x a x 2 4 The Michig . 5 an Tradesman. ® VOL. 1. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1884, THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. I Joseph O. Rutter in the Current. Pnblic attention at the present time being drawn in an unusual degree to the stagna- tion and depression which made mischief to the business and financial interests of the country, it may not be out of place to look over the ground and ascertain, to some ex- tent at least, what the situation really is; and to try and point to some of the causes— (if we can) which have led to theni. Merchants are, for the most part, complain- ing of unprofitable results of their invested capital and for their labor; while we will, without doubt, all agree that the financial situation is of a nature so serious as to de- mand our most careful consideration, and its contemplation fills us, as it needs must, with the greatest apprehension and anxiety. Up- on all sides failures follow closely upon fail- ures—the wholesale and retail dealer has gone alike toacommon ruin. The large dealer and the small have met at the com- mercial grave. Weare called upon to wit- ness a continuous procession of business burials, if, indeed, we do not sometimes ap- pear among the grief-stricken mourners. These victims of the struggle for existence are not being hurled to destruction in one of those financial avalanches, which have been so frequent in the past; many, if not most of those who have gone down, have succumbed as if under the decaying influences of an in- sidious and deadly constitutional disease, slow in its progress, but certainly fatal—and under existing causes seemingly irremedi- able. The banking interests of our country are so involved and interwoven with its manu- facturing, commercial, mercantile and agri- cultural interests—so mutually dependent are they upon each other—that any influence seriously affecting them is felt like the tin- gle of the galvanic shock throughout the whole. The existing conditions in banking are in a large degree the reflex, or secondary effects arising from the unsatisfactory, not to say disastrous state of other business inter- ests, but not entirely so. There is another and very potential factor which presents it- self for our consideration. It is undeniably true that asstore-houses for the floating money of the people, and as great distribu- tors by means of loans, and thus helpful to all other classes of business men, banks are vitally necessary in promoting the prosperi- ty of acountry. It is equally true, and should always be remembered, that the pri- mal and the objective purpose of capital in banking, as of capital devoted to other uses, is a fair and proper remuneration. Banking, no more than merchandising, should give something for nothing. Instead of hamper- ing it with burden of heavy taxation, it should be the care of legislators in this coun- try, as itisin all others, to make it free. The difficulty not unusually experienced in earning the required and expected profit up- on banking capital, to meet those inevitable losses which will sometimes come under the wisest and most prudent management, and to render a fair compensation for its use, brings with it the temptation to take an ex- tra hazard and incur an extra risk, which would be seldom offered if legitimate busi- ness could be made to yield so fair a profit as it should. There is great misapprehen- sion in the minds of most people as to the profits accuring to banks, as the business is now conducted. Let banks make a charge for their work, reasonably, and moderately, that their earning capacity may be increas- ed, and we will hear of fewer losses by bad debts and defalcations caused by specu- lation. Prosperity is a grand conservator of regu- larity and integrity. Under the existing stimulus of the late war when the general government became as it did a purchaser of almost every kind of manufactured and agricultural product in quantities so vast that a review of them now would make them seem appalling, there seemed to be no limit to the consuming pow- er of our people; and, notwithstanding the vastness of the increased supply, commodi- ties of all kinds were generally scarce and high-priced. When the war closed and the government suddenly ceased its purchases, the market furnished by it ended. Not on- ly so, but large previous purchases of arti- cles of nearly every description, constituting necessary stock in reserve, were thrown back into the channels of trade through the auction and other methods of sale. Prudent men saw that the time had come to take in sail and early began the work of curtailment and retrenchment; but the great mass of pro- ducers kept on, heedless of the threatening conditions. Over-production, with its atten- dant. sharp competition, soon made itself felt. The hand-writing wason the wall. But taking them as a whole the men of the country passed by with averted eyes, until, 1873, the country was shaken as by an earth- quake in its length and breadth by the not- able failure of one of the great firms in New York and Philadelphia. The panic of that year in its crisis and results is not likely to be forgotten by anyone participating in it, Of the years that passed before its dread- ful effects began to pass away, everyone knows. In May of the present year we ate again of the bitter fruit which was found so injurious in 1857 and 1873. The conditions antecedent were much alikein every in- stance, although produced in different ways, and the results were very similiar. Whether we will take our former exper- iences as a teacher for the future, is a ques- tion we will do well to ask ourselves, if we would avoid the recurrences of the past. There is no known way of preventing pan- ics, other than removing their cause. So long as human nature retains the faculty, so common to the general animal kingdom, of stampeding under the shock of sudden fright or when confronted with real, or only fan- cied danger, so long will the periodical pan- ic come—more or less intense in effect as all business is nearer to or further from, a sound and prosperous basis. The only way—al- though in the present generation it may not be a popular one—to prevent their frequent repetition, will be to do away with all arti- ficial stimulous to prosperity, and be con- tent with a slow, natural, and healthful growth. To give such elasticity toa banking sys- tem that it will readily adjust itself to the ever-changing condition of things—in a coun- try so great, a territory so extended, and with interests so varied as in our own—is a problem absorbing the attention of the ablest financial thinkers we have. Much might be done in allaying the evils which flow from the senseless scares similiar to the one we have so lately .contended with. Itis one thing, however, for bank officers while sit- ting in the quietude of the back parlor in friendly conversation or contemplative thought, to admit, that in such times, as we have alluded to, the best welfare of all will be promoted by a wise policy of moderate and prudent help to the needy, when such help will do them good; and quite another thing to extend it, and, by going further, avoid undue contraction by gathering in the resources for self-perservation when a fright- ened public are hammering at the door for their balances in bank, and when distrust is in every heart; when they fear and perhaps feel that solvency is, or may be, the excep- tion and not the rule; when, in fact wearied and worn, they say (and what bank officer has not experienced this?) with the patri- arch of old: ‘Would that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest.” There is one more thought worthy of our notice at this time in connection with mone- tary matters. It is: What are the available monetary resources of this country? We shall be greatly misled if we depend upon the published tabular statements, as taken from the official records. The volume of the United States legal tender treasury notes, national bank notes, gold and silver currency is substantially in existence as pub- lished, but the proportion of each in actual circulation is much less than would appear to the casual observer. The amount of hoarded money in the hands of our people is almost incredible, as any one interested may see for himself by making an approxi- mate estimate in this way: Take from the statements of the treasury of the United States the amounts of legal tender notes, national bank notes and gold and silver sup- posed to be in actual existence. From the total of these items, deduct the amount of cash of all kinds held by the national banks at a given day with the estimated amounts held by the various state banks, corporate and private. (These figures ean be obtained from the comptroller of the currency.) De- duct further the amount of cash in the treas- ury of the United States and also an esti- mated sum per capita. This latter must be counted as funds in the hands of house keep- ers for daily incidental expenses; money in the pockets of the men for daily personal use; money in the till of the shop-keeper for change and small payments, and any other similiar instance where money may be fair- ly said tobe kept for use. An estimate made in this way will deeply impress any one of the immense power of the secret and silent contraction which is at work among us, and may explain why whatis usually believed to be a redundant currency has not fulfilled its natural law. Another element which operates in the nature of a contraction of the currency is the constantly extending area of population and business in our coun- try. Inacountry like England where the area is necessarily limited by geographical situation and the population and business concentrated as a consequence, a smaller sum of money is required for actual circula- tion per capita, than in a country embracing a continent, and where new settlements are a matter of daily occurence, each settlement being, in a sense, a monetary center of it- self. The remaining articles will appear in suc- ceeding issues of THE TRADESMAN. —_—_——_—»-2<——__—— “How high do these come?” asked a diffi- dent young woman, as she handled some hose in a Washington street dry goods store, and the young man from the country, newly engaged as clerk, innocently answered, ‘“‘Jest abaout over the knee, ma’am, I should jedge,” and then stared as his customer fled without buying. —_—__—~<>—_2<____——_ A Hazelhurst, Miss., man has starteda new industry. He ships toads to Louisville florists, who use them to rid their plants of insects, which they are said to do very effec- tually. . jie COMMERCIAL RATINGS. How the Agencies Obtain Their Informa- tion. From the Detroit Journal. i “Yes, commercial agencies get left once in a while in their ratings. As you say, a man may be rated high aud yeta failure will disclose the fact that he has been insol- vent a long time,” said an official of one of the large commercial agencies to-day. “Most of the million-dollar failures happen that way.” “Oh, the cause is simple enough. We don’t profess omnipotence or to be mind- readers. We merely make the best possible use of the material at hand. When a heavy house grows insolvent by degrees it taxes our mettle. Insolvent houses which cover their tracks usually have two or three heavy creditors on whom the bulk of the losses are likely to fall. The small ones are taken care of, and the suspicions of the general and uninterested public are not aroused. The few heavy creditors are interested in keeping their debtor’s credit good in order that the burden which they are carrying may be eith- er raised of shifted to other shoulders, so they keep still.” “How do you get at your facts?” “How do you reporters get at your news? Limagine we work toa certain extent in very much the same manner. We look upa man’s rating by asking those who are most likely to know, frequently the party him- self. Bank officers are our most prolific and I may say also, our most reliable resources of information. Most of them spit it right out when asked about a man’s standing. They are most likely to know if a business man is borrowing money or not.” “Don’t business men exaggerate when you ask them for their standing?” “Some do, and some underrate their own possessions. I have in my mindaman in this city who said, ‘Put me down tor $5,000 or $10,000,’ when he was worth fully $125,- 000.” “Then, again, almost every day some man comes up and claims we are doing him an injustice. We usually ask these parties for a scheduled statement, at which there is al- most invariably a kick. Sometimes, howev- er, we make the desired correction, and al- ways doif we are satisfied there is the slightest injustice done.” “How is the reporting done?” ‘All our subscribers are furnished with books, in trust, returnable when a new one is issued, which answers for all ordinary purposes. Then they have the privilege of making special inquiries. When we receive such requests we send out our men to make a full investigation. This frequently not only includes the state of a person’s finances but his prospects and habits of life—wheth- er he is spending money on actresses or not, gambling, owning fast horses, intemperate or is addicted to any of the bad habits which inevitably result in failure.” “It pays a business man to indulge in his little pleasures on the strict quiet.” “Indeed it does. For sooner or later cham- pagne suppers and a general fast life impairs aman’s credit, even when he is perfectly able to pay his debts. You see his creditors are inclined to discount his future. And then, too, clerks in large houses are under a good deal of the same surveillance, though not by us. Private detective agencies do quite a business in this line, for in times like this an employer doesn’t know whomfto trust, and keeps track of the doings of his men by aid of these agencies.” ‘Are lady clerks ever shadowed?” “Not that I know of. Not unless there is some cause for suspecting them, I believe. But you will have to see some private detec- tive about that. Itis altogether too small game for us.” >> Fall Styles of Hosiery. From the Dry Goods Bulletin. In this department of dry goods the styles for fall have been adapted, by whatever authority does set the fashions, to the inter- ests of the buyer rather than the seller. Plain colors are the rule; fancy styles alto- gether exceptional for evening wear, silk hose in light shades are shown, but black, in all materials and for all sizes, predominates. The other approved shades are seal-brown, navy-blue aud garnet. A few bright reds are shown, and just enough fancy styles— striped plaid, etc.