VOL. 2. GRAND RAPIDS WEDNESDAY, SEPTE MBER 24, 1884. n Tradesman.” "NO. 53. D0 YOU KNOW W.N, FULLER & CO —THAT— Lorillard’s Clima= 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 1S the case with many other tobaccos? Lorillard’s Rose Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco is also made of the finest stock, and for aro- matic chewing 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. JOHN CAULFIELD Is our Agent in Grand Rapids for our FAMOUS GALVANIC SUAT The best easy washer manufactured. B. J, JOHNSON & GO., MILWAUKEE. BANNERS! We are prepared to get up on short notice Banners and Transparencies of all kinds. Let- tered, with or without Portraits of Candidates. Ropes to put up same also furnished. State size you want and we will quote prices. JOBBERS OF HORSE COVERS, OILED CLOTH- ING, AWNINGS, TENTS, hrc. ETC. ALBERT GOYE & SONS, 73 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN. 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. SHEDS —FOR THE— FIELD AND GARDEN, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. 1. LAMOREAUY, Agent DILWORTH'S, —THE— BEST ROASTED PACKAGE COFFEE ON THE MARKET. FOR SALE BY FOX, Musselman & Loveridae Factory Agents for Western Michigan. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & G0, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale and Retail IRON PIP=E,, DESIGNERS AND Eneravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Ete., . 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, GRAND RAPIDS = MICH. EDMUND B. DIKEMAN, —THE— GREAT. WATCH MAKER, —AND— JIOW EL R, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN OYSTERS! 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. SE EDs! 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. M. M. HOUSEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ROOMS 7 AND 8 HOUSEMAN BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMMERCIAL LAW A _ SPECIALTY. RETAILERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell LAVINE WASHING POWDER. This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a larger profit than any in the Market, and is put up in handsome and attractive packages with picture cards with each case. We guar- antee it to be the best Washing Powder made and solicit a trial order. See prices in Price-List. Hartford Chemical Co. HAWKINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, ‘= MICHIGAN. §,A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GO0D3 LUMberMaN's SOppLies —AND— Brass Goons, lIroN AND BRASS FITTINGS N oO rm TL O N SI a MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES, PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS, —And Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER- WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS- ‘PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT- STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK- ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN STRINGS, ETC. I am represented on the road by the fol- lowing well-known travelers: JoHN D. MAN- Gum, A. M. SpracusE, JoHN H, EACKER, WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO| 5. 32. cuewa, Guo. W. N. De Sonor. CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. FRANK BERLES - House Salesman. 24 Pearl Street - Grand Rapids, Mich, THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. Joseph O. Rutter in the Current, The arguments for and against a protective | success is concerned. Itisa homely adage, tariff system have been very fully presented | but none the less forcible, that, ‘‘there is no to the people by somany able writers and| use making a big hole for the big cat anda speakers, that all should be familiar with the | little hole for the little cat.’ The little cat will most salient points on both sides of the ques- always run through the big hole. tion. Conclusions in the minds of the public are, however, mostly reached as the determin-| ed, that the Americans are more given to this ation of the question may appear to affect dif-| than most people, and are very apt to fancy ferent sectional interests. So long as our gov- | themselves an exception to the rules and laws ernmental debts and expenditures remain at, which have governed and will continue to or about, their present proportions, a high tar-| govern all others. We are, in other words, a iff upon imports will no doubt be the source of | law unto ourselves. Inno way are we more a large part of our revenue, while, re-adjusted } conspicuous than in the management of our as it may be, and as large numbers of political | monetary matters, both public and private. economists think it certainly ought to be, an The history of the financial legislation of this incidental protection to certain classes of | country will be a study for our children. May goods must remain. Absolute free trade is for a long time out of | parents have been in theirs, remembering an- the question for this country. Protection is, and for some time has been, a takes his own experience fora teacher has a leading cause of the mercantile and manufac- | fool for a scholar.”’ One bright and honorable turing depression under which all sections | feature there is,—a steady and persistent pur- have labored and are laboring. The enormous | pose to eradicate the public debt. Let us pray profits accruing from manufacturing, in its| that the fallacy that “A public debt is a public early stages, induced the investment, upon | blessing,” may never take root among us. the part of those who received its benefits at that period, of a great part of their gains in | ing ourselves to the steady reduction of our additional plant; thus vastly adding to their | national debt, let us give attention, for it de- capacity for supply. Tempted by the great} mandsitin an imperative way,to the reduction profits offered in this way, many new establish- | of our national expense account, and put a ments started, which,in turn, were enlarged as! stop to the shameful waste and extravagance others had been by the use of abnormal gains; | which has fastened, vampire-like, upon our this process going on year by year, until, as we} national life. Let us, with persistent effort, have seen, the market for goods became Over-| do away with the “‘spoils.’’ These, rapaciously stocked. Theirlarge products stimulated the sought after in political life, and sympatheti- demand for raw material and for labor, caus- cally debauching financial and social life, are iw tie gaent Serve bi 4 and high prices in| threatening our very existence as a republic. both. Thus followed anactive demand for| Remove these and one remedy has been ap- merchandise, the producer of the raw mater- plied for the permanent relief of financial and ialand the laborer spending their receipts | business troubles which overtake us with such freely. Prosperity was seemingly sweeping | frequent recurrence. Then, too, we may point away all traces of former calamity, and the| with the finger of condemnation to the men country had the full effects of what was face- | who enjoy unexplained, if not unexplainable, tiously called the “boom.” The apparently | riches. ‘Get money, honestly, if thee can, but rapid strides towards wealth, made by those | get it,” is pithy. Itis also dreadfully, funda- whose business relations came within the| mentally dangerous to the interests of society. radius of these favored circles, induced too Let us infuse honesty and economy into the often a wasteful and reckless expenditure for; conduct of our public affairs—let the man up- Those without looked on and| on whor rests the suspicion of taking public wondered, until, taken as a whole, the masses | power for private gain be relegated to private of the people sought to emulate the sudden | life, and receive universal contumely, no mat- gains which came not within the scope of their | ter to what political party he belongs. A prop- own field of work; and the mania for specula-; er respect for public virtue will beget increas- tion and participation in the contents of the| ed respect for private virtue, and the men “grab bag’ seized them. So the conditions be-| whose ways of getting on in the world are not eame ripe for what subsequently followed. | as they should be, will soon be accorded their The agricultural resources of the country fail-| proper place. As matters now are, is it not the edto furnish their expected supply, and the | custom everywhere to praise where we should farmer, whois the great consumer, lowered | condemn, and condemn where we might accord his demands upon the markets to the basis of praise? It might seem ungracious to say there his actual necessities. Then came the tumble| is too low a standard of business and political and shrinkage of values, absorbing gains pre- morality in this age, If there is, is it not right viously made; and the legislation which was | here we find the common cause of so many of intended (and by certain classes depended up- | our troubles? Our great and overshadowing on) to foster the infantile manufacturinginter-| evil may be found in the universal disease: ests of the country, served to work ultimate | ‘Too much haste to be rich.’ When we as & mischief, and, in cases, ruin. These evils will be partially remedied when] that we and our institutions are so much bet- the tariff system has for its elemental purpose | ter than can be found elsewhere, and are con- the raising of revenue, and not protection to} tent to live in a moderate and less pretentious private interests. When this is attained, one} way than many of us do—when we are ready cause of the oscillation, every four years, of | to divest ourselves of our venering—we will our business interests from one extreme to} have done much toward putting ourselves on another will be measurably done away with. | a solid foundation and to enable us to with- A tariff for protection seems not unlike a| stand tue storms which make so many wrecks . special tax imposed for charity’s sake, for the | and work such pitiable desolation. relief of the poor, and its beneficiaries not un- like the inmates of a great national poor house, and may be in most instances appropri- ately called, in the language of Wilkie Collins, | tell, and a very dismal one it is. He is environ- “moral agriculturists.” The mania for quickly-gotten wealth fur- with the wet “swarft”’ (powdered stone), which nished liberal supplies of money for the pur- dyes him a deep saffron color from head to toe. pose of extending many lines of partly-devel- He sits over atool which at any moment may oped railways, and for constructing new ones, send him through the roof with all the sudden- and under the pretense ot developing our | Bess and velocity of dynamite, and he works in country and furnishing increased and better; %7 attitude and (especially if he be a “dry” facilities to the people where the country was grinder) inhales a dust which he knows will already developed, enormous sums were eX- shorten his lite by ten, twenty or even thirty pended. All this created ademand for labor | YC@rs, 4s constitution and fortune may serve and materials for construction and equip- him. The sharp crack of a breaking stone is an ment, furnishing at the same time temporary appaling sound to the occupants of agrinding- earnings in transportation to roads already hall. A bangin a trough, acrash in the roof, in operation. One class of these properties, and a piteous moan, and allis over. If the vic- found no adequate earaings possible, except | dead, his crushed body is reverently carried in the distant future; while the other could | ®Way. No vigilence in the master, no care in only seek them through a competition in the workman, seems able to avoid these per- rates, which if continued would precipitate iodical catastrophes. The insidious water-rot, The evilis apparent. The remedy lies in| fatal work in spite of all precautions. avoiding its repetition. The ordinary growth = of the country will ultimately furnish a pro- per amount of business for existing lines. But a vital change must come over methods of the fact that no signs of deteriorations are yet railway building and management before one | Visible im those instances in Boston in which, can hope to be freed entirely from the ‘wide- | forty years ago, this material was thus employ- spread troubles produced by them. A stop| ed.-* "ne metal is said to be still much used in should be put to the effort to see “what can be | that ey for cornices, gutters and rain-water done by-combination.” treatment of physical ailments, | 2nd in various other ways, in place of galvan- success, in a great number of instances, is de- ized iren, the latter being inferior in beauty pendent npon the power of diagnosis possess- and durability, and not very much cheaper. ed by the attending physician. The nature of The copper has also the additional advantage the trouble once accurately discerned, the of needing no paint, so that the delicate lines of remedy is commonly to be found in the annals | artistic work are inno danger of being filled and literature of the profession, although | UP, and the metal increases rather than dimin- skill and nerve are required to adapt them to| ishes in beauty by the slow formation of a the constitutional requirments of each indi- bluish-green platina over it. For flushing, as i nal thinkers, or as the honored discoverers of | iif. new principles and ideas, is, no doubt, the im- | pelling motive. It is always in vain, so far as It may be said without offense, let it be hop- they be wiser in their generation than their other oid and familiar saying: ‘One that While, however, as a people, we are address- people y= rivine to create an impression —___—.-2 <<. Perils of the Cutlery Grinder. The knife-grinder, has, after all, a story to ed by dangers as completely as he is saturated unbroken wildernesses, | tim is alive he is hurried to the hospital; if the hidden flaw, and the unequal grain do their ———-_> o> Durability of Copper Roofing. The durability of copper roofing is shown by pipes, as well as for covering bay windows, This truth is largely to business and financial affairs. the evils encountered and to be corrected are of such long standing as to become chronic in their nature, and demolition and reconstruc- From ‘the American Register. tion appear to be the only recourse. This is not possible in medical’practice on the human body, but the body politic has undergone many such changes in times gone by—at times preserving the outward form, but not always retaining eventhat. The laws of trade and finance work upon certain fixed general prin- ciples, at all times and under all conditions. Their operation may be extended or abridged, may be hastened or delayed, may be, and un- questionably are, affected, modified or intensi- fied by the nature of the environments of dif- ferent people and different periods of time, combated at all times, probably by the preju- dices or fancies of-men—yet, sooner or later, making their power felt and bringing to their | poses, chiefly by Sheffield cutlers. violators an inevitable, if not a retributive applicable Men have sought—men have always sought, nal plan of accomplishing financial results different from that pursued by their predeces- sorsin financia! management, either the ac- complishment of good or the avoidance of <2 Bones for Sheffield Cutlery. ——__ <>? evil. Ambition to be distinguished as origi-| ever been.” well as other portions of roof work, copper is Sometimes | regarded as much superior to zine or tin. The American Consul at Sheffield, England speaking of the cutlery industry, says that tho United States furnishes Great Britain annual- ly with about $100,000 worth of bones, horns, and hoofs, a portion of which is returned in scales for the American cutlers, and in the re- mainder in finished cutlery from Sheffield. The shank bones of oxen are almost exclusively used for this purpose, two million being re- quired annually by the cutlery trade. The best qualities are so good as to be mistaken for ivory by the inexperienced eye. Of the whole importation of bones into Great Britain in 1880, 78,138 tons were made into fertilizers, and 11,311 tons were used for manufacturing pur- BUSINESS LAW. | | Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts | of Last Resort. { —— | LIABILITY OF MASTER FOR DAMAGE TO SER: | VANT. In an action by aservant against a master, to recover damages for injuries received while in his employ by reason of the insecure state of the master’s premises, the statement of claim must, in order to show a ground of ac- tion, allege that the plaintiff was ignorant of the insecurity alleged as the cause of injury.— Queen’s Bench Division. LETTERS PATENT AS ASSETS. The case of Freeman, administratrix vs Freeman, Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in- volved the question whether letters patent owned by a firm comprising two brothers were a part of the assets of the firm and subject to the same disposal as other recognized assets. Judge Allen, in the opinion, said: “Letters patent belonging to a firm are to be dealt with on 2 dissolution of the firm like other partner- ship property. That which was the partner- ship property before the dissolution continued to be so afterward, and a sale of the whole per- sonal property will ordinarily be enforced by a court of equity and an account ordered of prof- its made since the dissolution. The surviving partner 1s not allowed to divide the property in specie, or to take it himself at a valuation, or to have its value ascertained otherwise than by asale; but he must turn all the assets into an available or distributable form so far as this can be done,”’ ASSIGNMENT FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS. B conveyed his stock of goods, fixtures, etc., to A, to secure his creditors, but in the deed he directed that a certain bond given by him for the property assigned, but not payable for three years, should first be paid, and there was provision as to the disposition of the store, fix- tures and goods. Infact the assignor contin- ued in possession of the store, and sold and supplied the stock. A creditor filed the bill to set the assignment aside on the ground that a full and complete delivery of the assigned es- tate had not been made. In this case McCorm- ack vs. Atkinson, the plaintiff succeeded, and the defendant took the decree to the Supreme Court of Appeals, where it was affirmed.: Lewis, presiding judge, in delivering the opinion, said: “This deed for creditors is void, because the assignor has retatned substantial control of the property assigned; for a deed of convey- ance, professedly to secure creditors, in which the grantor expressly or implicitly retains a power inconsistent with and adequate to the defeat of the avowed object of the deed, is void as against purchasers or creditors.” TRANSPORTATION OF CARS AND FREIGHT. The Supreme Court of Ilinois, in the recent- ly decided case of Peoria, etc., Vs. Chicago, etc., | Railway Co., involving an entirely new phase of the common carrier question, delivered the | following very important opinion: “The ques- | tion presented is one of first impression in this | court, nor have counsel cited any case where the exact question involved was considered by any court of last resort. It leaves this court free to determine the law on principle as it shall be thought best to subserve public inter- ests as well as the private interests of corpora- tions coneerned. No proof is needed to show the extent and the importance of the interests involved in the decision. Itis a matter of so much public concern that judicial notice may be taken of the fact that cars belonging to dif- ferent companies are interchangeably used on all the principal railroads of the United States, and that no company could do any considera- ble freighting business that did not conform to this general usage. Without such usage it would be difficult, if, indeed, it}would be possi- ble, to transact the commercial business of the country. * * * And why may there not be such a thing as a common carrier of cars either with or without its load of freight? As to the freights the car contains, it will be conceded such carrying roads are common carriers and are subject to the strict liability of such car- riers, and, as has been seen, by a constitution- al provision all the rolling stock and other movable property belonging to a railroad in this State (Illinois) shall be considered personal property. What reason exists for discriminat- ing against this class of personal property and for holding that railway companies carrying it shall not be regarded as common corriers? The mode of moving, whether on wheels or in carriages, ought not to be the foundation of any distinction. Ineither case the property is in the exclusive care and control of the car- rier, and there is as much reason, a rising from public considerations, why such a. carrier should be held to the strict liability of an insur- er for the safety of the property in the one case as in the other.” __~<— 9 CURTAILING CREDITS. Educating the Consumer to His Duty. The Ovid Union reproduces the article en- titled “Pay Promptly,” from a recent issue of THE TRADESMAN and adds a number of valua- Wa wn ck i ail given upon Stric turn affects the business of the manufacturer. Mhe line of credits given between the manu- facturer, the wholesaler and the retailer are tly business principles, of- ten backed with