merledonnaec. 2) 6.002000 .6 2.2... s 35
HOXPIOVG: 65. Coo. cn ek cece ees 5 30
IPORURNE! 6. tee ale cok ee 5 35
OSG; TE: 66.8) ices. ae ce ee 2 35
LIQUORS.
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25
Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00
Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1 50
Gin: Old Tom... 0... 005... 2.02..-. 135 @1 7%
Gin, Holand... oo. cies cee ees 2 00 50
IBYANGY foo ee. eck he ee tes 175 @6 50
Catawba Wines. ... 2... 22....6.- 5. 125 @2 00
POrt WIMCEs| 2.3. 5265. . o ee es 135 @2 50
MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 23
Carbonate, Jenning’ 8; 202..02..-.. 37
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.. 2 2%
@alcimed soe: es. yee tes wee 70
OILS.
Almond, sweet. ..:.....-5.0... oe os 45 @ 50
Amper, TEChHed... 5... .5....5..- <0. 45
PAOVIB@ ee ee ce aces 1 80
NSO th OZ... eres oa ces 50
IBercamont.. 6c .5 0. 632 ss. ose 2 00
CEStOR ee cas see 19%@ _ 20
CTOtOM: |. oe soe koe ce cee 2 00
Cajeput 627.6500 2 ccc... 75
CASS ce ee 1 00
Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40
Crpronelia oe ec ee 85
ClOVGS ee oe eee, 1 2
@ubebs, Po & Wi:.. 2... ees... 8 00
IPIGCLOD 5... sees ces cee ce ees 1 60
MTG WeGG is .. 6 oo. eae eee 2 00
Geranium  OZ.:...........0...0< 7d
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40
JUDIPEr WOOd.-...-..5.........6-.. 50
Juniper berries..........-.....-.... 2 00
Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01
Lavender garden GO 2 2. 1 00
Lavender spike dO; 2205s 90
Lemon, new Crop..............226 1 70
Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 1 75
Be@MONGTAES. 056.5 oes eek cess ee se 80
Origanum, red Bowers, French. . 1 25
Origanum, NO. 1.................. 50
Pennyroyal .....:...... : re 1 75
Peppermint, white................ 3 25
OSC 49 OF) 6.2 coe. 9 75
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)... 65
Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50
andal Wood, W.'L.............: <.; 7 00
SBASSAITHS oc be ieee ec cee 60
WPRTIGV) ooo ha coe ia sa eee s ose veces 4 50
Tar as PAlOOC). 6 es ae. 10 @ 12
WiINntererveen:. 5). osc... occ ee 2 25
Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $6.50)..... 4 50
DONA soo sc es ee sess cc ess 1 00
WOFMBGCH.. 62.2 o.oo een cece 2 50
Cod Liver, filtered..... ..... 8 gal 1 90
Cod Liver, ge Rog ici «6 ee 3 50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’ 816 : 6 00
Olive, Malaga........... @1 20
Olive, “Sublime lielian ... -..:. 2 50
an ee 6 @ 67
Rose, Inmsen’s............... # Oz 9 75
POTASSIUM.
WIGTOMALC, ... 2... che c.s sec. ss %8 Ib 14
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 35
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20
Jodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 1 40
Prussiate yellow...............000. 30
ROOTS.
PAAR ONO oo eco sds sac beck ee ee ocak 15
ANbhee, ONG... 6 ioc. ceo 27
Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and \%s.... 35
Blood (Powd 18¢)...............24+ Zé 12
Calamus, | ones Be ie Cees coats
Calamus, German white, peeled..

Elecampane, powdered............
Gentian (Powd l%c(......
Ginger, African (Powd l6c).
Ginger, Jamaica bleached
Golden Seal (Powd 40c).....
Belen white, powdered va
ioacne, Rio, powdered.............
alap, powdered...................
Licorice, select (Powd 12%).......
Licorice, extra select..............
PUNK CYUC. ccs o oss eee ees cee esve
Rhei, from select to choice....... 100
Rhei, powdered EH. I............ ee
Rhei, choice cut cubes..
Rhei, choice cut fingers.
Serpentaria

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Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18
Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 10
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢).. 20
SEEDS.
Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 13
Bird, mixed in fh packages....... 5 @ 6
Canary, SMiyrna . 26.520 38%4@ 4
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c).. 11 @ 12
Cardamon, Aleppee............... 2 v0
Cardamon, Malabar................ 2 25
COlOry 20
Coriander, pest English........... 2
Hennel ge 15
Hiax, Clean. 2/0, 34%@
Flax, pure grd (bbl 33{)............ 4@ 4%
Foenugreek, powdered eee 8 @ 9
Hemp, Russian... 00.0.2. 5 @ '5%
Mustard, white’ Black 10e)........ 8
Quineg ceo 1 00
Rape; English 3. ok. 7%@ 8
Worm, lovant...0 002505. 14
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50
Nassau do dQ ..... 2 00
Velvet Extra do do (2... 110
Extra Yellow a do 1. 85
Grass dQ. 2... 65
Hard head, for ciate ULC 75
Yellow Reef, dO 2... 1 40
MISCELLANEUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.17) # gal.. 2 25
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50
Anodyne Hofiman’s............... 50
Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2
Annatto Lib rolis.................. 30
Blue Soluble.) 00.20 50
Bay Rum, imported, best......... 25
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00
a Bib 24@ 3%
Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 3 @ 4
Annatto, prime................ 32
Antimony, powdered, com’l.. 44@ 5
Arsenic, white, powdered..... 6 @ ¢
Balm Gilead Buds........... 40
Beans, Tonka.......... 2 25
Beans, Vanilla......... 700 @9 75
Bismuth, sub nitrate.......... a 1 60
Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... 45
Blue Vitniol 206 T%@ 9
Borax, refined (Powd 18¢)......... 12
Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 1 85
Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 20
Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18
Carmine, No. 40.....- 2-003... 20.22. 4 00
@assia Buds... 300: 12
Calomel, American................ 7
Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5
Chalk, precipitate Buara coed ees 12
Chalk, red fingers................. 8
Chalk’ white lump Beek, 2
Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60
Colocynth apples.................. 60
Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60
Chloral do do _cryst... EG
Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90
Chloral do do __—crusts.. 1%
Chloroform 607.20. 100 @1 10
Cinchonidia, P. & W...... cc ae ee 5s @ 6C
Cinchonidia, other brands......... 55 @ 60
Cloves (Powd 28¢).............0.00- 20 @ 2
Cochinesl co, 30
Cocoa Butter.......2.0...00..2.... 45
Copperas (by bbl Ie)............... 2
Corrosive Sublimate............... 65
Corks, X and XX—35 off list......
Cream Tartar, pure powdered...., 38 @ 40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 15
@ressOte 50
Cudbear, prime. 24
Cuttle Fish Bone. 24
Dextrine ......... 2
Dover’s Powders.. 1 20
Dragon’s Blood Masso. 50
Ergot powdered................... 45
Ether Sowmibba 35 110
Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8
Mpsom Salts... 2. 24@ 3
HreOc Treshi 50
Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 69
lake white... 6.0. 14
Graing Paradise... .... 2... 202... 25
Gelatine, Cooper’s................. f
Gelatine, French .................. 45 @ 70
Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box wet
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis..
Glue, eabmet. 0... 8... 12 @ li
Glue; white. 20000. 17 @ 28
Glycerine, pure. ....0.....00062 21 @ 2
Hops “sand Ys........0c..0 ok. 25@ 40
Todoform 2 O27...5.0 oe. 35
BUGIZO 8 @l1 00
Ticcet Powder, best Dalmatian... 23 @ 2
Iodine, resublimed................ 230
Isinglass, American............... 1 50
UAPONMICR 9
Hondon Purple:. 0.5.2. .......... 10 @ 1
Head: neetate... os oe. 15
Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10c & 4s llc) 9
Ibupubime: os 1 00
cpeeen Se 50
Mander: best Duteh:.........:.... wae Is
Manna. S: Bio...
rer oy ae oe ew 50
orphia, sulp &W...... oz 3 10@3 35
Musk, Canton, H., P . & Co. eed 40
Moss, lela oi ib 10
MOGS Esigh: 12
Mustard, English es ae ees a 30
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 cans...... 18
Nutgalls. as : 20
INugmess, NOU Po. occ 70
Nux Vomiea.... 20.2... 6s... foo 10
Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 40
Paris Green. ....0........5.0:12.3.° 18k6@ 27
epee Black: Berry.......:.:.... 18
Bee ee ec el. 3 00
Piten Bcc Burgundy............. :
Qi 6 @
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ boz 1 30@I 35
Quinine, German.................. 125 @1 30
Seidlitz Mixture................... 28
Stryehnia, oryst........ 2.6.26... 1 50
Silver Nitrate, cryst............... 79 @ 8
Red Precipitate............... 8 ib 80
Satfron, American................. 40
Sal Glauber... .... 6 es, @ 2
Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10
Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9
Sal Rochelle... 2... 2.205 320.... 2... 33
Sar SOG8 605 ee 2@ 2%
NOHOM ooo el 2 00
DSANEOHIM 2.2 cc ss ae 6 75
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38
Soda Ash [by keg 8e].............. 4
SPGrmacehl i.e esha. 25
Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s. 44@ 5
Soap, White Castile................ 14
Soap,Green, do ..... .....:..:. li
Soap, Mottleddo  ................ 9
Soap; dO, do. .....2.. 68... il
Soap, Mazzimi..........5.....:..... 14
Spirits Nitre, oH... . 2... ea... 26 @ 28
Spirits Nitre, A oe ceca 28 @ 8
Sugar Milk powdered.............. 30
Sulphur, flour........:.0..5........ 34@
Sulphuri role... cs. ss) 3@ 38%
Partar HmMeuG. c.f... ee. y ek ee
Tar, N. C. Pine; % gal. cans # doz 2 70
Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40
Tar, do pintsintin......... 85
Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Ib 25
Wax, White, 8S. & F. brand........ 60
Zine, Sulphate eee ee 7@ 8
OILS.
@apitol Cylinder... 2.05... cos oc. ec aes 75
Model Cylinder 2.02 ecco te ce ea ce 60
Shields Cylinder. oo. oak wees eek ences ce otek 50
ICOrACO HMONG oo aes wes co cco wees ce oc ee 45
Peerless Machinery.........02.c0cccc cess cence 35
Challenge Machinery.............ccccscccccces 25
Backus Wine HOPING. 26. eo. oa cc eee a 30
Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30
Castor Machine Oe ee ee ee 6C
Parstime, 25 GOes 5. oo. a eee ee oe occ 22
Pavatine, 28, GCG. ooo. os scat ck cece cease ceca 21
Sperm, winter Blessed 1 40
Bbl = Gal
Whale: winter... 66... oe ence 80 85
MANO OSELO. ooo os eee occ. oe . 6 75
Ward: NO dee. ecco oo be oe ec 55 65
Hinseed, PULTE TAW:.. oc. ., oc ke cece ces 58 62
Linseed, boiled. .... 32.20 es ccc e tes eee 61 65
Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95
Spirits Turpentine................... 35 45
VARNISHES.
No. LBurp Coach: 2. ccs... 2st: 1 10@1 20
MERGE, UE D os te ei eee ss eee 1 60@1 70
Coageh Body... cio: co bc cee 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture... .........2...0: 1 00@1 10
Extra Turp Damar.................08. 1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 0@ %5
PAINTS.
Bbl Lb
Boralumine, White bulk) ........ 9
Boralumine, ‘ tbs

Boralumine, Tints ae 50 off.
Boralumine ‘“ Ob ovecews
Red Venetian..................
Ochre, yellow Marseille
Ochre, yellow Bermuda
Putty, commercial ............
Putty, strictly pure.......... :
Vermilion, prime American.
Vermilion, English............
Green, ee Beeccoetes ves
Lead, red strictly pure.
Lead, white, st oy ure.....
Whiting, white Span sh..
Whiting, Gilders’............. ‘

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HAZELTINE,

PERKINS
& C0,

Wrholesaie

liggists

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and
95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

rng, Medicines, Chemicals
Palnts, Oils, Varnishes,
and Droggist’s
Glassware

MANUFACTURERS OF
ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS,
FLUID EXTRACTS ANi ELIXIRS,

GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR

WoLr, PATTon & Co., AND JoHN L. Wurt-
ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE
PAINT AND VARNISH
BRUSHES.

—Aliso for the—

GRAND RaApips Brusu Co., MANFGS. OF
HAtr, SHOE AND Horse BRUSHES.

Drugoists’ Sundries

Our stock in this department of our busi-
ness is conceded to be one of the largest,
best-assorted and diversified to be found in
the Northwest. Weare heavy importers of
many articles ourselves and can offer Fine
Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng-
glish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive
prices. Ourline of Holiday Goods for the
approaching season will be more full and el-
egant than ever before, and we desire our
customers to delay their fall purchasers
of those articles until they have seen our el-
egant line, as shown by our accredited repre-
sentative who is now preparing for his an-
nual exhibition of those goods.

We desire particular attention of those
about purchasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES
to the fact of our wnsurpassed facilities
for meeting the wants of this class of buyers
without delay and in the most approved and
acceptable manner known to the drug trade.
Our special efforts in this direction have re-
ceived from hundreds of our customers the
most satisfying recommendations.

Wine and Liquor Department

We give our special and personal atten-
tion to the selection of choice goods for
the drug trade only, and trust we merit the
high praise accorded us for so_ satisfactorily
supplying the wants of our customers with
Pure Goods in this department. We cén-
trol and are the only authorized agents
for the sale of the celebrated

Withers Dade & Go’s

Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND
OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP-
PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not
only offer these goods to be excelled by No
OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but
superior in all respects to most that are ex-
posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect
and complete satisfaction and where this
brand of goods has once been introduced the
future trade has been assured.

We are also owners of the

Drugeists Favorite Rye,

Which continues to have so many favorites
among druggists who have sold these goods
for a very long time. Buy our

Ells, Bralidles & Fine Wines

We call your attention to the adjoining
list of market quotations which we aim to
make as complete and perfect as possible.
For special quantities and for quotations on
such articles as do not appear on the list such

  
  

3| 2S Patent Medicines, ete,, we invite your cor-

respondence.

Mail orders always receive our special and
personal attention.

= HAARLTING, PERKINS & 0.

   
  

 

   

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THE ORIGIN OF SILK.

 

Interesting Scraps of Chinese History ard
Tradition.

‘lf we put any trust in tradition,” says

an English journal regarding the origin of

silk, “there is a legand that Tchin, the eld-

est son of Japhet, father of the Asiatic race,

taught his children the art of preparing silk,

as well as the arts of painting and sculpture.

Be this as it may, itis certain that about
3,000 years before the Christian era a Chi-

nese book, the ‘Chou King,’ described silk-
en cords, which were stretched upon a musi-
cal instrument invented by the emperor Fo-
Hi. One of his successors, Chin Nong, re-
puted inventor of the plow, explained to his
contemporaries what beautiful stuffs could be
obtained by cultivation of the Mulberry tree,
and about the year 2,600 B. Cc. an empress to
whom a greatful posterity assigned a place
ina cellestial constellation, perfected the
art of unraveling the cocoon and weaving.
From that time silk culture had its principal
seat near the northern portion of the Yel-
low River, in the Province of Chang Tong.
There was produced silk for the royal
household. Yellow was the chosen color
for the emperor, empress and prince imper-
ial; violets for the other wives of the emper-
or, blue for distinguished officers, red for
those less conspicious, and black for every
one else. In the book of rites, Li-Ki, the cere-
monies . performed at the harvest are care-
fully described.

Even the Empress did not disdain to gath-
er the leaves of the Mulberry with her own
dainty fingers, and watched over the rearing
of the busy toilers ofthe cocoon. Fora
long time this invaluable industry remained
the exclusive property of the Chinese em-
pire, but about the third century before the
Christian eraa military expedition from
China bore the results of its civilization to the
startled Occident. Silk became known in Per-
sia and India, and was at last brought to
Europe. The soldiers of Crassus, 56 years
B. c., saw silken standards among the
Parthians, anda few years later an im-
mense velarium of silk protected the specta-
tors in the Roman circus from the rays of
the sun. From this time the Romans were
always provided with the beautiful textures
which were the admiration of their legions.
Yet silk was still the privileged possession
of the rich, and in the time of Aurelian,
who flourished in the third century, was
worth about forty times its present value.
This enormous price, when considered with
the fact that there was at that time no com-
merce between Rome and the Orient, goes
far toward explaining the great hoarding of
treasure and jewelry which has since that
time gone on in India. There is dispute be-
tween tradition and history as to the period
when the genuine cocoon was brought from
Chinato Europe. How was the vigilance
of the Celestials thwarted, since exportation
of the silkworm from the flowery kingdom
was forbidden under the severest penalties?
One account states that 552 A. D. two monks
sent to Kothan by Justinian succeeded in
bearing away their booty concealed in a
stalk of bamboo. The legend says that
once upon atime, when Kothan did not yet
possess the precious bombyx, the king of
one of the provinces sought and obtained a
daughter of the Chinese emperor in mar-
riage. Before quitting her native land she
hid seeds of the mulberry and _ silk-
worms’ eggs in her hair, where it would es-
cape the vigilance of the customs officers on
the frontier. Whenshe reached her new
home she planted the seeds of the mulberry
in order that suitable nourishment might be
provided in the leaf for the worms.

