8 VOL. 2. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, W EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. A. A. CRIPPEN, WHOLESALE Hats, Gaps and Furs 54 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICHIGAN, Wecarry a Large Stock, and Guarantee Prices as Low as Chicago and Detroit. SHEDS FIELD AND GARDEN, an WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, SEED STORE, 91 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. W. 7. GAMOREAUX, Agent JOHN CAULFIELD Grand Rapids for our Is our Agent in FAMOUS GALVANIC SOAP The best easy washer manufactured. B. J? JOHNSON & Co., MILWAUKEE. SHRIVER, WEATHERLY & G0, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale and Retail IRON PIPE, Brass Goops, Iron AND BRASS FITTINGS MANTLES, GRATES, GAS FIXTURES, PLUMBERS, STEAM FITTERS, —A@d Manufacturers of— Galvanized Iron Cornice. THE GRAND RAPIDS GH Cllivw (Established 1866) is acknowledged to be the most complete,thorough, practical, economical and truly popular school of its kind. Demand for its graduates greater than the supply. For particulars enclose stamp for College Jour- nal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. 0 YOU KNOW —THAT— Lorillard’s Clima= PLUG TOBACCO With Red Tin Tag, is the best? Is the purest; is never adulterated with glucose, barytes, mo- lasses or any deleterous ingredients, as is the case with many other tobaccos? Lorillard’s Rose Leaf Fine Cut Tobacco is. also made of the finest stock, and for aro- matic chewing quality is second to none. Lorillard’s Navy Clippings take first rank as a solid durable smoking to- bacco wherever introduced. Lorillard’s Famous Snuffs have been used for over 124 years, and are sold to a larger extent than any others. Herciles Powder THE GREAT STUMP and ROCK Annihilator. SEND FOR PRICES. JOHN CAULFIELD, General Wholesale Dealer. BANNERS! We are prepared to get up on short notice Banners and Transparencies of all kinds. Let- tered, with or without Portraits of Candidates. Ropes to put up same also furnished. State size you want and we will quote prices. JOBBERS OF HORSE COVERS, OILED CLOTH- ING, AWNINGS, TENTS, ETC., ETC. ALBERT COYE & SOND, 73 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, * MICHIGAN. | i RETAILERS, If you are selling goods to make a profit, sell LAVIN E WASHING POWDER. This Washing Powder pays the Retailer a larger profit than any in the Market, and is | put up in handsome and attractive packages | with picture cards with each case. We guar- | antee it to be the best Washing Powder made and solicit a trial order. See prices in Price-List. Hartford Chemical Co HAWKINS & PERRY: STATE AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. 5A. WELLING WHOLESALE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS LUMDETMAN'S SOpDLes —AND— NOTIONS! PANTS, OVERALLS, JACKETS, SHIRTS, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HOSIERY,, UNDER- WEAR, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR, 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 = - — Grand Rapids, Mich. STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. A. K. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to. W. N, FULLER & CO DESIGNERS AND Engravers on Wood, Fine Mechanical and Furniture Work, In- eluding Buildings, Etc., 49 Lyon St., Opposite Arcade, GRAND RAPIDS = MICH. EDMUND B, DIKEMAN, GREAT WATCH MAKER, JSHEWELER, 44 CANAL STREET, . * GRAND RAPIDS, > MICHIGAN o ».- OYSTERS! We duplicate Chicago and Detroit prices and guarantee as strictly fresh stock and as well filled cans as any in the market—at bottom prices. SEE Ds ! Clover, Timothy and all kinds field seeds at bottom prices. rite for quotations when in need of seeds. Oranges and Lemons Green and Dried Fruits, Butter, Eggs, and all kinds of Produce. MOSELEY BROS&., 122 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. { | | | { | { \ | | | | \ | SUS- | THE WHALE. The Commercial Products of the Animal, | From Chambers’ Journal. | The fortunes of whaling are exceedingly var- | ied; one ship may capture ten or twelve fish;* some vessels occasionally come home clean; while others may each secure from two to half adozen. We have before us several records of the financial results of whale-fishing, in which the profits and losses among Pacific | | whalers exhibit some striking differences. One | | ship, for instance, places at her credit during | her voyage one hundred and thirty-two thous- | and dollars; but to the owners of the fleet of | ,whalers fishing from New Bedford, United States, in 1858, there accruedaloss of more _ than a million dollars. Again, a Scottish whale | iship from Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, was | one season fortunate enough to capture forty- | | four whales, the largest number ever fished by one vessel. The value of the cargo in oil and bone considerably exceeded ten thousand | pounds sterling. One of the largest cargoes | ever landed was brorght home by the steamer Arctie of Dundee, commanded by Captain Ad- ams, one of the ablest arctic navigators. It consisted of the produce of thirty-seven whales which, beside oil, included almost eighteen | ‘tons of whalebone. | The only whales of commerce were at one time the great sperm-whale of southern lati- tudes, and “the right’? or Greenland whale, both of which are animals of gigantic size and ; great power, the latter being undoubtedly the larger. No Br.tish vessels take part in the | sperm-fishery, their operations being contined to the artic regions. Dundee is now the chief whaling port;sending out annually sixteen | ships to Greenland. The Greenland whale, | which our British whalemen endure such dan: | gers to procure, seldom exceeds sixty feet in- length, and is about half that number in cir-| cumference. An average sized specimen will | weigh some seventy tons or more, and amass of matter equal to about two hundred | fat oxen. One individual caught by a Scotch | { whaler was seventy-two feet in length, with a | | girth of forty-five feet, the total weight being | forms | reckoned at upwards of one hundred tons. | The chief product of the sperm and the right | whale—their oil—is of course common to both | animals, and isobtained by boiling their fat, | or blubber as the substance is technically call- | 1. ' It is somewhat curious that in both of these | whales the head is the portion, size being con- sidered, which isthe most valuable. In the sperm-whale, the case situated in the head, is | | filled with asubstance which is known as sper- maceti, and brings a high price. One of these | giants of the deep will sometimes yield a ton } ofthis valuable substance, whichis found, | when the whale is killed, as an oily fluid, thai when prepared gradually concretes into {granulated mass. In the Greenland whale the | great prize is the bone, with which its head is furnished, and which at the present time is | anored as being of the enormous value of two ' thousand two hundred and fifty pounds per ton. The price in America is even higher, the ‘last sales in that country bringing two thous- | and five hundred pounds. It is only the Green- | land fish which yield this valuable commodity. | The whale of the Pacific is furnished with | teeth; but the right whale hasin lieu thereof a series or plates, or lamina, on the upper jaw, |which are in reality the whalebone of com merce. The uses to which ‘bone’ is applied | | vary according to the demands of fashion, so that within the last hundred years the price | has flucuated exceedingly, and has been quot- ed from almost a nominal price per ton up to the sum mentioned. ~At one period, we are; told in an American account of the fishery,the | rates for whalebone were so low that few whalemen would bring any of it home, their space being of much greater value when packed with oil. The sumof threepence a pound-weight was at one time all that could be obtained for it; now the price of bone is twen- ty shillings per pound weight. It may be ex- plained that the yield of bone is as eight or ten pounds to each barrel of oil. A vessel which brings home one hundred tons of oil will, in all probability, have on board six tons of whale- bone. | There is a special product of the sperm! whale which is of greater value than either | spermaceti or whalebone; itis known as arm-| bergris. Foraseries of years there raged a hot controversy as to what this valuable sub- | stance really was, the most extraordinary opinions being offered regarding its origin, composition, and uses. One statement dated < so far back as 1762, says that ambergris issues from a tree, which manages to shoot its roots into the water, seeking the warmth therefrom in order to deposit therein the fat gum of which it is the source. ‘When that fat gum is shot into the sea, itis so tough that itis not} easily broken from the root unless by the strength of its own weight. If you plant such trees where the stream sets to the shore, then | the stream will cast it up to great advantage.”’ Another authority, Dr. Thomas Brown, ina work published in 1686, shows that an idea then entertaiued was, that ambergris was only found in such whales as had come upon the substance floating in the sea and swallowed it. In course of time it was found that this pre- cious commodity was generated inthe whale | itself. An American doctor residing in Bos- ton made it public in 1724, that some Nantuck- et whalemen, in cutting up a spermaceti whale, had found about twenty pounds of the valuable substance, which they said, was con- tained in a cyst or bag without either outlet or inlet. As a matter of fact, ambergris which is animportant drug,isa morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm-whale. Captain Coffin, ina statement he made at the bar of the House of Commons, said that he had lately brought home three hundred and sixty-two ounces of that costly substance, which he had found in a sperm whale captured off the coast of New Guinea, At the time of Coffin’s exam- ination, ambergris was of the value of twenty- five shillings an ounce. The Pacific whalers search keenly for this commodity, and large finds of it sometimes bring them Za rich re- ward. Formerly, it was the oil which rendered the whaling voyages remunerative, and made or marred the fortune of the ‘venture, but the case is now altered, owing to the enormous prices realized for bone. The head of the sperm whale is equal to about a third of its ® 4 { 1 i * The whale suckles its young, and is there- fore a mammal, and not, strict y speaking, a fish. It is, however, « so called by all pee | only a comparatively small weight of whale- | | does not killit; the putting of the animal to | fast’ ; some ' to the Peterhead fleet of eleven ships (three ! whole size, and “the ease” yields spermaceti | | which commands a high price; but in the case | of the Greenland whale, as we have shown, | : . fe bone is contained in the mouth of each of | them; but small as itis, the quantity tends to | swell the account and increase the dividends. | Whaling ventures are usually made by com- panies, and nearly everybody engaged in the hazardous work has a share in the venture— the men being partially paid by a share of the oilmoney. Whalers earn their wages hardly. The work—not to speak of the dangers incur- red—is always carried on at high pressure rate and is anything but agreeable. The pursuit aud capture of a whale are usually very excit- ing, some of these animals being difficult to kill, even when the boats, after along chase, come within such a distance of them as admits of striking with the harpoon. Many are the ad- ventures which take place on the occasions of whale killing; though most of the animals at- tacked finally suecumb. Then begins the la- bor of securing the prize, and converting the products which it yields into matter bearing a commercial value. The dead whale must be brought either close to the ship, orthe ship must be brought close to the whale, which in the icy waters of the high arctic latitudes, in- volves a great deal of fatigue, the animals be- ing sometimes killed at a considerable dis- tance from the ship. Onsomeoceasions a day willelapse before it can be known that the whale will without doubt become the prey of those who have found it, and several boats may be required to take part in the act of kill- ing. As many as four boats may at one time be ‘‘fast,’’ as itis called, to the same animal— in other wods they have all succeeded in plant- ing their harpoons in the whale. But the har- poon, even when shot from a gun into the fish, | ! | death is accomplished by means of what are ealled “lances,” instruments which are used after the animal has been harpooned. After that process has been suacessfully achieved, the labor of capture which may have taken from two to ten hours to accomplish, is over. Instances are known where boats have been for upwards of fifty hours before the whale was finally despatched. The whale is usually dragged to the ship by the boats engaged inits capture. Holes are cut inits tail, and ropes being then attached, the laborious process of towing the gigantic cureass comimences., Onee along side of the ship, the work of flensing, or cutting up of the: whale, is speedily in operation, all engaged | being in a state of ferment, and eager for fur- ther work of the same sort. The crew may be likened to those animals which, having tasted blood long for more. The operation of remov- ing the bone from the head of the whale is first entered upon; this is superintended by an officer kuown as the*‘spectioneer,” who is responsible for this part of the process. After the bone bas ne carefully dealt with, the | blubber is cut off the body in long strips, w hich | are hauled on board by means of a block-and- tuckle. Itis first cut into large squares, in which condition it is allowed to remain till the salt water drains out of it, a few hours or ey- enaday or two being allowed, according to the work on hand. The skin is then peeled off, and the mass of fatty mater is further dealt with by being chopped into little pieces, which are stowed away in barrels or tanks to be brought home to the boileries, in order to be, as we may say, distilled into a commercial product. When the fish has yielded up its val- uable products, the flensied carcass is cut adrift. Sometimes the ponderous jaw bones are preserved; when this is the case, they are cut out of the head and lifted on board. The strips of blubber vary in thickness from ten to sixteen inches, or even more, according to the size and fatness of the fish. In general, it averages twelve inehes all over the body, the thickest portion being at the neck, where twenty-two inches of blubber are sometimes found. The yield of oil is of course in propor- tion to the size and condition of the animal, and will run from five to twenty tons. A whale caught many years ago by the crew of the *‘Princess Charlotte’ of Dundee yielded thirty-two tons of oil. An examination of. old records of the fishery shows fifteen hundred tous of oilfto the one hundred and thirty-five fish of the Aberdeen fleet of eleven vessels; twelve hundred and forty-three tons vessels had been lost), which captured eighty- eight whales and three thousand seals. In sperm-whale fishing. the process of fiens- ing and disposing of the carcass is much the sameasinthe Davis Straits fishery. When the body has been stripped of the blubber, it is thrown loose, and is permitted to float away to become the prey of sharks and sea-birds which are usually in attendance. In the pro- cess of dissecting the great whale of the south- ern seas, the head is usually the last portion dealt with. It is cut off and kept afloat till re- quired, being carefully secured to the vessel. The valuable contents of the case are brought on board by means of buckets, and are care- fully preserved, being known as “head-mat- ter.’ Alarge whale of the Pacific seas will yie.d from seventy to ninety, orevenon occas- ion a liundred barrels of oil. Sperm oil is more valuable than train oil, the produce of the Greenland fish. [natrade circular, we find as we write, crude sperm quoted at sixty-four pounds ten shillings per ton, the other sort be- ing set down as ranging from twenty-seven to thirty-two pounds. But the prices are ever varying aceording to the supply and demand. Spermaceti is offered at about a shilling per pound-weight. The ships which go whale-fishing from Scot- jand to the arctic regions make an annual voy- age, which lasts from five to nine months; but sperm-whalers often remain at sea for a per-, iod of three years. They boil out their oil as they cruise about in search of their prey; or when blubber has so accumulated as to war- rant the action, the ship will putin at some convenient island, where the process of melt- ing the fat can be conveniently carried on. ee ee A Quick Poison, Jones—Talking about tobacco, I know a man who did not live three years after he began to use it. Sinith—Great St. Nicotine! so? Jones—It isthe solemn truth. I knew him well. ’ Smith (thowing awdy his cigar(—Mercy! How old was he when he commenced the use of the poisonous weed? Joaes—Ninety-one. You don’t say THE PEANUT CROP. Review of the Market—Largest Yield Ever | it will exceed this amount s Known. Year by year the peanut crop of this coun- try is assuming increased commercial impor- | tance. The area suited to its production has been considered to be comparatively small, but new fields are annually found where its culture is more profitable than almost, any other crop. It is still in the States of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina that the bulk of the commercial crop is produced, the soil and climate there being found most congenial to its wants. Virginia leads in this industry, followed by Tennessee and last by North Caro- lina. Other Southern States produce some, but scarcely more than enough for local con- sumption, and no account is taken of this in the statistics of the commercial crop. The trade during the past year has been somewhat peculiar. The drought which pre- vailed with more or less severity during the latter part of the summer or 1883 led to the be- lief that the crop was asmall one, and al- though an estimate showed that 1t would ex- ceed that of the preceding year, the conviction was so deep rooted that the supply would be short that speculators and producers acted up- | on it, and prices for the first half of the year | were so high as to restrict consumption. Sub- sequently it became apparent that there was a surplus, and then the efforts to realize caused the commencement of a decline which was scarcely checked when the year closed. Those producers who realized during the first half of the year reaped satisfactory returns, but many speculators carried a load which proved asevere loss. even larger than the most sanguine expecta- tions, mainly because the season for gathering and curing was prolonged, which assured the maturity of the latest planted nuts, and these in many instanees yielded the best, because the autumn rains came in season to fully de- velop their growth, Besides the domestic production there was imported into the United States, during the year, about 600 tons of African peanuts in the shell, of which about 150 tons were reshipped to France in September, leaving 450 tons or 30,- 000 bushel of 80 pounds each for consumption in this country; there was also imported about 300 tons of shelled, decordicated, for confec- tioners’ use, of good quality, which were sold and consumed, so that there were at least 50,- 000 bushels of foreign peanuts addedto the supply of home production. At the beginning of the year, on October 1, 1883, stocks of old peanuts were practically ex- hausted, andthe early receipts of the new crop were taken for immediate consumption, so that it was easy to obtain satisfactory prices which were subsequently forced up by the pre- vailing belief in a short crop. It is easy to see now that if the demand had been freely met, and prices kept at a basis which would have during the first half of the year, the disasters of the subsequent months might have been avoided, the importtaion of foreign stock pre- vented, and supplies more fully consumed. The quality of the crop, taken as a whole, was, perhaps, better than the average; there were many inferior nuts as there always, are but there was also a large quantity of as fine stock as was ever produced. The liberal remuneration which the Tennes- see producers, who sold during the first half of the past’ year, secured for their crop induc- ed them to extend the culture of peanuts the present year. This remark applies to the whole producing region; only one return re- ports a decreased acreage, and that is froma locality of no importance. The general esti- mated in Tennessee is an increase of from 25 to 50 per cent. On the other hand it is generally es- timated that the yield per acre will be less than last year; but on comparing the returns with those of last year, the estimatea number of bushels per acre, when given, are fully as large as the estimate made a year ago. The last year proved to be far greater than expect- ed. Itisof course very difficult to forman The outcome of the crop was | yield | including the North Carolina area of like pro , duction. This will bring the aggregate crop up to 2,009,000 bushels, with the possibility that should the weather prove to be favorable, and the curing season be prolonged into November. The crop asa ' rule willmature early; in fact some of the t accurate judgment of the yield of acrop which ! is unner ground, as the outcome depends very | much upon the weather conditions during the | present month. Following the rule of aver- ages, however, the increase of acreage this year, and the estimated decrease from the actual yield of last year, indicates an increase in the aggregate production of about 25 per cent, and as the ascertained crop of last year was 800,000 bushels, it follows that the crop this year will amount, approximately, to 1,009,- 000 bushels, should the weather for the remain- der of the season prove to be as favorable for the full development and curing of peanuts as it wasayearago. An early killing frost or other unfavorable circumstances might re- duce this materially. The quality of the Tenn- essee crop promises to be unusually good; some reports say “good,” “excellent,” ‘‘fine,” “very good,” and none of them speak doubt- fully upon the subject. Inmany localities the crop will mature early, in some late, and ina few at an average date, so that as a whole the harvest will not be muchif any later than us- ual. The ratio of red to white nuts is larger than last year; in some counties more red than white are produced, but predominate, and probably three-fitths or two- thirds of the crop will this year consist of | white peanuts. In Virginia there reported to be an in- crease of 10 to 25 per cent. inthe acreage, and the yield is variously estimated, but generally fully as large as last year. Besides Virginia proper, there is inthe eastern part of North Carolina increased attention given to peanut culture, and the same kind is produced; these are known in the commercial world as Virgin- ia peanuts, and are consequently classed with them. The climate there is especially favor- able, and the yield large; no drought is feared, for the heavy dews compensate for the ab- sence of rain, and the quality of the peanuts there produced is very good. The weather this season has been quite different from last year in its effect upon the production in Vir- ginia; the conditions were favorable until about the first of September, when there was a prolonged drought. The early planted nuts, however, were sufficiently developed not to be greatly injured, although the yield is prob- ably considerably restricted. Those planted late suffered the most, which is the opposite of the experience last year. The indications are that the yield will be little if any short of an average one, and the large increase in acreage assures a crop one-third larger than last year, generally white | | | | | particles, like needles of ice, % earlier planted have already been dug, and prove to be unusually free from ‘pops’ and “saps.” Thelater planted may or may not mature, but asthey form only a comparative- ly small part of the crop.the fo:s will not be very severe if they do not. In North Carolina as well as elsewhere, a large increase is reported inthe acreage, and ' also an increase in the average yield per acre, and while it is not expected that it will be very large, it will doubtless prove to be above the average. It has already matured, and there is the assurance of a crop of at least 200,000 bushels. This is exclusive of the counties con- tiguous to Virginia, which are included in the estimate for that State. Should the present expectations of this year’s crop be realized the total yield of the United States will amount to 3,200,000 bushels, the aggregate value of which is not far from $3,500,000. The supply available for consumption dur- ing the ensuing year—October I, 1884, to Sep- tember 80, [885—a.s deduced from statistics and estimates, will be as follows: Bushels. Stock on hand, Oct. 1, 1884.. .....9540,000 Tennessee crop....... oo oa ss ee MV EpMIA CROP... 26. co es 2,000,000 IN@reH Carolina GrOp.. .. 