sixty, ninety, or 115day paper. This places the business in } legal form and set- tlements are speedily effected, even though it be done at a loss ora sacrifice; even though banks are called upon to furnish discounts; even though interest upon interest pile up, men of business must “sweat it out” and stand all losses incurred by this inability to pay their bills promptly. What does the consumer do? Well, the con- sumer is the very independent man, especially after he has secured his credit. He walks in at the end of six or nine months, and some- times at the end of a year, to say to the retail- er he cannot pay, but to assure that debt har- rassed individual that he is ‘“‘good for it.’’ and admonishes his long suffering creditor ‘not to worry.” The retailer, having taken no note, due iii, or security of any kind from the consume’, having nothing but an open book accouns which cannot be used as collateral, which rep- resents so much capital lockedup and out of existence, is forced to go into the “stave off” business with his creditors, while he coaxes, implores and pleads with the consumer to set- tle his accounts that he may pay, but that in- dividual not accustomed to having his note go to protest; never having been forced to pay discounts to the banks; never having been squeezed in the business vice of pay to-day or lose your credit and commercial honor to- morrow, and thereby forced to retire from trade, to be jeered and laughed at by the busi- ness world, and rated a very incompetent man by the very consumer whose book account with the unfortunate is quite often settled by an as- signee, knows nothing by hardship about promptness in the settlement of debts. Now who is to blame for this state of affairs? Why should we as a people whirl from year to year in this vortex of unsafe credits? What good reason is there that can be assigned why the retailer should not demand of the consum- er, a stipulated day of payment—a period when the eredit or accommodation asked for and given, becomes due? Why should the consum- er hesitate to give his note or other obligation to close such account up and affix a day of pay- ment any more than the retailer, who always considers himself in duty bound to comply with the customs and usages of the business world, giving his paper with the avowed pur- pose of meeting it when due, let the money come, whether from the resources of his busi- ness, or from the banks in the shape of more secured credit. These questions are pertinent, in view of the fact that we hear the retailer con- stantly crying out against a system of book ac- counts and long credits, which often have to be earned anew by the time employed in book- keeping and in delayed and prolonged at- tempts at collection. There is no more reason why the consumer who is able to ask credit, should buy in drib- ets, than there is of the retailer. Why not multiply the orders for such articies as may be necessary for subsistence by three, five or ten, and geta sixty, or ninety days’, or four months’ supply, which can be put into a bill and furnished with up goods, to becheck- ed out at home, figured out and settled that all doubt and cavil as to the articles purchased may be dispensed with when it comes toa final settlement? It is supremely ridiculous that a consumer representing $15,000 worth of credit, or even $8,000, should buy soap in three bar lots; sug- ar in five pound packages, or tea and coffee by the single pound. There is also no good reason that can be given, why the consumer who asks six and nine months’ credit, or even less, should hesitate a moment about giving his note for the amount when beyond a certain limit. Doing so, he does no more for the re- tailer who accommodates him with credit, than does the retailer for the wholesaler, or the wholesaler for the manufacturer, who de- pend entirely upon the success of their busi- ness, by the promptness with which the line of credits they give are paid. Long credits are a curse to the retaiier, who consents to give them, and some of the ills, financially, which the consumer even is oblig- ed with the rest to bear, come from no other source than that of neglect and refusal of their own class to pay with any degree of prompt- ness. This article we admit has grown long, yet we trust it treats upon a subject of sufficient im- portance to be well worthy thespace occupied, or the time consumed in reading, because the sooner we reach the level of paying our honest debts, each and all of us in the several classes in which we labor, the sooner will we begin to solve that great question which is largely the foundation upon which panics, bankruptcy, and financial ruin are builded. The consumer, be it remembered, plays a most important part in this great drama ot business, and yet of all classes who come to- make up the unit of our population, which rounds us numerically measured into the mil lions, speaking strictly in a commercial sense, ble observations coming to the editor’s notice. If the country press would exhibit more inter- est in educating the consumer as to his dnty towards the retailer, in relation to credits, there would be less cause for complaint. The Union says: The above article which we find in THE MIcH- IQAN TRADESMAN, published at Grand Rapids, we copy for the purpose of showing the con- sumer the importance attached to prompt pay- ment of bills, or debts, which means the same thing, as set forth between the wholesaler and the retailer. Now in order that the retailer pay with that promptness which makes his credit Al in commercial circles, he must either adopt the cash system in trade or else when goods are sold on credit demand of the consum- er a prompt settlement at the end of the time agreed upon. If it is three, six or nine months, there should be an express understanding that at the end of that time, payment should be made without fail; all bills torun beyond 90 days, between the retailer and the consumer, should be settled by note, stipulating the limit of the time and disposing of all the cavil and unpleasantness, which so often arises when Spurgeon was recently asked if he thought | book accounts of no less than a year’s stand- the world had grown better or worse since he will always seek—some ingenious and origi-| came into it fifty years ago. He replied that he thought in some respects it was worse. “The struggle for life,” he said, “is harder now; it is more difficult to make a living, and the desti- tution is more appalling, 1 think, than it has ing come to be settled. Half of the financial ills of the country are due to the fact that the retailer is disappointed by the inability or neglect of the consumer to meet his bills, because of the indefinite and unlimited period of credit given him. This blocks the wheel of the wholesaler, which in is held, financially, the least accountable. 2 eg ee A certain traveling man expresses a willing- ness to make affidavit to the truth of the fol- | \ lowing: He stopped at a hotel in Big Rapids, and at the breakfast table a waiter girl, wear- ing an intellectual look anda Mother Hubbard approached him and said: ‘‘Beefsteak, pork- steak, mutton-chop or sausage?” “Sausage,” he replied. The girl wiped the monograms of some flies from his plate andsaid: **Would you prefer sausage with its clothes on, or ina nude state?’ The traveler gazed at her in as- tonishment, and she continued: “We have sausages neatly dressed in morning wrappers made from the intestines of the animal which contributed the meat, or, if you prefer, I can serve it naked, in globu-form.” —_—_—_->-o_—- The use of nickel-plated kitchen utensils has increased to such an extent in Germany thata scientist, named Geerkens, has investigated the physiological effects of nickel (which is solvent under the action of acids) upon the hu- man organization. He affirms that as much as 4% grains of nickel may be taken into the stom- ach, and the dose repeated at intervals, for a long time, without producing any notably bad effects. If Geerkens has made no mistake, the use of nickel-plated vessels, even when they are allowed to become foul with acid foods, is entirely harmless. \ The Michigen Tradesman A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State. BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1884. POST A. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. First Vice-President—Lioyd Max Mills. Seeond Vice-Pr esident—Richard Warner. Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman. Committee on eee m. B. Edmunds, chairman; D. Haugh, Wm. G. Haw kins, Wallace ranklin and = N. Bradford. Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. A VALUABLE VOLUME. The July number of the United States Consular Reports is one of the most valuable and interesting to the commercial interests of the country ever issued, as it is devoted to a discussion of the credit and trade sys- tems of the various consular districts. | Act- ing on the suggestion of the Board of Trade of Scranton, Pa., the Department of State sefit in May, 1883, a circular to the consular officers, asking them to furnish replies to the following interrogatories: 1. Does credit stimulate trade? 2, Are people averse to contracting debts? 3. Are there any sumptuary laws or reg- ulations concerning credits? 4. To what extent does credit prevail in proportion to the volume of business? 5. To what extent do losses incidental to business prevail? 6. Do tradesmen extend credit to me- chanics and laborers readily? 7. What advantages have cash buyers? 8. Is interest demanded on time accounts? 9. With what classes are the evils of eredit most conspicuous? 10. What kinds of produce or manufac- tured articles command cash returns? 11. Are credits of record (mortgages, judgments, ete.,) prevalent; and, if so, among what classes? 12. When a person in business has once failed, or has been discredited, can he re- sume, and what arethe obstacles to such re- sumption? 13. Is bankruptcy frequent? 14. To what extent do relief acts in bank- ruptcy prevail? 15. Are fortunes readily made and lost? 16. What are the general effects of cred- it? The result of the circular was 125 answers, from as many consuls, making in all a volume of over 600 pages. Some of the re- plies are lengthy and specific, giving a quite clear idea of the methods of trade and the in- eidentel facts touching the granting of credits. Other replies are less specific and hence almost valueless. In too many cases, the Department instructions were disregard- ed, the quetions asked being answered theoretically by the consul, instead of hay- ing direct practical reference to his own dis- trict andthe condition of affairs existing therein. Perhaps some of the consuls labor- edunder the misapprehension that it was their own opinions the Department were after, but itis more likely that they mis- took the real meaning of the questions pro- pounded, as the latter were not stated as clearly and specifically as could be desired. Aside from these drawbacks, the’ reports embody a great amount of useful informa- tion that will be of immense value to ex- porters, as well as those who are anxious to learn the customs governing commercial trarsactions in other countries. The pecu- liar facts and circumstances surrounding the granting of credits in other parts of the world is of particular interest at the present time, and it wouldrichly repay any dealer to secure a copy of this report and give its contents a careful and thonghtful perusal. The book ean be secured by anyone on ap- plication to the State Department through the member of Congress for his district. The fourth and closing paper on “The Fi- nancial Situation” will appear next week. In giving space to these articles, the editor thereby assumes no endorsement of the statements made, but presents them as worthy of consideration, as they embody the practical opinions of a practical man. The potato crop of Northern Michigan is a phenominal one this season, and reports from all sections indicate that low prices will be the order of the day. Considering the fact that this is the principal product with many farmers in the locality named, the outlook is not as encouraging as could be desired, though the enormous yield will prob- ably compensate for the low price. The gathering of business men last Wed- nesday evening for the purpose of effecting a preliminary organization was in every re- spect representative of the jobbing interests of the city, and the character of the commit- tee to whom was entrusted the work of out- lining the proposed association is a sufficient guarantee that the duty will be performed to the srtisfaction of all concerned. Russia is reputed to have pretty severe laws, but the punishment attending fraudu- lent bankruptcy is none too stringent. Men who fail with money in their pockets are banished to Siberia, which is equivalent to a life sentence to one of our state penal insti- _to injure its sale. tutions. When aman fails and asks acom promise, a single dissatisfied creditor can keep the delinquent imprisoned until the debt is paid, by the monthly payment of $2.25. Such a provision would undoubtedly work injury in the majority of cases, but there are times when it would have a salu- tary effect over rascals of the Messmore and Brisbin stripe. The Shelby correspondent of the Hart Ar- gus says that “several of the farmers in this vicinity are taking measures to market their own produce on the co-operative plan, and expect to build a warehouse to store their products in until the market is favorable for making sales.”. And THE TRADESMAN vol- teers the opinion that the project will not be marked with any great\degree of success. The experience of the past teaches that the farm- er enters a field foreign to his training and ability when he attempts to reap more than the legitimate profits of the producer. With- out the experience of the skilled operator, he buys on a falling market and sells when the tide has turned in the opposite direction. He is too often unaware of the requirements of the market, and is usually unacquainted with the usages of business men and the rules that govern commercial transactions. This lack of knowledge is in itself sufficient to de- feat the ends sought to be accomplished, but it is the same lack that is met with in every branch of business, with men who are en- deavoring to succeed in operations for which they have not had a special training. With the advent of cool weather, and the consequent introduction of butterine, oleo- margarine and other butter compounds. for the:season, it is tobe hoped that a different spirit will characterize the traffic in these articles. For several years past their pur- chase and sale have been’ carried on with more or less secrecy, and with a manifest determination on all sides to deceive. The retailer has almost invariably deceived the consumer, and it has been too often the case that the jobber has allowed the retailer to purchase the goods under a misapprehension as to their true character. Such a condition of affairs is deplorable, in a business view, and is unworthy the great interest which is jeopardized by such deception, Buttercom- pounds are no longer a matter of experi- ment, but have come on the market to stay, and are bound to play an important part in the commerce of the future. The only thing that can retard their taking front rank is a foolish fear on the part of some dealers that the present prejudice existing against bogus butter would have a tendency Consequently, they de- ceive the consumer, palm off on him an article under a false name, and thereby place it on a false footing. Bogus butter must win by its superiority over ordinary butter, and until butter compounds are sold on merit, and not on deception, the business will be illegitimate, and the dealers who practice such deception will be subject to distrust. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—The market is well-supplied with home-grown fruit, which sells at $1.50 #2 bbl. for cooking and $1.75@$2 for choice eating. Beans—Buyers pay $1 for choice unpicked and sell for $1.50@$1.60 for picked. Butter—Creamery is very scarce, in conse- quence of which a really choice article readily commands 28¢c. Dairy is also very scarce, nearly all of the genuine dairy on the market being old stock and off flavor. Quotations at 18e are none too high. Butterine—Solid packed 22c for creamery at 15@16e for dairy. Beets—40c #% bu. or $1.25 ®% bbl. Berries—Blackberries and whortleberries are both played out. Cabbages—#4@$6 @ 100. Celery—25e # bunch. Cheese—Full cream is looking up, asis usual at this time of the season, in consequence of the keeping qualities of August cheese. Job- bers are now asking 10c for prime, and old cheese finds frequent sale at 74@8c. Clover Seed—Choice medium $5.55 8 bu., and mammoth at $5.20 8 bu. Cider—Sweet, 8@12c # gal. Eggs—Scarce at 15@16c. Egg Plants—$1 # doz. Grapes—California $4 8 case of 40 Ibs. Kelly Tsland and Delawares 7@8c # tb. Concords and Isabellas 4c. Green Corn—lNe # doz. ears. Hops—Brewers are paying 25c for choice new crop. Honey—Choice new, 15c. Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $18@$15 for bail- ed. Melons—W atermelons, 75@$1 # doz. for home grown. Musk, 50@75c ® doz. Onions—New, 50c # bu. Peaches—Very scarce and high, though sey- eral heavy shipments due within a day or two will have atendency to bring down prices a notch. Ruling prices are $3.50@$4 # bu. Pears—California $4 @ case of about 225. Bartlett, $2 8 bu. Plumbs—California, $2.25 # crate of about 225. Green gages and blue are scarce and high, and readily command $3@$4 # bu. Potatoes—The market is well-supplied with home-grown, which find slow sale at 25@35e 8 bu. Poultry—Fowls, 144@15c. @18se. Red Peppers—90c # bu. Squash—Hubbard, 2c # b. Sweet Potatoes—Jersey, $4 #@ bbl. more, $3 # bbl. Turnips—40c ® bu. Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.55 # bu. Tomatoes—Acme, 30c 2 bu. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—White, Fulse, Clawson and Lancas- ter command 74c. Corn—60ce # bu. Oats—W hite, 28@30c # bu. Rye—i2@54e P bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 # cwt. for new. Flour—Fancy Patent, $5.50 @ bbl. in sacks and $5.75 in wood. Straight, $4.50 #@ bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $1.50 8 cwt. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 @ ton. Bran, $13 #@ton. Ships, $14 # ton. Middlings, $17 # ton. Corn and Oats, $23 ® ton. Spring chickens, 17 Balti- JOHN CAULFIELD, IMPORTER AND Wholesale Grocer, B85, 87, 89S Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS - MICHIGAN. T desire to call the attention of the trade to the fact that in the territory tributary tv Grand Rapids, I cannot and will not be undersold. There is no conceivable reason why Chicago, Detroit, New York or Boston should be able to place groceries in Grand Rapids’ territory. I certainly buy my goods as cheap as jobbers located elsewhere. Many large houses still purchase extensive blocks of goods as in war times. I pur- chase as the wants of my trade demand, and am, therefore, in the existing condition of trade, better able to sell goods at the lowest prices. The difference in the percent- age of cost to sell goods in Chicago, Detroit, Boston and New York, and what it costs me would in itself make a handsome profit. I am anxious to obtain as large a share as possible of the near-by and home trade; and shall be pleased to furnish samples and quotations. Mail orders are especially solicited and lowest market prices on every order received is guaranteed. Teas. The present is a good time to place your orders for Japan Teas. 1 have several invoices in transit, including basket fired and sun dried, my own importations. Please send for samples before purchasing elsewhere, or order a sample chest, subject to your approval. I wish to have it understood that all tea orders will be filled subject to ap- proval; and if not satisfactory, after examination, the goods can be returned andIwill stand all expenses incurred, including outward freight. Coffees and Spices. I have already called attention in the columns of THE TRADESMAN tomy new brands of Roasted Coffees. The marked and deserved success of this department is the very best evidence of the merit of the goods. I devote much time and attention to the selections for roasting and blending, and GUARANTEE better values than are those furnished by Eastern parties, or no sale. Home Roasted Rio....... Be eee rece eee tenet eee tee e eee eeeaee 14 Prime Rs oe ee ee tee cc cs ool; ee 16 Select Maracaibo...... ee eet Note eee Cu uitee a see Sole cus 18 Imperial Roasted (a blended Coffee)... 2.0.0... 