> —_— VOL. 2. 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 COVE & SONS 73 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. A. A. CRIPPEN, e 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. SEEDS FIELD AND GARDEN, ——_AT—— WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. 7. LAMOREAUZ, Agent JOHN CAULFIELD Is our Agent in Grand Rapids for our FAMOUS ALVANIC SUAT The best easy washer manufactured. B, J, JOHNSON & CO., MILWAUKEE. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & 00, Mich., Wholesale and Retail Grand Rapids, IRON PIPE, Brass Goons, InoN AND BRASS FITTINGS MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES, PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS, —And Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. (Established 1866) is acknowledged to be the most complete,thorough, practical, economical and truly popular school of its kind. Igemand 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 Climax PLUG TOBACCO With Red Tin Tag, is the best? Is the purest; is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo- lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as is the« case with many other tobaccos? Lorillard’s Rose Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco is also made of the finest stock, and for aro- matie chewing quality is second to none. Lorillard’s Navy Clippings take first rank as a solid durable smoking to- bacco wherever introduced. Lorillard’s Famous Snuffs have been used for over 124 years, and are sold to a larger extent than any others. Hercilles Powder. THE GREAT STUMP and ROCK Annihilator. SEND FOR PRICES. JOHN CAULFIELD, General Wholesale Dealer. . OvsSTERS! | We duplicate Ghicago and Detroit prices and guarantee as strictly fresh stock and as well filled cans as any in the market—at bottom prices. SEEDS: Clover, Timothy and all kinds field seeds at | bottom prices. Write for quotations when in need of seeds. Green and Dried Fruits, Butter, Eggs, and all kinds of Produce. 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. Sce prices in Price-List. Hartord Chemical Gu HAWKINS & PERRY STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. $A, WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LOMDErMAN'S Supplies —AND— NOTIONS! PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY, UNDER- WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, SUS- PENDERS, STATIONERY, POCKET CUT- TLERY, THREAD, COMBS, BUTTONS, SMOK- ERS’ SUNDRIES, HARMONICAS, VIOLIN STRINGS, ETC. I am represented on the road by the fol- lowing well-known travelers: JoHN D. MAN- Gum, A. M. SpRAGUE, JoHN H. EACKER, L. R. Cesna, Geo. W. N. DE JONGE. FRANK BERLES House Salesman. 24 Pearl Street — - 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 Engravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- cluding Buildings, Ete., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, (irand Rapids, Mich. EDMUND 8, DIKEMAN, GREAT WATCH MAKER, JINWELER, 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Oranges and Lemons. MOSELEY BROS., | Why is it So? BY FATHER RYAN. Some find work where some find rest, And so the weary world goes on; T sometimes wonder what is best; The answer comes when life is gone. Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake, And so the dreary night hours go; Some hearts beat where some hearts break; I often wonder why ’tis so. Some hands fold where other hands Are lifted bravely in the strife; And so thro’ ages and thro’ lands Move on the two extremes of life. Some feet halt while some feet tread In tireless march, a thorny way; Some struggle on where some have fled; Some seek, where others shun, the fray. Some sleep on while others keep The vigils of the true and brave; They will not rest till roses creep Around their names above the grave. ee = Good and Bad Salesmen—A Comparison. From the Industrial Age. The failure of many salesmen may be at- tributed to a lack of thorough interest in their work. Inthe business world success depends very much on the itensity of thought and pur- pese. A man must believe in the superiority of his own goods before he can expect others to entertain a similar belief. Not infrequently salesmen are found who believe that every body else’s goods are better than theirs. The faith of such persons is constantly being pinned to the sleeves of their competitors. How such individuals can expect to make a success in life we fail to understand. When one enters the arena of trade he must expect to meet with opposition and go prepared to encounter it. He is a poor soldier who is ready to capitulate when first confronted with the enemy. So he is a poor salesman who begins at once to loose faith in his own goods as soon as he chances to meet with any one who dis- parages them. We can imagine the case of A, who has start- ed forth to sell a certain line. He meets B, to whom he attempts to make asale. Bis one of those negative persons who have always a bad word for everybody and everything. He com- mences to run down A’s line, extols the goods of a competitor, and draws the most unfavor- able comparison between the two. Immedia- tely A’s heart fails him, and he concludes that he is indeed handling the wrong line. Intstead otf manfully defending his goods he lets B per- suade him that they are inferior to those of another, and thus allows himself to be placed in a frame of mind precluding the possibility of selling B. or, for that matter, any one else, unless, perchance, he afterwards meets with some one who can impart to him a little back- bone. A salesman should remember that all criti- cisms are not fair, nor just, and that those who go out of their way to speak in derogation of certain goods may have an axe of theirown to grind. The best articles are as likely to re- ceive adverse criticism asthe poorest. Often those who essay to speak in contemptuous terms of an article are ignorant of its merits or biased in their judgment. Hence it is fool- ish to let such unfriendly remarks unduly in- fluence the mind. A salesman should not set out to make sales until he is pretty thoroughly acquainted with the merits of his goods, and, being thus in- formed, he should stand ready to maintain his ground against all opposition. Men of strong wills and having a fair knowledge of the world will not be affected by any kind of opposition, unless it be tospurthem on to greater exer- tions. Good salesmen will always be found to be be- lievers in the virtue of the things they sell. There may be exceptions to this rule, but if such there be they are of rare occurrence. The most successful business men are those who have the greatest faith not only in the enter- prises in which they engage, but likewise in their ability tosuccessfully carry through such enterprises. Thus the trained salesman never starts out on a trip predicting failure. He be- lieves in his ability to master all difficulties, and itisthis very self assurance that makes success possible. But the man who gocs forth doubting his ability to accomplish favorable results, doubting that his goods are of the right sort and as good as they should be, fearing that they will not meet with the purchaser’s requirements, will not succeed. No man ever made a fortune who lacked faith in himself or his enterprise. That salesman, it may also be said, is a failure, who, like a shuttel-cock, can be turned by every breeze of opposition. Those who rise are men of nerve and of self- reliance, believing in themselves and in the goods they sell. —> o> ae Give the Boys a Chance. From the American Storekeeper. If you havea bright young fellow in your employ, who has ideas of his own, give him a chance to work them out and testthem. Don’t be jealous of him or think because you are old enough to be his father, there’s nothing he can possibly have discovered that you have not already encountered in your long experience. He may have genius that will make him more dollars in the next ten years than your experi- ence of thirty will ever!make for you. Consult him as to the tastes of the customers he meets, and take his advice to some extent before mak- ing extensive purchases. If he has any genius, your confidence will help develop it. Let him arrange certain portions of the stock to suit himself, and mark the result. If he thinks a reduction of price on some articles would increase their sale, try it, and test the young man’s judgment. Don’t shut yourself up with your ideas, likea clam, againt allthe world. The chance you give him may be his opportunity to show what he’s made of, and perhaps later on you'll find it worth while to “take in” his ability with your capital. Such “teams” are often the most successful ones; your experience acting as a sort of balance wheel to steady the concern and give it dignity, while his energy and enterprise will keep the machinery well oiled and free from dust. If the young man hasa natural ability in merchandis- ing, you should be first to see and profit by it. Give him a chance to show his capabilities, or else don’t wonder when you hear some day that he is estsblished in a distant town as its most prosperous merchant, why he “never showed any partic’lar snap ‘round here.”’ ——_-__<>-- 9 <—————— Glass shingles are now used and bid fair to become popular. They are strong, durable and cheap. ~The Michigan Tradesm GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1884. ' The Advantages of ». Longer Tenure of | Office. i Beyond doubt the belief is gaining ground | among the American people that the tenure of | office in political positions in this country is at | present too short. The people are learning that it is better to get a good officer and keep him long in office than it is to be constantly | changing. The great cause of the political | apathy that is so patent in this campaign lies in the fact that the people are bored by being | obliged to go to work and elect a new presi- dent when they already have one that is en- tirely satisfactory. The average man is busy. He has afiairs of his own to attend to, plenty of them, and small odds is itto him what man is elected, as long as he is a good oflicer. The people are tired of turning out and mak- ing a big hurrah just to toot this man or that into office. What they want is a good govern-! ment and little fuss about it, and time and lib- | erty to attend to their own affairs. Besides this, the community is learning that it is not the greatest blessing in the world to | be chosen to a political position. Such places | are good enough while they last, but they do not last so very long, at best, and when they | do go out from under their occupants they leave them in a very unenviable position, An oftice is an excellent place to step into. Itisa very hard place to step out of successfully. The reason for this is manifest. If a man is | a faithful officer he devotes all his time and energies to the duties of the office. All other affairs are neglected. The world outside goes on, and the office-holder stays behind, so faras all business affairs not connected with his of- fice are concerned. He knows his office work well, and it is about all he does know. From this work he is forced by the expiration of his | term. He goes out, but what has he to go in- to? Nothing. So, for this cause also, the people are learn- ing that it is better to make the terms of office longer and elections less frequent. There is another side to this question, the side made prominent by Mr. Herbert Spencer, who holds that in a Republic it is necessary that there be frequent elections and that terms of office be short, lest public interest die out of the hearts of the people; butfor the present there seems to be small danger on this side of the issue. Too much, rather than too little do our people now dabble in politics, and a large decrease on present attainments in this direction could be experienced all over this country without detriment to person or prop- erty or the nation as a whole. It is issues, live issues, that stir the people and make them pa- triotic, willing to turn out and endure all things so that their side of the question may | win, but merely to hurrah and march about | that this man or that may occupy a certain place, for this they have little care. The chances are many to one that if the presiden- tial office extended over aterm of eight years rather than four, if representatives were elected for four years instead of two, and if senators were chosen for twelve years instead of six, it would be better for all parties con- cerned. The Farmer’s Private Raiload Station. From the Chicago Herald.” “We made a singular discovery the other day,” remarked an official of a road running into Chicago. ‘‘About three miles beyond a eertain station on our line there is a farm house by the side of the track. Just beyond the farm house is a little creek, over which there is asmall bridge. About four years ago some repairs were made to the little bridge, and, of course, the bridge gang put up a sign- board ‘Run Slow’ on either side during the day or so the bridge was weakened. When they had finished their work they went off and for- got the signs. The fret is, the boards had dis- appeared, and they didn’t take the trouble to hunt them up. “Some weeks afterward, no one knows just when, those signs reappeared in their former places. Nobody knew who put them there or for what. Nobody cared. If the seetion men ‘noticed them at all they thought the bridge men had done it. It was none of the engi- neers’ business; why they were there—it was their duty to observe regulations, which re- quired them to slow down at all such signs. Observe regulations they did. Forabout four years not atrain had passed over that little bridge without slowing almost to a standstill. The culvert, for that’s all it is, has been as safe as any part of the roadbed, and yet stopping and starting of trains there has cost this com- pany thousands of dollars. You know, it costs money to stop and start trains. “You are wondering how it all comes about, of course. Well, that farmer stole those boards and put them up again at his leisure. For four years he has been going into town or coming from it on our trains, getting on or off right at his own door. It was a slick scheme, and how he must have laughed at us and en- joyed it all the while. But his game is up now, and the engineers are having their revenge by keeping up an infernal sereeching of their whistles at all hours of the day or night when- ever they pass that farm house.” > 2. Report of the State Salt Inspector for Sep- tember. State Salt Inspector Hill’s report of the amount of salt inspected in Michigan durin September is as follows: 1s Bbls. Saginaw COUNTY.......... 6. ee eee eee eee eee 155,994 Bay COUNLY........- ee eee eee tree etter es 127,082 Huron GOUNtY....... cece eect ee ee ee eee ees 80,675 TOSCO COUNTY .....- 0 cece eee eee cette e ens 34,320 Manistee county.........-..-++ eee eee . 18,114 Midland COUNLY.......... cee ee ee eee eee ees 7,664 St. Clair CoUNtY...... 6... cece eee eee eee 6,882 Gratiot COUNTY.......... 0. cece eee eee eres 400 é MOEA): «cobs cece cssnsecte ss rts tseete ese 381,131 The inspection year commences December 1. The output for the ten months of the present year is a great increase over that of any simi- lar period in previous years, aggregating 2,486,- 411 barrels. The total output for the present year will probably exceed 3,000,000 barrels. —_———__»>->—_—_— An inventory of the estate of the late Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the harvester, shows a total valuation of nearly twenty mil- lions of dollars. The executors of this colossal trust furnished a bond for thirty millions. The average weight of a clock movement is one and one-half ounces, of which ninety per cent. is brass and the remainder steel. The value of the brass is thirty cents a pound and the steel sixty-three. ' feeling which prevailed in others, he might be | ' exeused if he had wondered upon what we! ' their business for any of these, aye, even to ' doso. And yet, there is a certain clement ina | affect business to a certain extent and that is 29 The Condition of Trade. The Sardine Business in Eastern Maine. Some little time ago we took occasion to say in this journal that from the then existing in- | dications we had every reason to believe that the coming fall and winter would be one of in- creased activity in business circles, and that we might reasonably look forward toa speedy | return to some semblance of our former pros- | perous times. At that time when the merchants and bankers throughout the country had hard- ly as yet recovered from the then recent dis- turbances in Wall street and the heavy, and in most cases, entirely unexpected failure of several large business houses, had almost en- | tirely dispelled all hope of a near return to | better times, our statemeut may have appear- ed to some to be somewhat out of place. Then, again, when one looked about him and | The sardine factories at Eastport and vicin- ity are not deing so large a business as last year, but a much better and more legitimate business. Like most all new enterprises, the first inception of the business was necessarily erude in its methods. The smoked herring fishery having dwindied to small fish for sev- eral years, the idea of utilizing them for sar- dines was readily seized upon by many of the herring packers, and the markets were soon glutted by a new and experimental article of food, and for want of knowledge and care, in many instances a very inferior article, having no brand or trademark to fix the responsibility of fraud and imitation where it belonged. Hence the inevitable re-action in this business is now being realized, and the prospect is that saw the deplorable condition of several of the | the business will not reach the value of a mil- leading markets, particularly the coal andiron | lion or more dollars, as it did last year, at East- markets, and beheld the nervous, uncertain | port this season. But better methods are being adopted by a majority of the leading packers. Much im- provement has been made in the process, and every box now put up bears not only the trade-mark brand, but the name of the peck- ers. And by the new process these fish are as nice and palatable as the French sardines, and must eventually obtain a very large sale, for this business has come to stay. The temporary loss of sardine packing, es- pecially at Lubee, is largely compensated by ‘the revival of the smoked herring business, These fish are coming into the weirs of late in larger numbers and of better quality than has been known in the past nine years; and the numerous smoke houses and weirs are in such full blast as to give the old times busy aspect to the borders of the ‘‘Narrows,” and the tour- ists sojourning at the “Owen” and Tyn-y-coed on Campobello, and the “‘Quoddy” at Eastport, as well as atthe private mansions at Lubec, are feasting upon large, fat, fresh herring, which are nice and palatable when well cook- ed fresh from the water. The sardine fishery has given a good deal of snap to business in and about Eastport and Lubee, since it has brought a new line of sup- plies, opened employment for numerous op- eratives, and transportation for vesse!s and steamers, which, together with the increasing influx of summer visitors to the attractive and picturesque locality of so much grand and beautiful scenery, and cool, delicious climate, has given a marked impetus to various branches of trade, and an improved appear- ance to the locality. had based our prediction. Again, the factthat this was a presidential! year, and that the cam- paign gave promise of being one of unusual bitterness, in which men would neglect their business interests for political purposes, was | also thought by some suflicient reason to make any improvement in business this fall some what problematical, to say the least. There is considerable of that ingredient known to contemporaneous literature as “bun- come” about any such statement as this, for men may talk themselves hoarse extolling the virtues of the candidate of their own party, may parade their pedal extremities off in the processions, in honor of the “people’s choice,”’ and do any quantity of other equally as pa- triotic things, but when it comes to neglecting vote, very few of them, indeed, are found to presidential campaign which does more or less the feeling of unsettledness which prevails pretty generally until after the result of the election is definitely known and the dread of the effect upon business interests of the advent of a new party into power with its consequent change in the policy of the government. Forallthat, however, business among certain branches of trade, has steadily increased during the past month or two, and gives prom- ise of being still better before the year is out. With few, exceptions, most of our patrons re- port that they are now doing what they con- sider a good business, and one firm reports they have received so many orders that they are greatly pushed to fill them in time to suit their customers, while another house declares that they have all that they can do to keep up with the demands made uyon them. From one of our merchants comes the somewhat bitter wail that he is so busy he cannot find time to go out to eat, while not far from him another gentleman in a different branch of trade, says that business is brisk enough, but that payments are not quite so lively. One of the largest dealers reports that his business during the past month was far in excess of that of the same month of last year, and that he expects during the present month to do still better. Such is the nature of the answers which, with but few exceptions we have received to our inquiries eoncerning the state of trade. A sim- ilar state of affairs appears to exist in other business cireles, and there is but little doubt that business generally is in a healthier and more satisfactory condition to-day than it was three months ago. <-> Longer Credits Desirable. Mr. J. Schcenhof discusses the origin of the practice of dating bills ahead andthe relations of that practice of the credit system in a recent issue of Bradstreet’s. He shows that in earlier times the necessity of an allowance of time in which to effect liquidations upon manufactur- ed goods was recognized in the usage of trad- ing on four or six months’ time against the ae- | ceptance or promissory note indorsed by the seller of the goods and discounted by the banks. After the war this usage gradually gave place to the so-called cash system—that of selling on ten or thirty days’ time. Greater credits were soon called for by the shrinkage of prices and slower circulation, and the time was somewhat extended, ana finally the system of dating ahead was resorted to in order to maintain the fiction of a cash basis. Among the results of the system have beenthe disap- pearance of regular business paper and the substitution therefor of accommodation and single-name paper, the refusal or reluctance of banks to buy or discount which left bor- rowers in a peculiarly unfortunate position. Mr. Schcenhot suggests the rejection of the fiction of a cash basis anda return to the regu- lar credit system of four and six months. This, he thinks, is demanded by the necessities of the situation. He further advocates the aboli- tion of the usury laws so that whatever loans may be required from the banks in excess of those guaranteed by regular business paper may be negotiated freely between the con- tracting parties and further that the money lenders may be able tocompensate themselves in the rate of discount for the risks they take. ————_.