220.6025. ... 023: 200,000 Total available supply............:... 3,540,000 ~> -9 <> A Gcecsseas Retail Merchant. From the San Francisco Country Merchant. In a recent conversation with an old and val- ued subscriber, who is doing a large and sue- eessful business in an interior town where competition in trade is unusually sharp, we asked him what was the principal reason to which he attributed his suceess. To this he replied, that in his opinion his prosperity was largely due to the practice of,dealing in goods ofa high standard of quality, and never mis- representing articles to his customers. By this means he had established a reputation among buyers ofthe best class, arfd his sales showed a handsome increase every year. At first, hestated, he found no easy task to gain public confidence; but since his plan of doing business had become generally known, he had experienced no difficulty, notwithstanding the fact that he is known among some of his un- successful rivals as the “high-priced grocer.” This term of reproach he considered on the whole rather a benefit than an injury, as it ex- cited public curiosity and served as a goed ad- vertisement to his business. We consider that our subscriber has suce ess- fully solved a problem which to-day agitates the minds of nota few retail merchants. There promoted consumption to the fullest extent | ane any wie Mave etaried aunt) she os line as the gentleman we have mentioneg, but have not had the tenacity or strength of pur- pose to adhere to it long enough to test it ef- fectually, The merchant who has resolved to do business on the square, as the saying is, must be prepared to encounter obstacles and to meet with disappointments which can only be appreciated by those who have adopted such a policy. The chief of these obstacles is not that which comes.from legitimate competition, that is expected by any trader; but that which is the most difficult to overcome is the compe- tition of the unscrupulous dealer in short weights and adulterated goods. No sooner does the honest merchant establish a trade on an article of merit, than his piratical rival offers something closely resembling it, but of inferior quality, at a price which creates a suspicion among buyers that the former is making undue profits, not only on this particular article, but on everything else he sells. It is not always easy to show customers that this isan erronous idea and that first-class goods bear a corres- ponding price, but after a little costly exper- ienece with the Cheap Johns, most buyers learn the truth of this and the trade profits thereby. fact regular ee A Tempest in the Polar Seas. It is impossible, says an exchange, to form anidea of atempestinthe polar The icebergs are like floating rocks, whirled along arapid current. The huge erystal mountains dash against each other, backward and for- ward, bursting with aroar like thunder, and rdturning to the charge until, losing their equilibrium, they tumble overinacloud of spray, heaving the icefields, which fall after- wards like the crash of a whiplash on the boil- ing sea. Thesea gulls tly away screaming, and often a black shining whale comes for an instant puffing to the surface. When the mid- night sun grazes the horizon the floating mountains and the rocks are immense ina wave of beautiful purple light. The cold is by no means so insupportable as is supposed. We passed froma heated cabin at thirty de- grees above zero to forty-seven degrees below zero in the open air without inconvenience. A much higher degree becomes, however, insuff- erable if there isa wind. At fifteen degrees below zero a steam, as if from a boiling kettle, rises trom the water. At once fozen by the wind, it falls in a faint powder. This phenom- enon is called sea smoke. At forty degrees the snow and human bodies also smoke, which | smoke changes at once into millions of tiny which fill the air and make alight continuous noise, like the rustle of a stiff silk. Atthis temperature the trunks of trees burst with a loud report, the rocks break up, and the earth opens and vom- itssmoking water. Knives break in cutting butter. Cigars go out by contact with the ice on the beard. Totalk is fatiguing. At night the eyelids are covered with a crust of ice, which must be carefully removed before one can open them. seas. > -O- A Good Average. A farmer sent his boy to the “sugar to look after the sap buckets. boy returned, “How are they,” asked the f ‘““W-well,” the boy replied, ‘s-some are h-half full, some are f-full, an’ s-some are r-runnin’ over. I g-guess they’ll a-verage ’bout f-full.” bush? Presently the far —— . Sa Leather chair seats may be revi,ed by rub- bing them with well-beaten white of eggs. Leather binding of books may be cleansed by this method. White Roman bindings should be washed witha soft flannel saturated in soapsuds. The Michigan Tradesman. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Hercantile and Manufacturing Interests of the Siate. E. A. STOWE, Editor. } Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. Organized at Grand Rapids, June 28, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Logie. Wirst Vice-President—Lloyd Max Mills. ‘Second Vice-President—Richard Warner. Secretary and Treasurer—L. W. Atkins. Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman. Committee on Elections—Wm. B. Edmunds, chairman: D. S. Haugh, Wm. G. Hawkins, Wallace Franklin and J. N. Bradford. Regular Meetings—Last Saturday evening in each month. Next Meeting—Saturday evening, November 15, at “The Tradesman’”’ office. Frank C. Brisbin’s assertion that “it is impossible te do business on wind and bor- rowed money” is worthy of gilded letter- ing and frame, and a conspicuous place, in the office of every jobbing house in the coun- . try. The Grand Rapids Democrat says that ‘there are 425 retail grocers in this city. As a matter of fact, there are exactly 174 gro- cers. Had the Democrat said that there were 425 retail dealers in the city, it would not have been so far out of the way. ET . People who are always looking upon the dark side of our national picture, and think -the country is going to the dogs, should find eomfort in the fact that not for many years have what are called the “better classes” taken so active an interest in politics as this year. re ENE The rapidly increasing demands of our ad- vertisers have rendered it necessary that “some arrangement be devised whereby a greater proportion of reading matter can be presented. No definite plan has yet been arrived at, but for the present a series of supplements will be issued. In the mean- _ time suggestions are solicited from our sub- scribers as to the form in which they would ‘hike to see their favorite journal in the fu- ture. TTS BRISBIN AGAIN. Prophetic Utterances from that Individ- ual. F. C. Brisbin was in town last week, and was seen by areporter for THE TRADES- MAN. In the course of a general conversa- tion he declared that he had found that it was “impossible to do business on wind and borrowed money,” an assertion that every dealer similarly inclined to Brisbin would do well to heed. It is not the first time that ~ such a discovery has been made, and in con- nection with circumstances equally as disas- trous as those which befel Brisbin and his ereditors, but there are always those who are possessed of sufficient self-confidence to _ think that they can succeed in treading on dangerous ground where others have failed. Such persons would do well to profit by ' Brisbin’s experience, and avoid the evil con- ' gequences that will necessarily otherwise foHow. Another equally pertinent hint thrown ' out by Brisbin was that it will not do for a light-weight business man to meddle with ’ ¢ast horses. Not that the original cost of the animals, or the expense of their keeping, are enough to cripple a moderate business, but the time spent in speeding and driving : ig the worst feature of the matter, as it in- volves the expenditure of time which should be devoted to the vigorous prosecution of business. This observation is worthy of - eareful consideration from those who are ina position to appreciate the force of the remark. John Caulfield secured judgment against Dell Wright on the garnishee served on that gentleman, for $122 and costs, and on Satur- ‘day Brisbin paid the amount into the hands of Justice’ Huntley, who turned it over to Mr. Caulfield. It was thought that the mat- ter would be carried to a higher court, and the speedy settlement of the judgment was probably made to euable Brisbin to leave Berlin without any legal complications star- ing himinthe face. That he is preparing to leave the scene of his great lay-out is the ardent belief of his many victims. Mr. Caul- field is to be congratulated on being the only jobber who “downed” the man who. will be remembered for a long time to come as the most arrant liar and swindler who has ever (dis) graced in portals—and ledgers—of the Grand Rapids jobbing houses. —=—-9<- —— Many tenement-house cigarmakers receive from their employers 100 pounds of tobacco, for which they have to return 102 pounds of cigars. The difference is supposed to repre- gent the water used in moistening the dry leaf. Complaints are made that when the tobacco falls short, cigar stumps, willow, oak and elm leaves are used to make good the deficiency, and that in some instances 100 pounds of tobacco have thus been made to produce 200 pounds of cigars. oo Enormous shipments of flour have been made from San Fransisco to China, as well as canned goods, salted meats and other provisions. It is estimated that no less than 8,000,000 pounds of flour were ship- ped during September. It is presumed that _ these shipments are made on vehalf of the Chinese Goverument in anticipation of a long war. RES AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. Graham Roys & Co. have issued and il- lustrated catalogue and price list of their whip line. Stephen Morey has engaged in general trade at Bangor. Spring & Company fur- nished the dry goods and Fex, Musselman & Loveridge the groceries. Berra Bros. have bought the stock and bus- iness of Wood Bros., general dealers at Shaytown, and will continue at the old stand. Shields, Bulkley & Lemon replen- ished the grocery stock. W. C. Harper and Mr. Eastman have formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Harper & Eastman and engaged in the groéery business at 205 South Division street. Cody, Ball & Co. furnished the stock. S. Cooper, of Jamestown Center, has bought the grocery store of Mrs. Franklin, at Parmalee, and will increase the stock to re- spectable proportions, buying at this market. Healso contemplates an addition to the store building. Gid. Kellogg has gone to Chicago in the interest of the new firm of F. Raniville & Co., to arrange with several manufacturing houses to handle their goods. In addition to the manufacturing of leather belting, the firm will hereafter carry a complete line of mill supplies, including saws, files, emery wheels, waste hose, lubricatofs, oils, ete. AROUND THE STATE. Mrs. E. J. Mayer, milliner at Manistee, has failed. Brown & Friend are about to open a cloth- ing store at Grand Haven. Wadham & Farrell, clothing dealers at Mt. Pleasant, have assigned. C. R. Dye, grocery and crockery dealer at Ionia, is going out of business. E. F. Shaw succeeds Ward B. Clark in the boot and shoe business at Evart. Tracy & Tyler succeed Kedzie & Tracy in the hardware business at Sturgis. Fogg & Hightower succeed Powers & Hightower in general trade at Ferry. Cc. F. Andrews has purchased a half inter- est in the jewelry business of J. E. Hutchin- son at Williamtown. Durham & Thomas succeed Barkman & Francisco in the grocery and crockery busi- ness at Three Rivers. . The Muskegon Chronicle says that a wholesale oyster house is to be opened on Pine street, in that city, in a few days. Bronson merchants are rapidly rebuilding the burned district, and will have a fine block of stores before many more months. A Berlin correspondent writes: F. E. Davis is closing out his stock of goods at cost, as he intends going to Grand Rapids to live. J. R. Hersnan, clothing dealer at Caro, has been closed up by creditors. The assets are placed at $15,000 and the liabilities at $13,000. H. W. Ayland has sold his agricultural implement* business at Mason to Lasenby & Main, who will also continue in the furni ture business. A. & J. Mulder, grocers at Muskegon, an- nounce that they are going out of the gro- cery business. The loss to Muskegon peq- ple, however, is not irreparable. Peter Guiley writes Tur TRADESMAN that the item in last week’s paper to the ef- fect that he had “‘reingaged” in the grocery business at South Boardman is erroneous. 4 STRAY FACTS. Tecumseh dealers are shipping apples to Sligo, Ireland. The Greenville Barrel Co. has commenced the manufacture of lard tierces. The stotk of lumber on hand at Manisti- que at the close of the season will be larger than in any previous year. Certain Eastern capitalists have an eye on Battle Creek as a promising town in which to start a new national bank. E. S. Hagaman has bought an interest in the roller mill at Weston, and the firm is now known as Hagaman & Barron. P. B. Smith has bought the furniture stock and business of C. W. Marvin at Ovid. Mr. Marvin intends to remove to Colorado. A scheme is being agitated to form a stock company with $100,000 capital, to build and operate a cable system of street railways at Battle Creek. The Homer fruit evaporator has prepared 2,000 pounds of fruit this season. These evaporators are solving the problem of what to do with Michigan’s fine apple crop ina very satisfactory manner. A company of Union City gentlemen pro- pose to start a $100,000 threshing-machine manufactory. They want $3,000 in land and buildings as an inducement. The salt interest at Manistee is steadily developing. The monthly product is about 15,000 barrels, and the Stronach Lumber Co. is putting down another well, R. G. Pet- ers another, and Canfield & Wheeler are put- ting down two new wells. The cost of put- ting down salt wells at Manistee is heavy, but they hold out well when once down. ——_—_——_-o-—— It is safe te say that the editor of the EI- mira Enterprise does not make the follow- ing without an actual knowledge of the sub- ject based on experience; Our experience teaches us that trying to put up stoves and refrain from using “‘cuss-words” at the same time are two things that are highly incom- patible. _@—~<——____ The Gripsack Brigade. Wm. B. Edwards gives notice that he is no longer to be referred to as ‘“‘Taffy Bill.” He must hereafter be spoken of as ‘‘Glucose William.” Dick Savage, who is now in theemploy of The beet-root sugar works at Berthier, Canada, have begun operations. It is stated 2,000 barrels of sugar will be produced monthly. During the coming winter a col- ony of French agriculturists will be brought over to instruct the farmers in the vicinity of the sugarie in the culture of the beet. ~~ A Wisconsin farmer claims to have dis- covered a specific remedy for the rayages of the potato bug. He plants one or two flax seeds in every hill of potatoes, and says that by so doing the bugs never trouble the crop. —_-—_- 2. Towa has an enormous and excellent pota- to crop. The New Bra All Clamp Skate G —AND— PATD.UULY.383. | 2B Charles W. Allen, is renewing old acquain- | jf@ | tances among the Northern trade this week. S. J. Gootlieb, general traveling represen- tative for Senour & Gedge, the Covington to- bacco manufacturers who has put in the past week at this market in the interest of Red Star plug, has left for the Saginaw Valley. The regular monthly meeting of Post A, which was to have been held last Saturday evening, was postponed until Saturday even- ing November 15, at which time it is expect- ed that the excitement incident to election will have passed away. - E. J. Abbott, traveling salesman for Cush- ing, Olmstead & Snow, the Boston clothing house, was found dead in bed at the Davis House, Sheridan, on the 23rd. He had been on a spree for about a week, and death re- sulted from that cause. Geo. D. Bow, the wide-awake representa- tive of Dick, Middleton & Co., put in a couple days at this market last week. His territory includes Michigan and Indiana, but those who are in a position to know where-t of they speak claim that he is partial to the Wolverine State. ——_—__—._2 <=>_-_-___ In View of Recent Events. “So you want to be my coachman?” “Yes, sir.” “Are you a married man?” ed “Well, y-y-yes, sir. But then, that’s all right. I can get a divorce.” 2 Many rich men who reside in the suburbs of New York own and maintain large and well-equipped greenhouses, purely, as they say, for the pleasure and luxury of the thing. Yet, it is stated, these same rich men are now sending enormous quantities of cut flowers to market to meet part of their expenses, much to the annoyance of the florists. ————_ <4 << If you don’t put your whole mind down to your work you are not going to succeed, because there are too many around that are doing their level best to get ahead. TheNEW ERA RINK SKATE The original cost of a roller skate is of minor importance to you, provided you buy the one that can be run at the least possible cost in time and money. We claim the NEW ERA to be the most Reonomical Roller Skate iu the World ' and this in connection with their IMMENSE POPULARITY with those who have used hem, commend them to the attention ‘ot every rink owner in the country. ~Our CLAMP SKATE is the only screw clamp skate made which operates all the clamps with one key at the same time. Foster, Stevens & Co. 10 and 12 Monroe st., AGENTS FOR GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Send for Circular and Price Lists. Hecker’s Standard. i ammlactles. 9 a . Fleclker’s Self-Raising Buckyurheat Is made from best New York and Pennsylvania stock. Has a purple label printed in black ink. Boxes, 32 3 ib packages, $5.15. 166 hb packages, $5. Hoecker’s Self Raising Griddle-Cake Flour For all uses where a batter is required, and for Muffins, Griddle Cakes, Waffles, Puddings, Ap- ple, Peach, Fish or plain Fritters, Etc. Has a yellow label printed in green ink. Boxes of 32 3 pound packages, $4.50. 166 pound packages, $4.35. Eoecker’s Self-Raising Wheat Flours, A little water, with the means of making a fire, being all that is requisite in any situation to secure a loaf of excellent lightbread or biscuits, etc. Froecizer’s Rolled Wheat, or Wheaten Grits Surpasses all other preparation of wheat for producing and maintaining a healthful, active condition of the system, and is peculiarly beneficial to dyspeptics and persons of sedentary habits. Boxes holding 24 2 t packages, $ 3.50 ® box, Fecker’s Partly-Cooked Oat Meal “Is made from specially selected grain. A very superior article. Boxes holding 24 2 th pkgs., $3,50 8 box. Elecker’s Farina Is made entirely from wheat, and consists of granulated particles of the berry adhering to the outer pelicle after crushing. Itis an especially nutritious food for invalids and infants, and a most delicious desert when made into jelly or blanc mange, and served with sauce or fruits. Boxes holding 4 cartoons, 12 1b pps., each, $4.50. Fleclker’s Hominy or Corn Grits Is made from fine white flint corn. PURITY AND STENGTH GUARANTEED. Hecker's Yetlec Is made from Pure Cream Tartar. Baking Powder It is PERFECTLY HEALTHFUL, and its Baking Qualities cannot be surpassed. N. B.--We offer you every inducement in Quality an& Price to warrant you in pushing the sale of goods that have been recognized as STANDARD for over Forty Years. Geo. V. Hecker & Co. GRAND RAPIDS. «= WM. SEARS & CO. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for AMBOY CHEESE. 