2. cece eee eee cece 18 OG Roasted Java... 56s eee a 23 Mandehling OO ec lets es 6 cise 0s GRIGG ee eiciee wince Gls Gu sie colee se ole <6) 25 Java and Mocha..:.:....:.55.:-2-..00.... ce Sooo 2S I exercise great care in ssanton and grinding of spices, aud. can especially recom- mend my two brands of 3s, ©. Strictly FPurce GQ@rounda gs. GC. Pure Ground, Also my Js. ©. Best Einglish Mustard. Can put up ground goods at any price to suit the trade, and will guarantee values. Canned Goods. I have a large and well assorted stock of Canned Goods. My Black Diamond brand of California Salmon is especially fine. It is not a bad time to lay in a stock of the new pack of peaches. I have en route a car load of Country Standards, all Yellows, which I will sell very cheap. Imported Groceries. My stock includes French and Turkish Prunes, Patras Currants, Loose Muscatels, London Layer, Valencia and Ondara Valencia Layer Raisins, Citron, Prunells, Figs, Olive Oils, French Sardines, French Mustard, Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, Sicily Canary Seed, Italian Maccaroni, Condensed Milk, ete. Soap and Starch. I keep all the well known and popular brands of soaps at lowest prices, including Babbitt’s, Kirk’s standard brands, Fairbanks’, Schultz’s (Fatherland), Simon’s Con- densed, ete. I am agent for Gilbert’s Starch Factories, Des Moines and Buffalo. Their goods have always been regarded as equal to any of the crack Eastern manufacturers, and have always held their own in the Eastern States. I am now placing my second car-load within thirty days, and have yet to hear the first complaint with regard to quality of the goods. I am able to compete with Western manufacturers in price, and guarantee quality equal to any in the market. Cigars and Tobaccos. This has always been prominent in my trade, and has required much of my attention. I have the exclusive control in this State of some of the best brands of Cigars, Cigarettes, Fine Cut, Plug and Smoking Tobaccos, including in Plugs Senour & Gage’s Celebrated Red Star and Old Five Cent Time; Horseshoe and D. & D.; McAlIpin’s Green Shield and Chocolate Cream; Nobby Spun Roll and Ne Plus Ultra Black Spun Roll. In Fine Cuts, Fountain, Old Congress, Good Luck, Good and Sweet, American Queen, Blaze Away, and Hairlifter. In Smokings, Rob Roy, Uncle Sam, Mountain Rose, and Gold Flake Cabinet. In Cigars, Glaccum’s Standard, Delumos, After Lunch, Our Winners, Little Hatchets, Golden Spike, Josephus, Commercial and Magnolias, the champion cheap cigar. Outside buyers visiting the fair this week are requested to call and make themselves at home. Yours Truly, JOHN CAULEFINULID. Ibardware. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. Ives’, old a TQ oo ee, dis 50 N. H.C ee a ae ee, ee dis 55 Doug ne MeieGe oe cokt ie ee a dis 50 tere dis 50 Seis ou ea dis 50 COOK Re ae a oe Jennings’, PENUINE. =). 6... dis Jennings’, imitation. ...2.... 2 2.22.02: qistOsi0 BALANCES. Spride: 63... dis 25 BARROWS. RaiInOR ee $ 15 00 Gardens ee net 33 00 : BELLS. TANG dis $ 60&10 COW eee. dis 60 Cal ee dis 15 ee He dis 20 Door, Parsee. 6 dis 55 BOLTS. DLOVG 2 dis $ 40 Carriage new list... 6... 2... dis 75 Plow ee et a dis 30&1( Bleieh SHOE] dis 50&15 Cast Barrel Bolts.:....-)............. dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 5d Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50 Cast Square SPRING el dis 55 @aee Cham coe a dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square ee ce kn dis 55&10 Wroug: ht Sunk Blish................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush ee ere ee aa 50&10&10 Ives’ Door........ Bo eee ae uae aa a dis 50&10 BRACES. Barber oe 3 Buekws oe. : ane Py SPOMOrd. ‘dis 50 PNT BQ ee dis net BUCKETS. Wiel Digna co 4 00 Well swivel’. :..0..5...5.... 2... Boones 4 50 BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht boone Bin dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wr ought Loose Pin, japanned, silver tip, 7 eas pee ee dis 60& 5 Wiecent Mables see, dis 60 Wr ought Inside Blind... 00. 6560.20: dis 60 Wrought Brags. 2)... 0.2.0.6... dis 65&10 Blind, Clark’ ee ee dis T0&10 Blind, Parkers... 0001... dis T0&10 Blind, SMEPREG So dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2%, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00 CAPS. vs TO per m $ 65 RGR GIO ee, 60 Ce eee 35 Meter 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States...........0.... dis 50 Central Pires 0 dis 1g CHISELS. Socket Wimmer... 5-25.66, dis 65&10 pockeu Praming. : 2.02. .......: 2... dis 65&10 Socket COMMeCrE... 20... ct... ck oe, dis 65&10 soeket Shekse. ooo. ol. dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 COM eke net COMBS. Curry, Hawrenee’s.....:............-. dis 3314 PEOGCHIRGSS: (050 oe dis 25 COCKS. Brass Rackimey Ss... 55. ee 40&10 BUDS ee 49&10 BCC eo ee 40&10 Henns:..... gee oe eee ee ae 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 0z cut to size.............. Bib 37 4x52) Taxb6 Pt x00 ee 39 DRILLS. IMorse’s Bit Stock.................... dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank i 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk....... decree nie ress dis 30 ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece. 6 im... ..252........ doz net $1 10 COERVUSATCH (oo 8s .....dis 20&10 AGJUStADIG os ee. dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; ie $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 0; 2 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. dis 2d SIDER. American File Association List. .....dis 50 IDISSHONES oo o8 oe ee dis 50 New American... 0. 000000006.0..0.0.65 dis 50 | NIGHOISONIS. 2. 5)0. 65 ce dis 50 Helene es eee dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps............:.... dis 3334 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28 Hist 2 13 14 15 18] Discount, Juniata Charcoal 50. GAUGE Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s Soe ee dis 50 ) HAMMERS. M aydole WCOUdi ee aoe, dis 15 ISIS oc a ae, dis 20 Werkes & PIUMD Ss. 60..002.0.05...5.. a 30 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. ce list 40 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. a e 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Kidder, wood tra-k.................5- dis 40 HINGES. Gate, Clark's, 1,2,.3........:.....--.2. dis State. = ee per doa, ee? 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 1 BNO OMRON. oe eos ak oe cee ke 3% Screw Hook and Eye, % ............ net 10% Screw Hook and Bye %.............. net 84 Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net T% Screw Hook and Hye, %............. net 1% Strap andes Po: eo oe dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware. ..:-2o2......-. 0.2.2. 60&10 JapannedoTin: Ware.............6.eeeees 20&10 Granite Iron Ware... 2.5.5. os. eect. 25 HOES. Grub le. ss ke $11 00, dis 40 Gah ee ee ee aes 11 50, dis 40 Grube ioe. eee ee ee 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... $2 00, dis 66 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- TRING ooo ce a list, 7 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings Bist, 8 "25, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain Sata se dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s..%......... d 4) HIGMIACIEG 2.65.50. ee ee dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin ue Co.’s reduced list dis 60 60 Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s................ dis ISrantOra 8 2.06 oo ee dis 60 INOLWaIK SS... . oie cree es eee code ees dis 60 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers: Co.6.-<..... 6.0 ces eee es dis 45 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s ee dis 45 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark eek dis 45 Coffee, Enterprise eo eee eos wae cues dis 25 MATTOCKS. NOZO VO. 2... cl see. $16 00 dis 40&10 Punt Hive... 6 ce $15 00 dis 40&10 Wn ee oo ae ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Brad and Fencing. MOG tO: BOG. eco. ee 8 keg $2 = SOeaMGD GC - AOAV. 66 fos occ. cannes cata a wus Gd and 1¢ 80v. ooo oe oo ee 50 A@ and DO: BOW... ka. cee oe 15 SG SOVANGE oc ac se ee 1 50 Sd Ne BAVANEGCG. .- ok cosas ons, ee cake 3 00 Clinch nails. av... cece ee 175 Finishing ‘ 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches f§ 3 2% 2 1% Adv. % keg $125 150 1% 2 00 Steel Nails—Advance 10c from above prices. MOLLASSES GATES. Stebbins PAttCED 2.22... cs. c ec. cece eae es dis ‘0 Stebbin’s Genuine...... 2.2... cece ee eee dis 77 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom.................. dis 50 Brass or WOBPCE. 665 cco ioe too cu ae sevens dis 40 PBDOR io. hi esc ibe ca castes per gross, $12 net 0 mateaa’s Be he Malia bveks 50 PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy.?.................. dis 15 Seiota Bench ee dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Beneh, irstquality...,......... 5. -dis 20 Stanley Rule and Lev gi Co.’s, wood and PANS. Bry, N@Mme@ dis 40&10 Common, polished 7... dis 60 Dripping. awe Sede ences ee oe ee # tb 3 RIVETS EFOn and Tinned... 2.2... 2... 2 dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. ae A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% ‘B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 Broken packs %e # tb extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ 75 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 FX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 ROPES. Sisal, 34 Ino and larger. -°................ B 94 Maniiq (08) son ee 15% SQUARES. Steeland Fron... 22.22.52 dis 50 iDny and HEvels....... 20... ee dis 50 IMEC dis 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Oo PNos: 0 to 14.2 oc ecco. $4 20 $3 20 Nos. 15 to 17 4 20 3 20 Nos. 18 to % 4 20 3 20 Nos. 22 to 2 4 20 3 20 Nos 2 to 26. 4 40 3 40 NOOO AE ek. coos 4 60. 3 60 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. 30 inches In casks of 600 bs, @ tb.................. 6% In smaller quansities, #® t.............. 7 TINNER’S SOLDER. No). Hoefined .....055-......0... 2... 13 00 Market Half-and-half............. 2... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half....-............. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. IC, 12 AOU EGO t | Ae ee 6 50 EX. WOwEe Charcoal: : 2.0.2... 2. 8 50 Ic, Pent, Charegal. ... ...-.. 252. 6 50 Ix, Pela. Chareoal .................-. 8 50 IC, deve @hiereog!. 2c... 6 50 EX, Fex2O, Chareoal..-................. 8 50 IXX, 14x! 20, @harcoal: . 2. 10 50 xx, 74x20, Charcodl . .. 2.0.22... 2 12 50 XxX, 14x% 30, Chareoal...... .......--... 14 50 Ix, 20x28, Charcoal Ee ee 18 00 DC, 100 Plate Charcoal... -......... .... 6 50 DX, 00 Plate Charcoal.:...............: 8 50 DXX, 100 Pilate Chareoal...........2...... 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal..............:. 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 %5 rates TRAPS. Steel; Game. 2... el Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s.......dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 60 IOLCHRISS) 3.0 2. 60 S, P. & W. Mfe. Go.’s... 60 Mouse, GNOKGE .. 2.2... 20e 8 doz Mouse, G@enisiOn.. 4... . 2... $1 26 8 doz WIRE. Bright Market... .: 2.5.00... i. 666. oo. dis 60 Ammesled Market... 5... occ cae ccc kc dis 60 €oppered Market: .:..................- ...dis 55 Eieuisaringe oo dis 55 MBinned (Market... 0.0.02. 62 kis 40 Minned Broom... -<) .... 0... .4.5.5..... 8D 09 Tinned Mattress............... 1 2 Ib 8% Coppered Spring Steel.................. dis 3714 Tinned Spring Steel... 22... .... 2... 262.8. dis 31% plat Hence. i # Ib 3% Maubed HOnee.. . 6.1... @OpNeE...-...-... 6. new list net PRRASS new list net WIRE GOODS. IBBIONG... 2. dis 60&10&10 Serew Byes... .......... dis 60&10&10 ROOMS dis 60&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes.............. dis 60&10&10 WYrENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... €oes Gentine. ............. 2)... dis 50&10 Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65 @oe's Pat., maiieable. ................... dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS mumps: Cistern.. <2... 5... ewe. dis hae NGLGWS Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 5 Dampers, American. 2.2 cid ccc ce: 3344 SER, STEVENS: & C0., —WHOLESALE— ROWARE 10 and 12 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Detroit_and Chicago prices duplicated al- ways, andfreights in our favor and shipments more prompt make Grand Rapids the cheapest market. WE SOLICIT THE DEALER’S TRADE, And NOT the Consumer’s. AGENTS FOR THE RIVERSIDE STEEL NAIL The Steel Nail is the Coming Nail. All dealers who have.once had them will have no other. Why? ‘They are stronger; they are lighter; they will not break; carpenters insist on having them; they are worth twéhty-five per cent. more than the iron nail; they cost but a trifle more. We are receiving three car loads a week and are still behind with our orders. We have promise of more frequent shipments and now hope to keep up on our orders Send for sample order or ask for price. We are carrying to-day as large a stock, and filling orders as complete, as any house in Michigan. : Foster, Stevens: Co, Drugs & Medicines Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. _OFFICERS. President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald, Kal- amazoo. : Second Vice-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan- sing. : Third Vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d Rapids. Secretary—Jacob Sesson, Muskegon. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. 8: Stevens, Gev. Gundrum, W. Hi. Keller, F. W. Fincher. : : Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday, October 13, 1885. PRESIDENT WELLS’ ADDRESS. Delivered Before the State Pharmaceuti- eal Association. Gentlemen of the Michigan State Pharmaceu- tical Association. We interrupt to-day the circuit of business lives and duties, that we may meet, for the second time, in our corporate existence, to promote the objects which called our Asso- ciation into being. Those objects are to unite the reputable pharmacists of this State, to improve the science and art of pharmacy, to elevate its standard, to restrict its prac- tice to properly qualified pharmacists, and to promote the business interests of its mem- bers. These purposes are all worthy of, and should secure, our most earnest efforts. The steps already taken are extremely promising, and the full fruition of our wish- es depends solely upon united effort. The power of concerted action, to accomplish a good purpose, has been demonstrated by centuries of human experience. Records of trade organizations are almost coeval, with the records of our race. Their instru- mentality has been most potent, in develop- ing and promoting the interests of science, art and commerce, since the time those in- terests began to exist. Associations of mer- chants and artisans were a prominent fea- ture of Roman life, and protected and foster- ed by Roman law, they increased in import- ance until the fall of the republic. From 2ome, they spread over the entire continent of Europe, where, under the name of guilds, their influence became extremely powerful, even before the tenth century. Possessing, in an eminent degree, a spirit of faithful- ness, honor and fraternity, their members were bound by voluntary obligations to guard each other’s rights against the oppres- sion and tyranny incident to a lawless age. They were the pioneers of civilization, at the time when western Europe was emerg- ing from barbarism. For over two hundred years, during that period of gloom known as the Dark Ages, these guilds, in the midst of ignorance, superstition and vice, were the possessors of the skill, and mueh of the knowledge of their age, and they guarded well the treasures. The oppressors of the weak, the Lords and barons, found their chief opposition and rivals in these societies, Long, and often bloody, was the conflict, between the guilds upon one side, fighting for their existence and to keep aglow the sparks of knowledge and skill, which cost so much to light, and the arrogant nobles upon the other, many of whom regarded honest toil, education and business habits with the same feeling of scorn they did morality and virtue. Organization, with fixed and honest purpose, finally triumphed, and through that triumph were laid the foundations of social order, true scientific progress, proper business relations, and the principles of liberty and justice, which have developed constitutional governments, and those systems of liberal and popular educa- tion we now enjoy. It is thus shown that the history of asso- ciations, composed of persons engaged in the same business, occupation or trade, is large- ly the history of our civilization. As the causes which called the guilds into existence diminished, and intelligence, skill and busi- ness enterprise obtained legal protection, anda general recognition of their value, these societies ceased to occupy the promi- nent position they had held for centuries, and one after another disappeared. Their revival in later times, in the form of profes- sional and business associations, indicates either that some unrecognized causes, which made them valuable in a former age, still exist. or that others, incident to the more complex social and business relations of the present time, have been developed. The descendents of the ancient guilds, the mod- ern associations, differ in objects and aims from their progenitors, in little save the characteristics incident to§ changed condi- tions of society and customs. The latter, like the former, seek to bar from their ranks the incompetent, and to protect themselves from the unscrupulous. They believe that well defined rights, privileges and standards of ability are no less important in the var- jous pursuits of life now than formerly, and by organizing they act upon the knowledge, taught by both experience and reason, that these objects can only be acquired and held by the constant efforts of united workers. Pharmacy looks to a union of its mem- bers to-dag as a relief from many increas- ing evils, and as a promising agent for the elevation of its character and work. Unnoticed causes have long been in oper- ation to produce a crisis in some of the con- ditions of pharmacy. Heat, gradually ap- plied to water, produces for a long time no visible effect, but suddenly, without special increase of temperature, ebullition ensues, and the previously quiet mass is in a state of commotion, with evidences of extraordi- 1ary power. The potential forces inherent in our profession have been steadily, but imperceptibily, reaching a kenetic condition, and are to-day, allover the land, in a state of violent agitation, exhibiting uamistakable manifestations of energy. This energy, by transmutation into organization, has already oretanel associations in over twenty states. Michigan, though not the first to show evi- dences of these forces, is by no means least in her exhibition of their strength. Like ‘her sister states, her pharmacists have long felt a need for legislation, that would re- strict the practice of the profession to those properly qualified, and this, perhaps, was the finally potent cause, which excited them to action and rendered our first meeting so successful. Such restriction has not been sought for in other states, nor is it in ours, for the benefit of druggists alone. In fact, its aid is invoked chiefly for the safety of the public, to whom it will secure a large measure of protection, from the mistakes of the ignorant or pretended pharmacist. Were the fact less familiar, it would be a matter of surprise, that a state which has done so much to encourage education, by means of its magnificent common school system, its richly endowed University, and Agricultur- al College, still permits the lives of its citi- zens to be imperilled by ignorance. J ustice demands, for their protection, a standard of qualification, as well for those who practice pharmacy, as for those who practice law. The importance of such a standard is even greater in the former than in the latter pro- fession, for the unqualified attorney can only deprive youof property, and perhaps liberty, both of which may be regained, while the ignorant pharmacist takes from you the life, or health, which can never be restored. No argument would be deemed necessary to convince intelligent minds of the importance of restricting the prepara- tion, and sale, of powerful drugs and poisons to competent hands, had not so much diffi- culty, and mayy failures, been experienced in obtaining l€gislation for this purpose in many of the states. It is, however, encour- aging to us to know that the obstacles are diminishing, and the failures becoming less numerous. Each year brings welcome tid- ings of the success of state associations, in obtaining by persistent effort, and intelli- gent representation of their wants, such statutes as they desire. The present year has been signalized by the passage of excel- lent pharmacy laws, in the states of New York and Ohio. Have we not reason to | hope, that before the close of another year, Michigan will be in this, as she is in nearly every other social and educational position, fully abreast of the most intelligent thought of the age? The pharmacy bill presented for your con- sideration, and published in the proceedings of our first meeting, should be thoroughly discussed in the light of our present knowl- edge, its provisions perfected, and all pos- sible measures adopted to secure its passage at the next session‘ofjthe legislature. Steps should also be taken for procuring a legal standing for our Association by means of incorporation, under the general law of this State. In addition to other advantages, this will entitle us to a delegate in the associa- tion for the revision of the pharmacopcea. [I therefore recommend that the necessary authority be delegated to some of the offi- cers of our Association for this purpose. TRADE INTERESTS. Subjects of trade interest which affect our business and profits, though always of great importance, are receiving from druggists to- day more consideration than ever before. For many years we have been attracting to ourseives, and have become the dispensers of, various classes