The Michican Tradesmal.

A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

 

 

E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.

OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR.

 

 

[Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter.|

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1884.

 

 

MILLIONS OF ORANGES.

 

Twenty-Four Steamships Which Bring in
Foreign Fruit.

It is said that twenty-four steamships are
kept busy by one firm in bringing fruit from
Mediterranean ports to New York. Twelve
of them are passenger vessels, the greater
part of whose cargoes are composed of fruit.
The other twelve are freight vessels, whose
westward cargoes are composed wholly of
fruit. The cargoes are discharged at a
Brooklyn pier, near the Wall street ferry.
The firm has just finished an extensive sales-
room, which is said to constitute the most ex-
tensive fruit market in this country. Sales
take place at noon on the day after a cargo
has arrived. A crowd of importers, brokers,
grocers, vendors, and Western buyers is al-
ways on hand. Each importer to whom fruit
has been consigned opens two boxes as sam-
ples, and the contents of these are overhaul-
ed by prospective buyers.

When the auctioneer mounts his stand in
the salesroom, men who look like tramps
jostle their fashionably clad fellow bidders,
and when they raise their hands the auc-
tioneer is quick to catch their bids, for he
knows that their checks are as good as
wheat.

Many of the purchased goods are hurried
off to Chicago, St. Louis, and other Western
shipping points in refrigerator cars. In the
steamships the boxes of fruit are piled so
that air can circulate freely all about them,
and strong currents of air are kept up
through the holds by means of wind sails.

A box of oranges landed in Brooklyn has
cost, everything included, $2. It brings
from $1 to $5, according to its condition and
the state of the market. The ocean freight
cost is 30 cents. The season for oranges
lasts from early December to early June.
Then the dried fruit trade begins. This lasts
until December. It is said that 1,000,000
boxes of raisins are often received in one

month.
——————_—>_ <a

Unfit for Their Positions.
From the Philadelphia Grocer.

If the men who are unfit for their posi-
tions are few, those who are above their po-
sitions are far from being so. When we
hear of salesmen who will not carry samples;
of boys who cannot dust a desk; and of men
who “don’t want it known that they are do-
ing such work, as it is only temporary,” we
turn in disgust to men who are proud of do-
ing all that they do well, and who find more
satisfaction in serving their employers faith-
fully, than in pleasing a set of puppies on the
street. Rough work, plain clothes, long
hours, and scant fare may all be consonant
with the highest gentility if the mothers and
sisters are kept above want and the man’s
way is paid through the world. Genteel em-
ployment, swell clothes, evenings to spare,
and plenty to smoke and drink, may be part
of a life of low unmanliness if the actor is
not ashamed of a family in want and of a
useless existence. There need be noshame
in doing right, but we would that some sense
of shame would light upon the multitudes
who are not fit for their positions, and lead
them to some effort at improvement.

——__—_—> +.
One Kind of Cigarettes.

A New York medical expert says that if
cigarettes were made of second-hand tobacco
it would be a good thing for the youth of the
country, for as thus made the deleterious
substances would nearly all be extracted. He
says:

The old cigar stumps, after the charred
ends are cut off, are soaked in a solution of
ammonia and some other chemical which
takes away nearly all the nicotine from the
tobacco and removes all traces of smoke and
creosote. The mass of pulpy tobaccois then

——_—__—< 2 _—_
Needed by every retail grocer or Confec
tioner, one or more of Kenyon’s Patent
Spring Paper Bag Holders. Each have capac-
ity of containing about fifty bags. Send thirty
cents to KENYON BROTHERS, Wake-
field, Rhode Island, for sample by mail, and
learn their great convenience.
——_—<_ 2 ____
Mr. Spurgeon being asked whether a man
could be a Christian and belong to a brass
band, replied: “Yes, I think he might; but
it would bea very difficult matter for his
next-door neighbor to be a Christian.”

————_—>-_ 0 _——_
Choice Butter can always be had at M. C.
Russell’s.

 

pressed in cakes and shaved into fine

 

CARPETS AND CARPETINGS.

Spring & Company quote as follows:
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.

shreds by a cutting machine. Then it is given
a bath in some bleaching solution which re-
moves nearly all the properties of which the

 

; : bury tapestry...............05
weed is possessed when it comes from the nab ca agg as ee S .

j it is dri j 7+ | Smith’s extra........ @ 8
plantation. Then it is dried, after which it Smith’s B Palisade... @ 0
is passed under an atomizer and dampened | Smith’s C Palisade................ @ 65

: 4 sooing ** 5
by means of a preparation of glycerine and Beers’ eo _ Bo
some flavoring extract. Then itis ready for | Sanford’s extra. .......-...------+- @ 82%
the cigarette Sanford’s Comets............-.--.. @

g s THREE-PLYS.

+ Hartford 3-ply.........-----eeeeee @1 00

: Hoth Maaker. Smee: kee ee @1 00

A plainly dressed man, who introduced | Higgins’ v Pe eee @1 00
himself as Mr. John Smith strolled into a seutord 620 ao uaa. @ 1%
doctor’s office, and, having explained his | portford............-+-.2:e0eeeee @ 1%
symptoms, asked the doctor how long it Sowell ee; @ 8%
ymp : ‘ 8 Other makes.................--.... 5 @ Til
would take to cure him. Best cotton chain................5. 60 @ 62%

The doctor, who Lad treated the visitor oes ALL WOOL SUPERFINES. Z ap

with every possible courtesy, replied: | Other gradesiepiy: 0000021 Be 8

WOOL FILLING AND MIXED.
All-wool super, ay She ass
Extra heavy double cotton chain. 42%@
Double cotton chain............... 3 @ 40

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“You will require several years’ careful
treatment under my personal supervision be-

 

    

    

  

 

 

 

ELDS, BULKLEY & LEMON,

IMPORTERS

—AND—

Wholesale Grocers,

CORNER IONIA & ISLAND STREETS.

Fireworks

 

We have the largest and
best selected stock ever
ae to this market,
suitable for public or pri-
vate display, and are the
Headquarters for FIRE
CRACKERS, TORPE-
DOES, FLAGS, LAN-
TERNS, ETC. Send for
catalogue and prices.

Weare carying a full line of Gor-
dons’ Cigars of Detroit, among
which are the celebrated “ D. F.”
and “Olympian” and although the
latter is being imitated, the stock
and workmanship is much inferior
to the genuine, for which we are
exclusive agents. Give us a trial
order.

Cigars

We carry in stock such
cases as there is most
demand for, of the best
makes, and wiil meet
Chicago prices. Give us
a call before purchasing.

PUTNAM & BROOKS,
WALLPAPER & WINDOW SHADES

At Manufacturers’ Prices.

Showcases

 

SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY.
FIouse and Store Shades Made to Order.
68 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids.

NELSON BROS. & CO.

F. J. LAMB & COMPANY,

—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—

Butter, Cheese, Eges, Q

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

  
   
    
 
  
   
   
   
     
      
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
   
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS. - MICHIGAN. '

Choice Butter a Specialty! .

Also Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Cheese,
Higgs, Jelly, Preserves, BANANAS and EARLY
VEGETABLES.

Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.

M.G, Russell, 48 Ottawa Si., G’d Rapids,

A BeENOWiLSON

—WHOLESALE DEALER IN—-

AKRON SEWER PIPE,

Fire Brick and Glay, Cement, Stucco,

LIME, HAIR, COAL and Mood.

ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.

 

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Office 7 Canal Street, Sweet,s Hotel Block. Yards—Goodrich Street, Near Michigan Cen-
tral Freight House.

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SPRING & COMPANY

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--WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—

FANCY AND

STAPLE DRY GOODS”

CARPETS,

MATTINGS,

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nA f44, 46 and 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
——WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR——

+} Nimrod, Acorn, Chief, Crescent & Red Seal Ping Tobaccos,

Our stock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups is Always Complete.

—WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR—
Tobaccos, Vin

    

 

fore you are perfectly well; but I think, Mr. | 77 Oavy cotton and wool, double c. 30 @ 32%
Smith, you will be able to resume your labors | Half d’l chain, cotton & wool, 2-ply 27%@ 32%
in the bank in about two months.” Single cotton eo Sorat. 19 @ 2
‘Doctor, you are fooling yourself. I am oly) od elegy extra heavy........ ie —
not Smith, the banker, but Smith, the street- | Imperial, plain, 4-4 wide........... @ 18%
car driver.” D, 33 inches...... ao eae <5 @ iv
“Is that so? Well, my good fellow, I don’t | No. 1, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4............ @ 4
see what you came to see me for. There is oe 3 Zi So . 2 orn
nothing the matter with you, except that you No. 4, do ecnescren t's @ %
are not a banker.” Best all rattan, plain.... a a @ 62
+_—__—. + Best all rattan and cocoa, plain... @ 52%
“Pm a director in the company,” said the |NAPICE Broce a
devil in a newspaper office. “You don’t say CURTAINS,
so?” “Yes, it’s true” “What are a di-/Pitnashanes Banshc...  @ B
rector’s duties?” “To direct wrappers, of Pacific Holland, 4-4..,......--.-+-» 0

 

WHOLESALE GROCERS.

egars and Spices!

  
 
 
       
       
 
     

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Gand 8 Monroe Street,

Grand Rapids, Michigan. @

 

PBC. 6. MeCULLOCH & co,
Tea, Coffee and Spice]
~ & Pearl Giices

   

   

 

   
 
 
    

 

 

OUR MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MANCAND MAN,”

  

  

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§,A. WELLING

WHOLESALE

MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
LUMbernans Supplies

—AND—

NOTIONS!

PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS,
LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER-
WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS-
PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT-
TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK-
ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN
STRINGS, ETC.

 

I am represented on the road by the fol-
lowing well-known travelers: JOHN D. MAN-
Gum, A. M. SPRAGUE, JouHN H. EACKER,
L. R. Cesna, Gro. W. N. DE JONGE.
FRANK BERLES - House Salesman.

24 Pearl Street

SEED BUCKWHEAT

We have a choice lot of
Seed Buckwheat, which
we offer to the trade at
$1.25 per bushel.

SEED STON,
91 Canal street.

(rand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

A. HH. FOow xuisz,
HOUSE DECORATOR

—And Dealer in—

FINE WALL PAPER

Window Shades, Room Mouldings,
Artists’ Materials !

Paints, Oils, Glass, Ete.
37 No. Ion1A STREET, SOUTH OF MONROE.

 

Special designs furnished and Estimates
given for interior decoration and all kinds of
stained and ornamental Glass work.

L.H. BEALS & SON

Adah

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Manufacturers of

Whips & Lashes,

Westfield, Mass.

OF FIiCrE

—AND—

SALESROOM
NO. 4 PEARL STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

G. ROYS & GO, Gen! Agents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

PORTABLE AND STATIONARY

ENGINES

From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills,
Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft-
ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for
Complete Outfits.

ww. Cc Denison,
88, 90 and 92 South Division Street,
GRAND RAPIDS, ' - MICHIGAN.

DARIVER,
WEATHERLY & G0,

Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale and Retail

IRON PIPE,
Brass Goons, Iron AND BRrAss FITTINGS
MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES,
PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS,

 

 

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—And Manufacturers of—

Galvanized Iron Cornice.
MOSELEY BROG.,

Wholesale
Clover, Timothy and all Kinds Field Seeds
Seed Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Oranges
and Lemons, Butter, Eggs, Beans, Onions, ete.
GREEN VEGETABLES AND OYSTERS.
122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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RETAILERS,

If you are selling goods to make
a profit, sell

LAVINE
WASHING POWDER.

This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a
larger profit than any in the Market, and is
put up in handsome and attractive packages
with picture cards with each case. We guar-
antee it to be the best Washing Powder
made and solicit a trial order. See prices in
Price-List.

Hartford Chemical Co.
HAWKINS & PERRY

STATE AGENTS,

GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN.

CHAPMAN'S
CELEBRATED
MINNOW

PROPELLER

The best
BASS

—AND—

PICKEREL
BAT

IN THE

World.

No.1, 75e; No. 2. 65¢;
No. 3, 60c; No. 4,50c; No,
6, 50c.

 

         

W,D.CHAPMAN

THERESA 4 Nu%

 

Sent to any address
on Receipt of Price !
Liberal discount to deal-
ers.

CALKINS
BROS.

105 Ottawa St. HASTA NS
Avents and dealers in all kinds of fishing tackle

and gun goods.

City Botfling Works

BOTTLED LAGER,
PINTS, PFR DOZ.
50 CENTS.

BOTTLED ALE,
PINTS, PER DOZ.
75 CENTS.

BOTTLED PORTER,
PINTS, PER DOZ.,
75 CENTS.

BOTTLED CIDER, f

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 

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ij 80 S. Division ‘

the BEST in the
Market.

TELEPHONE NO.
272.

 

 

EDMUND B, DIKEMAN,
GREAT WATCH MAKER,

JHWELER,

44 CANAL STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN.

 

 

MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’N.

Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for
Thirty Years. f

 

 

LIST OF OFFICERS:
President—RANSOM W. HAWLEY, of Detroit.
Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit;
L. W. ATKINS, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALEXAN-
DER, Lansing; U.S. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H. E.
MEEKER, Bay City.

Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH,
Detroit.

Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C, PoNn-
T1Ius, Chairman, 8. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE
For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. VER.

BUSINESS LAW.

 

Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts
of Last Resort.

 

Partnership—Binding Associates.

In the absence of special authority, in the
opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vania, one partner cannot bind his associates
jointly with himself by a contract of surety-
ship or guaranty.

 

Fraudulent Assignment.

In the opinion of the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin, an assignment containing prefer-
ences in favor of persons not creditors of the
assigning firm, but creditors of an individual
partner therein, is fraudulent and void as to
unpreferred creditors of the firm who had
repudiated it.

 

Certificates of Stocks Not Negotiable Secur-
ities.

The Supreme Court of California, in the
case ot Barstow vs. the Savage Mining Co.,
holds that certificates of stocks are not nego-
tiable securities, but are simply the muni-
ments and evidence of the holder’s title toa
given share in the property and franchises of
the corporation.

Sale—Denial of Vendor’s Title.

In an action for goods sold and delivered,
the defendant sought to escape liability by
denying the plaintiff’s title at the time of the
sale. From a judgment against him in the
case, he appealed to the Supreme Court,
where he was again beaten. The Chief Jus-
tice, Smith, in the opinion, said: “No prin-
ciple of law can be found which will permit
a purchaser (in the absence, of course, of the
assertion of superior right by another) to set
up in defense to a claim for the price of a
defect of the title of a vendor.”—Web-
ster vs. Lane, Supreme Court of North Caro-
lina.

 

Liability for Employe’s Negligence.
Mullvehille vs. Bates was a case involving
the negligence of an employe, it appearing

jon trial that A was employed by B to drive

his express wagon, and to pick up business
for him, and while engaged in some work
for himself A ran over a child, and for the
injuries suffered B was sued and judgment
recovered against him. He carried the case
to the Supreme Court (Minnesota), where
judgment was affirmed, Judge Mitchell, in
delivering the opinion, saying: ‘A was en-
trusted with the wagon generally, to hunt
work where he could find it, and with author-
ity to carry articles for whomever he saw fit.
Whether he accounted to the master for the
value of the time occupied in transporting
his own property is immaterial, that being a
matter entirely between themselves. If the
driver had taken the wagon on an independ-
ent journey of his own, altogether out of the
scope of the purposes for which it was en-
trusted to him, and an injury had then oc-
curred, the defendant would, probably not
have been liable. But such was not the fact
here. The trip in which the servant was
using the wagon was within the scope of
the purposes for which it was entrusted to
him.”

 

Insurance—Premiums—No-
tice.

The premium of a life policy was not paid,
and in a suit for the loss the company de-
fended upon that ground. Thejplaintiff re-
lied upon the fact that she had not received
the customary notice of fifteen days, the no-
tice not having been sent to the proper place.
The defendant had judgment, and the plain-
tiff appealed. In this case the Supreme Court
of Ohio affirmed the judgment. Judge See-
vers, in the opinion, said: “Life insurance
companies could not exist for any length of
time and eomply with their contracts if the
prompt payment of dues and assessments
can be evaded or payment thereof delayed.
It is common and usual to provide that if
dues and assessments are unpaid the policy
shall be null and void. Conceding that it
had been the custom of the company to send
fifteen days’ notice of the time the premium
was due, it was a voluntary act on the part of
the company, §which was not required by
the terms of the policy. The obligation to
pay the annual dues on a fixed day was as
positive as if the assured had given her
promissory note to that effect. The fact that
the defendant had voluntarily sent out no-
tices when the premiums were due, and in
this instance, as is claimed, was negligent in
sending the notice to the proper place, can
not operate as a waiver of the conditions of
the policy.”—Mandego vs. Centennial Mu-
tual Life Association, Supreme Court of
Iowa.

