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GRAND

    

 

 

 

 

 

RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1884.

NO. 55.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hercules Powder,

THE GREAT

STUMP and ROCK

Annihilator.
SEND FOR PRICES.

JOHN CAULFIELD,

General Wholesale Dealer.

 

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,

ETC. 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,
Am
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
—AT THE—

SEED STORE,

91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. 1. LAMOREAUX, Agent
JOHN CAULFIELD

Is our Agent in Grand Rapids for our
FAMOUS

GALVANIC SUAT

The best easy washer manufactured.

‘BL J, JOHNSON & Co.,

MILWAUKEE.

DURIVE,
WEATHERLY & G0,

Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale and Retail

IRON PIPE,

Brass Goops, IRON AND BRASS FIrrinGs
MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES,

 

 

 

PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS,

—And Manufacturers of—

Galvanized Iron Cornice.

 

THE GRAND RAPIDS

(Established 1866) is acknowledged to be the
mostcomplete,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-
nal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

DO YOU KNOW

—THAT—
Lorillard’s Clima=

PLUG TOBACCO

With Red Tin Tag, isthe best? Is the purest;
is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo-
jasses or any deleterous ingredients, as is 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

 

 

 

EDMUND B, DIKEMAN,

—THE—

PRAT. WATCH MAKER,

—anp—
JEW HLEaR,
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.
SsEEDs!

Timothy and all kinds field seeds at

Clover, §
Write for quotations when in

bottom prices.
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.

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 GOODS
LUMberma's Supplies

—AND—

NOTION S!

 

 

 

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

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

24 Pearl Street - Grand Rapids, Mic.

STEAM LAUNDRY

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

WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO
CHEMICALS.

Orders by Mail and Express promptly at-
tended to.

 

W. N, FULLER & CO

DESIGNERS AND
Eneravers on Wood,

Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In-
cluding Buildings, Ete.,
49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade,

GRAND RAPIDS * MICH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Good Druggist.
A man who kept a store
Once wrote upon his door:
“Oh, I can make a pill
That shall ease ev’ry ill!
J keep here a plaster,
To prevent disaster;
Also some ointment,
To soothe disappointment.”
When customers applied,
These words are what he cried:
“Now, Patience is the pill
That eases ev’ry ill;
Take-care is a plaster,
Which prevents disaster;
Good-humor an ointment
Soothing disappointment.”

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COMMERCIAL CORRU PTION.

 

A Demoralizing Practice that Works Both
Ways.
From the Carpet Trade and Review. «

The large number of disereditable failures
and defaleations of great or small degree
which the press has had reason to chrofficle of
late has prompted some writers to wax very
eloquent in dissertations on the degeneracy of
the times. It is certainly impossible to deny
the unfortunate prevalence of practically dis-
honest ideas among commercial men, but it is
probable that among this class the average
standard of morality is no lower at present
than it was in days of old. Fifty years ago
there were not so many newspapers as now,
and those which existed did not devote their
principal attention to trumpeting forth the
crimes and follies of their age. But those who
consult the journals and general literature of
that period will find that mercantile morality
was after all no better than it is now. ‘This
was especially the case in the retail trade. At
present, a person who wishes to do any shop-
ping, whether the end in view is the recarpet-
ing of a house or merely the purchase of some
trifling article, can usually count upon obtain-
ing what is desired at a yeasonable price and
without any long haggling or chaffing over the
matter. There are exceptions, of course, but
still the rule in this country is that the custom-
er can buy from the retailer without being im-
posed upon. Fifty years ago the situation was
rather different according to allaccounts. The
“one price”’ stores, were, to say the least, not
conspicuous by their number, and the negotia-
tions between the customer and the store-
keeper were very much after the fashion which
now prevails among the old ‘clo’? dealers in
Baxter street. Each party to the bargain con-
sidered the other as a rogue, and made no at-
tempt to conceal this impression. Of course
there were exceptions, men whose words were
as good as their bond, but we are now speak-
ing of the general run of storekeepers in those
days.

In Great Britain and on the Continent of Eu-
rope no better state of affairs prevails at pres-
ent as regards the retail traders generally, a
fair number of exceptions being, of course,
understood. No American in doing shopping
in Europe can venture to trust the trader there
as the average shopkeeper may be trusted in
the Umited States. and this is not simply be-
cause the European trader is doing business
with a foreigner whom he may neversee again.
The attitude of the native European towards
his tradesman, as he calls the storekeeper who
supplies his wants, is usually that of distrust
and suspicion. It is not necessary to go to
Europe to learn this, for every Ameriean store-
keeper who has had dealings with foreigners
that have lately arrived in this country has
probably noticed their extremely suspicious
dispositions and readiness to imagine deceit
where none was intended,

As regards the relations between the retail-
er and wholesalers, it may be admitted that in
France the standard of commercial honor is
higher than it is here, or, for that matter, in
any other country. The business man who
cannot pay his debtsin France loses not only
his standing in trade, but also his social posi-
tion; and, if his affairs will not beartheinvesti-
gation of the creditors, he quickly finds him-
self the inmate of ‘a jail or else a social pariah,
whose position is equivalent to that of a con-
vict in this country. There are consequently
comparatively few fraudulent failures in
Franee. Some French merchants who might
not hesitate to engage in an intrigue with an-
other man’s wife would be utterly horrified at
the idea of being unable to discharge in full
all their business obligations. It was this high
and widely-diffused ideal of mercantile honor
which suggested to Blazac his novelof “Cesar
Birotteau.” It is the story of a French shop-
keeper, who, having failed in business, sur-
renders all his property to his creditors, and
then devotes all his energies to accomplishing
the payment of the debts still due by him. He
sueceeds in this purpose, and then expires,
satisfied with fate because at last his honor has
been restored. As a result of the serious im-
portance attached to failures in France, defal-
cations are also much rarer there than here.
The connection between the two is closer than
some persons imagine. To illustrate: Let us
imagine the case of a trusted employe in an
American mereantile house. A customer of
the firm notifies them that heis financially em-
barrassed. The members of the firm talk over
the matter in their counting room, and come
to the conclusion that the failure is fraudulent.
Then the question arises, “Shall the law be
invoked?’ Itis hardly necessary to say that
in a large majority of cases the law is not
called upon. The creditors may grumble and
threaten, but they usually end by accepting the
terms most convenient for the bankrupt. In
the interim, the person’s conduct, of course,
receives very severe criticism from the credit-
ors. Heis characterized as a thief, aswindler,
a scoundrel for whom the State prison is the
only fitting abode. But nevertheless the mat-
ter is compromised, the creditors accept their
twenty-five cents, more or less, on the dollar,
but are still wrathful. They know that they
have been swindled, and in theirown counting-
rooms do not hesitate to say 80. But a few
months, perhaps only a few weeks, afterward
thig bankrupt enters the counting-room in
which our book-keeper is employed. The lat-
ter, if unsophisticated, is thunderstruck at the
man’s impudence, but he is vastly more sur-
prised when he sees the “swindler” received
by the firm with as much respect as any other
customer of the house. The book-keeper may
be pardoned for feeling somewhat puzzled. It
is queer that men who have often in his hear-
ing denounced this bankrupt as being no bet-
ter than a common thief should suddenly
change their tone when the thief presents him-
self again as a customer. It isnot only the
unsophisticated book-keeper who observes and
wonders at this phenomenon; it is noticed by
every employe in the establishment, and it is

not strange that someamong them draw the |
inference that, if a debtor may abuse the |
trust placed in him by his creditor and still ;
command the world’s respect, the same rule |
should apply to a clerk’s violations of hts em-|
ployer’s confidence. It is hardly advisable for
a firm to give its employes such an impression,;|
and yet what other can be derived from such |
an incident as we have related?

The theory that we suggest in this matter is!
that failures and defaleations go almost hand |
in hand. Fraudulent debtors make dishonest
| clerks, and merchants who not only submit to
| imposition, but tacitly encourage jt in their
' ereditors, can scareely expect that their clerks
will see such things and not be thereby de-

moralized.
A Question of Business Ethics.
From the Metal Worker.

We have rather vigorously denounced the ef-
forts of some manufacturers to increase their
profits or to cheapen their products by the use
of inferior materials. Adulteration is an evil
practice, which, we are grieved to acknowledge,
is not confined to commodities in which it will
do slight harm, but extends to articles of food
or receptacles for food, enddingering human
health, and is found in structural material of
various kinds, imperiling human life. Buyers
have, in this respect, a just complaint against
sellers, which should lead them to be cautious
in their purchases, and rigid in inspection, or
the exaction of guarantees of quality.

But grievances are not wholly on the part of
the buyer. The seller often needs to be on the
watch against misrepresentations by those who
are seeking to purchase at lowest prices. It is
a mark of a shrewd man of business to be able
to buy closely, and toobtain allthe advantages
possible. <A seller cannot justly complain of a
customer who thoroughly canvasses the mar-
ket in order to ascertain where he can buy
cheapest. But there are practices which have
been made use of to beat down prices un-
reasonably that call for severe condemnation.
For instance, a very common occurrence, but
one that is now thoroughly understood, is for
a buyer to write or telegraph to a dealer that
he has an offer of goods at a certain figure, of
course below the bottom prices, and asking
whether that rate will be met.

Recently amuch more ingenious plan was
attempted. A buyer, whose name, if publish-
ed, would be recognized as that of amerchant
of good standing and wide business acquaint-
ance, came to this city, and, entering A’s Office,
inauired the price of certain goods. He was
told, we will say, $4. “I am sure I ean find
them for $3.90,” heremarked. But A’s price
was firmly held, and the purchaser went out,
promising to return if he found he could do no
better. In afew minutes he turned up in B’s
place of business and asked the lowest price
there. ‘Four dollars,” said B. “Tam offered
them at $3.90,” said the buyer, taking A’s bus-
iness card from his pocket and twirling itin his
fingers so that B can see it. ‘“Well,’’ remarked
-B, “I am sorry A is cutting his prices, but we
think that our goods are better than his, at any
rate, and we hold firmly to the figure named
you.” Finding the scheme did not work, the
buyer asked if the $4 rate would be kept open
the next day. B was willing, the buyer de-
parted, and the next day he sent his order in
to B by mail. The remarkable fact about this
transaction is that the effort to cut prices down
did not succeed.

Now, in the existing condition of business,
prices are surely weak enough to enable buy-
ers to obtain advantages in the way of conces-
sions by legitimate business methods, without
resorting to questionable practices such as we
have described. But some buyers have become
so accustomed to paying a little less every
time they buy that when a seller takes a reso-
lute stand against going any lower, they en-
deavor to circumvent him by ¢ 11 means, fair
or foul. Commercial honesty does not consist
solely in paying bills as they fall due. If also
comprehends the employment of honorable
methods in conducting business. The seller
who misrepresents the quality of the goods,
and the buyer who misrepresents the terms he
is offered, are equally guilty of gross offences
against business morality.

 

 

 

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Sugar Produced at One Cent Per Pound.
From the San Francisco J ournal of Commerce.
Many may doubt about the possibility of
producing sugar at the low price of one cent a
pound, but it can be produce atthis price in
the Pochutla District, State of Oaxaca. The
sugar lands are not in want of irrigation.
Building materials are abundant. Labor is 75
per cent. less in price than in other countries
and 50 per cent. in the time of labor, because
the Indians work here without objection
twelve hours per day. Besides, the sugar
lands being very near the sea the transporta-
tion of machinery can be made at a low price.
A sugar cane plantation is very easy to be
made here. It isnot necessary to plow or to
make holes or excavations of any kind. After
clearing the land sugar cane must be planted
only four inches in the ground without re-
moving stumps, stones and burned trees. Of
course such a labor is very easy to be done if
the seed sugar cane in pieces is near the
planter. A strong man can plant one acre
per day. So the labor being 18 to 25 cents a
day thecost of planting an acre is from 18 to
25 cents. A new planter arriving begins by re-
moving the trees. Let us see what the cost of
preparing one hundred acres is:

Cutting tre@S.......... esse err eee te ttt $500
‘Planting Sugar CANC.....-.. seer seer erste tes 250
Planting corn and beans.....--++-++-++++++- 50
Cultivation of 100 acres for one year.....-- 750
Cost of sugar cane for ROCd 23... <0 2.6255. 100
Cost of corn and beans.....-..---+eesserecee 10

Total COSt........eeee cece ee cers ee ees $1,660

PRODUCTION.

100 acres planted with sugar cane can pro-
duce 1,000 fanegas of corn, at the lowest,
price $1.50 each

 

25 fanegas of black beans, at $4 each. . cS : "100
Total production.....-.-.+++++see+s $1,650
Actual COSt....... cee cece cece eer ceees $60

So that the plantation of 100 acres of sugar
cane costs us $1,660, and produced the first
year $1,600, costing $60 net for one hundred
acres planted.

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Stove Manufacturers in Michigan.
The following is a list of the stove manufac-
turers in this State:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit Stove Works .....----++++: ...-.- Detroit
Sherman 8. Jewett & Co.......- Se Detroit
Michigan Stove Co.....----+++++s+: ..... Detroit
Peninsula Stove Co........ese eres ereees Detroit
Rathbone, Sard &CoO.......--- +s seers Detroit
Pp. D. Beckwith..........---s ese e++ ...Dowagiac
BE. Bement & Son .......s eee ee reer ree Lansing
M. Snow & SOMS......--eeeeeeee reste Paw Paw

 

GLUCOSE.

 

Chemical Analysis of its Constituents.
From the Boston Herald.

‘A vast amount has been written and printed |
in regard to glucose, a good deal of it by per-|
sons who know nothing about it, but appre-|
hended because it was a new product that it
must be bad, and therefore condemned it with-
outa fair test. To set at rest (or at least with
such intention) the apprehension of the public |
in regard to this substance, the commissioner
of internal revenue in 1882 requested that a
committee of the Nationa) Academy of Sciences
be appointed ‘‘to examine as to thecomposition,
nature and properties of the article commer-
cially known as ‘glucose’ or ‘grape sugar,’ ”
and information was especially asked for in
regard to “its deleterous effect when used as an
article of food or drink.”” The committee ap-
pointed consisted of Prots. G. F. Baker, Wil-
liam H. Brewer, Wolcott Gibbs, C. F. Chandler
and Ira Remsen, and their report was present-
ed early in the present year, Incommerce the
term “glucose” is applied to the liquid product,
and “grape sugar’ to the starch product ob-
tained by treating starch with an acid. Itwas
prepared from starch by Kirchoff in 1811, and
in 1819 Braconnot prepared it from vegetable
fiber. In France and Germany potato starch |
is the only available material for the manufac- |
ture of sugar, but in this country Indian corn |
is employed. The process of manufacture con-
sists in steeping the corn in water until soft,
grinding it, and separating and washing the |
starch. This product is next converted into |

 

sugar by heating with dilute sulphuric acid;
the excess of acid is neutralized by carbonate
of lime, and the liquor is filtered and evapo-
rated. There are 29 glucose factories in the |
United States, with a total capacity of about |
43,000 bushels of corn per day. The committee |
examined 19 samples obtained from various |
factories throughout the country. “Careful re- |
search was made for tin, copper and other me- |
tallic impurities, but none were found.” |
The following analysis shows the commercial |
grape sugar:

 

 

WO@xtrOSE..........---------+-- me - 72.9 per cent.
IMGIGOSE ©... -...---.- 25-25 - ee e 3.6 per cent.
MexKerine ......--.-.:..-- ---.----- 6.4 per cent.
Water. .......-.5:...--°..- -.<----- 17.5 per cent.
PAS 0) 0.5 per cent. |
100.0 |

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In the samples of glucose (liquid) examined. ;

the amount of detrose varied foom 34.3 to 42.8
per cent., the maltose from 1.3 to 19.3 per
cent., and the dextrine from 28.8 to 45.3 per
cent. The report also discusses the question ;
whether glucose is injurious to health. Men-
tion is made of the experiments of A. Schmitz,
Nessler and Freiherr von Mehring. The two
former scientists concluded that the product
obtained by fermenting potato sugar con-|
tains substances injurious to health. Frei-
herr von Mehring, on the other hand, eonclud-
ed that there was nothing objectionable in this |
product. “It hence appears doubtful whether
there are injurious substances in potatg sugar. |
* * * Even though it should eventually be |
shown that potato sugar is or is not objection-
able, it would not neeessarily follow that the
same is also true of maize sugar.”” The com-
mittee conducted a series of experiments with
gjucose similar to those of Schmitz and others
with potato sugar, and it failed to find any”
thing injurious to health in the extracts ob-
tainad by fermentation. “In the experiments
the experimenter took into his system every-
thing that could possibly be objectionable con-
tained in from 120 to 160 grains of glucose, or
grape sugar—i. e., from a quarter to a third of
a pound. It must be borne in mind, further,
that the extract which was taken frony the
stomach must have contained an objectiqnable
mineral as well as organic substances present
in the glueose employed; hence, the results
seem to be final as regards the injurious na-
ture of gluscose, or grape sugar, made from
maize. The conclusions are valid only for
maize sugar as furnished by manufacturers in
this country. It should be further remarked
that, although our experiments show conclus-
ively that the products of the fermentation of
glucose are not dangerous to the health, it
does not necessarily follow that beer made by
the fermentation of glucose is just as good as
that made in the usual way.’ In its eonelud-
ing remarks the committee says; ‘That
though having at best only about two-thirds
the sweetening power of cane sugar, yet starch
sugar is in no way inferior to cane sugar in
healthfulness, there being no evidence before
the committee that maize starch sugar, either
in its normal condition or fermented, has any
deleterous effect upon the system, even when
taken in large quantities.” The report con-
tains, in on appendix, a large number of ex-
tracts on the subject from journal literature,
as well asa very complete bibliography.
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Betrayals of Trust Under Similar Cireum-
stances.

The following reference to betrayal of trust
on the part of a clerk, from the New York
Crockery Journal, calls to mind the peculations
of one Clarance Mexthan, while in the employ
of H. Leonard & Sons several years ago, and
suggests the thought that “Johnson” and
“Mexthan” may be one and the same person:

For the past three years Mr. G. A. Peterson,
one of the leading crockery merchants of St.
Louis, has missed sums of money from his cash
drawer, and has inthat time triedevery known
method employed by detectives to discover the
identity of the thief. He has had friends go to
the store with marked money to purchase
goods, but all to no purpose. Every clerk in
the store with one exception was tried in this
way, but the closest serutiny of the cash turn-
ed in with the check failed to reveal any at-
tempt at peculation as the_goods would show
after the supposed purchaser had left the
store. The one exception to the careful sys-
tematic watchfulness of the proprietor was “a
party by the name ot Johnson,” as the villain
says in ‘“The Lancashire Lass.” W.S. Johnson
was regarded by Mr. Peterson as one of the
best clerks in the establishment, a young man
with many influential friends, first inthe store,
first onthe floor, and first in the hearts of the
customers. Hischaracter was regarded as
above suspicion, and he was not called upon to
answer any questions concerning the mysteri-
ous disappearance of theeash. Accidentally,
however, it was brought to the notice of the pro-
prietor that Mr. J ohnson had sold a lady some
goods amounting to $375 and had entered the
cash at 25 cents, pocketing the difference. He
was watched from that time, and while Mr.
Peterson was in New York two weeks ago he
was overheard talking the matter over with
some of the firms about the city, and the result

 

 

 

was that the party notified Mr. Johnson to get
out, as Peterson was spotting him. <As soon
as Mr. Peterson was wired the above facts he
took the first train for home and immediately
cornered his confidential clerk and drew from
him a confession that he had been stealing
from five to twelve dollars per day, and that
during the last three years his peculations had
amounted to at least $5,000. This remarkable
story is probably without a perellel in the re-
tail crockery trade, unless there are other
dealers who have been made the unconscious
vietims of over-confidence im their clerks. Mr.
Peterson is now an undoubted believer in the
fact that the retail crockery business must be
watched very closely. We would suggest to
our readers that they place a wrapping counter
elose to the eashier’s desk, where all goods
must be wrapped, and the cashier given an op-
portunity to compare the salesman’s check
with the price mark on the goods. As things
go now it is an easy matter to steal both money
and goods, excepting in those establishments
where the above deseribed system is in vegue
and the cashier sitsclose to the common exit.
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Fathers and Sons in Trade.
From the New York Sun.

An auctioneer is now selling in Broadway to
the highest bidders the great stock of a bank-
rupt dry goods firm; but the sum obtained
from the sale, together with the other assets
of the house, is likely to yield the creditors of
the bankrupts only a small proportion of what
isduethem. Yet the house was one of the
oldest in the trade in New York, and one of the
most respectable and most trusted. It was a
ease where sons had inherited from their
father a spendid business and an unblemished
credit. One generation built up the house
from small beginnings, and gained for it a
trade and a reputation which extended
throughout the country; the next generation
dissipated that trade in the course of compar-
atively few years, and brought the firm to
bankruptey and the vast stock of goods to the
auction block. The fruits thus gathered by
the fathers were thus speedily scattered by
the sons. It is true that the house encounter-
ed very bad times this spring, and was unable
to sell its paper or get it discounted at the
banks; but the old firm had passed through
even worse periods of business. Of late years,
too, great changes have taken place in the dry
goods trade, changes s0 radical that they have
almost revolutionized the business in New
York. The failures in the dry goods trade have
been comparatively few, despite the many dis-
advantages from which it has suffered so long.
It has withstood the shock of declining prices
with remarkable firmness, and other houses in
the business ranking with this bankrupt con-
cern have allalong maintained and justified un-
diminished confidence. The sons @o not seem
to have inherited along with the business the
ability to manage it. They were probably
brought up under the operation of circum-
stances very different than those their fathers
had to contend with. They were surrounded
with wealth, while the old people had to fight
for their dollars. This wide gulf of separation
between the habits and aspirations of the old-
er and younger generations is frequentin this
country, and it has become broader since the
rapid inerease of private fortunes during the
last quarter of a century. It is not improbable,
therefore, that we shall hereafter see many
cases where the unfitness, the negligence, and
the folly of the sons bring to ruin the great
houses established by the industry and pru-
dence of the fathers. But there is compensa-
tion. Fresh blood and fresh industry will
have the better chance. Already the young
men who are trained to work, are taking the
business prizes away from the more fastidious
youth who have had a softer rearing.

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Waiting for Customers,

When in his normal condition man loves
leisure, but waiting for trade is not leisure. It
is hard work. You recline against the wall of
your store, with every appearance of sais souei,
and gaze upon the crowd passing and repassing
in the streets beyond. Still you are not at rest,
and the condition wears more on the nervous
system than trying to waitupon half «dozen
impatient customers at one time. Scores of
people will stop to admire the dressing of your
show windows,
positive that you have goods worthy of their
patronage, and inereasing your unrest; mak-
ing keener the painful labor of waiting for
trade. About this time you work yourself into
afever, get the blues, scowl at the salesmen
waiting like yourself for customers. ,Already
you are wondering how the trade a enjoy
reading the news of your failure. ‘Several
more days like this,’ you say to yourself, “‘and
1 shall have to put up the shutters.”” You run
your eye over the stock. Willitever grow
less? A glance in the mirror telis you that
your face is getting thinner. Here are hollows
in your cheeks, and your eyes look heavy.
Your clerks catch your despondency, and the
whole store contains anything but an era of
good feeling. Besides, the day is hot. Last
night you did not sleep well. Perhaps the baby
was indulging in one of those peculiar noe-
turnal rackets incidental to an infant’s secoud
summer.

Itis downright torture, this waiting for trade
in a retail store, but our suggestion is to keep
up you pluck, and do not allow your vexation
to become evident to the salesman. Do not
give them an attack of melancholy. It will
interfere with them when customers do enter
the store. No one cares to buy where there
are dark faces. ;

There is an art in waiting for trade graceful-
ly. Butitis an art that ean be acquired, and,
until it is, there will be no pleasure for you in
keeping store. Learn to labor and wait, and,
above all, do not, if you are just starting in for
yourself, imagine thatit pays to give up the
idea of enterprise because custom does not
keep on pushing.

Tf custom continues dull for several Gays in
succession when it should be active, conclude
that there must be a cause. Root it out. Re-
arrange your stock, keep the best and newest
goods forward in your windows and display
eases. The re-action, if you merit it, will set
in, and patient waiting have its reward.

No matter how dull the day is, do not allow
your temper to take a peevish turn.

2 eee

The business of making wooden houses in
the United States for custom sale is stim ulat-
ed by a brisk demand for these products in
Brazil. Several large shipments have been
made to Rio Janeiro, and they were all sold.
soon after their arrival.

 

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The Michigan Tradesmal.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the State.

 

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

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

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1884.

 

 

POST A.

 

Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884.

 

OFFICERS.
President—Wm. Logie.
¥irst Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills.
Second Vice-President—Richard Warner.
Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins.
Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.
Committee on Elections—Wm. B. Edmunds,
chairman; D. S. Haugh, Wm. G. Hawkins,
Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford.
Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in
each month.

 

The gallery of frauds—Dunlap, Mess-

more, Brisbin.

 

It is the opinion’ of sagacious business
men in all quarters that November will bring
a decided improvement in trade and prices.

 

Brisbin aspires to notoriety through the
ownership of fast horses, which were pur-
chased with money swindled away from his
creditors.