—to vary the stock. Silk hosiery, for those who can afford a good quality and a good laundress, is, of course, the pleasantest of all coverings, but nowhere is the attempt to get something for nothing a greater feature than in stockings. Who- ever compares the price per ounce of sewing silk (pure silk, necessarily) with that of low-priced, so-called silk hosiery, and re- flects that the usual loading of silk is inad- missible in goods that are to be washed, will soon see that the merchant is selling his manufactured goods at less than the cost of the raw material, or else that the raw mater- ial is something else than silk. The silk from pierced cocoons, of course, is lower in price, but even that is worth more per ounce than much of the hosiery sold as silk. Evy- en if the hosiery be of the best quality, ig- norance or carelessness in the laundry will transform it into something scarcely to be distinguished from cotton. Silk thread, cot- ton or fine woolen, or cashmere, must, there- fore, be the choice of the majority of the buyers. Children’s hosiery is ribbed, this style being generally preferred, as the elas- ticity of the ribbing makes it fit the plump and the thin wearer equally well. ‘Toes and heels show white, only enough, however, to make sure that the stocking is ingrain—that is, dyed before weaving. Some new lisle thread hose show two colors, the top of the foot and half of the leg being of the lighter shade, the remainder of the leg and the heel of the darker. For instance, one style shows a front of blue and a back of gray; another, in graver taste, has a gray front and black back. Lisle hosiery for wear with slippers has a pattern of colored embroidery on foot and ankle. A curious variety was in frise effects and large figures. Silk hose—really silk—are worn like the jersey mitts—soft, lustrous and exquisitely fine. No sign ap- pears of the return to white hosiery so often predicted, and which would certainly bea misfortune to the seller, as fancy, which dic- tates the majority of purchases, would then bave small scope. In this large stock, drawn from three countries, all styles are seen to be represented, and all tastes may be satisfied, unless it is the unreasonable and _ insatiable shopper who demands at once the best goods and the lowest prices. ———q@»-o a —_ Condition of the Cigar Trade. From the Boston Globe. “How is the cigar trade?” was asked a leading wholesale dealer yesterday. “Good. Prices are, if anything, stronger than they were say six months ago. This is due to the advance in seed leaf tobacco of the beter gardes. There has been no mater- ial advance in imported leaf.” ‘“How is the stock in packers’ hands?” “There is none left of the old crop; that is, none of the fine and most desirable grades. Thereisafair supply of the ’83 crop on hand. Manufacturers don’t com- mence on that until the cold weather sets in. All leaf tobacco is kept froma year toa year and a half before being manufactured. The cigar most largely sold here, ‘aseed and Havana,’ such as retails at three for a quar- ter, has imported Havana filling and a Connecticut wrapper.” “How about cigarettes?” “The demand for them is constantly in- creasing, but prices are so cut that there is little profit in them for the jobbers and re- tailers. The manufacturers, however, get about as much for themas they ever did. As you know, no’ doubt, many leading brands of cigarettes that used to retail at twenty cents per bunch are now sold for just half that price. Strangely enough the enor- mous demand for cigarettes does not mater- ially effect the demand for cigars. This is no doubt due to the fact that cigarettes are smoked largely by those who would not in any event smoke cigars; boys, girls and weak minded men.” ——————._§ A Speedy Acknowledgment of the “Corn.” There were eight of them, and they had been holding down chairs in the saloon and lying for two hours, when the ninth man, a seedy fellow who had sat at another table and heard all that they had to say, came ov- er to where they were sitting and offered to beat the record for two drinks of fifteen cent whisky. “Now, get ready fora big snake,” suggest- ed one of the party. “Nary snake,” the ninth man replied. “Sea serpent.” “NO.” “Wish story, Pll bet.” ‘“Nary fish.” “Thunder storm or cyclone, sure.” “Wrong again.” “Shootin’ match.” “No.” “Well, go ahead.” “While 1 was down in New Jersey—’”’ “Oh, mosquitoes.” “No sech thing. Stop interruptin.”’ “Go on.” “While [ was down in New Jersey I loan- ed a feller $3,000—” “That settles it. He beats the record,” shouted one of the crowd. “But 1 ain’t done yet,” said the story tell- er. “Don’t make any difference. You have told the biggest lieof the day. Barkeep, two whiskies for one man, and now I move we adjourn.” ; “Carried,” announced the chair, and the jig was up. nee ee An extensive adulteration of leather has just been detcted and exposed by the inspec- tors of imperial government in Germany. It is accomplished by adding glucose in large quantities, by soaking the tanned hides in that adulterant, and drying them, which ma- terially increases their weight, apparent sol- idity of texture and money valuation. The adulteration may be detected by macerating the leather in water for twenty-four hours or more, when a thick, ropy, viscid solution of glucose is formed. Not only is the weight of leather augmented by the process, but poor and sleazy products of the vat are turn- ed out with the apparent density and elas- ticity of the finest qualities, and retain this appearance until saturation exposes the fraud. a Denmark has 6,954 licensed cheese factor- ies. SHOE PEGS. ! | England reports a good crop of potatoes. | The tubers will be abundant, though small, How They Are Made—Visit to a Factory py reason of the extraordinary dry season. in Vermont. From the New York Mail. It was the privilege of the writer to visit | the picturesque little town of Arlington, Vermont, which dt the time boasted a popu- lation of 2,500, three churches, five stores, two hotels, an extensive car works, sash and blind, and chair factory; alsoa “peg fac- tory,” which, by the courtesy of the fore- man, he was shown through, and received valuable informatiou. The timber used is black and yellow birch, whichis cut into pieces four feet in length, varying in diame- ter from eight to fourteen inches. These logs are placed in a building in winter and the frost extracted by steam. They are then run on a tram railway to the circular saw de- partment, and cut into slices or blanks of the thickness desired for the length of the pegs. These are sorted and the knots cut out, and are then passed on to a long bench which contains six machines composed of fluted rollers. The blanks are then run be- tween these rollers, which crease} both sides. They are then run through again to cross- crease, or mark out the exact sizes of the pegs. Then they go to the splitting ma- chines, which are set with double knives, and cut the blanks into pegs. As they pass the last machine they are sorted, and all knots and discolored ones removed as they are brushed off into large baskets. These machines are under the care of young wo- men who appeared much more happy and useful than do many of those who, thump- ing at their piano, would consider such em- ployment menial. The next process is | bleaching, which is accomplished by the fumes of brimstone, which is unhealthy, as those who labor here shorten their lives. They are then placed in large cylinders, which hold eleven barrels, and have 600 steam pipes running through them, and re- volve one and one-half times to the minute, drying two charges per day to each cylinder. They are then passed in large wooden casks, or cylinders, which, revolving rapidly, pol- ish them by friction, the refuse falling through wire sieves or screen openings, after which they are again passed into a sifter, which separates all the single pegs, and drops them into tubs, or boxes, leaving those which have not been separated in the machine. They are then put in barrels ready for market. The factory running on full time turns out 150 bushels, or fifty bar- rels, per day. The sizes go from eight up to sixteen to an inch. The lengths goby eighths, two and one-half to twelve. Twen- ty-six hands are employed, half of them be- ing women. The products of this mill are mostly shipped to Germany and France, and enter largely into the manufacture of toys and fancy goods as well as into the shoe manufactory. ———————.-.—__ Aggressive American Cheese. American cheese has been trying to force its way into the British markets without meeting with any permanent success until within a few years. The reason assigned for its failure has been the want of unformi- ty ingrade. Atone time the size would vary, then the quality or the age. Since the large factories have sprung up in this coun- try, these defects that have hitherto been against its introduction into England have been remedied. To what great proportions this industry has arrived may be perceived from the total reports of the manufacturers and exports of cheese, which amounted to 1,120,000,000 pounds last year. It is thought that the production will equal this year if not exceed this amount. Cheese produced by factories are now of a standard grade and present an almost perfect form and even quality. This uniformity adapts itself to the ideas of the conservative Englishman at once, and, as a consequence, the use of Am- ericarf cheese is on the increase in England. It is claimed that the sea voyage has a ten- dency to improve the flavor of cheese, and to give it a mellowness which it does not at- tain in any other way. ————___— >> Miscellaneous Notes of Interest. The wealthiest man in Oregon is living this summer for fun in the log cabin which he used to inhabit from necessity. A year ago Minneapolis millers were pay- ing $1.14 per bushel for No. 1 hard wheat. To-day the schedule price is seventy-seven cents. Kansas farmers have generally decided to stack their corn until the market advances at least five or six cents per bushel above its present average. California papers say this will be the most prosperous honey season ever known in that State. Ventura county alone has a yield of about 1,600 tons. In Kansas alone the wheat crop it estima- ted at 40,000,000 bushels, enough if sold at seventy-five cents per bushel, to give $30 to every man, woman and child in the State. “Don’t you remember me?” asked the soda water clerk of a lady customer. “No, {can not say that I do,” she replied, “and yet there is something familiar about your fizz.” The tea merchant continues to give away crockery and glass, and it is possible he will find the soap man a competitor in generosity, as they are fixing to put up crockery with soap. For the same cause there is comprative little disease. A son of Emerald Isle dragged a hopeful son into a prominent boot and shoe store in Chicago, and broke out as follows: ‘‘Mister, I wants a good strong pair of cow-hiders for the bye, I wants nayther kip, calf, or cow- hide, but sumthing jurable”! The imitation of canned sardines can go no further. The packing-box is made in Jersey City, the wrapper is printed in New York, the tin cans are manufactured in Bos- ton, the fish are caught on the Maine coast, and the oil is extracted from cotton-seed in Georgia. According to the Chemist and Druggts the substance which gives to Russia leather its peculiar aromatic and lasting qualities is the oil of white birch bark (olewm betulue). Dissolved in alcohol, it is said to render fabrics proof against water, acid, and in- sects, and renders them more lasting. Some recent trials show that very thin blades, as flat springs and cutlery blades, can be effectively hardened and tempered by heating them and thrusting them intoa mass of mineral wax——crude paraffin. The needles of sewing machines and small drills have also been so treated successfully. Strong carbolic acid is a powerful poison when externally applied. A man recently, while carrying a pound of it ina bottle in his pocket, broke the glass. The acid ran over the surface of one leg. He experinced little pain, but died two hours after the ac- cident. The acid paralyzed his nerves. Wood wool has been introduced as a cheap: and useful dressing for wounds, and it is be- ing extensively prepared as a commercial staple for surgical dressings. It is finely ground wood, such as is used in the manu- facture of paper. It is aclean looking soft substance, and absorbs a great quantity of liquid. The trader who buys for cash avoids ex- travagance, practices economy, saves the profits he makes, and in this way he soon becomes independent of favors and can buy his goods to the best advantage. He has the entire market to select from instead of be- ing tied to any individual jobbing firm, and suits his own views and tastes as to what he will purchase and what let alone. An Austin school teacher, who is simul-- taneously an Irishman, has been very much annoyed by the absentees. He created a slight flutter of excitement among the elder pupils by saying, in a very impressive man- ner: “Children, 1 want yez to understand that from now on the absentays must sit on the front bench, so I can know right off whe they are, and apply the corrective.” The consumption of raw wool in the Unit- ed States has increased from 90,000,000 pounds in 1860, to 300,000,000 per annum. Twenty four years ago, we imported forty per cent. of what we used, but now import less than twenty per cent. The number of hands employed has increased from 40,000 in 1850 to 161,000 in 1880. The capital em- ployed has increased from $28,000,000 to $160,000,000 during that time. In 1869 we imported nearly one-third of the woolen goods we used, now we import one-tenth. He was a young lawyer and was deliver- ing his maiden speech. Like most young lawyers, he was florid, rhetorical, scattering and weary. For four weary hours he talked at the court and the jury, until everybody felt like lynching him. When he got through, his opponent, a grizzled old profes- sional, arose, looked sweetly at the judge, and said: ‘Your honor, I will follow the example of my young friend: who has just finished, and submit the case without argu- ment.”? Then he sat down, and the silence was large and impressive. Prof. Douglass, of the Michigan Universi- ty, produces amateur cyclones at will by sus- pending a large copper plate by silken cords. This plate is charged heavily with electrici- ty, which hangs down like a bag under- neath, and is rendered visible by the use of arsenious acid gas, which gives it a green color. The formation is a minatur lone, as perfect as any started in the cfo 4 itis funnel shaped, and whirls around r@pidly. Passing this plate over a table, the eyclone snatches up copper cents, pith balls, and other objects and scatters them on all sides. The Drugman says: It is too common an error that chamois skins are derived from an animal named the “Chamois.” The skins really are made from the flesh side of sheep- skins, soaked in lime water, and also in a so- lution of sulphuric acid. Crude oil from fish rendering establishments is poured over them, and they are afterwards carefally washed in a solution of potash. To restore their flexibility, permanent washing: in strong suds made of olive oil and potash with a little water, and afterwards laying between brown paper wet with glycerine is a good plan. <= -@- _< ___ Purely Personal. M. C. Russell is rusticating at Petoskey. He is expected home about Thursday. H. B. Fairchild has returned from a visit at Rochester, N. Y., bringing his wife and son with him. Myron S. Goodman, book-keeper for Haz- eltine, Perkins & Co., is visiting his parents at Kendallville, Ind. He is expected back next Monday. John Caulfield, who has been seriously in- disposed and confined to his bed for the past week, is improving and will be about again in a day or two. Messrs. D. D. Cody, Willard Barnhart and O. A. Ball extended their northwestern trip as far as Fargo, returning last Saturday. They report a magnificent trip, and their looks do not belie their words. In connection with the recent wedding of Henry Royce, head clerk at Bradstreets’, a good story is told. It seems that four of the groom’s friends—Frank Jewell, John J. Sours, Michael H. Ducey and Frank H, Wheeler—conceived the idea of presenting him with an easy chair, as a token of their friendship. One of the quartette was in- structed to make the purchase, settle the bill, and pro rate the expense among the others. He made the purchase, as directed, and ordered the bill sent to him. By some combination of circumstances, however, the bill was delivered with the chair to the home of the bride, just before the ceremony. And now the boys have resolved to boycott an establishment that ‘gives them away” in such a manner. —_—_—___< 9 <> —————— Grew Old too Late in Life. “Yes, sir, ’m pretty sick; not feeling well at all,” said an old fruit vender, as he settled down in the corner of adoor and fanned himself with a tattered straw hat. “What’s the matter with you?’ asked a by-stander. “Well, it?s mostly old age; ’'m ninety-two years old. Ifitonly had come on when I was young | think I could have stood it.” Se The merchant who advertises catches the early trade and enjoys a prosperous trade; the one who does not advertise, sooner or later takes up his residence in Canada, Aus- tralia or Obscurity. ern einen Dealers having potatoes, apples and eggs for sale would do well to correspond with F J. Lamb & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. enna, The Non-Explosive Lamp company of Cleveland has exploded. This is another ar- gument against our trade-mark system. The Gripsack Brigade, Geo. Owen is bound northward, and will spend Sunday in Petoskey. A. M. Sprague, southern representative for S. A. Welling, spent Saturday in the city. A. C. Crookston has returned from a visit to his old home