Mutual Life

———_—»>_ 4 <> __—__
Patents Issued to Michigan Inventors,
J. H. Benjamin, Saginaw, log-binder.

C. E. Brown, Jackson, bustle.

Wm. Downham, St. Johns, carriage-curtain
attachment.

J.A. Mathien, Detroit, apparatus for dis-
tilling wood.

J.A. Mathien, Detroit, retort for carboniz-

ing wood. .

C. B. McAlvay and E. H. Christopher,

Jackson, lubricator for steam engines.

E. G. Miles, Fenton, interfering pad for
horses.

C. H. Parshall, Detroit, lubricator.

Wm. M. Thomas, Grand Rapids, automatic
electric cut-out.

E. I. Walden, Ispheming, steam-generat-
or.

Wm. R. Wilcox, St, Joseph, car-step.

—_—_—_——>_2

A tramp stopped at a house on Main street
the other day, and asked for something to
eat. ‘Which do you like best?” asked the
hired girl—‘‘steak or chop?” The tramp
meditated a minute and then replied,

“Chop.” “Step right this way,” saie the

hired girl; “‘here’s the axe and there’s the

 

wood pile.” _

 

How to Make Ginger Ale.

After wiping off his mouth and carefully
placing the glass on the marble counter, he
whispered to the druggist:

“Very good ginger ale that is.”

“Yes, sir.”

“T can sell you arecipe to make three cents
worth of that fill a five-cent glass.”

“Don’t want it, sir.”

“Maybe you have a better thing?”

“T have, sir. I can make ten cents’ worth
of cayenne pepper take the place of six shil-
lings’ worth of ginger!’

The thirsty traveler took lemonade next
time.

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The Business Situation.
From the Boston Advertiser.

But-the most significant test of the coun-
try’s prosperity lies in the price of real prop-
erty, which continues at the usual rates, just
as if there had been no decline in railroad
shares. No “boom” isin sight, then; yet
neither is there much justification for the
profound gloom which haunts so many busi-
ness men at the present time.

ne -

Bricks made of cork now constitute one of
the new German industries. The usual size
is ten by four and three-fourths by two and
a half inches. They are prepared from small
corks, refuse and coment, and have not only
been used for certain building purposes, on
account of their lightness and isolating prop-
erties, but are also used as a covering for
boilers, in preventing the radiation of heat.

Or

Lovers of salad need have no fear that the
supply of olive oil will diminish to any alarm-
ing extent. According to the Drugman
there are now eighty-five mills in operation
in the South for the manufacture of cotton-
seed oil, and during the past season about
500,000 tons of the seed were crushed, giving
a product of over 250,000 barrels of that con-
venient adulterant.

 

: ——_ ~ -08-

The Postmaster General has decided
against the establishment of a post-office at
Bay Springs because of its proximity to
Boyne City.

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There is talk of a telephone line from
Charlevoix to Boyne City, and some prospect
of one to Ironton.

“o> -____——

Two hundred thousand quarts of peanuts
were sold in Philadelphia during two days of
a circus there.

2 __

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.

TIME TABLES.

Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division.

 

 

 

DEPART.
*Detroit Bxpress.........-.-.........<. 6:00am
TDRYV BE XPOSS 12:25 9m
*New York Fast Line.................. 6:00 p m
tAtiantic Hxepress.:.......... 6-25-25. 9:20 pm
ARRIVE.
*Paciic HXDresS. 2... ....0..0 5-6 co. ve. 6:4 am
tLocal Passenger... ..5..0.2.-....5. 0; 11:20am
pat ee ee 3:20 p m
+Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 pm

+Daily except Sunday. *Daily.

The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving
at Detroit at 11:59 a.m., and New York at9p.
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 6:00 a. m. has
Drawing Room and Pgrlor 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 6:15 am
+Through Mail............. 10:10am 10:20am
+Evening Express.. .. 820pm 3:35pm
*Atlantic Express... -. 9:45pm 10:45pm
+Mixed, with coach........ 10:00 a m

: GOING WEST.
+Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55pm
+#Through Mail............. 4:45pm 4:55pm
+Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35 pm
+Mixe@d. 6.65.5 25s 026.6. 8:00 a m
*Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am

+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Passengers taking the 6:15 a. m. Express
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at
10:00 a. m. the following morning.

Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and
West.

Train leaving at 10:35 p, m. will mak con-
nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except
Sunday and the train leaving at 4:55 p. m. will
connect Tuesdays and Thursdays with Good-
rich steamers for Chicago.

Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has
a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express
has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

; D. PoTTER, City Pass. Agent.

THOMAS TANDY, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Detroit.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

 

Arrives. Leaves.
Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:02 pm
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:22am 9:50am
Ft. Wayne & MackinacEx.. 3:53pm 4:45pm
G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:15am

GOING SOUTH.

G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 6:32 am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:05pm 4:32pm
Mackinac & Ft.WayreEx..10:25am 12:32pm

Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train leaving at 4:45 o’clock p. m.
has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and
Mackinac City. Trainleaving at 9:50a.m. has
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac
City.

South—Train leaving at 4:32 p.m. bas Wood-
ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

 

Leaves. Arrives,

PMT oe te ccs es 9:15am 4:00pm

+Day Express.............. 12:25pm 10:45pm

*Night Express............ 8:33pm 6:10am

Miedo 6:10am 10:05pm
*Daily. tDaily except Sunda

Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.
Through parlor car in charge of careful at-
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on
12:25 p. m., and through coach on 9:15 a.m. and
8:35 p. m. trains.

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves. Arrives.
Mixed...............--.5+--. 5:00am 6:15pm
Pxpress. 00. 60 es 4:10pm 8:30pm
PS PORR< oo W ices anes 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
Manistee.
J. H. PALMER, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

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ORCUTT & COMPANY,

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION

Utter, Hoos, Cheese, Frnt, Graln, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce

MUSKEGON , MICH.

NOTIMG ad Summer Hats and Cans

—I WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF MERCHANTS TO MY—

Spring Styles of Fine Hats,
Spring Styles of Wool Hats,
Spring Styles of Stiff Hats,
Spring Styles of Soft Hats,
Wool Hats $4.50 to $12 per Dozen,
Fine Hats 13.50 to $86 per Dozen,
Straw Hats for Men,
' §Straw Hats for Boys,
Straw Hats for Ladies,
Straw Hats for Misses.

Hammocks Sold by the Dozen at New York Prices !'

—LARGE LINE OF——
Clothing and Cents Furnishine 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.
x €&. Fake v FZ.
86, 88,40 and 42 CANAL STREET, -_ - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

Consignments Solicited. :

 

 

 

 

PHREREINS & HES

——DEALERS IN——

Hides, F'urs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS, 12

Castor Machine Oil.

The Castor Machine Oil contains a fair percentage of Castor Oil and is in all re-

spects’superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or No. 8 Castor Oil. The

OHIO Olli COMPANY

Is:the only firm in the United States that has succeeded in making a combination of Veg-

2 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

 

etable and Mineral Oils, possessing the qualities of a Pure Castor Oil.

We Solicit a Trial Order.

It is rapidly com-

inglinto popular favor.

Hazeltine, Perkins & Go., Grand Rapids,
RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.

MANUFACTUREES AND JOBBERS OF

BOOTS & SHOBS,

River 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 tor the Michigan Trade.

14 and 16 Pear! Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLARK, JHWHLL & CO,

WEIOLESALE

Groceries and Provisions,

83, 89 and 87 PEARL STREET and 114, 116, 18 and 120 OTTAWA STREET,

 

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS, - - - MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

  
 
 
  

  

   
 
 
 
 

 

   

 

 
 

 

 
 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
  
  

 

 

    
 

   

  

 
 

 
 
  

 
 
 
  

    

 

 

 

 

 