——————————————

Messmore is getting $25 a night talking
pure and undefiled demoeracy, and Brisbin
won first money ina horse race at Berlin
last week. Their creditors, however, need
have no fear that a dividend will be declar-
ed.

 

The association of jobbers and manufac-
turers is now an assured fact, a permanent
organization having been effected. ‘The as-
sociatégn was born of necessity, and is bound
to play no unimportant part in the commer-
cial transactions of this market in the fu-
ture.

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Bradstreet’s record of failures for the
nine months ending September 30, shows a
total of 8,302 failures and $196,000,000 gross
liabilities, against 7,358 failures and $123,-
000,000 liabilities for a like period in 1883.
With an increase of only 13 per cent. in
number, there has been an increase of 60
per cent. in the total indebtedness.

SS

Every farmer who has debts to pay does
himself an injustice and contributes his in-
fluence toa continuance to the country’s
business depression if he holds back his
grain from the market. Men who are out
of debt may be justified in holding back and
“taking the chances” of future markets; but
not so with those who are in debt—their first
duty is to their waiting and needy creditors,
and the paying off of the latter is a contribu-
tion of lubricating oil for the healthier
movement of the machinery of general com-
merce.

NS

There will always be strikes. That time
will never come when the employer will not
earnestly endeavor to secure all the labor he
can for the least hire, and the workman will
strive for the most wages for the fewest
hours toil. When one side or the other asks
too much, as will always at times be the
case, a strike or a lockout will occur. Pol-
itical economists may dive as deeply into
the question as they please, but the stern
fact of the strike will always be there, and
stare them in the face till doomsday. And
if we can not eradicate strikes let us devise
the mildest and best natured means of deal-
ing with them, and above all, let us see that
the suffering which they always entail is
duly provided for.

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Turn the Rascals Out.

For some time past numerous indiyiduals,
with no other capital than a saperabundance
of laziness and cheek, have been trying to
conduct business on their own account, or
with the assistance of wicked partners.
Somegif them have not been successful, and
conde have lost all the confidence they
enjoyed: and as it is now too late in the sea-
son to look about for a new set of partners,
with even mildly wicked tendencies, we
would advise the out-of-a-partnership mer-
chants to go to work at their trade, and once
more - enjoy the pleasure ef making a liv-
ing without taking it from the creditors’ as-
sets. They may not accept this advice, but
they should be forced to take it as a meas-
ure of self-defense. These unnecessary in-
dividuals, good and wicked partners alike,
have been given every reasonable chance to
succeed on an honest basis; but as that did
not appear to be their preference, it would
be well to change about and turn the rascals

out.
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Legal Advice.

A new and very cheap way of securing
legal advice has been discovered.

It consists of two acts and one tableau.

Act I—Employ a lawyer to do sundry du-
ties, including the drawing up of an assign-
ment.

Act Ii—Make the legal adviser a prefer-
red creditor for his services.

Tableau—As the lawyer is certain to pre-
fer cash to credit, and is equally sure to get
all the law allows, the creditors who are left
out in the cold may be depended upon to
group the tableau with the happy debtor as
the central figure. The effect will be impos-
ing in the opinion of the creditors.

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The list on rubber goods has been chang-
ed from $2.05 to $2.15 formen’s snow exclud-
ers; from $2.30 to $2.40 formen’s snow ex-
cluders with solid heel and top; and from
$1.58 to $1.65 for women’s snow excluders.

 

AMONG THE TRADE.

 

IN THE CITY.
A. H. Towne has engaged in the grocery
business at New Era. Shields, Bulkley &
Lemon furnished the stock.

Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the new
boot and shoe stock for Dewey D. Hawes,
who has engaged in business at 505 South
Division street.

H. M. Rodenbaugh has engaged in the
dry goods and grocery business at Breeds-
ville. Spring & Company furnished the
dry goods. The grocery stock was also pur-
chased at this market.

The Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co. will run
its mill at Deer Lake on the eight-hour plan,
rather than shut down, in order to give its
men employment for the month to come.
The company is said to be carrying over
$400,000 worth of stock.

All but three of the creditors of the late
firm of C. G. McCulloch & Co. have agreed
to the 25 per cent cash compromise offered
in full settlement, and it is expected that
they will fall into line beforelong. The of-
fer is certainly very liberal, considering the
preponderance of the liabilities over the as-
sets, and is more than the creditors can rea-
sonably expect in case the stock is closed
out at forced sale by the assignee.

A leading grocery jobber compares the
present business depression to arun of the
typhoid fever, which will continue as long
as there is any strength left in the human
organism on which to feed. When the sys-
tem is completely exhausted, the fever leaves
and the patient recovers. The jobber in
question expresses the opinion that the de-
pression has reached its lowest point, and
that from this time on the recovery will be
sure and steady.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

Morse & Bell, hardware dealers at Monta-
gue, are closing out.

A. N. Heslop, book and stationery dealer
at Manistee, has sold out.

Geo. Parish succeeds S. A. Gardner in the
grocery business at Ithaca.

Wu. Tooley succeeds Tooley & Keeler in

he drug business at Clare.

Geo. Kidd succeeds W. J. Black
feed business at Sand Lake.

LeBar & Cornwell have engaged in the
grocery business at Cadillac.

Sweet & Holden, grocers at Howell, have
dissolved, Sweet continuing.

Robt. Butler succeeds Halpin & Butler in
general trade at Nortly Branch.

Cook & Haynes succeed Cook & Stone in
the grocery business at Hillsdale.

S. H. Bissonette has engaged in the musi-
cal merchandise business at Big Rapids.

Wesley H. Brinsmade succeeds Nathaniel
White in the drug business at St. Louis.

M. B. Havens, clothing dnaler at St.
Louis, has been closed out on chattel mort-
gage.

A. W. Nash will close up his business at
Wayland about the 15th, and remove to Me-
costa county.

G. W. Owen, general dealer at Keeler, has
made an assignment to Frank Hill. It is re-
ported that the creditors will receive about
50 cents.

Wm. F. Stewart, general dealer at Sand
Lake, has sold out to J. L. Barker, and will
remove to the seat of his lumbering opera-
tions west of Tustin.

W. J. Arnett has engaged in the grocery
business at Morley, purchasing the remnants
of the J. M. Carr stock, and adding enough
new goods to make the stock complete.

STRAY FACTS.

Operations have been resumed at the Cor-
unna coal mines.

The canning factory at Benton Harbor has
put up an even half million cans of tomatoes
to date.

The Chicago Lumber Company is adding a
50x60 foot lath mill building to its plant at

in the

_Manistique.

The Woodard Manufacturing Co., of Mus-
kegon, will soon begin making their patent
kindling again.

Prudenville is the name of a newly plat-
ted village on Houghton Lake. It has two
saw mills, three hotels and a drug store.

It is reported that on the headwaters of
Muskegon river contracts for putting in 250,-
000,000 feet of logs have already been
made.

Frederick Smith, shipping clerk for the
George F. Smith, Purifier Co.,of Jackson, has
been discovered in a number of petty thiev-
ings and has left the state.

The Dowagiac Times thus booms the
cheese factory craze in that vicinity: A
cheese factory, with prices lower even than
at present, beats wheat raising all to pieces.
The farmers of this vicinity should investi-
gate the subject.

W. S. Nelson, of Cedar Lake, Montcalm
county, who has become financially embar-
rassed, lately sold 500 acres of pine land to
J. S. Crosby, of Greenville, for $80,000. The
amount of timber on the tract is estimated
at 20,000,000, feet. Mr. Nelson has other
pine in that vicinity.

In the northern counties of Michigan 7,329
acres of wheat thrashed out 240,766 bushels
of wheat, this year, or 32.85 bushels to the
acre. Yet settlers pass by the timbered lands
of Michigan as nearly worthless to the far-
mer, and settle on praire land that does well
if it produces an average of 20 bushels to
the acre. a

It is the opinion at Ludington that wages
in the camps the coming winter will be as
low as $16 a month. During the past sum-
mer wages have been $22, $24 and $26 a
month. The proposed early closing of the
mills will turn loose many men who will be

obliged to go into the woods at such wages
as shall be offered, and they will be lucky
to get any work at that.

The entire stock of ready-made clothing,
gents’ furnishing goods and merchant tailor-
ing-establishment formerly owned by Geo.
H. Judd, or “Little Judd,” at St. Johns,
has been sold on chattel mortgage for $2,-
500, by Brewster & Stanton, of Detroit, as-
signed to them by Upton & Pennell, of St.
Johns. Brewester & Stanton held a second
mortgage of $800. Two other parties held
third and fourth mortgages of $500 each.

Ludington Appeal: E. Cotton still con-
tinues to buy ginseng root, notwithstanding
the war in China, where it is consigned, has
had a depressing effect its sale. The Chi-
nese look upon this root as possessing the
most extraordinary virtues and as a remedy
for almost all diseases. It has frequently
brought its weight in gold. The root grows
in considerable quantities in this part of the
country. The Indians are the principal
gatherers. It brings delivered here, thirty
cents a pound, and affords a handsome in-
come to the industrious. A single Indian
has sold as high as $60 worth at a time.

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VISITING BUYERS.

The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:

A. Engberts, Beaver Dam.

M. B. Nash, Sparta.

Baron & TenHoor, Forest Grove.

Thos. E. Streeter, Allegan.

F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.

W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.

W.S. Root, Talmadge.

Paine & Field, Englishville.

Norman Harris, Big Springs.

B. M. Dennison, East Paris.

J. W. Mead, Berlin.

J.C. Benbow, Cannonsburg.

C. O. Bostwick & Sons, Cannonsburg.

E. P. Barnard, buyer for New Era Lumber
Co., New Era.

W. H. Hicks, Morley.

AjJonzo Yates, Branch.

M. J. Howard, Englishville.

J. Barnes, Austerlitz.

T. J. Smedley, of Smedley Bros., Bauer.

Henry Flinn, Big Rapids.

J. W. Fearns, Big Rapids.

Jay Marlatt, Berlin.

J. W. Braginton, Hopkins.

J.S. Marr, Spring Grove.

N. de Vries, Jamestown.

D. W. Shattuck, Wayland.

D. R. Stocum, Rockford.

F. E. Davis, Berlin.

Heyboer Bros., Drenthe.

B. Kysor, Allegan.

W. F. Rice, Alpine.

G. H. Walbrink, Allendale.

Mr. Walbrink, of I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale.

H. Bakker, of H. Bakker & Son, Drenthe.

G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon.

H. M. Patrick, Patrick &.Co., Leroy.

R. H. Woodin, Sparta.

A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville.

Kitchen & Brooks, Edmore.

Jacob DeBri, Byron Center.

Mr. Lillie, of Rice & Lillie, Coopersville.

P. Needham, Hubbardston.

L. M. Bain, Carpenter.

H. W. Rodenbaugh, Breedsville.

Andre Bros., Jennisonville.

Geo. W. Shearer, Cedar Springs.

Henry DeKline, Jamestown.

Hoag & Judson, Cannonsbureg.

Scoville & McAuley, Edgerton.

G. N. Reynolds, Belmont.

C. E. Clark, Lowell.

Ww. J. Arnett, Morley.

Mr. Clark, Clark & Sample, Lowell.

Lee Deuel, Bradley.

Dr. G. B. Nichols, Martin.

S. Bitely, Pierson.

Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia.

Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville.

Theron Stafford, Ravenna.

Chester Messer, Hastings.

Jesse MeIntyre, Fremont.

C. H. Adams, Otsego.

E. S. Botsford, Dorr.

C. E. & 8. J. Koon, Lisbon.

Purdy & Hastings, Sparta.

Fred Hotchkiss, Hastings.

R. B. MeCullock, Berlin.

Fred Nichols, with Henry Strope. Morley.

W. W. McOmber, Petoskey.

Jacob Bartz, North Dorr.

John Gunstra, Lamont.

Geo. A. Sage, Rockford.

R. Carlyle, Rockford.

C. H. Deming, Dutton.

Mr. Carpenter, of Colborn & Carpenter. Cal-
edonia.

A. H. Towne, New Era.

J. E. Thurkow, Morley.

R. Steftin, Jamestown.

Chas. Delo, Bravo.

Mr. LaHuis, Herder & LaHuis, Zeeland.

D. J. Peacock, Bridgton.

G. Van Putten, G. Van Putten & Sons, Hol-
land.

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Good Words Unsolicited.

Dibble Bros., general dealers, Burnip’s
Corners: “We could not get along without the
paper. We take six other papers, but THE
TRADESMAN is the first we read.”

E. B. Sunderlin, general dealer, Palo: “THE
TRADESMAN is an A 1 paper.”

Joseph Newman, general dealer, Dorr: ‘‘Itis
avery useful paper. Can’t get along without
it.

Luther Lance: “THE MICHIGAN TRADES-
MAN hascompleted its first year, andisastrong,
well-established journal, and it grows better
with each issue. It is appreciated here in the
north woods, and we wish it a long and pros-
perous life.”

Albert E. Smith, groceries and crockery, Cad
illac: “I consider THE TRADESMAN the liveliest
and best paper of the kind Iknowof. Iam
subscribing for a number of other trade
journals, but I think THE TRADESMAN better
than any of the others and at a less price.”

Theron Stafford, drugs and groceries, Ra-
venna: ‘Don’t see howIcan get along with-
out your paper. It hassaved me many times
the subscription price in buying goods. Iwas
most afraid at one time it would emit a strong
Blain odor this fall, which would rule me out;
but am glad to see your paper devoted to trade
and its interests only. The dead beat list strikes
me as being the best scheme I have ever seen.
I could add many names, mostly of parties
who still reside in this vicinity, and may do so
in the near future.”
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A Georgia dairyman figures out the cost of
good butter in that State at 12%¢ cents a
pound, where good pasturage can be had on
easy terms for ten months in the year, and
the butter sells at twenty-five cents per
pound.

 

 

 

 

The Gripsack Brigade.

C. E. Morgan has gone out on a three
months’ trip through Indiana and Southern
Michigan in the interest of Jennings &
Smith.

Saturday evening, October 25. That date
should be recorded in the note book of ev-
ery traveler, as it is the time for the next
regular meeting of Post A.

The usual Pencil Portrait has been omit-
ted for the past two weeks, not on account
of a lack of material, but because of the in-
born modesty of the travelers who were se-
lected as the victims of the occasion.

Gid. Kellogg has sold his residence at 88
Coit avenue to Arthur B. Wykes, who will
present it to his daughter. It is reported
that Gid. has purchased another farm near
Kendall, Kalamazoo county, and his friends
declare that the time is not far distant when
he will pay taxes on a whole township.

The attention of the chief of police is
hereby directed to Gid. Kellogg, who has
lately uttered diverse and sundry threats of
amurderous nature against the editor of
this paper. Considering his enormous
stature, and the muscular ability he possesses
he is a dangerous man to be allowed to
run logse.

H. A. Hudson, for several years traveling
representative for I. M. Clark & Co., and
later with Weissinger & Bate, the Louis-
ville tobacco manufacturers, has returned to
the employ of Clark, Jewell & Co., and will
gover a territory within thirty miles of the
city, seeing trade heretofore unvisited by
any of the other representatives of the
house.

‘At the National Convention of ‘Drum-
mers,” at Louisville last week, Joseph Maul-
hattan, of Kentucky, was nominated for
president of the United States, and Z. T.
Collier, of Ohio, for Vice President. The
platform favors drummers, workingmen and
prohibition, and the claim is made that they
can poll about 5,000,000 votes. The report
reads very much like a burlesque.

———_2<______
Purely Personal.

W. J. Drew has been granted a patent on
an improved carpet sweeper.

Mr. Henry Spring has returned from New
York, whither he has been purchasing win-
ter goods.

G. Van Putten, the Holland City grocer,
was in town last week for the first time in
over ten years.

Mileage C. Russell ane wife have return-
ed home after a week’s sojourn at Chicago
and other Illinois points.

Theo. A. Rowley, formerly designer for
the Oriel Cabinet Co.,and until recently with
the Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. in a simi-
liar capacity, has removed to Chicago and
opened an office for the sale of original fur-
niture designs. The venture promises to be

a lucrative one.
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French Candy.

Confectioner—Rememher
French candy is in this case.

New Clerk—How do you get it fresh?

“Fresh? Why, we make it, of course.”

“But I thought French candy was import-
ed.”

“Oh, no, we make it ourselves.”

“But then why is it called French candy—
do the ingredients come from France?”

“Well, I don’t know; maybe the plaster
of paris does.”

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A New York Millionaire’s Nightly Precau-
tions.

New York Millionaire—‘“‘Are the girls
locked up for the night, wife?”

“Yes.”

“Coachman chained?” ,

hexes.

“Has the patent butcher-catcher in the
front yard been oiled so that it works well?”

HYies,”?

“Well, we might as well chloroform the

gardner and go to sleep.”
Je

that all the

Didn’t Know His Business.
“What are you doing there!’ demanded
the grocer of the new clerk.
“Pm putting a little sand in the sugar.
Ain’t that right?”
“Right! Great Seott! No. You takea

little of the sugar and put it in the sand.”
———qqaq> > __

A. guileless Hoosier who strayed into a
hand-me-down clothing store in Cincinnati,
according to the somewhat improbable story
of an Indianapolis paper, and finding nothing
he wanted, was about to leave, but was com-
pelled by the proprietor to purchase a suit
for $15. On complaint to the authorities the
money was refunded. Customers must be
even searcer in Cincinnati clothing stores

than they are here.
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Groceries in England are said to be 16 per
cent. cheaper than in the United States; but
meat, butter, eggs and vegetables are 23 per
cent. dearer. House rent in provincial Eng-
land is only about half what it is in Boston;
in London it is about two-thirds. Altogether,
the cost of living in England is 17 per cent.
lower than in the United States.

 

 

 

 

ENTERPRISE CIGAR CO,

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS AND POPULAR BRANDS

OLYMPIA,

—_—A IN D—

LA BELLE SENORA.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

JOHN CAULFIELD,

IMPORTER

AND

Wholesale Grocer,

85, 87, SO Canal Street,

GRAND RAPIDS - MICHIGAN.

 

I desire to call the attention of the trade to the fact that in the territory tributary
to 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 to my 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....... ee ee desk oh os sans oc aa - 14
Prime ee oe ee. ce 5. ee we 16
Select Maracaibo... 00. .4. 5200.60 s ek. es ee 18
Imperial Roasted (a blended Coffee)... 2.2... ccc ee eee ee ee ee 18
O: GaRoosted Java. ..2. 00655... eae ae. oe. ou 5. 23
WMandebtne  “ . ... ee. 25
aaa aie MOCHA... o.oo os do loans, ec. 28

I exercise great care in selection and grinding of spices, and can especially recom-
mend my two bran@ of

J, c& Strictly Pure Ground.
J. C&C. Pure GQround,

Also my
sg. CG. Best English 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 ina stock of the new
pack of peaches.

“TL have en route a car load of Country Standards, all Yellows, which I will sell very
cheap.

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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, etc.

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.

Wours Truly,

JOHN CAULFIELD.

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

Drugs & Medicines

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asseciation.

OFFICERS.
President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix.
First Vice-President—Geo. M. McDonald, Kal-
amazoo. Q
Second Vice-President—B. D. Northrup, Lan-

 

sing.

Third Vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d
Rapids.

Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.

Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit...

Executive Committee—H. J. Brown, A. B.
Stevens, Geo. Gundrum, W. H. Keller, F. W.
Fincher. :

Next place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday.
October 13, 1885.

 

 

PHARMACY.

 

The Profession and its Relation to Medi-
cine.

The following is the full text of President
Parker’s address before the Wisconsin Phar-
maceutical Association at its recent meet-
ing:

Had I undertaken to write upon pharmacy
as a profession fifty years ago, yery little
could have been said. From the humble
apothecary it has grown until now it claims
place among the learned professions. In
the rapid advance of modern research it
has received its share of attention. From
the old-time shop, with its dozen or more
remedies, when the physician’s prescription
was the application of a well-sharpened
lance, we have progressed, until now are de-
manded large and well-stock pharmacies,
where the chemist s skill is required in the
accurate compounding of his remedies.
From the traditional blue pill and jalap, we
have penetrated both the animal and veget-
able kingdoms in the production of complex
alkaloid and inorganic salt. ‘The new era of
American pharmacy may be said to have
been inaugurated with the introduction of
the first U. S. Pharmacopeeia. The pharma
cist of that period, owing to his lack of
knowledge, left to the physician the produc-
tion of the first pharmacopeeia, and to them
must be conceded the honor. Nor was it
until some years later that the pharmacist
took any active part in its revision. Pre-
vious to this there was no recognized stand-
ard, and matters were somewhat confused.
Pharmaceutical education was also unknown
there being no college of pharmacy. In lieu
of this, the term of apprenticeship, with its
inadequate opportunities, fitted them rather
for the rank of a physician’s assistant than
for that of an independent pharmacist. How
advanced are the requirements of to-day!
The examination or recognized diploma, a
test of one’s ability to pursue his chosen pro-
fession. With our great educational advan-
tages, our societies for mutual improvement
and the advocacy of pharmacy laws, we may
with confidence, look for still greater pro-
gress. These great improvements have been
stimulated by the constant and vigorous re-
search which has been made in chemistry
and the allied sciences. ‘The fact that phar-
macy is a profession is becoming well estab-
lished, having already been recognized by
the legislatures of states. In passing phar-
macy laws, we elevate the profession and
protect its members. This protection is car-
ried still farther by protection of the gener-
al public from the practices of the ignorant
and incompetent. Then why should we not
demand pharmacy laws when the profession
and laity are equally benefited? A law rec-
ognizing intelligence, suppressing ignorance
and protecting physician, pharmacist and
patient alike, should receive universal sup-
port. But by the simple enactment of phar-
macy laws the desired end cannot be reach-
ed. We must have the stimulus and enthus-
iasm of local and state societies, united with
a desire for improvement on the part of the
pharmacist to keep alive the spirit of pro-
gression.

At the same time we may claim thé sym-
pathy and aid of the physician. Our busi-
ness is the manufacture and compounding of
medicines, and should be left in its entirety
tous. We may emphatically say that phy-
sicians should not compound their own med-
icines. Itis enough that they understood
their physical, chemical and medicinal prop-
erties, their compatibilities, and so far as
possible formulate their prescriptions with
reference thereto.

This lack of knowledge on the part of the
physician of materia medica and chemistry
is to the pharmacist a serious annoyance. It
is generally expected by the physician (how-
ever incompatible his prescription may be)
that the patent shall receive the same in the
desired form. Instances could be cited
wherein the pharmacist has withheld the
prescription by some invented excuse in or-
der that he might in the meantime return it
to the writer for correction. Isubmit the
above as a plea for a more extended know-
ledge on the part of the physician concern-
ing these particular branches. In sustain-
ing what I have said, I quote the following
from one of their number: “We have in
our medical eolleges no department worth
considering where pharmacy is taught or
even demonstrated. The branch of materia
medica and therapeutics deserves no longer
the title of the former; for the knowledge of
drugs, their character and preparation has
long since been left out of medical educa-
tion; so much is the latter the case that the
physician of to-day knows little of what he
is prescribing, nor could he at any time dis-
tinguish good from bad, or judge from in-
spection or analysis of the quality of his
medicines. Scarcely, if at all, does he know
the strength of regular galenical prepara-
tions. The medical profession depends in
this upon pharmacy alone, and yet are un-
willing to give pharmacy its proper recogni-
tion.” *

Ascoming from a physician, we may con-
sider this a great concession, and no doubt
those of you who have been actively engag-

edin pharmacy will fully appreciate the
above. In connection with this we might
mention another besetting evil, namely:
That of compelling the pharmacist to carry
in stock the same medicines as prepared by
different manufacturers. In this, emulsion
of cod liver oil, syrup of hypophosphites
compound, elixir pills, ete., afford good ex-
amples. Now, right here comes the demand
for pharmaceutical education. Every phar-
macist should make his own preparations
and be able to say: ‘Doctor, my emulsion,
syrup or elixirare just as good as Phillipp’s,
Scott’s or Wyeth’s, now what objection is
there to using them when they are to be dis-
pensed?” Must we, after having spent years
of time and money in preparing ourselves
for the profession, step down and allow the
wholesale manufacturers to absorb the very
vitals of our business? If we are to be mere
machines for the sale of these so-called ele-
gant pharmaceuticals, then there is no need
of a higher standard in pharmacy. An ex-
tended knowledge of chemistry and pharma-
ceutical manipulation or an acquaintance
with ‘“JJohnson’s rule” are not essential to
the dispensing of Fellow’s Syrup, Hydro-
leine or Indian Cholagogue. There must be
no field in which the glib-tongued represen-
tative of the Elixir manufacturer can ply his
yocation. Though we may look upon such
a condition as being a millenium of pharma-
cy, yet we may not unreasonably expect an
approach to it. Ido not wish to be under-
stood as charging to the physician all of the
abuses which have crept into pharmaceuti-
eal practice; no doubt, in many instances,
they have been obliged to specify the prep-
arations of certain manufacturers with which
they were acquainted in order to obtain a
reliable article, for there are incompetent
pharmacists, if such they may be called. We
have spoken from the standpoint of pharma-
cy, its grievances are ours. Whatever evils
exist through the agency of the pharmacists
he should be untiring in his efforts to re-
move them. With him, in a measure, rests
the destiny of the profession. The enact-
ment of pharmacy laws will aid, but the fu-
ture depends largely upon the training of
those now entering its ranks. Those aspir-
ing to practice the profession should be
graduated pharmacists, and we hope the
time may soon come when a diploma shall
be imperative. A knowledge of the science
on the part of the pharmacist, will enable
him to deprive the wholesale manufacturer
of his most potent argument in inducing the
physician to prescribe his preparations,
namely: The inability of the dispensing
pharmacist to make them. This knowledge
can be obtained only through professional
training, and this training should be of such
a nature as to enable him to assume the pos-
ition both of manufacturing and dispensing
pharmacist. Those institutions which afford
the best chemical instruction should be most
sought for. Toour Alma Mater we may
point with personal pride. The fact can not
be disputed that no college affords superior
advantages for scientific pharmaceutical ed-
ucation. Its able faculty, well equipped
laboratory and extended course offer advan-
tages sufficient, if improved, to enable its
graduates to fill positions: that will reflect
credit upon the profession.