- o> —--S- 0a The growthof the South continues to aston- ish the people of,the sluggish , Eastern and Middle States. When wealth is accumulating in the South at the rate of $160,000,000 a year, when the railroad mileage is keeping pace with the increase of wealth, and when the number of spindles has been doubled since theccensus year, when they read about such facts as these they begin to think that the South has afuture and to wonder how such things can be out of their own section. Then, too, they see that Southern cotton mills are dividing from fifteen to twenty per cent. on the capital invested, when their own mills are struggling to keep out of brnkruptey. Altogether, the Southern side of the country is looking up. ~~ < Decomposing Sugar. “Real Jam,” writing to the London Times, thinks that ‘while the subject is being discuss- ed,it may not be amiss to place before the public the simple fact that beet-root sugar decomposes fruits, while cane sugar preserves them. As many people, by the advice of Mr. Gladstone, are at present turning their thoughts to mak- ing jam, it may be useful to them to know be» forehand the false economy of using beet-root. sugar for that purpose. Sugar, too, that de- composes jam cannot be so nourishing to the human frame. Could the sale of these two classes of sugar be kept quite distinct aa apart by act of parliament, the public would soon learn to distinguish the genuine article from the sham, at least that portion of them blessed with eyes and noses and brains suf- ficient to judge the merits of an article by re- sults, and not by the price paid for it.” ——_——<-0 _<» — A German industry is the coloring of meer- schaums. The pipe or cigar holder is suspend- edin a tightly closed box, and smoke from damp, strong, black tobacco is blown over and ° through it until the desired color is gained. A mighty fortune awaits the inventor of a process for fire-proofing wood. One hundred million dollars’ worth of property, through the combustible nature of wood, is destroyed every year in the United States. The bank-note paper on which American legal tender, national bank note currency, and government bonds are printed is made entirely at Dalton, Mass. It is said that Senator Jones, of Nevada, thinks favorably of investing in gold and sil- ver mining operations in the Upper Peninsula. v The Michigan Tradesinal. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Horcantile and Nanufacturing Interests of the Siate, BE. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Win. Logie. First 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, Win. G. Hawkins, Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford. Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. Retribution reaches cut and gathers them allin. A man who played the accordion was hanged down in Indiana the other day. A AO PERLE ET ER ME The eutter Corwin has discovered a new voleano in Alaska. If there is anything this country is particularly in need of it is a volcano. SERN NESE ET EO The Chicago courts are after the so-called quack doctors. It would also be beneficial if they would stir up the quacks in other branches of business in that city. The Northwestern Lumberman very per- tinently remarks: ‘Lumber is king this year with a vengeance and is ruling some of the manufacturers with a rod of pine.” America is still young and we have _hard- ly yet sampled the great resources of the land, yet the statistics tell us that the Unit- ed Sates is already the greatest producing country in the world. his own banker and hides his money under his bed always leearns something, sooner or later. It cost a Pennsylvania farmer $1,100 to learn it the other day. The permanent organization of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Exchange is gradually being effected, the project meet- ing with the cordial co-operation and sup- port of nearly every jobber and manufactur- er at this market. NE I SE The steps taken by the pharmacists of this city to effect an organization are to be commended, no matter in what light the matter is viewed. It is a move in the right direction, aud will assuredly meet with the success it merits, and be fruitful of good re- sults. RE SE ONT Grand Rapids has rather more than the usual quota of reputable attorneys, but the city is likewise cursed with no inconsider- able number of shysters, who prey upon the credulity and misfortunes of others. Mer- chants having oecasion to negotiate witha member of the legal profession should invar- ably select men of repute and standing. The list of patent medicines sold under the Campion plan, which will be found en- tire on the drug page, will be of use to every druggist and should be clipped and pasted up in a convenient place for future reference. It is believed that this is the first time the list has appeared in any paper, it having previously existed only in the form of circu- lars in the possession of the jobbing trade. The following prophesy relative to the winter will cheer the heart and broaden the countenance of every coal dealer in the country: ‘‘Aecording to the old Indian hor- net sign, we may look for an extraordinaryly severe winter. All the nests we have found this year in the woods are built on the ground. When they are suspended from trees and high up it is a sign of a mild win- ter. Our old prognasticators say that they have never known this sign to fail.” Mr. Lambert’s second communication rel- ative to cheese poisoning has been received and will appear in these columns next week. In this paper the writer brings new proofs to the. aid of his theory, and discusses a ques- tion that has not heretofore received any at- tention from writers on that subject, viz, the dangers that menace the dairy interest in case the butterine manufacturers make a handle of the frequent cases of poisoning resulting from the use of natural milk pro- ducts. “The location of a store,” pertinently re- marks an exchange, ‘‘has much to do with its success or failure, and we believe that retailers are often too careless in the selec- tion of their place of business.” To locate on some side street becamse rent there is cheaper is a fatal mistake, as many a dealer has found out to his cost. That was sound advice the old man gaveto his boy, who went on his first journey, “‘to follow the crowd.” So, if you want to do business, go where business is. Retail dealers are taking an active inter- est in the presidential campaign—that is, they are studying every means of' hiding, chaining down and locking up their boxes, ‘parrels and other materials that would serve to make campaign bon-fires. The country must be saved. > -o<—>—-_-—_——— Spain is the greatest lead-producing coun- try in the world. America has the second place for this product. -' and Quimby street. AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. E. C. Foot has engaged in the grocery bus- iness at West Carlyle. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the stock. S. Billargeon has engaged in the grocery business at South Boardman. John Caul- field furnished the stock. M. E. Sinclair has engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Plainfield avenue Cody, Ball & Co. fur- nished the stock. “Are you selling Frank Chickering now?” asked one groceryman of another a few days ago. ‘Yes,’ was the reply, “he is in better shape now than he was before he failed.” O. E. Noreross has purchased the building at Muskegon formerly occupied by Henry Principaal and the remnants of the latter’s grocery stock. Fox, Musselman & Lover- idge furnished the remainder of the stock. C. G. McCulloch & Co. have settled with all their creditors on the basis of 25 per eent., and the stock is now in their posses- sion. Whether they will close it cut, or arrangements will be made to continue the business under another firm name, is not yet definitely settled. AROUND THE STATE. B. Fink, clothier at Harrison, has given a bill of sale. KR. McKinnon has opened a meat market at Wayland. J. B. Lamphere, the Dexter hardware dealer, is dead. N. G. Burtt has moved into his new store building at Cross Village. J. F. Reemer succeeds J. J. Cretsinger in general trade at Richland. Alex. Sessions will shortly open a clothing and notion store at Wayland. R. N. Smith succeeds Campbell & Smith in the grocery trade at Luther. Dewey & McLean sueceed S. M. Turner in the grocery business at Quincy. H. H. Kelley succeeds Kelley & Franke in the meat business at Reed City. Munger & Sullivan succeed Geo. H. Judd in the clothing business at St. Johns. Wayland dealers have shipped over 500 barrels of apples to Chicago this fall. A.D. Loomis has moved his stock of drugs from Cross Village to Levering. Jap. Rowe & Bro. succeed Rod. Worden in the meat business at Benton Harbor. J. M. Flannagan succeeds Yeiter & Cop- pens in the boot and shoe business at Low- ell. H. Harrington bid in the Havens clothing stock at St. Louis, and will continue the bus- iness. De Nike & Robison, grocers at Ypsilanti, will dissolve partnership and retire from business. C. S. Gascoine, general dealer at Gowan, has given his creditors back stock to satisfy their claims. Duval & Huelmantle succeed Clovis Du- valin the merchant tailoring business at Traverse City. J. M. Dameron, the Bangor groceryman, is building an addition to his store, 18x3 feet in dimensions. A. D. Goldsberg, dry goods and clothing dealers at Ludington, have been closed un- der chattel mortgage. Hamlin, Miller & Co. succeed Dawes, Hamlin & Miller in the wholesale tobacco and oil business at Owosso. Richards & Huntley, druggists at Saranac, have sold out to Mr. Winegar, formerly with Hunt & Hunter, at Lowell. Fink & Knight, druggists at Edmore, have dissolved, C. S. Knight retiring. The busi- ness will he continued by N. Fink. D. J. Peacock, general dealer at Bridgton, has sold out to Boon, Earle & Co., who will continue the business. Dave will reengage in business as soon as heean find a desirable location. The firm of Castle & Huntly, composed of Alfred C. Castle and H. W. Huntly, meat dealers at Ovid, has been dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Castle. The business will be continued by Mr. Huntly. An Edgerton correspondent writes as fol- lows of a lady whose fame as a poet eclipses her success asa merchant: Mrs. Julia A. Moore was visiting friends here last week and trying to collect some of her store bills. Some of the men hid away to avoid a dun. Such men ought to be advertised. STRAY FACTS. Petoskey is to have a tannery. The Leland iron furnace has closed down for the season. Wm. L. Marsh, saw mill operator at Ros- common, is dead. i. W. Elliott & Son succeed E. Baldwin in the hotel business at Ludington. C. Merrill & Co., of East Saginaw, will put in 20,000,000 feet of logs this season. G. W. Dickinson succeeds Roberts & Gas- ser in the livery business at Harbor Springs. Archie Brown will put ihto Otsego Lake 6,000,000 feet of logs, to be sawed at that point. E. A. Reynolds contemplates starting a factory at Milan for the manufacture of his improved cheese box. The Manistique mills are running full handed, and will do so night and day until the close of the season. The American Mineral Paint Co., of Al- legan makes nineteen shades of color from its paint deposits at Swan Creek. It is estimated that 6,000,000 feet of Eng- lish deals have been this year shipped from ports on Lake Superior and Michigan. J. H. Waller, aCanadian, well known in northern Michigan, will operate in square timber, elm and pine, in Grand Traverse county the coming winter. R. Connable & Son of Petoskey are put- ting up an article of spiced whitefish and trout whichis said to be excellent eating and meet with a ready sale. Quite an extensive business will be done in Leelanaw county this winter in the way of getting out rock elm timber for eastern markets, and operations have already com- menced. Wright & Davis’ mill, at Bradford Lake, will have cut about 7,000,000 feet of lumber this season, and the firm expects to put in about 5,000,000 feet of logs the coming winter. Wright & Ketcham have begun operations on the Tittabawassee & Hope Railroad. They expect to put into the river for differ- ent parties 20,000,000 feet of logs against 40,000,000 feet last season. A box factory is being erected at Bay City, the frame of which is 100x150 feet, with 14 foot posts. The engine house will be separated from the main building, and will be of brick and stone. A. E, Cartier advertises that the mill and lumber firm of A. E. Cartier & Co., of West Troy, has dissolved, A. D. Ayres retiring. On the other hand, A. D. Ayers advertises that the firm is not dissolved by mutual con- sent and will not be until he is consulted. An Edgerton correspondent writes: Po- tatoes are coming into this market at the rate of 300 bushels per day, ane are selling for 25 cents per bushel for choice stock. The crop is exceedingly large in this section. About 40,000 bushels will be shipped from this station. Albert D. Botsford, Robert Memullen and Wm. L. Roseboom, doing business at Alba under the firm name of the Alba Handle Co., dissolved partnership on the 6th, Robert MeMullen retiring. The business will be continued by the remaining partners under the same name. The Roscommon Lumber Co., whose operations arein the Houghton Lake region of Roscommon county, has several new branches to its logging railroad, and will operate this season more extensively than ever. Itstrains will be run night and day. It is the intention of the company to put in 35,000,000 feet of logs. Crooked Legal Proceedings. A certain legal firm in this city is in the habit of securing a list of the creditors in assignment cases and telegraphing each ereditor for the amount of his claim. In many cases, the latter furnishes the desired information without first ascertaining the identity of the persons asking for the same, the natural supposition being that they are the attorneys for the assignee. The firm then represents to the assignee that they are the legal guardians of the claim secured in such underhanded manner, and on the strength of such assertion frequently induce the assignee to pay the them dividend declar- ed from the proceeds of the estate. They then subtract a considerable percentage for alleged traveling expenses in looking after the claim and commission for collecting the dividend, and forward the remainder to the claimant. The latter is naturally indignant toward the legal firm for usurping a power they were never authorized to possess, and subjecting him to an expense for which he received no equivalent and which was en- tirely unnecessary; but on looking the matter over and finding that the men who misrep- resented and defrauded him are irresponsi- ble, he usually coneludes to pocket the loss and say nothing. In their zeal to secure unearned remuner- ation, however, they sometimes meet with rebuffs that would crush men of ordinary decency and modesty. Temperance Mucilage, Irate Prohibitionist—See here, sir, that stuff is a fraud and I want my money. back. Stationer—Do you refer to that bottle of mucilage I sold you? “J certainly do. It is aregular humbug; no use at all.” “Why, my dear sir, 1 thought that was just what you wanted. It is called Temper- ance Mucilage.” “Temperance Mucilage?” “Yes; mucilage without any stick in it.” MUSKEGON MATTERS. Facts and Faccies Picked up at that Place. Orser & Smart, tailors, have dissolved, Smart succeeding. M. A. Olsen has moved into his new store building on the corner of Hudson and Mich- igan avenues. The Woodard Marmfacturing Co. is enter- ing upon the winter campaign with energy and enterprise. Wm. D. Carey & Co. are now represented on the road by W. H. Erwin, who is meet- ing with considerable success. Actual count reveals the fact that there are seventy-eight grocery stores in Muske- gon and the suburbs of the place. The firm of Perkins & Pellow, at North Muskegon, composed of G. W. Perkins and J. H. Pellow, has been dissolved, J. H. Pellow continuing. W.S. Demorest, formerly with Orcutt & Co., is handling Hancock’s celery, and con- templates engaging in the commission busi- ness on his own account. A dozen of the leading business men of Lakeside have concluded to visit the New Orleans exposition in a body. Most of theni will be accompanied by their wives. The firm of T. Hilkert & Co., composed of T. Hilkert, T. B. James and Edward D. Haines, was dissolved onthe 8th inst, Hil- kert retiring. The business will be continu ed by T. B. James & Co. Wn. Averill, formerly engaged in the re- tail grocery business under the firm name of Averill Bros., has engaged with Andrew Wierengo as traveling salesman. He will eover the city trade and contiguous terri- tory. Receiver Tate states that he has closed out the entire properly of the late Evenwood Manufacturing Co., with the exception of about 3,000,000 shingles and 100,000 feet of lumber. As soon as they are disposed of he will make an accounting and the court will declare a final dividend. A rather light-weight concern doing busi ness under the firm name of Ham Bros., 1s likely to meet with disaster, and it is not un- likely that one or more of the partners will land behind prison bars. One of the broth- ers is alleged to have obtained goods under false pretenses, by representing that the stock was free from incumbrance, whereas it was covered by a mortgage. A number of other crooked transactions stamp the boys as frauds, unworthy of respect or confi- dence. E. R. Ford has lately suffered considerable losses through the decline in Jumber and shingles, in consequence of which he has been obliged to adopt the usual methods to protect his creditors. He appears to have the sympathy of everyone in his present em- barrassment, and those who are acquainted with the true condition of his affairs affirm that he will yet come out at the top of the heap, and pay every creditor 100 cents on the dollar. The Pembroke K nitting Co. is rushed to its fullest capacity to keep pace with its orders. There are now in operation thirty- five knitting machines which produce a daily output of 100 dozen pairs of ladies’ and misses’ hose. The working force in- cludes fifty-six girls and women who work piece work at their homes. The winding capacity will shortly be doubled by the ad- dition of another machine, and other im- provements of a similar character are in con- templation. “Muskegon can present the best record, as regards failures, of any town in the State,” said a leading business man. No assignment has been filed with the county elerk since the Schimmel failure, about eight months ago, and the Schimmels came here to fail, so that it ought not te be charg- ed up against us. Considering the depend- ence we place on the lumber industry, and the depression that has marked that busi- ness during the past few months, I consider our freedom from failures of a disastrous nature as little less than remarkable.” Said a well-known Muskegon jobber: “I never offer a man a cigar or a treat of any kind for the purpose of influencing his trade, and if I suspect a man is offering me a treat of that character for the purpose of bribing me to buy of him, 1 ab- solutely refuse to have anything to do with him or his house. I believe in goods being sold on their merits, and the sooner every dealer takes a decided stand on the question, the better it will be for all con- cerned.” And there are thousands of busi- ness men who will say ‘‘amen’’ to this senti- ment. The Board of Trade, which was inaug- urated with a great flourish of trumpets less than a year ago, and from which organiza- tion no end of good results were anticipated, has failed to fulfill the promise of its ‘inaug- uration, few if any tangible benefits having been secured. The fault seems to lie in the fact that too much dependence was placed on the ability of one of the officers, who has made a signal failure. Again, alluring in- ducements were held out to secure the loca- tion of manufacturing enterprises—induce- ments which failed to materialize as soon as the business point was reachede Daniel L. Root, who purchased the crock- ery stock of the late firm of L. W. Schim mel & Co. of the assignee, has closed it out, thus removing the last vestige of that short- lived house. The firm are now offering to compromise with their creditors on the basis of 50 per cent. cash, and the majority have agreed to accept that figure, providing all the creditors come to time. Two or three of the heaviest creditors, however, refuse to accept anything less than the face of their claims, so that all attempts at compromise will undoubtedly fail. The opinion seems to be gaining strength that the two Schimmels deliberately set about to swindle their part- ners and creditors at the same time, and while they may be able to defeat the ends of justicein the former case it is not unlikely that the series of complications in which they have involved themselves in the latter may compel them to disgorge to the tune of 100 cents on the dollar. in the factory, besides thirty others who do | BUY, SEL TELE BEST COFFEE in the WORLD Chase: & Sanborn’s Standard Java. .W 8rranted My finest quality ntly PURE an a Ch ‘J grown, of the ef Sanborn, Boston, Always packed in Air-Tight Tin cases, thereby perfectly retaining Strength of Flavor. ; Over 15,000 Grocers Throughout the United States and Canada Pronounce it the FINEST COFFEE they ever sold and testify that it has large- ly increased their sales by its SUPERIOR QUALITY. The following testimonial coming as it does from one of the largest if not the largest gro- cers in the United States, is worthy of your consideration: CINCINNATI, December 20th, 1883. Messrs. CrrAsE & SANBORN, Boston, Mass. GENTLEMEN—In reply to yours of the 18th inst., asking our views in regard to the general excellence of your “ STANDARD JAVA,” will say that our house was founded in the year 1840, and from that time to the present our earnest united efforts have been to se- cure goods which represented the very highest grade of quality, and the suecess we have had and the reputation we enjoy we attribute to this policy. About a year ago our attention was called to your “STANDARD JAVA,” we person- ally tested it very carefully and to our mind it was most exd@llent. We then ordered a sample lot and placed it before our customers for approval, and it was pronounced by them a very fine Coffee. Since then as you know we have bought largely, and freely admit that it gives the best satisfaction. It is uniform in quality, and we have daily proofs from con- sumers that it is richer, finer flavored and more uniform than the Coffee we formerly sold which was the finest brand of Ankola or Mandeheling Java in the market. Yours respectfully, FSosaph R. Peebles’ Sons. Send for Sample Lot. We guarantee fo increase your Coife@irade, We have done it with others; we can with you. CHASE & SANBORN, Importers, Roasters and Packers, Boston, Mass. U. S&S. A. CANADIAN BRANCH, | MICHIGAN AGENT. 435 ST. PAUL STREET, zi. T. Chase, Montreal, P. Q. Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids. (Signed, ) CODY, BALL & CO. 2 SOLE OWNERS. HNTHRPRISH CIGAR CO,, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS AND POPULAR BRANDS OLYMPIA, —_ANID— LA BELLE SENORA. Grand Rapids, Mich. > a £ os Drugs & Medicines Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. OFFICERS. President—Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix. __ First Vice-President—Geo. M. MeDonald, Kal- amazoo. Second Vice-Preside. —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. SUBTLE SCENTS. Perfumes that Have Been Popular for Cen- turies. From the Chicago Tribune. There is a subtle, seductive something in a perfume that steals through the senses and breathes of beauty. It is the acknowledg- ment of a cultivated taste and a delicaie sen- sibility, for as the apostle of sweetness and light said: “Only the gentle-born is able to ignore the lotus or magnolia fat, with their own sweetness for the delicate primrose or -violet whose perfume can only be detected during moments of forgotten modesty.” “That is one of the differenees,” he contin- ues, ‘between a lady and the hoiden; one loves the vuluptuous tuberose while the chaste odor of the briar is one sense of imag- ination and one source of pleasure.” The origin of perfumes dates back to Moses, who designated the herbs and flowers to be used in seenting the tabernacle. ‘This showed that versatile patriarch to be a man of very sensitive nostrils to whom the fumes and odors from sacrificed bullocks and neg- lected carcasses of rams and sacred calves were not agreeable. By his direction after the removal of the colossal roasts, the altars were perfumed, and the burning incense was carried about the tabernacle in brass censers. Whenever the wise men wanted a favor from their younger but more powerful confrere they brought myrrh and frankin- cense and placed before him. The ancient Chinese always mingled fragrant oils spices, perfumes and scented woods with their pleasures as we now do flowers or music. The ointments and perfumes of the Phenician are among the lost arts and the old love of the Romans for sweet smells is still preserv- ed by the followers of their ereed. They were so prodigal in the use of them that they reserved territory in Syria for the cultiva- tion of buds and blossoms, which were dis- tilled or evaporated and used at the bath and in the sleeping and dining apartments. At the funeral of Nero’s wife over a million dollars worth of Arabian perfumes were us- ed, the consumption being so great that the air was heavy with ordorous vapors. Napoleon had such a passion for sweet odors that a shower of cologne-water follow- ed his morning bath, and on retiring he «aus- ed his night-robe to be sprinkled with ex- tracts of wild olives until it was so damp that it ought to have sent a hundred little chills and inflammatory pains chasing one another over his military body. The per- fumed baths of Josephine are proverbial, while her toilet washes of sweet oils and fragrant extracts, taken from luscious nuts and luxuriant flowers, are authority with all the dealers and manufacturers of toilet ar- ticles in the country. * Perfumes are made from cheese, old leath- er, tar, resin, and roots; but good perfumes are made only from carefully-picked and carefully preserved flowers. In France, the great market of rare and costly odors, the jasmine is extensively cultivated, and forms the basis of a number of perfumes. Almost any yariety will do, but the jasminum gran- diflorum is preferred. The weather has yery much to do with the success of the manufacture; the hotter the season the stronger the perfume of the jasmine, and, consequently, that of the extracts prepared. The little purple lavender plant is another standby for the manufacturer, and from it is obtained not only scent, but several distinct oils that are invaluable to the trade. Eng- lish-women especially have a preference for this flavor, which they distil themselves. The villagers among the English hills of Wellington formerly raised the entire crop used in commerce, but of late years the sup- ply has grown small and the price of laven- der waters and perfumes has become so high that the old ladies have been obliged to transfer their affections to some other odor. English grades have always been the stand- ard, but the imitation from Spain and Italy is often masqueraded as the genuine, and cosmetic dealers and manufacturers of col- ogne and extracts are readily deceived. Bar- bers have a weakness for lavender, which at best is a miserable mixture made from lav- ender oil and Orange water. There is probably more deception in attar of roses than in any other two varieties put together. As is well known, the very best samples come from Turkey, done up in gro- tesque little bottles; but prominent perfum- ers about Chicago say that fulfy 90 per cent. of the Smyrna and Bulgarian attar is made and bottled in the enterprising river towns of Connecticut. Along the Ganges River great quantities are made annually, but even in the East the preparation is adulterated with oil of rose geranium and Himalaya grass, which latter ingredient has become so valuable that an extensive trade is carried on with it. Only an expert can tell real at- tar of roses, and then the test is chemical. It congeals, if unadulterated, at 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and the crystals are large and almost transparent. The rose from which this precious oil is taken is the Damascina, ® the leaves of which are used for the manu- facture of rose-water. Nearly all the strong rose perfumes are based on the funereal tube, which, however, gets little or no favor among people of refin- ed taste, who never use a powerful odor. They prefer the chaste scent of the violet, about which the willowy Oscar Wilde talk- ed so much. The vio’ a odorata is the spec- ies most used, and the harvest, which lasts from Febuary to May, gives employment to hundreds of women and children. Wild ol- ives make a most deliciously delicate per- fume, made almost exclusively in Southern Europe; whence also is obtained thyme, an old fashioned but very agreeable odor. Rose- mary belongs exclusively to Sunny France; being the delicious perfume that it is, to make no mention of the beauty the poets have woven round it, it is always in demand and always high-priced. From the Malay Peninsula comes a curious little blossom called Patchouli of a most powerful odor— indeed a few drops of the oil will go a long way in.a quart bottle of distilled water. The verbena of our garden is never used, as is generally supposed, for making the col- ogne that bears its name. The commercial verbena is extracted from the lemon grasses of Singapore, but for all that deception it is a favorite with a great many connoisseurs. The lovely Provence,’ immortalized in “Traviata,” cultivates millions and millions of rose geraniums, from which is counter- feited essence of African geranium. The substitute is by no means an inexpensive one, as it takes 2,000 pounds of rose geran- ium to make two pounds of African. Mignonentte is anolher agreeable perfume, and a general favorite among fashionable club men. Both lemon and orange oils make delicate toilet waters, which are most used by the exquisites of the tropics. Lily of the valley is delicate but not dura- ble; however, nine out of every ten fastidu- ous brides use it on their bridal trousseaux. Heliotrope is another dainty fragrance, most effective when it emanates from a bit of rare old lace, or is wafted to the senses by the graceful sway of some antique fan. Cele brated beauties and old ladies who have had a romantie and varied girlhood always have it in their for-ever-and-ever boxes, and every old love-letter, odd glove, and silken souv- enir seems breathing forth the delicate scent. It seems almost sacrilegous to tell it, but the flower which figures so conspicuous- ly in all lovers’ floral albums does not sacri- fice its cluster head for the manufacture of the perfume that bears its name. Heliotrope comes from a mixture of violet and vanilla, and much as it is prized, is rarely to be had with these constituents unadulterated. The seductive bergamot is made from lem- on oil. The fruit is picked while green, 200 being required to yield a six-ounce bottle of perfume. Most of this comes from Messina, and notwithstanding the fruit is dirt cheap the perfume finds all its admirers among the wealthy. : The State Pharmaceutical Association. : While in Muskegon last week, a reporter for THE TRADESMAN called on Secretary Jesson and found that gentleman busy ar- ranging and editing the proceedings of the late convention, which will appear in pamphlet form in about six weeks. It will make a volume of about 200 pages, and on account of its paramount interest to the trade will be preserved by every member of the Association. Mr. Jesson states that the regularly installed members number 456, that ten applications for membership haye been received since the convention, and that nearly every mail brings inquiries regarding membership, etc. There is every reason for thinking that the next meeting will swell the membership to 600 o1: 650, the latter fig- ure representing exactly one-half the entire drug trade of the State. Mr. Jesson states that he regards the prospects as excellent for the passage of the legislative enactment the coming winter. A centain candidate for Senator has agreed to introduce and cham- pion the billin the Senate, in case of his election, and Mr. Wm. B. Wilson,who is run- nin® for Representative in the Muskegon district—with good prospect of an election, it is said—will father the bill in the House. Altogether, there is reason for encourage- ment, although much vigorous work remains to be done. Se Oe Local Druggists’ Organization. In response to a call, the following phar- macists assembled at the Morton House Thursday evening for the purpose of effect- ing a preliminary organization: Frank J. Wurzburg, John Peck, Ferdirnand Thum, Isaac Watts, J. S. Cowin, F. H. Escott, Wim. L. White, Wm. E. White, Adolph Wilson and C. Bauer. Frank J. Wurzburg was elected chairman and Frank H. Escott secre” tary. An expression of sentiments revealed the fact that all were heartily in favor of the proposed organization, anda committee com- posed of Messrs. Watts, Escott and Thum was selected to prepare a constitution and bylaws and present them at the next meeting. Messrs. Wm. L. White and John Peck were constituted a committee on time and place, and subsequently selected Thursday even- ing of the present week, as the time for the next meeting, at the same place as before. THE TRADESMAN bespeaks for the pro- posed organization the full measure of suc- cess it deserves, and suggests to every drug- gist in the city that his interest demands that he identify himself with the organiza- tion at the outset, and lend it every possible encouragement. - —_-.—<.—_—___——— Strong Commendation. Referring to the -proposed enactment adopted by the Michigan State Pharmaceu- tical Association, the Committee on Legis- lation of the Illinois State Pharmacetical Association recently reported as follows: ‘“‘We note that Michigan and Indiana are both prepared to submit pharmacy bills to their respective legislatures, and with every prospect of success. ‘The Michigan bill em- bodies every feature which experience in this and other states has proven to be of value, and if enacted its influence would un- questionably promote the incorporation of its merits in the legislation of other states.” —_—_—=»> 0 ____—_ THE CAMPION PLAN. List of Medicines Sold on the Plan. Priceper Price for Bottle. 3 Bottles at one J.C. Ayer Co.’s Preparations. Sale. Cherry Pectoral.............. $1 00 2 50 Sarsaparilla. ...............--- 1 00 2 50 Ague Cure..........----5--%-- 1 00 2 50 iain Vigor... 263. 22).-c5... 45 2 10 Pills, per DoxX............-.-.-- 25 62 Dr. D. Jayne & Son’s Preparations. Expectorant ...........------++ 1 00 2 50 Figs TOMIC. <2) 60.5... sco 1 00 25 AlGOrguive.< 42 ..2:... 3.6 7s... = 1 00 2 50 Ague Mixture.............-.-.- 1 00 2 50 Carminative Balsam, Large... 50 1 25 Carminative Balsom, small... 35 90 Tonie Vermifuge.............- 35 90 Wimiment =... ..6....5-..--- 50 1 25 Sanative Pills, per box......... 25 2 A. C. Meyer & Co.’s Preparations. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, Large 1 00 2 50 Br. Bull’s Cough Syrup,med.. 50 1 25 Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, small 25 62 Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup......... 25 62 Dr. Bull’s Pain Drops.......... 25 62 Dr. Bull’s Diarrhoea Curative. 25 62 Dr. Buil’s Cough Candy Drops 25 62 Dr. Bull’s Baltimore Pills..... 25 62 Dr. Bull’s Recto Mistura...... 50 1 25 Dr. Bull’s Blood Mixture...... 1 90 2 59 J. W. Campion & Co.’s Preparations. Wishart’s Tar Cordial......... 1 00 2 50 Wishart’s Sugar Drops, per bx 25 65 Foster, Milburn & Co.’s Preparations. Thomas Electric Oil, small.... 50 1 25 Thomas Electrie Oil, large....1 00 2 59 Burdock Blood Bitters........ 1 60 2 50 Burdock Blood Pills........... 25 63 Hostetter & Smith’s Preparation. Hostetter’s Bitters............ 1 00 2 50 Tarrant & Co.’s Preparations. Tarrant’s Aperient...... oo 1 00 2 50 Tarrant's Hx. ©. & C..:......-. 1 00 2 50 Thorn’s Ex. C. & C., Sarsap....1 50 3 75 *Hoff’s Malt Extract........... 37 1 00 *In quantities of six or more dozens, this prepara- tion may be sold at $3.50 per dozen. Dr.J. H. Schenck & Son’s Preparations. PULMONIC SyLUP.....-...->..-.- 1 00 2 50 Seaweed Tonic................+ i 00 2 50 Mandrake Pills, per box...... 25 65 Perry Davis & Sons’ Preparations. Davis’ Pain Killer, large...... 1 00 2 50 Davis’ Pain Killer, medium... 50 1 25 Davis’ Pain Killer, small...... 25 65 G. G. Green’s Preparations. Boschee’s Syrup.........--++-- 75 2 00 3oschee’s Syrup, sample size. 10 30 August Hlower..........-..... 45 2 00 August Flower, sample size.. 10 30 Ague Conquerer, small........ 50 1 25 Ague Conquerer, large........ 1 00 2 50 One Three _ Six Bottle. Bottles. Bottles The Swift Specific Co.’s Preparations. Taree Sie). 2... 8. 1 75 4 50 8 50 Small 8176... 6. 5. 1 00 2 75 5 00 One Three Bottle. Bottles. Johnston, Holloway & Co.’s Preparations. Hoofland’s German Bitters...1 00 2 50 Hoofland’s German Tonic..... 1 50 3°75 Hoofiand’s Greek Oil, large...1 00 2 50 Hoofiand’s Greek Oil, small... 50 1 2% Holloway’s Ess. Jamaica Ging 50 1 25 Da Costa’s West India Tooth Wash. large...............: 50 1 25 Da Costa’s West India Tooth Wash, small... .2.8.00.2 05. 25 65 Haas’ Expectorant, large..... 50 1 2 Haas’ Expectorant, small..... 20 65 Hoofiand’s Podophyllin Pills, Per DOM. 20)... 25 65 Holloway’s Vermifuge Con- fections, in paper.......... 25 65 Holloway’s Vermifuge Con- tions, in plass.....2.:...:. 25 65 Kromer’s Hair Dye............ 50 1 25 Heiskell’s Ointment........... 50 1 25 Holloway’s Arnica Plasters, MOE C es ee 2b 65 For 6. Holloway’s Arnica Plasters MECN ©... es... e eae 20 1 00 Holloway’s Arnica Plasters SIMA ey ae 5 » 75 Five Bottles. The Chas. A. Vogeler Co.’s Preparations. St. Jakob’s Oel (St. Jacob’s Oil) 50 2 00 Liebig Malz Extract (Malt Ex- UNOCG) ee ne 2 00 Dr. Worthington’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine........ 1 00 Vogeler’s Klettenwurzel Oil (Burdock Root Oil).......... 2 00 Vogeler’s Gen. Carlsbad Salts 75 3 00 Roman Liniment.............. 50 2 00 Dr. Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger Tropfen (Hamburg Drops). 50 2 00 One Five Package. Pkgs. Dr. Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger Brustthee (Breast Tea).... 25 1 00 Dr. Aug. Koenig’s Hamburger Pflaster (Plaster)........... 25 10¢ One Three Box. Boxes. Fleming Brothers’ Preparations. Dr. C. MeLain’s Liver Pills.... 25 60 Dr. C. MeLain’s Vermifuge... 25 60 One _ Three Bottle Bottles. J.N. Harris & Co.’s, Limited, Preparations. Allen’s Lung Balsam.......... 1 00 2 50 C. I. Hood & Co.’s Preparations. Hood’s Sarsaparilla............ 1 00 2 50 : For 5 Hood’s Tooth Powder, small.. 25 1 00 Fors Hood’s Tooth Powder, large.. 50 1 2 One Five : : : Box Boxes Hood’s Olive Ointment, small. 25 1 00 For 3 Hood’s Olive Ointment, large.1 00 2 50 For 5 Hood’s Vegetable Pills........ 25 1 00 One Three Bottle. Bottles Hiscox & Co.’s Preparations. Parker’s Tonic, large........,. 1 09 2 50 Parker’s Tonie,small.......... 50 1 25 Parker’s Hair Balsam, large..1 00 2 50 Parker’s Hair Balsam, small.. 50 1 2 Brown Chemical Co.’s Preparations. Brown’s Iron Bitters.......... 1 00 2 50 (UPATANG 2 ies 1 00 2 50 Brown’s Emulsion C. L. Oil...1 00 2 50 Peruvian Ghill Cure.. ........ 1 00 2 50 Powell’s Beef, C. L. Oil and PPODSUD 26 aa we 1 2 50 Dr. Mettaur’s Headache Pills, POU DOK. oo ce el 65 Seabury & Johnson’s Preparations. Benson’s Capacine Plasters, per Plaster: 2.0 25 60 Snow & Earle’s Preparations. Bilousine .............-...++.- 1 00 2 50 E. T. Hazeltine’s Preparations. . Piso’s Cure for Consumption. 25 62 Piso’s Remedy for Cartarrh.. 50 1 25 The Dr. Harter Medicine Co.’s Preparations. é For 2 Dr’ Harter’s Fever and Ague SHCCHIC lec eee 75 1 25 Dr. Harter’s Fever and Ague PAS ee %5 1 25 3 Boxes Dr. Harter’s Liver Pills....... 25 65 3 Boltles. Dr. Harter’s German Vermi- fuge CANGY. .. 0.0... .. oss ne 25 65 ° 2 Bottles. Dr. Harter’s Lung Balm, large 75 1 25 : 3 Bottles. Dr. Harter’s Lung Balm,small 25 65 Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic....... 100, 2 50 Dr. Harter’s Soothing Drops.. 25 65 Dr. Harter’s Liniment......... 25 65 Dr. Harter’s Elixir of Wild COLLEY oi) ccs e vi eee os eke 1 00 2 50 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, - Advanced—Insect powders. Declined—Manna, iodine, camphor, cubebs, powdered cubebs, oil penuyroyal, carbonate magnesia ca Pattison’s cined magnesia. ACIDS. Acetic, NO. 8.......0...6--.. gb 9 @ 10 Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... 30 @ 35 COVBLNG, {2 oss. . 3 @ 40 Cire. 55 Murtatic 18 Gee... <2... 2... ees 38 @ 5 Witte 36 Geo. 506 ae 11 @ RB OXONG oo eee. ee 4%@ 15 Sulphuric 66 deg................... 3-@ 4 Tartaric powdered................ 48 Benzoie, English............. OZ 2 Benzote, German.................- 2 @ 15 Mannie 255) 76.20 ae. 1 @ li AMMONIA. Carbonate 0202. Bh 1 @ 18 Muriate (Powd. 22cpm ............-- 14 Aqua iG deg or 3f........:......-:. 6 @ 7 Aqua IS desor4t st... 7 @ §& BALSAMS. COPRIDS ee @ 50 ae a 40 ROME ee 2 50 OME 62s ee a es 50 BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)........ 2 Cinchona, yellow....-..........:. 18 lm. S@lOCU. - 63, 2.56. <5 15 lm, ground, pure.............:-..- 113 Elm, powdered, pure.............. 15 Sassafras, of root®................. 10 Wild Cherry, select................ 2 Bayberry powdered.............-- 20 Hemlock powdered...............- 18 WaAOO 2.200 ee 30 SOMD SPLOUBG. §. .......-..:.......° 12 BERRIES, Cubeb, prime (Powd 70¢).......... @ 65 UMPC oe... - 6 @ of Prickly Ash .......2.0....0..5.-.- 1¢O0 @l 10 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 ib boxes, 25c)... 27 - Licorice, powdered, pure......... 37% Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). 9 Logwood, Is (25 Ib boxes).......... 2 Lgowood, %s GO.) oes woo. 13 Logwood, 14s QO 22h... 15 Logwood,assd do .......... 14 Fluid Extracts—25 # cent. off list. FLOWERS. SATMIGR. ee eee 10 @ WU Chamomile, Romian............... 25 Chamomile, German............-- 25 GUMS. Aloes: Barbadoes....:..-...-.....- 60@ 7 Aloes, Cape (Powd 24¢C).........--- 18 Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 PAMIINOUING 26.2205. oe eee 28@ 30 Arabic. extra select..............- 60 Arabic, powdered select.......... 60 Arabie, Ist picked.........-......- 50 Arabic,2d picked..............--.- 40 Arabic,cdd pickod..............666- 35 Arabic, sifted sorts................ 30 Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... 30 PBONZOM! (2.6 on. oc eee seo 55@60 @amphor.:-0:.....0....-->--. 4... - 23 Catechu. Is (% 14¢c, 48s 16¢) ...... : 13 Euphorbium powdered............ 35@ 40 Galbanum strained..............--. 80 Gamboee 50.3.5... 50... 90@1 00 Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)......... 35 Kino (Powdered, 30c]...........-.- 20 MASTIC. 0. 0 ce ec 10 Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 Opium, pure (Powd $6.00)........-. 4 25 Shellac, Campbell’s.............--- 30 Shellac, Pmelish.....:-.........-.. 26 Shellac, native...... 24 Shellac bleached...............-.-- 30 Mrapacaniy ....5...-...-....,-....- 30 @1 10 HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. PIOarhOUNG | 0.021002 000.0 38s. ee 25 WOWeWH =a o es nea one 25 PepperMint...... 0.6... cece ee eee cece ee ees 25 Rue... gs. c. es es 40 Spearmint .............. eee eee ee ee ee eee ces 24 Sweet Majoram........-..:...-.-.-------.--- 35 MUGINZY eee ce se 25 OVI 30 WiornmwOOd .............°5...-.........--.-- 25 IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 Solution mur., for tincttres...... 20 Sulphate, pure crystal............ 7 Otirate (i.e ke see. 80 Phosphate ........- gece as 65 LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 12 @ 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (44s & 4s, 12¢)... 6 Senna, Alex, natural.............. 18 @ 20 ° Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled... 30 Senna, powdered..............-..- 22 Senna ‘tinnivelli....:...... ....---- 16 Miva Wrsi (ots s. sss 10 Relledonma) oso 35 HOX@IOVE..25...5.........--.---- 30 WenWane. 62.50.6255 ea 35 ROSe. Ned) oe es 2 35 LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 Druggists’ Favorite Rye........-. 1% @2 00 Whisky, other brands............. 110 @l 50 Gin- Old fom... -. >)... 23.2... -- 135 @l 75 Gin; Holland.....--....-.......-... 200 @3 50 Brandy 22000000220) 202s... 1b @650 Gatawba Wines.....:....-...... ;- 125 @2 00 Mort Wine@sS. | 3). i... 135 @2 50 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 02........ 22 Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... 37 Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... 2 25 Calemed ...........-. 65 OILS. Almond: Sweet.......-..:..---.---- 45 @ 50 Amber, rectified.................-- 45 PANVIS@ es ce 2 00 Way a OZ. .:.....--..- ces eee 50 Bergamont...........-..eees se eeees 2 00 Gaston. eee nee 18 @ 19% @roton:. 6-6 se... 2 00 @ajeput .............2...:-:-....... 7d @ASsID 35... 4.22 51... 1 20 Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... 40 Gitronella......... 3... 6... s 85 @lOVOS. 26. sek 2. ck... 12 @ubebs, 2. & W- ......4. -......- 6 00 MPICOVON)......-. 50.5... see 1 60 Wireweed.......-.............--.--- 2 00 Geranium # 0Z..............:.-.--- Td Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. 40 Juniper Wood..........-...-+-seee- 50 Juniper berrieS...........----++26- 2 00 Lavender fiowers, French......... 2 01 Lavender garde1 Glo eee 1 00 Lavender spike GO .s2. 6... 90 Lemon, new Crop........-..---++-- 1 70 Lemon, Sanderson’s.........-.+-++ 1 75 WemlONneTass.....2.....-.<----.----- 380 Origanum, red flowers, French... 1 2 Origanum, No.1...........-...--- 50 Ponnyroyal ..........-----...-.---- 1 69 Peppermint, white..............-. 3 00 ROG 9807.0)... ce 9 % Rosemary, French (Flowers $9)... 65 Sandal Wood, German............- 4 50 andal Wood, W.1.2.....:....-. ..- 7 00 GARSMETOAN 6 oss. os ieee cee ess 60 MANSY 9060 e ee ee oe 4 50 Mar (oy eal 00C)....6....0.-2..-2--s 10 @ 2 Wintergreen .... 2.5.1.2... ses 2 25 Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $6.50)..... 4 50 Sait 5... sk aoe s 1 00 W OPMSCEG so oct boos dees cake eee 2 50 Cod Liver, filtered..... . oR eal 1 90 Cod liver, Desb...-..