87, 89 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. F.J. LAMB & COMPANY, ——WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—— Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Apples, Onions, Potatoes, Beans, Etc. State Agent for the Lima Patent Egg Cases and Fillers. NO. 8 AND 10 IONIA STREET, MICHiGcCAN. STRAIGHT CGOODS--NO SCHEME. CHEW RED STAR PLUG. John Caulfield, Sole Agent. Quick Work Soap. RETAIL GROCERS in different parts of the State report QUICK WORK the best selling SOAP that they keep. Why? Because it is exactly as toni It makes makes your CLOTHES WHITE and CLEAN. It SAVES LABOR and FUEL. It SAVES BOILING and HARD RUBBING. It leaves the HANDS SOFT and SMOOTH, and NO HOUSE FULL OF STEAM. In price IT IS CHEAPER, and is POSITIVELY GUARANTEED equal to SIDDALL’S, ALLISON’S, BOGUE’S, WARD’S, or ELEC- TRIC LIGHT, or any other LABOR SAVING SOAPS in the market and WILL NOT INJURE THE HANDS, or FINEST FABRIC, for it is made of the BEST AND PUR- EST SOAP MATERIAL. a box, with PICTURE CARDS, 3 tb Printed Paper Sacks, Tablets, ete., in each Box, so It has a NEAT OUTSIDE WRAPPER, the INSIDE WRAPPER IS WAXED to smooth the irons. Retail Grocers are invited to send us an order, 3 to 5 Box Lots, DELIVERED FREE to any Railroad Station in the State. J.H. Thompson & Co Wholesale Agents, QUICK WORK SOAP is packed in 100 or 50 12 oz. Bars in that it will introduce itself. 59 Jefferson Avenue - Detroit, Mich. E Oysters! Oysters! WEROLESAIE: OYTHERS DEHPOT! 11yY Monroe St. WE HAVE NONE BUT THE BEST BALTI- MORE AND NEW YORK STOCK AND WILL GUARANTEE YOU SATISFACTION. Give us a Trial. F. J, DETTENTHALER ® ° 43 * 2 ° : : * , ‘ . Oru GS & Medicines charge for containers and drayage is unbusi- WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. 18 fees Gh dag hac ; ? : : ° * os i i ; ay. Sess > ia nesslike in all its bearings, and deserves dis- | ~~~~-~~~---—-~— ree walceuin. Ene Fer sore ag 10 y oo te! 1 f oe mS vice-President—Frank Wurzburg, Gr’d meeting, the National Retail Druggists’ As- Muriatic 1B deg........---- 2-002 3 @ 3 Ce aig me 25 ack - bk bps less than robbery, and Rapids. sociation showed altogether less antagonism-| Oyaiie Uy@ 16 |Fennel............. Oe ames ey iB se ud ste ee ee Secretary—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. to the wholesaler than has been displayed in| Sulphuric 66deg...-000-..-0.0..... 8 @ 4 Flax, Clean... .- oo. se eeee secs eeees 3%u@ ee ae Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Tartaric dered 4g | Flax, pure grd (bbl 3%) 4 report through THE TRADESMAN, if you think Rema Comniice tt J, Breve. 2: 2. tne How Xo Onesie Uwe Ts pe bole eos Oe ke 8 best. ee ee wtineher: : ee » F. W-| erence is due mainly to the fact thata num-| Benzore, German... -..-.--++-+--: _e , Mustned white ‘Black 10¢)..1 20... “es Respectfully, S. S. BURNETT ext place of meeting—At Detroit, Tuesday. : ‘ . SR ah i Pe eee ne : October 13, 1885. 8 ’ Y-| bev of jobbers have, from the inception of AMMONIA. ee ice ee _ 100 — the movement, taken an active interest in| Carbonate...............--+.+- Rb 1 @ 18 Worm, Levant... ae 6 @ 1 : Mr. Burnett is in the same position that : ; : : +s : : _| Muriate (Powd. 22¢)...........++++ ee ee numbers of other dezlers, in b sity ¢ Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. oe a aided its ef-| Aqualé deg or af...000.00000000.. 6@ 7 SPONGES. Eiiey. iinal snoimmetven, ail ee nieces aL orts and con erred with its members with a| Aqua 18 deg or gee ee 7 @ 8 rons sheeps oe). corsage ei 225 @2 50 a question propounded by the writer has been _ Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening view to harmonizing the Telations between aoe : ip Velvet Extra do a 110 5 asked and answered a dozen times in the past in each month. - : : the body it represented and the. wholesale me Beet ae te oe @ 40 Extra Yellow do do 2s. 85 few weeks, it may not be amiss to mak D _ Annual meena tit Thursday evening cle ‘Phe Gésult has been hulaally bene- ia Be eos eee: a Grass, ae ao 65 Gabicgly. fos the weneilat oh aee — in*November, : nit has heen mutually bene-| Peru..------eeccc rte 2 ard head, for slate use........... WR : , for the benefit of others interested : : ee Pe OW eee a 50 | Y Beene aan ee We in the matter » Michi ficial. The leading spirits in the Association elow Reet, do 5... 1 40 wh he matter. The Michigan Mutual was or- Cogent Reasons _ Pharmaceutical Leg-| have come to understsnd and manifest due} Cassia, in mats (Pow'a 200) 12 § oe ee zu Ca. SS islation. : : : g ’ ‘8 (Pow’d 20¢)........ : 3 Lae statute having been secured late in the sessi ; ___| consideration for the interests of the whole-| Ginchona, yellow.....-.....---++. I | Alsghee wand: enor sont an vat. 7 of 1883, covering several poi Dt ee President Crouter presents the following| — | ’ : PMO 1 lin, eee os ees 6 oo ieee 95 per cent ex. ref. 1 50 S, covering several points not heretofare concise reasons for the enactment of a salers without foregoing any of their claims sie a ae - Aerie Bonoe ne aaiene ae 50 embodied in the insurance laws of the State, Sherennew tal: upon the latter class for assistance in estab-| Sassafras, of r00t..-......oco iQ | Arsenic, Fowler’s solution... .._ 12 . poy Ss prer sion mekns heey : : lishing protective measures. The New York | Wild Cherry, select..........------ yw | Annatto 1D rolis.................. 30 We ee nt xeniity Slockholder: ine To the Editor of the Tradesman: : Bayberry powdered..........----- On (Me BOING. os ois se cuse 50 in the amount of what was termed the “pre- My DEAR Sir—Allow me to extend to jobbers on the contrary were from the outset, | Hemlock powdered..........-..+-- 18 Bay Boea! Peed, best ae 25 mium agreement,” the eine being the ees ae i iti ; : Wah0O 2.50502) 056.0. cssee sso , GOMeStIC, Ih., F. .'8. : a ; : anes you the thanks of the Michigan State Phar- placed in a position of seeming antagonism ae psouka Poe eo i eae 8b 2K@ "34 B | of the premium for ten years, payable in year- maceutical Association for your sind end to the association of local retailers. The re- enurus, poner ceed a OG). 3 @ Rs ly and semi-yearly installments unless other- very liberal offer of the free use of the col- lations between wholesalers and retailers at Cubeb, prime (Powd 70¢)........+. 2° Antimony, powdered, ‘com’l...... 44@ 5 oe The Company started out un- i g MOD oo ic cee : , whi : Y Tavoreb spices rt , umns of your excellent journal to discuss the West are of a closer and more fraternal Prickly WWsh? oo 1 60 2 10 Pinta tee es < in selection imitans ae Aas peared o ee ee eae Menke... - c ; 2. > ice: 0 any matter pertaining to the welfare of the sort thanthey seem to be here and at other EXTRACTS. —— ee Be ee cece in 2 25 42 and 44 ae Street and 89, 91, 93 and | secretary soon brought the friends of ihe or- druggists and other citizens of this State. Eastern points. This is easily accounted for eon. en 35 DOES, 25e)... a Bismuth, sub nitrate... | ee o hi 95 Louis Street. ganization to a relizing sense of the inability We have a pharmacy bill to present to our by the fact that outside of New York and| Logwoo a bank Se Oe ras 5? ae -7 owes MOG). 5. css. es 45 of the company to meet its obligations. This next Legislatate—one, that demands the at-| Ober seaboard cities, there are few conflict-| /o8yooa" B Borax, refined (Powd a Sp neeenit Ske brought about We a series 5 2 2 a - e 9 28 OO eee ri i ‘ ” ses, 2 mos O ing iber- tention of every citizen of the State. ing interests in the retail drug trade, and the | Logwood, %s €6)). os 15 oe a _ e IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF al commissions - a : ene mee : : : _.| jobber is not, therefore, called upon to take Logwood,ass’d do .......... 14 | Gapsicum Pods, African pow al. ft : Serene rene Mie cecrorery = It is a bill for the protection of the public) *" : 2 es P Fluid Extracts—25 % cent. off list. Capsicum Pods, oe : a as : curing of new business, who took risks reck- from the dangers attending the dispensing sides in a fight between his customers, none FLOWERS. Carmine, No. 40...........00.00- ae 4 00 In N Metlicings Chel lessly, thus subjecting the company to more of medicines by uneducated and incompe- of whom he dares to antagonize. But the} Armica..........-.....seeemeeeree es 10 @ il cane Buds... 0. eee ee eee ee 12 ; than the usual number of losses. The condi- : : 5 Chamomile, Roman o alomel. American..y............ 70 ; } ti : : : : : e est er conflict of interests in the retail drug trade} Ghamomile, German..........---- be | Chalk, prepared drop.............. 5 -. ; Pmt Wie company comine (ete Ace It isa bill that requires every druggist to at the East promises to continue for a long GUMS. Chai ea faeces ee = Paints (ils Varnishes oe ib ae onto : é _ ss : L : 7 i fingers................. man took the necessary steps to termin- educate himself for the important position time, and the jobber will be involved in com- oe ae cs 60@ . oe Seatobie Beer tee, : a ’ } j ate the existence of the ca ae. aan are- of compounding medicines for the people. plications that are not easily solved except at Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... 50 Colocynth Bopet 60 . ay ceiver was accordingly appointed to assess the It is a bill requiring all druggists to keep| We exPense Of Some puicipnaia ee ee ee ot ak leer — ee | |e dnd Drieeist 5 oo ae a careful record of the poisons they sell, and s generally have come to accept the} Arabic, powdered select.......... 60 oral do Scherin’s do ... 1 90 bi mn Onantins ar he comer: oe ’ ° ea zo | Chioral a ede foe authority to do soisgiven inthe statute gove to see that every parcel of poison sold is aia a . oe measure upon which Arabio,2d ploked ee 40 cee ous ee ee en 00 a 2 ing such companies suiitod a page oral in ey must rely for protection, and have ab- abic,c8d pickod..........eeeeeeee 35 inchonidia, P. & W...... A 4 5 as aa se properly labeled. EAs S ee a ‘Arabic, sifted sorts..............-- 30 | Cinchonidia, other brands......... 40 $ 4B ' Session Laws of 1883. As would naturally be It is a bill to prevent the adulteration of : ve e jobbers irom any other effort than Se prime (Powd 35c)... 4 30 ence (Powd 280)... 0.5.05. <. Sue 20 @ 22 expected, there is considerable opposition to any drug, medicine, chemical or pharmaceu-| 18 involved in the faithful carrying out of| Compnor oe eee 45 ng ee ee tical preparation. the provisions of that plan. But that does} Catechu. 1s (14 Ide, 248 160) ...... Copperas (by Dbl e)...........0... 2 MANUFACTURERS OF aes the facts tn the matter sxe clean : ae : i i Co Be orrosiy: i i explained, it will be see re is It is not a bill in the interest of any class| °t relieve the wholesaler from entangle-| Galbanum ne i 80 Corks Xand XX 35 off list...... 2 BLEGANT PHARMACEUTICAL =P r ae oe pees i. a ae ae or profession of men. ments that he naturally would wish to avoid, peeore. a Gees 90@1 e Pare ie pure powdered..... 38 @ 40 WAL AUL REPARA PONS, ne vvdahet acs = eats ssh perce : ° a S i uaiac, prime (Pow GC). cease é ream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. 15 = : z ‘ It is a bill endorsed by our State School of and it is evidently not a plan that will re- Kino (Powdered, 30¢] ss 20 ote Peg . 50 FLUID EXTRACTS AND ELIXIRS be forever afterward on the alert as to the re- ; sian: is eive t i : BHC oc R udbear, prime............ 4 ok ; aie liability of insurance compani z Pharmacy and in my opinion is one of the mca arene cs sae . the see Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)... 40 fuels Mish HOGG... 0... os... > ais salem RO nels most important bills to the people of our jobbers who believe that the mat-| Opium, pure (Powd $6.00).......... Ve 12 oe er: renee : oo : . | Shellac, Campbell’s.............-+. 30 | Dover’s Powders... 120 |} GENERAL WHOL icy. State that will be passed upon by onr next ter of protection should be carried on by di- once. cn coause é D ) Powders..............64-. ESALE AGENTS FOR : : : } ; DIISN 0... noe ee 26 ragon’s Blood Mass........... 50 Receiver Skinner states that he will pay out i rect relati , ropri jJ- | Shellac, native................6.65- 2 Ergot powdered...........---..--. ; hae ™ : Legislature. : t ons betw oes proprietor - retail Srciac renee ie eee a Fin 2 x die Oa eae : a Wotr, Patron & Co., AND JoHN L. Wuit- no funds collected until the matter has been Our State has provided a school to edu-| & 29 should not involve the middleman. | Tragacanth ..............020.see ++ 30 @110 | Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... 8 ING, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE fogted tm the courts, sothat if the aexesanieee cate druggists, and now let the _| Their opposition is strengthened by the fact HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. Epsom Salts........ .....--..-.00+- 240 3 ‘ is declared invalid, those who have paid their ggists, t people re eeu : ‘ " Hoarhound a Herpot, Preshe hos 50 PAINT AND VARNISH assessments will have the amounts returned ° r na 1e r 7 j PROUT 2. wc cw cw cece re cece cc ce reer eseseses 4 Pp: eT a Boo as oe f S v ave te @ in re urnec quire every person to be educated before at- struggle over the Campion PlAM) Toholia..... ci... cccsscncsssecesercsentnerse: ee if BRUSHES. to them, tempting to dispense poison to the public threatens their own protective rebate scheme. Peppermint ea es Be 25 | Grains Paradise................ a 25 Major A. B. Morse, the Ionia attorney : mi : : : Me ee: 40 | Gelati Se ee oO a So saul : and dealing with human life. The first blow at the rebate plan was struck} Spearmint <2 2.00.01... 22sec ceeee eee enee ees 24 Golatine. mote Sa ae 45 @ 7 —Also for the— writes Mr. Burnett as follows: “I am in the Yours truly, by a New York jobber on the fourth instant, ny Majoram: =. 2 20). - Glassware, flint, 79 off, by box 60 off same company you speak of, and do not pro- __&- W.Cnouree, | im an extensively advertised cut on the age osc cccccscsnenecenececeeeesesere Glassware, green, 60 and 10dis.... |, 4 4, | GRAND Rarms Brust Co., MANr’Rs oF at ony ee —__. 2 > » pri 2. Bj ; Grimwood... ..-3....... 55.25... - 7. 25 i ee j 2, SHOE Al : 19 : at you gentlemen want to do is to clu ee POO a OT EE wholesale price of Hostetter’s Bitters, which : 5 Shite, wae ee ly @ 28 HAtTR, SHOE AND HORSE BRUSHES. t i ee oe a a ge are both rebate and Campion goods. Although IRON. yeerine, pure.................25. 19° @ 2 ogether and make a test case of the first man From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter. : : & Maa 8) Citrate and Quinine............... 6 40 ape AB ANA 7G8....---.-0--seeee 23@ 40 who is sued.” Late advices from Yokohama, Japan, a firm adherent of the rebate plan in all oe mur., for tinctures...... 20 Inaige F 02.........: a Ge ee 8 @l a « A Pewamo victim writes Mr. Burnett: “We duis abt deoumdion peuthol lesion having been! Githate fn. eras 80 Loe Powder, best Dalmatian... 25 @_ 30 j | have not paid, and do not intend to, if we can : fae ; : a tir i ist . ; ee ree ie en Bm LO , 7 TMOG 2 00 avoidit. Té¢ going Cars Jity in a day ceeds the available supplies and that the cut off from the entire Campion list, and be- | Phosphate ..-......--+s-++5eersr 5 | eis Ainecen 5 IS S IN ries avo Tam going to Gnnen Cy market there is quoted at ten dollars and| 8 unable to buy goods directly from the LEAVES. oT ra or two and get the viethns ap these to agree” on : ies s eaittaciimars on thablisk or with their Buchu, short (Powd 25¢)........... 2 @13 London Purple.................05. 10 @ : : form a pool. I will send you an agreement for ty cents per pound. ‘This condition of af- aca Z heir as- Sage, Italian, bulk (48 & 148, 12¢)... : 6 Lead, ee: es 1b Our stock in this department of our busi- | inspection, and if it suits you I want you to : ae ee sent, he is no longer : enna, Alex, natural.............. 8 20 | Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10c & 9 | ness i ; ae te a 6 ue fairs confirms pe eet Dey tl : . . ane consinet with Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. e 39 j Lupuline........ : ste e ee eeee a . — 1 00 pest assarte a 4 a si Tale ees So. when medthol of domestic and foreign ’| them and is at liberty to sell their goods at) Senna, powdered...........-...--. oo 1 EveOpOGNii ..:...... 2.22.52... ssorted and diversified to be found in| Referring to the subject of co-operative In gn man : : Senna tinnivelli 16 | Mace oe 50 | the Northwest. We are heavy importers of i : ufacture commenced to attract unusual at- wholesale or retail, at any price he pleases.| ya Ursi....... 0! 10 | Madder, best Duteh.............. 12%@ 3 many articles ourselves and pele caer Fine es Macrae tention on account of the new uses found To whatever extent he can get goods, there- ae eee. xs ok = eo oe 75 | Solid Back Hair Brushes, French and Eng- oo eral years past mutual fire i : errs a ee ‘ SO Bo ; : ; r several years pas ual fire insurance for itand the scientific interest centered | £°Te be becomes an opponent of both the| Henbane ....... Pe 30 | Morphia, aulph,, P-& W777 W'ox 3. 0s@3 30 | BOS ae and Nail Brushes at attractive | has been all the rage in this part of the State in the article. As menthol has obtained a wholesale and retail protective schemes on ROse: LOG. 5.6.5 Besse 2 35 eet H., P. & Co.’s...... 49 | Prices. Our line of Holiday Goods for the | among owners of farm and village property genuine reputation as an alleviator in neu all goods that are sold under the latter. This) | py gco'ss a Moss, insh.. ee een tu 2 SEE thin see betes, ake ‘ee apd Stock companies have found “hard sliding : oe ce e403 eee : : ., D. & Co.'s Sour Mash Whisky.2 00 @2 25 | Mustar as 30 me ¢ we desire OUr | ; have kaka deivolr hi ralgic pains and is steadily growing in favor, | 8 # complication that becomes serious in| Driggists’ Favorite Rye.......-. 175 @2 00 Sanson olen oo ee 30 | customers to delay their fall purchasers patron Baye, bee laracly, Onis ont ty it is questionable whether the supply and| P'OP ortion to the inability of proprietors to Gin, Old oe yng eae i 35 ol "5 at chp Net. aC - oo ee Se ee Ne Seo Te Nae a ee oa . ae : : : pe in, Old Tom...........-s+ eee sere ENO egant line ditec : gs substantial insurance could de demand can be so regulated as to satisfy all prevent their goods from getting in un- ees zee POU se as 200 @350 | Nux Vomica....................... i0 see camen gaia mad oe Tepre- | ad at less than half the rates charged by the consumers. ‘The foreign article commands| uthorized hands. It may ar oe bat a ee ee | eee ek Beary 0 | Qual exhibition of those goods. | St0ck companies,” and were not disposed to fourteen dollars per pound in this market angerous menace to either of the plans, but Port Wines............ Soa sees 135 @2 50 Pepsin... See ee ae 3 00 pay the extra amount for the mere purpose of ee 1% ‘ : MAGNESIA. Pitch, True Burgundy............. $i i , i ; riching gre : , ai : Messrs. Cocking & Co., of Yokohama, who t at least suggests that it the retailers and| |. 4 onate, Pattison’s, 2 oz jg PQUNES en aoe 6 @ : rh coche paee aitostion of those eee jos ssgauani In van the make menthol one of their leading articles proprietors could devise some scheme for Carbonate, Jouning’s,202.......... 37 | Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ boz %@I0% |ioith y chasing OUTFITS for NEW STORES agents argued that solid insurance could not have great confidence in i ’| the protection of the former, which could be] Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution... 225 | Quinine, German.................- 9s NBT | to the fact of our unsurpassed facilities | be afforded at such low rates. They Soult ave great confidence in its future and of 5 : : ies Z ~ | Caleimed...... 22... .seee cece eee e ees 65 Saas Mixture...............00+. ‘ for meeting the wants of this class of buyers | make no headway against to fact that it was course the American product comes in for carried out withont involving the jobbers, it see cure ra SG aa ee ee i ~ 2 without delay and in the most approved and | being afforded and appeared thebe solid, The its share of the increasing consumption. would avoid all the opposition that the class morn, awe Be oe ula co 45 @ 50 Hed Le ee oe # Db 30 ee bat noe . the drug trade. | heavy losses and consequent héavy assess- i. : : ‘ : mber, rectified................05- 45 | Satfron, American. ............... 35 ur special efforts in this direction have r ' . In testing its purity, an authority states manifests to the Campion plan, and would} Anise.’ ..0.0.....20 00. o cece cece 10 PR GIDEE oo oes nce ten es @ % ceived from hundreds of our pera the a “A aa ge that menthol should be readily and com- probably command a more general folowing Bey MOL es es 50 ae oo large cryst............-. 10 | most satisfying recommendations : 2 e eo oe epg fi aie ee : wel gc : : OYRAMONG. 6 6662s ss 2 00 al Nitre, medium cryst.......... 9 me the mutuals, and the defeat has now been pletely soluble in twice its weight of chloro- than the Campion has yet secured from prop-| Castor 18 @ 19% | Sal Rochelle Ho Ae SOREN TABS YY ORC HNOE ATONE ETO | COGLOP 2-2-2 -s-ecenscrenesnee: EB OD UN ey Gada oc ccl sec cccsecescees. i. changed to a complete rout by the assessment form and it is said that the addition of a| M%"- It was hoped, when it became ap-| CFOton......---------+sssersesreees PO a 15 2 @ 2 . ry f for f s Geiget ee 5 ee 2 00 ‘ . of a heavy funeral benefit for the defunct small quantity of iodine to the solution parent that the present plan was not to re-| Cassia ..................-ss.eese eee 1 Bee 6 5 Michigan Mutual. The collapse of this last : : as i .. | Cedar, commercial (Pure 75e)..... 49 | Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..... : has 7 ought to impart a rich indigo blue color to ceive the approval of all the leading proprie-| Gitronella 5 oe named company has proved a complete eye- proval oF al’ the leading Proprie”| Citronella ..........++-eeeee sree ees 85 | Soda Ash [by keg 8c].............. 4 . ' it; the same solution can be completely de- tors, that its opponents would emphasize | Cloves...-........ ....seeseeeeeee ee 125 | Spermaceti..............-....,-...% 25 opener to the unfortunates who were oANene : ‘ : : Cubebs, P. & W,......... ies Soda, Bi-Carbonate, B.. ‘ : it, aw of them wi any ex: colorized by shaking it with caustic potash the friendship they still professed for the | Erigeron cue ee 2a Soap, White oe 2 u ti yore One special and personal atten- ae SN Ea a ae pi or soda solution. The melting point of the| et, by coming forward with a scheme Firoweed..--.....-2+-sereeeceeeeee DO) 3) Rare GP err aeeeser et: ype e*selection of choice goods, for ; T > a Geranium # 02.............2...06- 7 |Soap,Mottleddo . 9 | thedrug trad * many years tocome. To be requested to walk crystals has been fixed at thirty-five or thir- which should be free from what they re- pericek, oe eee (Pure 75c).. 