Those of you who now intend to practice
the theories which you have been investi-
gating must remember that upon you de-
volves a duty. In your hands the profession
must not lose caste. Do not content your-
self with being mere tradesmen and dealers
in fashionable novelties, but give your at-
tention to those subjects which tend toward
‘a higher professional standing. By so doing
you will add to its dignity, and honor your
Alma Mater.

 

—__$—~» -@- <> a
Not Heeding Advice.

“I say, young man,” said a physician,
stopping him on the street. “You are not
well. You face is flushed, and you are ina
high fever. Let me feel your pulse.”

“T-I am all right,” protested the youth.

“No, you’re not,” said the physician posi-
tively. ‘Your pulse is over a hundred, and
in less than two : minutes you will be in a
cold sweat. You take my advice and go
home.”

“J-T can’t go home. Iam resolved to ask
old Jones for his daughter’s hand to-night or
perish miserably in the attempt.”

“Wrong diagnosis,’”’ muttered the doctor
to himself.

 

 

 

ee

A Druggist’s Blunder.
Doctor—Well, how is your ague now?
Patient—Worse and worse. I’ve had the
shakes awfully every day.

“JT can’t understand that.
the medicine 1 prescribed?”

“Yes, but it did no good. Do you know,
Doctor, I think that medicine might do good
if I took it before the shakes come on in-
stead of after.”

“Why, of course.
ed.”

“It did not say so on the bottle.”

“Consarn those druggists. What was on
the bottle?’

‘‘Well shaken before taken.”

——_—_—=_ 2 <_-

Did you take

That is what I direct-

Shopping in the Country.

A young woman entered a country store
in which drugs and books were among the
objects kept for sale, and inquired:

“Have you any choice extracts from the
works of George Eliot, or Jeremy ‘Taylor,
or Dean Stanley?”

“Well, no, mum,” the proprietor replied,
“T hain’t got any of them makes on hand
jist at present, but I kin give yy Lubin’s
extracts in a’most any flavor.”

 

W. C. Arnold & Co., the former an exper-
ienced and competent pharmacist, have pur-
chased the drug stock and business of Hib-

 

bard & Merriam, at Ludington.

 

PROFITS ON PRESCRIPTIONS.

 

Able Answer to an Attack on the Drug-
gists’ Profits.

A recenbissue of the New Idea, edited by
Frederick Stearns takes issue with the Detroit
Post, on the subject of druggists’ profits, in
the following racy and instructive manner:

In the Detroit Post of July 6 was an arti-
cles with the above title, which in our es-
timation contains so many errors that we
take the privilege of criticizing the article,

and in doing so take the paragraphs to be;

criticized each by itself.

“A few inquiries into the drug business
show that it probably pays better than any
other business of a mercantile order.”

It is generally well known that the retail
drug business partakes as much of a scien-
tific character as it does of a mere mercantile
one. It is expected that all retail druggists
who are entitled to the confidence of the
community in which they live should be
properly educated therefor, not only in the
ordinary branches of education, but in those
specialized branches appertaining to phar-
macy and medicine, hence it is not fair to
make any comparison between the business
of a retail druggist aud that of the grocer or
dry goods dealer, a comparison based mere-
ly on the mercantile character of both.

“The druggist makes an immense profit on
every drug that he sells.” .

This paragraph conveys the wrong impres-
sion for the reason that the profit of the re-
tail druggist is not based, nor should it be
based, upon the mere cost of the drug dis-
pensed, because it should also include a fair
equivalent for the responsibility, the skill
and the time involved in dispensing medi-
cines and prescriptions. This is expected
and allowed in all other pursuits that par-
take wholly or in part of a professional char-

acter.
It isa common thing to remark that the

business of a retail druggist, is all profit.
Now let us see how true that is. There are
in Detroit nearly, if not quite, 100 retail
druggists. We may assume that the total
receipts each of more than half of these will
not average over $8,000 per annum. Now,
suppose this were all profit and that the
drugs did not cost anything. What manner
of return would that be to an honorable and
learned profession, ont of which must come
the support of a family, rent, clerk hire, fuel
light, taxes and other incidental expenses
attending any business of a mercantile
character? The fact is that these very men
whom the article criticized would indicate as
extortionists rarely earn more than a clerk’s
salary, and it is only through habits of close
economy that any-of them acquire anything
like a competence in a life-long attention to
their business. We assert that the retail
drug business is one of those most poorly
paid, considering the responsibility and time
involved. If it is not already known, it
should be, that the retail druggist has no
leisure hours, no evenings, no holidays, no
Sundays.

“We has very little to fear from his stock
spoiling. He is not compelled to suffer from
the wasteful effect of the weather like the
grocer, or keep up with the ®hangeful mood
of capricious fashion like dry goods, clothing
or shoe dealers. His stock in trade is good
from New Years to Christmas, through win-
ter, spring, summer and fall, and however
sudden the change may be in the weather
there is always an ephemeral besides the
regular staple demand for sone article or
other that adds to his cash balance as regu-
larly as the rise of a new moon.”

This is not true, because there is as much
depreciation in drug stock in proportion as
in that of any other business. In fact medi-
cines, both chemical and vegetable (particu-
larly those which from slight demand may
remain sometime in stock), are prone to
change and loss and there is much more
“capricious fashion” in medicines than the
writer of the article criticized imagines.
There is the quack nostrum which comes
and goes in and out of fashion, and often
leaves the shelves of the retailer loaded with
its worthless, saleless, soulless quackery,
and there is the new and unheard of drug,
written about by some foreign savant, the
description of which copied into all the
journals of the world, creates a temporary
demand for it, which must be filled at any
cost, finally to drop out of use, leaving on
the shelf of the retailer enough of it to wipe
out all the profit he may have made upon it.
Then there is the pseudo-quackery, which,
through advertising, requires the druggist to
keep sugar or gelatine coated quinine pills
of a half-dozen different manufacturers,
when those of one maker may be fully as
good as those of another.

The stock of the retail druggist is espec-
ially liable to damage from excessive light
or excessive heat or excessive cold. In times
of depression or of financial distress, the re-
tail druggist cannot force the sale of a dol-
lar’s worth of his goods by cheapening them
as can the grocer and dry goods dealer; in
fact he could not even give them away.

—___——-<—___—_

The executive officers of the National Re-
tail Drug Association have issued the fol-
lowing address to the retail druggists of the
the country: :

$ is plainly evident that the success of the
“Campion Plan” of protection to retailers,
adopted at the earnest solicitation of the rep-
resentatives of the National Retail Drug As-
sociation, hinges at the present time more
than ever upon the active and honest co-op-
eration of the jobbers. The fact that cut-
ters are still getting the goods, show that
some jobbers are, at least, indifferent to the
interests, in this matter, of their best friends
—the legitimate pharmacists—and some are
known to be positively antagonistic to its
provisions. We therefore suggest that you
bring the importance of this matter to the
notice of the house with which you may
deal, and insist upon their taking a stand
either for or against it.

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT,

 

Advanced—Cantharides.

 

   

 

   
 

   
 
 
 
  
 
 

  

  

 

ACIDS.
meetic, Nowa 262 es gh 9 @ 10
Acetic, C.P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35
CerhGlic ... 4. Wolo sas cee 35 @ 40
OTR Ce ee ee 5D
Mourintic 18 deg... 5.2 .. 5.2.2.5. -...- 3 @ 5
Nitric 36 deg...............-.-.--+: u@ wk
OMAHG. 8 ee 8 ee 1444%@ 15
Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3 @ 4
Tartaric powdered................ 48
Benzoic, English............. 8 Oz 20
Benzotc, German................5- 12 @ Ub
(PANIC se ee eas os wee 1 @ li
AMMONIA.
Carbonate... 5.025. 25........- Rh 1 @ 18
Muriate (Powd. 22¢)................ 14
Aqua lé6 deg or 3f.................. 6@ 7
Aqua 18 deg or 4f......5..........- 1 @ 8
BALSAMS.
Copaiba .233.25.0..05...26. Hoe be @ 50
OS ee ge gs 40
IPO ee cess eee. eS. 2 50
MOME oo sy oe ee 50
BARKS.
Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢)........ 2
Cinchona, yellow................- 18
Bim, seleet..: 0. 00.0.0......-.52. --- 15
Elm, ground, pure.......... oa 13
Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15
Sassairas, Of rOot.................- 10
Wild Cherry, select................ 12
Bayberry powdered...............- 20
Hemlock powdered......... ne: 18
IWAROO eo oes co te eek es 30
Soap evound..-).---5.0:. 6... 2
BERRIES,
Cubeb, prime (Powd 80c}.......... 75
MUON. i ce oe cee . 6 @ 7
prickly Ash 7-3 20s: 1¢0 @1 10
EXTRACTS.
Licorice (10 and 25 ib boxes, 25c)... 27
Licorice, powdered, pure......... 3874
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ib doxes). 9
Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes)........-. 12
Lgowood, %s do oe ce 13
Logwood, 44s do 15
Logwood, ass’d do as nee 14
Fluid, Extracts—25 8 cent. off list.
FLOWERS.
IATMICR 56 esc ts ee 10 @ ll
Chamomile, Roman............-.. 25
Chamomile, German.............. 25
' GUMS.
Aloes, Barbadoes...............--- 60@ 75
Aloes, Cape (Powd 24C).........+++ 18
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50
JATMMONIAG |... .5....5.5...-.--.- 28@ 30
Arabic. extra select..............- * 60
Arabie, powdered select.......... 60
Arabic, Ist picked..............-.. 50
Arabic,2d picked................-- 40
Arabic,c8d pickod..............066- 33
Arabic, sifted sorts...............- 30
Assafoentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 30
ICO7ZOIO oe os cee es 55@60
O@amppor.: 2:5. ...3....-..-.... 21@ 24
Catechu. Is (% 14ec, 4s 16¢) ...... : 13
Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40
Galbanum strained................ 80
Gamboce..........-2.....-----.-.-- 90@1 00
Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)......... 39
Kino [Powdered, 30c]...........-.-. 20
Mastic (ec 10
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40
Opium, pure (Powd $6.00).... ‘ 4 25
Shellac, Campbell’s.......... nal 30
Shellac; Hmglish.....-....:..:...-- 26
Shellac, native...............------ 24
Shellac bleached...........-..-2--- 30
Mnageacamull ................-.-.---- 30 @1 10
HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES.
Hoarhnownd <......:...5.4.......--- 25
MUOQWOUM 525 ose se ses de ect ese ac wc cies 25
PEPPErMINE........ cece eee eee cece ee eee 25
IG ke se ke ce oe os 40
Spearmint .......... cece ee ce eee eee ee ences 2
Sweet Majoram................- ..00
MDANZY, 6500-6 oe e-2--- neee o22Q0
VIMO en cence eee cc seen 30
WOrmwOOd 2.05 25
TRON.
Citrate and Quinine.............-. 6 40
Solution mur., for tinctures...... 20
Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7
@itvate 5... 80
IPhasphate ........-5...---.--.-:-.. 65
LEAVES.
Buchu, short (Powd 24¢)..........- 12 @ 13
Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 48, 12¢)... 6
Senna, Alex, natural.............. @ 20
Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled..
Senna, powdered...............-.- 22
Senna tinmivelll:.......... ..5..... 16
Wiva (rst. es. s 10
BelledOnma.....-........--... Sees 35
Mox@love.......-.-.....2---..--.--- 30
Ieniane ). 6.6. cs oe ee. . 35
OSC, VEC... 5.500 6.6. se 2 35
LIQUORS.
W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25
Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 175 @2 00
Whisky, other brands............. 110 @1 50
Gin, Old Tom..................-.... 13 @1 7
Gin: Holland.::..-...........-....- 200 @3 50
Brandy -.:22-5..05....2.52 175 @6 50
Catawba Wines.......-.-....... .- 125 @2 00
Port Wines... -..:..52..-.-6.....---- 135 @2 50
MAGNESIA.
Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ 23
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 202......... 37
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution,... 2 25
O@alecimed: 9.) 6. ss 7
OILS.
Almond, SWECt.........2-22ee ee eees 45 @ 50
Amber, rectified........... a 45
PRARUGC 9 ee ee ee cee 2 00
Bay @ OZ...... 0. cece cece ee eee eee 50
Bergamont.............e eee eee eee 2 00
Gagtor. = 2... 65... s..t ee ee 18 @ 19%
GYOLORe 5 oe. cae es eee we 2 00
Cajeput ........ 0. cece cee e eee cence 7d
@assiag cee 1 20
Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40
Gitronella ..-2-...-.....-.:-...-.-- 85
loves 2. kes toi. ce 1 2%
Gubebs, BP. & W.......... --.-.-..- 6 00
Brigeron ..............-----------:- 1 60
MinreweeG. 9... 8.0... 26s = 2 00
Geranium ® OZ........-- 62 esse eee ja
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40
Juniper WOO............ see eeeeee 50
Juniper berrieS............-.eeeee- 2 00
Lavender flowers, French......... 2 01
Lavender garden CUO ee ae 1 00
Lavender spike dQ. 2s: 90
Lemon, new Crop...........-+--+++ 1 70
Lemon, Sanderson’s...........---+ 1 75
Memongrass........::.....--------- 30
Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 25
Origanum, No. 1............-.---- 50
Pennyroyal .,........06-- +e eee eee 1 75
Peppermint, white...............- 3 00
Rose #@ OZ....-...-.---------------- 9 75
Rosemary, French (Flowers $5)... 65
Sandal Wood, German...........- 4 50
andal Wood, W.I.............. «+. 7 00
MQSSANTAS: 600. ..6.60 5.6.53 sae cee 60
WPAMSY: 5.086 coos case eee ee ese: 4 50
Tar (by gal 60C)...........20eeee eee 10 @ WB
Wintergreen ............2-.-.20 2 2%
Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $6.50)..... 4 50
a0 Ge ane eas ser 3 1 00
WiormisCCG . 2.0... 2.5 ss. ee cess 2 50
Cod Liver, filtered..... : 8 gal 1 90
Cod Liver, best......... ee 3 50
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00
Olive, Malaga........... -. @1 20
Olive, ‘Sublime Italian .. ..... 2 50
RIA ee coe bee ae ees 6 @ 67
Rose, Ihmsen’s..............- 8 OZ 9 75
POTASSIUM.
Bicromate:.............-.--+--. 8 Ib 14
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 35
Chlorate, eryst (Powd 28¢)......... 20
Todide, cryst. and gram, bulix..... 1 25
Prussiate yellow...........cseeeeee 30
ROOTS.
FAIREMO@U 3) nbc ce ta fa cs cee oes 15
Mithes, CUl..:..........;.2-<----3-- 2
Arrow, St. Vincent’s............6. 17
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 48 and %S8.... 35
Blood (Powd 18C)...........-0ee0e- : R
Calamus, pecies Moe cesa ose dat. 18
Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38,
Elecampane, powdered...........- 23
Gentian (Powd 1l4c)................ 10
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)........ 18 @ 14
Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20
Golden Seal (Powd 40c)............ 35
Hellebore, white, powdered....... 22
Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 10
alap, powdered..............-+-+- 387%
Licorice, select (Powd 12%4)...... 12
Licorice, extra select.............- 15
Pink, true............: Riel ieaniees 35
Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50
Rhei, powdered E.I.......... weeveeel 10 @1 20
Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00
Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25
Serpentaria............csceeecesees 50
SONCKA oc. ss Sine cous eats cos cee 65
Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 45

|

Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18
Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 10
Valerian, English (Powd 380c)...... 25

| Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)... 20

| SEEDS.
Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 13
Bird, mixed in hh packages....... 5 @ 6
Canary, Smyrna. 2... . 200.5... 2.% 4@ 4%
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19c).. Nl @ 12
Cardamon, Aleppee............... 2 v0
Cardamon, Malabar............-... 2 25
COLON es eo oa ieee se cee 25
Coriander, pest English........... 2
MOMHOH cos ee 15
lax Clean yee el nd, sk. 3%@
Flax, pure grd (bbl 334)............ 4@ 4%

 

Foenugreek, powdered............
Hemp; Russian... oo: . 2.00... .... 55

8 @
54@ 46
Mustard, white Black 10c)........ i 8

  

 

 

Ouineée oe. ete 1 00
Rane, English. ....22.......0.... GG @
Worn, Hevant...: 00255... 2..0222.. 14
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50
Nassau do do ..... 2 00
Velvet Extra do GQ. 2... 110
Extra Yellow do €O 12... 85
Grass do QQ. .2... 65
Hard head, for slate use........... 7d
Yellow Reef, GO. 6... 2... 1 40
MISCELLANEUS.
Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) ® gal.... 2 29
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50
Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50
Arsenic, Donovyan’s solution...... 27
Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2
.| Annatto 1% rolls...... sce 30
Blue Soluble: o..- 00... ces. 50
Bay Rum, imported, best......... 2 75
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00
AMO hb 22% 3%
Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... 3 @ 4
Annatto, PEIME..........5. 62.2... 32
Antimony, powdered, com’!...... 44Z@ 5
Arsenic, white, powdered......... 6 @ 7
Balm Gilead Buds................. 40
Beans, Tonka......... ee one. 2 25
Beans: Vanilla. .................... 700 @9 75
Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 1 60
Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... 45
Blue Vicriol 2.00... T%@ 9
Borax, refined (Powd 18e)......... 1
Cantharides, Russian powdered.. 2 50
Capsicum Pods, African.......... 18
Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... 20
Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18
Carmine. NO: 40.00... 0.0.62)... . 4 00
@assia, Bude... 60... 2
Calomel. American................ 5
Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5
Chalk, precipitate English........ 2
Chalk; red fingers................- 8
Chalk: white lump................. 2
Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60
Colocynth appies.................. 60
Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60
Chloral do do cryst... Ly!
Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90
Chloral do do crusts.. 1 75
@hloroform (0000. 100 @1 10
@€inchonidia, P.& W............... 45 @ 50
Cinchonidia, other brands......... 45 @ 50
Cloves (Powd 28¢)................05 20 @ 22
Cochinea! io... 6. 30
Cocoa Butter. .:.....0.....-2..... 45
Copperas (by bbl le)............... 2
Corrosive Sublimate............... 65
Corks, X and X X—35 off list......
Cream Tartar, pure powdered..... 38 @ 40
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 i box.. 15
@reasote:. oo on ceo. 50
Cudbear, primeé:................... 24
Cuttle Bish Bone............... a 24
IDOXGHING 60 el... 2
Dover’s Powders...............0¢ 1 20
Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. 50
Ereot powdered... ..........-...... 45
Baber SQUIDOS.. 6.600000... .e. ol 110
Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8
BpsomSalte:.. 0.01) 1000. 24@ 3
HEPOu, PV@sS. fo 50
Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... 69
lake whites:) 2... .....2.2... oe. 14
Grains: PRERGISe: oo... ........ 2... 2d
Gelatine, Cooper’s................. 90
Gelatine, French .................. 45 @ 70
Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60 off
Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis....
Glue). cabimet... 6... B@ iit
Glueswhites 05....0.50.0..00.0.0. 17 @ 28
Glycerine, pure. .....:...-2..5..0. 19 @ 22
Hops 4s and 4s.......0.... 25@ 40
HOCOLORMP O72... 3D
Wngigo 8 @l1 00
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 23 25
Iodine, resublimed................ 210
isinelass, Ameriean,.............-. 1 50
PAPODICA (2006) ee. 9
Hondon Purple.............c....:. 10 @ bb
Heng acetate... 7250. ce... 15
Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10¢ & 1448 Tc) 9
Mupuline 1 00
ycopodium ... 0... ....... 26.6... 50
WCE eee ss. bs. 60
Madder, best Dutch.............. RY4G@ 183
Miamaras Se a. 135
IGP CUNY (oe ces choc was te do
Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... oz 3 05@3 30
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... 40
Moss, Iceland........... # tb 10
MOSS: TRISH. 000.006.) 26... 2
Mustard. Hne@lish.................. 30
fustard, grocer’s, 10 ib cans...... 18
TGGRUIS oe, 20
Nutmegs, No.2......:.............. 7
Nuss (VOmiCa 2.0... ek 10
Ointment. Mercurial, 4%d.......... 40
Pepper, Black Berry.............. 18
IPGDSIN Ge 3 00
Pitch, True Burgundy............. ‘ 7
QUBSSIO Ge 6 @ 7
Quinia, Sulph, P,. & W........ hoz 1 00@I 05
Quinine, German. ................. 100 @I1 05
Seialitz Mixture. ..............-..- 28
Stry.chiid., CLYSb...... 2.05.00 00.5 2. 1 50
Silver Nitrate, cryst............... 79 @ 8
Red Precipitate............... % Ib 80
Saffron, American................. 3d
Sal Glauber... .....3........ 0... @ 2
Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. 10
Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9
SalRoehelle. .....................- 33
Sal’ Soda... eo oes 2@ 2%
SaH@in 00 o.oo ooo ee ee 2 00
SameOnim 6602000002... seo .. 6 75
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38
Soda Ash [by keg 8¢].............. 4

Spermacet.......5...-.......-...-- 25

Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... 44%@ 5
Soap, White Castile................ 14
Soap,Green do ..... .......-.- 17
Soap, Mottled do .-................ .
Soap, GG COU. ee ee 1
Soap, Mazaini.. 2. c3s2.-22.. 2.5... 14
Spirits Nitve.d B...- 5... .. 26 @ 28
Spirits Nitre,£F....:.............. 28 @ 8
Sugar Milk powdered.............. 30
Sulphur, four.....<...400.5...-.-. 34@ 4
Suipbur Sol). 1.02. 3 3%
Tartar PMeUC: . 6.0.00... es cet 60
Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans $ doz 2 %C
Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40
Tar, do pintsintin......... 85
Turpentine, Venice........... 8 tb 25
Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 60
ine, Sulphate... 60.220... ee. i @ 8
OILS.
Capitol Cylinder.............. eee eee eee eee ee 75
Model Oylinder.........-..-.....-. -...-.... 60
Shields Cyunder.......- 6... 2. ese. 50
Midorado BPN@INe. ......-5.--.:.-5)... 45
Peerless Machinery..............ccceseeescoes 33
Challenge Machinery..............se.s-ssee-ee 25
Backus Bine Engine... .............cecc eens cees 30
Black Diamond Machinery.............-..-+6- 30
@ustor Machine On.......... 7... 2005.8 6C
PRarafine. 2) 06S... 20. sol. ce es... ee
Pavatine 2o COR fo. ic. 21
Sperm, winter bleached........... ee, 1 40
Bbl Gal
Whale, winter..................-..--- 80 85
Nhard: Oxtra.: -. 2.5.6.4. ssc, se se 64 7
Mard: NO)... 2... ic. oe. 3 55 65
Linseed, pure raw.............--265- 52 5d
Pdanseed: DOUEd ..-....5-5.-.....----- 5d 58
Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95
Spirits Turpentine................... 30 40
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Burp Coach... -.........2.....;. 1 10@1 20
Pactra “PUNp.. 2. ...2. 2. Be ee 1 60@1 70
@oach Body... .<..<....- 6... occ es ese 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furniture................-. 1 00@1 10
Extra Turp Damar..............-+.+6- 1 55@1 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. 70@ 5
PAINTS.

Bbl Lb
Boralumine, White bulk)........ 9
Boralumine, WS cc. eek 10
Boralumine, Tints bulk. }50 off 10
Boralumine ‘“ We} ooo. 11
Red Venetian..............066- 1% 2@ 38
Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 3
Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... 1% 2@ 3
Putty, commercial ............ 2% 24%@ 3
Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3
Vermilion, prime American.. 18@16
Vermilion, English............ hd@5T
Green, Peninsular............. 16@17
Lead, red strictly pure..... .. 5%
Lead, white, strictly pure..... 5%
Whiting, white Spanish ieee . @"'
Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90
White, Paris American........ 1 10
Whiting Paris English cliff. . 1 40

HAZELTINE,
PERKINS
& CO,

WA7holesale

Druggists!

42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 98 and
95 Louis Street.

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF

rues, Medicines, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
and Drowgists
Glassware

MANUFACTURERS OF
RLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS,
FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS,

GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR

Wo.r, Patron & Co., AND JOHN L. WuitT-
ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE
PAINT AND VARNISH
BRUSHES.