--. =: 3 50 Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 6 00 Olive, Malaga........... : @1 20 Olive, “Sublime Italian . eR 2 506 AIAG 8 a eee 6 @ 67 Rose, Ihmsen’s...........---- B OZ 9 1 , POTASSIUM. PicroOmMate.. 2.05.55... -5...-'.- 14 Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... 35 Chlorate, eryst (Powd 28¢e)......... 20 Todide, eryst. and gran. bulik..... 1 25 Prussiate yellow.......0......ceee- 30 ROOTS. AIANOH 1 obs cores oss suisse bene ees =< t 15 AtHON, Clb...) . 1c... 3.5. eee 27 Arrow, St. Vincent’s...........+6.- 17 Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and %s.... 35 Blood (Powd 18¢e)...... MAS occa aa cde 12 Calamus, peeled...... Roe 18 Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38 fBlecampane, powdered............ 23 Gentian (Powd 14c)................ 10 Ginger, African (Powd I6c)........ 13 @ 14 Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ 20 Golden Seal (Powd 40c)............ 35 Hellebore, white, powdered....... 22 Ipecac, Rio, powdered............. 110 alap, powdered...............+.-- 387% Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 12 Licorice, extra select.............- 15 PAs CLO. eee ce os ces ha ees 35 Rhei, from select to choice....... 100 @1 50 Rhei, powdered E, I..............4- 110 @1 20 Rhei, choice cut cubes............ 2 00 Rhei, choice cut fingers........... 2 25 SOrpentaria.... 2... csc ee cece eceese ; 50 MOCK as cis bik ceee venues Cees 65 Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... 45 Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 | Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... 10 | Valerian, English (Powd 30¢)...... 25. | Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)... 20 SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20¢).......... 13 . : Bird, mixed in b packages....... 5’ @ € | @anary, Smyrna,....2....2..2.-223 4@ 4%) Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 19¢).. 1 @ 12 | . Cardamon, Aleppee............... 2 vd Cardamon, Malabar................ 2 2 Celery 5. 25 Coriander, pest English........... 12 MORNE) oe se oes oe ch cee 15 ax. CLEAN 0c kk ck sce 3K%@ Flax, pure gerd (bbl 3%)...........- 4@ 4% Foenugreek, powdered............ 8 @ 9 Hemp: Russian. .................-- 54@ 6 Mustard, white Black 10c)........ 8 @ummee 2 oo es es 1 00 Rape; fmeish. | 6.00... i sel 2. 6 @ 7 Worm, Pevanb..:..2.......0.20.5... 14 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 50 Nassau do dO 2. 2 00 Hy Velvet Extra do dO. 2.3, 110 Extra Yellow do do cee 85 Grass do G60, 22... 65 ie me for slate use.........-. 7d ellow Reef, G0 2.5.2... 1 40 CAT ho MISCELLANEUS. lesale Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) ® gal.... 2 29 Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 Anodyne Hoffman’s............... 50 Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... 20 a Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ 2 Annatto lip rolls. 3... 020... 0.0..: 30 Bhie Soluble... 0... 0c. oo 5 Bay Rum, imported, best......... 275 Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. 2 00 a AU ib 24@ 3% Alum, ground (Powd 9¢c).......... 3@ 4 Apnatto, Prime... .. 2.2... es eee 2 Antimony, powdered, com’l...... 44@ 5 ee powdered ......... 6 ea 7 aim: Gilead Buds... 0.02.2... 8. ¢ q 3 ¢ Beans, toa oe ae 9 oo 42 and 44 Ottawa Street and 89, 91, 93 and Beans, Vanilla...... eae 700 @9% | 95 Louis Street. Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. 1 60 Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... 45 | BIG Vitviol 0.0116 e608 os, tee 9 | 2s pose. refined (Powd 138¢e)......... Z| Jantharides, Russie red. 2 50 Re 7 | Capsicum eae 8 | IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... oC i). 2 Capsicum Pods, American do ... 18 Carmine, No. 40............ oles 4 00 Il \ p oles @assia Buds) 0-3. i. 2 j J j 4 Calomel,. Ameriean................ 70 ; Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 : : : Chalk, precipitate English........ 12 (l Chalk, red fingers..:.:............ 8 , Chalk, white lump.......... ee 2 ; TA t } Chloroform, Squibb’s............. 1 60 Colocynth apples.:................ 60 Tita Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. 1 60 Chioral do do Eryse... 1 7@ Chloral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 Chloral do do crusts.. 1 % @hlorofonm . 60.20. 100 @1 10 @Cinehonidia, Po & W............... 45 @ 50 J Ware Cinchonidia, other brands......... 45 @ 50 : Cloves (Powd 25€)..................- 20 @ 2 oe Doce: 30 OCOR Butter 9.0.20. .2.-... 1.0... 45 SUFACTURERS - ¢ Copperas (By bbl Ie) 2 Pace Or Jorrosive Sublimate............... 65 7 ANTM Corks, X and XX—35 off list, .)1! BRANT PHARWACEUTICAL PREPARATIO) Croan Aurtar poe powdered. 1G ELEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, ream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 i box.. 15 T Wm {TC ™ PPTVIDSC eee 50 FLUID EXTRACTS ANY ELIMIRS, @udbear prime... .... 6.65... 24 €uttle Bish Bone................... 24 MOXGEING (Foe eo 12 Dover's POwders:.....:........... 1 20 GENERAL WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR peseons BlOOG Mass... 2... 5... 50 Ergot FAOEOM. 5c... 5 TON . 7 > y : eo cine eee 143 | Wotr, Patron & Co., axp Joun L. Wurr- Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE psomusalts. i065. 7.6 s. ow 24@ 3 F Meee en 50 PAINT AND VARNISH Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P......)... 69 SRUSHES Hake white) 00, 14 pele are Panagise o 268 oe). 2d elatine, COOPENS..............-.. 90 —Also for the— Golatine Breneh .............'... 45 @ 7 capes tan Gee flint, 79 off, by box 60 off ylassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... RAND RAPIDS BRUS MANF’RS Glue, GAbIMEb. 617 o.oo. k@rv . ae ee Geeouwte 7 @ 28 Harr, SHOE AND Horse BRUSHES. Glyceume, pure... *. ]...-.:: 19 @ 2% Hops 4s and 4s.........:.....0... 25@ 40 Fodoformly OZ. 0... 0.5.2 ec ee 39 Indigo. 8 @1 00 a j a Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... 25 @_ 30 lodimne; resublimed. |... -..... 0. ‘2 00 isinglass: American. .............. 1 50 doronies UE es 9 ondon Purple. ....:............. 15 . : : . Lead, Saueate Ae 0 @ 1B. Our stock in this department of our busi- Lime, chloride, (8 2s 10c & 4s Ile) g | ness is conceded to be one of the largest, Tuapaline ee 100 | best-assorted and diversified to be found in Evconoes vette tes e rete esse eres - the Northwest. We are heavy importers of Madder, best Dutch.............. 2%@_ 13° | Many articles ourselves and can offer Fine a So, 100 | Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng- ercury......... oe, do | glish Tooth and Nail Brushes at attractive Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... Boz 3 05@3 3 ae og ae aa Meck Casion Pk ORS 49 | Prices. Our line of Holiday Goods for the Moss, Iceland... ae 8 b 30 | approaching season will be more full and el- Moss, Irish...... 0.0... 2.00.0 eeeeeee 12 | egant than ever before, and we desire our ea ene, ae = customers to delay their fall purchasers Nas we ee og | Of those articles until they have seen our el- Nutmegs, NO ee ™ | egant line, as shown by our accredited repre- Nux Vomica...... ee Se, 10 | sentative who is now preparing for his an- ee non bors 76d... 2.25. nual exhibition of those goods. Mon 3 00 : aire Bursundy.......-....- La i We desire. particular attention of those MUIASSIN ect. 5 @ 7 | about purchasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES uinia, Sulph, P, & W........ BI 05 eo val factane, See. Goce ere ne. pest pe to the fact of our unsurpassed facilities Saldiita MintiEe. 0 0 »3 | for meeting the wants of this class of buyers Stryeumin, cryst..........:......... _. 250 | without delay and in the most approved and en eee oot ea ab 12 @ e acceptable manner known to the drug trade. Satfron, American. .............8. 35, Our special efforts in this direction have re- Sy UMDCR 0-5 - es ose ceu ee » | ceived from hundreds of our customers the pol we Peery ae _ most satisfying recommendations. s ‘e, me PYSE. 22.6.0... ¢ Sal Rochelle: .....:2..........2...-- 33 Sal Soda... 2. 022-1. 2@ 2% . . San@in 3). 6.236... 2 00 ie Se Wine and Lianor Henariment Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... 38 = Soda Ash [by keg 3c].............. 4 Spermaceti............-. esses eee 25 a Lal la DeLand’s.... 44@ es We give our special and personal atten- Bean: C2. do Vi tion to the selection of choice goods for Soap, Mottled do ............005- 9 | thedrug trade only, and trust we merit the Soap, ' dO dO se eeeeee eee eees 11 | high praise accorded us for so satisfactorily soe Nitra. 8 ee 6 @ a supplying the wants of our customers with Spirits “mint... BS 39 | Pure Goods in this department. We con- Sugar Milk powdered............-. 30 | trol and are the only authorized agents Senor oe eee ae bac: a4 ‘ for the sale of the celebrated 3 ) eet Lecce cece eee ee eter eeeee e a7 TarN-C Ping gal cane Bdoz = 270 Tar, do quarts in tin....... 1 40 . : 5 Tar, do pintsjn tin......... 85 Turpentine, Venice....:...... %8 Ib 25 Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 60 Zinc. Sulphate... ...:....5..5....: T@. 8s OILS. Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND Capitol Cynder) 5.9...) 75| OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP- pow! Coandes ee 60| PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not Shields Gylinder 92.005): .. 2.2... 3s... 50 > offer these ¢ : be excelle at hs fe only offer these goods to be excelled: by No Peerless Machinery 35 | OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but Challenge Machinery. ..-.. 23.1... ek 25 | superior in all respects to most that are ex- Backus Fine Engine..................::eeeee 30; posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect FE ne > aman sete teens teen eee ee o and complete satisfaction and where this Paraffine, 5 te brand of goods has once been introduced the Paratime 28 dem. 2.00 21/ future trade has been assured. Sperm, winter bleached..................... 1 40 Whale. winter. 6.2600 oe We are also owners of the Bard, 6xtra..-..0..012.-..2:.: 5... -- 64 15 s . Map Moe fone 55 65 } Linseed, pure raw..........eee sees 52 55 rig NK ki vorite h f Linseed, boiled ...........-. seesten « 5d 58 Ss j Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ 90 95 Spirits Turpentine................--- 33 AQ : VARNISHES. Which continues to have so many favorites No. t Burp Coach....................:. 1 10@1 20} Among druggists who have sold these goods Watra (QiCp. -.. 60sec ce ee ace cae 1 60@1 70| for a very long time. Buy our Coach Body. .....:.-. 2-7... ss0- esse 2 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp Furniture................4- 1 00@1 10 e s ‘ ‘ Extra Turp Damar..............-.0++- 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp............-. W0@ 7 I$ Tall eS ine Nes PAINTS. } : Bbl Lb Pee White eed peckde oes w oralumine, ‘ S| os-.c8:. 1 Ve eall your attention to the adjoining Boralumine, Tints bulk. 80 off. We ik at wack tin wl wh A Bone 8 6 hes, ii list ot market quotations which we aim to Fea Venetia cic 1% 2@ 3| make as complete and perfect as possible. Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 1% 2@ 8 For special quantities and for quotations on lene: ee Pees Poe Dy yee 3 such articles as do not appear on the list such Eutty, Cometly Pure... sce, 2h ~~ B@ 3| 88 Patent Medicines, ete,, we invite your cor- Vermilien, prime American.. 13@16 | respondence. Vermilion, English KGsT ermilion, HN@Hsh..........-. aoe : i ‘ i Green, Ponineular........-2..- 16@11 Mail orders always receive our special and Lead, red strictly gure..... .. 5 | personal attention. Lead, white, strict¥y pure..... BSA Whiting, white Spanish..... : @i0 Whiting, Gilders’.............. @90 al. White, Paris American........ 1.10 \ Whiting Paris English cliff. . 1 40 5 27 cf ‘the foot is lifted The ilichigan Tradesival A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. [Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1884. How to Buy a Horse. An old horseman says: ‘If you want te buy a horse do not believe your own broth- er. Take no man’s word for it. Your eye is your market. Do not buy a horse in har- ness. Unhitch him and take everything off but his halter, and lead him around. If he has a corn, or is stiff, or has any other fail- ing, you can see it. Let him go by himself a way, and if he staves right into anything you may know he is blind. No matter how clear and bright his eyes are he cannot see any more than a bat. Back him, too. Some horses show their weakness at tricks'in that way when they do not inany other. But be as smart as you can, you will get caught sometimes. Even an expert gets stuck. A horse may look ever so nice and go a great pace, and yet have fits. There is not aman could tell it until something happens. Or he may havea weak back. Give him the whip and then off he goes for a mile or two, then all of asudden he stops in the road. After a rest he starts again, but he soon stops for good, and nothing but a derrick could move him. The weak points of a horse can be better discovered while standing than while moy- ing. Ifheis sound he will stand firmly and squarely on his limbs without moving any of them, the feet flatly upon the ground, with legs plump and naturally poised; or if from the ground and the weight taken from it, disease may be suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a pereursor of disease. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddles with his hind legs, there isa weakness in the lions, and the kidneys are disordered. Heavy pulling bends the knees. Bluish, milky-cast eyes in horses indicate moon blindness or something else. A bad temper- ed horse keeps his ears thrown back. A kicking horse is apt to have scarred legs. A stumbling horse has blemished knees. When the skin is rough and harsh, and does not moye easily to the touch, the horse isa heayy eater and digestion is bad. Never buy a horse whose breathing is at all im- paired. Place your ear atthe side of the heart, and if a wheezing sound is heard it is an indication of trouble. ee Putty—How it is Made. The best is made of raw linseed oil and whiting, the latter being simply chalk, ground ina mill like flour. It comes out with a fine flint grit in it. Before making putty of it, a few old-fashioned men who be- lieve in making the best of everything wash the grit out. The fine flour is then dried. If it is not dried perfectly, it takes up more oil than is desirable or profitable. From 500 to 600 pounds—about 15 per cent. by weight of raw oil to 85 per cent. of whiting—are put in a chaser and thoroughly mixed. The chaser is an annular trough, 10 feet in diam- eter. From a vertical shaftin the center two arms extend, on the ends of which are heavy iron wheels that rest in the trough. When the shaft revolves the wheels chase each other around the trough. When mix- ed it is packed in bladders for convenience in handling. The adulteration of putty is effected by mixing marble dust with whit- ing. It costs about a quarter of a cent a pound, and whiting costs twice that. Par- affin oils are frequently used instead of lin- seed oil. The marble dust makes the putty gritty, and the cheap oil makes it sticky. Cheap putty is decidedly cheap. Putty is neither imported nor exported. A lot was brought over a long time ago, but that was when oi! was very high. A superior article of putty is made by the further addition of white lead in oil, japan varnish, and a small quantity of turpentine, which makesa hard cement that does not shrink, and when dry can be rubbed down with pumice stone or dusted with sand pa- per, so smoothly will it cut. Even in the common sorts of putty it is well to use some white lead if a hard putty is desired. A Shaky Foundation. The city of New Orleans is built on swampy, low land, almost in the delta of the Mississippi. Many large buildings are slowly settling into the soft earth or getting into a leaning position. The Custom House, com- menced so many years ago that the memory of the oldest inhabitant does not run to the contrary, has never been finished, stands to- day without a permanent roof, is sinking an inch in six years, and if the world will last long enough it is only a question of time as to when the officials in the lower floor will have to move up one story, and keep on moving at stated intervals until they get to that part where the roof ought to be. 9 In Lower California there are four moun- tains of peculiar composition. Two are of alum, one of alum and sulphur mixed, and one of sulphur. Both substances are almost chemically pure. The amountof sulphur in the four mountains is estimated at 1,000,000 tons and that of alum at 100,000,000 tons. A new device for evading the Maine liquor law is to open the eyeholes of young cocoa- nuts, scald out the interior, and refill with “whisky. The meat of the nut is said to pleasantly flavor and improve the new con- tents. Merchants of China have tried to export poisoned tea into France. The last new shape in bonnets resembles the gambrel roof of a house with the gable end in front. Immense numbers of paper cigars are said to be imported into Australia. They are so skillfully flavored that they cannot be distin- guished from the genuine article. There are six hundred and ninety-five pot- teries in the United States, half of which are in New Jersey. The reason that Jersey holds the balance of power in this industry is attributed to the fact that that State fur- nishes nearly all the snuff manufacturers with jars. In Brooklyn a street awning which its owner had neglected to empty of aceumulat- ed rain gave way and poured its contents upon a lady who was passing. Shesued for $250 damages. The bill of particulars was made up as follows: Bonnet, $12; dress $9; gloves, $2; medicine, $7; loss of time, $95; bodily pain and suffering, $125. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & Mackinae 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: 08 pm 4:35pm Mackinac & Ft. Wayne Ex. 10: 2am 11:45pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac. 7:40pm 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 Mackinac City. Train leaving at 10:25a.m. has aa Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse ity. South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) Arrive. Leave. PURMUVORS... st 7:00pm 7:35am MN ee 935am 4:00pm All trains daily except Sunday. The strain leaving at 4 p.m. connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:35 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) with special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches ean be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. MCKENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. *Detroit HxXpess.........:...........2. 6:00 am qa0ny HAMPOsS: 82. ce 8 12:25 9m *New York Fast Line.................. 6:00 pm TAR AMINC AMVC. 2-6. ee 9:20 pm ARRIVE. ePacihe Mxpress...-.. 6... 6.2... 6:4 am thocal Passenger...........:.......... 11:20 am MRA ee 3:20 p m +Grand Rapids Expr oan 10:25 pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 11:59 a.m., and New York at9p. m. the next evening. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Pevrlor 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 w ith drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J.T. SCHULTZ, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:10am 6:20 am +Through Mail............. oe am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3:20pm 3:55pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9: 9:45pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55pm Througcn Mail... .... 5:00pm 5:10pm *Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35 pm aeRO d 2 T:ldam *Night Express............. é 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. ree lor (ars on Mail Trains, both East and Wes Train leaving at 10:35 p, m. will mak con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday and the train leaving at 5:10 p.m. will connect Tuesdays and Thursdays with Good- rich steamers for Chicago. Limited Express has Wagner Sleeping Car through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has a Parlor Car to Detroit. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit to Grand Rapids. D. Porrer, City Pass. Agent. GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, PMA se ee, 9:15am 4:00pm +Day EXXpress..........-..- 12:25pm 10:45pm *Night Express............ 8:35pm 6:10am WAKOG oe, 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 on 9:15 a.m. and 8:35 p.m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives. Mixed. eteoeccer Ce 5:15 pm Express. . .. 4:10pm 8:30pm Express .........--.-.-.-.--- 8:30am 10:15am Trains connect at Archer ay’ enue for Chicago as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m The Northern terminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P.M. trains to and trom Ludington and Manistee. J. H. PALMER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY BNGIN 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. APPLHBS. We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle Evaporated and Sun-Dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, let us hear from you, and we will keep you posted on market prices and prospects. Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in carlots. toes. EARL BROS. We also handle Beans and Pota- COMMIsstom Merchants, 169 s. Water st, Chicago, Ii, REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. the best Gandy uts | class. We manufacture a full line, use material obtainable, and guarantee our goods to be first- We carry an immense stock of Virgidia and Tennessee Peanuts, Almonds, Brazils, Filberts, Pea- cans, Walnuts and Cocoanuts, and compete with any market. Cigars We are agents for Gorden’s ceiebrated Vivag Jaws, Olym- pian, D. F., and many other well- known brands and carry a full line of his goods at factory prices. Fruit We handle Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Figs, Dates, Hitc., in large quantities from first-hands and are headquarters for everything in our line. PUTNAM & ROOKS. FPeRieins & SHS S, , — DEALERS IN— Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. KEMINK, JONES & G0, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF EE MIN EXY’sS “Red Bark Bitters’ AND— The Oriole Manntactoring Co, 78 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, ~ MICHIGAN. Blaine Whips, 7 Ni) Cleveland Whips yy Campaign Whips Toy Whips, Westtield Whips, And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices. +! Tt 4 ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. b ROYS & GO, Ge! Agents Grand Rapids, Michigan. PLEASANT TO TAKE, ACTS MILDLY, CURES QUICKLY DUNTAM'S SURE CURE FOR FEVER & AGUE. y ‘Dose taken during the Chill, One! a disease in 20 minutes. NEVER ENOWN TC FAIL. Money re- turned if it does not cure. Price, 50c. Ask druggist forit. Sent pre- aid for 60 cts. Address, WESTERN EDICINE Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. rrssa-3 f Laat Tel ol One Paes, aad WESTERN MEDICINE C08 TONIC LIVER PILLS. Purely Vegetable; contain no calomel, minera! poison | or uinine. Act directly on the Liver, “tone Wi Sy up’’ the system, aid digestion and Rss purity the blood. POSITIVELY CURE ‘MEDIC ea ZADACHE AND CONSTIPATION. In- ale co's valuable for Biliousness, Indiges- Ws No tion, Hypochondria, ete. Sent free aaa, on receipt of price, 25 cts. Sample y 4 package free. WESTERN MEDICINE ComMPANny., Grand Rapids, Mich. JENNINGS & SMITH, (Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,) MANUFACTURERS OF Eine Perfumes Toilet Articles. JENNINGS’ FLAVORING = EXTRAGTS! ARCTIC rmprored baie} Powder, Bluings, Inks, Mucilage, Kid Dressing, Etc. C, S, YALE & BRO., —Manufacturers of— FLAVORING EXTRACTS | BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, E'TC., 40 and 42 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. We earry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want will do NHHIK well to write or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0, 91 CANAL STREET. F. J. LAMB & COMPANY, —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Cheese, Eees, Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers. NO. 8 AND 10 TONIA STREET, MICHIGAN. SPRING & COMPANY GRAN D RAPIDS. «= --WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— PANCY AIND STAPLE DRY GOODS CARPHTS, MATTINGS. Orr, CLOTHS, Etc. ETc. Gand 8B Monroe Street. Grand Rapids, . < 2 REMOVAL! Coal, Wood, Lime, Cement, Sewer Pipe, Htc, Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement. WM. SHARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHHESH. 