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es. The following retail dealers have visited HOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. OATMEAL.
MUSKEGON MATTERS. the market during the past week and placed cat Gua poe eeee a @3 % | Corn, Barrels SYRUPS. chimn
Facts and Fancies P orders with the various houses: Frazer's »....-0--+000000000 85 moc ie G3 | Corn DIS. eve sees eeeeeeeee @ 3 ee
cates Pickeb Sip atthat Plate : er eG eat ea @5 50 orn, tU gallon ee a ‘ Gucci. ee ees
: .| Samuel Roush, of Reigler ON ee bo | Quaker Dbis.......... 0-0 cceeeeeeee cee Corn, 5 BS--- se 2- neces aeenes @ 35 chepps’ 1 b packages.
That Muskegon is going ahead with rapid port. piers Hous re Paragon. . Se aoe. PR ee "0 eee aa eG a 3 Bure 4g gallon kegs es Gl 65 Sri Gottees ec. bag ia em
. aragor ee one é Misresssresces GOS) Pure SUBAL ae seereeeeeeeees Wiad Cee aa 4 ° Ae ale de aed @ co alata
strides, no one who has half an eye will de- - a peeeedan Heats gon, 20 oe = Pl eevee sce 90 | Kerosene W.W...... ip ’ oe ee pena settee eeee eran er aes i P= Wide cia aul Hes. ass @%
ny. Extensive building operations serve wl 21.8 pman, Fruitport. Arctic 4 Ibcans... WDER. : do. ‘Leenl test... 65 -< 6... css. fc Pare Gece Dea. Bee 3 Pel Soc 36 a ae bls 2. 5 15@
tide over the effect of . L. Howard, Clarksville. ‘Arctic % oh ag ee doz. 45] Sweet, 2 0z. square... 2020. .i eis. 19% | Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... . Sgalkegs @1 | Flour Sifters 9 d 2 gpg ae eee 5 50@.
; of the present prevailing| 9. 8. Richards, Clarksville. Ra) a eee unc ves pe Pon ee 1 & Pure Loaf Sugar. .......... 5 pace @ %| Pruit Augurs cach... 21. 2222277.727" 3
ullness, and a determination to take advan- B. Wynhoff, Holland. poe e : a a 3 io Sorter’ 8 on i ei senseeeeowes 75 | Japan ordi 24@: BAS. oe! uit, Hubber: 100 lamps..2 2222.22. a
. : ie ee 9 . AG ee ee ee nary. 9. 30 Y m, ubbe eee ere r coe ccee 2)
tage of ev ery opportunity precludes a vision 7 * Sones Cascade. Oe 12 00 sou we 200 iene Dia ae 32@35 Pern Let a ..-25@50 | Gum, mance: ares: oe )
of the discouraging outlook that i - Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. a G. __ | Choice in barrels ' apan fair to g’d.35@37|Oolong ..... ..33@ 35@50 | Ink @ 3 dozen box... 35@40
inte alto is brought| N.S. Loop, Kent City. oe doz. 25 | Gholee in & med......... es 7 50 | Sepanfine........ 40@50'Congo $3@55@60 | Jelly in Pails.......00000000 071077277" 1 00@
th altogether too much prominencein many| Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners Pit bop Ss Sl a ee Lp vanen dat: a @ | Lye e 2d Tumblers @ doz... 00...
: er cities in the State. As a class, the - W. Hoag, Martin. Taquid, 8 Oz. vases sess seveeenneeee doz, 65 Dingee’ 3 ee eines | aac 30 | Rose Bud....... icainnpEars @s Ee pee estore
usiness men of the place are prosperous ee Blakely, Coopersville. a #@ gross 4 00} American qt. in ee 2 50 ater cgiestesnetestestetsescentesiics Gas ‘Freneh Mi Oe a.
and progressive, and to these cl «4s akeley Bros., Fife Lake. Sees 8G.) American pt.in Glass... ieee Oi. ee @30 a Mustard, 8 oz ® dozen....2...
a ere a se characteristics} John Cole, Fremont. Aretie No. 1 pepper box Bene. L Gu| ©. & B. Bnelish quaria...22.2. 2 1 25 | Morri CS ose cence cee ee eee e eee ee eee eees @38 {OUT "Large Gothic...... |
is to be attributed in great part the phe Walling Bros., Lamont. pee ao go) ass Ee a ae B. co a Coes: é 00 Viet ie S Reuben @50 Onl Tanks, Star o @aet ... a
j . agate : . re “ Weert cuore esta 2 Gu Chow. mized and Gerkins. quarts... 3 6 Oe oo ee ee wn eg ee A : , nae
1290 and substantial growth that has a we a Pierson. ic No.3 ee ee 4 50 w Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts... ‘6 00 ieee Ce ae pp ee aoe prepared
marked the city’s progress duri icks, Morley N one: Dingee & Co.'s C. pinta. 86000 ae eine  PROe ee nec can cnnan es ss é
ng the past} O. , . o. 1 Carpet.......... |e sC.C.M.&G. Eng. style ts.4 50 ners Oueer. ek. @s2 da hes 5 50@
divcan Wears: E. Close & Co. Sand Lake. oe 2 50 Qs .4 50 ee er @40 Sago EN Cg occ ccc nce ¢
The jobbi Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. No.1 Parlor Geni... 34S PIPES. pts..2 7 | Green Back. 2.000.000. @A5 | Shot, igi) 5@
jobbing trade of the city is wealth : F.C. Williams, A Cae 2%5 | Imported Clay 3 Hie oe @38 Berens nee anes: 1 85@
: epre ) da. Room 2 00 T y 3 STOSS........ 2 25@: Qa ae @33 See 9 -
sented by A. Wierenga, groceri J. C. Benbow, Canon PM 20 | Imported Clay, No. 2160... 00.2.0 -000 as wy (Ose Bweot.. 0.2 AS : OSs ee ae One 2 10@
. ib ga, £ es, S. S. Mor- Te ; sburg. Fancy Whisk............--- aod ee es Gil sh | Peaivio Wlower. 00... oo... -s enon sce ss @31 | Tobacco Cutters each .... 0.2.1... a
ris & Co., provisions C. West, Lowell. eee 25 Reel ois oe ais eGle ses ca's 90@1 00 Fopeciinn aaa @65 Twine ECES GRER -.... 2. 1 25
cag ’ L. Brundage, drugs, Mr. Purd f P ee cwccco ne ccesese 8&5 RICE. Mat hi L & t and dark] Roca ee @62 T Stee eee ete eee eee 25@
John Williams, liquors, and Carey & Lander | Center. dy, of Purdy & Hastings, Sparta | cove oysters, 1 CANNED FISH. Choice Carolina Matchless... 0.0.0. eeeeseeeeees Lo ae Winwiay Nari aot pees is@20
and Oreutt & Co., produc , Mr. Cove Oysters, 2 con oe ee iy ee Coote eclenie @69 do e Whee, 740
; 2 e. Several other - Blackman of Shepard & Blackman Bea : andgards..........--- 185 )Java... : @i eo @A0
houses also conduct a jobbing busi Stanton. »| Gow re bao! s, 1% slack filled............. fe PED @i0 : Ar ana Bice i
as anse g business on |” J. B. Watson, Coopersville pes ysters, 2 ib slack Wied... aoe Regen "6 oe pene eiespstrersasseerse es 1 50@
; ; s . A SpeAGHDB,. 9. ees ec ene eo Oe eee 5% @35 ANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS
ot : Geo. Carrington, Trent. Clams, 2 tb standards........... 2 8 SALERATU i . S AND NUTS.
Andrew Wierenga begun the retail gro-| J. H. Herrington, Freeport Lobsters, 1% standards...... oe + 65 | DeLand’s pure... . Goer Se re antes follows:
ie fo nee bes peanan wilonly 9176,” go eerie, Lobsters, 2 i» standards.......--++++ sg ah | Chureh’s ....- ceteeneetsenanensens tones @ 5% Gar ics STICK. :
* . 3 » LAICNICS.....---- (O70 Vmasiewia ci Mi ne i On _
said a friend that gentleman. ‘To-day a E. H. Foster, Fife Lake. ey 1% fresh standards............ ‘ e Gap Sh c a es ee ae @ py G0 a” 25 Hy paren Boye eho oea ee @10
owns a brick block worth at least $15,000 Hef - Ives, Rockford. sD bee Desert’ ee ed seme e 4 Nes wie --- @8T_ | CutLoaf do eetereecetenenees @l0%s
and conducts a jobbing busi ’ icholas Bouma, Fisher. Mackerel, 3 ib in M auce, 3 Tb......-.++- So (eo peer uae oe @ ie ee ee @ —_ ~~ a
siness that ought| J: Newman, Dor Mack iBbard...-.....--.------ 3 50 Sie Beste % | Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels......... @3z_ | R oer
- pan out $5,000 a year. In ten a F. ©. Shelby, olney, Salmon, een BIDE <n a ieo | 6oP ee pe Fou neal eee Git Hoya 200 ibbls. 2. ene
: c ' : Sinha | Delta e ee +e on , — ee ere ores OF oe e
Vierenga W ill be counted among Muskegon’s M. Minderhout, Hanley. Blan ‘ - ee WIV Gt 260 | 28 Sie oes ween cee s cece ceee esse cseneseees 259 | Good toe. ee ccc ene @64 Vain ae Ses a 1
eh men” <» Geo. W. Bartlett, Ashlan d Center. Sa qinee, (ees s boas a eee Sa ess 1 50 1003 bb nécwois Deora races c cea en 2 35 Giadandcnen @52 French ‘Cream, 25 ee ee 1%
wp : R. V. McArthur, Rockford Sindiiod aGiiest ge en ee ee a ite @45_ | Cut loaf, 25 b ¢ ee i
he firm of S. §. Morris & Bro. is anoth- | 0. M. Rush, Santi . Sardines, Muted Tb ( 124 Diamond MMO vo eeeeeeeseseeeseseeeesess 1 00 Hair Lifter... tee ceeetteeecieeee nets a3 Broken, heal ases...... eo
er example of Musk . : ardines, im Age saan sae oae 3 | Standard Coarse... 1... 2... ....0---6 75 my Wo Ds roken, ¢ GEES aS i oe
I Muskegon enterprise,” said Carlyle, Rockford. Sardines, ee Be oe se cee 15 | Ashton, Enclich, eee oes 455 | Charm of the we @60 mU0 to DONS. coc i
another authority. ‘The house began the W. Pierce, Moline. Sardines, imported eco 20 Ashton, English, a a iy nen. go | Governor, in 2 0z ie ae tt WANG EY 9 FOXES. ce
retail business twelve years ago with small ih . Acmasteons, Epven's Mile. ook ee home 50 pee % bil. bags el 3 B. F. P.’s Favorit moe oo Seu Dwope Pa a 14 £i
rade ive sen ago wit sual Ye Svan of eGrat & Swan, uw] gasp sin See o 2 ; UW memes near emery ee x . ie 4 vO "Ofye ER ENO ee
capital, and is to-day one of tl . ford. Swan, of DeGroat & Swan, Hun- Moe 3 00 Shels........-2...csseeeeseees 30 | Old Boe ee @so | Peppermint Drops... ooo cco IS
: ne leading gerforc ee Aaa. caves. a @sa [Cleeciaic Mrops..:...... coca. 16
packing houses in the State, doing only a Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Serle 3 ib standards ............-.- 90 ws & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. @5 00 eee G50 H M Chocolate eee Genceee Me
jobbing business.” G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon. 5 ee ea Heo. ....2 50 oe ey % pts. @3 00 ee bees Joan, ailaizes..........2.. oo Lae fe 20
: ; cae Fi oie ma Ubicomeutans....................... oe
The Muskegon Brewing Co ict’ : E. W. Pickett, Wayland. Cherries, oa es MUGS... 5650-0 os vce A .1 20 Halford Sauce, large ewes cece ce cccece @ 1 50 Blackbird, 96 On, oes ee Mia aicine cia cues 50 AB voaee sue diclas'cgc cae a6 cadee cea cce 2
wit : L have met John Scholten, Fillmore Center. ee ne : ..100 | Pepper Sauce, red ee ans @3 75 | Seal of Grand oe Ge Pinecone 14
th exceptional success, if the series of| Henty Marsh, Hobart. : SOMBER ke 11175 | Pepper Sauce, green.......0.... 0... @ %5\Glory .......... Die. @is_ | Lozenges, DIMI jeeceee sce teeteeteceneree cb
buildings erected by the establi J. Newman, Dorr. Beg Plums, standards 20 2.0000000.. '1120 | Pesper Sauce, red large ring...1...... G@ MW) haem. a cc VW
eS aan the e ablishment are} ©, Duni = : ee ..135 | Pepper Sauce, green, indent oe Se ete et 1b
y criterion. Beginning with 1881, the) A. W. Blain ae Ee Gaas: agen \ . Catsup, Tomato, pints.” oi . gl 60 Buster er 50 Cres Baro... eresttresteeteeeeseeenes 6 es
company beocubep a seek , Dutton. eee i toe ae ¢ ack Prince [Dark] Me cece ct lacec ae @36 ean 15
stractiine eachi’ Mr Bal ee 150 | Horseradish, % pints.................. @i 30 | Black Racor (Dark]................... @36 Cee ee 1
year, and this season it ] bl a 1, of Boomgard & Ball, Grand | Peaches, 3 i ole Ro gued 6 egbGuay ou0RoC 175 | Horseradish; za WIENS PUN Goce ek @1 00 | Leggett oe (WDark].....-.....2eeeee @36 | Hand Made oe ene tacit
has eapped the cli aven. ’ tra Yellow.. 2 00 pints........... ao ee Myers’ Star reams. .
Seca, : Z : ee ee 2 Co eno aeanes EON is esa sec cnc sw wnnee Gay (erm Grea... 25
mn x y erecting a fine five-story brick build- A. E. Landon, Nunica. AEs ae arene 165 | Capers, French surfines, large........ ee Gp | Decorated Creams....... 2222200 0002700000 20
ing which is without an equal in Western 4 oe Fife Lake. Pears, Bartlett 2 1 ee ee 1 ay: | olives, coe 16 07 bottle... “GBS | Nickle Nu Gold Shield... Gas Hee BOGI a oessso ++ oe
ATi ahi q. B. Tri i neapples, 20 stand........cs.cccceeeee ” Queen, 27 02 bottle...... ..... b3 85 | Nickle hE AIA UI a ea . @ mn eae 16
Michigan. ee 2 ee oe end: ee 4 40 | Olive Oil, quar erin & Co. e @6 50 | Cock of the Walle ane 12  cads @51 Minircsincoa: OS. owagrtcuitrsen eee 24
Bert Tinkler este ‘omy Rae 2 9 bg Ga aes ; - ce OF me ae & Co,’s a c ao ee Melee Gat Taney . ae eee ae 16
: ' : Sy a i Ups D Mme Gi = pee .
Cs THE SCHIMMEL ASSIGNMENT. Fisher & Mastenbrook, Lamont Strawberries, 2 ib eacdunae: ee 1 40 4 pints ee Go.’ 8. @2 50 Aeoee pe @48 Dente Pra Be eet sss H
uis Schimmel, assignee for L. W. Schim- Poland & Wenzell, Woodville. agen a FRUITS—CALIFORNIA- Heep : ee Sc en ee oa a face Peehted pee. oe "
mel & Co., crockery dealers, has filed the re- Ay rne Byron Center. ; Ege tsp Pe os 2 %5 ee us Ee eas 2 Black X Se. Sites Ot Ghacelnts coe _ Mobs Pe -
sult of an inventory of tl ” W. Mead, Berlin. a ee 2 85 ee B (prem Bae... fee @35 olate Drops, in pails... 0.0 “
he stock, ace W. Cc. : : pe 2 85 Mixed Bid: ee 7 Tr DAES. sone eee eee newt ee ee eee \ 4 Gum Drops, in pails....................002., 14
be aia GaAs eppoais that sib Be Bee ee 3 ab So ewes |Bre Gre oc cre @40 | Gum Drops in 1 saa eenrectiie 5
ar ees theureate SatO eine] Bee, iyle, Ro Guiness 20000 EIS SB @ | eisk's American Family... on [SME scr aar-gecisgescscsssessneseenen en Meee tee eee
counts $1,126.79, making the total asset: a 2 ee Plainfield. Aspara ek VEGETABLES. Da oo ee a Bi MEckinas Se ee @50 hises ae Woes 2"
ee Ss $7,- x. C. Baker, LeBar. Asparagus, Oyster Bay....... : a TOM, woes cece cece cece e eee eeees ele @4T eee nile. 2 2
154.76—ju - , LeBarge. ila LE aie ah age a te 3 25 ©  Satinet -22....... may NOC. cece eee ee eee x Imper i ee os a aaa
y just about enough to pay the mort-| © H. Walbrink, Allendale Beane, ee Se 83 do. Gevonie oe sean: ae Bee Wie @50 emi MS ee. is
gages held by tho assignee and the Muske-| a0 Niochdyke Zee Beane, Boston Baked..0.0010000000000000 rte eee “Bi [Mig omanik or Se G10 | Orang = :
gon National Bank. The total liabilities ie ee ed Zeeland. Beans, Str Bemeee. ne 00 do. ee ae ney D. and D., Bo esesereseeeeeesececes tees Gai orange: 5d OS ceterececsesnsreetseee 5 50@6 50 =.
are $8,489.15, distributed ee €0. Yatrous, of Watrous & Li Be ee iis | Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory «1.0.2.2... di, | MeAlpin’s Green Shield... 2.2.2... @37 | Oranges, Imperials, @ box...) 1.2.77 2
. among thirty-two | Coopersvill ’ us Eijtley, 0M, BOWEN ors 120 do. ae @ie | Wee ten, Week oe @48_ | Oranges, V perials, # box......
creditors in the following : 4 Cea Bee 1 apan Olive ...... Place @35 | L » Valencia ® case.............
amounts ; Heck & Goodman, Burni Gira Wem ee 1 10 do. Town Talk #b pe ee eet eecsiee see vt emione, ChOlee..-... soc ce
sC Bye ee: , 10. Migs so (Siler Selec. a. Gs lianas fancy '
Muskegon National Bank, Muskegon. osu N orman Harts, Big ee ee orners. come "Brophy. ee a e = Barc 4 20 R ed Star... Se ena ea @ bunch ee Goods ee oo 5 50Gb 00
D: . 3,000 aine i ee ae ee ; a eee TE SCC A eee ene 5 Mala Besse sos 2
Daily Morning News i . oe = : cing ey ille. Corn. ‘Acme. oe. St a ae ee es G Geesécdde 3 %5 Dick oe @48 Malaza aa eiot err eee 00@4 0c
- weeny pm en yFur.Co “ *- 4800] 1. L. Maxfield, ao Peas Standard Manotas 2 22@24 Procter © Gewbicdvee: @3 40 yee Ot a eae Gio ge layers ® B sc aan sarees)
HT Leonard & y, : = fom .L. ield, Fruitport. Soy Pee ene! ae Se @3 40 mledack: (is: teeretateeeeeees Dd mee 12@16
A. levee aaa Grand Rapids..... 65 25 - =a Snelling, Six Corners. Pea so 3b heey small (new)........-..... 1 60 oe & Goabies Wack Well, ee - Jaek Rabbit....2....2.... ce Se oe deh paskets 40 @D................. 18@20
a, 25 7 “ ° : Hae a OE eS eps rin FO) bee: eee eens Ns 5 Sie cls 6! al e'alece « 14% : : SG e Vee cece ancae NVA
ESF agape 20) See Wren BigSerings Bese, Prone 2 BL pte iin Gr 8g | Morning Dew... scene fete wo <<
OE ee Se es prings. Sioa 261 GC nest ttegee erste neecees sree geass GeO eee aog) | Dates chan i
— ~ os ooks, Chica oo bd _ F. C. Brisbin, Berlin. 8 eno S 2 tb st ae 7 = Tp’ ho # Stover’s New Process 3 b br Ca18%4 Re, eraia mania re @2 Rete ete Be ec 6
Giapp i “fh A hag ee 81 02 Adam Newell Padin Sanne ee 2 tb aoe CU 1 "B : Word’ js Pitt’ Til Rl calc ccs cle eicsa 3 Ib bar @ 16 King ee ee @25 Dates, Fard 10 tb b sie sia We aiciee uaa ecg cs 7%
Clap Pas ee 102) Mr J ebogee a Squash, 3 i, standards. ee Handkorehiet coeeteitateseseueaes ae i Flirt Be ae, G3) Dates, Fard 50 b box ° = ie 10 Gul by
Meriden BrittaniaCo  .............. 5 71| brook. arse, Hol- | Tomatoes, 3 1 "Seveeeceeeeeneeenee BA Fe esate ye 3 ates, Persian 50 th box @ib........... 8
Dennison Mfg, Co 0 nee ee eee ee eens 36.00] Lid i T ’ Job Bacon......... Se ee 300 |Ten Penny Durham, % oe @30 ci Ol) pees ones 6%4@ 7
0 9r dell & Linstrom omatoes, gal. Erie.............. ‘ Dish R ee 525 | Amber, ON eo @2 PEANUT
- ee, noe & Co., Buffalo. . : "436 o3| Andre Bros., Fai ea Momatoes, Acme SI.........2...c0++6- a : - Bine oe 419 | Dime Bees oe ee @15_ | Prime Red, raw . De -
Monitor Oil Stove C * "7 03] J. Glupker, Zutph : G. D CAPS. Meee ie 500 | Red Fox Smoking. -.. 0... Gm | Sancy do oe.
Manning, Bowman 2 erga > 2 Parkhurst ae age Musket.. 0.0.0... 3 Ely’s Waterproof %5 | 3 on French Process.................. 4 50 Blackwell kaa bean ioe ees r Gat Choice White, V a0 cteteteseentiees @ 844 >
BALE Malonle ieon © 5 00 K e a UES ee } 1?s Durham Long Gut sees eeee 047 F iVedo 220 3
W. ” = " ellogg & Potter. i j CH Meee Rie (Mopiy fer... Gm pemoy HF. Va do... @9
Waris: PitingCo 8° oe 19) Gringhaus oe Does Anti-Washboard .......0..00.0 cic 500 | Dime Pe on an ”
Geo. F. Bassett & Co“ ........-------- 157 46| J. H. Moores, Moorestown Baker's premium............cccscceeeeee Mae oe Peerless 0... eee eeeceeieeees ee : ae Almonds, Terrago
ass & Hartley, Pittsburg... 11... a : R. G. Smith Waylan d 3 ocean ene osetia Ce ae ee a a pee a. as Almonds, Ioaca, iam a Lr 18@19
ie&S ees te : . S a Es erman sweet 2) 2 ox "g Se Me Me . . ee B em ge
Ruseell Gaitiory Do., : nach Sigh - 17 82 Geo. 8. Powell, Sand Lake. Wicmn eee bec De 12 White castile bars..........00s.s0s000- Bag (Wem & FGeey 8c 5o cs osn ncaa cus yh eee ao sre ee este "910
a & McCurdy aon ee C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford om ie coe ere: Co iB Ta yo ae Cae 25 Fiiberta, Barcelona do 12200000200 N@M
oO i ? pected ected ed add Aa “ 78 + r So i Palani ee Deak i y "Q: Oe Sa SS Oe Sm
Gender Penssacs Mfg. Co., Milwaukee 100 00 EW. Pickett Wr ao Fc z @14 | Old Se @ 5% | Maiden........ ld gee G26 Walnuts, Chill a severe GIL
og! Roce rage pened Wwanikee 33 19 Ww. ett, Wayland. GreenJaval W000i tt Gat aoe ae. seteeeeeees Re eer ee Ona. ae @12%
ee eto, Siemingham, Conn, 100 00| Spring & Lindley, Bailey ‘saan Ba 2 @2i autz Bros. & Co. ween na @2t_ | w: s,Grenobles do ....... x
: <i 1 ’ iin ] : a é Acme,” Ear Gee =| Henoy Dew eel alnuts, California do. . ....... 14@15
ee ob) 99| Gaylord & Pipp, Pierson. ee er 2 @lt io ae DAYS.......- ee ee eee sees @ 6% Feney eo @A | Cocoa Nuts, @ a OO ae
oe Seba Mints Done Hoasted JAVA. eect see teres a OM Bee AT ea ots cap BOCK. eset eee eee Gap | Hickory Mi cetie @t 50
eatures of the Week. H. T. M. Treglown : pueci@ioobba. @3t ie hes @5 25 | Oronoko (ea ickory Nuts.small do ............. p
me eat icetecn excenioanily cl John J. Ely Sonik aes Roasted Mex. 000s. cs ete eeeeeseeees iy -14@I9 Best American, 60 1 Ib blocks. ........- Guam @19 OE cee on,
a wot] oe | Ground Bio 20000000 III 74G19 | Palma G01 ® blocks, plain..-1=.°<...2, ee ees vee:
Sabaacod wonboially. sete) oe ce es Hastings. : Saar ae Master, 100.34 tb Bits, Wrapped. os ae @s io da if La ee aan Ooi quote ues vauids Packing & Provision Co
; : ntin- ite Bros., Hudsonvil LO P sarine, 100 % ib cak 7 ee m4 @55 :
ues unl 3 ’ nVv1 le. Dilw ae @l5% * + (Sie RRS Ra eae manawa oo oe , c
: mproved, and collections are no eas- Adam Wagner, Eastmanville aaah tb be ee @15% pee t white, 100 % tb cakes...... @e 2 tetas ee @5l_ | Heavy Mess Pork oe
jer. O. P. McClure, Spencer Mills. Magnolia. : S 3 . oF ne: @1b% fecie eee %4, Tb cakes...... @6 25 a Rr Geie ce aie canis o : : : ] : : : : : : u ee Back Pork, short ‘cut aS : a cee aay eee as $16 25
Oranges are scarce and higl J. L. Graham, Hopkins : CORDAGE. @15%4 | German Mottled, oes mappee weteeees oF ie @30 | apmlly Clear Pork, very cheap........... 17 00
: nigher. Lemons} Geo. A.S 2 ; 72 foot Jute 5 16 Savon, Republi Pee c tists te eee @26 Clear Pork, A. Webster pack Eo ae
are in good demand a ; ), A. Sage, Rockford. ia 1 Jute ..... 135 160 foot Cotton....175 | Bl , Republica, 60 tb box.......... @ 5% Gees. Des Extra Clear Por packer........... 17 75
and steady in price. J. C. Paris, Kent Cit 60 foot Jute..... 115 (50 foot Cott on ue Danube, 60-1 blocks Le BA | Tavers Mreame 0... cS @26 Clear B OVK .. 2.2... eee eee 18 25
Nuts are without ch : ae b UILY. 2 on....150 | London Family, 60-1 b blocks........ ao @28 ole Pewk, New....-...;..,:----:-- pe
change. J. W. Fearns, Big Rapids. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. London Family, 3- bar es poe. @5 Se @23 Boston Clear Pork, extra qualit veteran ees 19 00
Pe ek be ei ee a en bars 80 Ieee, @ pata @22 eeoan Clear Pork, the best. 2 aoe 20 00.
An Act of Great Valor ee es eenren, os i ae 1: Dee de oe WIADUGG..-...--.-:.-- Gs 85 Dan a wo eect ee G30 Pe rs tee aply rock i
“Yes, sir,” he sai ee . Naragang, Byron Cen ee Nickel, 10 cakes, wrapped. 1.000000. @4 OD pig a DRY SALT MEATS—IN B
: , SIT, said, much excited; “he’s a} John Gana ae ter. : Aces oe samme 3 » Bass pce w rapped........... @3 25 ara: Be ee ree Long Clears, heavy, 500 tb. C ae
iar, and 1 told him so.” N. DeVries, Jamestow1 A ber ee 1 25 Marseilles Cactile, Poltens doz in box Oe ee ee GS do. * Half Cases... 834
“That’s rath i ‘ H ' 2 “ pe ws | A. No. 1, Floati , Toilet,3 doz in box @I1 25 | Railroad Boy............ le pie | ee Gene medium, 500 ib Cas a 2
ig er arisky thing to do. I won- 2 C. Peckham, Freeport is pint | roun a ee ie a me White...........5.. 7 acumen’ Pocods cli ee sce or L do Half é rea. 834
: ; : : s bo GED FU het ht cnne ner en cng x Q me ) es ‘g g ee
ed 1e didn’t knock you down.” are Lowell. : ‘ac ae fe ee 9 00! Ground Pe pak ia hea alse Enough......... : : : aoe @2 ong a eae te light, ae peel 3%
“Oh, I told him through the telephone.”| 0. F. Dinnain Boren ppynes A oe 425 Ca ‘Allepice....---+-- sonal 12020 old} Ty (one oot and 148...0.020... O25 gare rca heavy vvsswesses x a
ae ee a A. Norris, > ete hia Jennings’ 201... Vanilla. ae Sesame ae Durham, long Pe ae 95 ae. mein. ........-..20++05+ a4
M. C. Ru "| : ‘ I a Ze ae need ee ee eee 20@25 Mele occas: Oo) | Ext Deedee oe eases en gy
- ussell has just added to’his estab-| § eae Jamestown. A - ao es > Fo capes oan uae cud ceeanion as 17@20 | rwo Nickle, gs SNe eee @25 eoten pore ae Backs, 600 Ib cases.. oa
ishment a first-class refrigerator, one of tl . EK. Faxon, Sen., Ada. rs ee eee Cayesne. Deel eae Eo a: 5@35 Smcbuas 2  . @26 | Extra Long Gon 600 Ib cases.. in
Hest in the count: - 5 ot the T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs “ No.2 Wao Die ee eee eee Pepper 4 th 8 oe ser | Golden Flake Bp ee @25 | Extra Short Clear Doe 300 Ib cases.. 10
: the ¢ ry, with a capacity of two Cosa Kouvilic ak Sbovill i No. “1 Taper ol 150| Alispice 4 B Thee cece eee ee cece v5 | Sealof North Carolina, 20z........... @40 Bellies, extra qu peerage 300 Ib cases.. 10
tons of ice and six to eight tons of butter Edgerton. ’ ville & McAuley, “pint roum: grrirteeeteeereetens 300] Cin mmon, Je . ‘Seal of North Carolina, 4 02........... ban Bellids, extra aoake 500 h cases...... 10%
By means of this important auxiliary, th ‘| J. J. Wiseman, Nunica. 1 pint Coe ee a0 Se ae ae ee eee, t oe Seal of North etna i acy Ripe: @4s Bellies, extra quiaity, 200 cases... re ro
construction and mainte xilary, the)  R. Steffin, Jamestown IR Beene ate sree anes 4 25| allspice .- mons py ues @is | Big Deal, 4s longeut....... pence: Oe) Bierce cae : =
sniee Gt which in| 0. EL Gian Lowell De ee oS Ga @io_ | Apple Jack, 4s granulated........... @2 Ree ewes sctes 734
volves considerable expense, he will be abl SO. Fell. a well. pacers. Cassie we. 2ss esses eossseessseeneener es Gi | King Bee, oo @24 amiwole Oo a
tokeep a large ie able . ll, oward City. Faucets, self measuring... ae Mees, COT rae 20 @22 Milwaukee Prize, 4s and %s es @2 Vane :
geile ee amount of choice creamery at W. Reed, of Reed & Barnard, Stan Faucets, Common..........-s0ssce0eee eg 8, NO. po OC Ol eaeeraara 10 @%5 co~ Enough, 5c and 10e foe on 20 Ib Round Tins, 80 fb oo
airy butter on hand at all ti . ’ fl 3°! Muzzy Gloss 1 urham, S., B. & L, %s and @. 50 Round Tius PACKS... esse eee. 8
imes, and} J FISH. y Gloss 1 b package......... a1, | Rattler, long » #8 and 48........ @24 13 ound Tits, 100 i racks 8
customers can invariabl : . W. Closterhouse, Grandvi Whole Coa Muzzy Gloss 3 tb package.............. @oy, | Rattler, longeut................. B24 | 3b Pails, 20 in a case.........0.....000. 8
. y depend upon hay- jereniayals: Rote 43,@6%4 | Muzzy Gloss 6 ib b ee Gey | Windsor cut plug... @28 | 5 tb Pails, 12 i gos sents: 834
ing their orders fill a Me. M Phe ra Col. SHORE - G25 | 10 Pails, 6inacase 22.2227. 55
ed promptly, with tl Herring % bbls.7100 tb a 5@7 8 uzzy Gloss bulk... ‘ Mule SHORTS. Pails, 6 in a case segs 85g
5 1e : eee | Herring Sealed... een 2% eo @6 ule Ar. os ooo ces k: ; d 3 gan ee ey ee se 84:
“i ee he eet, and citpped it ee Sand, Sugar and Strawberries. ee nee Special prices pepe Hiawatha -000...siceceene seine 25 acento - at
st possible conditi Grocer—H. Wilts, Wo. 1.14 Pole ..... 5.2 ec. oe ccs 1 00 ingsford Silver Gloss : : QYESS.. 2... 0. ee ee ee eee Loe “3 | Hams cured i pickle, heavy.... Ry
ce bist dae ow much sand have you put in White, Family? Pe ic settee eee ee cease ‘ . Sete Biiver Gloss 6 ib box... os 8% ones SNUFF. . 23 ou do. oe eo a Xs
¢ ite, N ee osfor Gen ee eee 4 TUFF. Ss et. . ... 314. oc
Orders for any ki Clerk—Ab White, No 2 ® kits... "2 1.00 | Oswego ee Gaie | e @55 Snaulder cured In & cor ucts. oy i
will be oo oe Trout, No. 1, % bbls... 11). | Mirror Gloss. 00.0.000 Ine Gb | Rappee, ‘Amertean Genéieman...... qe | Batra Clear ee 994
filled promptly and: satisfaction | ; rocer—Mercy on me! only a peck! Put Mackbrel, No. 1,3 bola, * 8 Pies Pearl.» corn I~ Gaag | Gall & Ax’s Macobo oe @35 | Ted Beet, Ext ee ee Tose i
. by E. Fallas, wholesale dealer in a couple of bushels. Mackerel, No. pce ee 6 50 | Niagara Laundry, 40» box, bulk..... es Scotch, Railroad Milils................ vor ried Beef, BXtr oceans oc bn
n bu ue ee » No.1, 16 i kits............ 1 “ : aes 3 @ : VINEGAR. N BARRELS.
ter and eggs, 125 and 127 Canal street Clerk—A couple of bushels! Good St FRUITS . o eee i Die 186 bs........ @5 | Eure oe ___| Extra Mess Beef, warranted a
Grand Rapid ’| Saecharine! | London L : ‘* Gloss, 401 packages. ....... OE | WI WRG 6s xenon once erecta soe 10@12 | Rolled Beef, cord ERO le Pee: 11 00
pids. rine! Do you t : ayers, new Gloss, 363 8 Ce ee , cordless
want to ruin your | Loose Museateis Raising, new.....s.. 275 “é igae, packages....... @s oo ~ Guieieanicee ete 16 75,
ai los 2 mt wD NN
Gs ie se trade? Nic Valence & sins, new........ 2 10@2 60} Corn, 401 tb 8, 6 bh box, 72 b crate.. @7 |16@D......... ERS. : CANNED BEEF. 4
A cattle king says tl ve Grocer—Certainl . Dehesia .......... Pe T4@iye American Beam On = settee tsar eeeeees @i, | Gillett’s @ D .... ee as Minas McNeil & Libby, 14 b cans, % doz
— ys that within ten years nly no; a bushel of sand, PS eee 8 ee @ 14 cae Be est aon ai os oe, ee
maha will be the cattle center of the co more or less, won’t be noticed now. Turkey Prunes ..........s.s.s.ss0ee0ee @10% MG, PAORS. 6 ocece evita @6% pera DOK oes OL Armour & C th cans, 1 doz. in ease.... 2 80
‘. an aga? t un- tide : i as eee @3% | Lavine, single boxes, 48 1) papers... 50 0., 14 Ih cans, % doz in case 18 25
Soe abbatoir is now being built there : erk—Why won't it? Oh i 44@6 | 6 I Gloss, WOOd bOX€S.......-00-- 0005+ @6 | Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1h pap'rs rs et a0. 2b 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case. : 2 80
that will cover 400 acr Grocer—This is st i WHOA ADDICN ...0 0.06665 -oe coos esse: @20 | Table Corn....... CR et teas @7_ | Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz pa rer 0. 21 Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in ease 4 (
jin es and will cost $750,- rawberry time. 0 8 Gohs able Com... cscs teal - ee @by a 5 or more boxes, 100 fon aan 2 50 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED o
. Se 0 es tb 7" avine, sing! i @4 2 .
ea ‘ = Gisencenseeaie. 8 aaa Wat ned, Walle... sce assis eee ees Gi Lavine, 5 Denote holes Mace wee Be rene res 9
——_—__—~._- > ___ ording to the Chinese, cask making has ey, oe ee es 270) Jugs @ gallon STONEWARE. ae sibpaprs @4 00| Tongue aoe Se Ge ge e in
is sai ee ke a Cee 2 alae eer: . AG BAUBEBO: 6 cis oa. sy eve crncnc'enen es!
It is said that tomatoes and cucumbers are been known to them for many thousand Richardson's a eee 2 BB) Orocks.......-cccccossscescesnceesenenes @8 |rwin Bros.......1% |Wil Liver Sausage....... ..- peer otaniretedasrst: 11 é
so plenty in Florid years. They 1 N@ | Richard be a6 2.4 .. 170) Mills Crock... et eco cece eee 7 | @illett’s. 0.178 (Na BOWS ons ose! os 175 | Frankfort Sausage... 8
of th orida that hundreds of acres} gra b k y labored, however, under this Richardson’ SNoD ao a 170| R STOVE POLISH. : "ase ae -e Bolog SAUBATE.. ose g eset co ceen ee ,
* Ww : a . ° EBL noe.
ts em are ploughed in, because they are! the f ack, ‘They did not know how to give Parison sNo. 4 round........ - m eee are a Deron! S QTOSS...... 5 50 Blacking Rec cceoune care % ner spi 30, 40, 5000 Bologna snatont Eee Le oe 3 Vy.
worth the cost of picking, ’ t ped touch by which the lid is fastened ee et nes sbensreee OE Bei 5), oe eden dozea..... Wl ean NE oo a eee. eee 84 f
> in, the only method th El 2 1% GO .......- 1 SU Bs ii ke ea Geka Biss
; : : at struck Botela Parlor MO. Wl ocs oc ssccecscscs cs 1 70 aaes do Arik es 1B | Head Cheese........-...seteeeeeerereees "
. rig is selling at two cents a pound in feasible being to place a boy ends ae ao Parlor og Segoe eu 2 ont VOGE ice esc, hens @8 pee corgeoeaptrettes Shan a. one PIGS’ FRET. ve
ny places i e eOee Me 6 8 ce a. Re ys - Det, BO. do. -iks cinerea alf barrels......
: aS ae io tightened the hoops and secured Grand Haven, BA |. B10 | Powdered. si. .<.c.s ss ceseresevecreee - Ou it at Moe inne barrels... 3 10.
e i in its gross lots special oe a ea oe pare ‘ Ween Rs 5 . Neos, ee ea cer ner ery 2 10
Tan Bark—$5.50 for new and $4.50 for! boy to position. But how was the| piack § MOLASSES. PERS, - r,s as ea ome Milk, Eagle brand......... * : ta 2s
old. 7 y to get out? This remained CPAP... eeeceseee ee andard A........... is ondensed Milk, Swiss.......--.+.+.+: In hal
ieee probl an pasdlved Porto Rico..... pe seats reat ’ Extra © white. .2 2000. Curry Combs @ doz..........0.00c0000 7 50 f barrels..........
epee - em or 3,000 years. bon cams iS Sek ceescs geese wile Cream Tartar eg te TV ewiipeces 1 5@ Tn quarter Raga eee nne ee
it rieans, fancy, ate a andles, Star..... veeeees  @25 SEC Pe Ee ee Reseccnens okey
; beteweretnsereaer naans) Ge a @15% | Prices named are lowest at ti peta sake cue
2 ep eters st ‘ are
Ch y Cl aners : 3 eens @16% | press, subject alw © lowest att time of going to
imne ’ sreereens  @50 | bre liable to occur at any time. “es 8, which.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Goods.