40 Boe: a a ao. it | high se Bee tor ay cailcnationy up and pay an assessment that would have so : gar ‘octi uniper WOOd..................005- oap, Mazzini...... : + % rovide id i e for tw ty-seven degrees, and the boiling point at not garded as the objectionable features (iether a Spirits Nitre.3F... 2% @ i | supplying the wants of our customers with provided solid insurance for two or three lower than 210 degrees. Strong sulphuric acid Campion plan. They have not done so, and aoe flowers, French......... 201 ea Ay ee ee 23 @ 32 | Pure Goods in this department. We con- years a the best stock company known, a added to mentholin the cold may blacken the | 5° far as we can see are unlikely to, but as tee aabe ats a. oe ‘ 2 Salppur foo. ee 34 4 dale ne ine hres ont ote are ar . aa eon ioe oe a . ee ; ss : Br ey eet ere OR sree: Ser een set eet tenes se st or the sale o: 1e celebrate 1 3 ike ing invitec aten cen latter slightly, but strong caustic potash the entire fraternity of wholesalers are in-| Lemon, new crop..............---- 100 | PRUE, FO sees sree eee eases BY ing compelle ten dollar ; a si Towson, Aandersows.......... 5... 17% | Wartar Hmetic.....................- 60 show and being compelled to pay ten dollars to ought not to have any action upon menthol. terested in devising a scheme, if it be possi-| Lemongrass...............+.+..+++- 30. | Tar, N.C. Pine, % gal. cans ® doz 2 70 get out. Ifthe victims could have the assur- ae a ble, which shall meet more general approval a - Bowens, French... 1 25 a 2 wan reeece 1 - : 5 ance tbat their liabilities cease when they oe than the present one, it is quite possible that | Penmyroyal 3.0... sess. +o | Turpentine, Venice......0./9B 25 | ers d have paid the preseg) saeowaen The anaual convention of the National] the attention of the National Wholesal Peppermint, white................ 300 | Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ 60 dered their policies, it would add largely to Wholesale Druggists’ Association, which| Drug Association might with good 0 ee ee ok a 9 is Zinc, Sulphate...........--..+++4+- 7@ 8 what little consolation they have, but ifthey was held at St. Louis last week, was large-| given to thi i Bi resu . Oda Wiad Geen an 450 OILs. Henderson Co., Ky., SOUR MASH AND are liable for the present expense they are ly attended, and the proceedings were of & : is complicated and vexatious ned Wood, W.I............-. --- 700 | Capitol Cylinder 15 OLD FASHIONED HAND MADE, COP- liable for all expense that may be incurred in a ee acsameg-anagninds iobacie: pes “at et ‘However willing some jobbers] Tansy 0000800000000 . age | Medel Cy Inder <0... states “cccc@] PER DISTILLED WHISKYS. We not | Closing up ihe ap eons Oe : — -| may be to carry on the present fight, cer-| Tar (by gal 600e)...00. 0a 1 ee es 50| only offer these goods to be excelled by No | Htigation now mi progress and prospect Pi ton wlan : — ? : 9 ASN SOLS co itd te ated aera ei eet ai WidoradO BNG@ine..........--. 220s sscce es ec cece 46 ‘HER - isesas , ary assessme § ay eXx- Pp 'P came in for a large amount of dis-| tainly none will be averse to any stheme ae fe AM fee ices Warne ic 3 | OTHER KNOWN BRAND in the market, but | $¢s 2 supplement ary assessment that may ex cussion, but was finally approved in the fol-| that will relieve them from th : aos , No. SD)... 450 | challenge Machinery...000000. 00 351 superior in all respects to most that are ex- | ceed the main issue. T. T. would hardly like lowing, and another similiar, resolution: : Ree rom the contentions | Wormsced .........:sssscseesugeees 2 He Backus Fine Engine. ............+++-++e+see05- 30| posed for sale. We GUARANTEE perfect | to stand up in front of some of these victim Reaplved—That chs Ds . which the Campion plan involves. Cod Liver, filtered..... ....8 gal ' 1 50 Bee as oo isda) ce oie clas wee nice and complete satisfaction and where this | 25 agent of a mutual insurance company just : sii t we recognize the exceed- a ee Pas eo J gaara oe BO | eacete dee ee ec >» | brand of goods has once been introduced the | now. ingly difficult position in which the retail President Crouter’s Opinion. d Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 600 | paraffine, 28 deg...........---..-- TIITiT toy | future trade has been assured. d a ie ga Olive, Malaga........... : @1 20 ~ . : s He Got the Job ruggists of this country are placed by rea-|_ Dr. Geo. W. Crouter, President of the Olive, “Sublime Italian 9 59 | Sperm, winter bleached...........--...4++ 1 40 see ay son of the excessive competition and cutting | yyiehigan § Je Lanes Sad OS lame inter a We are also owners of the _| A leading mercantile house recently adver- of prices which have prevailed in many lo- ichigan State Pharmaceutical Association, | Rose, Inmsen’s..............- 98 OZ 9 75 eee we oe Vee ee 80 8 ' tised for an office boy, and among the appli- calities, and that we are ready to do all in| #24 one of the leading druggists of the POTASSIUM. Pel Moet Eta oe 63 rte? ] cants for the position was Henry Crothers, our power to remedy the evil; State, writes as follows: “Your journal is Bicromate...... 6 66.6 cs: ® bb 14 Linseed, pure raw........++-+-++++++ 50 53 Meet \ avo f Vo whose application we give below, and who got That we believe the principle involved in stuck more good work for the sae ists of pao eet ae er ipa 35 | Neats Gok winter ‘strained... 2... 70 90 | : ‘eee the Campton plan, namely, the compulsory | yriehj s ’ Iodide, er t pee ae 2% | Spirits Turpentine............0.-66+- 36 “Mister P.: ee — Michigan than any other paper in the State. | Iodide, eryst. and gran. Pees 150 | °P umes EGO ee - i i maintainance of prices by both jobber and €.| Prussiate yellow..........-..-2.0+5 at Which continues to have so many favorites} I want the job, my folks is not rich and] lers E Theref. Lee 30 VARNISHES. : y J retailers, to be the only one which can be erefore, every druggist in the State should ROOTS. No.1Turp Céach...... among druggists who have sold these goods | have to russel. they are ded it betes hel how stor r " : OM 1 10@1 20 ; 8g eg ore ee . the waged - subscribe for THE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN.” I NS eas ois ae eee ee 15 a aoe De eae oe so as cues 5 «see : ee a for a very long time. Buy our hard times is iam 14and can do chores I look at we, therefore, approve the Campion Sa ee ’ wentat sees sees en eneeeeers 27 ch Body..... sitet eee e ncn ee eres ecanes 2 156@3 d in new close on, and i would like to get plan, substantially as it now. exists mg its! The gatheri d ‘ : Arrow, St. Vincent’s............ A 17 | No.1 Turp Furniture...............++- 1 00@1 10 . . . : roe se . es oe Oe eae 4 . 1 gathering and curing of sumac is a| Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and s.... 35 | Extra Turp Damar..................-- 1 55@1 60 good place in your office i can learn fast. ain features, and recommend to proprie-| pig industry in Virgini Blood (Powd 18C)........0ccce0eeees jg | Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp.............. @ 5 HENRY CROTHERS.” 0 g industry in Virginia. The sumac leaves tors that they adopt it, and iffound needful, : Calamus, peeled................... 18 PAINTS 5 a —___—~.-¢ <2 make such additions or changes in the de-| °° carefully dried ona scaffold. It takes| Calamus, German white, peeled.. 38 "Bol Lb — i Jni tails as will make it more effi ient id several pounds of green leaves t k Hlecampane, powdered.......-.--- 23 | Boralumine, White bulk) 9 ‘he starch ener Innes he ied é cient, and we & s to make one | Gentian (Powd Ie)... -..--...-++- 10 |Boralumine, “ 5 %bs|........ 10 |*§&We call your attention to the adjoining | States consumes daily 40,000 bushels of pledge our active and earnest effort in co-op-| pound of dry leaves. The price paid is Ginger, African (Powd l6c)........ 13 @ 14 | Boralumine, Tints bulk. ;50 off 10 | list of i i Ya nisin git tha ‘ora : Ginger. Jamaica bleached oa : - list of market quotations which we aim to | corn, and produces grape sugar and glucose proprietors who have or| about $1.25 f hundred ger, Jamaica Dleacned........ 20 | Boralumine 5 tbs. 11 : may adopt the Campion plan in preventing soe FOLD RDEre pounds. A man Golden Seal (Powd 40c)...........- 35 | Red Venetian............. @ 3| make as complete and perfect as possible. | syrup of the yearly value of $10,000,000. their several preparations from reaching the has to bea very nimble picker to secure| 7 ellebore, white, powdered....... 22 | Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... 2@ 3| For special quantities and for quotations on = : ‘ ; g : ecac, Rio, powdered............. 110 | Ochre, yellow Bermuda.... 2@ 3 ; : There are thirty factories in the United hands of the cutt h nough l , yellow Bermuda....... such articles as do not appear on the list such ; e cutters, whether they have been | ¢noug green leaves in one day to make 100 alap, powdered.............. aaa 37% | Putty, commercial 2% 24@ 3 ae invi 3 furnishi i br officially designated as such or not. pounds when dried. Sumac grows wild Licorice, select (Powd 12%)...... 12 | Putty, strictly pure............ 2% 2%@ 3/28 Patent Medicines, eto, we invite your cor- | States furnishing their pee Oe 1. H. Wamer made himself very unpopu-| and requires no atti bate er ’ see a BOLCCL... 0.000504. 46 ¥ eemilion, ine enceean. 13@18 | respondence. and for the manufacture of table syrup and 3 S102. es uel cy sles ermilion, English............ 55@ . . : i i lar by his opposition to the resolution, and| It is said that 8,000 dozen of accordions Rhet aowe red E ° SRDS Th ote thee Peninsular pure. oo ite Bs ce ao Sentra ont ne ee Go sinner ee owder: Peeks eee i sed i i i i _was subsequently “sat down on” pretty se-| were sold in the South last year, and yet Bhel, choice cut cubes. .00.0.1; 110 @2 00 load. She, pis pues. ba iene ee largely used in cone, yerely. A resolution was also adopted to| they wonder that immigrants will not. go ieccntace Ce ee q 50 Whiting, ae : G90 i the effect that the practice of making no} there - Remare sic ieadeagt oe: a White, Baris Ameria rio HAZELTING PERKINS u CO) eee a“ . aparilla, Hondurus.......... : 45 | Whiting Paris English cliff.. 140 My from starch sugar. ; 3 x - ~ The Michigan Travesman. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. OFFICE IN EAGLE BUILDING, 3d FLOOR. [Entered at the Postoffiice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. The High Price of Bread. Our exchanges from various parts of this country, and from England as_ well, are cal- ling attention to the fact that although wheat and flour are now cheaper in all the leading markets of the world than they have been for over acentury the price of bread is held at the old figures, which are dispropor- tionately and unreasonably high. The Chi- cago Times notes that while the residents of that city are accustomed to pay 7 cents for a loaf of bread presumed to weigh one pound the people of London obtain a four-pound loaf for sixpence, and the press there is even demanding a reduction of price and suggest- ing the proper means to secure it. In this, the greatest wheat country on the globe, and with abundant fuel, the price of bread is twice ashigh as in London. As neither the raiser of the grain, the miller, nor the con- sumer of the bread has derived any benefit from the abundant harvests, the baker has probably secured all the profit, and as most housekeepers have noticed that the price of bread is uniform here, whether flour sells for $10 or $5 per barrel, the growing com- plaint against the bakers for maintaining “war prices” for their loaves appears to be well founded. The Northwestern Miller suggests that the bakers make a reduction averaging 2 cents per loaf on bread and the same proportion on other bakery products, which would leave them a fair margin, and adds that bakers would be wise in putting down prices so that their profits will he more nearly on an equality with those re- alized in other lines of trade, in order to forestall an early and large increase in the number of bakeries. English papers are advising housekeepers to make their own bread at home until bakers reduce their prices or until co-operative bakeries can be established. Baking-houses, where bread made at home may be skillfully baked for those who have no facilities, is another pro- | ject suggested. The emphatic protests be- ing now everywhere raised against what has been termed the decidedly inequitable rela- | tions of the baker and purchaser in view of the price of fiour must sooner or later result in placing the price of bread on a basis of the cost of the materials out of which it is made, 9 <>—____—- Slate roofing of a new and novel style is described in the mechanical papers. Each + slate exposes its full face to the weather on a flat roof having a pitch of only one-half inch to the foot. Itis laid in a peculiar | kind of cement, consisting of liquid coal tar thickened with a cement, or, better still, a) quantity of ground slate, slaked lime and linseed oil, the proportions varying accord- ing to the requirements of the case. This substance is heated until liquid, poured on the roof, and the slate bedded in it; the) joints are then payed and the roof finished. When of just the right thickness, the com- | pound adheres with extreme tenacity to the slate, and cannot be detached without vio- | TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Leaves. Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex 8:45pm 9:00pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:20am 10:25am Ft. Wayne &G’d Rapids Ex 3:55 pm G’d Rapids & Cadillae Ac. 7:10am GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. . 7:00am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. 4:0E pm 4:35pm Mackinac & Ft. Way: eEx..10:25am 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 16:25 a.m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Traverse City. South—Train leaving at 4:35p.m. bas Wood- ruff Sleeping Car tor Cincinnati. c. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISION.) aged Arrive. Leave. MORMON: os ee 7:00 pm 7:35 am MA i ee 9:33am 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 can be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. : J. W. McKENNEY, Gen’! Agent. Michigan Central—Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. +Detroit Express..........----2+ 2-05: 6:00 am +Day EXpress..........-.---- eee scene: 12:25 9m *New York Fast Line..............---- 6:00 p m +Atlantic Express............----.--+-> 9:20 pm ARRIVE. *Pacific EXpresS.............-+-eee eee 6:4 am +Local Passenger.............+-----68- 11:20 am WGN ee oe ks 3:20 p m +Grand Rapids Express.............-- 10:25 p m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. The New York Fast Line runs daily, arriving at Detroit at 11:59 a. m., and New York at9p. m. the next evening. Direct and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a. m., and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:25 p. m. J. T. SCHULTZ, Gen’! Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & ‘Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. Leaves. +Steamboat Express....... 6:10am 6:20 am +Through Mail..........-.. 10:15am 10:20am +Evening Express......... 3:20pm 3:55pm *Atlantic Express.......... 9:45pm 10:45pm | *Mixed, with coach........ 10:30 a m GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 12:40pm 12:55 pm Through Mail............ 5:09pm 5:10pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:30 pm 10:35pm *Nixked ..-..-..-.---.-..--..- J:l0am *Night Express............- 5:10am 5:30am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:20 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. Parlor Cars on Mail Trains, both East and | West. Train leaving at 10:35 p, m. will mak con- nection with Milwaukee steamers daily except Sunday and the train leaving at 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. PorrerR, City Pass. Agent. Geo. B. REEVE, Trafiic Manager, Chicago. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. Arrives, PMA 9:15am 4:00pm +Day Express...........--- 12:25pm 10:45pm *Night Express............ 8:35pm 6:10am MixeG 1... 6:10am 10:05pm *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. ''Through parlor car in charge of carefu! 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. Maxed ee 5:00am 5:15pm SUR@MOSS.. 9 2 et 4:10pm 8:30pm SUKDTESS 3... =e 8:30am 10:15am Trains connect at Archeravenue for Chicago as follows: Mail, 10:20 a. m.; express, 8:40 p. m The Northernterminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and | Manistee. lence. The cost of a roof of this kind is | said to be less than one of tin, and, on ac-) count of the greater surface exposed, is con- siderably cheaper than ordinary slate roofs. <9 No Compliaint from Stationers. From the Paper World. Stationers report that their trade so far this year has been good, notwithstanding the prevailing caution in that line of trade. Some of them have even had more sales than | they did in the same time in 1883. It is gen- erally agreed that every kind of paper dealt | in by them has reached bottom prices. Im- | ported papers have been largely superseded | by domestic, for the reason that there are no finer stationery papers in the world than are produced in some Massachusetts mills, nor, | indeed any so fine. The prospect in the stationery trade is favorable for a good fall | business. Tee | —_ >. > Is to be Congratulated. From. the Shoe and Leather Review, i Tne MicniGAN TRADESMAN, printed at | Grand Rapids, has passed into the second | year of publication under highly encourag- ing auspices. dt is enterprising, carefully edited and original, and its trade articles are always readable. Editor Stowe is to be con- gratulated. ~>-~— — His Business. At arecent suit in New York, in which the defendant was a bankrupt, the plain- tiff’s lawyer put the question: “How many times have you failed?” “Dot ish mine own pisnis,’” answered the son of Israel. “Ah,” retorted the lawyer, “how long have ou been in that business?’ 7 One of Many. From the Rockford Register. Mr. E. A. Stowe, editor of Time: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, made the Register office a pleasant call last Wednesday. Few jour- nals have met with a more unqualified suc- cess or are more deserving of it than THE TRADESMAN. i Needed by every retail grocer or confec tioner, one or more of Kenyon’s Patent Spring Paper Bag Holders. Each has ea- pacity of containing about fifty bags. Their great convenience can be learned by having: one mailed for 30e, four for $1, or one dozen expressed for $2.50 from Kenyon Brothers, | | | Wakefield, Rhode Island. J. H. PALMER. Gen’! Pass. Agent. JACKIE ELD det ; sli A wn PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGIN ES 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. EALL’S | MULTUM IN PARVO System of Common Sense BOOK KEEPINC, FOR RETAIL GROCERS, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, ‘ REQUIRES TWO BOOKS ONLY For All Purposes. NAMELY : “THE ACCOUNT BOOK,” combining both DAY BOOK AND LEDGER in one, by which customers itemized state- ments are furnished in one-third the time J required by the usual process, as hundreds who are using it will cheerfully testify. AND “THE COMPENDIUM,” requiring but 108 minutes a day to record each day’s CAsH transactions, and supply a_ complete self- proving PROFIT an LOSS Balance sheet whenever desired. Full details, illustrated by example, sent free to MERCHANTS sending name and address to HALL & CO., Publishers, RE Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. If possible send BUSINESS CARD. 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. These Goods are Manufactured only by Hamilton Carhartt 2 (0, 118 Jefferson ave, Detroit, Manutactarers of Men's Furnishing Sar ae Goods. ENTERPRISE CIGAR CO, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS AND POPULAR BRANDS OLYMPIA, __ A Ii = Grand Rapids, Mich. CODY, BALL & CO. SOLE OWNERS. RINDGH, 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. Our Goods are Specially Adapted for the Michigan Trade, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. APPLES. 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. We also handle Beans and Pota- toes. Liberal Cash Advances made on Dried Fruit, also on Apples in carlots. EARL BROS., Commission Merchants, 1868°e s. Water st, Chicago, Tl11, REFERENCE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. LA BELLE SENORA. | } | \ | | \ | | | | | SPRING & COMPANY --WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— FANCY AND TAPLE DRY GOODS 5 ° CARPETS. | ' MATTINGS, Ol, CLOTHS, ETc. HTC. Gand 8B Monroe Street. { \ | { Grand Rapids, . - - Michigan. —THE—- | | A Pipe that Nests, (for shipping convenience.) 50 to 6O Joints Packed in a Barrel. | No Rivets or Tools of any Kind Required in Putting It Together. A Child Can Do It. Perfectly Solid and Safe. PATENT APPLIED FOR. DIRECTIONS. Lay the pipe on a table, place the RIGHT HAND on the Lock end and the left hand on the other end, (as per cut), and with LEFT HAND you press the pipe and pull it over until it projects above the end, (as per cut), and with your right hand spring the lock in. SEE THAT THE SEAM CATCHES, and then the pipe will drop together without further ef- fort. Should it be easier for you, you can reverse the pipe and your hands. Should you not think the same tight enough, just put the joint of pipe on a table or bench, whith the large end toward you, and hammer it down on the inside fér about two inches, and you will find you have as solid a piece of pipe as if rivited. WE MAKE IT IN NOS. 24, 25, 26 and 27 IRON. We make it in Russia Iron. We make no extra charge for this pipe, thus making a great saving in freights and giving you pipe in good order when you receive it. REMOVAL! Coal, Wood, Lime, Cement, } Sewer Pipe, Htc, Office removed to 3 Canal street, Basement. 4B KNOWLSON. Foster, Stevens & Go. Sole Manufacturers, 10 and 12 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. “Perfect” Stove Pipe, PEREINS & HESS, ——DEALERS IN—— _NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. § eS os Bay ay ‘ aS ae io Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, f Tho Michigan Tradesman, Se re emcee er lll eee BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts | of Last Resort. KEEPING A JUDGMENT ALIVE. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is of the opinion that a judgment as between the | parties may be kept alive, although once | paid, for the purpose of securing another loan; but as against subsequent lien credi- | tors a mortgage or judgment once paid can not be kept alive. ‘ (__ MORTGAGE—RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE, The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, case of Earnest vs. Hopkins, holds tifat the as- | signee of a mortgage, unless the mortgagor has estopped himself from the defense, holds it subject to all the equities with which it was effected in the hands of the assignor. INSURANCE WARRANTS. Where a fire insurance policy contains a warranty that the property in question is occupied when in fact it is not, and the fact together with the condition of the property is known to the insurer at the time of the issuance of the policy, the warranty is waived, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa in the case of Jor- dan vs. State Insurance Company. SALE ON CREDIT—FINANCIAL CONDITION OF BUYER. A purchaser when buying on credit is not pound to disclose the facts of financial con- dition. If he makes no actual misrepresen- tations, if he is not asked any questions, and does not give any untrue, evasive, or partial answers, his mere silence as to his generally bad pecuniary condition, or his indebted- ness, will not constitute a fraudulent con- cealment. WIFE’S EARNINGS. A recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will shock the sensibilities of fair-minded people because it discloses the fact that there yet remains on the statu‘e books of the Keystone State enactments which, if they do not savor of barbarism, were based on greed and injustice. Briefly stated, Pennsylvania’s supreme body hold, Judge Paxon delivering the opinion, that the earnings of the wife belong to the hus- band, save in certain exceptional cases spec- ified in various acts of the assembly; and un- less it can be shown that there was a gift by the husband to the wife her earnings be- long to him. LIEN OF CREDITORS. In law, the first entry of judgment is al- ways a first lien, provided due diligence has been made in making the levy. This is also true as regards partners. A mortgage on the individual property of one partner was foreclosed, and both an individual creditor and a firm ereditor claimed the surplus money. Both had judgments, the latter be- ing first entered. The former claimed a preference as an individual creditor, but was defeated, and carried the case, London vs. Ball, to the Supreme Court of Indiana, where the judgment was affirmed, on the following opinion: “It is not doubted that the general rule is that partnership creditors are postponed as to individual property, and individual creditors preferred. But this general rule does not apply where a lien ‘has been obtained by judgment rendered prior to the creation of the individual debt. TRAVELING ON ANOTHER’S TICKET. A person traveling on a railroad on a com- mutation ticket issued to another person can not recover damages for injuries received through the negligence of the company. So held by the Supreme Court - of Iowa in the ease of Way vs. C., R. L. & P. Ry. Co., Judge Adman in the opinion reversing the decis- ion of the lower court, saying: “The only relation existing between plaintiff and the company having been induced by fraud, he ean not be allowed to set .up that relation against the company as a basis of recovery. He was, then, at the time of the injury, in the car without the rights of a passenger, and without the right to be there at all. We do not say that it is necessary thata person should pay fare to be entitled to the rights of a passenger. It is sufficient, probably, if he has the consent of the company, fairly obtained. But no one will claim that a mere trespasser has such rights, and it ap- pears to us to be well settled that consent obtained by fraud is equally unavailing.” CHECK—ACCEPTANCE—DELAY. A controversy concerning the acceptance of a check was involved in the case of The First National Bank of Northumberland vs. McMichael, decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the 6thinst. The check én question, it appears, was drawn to the or- der of the appellee and deposited by him in a bank which forwarded it by mail for col- lection to the appellant. The latter held it for about ten days without crediting it to the bank sending it, although there was sufficient money in its hands to do so. It then received a written notice from the drawer not to pay it, and the check was pro- tested. The drawer brought suit, claiming that the bank had accepted the check and was bound to pay. The Supreme Court held that while a bank is not bound by legal obligation to the holder of the check to pay it unless it accepts it, this acceptance may be implied from circumstances. In this case, it held, the holding of the check for ten days was a delay consistent with an acceptance and incoysistent with a refusal, since if a refusal was intended the bank should have given notice to the holder at the earliest con- FUSE, CAPS, AUGURS wenience. ; aN a EERCuULES, THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK ANNIHILATOR. Strongest & Safest Explosive Known to 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, AMSUNITION & FISHING TACKLF, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wil, L. ELLIS & CO 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. 2". Fa M-= ERY, Agt., Grand Rapids, Mich. At home every Saturday. School Books — —AND— ‘School Stationery —AT— wrhotlesaie, EATON, LYON & ALLEN, 22 and 24 Canal Street, The only general jobbing house in Michigan in our line. Send for cata- logues and terms. ‘sngereddy Sulyse[q pue THE “COOD ENOUCH” FAMILY CLOSED. Oil & Gasoline Can. OPEN. 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 oil on the floor or table. No faucet to leak or get knocked open to waste con- tents or cause oxplosions. In getting can refilled, no parts to be left at home to drain oil over floor or become injured. No Corks to lose—Closes itself perfectly air tight—No Leakage—No Evaporation. The dealer in selling this can is enabled to make a good profit, and in a measure avoid the annoyance of the small can, while you guarantee your customer absolute safety and the greatest possible convenience. : MANUFACTURED BY V7INEIELD MEG. CO. WARREN, OEHIoO. H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. FOR SALE TO THE TRADE BY 4 FOSTER, STEVENS & Co., ° GEO. C. WETHERBEE & CO., DETROIT. Send for Circulars ce Price-List. BUY, SELL, DRINK DEST COFFEE in the WORLD Chase & Sanborns 9 Warrenton sect Sia ‘Chae grows? PURE and of the ase & 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. CHASE & 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 success 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 excellent. 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, JSossph R. Peebles’ Sons. Send for Sample Lot. We guarantee {o increase your Coffee trade, We have done it with others; we can with you. CHASE & SANBORN, Importers, Roasters and Packers, Boston, Mass. U. S. A. CANADIAN BRANCH, | MICHIGAN AGENT. 435 ST. PAUL STREET, | =x. TT. Chase, Montreal, P. Q. Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids. (Signed, ) JOHN GAULPIELD, IMPORTER AND Wholesale Grocer, B85, 87, 89 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS - MICHIGAN. I desire to call the attention of the trade to the fact that in the territory tributary to Grand Rapids, I cannot and will not be undersold. There is no conceivable reason why Chicago, Detroit, New York or Boston should be able to place groceries in Grand Rapids’ territory. I certainly buy my goods as cheap as jobbers loeated elsewhere. Many large houses still purchase extensive blocks of goods as in war times. I pur- chase as the wants of my trade demand, and am, therefore, in the existing condition of trade, better able to sell goods at the lowest prices. The difference in the percent- age of cost to sell goods in Chicago, Detroit, Boston and New York, and what it costs me would in itself make a handsome profit. I am anxious to obtain as large a share as possible of the near-by and home trade; and shall be pleased to furnish samples and quotations. Mail orders are especially solicited and lowest market prices on every order received is guaranteed. Teas. The present is a good time to place your orders for Japan Teas. 1 have several invoiees in transit, including basket fired and sun dried, my own importations. Please send for samples before purchasing elsewhere, or order a sample chest, subject to your approval. I wish to have it understood that all tea orders will be filled subject to ap- proval; and if not satisfactory, after examination, the goods can be returned andIwill stand all expenses incurred, including outward freight. Coffees and Spices. I have already called attention in the columns of THE TRADESMAN to my new brands of Roasted Coffees. The marked and deserved success of this department is the very best evidence of the merit of the goods. I devote much time and attention to the selections for roasting and blending, and GUARANTEE better values than are those furnished by Eastern parties. or no sale. Home Roasted Rio... ......-.....-..-------.--.-- : 14 Prime Ce ee es es ce 16 Solect Maracaibo: 16) 055 20050. c ee ew et i8 Imperial Roasted (a blended Coffee)... 2... .. + sree ee ee er eres 18 @. @ Roasted Java. oo. see eke ee ss ce ee ee ee te ieee 23 Mandehling Ce eee ee 25 Java and Mocha. 20.06... ee ae se es cere tees tees 2& I exercise great care in selection and grinding of spices, and can especially recom- mend my two brands of a, C. Strictly Pure Ground. zc. Pure Ground, Also my cs. Cc. Best EInglish Mustard. Can put up ground goods at any price to suit the trade, and will guarantee values. Canned Goods. I have a large and well assorted stock of Canned Goods. My Black Diamond brand of California Salmon is especially fine. It is not a bad time to lay ina stock of the new pack of peaches. I have en route a ear load of Country Standards, all Yellows, which I will sell very cheap. Imported Groceries. My stock includes French and Turkish Prunes, Patras Currants, Loose Museatels, 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. L 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 T'obaccos. This has always been prominent in my trade, and has required much of my attention. I have the exclusive control in this State of some of the best brands of Cigars, Cigarettes, Fine Cut, Plug and Smoking Tobaccos, including in Plugs Senour & Gage’s Celebrated Red Star and Old Five Cent Time; Horseshoe and D. & D.; 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, American Queen, Blaze Away, and Hairlifter. In Smokings, Rob Roy, Uncle Sam, Mountain Rose, and Gold Flake Gabinet. In Cigars, Glaccum’s Standard, Delumos, After Lunch, Our Winners, Little Hatchets, Golden Spike, Josephus, Commercial and Magnolias, the champion cheap cigar. Wours Truly, JOHN CAULFINLD. . G 7 VISITING BUYERS. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. MOLASSES. ; TEAS. Jelly in Pais. 5.0. os. . @ 5% roceries. The following retail dealers have visited | ~~~ oe MIAOM BOPOD. «5 cos 5 on tonne en dene ssen eee 16@18 | Japan ordinary.........--..--. sees eee es 20@25 | Lye ®2 doz. cases............ Sick, GES 2 the market during the past week and placed : AXLE GREASE. Poe Se eee ca des eee Succ scene 24@28 aan a TO ROOE: ae 30@37 | Macaroni, Imported................... @i1 . ders with the various houses: FYaZer’s ......- 20 eee eee er cree en eeeec senses 85 ew Orleans, g00d................ 02 ee eeee Dp Once eee c cece cece eee e teen eee e ee eees 40@50 | Domestic... .... 2... 2.5 sere seen eee ee eee @b5 : COUNTRY PRODUCE. or : ed 60 | New Orleans, fancy...... ........-.0.006 50@55 PUNT CUBS 6 65 66 oe co yess se ces enc aes 15@20.| French Mustard, 8 oz @ dozen........ @i5 Apples—Fall fruit has about disappeared + . Se ee aire Ree: . te Be sea wae ee Gees Pos o OATMEAL. Se lay dant peat elec. es cke ces ia eens a aan. oo Large one ee cas @I. 35 : : s a . B. Watson, Coopersville. BEABON.. BOB. 6s. oe eee eee 185 PRA. 5 co se. 2 ae ee eee corte e ss nest aees @50 | Oil Tanks, Patent, 60 gallon.......... and winter fruit is selling for $1.50 for wind-| D. W. Shattuck, Wayland. Paragon. he pate 60 | 362m a Se = 2 OO oa a 33@55@60 | Peas, Green Bush.... s 1 sal 40 falls and $1.75 for choice hand-picked. R. McKinnon, Wayland. : BAKING POWDER. Imperial bbls, steel cut... oo @5 2 COREG 25@30] do Split prepared. Pe G@ é Beeswax—Steady at 42c ® D. S. E. Curdy, Hadley Bros. Manufacturing | arctic % eans........... ks @ doz. 45| Quaker bbIS...........-.eceeeee seer eee @6 75 |B oo Powder, Keg............... teteeteeeees 4 25 : : : Co., Paradise. heat 75 | Steel cut.... @5 75 rother Jonathan.................+--- @32 do 16 Kee... . 2 25, Beans—A firmer feeling prevails, medium | ~ Wotier & Boven, Graafschap TCtic 14 WCANS........ ce eee ee eee Rt DUCCL CU. co sees ewes sete ese nee @5 1b \Diamond Crown...................... ae ee ‘ hand-picked commanding $1.25@$1.50. Dealers| J. R. Wylie & Bro., Martin. — Arctic ¥4 DOANE. -....--.-serseersrttt: a ge Oe Rose Bud........-...<--0-- Oo MO OR Ae ce cae es Socckencnaad 650 are still paying $1 for unpicked. Mrs. M. E. Snell, Wayland. ‘Arctic ib ae ae = - oC : - a Ms 2 . : : o "12 00 aa Eocal foe =) = - = = . : . s . . 1596 Sr ia Sieeicsin ea sce sia slac cise ela tas «came « @A5 T do GH oe ee ak 1 90@ Butter—Very little creamery is moving, as ee re Feucungy- aa . BLUING. PICKLES : i penee i. @38 Cr ec erons tee ecdi ness snares 5@6 the high price, 35@36c, virtually bars it out of | W.S. Root, Talmadge. eo doz. 25 | Choicein barrels med......-.. -s+eeeees-1- 5 60 | Morrison's Frait. (0000000. @50 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS the market. Dairy commands 22c for H. T. M. Treglown, Lowell. Li uid 4 0 pee ee ee a ne a doz. 35 Choice in Me GO cae ne 3 40 Victor | Ce GG thy he baled ete oa ar Gate al acl thar On als @60 Putnam & B C : . @2 John Smith, Ada IqQuid, 4 0Z,.........s-eeeeeee eee . > |Dingee’s% do small 4 00 | Red Bird.. @52 rooks quote as follows : choice and 15@18c for old packed. 0. P. McClure, Spencer's Mill. aes OZ. wccccessccenccsccters . --d0z, we ree Dice's quae glesiaey. a Oper er a ier, aes STICK. Butterine—Solid packed creamery is worth] Sisson & Lilley Lilley Junction. syehe : a Sa ee wea te ae os ® er § oy | Dingee’s pints 160 ee 2 25 | Sweet Rose......... @45 Twist de Br Passe as etseteoeses @s 22¢, hast yields the palm as regards sales to S ring & Lin ley, Bailey. Reate 16 SoA Ue AT A ag » 00 American qt. in Glass boty ee 2 00 Green Back ee @38 Cut Loaf a ee @ 9% aeieg which ds 16@20c for solid pack- Clark, Jewell & Co., Lockwood. AG Wa LSE mer BOE see 2 09 | American tin GIGS: . oe. es os Poe | RUNG see ee en ee ee a rete tenses tens @l , airy, which commands ec for p Kellogg & Potter. Jennisonville. ‘Arétio N ° a2 pp Pe See eee 3 00 G: & B. English quarts.....:..2..:.......--5 600 }O So BWEGE see ae @31 Royal, 25 b pail EERO. ed and 17 @2Ic for rolls. C. F. Sears & Co., Rockford. qetic No. a ee ee GO. & Bo Bnelish pinte....005......02..02.. 3 60 | Prairie Blower... ................-22.-:- @65 Royal. 200 D tbls ee @10 Beets—40c @ bu. or $1.25 # bbl. Walling Bros., Lamont. : a as ae Chow Chow, mixed and Gerkins, quarts...6 00 | Climber [light and dark].............. @e2 | Bextra, 2 pails... Gi Cabbages—$4@$5 # 100 H. C. Peckham, Freeport. No. 1 Carpet ° 2 50 as “ inte....3 60 | Matchless... 8. 1. eee ee ee ee ee Goa (rena Moh bbis «0 ee il se pantie P A. G. Chase, Ada. ao Se cee = Dingee & Co.’s C. C. M. & G. Eng. style,qts.4 a Zoe Rie icc seco as erwas site sia on French Crean 25 tb pails acetic cu mian ee bis ~ : ohn W. Mead, Berlin. ee ° eee ot zh Cream, 25 1b pails.............0.0.0.. Cheese—Full cream is firm and high and job-| 8. M. Wright, Big Springs. ee ae PIPES. So | May Flower... ieee Oe ee ee 1% bing at 11%c for August and 12c for September. Paine © Field peer ile Wo, 2 ard oe ees. oe ae 1% | Imported Clay 3 gross............-.... S2e20 2 > | Wrote, 0 We. .: ce cena. 10% Chestnuts—Ohio $5.50 @ bu. Win Snelling” a a deb si . Fancy Whisk. ceeciecereeeetesssnetenane 1 40 ree piel No. 216, 3 gross........ ae 25 fee ce es ee Woe ck ob boas ae t : : ling, . mm ie ee, PAE ee er: foes oo are NCVER EPROU ooo <5 85a oe ees os a yn 14 Cider—Sweet. 10¢ 2 gal. W. H. Struik, Fosest Grove. GANNED FISH ce Silver SCHR a iodo core ain aig Sintered 5 sia gi od a @67 Sour Dro ; : t : c : i . i Bee rz see 15 Cranberries—Firm at $12 for bell aud cherry, ee John Walbrink, I. J. Quick & Clams, 1 standards saa tecwnecesseeseesess 1 40 Mapes 1%, Roniueky ee G30 Es pe esta DYOps......:.022seesseesescees 1b and $14 for Cape Cod or bell and bugle. R. B. Wadsworth, Bellaire. Clams, 2 standards......----------++ +++" 265 | Choice Garolina............0.ssscseeese2+- +64 | Mule Har...... 0.00... .eeee eters eeee GM ase n nk tener ann ened a : ; Clam Chowder, 3 Ib..........--+--+ ined 220 | Dri on 7% | Peek-a-B 2», |HMChocolate Drops............ 20 Eggs—Hard for dealers to fill orders, the city Jay Mariatt, Berlin. C Ovst i b standard 1 10 Time CHrOUNA 208 oo. aes que | Peek-a-Boo.......-........--....- 3) @32 te Be aren essere ‘ Dall Wrieht. Berlin Jove ysters, standards.............. 0 fan 604 Peek-a-Boo, % barrels @30 um MOVES oh onc ee ccc ae wi eales Sa 10 trade picking up all receipts at 20c. ‘A. Wagner, Eastmanville. Cove Oysters, 2 h standards.........--.- ee a ee ees vores. GE | neath tate ne seas en cn snen ens 2 Grapes—A few Catawbas are yet in market,| Wm. DePree & Co., Zeeland. ds oe : e se sks a Sees a. 1 2 TOREOOH 2 as Do ee eee: Fox’s, in half barreis......... @30 force sin Se 2 se . . ™ fe 7 » # WW SIACK MME... ...---+-2-ee ¥ Q37 7 y PAs. ce cece ee ee ee ee eee e ren enee ealltner nt 100. es Mrd Callahan, of Wagar & Callahan, Cedar | Lobsters, 1 picnic. ........ oe 15 IBTOKON 0666) ee ee 3% Grd Canaresa settee eee etree cece eee eeee Out Hozenges, Printed... ... <2... <. 1p cc cee lec 16 Hops—The Michigan crop, though small this Faun Colby, of Celby & Co., Rockford. oe LD star.........eeee seers seers 2 65 : SSeS G@ced Wloka GR yee ae ee 15 yas avons good, and brewere stand in readi-| Me Welle, of Wagner & Welle, Bastmanville, | Mopwerel 1h troch stanndaida...-.--ccccc1 10 | Chureh's beaessscccccccecc Op ee Oe eee ik ness to pay 17@18c @ b for choice. ae Denton, of Robbie & Denton, Howard | Mackerel, 5 b fresh standards............ 66 wesc ae Meek an joe en” Honey—Choice new is firm at 15c. Ys Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, Sh oo eas 3 25 Cap Shoat oe @ 5% | Old i Peat sr Siete eae She Sse ne Sc get See te @ . @arAMmGIs. 3... es. 26 y Geo. A. Sage, Rockford. Maciorcl: . 3 5 , . rN 1 Glory, WiGRG oso eo: @60 Hand Made@recame si 20 Hay—$12@$14 for new, and $13@$15 for bail-|_E. W, Pickett, Wayland ackerel,3 tb in Mustard...........-.-04++ BAB | Wiens... 1.6... ent eee ee @ 5%, | Charm of the West, dark.............. @60 Bn CRCRIIS. «ns 02 yrs acer sense et ae Mr. Gibbs, Gibbs Bros., Mayfield Mackerel, 3 b broiled......-..--+ +++ +004 So | Sea Hoam oo, @ 5% | Governor, in 2 oz tin foil @60 | PR CECRIIS. «2-22 sn0envensen sonore is ed. . oe ae ” y : Salmon, 1 Columbia BIVOR ce yet es al 50 Ges Meee @ 5% ’ waa av ae oe ode Eye soca eed 23 Mince Meat—sc @ b. C. H. Demin: : Salmon, 2 olumbia river.......--.-.--. SALT Red Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12 DEEINMROGK. 1 15 : "H. g, Dutton. 8 : p SALT. ted Star, Rough and Ready, 2x12..... @46 «| Bur -++15 Onions—$1.75 @ bbl. for yellow and $1.50 for| §S. T. Colson, Alaska. eo ee Oe 2 99 | Red Star, Rough and Ready, 3xi2..... me bees ee = red. = Se ae tum Sardines, domestic 48.....-....+0-+.2-20+ 5 ee ae De ease see eet stice 235 | Rea Star’ Hoe a a eer ees "YANCY—IN BULK. 7 Quinces—Orange are scarce, stray lots com- bor Co akan Pete aie anil anes’ Dad Be NG Rena tare i 13% a ne Eat eia (ele cise eis Gielen ahs ete biels ates : i Old Five Cent Times oe ee ga ee, @38 yee Bain in pe Saltese ee Cue bee cuew as 14 4 xg ee oy aT Je : n a. otal 2 ABINAW PIME 1... eee ee ee ee eee e ee eeee 4 Eee Re Oe ean a 2 35 t é manding $1.75@$2 ® bu. Ww. WwW. Pierce, Moline. Slice, faported us eo a a 15 | Diamond C................... -..----- 1 %5 ae 9 cameos... i as Lozenges, printed in paiis Ce 3 Potatoes—No demand. Shippers still pay ia oY oe en Sardines, imported 48............0.eeeeeee 20 ee Coe a + 155 Bleck Tiiarnoue ao eee eo pee eented fh DBI. oo. co. 4 a ; : is f ; . Sa dines, im’ 0 ted 1 8 boneless eas 39 AS on, ng is 1, € airy, u. bags...... 80 is Win) qe) ec os asi ele 44/4 Gini! 4.0 U ee ocolate ro 8, : 0 25e, but are compelled to find an outside mar M. Jonkman, Holland. can Aine. Pen a a ee a 50 | Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. ha es... 3 20 ah a DUD. GALVOE 1.0.26 0.0... k @%0 | Gum Drops, odie Rae eee x ket. A. W. Blain, Dutton. Trout, 3 ib brook 275 | American, dairy, 1% bu. bags.......... 25 Sic eee Qs =| Gum Drops, in bbls... 2.5... ...5....0.0500055- ' Seiichi u@iée. Fowls le J. VanPutten, G. VanPutten & Sons, Hol- rout, DLOOK.... 2.0.22. eee eee eee Rohe DuBhels 8 oa B. F. P.’s Favorite.. @48 | Moss D ps, 1 PB oo atlas owe sens onan cs 7 oultry—Chickens, c. wls 12 oa : : Cates EUs | DuUSHels. tse Le Old Kentucky......... oa Mes ee POSS ee vat Squash—Hubbard, le ® b. M. Minderhout, Hanley. Apples, 3 ib standards ......... Deane es 90 SAUCES. Big Hour, 2ele 0 @48 Sou Degas: 7 a ee ee 9% Sweet Potatoes—Jersey, $3.75@$4 #% bbi.| Berra Bros., Shaytown. ape ee See Erie.......... z ha ne . coe 2a estou ie ed pints. @5 00 oe haem ees a oe Imperials, in pails a it : : s . OM. : : rries, standards..........+-+++++++ ee errins Worcestershire, % pts. DE Spearhead, 2x12 and 3xl2.............. @46 ee eee TITS Tt Se ee ito worl Muiscaltee, 25 BOP John J. iy, Hockford. Blackberries: Hrie........:..-.csc0-05en se 155 | Picadilly, % pints..............5 Pte. Oe bo | Turkey, 16'0z., 2x12.......0.000.. a TO ace ie ol aie mati ee 13 Turnips—sse ® bu. J. K. Flood, Hart. Cherries, Erie, red..........6-ssseeeee eee 130 | Halford Sauce, large.................. @3 ‘5 | Blackbird, 16 0z., 3x12.......... oe @35 | Oranges # bo ee Timothy—Choice is firmly held at $1.50 8 bu.| L. A. Gardner, Cedar Springs. Cherries, Erie, white wax..........+-+++++: 190 | Pepper Sauce, red small.............. @ 7% | Seal of Grand Rapids.................- @48 | Oranges OO ® box... occu Geo. P. Stark, Cascade. Cherries, French Brandy, quarts......... 250 | Pepper Sauce, green .................- @ 90 | GIOVY 2.0... c cece eee eee eee cree ees @48- bOcaunec. 3 BO gaia nae trot eee or choice. A.& L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. DamMSODS........ 6. ceeeeeceeeeeececteerees 1i0 | Pesper Sauce, red large ring.......... @1 30 | Durham .......... eee eee ee teen eee @A8 Or ange rs aperial Pheer These GRAINS AND MILLING PRODUCTS. Kellogg & Potter, Jennisonville. Egg Plums, standards ........