at Palmyra, where he spent about ten days. Frank Emery is spending the present week in Chicago, and can be addressed in care of Gray, Burt & Kingman. Cass Bradford has moved into his new home at 78 Mount Vernon street, where he is pleasantly and comfortably situated. Members of Post A, and all traveling men interested in the success of the organization, should not fail to attend the special meeting at Sweet’s Hotel Saturday evening, as mat- ters of importance will come up for action. Frank E. Chase has leased the north tene- ment in LeGrand Peirce’s new residence block on Ottawa street, and is arranging to have it in readiness for occupancy by Octob- er 1, at which time he will go to Cape Cod for his wife and daughter. It is now the fashion cf commercial tray- elers of standing to take their wives with them on their business missionary trips. In this respect, as in all other matters, the fashion is very popular with the wives, and they hope there will be no change in style for an indefinite period. “Did you know that Algernon had about conciuded to go into the hotel business?” asked a friend of A. E. White, Cody, Ball & Co.’s city man, the other day. ‘You see Algy takes a ride now every evening, in or- der to get his trotter in proper trim to enter the 2:30 class at the next race, and frequent- ly he does not get home until the remainder of the family have retired. The other even- ing he was surprised to find a stranger asleep in the best parlor, and speedily brought the intruder from the land of dreams by the vigorous exercise of the mus- cles in one leg. On being asked what he wanted, the stranger replied that he was waiting to be shown to a room, having mis- taken the house for a hotel. Algy’s home, you remember, is the old Campau home- stead out on South Division street, and the man is not to be blamed for supposing he had run across aconvenient stopping place.” oe The most expensive butter in all Europe is made in the district of Isigny, in Norman- dy. A correspondent says that it sells by auction in Paris during the winter at about %5 cents per pound, wholesale, sometimes reaching 85 cents. During the summer sea- son it often falls in price to 50 cents per pound. Its superiority is due to the extra- ordinary care observed in its manufacture. Again, the hand never touches the butter; it is beaten up in cloths and the utensils are clean. LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. The Newaygo Company quote f. 0. b. cars as ollow: Wppers; Vineh... .. 61... 2s... per M $44 00 Uppers, 14,1% and 2inch................ 46 00 Selects; Linch... 0.0.2... 66... eu. sce 35 00 Selects, 144,1% and 2 inch........ ...... 38 00 Fine Common, linch............. ...... 30 00 SHOp, Linen ss. eee we ese 20 00 Fine, Common, 144,1% and 2inch. ...... 32 00 No.1 Stocks, 12in.,12,14and16 feet... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet................ 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet........... 0... 17 00 No. 1 Stoeks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 6 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................ 18 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 14 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet................ 13 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet................ 14 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 11 850 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8in., 20 feet................ Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and lengths......... ....... 8 00@ A and B Strips, 4 or 6im ............... 6 35 00 © Strips: 4or6 inch... 0.6. ...+-... 8: No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14 and 18 feet.......... 12 00 No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet..................6.6 12 00 No. 1 Fencing, 4 Imeh.................2... 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch..................... 12 00 Norway C and better, 4or6inch......... 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, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft... 10 00@10 50 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in. C................. 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2 common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C................. 6 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.1 com’n 16 0¢ Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 RN RIO in BAIN oo. Saas cewek cos 3 40 ORR 16 IN ee, os ee 3 00 No. 2 or6in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... 2 00 No.vorp in. ©. B.16 in)... es. 1 75 tee ae ose eee 2 00 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. ixtrd SClCCUS. oc ccr oss osc es cece ne cecces 38 RGIGCtS ia ice Gok cee as hee ales 33 SEANOATOS . ooo c50 5 cca s cee cece nt sss Gees yesues 25 WHVOLIGCS 0c 0 ooo oid oe oe e ck eee ce ees 22 FRESH FISH. OOOH 6c ee ee ee 8 TLAOAOCK 8) ooo oon F acca os oe peat s bes cieceies 7 Smelts. 92 ia ei os one ons ee cee 5 Mackinaliw Trout...........6. 2. ccc cece ce ween 7 MBCKCYO! | 3.66. Seo. Seeks woes tease 3 Uae 15 PVD IGO TS eee es eas oe nein nes 7 Smoked Whitefish and Trout...............- 10 Smoked Sturgeon... .....-..... ccceesceceecee 10 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. GROG ok eit ic cess cee one Rh @it Pave GULe cc. ssi e oan hee cnc 8 @8% Pull CULOGs «boo os Se cts cies eae es kee ee 84@ 8% Dry hides and kips.............0-.-055- 8 @12 Calf skins, green or cured......... ae AO @12 Deacon skins................-- # piece20 @50 SHEEP PELTS. _ Shearlings or Summer skins # piece..10 @20 Ball pelts... . 6.2.0 cece se veces see vesta ces 50 Winter pelts.............0.02 ee eee oe 100 @1 50 WOOL. Fine washed # D............ eee cece eee 2%5@ - Coarse Washed...........cec cece cece ees 18 @20 VPAVASNOG soso 5) ieee estes a vanes 2-3 TPANOW. cv cece ss vs pope saris seucke -. 544@ 5% od FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef, sides....................0. 64@ 8 Fresh Beef, hind quarters............8 @9 Dressed Hogs... Seite bechueee 8 Mutton, Carcasses..............+6.606. B4@ TF WR b yaa wc cc co cv nv shane SD HOW oo eee cece. 6 see eeeee Pork Sausage..........6.seseeeee eee es lO @10% Bologna... +... seeeseecenceeneeeseees 1 @10 Dbaroware. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. Eves’, Old stylé. 02 2 ee dis 50 INHER OC UCO oe ee dis 55 IDOUSIESS, Coors dis 50 IPICEGCR ee oe dis 50 Snes is oe a dis 50 Cook’s BS ese oe a aoe sce os aisle ie ts dis40&10 Jennings’, ROMUME 2. ais 25 Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis40&10 BALANCES, SPEND Oe dis 2 BARROWS. GUROHG ee ee $ 15 00 Carden ge ee net 35 00 BELLS. Hand weet eevee atte css cls colt oles dis $ 60&10 OWE ee ee ices ee ee dis 60 Cae dis 15 Gone ee eee dis 20 Door, Sargent....... ee eo ee, dis 55 BOLTS. StOVe: fo dis Carriage new list......... ek aa z LOW) a as dis 30&1¢ Sleigh Shoe. dis 50&15 Cast Barrel Bolts;..........:......... dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55 Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square Spring................... dis 5d @ast Cham. 3 dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square ..... ................ dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush ee 50&10&10 Ives? DOOR dis 50&10 BRACES. Bamber oo cs lis $ Backs. | 20 ee ais : 50 SPOHORGs dis 50 Ame Bal ee dis net BUCKETS. Wells plein coco. ee § 9 Worst ee BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured......4........ 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.................. dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Weouee Loose Pin, japanned, silver MPD coc ee dis 60& 5 Wrousht Table: 2 000. dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60 Wrought Brass... . 8, dis 65&10 Blind @larkis 2 ee dis 70&10 Blind, Bamkerg 6 dis 70&10 Blind, SHepar@ se ee dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 CAPS. bye islOQee ac s per m $ 65 Hick’s Co Pe. e eosin a ee Met 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 @entral Wires iio boos eo ee dis iy CHISELS. Socket Firmer............. ....dis 65&10 Socket Framing...... ..dis 65&10 socket Comer... 3)... 8a... dis 65&10 Socket SUCKS...00 oo. dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COMde oe go ee a ee net COMBS. Curry; Lawrence's. ..... 00.60. .62.0.2. dis 3344 HOUGHIISS 06 e. ek econ dis 2d COCKS. Brass, Rackime’s).. 2... 40&10 ISTO Sse 49&10 CCH eo 40810 OWING oo ee 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............. Rb 37 14x52, 14x56, 14 x60........... beet oe 39 DRILLS. Morse’s Bit Stock...) . 30.05... 25 dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk...,............. dis 30 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece; 6 im. .:.............2. doz net $1 10 CORMUGRECG 6. oes. dis 20&10 AGIUStADIO. 80 dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 25 FILES. American File Association List...... dis 50 WPISStON'S o.oo ee dis 50 INGW AMO@niCans 2:0... oe. dis 50 Nicholson’s...... oa as ee eco Gas dis 50 Helens 7a dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 30g ‘ GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and26, 27 28 List 12 13 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. Maydole & Co.’S.............. ccc eee dis 15 ISIS oe eek ee eo as oa aegis ....dis 25 ‘Werkes & Phimbp's:.-.. 20.08.06. c. 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.............. dis } Kidder, wood tra. k..............0000. dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Olark’s; 1, 25.3... 0. ss cg. se dis 60 Bgtes eo per doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 ONG JONGOR oo. oe 38% Serew Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Hye %.............. net 844 Screw Hook and Eye &.............. net i% Screw Hook and Hye, %............. net T% Btrap amd MN oc es dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware............ 2.06... .22., 60&10 JapannedcTin Ware.............0.. eee 20&10 Granite Tron Ware:...:.....4....500.2.- 25 HOES. Grab $11 00, dis 40 Gea 2. ke 11 50, dis 40 Grubs: co. es os 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... $2 00, dis 6¢ . Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- MINER oe os oN ee list, 7 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 49 Homacite .J.0.:.5.: s..--.--.<---.:+.- dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 60 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’S................ dis 60 rOMnGRdie 2. oii. boos esc eases dis 60 ION WHER 65 oes eee ne ccd. wens: dis 60 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee. Parkers COS... 6.2 ness. dis 45 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 45 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45 Coffee, Hnterprise...-.5-..- 5.002. c dis 25 MATTOCKS. Adze Eye... 012 ee $16 00 dis 40&10 Hunt Bye:: 22). 60. se ee eee $15 00 dis 40&10 BUHO S622. 6 oe os oe. $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. : Common, Brad and Fencing. 10d tO. 60d o.oo: @ keg $2 45 SANG U0 POV, oe nls ovens cen s sou es es 25 GONG TA GA. oo ooo es occ ce kee 50 40 MN Ob BAV. corse. oes hoc lee ec ccs 55 SA RAVENEO. ooo ire coerce a's Cas wee 1 50 Sa TINO AAVANEE. 26.5... eek ee cc ce 3 00 @lineh nails, adv... 6. oe. ee eis chc ee eaee 1% Finishing t 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches 3 2% 2 1% Adv. #@ keg $125 150 15 200 Steel Nails—Advance 10c from.above prices. MOLLASSES GATES. Stebbin’s Pattern . 2.22.2... cece ccc es dis 70 Stebbin’s Genuine...... 2.02... cece ee dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent...............dis 55 Zinc, with brass bottom........ ...dis 650 Brass or Copper:...........--+ceeeseee-e Gis 40 gg rs er gross, $12 net mstead’s....... paca ie val yea) poe 50 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy........... lis 15 Seicuteik ae Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, Sirsvqualty.. 2. dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. Wry, ACM6@) 2 6... dis 40&10 Common, polished... 2. oe ee DIONE 2 ae a PB b 5 RIVETS. Iron and Tinned dis £ t Me aie is 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED TRON. “A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 101% B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 Broken packs %c # ib extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne....... 1" ; . IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne.... oe : "12 00 IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne........__ 16 90 : ROPES. Sisal, pI ane Idrger 8... Bg 9% Man DS ~ 15% er ee eter ee eeae a 72 SQUARES. Steeland Wron..2.- dis 50 Miry and Bevels.. 02.0.0 dis 50 WHER oo ais 20 SHEET IRON. G Com. Smooth. Com. Nos. 10t0 14... cece OD $B BO Newiigt 420 “3230 Nelo 420 320 Neomae e 400 320 Neg 5002 4 40 3 40 or a‘ INO GG 4 60 3 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. a SHEET ZINC. In casks of 600 bs, @ Ib................. In smaller quansities, #@ t.............. TINNER’S SOLDER. wy 6Y4 C 13 00 ING. F. Hetined. ....-. 6. Market Half-and-half............. ... 15 00 Stvietly Half-and-half .. 3... 1G TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75, IC, 10x14, Charcoal......... eel 6 50 IX, t0x ___-_ Seeretary Jesson’s Final Appeal to Michi- gan Druggists. The Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation will hold its second annual meeting in Detroit, on Tuesday Sept. 9,10 and 11. There will probably be an attendance of 300 or more,1i0 applications having been received to date. The magnificent exhibits exhibited by the leading manufacturers and wholesale druggists at the meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association at Milwaukee, will be shipped to Detroit; and, besides, a large number who did not exhibit at Mil- wauke will do so here. This alone will re- pay any retail druggist for the time and mohey spent in attending. It is very impor- tant that we should secure proper legisla- tion. Self preservation is one of nature’s first laws. A member of the Pharmacy Board of an adjoining State recently said that at the last meeting of the board out of seventeen applicants four passed. Now re- flect for a moment! What does that mean? It means simply this, that those that are not qualified in other States are here and that we must put up with having all that incom- improvements in the petent overflow thrust upon us, if we do not: do as our neighbors have done—secure the enactment of a Pharmacy bill. We want an expression of the representative druggists of the State in favor of the bill strong enough to impress upon the Legislature the fact that we are in earnest, therefore, a large at- tendance is desired. Coming together once a year and discussing scientific subjects as well as trade interests is certainly very pleas- ant. We meet old friends and make many new acquaintances. It also creates a better general feeling among us all. We return to our homes with new ideas, and a large amount of knowledge gathered from the experience of others, feeling that we are better prepar- ed than ever before for the year’s work be- fore us, Again I ask every druggist in the State of Michigan to attend our annual meeting in Detroit Sept. 9, and join us in membership. I have assurances from the Detroit druggists that you will all be royal- ly entertained. Reduced rates on all rail- roads can be obtained by addressing me. JACOB JESSON, Secretary. Muskegon, Mich, : ——_—_-2 <> _—_ A “scientific crank” has been going about the country trying to secure the attention of leading medical journals with his unique method of curing all diseases. The process is the complete filtering of the patient’s blood—in a vacuum—thereby removing all deleterious substances. He has a machine, one mouth of which he applies toa vein and the other to an artery. He says, “the lood’s got to go through my filter or the man will die.” Heisa well educated per- son, of good address, and asks for nothing. VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: F.C. Lord, Howard City. C. C. Bailey, Fife Lake. P. V. Smith, Chester. Jackson Coon, Rockford. H. Austin, Walker. Hoag & Judson, Cannonsburg. Ed. Roys, of Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. D. H. Lord, Howard City. J. W. Bragington, Hopkins, R. B. MeCullock, Berlin. John Giles & Co., Lowell. W. W. Peirce, Moline. G. B. Chambers, Wayland. C. H. Deming, Dutton. F. O. Lord, Howard City. C. Stone, Cedar Springs. Green & Green, Byron Center. Walter Struik, Forest Grove. Kellogg & Potter, Grandville. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton. Andre Bros., Jennisonville. Waite Bros., Hudsonville. E. P. Barnard, buyer New Era Lumber Co., New Era. Theron Stafford, Ravenna. U.S. Monroe, Berlin. John W. Mead, Berlin. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros., Bauer. Paine & Field, Englishville. C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. Hehry Henkel, Maple Hill. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. O. Green, Martin. J. W. Closterhouse, Grandville. J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. W. S. Root, Talmadge. Mr. Pipp, Gaylord & Pipp, Pierson. J. Barnes, Austerlitz. Bert Tinkler, Hastings. J. Omler, Wright. C. Bergin, Lowell. Norman Harris, Big Springs. G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon. John J.. Ely, Rockford. Henry Strope, Morley. Spring & Lindley, Bailey. Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. Stauffer & Salisbury, Hastings. Mrs. C. E. Kellogg, Grandville. I. S. Boise, Hastings. B. F. Hall, Fennville. M. P. Shields, Hilliards. David Phillipps, Howard City. Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin. Adam Newell, Tustin. Sisson & Lilley, Lilley Junction. M. J. Howard, Englishville. Wm. McMullen, Wood Lake. B. M. Dennison, East Paris. T. J. Sheridan, Lockwood. Wm. Hill, Morley. Sisson & Lilley, Spring Lake. J. H. Moores, Fife Lake. Wailing Bros., Lamont. John Gunstra, Lamont. Fred Jacobs, Newaygo. L. E. Paige, Paige & Andersen, Sparta. Byron Dickenson, Hastings. A. B. Gates, Rockford. W. W. Pierce, Moline: A. B. Johnson, Lowell. S. Frost, McBrides. Mr. Furber, Furber & Kidder, Hopkins. G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon. Mr. Sherman, manager of Grand Haven Lumber Co., Stanton. C. Cole, Ada. W. 5S. Bartron, Bridgeton. P. B. Newton, Steele & Newton, Advance. Dickinson & Raymond, Fennville. Mr. Montgomery, of Montgomery, Hair & Giddings, Paris. John Colby, of Colby & Co., Rockford. J. 8. Barker, Sand Lake. John Scott, Lowell. E. Rutan, Greenviile. G. W. Bartlett, Bridgeton. Mr. Patrick, of Patrick & Co., Leroy. W. W. Kelley, Hastings. Alex Patterson, Dorr. Mr. Teachout, of Teachout & Roedel, White Cloud. R. H. Woodin, Sparta. A. T. Linderman, Whitehall. J. A. Wilson, Hastings. J. E. Patterson, Whitehall. E. E. Chase, Lowell. J. Glupker, Zutphen. W. F. Rice, Alpine. Wm. Parks, Alpine. - A. B. Sunderland, Lowell. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Mr. Walbrink, of L J. Quick & Co., Allen- dale. 2 The Wheat Prospect, 8. W. Tallmadge, of Milwaukee, the well- known crop statistician, puts the wheat crop of the country for 1884 at 530,000,000 bushels, or 25,000,000 more than the largest heretofore crop, 130,000,000 more than the crop of 1883, and 80,000,000 more than the average crop of the past five years! Of this crop Great Britain takes yearly from one- sixth to one-fifth, while continental Europe takes searcely a quarter toa third of the amount taken by Great Britain. The dis- parity in corn and provisions taken by Great Britian and the continent of Europe respectively is still greater, especially in the ease of provisions. Thus, in 1883 Great Britain and dependencies took from us in provisions to the value of about $71,150,000, and France and Germany to the value of only $10,500,000 out of a total of $96,500,- 000 exported. While our export trade to continental Europe is falling off, to Great Britian it is increasing at an enormous ratio. Thus in 1848 we exported but about half a million bushels of wheat to Great Britain, and in 1883, a bad year with us, nearly ninety millions of bushels, — o-oo Druggists atteuding the meeting of the State Pnarmaceutical Association at Detroit can find no more convenient and desirable place to stop at than at “The Brunswick,” corner of State and Griswold streets. Street cars leave the Central Depot for the hotel every six minutes, and guests are assured that they.will receive every attention possi- ble. -_——>_2 Black walnut sawdust, formerly thrown away, is now utilized. It can not only be moulded into ornaments, but it makes a very pretty substitute for ground coffee. a They say Blaine is like Henry Clay. Then possibly some day he’ll havea cigar named after him. OPINIONS ABOUT OVID. One of the Banner Inland Towns of Mich- oigan. There are few towns in the State that im- press the casual observer with such an air of stability and permanent growth as Ovid. Of course the principal reason of this is the backing possessed by the place in the shape of a substantial farming community extend- ing tor miles in every direction; but no little credit should be awarded the tradesmen of Ovid for their public spiriteduess in erecting business blocks that would not appear to dis- advantage in towns twice its size, and for their enterprise in carrying stocks,and offer- ing prices, that prevent any trade naturally tributary to Ovid from being diverted to rival business points. The merchants of Ovid, as a class, are unusually wide awake and pro- gressive, and have the reputation of leaving no stone unturned that would tend to en- hance the beauty, population, or business standing of the community. Ovid recently received a black eye in the shape of the failure of a bank, mercantile es- tablishment and manufactory, but as all three of these institutions were insolvent, the result was inevitable and was sure to come sooner or later. The remaining busi- ness houses suffer more or less from the forced collection of all accounts due the bankrupt firms, but the distrust engendered by the failures has gradually worn away, and a better feeling prevails than the place has known for years. Scofield & Cooper, the manufacturing firm which recently assigned, have offered the as- signee for Saurs & White $20,000 for their mortgage for $27,000 and 20 per cent. in full settlement to the other creditors. There seems to be a disposition.on the part of the latter to accept the offer, but it is understood that Assignee Darragh will positively refuse anything less than the face of the mortgage, as the property covered is inventoried at about $40,000. Recognizing the crying necessity for better banking facilities, the business men of the place are moving to secure the organization of a national bank. The effect of such an in- stitution would be to revive the drooping en- ergies of the place, and give the business of the community an impetus that would be felt for a long time to come. “Speaking of banks,” says a leading citi- zen, “reminds me of the run on our bank here away back in the fall of 1873. Jim Darragh was at that time our only banker, and Jay Cooke was his New York corres- pondent. When Cooke failed, the people be- came alarmed, hnd made a run on the bank. Jim stood up manfully under the ordeal, but after a few hours he saw that some strategy would have to be adopted, or the bank would have to close doors. He accordingly approached A. H, Frisbee, who is our rich- est man and has the confidence of every one for twenty miles roundabout. Tke old gen- tleman replied that he had no money, but would sign any papers that would help the bank out of the present difficulty. But Dar- ragh had another way of quieting the ap- prehensions of his depositors, and imparted it to Frisbee, about as follows: ‘These peo- ple have no place to put their money, and they all know you. Stand out in front of the bank, and ask them to lend you their money, as they draw it out. They will all place it in your hands, and as fast as you get four or five thousand turn it over to me on deposit.’ The old gentleman gladly did as directed, and the result was exactly what Darragh had predicted. After about $9,000 had been drawn out, the people saw that Frisbee stood behind the bank, and the run ceased.”? If there is one thing, more than another, in which the people of Ovid can take a com- mendable degree of pride, it is their repre- sentative newspaper, the Union. Conducted as too few newspapers are—on purely busi- ness principles—it has attained a circulation and influence second to no other country journal in the State, and richly deserves the unusual success it has achieved. ———-2- 0 VISITING SALESMEN, Representatives of the following houses have been in town since our last issue: Harry Nelson, D. H. McAlpin & Co., New York. W. R. Keasey, Chicago. Richard B. Sheeran, Detroit. OYSTEIES ! We duplicate Chicago and Detroit prices and guarantee as strictly fresh stock and as well filled cans as any in the market—at bottom prices. SEEDS! Clover, Timothy and all kinds field seeds at bottom prices. Write for quotations when in need of seeds. Oranges and Lemons Green and Dried Fruits, Butter, Eggs, and all kinds of Produce. MOSELEY BROS., 122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. DO YOU KNOW —THAT— Lorillard’s Climas PLUG TOBACCO With Red Tin Tag, is the best? Is the purest; is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo- lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as is the case with many other tobaccos? : Lorillard’s se Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco is also made of the finest stock, and for aro- matic oben quality is second to none, Lorillard’s Navy Clippings take first rank as a solid durable smoking to- bacco wherever introduced. Lorillard’s Famous Snuffs have been used for over 124 years, and are sold to a larger extent than any others. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Oil Anise. Declined—Nothing. ACIDS. eerie, NO. 8.0. ws Bh 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 3d CaTOCHe oe a 50 RUNG ee 55 Murtatic 18 deg... .... 6... ..5 0.6 cs 8 @ 5 Nitric 86 Gem. 8. oes, ll @ RB COS BUG ee a 1444@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3 @ 4 Tartaric powdered................ 48 Benzoic, English............. 8 Oz 20 Benzolc, German.................. 2 @ bb WPAIINIG BOC a ib @ ili AMMONTA. Carbonate. 2 fo oe. Bh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22c)................ 14 Aqua l6 deg or 8f..............000. 6 @ 7 Agua lS dee or 4f.°.5.........256.. i @. 8 BALSAMS. @OnaIba oc. @ 50 RAG Soe ee es 40 POT oe oa oaue ieee cs woeecs se 2 50 POU Se eee 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........ 12 Cinchona, yellow................. 18 Bln, SCl6CU ooo 6 ac a. oes 15 Elm, ground, pure................. 13 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 1b Sassafras, of root.................. 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 12 Bayberry powdered............... 20 Hemlock powdered................ 18 WiRROO ee ee ee 30 Soap STOUNG.: 660.0 e. ec 12 BERRIES, Cubeb, prime (Powd 80¢).......... @ 7 DUBIDOE sc es ee, 56 @ 7 Prickly Ash. 7.608 160 @!1 10 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 ib boxes, 25c)... 27 Licorice, powdered, pure......... 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).......... 12 Lgowood, %s QO. 3h. eee. 13 Logwood, 4s O04 15 Logwood,ass’@ do .......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 @ cent. off list. FLOWERS. PAPI CR Sos eo scoe gece 10 @ ll Chamomile, Roman............... 25 Chamomile, German.............. 25 GUMS. Aloes, Barbadoes.................. 60@ 75 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢)............ 18 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 AMAMONING 6. oo cee se 2@ 30 Arabic. extra select............... 60 Arabic, powdered select.......... 60 Arabic, Ist picked................. 50 Arabic,2d picked... ............-... 40 Arabic,c3d pickod................. 35 Arabic, sifted sorts................ 30 Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 30 PCA ZOID oso occ dee ce ccc ec causes 55@60 @amphOD ioe oe es) 21@ 24 Catechu. Is (4% 14c, 48 16e) ...... . 13 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 Galbanum strained................ 80 GAMDOLE. 6 ooo. hh es. coe eee cco $0@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45c)......... 5 Kino [Powdered, 30c].............. 20 MGRUC Eee os ce oa ks 10 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 4c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $6.00) a. 4 35 Shellac, Campbell’s 30 Shellac, Engitsh. 26 Shellac, native... 24 Shellac bleached. a 30 Tragacanth 2.2... .0o 223s. eae 30 @1 10 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Moarbound (2... 666. eo es kc ee 25 MODOWA ees o sae ee ee 25 MOMPOFMING 0 666. oes ee 25 PRC es fo as eu eases feces cs cee 40 SPCARMIING eee ee 24 MWeet MAjONaMm 208.5200) oe cele. 35 BDAMBDV oe ec es cece soo gee ued 25 MNBIVIG oo 30 WOTMWOOG oo eo os oo ce bos ce 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 Cinrate ee se, 80 Phosphate: 2 3.2 a. 65 : fe LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25e)..... Boaece 2 13 Sage, Italian, buik (4s & \%s, 12¢)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 20 Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. 30 Senna, powdered.................. 22 Senna tinnivelli........... ....-... 16 Uva Urs 2s, 10 BevOdOnNEG 6552 ek cee bose es 35 HORBIOVO. cos cose et. os 30 PIGRVANG 8 eases eos 35 OSC; YEO. fee a. 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 Vom... 2... eee ol ck 135 @1 %5 Gin; HOUANnG. 26 200 @3 50 Branay ooo oes oss ccc. 1% @é6 50 Catawba Wines................. «. 125 @2 00 POrG WitleS |. yoo ee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ 23 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 CARCINGO oF i. 70 OILS. Almond, SWeet.........cccccccceeee 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified...............c00% 45 POMNIR Goce cos ae os bose 2 00 BAVA OZ ee ee ce ae 50 IBOE@AIMONG. oo, boos dsb ecce ec ese 2 00 CABEOM rec ek 18 @ 19% OROTOD oe ee eee 2 00 COIGDUb ioe aca ec. 75 OURBIA Pa eo cc. es 1 00 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 49 Citronella (60 a ee, 85 ClOVER ee ee ee, 1 2% Cubes, P. Wo Woes 6 00 MPISOTON hs: 1 60 HITOWOCd .. 05.2.5 coo. i 2 00 Geranium 9 :02Z::.. 65.08 ..0.....8. 75 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40 Juniper wW0od..............0.00000e 50 Juniper berries..................0. 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01 Lavendergarden do ......... 1 00 Lavender spike €0e Boe, 90 Lemon, new crop................0% 17 Lemon, Sanderson’s............... 17% ICMONGTASE: occ eee oe ccs 30 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25 Origanum, No.1. ..20. 63.02.60... 50 POnVOVTOY al: 6.0) os eee 2 C0 Peppermint, white................ 3 25 HROSG 9807 ne ee as 9 75 Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)... 65 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 andal Wood, W.1..5.......02..: ... 7 00 SASSAITAS 06s oe ee ee 60 PERMIAN ee occ ccc is cele eo 4 50 Tar (by gal 60c)..... Bie eles ae. 10 @ 12 WAIDEOIPTOON 5c. s ecco cec ccs 2% Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $6.50)..... 4 50 BAVC oer elias seas. 100 WODMSGGd 0.00 ee. 2 50 Cod Liver, filtered..... . «#8 gal 1 90 Cod Liver, best......... Se 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga........... @1 20 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian .. ..... 2 50 Balad a ab ee 6 @ 67 Rose, Ihmsen’s............... 8 Oz 9 75 POTASSIUM. Bicromate.. . occ cece ccc 8 Ib 14 Bromide, eryst. and gran. bulk... 35 Chlorate, eryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20 Iodide, cryst. and gran. bulk..... 1 25 Prussiate yellow................00. 30 ROOTS. AIRANOE oo ose es 15 AANOR. OUG. 5). ac 27 Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and %s.... 35 Blood (Powd 18¢)...........ccce0es : 12 Calamus, peeled................... 18 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38 Elecampane, powdered............ 23 Gentian (Powd l4c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd 16c)........ 138 @ 14 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20 Golden Seal (Powd 40c)............ 35 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 22 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 110 alap, powdered................068 37% Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 12 Licorice, extra select.............. 