—<Aitso for the—

GRAND RaApips BrusH Co., MANF’RS OF
HAtr, SHOE AND HoRSE BRUSHES.

Druggists’ Sundries

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

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

Wine aud Liquor Departmen

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

Withers Dade &Co’s

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

We are also owners of the

Nroggists Favorite Rye,

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

Gis, Brandles & Fine Wines.

We call your attention to the adjoining
list of market quotations which we aim to
make as complete and perfect as possible.
For special quantities and for quotations on
such articles as do not appear on the list such
as Patent Medicines, etc,, we invite your cor-
respondence.

Mail orders;always receive our special and
personal attention.

 

 

HAZELTINE, PERKINS & GO

 

 

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The Michigan Tradesmel.

A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH
WEDNESDAY.

 

 

 

E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors.
OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR.

[Entered at the Postofice at Grand Rapids as
Second-class Matter]

—-~

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1884.

 

 

Disadvantages of Disorderly Stores.

A writer in the Criterion, who signs him-
self “Eugene,” has recently been visiting in
this State, and called at the stores of some
of the retailers in this State. Asa result of
what he saw and heard our readers will be
able to learn by reading the following, fur-
nished by him:

“J always dislike to enter a disorderly
store. I donot desire to trade with or buy
goods of agrocer, particularly for home

A correspondent of the London Times
says that New York is the most expensive
city in the world. Fora lunch, including a
pint of cider and a cup of black coffee, he
was charged a dollar and a quarter. At the
hotels he could not get decent service after
paying the highest rates, without tipping the
servants, and that not in a small way either,
as in England, for nothing less than a quar-
ter is received with any grace. One dollar
in London will go as far as two dollars in
New York, he declares, and the clerk who
gets $2,500 a year in New York is no more
comfortable than the Londoh clerk who re-
ceives $1,250. This correspondent would
find the cost of living vastly cheaper in
Western cities. In Grand Rapids, for in-
stanee, a most desirable meal can be secured
at a number of restaurants for a quarter and
a meal fit for a king fora dollar at any of
them. Other necessaries cost in proportion.
If it be true that New York is the dearest
city inthe world, itis also probably true
that Grand Rapids is relatively the least ex-

We manufacture a full line, use
the best material obtainable, and
ee our goods to be first-
class.

We carry an immense stock of
Virgidia and Tennessee Peanuts,
Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea-

cans, Walnuts and Cocoanuts,

and compete with any market.

a | We are agents for Gorden’s
ceiebrated Wag Jaws, Olym-

pian, D. F., and many other well-

known brands and carry a full line
of his goods at factory prices,

We handle Oranges, Lemons,
Bananas, Figs, Dates, Etc., in

WM. SEARS & CO.
Gracker Manufacturers,

Agents for

AMBOY CHEESE.
3'7, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

PF. J. LAMB & COMPANY,

-—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—

 

large quantities from first-hands and
are headquarters for everything in

pensive.

Butter, Cheese, Eges,

Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc.

consumption, that are not kept in cleanly
places or handled with cleanly hands or
store utensils. I hate to see the molasses
measures swarming with filthy flies, or the
dried fruits and other goods left unpro-
tected and uncovered. Ido not like to see
the counters used for seats or the floors and
stove-hearths for spittoons. Yet there are
few country villages that do not contain one
or more places where just such unpleasant
features exist. I have been in country stores
where rustic loafers were accustomed to con-
gregate and sit around until alate hour of
the night—loafers whose language was foul
and unfit for refined and decent ears. No
ladies like to enter such a place; no gentle
man will buy his supplies there if he can
advantageously obtain them at any other
place. It doesnot pay the general store-
keeper to tolerate such nuisances or permit
such abuses. His store becomes a place of

a  - e

A Massachusetts Bay oyster planter pays
boys a cent for every starfish caught on his
beds. He saves $1,000 a year on the oys-
ters which would be otherwise destroyed,
besides a profit of two cents on each star-
fish, which he dries and sells.
A a A at

Needed by every retail grocer or
tioner, one or more of Kenyon’s
Spring Paper Bag Holders. Each has c¢a-
pacity of containing about fifty bags. Their
great convenience can be learned by having
one mailed for 30e, four for $1, or one dozen
expressed for $2.50 from Kenyon Brothers,
Wakefield, Rhode Island.

Dealers purchasing supplies of field seeds
should consult the Grand Rapids Seed Co.’s
quotations, in another part of this week’s e
paper.

Fruit our line.
PUTNAM & BROOKS.

FOX, MUSSELMAN & LOVERIDGE,

State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers.

NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET,

 

GRAND RAPIDS. MIiCHMIGAN.

PHCK BROS.
Wholesale Druggzists

A Complete Stock of all that pertains to the wants of the Retail Druggist.

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

    
  

 
 

 

moral corruption for the young lads of the | Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. 1 05 ii ar : :
wae 1 ue tea <s “| Ohio White Lime, car lots......00...). 90 a at We Employ No Travelers. Send for Prices.

age. ican conceive of nothing more | Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 A OT
yile and indecent th¢ : : Akron Cement per bbl..............-. 1 40 apne
cz Ai o ie es sod reprobate i1 2) Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 jw 129 and 151 Monroe Street,
‘sountry store filling the innocent mind of a Lord HS. e- 1 05@1 10

- young boy with the disgusting details of a] s Se Ee PER enor -

. : ae “+1 Stucco, perbbi.........-...........- oe 1 75 *
smuty story. IL have been in stores and ho- | Land plaster, per ton...............-.. 375 Grand Rapids = - Mich.
ic than i . | Land plaster, car lots..............-... 3 00
as where coarse, loud-mouthed boys dis-| Fire brick, per M...............2-++++ $25 @ $35

Wre clay, per ppl... --...........-5-.- 3 @

cusset base-ball, horse-racing, boxing and
other.spacting matters, until they became an
. intolerable nuisance to every patron, custom-
eror guest. Ihave many times longed to
see the storekeeper or landlord request or

COAL.

Anthracite, egg and grate, ear lots. .$6 00@6 25
Anthracite, stove and nut, ear lots.. 6 25@% 50
Cannell, car 10%S....-........-2-5-..-- @6 %5
Obio Lump, car lots.................. 3 25@3 30
Blossburg or Cumberland, ear lots.. 4 50@5 04

 

SPRING & COMPANY

 

GROCERS,

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

5 *. } Dressed Flooring éin., No. 2 esmnzon....
concern for a corkscrew, taking comfort in | Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal.

F. J, DETTENTHAER,

j is kL ray Dressed Flooring, 4in., A. Baad Chear.. 35
the thought that in this out-of-the-way place | > eo eg Flooring, 4in., fo a :
no one would know him. But scarcely were {| Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., Nev l com'’n 16 4
Dressed Flooring, 4 or5in., Na. 2 com’m 14

the words out of his mouth when the clerk | peaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional.

assist them. to.go out. I wonder that respect- LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES
able business.men endure such abominabl Se 0 Oc ; ; ef
2 faerie ‘ e The Newaygo Company quote f. 0. b. cars as ee 3
nuisances. .I wander that the parents of | follow: agi ae poe Pe eer, Graal Rapids, Mich. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ©
ea ae Slaw a Unpers, fone... per M $44 00 — ARE FACTORY AGENTS FOR : eS
hese boys allow .them to congregate at such | Uppers, 1%, 14 and 2 ined... 46 00! BT zevaen . a es ‘
Places. . If-boys.wexe willing to work half { Selects, Limeb. 3. eescere reece 35 00 ar , Aco Chief Crescent y Rell Veal Plug Tonaccas
as hard at some useful oecupation as they Fine Common, Vineh......0-.. es 30 00 j j '
-earerly. do at 3A.¢ ay : | {Shep tines. ; ee. ee | a , 1 : ee
aia ee athletic sports, | Fine’ Commornciig, 1% and 2 inch. 7200. > Our stock of Teas, Colfees and Syrups is Always Complete.
ithey would be.cf:far,mere consequence to | No.1Stocks, 1in., 12, 4 and@i6 feet.-.. 15 00 ae 4 i
their parents in youth .and to inns in at : oo . oy et ae a: _ Tobaccos. Vinesars “and Spices if
maturer years, It does not pay any man to | NO- 1 Stocks, 10 ins, 12/14 and 16 teet....- 15 00 OUR:MOTTO: “SQUARE DEALING BETWEEN MAN AND MAN.” FAN
ee ae GBs No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,,18 feet.......-........ 16 00 . spall . :
keep a disorderly store. The merchant or | No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.20feet.... 0000... 6... ¥5 00 ene Sa: AX. Cc yY AIND 8
ss T o pas > > Deeg & i
general dealer who permits these abuses {N01 Stocks’ 8 in Itzoet senses. W600
continuously in or about his premises loses { No- 1 Stocks, 8 in., D#eet..........-.---.. ¥ 00}
: No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 42,14 and 16 feet 12 50 | \
n sy. on ; y Aw *9 - Ch ewe Ki ‘ :
' a . ier to. make money. These No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., IS Beet nee ee eco 13 50 j
nabitual loafers do.not-gene > bir No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 Beet..........------ » ; ; '
al _oalers.do.no’- generally buy much § N23 Stocks, 10 in., 12, Mand 16 feet..... 12 506 ,
of anythi: i
nything. “The storekeeper loses more } No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 = ee ee i Th i; Tones thet a . ce a
\ by.their + ilar wnntrac | NO. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet... -.......---. 4 50} e on or at can be taken apart amd shipped in a
. y = a tie cari alone than he makes | No’ 5 Stocks, Sia 2 a es foci. u 30 y Renal cones Pp pp
wy/<aurrying their favor. No. 2 Stoeks, $ in., 18 feeti....---......---. 12-5 o .
. Z No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 fee#....---.....-... 18 50} ~ . : : &
OO — pase pug Ford oR ee ene ee 300 to 500 Tosches complete (emcept handles) can be packed in one :
We Wanted a Corkscrew. roe i RE acl ome 9. 00 barrel, thus making the freight or express charges very low.
r 7 i S 7 rESe) y Stri pits... 2 SRO oe A 6
Be weenbe dozen tlnts 40 boy noms Ae sia 28 00 A Chita can Put them together im one Minute.
put having associated a corkscrew with wine | No. 1 Fencing, all lengths......--.....--. 15 00 : :
wibbing he could not get his own consent to No. 2 Vencing, 12, 14.and 13 feet... = » As good as any Torch Made. The Cheapest in Price.
# : zi : Yo. 2 Femeing, 16 feet.....-.....--- 2
ask for such an article in the stores where} No.1 Fencing, 4 inch.....-. a 15 00), WILL BURN FOR FIVE. HOURS.
s well known, or in establist ts No. 2 Fencing, 4 inech.... ee - 12 00
z Ee a chance of his being recog Bevel Siding: 6 inch. < and — ie i8 00 Ask for price or semdi for'sampie- order.
where there was , S % tecog- ree a Ee es
Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C............--.....6- 14 50 od
nized. But he had set his mind on@ cork- ove palin, ey a 1 Common.... ; a) = Oo STE zm, STE Vi WwW Ss & Cc O.,
: a hile drivi > in _} Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear......-......- a i :
screw, and while driving one day im the out-| piece Strutt, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to Wit... 10 00@1 0 50/ 10 and 12 Monroe Stree4,.Grand Rapids, Mich. :
skirts of the city he came across 2 hardware | $1 oueoon for poets 2 fon abowe 16 fit. seus
: a +0 : ss Flooring, 6in., A. B..... 2.2... .
store and determined to make his purchase. Kai Fiooring, 6 ne > 23 00
He walked in and asked with affected un- Dressed Flooring, 6 in., No. t,.common. . 4 . 9
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said: ‘What kind shall it be, doctor?” Hej} 4 = 2 4 - ao Shingles. ......-- :
had struck a member of his Bible class. cin 0 06UUhhCU WW EOLES LE
a ee No. 2 or 6 in. : 4 ae Shing#es......... 0 A. i -
ighty 2 an, No. 2or5in. C. B. 16 in....-.-.-.--------- TS |,
aay ; pt ten sg ih E10 ERAGE RENEE 2 00
“Yes,” said young Hardup, with an air of |< :
disgust, “there are some mighty mean MeN | ., pasanT To TAKE, ACTS MiLoty, CURES QutcKLy i
sin the world, but old Moneybags is a little DUNHAM'S SURE CURE FOR. BEVER & AGUE :
bit lower down than anybody 1 know of.” a ee oe
“What has Moneybags done that is so very pated a0 echt ee ateonne ee , j
, re
mean?” eae NEVER ENOWS TC PAIL. Moncy ro-
r aoe 6, 99 re ves +f 4 ( ire. Tige,
“You know i worship his oe Roaer see ae cost ir fe ent pre OIT, CTLLOTES
“I have heard you say so.’ aid for 60 cts. Address, WESTSEN
mi : MeprcinE Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich. an 7 ;

“Yes I love the very ground she walks on.
‘Well, sir, Lasked the old fellow for her
hand the other day and he was mean enough
4o ask me if I had a sufficient income to sup-

CANNED GOODS.

WESTERN MEDICINE €0’S TONIC LIVER PEALS.
Purely Vegetable; contain no calomel, minera!
poison or quinine. Act direetly on the Liver, tone |
eee)’ the system, aid CoeT and

 
 
 

BTrec. ETC.

 

   

 

  

 

port her. What do you think of that fora|% TD ity tne biood. POSITIVELY CURE
man worth over $2,000,000.” MEDICINE | BEADACHE AND CONSTIPATION. | In-
oe iwebee) valuable for Biliousness, coy oad
idn’t Take Everything PeEneeS! tion, Hypochondria, etc. Sent free | :
funds all gone?” shouted the de-| SUMO, Salage je, Wore Benicia
“The funds all gone?’ shouted the de- - package Jree. WESTER? 1 |
positors : Vs" Comrany., Grand Rapids, Mich, | 3 '7 Monroe St. Grand Fapids, @ |
! G and 8 Monroe Street.

 

“Every cent,” replied the President.
“Are you sure that he left nothing?”
“He left nothing but the country.”
—>-2 >
Dealers are advised to look out for coun-
terfeit ten cent pieces. They are brighter
than the genuine ones, having a glazed ap- |
pearance, as if coated with quicksilver. The
wreath is clumsily executed, and under the
words ‘one dime,” are engraved two “Cs.”
The counterfeits thus far seen are dated
1875. They are extemely soft and easily
cut with a knife.

 

 

 

 

 

Blaine Whips,
I will quote you until further notice as follows: Extra Selects, 88; Selects, 33;

\)| Cleveland Whips =asoeref ree ang
Canpalg Whins,
) Toy Whips,

Westield Whips,

And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices.

 

Grand Rapids, . Michigan.

These Gols 8 6=6=—lCsC: PAW MOV AL!

~ Mannfactared only by
Coal, Wood, Lime, Cement, *

Hamilton Carhartt &
(0,118 Jelferso ave,

* Sewer Pipe, Htc,
Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement.

Detroit, Manulacturers

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A cigarette factory at La Honradez, Cuba,
said to be the largest in the world, turns out
2,520,000 cigarettes a day. All the govern-
ment factories in France do not produce so
many, 600,000,000 being named as the annu-
al product.

 

 

ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.

G. ROYS & GO, Gen} Agents

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

>.<
A Ludington furniture-dealer says he can
never sell an Indian a second-hand article.

» They want the best and will put up with
nothing not strictly first-class. They are
more particular in this respect than the pale-

faces. 4

 

Of Men's Furnishing
Go0ds

 
 
 
 
  
 

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The Michie Tradesml

NOVEL PROPOSITION.

 

 

 

Relief from Overproduction by the Gov-
ernment,

Mr. J. Schoenhof ina communication to
the New York Drg Goods Bulletin writes:
It is rumored that a movement is on foot
to organize a syndicate which is to take care
of all of the surplus of mill products which
cannot find a market through the ordinary
channels of trade. The intention is to peti-
tion the general government to build
storehouses in Washington and to store
therein unsalable odds-anc-ends of our tax-
ed industries, paying full market price for
them. The plan has its merits from more
than one point of view. First, 1t would ad-
mirably fit in as a crowning piece, a sort of
cupola, giving an artistic finish to our whole
protective edifice. As the tax on raw ma-
terials acts as akind of prohibition against
selling any surplus of our manufacturing in-
dustries to countries beyond the border line,
common equity ought to compel the}govern-
ment to take care of manufactures for which
we cannot find profitable markets at home.
In this wise the intention of our revenue
laws could be earried out to the letter, to
protect our home industries by guaranteeing
a prefit to the manufacturer and high wages
to the laborer. The Potomac flats could not
be put to better use than erecting buildings
for this purpose upon them. A combination
of the useful with the ornamental should
not be lost sight of in the execution of this
patriotic idea. The sanitary condition of
Washington could be greatly ‘improved by
transforming the flats into gardens and ex-
tend the public gardens all around these na-
tional warehouses, which in time might be
stretched from the navy yard to George-
town, and become a vast industrial museum
affording instruction both to the archaeolog-
ist and the customer. The originators of
this plan are emboldened in their view by
the previous action of the government to-
ward the miners and smelters of silver.
They hold that inasmuch as the government
buys up annually from one-half to two-thirds
of all the silver produced in this country (as
it cannot find a market outside of the United
States, on account of its demonetization by
other countries,) the manufacturers of other
commodities have a right to expect lik
treatment from a government based on equal
rights and equal justice to all its citizens.
They hold that they are entitled to even
more consideration from the government.
They say the shortened markets for our sil-
ver are the outgrowth of a conspiracy. The
inborn hatred which European despotism
bears toward this republic is equally poten-
tial in turning our silver front its doors, and
in the treatment accorded to our hogs there
is simply a display of the ill-will of foreign
powers. The accumulation of our mull pre-
duct in storehouses, the dumping of woolen
goods, blankets, fiannels, cloths, etce., into
the auction room, however, is caused by the
direct action of our own government in put-
ting a penalty upon their exportation equal in
amount to the tax upon the raw material.
The government makes the export of goods
so affected an impossibility, and in addition
causes the prices of all merchandise alike to
be depressed. They hold, therefore, that
the government is the direct cause of short-
ened markets and consequent losses, and
that the duty of giving relief is far more im-
perative upon the government in the case of
manufacturers than in the case of silver
miners. As it is of importance to maintain
the American tariff system in all its full-
ness, the plan here described is the very best
yet brought forward. By its adoption the
surplus revenue would be taken care of ina
very efficacious way. We should evade
thereby all costly foreign entanglements,
now eagerly looked for in certain quarters
as a means of relief, and perhaps hasten the
solution of a great economic problem, which
some of our ablest thinkers have so far vain-
ly endeavor to disentangle.
2.
Good*Words Unsolicited.
G. C. Pond, general dealer, Aetna:
get along without it.”
A. Young & Sons, general dealers, Orange:
“We like the paper well.” .
Wood & Hunt, grocers, Lake City:
well pleased with THE TRADESMAN,”
E. Hodge, hardware, Elmira: ‘The paper is
well worth the money to any onein business.”
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in our business.”’

T. H. Christian, druggist, Detroit: ‘Value
the paper more than any of similarnature that
I have ever seen before.”

Simonds Manufacturing Co., saws and knives,
Fitchburg, Mass.: ‘Think a subscription for
your paper would help us.”

Spring & Lindley, general dealers, and A. W.
Fenton & Co., druggists, Bailey: ‘‘We can not
dao without it at the price.”

Myers Bros., general dealers, Gobbleville:
“We notice our subscription has expired, but
can’t let it stop as long as we can scrape up a
dollar. Get lots of common sense, with funand
spice thrown in. Let it come another year.”

John Dursema, grocer, Fremont: “THE
TRADESMAN is the best paper for the retuil
dealer I have ever seen. I admire your out-
spoken manner of handling mercantile abuses
and frauds, and I shalljaccord it cordial sup-
port so long as I remain in businegss.”’

S. E. Faxon,general dealer, Ada: ‘‘Enclos-

. ed find postal note for $2, one year due and one

year in advance. When the paper started, I
did not subseribe, for I thought it would be
short-lived. But as you are giving a good thing
to the trade, it will command respect and sup-
port.

H.W. Burkholder, druggist, Berlamont: “En-
close you herewith remittance of $2 to pay for
the past year and year to come. Have thought
several times that I would pay past dues and
discontinue the paper, but think I would miss
its weekly visits from the family of four other
trade journals that I am taking now. Wish you
success,”

 

 

School Books

—- AND—

School Stationery

—AT-—

wholesale,

EATON, LYON & ALLEN

22 and 24 Canal Street,

The only general jobbing house in
Michigan in our line. Send for cata-
logues and terms.

 

 
  

IMPROVED

NG

BAKi
POWDER

WM. L, ELLIS & CO

 

e

BRAND

Baltimore Oysters !

Do not be deceived. Get the best. No
slack filled or fresh water snaps sent
out. Any Responsible Dealer on the
line of the G. R. & I. or C. & W. M. R’ys
can have his orders filled promptly di-
rect from the Baltimore packing house
by fast freights at special rates. Ad-
dress all orders to 33. E—". I= M-
ERY, Ast., Grand Rapids, Mich.
At home every Saturday.

 

HERCULES,
THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK

ANNIHILATOR.
Strongest & Safest Explosive Known {o the Arts

 

FUSE, CAPS, AUGURS
‘snyeieddy sulse[q pues

Farmers, practice economy and clear
your land of stumps and boulders. Main
Office, Hercules Powder Company, No.
40 Prospect st., Cleveland, Ohio.

L. S. HILL & CO., AGTS.
GUNS, AMMUNITION & FISHING TACKLE.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

KEMINK, JONES & G0,

 

 

JENNINGS & SMITH,

(Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,) <

MANUFACTURERS OF

Manufacturers of

Fine Perfumes, Fine Perfumes

—AND—

Toilet Articles.
JENNINGS’
Baking Powders,

ing Powders, FLAVORING EXTRACTS!
| sRerte

ALSO PROPRIETORS OF

Colognes, Hair Oils,
Flavoring Extracts,

 

Improved
“Red Bark Bitters” DAKINC FOWOET,

Bluings,
Inks,
Mucilage,
Kid Dressing, Etc.

SEEDS

We rrill sell to the
Trade for Spot Cash
until further notice:

The Oriole Manufacturing Co

%8 West Bridge Street,

GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN.

 

>

Metinm Clover Seed $5.25
Mammoth. “ $4.50
Prime Timothy“ $1.55
Pallkye = 1

Delivered free on board cars in lots of
5 bags or more. Cartage charged on
smaller quantities.

GRAND RAPIDS SEED CO.

| * 91 CANAL STREET.

C$, YALE & BRO.,

—Manufacturers of—

   

FLAVORING EXTRACTS !

BAKING POWDERS,
BLUINGS, E'TC.,

40 and 42 South Division St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, - =
*

MICH.

 

 

 

rPeREINS & HESS,

——DEALERS IN——

Hides, Furs, W ool é& Tallow,

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

 

‘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.

 

Butts’ Patent Processed

: Hulled Corn Flour”

——FOR

Criddle Cakes, Gems, Waffles, Etc., Ete

Finest and Best Selling Article of the Kind ever placed on the Market.
Guaranteed to be as Represented, or No Sale. For Sale by all Jobbers in Grand
Rapids.

Butts’ Patent Processed Buckwheat

Is Warranted to be the Straighest and Best Goods Ever offered to the Trade.

 

&

VALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES

At Manufacturers’ Prices.
SAMPLES TO THE TRADE ONLY.
House and Store Shades Made to Order.
68 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids.

NELSON BROS. & CoO.

RINDGH, BERTSCH & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

BOOTS & SHOHS,

We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and keep a full Tine of their Celebrat-
ed Goods—both Boston and Bay State. Our fall samples of Leather Goods are now ready
for inspection.

Our Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade,

14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

FIRST ON DHCK

With OYSTERS, as usual. We

shall receive the first shipment from Bal-
timore on Sept. 4th, of the Old Reliable

MANOKEN BRAND,

which are the best filled cans in market,
and will continue to receive them daily
bo express. Present price will be ad cts
for Standards and 35 cts for Selects.
Also Agent for Murphy & Edgett’s
Celebrated Deviled Crabs.
Yours Truly,

IO. GREEN.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fall 1884--Winter 1884-85. .

Hats by the Dozen or Case,
Caps by the Dozen or Case,
Mackinaw Shirts,
Winter Underwear,
Fall Suits,
Winter Suits,
Overcoats.

[ Sell Goods to the Merchants as Low as they can Bay
them for Any Where.

LG LEVI

40 and 42 Canal Street,

 

836, 38,

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

FAMILY

THE “GOOD ENOUGH”

 

CLOSED. OPEN.

- Oil & Gasoline Can.

EVERY LIVE DEALER SHOULD SELL THEM.

This is the Most Practical Family Can ever Offered to the Trade.

Cannot be Excelled for Convenience, Cleanliness, Comfort

Lamps are filled direct by the Pump without lifting the Can; the Discharge tube adjusting
to suit the height of any lagp

No dropping oilon the floor or table. No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste con-
tents or cause oxplosions. 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 eacihied 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

WINFIELD MEG. CO,
WARREN, OHIO.