of goods, besides those legitimately belonging to pharmacy. While for some of these we merely claim pre-emp- tion rights, there are others, which from their nature, clearly belong to the drug trade. These latter include patent medicines and the various articles indefinitely described as druggists’ sundries. It is estimated that not less than two-thirds of our profits are de- rived from the sale of these goods. Within a few years our title toa large portion of this domain has been contested by other trades, while at the same time members of our own profession have endeavored ina selfish spirit, and by unbusiness-like ways, to deprive us of the chief portion of its in- come. The contest between druggists and other dealers for the sale of perfumery, toi- let goods and similiar articles, will perhaps result in both continuing such sale. Some manufacturers are likely to make it to the interest of ourselves, and others to the in- terest of our competitors, to sell their pro- ducts. A better knowledge of this class of merchandise, a disposition to keep only such as they have reason to believe are the best of their kinds, and their taste in ex- hibiting them, will always give druggists advantages over their rivals. CUTTING OF PRICES. The cutting of prices, especially of patent medicines, has become an evil of a very ser- ious nature, and one which is confined to no locality. It has given rise to much discus- sion, and to the consideration of many plans for its suppression. The propriety of phar- macists selling this class of goods has been seriously questioned, and probably all the best dealers in our land would welcome the day when their own laboratories would fur- nish the medicines they might be called up- on to dispense, a day when they might, with- out serious loss, discard forever the vener- able sarsaparilla compound, the omnipotent liver pad, the mixtures expressed in chemi- cal symbols, like S T1860 X, the numer- ous pills, powders and plasters miraculously charged with magnetism, or claiming to be storage batteries of electricity, and the won- derful vegetable curatives, which owe their origin to those distinguished men of science, the North American Indians. But the4ree is deeply rooted, and we have so long eaten of its fruits, and been protected by its branches, that we shall hesitate to destroy it. The sale of patent medicines has grown to enormous gimensions and has become thoroughly identified with the drug trade. There are many plain and valid reasons why pharmacists alone should be entrusted with the dispensing of medicinal compounds of every kind, and it is from them that the public, unless unduly influenced in other directions, expect to obtain their supplies. Manufacturers keenly alive to their own in- terests seek for the services of no other class to furnish theircures and renovators, after the departure of the street musician and fish- ing-jack. These strong bonds of mutual benefit and dependence therefore unite so firmly the business of the pharmacist proper, and the dealer in patent medicines, that the present generation is unlikely to witness their divorce. In claiming a protection from manufac- turers, which shall render the sale of their goods profitable, the retail dealer demands no more than he is entitled to, nor than such manufacturers have the ability to grant. It is a protection they have already yielded to the jobber, through the rebate system. Economic principles which govern the prices of ordinary merchandise do uot obviously apply to proprietary goods. Manufacturers of patent medicines fix arbi- trarily a price for their preparations by the single package and by the dozen or gross. Under the rebate plan jobbers deviating from established wholesale prices have their supplies cut off by the proprietors. Can there be any valid reason why retailers should not be equally compelled to adhere to the price established for them? In ad- dition to the protection this system has af- forded the wholesale trade, it has increased the price of nearly every article, to retailers who purchase in ordinary quantities, while it furnishes large lots at prices which en- able those who desireto retail at regular jobbing prices, with a fair profit. Such dis- crimination against legitimate retailers is manifestly unjust. We have the power, and self preservation dictates its exercise, to compel from proprietors protection for our- selves, equally with the jobber. This power is united action on the part of pharmacists, in aiding the sale of the products of such man- ufacturers only as recognize by their acts, the justice of our claim. The history of the National Retail Drug Association, the recent adoption by it of the Campion plan, after considering it, with many others, together with the acceptance of this plan by most of the best proprietors, is familiar to you all. The report of our delegation to the meeting of this association recently held in Milwaukee, will give the latest and best information concerning the workings of the Campion plan, and the prospects of its ultimate success. This plan seems to meet the requirement of retailers, in their relation to patent medicines and their proprietors, and leads us to hope that through its instrumentality, this vexing question may beset atrest. It can only ac- complish this, however, through the co-oper- ation, and active support of those whom the plan is intended to benefit. Manufacturers of patent medicines and cutters of prices are watching our actions most eagerly. A dis- position upon our part at this time to hold back will give them reason to claim that we are neither united nor in earnest in our de- mands and deprive us, perhaps forever, of the justice so nearly within our reach. Reso- lutions in favor of the action of the Nation- al Retail Druggists’ Associaton are well, and are their due, but application for member- ship is much better. It is the only way we can show our strength, assert our rights, quict the scoffers who sneer at our imbecil- ity and achieve success. Is it not proper that the moral, as well as the business attitude druggists should as- sume towards these, and all other secret preparations, be considered? My own con- conception of this attitude is that it should be as nearly negative as possible. They should be sold where specifically called for only, and without either recommendation or endeavor upon the part of druggists to sub- stitute supposed better or more profitable preparations. By this course dealers sub- serve both professional honor and business integrity. Secrecy in medicine is a relic of a past and ignorant age. Unfortunately, it is one which lingers most persistently amid the knowledge of the present. -.........-- -- 125 @2 00 Port Wines «6.2... 6... ee 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 04........ 2¢ Jarbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 CalCMmed 0.63. ioe ca eee 70 OLLS. Almond, sweet............--+----s 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified...........-...++-- 45 PAMNISO oe ee eee ces oe 2 00 Bay 2 OZ:........-.-.-+-------o- 50 MenrowmOnls........-..--5-.- 0-7 2 00 WAStOR.. ... 6.08. es ee 18 @ 19% Croton: 3.5). oes se ss 2 00 CaIGpMG (1205503... 15. e es 75 @assig 28 ee 1 20 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40 Gitronela .... 6.1... s...es eee e 85 @lOWVOGS 8 6 8 eee ss 1 25 Cubebs BP. & W....3:-.. 6k e-. 6 00 MiSeCrOM..: 22... 22... ---- 1 60 MINOW EOU. 26... 16.8. oe ete ess 2 00 Geranium @ OZ..............-.-.-- 45 Hemlock, commercial (Pure 7dc).. 40 Juniper WOOd...........cceee renee 50 Juniper bervieS..........-.+-+++-+6: 2 00 Lavender flowers, French......... 2 OL Lavender garden GQ. .2.-5 3. 1 00 Lavender spike GO” 3. .6 ses. 90 Lemon, new CYop..........-------- 1 70 Lemon, Sanderson’s...........---- 1 75 MOMOngrass.........--.+-0-+-------- 30 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 2 Origanum, No.1.........-...---+: 50 Pennyroyal...........-.-----.--<-- 1% Peppermint, white..............-. 3 15 13 0)>( oi | 0) Ae 9 75 Rosemary, French (Flowers $9)... 65 Sandal Wood, German............ 4 50 andal Wood, W.k..:-......50.. --- 7 00 SASSATVAS. occ. coe 3s ce ee ts ce set 60 ODANISY) ooo ee nec te ees cw es ee 4 50 Tar (by wal G0C)..........sseccereeee 10 @ Wintergreen .............2-ess00s 2 % Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $6.50)..... 4 50 PINT ee oe eo oe we oe te coe a sos 1 00 AVOPINSCOCG 666. cic e cece es 25 Cod Liver, filtered..... .....® gal 1 90 Cod Liver, best......... Ses. : 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga........... i @1 20 Olive, ‘Sublime Italian. ..... 2 50 ee acces 6 @ 67 Rose, Jnmsen’s..............- 8 Oz 9 75 POTASSIUM. BiCrOMate oo. ovo. os so ae oe oe %8 Ib 14 Bromide, eryst. and gran. bulk... 35 Chlorate, eryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20 Jodide, eryst. and gran. bulk..... 1 25 Prussiate yellow...........-....--: 30 ROOTS. AVRO R eo See es 15 PAVENG Rs CU. occ cages eee es ve oes 27 Arrow, St. Vincent’s............ ve 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and ¥4s.... 35 Blood (Powd 18¢).............-000- ‘ WB Calamus, aoe Seid cc ec scales 6 18 Yalamus, German white, peeled.. 38 Elecampane, powdered............ 28 Gentian (Powd 14¢)...............- 10 Ginger, African (Powd16c)........ 138 @ 4 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20 Golden Seal (Powd 40¢)............ 35 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 22 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............- . 110 Jalap, powdered...............625+ 37% Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 12 Licorice, extra select.............- 15 Pini CRUG. oe rons seep a es se es 5 Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 110 @1 2 Rhei, choice cut cubes........ ees 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 Serpentaria,......ccceeccccceeceee 50 Seneka.......... Ge icieieeseeie ene 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus.......... : 45 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 Squills, white (Powd 35¢).......... 10 Valerian, English (Powd 30c)...... 25 Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)... 2 : SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20c)........-- 13 Bird, mixed in packages....... 5 @ 6 Canary, SMyrna...,.-.-..-.....--< B4@ 4 Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19¢).. U1 @, IR Cardamon, Aleppee.............6 2 v0 Cardamon, Malabar...........-.-2+ 2 25 Celery. 2. os. 3. es 25 Coriander, vest English........... 2 UCT cae sac we ces 15 Hla clean. te ek 3%@ Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%).........--+ 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 39 Homp. Buseian. oo. os... 54@ 4 Mustard, white Black 10¢)........ 8 Quince a... 1 00 Rape, bnelishe:...-.2 00.66 22...... 6 @ 7 Worm, Levant .................... 4 ' SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do do aca 2400 Velvet Extra do do 1 10 Extra Yellow do CO 2: 85 Grass do dG: 3... 65 Hard head, for slate use........-... 75 Yellow Reef, dO 3 22 1 40 MISCELLANEUS. Aleohol, grain (bb! $2.21) gal.... 2 29 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 27 Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 12 Annatgtol th rous. ..0500..0:....-.. 30 IBIne SOMO: 25. oe el... 50 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 RG ee es oc Bb 24@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 3 @ 4 Annatto; PFIMe.....: 5.2 <: kw. ee. 32 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5 Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7 Balm Gilead Buds................. 40 Beans, Pomka csi ssc... 2 25 Beans. Vale 6k, 700 @9 75 BISMMUC. SUD MlorgGO........ 2.2... 16 Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... 45 BluG Vitriol: 2.1... 4... 1. . T%H@ 9 Borax, refined (Powd 18c)......... 1 Cantharides, Russian powdereda.. 1 $d Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18 Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 20 Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18 Carmine, NO. 40)... so... 4 00 @assia Bude os) 6 6c 6 62.220... 12 Calomel. American...............- 7 Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 @hatk, red fingers. ...:............ 8 Chalk. white lump. :..........5... 2 Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocyuth 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% @blOroloEent 628 ce 100 @110 @inehonidia, BP: & W....-.......... 45 @ 50 Cinchonidia, other brands......... 45 @ 50 Cloves (Powd 28¢)...............-.- 20 @ 22 @ochineal ee 30 Cocoa Butter...... .... fase 45 Copperas (by bbl 1e)............... 2 Corrosive Sublimate............... 65 Corks, X and X X—#35 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 15 @reusote es. 50 G@udbear, prime............:....... 24 @uttile Bish Bone................... 24 WOXGEING .6 6.3... 6. kek eke 2 Dover’s Powders..........-....0¢. 1 20 Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50 Ergot powdered............-....-. 45 HUner SaWIPWS oo. ces 8k 110 Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 Mpsom Salts... .60. 26. clo... 24@ 3 Egor, Sre@Sli. (0.66. oe eke es 50 Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 69 IQIKO WOT oie ke 14 Grains Paradise..................- 23 Gelatine, Cooper’s..............60 90 ‘Gelatine, French .................: 45 @ Ti Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... Glue; Gabinet.:..........5.....-:.. 12 @ Il Glue, white......... Saeed li @ 28 Glycerine, pure... .......2... 5.22: 19 @ 22 Hops 48 and 4s..............,...- 25@ 40 WOGOLOrM: OF 8.00.6. ae 35 Indigo...... Boe, 8 @1 00 Tnsect Powder, best Dalmatian... 23 @_ 25 Todine, resublimed................ 210 Isinglass, American............-.. 1 50 VaPOMICRH Ne ola. 9 London Purple......... “oe 10 @ 15 Gad ACenaGe ee 15 Lime, chloride, (48 2s 10c & 4s llc) 9 Parpulne 002 co. 1 IVeOpOdHUM 6.20020. os. 50 REQCC ee. 60 Madder, best Dutch.............. Mamna. S. Bio... 2... te L2Y4@ 13 1% w MO@reGuny.= 3222)... do Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... #0z 3 05@3 30 Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40 Moss: Feelamd) 3. 0....05,5..... 8 Ib 10 Moss: mish. 5.0... 2... se. 12 Marstard, Polish... 02.00... .5 0... 30 Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ib cans...... 18 INAS 20 INimtiimere NOD. oo... ois eo. 7 INE VOMmIGa. 6202)... 2..2........- 10 Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... 40 Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18 IPGDSI oe ee 3 00 Pitch, True Burgundy............. 7 QUSSHA ee 6 @ 7 Quinia, Sulph, P. & W........ boz 1 10@I 15 Quinine! German.................. 100 @l1 05 Seidivez Mixture. .................. 28 Strycnmia, Guyst. 90... .....505..000. 1 50 Silver Nitrate, cryst..............- 39 @ 8 Red Precipitate............... 8 Ib 80 Saffron, American................- 35 Sal Glauber. .0)....-... 2... cesses @ 2 Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10 Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 Sal Rochelle... ....2.....:......... 33 Sal SOG2.-.. 6... oo. 050 sss se 2@ 2% SaiGiN eg a 2 00 Samtonin |. o..5.. 2... 05-0. <5... 6 Ti Snuffs, Maceoboy or Scotch....... 38 Soda Ash [by keg 8e].............. 4 Spermaceti.............2.-.-......- 25 Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... .44@ 5 Soap, White Castile................ 14 Soap,Green do ..... ..:......- lv Soap, Mottleddo ................ 9 Soap, qo (d0 |. t i Soap, Mazzini:..................-.. 14 Spirits Nitre,3F................... 26 @ 28 Spirits Nitre,4F...............-... 23 @ B82 Sugar Milk powdered.............. 30 Sulphur, flour...............-.-...- 84@ 4 Sulphur sol .)...2......-.----... 3@ 3% Vorhar MMOUC.........-.0... 05. - <6: 60 Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans $ doz 2 i Tar, do quarts in tin....... ~ £40 Tar, do pintsin tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice........... 8 Ib 25 Wax, White, 8S. & F. brand........ 60 Zine, Sulphate... ..-.......-.-.-. 4... 7 @ 8 OILS. Capitol Cylinder.........-....-. see eee e eee eee 75 Model @vlmder.......:..-.....--. 7. .- 60 Shields @vinder.........0... 126... s.ee 50 PidoradO PMGING.. 2.50. ce 45 Peerless MACHINOrY.. 23... 5.22.06. 32 css cc cee 35 Challenge Machinery.......................-.<- 25 Backus Fine Engine.............. pee cee 30 Black Diamond Machinery.................... 30 Castor Machine Oil... 2.2.26... 6... sa... 6C [DamotineG: 20 GOR. ce oc soca ence ss ee uss oes 22 Mavatine, 26 GOR. 6... oo... ek ees cee ce sees 21 Sperm, winter bleached........... geaeece cs 1 40 Bbl = Gal Whale, winter.......................- 80 &5 Word, OXUras--. 6... ie ne 64 1 bare. No: 1.092... .12.....-....-...-. 55 65 Linseed, pure Vaw......-..-.-...-... 53 56 Jiimseed; boiled ..........--......-.-. 60 63 Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95 Spirits Turpentine................... 37 45 VARNISHES. INO. 1 Purp Ooaen..-:-..0.....-........ 1 10@1 20 Wxtice UMirp sooo. es ccs os ee 1 60@1 70 Ooach Body...0.......2..5.. 5.035... 8 Os No. 1 Turp Furniture.................. 1 00@1 10 xtra Lucy Damar. .........7.--.-... 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp............. . T@ 7 PAINTS. Bbl Lb Boralumine, White bulk) ........ 9 Boralumine, & 6 The | 3.235: 10 Boralumine, Tints bulk. }50 off.. 10 Boralumine “ DA eck. 11 Red Venetian..........-.ese.- 1 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3 Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3 Putty, commercial ............ 2% 2%@ 3 Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3 Vermilion, prime American.. 138@16 Vermilion, English............ 55@57 Green, Peninsular............. 16@17 Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5% Lead, white, strictly pure,.... 5% Whiting, white Spanish mE ee @i0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 White, Paris American........ 110 Whiting Paris English cliff.. 140 HAZELTINE, PERKINS & O0,, Wholesale rugoists! 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 95 and 95 Louis Street. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Gils, Varnishes, and Drugeist’ Hlassware, MANUFACTURERS OF BLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS. GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR Wo tr, PATtTon & Co., AND Joun L. Wuit- ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE PAINT AND VARNISH BRUSHES. —--9-—<—— The cod liver oil business is flourishing at A tradesman in Frome. Somersetshire, England, who is a large dealer in china and earthenware, and also keeps a posting es- tablishment, has just announced as a bait that he will supply all young people just beginning in life who will purchase goods of over $15 value a carriage and pair of grays free for their wedding. This is a novelty. It is now open to a vender of patent medicines to supply hearse and pair of black horses for every $15 worth of stuff. — oe ao Canfield & Wheeler’s salt works, at Man- istee, are turning out 260 barrels of salt per day. During August these works produced 5,962 barrels; Charles Reitz’s, 4,045, and R. G. Peters’, 1,300—all at Manistee—making a total of 11,307. eee Dealers purchasing supplies of field seeds should consult the Grand Rapids Seed Co.’s quotations, in another part of this week’s paper. —————q@— > ___ A porous plaster made in Milwaukee acts, the manufacturer asserts, by holding the back in place while the pain escapes through the holes. —— oe This country manufactures annually §8,- 920,384,000 pins. 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.......... os 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl........ War 1OIs.... ......--.--.- Plastering hair, per bu.. Stucco, per bbl Land plaster, per ton................65 37 Land plaster, car lots............-.--+- 3 00 Mire brick per Me... ....-......- 2.55, $25 @ $35 Hire clay, per bbl................-....- 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 Cannell, cnr 1ots...:.............---:- @6 75 Ohio Lump, car lots..................- 3 25@3 50 Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 50@5 00 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. The Newaygo Company quote f. 0. b. cars as follow: Wppers, jinch............---.-..--- per M $44 00 Uppers, 14, 1% ang? imen. ....2.. 25-52: : 46 00 Selects, inch. .......-.<..-...-.----..-3-- 35 00 Selects, 144, 144 and 2 inch........ ...... 38 00 Fine Common, linch............. ....-- 30 00 Sop, Linch. 2... 58s 2-8 20 00 Fine, Common, 14, 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........... .... 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14. and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet................. 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet................. 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet...........-..-+ 13 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet................ 14 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and J6 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 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8in., 18 feet................. 12 50 Wo. 2Stecks, 8in., 20 feet.............-.. 13 50 Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and lengths......... .....-- 8 00@ 9 00 A and B Strips, 4 or 6in ..........--..6 + 35 00 C Strips: 40rGinch -.........-.-.-.-- -- 28 00 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 No. 2 Feneing, 16 feet..................