15 Pink (Pe. cvs caer esas 35 Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 110 @1 20 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 Serpentaria.......c.ccecccecececccs 50 BENOKA Gk. ee ei, “ 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 40 Sarsaparilla, Mexiean............. 18 Squills, white (Powd 35e).......... 10 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢)......... 13 Bird, mixed in th packages....... 5 @ 6 Canary, Smyrna. .......-...... 2... 384@ 4 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c).. HL @ 12 Cardamon, Aleppee............... 2 vd Cardamon, Malabar.............. we 2 2 COLONY sss a. 25 Coriander, best English........... 12 Henne 65) BAX, Gl6AM o.oo. es eee BSA@) Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%)............ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 9 Hemp, Russian.................... 54@ 6 Mustard, white Black 10¢)........ 8 Ounce 1 00 Rape; English >)... 0.34)... T%@ 8 Worm. bevant 9.0.0 52. 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do dope. 2 00 Velvet Extra do do 110 Extra Yellow do do 2... 85 Grass _ do do, 28 65 Hard head, for slate use........... 75 Yellow Reef, QO 2... 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) @ gal.... 2 29 | Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 wi Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2 Annatto 1b rolls: 3.2... 036... 6. 30 Blue Soluble... oo. 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 ALUM ee Bib 2%@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9c).......... 3 @ 4 Annatto, prime..................6. 82 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 4%@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beans, Ronka. 2320. 2 25 Beans, Vanilla, 00' 2 2 ee 700 @9 75 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 1 60 Blue Pill (Powd 70e)............... 45 Blue Vitwiol . 30035 et 7%4@ 9 Borax, refined (Powd 18c)......... 12 Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 1 85 Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 20 Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18 Carmine, No. 40. 020000. 2... 4 00 Cassin Budse ce, 12 Calomel. American................ 7 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 2 Chalk, red fingers................. 8 Chalk, white lump................. 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.................. 60 Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60 Chloral do do __eryst... 1 70 Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1 75 Chioroform -...10.5.0...... 2. 100 @1 10 Cinchonidia, P. & W......>........ 45 @ § Cinchonidia, other brands......... 45 @ 50 Cloves (Powd 28c).................. 20 @ 2 Cochineal 02. 4) 30 Cocoa Butter...) 45 Copperas (by bbl le)............... 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 Creasote......! Be ee cece a. te 50 Cudbear, prime......... 2.03... 24 Cuttle Fish Bone................... 24 Dextrime 12 Dover’s Powders.................. 1 20 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered................... 45 Ether Squibb’s... 20... 66 6. cles 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Hpsom Salts. er) 24@ 3 Ergot, fresno 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 69 Blake white 30.0.0. 14 Grains Paradise... .... 00... 25 Gelatine, Cooper’s................. Gelatine, French ...:.............. 45 @ 1 Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue; cabmet........-).0 122 @ Ili Glue white: 000000 . 1 @ B Glycerine, pure.................... 21 @ 2 Hops 4s and Ys). 25@ 40 fodoform: 2 07.....).0 8. 35 Ipdigoie fo 85 @1 00 Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 23 @ 25 Iodine, resublimed................ 210 Isinglass, American............... 1 50 JAPONICR 9 London Purple... ...........0 10 @ b Mead acotate 15 Lime, chloride, (44s 2s 10¢e & \s 11¢) 9 Bupulime: 2.26006. 1 00 Hycopodium 2... 3. 50 ROC eee 60 Madder, best Dutch.............. 122%@ 13 MannaoS: Re 1 %5 Mercury...) do Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... Boz 3 25@3 50 Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 Moss, Iceland... 2.000000... Ib 10 Moss; Wish ooo 12 Mustard, English.................. 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 cans...... 18 Nutralige 23. og 20 Nutmegs NO. 1 co 70 Nux Vomies.. 02.2... 10 Ointment. Mercurial, ¥d.......... 40 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 ONSEN cee a 3 00 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 Quagssia 2 oo ee. Quinia, Sulph, P. & W.. Quinine, German..... see. ae Seidlitz Mixture................... 28 Stryehnia, cryst............ |. 1 50 Silver Nitrate, eryst............... 79 @ 82 Red Precipitate............... # Ib 80 Satfron, American................. 35 Sal Glauber. 3) @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 Sal Rochelle... 33 Sal Soda. 4.2.0 0. 2@ 2% PSHE oe 2 00 SQMCOMIM 2k. eli, 6 75 Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch. 38 Soda Ash [by keg 8c].... 4 Spermaceti o.oo e. ck... 25 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s 44@ 5 Soap, White Castile.. 14 Soap,Green do .. 17 Soap, Mottled do 9 Soap, do do 4 Il Soap, Mazzini........ Meee 14 Spirits Nitre, 8 Poo. 6. 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre, 4B... csk sl 23 @ 32 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 30 Sulphur, four... 3... eke 84@ 4 Sulphur. SOU os ce 3@ 3% Tartar Hmetic.... 00.0... .c. cs 60 Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz 2 70 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 bb 25 Wax, White, 8. & F. brand........ 60 Zine, Sulphate.....2.... 2... 7 @ 8 OILS. Capitol Cylinder. 3 ci. ve a 75 Model Cylinder. oo. cc 6. occ ee ee 60 Shields Ovlinder:. ooo. oo. 50 MIdOradO HNSING. «6. 6... ke lice ccc ccee 45 Peerless Machinery............. we Cw alse oe ube Challenge Machinery............ 0. ccc. cc ccccee 25 Backus Fine Engine.............0.....00050.... 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 Oustor Maonite Ol. ee 6C arene, 20 GG. os eek ee a 22 Paratine, 28° der. oo... os bo 21 Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Bbl Gal Whale. winter) oo ces eucces 80 8&5 TANG, OXUEA Go. ee eck. 64 75 bard NO. Fos oe ee ee 55 65 Linseed, pure raw... .. <2... ocak 53 56 Jdnseed, dolled ........ cock. 60 63 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95 Spirits Turpentine................... 37 45 VARNISHES. ‘No. 1 Turp Coach... 2... ok 1 10@1 20 Bete TRUE Dow. Coos el eco cat 1 60@1 70 Coaeh Body. ois. ieee ccc, 2 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 Extra Turp Damar.................... 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 0@ %5 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Boralumine, White bulk) ........ 9 Boralumine, ‘ BS | 20. 2c... 10 Boralumine, Tints bulk. }50 off. 10 Boralumine ‘“ Bs] fic... 11 Red Venetian................008 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 8 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 244 2%@ 8 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 24%4@ 3 Vermilion, prime American.. 18@16 Vermilion, English............ 55@57 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure..... 5% Whiting, white Span sh..... : @70 oe Gilders’ .......0..5.... @90 White, Paris American.... 7 P Whiting Paris English cliff. HAZEL TINE, PERKINS & C0, Wholesale ruggists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF rigs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, ald Draegist's Glassware, MANUFACTURERS OF FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS. GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wotr, Parton & Co., AND JoHN L. Wmtt- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES, —Also for the— GRAND RApips Brusu Co., MANFGS. OF Harr, SHOE AND Horse BRUSHES. Drusaists’ 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 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 ourFITrs 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 aud Liquor Departwent 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 con- trol and are the only authorized agents for the sale of the celebrated Withers Dade & Co’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 Hrigeisis Favorite Rye, Which continues to have so many favorites among druggists who have sold these goods for a very long time. Buy our Gls, Brandies & 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 as Patent Medicines, etc,, we invite your cor- respondence. Mail orders always receive our special and personal attention. A ELEGANT PHARMACKUTICAL PREPARATIONS, many articles ourselves and can offer Fine’ %ol The Michigan Tradesivan. 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, SEPTEMBER 10, 1884. THE LARGEST TOBACCO MANUFAC- TORY IN THE WORLD. Composition of Tobacco and Who Pro- duces It. From the Grocer and Country Merchant. Consumers generally give little thought to the magnitude of the tobacco business, and it is only by actual figures that they can be made to comprehend its importance. Even then the average mind is bewildered at the figures. P. LormLuaArD & Co., manufactur- ers of the celebrated Ciimax, Red Tin Tag Plug Tobacco, and the largest manufactur- ers of tobacco in the world, produce about one-sixth of all the tobacco consumed in this country, although there are 773 other manu- factories in the United States. The total consumption in this country, according to actual statistics for 1883, was 139,783,782 pounds, of which P. Lorillard & Co. furnish- ed 24,747,289 pounds as follows: Pounds. Plug Tobacco............ ee sees eee eeees 19,028,456 Mime: (ut. 5... 3c es oes ee 2 er 2,289,444 Smoking ...........--..-<---------+-9--*> 2,375,994 Naw os os hs eo 1,103,395 This is equivalent to about 83,000 pounds per day for every working day in the year. The tax paid to the Government on this pro- duct by the above firm the last year was $2,- 581,999.65, or $8,606 for each working day of the year. Astonishing as these figures appear, the firm is annually increasing its product, the increase for 1883 over that of 1882 being 5,341,000 pounds. Who will claim in the face of these figures that tobacco has not become a necessity in- -stead of being a luxury, as it has been so long regarded? >. _—— Settling With a Mourning Widow. From thé Wall Street News. One of the steamers plying between De- troit and Cleveland ran overaskiff one night and drowned the occupant. When he had been identified, the agent called upon his wife to see if a settlement could not be made. She was not in tears nor prostrated with grief. On the contrary, she was at the washtub andin good humor. When the matter was broached, she said: “Well, now, my husband took home the washings, brought in the coal, and was of use in several other ways, and his death was quite a loss to me.” “About what sum do you feel would make you good?” he asked. “Now, then, be honest with me,” she re- plied after taking a moment to think. ““How much will a bang-up bridal ‘tower’ from here to Niagara Falls and back cost?” “Well, $300 ought to put you through first class and give you three days at the Falls.” “Well, say $350. That gives me money for my shoes and a bonnet, and I may want to dye my hair and buy some stockings.” The money was handed over anda receipt taken, and the ‘‘tower’’ took place the next week. —_—_—_—> .—> Have Learned a Lesson. From the Detroit Free Press. “T believe,” said a lawyer the other day, when speaking of the depression in busi- ness, “that the general mercantile business of Detroit ison as solid footing as can be found anywhere in the country. Up to four or five years ago almost every one of our merchants was dabbling in silver stock, futures, new railroad lines or some other outside matters. Nearly every failure you can name in the last ten years can be traced directly to outside speculations. You will now have to hunt along time to find any merchant of standing who has any specula- tion on hand. Our failures for the last three years have been very few, and every single one of them can be traced to some- thing beyond business depressions. One of the largest failures was caused by a partner drawing over $40,000 out of the business to buy silver stock which isn’t to-day worth one twentieth of its face value.” —-— —_—_—~<>-9- <> Would Rather Have Whisky. While Gen. Sherman was lying in front of Atlanta, and while a “military necessity” suggested to every man the propriety of hugging the bottom of the ditch, says the Arkansaw Traveler, a committee of evangel- ists called on the general. “My dear general,” said the spokesman, “we have come to see you on important bus- iness. We would like to get a special train to bring in a load of ministers and tracts.” “Humph,” grunted the general, “I’d a thundering sight rather give you a special train to bring down a load of whisky. You fellows are enough toscare an army to death.” —————_—-+ How to Make a Filter. In response to a request for directions to make a cheap filter, ‘the Industrial World presents the following: Take an earthenware jar with a hole in the bottom in which to put atap. Placea perforated board half way inside the filter, and nearly fill the top space with charcoal. This is a cheap but very serviceable filter, and one that can be depended on. —_——_>-o- Louis Reynolds has sold his interest in the Bank of Charlevoix and returned to his old home at Maple Rapids. The bank will hereafter be known as Brown & Co. SSS a ais es MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA'N. Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter in Force for Thirty Years. LIST OF OFFICERS: President—RANSOM W. HAWLEY, of Detroit. Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit; L. W. ATKIns, Grand Rapids; I. N. ALEXAN- DER, Lansing; U.S. Lorp, Kalamazoo; H.E MEEKER, Bay City. Secretary and Treasurer—W. N. MEREDITH, Detroit. Board of Trustees, For One Year—J. C. PON- Trus, Chairman, 8. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. RETAILERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell LAVIN E 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. Sce prices in Price-List. Hartford Chemical Co HAWINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. KEMINK, JONES & OO, Manufacturers of * Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF EL EMIN EDS “Red Bark Bitters”’ —AND— The Oriole Manufacturing Co. %8 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, 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. SHEDS —FOR THE— FIELD AND GARDEN, A WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, —AT THE— SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. 7. LAMOREAUX, Agent EDMUND 8, DIKEMAN, —THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JW BLE R, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, | MICHIGAN . J, DETTENTHALER, OYSTERS, FISH CANNED GOODS. 117 Monroe St. Grand Rapids. I will quote you until further notice as follows: Extra Selects, 38; Selects, 33; Standards, 25; Favorites, 22. We carry an immense stock of Virgidia and Tennessee Peanuts, Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea- cans, Wralnuts and Cocoanuts, and compete with any market. We manufacture a full line, use the best material obtainable, and eee our goods to be first- class. We are agents for Gorden’s ecerebrated Wag Jaws, Olym- pian, D. F., and many other well- known brands and carry a full line of his goods at factory prices. We handle Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Figs, Dates, Etc., in large quantities from first-hands and | g b It Tul are headquarters for everything in our line. PUTNAM & BROOKS, REMOVAL! —- Coal, Wood, Lime, Cement, Sewer Pipe, Htc, Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement. WM. SHARS & CO. ° Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ‘ F.J. LAMB & COMPANY, | —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—— Butter, Cheese, LEges, Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers. NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. t PHCK BROS. Wholesale Druggists A Complete Stock of all that pertains to the wants of the Retail Druggist. We Employ No Travelers. Send for Prices. , 129 and 131 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids = va Mich. » FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE, crac WHOLESALE GROCERS, 44, 46 and 48 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. —WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR—— Nimrod, Acorn, Chief, Grescent & Red Seal Ping Tobaccos. Gur stock of Teas, Coffees and Syrups is Always Complete, —WE MAKE SPECIAL CLAIM FOR OUR— Tobaccos, Vinegars and Spices !! OUR#MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN’AND MAN.” CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. BARBOUR’S CAMPAIGN TORCH The only Torch that can be taken apart and shipped in a Small space. 