 

Spring & Company quote as L0uu0woe:
WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

‘Androscoggin, 9-4. .23
Androscoggin, 8-4..21
‘Pepperell, 7-4....-. 16%
Pepperell, 8-4.....- 20

Pepperell, 10-4...... 25

Pepperell, 11-4......27% |.

Pequot, 7-4......... 18
Pequot, 8-4......... 21

Pepperell, 9-4...... 22% Pequot, De sees 24
CHECKS.

Caledonia, XX,o0z..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14
Caledonia, X,0z...10 |Park Mills, No. 100.15
Economy, 02Z....... 10 |Prodigy, 0Z......... 11
Park Mills, No. 50..10 {Otis Apron......... 10%
Park Mills, No. 60..11 |Otis Furniture..... 10%
Park Mills, No. 70..12 |York, 1 oz.......... 10

‘Park Mills, No. 80..13

York, AA, extra 02.14

OSNABURG,

Alabama brown.... 7

Jewell briwn....... 9%
Kentucky brown. oO
Lewiston brown... 944
Lane brown........ 2 %

Louisiana plaid.... 8

BLEACHED COTTONS.

Avondale, 36....... as
Art cambrics, 36..
Androscoggin, rie ce

Androscoggin, 5-4..124%
Baliou, 4-4........-. 7%
Ballou, 5-4.......... 6
Boott, O. 4-4........ ”
Boott, E.5-5........
Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%
Boott, R. 3-4........ 5Y
Blackstone, AA 4-4 7%
Chapman, X, 4-4.. 6%
Conway, 4-4..... .- 1%
Cabot, 4-4......-----
Cabot, 7-3...-.--.--- bis
Canoe, 3-4........--

<

Domestic, 36
Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 10
Davol, pa 9%
Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 9
Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 84
Fruit of the Loom,
cambric, 4-4...... 12
Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7

 

 

Alabama plaid..... 8
Augusta plaid...... 8
Toledo plaid........ T%
Simchneter laid.. a
New Tenn. plaid..
Utility plaid........ by
Greene, G, 4-4...... 5%
Hiall, 44 84
Rit 3-8 7%
Hope, Le 7%
King Phillip cam-
ric, 4-4. 2... 3. as
Linwood, 4-4. :
Lonsdale, Adc. " 8%

 

Lonsdale cambric. ae

\Langdon, i. 4-4... 24
,\Langdon, 45 oe
‘Masonville, 4-4..... OM
\Maxwell. 4-4........ 10 0%

4|New York Mill, 4-4. 10
6i|New Jersey, £4. 38
| Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7%

Pride of the West. 12%
“|Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8%
iSlaterville, 7-8...... 6%
| Victoria, AAS. oo... 9

|\Woodbury, 4-4...... 5%
Ww hitinsville, 4-4.. "9
Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6%

Wamsutta, 4-4...... . 16%

Gold Medal, 7-8..... 614|Williamsville, 36...10%4
Gilded Age......... 8%
CORSET JEANS.