37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOBKS, We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and keep a full line of their Celebrat- ed Goods—both Boston and Bay State. Our fall samples of Leather Goods are now ready for inspection. Michigan. ur Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. a The Mich! Wal Tradesmial, BACK FROM DAKOTA. A Clerk Who was Satisfied gt Chicago. From Peck’s Sun. A beautiful young man of twenty-two who had been clerk at the ribbon counter in a Chicago store for several years, was last spring offered the chief clerkship of a large store ina Dakota town, and he took his de- parture for the Eldorado, and was lost sight of until this week, when he appeared in Chicago and was so changed from the effem- inate dandy that he formerly appeared to be that hardly anybody knew him. He was bronzed and horny handed, and wore a ehecked shirt, and his clothes were old and greasy, and he was discouraged. He asked for his old position, and while the manager was talking to him, the female clerks gathered around as though a tattoed man had come into the store to trade. The manager asked the clerk how he liked it out West, and how he came to leave. He hid his hands under his coat tails so the girls could not see them, and said: “Q, Sir, 1 did not like it at all, and I came away just as soon as_ the proprietor could get somebody that could do the milking.” “Milking,” said the manager, while the girl clerks screamed at the idea, ‘‘what has milking to do with clerking in a store?” “Why, a clerk out there has to do every- thing,” said the ribbon clerk. “T used to milk when I wasa boy, and like a fool I let the boss know it, and he made me milk eight cows. But that was not the worst of it. LIhad to carry the milk cans around town on my shoulders morning and evening and sell milk. You see a country store keeps everything, and a clerk has to do all the business, as the proprietor is busy sell- ing land, and he was constable,and insurance agent, and surveyor, and kept a lumber yard, and in fact run the town. I had to keep the books with a lead pencil on sheets or wrapping paper, sweep out, hitch up and haul goods from the depot, unpack them, and sell them. I had to take in eggs and butter and pay in trade, then work the but- ter over and pack it in jars, grease the eggs and pack them in oats, weigh out nails and bar iron, measure boards in the lumber yard, buy wheat, draw sorghum molasses, lease the hall over the store for dances, be floor manager and play violin in the orchestra, pump kerosene, sell calico, and do every- thing. I didn’t see the proprietor once in _three weeks, and then I had to eatch him on the run. In addition to all that I had to do week days, I had tosing in the ehureh choir Sundays, teach a class in Sunday school, act as librarian in Sunday school, run the pic- nies and sociables, and the 4th ot July I was chief marshall and orator of the day, read the Declaration of Independence and fired off the fireworks at night. O, Sir, I have been the hardest worked man in the world, and I want a rest, and I want my old position. I could have stood the work, but the proprietor made me_ board at his house and do all the chores, and I had to wring out the clothes washing day and help hang them out, and sleep in the house nights and watch burglars. Then the proprietor wanted me to go out and break a setter dog on chickens, and marry his hare-lipped daughter who had a cataract on one eye and a wen on her head, and I “kicked. I was willing to do anything in the line of busi- ness, and never shirked when he made me prand a lot of cattle with red hot irons, o1 drive a reaper, or go and help him arrest some horse thieves, and I helped lynch a man once, and considered it a part of the business, but I couldn’t marry that girl and protect her from cyclones, and one night I took passage on a stock ,train and worked my passage to St. Paul. O, Ido not want any more wild West in mine, and if 1 can once more have my old position I will live and die here.” He was given his old position, and is the happiest man in Chicago. ——-. <> ___ The Good Collector. From the St. Louis Grocer. There is no more important department in a business than relating to the collections. The bookkeeper can easily make out the bills, but the collection of them becomes a very different matter, and the individual who is intrusted with that task has avery delicate mission to perform. Most people, whether consumers or dealers, dislike to be dunned, and doubly so when they do not have the money to meet the demand. The collector who can press payment for a bill, and yet not give offense, is little less than a genius. Butsuch collectors are rath- er the exception than the rule, and we are confident that both wholesalers and retailers lose much valuable trade through the lack of tact exercised by their collectors. In many cases especially in the cities, the work of collecting is often given to mere boys, and as a natural result there arises much confusion and complaint. Instructions are misunderstood, answers are incorrectly re- ported, and a wrong impression isthus con- veyed to all the parties concerned. A good collector should have the quali- ties of a good canvasser, and should under- stand how to approach men without giving offense, which would render a collection a much more difficult matter. Beyond all things, the collector himself must not lose his self-control, as this would give the party dunned an excellent excuse for not paying the bill. A collector must be persistent and yet not offensive and he must put up with a good deal of undeserved abuse. In fact, a good collector needs the judgment and ex- perience of a man. FUSE, CAPS, [i EE RCULES,,. THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK | ANNIHILATOR. the Arts. 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. WM, L. ELLIS & CO Strongest & Safest Explosive Known to 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 F3. FE". IS IM-= ERY, Agt., Grand Rapids, Mich. At home every Saturday. School Books —AND— School Stationery —AT— wrholesatle, EATON, LYON & ALLEN 22 and 24 Canal Street, The only general jobbing house in Michigan in our line. Send for cata- logues and terms. * ‘snyereddy suljse[g pue J. DETTENTHALER, OYSTERS, FISH CANNED GOODS. L17 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. I will quote you until further notice as follows: Extra Selects, 35; Selects 3323 Standards, 22; Favorites, 20. These Goods are Manufactured only by Hamilton Carhartt & (0, 118 Jefferson ave, Detroit, Manutacturers of Meu's Furnishing ae STE OOS. BARBOUR'S CAMPAIGN TORCH The only Torch that can be taken apart and shipped in a Small space. 300 to 500 Torches complete (except handles) can be packed in one barrel, thus making the freight or express charges very low. A Child can Put them together in one Minute. As good as any Torch Made. WILL BURN FOR FIVE HOURS. Ask for price or send for sample order. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. 10 and 12 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. The Cheapest in Price. THE “GOOD ENOUGH” FAMILY a Th R A G I D. JF : i i il ne [ iN) tf CLOSED. 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 lamp. 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 fo _be left at home to drain oil over floor or become injured. No Corks to lose—Closes itself perfectly air tight—No Leakage—No Evaporation. The dealer in selling this can is enabled to make a good profit, and in a measure avoid the annoyance of the small can, while you guar antee your customer absolute safety and the greatest possible convenience, OPEN. MANUFACTURED BY WINFIBID MEG. CoO, WARREN, OHIO. H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND k tA PIDS. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO., GEO. C. WETHERBEE & CO., DETROIT, Send for Circulars cc Price-List. FOR SALE TO THE TRADE by} Butts’ Patent Processed “Hulled Corn Flour” ——FOR—— Griddle 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.| % JOHN CAULFIELD, IMPORTER AND Wholesale Grocer, — 83835, 87, 89 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS - MICHIGAN. T 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’ 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 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 handsomg profit. territory. able to sell goods at the lowest prices. I am anxious to.obtain as large a share as possible of the near-by and home trade; and shall be pleased to furnish samples and quotations. Mail orders are especially solicited and lowest market prices on every order received is guaranteed. Teas. The present is a good time to place your orders for Japan Teas. 1 have several invoices in transit, including basket fired and sun dried, my own importations. Please send for samples before purchasing elsewhere, or order a sample chest, subject to your approval, I wish to have it understood that all tea orders will be filled subject to ap- proval; and if not satisfactory, after examination, the goods can be returned andIwill stand all expenses incurred, including outward freight. Coffees and Spices. I have already called attention in the columns of THe TRADESMAN tomy new brands of Roasted Coffees. The marked and deserved success of this department is the very best evidence of the merit of the goods. I devote much time and attention to the selections for roasting and blending, and GUARANTEE better values than are those furnished by Eastern parties, or no sale. ome Roasted RlG.. 2.2.6 -.....-.2... 5)... 2 ee oe. 14 Prime Oe ee 16 Select MaracaibOe. . 60 065 ak ck es ce ee news <= es = 18 Imperial Roasted (a blended Coffee)... 2.0... 5.0 ee eee eee eee 18 ©. G Roasted Java... 0.1... 2.2... ww ee we ees 23 DOGO CDEN ooo cs ow cas ese cee we ne nny ee cect ce necees 25 Nava ang NOCHhA 055.200... ee coe ww ee ww we 28 I exercise great care in selection and grinding of spices, and ean especially recom- mend my two brands of J. ©. Strictly Pure Ground. zs. cc. Pure Ground, Also my zs. Cc. 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. : Lhave en route a car load of Country Standards, all Yellows, which I will sell very cheap. Imported Groceries. My stock includes French and Turkish Prunes, Patras Currants, Loose Muscatels, London Layer, Valencia and Ondara Valencia Layer Raisins, Citron, Prunells, Figs, Olive Oils, French Sardines, French Mustard, Crosse & Blackwell’s Pickles, Sicily Canary Seed, Italian Maccaroni, Condensed Milk, ete. Soap and Starch. I keep all the well known and popular brands of soaps at lowest prices, including Babbitt’s, Kirk’s standard brands, Fairbanks’, Schultz’s (Fatherland), Simon’s Con- densed, ete. I am agent for Gilbert’s Starch Factories, Des Moines and Buffalo. Their goods have always been regarded as equal to any of the crack Eastern manufacturers, and have always held their own in the Eastern States. I am now placing my second car-load within thirty days, and have yet to hear the first complaint with regard to quality of the goods. I am able to compete with Western manufacturers in price, and guarantee quality equal to any in the market. Cigars and Tobaccos. This has always been prominent in my trade, and has required much of my attention. I have the exclusive control in this State of some of the best brands of Cigars, Cigarettes, Fine Cut, Plug and Smoking TSbaccos, including in Plugs Senour & Gage’s Celebrated Red Star and Old Five Cent Time; Horseshoe and D. & D.; McAlpin’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, t, American Queen, Blaze Away, and Hairlifter. In Smokings, Rob Roy, Uncle Sam, Mountain Rose, and Gold Flake Cabinet. In Cigars, Glaceum’s Standard, Delumos, After Lunch, Our Winners, Little Hatchets, Golden Spike, Josephus, Commercial and Magnolias, the champion cheap cigar. Wwours Truly, JOHN CAULFIELD. Groceries. The Invention of Matches. According to a German paper, the inven- tor of lucifer matches was a political prison- er who perfected his idea in 1833, within the walls of a State prison. Kammerer was a native of Ludwigsburg, and when sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Hohenas- perg he was fortunate enough to attract the notice and to gain the fayor of an old officer in charge of the prison, who, finding he was studying chemistry, allowed him to arrange a small laboratory in his cell. Kammerer had been engaged in researches with a view of improving the defective steeping system, according to which splinters of wood, with sulphur at the ends, were dipped into a chemical fluid in order to produce a_ fiame. If the fluid was fresh the result was satis- factory, but, as it lost its virtues after a time, there was no general disposition to discontinue the old-fashioned system of using flint and steel. After many failures Kammerer began to experiment with phos- phorous, and had almost completed his term of imprisonment when he discovered the right mixture and kindled a match by rub- bing it against the walls of his cell. On coming out of prison he commenced the manufacture of matches. Unfortunately, the absence of a patent law prevented his rights from being secured, and on Austrian and other chemists analyzing the composi- tion, imitations speedily made their appear- ance. In 1835 the German States prohibit- ed the use of these matches, considering them dangerous. When they were made in England and sent to the Continent these reg- ulations were withdrawn, but too late to be of any benefit to the inventor, who died in the mad-house of his native town in 1857. —_$—<»>—o-<—____—_ How Pittsburg Lard is Made. A gentleman who was placed in a position to know what he was talking about, remark- ed last week to a Pittsburg reporter: “I will tell you something concerning what is known as prime leaf lard such as is sold in the grocery stores. Do you know that it is made in this city? You don’t: well I will tell you something about it. Mr. Hoeveler, the proprietor of a shindrey out in the East End, buys a great many hogs from the stock yard which die from accident or disease. These he renders into lard at his place of business. The product he sells to the lard oil men. They extract the oil from it which leaves what is called steerings. This is taken and mixed with a quantity of other lard and packed in buckets and labeled ‘pure leaf lard,’ and sold as such. This I know to be a fact. I also know that the entrails of the diseased hogs uncleansed are rendered into lard when placed in a cauldron, and after boiling and left to settle, the offal and dirt being the heaviest will go to the bottom, while the lard remains on top of the vessel. * This is skimmed off and sold as ‘pure clean lard.’ But any time you wish to prove what I have said by occular demonstration just visit the places I have named and I will show you. Remember, 1 don’t blame Mr. Hoeveler, as he does a legitimate business in selling to the lard oil men. It is the lat- ter who do the rascality.” _———~——o-—>—- Anniversary of the Petroleum Industry. Twenty-five years ago Jast month was ush- ered into existence the most distinctively American industry of petroleum producing. Petroleum and its illuminating properties had been widely known for centuries before on the banks of the Irrawaddy, in British Burmah; in Afghanistan, in Persia, in Turk- istan, in Sicily, and elsewhere, but it re- mained for the United States to produce it and place it among the great articles of the world’s commerce. It is estimated that in the last twenty-five years over $400,000,000 have been invested in oil producing proper- ty. Within that time 38,000 wells have been drilled, of which 2,400 were dry. The prime cost of drilling these wells was $170,945,100, and the value of the product obtained there- from $425,000,000. For the last ten years about 710,000,000 have been invested annual- ly in new wells. The average life of the wells since Bradford was opened has been five and six years. The average daily pro- duction of new wells is fifteen barrels. The cost of sinking a well, say inthe Bradford field, is between $2,500 and $3,000. This of course does not include the cost of the land. The depths of wells vary from 1,000 to 1,800 feet, though a few have been drill- ed between 3,000 and 4,000 feet. —_—_ >_< — Two Methods of Preserving Eggs. Dr. Shriver, of Bethany, West Virginia, writes to the Pan Handle Grocer that he has proven two methods successful in pre- serving eggs fresh and good for some time: 1st. Candle all the eggs to be packed in a dark room, holding the egg between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand with the candle behind. See that the contents of the shell is a clear, reddish east. If so you ean safely pack the eggs in layers, in oats, small end downwards. By this method I have kept eggs in good condition for months, in fact, as long as it was necessary to keep them. Another good method is to varnish with copal varnish, and pack with small end downward in oatsorbran. When varnished they should be well dried before packing. I would not begin packing eggs until the weather becomes cool. Another important fact: After packing, until shipment or sales over counter, the packing vessel should be disturbed as little as possible, as shaking or | jarring seems to affect the contents. (@” Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. | PENCIL PORTRAITS—NO. 30. C. S.. Willcox, the Youngest Groceryman out of Grand Rapids. Charles Stanton Willcox first saw the light of this world at Philadelphia October 12, 1858, and duly celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday last Sunday. He lived at the Quaker City for about twenty years, where he obtained his early education, supplement- ing it with a collegiate course at Swathmore College, at Swathmore, Pa. When about twenty years of age, he removed with his parents to Richmond, Ind., where he enter- ed the employ of J. N. Grubb & Co., whole- sale grocers. After remaining with that house about a year, he resigned to take the management of Van D. Brown’s retail gro- cery establishment. A year and a half later he came to Grand Rapids and engaged with the then firm of Freeman & Hawkins, work- ing a portion of the city trade and taking in a number of outside towns. On the ‘retire- ment of Dick Warner from the house, his territory was divided between Messrs. Will- cox and Ireland, the former putting in every Monday with the city trade, and taking ail available towns on the D., G. H. & M. as far east as Saranac, the Newaygo, Baldwin and Big Rapids divisions of the C. & W. M, Rail- way, and south on the G. R. & 1., C.& W. M., L.S. & M. C., and Michigan Central Rail- ways, seeing his trade every two weeks. Though one of the youngest grocerymen in the city, Mr. Willcox has had rather more than the average amount of practical exper- ience, having handled the line continuously for the past six or seven years. He makes a specialty of teas and tobaeccos, both of which he has madea study, so that he is able to judge intelligently of their merits. He had the advantage of capital training, and has made the reputation he sustains, and holds the respect and confidence of his trade, by always telling him the truth about his goods and invariably shipping the goods he sells. Thoroughly honest and enterpris- ing, Mr. Willcox possesses toa marked de- gree the characteristics necessary to busi- ness success, and no one will object to the assertion that he is on the rapid road to that desideratum. Michigan Hops. From the Michigan Farmer. A few Michigan hops have been offered the past week, but as a rule they were poor stuff. The crop throughout the state is not only light but lacking in quality. The best offers made on samples were from 15 to 18¢ per lb., and buyers did not appear .anxious even at those prices. New Yorks cannot be purehased at less than 22 to 25¢e per lb. The eastern markets are all dull and depressed, and values appear to be tending steadily downward. We believe hops are now be- low their legitimate level, and while they may yet go lower, they will finally appre- ciate again. The New York market is again lower, with the demand slow. —__—<>—@-—<——- Grocers having steel knives which are not in general use can keep them from rusting by dipping them ina strong solution of so- da, one part water to four of soda, Then wipe dry, and keep in a dry place. -——_—__—_———»>-° COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—The market is well supplied with fall and early winter fruit, which commands from $1.50 to $1.75 for choice cooking and eat- ing. Beans—Buyers pay 80@90c for medium un- picked and sell for $1.25@$1.50 for picked, the latter figure commanding an exceptionally fine quality. Butter—Creamery is very scarce, in fact there is very little in market at the present time. It readily commands 32@35c, while dairy is scarce and firm at 18@22c, according to quality. Butterine—Solid packed creamery brings 24 @25e, and dairy 16@20ce, Beets—40c # bu. or $1.25 #2 bbl. Cabbages—$4@$i # 100. Celery—25c # bunch. Cheese—Full cream is still firmer, and is jobbing at lc for prime. Clover Seed—Choice medium $5.55 # bu., and mammoth at $5.20 #2 bu. Cider—Sweet, 12c ®@ gal. Cranberries—Bell and Icherry, $11@$12 # 100 quart bbl. Eggs—Searcer and firmer. Small lots readily command 18c. Grapes—Delawares are out of market. Con- cords and Isabellas are nearly all gone, oc- casional lots commanding 4@5c. Hops—Brewers are paying 23c for choice new crop. Honey—Choice new is firm at l5c. Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $13@$15 for bail- ed. Onions—$2 # bbl. for yellow or red. Peaches—Very few in the market. Small lots are coming in and selling at 50@75e for one-fifth bu. baskets. Quinces—$2@$2.25 ity. Potatoes—No change. Buyers are paying 25c, and shippers stand in readiness to supply them at 35c. Poultry—Chickens, 4@l6e. Fo Ked Peppers—Out of market. Squash—Hubbard, 1@1%c # b. Sweet Potatoes—Jersey, $4 # bbl. more and Muscatine, $3 # bbl. Turnips—35e 2 bu. Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.55 ®@ bu. Tomatoes—About out of market. GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Wheat—W hite, Fulse, Clawson and Lancas- ter command 74ec. Corn—60e ® bu. Oats—W hite, 28@30c # bu. Rye—5%@54e @ bu. Barley—Brewers pay $1.25 # cwt. for new Flour—Fancy Patent, $5.50 @®ebbl. in sacks and $5.75 in wood. Straight, $4.50 #@ bbl. in sacks and $4.75 in wood. Meal—Bolted, $1.50 2 cwt. Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 ® ton. Bran, $13 # ton. Ships, $14 ton. Middlings, $17 ton. Corn and Oats, $23 # ton. <> -0- =< Sugar has gone down another ie, and knowing ones affirm that the end is not yet. Other articles in the grocery line are about steady. #@ bu. according to qual- wie 12c. Balti- WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. New Orleans, TAN OM obs oa Sa Order Magnolia Coffe. AXLE GREASE. UAV OY Se oe on ace Sed ge os case ooo ee bee 85 DiAINONG 5 bee os ec ss 60 EMO0OC 2.2 GOA... 26 ce ee cae: 60 PAYACON .. WOOL. ooo. ie ce occ ce ok eee 7 Paragon, 20 pails... ..2.. 25. is... eee eee 90 BAKING POWDER. Arctic % Dcans...............-.----: B doz. a Arctic iy BDCRNG 606s cases eke ss ace eee ATCHIC 44° CANS. 6... 5.3.0 ee cee eee 1 10 ATCC MID CONS) 0.2.5.5 6c s ce. ee cee 2 40 AAMCHG 5: IDGAUS. <6 6... 6 ese coe cae 12 00 BLUING. ary NOW ee Seis doz. 25 Dre NOs. 2.265. ee so doz. 45 TNGUMIC, 4°07. 52.62... eae ee se doz. 35 AAGUIG, O OZ... 2.255. 55s seca sete doz. 65 PBPOIOL OL 52.08. e e # gross 4 00 Arctic 8 OZ); ...s.5-.: Be ee ae 8 00 APOMCIG OZ. 6.88... ssc ce ces wees. 12 3 00 Arctic No.1 pepper box Poe e eeu eee 2 00 TARCHIC NO.2) 8 ae ed oe 3 00 Arctic No.3 ” Baas Cea ae 4 50 BROOMS. MO. LCarpet..........-.-..-.- eee 50 INOre CBreL...0 6.280622 3. 3.5 s 2 25 No: 1 Parlor Gem... 5.6.6.2 .c css 2 ce 2 %5 NO. Ua a cess ees 2 00 No.2 Mads 268 ce 1 75 HaANCY Wisk). 2.05. 145...2.2.-4-....- 1 25 Common Whisk... ..2.................. 85 CANNED FISH. Cove Oysters, i standards......-....... 110 Cove Oysters, 2 ib standards............. 1 95 Cove Oysters, 1 slack filled............. 75 Cove Oysters, 2 th slack filled.............. 1 25 Clams 1p stam@ards::...:.9...-.........- L 65 Clams, OD standards. .-.....-5...5-.2.5..5 2 65 Mackerel, 1 tb fresh standards............ 1 20 Mackerel, 5 ti fresh standards............ 6 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 Ib........... 3 50 Mackerel,3 thin Mustard.................- 3 50 Mackerel, 3 ib broiled....-......5.......... 3 50 Salmon, 1 f Columbia river............. ..1 60 Salmon, 2 tb Columbia river............... 2 60 Salmon, 1 Ih Sacramento.................. 1 50 Salmon, Wm. Hume’s Hagile............. J 85 Sardines, domestic 148 Oo eres ff Sardines, domestic %S.............-...-: 12% Sardines, Mast 268... .0.5.55.-...-.5.. 12 Ss Sardines, impor PEQiIAAR =. ee ees 15 Sar dines, WMPOTICG ZS... ... s,s. se 20 Sardines, imported 48, boncless.......... 32 Sardines, Russian kegs..................- 50 Trout, BD PROOK. 23.520 .255....5.-.. 2 3 00 CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 ib standards ................000-s 90 Apples, gallons, standards, Erie.......... 2 50 Blackberries, standards.................6 1 25 CHEMICE TRG. ee eels 1 10 Chernies: white... 2 0.-.....5.0.26.... 2. 1% WamisOms. 2... 2. Gee. ee 1 20 Hige Plums, standards ..................: 1 35 ips PQS: DIO) 2.666... 1 45 Gr een Gages, atandaris 2? ™)............,.- 1 40 Green Gage 8) Me. es 1 50 Peaches, 3 tb standards.................... 1 75 Peaches, 3 ib Extra Yellow................ 2 00 Reaches, SCCOMNdS.......-........-....--..- 1 65 Pie PEACHES BID. 6. 2.2.5.2. ee cee 115 Pears, Bartlett 2 §..........-....25...... 1 30 Pineapples, 2b stand....................% 1 40 MuinCOS 3 se se, 1 45 Raspberries, 2 Ib stand..................-- 1 25 Raspberries, 2 b WHO 5.2. on... 1 40 Strawberries, 2 tb standards............... 110. CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. APVICOUS, LMSICS 2... 2 65 Heo Pls... ..:.. Bes ae 2 65 Green Gages. 2.260.622. ss 2 65 OATS) a 2 9d ONIGCES 2 ee 2 9 PCACNES © hoe. be 5s ee. ee sees 2 90 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay..................+. 3 25 Beans: Wimia 6.0.56). ee 85 Beans pie 2. 2... 1... 90 Beans, Boston Baked....................-. 1 65 Beans StVING4OSS. 2.6656 er 1 00 (orn ACMOC. 2 ose. ee 1 10 Comm. TIO oe 115 (Corp, ROVere 2.65. .2.2 i ce: 1 20 Corn, Heypuial.. 36.2.0)... le 110 Com, Varmoutn (6.........000 se 1 20 eley war AU wey 0) a ea ng ee ec ae 115 Comm Camden: =...) 3c... - 2s 1 00 Mushr ooms, Brench 9. 22024 Peas, standard Marrofat.................. 1 40 Peas, 2 Ib Early, small (new).............. 1 60 Peas, 2 tb agen Bee eos eee Sect se ves) Peas: Wrench 20)... 60.2 52s. eines ee 23@26 Pumpkin, 3 b Galion i ie es 1 10 Succotash, 2 tb standards.................. 85 Succotash, 2 1D BO Me es, 1 75 Squash, 3m standards..................... 1 20 Tomatoes, 31 Dilworth’s......0. 0.0... 1 05 Tomatoes, 3 tb Job Bacon...... ees 1 05 Tomatoes; Reg Seal. 0.0... 2628 ced 1 00 CHOCOLATE. Boston premium: =... 2.....0.%...03. 5... @36 Bakers premiwin::..-5....5....... 5... @40 Raids Oe ee. @35 German SWeeL........-......:2....- «--. @2od Nacnnl SWeev 220 2 eis. es O25 COFFEE. Green RIO 6 es ak 12 @14 Greendava 0.6. rw. VW @27 Green Mocha... 23... aes a ce ee 23 @27 MOSStCO iO). |. os. sk... 12 @l% Roasted Java. =... fs. es oo 24 @34 Roasted Mar... 7... cosas ees 17 @19 Roasted MOCHA. ..... 62. eas. es. a. ee @34 Mogsted Mex... 6.6. ese re 174@19 Ground HiO..2....2...2..5....- 52s... 94@17 Ground Mex. oo. ee. @l6 Arbuckle’s....4.....220200. eee e eee eeee @154% Bee eae ee ee @15%4 Dilworth’s PeeE ee ee ae Ps a ae @154 WOVOTAND'S: (5655 os ee ees @154% MIBPMOWA 500 ee eee @154% CORDAGE. 2 foot Jute .....1 25 (60 foot Cotton....1 75 60 foot Jute..... 105 [50 foot Cotton....1 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Jennings’ OD a see e laces ioe ee ag 8 doz. 1 00 BOD ee sag a eee cos ewes es 50 < 6 oe Be ce sage cae eee 2 50 Ae BOD. ss coe ese a, 3 50 ‘ No.2 2 row aad Ses osekluay aeet se cscs 1 2% sf INOS A ea sak et cnee 1 75 ‘ 2 pint round Poe Coe ee ae oe 4 50 es. 8 00 ot No. Be ee eee as 3 00 o INOMIO ogee 4 25 Vanilla. JCUNINES’ 27°07) 6..0: 20.6. cc #2 doz. 1 40 ae BOT. Poe ee Se ee ee 2 50 ae BOF ooo. a eee ss ae ok 4 00 ee BOD se as fees ic estes Sleds 5 00 *f No. 2 Taper Bille lice sce sees oe 1 50 ee No. a MADCP 2.5 ee oo ese 3 00 ae 4 pint round.......,... 0.05... 8: 7 50 “ spin, YOUNG... 2 ...5.5..- 2 ose 15 00 oe NO. 8. 4 25 +f No 1. 3. eee 6 00 FISH AVON COG cos os see se ee ec ee 44@6% WONGICES COG 86s. 6... ose eee 5@I@S8 Herring % bbls. 100 b...... 2... ...2.. 2 50@3 00 Herring Sealed.............. Bopece ces @2 HMoerring Molland...... 5 o....5 6c @90 White, No: 1,% bbis .................. 5 75 White, Family, % bbls................ 2 25 White, No. 1,40 ib kuts.... 2.0.0... 95 White, No.1, 12 kits... ......... 6... 1 05 Trout; No. 1% DbIS..... 666.206. ee 5 00 Prowl. NO 4, 12 WD Kite... se 90 Mackerel, No. 1, % bblis............... 5 00 Mackerel, No. 1. 12 kits............ 1 60 Lobsters, 1 pienic. ............... 1% Lobsters. 1) Star. 2.2.6.6... ee. ca, 2 20 LOUStOrS, 2 ID SORT: . 2.5.5.5. 3 00 FRUITS. London Layers, crop 1884.............. 8 25 London Layers, crop 1883.............-. 2 75 Loose Museatel, crop 1884............. @2 90 Loose Muscate I, Crop 1885... 5.4.5... @2 50 Valencias, crop cc. @10% Valencias; crop 1858........ 2. 600... @ % WUGMOR A fee hoe ts eee @3. 25 Ondaras.........5-. Sel ees, @I10 WMinkey PrUMCS |. 206... 3665s @d5% Currants, crop 1884.5.........0.2....-- @6%% Currants; crop 1886..... .. 60.0 .05.2--. @5%4 CUT IOT aeos k oo e as s eek oe @35 Dried Apples, York State, evap., bbls Qi* Dried Apples, York State, evap., box @10 MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 9, square................ 2 25 Grand Haven, No. 8, square................ 1 50 Grand Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 2 50 Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............. 3 Td Grand Haven, No. 7, round,............... 2 25 Richardson’s No. 2 square...............+.- 2 70 Richardson’s No. 3 MO bese 2 Richardson’s No. 5 AO ees icles 17 Richardson’sNo.6 dO. ............20000. 2 ‘0 Richardson’s No. 8 G0 38 1 70 Richardson’s No. 9 OOF foe aes 2 55 Richardson’s No. 4 round ..............-.46. 2 7 Hiehardsow’s NO. 7 dO .......s65...s0200- 2 5S Kichardson’s No. 7% dO... ee. eee ee eee ees 1 70 Richardson’s No. 30,3 2ro............0.0000: 2 00 Richardson’s No. 312 gro.............2. 0005 1 25 Hieowrie Parlor NO. 1... o.oo. oie ss soem es 3 20 MloGtrio Pavior NO. 1B... occ cece ccs ees 4 64 MOLASSES. BOTA RAD i oi ss cose bas gee oe cae 16@18 POVEG HIGG. ko cis hee oes ces Pees cee 2428 New Orleans, f00d............ cece ee ees 40@50 -56@60 OATMEAL, ‘ SYRUPS. Cream Tartar 5 ; WAS WOO. te oo ces yee ees @3 75 | Corn, Barrels.................... 6.525 32 Candies, Star. wee oo. oe Gis MO Ss ec @3 25 | Corn, % bbis................ Ae oe a. a4 | Onmles, Hotel... 22.25... cc. eccc ke. @ 16 IiperiAl Dblses ek @5 59 | Corn, 0 gallon kegs.......-.....-+.+.+ @ 36 | Chimney Cleaners ® doz... 2.0.0.2.) @50 Guster bhis. @6 75 | Corn, 5 gallon kegs..................... Gt % | Chimneys No. 1... ..... 3... cee. @38 Peet Clb cs @5 75 Fe n, ae gallon kegs................-.5 @1 65 Neo oe As UlG SUPAD 0 bbl 22@ 38/¢ Schepps’)1&%b do. ant OIL. ® 38 | Cocoanut, ee 1&%b do. 2 T be coos ew 134 Pure Sugar Drips................ 4% bbl 80@ 36 | Extract Coffee, Vv. C. ............ 85590 oS a nth Pure Sugar Drips........... 5galkegs Gl 8 do Felix oe Gee eo ee ted Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... ......% bbl @_ 9% | Flour Sifte B dod sessed 3 ows Soa wa 1 00 Pure Loaf Sugar. .......... 5 gal kegs @1 85 | Fruit Augu¥8 each...................-. 25@ Castor, 2 0Z. SQUATC.......... 0... ec ee 5 : TEAS. Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @30 Castor, 20z.round........... ......... 165 | vapen Ordmmary. 2 a... 24@30 | Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. 122202122227) @40 eeeeiaa PAPA EAS ee a Sagi | Gum, Spruce... 8s... 2. eee. 30@35 Aki 5 15 Japan oe tOeood: ee a 35@37 Hominy, R ne peo cals ec @A 50 esis as 3 BO Japan a Dee oe ee lo ape, 40@ 50 HOF Toe 18 ‘5 Th pkes., @ box. ....... @ 80 ieee a | ba 425 a 15@20 | Ta 9 es in bulk, ® cwt ............ @4 50 Dinwee’ squats sink fanoy. 425 |< coe neon ee i Telly in Ps ern Dox oo. 1 bap oe ingee’s ints do 2 ane ee oe 2 MUL EOWUCT .. cece cece ee cece re ence renee eeeces eet tt ot teen en en ee eens eeeccens a 5% eyes ene el 5 Pie. 2 saci5e nip | do Glass Tumblers @ doz............ @10- i Gh. ToGigsa eae. 00 | Go Lye #2 d a1 5 American pt.in GIASS.: 3.2... csc cee ees 12 ee oe 86 oe ase pas oar eise cnaneg eee cle 30 | sre CUO scenes oe on senna nse @1 55 C_& B. Enblis ? TOBACCO—FINE CUT. Macaroni, Imported.. @I13 _@ B. Bmplish Quarts... ..)......0.0006. 000: 6 00 : ; ‘i ‘ elas ee ak Con mee pe 3 60 Brother Jonothan ag ee @32 BIGMNORHG oe. @b5 Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts...6 00 ae give ce ee br y wee oe "ences Goth oo Ors is center een tenes @0 3 xe Gothic........ @P om Dingee & Co.’s C. Cc. M. & G. Eng. style, qts. 4 50 a SAND heegee eee ae a oa Ol Tanks, Star | see cabanas bo " Pipes Be Gh | ae moti remmred 2800000000002 Giie ES. orrison’s Fruit............. DD ee ee i. Imported Clay 3 gross...............4. 2 25@3 00 | Victor... ... ai : . eo do 4%K K Oo See > 0c Importec Clay, No. 216................ Gi | Red Wid Me 56 PRMOricam, (GD ee es ee O0@1 (| Onern Queen. @A0 Shot, Woo 2... 1600 RICE. Sweet Rose. ° @45 do buck 5 80 Choice Oaroling 3655.66 es 6a oe 6% veer Back.......- 02-0. see ee eee eee oe Tere aco Gutterseach.... au fas 74 ae a: ange Go ees ck cco ee @33 ee acco @utters exch .............._.. 1 2@ EV 6 OD WEG, vn gan se een ane ecen tasers @st 1S atacand, NGS pag we Price Vlowor. we... GE a ho inns on as sp se ab Raa 53{ Climber [light and dark].............. @o2 | Wicking No. } @a@ress.. @AO fon ee eee Ge de No.8 (ob ei Miawetna oO @bi 9 Aged 1 50@ SALERATUS. Globe ee @i0 A Deland’s pune. 0) BH pin | May Blowers) 0 wi ‘ANDY. FRU Church’s r ee ee Big ORO ne ea Gis CANDY, PROFESS AND NUTS. Cg ae @ bit ae @35 Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: Cs @ 5% | Royal Game.................... cee eee, @38 | Straight, 25 boxes...” Cee @ 5% Milver Biren 6... 58. @b7 ae nt, 25D boxes.............-...-. @? Sau @ 5M | SOA... eee eee eee eee @00 1¢ t ‘Loaf oe eno SB Sis Best oe ee @5 Tien mucky Be gee @30 oy eae ae MEXHD. @le jar OT _ on. Mule Ear ee eee @6i Royal, 25 } pails.. ae : IRCGK-A-BOO). 6.666 5. @s82 hhc. oo @l0 GO PoOcKeG 3 ys 250 | Peek-a-Boo, % barrels - @30 Royal, BOO DbIS....-.... eee eee eee ee eee eens % Se pocket fo fo es 9 35 Clipper, Nore Co @32 Extra, 25 Ib PONS. le. LL L063 D pockets. 0-1. 2 65 Clipper, Fox’s, in half parrels......... @30 Pa ee Re a en tos oars 10 Saginaw Fine . PO | Mount. @iA Fronok Cream, 2 1 pails.................... M4 Diamond Cc 1% Old Congress... nl @b4 Cut loat, 23 MeGRsOn 8 13 Sinndare Coarse. 2....-:.....6.... . Dod | Good Huck |... eo ae BORON; 25M DAMS... see cee sscceesenes U% Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Goodamasuoet 8. @AS PROSON, AND WIS. «eo. 5 as cans ns 10%2 Ashton, English) dairy, 4 bu. bags. 320 | Blazé Away........ 8 @35 FANCY IN 6 BD BOXES. American, dairy je DU DASE. 26... 25 Mei ilies @30 pees PINOT oo nein senso shee wenn 14 Rogers BD | Old Glory, Webb... occ. GOD | De REO S n onennesnsneneeennsenerneceeneee * SAUCES. Charm of the West, dark.............. @60 Cc eee ees pee ep so ee Speci fea as ser — 0 2 Meee Lee & Perrins Worcestershire, pints. @5 00 So ena pe. oe. ee (he Chocolate noe Be 20 Lee & Per rins Worcestershire, 4% pts. @3 00 | Rie Sevens, dime ec ; “Sata G Cede. a Pucaditiv, 16 pinta: se: @1 50 ae Dine - ON entrees @45 | Licorice Oe 8 20 Halford Sauce, large.................. @3 75 | Ola Time. re neal coin settee este eee eres Gy (A iicorce Drops. a Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 7 | trotte a ih peewee esses aye osrs @38 | Lozenges, oe 15 Pepper Sauce. green oes ce. @ 9} Boot a nucle ico tliat tee elt karst @0 Lozenges, Died 16 Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... Ql 80 Re pea Pavonte 0 ee 15 Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 60 | Olid Kent flit, Os) sey eres se: @A8 Mime | 15 Catsup, Tomato, pints................ : ® 90] Rio Bor me +5 A oa oF ete it Catsup, Tomato. Quarts @1 30 | Ric Poe Coe saa ars ooo. Met ccetar 14 Horseradish, 26 pints...0.............. d i Spe "| ee Le MiG anin Ce Oe feted 20 Horseradish, pints Be TN coer ae = zone pias Hane Made Creams... ...-........--.. Se : apers, French BUMINCS os, Hinckeed. Ge oo ees Plain Creams. Le Capers, French surfines, large........ ey va Renee ee snc anc as Decemicd Creama =. Olives, Queen, 16 oz bottle............ ee of Grand Rapids. ¢.............. String Le a - rr : Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle...... ..... He oe eas Meee eeaends 2 Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... Siveveam 0 Wintermreon Hervies. 3 Olive Oil, pints, Antonia'& Cos... @£00\ Buster fharki 0 F -aiak ’ Bic Or oe & Co,’s. Buster [Dark]........... ancy—in Bulk. live Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... Black Prince [Dark] ee Lozenges, plain in POS... 14 SEEDS. Binek Riser Win Lozenges, plain in We... Mee 5 Leggett A Myers’ Sar. ae pemted i pails... 15. CAanany 4g , Climax ........ gt tee reese ee sees cere eee Thocalnte Bena ee a RANG ee ee Foe | HOlUHRSy Oi Guocolate Drops, in pails.................... 14 wea eee 5%@6 | McAlpin’s Gold Shield. ..271.272.22117. ow ErOEe: ee 8 : Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 Ib cada... MEME ETOOS, PE DDIS.... 1... t SOAP. Cock of the Walk 6s... Moss Drops, in pails............ i Lautz Bros. & Co. Black Spun Woe Moss Drops, in Dblg..................-..-+.-- 9% Acme (01) Dars.........0.0.. 2, INGOTOGE Rea in pelle se heb Boule ke Acme, 25: S RGORM 2. £00. IS, WE pals... 2... Wo nee BU A ea ¢ [Acorn oI brperiaig im bbIS.. 3 Napkin, 25 Dare Crescent ......-...-......-....... 2... : — Rot American Wai Mbiodka fax Ce Oranges ie DOR 5 0O@E 50: Palma 60-1 tb blocks, plain...... 2.2... @ 5% | Black Bass.................. 20. e eee ene BO agen sone: Shamrock, 100 cakes, wrapped....... @3 7a! Nobby Sputi Roll... oo. Oranges, Jamaica, @ bbl.............. 7 50@8 00 Meser beehcaes : G5 00 Oe @50 Oranges, Imperials, 7 OM. 2... :. Stearine, 100 % tb cakes............... AA oe | Grayling, all styles... 1.1...) .... @5o | Oranges, Valencia® case............ @A 85 : J K Le Marseilles, white, 100 3% Ib cakes...... Gb ee | MESCKOM Wet @AT HOPNOHS, CHOICE... -.......-.........- 4 50@5 00 Cotton Ol white 1004 th cakes. aoe Morante. @44 Lemons, EANGY 5 50@6 00 Lautz’s 60-1 Ib blocks, wrapped oe @% | Big Chunk orJ.T..................006 @40 Milnes Soa @ kes German Mottled, wrapped............ @, 61, | Hair Lafter...... 20... eee cee, @36 Malas Be Savon, Republica, 60 box............ @ 54 | D. and D,, black... .... 00... .e eee @36 falaga Grapes, @ Dbl. -. 2... Blue Danube, 60-1 Ib blocks........... @ 5% | MeAlpin’s Green Shield............... Gat ee ec vee London Family, 60-1 tb blocks........ Ga | Mee Wich, Dikek...... cee. @35 | Fiss, POY oe. 18@20 London Family, 3-tb bars 80 ib......... Ges 00 | GHampION AN @48 Figs. baskets 40 @ I................, Ql. London Family, 4-Ib bars 80 tb......... @4 00 Sanlors: SOlACe 00 @A8 Dates, » frails a6. Dd Gem, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. Geis Mester @50 he ado WO neces sees nee Oe Nickel, 100 cakes, wrapped............ (Gets | DOK A a ee @18 Lobe si eee @5 Climax, 100 cakes, w rapped oe @3 2 JUMDOL Fo ct Se eek se Wade ec @40 ates, % SKIN. ........... ee eee eee ee @ 6 Boss, 100 cakes, wr appeal @2 30 | Apple Jack........... ool oe ee, @50 Dates, Far diQ box @ D........2.... @ 9 Melee ei Saclin ok es ee es @4z | Rates, Fard 50 b box @D.............. @t Al Floating, 60 cakes Re ee ne @4 20 SMOKING ere Vesta a Dare <<. -.. @ 6% Kirk’s American Family ........ 8 Ib « 644 | Ruby, cut Cave list oy 2n i eda do; India ee, D4 Bo eut Cavendish. $ 07......-....- @35 Evie Hed, raw @ B.......-.......... A Beye ieee Oe ee e. a cae a |e an ae oe pane eG . GO 2 @i Qo: Revenue. = 2 5M M . “s Sew Be cee tacos cad oS - ee ee POG 8. @T% oo Woe 5 10 ve ne OW eS Hanevilb i? Va do ............ 2. @ 8%. Goodrich’s En rlist ‘ ona ri, UMN eee Ge ice as Wine eel etek ao cure acs aae O22: NUTS. Ae. eee ey > 2 : : » 44 Seal of Grand Radids.................. @25 Almonds, Terragona, # ............. 19@20 Proctor & Gamble’s ivory 1.2.71." 6 5 ne seeo ee @30 Almonds, Ioaca, dQ... 17@18 do. Japan cn 3 pel Be e oa ce Ce cues Ss own Talk @ box 3 60 PUB ae on oe wane oon se nn nnn ns ewe ne teens 3 ACS OT? QO... 2... U0@14- do. Golden Bar........ 4 10 ee aa on, and %.... 2... S a ae aos ao Potee esse sees € PRG AM CAARR MUEP SC oii cb) esl 6 area ie « citige os 4 ele oi o Dyk 2 y ie wna gece oe 4 g ( Ey (Ho ae : - on laps granulated... 1)... 0..., @I18 Wap, Chilli do sua as — do. WMottled German. 3 mime Kil OW... @4i_| Walnuts,Grenobles_ do ............. 15@16 piscine Guebice vic. oni Blackwell's s Durham Longe Cut........ @90 Walnuts, California do. . ....... G16 Procter & Gamble’s Good Luck...” @3 20 Me nity NOU ee esate 400 oe Nuts, cl. @4 50 Procter & Gamble’s Wash Well... @3 05 my eS Fee eee ee eee 18@25 eo Nuts, larze @ bu............- OO OI ee eee eee 60bs @ 6% |} Stay ane ee eee soe o ee cee ee @25 ickory Nuts.small do ..... ..... : 1 25 Galvanio i oe @A4 20 Ola Tom eee ay es _ Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 br = @1834 tore © Sete ee pen ES ISIGENG. Mp DOD ee ee 3bbar @ 16| Joxer pe ee ren a The Grand R W a wie, @6 73 | 30 Benet ee teen ett e eens eee e eee e ee ee ees @25 rrand Rapids Packing & Provision Co Hoa G4 20 PAUOIOE, oc ncce ose ak Seen eu eat @35 =| quote as follows: Pee Me eet oes oF PORE EX BABRELS. Be se Ri lee oe Fae care eel | Heavy Mess, old 3 50 i o 15 avy Clippings, Leidersdorf’s........ @ 26 Me reo sats ons beer oh eer $16 50 Hae RAG eee eee eee eee e eee ees AMD luoney Dew... Picwvy Diess, NOW... .-.-.... 555. sce e scene Menetie Pe ee 20 GG OO ooo, eee onan Cut Olds. 8... 16 "75. HONCHC ee 2 Ye eas ig, Short ¢ 2w, better SS New French Process.....1.0.0.12.+7 4 50 Gamay we oo a Eh bamby Cleae i ae DOU ese retee teste ec este esse es eees 5 Nigger Head a ee Extra Clear Pig, new, Chicago POGRInNG 19 00: a ee Oe SU 5 00 Durham, % » ce ee Extra Clear, new, C hiecago packing...... BtOMIANG 3 25 a a Clear Back, new, Chicago packing. ..... - 19 & Magic....... Meee ee este on 4 20 do oa a ae eos Standard Clear, the best : Pittsburgh 4 00 a5 7 ee eae Mia Gee. BOBUCS oe 6 75 Holand. oe ; le oo White castile bars........... 2. see Ww igaa | Tierces Se 85; ottled castile............ gob see 10 ee ee ee ‘ Op hihe = oo ; Old Country......... ea ee 5% ea ee ee ea 50 ene ‘tins Mendes 8% SPICES. We Spc ReIe GOI a a Whole. + Pages PrOAM co2 ca cc. ee ppe a ge \COMGNOROR 8c, 20 i) Round Tins, 80 b racks............ OX TCD ROM ee ca 18@20 | Pox’s : 3D Pails, 20 in @ case.............. 956 BUS aa Bo gees 5% Pails, 12 in acase .................-- 944 Cassia. es : Go Oe 407 Palle. Ginacase................. 9%, Oe ee ON seA Sm cane, Ground. Un Pie hone eee eee eet ee ee ee eee ees Hams cured in sweet pickle, heavy.... 1334 Tt ett cette wc ce eee eee eens Hams cured in sweet pickle medium... 14 Pepper. T6@25 um Dermam oe, do light 144 Allepice (2 19@is | allroad Boy.......... 2... 22... 3 i ae 1% A selpticeeeees L Shoulders, boneless.................... Cinnemon 16@30 | Mountain Rose.....................2.4. Shoulder, cured in sweet pickle 84 Cloves (ee, Than | Good Emote... ec Tetra Olear Bae by acinaet a NOVES 2... cece e ce cece et et ete e ence eee eee es O25 Eas . Extra Clear Bacon... -.-....6..3....--. 12 Ginger ee 16@18 | Home Comfort, 148 and 48............ Dried Beef, Extra i2 Meee 15@30 | Old Rip, long cut...... 0.00... eee. ee aiaeee, [ Cayenne...........0.. foe! eee 25@35 | Durham, long cut, No, 2.............. psa eau pns k STARCH. ae . pote mb oe ees oe Mess Heck, warranied 200 Ibs........ 11 00: Gilbert’ § GOSS bib. cae 6% | Star Durham... eS ee oo nal aha _ — ae ne ** 6 1D CATLOONS.......-....; 64 Golden Flake Cabinet......... : d : a oo Se ne _ MOPGea es : 7 {Seal ot North Carolina, 20z........... Pork Sausage.........- 2.2.0. sees cere eee oe 10 . Me 5% | Seal of North Carolina, 4 0z........... Ham SAUSAZE.....--.-..-.- ees ee ee ape 15 Comm th 8 7 |Seal ot North Carolina, 8 0z........... Tongue Sausage..........-...+.. os ese i Niagara Laundry, 40 t box, bulk... Seal of North Carolina, 16 oz boxes Liver Sausage... ... sees cess rece ee ence ee eee 8 ** Laundry, bbls, 186 ths........ Big Deal, 4s longeut......... es Frankfort Sausage........ 2... 6. sees ee eee 10 “Gloss, 401 b packages. ...... Apple Jack, 4s granulated........... Blood Sausage..........- 1s. eee cece ee ee ee ees 8 - Gloss, 3863 B packages....... King Bee, longeut, 4s and %s oe Bologna. FINS oe ea, 84. «Gloss, 6 Tb box, 72 tb crate... Milwaukee Prize, 48 and 4s.........-° Honma coemiebite 2a, 8% Corn, 40 1 Ib packages........ Good Enough, 5c and 10¢ Durham... Bologna, thick... i.e cee, Se Muzzy Gloss | packadge.............. Durham, 8., B. & L, 4s and 4s... Head Cheese..........--..2seseeeee essere ee 8 Muzzy Gloss 3 tb package.............. Rattler, longeut..... ee so @28 PIGS’ FEET Muzzy Gloss 6 fb boxes................ Windsor cut plug............ . @25 5 E “rels oo 5 Muzzy Gloss bulk.........0 00002202 gee a laa we In half barrels ............... 