300 to 500 Torches complete (except handles) can be packed in one barrel, thus making the freignt or express charges very low. A Child can Put them tdgether in one Minute. As good as any Torch Made. The Cheapest in Price. WILL BURN FOR FIVE HOURS. Ask for price or send for sample order. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO, 10 and 12 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Hercules Powder |! THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK ANNIHILATOR ! SEND FOR PRICES. JOHN CAULFIELD, General wholesale Dealer. SPRING & COMPANY | --WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— FANCY AND \ STAPLE DRY G00DS + CARPETS, : MATTINGS,« Or, Chores, Barc. ETC. Gand 8 Monroe Street. |Grand Rapids, 304 - indorsement amount to a contract. - : : | A Brave Man. The Michigan Tradesmall “There goes a brave man,” said a citizen ' | pointing to a passer-by. “He is one of the oe oe | bravest men I have ever seen.” Ne A | “Was he in the army?” some one asked. “T don’t know.” ‘Then I suppose you have known him to distinguish himself in personal encounters?” “Not particularly.” “Why, then, do you regard him as a brave man?’ : “Well, you see, some time ago, I gota divorce from my wife.” - “Yes.” “That man married her.” ———_—_> o> __—_—_ Looking at Future Possibilities. “But, dear papa, Adolphus and I do love each other so dearly.” “T can’t help that, Angelina. you can’t marry him.” “T don’t see what objection you can pos- sibly have to him, dear papa.” “Objection enough. I want you to live at home always, and not in Canada.” ' “Who said anything about living in Cana- da, dear papa?” “Nobody said anything about it, but isn’t Adolphus a bank cashier, and don’t that make it likely you will ultimately live there.” Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. ATTORNEY AND CLIENT. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the case of Campbell vs. Higginbotham, ad- ministrator of R. Mapel, decides that when no special contract is made between attor- ney and ctient, their relations as such ter- minate with the death of the latter, and the statute of limitations begins to run from that time. ADVERSE POSSESSION. The open and exclusive use of real prop- erty for the purpose to which it is ordinarily fit or adapted, constitutes adverse posses- sion; and the erection of a fence or other ar- tificial boundary to indicate the limits of such possession, is not essential thereto. So held by United States Circuit Court, District of Oregon. I tell you 2IPARIAN RIGHTS. In a suit by a riparian proprietor for dam- age done by sawdust brought to his land by the stream from the defendant’s mill, the question whether the defendant’s use of the stream for carrying off the dust is reason- able or not, is a question of fact depending upon the circumstances of the case, includ- ing the purposes old and new for which the stream is used by each party, the amount of the defendant’s benefit, the amount of the plaintiff’s damage, and all the causes of the damage.—Supreme Court of New Hamp- shire. ———_—__——>-9-<— Disqualified for a Bank Examiner. “Please give me a little something to get a meal?” “Why don’t you work for a living?” “Don’t you see that I am hopelessly blind? T can’t.” “Yes youcan. There are plenty of busi- nesses you might conduct!’ ‘What, for instance?” “Well, you are eminently qualified for the position of a bank examiner.” “No, Lam not. My blindness may he all right for it, but when Iwas young f was good at figures, and that would disqualify me if nothing else would.” Down toa Fine Point. Lover of antique—What is the price of that Louis X[V cabinet.” Bric-a-brac Dealer—‘Five hundred dol- lars.” “Mercy! Why, a friend of mine got one just like that for $150.” “Where?” “At Millburgville, Conn.’’ “Oh! of course. You can’t expect us to compete with Millburgville.” “And why not?” “That’s where they make ’em.” ———_—_—>> 2 __—_ Needed by every retail grocer or confec- tioner, one or more of Kenyon’s Patent Spring Paper Bag Holders. Each has ca- pacity of containing about fifty bags. Their great convenience can be learned by having one mailed for 30c, four for $1, or one dozen expressed for $2.50 from Kenyon Brothers, Wakefield, Rhode Island. MIcHIGAN CENTRAL LIEN OF CREDITORS. In law, the first entry of judgment is al- ways a first lien, provided due diligence has peen made in making the levy. This is also true as regards partners. A mortgage on the individual property of one partner was foreclosed, and both an individual creditor and a firm creditor claimed the surplus mon- ey. Both had judgments, the latter being the first entered. The former claimed a preference as an indiv:dual creditor, but was defeated, and carried the case, London vs. Ball, to the Supreme Court of Indiana, where the judgment was affirmed, on the following opinion: “It is not doubted that the general rule is that partnership creditors are postponed as to individual property, and individual creditors preferred. But this general rule does not apply where a lien has been obtained by judgment rendered prior to the creation of the individual debt.” INDORSEMENT. A certificate on the back of a note by the maker(who was also the payee) of the nature of the consideration of his own property and financial ability was held not to prevent his signature to such certificate from having the force of an indorsement so as to make the note negotiable and to transfer the title toa bona fide holder for value—Dunning vs. Heller, decided by the Pennsylvania Su- preme Court. Regarding the words over the They contain a statement as to the indorser’s pe- The N iagara Falls Route. A. A. CRIPPEN, 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 RETAIL CROCERS. our Combined Ledger and Day-Book, oe 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, Il. TACKS NAILS EVERY KIND AND SIZE, —ALSO— Trunk, Clout and Finishing Steel Wire Nails and Brads. American Tack Co., FAIRHAVEN MASS. C. S. YALE & BRO., *—Manufacturers of— FLAVORING EXTRACTS ' BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, ETC., 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 05 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 90 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 GCariors: 960. ele ...1 05@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu........... 25@ 30 SicCce, POr vol -.: 2... ......5--.6------ 1 %5 Land plaster, per ton...............++. 3 75 Land plaster, car lots................4- 3 00 } | Fire brick, per M..................5055 $25 @ $35 Wire clay, per Dbl. 2... 5-25 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 Cannell, car lOts.... <=. 22-5 oe @6 %5 Ohio Lump, car lots................6- 3 25@3 50 Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 50@5 00 - euniary responsibility and the consideration of the note. It was unnecessary and perhaps foolish for the maker to put all over his signa- ture as indorser, but he has done it, and as it does not vary his contract as maker and indorser we are unableto say as the court said: “We now think the words ov- er the indorsement a matter of law that the note was not indorsed as requir- PHEREINS & HESS ——DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. ed by the commercial law.” UTES CONSTRUED. A,a patentee, having put his patented article upon the market without marking it “patented” as required by section 4,900, Re- vised Statutes, D, without notice of the pat- ent, from time to time for anumber of years infringed upon it. In 1875, while making a steam condenser having in it the patented article, he was notified for the first time that it was patented, whereupon he immediately offered to pay the established royalty for all the patented article he had already introduc- ed into that condenser, and for enough more 118 Jefferson Ave. Hamilfon Carhartt & Go., WEOLESALIE Men’s Furnishing Goods MANUFACTURERS OF The “Carhartt” Pantaloons, Overalls, Engineers’ Jackets, Jumpers’ Shirts, ete. Upon our manufactured goods, we guarantee to save the trade the Jobbers’ Profits. for Comparison. Samples sent Detroit. to finish it; but the patentee refused to ac- cept the offer unless D would pay the entire royalty for all previous infringements made without notice of patent, which D refused to do and proceeded to finish the condenser, using sufficient of the patented article for that purpose but did not otherwise infringe the patent after, whereupon A brought suit for infringement in the United States Cir- cuit Court, District of California, which, on trial, held that defendant was only liable for the infringement arising from the making and selling the condenser finished after re- ceiving actual notice of the patent. oo A Telephone Fraud. Trate Customer—“‘Why can’t you fellows be honest? That telephone you put up in my office isa fraud. You said that words could be distinctly heard for twenty miles.” Telephone Man—‘Well, they can.” “They can’t, I say. They can’t be heard five blocks.” “Oh, you are mistaken.” “But Lam not. I yelled myself hoarse at aman last evening only five blocks away, and he could not hear a wordI said. He said so.” “Queer, very queer; but, by the way, what was it-you said to him?” “J asked him when he would be around to square up his account.” FIRST >_> Pop corn is placarded in the Crystal Pal- ace, London, as “sold to the nobility.” I. Grand Rapids, Mich. , ON DECK with OYSTERS, as usual. We shall receive the first shipment from Bal- timore on Sept. 4th, of the Old Reliable : MANOKEN BRAND, which are the best filled cans in market, and will continue to receive them daily bo express. Present price will be 25 cts for Standards and 35 cts for Selects. Also Agent for Murphy & Edgett’s Celebrated Deviled Crabs. Yours Truly, Oo. GREEN. 5A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUMDETMAL S$ DUDDLES —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- auM, A. M. SPRAGUE, JoHN H. EACKER, L. R. CEsnNA, GEO. W. N. DE JONGE. FRANK BERLES House Salesman. 24 Pearl Street Girand Rapids, Mich. DILWORTH’, —THE— BEST ROASTED PACKAGE COFFEE ON THE MARKET. FOR SALE BY Fox, Musselman & Loveridee Factory Agents for Western Michigan. ALBERT COYE & SONS State Agents for WATERTOWN HAMMOCK SUPP O RT. ah = ‘Deaters in Awnings, Tents, Horse Wagon and Stack Covers, Oiled Clothing, Htc. 73 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. fey” Send for Prices. Blaine Whips, Cleveland Whips, Campaign Whips Toy Whips, Westfield Whins, And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices. a |_}— ) ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. G. ROVS & CO, Ge] Agents —— Grand Rapids, Michigan. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN HS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for Complete Outtits. ww. Cc Denison, 88, 90 and 92 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & G0, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale and Retail IRON PIPE, Brass Goops, Iron AND BRAss FITTINGS MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES, PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS, —And Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. M. M. HOUSEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ROOMS 7 AND 8 HOUSEMAN BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NOTING and Summer Hats and Caps —I WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF MERCHANTS TO MY — Spring Styles of Fine Hats, Spring Styles of Wool Hais, 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 uy the Dozen at New York Prices |! — LARGE LINE OF—— Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods, Cottonade Pants and Hosiery. DUCK OVERALLS, THREE POCKETS, $3.50 PER DOZEN AND UPWARDS. Call and get our prices and see how they will compare with those of firms in larger cities irc GEV I, 36, 38, 40 and 42 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ‘The Old Reliable Pioneer Cigar Factory, HH. SCHNEIDER & CO PROPRIETORS. 21 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids. The following brands are our own make and Union labelled goods: Dick and George, Peninsular Club, Los Dos, Sehr Fein, Louise, Mocking Bird, Evening Star and K. T. We are jobbers of all kinds of Tobaccos ann Smokers’ Articles. Jennings & Smith, (Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., MANUFACTURERS OF ine Perfumes Toilet Beason JENNINGS’ FLAVORING EXTRACTS! ARCTIC Improved Baking Powder, Bluings, Inks, Mucilage, Kid Dressing, Etc. Castor Machine Oil. The Castor Machine Oil contains a fair percentage of Castor Oil and is in all re- spects’superior as a lubricator to No. 2 or No. 3 Castor Oil. The OHIO OIL COMPANY Is*the only firm in the United States that has succeeded in making a combination of Veg- etable and Mineral Oils, possessing the qualities of a Pure Castor Oil. It is rapidly com- ingcinto popular favor. We Solicit a Trial Order. Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., Grand Rapids, RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES, We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and keep a full line of their Celebrat- ed Goods—both Boston and Bay State. Our fall samples of Leather Goods are now ready for inspection. Cur Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. CLARK, JHWELL & CO, WEROLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83, 85 and 87 PEARL STRERT and 14, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, COMMERCIAL LAW A _ SPECIALTY. MICHIGAN, GRAND RAPIDS, ° | eS Groceries. THE WHEY TANK, Plausible Theory as to the Cause of Cheese Poisoning. EAST SAGINAW, Sept. 4, 1884. Editor ‘‘ Michigan Tradesman.” DEAR Sir—A few days ago I saw a copy -of Tue TraprsMAN, dated June 4, in which there was an article giving an ac- count of the cheese poisoning that occurred at Middleville, this State, on Decoration Day. Now, Sir, if you will give me space in your columns, I will give the public my ex- perience in regard to milk and cheese pois- oning. For the last twelve years, I have been an attentive student of milk and its productions, and am well aware that there are many eases of sickness caused by cheese poison- ing which are attributed to other causes. There should be more attention paid to this article of food, in regard to its quality and wholesomeness; but the general opinion in the mind of the public is, that it must of necessity be a healthy food, as itis the pro- duct of the rural dairy, where the cows have access to the purest grasses—in fact, every- thing to produce a pure milk. ThisI do not deny. When the cows receive the best of feed and care, there is no danger from that part of the dairy, but this is only the first stage of the production, and is subject to less dangers. This is where the public is led astray, not knowing that there is more danger of the milk becoming unwholesome after it is drawn from the cow and coming in contact with foreign substances, which produce poisonous effects, which necessar- ily endanger many lives. The medical fac- ulty saw the necessity of making an investi- gation of the result of the recent poisoning ease at Middleville, but so far as I have been able to ascertain, the public will not be benefitted by the coming report of the State Board of Health, as there are no causes giv- en for the poisonous substances contained in cheese, the only conclusion reached being that such poison does sometimes exist. The effects from such cheese are alarming. So far as I have been able to collect from news- paper reports and other sources, the num- ber of cases of direct poisoning reached 200, and from what I know of the quality of cheese now on the market and that which has been