. \ H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS.
FOR SALE TO THE TRADE BY, FOSTER, STEVENS & CO.,
| GEO. C. WETHERBEE & CO., DETROIT.

Send for Circulars ce Price-List.

 

 

 

 

Groceries.

CHEESE POISONING.

 

 

 

Mr. Lambert’s Theory as to the Whey
Tank.
FROM THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
; AANSING, Sept. 25, 1884.
Editor Michigan Tradesman:

DEAR Str—Yours of Sept. 25,inregardto Mr.
* Lambert’s theory of the cause of cheese pois-
oning is at hand. This theory can not be made
to fit the facts; for atthe factory at Fruitridge,
Mich., where the bad cheese that caused the
late trouble was made, “the patrons of the
factory do not draw whey home in milk cans
or otherwise, asthe whey is all fed from a large
tank situated about forty rods from the fac-
tory.” Factories from which patrons carry
home whey in cans are known which have
never had a case of “sick cheese.”” There are
several theories of the cause of cheese-poison-
ing more plausible than that advanced by Mr.
Lambert, and one especially which puts the
blame upon some weed eaten by the cow. Mr.
Horton, the manufacturer of cheese at Fruit-
ridge, and I both thought of this possible
cause independently of each other, and even
think of the plant which might cause the
trouble. 1 have not learned yet the name of
the plant he suspects; and I do not 20w care to
mention the one I suspect, until experiments
have been made on it.

It will not do yet, however, to fasten to any
one theory in regard to cheese poisoning. Mr.
Horton said, in arecent letter: ‘I have never
heard a theory advanced concerning this
trouble but that circumstances and known
facts could be called up to say it can not possi-
bly be that.” One main wish now is to collect
facts, which are more useful to us than
theories, although we must use theories until
we find the right one.

Yours respectfully,
HENRY B. BAKER, Sec’y.

 

FURTHER PROOFS PROMISED.
East SAGINAW, Oct. 2, 1884.
Editor Michigan Tradesman;

DEAR Str—I should like to know if you think
jt would be advisable for me to give to the pub-
lie further proofs of the whey tank being the
cause of cheese poisoning. I can give more
positive proof than I did before. I have just
returned from Chicago, and while there found
where whole carloads of cheese had been re-
turned, with the report that whoever ate of
them were taken very sick. There are also
other bits of information which I picked up.
Would it not be well to give to the public in
the same article the facts as to the danger the
dairy interest is in should the butterine manu-
facturers take this cheese poisoning into their
hands?

Yours respectfully,
C. B. LAMBERT.

 

Mr. Lambert has been assured that the col-
umns of THE TRADESMAN are open to him on
all subjects pertaining to the dairy interests,
and his communication will undoubtedly ap-
pear next week.

 

THE WHEY A BENEFIT.
GRAND RaApips, October 6.
Editor of The Tradesman:

Dear Srr—As a practical cheese maker of
eighteen years’ experience, I have found the
drawing of the whey from the factory in the
milk cans to be a benefit, rather than a disad-
yantage as the whey tends to keep the milk
which adheres to the sidesof the cans moist,
and consequently makes it easier to wash the
cans. This is especially a benefit in warm
weather, when the milk is liable to dry on the
sides of the cans. I have heard this subject
discussed at conventions of cheese-makers,
time and time again, and the conclusion was
invariably reached that less danger was to be
feared where the whey was returned to the
farmersin the same cans in which they brought
the milk than if separate cans or b&rrels were
provided for that purpose.

Yours truly,
FRANK J. LAMB.
<>? >
Cheese Factories in Michigan. %

The following is a list of the cheese factories
in this State:

Clark, Baker & Co., (several fac‘ories).. Adrian

 

 

 

Theobald Rottach..................4 Anchorville
3% Tormay..........----.---------Anchoryille
Hiram Barrows.........-.- eee :.... Armada
Leopold Mayer........-.------+---+-++2 Athlone
ei lpreaton. 6) ee ee Bismarck
Augustus Haven................. Bloomingdale
Warren Haven & Co.............. Bloomingdale
Martin Wait & Sons.....................- Butler
Wann (necce (0.........--...-..-.2--e- Capac
EJ. Sawhre  .....-... Coopersville
J. T.Hendeson............... ee Croswell
igttar W000... 5s 25-5 oe Davison Station
Tames SkinNner...........--.-.- Davison Station
Mann wpller.. 56... .; +--+ sss ee Detroit
Regenmorter & Demstra............... Drenthe
MY GliceTSO EOR......---------- 2-22 ese os Dundee
Shere ruta ge Elm
Mbrwae WENO: 2 co ec ee ee ee Elm
Wildy & Katon.........-.-..-.--.......----. Elm
Oe Ie LO 7 ee Elsie
Writes WAKCr.-....---.--.s--. eee eee Fairfield
Theodore Rottach................++ Fair Haven
Svan. AMON. oo. es es eee Farmington
Calvin bapham.........-........... Farmington
Samuel Locke.....-...:.....--..-+- Farmington
Asthir POWE!....--.--- ree. - sc nciee Farmington
ae inten 62 ee os ... Farmington
ay tower... (=... eee ..... Fostoria
BCR WIRD. oc ooo ocr e seco Goodsells
oder ek... eee Hopkins
Hrenk © Pickett. .......---.--.-2-2-02- Hilliards
S. M. Eggleston (Springdale).......... Hilliards
Sanh MO ce, Tosco
Ee ee Livonia
Be Som ee eee ees eco Livonia
Lynn Cheese M’f’g Ass’n.........-........ Lynn
Stemi WN nse oe cee tere ee Mason
A ROWAN ee oo ot cee Medina
“eS Morenci
Hear Pewrim ...%......--------- New Holland
Walkice Boardwell.............-...--.2--. Ouyet
Ee ZU ee er Parshallville
A erate ee sce Plank Road
Mon WAPSCR.. os. s--. coos ee oe Plank Road
Raisin Union Cheese Co.......... Raisin Center
Cheese and Butter Ass’n........... Rawsonville
Fuller &Gieason.............-..-5-.49 Richmond
Peter Blake.................+ ps River Bend
Ja) Wate -........-,-----------+-- Salt River
50 Chain & Br0.....-------25.2 Ce Saranac
Pavis & SrOWG.....-----.------- South Fairfield
AE JOnn6On.....-..---..----- .. Sparta Center
Biryacer & Dugan...........-..-.--,----s-- Stark
Wee, WUMINE oe ooo wae oo ooo ae waccete Tyner
WW ema... .. .. -» oe ino Vermontville
Jonn Borst:(Faimview).........-...-.- Vriesland
ee PE ays ase es as es Wayland
MC Haywood & Co...........2.--.-+-. Weston
eo A oe ok oe so ee wee eee Winfield
Davenport & McIntyre..........--.-+--0+- York

rs sop ob ds cc occeoeces oes Yuba
Lamb, Brouwers & Louckes (Amber)...Zeeland
S. H. Oatman (Clover Hill)............. Zutphen

—__ 9-2

The Honest Farmer.
From the Coopersville Observer.

Our merchants are complaining that but-
ter-makers put too much salt in the bottom
of butter crocks. They say that it has be-
come ahabit—and a bad one—to throw a
handful of salt (and many times a larger
quantity) in the bottom of the crock. This
salt adheres to the butter when taken out,
and causes considerable waste. Itis also a
dishonest practice. No one wants to pay
twenty cents a pound for salt. The person
who buys a crock of butter with a pound of
salt in the bottom is cheated out of nineteen
and one-half cents, and the person who puts
the salt in the crock is guilty of stealing just
that amount.

 

More About Rich Debtors.
From the Detroit Free Press.

“The complaint of a blacksmith in the
Free Press, the other dayeanswers equally
well for the grocery trade,” said a retail gro-
cer the other day.

“Are you bothered with rich debtors?”

“More than you dream of. It is a curious
fact that our richest customers are the poor-
est pay where small accounts are concerned.”

“What is your experience?”

“Well, a citizen worth anywhere from
$30,000 to $100,000 comes in here and orders
a bill of goods. He is perfectly good and 1
know it. He may order $25 worth of goods
and hand me the cash or a check, or he may
want it booked. No matter how he starts
off, if he gives me his patronage for three
months he is in my debt more or less. The
debtis good, mind you, but how to collect it
is the next thing.”

“Why, send him a bill.”

“Exactly, but in nine cases out of ten it
is handed to the servant and laid upon the
shelf to keep. The wife may receive and
mislay it, and the gentleman may receive it
and forget all about it. To send a second is
a sort of insult and we cannot afford to keep
acollector. I have accounts here of $3, $4,
$6, and up to $10 against wealthy men
which I may as well charge to profit and
loss.”’

“That seems hard.”

“Not an hour ago I presented a little bill
—about $4.50—to agentleman worth all of
$60,000. That account is ten months old.
He pocketed the bill with the remark that
he would look it over.”

“And he will pay it?”

“Not one hope that he will. Even if he
looks it over and finds one charge of a paper
of starch, another of two bars of soap, and a
third of a scrubbing brush, what wiser will he
be? Why didn’t he pay it on the spot or ques-
tion my account? That little account repre-
sented more profit than I can make on five
barrels of sugar. We have to work like
slaves, and competition has cut profits down
to the last figure, but we could all do ten per
cent. better if the rich people paid their
debts as well as the poor ones. I had rather
give credit toa man earning $25 per week
than to any millionaire in Detioit—that is,
for asmall amount—and I would give big
odds that my money would come in with
greater promptness,”

————_-<.-__—_
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Apples—The market is well supplied with
fall fruit, which commands from $1.50 to $1.75
for choice cooking and eating. The warm and
windy weather of the past week has brought
thousands of dollars worth of fruit to the
ground, most of which will be a complete loss,
as the market is overstocked with windfalls
and other inferior grades.

Beans—Buyers pay $1 for choice unpicked
and sell for $1.25@$1.50 for picked, the latter
figure commanding an exceptionally fine qual-
ity.

Butter—Creamery is very scarce, in fact
there is none in market at the presenttime. It
readily commands 30c, while dairy is scarce
and firm at 16@22c, according to quality.

Butterine—Higher and firmer, in conse-
quence of the high price of genuine butter and
lard, particularly the latter. Solid packed
creamery brings 26c, and dairy 16 and 20c.

Beets—40c # bu. or $1.25 8 bbl.

Cabbages—#4@$5 # 100.

Celery—25c # bunch.

Cheese—Full cream is firmer, and is jobbing
at 10%@l11 for prime.

Clover Seed—Choice medium $5.55 # bu., and
mammoth at $5.20 # bu.

Cider—Sweet, 12c ® gal.

Eggs—Scarce and firm at.18. There will prob-
ably be no further decline this season, unless
the warm weather should hold on for a fort-
night longer.

Grapes—Delawares are scarce and readily
command 8c. Concorfis and Isabellas and
scarce—not enough in the market to supply
one-quarter of the demand—at 6c.
Hops—Brewers are paying 25c for choice new
crop. .

Honey—Choice new is firm at 15c.

Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $18@$15 for bail-
ed.

Onions—$2 # bbl. for yellow or red.

Peaches—Pretty nearly played out.
lots are coming in and selling at 5
one-fifth bu. baskets.

Pears—About out of market.

Potatoes—Almost impossible to move them
at any price. Buyers are paying 25@30c, and
not at all anxious to handle many even at that
price.

Poultry—Chickens, 14@16ce. Fowls 12c.

Red Peppers—%c # bu.

Squash—Hubbard, 144@2c # b.

Sweet Potatoes—Jersey, $4 # bbl.
more and Muscatine, $3 # bbl.

Turnips—35e 8 bu.

Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.55 ®@ bu.

Tomatoes—About out of market.

GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—White, Fulse, Clawson and Lancas-
ter command 74c.

Corn—60c # bu.

Oats—W hite, 28@30c # bu.

Rye—52@54e ® bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 # cwt. for new.

Flour—Fancy Patent, $5.50 @ bbl. in s&cks
and $5.75 in wood. Straight, $4.50 # bbl. in
sacks and $4.75 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $1.50 8 ecwt.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 # ton. Bran, $13
#® ton. Ships, $14 #% ton. Middlings, $17 # ton.
Corn and Oats, $23 8 ton.

————_~.-_2<.____—
The Grocery Trade.

Business in the grocery line has been fair-
ly good a he past week, collections
having been er above theaverage. Gran-
ulated sugar has gone down another notch,
in spite of declarations on all sides that
it couldmot go lower. The arrival of the
new crop of raisins and currants necessitates
the quotation of both new and old fruits.
The corner in citron, gotten up by Hills
Bros., the New York fruit, importers, has
forced the price up to an almost unheard of
figure. Other articles in the grocery line
are about steady.

ae

Butts’ patent processed hulled corn flour,
advertised on another page, is all that is
claimed for it, and is bound to meet with
hearty appreciation and sale at the hands of
the trade.

Small
75e for

Balti-

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT,

 

 

 

 

AXLE GREASE.
Wrisers 6 I eS 85
Diamond. = 5.0. ke ee 60
Modoc .... # doz......... 60
Paragon... #d0zZ......... 7
Paragon, 20  pails.............------2 20 90
BAKING POWDER.
Arctic % DCAaMS...............0-- eee Bdoz. 45
Arctic 14 DH CANB.... 22.2.0... cee cee ee cons 55
AvChic 4 1 CaS. .. 2555-72 .0..---22-.- -- es 1 40
Agetic TD CANS a. o. ce oes cases see 2 40
Aretic 5 i) CADS...,.:-..-...-.5-.--<---:---- 12 00
BLUING.
Dry, NO. 2.-..-.....-...:----- 22-22 ** doz. 25
Dry, NO 85... ssn <2 oe sein aa doz. 45
Liquid, 4 02Z,.........+..s.e0-e ee eeee doz. 35
Liquid, 8 02. ........ 0.2. e eee cece es doz. 65
PAMOUIC 407... 622.15... eee se ee # gross 4 00
AMCUIC 8 OF .62 5 605.6 es eee ces 8 00
AYCtiC 16 OZ.... 6... cee eee eee eee eet e eens 12 00
Arctic No. 1 pepper DOX...,........-...8ee: 2 00
Arctic No. 2 .e BO os Sees bee anaes 3 00
Arctic No.3 ee ees esses ee 4 50
BROOMS.
No. 1 Carpet..............----+----eeeees 2 50
No: 2 Carpet... ..-.:.-.-.-2-----.---0---2- 2 25
No.1 Parlor Gem..........---e-eeeee eee 2 75
NiO Wage ee eee es 2 00
NO. 2 AMT) osc. ess eet e we wee 1%
Fancy Whisk..............e. sees eee ce es 1 25
OCompion Whisk... ........--2.2-..-6.-> 85
CANNED FISH.
Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards.............. 115
Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............. 1 9%
Cove Oysters, 1 ib slack filled............. 75
Cove Oysters, 2 slack filled.............. 1 25
Clams, 1 to standards.............+.+++-++- 1 65
Clams, 2 t standards.........---.+----2+++ 2 65
Mackerel, 1% fresh standards............ 1 20
Mackerel, 5 i) fresh standards............ 6 50
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib........... 3 50
Macekerel,3 tb in Mustard.........-.....--- 3 50
Mackerel, 3 ib broiled............----+2+--+ 3 50
Salmon, 1 fh Columbia river............-.- 1 60
Salmon, 2 ib Columbia river............--- 2 60
Salmon, 1h Sacramento.........-...-+++- 1 50
Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Hagle...........--- 1 $5
Sardines, domestic 448...........------+0+- i
Sardines, domestic %S...........-.--+--- 12%
Sardines, Mustard %S............+.---00+: 12
Sardines, imported 148...........-----++: 15
Sardines, imported 4S8..........-----..+-++ 20
Sardines, imported %s, boneless.......... 32
Sardines, Russian kegs.........-.---+--+- 50
Trout, 81) DLOOK..-.......-...----------- 3 00
CANNED FRUITS.
Apples, 3 b standards ............-.--++-+- 90
Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......... 2 50
Blackberries, standards...........+-.+.++- 1 25
@herries, red:.-...-..-.....-.:..--.-----.-. 110
Cherries, white ...........-.+--.-es-+es-00 1 75
ADAISONS 6-0 oe ole... eo 1 20
Egg Plums, standards ..............-+-+. 1 38
Egg Pluins, Erie.... ....------- ee 1 45
Green Gages. standards 2 fb........-...-.. 1 40
Green Gages, Erie...........-.2-----+ eee: 1 50
Peaches, 3 ib standards............--.-+--- 1 75
Peaches, 3 hb Extra Yellow.............--. 2 00
Peaches, SECONdS.......... 22 ce ee eee eee 1 65
Pie Peacnes a ib... -...:...:...:.-.--.--.--- 115
Pears, Bartlett 2 Ib........ 4.20... 2. eee eee 1 30
Pineapples, 2 ib stamd..............------- 1 40
QUINGES ...... 2.2... cece eee cece te te eee ceeee 1 45
Raspberries, 2 Ib stand............--...--- 1 25
Raspberries, 2 ib Erie...............--+++-- 1 40
Strawberries, 2 ib standards............... 1 10
CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA.
Apricots, Lusk’s..........-.---e2 esse eee 2 65
Heo Plums..............-------------+ +. -2* 2 6d
Green GAGeS.....-........-.,------+-----<> 2 65
PORTS oe ae Se sae 295
QuUiNnCESs ..2..-.--....-..---------- +--+ 2+ += 2 95
PeACHON 66 es es ese ee 2 90
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay......-..----.+-.--- 3 25
Beane, [nme >.......--:..-----:.:...--..-.- 85
Beans: simi - 4... ..--...----. --.-- 90
Beans, Boston Baked............-...--60-- 1 65
Beans, Stringless................---+---+-> 1 00
Corn: ACMe .......2...5.-.--.- See 110
Worn: rie >.> -.......---:-.-+..-.----.-- 115
Corn, Revere... ...... 6. cece reece eee e eee 1 20
Gorm Heyppen..-......-.:..--...----:-.-. 110
Corn, Yarmouth...............-.....--.--- 12
Corn aropny....-.-.-......5.---.--.---.--. 115
@or, Camden 9... ....:..-..---.. 1 00
Mushrooms, French.............--.0+ eee 22@24
Peas, standard Marrofat...............--- 1 40
Peas, 2 Ib Early, small (new).............. 1 60
Peas, 21>) Beaver..........-....---.-------- 75
Peas, French 2 ............ 205. cee ee ceo e286
Pumpkin, 3 tb Golden..........---.-+-..+-- 110
Succotash, 2 f standards.................. 85
SWCcotash. 2D Daw Mos. eee... ee: 1%
Squash, 3 ib standards.............-...+--- 1 20
Tomatoes, 3tb Dilworth’s.................- 1 05
Tomatoes, 3 t Job Bacon.................. 1 05
Momavoes, REQ SCal........5...:.........- 1 00
CHOCOLATE.
Boston premium.....-......-...--++--++ @36
Balers premium. ....-........-...-.-... @40
PRTANGIOR 5 cose. Be acta @
Geramanm SWeeb. 26.055... 2.5.5. ee 5 ee @25
Waenna Sweet ....3.55.5.....2.225....-2. @25
COFFEE.
Green Rio: 62... oe se ese 12 @l4
GYEGO SOWA 6. se 17 @27
Green MOCHA... 63. .555-. 6... oes sees. 25° @27
ROASted INO. 62s 12 @l7
Roasted JAVA... 56-6 ee sees 24 @34
Roasted Mar... ois eas. 17 @19
Hoasted MOCHA: >). 2... -:..522.5.525. 68. @34
MOastem Mex, 26 oes 174%@19
Ground Gio. ..........:----------.-. 94@17
Ground Mex. 3... 2216s...) cece 16
A@MC@KIES.----°.-...-5...-.------.---< @15%4
ORK ee a @15%4
WilwvOrtns 2.5. 652s eo eee oe. @154
evenness -...-:|..--2-. .---..---..--- @15%4
Moapnmoun 3.) 3... --...--)----- - - @15%
CORDAGE.
%2 foot Jute ..... 25 (60 foot Cotton....1 75
60 foot Jute..... 105 (50 foot Cotton....1 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
Lemon.
Jennimes; 7 OF. ---..--.--. eo es # doz. 1 00
Kt BOTs as ec oe 1 50
ae G02). ibis ees 2 50
+s BOF cis oe sk Oc see 3 50
ee No: 2 Taper. -.2...5..2..022.20 1 25
‘ . See eo cose ee 1 75
st Vewwint TOUNG.... 2... .. 2.2.2 ee ee 50
ee ese § 00
2 NO: 8). 65. 3 00
NOj10 2c. 4 2%

 

oe No.2 Taper... . 6.5... .2-55-5.5--> 1 50
‘s NO: 4D aper oo ee le 3 00
ss 1% pint. rOound............-.-..:-- 7 50
bb ipimt round. .:..-.)....-.... 2... 15 00
c INO. 98) oo ees 4 25
s INO: 10.650 oe 6 00
FISH.
Whole Cod............ po sae ee 44 @6%4
BOnGICSS OOO... oe ek os 2 Ss es 5@7@S8
Worring % pbis. 100 ................ 2 50@3 00
Herring Scaled..................0.0005 @24
Herring Holland...................00 @90
White, No. 1,% bbls .................. 5 75
White, Family, % bbls................ 2 25
White, No. 1, 10  kits................ 95
White, No.1, 12 i kits................ 1 05
Trout, No. 1, % bbls.................. 5 00
Trout, No. 1,12 i kits................ 90
Mackerel, No. 1, %. bbls............... 5 00
Mackerel, No.1, 12 Ib kits............ 1 60
FRUITS.
London Layers, crop 1884.............. 3 25
London Layers, crop 1883.............. 2 75
Loose Muscatel, crop 1884............. @2 90
Loose Muscatel, crop 1888............. @2 50
Valencias, crop 1884...............2008. @10
Valencias, crop 1888...............---- @T
WERRRIA = ee @3 %
(ngnOs: 95... i as eek. ss @10
Purkey PIUNGS 22... 0. .t oss oe ass. 3 @5%
Currants, crop 1884...............0665: @6%
Currants, crop 1883..... ...... Eee @5%
CEO a ig ee ete ects @25
Dried Apples, YorkState, evap., bbls @T%
Dried Apples, York State, evap., box @l0.
MATCHES.
Grand Haven, No. 9, square................ 2 25
Grand Haven, No. 8, square.............+6: 1 50
Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 2 50
Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor......... S18 4D
Grand Haven, No. 7, round...............- 2 26
Richardson’s No.2 square........ WS aca aes 2 70
Richardson’s No.8 dO. ...........eeeeeee 2 55
Richardson's No. 5 MO 32.0 a 1%
Richardson’s No. 6 BO. ooo oes ce re ce ces 2 70
Hichardson’sNo.8 dO. ..........-...+++- 1 70
Richardson’s No. 9 OO soo soci cige case 2 55
Richardson’s No. 4 round ................66. 2 70
Richardson’s No.7 dO ...............00-- 2 5D
Hichardson’s No. 7% dO... 2... eee eee eee 1 70
Richardson’s No. 30, 3 @YO.............. 0000: 2 00
Richardson’s No. 3, 2 QYO.......... eee ese eee 1 25
Electric Parlor NO.17.............0eesseeecee 3 20
Electric Parlor No. 18................-.00 0008 4 64
MOLASSES.
Black Strap... . 6.552 556.6. gers. o 5. oon Pes 16@18%
Porto: WiG0. oi ss se es 24@28
New Orleans, g00d............cccecceeeeee 40@50

 

New Orleans, fancy............ceeeeereeee

OATMEAL.
TBH PROS. ce @3 75
SOP DRESS 666s eee ee ees @3 25
Tmperial bbls... 2... 6 et ce. @5 50
Quaker DOIG. 20.) 0s. oo. wks @6 75
Steel Cub. ii he @5 Td
OIL.

Kerosene W. W.....-:..36-. + eee es 13%

do. eral test: 6.60 ors. 10%
Sweet; 2 02. square. .... 2.2.2... 0. oe oe 75
Sweet, 2 oz. round......... Sew cc doee 1 00
Castor, 2.027. SQUATC.. 25.22... 6. ccc ce 75
Castor, 2 07. TOUNG*...:...... ..::....% 1 00

: PICKLES.