--. 12 00 No. 1 Fencing, 4 inch........... 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch.............. Norway C and better, 4 or 6inch.. 2 Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C............-.++---- Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common.... 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Marseilles, and competition runs high. A| repudiated advertisement of one of the) manufacturers reads as follows: “The cod being one of the small fishes of the sea, is | constantly tracked and pursued by its ene- | mies, the whales and sharks, etc., therefore it | lives ina constant state of fear; and itis a) well-established fact that fear engenders in | all living creatures jaundice and diseases of theliver. Consequently, all codfish taken in | the open sea haye diseased livers. But all | my fish are caught in a safe harbor where marine monsters cannot enter. They live there in peace and comfort. Their livers are | perfectly healthy, and that is the reason why my cod liver oil is the best.” 2». __— She was in humble circumstances, but she | was a Boston girl for all that. ‘Yes, papa | is a unicyclist,” she remarked to the rail- | road reporter, whom she meton an excursion | train. ‘Indeed! responded the young gen- | tleman addressed, very much concerned to know what a unieyclist might be, but very | much afraid of exposing his Western raw- ness by asking. From a Boston young man | on the train it was learned that ‘papa’ im- | parted the desired impetus to a wheelbar- row, used in connection with city improve- ments.” | | | | The Crockery Journal truthfully re- marks: Nothing looks worse on crockery than the deposit of dust that some store- keepers permit to gather on their goods. We happened not long ago in a store where the dust lay like a black curtain over the whole stock, and when we asked, “‘ How’s trade ?”’ we received the expected reply, “‘Durn it, there ain’t none!” And we don’t wonder at it at all, for dust is disastrous to good pat- ronage. ———_—-—~ 2 Of 270 fulminate factories started in Eu- rope during the present century, 201 have disappeared by explosion. Fulminates are now made in small quantity at a time in low sheds. These are so arranged that an ex- plosion throws them over, and little damage is done. —___s>>___— The Wisconsin tobacco crop is reported to be so much heavier than was anticipated that most growers find that their sheds are far too small to accommodate it. Camm Bros., merchant tailors at St. Johns, have assigned to C. E. Merrill. Liabilities, $800; assets, $900. Mt. R. & S. M. Hartwell are using 250 bushels of apples daily at their evaporator at Cannonsburg. Kirk & Co,’s box factory turned out 4,100 boxes at Muskegon the other day. | $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. a FUSE, CA Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16 ft... 10 00@10 50 Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B.............- Dressed Flooring, 6in. C................. 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed:Flooring, 4in., A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C.............---- 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No. 1 com’n 16 0C Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 090 additional. XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 CARA IS im, Whim. 3... 8... 3. 3 40 PORK AG AN ee 3 00 No. 2 or 6in. C. B18 in. Shingles......... 2 00 Ne. 2 Orb 10; 33. 16 i 25st 1 75 AGO ee ee 2 00 UGURS The wife of an American author is re- ported to haye recently said to him: “My dear, you are always hunting for people to put in novels. ‘Why don’t you put me in?” “] have already,” was the reply. “Oh, when? Why didn’t you tell me?” “J was afraid you would not like it,dear.” “Of course I should. How silly! What is the name of the character?” You mustn’t be angry, then—‘Calamity Jane, the terror of Tres- cow Gulch.” _—_<9-<—___— “Now,” said the Boston school teacher, “the question l’m about to put to you is an extremely difficult one, and to answer it cor- rectly you will be obliged, metaphorically speaking,to imitate the trunk conformation of the dromedary of the desert.” A Western teacher would have put the question, and said simply: ‘Now, hump yourselves.” “The dinner doesn’t seem to suit you, Mr. Smith.” ‘Well,” responded Smith, with some hesitation, “it’s pretty good, what there is of it.’ A few moments later the rest of the boarders exclaimed in chorus: ““You’re wrong, Smith, there’s plenty of it, such as it is.’ —__ —-- | _<——_————————— “Oh, where shall rest be found?” asks the beautiful hymn. This would never have been written if the hymnist had ever visited the store of the man who “don’t think it pays to advertise.” That’s the place for an all- the-year-round, perfectly undisturbed article of rest. —_—_—__—>-o The price of wives in Siberia is eight dogs. But this doesn’t help us in this country. You see, Siberia isa long distance to take one’s wife, and besides, what are you going to do with the dogs after you’ve got them? ——_— >> A new form of dynamite is made from poplar wood flour, and resembles a varnished doughnut. It is as explosive as the ordi- nary kind, hut far safer. OYSTERS! ‘DECK—1884. WM. L. ELLIS. & COS 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 snaps sent out. Dealers can have their orders filled promptly by addressing B. F. EMERY, Agent, Grand Rapids(at home every Saturday). CEMINK. JONES & 6O.lJennings & Smith, (Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers of : MANUFACTURERS OF Fine Perfumes, "Toilet Articles. JENNINGS’ Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ARCTIC Improved ALSO PROPRIETORS OF RmEMIN Es Red Bark Bitters” BAKINO POWUEL, —AND— The Oriole Mannfactaring, bo. 78 West Bridge Street, Bluings, Inks, Mucilage, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. FLAVORING EXTRACTO: Kid Dressing, Hic. Fall 1884--Winter 1884-85, Fine Perrumes|Hats by the Dozen or Case, Caps by the Dozen or Case, ' Mackinaw Shirts, Winter Underwear, Fali Suits, Winter Suits, Overcoats. [ Sell Goods to the Merchants as Low asithey cal Buy them for Anywhere. LCLEV L 8sse, 3883, 4O and 42 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. School Books —AND— School Stationery —AT—- W7holesale, EATON, LYON & ALLEN, 22 and 24 Canal Street, The only general jobbing house in Michigan in our line. Send for cata- logues and terms. POWDER Grand Rapids Wire Works ith SNH QR ESVAER-SELM Manufacturers of All Kinds of MA7IRE SA7ORK! 92 MONROE STREET. 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- T1us, Chairman, 8S. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. C. S. YALE & BRO., —Manufacturers of— Prime Timothy * MICH. 5 bags or more. smaller quantities. | 91 CANAL STREET. SEEDS! “= “Are urill sell to the Trade for Spot Cash until further notice: Medium Clover Seed $5.25 FLAVORING EXTRACTS ') Mammoth BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, E'TC., 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, | $155 Hie 0U6”!té‘“<—«‘«< Delivered free on board cars in lots of Gartsee charged on| eV EY LEVIS DEALER SHOULD SELL THEM. THE “GOOD watt ' ! \ Ms | aa) 4 i : i a Oe i Aha i i HH AW CLOSED. Oil & Gasoline Can. OPEN. This is the Most Practical Family Can ever Offered to the Trade. eRAND RAPIDS SERD co, tiuet bo Excel fo Convenience, Cleanliness, Comfort Lamps are filled direct by the Pump without lifting the Can; the Discharge tube adjusting to suit the height of any lamp. No dropping oil on the floor or table. No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste con- 3 a Blaine Whips, Cleveland Whips, i Campaign Whips Toy Whips, Westtield Whips, And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Complete Outfits. tents or cause axplosions. In getting can refilled, no parts to be left at home to drain oil over floor or become injured. No Corks to lose—Closes itself perfectly air tight—No Leakage—No Evaporation. The dealer in selling this can is enabled to make a good profit, and in a measure avoid the annoyance of the small can, while you guarantee your customer absolute safety and the greatest possible convenience. MANUFACTURED BY WINEFIBLD MFG. Co, WARREN, OFtO. (H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. FOR SALE TO THE TRADE BY, FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., € (GEO. 6. WETHERBEE & CO., DETROIT. Send for Circulars fo Wrice=-List. ENGIN HS From 2 to 150 Horse-Power, Boilers, Saw Mills, RIND GH, BERTSCH &S CO. Grist Mills, Wood Working Machinery, Shaft- ing, Pulleys and Boxes. Contracts made for MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF G. ROVS & 60, Gen'l Agents) “~..o:.PSV22>" BOOTS & SHOHS Grand Rapids, Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, - = REINS & ——DEALERS IN—— HESS, 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. Hides Furs, Wool & Tallow, ur Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. amilton Carhartt & Co., W EOLESALE FIRST ON DECK With OYSTERS, @s usual. We shall receive the first ehipment from Bal- Men's Furnishing GOOG |timore on Sept. 4th, of the Old Reliable MANUFACTURERS OF The “Carhartt”? Pantaloons, Overalls, Engineers’ J ackets, Jumpers’ Shirts, ete. Upon our Samples sent manufactured goods, we guarantee to save the trade the Jobbers’ Profits. for Comparison. 118 Jefferson Ave. Detroit. MANOKEN BRAND, The Old Reliable Pioneer Cigar Factory, H 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. 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 & EHdgetts Celebrated Deviled Crabs. Yours Truly, IO. GREEN. Grand Rapids, Mich, AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. O. W. Blain & Co. have removed from 152 Fulton street to 9 North Ionia street. M. S. Marshall, formerly engaged in the grocery and bakery business at 252 South Division street, has engaged in the grocery business at 258 South Division street—A. W. Fisher and 8. H. Sweet’s former locations. Shields, Bulkley & Lemon and Fox, Mussel- man and Loveridge furnished the stock. W. T. Lamoreaux has purchased the three story brick block at 71 Canal street, now oc- eupied by W. A. Berkey, and will occupy it with his own business about January 1. The price paid was $8,600, which is about half what the building cost several years ago, to say nothing of the land on which it is situated. Foster, Stevens & Co. have secured a pat- ent on a device invented by a workman in their employ in the shape of a knock-down stove pipe, or pipe that can be shipped in nests, fifty to sixty joints in a barrel. No rivets or tools of any kind are required in putting it together, and no extra charge is made over ordinary pipe. The bean market is looking up somewhat, in consequence of the advent of the new crop, which is exceptionally fine in quality and large in yield. Local dealers are prepar- ing to handle large quantities of the staple this season, and have accordingly arranged for shipments from points along the line of the Michigan Central and D., G. H. & M., which are usually diverted to Detroit. AROUND THE STATE. J. McKelvey is building a new store build- ing at Maple Grove. Hiney & Sibley succeed I. L. Sibley in the grocery business at Albion. H. B. Whipple, dry goods dealer at Ovid, has added a line of groceries. The Mancelona Herald reports that busi- ness is picking up at that place. Fred R. Messenger will shortly open a boot and shoe store at Howard City. C. 8. Palmerton’s saw mill at Woodland will soon be ready for operation. Fall apples are 25 cents a bushel and grapes three cents a pound at Allegan. Geo. H. Maul, of Detroit, will open a tea, coffee and spice house at Ionia, about Octob- er i. Traverse City dealers at paying 25 cents for potatoes, delivered at the depot at that place. M. F. Thompson succeeds Moulton & Stan- ley in the crockery and grocery business at Battle Creek. Mancelona Herald: J. H. Shepherd is packing up his stock of goods and will re- ship them to Mackinaw. M. M. Mansfield has closed out his business at Fowler, and will re-engage in trade at Hesperia about October 1. F. F. Cook’s new store building at Maple City is nearly completed, and is an import- ant addition to the business interests of the place. Jos. Crawford, formerly of the furniture firm of Crawford & Clark, Kalkaska, will soon go into the grocery business at that place. Wm. D. Hayes has sold his interest in the firm of Goodyear & Co., at Hastings, to J. S. Goodyear, and taken the latter’s position as eashier in the Hastings National Bank. Mancelona Herald: John Otis returned home last week, and from the way matters are shaping themselves we expect the fur- nace will go into blast some time next month, if not before. Norton & Lester have opened a grange store at Otsego. The firm propose to furnish their own capital, and sell goods at cost, six per cent. added. They have the sympathy of the grangers in their new enterprise. W. D. Stevens, grocer at Edmore, has sold out to Nick Fink. He previously gave a chattel mortgage for $1,200 to secure two Detroit creditors, and will probably ask the other creditors to accept a compromise. Allegan Gazette: Church & Coleman, a firm name familiar in Allegan fifteen years ago, is to be revived but not by the same parties. Wm. Church and Wm. Coleman have formed a co-partnership for engaging in the grocery business. STRAY FACTS. The Delta Lumber Company, Manistique, has put in a new sawdust burner. The Jamestown mill, Manistique, shut down for the season, September 15. Burrows & Jones succeed Morse & Bell in the crockery business at Montague. The Montague basket factory is turning out 50 to 70 dozen baskets per day. Twenty-five million feet of logs, owned by one firm, at Tawas, will be held over. E. J. Savage will erect a cheese factory near Coopersville the coming winter. Edward Wheeler, of Canfield & Wheeler, Manistee, is putting up a $30,000 residence at that place. F. R. Goodrich, of Frankfort, will log for himself this year, and is already in the woods with his outfit. The Flint & Pere Marquette Railway has finished the survey for an extension of its line from Meredith to Houghton Lake. Lois A. Stiff has been admitted to partner- ship in the firm of A. Hoag & Co., proprie- tors of the Prairie Creek Mills, at Ionia, There is talk at Muskegon of making a sawdust road from that city to Mona Lake, the summer resort, a distance of four or five miles. Jonathan Royce, of Muskegon, will operate largely in Roscommon county, the coming winter, and will probably bank 20,000,000 feet of logs. Ionia Standard: A representative of Davis & Rankin, a Chicago firm, was in the city this week trying to bring about arrange- ments for starting a creamery in this city. It is said that some of the Ludington mill men will not go into the woods at all this winter, and that others will get out only about one-half their usual quantity of logs. D. E. McIntyre, hardwood dealer at Cad- illac, has let a contract for building a band saw mill to be used for the manufacture of cherry, ash and birch lumber. S. C. Hall, the Muskegon lumber manufac- turer, has gone into peppermint culture, on his Deer Park farm, in Egleston, Muskegon county. He has hada car load of roots set out on five and a half acres of ground. Thomas Brown & Co., of Royal Oak, will soon have an extensive lampblack factory in operation inthat village. They use gas for fuel, and obtain the gas from wells bored on the premises, four of them being used. Nashville News: Harry Stow and familye have moved to Burlington to run a wooden bowl factory. H. A. Brooks has fitted up the premises vacated by Stowe and they will soon be occupied by Mrs. Allerton and mill- inery stock. A few years ago Frankfort was a scrubby saw mill hamlet, in the wilds of the north, shipping only lumber, slabs, bark and wood, the settlers there having no thought of ag- riculture or fruit raising. Now the mer- chants of Frankfort buy large quantities of apples, potatoes, and other farm products, for shipment to Milwaukee and Chicago. Northern Michigan is undergoing a great transformation. The timber regions of Michigan, as far north as Cheboygan, have turned out a large yield of excellent wheat this season, which, as respects amount per acre and quality, beats the prairie region by considerable. Ap- ples and other fruits, where any attempt to grow them has been made, have turned out wonderfully well. There is evidently some- thing in the northern counties besides pine, cedar and the hardwoods. Secretary W. F. Kelly, of the Ottawa and West Kent Agricultural Society, favors THE TRADESMAN with the premium list of the twenty-ninth annual fair, to be held at Ber- lin September 30 to October 3, inclusive. The prizes offered in each department are liberal in the extreme, and there is every prospect of a successful exhibition. Mr. Kelly has accomplished much effectual work in behalf of the society in years past, and the success that has attended the fair since his election to the office of secretary is in great part to be attributed to his efforts in that di- rection. O_O VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: M. May, Frankfort. Chas. Ostrander, Rustford. C. C. Darling, of Darling & Smith, Sparta. A. Engberts, Beaver Dam. C. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. Walter Shoemaker, Cannonsburg. a Seaman, of Seaman & Rice, Big Rap- Ss. E. P. Barnard, buyer New Era Lumber Co., New Era. J. Omler, Wright. S. J. Koon, of C.E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Fred Hayward. Casnovia. ; Paine & Field, Englishville. Robert North, Lake P. O. J. W. Mead, Berlin. B. M. Denison, East Paris. A. Woodard, Manton. Norman Harris, Big Springs. : Henry Marsh, buyer for John Canfield, Ho- art. Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. Mr. Walbrink, of I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville. L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs. R.G. Smith, Wayland. J. E. Mailhot, West Troy. Stauffer & Salisbury, Hastings, Fred Ramsey, White Cloud. John J. Ely, Rockford. J.L. Graham, Hopkins. A. Volmer, Big Rapids. A. B. Sunderland, Lowell. Roys Bros., Cedar Springs. J. Gunstra, Lamont. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. T. J. Sheridan & Co., Lockwood. Gaylord & Pipp, Pierson. Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Trent. I. S. Boise, Hastings. Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners. Mrs. Mary E. Snell, Wayland. Spring & Lindley, Bailey. C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. Sisson & Lilley, Lilley Junction. C. Deming, Dutton. Snow & Cook, Moline. B. McNeil, Byron Center. T. D. Stimson, Muskegon. J. W. Brookwalter, Burnip’s Corners. Walling Bros., Lamont. G.S. Putnam, Fruitport. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. An@re Bros., Jennisonville. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Wm. Parks, Alpine. O. Naragang, Byron Center. Geo. W. Bartlett, Ashland Center. D. N. White, Petoskey. H. O. Rose, of Rose Bros. & Co., Petoskey. G. P. Stark, Cascade. A. J. Underhill, Pentwater. Jas. Toland, Ross. Mr. Roush, of Reigler & Roush, Freeport. Miner & Co., Muskegon. W. G. Clark, Saranac. Parkhurst Bros., Nunica. G. N. Reynolds, Belmont. C. Porter, Chauncey. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. Mr. Sisson, of Sisson Bros.. Freeport. Mr. Carpenter, of Coloorn & Carpenter, Cale- donia. C. H. Deming, Dutton. Peter Hanson, of Hanson Bros., Morley. Mr. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield. C. Cole, Ada. Eli Runnels, Corning. R. Carlyle, Rockford. Mr. Morley, Morley Bros., Cedar Springs. Ralph Steffin, South Blendon. Mr. Wylie, of Wylie Bros., Martin. R. B. McCulloch, Berlin. Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. J. B. Watson, Coopersville. Holland & Ives, Rockford. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. _ oe The Grocery Market. The market has been remarkably steady during the past week, no fluctuations of note having occurred. It is not unlikely that the market will remain steady for some time to come. Oranges are in light supply and demand and prices remain about steady. Jamaicas in barrels are begining to arrive. The lemon crop is now all in and prices are considerably higher and likely to remain up, as stocks are light. Malagas will come in in a short time, but they are always far inferior to the Sicily fruit. Nuts are steady at present prices. Groceries. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. AXLE GREASE. MVAZOUWS oes ss Sess os Laveen cae sapiens 85 MPIAONG oe. ee 60 MOGOC: 22. G0Z.. 6. 50.2. ceo sees ees 60 PATAVOn. a GOL... 05.5. his. ees eae 70 Parncon, 201 pails.-. 0... sss. ee e.. 90 BAKING POWDER. ATcCtiC 46 CANS... 6... ocnc ees eons @doz. 45 TARCHIC 4: ID CRDS: soos oes co oe cae se ss 75 APCliG 4 I CGAMB. (oo. ce fect. 1 40 MATCUC 11D GANS... . 6... eons ce secs Oe se 2 40 Arctic 5 W Cans... ....-..22..2.52.5-.5-5 22s 12 00 BLUING. MDI NO. ne ce eee aie an doz. 25 ATV NO. Bo sc ees ce ee Fate doz. 45 AGU; 407,02. 0s oe a doz. 35 TiguiGs 8072... 32.6. doz. 65 PAMOUIO 4 OA. 25s so. oes ecg ene ees #8 gross 4 00 Arctic 8 0Z........ Bs ca oes oe a ce sees 8 00 ATCC 1G OZ. 6.8 os secs since ce ew oe eee 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper box.................... 2 00 Arctie No. 2 + Re aise ca ae oe 3 00 Arctic No. 3 = ee ae ae 4 50 BROOMS. No. 1 Carpet.......<...- Seba cee eeu ene. 2 50 No: 2 arper..........-.-.---.-----,----- 2 25 Nod PaviouGem. 2... .-.