consumed, I am safe in saying that those figures will not give 10 per cent. of the direct and indirect causes of the sickness in this State. Since I have recovered from a sickness caused by poisonous milk and the gasses arising therefrom, while manufacturing it into cheese, I have devoted the most of my time in microscopic examinations and lit- mus paper tests. I have visited factories in Allegan and Tuscola counties. I have ex- amined cheese in the cities of Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Reed City, East Saginaw, and the village of Mt. Morris, having had some fifty samples in all, one from Wiscon- sin, made by the Cooley process or oleomar- garine cheese, five from Ohio, three from New York State, andthe others from this State. One sample was made in September, 1883. Iam sorry to say there were only six samples that did not show microscopic or- ganisms and did not turn blue litmus paperred. Twoofthe samples which did not show any organisms weremade by me in the month of May. The September cheese was also very pure. The oleomar- garine did not show any organisms, but there were foreign substances present, but not discolored, which no doubt were the foreign fats amalgamated with the caseine. Some of the other samples were very bad, particularly one from Mt. Morris, three from factories in Allegan county, one from a fac- tory in Tuscola county, and three in East Saginaw, and twoin Grand Rapids. The above samples, when placed under a micro- scope, showed particles of substances resem- bling copperas or other matters of a green- ish cast. Some showed greenish veins dot- ted with a clear substance resembling liquid, and turning blue litmus paper red almost immediately. Now the appearance of those cheese are what the general consumer would call very fine. One cheese in Kala- mazoo was close and very moist and a little crumbly. A clear liquid oozed from the pores, when ‘pressed between the fingers. Another was a soft and very porous cheese. One at Grand Rapids was a close and pasty cheese, with no appearance of liquid, emit- ing a pungent acrid smell, and bitter taste. This isthe general quality of the cheese. that came under my observation. What is the cause of all this trouble? is a question that is asked by many. Some attribute it to the feed, others to the water or atmosphere; but when you ask thelhonest dairymen who are calling on the Legislature to pass laws and put a stop to the manufac- ture and sale of artificial and adulterated food, they would tell you that the operator does not understand his business, when at the same time they are themselves, through their ignorance and filthiness, causing a worse article to be manufactured. This you cannot fail to see, as I proceed with this report. As tar as Ihave been able to locate the cause of the poisonous substance in the cheese, and whence it originates, it is from the whey tank. The germs of decay- ed and fermented substances cause the milk to undergo an unnatural decay. It is a general practice among dairymen to carry this decomposed whey home in the cansin which they deliver the milk to the factory. Now this substance we call whey, is in many instances the worst combination of decayed matter imaginable, and many times the tank that receives this from the factory contains | thedecayed carcasses of rats, mice, toads, - nd Ihave seen snakes. Besides all this, the whey contains the albumen, sugar of milk, and a portion of the oils, and in a short time a great chemical change takes place, converting such substances, combined into poisonous acids, and one or two germs from those substances are sufficient to decay the albumen, and destroy the lactine of two hundred pounds of milk or more. When I discovered, on the 28th day of May, that the milk did not undergo the nec- essary chemical change and continued to grow worse day after day, I began to use every means in my power to ascertain the cause of the trouble. By the use of ehemi- cals and other means, I found that the al- bumen was decayed. By putting some of the milk under severe tests, I discovered that the lactine was destroyed. Then, further on, Tfound the presence of butyric acid, and that when the change took place, from milk into cheese, there would be an oil percepti- ble which had the appearance of asboline oil, and that under certain influences this oil was pungent, acrid, and very bitter; but in course of time this would disappear, when another change would take place, and an acid liquid resembling syrup, as regards thickness would appear. ‘This was valericacid, and these oils and acids produce narcotic poison. I feel confident that when the scientists shall have discovered the actual cause of cheese poisoning, they will substantiate all my statements. I think if Dr. Vaughan had inspected the whey tank and analyzed some of the contents, his report would have been more satisfactory. In my examination of it, I discovered many peculiar substances. I have been asked several times if I did not think it originated from cows eating poison- ous herbs, I am aware that intimeof a drouth the cow will feed upon many obnox- ious weeds and rank grasses, but feel cer- tain that they would refuse all herbs that would produce a direct poison. Rank weeds and grasses and impure water will create obnoxious taints which will have their in- fluences on the caseine, and many times am- monical and carbonic acid gases will be pro- duced by such causes- Buta poisonous sub- stance cannot be produced in the milk, and coming in direct contact with the milk. In summing up this subject, and giving to the public the facts in regard to the whole- someness of the cheese that is now on the market, 50 per cent. should be condemned; and of such milk as I have seen and exam- ined at factories in the past two weeks 90 per cent. is only fit for the hogs. It is a well known fact with the operators who have given their whole attention to the qual- ity of the milk which is being delivered to the factory under the disguise of a pure ar- ticle, 65 per cent. should be fed to the hogs; but under the present factory system and law, the operator has no other alternative but to receive it and make it up the best he can, regardless of the results. I maintain that itis now time for the public to take this matter in hand and demand of their Legislatures the enactment of a law that will compel the dairymen of the United States to deliver the milk to the factory in a wholesome condition. Cheese that is whole- some and free from foreign substances and contains all the fats, will be close and moist. When pressed between the fingers it should appear dry and mealy, the oil showing itself distinctly on the fingers, with a pleasant smell and a good cheesy flavor. But avoid all cheese that is soft and porous, or close and pasty, with a pungent acid smell and bitter to the taste. All such cheese contain decayed foreign substances, the oils having been expelled either by unnatural causes or the operator’s inability to retain them, and in their place has retained water. I will give you a simple and practical test by which the consumer will be able to detect the foreign defects in cheese, should his judgment fail him. Take a small piece of sugar in the mouth and let it dissolve, then taste of the cheese and if it leaves a very acid and bitter taste in the mouth, you may know all such cheese are unwholesome, and should the stomach not contain sufficient alkali to neutralize those acids it would soon produce violent sickness. C. B. LAMBERT. Features of the Week. The grocery business has been fairly good during the past week, and collections show no falling off. Sugars have advanced ie, and are firm. Otherwise, the market is without a feature, Oranges are not plenty and prices remain about steady. Lemons, on account of hot weather and light arrivals, are a little high- er. Receipts will be small for the balance of this month and prices will depend on the weather mainly. Nuts are steady, except walnuts, which are higher. Peanuts are a little lower again. The new crop promises well. ———___—~>-2 The amount of lobsters taken on the Maine cost is estimated to be 25,000,000 an- nually, of which 7,000,000 are sold to the regular trade, while the balance, 18,000,000, are consumed by the lebster packers. Yet the amount of money paid to the catchers for the 7,000,000, amounts to much more than that paid by the packers on the 18,000,- 000. The export trade in New York, in the months of May, June and July, amounts to forty bushels a day on the part of one deal- er, as he says, yet he sends only from three to five barrels daily now, on account of the law, but that number is very y_eagerly de- manded by hotels and summer boarding houses all along the shore. ————————_ o> A banana skin lay on the grocer’s floor “What are you doing there?” asked the scales, peeping over the counter. ‘Oh, ’m lying in wait for{the grocer. ‘Pshaw!”’ said the scales, “I’ve been doing that for years.” WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. OATMEAL. BOD WO PWOS ees ee ee eet @3 7% DOD DREN oes eee peat ee oy as ees @3 25 AXLE GREASE. Eee Boye Baw ete Steuer @5 50 POPRVOTS «15 oo oes a ot eee we ce esa = 85 =e gee Pes ree econ een ones a o oa 60 BUPOL CUB er ooo ee ie cee ices @5 75 Modoc # doz..... et 60 OLL. Paragon... @ dOZ..........---+--. . (0 | Kerosene Wo W..:..:..2...0e.c cee. eee 138% Paragon, 20 t pails...............-.2.e eee 90 do; Depal test 2. 2.3265 0.5. 3c. 19% BAKING POWDER. eer & me equa Bee eee cee csees ; 15 aoe 2 Lae gree can care cece e” # doz. a Castor, 2 0Z. SQUAre.............20000 5. "5 4, ID CANS... cece ee cece ee te cece ee ncess Rei ems 1 40 Castor, 2 02. round........... 2.2.2.6. 1 00 Arctic 11D CaNS.... 22... 2... esses es es ene st 2 40 PICKLES. ATCUICD IWCRNS:.:. 6.5. sees cee cases case 12 00| Choicein barrels med..... Se ee 7 00 BLUING. Choice in 4% GO or ees s Dingee’s 4% do Sma ee 4 25 Dry, NO. 2........-.2ee cece cece ceees doz. 25 | Dingee’s quarts glass f ancy 425 Dry, NOB. ons os ee oa oe we ne se doz. 45 Dingee’s pints ee phe Liquid, 4 02Z,...... 002. .e cece ee eeeeee doz. 35 Woeence Giese 2 a Liquid, 8 0z........ eae eae cece FANCY—IN 5 Ib BOXES. Lemon Drops..............-: 14 sour Drops: 0) 8 15 Peppermint Drops...... ... Chocolate Drops.................00°°"° HM Chocolate Drops.........7". Gum Drops Licorice Drops...............7.7" SO CeOteeeecenenees a A B Licorice Drops.. oe ae as it Lozenges, plain........... ER ee me J6 Hozénges, printed... | t Davperiala 5 MOGLQeSI ee ie Cream Bar ae is IMOIMSSCS ae a Caramele 2G Hand Made reams. ee oy Crema. 20) Decomied Crean. Stung ROG 0 Se Burnt Almonds.... oo a Wintergreen Berries..........0°007° (777° 16 Faney—in Bulk. Lozenges, plain in pails 14 Lozenges, plain in bbls...... : oe Lozenges, printed in pails... Lozenges, printed in bbls.. ae Chocolate Drops, in pails... .... Gum Drops, in pails........___ 74 Gum Drops) in bbls....... 0 0 7 Moss Drops, in pails...........000 777°" " Moss Drops,im bbis......0 000 9% Sour Dropsim paiis..... a Deperais pails... 14 Teperials tn bbls... ae FRUITS. Oranges # box............... 5 00@6 5e- Oranges OO ® box........._. Oranges, Imperials, 8 box Oranges, Valencia ® case...___ Lemons, choice... 3 50@4 00 Lenions, fancy te emcees ene ING Va Bananas g@ bunch. eka Malaga Grapes, # keg.......000 00700 Malaga Grapes, # bbl..........0.00 077" Nigsviayers Pm... a 12@16 wigs taney de ............. 18@20 Figs, baskets 40 i @ 1.12 11112700701! @13% Dates, frails de ®6 Dates, 4% do a. @ 7 Dates skim @ 6 Wien eau. ee ee Dates, Fard 10 tb box tb D Dates, Fard 50 box : e 4 e Dates, Persian 50 tb box GP 1s ene ee 644.@ 7 PEANUTS. Prime Red, raw # b.......... Choice do @ @ i Fancy do do @ 7% Choice White. Vado .... 1.0.77" @8- Fancy H P,. Va qe @® 9 NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, # bb.... &@ Almonds, Ioaca, ic ee, isQlt Brazils, dO =... @6& Pecons, do 10@14 Filberts, Barcelona do....... Filberts, Sicily do @14 Walnuts, Chilli do... @12Vy Walnuts, Grenobles do......... uU@15 Walnuts, California do Be Cocoa Nuts,#@100 .........00° @4 50 Hickory Nuts, large ® bu...... gee Hickory Nuts.small do ...........! 2h PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & visi quote as fellawe: oe Cen cd PORK. ‘ Heavy Mess Pork, old............ $17 Heavy Mess Pork, Dew “19 a Back Pork, short cut, new................ Pig Pork, short cut, better than mess... 18 00 Family Clear Pork..................... 19 25. Extra Clear Pork ............5:..........°. 90 50h Clear Back Pork, new..................... 20 00 Boston Clear Pork................ Standard Clear Pork, the best............. DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 ib. Cases....... 10% do. Half Cases......... 103g Long Clear medium, 500 Cases....... 10% 0 Half Cases ....... 10% Long Clears light, 500 i Cases.......... 10% do. Half Cases.......... 10% Short Clears, heavy..............-...... 10 do. WN@GHUER oo oo 10 do. NgBb 10 Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 ib cases... Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 i cases.. Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 tb cases.. Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 fb cases.. Bellies, extra quality, 500 tb cases...... i Bellids, extra quality, 300 Ib cases...... 1% Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 b cases... 1% LARD. PRICR@@R ee 8144 Sand wale... 8i4 LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 f Round Tins, 80 ib racks............ 83% 3 tb Pails, 20in a case................... 914 5 Ib Pails, 12 in acase................... 914. 10 b Pails, 6 inacase......:............ 9 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 14 Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. My do. light...... 1414 Shoulders, boneless.................... = Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle....... 9 Extra Clear Bacon......-02...6. 5225... 12 Dried: Beef, Extra.....:.............. 13 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 Ibs...... 10 75- Plate Beef, extra quality.....00.......... il 78. CANNED BEEF. Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 ib eans, % doz. HIVORSO sooo. ooo cas tnt ce 18 00 do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case.... 2 85 Armour & Co., 14 ib cans, % doz in case 18 00: do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case.. 2 85 do. 2) Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. incase 4 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED, POrk SAUSARG. oo o5.. fo oon ccc a a 9 HAM SAVBAREC 6... oo os cone (occ hos cee es baie es 15 Tongue SHUSACE. «2... 6s ole Cccee ce ll Diver SAURARE. «oo oes oo 8 Frankfort Sausage.............0cccc eee e ee 10 Blood Sausare.. oo eo 8 BOlOGNE, TING ee o.oo ck 8% Bologna, straight.............. ccc cece eee eee 8% BGOlogha, thick. ooo o. ie5s oS aos 8% Head Choos. ooo cn oo oes oes ck ce ce 8 PIGS’ FEET. En Dall Herrels occ. ss ease ec cc. ee. 3 90 In quarter barrels................ cc ccceceas 210 se i a TRIPE. In bait barrels... ooo cer $3 75 In quarter barrels.................. ee 2 00; PIP Elie oe oe ee 95 Prices named are lowest at time of going to press, and are good only for that date, subject: to market fluctuations, » LANTERNS Per Oe No. 1 Burner Lift Wire Tubular . 50 Same: ith (stamis : 8 95 Buckeye, Double Globes.................... 6 00 Mine Mibuier 7 60 Every Style of Lantern carried in Stock. We make a Specialy of Lan- terns and Lamps for Lighting Mills, Btc. Will Send Cuts of Assortment on Application. RETAIL PRICES. Fount, os IBS CARCI oe 3 00 ee ee ay 3 50 Table Lamps, with sh ade, bri 3 50 nicke No. 1 No. 2 oe -No.0 ‘ Hinge No. it - e Oo 2 oe “se JOBBERS Quart—$18 per gross. MASON’S PORCELAIN CAP EFROIT JARS. 1-2 Gallon—$16 per gross. LAMP CHIMNEYS, ANCHOR BRAND. No Charge for Boxes, Per Box. od oe Bulb C. Me ees se 1 Loe Ne or “ Lee a The following chimneys are manufactured expressly for us, are superior in quality and but a trifle higher in cost than the chimneys Each chimney is la- usually sold by others. beled with our brand and name. FIRST QUALITY. No charge for box. 6 doz. in Box. Per box. No. : Sun Bulb Coe ees es 210 OF Lamps. THE PERFECTION German Student, 7 Tin shade Saeco ese Naas 3 75 10 50 oo (ilass Standard and Hand Lamps. Assortment No. 11. _ doz _ Lamps and Bur NETS: 2. 