Choicein barrels med..........° 3 ....6..... 5 75
Choice in % GO oe ee 3 50
Dingee’s % do SMa cs sss. 2. ls. 4 25
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy................. 4 25
Dingee’s pints GO 5 ee 2 2
American gt. in Glass. .:........-..5...-...5 2 00
American pt.in Glass....................%.-- 1 25
C. & B. English quarts..................064- 6 00
C-& Bo Bugish pints:..........5.......-...< 3 60

 

 

 

Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts...6 00
ce “@ pints....3 60
Dingee & Co.’s C. C: M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 50
ce * pts..2 75
PIPES.
Imported Clay 3 gross................- 2 25@3 00
Imported Clay, No. 216..............6. @1 8}
AMeriGAn {Do Deo ieee. eek oa 90@1 OL
RICE.
@hoice: Caroling... 06.60.52... 2.28... ee 6%
Prime Carolina 2.5... 6... sc. ke ee ee i”
DANE ee ee ee co ee 642
PAG os Be cee he ts cc ca cane as 6
MO OOD so ee 5%
PSTOKOCIN oes goo, ee a calc cae se 334
SALERATUS.
MeCUANGIS, DUNE. 65... kc @ 5%
@WUrChtS i eee @ 54
Taviors G. Mo eo sae @ 5%
@ap Sheat 3. eo @ 5%
AD WAGES oe ee ees os @ 5%
Sea) HOaM. ee oe. @ 5%
S: Boils Best.2.5 02.6550 06 004k eee @ 54
SALT.
G0 POCKCE 600. oe eae. 2 OO
PO OCKCE 06 es ce. se 2 3d
MOO SID POCKEES.. 2... s cele. 2 65
SAomaw PINE 6.0... a. ce ose se wale 1 00
MigmMoOnad ©... e. .t.e. Secs eas 1 75
Standard Coarse... .....2.........-4.- : 1 55
Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80
Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 3 20
American, dairy, % bu. bags.......... 25
MOCK: PUSHES. st ee 30
SAUCES.
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. @5 00
Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, 4 pts. @3 00
PICA: 46 PINES. 62.6 5.6. Ses. es @1 50
Halford Sauce, large................0. @3 75
Pepper*Sauce, red small.............. @ %
Pepper Sauce, gr@e@n....6..... 2. ee ee eee @ $
Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... @1 30
Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 60
Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ 90
Catsup, Tomato. quarts .............. @1 30
Horseradish, 44 pints.................. @1,00
Horseradish, pints..................... @1 30
Capers, French surfines............... @2 25
Capers, French surtfines, large........ @3 50
Olives, Queen, 16 oz bottle............ @3 85
Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle...... ..... @6 50
Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... @7 00
Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co,’s...... @A4 00
Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... @2 50
SEEDS.
HCMP .. 65 ek cl... 5
Ci 4%
REDO te ee: 7
Maxed Bird) 20) 54@6
SOAP.
Lautz Bros. & Co.
Acme; 701% bars... 6... @ 64
Acme, 25301) PALS. ..0. 60). 6. 0... @ 644
Mowel, 2) DANS! -...6.0. 64.65.0066. ss cee @5 2
Napicin, 95 Dats. ....065.) 050.02... @5 25
Best American, 60 1 ib blocks.......... @ 6
Palma 60-1 Ib blocks, plain...... ...... @ 5%
Shamrock, 100 cakeg, wrapped........ @3 70
Master, 100-34 Ib cakes ........... as @5 00
Stearine, 100 % Ib cakes............... @A 85
Marseilles, white, 100 % Tb cakes...... @6 25
Cotton Oil, white, 100 3% Ib cakes...... @6 2%
Lautz’s 60-1 ib blocks, wrapped........ @%
German Mottled, wrapped............ @ 6%
Savon, Republica, 60 tb box............ @ 5%
Blue Danube, 60-1 Ib bloecks........... @ 53¢
London Family, 60-1 Ib blocks........ @5
London Family, 3-b bars 80 tb......... @4 00
London Family, 4-ib bars 80 Ib......... @4 00
Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.............- @3 8d
Nickel, 100 eakes, wrapped............ @3 75
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.......:.-....... @4 20
Kirk’s American Family........ #2 Ib 614
do: Indig 7... ..-....-- ss 53%
do: Savon 0s ae. 534
ao. Satimet: 00.2000 505052 2.328: D4
Go. Reventie ss... ... 5%
do. White Russian................ 5 10
Goodrich’s English Family .......... 54
do. IPYINGESS 26 ese 44
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory ........... 6 75
do Japan Olive ...... 5
do.. Town Talk #8 box 3 60
do. Golden Bar........ 4 10
do. 3 40
do. 3 75
do. Mottled German.. 4 20
Procter & Gamble’s Velvet............ @3 40
Proeter & Gamble’s Good Luck....... @3 20
Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well....... @3 05
BAGGeM 8 ae 60 tbs @ 6%
GAlVaMiG 0.0 Soo ee @A 20
Gowan'& Stover’s New Process 3 ib br @18%
Bip ROD. 6s... 3... dsbbar @ 16
Wards White lily...:.....:........5.- @6 5
Mandikerchie!,.....3....5.. 2... .c8. 5.0 @4 20
IGG So ee ee 3 00
Bapoites:. 620.6 ee oe 5 50
WISH RAG fess oie ee ee 4 15
MGM eee ee ee es 00
MASNOUG Cocco Mee cc ew oe. 4 20
New French Process.................- 4 50
DOOM pce ei eects ots s es 5 00
ANDI WaSHDOarG 5. oe .e es. teen ess 5 00
WitOPlANG foo ooo cee ce ac os es 3 25
ROTC eee os ve ecco. s 4 20
PAtCSDUEPD. oe eee cs eee we cee 4 00
WOGUOCS oe oe eel cil tees cess 6 75
White castile bars........:...........- 12
Mottled Castile: 55.0665... s ces eae 10
Old Country 6.026056 5%
SPICES.
Whole.
MGDDCR 2s el oo , 18@20
PAMISOICO che ck seis cose ce ce cs 9@10
OOSRTA eae See ee @10
INTIDMIOES ose 6 60@70
WIOVOS, soe oo uae a as 15@18
Ground.
IRGDDEr bi ao ee T6@25
PAUIBPICO (ee ool ee a 12@18
CINNAMON | os. oe. en oe 16@30
MOVER aces as es 15@25
Ginger... os a oe 16@18
IMNISGATE (Seo ee ee 15@30
CAVCNNG 2.50 ee ee Deeg eee 25@35
STARCH. ,
Gilbert's Gloss Ei). ....0..2... as. .  : 6%
Ss t (31D GartOOHS. 2.2.0 cae:. 6%
os Sf CRMbOR oo. oes os ao : 7
a6 SO DUN co eee 5%
se Corn, Wap oo ee. 7
Niagara Laundry, 40 ib box, bulk..... @5
< Laundry, bbls, 186 iIbs...... a @A%%
‘ Gloss, 401 Ib packages........ @6%
iy Gloss, 363 9% packages....... @6
oe Gloss, 6 tb box, 72 ib crate.... @7
ae Corn, 401% packages........ @i
Muzzy Gloss 1 ib package.............. @6%
Muzzy Gloss 3 ib package.............. @6%
Muzzy Gloss 6 ib boxes................ @7%4
Muzzy Gloss bulk...-.. eee Gece ee @5%4
Muzzy Corn L®:.....2.0......:..-..... @7
Special prices on 1,000 ib orders.
Kingsford Silver Gloss................ @8
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 Ib box....... @8%
Kinestord Cor si. co. csc. cect es @38
Oswego GlO8S.. oo. oc. ste eee soa e @6%
Mirror GIOS8. 6... ka ol a. cee ees @b6%
Mirror GIOSS, COI. 22.0.0... .55- secon cs @b%
PIOVSPCAR ok oe 6 5 oa ok we ve es es ve @A
American Starch Co.’s
AW GIOSS oc cock ee eae @6%
TN OZ GIOSB fo. oe ies See. @3%
BT GOSS ee ieee ees @6
6 Ib Gloss, wood boxes.............---- @ti
TAblO CORN! ios: ccc gic es ess cececes 40b *@6%
Mabie COLA] ook es ec civ ewes 20 tb @i
Manner, DUK .. soc. eos os hose os eee one es @4
STOVE POLISH.
Rising Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s gross...... 5 50
Universal .......... 5 88) Above # dozen..... 50
RD ee 5 50
SUGARS.
Cut Loat. oo 6.62 oe a: @i%
CUDOS oie eco we tsa see ce eeee. : @i
POWGCrOG.. .. 6... bees cecilia @i%
GPATUIAECR coo ce oi es vee Sepce ces @6
Conf. A @6i
Standard Aj: .c.. cs. sees. eae eae @6
extra C white. ... ccc. seo. e cde aes tee 6 @b6%
Ptr Co. ios. cies vis cole vel es geen 54%@6
WG Hs oe oe ee a A a ae 54@5%
Yellow C......... ae HR ganes - +d @%

 
   

 

 
 
 

 

 

: SYRUPS.
@ornm, Barrels. oc 0 ooo sk eee. 32
Corn, 44 ODIS. 50062 eo. Ss ese cies 34
Corn, tw gallon kegs................-65: @ 36
Corn, 5 mallom Kegp.: bol. c es ccc ewe @I1 85
Corn, 4% gallon kegs..............0005- *  @1 65
Pune SUSAL. 352. 6. po kt. bbl 22@ 38
Pure Sugar Drips................ % bbl 380@ 36
Pure Sugar Drips........... 5 gal kegs @1 8
Pure Loat Sugar Drips... ...... %bbl @ %
Pure Loaf Sugar. .......... 5 gal kegs @1 85
TEAS.
Japan Ordinary. ©...) 5... on. s 3. 22k. 24@30
MESURE ie cc we cece es 32@35
‘Japan tain to 200d... 6... 2. 30@37
pa ONE oe oe so 40@50
JAPA GQUSU. 6 eo ee. ae 15@20
Voune Myson. .,..5... 2.02)... . 22... 2. 25@5
Gln POowcer) gees tee 385@50
@olong 3 ss te. 38@55@60
GONRO 30
TOBACCO—FLNE CUT.
Brother Jonoulan.. 0.2.3. 5.023. 0.6... @32
Piamond Crown... ...50 0.0.0.2... 3k. @60
MOS@ BUG. 6 s. @50
On er ask. @45
Our, Bird ees @30
IPGERCHES ©. cock ecole eee @38
Morrisons Bruit: 3. ..2..2..-.......5-- @50
WiCtOR: 0 ee el. @60
Red) Bird ess. @d2
Opera Queen. 22k oe... tse @40
DWECL MOSES eo ees ek cas @45
Green BACK (202... oi. c os ee eke @38
BUG ee ee ae @33
OSo Sweet... 30. @31
IPprairvie HIOWCE. 92.2223... .:.. 6. se. s ees @65d
Climber [light and dark].............. @b2
MAtGRIERS 2505055 ee @65
RRawecnd oo, @69
GIODG @i0
May HIOWER oo. 86 occ oc, ko ae @i70
H @45
@35
WOval Game ee ele @38
Silver (PRread. .. 06... 2 8c. ci. @67
SOM ae ee. @60
IWOMCHCKY 60800005 el, @30
Mule Waris ee @b7
Peekea- BOO. 6 iio ee oboe ee @32
Peek-a-Boo, % barrels................. @30
@MppErs BOS. 2. ss... @32
Clipper, Fox’s, in half barrels......... @30
HOUMEAM oo ee. @i4
Old @COnNGress) oe es @b4
Good Lueck..... @52
Good snd Sweet. )....0....2....2...... @45
Blaze Away...) 062). eee: @35
lain Tiber co.cc ioe eb ev cok. @30
Old Glory, Woeht 3. 0... @60
Charm of the West, dark....- Boece @60
Governor, in 2 oz tin foil.............. @60
/ PLUG.
Big Sevens; dime cuts................. @45
Black Diamond. §.....-...... 0.22.60 2... @35
Old Dime, niekel Cuts................4. @38
Trotter, rum flavor............ oa. @i0
BOOG Ge . @46
BOR. Pos Bavorite o. o2. ks. @48
Ola Wentueky. io... 60.6655 62.. 8... @48
Bio Hour, 20120...) 102506... @A8
Bis Hou SMe oe ko ce @A8
Spearhead, 2x12 and 8xl2.............. @A6
‘mumkey, 16 OZ. 2xt2.. ee @45
Bigelkpird: 16 O7:. 3x12... .200.......... @35
Seal of Grand Rapids.................. @48
GlOny ee ee @50
JIU Teo ee ee @48
Silver, ©oin) 9.2) 5. 22.2.2 occ. @50
Buster: [Warkyee. oo. ooo. ceo kk. @36
Black Prince (Dark]...:.........0..... @36
Black Racer (Darkj................... @36
Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @50
GUIS oe ee @50
Hioid Hast ee ee @A48
| McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @A8
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 Ib eads....... @51
Cock of the Walk 68..............:.... @3T
Black Spun Rollo. .s occ... lk. @38
INDIOTOGE ec @AS8
PACOEM 620 ee ee G48
Reg S@ale. 9s. os. @46
CresG@@mt 5 fo ss sete oc O44
Black Noose eee. @35
Black Basso. 0 eee cea... @40
INObby Spun Roll... ........ 2.2... @50
SSPOIUIN GS ee @50
Grayling, all styles.......2...,.:...... *  @ad0
IMQOKIMAW. 62000050250 2000 ee. @AT
FROFSEISNOG, ot eee. @Adt
Bir Chum Orde oe... @40
lair Erhter ce es cc @36
Diand Dy Diack ss. es ee kal. @36
MeAlpin’s Green Shield............... @AT
Acerion, black. 3..............5.-..- @35
Ghampion A...) 5622... ee. @AS8
| SamlORA” SOlGe 2 so el eae @48
Red Stam 0. @50
UOMGK ee ees @48
SPUMUDOL eee ee, @40
Apple Jack........... ee @50
eek Ratt oe @A42
SMOKING.
Ruby, cut Cavendish. 8 02............ @35
BOSS @15
Peeks SUM 8 ue, @I18
Miners and Puddlers.................. @30
Morning DGw 2... 3.622 os ooo. @26
Clean a kc. @22
Seal of Grand Radids.................. 25
GNI ee @30
TG ee ee Ree @28
PAO a as Al @30
Ten Penny Durham, % and \......... @24
Amber, 2 ance... co ee @15
John Gilpin, granulated.............. @13
Lime Kiln @hgbe. 2.02: kk @AT
Blackwell’s Durham Long Cut........ @90
Vanity Pains). 62.2. ee. ck @90
DUNG os es go se ccc 18@25
PGGrIeSS ieee. 3 ee cca: @25
Stameard .. 2)... 2.3. oo... - @22
Oldom: ee ee @21
Womr& Jerey 2.0055. 0 9g 2e, ce, @24
JOKE. 22 A. @2d5
UE el ele ee @35
Migtden (kes ee @26
RODS 22 @27
Navy Clippings, Leidersdort’s........ @26
Honey Hew 26. .6606 6. oe... @25
Gold Block. 3. o.oo sl. @32
@amp Hire: 630s eo, @22
OcOnoK@. 602. @19
Nigwer Head .0.3.2.-..0.. 00... @26
Duenam 3670 0 @60
do SA eu ae ee @57T
do POD ee coe eeu. @55
do MD eee a se os 2 ‘ @édl
EOUGNG oo ee ce @22
Geman: 2 eee cea, @16
Mone BOM: 2.6.5. oe) @30
ational: (222i) ae, @26
Mime feo ea @26
MOvVOIs DKEAM. :... 65.6.0... 820.8066. @28
GOnguUenOR : 006. eo sg: @2
WOXS oe oe Se ook eno. ' @22
Grayling 2). .00 ec . @32
SOU SIM oe ee @30
Mime DWENAM 28 @25
MROOUHOM. ooo ee cue ks @26
Wnecle Sa oe. 6. eek. @28
PAu bGLMan 66. o.. 6.0 ek @26
Rarond BOY. oo. ce cnc... @37
Mountaim ROSG.. 0.2.6)... . o e s kl. @20
Good Pnough. 2). ies. @23
Home Comfort, 44s and 48............ @25
Old Rip; lone eut.. .. 2... oes... 5, @add
Durham, long cut, No. 2.............. @ad5
"Pwo: NiGKiC: 240... osice Pec ecct ue ces @25
Mwo INi@KIC. 265... 2.50. eso kas @26
Star Wurham oh wee ek: @25
Golden Flake Cabinet.................. @A0
Seal of North Carolina, 2 0z........... @50
Seal of North Carolina, 4 02........... @48
Seal of North Carolina, 8 oz........... @A43
Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz boxes... @42
Big Deal, 4s longeut.................. O27
Apple Jack, 4s granulated........... @24
King Bee, longeut, 4s and %s........ @22
Milwaukee Prize, 48 and 4s.......... @24
300d Enough, 5¢e and 10e Durham.... @2
Durham, S., B. & L, 46s and \4s........ @24
Rattler, JONRGCUL... 26006600... ee @28
Windsor eut plug. 23.25. .o50.. ec @25
SHORTS.
Mule Hat oo een. ee oe cae 24
PMI OWAUNS) 26. eo eo Gee oe, 23
Old @Oneress.: 2... 6... G2. ce ze
PROMO oy ee crac ewes eeeh se cues duces 20
VINEGAR.

Bure Cider... 6.066... e ce... 10@12
White WING... 220562 e ees. 10@12
WASHING POWDERS.

OOD oe oe ee ceases @10%
Gillett sw =. 260. se @ i%
SOADING DEG@i.. 6. ee. docs cesses ee ce eaee 7@10

Pearline % bOX. . <6 cs cecteswc es et ens @4
Lavine, single boxes, 48 1 Ib papers... @A 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 481i pap’rs @é4 25
Lavine, single boxes, 100 6 oz papers. @4 50
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 1006 0z pap @é4 25
Lavine, single boxes, 80 % ib papers.. @4 15
Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 4% ib paprs @4 00
YEAST.
Twin Bros....... 165 |Wilsons.......... 175
Gillett’s ......... 175 |National......... 1 65
MISCELLANEOUS.
BISGRING oo. 6c. os tk dices se 30, 40, 50@60
do - waterproof .................. 1 50
Bath Brick imported ...............5-. 95
do ANNGTIOCAN |... ois. cn. ee oa 75
PORE IOV ok 2 cre Patek ke coe oa ey ee eses @3
Burners, NOi) oo... cniss 30-5 es es Sees 110
Ci NOG Be ihn boc coc s ees cease 1 50
Bags, American A................60005 20 00
Condensed Milk, Eagle brand......... 8 00
Condensed Milk, Swiss.............+-- 7 50

Curry Combs # d0Z...........-cc- sere 1 B@

 

 

 

  

 

Cream Tartar 5 and 10  cans......... @25
@and@ies Stare 22. i232 ew len. @l15
Candles; Hotel... 0.522... ee @16
Chimney Cleaners % doz.............. @50
Chimneys No. fb .... se se 58 @38s
. ING: bo se oc. @A8
Cocoanut, Schepps’1&%mb do . @27%4
Fivtract Comee, Vv. . ... 2. 0s. cece co.e 8590
do INGLES oi. 2 Soe SB eae. 1 28@
Blour Sifters 7 doz... .. (0 ...0 cee ene 3 00@
Fruit Augurs each..............0.-..-- 1 25@
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.............-. @30'
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ... ........ @40
Guiry SPEUCE |... 8.6... c 5. bee ko ces 30@35
re he fe WO ores eos e sree @A4 50!
H.C. Flour, 18 3 tb pkgs., @ box........ @2 80
H. C. Flour in bulk, ® cwt ............ @4 50
Ink @ 3 dozen box.................00. 1 0G
Jelivin Pans 9 @ 5%
do Glass Tumblers # doz............ @i0
Bye @2 doz. Gases. . 2... cs 5. 2. ee @1 5
Macaroni, Imported................... @i3
Domestic... @b5
French Mustard, 8 oz @ dozen........ @i5

de Large Gothic........ @1 35
Oil Tanks, Star 60 gallon.............. @10 06
Peas, Green Bush. -......<..... 2-2. ee. @1 75

do Split prepared................... @ 3%
Powder, Mem... 2... e.6c8 2 4 0G

do BOR oe. 2 50@
ASO eee, 5@6.
Shot. drop: |). 3.. 4... se. *...1 60@

@o buck fe. 1 80@
Sipe * @1b
Tobacco Cutters each ................. 1 5@
WBWEEN@) oe ose coe ce 18@25:
PRIOR A eo a 5@6
Wicking No. I @ eross..... 2... ..60.26; @AO

do INO: 2 2. ss. @65

do UES oso Ge us. oe 1 50@

CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS.
Putnam & Brooks quote as follows:
STICK.

Straight, 25 > boxes....:.......-...... @10
Twist, QQ 2. @10%
Cut Loaf QQ. 6 @12
Hoan MIXED.

Oveie coi, Pas @10%
Hog ns. on
Wrtna 2b Pas 2... .. 2... ly
Brtra 00D DIS... eo. i
Preneh Cream, 251) pails.................... 14
Cut loat, 26 ib enses.... 07... ..--) ee. lt
Hroken, 2 @ pails......-............ mar
Proven, 908 thls... ....... 16

FANCY—IN 5 fb BOXES.
emon rons. ........-. 252. 14,
Squebrons)) ag
HReppermint Drops.....: 5.2.2.0... 2... 16
Chocolate DEOps:....... 6.220)... 3
Ht M Chocolate Drops...............,:......28
Gum Props)... 2.22. 50s eure
Wieetice Merge 8... a
AB Litorice Drops.. oe oe
Hozenves pigin ©. ................ 6 16
Hozengses: printed. .:................. 17
Bmmenigie eg 16
MOotiGes 16
@xeam Har 15
IMolassesiBar 9-0 14
@arameis 2
Hand Meade@rcams a
pisin @reame 2
Decorted Creams.
Stumeoek 7 8 16
Burnt Almonds... 24.
Wintergreen Berries........... .... ai

Fancy—in Bulk.

Lozenges, plain in pails................- 222. 14
Lozenges, plain in bbIS...................... 13°
Lozenges, printed in pails................... 15
Lozenges, printed in bbis................... 14
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................... 14
Gun Drops. in pails. .........20. 22.6... 8
Gum Drops, mrebbis. fe
Moss Drops, in paile......_..............
Moss Drops, im DDIS...... 25... ..-. pea! 9%
Sour Drops, in pails... 2... ae
Emeperigis; im pels... 6. i 14
Iperigis Im DDIS... 2... 2... 13
eu a FRUITS.

ranges KONG ee 5 00@6 5
Oranses OO @hox...... 2.2... ee
Oranges, Jamaica, # bbl.............. @ '
Oranges, incase OX... 02... 6. eS
Oranges, Valencia # case.............

Memons. €hoice...-................... 4 50@5 00°
HencOne faney ....... 5 i. 5 50@6 00:
Bananas @ Dune... ......2..2.0..6. 2...
Malaga Grapes, # keg.................
Malaga Grapes, #2 Dbl...........>......
IIS IMVONS ae 12@16
Rigs Famew GQ. 225.26: 18S@20
Figs, baskets 40 b @ib................. @13%,
Dates, frails G0, ® 6
Dates, 44 do COVES @i
ee cc: @ 6
Mates, $6 SKM. 2: 8. se: @ T%
Dates, Fard 10 ib box #@ Ib............. 10 @u
Dates, Fard 50 ib box @ b.............. 7 @8
Dates, Persian 50 t box # bb........... 64@ 7
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw @ Ip....:. s40c2:.. 2.
Choice do dQ 5 ee, @%
Fancy do GO. ..0..... 7. Gi
Choice White, Va.do .................. @TM%
Fancy HP: Va do ...... Voce lee e, @ 84
NUTS.
Almonds, Terragona, # Ib../.......... 18@19
Almonds, Ioaca, do 16@17
pee, QO. 2.5.5. e: t@10

econs, do 10@14

Paherts pecelona QO 291s. .
‘ilberts, Sicily GG 22.5.5... 1 4
Walnuts, Chilli a... es ao

Walnuts, Grenobles do ............. 14@15

ya Califormia® do. . .......

mocoa Nucs, 2100: = ba eee. 4 50

Hickory Nuts, large ® bu............. q

Hickory Nuts.small do..... Ronee 1 2m
PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Coe:

quote as follows:

PORK IN BARRELS.
Meavy Mess. old... 2.02.23 it eel $16 50:
bleavy Mess, new... ......................-
Back, shortcut, new. .:...... <2... .. 62-2. 17 00

Pig, short cut, new, better than mess... 17 00
Extra Family Clear, new................0. 13 50

Extra Clear Pig, new, Chicago packing... 19 00
Extra Clear, new, Chicago packing....... 20 50
Clear Back, new, Chicago packing...... es 19 25
Standard Clear, the best...................
Boston @lear.. 2... ooo os ks tcc
DRY SALT MEATS—IN BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 ih. Cases....... 10%
do. Half Cases......... 1034
Long Clear medium, 500  Cases....... 10%
oO Half Cases ....... 10%
Long Clears light, 500 f Cases.......... 10%
do. Half Cases.......... 10%
Short Clears, heavy...........4.....00.. Il
do. WHCGUM. ... 25. 4e ce eke 11
do. Hehe. 6c. oo) se, 11
Extra Long Clear Backs, 600 fb cases.. 1%
Extra Short Clear Backs, 600 Ib cases.. 12
Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 ib cases.. 113%
Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 Ib cases.. 12
Bellies, extra quality, 500 tb eases...... 11%,
Bellids, extra quality, 300 tb cases...... 1134
Bellies, extra qulaity, 200 f cases...... 2
LARD.
TMIGRO@GR si a025- 2-8 oe ce 814
a0 ane oO DD RUDS .. 22.24. <. ce... ee 8%
50 ib Round Tins, 100 cases.............. 844
LARD&N TIN PAILS.
20 ib Round Tins, 80 ib racks............ 83%
3 1b Pats, 20 mm & Case... <i... ce 9%
5 i Pails, 12 im & Case 20... ooh. cece ccs 916
10 ip Pails. Gin & GaSe .. 2 2... ese ce te 9

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR PLAIN.

Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 1334
Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. . 14
Lo. Hat. .... 1444
Shoulders, boneless.................... 9%
Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle....... 84
Extra Clear Bacon... . 2... 6.2... 2. 88. 12
Dried Beef, Extra...2.. ..225...2. 0 see. 12%
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess Beef, warranted 200 tbs........ 11 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............. 10 25

CANNED BEEF.

Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 b cans, % doz.
MRGHS@. 60 ccc se. hee ce cc 18 00
do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz. in case....

Armour & Co., 14 ib cans, % doz in case 18 00

do. 2 tb cans, 1 doz.in case... 2 75

do. 2 Ib Compr’d Ham, 1 doz.in case 4 00

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.

25

POV SAUSHEO, oo oso se cole s gcv cece dn «(es 9
13 CISC UG PG eee nee a ee 15-
PONRUG SAUSARC.. .... cbecides Soe. cose ee eee ll
AVOGE SURSARO .. .c.6e ond cons ke cn nc deep eeccce 8
Frankfort Sausage.............cce cece cc ee es 10 *°
WIGOG SGUSHEE 262s ocd 8
BOlGONH. VIN. o sl. ko cece cen ccc 8%.
Bologna: straight. <<... 2... 6 donc occa cee 8
Bolowna, thick, ..... .. 0-56 - . ca cee te 84
Preaer CRGGSG-. oo eo ee ccc ee 8
PIGS’ FEET.
Tn hale Darras... . 2.6 2s ce ft 3 90
In quarter barrels,.....2:.............. ese 2 AO
Frit oo. ese aie ay coe dy oes ca cok
TRIPE.
He halt NOEPOIR. <<... oo. ok $3 75
In quarter barrels....... cc unleose sen cqu ge -- 200
PE EUS oon ono n soa lag oe chine coc cee 95.

Prices named are lowest at time of going to

press, and are good only for that date, subject.

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Dry Gooos.

Woolen Mills in Michigan.

 

The following is a list of the manufacturers
of woolen goods in this State: ‘
Buller Bros ..... ...----:eeee eee ert Acme
Joseph Ambler........----seeeeeeecreeee Allegan
Stephen 8S. Briggs.....-----+++++++se20+: Almont
Alma Woolen Mills.....-------++eeee cree ee Alma
Bailey & McCoy......----++-+++etee trees Atkins
Cornwell & French......-..--.+++++++ Ann Arbor
Hiram Storms......----:-scceee esse Ann Ar bor
McKee & Chidester...........+0+eeeeeees Bangor
G. M. Huntley.......---- ceeeee seer eee .--Berlin
J. W. Summer......-.-2-.--eee0eee2 Big Rapids
C. Andrea & SOB... 0... 60sec eee eee Brockway
Drumm Carding Mills.........--...-++- Bancroft
Clinton Woolen Mfg. Co..........----++. Clinton
Amsden & Weeden........----2200 eee Corunna
L, A. Eaton...........e sees eee Church’s Corners
Michigan Knitting Co .............++++-+ Detroit
R. Schaarschmidt....... eee Detroit
L. Palmer & SOn...... 2... eee eee cree ees Dexter
ius, G. Knitting Mill... .:..:..-..--,--.> Dowagiac
Dan’l F. Murphy........-..-.----- East Saginaw
Sam’l Horner..........-+-----+-++- Eaton Rapids
Flint Cotton & Woolen Mills. ......--++++: Flint
Stone, Atwood & Co.........--+-+2+ esse Flint
S.G: Stadon!.......-....- ee Grand Rapids
J, 4. Phillips: ......-..--0----+-227--= Grandville
H.. Gibson... 2... ...2 cece ee eee e eens Greenville
Welcome Marble.........--+-+++++++° :,. Hastings
A Pa ee es ase oe ee Hillsdale
J. D. Lickey............--+- 22-22-2000 28 Jefferson
Shephard & P.........----0e+ee eres Jonesville
Lyman S White & Co........----+++ Jonesville
Bush & Patterson........------+-+++-+ Kalvmazoe
Lansing Knitting Works.......-..----- Lansing
Teg. Green... ..-.,-------->------>- 72 -2* . Lapeer
3 i. Bead & Son.....----.------------ Lexington
lark Bros. ..........-----2----- -- ---<---= Lowell
A. Amden & SON 2, ccse non en eer tn ee
S¥an. Pipott..........-.--------------- LaGrange
Win. Van Riper............+-------02- LaGrange
Lapeer Woolen Mills...........---+++-+: Lapeer
SVan Crair | 5-8... 8 ow on oe ne ne 2 tin eo Marlette
Wm. Brown & Co.........6--eeee cerns Marquette
Jacob Peters..........---. cee Milford
Robert Forsyth............---eeeeeeeeees Milford
Reed & Leavenworth... ........--e+2ee: Mendon
Cyrus Stiles. ........... 2-00 -2es eee scene ee Monroe
Pembroke Knitting Co............-- Muskegon
J. W. POwIGS |... .....-.------:-----+ Nashville
Mortimer Smith.............------+-+ Newaygo
Snelhouse & Peck.............-0eee ee Parkville
Geo. Birkenshaw... .....-.--++++++++: Paw Paw
C. E. Wakeman & Co........-...---22-+ Pontiac
D. G. Williams..............-----++- Port Huron
Schloss BroS........-----. +++ eeeee+ Rawsonville
D. S. Schrag..........-..--.-00---- 0002 Reed City
S.H. Richardson.............-------> Rochester
Philander Ewell.............-----+++ Rochester
Bailey & McCoy........--.--eec eee ee eteees Ruby
Wm ell... ee Rawsonville
mR A gt & G0... =... -- eee =e Richmond
Alber Thiel ......-- -...-------+---= Rockford
Nicol Woolen Mill Co..........--.+--+:. St. Clair
W. Cooper & Co.............2-2-+02+ St. Joseph
5 Walk es... Summerville
Murdo Matheson..........-.-.2+---++ee8 Tuscola
0. B. Tobey & [..... ss.
3 Stout & Co........<....--------- Tecumseh
Worn © Selden  ... s.-.. 8 - . Vassar
Hay & Todd...............-.-----.----- Ypsilanti

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The Trade Prospect.
From the New York Times.

Almost without exception the statements
made by gentlemen prominent in the manu-
facture and sale of clothing, in the dry-goods
trade, in the boot and shoe trade, in millinery
and hats, in general groceries, in the hard-
ware and in the drug trades, were marked
with confidence and hope. The view is gen-
eral that, though the margin of profits is
smaller and the money value of the sales is
less, the amount of goods sold this year is
nearly as great as last year, and in some
eases considerably greater. Purchases are
made in smaller quantities but more fre-
quently. Credits are notably reduced, but
payments are more prompt and sure. Great-
er caution is observed as to overstocking,
but the demand is steady and the movement
regular and healthy. The expectation of
those most familiar with the situation Is
that the net result of the year’s” business,
when the usual annual inventory is taken in
January, will be decidedly more satisfactory
than it has been for the last two years.
Whether “hard-pan” has been touched in
Wall street or not it is impossible to say, but
that it has been reached in general com-
merce, and that the tendency is now defi-
nitely and decidedly though not’strongly, in
the opposite direction there is no doubt.
Ultimately the course of prices on the ex-
change will follow in the same way. Hap-
pily there is not much prospect of immedi-
ate and rapid rise, and the chance for any-
thing like an extensive “bull” speculation
in the strest is remote. But the evidence is
clearly prepondering in favor of the substan-
tial value of the principal securities there.
The difficulty of obtaining money for legiti-
mate trade upon available collateral is likely
to diminish rather than increase. The gen-
eral prospect is now more definitely encour-
aging than it has been in the last twenty
months.

——_—~ 2.
She Exposed the Deception.

“What a pretty hat you’ve got!” exclaim-
ed Miss Daisy as they stood beside the sea.
“What funny rough straw.”

“Yes,” said Dandy Jack, as he carelessly
twisted the fifty cent hat which the tight-
ness of the money market had forced him to
purchase, “‘yes, lam very particular about
my hats. I have them made in London and
imported expressly for me. This is the lat-
est thing in hats, don-cher-know, among the
boys in London.”

“Ah, you don’t say so,” said Miss Daisy.
“Let me seeitagain. Oh, here isa little
piece of thread hanging from the crown: let
me break it off.”

She string, hauls out about four yards of
cheap cotton thread, and then the crown
dropped off; and in the solemn silence which
followed the little wavelets could be heard
upon the sands.

The Dry Goods Market.

A fairly good business marked the dry
goods trade here the past week although the
unreasonably warm weather has had a ten-
dency to check business. The outlook for
prints is very unpromising. and the Everett,
Dannel and Richmond companies have shut
down for the season.

————___— 2.

Owing to the depression in woolen goods,
due to the large stock of woolen cloths now
in market, 113 woolen mills, representing
963 sets of cards, have concluded to lessen
their production by 13,000,000 yards, in or-
der to improve the demand. This will
repsesent about 2,000,000 suits of men’s
clothing. Many of the mills are now idle or
running on short time, and will not start up
again to their full capacity until the demand
improves so as to insure cost of production.

—_»s +>

The looms used in the State of New Jer-
sey for the manufacture of home-made silk
are almost fac-similies of those employed in
China and India for the same purpose.

In this country the annual consumption
of imported and domestic cigars is sixty to

every man, woman and child.
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WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

Spring & Company quote a8 tuuuwo:
WIDE BROWN COTTONS.

 

 

Androscoggin, 9-4..23  |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25

Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... 27%

PePperell, 7-4...... 16%|Pequot, 7-4......... 18

Pepperell, 8-4...... 20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 21

Pepperell, 9-4...... 22% |Pequot, Y-4......... 24
CHECKS.

Park Mills, No. 90..14
Park Mills, No. 100.15

Caledonia, XX, 0z..
Caledonia, X, 02...

 

Economy, 02Z....... 10 |Prodigy, 0z......... il
Park Mills, No. 50..10 |Otis Apron......... 10%
Park oe “i - oy as ee a ie
Park Mills, No. 70..12 Ork, 1 02... 2.33.
Park Mills, No. 80..18 |York, AA, extra 02.14
OSNABURG,
Alabama brown.... 7%|Alabama plaid..... 8
Jewell briwn....... 9%| Augusta plaid...... 8
Kentucky brown..10%/Toledo plaid........ 7%
Lewiston brown... 9%|Manchester plaid.. 7
Lane brown........ 9% |New Tenn. p aid...11
Louisiana plaid.... 8 (Utility plaid........ 6%
BLEACHED COTTONS. :
Avondale, 36....... 814iGreene, G, 4-4...... 5%
Art cambrics, 36...11%/Hill, 4-4............. 84
Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%/Hill, 7-8..........,.. My
Androscoggin, 5-4..12'4| Hope, 4-4.......... 1 4
Ballou, 4-4.......... ee ee oe eam- .
Ballou, 5-4.......... rie; 4-4. 05... 1
Boott, Ae eed 8% ee re ee oo
Boott, E. 5-5........ 7 onsdale, 4-4....... se
Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%4|\Lonsdale cambric.114
Betttoctik ci, Chtanean et ae
ackstone, AA 4-4, 74%/Langdon, 45........
Chapman, X, 4-4.... 644|Masonville, 4-4..... 9%
Conway, 4-4... . .. 734;Maxwell. 4-4........ 10%
Cabot, 4-4......... . 744\New York Mill, 4-4.10%
Cabot, 1-8.....:....- 6%|New Jersey, 4-4.... 8
Canoe, 3-4.......... 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7%
Domestic, 36....... 714|Pride of the West..12%
Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 914|Pocahontas, 4-4.... 8%
Davol, ae rt 9% eeeryile. 1 ae 6%
Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 83|/Victoria, AA....... :
Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 8% Woodbury, And, 6 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..... 614|Williamsville, 36...10%
Gilded Age......... 8%
SILESIAS.
Crown... 2.5.5... 17 |Masonville TS...... 8
Ne. 410.5... 2%|Masonville 8....... 10%
Com 8 less. 10 |Lonsdale........... 9%
Anchor. .........--- 15 jLonsdale ae Le. 16
Centennial......... Wietory O:........-
Blackburn ......... 8 (Nactory d........-..
AVE! oso. 14 |Victory D..........
70nGon....-:-...-.. 124%4| Victory K.......... 2%
PACOUIA . 24.5. .-2.-. 12 |Phoenix _ Pepe. a
Red Cross.......... 10 |Phoenix B......... %
Social Imperial....16 {Phoenix XX..... ..5
PRINTS.
Albion, solid........ 54% |Gloucester .......... 6
Albion, grey......:.6 |Gloucestermourn’g.6
Allen’s checks..,...5% Hamilton fancy....6
Ailen’s fancy....... ae -tinsat anges Eecceces 2
Spink. .......- lerrimae 1.0 .0.....
au iobaes ees bi Manchester See 6
American, faney....5%4 nari fancy Se coe o
Arnold fancy........ 6 riental robes...... 614
Berlinsolid......... . cae rr ee :
Cocheco fancy...... 5 ichmond........... )
Cocheco robes....... 6% |\Steel River.......... 5%
Conestogafancy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6
Eddystone ..... .....6 |Washington fancy..
oe cee abe eese Washington blues..7%
arner pink......... h
FINE BROWN COTTONS.
Appleton A, 4-4.... 8 |Indian Orchard, 40. 814
Boott M, 4-4........ 1% a ee 2
Boston F, 4-4....... 8 aconia ea 6%
Continental C, 4-3.. 7%) Lyman B, iin. 10%
diareeha es are an oo 524
> ga W Sad ‘ , 40-in.... §
Concateaa D728... 54 Nashua R, ag
Conestoga G, 30-in. 644;Nashua O,7-8....... 74
Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 jNewmarket N...... 7%
Dwight Y, 7-8....... 6% Pepperell E, 39-in.. 74
Dwight star, £4...) 1% Pepperell O18... 634
Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 /Pepperell N, 3-4.... 644
ca ue cc 5% aguante og 4-4..... fi
Great Falls E, 4-4... 7 (Saranac R.......... ic
Farmers’ A, 2 6% |Saranac E.......... 9

Indian Orchard, t-4 7%!
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.
|Renfrew, dress styl 9%

Amoskeag ......... 8
Amoskeag, Persian |Johnson Mantg Co,
SEVIER 622506. . 10%: Bookfold......... 12%
RatOS . 0 6c. es 7% 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 734
royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8
Gloucester, new {White Mant’g Co,
standard ......... 7%| Earlston... ...... 9%
Plunket ............ 7% Gordon ............. 8
Laneaster........-. 834 Greylock, dress
Langdale........... Ue4\ SUYICS 2... 2.2.5: 12%
WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS.
Androscoggin, 7-4..21  |Pepperell. 10-4..... 27%
Androscoggin, 8-4..23  |Pepperell, ll-4..... 82%
Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21
Pepperell, 8-4...... 2244: Pequot, 8-4......... 24
Pepperell, 9-4......25  |Pequot, 9-4......... 27%

HEAVY BROWN COTTONS.

Atlantic A, 4-4..... 714 | Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 8%
Atlantie H, 4-4..... 7 iLawrence Y,30.... 7
Atlantic D, 4-4..... 6144; Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5%
Atlantic P, 4-4...... 53 Newmarket N...... 714
Atlantic LL, 4-4.... 54%/Mystic River, 4-4... 6
Adriatic, 36......... i% Pequot A, 4-4....... 8
Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 26....... a
een aed ss Ht Sela a 4
00 , ok. :.-.. 7% ‘Tremont CC, 4-4.... 534
Graniteville, 4-4.... 6% /Utiea, 4-4........... 9
Indian Head, 4-4....7%|Wachusett, 4-4..... 1%
Indiana Head 45-in.12%/Wachusett, 30-in... 6%
TICKINGS.
Amoskeag, ACA...13%)Falls, XXXX....... 18%
Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 /|Falls, XXX......... 15%
Amoskeag, A...... 13 Malis, BB........-. 11%
Amoskeag, B...... 12 |Falls, BBC, 36...... 19%
Amoskeag, C...... 11 |Falls, awning...... 19
Amoskeag, D...... 10% 'Hamilton, BT, 32..12
Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9%
Amoskeag, F....... 9144,Hamilton, H.... .. 9%
Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10
Premium B.......- 16 |Methuen AA....... 183%
Mxdrad4......-..:: °  okpacsoager ig Soe
TUxdrAa (-83 ss 2: 44%'Omega A, 7-8.......
Gold Medal 4-4...... 15> |Omega A, 4-4....... 13
OCA 78... 12% Omega ACA, 7-8....14
a. 14 Omega ACA, 4-4....16
Re ie 144 |\Omega SH, 7-8...... 24
Ue 16 eee a 4-4 cee 27
AM geh 19 mega M. 7-8 ...... 22
Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |Omega M, 4-4....... ‘

25
ShetucketSS&Ssw 11%
Shetucket, S & SW.12

Cordis ACA, 32.....15
Cordis No. 1, 32. .«..15

 

Cordis No. 2..... *..14 |Shetucket, SFS....12
Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stockbridge A..... 7
Cordis No.4........ 11% 'Stockbridge frney. 8
GLAZED CAMBRICS.
Gamer. 2... 6. o S Wempire 3.25 ce.
Hookset.......-.... 5 |Washington........ 434
Red Cross.......-.. 5 (Hdsvards..:......... 5
Forest Grove....... S.S. & Sons........ 5
GRAIN BAGS.
American A.:...-.. 19 |Old Tronsides...... 15
Stark A........... .234%|/Wheatland ......... 21
DENIMS.
Rosten 6c. TanIOvs CC. 22s 2s. 10144
Everett blue.......14 'Warren AXA...... 12%
Everett brown..... 14 |Warren BB........ 11%
Otis AXA......,..,12%4i Warren CC.......:; 10%
Otis BB. oo: 2222. .: 11%\York fancy........ 15
PAPER CAMBRICS.
Manville. ......-.... 6 IS. 5. S sons ........ 6
Masgnville......... G: \Garmoer (3.2... ... 6
WIGANS.
Red Cross.......... 744|\Thistle Mills........
Memin: : 32.463 8. Ba ONO elec ess
AMC? ....2. 1-5-2; 7% |

SPOOL COTTON.

BLOOKS «2... 2 50 jEagle and Phoenix
Clark’s O. N. F.....55 | Mills ball sewing.30
J.& P. Coats.......55 |Greeh & Daniels...25
Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merri€ks ........... 40
Willimantic 3 cord.40« |Stafford ............35
Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning....30
ing thread........ a0- |\Holvoke........ 5... 25
CORSET JEANS.
ATMOLY ....:..-.;.- 7y%|Kearsage........... 824
Androscoggin sat.. 84|Naumkeagsatteen. 84
Canoe River........ 3 |Pepperell bleached 8%
Clarendon.......... 64%4|Pepperell sat....... 9%
Hallowell Imp..... 6% |Rockport........... 7
Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 |Lawrencesat....... 8%
TMCODID 62s bee. 7% \Conegosat.......... 7

 

 

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-
TIUSs, Chairman, 8S. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE
For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER.

ardware.

One of the latest forms of fireless locomo-
tives, as described in Engineering, is quite
in advance of other devices for this purpose,
as the engine will run and work anywhere
without any conductive connection witha
station being necessary. When the boiler
has been charged, the engine is ready for
use and works like an ordinary engine; but
after the steam has performed its ordinary
duty in the cylinder, it supplies, by becom-
ing condensed, the heat which produtes a
fresh portion of steam, and the more quick-
ly the piston orks the more force will be
liberated, the engine thus appearing to be its
own source of power. The limit of action,
from want of coal in the ordinary case, here

 

 

sets in with want of strong caustic soda,

| which by the continuous absorption of steam
| tinally becomes diluted. When the engine
_ has thus exhausted itself, both the water

and the soda solution have to be drawn off,
the soda to be concentrated again by evapor-
ation, and the boiler to be refilled with wa-
ter of the required temperature. A continu-
ous process is therefore not possible with
the arrangement in question.

A Cashier Who Wanted It All.

Bank President—You know our cashier
ran away with $450,000 of the bank’s funds
a week ago?

Friend—Yes, I know, too, that every ef-
fort has been made to find him, but without
success.

President—Well, I’ve found him.

Friend—Is that so? Where is he, and is
he well?

President—I should say he was. You
know he entirely cleaned out the bank and
‘closed it up, but we had $5,000 to our credit
in a bank in Canada. He writes from Can-
ada and wants an order to draw the $5,000
deposited there. Says he entirely overlook-
ed it.

 

—————q2>-—__
| The Tariff Question a Drawback,

| “Why don’t you go to work?” a gentleman
asked a very ragged tramp.

| “T am anxious and willing to work,” re-
_ plied the bummer, “but what’s the use of it
until they settle the tariff question.”

“What has the tariff to do with it?”

“A great deal. Suppose I went to work
|and accumulated a small capital by industry
| and economy. Well, its natural Td want to
| go into business for myself—manufacturing,
| probably; but I’d be afraid to put my money
| in anything until the tariff is settled. It cer-
tainly isa great hindrance and drawback,

| but the safest policy is to wait.”
|

| Accepting a Small Retainer,

' Smith—Jones refuses to pay a little debt
he owes me, and I want you to bring suit
against him for the money.

Lawyers—All right; but lawyers, you
know, always expect something in the way
of a retainer.

Smith—Certainly ; how much will it be?

' Lawyer—About fifty dollars, I guess.

Jones—Fifty dollars? Why, Jones only
owes ine twenty-five dollars.

Lawyer—Oh, well, call it twenty-five dol-

lars then. :
—__——-¢—<______-
Facts About Platinum.

When pure, platinum is as soft as silver,
but by the addition of iridium it becomes
the hardest of metals. The great difficulty
in manipulating platinum is its successful
resistance to heat.

 

clay has absolutely no effect upon it. You
may put a platinum wire not thicker than a
human hair into a blast furnace where in-
gots of steel are melting down all around it
and the bit of wire will come out as abso-
lutely unchanged as if it had been in an ice
box all the time.
—_--—~ +2
A Commercial Robin.
From the Whitehall Forum.

The robin which about a month since en-
tered Ruggles’ store as a wandering refugee,
still refuses to leave its chosen home in the
store. It is becoming so tame that it will fly
out doors, alight on Mr. Ruggles’ shoulder
and come back into the store with him while
all day long it flits chirping from object to
object in the room. Mr. Ruggles would not

part with his pet for a small fortune.
Loss of a Valued Friend.

An undertaker came into the house look-
ing despondent, and presently tears welled
into his eyes.

“What is the matter?” asked his wife.
“Something gone wrong at the office?”

“You knew that Dr. B. had been sick for
a day or two?”

“Yes.”

“Fe died this morning.”

eo
Trying to Take Things Easy.

“Tow is our old friend Brown making out
in the West? Dting well?”

“T guess so. He certainly must have been
taking things easy from what I hear.”

“What’s that?”

“He’s in the penitentiary for picking
pockets.”

 

 

 

 

og

A well-known bank president has written
for a Chicago weekly an article entitled
“Where Has the Money Gone?” Regarded
from a literary point of view, it may be all
very well, but as a conundrum it is too easy.

—Boston Post.

There are about 500 white persons em-
ployed in the manufacture of cigars in San
Francisco, Cal., and about 7,000 or 8,000
Chinese. The white men receive $11 to
$22.50 a week, and the Chinese $5.

9

An English firm has begun the manufac-
ture of casks and barrels of steel. They are
lighter than wood, and,of course more dur-

 

able.

®

A temperature that will |
make steel run like water and melt down fire |

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

~~

Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows:

 

 

 

AUGERS AND BITS.
Fves’; Old Sivie co. eo ee a dis 50

BAEC. COn. ec ees dis 55
Mouglass’ 2 dis 50
PICRCOS! ooo es, oes dis 50
SCI ee oa dis 50
WOOK S ee he ee ee dis40&10
Jennings’, genuine................---.- dis 25
Jennings , imitation. .......¢.. 6... dis40&10

BALANCES.

SPM ee dis 25
BARROWS.
RpIONO $ 15 00
Garden. oo. ie aa net 35 00
BELLS.

Hand Ais ibciate oi coe catego ae ooo dis $ 60&10
COW ee ee oe, dis 60
CO ee ee dis 15
GODS eee. dis 20
WOOL, SAreent. 0600s ee dis 5d
BOLTS.

HOV Oe te dis$ 40
Carriage new list......0.0..2...7..2.- dis 75
WUOWE Ve sect, ee ae ae dis 30&1C
Sleigh ShOG 2. dis 50&15
Cast Barrel Bolts... ...........-.2... dis 50
Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 55
Cast Barrel, brass knobs............. dis 50
Cast Square Spring................... dis 55
@get Chain 2. dis 60
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10
Wrought Square... ...5........ 1s. dis 55&10
Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30

Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob

F lush Bee epic e t ee eee ees bolle 50&10&10

EVGS? DOOR 6. a. dis 50&10
BRACES.

IBAUDON 62 so oe ae dis $ 40

Cie dis 50

SPOHORd:. 625. oe. eee dis 50

AMS AE dis net
BUCKETS.