BUOY, ----------- 7|Kearsage........... 834
a ccna sat.. 844 ‘Naumkeag satteen. 8%
Canoe River.......-. 6 |\Pepperell bleached 8%
<Clarendon.......... 64 Pepper ell sat....... 9%
Hallowell Imp..... 6%, Rockport pee i
Ind. Orch. Imp..... 6%|Lawrence sat....... ig
Laconia ............- %%;Conegosat..........

PRINTS.
Albion, solid.......-. 5%4\Gloucester .......... 6
Albion, grey.......- 6 \Gloucestermourn’g.6
Allen’s checks...... 5% Hamilton fancy....6
Ailen’s fancy....... 5% |Hartel fancy........ 6
Allen’s pink......... 64%\|Merrimac D......... 6
Alien’s purple....... 6% Manchester ......... 6
American, fancy... 8% Oriental fancy...... 6
Arnoldfancy.......-. Oriental robes...... 6%
Berlinsolid......... oy Pacific robes....... 6
ocheco fancy.....- § |Richmond........... 6
Cocheco robes......- % iSteel River.......... 5%
Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6
Eddystone .......--- 6 |Washington fancy..
Eagle fancy.......-- 5 Washington blues..8
Garner pink......... a

FINE BROWN COTTONS.

Appleton A, 4-4.. —< .
Boott M, 4-4 Sse 14
Boston ¥, 8
Continental C,4:3.. 7%
‘Continental D, 40in oe
Conestoga W, 4-4..
Conestoga D; 7-8. 5M%
Conestoga G, 30-in. 614
Dwight X, 3-4
Dwight Y, i5...---- 6%
Dw ight 744.2:
Dwight Star, 4-4 ye
Ewight Star, 40-in..
Enterprise EE, 36.. 534
Great Falls E, i.
Farmers’ A, ci ,
Indian Orchard, £4 te

DOMESTIC

ESS OS

Amoskeag ...... — 8
Amoskeag, Persian
styles.........-.-- 10%
Sates. =. .se- 1%
Berkshire .......... 6%

Giasgow checks.... 7
Glaszow checks, f” 'y T%
Glasgow checks,
roy, val styles...... 8
Gloucester, new
standard ......... 7%
Plunket....

  
 

Lancaster .......--. 8
G@angdale........-.. 7 rae

oa

Indian Orchard, 40. 844
Indian Orchard, 36. 8
Laconia B, 7-4...... 16%
Lyman B, 40-in cos 10%
Mass. BB, A of 6%
Nashua E, 40-in.... 9

Nashua R, 4-4...... 7%
Nashua O, 7-8....... 7%
Newmarket N...... 714

|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 74
Pepperell R, 4-4....7
Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6%

Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64
Pocasset_ C, ss 7
Saranac R.......... 7%
y|\Saranac E.......... 9

 

GINGHAMS.

Renfrew, dress styl 9%
Johnson Manfg Co,
Bookfold ......... 12%
Johnson Manfg Co,
dress styles...... 12%
Slaterville, dress
RigtO8. 08.55: 9
White Mfg Co, stap 7%
White Mfg Co, fane 8
White Mant’g Co,

 

Hariston.......... 9%
Gordon... >; ----. 8
4 Greylock, dress
RiVIGS .....-..--.- 12%

WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 7-4. 21
Androscoggin, 8-4. .23
Pepperell, W-455.52 20
Pepperell, 8-4...... 2274 |
Pepperell, 9-4.....-. 25

\Pepperell. 10-4..... 27%
\Pepperell, 11-4..... “e

(Pequot, T-4.........8
Pequot, 8-4......... OL
\Pequot, 9-4......... 27%

HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.

Atlantic A, 4-4..... 74
Atilantie H, 44..... :

\Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 8
* ‘Lawrence x, 50... a.
5

 

 

 

Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6% |Lawrence LL, 1 4
Atlantic P, Ses 5% | Newmarket n | 1%
Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 544|Mystic River, 4-4... 6%
Adriatic, 36......... 7% Pequot A, 4-4....... 8

Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36... aa
Boott M, 4-4......-. U44|Stark AA, 44....... 7%
Boott FF, a4... 7% Tremont CC, 4-4.... 5%
Graniteville, 4-4.... 6%|Utica, 4-4........... 9
Indian Head, ‘a. 7344|Wachusett, 4-4..... 1%
Indiana Head 45-in.12%4|Wachusett, 30-in... 63%

TICKINGS.

Amoskeag, ACA...14 Falls, XXXX....... 18%
Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 a E
Amoskeag, A......13
Amoskeag, B...... 12 ’
Amoskeag, C...... li ‘Falls, awning. +2219
Amoskeag, D...... 10%|Harnilton, BT, 32..12
Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 10
Amoskeag, F....... 9%4|Hamilton, H....... 10
Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10
Premium B........ 16 |Methuen AA....... 13%
eixtra44.......--.2: 16 |Methuen ASA...... 18
TUxtra 3-3. 25. :-32 se 44%4\Omega A, 7-8....... i
aoe Medal 4-4...... 15 j\Omega A, 44....... 13
WSCA JB... -2-s 12% Omega ACA, 7-8....14

ee eas 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4....16
REIS... cesses 14 \Omega SH, 7-8...... 24
TE TS... co ewe, - ee 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27

LE ees 19 |\Omega M. a Socooe a
Cordis AAA, 32..... 144 \Omega M, 44.......
Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 Shetmcket SS&SSW ti
Corcis No. 1 32.....15 |Shetucket,S & “gap 1
Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS..
Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stockbridge A..... a
Cordis No. 4........ 114% |Stockbridge frncy. 8

GLAZED CAMBRICS.

AUTICY ....----.-e25 5 (Empire ..........--.
Toneet SU 5 |Washington........ 43
Red Cross........-.- 5 |Edwards............ 5
Forest Grove....... S.S. & Sons......... 5

GRAIN BAGS.

American A....... 19 \Old Tronsides...... 15%
weenie AW... 3 5.-s ss 23%|Wheatland ......... 21%
DENIMS.

Boston .....-.....2- TiOtis CC... .. 2... - 10%
Everett blue....... 144%|Warren AXA...... 12%
Everett brown..... 14%4|Warren BB. 3 1%
Ove AXA. ....-..-- 12%|Warren CC......... 10%

Otis BB... .....------ 11%| York fancy........
PAPER CAMBRICS.
Manville............ 6 iS.S.&Soms......... 6
Masgnville......... 6 (Garner ...:..5-...2, 6
WIGANS.

Red Cross........-- a Pega Milis........
GTN |... ss20602- TL ROSO.. (sis es cheese 8
SGOFACT .2...2--24--- 7%|
SPOOL COTTON.
BrOOKS ........-..-- 50 |Eagle and Phoenix
Clark’s O.N.F..... 5D Mills ball sewing.30
J&P. Conts......: 5) |Greeh & Daniels...25
Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40
Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Stafford..... ees oe 35
Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... ee
ing thread........ 30 |Holyoke............
SILESIAS.
Masonville TS...... 8
Masonville 8....,..10%
Lonsdale ........... 9%
Lonsdale A......... 16
Nictory O...... ie 6
VOY J... cag vcd
Victory D.......... 10
Victory K..........12%
Phenix A.......... 9%
Phoenix B.......;.- 10%
Phoenix XX..... .. bj

 

 

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Repose

 

WM. SEARS & CO.

Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents for

AMBOWY
37, 39 & 41 Kent Street,

CHEESE.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

ALBERT COYE & SONS

State Agents for .

WATERTOWN HAMMOCK SUPPORT.

 

Dealers in

Awnings, Tents, Horse Wagon and Ssack
Covers, Oiled Clothing, Etc
73 Canal Street.
iRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.
tt Send for Prices.

 

 

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Asparagus—50ce 4 doz. bunches.
Bailed Hay—Searee and firm

$16 4 ton.

Buckwheat Seed—$1.25 # bu.

Butter—Choice dairy packed is worth 15e.
Creamery packed 19c.

Beans—Handpicked readily command
$2.25@$2.50. Unpicked are not much moy-
ing.

Beats—50c ¥ doz. bunches.

Cabbages—$1.50@$4.50 @ crate, accord-
ing to size.

Cabbage Plants—50c # 100.

Cheese—Light skim 8e. Full cream 10c.

Clover Seed—Choice medium firm at $6
@96.50 $ bu. and mammoth in fair demand ;
at $6.75 @P bu.

Cucumbers —45ce @ doz.

Dried Apples—Quarters active at 7@9c PB
tb, and sliced S8@9c. Evaporated dull and
slow at 1214 @14e.

Eggs—Firm and ready sale at 16@17c.

Green Onions—25@35c 4 dozen bunches.

Hungarian Grass Seed—$1 # bu.

Honey—Choice new, 18c # Ib.

Hops—Brewers pay 35@40c for Eastern
and Western and 18@20e for Michigan.

Lettuce—In fair demand at 10c # tb.

Maple Sugar—Dull and plenty at 12i¢e.
for pure, and 8@10c for adulterated.

Millet Seed—$1 ¥ bu.

Onions—$2.75 4 sack of 114 bu.; $4.75 @
bbl.

Pieplant—Ordinary stock in fair demand
at 2c @ ib.

Peas—75@85c 4 bu.

Peas, for field seed—$1.50 @ bu.

Radishes—15@25c 4 dozen bunches.

Potatoes—80c % bu. for old and $3.50@
$4 9 bbl. for new, which are firm at prices
quoted, but will probably decline after the
Fourth.

Poultry—A little more plentiful.
seling at 15@16c.

Sweet Potato Plants—50e $B 100.

Strawberries—7@8e qt.

Timothy—Choice is sale held at $1.75
bu.

Tomatoes—lIllinois $1 # box of 20 tbs.

Tomato Plants—50c ¥ 100.

Wax Beans—$2 # bu., Green, $1.50 ¥
bu.

Watermelons—Georgia, $6.50 % bu.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—White, 95@98c; Lancaster, 96@
$1.05.

Corn—45@60c # bu.

Oats—White 40c # bu. :

Rye—52@54c ¥# bu.
tt inom aeant pay $1.30@$1.40 4 100

S.

Flour—Faney Patent, $6.50 @ bbl. in
sacks and $6.75 in wood. Straight, $5.50 #
bbl. in sacks and $5.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.45 @ ewt.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ton. Bran,
$13@$14 @ ton. Ships, $15 @ ton. Mid-
dlings, $17 # ton. Corn and Oats, $23 92
ton.

at $15@

Fowls

 

The most successful counterfeit of the dime
is said to be made of glass mixed with some
base metal by a process unknown to ordin-
ary workers in metal and glass. The counter-
feit looks exactly like the genuine ten-cent
piece, but on being struck with a hammer it
is crushed to pieces.
OE ______

LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES.

The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars as
follow:

No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and J6 feet..... 12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................
No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet................
No. 2 Stocks, 8in., 2, 14 and 16 feet......

Uppers, inch. .......--s-3.......4. per M ou m
Uppers, 144, 1% and 2inch................
RElOCIS; LINC 8... 35 00
Selects, 14,1% and2 ineh........ ...... 38 00
Fine Common, linch.................... 30 00
SHOR 1 inch ee a ee 20 00
Fine, Common, Jl, 1% and 2inch. 32 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet... 15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet SiG cae ee kee 16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet................ 17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 teet..... 15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet................ 16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet................ 17 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 16 00
No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet................. 17 00
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 13 50
No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 14 5

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No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 Wt, 12 50
No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet................ 13 50

Coarse Common’ or shipping culls, all

widths and lengths......... ........... 9
A and B Strips, 4 or6in............... .. 35 00
C Sivins, 40r6 inch: 5.65. 94a, 28 00

   
 

 

No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00

No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 feet. cas 12 00

No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet........... 12 00

No. 1 Fencing, 4 inch............... .- 1500

No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch..................005 12 00

Norway C and better, 4 or 6inch......... 20 00

Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00

Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C.................... 14 50

Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common.. 9 00

Bevel Siding, 6 inch, NORE. oe cba ess 20 00

Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft... 15 50@11 00

$1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft.

Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00

Dressed Fiooring, 6in. C................. 29 00

Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00

Dressed Flooring 6in.,No.2common.... 14 00

Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.

Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00

Dressed Flooring, 4in., C................. 26 00

Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.1 com’n 16 06

Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00

Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.

{ XXX 18 in. tandard Shingles......... 3 50
Dee ee Ps A oo obi ies oes ne 3 40
aoe eae ep e ae ewa toes BOO

2 or 6 in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... 2 00
No. 2or5 in. €. Ms WTR aig ees 1%
PMA 5 ee ees Vag ese mintire 6s 2 2 OO

&

A HOTEL CLERK INTERVIEWED.

 

How it Looked Upon the Note-Book When
the Reporter Finished.
The interviewer said to the hotel clerk,
“How long have you been in this business?”
“All my life,” he replied, ‘‘and (ting-a
ling! Front,—444)I don’t know (ding-dong!
Front,—pitcher of ice-water for 1804)much
about anything else. (To guest: ‘No letters
for you to-day sir.’) Not so much about this
business as I thought I did(ting-a-ling!—
Porter, baggage for 405)fifteen years ago.
(Bell-boy with card. Lady wants to see Mr.
Jones. Front,—take this card to 405.) The
fact is, 1 see too many smart men who know
(man wants change for $20. ‘Nothing but
small bills sir’)all about keeping a hotel,
and I find there is a great deal to be learned
about it. (Boy with big paper box: Take
it to 43. One flight.’) (To guest: ‘You
will find stamps at the cigar stand.’) Bag-
gage left for board. Piles of it in the vaults
down-stairs. (To guest: ‘The train for
Queehosh leaves at 5:30 p. M.’) Thereé’s
packages and trunks been laying there for
years (ding! Front,—703)and furniture, too.
All sorts of traps and curiosities. (To
stranger: ‘No. The north river boats
haven’t commenced running yet.”) Bad
debts? Yes, sometimes. Fact is, a land-
lord can’t help it, (Ting-a-ling! Front,—
go to 763.) People will get into your books.
It’s hard to refuse a customer that’s paid up
for years. (To inquirer: ‘Mr. Beegum?
He’s dead. Died here two week’s ago. Sent
him home on ice.’) There’s a man now
just coming in. Owes the house $1,500
board for himself and family at permanent
rates. (Ting-a-ling! Front,—283.) Judg-
ment out now against him. Can’t (signs
transfer company receipt for baggage) col-
lect a cent. That’s him now drinking at the
bar. Regular (ding-dong! Front,—%763)
sponge. Holds an official position, too. Big
man about town and at dinners. (‘John,
take this gentleman’s baggage to 302.’) Do
I remember faces well? Seldom forget a
face (to a register hunter: ‘No, sir, he left
three days ago.’) that I’ve once seen. (Fat
man: ‘My key please.’) I used to remem-
ber names, too. (To inquirer: ‘Dr. Bangor
left for home yesterday. No I’m quite sure
he’s not here.’) But I lost the faculty of re-
membering names when I was cashier at the
—— Hotel. You see (ding-dong! ‘Front
fire in 601’) in making out our bills there it
was the rule of the house toask every —
(To stranger: ‘Single or double room, sir?
Board by the day or on the European plan?’)
No matter if you’d stay there ten years,
when you pay your bill, 1 asked your name.
(To? patron: There's a a fac on ae ee Tail-
road from. Philadeiphia to New York at one
minute past12p.m.’) This made me de-
pend on the books for recollecting names,
and somehow my mind will no longer retain
them, (‘Nothing in your letter-box to-day,
sir.’) It’s much harder to act as clerk in
some hotels than others, because (ting-a-
ling! To bell-boy; ‘Tell the engineer to
send some steam up to 584’) some hotels are
so ssteymetrical as almost to run(signs an er-
rand boy’s receipt for package) themselves.
Yes. Idon’t suppose there isa third-rate
town (‘William, take a pitcher of ice-water
to 1,000’) in the country but some resident
there is known to me. (Colloquy with
guest: ‘John tell the carpenter to fix the
lock on 709.’) Ihave during the last thirty
years been clerk at hotels in St. Louis, Chi-
cago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Charles-
ton, Atlanta. (To strangers: ‘You must
take the Twenty-third Street cross-town
cars to get on Hunter’s Point.’) The business
(Front,—take this card to 344) is very
(Front,—544) ditt— (‘No, sir, he is not stop-
ping here’) — er — (‘Want your bill. Cer-
tainly’) ent. (James, show the gentleman
to 409.) No. (Front,—porter, get baggage
from 900.) Yes. What was I saying?
(Ding-dong-! Front!)”
2

Vanderbilt’s Treasure Vaults.