-.-..---...- 2 75 Nie. tore: oc 6 ce es... e 2 00 Nios Hel oe ec ee 1% Maney Whisk 3 o.oo... oss ec ass 1 25 Common WHISK... 2.2.3. 0.622 sos... s E CANNED FISH. Cove Oysters, 1 tb standards.............. 115 Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 1 9 Cove Oysters, 1 Ib slack filled............. 75 Cove Oysters, 2 tb slack filled.............. 1 25 Clams, 1 ib standards. .:.................... 1 65 Clams, 2 standards: .....-..-.....:...... 2 65 Mackerel, 1 tb fresh standards............ 1 20 Mackerel, 5 ib fresh standards............ 65 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib........... 8 50 Mackerel,3 bin Mustard.................. 3 50 Mackerel. 3b broiled.....................; 3 50 Salmon, 1 i Columbia river............. ..1 60 Salmon, 2 f Columbia river............... 2 60 Salmon, 1 i Sacramento.................. 1 50 Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Hagle.............. 185 Sardines, domestic 48..................... 7 Sardines, domestic 148.............e.06-5 12% Sardines, Mustard %4s..................... 12 Sardines, imported 4S................... , Ip Sardines, imported 4s....................- 20 Sardines, imported %s, boneless.......... 32 Sardines, Russian kegs...............-+-- 50 Mout: Sap PROOK: 65-2 66. co. eee. 3 00 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3b standards ......... shots ssosaes 9c Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......... 2 50 Blackberries, standards................... 1 2 (Cherries: TOG 2.3.2. .605. 2. 6. 2 ce. 5 1 10 (CHETMIES Wiihe 2. 2.05. oe sie 1 75 MRIMBOUSE . 68 Se os ee 1 20 Heo Plums, siandaras -.......-....4.-..-: 135 Meo Pimms, Hre. .. ck. sts. 1 45 Green Gages, standards 2 Ib... 2... ee eee 1 40 Green Gages, Hrie............2........5..% 1 50 Peaches, 3 t standards.......0............ 1 75 Peaches, 3 ib Extra Yellow............ pees WERSCRES: SECONGS... <6. 55. 6... cc es ae 1 65 iG POACHESD 1D. ..... 26 8. o. ee as es Soc 115 Pears, Bartviett 21b...............-.2.-....- 1 30 Pineapples, 2 stand..................... 1 40 (INIMCES eee ee 145 Raspberries, 2 tb stand.................... 1 25 Raspberries, 21> Hrie...2.......2.....2.--. 1 40 Strawberries, 2 tb standards............... 110 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA, Apricots, TUMSiKS) 62 Se 2 75 Hee Pinas. ee: 2 85 Gmeen GAGCS.. 666. 6s ss eee 2 85 IPAARS C08 oe ee eee 3 00 OUINCES oes ee 3 00 PEACHES 2) 6.655.555 3 2 ee: 3 00 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...................- 3 25 BCAA AINA. cee ka ee 85 Beans: SINS... 20... 5.35... sss le. 90 Beans, Boston Baked .............5.5..5--- 1 65 IBGAmS. SITINGICSS: 22025 .. cocso 1 00 Corns rie ee ee 115 (orm, BEVETC.. 66654. 605.3 ck se 1 20 Com, Dey pial... os. i... ecco. 110 Corn. Yarmouth... 2... .5 ee. se 120 Corn Tropny. . 23.2... ss t- oi. 115 Corn: 2 tb Onandaco.::. 3. ........ 2... 1 50 MaSHTOOMS, PRONG... 5. os... se. le ces 22@24 Peas, standard Marrofat...............2.. 1 40 Peas, 2 tb Early, small (new).............. 1 60 Peas, 2b Beavers. 2s. oves. ok tei LE 7b! Rens, HVORCR 210... as es 8 23026 Pumpin, 3% Golden...... 2... 2.5... 8}: 110 Succotash, 2 fb standards.................. 85 Suceoiasn. 21) BM... ...... gs... 1 75 Squash, 3 standards.................... 1 20 Tomatoes, 31 Dilworth’s.................. 1 05 Tomatoes, 3 ib Job Bacon.................. 1 05 CAPS. Goes ee 35 |Ely’s Waterproof 175 Musket.........:. 75 CHOCOLATE. Boston PremiwmM. ec @36 Bakers Premium... 2: .. 2.25... . se @40 BATWIIIORS eso) seas se ese @35 German sweet? ..o. 0... oes s: @25 Naennea SWeet.: .. 5.2525.) 2s ee @25 COFFEE. Green BiO. 00. lec... ec aes 12 @14 (Green sava. | 26.52: 1% @2% Green MOCHA: 8. 060 25 @27 RORStOG BAO 2525.0 oo esc cede cece se 12 @17 MOMBDOU JUVE... s65 5. sess ss eee 24 @34 Moasted Mar. :........ 3. 6c esse... cece: 17 @19 MOAStTCO MOCHA... . 2... . 6. ssc. sae @34 Monsted MOK... cc ccs wee cece ccc cs 174@19 Ground Bio 000: 94.@17 Ground Mex:.. 2... 5... cco ss @16 ATOMCKIO Roo Nees ees: @15% ROR ee os 5 os ess oc aes @15%4 MDW OTENCS, 25662 e eee eee @15% WOvErIIe’ SS! .... ss see cto sess @15%4 Maonouas:.. 25.00.3250 2). 3 es, @154 CORDAGE. 72 foot Jute ..... 125 |60 foot Cotton....1 75 60 foot Jute..... 1 05 {50 foot Cotton....1 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. JOnNINGH 207... 660... ® doz. 1 00 oe AOU ceo es oe 15 £f BOR ee ee 2 50 *f BMOM es oo res ee eae oe Se oe ies 3 50 e INO; 2 PAPC. ooo. c cs cece cs ess 1 25 of NOM e i a. 1% se % pint round... . 3.2.6. ae 4 50 ae 1 Oe eee, 2 00 sf UNOS 6.22.5 sss ce es. 3 00 ee INODAO oo os ce ee ce. 4 25 Vanilla. SOMMINGS) 2:07). loc cio es os oe ce cs # doz. 1 40 . BOD ees os ee eee es es ye 25 ° OOF ieee cee. 4 00 BOF oe soos oso e cae coe ieee. 5 00 of NO: Paper: as. oc. os. ose 1 50 st Jalopy 2B 4 Ua veyes ee ee 3 00 ae 46 PINT TOUNG::.: 6.2.0... a 7 50 sf Lpint rounds... 06. ee els 15 00 sf IND. Bio ee ae 4 2 * INO. 10.2 i ee: 6 00 FISH. MVMOIG COR 6 ees hs ee 43(@614 PONCIORB OG oc boa eke a 5@7@8 Herring % bbls. 100 b................ 2 50@3 00 FIOMTING SCHON oo. sos coo eee ce ks ee ~@24 Herring BoOUand.. 2. oo. s dee casos c ess @90 White, No. 154% DIS ...0..5.66.05 005 5 75 White, Family, % bbls................ 22 White, No.1, 10 i kits..........:..... 95 White, No.1, 12 1p kits... . 2.3... 26.203 1 05 Trout; No, 44 DbIs.. . 66.2 le. s e. 5 00 Trout, No; 1, 12 Ib kits... .. 5.0.5.2... 90 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbis............... 5 00 Mackerel, No.1, 12 i kits............ 1 60 FRUITS. London Layers, new.................6. 2% Loose Muscatel Raisins, new......... @2 Th Loose Muscatel Raisins, old......... @2 50 New Valencias Raisins................ T4@i% PIONS es ee eo es a. @3 25 ORORTAS ec ec eae ocd ass @10 PUP ROV: PEUNCS . so. poo oes ove cane a vee ON CUR a ee ie os fe cae ees 5 @6 CUTOR 3 es a @25 Dried AVPIOS: 63. ese. 8 @8% MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 9, square................ 2 2 Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 50 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor... Grand Haven, No. 800, parlor.............. é Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 2 26 Richardson’s No.2 square.................. 2 70 Richardson’s No. 3 GO ooo. 2 55 Richardson’s No. 5 GO eee a os 15 Richardson’s No. 6 OO: 28 ie 2 %0 Richardson’sNo.8 do. ..........-...00.- 1 70 Richardson’sNo.9 dO. .............00008- 2 55 Richardson’s No. 4 round ................085 270 Richardson’s No.7 dO ..........ee eee e eee 2 55 Kichardson’s No. 7% dO .... eee cece eee ee 1 70 MOCUMIOG VATION NO. 12.5. 5.5 ive dee ccccce ve 3 20 Electric Parlor No.18..............0ccce0000. 4 64 MOLASSES. TSIAGK PAPA oo. oe acces th ne cee wh ew nese: 16@18 POLO FAC oo oo is hrs ae eds vec ees 80@35 New Orleans, 200............22c0eeeeeeee 40@50 New Orleans, fancy................s2cc008 56@60 OATMEAL. ASH OARDKRE oso 1 as oir cece cas co eca ccs @3 5 GUN PERE. OO, re eo oes sale i ve: @3 25 apmperial -DbIS. i603 Se. oo cc ccs @5 50 Quaker DOIG 6. cs. sees ci ee @6 75 Steel Cub... es elke. @5 75 e OIL. Heerosene Wo We eo: 13% do. egal test: 2. 3. 19% Sweet, 2 02. SQUALO........ 00... cece cece 75 Sweel, 2 OZ. TOUNG........5...-...-.... 1 00 Castor, 202. 8QUArC................0005 75 Castor, 2:02. TrOUNG..5..0..0.3 6.0.03. 1 00 PICKLES. Choicein barrels med.........;. .........0:- 7 00 Choice in % CO ee Ne 4 00 Dingee’s 4% do Smal oo ee 4 25 Dingee’s quarts glass fancy................. 4 25 Dingee’s pints QO oe 2 2% American gt. in Glass: .....0.2. 0.200. oe 2 00 PAMMOMCAT PU. UD GIASS. 6066006 oe 1 25 C.& B English quarts........:.............. 6 00 C.05. BaShsn pints 63 ee. 3 60 Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts...6 00 es eS pints....3 60 Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50 2 . Z pts..2 75 PIPES. Imported Clay 3 gross................. 2 25@3 00 Imported Clay, No. 216................ @2 25 American PDs 6 ee eee 90@1 00 RICE. Choice Caroling. 56 es, 6% Pomme; Carola. gc 7% HAV ee 674 PATA ee 6 RANGOON ee 5% SALERATUS. WOMANA'A PUNE. see @ 5% ChueChis oe @ 54 Tavlors Ge Mei see @ 5% Can Saeate co es aces @ 5% WI WACMS ee eee @ 54 Med Noam @ 5% Ss BOWES Best ee @ 54 SALT. GUPROCKOE Ge 2 50 COOCKOU eet ce es 2 85 LOUIS DW pOCKCtS. 6.600. 2 65 PaPIMMW PING ke 1 00 Miamond © 1 5 Standard ©oarse.................. 2), : 1 55 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 3 20 American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 25 Mock DUSHEIS).20 200. 80 SAUCES. Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. Lee & Perrins Woréestershire, % pts. Picadilty, 2 pints... 3.2.02... Halford Sauce, large. ..0...........2.. Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ Pepper Sauce, green..........2........ @ 90 Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... @1 30 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 60 Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ 90 Catsup, Tomato. quarts .............. @1 30 Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00 Horseradish, pints. .-.................. @1 30 Capers, French surfines............... @2 25 Capers, French surfines, large........ @3 50 Olives, Queen, 16 0z bottle............ @3 85 Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle...... ..... @6 50 Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... 7 00 Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co,’s...... @4 00 Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... @2 5 SEEDS. HOMD ee d CORO ee ee 4% BDO ee ic Mimed Bird. 00.6.0... a 54@6 SOAP. Lautz Bros. & Co. Aeme, 101 bars.::.6.- @ 6% Meme, 2310 DATS! .5.050..0. 00020: @ 64 MoOwel, 2 Oars .6. 655.500 @5 25 Wapkdin, 25 DAarsiis. i. 2... @5 25 Best American, 601 tb blocks.......... @ 6 Palma 60-1 tb blocks, plain...... ...... @ 5% Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped........ @3 70 Master, 100-3 Ib cakes ....... oe : @5 00 Stearine, 100 3% Ib cakes............... @A 85 Marseilles, white, 100 3% tb cakes...... @6 25 Cotton Oil, white, 100 % tb cakes...... @6 25 Lautz’s 60-1 Ib blocks, wrapped........ @T German Mottled, wrapped............ @ 614 Savon, Republica, 60 tb box............ @ 5% Blue Danube, 60-1 tb blocks........... @ 534 London Family, 60-1 Ib bloeks........ @5 London Family, 3-Ib bars 80 Ib......... @4 00 London Family, 4-tb bars 80 Ib......... @A 00 Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped............. @3 85 Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped............ @A 00 Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped........... @3 25 Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. @2 30 Marseilles Castile, Toilet,3 doz in box @1 25 ‘Al Wloating, 60 cakes:......2......... @A 20 Kirk’s American Family ........ 42 Ib 614. GO, India ee 5% GOs 2 Saviou oes 534 GO: Satinet 6:2) 5% ado: Revenue 65.0.0. 2. 5% do. White Russian................ 5 10 Goodrich’s English Family .......... 54 do. Princess: 25.25.05... 2... 4\4 Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ........... 6 75 do. Japan Olive ...... 5 do. Town Talk #-box 3 60 do. Golden Bar........ 4 10 do. PAVED. eos. be. 3 40 do. Ampere... 6... 6. 3 75 do. Mottled German.. 4 20 Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ @3 40 Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... @3 20 Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 05 WAG SOG ee, bs @W6% Galvanic @4 20 Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3b br @I18% PEA MODE seers 3sibbar @ 16 Ward's White Ealy............05..20.., @6 75 itandkerchiet. -... 63628, @A 20 Diggs oe 3 00 AD Dib SG 5 50 NDISDRAG 4 15 DiI ee 5 00 MASNObIC ccs 6c. ce. 4 20 New French Process.................- 4 50 DPOOW ee ee ee 5 00 ANGIEW ASHDOard 0. ee 5 00 WtenlanGg Fo bee ee 3 25 MAGIC 4 20 PAGS DUPON ee ek: 4 00 POSUCIS Coc 6 75 W hitecastiiG bars)... 0. 12 Mottled castile. 6.006 ..) oes, 10 OldiCountry:):-6.)0 8. 5% SPICES. Whole. PODDON ee 18@2 PSIBDICS Be ee 9@10 ORGS ee @10 INDUUTROPS oc ce 60@70 CHOVOS Soe se oe 1i@18 Ground. ODDO ee a I6@2i JUGS oC eee 122@18 CrOMAMON ee eee ee 16@30 IOV OR ey ee a 15@25 Gincer ee 16@18 MIQISEATO os ee 15@30 WAVOUNO cee fue e ens 25@35 STARCH. Gilbert's Gloss 1. .../0..2.........22 02, 6% ce * 31) Cartoons............. 64 fe r. CCEACCS eee : 7 st (oe OU So ee 5% ss Comm Wi. i Niagara Laundry, 40 ib box, bulk..... @5 ** Laundry, bbls, 186 Ibs........ @4% ‘« Gloss, 401 packages........ @6% . Gloss, 363 8 packages....... @6 sf Gloss, 6 Ib box, 72 Ib crate.... @i e Corn, 401% packages........ @i% Muzzy Gloss 1 i) package.............. @6% Muzzy Gloss 3 tb package.............. @6% Muzzy Gloss 6 ib boxes................ @1% Muzzy Glogs bill: 6. @5%4 Miuzae Com Li oe ee, @7 Special prices on 1,000 i orders. Kingsford Silver Gloss................ @8 Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 Ib box....... @8% Maingstord Corm:..:... 2.55... 5 es @8 Oswego. GIOSS. 022) 2s. ele @6% Mirror GIOSSin. 66a @6% Mirror Gloss, Gorn...........:02....... @b%, Wiel Ss PeRrE 8 @4 American Starch Co.’s G0 GIOSS) ee @6% LO OZ EGIOSB sel, ae Sie @B% 31D GOSS ce eet eosoees @6 6 Tb Gloss, wood boxes................. @7 RADIO COMM soe ee. 40 Ib @6% PEABO COMA ices ec aoe. ck 20 Ib @t Banner, DUC... eee ce . @A STOVE POLISH. Rising Sun gross..5 88|/Dixon’s gross...... 5 50 Universal .......... 5 88| Above # dozen..... 50 DR cy 5 50 SUGARS. CUD TORE. oa @7% CUR Goel ee ie @7% POWOONOO, 8 eo oli. sass a @i% SATUNUVIOCOG |. os i ieee ecg coe ooo: @6 94 OORT OA hres ves ee le) es @6% etrudard Any. @6% Pea OC WHILE. ese oe. ord kc, 6 @6% PR ocd sess cone ole es ees he wea ws 53% @6 MINION ioe oe ee 54%@5X Yellow C....... Sees beess ceive ue @5 SYRUPS. Corn, Bareels.. 26 32 Corn, ebbis 2.5 34 Corn, (0 galion kegs... °c, @ 36 Corn, }pallion kegs... 6, @1 85 Corn, 4% gallon kegs................... @1 65 Bure SUpAE ee bbl 22@ 38 Pure Sugar Drips................ % bbl 380@ 86 Pure Sugar Drips........... 5galkegs @l1 8 Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ...... %bbl @ % Pure Loaf Sugar. .......... 5 gal kegs @1 90 TEAS, pan OLdInAry =... - 8 24@30 Jape far ee 32@35 dapan fair to food)... 22.6... 35@37 SEPANG. oo ee 4050 SUPA GUSH 15@20 VoOune EHyvson:. 3.552 25@50 Gum Powder... 060) 0 35@50 Oolone ee 3838@55@60 CONGO ee 30 TOBACCO—FINE CU. ROSG Bud ee. @50 OF ee oe @45 Our Birds.) 2 @30 PCSGHeES) @3. Mormson’s Bruih 2. @50 NOGGIN @60 Diamond Crown... -....5.0. 2.6... @57 Red Bird: fe @d2 OperaiQ@ucen 0 @40 Sweet Rose.......... one aan @45 Green Back 3.) 8, @38 UNG ee @33 OSO Sweep. 7 @31 Prairie Flower.......... PU og @bd Climber [light and dark].............. @62 Matebless 20552.) o ee. @bd5 Ritaiwathe ee @69 Globee @i0 May MIOWer oe @i0 Gro. ee @45 PRUIAG Vee es @35 RoyalGame.. @38 pilver Bireag 0 G67 Dea en @60 Kentucky 05 2 ee @30 Mule Bar, @67 Beck a-BOO. eee @32 Peek-a-Boo, 4 parrels........ 1... @30 OClipper, HORS @32 Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels......:.. @30 BPoumntain« (20 or. ee ue @i4 Old Coneress. oe @64 GOOG EMG eee @52 Good andiSweeb i600 22... @45 Blaze Away @35 Eine Wiiiter C @30 Old Glory, Wiehte oo @60 Charm of the West, dark.............. @60 Governor, in? oz tin: foil.............. @60 PLUG. BH. Pas Pavorite,...- .s...., @A8 Old Kentucky... 0. 2 @458 Bie Hour 2x a @48 Bis Hour Sx @48 ppearhead, 2x12 and 3x12... 0... @48 Murkey, 1607., 2xle @45 Blackbird. 16 07.. Sxig-ic @35 Seal ot Grand Rapids, 6) 6... @48 GORY ee @50 DURHAM @48 Silver Com 5.0050 oS: @50 buster, [Dark 203 @36 Black Prince [Dark]. (2.00000... @36 Black (Racer [Dark]... @36 Lerrett & Myers” Star... 00.5... | @50 CHa @50 Hold Fast ..... Soca. Loss @48 McAlpin’s Gold Shield................, @A8 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 Ib cads....... @51 Cock ofthe Walk 6GS).................. @37 Black Spun Roll... 2000... @38 INDOIFOU @48 COUR ee GAS Red Seal @A6 CECSCONG O00) Ce @44 BIAGle Ne oe @35 Black Bass.) @40 Deve Gig @35 Nobby, Spun Rolle. ..0000 @50 Sprig et @a0 Grayling: all styles)... |. 2... @50 MacInnis 7 HAOURGISNOO Good Wick... Bis Chunkor JT. Ham Ertter ... Moand Do black.) ae McAlpin’s Green Shield............... Ace High, black 3.1... Champion Ay matlOEs SOlUCG. ck GG Stam ea SHOUGUM ee DOR te JUNO... 5. 6. Ae PDC MUCK JAGR RADDIE 6 SMOKING. Morngme Dew oso, @26 Chain ee @22 peal orGrand Radids: 3... @25 Oe @30 RG a @28 Je SE ee @30 Ten Penny Durham, % and 44......... @24 Amber, 4 and bi... 2... @15 John Gilpin, granulated.............. @18 Bime Kiln Club... 63. oe, @Ai Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut........ @90 NMemiGy Nair @90 DUNG 1@25 Peerless @25 Standard - : @22 Old Pom... 2 Pom GS Jerey ooo De SOKCR ce @2 MPayelen a ee @ IMIG OR on eos De MMODSY oe ee @2 Navy Clippings: :... 1.0... D? Honey DOW D2 Goldy Block ee De Camp Pine soe @22 OTOUOKO) @19 Nigeer Head. es. 26 Dumnam: Ib @60 do WD ee @d do Mee Didi do PD oe - @ad1L OMane @22 German oo. @16 Mone om. 2 os @30 NeerOnal i: @26 WMG Se @26 Love’s Dream.. @28 Conqueror: 260 io, @23 WOXS ee ee eet @22 GYAVINS ee @32 Seal Skin ee @3 Mime Dyna ie @25 MOD ROW... ee @26 Wmele Sam. @28 Humberman .22) 2.2.0 2.620 2. @26 anor WOW. 4. co @37 MOUNTAIR ROSE. @20 Good Bnoueh oo. @23 Home Comfort, 48 and %s............ @25 Old Rip: lone Guts oe. @ad5 Durham, long cut, No. 2.....6........ @5d Mwo Nickle: 12).: sie.2.0 2a). @2 wo INiekle; 368.0005. @26 Star Duma or eee @25 Golden Flake Cabinet.................. @A0 Seal of North Carolina, 2.0z........... @52 Seal of North Carolina, 4 0z........... @50 Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz........... @48 Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz boxes... @50 Big Deal, 45 longeut...............2.. Q27 Apple Jack, 48 granulated........... @24 King Bee, longcut, 4s and \%s........ @22 Milwaukee Prize, 4s and \4s.......... @24 Good Enough, 5c and 10¢ Durham.... D2 Durham, S., B. & L, 4s and ¥s........ De Rattler loneeut.. 2.265.626... @ WindsOrGut Plug. 6.6. O25 SHORTS. Mile Bam ees 24 Hiawatha oo. ee ee, pe OIG CONSECSS. 8 ee, 23 PNOMO@ eee 20 : SNUFF, Boriliard’s Macoboy.:...::.-...02..2.. @55 c American Gentleman...... @72 Rappee, A. Beck & Co.’s.... 2.2.2.0 0.6. @35 Goib& Ax’s Macoboy......:..:.......2. @44 Scoteh, Railroad Milils...........2..... @44 VINEGAR. Pure Oder. oo oe 10@12 White Wine... 22): 2.0. .12. 2. 10@12 WASHING POWDERS. UGG ee eee @10% Guletv es iD 52 @ % Soapimepke.. 2255 sss ok oc cece stk. 7@10 Peariine sd POX. 0... 6a oc. @4 50 Lavine, single boxes, 48 1 Ib papers... Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1 Ib pap’rs @A 50 @4 2% Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 0z pap @A 25 Lavine, single boxes, 80 % ib papers.. @4 15 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 % ib paprs @4 00 YEAST. Twin Bros....... 175 |Wilsons .......... 1 75 Gillett’s ......... 1 76 :|National ......::. 1 75 MISCELLANEOUS. BIGORING so ec ee cee wi ecco 30, 40, 50@60 do WALOY POO! i. cee ce cic wes 1 50 Bath Brick imported .................. 95 do AMIOVICU .. 3. cid cece ces an 75 WBRDIOW, coos eect ois eles Gene ees @3% Burners, NOU... 2... oie este cs 1 10 do INOS Bae ou cee. ae ne ne tee 1 50 Bags, American A..............0.eee0 20 00 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... 8 00 Condensed Milk, Swiss................ 7 50 Curry Combs @ doz..................05 1 23@ ae Cream Tartar 5 and 10 i cans......... @25 Candies, Star. 2.2.02... 0 @l5 Candies, Hotel... . . 2. .<3. 2.2 as. eee @16 Chimney Cleaners #2 doz.............. @A50 Chimmeye Neo bee @38 2 ING 2a @A48 Cocoanut, Schepps’1&%mb do . @2714 Extract Coffee,. V. C. ..22.. 2. -..0 0. ese 90@95 do HOHE (222 202.5... 1 380@ Flour Sifters # doz .....2......-.2-. 0 3 00@ Hruit Augurd each... ..............<.3.. 25@ Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @30 Gum, Rubber 200lumps. ............ @40 Gum Spruce... 30@35 Hommy, @ Obl. 6 2 @A 50 H. C. Flour, 18 3 b pkgs., @ box........ @2 80 H. C. Flour in bulk, @ cwt ............ @4 50 Ink $3dozen box................00.0. 1 00@ SOU Pas (2) @ 5% do Glass Tumblers # doz............ @i0- Hye @ 2 doz Gases... 4... @1 55 Macaroni, Imported................... @13 WOMORGG 20 @bd French Mustard, 8 oz @ dozen........ @i5 do Large Gothic........ @1 35 Oil Tanks, Star 60 gallon.............. @10 00 Peas, Green Bush. _................... @1 75 do Split prepared.....:............. @ 3% Powder, Kem (2... 40@ do weer 2 50@ SRO ee 5@6 Shop Grop i 0 1 60@ dO DuGk fo ee «---t O@ Ge @15 Tobacco Cutters each ................. 1 2@ wine 18@25 Maploea sc 5@6 Wicking No. 1 @ gross................. @40 do ING] Fe @65 do POPE 1 50@ CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK, Straight, 201b DOXGS....2..5 4... @10 Twist, GO, 42.2 @10% Cut Loaf AQ gee @iz MIXED. Hoyal 2a pasha: 2 oi , @10% WOVE OOO i id” tra 250) pats. 2 ll% Bebra: 2 Dhie 1 Preneh Cream, 25 pails. 222. .......... 5... 14 Cut loa’ 251) Gases. 2 14 Broken, 25 Ip pats ../.2.5.. 20s 11% Broken AOU Wild... 10% FANCY—IN 5 Ib BOXES. Memon reps 14 NOUn DEON 15 Ieppermint BOS. :.. . 6... 66.35.52 16 Chocolate Drops: | 2... 52. 2s. li IEDM Chocolate Props........° 0... 20 Guim Drops (oe 12 Miecoriee Drops. 20 AVE Bicones Drops. ._ 12... 14 Bovenses pinim 2 16 Ho7enees: printed. .........2.....6..... 1 2 li Inpenigigns 60 16 INQ UEOGS 16 Cream Baru 15 Molasses Baw. 1¢ CERNE 86 Hand Mada @reams .. 7. 23 ipisim @reame: 7 20 Decorated Creams! 28 SUMO ROGK Or 16 Burne Almonds (* 0... 