6. ee seee eee ee 3 96 Mazzy COMM MID... Mile Mam 24 » ae Ge TR river ecoresnie oo Special prices on 1,000 ib orders. Puawatha 1 23 Pesta acess nantes ssn Kingsford Silver Gloss................ Gig Congvens.. 23 — Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 Ib box....... Rome 99 | Im half barrels... 0.2.2.2... 0.0... ee eee eee $3 75 Ringetord Cormt.........-.............. VINEGAR. : In QUaEtOr DEPIGIB.-.. 2. ow. cscs ccs 2 06° Co cee Gis ae eee @ 344 | Pure Cider...... Oe ean ere 10@12 | Pn Kits...... 6... eee ee eee eee 95s irroy GIlOSS..............+... ene @ore | White Wine. ..0 3.0... ek. LW@12 Prices named are lowes Mirror Gloss, GOP... 5... .... eee cess. @6% WASHING POWDERS. . press, and are good ae st at time Sc oricen (Piel Ss PON roe. M4 NUIGEIR ND Soe cs hoes os ck eco es @10¥% | to market fluctuations ; a American Starch Co.'s GibWeem @ %% okie Gee @éy | Seapinepke....... 7@10 STE x RU sc eave ceeess @3% | Pearline whee. @4 50 : oe oe ee Bi Glows oe @6 | Lavine, single boxes, 4811 papers... @450| F.J- Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 6 tb Gloss, WOOd DOXOS.......0.....-2.. @7t Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1 Ib pap’rs @A 2% OYSTERS. Table Corn........ 2... ..ee cess ee ees 40 Ib @6¥% | Lavine, single boxes, 1006 0z papers. @4 50] New York Counts MADOC COPD. cto Tes ess ws 20 bb @7 ‘| Lavine, 5 or more bo 10060z pap @4 25| p. 7 Ds re _ Banner, PUK ioc i. oo. @4 | Lavine, single boxes, 80 4% Ib papers.. @4 15 | Selects POU errors rare = 7 ie Paving Lor more boxes, 80 ¥% D paprs @4 00 ei. . aac : Sas Se Sd Rising Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s gross...... oe MASE. Wey eee Universal .......... 6 88 Above @ dozen..... 50 BEA ta een pn yee, vtteeeeees 175 |Medium......... ee 18 Bs ie Pe are ae e peters arses reee ete eee etree teeter rere ee I8 Seca Gt. ys HME ..... Drisatt eee ee tees renee ee tees ee ee wees 16 bone Blacking ...... 30, 40, 50@60 Selects, per Palion..: .. .. 6... cee. cece co 1 75 Cut Loaf..... 1.20... eee eee eee eee a @i% do waterproof .... oe. 1 50 Pe eae oe ee = Cubes : @7% | Bath Brick imported .................. 95 FRESH FISH. WOW OOTOG: 6c. a ect pes eee ae. Bi do AQNOQICAN ooo oo. c cbe kas We | COGMED 66 ce = 1 NE oo cos cies eda cosas ins OO. Ws. Oe Oe er T CORE Mica, @6% | Burners, NO. 1... eee teens OM ee al ae Standar a eek ek ones see a eae @6% do One ues oly een, 1 50 Mackinaw Trout...........3.......7.0.. 0 & Were C WHICG. oi. cee hee 534 @6 Bags, American A..............0. 20085 20 00 Maekerel 20. oe 1A Extra C ea es es 5%4@5% | Condensed Milk, Eagle brand....... __ Dry Goods._ HOSIERY. Exeuses and Expedients Peculiar to the Manufacture, In answer to the general complaints of col- red hosiery,merchants make various excuses and suggest several expedients. The dealers in cashmere hose claim that dress goods do wash, and it is admitted that good cashmere hose, of the standard colors cardinal, brown, navy blue and wine color, in the hands of a good laundress, do keep their color, and are a marked exception. Satisfactory as these goods are, however, they constitute so small a portion of the hosiery sold that their ex- cellence only brings out the demerits of oth- er makes. Cashmere—that is, wool—hose can be worn only asmall part of the time, and most persons, especially women, never wear wool at all, objecting to the warmth, the sen- sation in contact with the skin, or the thick- ness which fills up the shoe. Probably it would be well, in a sanitary point of view, if most persons would wear woolen in the cold weather, but, since they do not and will not, the unfading cashmere hosiery does not solve the stocking problem. It is often said that ingrain hose will wash and will keep. their color. This is simply not true. These makes are probably somewhat less prompt and thorough in parting with their ‘coloring matter, there is a better chance of finding among them something that will not fade badly, but this is all that can be said with truth. We hear the excuse that anything fades alittle after repeated washing, and hosiery cannot be expected to be an excep- tion. It is not,however, to the slight loss of prilliancy that allusion is made, and that it need be only slight the durability of indigo and Turkey red prints, and of prints of all other colors, attests; nor do the goods com- plained of require repeated washing to fade. The very first contact with water is fatal to their appearance, and many times while dry they crock any thing with which they come in contact. Often they come from the laun- dry, not only faded, but so changed as to be absolutely unrecognizable—the clear blue a dirty drab, the prints an ugly “pumpkin col- or.’ Buyers are recommended to confine themselves to black hosiery. This, it is true, fades less than colors: but this is the best that canbe said. It soon acquires a brownish shade. Silk hosiery is offered as a resource; but this is necessarily confined to the few—the lower grades of silk not on- ly crocking and fading, but becoming in the wash a gummy mass, useless and worthless. As to the more expensive grades, they are not reliable, and this, together with the cost, puts them out of the question. 7 Since useless excuses are all that the deal- ers have to offer, the purchasers are driven to various expedients to get some wear out of their purchases. Some wear, under the colored hose, the very thin white ones pre- serving the skin from discoloration, and les- sening the necessity of washing, the colored hose being shaken, beaten and hung out in the air; but this troublesome and unsatisfac- tory makeshift is confined to few. Others purchase light colored hosiery and have it dyed at a reliable dyeing house. This, by the way, is proof, if any were needed, that hosiery can be dyed satisfastorily; but the process requires some weeks, is expensive, and the color may not suit the taste of the possessor. If there were some recognized authority, whose stamp on hosiery should show that it ébuld be depended on, the evil would be eradicated, since the unreliable goods would then be, as they should be al- so unsalable. In the absence of such author- ity as endorsement(except in the case of one New York firm, which guarantees a certain make of cotton hosiery and sells them at two dollars pair in consequence) there is absolutely no sure or even probable way of getting good colored hose. Making Floor Oil Cloth. The Philadelphia Ledger thus describes the manufacture of floor oil cloth, as carried on at an extensive works in that city: “Jn making floor oil cloth, the process re- quires almost as.many manipulations in the way of painting and polishing as a fine car- riage body. The body of all floor oil cloth is burlap. The material is first sized, which is done by treating it to a saturation of dis- solved glue. It passes then through fifteen heated wire rollers, which not only dries it, but presses the glue water into the porous material and removes all inequalities of sur- face. It then passes to the paint room to receive its first and many subsequentcoats of paint, the principal ingredients of which is ochre, of which, it is said, thirty tons are us- ed weekly. The paint is liberally put on, and the cloth, after passing under a roller to press out superfluous paint, is run on long tacks through a room 150 feet long, in which are heated steam pipes. Afterremaining on the racks a prescribed number of hours the cloth is run through a machine where it is pumice-stoned down to a perfect smootness. It then receives a second coat of paint and is again pumicestoned and soon until the requis- ite number of coats are put on both sides. The well-prepared material now goes into the hands of the printer. This work is done by hand, and it requires considerable experince on the part of the workmen to make a good job. Every color requires a separate im- pression, the blocks in the hands of the workmen being about eighteen inches square and great care must be taken that the block is placed in the proper place, as a hair’s breadth displacement would show; also, that ~the proper blocks are taken up in their or- der. After being well dried in steam heat- ed chambers, the now nearly-finished piece of goods goes to the varnishing machine, where a number of arms, with brushes attached, and worked in almost exact imitation ofa painter’s arm, are passed over it, giving it a complete and evenly-distributed coat, when, after drying and trimming the article is ready for market.” oo VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: J. H. Moores, Lansing and Moorestown. Purdy & Hastings, Sparta. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. Dr. John Graves, Wayland. R. G. Beckwith, pan eevee Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. S. Bitely, Pierson. C. E. & 8. J. Koon, Lisbon. G. C. Baker, Lebarge. S. T. Colson, Alaska. Walling Bros., Lamont. Dr. G. B. Nichols, Martin. Nicholas Bouma, Fisher. Jos. Newman, Dorr. A. W. Blain, Dutton. R. V. MeArthur, Rockford. 7 John Walbrink, I. J. Quick & Co., Allendale. J. C. Benbow, Cannonsburg. G. P. Stark, Cascade. Kellogg & Potter, Jennisenville. Andre Bros., Jennisenville. Cc. G. Jones, Olive Center. : John Spring, of Spring & Lindley, Bailey. Cc. A. Robinson, Rothbury. Linhart & Fryfogle, Suntield. G. A. Estes, Tustin. Cc. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. Sisson & Lilley, Lilley Junction. John J. Ely, Rockford. Fox & Fisher, Zeeland, Harvey Bromley, Hesperia. J. S. Boise, Hastings, J.E. Mailhot, West Troy. Jacob DeBri, Byron Center. QO. E. Noreross, Muskegon. L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs. E. C. Foot, West Carlyle. 3ohn Scholten, Overisel. C. Coic, Ada. oe. Mr. Chautty, Whipple & Chaufty, Kingsley. Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. J. A. Liebler, Caledonia. Robert Carlyle, Rockford. C. E. Blakeley, Coopersville. Blakeley Bros., Fife Lake. , Gringhaus Bros., Lamont. Wm. Hesler, Rockford. Holland & lves, Rockford. Thos. Smedley, Smedley Bros., Bauer. B. M. Dennison, East Paris. L. L. Maxfield, Fruitport. Baron & Ten Hoor, Forest Grove. W.5S. Root, Talmadge. W. H. Struik, Forest Grove. J. Barnes, Austerlitz. E. P. Barnard, buyer New Era Lumber Co;, New Era. A.M. Church, Sparta. O. F. Conklin, 0. F. & W. va. Jorgensen & Hemingsen, G rant. Walter Schoemaker, Cannonsburg. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. Norman Harris, Big Springs. D. T. Hersey, Wayland. J.Omler, Wright. Theron Stafford, Ravenna. M. J. Howard, Englishville. Mr. Colborn, of Colborn & Carpenter, donia. G. J. Shackelton, Lisbon. A. B. Sunderland, Lowell. S. Billargeon, South Boardman. A. F. Doddridge, Vestaburg. Wi. Parks, Alpine. W. F. Rich, Alpine. John M. Cloud, Cadillac. ——_____—-_ <____— Pp. Conklin, Raven- Cale- The Gripsack Brigade. A considerable number of the traveling men will come in this evening to see and hear the Plumed Knight. “Innocence Abroad.” Walter McBrien took a portion of Dr. Evans’ D., G. H. & M. trip last week, on account of the illness of the latter. Ad. Sharp has lately been making a study of the feline family, and is reported to be proficient in all eases of sickness incident to the household pets. Joseph Mulhattan, who has been nomin- ated for the presidency by the drummers of the United States, enjoys the dis.inction of being the most versatile liar in America. Harry Nelson, the handsome traveling representative for D. H. McAlpin & Co., Sundayed in the city, leaving Tuesday for Detroit. Several fluttering hearts are left dis- consolate. H. T. Chase, Michigan representative for Chase & Sanborn, the Boston tea and coffee house, is in town for a few days interview- ing the retail trade. He reports a big busi- ness, and presents proof to substantiate the claim. C. Crawford, foremrly engaged in the drug business at Caledonia, but for the past few months traveling representative for A. N. Wright, of Syracuse, N. Y., has returned home after an extended trip through Michi- gan and Ohio. Il. Richard Savage has been employed by C. W. Allen, the Chicago tobacco manufac- turer, to introduce his goods to the trade tributary to Grand Rapids, and will turn in all orders to Shields, Bulkley & Lemon, who are the manufacturer’s agents for Western Michigan. “Dick” iseapable and enterprifing and his friends all wish him success. Jobn H. MelIntyre, the irrepressible, makes the following appeal for mercy by postal card: ‘‘Please come off. Give some one else a whirl. Iam getting weary. Too much notoriety may spoil me.” Mr, McIn- tyre is hereby informed that his mantle has fallen on the elephantine form of Gid. Kel- logg, who will hereafter receive the atten- tion bestowed upon his predecessor. <> &- <> Purely Personal. Wm. T. Hess, of Perkins & Hess, inter- viewed the Muskegon trade last week. Charley Yale is spending the week at Chi- cago, combining business and pleasure. HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. Groen oe ee te gb @i7 Peart Cured. . 2.4.0... oe ees oe oe 8 @ 8% Mull cared 2 eee 8144@ 8% Dry hides and kips.............---.--.- 8 @I12 Calf skins, green or cured............. 10 @12 Deacon sKins:.....-.------5--- # piece20 @50 SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Summer skins @ piece..10 @20 Bll DOUG Foe ees a ieee ee 30 @50 AWINCCr PEMA. . oc oo. Sosc eee estes os 100 @I1 25 WOOL. Fine washed @.1b.............-0sesecee- 24@ 26 Coarge washed................e00+ eeeas 18 @20 WAGNER 5 i eee 2-3 TAMOW 2. seh o> cao bese e ee ses 54A@ 5% — FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: Fresh Beef, sides. .........5o.55-s0000+ 6 @i% Fresh Beef, hind quarters.......... +» 8 @9 PTCBHOG TIORS. 6 oo occ nc vows cas «ties ss @ i% Mutton, carcasses.......... cytes ... 6 @ 6% Weal 2. ..452; PEE a es os es See «es. 9%4@10 Powis. os iiees cee oes 2 AGE COBDS, ooo oss ssc ce eee wes. 14 @I6B Pork BSAUSAGE...... 0. eee eeeeegeree ee ee LO @10% Bologna...... bees aues ehss oe. fac @10 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. RRR eee Spring & Company quote a5 fuuuwo: 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...... 224% |Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX,0z..11 {Park Mills, No. 90..14 Caledonia, X,0z...10 {Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, OZ....... 10 |Prodigy, 02......... 11 Park Mills, No. 50..10 jOtis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 {Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70..12 |York, 1 oz..........10 Park Mills, No. 80..138 |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........ 94%4|New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana cain 8 |Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....,.. 84/Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art ecambrics, 36...11%4/| Hill, 4-4............ . 84 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%/| Hill, 7-8............. 744 Androscoggin, 5-4..124%/Hope, 4-4........-.. 4 Ballou, 4-4.......... %%|\King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.........-. 6 Dric, 4-4... 5..5-... 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 81%4|\Linwood, 4-4....... 9 Boott, E.5-5...:.... 7 |Lonsdale, 44....... 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%!Lonsdale cambric.11% Boott, R. 3-4....... 534 |\Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7%4|/Langdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 64%|Masonville, 4-4..... 9% Conway, 4-4... ..-. 7% i Maxwell. 4-4........ 10% Cabot, 4-4......-.. . 74) New York Mili, 44.10% Canot, 7-8..........: 6%|New Jersey, 4-4.... 8 Canoe, 3-4.......... 4 'Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7% Domestic, 36....... 7344 \Pride of the West..124% Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 914/Pocahontas, 4-4.... 84% Pavol, 4-4.....-.... 914 |Slaterville, 7-8...... 6% Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 8%/Victoria, AA....... 9 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 844) Woodbury, 4-4...... 53% Fruit of the Loom, Whitinsville, 4-4... 7% cambriec, 4-4......12 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 |Wamesutta, 4-4......16% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 614|Williamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age......... 834 | SILESIAS. COMM 2.2.2.2. -- 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 INO. 102. 0-32. 124% ,Masonville S....... 10% Com oo. 10 |Lonsdale ee 9% AMGnOr..). 5.5... -- 15 |Lonsdale - Bees 16 Centennial......... iNictony O:.....:...: Blackburn ......... 8 vote _ oe. TET 70) ae sae ts oe 14 |Viectory D.....:.:.. ondon....---.....- 12%4| Victory K.......... 214 °RCONIA 2-4... . 12 (Phenix A’........: 19% Red @ross..:.....-: 10 j|Phoenix B......... 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX..... ..5 PRINTS. Albion, solid........ 54% |Gloucester ........ ..0 Albion, grey.......- 6 Gloucestermourn’g.6 Allen’s checks...... 5\%4|Hamilton fancy....6 Ailen’s a Seasons oe aente) porn Boos: 3 Allen’s pink......... 6%|Merrimac D......... 5 Allen’spurple....... 6% Manchester ......... 6 American, fancy... 5% jOriental faney.....: 6 Arnold fancy........ 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% pore oe ees aie aoe Vicea oss A ‘Yocheeo fancy......$ ) LOHMONd: 7.0.2.2... 3 Coches ne es 61% Steel River. ... 5.2... 54% Conestoga faney....6 |Simpson’s.....:..... 6 Eddystone ..... .... 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy........- 5 |Washington blues..7% Garner pink......... 6%| FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 44.... 8 |Indian Orchard, 40. 844 pt © 1 Boott M, 44.....-.- 714 |Indian Orchard, 36. 8 Boston F, 4-4....... 8 |Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. 73| Lyman B, 40-in. ... 10% Continental D, 40in 8%|Mass. BB, 4-4....... 534 Conestoga ee 4-4... oe ee _ fo 9 Conestoga D, 7-8... 54!Nashua R, 4-4..... 7 Conestoga G, 30-in. 644/Nashua O,7-8....... 7% Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |Newmarket N...... 74 Dwight Y, 7-8....... 6%) Pepperell EH, 39-in.. 7%4 Dwight Z, 4-4....... 7 |Pepperell R, 4-4.... 7 Dwight Star, 4-4.... 734|/Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 |Pepperell N, 3-4.... 6% Enterprise EE, 36.. 514) Pocasset C, 4-4..... H Great Falls E, 4-4... 7 [Saranac R.......... 7 Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 6% \Saranac E.......... i] Indian Orchard, t4 7% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag .......-- 8 jRenfrew, dress styl 9% Amoskeag, Persian |Johnson Manfg Co, Styles......-..-... 1006) Bookfold ..:...... 12% ates... .....-..--- 7%\ Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire .......... 6%) dress styles...... 12% Glasgow cheeks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 734} styles............. ¢ Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 Gloucester, new (White Mant’g Co, standard ...:..... %44| Harlston... ...... 9% Plunicet .....-..-... T4iGordon............. 8 Lanecaster....:....-. 834/Greylock, dress Langdale ..........- R54) Styles ..... 120... 12% WIDE BLEACHED, COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4,.... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... 82% Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 2 Pepperell, 8-4......2244|Pequot, 8-4......... 24. Pepperell, 9-4......25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantie A, 4-4..... 74 \Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 84 Atlantic H,44..... 7 |Lawrence Y, 30.... 7 Atlantie D, 4-4..... 64 Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5% Atlantic P, 44...... 5% Newmarket N...... Tq Atlantie LL, 4-4.... 54%\Mystie River, 4-4... 6 Adriatic, 36......... 7% \Pequot A, 4-4....... 8 Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... Kh Boott M, 4-4........ 74 \Stark AA, 4-4....... 74 Boott FF, 44....... 734 Tremont CC, 4-4.... 534 Graniteville, 4-4.... 6%|Utica, 4-4........... gy Indian Head, 4-4... 744;/Wachusett, 4-4..... 7% Indiana Head 45-in.12%|Wachusett, 30-in... 634 TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...13%)Falls, XXXX....... 18% Amoskeag ‘* 4-4..19 |Falls, XXX......... 15% Amoskeag, A..... iS (Pals, BBs... m% Amoskeag, B...... 12 |Falls, BBC, 36...... 19% Amoskeag, C...... 11 /|Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeag, D...... 104% /Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F....... 9% Hamilton, H.... .. 9% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B... ....16 |Methuen AA....... 13% Extrad4..........-- 16 |Methuen ASA...... 18 Extra’-8...... ....14%/Omega A, 7-8....... i Gold Medal 4-4...... 15 |Omega A, 4-4....... 13 (OCR 4-8. es ieee 124% Omega ACA, 7-8....14 Cit4 ss... 14 jOmega ACA, 4-4... .16 HAC eS... es. 14 jOmega io. 4 BP 1-8)... sas? », 16 |Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 AVA4 oo. 62.3.6. 19 |\Omega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32.....14 |Omega M, 44....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 |ShetucketSS&SsSw 11% Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2........ 14 |Shetucket, SFS....12 Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stoekbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. 4........ 11%|Stoekbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. GAIMECYr..........-.- Dp iPimpire .....:..-:.. Hookset..:........- 5 |Washington........ 4% Red Cross........-- D: \GWwargs.......55... 5 Forest Grove....... S. 8. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A....... 19 |Old Tronsides...... 15 Stark A... .5.25 .23%|Wheatlagd ......... 21 DENIMS. Rosten =...) PeiOns CC... 2... 1014 Everett blue....... 14 |Warren AXA......12% Everett brown..... 14 |Warren BB........ 11% Olig AMA. (oo... 12%|Warren CC......... 10% Otis BB......----..: 11%4!York fancy........ 15 PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville: .<..:.....- 6 |S.8.&S50u08.......:. 6 Masenville......... 6 Garner Spee vee ree 6 WIGANS. ' Red Cross.......... 74% |'Thistle Mills........ Berlin | .3-.......--: 7% | Rose bee eee oc8 8 Garner 62.2532... 554 TA\ SPOOL COTTON. BroOOkS <. «2.5253. os 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N.F..... 5D Mills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats....... 55 iGreeh & Daniels.. .25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 (|Merricks........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Stafford ............ 85 Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... .30 ing thread........ 80 |Holyoke............ 25 CORSET JEANS, ATIMONY. CF. oo. s. 7%|Kearsage........... Sia Androscoggin sat.. 8144;|Naumkeagsatteen. 84 Canoe River........ § |Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon. ........ 64/|Pepperell sat....... 9% Hallowell Imp..... 6%|Rockport......./... 7 Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 |Lawrencesat...... . 8% TGACOUIO |. :......7-5 7% (Conegosat.......... 7 MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOGIA'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. ArkKIns, 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- TILUSs, Chairman, 8. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. Dardwate. »Grinding Materials. The finest of emery cuts and _ leaves minute scores inthe metal, particularly if the metal be soft; it is impossible te pro- duce @ good, polishable surface on silver with flour of emery; burnishing would be necessary to make a surface, and even then it would present a; striated appearance un- der reflected light. Other grinding sub- stances are required for some fine surfacing work. Molding sand that has been used in the foundry for some time makes an_ excel- lent material for surfacing light brass—brass that contains a large proportion of zine. Some excellent results are gained by the levigation of the sand—rubbing it undera mullsr on a stone (marble) slab, as paints are, ground for the artist. By this means the foundry sand may be reduced to an im- palpable powder, which, however, retains much of its abraiding. quality. There is a manufacturer of fine tools in an Eastern city who uses coal ashes to give the last surface, before polishing, to his harden- ed-steel tools. He takes the ashes of Le- high coal, pours them intoa tub of water, stirs them up violently, and, when the wa- ter is turbid with the fine ashes held tn sus- pension, he draws it off into a shallow tank and allows it to settle. The sediment is his polishing powder. If a higher degree of fineness is required, the operation of stir- ring, and washing and settling is repeated. The material thus obtained makes an excel- lent surfacing material. In the manufacture of silverware (solid silver) the surfacing before Burnishing is done by a blue clay, technically. called “orit,”? It found in several localities, particularly in the Connecticut river valley up to fifty miles from its mouth, in the vicinity of Middletown and Hartford. This clay appears to be the substance of which blue slate is formed, but is usually obtained in a semi-liquid form, and is dried for use. It is not surface clay, being found below the alluvium and sometimes below gravel, its depth or thickness of bed having been dis- covered, by boring for artesian wells, to be in some places more than sixty feet. Its identity with slate substance appears to be suggested by its behavior under heat, it as- summing a stratified, porous form. It does not serateh pure silver, nor copper, nor mar coin gold, but it will not give a polish. It grinds without leaving a shining surface; this is produced by burnishing, by rubbing with whiting chalk, or even with the bare hand. is ee Asbestos is becoming a valuable and much used mineral. It has been lately dis- covered in its purest form in lower Canada, and the quantity is said to be practically without limit. The fibres are long, pure white, and as fine as silk, and the district covered comprises two counties near Quebec, to which city the product is brought to be crushed and cleaned, and from which point large shipments are now being made to Eng- land and the United States. The possibili- ties of this mineral range over a field that is simply marvelous. Fireproof paper, rope, an ink that resists the action of fire as well as the weaving of textile fabrics, such as table clothes, asbestos cloth, gloves, ete., while in the range of building materials, fireproof paint, packing for safes, floor dead- ening, roof protection, covering for ‘steam pipes, ete., are among its most common uses. —