2 16 1 08 ye EB ee ee 2 48 1 94 Es é . SO ae Gea 270 1285 wy“ A “ ‘© fancy...216 108 me © - me O02 1 35 % “ce D oe ee “sé ao 38 : 69 x “ EngdLamps& ‘ soe ate 2 38 ye aN De os 216 108 ie B se te 3 38 1 69 % ‘* Hand. * ‘* footed. .2 25 113 1 “e ee oe ee es 1 50 Package at cost. Net $15 57 ecorated Base Lamps ASSORTMENT NO. 99. 1 doz very large Fine Lamps that will retail at $1.50 each which we can sell complete with 7 INCH SUN IL- LUMINATORS at $9,50O per doz. ASSORTMENT NO. 29. we Complete with 7 in. Sun Illuminator. 2 2 Br onze Base Lamps.. .-@65 1 30 eee oa ae. 65 1 30 ; oe cs Soe oe ee 70 1 40 sf ef Ceo ee Ws 158 4 Decorated “a 84 3 36 Package at cost, net 8 94 ASSORTED CASK Engraved English Glassware No, 145, fe GO“ SOS... Bugd 36 7 20 3 60 3 doz % gal Pitchers ...Ened 36 6 00 2 00 l4 doz 4 gal Pitchers....Ened 36 4 00 1 00 3 doz Goblets........... Engd 36 110 3 30 1-6 doz 7 in Casseroles... Eugd 36 3 00 50 1-6 doz 8 in Casseroles.. -Engd 36 4 00 67 1-6 doz 7 in cov’d bowls.. Engd 36 6 00 1 00 rs doz 8 incov’d bowls.. Ened 36 7 50 1 25 v4 doz Sm Celeries ... Engd-36 3 00 5 % doz Molasses cons....E ned 36 3 50 1 % 2 doz No.3 Wines....... Engd 10 70 40 3 doz 4 in Comports...-........ 40 120 1 doz Oval Salts... 2 59 2 doz Individual Salts........... 17 34 1 doz Shaker Salts.............. 5d Tierce $1 10, $19 81 Less Disconnt 10 per cent, If you have not our II- lustrated Price-List send for it. Dry Goods. Spring & Company quote as fUuuwe: WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4. .23 \Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 ‘Pepperell, 11-4...... ds i% Pepperell, 7-4...... 164%4|Pequot, 7-4......... Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 |Pequot, 8-4.........21 Pepperell, 9-4...... 22% |Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX, 0z..11 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X,oz...10 |Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, 02Z....... 10 Prodigy, OA il Park Mills, No. 50..10 [Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Millis, No. %0..12 |Yor eG ey Aa ee 10 Park Mills, No. 80..18 |York, AA, extra oz.14 OSNABURG, Alabama brown J |Alabama oo : eee 8 Jewell briwn....... 94% Augusta plaid.. 8 Kentucky brown. "1044! Toledo pipid........ 1% Lewiston brown... 94% Manchester plaid.. 7 Lane brown........ “3 New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid.. |Otility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 844 |Greene, G, 4-4...... 5} Ye Art ¢ambrics, 36...11%/ Hill, 4-4... ... 8% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%/Hill, 7-8.. s2. 3G Androscoggin, 5-4..12%|Hope, 4-4........... 74 Ballou, 4-4.......... 7%iKing Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 bric, 4-4...:....... 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8% Linwood, 4-4....... 9 Boott, E. 5-5........ Lonsdale, Aes 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9% Lonsdale eee: 11% Boott, R. . 5% Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7%4|Langdon, 45........ om Chapman, X, 4-4.... 644;Masonville, 4-4..... 9% Conway, 4-4... . .. 7%|/Maxwell. 4-4........ 10% Cabot, 4-4......... . 74|New York Mill, 4-4. 10% Canot, i-S......----- 6%|New Jersey, . Canoe, 3-4.......... 4 |Pocasset, P.M. C.. Me Domestic, 36....... 74|Pride of the West. 12% Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 9 |Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8% Davol, 4-4.......... 9% Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 9 |Victoria, AA 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 844; Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the Loom, |Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% eambric, 4-4...... 12 iW hitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 | Wamsutta, 4-4...... 10% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 64 |W illiamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age..... 055 Bek SILESIAS. Prawn 2.5.2... 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 MG: 40: 2. 2s. Se 12% Masonville S....... 10% UO ep ee 10 © ‘Lonsdale ........... 9% AMCUOr.....--.- cen. 15 |jLonsdale A......... 16 Centennial......... iNictory O0......:... Blackburn ......... S 3Victory 3.2... AVG)... >. -- 14° \Vietory 1)..:....... London............. 12% | Victory K.......... 24 PROOUIE .. ..2.5.5.-- 12 |Phoenix.A.......... 19% Red Cross.......... 10 |Phoenix B.......... 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX....... PRINTS. Albion, solid. --5¥4\Gloucester .......... 6 or |Gloucestermourn’g.6 Albion, grey. : » ce 5% | Hamilton fancy....6 Allen’s a 6 Ailen’s fancy...... 514 |Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink......... Bi Merrimac D...... 558 Allen’spurple....... 6% Manchester ......... 6 American, fancy....5% Oriental fancy...... 6 Arnold fancy........ ‘6 ‘Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... By ‘Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy...... (Richmond........... 6 Cocheco robes....... ? Steel River De eee ae 5Y% Conestoga fancy....6 /Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone .......... 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle faney.........56 |Washington blues..8 Garner pink......... 7 FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.. jIndian Orchard, 40. 814 Boott M, 44........ ty | ‘Indian Orchard, 36. 8 Boston F, 4-4....... 8 ‘Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 43.. ix Lynd a3, 40-in. |! 10% Continental D, 40in 8%/ Mass. BE. 44.2... 5% Conestoga W, 4-4... 7 |Nashua BE, 40-in.... 9 Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%4/Nashua R, 4-4...... 7 Conestoga = 30-in. 644| Nashua O, a6 7% Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 ‘Newmarket N._ asset Dwight Y, 7-8 cess 6%|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 744 Dwight Z, 4-4....... i, _|/Pepperell 4-4... 7 Dwight Star, 4-4.... 744/Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 iPepperell N, 3-4.... 6% Enterprise EE, 36.. 5%|Pocasset C, 4-4..... 7 Great Falls E, 4-4,..% (Saranac R.......... § Farmers’ A, ‘i... 6% Saranac E.......... 9 Indian Orchard, £4 7%) DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... 8 |Renfrew, dress styl 9% Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, fe ee ee re 10%; Bookfold......... 124 WRRIOG 22, 5 es ee nove ul Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire .......... 6%) dress styles...... 2% Glasgow checks.... 7 arian dress Glasgow checks, f° y TAI SS PRO os sae Glasgow checks nite Mfg Co, ep 1% royal .styles...... 8 White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new White Manf’g Co, standard ......... 7%| Earlston.......... 9% Piunket . . T%iGordon............- 8 neaster ........ . 8% |Greylock, dress Bie . 1%| styles ..... ......12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... he Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... Pepperell, 8-4...... 22% Pequot, 8-4......... > Pepperell, 9-4...... 2% |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic ____ A Typical Dakota Town, “We've gota beautiful town,” said a Da- kota man the other day. ‘“Kighteen months ago it was a bare prairie. Now we have 2,- 000 population, forty stores, seventeen saloons—elegant, some of them,—an opera house, four variety shows, eight beer sa- loons, a dime museum, three gambling houses, thirteen hotels, two breweries and the stock for another one all sold, a_ distil- lery, a paid police force and two steam fire engines.” “How many churehes and schools?” “Oh, yes, and they are talking about build- ing a church and a school.” <> 9

-_>————_ He Had Inquired, Too. As has been stated heretofore, Dave Smith, the amber-haired, Celtic-featured grip carrier contemplates removing from Detroit to Grand Rapids. In pursuance of this de- termination, he recently approached a prom- inent citizen with a proposition to let a cer- tain house owned by that gentleman. “Well said the prominent citizen, “1 will make inquiries about your character, and you may call in a day or two and I will, per- haps, let you have the key.” A day or two later Dave called again. “Well,” said the citizen. “1 have made inquiries about your character and am satis- fied to let you have the key.” “Oh, never mind,” said Smith; “I have been making inquiries about your character, and I don’t think I want it.” ——_——_____—> 2s Unfailing Evidence of Success. From the Ovid Union. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is the name of a new six-column, eight-page quarto pa- per, established at Grand Rapids nearly a a year ago, which came to our table this week for the first time. It is beautifully printed, handsomely made up, and bears ev- idence of prosperity. Now, if any of the readers of the Union wish to know how we judge as to the business the paper is doing, we have to say, it is well patronized by adver- tisers, which is always a safe guide when the advertisements are from home business men, whichis the case with THE TRADES- MAN. iain racial ip AP There will be but half so much fruit can- ned in California this year as last, because the business was overdone last season and pes a nk oi ie ree School Books —AND— School Stationery —AT- WAT ILolesatle, EATON, LYON & ALLEN, 22 and 24 Canal Street, The only general jobbing house in Michigan in our line. Send for cata- logues and terms. OYSTERS! DECK—1884. WM. L. ELLIS & CO.’S BRAND Baltimore Oysters ! Fat and full count. Special express and express rates to all points in Michigan, either from Baltimore or Chicago house. Our oysters are opened and canned fresh from the well- known Nanticoke beds. No slack filled or fresh water aoe sent out. Dealers can have their orders filled promptly by addressing B. F. EMERY, Agent, Grand Rapids(at home every Saturday). d Grand Rays Wire Works it Ss Y Mi ns ave FEEL EL: = = =——— | { x iN Suan dN KK oO ah x COOK KSA RB eeceeeeeseaceeanees |\ KKK 52505 WKS HN XYAER-SE Manufacturers of All Kinds of WIRE VA70RK! 92 MONROE STREET. L.. S. EXILE ch CO. 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 MICH. PLEASANT TO TAKE, ACTS MILDLY, CURES QUICKLY DUNHAM'S SURE CURE FOR FEVER & AGUS. DB taken during the Chill One® 980 siscase in 20 minutes.” MEVER KNOWN TC FAIL. Money re- turned if it does notcure. Price, 50c. Ask druggist forit. Sent pre- aid for 60 cts. Address, WESTERK ICINE Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich. WESTERN MEDICINE 00.8 TONIC LIVER PILLS. Purely Vegetable; contain no calomel, mineral! poison or quinine. Act directly on the Liver, ‘‘tone ae wup’ the system, aid digestion and urify the blood. POSITIVELY CUBE ACHE AND CONSTIPATION. In- valuable for Biliousness, Indiges- fm tion, Hypochondria, etc. Sent free Y on receipt of price, 25 cts. Sample e free. WESTERN MEDICINE P CompaNy., Grand Rapids, Mich. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street, A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. ee Ea WESTERN | a a ROntN es enon ele) MUSKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MUSKEGON NOVELTY IRON WORKS Manufacturers of the Williams’ Patent Novelt Pipe Wrench Best, Strongest and Most Durable Made. We also build Mill and Marine Engines and Boilers and conduct a General Machine Shop, Blacksmith, Foundry and Boiler Shop Business. 361 Western Avenue. PACHERS —AND— Jobbers of Provisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Street. W.D.CAREHY & CO. Successors to Carey & Lander, GENERAL Commission Merchants —AND JOBBERS OF— Fruits and Produce. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. Kline’s Patent Candler and Ege Carrier. The Best on the Market. Can be made any Size, Round or Square, with any Capacity. State Territory for Sale by G. C. SAYLES, Sole Agent for the United States, P. O. Box 1973, Muskegon, Mich. ANDREW WIERENGO, wholesale GROCER, WIERENGO NEW BLOCK Pine Street - - TO FRUIT GROWERS MUSKEGON BASKET FACTORY f Is now in full operation manufacturing all ti kinds of Prices the Lowest. Quality Guaranteed, FRUIT PACKAGES, FTG. ORCUTT & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Itler, Eges, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce MUSKEGON , MICH. Muskegon, Mich. Mt Consignments Solicited. Choice Butter a Specialty BANANAS, LEMONS, CALIFORNIA FRUITS, EGGS, CHEESE, VEGETABLES, APPLES. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M,C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., ’d Rapids, WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES At Manufacturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. Frouse and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids. NELSON BROS. & CO. ELDS, BULKLEY & LEMON, NY IMPORTERS _AIND— holesale Grocers, Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids. New Japans. We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices of the new crop of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all grades of Pan Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured,’and embracing about 1,000 chests in all, a large portion of which we are now receiving per Steamers San Pablo and City of Rio de J aneiro. These Teas are positively our own im- portation, and we believe we are safe in saying that they are the first Teas ever im- ported to this market direct from Japan. They are selected with a view to the wants of Michigan trade and our friends will do well to send for samples and quotations before buying new Teas. Soaps. Again we remind the Trade that we are the Sole Agents in this market,for the well- known and popular Soaps of LAUTZ BROS. & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. Below weYmention a few of their best-known brands: Acme, Towel, Napkin, Best American, Palma, Shamrock, Nickel, White Marseilles. White Cotton Oil, Gem, Stearine, * Boss, Blue Danube, Mottled German, Lautz Soap, Savon Republique, Master, ete. These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers’ Prices, and deliver them in 16 box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight prepaid. Please send for price- lists and samples. See quotations on Grocery Page. : Starch. We are also the Sole Agents here for the NIAGARA STARCH WORKS’ Starch, of Butfalo, N. Y., which we sell at the manufacturers’ prices, freights prepaid on all shipments of 10 box lots and upwards to all railroad points in Michigan. Send for price lists. See prices on Grocery page of this paper. Tobaccos. We carry the largest and most complete line of Cigars in Michigan. We not only carry a full line of staple and popular brands of plug, fine cut and smoking tobaccos, put are factory agents for the following, with which we are able to offer the trade special inducements: B. F. P.’s Favorite Plug Tobacco. Our Bird Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco. Big Four se it Morrison’s Fruit es « Black Bird f Victor & “ Zoo Zoo ss fe Peaches $6 “ Pirate & te Big Deal Smoking Tobaceos. Old Kentucky s as King Bee “ se Turkey . © | Apple Jack “ ‘ee See quotations on grocery page. Fancy Groceries. We carry not only a complete line of staple goods, but also a full assortment of every- thing in the Fancy Grocery department, and are now considered headquarters in this line. Please send for Circulars and Price-lists relative to this department. Parties desiring nev stocks will find it to their decided advantage to come and see us before purchasing. Crosse & Blackwell’s English Pickles. Curtis Bros.’ Salad Dressing. Lea & Perrins’ English Sauce. Durkee & Co.’s “ - Holford’s a " A. Lusk & Co,’s California Peaches. Piccadilly ss . . fs Green Gages. Colman’s . Mustand. &s ot Apricots. James Epps’ ‘Breakfast Cocoa. “ “« Egg Plums. Choice Brands of French Peas. ‘“ “ Pears. sb *« Mushroons. - “ Quinces. 6 Italian Macarroni, 1 fb pkg. . * — Grapes. a “ Vermicella. ‘* Cherries. Queen Olives, 16 oz’ and 27 02. bottles. China Preserved Ginger, all size jars, French Capers, genuine imported in bottle. Knowles & Anderson’s Jams and Jellies. Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn. — We are sole agents for the Rochester Ready Cooked Food Co.’s Desicated and Cooked Oat Meal, Hominy, Wheat, Beans and Peas. Send us a trial order for these goods. Al} correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention. LE A, '- 9 f i= et