It is said that Mr. William H. Vanderbilt’s

 

9 | treasure vault, in which he recently stowed

away some $100,000,000 in securities, is one of
the most redoubtable works of defense on the
American continent, though one may not be
entirely certain of that by surveying his
mansion from the outside. Its foundations
were blasted out of the rock; the front wall
is five feet in thickness, and the side and
rear walls are three feet, the materials used
being pressed brick with brown-stone trim-
mings. The beams, girders, and main pillars
are iron, incased in fire-proof material. The
doors, window-frames and minor partitions
are iron, marble and glass. No wood is to
be found in the structure. The great vault
is thirty-six by forty-two feet, of wrought
iron, steel and Franklinite iron, is imposing
in strength and proportions, and is situated
on the ground floor. Its four outer doors
weighs 8,200 pounds each, and have every
effective and known improvement in defens-
ive devices. A massive wall of masonry
surrounds the ironwork. The vault, which
is burglar, fire and water proof, constitutes a
distinct building itself.

 

baroware.

Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows:
AUGERS AND BITS.

 

 

    
 
 

  

Lves’, Old Style. 0.55... eso ee dis 50
HC. CO eS ae dis 55
Douglass’ Seb eo ee es dis 50
PACUCOR se ec eons ek dis 50
SMOG eee eo a es dis 50
WOOIS 08) eee as. cee eu. dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine..................-.- dis 25
Jennings’, imitation........... ......-. dis40&10
BALANCES.
SPUN Gy ee ek ese. dis 2%
BARROWS.

RQUPONG co ee $ 15 00
Crarden.. 20 ee net 335 00
BELLS.

PONG oe os ee eee dis $ 60&10
COW eee eee dis 60
CN ee dis 15
Gong..... eta ee eo arse oi dis 20
Door Sargent. ooo dis 55
BOLTS.

StOVG. 2 a dis $ a

oo iage and Tire, new .ist.. --.. dis

Ow 308-10
Sleigh Shoe...... ap 50&15
Cast Barrel Bolts:.6:.. 2.000.022... dis 50
Wrought Barrel Bolts...............: dis 5d
Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50
Cast Square Spring................... dis 55
Cast Chaim dis 60
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10
Waroumtht Square os... dis 55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob

Flush Ne ee ees Oa ane 50&10&10
Ives DOOR. ine dis 50&10

BRACES.
IAEDCE oe dis $ 40
WBSRORUS. oo cco ok dis 50
SDOHORGE Boe ee dis 50
PAM Ba ee dis net
BUCKETS.

Wiel) plain 0 es a 3 400
Well Swivel: :..2)0 55.00 fee 4 50
BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10
Wrounht Loose Pin De Se se Oh ie dis 60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned cea: dis 60& 5

Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver

pped poe ees ee dis 60& 5
Wropent@able Bee eae eee. oe) oe dis 60
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60

Wrought PASS los. al dis 65&10
Blind. “Clark’s Nea sces

Blind, Parker's. :.. 2... 0......2.. ~ 0
Blind, Shepard's. .3026. oe, ‘dis

   

70
Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00
CAPS.
VS TQ es se ek per m $ 65
PICS CLR cee 60
GoD ee 35
MUSKOG ceo ee 60
CATRIDGES.
Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50
Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50
Centratine dis 1
CHISELS.
Socket Hirmer: 6... 6.2. dis 65&10
SOCKCt PrAMMNG 02.2... 25025... te: dis 65&10
Boeket COPMEr. 2.6... oe. dis 65&10
BOCKGE SUCKS 2063 ce dis 65&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20
COLA eee ee oe net
COMBS.
Curry, WaAwrence’S:.......225.0.20.0.. dis 3334
HEQUCHISISS (2,000... 2050. 2 oc5 eae dis 25
COCKS.
IBEASS, R&Gkine’S. 66256. o ke 40&10
WBPODIS ee ee. 49&10
BGO ee 40&10
PUOMUB Nou oe es oo ote, Oe ae 60
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. Bb 37
14x52, 14x56, 14. x60........... Decent ee a 39
DRILLS.
Moxse’s Bit Stock. 22.0000). 6600... 25. dis 35
Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20
Morse’s Taper Soodnk................. dis 30
ELBOWS.
(Cone piece, 6 im:.:..252.5....2..-. doz net $1 10
CORRUERECH see ee dis 20&10
AGHIStADIG 8. co ee. dis 40&10
EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, Spee 318 00; lar; Ze, $26 00. dis 20
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2 2, S24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 20
FILES.
American File Association List...... dis 40&10
DDISSCON Si ee, dis 40&10
New AMeMICaANe 0.0: dis 40&10
INICHOISOMIS 6 ee a dis 40&10
PRC CHIS 5) eee ako ee dis 30
Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 8315
: GALVANIZED IRON,

Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and26, 27 28
List 12 13 14 15 18
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50.

® GAUGES.
Stanley Rule and Lveel Co.’s......... dis 50
HAMMERS.
Maydole & Covs.........2.55......2.5. dis 15
AGTOES, oc oe ene as anole dis 25
wWerkes & Plumib’s) 2.00. oe ese dis 30
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30_¢ list 40
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢c 40&10
HANGERS.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50
Champion, anti- friction se ors dis 60
Kidder, wood tra.K.. 2... .2... ees. dis 40
HINGES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2, 3: .....000620..2..5. dis 60
SEQGC ae ssa oa er doz, net, 2 50

p
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 54 14

and lONger ees ee eee 4 25
Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10%
Serew Hook and Kye 5.............. net 8%
Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 7%
Serew Hook and Eye, %............. net 7%
Strap and (cee occas dis 60&10

. HOLLOW WARE.
Stamped Tin Ware.:.................20:. 60&10
JapannedcTin Ware..................... 2010
Granite Irom Ware... ..:.2.205... 2.6.0... 25
HOES.
Gabo ooo ee $11 00, dis 40
Grube? Ss ees ee ee, 11 50, dis 40
GUtip Oe oe ees 12 00, dis 40
KNOBS.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... = 00, dis 6¢
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim-

WINGS 66 ooo: Sess cee ees list, .% 25, dis 60
Door, ‘porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain veges dis 60
Picture, H. L. Judd Bees... d 60
FIGOMRCMC: 6. aoe. eke. oe ee dis 50

LOCKS—DOOR.
Russell & Irwin ae Co.’s reduced list dis 60
Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s................ dis 60
Brantora’s: 32. ood ccc Ge eee ee dis 60
NOV WAHCS. 2200 6. et dis 60
LEVELS. ae
Staniey Rule and Level Co.'s ae ose dis 65
MILLS. - @
Coffee; Parkers. Coi’s....¢..:..3..0....--. dis 45
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 45
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark ’s. Poel ees dis 45
Coffee, Enterprise Ake One ome ees no dis 25
MATTOCKS.
Adze Bye...... 20.8. oi. Ss $16 00 dis 40&10
Hunt Eye.......... Peis aa Ses $15 00 dis 40&10
Pet Boe ee ee ey ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10
NAILS.
Common, Brad and Fencing.
40d tO. G00: 6062s ok oe keg $2 45
SG Ana's CBAV coo oo ce ic cect cess esas 25
Gd ane 16) AAV. ooo ees onic cet ne cess 50
40 GING DE) BO ee a, a ee 95
Od GAVANCE. oro oo eG oie eee es oe oh 1 50
30 TNE AAVANCE oe ee ee eke ce ce 3 00
Glinch nails, adv... oe ee ee. 1%5
Finishing 110d 8d 6d 4d i
Size—inches § 3 2% 2 1%
Adv. ® keg $125 1 50 1 75 2 00
MOLLASSES GATES.
Stabbin’s Pattern: .. 2.6.4 622. ec. ee ee as dis 70
Stebbin’s Genuine...... 2.0... cece eee ee dis 0
Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25
MAULS.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50
OILERS. :
Zinc or tin, Chase’s oo Pelead Guest dis 55
Zinc, with brass bottom,................- dis 50
Brass or CODDED. 620 ee ee dis 40
ROADOE: oss coe eeu ....per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s .............66.. oie ed 50

 

PLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................4--- dis 15
Belota Bene oa eet dis 25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15
Bench, firstquality..... 2... 2. -.-. 002206: dis 20
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and
PANS.
Fry, Acme Beles Pigaae oe eo ease dewien dis 40&10
Common, polished.................-- ...dis 60
Dripping. lee eee ee cc wee ae #8 ib 8
RIVETS.
Pron and Tinned. 36.60. .2. dis 40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40

PATENT FLANISAED IRON.
“A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27
*B”? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27
Broken packs 4c @ bb extra.
ROOFING PLATES.

10%
9

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7%
Ic, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........-... 12 00
IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90
ROPES.
Sisal, % In. and larger.................. BP 9%
Weanilia | oe  e: 15
SQUARES.
Steeland Tron... oo... le... os. s: dis 50
Mry and Bevels.. o.oo... ee 8: dis 50
WENO 6 ee eo sa oe dis 20
SHEET IRON.
Com. Smooth. Com.
INOS: 10 tO-T4.. os $4 20 $3 20
INOS. 1b ta Wi ooo: 4 20 3 20
INOS: 18:60 21.22... 4 20 3 20
INOS? 22 60) 2428 oe 4 20 3 20
INOS -25 00 26) 0.50. o.oo oe. 4 40 3 40
INO: Sf se es 4 60 3 60
All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

SHEET ZINC.

In casks of 600 tbs, ® Ih.................. 6%

In smaller quansities, ® fb.............. %
TINNER’S SOLDER.

NO: F Refined... 220i... 13 00

 

Market Half-and-half............ 15 00

Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16
TIN PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75

LC, TOMI4 @Hareoal. i.e. ce we. 6 50
EX, 1Oxi4. Charcoal... ...2.5...62...,--- 8 50
IC, Ma: Charcoal... 2) 0.2. aoe. 6 50
Ix, jgul2. Ohareoal . 2... 2.0223. 02.8.. 8 50
IC, 14x20, Chareosil.... 2.6225... 2... ‘ 50
IX, Tau. Charcoal... ee. 8 50
IXx, 14x20, Charcoal: 2.26.5 ee 10 50
IXXX, 1420; Charcool............22.. 5... 12 50
PX XX; 14x20, Charcoal..:............... 14 50
IX, 30x2 BS OHRATCORE. oo... oe. 18 00
DC, 100 Plate @hareoak: ooo. 026. css, 6 50
DX, 100Plate Charcoal.................. 8 50
DX xX, 100 Plate Charcoal.........0....52.: 10 50
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50

Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75
rates

 
 

TRAPS.
Steels Game. eee:
Onvida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 4%
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60
MIOUCHKISS! 4000 60
Sop. & We. Mis. Cos. 2. ae: 60
Mouse, Choker... 0... eo, 20ce 8 doz
Mouse; delusion. :...-.....2.+.....-. $1 26% doz
WIRE.
Brisht Market...) 2265.5): 02 echoes dis 60
Anmenled Market... 0000605. el. dis 60
Coppered Market: ....-.....-.. 2.222222. 3- @is 55
Ge Bane ee ere ck, dis 55
Minned Market... 260520. ool: kis 40
Minned Broom... 2.52.0... 52.5. ae 8 tb 09
Tinned Mattress... ..... 225.205.2664. @ Tb 8%
Coppered Spring Steel.................. dis 37%
Tinned Spring Steel... :- 2.2.2... 3. ee dis 387%
IPilgim Henee 0. es 8 ib 3%
Banned HENCO, 66 slo 6 ee
COPPGr oo eo new list net
IBVASS sc new list net
WIRE GOODS.
Bright oo. esac | dis 60&10&10
Serew MyOS: 25620500 oe, dis 60&10&10
LOOKS 62 ooo eo oo eee dis 60&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............. dis 60&10&10
WYrENCHES.

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........

Coe’s Genuine. -.. 2c... . dis 50&10
Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65
@oe’s Pat., malleable. ........:.......... dis 70

MISCELLANEOUS

Pumps, Cistern.... 2.2.6.6... dis 60&10
Gomme 2 a 70
_Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 50
Dampers, American..................055 3314

 

 

Condition of the Glass Market.

Within two weeks’ time the window glass
factories will go out of blast, with a small
amount of stock on hand. It was estimated
earlier in the season that the aggregate pro-
duction of all the factories this year would
fall short some 550,000 boxes as compared
with last year’s production. The fact does
not seem to have had any serious effect as,
apparently, the demand has not been strong
enough to absorb the glass on the market,

and the contemplated advance in prices ap-

pears to be based rather on what is hoped
for than upon what is expected. Thus far
in the season the supply has been adequate
to the demand, and unless there should arise
an unusual demand during the summer,
which is hardly probable, the quantity of
glass held by the manufacturers, including
that imported last fall, will no doubt be suffi-
cient to supply the wants of trade until the
resumption of production in the fall. If the
Glass-workers’ Association decides to re-
frain from creating a disturbance on the re-
sumption of work, the factories will find
that they will be able to produce all the
glass the country is likely to consume the
coming year. The prospects for manufac-
turing industries are not of so encouraging a
character as to justify any aggressive move-
ments on the part of the workers. There is
a limit to exaction, and the workers should
be wise enough to know when that limit is
reached. The consumptive power of the
country is ultimately a more potent factor
in the decision of the questions between
manufacturers and workmen than the
strongest combination that can be made by
either, and if the workingmen’s association
would exercise a moiety of that wisdom
which is said to exist in the counsel of num-
bers, they will let well enough alone. At
the conference of manufacturers and work-
ers held at Pittsburg last Friday, the com-
mittees to fix the rate of wages for the ensu-
ing year, from September 1, decided to be
governed by the net card rate iustead of the
selling rate. Thisdoes away with the slid-
ing scale adopted asa compromise, and
fixes the rate at that ruling before last year’s
strike, and it is to be hoped that this is the
final settlement of the wages question for

the year.
en en —

The latest champion mean man has been
found in Rochester, N. Y. He boughta
pound of beef, and on the strength of the
purchase induced the butcher to give him a
generous supply of “dog meat.” ‘Then he
told his wife.to prepare part of the dog meat
for dinner, save the rest for the next day,
and carry the pound of beef back to the
butcher, with the explanation that she her-
self previously had bought at another place
all the meat the family could use. The du-
tiful wife did as commanded, and the mean-
est man got his money back.

 

Present Situation of the Allegan Grange
tore.

From the Allegan Gazette.

The managers of the grange store do not
make as satisfactory progress as they could
wish in the work of securing new stock sub-
scriptions, and the outlook for their future
cannot be considered favorable. Only $9,-
800 of new stock have been subscribed, not
enough to make good those who deposited
money with the concern, while it is said sev-
eral old stockholders have either given notice
of withdrawal or mean to do so. This has
put an end to all talk of building, and the
managers mean to rent some suitable place,
if one can be obtained. Still nothing definite,
even as to continued existence of the store,
will be known for three months yet. It may
not be generally known that the storekeeper
did a sort of banking business, receiving de-
posits, and had on hand at the time of the
fire nearly $10,000. This sum the directors
have decided to repay, but in so doing have
only avoided litigation, for of their legal ob-
ligation there is no doubt. The money was
invested in the stock of goods. Delay in
stock subscriptions is doubtless largely due
to the existence of this large debt, for each
stockholder is individually liable for pay-
ment of the whole, and new stockholders are
equally liable with old ones. They buy the
privilege of paying all the old debts as well
as sharing in the new profits. The faith
some of the patrons had in the enterprise
and its manager is shown by the extent of
these deposits. They were not alone in
small sums, but we hear of deposjts amount-
ing to $300, $900 and $1,500 respectively.
Men have been known to draw money from
the bank and transfer it to the grange store,
deeming it safer there. If a banking busi-
ness had been done with their money this
might have been well enough, but it was in-
volved in mercantile risks, invested in a
stock of goods upon which not a cent of in-
surance was carried. Another source of dis-
satisfaction is the “Sinking fund” so ealled.
This amounted to several thousand dollars,
and was supposed to be accumulated profits.
The theory was that it provided security
against loss by fire or otherwise, deteriora-

-tion of stock, ete. But it was a sinking fund

on paper only. It was also invested in mer-
chandise, and was therefore not available in
any emergency whatever. This can not be
egarded as wise management, and these
things, with several minor causes, make un-
certain the continuance of an institution its
owners and patrons had imagined as stable

as the hills.
Bolt by the ‘Train.

From Texas Siftings.

We have been asked time and again how
it is that so many people get left by the
trains that go out of Austin. Itis a very
complicated matter, and weare not sure
that we are equal to the task, but we will
try. One reason is because they are not
aboard the train. There are two public
clocks in Austin, which are usually from
twenty minutes to three-quarters of an hour
ahead of each other. One of these clocks
keeps railroad time, but nobody knows
which one of the two clocks it is. The man
who wants to leave Austin, say on the elev-
en-o’clock train, must first find out whieh
clock keeps railroad time. After he has sat-
isfied himself on that point, he will have to
go to the depot from twelve minutes to half
an hour before or after eleven o’clock, be-
cause the trains do not run on Austin rail-
road time, but according to St. Louis rail-
road time. If the would-be traveler under-
stands algebra, he might cipher it out; or he
can, if he sees proper, telegraph to St. Louis.
That is one successful way to get left. An-
other, and a better way, is for you, if you
dont care to miss the train, to go to the rail-
road depot and ask what the schedule time
is. Asnotrain has ever yet arrived on
schedule time, you will know for certain one
time of day when the train will not arrive.
Having gained that point, you must ask one
of the employes how much behind time the
train is, andif he saysa hour, then you
must come back in two hours, and you will
hit it, provided the employe has not lied
about it. Usually the blackboard at the
railroad office tells you precisely how many
hours the train is behind time; but as the
figures are only changed once a week, they
are not reliable, except by accident. How-
ever, the train always arrives when it gets
here; and by going to the depot a day or so
before you want to leave, and camping there
until the train does arrive, you will be all
right, if you don’t take the south bound
train instead of the north-bound train, or
vice versa. Atit is impossible to find out
which is which, and as it is rather difficult
for one man to travel on two trains going in
different directions, the only really safe way
notto miss the train is to walk. The man
who has a walk-over cannot be left.