-....++-++- 135 | Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... @1 60 | Silver Coin........ <3 --- + @50 Orannes. Vabucias ees Wheat—Lancaster, 75c; Fulse and Clawson,| Walter Struik, Forest Grove. Egg Pluins, Erie... .....eee seers eee ee 145 | Catsup, Tomato, pints................. @ 90 | Buster [Dark]...........-..-s seers eee @36 | Lemons, choice... | ocaeaee 5 os B. McNeal, Byron Center. Gooseberries, Kraft’s Best..........-+--+- 100 | Catsup, Tomato. quarts .............. @1 30 | Black Prince [Dark]................... Ge Wa 4 50@5 00 w2C. : R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville. Green Gages. standards 2 D........-...++. 140 | Horseradish, % pints.................. @1 00 | Black Racer [Dark].................-. @36 |B ee Corn—No new stock in yet. Frank Boonstra, Drenthe. Green Gages, Erle.............2ee eee eee 150 | Horseradish, pints....................- @1 30 | Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @48 |Molose en bunch... ...... 2.2. seco eee Oats—White, 28@30c # bu. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. Peaches, GEANGY...........----2+-s-.00~0- 310 | Capers, French surfines............... @2 25 | Climax ........ 2.2. ....eeeee esse eee eee @48 | Malncn ao dey te tet e eens erences Ss sean ‘ts M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. Peaches, Extra Yellow .........-..0+200++ 240 | Capers, French surfines, large........ Ges | OG sce see len pncnt on oe {a nes ee , ye—52@otc @ bu. ae E. 8. Botsford, Dorr. Peaches, standards.... ..175 | Olives, Queen, 16 oz bottle............ @3 85 | McAlpin’s Gold Shield................. @46 Ries’ £ yers # Bees 12@16 Barley—The Michigan crop is fine and large,|_ Ww. H. Goodyear, Hastings. Peaches, seconds.......... 150 | Olives, Queen, 27 0z bottle......\..... @6 50 | Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 i cads....... Ga te tsanen i and brewers pay $1.25 # ewt. W. H. Hicks, Morley. Pie Peaches, Kensett’s..... 110 | Olive Oil, quarts, Antonia & Co.’s.... @7 00 | Cock of the Walk 6s................... @3t_ | Dates, frails oles Ql " FI Fancy Patent, $5.50 @ bbl. in sacks] C-E. &S. J. Koon, Lisbon. Pears, Bartlett, Erie........... 170 | Olive Oil, pints, Antonia & Co,’s...... @4 00 } Black Spun Roll................4++-+-. @38 | Dates, 4 do. ee oa ac ey pe Ek . 50 8 pbL in| Holland & Ives, Rockford. Sins aa BOG cs ee 4 az Olive Oil, % pints, Antonia & Co.’s.... @2 50 ae es @i6 Dates, ae ee Cees e : an .75 in wood. raight, $4. . ee WINCES .. 0.22.0 eee seer ee ee es ee 5 SOAP. | ACOFT 2.00... eee e eee eee eee eee ee Ae tee eae > sacks and $4.75 in wood. A : Raspberries, Black, Erie..............--+- 1 45 Lautz Bros. & C CG Co ee @46 pee = act eetscceceeeces @ 6 ecording to the Drugman potatoes do | Raspberries, Red, Erie 1 40 0: Crescent Dates, Fard 10 & box ® b..... @ 9 Meal—Bolted, $1.50 8 cwt. : : P oe ‘ Acme, 701 bars.. OG. Peer. @t | Dates, Fard 50 b box BD. ' : : not absorb the arsenical preparations used Strawberries, EHrie.........-...-+-+-++++0++ 1 35 aa Po See ee ceed aan: A, OK OR @35 | Dates. Persian50ibox#b. @i . Mill Feed—Screenings, $14 #® ton. Bran, $13 Whortleberries, McMurphy’s 1 40 AGMe: 2b 8D DAES. 66.6.6 6 ke. @ 64 | Black Bass........ @40 ates, Persian 50 tb box # fh........... @ 6% ve ‘ oe eS Mowe 0 Uae es. @5 25| Nobby Spun Roll... 2... le. PEANUTS #@ ton. Ships, $14 ®@ton. Middlings, $17# ton. for destroying the Colorado beetle, but the ____CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. Napkin o% bars Dd 25 | Nobby Spun Roll...................... @48 | Prime Red, raw ® b : Corn and Oats, $23 8 ton. sroduetiveness of the soil ls impaired by the | ABEGQtS LUSK... essssserereee-- 3 OB | Beat ameniean, iB blodks. 000 ae” | Praylhngy all Eyes. II G8 |Choice do eo III es —— ee use of arsenic. Metese 259 | Palma 60-1 ® blocks, plain...... ...... @ 5% | Mackinaw............ Co aa Peet ce. 00 -: @i The price of dynamite in Mexico has fal- ae Geren aes 2 50 See AU oneCe. WeEEped beeen a a Bree ce Be a as @4 Races HP. va — a g a oe PPOAES: 2255.5 o 5h oo tet ss ewe 3 CO Dan Ane ere cet ee Do ig Chunk orJ.7...................... D, . = "3 len from a dollar a pound, which itcost four} Geo, V, Hecker & Co.’s goods, which are | Quinces ...........-.60: sees eretetee eres 2 90 Sob es ae ae eos va aseecstnees @ 4 2 Hen Wier 6. a. 38 Almonds, Terrago ‘2 . : . ois A Pipes Marseilles, white, 100 % 1 cakes...... f25 | Deand PD. biaek.......- 0... 5-4... 36 » Terragona, ®D............. 19@20 years ago, to twenty ave cents a pound, Or | represented in our advertising columns this cigcagomitas CANNED VEGETABLES. oe ae Of ee a % b cakes...... @6 25 | McAlpin’s Green Shield........... aS Gus monde Toaca, GO weeeeeesee ees @18 even less. In fact it is a drug in the] week, are standard the world over, which is Asparagus, Suetes HOF. ee : - Gouna Mote oo eae wets eees S Ce Fels ee ee ee @35 | Pecons. ow Bees ‘a e : eans, Lima, Erie............-.-.222+220s iD ea eel i ntemereas f Teta? vA PION A... 2... eee ee eee eee eee 46 MIRGkES Haccelnns an market. the strongest commendation that can possi- | Beans, String, Erie .. .......-.-..-+ss.2+ + yo | Savon, Republica, 60 tb box............ Oy bat | Gatlons’ Solace... ......:.............--. G8 Pe RerCCONE, dO... + .-0 200. ie : +e. .,_ | Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked...........--. 169 | Blue Danube, 60-1 i blocks... G@ Oy Red Star... 2... e-ee ae (oo dO... 0. eee 13@1£ The removal of the taxon matches has | bly be given them. Their uniform GUY) Goon Gre... cose ses ce eek ae | Soncoeraas Ca ae i RR oo eens earn : not, as predicted, started many new fac-|}8 evidenced by the fact that other dealers porn Bed Seale. co .c 2. es. : 10 Tandon Panis re Pe @ ri a 2One ae Ba tee < Walnuts, Galifornin o ee: 15G@16 : : : ‘ — {Corn, Acme........-- 2.220005 - ceee rete es Sa ; ea ‘ 2 on okt nea ig al ec une pas Joe L Pe tories, but has brought into the American invariably compare their goods to Hecker’s. | Gorn, Revere...........2..0e0eeereeeeeee eee 110 ome ae = Se @3 85 SMOKING. e coco Nu, © Nad settee ee ee ees @4 50 y { “o° ’ Ag WRAP PC. . we eee e rene Ded be upy, cl re OR < ’ BU PM VU. wce serene aee oo Mushrooms, French, i100 in'case......... 22 00 ee cakes, wrapped @3 % | Ruby, cut Cavendish. 3 0z............ @35 ey Noes, eee 2 bu market the manufactures of England, Swed-| j, ; i : Peas, Early small sifted Erie 5 25, | Climax, 100 cakes, wrapped........... @3 25 | Boss ...... @i3_ | Hickory Nuts.small do ........... . 1 25 : ; isanold saying that plenty of corn | 5°36 ery 100 in cae. a boccccoon. 32 2) | Boss, 100 cakes, wrapped.............. Oo Oh | Peckia Mun ce 5 oli. DIB en, France and Italy. These are sold so . eas, French, 100 in case .....-.. ee 23.00 | Tee Gaethl | ; 30 | Peck’s Sun... oo. ees esse eee eee @18 ce : makes plenty of hogs, The marketing of | Peas, Marrofat, standard.............--..- 1 49 arseilles Castile, Toilet,3 dozin box @1 25 | Miners and Puddlers.................. @30 PROVISIONS. cheap that further competition seems 1mMp0S- |)... nas b Pee Beaver eee v5 | Ai Floating, 60 cakes. ............ +... 420 | Morning Dew... 0.0.6.0. 5...05 60.2... @26 The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co re ogs has been close all along, and now far-| pumpkin, 3 Golden............s0-.s. sees 10) | Kirk’s American Family ........ ® Ib Oe CN @2z | quote as follows: : . a ee mers will utilize the new corn for fattening | Rhubarb, Erie................----.20se 0 110 pi ee: Be ee eee caer as a of Grand Radids:........2........ @25 PORK IN BARRELS re a : 4 nie re » BAVOT .. 2... cece eee ee ee ee eee Roe Tne ee * A For the last twelve months it is officially | the stock. Since the corn crop is phenome- Se gicie ei es i - ©. eerie cette eee e tenet ee seee ees mo oe Bo a aoa. Sens meena $15 50 : : ss an 4 @ Meverwe:.. sl. 5} ee) ie era aa @3 By ONE SME, OW NOSCES mess.....15 5 estimated that the fish caught on the coasts | nally large, corn will be cheap, and pork ps aot Mero ce oe cee oe 00 do. White Russian................ 5 i Eve Penny Durham, % andj... 1... ae Extra Family Clear, new... — ees wee ei 5 of Scotland amount in value to more than | will be excellent and moderate in price. : aco oe Ee Olive di ate oe eee ee “or Gin |etenanace noe (ecae ae "18 : : : oe . . Je oe ie tilpin, er > , new, Chicago packing........ $16,430,000, the herring fishery alone mak-| Farmers will feed their stock until it is all] Boston premium...........--.-..-++-+- ‘ do. ‘Town Talk box 3 60 time on a DRY SALT MEATS—IN ae ing fully $10,267,750. The fishery industry | in fine condition, selecting the best for the oe ae ce on Bi cnet Bs peee! Durham Long Cut........ @90 | Long Clears, heavy, 500 Ib. Cases 9% 4 Fe ee | AVRO eee cine Stee ect teens sence : . SALAD. cee eee eee eens NOV MAIR OS oc cc oe . ae ee ae of that country supports a population num- | market, and not hurrying forward partly-fat- | German Sweet.........--+++eeeeeees eee @2% ee es eee 35 | Dime : : De : 2 eae aoe 18925 Long Clear ieedion a oe oa. oe Q F : 5 e or WR | aoe ee ee eC Sse Se eS oe Oo 4 @ UM EY UHM SD ee eee ene © bering more than half a million. toned animals. Vienna Sweet...... oe @25 Pricer . Gamblers ¥ eee o Sa recon: ee @5 a. Half Cases ....... 9% Lind f 3 40 | Standard ........... 20-2. -ee eee ees : @22 Long Clears light, 500 ib Cases.......... 8% — Peo oe ee een GB 2) | Old Tom... -.------2+-seeeenrees 2 do Half Cases 9% GrecnJavas.)..... 6.650) 17 @27 oe eee ee eee me 0s | Som Sergio. 24 | Short Clears ee o- Wieare cols tidiean i a A pease aceon We Bee 25 fe mete ee a ee. pe Ea ee @35 o. light.. . é : : Gowan & Stover’s New Process 3 ib br @18% | Maid 25 Bee eth arate oss st) 10 2, > . ORONO a ces a a cies Ga cla cg a actaa lo at U2 < gz a ents for the celebrated | Rozsted Bee ee Bee nena ener we oe ae Teta Ghost Clear Uscke O16 cases... HE seh”? brand, acked by J Roasted Mocha gas inne ro 0 eee 2 - Bere eoaniier: Leidersdorf’s........ @26 Extra Long Clear Backs, 300 Ib cases.. 10% ei aunti Mok... Us Ikerchief.............-.20e+0-20--5 @£ 20 | Honey Dew ........ 0.0.5. eee eee eee ees @25 | Extra Short Clear Backs, 300 : Ss, EF ARRE & Co. Bal- Pot a 94@I1T He ae . Deh Ucn abc s : - Gold Bloc ee @32 | Bellies, extra quality, 500 tb ca .. 10" ) ’ be ee es a ace ig Se Oc ea ce @25 | Bellies, extra quality, 300 tb cases...... 10% ase and are prepared | Aruckle’s....... eee ee Ae iNew mee ae We aoe ae £60 (Durham, 0... OOO Lay aes to fill orders for CAN or ee @l5ig Spoon. . CS OS ee 5 00 eee ee Boe PO eee eae stage 8 BULK oysters at the low-| Masnolia.200 020000000 Cg OR ae aos ee @5> | 50 m Hound Tins, 100 cages. 222122 of c WR cisceeevece cree | Bf AO Be ee a esd a 100 cases.............. 8 ° CORDAGE. MAGIC) ce ose ele ee 4 20 : . est market prices either ? OS ee 2 Holland (20200. @22 LARD IN TIN PAILS 72 foot Jute ..... 125 {60 foot Cotton....1 75 | Pittsburgh................. . #00 | German... 6... ice 2 i i... from here or from Balti-|®** Jute..... 10% ‘bOfoot Cotton .150 | Old Countey...........-..-....---.-+--- WM | Bone Tom... eso ccc seec ce es O30 3D Pails, 20 in 8" eee re ores os . di t NO BE ER FLAVORING BXTRAOTS. See. National ie: : @26 |5 Pails, 2inacase................... 8% T'T' ae : . Me, 26 | 10% Pails, 6inacase................ ee. GOODS PUT UP H Jennings - See ase es sees ciecae 8 doz. : e a Gi oe ee ee @18 poe ROR ee Sea a on Os Laundry, bbls, 186 Bhs... @ixg | Seal of North Garolina, € 02.00.0000... Qe i ae 3 > SH. oss, packages........ @6% arolina, 8 OZ........... @43 ee ee oe res neces be ean eo ese We manufacture a full line, use Bieatcr: Soaked Yarmouth............ it 10 - ead Se Pee eees cae oe ‘ me can ae Cantina: 160z boxes... @é2 Heat lhcese.. Ue eka : a x iA Io. : Ww Oo e oe a ee M61 ae s Oss, Ox, 7 era e. Hie Qt € A 4 ngcu ee @2% PO ne mee me ee et we ee ee ew em ew eee ee ee the best material obtainable, and Tia POIORS oie oe akira ee eee ne ‘ aoe ee Pe @i Zyoie Jack 4s pene Se) @2 tn bale taceels PIGS’ FEET. ‘ Cod, pickled, % bbIS............ 6.2... eeee 3 00 uzzy Gloss | th package.............. @6% | King Bee, longeut, 4s and %s........ 22 BR a setters ee an intend oe 3 5 guarantee our goods to be first- Halibut es a ae 14 pees ips pa peokage ee ee @b% Fa aap rae ae is cease ws oot - \ acilge DaEtGls. 2... 35... 2 00: Herring ¥% Hola 2 50 UZZY oss OxOR @1% ood Enough, 5e anc ie urham.... @24 ROM cade ae eh cstde wom e oko ces ce wines ene class. Heer Le 24 | Muzzy Gloss bulk......000000000000 @5i4 | Durham, 8. B. &L, 4s and ys........ @2A TRIPE. . ore. Hotand ye ie aes @x0 ee Core D ea eet: @? Se oe Bo es Se @28 In half barrels $3 75 ackerel, No. 1, % DDAS................---- 5 pecial prices on 1, orders. ‘ re UB. ee eee eee eee ee eens Os Reng oe ee 2 10: W i Mackerel, No. 1, 2 Dicits oe 160 | Kingsford Silver Gloss................ @8 ; SHORTS : In ee pumerees ion ee: 2D e carry an immense stock of|shaa,% poi.) ee ee @8% | Mule Far..............006+- Bh Fao jammed nee Igweat atsune of nol . es a ie 5 fngstord Corn... ...-6....5-06 6.06055 f Pathan 23 dare lowest at time of goi Virginia and Tennessee Peanuts, |trout No ti mai 000000000 wh | Qswego Gloss... oe ot 2 | press. and are good only for that date, subyect : : White, No. 1,6 DbIS .......--- 2. ee ees 5 50 irror G1OSS.....-...-+-.+eeeeese eee Win Reine a es 2 oye Ginrpet mnahmbieun ate: ends Brazils Filberts Pea: ite, No. I, 72 i. ee ee 20 5 5 5 White, Family, % bbls...................-. 395 | Mirror Gloss, COrn........-.....-.-.--- @6% VINEGAR. ——- White No.1, 10 PD kits..........20.2-.0...- 90 | Piel’s Pearl..............-.2...e0 esses @A_ | Pure Cider 9 cans, Walnuts and Cocoanuts, | white! No.1) 12 pki Ameri ee os FRESH MEATS “> 5 | White, No.1, 12 ® Kits.................-.-- 1 00 merican Starch Co.’s White Wine......-..... 10@12 a Sa 5 FRUITS. A: GIORS @b% WASHING POWDERS... John Mohrhard quotes the trade as follows: and compete with any market. Appice, MICRON once eee iee 54@6% | Woz Gloss... @3% | YTIB BW ...o-.ceeseceeese- ee @toy, | Fresh Beef, sides... 2... 6 @ 1 Apples, Dried, YorkState,evap., bbis | @8_ | 3% Gloss......-..... -..sesseeeeeeeeees @6 ' | Gillett’s # .............. a. @ v4 | Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 7 @8 Been: Driod, Fore eo evap., box @10 Ay nal gaia boxes...........-. a ae BOdDING PER... 05. eso. voce "@10_ Sea HOQS...... 2. +20. es eee ee eee es 6 @ 6% WwW Yherries, cried, pitted................. @16 2 COLD... .. 6.6 se ce eee e eee ee eee @6%4 | Pearline ® box.................00.08. f ULLON, CAPCASSES..-... 6.2. ees s eee eee poor FLORIDA Or- cicon a. ee ie a oe ae cece eeepc eee eens eens 20 bd. | : Lavine, duce poxes, 48 1Ib papers... Of 20 ot sent ee ee eee teen eee en scenes 94010 anges irec rom the groves rrants, Crop fe 63, ULE os ocala cs cea eee wee a Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 48 1 ib pap’rs @A 25 | Fowls........--0- eee ee eee Hi@12 - | Peacnes, dried York State @12 STOVE POLISH. Lavine, single boxes, 10060z papers. @4 50 Chickens ........... . 14 @16 . Prunes, Turkey...........-s.eceeee eens @5%! Rising Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s gross...... 5 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 100 6 oz 4 25 | Pork Sausage.................. - 9 @10 all ES The crop 15 larg © and fine and Prunes, French, 50 boxes........... @10° Tuiversal Z se pena 5 88| Above incu pe oe Lavine, single boxes, 80 % ib none os 1B Bologna... ..-. 2... ence eee ne nee 9 S10 Raisins, London Layers...............- 600) 0X0... ee. 5 50 Lavine, 5 or more boxes, 80 14 Ib paprs 4 00 oe Ow prices are 1ookKed for. Raisins, Loose Muscatels............ ~ @270 SUGARS YEAST a 0 Raisins, Valencias...................:. @10 | QutQoaf..... 0.2.2... ary | Ewin Bros....... 165 |Wilsons.......... 1 65 OYSTERS AND FISH. aes: pacers Pes ie ae ge cue oo ie @i%4 Magic........... 175 |National......... 1 65 F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as-follows: We are agents for the CHL- | 7 eens ncaes. MORO) were 6 coco e es es ces assess Oi MISCELLANEOUS. OYSTERS. CHES. Granulated, Standard..... .......... @63% | Bath Brick imported .................. 95 > Yor @6% New York Counts EBRATED . S. FARREN 8&7) Gand Haven, No. 9, square...........-..+- 2 25| Granulated, Fine Grain.............. @656 do American. ......-.+++++++- Oh 1 EOP Melos es ee - ; Grand Haven, No. 8, square.............-+- 1501 Cont, Acs. ee a @GO% | Barley. .....-.-2--0-- 2 eres eee e ene eeeees @3 | Selects pre CS Oe ea > CO. S Oysters and are prepared ane ooee oo ae yore upiaye saws : 50 ees beso MEAs a sete ewee pees @6% ae he eo se eecenes eign SS ri ran ven, No. 300, parlor.............- Yo} bextra © white. 2.21.5 sees oo eh 5%@6 oO Oe ae eee ek 1 50 BE pape FT CR TEE Sh CNOA s eee tse ‘ to fill orders for large or small | Grand Haven, No, 7, round..............-. Be Wet Cece eke ee OMe, Gosden Mik agle bead 8 | eet ee a l ° Richardson’s No. 2 square............+++-+- J 10) Wine C....1i.. 522 e. eee cence cone sees 54@5% | Condensed Milk, Swiss.......... Vie tee. 18 ots, cans or in bulk, at th ~|Richardson’sNo.8 dO ....-......0seece- Oa Yolow ec 3 @by | Cream Tartar 5 and 10 becans.......... @25_ | Selects, per go oeesace bras ross ieee “ t 9 9 So tenucus 6 a6 40 oe @b% Sundin. Htar ei Eieste, po wallon 3. Bae ees 1 %5- est rates. Richardson’sNo.6 dO ............+-+-.-2 %0| Corn, Waerels..& eee ke ge | Candles, Hotel.. ooo... eee @15%4 ee — Richardson’sNo.8 dO ............-+00+ 4°10} Com: 46 ODIS. 2.5.0. ose >4 | Extract Coffee, V. C. ..............0+5 : 85090 * FRESH FISH. Richardson’sNo.9 dO. ...........-0eee 2 55| Corn, t0 gallon kegs............-...-..- @_ 36 I Oh Se 1 28@ Richardson's No. 4 round .........--.-+0+++ 270| Corn, 5 galon kegs.................0055 @1 85 | Flour Sifters # doz.......... ee 2-3 00@ Richardsov’s No.7 dO .........2s:esee ee 55| Corn, 4% gallon kegs............--- 2.03 @1 65 | Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @30 | Smelts.... 10... sees eet eee eee 5 Kichardson’s NO. 7% dO .......+0-00e e+ 170) Pure SUBaP i... oc e ee ete en etce ce: bbl 22@ 38 | Gum; Rubber 200 lumps. 021222222011) @40__ | Mackinaw Trout. ... 0.0... ee 8 mcnesees a ae" BPO 6 ss ccd cece : ue souee a Bead ears % bbl 30@ a SP cal fives cesesevst Ceernels< I 9 oR a ee ee ee OR 12 chardson’s No. 312 gro... cee ure Sugar Drips........ JB gal kegs @1 85 | Hominy, #@ bbl............. 0. sees ek | We sa ee i Electric Parlor No.17......... ee 3 20| Pure Loaf Sugar Drips... .. e bbl $ | H.C. Flour, 18 3 pkgs., ® box........ @2 50 | Smoked Whitefish and Trout.........0.0... i. ; Electric Parlor No.18...............++.+++-+-4 641 Pure Loaf Sugar. ......... Sealkegs @I1 85! H.C. Flour in bulk, # cwt ...... hiner @4 801 Smoked Sturgeon........ eres a. ae’ } ie + ; ; Dry Goods. Like to Stop Manufac- turing. In discussing the trade situation, and -in consideration of the fact, that_the textiles have been over-preduced, says the Boston Journal of Commerce, we often find the manufacturers blamed either directly or by implication for not shutting down their works in time, and . waiting until the de- mand for their products become so active in view of a short supply as to enhance prices very materially. It is easy to criticise a line ofaction or inaction after we know its re- sults; but in forecasting the future it is not so easy to determine just what is best to do. And then there are other considerations that enter into the calculations of the man- ufacturer which the outsider knows little about. Shutting Gown involves not only the idleness of machinery, which deteriorates more from lack of employment than from use, but it means the deprivation of large numbers of people—who are usually not forehanded—of the means of earning a sub- sistence, and to whom every idle day means aday behind in account with the world. We know that it is a common saying that corporations have no souls—that they care no more for the workers in their mills than they do for the horses of theirstables. Not- withstanding this, it is a fact that in the matter of shutting down the manufacturers are largely influenced against doing so by the consideration of the effect it will have upon their help. To avoid this, a reduction of wages is resorted -to, or production is curtailed and the best and most desirable hands are retained. But curtailed produc- tion means more costly production ; yet this Why They Don’t has been submitted to, and the manufacture of goods in many cases has been carried on in the past year when the prices realized for the same did not pay the cost of produc- ing them. This is true in some of the branches of cotton manuiacture, if not in woolens also. In certain branches of cotton manufacture, again, requiring extra skilled labor, there is still another weighty consid- eration that is not generally thought of. If a print works shuts down, the designers, en- gravers, and printers have to be retained on half pay, or they are liable to be taken by other mills, and their skill and usefulness lost tothe old concern. The best skilled labor of a shut-down mill is apt to find em- ployment elsewhere before it starts up again, for this kind of labor is always in demand, and when the time for resuming operations arrives there is a lack of that best and most skilled labor element which is absolutely es- sential to suecess in these days of close and active competition. From what we have stated, then, it will be seen that a shut-down or suspension of operations is a thing that is fraught with the most perplexing if not the most serious consequences to manufacturers. There is another drawback which we have not considered, and that is the general lack of co-operative spirit among manufacturers that would lead them to take united action in all matters of common interest. They are too eager to underbid and overreach one another in the field of competition. This is an unwisdom that in the present peculiar state of affairsis having disastrous conse quences to the interests of stockholders. A Steady, conservative action that could be brought about by a proper co-operative ac- tion of manufacturers might be made to so regulate production as to not over-supply the market for anything, and give to consumers steady, healthy prices, instead of, as has of- ten been the case, either extremely low or extremely high ones, according to the over-supply or scarcity of the articles need- ed. From the Mercantile Journal. How is this for anew invention? The bosom of this novel garment consists of sev- eral layers, of which one can be torn off every day, on the blotting pad principle, ex- posing a clean white surface in its place. A still more enterprising inventor is now try- ing to perfect a plan for printing install- ments of a sensational novel of thrilling in- terest on the back of each layer. He shrewdly expects the wearer of the shirt will be unable to wait a day for the next in- stallment, and so be tempted to peel off the successive layers of his'shirt front at more frequent intervals to loan his best lady friend. ——__—>_9—<____ A Round Sum Lost. “You may not believe me, gentlemen,” said a weather-beaten tramp, approaching a erowd of brokers near Stock Exchange, “but I lost a round sum of money on Wall street not so many years ago.” The hat was passed around, and the tramp put away $1.75 in quarters. “How much was this round sumof money that you lost?” was asked. “It was a penny. coal hole.” ——_—___——> 90> __—_ A Fast Life on a Sleuder Income. “There goes a man who leads a fast life.” “Ts he rich?” “No, he only gets $75 a month.” “Then he must steal to lead a fast life on that income?” “Qh, no, he’s a railroad conductor.” ——_—__—>—_— A lady called upon her milliner the other day to get the character of her seryant. The respectable appearance of the latter was be- yond questioning, “But is she honest?” ask- ed the lady, “Iam not so certain about that,” replied the wmilliner. “I have sent her to you with my bill a dozen times and she has never yet given me the money.” — on - e The patent upon paper collars and shirt- bosoms has expired. I dropped it downa ” WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Spring & Company quote a8 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, 84...... 