Well plain 8 ee $ 400
Well. Swivel oo... 4 50
BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis 60
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10
Wrounht Loose Pin.................. dis 60
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5

Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver

POPC ce ee ee dis 60& 5
WrongehtDable. 600.06... dis 60
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis 60
Wrought Brass.) 0.600.000 0600 2650.6. dis 65&10
Blind: Clank’s. (0.0.0. ete 2 dis T0&10
Blind: Parkers: 2.065150 6s le ees dis T0&10
Blind, Shepard’s...................... dis 70
Spring tor Screen Doors 3x2%4, per gross 15 00
Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....pergross 18 00

CAPS.
BU SIO ee oe per m $ 65
PUGS Oo 60
Ge Des ee cece a. 35
MAIS. oo. eee i 60

CATRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50
Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50
Centralhine oe. dis 14g

CHISELS.
Socket Firmer........... ee, dis 65&10
SOCKOL HrammmMge 6... dis 65&10
pocket Commer... 2)... 5.2.2... 2 0c... dis 65&10
Socket Slicks....... es dis 65&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............. ais, 20
COM ei net

COMBS.

Curry, Wawrence’s..............505 305 dis 334g
MLOUCHIGISS) 62. dis 25

. COCKS.
Brass: RACKING S006 oe 40&10
BUDS eee a ene 49810
eGr 40&10
MOONS. 6s. 60

COPPER.
Planished, 14 02 cut to size.............. Bb 37

Wax, 14x56, 14 XG.) 5. 39

DRILLS.
Morse’s Bit Stock.............-...... dis 3d
Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20
Morse’s Taper Sobnk......:.......... dis @0
ELBOWS.
Com éA piece) 6 imi... 2.2... doz net $1 10
@ORMIROLEG es ae dis 20&10
AGUISTHDIO cio. eo cee ie. dis 40&10
4 EXPANSIVE BITS.
Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $80 00. dis 25
: FILES.
American File Association List...... dis 50
WISSCONS oe dis 50
New American....... Ra at as dis 50
Nicholson’s...... Dee ae sale dis 50
HICH On 6 eee dis 30
Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis +3315
GALVANIZED IRON,

Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28
List 12 13 14 15 18
Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50.
GAUGES.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50

i HAMMERS.

Maydole & Cos): ...55...,.-0.5-...5-% dis 15

GS ae ce oo dis 25

Vetkes © Plump 8.0050... dis 30

Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40

Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 ¢ 40&10
HANGERS.

Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50

Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60

Kidder, wood track..................: dis 40

HINGES.

Gate, Clarks. 1.27357... -.05500...0.08. dis 60

BUAUC) Lc ee ee. foes per doz, net, 2 50

Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14

ane JOn@er: 6. oe 3%
Serew Hock and Hye, % ............ net 10%
Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net 84%
Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net ver
Serew Hook and Eye, %............. net iM
Strap and Vs. 02... 02.0. t... dis 60&10

HOLLOW WARE.
ptamnped Lin Wares... s.. 00.2.5... .... 60810
JapannedsTine Ware. -.....0.- 22626: 20&10
Granite Ivon Ware..................5... 25
HOES.
Gru We eo ee $11 00, dis 40
Grup. 2.0 io ees use cane 11 50, dis 40
Grune (56. b oe ae 12 00, dis 40
KNOBS.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings......$2 00, dis 6¢
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60
Door, porcelain, plated trim-

PINGS. es ee list, 7 25, dis 60
Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 60
Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 4)
HGmacite 27 dis 50

LOCKS—DOOR.

 

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 60

Mallory, Wheelnr & Co.’s......... oe dis 60

PPTRNEONCES 0 ee dis 60

INOEWHIEOS) 5.6056 dis 60
LEVELS.

Stanitey Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65
MILLS.

Coffee, Parkers ©0.'8..............9. 2... dis 45

Coffee, P. S. & W. Mtg. Co.’s Malleables dis 45

Cotfee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45

Coffee, Bnterprise..........2.5....6.6..-2 dis 25

MATTOCKS.

NOTO SVG eee $16 00 dis 40&10

PRUNE B YG. oes. ee ie $15 00 dis 40&10

MUNIN. 6. ee $18 50 dis 20 & 10
NAILS.

Common, Brad and Fencing.

1d to 600. 22). oe # keg $2 35

S@-ana 9 d 8Gv...) 228. kes 25

6d and 7d adv....... eee td eae carae 50

4d and 5d ady...............-- Buel tae 75

SOU ROVANGCO sec ooo oa calcs evs as sue ccs pees 8 1 50

Sd HNC SAVANE... 6.5... sg eee se ee ve os 3 00

Clon MIS, AAV... 2. 5. eee eee eas 1%

Finishing - | 10d 8d 6d 4d

Size—inches § 3 2% 2 1%

Adv. @keg $125 150 175 2 00

Steel Nails—Advance 10c from above prices.
MOLLASSES GATES.

 

Stobbin’ S Pattern... .. atc... cee ot ees dis ‘0

Stebbin’s GOnWING.... 6. cee cece es ees dis ‘0

Enterprise, self-measuring........ @....dis 25
MAULS.

Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............ dis 50
OILERS.

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55

Zine, witb brass bottom........: Pet ere dis 50

Brass or COpper’.......60chsecccececceante dis 40

OODOL: cae ce kin cae sca ccks per gross, $12 net

Olmstead’s .2...6.. eae eee Serenades a 50

%

 

® PLANES.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, famey..............5.000- dis 15
Sciota Beneh 22. 2. 6. oe ccc ae eos dis 25
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15

Bench, first quale See oe aay dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and

PANS.
Bry; AGM@e i ooo ee ce. dis 40&10
Common, polished................... ...dis 60
IDPIPDING 62) ook a 8 Ib 8
RIVETS.
Tron and Tinned... ...:.............. dis 40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40
PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“A’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10%
“B’’ Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9
Broken packs \%c # ib extra.
ROOFING PLATES.

IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5

IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ Roya

IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00

IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90
ROPES.

Sisal, % In. and larger.............. Se 9
Wemillan ol 15%
SQUARES.

Stecland Tron... dis 50
INGY aN BCVEIS, 2) dis 50
Mitre (ee dis 20
SHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth. Com.

NOS 10 to Te, $4 20 $3 00
INOS: 15°60, £0) 0 4 20 3 00
INOSES GO 20 4 20 3 00
INOS: 2200 24.5 0 ae: 4 20 3 00
INOS)25 tO 26.2.5... 4 40 3 20
INO 2 ee 4 60 3 40
All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches

wide not less than 2-10 extra.

SHEET ZINC.
In easks of 600 ibs, @ ID...... 2.12:
In smaller quansities, @ t.............. 7

TINNER’S SOLDER.

INOW; Hetined....3.-.0.5....0 1, 13 00
Market Hatf-and-half............. 0... 15 00
Strictly Half-and-half.................. i6

TIN PLATES.
Cards for Charcoals, $6 75.

IC, 10m, Charcoal... 6.1... 8... 6 50
IX, HOMIE Charcoal... 0..02......0. 0. 8 50
IC, Igxl?, Charcoal... 0.2... 6 50
IX, exl2, Charcoal 6 .02.0.00) 6.01: 8 50
IC, Wex70 Charcoal... 2.....5 00... 2... 6 50
IX, LaxeOS Ohareoal os... 6.2). 8 50
EXO, 14x20, Chareoal.._.............._.. 10 50
EX XX 14x20 Chareoo!.................... 12 50
EXOXEXEX 14x70, Charcoal... .2......5...., 14 50
Ix, e0xe8: Charcoal... 18 00
De, 100 Plate Chareoal.............. 2... 6 50
DX, l00Riate Charcoalk...... 1... |... 8 50
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 10 50
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50

Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75
rates.
TRAPS.
preel, Game

Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60
TROUGHEGSS 60
SB, bs W. Mie Cols 200 60
Mouse, choker). ..0 06. . ci... 20¢e 8 doz
Mouse, delusion.:.:...............:. $1 26 @ doz
WIRE.
Briont Market. 00. oe. dis 60
Amnegled Market. 3.0) 0.00.2... dis 60
Coppered Market.... 2........2..........- dis 5d
Buna BOvinge dis 55
‘tinned Market... 0:2. ...05.60.......2- kis 40
‘immed Broom.) 2. Ib 09
Ninmed Maueress.:...: 6)... # Ib 8%
Coppered Spring Steel.................. dis 37%
Tinned Sprine Steel............-.....2... dis 37%
pian BeNCe: 2 tb 3%
Barbed Hence. ec
CODDeR new list net
ISRARS ee, new list net
WIRE GOODS.
Brigg ke oo ee. dis 7%
SCREW HYVES 2000 oo lee. ok .tdis 70
HOOKS Foe dis 77
Gate Hooks and Byes... 20.00... 0s. dis ¢
WYENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..........
Coes Genuine... 2.0... eel. dis 50&10
Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65
Coes Pat., matieable. ..................: dis 70
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bumps, @isterm..-................-... dis 60&20
S@ROWsS 9200-0. 70
Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 50
Dampers, American..................... 3334

 

 

FOSTER,
STEVEN
CO,,

—WHOLESALE—

HARDWARE:

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
twenty-five per cent. more than the iron
nail; they cost but a trifle more.

We are receiving thre® 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.

 

A HAT FOR A RIDE.

How Johnny McIntyre Beat a Railway

Conductor.
_ Heentered the coach like a man who
owned stock in the road, and dropped into a
seat. When the train started he took from
his pocket a little piece of cardboard, which
he stuck in the band of his hat, Presently
the conductor entered the car. The man
with the hat was interested in the scenery
and did not look round. When the conduc-
tor got within two seats of him his interest
in the landscape became greater, and he
stuck his head and hat out of the window in
order to get the full benefit. The manipu-
lator of the punch tapped the scenery stu-
dent gently on the shoulder with the usual
request: ‘‘Ticket, please.” Like a man
suddenly aroused from a deep reverie, the
passenger started and quickly drew his head
in. This operation was only partially sue-
cessful, however, the sash striking his hat
and knocking it off his head and out of the
ear.

“What do you mean? You have lost my
hat! Stop the car and let me get out at once
or I will sue you for damages!”  irately re-
marked the traveler.

The train was going forty miles an hour,
and to stop and back would have caused the
loss of at least fifteen minutes. This was
out of the question. ‘The conductor consid-
ered and concluded he could not stop. He
once more asked for the ticket, but in a mild
hesitating manner, as if he didn’t know what
else to say.

“My ticket!’ said the man of the lost hat.
“My ticket? Didn’t you see it sticking in
the band of the hat you bunglingly, careless-
ly knocked out the window? Oh, you have
nerve, you have! But I shall report you to
the superintendent, and have you dismissed,
I shall.”

And the conductor passed trembling on
his dreary way, while the man whose friend
was the general manager spread himself out
on two full seats and took anap. When he
left the car, a little slip of paper was found
lying on the seat he had oceupied. On it
was scribbled:

Mr. Conductor:
it worked all right.
cents.
$5.

This is an old trick, but
The hat cost me 50
The fare was $5.50. Iam in just

JOHN MCINTYRE.
SS
Mrs. Jones Knew.

Jones bought a new hat. On the inside
was the motto Moveo et proficio. He took
pains to find out the meaning of the words,
and at:an evening party introduced the sub-
ject; but when he attempted to translate it
he couldn’t remember it, and appealed to his
wife.

“Maria,” he said, ‘‘do youremember what
was in my hat when I brought it home Sat-
urday?”

“Perfectly,” said Mrs. Jones with com-
posure.

“And what was it?” he asked looking
around on the company as much as to say,
“Now you will see what a scholar my wife
is.”

“SA brick.”

 

><>

A fall fashion item says: ‘There is little
change in coats.”” It is the same way with
pantaloons. There is very little “change”
in them, especially in the pockets.

 

 

OYSTERS AND FISH.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

OYSTERS.
IN@Ww VOrk COUMES. ... .. 2.205.268 40
Hod. EF SeleGES . 2... oo 35
S@lCGlIS ee a ae
eee 22
INSWORIEG@. 0. 2 ee
IMGQIUIN: 2. 72. 6b 8. 18
DSC ee 16
Selects, per gallon............. Ge ap ee ee 1 75
PURO NOS oo ee ee aes 110
FRESH FISH.
@odish 8 5. 8
WRsGdOGk oe sc een it
SMIGIES oe 5
Maeleimaw Prowse. 9... oo ek ee %
INMIR@ROROE 5 8 oe 5b)
WiMEGHS a ee 1
Smoked Whitetish and Trout........ eat 12
DINOKEG SUUPSEOM. ... 6.3 ok. sajna bias ees 12

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

  

Green... 2. 8 Ib @i
Iba CUR =... 6). ei, 8 @ 8%
ERE GUIRGGE 202. 2. es, 8144@ 8%
Dry bides and Ieips..-......-.--2...222- 8 @l12
Caif skins, green or cured...........:. 10 @l12
Bescon skins....._....-......- # piece20 @50
SHEEP PELTS.
Shearlings or Summer skins # piece..10 @20
IGE Delis. 28... oe cc 30 @a50
Winter pelts... ..: 2.2.0.2. 2. 100 @1 25
WOOL.

ime washed 1b. ..: 1... :-..... =. 23. 24@ 26
@oarse washed .......0.-...02 oe. 18 @20
Wimwashed .... 2... 2s: tee 2-3
MNQIONE. 2. 6 oe ce es 54’@ 5%

FRESH MEATS.
John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows:

Nvesh Beef. sid@s.... 2.62.2 oc. ce. 6 @i%
Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 8 @9
Dressed Hogs......... Moc eae ee: @%%
Mutton, GA&FCASSES. ... <0... 60 ccs. cc ens 6 @6%
WGA se oes 94@10
IROWIS 2k. ee ec li@l2
QBIGKENS.- 6s. 14 @16
Pork Sausage = 22... 6 ae 10 @10%
Melo mit o.oo a @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.

 

 

 

as book-keeper or

general store. Can give

Address Edgar Welch, Alba,
55*

W ANTED-—Situation
salesman in

good references.

Antrim Co., Mich.

RUTH, TRUTH—Wishing to quit the busi-

ness, I will sell my entire stock at a bar-
gain; or, failing to find a purchaser for my
whole intrest, sale will begin in 30 days to the
publie 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 attho 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—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. :

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.

 
 

 

The Michigan Tradesmen,

=” Subscribers and others, when. writing
to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub-
lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver-
tisement in th¢ columns of this paper.

 

 

 

RICH MEN’S OLD SHOES,

 

Forgetfulness Which Brings Money to the
Pockets of the Cobblers.

“Yes, I'll take those shees,” said a corpu-
lent old gentleman to a shoe-dealer one day
last week, “and I’ll leave these [ have on to
be repaired.”

“Have ’em_ half-soled®’,
chant.

Co “Yes, and heeled too.
I guess.”

“When will you call for them?” inquired
the dealer, as he marked the directions in
chalk hieroglyphies on the soles.

“Oh, any time willdo. I’m inno hurry
fo®them. I'll stop in and get them some
time when I’m passing here.”

After stopping a moment in front ofa
pier-glass to admire the shape of his new
purchase, the old gentleman walked creaki-
ly out of the door, and a moment later was
lost to view in the crowd of pedestrians on
the street.

‘Do you think that old gentleman will ev-
er call for these,” - asked the merchant of a
prospective customer who was warming one
end of the sofa.

“I guess so. He looks as if he was able
to pay for them when the work is done.”

“That is not the question,” continued the
dealer. ‘“‘He is able to buy half a dozen shoe
stores and keep them for his own custom.
He is the president of the bank on the next
corner. Of course he can pay for them, but
do you think he will ever remember to call
for them?”

“J don’t know. Anold business man is
generally supposed to remember anything he
orders done.”

“That may be a general rule, but the shoe-
store order is an exception. I'll bet ten to
one that he will.never mention those shoes
again.” *

“Then you won't repair them until they
are called for?”

“Indeed I will. Suppose he should hap-
pen to send for them next week. If they
weren’t done, I should lose his custom.
Bankers always expect their tailors and
shoemakers to be prompt.”

“What will you do?” inquired the young
man, who was now interested in discovering
how the dealer was to escape from his ap-
parent dilemma.

“JT shall do as I have with him three times
a year for the past twenty years. 1 will re-
pair them as soon as the cobbler gets spare
time. Then I’ll put them away until he
comes in to buy anew pair. If he dosen’t
mention them, then I will sell them. You
see they are not half worn out, and as they
were originally made of the finest kind of
stock they will be worth fully half-price
when they are once put in first-class condi-
tion. Come here, and I’ll show you,” con-
tinued the merchant, as he led the customer
tothe rear of the store, where a series of
pigeon-holes covered one entire end of the
room. ‘Every one of those holes contains a
a pair of shoes or boots left here to be re-
e@ paired. These are carefully looked over
every few weeks, and those that have been
here six months are put into these lower
shelyes to be sold again. & great many
times,” he continued, “young men leave
their boots and never call for them. Per-
haps they can’t raise the money, maybe they
forget where they left them, but usually
they don’t need them until their new boots
are worn out. Then when they call we tell
them it has been so long they have been
sold.” :

“What proportion of shoes left here are
ever called for?”

“About three-quarters. I can sell youa
a nice pair of second-hand shoes for half-
price that will just suit you. They were
worn by one of the richest young men in the
city. I made them myself, and they are as
goodjas new. What size do you wear?”

But the young man was not proud if he
was poor, and preferred a cheaper pair of
new goods, and thereby probably missed the
only chance he will ever have of stepping
into a rich man’s shoes.

————— i)

A movement has been started in Chicago
called the Chicago Grocery Clerks’ Benevo-
lent Association, which is to admit all ex-
perienced grocery clerks to membership. It
will endeavor to raise a fund to provide for
the sick and distressed members, to help the
unemployed to situations and to help the
members toward mutual, social and literary
improvement. =

—  -9-

About 140,000 of the 1,100,000 employes
in the textile factories of Great Britain are
under 13 years old. In her worshops the
United States employes nearly 3,000,000
people, of whom about 90,000 are in woolen
goods, +0,000 in silk goods, 180,000 in cotton
goods and 22,000 in carpets.

—___—~.>_2 <> _____—

Acid drinks during cholera epidemics are
recommended by Dr. Koch. <A chemist says
in this regard that the workmen in vitrol
manufactories, who use as a beverag@ diluted
sulphuric acid sweetened with sugar or mc-
lasses, have never been known to be attack-
ed by diseases.

asked the mer-

They are worth it,

A business card of the trader oecasionally
placed in the basket, when goods are leaving
the store or accompanying the order to its
destination, no matter what the purchase
may be, often does good service. Dealers
should not be afraid of using business cards
generously.

 

TIME TABLES.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives. Leaves.
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex 8:45pm 9:00pm
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:20am 10:25am
Ft. Wayne &G’d Rapids Ex 3:55 p m .
G’d Rapids & Cadillac Ac. 7:10am

GOING SOUTH.

G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:00am
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:0§pm 4:35pm
Mackinac & Ft.WayreEx..10:2.am 11:45pm

Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40 pm

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train leaving at 9:00 o’clock p. m.
has Woodruff Sleeping Cars for Petoskey and
Mackinae City. Train leaving at 10:25a.m. has
eo Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse
Jity.

South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m. bas Wood-
ruff Sleeping Car tor Cincinnati.

Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’!} Pass. Agent.

 

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

Arrive. Leave.
RUROIORS-- 88 7:00 pm 7:35 am
MAH 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 can be secured at Union Ticket office,
67 Monre street and depot.

J. W. MeKENNEY, Gen’! Agent.

 

Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division.

DEPART.
*Detroit EXPTess.................-:..-. 6:00 am
ai0ay WXONESS......--.--. 8... ess. 12:25 5m
*New York Fast Line.................. 6:00 pm
tA tT antic HXpYess. .-...............-..- 9:20 pm
ARRIVE.
*Pacific FWxpress.........--..........2- 6:4 am
*10cal PASSCNREr....:....---.--. 25-055 11:20 am
AMO 2 eee 3:20 p m
+Grand Rapids Express............... 10:25 p m

+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 Perlor Car for Detroit,
reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30
a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day.

A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except
Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv-
ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m.

J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’! Agent.

 

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING EAST.

 

Arrives. Leaves.
+Steamboat Express....... 6:10am 6:20am
*Through Mail....... ..-10:15am 10:20am
+Evening Express... ..... 3:20pm 3:55pm
*Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm
+Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 a m

GOING WEST.
+Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55pm
+Through Mail........ .-- 5:00pm 5:30pm
+Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35pm
PMAKGO 2 oe. 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.

oo Cars on Mail Trains, both East and
yest.

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
eonnect Tuesdays and Thursdays with Good-
rich steamers for Chicago.

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

D. POTTER, City Pass. Agent.

GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago.

 

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves. Arrives,
oMai ee 9:15am 4:00pm
+Day Express.............. 12:25pm 10:45pm
*Night Express............ 8:35pm 6:10am
Maxed 2 oe es 6:10am 10:05pm

*Daily. +Daily except Sunday.

Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains.
Through parlor car in charge of careful at-
tendants without extra charge to Chicago on
12:25 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a.m. and
8:35 p. m. trains. :

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves. Arrives.
Mixed. -...............:..-. bam 5:15 p m
URPIOSS. 5 4:10pm 8:30pm
MXDUVCSS .... 35... 8:30am 10:15am

Trains connect at Archeravenue for Chicago
as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m
The Northernterminus of this Division is at
Baldwin, where close connection is made with
F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and
Manistee.
. H. PALMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

 

 

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PORTABLE AND STATIONARY

ENGIN HS

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

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

Grand Rapids Wire Works
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Manufacturers of All Kinds of

YA7IRE YATORK!

92 MONROE STREET.

MUSKRECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ANDREW WIERENGO,

Wholesale

GROCHR,

WIERENGO NEW BLOCK

 

Pine Street - -

TO FRUIT

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Wn

Muskegon, Mich.

CROWERS

_ MUSKEGON
BASKET FACTORY !

Is now in full operation manufacturing all
kinds of

FRUIT PACKAGES, ETC.

 

 

   
 
 

 

 
    

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Prices the Lowest.
Quality Guaranteed.

 

 

MUSKEGON NOVELTY IRON WORKS

Manufacturers of the

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. 361 Western Avenue.

$. S. MORRIS & BRO.,

PACKERS
--AND—

Jobbers of Provisions,
CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS.

Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty.

 

Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water Street.

W.D.CAREY & CO.

Successors to Carey & Lander,

 

GENERAL

Commission Merchants

—AND JOBBERS 0F—
EFiruits and Produce.

ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES.

Klme’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.

ORCUTT & COMPANY,

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION

Batter, Rae, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Boel, Pork, Produce

MUSKEGON , MICH.

 

 

Consignments Solicited.

CLARK, JEHWELL & CO,

WEROLESA LIE

Groceries and Provisions,

83, 85 and 87 PEARL STRERT and 114, £16, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET,
GRAND RAPIDS, = - * MICHIGAN.

Choice Butter a Specialty !

 

 

 

 

BANANAS, LEMONS, EGGS, CHEESE, VEG-
ETABLES, APPLES, CIDER.

Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders.

M,C, Russell, 48 Ottawa St., 6’d Rapids,

 

HLDS, BULKLEY & LEMON,

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTHRS

AL cP

Wholesale 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 do
well to send for samples and quotations before buying new Teas.

Soaps.

Again we remind the Trade that we are the Sole Agents in this market for the well-
known and popular Soaps of LAUTZ BROS. & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. Below 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, -
Master, ete.

These goods we sell regularly at the Manwfacturers’ Prices, and deliver themjin}1¢
box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan@freight prepaid. Please send forprice-,
lists and samples. See quotations on Grocery Page.

Starch. ©

We are also the Sole Agents here for the NIAGARA STARCH WORKS’ Starch, of
Butfalo, N. Y., which we sell at the manufacturers’ prices, freights prepaid on} al}
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
and briar pipes, gold and silver plated tobacco and match boxes, ete., 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 Cireulars and Price-lists relative to this departinent. Parties desiring new:
stocks will find it to their decided advantage to come and see us before purchasing.

Crosse & Blackwell’s English Pickles, Cuftis Bros.’ Salad Dressing.

Mottled German, Lautz Soap, Savon Republique;

Lea & Perrins’ English Sauce. Durkee & Co.’s “ e
Holford’s if e A. Lusk & Co,’s California Peaches.
-Piecadilly = = _ " Green Gages.
Colman’s Mustand.. ss 6 Apricots.
James Epps’ eS Breakfast Cocoa.. “ ss Egg Plums.
Choice Brands of French Peas. “ “ Pears:

se “  ~ Mushroons.. = < Quinces.

af Italian Macarroni, 1 tb pkg.. = “© Grapes.

“ “  Vermicella. . ‘© Cherries.

China Preserved Ginger; all size jars,
Knowles &.Andersen’s Jams-and Jellies.

Queen Olives, 16 02° and 27 oz. bottles..
French Capers, genuine imported in bottle.
Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn..

We are sole, agents for the Rochester Ready Cooked Food Co.’s Desicated and Cooked!
Oat Meal, Hominy, Wheat, Beans and Peas. Send us a trial order: for these goods. AIb
correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention.

 

SUELDS, BULKLEY &. LEMON,