2 ‘Wintergreen Berries........... .... a 16 Fancy—in Bulk. Lozengés, plain m pails..................... 14 Lozenges, plain in bbls.....................: 13 Lozenges, printed in pails................... 15 Lozenges, printed in bbls,.................. 14 Chocolate Drops, in pails.:............22.... 14 Gum ‘Drops, in palls:....._.....5.......6. 8 Gum Drops, Mi DDIS...2.. 26 cc coe a Moss Drops: in pails. ....2....... 2... i Moss Drops, in bbls... 02... 9%, pour Drops mm pails... ..5.. ie lmperiais, in pails...) ... 5 ee 14 Imperiais in bbls.......... foes e ke oe 13 FRUITS, Ordmees DOM ww ee 5 00@6 56 Oranges OO box. 2... Oranges, Jamaica, # bbl.............. 8 75@9 00 Oranges, Imperials, # box............ Oranges, Valencia #@ case............. hemons, Choice... .... @4 50 Henions faney 1 8 5 50@6 00 Bananas @ buneh 6... Malaga Grapes, #@ keg................. Malnga Grapes, @ Db.................. MGS, Iayerse Ry 12@16 Mies fancy do 6 18@20 Figs, baskets 40 ib #® tb................. @13'% Dates, frails de. = @ 6 Dates, 4 do GO... @7 igtes Si @& Da6Gs 36 SRI ce es es @ 7% Dates, Pard 101) box #@ I........ 2... 10 @11 Dates, Fard 50 i box @Ib.............. 7 @8 Dates, Persian 50 fb box ® ........... 64@ 7 PEANUTS, iPrmme Red. raw i ....-... 2... Choice do dQ 2... @7 Fancy do QQ... G7 @hoice Wiite, Vado .:....2........ @ 7% Fancy HP,. Va do.. @ 844 NUTS. Almonds, Terragona, # Ib............. 18@19 Almonds, Ioaea, GO... 16@17 3razils, €Q .-.. 5. @& Pecons, dO 2... W@14 Pilberts, Bareelona do ............. Filberts, Sicily GQ) 18@14 Walnuts, Chilli QO 223s: @1l2% Walnuts, Grenobles do.............. 14@15 Wainuts, California do. . ....... Cocoa Nuts. @ 100 —........... @4 56 Hickory Nuts, large #@ bu............. Hickory Nuts.small do ........... 3 1 2 PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co quote as follows: PORK. Heavy Mess Pork, old_................... $17 060 Heavy Mess Pork, new...2............... 18 00 Back Pork, short cut, new.....-. ........ 17 0e Pig Pork, short cut, better than mess... 17 50 amily Olear Pork... 0... 2 13 ce Hxura Clear Pork 0c... co. 20 50 Clear Back Pork, new... ..t......0 1... 62, 19 00 Boston Close Pork... 2... Standard Clear Pork, the best...... DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES. Long Clears, heavy, 500 ib. Cases....... 10 do. Half Cases......... 104, Long Clear medium, 500 t Cases....... 10 do Half Cases ....... 101% Long Clears light, 500 Ib Cases.......... 10 do. Half Cases. ......... 10% Short Clears, heavy. ........-.......... do. REL@OLEEEINS <5 10% do. bene oc Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 tb cases.. 11 Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 ib cases... 11% Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 tb cases.. 114 Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. Bellies, extra quality, 500 tb cases...... 11 Bellids, extra quality, 300 ib eases...... li, Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 ib cases...... 11% LARD. NBIGREGS ee ec. 8 a0 he OO Ib EUDS) ooo. ces. 814 LARD IN TIN PAILS. 20 ib Round Tins, 80 fh racks............ 814. 316 Pails, 201 & Case..........-........ 9 5D Pails, 12 in @ €ase ... 2... 2.5... se. 8% 101) Paris: Gin a ease... ..... 6c. 834 SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN. Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 183; Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. d4 do. Hehe. .... 1414 Shoulders. boneless. ....:...2 2... 6. 944 Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle....... 84 Hxtra Clear Bacon... .....2.......-. 2. 2 Byried Heek, EXtra....3....0.. 2.22... cs 12% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 ibs...... 10 75, Plate Beet, extra quality. <2... ..5...... CANNED BEEF. Libby, MeNeil & Libby, 14 Ib cans, % doz. WL @RSG ee 18 QO do. 2% cans; 1 doz. in case.... 2 8 Armour & Co., 14 ib cans, % doz in case 18 00 do. 2 Ib cans, 1 doz. in case.. 2 85 do. 2 Compr’d Ham, 1 doz. in case 4 00 SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED. Pork Saysage.. 2.3.2... se 9 Hap Sausage... 15 ‘HOMPIIC SAVsAe@e. oe ccs econ fee wel 5 i WiVGr SQUBSSC. 2c. oils. 8 iprankftorh: Sausaee.. 6020. oe ee 10 IBIOOG SHUSARG.. o.oo. 2c .. . 8 Bologna. FINS hs sic Soc S 8% Holooma, Straight... sooo. 22... ook 8% Hologena, thick. 6 oo. esos, 84. POR COORG. ooo 8 PIGS’ FEET. En ale Harrele oc ge 3 90 WO QUADTON DARGIS. oo... ccc eo ke cece. 2 10° WE Ne eee erg oo TRIPE. Dehalt Barren. 22. ik $3 75 In quarter barrels... .2.. 6.850006 occ cee. 2 00 Ua ES ee ee eee a ce 95 Prices named are lowest at time of going to press, and are good only for that date, subject. to market fluctuations. Mark our LANTERNS | Per doz. | JOBBERS OF a . 5 uy } iu is MASON’S PORCELAIN CAP ERUIT JARS. Quarit—$18 per gross. 1-2 Gallon—$16 per gross. LAMP CHIMNEYS, ANCHOR BRAND. Lamps. THE PERFECTION German Student, 7 in shade ....... ........ 3 75 ee os 10 oe 5 GLASS STANDARD ELASSWARE, ETC, ETGI.< Specialties. Mail orders receive careful Attention. Hecoraled base Laiiys 1 doz very large Fine Lamps that will retail at $1.50 each which we can oe Wy PS iy, Fe AS80RTED CASE Engraved English Glassware No. 145, NEW SHAPE-HANDLED We G07 SCS. 32... 5. Engd 36 7 2 3 60 4 doz % gal Pitchers ...Engd 356 6 00 2 00 % doz 4 gal Pitchers....Engd 36 4 00 1 00 3 doz Goblets........... Engd 36 110 3 30 1-6 doz 7 in Casseroles... Eugd 36 8 00 50 Bee 1-6 doz 8 in Casseroles...Engd 56 00 67 No.1 Burner Lift Wire Tubular ............ 8 50 : : ise ey stb ean x AN ‘ fe aeith GahiMh. 5c -.e 8% No Charge for Boxes, 6 doz. in Box. sell complete with % ENCE: SUN FE_| > 640 {i cov dbowls..Enee ey im ik epg eld ag ite Cea Aa 7 00 Per Box. —AND— LUMINATORS at $9.,DO per | % 402 SmCeleries....... Engd 36 3:00 "5 ilting WAR ee No.0 Sun Bulb C. T > 00 dos % doz wore cons... 7 a 350 175 . > Wh e'e's 5a e\e = 6 gisielc 6 0 's,0%6 «0\0 e010 © «: a ° AT € eee 7 ‘i ~, No.1 Ce ee 2 20 ° 2 doz tO. ¢ Vines:...... ngd 10 10 40 3 fe 2 9, 3 doz 4in Comports............. 40 20 Ba Hisle tao Sige on eat ea tet in| ELAND LAMPS. i gap 7 2 doz Individual Salts........... ke é The following chimneys are manufactured Assortment No. 11. DECORAT p BASE | AMP E doz Shaker Salts.............. 5d 1 i : W expressly for us, are superior in quality and oe oe carried m Stock. e but a trifle higher in cost than the chimneys ¥% doz A Lamps and Burners....... 216 1 08 noe a cant 10 per cent =< ° l f T oe ee ee is la-|i « Re cee ee 248 1 24 ASSORTMENT NO. 29. sees ’ make a Specia y O an- eled with our br . 4 eo ee 270 135 wm - ** faney...2 8 ~ 1. terns and Lamps for FIRST QUALITY. i me . : So 2 10 = E 8b Complete with 7 in. Sun Illuminator, if you ha ve not our Il- my ss 8 30 t 69 : THE GREAT “SUN” LAMP. = Oo. o Sun Bulb ©. fo... -...--.2.-.. 8... =< Buse Lamps & e Seo 2 a 2 Bronze Base Lamps................ G6 1 e : ° * oO. nS Bee oc eames Mees ae acts 464 ce oe moos ec onn 216 1 08) 2 a Ss Oe se 65 130 s s Lighting Mills, Etc. coat. tenes, RETAN: PRICES. ee ce ae oe Fo i 140 lustrated Price-List send loeunt, brass, each........-.-.........-----:- ¢ oO. ef inge ‘ ae and. * “ footed. .2 25 q 13912 Ce CC CO "¢ 1 58 Will Send Cuts of Assortment on o mickel =... -.....-.------- 3 50| No.1 * x a oe ee ee ee. 1 50|4 Decorated (=... 26.22. 5 3s: 84 3 36} ee Table Lamps, with shade, brass............ 350) No.2“ im fi s 4. Application. z ns Mickel 6. 4 00 No charge fcr box. Package at cost. Net. $15 57 Package at cost, net s 94|LOF 1b. Dry Goods. Spring & Company quote as Ldsruwo: WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 {Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |\Pepperell, 14-4 2.5 21% Pepperell, 7-4...... 16%'Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pepperell, 8-4......20 |Pequot, B43. 21 Pepperell, 9-4...... 221%4|Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. {Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, XX, 0z..11 vi 4 )Park Mills, No. 100.15 Caledonia, X, oz...10 Economy, OZ.......- 10 |Prodigy, 0Z........-. a8 Park Mills, No. 50..10 Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12 |York, 1 02.......... 10 Park Mills, No. 80..13 /York, AA, extra oz.14 OSNABURG, Alabama brown.... 7%4)Alabama plaid..... 8 Jewell briwn.....- -, 9% Augusta plaid beuece 8 Kentucky browp..10%4/Toledo plaid........ 7% Lewiston brown... 9% Manchester plaid.. 7 Lane brown........ 94%4'New Tenn. plaid... Louisiana plaid.... 8 |Utility plaid........ 6% : BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 84/Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art cambrics, 36...114%4/Hill, 4-4............. 814 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8% Hill, 7-8............. 1% Androscoggin, 5-4..1244 Hope, 4-4........... 7% Ballou, 4-4........-. 74% King Phillip cam- Batliou, b-4......---- 6} pric, 44... ee 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8% 'Linwood, 4-4....... 9 Boott, .5-5.....--- 7 \Lonsdale, 4-4....... 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 914 Lonsdale cambric.11% Boott, R. 3-4....... 5% Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4. 74%;Langdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 644|M asonville, 4-4..... 9% Conway, 4-4... . .-- 7 |Maxwell. 4-4........ 10% Cabot, 4-4.......-- . U4\New York Mill, 44.10% (ahot, 7-3. ...-..--<- 64% New Jersey, 4-4.... Sanoe, 34... -.....-- 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. Domestic, 36....... 8 7 744 |Pride of the West. .12% 8 6 Dwight Anchor,44. 914 Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8% DPaval +4... =... 914 \Slaterville, 7-8...... bY Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 8%/Victoria, AA....... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 834; Woodbury, 4-4...... 5% Fruit of the Loom, |Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% cambric, 4-4...... 12 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 |Wamsutta,4-4...... 10% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 644 Williamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age......... 8% SILESIAS. STOW... .-. >. 3s, 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 No 10: ee 124% |Masonville 8.......10% Com 2 ok. 10 |Lonsdale........... 9% ANCHOr.._....---<- 15 |Lonsdale A......... 16 Centennial.,....... Nictory. O...:....-- Blackburn ......... 8 (Victory J.....-..... AVG 3... ---- 2-5 14 (Victory D......-..- ondon.:.......---- 12%| Victory K.......... 2% PACOMIA ...22:.2-4-- 12 (Pheonix A.........- 19% Red Cross........-- 10 (Phoenix B......... 10% Social Imperial....16 [Phoenix XX..... .. 5 ; PRINTS. Albion, solid. .+++++-5%|Gloucester se ee 6 Albion, grey.......- 6 \Gloucestermourn’g.6 Allen’s checks...... 54% |Hamilton fancy....6 Ailen’s fancy....... 5% \Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink......... 6% Merrimac D......... 6 Allen’spurple....... 6%\Manchester ......... 6 American, fancy....5% |Oriental fancy...... 6 Arnold fancy.......- 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 5% |Pacific robes........ 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 iRichmond........... 6 Cocheco robes....... 614 'Steel River..........5% Conestoga fancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone .........- 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagie fancy.........5 |Washington blues..7% Garner pink......... 644) FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 44.... 8 |Indian Orchard, 40. 8% Boott M,44........ 74 Indian Orchard, 36. 8 Boston F, 4-4....... 8 |Laconia B, 7-4......16% Continental C, 4-3.. 73) Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% Continental D, 40in 8%/Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% Conestoga W, 4-4... 7 |Nashua E, 40-in.... 9 Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%)Nashua R, 4-4...... i. Conestoga G, 30-in. 64 Nashua O,7-8....... 1% Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |NewmarketN...... 7% Dwight Y,7-8....... 614|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 74 Dwight Z, 4-4....... 7 |Pepperell R, 4-4.... 7 Dwight Stay, 4-4.... 74|Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 (Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64 Enterprise KE, 36.. 5%|Pocasset_C, 4-4..... 7 Great Falls E,4-4... 7 Saranac R.......... 7 Farmers’ A,4-4..... 6% \Saranac E.......... 9 indian Orchard, t-4 7% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag ......... Renfrew, dress styl 914 Amoskeag, Persian Johnson Manfg Co, BO Bc ese ee > “| Bookfold ......2.: Ry% TeHEEO.. 58 -s-s--e 74%' Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... 6%| dress styles...... RY Glasgow checks.... 7 (Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%! styles............. 9 Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new White Manf’g Co, standard ......... 7%; Earlston.......... 9% Plunket. ..:.-..<:.. %%\Gordon ............. 8 Lancaster .......... 8% |Greylock, dress Langdale.......... 5 T9GL- BUF ROR se ve ves 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 {Pepperell. 10-4..... 27% ‘Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... 3244 Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21 Pepperell, 8-4......22% Pequot, 8-4......... 24. Pepperell, 9-4......25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantie A, 4-4..... 734\Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 84 Atlantic H, 4-4..... a 8 ‘Lawrence Y, 30.... 7 64 'Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5% ‘ 6 OYSTERS AND FISH. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. MXGiY SOlOCES =. 52505 i ecb iie ee eek eee: 38 MRIOCES oe se. oo coe Saas we veces 33 StANORTOS on...) cee bac fe esc cae eect 25 BAMOTILOS: 6.055. aes ee oe se 22 FRESH FISH. MOORS 2 ees. 8 MIACAOCK 5 soe oes ee sees: 7 Smelts.. 35.5 ee 5 MAGCKINAW: TTOUG. 2 ooo. s cess co eee gs sce ccs s 7 INERCRONO ee eee eke 15 Weaitegsn oo ee ose ce C Smoked Whitefish and Trout................ 10 Smoked Sturgeon.......-.. 2... 003... 25...- 10 HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. GreOne. ee gh @it Pare CUTCO. so: ese ee 8 @8% MPN CUTCO oe se ce 84@ 8% Dry nides and Kips... 20. ...525.232...2 8 @12 Calf skins, green orcured............. 10: @12 Deacon skins.................. #8 piece20 @50 SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Summer skins # piece..10 @20 HM PRICK. sl ee 30 @a0 Wamnber pelts: .0: 050.225 3s 100 @i 50 WOOL. Hine WHSHeG ID)... ace ene ee 2A@® 26 Coarse WABUCK. foc. ee 18 @20 WNWARHRO ie eee 2-3 MRM OMW.. oo bee obs eae. os oe d54@E6 ——__— : FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef; sides.........5..:....5.... 6 @i% Fresh Beef, hind quarters............8 @9 AROSE FAORR.. io hss ea se @ 7% Mutton, CArCASSCS.................00% 7 @ 6% MCR ke ons os se oes ee ss 94@10 HOWISE oes soe oe oi eae 14@15 POrk SAMSAPe 6k. cheese se. 10 @10% BOIORNA coe ie ees ee ee @10 MISCELLANEOUS. Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. One cent for each additional word. Advance payment. OR SALE—The desirable residence proper- ty at 88 Coit avenue. Lot 55x124 feet, with 16 footalley in rear. Frame house with ten rooms and basement, and good barn. Hard and soft water. Street improvements all made. Rent pays over 8 per cent. on investment, be- sides insurance and taxes. Terms easy. Ad- dress Gid Kellogg or Tuttle Bros., Gr’d Rapids. RUTH, TRUTH—Wishing to quit the busi- ness, I will sell my entire stock at a bat- gain; or, failing to find a purchaser for my whole intrest, sale will begin in 30 days to the public at prices that will sell the goods. Any one wishing to find an opening for trade will do well to call and look this town over. It is one of the most desirable homes in Michigan, good school close at hand, churches enough to make it pleasant, and the prospect of a rail- road at no distant date all add to the desirable qualities of the place for business and a resi- dence. All inquiries by mail promptly and truly answered. H. M. Freeman, Lisbon, Mich. OR SALE—In Owosso, briek store and a small stock of dry goods. Terms easy. Inquire of A. T. Thomas, Owosso, Mich. 53 47 ANTED—Two traveling salesmen to han- dle astaple line on commission. Address XXX, care The Tradesman. 50tf OR SALE—I have a fine new store building dwelling house and 40 business and dwel- ling lots in Elmira for sale on easy terms. D. C. Underwood. Atlantie D, 4-4..... : Atlantic P,4-4...... 53 Newmarket Ni... (4 Atlantie LL, 4-4.... 54% Mystic River, 4-4... Adriatic, 36......... 714 Pequot A, 4nd ness 8 Augusta, 4-4........ 64 Piedmont, 36....... 7 Boott Mo44.. U4 Bhan Dedede bens oe 4 $s 7% \Tre it CC, 4-4.... 534 Peep a eae ig Indian Head, 4-4... 142 Wachusett, 4-4..... 1% Indiana Head 45-in.12!4|Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA. ae spctiy a Se 4 Amoskeag ‘4-4..19 (Falls, XXX......... 5% Amoskeag, A..... 38° (Fails; BB. .....-... 11% | Amoskeag, B...... 2 Fails, BBC, 36......19% | Amoskeag, C...... 11 jFalis, awning.....- | Amoskeaz, D,.....10%'Hamilton, BT, 32..12 | Amoskeag, E...... 10 ‘Hamilton, D....... 9% ; Amoskeag, F....... 914 Hamilton, Ho. 9% | Premium A, 4-4....17 Hamilton faney...10 |; Premium B... .... 13 Methuen AA....... 13% i Extrad4 0... 3... 16 eur = a ee a. Magrai-3...... . 3... 144% Omega A, 7-8....... Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 jOmega aA, 4-4....... 13 WGA F3o. e see 12144 Omega ACA, 7-8....14 Oa a ee ose ses 14 Omega ACA, 4-4....16 BAG eB... 3.3. == 14 \Omega SH, 7-8...... 24 Be Gee ee 16 jOmega SE, 4-4...... 27 AP44,..-...- pa oeees 19 Omega Me 78 2... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 [Omega M, 4-4. re .20 Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 |ShetucketSS&SSW 11% Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 jShetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS....12 Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stockbridge a a Cordis No. 4........ 114% |Stoekbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. Garner .......---.-- 5 |Empire ...........-. Hookset............ 5 |Washington ene 434 Red Cross eee: 5 Edwards pe ee 5 Forest Grove....... \S. S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 19 |Old Jronsides...... 15 Siark AL. e. os .23%|Wheatland .........21 DENIMS. Boson ......:...->- TiOIS OC. .......-.. 10% Everett blue....... 14 {Warren AXA...... WY Everett brown..... 14 |Warren BB........ 11% Otis AXA.......... 124% \Warren CC......... 10% OS BB. .o..22..5... 11%|York fancy........ 15 PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville...........- 6 |S.S.&Sons......... 6 Masgnville......... 6 iGarmer............% 6 WIGANS. sis Cross. ..e.- +s. - cba ced Malis: ....... ; OY oo. cee ee: T36 ROSO 20.8 is se Garmer .....-.....-. TA SPOOL COTTON. Brooks ..........;-- 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s 0. N.F.....55 | Mills ball sewing .30 J.&P. Coats... 43 \Greeh & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Stafford .....- 0... 35 Charleston ball sew |Hall & Manning....30 ing thread........ 30 |Holyoke............ 25 CORSET JEANS. AIMOry. ....----...- 7% |Kearsage........... 8% Androscoggin sat.. 84|Naumkeagsatteen. 8% Canoe River..:..... § |Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon. ........ 614 Pepperell BAD... 6.5. 9% Hallowell Imp..... 6% Rockport........... i Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 \Lawrencesat......7 8% WMCONIA ......2-...