20 |Pequot, 8-4......... 21 Pepperel), 9-4...... 221% |Pequot, 9-4......... 24 CHECKS. Caledonia, XX, 0z..11 Caledonia, X, 0z...10 |Park Mills, No. 90..14 [Park Mills, No. 100.15 Economy, OZ....... 10 |Prodigy, 02......... 11 Park Mills, No. 50..10 |Otis Apron......... 10% Park Mills, No. 60..11 (Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Millis, No. 70..12 |York, 1 0z.......... 10 Park Mills, No. 80..13 |York, AA, extra oz.14 OSNABURG, Alabama brown.... 74%4|Alabama plaid..... 8 Jewell briwn....... $%|Augusta plaid...... 8 Kentucky brown..10%/|Toledo plaid........ w% Lewiston brown... 94%4|Manchester plaid... 7 Lane brown........ 9%4|New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid.... 8 |Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36....... 8%|Greene, G, 4-4...... 5% Art cambrics, 36...114|Hill, 4-4............ 84 Androscoggin, 4-4.. 8%|Hill, 7-8..........-.. 1% Androscoggin, 5-4..124%4|Hope, 4-4........... 4 Ballou, 4-4.........- %4\King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4..... sD bric, 4-4........... ny% Boott, O. 4-4........ 81%4|Linwood, 4-4....... 9 Boott, HE. 5-5........ 7 \Lonsdale, 4-4....... 8% Boott, AGC, 4-4..... 9%|Lonsdale cambric.11% Boott, R. 3-4....... 534|\Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 74%|Langdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... 6% Masonville, 4-4..... 9% Conway, 4-4... . .. 7% Maxwell. 4-4...... »,.10% Cabot, 4-4.......-- . 14|New York Mili, 44.10% Cabot, 7-8......----- 6%|New Jersey, 4-4.... 8 Canoe, 3-4...5...--- 4 |Pocasset, P.M.C.. 7% Domestic, 36....... 7344|Pride of the West. .12% Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 9% Pocahontas, 44.... 8% Dawvol, 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% cambrie, 4-4......12 |Whitinsville, 7-8.... 6% Gold Medal, 4-4.. .. 7 |Wamsutta, ee 16% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6%4| Williamsville, 36...10% Gilded Age......... 8% SILESIAS. Crowe... --.--.5.-- 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 No 10. 2. kee 12% | Masonville Ss. 10% Coin: 2.2... .10 |Lonsdale........... 94 Anechor........-. .15 \Lonsdale A......... 16 Centennial......... Nictory Oe ee Blackburn ......... 8 |VictoryJ.........-. MORO 2. ae 14 |Victory LS es London.......-..--> 12% | Victory Ko 244 Paconi8 ...--...--- 12 |Phoenix A..........19% og Cross.......--- 10 |Phoenix B........- 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX PRINTS. Albion, solid........ 5i4|Gloucester .......... 6 Albion, grey......-- 6 \Gloucestermourn’g.6 Allen’s checks...... 5%4|Hamilton fancy... .6 Ailen’s fancy......- 51%4\Hartel fancy........ 6 Allen’s pink.......-. 6%|Merrimac D......... 6 Allen’spurple....... 64|Manchester ......... 6 American, tancy....5%/Oriental fancy..... 6 Arnold fancy......-.. 6 |Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 5% |Pacific’ robes........ 6 Cocheeco fancy....-. 6 |Richmond........... 6 Cocheco robes.....-- 614|Steel River.......... 5M | Conestoga fancy....6 Simpson’s.........-. 6 Eddystone ..... ---- 6 |Washington fancy.. Eagle fancy.......-- 5 |Washington blues..7% Garner pink........- 6% FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... 8 (Indian Orchard, 40. 8% Boott M, 4-4.......- 744 Indian Orchard, 36. 8 Boston F, 4-4....... 8 |Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. 73; Lyman B, 40-in..... 1% Continental D, 40in 834|Mass. BB, 4-4....... 534 Conestoga W, 4-4... 7 |Nashua E, 40-in.... 9 Conestoga D, 7-8... 5%4,|Nashua Ri44 2. 1 Conestoga G, 30-in. 64)Nashua O; 7-8... 52 1% Dwight X, 3-4...... 6 |Newmarket N...... 7% Dwight Y, 7-8.....-- 6%4| Pepperell H, 89-in.. 74 Dwight Z, 4-4......- 7 |Pepperell R, 4-4.... 7 Dwight Star, 4-4.... 74 Pepperell O, 7-8.... 6% Ewight Star, 40-in.. 9 Pepperell N, 3-4.... 64% Enterprise EE, 36.. 5%4/Pocasset_C, 4-4..... % Great Falls E, 4-4... 7 |Saranac R........-. 1 Farmers’ A, 4-4..... 6%|Saranac E.......... 9 Indian Orchard, t-4 7% DOMESTIC GINGHAMS. Amoskeag .......-- 8 (Peniew dress styl 9% Amoskeag, Persian \Johnson Manfg Co, gtyles.........-.-- 10%| Bookfold......... 12% Bates, . 74%4|Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... 6%| dress styles...... 24 Glasgow checks.... 7 ‘Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%/|_styles............. 9 Glasgow checks, White Mfg Co, stap 7% royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fanc 8 Gloucester, new ‘White Mant’g Co, standard ......... 7%| Earlston... ...... 9% Plunket -...-.-..--- TUANGOLGOD .......-.-0.5 8 Lancaster ......-.-- 8% IG reylock, dress Langdale.........-. Wenl Stades 25.0 ee. 12% WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Peppereil. 10-4..... 27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, 11-4..... he . Pepperell, 7-4.....- 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 2 Pepperell, 8-4......2244 Pequot, 84......... 24 Pepperell, 9-4...... 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... 27% HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 4-4..... 74 |Lawrence XX, 4-4.. 814 Atlantic H, 4-4..... % \|Lawrence Y,30.... 7 Atlantic D, 4-4..... 64 Lawrence LL, 4-4... 5% Atlantie P, 4-4...... 53 Newmarket N...... 7% Atiantie LL, 44.... 54%|Mystic River, 4-4... 6 Adriatic, 36......... T%|Pequot A, 4-4....... 8 Augusta, 4-4........ 644+Piedmont, 36....... 7 Boott M, 4-4........ U4 \Stark AA, 44....... 74 Boott FF, 4-4....... 734 Tremont CC, 44.... 53 Graniteville, 4-4.... 634|/Utica, AA iss. 9 Indian Head, 4-4... 7%/Wachusett, 4-4..... 1% Indiana Head 45-in.124%4|Wachusett, 30-in... 6% TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...13%)Falls, XXXX....... 18% Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 |Falls, XXX......... 15% Amoskeag, A...... 13 (Halis; BBs oo... 325 11% Amoskeag, B...... 12 |Falls, BBC, 36......19% Amoskeag, C.....- 11 |Falls, awning..... 19 Amoskeag, D.....- 10%!Hamilton, BT, 32..12 Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Hamilton, D....... 9% Amoskeag, F....... 9% Hamilton, H.... .. 9% Premium A, 4-4....17 |Hamilton fancy...10 Premium B... .... 16 Methuen AA....... 13% Hixtrad-t 2. 16 ‘Methuen ASA...... 18 Extra7-8...... .....14% Omega A, 7-8....... il Gold Medal 4-4...... 1 jOmega A, 4-4....... 13 CCA 7-3... 124% Omega ACA, 7-8....14 OU ah ot casas ee 14 |Omega ACA, 4-4....16 ROGS......5...-3--- 14 |\Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 BUS... 16 |\Omega SE, 4-4...... 27 AMA Se es ce 19 jOmega M. 7-8 ...... 22 Cordis AAA, 32..... 14 |\Omega M, 4-4....... 25 Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 |ShetucketSS&SSW 11% Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |jShetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. 2.......- 14 |Shetucket, SFS....12 Cordis No. 3........ 13 |Stockbridge A..... q Cordis No. 4........ 11% |Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. Gamer... .......:..- H (|Empire.........:.- ‘ Hookset.........-.- 5 |Washington........ 4% Red Cross........-- 5 |Edwards............ 5 Forest Grove....... S.S. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A...... 17 50 Old Tronsides...... 15 Stark A... 22... .... .21%)| Wheatland ......... 21 DENIMS. BOSON 4.3. eee Wowie OC... sa. est 10% Everett blue....... 14 |Warren BRA se: 12% Everett brown..... 14 |Warren BB........ 11% OMe AMA oc 121%4'Warren CC.........10% Obs BB... ...---..- 11%\York fancy........15 PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville... ..055.. 6 18.8. & Sons.......-- 6 Masgnville......... 6 |Garneér :.......3. 32: 6 WIGANS. Red Cross.......... 74 |Thistle Malis... oS: Begin: .....0 22... TUGRROBO s,s. oee kn ss 8 Garmer. 2.2.5. ke 1% SPOOL COTTON. LOOSE .. 3... 52 ose 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F.....55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.& 8. Coais..::..- 55 jiGreeh & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Merricks........... 40 Willimantic 3 cord.40 |Stafford ............ 25 Charleston ball sew Hall & Manning... .25 ing thread........ é HOIVOKS.: . 2... 62.25: 2 CORSET JEANS. Armory ............ 7%|Kearsage........... 8h4 Androscoggin sat.. 84|Naumkeagsatteen. 814 Canoe River........ § |Pepperell bleached 8% Clarendon. ........ 644|Pepperell sat....... 9% Hallowell Imp..... 6%|Rockport........... 7 Ind. Orch. Imp..... 7 |Lawrencesat...¢... 8% Laconia ........-... 7% \Conegosat.......... 7 MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIA’N, Incorporated Dec. 10, 1877—Charter tn Force for Thirty Years. LIST OF OFFICERS: President—RANsoM W. HAWLEY, of Detroit. Vice-Presidents—CHAS. E. SNEDEKER, Detroit; L. W. ArKins, 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- A Commercial Nine-Pin. From the Boston Advertiser. A wealthy modern Athenian was recently appealed to to re-establish in business his son- in-law, who had already been rehabilitated an unusual number of times, The old merchant was obdurate, although his daughter plead strongly for her husband, and atlength he proceeded to the length of saying that his son- in-law had proved himself utterly a fool. “But, father,” urged the wife now, you know, he has |so0 much business experience—’”’ “Business experience!” interrupted her father, with a snort of contempt, “the only business exper- jence he has has been like that of a nine-pin; he’s been set up again and again simply to be bowled over.” 2 A. D. Loomis, druggist, Levering: “It is just the paper every dealer should have.” Moore & Yarger, general dealers, Freeport: “Your paper is a good one, and is well worth the money.” Jas. Crawford, grocer, Kalkaska: ‘TI could not or would not do without your paper for twice the amount of the subscription price.” MISCELLANEOUS. ee ee Advertisements of 25 words or less inserted in this column at the rate of 25 cents per week, each and every insertion. One cent for each additional word. Advance payment. AOR SALE—Crockery, furniture and under- taking stock in growing northern town. Stoek will inventory about $1,200. Will rent building for $125 per year. No opposition. Good opportunity. Best of reasons for selling. All cash, or part cash and security for balance. ‘Address “Crockery,” care “The edgaagrrs 57 AOR SALE—I want to sell asix ton nearly new, Howe 22 foot platform scale. Can be seen at 91 Canal street. W. 'T’. Lamoreaux, Agt. AOR EXCHANGE—A $600 real estate. mort- gage, a $1,250 land contract, 40 acres of wild timber land, and a good livery stock. I will exchange for stock of dry_goods, clothing or groceries. Address O. W. Kibby, Bellaire, Antrim Co., Mich. 59* \ 7ANTED—A competent book-keeper, with eight years’ practical experience, desir- es a situation with a jobbing or manufactur- ing house. Can give best. of city references. Address, Book-keeper, care “The Tradesman.” HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. Perkins & Hess quote as fol.ows: HIDES. Green... see. -- = Bh @it Part CUred..........--222. 00s eee eeeee 8 @ 8% al cummed... 6 cae es se ea 84@ 8% Dry hides and kips.........---.+++++++- 8 @12 Calf skins, green or cured...........--. 10 @12 Deacon SKINS...........-2e eee #2 piece20 @50 SHEEP PELTS. Shearlings or Summer skins # piece.. 0 @20 Fall pelts......... 00.02 ee eee cece eee ees 380 @50 Winter pelts............--.ee ee eee ee 100 @I1 2 WOOL. Fine washed # b.........--------2-00+- 24@ 26 Coarse washed............0.s es ee ee ees 18 @2 Wawasned. 662 ee oe eee 2-3 TRAUOW.....52255-<6 Oe cee D4A@ 5% COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS. A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl...........-- 1 05 Ohio White Lime, car lots.........-...- 90 Louisville Cement, per bbl...........- 1 40 Akron Cement per bbl...........----- 1 40 Buffalo Cement, per bbl.............. 1 40 Car lots. .-.-........ Pee ee 4 05@1 10 Plastering hair, per bU.............--- 25@ 30 Stucco, per bbl..........---- eee ee eee 1 75 Land plaster, per ton..........--.++--- 3 75 Land plaster, car lots.........--.++-++- 3 00 Fire brick, per M..........----+.-+++++ $25 @ $35 Fire clay, per bbl......-..--..--+--+- + 3 00 COAL. Anthracite, egg and grate, car lots. .$6 00@6 25 Anthracite, stove and nut, car lots.. 6 25@6 50 Cannell, car lots...........--+ eee ee eee @6 75 Ohio Lump, car lots..........--.-.+++ 3 25@3 5v 4 50@5 00 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES. The Newaygo Company quote f. 0. b. cars as follow: Blossburg or Cumberland, car lots.. Uppers, Linch...............+.+-+-- per M $44 00 Uppers, 14, 1% and 2inch.............+-. 46 00 Selects, Limch..............seeeeee er eeees 35 00 Selects, 14, 1% and2 inch........ ....-. 38 Fine Common, linch............. 0 -++-+: 30 00 Shop, linch.........--- -.-. Beth cee 20 00 Fine, Common, 144, 1% and 2inch, ...... 32 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12in., 12, 14and16 feet ... a 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet.............--. 6 00 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet.............--- 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet..............-- 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 10 in., 20 feet......, ... ..-- 17 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... 15 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 18 feet..............--- 16 00 No. 1 Stocks, 8 in., 20feet........... ee 17 00 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 jn., 18 feet.............--- 13 50 No. 2 Stocks, 12 in., 20 feet............---- 14 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 10 in., 18 feet........-..-...- 3 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., 18 feet..............--- 12 50 No. 2 Stocks, 8 in., 20 feet..............-. 13 50 Coarse Common or shipping culls, all widths and lengths................. 8 00@ 9 00 A and B Strips, 4 or 6in ............--. + 35 00 C Strips, 4or6 inch.............-..+-6- «: 28 00 No. 1 Fencing, all lengths..............-. 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... 12 00 No. 2 Fencing, 16 feet............-...+.-+- 12 00 No. 1 Fencing. 4 inch.....-.....-...------ 15 00 No. 2 Fencing, 4 inch................-+--+ 12 00 Norway C€ and better, 4or6inch......... 20 00 Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ 18 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, C................---- 14 50 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No.1 Common.... 9 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.............. 20 00 Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16 ft... 10 00@10 50 $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B............. 36 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in. C..............+.- 29 00 Dressed Flooring, 6in., No.1,common.. 17 00 ‘Dressed Flooring 6in., No.2common.... 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 6 in. $1 00 additiinal. Dressed Flooring, 4in.,A. Band Clear.. 35 00 Dressed Flooring, 4in., C...........-+---- 26 00 Dressed Flooring, 4 or 5in., No.1 com’n 16 00 Dressed Flooring, 4or5in., No.2 com’n 14 00 Beaded Ceiling, 4 inch, $1 00 additional. § XXX 18in. Standard Shingles......... 3 50 MRR ASIN. THI oo. 5 soe tec eee. 3 40 eek 3 00 No. 2or6in. C. B18in. Shingles......... 2 00 No.2 or 6 in. C. B. 16 im........-:..-.-..-. 1 %5 Wet oc es es 2 00 We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. Parties in want will do CERI well to write or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED CO, 91 CANAL STREET. Westiield Whips,-#54 Send for PRICE LIST. N —_——— an bat <5 —_ ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. And Lashes of All Kinds and Prices. G. BOYS & CO, Gen! Agents rrus, Chairman, 8. A. MUNGER, H. K. WHITE For Two Years—D. Morris, A. W. CULVER. Grand Rapids, Michigan. baroware. Porcelain-Headed Nails. From the Scientific American. One of the familiar illustrations of the benefit of rapid machinery producing articles of nse combined with elegance is in the manufacture of the ornamentally headed nails used for picture-hanging and similar purposes. The heads of these nails are of porcelain or glass, held in gilt brass setting, and the shanks are of iron wire. The heads are molded frum opaque porcelain or trans- parent glass, and the settings are made from sheet brass in the dies of a press. A disk of brass is cut from a sheet, and a small hole made in its center. The disk is drawn down through the center of the die, forming a tube-like neck, which is afterwards tap- ped in a machine, thus forming a.nut for the reception of the threaded head end of the wire shank. The press forms the set- ting into a cup shape for the glass or porce- lain head, and this, when inserted, is held in position by having its edges turned in over the head of a press. ‘The wire shank is pointed ina rotary press which draws the wire down to a point in dies or scores that form the pointed portion four-sided. On two of these sides a film or sprew is left that is removed by a trimmihg press. The formation of the screw-thread on the other end of the wire shank is somewhat in- teresting. The thread is not cut with dies— in fact, it is not cut at all. Itis rolled up from the material of the shank, and the threaded portion becomes larger than the original wire. There is a fixed die in a press, the die having been milled on a slant to represent the V-threads ofa certain pitch. The die is perfectly flat, and these scores are simply cuts of a V form running diagonally across it.. Another die exactly like the fixed one is attached to a reciprocating arm, so as to traverse across the fixed die. Between these dies the shank is passed under pres- sure, and the result isa perfect thread at therate of at least one hundred gross per day, the only attendant being a boy. —__—<_-¢<__— Something About Saws. The material entering into the manufac- ture of saws must of necessity be of a pecul- iar character, besides which the maker of the steel as well as the saw maker should know nearly the rate of speed at which the saw is to be run, for a saw running at a very high rate of speed needs, of necessity, to be of different temperature as regards the cen- ter. Whenadisk of steel is made intoa saw the maker can hammer it so as_to leave either a soft or hard center. A saw having a soft center will wabble if a person takes hold of the edge and starts it vibrating, while if it has a hard center one part will not shake any more than another. . Again, a saw with ahard center, if driven at a high rate of speed, will not cut off straight for the simple reason the center being hard it will not adapt itself to the different degrees of hardness of the timber, and will not resist the influence of unequal stiffness existing between the sawed board on one side and the solid log on the other. If, however, a saw has a soft center and is given a motion of 100 revolutions a minute or more, the centrifugal force, straining at the center, stiffens the saw and keeps the edge steady. People ordinarily seem to think that there has been the same straining after ornament- al effect in vertical saws, so odd are the shapes of the teeth. But with these saws we see again that the study of the manu- facturer has been solely to produce the greatest possible strength and cutting pow- er commensurate with the size and velocity | of the saw. In conclusion, it will be no- ticed that some of the vertical saws have dull teeth alternating with the sharp ones; by being properly made, the dull teeth do not reach out quite so far as the sharp ones, and are placed here for the purpose of keep- ng the saw-dust out of contact with the cut- ting or true teeth of the saw. — 9 <>—______— Smoky Chimneys. From a paper read by Mr. J. P. Seddon before the health conference in London last month, the following abstract is made: Chimneys smoke from five causes: (1) Because air is not supplied to houses sys- tematically, like water. but is, rather, ex- cluded. (2) Because fire-places are illy- constructed, being drawn over from the openings of the fire-place to the flues in such a manner as to provide large vacant spaces, above the grates, which contain cold, stag- nant air, in contact with which the smoke becomes chilled and is prevented from be- ing drawn into the flues. (3) Because flues are usually made too large. They should seldom be more than nine inches square. (4) Because no provision is made for down- draughts of air to expend themselves before reaching the fire-place. (5) Because archi- tectural guards are not constructed at tops of chimneys against wind. Mr. Seddon de- preciates the use of cowls. ee Paint to Stop Leaks in Drinking Tank. A correspondent writes to the Scientific American: “I have a lead lined drinking tank 4x6x6 which leaks; have tried eyery- thing possible .o stop it, but the hole can- not be found. What varnish or paint not injurious could be put on, in order to fill up the holes?” That paper answers the in- quiry thus: ‘Clean the tank out thorough- ly and dry it. Paint the inside with Prince’s metallic paint (red oxide of iron) and boiled linseed oil, and let it get fully dry before using.” ———____~-9-<——--——- To Remove Bluing from Steel. Tmmerse in a pickle composed of equal parts muriatic acid and elixir vitrol. Rinse in pure water and dry in tissue paper. WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Prevailing rates at Chicago are as follows: AUGERS AND BITS. EVG@S?, O10 SEVIC. 