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There is a hotel in Cincinnati that em-
ploys men for chambermaids, and as a con-
sequence very few drummers stop there.
Things are coming to a mighty mean pass in
Cincinnati when aman can’t flirt with the
chambermaid. I asked the proprietor the
reason for such a strange state of affairs, and
he told me that the men did the work just
as well as the women, and better, and were
not one-tenth of the bother. ‘Don’t you
find it displeases the guests?” ‘Not much,”
he replied: “the majority of the guests, and
the men especially, like the change much
better than before. They are not afraid to
talk before men or ask for what they want.”

——_—__~_-2

When a merchant who trades with you suc-
denly changes his line from genuine to shod-
dy goods, after having built up a large busi-
ness with good goods, make up your mind
he isa sharper and cut off his credit. Oth-
erwise he will swindle you sooner or later.

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The Michigan Tradesman.

PENCIE PORTRAITS—NO. 20.

 

 

 

Formerly Known as the
Boy Grocer.”

Manley Jones,

Manley Jones was born at Venice, Shia-
wasse county, Sept. 20, 1855, and removed
with his parents to Lowell in 1867. There he
attended school for four years, and in the
spring of 1871 entered the employ of Wing-
ler, Bergin & Co., the “Co.” being John
Giles, and the firm being the leading grocery
house of the town. Kemaining in their em-
ploy three years, Manley than went to De-
troit,; where worked a year at the grocery
business for McCarthy, Roney & Giles, sub-
sequently returning to Lowell and entering
the employ of Mitchell & Donovan. Thir-
teen months later he engaged with John
Wingler, with whom he remained in the ca-
pacity of head salesman until July, 1880,
when he accepted a position .to travel for
John Caulfield. His territory included all
available towns east on the D., G. H. & M.,
and south on the L. S. & M. C., C. & W. M.
andG. R. & I. Jan. 1, 1882, he engaged to
travel for Cody, Ball & Co., taking every-
thing onthe G. R. & I. from Big Rapids to
Mackinaw City. Here he remained a year and
a half, when he resigned to accept a more de-
sirable position, at a larger salary, with John
Caulfield. He still covers the northern ter-
ritory, as before, and has learned that many
of his customers have come to regard him in
the light of:a friend.

“To downright hard work, more than any
other quality, may be attributed Manley’s
success as a Salesman. His energy is untir-
ing and his ambition is prodigious. Although
young in years, he is old in the grocery bus-
iness, and he possesses a knowledge of the
details that would serve to distinguish even
an older man.

“Manley is all that his name implies,”
said John Giles, the veteran Lowell grocer.
“He came to me when about sixteen years of
age, and applied for a situation as clerk. I
was struck by his manly way of approaching
a person under such circumstances, and hired
him on the spot. He soon mastered the de-
tails of the business, and won friends by
treating people courteously, waiting on
them promptly and seldom making
mistakes. These characteristics, I have
since heard, also mark his career as a travel-
ing salesman. He richly deserves all the
suecess he has obtained.”

“J ean contribute an incident to Manley’s
biography,” said the versatile John Mc-
Intyre. “When he was in John Wingler’s
employ, John regarded him so highly that he
once treated him to a shower bath.”

On the Easel—W. G. Hawkins, Chas. S.

Robinsen, C. H. Bayley.
>_< __
Miscellaneous Trade News.

Geo. Metz, Jr., has sold his tannery at
Holland.

C. N. Shaw, of Petoskey, has invented a
refrigerator.

Ellis & Benton, druggists at South Lyon,
have sold out.

M. C. Kidder has sold his hotel at Kalkas-
ka to T. Daily.

Wilson & Smith, clothiers at St. Johns, dis-
solved partnership July 1.

Julius Stark sueceeds E. R. Brown in the
bakery business at Hastings.

I. L. Every, grocer at St. Louis, has been
closed out on chattel mortgage.

S. A. Aldrich succeeds Aldrich & Bray-

* man in the grocery business at Ludington.

J. O. Jeannot has engaged in the grocery
bnsiness at the corner of Terrace and Walton
streets, Muskegon.

Owen & Bullis are making arrangements
to erect a fine brick store at Maple Rapids
the present season.

A. T. Reed has purchased an interest in
the firm of A. M. Goodwin & Co., tailors and
gents’ furnishing goods dealers at Muske-
gon.

B. B. Forbes has purchased an interest in
the grocery business of A. M. Weston, at
Harbor Springs. The new firm will be A.
M. Weston & Co.

The postoffice in Emmet county called
Lonsdale, which was discontinued about a
year ago, has been resurrected under the
name of Appleton, with Harper Talbot as
postmaster, and service began last week.

Geo. E. Hubbard, formerly engaged in the
hardware business, and J. C. Avery, former-
ly engaged in the jewelry business, have
formed a co-partnership at Grand Haven un-
der the firm name of J. C. Avery & Co., and
started in the tobacco and cigar business.

Edwin G. Pipp, of the firm of Gaylord &
Pipp, general dealers at Pierson, recently
conducted a case ina justice court, with a
regular lawyer on the other side, and won
the suit. The charge was obtaining goods of
G. & P. by misrepresentation, and the victim
was sentenced to pay $20 and costs or60
days’ imprisonment. He was committed to
the care of a constable, who allowed him to
escape. %

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There are two classes of buyers who make
high prices for those who trade with
the grocerymen—buyers who don’t intend
to pay at all, and buyers who are enjoying
a good income and think it is rather small
business to economize in purchasing house-
hold supplies. Both of these classes are
satisfied with exhorbitant prices. The com-
plainers are those who pay cash and know

the value of money.
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“T don’t see you at church any more,” said
Bigby to Jones. “No, confound the church !’’
was the reply. They might know I wouldn’t
come when they engage as sexton the very
man who does my tailoring and to whom I
Owe a bill.”

   

 

THE SUPREME COURT.

 

Digests of Commercial Decisions Recently
Handed Down.

Reported Expressly for ‘The Taadesman.”’

E. G. Studley & Co. and Jacob Barth are
both merchants, doing business in Grand
Rapids. The former deals in belting, etc.,
and in the spring of 1882 one of their travel-
ing agents took an order for goods from the
firm of Houghton & Fuhrman, who were
then operating a shingle mill at Hersey.
The firm had a contract with Barth to manu-
facture shingles for him at their mill, but had
no authority to purchase goods on his credit.
On receiving the order, Studley & Co.’s in-
formation as to Houghton & Fuhrman’s re-
sponsibility was not favorable, and they went
to Barth, asking him to guarantee the ac-
count before the goods were shipped. Barth
said he had no doubt but that the goods
would be paid for, and agreed to become re-
sponsible forthe amount. He further stated
that whatever H. & F. might want for their
mill, he would guarantee, and that if Stud-
ley & Co. would get a note for the amount
due, he would endorse it. H. & F., however,
refused to give a note, claiming that the
goods did not comply with the terms of
sale. Studley & Co. sent monthly statements
to H. & F., and once wrote the latter about
payment, enclosing a blank note, but did not
send any statement of the account to Barth.
Studley & Co, then began suit against Barth,
for the amount due and interest. Barth
claimed that the case came within the statute
of frauds, inasmuch as it was a promise to
answer for the debt of another and not in
writing, but the court held differently, and
Studley & Co. secured judgment for $276.76.
Barth appealed to the Supreme Court, which
held that a verbal promise came within the
statute of frauds, and reversed the judgment
of the lower court.

Monroe, Boyce & Co., of Spring Lake, con-
tracted with J. M. Weatherwax,of Evergreen,
Montcalm county, to remove the timber from
certain lands, to saw and assort it, and
cross-pile it on some siding on the Stanton
branch of the Detroit, Lansing & North-
ern Railroad. M., B. & Co. did not
own or hire the place where the lumber was
piled, and did not keep any agent there who
had any right to sell it, but made their sales
in their office in Spring Lake. The terms of
the contract were that Weatherwax was to
have the cost of the timber, $4.50 per thous-
and for cutting and piling, and one-half of
the net proceeds besides. Weatherwax was
to have no voice in the sale of the lumber,
and before shipment Monroe, Boyce’& Co. had
no control over it. The supervisor of Ever-
green township assessed taxes against the
lumber, and Weatherwax claimed that his
contract with M., B. & Co. amounted to a
partnership, and that the latter should pay
half the tax. This M., B. & Co. refused to
do, whereupon Weatherwax seized some of
the lumber, which was promptly. replevined.
Weatherwax then brought suit to recover the
amount, and secured judgment in the Mont-
calm Circuit Court. M., B. & Co. carried the
case to the Supreme Court, and that body re-
versed the judgment, holding that no pre-
sumption of partnership arises from the fact
of one sawing lumber for, and agreeable
with a contract with, another, and that lum-
ber sawed and piled on his premises for
another, preparatory to shipment, is not lia-
ble to the taxes of the former.

qr 2a __-
Good Words Unsolicited.

Geo. Dobson, general dealer,
“Like the paper.”

Wood Bros., hardware, Matherton:
seems to touch the spot.”

O. W. Avery, hardware, Averyville: THE
TRADESMAN is a welcome visitor.”

Geo. B. Manchester, grocer, Middleville:
“T find it a good paper, and cannot do with-
out it.”

Ira W. Allen, general dealer, Hartford: “I
think your paper is good, and well worth
what it costs. Success to you is my wish.”

W. G. Barnes, drugs and groceries, Lodi:
“T am well pleased with the paper. It is just
what every merchant needs in this north
country—a paper near home. I havea good
many papers, as all postmasters do, sent to
us from all parts, but yours is the best of
all.”

Orange,

cold;

 

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Stray Shots.

Silk is now grown in twenty States.

The latest invention is artificial cork.

The Australian wool clip for last year was
valued at $96,400,000.

In Lubec, Me., 4,340,000 boxes of sardines
were put up last season.

Nearly 25,000 women are engaged in
glove-making in England.

Twenty-one new cotton-mills have been
started in the South during the past four
months.

The estate of the late C. H. McCormick,
the inventor of the reaper, is estimated at
$30,000,000.

Only two beet sugar factories are at pres-
ent in operation in North America, one in
the Province of Quebec and the other in Cal-
ifornia.

“Are bananas healthy?” headlines the
New York Sun. Not all of them. The last
one we saw was in consumption.—Marlbor-
rough Times. _

“What kind of sauce will you have with
your steak?” asked a waiter of a drummer in
a restaurant where the condiments were
served with the orders. ‘Ifthe steak is as
tough as yesterday’s, send in a couple of cir-
cular saws.”

“She is admiring herself in a $25 summer
bonnet. ‘Do you think it becoming, dear?”
she asked of her young husband. ‘Yes, I
do,” was his response. ‘I think it is becom-
ing very decidedly dear.”—Cincinnati Sat-
urday Night.

G. A. R.

CIGARS!

—THE—

Veteran's

Favorite.

EATON & CHRISTENSON
NOle Agents for Michigan |
COLE & STONE,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

GENTS’ FINE SHIRTS.

Samples and Prices will be Sent to Close

 

 

Buyers in our Line.
Address,

Marshall - Mich.
EVERY KIND AND SIZE,

—ALSO—

Trunk, Clout and Finishing
Steel Wire Nails and Brads.
American Tack Co.,
FAIRHAVEN - MASS.

 

TACKS
NAILS

 

iM. Ss. ILL & CO.7
WHOLESALE

FISHING TACKLE

21 PEARL STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS =
AGENTS FOR

Du PONT’S Gunpowder.

: The lowest market prices for Sport-
ing, Blasting and Cannon Powder guaranteed.

ALBERT GOYE & SON,

—Manufacturers and Jobbers of —

Awnings, Tents,

Horse, Wagon and Stack Covers,
Flags, Banners, Ete:

All Ducks and Stripes Kept Constantly on Hand.

OILED CLOTHING.
73 Canal Street.

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN.
t Send for Prices.
A. CRIPPEN,

MICH.

 

A.

WHOLESALE

Hats, Caps and Furs

54 MONROE STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN,

 

We carry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices
as Low as Chicago and Detroit.

 

 
 
 
         
       
       
  

 
 

BOOK-KEEPING MADE EASY |

wy FOR ce, =.
,rETAIL GROCERS.

our Combined ieegee and Day-Book,
CUSTOMERS’ ACCOUNTS are kept and
ITEMIZED STATEMENTS rendered in half
the time required by any other process.

Send for descriptive circular to HALL &
CO., Publishers, 154 Lake St., Chicago, Ill.

STEAM LAUNDRY

43 and 45 Kent Street.
A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor.

WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE XO
CHEMICALS,

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at-
tended to.

COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows:

 

    

 

 

Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 110
Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 95
Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 14
Akron Cement per bbl.......:........ 1 40
Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40
Rr 10th ok oe ee eee ck 1 15@1 20
Plastering hair, per bu................ 35@_ 38
SHceo, peor Dbl. :.. oe. oe occ cee ce ee 175
Land plaster, per ton.................. 3 75
Land plaster, car lots.................. 3 00
Fire brick, per M..................220.. $27 @ $35
Fire clay, per bbl..................... 3 00
COAL.
Anthracite, egg and grate............ $6 50@6 75
Anthracite, stove and nut............ 6 T5@7 00
Oaninell Coal... oo 2c. ote cee so eee 7 00
OG GOB, oes oor bos ooo sc spe ane cee . -40@3 60

 

Blossburg or Cumberland Yo

er

GRAND RAPIDS

Flower Pots2 Hanging Vases

MANUFACTURED FOR

H. LEONARD & SONS,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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 AND GARDEN,
Ae
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,

SEED STORE,

91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. 7. LAMOREAUX, Agent
ALABASTINE!

 

HERR ee eae a

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, etc.; the plaster absorbs
the admixtures, forming a stone cement,
while all kalsomines, or other whitening
preparations, have inert soft chalks, and
glue, for their base, which are rendered
soft, or sealed, 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.

BoB RRR Rhee

—FOR SALE BY———

4234, Pain Dealers.

MANUFACTURED BY——

THE ALABASTINE COMPANY

M. B. CHURCH, Manager.
GRAND RAPIDS, - - = MICHIGAN.

Grand Rapids Wire Works

 

 

 

   
     

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Manufacturers of All Kinds of

VA7IRE SA ORK |

92 MONROE STREET.

 

YALE & BR,

FLAVORING EXTRACTS !

BAKING POWDERS,
BLUINGS, E'TC.,

40 and 42 South Division St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH.

  

             
    
    

   

 

 
 
   

 

HEADQUARTERS !

—FOR—

‘Sporting Goods

—AND—

OUT DOOR GAMES,

Base Ball Goods,
Marbles, Tops,
Fishing Tackle,
Croquet, Lawn Tennis,
Indian Clubs,
Dumb Bells,
Boxing Gloves.

We wish the Trade to notice the fact that
we are

Headquarters on these Goods

And are not to be undersold by any house
in the United States.

Our Trade Mark Bats

—ARE THE-

BEST AND CHEAPEST

In the Market.

te” 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,

MICHIGAN.

U. FEETER,

36 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

GRAND RAPIDS, =

 

Dealer in

All Kin of Country Produce

—Also—

STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS.

HGGS AND BUTTER

A Specialty. Pays co! 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 & G0,

Manufacturers of

 

Fine Perfumes,
Colognes, Hair Oils,
Flavoring Extracts,
Baking Powders,

Bluings, Etc., Etc.

 

ALSO PROPRIETORS OF

EE EMINY’s

——_AND—

The Oriole Mannfacturing: Co.

78 West Bridge Street,

 

MICHIGAN.
. f

GRAND RAPIDS, -

 

     

“Red Bark Bitters’’

 

FOSTER,
STEVENS
& CO,

—WHOLESALE—

HARD WARE!

10 and 12 MONROE STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE SOLICIT THE

DEALER'S TRADE,

And NOT the Consumer’s.

 

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for the

 

ce <e
Growl Jewel Vapor stove!

And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue:

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for

 

Jewelt’s Bird Cages

And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue

 

 

We are Manufacturer’s Agents for:

 

Jewett’s Filters,

And quote factory prices. Send for catalogue:

 

We are also Headquarters for
Grand Rapids Wheelbarrows and
Bacon & Priestly Express Wagons,.

Allof which are sold at factory prices. We
would be*pleased to send catalogue to those
wishing to buy.

oo

 

Weare carrying to-day as large a stock,

and filling orders as complete, as any house:

in Michigan.

Foster, Stevens ‘Co.