- 7% \Conegosat.......... a THE GRAND RAPIDS / 4 af 60> fs tO pf, of / 3 ae LWP y (/ CME A (Established 1866) is acknowledged to be the most complete,thorough, practical, economical and truly popular school of its kind. Demand for its graduates greater than the supply. For particulars enclose stamp for College Jour- — ao Cc. G. SWENSBERG, Grand apids, Mich. Purely Personal. Stimulated by the success attending Dr. Evans’ play, Jas. E. Granger is now at work on a similar produetion, which will be giv- en an initial presentation sometime during the present amusement season. It is under- stood that the romance related in the play is a direct reproduction from his own ex- perience, and that the terminal tragedy was suggested by the experience of a friend. OR EXCHANGE-I have 80 acres of choice hard wood land lying within three anda half miles of Tustin, six acres cleared and 150,- 000 of cork pine standing on same, which I will exchange for city lots in Grand Rapids or sell on reasonable terms. D. C. Underwood. ANTED-—Situation in drug store by a clerk of sseven years’ practical experience. Best of references furnished as to business ability, character, etc. A permanent situation at moderate wages is most desired. Address, Jean P. Williams, Muskegon, Mich. 53* \ _ situation by a salesman with ten years experience, a clerkship in a general store. The best of reference furnished. A permanent situation at moderate wages. is most desired. Address, Salesman, Box 1518, Muskegon, Mich. 53* Gates & Rodi, druggists at Millbrook, have made an sssignment. One report says that they will pay all claims in full, and another is to the effect that the firm started nine months since on a joint capital of $100, that each have since paid expenses and lived therefrom, and that each now claim their legal exemptions. a The Gripsack Brigade. Chas. Parmenter has returned from a two months’ Eastern and Southern trip in the in- terest of the Gleason Wood Ornament Co. Manley Jones and Dick Mangold will be in the house this week, to attend to the wants of John Caulfield’s outside customers. Information is wanted regarding the pres- ent whereabouts of Wm. H. Jennings, who left Tam TRADESMAN office at 10 o’clock last Thursday morning, promising to return promptly within an hour. A considerable number of traveling men out of Grand Rapids will shorten their trips this week, so as to get in Wednesday or Thursday, in order to meet those of their customers who come to the fair. Members of Post A., and all interested in the success of a local organization, should not fail to attend the regular monthly meet- ing at the reading room at Sweet’s Hotel Sat- urday evening. Measures of vital impoit- ance to the Post are to be discussed and act- ed upon, and it is essential that there be a full attendance, in order that a free expres- sion of opinions and sentiments may be had. Gid. Kellogg, general traveling represent- ative for the Simonds Manufacturing Co., Fitchburg, Mass., has returned from a two months’ tour along the Pacific coast. He says that California is suffering from the present business depression more severely than Michigan, and that the outlook is not so promising as at home. In Oregon, however, the business situation is fairly good. Mr. Kellogg comes back to Michigan well satis- fied with his own State, and declares that California fruits, with the single exception of pears, are not to be compared with the Michigan fruits. Tough Agricultural Yarns. Gid. Kellogg, whose pear shaped face and elephantine form suggest: the image of the late Wm. M. Tweed, was recently swapping lies with Will Lamoreaux, sometimes desig- nated the “thardest man in town.” Kellogg, it seems, owns—or pretends to own—a farm down near Kenall, Kalamazoo county, and in consequence of his absence during the summer, the crops have grown enormously and yielded abundantly. He declared, with seeming truthfulness, that his potatoesjwere larger than ordinary squashes, and his corn higher than any house in the neighborhood. These statements were a little surprising, considering that he bought his seeds of Lam- oreaux, and the latter proceeded to make a wager that he could tell the biggest yarn, He accordingly related a story he had heard somewhere about the wonderful growth cab- bages reach in a certain section of lre land, the specfic statement being that the stalks zrow to the hight of eighteen feet, the head surmounting the stalk. Kellogg de- clared that he could go him one better, and proceeded to relate a circumstance that was brought to his attention—in his mind—in a certain county in Southwestern Kansas. Along a stream in that vicinity the corn grows to the hight of sixteen feet, with four ears at intervals of four feet each, and at the top a gourd filled with shelled corn. Kellogg carries the medal. ——————- > Dealers having potatoes, apples, eggs, cab- bages, butter and onions for sale would do well to correspond with F. J. Lamb & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Butts’ Patent Frocessed “Hulled Corn Flour” ——FOR Griddle Cakes, Gems, Waliles, Ete., Ete Finest and Best Selling Article of the Eind ever placed on the Market. Guaranteed to be as Represented, or No Sale. For Sale by all Jobbers in Grand Rapids. pulls’ Pateni Processed B Sie uickwheal Is Warranted to be the Straighest and Best Goods Ever offered to the Trade. L PAPER & W WOW SHADES 4a¢ Dianurfracturers’ Prices. SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY. Etouss and Store Shades Made to Order. 68 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids. NELSON BROS. & CO. Congratulations on Our Birthday. Elmira Gazette: THe MicniGAN TRADES- | MAN is a year old and congratulates itself on its healthfulness and prosperity. We wish it many years of continued success. Sparta Setinel: Tur TRADESMAN is just one year old, but has secured a strong hold on life by its healthy and useful career. THE TRADESMAN is always welcome at the Sen- tinel sanctum and at every business place in Sparta, where it is taken, and willalways be welcome. Grand Rapids Leader: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN this week completes its first year of publication as a trade journal. THE TRADESMAN is a brilliant success, and that it is appreciated by business men is appar- ent from the appearance of its columns. Mr. E. A. Stowe, the editor and publisher, is to be congratulated upon the success of the journal, which has been built up by his en- terprise and energy. Grand Rapids Democrat: THE MicHigANn TRADESMAN, E. A. Stowe, editor and pro- prietor, with to-day’s issue completes the first year of its existence, and enters on its second with a circulation and an advertising patron- age which not only assures its permanency but also a permanent “good thing” for its en- ergetic founder. It is a trade journal which looks to the retailers for support, and may properly be called the organ of the retail trade. Its subscription list demonstrates that the retailers appreciate it, while the excel- lent show of “wholesale” advertisements demonstrates that a “retail” circulation can command the advertising of the wholesale houses. THE TRADESMAN is one of the best class journals in the country. ><» Good Manners. From the Chicago Lever, Sept. 18. Good manners, as well as a good business education, are necessary fora man to have if he wishes to reach the highest round of suecess. At the Grand Rapids Business Col- lege, good manners and good morals are a part of the education given. The influences of this school are always for the right. Prof. Swensburg is doing a good work and one that will stand and be remembered long after his life has ended. Parents need have no hesitation in placing their boys in this in- stitution. Good Words Unsolicited. F. Boonstra, general dealer, Drenthe: not stop the paper.”’ Thos. McNamara, grocer, Mt. Pleasant: is worth the money.”’ Chas. W. Peters, grocer and shipper, Bangor: “Could not get along without it.” Parkhurst & Clark, grocers, Middleville: “Can’t do without it. Don’t stop it.” Shurtleff Bros., general dealers, Cross Vil- lage: ‘“Tougours pret, coute que coute,”’ which translated means, “Always ready, cost what it may.” H. C. Meyer, general dealer, Bandolo: “THE TRADESMAN is just what every business man wants. Always full of good reading and a wholesale price current which the retail dealer can depend upon, it fills the bill. Yours for many years.”’ —___—~»—_3-—<— “Do tHe L. J. Eckler, who started in general trade at Westwood about a year ago, and who sub- sequently removed his stock and business to Kalkaska—to have it closed out by creditors- about a month ago—is held for a charge that will undoubtedly land him behind prison bars. It appears that he prepared his store for burning by filling the space between the plaster and outer sheathing with shavings saturated with oil. He then hired a fellow named Myers to apply the match. Myers took the money, and then informed the au- thorities of the whole affair. Eckler was ar- rested, pleaded guilty, and in default of bail in the sum of $2,000, languishes in jail. Se Trish butter seems to be the best. At the International Exposition held this yebr at Caleutta, it was awarded a diploma and med- al. The samples exhibited had voyaged from Ireland to India, and had withstood several months’ exposure to tropical heat. The next in merit was a sample of American oleomargarine, but it was thrown out by the judges on learning its nature.} & The Michioan Tradesman. t@ Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. OA AL A CTT It will be a relief to merchants and _ busi- ness men to learn that the printing of green- backs of small denomination has been re- sumed, the appropriation for that purpose now being available. The matter has been turned over to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and it is expected that a full sup- ply of one-dollar bills will be turned out within a few days. If the appropriation is sufficient, the Bureau will then begin print- ing two-dollar bills. Congress, however, set apart only a small sum for printing these bills, and there is doubt at the Treasury De- partment whether it will be enough to allow the printing of anything but one-dollar notes. The Silk Reporter hits the nail squarely on the head in the following editorial ut- terance: If any of our readers fancy that it is an easy matter to conduct a publication, they are very much mistaken. If men were all of one mind and similiar in tastes the task would bea joy forever. A book would then run itself. In fact dip the Atlantic Ocean dry with a lead spoon, twist your heel into the toe of your boot, send up fishing-hooks with a baloon and fish for stars, get astride of a gossamer and chase the comet, choke a crab with an anvil, get up an honest horse race—in short prove. all things heretofore zonsidered impossible to be possible, but never, never attempt to please everybody when you edit a paper. Ca CRG ee is OI SCN ENE SO There are 35,000,000 million people in South America who ought to buy from the United States all manufactures and food pro- ducts which they do not produce at home. These millions of consumers south of us are poor customers of this country now, as trade statistics clearly show. Their annual im- ports amount to $300,000,000, only one-sey- enth of which the United States supplies, six-sevenths coming from Europe. A foreign policy that will advance our commmercial in- terests below the isthmus, opening those great markets for the goods with which our own markets are overstocked, is what the mass of American citizens earnestly desire to see adopted and carried out. _—aamiemenmmmnianal For some months past there has been wha might be called a moral epidemic of defalca- tions in the United States. Probably at no time within the memory of man have so many banks and similar institutions been wrecked by the unfaithfulness of trusted officials, as since the Grant and Ward fiasco in New York. The reason for this is not hard to see. The immense depression in the value of rail- road property since the attack on the paper of the North Pacific, has been accompanied py avery general conviction that this de- pression could last but for a short time. AS a consequence, the inducement to speculate in stocks of this class never was so great, and in hundreds of cases this inducement must have taken the shape of a temptation to tamper with money in the speculator’s control, but not his own. As the hope of a speedy improvement in prices has been bit- terly disappointed, it could not but happen that these breaches of trust would result in the ruin both of the speculator and of those whose money was in his charge. It is not often that there is such a conjunction of cir- cumstances to test the moral strength of men in places of responsibility; and after all, the number of those who have yielded to the temptation, so far as the public can judge, was trifling in comparison with that of those who resisted it. It is a misfortune that the latter occupy so much more of the public at- tention as to create a false impression as to their proportional numbers. Sees eset Good Words Unsolicited. D. L. Barber, general dealer, Saugatuck: “ Like the paper very much, and think it an enterprise well worth the while of Michigan merchants to patronize.” J. L. Handy, grocer, Woodstock, Lenawee county: “Send THe TrapEesMAN until I order it discontinued. Find it a help be- tween Grand Rapids and Detroit.” Thoroughly Alive. From the Ovid Union. E. A. Stowe, editor of that neatly gotten up and well conducted commercial journal, Tue MicuiGAN TRADESMAN, made the Union office a pleasant call Friday last. Mr. Stowe is thoroughly alive to the duties of his profession. Se The Manitou Islands, in the north end of Lake Michigan, have 220 duhabitants, but neither a doctor, preacher, nor a graveyard. The people say they are never sick, and con- sequently donot need a graveyard to be buried in, a minister to attend funerals, or a physician to jeopardize their health. Explorers have discovered petroleum in Formosa, about twenty miles to the south of KeLung. At the latter place are the richest mines of bituminous coal in the Chinese Empire. Thus far the government has re- fused permits for the sinking of wells. The wealthiest man in the world is the Chinese banker Han-Qua, of Canton. He pays taxes upon an estate of $450,000,000, and is estimated to be worth a billion taels, which, in our money, would be about four- teen hundred million dollars. John Dubois has engaged in the grocery business at Fremont. J. H. Thompson & Co., Detroit, furnished the stock, Thos. P. Ferguson placing the order. Fenton & Forman succeed 8. P. Barnhart in general trade at Fremont. J. H. Thomp- son & Co. furnished a new grocery stock. A Hint to Bank Directors. From the Wall Street News. An Eastern man who was in Wisconsin a few days ago stepped into a bank in a small town to get a ¢50 billchanged. ‘The cashier counted out $30 and then spoke to the book- keeper. The latter spoke to the janitor, and that individual put on his hat and crossed the street and returned in company with a aman who turned out to be president and chief stockholder. This person stepped around to the safe, and by the aid of the bookkeeper opened it and handed the cash- ier abuut $75, and charged it tohim on the daybook. Later in the day, ashe met the Eastern man on the street, he explained: ‘* Perhaps that transaction looked queer to you, but five years ago I made up my mind that if my cashier took a notion to skip he’d have to pawn his boots to get beyond Chica- go. The bookkeeper watches the cashier, the janitor watches the bookkeeper, and I keep such a watch on all three that deposit- ors are paid five per cent. interest, and not a game of poker or faro has ever been played in this town.” ———_—<_>_ 2 <———___— A Chicago paper says that there is a move- ment on foot in some Eastern cities for the imposition of a license tax upon those who go into a city without any intention of be- coming permanent residents, and offer goods for sale in direct competition with the legiti- mate city trade without having to pay any share of the city taxes. Many of these new dealers, by offering inducements, some of which are real and others largely imaginary, draw trade from the older merchants for the time being. It is an injustice that they should not be obliged to have the same muni- cipal burdens as those do whose trade they are lessening, by what isin many cases an illegitimate competition, ——_~<>—_9 <> 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. TIME TABLES. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. HRPUCSS-.----------------.- 7:00 pm 7:35 am NN ee see 9:35 am 4:00 pm All trains daily except Sunday. The strain leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:35 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches ean be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. McK ENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Michigan Contral—Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. S390CtrOit TUXNCSS. 606 .. --e 6:00 am ai0ny, Kress: 5. |. 8 12:25 5m “New Vork Hast Line......-°.......... 6:00 pm PAMANGICTAPYERS..-...-........:----.- 9:20 pm ARRIVE. *Pacitic Mxpress.....-...-.......--.-.5 6:4 am +J.ecal Passenger.........-.:.....3 4...11:20am OMiaal oo ses oe ss 3:20 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. : The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 11:59 a.m., and New York at9p. m. the next evening. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Parlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p.m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:10am 6:20 am *Through Mail............. 10:15am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3820pm 3:55pm *Atilantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55pm +Through Mail............ 5:00pm 5:10pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:30 ppm 10:35pm PMIRGOO 25) oo. est eee eee J:lvuam *Night Express............. 5:10am 5:30am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:20 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing -and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. ooo Cars on Mail Trains, both East and est. Train leaving at 10:35 p, m. will mak con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday and the train leaving at 5:10 p. m. will connect Tuesdays and Thursdays with Good- rich steamers tor Chicago. Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has a Parlor-Car to Detroit. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit to Grand Rapids. D. PoTrTER, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & G. Rapids Ex. 9:00pm 31:00 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:20am 10:25am Ft. Wayne & MackinacEx.. 3:55pm &:00pm G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:10am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 6:30pm 7:00am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:10pm 4:35pm Mackinac & Ft. Wayne Ex. .10:25a m Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 10:00 o’clock p. m. has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and Mackinae City. Trainleaving at 16:25 a.m. has ne Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac yity. 11:42 pm South—Train leaving at 4:35 p.m.bas Wood-: ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. c. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’] Pass. Agent. Chicago & West Michigan. : Leaves. Arrives, ON ise as 9:35am 4:00pm +Day Express.............. 12:25pm 10:45pm *Night Express............ 8:35pm 6:10am MIROG oe oo oe ae 6:10am 10:05pm *Daily. +Daily except Sunda Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and 8:35 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. MIROG 6 53.5 s 26s se ees §:00am 5:15pm MERI as ok cohen es ees 4:10pm 8:30pm ee ier tebe so sess sea es's 8:30am 10:15am rains connect at Archeravenue for Chicago as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m The Northern terminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with ¥F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J.H. PALMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. t MUSKEGON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. W.D.CAREHY & CO. Successors to Carey & Lander, GENERA Coramission Merchants —AND JOBBERS OF— Fruits and Produce. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. HLDS, BULKLEY & it Kime’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, W7holesalc GROCER, WIERENGO NEW BLOCK Pine Street Muskegon, Mich. TO FRUIT CGROWERS MUSKEGON BASKET FACTORY f Is now in full operation manufacturing all kinds of Prices the Lowest. Quality Guaranteed. FRUIT PACKAGES, BIC. ORCUTT & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Butter, Hows, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce MUSKEGON , MICH. NOVELTY IRON WORKS Manufacturers of the fg nan OS my WY) Ly o Vy Sie Consignments Solicited. “MUSKEGON Williams’ Patent Novelty 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. 861 Western Avenue. ava A mn IMPORTERS — Aw 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 1,200 chests in all, which we have recently received per the Pacific Steamers San Pablo and City of Rio de Janeiro. 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 de: 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 we mention: 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, Lautz Soap, Master, ete. These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers’ Prices, and deliver themjin 1 box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight prepaid. Please send for price- lists and samples. See quotations on Grocery Page. Mottled German, Savon Republique, § §. MORRIS & BRO. PACKERS —AND— Jobbers of Frovisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Street. Starch. We are also the Sole Agents here for the NIAGARA STARCH WORKS’ Stareh, 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. Value Cigars. We have received the agency for the new Value Cigar, the best five cent on earth,, and are prepared to furnish every merchant who buys the same with presents for every purchaser of a single cigar, consisting of elegant Seth Thomas clocks, fine meerschaum: “Choice Butter a Specialty ! BANANAS, LEMONS, EGGS, CHEESE, VEG- ETABLES, APPLES, CIDER. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. MC, Russell, 48 Ottawa St,, 6’d Rapids. and briar pipes, gold and silver plated tobacco and match boxes, etc., ete. These cigars we furnish to the trade at $35 per 1,000, in lots-of 1,000. Express prepaid on all mail or- ders. Send in your orders for a trial lot of 1,000. 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 new: 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 “ 7 CLARK, JEWEHELL & CO, WW EOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, $3, 85 and 87 PEARL STREET and 114, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, * MICHIGAN. Holford’s : " A. Lusk & Co,’s California Peaches. Piccadilly . : . “Green Gages. Colman’s . Mustand. ‘ “ Apricots. James Epps’ . Breakfast Cocoa. “ “ Egg Plums. g Choice Brands of French Peas. “ “ Pears. && ‘¢ Mushroons. = “f Quinces. “ Italian Macarroni, 1 tb pkg. , se Grapes. _ “ Vermicella. - ‘© Cherries. Queen Olives, 16 oz* and 27 0z. 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. é 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. Ali correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention. SHIELDS, BULKLEY & LEMON. 4