26. oe ak coke eee dis 50 INT Ce Oy oo a oes cookies oon canon dis 55 PIOUPIASS Ooo coo oo. os as cele sis s oon ee ose = dis 50 PIORCES ooo os se Se See usens dis 50 POLS sees ow oa ce nee cet dis 50 COOK'S 222... en ne ene cent ences eceens is40&10 Jennings’, genuine..........-..+2- +--+ dis 25 Jennings’, imitation........... ...-+-.-- dis40&10 BALANCES. SDN ee ee ee dis 25 BARROWS. Raliroad 00.0 2 $ 15 00 Gardene 3 ee ee a es net 35 00 BELLS. Hand Gee es Gee Gk SECT a ere a dis $ 60&10 COW os ess Das signe ace ee wees dis 60 Oa ee ee: dis 15 Gone ek. i 20 DOor, SargenG. oo. ic. oe c n ee e aes dis 55 BOLTS. SCOVO s.r a dis $ 40 Carriage new list............24......%- dis 75 Plow ee lees oe ou Gove cee dis 30&1( Sleigh Sh06. 5.20) 2 dis 50&15 @ast Barrel Bolts... 220.0. 2.0020) en dis 50 Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis 5D Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... dis 50 Cast Square Spring. ...%... 2.5.2.2... dis 5d Cast Oiaite oie ee dis 60 Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis 55&10 Wrought Square ..... 2....2....5..... dis 55&10 Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis 30 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush Cee a oe co 50&10&10 Eves’ WOor. 422000. dis 50&10 BRACES. arber oy ees dis $ 40 WAGKUSH 6062. ee es dis 50 MDOMOERG) .sieccc. 6. ee a dis 50 Am. Balke oo. 2000002. eS dis net BUCKETS. . Wioll, plain: 2: 5. 260s eo q Welk Swivels... 2202 os eos eo. ’ i te BUTTS, CAST. Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis 60 Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed......dis 60 Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis 60 Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis 50&10 Wrounht Loose Pin.................. dis 60 Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis 60& 5 Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver tipped Ce ee se dis 60& 5 Wrought Pable. .. oo 52 cote dis 60 Wrought Inside Blind.......... ...dis 60 Wrowont Briss... 0... 2.0 chee dis 65&10 Blind, Clarkes. <....-. 0.005... 4. 2. dis T0&10 Blind, PABkOM sec oc... 6 oc... ee ee dis %0&10 Blind. Shepard's: 2020.02... st dis 70 Spring for Screen Doors 3x2¥4, per gross 15 00 Spring for Screen Doors 3x3....per gross CAPS. BiyS lO ee coe. per m $65 ECGs OB ee ee 60 Gp... Sea 35 MUISKOE. 200 occ cc 60 CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list 50 Rim Fire, United States................ dis 50 General hire.) 006.66 ese. dis 4% CHISELS. : SOCKeEHinmMOen: 05 2). 62252. 5-68 dis 65&10 Soeket ramming: .<. 2... 3..4....4....-- dis 65&10 Socket Corner... .......2..:...-...--. dis 65&10 SOCKOE SHIOKS. 25. 8a... dis 65&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40 Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20 Colds oy. a ees. net COMBS. Curry, Lawrence’s...........-----.--- dis 3334 IOLGH KISS (252.0 60... dis 25 COCKS. Brass: RACKING ’S....:5.....2..25..5.....- 40&10 WVBR so 49&10 WGGH ee: 40&10 OHM ee eee ee 60 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to size.............- 8 ib 37 1452. (4x6, 34 x60. 2... see. 39 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stock.........-........<. dis 35 Taper and Straight Shank............ dis 20 Morse’s Taper Sodnk.............-... dis 30 ELBOWS. @om. 4 piece, 6 in. .*... 2.3. ....-.-. doz net $1 10 GCornugated ....5.0...-..5...-..... +.dis 20&10 PRGNWStHDIG 2.50200. 2 206. oe. ae. ee dis 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clar’s, small, $18 00; large, $26 00. dis 20 Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $80 00. dis 2d FILES. American File Association List...... dis 50 IDISStOMNS © 5 1602 8 tee dis 50 News American... 2... 60.2... ee dis 50 NiChOIBOM SS: .2. 0. 2. oe ke dis 50 Hellere dis 30 Heller’s Horse Rasps................. dis 3335 GALVANIZED IRON, Nos. 16 to 20, 22 and 24, 25and 26, 27 28 é 14 List 12 13 15 18 Discount, Juniata 45, Charcoal 50. GAUGES. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 50 HAMMERS. Maydole & Co7s: .......5.-2...:..2..-. dis 15 HOD S356 es dis 25 Verkes & Plumb’s..-......-.-+:.--.-- dis 30 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 ¢ list 40 Blaecksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10 HANGERS. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track dis 50 Champion, anti-friction.............. dis 60 Kidder, wood tra.Kk.............2:.... dis 40 HINGES. ° Gate, Clark's, 1.2, 3........ 5:2... -- dis 60 States) oe es ct ees per doz, net, 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 end lONGOR. 6.6.5.2... os esi cee ae 3% Serew Hook and Eye, % ..........-. net 10% Serew Hook and Eye %.............. net 8% Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net i’ Serew Hook and Hye, %............. net 7% Strap and fo. se dis 60&10 HOLLOW WARE. Stamped Tin Ware............-...--0--+ 60&10 Japanned-Tin Ware.............--..---- 20&10 Granite Iron Ware..........00..--...66- 25 HOES. Garth Pee eee $11 00, dis 40 Gout) 2. 11 50, dis 40 Grubs es 12 00, dis 40 KNOBS. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...... $2 00, dis 6¢ Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... 2 50, dis 60 Door, porcelain, plated trim- WYEEINGS: oe eee list, 7 25, dis 60 Door, porcelain, trimmings list, 8 25, dis 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain...... dis 60 Picture, H. L. Judd & Co.’s.. ......... d 40 Hemacite ©. ..... 2 ..:..... 3... dis 50 LOCKS—DOOR. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s reduced list dis 60 Mallory, Wheelar & Co.’s.........--+.--. dis 60 IBTaniOrd G ...... 2.022. 5 ae see ee dis 60 INORWHIRES 6. oi lobes bore ect esol unc eke dis 60 LEVELS. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 65 MILLS. Coffee, Parkers Co.’8...........6.---.+-+6 dis 45 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables dis 45 Cotfee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........ dis 45 Coffee, Enterprise..............2..025---- dis 25 MATTOCKS. Adze Hye.........------.6-5 oe $16 00 dis 40&10 Hunt Bye... 2... 200. 6c. 1-3 e ee eee $15 00 dis 40&10 PRU oe ba scene eee $18 50 dis 20 & 10 NAILS. Common, Brad and Fencing. 10d to 60d........... eee ee ene # keg $2 30 Sd ano @ BOVE. eee cece hen ee 25 Gd AIT: AGV. 26a oc ea cde we cea ns wees es 50 BAGO NG BOV. . 6. ens cece s Gee cee nts ees 75 Oe GAVEDCO ci oe. cos donee cer eeene eres ass 1 50 Sd fine BAVENCO. 2.6. ooo... oe ee ence ns 3 00 Clinch nails, adv...... 22... cece cere eee ee 175 10d 8d 6d 4d Size—inches 3 2% 2 1% Adv. 8 keg $125 150 175 200 Steel Nails—Same price as above. MOLLASSES GATES. Finishing t Stebbin’s Pattern ........... cece cece scone dis 70 Stebbin’s Genuine...... 26... sees ee eee ee dis 70 Enterprise, self-measuring.............. dis 25 MAULS. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled........... dis 50 OILERS. Zine or tin, Chase’s Patent............... dis 55 Zine, with brass bottom...........-. 2. dis Brass Or COpper.........0-- see ee ee eee enes dis 40 BR at gees Ca ee per gross, $12 net Reap Olmetesga’s 25 co aoc e concn sewed seule ves a PLANES. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...........----+++-- dis 15 MGIOtA MONON oo a Ree ene dis 25 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.... ......... dis 15 Bench, first quality...............-2...... dis 20 Stanley Ruie and Level Co.’s, wood and PANS. Bry. AomG 6.22: dis 40&10 Common, polished .................-. <, dis 60 ERP oo seek oe 8 bb 8 RIVETS. Tron and Tintied. 0... 25.2.2 -22. 3. dis 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.............. dis 40 PATENT FLANISAED IRON. oa Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10% “B’’? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 te 27 9 Broken packs ec # ib extra. ROOFING PLATES. IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 5 75 IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........ oe tO IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00 IX, 20x28, choicC Charcoal Terne.......... 16 90 ROPES. Sisal, % In. and larger.............. Sos ee. es 9 IMAG a Uo See iy 15% SQUARES. Steel and Tron... . 2.2.2. 62.. dis 50 IPEY BOG HGVGIS. «200.05 0505 dis 50 WEVG: dis 20 SHEET IRON. i Com. Smooth. Com. Nos Nite 54. 5 2 $4 20 $3 00 NOS. ta to BE 2. ys sc. ee. 4 20 3 00 INOS2 1S GO Shoo oes os oo cakes 4 20 3 00 INOS 2200 28. 2 eS: 4 20 3 00 INOS 20 tO 26)... oe. eee 4 40 3 20 ING le os ee ese ec ck 4 60 3 40 All sheets No, 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SHEET ZINC. Dy easks of 600 Ibs, @ I... ... 2-8 6 In smaller quansities, ® t.............. 6% TINNER’S SOLDER. INO. 1) Retimed -. 2.1... 40:2)... 2... 13 00 Market Half-and-half............. .... 15 00 Strictly Half-and-half.................. 16 TIN PLATES. Cards for Charcoals, $6 75. IC, ,lOxIt Ohareoal..-......- 2. IX, 10x14,Charcoal... IC, I2ni7, Charcoal. 2... 2. oe 5 IX, Paet2. Charcoal... ..<. 22.5. ase 8 50 IC, T4xed Charcoal. - 2-0. oe 6 50 Ix, T4xe0) Charcoal... ... 2. 2.2226 es ke 8 50 EEX, (4x20. Charcoal... ..........-.2::. 10 50 EECX. Fex70: Phareool......-. -... 50.52 12 50 PX XX, xe Charcoal... . 22/2. 14 50 IX, e0ses, Chareoel <.. 2. .625.27...2-.- 18 00 DO, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 6 50 Ds. 00 Plate Charcoal................- 8 50 PEXOX, 100 Plate Charcoal. .........22-...-. 10 50 DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 12 50 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 6 75 rates. TRAPS. Steel, Game...... Sea cse cu acs ccegesce ap dewes Onoida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 60 FIOLCHEISS 2.00. oo ee, 60 Sree: & WwW. Mis. Cos... 1... eke 8 60 Mouse, choker. ...................2....cue @ Gs MOUSE, GENISION. ....2.... 22.2.2... $1 26 8 doz WIRE. Briont Market... 220. .6.20 2... os dis 60 AMMegied MAEKCG.- 2... 25... 555 c. ceces dis 60 Coppered Market... .....2...:..<.-s.-.<- dis 55 cura: Babine. os oe dis 55 immed Market, . 000... 220.25. nea kis 40 iNeed BROOM oo. ok sk oc. cn cen n neces Bib 09 (Pinned MatGReSs. 96.2... <2 22 5. # Ib 844 Coppered Spring Steel...............5.5 dis 3744 Ninned Spring Steel. ........--.:.--.s5ie4 dis 37% plain WENeG. -2 2... oe eons es esa # Ib 3% Barbed Fence... .... 2-2. ...... 2... -2. see see @ONDGR: 2 2.62. hs new list net Pee ge eae new list net WIRE GOODS. BRO Se dis 70 MORO EVER. 6s soe es ccustencecccces = tdis 70 ROOK Gn oe a ee dis 70 Gate Hooksand Eyes.................... dis 70 WYrENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... Goes Genuine....:.:.............<-.- dis 50&10 Coe’s Pat Agricultural, wrought. ...... dis 65 Coe’s Pat., malleable... ........ 22. .2..: dis 70 MISCELLANEOUS. Pumps, Cistern............-..--.----- dis 60&20 SGn@We 02.2 8. ee. 70 Casters, Bed and Plate................. dis 50 Dampers, American..............2+-2+-- 3344 FOSTER, STEVENS & C0., —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 Which are taking the lead wherever intro- duced. Agents for the Simonds Saw —BOTH— “Special” and “Thinback,” Agents for the Foster Axe, We are carrying to-day as large a stock, and filling orders as complete, as any house in Michigan. 3 Foster, Stevens: Co, # ¥ The Michioan Tradesmal. ge 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. (oe Although some of the large factories in Virginia are closed in consequence of a scarcity of tobacco, the new crop in Ken- tucky is so heavy that the planters can not find room for it in their barns. Referring to the recent thinning-out of ir- responsible dealers, in consequence of the depression of the past year, the New York Mercantile Journal remarks: “Hereafter, more than ever before, business will be done by well-posted merchants.” The movement of gold from London to _ New York is significant of an improving condition of our foreign trade and also in- dicatesa change for the better in general business. ‘The chances are that after elec- tion the business outlook will brighten all around. ee Woman is getting her rights in far off Finland. While more than half the burden of hard work has always fallen upon her shoulders, she has never heretofore been al- lowed to acquire property in her own right. A late statute, however, removes this dis- ability, and she now stands before the law upon a level with the old man. The possibilities of the great Northwest, on both sides of the boundary line, appear il- limitable. Cyrus W. Field, who has recent- ly sojourned in that section, expresses the opinion that theNorthwest of Canada can sus- tain a population of 100,000,000, and he cites with approval the prediction of Lord Duff- erin that the Dominion will have a popula- tion of 40,000,000 at the end of the next cen- tury. Official reports show that the unsold lands of Canada amount to about 960,000,000 acres. The capabilities of this broad ex- panse of territory are unbounded, although the climate in some’ parts is quite rigorous. There remains an equal amount of unsold land in the Northwest of the United States, where the conditions are more favorable to agriculture. The growth of population throughout that vast region, both south and north of the boundary, is remarkably rapid. Such marvelous development has rarely been witnessed in any country. TS Meaning of the Term “Wholesale Dealer.” The question what constitutes a ‘“‘whole- sale dealer’ was considered in an _ interest- ing way by the Kentucky Court of Appeals in the recent case of Pence vs. The Com- monwealth. Touching the interpretation of the phrase the court said: In the absence of a statute giving a legal definition to the word wholesale with regard toa_ particular commodity, it is a question of fact whether, according to the usual course of trade in that commodity, a given transaction is to be regarded as at wholesale or retail. These are relative terms. Etymologically consid- ered it might be said that the sale of a thing as prepared and put up by the manufactur- er, to be sold as put up without subtraction, isa wholesale transaction; but if only a part of the thing is sold, if there is (as the word retail implies) a cutting or severing of the thing as put up, the sale isa retail trans- action. But even if the meanings of the words wholesale and retail are taken from the dictionary it is still a question of fact as tothe minimum quantity of whisky, or of any other fluid, or of anything made entire, as nails, pins and needles, which constitutes a whole package as originally put up. With respect to such matters it seems clear that the condition in which the wholesale dealer chooses, for safety or convenience, to keep his stock is unimportant. A dealer in grain may keep a hundred thousand bushels in an elevator; a dealer in liquors may keep them in casks of immense capacity, but it could not be said that the sale of fifty thousand bushels of the grain out of one elevator or the sale of one thousand gallons of wine out of one cask would therefore be a retail dealing. What constitutes a wholesale dealer, in a given commo- ditv, and what constitutes a whole- sale transaction, if made by a wholesale deal- er, are questions of factto be proved by evi- dence and found by the jury. It is the “us- ual course of trade” which determines the an swers. It may be that only a minimum quantity is considered in deciding whether a dealer is wholesale or retail, and it may be that the question as to the purpose of the purchaser, as whether buying for personal use or for resale, may be an element. But we do not think it can be assumed, as a matter of law, thatthe sale of no quantity, howeyer great, is a wholesale transaction unless the purchaser buys as a dealer to re- sell. ————_—-—>-9 Chicago has stores where many kinds of articles are sold for sums ridiculously small. Frequently somebody is subjected to search in these places on suspicion of being a thief. The polite way isfor a floor walker to in- form a customer that she is wanted in an adjoining room, where a }oung woman tells her that she is suspected of shoplifting and must be searched. The accused person, if innocent, is usually so much excited and frightened as to offerno resistance and the woman gives her a thorough overhauling. If nothing is found she is permitted to go. Every few weeks a suit for damages is brought. An indignant husband went into a store where his wife had been subjected to the ordeal, and when she pointed out the. _ offender he promptly knocked him down. CLOVER SEED BEANS! Dealers having a surplus of either Clover Seed or Beans can always find a cash mar- ket by addressing W. T LAMOREAUX, Agent 91 Canal street. Jenin & SIM (Props. Arctic Manufacturing Co.,) MANUFACTURERS OF / FINE PERFUMES —AND— TOILET ARTICLES. . Jennine’s Flavoring Extracts, Arctic Improved BAKING POWDER. KID DRESSING, MUCILAGE, BLUINGS, INKS, ETC. KEMINK, JONED & G0, Manufacturers of Fine Perfumes, Colognes, Hair Oils, Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders, Bluings, Etc., Etc. ALSO PROPRIETORS OF ESE MIiNED’s “Red Bark Bitters” AND— The Oriole Mannfactaring Co. 78 West Bridge Street, GRAND RAPIDS, = MICHIGAN. $, YALE & BRO.. —Manufacturers ot — FLAVORING EXTRAGTS ° BAKING POWDERS, BLUINGS, E'TC., 40 and 42 South Division, St. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH PLEASANT TO TAKE, ACTS MILDLY, CURES QUICKLY DUNHAM'S SURE CURE FOR FEVER & AGUE. One Dose taken during the Chil, arrests the disease in 20 minutes. NEVER ZNOWN TC FAIL. Money re- turned if it does not cure. Price, 50c. Ask druggist for it. Sent pre- aid for 60 cts. Address, WESTERN Ktepicine Co.,Grand Rapids, Mich. WESTERN MEDICINE €0’S TONIC LIVER PILLS. Purely Vegetable; contain no calomel, minera: poison or quinine. Act directly on the Liver, “‘tone Was id digestion and Ru . VELY CURE ADACHE AND CONSTIPATION. In- valuable for Biliousness, Indiges- tion, Hypochondria, etc. Sent free on receipt of price, 25 cts. Sample vee, WESTERN MEDICINE aasid VT SOenIN a » : Peanut, Grand Rapids, Mich. . MUSKECON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MUSKEGON NOVELTY IRON WORKS Manufacturers of the Williams’ Patent Novelty Pipe Wrench Best, Strongest and Most Durable Made. We also build Mill and Marine Engines and Boilers and conduct a General Machine Shop, Blacksmith, Foundry and Boiler Shop Business. 361 Western Avenue. W.D.CAREY & CO. OYSTERS, —AND JOBBERS 0F— Fruits and Produce. 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 1978, Muskegon, Mich. ORCUTT & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Butter, Bees, Cheese, Fruit, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Produce MUSKEGON , MICH. PACE ERS LJ RO ny —AND— Jobbers of Frowvisions, CANNED MEATS AND BUTTERS. Choice Smoked Meats a Specialty. Consignments Solicited. . 9. MORRIS & Stores in Opera House Block, Packing and Warehouse Market and Water street. CLARK, JEWELL & CO, WELOLESALE Groceries and Provisions, 83, 85 and 87 PEARL STREET and 114, 116, 118 and 120 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, > - - MICHIGAN. ‘Choice Butter a Specialty ! BANANAS, LEMONS, EGGS, CHEESE, VEG- ETABLES, APPLES, CIDER. Careful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M,C. Russell, 48 Ottawa St., G’d Rapids, IRA O. GREEN. VW EXLOLESALE Oysters and Fruits. Sole Agent for MANOKEN BRAND. Grand Rapids, Mich. 30 and 82 Ionia Street - - The Old Reliable. Pioneer Cigar Factory, H. SCHNEIDER & CO., Proprietors. 21 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids. The following brands are our own make and Union labelled goods: Dick and George, Peninsular Club, Los Dos, Sehr Fein, Louise, Mocking Bird, Evening Star and K. T. We are jobbers of all kinds of Tobaccos ann Smokers’ Articles. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. n e Kline’s Patent Candler and Egg Carrier. UELDS, BULKLEY & LEMUN, IMPORTERS —_AND— Wholesale Grocers, Cor. Ionia & Island Sts., Grand Rapids. New Japans. We invite the special attention of the trade to several large invoices of the new crop: of 1884-5 Japan Teas, including all grades of Pan Fired, Basket Fire and Sun Cured, and embracing about 1,200 chests in all, which we have recently received per the Pacific Steamers San Pablo and City of Rio de Janeiro. These Teas are positively our own im- portation, and we believe we are safe in saying that they are the first Teas ever im- ported to this market direct from Japan. They are selected with a view to the wants of Michigan trade and our friends will do well to send fer 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: | | | \ j Acme, Towel, Napkin, Best American, Palma, Shamrock, Nickel, White Marseilles. White Cotton Oil, Gem, Stearine, Boss, Blue Danube, Master, etc. These goods we sell regularly at the Manufacturers’ Prices, and deliver them in 1 box lots and upwards to all rail points in Michigan, freight prepaid. Please send for{price- lists and samples. See quotations on Grocery Page. 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 alk 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. Fancy Groceries. We carry not only a complete line of staple goods, but also a full assortment of every- thing in the Fancy Grocery department, and are now considered headquarters in this line.. Please send for Circulars and Price-lists relative to this department. Parties desiring new: stocks will find it to their decided advantage to come and see us before purchasing. Crosse & Blackwell’s English Pickles. Curtis Bros.’.Salad Dressing. Lea & Perrins’ English Sauce. Durkee & Co.’s “ . Mottled German, Lautz Soap, Savon Republique, Holford’s re _ A. Lusk & Co,’s Californig Peaches. Piccadilly * xk be - Green Gages.. Colman’s “* Mustand. hy Apricots. James Epps’ ‘* Breakfast Cocoa. 2 Egg Plums.. Choice Brands of French Peas. “ se Pears. ‘6 “© Mushroons. . © Quinces.. ft Italian Macarroni, 1 tb pkg. - o Grapes. « “ ~ Vermicella. . ‘ ‘Cherries. Queen Olives, 16 oz* and 27 oz. bottles. China Preserved Ginger, all size jars, French Capers, genuine imported in bottle. Knowles & Anderson’s Jams and Jellies. Choicest Salad Oil, Antonini & Co., Leghorn. We are sole agents for the Rochester Ready Cooked Food Co.’s Desicated and Cooked Oat Meal, Hominy, Wheat, Beans and Peas. Send us atrial order for these goods. AIJk correspondence and mail orders receive prompt attention. d SHIELDS, BULKLEY & LEMUN. ¥ +