. 200. cee ee #@ keg $2 35 Rad and Od 809.2022. .2. 6 ke. oe 25 6dand 7d adv.........- Cee pokes Cavea woes 50 AQ ANE DE MOU Soca oie coc e noes 75 GS PAGANO. coc. ccc aces eo. 150 8d TMG AACVANCO. o 2. ow cece knee as ones cates > 3 00 Clinch natls, AdV...... ...:....-.5....----- 1 %5 Finishing t 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches 3 2% 2 1% Adv. @ keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—Advance 10¢e from above prices. MOLLASSES GATES. Stebbins PAGE: .2... fo... ce eae dis 70 Stebbpin's GONUIne...... cece 3c bei cc uieee dis 7 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent.......... wo... is 55 Zine, with brass bottom............. ....dis 50 Brass or COPPEr. 2016 .. c5. ce cos: Sean dis 40 ROGNO oo ec ee ee ev ee cca per gross, $12 net OlmstOSd'S . oe 66526 oes Gag Coe weue lias 50 PLANES. Obio Tool Ce.’s. faney. ... 2.00.00... .. li Sciota Bench......... ae B Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, first ae Do oo eo ee ee dis 20 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood and é PANS. Fry, BOMG. ..... 4... ees ble os a. dis 40&10 Common, polished: --5............:... 2. dis 60 Dripping... #8 Ib 8 RIVETS. TRON ANG Einmed.. 2-2... 522505... 25.8 dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED [RON,. Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% ‘B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 Broken packs 4c # ib extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... } ¢ 5 [X, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ . 7 %5 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne...........12 00 [X, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 a ROPES. Sisal, Hein. and larger. ............. pun ee es 9 Moma. a 151% icc SQUARES. meee@r Amc ErOM 2... dis 50 rv amdiRevels. ss... dis 50 DERUR@) 2 0 0 dis 20 SHEET IRON. i Com. Smooth. Com, Nos. 1040 14............ 4S SG INGSOED CO bio... 6 8 ee 4 20 3 00 Nos. 18 to 21.. 4 20 3 00 INOS: 22 tO 2h... 2. se. 4 20 3 00 IONS BU ee 4 40 3 20 INQ eo. 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: HPD... 6% In smaller quansities, ® fh.........2.... T TINNER’S SOLDER. No.l. Refined. =................ 3 Of Market Half-and-half............. ce . 00 Strietly Halft-and-half.......-.....50;,; 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charecoals, $6 75. Ic, fixis Charcoal.:........:.. 2... 6 50 [X, Mis Chareoal............2.5. _... 8 0 Ic, louie ©hwveoal.. 6 50 IX, iexle, Charcog ......-.. 21... 8 50 EC, Tevet €HarCOR! 2... 6 5 IX, Pee Charcoal. ............ 5%. 2 8 50 DON, [4x20 Charcoal... ..__. 2-422. 10 50 ICN, F4x20) Chareool.................... 12 50 IXXXX, W4n20, Charcoal... ....2. 22... 14 50 Ix, wuxes Charcogl................_..- 18 00 Me. 100 Plate Charcoal._...-...._....... 6 50 Dx, A100 Plate Charcoal... .. .........; 8 50 DX xX 100 Plate Chareoal.......... 22.0222. 10 50 DMX, 100 Plate Charcoal.............2.. fab Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. : TRAPS. BeOel, GaMe........ 8... 6... ce. Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s.......dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 ROUGH IGG 60 Sb Ow. Mio Cos... 2. 60 Mouse, Ghoker ........................20e # doz IMOUSe: GelIsion............_........ $1 26 8 doz WIRE. bright Market .......................... dis 60 ANMOORIOG MARKO. 9.2... 2.2. dis 60 @oppered Market... ..........2.......... dis 55 Etre ane dis 55 Mbimmed Waek@t... 2.2.00. 6.6... kis 40 (Penmned Er@OMl....-.. -..........,...8.. # tb 09 ‘immed MaEeress......_.. <1... 8... 8 hb 8% Coppered Sprime Steel.................. dis 37% (Mamed Spribe steel... .......... 22.2... dis 3714 Diam Wene®... 2... 6 8 Ib 3% Barbed Henée..........-. 52.2... fee c - @onper....-..........5...4....5.... new list net ERS ee ee new list net WIRE GOODS. Bright... Lc dis 70 Serew byes... ..... 2.60. .tdis 70 13 OOS ae ee ee dis ‘70 Gate Hooksand Hyes.................... dis 70 WYrENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... Goes Genuine... .........2-+.. 3... -. dis 50&10 Coe’s Pat Agricultural, Wrourche. _..... dis 65 @oe’s Pat., malleable. ................... dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Pumps. Gisterm.......-.......4-.<.--- dis 60&20 SCrGWS ................--.-- ss. see 70 Casters, Bed and Plateé.....-........-2. dis 50 Dampers, American....... i ace eee: 334g FOSTER, STEVENS & 6 —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 wh@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. nfore than the iron nail; they cost but a trifle more. We are receiving three car loads a week and are still behind with our orders, We have promise of more frequent shipments and now hope to keep up on our orders Send for sample order or ask for price. We are carrying to-day as large a stock, and filling orders as complete, as any house in Michigan. Foster, Stevens: Co, ay The Michigan Tradesman, t" Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. The Rage in Suspenders. “Tt is not the coat that makes the man now, it is his suspenders,” said a prominent dealer to a reporter. And it would appear from the very large variety of that very use- ful article adorning the store windows that there is much truth in the statement. ‘“The latest and best suspender in the market 1s the French,” he continued. “It is made of the most select goods, contains some elastic- ity, and will wear from three to five years. Such suspenders are purchased at $5 a pair by men in easy circumstances. The Berlin suspenders are also new, but much wider and fancier than the French. We have them in various colors. Shrimp pink, terra cotta, cardinal and bird’s-eye blue are the most popular. They are quite easy on the shoulders, and are very hard to wear out— that is, they will last a long time. The ends are of leather, handsewed, and the price is $1.25. Besides these, we have hand-paint- ed goods which, although of old style, are much worn. Nearly every young man about to be married preférs the hand-painted sus- penders because they are more attractive. I ain always sorry when I hear that one of my regular customers is about to take to himself a wife, for 1 know what it means. No more faney furnishing goods for him. After the first year anything in the way of erayats and suspenders will do for him. He will make his wedding gallowses do him for all time tocome. As soon as there isa break or rip itis: ‘Well, dear, my suspen- ders have burst again.’ In ten minutes they are mended. Still the loss of such trade has been fully made up inthe past year or two by what I call the suspender craze. Everybody wants the latest and loudest ar- ticle. Young men with rather shiny coats, glossy pants and fringed cravats have come into this store recently and planked down $1.25 or $1.50 for suspenders, where two years ago some of them were hunting around for twenty-five cent goods, thinking fifty cents too much to give for any such ar- ticle of dress. The reason of this change I do not know, except that there may be more young men getting married now than before. At any rate, I am satisfied with the change, *Do you know that there are many gentle- men in this city who spend more time and money on their under-clothing than on their outer clothes? There are also men in ex- cellent cireumstances who buy the very cheapest under-clothing they can find, spend- ing as high as $40 for a suit of clothes. The elaptrap suspenders from the east, made of cords to work by pulleys, wheels, ete., sold well for a time, but there is no sale for them now.” -_—~<—-@- <> The Way Oysters Breed. Professor H. J. Rice gives the following very interesting statements relating to the oyster: “A female oyster ina ripe condition has from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 of eggs. A large oyster has as many as 100,000,000. It is some- what difficult to procure ‘ripe’ oysters. Ina bushel I cap only average from six to twelve. It is not difficult to distinguish with the eye the male from the female, nor to select those that are ripe. The eggs and the milk are placed in a pan of pure water. Several mil- lions of eggs only discolor the water as if by afew drops of cow’s milk. The impregnation o@curs at once. The water is changed several times, and in from four to ten hours the oys- ters can swim about. I discover when this action takes place by the microscope. The oysters are then placed in a large tank, through which the salt water circulates. In about two days the oyster will attach itself to either the tiles, oyster shells, rags or stones suspended in the tanks. In from four to seven weeks they can be seen by the eye. Generally in five weeks the young oyster is about half the size of a finger nail. They can then be transported and planted any- where.” —_—_—__—~—<_2<_____ The Camphor Tree. Camphor laurel, a native of China, Japan, Formosa, and Cochin China, the tree from which most of the camphor of commerce is obt@ined, has recently been introduced into California. It grows to considerable height, and is valuable for timber, the wood being light and durable, not liable to injury from insects, and much in favor for carpenter and cabinet work. Every part of the tree, and especially the flowers, smells strongly of camphor. With respect to the growing of the camphor tree in California it is said that it is easily propagated from seeds or cuttings and does especially well along the goast. A tree at Sacramento has attained m of 30 feet. The cinnamon tree is another spec- ies of laurel. >.> __— Wisconsin is the leading cranberry State, Michigan is second. The average yield of a marsh is 150 to 200 bushels to the acre. The picking season lasts two weeks, and three bushels is a good day’s work. Seventy-five cents a bushel is the picker’s pay. The Wisconsin crop is nearly all shipped to Chi- cago commission houses at $2.75 to $3 a bushel. A well-managed mdrsh containing 400 acres of vines will yield about $50,000, and with a very large crop the sum can be nearly doubled. The entire crop of the United States is consumed at home. —_+—-——__->-o-<— It is reported that ergot of rye, associated with phosphate of soda, produces, when ad- ministered, a hilarious excitement like that caused by laughing-gas. The Enormous Profits of Store-keeping. Many a man is carried away by the appar- ent ease of a store-keeper’s life, and by what he hears of the profits obtainable in a coun- try store. Itis plain sailing, he thinks, for “all I have to dois to make from 10 to 50 per cent. profit on everything I sell, and that I ean surely do.” Let us see whether this is so: A storekeeper buys a book for 75cents and sells it for $1; he makes 25 cents profit. But he cannot put that 25 cents in his poek- et; he has to pay rent, taxes, clerk hire, fuel, ete., out of his profit. If he could sell 50 such books a day, rep- resenting a profit of $11.50, he would make money over and above expenses, but he can sell only two, which means 50 cents profit. Take an article yielding a smaller percentage, say tobacco, at a profit of two cents per plug; how many plugs must he sell to pay for the fire which warms the feet of the loafers who surround his stove? But there is tea, says a sanguine critic; he can make from 15 cents to 30 cents per pound on that. Ah, yes, he will have to sella chest of it every week to pay his rent, and it takes a great many two-ounce packages, and quarter-pounds and _ half-pounds to make upachest. Dry goods, we are re- minded by another pay good profits, and are universally sold. True, some dry goods do pay adecent profit, even now-a-days, but gray and bleached cottons are hardly among them; allacountry retailer would make in a year off these would not pay his_ taxes. And so we might go on. Profits of 50 per cent. are rare; ten per cent. ones are more near the average, and unless the sum of these ameunts to more than the running expenses of his store, how is the storekeep- er to keep house and clothe his family? There are ®umbers of storekeepers, in towns and cities, striving to make a living out of transactions whose aggregate profit will hardly pay pew rent. And _ there are coun- try dealers carrying stocks worth $2,000 to $5,000. ‘To turn over” this stock once ina year, implies sales of $6,60 per day in the one ease, and, say $16 per day in the other. An average profit of 28 percent on this,would yield taily, $1.30 and $3.20 respectively, out of which to pay for rent, fuel, light, house- hold expenses and celething! Suppose a livelier trade, turning over the stock twice a year, at a close profit. Then, 15 per cent. on $10,000 per annum, equals $4.78 profit per day, to cover all the expenses of a busi- ness andafamily establishment, interest, depreciation and bad debts. ‘The man must be an economist who can lay by much out of even this performance. No; the life of a retail storekeeper to-day, is not, asa rule, either an easy or a prosperous one, and it is a mistake to encourage ignorant experiment- ers in it. Wholesale men, as well as _ retail, may study with advantage such analyses as these. ——_—._2<__ Next to the Latest. “This is the latest agony in bonnets,” she remarked to her husband, as she tried its effect in the mirror. “Ts it paid for?”’ he asked. “No, I had it charged.” “Well, it isn’t the latest agony in bonnets, then,” he said, with a groan. Needed by every retail grocer or confec tioner, one or more of Kenyon’s Patent Spring Paper Bag Holders. Each has ca- pacity of containing about fifty bags. Their great convenience can be learned by having one mailed for 30c, four for $1, or one dozen expressed for $2.50 from Kenyon Brothers, Wakefield, Rhode Island. COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl............. gi 05 Ohio White Lime, car lots............. 90 Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl................ : 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 40 ar JOtes oe a eo ees 1 wal 10 Plastering hair, per bu................ 25@ 30 BHNCCO; DET DDI...) 2.5.68... eee 4 75 Land plaster, per ton.................. ip Land plaster, car lots.................. Hire brick, per M....-:..........-.-... $25 @ sb Hire Clay, Per VV... ..2.. 2.5. .c ose we COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots..$6 00@6 25 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 Cannell, car lOts.....2...........-.2.. @6 75 Ohio Lump, car lots............... ... 3 25@3 50 Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. 4 50@5 00 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. The Newaygo Company quote f. o. b. cars as follow: Uppers, linch...................... per M “— . Uppers, 14, 1% and 2inch................ Selects, 1 inch bee ee eee eee 3B 00 Selects, ai:4.i%and? inch........ ..,... 38 00 Mine Common, Linch... ...:....... 2.2... 00 BOD: A5NCR. ooo ic5 ce coe 20 00 Fine, Common, 4s 1% and 2inch. ...... 82 00 No.1 Stocks, 12 in., 12,14 and16 feet.... 15 00 No.1 Stocks, 2in., 18 feet Sessa ces a es 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20feet.............. «. 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 teet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in.,18 feet................ 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20feet........... .... 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet......:.......... 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet................. 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet................ 13 50 No. 2 Stocks: 17 in, 20 teet.....-.... 2.2... 14 59 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 ORT oo ces a. 13 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet...............- 14 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 11 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., Sfeet............2...- 12 40 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., POADOEL: os se 3 50 Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and lengths......... ....... 8 00@ 9 00 A and B Strips, 4 or6in........ asso. 35 00 CSirips, 4oré men...) 5... ose. Ss, 28 00 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths................ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 No. 2 Fencing, 16 fect.......,.........060- 12 00° No. 1 Mevcing.4 inch... 2 eae. 15 00 No, ? Fencing: 4 inch... ..........2. 6.65... 12 00 Norway C and better, 4 or6inch......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, 1408 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6:inch, C.................... 14 50 Bevel Siding, 6 inéh, No. 1 Common.... 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16 ft... 10 00@10 50 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6ijn., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in. C................. 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 Dressed FYooring 6in., No. 2 common. 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, BID Oe ioe ess 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No.1 com’n 16 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5 in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 XXX 18 ~ ON os oo enero 8 40 Me MO AN sg oo se oe ce se 8 00 No. 2 or 6 in. C. : 7 i Shingles......... 2 00 No.2 0r 6 in. C. 3; 18 10s, 2.2... ees evccscss 1 EAN phe es seis IMUSKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 5. 5. MORRIS & BRO, PACKERS —AND— Jobbers of FProvisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Wateg Street. MUSKEGON NOVELTY IRON WORKS Manufacturers of the Williams’ Patent Novelty Pipe Wrench Best, Strongest and Most Durable Made. We Shop, Blacksmith, Foundry and Boiler Shop Business. also build Mill and Marine Engines and Boilers and conduct a General Machine 361 Western Avenue. W.D.CAREHY & CO. OYSTERS, —AND JOBBERS 0F— F'ruits and Produce. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. Kline’s Patent Candler and Eee 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 & COMPANYY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Butter, Roos Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce MUSKEGON , MICH. Consignments Solicited. CLARK, JEWELL & CO, WEOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83, $5 and 87 PEARL STREET and (14, 116, 18 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., G’d Rapids, tea OC: CREE N. WHOLESALE Oysters and Fruits. Sole Agent for MANOKEN BRAND. Grand Rapids, Mich. 80 and 32 Ionia Street - - 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. s HLDS, BULKLEY & LEMON, a mee relsass t Ny ie IMPORTERS — 4 NI E> holesale Grocers, Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids. New Japans. We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices of the new crop of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all grades of Pan Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured, and embracing about 1,200 chests in all, which we have recently received per the Pacific Steamers San Rablo 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 Manufacturers’ Prices, and deliver themjin§1@ box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight prepaid. 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, etc., ete. we furnish to the trade at $35 per 1,000, in lots of 1,000. ders. Send in your orders for a trial lot of 1,000. Hancy Groceries. We carry not only a complete line of staple goods, but also a full assortment of every- thing in the Fancy Grocery department, and are now considered headquarters in this line. Please send for Circulars and Price-lists relative to this department. Parties desiring new stocks will find it to their decided advantage to come and see us before purchasing. Crosse & Blackwell’s English Pickles. Curtis Bros.’ Salad Dressing. Lea & Perrins’ English Sauce. Durkee & Co. Mottled German, Lautz Soap, Savon Republique, Please send for}price- These cigars: Express prepaid on all mail or- 3 ae ce Holford’s ‘ - A. Lusk & Co,’s California Peaches. Piccadilly . : . ‘Green Gages. Colman’s . Mustand. eC “6 Apricots. James Epps’ oi Breakfast Cocoa. ee ss Egg Plums. Choice Brands of French Peas. “ ‘“ Pears. “ ‘¢ — Mushroons, - - Quinces. “ Italian Macarroni, 1 tb pkg. _ “Grapes. ae “ Vermicella. . ‘© Cherries. China Preserved Ginger, all size jars, Knowles & Anderson’s Jams and Jellies. Queen Olives, 16 0z° 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. correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention. MEADS, DULKLEY & LEMON. Al} “a